Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1886, Page 10

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; MONDAY, MARCH 15, 18563 THE MAD MOB AT DES MOINES. Weak Police Protection Afforded During Two Nights of Rampant Rioting. AN INVESTIGATING ASSEMBLY. Cleveland Condemned and Other Legisiative Work Performed— Newsy Specials From Neola and Avoca. Citizens Will Be Sheriffs Next Time. Drs Morses, Towa, March 14, —[Special. |— The past week has been_an_eventfal one for Des Moines. With the militia under arms two nights and a general spirit of riot roaming about the streets nights, there has been plenty of excitement for even the most languid, The lawless attitude of the saloon defenders, however, has had one good effect. It hias aroused public sentiment to aconviction that the test time had come, and that if the saloons and the slums were not to rule the city, the city must rule the saloons, So thers lias been a general stiffen- ing up of the moral backbone of the commu- nity, and a determination to maintain the majesty and dignity of thelaw. The city authorities have been severely censured for calling on the state officers for the militia to preserve the peace. There hss never yet been a time when the regular eivil ofticers of the law could not enforce it and main- tain order without military assistance, if they had been disposed to do so. The mob last evening could have been dis- persed by prompt and determined action on the part of the civilauthorities if their officers had all discharged their duty. But during the incipient riot at the court house, not a po- lice officer was in sight, and the posse of dep- uty sheriffs held the fort alone, until rein- forced by a detachment of militia. It is not likely that the experiments of that night will be repeated. But if it is, every citizen of Des Moines proposes to become one of the sherif’s posse to put it down rather than call upon the state troops. and maintain law and order. The excitement has about died out, and the searches and seizures of liquor o on about as usual. The joint legislative committee on the soldiers’ home are having quite a junketing trip, living on the fatof the land. At Burling- ton they were escorted to the opera house in time to sce the last part of Salvini’s play of Jutlaw,” and at each stopping place the fatted ealf is brought fortn and the at- tractions of the town are set out in brilliant colors. As there are seventeen cities to be visited, the honorable committee will have to be more than human if they can get back home without a protracted attack of royal gout, so high will be their living. This s the greatest legislature for investi- gations ever known. So many members of the senate called off by examinations and Investigations that hardly cnough re- main for a quorum part of the time. There is first of all the Brown investigation, which has been holding meetings daily for several weeks, What they don’t know about the Brown matter when they get through will net be worth looking after. Then comes the Iayes investigation, and before they get through with the judge they will have enough matter to fill % book. Then there is the tion of the deaf and dumb asylum at Council Blutls, and the testimony in that case covers over 400 pages of type writer copy. Then comes the investigation of the affairs of the state university at Iowa City, no light undertaking, Then the in- vestigation of the ofticial conduct of the state veterinarian, and lastly the investiga- tion of the accounts of the capitol commi; sloners, to say nothing about the little in- quirics and inves ions which individual members take on their own account. This unusual amount of investigation doesn't in- dicate that there is anything particularly rotten in Denmark, though such might seem what a lot of inquisitive and prying legislatois can do ‘who think that they have got to reform the universe, or at least hold an investigation and see if it doesn’t need an overhauling. The legislature did a good thing yesterday in passing a resolution condemning Cleve- land’s veto of the Des Moines river lands bill. The controversy which it was hoped would be quieted by this congress has been a disturbing feature in Iowa politics for many years. ‘The democ were persistently claimed to be the spe champions of the poor settlers, and all their wrongs they have charged to the republican party. Now a dem- ocratic president vetoes the only bill for their relief which has ever sed congress, Itis admitted by leading democrats that this veto will cost the demoeratic party several thon- sand votes in this state. If Mr. Cleveland would get a little better acquainted with the ¥rowdy west” he wouldn't make so many blunders about The resolution recites the fact that the legislature has several times memorialized congress in favor of such meas- ure, recites the fact that this bill was intended to secure to the settlers peaceful nossession and titles to homes they have ted by their labor and the expenditure of their means through many years, and to which they are Justly entitled. It says that eviction must cost the settlers severe hardships and great pecuniary loss, and therefore thanks the Jowa delegation in eongress for its efforts to pass the bill, and concludes as follows: Resolved, That it is with the deepest re- f t that this general y has learned of he velo of said measure by the president and that by this veto the president has disap- vointed the just expectations of the people of Towa. The ceeretary of state Is divected to for- waid a copy of the resolution to each lowa senator and member in congress, Bills locating the supreme court at the capital haye passed both houses of the legisla ture, and it is probable that the measure will become a law, When this is done the Towa ourt judges will have as elegant as any jurists m the United States @ court room, now nearly finish- ed, is & marvel of artistic taste and beauty. Twported frescoes, luxurious furnishings, costly and elegant appointments of all Kinds will add to the beauty of the room in which Hawkeye justico is henceforth to be dis- pensed. Each of the judges will have an ele- ntly furnished room at his disposal for Private work, and a luxurious