Newspaper Page Text
r"-f ir'2r S""-W-!5'-? $r j T E . The Weather Today. ) j 2Tne iraes 000 OIJD was tiia TIMES' circu UtijLw lationfor lasl week. Snow, clearing- before noon; variable winds, becoming- north The STAR'S circulatiai (or lasl wes!( was , . IS westerly. E 5 vol. in. :nx. 1,011. -WAsnxisraToisr, d. c, wjedntjesdat, December 2a, i896 eight pages. ONE CENT. "-!- Sxfic MORNING MB. QLNEYTRIPS MORGAN Quotes a Cuban Speech to Show His Inconsistency. TOWER OF THE EXECUTIVE Secretary Says That Lust February the Senator Expressed Views Oi poslto to Those lie Now Holds In the Cuban Mutter Feeling in Con gress Still lutensu. Though Congressional delta tcs liavc not Ijceii forthcoming to stimulate and keep actively in dlfcusslou tlie interest bi ought out by U10 latest phases of tlie Cuban situation, tlie manifestatoiisol lecling on that topic liave i ot lessened in any degree Thepositionsassuined by Sccrctnrx Clney have been tlie main features c.f discuss ons in private and public, and so far as tlie opinions of members of Congress to in tlie matter it is evident tliat tlie burden of tlie gt ral deelarat oasis antagonistic to tlie views, declared by tlie Secietan Of State. .At tlie same time It is felt that tlie many instances wherein distinguished gentle men, pnitninent in public life, in interna tional law, and in business, have pivon open expressions of views, fully indorsing the jiosition of the administration on the Cuban situation, have not been witliouc a tend-ncy to sensibly temper what some regard a too hastily formed judgment as to the immediate necessity of ignoring Mr. Olney's views. Power of the President. In all the discussions held by Mr. Alor pan of the Committee on Foreign helntioiis he lias taken no backward step from his original position that Air. Olney's atti tude is beyond all proper precedent, and an assertion of power for the Executive that has never been delegated to that branch of the governnicutby any decision of the Supreme Court in a consideration of tlie country' Constitution. Air. Sherman, the chairman of tlie For eign Affairs Committee, holds as well that the position of Air. Olney in the present particular is untenable under the Constitu tion. Air. Alorgan says in conversation that if tlie President can recognize the Cuban republic independently or Congress lie could displace Air. de Louie of liLs rights to represent the Spanish monaichy licre. New nnglandCongrcssmengenernlly, with perhaps one or two exceptions, notably lir. Chandler, who vigorously adheres to his heretofore expressed opinion that it would lie preposterous for an Executive to noliry Spain not to expect, until our next administration comes into power, any action on the Cuban question, are dis posed to be more t onervatlve. Hawley Is Outspoken. Senator Ilawley, of Connecticut, does not he-Hale to say point blank that lie disapprove or the Cameion resolutions. He looks at it as rather unreasonable to expect the administration to take action under the circumstances when there "will lo a. new administration in charge of the government in less than three months. The two Aiame Senators dirfer, though very slightlj, in icspect to the Olney i osi tion. Senator Hale does not doubt the oonectness or the stand taken by tlie Secretary or State, and his colleague. Air; Frye, who is a m mber or the Committee on Foreign Relations, while he has been inclined to think Air. Olney is. right, has not freely determined what the effect would be if the Cameion resolution should pass. Their colleague in the other house of Congress, Air. Dingley, in a conservative opinion on the situation, thinks serious erroih aie liable to ccctir -when the legis lative branch of the government interferes with the diplomatic. Tlie Secretary of State himself is not content to rest quietly m the face of thy repeated dissensions to his statement. He has no: been slow to refer to the position of Senator Alorgan as a clearly inconsis tent one, and referring hist evening to the answer made by Air. Alorgan In the Senate Yesterday to a question by Senator Hill Aiat it wis preposterous to question the Jght of Congress to recognize the inde I tndence of Cuba, said Air. Alorgan took aJi almost entirely different view of the natter last February, when .the concur rent resolution, expressing the sympathy 11 Congress for the insurgents and urging he President to use his good offices v.-Jth iain to bring about a termination of the struggle on the inland was under discussion in the JTcnate. Alorgan Is Inconsistent. liis remarks on that occasion have a divct bearing upon the issue raised by the Secretary of State that the power of recognizing the independence or a new government is vested exclusively in the President regardless of the -wishes of Congress in the matter. .According toSecretary Olney, theSenator from Alabama at that time coincided -with the position now assumed by the Executive, and to show it he invited at tenUon to the following extract from Air. Aiorgan's speech, as contained in the Con gressional Kecord of Fcbrurary 25 last. If the Senator from Delaware "will allow me, I again distinctly admit and assert that the President of the United States has the exclusive right to recognize the independence of a foreign country, be cause that affects our people not at all, but