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sz ARGTJ VOIi. Ii. NO. Gl. ROCK ISIiAND. HL., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1900. PRICE THREE CENTS. ROCK ISLiAMD HAMMERED OfJ 'CHANCE Exciting Times in London Stock Dealing Over a Big Failure. A COLLAPSE CAUSES OTHERS London and Globe Finance Corporation Suspends and Several Follow London. Dec. 29. The suspension of the London and Globe Finance cor- poration was followed today by bam mering on the stock exchange of 12 lirrns as follows: Haggard, Hale te Pixley, (iale& Driver. Douglas, Jr.. & Co., Cornfoot Brothers, F. A. Cohn, Blickry fc Buckingham. Gunn fc Au brey, Richards & Slcper, Baker & Smith, F. C. Watts & Co., Flower & Co. and F. Hoully & Co. The first named is a big firm with important connections. While the di Hi unities of the firms are closely connected with the London and Globe, the division is largely discounted. The repeated fall of the hammer this morning caused a great sensation. t eam That All I. Not Known. The fears are that th3 full list of values is not yet known. Some trouble was disclosed on the stock exchange yesterday in the West Australian market, resulting in a considerable fall in shares in t'je London and Globe Finance corporation, limited, and the Lsroi Mining comptny, limited Seven firms had checks returned by the clearing houses. This does not imply a f iiluro, as it is expected h usual par cent per graino allowed will enable the lirms to meet their en gagements. The l;?;h failure of the stock brok ers was announced before the close of the exchange. Twrnlj-rlcht Involved.. The failures . todav involved 28 members of the stcck exchange.. " It is generally regarded in the mining markers being the blackest day since ine ljarn.g smasn, wiiicn was uisas tmus to all departments. Today's crisis !il not ixtenil toother markets, but most of them closed depressed. BODY IS GROUND TO BITS. Tralas Itun All Night Over Victim of ao ludlanw SI order. Jeffersonville, Ind., Dec. 29. All night long trains on the Baltimore & Ohii and Big Four ran over the body of a man near Miisco. "JO miles east of this city, grinding the tlesh into bits. A small memorandum book was found bearing the name and address of William Gilmore. tf Ottuiuwa, Iowa. The man was murdered and placed ou the track, presumably by his companions. POPULISTS CONFER AS TO POLICY. St. I.Duii. Dec. 29. A conference of the middle of the road populists is in session here today in response to a call issued by Chairman of the Na tional Committee Parker, of Ken tucky, for the purpose of discussing the future policy ui the party. After addresses tv Chairmain Harper, Prof. George D. llcrrou. of Griunell, Iowa, and a general discussion, a committee was appointed to prep:ire an address. SHOOTING SCRAPE AT SPRINGFIELD Springfield. III.. Dec. 29. Horace S. Miller, assistant state's attorney of Sangamon county, and Norman Gil lette, a conductor on the Chicago & Alton between Springfield and Bloom ingtou. met on the street this atter- nooa auu ijuarreieu over icinarks made to Miller by Giliette regarding the former's attentions v. towards Gil lette's sister. Miller drew a revolver and shot Gillette in the arm. Millir surrendered to the sheriff. TRUSTED EMPLOYE CHARGED WITH CRIME St. Lniis. Dee. VJ. Charles J. Brenner, bojlr keeper, cishier and confidential clerk at tha Wainwright branch of the sit. Louis BrewiDg com pauy. is charged in a warrant issued today with embezzling $3,000 during the past three or four years. Bren ner, who is aged 4?. has been con nected with the company in a coni dential capacity 10 years. WHEAT AND FLOUR UP. Advance lo the Former eod Latter tor repoi.dlnr;ly Higher. Chicago. Dsc. 29. The local price of May wheat advanced 2 cents today .nirfnnrtfrDm Minncanolis said the millers had advanced the pr?ce cf Hour lo ceuiaa uaiici. auc au.au.?. in wheat was on a buoyant s specula-j tire market, due to stubborn firmness rtcentlj displayed' by Liverpool, and to the pronounced falling off in north western wheat receip's. CLOSE CALL FOR BIG STORE. Marshall Field & Co.' Chicago BaUdUf on Fire. Chicago. Dec. 29. Fire at 7 this morning, which for a time threatened the vast retail store of Marshall Field & C -. did about $25,000 damage to the third and fourth floors of the State street building. Hunter. S D.. Dec. 29. Fire de stroyed the business part of the town today. The loss is 75 000. MURDERER McDONALD FOLLOWS HIS VICTIM. Washington, Dec. 29. Samuel