Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 14, 1883, Page 1

- * the new agreement, BE E. TM@E OMAHA DAILY THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, NEB. of the Missouri river, Burlington is re- ceiving the full pool division of through rates on business laiddown by our road at Omaha, and by that method is enabled to carry on the contest indefinitely. The alliance entered into is simply to allow us a fair fighting chance for competitive business, and shonld tend to maintain ratos instead of disturbing them.” Mr. Clark further stated that the compact only spoke of passenger business in an incidental way and to the effect that the - three roads in interest should work in oy y harmony in the ovent of & cut in rates. The Northwestern, Burlington |Mr. Olark contended that if break in and Wabash Preparing to rates occurred it would be forced s the situation was not outwardly changed Defond Themselves. from the period prior to The Chances for Open War Consid- THE DISAGREEMENT in the Towa pool. 1f the lowa pool roads ered Good Despite Mr, O's Grace- ful Explanation. PREPARE FOR WAR. The Death Sentence of Vlhc fowa Pool Practically Pronounced. Clark’s Explanation of the Terms of the New York Treaty. oould settle the question of division the business status would be unchanged. Mr. Clark said no formal invitations have been made to the other three roads to join the alliance, but their ofticials were well aware that they could enter it when requested. He could state the specific RAILROAD MATTERS, THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Curoaco, December 13. — General | terms under which they could join but Managor Hughitt, of the Northwestorn thought it impolitic at the presentfto do and Clark, of the Union Pacific, arrived [so. Ho finally said in his view there wis avery reason why all the lines should form a part of the alliance and desired to clear away the idea that by the compact the Union Pacific contemplated turning over all its business tothe two connecting roads. Al} local business of the Union Pacific would hereafter, as formerly, be deliv- ered to the roads at Omaha, to which it was consigned as formerly. Unassigned business would be delivered to the Iowa pool if it remained in existence. If not, then it would o to such roads as may be named by the Union Pacific. When the character of the agreement was made known, it did not appear among officials conversed with to lessen here from New York this morning. Mr, Hughitt stated to a representative of the Associated Press that the Northwestern company had been informally notified of the existence of the triple alliance be- tween the Union Pacific; Rock Island and St. Paul roads but the terms of the compact, which has been signed, had not been outlined. Informal notice had alse been given the Northwestern road that it could enter the new association, but on what terms was also not stated. The rolicy of the Northwestern was, as it Had been from the outset, for peaceful ad- justment of any differences on the Union Pacific business and any action which might be pursued by the Northwestern in certain alternatives would cer- THE CHANCES FOR OPEN WAR. tainly not be outlined until the| For roads ewst of the Missouri river to exact position of the three roads|beara portion of the cut in rates caused in the new association had been dis- closed. His deliberate view was that the Union Pacific could not afford to enter upon any serious discrimination against any of its feeders, but in any event the Northwestern expected to be able to protect its interests, and could certainly do so. He could not say that the new agreement would be disclosed at the adjourned meeting of the Iowa pool “ext Tuesday, as it did not properly form part of the business of the old asso- ciation. If at the session the old associ- ation was renewed, he did mnot under- stand it came in conflict in any with and that in the event of a renewal of the old pool the new agreement would remain in abeyance 80 long as the roads now touching at Omaha could work together under the old plan. Mr. Clark, of the Union Pacific, and Mr. Potter, of the Burlington, had a conference this morning, but the new agreement was not touched upon. The Burlington has not been given notice that it can join the new alliance. The fact has been disclosed that the Rock Island and St. Paul made the move for the adjournment of the meeting of the Towa poolto Decomber 13th, but this was opposed by the Burlington on the ground that the St. Paul’s notice to quit the old pool ran out December 1Gth, which, would allow only three days in which to prepare for an vpen fight, ~ The St. Paul then agreed to extend its notice to January lst. . The position of the Wabash with xe- gard to the negotiations now being car- ried forward has not been made public, but an cflicial statement is made that i opposed the tripartite agreement,and it is expected to join with the roads left out of tha preliminary negotiations. While nothing definite has taken place with a view of forming a rival alliance, the