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ESFORTT-FIFTH YEAH.
HUNDREDSJ.IE DEAD
Upon the Snow-Covered Plains
and in the Ravines, While
Settlers Are
FLYING FOR THEIR LIVES.
loss on Both Sides in the Initial En
counter Much Heavier Than
at First 1'iepurted.
ABOUT THIRTY SOLDIERS KILLED,
While !Cot Less Than 200 of the Indians
IlaTe Been Dispatched to the
Happy Hunting Grounds.
STILL ANOTUEE DES17EKATE BATTLE.
A Btd cf Enppcsed TnaSha Csptnre a W&gon
Trur, tut Are Bctttd ty tie Cinlry
With Severe Lost
THE EITUATlOy 10W MORE SHAN CRITICAL
SrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCB.I
Rushville, Dec 30. All day long
couriers have been forcing their tired ponies
through the snow, bringing the tidings from
the front Each passing hour adds to
known horrors of the first battle near Porcu
pine creek. "Where a half dozen soldiers
and two score Indians were supposed to
have been killed, it is now ascertained that
the loss will be about five times that upon
each side.
The first accurate official report of the
casualties among the troops has just been
made out by Edward Bache, the medical
director of the post, to be transmitted to the
Surgeon General, lie sums up the matter
briefly as follows:
UrHcet and Soldiers Killed and Wounded.
I report during an engagement with Indians
yesterday, lo miles from here, the following
casualties: Captain 'Wallace, 2J men of tho
Seventh Cavalry and one Indian scout, killed;
Lieutenant Gariington, Seventh Cavalry: Lien
tenant Hawthorne, hecond Artillerj. and 3S
men wounded; this includes two tneu of the
Second Infantrj. Many wounds are severe.
Ilo'nital fatenard Po'lock killed. Have also
about SO wounded Indians, men, women and
children.
The loss of the Indians cannot be stated
exacll , but, including the smaller skir
mishes, is certainly not less than 200, which
includes a number ot squaws. Speaking of
the first encounter, General Brooke makes
this statement: -
were ceanted on the plain where the attempt
was made to disarm Ilig Foot's hand, and
here the fight hecun. On other parts of tho
ground there were IS more. These do not in
clude those killed in ravines, where dead war
riors were seen hut not counted, feix. were
brought in badly bounded and 0 others were
with a party of 23 men and k omen, and Cap
tain Jackson had to abandon them when at
tacked by about 130 Iirnlc Indians from the
agenc). This accounts for 1)2 men killed, -1
And L'ave but Few Ali e
and unhurt. The women and children broko
for tho hills when the light commenced, ahd
comparatively few of them w ere hurt and few
brought in. Thirtv-nine are here, of which
number 21 are wounded. Had it not been for
the attack by tho ISrulcs. an accurate account
would have been made but the ravines wcro
not searched afterward. I mink this shows
very lntlo need of apprehension from Ihg
Font's band in the future A party of 40 is re
ported as held bj the scouts at the head of
Mexican creek These consist of all Mzes, and
the cavalry from Rosebud will bring them in if
it is true.
The Indisn3 under Ilig foot were among
the mo-t desperate there were. Thirty-eight
of the remainder of Sitting Ball's followers
joined lJc Foot on the Cheyenne river, and 300
broke auayfrom liunio's following w ben lie
took his baud and hitting Bull's In
dians to Fort Bennett, making in all
nearly 100 warriors. Before leaving
their camps on the Fort Chcjenneritcr. they
cut up their harness and broke their wagons
sod started south for the Bad Lands, evidently
intending not to return, but to go to -war.
Troops were placed between them and the Bad
linds and they never succeeded in joining the
bostiles there. All their movements were an
ticipated, and their severe loss at tho hands of
tbe Seventh Cavalry may be a wholesome
lesson to the other Sioux.
Tlic UghtiiigNon Almost Continuous.
A scattering fire at long range was kept
up most of last night between Two Strike's
hand, from the height northwest of the
agency, and the troops. This commenced
upen the arrival of a Ninth Cavalry troop
from Colonel Henrv's command in the Bad
Lands. The casualties were, one soldier
killed and one wounded.
At 4 A. 31. an attempt was made bv Two
Strike's baud, four miles from the agency,
to capture the Seventa Cavalry's supply
train, returning from the scene of yester
day's battle at Wounded Knee. Upon hear
ing the shots the troops made a dash, routed
the reds and killed 33 of them without the
loss of a man.
The supply train was in the possession of
the Indians for a brief time, and nothing
but the prompt dash of the cavalry pre
vented the destruction of the wagons and
property.
MaySoon Join the Hostile. -
Only yesterday the band of Chief Two
Strike, which was responsible for this
latest attack, was considered peaceable and
subdued. This sudden move has created
great uneasiness as to the course of the bal
ance of the supposed fricndlies, numbering
iu this vicinity many tbonsands.
Rusbville is crowded with settlers. The
churches and all the public rooms are
thrown open, and no effort is beinc spared
to make the refugees comfortable. They
are here, asjrevioUsly reported, on the ad
vjoc o! General Brooke. They are not only
ready to defend their homes, but many are
anxious" to enlist with the regulars if further
fighting should occur.
The body of gallant Captain "Wallace and
other dead soldiers arrived here at noon
from the agency and will be shipped to Ft.
Robinson, the nearest military post.
, The Situation is Very Critical.
3&e future status depends now altogether
upon the course of the reds hitherto peace
able. The open hostiles must be badly
cripplediby tbeir heavy losses, but there are
C,000 Sioux encamped about the Agency
buildings. Their tepees are pitched in a
hemispherical way to the North, "West and
East, and along a deep ravine through
which Clay creek nows. If all these Indians
revolt it would not take them long to wipe
ont the handful of infantrymen from Omaha
and massacre the entire camp.
Every bnilding at the agency is, built of
wood, and after looting the trader's stores
and the Government storehouses the Indians
could complete their work in short order by
applying the torch. Word from General
Brooke to" the settlers is somewhat reassur
ing, it being to the effect that a great body
of the savages have remained loyal all the
while, and that nearly all the rebels are
dead.