Mc Donald, who one week ago shot and killed F. H. Morris, auditor for the war department, died this morning from the stlf inlllctfd wounds re ceived at the time of the murder. BLEW OPEN BANK DOORS. Bat Secured No Money la Burglary Haynard. Iowa. at Maynard, Iowa, Djc. i9 The vault doors of the Maytard savings bank were wrecked by burglars early today, bat they failed to open the safe. FAIR KANSAS CRUSADER. Mrs. Nation' Trial 1'oatponed tier Do ing Indorsed by the W. C. T. I'. Wichita. Kan., lee. 2!. Mrs. Carrie Nation, the W. C. T. I", woman from Medicine I ,od go who broke mirrors in t!:o Carey hotel War room. appealed fer tr:u in the city court yesterday after noon and announced that becau-e her lawyer disappointed her at tli" last moment she was not repared to an swer to liie charge and desired to have the case continued. What day will suit your conveni ence." asked the court. "Almost any dav the latter part of next week." was tJ;e answer. How will Friday doV" "Not at all. your honor. Christ was crucilitd n that day. and I am afraid that my ene mies will crucifv me, also, if tried ou Friday." My co:iM-iit of lioth sides the case Mas then continued until Saturday, .Ian. A number of citizens ami W. I '. T. I", members have offered to g on Mrs. Nation's liail. but she refuses in leave orison until the charge against her is cleared. .Mrs. Nation was fol lowed to her cell by at least loo V. C. T. L". women who remained in prayer meeting with the prisoner for some time. The W. C. 'I. F. have wired .?ohn 4..WooIlcv. latp presidential can didate ou the Prohibition ticket, to ! fend Mrs. Nation. Mrs. Nation's action may precipitate this county into an anti-liquor war. Mrs. Lillian Mitcliencr. of Newton dis trict, president of the W. '. T. T'.. will personally conduct the campaign against the sale of intoxicants. A sig nificant feature cf the warrant on which Mrs. Nation was arrested is the fact that the document does not ac cuse her of destroying any liquors, but only specifics j he mirror and paint ings. Mrs. Nation was offered her lilierty on condition that she would refrain ftf.tn sidoon-s-nashing in the flure. lgit slio refnst d. say it. g it was her fixed in- W nt ion to fling stones at the windows j and glassware of Kansas saloons un til the lounty attorney would throw away Iho cigar ho held in his mouth. Mrs. Nation's husband is a lawyer, but she says she cp-ctrno help from him. AVOIDED THE DYNAMITE. Telephone Company Men Keep Out of ttie Way or Ka ine l'ertl. Itaeine.Wis.. Dec The Citizens' Telephone company and the Wisconsin street property owners did not clash Thursday as was expected. The com pany had a gang of men setting jiole. but i hoy did not attempt work where injunctions had leeii issued restrain ing them, and where it is said dyna mite had be-u planted and warning no tices put t;p. a mass meeting of prop erty owners has lieen called for Sat urday evening. Jee. 2t. iilid the situa tion will 1' discussed at great length. The notice sent out says that the wrongs and encroachments suffered by the Wisconsin street residents through certain cororations are lecoitiing un bearable, the lat injustice leing the erection of large and unsightly poles, fending tndepreeiato the value of prop erty on the street. On that account it has been deemed lest to come together and outline a policy to tight to the bit ter end. The call is signed by ten piotuincnr property owners. t.ood Stock to Hold. CliVago. I lec. According to .1 report tiled yesterday bv the executors of lie- estate of the hue i;eorge M. Pullman the assets of the Pullman family have increased JtiJ.ot.iO.l'On since the death of the sleeping-ear magnate, a little oer three vears ago. NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE. ilottlieb I.awrich. T2 years old. was locked in a cell at Chicago as appar ently drunk, while he was dying of paralysis. Kit lie Frank, ."to years old. tok morphine, and Martha Zwaisler. 31 jrars old. carU'lic acid: loth died. Do mestic troubles. Chicago. Tlie oildition of S.llUUel McDonald, who killed Auditor Morris, at Vas!i- iiigtoi:. is considerably worse lecause ; he K t:y;ng t. make his attempted j suicide a success. I Charles ;us;ave Ixmif Bonaparte. J tailor. d:ed recently in Paris, claiming S to In- the s:-rt . f til.- Poke of Keich- ' i;idt.the"I.ig'on" f Ibwtand's play. Xegrcte X S-.ns. prominent linker ; of ;unljl.ijara. Mexico, have failed! for $2.."l" '.". Iireyfu has written to Premier Wal-deck-Uousseau demanding a new in vestigation. ICussian settlers near Anainoose, N. D.t iTe said to be fcUrvicj. 