The Omaha Daily Bee. JSSTAHJjISILBT) JUINE H), J87J. OMAHA, TUUHSDAY MO EKING, DECEMBER 27, IHOO-TEK PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. LIKE UP AT LINCOLN doming Session of the Legislature catted Anrand ths Hotels. SENATORIAL CANDIDATES IN EVIDENCE Headquarters Open in Antlcipctfoa of the Arrival of Meinben. WESTERN MEMBERS TALK OF LEGISLATION Senators from Gattlo OonntTj Propote to Amend Brand Lam. SEEKERS FOR PLACES ARE VERY BUSY Candidate for tierkiihlp anil Other Important Appolntltc Ofllrrn Are Carrying on an Active Can tiinh Among Member. LINCOLN', Dec. 28. (Special.) Two of tho avowed candidates fur United States enator wcro In tho city today anil most of tho others were represented by proxy. Oeorgo D. Mclklejohn returned on an early train from Omaha, where ha spent Christmas with his friend and advisor, Ilrad Slaughter. Ho waited for visitors today at his bachelor residence, 215 South Fifteenth street. E.,11. Hlnshaw was tho other candidate on tho ground. Ho tallied with inenibcm of tho next legislature In tho lobby of tho Llndell hotel, but did not open houdqilurtero. Lorenzo Crourisa was expected this morning, but at noon It wns iinnounceil that ho would not cotno to tho city until lato this evening or to morrow morning. Mr. Crouuso will bo accompanied by his daughter. Miss CroiitiHo, who will remain In tho city throughout tho session of tho legislature. Bho will 'stay at tho Lincoln hotel, away from tho nceno of tho senatorial conflict, but hor father will resldo ut tho Llndcll, whoro ho"wlll nlso maintain heudquurtors. Neither Mr. Ulnshuw nor Mr. Molklo John wero very busy today, probably be cause thoro wero but fow momberH of tho legislature In tho city. Tho latter got dcvcrul of his workers together this after noon for a prollmlnnry council of wnr. It was announced that hi a bachelor rcBl denco would not ho inalntnlnod as his political headquarters, hut rather as n homo for hlmsolf and his assistants. Mr. Mclklojnhn wan In the lobby of tho Lln doll holol for a few minutes this nMor noon, but tho fow straggling legislators had been forced completely out of sight by tho Immense gathering of dolegateti to tho touchers' convention, and ho returned to his home. llliiNlniiv'n Limited Utterance. "You can say, If you caro to," said Mr. Hlnuhaw, "that all tho South liatto mem bers of tho legislature uro not pledged to any ono man. It has been reported that all senuiorH and ropresontntlvos from dis tricts south of thq river uro a unit In fnvor, of ono candidate. That report Is un true." Friends of Mr. lllnshaw assorted today that tho report that tho Gage county dele gation wan solid for Thompson was untrue and tho claim was mado that tho Fnlrbury candidate would rocelvo Homo of tho four Qago county votes. Noarly all of tho now stato officers nr rlved today with tholr families, nnd their appearurtca In tho hotels this afternoon caused tho usual gathering of olllco-scekors. Governor Dietrich eamo from Omaha and will probubly remain hero from now on. llrmiilN anil Murk CoiiiiiiInmIoii. Senator Frank M. Currlo of Custer county will Join with Senator J. R. Van llosklrk of Alliance In un effort to securo tho passago of several laws for tho protection of llvo stock Interests. Tho proposed legis lation wus outlined In Tho Deo sovoral days ngo und consists of an umendmont to tho Ilrand and Marku commission law, re ducing tho membership of that commission to ono man, who shtll ho permanently em ployed, a law providing for tho publication of an ofllclnl brand record and a law pro viding for Inspection of hides and meat purchased from stockrulsors by butehcrs and packing bouses. Senator Van llo3klrk arrived this morn ing und will remain hern until tho Ural vacation of the legislature. "I havo talked with qulto n largo num ber of cattlemen during tho last fow days," aid ho, "und all of them, without a single exception, havo agrocd thut tho legislation I havo proposed, and which wau outlined In Tho Deo, should ho enacted at ho com ing uesalon. 1 will lntroduco tho bills In tho aonuto and another member will do llkowlso In tho houso." Mr. Van Dunkirk said tho reports con cerning tho smallpox epidemic In Alliance woro greatly exaggerated. "It Is true that there aro many cases of smallpox In Al ItAnco, but they aro of such a mild form that tho people out there do not fool at all alarmed. Tho citizens of Alliance say that thoy would rathor suffor un attack of tho disease In Its mild form than bo vnc clnatcd, and consequently thoy aro not taking 'tho proper precautions to provent It from spreading. I think thoro should bo a law requiring persons to submit to vaccination under such circumstances." Dcmuiul for ii Manual Nuliool. At least ton of tho western counties will ask for an appropriation for u Stato Nor mul school. Tho persplo behind this move ment Insist that niuuy persons In westorn Nebraska cannot enjoy tho privilege of freo education In tho Stato Normal college at Peru on account of Its Inconvenient lo cation. All of tho counties aro rivals nnd therofnro no two of them aro united In favor of a location, euch county wanting tho proposed school for Its own. Among tho legislators In Lincoln today wero: Senators J, It. Van Rosklrk of Al liance nnd J, A. Wnolstonholm of Grand Island nnd Representatives John McCarthy of Dixon, Charles It. Walker of Hitchcock, Peter Duhlston of (larllold, William Tbonis son of Hall und Charles II. Ucull of Clay, l.nnklnir After tho IMnriN. Considerable gossip waB heard In tho kotel lobbies this afternoon relative to tho