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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1899)
THE OMA1IA DAILY J3EE : IMCTNDAV , 11 for It and I don't cnrc I came fixed to get him and I got him " CnllliiN In I nconrpriieel. Collins wag conducted to the police sta tion and placed In n solitary cell. He maintained his nlr of bravado and was apparently at cose. Assistant City Ph > lctan Ualph was called to drewi the prisoner's head and found a deep gash Inflicted by the club of the bar tender. The wound wnt dressed and will cause Collins little additional Inconvenience as hl Bcalp H covered wllh similar me mentoes. There were two other cuts which had only begun to heal and were Btlll bandaged. It Is possible that Collins * defense may be Insanity , as ho has been confined on that charge nt the city Jail. About six menthe ngo after continued dlsilpatlon ho attempted to take his own life In n saloon near Thir teenth and Leavenworth alrcctn. Ho drf * a knife acioss his throat. Inflicting n deep gash , but not severing the Jugular /eln. Finding that his end was not being "K1"11 ? Collins then cut his wrists , but mle'-'d ' the arteries. HH ! Injuries did not prov/serloiu , although ho was confined to W bed for . During - riod his several weeks. ihi-y and upon/8 recovery action * were strange " 1 nvc t- he was held at the police slaty" | . l/s ° ° fr.f * gatlon as to hla sanity. . ' his llb- rational , however , and w/B'vcn ° rty > Ileconl of Col' " " " " " rrraler ) ' > torloi The murderer Is a family , responsible tf fto proportion - portion of III deeds. The father. Jack Col- 1'del1 " > > cjrs llm , who was a c four"18 " * " " 8"1" ago leaving ' the fam- - < " * redeemed The young worn- , fa ns lay In their power They lly name as have proved idustrlous and provident , con- trlbullng m-1 * to the fiupporl ot thc fnm- Hi whichOCCUP'CS ' a hovel on Fifteenth . ' , v Marcy In a ina/e of switching tracks r ° lllmbcr > rds. Of the sons , Tom , now i nrrest' ls 3l ycare old Joseph the con'l ' son > was killed 'hreo years ago . brawl at Kcsslcr's hall on South Thlr- t/.lth street. Several pairs of gloves had /en stolen which were to be divided be tween Collins and Mulllns , partners In thc theft. Collins bcllo\cd that Mulllns waa unfair In the allotment and a quarrel fol lowed In which Mulllns thrust the blade ot a pocket knife Into the heart of his former friend. Ho was tried and acquitted on a plea of self-defense. James , the third brother , Is now serving a term In the state penitentiary for burglary His offense was the robbery of a fruit car in the Union Pacific freight jards. He was accompanied by several others of the Col lins-McDonald gang and Captains Haze and Her almost lost their lives In effecting thc capture. Jerry , the joungcst of thc brothers , hai been recently released from the state re form school. Ho Is not of ago but has al ready had a varied career. During one Of his excursions on a brakebiam the train went through a bridge and the boy lost his leg. The McDonalds are cousins of thc Collins boys and are equally desperate and lawless. They have had many encounters with the police nnd arc generally fcarel In the neighborhood. Groie WIIH InnfYciiali c. Charles R. Grove has been n well-known 7harocter of Omaha for over twenty years , especially In the Third ward , whcro he al ways took a prominent part In politics. He was a member of the present Republican city central committee. His place has been conducted In an orderly manner and , though It was frequented by women , few complaints of thefts have been made. Grove was 45 years of ago and was considered Inoffensive and obliging. His face was familiar at the pollco station where he frequently appeared to ball out offenders of both sexes. Grove's home was at 1312 Chicago street , his fam ily consisting of a wife nnd son of C years. Both were at his bedside when the end : amo , though the Injured man never re gained consciousness. LOSS , A MILLION DOLLARS Konr ninpkH I.nlil WnMe liy n Klre Which nurnM Four Ilotirn nt Aiiffti.itn , On. AUGUSTA , Ga. , Dec. 10. A fire which bad Its origin tn a dry goods store here shortly after 2 o'clock this morning burned four hours and laid waste a solid block in the center of Ihe business portion of Ihe : lly. The damage will approximate $1,000- )00. ) There were no casualties. Following arc ( ho principal loosesi J. B. White , building nnd stock. $410,000 , Arlington holel , $100,000 , John Dorr , building * ing and stock , $35000 ; Masonic hall , $25,000 ; Rico & O'Connor , $10,000 , Louis Schaucll , Jewclrj' , $10,000 , Mullarkey & Sullivan , $10,000. The losses of twenty-five other busi ness men range from $1,000 to $5,000 each. Tbo origin of the fire Is not known. Tlio Ilnriled * o Dcnth , PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 10 Fire at Gloucester today destroyed the Green Tree hotel and stables and thc Clifton house. The dead nre : David Young , a laborer , and his wife , Bessto , both about 60 years of age nnd lived at the Clifton house. Tbo loss la $25,000. Neiv llaiupnlilrc Woolen Mill , RNFIELD , N H. . Dec. 10. The Baltic mill , owned by the American Woolen Mills company , was partially burned today. LOSE $100,000. DoNlon I.mulior Van ! htiftVr * IOHM. BOSTON. Dec. 10. Fire in A. F. Lether- bco & Co.'a lumber jard on Albany street today caused a 1053 of probably $ CO- 000. DEATHRECORD , Cioriunii CliciN Mauler. NEW YORK , Dec. 10. A dlspnlch to the Rtaats Zcltung from Berlin sajs thai Dr. Max Lange , Iho famous German chess master , theoretician and problematist , In dead at Lclpslc He was born In Magdeburg on August 7 , 1832. nnd was known as ,1 chocs player In 1S49 , when he founded a chess club among the boys of the Mngdiburtf gymnasium. He also edited a chess period ical al Ihe same time. Lange made a great name for himself' by his numerous chesa publications. Ho was the co-founder of n great many German chess organizations and when ho died was manager of the German Chess association. Dedlcnti ) Jon lull Home. DRNVER , Dec. -r-The National Jewish homo for consumptives , located In this cltj' , was formally dedicated