chamber be- sides for general consultation, It is not strange that the bench of judges were solidly iu favor of the bill loc¢ating their future duties here at the capitol, Only forenoon sessions of the leglslature were held yesterday, The house discussed at length the bill enla powers of dis- trict judges and fix salaries, The bill provided that the salary should be §5,000, ¥inn of Taylor tried to amend by making the salary $2,000, The main discussion hinged on this point, and on motion of Scheel a compiomise of $2,500 was agreed u The senate spent the forenoon on the Gateh Mu- tual Benetit association bill, and after several wminor amendments ordered the bill en- grossed. It provides for regulating such as- jons by puttiug them under control of state laws, subjecting them to examination the same as other insurance companies, and yequiring them to make reports to the auditor of state or commissionerof insurauce, if such ~oflice is created. Avoca, Political and Personal. Avoca, lowa, March 14.—[Special.]—Our * Dittle city now sails under democratie colors. At the recent city election the cals were “mll put out and second George Washingtous * put in, every city ofticial (save one republi- ©an councilman whose time has not expired) being a full fledged demociat. We expect in _&he near future tonote greut lwprovenient in ! the management of everything. In conse- quence thereof—A new broom, ete.” Mrs. J. C. Hetzel gave her husband a pleas- ant surprise Tuesday evening by quietly in- viting in a number of friends, it being Mr. H.'s birthday. There were present Mr. and Mrs, O. B, Nelson, Mr, and Mrs, D. Hunt, Mr.and Mrs, E. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. 8, O, Harlow, Mr. and Mis, O, M. Voss, Mrs, F. G, Hetzel, Mrs. J. K. Powers, Misses Hattie and Mary Hunt, Theevening was pleasantly passed in pro- gressive euchre and dancing. While none like to grow old, the company were unani- mons in heartily wishing Mr. Hetzel many happy returns of March 9. Mrs. J. A, Hake gave a tea Thursday. twenty-six of her lady friends being present, regardless of the snow storm that prevailed throughout the day and evening. Mrs. Dr, I. A. Xanten and little Etnel departed Thursday morning for West Liberty, where she expects to remain three or four wee visiting her parents. Mr. and Mis. J. Willis of Omaha, were Avoca visitors, Tues- day, the guests of Mrs, R. G. Harlow. George Smith, formerly of Avoea, now of Dakota, is agaln with us, having come to attend court, which convenes next week. Mrs. J. I Green of Albion, Neb,, who has been visiting Mrs, E. D, Hoopes for the past month, re- turned home Friday morning, accompanicd by Lettie Bomboy. Not one complaint yet have we heard rela- tive to the new postiaster. The former postmaster is now occupying the position of assistant, and seemingly works well and gratefully as a private in the democratic rank Mrs, R. 8. [Tart went to Des Moines Satur- v, and will Sunday with her husband, Hon. R. 8. Hart, Mr. and Mrs, 1. E, Goldthwaite of Marengo, Iowa, are visiting Mrs, H. Rhodes, who Is a sister of Mrs. G. Albert Nye, an Avoca b who has for two years been working in the railroad machine shops at Missouri Valley, is home for a short visit. Newsy Bits From Neola. NroLA, Iowa, March 14.—[Speclal.|—The social event of the season was the wedding of Miss Nellie Fenlon toJ. M. Shea. The happy couple were the receipients of many useful and costly presents. A large party of Germans, numberlng twenty-five grown persons and a number of children, left Neola Tuesday for Creighton, Neb. James Hegarty and Antonia Nuseh married atthe Catholie church T y left on the morning train for the west to be absent about a week. A. 8. Avery and 8. R. Baker were elected school directors for the coming three years. No bette election could have been made. At the city clection Riley Clark was elected mayor, James Donovan recorder, C. M. Crip- pen treasurer, J. W. Butler assessor, and T. 8. Campbell and Willis Downs council- men, the closest and most exciting fight be- ing for councilmen, “It did me a heap of good.” remarked Mine Host Hamilton, of the Union house, “to lay out Organ at the school election. Everything was working smoothly for him fu the morn- ing—no opposition—but in the afternoon, when Dillen and Organ went out to the wed- ding, we fixed him. “Cap” Heath and I put our heads together and finished him, and when “Cap” and L. get our heads together you can bet there’s a union of the best talent of the town, Organ’sa crank and we turned the crank so well that when he came back from the wedding there was no music in him —he just hung his head and ed for home.” Owing to a rumor that a new marshal would be elected at the council meeting Mon- day evening, last week was a week of trial and tribulation for the chameleon of Neola politics. From early morn till late at night his scoop shovel scraped and scraped the muddy crossings, and when an alderman chanced to s a most heart rending groan would escape his manly form. So worked up did he get that late Monday afternoon he wanted to serub one of the crossings to make sure of its being clean, but a humane coun- cilman who had recently taken a slide him- self against the grain of a board and knew liow it felt, told him to let up and they’d put him in with the scoop, ‘The new council had a meeting Monday evening, when the new members, Campheil and Downs,were sworn in, and it s predicted that this new blood will wake up some of the old membe The friends of Downs say that he will becowe an important factor in our local government, and that he intends to introduce many new measul and urge the same in s wonted able and convincing wmanner, while the friends of Campbell say that if they can only induce him to throw off his reserve and m; himself heard he will also make himself felt, as he should, At the meeting Mr, Campbell introduced a resolu- tion that the saloons remove the paint from their windows and all sereens from before their bars, and a committee has been ap- pointed to draft an ordinance to that eff This makes the saloonkeepers feel hot, but is a move in the right direction, —~— Adjourncd Sine Die. CueveNNE, Wyo., March 14.