Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 14, 1885, Page 1

THIRTEENTH YEA THE OwMAHA DALy BEE R. OMAHA, NEB., THURSDAY MOR NING, MAY 14, 1885, NO. 229 THEY SQUIRM. Mormens Present Their Pratest o the Presiden’, They Demand an Honest Execu~ tion of General Laws, Oleveiand Assurce Them That Fait Shall Be Kept With Every F actment of Congress, THE MORMONS PROTEST, THRY ARE BOWED OUT. W ASHINGTON, May 13,- Oongressional Del- egate John T, Caine, of Utah; John W. Taylor, son of the president of the Mormo church, and Jahn Q. Cannon, son of the ex- congressional delegate, who compose the dele- gation sent by the Mormon church to lay be- fore the president a statement of the griev- and pre- ol the Mormons sont the addrees recently adopted b, the mass meeting of sgamst the action of federal officials, calle by appointment at the executive mansion thi morning and wero received by t he presiden in the library. As the delezation entere the president was seated at his desk, but im ances meaiately arose, shook hands with Caine, and was then introduced to Cannon and Tay: lor, Unine then read the address to th president, who remained stavding during th interview. The president Jistened courteously and attentively to the addross, and, upon its conclusion, said: **Well, gentlemen, sofar, ol course, as the Edmunds’ law was concerned, hud nothing to do. It is my duty to se that it is enforced as well as all other lawa. You are entitled to fuir_consideration and to have the law fairly administered, as you ask, and 50 far as any appointments 1 shall maki are concerned 1 will endeavor to give you th character of men who will see that the law i fairly and impartially administered. 1 hop s00n to g at these things, but it will requir ittlo time.” broke into a smile, as he concluded: ba as the rest of us ” “‘All we ask,” rejoined Mr, Caine, *‘is thal the law shall bo impartially administered.” “‘You are entitled to that,” said the presi dext, “*and so far a8 I am concerned I shall see that it is done, I will give these matter: my attention as early as possible.” Another delegation entered at this momen! and the Mormons saluted the president and withdrew. The following isthe address presented by the mormons to the president: “Mr, President: A general enco at Logan, Utah. on the day of April, appointed & com mittee to draft a specific statement of the wrongs they have suBlered confar. of federal officials, The committe thus created submitted the re. sult of its labors to the Mormon people ol Utah gathered in mass meetings at the sev al counties of that territory on May 2, 18 Tho people of their own free will unanimously and enthusiastically ratified this ‘‘declaration of grievances and protest,” and the under signed wero delegated to come here and for mally deliver the same to you “Intho porformance of this duty wo beg leave to smsuro ment voices the unified expres- sion of the wholo mormon people. It s not the mere aictum of the church au. thorities. you that this docu- wrongs inflicted upon them, the men who have bcen_sent by tho genera government to rule over them, done, and the peoplo have approved thereo and made it their act and deed. In the ex ercise of & right guaranteed to them by the constitution of the Usited States, uearly 200,000 citizons appeal to their fellow citizens petition their The mormon people have been patient, forbearivg, and long-suffering. They ave not been, they are not, snd they will not be disloyal or law-delying. They have within the law rteadfastly recisted what thev believed for fair you for griovances. a and of earing a redress to be ur just enactments, but thoy have no vesisted and will not resist the judgments o the courts, They mamtain, however, tha they ought not to be made the victims of special legislation enacted under the form of general laws. The act of congress pun ishing by fine and imprisonment unlawfu cohabitation is unquestionably a_general lnw, supplying alike to all the inhibitants of th territory over which the Uwited States claim exclusive jurisdiction. It must have bien ended to suppress vics and immorality, as int well a3 to puoish mormons who maintai: ed martial relations with their plural wives. Buf the prosecutivg officers in Utah have declured this Jaw was not made to be spplied to non: mormons, and the courts have held this tc be the fair snd rightful interpratation of the unlawful cohabit tion act. moreover held that m rmous who bave tained the offspiiog of taeir plural marri and recognized as their wives the wo they esponred before tbe passage of th Edmund’s law were guilty of its viclation, and upon this ruling men have been con demned and sentenced and are now under. going punishment although they were ready and_offered to prove that they had not co- habited with more than o/ e woman,” “‘Very revently & man who confessed to hav ing seduced his wife's sister was arrested upon & charge of ‘unlawful cohabitation,” but w“& ed ane upon & habess corpus p oceeding, rele set freo by the chief justico of the territory, who held that the Edmunds law was not tended to and did nos apply to such cases 1t in probably needless to add that the accuse in this case was not & mormon. mormon people do not ssk ousball - ‘oven . “wrest 0noe iy tha the aw to your authorit; right fto them,” worethan than the expect of an; they have the und ubted right to deman thut the laws should be Lupnrlmll( tered; that the men who adwinlstar then should be falr, upright, unbiased and imp tial; that the executive end administrat efficer sent there b, the eral government should be and counfine themselves to B ome the allles of en uvscrupulous cotari whose sole object is to 4 lunder the mormons, their property snd their liberty, The mor- mon people are charitable aud are not prompt to speak evil, even of those who d espicefull; use and prosecute them, The erciles: crueade which has been wagad against them for many years they beliove to be directed at their religion. They know that the faith whicl they profess and practice is unpopular, but they know also that in this respect they are but enduring that which has been the com mon lot of true believers in every age