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BARPER'S HISTORY OF THE OVII WAR
In 27 numbers, 8 cents each.
volume lxxxviii.—isro. ios.
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
A Broken Rail Causes a Railroad
Accident in Arizona.
ONE OF THE DAY COACHES TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN.
A Trinity County Bad confesses to a
Murder—Valuable Property of Santa
Bosa Citizens Sold to Pay Delin
quent Taxes—Boise City, Idaho,
Has a Visitation of Earthquakes.
Special to tti» EtBOOKD-tJinoic
Prbsoott (A, T.), Dec. 24.—The east
bound passenger train, No. 2, Atlantic
and Pacific, was wrecked at 7 o'clock this
morning six miles west of Ashfork. The
wreck was caused by a broken rail. The
entire train left the track. The day j
coach turned upside down. The tourist !
car was thrown thirty feet from the track.
A few passengers wero slighiy bruised, ,
but none seriously injured.
CHICAGO VS. STANFORD.
The Bast aud West CollagO Teams to
Play To-Day.
STAKFORD Umvkusitv (Cal.), Dec. j
24. —Walter Camp has telegraphed Cap- !
tain Downing to play Abo Bewis at left j
end instead of Cotton in the game against
Chicago Tuesday. This will be a clever I
piece of maneuvering, and is another
evidence of the great coacher's excellent J
judgment. Bewis, who is a senior, is j
one of tho best all-round athletes in tho
I uiversity, but on account ot his light !
weight had never been able to make tho j
football team. Ho is the swiftest man ou j
the 'Varsity. Under interference he
runs like a demon, and his tackling is
sharp and sure. This year he tried for
lelt end, and would nave played at that
position had it not been for the death of
his father several weeks before the game.
if Stanford wins on Tuesday, and there
is a growing sentiment in that direction,
it is not unreasonable to predict au at
tendance of 1,500 at Palo Alto next year. I
If the Chicago men aro defeated Vale or j
Pennsylvania will come out to the coast i
in 1895,
The Stanford team lined up this after- |
noon for the iast time. They are in good j
condition, but not at their best. Uni
versity duties havo rendered systematic
training impossible. Since tho game I
with Berkeley they have not had one j
hard day's practice. In the preliminary
work the past week the second eleven has
not taken part, hence tiie 'Varsity has
virtually confined itself to signal prac
tice. Spauloing on one end and Bewis on
the other, tho character of the game is
somewhat changed, since it is reasonably
certain that Chicago's backs will not
make much headway against these men. j
A great deal hinges upon Stanford's j
power of endurance. While Chicago bas
been training hard for wind, Stanford
has been studying lor the examinations, j
Tbe Chicago men indulged in three and
five-mile runs at all Stopping places en
route. Foggy weather will favor the
heavier t am. The brunt of the battle
will beat the center. Possibly Stanford >
ran break through their opponents, it
means victory if they do, because the
Chicago half-backs will not be able to
circle the ends to any very great extent.
Manager i lincks expects an attendance
ol 10,000, and thinks ins team will make a
good .showing and win, but is not over
enthusiastic He expects the hottest
game ever witnessed on the coast. \\ alter '
Camp has said that Chicago will have to '
play might} hard bail to win. Dr. .ior- •
dan, who bas an accurate knowledge of I
all the great teams in the country, minks |
bis men can beat Chicago.
< tocar Taylor and W. Pnugle will prob- I
ably be umpire and releroe. it is re
ported that Berkeley will wear cardinal j
ribbons at tbe game. The two teams go I
south on Thursday.
SHOT 1-N THK KECK.
A San Rafael Hoiol-Keepor "Wounded !
By au Unknown Party.
San Rafael, Dec 24.—John Lacerda,
the proprietor of the German Hotel, situ
ated on tho southeast corner of B and j
Third streets, in this cits', while engaged '■
in playing a game of cards with soveial I
other guests of the hotel iv the bar-room, !
at 8:45 o'clock last night, was shot in the ;
neck by some unknown party. The]
wounded man leil to the floor, and was
carried to his room, when a doctor was
sent for. It was ascertained thai the ball
penetrated the neck to the uepth ol one
anu one-half inches, and that the wound
was serious.
At the tune of the shooting the greatest
excitement pre\ ailed. No one was near i
the spot at the time it occurred, with the j
exception ot oik- Thomas Biggins, who
was found in a neighboring saloon, with
two pistols 'ii his possession, lie was
placed under arrest by Marshal Heaiy
and confined in tue tanks ot the ("ounty !
Jail. Biggins is a young mau of about lb I
years of age, and a resident of tiiis city. '
He is addicted to drink, aud for many
years past has been implicated in many |
cases here, and has cut quite a figure in
the criminal courts. When spoken to re- I
gardiug the shooting last night he stated
that he knew nothing at all Shout it. Ho
was in total ignorance of it all.
The Window through which the bullet !
passed was of stained glass. The party
Who did the shooting must have bred j
from the outside at the reflection of tne
shadow of the parties on tiie inside. The
wounded man states that he could not'
really tell who did the shooting. He !
stated that a party ieft his place an hour j
before, staling that he was going to shoot \
a guest of the hotel, who ne said had j
robbed lum the night previous. Some
State that the shooting was accidental, 1
but the authorities look upon it in a dif- j
ierent light.
—
A TRINITY COUNT V CHIME.
Charles Williams Conf sses to Mur
dering John Hart.
Wkavkuvii.ip.:, Dec. 24-—Charles Will
lams, the 17-year-old boy who is charged
with the murder of John Hart, has con
fessed the crime; and implicates au old
man named Moses Williams, not a rela
tive, who was interested with Hart in
some property, and which he wanted to i
get mil possession of, and to this end he
offered young \\ illiains six h >gs, a two
year-old colt, an interest iv a mining
claim and JIOO to kill Hart and his Indian j
mistress. The boy's courage foiled him
when he went to kill the woman. Ino '
murder of Hart was committed Novem- :
ber 14th. Officers have worked on the
lad until ho could stand the ordeal no
longer, and confessed. Oid man Williams
was arrested while young Williams was
giving his testimony.
