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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
SHELVES poUMEn AND nouRGEoIsE
French Government Getting RID of
Its Powerful Opponents.

PARIS, Dec ga chorus of radical de-
nunciations of Paul Doumer, formerly min
lister of finance who is accused of dcserting
the radical cause and OF allowing the gov
ernment to shelve him by appointing him
governor of Indo- China is not likely to be
diminished by todays announcement that
NJ. Doumer has resigned his seat in the
Chamber Of Deputies instead OF merely ask
ing for leave of absence as he signifies that
he has no intention OF returning to France
for long time.
Rumor credits the government with an
intention to similarly shelve NJ. Bourgeois,
the former premier. by appointing him gov
ernor of Algeria with increased powers TO
be arranged by a special bill in the Cham
ber, NJ. Cambon, the present governor being
appointed ambassador to London. Probably
there is little truth in the rumor, but it
is known that the London embassy has been
declined by the Due de Montebello, the Mar
quis de ReverSeaux de Rouvray and NJ. Cam
bon, French ambassador at Constantinople
who is a brother of the governor of AL
geria. The reason for the refusal is that
this post generally finishes diplomatic
career.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
IowA's SILVER FORCES IN SESSION.
Two Hundred Followers of the Free
Coinage Fnilucy Meet.

DES MONIES, Dec 29.-(Special Tele-
gram 1.-Two hundred democrats, populsts
and silver republicans met in conference
today and issued an address to the people
Of Iowa. announcing that the union OF all
silver forces Of the state was permanent and
that they will hereafter nominate the same
candidates for all Offices The conference
was larger than expected and sentiment
was unanimous in favor of the union OF
forces. The resolutions adopted explain
that the three factions will retain their sep
arate state organizations, but act together.
General j. b. Weaver, chief of the popu-
lists. was the guiding spirit of the gather
ing the democrats readily yielding prece-
dence to him. Numerous addresses were
made in favor OF union of forces and the
early opening of a campaign Of education
was determined on.
The democratic state committee met and
elected VI. +. Healy of Fort Dodge, chair
man. II has been planned that C. A. Walsh,
national secretary, was to be chairman, but
c. S. Ranck, eX-chairman, suspected OF
sound money tendencies. made a vigorous
protest on the ground that Walsh is too
radical and his election would hopelessly
ALLEVIATE sound money democrats. He was
supported by several other members and
Walsh had to be dropped and Healy was
elected
A committee of three each from the dom
ocrats. populists and silver republicans was
named to prepare an address TO the state on
behalf of the united silver forces
A subcommittee was named by this com
mittee, with General Weaver chairman, to
prepare the address, which will be issued
in a few DAYS.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
WILLIAM SHAW BOWEN.
MASSACRE CUBAN XoxcoMnArANrs.
Mem Shot Down RuthIcssiy nnd
Women md Girls Lnshcd.

Mem Shot Down Ruthlcssiy nnd
Women nnd Girls Lnshcd.
NEW YORK, Dec. ga dispatch to the
World from Key West says: A recent mas
sacre by General Melquizos troops in west
ern Cuba is described in a letter received
here today from an insurgent leader. In a
little hamlet, forty miles north Of Pnar del
Rio, dwell about seventy-hve people, most
OF them old, all noncombatants. They lived
from hand to mouth, having a few cattle and
some small cane fields and truck farms.
Spanish guerrllas commanded by PierrOnto
visited the place a fortnight ago. All the
people were assembled and searched for
valuables, the women and girls being sub
iected to indignities Not finding as much
as they wanted, the guerrillas shot two
young men, pretending that they were
Spanish deserters. Six others were tied to
trees and horribly whipped. Two young
women were tied to trees, their backs We're
Dar.d and tbs lash applied II they resisted
the soldiers advances. Their screams 50
aroused the anger of the. other women that
they made combined attack on the guor-
rillas with clubs. The guerI1las easily
beat them off and fired indiscrlminatey
among them, killing fifteen or twenty ron
and women and two young children. The
others escaped though the Spanish murder
ers fired at them as long as they were in
sight.
The guerrilas then fred the houses. throw
ing the dead bodies into the buildings, drove
off the cattle, destroyed the crops and
tramped their horses over the potato patches
so nothing in the way of food could be had.
These poor people, left without food or shell
ter. took up their abode in the foothills
building themselves huts OF branches and
grass, Some have died of exposure and not
more than thirty OF the seventy-fve now
survive.
The letter told OF other outrages and stated
that for miles and miles where formerly
were happy homes and hourishing fields not
single human being is to be seen.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
SPRINGER TO COME HOME NOW.
United states Vice Consul to Cuba
AbOut 10 LcnNc The Islnnd.