of the They believe 1t is as true s it was of world, those of whomm the son of mrn sp ke mor than 1,800 years ago. **And ye s of all my men for my mame he ~ that _endureth to the = en shall by saved.” Their abiding faith in a overruling providence makes them confident of the ultimate triumph of their course, The feel and know that their religion is of God and that the wicked and ungodly will stiiy againet ic i vain, “We are not here, Mr, Prendent, to ask favors at you hands, Those who sent us asl but for siwplo justice. equal exsctuess, oF religicus suti u bics. They roc: goize 4 fact that it is your duty to see that the laws euacted by congress are faithfully executed, but they “maiatain that a faithfnl executivn Mormons ish you out there could Gth and are still suffering from the tyranical conduct Tho presidoncy of the church had nothing whatever to do with the preparation or ratification of this declaration of the peo- ~ple’s grievances aad their protest avainst the The people wanted to have formulated tho facts of their faith which are made tho cause of_complaint against thom and also a statement of tho ucts of ‘T'nis has been They have The in order to do a gieat hey will endure vastly publio con:cience would people but they ivsist that adminis- fed hovest the formance of their legal duties and not . 1l be hated ke, bot ¢ donot ask you to stand betwevn thew ntd the Jaw. but they doin. sist that thelaws ught to be aduinistered with iless of race, prejudice in this instance means perfect equality be fore the law of mormons and non mormons, Therefore, in their behalf wo tesqectiully ask that you will heartily respond and give heed to their request for a fair and 1mpartial in vestigation of the Utah situatiou. THE PROTEST, “This is their protest: ‘We protestagainst unfair treatment on the part of the s eneral government, We protest sgainst the con- tinuance of memorial bondage as subversive of the rights of freeman and contrary to the spitit of American institutions, We protest against special legislation, the result of popu- lar prejudice and religious interference. We Protest againss the conscience of one class of citizens being made the criterion by which to judge another, ~We protest against the tyranny of federal officers and the con- tinuance in offics of men who diegrace their positions and use them as a means of oppres- sion, We protest sgainst the administration of tho Edmunda the punishing of one class for practicing their religion and exempt- ing frem prosecution votaries of lust and crime, We protest agaiost the breaking up of family relations formed previous to the passage of the FEdmunds law, and depriving women and children of the support and rotection of their husbauds and fathers. We protest against the srlu!c'lllon of pecsons, many of whom are aged and infirm, who on- tered into plural marriage before it was de- clared a crime, and who have never violated any law, “We respectfully'ask tor the appointment by the president of a commission, to fairly and thoronghly investigate the Utah situation, and pending its report, we solemnly protest against the contibuance of this merciless crusade, “‘In conclusion, Mr, President, permit us to express the belief that a fair and candid in- vestipation of the mormon problem would disabuee the public mind and remove much of the prejudice oxisting aeainst us, May we not, therefore, entertain the hope that you will institute such an investigation, and thus open the door tor the settlement of this vexed question,” h y d s t d o o e ——— BATOTOHE HAS FALLEN, 0 APTURED AT THE POINT OF BAYONET——DETAILS OF THE BATILE, Batocrr, May 12, via Olarks Crossing, May 12.—Batoche has fallen, the rebels have fled, driven from their rifloe pits and ambugh at the point of the bayomet. The charge was gallanty made by the gredandiers, Riel jsent a messenger to Gen. Middleton early in the day, saying: “If you persist in firing upon the houses con- taining our women and children we will mas- sacre the prisoners in our hands, The general, in reply, told him to gather his women &nd children into one house and it would not be fired upon. Later Riel sent an answer thanking Middle ton for his bhumane promise to save the wo- men and children, but afterwards, as the gen- eral attack was just being made, he sont an- other messenger saying fie did not like war, but unless the troops retired the original in* tention of massacreing the prisoners would be adhered to, but it came to late. The charge had already commenced and in o few minutes the rebels were scattered and the prisoners rascued, The following is the list of casual- ties to-day: Killed—Capt. John French, scout; Lieut. Fitch, Royal Grevadiers; Capt. Brown, Boulton’s troop; W. H, Kippen, sur- veyors’ corpe; Private Frazier, Ninetieth; Pivate Hardisty, Ninetieth. Wounded—Capt. Gilliss, Private Young, Sargt. Major Wateon and’ Sergt, Jacques of the Ninetieth, all slightly; Lieut, Helliwell, Privates Quigley and Barton of the Midland battallion; Maj. Dawson, Lieut. Laidlaw, Privates Quigley, Cook, Vaughan, Barber and Marshall, grovadiers, more seriouely., Father Montlin was found in his house at Batoche, wounded, it is belioved by the rebels, but not seriously, The following are the names of the prizon- ers rescund from the rebols: # Luss, Peter and =Willism Tompkins, Mc- Kenn, Astley, Ross and McConn, Sr, Pavr, May 13.—The Deepatch’s Win nepeg special says the following private dis- pateh gives the first definite tidings from the steamer Northcote: ON Boarp Steayer Nowtacore, May 11, via Humboldt, May 12, —The rebels kept up a hot fire on us for six miles. Ouoly three wounded, I got a ball through ~ the coat but am not hurt, Hugh John McDonald, the premier’s son, is with me and 1a all right, The troops are still fighting, We ranout of the wood and had to'go down, Will go back to assist the troops after woodicg, Tho rebels are about five hucdred strong, 8. L. Bepso,” Nothing is definitely known about the movements of the rebel leader Riel, Dumont and others crossed the river and started west. Orrawa, Ont., May 13.