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| THE HORNING NEWS. i
< Estimjshsd 1860. IseoaroiuTED ISBB. V
J. H. EtSTILL, President. J
PLUNDERING THE PUBLIC
A PRETTY MESS OP CROOKEDNESS
UNEARTHED AT DBS MOINES.
Justioes of the Peace, Constables and
Searchers in a Conspiracy to Defraud
the County—Councilmen in a Com
bine to Do Up the City—lndictments
Handed In.
I>Ks Moines, la., Dec. 24.—When the
beard of supervisors met the last time the
size of the fee bills filed by the various jus
tice* of the city in the liquor oases amazed
them, and they parsed a resolution directing
the county attorney to assist the grand jury
in making an investigation with a view
to determining whether a conspiracy
existed tuuoug the justices, constables
and searchers, to defraud ths county of fees,
while protending to enforco the prohibitory
laws. Asa resnlt of the investigation, in
dictments ohargiug conspiracy to defraud
the county have been returned against the
following c mstables and assistant*, or
searcher.', as they are called: William Kel
ler, J. Callender, C. Burdiok, O. O. West,
G. B. Hamilton and G. H. Cleggett.
CHARGE OP THE INDICTMENTS.
The indictments charge the defendants in
a number of counts with defrauding the
county by false pretenses and by means of
using fictitious names in making returns for
information and warrants never served and
by agreeing together to obtain small
quantities of liquor from parties which
could bo condemned.so that each of the con
stables in the “gang” could be subpoenaed
and draw witness fees. O. O. West. Frank
Pierce and G. B. Hamilton are also indicted
for blackmail, and George H. Cleggett for
making false returns. The doings of the
justices are still under consideration.
COUNCILMEN INDICTED.
The grand jury returned a batch of in
dictment* charging J. P. Smith, M. R.
Reynolds, M. E. Brady, F. T. Morrey, J.
C. I'd a coy and George M. Sheldon, members
and former members of the city council,
with conspiracy to defraud the city. This
is the outgrowth of investigations
made some months ago, when it was
shown that members of the council wore in
creasing their salaries by means of bogus
claims. They were first tried for willful
misconduot in office and acquitted on the
ground that no such crime was known to
the statute. The Indictments are brought
under instructions from Judge Bishop.
TWO FIRSS AT BOBTON.
An Organ Company and Wood Work
ing Conoerns Burned Out.
Boston, Masg., Dec. 24.—Two fires,
which were discovered at about the same
time in the Albany street district, which i*
considered the most dangerous by the flre
mea in this city, occasioned six alarms in
quick succession about 9 o’clock to-night.
The first one was in a largo five-story
brick block, corner of Albany and Bristol
streets, owned by the Jo*9oh P. Paul es
tate, known as the “Bristol block”
and occupied by Jos n ph F. Paul
Son3 and many other concerns, all
engaged in various kinds of wood manu
facturing. The building has a frontage of
50.) feet and is 75 feet ia depth. The fire
was principally in the northern end of the
building. The damage is about $40,000, and
is fully insured.
The second fire was in the building Noa
H 4 to 70, Wareham street, occupied by the
New England Organ Company, and this
structure, which was of brick, five stories
in bight, und 50x00 feet, was burned, only
a small portion of the walls rematnlug. The
loss is $125,000 and the insurance $48,000.
Duriug this fire Lieut. Henry Hart, of
chemical engine No. 8, was badly bruised
about the body by falling debris, and Ho-e
--man Cobb, of engine No. 8, suffered a fract
ure of the leg by being knocked from a
ladder. ‘
A LYNCHING AT WINTON.
The Black Murderer Strung Up in His
Cell by a Masked Mob.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 24. —A special to the
Landmark from Aulander, N. C., brings
intelligence of the lynching at Winton, in
the same state, of a notorious negro named
Kinch Freeman, who on Oct. 4 brutally
murdered Nep Atkins and his aged mother
m Bertie county, by besting their braius
out with a two-pound weight, and then set
tire to their residence. He was recognized
at the time by the housekeeper, wiio by
hiding escaped his murderous blows. Free*
man was arrested in Norfolk and taken
back to North Carolina for trial. Last
night about 180 masked men surrounded
the jail at Winton, and three of them, with
a fourth tied as if a criminal, went to the
jail and said they had a prisoner to lock up.
THE JAILER OVERPOWERED.
The jailer opened the door and was at
once overpowered. Freeman had shackles
on his feet and hands, and as an additional
precaution against escape was chained to the
floor. The lynchers did not take time to
loose him, aud strung him up to a rafter of
his cell, where he was found this morning
when the sheriff went to the jail. The
jailer was bound and gagged and could not
g.ve an alarm. Freeman wa3 an old peni
tentiary bird, and his crimes were many,
though his last was his most atrocious one.
■ OKLAHOMA’S NSW CODE.
The Territory’s First Legislature Ha3
Just Adjourned.
Guthrie, O. TANARUS., Dec. 24. —Oklahoma’s
first legislature adjourned to-night. It has
passed a complete code of law., a composi
tion of the Dakota, Indiana, Nebraska and
Illinois statutes. While drawing from
toaiy different authorities, the Code is
rather mixed, but still, on ttie whole, com
pares weii with the laws of other territo
ries.
The capitol question was uppermost in the
minds of the members. Every other
measure was secondary, but when they
Lund that Gov. Steele would not approve
of a capitol removal bill they got down to
w ork in earnest and did all they could to
adopt a code of laws best suitable to tho
people of Oklahoma.
TIN PLATE FROM DIXIE.
Chattcnooga Counting on the Day
Vv ten it W lit be Made There.