—The legislative assembly, celebrated for its two- thirds republican majority in both houses, adjourncd sine die atan early hour Saturday morning, were ninth Al oo £ Weather for To-Day, Missourt VALLEY — Northerly winds; light rain or snow, followed by warwmer, fair weattier, ———— Walnut Hill 15 the Best Hill-Why? Bucause the location is best, Because it is most popular. Bocause the best people are locating there. Beeause it has a depot in the center. use it is most improved, vater and many t has churches and schools, d your titles clear hed ihrough Farnam and Cuming stroets. Because property sells cheape other places less improved. Becauso the property is sold on easy payments, fimmuuu the owner, Dr. Mercer, intends to make thisin every respect a perfect city within_itself, by “selliig cheaply to people of all business who have iu&uslry and character enough to build a clty themselves, Before investing clsewhere look at the scores of magnificent dences and home-like cottages on Walnut Hill, Dt LB Fine stationary and art goods of all inds are now going very cheap. We rive 20 per cent discount “on all goods t of us within the next six week Bros’ Aur Pa than in o — lly Located. buy or sell centrs od real estate see W. H. Green, jth street. He has iins in rea tate in every part of the eity. S - “The second sel of stock of the Oma- ha Loan and Building association and the Mutual Loan and Buflding association are now open for subseriy at 213 8. 14th st. Office hours 5 to 6 and 710 8 p. m. G. M. NATTINGER, See'y. -~ A Rare Bargain, ix acres, 3} miles northwest from post oftice, with good house, barn, well, ete “This place is worth $300 per acre without improvements. We offor the whole for a few days at the very low price of 2,500, $900 cash, balawce in two years, SrockpaLk & Buxcnes 1511 Dodge St. Contr If vou want to THE BOYCOTT LIFTED. Convict Labor to Be Dispensed With By Ohicago Shoe Firms. CHi1cAGo, March 14.—The state executive committee of the Knights of Labor to-day held a conference with McFarland and C. M Henderson, representing M. D, Wells & Co., and C. M. Henderson & Co, the last two remaining firms being boycotted for refus- ingto dispense with convict labor in the manufacture of boots and shoes. After ashort talk the following document was drawn up and signed: The disagreement existing between the Knights of Labor of Illinois and the firm of M. ). Wells & Co., concerning the employ- ment of conviets 1 the Wisconsin state prison for the manufacture of boots and shoes is by this agreement sat- ifactorily _settled. Both ~parties *_a that convict contract labor should 1ot come in conflict with free labor, and that the interests of public is better served by its discontinuance. Sush being the sentiments of M. D. Wells & Co., they voluntarily ngree that they will not ditectly or indirectly re- new theirexisting contracts for conviet labor; they also agree that they will cancel their contract for convict labor with the state of Wisconsin as soon as the state of Wisconsin will relieve them from said contract or any liabilities by virtue of said contract. M, D. Wells & Co. further agree that they will not, knowingly, buy boots and - shoes of ' any manufacturers using con- viet labor, present contracts excepted, M. D. Wells & Co. further agree that no one seeking employment in_their factory Shall bo rofused employment. sololy on ac. count of being a member of the Knights of Laor. M. D. WrrLs & Co. "The agreement signed by C. M. Hender- fon & Co. was the same i wording, except the names of Missouri and Pennsylvania were punlished for Wisconsin, The docu- ments were signed by the members of the ex- coutive board and the boycott was ordered lifted. The two firms also agreed to the fol- lowing: We further agree that we have no objection to our employes being or becoming Knights of Labor, and to have differences between employers and employes submitted to arbi- tration, The Railroad Oflicials Weakening. St Louis, March 13.—Superintendent Dickinson, who has charge of all terminal facilities here, including the bridge and tun- nel and Missouri Pacific yards, offered the wen who are on a strike a_materfal increaso of weges, but they refused to return to work till pormiitted by the knights. 13.—The attorneys of the Missouri Pacific_this afternoon applied to Judge Horner, of the eircuit court, for a tem- porary _injunction to restrain J. J. MeGarry, M. P Palmer, P. 11, Nolan and other st from coing on the premises of the plaintiff and interfering with their property, and also to prevent any conspiring outside of the premises to do injury to the plaintifi’s prop- bity. At the suzgostion of the court the Jiition was amended by striking out tho atter part of it, and the injunction was granted. LirTre Rock. Ark., March no new developiients' concernin to-day beyond the disabling of the last engine in the possession of the company, The_ ex: amination of the strikers arrested yesterday has been deferred. r. Lou State Labor Com- arrived here last night from Jeffe nd held a conference in regard to a seitlement of fhe strike, but he declined to say who he conferred with or what was doné, nor would he say what, if any, relations he holds to either side in the conlest. There arc the strike Striking Street-Car Drivers. CINCINNATI, March 13.—All the street cars in the city excepting those on the Auburn line and those running from Covington to Newport, stopped running at noon to-day on accountof the various companies refusing to comply with the men’s demands for $2 per v for-twelve hours’ work. St. Louis, M mployes of all street ear lines but Broadway and Cass ave- nue will assemble to-morrow night to con- sider the propriety of striking for £2 per day. or twelve hours’ by the Broad: C AT 3.—The street railroad strike s _ende The Walnut Hills line. accepted S185 per day of twelve hours, and sent out their cars about 2 o’clock [ employes of the Consolidated company were about “equally divided between two prono e by President Kilgour for 31,55 all around or $2 for conductors and £1.75 for drivers. It required a considerable time to come to adecision, but they settied npon the last named proposition and'at 6 o'clock the were ordered out and the men resumed The Ranks Filling Too Fast. CuicAGo, Mareh 14.