armr K t < THE DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED J"U2sTE 10 , 1STJ , OMAHA , MCXNDAY MOBNING , ' , "DECEMBER 27 , 1897 SGliJfl COPY PJTVE CENTS. ENGLAND AT COREA Reported tJltiimtum to tha Little Asiatic Monarchy. BATTUSHIPS ARE THERE TO ENFOSCi IF Obucts to Surrjndoring tha Qovarnmint of , to Bnsiiii " * ALSO PROTESTS ON SOM ! OTHI3 MATTERS Lirgo Japansso Fleet 'is Bald to Bo in Waiting N.arb/ . CONSTERNATION REP03TED AT SEOUL ChlmMCArriilm Tnlto it New Turn lit TIllH OlKMltlOll | tO IttlMHlll iiliiK Itself lit tin * l'"nr ISitHt. , LONDON , Dec. 26. A special dispatch from Shanghai says : "It Is reported that Boventcen llHtlsh war ships are oft Che mulpo , Corca , souUwcat of 'Seoul , supporting the Urltl h consul's protest , really amounting to an ultimatum against the king's practically yielding the government of Corci Into the hands of the Iltiwtan minister. Tbo protest is specially UIIBUIUH us-"n = > . Tie dlMils-jal of McLtavy lironn , British ad- * vl8cr to the Corcon customs , In favor of the Ilus.ilan nominee. The aews has produced conHtcrnatlon at Seoul , which Is helffitencd by Uio knowU'Jgo that Japan has a fleet of thirty war ships awaiting the result of the British presentation , which Japan fully euri- p = rts. Japan la Irritated by the arrival ot Russian troops In Coroi , and It la believed that It will oppose them. "According to advlcivi from Toklo Japan lias olferfld to aiulst tie olllcers at Pcltln In drilling the Ch'.tieao army and to consent tea a postponement of the war Indemnity. Many of the vlceroyu and I'ekin officials favor the According to a dispatch to the Dally Mall from Sb.nghal It Is reported there , from re liable sources , that a Urltl.sh force landed at Chemulpo on Saturday and caused t-io rcln- Btatcmeut of 'McLeavy 'Drown. ' The same dis patch refers to "a native rumor that the unlcu Jack has been holbtei on an Island -In the mouth ot the Yang-tso-Ki'ing. " GO TO IUJSSB.Y FOR MONEY. The I'ekin correspondent of the Times ays : "The government refused to place the Llkln under foreign control | asj security for the loan proposed by the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank , and asserts that unless the loan Is procurable without tbls condition , arrangements will forthwith be made for a Russian guaranteed 4 per cent loan of 100,000,000 taols , to bo Issued at 93 nut. the security would be the land tax which would remain under the Chinese administra tion. China In return would give Russia a monopoly ot the railroad nnd mines north of the Great Wall , open a Iportl as a ter minus of a railroad Transslberlan and would agree that a Rusilan should succeed Sir Robert Hart as director ot the Chinese Imperial maritime customs. If these con ditions arc permitted , British trade interesto would suffer severely. " I < The Shanghai correspondent of the Tlmfs says : "The sloop Phoenix sailed today ( Sun day ) under orders to Join the British squad ron. The utmost secrecy Is preserved will rcgurd to the lattcr's movement , but gosslj hero suggcists that Its dtstlnitlon Is Ta- . " LIsn-Wun. ST. PETERSBURG , Dec. 2C. It Is as- Bortcd that the newly formed Russo-Corean ibank | wlll organize a company to extend a railway to Port Arthur. The Russian vice- president of the Eastern Chinese railway will start for Manchuria In February to Inspect proposed variations In the route and to make final decision In other matt'.rs. BERLIN , Dec. 2G. An Inspired Chinese organ published hero cays the Chinese ein- pcror , In order to avoid the reproach of having lost territory , will lease Klao Chiu to Germany In perpetuity at a low rate , with nil the rights of sovereignty that England exercise * at Hong Kong. MELBOURNE. Doc. 2C. The government of New South Wales IP orranglng to supply frozen meat to the Russian authorities at Vladlvoatock. SHIP'S CAHfiO OK COTTON ON FI1U3. Oreiv llnttlFH FlimiPH for Forty Hotirn Without Avail. ST. JOHNS , N. P. , Doc. 26. The British steamer Lamberts Points , Oiptaln Hum phreys , seven days from Norfolk , Va. , for Liverpool , with cattle , cotton , grain and a general cargo , has arrived here with Ita cot ton on ( ire , ami the ship In a bad state. Ou Friday afternoon the flro was discovered In ilie compartment amidships. It gained head way rapidly. Holes wcro cut In the cabin flooring , pipes Inserted and the compartment flooded with steam and water. The captain licaded the vessel ! or this port , and for forty houra nobodv rested , all naaita battling the fire , which , steadily gaining , spread to Iho fore compartment. It then became uccefcsary to flood thjswhich gave the irtilp a list of 17 degrees to the starboard. H met torrlble weather In trying to vcach hero. Us aides end deck wcro < ilmost unbearable with heat , end the provisions wcro spoiled by steatn and smoke. The paint Is now peeling off the eldes , while gangs of men are lamllnu the cattle , almost maddened with heat. Captain Humphreys admits tfcat ho could not have controlled the tire twenty-four hours longer. Holes are being cut In the aides to admit more steam pipes In the hopes ot hav ing the flro subdued by Tuesday , when thoi cottcti will be discharged until the scat ut thu tire ts reached. Nearly the entire cargo was destroyed. OIAY WANT JC.SI.ICia OF GI1131SMAND , Thin ( luvornment Aliened to He SeeU- liiHT it Con 11 ii u1 Stntlon , LONDON , Dec. 27.