offi- D view here is that the Burlington, Northwestern, and possibly the Wabash will join with the Rio Grande for Den- ver and through business to the coast in event of no agreement being reached be- fore January Lst. CLAKK EXPLAINS THE COMPACT. General Manager Clark, of the Union Pacific railroad, stated to a representa- tive of the Associated Press this after- noon the dotails of the compact entered into at New York between the Union Pacific, St. Paul and Rock Island roads. That the text vf the agreement would rovent its publication owing to its ength, but that the Union Pacific had no desire to preserve secrecy as to the char- acter of the document, The announce- ment that the agreement is to run twen- ty-five years is correct, as also the state- ment that the three roads are bound by the agreement for the full period, and can only ko released on giving five years’ notice, The published ~statement that the agreement contemplates the pooling of business is incorrect and does not necezsarily disturb the status of the old towa pool, or any other compact, which che five lowa lines may enter into. *‘It is,” said Mr, Clark, *‘a defensive and of- fensive alliance, the terms of which, in brief, are that it will make a terminus of the Union Pacific at Chicago instead of Omaha for competitive business. The compact is not discriminating in any sense. It does not speak of the local business of the Union Pacific road, and it is open for any of the five lowa lines to sign it.”" In further explanation of the scope of the alliance, Mr, Clark said it was the necessary outcome of roads building into the territory of the Union Pacific lines, which had simply been fecders of the Union Pacific, but were now its RIVALS AT VARIOUS POINTS along the line of that road as¥ar as Den- ver, These rivals, which formerly had their terminus at Chicago and Omaha, now had their western terminus at points beyond Omahu, while the Union Pacific, on the other hand, had its eastern ter- minus at Omaha until the signing of the present agreement, It was placed on even terms with its competitors, and had, to all intents and purposes, a direct line to (‘hicago. The compact provides that in the event of a break in estab- lished freight ratesat any competitive point on the Union Pacific, eommencing at Salt Lake and Ogden, on east-bound business. Its confederates will bear| their pro rata of THE (OT FROM OMAHA east. The presont cut between the Union Pacific and Rio Grande on Utah | business, which is now carried on by the Union Pacific alone, will be shaced by its two connecting lines. ‘‘The exten- sion of the Burlington or any other Towa line west of Omaha causes it to appear in a dual role,” said Mr, Clark, “for while Be Union Pacific is carrying on a con- tost with the Burlington's extensions west by the hot war now waging west of that river meant a complete change in the complexion of the existing condition of affairs. The absolute agreement of two of the Towa pool roads to accept such a proviso .meant necessarily a complete change in the relations of the*Iowa pool roads towards each other, and made more uncertain than ever the continu- ance of the Jowa pool. One interested official, in summing up tho matter, said the question resolved itself into whether all the lewa roads would join with the Union Pacific and abandon the Rio Crande, or whether a portion of them would ally their fortunes with the latter company. WAITING AND WATCHING CuicaGo, December 13.—There were private consultations to-day between officials of the Northwesternand Burling- ton road, and the belief is expressed in railroad circles that a general plan has Deen mapped out foraction in case of the dissolution of the Iowa pool at the meet- ing noxt Tuesday, when the text of the tripartite agreement between the Union Pacific, Rock Island and St. Paul roads will bo prosented and members of the pool will become officiall cognizant of its terms. The propose plan, it is understood, contemplates an lliaico between the Northwestern, Be Nington, W:guh. "Denver & Rio ¢ ana Atchison, Topeka &-Santa Fe, and perhaps the Missouri Pacific, on terms similar to those of the triple alliance. Pending official promulgation of the text of the late agreement, oflicials of other roads decline to forecast this policy. President Perkins, of the Burlington, left for New York this morning. THE DEAD LOCK, WixNirEG, December 13.—There are no new developments regarding the rail- way dead lock. A train went south this morning. New engineers are expected to-day, when all the express trains will be equipped and sent out. The engin- cors do nothing but tals. Superintend- ent Egan refuses to recognizo the presi dent of the brotherhood in the matter. PICKPOCKETS AT WORK. Treir Operations on the Trains at the Capital. Special Dispatch to Tne Bre, Lixcor, Decomber 13.