Nashville, Tens., Deo. 24.—A special
from Chattanooga, Tonu., aays: “Tin plate
** a ’ made in St. Louis by tho Granite
fron Rolling Mills, ibe sheet to be dipped
1 tving been rolled from basic steel
made by the Southern Iron Cora-
I'tuy of this city, from cheap south
m ort * mined in this vicinity,
1 Louis men w:lte that tic y are dcjighlitd
•to the materia!; It is *l< -eUsii, for the
|-ui p< M-, and they propose to use it steadily.
, ltJ plate from CuaUaitooga steul means
tie 5* tlitt flriAhad article here in due
t tore Depots for Breslau.
"kittl*, (Im, 84. lbe .Vatio,ud /tUuii'j
’>* met the rep ns of projected fort.ihs
*’ Wr elea Had Cieir origin in the fact
• th i;uveru<us3C ha* blame I to steel
1 * '-spot* at that pie*e
MORGAN DENOUNCES CLOTUR*.
The Scheme of the Republicans to be
Met with a Bold Front.
Washington. Dec. 24. In the Senate
this morning, Mr. Morgan called up his
resolution directing the committee on priv
ileges and elections to amend section 31 of
the elections bill.
Mr. Sherman contoeded that it was not
now in order to call up that resolution ex
cept upon a formal motion.
Mr. Morgan said that during his service
in the Senate, about fourteen years, no
other practice had been in vogue. He
likened the present condition of the Senate
to the condition of the sycophantic
Damocles, with a single hair holding a
sword suspended over his head
Yesterday the little state of Rhode
Island had suspended the sword
over the Senate; over the great states of
Massachusetts, Ohio and New York.
Rhode Island had informed the Henate that
at the will and pleasure, not of tiie proper
committee, but of the caucus committee,
free speech was to be prohibited. But these
threats were not addressed to sycophants
and cowards, but to man who knew their
rights, and knowing, “dare maintain.”
The efforts to confine speech came with es
pecial ill grace from senators who had sat
in this chamhsr for almost twenty years.
CLOTURE IN VARIOUS FORMS.
The Senate was having cloture in various
forms and shapes. After twenty years
quiet agreement on their pruotice, the
senator from Ohio suddenly had discovered
cloture by implication. This was but the
start of toe threat. Mr. Bherman made
the point of order that Mr. Morgan was
not entitled to the floor, but
the presiding officer ruled otherwise
and Mr. Morgan resumed bis
remarks. If, he said, the RWord was swung
over the heads of sycophants and cowards,
there might be something in it, but when it
was suspended over the representatives of
sovereign states of the union, the action
would be met iu no other manner than by
indignant protest against its Injustice, its
wrongful uess and its impropriety. The
President thought ho was leading this
movement, which would apply os well to
the financial as to the election bill.
Ho was doing it just as a gnat was moving
the buffalo on whose horn he rested. The
movement was in the hands of the senators
on this floor who were aspirants for the
presidency. Pending further debate the
hour of II o'clock arrived and Mr. Mc-
Pherson continued his speech against the
elections bill.
At 12:45 o’olock, on motion of Mr. Hoar,
the Senate adjourned till Saturday at noon,
with the understanding that at that time
the Vice President shall declare the .Senate
adjourned till Monday noon.
WORLD’S PAIR PROCLAMATION.
President Harrison Invites the Nations
of the World to Take Part.
Washington, Deo. 24.—The President
to-day issjed his proclamation announcing
that the legal formalities had been compl’ed
with in regard to the Chicago exposition
and extending an invitation to foreign na
tions to participate therein.
The following is the text of the proclama
tion:
By the President of the United States of
America.
A proclamation:
Whereas, Satisfactory proof has been pre
sented te me that provision has been made for
a1 equate grounds aud buildings for the use of
the world's Columbian exposition, and that n
sum not less t an $10.00(1.000, to be used and
expended for the purpose of saidexposition.hss
been provided In accordance with Wie conditions
and requirements of section 10 of an act, en
titled: “An act to provide for the
celebrating of the four tiundredth anniversary of
the discovery of America by Christopher Co
lumbus, by holding an international exhibition
ot arts, industries, manufactures, and products
of the soil, mine and sea, in the city of Chicago,
in the stare of Illinois,” approved April 25. ISOO.
Now threefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, Presi
dent of the United States, by virtue of
the authority vested in me by
said act, do hereby declare and
proclaim that such international exhibition will
be opened on the first day of May, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in the city
of Chicago, in the state of lllinois.and will not be
closed before the last Thursday in October of the
same year. And in the naipe of the govern
ment, and of the people of t ie United State!, I
do hereby invite all the nat ions of the earth to
take part in commemoration of an event that
is pre-eminent in history and of lasting interest
to mankind by appointing representatives
thereto, and sending such exhibits to the
world’s Columbian exposition as will most fitly
and fully illustrate their resources. their indus
tries and their progress in civilization. In
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
ha ul and caused the seal of the United States
to be affix and.
Done at the city of Washington, this twenty
fourth day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, and of the independence
of the United States the one hundred and
fifteenth.
(seal.] Benjamin Harrison.
By the President:
James G. Blaine, Secretary of State.
BIG FOOT ON THE RUN.
He Falls to Surrender as Ho Promised,
and Escapes.
Washington, Doc. 24.—A dispatch re
ceived by Gen. Schofield yesterday from
Gen. Huger, dated St. Paul, Dec. 22, in
dicated the surrender to Col. Sumner of Big
Foot, with his following, which Included
some of Sitting Bull’s fugitives and those
disaffected Indians in the Cherry Creek dis
trict, Cheyenne river reservation, who had
joined him. This report is contradicted to
night in dispatches sent to Gon. Schofleld
by Gen. Miles, who reports that they did
not surrender a3 they promised, but es
caped.
