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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
Kaf«»lUlt*d 1996.
V»l«|ra^P*blUbl»| UhPvMUAw,
MACON. GA., MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1894
LESS MID BOSmtSS.
lucres tala Commerce Commission's
Report Shows a Felling Off
in Traffic.
THE LABI WAS A BETTER TEAR
Th« OacraaM tm pMn»|«r Etmlagi
Wai $53 ParllUf, WMIO la FnlghU
It Was $7U-Th« Otmorallaaf loa
Exists Tbronghout tbt Coaatry.
'Wiai-'h tag-ton, Dec. 9.—The interstate
commerce commission htrs Just issued u.
‘preliminary report on tthe income and
expenditure® of railway* in tihe United
States for tihe year ending June 30, 1891,
prepared toy its steltlstioUn.
The report contains the returns from
670 operating companies whose reports
•were Hied on or before November 23,
1894, and covers the operations of 149,-
669.21 miles of line, or atoout 85 per
cent of the total operated mileage In
•the United States. The gross opera
tions of the 149,559.21 miles of lines
represented were $949,639,075, of wihfich
$309,137,142 were from passonger ser
vice; $617,-958,498 were from freight ser
vice and $22,420,298 were other earn
ings from operation, covering receipts
from telegraph, use of cars, switch
ing charges, etc. The operating ex
penses were $643,428,331, leaving net
eannfngs of $306,210,744. Reduced to a
mileage baste tihe earnings from -pass
enger service were $2,068 per mile of
iln; from freight srvice, $4,132; total
gross earnings $6,350; operating ex
penses $4,302, and net earnings $2,048.
A comparison of these items v/it'n sim
ilar -results from the complete report
of the previous yean* shows a decrease
per -mile of net earnlugs from passen
ger service of $53; in earnings from
freight service of $774; in total gross
earnings of $840; in operating expenses
of $574 artd in net earnings of $200.
The number of passengers carried was
535,285,446; passengers carried one mile, 12,-
889,936,578. The number of tons carried
was 671,955,942; tons carried one mile, 70,-
426,42-1,965. In order to show the volume
of traffic for all the railways these fig
ures sould be Increased 14 or 15 per cent.
To compare the density of traffic with
tho previous year these figures are e-
duccd to a mileage basis, which shows
the numbo of passengers carried one mile
per mile of line to be 86,253, as compared
with 83,809 in 1893. That there has been
an Increase in passenger traffic regardless
of tho commercial depresslo is due to
tho unusual amount of travel in July,
August, September and October, 1893, ow
ing to tho World’s Fair. Tho number of
tons carried one mile per mile of line
was 470,893, as comp-aredi with 558.232 for
1893. These figures allow the decrease in
the volume of freight traffic occasioned
by the demoralization of -these through
out tho country.
The net earnings available for the pay
ment of fixed charges ar.d dividends whs
$306,210,744, as against $350,766,607 for the
same roads for the previous year, a de
crease of $44,555,863. It is probable that
tho decrease in net earnings of all rail
ways will exceed $50,000,000. The dividends
paid were $62,464,961, as -compared with
60,461,130 for 1893. After tho deduction of
dividends it is found that there is a de
ficit of $28,032,621. This fact shows that a
• part of the dividends were either paid
out of the accumulated surplus of past
years or that teir payment necessitated
an increase in the current indebtedness;
The report also shows tho average re
ceipts per passenger per mile for the
year ending June 30, 1894, covering the
mileage ’ represented. Regardless of tho
decrease in traffic, there has been a de
cline in rates during the year, the av
erage receipts per passenger per mile
being 1.976 cents, as compared with 2.108
cents in 1893, and the average receipts
per ton per mile .866, as compared with
.878 In 1893.
NOTHING BN CONGRESS.
The Republicans Want Nothing Ivut
Approipriattomai.
W-Mftiington. Doc. 9.—There will be no
weM<tefln«l*4Khs;iness polfcy tin the sen
ate urori’l tihe Dentocratlc “dieertug yom-
mittte**’* carried nut the instru'CUoiiB
of iUhe reesrit caucus. This will probably
be done early I'hfls week, but no real ef
fort -wllil 1>e invade to get down to persist
ent work uni Jill after the holiday re
cess
Without waiting Iter the steering ooan-
jiwdtee. Mr. (Moevran will begin the oon-
Skleraition. «f the NfosmUffuam carnal bill,
and will address the senalie upon that
mmure tomorrow. Hia rQmhrks will
doubtless call oiit cithers. as he proposes
to keep <dhe subject actively before the
swwJte until dame action is taken. On
WediMMdav Mr. Mlorriil will submit
some remarks an tihe several bilte iirJtro-
diuwid by Air. Peffer and others reefing:
to ithe proposed firamokil legislation,
ami Mir. Human has given nMiire that
on tihe next cfcaty he will call up tihe bill
fco 0-91 aibliah a naitliOin.il undvenslity.
The ordUr ta whlklh tihe measures of
pibpasod legfcslaitJion endorsed by Demo
cratic oaiuoihses may toe repoifted to the
senvait’.iwlll toe u»reed to ait us early a
dute as ithe stearing comcnUtno can ge't
fogtijher, tout a pranvincnl; aruimlber of
that oamimJBittee is mutihomlty if or yha
statement tihuit lit has ibeen ipmctiicalily
agreed that to® toankrupiacy folia shall
have precedence over till others. The
policy of the Republicans is Cfuveuug the
majority some concern,, and Ithe fd.iv has
boon e.upre-sed Ithat a ays.em of filibus-
t>.!ding may Ibe Inaugurailed. Thte, thow-
ever, is denied by Repiiblkxtm leaders.