—In the house this afterncon the Hon. M. Caron read the fol lowing official diepatch from Gien. Middleton, dated Batouche, May 11th, via Clarke’s Crossing, May 12th: *'Have just made a general attack and car ried t e whole settlement. My men b-haved eplendidly. The rebels are in full flight, 1 am sorry to say I have not get Reil. While I was reconnoitering this morning William A-hley, one of tho prisoners,galloped up with o flag of truce rud handed me a letter from Riel raying: ‘If you massacre our families, 1 #hall massacre the priconers.’ Isent wor i that it he would put his women and children in one placaand let me know where it was, 1 should not fire on them, *I then returned to camp and pushed on my advauce parties, who firsd on the rebels and 8o pressed them until I saw my chance, and ordered a general advance, The men acted2 nobly, bsing splendidly led by their officers and Qol, Stroubenzie, - They pushed the enemy out of the rifle pits and forced them away across the plain and seized the bouses, and were masters of the place. The moss of my force will biyousc there, ““In theheat of action Ashley came back with another missive from Kiel, as follows: “ieneral:—Your prompt auswer to my noto shows that I was right in mentioning the caute of humanity., We will gather our familles 10 one place, and as soon as it is done will let you know.’ ‘Oa the envelope he had written as follows: ‘I do not like war, and if you do not retreat and refuse to interview, the question remains the same concerning prisoners " Our loss, T am afraid is heavy, but not so heavy as might be expected. As yet I find it is five killed and ten wounded, The prisoners have all been released and are rafe in my camp. Among them is Jackson White, a man whowas Riel's secretary, but who is now mad and rather dangerous, Frev MIDDLETON, The following telegram was also read: The steamer Northoote aud _another steamer arocoming up the river with Company Cof the school infantry and E)nu. and will cut off the retreat of the rebels, The rebel loss is helieved to be very severe, but as yet unknown. TATTLEYORD, Man., May 13, —Twe Yankeo trappers and prospectors reached here in canoes late lust night, They are suspected THR 3 o 8 0 o t t f o i 1 f t f t f 1 1 t \} 0 ) o d t e d n o Y 8 THE OLD WORLD. Incidents of the Day on the Three Continents, Art, Politics, War and News of a General Sort, Penjdeh Described as Edenic in Its Richness—Soudanese Sol- diers Dying, THE AFGHAN 188UE, A SURMISE, LoxpoN, May 13.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg arrived last night, DeStahl im- mediately had interyiew with Granville, It i: surmised that Russia accepted the conven- tion, THR PENJDRH VALLEY. LoxvoN, May 13.—Condie Stephens, the bearer of dispatches from Lumsden to the government, says, the British commission started from Tirpul imme- diately after the Penjdeh battle, marching to Paropimisus mountains, Terrific en)w storms rendered progress slow. Many camp followers ware lost The defeated Aighans retreated by another route, via Maruchak and Balmurghab. The Penjdeh valley is a_fertilo ossis, a lovely country, with kplendid pasture lands, 1o spring time tho ground is literally carpeted with flowers. Dr, Aitcheson, botanical expert, was de- highted. He made a valuable collection of flora. The valloy abounds with game. The party killed 150 pheasants daily, The Murgh ab abounds in water fovl, and the hills are stocked with gazelle, antelope, wild sheep and pigs, Tha Afghans were always kind and at- tentive to the wants of the commission, and did their utmost to provide them with food and comforts, though the task was a difficult ove, the country being ummhabited, Tae party saw the ruins of numerous ancient towns, When Stephen left the commission, all members were in good health and spirits, THE CREDIT PASSES THIRD READING, The consolidated fund bill—the $55,000,000 cradit —passed the third reading in the house of commons this afternoon, MARINERS ALLOWED TO GO. The naval pensioners recently called on for service have been authorized to claim their discharge, GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS, THE SICK LIST AT SUAKIM, Suakiy, May 13, —Thero s a foarful smount of sickness amoog the British and Egyptian troops here, the #hips are crowded with pa- tients_and’ additional hospitals ara being erected on shore, MUST 60, cabinet s meditating the recall of Sir Evelyn Barine, consul general at Cairo, as he ianot in accord with the government on the withdrawal of the British troops from Soudan and the Suez canal intervationalization scheme. Loxnos, May THE NATIVES SUBMIT. Suakiy, May 13.—One thousand natives who have been hostile submutted to British authority and have been armed, It is feared, however, that the withdrawal of the British forces will deter further submission. MINISTER WALLACK'S FAREWELL. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 13.— Gen. Lew Wallace, ex-United States mioister to the porte, officially tendered his farewell to the sultan and leaves here next Friday The American residents at the Turkish capital have presented Wallace with an eulogistic addres, THE DYNAMITERS, ToxDON, May 13,—Thetrial of Cunningham snd Burton was resumed this morniog. BAILWAYS IN INDIA, Loxoy, May 13, —The Earl of Kimberly, secrotary for ~ Indis, amnounced in the house ~ of Lords ' yesterday that o plan had been officially sanctioned involv- ing an outlay of five millions for railways and military roads, including a line to Quetta, for defense of India. AMERICANS EXPRRSS APPRECIATION. Pams, May 13.—A reduced copy of the Bartholdi statue of “‘Liberty enlightening the world’, was formally presented by the Amer- ican residents of the French capitol to the municipality of Paris to-day. Levi Morton, ex-United States minister, made the speech of presentation, and that of acceptance was delivered by M, Bone, president of the mu- nicipal council, LONDON POLICE BOUTED BY A MOT, Loxpox, May 13.