—As the noon train on the B, & M. pulled into Lincoln to-day a gang of pickpockets—five in number—boarded tho train, The pas- sengers who were standing up were crowded back into’ their seats by them, and an cld man whose nanx iy J. H, ‘arner, enroute to Friendvifie, was robbed of his wallet containing $25, The pickpockets evidently expected a much larger haul, as Mr. Varner claims that he recognized one of them on the train when it left Omaha, and marked his peculiar action. Mr., Varner was quite fortunate in getting off with so small a logs, he having buta short time before reaching Lincoln turned over the greater part of his money to his son-in- law. However, it was a cool and care- fully worked up game, Mr. Varner's vest having been opened by the robbers, amid daylight and in the presence of the rest of the passengers. 1t is said that a similar robbery eccurred yesterday in which they secured %200, They were followed to-day, but succeeded in es- caping. F.B.W. o — Settling Virginia's Debt, Ricuvonn, Va,, December 13.-In both houses of the legislature joint reso- lutions have becn introduced by demo- craticmembers, declaring that the people of Virginia accepted the act of February, 1882, known as the Riddleberger \,ifi, as an ultimate settlement of the debt of this state; that their unalterable purpose is that the settlement be final, and any expectation of any sottlement of this debt upon any basis ever to be made or tolerated by the people of Virginia is absolutely illusory and hopeless; that the interest of public croditors as well as the safety and welfare of the state re- qu that the settlement b accepted by creditors as well as by the state therefore the gencral assombly, in b half of all the people of the state, ad- vises and calls upon holders of all bonds and claims against the commonwealth to come forward with promptness and fund the eame under the provisions of said act. The governor will he requested to communicate these resolutions to hold- ers of bonds and claims against the state by proclawmation > - the Irish political Capt Robert Dicl found dead in bad, in Brussels. refugee, and a brother-in-law of Parnell, was THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Is Oar Grnaf Senate at Present Notbing But a Mob? And the Senator from Kansas, Presiding, a Nondescript? Points Brought Out in a Discus- gion of the Proposed New Senate Rules, Senator Van Wyck's Resolutions are Both Adop ed Without Talk, THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SENATE, Wasnixaroy, December 13.—In the senate to-day Mr. Dolphs introduced a bill for the admission of Washington Wrriw? d a part of Idaho as a state. WMr. Merrill introduced a bill to pro- vide for a commission on the liquor trattic. 1t is tho same bill that passed the senate last session but failed in the house. On motion of Mr. Frye the senate took up consideration of the report of the committee on rules and proceeded to consider the new rules sereatim. The first rule read is as follows: First—In the absence of the vice pre dent the senate shall choose a president pro tempore. Second—In the absence of the vice prosident and pending the election of a president pro tempore, the secretary of the senate, or in his absence the chief clerk, shall perform the duties of the chair, : Third—The president pro tempore shall have the right to name in open sen- ate, or if absent in writing, a senator to perform the duties of the chair, and the senater designated may discharge such duties for a period not exceeding three days, unless the senate otherwise order. Mr. Bayard asked the senators to con- template the effect of the proposed rule, which gave the vice president the right to designate a person who by possibility may become acting president of the United States. Suppose the sena- tor from Vermont (Mr. Edmunds) should be absent three days and ‘during that time the president of the United States, whetlier by act of God or public enemy,-should be removed from life, some senator may be designated,and would under this rule become acting president. He inquired if the senate proposed to add to the difficulties cluster- ing around the law in regard to presi- unchecked and uncontrolled designation of a man who shall possess nhe enormous and incalculable powers for good or ovil which may attend the temporary _func- tions of the chief magistrate of ~the re- public, tirely in opposition to.the theory of rnment,end i the well considered feeling and senti: ment of the country. pro bi the chair of the senate, going bacl to in the senate. the doubt, Mr. Garland moved to amend the present in force. ed by the senate. the duties of the office faithfully, pro tempore of the senate. constitutlonal law the qualified by taking the oath, not see that the provisio rule would invoke the difticulties any moment it plea might be an ¢ tempore whom the senator from Vern stitution, descript. forbidden by law. FRIDAY MOR dential succession by lodging in the president pro tempere of the senate the This course seemed to him en- In his opinion the on proposed admitted of the possi- ility of the senator designated by the president protem to temporarily ocoupy the presidential cffice perhaps to veto a measure he was unable to defeat There never had been shown in the senate