United states Vice Consul to Cuba
About Ia Leave the Island.
HAVANA, Dec. 29.-Joseph Springer the
United States vice consul general, will
leave for the United States on the steamer
Olvette tomorrow. By the steamer Santi-
ago there will be sent to Chafarinas political
prisoners and to Fernandino island nine cat
tie thieves. Two brothers named Fernando
and Amado Pine, who are negroes and
naturalized Americans, charged with being
Nanagoes, and Thomas Ammala of Colom-
bia. have been expelled from the island.
General Arolas, with force of 5000 Span
ish troops of all arms, has been reconnoiter-
ing the heights Of Ruly.
At the engagement which Colonel Giru-
joda had at Cayo la Rosa and its vicinity
yesterday II Is stated the insurgent colonel,
Pancho Palacio of Brigadier General Cas-
tillo's stan, was killed and Castillo himself
was wounded I'm the leg.
Two French citizens, Rene and Louis Re
nandeau, are being tried in MORO castle
by an ordinary court martial on the charge
of rebelllng against the Spanish govern
ment
News has been received that the local
column OF troops in Matanzas met the insur-
gent band OF Sotolonge at the farm of Abrsu
In the Jaquey Grand district There was q
fight and the insurgents wero dispersed
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
Senator Fifteenth Nebraska District
PLATT ENDORSED FOR SENATOR.
New York Republicans Turn Their
Backs Upon Joseph Chomtc.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The Republican
club of New York last night refused to
endorse the candidacy OF Joseph Choate for
United States senator. Every follower of
T. c. Plat in the club was present. The
meeting was very lively and at times up
roarious. The resolutions laid over last week
endorsing ChCate were called up and
substitute adopted, declaring 1t illadvised
that any action should be taken regard
ing the possible candidacy of any person, and
that 1t is the sense of the club that no action
be taken.
The Union Republican club of Brooklyn
and the Progress Republican club of New
York tonight adopted resolutions endorsing
Thomas C. Platt for senator.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
LOBBERs GAIN THEIR POINT.
Complain Against Scale Proposed by
window GInss NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

CHICAGO, Dee. 29.-Wlndow glass manu-
facturers and jobbers met at the Auditorium
Annex today The jobbers had rebelled
against the manufacturers scale and threat
ened to place their orders in Europe if
greater profit was not given them by the
American manufacturers. The scale fixed
the price at a small margin and rebate
system. The rebate scheme was satisfac-
tory TO the large jobbers but the small men
protested against a scale that gave rebate
of but per cent to purchasers of less than
SIS 900 during the year. and per cent TO
larger purchasers. The jobbers presented
their ultimatum in very vigorous fashion,
and the manufacturers after some delibera-
tion, granted their demands, and new
rebate system was agreed uDon. The sys-
TEN secured for every purchaser who buys
IS 900 worth of glass in six months, re-
bate of 2h per cent, and to those buying
S25 900 worth in six months a rebate OF
per cent. No advance In prices was made.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
SULTAN GRANTS THE DEMANDS.
DragOmnns of Frnncc and Itniy May
he Present at Nnzhny Bey's Trial.

DrngGmnns of France and Itniy May
he Present ut Hnzhnv Bey's Trial
CONSTANTINOPLE Dec. 29.-The Porte
has granted the demand of the ENJOYS of
France and Italy that their dragomans be
present at the trial of Mazhav Bey, charged
with being responsible for the murder OF
Father Salvatore, an Italian priest, who wac
killed In the convent of Jenidjekele at Ma
rash in 1896 by Turkish troops commanded
by MaZhav Bey.
Italy demands the punishment of Mazhav
Bey and the Turkish government has prom
ised to put him on trial but the representa-
tiVes of the powers suspect this will be
nothing more than farce. Some days ago
when 1t was proposed to include Mazhav
Bey in the general amnesty, the French and
Italian enyoys requested their governments
to send fleets to Alexandria I'M view OF this
possible miscarriage of justice, which Italy
and France are resolved at all hazards shall
not hpDIen
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
SUGAR MILLS TO START SOON
Weyler Will Permit the Grinding Of Cane
in Cuba.
CONCESSION TO AMERICAN INTERESTS
Pressure of wealthy Planters from
the United Stntcs Secures Per-
mission to Renew the work
l of Manufacture.