SOED AT AUCTION.
Property of Delinquent Tax-Payer* of'
Santa ttoaa Lttsposi v of.
Santa Rosa, Doc. 21.—1 here was con
siderable excitement here to-day over
the sale of delinquent tax property, the
result of tiie refusals on tho part of
prominent property owners to pay the
special water tax recently hei.i to be
valid by Judge Jiam Of Nana. Marshal
fctcadmau gave thou, ail until 11 o'clock |
THE RECORD-UNION.
to pay taxes, and then proceeded with
the sale. Many paid up, but about
Duo worth was sold. Among tiie prop
erty sold were the Santa Bosa Water
Works, the depot, tracks and yards of
the San Francisco and North Pacific
Railway and many lino residences in the
heart of the city. J. H. Brush, President
oi the Santa Bosa National bank, bought
the W .iter Works, the railroad depot and
much "ther property. Other prominent
purchasers were B. M. Spencer, W. G.
Oldham and Max Heymau of this city
and C. M. Fits, Ci Kelsey and A. M.
Haines of San Francisco. It is expected
that titers will be .-^om • Inten sting litiga
tion growing out of tne sale of this prop
erty oy the Marshal.
DID NOT RKFOBX III.M.
A Tacoma Boy A_rain on the Bead to
t be Penitential y.
Tacoka, Dea 24.—Joseph P. Benning
ton, who was arrested Saturday at Eu
gene, (Jr., charged with forgery, is a Ta
coma boy. His parents reside i:ear
Puyailup. On December \b, 1881, Ben
nington was sentenced to three years in
the penitentiary for forgery coinuntted
in Tacoma. April ~>th of this year he was
pardoned by Governor McGraw for good
i conduct. While in tiie penitentiary be
; was one of Warden Coblentz's trusties. I
It was thought he had entirely reformed.
While liere shortly after his releu.se lie |
! professed the deepest penitence for his
crime and solemnly announced that he j
intended to be a better man.
] lv the summer ol 1891 he placed a draft j
for Sj.o.jO, drawn on a Bos Angeles bouse, '
in tbe First National Bank of Puyailup,
for collection, lie succeeded in getting !
the bank to let him check out;_ luu on tbe
draft, which subsequently proved to be a !
forgery. Chief of Police Smith, then a
detective, traced the crime to Bennington
j but bis iriends settled, and he was not
! prosecuted. In the fall of 1891 several '
j forgeries were reported to the police.
| One ol these checks, for fl_s, came into j
the Tacoma National Bank from *.ig
I ii arbor, the name of Attorney E. A.
| Bronson being signed to it. The money .
j was to be remitted by mail, as in the ',
| Eugene case. A decoy letter was sent to
j Cig Harbor, and the next day Smith ar
[ rested Bennington, who confessed, and
! made a statement endeavoring to impii
j c;;te his brother-in-law, now a merchant I
; here. A long trial re-ulted in Benning- !
ton's conviction and sentence, and tho j
acquittal of the brother-in-law.
ACCIDENTS AT COBUB D'AEF.NE. J
Three Men Killed and Another Pa tally !
Injured.
Spokane, Dec 24.—A special to the j
Spokesman-Review from Wallace, Idaho, j
says the Oeur d'Alene District was the }
scene of a series of fatalities this morn- '
ing. 1 hree men are reported dead, and
one is so seriously injured that recovery
is doubtful.
The tirst fatality occurred in the Frisco
.Mine, on < auyon Creek, near Gem, in
which Patrick Sullivan and James Car
ney wero instantly killed. Fred Snell !
was seriously injured. The men were at ;
work in ono of the slopes, when tiie tim
bers broke through. They fell live feet
or so. The men were terribly crushed
and mangled, aud the wonder is that
Snell also did not meet with instant
death. Several other men in the mine
j iiad a narrow escape. Sullivan is an old
timer in the Coeur d'Atones, lie has a
sister, Mrs. James Cronin, residing in
Spokaua, The unfortunate accident was
entirely unforeseen, and it is deepiy de
plored by all.
At Wallace Jack Calvin, formerly of I
Pittsburg, was found uoad in bed this
morning. it is supposed he died from
an overdose of morphine. There is a !
slight indication of foul play. The Cor
oner is holding an inquest.
PERISHED IN Till: MOUNTAINS.
A Prospector Loses Ills Lllo lv Wash
l-_iou s-tate.
Tacoma, Dec. 24.—A Ledger special j
from Koslyn, Wash., says: William }
Wagner, a Montana miner ami pros- !
pector, is believed to liave perished in th 9
upper Clealum country. Two weeks ago
he left lor the Salmon La Sac placers, '
twenty miles distant, to put in tho winter j
placer mining. Midway be left tho trav
eled road, with the intentiou of skirting I
the iooihiils to the east in quest of game, ;
Bending bis supplies on by sleigh. Soon I
after his departure a heavy snowstorm
set in and prevailed for two days, and it j
is almost certain that lie lost Ins bearings, J
wandered tar into, the mountains ana
perished from exposure and starvation.
He was an old mountaineer, but unac
quainted with the topography of this sec
tion.
Judgment Aa&lnsC a Hallway.
Tacoma, Dec. 24—Edna Mitchell was j
to-day awarded $30,000 against the
coma Railway and Motor Company for
injuries received in April, 1892, when she
was run down by a cable car. She is 12 j
years old. This is the second verdict. !
The lirst was for $12,000. Defendants ap
pealed, and the Supremo Court ordered a
UOW trial. Soon after the announcement
of the verdict, on auplication oi Paul
Schulze, President, the court appointed
George W. Bird receiver of the company.
Mr. Bird is the company's Auditor.
Tragedy at Tacotna.