—The state executive board of the Knights of Labor yesterday issued an order that no more assemblies shall be organized in this state during the next forty days. “Our reason for issuing this order,” said Robert Bennett, the state master working s that the order is growl fast. We' are afraid that people 1 duced to ilyln it without fully understanding all our objeets, We want only intelligent men, and we cannot have any others and sueceed in the work we want to accomplish, Outside of Chicago we are buiiding up unusu- ally intelligent assemblies, and w6 draw our membership from all ranks—farmer ers, merchants and professional men the' forty days we will explain the objects the ghly, and will then be ready for or- ganizing work again,” ojMcCormick Will Be Boycott CinicaGo, March 14.—Distrlet 50 of the Knights of Labor, held a meeting ing fiere to-day, and thougl the session wis secrct, n member after the meeting vouch- safed the information that it had been de- clded to sustain the striking employes of the MCeormick Reaper company and boyeott the firin, which is now employing nearly a full forcé of non-union men, 1t was also decided at the meeting to raise the Thompson & Tay- 1o boycott, one of the firms using Maxwell Brothers' Zoods, and call out the full strength of the order in boycotting Maxwell Broth A Strike Decided Upon. PirTssunG, Mareh 14.—At o mecting of the miners of the Clearfield region at Tyrone, Pa.. yesterday, it led to strike for an inerease of 10 cents The Clearfield district_includes sixty employing 5,000 men, and iy regarde the pivotal branch of the entire soft coal 10zion. The miners have all quit work and the coilierics arenow closed. ‘The action taken at yester- day’s meeting makes the strike general. It is estimated that 10,000 miners are engaged in the strike, e B THE EXPOSITION BUILDING, Second Grand Promenade Concert, Saturday Evening, March 20th. The following is the programme for the grand promenade concert at the Exposi- tion building next Saturday evening, 20th inst. The admission is only 25 cens for first-cl ass musical entertainment. PROGRAMME, PART L Overture, Poet and Peasant. Husical Melange, This and That. Vocal Quartette, “Hark, the Trumpet”. Lotus (ileo Club, Potpourl, Yankee and Irishman. Steinhauser PART O1, Nachtlager in Grenada. ille de Regiment. ... Mrs, Martin Cahin, Trovatore A Kreutzer +Donizetti Overture Avia, La Fakeltanz Meyerbeer JTours .. Buppe and Olio. Oelluer Cornet Solo, Love o the I’ My, H. Lu Moadlcy Overture, First Par - A Family Fight, A frightful family row is reported to have occurred in North Omaha yester- i which a husband and wife made wssaults upon each other, and were only provented from inflicting great bod- ily inju oy by the timely arrival of neigh bors. The disturbance is said to be the culmination of a long series of abuses by the husband on his better half. The irticipants reside in the neighborhood of Twenty-sixth and California streets, - - _Dr. Hamilton Warren, kelectic Ph ciun” and Surgeon, 703’ N. 16th st near Webster.. Day and night promptly attended to. calls THE PROSECUTION ENDED. Introduction of || Testimony in Commenodd Saturday. Defence LAUVER'S BRUTAL CONDUCT. | Tt is Strikingly Bmphasized by the Testimony of Several Witnesses— A Cranberry Sauce Episode ~Scenes and Incidents, The Lauer Trial, Tt was rumored Friday night that the pros- ecution in the Lauer trial had a trumyp card in reserve which they intended to play Saturday morning, Consequently the court room was cerowded long before the hour for convening o'clock the jury filed into their seat o were perhaps a few more wrinkles in s forehead than there was the first day of the trial, showing that anxiety wes begin- ning to have its effect upon him, Mrs. Emma Bell, the woman who was too_ill to testify Friday, was the first witness. I twas with the greatest difticulty that her evidence could be Licard. Mrs. Bell Testifles, Tor testimony was as follows: Have lived in Omaha ten years and am residing on Twelfth street, bétween Jackson and Jones, 1 first nret Mr.'and Mrs, Lauer over a_year ago. They were living y allagher’s, 1 washed for them twice. ent there be- fore the separation, Mrs, Lauer acted ail right in the morning until about 9 o’clock. Then she began to cryand continued to do s0 until noon. - Mr. uer came home be- tween 12 and 1 o'clock and they both sat down in the dining room at the table. Mr Lauer called to me to bring in the dishes. 1 went out of the room and didn’t hear any- thing more until Mrs, Lauer ran out into tie Kkitchen, Idid hear Mr. Laner say: “What kind of a looking mess i Zot on the table She replied: cranberry " 1 heard v Lauer jump up and My goodness Then she came out in the kitehien with her face and hml{ covered with the eranberry sauce. 1 washed her face, and found that the ot sauce had burned the skin. On_cross-cxamination Judge Savage sub- Jected Mrs. Bell to a rigid inquiry about her relations with her husband and her modes of stated that her husband died in St. od she kept lodgers. or gentlemen?” asked Judge Sav- “Can you give the names of any of them?” I can, but don’t see what its got to do with the'case.” Y ou must answer the question,” said the court. T'he witness then gave the names of ker boarders, about whom the defense asked a number of questions as regards to characte Mrs. Bell, however, said that she never kne of thielr receiving men at night, and that as far as she knew they were women of good character. During " the amination 5. Bell kept v od. Do you suffer_from weak of the eyes, that mivkes you keep them shut?” inquired . “How long have they been weak.” “I'in not goinggginswer any such ques- tion,” was the teSty rejoinder. The court decided the questionwas immaterial and Judze Savage continued to examine her in sgard to the placgs in which she had lived. "Tlie eranberry episodés was not referred to by the defense. The Prosecntion Ended. “Tho state wilLxestbere,” said the district attorney, as Mrs, Bell jeft the stand. “The tirst witnegy forithe defense was M: Savage, who livesiat the corner of Twenty- sixth and Dougla® strébt. She said that the first thing she heard thd night of the shooting wasa pistol shot. #She ‘was in bed in a roon, the bay window