It is unde n-l.ood that tlaey will not make
u'tiy objection to tihe approtpriitUom for
the «ctrtfovcamen't of tihe Income (tax, for
(the reait/an ttoah they believe tihiait its
onltaroemorit wtttl only result in making
•the 4aw unpopular. Tho RfipuibHcuns
have «estimed the potsLlttfcm 1 of favoring
tibo p?jsaa«e of various uippp'Jiprtat.toji
bills tind adjourning. Beytonid this bhey
will 'lend their opometnlts ifo ae\*?iiuti.vnce.
In the house, although Mr. Patterson
(Democrat) of Tennessee, in charge of
the railroad pooling bill, has given notice
that he will ask the house to vote upon
Its passage - Tuesday afternoon, the fate
of the bill primarily depends upon tho
action of the appropriation committee.
If the urgent deficiency bill, which the
committee is now working upon, shall
be ready to report to the house when It
meets on Tuesday Chairman Sayres says
he will present It then and urge Imme
diate consideration. It is believed that
such a request will bo seconded by tho
house.and the pooling bill will be laid
aside. But If the appropriation bill shall
not be ready, a vole on the pooling bill
may be taken Tuesday, and .the general
opinion is that it will pass/ possibly so
amended as to give the Interstate com
merce commission final Jurisdiction of the
proposed contracts between companies
Tomorrow, under the rules, la to be de
voted to the consideration of affairs of
the District of Columbia, and unless the
rules are suspended, as they frequently
have been on like occasions, local legis
lation for Washington .city will bo token
up.
Mr. O’Neill (Democrat) of Massachu
setts has announced his intention to call
up Wednesday the pension appropriation
bill for 1896-96. T-hls will evoke discus-
sion of the pension policy of t.io admin
istration and may ocicupy the time of the
house for more than n day. In* that
it will meet the antagonism of Mr.
Bfown (Democrat) of Indiana, chairman
of the committee on elections, who will
Thursday ask consideration of the Wil-
llams-Settle contested election caso from
the Fifth North Carolina district, which
“cErne Over toy sgreomeiit from*-lest ses
sion. The committee's report favors th<
sitting member, Settle, who Is a Republi
can. * Contested election cases are mat
ters of highest privilege and it nas been
the custom of the house to take them up
when called for by, the committee, so
that if the pension bill is not previously
deposed of it will probably have to yield
the right of way for the time being.
“11 KILLED III.
Now, Get In and Drive Her Around
Awiiilf, to Make
Sure t
THEN DUMP HER OUT.”
Hed»H»nS$«d Fiends Dabble In the Llfo
Blood of Helpless Women as ft Pas
time-Dripping Hands Baeort
a Lady to the Theatre*
THE I»OOR COUNTESS.
HJAHjF READY.
Long, Dank Bobby’s Coin Being
Spread Ovter ThUt of Corbett.
Ne*w York, Dec. 9.—The second de
posit of ttoe Fitzstmfmons’ stake of
$10,000 for fills doming fight wltih Cor
bett has been ptoated wltih the stake
holder. The amount was $2,500. This
makes $5,000 Fitizslirfmons has now
posted. The entire amount of Corbett’s
stake wus posted when tihe ohmmpion
signed the articles of agreement. Fitz
simmons' next deposit is due in Feb
ruary. Thus -far the nirrangememto for
the maudit thavo gone along very
smoothly and none of the parties In
terested anticipate any (hitch.
”Jbe” Vendlg, 'the match-maker of
tiho Florida Atihletto Club, who Is now
In Jacksonville, saiys tihat the repeal
of the boxing ordinance of that clTy
means nothing. He dntHmaitiefl fhtat the
ordinance was rescinded t*> satisfy the
church element, and that another ordi
nance p^nmitUng g’ove contests call
be passed at .the proper time. He says
tthh't all the business men in Jackson
ville want the battle to come off and
will do everytihUwg In their power to
n/slst the officials of ithe Florida Ath
letic Club to 'bring the anatefo to
successful conclusion'.
(FIRE SOUGHT THE POOR.
New York, Dec. 9.—The Dutch
steamer Frias Wilhelm III brings news
of tihe reported conflagration at Port
au Prince on November 30. Thte fire
started at 4 p. m. and was supposed to
have been caused by a taper on an nC-
tar. Tho flames apr ^l w.irh great rap
idity among the poorer classes, on an
eminence fl*t the northern end of town.
On account of the ihelgfvt of thfalt por
tion of the town tihe waterworks were
of lltftle use. The efforts of tihe fire
men wore dVreotedl (to confining the
flames to the poorer quarter, and In
this they were successful, no business
bouses being burned*
ETEAMER HELPLESSLY CRIPPLE.
Savannah. Dec. 9.—The Spanish steam
er Julio Lezau. from Charleston for Bar
celona with cotton, which left Charleston
November 29, was towed Into Savannah
today by the British steamship Hindus
tan with her shaft broken. The Julio had
fcqen drifting around at sea for five days,
having lost her propeller through the ac
cident. She is now at the dock here and
will be carried North for repairs.
DORSET HITS THE TEELTNHEAD.