in the case of Hawaii, "we already had representatives to that government and had recognized the independence of that government many years ago. "That recognition was a mere chnnge in regard to the personnel or the government and in tlie form of it, as in the case of the recognition of Spain as a republic and of France as a republic, -which recogni tion was communicated by cablegram direct from the President without the inter ference of Congress at all, and the recog nition of Brazil, when we concurred -with the President of the United States in the recognition of the independence of that power.' Ex-Congressman Hatch Dying. St. Louis, Dec. 22. Word reaches hero from Hannibal, AIo., that ex-Congressman "W. II. Hatch of the First district of Alis bourl, is djlng or Bright's disease at his residence, near that city. Mr. Hatch lias been an invalid for several months und lately his sickness has reached an acute Ktage. He is widely known as the "father of the anti-option bill." Herrmann Died in Debt. JJew York, Dec. 22. The widow of Trof. Hermann has applied to the Queen's county courthouse for letters or adminis tration on her late husband's estate. She said the magician left only $2,500 worth of property, and that bin debts far ex ceeded that amount. TOURIST PARTY DROWNED. Thirteen Lost Their Elves in a Chinese ltiver. Tokio, Japan., Dec. 5. Special corrc Sliondence oMhe United Associated Presses, per steamer Bclgic. A terrible accident occurred October 27 on the Fuji River, a stream celebrated for its rapids, the shooting of which in espe cially constructed boats is one of the de lights of tourists. Eighteen youths, who were members of a touring party, hired a Itoat to travel down the rapids. When the boat ap proached the Yabuga rapid, which is the most dangerous, the boatmen asked the party to land and to re-embark below the rapid. They refused, the boat was upset and thirteen or the tourists and three twutmen were drowned. The Alohammedan rebellion in the north ol China is at an end, according to an official decree issued November 9. The numltcr of Alohanimedans that fought is put by the decree at 200,000, all off whom have been either annihilated or diiven Into the mountains between Kausii and Thittet, where they are gradually being hemmed in. WAITERS CLAD AS FARMERS Anniversary of the Pilgrims' Land ing Celebrated by a Dinner. Secretary of the Navy Herbert, Gen. Allies and Others Responded to Toasts. New York, Dec. 22. The New England Society or the city or New York cele brated the ninety-rirst anniersary of its organization ami the two hundred and scv- J enty-sixth or the landing or the Pilgrims by a dinner this evening at the Waldorr. Tlie dinner was held in the ballroom or the hotel, which was elaborately decorated for the occasion. , A featureof theoccasion wasthecostumes or the waiters who served the wine6. They were gotten up as New England rami laborers, and wore blue striped bhirts, blue jean trousers and straw hals. Ex-Judge Henry E. Howland, the first vice president, presided at the dinner The following responded to toas'-s- E. J. Phelps, ex-minister to England; Kev. Dr. Aiinot J. Savage, Col Richard .Malcolm Johnston, of Baltimore; Hamilton W. Alatiie; Gen Horace Porter, Hilary A. Herbert, Secre tary of the Navy; Gen. Nelson A. Allies. Arthur Lord, president or the Pilgrims Society, or Plymouth; Mayor Strong, and J. Kennedy Tod. The attendance was the largest in the history or the society. Coverb were laid for TiOO and nearly every beat was taken. Others present beside those inemtioiied were: Horace Russell, Stewart L. Woo I rord, Ehhu Root, J. Picrjiont Alorgan, Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, Commodore AIoiil gomery Slcard, Hon. Charles A. Dana, Cornelius N. Bliss, C. P. Huntington, Arthur F. Boweis. and ex-Gov. RosweU p. Flower. Gen. Aliles in his speK-h reviewed the' hlstorj of the .4rm , and coining down to modem times, said: "In this enlightened age, with greater progress being in the appliances' of war, and the effective use cf n.odern inventions by everj naticn on earth, it Ill-becomes the American people to sleep the sleep or apathy or dream the dream of vain glory, unwanaiited confidence, unconsciously dls regaidtng all the lessons of history." Secretary Herbert said in his speech: "When, eleven years ago, 1 was put in chargeof the Naval Committee orthe House or Representatives I knew little or nothing about the subject, but the time had conic to build a new navy and there was a reason why I especially desired to go on that committee. "I was an ex-Confederate soldier and felt that m helping to rebuild the Navy, which j represented the majesty and the power of the United States as one country, I might help also in the good work of reuniting tlie two sections. No one can tell to what extent, if any, the votes of Southern men for the Naw have contributed. "Our civil war stands out in the past as an unrivaled testimonial or American courage; of the willingness or men and women reared under free institutions to die for their convictions, and even more than the heroism we displayed upon the battlerield, our coming together has as tonished mankind." Air. Herbert went on to tell or the build ing up of the new Navy and contrasted it with the Navy at the command of the rilgrim fathers in 1812. M'KINLEY HOMEWARD BOUND P resident-Elect and Party Due in Canton This Afternoon.