olictlvo positions In tho two branches of tfco legislature. Tho speakership fight re ceived but llttlo attention, for tho reason that only ono candidate John J. McCarthy of Dixon was on tho ground, but nsplrants for tho other positions kept springing up In all quarters. It Is reported nn good authority that Senator Currlo has withdrawn from tlio luce for tho presidency of tho senate Mr. Currlo comes from u county that has bnon welt rewarded for Its republicanism and, ns ono of tho members-elect said today, "It Is again In tho United Stntes," Rpy ' trul citizens of the county nro aspirants for other positions and Senator Currlo iIopb not wish to Injure their chances for sue. rcs by making a fight for tho presidency. (Conlluucd dn Third Page.) -A FRENCH REPORT A VICTORY Tell of Capturliitt I'luua nnd Gnus from l.nrKC Forue of Clil n me Aeur I'cklii. PKKIN, Dec. 20. Tho French report en- nterlng 25,000 Chlnc3o and capturing gr. and n number of guns and In- a great loss upon tho Chinese, re miles south of here. The re- Poi'3BMfcVSencrally discredited. According to tmSHHnr, tho French did not suffer any lofsesHglvos. It Is believed, how cvor, thaKfrench probably met a rov ing band, V was dispersed, a number of Chlneso Dolng butchered. LI Hung Chang says that ho la satisfied that tho Btory Is false. Hov. Mr. Kolly, a Presbyterian mission ary, has reported to Minister Conger tho burning by boxers of nineteen Catholics. Ho says, however, that his Information has been derived entirely from Chlneso sources. The Japanese, who havo Juris diction over the territory thirty miles north In which It Is alleged the outrage occurred, will Investigate tho report. I1ERLIN, Dec. 2C Field Marshal Count von Waldcrsce, In n dispatch from I'ekln, dated Monday, December 21, sayBt "The French troops encountered Decem ber 22, cust of Cho Chan, between Pokln and I'ao Ting Fu, a Chlneso force number ing 2,500 men, with artillery. The Chinese lied In tho direction of Kuan listen. They suffered losses and left behind them flvo standards and four cannon. Tho Chinese probably consisted of the reunited rem uants of a body already dispersed." WAIT ON CHINA NOW BEGINS t.'liliiK Hun the .Vol. nml I'nwern Kent t!ntll Authoritative Reply In Received. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. A cablegram ro colved at tho Statu department from United States Minister Congor, dated nt I'ekln on tho 24th Inst., stutes that tho first formal meeting between tho diplomatic representa tives and l'rlnco Chlng took place on the 2tth. Chlng presented tho credentials of himself and LI Hung Chang, who was un ablo to nttend owing to Illness, to tho diplomatic representatives, who handed to him tho ofllclnl note. Tho olllclats of the Stato department uro unwilling to venture u gueBB ns to thu length of tlmo that will bo consumed by thu Chinese government In consideration of tho note. Tho last article notified the Chlneso government that tho occupation of Chi LI and I'ekln may con tinue until the Chinese government han compiled with tho terms of the note. It may bo stated, however, that tho United States Is not bound or affected by this con dition. Our occupancy from a mllltury point of view has terminated and there Is no disposition to renew It. As for tho other powers, It Is expected that tho main obstacle thoy will encounter In withdrawing under this condition will bo found In tho difficulty In obtaining satis factory guaranties upon tho Chlneso prora- Iso to pay Indemnities. CONGER TAKES HOPEFUL VIEW American 3ltiiUtrr llcllcven Thut CrlnU Will Conic When the Initia tion of Reform III Attempted. LONDON, Dec. 27. "Mr. Congor takes a hopeful view of tho situation," Bays tho Pckln correspondent of tho Morning I'ost, wiring on Monday, "and thinks that a settle ment will bo effected, but ho declares that not ono of tho envoys will recognize tho empress dowager officially, although all nro uwaro that she has long exercised tho su premo power. Ho belloves the criola will ariso In tho Initiation of reforms In China. "Honor do Cologan, Spanish minister to China, fenrs that tho Joint discussion of tho noto will extend for a year or more. "It Is rumored that Humorous villages east of I'ekln are combining to exterminate na tlvo Christians, sovernl of whom havo boon hi mod In u locnl temple. "LI Hung Chang la a trlllo better." FRENCH PUNISH THE CHINESE Call tun- SI liny Ciiiin unit .Much Am munition Hum Hostile VIIIiikcm. I'AItIS, Dec. 20. A dispatch to tho Havas agency from I'ekln, dated December 25, states that a detachment of French troops, rommaudod by Goneral Ilallloud, woro re cently attacked by Chlneso regulars and Uoxors at Thl Tcheou, south of Pao Ting Ku. Tho punitive expedition took tho vll lago after a lively combat. Many cannon and a quantity of guns und ammunition wero secured. On uccount of tho hostile attitude of tho population General Dallloud burned tho village nnd also villages In tho neighborhood, Tho Chlnoso loss was 100 men. General Dallloud's forco sustained no loss. Christian Chlneso families havojieen maltreated by tho Chlneso regulars. Native ClirlntluiiH Humeri. PKKIN. Dec. 20. Hov. Mr. Kolly. tho Presbyterian missionary who, us cabled to tho Associated Pross yestorday, has ro ported to Minister Conger tho burning by Uoxors of nineteen Catholic Christians, now reportB having received futther confirmation of tho burning of native Christians. Ho now says tho number burned is twenty-ono, and ho adda that thousands of armed Chlnoso havo been soon In tho San Ho country. Mr. Congor has sent a copy