Reliable news is also at hand that Colonel
Henrv is now approaching the agency with
TOO Indians captured in the Bad Lands.
This is believed to include remnants of the
rebels on the reservation.
AT ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
SCHOFIELD SAYS THAT THE BATTLE
COULD HOT BE AVOIDED.
Adjutant General Kelton Criticisos the At
tempt to Disarm the Indians lie Thinks
It "It us Too Much to Ask of Them The
Terms of Surrender.
"Washington, Dec 30. General Scho
field said this afternoon that the fight was a
most unfortunate occuirence, but he didn't
see how it could be avoided. He sent a tele
gram to General Miles, saying that he re
garded the news received from him as still
encouraging, and expressing the opinion
that he (Miles) would be master of the sit
uation very soon. Adjutant General Kel
ton said:
It w as not to be presumed for a moment that
the Indians, accustomed as they are to strife,
would consent to lay down their arms peace
ably and without a protest. There is nothing
official here yet in tne way of information to in
dicate on just what terms the Indians con
sented to come in the second time, hut l.do not
believe that there is any mention made of first
surrendering their arms. They probably came
in with the belief that they would be allowed to
keep their guns, and when the demand
was made on them to give up their rifles and
other weapons they revolted. It was too
much to ask of them. I do not suppose that
there was any positive plan for the attack
formed, but the matter was probably talked
over among the Indians before they reached the
camp. The Indians are well armed
with Winchester hunting rifles and at
ciose range are better shots, as a rnle.
than the soldiers. An Indian's shot
must kill. He cannot afford to miss, for on his
ammunition depends his life, his food, his
safety. He has all of the instincts that tend to
good marksmanship a quick ej e, a sure touch,
and nerves under perfect control. He never
loses his head, and under the most trymrr con
ditions, amid the greatest danger, he is always
cool.
VITEIOL IK HIS FACE.
A Tonne Woman Terribly Injures Her
Male Companion.
rEPlCCTAL TK.EOB.ASI TO TUB DISPATCIM
New London, Dec. 30. Among the ar
rivals on the steamboat train that connected
last night with the steamer City of Worcester
were a young man and woman who did not
co on board with the other passengers, but
drew apart and began an earnest conversa
tion, Both became excited, and the yonng
woman urged that they stop over in New
London They failed to agree, and the
young man said good-by and started for the
boat.
The young woman then called him back
for a word, and, as she stepped towariUlhe
kissingliim, she threw her right band for
ward and deluged his face and neck with
-vitriol. The victim bowled with pain. JThe
girl ran sway and has not been seen since.
"The man called on a docter here and gave
tils name as William Ellis. He said he
"belonged in Norwich and refused to divulge
the name of His assailant. He is badly in
jured. BEHIND THE T00TLIGHTS.
A Popular Minister Takes Fart In a Comic
Opera Performance.
rSPr-CIAI. TELEGBAX TO THE EISPATCn.1
Amesbuky, Mass., Dec. 30. The Rev.
A. C. White, the popular pastor of the
Universalist Church, has caused a profound
sensation here by impersonating Miles
Standi sh in the comic opera "Priscilla,"
composed by Messrs. Henry D. Coolldge and
Thomas Tureltc The opera was presented
here last Friday with a cast drawn from
loc il talent
When the night for the performance came
a well filled house was present to see the
minister behind the footlights. The audi
ence was divided as to condemnation and
-admiration. The minister's acting was
looked upon as superb and his voice was
captivating. He received several encores
and was applauded to the echo.
BAVAGES OF THE GBIP.
Deaths In New Orleans Due to Diseaso of the
Respiratory Organs.
ISPECIAL TELKOHAM TO TUX DISFATCn.1
Nirvv Okleans, Dec 30. The grip is
prevalent here to a great extent" The report
of the Board of Health for last week shows
the deaths to be 246, which is at the rate of
,nearly 31 per 1,000, or more than double the
average death rate for New Orleans.
Only 12 deaths are reported as directly
due to the grip, but there are 117 deaths
from disease of the respiratory organs,
mainly pneumonia and bronchitis, attrib
uted indirectly to it Two-thirds of the
deaths are of infants or persons over GO. The
grip is also prevailing along the Mississippi
coast and the Mississippi river.
A LETTEB BOX -THIEF CAPaTEED.
Checks -to the Value of SlfOO.OOO Found
Secreted on His Fcrson.
New Yoke, Dec. 30. A man giving the
name of George Huttlemaier was arrested
last night on suspicion of being a member
of the gang which has lor some time been
robbing letter boxes in the wholesale dis
trict of this city.
When1 taken Jo the station house the
prisoner made a full confession. Checks,
notes, bonds, and drafts representing over
5.500,000 were found secreted about his per
son. They werejaf no value to him, but
quite a loss to the owners.
HE'DTJPED A Y. M. G A. MAN.
A Cincinnati Man Arrested for Getting a
Worthless Check Cashed.
Cincinnati, , Dec 30. A man giving
the name of Robert Mitchell was arrested
here to-day and identified by Mr. Willis,
Superintendent cf, the Yonng Men's Chris
tian Association of Milwaukee, as the same
man who or false representations induced
him to cash's, worthless check for $200.
Mitchell is said by the police to be well
known in their circles, because of similar
transactions. Heiad obtained employment
here with an insurance company.
WALLACE'S ESTATE WOBTH $990,202.
'The Appraisers of Ills, Wrecked Bank Com
plete Their Labors.
CleaufieLd, Pa., Dec 30. The ap
praisers of the estate of ex-Senator Wallace,
appointed by Judge ITurst to-Bay .coin-plfeted-tbeir
labor. '
Thengcregatebf the estate, as appraised,
! is 8990,202., It consists largely of coal lands
in Clearn. W county.
PE0SPECT OF UNITY.
Parnell and O'Brien Meet and Confer
Upon Friendly Terms.
HARRINGTON
SPOILS A SECRET.