Copyright 1896 by rrcss Publishing Company
HAVANA, Dec 29-(New York World Ca
blegram-Specal ram.)-Permission to
make sugar will be given to the planters in
the western provinces of Cuba. This infor-
nation comes to me privately from high
official who Is in a position to know. He
said explicitly however that his statement
is not official because he has no authority
TO give out such news as official. The con-
dition OF affairs now is such as to remove
the objection to allowing planters to grind
cane.
Powerful interests in the United States
have been disturbed, | have reason to know,
by the failure to make sugar this winter.
The season for grinding should begin De-
cembor 90, but there will be no loss through
a delay Of a fortnight, or even three weeks.
Edward Atkins of Boston, proprietor OF the
great Soledad plantation near Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara province, is particularly anxious
to make sugar as also is the manager OF
the estate of Wech Bros. of IL Wall street,
New York Information that grinding Will
be permitted was sent to Mr.. Atkins to-
day.
Henry Delgado. formerly purser of the
Ward line steamer Iumuri, atterward Ma
ceo's chief of artillery, and now a prisoner
in the hands OF the government having been
captured in an insurgent hospital in Plnar
del Rio province, is allowed to see nobody.
In response to my request, Surgeon General
Lasado the head of the Spanish medical de-
partment sends the following note: "The
political prisoner, Enrique Delgado, is i'll in
San Ambrosia hospital with a tumor of the
stomach. diagnosis is difficult. His con-
diton is altogether, grave" Delgado has the
came caro- and attention, am informed, as
a Spanish officer would have. Delgado is
related by marriage to w. Il. ID. Stokes of
New York.
story was set afloat here yesterday that
Lieutenant Colonel Fossdeviola, the mill
tary commander of Guanabacoa, had taken
seven citizens, native creoles, from their
houses night before last and put them to
death. One version was that the victims
were shot, another that they were cut to
pieces with machetes. The story will go
to Key West by Wednesdays steamer and
be wired from there to the newspapers in a
greatly exaggerated form and be published
Thursday morning. | investigated the mat
ter in Guanabacoa under circumstances that
insured accuracy, and ascertained that there
is no foundation for the report.
A CIR 4
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
KANSAS MAN SHOT IN HIS HOME
At.emptea N,nlng Y ,..,.r.a. cl,mors Out

Attempted killing 9f gilmore OUT
come of Domestic ffomrltcntions.
ATWOOD. Kan, Dec E9.-The story sent
out from Topeka of the ASSASSINATION of G.
w. Gilmore, a rancher of this county, and
the arrest of mysterious woman supposed
to be from New York, is not borne out by
the facts. Gilmore was shot as he sat at
his supper table, his asssilant firing through
the window, and, though his lett eye was
destroyed and his upper jaw shattered, he
is still alive and may RECOVER. A short time
ago Gilmore's wife left him and went back
to a divorced husband who lives in Ne
braska. Since that time he has had Mrs
Ballou a married woHan, keeping house
for him, which caused sirs. Ballou and her
husband to separate. The attempted assas-
sination is supposed to have been an out
growth of the rancher's complicated domes-
tic affairs.
On the night of the shooting an unknown
man was seen in the vicinity of the Gilmore
house carrying a gun. nephew of Mrs
Gilmore was arrested, but has been re-
leased.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
TWO MORE VICTIMS OF THE WRECK
Bodies of $. w. Tibbs and Wife Are
Enmnh nmdIN nmrncd In DcbrIs.