of tho communica tion to Field Marshal von Walilorseo, and Jnpaneso and Gorman troops havo been sent to Investigate tho reports. llrltUh Will Not Secede. LONDON, Deo. 20. Tho Forolgn office in formed a representative of tho Associated Press today that there is no truth In tho Pall Mall dispatch from Pokln which says thoro has been u question or tho Ilrttlsh seceding from tho allied command, owing to thn activity of tho Germans In tho districts under Uritlsh protection. SURRENDERS JJNDER PROTEST Gardiner Given Ovit Olllce of Attnnirj to l'hllblii, hut n(, lie 1I- plnln. Voluntarily, ' NEW YOKK, Dee. 20. Kugeno Phllbln, who last week wus appointed district at torney of Now York county, assumed tin dutlea of tho office today. Mr. Gardiner surrendered his otllco under protest. He suld to his successor: "I would like to bo clearly understood that I do not voluntarily surrender this offlco and that I protest against tho action of tho governor as being without authority in law, I am anxious, whilst protesting against this act nnd reserving all my legal rights, that tho public business shall not bo Injured nor rotarded, and to that end I will be pleased to eo-operato with you In any way that you may think best In tho public In tercst." "I thank you cordially for your kind words and your effort. It Is hardly neces- sary, because I feol that you aro ready to glvo me every assistance In your power nnd I snail not hesitate to call on you, I thank you." Then Colonel Gardiner be g.in tho work of formal Introduction of Mr. Phllbln to all of his former staff. fin BOERS CAPTURE YEOMANRY Eiport from Capetown of Another Sncctiefu Btntegio More. SEVERAL KILLED AND REMAINDER TAKEN Squadron that Hud Ilren I'oIIoitIiik lloem from llrltntmvn In Uiitranpetl lir Wily Trnnnvualcrs, Who Kill or Capture All. CAPETOWN, Dec. 20. A squadron of yeomanry which had been following tho Doers from DrltBtowu Is reported to havo been entrapped. There were several casual ties, It Is said, and tho remainder of tho forco was captured. General Kitchener has left Naauwpoort and gone northward. Tho rapid concentration of troops In the disturbed districts through the personal energy ot General Kitchener has allayed tho locul uneasiness. .o Continuation nt War Olllcc. LONDON, Dec. 27.-2:30 n. m. Tho pau city and obscurity ot tho dispatches from South Africa glvo rlso to renewed anxiety. Apparently tho disturbed area of Capo Colony extends further south than it did last December and Lord Kitchener does not uppenr to havo had much success as yot In driving hack the invaders. Tho War offlco had received no news lust evening of tho reported capture of yeomanry near Urltstnwn. A Durgersdorp dispatch lion a mysterious referenco to an "unfortunate mistaking of tho enemy for Urabant's hotro, which resulted In the sounding of 'cease Uro' and enabled the Doors to occupy nil tho commanding posi tions, thu Drttlsh retiring from a dtlllcult predicament." General Clements' success agatnst tho Doers In tho Mugaliesbcrg region Is doubtful, the last dispatch reporting that "It wan advisable not to forco tho Doers from their position." Ilrltlnh VrvHH Optlmlxtle. Tho Drltlsh press continues In tho main optimistic, but thu condition of affairs brings homo tho enormous difficulties that will faco Lord Kitchener In patrollng nnd policing bucIi Immense tracts of country, oven when tho Doers shall be finally sub dued. Tho Dally Mall, which makes a strong nppeal to tho government to "fneo tho facts nnd send Lord Kitchener moru troopH," Hays: "Thero Is a real risk in being lulled to sleep by carefully censored messages." Lord Kitchener, according to n dispatch from Johannesburg, has Issued a procla mation dutcd Protorla, December 20, an nouncing that burghers who voluntarily surrender will be allowed to llvo with their families In tho government langrr until bucIi llmo ns guerrilla warfare has suffi ciently nbated to admit of their return ing In safety to their homes. Tho proclamation also promises that nil property nnd stock brought In at tho time of surrendor will bo respected nnd paid for If requisitioned by tho military authorities. HARD AFTER GENERAL DEWET Ilrltlnh Ilrnorted to lie Prcmiliiic Ilocr Co m in ii nil nut In the Lady brand Illtrlet. MASERU, Dec. 20. Tho Drltlsh are press ing Commandant Dewot In tho Ladybrand dlPtrlct. Iloliertn Hnrniitc to f.lhrnltar. FUNCHAL, Island of Medotrn, Deo. 20. Tho steamer Canada, with Lord Hoberts on board, arrived hero last evening, re ceiving a saluto of nineteen guns on en tering tho port. This morning, Iord Hoberts was tendered an official reception by the authorities and at noon, aboard tho Canada, ho will pro coed to Gibraltar. Mnorln to I'luht AKiiliiNt Iloern. WKLLINGTON. N. Z., Dec. 27. Tho sixth contingent of New Zcnlandcrs, 200 strong, half being Maoris, will sail for South Africa In threo wcoks. Iloem Cnptnrc Clirlntntnft WnRonn. ZEBRUST, Trunsvaal, Dec. 21. Tho Doers captured two wagons containing Christmas luxuries destined for tho camp of Lord Mcthucn. CONSTITUTION FOR CUBA Military Government with Hentrlcteil Suffrage Probably Will lie , ItecuiiiiuriKleil. HAVANA, Dec. 20. The various sections Into which tho Cuban constitutional con vention was divided smno wceka ugo for tho purpose of preparing and submitting draft constitutions for tho consideration of tho body na a whole aro gradually get ting together on tho basis of a unitary government, with restricted suffrage. Tho convention leaders now hope to havo this work completed by January 1C, so that tho rcBulta may bo submitted