Tacoma, Dec. 24.— E. R. Capran, an up- .
hoisterer, was Killed tiiis afternoon i>j- W. i
T. Taylor, a negro. Taylor is also an up- |
holsterer. The men were quarreling,
when Taylor suddenly struck Capran a
terrible blow in the lace and knocked
him doWn. They wore standing near the
curbstone. Wlieu (apron leli Taylor
gave him an awful kick under the chin.
Caprau's neck was broken and he died iv !
ten minutes. The murderer claims that!
Capran refused to pay him a bill of \
and this led to the quarrel.
Earthquakes iv Idaho.
BoiSB, Dec. 24 —Boise was visited by
three slight earthquake shocks tuis niorn
| ing. The lirst was very light, about 4
j o'clock. Tho second was also slight, |
j about ti o'clock. Ihe third shock was feit t
| everywhere iv tbe city, aud came at 7:ib j
j o'cioek sharp. Houses vibrated percept- j
j ibly, and people asleep were awakened. J
j The shock was accompanied by a boom- I
i ing sound like the roar of a gale of wind.
I Surrounding towns do not report having '
[ felt it.
Fire iv a Church.
Sax Bkknaudixo, Dec. 24.—A Christ- !
mas tree at the Presbyterian Church took
lire tLis evening, and hundreds of chil- i
dren whocrowuod the church stampeded, I
some jumping out of the windows and
; others rusbed for the doors. Several j
! were more or less bruised, but none were
fatally injured. The lire was promptly
extmguisned, but the audience was coin
pelted to disperse without their Christ
mas offerings.
An Overdue Yes-el Arrives in Port.
PORT TowkSKNH, Dec. 21.—Another
overdue vessel, the ship Glory of the
8< i, from San Francisco for Cornox, ar
rived tnis afternoon from San E rancisco, j
I alter a passage uf twenty days. Moder- I
I ataly fair weather was experienced. No
other craft was sighted during the voy- I
age. The tug fraveler passed up to-day \
lrom Grays Harbor with a disabled lour
masted schooner iv tow.
Receiver for street Railways.
Portland. Dec. 24.—1n the United
States District Court to-day O. F. Paxton !
- appointed receiver for the Portland
Consolidated Street Railway Company.
1 ii- company operates over twenty miles '
ol street railway, and its property is rai
ned a: not less tuau between SLdOu.ooo |
| and |2,009,4 B, 1
SACRAMEXTO, TUESDAY MORXIXG, DECEMBER 25. 1594.-SIX PAGES.
SEELEY'S SENTENCE.
The Bank Defaulter Sent to tbe
Penitentiary for Ei'^ht Years.
WELL PLEASED WITH HIS PLACE OP
FUTURE ABODE.
Richard Croker Denounces Congress
man Boorke Cookran—Jodge Woods
Decides the Sentence of Debs and
His Six Associates, the Jail sen
tence to Beiiiu on January Stb,
Next.
Special to tho EtEOORD-UlflOW.
New York, Dec. 24.—Samuel Seeley,
who on Monday last pleaded guilty to
abstracting the funds and altering the
books of the National shoe aud Leather
Bank, was to-day sentenced to eight
years in the Kings County Penitentiary
by Judge Benedict in the United States
Circuit Court. The tdtal amount of his
defalcation was $354,000.
The moment Judge Benedict pro
nounced the sentence Seeley was escorted
from tne courtroom to United States
Marshal McCarthy's otlice in the Federal
building by deputies. He was accom
panied by his uncle, Milford Hallenbaek,
who stood beside him during the trying
ordeal.
Seeley threw himself on a sofa when he
reached tho Marshal's ofhee, and when
asked by an Associated Press reporter il
be had anything to say, replied : "I feel
much .better than L have for ten years. I
am glad it is all over, and that I will be
souuued in the Kiuc 8 County Peniten
tiary, as my poor wile will be able to
visit me, and this will tend to make my
term ol imprisonment seem somewhat
shorter."
The defaulting bookkeeper looked
much better when be emerged _rom Eud
low-street Jail this morning tuan on any
day since ho was brought nack from Chi
cago. Deputy Marshals McAviney aud
Cawle.ss had him iv charge, and they
stood on the platform on a horse-car.
Soeiey lighted a cigar and chatted with
his uuards and to a reporter, but re!used
to say anything in reference to his case.
When the party reached the Federal
building tho prisoner was placed in Mar
shal McCarthy's oilice, where he was im
mediately joined by his uncle, Wilford
Hallenbaek, and Bawyer Frank W.
Angel. A lew minutes later Chief Clerk
Keunedj-aunouncod that Judge Benedict
would not pronounce sentence until 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
President George B. Pease and Director
John N. Beach of the National Shoe and
Leather Bank called about au hour later
and had a talk with .>eeley. The iattor
said that If even he should be sentenced
to the lull limit of the law he would most
willingly assist the otlieiais of the banks
m straijjiiteiiing out the accounts. Law
yer Angel asked the gentlemen to inter
cede with Judge Benedict in Seelay'a -
naif, but they refused. "We are not in
tne least vindictive," said Mr. Beach,
"but tbe case is nowin tbe hands of ihe
Government, and we aro satislied to let
the law lake its course.''
At a few minutes past' 2 o'clock Seeley
was brought into the United States Cii
cuit Court. He was not placed in tho
penitentiary with the other prisoners, but
sat between the deputies near tiie counsel
tables in Bout 01 tho court. His uncle
kept up a continuous conversation with
him, out Seeley seemed to lake very little
interest in his surroundings. Ho was
very nervous, and twisted and untwisted
a white handkerchief with both bands.
When Judge Benedict entered the room
all the chans were tilled with Spectators;
among them were l'resident Crane, Vice-
President Pease and Director Beach of
theShoeand Leather Bank. A couple of
Italians were lirst called for sentence,
i'hey had pleaded guilty to election
frauds, and were sentenced to three years
each. When Soeley's name was called
he arose siowiy and walked to tho bar
w.th bis uncle on one sido and Lawyer
Angel on the other.