any disposition to take a petty advantage of the absence of a member on either side of the chamber and he hoped senators would pause be- fore agreeing that a person who may happen to be for three days president pro tempore of the body, may, in case of the president's death, resignation, or disability,, succeed to the presidency without any control of congress and upon nomination of a single individual He knew the contested clause did not admit of the comstruction he put upon it, buthe had given it serious consid- eration and believed it open to the objec- tion advanced and the only safe course 1 & matter of 8o serious importance was the course that left nothing open to oW rule by striking out the three days’ lim- itation, and inserting instead ‘‘But such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment,” which is the provision at He opposed allowing a longer timethan the actual sitting of the senate for such delegation of power. Mr, Edmunds thought it (uite obvious in the present condition of the senate, there being no vice president, that it would be a great convenience to adopt this rule if it can be lawfully and properly done; but whether it can be done law- fully depends upon whether the president pro tempore is_he who occupies the chair under the rule or is the persoi elect- It isclear that under the constitution and law the person who is president pro temoro is the officer. The constitntion describes him as such officer, and by the constitution and laws made in pursuance of it he is required to take the oath as such officer to perform Mr. Edmunds thought all must agree that a person called to the chair by the presi- dent pro tempore, or by the vice-presi- dent )f he is presiding, is not president In point of president pro tempore once elected and qualified, con tiuues to be president pro tempore until a successor is elected by the senate and He could s of the new or dangers apprehended by the senators who oppose it, and he was of the opinion that this would be seen especially true when borne in mind that the whole mat- ter is every minute of time within the immediate control of the senate, which can elect a new prosident, pro tempore, My, Bayard inquired whether, if the position of the gentleman from Vermont is correct, it would not follow, that there icer presiding over tho deliberations of the senate unknown to the constitution, not the president pro- mt describes as the ofticer named by the con- but one who would be a non- This would be a delegation of delegated power, a function generally Vormont be absent three days and de signate the position of presiding ofticer | to the senator from Kansas, (Senator | Ingalls who during discussion occupied thechair,) how shouid he describe him, and in case the senator from Vermont should die, who could fill the place! Mr. Edmunds replied, if what ho (Edmunds) stated be true, they, the sen ate, was in that condition at the present moment, and the senator from Kanaas is anondescript. | Laughter.] There is no torm known to the constitution or law of the United States by which to address the senator from Kansad whilo in the chair, and his presence there, certainly by delegation of delegated power, is tho practice founded on the necessities of the case and common sense. It may be as the senator from Delaware (Bayard) says, a delogation of power that. cannot be delegated. In that case the senato at the present moment is nothing but a mob, The discussion was continued Messrs. Morgan and Hoar. The amendment offered by Mr. Gar- land was lost, yeas 24, nays 30, all dem- ocrats voting for and sll republicans agninst i Mr. Sherman did not like to see the matter become a party question, He did not want any rule that would meet the united opposition of any side of the cham- ber. If it should appear that any one of the rules was open to honest and fair i)lrty objection he would be 1o would hoid himself ready, if Lo saw any valid, legal or constitutional. objec- tion to the special clause under consider= ation, to vote against it. Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution that the senate proceed to the election of a president pro tem., and asked' that the resolution lie on the table. Mr. Van Wyck’s resolution calling on thesecretary of the intetior for informa- tion relative to the transfer of the Texas Pacific land grants to the Southern Pa- cific road was adopted. The resolution by the same senator calling for information about certain ex- penditures of the department of justico in connection with the star route trials was passed. After an executive session the senato adjourned until Monday. by e e— A Ferry Boat Ablazc, New York, December 13.