to tho United States congreas February 1. Tho sectional discussions have been bitter and prolonged and therefore thero will bo less debato in tho open sessions, tho hard fights having been mado In tho secret sub-sessions In order to sitvo public wrangling. Daily Drnlm Chiiri;e of Ilriliery. HAVANA, Dec. 20. Charges reflecting on Michael J. Daly having been mado In the mayor's ofllcn In connection with tho flower ing und paving contract, Mr. Daly today do nnunced as utterly falso tho statoment that $50,000 had been offered to Mayor Itodrl gucz with a view of Influencing his de cision. On tho other hand, ho declared that if unyono would make an ulllduvlt fixing tho responsibility for tho slanderous nccusntlon ha would tnko steps to procure tho arrest and prosecution of tho Instigator, oven If It should provo to bo the mayor himself. CEMENTVILLE RIOTERS QUIET Warrlnir XeKrorn In Imlluna Town Are Duller Control and ,o Out hrrakH Are ISinouteil, CEMHNTVILLE, Ind., Doc. 26. Tho war ring negroes aro under control ut Cement vlllo today and no further outbreaks nre expected. Sam Kendall, In whose saloon a number of shots were fired, secured war rants for tho arrest of those who wero In jured nnd tho surrender of John Hcdmond, Order .Neitriitu to Mnrry, CHAULKSTON, S. C. Deo. 2li.- Magli- i 1 Miimrnn UJ. I it'll I Ul, a IlOLUriOUS II fiivrf i until . m n n ( mi ,i e.t ..t t.il i. nt " ihh-.iivih, f,u i wi u- n tiMJuy unit all iu'KWh llvlntr tHcro wculU huvu to HllV'U it I'd lr)nl ullnli nrlniij vimttl.l 1a itjVnw aimi ""Hill UU IIUIMI Ity tun muBietrato HtvpntMlvo couple, it 1u U ft III lllllTfk I ir 1 1 n ri ppI iirl ItrnlKHN HeeniiNe of Coot llnll. LEXINGTON, Ky lice, 20.-Tho reslgna Hon of Prof, l). w. Datsnn. deun of Ken- iuokj- Yvesieynji roupgo at wincnesier, was accepted by the board hero toduy.- Ills re tirement Is due to his nminsltlon to thn font ball teams playing on other gridirons. Ho naked tho faculty to exnel tho members of uio team t u mused nnd ho resigned. MOTHER STEALS HER CHILD Sensational KIiIi.Iiik Case Stlrn I n- tllnnanulln Society and Authorities INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 20. A sensa tional kidnaping, Involving the family of cx-Unlted States Attorney General Miller, occurred this afternoon and led to a hot chaso n few minutes later across the state to overtake tho wife of Samuel D. Miller, son of W. II. Miller, who wo.i supposed to bo nylug to New York with her stolen son. Samuel Miller and wife have lived In New York for several years and last sum mer ho cams west to go Into his father's office. Ills wlfo stayed In New York. Lant Friday hIio curao here to demand posses sion of her 7-year-old son, whom the father had brought west with htra nnd who was living with hltn at tho grandfather's house, W. II. II. Miller, at 1027 North Delaware street. Tho husband und wifo had a consulta tion ut tho wife's apartments In tho Dcnlson and sho agreed that If the boy wau allowed to be sent to her dally with tho nurso sho would not uttcrapt to kid nap him. This afternoon tho boy and nurso called on Mrs. Miller at tho Dcnlson. She sent tho nurso out to got a check cashed, and whllo tho governess was gone ordered n carriage and mado arrangements to leave. When tho governess returned Mrs. Mil ler announced that they were going for a drive. They started In n closed carriage down South Meridian street, toward the depot. Tho governcsa, suspecting foul play. Jumped out of tho carriage whllo It wus on a run, ran to a telephone nnd notified tho father nnd grandfather. Mrs. Miller Immediately ordered tho carriage, driven to Drlghtwood and when tho two Millers arrived at tho union sta tion thero was no traco of the woman und boy. Two hours Inter thoy learned from tho hncktnan where she had gone, and It was believed sho Intended to tnko n train nt Drlghtwood. At 0:20 o'clock the two Millers started on a fast train to run her down before sho got out of tho state. Mrs. Miller was Helen Karther of Potts town, l'n nnd Samuel Miller met her nlno yeara ago at Washington, when his father wus United Stntes nttorncy gcnernl. They wero married a year later und tho boy, Sidney, (s now 7 years old. Samuel Miller camo back to Indianapolis with bis father nnd subsequently Joined In forming tho law Arm of Hord, I'erltlns & Miller. Flvo yenrs ngo ho went to New York and Joined tho law firm of Keating, Walrat & Miller. Ho nnd his wlfo lived at tho Hutland, near Central pnrk. Mrs. Mil ler still lives thero. Last summer Mr. Mil ler was offered an opening In his father's olllco and camo west. Mrs. Miller refusod to coma nnd since thut tlmo has lived In Now York. Thero has been no divorce and Mr. Miller has been sendtug fcor nu nllow- aucc. . It was last Friday when Mrs. Miller tud donly appeared In tho city with tho an nouncement that she had coma to get her boy und tnko him homo with her. Thero woro conferences between 'the ifather nnd mother nnd Mrs, Miller employed ex-County Clerk Fesler to represent her. It was hoped a compromise would bo cffoeled by which tho boy could spend a partipf Ills' time with each parent and nothing bi'rrffj ' public con- ceriimg uiu uiuucr. iiua utviucu iu uu nearly accomplished till tho sensational kid naping Incident of this afternoon, when Mrs. Miller started for tho union station with tho governess and boy In u closed carriago. Tho action of tho nurso In hulling her self from tho rupldly moving vehlclo caused a commotion In tho wholesale district this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Sho later was Jolnod