ACQUITTED OF MURDER.
The Trial ox a Man About Town of
Washington Ends in His Favor.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The jury in the
case of Frank K. Ward, for many years a
well-known nmn about town, und who,
during the last two weeks, has been on trial
here charged with the murder of Maurice
Adler, to-night. after a short absence,
brought in a verdiot of not guilty. The
killing, which created a sensation at the
time, took place in the Marble saloon, on
Peonsylvauia avenue, June 18, 188‘J.
A BUN ON A BANK.
Small Depositors in the Savings De
partment Start It.
Green 11av, Wia, Dec. 21.—During the
last two days there has been a run on the
Kellogg National Bank of this city. It was
reported that the bank had failed, and them
was a hoary run on the savings department
by small depositors, but busbies* men con
tinued making deposits, and confidence has
been restored.
bwzvuic or tub nii it aa.
Dr. Raters Abandons the Buit tie In
stituted as a remit.
Buiilia. Dm. 24.—Dr. Peters has aban
doned his lawsuit regarllig the seizure of
the steamer 3b ore by Aililire! 1 reams it.*,
' mums ntlar of the Br A.sii ideal on Use MO* l
uueetof AD'iro. Thego rar aw* til's nfuMi
t. eopp ri it iu la the soli < eased I'ehrs to
ia .o lias nctiou.
SAVANNAH, GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1890.
NO GIFT FOB BAR HARBOR
HARRISON VETOES THE $76,000
BUILD.NG BILL.
He Cites Facts and Figures to Prove
That the Proposed Expenditure
Would Be Entirely Unjustifiable.
Blaine Has a $76,000 Cottage at the
Place- Harrison’s Hard Task.
Washington, Dec. 24.—President Har
rison's Christinas gift to Secretary Blame
was a veto to the bill to erect a $75,000 pub
lio buildiug at Bar Harbor, where Secretary
Blaine has a #75,000 cottage. To do this
President Harrison had to break his rule
not to Imitate President Cleveland, for ths
latter also vetoed a Bar Harbor public
building till for the reason adduced by
President Harrison, and the further reason
that tho $25,000 provided for in that bill
was inadequate to build a suitable building
if one was needed, the then postmaster
having told him that a suitable site would
cost $20,030.
had to ignore arguments.
To do it President Harrison also had to
disregard the argument* advanced in in
terviews with him by Senator Halo and
Representative Millikan, who is chairman
of the House committee on public buildings,
as well as the representative of Bar Har
bor, to say nothing of Secretary Blaine's
desires. To tho surprise of them all, he did
it, and now Bar Harbor must wait indefi
nitely, for the ITiuso won’t pass it over the
veto. The message was sent to the Senate,
where the bill originated.
MILLIKIN ANNOYED.
Mr. Milliken, who left the committee
room early and went Christmasing all the
afternoon, got his first news of it from tho
evening papers. Ho was naturally annoyod,
but would say nothing for publication'tills
evening, eicapt that Bar Harbor, as the
greatest summer resort in Maine, was of
national importance, and was not to be
classed with the towns of its size. The
supervising archisect and the Senate com
mittee favored an appropriation of $ 150,000.
The House committee cut it down to $75.-
000, believing that to be enough, but no
more than enough. Mr. Milliken pointed
out that President Cleveland gave two
reasons for his veto, whereas President
Harrison gave only one, and that one was
unsatisfactory, lie said that the responsi
bility for ths next move rested on Senator
Hale. He did not think it would he worth
while to try to pass it over the veto.
WHAT HARRISON SAYS.
In his message the President says:
“The statement of a few facts will
show, I think, that the public needs
do not justify the contemplated ex
penditure of $75,000 for the erection of a
public building at Bar Harbor. Only one
public oiUco, the postofilce, is to be accom
modated. It appears from tho report of
the Postmaster General that the rent paid
by the United States for a room containing
875 square feet of floor space was, in 18S8,
S3OO, and the expenditures for fuel and
light SOO. One clerk was employed in the
postoffice and no carrier. The gross postal
receipts for that year were $7,000.
A SUMMER RESORT.
“Bar Harbor is almost wholly a summer
resort. The population of the town of
Eden, of which Bar Harbor forms a part,
as taken by the census enumerators, was
less than 2,U00. During one-quarter of the
year this population is largely increased by
summer residents aud visitors, but for the
other threo-quartois is not much above the
census enumeration. The postal receipts
for 1890 by quarters show that for more
than half tne year the gross receipts of the
postoffice aro about $3 per day. The salary
of the janitor for the new building would
be more than twice the present cost to the
government for rent, fuel and lights. I
cannot believe that on reconsideration con
gress will approve the contemplated ex
penditure.”
THREE TBAMP3 LYNCHED.
They Had Thrown a Lrakeman Under
a Train for Putting Them Off.
Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. 84.—News
has reached hero that three tramps ware
killed near Huntington, on the Ore
gon Short Line, by railroad men. Four
tramps boarded o freight train near Glens
mary, Ida. They were put off by brakemon,
but afterward got on the train and over
powered the brakeman, whom they threw
under the train, both of his legs being
broken and he dying soon after from his
injuries. The report says the tramps were
caught near Huntington, and three of them
were lynched. The fourth escaped.
WHISKY EUCKED UP BY FIF.E.