—The ferry boat Garden City, of the East River Ferry company, caught fire and burned at noon to-day at the foot of James street. Several horsea werd also burned, but all passengers and employes es :aped 80 far as known, The boat was valded at $100,000, partly insuged. The boat had just left its slip dn its way to Long [sland City, and had got barely/ts own length heading up stream when the flames were seen bursting fror the deck above the boiler. The engines were re- versed and the boat backed into the slip, but so rapid was the & of the fire that before it reached tho bridge the cabins were wrapped in flames. In jumping for the bulkhead of the sl Pilot Nelson had his shoulder dislocaf but fell out of reach of thewames, En- gineer Samugl Tracy ran through ,the flames and reached the deck, his v. itufi Gord o themselves by jumping to . or by lu¥ing through the fi bridge. Two trucks belonging meyer's sugar house, a truek from the Standard Oil company's. works and a horse and wagon belonging to J. N. New, grocer, of Long Island Uity, were on board, and it is said several teams jumped into the river. At 1 o'clack the fire was still burning and the firemen at work. - —— Strike on the New York Tribune. New York, December 13.—The entire force of compositors of the New York Tribune, eighty-six men, left work at six o'clock last night. Subsequently three men went back, and eleven more were procured from the outside, ~ The cause of the strike is said to be a threatened at- tempt on the part of the foreman t men from out of town to take the places of the union men. It is reported a large party of compositors will be brought from Baltimore to-night, and to morrow the union men will be discharged, Thy ru- mor is said to be confirmed and the union consequently ordered the men out.” Com- mittees were appointed to_ intercept the expectod party from Daltimore and in- duce ther to join the union, 1t is said an unfyiendly feeling has existed betwoen the compositors and_foroman, since the success of two months ago, when they obtained their demands and the office passed to the control of the typographical union, Of the printers’ strike in The ‘I'ribune last night, it seems the foreman had dis- charged some men, and the chairman of the chapel instantly ordered astrike, and all but about fifteen left theJcases. Asoon as they had gone the office was restored to the anti-union basis on the same terms as bofore the strike a month ago, and new men were brought in, bringing the force up, before the paper went to press, to about forty men at the cases, These, together with the type-setting machines, pulied through all right, The Tribune coming out as usual and on time, S Belted to Death, Cnicaco, December A frightful accident occurred at noon to-day in the engine room of the Fuller electric light company, Arcade court. The employes wero just washing their lands for dinner, in a bucket of water placed in front of the big engine within three foot of a 16- inch belt that connected the flywheel with the other machinery. Two of the men the engine room leaving John Burke, fireman, standing by the bucket prepar- ing to wash, Half a minute later they heard a smothered groan, The men stopped the engine and it was found (hat Burke had been carried by the great belt between the flywheel and stone wall, the body passing through a space of two inches. Every limb was town asunder and scattered over the tloor by the terri- ble belt. 1t is supposed that he stooped down to wash his hands and the belt caught his back, remaind were gathered in by the policemen, single man —— Four of a Kind, Fuenerickros, N. B, December 13, The wife of John House, of Homarville, avo birth to four boys this mawi NG, DECEMBER 14, 1883. and Pettis hesitated to take her hm;:“' hed washed and started to the front of He wasa WEICHT FOR THE ROPE. The Horrible Story Told i Court by Bima Bond, Within the past ten days. shot. ment, attention. MoFarland, who tured and indioted, oseaped. of this summary work is long “Doc’” Middleton's Gang Getting Its Just Deserts at Last, rich pasture lands. thioves were formenl: men with ““Doc” igation Ends in a Delib= erate Murder, AJewish Synagogue Wantonly Wrecks ed—Frank James Gets Out of' Jailonly to Get in Again, formidable than in ORIMINAL MATTERS. EMMA HOND ON THE WITNESS SPAND, \ 8r. ]lfi)\'n, December 13.- The Hil oro, 1L, special of the Post-Dis A snys: At tho opening of the court this |the terriblo scourage. morning all the witnesses in the Emma |8 Bond case were called, swornand in- structed by Judge Phillips that they must remain in the room prepared for them or on the street and that they will not be permitted to remain in the court room, The defense havo many moro witnesses than the prosecution. The court room was densely thronged and Miss Bond was the first witness called, and was examined by Judge Edwards for the prosecution. She recited the cir: cumstances of tho outrage as given at the time, telling how, on the afternoon of Juno 20th, 1882, aftor dismissing school and sweeping the school house she was seized from behind by alman who dropped through the scuttle hole from the attic of tha building, choked her till she was blind and her shawl being being tied around her waist she was then puiled up to the loft above. As she was drawn up she saw tho face of cne of the men in the lott, and there (pointing to John C. Montgomery) is the very man. I will swear that is the face I saw. She also