Bawyer Angel made an earnest plea for
clemency, and said that although tho
ciime charged was very serious, ho
thought the ends of justice would be
served by the infliction o; a minimum
penalty of five years. Hespokeof Seeiev's
willingness to plead guilty from the day
be was brought back from Ctnca„o, and
stated that in pleading guilty ho had
saved the Government a good deal of ex
pense. Bawyer Angel then went into
the history of the case. He referred to
Seeiev's family, and asked that the court
would grant a favor, that whatever term
tiie court would inflict, Seeley would
be allowed to serve it in tne Kings County
Penitentiary, so tbat his wife could visit
him.
W hen the lawyer had finished thore was
not a sound in the court room, and Judge
Benedict looked at the prisoner fully a
minute before he spoke. In a lew brie/
sentences he said tbat be admired Seeley
lor pleading guilty, but the large amount
involved and the position which Seeley
held in the bank necessitated a severe
sentence, in the hope that it would de;er
others from following bis course. "The
sentence of the court," said Judge Bene
dict, '"is that you be imprisoned in the
Kings County Penitentiary for a term of
eignt years." Seeley meekly bowed his
bead to the Judge, aud left the court room
with tho deputies.
Seeley, by good behavior, can earn a
commutation of thirty-two months, and
will reduce his term of imprisonment to
live years and four months. He will
probably be taken to the Penitentiary
next Saturday, but Marshal McCarthy
said he might not be sent there until some
day next week.
PHONOGRAPH DECISION.
Edison Boson His Suit With tho Graph
apliono Company.
WasHXNOTOV, Dec. 21.—A decision was
to-day rendered in the supremo Court of
the District of Columbia in a suit pend
ing for nearly two years, brought by tiie
American Graphaphone Company, nomi
nally agaiust the Columbia Phonograph
Company, the real parties defendant be
ing Thomas A. Bdison and tho Edison
Phonograph Works.
It was alleged by the American Graph
aphone Company that the original Edison
tinloil phonograph was a failure, as the
sound records it made were not accurate
permanent, or capable of being produced
as oiteu as desired, and it could not be de
tached from the machine, handled and'
transported, and the art now known was
created by the inventions of Alex Gra
ham Beil of Chichester and A. Bell and
Cnarles S. Tainter, who began work un
der the auspices of the Volta Baboratory
Association, and whose patents were
alterwards acquired by the American
Graphaphone Company and every phou
ograph, every phonograph cylinder aud
every phonograph record became practi
cal ana valuable only as far as it"reiied
upon the principle of the engraving rec
ord as distinguished from the abandoned
method of indenting, used on the Edison
original tinfoil phonograph.
No testimony was taken for the Colum
bia Phonograph Company in the ca^e.
aud when the time limit fixed by the
court had almost expired defendant with
drew counsel and allowed a decree by de
fault. The court finds for the American
Graphaphone Company on every point,
issues a decree of injunction against tne
» 1
defendant and orders au accounting by
the auditor of the court. Other suits are
pending in New Jersey, New York, ,
Massacnusetts. Ohio and Kansas.
CHOKER DENOUNCES CO( KUAN.
Now York Tammany Poliiiciaus at (
Outs.
New York, Dec. 24.—The Morning \
Advertiser to-morrow will say: Bi.-hard !
Croker yesterday deuouueed Congress
man Bourke Cockrau in vioieut terms.
In an interview at his Broadway otlice he 1
said, with emphasis: "I have beeorro 1
satislied that certain publications about j
the Tammany organization aud myself I
have been inspired by Bourke Cockrau, !
and 1 have no hesitation in saying that 1 !
believe he nas been going around corners j
talking about me and acting in a way
that sometimes leads ono to be termed an
informer. Now 1 submit that it would
be manifestly more inauiy and more dig
nified for bim to come right out belore
the Executive Committee of Tammany
Hail aud say what he has to say. He has
been termed, or terms himself," contin
ued Mr. Croicor, "a man of oraius. Now
ii this man 01 brains has tbo manhood, '
let him accept my cualleuge to come be
fore the committee, and 1 promise to go!
back to one mere thiug and face [
bim aud discuss these matters with i
bim. 1 expect to go to Florida iv
about ten days, and 1 hope to have tiie
pbasure of meeting him before then, j
Bet us see ii" he can tnako good the talk j
iie has made. If be knows so much, let
him come and tell the committee, to whom
he owes so much lor his prominence "
"What was the original cause of tho
differences between yourself aud Mr.
Cockrau?" Mr. Croker was asked.
"That is generally known,'' was the
renly. "iie was disappointed because be
was not supported by the organization for
Luited Slates Senator in IMG, when Mr.
Murphy ot Troy was nominated to suc
ceed Senator Hiscoek. He was also dis
appointed because he was not renomi
nated for Congress this year, lie could
not havo been elected. He is not a resi
dent of this city. He ran away from his
district just the way he bas ran away I
from some of his friends, lie lives at
sand Point, B. 1., and i do not think he
has been iv his district since. Is it auy
wonder that any man gets sick of politics
when ho has to deal with such characters?
it is thiu»s like this that constitute the
disagreeable loatures of politics. Cock
ran never amounted to anything as a pol
itician. He is like a Western cyclone -all
wind. Of all the members of Tammany
Hail who are under obligations to the or
ganization, this man has proved himself
the most ungrateiul lor favors obtained,
iie never contributed a cent toward his
own election or to the campaign lund of
the Democratic party. He claims to have
done great things for Tammany, if he
were useful to it, why does he not take
bohl now when it is in need a man who
can be useful aud not be piaying to the
galleries"/"
EXAGGERATED REPORTS.
Only Two Keanroea Killed lv the
Georgia Race War.