A Warehouse and Distillery Burned
in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tens., Dec. 24.—The ware
house and distillery of Stephens & Cos., near
Gartner's station, were burned last night,
together with 750 barrels of whisky. The
loss is about SIB,OOO on the whisky and $20,-
000 on tho house and machinery. The in
surunce on tho whisky is $14,000. The lire
i> supposed to have been of incendiary
origin. The government revenue tax on
the whisky destroyed would have amounted
to about $28,000.
.PLUMBERS WANT MORE PAY.
Chattanooga Men Want an Increase
of SO Cents a Day.
Nashville, Tesn., Doc. 24.—A special
from Chattanooga says: “The plumbers cf
this city demand an increase of 2J per cent,
in wages, or $8 a day instead of $2 50, the
ruling pnea now, the raise to date from mid
after Feb. 1 next. Nashville and Memphis
pay higher wages, which tho men say should
noc be the case. They are firm in taeir peti
tion, and say that under no circumstances
will thay back down."
DEATH HIDDEN IN A PD3T.
A Negro Instantly Killed by a Shock
of Electricity.
Memphis. Tesn., Dec. 24. A negro
named Will Grosvenor was killed thin after
noon by leaning up against an iron post to
which was tied a loose telephone wire. The
wire wo* croessd with an electric light wire
ami the full force of the current went into the
post. A mule which the negro was driving
bad touched the post with its now ami was
felled to the ground. The negro hod gotten
down from Id* wagon to m-e what wm the
matter with tho mule, aud leaned against the
iron post with the resilt stated. He died
almost Instantly.
COUMTKBFairOIUTiriCATEB
Indianmslls Flooded With Dangerous
Bogus Bill*.
Jvuianaj'ol.ik, lan., Dec, 24. - This oil y
has been flood#i with 10-<tollar counterfeit
•User cerUfW es of Use **■< of IhSSs. Bogus
bills have begun to us n up at lb*> banks by
hundreds. The e.fculaUoii Is so great and
the Up so danger .# u*#l Tme ary Ages*:
Carter has notified the public tv refuse Shi
fi hum if the Mures #< ultuMti
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
Both Parties Trying to Gain Control
by contests.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 35. —Notice was
served last night that E. L. Merritt’s seat
in the legislature would be contested on the
grounds that be had moved to Nebraska
and was not a resident of Illinois, as re
quired by law. Mr. Merritt is a democrat,
and the ciosoness of the legislature In the
coming election for United States sena’or
makes tho contest important. Mr. Merritt
admits having engaged experimentally for
a time iu business at Omaha, but he says be
did not remove his family’, and consequently
remained a resident here. Contests involv
ing two republican members are also
hanging.
KI VS SENATORS HIPS AT STAKE.
Chicago, Dec. 34. —Chairman “Long”
Jones of the republican state central com
mittee gave notice to-night that the right
of five dem cratio state senators-eleot to
sit in the legislature would bo contested.
This is the latest maneuver iu the fight for
the United States senatorship from Illinois.
The notices were withheld until the last
moment: allowed by law, tbe motive
for the delay being, it is understood, to
avoid stirring up tbe demoe; ats to possible
reprisals. The state senators up in whom
notice was served aro Messrs. Noouan of
the First district, Caldwell of the Thirty
ninth, Arnold of the Fifteenth, Dawkins of
the Seventeenth,and Coppmger of the Forty
first, General charges utf bribing voters
with money and promts* of office iu the
organization of the gen*al assembly are
the maiu grounds for thl con teste, except
us to Dawkins, who is alleged to be ineligi
ble because of foreign blrE.
KIGIIX CONTESTS bn HAND.
With the contest against Mr. Merritt of
Springfield there U now a controversy
raised as to an even half dozen democratic
scats and a pair of republicans. The legisla
ture is almost evenly divided between the
democrats and the republicans ou a joint
ballot, with throe farmers’ allianoemen ap
parently holding the balance of power
The avowed candidates so far are:
Gen. John M. Palmer, democrat, and
Charles B. Far well, republican, who is the
present incumbout. The struggle promises
to he tally as fierce aud sensational as tho
memorable one iu which the late Gen. John
A. Logan defeated Willtu.ii li. Morrison,
now a msmber of the interstate commerce
commission.
EXPLOSION OF A BOILER.
Cne Man Killed, Two Badly Injured
and a Third Missing-.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 24.—A boiler ex
ploded in the drill house of the works
of the United Salt Company on the
lake shore in the eastern part of
the city this morning. The boiler
was broken into fragments and tho drill
house wi-eoked. Martin Boheany was killed,
Frank Geiner perhaps fatally scalded, and
Thomas Fox, the engineer, was scalded and
had both legs and one arm broken. Another
man is missing, and it is feared that be was
blown into L ike Erie.
BURGLARS IN A MILL.
They Bind the Watchman and Blow
Open the Safe.
Peoria, 111., Dec. 24. —Burglars early
this morning entered the mill of the Peoria
Oatmeal Company, bound the watchman,
Phillip Smith, thre-v a sack over his bead,
tied him in a chair and left <ne of their
number with a revolver to guard him. The
others, three or four in number, then blew
open tho safe and secured its contents. Tho
amount of money in the safe is supposed to
have been largo. They then robbed the
watchman and departed.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS RUINED.
Tbe Settling of Chicago's Poetofflcs
Burets a Water Pipe.
Chicago, Doc. 24. —Continued settling of
the walls of the government building re
sulted to-day in the breaking of a wator
pipe and flooding tho basement w Ith wator.
There is a vast quantity of Christmas mail
in the buildiug, and thousands of Christinas
presents, many of them costly ones, have
been ruined.
Danville’s Tobacco Sales.
Danville, Va., Dec. 24.—The sales of
I af tobacco in this market for December
wore 1,488,703 pounds. The sales sinoe Oct.