—A riot occurred Satus day afteracon, betwoen a mob and the poli for the possession of Nelson monument, in Trafalgar square, About 10,000 men had assembled in the squareto make a demonstra- tion agaiost the government’s budget pro- posals to increase the duty on spirits and beer. The row lasted newrly an hour and the promoters of the meeting and the police were finally forced to retire laaving the crowd singing in triumph, “Rule Brittianica.” Soon after the mob had compelled the speakera to leave, it surged to the front of the National club, which faces Trafalgar Square. Every psreon noticed leayving or en tering the club bwlding was mobbed. The attitude of the crowd was so menacing that the club poors were closed and o messenger dispatcbed to Scotland yard for additional police, At nine o'clock the rioters were in full possession of Trafalgar square and North Umberland avenue was alto occupied by a mob of many thousands. —— Hunting Lillian Madison's Murderer. Ricumoxn, Va,, May 13, —The takiog of testimony in the Chuverius murder trial com- menced to-day. L. W. Rose, keeper of the reservolr where Lillian Madison’s body was found, described the place and defined his daties, It was his custom to make a circuit of the works twice a day around the wall on top of the bankof the reservoir. Thus en- goged, on the morning of March 14, he fourd & woman'’s glove and broken shoe stricg, and looking into the water saw o portion of the dress and partially exposed body of » woman, Contin- uiog the examinstion of the premises after taking the body from the water he noticed evidences of a etruggle on the bank and the footsteps of a woman followed by those of a man, The witness noticed a severe contusion over the right eye of the dead woman and said he thought a person falling might receive ch a wound from the bricks which lined the reservoir, In auswer to a question by the attorney for the prosecution the witness said the surroundings outside the_reservoir were dismal and gloomy, especislly at night, on the east side there being a smallpox hos- pital and on the south & place where small: and will be detained for a few days, The report that they were in the woods below Ed. monton for six months, and had not heard of the rising. They have with them a quantity of furs worth se:eral thousand doliars, —— The Parents of the Percivals Arrive, Special Correspondence of The Bek, FOLLERTON, May 13,—Spencer A. Percival, of London, England, father of Harry Perci- val, accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Tanner, father of Mrs, Percival, arrived here last night, and are the guests of 8. H. Penney, They will go to morrow to the s:ene of the crime through wh ch their son ard daughter me: their deaths. ——— The Congress of Churches, Hartrory, Coon,, May 13,—The last ses- sion of tho copgress of churches opened at 10:15 this morning, Gov, Harrison protiding. The hall was filled by a large audience, The subject for discussion was the *‘Historical Christ s the True Centre of Theology," h - d 0 { ve k pox patients are customarily buried, Around the reservoir was a picket fence three feet and four 1oches high, The defense objected to a question as to whether a woman in a delicate condition could easily get over this fence, and if ii was likely a lady without an escort would approach such a disma! place at night, and the court ruled them out as improper ones. e Boomers Make Another Raid, Wicrira, Kan, May 13,—A special from the Cheyenne agency, Indisn Territory, says: Twenty- seven boowt rs’ wagone, each partially loaded with Iudian evpplies from Arkansas City, have gone into the territory, delivered tbeir goods and then moved on wnto the Oklshoma diswict, where the boomers have located claims end commenced farming operstions. ‘The report reached Cheyenpe to day that the boomers are exult- snt, and have sent word to the campsrs in the Tietalty of Caidwal] that he contl'ls manls clear for another raid. Each of the twenty seven wogons contaiped two oOF tbree men, They went fyom the Chey- enne agency directly down the Cimarron, river by Camp Russell. which had just been vacated oy the troops that had been urdered to the northwest, 1t is the judgment of the author at the agency that sl the boomers left on the border will again flock into Uklahoma, although the Fifth cavalry, under command of Gen, Merritt, is now under marching or ders to take the place of the Ninth, just moved, Sprague won. Valley Forge, third, Time, 1:45. Third race—Six furlongs, all ages; Gentry won; Lena, second; Vibrator, third, 120 ¥ second; Buroh, DARK HORSES, Harrison end Parwell ia the Sen- aturial Lists, BADLY GORED. Bulls Atk fhe Markets and Force Up Prices. ne, th race—Ha'f mile, two-year-oldn; ont Fawn, second; Biggonnett, third. th race—One mile and ear-olds and upwards nleaf second; Olivette, Besn Time, ) b one-sixteonth, litaire won; third, Tims, ——— FIGHTING FOR FREIGHT. TRAFFIO TORN TP CH10AGo, T1L,, May 13, —The general man. agers of the western connections of the east. ern trunk lines, constituting the Central Traffic association, began a session here this forenoon. The attendance is not as large as at the first seesion when the sgreement was made to maintain freight rates on the busis| THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE, of 20 cents on grain fram Chicago to New VAL L L) York, Since then there has been open out. | Special Telegram to The Bre. ting of rates, it having been charged that » | SpriNarrELD, TIL, May 13, —Both branches rate of 13 cents was made for a large assi of the legislature met at noon to-day in joint | brought him, — The child was only nind | was very flat in early trading, prices dropping juent o grala horo ‘:aflly;xa':l.l‘uw?:;fi:g sossion. One hundred and ninsty-cight mom. | J5ure old: ' Her body Sotaners ph. | o1 4@4c from the closng figures of last night. criminations, and it is hardly thought that a | bers were present, but no vote was cast. The [ sician testified that her veins were almost omp There had been a heavy short selling during heen | the two preceding days, and the bears were restoration of rates can result from the | demoorats Intended holding a protracted ses- |ty and that the child had literally On Monday, it | yllowed to be in complote possession of the . Morrison Handioapped by Leep-|!: Wheat Raises on Bad Reports, er's Defeat. and Corn Sympathizes, ——— ONOFRIS’ BRUTAL ORIME, AN ITALTAN CONTORSIONIST REATS MIS LITTLR DAUGHTER TO