Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1886, Page 2

HE OMAHA DAILY BEE; MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1836} THE MAD MOB AT DES MOINES. Weak Police Protection Afforded During Two Nights of Rampant Rioting. AN INVESTIGATING ASSEMBLY. and Other formed— ola Cleveland ndemned Legisiative Work Pe Newsy Specials m and Avoca. Citizens Will Be Sheriffs Dis Morses, Towa, March 14 The past week has been_an Des Moines, With the mi two nights and a general roaming about the stre there has been plenty of e t for even the most languid. The lawless attitude of the saloon defenders, however, has had one good effect. It has 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 has been a general stiffen- ing up of the moral backbone of the commu- nity, and a determination to maintain the majosty 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 civil officers of the law could not enforce it and main- tain orde without military assistance, if they had been disposed to do so. The mob last evening ecould 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 sheriff’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 junketlng trip, living on the fatof the land, At Burling- ton they were eseorted to the opera house in time to see the last part of Salvini's play of “The Outlaw,” and at each stopping pl the fatted ealf is brought fortn and the tractions of the town are set out in brilliant As there are seventeen cities to be , 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 livin This is 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 investigation of the deaf and dumb asylum at Council Blutfs, 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 oflicial conduct of the state veterinarian, and lastly the investiga- tion of the accounts of the capitol commis- sloners, to say nothing about the little in- quiries and investigations which individual members take on th own aceount, This unusual amount of investigation doesn’t in- dicate that there is anything particularly rotten in Denmark, though such might seem to be the case. But it shows what a lot of inquisitive and p ean do who think that they have got to reforin 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 hoped would be quieted by this congres: been a disturbing feature in Iowa polities for many years, ‘The democrats were persistently claimed tobe the special champions of the poor settlers, and all their wrongs they have charged to the republican ty. Nowa dem- ocratie president vetoes the only bill for their relief which has ever pagsed congress, Itis admitted by leading democrats that this veto will cost the democratic 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 it, 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 created by their Jabor and the expenditure of their means through many years, and to which they are Justly entitled, It says that eviction must cost the severe hardships and great y and therefore thanks the Next Time. Special. ntful one for a under arms of riot nights, pass the bill, and concludes as follow: Resolved, ‘That it is with the deepest re- ret that this general assembly has learned of he veto of said measure by the president and that by this veto the president has disap- vointed the just expectations of the people of dowa. . The cecretary of state Is directed to for- waid a copy of the resolution to each Iowa senator and member in congress, Bills locating the supreme court at the eapital have passed both houses of the legisla: ture, and it is probable that the measure will Dbecome a law, When this is done the Iowa supreme court judges will have as elegant quarters as any jurists i the United States The supreme 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 n favor of the bill locating their future duties . here at the capitol, Ouly forenoon sessions of the legislature were held yesterday, The house discussed at Jength the bill enlarging the powers of dis- trict judges and fixing their salaries. The bill provided that the salary should be $3,000, ¥in of Taylor tried to amend by making the sulary $2,000. The main discussion hinged on this point, and on wmotion of Scheel a compromise of $2,700 was agreed uy The senate spent the forenoon on the Gateh Mu- tual Benefit assoclation bill, and after several minor awendwents ordered the bill en- grossed. 1t provides for regulating such as- sociations by putting them under control of state laws, subjecting them to examinati the same as other insurance compani wequiring them to make reports to the auditor of state or commissionerof insurauce, it such ~eoflice is created. Avoca, Political and Person Avoca, Towa, March 14.— * Bittle city now sails under democratic colors. At the recent city election the raseals were “all put out and second George Washingtous » put in, every city ofticial (save one republi- ean councilman whose time has not expired) belng a full fledged demociat. We expect in _She near future tonote grent Iwprovenient in the management of everything. In econse quence thereof—A new broom, ete.” Mrs. ). C. Hetzel gave her hushand a pleas- ant surprise Tuesday evening by quictly 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. €. Harlow, Mr. and Mrs, L. Voss, Mrs, F. G, Hetzel, Mrs, J. K. Powers, Misses Llattie 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 throughont the day and evening. Mrs. Dr, F. A. Xanten and little Ethel departed Thursday morning for West Liberty, where she expects to remain three or four weeks, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mis. J. G Willis of Omaha, were Avoca visitors, Tues- day, the guests of Mrs, R. G. Harlow. George Smith, formerly of Avoca, now of Dakota, is agaln with us, having come to attend court, which convenes next week. Mrs, J. H. Green of Albion, Neb., who lias been visiting Mrs, E. D, Hoopes for the past month, re- turned home Friday morning, accompanied by Lettie Bomboy. Not one complaint yet have we heard rela- tive to the new postwaster. The former postmaster is now occupying the position of assistant, and seemingly works well and gratefully as a private in the demoeratic ranks, Mrs. R. 8. Hart went to Des Moines Satur- day, and will Sunday with her husband, Hon. R. S. Hart, Mr. and Mrs, H. E, Goldth of Marengo, Iowa, are visiting Mrs. Rhodes, who Is a sister of Mrs. G Nye, an Avoca boy, 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.—[Spectal.