today Prasldonl Rrabfelder of Loultiv Ille and Rabbi Fried man of Denver delivered Iho prlnclp.il ad- dresses. The homo was liullt by Iho Jewish order of U'iml li'illh. hut lx not Intended for Iho rare of members of that order nr rurc alone Anjono sulTerlng from con sumption who Is unnblu to pay for treat ment and euro In any other ItiHtltntlon Is rulmlsBlblti Into this one U was con- Ptructul with the one Idea of providing ti home for the penniless consumptives. .MaUe n ( iood Haul. CHICAGO , Dee 10 In a raid by the police today on two houses In West Van llureii street , property , the value of which U ceJlmatcd at $ UOO ) , was uvoveied The * consists of .sealskin garmcntx , rose goods , silver w. ire , luces and tut- u-lusn buppoged to bo the proceeds of liur- tlarlea In rcsldenccu and stores not only In Chicago , but In other large cities by in organized Bang of thlcvoa Or discomfort , no Irritation of tbe In testines-but gentle , prompt , thorough healthful cleanalne , when jou take Solo by ell druggists , 9 cent * FIX DATE FOR CONVENTION Democratic State CommlttBo Will Hold a Meeting January 5. CALUD TOGETHER BY JIM DAHLMAN AVnnt ( o Ilntr Hie ( JntlicrhiK Itrlil nt Mncon ! on llrjnn'N ! Mrtlidn > from the Male Caiiltnl. LINCOLN , Dec. 10. ( Special. ) Chairman Jainca C. Dahlman has Issued n call for thc I democratic central committee to meet In Lincoln , January D , to fix thc time and place for holding the state convention to name delegates to the national democratic convention. An effort will bo made by Lan caster county democrats to have the conven i tion held In Lincoln , March 10 , that being the ilato of W J Bryan's 40th birthday. The fight for thc senatorial appointment Is still the chief topic of con\crsatlon In this city , and nt the hotcla very little else Is heard ! A fuslonlst from rails City who was In the city today said that the people of the southeastern - , eastern portion of the state were much In- crested In the outcome. Petitions favoring ho appointment ot Hitchcock have been cir culated In Hlchardfion and Pawnee counties during the lost few dajs , but up to lant night not enough signatures had been ob tained to send any of them to the gov- ! crnor. A convention for the promotion of acety- t lenc gas as a lighting agency will bo held In this city soon after the first of thc jcar. Manufacturers of acetylene machines have been asked to submit their generators to n practical test nnd for this purpose the gas system of ono of the large hotels will be used. Prizes will be awarded for the b st results and lectures will be clvcn each even- j Ing during the week of the convention , which will continue three weeks. Prof. n. H Bar- hour of the State university Is president of the association , Prof. A. W Kellcy of Union college vlco president , and II , 0. Mcado man ager. The funeral services over the remains of Mrs Jane Bench , who died yesterday mornIng - Ing , were conducted this afternoon at the family residence on Sixteenth street by Uov W M. Hlndman of the First Prebbyterlan church. Mte. Beach came to Lincoln In 1872 and lived to the age of 92 years. She re tained complete possession of her mental fac ulties up to the time of her death and , des pite her old age , was an active worker In church circles. W. II. Sexton of New York , who acted as ensign under De\\cy at Manila , has been vis. Itlng his aunt. Mrs. W. Q. Bell. He left this evening for Marc Island and will go Into earvlco on the Sclndln. J. M. Gllchrlst of Nebraska City , examiner of county treasurers , has been promoted to the position held by the late Fred Archerd as bookkeeper in the auditor's ofllce. Ilia successor ns examiner has not jet been se lected. Former Insurance Clerk Kverlngham has been mentioned for the position. The Fremont Driving Park association and the Fremont Hospital company have filed ar ticles of Incorporation with the secretary of state. The former has a capital stock of $10- 000 and the latter 350,000. City Attorney Webater has announced his Intention of resigning from his present posi tion to accept an appointment In the law di vision of the Interior department at Wash ington. Ho was tendered this position sev eral months ago , but an Important lawsuit then pending required his presence In the city and he was unable to accept. WOULD SHIP BY THE CARLOAD Correspondent Tliliikn It In Preferable to the Method of I'n > lnir by Weljiht. LEIGH , Neb. , Doc. 9. To the Editor of The Bee : I noticed In your paper of the 20th ult. the statement that shippers would rather ship by weight than pay by the car. I fully agree with W. R. Thurber in his article on the subject In your Issue of De cember S Twice since I have been shipping from this point In the last four years the railroad company has tried this same thing and found It so unsatisfactory thai they have abandoned It , and why any shipper should wish to pay by the hundred pounds Instead of by the car I cannot see , ns it costs on an average of $3 to $5 more per car Another phase of the matter Is this : The stock Is never weighed by the railroad com pany correctly In order for the shippers to get fair play the commission men at South Omaha have to compare the weights ot the railroad company and the Stock Yards com pany and make the railroad company settle on the weights of the local stock yards com pany. It Is a noticeable fact that the rail road company alwaj'o mHke tbo weight 500 to 1,000 pounds more per car , weighed In their cars , than It docs nfter It Is unloaded nnd filled. I had a car ot hogs there this week which they weighed 1,000 pounds heavier on their scales than It did on thu South Omaha Stock Yards company's scales. I bought a car of feeders there which weighed 21,000 pounds. When I went to pay the freight the railroad company had them weigh 25,000 pounds. Like W R. Thurber I think It a good thing for the railroad company , but a bad thing for the shipper. J think In these days cf keen competition the livestock ship per's margin la small enough without having part of It cut off by railroads. I hope to hear from other shlppnrs on this subject. C H MORIAN. II01V MMS .MAN IIRIIIMl HAIIS , IlcBitlt