London. Dec. 9.—The British steamer
Dorsctt. Capt. Fettes, from Wilmington.
N. C.. November 20, for Liverpool, was
In collision today with the British steam
er Teelinhead. Capt Arthur, from Bruns
wick, Ca., November 23. for Liverpool
end Garston. The Teelinhead was beach
ed at New Brighton. The damage done
Is unknown' at present.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 9.—Still an
other confession has boen made In the
Catherine Glng murer case. It has been
the theory of the police that C. A. Bllxt,
the engineer or the Ozark flats, where
both Miss Glng and Hayward resided,
committed the murder at the instigation
of Hayward. Today Blixt broko down
and made a complete confesslorMn which
he charges Harry Haywward with com
mitting the murder. According to his
story, he was sent by Hayward to the
scene of the murder. Hardly had he ar
rived there when Hayward drove up with
Miss Glng. When within fifty feet of
him the shots were fired and Hayward
alighted from the buggy.
“The deed is done,” he said. "Get in
and drive it around until It is dead and
then dump It out.”
Blixt took Hayward’s place in the bug
gy and drove along the road for*- mllo
until he became satisfied that Miss Glng
was dead. Then he drove back, and
when near the place whore the murder
was committed ho rolled the body in tho
robe and drove the horse about a mile
until he reached the Lyndale avenuo car
line. Then hd turned tho animal loose
and rode in a car down town, Tho horse
went directly to the stable and this was
the first intimation any one received that
anything was wrong. The murder, ac
cording to,-BHxt. was committed shortly
after 7 o’clock, and as soon ns he got
into the buggy Hayward walked to the
Hennepin avenue car line and then took
tho daughter of a prominent lawyer to
tho theatre. ,
■Blixt claims that the murder was orig
inally fixed for the preceding Sunday
night, but circumstances were touch that
it had to be abandoned. Hayward was
to “slug" Miss Glng with a piece of rail
road Iron which Blixt had provided, the
body was to have been thrown out near
the curb at a street corner, the horse
turned loose and the buggy wrecked for
the purposo of giving color to the theory
that the woman was killed in a runaway
accident. This plan, so Blixt says, could
not be carried out successfully and it
was decided to shoot her.
Blixt tells of several other Jobs ftrhlch
had been proposed by Hayward, hut
which fell through, and says that after
this Job. for which he was to receive
$2,000 and one-fifth of the life Insurance
Involved, he was to receivo $400 for
* “doing" a Chicago man.
Ole Erickson, who took the bundle of
clothes to Iowa Falls, Is believed to have
been a dupe, and U Is believed he will
be released tomprrow.
“MY DEAR WIFE, GOOD-BYE.”
And Burns Slashed His Throat With a
Razor.
Mobile, Dec. 9.—S. D. Burns, about 50
years of age, a commercial traveling man
for the tea and spice firm of Forbes Bros.
& Co. of St. Louis, committed suicide In
hjs room in the Windsor hotel in this city
some time yesterday afternoon by cut
ting his throat with a razor. Tho body
was discovered lying on the floor of the
room about 6 o’clock In the afternoon by
a bell boy who went to announce sup
per, but for reasons best known to the
hotel people, the fact of the Bulclde was
kept a secret from the police authorities
and the publlo until today. After the
discovery of the body the coroner was
notified and at midnight last night tho
body, wrapped in a sheet, was quietly re
moved to an undertaking establishment.
Burns has been in the city for about three
weeks and at times appeared despond
ent. From letters found in his effects
it develops that he was In straightened
circumstances and that his wife is slowly
dying of consumption fn St. 'Louis. He.
left a letter to his firm enclosing another
td his wife, which reads:
“Oh, My God! My Dear Wife: My
heart is broken, at tho thought of leaving
you, but I know it is not for long. Tho
Ulsease which is killing you will reunite
us shortly. Oh, my God! Good-bye.”
His baggage consisted of samples,
clothing and correspondence, mainly from
his wife. A telegram to coroner from
the St. Louis firm states that the dead
man’s friends have been notified and they
■will advise as t.o tho disposition of the
body, but up to a late hour tonight noth
ing has been heard from them.
LEVI ISN’T IN A HURRY.
Putlifctto Story of a Dowocndant of Pa
triotic Pultislv!.
(New York, Dec. O.—Kariy every
mom'off n HWh> tvoiulan of 50 or there-
ailKuifs wits a small Ruble on ttoo side
walk iu front of Uio podtoittco build'.ng
on ■’Wadhinvfftoii smear, in Brooklyn.
She npiv;ute out upon the table a great
bundle of nwwpipem and to
sell them. She is a quiet little woman.
Usually she icmim glasses; lier dress
■ s faded mud ltt.n; so la site. Every
thing about her Indicates pinching pov
erty.
But there Is nothing unusual '.n all
this. There nre mnny other Aided and
p ndhed lltnfle old women In Brooklyn
and Now York, and aomo of tiiiean sell
papers.
Bult this Ht’.ilo old woman is one of
thioso inrtereatiiug people who ln&vo n
history. She wtis a countess once, and
;s n grandniece of Pulaski, the great
Pol'sh puitntot, who fought for Ameri
ca in tho Uovolutf oiliry war,and Ml
gi.tltoidy at the s ege of Savannah.