by W. H. II. and Samuel Miller, nnd tho former sent her home to announce that tho two had gono In pursuit end would return Inter with Sidney, tho boy. W. II. Miller and Bon returned nt 10 o'clock tonight from points along tho Dig Four. No traco of Mrs. Miller and tho Btolon boy could bo secured. From tho ticket ngont nt Drlghtwood It has been learned that tho woman nnd boy did not buy u ticket there. Tho two Millers wero met at tho union Btntlon on their return by threo detectives nnd nil went to Mr. Miller, sr's., office. It was learned that Georgo Sonour was tho hackman engaged, nnd ho has disappeared after returning tho hack to tho barn. Tho entlro police and dotoctlvo forco of tho city was employed to search tho city for -tho woman nnd boy, and ovcry olllccr Is now at work. W. H. Miller nuld tonight: "Sho has al ways said sho never under any circum stances would llvo In Indianapolis. Ram trlod to havo hor como here many times und I havo wantod him to como with mo us my partnor hero for years." Tho collco gay that Mr. Miller is either hiding in tho city, watting a chanco to break for tho east, or has already eluded them by getting out on tho Pennsylvania or Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. It Is belloved possible sho has started cast over tho Chesa:cako & Ohio. NEBRASKA'S STORMY VOYAGE Steamer Named for Antelope Ktatc Tunned by Gale und Wave for Nineteen Ilnyn. NEW YOUR, Dec. 20. It wus more than a merry Christmas for the 110 passengers on tho belated Allan linn steamer Stato of Nebraska. Nineteen days out from tho Clyde, eight days overdue, tho Nebraska crept Into port hero with smashed life boats, demolished deckhouse and broken and twisted rlls. It wus tho first clear day tho voyagers had seen Blnco December 7, when tho Ne braska steamer out of Movlllo, Ireland, In tho faco of a gain that swept Its decks. On board tho Allnn liner when It left Glasgow, on December 0, wcro ten saloon, thirty 8cc(,nd-cabin and seventy steerage passengers. Officer. and passengers declared the wreckage on deck guvo but a faint tdea of tho horrors of tho voyage. Threo times tho machinory broko down and tho vessel had to bo hovo to. Tho only ono of the crow Injured In thn long voyage was Wil liam Thompson, a fireman, who was hurled against tho deck rails and had two ribs fractured. Captain David Ingram of Van couver, who has circled tho globo twlco, was ono of the passengers. Ho said that threo times tho voyagers felt that all hope was gono Not n meal could be served in tho saloon during tho voyage. Ileeelver for llnnk Appointed, ItALTIMOHE, Deo. 2l -linger T. GUI of tho law lirm of N Hufus GUI & Hons was lato this afternoon appointed receiver for tho Oldtown bunk by Judgo Stockbridge. Tho appointment win mad" by consent of tho president nnd olllrera of the bank. .Mr. GUI bonded In thf mini of Sl.fifO.oo. tho assets of the Institution being vnlued at half that amount Georgo Schilling, ii Htockholdcr and depositor, and Hubert L. GUI, a depositor, wero tho complainants. II I lit. for Stock of N'imv York, NEW YOUK. Dec. 20. -Controller Color today opened bldn for corixirntu stock of tho city of Now York tn tho amount of W, 66!,,OGO, Inuring 3,ij per cent Interest. This In pnynhli) In lDto In gold coin nml tlio con ditions of tho sale allowed no stock tn he rold under nar. Vermllyo Sc Co., Jointly with Harvey Fink & Co., bid 112 11-77 for tho wholo or any part of tho bonds und they probably will securo all of the bonds. This price Is higher than In many ycarj. HIGH RANK IN TEXTILE WORLD Almost Moxvolons Increase in Number of American Oloth-Making Mills. RECORD FOR 1899 IS ALMOST DOUBLED Great Development In Rhotvn In the Construction of Cotton Knctorle, the Mouth lleina; the l.ara;rt Gainer In Thin llcpeet. DOSTON, Dec. 20. Tho American Wool uud Cotton Reporter tomorrow will devote considerable nttcntlon to mill construction In tho Ust year, saying the returns do not Bhow up us largo In the last six months as In tho first part of tho year. Tho de pression, which was first felt during tho summer and fall months, acted us a dumper to tho rush to build mills, pnrtlculariy cot ton mills, that wus noticed the first half of tho year, when nil records In mlll-bulld-Ing wcro broken. During the first half of tho year the number of new mills entered upon was 307 nnd during the last six months the number was 221, ft loia of over 23 per cent over the first hulf. Of tho 224 mills projected 111 nrc de voted to the manufacture of cotton, 14 to wool, CI to knit goods nnd 10 to miscella neous purposes, such ns silk nnd linen manufacturing nnd for bleaching uud dye ing. During tho year 031 mills havo passed under tho review of tho Reporter, un In crcuso of 242 over tho 209 reported for the year 1309 und nn lucrcuso of 209 over the 202 recorded for 1898. This shows tho fact that tho United States Is becoming tho largest producer of textile fabrics In tho world. Ono thing should bo noticed In particular nnd thai Is tho great lncrenso In tho number of mills making finer goods. This Is especially no ticeable In tho cotton-manufacturing busi ness, partially caused by tho situation In China, cutting out tho demand from that country. Tho number of knitting mills constructed during tho last six months Is the largest on record. Nearly all of theeo mills arc devoted to cotton hosiery und underwear. This Industry has shown rapid growth during tho last few years and whereas we wcro Importing hosiery not more than llvo years ngo, wo nro exporting goods now, competing with tho manufacturers In other portions of tho world. Compilation of reports on new enter prises shows that Georgia leads with forty three mills. North Carolina comes second with forty-one, although the latter haB al ways been In tho lend In tho construction of now mills, It being tho largest cotton manufacturing stato In tho south. South Carolina reports 33: Pennsylvania, 11; Tcn nesce, 10; Mississippi and Texas, 9 each; Now York, 0. Now Jersey, 4; Loulslnnn, ?.: California, Malno, Now Hampshlro, 2 earh, and Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio nnd Oregon, 1 each. ASPHALT INTERESTS AT WAR Stockholder of American Company Object to Un Almorptlon by the So-Called Trtmt. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. James E. Howell, appearing for Henry Z. Splnks of Ohio, who acta for himself nnd other stockholders Id tho Asphalt company of Amcrlcn, appeared before Vlco Chancellor Emory today ot Nownrk, N. J., and naked for n temporary Injunction restraining tho olllccrs nnd others of tho American company from trans ferring certain stock of tho American com pany to tho National Asphalt company, which Is alleged to bo what Is known na tho "asphalt trust." Doth companies am Now Jersey corporations. Tho American company has an allowed capital of 130,000 000, with nn actual paid-in capital of $0, 000,000. Tho National company wus organ ized In May lust. Its allowed capital then was $ 15,000,000. This has since been In creased to an allowance of $22,000,000, In September last the National compauy In a circular letter naked the holders of tho American certificates toexchango thslr hold ings for gold ccrtlllcatoj of col.aierul bearing fi per cent Interest to bo Issued by tho Na tional. Tho American shareholders wero to deposit their shares nnd tho Nn tloual was to provldo n trust fund to moot tho Interest on tho collateral. Mr. Splnks and thoso associated with him clnlm that this deal Is now under way nnd partly consummated nnd 1b not to tholr benefit. It Is nllegcd that tho National Books to destroy tho liabilities nnd ussetB of tho American. It ta claimed that In sur rendering to tho National tho olllccrs of tho American nro not acting to tho host Interests of tho stockholders of their own company. In nnswer, tho National company Bays .Mr. Splnks la too lato; that tho deal has been consummated ; that tho National now holds DS9.000 ot tho 000,000 shares of tho American; that tho deal was closed ou September 18, when tho stock was surren dered by a majority of the American stock holders; that other stockholders havo slncy mado tho exchange; that tho deal Is a Just ono for tho American stockholders; that tho National company Is ublo to pay tho Interest, und tho doal is mutually profit able Tho vlco chancellor reserved deci sion. LEARNED SOCIETIES TO MEET Hcuunniit' anil IflNtorleal Subircla to lie I)lxc UMkcil at Detroit Con ventions Toiluy. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 2S. Prominent his torians, educators and political economists from ull parts of the country uro gathering In Detroit tonight to attend tho annual con vention of the American Economic associa tion and tho American Historical associa tion, which will bo opened tomorrow. After Hepnrato sessions tomorrow morning and afternoon, tho two societies will moet In Joint session tomorrow evening In tho First Methodist church. Friday morning the as sociation will Icavo for Ann Arbor, where Joint sessions will be held In tho morning aud afternoon, returning to Detroit In tho uvenlng, when nn cntertulnmcnt will bo given to tho visitors at tho Detroit Athletic club. About twenty-ftvo members of each eoclety aro In tho city tonight, nnd It Is believed that by noon tomorrow tho numbor will bo swelled to 225. Prceldent Eggleston of tho Historical ussoclatlon was taken 111 qulto suddenly last week nnd will bo unable tn preside over tho meetings. Ex-Prcsldont Rhodes will preside In his stead, Papers on historical, economic and educa tional topics and their discussion will oc cupy tho dolcgntcs at all of their sessions, both Joint and separata. Southern IJiluent louiil Annoclutlon. RICHMOND, Vn.. Dee 2C.-A largo ut tendance is expected at tho tenth annual convention nf the Southern Educational us Hoclallon. which begins hero tomorrow. Tho first session will bo devoted to ud dresHCH of wi'leomn by tho governor nnd mayor on behalf of the Htuto und city and responses by I)r Julius Jordan of tho (-'diversity nf Arkansas and Superintendent J G. Woolen of PurlB. Tex. In tho afternoon tho annual address nf tho president of thu Hssoclaiion, Chancellor R, 1. Fulton of tho university ot Mississippi, will bo delivered CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair and Colder Thursday: Fair Friday; Northerly Winds. Temperature at Omaha Yeatentnyi tlonr. UcK, Hour. lieu. 5 m 117 1 i. m ..... . till 6 a. tn its S3 p. m .IS 7 a. in ..... . Ul II ii, m !IN H a. in 2tl 4 p. m US On. m ..... , 2,1 n p. in ..... . Ittl 10 a. in U7 Q p. m ill) 1 1 a. in UN 7 p. m Ill) 12 in H p. in t'.H ! p. in :ts IMPORTED MEN QUIT WORK Sorautou Itnllvtuy Company l.onrn the 111 K Ihul or aTrnlnloml of New Men. SCRANTON, Pa.. Dee. 26. Fifty-three more men recruited In New York to tukr places of strikers of tho Scrnuton Railway company nrrlved tonight, but before tho train had come to a full stop the strikers and their sympathizers bourdrd the cars and by using arguments nnd exhortations Induced ull but eighteen ot them to agree to return to New York. They nro being enred for nt the strikers' headquarters und will bu furnished