't BIG LOOT FOR THIEVES Mail Sack Stolen Containing $100,000 in Negotiable Pa per, Besides Cash. NOT A CLEW TO THE BOBBERS Who Had! a Good Start of the Law Pat Crowe and the Cudahy Kidnaping Case. Detroit. Dec. 29. The Michigan Central station at Wyandotte, a suburb of Detroit, was the scene of a bold mail robbery some time Thursday night, when a jkhicIi containing, It is estimated. $100,000 of negotiable paper and checks and .'Hi unknown sum of money, was stolen from the waiting loom. Two sucks of mail and a pouch of second class matter were dropied on the platform by a south-lKiund Michigan Central train at 10:28. Night Operator ICicher. it is supiosed, took the two bags, and instead of carrying them to the ticket oliice, -where the mail is usually kept, allowed them to lay in the waiting room. Uicher live.- in Detroit. ICicher was ignorant yes terday of the fact that one of the bags had beeu stolen until his attention was called to it. first liy Day Operator C. I.. Carl and afterward ly an oil lH-ildler named Iiessy, who fotiud the rilled mail sack behind a tank belong ing to the Standard Oil company. about 2no feet from the station. Mall Carrier Mieii the Sack. Ycsterdav when Mail Carrier John Medea ry came to the statiou for the mail sacks he missed one. Aliout I he ame time Ueorge Bessy, a driver of in oil wagon, reported at the station that a pouch, ripped open and empty, was behind an oil tank a short dis tance from the station. 1 he .1. I. Ford Alkali works is one of the prin- pal industries of Wyandotte, und about the time of the finding of the pouch two ottii-e employes brought in a number of checks and opened en velopes they had found strewn along the railroad track. Postmaster John son, of Wyandotte, was untitled and went at once to the scene of the rob bery. Could See Hie Trail Plain Kuough. The trial of the thief was marked along the railroad truck by strewn let ters, checks ami drafts. Most of 1 lie mail was Intended for the J. P.. -Ford Co.. and a force of clerks was sent out collect the letters strewn along the truck. Tlie reason for this activity ou the parr of the .T. It. Ford Co. was thar .1. It. Ford. Jr.. said he exitectcd draft from New York for S44.imh). Th" draft did not come, and it is be lieved that the rohltcr or robbers took it with other valuable papers from the pouch. I ON V IS I'0?ITIVFI.Y IIKNTIFIED. Wa Sold to a Man Anw erinfr the lecrlp- linn oT Tot Crowe. Omaha, Neb.. Dee. -J'.i. Daniel Bur- ris yesterday positively identified at aeifie .lum-tioii. Ia., the jkui.v left there mysteriously in the liarn of Mrs. Mack, the day following the Cud- iliy alMluction as one he sold to a man niswering ilie des-riiuion tf Pat Crowe, a few days before the occur rence of that event, lie at once recog nized the marks on the neck and feet. Mrs. Thomas It. Cooper, a married daughter of Burris. was shown n col lection of tweniy-tive photogarphs taken from the rogue's gallery, ami asked to select, if she could, one or more which resembled the slight-com-plexiotied man who galled to buy the pony. She at once pii ked out two of the photographs which she was sure were those of this mats. The pictures were iluwe of Crowe. Mrs. Cooier is the tiftli person who saw this man who has identiiied him with a likeness of Crowe, and the police now feel sure that he is on of the men wanted. They have not !cen aide, however, to get a clue to tile identity of the dark-eom-rlexiooed man who was associated in the crime. The detectives are now very anxious to locate Lizzie Bums, who is alleged to have beeu an in timate friend of Crowe. The Burns woman was employed at hotels in South Omaha up to the time of the Cudahy abduction, since when she has not been seen. She was seen with Crowe lwth in South Omaha and Chicago. While she may not have leen connected with the crime the io!U-e feel they can. by locating her, si-ure some valuable information aloutCrowe which will lead to his arrest. She is TU year old. light-complexloned. tall, with grav-blue eyes. Des Moiues. Ia.. Dee. Ex-Chief of Detectives Jeorge Mc.Nutt. of this city, who claims an acquaintance with Pat Crowe extending over a ierioil of five years, make the statement that i lie met Crowe in this city at the cor ner of Fourth and Walnut streets the day before the alnluction of Edward Cudahy. Jr. That Kequiaition for Thompson. Washington. Dee. 