•Her fulll twimo is Josephine Stiff-
censk.i Iarojska. Iter story, as she tells
it, toeglas when a young Polish girl she
marr ed Counit Iauralai and -went to
Hvo in St. Potei^burg. She had a h‘ghj
aoaial prasltton there. Tlrnt was almost
a geomtitioii ugo, and slie wus happy
in 'tho Russian capital for roany'lyeara.
By and by nhe and her huSlxvnd be
gan to d oagm*. She doe* not say
what caused tho qu'amd. Finally she
loft him. Than her huslxind ratnli'a-tcd
in a mi tuner that some poopio might
cull pecufllarly RusF'an orlTutar. They
had u son, a bright youth, and the fa
thyr caused Intonnnit/.oh to ho scut to
tlite govemimum flwt Ire was in <x>n
f.piraey fl©jiin-*tt (the crown.
One day the boy dlda<ppdnrcd. The
next the wroth or hoard of him he had
been sent to S Ihtr'.n to dlo ’a the mTuos.
TT.10 countd+i tried to have her hoy
rcCiUscd. She vislftcd ofllelals herself.
She osked all her friends to help * her,
hut she could not remove the czar's
oliCamu Crow her boy. Tthicin she came
to AwCT’tti, bringing w'/th her the lltitlo
nwnety she bid saved.
She lived fci Now York and Brooklyn
In cheap Iodisi ng bouses uuiVl nearly all
hnr monoy was gone ntid tho time find
come for her to do some k nd of .work
or starve. TUmn «ho began to scfll pa
pers, and since him cmed her liV-Ug In
tliuit ufannori ' •
THE FEDERATION OF LABOR.
The Conservative Deputies Want to
Give Their Leader Moro
Power.
H0HENL0HE WILL TALK FINANCES
Onra !• Not the Only Government With
ft Complex System, for Germany
Want* Keform—“Pay Taxes
•nd Hold Your Mouths,**
A thieving hostler.
He Bay* What He Will Jo About His
■ . Appointments.
RMnedilt-on-Hudson, N. Y„ Dee. 9.—
Governor-elect Morton this afternoon
made public the following statement:
■'There Is no foundation whatever for
the report tint I have decided to appoint
the twelve additional Justices of the
supreme court provided for by the Ju
diciary article of the amended constitu
tion. I have Invited several of the ablest
lawyers of the state of ooth political par
ties to give me their opinions ns to the
power of tile governor to mako theso ap
pointments. I shall await the results of
these Inquiries before coming to any con.
elution whatever in the premises. Should
the opinions axpressed by them favor the
right to malte the appointments I shall
then further and very carefully consider
the question as fo whether any emrgency
exists requiring the exercise of tho pow
er, either In the appointment of all
twelve fudges or any portion of ‘them. In
the districts where their services appear
to be most needed.
“I desire also to state that no appoint,
meats of. any JeJnd have boen decided
upon since the designation of my mili
tary staff."
But Miss Aahey Loved 'and Married
■ v Him.
Sprlngfleld, O.. Dec.. D.-Shcrlfl J. D.
Kirtx of Volusia county, Fla., sent a tel
egram to Chief of Police McKenna last
night offering a reward for tho arrest of
D. C. Ashley for embezzlement.
Ashley week before last married Miss
Graham, a prominent society lady of
South Oha^gston, O. The girl’s father
strenuously objected to tho match. Ash
ley was formerly In Dr. Graham's em
ploy as hostler and tho girl fell In love
with him. When tho father found It out
he kicked Ashley out of tho house and
Ashley went to Delano. Fla, Ho .wrote
to the girl, arranging a date for tho
marriage, which was consummated In
spite of tho father's objection. Tho
groom left the next day for St. Louis,
and last week returned to South Charles
ton and left with tho girl for Chicago.
Before leaving Ashley's trunk arrived
from Florida, containing .clothing and
some diamonds of tho bride.
THIEVING OFFICIALS.
TIio Grand Jury Krai Is Political Flth
In Iowa.
K’oiix O'fry, Ri„ Doc. 0.—Tho grand
Jury, mh'di comptotod Its report last
night and was dvseihijrgod, found fifty-
two .ndlotmvnits agulnct various ex-
county officials and members and ex-
members of tlio hoard of supervisors.
It is alleged tight tho Crimea for
wlcdi tho lndlcrmcnts were returned
extended over a term or r>ur years, and
that during that ttmo tho county offi
cers named and tfio momOers of tbo
board of supervisors have conspired to
gether so suocnsrfuily chat tho county
has been W>blie<l of nearly $ >00.00(1. Tho
oases were Inst tuted by the clttzens
and tiix payers’ commttJeo of Wood
bury county, an nrgtinegation In which
aro Uio most pnom'.nenjt mere of tho
oouomy. Tho grand Jury report wag a
surprise to every one.
A BAD NIGGER CAUGHT.
Aiken, 8. C.. Dec. 9.—Jew Jade, the
notorious negro desperado and leader of
the Rouse bridge rioters. Is safe behind
the bars In the Aiken Jail. He was cap
tured in Jacksonville. Fla., and brought
back by Sheriff Alderman, who arrived
with his prisoner last night. Jado and
his companions ambushed a posse of
white men who went to serve a warrant
on him for some petty offense. One of
the posse was killed and others were
wounded.
BETRAYED HIS ACCOMPLICES.
They May Talk Albout S lver Colnngo
at' Denver.