noticed that the other men in the loft had on low cut shoes and red stock- ing, When she was taken up sho was Iaid on the platform in the loft propared forher. She told the men she would rather lose her life than her virtue and begged them to kill her. One of the men remarked that that was ensy enough to do, and taking out his knife made cuts on her throat and face, nine in all. Upon this she lost consciouncss and on recovering, about an hour after- wards, she had been ravished, and one man was just gotting up. She was rav- ishod repeatedly and thought she had been chloroformed. ~ When she recover- ed consciousness about one o’clock in the morning she found herself lying in a heap on the school houso floor under- neath the scuttle hole. She dragged herself over to the house of widow Pet- tis, where the two defendants,Lee Pettis and Clements lived,jand teld Mrs. Pottis that she had been ravished by two large men who wore white ghirts and dark pants, whom she did not know. Clements Ireld for the bondsmen number ocightoen sent $200,000 in proporty. murder, sel Shoals, Alabama, an ber 22d. for examination January 8th. Croauo, stroyed the interior the furniture. sponsible persons. o —— GENERAL FORI ton, who moved many bodies, ported as now al and several tribes have re hor fathers thai two men wearing white shirts and dark pants had outraged her. She stated that her back was very much bruised, and her knees, arms and shoulders bore the marks where her assailants grasped her, also that her wrist had a cut which still remained, and, taking off her glove, she showed the gcar to the jury. On cross examination by Judge Thorn- ton Miss Bond stated that she had never seen John Montgomery but once before the night of the outrage, and then did not know him. She had never seen him since the outrage until yesterday in the court room, and then immediately recog- nized him as the man whose face she saw above her while being drawn up into the loft. She stated it was true she told dif- ferent parties, after the defendants wero arrested that they were not the men who outraged her. Though it was true she had told Mrs, Pottis and her father that only two had outraged her, she now says there were three, Soveral times during the examination Miss Bond was taken very sick, and was compelled to vest. Many times she was affected to tears while recounting her wrongs. She had to be assisted out of the court room. Heridentification of John C. Montgom- ery is full and completo. The othor de- fendants she could not swear to, but the prosecution claim they will convict them, By ciroumstantial evidence, of cohueotion with the crime. MUCH LITIGATION AND A MURDER, tion of tho sentence, the jur, dictum, One offered the view the matter. them, gate the sentence of tracing the de r: —— hog products, prohibited by NAN Francisco, December 13.—Chas, McLaughlin was shot and killed to-day by Jerome B. (ox. Tho tragedy was the result of seventeen years litigation, McLaughlin was the pioneor president of the Central (ias Light company, a large capitalist and land owner and ranked among the millionaires. He was the promoter of the old overland mail route In which he made considerable money. In 1862 he contracted to build the West- ern Pacific railrond from San Jose to Sacramento for 5,400,000, and sub let the grading and masonry work to Jerome B, &)x and others for §900,000. After twenty miles of the road was built Mc- Laughlin failed to make payment, and Cox, who had put in £50,000 of his own money, had to stop work, MeLaughlin completed the road and sold it to the (‘entral Pacific, realizing a large sum. Cox brought suit agaivst the com- pany and McLaughlin for a huadred and fifty odd thousand, and obtained judg- ment, which on techuicalitios the su- premo court reversed. ¢ 'ox amended his complaint,and again rocovered, but again judgment was reversed. A third, fourth and fifth trial resulted similarly, The adverse decisions so weighed on the man'’s mind that last spring he attempted to shoot Justice McKinley of the su. p-eme court, who he fancied was chiefly instrumental in deciding adversely, He went this morning to McLaughlin's office and demanded $40,000 in settlement of accounts, and being refused he shot Me- Laughlin three times, The) man lived thirty minutes. The prominence of the parties created intense excitement in the streets, Cox was formerly captain of the Tenth Indiana battery, and served dur- ing the war under Rosecrans. CARING FOR CATTLE THIEVES, Yankzoy, D, T., December 13, —Posi- tive information was received to-day Wiereas, said Witeneas, 1t_appears prohibit tho stag; therefore be it he shall hold to be American products, Desver, Ool., December sumatod Lore 2to day. $600,000 cash, own newdy 04,000 hores, herds. met formed in One died two hours afterwards, If the senator from others are doing well, Tho from the Niobrara valley to the effect that & vigilance committee had made expected to be yeneral, ay with five horse and cattle thievos Wade, Mur fhy and Woathermas woro hung, whilo Toyt and tho old man Weathermax