1S. A request was receiv-d at the state department yesterday from Governor Pingree, of Michigan, for the extradition of Charles J. Thompson, who is charged with forgery committed in Detroit. Thompson is now in Culsi. The state rt partinetit. taking the ground that i lie island is at present solely under, cotnrol of the t'uited States military. I .lid not undertake to go into the mer- i its of the application, but transmitted the paiers at once to the war depart- J meirt, Af:c-r examination as to rheir form tliev prolwblv will be sent to ' Jeueral W.nnI at Havana. tnlargins the Glaa factory. Terre Haute. Ind., 21. Con tracts have lveu let by the North Bal timore tJlass- company for an ad.li ti.m to the plant recently erected here, which anmnmi to -:iO.vm. The factory, when fully completed, will Us one of the lest equipped in the coun try and wtn make a specialty or manu ius all kinds of bottles. Taway tVoalit Be Senator. St, Paul. Dec. 20. Representative JamtJ A. Tawney. of Winona, has for mally entered the race for United Srates senator to till the unexpired term of the late Senator C. K. Davis. i i i. i m WAS QUICKLY A FAILURE." Wedding la llat Ends in Leisurely Re pentance at Frisco. San Francisco, Dee. 29. Dr. Charles K. Woodward, of Chicago, the mau who holds the record for quickly woo ing and wedding. Is seeking a divorce. He was married to Miss Catherine Mc Donald in just seventeen hours from the time he first met her, and now he is sorry, and she bus packed her trunks and left him. The cause of her depjirture is not stated. Dr. Wood ward thought she was all of earth to him then, but he don't now. He thought he was an army surgeon that night, too. when he was only au attache of the hospital corps at Angel Island. But now his "dream of love is o'er," and he has a first-class marriage license "lie would like to sell cheap. "My wife packed up her clothes and left today," he said, "and now I want to get a separation as soon as I cau. It's all ovr." CRITICISM FROM GERMANY. Iterlin Kditor Mho Thinks We "liriKh Treaties Aside," Itega rd lean. Berlin. Dec. 2!. The Kreuz Zeituug. Conservative, the chief -'mouthpiece- of the government, whose editorial.- are often prepared by goveiTtwent officials, devotes two long articles to the Nica ragua canal controversy, pronouncing the Davis amendment of the Hay Pauneefote treaty a "slap for Eng land." "Treaties could .not be more reck lessly brushed aside than they have been in tiiis case by tlie Fniteil States senate," says the Kreuz Zeituug. "This disregard of the law of notions, which had already been Manifested (luring the jK-af-e regotiations with Spain, is in the highest degree regrettable. It is a counterpart of England's treat ment of the Boer republics." Involves All Iowa Saloons. Sioux City. Ia.. Dec. 20. A decision In tlie district court is annouueed which involves the right of the Sioux City Brewing company and all saloons in Iowa to continue in operation under tlie Martin liquor law. It was claimed by Eugene I.utz, the plaintiff, that the brewery had violated tlie law in sev eral particulars and that in conse quence the petition of consent under which all saloons as well us the brew ery operate was nullitied. The brew ery won. Merchant Transfers Ilis Stock. Des Moines. Ia.. Dec. 2!. Al. Olueh lick. a general merchant at Perry, la., has transferred his -ock to It ice. Stix A: Co.. of St. I.ouis.' represent ing Chi cago, St. I.ouis, Des Moines and St. Joseph creditors, whose claims aggre gate $-1i.mm. The assets schedule about S2M.IMHI. The trausfer is tem porary, being preliminary to the tiling of a petition in bankruptcy bv iSIuch lick. Indicted Some Iive Keeper.. Chicago. Dee. 20. Keepers of four teen "dives" ami gambling houses were indicted by the grand jury yesterday as the result of tlie inquiry into crime and vice in Chicago. The work will be continued. Among those indicted on tlie charge of keeping gambling houses is State Senator John Bro derick. Lockjaw Was II i Death. Hubbleton. Wis., Dec. 20. John Ebeit died of lockjaw yesterday. He was injured in a runaway accident, lie was in a wagon when the horse took fright und dashed under a tree. A branch struck Ebert in tlie neck, iutli. trtig a bad wound. Ixx-kjaw set in ami he died iu terrible agony. One of the Best Citizens. Frankfort. Ind.. Dec. 20. Charles E. Miller has lieen arrested here ou a charge of safe-blowing and 'burglary. Miller is one of the nnst prominent young business and society men