-U. dispatch from Copenhagen - penhagen to the- Dally Mall eays : "Tho Wash ington executive has made overtures to Den mark for the sale of a narrow but carefully denned stretch ot land In northwestern Greenland , where the Americans Intend to eitabllsh naval coaling stations. " IMiiniiliiKlleeeptloit to I.uomlH , ( CopylsM , 1(97 , ! > ) I'rcm Publishing Company. ) CARACAS , Venezuela , Dee. 20. ( New Tork World ( Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The niw United States minister to Venezuela - ezuela , Francis II. Loomls , appointed by 1'rosldent McKlnlcy to succeed Allen Thomas , Is expected to arrive on tbo steam ship duo tomorrow at La duayra , Uio pea port of Caracas. A grand reception In hla boner U being arranged. Will Commit vtltlt fircretiiry Alirer. OTTAWA , Dec. 26-r-Hon. Clifford Slfton and J. A. McKenna of the Interior depart ment left today for Washington. Mr. Slfton goes on the Invitation of Secretary of Wai Alser to die-cuts the beet means of sending relief to the mlwrs In the Yukon district. Mr , Slfton. expects to to In Washington about a week. TlilitkM the 1'oi'p Conellliitory. LONDON , Deo. 27. Tl'e Times , comment ing editorially thli morulng on Hie pope' * en cyclical , tayu : "The pope baa approached the very ( Hlllcult 'Manitoba ' problem In the spirit tit conciliation and compromise and the en cyclical can bo honestly designated at a MM- MJftt ftt PAUJOllf * .3 ' , , \ . l\ \ SPAI.V SI2P.S HMIHtl ON THU MOON. Mmlrlil I'll | i IT .Set-tun In Itc for n Kluht. MADRID , Dee. 26. Today Iniarcal ! urges , that In view of the character of the reply of United Statei Minister Woxlford to the note of the Spanish government In answer to the first communication of the American govern ment through him , U Is neccstary to Increase tbo Spanish fleet as against Kio eventuality of a conflict with the United SMten. KI Ilcraldo says : "Tho encrrnchment of the United States upon the Internal policies of Spain have become Intolerable nnd must ho resisted energetically. The situation Is dlfllciilt , but , at 'whatever coat , the govern ment might to put on end to a shameful stale of affairs for the sake of the dignity ot Spain. " LONDON' , Dec. 27. The -Mndrld corre spondent of the Standard enys : "General Woodtord's note dwells at length upon the Spanish complaint against Illlbus- tcrlnft anil other moral and material assist ance given In the United Stateo to the In surgents , which the Washington government ro-nfserts It has done all In Its power to check , with the view also of satisfying the representations made by Spanish diplomacy , The Madrid papers say1 the note Is so very friendly and so laudatory of the present homo rule principle In Cuba and Porto Rico that there Is n general Impression In political circles that the relations between the governments have a decidedly reassuring aspect. "At , the same time papers of every shade of opinion , Including the ministerial organs , censure very sharply the conduct of the United States government and are unani mous In eaylng that all the compliments the United States pays the New Spanish policy cannot make a proud nation tolerate the preterslou df a foreign government ! to have the right to criticise and condemn the con duct of Spanish gcncra'.s and of the late Spanish govcrnmcnti'ln dealing with the re- bcl'lcn. "They equally resent the American preten sion to interfere In the Spanish West Ir.d'.cs , which Is so repeatedly claimed In the notes ami the presidential message , and more re cently in Secretary Sherman's advocacy of relief for dlotroised Cubans. The press Is most dkBatlsfled with the Woodford note on account of the arguments used to refute the Spinlah compla'nts against flUiustcrlag. America , la charged with Infringing all the rules and usages of International laws In order to Milt tbo alms of Its encroaching policy In the West Indies. It Is an open secret that the note has caused surprise nnd displeasure 1& official clrclea because the government had hoped that President Mc- Klnley and Secretary Sherman would refrain from Increasing the embarrassments cf 'tho situation In Spain In corslderatlon of the concessions already rtadeto Cuba. "Tho government wilt delay replying to the note for several weeks , as the United Statcvj took nearly two months to reply to the Spanish note. When It does reply Scnor Sagssta will rebut the arguments of the note In a friendly but firm trne. The gov crnment cannot longer risk the accusation of not being In touch with national- feeling , which Is getting very weary of American In terference. The Spaniards think the note. gl\es them an excellent opportunity to reply to criticism which naturally could not bis chalMnped or noticed. " The "Madrid " correspondent ot the Daily Mall say ; : "General WooJfor.l's note differs greatly from the first ons he presented , and contains several statements that should bo refuted. It Is Inspired , on the whole , b > the sentiments pervading President McKln ley's tncasage. Scnor Gullon , the minister of foreign affairs , will reply , traversing the points raised. " I DISSOLUTION OF > J.U'AXESE DIET , No Chance to Vote Xit Conllilfiicc In the ( Soverniiifiit. YOKOHAMA. Dec. 2G. The imperial Die has been dlisolvcd bafore the House ol Representatives had started a discussion o the motion of no confidence in the Cabinet- - It la expected tlat there will bo eevera ministerial changes. The Japanese Diet was reopened on Mon day last , with such a union of the thre chief political parties as > Jo make It certain that a vote ot no confidence in the govern ment would bo carried. Friday laut th ( mikado , In < ho speech from the throne , declared clared that the relations of Japan with al the foreign powers were friendly , "though " ho made no specific allusions to the com plications In China. Ho announced that the government Intended to submit fresh taxa tion measures , the character of 'which Is known to have united the 'three ' chlof polltl- cil parties In opposition and to Introduce a 'bill amending the codes , civil and crim inal. inal.Count Count Matsoukata , the premier , and Ad miral the Marquis Salfio Tsugumlchl , minis ter of marine , have resigned. It Is probable that Marouli ? Ito will be the new premier. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. A telegram was received at tno Japanese1 legation tins mornIng - Ing announcing that the Diet was formally opened by the emperor cci the 24th tnst. A vote of no confidence was proposed In the House of Representatives , and the Diet was dissolved on the 25th Inst. This result Is ascribed entirely to domestic causes , and means now elections , as under tfie constitu tion a now Diet must bo convened within flvo months after the dissolution of the old one. MOTIIKR IAXDctiii'Diicv nunxisi ) . Father Dim of Coitnuiiiptlnii , lliicon- N < -In ui of the 'DlNiiHtcr. ' LONDON , Dec. 26. Mrs. Jarvls and her nlno children , Hie youngest a baby , wcro burned to death this morning In the four- room cottage occupied by the Jarvls and two other families in Dixie street , Bothnal Green , London. The unfortunate family occupied the uu > cr floor. By a strange coincidence Mr. JarvU , the woman's husband , who had been suffering from consumption , died In 3ho workhouse Infirmary thla afternocci with out liavlng heard of the dhoster. Mrs. Jar vU earned a scant livelihood by making match boxea , and her rooms wera filled with Inflammable material. TIIOUSAXIKS ATTK.M ) A HUM. FHiUT. JiiH'i-tnliiiiu-nt IN Xot Up to thci UKIIII ! Stititilnril. CITY OP MEXICO , Deo. 26. The last of the qcrlcs ot bull flghtft by . .Mazzaltlni WCR given this afternoon and was attended bj 7,000 people. TomnsMazzaltlnl narrowly escaped with his life , being tossed by an Infuriated bull and gored In the hand. Ton horses wore killed , aud six bulls , Cho usual number. The fight was not up to the usual standard , Couijilolo Their Ilnllot. LONDON , Dec. 26. The outcome of the ballot of the striking engineers , taken as the result of the recently adjourned conference between the representatives of the men and the employers , will not be known ofllclally for several days , but there U no doubt that doe verdict Is overwhelmingly agalnrt the acceptance of Ida tcrma of the employers. IIOOKit't AVnlit the iNlniiilH. LONDON , Dec , 27. The Dally Chronicle thU morning rldlculeo the notion that Eng land is negotiating for the purchase of the Danish West Indies. It cays : "Quito apart from the breach It would nuke In our rela tlona with the United States , the purchase of moro Wcat Indian hUnils U the very last thing England would think of. " Illiiueo Given a lliiniiiel , HAVANA , Dec. 26 Tonight Captain Gen eral Blanco gave a banque : to the officers o tie German corvette Stein. Forty guests were present. Including the Spanish admiral the mayor ot Havana , and other naval and civil authorities , Hecluer Dude * uuViinleii KooilM. MELBOURNE , Dec. 26. The Victorian du ties on woolen and allk materials , wetrln appar I a ad woolen piece goods , will be re ducwl 6 per cento alter February 1 , next , OLD-TIME iNEBRASKAN DEAD 0 , N , Emery of Beatrice Numbered with His Fathers. HARDY PIONEER OP ANTELOPE STATE III tinKnrly Sixties HoVnn Con- iiecfeil nltli tinOverliinil Coniintii4 nnilVltiienNeil Inillaii .Munncren. BEATRICE , Neb , Dec. 20. ( Special Tele gram. ) The long vigil which tlio family tad frlocds of C. N. Emery had been keep ing at his beside ended about 5 o'clock talk morning , when he paeacS Into the unknown. For twelve wooko Mr. Emery had fought for life. His trouble was a stoppage of the food caDil , which rendered It Impossible tot him'to take only the slighted amount ot nourishment. The deceased waa one of the men who had mndo the early history ot Nebraska end Kansas. Ho went to Kansas In 1SG7 and a few years later dime to Ne braska. For several years ho had charge ot vnrloiiH stations on the old Overland rouU for the Overland Stage company , among them being the famous Thirty-Two Mlle Creek acd Liberty FiJrm stations , where a number of stirring scenes were enacted. In 1S64 ho was .it Liberty Farm and In August of that year saw the station burned ouV by the Indian * . ' and men snJ women * sacrl- need to their savagery. Among them was Thomaa Burke , huaband of Mrs. Thomas Vtilo of this city , who wto shot from i\ and scalped. Mr. Emery being the first person to reach him after hla death. In 1SC5-G ho had charge of the stationat Kearney , and In 1867 he removed with his family to this county , locating on a farm thrco mllcij up the river from Beatrice. Ho lost two brothers In Nebraska , one In Kear ney and one here. Two brothers and a sla ter who live Inthe cast ( survive him. In addition to his1 widow aacl two sons , George C. and J. C. , both ot whom reside- here with their families. Mr. Emery , after leav ing the farm End removing to Beatrice , was successively a hotel keeper and liveryman , In which latter capacity ho was la early years closely connected ! with transportation business. The funeral will he held at 3 o'clock to morrow from the Presbyterian church. Mr. Emery was born In Ma'me ' , August 15 , 1S35. OTHER DEATHS. ALBANY , N. Y. , Dec. 26. John Cosgrove , a well known athlete , died la the city hos pital today after an operation ! for append ! cltls. He was a member of the New Jcrsc ) Athletic club , the Rldgofleld Athletic club ac l the Tenth Battalion Athletic club of the National Guard. Coagrovo won the all-round athletic championship of America In 1S95 and fnlehed second to Clark of Bostoa In this year's competition. Cosgrovo haa al wajs been considered ot the highest ordei of athletes and lin all-arountli work on ) the athletic field he had few superiors. WORCESTER , Mass. , Dec. 26. James W. Alleo of the banking firm of Wlnslow & Allen dledi In this city today of pneumonia , nged 37 ycors. He was United States con sul at Zanzibar from 18S2 to 18S5. CHARLESTON , W , Va , Dec. 26 , 0. S , Long , clerk of the state supreme court tn& lieutenant grand commander of the- Scot " - Rlto Masonry for the southern jurisdiction of the United States , died here tonight 01 dysentery , after a short Illness. NEW YORK. Dec. 26. Moses Edison Worthen , one of the leading men of affairs In Passalc , N. J. , died today of typhoid fever , aged CO ye-irs. Ho leaves nn estat said to be worth $1,000,000. WILMINGTON , Del. , Dec. 26. Rev. W. W. Taylor , aged 80 , the oldest Presbyterian preacher In this state- , ' died today. Ho was graduated from Yale sixty years ago. A' ' ono time he was pastor of the church which President McKlnley's wife's parents attended nnd officiated at their marriage. In his career ho had held many charges. ROYALSTON , Mass. , Dec. 2C. Colonel George Whitney , a prominent resident of this town , died today after a month's Ill ness. Ho was born here In 1817 and for fifteen years drove a stagecoach between Royalston and Boston. The opening of the Fitchburg railroad put an end to the stage business and Colonel Whitney turned his at tention to other pursuits. After being eomo years engaged In the lumber and chair busi ness ho became Interested In the manufac ture of woolens