The Author of the Plan of Campaign
Last Announces Himself.
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INTENSE COLD THR0UGU0CT EDE0PE
TBT CABLE TO TUB BISPATCH.
Paeis, Dec 30. Messrs. O'Brien and
Gill let this city last night for Boulogne
where a formal conference with Parnell will
be held to-morrow or possibly late to-night.
The efforts of the delegates to elude the re
porters have not been confined to honorable
means. Last evening both gentlemen as
sured the representatives of the press on their
word of honor that no such step as leaving
Pans was contemplated and even made ap
pointments to-day in order to throw them off
the track. This morning at the Raffalovitch
mansion the reporters were told that O'Brien
was sick abed and Gill had gone out
A dispatch from Boulogne says that Mr.
Parnell, accompanied by a number ot his
lieutenant", has landed there from the
Folkestone, boat Messrs. O'Brien and Gill
have also arrived from Amiens. The meet
ing will be held at the Hotel Du Louvre.
Stm Suffering From tho Lime.
Mr. Parnell looked well in health when
he landed here, though his right eye was
still bandaged the result of the stufl
thrown in his face during' the campaign in
Kilkenny. Shortly alter landing Mr.
Parnell went to the Hotel Du Louvre, where
he eventually met Mr. O'Brien. Messrs.
Parnell and O'Brien then retired to a pri
vate room, which had been engaged by tele
graph, and the two leaders remained in con
lerence for about half an hour. At the ex
piration of that time Mr. Parnell and Mr.
O'Brien had luncheon together, seeming
to be on verv good terms.
Naturally there is considerable specula
tion as to what took place at the preliminary
conference, but little or nothing is actually
known at present concerning the arrange
ment discussed. It is expected, however,
that it the conference is resumed to-night
a statement of some description will be given
to the press representatives who are mustered
in force about the Hotel Du Louvre.
The great question under discussion at
present seems to be, will Mr. O'Brien be
arrested if he makes a concession to Mr.
Parnell by coming to England. The highest
inside authority leads to the belief that the
Government will not cause his arrest nnless
he attempts to force its hand as his impris
onment at the present moment would lend
him an importance in the public eye which
the Government is desirous to avert
Harrington in Defense of His Friend.
Advices from Dublin are to the effect that
at the meeting of the central branch of the
Irish National League to-day, Timothy
Harrington declared that no man that ever
struck at Parnell would ever gain the sym
pathy of an Irish-American audience. Tru ,
the American press opposed Parnell, but the
Americau press did not represent the feel
ing of th. Irish-American people. It
hail been hoped that the National
League would have been kept neu
tral in the controversy, but the
attack ou Mr. Parnell had made this im
possible. Parnell's action is said to have
jeopardized th j case of the evicted tenants,
but thoueh he disapproved of the plan of
campaign, yet when the tenants were iu diffi
culty -he came to-heir aid and-opened
d to"
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iuiuc eVery mod at ills disposal..
Mr. -Harrington -then made public the
L well-kept secret of the authorship of the
fiiw ui uauipaiu uy ueciuriug mat ne nim
self had drafted it As to the Kilkenny
election they had not heard the last of it,
for as surely as Hennessy was returned bv a
majority so surely would he be unseated on
petition. '
SCOTCH RAILWAY STRIKE.
Trains Running More Regularly and tho
End is Approaching.
IBT DCNLAT'S CABLE COMFANT.l
Edinbubgh, Dec 30. The end of the
Scottish railway strike is approaching, and
the different lines have been running trains
much more regularly to-day. A telegram
from Glasgow states that there is not a
man on strike on the City Union line. The
vacancies on the Caledonian Bailway will
"be filled up to-night The Glasgow and
Southwestern Railway Company has re
ceived 70 applications for employment from
dagine drivers.
The Caledonian and Southwestern Rail
way Company announce a full service of
trains to-morrow, but the strikers ail pro
fess to be firm in their intention to remain
out In some departments of the Lanca
shire and Yorkshire Railway the hours of
labor will be reduced and the Wages of the
men have been advanced. The members of
the Goole Branch of the Society of Railway
Servants have expressed themselves as being
satisfied with this concession.
SAYS SHE IS A FRAUD.
A Fhyslcian Who Does Not Believe
In
Barbara l'flsta's Stigmata.
tBT dcNlaf'S cable comfakt.
Beelin, Dec. 30. Barbara Pfista, the
woman of the Rhenish Bavarian viliage
Wattenheim, who is said to the present on
her hands and feet the stigmata of the cruci
fixion, has refused to allow Dr. Zahu, the
district physician, to witness the miracle at
time of its occurrence, whereupon he stig
matizes the whole thing as a 'fraud. The
doctor is obliged to put himself nnder police
plbtectionas the ignorant peasants are en
raged at his unbelief and threaten to con
vert him by the argument of the stick.
LONDON IS SNOWBOUND.
Omnibus and Street Car Traffic Suspended
Last Night.
rnr dunlap's cadle coMPAirr.i
London, Dec 30. The prolonged cold
reached its climax to-night in, London. All
day long the frost became more intense and
a bleak northeast wind blew fiercely,
drifting snow impeded the omnibns- and
tram car traffic which was painfully
persevered with till evening, when it was
dropped in deip&ir.
Skating is universal in England, but the
ice is untrustworthy in many places, eight
fatal accidents happening to-day.
AN EMBEZZLER'S BIG HAUL,
I'eak Bros. Lose About S75.000 Through
One of Their Employes.
rBT DtJNLAF'S CABLE COMPANT.l
London, Uec 30. A very big robbery
has just been committed on tbe firm of Peak
Bros., the well-known firm of biscuit
makers, of Reading, of which Sir Henry
Peak is the proprietor.
A man named Thorpe, who is employed
by the firm in question, has embezzled be
tween 15,000 and 20,000, and has ab
sconded to America. A warfant lias been
issued for bis arrest
QUICK OCEAN TRANSIT.
Averago Speed of the Racers Teutonic and
City of New York.
IBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COJIFAinr.l
LrvXETOOL. Dec. 30. The. last season's
jruniofftheriral queens tof the ocean, the
.Cityfof JtTe'w York and.!lheTeutonicliaY
PITTSBURG. "WEDIJESDAY,
created a great deal of interest not only in
shipping circles, but also among the general
public. A comparison shows that each
crossed the Atlantio 16 times between May
and December.
The average time of each vovage of the
Teutonic, according to her log, was 6 days
6 hours and 5 minutes, while that of the Citv
of New York was 6 davs 4 hours and 55
minutes, an average of 1 hour and 10 min
utes per voyage quicker than her rival.
Both ships took sale tracks during the whole
season, and the average distance steamed by
the Teutonic during her 16 voyages was
2,821 knots, and by the Citv of New York
2,830 knots.
SEVERE COLD IN EUROPE.
JULES OF BEELIN PAVEMENT MADE
WOBTHLESS BY FB0ST.
Game in the Country Frozen to Death Re
markably Cold Weather Reported From
Nearly All Tarts of Europe, Attended
With a Great Deal ol Suffering.
TBT DUIiLAP'S CABLE COJIPANT.l
Berlin, Dec. 30. The weather here is
remarkably severe. The frost is unprece
dented, and is distressing alike to man and
beast The cold is so intense that the wood
en pavement ot the city is cracked in every
direction, and is destroyed for scores of
miles. The railways are also impeded from
the same cause and the intense frost is crack
ing the rails.
This weather accounts for the fact that
large numbers of deer have been driven by
hunger from the forest of Grunewald, in
duced to enter the farm buildings and even
to follow the sleighs which are driven
through the forest districts in order to ob
tain food, while the hares in the country
places have been found frozen to death in
hundreds. The royal factories at Spandau
have had to be stopped in consequence of
the steam boilers having been frozen. The
whole length of the Rhine is frozen over and
only the lower part of the Vistula is open.
The ice stove in the bows of the steamer
Marietta while she was running inlo Stettin
harbor and she narrowly escaped founder
ing. The Norderney, ferry boat, with CO pas
sengers on board stuck fast in the ice, and
when at length the ice broke a steamer had
to be dispatched from Wilbelm Shafen in
order to rescus the passengers. From all
parts of Europe comes the news of severe
weather.
At Grailitz, in Bohemia, on Sunday the
frost caused parts of the walls ot a church
to crack and fall in just at the time the edi
fice was filled with several hundred school
children. There was a great panic, but for
tunately it was found possible to get the
children out without anv serious accident
Great havoc was caused at Trieste by an un
usually fierce "bora," which commenced
blowing on Sunday night. The hurricane
is so strong that very few people have ven
tured .out of their houses. Those who did
so had to cling to ropes fixed along the sides
of the streets in order to be able to keep
their foothold and save themselves from be
ing blown down.
SPONSORS FOR A PRINCE.
A Now TIo Binding Closer the Enters of
Germany and Italy.
IDT DtTKLAF'S CABLE COMFAOTT.
Beblin, Dec. 30. The King and Queen
of Italy have given great pleasure to the
imperial court by consenting to stand
sponsors to the infant prince.
This is regarded in all circles here as a
-fre'' "Rn of-the-icordial. rela.tionaexiatinf:
- kstWtra GlrrAitry "a.a(ritaly,'"uud" a's'au ad
ditional guarantee ot continued peace.
SOCIALISTIC CONFERENCE.
IJobknecbt to Lead a New Movement for a
- School for Mechanics.
Beklin, Dec 30. A great conference of
Socialists will assemble here in a short time,
under the Presidency of Deputy Licb
knecht One of the chief objects to be brought
forward at tbe meeting is the founding of a
school for mechanics.
THREE GERMAN VICTORIES.
Eiiian l'asha's Troops Tight Rattles With
Slavers and Savage Tribes.
Br Associated Jt'rcss 1
Beelin, Dec. 30. The TageMatt, of this
city, to-day published a letter from a corre
spondent in Zanzibar, dated December 6.
The letter states that Etnin Pasha sent late
ly Lieutenants Langheld and Buellow and
another officer with troops toUrambo, where
tbey fought a battle with the Watuta tribe,
defeatiug the latter with severe loss. The
Wututu tribe subsequently joined forces
with tbe Waniamwest tribe, and again at
tacked the German troops. Another severe
engagement followed, and tbe result was
that the Watuwas were again defeated.
This second defeat, it is addrd, was partly
due to the fact that the Watutwas were de
serted soon after the engagement by their
allies, the Waniamwesis. The German
forces lost three killed and had nine men
wounded. Lieutenant Sige), of the German
force, was wsunded in the head. The
Watuwas escaped with difficulty.
The same letter also states that Comman
der Stublmann recently captured a slavers'
camp near the "Victoria Nyanzs. After a
fizht, in which many Arabs were killed, the
Germans succeeded in releasing a large
number of slaves. In this camp a quantity
of ivory, gunpowder, about 100 muskets
and a quantity of other property were
seized. The troops then continued tbeir
march, eventually reaching Makongo, where
they met Emin Pasha.
A Bandit King Under Arrost.
Dbesden A man named Simon has been
arrested at the request of the Austrian Gov
ernment He is supposed to be the chiet of
a large and well organized gang of robbers.
Simon was captured at Lescbnitz, Silesu,
where he owned a handsome villa and lived
in great style, his neighbors supposing him
to be a wealthy speculator on the European
bourses. When bimpn's villa was searched
by the police, evidence was seenred which
shows that he was undoubtedly the head of
a secret robbery society, having agents in
London, Berlin, Altoona and Vienna.
Simon's agent in the latter city was recently
captured by the Vienna police, as he was
trying to sell some bonds stolen some time
ago from a passenger on the Paris and
Brussels Railroad. The arrest of Simon's
agent in Vienna led to his own arrest, and'
may result, it is hoped, in the capture of the
rest of the gang. Simon is'tt nativr of Al.
toona, Holstein.
An American Popo is Possible.