1, tho beginning of the tobacco year, were
9,528,448 pounds, an increase of 1,091,000
pound-.
killed by an electric oir.
The First Accident on the Road at
Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 25.—John Glover,
about 21 years old, who lives on lleeoh Island,
was run over and horribly mangled by an
electric car in front of the union depot at 1
o’clock this afternoon. Two or three ac
counts of the accident are given. One report
is that Mr. Glover was ou the Turpin Hill
car going out, and on Walker street, in front
of the depot, attempted to get on the front
platform of the Dublin car, which was
coming in the opposite direction, whoa he
slipped und fell to the ground and the car
passed over him.
ms cousin’s statement.
J. J. Wesfrook, a cousin of Mr. Glover,
who was with him at the time, bat did not
see the accident, as his back was turned,
said Mr. Glover had no reason to get on the
Dublin car, os they were going to the depot
to buy railroad tickets. Mr. Glover was
carried to the hospital,and Drs. Wright and
Dougnty oxarnmed his injuries. His right
forearm was fractured aid the flesh on the
left arm was lacerated. The wheels of the
car passed over his abdomen, producing in
ternal injuries, from which he died a few
hours after tbe accident
A warning not heeded.
The cars run on double tracks, aud
placards instruct tire passengers to gel out
on the right side always. Mr. Glover made
the mistake of getting off on the left. Tho
speco bote aen two passing cars is vary small,
and when Mr. Glover saw the other car
right on him he probably seized the ratling
of tbe front platform to save blins-lf. He
was jerked down across the track and the
car ratted over him. Ills parents were
notified, but Ins father is ill in bed at home
and bis root .r arrived after his death. It
i* the first fatal accident on the electric
road.
OORDON AND THE ALLIANCE.
Speculation Over Hi# Delay in Joining
tbe Order.
Ati.ixts, Ga., Dec. 24.—People here are
beginning to Inquire whether Gov. Gordon
Is in earnest about joining the alliance, lie
remains at hie iariu in Taylor c unt y,
which is reported to he partially its the y •
mm*lon of squatters. The secretary of the
J llanos, of which b**a#s
pectod to become a member, Mill loetete that
pil vats ousiueee only prevent* him from
offering for imMUo*. But utbar mind* took
to the laird paitv ■- -wouetr* 100 of the
or tor et it* ##o*a l J4)4* meets-*. and
foo#v that Uwr*u lie* lb* •*platssdtou of
U* • udey
DOWN ON THE PRIESTS.
PAHMELUTB ORGANS GOING FOR
THE CATHOLIC CLERGY.
A Boast That the Battle Will be Re
newed on Every Spot on lriah Soil.
Parnell Going to Paris to Have a
Talk V/ltb Wiliam O'Brien-GUl's
Steamer Sighted.
Dublin, Deo. 34. —The United Ireland
to-day, referring to the recent election in
North Kilkenny, says: “Kilkenny hn de
clared for Mr. Gladstone azalnst Mr. Par
nell. The battle was fought with every
weapon that hatred, malioe, ingratitude
and treachery oould imply. Behind the
mutineers were the priests, eager to regain
tho power Mr. Parnell eecured for Ireland
ten years ago. They sanctioned methods of
warfare hitherto unused, aud open fightidg
was supplemented by intimidation.
Although this combination secured a vic
tory in Kilkenny, it must be remembered
tlmt Kilkenny is not Ireland. They shall
bo forced to renew the wage of battle at
every spot on Irish soil from center to sea."
The Freeman s Journal says that Mr.
Parnell starts for Paris to-night in order to
meet his “t:usty lieutenact ( ” William
O’Brien. Mr. Parnell, according to the
Journal, refuses to believe that a friendly
conference between Mr. O'Brien and him
self will be barren of rosults until they have
definitely failed to establish a modus
vivendi.
PARNELL CHEERED.
When Mr. Parnell arrived in Dublin nt
midnight last night another enthusiastic
crowd of his admirers unharnessed the
horse* from his cab and dragged the vehi
cle from the railway station to tho National
Club, where Mr. Parnell made a speech. He
said that he was uujusl Iv blamed for refusing
to leave Ireland to the mercy, not to say of
Mr. Gladstone, but of the ragtag bob tail
English liberals. It would be infamous and
contemptible upon his part, ho added, if he
hold hack any light he oould throw on cer
tain subjects. But,he said, in conclusion
his justification would come very soon.
DAVITT DEFENDS THE PRIESTS.
At a meeting of the McCarthyite ooiu
mittee, held hero to-day, Michael Davitt
donied that the priests had used Intimida
tion tactics during the campaign, or while
the votes were being polled in North Kil
kenny. He described Mr. Parnell as being
a dsKcondunt of “a common Cromwellian
soldier” who was “now trying to destroy
Ireland.”
Mr. Healy said the league funds in Ire
land were overdrawn to the extent of
413,000, as the bulk of the money credited to
the league was locked up In Paris. Mr.
Healy added that a compromise arrange
ment between Mr. Parnell and his oppo
nents was out of the question, and that the
latter would fight to boat Mr. Parnell on
every platform.
PARNELL’S PLANS.
Mr. Parnell said today that he would go
from hero to Paris to offer his congratula
tions to Mr. O’Brien on the success of tbo
latter’s iuisslou to America. In regard to
himself, he saitl that he would not recode
one lncn from his position. After his return
from Franco he proposed to resume his cam
paign, 1 eginning at Limerick.