and continued It until his death. PITTSBURO , Pa. , Dec. 26. Mrs. Cath- orlno Morrison ! Hogan , only aunt of Andrew Carnegie , died this morning , the result of a stroke of.paralysis. She has been In a semi conscious state slnco December 10. Mrs. Hogan was born in Dumferllne , Scotland , eighty six years ago , ana had been in this country fifty-seven years. Her remains will bo privately cremated on Tuesday. NEW YORK , Dec. 26. Henry Hcrsey , R well known promoter , fell unconscious In. a restaurant toalght and died shortly after ward. Mr. Horsey wcs 74 yearo of age. Joseph Lamar , a civil engineer who has hail business relations with Hcrsey , said that Mr. Horsey was a former president of the Steel Manufacturers' ncooclatlon and that ho was the Inventor of the open hearth steel process. For a year It Is stated he had been concerned la a largo land speculation at Berryvlllc , W. Va. Ho Ifi said to have left a largo estate. LONDON , Dec. 26. Charles Harrison , rad. leal member of Parliament for Plymouth slnco 1895 , Is dead. He was horn August 1 , 1S35 , and was educated at King's college. London. Ho succeeded Sir John Hutton. at vlco chairman of the London county council when Sir John succeeded Lord Rosebcry at ) chairman of that body. In the first and ecc. end councils ho was chairman of the par liamentary committee and became known aft the fsther of the modern application of hot- torment by public Improvements. By pro fession bo was a solicitor. Frederick Harrison risen , the well known essayist and presi dent of * the London poaltlvlst committee. Is his brother. CINCINNATI , Dec. 26. James. Nome , wno was private secretary to United States Sen ator Thomas Corwln. died hero knight of the infirmities of old ago. For the list thirty years he hao been the confidential bookkeeper of the Longworth estate la this city.PARIS PARIS , Dec. 26. Comto Anatolo Lemer- clcr. member of the Chamber of Deputies , la dead. Ho w s torn Juno 25 , 1825. Ho was one of the seven deputies from Chart * ento Inferleure , personally representing this first division of Salntcs. He was a Ascend ant of the Lemercler who figured la Franco during the revolution. HI ? father was tot many years a member of the Chamber. Ho received the decoration of the Legion of Honor end published several volumes. TWO. 'WH1TI3 ' I" All MIC IIS Criminal Will He Lyiieheil If Cnptiireil by OHloem. OLENDORA. Mies. , Dec. 26. It I * Ju learned that on Christmas day , at the plan tation store of Charles L. Tanner , tlirea inllra from Glendora , a negro named Joseph Hopkins , alias "Snowball , " murdered Jo < . Lucklo < nd Sam E.ikrldgo. two prominent white farmers , and1 robbed the store of a small amount. The negro trained Luckle with a shotgun , then tired two barreli ? Into the body ot Eskrldgo. e-e'rchlng parties have 'i/eoa ' organized and the country Is be ing scoured and If Hopkins Is apprehended he will la a I probibll.lt > ' be lynched , Will Harry n Fortune , CHICAGO. Dec. 20. A special to t'io Times-Herald from Richmond , Ind. , Hays : The engagement Is announced of Mlsa Mar garet Van Courtlund O4 < lpn of Now York nnd Frank McNutt of this city. J'.lsu Ogden la t > ald to be worth $30CO ) , X > , The wedding U announced ( or January 4. Mr. McNutt was a member of the American legation at Homo under Minister Albert O. Torter. > VtaiH--jeiA.-i ' V ma lllllTAI. MUlDKIl ON4 i'lIIUST.MAS. .Vlted Couple the Victim * * , of tin ln- ) INDIANA , l\l. , Dec. 26. Milton Ncal nnd bin aged wife were ehc't to tloalb by cu un- kuonu assassin at ( helrjhome hear Jackson ville , nlno miles soutHwcst cjf here , come time during Chrls'masA Their ; bodies were found at 9 o'clock thaT-night by their sou Hairy , who wis passing toe house and nUpped to pay n OiirUtmas call on his raruits. Ncal was one of Iho most prom inent ted preaporous tanners Ki the vicinity In which he lived. Officer. * arc toJay scourIng - Ing the country for the murderer , but as yet ho IMS not been apprehended. When < ycung Neal tried to enter his pa rents' homo ho found the door * locke-d , Ho forced his way iti through the cellar nnd en entering the sitting room u horrible sight mot Mm. On a , chair near' ' the window lay the form of his mother , Her face entirely blown away. At her feet wao all that re mained of her husband and a ghcstly Ciolo In the side of hlu head told the talc of his murder. At hla side lay a double-barreled shotgun , the Implement of death. All of the walls , cclllogs and articles of furniture In the room wcro spattered with blocd , and ui tile celling was a goad sized dent , In which was embedded a plcco of the murdered woman's skull. , For a time there wau a suspicion of sul- cldL1 , but no the facts In the case developed the murder theory gained strength. The wom'in ' waa killed with , blrd shot andi the husband with buckshot. Tacrowere no marks ot powder MI his face , something which. It la said , 11 would have been Im passible to avoid had slilcldp 'been ' committed with a shotgun. There.ltfplhlng ) to Indi cate that the crime was'committed for plun der , as In Mr. Neal'u 'pocket waa a $10 bill and a $20 bill lay on the top of a dreaier. The friends say Uey have > a clew upon which tiiey will at once begin work to trace down the murderer. MISHAl'S TO TWO CO.VST VKSSKI.S. One HUM n ColllKlim nnil the Other I , .X * H n. . llururc. BOSTON , Dec. 26. The tug Carbonoro which arrived here today with threa bnrgea In tow- from Philadelphia , was In collision with nn unknown schdoner on Nantuckc shoals Saturday , during which the schcoae bad Its jlbbconi carried away. Tug C. B Snnford , Captain Pierce , while coming around Cape Cod Saturday night , towing two barges , lost ono of them and up to i late hour tonight nothing had boon heart of the missing vessel. The accident occurroi between Nanscl and ( Cape- Cod , and was , ) caused , so Coptaln Pierce says , by a lavge four-masted vessel passing Between the two barges and setting one of them adrift. The schooner was unable to Hail the barge , so Captain Pierce decided < o tow the other across the hay ito Boston , -\vhcs-o it was anchored , and the Sanford _ returned In search of the misting one. All