of Which was directly op- posite Lauer’s dining room. It was néither a bright or dark night.' If there was a moon it was shrouded.’She ~looked at Lauer's house and saw ngT| v few minutes s)n‘w kil ngain and saw in Lauer’s dining, room. The curtain down and theblinds 'were open, The light first appeared in the window about a_minute after she heard the shots. E i afterwards she heard a voice in the went the door where she found Miss almost fainting. She was gasping for breath. “What was done then?” “My daughter caught hold of me and wouldn’t 1ot me follow Miss Lauer, who went over to Mr, McShane's, I theh got dressed and went over to Mr. Lauer’s and met Mr. Lee, who was standing at the door. Miss Laucr alsocame up dressed in a night gown and a little shawl, which I kaa thrown over her shonlders when she came to my hou 1 took he k there where she put on my daughter’s dress,” “Did you notice anything about the Lauers that evening?” i She Saw the Shadows, “About 7 o’clock Mr. and Mrs, Lauer drove up to the barn, ‘They afterwards went into the house chatting ~together pleasantly. About 9 o'clock 1 went to the east window of my house and I could see the shadows of the Lauers, who were apparently gomng to bed. “T'he light in their room had been moved from its original position, but I dow’t know the time it went out. ' I used tosce the Lauers very trequently, in fact almost all the timo.” “What was’ their relation to each other while you knew them? “Inever saw anything but perfect harmony and love. The morning before the shooting T saw Mrs. Lauer standing inthe barn door talking to Mr. Lauer, who was harnessing his horse, Mrs. Lauer was laughing, and appeared to be frolicking.” _Do you remember Mys. Lauer's sickness Twyis in and out of the house allthe tin and during that time Mr. Lauer was just nd kind as could be,~ Nothing™ could n better, ieneral Cowin's cross thorough and exceedingly shary tewpted to place the witness in situation in regard o her manner ot watch- ing the house. In the course of the cross questioning he indnced the witness to assent to a proposition that the Lauers had a “heay- enly home which was the quintessence of happiness.” “Didn't you tell Dr. Parker that their house was a perfect pandemonium?” “No, sir; L did not.” “Oh! no, of coursé not; you couldn’t call alicavenly nome a pandemonium?” “Well, "twas more of a heavenly lot's thut I've scen.” General Cowin then questioned the witness closely about the position of tle | nightof the shooting, He got Mrs, confused in relation to the shadow or figure which she saw on the curtain, Mrs. Ben Gallagher Talks. Mrs, Ben Gallagher was next called. She stated she knew the Lauers very well and that the morning atter the separation Mrs. Lauer ecame to ler house, and that she then did not obsetve any bruises or marks of violence upon her, She thought that Mrs. Lauer appeared happet after sho recovered from her illness, On cros s examin, \llQlLMl‘s. Gallagher could not tell how many times she visited Lauer's house last fall. but she remembered that she went there ed before the shooting, She Was cross-qu stioned asifollows ; . Now wauer was quick tempered? A, Not that 1 ever saw. Q. Did you evermake the remark that Mr. Latier was quick—that it was a word and a blow with him? f ‘That isall hearsay. 1do not remember to hive said anything” of the examination was i at- ridiculous home than jou Temember making the re- uer it is a word and a blow r, b With Sallie 1t hangs ¥ iy i }n those words? A, [ said he was quick, dnd It he did anythin would be very sqiyfor it, and would be very sorry afterwards, [¢ “When it might be too A Q. Did y n]rlu\{" Q. Youw fi With him it is a word and ! 1 do 1ot remember it not want to say that you did not say i 0, nor thut 1 dic QW AAUCr next appea happy? A, I never saw that she was un- happy QN 4 ¢ unhappy—why was any D A. Because she had ré covered from severe iliness, She was happy that she had recovered. Q. Itwas about three months before her dedth that you noticed she was happier than she was before? A, Yes. sir, Apparently Well Treated. Mr. Waitzhora - statal that he livel near thie’ Lauer house, and that as far as Lo knew the Mr. and Mrs. Lauer were very pleasant. Mrs. Whitehorn also testitied that Laver was always kind and af. foctionate to lis wile When she was pres ent. Joln A, McSh testitied that e had not™ seen very much of the married life of the Laners, and that during the year prior to Mrs, Lauer’s death he was at their house two or threo times. In_what he saw, however .\lrl Lauer was Kind and affectionate to his wife, Ben Gallagher's Views, Benjamin Gallagher stated that he had been on intimate terms with the Lauers and that he used to see a great deal of them in the evenings last summer, when he saw them cuting grass in their. vard, or attouding to their flowers, They scemed affectionate to- wards each other, 'On the night of the shoot- ing he stated that he was aroused by cries and went directly to Lauer’s house, where he saw Matt Gahlan, A short time after he got into the house he noticed that the fire in the l||l||l|j’ room was light and did not throw out much light, The lower part was red, but the upver portion was dark. He op drafts of the stove abont fen or fi utes after he went in ana the fire brightencd up. He noticed the curtain which was down—perhaps raised one and a half inehes from the woodwork of the sash. Lauer was partly dressed and was kneoling over his wife's body erying and apparently in great grief, Lauer said in response toa question that he was awakened from a sound sleep and heard a noise and thought he hea voices, He saw a form coming towards him and shot. When he found his wire was not in bed ne went to the ob- ect and found it was his wife, | ighted a lamp and his wilte was d Lauer said to him: *“What shall I do ? which he replied: “There is nothing you can do; all Las been done, Let the corpse re- main just as it is and I will see that the coroncr comes at once.”’ Gen, Cowin then examined Mr. Gallagher in regard to the condition of the stove which the witness said was a base burner. He eseribed the isinglass in the base as being a cherry red, while the upper part was dark, The fact was also brought out that he had been in the house some time before hie opened the drafts, and that up to the time he came Mr. Lauer had not touched his wife's h(l\l{. ‘Lhe court then took a recess until 2 o'clock. The Afternoon Session. The throng which crowded the court house at_the begiuning of the afternoon proceed- ings was er than at any one time during the trial, Tliere were so many ladies on the inside of the railing that tlie lawyers had ly room to consult_each other, Every in the court house was brought into the u, and one fair damsel was trying to make way Wwith the seat occupied by tho judge when she was discovered by the sheriff and made to give up the property thus unlawfully seized, James Richards was the first witness placed upon the stand, H as formerly an em- orks of which Lauer was ger. He stated that he remained at Lauer’s house every night until Lauer was placed at the county jail. Ho said that he used to feed the stove™ in the dining room about 7 o'clock in the evening, and - that it would not have to be touched until the fol- lowing morning, When left in that way the tire was dull in the middle of the night and it was impossible to distinguish_objects in the room; He made two tests * with the stove, the first time he fixed the stove early in the _ afternoon and did not touch it for hours, In the even- ing a party of gentleman accompanied by Miss Laver visited the house. When lyini in the bed in the position occupied by 1 it was fmpossible to distinguish an. more than the mere outline of a form. faco of a person standing at the entry tiebed room could not be recognized. second test brought the same results, In cross examination Richards testified that at the time of the test the room was so dark that he could not see the forms of the com- panions who were with him, and could not discern the outlines of the furniture, When the man stood at the entrance of the room he could not see him from the bed unless he in his shirt sleeves, The room was so dark that they ran against_each other while ng about the room. He was asked it he could have scen a perso breathing “who ~was dying upon tl floor, “and said that he could mot; in fact, the gloom was so great that newould have fallen over a person lying in that po tion. At mo time during the night were there any bright coals in the bottom of the stoy On redird uer hing The ce to The mination he said that an hour after Ewing and Mr. Cowin made their test he went into the room and found a very bright fire, and that when he went to bed the fire was still bright, but at 2 o'clock in the morning the room very The Defense Tests the Light, The next w s8 was John J. O'Con- nor, who, notwitstanding the is a member of the Oma supnosed to be weil v evidence, persisted in ever things he h: - ned or dreamed. He ked by counsel for the prosecution and was rimanded by the court, but went on to throw out objcctionable a tions to the jury in spite of judge or lawyers. scemed to be anxious to give testimony that would be favorable to Lauer 11t was with great difticulty that th S could hold him down to facts. He stated that he was present when the tests made by Richards took place and that he participated in them. 1o suid that the room was so dark that it was impossible for them to recogniz weh other unle stood less than three feet apart. It made no difference whether a person wore ordinary clothes or asheet thrown over the shoulde General Cowen subjected him to a se cross examination, which elicited deal of amusement if nothing W. A. L. Gibbon showed that | well fitted for his position vice presi- dent of the board of education by the learned if somewhat pedantic manner in which he talked about acute and ob- tuse engles, converging and dive ing ys of light. In highe mathematies he passed and excellent ex amination, but when questioned by Gen- 1 Cowin he_seem ll oblivious ‘to the simple proposition in geometry which sets forth the fact t y side of a right angled triangle is an the sum of the other two,” as he wanted to measure the distance from the stove to the spot where he was standing when the test was made by carrying a hypothetical string arornd the base of the triangle instead of looking straight down the hypothenuse, He stated that the face of a pérson standing atthe entrance between the dining roon and bed room was in the shade and could not be seen even if the stove emitted a brilliant light. During the three tests which he witn the briliianey of the light from the stove varied, but mno case was it possible to distinzuish faces, His cross-examination then proceeded as follo Q. Could_you_ distinguish a table from a ol A. Yes, If you were near enough, Q. Could you recoznize it standing in the dining room? A. ir, not on the first night, Q. On the second occasion the person standing up at the folding door was about eleven feet from vour hiead as 1t lay on the illow, and the light in th stove was a protty bright one? A, You couldn’t distinguish i ‘The eye was resting on the shadow side of the object. Q. Could you tell whether it was a man or a woman? A, No, sir, Q. Nor whether it had on a sheet or what it had? A, No, sir. Q. As @ mafter of fact, could you tell whetlier the object was standing on”its feet orits head? A. You would see a different form If it were standing on its he Q. With the light frowm a bright stove when you were lying on the bed it was impossible to distinguish whether the figure had a human A. Yes, sir, You could recogznize it as a huinan fead, . Q."Could you tell wh it wasa woman’s head or a man’s head? A. Not in that posi- tion, & man with just such a head as 1 sh it fiom the Bead of & woi all around its fac be behind t1 Q. And it 50 that y e it—none of it would ecnme o shoulder so that you could see it? A, Not a small body, ’ Q1" an talkiug about a large—a big body? A, No, sir, \q You could recognize & human head, but yoii_could not recognize whether it had on a shirt or anything else? A, Yes, Q. The second time you could see the ob- jeet. Just describe whal you saw. A, It was adurk object. 