Mr. Healy also said that had Mr. Scully
won in the North Kilkenny election be
would have been unseated iu perils mem.,
owing to the bribery and corruption by his
political agents, who had expended in the
recent campaign £I,OOO more than the
legal allowance. Mr. Healy declared his
belief that secret service money bad been
spent in Kilkenny to widen the split in the
Irish party.
m’carthy expkctb no reconciliation.
Boulogne, Dec. 34.—1n an interview to
day, Justin McCarthy declared that hi* Idea
in coming hero was to Inform Mr. O’Brien
fully in regard to recent events in Ireland.
Mr. McCarthy said he believed that,
in view of Mr. Parnell’s declarations
after the Kilkenny election, all Idea
of a reconciliation between tho two
factious of the Irish party must be aban
doned. Mr. O’Brien, hesaid, was eminently
patriotic, and might have left America with
the intention of effecting a reco ciliation,
but events since bis departure would cause
him to ilnd that this was impossible.
Even negotiations were hardly possible,
he added, ai no basis for a eettlemeut of the
dispute existed, Mr. Par. ell having refused
to accept tho result of tbo Kilkenny election
as a verdict aud declined to abandon the
leadership.
DON’T WANT HIM AS LEADER.
“The nationalists,” said Mr. McCarthy,
“will never consent to Mr. Parnell's reten
tion of the Irish leadership. So no of the
Parnellltos are lukowarm in their adherence
and only stick to Parnell through a feeling
of chivalry. It is likely that some will
bo,me detached in order to join Mr.
O’Brien when his decision Is known.” Mr.
McCarthy spurned the idea that Mr.
O’Brien would join the Parnell pa> ty with
out openly declaring himself. “Mr.
O’Brien’s patriotism," said he, “Is too well
known to admit a suspicion that ho would
join the Parnellltes, even if he fails to effect
u reconciliation."
REFUSER TO MEKT PARSELL.
Ho thought it probable tbao Mr. Parnell
would go to Paris to see Mr. O’Brien, but
said be himself would not see Mr. Pornoll,
as be bad nothing to do with him, bis sole
object in coming here being to see Mr.
O'Brien and explain the position of affaire.
After ho bad bad a talk with Mr. O’Brien,
bn added, be would return to England and
awuit the result of the conference between
Mr. O’Brien and Mr. Parnell. Tbe
outcome of that conference, be said,
would constitute the final ground of action
on the part of the nationalists. The Nation
alist party, he said, would be glad if Mr.
O'Brien shouldaccept the editorship of the
uaw daily to be published in Dublin. Mr.
McCarthy sad he knew nothing regarding
tbe discovery of tbe league papers in Paris.
O’fllUKN AND OIJX SIOHTED.
London, Dec. 24.— The steamship Ob
dam, from New York, having Messrs.
O’Brien and GUI, the Irish nationalists, on
board, was sighted off Prawle Point ot l
o’clock tbis af ornoon. It is expected tbat
they will be landed at Boulogne>ur-Mer at
about 0 o'clock to-morrow morning. Sev
eral gentlemen, supposed to be Irish mem
burs of parliament, are awaiting tbe arrival
of toe Obdam at Boulogne,
COMMENTS OF MJXDON PAPERS.
London, Dec. il4. The Standard thinks
that Mr. Parnell has some ground for the
confidence he expresses to feel. “Had tbe
election boon held in tbe town of Kilkenny,"
it says, “there is u-1 an atom of doubt tost
he would have got an overwhelming vic
tory. Many who would have otherwise aui •
ported Ur. Parnell doubtless abstained, be
wildered by tbe prlastly pressure. As Jong
as the split lasts It is a matter of indiffer
ence to tbe uui's iste wlw wins."
The Chrt/nir.U thinks the return
of the area mischief maker
to the conservative party cannot
reuse much Joy to Hosere. Uiadstib*
anal Worley Having M oorrwtty rsug-1
party turning tu Ktlksiny Ur, !mritt
and Lie friends, I; ways, have probably
gauged it with equal e<*ni*s?y as regards
Ireland Iteeff. If so the Per belli tv ei.j
so n I* *t mgoMmd
Tee TmUyfifilt save it risi*iM to Us awn
how the MuLsrfthyUse oesi hold tog* ter
without Mr. Parnell’s personal magnetism
and American aid to ths necessitous gentle
men who find in patriotism their dally
bread.
THE VATICAN PLEASED.
Rome, Doc. 34.—1 t is announced on good
authority that the victory < f Sir John Pope
Hennessy over Vincent Scully at the ol*c
tlon in North Kilkenny was undoubtedly
welcomed at the Vatican. It is also under
stood that the pope approves of the atti
tude assumed l>y tho Irish bishops and
priests. Thn pope, however, will not in
terfere in Irish politics, having decided to
maintain his usual attitude of reservo so
tar as Irish nffaii a are concerned.
FUNDS FROM CHICAGO.
Chic ago, Dec. 24.— John V. Clarke,
praeldsut of the Hibernian hank, cabled to
day to joint treasurers Alfred Webb and
Dr. Kennv, Dublin, £l,2f>J sterling. The
money is the entire proceeds up to dato from
the Dillon-O’Brien mas* meeting, held in
this city at Battery “D" armory.
BELGIUM'S MINERS.
The Companies to Reduce Wages and
a htrilce Probable.
Bruskei.s, Dec. 24.—The coal mining
companies throughout the coal districts to
day came to a decision that on and after
Dec. B 0 there must he a general reduction
of the wages of their employes. The step
has been contemplated for tome time
past, and preparations have been made,
both by the oompanles and the
workmen, in regard to the posaibie outcome
of the policy now determined upon. Tho
coal companies having made the first move
In this new struggle between oapitnl and
labor, it is considered certain that the
miners' federation will almost immediately
renew the agitation of the past. Asa oorn
inenceiuent the federation lias issued a proc
lamation to the effect that a general strike
will he ordered unless parliament so revises
the constitution as so give tho miner protec
tion against arbitrary action upou the part
of the companies.