ST. LOUIS, Dec. pa special to the Re
public from; Birmingham, Ala, says: Two
more charred corpses were found deep under
the debris of Sundays wreck of a Birming-
ham mineral passenger train and brought
here today. They were too badly burned
for Identification but 1t is regarded reason
ably certain that they are the bodies Of S.
w. Tibbs and his wife of Alger, who are
missing
The bodies recovered today run the list
OF dead up to twenty-four. A. II. Hinton Of
Pratt City was here today. searching for his
15-ycar-old son, who, he says, left home for
Gurnee on Saturday and was to have left
Gurnee for Blocton Sunday morning. He
has not since been seen or heard FROM and
1t is feared that he, too, was a victim of
lives lost.
The death of Andrew Bryson, an injured
passenger, which is likely to occur at any
hour will swell the death list to twenty-sS
There were ten funerals of victims Of the
feck at Blocton today and the business Of
the town was suspended for the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
PLAN is REFUSED CONSIDERATION,
boston Citizens Take Hand In
street Chr Troubles.

BOSTON. Dec. 29.--The committee ap-
pointed at the mass meeting at Faneuil hall
last night to consider the West End street
railway difficulty from the citizens point OF
view met today and prepared plan OF set
tement. The statement calls for an equlta-
BILE settlement of the whole controversy, the
discontinuance Of the employment OF new
men the reinstatement OF former employees,
and asks that the company receive com
mttee of its employees in order to reach an
agreement. The committee submitted the
plan to President Little but he refused to
consider it.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
COME TO AN AGRICULTURAL COLONY
Band of Italians Admitted Under the
Immigration Laws at New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Austin Corbin, sew
eral months before he died, founded an agri-
cultural colony near Helena, Ark. Today
when Inspector NJ. ]. Renick Of the contract
labor bureau boarded the Kaiser Wilhelm
II, he found 800 Italian men, women and
children tcketed to Arkansas. He also found
that each adult had a collection OF seeds,
vines, shrubs and roots, as also stock Of
agricultural implements. He telephoned TO
Ellis island. and was instructed to land the
colony over there. Meanwhile word came
from Washington that the colonizers were TO
be admitted as they were in no wl3e vio-
laters of the contract labor law.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
Kills The Girl ana Himself.

HURON, 5. D, Dec. 28.-EuWHTu KusAi
who made his home VITA his brother. Gale
Rosa. well known ranchman. near For
est city, shot and Killed his sweetheart
Miss Mary Brehl, al the home OF her sis
After killing the girl Rosa blew out his
own brains. They had been to dance
on Christmas where Rosa believed ne
was not given proper attention BY the girl
Both belonged to excellent families.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
SENATOR DEAL MAS GREAT SCHEME
Nebraska Populist Proposes Ware
homsc for SiINCr nulIiOn.

DENVER, Dec. Ex-Governor Mcintyre
has received the following letter, to which
he has not replied
BROKEN BOW. Neb., Dec. 2S.-Governor
Mcintyre Dear Sir: What do you think OF
the idea of the Legislature OF Colorado
making an appropriation to construct
depository for silver bullion in your state?
The bullion could be deposited and certif-
Gates issued on the market value of the
bullion, which certificates could be used as
money by the people, and in this way the
demand for more money could be met.
have thought the matter over, and 4 | can
get any encouragement from silver pro-
ducing states l will introduce a bill in the
Nebraska senate this winter to that effect.
am satisfied that the new use such
scheme would create for silver bullion would
cause the price to rise and many OF the
benefits sought for by the free silver advo-
Gates would be reached and no law
violated.
please think the matter over carefully
and let me hear from you. Very truly,
&c. W. BEAL
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
DncIines 10 nun for the Chnmbcr.

PARIS, Dec, 29.-The duke OF OrIeans has
written a letter stating that, knowing the
French republic is engaged in diplomatic
negotiations of a delegate nature, he does
not wish to excite internal difficulties, tut
places the seal of his family connections at
the service OF French interests abroad. This
letter was written to decline an offer Of a
candidature for a seat in the Chamber of
Deputies from Brest, made vacant by the
death NJ. d'Hulst, which will now be contcs- ed
by the royalist comte de Blois. the rbbe of
Charmottant, and probably n republican cen
didate
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
Goyernor DrndIey MAY Resign.

LOUISVILLE, Dec, 29,-The Courier
Journal says; Governor Bradley told
friend today that 1t was his purpose to
resign the office OF governor, saying the
place was killing him, and that he could not
afford to stay in II until his health was en-
tlrely lost. Governor Bradley has also
written Mr. Mckinley that he would not
accept any federal appointment.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
REASONS FoR ARBucKLE's DEATH
Jury Finds IL Number of Causes and
Inna-... Aihnra a LII i.i u 1 inn.