Pabis Dispatches from Rome to news
papers of Jhis city discuss the possibilities
of the Papal succession. Thegeneral opinion
seems to be that the snecessor of Pope Leo
XIII. will not be a Frenchman, as it is
understood that Cardinal Lavigerie's col
leagues do not feel inclined to support him
in his candidacy. It is thought that if a
foreigner is elected he will' be either an
America'n or Cardinal Mcmillod,of Switzer
land. Should an Italian be selected, it is
considered probable- that Cardinal Gug
,lielmo Sanfelice di Acquavella. at present
Archbishop of Naples, may be "pnosen.
Dockers at Hull Strike Again.
HUM Owing to the fact that the Ship
owners' Federation is employing non-union
men, the dock laborers here have again
gone out on strikf, .
Holland Slgqs the Congo Act
' ThJHIoue It irinnouncBd that Hol
land h"sigSed the geaeral act'of the Cbneo
Conference. ' J' ' ' "
DECEMBER 31, 1890.
ft FAMILY QUARREL
Senators Wolcott and Teller
Kick Clear Over the
Party Traces, and
EVEN HALE SEEMS SHAKY.
Republican Members Declare the
White Race Should Control.
AN ATTACK UPON THE GAG KULE.
Blaine's Eeprescntative in the Upper House
Declares Against It.
DEMOCRATS SMILE, BUT SAI NOTHING
- ISPECIAL TELEGHAM TO THE OISPATCn.1
Washington, Dec. 30. This was a day
of sensations in the Senate. Two more Re
publican members, both from the same
State, broke clear over the party traces, and
declared openly against the Federal elections
bill and gag rule, while another spoke in
the same line. One went even farther than
the most radical of his Southern Democratic
colleagues, and practically declared that the
white race should rule under anv and all
circumstances. Mr. Hoar had not finished
his speech yesterday, and consequently took
the floor when the bill came up for consid
eration. In conclusion Mr. Hoar addressed
himself directly to Southern Senators and
said:
You have tried everything else. Now try
justice. You have exhausted every policy, and
failed. This terrible question will not down.
Your peoplo have listened too long to the evil
councilors who led them into rebellion, into
Mat, into poverty, into crime. Let them listen
noto the counsels of the greatest orator of
antiquity; "Justice is, itself, the great standing
policy of civil society, and any eminent depart
nra from it, under any circumstances, lies
under the suspicion of being no policy at all."
Another Break in the Ranks.
Then came one of the sensations. Senator
Wolcott, of Colorado, made an animated
speech against the bill, attracting the
closest attention from its first sentence to its
Jast It was, he said, a source of great re
gret for him to be called upon to differ from
any considerable number of his party, and
to decline to take the path which the older
leaders pointed out It was proper that the
reasons which impelled that difference be
fairly stated.
The time which the bill engrossed was
not opportune. Nearly one-third of the
session was through, and daylight was not
yet visible. There were before the Senate
measures of vast importance that would
fail, for another year at least, unless they
were now acted upon. Anioug the measures
awaiting action Mr. Wolcott mentioned tb.t
silver bill, the apportionment hill, the pure
food hill, the copyright bill and the private
land ccurt bill.
We stand, he said, in the shadow of a
'treat financial crisis. The .people turn to
tfcueress for ,fel W.
lA.,nAa 4V... IBli-f -
They want tho jnsar?
a i if ..a 4.n l.n 1.1 -tuvn
slice cither that there will be no legislation
on the financial subject (so that they can
set their house in order), or that they will
receive an adequate medium of circulation
for the transaction of their business.
Against It Under All Circumstances.
But it was not only, he said, because those
measures were clamoring for recognition
that he felt compelled to oppose the passage
of the elections bill. If the session were to
last indefinitely, and if none of those vital
measures were pending, he would still vote
against it It was a. travesty on duty that
the Senate should sit, day alter day, dis
cussing changes in, an election law that had
stood without amendment for 20 years.
In his opinion the pending bill should
not become a law, because it involved Fed
eral interference and espionage at other tbau
national elections, and such interference
was contrary to the spirit of American in
stitutions and ai; obstacle to the right en
joyment of Amerjcan liberties. It was to
his mind far better that the local and State
elections in the City of. New York, with its
thousands of ignorant, criminal and venal
voters, should'be attended by fraud and dis
honesty than that they should be kept pure
by Federal interference.
A Completo Failure When Tried.
They had tried in Colorado the remedy of
Federal interference under the direction of
a Democratic District Attorney and a Dem
ocratic Marshal. The law had been ad
ministered by a Judge so intolerably fair
that he was opposed to both parties and yet
it had been given up, and now the people of
Colorado managed their own elections
fairly, impartially and incorruptedly.
The people ot the United States, Mr.
Wolcott went on to say, wanted no more
civil strife, and it would be impossible to
enforce such a law against the united oppo
sition of the white population in the South
ern States. The attempt would bring. back
the old days of terrorizing, and the weaker
race would be the sufferer. There were
many things more important, vital to the
welfare of the whole nation, than that the
colored citizens of the South should cast
tbeir ballots.
Referring to the question put by Mr.
Eustis some weeks ago tp Mr. Dolph, as to
what the people of Oregon would do under
similar circumstances if Chinese voters were
in a majority in that State, Mr. Wolcott
said that Mr. Dolph's answer seemeA
evasive.
The Wlilte Race Blast Knle.
He (Mr. Wolcott) could not speak for
Oregon ; but he gave it as his solemn opinion
that in Colorado, whose mountains only in
spired freedom, and love of justice, and
where the.Bepnblican party had as large a
majority, in proportion to its population, as
Kansas or Nebraska had in their lucid
years Quiet laughter among the Demo
crats, il such a condition of affairs existed,
and if the Chinese vote was opposed to the
united and intelligent white vote, the white,
vote, in some way and by some method
would govern. Democratic approval.
Then camo another blpw. Mr. Teller said
there hna been rio attempt made on the part
of the friends of the elections bill to bring it
to a vote. Now the Senate was to be met
with a new rule which was to reverse the
traditions of tbe body and to overthrow the
practice which had been in vogue 84 years.