Denver, Col., Dec. 0.—iN'atnvtWtnnd.ng
that thg dulbgatw tu Clio oomlng oon-
volition of the American Fcdotutlan of
Labor profewp all ignotuneo nd to tlio
iulopfon by tu* delegated of a resolu
tion lUvor'DK the free coinage of (diver,
It'Is very prbl».ible tihLit ouch a resolu
tion will be Introduced, as one was
drafted »itno dhjTS ago and ’s now In
tiho pocket of one ot tile Denver dole-
gates.
Seorofciry Chris Brans of the federn.
Won asked Ills opinion oil the sub'
oat, but ue jflecfped to commit him
Sold Mr/ Evans:. “It Is A dollcuto
mutter to talk mbout. Tho Work ng-
moil of this country aro the Judges of
what Is Dost for tihalr Interests, and I
presume they luivo Instructed Eiolr
dologatea accordingly. Wo at tlio East
have not piosHlbly hud the matter »o
forcibly brought to our allteat on ns
you In tlio Watt, buit It Is useless to
deny tflsmt we have devoted ni> Uttlo
thought to It.
•llavo we formed any dotin'.to opin
ion? Well, tint s hard to say. What
aoneoilns tho worEIngmciu of tho East
pquutly concerns ouri brethren In tho
West, and you know It might bo poest
bio that We would agree on any sub
ject. But that Is my Ind'.v'duul opl-n
Ion. I know no mono than any other
delegate what notion will bo Cakon."
Tho principal business tv> coino bo-
foro the dolosti-tes. w 11 bo tho adoption
of a polit cnl pLatfonn.
LOVE IN THE PEN.
Two Murder Cam-ilo:s Servo Time and
tlhcniMarry,
Kansas C9ty. Mo„ Dec. 9.—A remark-
a-blo wedding oocuretl at the Kanais
etate pemltericlary ait Ltmelng yesterday.
The eo-mraedng parties iwere Arthur
Winner, and Mins ChaiOlito Moore,
Winner, who Is u brother of Willard E,
Winner of Kansas Clly, fiitamoter of the
Wiener brldijo a-oross the Missouri river
se this potiut and on-a time* one of the
rlcli men here, ovun son/eniced to life Jm-
pits'anment from BMjewlck county
twinty-two years ago for murder, Aram
a-ifd Ii'bbew. L-t wao ono of the most
u| pom mao eaero uejumu finr,u;,n;
K-amias.
Churtofto Moore was convicted ten
yvia-m ago u« ncciasory ho tho murder of
•MaJ. Johnson of Junction Clly, Kaa.
Whn sh, arrived alt Oho prison aho amt
Winner fell In love. It seemed I hen u
txopdltws love, but Winner -was released
lavl M-i.y amid tho woman In July, lllnce
then Ihoy h-aivecorretijporldc*!, ami fill illy
awood to bo married In ithe .ponlten-
iljiry. Winner is nlatv a iravltiog pairs
man tor aho rJhoiu mndo Jn Uie prison.
Many (HsUnuruldhed men who aided in
senurlwg ithe pardons wero present ut
the -wedding.
A Texnn Who Would Not Keep Faith
With His Pals.
Fort Worth, Doe. 0.—Sam Evans, re
lated t?> some of Hie most pnomne-nt
poopio of this city, was omsflcd at
FoKo.in.i KsLiy by Sli-riff Wi-iver of
Ntivurro courtly, tirought bore fought
ami Jailed. Weaver says that Evans
oamfl to him this morning and acknowl
edged bo ng one of tho men who robbed
tho Texas and Pacific lrnln at Mary's
Greek TtnmvLiy nlglit. Evans made
tiio con-feMsion under prom'so that he
would not bo prosecuted. The other
men whom Evans Implioitcd wero ar-
rented tonight at their homes near tho
scene of tho roUbery.
WHIPPLE WONT DO.
Lincoln, Neb. Dec. 0.—A pr rate dls-
paiaah dated at Crawford, Neb., fnom
O. M. Lnmbertson, ex-usslsilant Unfteil
Suites treasurer, siys that A. Whipple,
cashier of the Crawford Banking Com
pany, is an absconder. Wb'pplo Is also
a government cootrantor ami hail
porctint mnirncts at Fore Robinson and
I-’ort Omalla. Payment on ono check
for $2,.VKj and otRers for slightly less
sums, all made tt> bflm by the gi/vern-
moot, have been stopped. Whipple,
aooorillng bo the dlsputdi, left for parts
unknown Into Saturday. The state
bank examiner has been sent for.
MUST BOW TO TEXAS LAW.
Stralml 01 Slogrtoitos CUonoit Defy tiio
Lono Star State.
Fort Worth, Deo. 9.—lADtorney'-Gen-
oral Henry declares that iho dltllcult cs
n liringlng Stamlard Oil ofilcinls
Texas wTU bb overcome ami tiiat ovont-
uafiy tho oil magnlitca w.U be prose
cu’ed for v'oLalloas of the trust law.
Any defects In tine re>iu«itlon papers
gent to tile governors of New York r nd
Missouri will be ranted'cd. Aside from
these (le*edts there can be no grounds
for rcfiis mg to grant the roquisl lions
Die efforts of tho <f.l men fo avoid
coming to Texas, tho attorney-general
declares, win prove futile, as sooner
or laser they will bo brought to trial
anil the law will be enforced.
MATTHEWS CAN'T, BUT HE WOULD.