transportation home. Thero wus no vlolencu nnd no nngry words, but fnqucntly tho company's ngrnts nnd thu strikers would be working on the same man at the same time. The compnny had only twelve men left to run the cars today. Flvo ears were ruu, but thoro wero but few passengers cnrrled. The como.inv Is flttlne un nn Improvised hotel In tho Linden street cur i barn for tho accommodation of the Im ported men. The hotels refuse to receive them nnd the stores refuse to furnish them with supplies. Three men wcro "oaxed off the cars this morning nnd sent nwny by tho Btrlkers, General Manager Slllltnau says tho company will have enrs running on all lines tomorrow. ONLY ONE NEGRO KILLED Inevitable llennlt of the Florida Itnec Hint Comes from the Latent. MACCLENNY, Fla., Doc. 20. Thero was n serious race riot hero this nfternoon. At I o'clock u number of young women visited u photograph gallery anil a negro woman who wna nlso tn the gallery Is nllegcd to havo used obscene language. Sho was commanded to keep quiet by a whllo mun present. A ntgro man, accompanying the negro woman, took tho matter up and It Is nileged used Insulting langungo to tho young women. Tho negroes retired nnd In a fow minutes a mob of negroes nrmed with pistols nnd rifles assembled. One nf them named Washington opened Uro on T. M. Hcrndon with n rifle. Dy this time n crowd of whites had assembled and opened lira on Washington, who ran, firing back nt thp crowd. Ho was pursued to n swamp nearby anil disappeared. The oxcltcment Increased, but thero was no further firing until 12 o'clock last night, when several uhots wero fired in tho business section of the town. When the sraoko had cleared John Iluntor.a negro, wns found dead In the street, 'lho town 1h well guarded by olll ccrs to prnveni a recurrence of tho trou ble. BACK OF RICHARDSON'S DEATH Some .Neimntlnnul ICvlileucc Ilrouicht tint Ilefore the Corouer'n Inry. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 20, Sensational vldenco was adduced today nt tho eoroner'n Inquest ovor the body of tho lato mil lionaire, Frank Richardson, who was Bhot ind Killed by Bomo person, us yet unknown, n tho hallway of his homo In Snvnnnnh Christmas ovo. Frank Rlchnrdson, Jr., tho ll-yenr-old boh of tho victim. teHiltir.il iimi his father, at tho storo of Richardson & ire, inquired If Mrs. Richardson was at i ccrtnln Christmas entertainment, 'rim boy said Bho was not, and then his father asked him to go homo nnd soo If sho wns mere, mil ns tho boy demurred, his father went Instead, nnd n few mlnutoH inter hn was found dead. Stewart Fife. Mr. Rlch nrdson s business partnor, said Mr. Rlch nrdson had nccuard him with being unduly ntlinuto with Mrs. Richardson. Thin nr. cusatlon was mado four months ngo. Tho nqucst wns ndjourned until Fridav. when tho widow will testify. MOB BALKED OF ITS PREY .Search the Jail for Albert Kheiihel, nut Kail to Find the Victim. WHITEHALL. 111.. Deo. 20. A l,.,! r probably fifty men forced nn cntranco to uio urecn county jail ut Carrolltown early this morning and mado thorough search for Albet Shonkel. who Is under with nssuultlng nnd robbing Miss Graro Gll ler In Whitehall on Monday evening last. Shcnkcl had boon socrotly romoved to thn Jail at Alton, nnd this nctlon on tho pnrt or tiro Biiorirr, it is believed, Is nil thut pro vented a lynching. When convinced that Shenkol waB not In tho Jail tho men re turned to Whitehall. Shonkel was Indicted tor tno murder of A. J. Allen, pumper at the Uurllngton reservoir north of this city, nn September 30, 1899, After being twlco con tinued tho enso was dismissed ut tho end of tho last term of circuit court by tho state's nttornoy nnd ho returned to Whitehall. Ho 1b about 22 yearn of ngo. MEXICO HAS NO FEAR OF PANIC Ocflplte Llchtiira of Money Market General Stnte of ItimlncNii Ik llciiniiirliiif. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 20. The reports tel egraphed to the United States Implying that Mexico Is on tho point, of n financial panic nro exaggerated. Money, It la truo, contin ues tight, ami yot business und contracting housca aro continuing to rocelvo largo or ders from tho interior for merchandise, ma chinory, etc., nnd excellent contracts tn electrical Hues urn being made by firms In this city. Generally speaking, merchants hero nro not overstocked and business has been good throughout tho month. GIVES OF HIS MILLIONS Son of .lobn II, Itonkefeller Contrib ute a'jnil, (1(1(1 to the lliillilliiu; of a Ney York School, NEW YORK, Doc. 26. It becamo known toduy through u ropnrt mudo by tho Dap tlBt churchcB of Now York thut John D. Rockefeller. Jr., son of tho president of tho Standard Oil company, has subscribed $250, 000 for tho founding of un Institution nf learning for poor boy nnd girls. Tho school Is now In courso of erection In Tenth uvenuo, between Forty. seventh and Forty eighth Btrcote, and will bo completed and ready for occupancy by March 1 noxt. KiikIIkIi MiikI lie Spoken, ORKEN DAY. Wis., Dec. 20. lllshop Mesmer hiiB adopted nti IiIh own tho recent order of Bishop Sels of Marquette, requir ing that ICuglUh bo upokem In all the churches of the dloceso somo of tho time, PAT CROWE'S COVER Police Firm in Belief that He It Hiding at St, JowpL NICE THEORY TO SUPPORT CONCLUSION Detective Furaiihei Argument TJied ai a Basis by the Force. HIS PROBABLE PROGRESS ALONG THE WAY Fieienco of Pony at Facifio Jnnotion is Easilj Eiplninod. OFFICER GOING FROM HERE TO ST. JOSEPH Detective Donahue Will Go llimn to Alii In SrnrcbliiK the Mlnaourl lllUluic I'lnce of the Noted