PADLBWBKI’B PALB.
The Trio Who Helped Him Effect Hie
Escape Sentenced.
Paris, Deo. 24.— The trial of Laltruvore,
the anarchist French journalist, Mine. Du
quercy and Gregoiro, the latter French
anarchist journalist, all charged with con
spiring to defeat tho ondt of justloe by aid
ing in the escape of the Russian anarchist,
Paiilewskl, who is alleged to bo tbo mur
derer of <4eu. Heliverskolf, was concluded
to-day. La Briiyero.whoudmltted that he as
sisted I’adlewski to eacipe, was sentenced to
thirteen months’ imprisonment. Mine.
Duquercy, who confessed to having con
cealed Badlewßkl in her house after the
murder, received a soutenoe of two mouths’
imprisonment. Oregoire, who yesterday
offered to surrender himself to the French
consul at Palermo, in order that the consul
might send him baok to France to testify to
the fact that he had abetted in Padluwski’s
escape, was sentenced by default to impris
onment for eight months.
UPRIBINO IN PBtlU.
Forty Lives Lost In Suppressing a
Movement at Lima.
Panama, Dec. 24.—Rumors of revolu
tionary movements In l’osu have beon
rifle here for some time past, and it is
known that on Dec. 2 a meeting was held
m Fort Haute. Catalina, outside of Lima,
and that an effort was mads In
behalf of ex-Dictator I’ier la. The move
ment was suppressed, but nt tho cost of
forty lives. As matters stand in Poru it is
not unlikely that similar risings will occur
at short intervals, the conditions being en
tirely favorab e. The extreme destitution
prevailing throughout the republic li largely
responsible for the unsettled state of affairs.
Pierolu wasrecontly In Ecuador.
GERMANY AND THE JESUITS.
A Petition Against Their Keadmiaslon
Now in Circulation.
Berlin, Doc. 34. — A petition is being
circulated against the readmluion cf the
Jesuits to Germany. The editor of the
Elberfeld Freie Fresse, a socialist paper, is
being prosecuted for publishing an article
ridioulmg the fears of protestants in regard
to the Jesuits, aud pointing out that protea
tauta recognize the rulos of the Roman
Catholic church.
T rip of tho Kainer to Paris.
Paris. Dec. 24.— Regarding Emperor
William’s proposed visit to this city, Im
Liberta, although sure that a majority of
the people will abstain from offensive dem
onstrations, thinks that the German em
peror in ooming to Purls will be playing
with lira
Russia Down on Foreigners.
Paris, Dec. 24.—A report is current here
that t!,e Russian government intends to di
miss, on Jan. 1, all Austrian and German
subjects iu it* employ.
France’s Budget.
Paris, Dec. 24.— Ths Chamber of Depu
ties, by a vote of 300 to 29, to-day adopted
tho budget, with ail the Senate’* modifica
tions.
A BOY OPERATOR KILLED.
Hla New Pistol F xploded In tbe Hands
of a Friend.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 24.—1n the branch
offloe of the Postal Telegraph Company, op
posite the Kimball houee, Will Small to
night allot to death Walker Martin, tbe boy
operator. Tho killing was apparently a
Christmas accident. The boys were
friends, and Small about supper time called
on Martin, who had just bought a
cheap pistol. The latter presented
the weapou to his visitor for inspection. As
soon as Small took it there was an explo
sion, and Martin reeled from his ebair and
fell on the floor, his brains gushing from a
bole about tbe right eye. Death came in a
few momonla. Hmall was so horrified that
for a time he seemed to go crazy. Tbe
coroner** jury rendered a verdict of acci
dental killing and discharged him.
Geburu Gains a fitsy.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 34. — Charles M. Oz
bnrn, a merchant, who murdered J. M.
Bradley, also a merchant, last sirring will
not hang ou Jau. 9. His motion for a
new trial was this morning denied by the
judge of the superior court, but, notion of
an uppeal having hoeri given, execution of
the sentence was indefinitely postponed that
the case may be decided by tbe supreme
oourt.
Pickpockets Help fhemaalvee
Atlanta, Ga., Dec, 24. Pickpocket#
took advantage of the Cbrisiin** preee at
the union and rpot this morning to rob ex
Cotumiaelounr of Agriculture Header son of
about 4-Vi.
Darien's Mail*
tHKIKN, (lac. 24. Darien will have two
moil* a dej --owe hr to* new route and os*
L> the evroo.er )te*e> It nu Dfouewiek,
“ftm uid roue gave the heal new toru about
ease tour to owawar thatr oofr*jood#ou*
I DAILT.IIO A TEAR. J
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( WEEKLY. $1.25 A YEAR, *
SCOTLAND'S BIG STRIKE.
THE COMPANIES AND THE MEN
BOUND TO FIGHT IT OUT.
Coal Goes Up at Glasgow to the Dtw
may of the Poor The City Also
Threatened With a Oaa Famine- Po
lice Held in Readiness for the Coming
of Darkness.
Glasgow, Dec. 24.—There are no signs
of improvement in connection with the
railroad strike in Bcotland. It is estimated
tbat about 75,000 men are now out on strike
and the business may be said to be at •
standstill. On the North British linea traf
fic it suspended, while the others are work
ing in an irregular manner. Business peo
ple residing in tbe suburb* are obliged to
walk from their out-of-town residence*
to the city, thereby suffering
much inconvenience. In and about Glas
gow the price of coal has already advanced
i shilling* per ton, with the prospects of a
still further advance In prioe before long.