in this city. He is out on bail and his wife and family are in a pitible condition of shame over his rascality. Alrv. Myrtle Wright Goes Free. Denver, Dee. 20. A special to The News from Pagosa Springs. Colo., savs W. K. Neff and Mrs. Myrtle Wright, charged with the murder of (',. A. Barber, of Iowa, for the purpose of securing insurance on his life, have been discharged at a preliminary hear ing. All the Accused Acquitted. Cleveland. Ieo. 20. -Tlie city coun cil last night, with only thirteen of the twenty members present, finished the trial of the member accuse I of ac cepting bribes. Within fifteen miu utes all were found not guilty. Only a lew Charred Bones I.ert i;rantburg. Wis., Dec. 20. Andrew I. und. an aged widower and old set tler of this county, was burm-d in a fire that destroyed ids dwelling at Webster. Only a few charred bones were found. Will Go to Grand Rapids A sain. :rand Rapids, MTich., Dee. 29. The Michigan State Teachers" association closed one of the most successful con vention in its history yesterday and de cided to come again to Jrand Bap:ds next year. Another Kase Ball Aggregation. Chicago. Dec. IT.'. At a meeting held yesterday afternoon ami evening In the Ureal Northern hotei the Western Association of Professional Base Ball clubs was formed. No officers were elected. LyncliMt lor Burning a Itcrn. Montgomery. Ala.. Dec 20. ;.-:rgl' Fuller, a ln-gro. wa lynched 'i'liur- j day night near Marion. Ferry county. ' lie was charged with burning the barn of Ienui.s Cummiags, of whom he had been a tenant. I Lord W illlaaa JKerevjamr Urad. 1 I .on don, lr: 2JX ' Ird WiII':jiu I-t-lie t! la Por: eBriford dtetl aX midnight yesterday, lie was born 'Jul M, 1M7. MINERS' UNION ALERT Good Prospect for Two Strikes in Pits Near the State Capital. STATU COAL CONTBACT INVOLVED School Teacher Adjourn Teetotal Sentiment Applauded Vandal ism in a Church. Springfield. Ills.. Dec. 20. The min ers employed at the Black Diamond Coal company's shaft, south of this city, struck yesterday. The company Is coniiosed of James Moore and Kol- ert Solomon. The miners demanded that isoloiuoii's two sons. Kev. John Solomon, who is fireman at the shaft, and Peter Solomon, who Is a boss b-iv-er, join the union, and when Hobert Solomon refused to accede to their de mands the entire force went out. W. D. Uyan. state secretary-treasurer of the I'uited Mine Workers, last night stated that the state executive board of the mine workers had noti tietl the Clear like Coal company u ship no more coal to the Springlield Contracting and Fuel company, which has contracted, with the state to fur nish coal for two years, .because tlie latter company is hauling coal for the srtate for 10 cents per ton, 31 cents less than the uuiou teamsters' rate. In case the Clear Lake Coal company neglects this warning the miners there will he ordered out. state Teachers' Association Adjourns Springfield. Ills.. Dec. 20. The forty-seventh annual Convention of the Illinois Teachers' association con cluded last night with an address on "The Personality of the Teacher," by Professor Charles Blauchard. of Wheaton college. In the course of his address Professor Blauchard made a remark which elicited wild applause. He said: "How thankful we lllinois ans should be that there will in a short time "-e ushered into the supreme of fice of the state and into the executive mansion, a man and woman who re fuse to have dancing indulged in. or wp,ne served on the event of induction into office." The convention elected David I-'elinley. president Northern Illi nois Normal university, at Normal, president, and Joel M. Bowl by. Car liondale. secretary. The action of t in state Teachers" Federation in its at tempt to have corporations taxed more was indorsed. Change in the Warehouse t in. Springfield. Ills., Dec. 20. Tlie thir teenth aunual report of the railroad and warehouse commission has -been submitted to Governor Tanner. The report shows an increase in all finan cial transactions except tlie payment of taxes; Uoii that item a decrease is shown. The commission recommends much new legislation, among which is nn amendment to tlie warehouse law which will enable the registrar to re quire shippers of grain to register tlr.