of n Dlffornnce Ilefwecii n 1'ariner anil Hln 'reliant. WISNER , Neb. , Dec. 10. ( Special. ) Yes terday evening H. Dressier , living on his farm six miles northeast of town , was ar rested on the charge of Shooting with In tent to kill. The complaint was sworn tn by Otto Wlcland , who Is a tenant of nnd reeldcei with Dressier , It seems that In the afternoon of the day Dressier and Wleland came to blows over some trouble they have been having In regard to Wleland's ten ancy and Dressier being the smaller drew his revolver , a .38-callber , with the Inten tion of frightening Wleland , but Wleland advanced , hitting Bressler on thc hood with a bar of Iron , and In the melee Bressler's revolver was discharged , the ball entering Wk'and's leg near the thigh Wlcland'0 wound IB not tcrlous Bressler'a face U badly bruised The sheriff took Brecaler to the ciunty Jail on the night train nnd the preliminary hearing will be bad before the county Judge during the week Upon the sheriff's arrival In town with Brfialer a bond for hU release waa tendered the magis trate Issuing the warrant and approved , but tbe sheriff refused to release Breeuter , but took him to the ciunty Jail NeliriiMl.ii Ne H NntOH , I The Catholic fair at Greeley nutted about $500 $500The The telephone line Is now In operation to Nelluli Alliance U making an effort to secure electric UclitH. Nomalm counuty ha decided not to hold a fair next year Buuurd county has just paid $3,000 of Its bonded Indebtedness , Thirty new 'phones ure being added to the Holdreee exchange. The ProMij terlniiH of St JamcH , Cedar count j. vvlll dedicate u new church Bun- dayColonel Colonel Cody propoBfH to build an electric light plant for his home town of Noith Plattc The Tckamah Journal Is a new candi date tor public favor , U Is published by Ott & . Concer. who are well known In newspaper circles In the town nnd Is clean and neat tjpographlcnlly and lull of nous. A Bon of S K Leo nf Custer county was killed by the accidental discharge ot a .shotgun Hunters shot and killed n valuable horse belonging to A W. Denrdln , n tanner living near Leigh. The new Lutheran church nt Frledensaii , Thayer county , will be dedicated on the 17th of this month. B. A. Lundburg , principal of the Kmer- son schools , resigned , nnd Prof Patterson has been elected to the place James Gregg , who lives ton miles from Gordon , lost a 1"R as the result ot the ac cidental discharge of a shotgun Out Nelson , n Stromsburg boy , lost nn ear by the accidental dl'chnrKO of a shot gun He was not otherwise Injured , An unsuccessful effort was made to In- Once the St Paul cltv council to order the saloons closed every night nt 9 o clock. Thp saloon nt Harrlslmrg burned to thc ground Wednesday night of last week There Is no doubt the fire was of Incen diary origin Charles Mack of Unite thinks J Whistler has depreciated the value of his cqultj In his wife's affections $2.000 worth and has sued him for lhal amotinl The Claj County Poultrv association will hold Its annual show at Clnj Center , De cember ID to 22 There will be institute- work the evening of the 20th. P S Pnjne , fusion candidate for treas urer In Dlxon county , has Hied a contcsl agalnsl J W Thompson , whom the can vassing board declared elected The Burlington company has had n force of thirteen two-horse scrapers nnd a largo number of men at work lining dirt In the ground floor of the now shop building Mrs Martha Shoncmnn , who resided Just south of Heaver City , was struck and In stantly killed by n train on thc Fort Kear ney and Junction Cltv branch of the fnlon Pacific near Talmo , Kan. , last Friday aft ernoon The Missouri river Is open nnusunllj Into this year. The ferry at the Ponca land ing Is moro or less Inconvenienced bv the slush and floating Ice that are collected along the shore , but It U still nble to make landtncs Many of the discharged members of the Twenty-second Infantry , who took up claims on thc old Fort Uandall reserv.i- tlon when thej' were quarlered al that post , nre now reluming lo establish Ihclr homes and starl In farming A "spook" show drew a good crowd al St Paul , but Just as the spooks In thc cablnel were giving Iho llvellesl parl of Ihe performance someone In llic crowd be came overly curious and started an In- vesllKallon. The spook proved to be a very material woman and the show came tn nn nhrntit nniltnir. The mortgage Indebtedness record of Dl\on countv for November , 1S91 , Is Farm nioitgaBes illcd 12 , $16,992 GO , released 2 > ) , $22,17013 Clly mortgages Hied 8 , $3.5S7IO , released 10. $279056 Chattel mortgages filed 170 , $39,17848 , released lib , $ .3,740 'JS No sheriff's or other deeds In foreclosure. While out hunting with homo other boys Grover Walton of Ord shot himself through the foot with a 22 rifle. He had the muzzle on his foot and when the gun was ac- clclentallj discharged Ihe ball was setil slralghl llirough foot , solo and all He did nol neeni lo mind It very much , however , for ho slopped and played wllh Ihe bojs for some time before coming home A number of bankers of the Republican Valley countrj- assembled In Nelson Wednesdaj' afternoon and organized the South Central Nebraska Bankers' associa tion. The counties represented were : Thayer , Flllmoro , Claj , Webster and Nuckolls The meeting was held nt the First National banl. and olllcors vveru clecled as follows : J F Bradshaw , presi dent : W. H. Jennings , vlco president , r. B. Bollcnflcld , secictarj and Ircasuicr. SERMON ON WOMAN LABOR St. I'nul Illilne DeelnrOH ( lie Tondonc > of the Time IN the Creal- ST. PAUL , Minn. . Dec. 10. Rev. S. G. Smith , pastor of thePeople's church In this cltj' , whose lecent statements in regard to women wage-earners and their Interference with men workers have atlraclcd wide at tention and criticism , tonight replied to his critics In a sermon. Dr. Smith said in part : "The subject at first arouses mirth , but when It Is better understood tears will take the place of laughter. The problem Is red with the Hfo blood of the nation. War is a curse and an evil , but war Is sometimes beltor than cowardice and dishonor. There Is need for woman's