DEATH, PHILADRLPHIA, Pa, May 13, —At the in- quest on the body of Lottie Cook Onofri to-day, a revolting story of her cruel death waa told under oath. Her step father, the Ttalian contortionist, O. Achile Onofri, who THE DAY WITH TRADERS, is accused of killing her, was present as a WHEAT. prisoner and seemed overwhelmed by the | Special Telegram to The Bri predicument into which bis brutal natuce has | ~Ciitcaao, TiL, May 18, The wheat markot THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION ~ ALL Republicans Awaiting a Ohance to Defeat Logan—An Interesting Situation Presented, Cattle Command a Brisk Advance ~Exceptionally Heavy Re. ceipts Force Down Hogs, present meeting, a8 & numbsr of roads_are | i starved and boaten to death. Rot representet, A proposition was made to | L.onand knocking Morriton out, but heseems to | GINH T Y Aceed Tkl Lottis nearly | ] vefer the question of rates to »_committee of | NVe been too sharp for them, Representa- [ all day, using a thick rope, o hoavy strap, aud | feld, due in the main to the advent of warmer elghtaen, and the proposttion had been, dls- tive Tyler of Adams, a Morrison man, was & shovel, the handle of “tho latter beiog | weather. Thn thero camo in somo gloomy cussed at some length without any result up | conveniently absent, ; roken on her hend or her body. | oro oLl cdniatully n:cn.h nhnd._ of b there | prok e o father iod e hand ans foo ¥ [ crop forecasts, the reported presence of geass- 1T Ak atternoon the cotmibies of elghitesn | 50 no vote, which ives Morrison an- | sompelled hor to kneel down for hours. At | Boppers in Texas, and a good home and ex- met but found there were dissgreoments among | other day of grace, night she crawled up staira to hed and moaned | port Inquiry for epring wheat, all of which the ]u;s« mprflahnn:u in the {th;lgr local | A crisis in the senatorial contest seems im- ;nd "-""‘phim‘fll of hmi bnfik' U‘nufrl beat | oceasioned an Instant revulsion in the temper committee, and that any general maintenance | er again with a shovel. After lyin, N . Of Tates was impossibie uhtl theso. differenes | Winent: Mortison, rightfully or wronghully, [ it 8N, It & SUesel | ATEor VIR of the market, prices advancing sharply 1§ could be harmonized. It was recommended |18 blamed for the loss of a member in|moan, when the step-father in | from the bottom, with the bears showing His frantic desire to cover theirshortsales, Trad- that the Chicago committee make an effort in | the thirty-fourth district. enemies | great rage fell upon her, sm thered the argument | Ber head under a pillow and eat upon 1t. |ing to the close in the afternoon was active, and the feelivg was quite firm at the finish at the direction of harmony, and the committee iog i of ‘ighteen adjourned sabjcot to the oall of | ok a Mg whb g Tib, $he arqument | When released the young vioklm, sy her little the chairman ‘at Chicago, The committee | pulled over his eyes, as was done in that case, | fister Mabal said, " lay very quiet. Onofri B} will probably meet to-morrow. 16 not fhe kind of n leader Who should be sent | then struck her in tha face with his fist and [’ @arly the bost prices of to-day. The receipts The managers cf roads betwoen Chicago|to the senate. His friends are boainning to | Mthough she did not stir he struck her (A0d shipments were free. and the Missouri River met here to-day to|admit that he cannot possibly be elected, and | ®%8in with —a shovel. Then NL‘OW*"(I b ratify the agroemont made a few days ago |there is & perceptible pressure from Wash- | dlarmed at the increasing pallor on her little [ There was only a moderate speculative for the formation of ‘a number of pools on | fngton, not perhaps dirtetly gainat him as an | 308 the stepfather sent for dootor. When | business in corn, but the market ruled stondy, business between the points pamed. The | individual but against him as an obstruction | the Physician arrived the child was in Onofri’s | responding to ‘the advance fn wheat, and agreement was read soction by section. The | (o the success of the party. Thenational ad. | s dead. i closed fo higher than yesterday. Tho re- Missouri Pacific put in a claim for an in- | ministration would rather see any one elocted | The case was continued in order that the | ceipts are ouly moderato. croased allowancepinthe traffic in which it is | than Logan, and the democratic managers, | e5timony of other children may be taken, SN goncerned. While mo definite action was | qutside of Morrisou and a few of his personal et Th AIRIPAR sk taken it is believed the claim will be allowed. | adherents, fear that if something is not done New Officers—Capiral Notes, om"’fl',‘,‘d T ackay r;,eé“:“';‘;dy’f:‘;‘;‘mn‘;‘_’ what firm, The atternoon session was devoted to the : 2D . ditcusslon of tho porcantazes of the pool on| thers apain and’ secuts his - owe ojeraion | WasHiNoTON, May 18, ~The presideut ap- range cattle. The meeting will bo continued | There are indications that Morrison himself | Poited the following postmasters to-day: to-morrow, begins to realize the inevitable, and that he | Harvey T. Slively, Rawlins, Wyo.; George yill submit to i, not voluntarlly or will-| W, Wyans, n Grove, N. J.; Henry rgly, but because he fears the consequences | 1o+ A i s i toimsclf should Togan bo elected while. he, | Ki08#1ey, Schoharie, N. Y.; Daniel Liddall, IMPORTANT DECISIONS AFFECTING OMAHA PAR- | (Morrison,) continues to hang on. There [ Gadsden, Ala.; Jacob J. Van Riper, Ruther- el seoms to bo a general democratic demand |ford, N, J.; Charles Rittenhouse, Hacketts- The following decisions of the supreme court | ey, iorrison shall get out of the way and be | town, N. J. i o pretty quick about it. Democrats don't| George V. N. Lothrop, recently appointed wore filed May 12, 1885: seem to care very much who iselected if the | minister to Russin, was qualified at the state Dunn va. Haines, Brror from Dovglas | ¢tn only slect any ono. Success is what they department to-duy. e are ofcer, and strange to eay the drift o 'ho president to-day appointed Col, John connty. Affirmed. Opinfon by Maxwell, J. | o inion is unmistakeably, thovgh xomewhat | M. WA oRNGEIth