- Chicago, Dec 22. Afajor AIcKinley left Chicago tonight In a special car attached to the regular Pennsylvania train which departed at 11:30. Tlie train is due in Canton at 1:35 Wednesday afternoon. Alajor AIcKinley was accompanied by 1.1s wife, Alissara Duncan, a neice.and Capt II. O. Heistaud. Before his departure Major AlcK'nley said that the visit to Chicago had boon an enjoyable one and had benefited both himself and Mrs. AIcKinley. He also remarked that he expected few callers at Canton during the holidays. This afternoun Alajor AIcKinley drove with his wife and Capt. and Airs. AicWilliams to one of the great stores. A member of the party went into the building to make a purchase- and in Jess than three minutes employes and customers came .streaming forth to see the President elect. The street was speedily blockaded and it was a quarter of an hour before traffic was resumed. Owing to the fact that it was announced that Major AIcKinley had left the. city last evening, aside from the incident just mentioned tie found this the most restful day of his visit to Chicago. Italian Banlter Decamps. New York, Dec. 22.-Alarcello H. Bara latl, an Italian banker, has disappeared, leaving several hundred depositors and creditors to mourn his departure. The sheriff is now in charge. The absconding banker conducted two houses-one at 50 Mulberry street and the other at 337 East One Hundred and Thirteenth street. It is said that Baralati has decamped with any wherefrom $50,000 to $60,000. Gas Explosion Victims Improving. Wilkcsbarre, Pa., Dec. 22. All .of the miners rescued last evening from th e Haltl morc No. 2 mine after an explosion of gas had occurred, are in an Improving condition today excepting Michael Chumpo. CuumiK) was badly burned about the body and may die. The others will recover. Flooring, 51.50 lor 100 Feot. Kiln-dried heart, one width, one length. Libbey & Co., Cth st. and New York av. M'KMLEY MO THE CLERKS Will Civil Service Rules Protect After March Fourth? QUESTION IN THE HOUSE legislative Hill 1'ussed After Lively Debate Over Effectiveness and Character of Reform in Depart ment Service Air. "Walker Tells How Factories Are Managed. The House passed the legislative ap propriation bill yesterday without further amendment. The only changes of im portance from the form in which It came from committee were the icductionof the librarian salary in tlie new Library of Congress to $5,000, and fixing hib bond at $50,000. The urgency deficiency bill came in from tlie Senate during the daj witli a minor amendment, and was passed. It is now ready for tlie President's signature. The discussion- or the civil service sys tem was continued throughout the after noon. Replying to Air. Broius Mr. Richnrd-on read from reports and from the Congres sional Record to show that Mr. Diosius was mistaken in his statement that the railway mail service was benefited by President Harrison's suspension of the civil service order. He claimed that large numbers of Republican clerks were appointed and the lesult was plainly detrimental to the service. lie reail figures at gteat length to prove this. Under Air. Harrison's "new and efficient clerks" the ratio was one error for 2.&00 pieces of mail handled. But under Presi dent Cleveland the efficiency of clerks was such that the ratio was one enor for 5,500. He read a letter showing how Republicans had been pushed into the service. Who wrote the letter?" asked Mr. Brosius. "Itis not signed." "Bo you propose to arraign the Harrison administration upon an anonymous letter?" "You didn't ask that question when Air. Baker read a similar letter this morning." "Warning in Figures. Air. Richardson declared that the purpose of the present discussion wasto prepare the way for somiaciion t betaken a rter March I to make room for Republicans. Mr. Walker said if the figures given by Air. Richardson were correct they ought to be a great warning to the incoming ad ministration. The spoils, system he denounced as wholly bad. He wanted men retained in their positions. This was the practice of the factories No man was ever discharged so long as he was faithful. He had a man it! his own employ whom he would have beeh glad to dismiss any time in twenty years because personally disagreeable. But the man was faithful und he would not do it. He had been told by a Cleveland manu facturer that he would sooner rail than turn out old employes who had become decrepit and incrrectivc In his service. He added: "Every right minded man who employes his fellow man considers that he lias vested right In his job." He urged that the civil service of the government ought to be conducted in the same spirit. Air. Williams repelled a reference by Mr. Walker to tlie "white trash" of the South He said it should be remembered that Abraham Lincoln belonged to that class He said he was opposed to the spoils sys tem, and favored a proper civil service. But he did not favor the establishment of an orfice-holding class. He wanted a pass examination. No man ought to he appointed who wasnot capable. But it wab net possible to establish grades of efficiency bj percentages. He opposed life tenure of office. There was no ques tion that this ptomotcd efficiency. Tlie