work , and good In It. but as society Is at present organized the evil far outweighs the good. It was in sav age times that woman was Ihe slave and served her master in menial tasks. We are fast on the road to a new savagery. The problem begin when the discovery of ma- ctlnery and the factory sjstoin took the ploco of fie man and the tool. Greedy em ployers bid thc delicate fingers of woman end the dimpled hand ot childhood grasp the fallen task. I have watched a woman and a cow yoked togelher dragging a heavy load In Europe. I have seen Ihe haggard faces of the frclory girls hero and Ihere. God never Intended women to look like that. But economic conditions have no chivalry and human avarice has no sense ot honor "Tho majority of working women In this country , now 4,000,000 of them , arc between the ages of 14 and 25. The great fact of the last decade , however. Is the enormous In crease among them of girls under 18 jears of age. In thc clothing tradea alone the Increase has been 238 per cenl , In cotton and woolen goods 138 per cenl. The Isn- dency Is loaard childhood. It Is cheaper. Meantime , wo nro devouring the pojslblo strength ot the nation by draining the life of its fulure mothers. Forty-five per cent of the manufacturing In the United States Is now done by women. We may well Is ashamed to use the appliances ot modern civilization when we remember that they mean the life blood and agony of delicate womanhood , the paraljsls of our homo and the stopping of that abounding American physical vigor which has marked us for a century , because America has hitherto been the paradlso of women. Make our women beasts of burden and the doom of our strength Is at hand No army Is any moro vigorous than the mothers who boie them The tendencies of thc time loward Ihe enormous Increase ot woman labor and of immature young women , is the economic , social , moral and physical evil of our time , and It Is the most serious menace to the nation's life. " To ( 'lire n fold in Olio Day. Take Laxative Brome Qulnlno Tablets. All druggists refund the money If It falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each box. 2uc. PK.VSIO.VH Vttn WnhTUII * VKTKIltVS. .Sur\l\or of ( lie CM II 1V r lleiiiein- iHTi-cl li > tlic ( Jo ( rimiriit , WASHINGTON , Dec 10 ( Special ) The following western pensions have been granted IHHUO of November 23- lovvn : Increase John IJurlcw , Council Bluffs , J14 tn $17 Reissue FranelK S Fletcher , DPH Molniv * , 112 , FianclH M Mc Coy , Columbus City , $17 : Charles 8 PorkH , Nashua , $50 Bouth Dakota : Additional James O Harvey , Hot Springs. W to $ S , Issue of November 22. Nebraska Increase -David W. Williams , Omaha. $10 * o $14 Iowa. Original Jamea W Bishop ( dead ) , Clinton. $12 ; James D Arrnsmlth , Ames , $6 liyron I * Tower , Storm Lake S Ad ditional-William J C Cox Birmingham. Jill Incrpiibn Vlncnnt H Martin , DCS Molncx. $10 to $17 , James Hall , Columbus Clt ) . $0 to $ S. Peter Hanger. Modal ) , $14 to $17 $ Reissue Corjdon Iloughton , ! ! < ! - mend $15 Original widows Harriet L Itlshop. Clinton 8 , Urcella Moodi. NiiHlnm $ S , ( war with Spain , special No. vember ) Hans J Johnson , Laporto Clt } , .South Dakota. Incrcuee John Hughex , I Hot Springs , { > > to $10 Original widows ( special accrued November 21) ) Kmma M I FiHher , Vermllllon. $17. Coircc Houtn SHU Quarantined. N12W YORK. Dec 10 The coffee fleam- em nt quarantine made no move todav The Roman Prlnco and Hagusa are Htlll held by Dr Doty The Lansell contlnucn to d'fcharBo ' her danidfed coffee Into llght- prs Two loaded lighters are anchored off Clifton , B I , In charge of qviarnnilno pallet llet- , awaiting the rlkht ddjs' dolentlon I The boven llghtera with coffee from the J W Taylor which were released bj Dr Doty on Wednesduj last are docked al i etapleton , S I The. police bout Patrol I moored alongside watching them No oihw steamer hae arrived from Santo * . COINAGE RECORD IS BROKEN Figures from the Report of Director of Mint Eoberts. LIMITED ONLY BY MINT'S ' CAPACITY Gold Coliinno ( ircntoitt In Coutilrj'n HUtorj AVorlif * Oiilimt Strmlll- Coinage of Sil ver InercnNCfi , Too , WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 Mr. Iloberts , the director ot the mints , In his annual re- rtrt , saja : "Tho mints and assay offices operated upon moro bullion In the aggregate and n greater coinage was executed during the last fiscal jear than In any previous jear. Original deposits of gold were slightly less than dur ing the previous jcnr , amounting In value to $143 , 7,100 , against JU7.C93.194 In the fiscal jcar ended Juno 30 , 189S Domestic deposits were the largest In our history , amounting to $76,252,487 , against ? 6 ! > , SS1,120 In the preceding jcar , but thcro was a fall ing off In foreign coin and bars. "Tho coinage of gold waa the greatest In our history , amounting to $108,177,180 , against $ G4G34SG. > In the preceding jcar and might have been consldcrablj larger If the capacity ot the mints had been greater The stock of gold bullion on hand Increased from $ OCCS8,5S2 on July 1 , 1898 , to $119,882- 772 on July 1 , 1809. "Tho coinage i-f diver dollars from bul lion purchased under the net of July 14 , 1S9C. was $18,234,709 , against $10,002,750 , la the preceding jtnr nnd the coinage of sub sidiary silver $0,166,817 , against $ C,4S2S04. "Tho mints have been hard pressed throughout the year to meet the demands upon them , the Institutions at Now Orleans and Phllndalphla running overtime for the greater port of the > car. The pressure at the San Frnuclsco mint was not so great because - cause the etock of silver bullion nt that In stitution was exhausted In August , 1S9S. This mint also converted Into coin the full amount cf its very large receipts of gold bullion , Its gold output being $58,258,000. Mionlil Ittinli Work oil .Nf Mliiln. "Tho mint facilities of the country will bo taxed to their utmost until the new buildings under construction at Philadelphia and Denver are completed and equipped. Tha stock ct gold bullion Is accumulating and , with the present pressure for subsid iary coinage , cannot be reduced. Fortu nately the largo