1t was very difticuit on that oceasion fo distinguish it.” It was about §he size of a person, and it would look the samo as & stick of wood. 3 Q. You couldn't tell it fiom a tree, or a horse ora cow. . A. Yes you c@uld; the out- lines would be different, Q. If a person calie toward yoi, and you watclied for a head you would hiave to have a 1ight to distingulsh the head, would you not? A. No, sir, You would not, eh? said Gen, Cowin, 'hat will do.” Herman Kountz, W. V. Morse and M. Donovan were also examined in regard to their experience at the Lauer house when the tests were made, with anclimlly the same results, The court then adjourned till this morning. A THREATE _lll’).‘"(‘lDE. A Lawyer's Dire Threat on of a Picture. As arepresentative of the Ber was walking rapidly up Thirteenth street early last evening his attention was eall- ed toaman who was walking In the middle of the street. The individual mentioned had the high collar of his overcoat turned up, partly concealing i ures, his head was bent upon his breast, and a large umbrella drawn closely down over his should o that man out the said a by- stander. “I think he's one of those Rock Island train robbers, for he's tr ing o hard to avoid being seen by any body.” The reporter gazed intently at the re- treating form, and a look of recognition swept over his face. “Hold on there a minute!” he shouted. The man with the umbrella turned sud- Account SATURDAY'S MARKET FIGURES An Unusual Amount of Boom Material on Hand to Help Wheat, IT ONLY GAINS ONE-QUARTEP Corn Dull and Transactions on « Light Scale~TPork leads a Downward Provision Mar- Ket—-General Notes, CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET, Ci1cAGo, March 13, —[Special Telegram.) There was a terrible bluster kept up all day by the bullson wheat, and as & result thoy stecceded in getting an advance at the close of just A over yesterday. Public and pri- vate cables reported strong and advancing markets over the water. The oxporting houses—good, generous fellows that thay are —were telegraphing around the country that they thought higher prices were probable, outside orders were calling in in a pleasing volume, and such men as Lester and Jones were free buyers. It would ook to an un- sophisticated outsider as ifall this boom mate- tial ought to have put the market up about 5 a bushel, Instead of that we have a poor, lit- denly, and raising nis head revealed the features of Lee Estelle, distriet_attorney, but oh! so wan and haggard. Without'a word Mr. Estelle approached the news- paper man, who reached out Iis hand to “touch flesh” with the prosecutor of Lauer, Instead of shaking hands, however, Mr. Estelle reached into his hip pocket and drew forth a revolver, the muzzle of which he carelessly placed in close prox- imity to the reporter’s nose. “Now, look her said he, T want it distinetly understood that I will not listen to a single remark on that subject. 1've had it thrown at me a hundred times al- ready, 1 I'm on my way home to keep from hearing anything more about it. And now to have a new per man stop me to talk about it drives me desperate. If anything more is suid there'll be a va- cancy on the editoriul staft. Good day, sir," And Mr. Estelle walked quickly a leaving the astonished and frigh porter wondering what on carth could he the matt, LATER--It was g night that the district attorney w the impression that the B about to remark that he had purported to be his (Estelle’s) port printed in the Herald yesterday, which sufliciently accounts for his strange action. Boen Hogan on Gambling. The First Presbyterian church filled last evening by an attentive audi ence to hear Ben Hogan talk on the vice of gambling. Everybody was aware that the speaker was perfeetly familiar with his subject in a practical way, having won and lost fortunes over the green cloth in duys gone by. In fact he was an expert at the businéss, and on this ac- count a number of professional sporting men were present last night to hear what he had to The speaker told how boys and business men were allured into the gambling rooms and enteapped into the games, and pictured the desolation and despondency and death which fol- lowed in the wake of the vic He warned parents unst introducing games in the home which were the prop of gamblers and by which they sucked the life blood from™ their vietims. Mr. Hogan interspersed his rema with seenes and incidents from his own experience, and moved his audience to both laugliter and tears. The address was most powerful and created a pro- found impression on the audience, Runaway Boys. Officer John Curry discovered two young lads on Farnam street about 1 o’clock this morning, who scemed to be passing away the mght in viewing the sights of the eity. He questioned them closely and found that they lived in Fre mont and had run away from hon As they were very hungry the oflicer took them to Higgins’ restaurant and bought them something to eat, and th panied them to the central police where they we locked up until their parents can be notified this morning. Their names are Dennis Hough and Bert Swith. Death of “Old Vie.” Victor Ducros, whose sudden and seri ous illness was mentioned in the Bk of Friday, died yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The cause of death was paralysis of the heart. “Old Vie," as he was famil- ey ealled, was in the sixty-ninth year of his age, and had been engaged in the res nt business in Omaha for seventeen At the time of his death his p! ness wis on Twelfth strect,between rnam and Douglas, and was noted throughout the state for the skill of the proprictor in px'x'\ ring the v serious illness led to the nounccement of his death in local print. A Sleepy Polic uspended. Saturday evening N W Cummings suspended from the police force Oflicer ham, a comparatively u an in the i for slecping while on dut 5 been on night duty on St. e several nights the n had been unable to find him on his beat. It was a mystery where he kept himself doving the night until recently, when he was discovered asleep His case was reported to 1 Cummings, who suspended him 1y as alr stated, roundsn; Satur Wants a Deed Executed, Fanny M. Sloman began suit in the dis trict court Saturday against Orvillo P. Chubb to compel him to exceute the deed for some real estate which she claims to have purchased January 20, The real es- tate consists of several valuable lots in diflferent parts