German service was a puof of this. But itcreated a class of citizens, a thing wholly foreign to democratic principles. He would have a fixed term of seivice, but rot the same as the Presidential term. It should be longer. There bhould be no hold for the spoils bystem. Air Walker answered that Air. Williams knew his words were not intended as a slur upon the South. Air. Bowers then took up the fight. He said: "I am whollj opposed tothlscivil service reform humbug. Politics? "Why, for the pastthree years there has been nothing but politics in the civil service. In Cali fornia not two per cent, nor one per cent of Republicans were left in the customs service; it was no per cent. There was a clean sweep. It was three years and a hair before President Cleveland could get the service In shape to feuit him to put under the civil service lules. There never was such a gigantic partisan scheme." The Chicago Platform. Air. Neal called attention to the fact that the Democratic platform adopted at Chicago provided for the very kind of civil service reform most gentlemen who had talked were in favor of. He was called an anarchibt for btipi orting that platform, but was content ir it pleased anybody. "I notice by the election returns there are about seven thousand anarchistsin the country," he said. For a moment the slip was not noticed; then a laugh was heard from several directions. Air. Neal hastily corrected himself, saying: "Seven mil lions, Mr. Chairman, seven millions," and was greeted with laughter and applause from the whole house. As the committee Was about to rise and report, Mr. Aldrich moved to strike out the appropriation for thecivil service work. Mr. Brosius vehemently opposed this and read the declaration of the Republican platform of this year and Major AIc Kinely's letter, declaring that civil service reform had come to stay and the only thing to do was to improve it. Mr. Richardson asked him whether Alajor McKinlcy, when he came in, would follow the example set by President Harrison. "I feel quite sure," was the reply, "that the President-elect will do all he can to Improve the service. I know him to be a true, faithful man, and a patriotic citizen. He will pursue a cautious policy in the line of progress." Mr. Richardson then questioned the con sistency of the new President. "Don't my friend know," replied Mr. Brosius, dramatically, "that a great man, a statesman, a philosopher, has nothing to do with philosophy. Mr. Aldrich's- amendment was defeated 29 to 32. Mr. Baker's amendment was also lost, and the bill passed. . By consent a resolution providing for the printing of 1,500 copies of a paper, giving information as to the operation of the civil service law was passed. The House adjourned at 3:40 d. m., till Jan uary 5. - INHALED ILLUMINATING GAS. Maryland School Teacher Found Dead in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, dec. 22. -Miss Alary H. Powi'll, a good-looking womun from Winona, Somersotcoimty, Maryland, was round dead in bed this morning at A boarding house. No. 912 Spruce street, Having been killed by inhaling illuminating gas which had. escaped fiom an open ga; jet. AINs Powell came tojtuls city yesterday to have an operation performed upon her nose at a hospital here, and as nothing In the case pointed to suicide, it Is the sup position that the unfortunate woman was the victim of an accident. Aliss Powell was well dressed, had a gold watch and chain ami $20 In money with her. From a memorandum book found among her effects it in thought that she was a i-uhool teacherof Winona. Her friends were notified and they telegraphed tlie coroner that they would come here to take charge of tlie remains. BRYAN COMPELLED TO SPEAK Enthusiastic Crowd Welcomed Him to Atlanta. Tendered Ovutlons -During His Trip from Clilcago Declined to Dis cuss Cuban Question Atlanta, G.i., Dec 22.-Hon. William J. Brayn arrival heie at 11 o'clock tonight. An immense- crowd, was waiting to greet him. There were cries for" a speech and a rush for him when he stepped fiom the train, but he was hurried into a carriage and driven to the Kimball House. The crowd followed and insisted on a speech. A german was being danced In the ball rfioin by one of the swell clubs. Before he knew what was happening, the late candidate was surrounded by the fair dancersin eveningdicss. The german was abandoned for the time. In response to continued cries for a speech, Air. Bryan appeared on the lirst arcade and spoke -Very bnetly, thanking his friends for their welcome to him. Air. Bryan came frthn Chicago direct. At Harriinnns, Chattanooga, Dalton.Rome, and other points, mauy were out to meet him. Large crowds assembled In Chatta nooga and Atlanta at an early hour under the impression that l;e would come by a route other than the one he traveled. He said that ho did cot want demonstra tions and therefore came by a different line. He declined to discUbS tlie Cuban question. in i nattanooga.ln the course of a speech, he said that he would do all he could to make the silver cause stronger in 1000 than it is now. Air. Bryan .speaks here to morrow night, and leaves Tor home Thurs day morning NO. CUBA. IN TOE SENATE. Vpper House Passed the Urgent De ficiency Hill add Adjourne'd. The spectators who had assembled in large numbers in the Senate