day yesterday the ] ' tug steamed about In 'the Vicinity of where It parted from the missing craft , but nothing could be found , as a heavy snow set In , and the Sanford returned to Boston. After coaling up nnd taking In a fresh supply of water Captain Pierce will resume the , search. The lost barge Is commanded by 'Captain Carl Railsch of Hoboken , has a cargo of ' 1,000 tons of coal and carries a crow of four men. MAICKS XO U12MAXI1 , FOIl IM1CMMTV. .Vo Cnll Uitnii itiiniit for IHIIIHK to Auicrleiiii Triuli * . WASHINGTON. Dee. 26. Secretary Sher man was seen tcnlght regarding a storj ; ca ; , bled from-Madrid.'to . ' the effect thai tho'Unitca States had demanded of Spain 18,000,000 In demnity for ( American traders for damages sustained through the rbbe-lllon In Cubi. The secretary stated.that If any such demand bad been made he had oot heard of It. Judge Day , assistant secretary of state , said : "So far as I know there Is absolutely nothing In the story. Some one may have ottcmpted to foot up all the Individual claims that have been filed , but even on that sup position I should not\attcmpt to say their estimate was correct , " At the Spanish legation It was ea-Id that no information had been received ot any such action. TJC legation had heretofore been notified of all Individual claims , but It w s thought Improbable that any claim fa bulk would bo made. .VHCII11ISMOI' IHlUSHIiSI IU2TOUXS. IJIil IV t CiiitHiilt the J'ope oil MaiiTTblin .School Uut-'xtlon. NEW YORK , Dec. 26. Arcftblshop Paul Bruchcsl of Montreal arrived from Rome en the La Champagne ted jIn an Interview be denied that he went -to - Italy for t-be purpose of discussing the Manitoba school question with the pope. Ho enye the. pope. In an encyclical cyclical , has condemned the present rchool laws of "Manitoba " cad suntalaerl th4inroh In opposition to the existing system. Tno archbishop says that -since ; 'the ' present law went Into effect the number of Catholic chil dren In public schools had decreased. He added that It wao hoped that -the Canadian Parliament would acca'do' to the demands of the Catholic church la Manitoba. Archbishop iBruchcsl had not heard anything about the appointment of a papal delegate for Mani toba. ACCinEXT TO A CIIHISTMAS I'AHTV. Train Striken HiiKim ICIlliiiir Two of the Ootiitimiitx. NOBLESVILLE , Ind. , Dec. 26. A fatal aosldent occurred at Tcrhune , a small town northwest of this city , last night. Mr. and Mrs. J&'in Moore and Miss Clara Drat tain were returning from a. Christmas cntertaiu- ment when a northbound freluht train on the Monon struck their carriage. MB | Brat- tain's skull was fractured and she died at midnight. Mrs. Moore cannot recover. Mr. Moore was slightly Injured. Mr. and Mrs. Moore were married en Thursday , and this was the first time they had been away from homo together. ASK TO HAVE T1II3 OASK IlKMOVKI ) . Dufoiiilant HaftComiuiny I'rcfcrx the DiiltfiL .Strttcii Court. HAMILTON , O. , Dec ; tG. ln the case of WIlliam'Moslcr and otheraxgala t the Hur- rlug-Hall-Murvlu coraptny/rin which S. D , Fitton was appoln'.e-d ro clver of the com pany's safe works , tljo defendants have filed a petition for removal ) of Iho case to tha United States court. The court set the hearing of the caso'on tho1 motion to remove for Tuesday , Applications have also been made In ths federal couhat of New Jersey , Kentucky and Mlejouri : Tiv < DfiitltH PHILADELPHIA. Dee. . W.-John Colmor. 16 years old , was ffmnd dead from exposure Inan outhouse In . .the reariof 2651 Mnrvhull street this afternoon. He lived with his grandparents. Hut Ufa home curly Chrlnt- m& < morning and was notJuiuriln Been sillvu by his rolnllver. It la syrml ? d that bin object - ject In going where. Ms body was round wa to tnko ai ( julet nap. A num. minpom-ci to be Joseph Morrncy W.\H found dead on ni iloormo ? on Kllberi Btreet today. Death. Itfjiupposcd to be due to cold iiiul rxponure and the toroncr nnd district deputy , who hud charge of the c.v'e , hold the opinion that the man fell on the step and froze to ' . 'enttl , rilrl Iluriifil In .Di-nlli. FHANKLIN , Pa. , Dfc. 26-Qraco nnd Annlu Nelson , waofo parents live ne-ar here , were left alone In their home lurtvcnIns , The former fell Into thr grulo lire nnd her dlothlnir waa ignited. She was burned to death. In trying to vavi > the life of her sin ter Annie was also badly burned and It la believed she cannot recover , Fit I u 1 1 \Voiinili-il at n llauco. KOCKVILLH , Intl. , Dec , 2a.-lBano Dur- rett waa Hhot und mortally wounded at a dance here. The ball landed In the bowels. Ills assailant is unknown. Durrctt pitched for the Washington , Jnd. , Uose Uall club the last neuron FOOD IS SCARCE AT DAWSON loparts Agrco on Th's , but Disagree on Probability of Suffering , PAY ENORMOUS PRICES FOR PROVISIONS One 51 nn OfTerM it Golil Watch for It Snek of Flour mill IN Vii- nlileto Mnke the | 1'tircliiiNC. , SM.UNMAY , Alaska ( via Soittle , Wash. ) , Dec. 26. John Lindsay of Seattle , Wash. , who has Just arrived from Dawson , says there will surely bo rtarvatlcn there this winter. Ho examined Into the food situation In a thor ough manner , ho says , and after satisfying himself that there would bo starvatlui , he sold his outfit and 'In company wlt-b. Prank IMllainc of Olympla , Wash. , Tom Story ot Victoria , D. C. , and Hob aiynn of Seattle started out on foot , every man drawing a sled , each of which carried about ICO pounds of provision. Lindsay say the Dawsco pco- plo believe there Is no great amount ot food at Fort Yukon , as had been alleged. The river rope sufficiently and remained open long enough to enable food supplies to have been brought from Fort Yukon had there been any there- . The people of Dawson , believing there were not ample food supplies at Fort Yukon , refused to go t-Vre , prefer ring to remain In .Dawson. . No moro than 300 or 400 people took advantage of the trans portation conipaay'B offer to take the people to Fort Yukon free of charge. When tbo miners at Dawscn found that no moro provisions would reach the town by the river route they announced that a meeting would bo held to take steps for apportioning the provisions ) la the town. Those who had plenty , they said , must share with those wtio had 'none. Captain ConstnuMne of the north west mounted police Interfered and told the mlrcrs that no such thing would be per mitted. The meeting was not -held. CANDLES COME 'Hiail. ' Lindsay siys the output of the mines wll be greatly curtailed this winter because o the scarcity ot food and llfvht. Coal oil paid tor $45 a calico and catullcs are as high as $150 for a box of 100. Even If men were able , to work their claims they cannot gel light to do so. These statements are berne out by all re turning Klondlkcrs , quite o , number of whom have reached hero the last week. Few of them , however , take as gloomy a view of the situation as does Mr. Lindsay. Dr. II. L. Bradley of Roseburg , Ore. , says that food In scarce , but he does not think there will be actual starvation. Neither io ! W. B. King ot Merced , Cal. ; P. J. Holland of Butte , Thomas Story of Victoria , or Rob ert Qlynn of Seattle , all of whom re-ached hero this week from Diwson. the most of them having left there on November 2. As an Instance of the scarcity of food In Diweoa. Llndray relates the case of Dr. V-anZandts , formerly of Spokane , Wash. VanZamHs Is an elderly man. and , being without provisions or money , ho offered a Eold watcn for a sack of Hour. He could noi get It nnd remarked to Lindsay "God on ! : ' knows how I am to keep body and soul together. " PROSPECTING IN NEW FIELDS. Lindsay says 200 or more miners are pros- peptlng at. the mouth of Stewart river , but nothing Is known yet what success they have achieved. Henderson creek , five miles bslow Stewart river and forty miles from Dawson , Is a promising stream and It is being developed this winter. The weather about Iho Stewart and Big Salmon rivers has been bitterly cold , 70 degrees below zero being recorded at Major Walsh's camp , twelve miles below the Big Salmon river , on November 30. The Yukon river between Dawson and Fort Polly froze completely over November IS. The river s piled full of ice in great ridges as high as an ordinary house and a roadway will have to bo cut through it before dog or horse teams can operate upon it. The out look , therefore , for taking supplies down to Dawson in the immediate future is not good. Inspector of Mlnea McGrpgor left here a week ago with a number of dog teams nnd horses to make the attempt to roach Dawson with about twenty tons of provisions , but nothing has since been heard of him. SEEKING TO KXTUND THE THUST. AVIre NilII 'Men Wnnt the Illllet Mrm- iifnctiircrH In. " CLEVELAND , Dec. 26. There ts talk among steel men of a further extension ol itho scope of the now wire trust. It Is now said tlut efforts will be made to Induce all the etcel iblllot mills In the country to ally themselves with the trust , not as members , but , as contributors. The trust will seek to Induce the manufacturers of iblllets to prom ise not to eell to wire manufacturers who may pcoslbly start outnido the trust and in return the trust will promise to take billets from all these manufacturers as It may need them. The object of this Is to keep the bil let makers in good humor , > to prevent them going Into the wire -business themselves. Those who are closest to the sources of In formation express the greatest confidence In carrying through the plans of the trust and it may bo said the plans are programing favorably , KIM * -A THOM.KV C.Vll CONDUCTOU. U.IK n Then Hob Him of IH Money. NORRISTOWN , Pa. , Dec. 26. A trolley car on the Schuylklll Valley Traction com pany's road was held up by four highway men at Swedcland , near hero , about 10 o'clock tonight. Conductor Charles Gallo way of Norrlstown refused to give up hie money and was shot dead. Three shote were fired at Motorman Matblas , but none took effect. noot After rifling the body of the conductor ol money and a gold watch and chain , the rob bers escaped. There were four women pas scngers in ( ho " car. The hlghwaymer covered them with "their weapons , hut made no attempt to rob them , Th * men looked : llko tramps and escaped In the direction cdof Philadelphia. RI.V.V.VMOX IIICAH HlU.r.S THE OAK from Itx Crate nml Sjtrcnili Terror Aiminir 'IliillroiuU-rK. MILWAUKEE , WIs. , Dee. 26. A hugo cln namon bear which was shipped by cxpre& from Leavcnworth , Kan. , to Baraboo , WIs. escaped from the crate In the cxpreei * car at Western Union Junction on the go Milwaukee & St. Paul road yesterday , whlli ec route to Its destination. The exprc : messenger was driven from tbo car , the bear taking complete possession , dovourlni pickagfvi of apples and ccndy and dcatroylm way bills , When the train arrived ln > Mil waukec It took ten men to secure the vlclou animal , HIiMVii Out of HIM Cnli. imiDClEPORT , N. J. . Dec. 2S-Jamc Bowers , nn engineer on the- West Jcre railroad , < A-ag blown out of his cab late llbt night between Huated nnd Palatine , Th wind waa blowing n trnle , ihcn a middc BiiHt raught him anil whirled him to the iCQilHldc. The llrrman backed tbo train iml found him some distance otf. He was pair fully but not badly hurt , Movement * of Oi-i-iui VemielM , I > ee. U < At New York Arrived I i Champngni from Huvro ; Etrurlu , from I.lverpoo American , from Amsterdam. At Liverpool Arrived Taurlc , from lowly At 'queenstown Sailed Auranlo , fgr Lh erpool from , New York. eminent Slit pi. M011ILB , Ala. , Dec. 26. If the pilot boil Somcra N. Smith ot Ponsacola gets out ot this port with a filibustering expedition it will have to run over the cutter Seaward In the river tad Iho cruiser Montgomcrj oft the bar. The Smith was here In August last , was docked ac < l black-leaded and had a speed wheel put In. It also took off tht > figure 3 from Ito craokvstack and went U sen at night , bound , rumor afterward eald. to Cuba , with eighty men oil board and a lot of arms and ammunition. No trace ol this expedition \\.is afterward found , howi over , and William Uazzell , commodore of tins Poceacola Pilots' association , presumably the owner of the tug , denied emphatically that the Smith was In the filibustering busi ness. ness.Two Two weeka ago the tug reappeared In Pen- r.ucola and came Immediately