-ir receipts for cancellation before tliey I Odds THE LONDON will lie permitted to deliver out the grain. VANDALISM OFACHIKCII FACTION Organ Pipes Filled with Glue and Keys Sealed With Wax. East St. Louis. Ills.. Dee. 20 The doors of St. Patrick's church are looked and barred, the windows nailed down, and Sexton. Michael Slattery stauds guard over the edifice, armed with a loaded revolver to prevent a 1-ej.ietiiiou of the vandalism which was jioriie trated hist Sunday, when a bucket of glue was poured into the organ and incited sealing wax spread over rhe keys. Part of the keys were cut and others loosened, and yet others strained out of tune, while red paiut was plenti fully da lilted around the organ loft. The vandalism has been laid at the doors of that faction in the church which has shown its hostility to Bish op Jansseu and the present rector. Fa ther Sweeny. The parish consists al most entirely of men ami women of Irish birth, and the trouble originated from the attempt of the bishop to force a -Senium priest upon them. They Get Pearsons' Benefaction. tSiluian. Ills., Dec. 20. After two years of effort the trustees of iSrand Prairie seminary. a Methodist school at Onarga. have raised $75,000 toward an endowment fund. In addition they se cure $25,000 offered by D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, who extended the time lim it twice. If the funds had not been se cured the trustee had decided to close the school. Senatorial Itee Is Ttuzr.lii. Chicago. Dec. 20. Cannon oitoned hl headquarters as a candidate- for Fnited States senator at the tJreat Northern yesterday. Comptroller Dawes reached Chicago on an early rain, 'out did not meet any politicians for an extended conference u:if:: late in the day. Senator Cullom's man agers were at the headquarters. Wilt Dig t'p Stolen Money. Mattoon. Ills.. Deo. 20. Ceorge Meeee. cellmate a nd confidante of John Owens, the murderer hanged at Paris on Dee. 21. has been release. 1 from lad and started for Iowa to reover $Noo buried treasure, a iortioii of Owens' booty from various robberies. The authorities believe the money to be the product of a double murder. Hanqciet to Gov. Tanner. Chicago. Dec. 20. This evening a farewell banquet is to be given (Sov ernor Tanner in tlie Wellington hotel by his staff. The affair, it is said, has no political significance, it Immiij. purely in the nature of a social fare well to the governor. About twenty persons are expected at the banquet. Case Is On e of Murder Now. Carbon. lale. Ills.. Dec. 20. William Pyalt. one of tlie four men wounded ill tlie riot in Itiley ('rain's saloon at Yorgennos. 111., Christmas morning, is dead. The coroner's jury accuses Joe Davidson of the crime ami he is held to the grand jury without bail. Hul i.le IdenMU-d. Spriugficld. lis.. Dec. 20. A man who eommirted suicide here Wednes day has been identified as Harry S. Fr.inkland. formerly of Chicago. The French government is buying coal in this country, and the amount may reach 2oo,ooo tons. and Ends All Must Go All our broken lots of Coats, Suits, Children's Clothing and Underwear must be sold. AH Reduced. YOU KNOW US. COV. PINGREE DEFIES BENCH Apparently no Doubt About Michigan Executive's Con tempt for Court. IGNORES THE SUMMONS In Lieu of Presence Tele graphs That Judges Have no Jurisdiction. Detroit, Dec. 2'J. (iov. Pingree, who was summoned to appear beforo the circuit court today to answer for contempt, as the result of an inter view in which be attacked the court and prosecuting attorney, has tele graphed the court, refusing to appear. The governor denies that the court has authority in the premises. The I'roceedlnfs In Court. Lansing, Mich., Dac. 29. When the contempt case against Gov. Pin gree was called by Judge Wisner this afternoon the court room was crowded. The judge read the governor's tele gram, and then said he did not under stand that the case was against the gov ernor, but against Pingree as an indi vidual. The judge said he had no disposition to interfere with the du ties of the governor and would con tinue the case until Jan. 9. In lieu of the governor's non-appearance at that time, an attachment to compel his attendance will issue. RELEASE FROM LONG SERVICE IN JAIL. Albany, N. Y.. Dec. 29. Henry W. Ilowgate, aged 70, who in '80 served the government z.z disbursing olHcer of the signal service at Washington, was released! from the penitentiary vears for forgery and falsification of accounts. OUR OFFER FOR ANTILLES. I'nlted States Proposition to UanUb Gov ernment. Copenhagen, Dec. i.'J. United States Minister Swanson has informed the Danish government that the United States offers 12,000.000 kroner for the Danish Antilles, but will not give more. 1;