cash balance In the treasury permits nt this tlcno an unusual stock of bullion without embarrassment , but on- gress should , at the approaching session , make an appropriation for the equipment of the now Philadelphia mint. The buildIng - Ing Is well advanced towards completion and as the power plant and much ot thc machinery will require considerable time for construction , the contracts should bo let during the coming year. "When the present charges for refining silver were adopted they were applicable to the conditions then existing and the gov ernment" refineries received a share of the business. But the cost of treatment has de clined and the charges of private concerns have been reduced , whllo the government charges have remained fixed. The effect has naturally been to send thc silver bullion to private refineries. Whllo there Is no good reason why the government should enter Into unnecessary competition with private concerns , It It ? desirable that so long as It conducts refineries It should do so hi on economical'and businesslike manner. " The total amount of silver bullion refined In the United States last year was , In round numbers , 94,000,000 ounces. The superintendent of the New York es say office , thc repoit eays , has called atten tion to the fact that although about $30,000- 000 In United States coin was exported last jcar no bais were taken for export and suggests that the "export charge" of cno- tenth of 1 per cent which Is exacted Is operating to our disadvantage. nxiiortx mill ImiiortN of u Vonr. The total gold Imports of the year amounted to $88,976,882 and exports to $37- 550,783. The total silver Imports were $31,120,578 , commercial value , and silver exports to $ JC- 655,335. The stock of bullion In the mints and as say office" ) on July 1 , 1899 , were as follows : Gold , $119,882,772 , ; silver ( cost ) , $85,575- 898. During the year $1,168,851 In worn and uncurrcnt gold coins were received , with a loss of $10,543 , and $8,588,076 of worn and uccurrent subsidiary silver was recolned , with a loss of $485,797. The selgnorago on the coinage of silver dollars during the year amounted to $5,520- 115 ; on subsidiary silver , $ SS38 , en nlckela and pennies , $698,729. The coinage of all nations , Including rccolnages In Iblis , was- Gold , $395,477,905 ; silver , $149,282,835. The government has now practically no bullion available for the coinage of subsi diary currency. It has bullion purchased for the coinage < if silver dollars , but this can not bo used without authority from con gress. The needs of the country for frac tional currency are increasing and legisla tive authority for new coinage Is Impera tively demanded. Continuing , the report eays ; "In the report of this bureau a jear ago an effort was n'ade to tabulate the principal stocks of gold held for monetary use In thc world at the close of the > ears 1892 and 1S97. This table , corrected by returns from additional banks and the elimination ot Homo errors , shows thc stocks of gold In sight In Europe to have Increased by about 60 per cent from December 31 , 1898. Kuro- pean stocks , instead of continuing to Increase , showed a diminution nt first , though the reduction Is likely to cause sur prise , for with the enormous gold production ot the > car , amounting to $287,000,000 $ , the stocks of that metal might be expcctcJ to ev cry w hero augment "When It In considered , however , that the United States took above $200,000,000 of gold In 1898 , that India's net Imports were over $20,000,000 and that the Industrial consump tion of the world was $65,000,000 , It will ba understood that no general Increase In European stocks could occur last year. But It still remains to bo explained whcro tin disappearing gold of Knropo went to. "Tho total reduction shown by thc nbova Is $190.000,000 and the Russian 8t"ck shows a reduction of $168,000,000. But M. do Wlttc , the Russian minister of finance , states in his annual report upon the budget that 'during the > ear 1898 there has been an Increase In the genera ) amount of gold In the country. The reduction shown In the utock of the Imperial bank has been brought about by the monetary reform The enor mous stock In the bank at the clc e of 1897 was provided for the purpose of bringing the paper currency of the country to par with gold nnd establishing Its Interchangeability - ability During the last year the bank has been paying out gold freely and gold coin. | long absent from the circulation of the empire , has again entered Into common III KiiKlanil and ( "The Dank of England and Imperial bank of Germany both show a Icis of gold during the jear. but the record of the exports and Imports of Great Drltaln and Germany show that each of those countries re-solved about j $50,000,000 more gold than It parted with. Trade was very active In both countries' ' and apr-arentlj drew on the rcEervo stock of the two leading banking Institutions I The money stock of thc o countries was In larger degree than Ihe year previous In movement among tbe people and In the i local banks U Is of special Interest that the stock of uncovered bank notei In Ger- many was $24.000.000 greater on December 31 , 1W. than on December 31 , 1S97 , and was $36.000.000 greater In Trance That Illus trates the elasticity which enables the mon etary systems of those countries to ease oft mich an extraordinary demand for gold as the United States made on the world last j ear. ' 'The production of gold In all ot the Im portant goldflclds of the world Is Increasing rapidly and with prospects of continued gains for years to come. The jleld In the world In the calendar year 1S9S was $387- 000,000. against $338,000,000 In 1S97. The production In Australia to date In 1899 has shown a gain ot 25 per cent over the < ! or- responding months ot 1898 , which Indicates n probable gain for the full jear ot $16,000- 000 , The United States. Canada and Mexico ice will doubtless increase their product $18,000,000 In South Africa the production In the first half of the > car wni 35 per cent above thc jleld of the same months In 1898 and If the Industry had been undis turbed the gain