under suspU clon , the papers there eaylng the cruiser Montgomery was on watch over It. The pa. pcrs also said the Smith 'needed docklnf for repairs , but that the Mobile docks weri ) too busy to take It. Nevertheless , It ar rived here Thursday and went on the Mobile - bile wajt' 'it the foot of Augusta street to bo repainted. The manager of the- ways sajs that the paint on It docs not need re newing and Is just as good as when put on four months ago. Tlie Smith Is said1 to have been followed IB far as this port by the cruiser Mont gomery. Telegraphic orders were sent the commander of the Montgomery through Mo bile lat't ' night and the collector was noti fied to bo on the lookout for filibusters. United States Marshal Simmons went os board the tug today and hud the boat searched , but nothing was found , 12-izzell , who is hero with the Smith , say * there ts no intention of filibustering and that the Loat Is merely here for rcpalra. The cutter Seaward dropped down the river this afternoon and came to anchor just op- pcslto the exit of the Mobile ways , and lies there with steam up and keeping an eye en the Smith. Persons up from the lower bay report that the- cruiser Montgomery haa iteen off the bar for the past twenty-four hours. I3M2CT.IUC STIIKKT CAR RUNS AWAY. Three- People 'Injured ' lit the Wreck. PROVIDENCE , R. I. , Dec. 20. At noon today a Camp street electric car ran wild and rushed do\m Oleny street hill with the speed of an express train and shot across North Main street and Into the corner of a frame building. The impact was so great that some of the heavy Iron work on the car was doubled up and the corner post of the tulldlng , which acted as a buffer for the runaway car , was badly splintered. That the occupants of the car escaped with their llevs is remarkuible. There were about ten passengers. In the car at the lime , besides the motorm'cn ' and' the conductor. Injured. Mn , . Sarah Malufskl , crushed and bruised I in the abdomen and head cut. Conductor Schott , head cut and Injured j about the upper part of the body. Charley H. Holmes , bruised about the right leg and back Injured. Ono ot the moat surprising things was the escape ot the motorman , Louis E. Mor row , who stuck to his post. SOCIETY * WOMAN TAKES IIHIl LIFE , Over the Sml Death of 'Herbert. ' \\1VSIIINGTON , Dec. 26. The recent tragic doith of .Mies . Leila Herbert , the daughter of the ex-secretary of the navy , is given as the reason for the suicide which occurred toJay of 'MissAnnie Virginia Wells , an accom plished young society woman and daughter of Mr. Lewis S. Wells , well known attorney. The young woman shot herself through the heart with her brother's revolver at the res idence of her father , 1311 N street , north west. 'MIns ' Wells had mot Miss Herbert a number of times aud was very much attached to her. She herself had been confined to the house four months by lllnnis and this , combined with the shock caused by the death ot her friend , brought on melancholia , which re sulted In suicide. The deed was apparently entirely unpremeditated , and coming 'Imme diately after Christmas festivities In the houaa completely proatrated her aged mother. Miss Wclla was 34 years of ugo and very beautiful. CHRISTMAS JOYS TO THE IIAIMESS. IlatiiiteoiiM Feiixt for TlioiiMtiniln of the Unfortunate. KANSAS CITY , Dec. 26. The feature of the Crlstraas holidays In Kiinsao City was perhaps the manner In whtc-h Christmas cheer was carried o the least fortunate of the . leo town's population. The Salvation Army people - ok plo took upon themselves the greater task , and at their barracks on Main street over era 20,000 luckless hungry mortals , Including a score of women and not a few children , were fed. The younger ones were admitted to . the hall 300 at a time. They were served with all they could eat of roast beef , potatoes celery , cranberry sauce nnd other luxuries. ! The newsboys of the city wcro the guests of Charlca H. Purvis , a saloon keeper , who spread before them a bounteous turkey dinner In ono of the big down-town restaurants. ts.id There were 400 ot the urchins , whlto and black , all together , and they devoured a tremendous quantity of the good things provided , .VHK WOHICINK FOIL CIAJISS to Clear IIji the Iteccnt Duiihlf .Murder. " ' UOSTON , Dec. 20. There teems to bo little it.ay tlo Information gleaned by tbo police today to clear up the mystery of the double murder iroa der In the North End last night , The deac : men arc Joseph Catolarl , a boarding liousi keeper of Hanover street , and Savarlo CJuar tarlo of Moon r.treet , a boarder In the house The men under arrest who will be chjrgec ; with the murdeis arc Savarlo Carcll , who Ii In the hospital miffi-rlng from kclfo wounds and a friend named Cannocclno. It Is utate-c - that the trouble which ended In the kill Ing grew out ot a feud orlg'natlng In Italy. . , HrotherH Killed h ' 11 Trnln. , ORI3BNVILLK , Pa. , Dec. 26. Jnincii nrt Samuel Lytle were killed on the Krlo rail way yesterday near Atlantic. The brother eraml were dilvlni ; to u relath'u'B house to tspcm Christmas. While they were crossing the , track n westbound train came around thea curve ami utruck their rig broadside , liotl * men were hurled high In tbo air and vvliei picked up were dead , Rnmuel'B body iwn thrown ahead of the train and was nil over , mutilating U liorrlb'.y. Drowneil While tiliiillnur. KINGSTON. N. Y. , Dec , 20. While skat Ing at Rlfton on Walklll creek yesterda Miss Mary V. Van Itarber , agwl 23. brok through tbo Ice. Edward iMcMlchael MTU to her rescue , crawling along the Ice , but thn Ice broke under him nnd ho was prt clpltatid into the water , Uotti > ncr - drowned , KIIU HIM Oivii Ilrother , - CHATTANOOGA , Tenn. . Dec. 2 . Will and . - . Jonn Livingston , brother * , of Illuo Creel : ' Ala , , quarreled laat night while drlnklnt ever u trivial matter , and the former hot the latter to death. The murderer I * 1 yearn of ago and U now in jail ut Ulrmlni haai. Mnnipulatora of Wheat Market Must Thorn Show Their Hands. FEW DAYS IN WHICH TO MAKE DELIVERIES Loiter , Pore , Thinks Loiter , Fils , is a Publlo Benefactor , MAKES THE SELLER DICTATOR