In the section of the country which he in
part represented there had become a fixed
notion that this bill was kept before the
Senate for the purpose of staving ofl much
needed und much-demanded financial legis
lation. He was not prepared to say that this
was so, and yet he'heard it so irequeutly
that it had made an impression on his mind.
A Notice Served Upon Hoar.
If the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr.
Hoar) did not wish the bill to stand in the
way of legislation he should place the Sen
ate in a position to vote on amendments he
fore he offered, or allowed to be offered, a
rule which would cut off debate and amend
ments. Whether he would vote for this bill
or not depended upon tbe condition of tbe
hill when it came to a vote; and he wanted
an opportunity to vote for amendments.
Another time (if the rule i wonld allow
him) he expected to submithis views upon.
me Dill in extenso. lie suDminea to me
Senator from Massachusetts that betoreJieJ.ceutljr an active 3Iepublican1"is'h.ere and
-
YOUNG 1891 ON HIS
offered his cloture rule he should bring the
Senate in sueh a position that Senators
could determine whether tbey were in favor
of the hill or not. He himself could amend
the hill so that be would gladly vote for it;
but so far he had no opportunity to offer an
amendment, and it now looked as if there
would be no opnortunity to do so.
Against the Rule of Cloture.
He did not believe that the people of the
United States were prepared for this pro
ceeding, and forone he was prepared to re
sist by all proper methods the adoption of
the rule until the Senate had an opportunity
to vote upon all amendments. He under
stood therule was to come up for action on
Tuesday next.
There were more important bills pending
before the Senate than the elections bill.
The country stood in the face of a great
financial convulsion. The great minds of
the country asserted that we were on the
verge of a financial panic The bankers of
New York were saying, "Everything is
lovely " Why? They dare not say other
wise. If tbe people could awake to the real
condition there would be danger of finan
cial ruin to 10,000 men absolutely solvent
to-day. He believed that it was the duty
of the Senate to meet this question promptly.
If tbe friends of tbe bill were in earnest
they could pas3 it without a rule. They
could pass it as bills had been passed in
th.' days of reconstruction and before and
inrinc-tfco vai " - - -r
W , t V. ...
Then Mr. Hale, the close friend of Blaine,
said he did not know from anything that
had occurred upon the other side whether
Democratic Senators had determined to re
sort to undue means to defeat the bill.
Nothing had shown it Long speeches, in
structive speeches, had been made on both
sides, but he could not know until the mat
ter was brought to the test whether Senators
on the other side had determined upon any
extraordinary proceedings.
Without impugning the steadfast devotion
of the Senator trom Massachusetts to this
cause he would suggest that the time had
come when tbe Senator should find out what
ought to be done The Senate should not
spend weeks more in the manner in which
it had been spending past weeks.
The great financial qnestion would not
down. The great appropriation hills neces
sary to breathe the breath of life into the
Government must be considered. But noth
ing was being done to put tbe pending mat
ter out of tbe way, It the 4th of March
came with the Republican party in posses
sion of every branch of the Government if
it was found when the hammer fell on the
desk at 12 o'clock on the 4th of March that
not only this bill was not passed, but that
the appropriations bills were not passed,
and that no financial bill was passed, the
Sen i tor might as well take into his mind, as
he Hale did, the fact that the Republican
party was then and there discredited be
cause it did nothing. All he Hale said
was that something ought to be done, and
that done quickly.
Some Sarcasm From BTassachasetts.
Mr. Hoar I wash my handsof any charge,
on anybody's part, of being derelict in press
ing this bill, I have pressed it, in season
and out of season. It would have been here
six months ago, voted on, acted on and dis
posed of if my counsel had been followed.
If the Senator from Maine (sarcastically)
has any other suggestion to make as to my
duty I will be very happy to attend to it
Mr. Mitchell here suggested, to the great
satisfaction and amusement of Democratic
Senators, that it was in order lor the Senate
to adjourn so that there might be a Re
publican conference. Mr. Hawley said
that tho Constitntion required the majority
to rule, and an attempt on the part of the
minority to say that there should not he a
vote upon a question was nothing short of
revolution. Mr. Teller then said:
This side is charged with the passage of the
ill, if It is to be passed. The minority has the
right to como aud object to come and debate.
to come and amend; and It would be a sorry
time for the American peopte when the major
ity shall say that debate must close whether
tne renreseniauves 01 inucpenuenc orates are
ready to close it or not. Mr. President, I am in
favor of the majority ruling. I know that no
Government can be maintained wbere the ma
jority does not rnle. But I know that there is
nothing more despotic, nothinc more arbitrary,
nothing that approaches nearer to monarchical
institutions than the tyrannical action of a ma
jority. A minority is absolutely indispensable
to the preservation of liberty in any country.
If there was not a minority party in this conn
try there would be little, prospect of the main
tenance of American liberty.
The minority has a right to resist by all
proper measures by debate, by dilatory mo
tionsso as to got an opportunity to be heard,
it is its right to be heard; andwhenithas been
beard, when it has presented every objection
tuat it can present, then it is Its duty to yield
unless it be on some extraordinary occasion. I
have seen the entire Republican side of the
Senate retire from the chamber (witb'the ex
ception of one or two men) wben there was a
Democratic majority, because we wero resist
ing whatwe believed to bo animproper measure
on their part Tbat was the right of tho mi
nority then; and it will be tbe right of the
minority now, if the pending bill he of such a
character as, would justify Its opponents in re
sorting to It 1 do not believe tbat it is, and if
I. were an opponent of it, I would be inclined to
let it pass. Bat I can conceive of measures as
to which, rather than see tbem pass, I would
retire from tbe chamber.
IHGALLS HfS KO CHANCE.
That Is tho Opinion of an OBlcial' of the
Kansas Alliance.