Indtinapolis, Dec. 9.—Governor Mat-
thews yestenlay admitted his Inshllltyto
prevent winter racing at the Roby track.
Ho liaa corresponded with the local au
thoritles of Lake county, where the track
Is ultuated, but has met with no encour
agement. The eenttment of tho people
In the vicinity of the track la In favor
ot imlntalnlng the meetings, a* they are
a great source ot revenue. The governor
says he will make an eareeat appeal to
the legislature to enact auch haws aa
will not' only rl>l Lake county of theae
race meetings, but of all other Invasions
of a like character front Chicago.
’S
/Berlin, Deo. 9.—Chancellor- Prince
von HohenWhe presided over the cabi
net meeting on Friday and conferred
wiitih his ooflleaigues as tio the statement
of policy -wihiWh he expects to tnhlce
at tihe first reading of the budget.
There Is mo reaoan tio believo tihat this
statement will bo sensational. It will
contain -few if any revelations, and
probably will relate mostly to Dr.
Mdquefi'a financial projec/ts. Tho Nord
Deutsche Allegomlno Zedtung, whidh
still seems to be • eemi-efllclal, says
tilvat tihe nvaJtrltouUr contributions of
the federal atiajties, as fixed In'the new
budget, will exceed by 32,000,000 marks
tihe total allowed tiho staites from the
imperial treasury.
"Hj is absolutely necessary to sim
plify tiho imperial system,” days the
•writer, “so *as to enudle the federal
goverrameuts to Jonow tihe exact sums
tintot they •will be required to pay to
tto# imlperlal treasury. An imperial
loan of more tMuo 44,000,000 marks Is
now noceso.iry."
As sdon ae tihe deputies dispose of
tiho 'flnanci'al questions by referring
them tio a committee they will toavo
n, dear way for the debates on tihe
ttintt'Bad&Hst bill, but tiho Conserm-
tives (propose tio trtterpose a very con-
.tienttoUB motion to dnoreaso tiho presi
dent’s •disclpMn'ary powers. The rum
pus c.nused tn the bouse by the Social
Democrats da tihelr excuse, aiVJ tiho
giaveromerit's dectara/titon of policy will
be tiho pog upbn which .they will fliindlo
the debatie. (Prince HOherrlrtho was re
quested pnlvutdy by tihe Consorvaitlvoo
to mantlon tiho subject in Ms «peedhes
to tiho reichstag, but ho replied
“This is u, maitter for -Che reichstag
aOonc.” ft
The multlonUi Hberail ainiJ clerioafl lead
ers have afeireed to Join tiho comserva-
ttvefl In reforming /the house mlea. That
the refonm wtlt bo leveled directly at
tihe Honioil deniocnaKs jioee wKdDout say
ing. The conflict will bo a fierce one.
Tho Vorwwertls iKTeahhes defHnce all
around. Ned stopplrag at detferuse of
party, it carries flhe war Inlto Hhe ene
my V» territory (by damiuntdiing direct and
universal euffwgio !n creations to pro-
vlndial diets, allthongh the retiolhnUwg is
Without aiutWoritiy to Ueglrilalc urn such
mutu-nw: 'ilhe iaiun-unHHy of (ill d^pu'lim
from nrraat and proeecut.Hon (luring the
nwton} tho aboliMoo of. excopWonal
law® In A'teaice-iJoirnajIne. /the extension
otf wbtiki/ngmeftVs rtWtho to oam/bine and
protect 1/helrtinitereHta, amd »Uhe leghl rec-
ounltSoii of the eighth our day.
(Sovarafl Clerical organo, notably the
Germania, ex^yena somo sympathy with
tiho socialists tin tihelr oipproaohlng trlb-
ulaitlons, nilbhough they reoogntlzo »tihe
need of’now In wo ogatlncft tho revOlu-
Kjbn-aJny (paaltdcs. They allude to the hard
Umo of Uhe omperor’s wpeeoh n« Inidtoi-
(tive of tihe government’s hostile ntMtude
taweurd a tenge part off the German peo
ple. and tbh» Germania dofincs itihe attl
tirnde by qudt&ng lh® ftumous reply made
by a prince of Reuetsto a doputa.:4cn
prcrt.cts.LI/ng tvafeWt taxes: “Your busi
ness is to pa.y (taxes, ocirve In tho army,
Bind hold your mou/ths.”
The tobacco mx whlidh Dr. Miquel
/win propose tio tihe deputflea to reported
tio bo 25 per conlt. higher than- In lust
ytar’s bill. etui, ft will bo fought blt-
tiorty. Prlnoe von HWhenViho objracts to
Dr. tMlquel’o bourse reform bill na a
Whole, and r«poataBily to tiho dlmrno
which abUUos tiiime traders on tho
boures .anid prod/uco exchanges U> keep
a registry ot name*. As (Dm chaniccMlor
has decided tihnft «ho bill m/uriu bo re-
vioed, it !e quite llkcfiy to bo Ignored
(hi* Mflbn. %
Tho Arrangement o/f the now relch-
stag building seems designed) pur-
•poaely tb ha/mper ti/ho press. Tho Inside
doors to tho anemborw’ lobbies aro
kept ohwed so as to isolate reporters
fi*.j»m deputies. ic«*|9ort<Mn for provin
cial! newspapers ciro not of.lowcd tio
make short' cuts to the telegraph of
fices. They must tawerso long flights
of stairs to the. .courtyard, and (then
m'oro stairs lending to tiho postal
rooms. Those who have sought the
sWortor routes hove been turned back
roughly ’by the guards. Tho acoustics
of the press gatilery ore execrable
Members speaking (from tihelr seats oan
hot bo heard at all, «/nd those on tho
tribune are understw*! but Imper
fectly. flame thirty doors leading from
tihe gallery open and efose incessantly
with startling reports. At first the
parliamentary reporters ptemned
meeting of protest, foflt (acked the
courage to flaoe tihe government offi
ciate, and the plan fell’’through.