Criminal. Logically St. Joseph Is the last city In the middle west that Pat Crowe would lslt at such n tlmo us this. It Is tho last place tho police expected him tn visit and, knowing this, It may havo furnished 1.1m with u good iciiKon tor going there. Pal Crowu wus arrested in St. Joseph flvo years ugo fur holding up a train neur th.il city, but before his enso came to trial ho broko J.ill nnd disappeared. A couple of weeks later hu was rearrested In Milwau kee und tnkon buck to St. Joseph, whero he pleaded guilty to u charge of Jnll bteiikltig und wus sentenced to threo yrurs In tho penitentiary, which hn served. Piuco olllccrs who havo contended with him In thu past say that Pat Crowu cnu al ways bo counted on to do tho unexpected. With these facts In vlow thoy reason that ho may havo considered St. Joseph tho very safest placu for him. Ho may hao urrongrd his Itinerary so that ho would arrive In thu city nt night nnd then havo gono ut once to the homo of n frtond, or to homo obscure hotel, whero ho could remain under cover. So far jib lho pollco know Crowe has no relatives In or near St, Joseph, but It Is well known that ho has friends there. Why The) Think I Cm Crowe. Kitting Into tho theory that Pat Crowo Is In St. Joseph and that hu has boon recog nized thero by members of the police) forco, hi tho other theory that It whb really Pat Crowo who crossed lho forry nt Plaits mouth with tho bay pony last Friday night and left the animal In tho outskirts of Pacific Junction on the Iowa side of tho rlvur. Tho pony Iiiib been ut lenst pnr tlnlly Identified us tho ono used by the kidnapers in Omaha. As to the man who crossed tho ferry with him, tho ferryman, In describing him, g'ves a very accurate description of Pat Crowo. "Ho was a llght-complexloned man," snys tho ferry man, "with n blondo mustache. Ho was probably about 30 years old, & foot 7 inches tall, weight 150 pounds. Ho woro n black suit of clothes, n black hat and n long sllcktr." 'this tallies perfectly with hc description of Pat Crowo which tho pollco aro sending out. In describing thu pony ridden by this person tho ferryman gives a very nccurato description of tho ono now being held In Pacific Junction by Engluoer Joseph Goodrich. "If Put Crowo wns Implicated In thin Job of kldncplng," snld n detective who is at work on lho cuso, "and It was his Inten tion to leave Omaha afterward and go to St. Josoph, It would havo been the most nat ural thing In tho world for him to havo gono ns far ns Pacific Junction on horsuback and then taken the train for tho Missouri city. Ho wouldn't havo dnrnd to take n train out of Omaha, as nil tho train crows hail been wnrned to bo on tho lookout for him. Tho next best thing waB to got out of town on horseback. Ill ICNftipe Wiim Kany. "Most of his traveling In this wny, doubt less, was done under covor of darkness, which would account for his not reaching Iiiittsmoulh until two days after tho $25,000 was secured. Arriving nt tho Iowa Hide, ho had no further ubo for tho pony, nnd aban doned II. Then, with St. Joseph In view ns destination, ho could not be In n better place than 1'aclllo Junction, ns tho Knnsn" City, St. Joseph Sr Council Dluffn railroad has n direct llnu betweon tho two points. He probably Hwung onto tho brnkebeain of n freli'ht train or tho blind bnggago of a passenger train nnd croHBcd the Missouri lino lifter dark." Detective J. T. Donahuo of Omaha, who knows Pat Crnwo well, waB Bent to St, Joseph Wi'dnesdny to Investigate tho ro port that ho Is thero. PAT CROWE IN MANY PLACES Located In Ohio, luilliinii mill Mln Nourl ut the Same 'lime. FINDLAY, O., Dec. 20. Pot Orowv, tho man suspected of buiug ono of tho abduct orn of young Edward Cuduhy In Omaha, la bo lloved to bo In hiding In thin town or vicin ity. Ho has a number of relatives In this neighborhood. Including n Bister In Mr Comb, ten miles northwest of this point. Tho Omaha chief of pollco has tolographed hero to havo thu ofllccra keep a watch for Crowei. MUNCIE. Ind., Dec. 20. Thn Munclo police lato tonight rccrtvod tolephono rnll.t ovor n fnrmcrH' rlvnto lino to como to u point near Shldi cr, night miles north ot Munclo. tn nrrcEt a man who fills tho nows papor description of Pat Crowe, so frn quently mentioned lit connection with tho Cudaby kidnaping. Dctcctivos lieubow and Puckott buvo started for the scene. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Deo. 20.-Flvo raoio PInkcrton detectives arrived In tho city to night from Chicago to fcrrot out the hiding place of Pat Crowo, tho Omaha kidnaper. Chief of Detectives Shea Is still of the opin ion that Crown Is harbored by friends In this city. Chlof Shcu and Policeman Jack Purcell, now of Denver, armed with Wln chenlorB, expected tn capture Crnwo tonight, but tho house they visited did not hold tho desperado. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. A Bpeclal to tho Press frejin Doston says: Pat Crowo, who has been charged with being tho nileged chlof kidnaper of young Cudnhy, Is sup posed tn bo In lloston, and thn pollen aru scnrchlng for him. It Is understood that thoro Is n possible cluo In tho booking of a Htranger on ono of tho llncrB to Hall from hern this week. This man will not bo allowed tn dopart unlcBB bo can prove that ho la not Crowo. CHIEF DISCREDITS' STORY Doesn't llelleve Tilt Crowe Tried to llorroiv Sli nullum with Which tit I'lirnlxb a lloimc. Among thoso who aro so tnger to glva "tlps"'ln tho case, but aro not willing that tholr names should bo mailn public, was a man who culled at tho chief's office Tuesday t