coaEot engineers, to bo 1. To give the court jurisdiction in an ac- uaaccountably, i the direction of Carter | commissionior of publio buildinga sud grounds tion agaivet a defendant who rosides in and [ Harrison. It is not probable that thero | for the District of Columbis, Wilson relieves was servedZwith summons in another county | 8%¢F Will be a full democratic caucas, but [ Col. A. . Rockwell. Theappointment takes than that fa which the suit was broughe, ¢t | ¥hen Morrison is no more a candidate, the | effect Juno 1at, Gefondant who rosides in or 13 sorved itk | democrats will vote all around tho circ'e and | C. I, Williame, who was yestorday ap- Summons 1n the county whers the action is | i0 the course of time, findiog that they can | pointed marshal for the Southern district of brought must havs a peal and substantial in. | RO elect a atraight democrat, they will begin | Towa, is & brother-in-law of Henry Clows, a torast in the su.ject of the aotion advorse to | 4tOPPIDE votes her and there for Ex-Con- | banker of New York. and a nephew of W. A, the plaiatilf—hence, if a surety 1s dischargeq | Eretsman Farwell. S Williams, of Worcester, Mas+. He has been by the creditor exten ing the thme Gf pay- | The election of a republican in that Demo- | a citizon of Tow for bwenty-fivo years, and is ment without hia consost, he s not & neesy. | cratic stronghold the Thirsy-fourth district, | at present a resident of Keokuk. He is a T S ia n bitter pill for the domocrats, aud they | young man and is said to possess excellont 5" A ofendant who revides in a different | SXhibit o venomons apirit against’ Logan bo- | business qualities. In politics ho has always county form that in which the. action s | cause he outwitzed them. If the republicans [ been u democrat, and was strongly endorscd fully appreciated Legan's genera'ship in | for the position but was not the choice of the snatching viotory from defeat, in that case | congressional delegation, ~Among those who they would stand by him toa man and re-|urged his _appointment was Ex-Secretury ward him by electing him, as they can do, | George W. McCrary. It he over bad a prospect of gotting & demo- | Representatives Weaver and Frederick, o cratic vote, he has none now. - The democrata | Tows, called upon tho president to-day and groscro aud sour, and will go almost any | iled i protest agaiist the appointment. of length, even to the length of electing another | Christopher 1., Willisms to be United republican, to revenge themseives on Logan. [ States marshal for the southern dis- The public need not be surprised to find them | trict of Towa, on the ground that he was H voting for Charloy Farewell, not that|unknown to and not endorsed by the ropro- | The incrense in receipts was rather n sur- they love Farwell, but that they hate Logan. | centative democrats of $his state. Mr. Camps | prise to all concern d and thero was a_spon Already uegotiations have been opened be- | bell, chairman of the democratic state central | taneous decline of a strong H@10c on all sorta tween some of the republicans and some dem- | committee of Iowa, was, they say, the choico | except fancy assorted light and gilt-edged ocrats looking to Furwell's election. About | of the democrats of Towa. Williams received | singling pigs. The bulk of the light sold at arror | €i8hteen republicans are ready to bolt Logan | his commission to-da $4.85@1.50, & fow {ancy wingling vigs selling ‘Opinon | for Farwell a1 soon ay tho democrats’ ive upto 8450, At the declige trads was brisk em sufficient encouragement, which they o packers, speculators and hippers buyi may do beforo Weaver can take his seat, Tn General Grant's Conditlon. | {000 ™ pucking and_ shipping, 750 to caso the demccrats take up Farwell there is| NEW York, May 13.—A hypodermic in- | pounds, $4,50@4.45; light, 310 to 310 pounds, 8o telling what the Liogan men will {do.” Some | jection o five drops of morphin was adminis. | 4 20G.00. of them stlal m tothe end, but others | yoreq ¢o Gon, Grant last night. This quan- may make o diversion to offeet and if poestble | ;.. o¢ tne opinte gensrally mentralizes the RXtccalver foxa W ahaphBranch; By Associated Press, pain in the thront so that the patient is able s:::':“:':'«':; :’!1; 31:!' :.3':11;: 3‘;1{“'::; SeriNgriELD, TIl,, May 18.—In the senate | to sleep. —Thie, however, was not the cate P conr ey ’5' ,}’h ';‘, lation providing for an afternoon seusion | 112 BiEht. He' talked oo much yesterday | pointing Anthony J. Thomas, of New Azenol P & with visitors and the air when he took a drive | York, receiver of the Champaign, Havana & on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays |a¢ noon yesterday was chilly, The result [ o e ¥t 0 B0 HTPHED VAR o was adopted. A communication from the | was that his throat had swollen and the pain Vs Lol . Insting seventy-five motarios | bcsmo 6o intenin that tho opinte had mo | Havana branch of tha Wabash, St Louis & kel el Dl A 1| effect. The general did not eleep until three | Pacitic. The order compels the Wabash road PODLD Poo e hnacoration. P Beneral | this morning. From that time he slopt until | to turn over all the proporty of the Havana appropriation il W“)l’“"“’ post- 8 with occasional wakings, At 9 he arousea branch and sever it from the management of poned on motion of Merritt to allow tme | g Grogsed. The increased swelling in the |the Wabash proper. The reciiver is called for the houso to get through with 1ta delib- | a4 iy notioablo and he is not loelivg o |upon o funish » bond 5,000, In the house this morning the spenker an- | Well as yesterds e e nounced a committee to investigats tho work- e Young Men's Oliristian Assoolstion, ing of the southern grand divivion of the su-| Illinois Sunday chool Workers. ArLanta, Ga., May 13,-The twenty- prome court. The comuittee is Fuller, Line- | Aptow, TIL, May 18, —W. B. Jacobe, of | sixth avnual convention of the Young Men's gar and Baker, The motion to reprint of the adjutant gen-| Chicago, presented to the state sunday | Christian association of the United States eral’s reports b,(C0 copies, not to exceed in |£chool convention this morning his report, as [ and