SPKCIAL TKLEOIIAU TO TUtt DlSPATCn.l
Columbus, Dec 30. S. M. Scott, of
"Kansas, National Deputy of the Farmers'
Alliance and InduitrialyCnion, and re-
x
saw
DOUBLE RUNN
".g:os
asked if J. J. Inge BK?0
was
ba
re
He dlo.tO(1 tn flio TTnlforl
sKTft
wwv .v- .. VOrf-
said: y " & ih-
"Most assuredly not InKansigf
no politics, and the Alliance peopiv P i
together and elected 92 out of the 125 mC-u-bers
of the Legislature, and tbey were not
selected to send Mr. Ingalls back to the
Senate. You can quote me as saying he
will not be re-elected. Tbe millionaires
and politicians in the Senate know nothing
about what is lor the interest of the farmers,
and legislate for the benefit of corporations
and the wealthy class."
WINDOW GLASS COMBINE.
FORTY-ONE KEMBEBS AGREE TO
RUINOUS COMPETITION.
STOP
The nigh Protective Tariff Stimulated Over
Production Those In the Deal Say Prices
Will Not Go Up, Nor Will There Be Less
Work.
rSVKCIAI. TELEQKAM TO TBX DISPATCH. 1
Chicago, Dec. 30. The American Glass
ComfOny completed its organization to-day.
When the 41 members present hd-nished
tlieii-dayV ivort"tIn.yca.letr - nuurn
trust a pool. The functions of the Window
Glass Trust are not fully set forth in the re
port of the meeting which was held this
afternoon at the Auditorium. The report
shown to strangers, however, was said to he
a synopsis of the day's work. This showed
that tbe company had increased its capital
stock from ?400,000 to SG00.000, and that the
company would receive the product of the
various glass houses in the trust and dispose
pf it to jobbers.
It was so recorded, but one of the mem
bers said the question of over-production
had been fully discussed at this, the fourth
regultr meeting of tbe combine. Indeed
this member said that over-production and
ruinous competition was the inspiration of
the company, and these features, which bad
been depreciating their glass house stock,
the new company would undertake to regu
late. Under a high protjction tariff tbe
glass business had been stimulated beyond'
the requirements of the country, and for
some time past said the member, we have
been suffering from too much window
glass.
"Will the new company put up the price
of the product?" he was asked.
"Ob, no, prices will not be changed, nor
will any men be thrown out of work, as has
been suggested."
"If the new company will not maintain
higher prices and decrease the manufact
ured product, what will it do?"
"See Mr. Loefllsr, tbe Secretary; be can
tell vou all about it" But Mr. Loefller
could, not tell just how tbe manufacturers
were coing to get more money for the goods
without raising prices, nor could he make it
clear hoiv the output would be decreased
without closing some of tho factories and
turning hundreds ofmen ont of work. There
are 41 factories in the trust This includes
practically all the window-glass bouses in
the country Out of the 1,200 pots, 1,000 are
represented in tbe combine, anir" the 200 re
maining out many are expected to come
into the trust, now that it has completed its
plans. The officers of the trust are: Presi
dent J. A. Chambers, Pittsbnrg; Secretary,
O. K Frazee, Chicago; Treasurer, William
Loefller, Pittsburg. The main office will be
in Pittsburg, and the Secretary's office in
Chicago.
SUIT AGAINST HOSTETTEE.
Efforts to Compel Him to Keep Certain
Railroad Agreements.
rSPZCIAX. TKLEOKAlt TO THE DISPATCTT.l
Phh.Adei.phia, Dec 30. On behalf of
John Henry Miller, a large bond and stock
holder in the Baltimore Belt road, the
Transportation and Terminal Company of
Baltimore City, the Maryland Central Rail
way Company, the Deer Creek and Susque
hanna Railroad Company and the Pen a
Anthracite Coal Company, Lawyer John G.
Johnson has begun important equity pro
ceedings. His bill is to compel D. Herbert Hbstetter,
son of the celebrated Dr. Hostetter, of Pitts
burg, of South Penn Railroad fame, to keep
agreements made by him in August last,
which involve the complete surrender by
Hostetter and bis friends of their control of
the Baltimore Terminal Railroad Company,
Baltimore Belt Railroad Company, the
York and Peach Bottom Railroad Com
pany, the Maryland Central Railway Com
pany and the 'Deer Creek and'Snsquebanna
Railroad Company in exchange lor the in
terest of John Henry "Miller and the Trans
portation and Terminal Company1 of Balti
more City in the Penn Anthracite Coal
Company.
AH ESCAPES MURDERER ARRESTED,
His Companion, Who Planned the Jail
Breaking, Still at Largo.
TUCSON. Abiz., Dec 30. Antonio
Yepps, one of the murderers who broke jail
yesterday, was captured near the city late
last night Several Mexicans have been
arrested for harboring the refugee.
-The Sheriff baa offered a reward, dead or
alive; for Verago, the other .murderer, who
planned the escape and stabbed the jailer,
THREE CENTS.
SECURED THE-'S'TATE.
Treasurer Royer'a Kondsmea Hare
Put Up 125,000 to CoTer the"
DELAMATER AND JAM1S0H LOSSES,
Larje Amounts Expended in tho Purchass
of State loans.
GENEEAI, CONDITION 0P THU FINANCES
rsrrciAL telegram to tuz disfatco.!
Haeeisbueg, Dec 30. State Treasurer
Boyer has been in this city for the past few
days and has been carefully preparing his
statement of the finances of the State for the
past year, not only in reference to the recent
assignments, in which the people are in
terested, but as well to the sinking fund.
As to the moneys in the fund, January 1,
1891, and which will be appended to his
forthcoming report, he says:
Upon tbe ascertainment of tbe fact ot the as
signment of B. K. Jamison & Co.. and ot Dela
mater & Co. who held deposits aggregating
125,000, my sureties deposited with me as State
Treasurer, the fnll amount of tbese deposits,
and the same are now in my hands as ntate
Treasurer, subject to the call at anytime of the
Commonwealth, which sum of money ($125,000).
I hold as State Treasurer to protect the Com
monwealth against loss, by reason of said as
signments. Tho Sinking Fund Investments.