for the jcar would probably have been nbovo $20,000,000. As all thcso principal districts arc now In condition to produce at a higher rate thin nt the open ing of the present jcar nnd all nro prepar ing for larger yields , It Is not Improbable that when operations arc fully resumed In South Africa the world's output will quickly pas * $400,000,000 per annum. "The world's stock of coin Is now being Increased moro rapidly nnd by a higher an nual percentage to the existing stock than during the period from 1850 to I860 , when thc greit output of gold from California and Australia startled the economists of all countries and gnvo the world a depreciating standard of value. The effect of this new Mood of standard money upon the markets , thc Industrlts , the earnings of those who work for wages and all of the various re lations of the people In our present highly oiganlzcd soclctj will bo a most Interesting study. It will Inevitably bo a potent factor In affairs. " PRINT RECIPROCITY TREATIES Senate Coininlfec oil I'orclu" lleln- tloim < o Consider \oiv Trenllvn Tilth rrniieo and WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 The reciprocity treaty negotiated between the United States and Franco nnd between the United Stated nnd Great Britain during the last summer , the terms of which have been carefully guarded , have at last been printed. They were transmitted to the senate on Tuesday and will bo taken up for consideration by the senate committee on foreign relations at the first meeting of that committee , which will bo held next Wednesday. The treaty with Great Britain covers the dependencies of Jamaica , Bermuda , Barba- docs , British Guiana and Turks and Calcos Inlands. These agreements Include lists of articles on which concessions are made by thc re spective parties Those with Great Britain arc Signed on the part of the United States by John Knsson , and on the part of Great Britain by Reginald Towers. The French treaty Is signed by John Kna- son nnd Atnbassdor Cambon. The list of re ductions In each case Is followed by treaty articles giving the general terms of stipula tion. The French convention Is made to ap ply to Algeria and Its products the same ns It to France nnd Its products. The general terms of all thc treaties are practically the same , thc stipulation be ing In most cases that "in case either of the contracting parties shall during the continu ance of this convention Increase the duties on the Importation of merchandise the In crease shall be without discrimination or prejudice against the products of the other. " Article 5 In the British treaties provides for the ratification of the treaties by the president and the senate on behalf of the United States and by the queen on behalf of Great Britain , after favorable action by each of the several colonies Interested. In all except that of Barbadoes an exchange of ratifications within eight months is pro vided for. In the Barbadoes treaty twelve months time is allowed. All the treaties arc to continue In time for five years , and from jear to year thereafter at the contracting puitlcti' pleasure. CERVERA WRITES A HISTORY YlmllcntfH lllnixelf for LORN of IIli .Siiiimlroii Contribution to .Spnii- l.sli War HlMtory , WASHINGTON , Dec 10. Another contri bution to the naval literature of thc Spanish war has been published by the Bureau of Naval Intelligence It Is a history by Gen eral Cervera of thc fleet under hlfa command which was deslroycd by Iho American squadion off Santiago. The original pub lication was nuthorlred by the queen regent of Spain on the pctllion of Admiral Cervora who wished lo vlndlcale himself for Ihe loss of his squadron afler having been senl lo Cuba agalnsl his earnest protest Tno document Is of historical value , as It Is made up entirely of ofllclal letters and dis patches and includes Ihe report of Admiral Cervera and his fleet commanders on the action of Sanllago bay. There Is nolhlng of news value In Ihe compllallon which has not already been printed from tlmo to time. IUniiTHlV AMI TW13LKTH CUVSUM. Important Data lo He Collected nail Talinliitod. WASHINGTON , Dec. 10. A special effort will bo made bj the division of agriculture of the twelfth census of thc United States to collect and tabulate important data re lating to Irrigation In the arid and semi- humid regions of the United Stales A pre liminary schedule has been prepared and will soon bo sent out to obtain thc names of corporations and Individuals owning canals or ditches A request Is made also for tbo namcH of the principal canals or ditches In their down stream , the ditches to the right ( looking down stream ) being ar ranged on the first pagn of thc list and these heading to the left on the last page. The principal schedule now In course of preparation will bo mailed to the ad dresses thus obtained , calling for further data , which will bo supplemented by de tailed statistics gathered by the census enumerators. II should be noted by all Interested In the subject lhat Ihese various Inquiries of tbo census ofllce In no way conflict with , or duplicate the work , wlln reference ( o Ir rigation which Is being conducted by any other department of state The most nearly related Inquiry Is that of tbe geological sur vey , which , like that of the census , Is under the more Immediate direction of r. H. New ell , the special agent for Irrigation In the eleventh census and hydrographer of the geological survey The volume and value of thcuo statistics , 1 It In stated , will depend very largely upon 1 the attention and Interest shown therein by thoBO engaged In Irrigation and It la earn estly hoped lhal all to whom the schedulex are nddrevsed will appreciate the Import ance of tbo request and make prompt and careful reply , as ( ho future development of this vast portion of our lands will be largely advanced by n comprehensive compilation of facts relating to Its Irrigation , such as con templated by the twelfth census. lleoel er for f'onl Complin } , SPRINOPIILD. in DW 10-1 w Fowler of Springfield , formerli general su perintendent of the St Louis. ChJ ago St Paul railroad , was jestcrdty appointed In the UnlHcl States court retelvt-r of thp WhileBreatU Coal company mid OHO ! of the Iowa and HJInols IV1 ! company , which have extensive holdings In Illinois and low.i The properties of the White Br ant Coal ( Oinpnny were recently fold bj Unltul StnteH maulers In chancery under decrees of foreclosure In favor of the Continental Truil eompunj and were bid In by Judge S P. Wheeler of this city In behalf of . the bondholders for fKO.ooo ' ALEJANDRINO TIRES OF WAR Report of the Filipino General's ' Surrender C3 to MacArthur , ANOTHER RUMOR THAT HE IS WOUNDED IlntllrNlilp Oregon I.rnv rn Xntillnnidi mi i\Dci1ltloii for .Sulilit Major Spruce ( "upturn * mi I'lu-oni- Slrnimhnlil , MANILDec. . 