galleries yesterday, in expectation or witnessing interesting scenes and or listening to an exciting debate in connection with the Cuban question, were disappointed, the only thing that came up having any re lation to that subject at all being a resolution of Inquiry as to the circum stances attending the death of an Ameri can citizen, said toIiave been "hacked to pieces by Spanish soldiers" In the Island or Cuba. Mr. Vest did not call up, as Jie had given notice that he would, his resolution for an inquiry as to the constitutional question presented by the Secretary of State in his press statement touching the power of the President to ignore a joint resolution of Congress directing him to recocnl7e the Independenee of the republic of Cuba. The morning hour, in which that sub ject might have been discussed, was oc cupied by Mr. Morgan in a long speech against the PaclHc Itailroad funding bill, and in favor of the government taking possession of tlios. roads which, he con tended, It was its Tight and duty to do whenever a default in payment of the bonds occurred. The urgent deficiency bill was passed and was immediately returned to the House for concurrence in the amendments agreed to in the Senate. At 3 p. m. the Senate adjourned until Tuesday, January 5. GONE HOME FOR CHEISTAIAS. Members and Senators Eeft on Every Train Last Night. Holiday homesickness pervaded both Houses of Congress yesterday and last night its influences were manifest In hotel corridors", places of amusement, and on the city's lending thoroughfares. Many Congressmen will remain in the city during tlie holiday recess, panicularly those who have their families with them, but the outbound trains last night, speed ing away in the midst of a lively snow squall, carried mnny members of both Houses of Congress to their homes. Many Southerners left for the warmer clime, among them some or the Georgia members, who will probably welcome to Atlanta tonight the late candidate for the Pre-idency, Air Bryan.' who will begin his lecturing course in that citj. Speaker Reed lert for Boston, where he has some business to attend to. ,.His family will re main i n Washington, j Representative Din,glcy, or Maine, will remain in Washington, as early next week he has to begin hearings berore the Ways and Means Committee. CAPT. LEAION'S REAfArNS. Being Brought to This City in a Special Car. Special to The. Times.) Houston, Tex., Dec -22. Tlie body of Capt. George E. Lemon, late editor -and publisher of the National Tribune, of Washington, D. C., who died at the Con tinental Hotel, San Diego, Cal., of heart failure last Friday, passed through here on the sunset limited, Southern Pacific, tonight, en route to Washington. The remains occupied the special car San Ardo, and were in charge of the dead editor's brother and physician. - ROBBERS WRECK A TRAIN. Accident Occurred in Lonely Place and CasualtlesJAre Unknown. Birmingham, Ala., tfJec. 22. Passenger train No. 37, from AUantaoii the Southern Ilailway.w-aswecked-atAIcComb'strestle, fifteen miles from Birmingham, by train robbers tonight; The sheriff, with a posse and dogs, has gone to the scepe. Tile wreck is a bad one, butthc casualties are as yet unknown. Prosecution the Next Step-in Chicago's Financial Flurry. CONTRACTING COMPANY FAILS Concern Did Business with the De funct Nutloiml Uanli of Illinois. Heavy Run on Savings Bunks De positors Required to Give Time Notice. Chicago, Dec. 22. Warrants were sworn out berore Justice Hall this evening for the arrest or E. S. Dreyer and Robert Bergcr, or the banking firm of E. S. Dreyer & Co., which failed here yesterday. The warrants charge the bankers with the violation of the banking laws of Illinois by receiving deposits after the Institution waslnsolvent, and wercswornout by Frank Kennedy, asaloonkeeperon Dearborn street, He claims to have made a deposit In the bank after It had become insolvent. Robert Berger, one of the partners, is a son-in-law of George Schneider, president of the defunct National Bank of Illinois The w arrants have been plaei I In the hands or orficers, and the arrests will probably be made before morning. A steady run of savings deos ltors on the Hibernian Banking Association and the Illinois Trust and Sav ings Bank and tlie railure of the Angus & Gindele Contracting Company, which is credited with getting a loan of $250,000 from the failed National Bank of Illinois, comprised theotherdevelopnieiitsor today in connection with the financial flurry. The associated banks have taken prompt, thorough and conservative action to avolda serious scare on the part of the public, which has millions of dollars in savings ac counts deposited with city banks. The Illinois Trust leads all the other banks In its savings deposits, having nearly $12, 000,000. The Hibernian Bank has less than $3,-100,000 of such accounts. The solid showing made by the banks which did not lean on the collapsed National Bank had a reassuring effect on the public today when the morning papers were perused, and the general feeling in the banking community was that the worst was over, so far as those institutions were concerned. There is a fear in some quar ters that the Clearing House Association may not prolong its orfer to loan 75 ikt cent of approved claims against the National Bank of