were LoxpoN, Decemb o Lowell states that if any of the the O'Donnell vase say the verdict was influenced, then he will seek a mitiga- Six members of have been found. Three say the verdicl was intluenced by the Judge's of his houso for a moeting of the juvy to re- The government re- fuses to give the addresses of the jury- men becauzo of the threats of the news- paper, The United Irishmen, against If a meeting of the jury is pos ble, the crown might be forced to miti- but there is no hope aining' members in time to provent the execution, understood the jury stood seven for mur- d five for manslaughter before the dictum of the judge was delivered. Wasnisros, December 13, ing is the text of tho joint resolution passed by the house concerning American D, W, Snyder & Co., of bought of Snyder Bros., of (heorge- town, Texus, over 20,000 head of catte, and 400 horses, the consideration being The former firm now catt’e and 1,000 During the present yoar about 13,000 calves wero branded in both Culbertson, Stewart, Morris and Clino are in custody and under indict- If the court fails to punish thom, the vigilants will givo thom fconsiderato was cap- The cause continued deprodations ' by the Niobrara band - of cattle hieves, For years Seventeen Yoars of Fruitless Lit=| s, ,they ~ oporated - with the the boldest impunityamong herds on the This same band of famous highway- iddleton as - When he was killed it was supposod the gang would break up and seatter but in- stoad it gained in nmu&h, became more o days of notorious chiof. The band finally reached such proportions that the law was ab- solutely set at dofiance. Thoy ruled the leador, its valloy with unity. Last winter a mo(¥lla of -:m?mwu and farmers was purpose of organizing a vigilance committee to rid the valley of This committee ave the desperados final warning a few months ago to leave the conntry. They disrogarded the warning and the result is that ten of them are now under the sod. FRANK JAMES' RELEASH. Kaxsas Ciry, December 13.—Frank James was released on §3,000 bail at 3 o'clock this afternoon and was immedi- ately re-arrested on a charge of killing Cashier Sheets at Gallatin in 1808, The and repreo- James will bo taken to Gallatin to-morrow and it is considered doubtful whether he will be admitted to bail there, as the charge is Officers were present to-day waiting to arrest James for stopping the United States mail, also for the robbery of the United States paymaster at Mus- for the North- field Bank robbery in Minnesota. THE CROUOH MURDER. Dernoir, Decombor 135, —Julia Recse George Bolles and a colored boy were arrested this morning charged with com- plicity in the murder of Jacob Crouch and family, who were murdered Novem- Tho prisoners wore remanded They were servants in the Crouch homestead. A BYNAGOGUE WRECKED, December 13.—Unknown parties entered tho Jewish synagogue, on Clinton and Judd streots, last night, de- ornamentations, wrenched off the gas fixtures, tore the gowns and curtains, and utterly wrecked The cause of the vandal- ism is unknown, but is ascribed to irre- JIGN NEWS. DESISTING THE FALSE PROPHET. Camo, December 13.—Col. Harring- sited the scene of the late battle near Suakim, counted 400 rebel corpses and relatives had previously re- El Mahdi 18 re- nost without followers home. | iuy use It E RIGHTS O THE] HOG, The President Authorized to Retali- ate on Germany, Gormany: Wiikneas, the government of the Ger- man empire has scen fit to_prolibit the importation of American hog products upon the unproven assumption that they are deleterious to tho public health, and, wgoverument of German empire decined an invltation to send its own experts to this country for the purpose of examining the quality and manner of marketing log }mmuut‘, and, rom fthe pro- ceedings of wsaid government the same has, or claims to have, full authority.to s o portation of any foreig goods by it believed to be injurious o health without the assent of the Reich- 2esolucd, By the senate and house of ropresentatives, that the president be and is hereby authorized during the recess of congress to prohibit impertation of any goods which, upon the advice of experts injurious to health from these countries which upon the game ground prohibit the importation of A Great Oattle Sale. 13, H. —— Reducing the Product. Laxinaron, Ky, , December 18.-—-Seven- ty-tive leading distillery men of the state esterday and formed an association for the purpose of raducing the produc: tion of whisky upon the basis of a pool ovember, 1882, Bixty-five per cont of the registered capacity of the atate have already signed the agresment, An exocutive committee wus appointed with power to aet, and the reduction is in Follow- the One of the largest cattle sales on record was con- and Denver, NO. 152 ‘ SUCH IS LIFE. The Republican Senatorial Cancas Gently Sels on Gorham. Although the Little Virginian Pa- thetidally Talks for Him. Did Sarony Invent and Has He Oopyright for Such a Thing as Osoar Wilde? The Only Funny Thing the Eng Ysthete is Responsible For. CAPITAL NOTES. MAHONE AT A CAUCES. WasHiNgToN, Decomber 18.