The following statement of purchases of
Stite'loans for the 13 months ending with
this date will serve to show the rapidity
with which the moneys in the sinking fund
are being invested:
The amonnts for each month (face value)
are: December. 1SK. JG0.8G0; Janmry. 18OT.
114.900: April 1S90, $19,000: Mav. 1690. $47,800;
July.lbSa. 817,800: Auzust. loOO. 8.T74.50O;Sep!em
ber, 1SSW, JbG6 301: October, 1890. U700; Novem
ber. 1890. 827Z259; December, 1890, S27,U00.
Total, $1,831,031. Premiums paid, 8155,119.
Grind total. $1,989,170.
Tbe cash in tbesintim; fund on December 1,
1889, was $2,717,177 37; cash at ibis date. SLS75.
U00. The payment of tbe February interest
will further reduce this amount abont 5234.000.
The extraordlniry payments by the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company, being the balance of
the purchase ol the main line of tbe pnblic
work during tbe past fiscal year aggregated
:SG.3,0."1 UL It will thus be seen tbat had it not
been for ihese extraordinary addition to tho
fund, tbe cash balance would now be about
?i,ooo,ooa
llal.inco in the General Fund.
Tho lalance in the general fund on January
L 1891. will be less than the limit prescribed by
law (8I.000.C00 on the first business days of Jan
nary, April. July and October, excepting those
months during which tbe Legislature it in ses
sion, wben the limit is SL.55D.000). On February
1, 1892, the loan of March 20. 1887, is reimbursa
ble. This was oricmally 5,000,000. The balance
outstanding is $3,303,10. After Auenst L 1891,
there will ne hat one interest period remaining.
Fcbru-iry 1. 1892.
Tbe State is continually making largo pur
chases of this loan, and practically redemption
of this halince can begin after August, 1891. It
follows that, continuing this policy, it will not
be many months before tho cash in the sinking
fund will bo rednced to a small amount, and in
order to redeem tbe balance of this loan, tbe
State will sell largely of its Government bonds.
It is proper also to state that the sinking fund
commissioners have always made every effort
to purchase the loans of the State, and there
are two reasons why they have succeeded so well
during the past year the nor approach ot tho
reimbursable period of theos ot 1892. and the
opportunities for more profitable investmecB
which grew out of the financial situation.
ASSAULTED AN ACTRESS.
..idjiruiiA.AnrrBto- lh,io f 'rora.att-Tnfatn '
ated ioung 3Ian.
FrrCIA! LES'lAJT TO TUB DI1FATCH.I
BOSTON, Dec. 30. An assault was com
mitted upon Miss Ad.i Dare, a member of
Munroe and Rice's "Aunt Bridget" Com
pany, at tbe staee entrance of the Park The
ater, last nigbt, by a man named Morton, a
student at Yale College, who has evidently
gone "daft" over the handsome actress.
Morton made a dastardly attempt to strike
Miss Dare on the head with a club, but,
owing to her agility, the blow fell short of
its mark, and the intended victim escaped
without injury. It operas that Morton has
been madly infatuated witlithe actress for
several months, and that be ba3 persistently
followed her about the country, although
she has never given him the least encourage
ment, but, on the contrary, repelled his ad
vances. During the past summer and fall Miss
Dare was connected with the K-ralfy Com
pany, and played for three nights iu New
Haven. Morton was preentat every per
formance, and made several ineffectual at
tempts to make Miis Dare's acquaintance.
When the Kiralfvs lelt New Haven Morton
followed them. While his money lasted he
was always to be seen in a front seat, and per
sistently tried to win his way to the in
fections of the actress by presenting her with
flowers and leading in the applause.
Her repeated refusals ot his attentions
have evidently affected his mind, as last
night's murderou3 assault would seem to
show. He disappeared at once, and has not
been seen since.
VERNOTS JEALOUS RIVALS.
Taken From the House of His Lady Lovo
and Left In tho Snow.
ISPECIAL TELEOKAJt TO TUI DlSPATCn.l
MlDDLEiowir, JS". Y., Dec. 30. Hur
leyville station, on the New York, Ontario
and Western Railroad, in Sullivan county,
was tbe scene last Saturday night of a
Whitecan outrage. A widow named Parker
is housekeeper for John Knapp, a merchant,,
of Hurleyville. Living with her mother i3
Miss Gertrude Parker, a comely village;
belle, who has had a number of suitors.
Tbe favored one has been Roswell "Vernoy, a
young farmer of the neighborhood. Ha
spent Saturday evening with Miss Gertruda
and her mother, the three being the only
persons in the house. About 10 o'clock
there, came a knock at the door. Young
Vernoy opened it, and six men ruahed in
and roughly seized him. They drew a salt
sack over his bead and shoulders, and then
pinioned his arms and legs with ropes.
They carried him. out to a sleigh, and,
after driving some distance, threw their
helpless victim ont upon a snow bank and
drove off. The night was intensely cold,
tbe thermometer ranging several degrees
below zero. The young man came near
perishing. A neighbor who chanced to bs
driving by heard bis cries for assistance and
released him. None of the masked men
opened their lips while the work was being
done. The women were not molested, but
they were dreadfully frightened. No ar
rests have been made. It is strongly sus
pected tbat the work was inspired by jeal
ousy on the part of discarded rivalsof youag
Vernoy.
MURDERED IN HIS OWN STORE.
Three Mexicans Arrested on Suspicion ot
Killing a Merchant
ALBtrqtJEEQOE, N. M., Dec 30. Prank
Sperling, ol the firm of Sperling Bros., of
Sorocco and Magdalena, N. M,, was mur
dered In his store in Magdalena" Saturday
midnight as near as can be learned.
After all tbe clerks had goqe home and ha
was on the point of closing, he was knocked
down and beaten to death by his assailants,
and his body was not discovered until the
clerks opened the store Sunday 'morning.
His watcti and the change in his elothea
and in the cash drawer ic all that was taken.
A discharged employe and two others, all'
Mexicans, are nnder arrest. Blood staina
were found on tner nanus ana ciom
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