Illinois, and that within the next ten days there may be a tightening of a purse strings. Time Notice Deniauded. At a conference of the savings banks of the city, which was held when the runs began at the Hibernian and Illinois Trust bank", jt was unanimously agreed toadopt an unusual means toward checking what might' become-attcpidemlcof apprehension. Instead of attempting to allay the scare by paying all demands in full on the spot,, which l(as proven to- be an unwise policy in the past, tlie banks decided to stand upon their statutory rights and demand notlceor.slxtydaysincaseorall withdrawals exceeding $100. John Angus, president of the Angus St Gindele Contracting Company, appeared in the superior court this afternoon with a bill petitioning for a receiver. He made George A. Gindele, secretary and treas urer of the company, defendant for tliepur pose of obtaining a receivership, and sub stantially the same allegations were made as in the Drejer-Wasumiisdorff cases yes terday. The. financial condit on of the company was said to be such that a receiver was needed at oi.ee to conserve the assets and protect all interests. The answer filed by Alr. Gindele admitted the substance f the petition and Judge Horton did not hesi tate to api Gait William Hill receiver. It is said the firm owesthe Nat.'onal Bank of Mlii'Ois alone $210,000 for monej bor rowed and the security is said to l.e of a class which will be slow to realize on. Th present paitnership was formed in 1SSS. Depositors Needles-lj- Seared. The only reason which can be thoughtof by the officers of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank for the senseless run on that bank, apart from the geueial one of con tagious timidity. Is that Ignorant people, hearing or reading of the failure of the National Bank ofllliuois.uot.it confounded with t'ie only oilier bank in tl.e citj which has the word 1 1 III o.s in its title. Theline of men and women who wanted their money numbered 2C0 during mot of the .five hours the bank was open, ami the curious ciowd of spectators added to the excitement. Where deposits" exceeded $100 that amount only was paid and the sixty-day notice enforced as to the re mainder. While President John J. Mitchell said the bank had money eioughto paj all depositors in full, he declared the sixty day rule decision would not he misinter preted by those who knew the reputation and standing of his bank. He believed the run would spend itseir early tomor row, and the fact that there was a small line at the close of banking hours bore out his statement. The run on the Hibernian Bank began a little later, there being 110 waiting line until 11 o'clock Small depositors who could not arrord to take chances composed the bulk or the crowd, which extended fiom the paying teller's window out on the second floor of the Ashland Block. Ropes and policemen were needed to preserve a line intact and keep people out of the way of other customers or the bank. The six-day rule was enforced from the start. There, were a hundred and fifty people in line until near the closing hour. Bank Considered Strong. The bank has withstood every panic, and on tills account was considered strong and attracted a heavy savings account Presi dent Clark said the bank had 57 percent of its reserve funds on hand, and could stand a run of two months if necessary. Depositors of $50 to $100 were required to give thirty days notice under the bank rule, and when this is known there is not expected to be much of a run tomorrow. -In compliance with orders received today from Comptroller Eckels, McKeon, re ceiver of the National. Bank of Illinois, began today to make arrangements with City Treasurer Wolf and other custodians of public funds in the bank to Issue to them certlficatvs for such amount of their de iwsits as clearly appeared to be due them, eo as to enable them, to take advantage of the clearing house offer to advance 75 per cent. This applies only to public funds? Ihe report , was .current that the loans of $500,000 each to Robert Bergcr and George A. Weiss, both sons-in-law or Presi dent Schneider., of the failed National Bank, were unsecured. It was said that the Weiss loan is secured by the Americau Brewing Company's bonds, Mr. Weiss being president of the company. None of the bank directors could bo found who had seen such bonds. The Dreyer loan is said to be secured by real estate, which the clearing house committee threw out as worthless. It is claimed that most or the director; did not know of $900,000 additional loan on Calumet Electric securities. KATE FIELD'S BODY ARRIVES -After Cremation In Snn Francisro the Ashes Will Be Sent East. San Francisco, Dec. 22.-The remains of Kate Fieldirrlved today from Honolulu. Owing to the quarantine regulations the casket containing the body will not be re moved from the ship before tomorrow. Henry E Hlghton, to whom the remains wereconsigned,and whose wire was a close friend or -Miss Field, said the funeral ser vices would be held In Trinity Church at 2 o'clock .Monday afternoon. -The remains will then be taken to Odd Fellows Cem etery and cremated. The ashes will be sent East for Inter ment. The Press Club, the Winegrowers' Asso ciation, the Woman's Press Association and other organizations will pay special honors to the deceased. BANK OF MINNESOTA FAILS Carried Down with It the Union Stock Bank. Depositors "Will Prbauly Not Lose Any of Their Money Institu tlon Afay Resume Buslnes.