Tne Stoats Zcflfung is the orfly Jour
nal tihait has been bold enough to criti
cize tihe Increasing arrogance of the
authbrtttes to ward tihe Gorman press.
However, Privy Councillor Bchluter,
who has charge of the press arrange
ments, tew promised tio remedy some
of tihe defects. 'By tihe emperor's orders
fhe omootib space over the main en
trance han not been inscribed, os In
tended, to the Germnn people, but has
been left blank. Coins about ns kurgo
ast silver tiMlars nre to be stmek to
commemora'tie tho opening of tihe new
bufMting. On one side will be fhe
Imuge of the omperor in the uniform
of tihe Cord dn Corps: on tiho otfder a
miniature of the buKdlng.
The German ftrg, whidh was dedi
cated by tiho Germans of Now Orleans
to tho Zollvereln poirilament In 1867.
and always hung over the president's
chair in the reldhhtag, has been IaW
aside. In Khorf, no effort has been
undo tb preserve In tihe bunding tho
htstorfca! momentoen of Germany’s
early paTliamentaay days. Even the
dWalr from which Prtrwo Bismarck for
nearly twenty years (directed the coun-
dlsofthebundearathteus been thoved
carelessly Into tihe (meeting room of
the floc’al Domoorato.
A/mbaoST/lor Ruruypn has renewed his
representtaMonn at the foreign- office as
tio the discrimination cugairtitt American
canned beof and poric.
Freiherr von MamdhaM’s irmly Is un
favorable. It to tmdeftttood rivrt he hi
mrttling to grape rflhe ne^b*<i certtifloatn
only after annoying tormabities. which,
wtflle In ho way guaranteeing proper
lr»ep?f1on, greatly hamper the import
ers. He held out no hope tihat (tihe de
cree* ogafrMt American ranmod grtods,
caititle ‘and fr&to mn»t would be recalled,
steal deputy, Agrarian and bi-iwltalllet,,
to tihe Now York Handel ZdKtimg has
stirred much bad Wood here. All exojpt
c'jnserviiMtiive tiowspcuers ngr$Q thotc a In
dbjodt (was <0 iacfte toreign gicnrann-
menttp to actasncrctal ineaeure® agaUiist
G-cttmany. The Vcwakih'd ZH-tung de*
ovlores the (facta.that a deputy
dla.re advise tihw UnJited atate« to adopt
o-eprisute In tihe form of n tins of Ger
many’s £hipmenltt of gold from Ajmeriea.
CJonsul-Gonerai -Matsjn’s report on (ho
bad standing of Amaitldtn ftliratifl bdndB
la Gernv.iny is quoted freely by Vh«
Gonm-an netwtfMUpanfc The comicencufl of
opinion te dm iff (hte advice be ifollowed
German cnipltnil -win be reinvested rap
idly and ojigoily In Amorican railroad
etcurHIc^. “
T!ie caso of Kneebs, the* ^Arfnerioan
Ihorsomaaii accused off rilvanp pnaictifcea at
the German tttuclcs. remailn^ undecided.
Should ithe ovOdomce <liajr taken, not.
aaltlafy (the couita, n'ho •h.oi'se NelHe will
be sent to Oh'ltoago *wl'th‘ n count c*jtm-
mlsaion <to deuenmin® her Idertulcy.
The amjperar recoiv«d the offloera of
tihie rellchHtag today nt itilie new pal-ico
in Po'tedaan. •
• P l ™ llnck; nron,um«nt oammMl««
In MunHoh 'has decided to hiy itihe corner
stone hit Rotitotranmhoe he, near stum-
neMt > A ‘> rtl 1. Blsman.’k'o
SOih ib.-rthd-ay. Prince LudlwUg nv«n om-
cia'tie.
A dteaxitidh from 'Dnotsden says that
Con&il-GMieit .1 CarroiJl Is bettor.
THE SULTAN SAYS NO..
He Won’t Agree to Cleveland’s Armenian
* Suggestion.
London, Dec. 9.—Tho Standard’s cor
respondent in Constantinople aays:
The sultan has not yet assented to
President Cleveland's proposal that Con
sul Jowott report on tho Armenian in
quiry commit teo independently to Sec
retary Ore&ham. This wus not what tho
sultan desired. The arrest of Armenians
in Constantinople continues. Three thou
sand Armenians met In Varna today and
adopted resolutions asking .tho consuls ot
the powers to enforco the Berlin treaty.
Tbp Standard's Berlin dispatch says:
The Armenian Catholics have already
25? * memorandum on tho Armenian
situation tp tho Aslatlo department in
st * Petersburg and tho forolgn offices,
which aro zealously studying (t.
FRANCE IS PUZZLED
To Know If aiovcGtnd Willi Fbreako
tlio Munroo DooW.ne.