FltWNVN VEHETT 'V II'T7'F-TTI0'IVTT'
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-In the case Of
Frank Arbuckle, the wealthy politician and
miner of Denver, Colo, who died under sus-
picious circumstances in this city on No
vember 49, coroner's jury returned a YER
diet today that death was caused by fatty
degeneration of the heart, chronic nephritis,
cerebral and pulmonary oedema and other
causes to the jury unknown"
Arbuckle was found dying in vacant
lot in the upper part of the city on the morn
ing of November 10. The jewelry he was
wearing when last seen by friends had been
taken from his person and II was for time
believed he had been drugged by those who
robbed him Chemical analysis, however,
failed to establish this theory
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
WHEAT TAKES AN UPWARD TURN
Price Advances Nearly Two Cents
and Closes strong.
CHICAGO. Dec: 22.--NIaa.s---'~S4her '~S4hert.

NlllNhpo' DS--->>-IrTs WIObl, WHICH
clcsa,ss yesterday at 50 cents, was being
sought for at S3% cents to S4 cents at the
end of the session today, an advance of
almost 9 cents. The failure of the Van
Nortwicks, accompanied by financial dis
turbances in other parts of the country, had
absolutely no effect on prices, the truth of
the matter seemingly being that the stat
istical situation was too strong to permit
such influences to control the course of the
market
The advance was not accompanied by
heavy trading except during the last few
minutes of the session. Russian reports of
a shortage of 500 900 bushels in the
winter wheat crop, the continued foreign
demand large clearances and heavy de-
crease in the worlds visible supply, CON
tributed to the strength displayed by the
market from the opening. Toward the end
of the session the trade grew heavier in
volume, with an active demand, and the
market closed strong at the top figures of
the day.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
MONEY FOR A CRIPPLE CREEK NINE
j. ID. McMnstcr Returns from England
with Plenty of Cash.

ROCHESTER,. n. Y, Dec. 29,-J. d. Nc
Master of the Six Brothers Gold Mining com
pany has Just returned from London, where
he succeeded in selling a three-fourths I'M
terest in the Caledonia gold mine to a syn
dicate OF English investors for $57J 600. The
Caledonia is located In the Cripple Creek
mining district and has been developed suf-
hciently to demonstrate It's richness. Nego-
tlatlons are now pending for investment by
Englishmen In three other principal Cripple
Creek properties owned by the company.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
Man ana vic shot by nurgInrs.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn Dec. 29,-At II
o'clock William H. Waaley and wife, poor
but respected citizens OF SEWER county
living near Sevlersvile were shot down
by two men who broka into their home.
There Is no ce~ 70 the guilty parties.
Many seem 10 think the perpetrators Of the
tragedy were some OF the crowd whom
Whaley recently had prosecuted before tho
grand jury. Sheriff Naples Is working on
the case
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
smstnIns "a stroke OF ParnIysis.

IFFEN SANDUSh1, o., Dec. 2H,-1NOLl
comes from Harpstock, south of here. that
David Harpstock, known far and wide as the
wool king" sustained a stroke OF paralysis
and Is in a critical condition. He is ~
wealthiest man in this part of the state
and has been one OF the most extensive wool
growers IN the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30

NEW YORK, Dec, 29.-Alrs. James Aber-
crombie Burden was knocked down and
robbed by a highwayman at Fifth avenue
and Seventy-second street this afternoon.
nue. when the robbcr jumped at her, put
"A knife to her throat and demanded that
she give up her money and jewelry. She
refused and the assault and robbery fol-
lowed. The highwayman was captured and
the purse, which contained check for
$780, restored TO Mrs Burden wlo had not
benu hurt
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
ArrenI TO the ImperinI Govcrnment.

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 29.-It is reported In
official circles that a representative of the
Laurier government win go TO England
soon and have conference with the imperial
authorities regarding the action OF bishops
In Quebec In communicating the organ Of
the liberal party II is considered here
among the French citizens wiser to refer
the case to the English government than to
appeal to Rome. where Archbishop Langevin
has already managed to lay his case with
apparently good effect on the propaganda,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
Dubonic pIngnc In India.

BOMBAY, Dec. 29.-During the past forty
eight hours the health authorities have re-
corded III fresh cases OF the bubonic plague
In the same period l3O deaths from that dis
ease have occurred.