A OAS FAMINE IMMINENT.
In addition to tbe coal trouble, which seri
ously affect* tho poorer class already, it IS
said that a gas famine la imminent, and the
police are already taking step* to provide a
force of special constable* to guard the city
in case tho supply of gas should give out
and the city be plunged into total darknem
at night All the ship building yard* and
public work* arc without fuel, and they ex
pect to bo foroed to close their door* unless
the atrlke 1* settled within a very short
time.
Htrong detachment* of police are guard
ing the railroad demits, which are sur
rounded by crowds of strikers accompanied
by their wivei and families, who Jeer aud
laugh at the bungling efforts of the rail
road porters, sweepers, clerks and others
who have been pressed into tbe servio*
making up and running the rew trains
which the railroad official* manage to dis
patch.
STRIKERS TO FIB PROSECUTED.
An important meeting of the board of
directors of the North British Railway
Company has been held. After tbe meeting
adjourned it was announced that the ouraJ
pany hud determined to proaecute ths
strikers to the fullest extent of the
law. No trouble or expense, it is
added, will be spared by the company
In lte efforts to obtain redress for what is
olss/sd as an unwarranted interference wit!*
its business. The North British director#
have also resolved to completely close their
railroad lines rather than yield to tna de
mands of ths strikers.
STRIKERS ENRAGED.
The strikers have boen considerably en
raged by the announcement made to-day
that the railroad officials refuse to pay the
strikers anv portion of the wages which
may now bo duo to them. This action,
accordingly to tho railroad officials, is
taken upon legal advice, ponding a decision
from the courts as to tbe validity of tho con
tracts existing between tho company and
its employes. This step is generally re
garded as a moat arbitrary proceeding upou
the jiart of the railroad authorities, and is
also said to be probably on illegal one. In
any case.lt greatly increases tho public sym
pathy for the strikers.
FEARS OF VIOLENCE.
It is also thought that this action upon
tho part of tbe railroad company may ex
cite the striker* to acts of violoDce. ‘ Thn
Northeastern Railroad Company board of
directors has also held a mooting. It is un
derstood that these directors are trying to
arrange for a conference between them
selves anil a committee representing the
strikers, in the hope that somo understand
ing may be arrived at by which the strike
can be terminated, so far as the Northeast
ern railroad is couoerncd.
A MEETING AT EDINBURGH.
H DIN burg 11, Dec. 34. —A meeting of the
railroad strikers of this neighborhood was
held here to-day. Pickets reported that the
strike continued to extend in all directions,
and It was resolved to continue the struggle
until the demands of the men were granted.
The police aro taking precautions to protect*
tbe railroad property.
AN UNDERGROUND STATION CLOSED.
Tho North British company has entirely
dosed its underground station here, and it
Is understood that it will remain closed
until the dispute with the strikers is settled.
Placards announcing that promotion and i
advancement await the men who are loyai
to the company, and setting forth au offer
to reinstate tbe strikers in their old posi
tions, are posted conspicuously. The strik
ers, however, maintain a defiant attitude.
They hired a number of brass bands to-day
and paraded the streets.
A LOCAL LINE CLOSED.
The Leith and Edinburgh local line ha*
been closed. Passenger traffic is Irregular
on the main line* and freights are at &
standstill. Only one-foartb of tbe usual!
amount of Christmas eve freight business la
being done, and the loss to the railway'
companies will be enormous. At va
rious mass meetings which the strik
er* held to-night they resolved to
stand firm. They havrsssued a manifesto
demanding a ton hour day and 90 per oent.
extra pay for Buiday work. It Is estimated
that 9,000 persons are now out. Work at
most of the ooal pits in I.anarluhire ha*
beon stopped in consequence of the strike,
FRUITLESS EFFORTS FOB PEACE.
John Deng, member of parliament for
Dundse, and other prominent men, have
made fruitless efforts to bring
about u settlement of the strike.
The strikers refuse to submit
tbe questions in dispute to arbitration. The
Greenock trade# council has resolved to
support tbe strikers. There is almost an
entire absence of intimidation, but tho com
panies’ efforts to stop the posting of picket*
are futile.
THE PORTAL SERVICE.
The postal service continues notwith
standing tbe strike of the railway men, but
in many places the mails are only delivered
at rare intervals.
In many workshops and factories work
bos been suspended a week earlier than
usual. It is believed that besides tbe rail
way men that over 5,000 workmen
aro indirectly affected by the
strike. The Caledonian company ho*
issued a circular warmly thanking the men
who have remained loyal and promising to
reward them for their service*. This com
pany lias given up its attempt to continue
transporting freight and is devoting lte
whole attention to securing ths best possible
pass*agar service.
A Skating Championship.
London, Dec. 21. John O’ Donohue of
Newburgh, N. Y., the amateur chauiptoa
skater of th United State* and Canada,
to-day w hi the international amateur skat
ing cnouipionsotp race in l-ingayfsu, near
Cambrtdgu. He covered the course, a mile
and a half, iu 4 minutes and 49 seaouda,
boating the world’s record.
BUatlu Weaver# Wont Mur* Pay
Bxmijs, (Jee 'ii 'J we thousand weaver*
of Kt*ia>igei>irg*, Hite#.a, nave scat a pen
ttea to Emperor WUiiow urging bias to bs
sutut* an inquiry > g*r<Ung to* wage# paid
t< nwaotw euiploywiln the tea tile industry,
'I he fWUU>M*re aaf that married land
weavers sow receive lose (ban firs mark* *
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