--The re- publican senators were in caucus from 10 until 12 discussing reorganizaion. Sen- ator Mahone was present at the begin- ning. otion was earried to proceed to nomination of a caucus candidate for secretary of tho senate. Senator Jones, of Nevada, nominated George C. Gor- ham, of California; Senator Miller, of New York, General Anson G. McCook, of New York; Senator Harrison, Major D. M. Ramsdell, of Indiana. Eloquent speeches were made in support of each candidate and a running debate followed, in which a majority of the senators pres- ent took part. The opponents of (iorham took the ground that his attitude as a Jjournalist in the Garfield-Conkling differences and the star route trial was such as to creato bitter enemies towards himself and his nommation for the secretaryship of the senate, and would have a tendency to revive the party differences which were now in process of healing. Senator Mahone made a spoech in de- fense of Gorham, and said the defeat of Gorham would be misinterpreted so as 'y in some senso to be a disapproval of the liberal movoment. He (Mahone) knew such interpretation of the action of the caucus wonld be erroncous. He eulo- ized Gorham's work in connection with the libezal movement, but stated that he would, support the nominees of the cau- Mahone did not vote upon the nomina- tion for olerk, Riddleberger was not present, Upon an informal ballot the voto stood: McCook 19, Gorham 13, Ramsdell 3. The formal ballot followed immediately and resulted: General Me- Cook 19, Gorham 13, Ramadell 3, Me- Cook was declared the nominee. The onucus adjourned to reassemble afier ad- journment of the senate. The caucus reassembled after the ad- journment of the senate and nominated Charles M. Johnson, of Minnesota, for chicf clerk, and James R. Young, of Pennsylvania, to be exccutive clerk of tho senate; Rov. 1. E. Hantley, of the Metropolitan M. . church of Washing- ton, formerly of Wisconsin, for chaplain, ] yy of M : A reso- gr-phio company against Napoleon rony was argued in the United States supramo court this afternoon. It relates to a photograph of Oscar Wilde, the apostle of wsthetic culture, and involves the (uestion whether copyright acts in so far aa they grant protection to photo- graphs are constitutional. Counsel for Sarony argued that the latter had *‘in- vented” the picture in controversy; that is, had posed Oscar Wilde before the camera, selected his costume as well as sios and other accessories, arranged Oscar Wilde in a graceful position, and suggested and evoked a desired and plensing expression, This, the counsel maintained, made Sarony the author and inventor of, not of the sub- ject of the picture, it was true, but the picture itself. The couusel for the litho- graphic company, however, contended that Sarony had not produced or in- vented Oscar Wilde, but merely arranged that is, newly arranged something alre extant. If this wus the inten- tion, Sarony had mistaken his remed; He should have taken out a patent in- stead of a copyright. To obtain a copy- right the person claiming protection must be the author of the visible articlo on which the copyright is grant- ed. Sarony was not the creator of Os- car Wilde, and the photograph was not such an original as could bo copyrighted. All the photographer did was to put Wilde in o particular suit of clothes, have him cross his legs in a pmticular fashion, avd put his hand on his hip. That work was not the work of an author, and Sarony was not entitled, counsel maintaine, to copyright protec- tion, is & — ULAH A8 A STANE, % Blessing Which the Mopmous Pray for. ¢ Samr Lake Crry, Decembor 13.—The Degeret Nows, (Mormon,) commending Delegate Caine's bill forthe admission of Utah, says: **The bill introduced by our delegate, if congress is in proper frame of mind to consider it justly, would be one of the wisest measures that could be adopted, It would take from the ie- sucs of the timesone of the most trouble- some national difliculties, made so by the folly of agitators and weak legislators, The adwission of Utah would relieve the government of the supposed necessity of grappling with the perplexing problem that belongs to the domestic affairs of state, rather than to the general super- vision of federal anthority, The question of polygamy would cut no figure in [ the adwmission of Utah asit is not rec- ogniged in the constitution, It would form no part of state politics We have no idea that vither of the bills referred i to will pass, but the mestion of them show what are the hearings they have upon local affairs. Republicans will not do anything that could be construed into o bewetit for that, begause the hostility to Mormons is one of the chief articles of their political stoek, I'he democrats 1 | dare not for fear of being twitted with the terrible but absurd accusation of af- filistion with the Mormons and pander- ing to polygamy. John Wi Garrett Toe bugn wnanimously clected Prosident of the Waltimore and Ohio eailropd for the bwenty-sixAl gonseantive term,