Atlanta (Ga,), Dec. Advices from
Brooks County to-day say that only two
negroes were killed in tne rioting there
yesterday, instead of seven, as at lirst re
ported, a Quitman special to the Journal
says tho whites are still higlily incensed
and are patroliug the settlement fully
armed, in search of Waveriy Pike, the
negro whose brutal slaughter of Joseph
lsom last week started the trouble. There
is danger tnat other lives will be sacrificed
befoie ho is captured. The two blacks who
were lynched yesterday were not impli
cated in i ike's crimed and were appar
ently slain because tney would not reveal
his whereabouts.
James Wiggins, the negro who killed
an old man and wounded two officers in
attempting to evade arrest iast night, has
not been lynched, and will not be. The
Sheriff with an armed posse is in-ido the
jail and will lire If necessary to protect it.
A special term of the court w ill be con
vened .'Saturday, at which the Wiggins
ease will be poshed with ail vigor. De
tective Murray and Policeman Stringer,
the ollicers wounded by Wiggins, are
both alive. Stringer will recover, but
Murray's case is considered hopeless.
The Coroner's inquest over John Davis,
the old man killed in the melee, rendered
a verdict at noon that he came to his
death by a stray bullet,
D£BS' SENTENCE.
His Term of imprisonment to Benin
on January _ti h.
Chicago, Dec. 24.—Judge Woods to
day decided the jail sontence of Debs and
lis six associates in the Santa Ke case to
begin on January Bth. <>n motion oi At
torney Gregory for the defense, the Santa
Fe and Government cases, on which sen
tences wero cumulative, were separated
and the sentences on the latter deferred
until the Santa Fe sentence is served. An
appeal will be taken in the Government
case
1 ne defensessks that the sentences be
made cum,native instead of concurrent.
There were two ca<os in which union
men were found guilty of contempt—the
Government case and the Santa le.
Judge Woods entered the order, which,
il carried out, will give Deos ono year in
jail instead 01 six months, aud the others
six months instead oi three. This point
was purely technical, lor the purpose of
testing the legality of both sentences in
tue United States Supreme Court.
CAPTAIN DREYFUS.
The Report, That He Attempted Sui
cide Turns Oat to bo Incorrect.
PARIS, Dec. 24.—The report that Cap
tain Alfred Dreyfus, tbe Trench oflicer
who was sentenced on Saturday last to
be deported for life aud to be interned in
a fortress, had afterwards attempted to
commit suicide, turns out to be incor
rect. As the newspapers have been
claiming that the accusations made
against Captain Droylus wore based ou a
document siolen from the German Em
bassy, Count Yon Munster, tho German
Embassador, publishes a note to-day, de
claring in the moat positive terms that
the t.erinan Embassy never, directly or
indirectly, had auy relations with Cap
tain Dreyfus, and demanding the state
ment that the document relorred to was
stolen from the German Embassy be de
nied as a malicious falsehood.
The Government bill decided upon at a
Cabinet council making treason upon the
part of auv oilicer or private of the army
punishable by death iv time of peace, as
well as in time of war, was introduced in
the Chamber of Deputies later in the day
by General Morcier, aud was referred to
the Army Committee. A counter mes
sage was subsequently introduced by M.
Jaruez, the loyalist leader, to abolish the
death penalty from the military code, on
the ground that this should be done since
privates were put to death.
TOPICS OF THE TUKF.
Results of the Knees at the Hay Dis
trict Track.
San Francisco, Dec. 24.—The races to
day wore very ordinary, not a favorite
won.
Five furlongs, Dara won, Experiment
Colt second, llapleiu third. Time—l:los.
Five furlongs. Lawyer won, Charles
Quick second, Gold Dust third. Time—
BOTj.
Six furlongs, Pescador won, Wild
wood second, Del Norte third. Time—
1:22*.
live furlongs, Grandeer wou, Ked Bird
second. Hueneme third. Time—Duo}.
About six furlougs, Major Ban won,
Jake Johnson second, San Lucas third. I
Time—l:2l.. J
HIGHWAYMEN AT OMAHA.
i A Number of Hold-Ups Reported
From Nebraska's Metropolis.
I CITIZENS WAYLAID AND RELIEVED
OF THEIR VALUABLES.
I The National Capital Almost Deserted,
the Major Portion of the Legislat
ors Having Gone to Their Homes to
Spend the Christmas Holidays.
Special to Ihe RFCORD-Uvrov.
Omaha, Dec. 24. —Omaha highwaymen
I began their work early to-night, aud be
| fore f> o'clock a number of hold-ups were
i reported in various parts of the city. Dr.
! Cornelius Satterheld was tho victim of
the most serious case. As he approached
I his home iv the center of tbe city, on a
! well lighted thorough faro, two re
volvers were thrust into his face.
He thought it was a joke of
his neighbors, aud knocked tho
weapons up. lie was immediately shot
down, lie will recover. F. C. Smith
was also dangerously wounded a block
away from Satterlield's residence by
highwaymen.
THE CAPITAB DESERTED,
Unt Few National Legislators at the
so it of Government.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The Capitol
was practically deserted to-day. Uuly a
few rambling sightseers, tho Capitol
; police, and now and thou a stray Seuator
i or Representative, awoke the echoes of its
I spacious corridors. The charm of the fes
i tivities of Chrismas at home was the mag-
I net that had drawn everyone who could
j leave from the Congressional grist mill.
Only the members aud the Senators lrom
the far West, aud those whose families
I are in Washington, remained here. Sev
j eral of them were at their desks for a
I short time to-day, examining their mail,
but they had put their Congressional
labors behind them, and matters t 011
--gressioual were in a state of suspended
animation. Speaker Crisp was in bis
room in the rear of the Hall of Repre
j seutatives about noon, dictating answers
to letters, nut he was almost the only
: member in the vicinity of the Capitol to
day. Mrs. Crisp and her son are here to
eat their f bristmas turkey witu the
j Speaker, and he will remain hero
j throughout the holidays. No committee
work will bo dove at either end of the
! Capitol during the recess.