Canada met in the baptist church here cost 10,000, was adoptod, Tho voto waa 113 | tatistical wecrotary, Thirty cight counties | thismoruiog About 400 delogates aro in at- to8 Linegar gave notice ~of —recon-|reported an incrensed memberabip of eunday | tendance. "Fen inwernational = secrctaries tideration, Maboneyls resolutlon esk-| yonools and twenty-four a decrowsed attond: [ 208t of the state societice and nearly all of ing for investigation of the park boards | o’ “The reporbof tho treasurer showed o | tho Bener: prosent. O e o the tabie, & vora token re | deficit of 8387, Tho exccutive committee re- T———— o b L O e e 8 yoth taken re-| ported, urging the importance of normal and ; sa) collectione. s for the_twenty districts n"i‘rn‘{‘l?ur;'vmlt']&-;“.h'i‘g;e fhoseornm, Co comporlu the siate asiociation wore_ olosiod present, Neither party voted, Adjourned, | 3% the evening session. It is unsafe any looger to predict what the : Tilinois legilature is guing to do Last night | McCormick's Guess on Winter Wheat, every person expected a vote, but that was| Cuicaco, Ill, May 13.—The McCormick thwarted by the fact that, Tuylor of Adams, | Royper company has received answers from this morning the democrats wera very much | 400 of its 1,400 correspondents in the winter ) 3 tent disappointed, because they really intended to | wheat states, It estimates, if the rates thus | Srowden, 690 miles; Harriman, 496; Boy do somethlng, It is not kuown when Tay1or | ur aro maintained, that tho reporta will show | (713 Omelia, 41; addocks. '660; Schock, will be here, and of course nothing can be |, falling off of 10 per cent in the condition of | 0203 Francis, b24. gooouniil Lo doss Meturn. night. that the ro. | FIDLCF wheat as compared with tho estimate = indictment under seotion 208 of the crisminal | ¢urny from the Thirty-fourth district will be | 0% April, which put the crop at 65 PE onal Ry AT s i et S T I of the full yield, with a decrease of 20 per 2000 Agi deessting bere either to-night or early enough in the | cent in the acreage sown. ; ond lving and pcopatiting with another | morming to allow a canvas and the governor Masoxic hall on Friday eveaing, My 22, ry, must allege the | ¢, jssne a certificate of election to Weaver be R Harry Hunt, Chles A, Taylor, Frank offenss subatantially as in the statute, fore the joinu seasion. Should this be the case 0R6 B IOS ARLOH fo WASHINGTON, Moy 18, - The upper Miss- | Waseerman, John A, Booth, George J. 2. Under a statute permitting » husband or | (00 othing may be looked for. y in a criinal proceeding for a | ™A gpecial train carrying a pumber of legls- issippi: Fair weather, variable winds shifting | Sternsdorf! and Thomas Dagdale have she of | to southerly, stationary temperature, affalr in charge, wife to testi crime committed by one against the other. | 1utors left here to-mght for Quincy, for the Held, that on the trial of & husband on an in- | Jueic'of Vringing Lopresentative Taylor, rly, ot ‘Adaus, here to-morrow. The objecs appyr- | TheMissouri valley: Local raion and partly [ rpy o ()maha Light guards will be *at ently is not so much to sacure a vote for sen- | cloudy westher, preceded in the northern 5 o ator as to try and keep Weaver out, portion by fair weather, sontherly winds and | home in their new armcry, northeast dictment for adultery the wife was & compe tent witness against him. 3, Marriags may be witness, and if followed e ——— Mlightly warmer; stationary temperature in | corner Fifteenth and Dod go sireets, next The Day on the Turf, the southern portion, Taesday evening, from 9to 12 o'clock. LexiNaToN, Ky.,, May 18,—This wae the R —— The company hae sent out nesb invita— last day of the Kentucky association season, The Eau Olaire Strike Knds, tons for the event, anc & merzy time is PHOVISIONS, In provisions trading was very light, with the feeling a shade easier, CATTLR. The receipts were again moderate, yet for k #0 far the number shows an increase 00) hoad, as compared with the same time last week. There was an active demand from first to last, with a sharp up- turn of 10@150 on big heavy steers and the ordinary run of shipy ivg steers. In a general way the market 18 only about 5@10¢c lower than the highest for the last week. Hardy little cattle are makiog extremely high prices. Steers_under 1,000 pound averages are making $4.80@5.10 aud ther abouts, Choice feoders are selling at $5,(0@5.25. Butchers’ and canning stuck are in active de mand and selling as high as at any time, Dis- tillery ateers are quotable at $5,25@5 80, The best fat corn-fed cows and heifers are making $100@450 avd low _grades $300.@3.50, Veal calves are plentiful. A mnotable ea'ls was that made late yesterday of 124 head averaging 118 pounds at $4, Stockers and feeders are rather slow. The Converse cattle conpany had seven or eight loads of Wyoming corn fed rangers on the market. They averaged about 1 400, and sold for $550. ~Sales—1 150 to 1,200 pounds, $1.75@b_15; 1,200 to 1,230 pounds, $510@ 5605 1,350 to 1,600 pounds, $1.40@5.00; butchers’ common, $2.60@ 3.50; good, $3 50@ 440; stockerr, $3.76@+445; feeders, $4.50@ 5.00; Texans, $3.76@4 80, C — THE SUPREME CJURT. brought and denies the juricdiction of the court over his person, should have the ruling of the court on his objectious thereto reviewed on orror and not by appesl. By appealing he entera a_general appearance, Pearson vs Kauans Manufuctueing compiny. 