-. St. Paul, Alinn., Dec. 22.-State Bank Examiner Kenyon today took possession of the Bank of Aliniiesota, and as a result of the closing or this bank the Union Stock Bank, at South St. Paul, also closed. The Bank of Minnesota was the oldest bank In St. Paul. It was established by Dawson & Co. in 1859. The other bank cleared through the Bank of Alinnesota, and its closing Tol lowed as a matter of coarss. It was stated at the Bank or -Minnesota this afternoon that depositors would not lose and that arrangements would probably be made to carry on the bank's business. This may be done through the errorts of the stock holders, all of whom are wealthy men, and who are reported as willing to advance the funds necessary to put the institution on a sound basis. The failure was caused by the bank's in ability to make collections on which it had depended to meet obligations due at this time The average deposits or the St-ck Yard's Union Bank or South St. Paul are $95,000; the capital $25,0U0. and the average loans and discounts $00,000. The Bank or .Minnesota, in common with all the other banks orthe euyhad a share or the deposits of State funds, and at the time of the Inst settlement had between $70,000 and $80,000 of State money. It "was also the depository for the county, and until recently was the main bank through wlfich" city business was transacted. Bank Examiner Kenyon was early on the scene and took charge of the bank's affairs. lie would not give out any state ment; in fact, he'was not in a position to do so, inasmuch as he had not completed Ins examination. He did state that the case will go into court tomorrow, when an application will be made for the ap pointment of a receiver. According to the last report of the Bank or Alinnesota, the deposits on de mand certificates amounted to $565,000. There was due to other banks the uni of $235,000, but there were also resources due from other banks amountins to $319, 400. The State of Minnesota carried a deposit with the bank at the time of its sus pension, amounting to $104,00U, but this sum iH mostly secured by gilt-edged bonds. The corresponding banks in the country shown on thelast report, number forty-hie. Many of these are small banks in thecountry towns whose fate may depend upon the rmal resumption of the Bank of Alinnesota. The Bank of South St. Paul, also closed It was merely a branch of the Bank of Alinnesota. Frank Seymour, cashier of the Mer chants' National Bank, was this evening named as receiver of the Bank of Minne bota. SOLDIERS KILL ANARCHISTS. Bullets Prove Effective in Dispers ing a Spanish Alob. Aladrid. Dec. 22. A small band of men carrying a republican flag, assembled to day at Novelda, province of Alicante, and when called upon to dipere by the gendarmes refused to do so. They" were again ordered to disperse, and upon their second lefusal the gendarmes fired, kill ing seven of them. The others then fled precipitately, but the gendarmes pursued and captured several of them. A search was made of the lodgings of the prisoners and a number ot dynamite bombs were found. The police are at a loss to decide whether the assemblage of the men was for the purpose of making a demonstration of sympathy for the an archists sentenced Saturday at Barcelona or whether it was a manifestation or republicanism. The finding of the bombs tends to make them believe the men are anarchists. DR. CONATY DINED. Rector of the Catholic University Entertained in Montreal. Montreal, Dec. 22. Rev. Dr. Conaty. the new rector of the Catholic University at Washington, was tendered a dinner today at the Grand Seminary or St. Sulphice, which was atte.nded by a large number of the clergy and laity. After dinner an informal reception was held and an address presented to the dis tinguished visitor, who made a short reply. Another reception was given later at Laval University Branch. Dr. Conaty lert this evening for Quebec, where he will de liver an address at Laval University. He will leavo Thursday evening for Boston, where lie will spend Christmas. Verdict for G 1-4 Cents. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 22. Tyndala Pal mer, agent, who recently brought suit for damages against about one hundred lead ing newspapers in the United States, charg ing libel, in having published an article alleging dishonest transactions on his part, today received a verdict of 6 1-4 cents against the Leader Publishing Company. His suit was for $50,000. Btince's Fleet in Hampton U....t. FortAfonroc,Va.D.cc. 22. Admiral Bunco with thef lagship New York and the battle ship Aialne arrived here at 2 o'clock this afternoon. "Watch for a tow:: Congress Heights. SPANISH WERE REPULSED Philippine Insurgents Resisted Gunhoats and Troops. REPORTED A ROYAL VICTORY Attempt Was Amde to Dislodge the Rebels from Cavite and Viego. Ships in the Harbor Supported the Attuek Troops Were Driven. Back with Great Slaughter. - San Francisco, Dec. 22. Private advices from Alanila, Phlllippine Islands, reached here today ami arc verified by an account that appears in the Hong Kong Press re ceived here on the Beljdc this morning. The news contalnedin the communlcatlen deal with