Senator I.lack!.urn says the Committee
ou Bules, of which he is Chairman, will
not take up tho question of a cloture ruio
or any other subject until alter January
Ist. The Kentucky Senator left the city
to-day to remain until Congress con
venes. Some work will probably oe done
on the appropriation bills yet unreported
j by Chairman Sevres aud some of the
members ol the sub-committee, but their
i work will be subject to uliuiate revision
: when the full committee meets.
WITHIN A YEAR.
A Christmas story.
[Written for the Record-Unioh by Bese
lena.j
It was Christmas live. The wind whis
tled drearily through theloauess branches
of the swaying trees, making weird, sob
bing sounds like that of some poor crea
ture in distress. The rain descended in
torrents from out a bleak, gray, forbid
ding sky, which gave no hope of a clear
up that night. In spite of the dreary
weather the streets were fairly alive with
people, good-natured, pushing, crowd
ing, scrambling people, who did not seem
to mind the inclemency of the weather,
but had come out to see tho sights and do
a little shopping belore the stores closed.
Down the gaily lighted street a mau !
came, his hands thrust deep into his coat j
pockets, his collar turned up to protect I
him from the piercing wind and his j
slouch hat pulled weil down over his I
eyes. He did not seem to mind the rain,
which ran from bun in little rivulets, but !
walked along the busy streets with un
seeing eyes, heanug nothing of the merry ;
laughter and chatter which was going on
around bim. Suddenly, with a half-smoth
ered, impatient exclamation, be turned
down a side street. He wanted to get
away lrom the gay crowd; from the I
lightedahopwindows with their tempt-
ing displays. The sights and sounds of
tne approaching Christmas maddened
him. He wanted to be away from it all
witu only bis own sad thoughts for com
pany. He hated the sound of Christmas; j
it brought too vividly back to his mind
the miserable time in his life which ne
would like to torget it he could.
As he walked down the quiet, deserted
street he let his mind wauder time- j
strained over that unhappy past. Just!
one year ago to-uigiit he considered him- !
self tho happiest man alive —happy! As
the thought came into lus mind a bitter,
mocking laugh escaped him, a laugh I
which echoed down the deserted street
and was caught up by the howling,
snriekiug wind aud carried away with it
to mix aud mingle with it, aud in time
become a part of its now mad demoniac
BeU
Yes, he was happy, for he had all mor- ;
tai man could expect or wish on earth, i
He was married lo one of the best un i i
dearest women in the world and nothing j
seemed wanting to make their Jo 3' and
gladness complete, until oue day there !
cams to their earthy Eden a bold, black
eyed woman, with a loud voice and an |
assertive manner, who said sue was the '
le^al mistress of his heart aud home, and
that she, the woman whom he loved bet- !
ter than life itself, was nothing but his !
. He shudders now as he thinks of:
that hatelui word, aud digs his hands !
down deeper into his coat pockets in im
patient despair as the memory of that
past again sweeps over him. He could <
not deny the woman's claim; it was, j
alas! 100 true.
In a niomeut of boyish infatuation ho
had married her, but no sooner had the
ceremony been completed thau he re
pented of his folly aud left her. He
heard from her from time to time through
his lawyers, who sent her a certain al
lowance each month; and then oue day
the glad news came that he was a lree
man; that the bonus which bound hi in
had been snapped asunder; that death —
ah, kindly death ! you are somoiimes not
such a grim tyrant after all—had stepped
iv and released him; that the ship ou
which his wife was going to Europe had
sunk in mid-ocean aud not a soul had
been saved. Then he had met and wooed I
and won the only woman he had ever
loved, aud they were happy—ah, pitying
heaven! how happy had they been until
the serpent appeared and destroyed their
earthly paradise.
He weil remembered the day this had
occurred, tho surprise which seemed to
numb his heart with an icy _rasi> and
freeze the words which his lips could not
utter; of the bitter reproaches of the
woman he loved, whose life he had
ruined; of the triumphant look of her,
who, iv the eyes of the law, was his truo
aud legal wile, and then all at once while
he was trying to grasp the great mis
fortune-; which had entered into his life,
botii women had disappeared aim roni
that day on not a trace of them could be
found, though he had employed skilled
detectives in the search and had traveled
himself from ono place to another, but
always with the same result.
If he could but lind tho woman wiio
called bersell his wife he would ect a di
vorce from her and then he would be
free to marry the woman whom he loved,
but had so unwittingly wronged; but so
far the search had been in vain. lie was
disheartened and discouraged as he
thought of the past. The idea of suicide
entered his mind; it was not a stranger
there, this gruesome thought; it had been
with him many times since trouble and
sorrow had come upon him, but he was
not a coward, and he banished the
notion with -corn: but to-night, upon the
anniversary of the tragedy of liis life,
thethougnt seized upon him stronger
than ever and roiused to be put down.
Deatb Beamed very sweet and restful
alter all iie had been through, and he was
just about to yield, to walk down the
Pink to the river and throw himsell iv,
when a iow sobbing wail piercing tho
solitude of the streei fell upon his ears.
lie paused and listened, unaole to locate
the sound in tiie fury ol the gale. Again
it cauie, this time faint and iow, as
though the effort of making even tins
low moan was too great to be borne. The
next instant the man had run down the
brink which separated the street from
iho river and in the darkness almost
stumbled over a crouching ligure ou tiie
other side.
He called out, but received no reply.
Hastily lighting; a match and protecting
it from the wind and rain in the hollow
of his hand, he .-aw by the ioeble, dicker
ing light that the figure was that of a
woman, lie knelt beside her and en
deavored to arouso her; the match in his
hand went out as he did so, but he had
just tune enough to see a white, upturned
lace, uuou which tue rain was descending
with cruel and relentless fury, liis heart
beat strangely and his baud shook so he
could scarcely find another match. The
wind blew it out as he lit it. Some Btrange
icir took possession of him. What hor
rible discovery was he about to make?