OF PRICE Removes Central Market from Liverpool to Chicago. WRESTS CONTROL FROM BEAR COMBINE Father niMiln } * Coimlilcrnlilc , 1'rltlo In tlu * Aohlrvciiiciiln of Ilia , 011 lit the I't-oHoiit Corner - | nor on Wheat. CHICAGO , Dec. 26. Friday , which will witness the- close of the great Loiter doll In wheat on the Board ot Trade , bids fair to prove a memorable day lei the trade. Na" great excitement Is expected In the wheat pit , but la oats a squeeze of shorts may- occur. "Tho wheat deal of my son has brought to the -farmers of the United States10 ol 1C cents more for their wheat than If ho had not gone Into U , " L. Z. Lcltor sail today , In talking ot the great battle be tween Joseph Loiter on the one sldo end the elevator companies on the other. "My son has been the benefactor of the agricul tural .Industries of the country to that ex tent. The ecllor Is now dictating the prlco of lib product , not the purchaser. Chicago makes the market prlco of wheat , not Liv erpool. And the local Influences , which Imvo been so long for constantly lower prlceo , have edited to control Chicago mar > hots. " The first purchases of wheat by Joseph Letter wcro made in July last at 64 ccnta. The prlco for real wheat , such na the farmer eellfi , has been between 99 cents and $1 foi several days. This malice a total advance- slnco July of about 35 cents. Leltcr , sr. , gives the ordinary course of the markcU credit for between 20 cod 25 cents ot the rteo. The remainder he attributes to th substantial support given to prlcea by Lei- tor , jr. , during the laet six months. It la believed that Mr. Letter has ibeen > turning a trick on the trade In oils whtlo everybody was watching wheat. For weeks , the oats pit has been practically dcsertedi. Last week there wen a disagreeable urt prise to the men who had soldi 0,000,000 bushels oj oato for December de-llvery when they learned that nocats wcro being de livered. Then they awoke to the fact that In all the Chicago elevators oats measured but 950,000 bushels of the contract grades. It was Wednesday when the discovery w a made. The prlco of December oats was then 20 % cents. On Friday the market closed at 22 % cents. A cent advance In cats Is as good as 4 or 5 cents tiwheat. . It Is too iato to rush 5a a supply to meet the calls which will be made for the grain , at the clcso of business oa Friday. Tboso who have not delivered the grain according to contract will be called upon to settle at the closing pricco. The situation has all the elements of a squeeze. STJtIKIS SBXTI.lIC.Vr WEAKENING. OiierutlveH .MilConcliKle to Accept tinSituation. . FALL RIVER , 'Mass. ' , Dec. 26. The strike feeling among the operatives ttalght is not as strong as It was last week. It is bcllevid that careful consideration of existing cojdl- tlons has done much to change the sentiment. The conference committee- -the opon.tlvca , In 'Which ore representatives of all the textile ) unions , held anoKier meeting tcnlght , when tie wage question dlscusalcn Was resumed. The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the committee secretary. The only informa tion given out was that a new proposition to the manufacturers was proposed cud the plan , unanimously adopted. Its details were not divulged and the document IB now In the mall for Secretary Rounsevlllc. A manufacturer tonight volunteered the opinion that the now proposlt'lco might offer an acceptance of the cut-down provided too present echedulo was restored A\toen a margin of profit to bo mutually agreed upon shall warrant such actlcu. Dy this he meant that the operatives will continue work In hope ot better times soon. PLEASED WITH HIS 'HISCEI'TION. ' Menu-mint I'enry EtitliunliiHtlc Ovcv JIU Trip to EnKlninl. NEW YORK , Die. 26. A dispatch to the World ifrom Washington says : "Lieutenant Robert B. Peary , the Arctic explorer , wfoo returned from England on the St. Paul , on his arrival In Now York Immediately took , a train for WiishlngUTi. Lieutenant Peary , when seen by a reporter tonight , was en thusiastic over his reception in England , and the girt given Mm 0 > y Alfred C. Harmeworth , , the wealthy Englishman * of the Windward , . a fillip which tbo explorer will use In his trip tothe Arctic region , Mr. Harmsworth alsu furnished funds for the expedition. Mr. Pcare-y said the Windward would be sent . to New York early In the spring , and that ho would jstart north the latter part of July. Lieutenant I'eary e.'arted ' for New York to night , to flnlsh work on his narrative , which is in the publisher's hands. , CLOTHES IKN1TEI ) AT A < ! AS G'R\TE. Ilelutlvo \NHUtnnt Seeretttry Duy ; Severely Burnett. - CANTON , 0. , Dec. 2 ( ! . Miss Clara Shields , daughter of R. S. Shields , former United States district attorney and a cousin ot Mrs. Day , wife ot Assistant Secretary Day , was severely burned ut her home here to . day. Her clothing Ignited from an open gaa , fireplace and her father , answering her , shrieks for help , found her1.In flames. The , loner part of her body and legs were a- verely burned and grave apprehensions were - felt at first. U Is now thought , however , that nothing serious will result , Mies Shields was to have accompanied the Days back to Washington this week for a toclal.season at tbo capital. - IIIMIV < ; KOIUIO MISMOIIIAL FUND , : Committee lit Charge Maliex Another < Ippeiil for > foiiry , a i NRW YORK , Dec , 20 , The commlttra having charge of the Henry George memoilal : und hut made another appeal for sub * ; v scrlptlons. In | ! B report the committee- states that { 13,000 has been subscribed , but t that this U In now'ee adequate for tba ' - election of a memorial nucli an had lieeiv ; contemplated , i Dion of HIM Iiijtirle * . MILAN , Mo. , Dec. 26. ( Special T Iegram.f - Headmaster Sam Rlc-ard ot Trenton , who wan Injured la the Port Ar tbur wreck near here latt Thurs day night , died at Gait last night ancf , was burled at his homo this evening undo * , the auspices ot the Knights of Pythias lodgau' Ho leaves a wlfo and two llttlo chliarow * IS The other Injured employes are getting - along very well , notwithstanding ; thslr | c juries are moro serious tha'a first ' '