10. 4 30 p. m. An expedi tion headed by the battleship Oregon left Manila for Sublg last night H Is reported that the Filipino commander , General Al- cjandrlno , wllh his staff , has surrendered to Gencnil MacArthur. There Is also n rumor that Alcjandrlno Is at Agttllar suffering from a wound re ceived In a fight between Insurgents nnd bandits and that he will be given on oppoi- tunlly to surrender and will bo properly cared for. Major Spence , with a column of the Torty- second regiment , captured a new Insurgent camp and uncompleted stronghold In the Tassan district. Ho left Dlnnlupan at day break jesterday nnd marsioil ten miles along mountain trails , finally encountering a large band of Insurgents , who retreated nfter n brief skirmish. The Americans hid no losses The records of the treasury of the no- called rillplno government , together with n quantity of paper money nnd another N'ordcnfeldt , have been found at Man- gatarom. Three Americans who , with n commissary sergeant of thc Thirty-fifth Infantry , were traveling , from San Fernando to Angeles ) , left their escort for n moment nnd went Into the bush. As thcj did not return speedily a search was made for them , but they could not bo found. They were probably captured by the rebels. \ mall orderly disappeared between An- golrs nnd Bamboan. He Is also supposed to have been captured. DONS WILL SUE UNCLE SAM Those Kent un Prisoner * on Filipino Steamer Since .July , JHDS , Very AVJ-otli. MANILA , Dec. 10. 4.30 p. m. Colonel Julio del Klos , who Is among tbo re leased Spaniards that have Just arrived here , gives nn Interesting version of the famous Ircno Incident In Sublg baj , In July of last jeoi. Ho was formerly In command of the Spanish troops In the Olongapo dis trict. His narrative , lo corroborated by Senor Rafael Roscllo , a wealthy Spanish merchant who also fell Into the hands of the Insurgents. Both declare that the Spanish surrendered to Captain Coghlan of the United States cruiser ftelelgh , on an express agreement that they were not to be given up to thc Filipinos and they assert that the Spanish government has promised to piesj their lalms against the United States for their long Imprisonment. According to their storj n thousand In surgents were besieging Olongapo. where there were two cctnpanlct of marines and a battalion of artillery , together with many civilians. The German cruiser Irene en tered the harbot to toke thc women and children on board. At this Juncture the In surgent stcamci Filipinos , fijlng the taaur- gent flag , started to leave. The Irene thiew ] a shot across her bow , claiming the right to stop her , as Germany had not recog nized the Insurgent Hag. The Flllplnas then raised n white Hag and. departed. When she I returned she was flying the Insurgent flag and was accompanied by the United States warchlps Concord and Raleigh. The Irene woo leaving the harbor with moro non- combatants. "Without the least warning , " says Colonel del Rlos , "tho American warship began to bombard us , firing about tweuty-fivo shots. Scclnfj that resistance was useless , as our guns had never been mounted , wo raised the white flag. Captain Coghlan came a'hore . with several ofilcerii nnd It was expressly stipulated that thc surrender was lo the Amcrlcnni alone. Captain Coghlan was asked to promise that the Spaniards should not be delivered to the Insurgents and when ho bad given his pledge the entire garrison risen Biirrendered. , "The Americans sailed awaj on the even ing of the 7th , leaving thc garrison prac tically unarmed. They returned on the 8th. Meanwhile the insurgents bad repeatedj ! fired upon the town. Captain Coqhlan nov ordered the Spaniards to embark on the Flllplnas. When they protested he oald that , although In the hands of the insur gents , they would be trealcd as American prisoners. "Nine civilians , all merchanls , were place ! on board Iho Flllplnas nnd , desplle their protests , were kept Imprisoned on thc vessel at Olongapo until their recent lelease. " Senor Rossllo , who Is chiefly lesponslblo fcr the foregoing statement , admits that , except for one attempt to rob the merchants , for which Agulr.alilo punished the officers of the rillplnas by reducing them , all were well treated. Colonel del Hlos , In a separate statement says "Captain Coghlan gave his word that our capitulation would he accepted as It was made , that Is , to the Americans. He promised that we should not bo given Into the hands of thc Insurgents nnd I believe be was sincere. "Later the Concord went to Cavltc for In structions , returning with an order from ' Admiral Dcvvcy that we wore to be handed over to the Insurgents. " Colonel del Rlos and Scnnr Itoscllo de clare that thc Irene left her anchorage it C o'clock in the morning and that Die Amer ican warships arrived at 10 30 , passing the German cruiser as she was leaving the bay They express surprise at the popular be lief that the Irene slipped her cable on the appearance of the Concord and the Raleigh EIGHTEEN REBELS ARE KILLED One Hundred Filipino * Attack n AV'ncon Train Knuorteil ! > ) Thirty Jnfunf o men. MANILA , Dec. 10 130 p m A force of UMI Insurgcnti yesterday attacked near Bal- suag a wagon Iraln escorted by thirty men cf the Sixteenth Infantry. A sharp engage ment followed. The FIllplncH lost eighteen In killed and nine captured During the rccdnt attack by Insurgents I upon Vlgan the Filipinos obtained pauses- el on of the plaia and of a