At last he succeeded in getting a light,
and iv fear and trembling held it over
the woman's face.
With a great cry which rings far over
the lands he fails upon the prostrate bodj'
and great aoljs shake him from head to
foot. Hastily recovering himself, he feels
the woman's heart; it is still and pulse
less, iie stoops and listens for her
breath; there is none, but a half-mocking
smile rests upon tho still, paie lips; then
he knows that the woman before him is
deau; that nevermore can she be the
avenging Nemesis of his life. Never
more can she come between him aud his
love, for sho is dead, dead, dead; and as
tho thought conies to him he stoops aud
imprints a kiss upon the cold, mocking
lips which in life had east only scorn and
opprobrium at bim; but all that is forgot
ten in tho sublimity of death, aud as he
does so the hells peal out their chimes
and Christmas day has dawnod.
The storm of last night has passed
ay ay. From out oi a bine and cioudh ss
shy the sun shines in golden splendor.
There is nothing save au added sharp
ness ip the air to tell that winter is at
hand. Tho streets are thronged with
li ippy-faced people ou their way to
church. All the world seems at peace
and rest, ior the Christ child who was
bora iast night has diffused his soothing
presence over all the world, and all man
kind is at peace. The body of the woman
found at the river's edge has beeu re
moved to the morgue,and fully identified.
Alter a hasty examination the doctor has
given his opinion mat death was due to
ueart disease, bat the autopsy will not be
held until to-morrow.
Once more the man is out among his
fellows, eagerly watching the passing
throngs—for what, ho cannot tell himself;
be only knows that since last nighta
iug of peace and quiet to whicO
be has long since been a stranger has
come over him, and while he is not ab
solutely happy still he is content. In
stinctively he wandered lo the spot
where ho had walked iast night as in a
dream; he goes over the event of the
previous night and suddenly he finds
himself at the very spot where he lirst
heard the feeble cry. lie climbs up tue
high bank and again looks over; in the
very spot where last night lay the dead
woman there was standing another, but
this one, thank God, is alive, and stands
with clasped hands looking out at tiio
river dancing and sparkling in the sun
shine. The man knew her in an instant;
would he ever be able to forget that well
loved face?
Very softly he climbs down the steep
bank so as not to frighten her, and stand's
beside her. .She looks up and givesalit
tio glad cry of recognition, and then
shrinks from bim as memory again as
serts itself. Presently they were seated
together on iho sami, and the man tells
the story; telis of his love and his long
search, ot his sufferings, oi his liuding of
his wile so unexpectedly. As he proceeds
his arm steals around her, and at the end
she is sobbing softly on his shoulder.
Presently she looks up, her face ail wet
with the tears so receully shed, like a
flower washed with dew, thinks the man,
as he gazes at her great starry eyes, the
tear-drops yet hanging to tne long lashes,
and a-; hei iie.id sinks on his shoulder and
her band steals iv his ne places the kiss of
reconciliation upon ncr lips, and as hedoes
so the church-bells are waiting to them
lrom far oi er ihe city, and tho sons they
Bing in both their hearts is. "Peace on
earth; good will toward man."
ARMENIAN QUESTION.
The Commission Not Likely to Visit
tho Mountain Districts.
Constantinople, Dee. 24.—Chekif
Bey, President of tho Court of Cessation,
and Djelaleddin Bey, President of the
Correctional Court of Appeals, have been
appointed members of the Armenian
Council. Abdullah Pasha has been re
recailed on account of representations
that he is interior iv rank toSekki Pasha,
commander of tho Turkish troops, said
to be responsible for the outrages, who
will be examined by tho commission,
it is stated here the question of ihe ap
pointment of au American delegate to
accompany the commission aud make au
independent investigation is still unset
tled. Minister Terrell held a iong audi
ence with the Sultan last evening, and
the matter will be considered at a council
of tho Ministers to-day. In view of the
severity of ihe winter the commission is
not likely to be aole to visit the mount
ain districts of Saanouu.
TURKEY MAKES AN OFFICIAL BTATfi-
MKNT.
Washington, Dec. 2k—The Turkish
Legation has received the followiug olh
ciai cablegram: "Certain newspapers an
nounced the execution oi thirty-six Ar
menians at Br/.eroum. This information
is not correct, tue facts being as follows :
'< Hit of lorty-six Armenians under arrest
at Erzeroum, thirty-six were liberated,
live were coiidemued to death and the re
maining live sentenced to ten years of
hard lauor. Several others were also con
demned to death, but thoy are in flight.
The condemned men were couvicteo* of
murder and rape. But the legal formali
ties concerning these seuiences have not
yet beeu fullilied.' "
a. D. Starr liead.
Oakland, Dec. 24.—A. It. Starr, pro
prietor of the Starr Flouring Mills at
Stockton died here this lorenoou in his
64th year. Deceased came to Caliioruia
in U :■'. and had beeu a resident of Oak
laud lor thirty years.
Just Wiie.-e.
"Caught the nigger in your cotton
natch, did you?"
"" "Yes."
''And shot him on the run?"
"No; on the shin—best place in the
world to hit 'em."—Atlanta Constitution,
COMPLETE SETS
Can be ordered direct from the East
through this office.
WHOLE NO. 16,597.
THE ORIENTAL TROUBLES.
Japan Skeptical as to the Peace
Overtures of China.
'•■ DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT HER MO
TIVES ARE SINCERE.
A Baree Number of Lives Reported to
Have Roeu Lo»t, tbe Result or
Storms in Europe—Many Vessel-
Wrecked Oirtbe Coast of Germany,
Special totli^ ItFcoicn-Uxiov.
Tokio, Doc. 24,—Parliament was opened
to-day. Tho speech from the throne briefly
referred to the victories achieved by the
Japanese troops iv every engagement, and
says they are steadily pressing lorward in
j the enemy's territory, adding it is especi
ally satistactory to note, in spite of the
I cold aud hardships, the forces are more
than ever distinguishing themselves by
j their vaior.