the attack by the Spanish on the Noveleta. Isthmus and the attempt ol the Spanish to dislodge the insurgents in Cavite and Viejo. At the end or the campaign, which lasted until November 11. the Spanish authori ties sent out dispatches reporting that the attack had been successful and that the rebel loss was very heavy. The Spanish claimed to have lost about thirty-five killed and 100 wounded. It is now learned that the great victory that the Castil!ian predicted ended In ignominious defeat. The rebels held Noveleta against warships and troops. The Spanish reUred after suffering heavy losses. Spanish Were Crushed. The Spanish forces under Gen. Rios were divided into two brigades of 7,000' men each, supported by the Spanish gun boats m the bay. The insurgents numbered about 12,000. a somewhat smaller force than the Span ish comanded, but they were strongly en trenched in Cavite and Noveleta. At the head or the ovtleta peninsula the ground was honeyc 0:11 bed with rifle pits and the town defended fiom assault by earthworks Planted with rapid-fire cann n and several pieces of heavy artillery. Ri s attacked the fust line of rrdoubtsat Noveleta and rel els fell back to the main line of defense, a mile in the rear of the picket line. The Spanish hed their plana well arranged. They placed the cruiser CastiUa close in shore and with her guns covered t&e at tack of the loyal troops. The cruiser's shells reached the outside defenses of the rebels, but had little effect en the defense of the city." Was a Sunday Battle. The fight began at 9 o'clock. Sunday. November 8. and by 1 p.m. theinsurgeuts outer works had been evaluated. Thci a general attack followed. Rioa throwtngthtf main body of his rir.st brigade against the rebel entrenchments. The gunboats opened fire ou the enemy, but owing to bad gunnery, rutlud U cause any damage to the defences. The Cardeia.the closest, to Cavite, was fully six miles from the town, and all of her shells fell short, owing to theextreme elevation given the ship's cannon. When Rios' men reached the insurgent' works a terriHe fire was opened on them. They marched forward resolutely until the rifle-pits commenced to belch forth fire, mowing down the from ranks- The colur.iu faltered, thenretreated slowly under heavy fire. TheSpanlsh troops were in the open and subjected to the full effect of the fire. Had 'he rebels gunnery been good, Itior would have been slaughtered. Second Time Repulsed. On the mcruir.g of the Sth the Spanish were back in their camp cpam and had re paired the remnants or te first brigade. The second brigade had suffered very lit tle. Thestfamer Isabel I anda. stall transport were ivvil to bring the womded to port r r m the peninsula. At least CCf. wounded were brought fiom the battlefield. On Wednesday. November 11. K'os pre pared and headed a second attack on ."soveieia. lie threw his entire army against the redouts and was routed with, .heavy lors in the fust attack. The gun boats failed to aid the trcrps to any ex tent, their shot falling si ort. The Spanish did not attempt to renew the attack, but waited until th morning of the 14th. when a weak eftort was made to flank the rebels, the fadtire or which, ended the fighting for the time being. GOVERNOR MORTON ACTS. Notifies Sheriff to Enforce the Lasv Acainst Laviinie-AIc-Keevei-Fight. Albany, N. i".. Pec. 22. Gov. Morton has sent a letter to Sheriff Doeht of Queens county reituvsting'him to enforce the laws with reference to the prize fight announced to take place at Long Island City tomorrow night between Lavigne and JlcICeever be fore the Puritan Athletic Club. The Law and Order League protested to the sheriff against the fight taking place, .but that official refused to interfere unless ordered to do so by the governor. The league notified the Governor of tlie sheriff's attitude withthe above result. BACK BROKEN BY A STONE. One Alan Killed and Another's Leg; Crushed at Newark". Newark. N. J , Dec. 22. George Bissett was killed and Thomas Coran had his leg crushed in the stoneyard of Vansteenburg & Clark, on Passaic street, this morning. The men were employes in the yard and were raising a two-ton stone upon the track when the Mrck broke and the stone fell on Bissett, who was caught directly un der the stone and his back broken, killing: him instantly. Coran saved his life by falling hack, but had his leg crushed. Agent Charged with Embezzlement. Buffalo, Dec. 22. George AI. Mattison. of New York city, was arrested here this afternoon on a warrant charging him with having embezzled $4,000 Trom his former employers. The Blrge Manufac turing Company,,of Canton. Ohio. For several years Mattison has acted as the firm's agent in this State, having his head quarters in New York city. He will c taken back, to New York tomorrow. Favor Tariff on Lumber. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 22. A meeting of the manufacturers of yellow pine lumber of this section was held here today for the purpose of taking steps to present the views of the lumbermen to Congress ou the subject of the tariff on the lumber. The meeting was very strongly in, favor of the restoration of the tariff o4SS2 of $2 per thousand. Ivy Institute Business College, Sth and K. None better $23 a year, day or night. n? Z .-- yJ&Zrp. X.V-JM,, So. -s- -J s.4c3-3i