Church In the cwitcr of the town , from which tbe Aaifri- cann dislodged them , It seems that the Crfcflpcd Spaniards obtained gur.o and fought with the Americans against the Insurgents. TriitiN'iorl Arrltt-M from Manila , SAN FHANCISCO , DPS 10 The United Stairs transport Zcalundia arrived today from Manila with ten -passengers , among whom were Captain T P Dorrls , master of the wrctked transport Moigan City , Mujor Charles McCluvc , Captain C L Porter , U S A , and two discharged soldiers , TRY GRAIN-0 ! TRY GRAIN-0 ! Ask jour crocer today to show jou a package of CIKAIN-0. the new food rtr'nk ' that take * the place of coffee. The children may drink It without Injurj , as well ab the adult All who try It , like It GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java , but It Is made from pure ( .Tains , and tha mom delicate vtomach receives It without diitreii U the price of coffee 10c and 'Ac per packae * * Etyld by all grocer * . 'RIDERS ' IN GOOD CONDITION In ronlrnl ( o ( i\liiiiiitliMi r il- r HIP Slx-Dnj llru'o liUNl 1 CHI' . Ni\V : YOHK , Dec -There was n marked contrast In thc condition of the bl- cjcllsts who finished In the * lx dnvv race , which was completed Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden to their cv * hnusted condition nt the ilnl ih of the rnco lat t jear Today saw nil the "Uciessful I rider * In excellent physical condition nnd NCVCM ! of tliem took long w ilks llih after * noon Mlllor , after the JIKP. was taken to thc hath * He rellicd .it I n m and arose at noon nntl nfter ( Mtlng n hearty brrnkfnst loft hi * hotel nnd In company with hli wlfo called on friends. Waller , Ills partner In the race , jetlrcd nt tlir iiiino hour Ho , too , wa given n Turkish bath nftor thi > rnoo lie slept until \ ode k thU afternoon Doth c\prc rd themselves satisfied with the race nnd mild they felt ns ( hough tlw could stnrt on nnnthcr week of i ruing Mnjn nnd McKnrhprii , the tcnin tluit finished second , wcro early up nnd nbout the corrldoM of the hotel nt t wnioli tlipj nro , KMcher and Chevndlr-r , DIP Trench team , at noon toila > , with the entire foiolgn dele gation of trnlnem nnd niniumori , break fasted at u Froiioh restaurant Victor llrcjer , thc mntmgtr In chlof , said ho whs sntlslUM with the plmo Ills men Iind taken In tinrnre He said they would prolmMy I remain In thc oltj until the iiurNlton ot the proposed six davs' raoo nt lloston had been dellnltelj settled They would con tinue training at the Garden. I Glmm and Ploice the wlmitrs of the third prize , scoined to lie the onlv d ! satls- fled riders to expros-i their foi-ilngs open ! } . Plerco said that his team had boon un- JiiHtlj deprived of a number of laps , Which accounted for their not winning. CINCINNATI , Dee -Thc serins of rac.o between llnrrv Ollison. mlddlo-dl- tnnte i h.nnplon blo.vcllst , nnd Hone Hunck , champion roller skater , closed last night at .MusU' hull Olbxon won two rnies and the Dories In in i night's contest , which was an Australian pursuit rate , Gibson caught Huiuk after tiodallng cloven mllus and seventeen laps. The time was 36-2S nli-H of IOICN. DULUTH , .Minn , Doc -Contracts for the dellvciv of nbout WO.POOPOO feet of pine logs to mills In this section by thc rail roads have boon closed reeentlj All thH Is In addition to the enormous quantity that will be handled on logglni ? railroads owned by the companies that also do the logging Of thexo contracts the \ \ Iseon- sln dlvMon of the Northern Parltlo toad has closed a total ot about 25.00J ( XX ) Trot. part of which will bo dellveied at this tltv and part at Ash ! iml The Duluth X Iron llango road will haul J50,000VW ( feet to this rltj and the other Iron range roads about IPO 010 000 foot In northern -Minnesota alone an armv of 18000 men will .ittaek the maud- Ing pine this winter I'riUtltllll Jtl'NlKIIN. LnAVBNWORrril. Kan Dec 10 - General eral W U Franklin , president of the Board of Managers of the National Sol diers' home at Fort Leavonvvorth. has 10- slgncd that position lieeauso of Ill-health The announcement Is1 made In a letter from General Franklin , who Is now at his homo at Hartford , Conn Ho has been connected I with the board for many jears THEIR OWN A * it household ticvrr m BLATTZ BEER IMS no equal l'usea ea ctcij i lenient of hcer poodntaa. Superior ( jnalily gamed nnd uni- liifni quality hns held for "BLATZ" tlic title ol "STAK AllLWAUMiL' " Try n Case of " BLAT/ . " Omaha Brancn 1412 Douglas St. , Tel. I08 . VAL 1ILATZ UIIHWI.VG CO. , Is what nn architect , artist or draughtsman requires. There Is just ono suite vacant on tbo north sldo of A very hnndhome suite , It Is , too , hard wood floor , newly decoraled walls and Jt faces " the grand court. You" 111 enjoy looking at them and It will be a pleasure for us to shaw you. .C. f Rental Agents , Ground Floor , Bee Bldg. BUY THE GENUINE 101 MANUFACTURED DT CALIFORNIA FIG SVKUP CO. NOTE THE N A HI EL Mm. \ \ ln i t > n Viothiiii ; > iup. Has been usoi for over FIFTY YHAFIS by MILLIONS o ) MOTIIUItS for lhe.lr CHIL- DUCN WHILE Tur/raiNn. with i'iii- FiCT SUCCESS It SOOTHES the CHILD , HOPTUNS the ( il'MS ' , ALLAYS .ill 1'AIN , CUIU3S WIND COLIC , and ! Iho bcsl rem edy for DIAItltllOISA Sold 1 > 1 UlUKb'lHlt in every parl < > t thu woild no suiu Jiml ask for Mrs. Wlnalow's riuolhliiK tiyrup , " aiul take nu other Uml. Tw only-live ronta a bottle AMI'SIJMnVI'S. ' BOYD'S THEATER. tnder ) Ill THU MAIIII2 1,01 LSI ) VM ) 1IIIIAN ( Klliel mid Alice Dine ) . ) \\lll glvo a . . ( ill VM ) ( OM KMT. . Mt.llT , nlHKMMDIt IIM'II. ' Asslhtod bj MlBK KI1.1 Kthcl Fico , Mr Ohoar GartlbHen Ilerr Frunz Adulman , Mi K.irl Smllh Mr J L' Bntlei. PrlciB-Jl TO Tic. SOt , 2Jc \ i- l..il. Just the Hliovuwl i > v r > lied > wunUrtf I -I'tmnlu packed In llkt miidlncs and i hundreds lurnod avwu ( TONIGHT-8:15 vMtitJiiT ill ' 'I ' ( . ' mni < o. In ' \ Htiilen lvl " 1,01 IS DIIKhSCII mill lier I'leUanlimle * Ire < arle loioino mill UO.\N. ! .laek Viruorlli Merrill mill .Munlock. ( II ii , HIM mini and ( ) i , I'llccu KunlngH 10i i2.r" - . We Mallncex JOc and 21c Thurmton Hlflo nouvenlr mull- pee Dec 13 Amateur night , Friday , Dec 15