The relations of Japan with the neutral
; powers are more friendly thau ever. The
revision of treaties has been accomplished
with some countries, and with other states
negotiations aro making favorable prog
ress.
In conclusion, the speech says: "Hav
ing been placed in such a glorious situa
tion, wo wish more than ever to promote
j the civilization of the couutry and to en
join Parliament to tako note of the state
j of affairs at home and abroad, and by se
curing harmony between this Govern
■ meiH and the people assist iv the iurther
! ance ol the Imperial wishes."
The Government is still skeptical in
regard to China's peace overtures, and
j points out no authoritive statement has
i been^uiade by China in regard to the mis
sion, and whilo China now prolessos to
wish peace, news bas reached the Gov
ernment ol Japan tnat China is negotia
; ting lrom the purchase of the entire
squadron ot the Chilean navy, and tho
j agents of C.olonel You Hannekin in Eu
rope aro trying to eulist a number of oili-
I cers ior service in the Chinese army nad
navy.
JAPAN BSE ADVANCE.
London, Dec. 24.—A dispatch from
Snanghai statos the Thiru Japaueso
Army is reported to have lauded west of
thee 100 ana captured Bai Chow, a sea
port town iv the province of Chau Bung,
on the south shore of the Gulf of BcC
chiii.
SEVERE FIGHTING.
Yokohama, Dec 24.—General Katsura
on December 1 _:_ attacked General
Bung's position, seven miles west ot ilait
Cheng. The position was defended by
10.UU0 Chinese, who were rouieu aiter
lour assaults. The Japanese force con
sisted ol lour regiments of infantry aud
live batteries of artillery. The latter
bombarded tne Chinese, who had estab
lished themselvers in the village of Kong
\\ asatai. The fighting was stubborn, the
combatants meeting hand to hand. The
light was the fiercest tnat has yet ta_ou
place.
The Japanese infantry charged twice
through the scattered lines, nut tho
enemy rallied. Three bayonet charges
t eventually won the day for Katsura alter
j live hours of the hottest lighting yet e_t
! perienced by the second army. Too
< hinese faltered as tue third advance be
gan and lied in disorder toward Viug
Kow. The losses are not yet known, bat
the Chinese are reported to have left 500
men ou tne battlefield.
Kobe, Dec. 24.—Thousands of Tong
haks deicaied the Corean garrison oi
soldiers at Chaßado and then burned
their bouses. The inhabitants of the
town lied.
ADMIRAL TING ro REMAIN IN CHARGE
OF I H _ ( |i [NESE FLEET.
London, Dec 24.—A dispatch to the
es from lien Tsin,which will bo pub
lished to-morrow, says au order has been
issued continuing Admiral Ting in
charge of the fleet. Tne foreign otficers
I m unarge of the fleet, it appears, sent to
I Prince iv-ung, President of the Admir
alty, as well as President of the Tsung
la Yamen, a unanimous protest agaiust
the punishment of Admiral Ting, who
j has been blamed ior not orotecting tne
[ dock yards at Port Arthur against the
. Japanese fleet, as well as for the defeat of
; the Chinese licet at the battle off the
: Vaiu Kiver, in which engagement he was
in command of the Chinese squadron.
The foreign officers declare the charges
against Ting are unjust, anu that they
will resign if he is displaced. I
; I hinese naval officers also sent a. petitiou
jto Prince Kuag asking ior Admiral
ling's reteuiioii.
'1 lie Foo Chow clique, which <
Admiral i ing, is now, ihe Times dispatch
adds, conspiring against Admiral Ting,
and is prompting itie censors with false
accusations in order to avenge the execu
tion of their comrade, Admiral Pong,
commander of the cruiser Chen Yuen*
who was executed ear.y in November for
cowardice in the battle off the Vaiu
Kiver.
Japanese cruisers have lately been ex
amining the Chang Lung coast. They
appear to be selecting a lauding place
near \\ ei-Hai-Wei preparatory to attack
ing that place. iShao Yeo Lion, the lale
Governor of Formosa, who with Chang
Ying Hou, a member oi the Tsung Bi
. amen, was appointed Imperial Com
missioner to treat for peace witu Japan,
has beeu found to be ineligible lor tnat
office as he is accused of having offered
rewards while Governor of Formosa for
Japanese heads.
A dispatch lrom Pekin to the Times,
which will be published to-morrow, says:
American mediation proves to be but a
formal compliance with tiie Tien-Tsin
treaty without any practical results.
Hence China will dispatch a fresh mis
sion under American advice and will en
deavor to negotiate direct.
SI Oil MS IN EUROPE.
A Larffe Number of Lives Reported to
Have Beeu Best.
London, Dec. -4.—Telegraph lines in
the northern part of Great Britain are
still down and the full amount of dam
age by the storm is not known. It is
estimated, however, that fifty to one hun
dred persons lost their lives during the
gale. The weather chart to-day shows a
new disturbance coming from the At
lantic.
The steamer Oswald of Whitby has
been wrecked off the Mull of Gailetway.
Ail on board wero lost.
The Bioyds to-day report seventy-nine
wrecks aud ecsualties during the storm,
many accompanied by loss of life.
VESSELS WRSCKKOb
Amsterdam, Dee. 21.—The storm news
from various parts of the coast shews
the damage has beeu much greater thau
| was at tirst supposed. The North Sea
| beach in every direction has been washed
away fourteen to twenty leet, and many
fishing vessels draw v upou tho beaca.
have been destroyed. The German bark
Caroline has been wrecked off the coast.
| Ton of the crow were drowned.
There are about 80,000,000 corsets of
home manufacture sold annually in Pari.,
besides a million or so of stays made in
Germany and sent thero to meet the de
maud.
Raw silk of the value of (t2__BK,o9o was
imported during the iast fiscal year.