14 Neb., Harman_vs. Omahs, Error from Douglas county, Reversed. Onfnion by laxwell, J. A city is liable under the constitution of the state to a lot owner for such damages as he may sustain by fillng in the streets in front of his lot above the level of the same, where the buildings were erected on the lot before the grade was established. DeWitt vs, Wheeler ect. company, from Saline county. Affirmed. by Maxwell, J, 1—The homestead law 1u force when a debt is contracted governs as to the rights of the creditor and debtor in that case, 2—Where in a stipulation of facts it was agreed that the debt *' accrued in the summer of 1877, a homestead law having taken effect on the first day of June of that year—held, that as the word *summer” is frequently used to indicate the warmest season of the year, it will not be presumed that the debt accrued after the first day of June. Hartman va, Streits. Error from Douglas county, Affimed. Opinfon by Maxwell, J. In 1865 and 1867 the Homestead society, of Dubuque, lowa, purchased a tract of land adjoining the city of Omaba, an 1 divided the sawe into lots known as Hartman’s addition to Omaho, the title being in J, G. Hartman a8 trustee for the members of the eociety. One B. rendered valuable services as secre- tary for said rociety, and In 1867 or 1508 was given lot 32 in said addition as compensation therefor. He took possession of said lot in 1868, and enclosed the same and retained po:session until his death, In 1869 B. died, leaving a will in which he devised snid lot to his widow, The will was duly admitied to probate, and afterwards the widow sold and conveyed a!l her right, title and interest 10 #aid lot to one 8., who brought an_action against the trustee and his son who had notice of the transaction before purchasing, to obtain a deed for said lot, Held, That S was entitled to a specific execution of the con- tract, State ex rel. va, Townsend, Mandamus writ denied. Opinion by Maxwell, J, A person possessed of a_ homostead upon which he re:ides, although his title may be a contract of sale, and the property encum- bered for nearly its fuli vnlue,finnl entitled to §500, in addition in lieu of a homestead. Nor can he pledge his homestead as security for a debt, and while possessed of the home stead claim $500 in lieu thereof, Lord vs, State, Error from Brown county, Reversed, Opinion by Maxwell, J, n Fatal Boiler Explosion, (GravsoN, N, Y., May 18.— By the explo- sion «f the boiler at the Dunkirk stove com- pany's works yesterday George James and “Theodor Bantz were k 1led, aud Georgo and Robert Gee badly woundey e ——— The Roller Skaters, New Yonrk, !\lu{ 14.—At 1 o'clodk a. 0 ucore in the roller skating contest was M. — Social Events, A private May party is to be glven at roved by an eye ¥ cohabitation its Base Ball, Toueo, 0. May 18, -Tolado, 7¢ Omal MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 13, —Milwaukee, o-day's events s ik Mivers Uaught by a Caving Collsery, AsHIAND, Pa, May 13,.—The east mam moth gangway of the North Ashland colliexy caved In_this mornivg, covering four tew, Ja Funis, Charles D:ugherty, Muztin McKerns and Michsel Head, The laties has been recovered, but 13 now dying. — ... Jensen and alone . Rheiaberger Taber. Ardith validity will be presumed, — e voal Found en the Niobrara, Special Correspondence of The BrE. e Wis,, May 13,—The strike i A . . f First race—One mile aud one-quarter, all| EAU Oraik, Wis, May 13.—The strike is { expects ; Sumosze, HahyBlay 1omd, larmar liva _CHRINRCT e I, HEG S Second; Groge | bractically over, An attempt was mado this| Tho fourseenth of the ladias muslec- e cn the PILGUEASARTEF) DarhaanKd ot fin | ML aop W B 0, morning to prevent the mills from resuming, | claes, for this scanon, was held. yesterday city, while diggiog for water on his hom Second raco—Thres-quarters of a mile, two- | but after & few arresta the efforta to interfere [ aftornoor, at which thmo the foll‘éylnu stead, struck a three-foot veln of coal at a 0 W, A with the mill employes was abandoned, 1t is | interesting programmo wa roadered: depth of eighteen fost, The coal Iy of splens | YAY ‘fdgi 5}“;“‘“;"“- Sann second; | ot expected there will bo any further trouble, | (4) irand Ftude de Concert......Ch. Mayer did quality. Itwasat onoe covered up and | May Fady: thigd. ' Fime, 1:18 e p—— (b) Valsa Caprice, op. 91, . . Raff P Third race—One wile, for maidens of all : a Rothsohid, the well abandoed, to enable the tenant to | sges; Test camo in first, but was ot back for| A New St. Louis-St. Faul Li Re 5P b Haley: muko final proof of his land before exposing | accidentai ridiog, giving the racetoGold Dol | Omicace, I, May 13.—At meeting of | Romaase (from Likglan). . cope » bs find, But he revealed the secret to con | lar; Glendon, second; Little Fellow, third, | (e general passenger agents of the St Paul, |« aatider - g Abs fidentia frind, through whorn the discovery | Time, 1:43h e Y R TR (Bl 1 - R L has bec.me generally kuown, A compsoy | Fourth raco—One mile and one-eighth; | Iows Centraland Wabash roads, auew lino) =~~~ Mis Bar Aarhal will be organizad to develope the yein, Loty Waraardwon, “Bouauza. segond | was formed beyween St. Paul and St. Louis, | Soag of the Hea fen illT, Taher —— S BT o the timetobs twenty hours, It goes into Mr. H, D, Estabrook, Springer, third, Time, 1:56 ¥y ¥ L. » . i 4N effech June 1. (a) ““Marguerite, 9 Denza Meuriiis, Teon,, May 13, ) i Vaakant s n e’ Oifeubach were: g 2 . Firat race—Class 2:25, paciog; Buck Dick- roascia (A AR e erseon won; Joe Bowers seconc; Mrs, Monser, nuet, fur left b tbled. Time, 2:81 Mr, —— —The fostival chorus, will meet for & vocal rahersal, Fridoy night. ~Morris Puintz, one of the loafers, ar rested night before last as a cusploious char l Becond race- aes Knox wou; Prince Oilo third Time, 2:3 , trotting; Maggio , eecond, Triflls g, Mrs. White, a., Doy 13— First rry - 10 straights by Bl nche, 3, 243, Honesty, in the re, wob 10 steaights,’ Time, | ——— o W, Downey, a very promioent citi Wt Striker s 2om of Laramie, W0, 18 in the city. Mr Johu B, Wiegman's zesidence, immediately | 2.25¢, 2 CHICAGO, May 14 urnal'’s Tamont 111,, | Downey was formerly ‘!"WM« in congress prior to the evening on which Mr, Wiegman| WasHiNu1oN, May 15,~First yace—One | special raye: All:u;)g Dg QuArTyn 'Ii :n Il‘; from that territory, and ia the man who once vlaid, T mile, three-year-olds and upwardes Agincourt | most went to work this mornin, and trouble | oo lighed b I e oo fonal record was waylaid, There are strong resscna tefon Lok gy Murmur, 4 4 Time, | is now believed to b ended. On'y two gom "l“‘ “" - "“‘“";‘ p ‘f“l““""‘lu AP beliove that Pulatz hed & hand in that ato-| 1,485, paviea of truops remaio oo the soene and they | that was gotten up ¥ apewhat 0a the sty cious affair, Second race—Oue mile, all ages; Col.|will probably return bome to-morrow, Poaradige Lost. 3 rac The Lem: 8 for D 3