of the city upon which partial f)ll)'llll',lllfl have been made. The Pluintiffsays that she hus tendered Mr. hubb the "balance of the sum due and that he has refused to accept it. Brevities. Detective Charles J. Emery has re- turned from a successful busindss trip in Dakota. i stealing chickens from nfined at central police David Trostin, the bibulous Council Blufls crank, was again arrested Satur day night for intoxication, He was but vecently released from the county jail. Constable Kyle closed up Saturday the buicher shop of Haines Bros.,, on North Sixteenth street, *on au attachment for $160 sued out in Justice Auderson court by John Roth. “Robert Poland, alias “Windy Bob,” was rrested last night by Officers Matza and O'Boyle, charged with disturbing the e, Bob had playfully kuocked 2 down on the street, anil was boast ing of his prowess us a slugger when cor- valled by the police, Owen Conley, better known as “Whis ky Jack,” and’ his wife, were arrested yesterday afternoon at the “family vesi den and taken to the central polic station in the patrol wagon. Whisky had caused domestic ficity, and Owen bore the marks of a savage attack made on him by his loving spouse. He peace fully subinitted to being locked up, but averved it “it was the . woman this time. i tle '{c advance, What is the matter? Isn't there something rotten it the argument that wheat ought to be selling at much higher prices when such a combination of happy cir- cumstances can boost it up only a pitiful frac- tion? Perhaps there isu't. Perhaps ihe good titne is coming. Perhaps the privilege ven- dersare strangling the market as commis- fion men claim. Perhaps your cors dent is an unpatriotic fool who don’t want the American farmer to prosper. The: things may bo true, but the facts, the facts are “agin” the bulls. There is no buoyauey in the market under the most favorable cir- cumstances, At least not yet, There may be after awhile, but the time isn’t here now. The shorts are becoming hardened In their stiff-neckedness and so far no conspicuous portion of them have made any signs of run- ning to cover. There was so much wheat for sale to-day above tho call price that all the efforts of the bulls were inadequate to force May up to e, the Mecea for whose spices they have been longing all - the week, The stull elosed at the call price, as usual. On the curb there was a shade strouger feeling, but puts and calls for Monday sold within “5¢ of the wmarket, with the former at 85ige and calls at 86;e. Last transactions wero made at $57e, at which price there were very free offerings. To-day’s purchases for export were seventeen loads. Clearances from the seaboard were only 5,000 bushels. Lindblom’s estimate of the visible supply decrease is 50, 000 bushels, Estimated receipts for Monday, 53 cars. CorN—Corn was exeeedingly dull, and transactions so few that quotations wero hardly more than nominal. It looks asif any strong selling movement would break the market, so little confidence does there ap- pear to be left in its ability to stand up much longer under the large reccipts. The out- look for a continuation of the same volume of arrivals or even an increase during next , is gone, and appearances favor larger ues. Estimated receipts for Monday, 441 isions were slumpy, I again led the down are now down to where were along early in the winter, and the outlook is not at all encouraging. We have now had a bre .65 per barrel, and the bottom seems just as far off as ever. Prob- ably a good deal of stuff held by commission men for outside account has stop orders on it at §10.00, and if the bears can drive it under that limit there might be a flood of Jong pork thrown on the market, thus fur- nishing the shorts with ammunition from the very pouches of their opponents, Ferguson he leading seller to-day. Hutchinson also sold moderately, and the scalpers gener- ally were on the same slde. The biggest buyer was Warren, who took about 5,000 bar- rels at $10.10 for May. Estimated receipts of hogs for Monday are 18,000; for next week, 100.000. FINANCIAL, New York. March 13 y b 1lg(@? per cents -MoxEY—On eall, PAPER—4@5 per cent. Dull but steady at © on demand. cudy. vity, which was the conspleuous feature of yesterday’s stoc market, continued this forenoon with th same result as to prices—a further declin opening the market was irregular, and nal, but after the firm ings prices yielded again and the maiket contined aetive and wealk until after mid-day. Throughout the day the market was aetive when weak and quiet when firm, and closed feverish, active and gener- ally weak at a shade better than the lowest prices. tone i carly de; STOGKS ON WALL, BTTEET. &A.... referrod. {pipiosss C,B.&Q 14 Rock Isiana. D L& W 1 St L, & S, referred ., BL 1 pref Texas Pac Union P W., St b P, proferred 1 Western Uniots R.& N *Bid PRODUCE, 0, M unehingeds winter whes 3 southorn, §4,0004.65; W $4.6004.701 Michigan soft spring wheat, $5.70 (@4,00; Minnesota bakors', $3.504.50; pate ents, $4.655.00; 10w gradds, §2.000.05. Wieat—Firm and higher; opened ige high- er, ruled easy, advanced o, hecame: easier and closed o above yestordayi BlI@Sie for cash; 8lc for March; 85%c for May. Corn—Dull but low grades firmer’: 574¢@ 475 for cash ; 374c for March; #0% @10 tor May, Oats—Easy: 20)go 28 for Mareh; 52k @s3ie for May, Rye—Dull and easy at 55ie. Barley—Dull at 60c, Thmothy—Shade better ;prime,§1.8514@1.56, Flaxseod—Quiet but fifu; No. 1, $1.11@ 1114 Wil Mo, I Northern welerred, Chica firm and 54,4000 for cash; Pork—lrregular with limited demand and 234 00 for cashj for Marel; $10,05@10.07%5 for May. Lard—Steady with no important chang ‘e )ut 0734 for cash and Mareh; $6,00 or A clear, $5.60a5.65; short ril Butter—Good to' fancy ¢ e dairy, 10620, ) full @ ereen, wreen saltog 1, S¢ ull hides, v salted 1 dry tlin, w—Unehan country «di No 1 country, 41 ko, vio, Slipments, 10,000 3,000 |, 000 Flour, bbls. .. 17.00 I 13, ~Wheat—Higher, receipts, 6,007 exports, gaded red, Se@ilollg; No. 2 red, 4C in store and f. o, b, 97 atloat; April ('hmm.f at 96 Corn—Firm; recelpts, 22400 000; ungraded. $4@isige; No. b No. 2, 418 a e in vlevator, 40X c atloat; clositig at 433 @dSige, Vabe—Dull; receipts, 450005 expoits, 2 none WL