Purls, Deo. 0.—THio Tomiis h'ns a
tender an '“Hub Now Doivirimro in t-fio
Frtretja* Policy of to U-ultcil Skit«i."
It rtjjrn:
“P.n^ldont CacvtSkud, wtio but rc-
conlily li'.ul o-nly tlio Mrtmroo dootr no on
Ills lips, now tbrtXVH lt'in.si'-ir Info tlio
ililok of tbo cumtliot in 11 n; ,Nir Iren) h-
plierc. DoubMcss tbo Cklni'so-.lniv
mnrse war affodis Amor can lntorisls,
but wOwt: Is to be S.1UI of tlio sending
of nn Amer'cnn aoimn.'ssloner to Arme
nia'/ Hinro aro Inil-.oall'onH thli t Amer-
lai ntcy boortmo tho uovoutti Emoponn
power.”
WILLIAM IS MAD.
Ho Feels Insulted Beaiuso No Cheer*
Wore For Him.
Berlin, IJloa 0.—Emperor Wlllllan) ro-,
oolved file’ piesidoivt and vioe-prw) dent
of Ihe re'eihsfnK init lllio now ixifiuvi In
Potsdljm today. After oonrmiUitatinl?
them upon ttrotr re-UJeoUon, be mmka
of the Homo otus«I In Uio re'dlmtlaft by
the rohisuil of tlio Borinl-domoonats tw
lino and ciioor forlulmsolf. Tho sceno-
Was deiptomWle, lie wild, lsvt wus not
so InstlULnj; to him as to itha ho-uso It
self. One nemfiit, he tlimirfht, -would bo
tho mrller pawtigo of tbo Mitl-revolu-
tlanary bill. ,
•'HE BKEERED MB, ‘ | ' f J |
And I Killed Him Afors I Knowed
It.”
Richmond, Ky., Doc. 9.—William Tay.
lor, one of four noaroca arrested on .us*
plcton of hpvlng ktllod Bqillro David Doty,
a relallvo of Governor Baxlo of ArHan-
.n., mada a confession today. Ho said
ho had hcon riding Squlro Doty'S horses
at nights. Friday night ho went to the
stable to get a horse to ride, but before
ho could net away Hqulro Doty came up,
and, calling him by name, asked what he
was doing there. Taylor continued:
"I was badly frightened, nnd, thinking
I would bo nrreated und sent to tho pen.
Itentlary, I shot at tho squlro four times
ond llten ran away. 1 am sorry 1 killed
him, fcsit e nearly scared mo to dcatlh and
I shot before I thought of tho conse-
qucrtSes. This is tho truth, and If they
hang tne 1 cannot help It. Tho others
aro Innocent,”
Richmond Ih full of peoplo from tho
country nnd It Is bolloved that Taylor.
If not the other eusperds, will bo lynched.
Dogs aided materially In placing the
guilt on .the prisoner.
FIRE AU\ ItA'KN'BSVILLK.
A. O. MurHiy anil Huiut’s Cotfon Wire-
Iiaiiho und (Xirttsuts Destroyed.
Binnssirille, Dw, 1).—(Spedal.)—Kro
broko out In A. O. Murphy and Iluut'a
wrtrfbmiso between 10 aiul 11 o'clo-k
fou ght und tbo bn Idlng. fogtrUtor with
300 or 400 tales of ootttti, were on-
Uroly destroyed.
Tlio origin of tbo firo Is uuknmvn at
tbla hour—12:30 a. m.-but 1U0 Itjuies
li.it! g.ilntd sudh oorttrol tvlit-i) d otwv-
orrel tSiut tho todtl ffro company wus of
no avail except n proteoO ng adjacent
pnoponty. Tlio -ntirdhionso wu« bOHt
of brick nnd wus ono of tlio largest In
too ally. 'Urn am mud of ln-tuiunco is
not now known, but It 's understood
wll nr:/: cover Uin dinxige, mhjrfi will
amount to saro.nl tlvumirul dollars.
Not a talo of ojtfon was saved. •
CHA'MBEItfl & CO. BURNED OUT.
Now York, Dec. 9.—Another flro In toe
very heart of the dry goods district made
tho tiro laddies hustle at .0:30 o'clock this
evening. The tiro occurred In the live-
story Iron front building. No. M Greene
street. The Ihreo upper floors, occupied
by tho Arm of XI. Chambers & Co„ deal
ers In and Importers of fur trimmings
and garments, were completely gutted and
the toes of the Arm will reach 179,0)0.
The building Is damaged to tho amount
of IU.M and Urn si occupying toe ground
and second oflors had goods damaged by
water. The entire loss will probably be
tuo.otn.
BDEOnON TROUBLES,
wrimlngmo, 1X4.. Doc. !>.—Not oc wus
tiled at Dover on Saturday of objec
tion fir le: nudn tn Uu- matf.ng ot s'.x
Dotrtoctuiic member* of tho gcnoftil as-
HOirtWy. Tho gmiuxls aro sdd'to b«
tlio Htrlklug of tho name* of about 100
Reprtblcuns frosn toe regis'.rat'on list,
IWUWng In too defert of tiio Ib<puliU-
esun candidates. It Is said tout too
IXmsgtram will oirh-ot tho soalng of
two Ucpr/btlcans elected to toe setxtte
frt>m. Sukhl-x ooortty ou too gnjund of
A kMr arrttWn by ixv” Areodv, p'nteg' ctect'on ft'.ui'is,