|—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, numbering twenty-five grown persons and a number of children, left Neola Tuesday for Creighton, Neb. James Hegarty and Antonia Nusehey wero married atthe Catholic church Tuesday and left on the morning train for the west to be absent about a week. A. S. Avery and S, R, Baker were elected school directors for the coming three years. No better selection could have been made. At the city election Riley Clark was elected or, 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.” remark Host Hamilton, of the Union hous: out Organ at the school election. Everything was working smoothly for lim iu 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 I.get our heads together you can bet there’s a union of the best talent of the town. O 'sa crank and we turned the erank so well that when he came back from the wedding there was no music in him —he just hung his head and tracked 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 seraped and scraped the muddy crossings, and when an alderman chanced to pass a most heart rending groan would escape his manly form. So worked up did he get that late Monday afternoon he nted to serub one of the crossings to mak sure of its being elean, but a humane coun- cilman who had recently taken a slide him- self azainst the grain of a board and knew how it felt, told him to let up and they’d put him in with the scoop, The new council had a meeting Monday ening, when the new members, Campbell and Downs,were sworn in, and it is predicted that this new bloud will wake up some of the old members. The friends of Downs gay that he will become an important factor | in our local government, and that he intends to Introduce many new measures and urge the same in his wonted able and_ convineing manner, while the friends of Campbell say that if they can only induce him to throw oft his reserve and make himself heard he will also make himself felt, as he should. At the mecting Mr. Campbell introduced a resolu- tion that the saloous remove the paint from their windows and all sereens from bhefore their bars, and a committee has been ap- pointed to dratt an ordinance to that effeet. “Phis makes the saloonkeepers feel hot, but is a move in the right direction. Lol ittt Adjourncd Sine Die. CHEYENNE, Wyo,, March 14.—The lesislative assembly, eelebrated for its thirds republican_majority in both ninth wo- houses, adjourned sine die atan early hour Saturday morning. ——— Weather for To-Day. Missounr VALLEY — Northerly winds; light rain or snow, followed by warwmer, fair weathier. e — Walnut Hill Is the Best Hill-Wh, Beeause the loeation is best, it is most popular. ¢ the best people are locating Because it has a depot in the center. Because it is most improved. Because it has city water and many other advantagos. Beeause it has churches and schools. Beeause you can read your titles ¢ Beeause it is reached ihrough F and Cuming stroots, Because property sells other places less improved. Because the property issold on easy payments. ecause the owner, Dr. Mercer, intends to make thisin every respect a perfect city within_itself, by “selliug cheaply to DASEIA 0f allinaineia wiio Hove Imiustry and character enough to build a clty themselves. Before investing clsewhere look at the scores of magnificent residences and home-like cottages on Walnut Hill, ooy Fine stationary and art goods of all kinds are now going very oheap. We xive 20 per cent discount “on_ all goods ought of us within the next six wi Rose Bros’ At Pavrac 1521 Do - Centrally Located. If vou want to buy or sell centr, 1 estate see W. H. b street. He has ba paper than in - of stock of the Oma- ha Loan and Building association and the Mutual Loan and Buflding association are now open for subseripti : 14th st. Ollice hours 5 to 6 and 7 to 8 p. m, G. M. NATTINGER, Sec'y, A Rare Bargain. Six acres, 3} miles northwest from post- oftice, with good house, barn, well, ete ‘This place is worth $300 ver acre without improvements, We offor the whole for a few days at the very low price of §2,500, | $900 cash, balivce In two years. SrockpaLk & Buscnes, 1511 Dodge St. THE BOYCOTT LIFTED. Convict Labor to Be Dispensed With By Ohicago Shoe Firms. CuicAco, 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 st prison for the manufacture of and shoes i this agreement isfactorily e, ho parties that convict contract labor 1ot come in conflict with free labor, and that the interests of public is better served by its discontinnance. Such being the sentiments of M. D, Wells & Co,, they voluntarily ngree that fhey will not difectly or indirectly re- new their existing contracts for conviet labors they also agree that they will cancel theit ct for convict labor with the state of nsin 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- yiet labor, present, conteacts excepted, M. D. Wells & Co. further agree that noone seeking employnient tn thefr factory shall bo reftised._employment solaly on ace countof being a member_of the Knights ot Labor. M. D. WrLLs & Co. The agreoment signed” by C. M. Hender- fon & Co. was the same in wording, except the names of M ri_and Pennsylvania were punlished for Wisconsin, The docu ments were signed by the members of the ecutive board and the boycott was ordered lifted, The two firms also agreed to the fol- lowin, z We further agree that we have no objection to our employes beinz or becoming Knights of Labor, and to have differences between employers and employes submitted to arbi- tration, The Railroad OfMcials 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 th wen who are on a strike a material increase of weges, but they refused to return to work till permitted by the knights, St. Louts March 13.—The attorneys of the Missouri Pacitic this afternoon applied to Judge Horner, of the circuit court, for a tem- porary_injunction to restrai LeG M. P."Palmer, P. 11 and other s from coing on the premises of the plaintiff and interfering with their property, and also to prevent any conspiring outside of the remises to do injur mum‘,»mimmnm.p- At the suzgdstion of the court the petition was amended by striking ont the atter part of ity and the injunction was grante LitrLe Rock. Ark., March 13.—There are no new developiments' concerning the strike to-day beyond the disabling of the last engine in the possession of the company. Tho_ ex- amination of the strikers arrested yesterday n deferred. March 14.—State Labor Com- Kochtitzky arrived here last night from Jefferson Cityand lield a conference in regard to a settloment of the strike, but he declined to who_he conferred with or what was doné, nor would he say what, if any, relations he holds to cither side in the agree Striking Street-Car Drivers. CINCINNATI, March 1 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 account of the various companics refusing to comply with the men’s demands for 32 per day fortwelve hours’ work. ST, Louis, March 13.—BEmployes street ear lines but Broadway and Ca nue will assemble to-morrow ni; sider the propriety of striking for 82 per day, or twelve hours’ work, That amount is paid by the Broadway li CINCINNATI, March 13,—The street railroad strike ended. The Walnut Hills line accepted $1.85 per d“)l' of twelve hours, and sent out their cars about 2 o'cloc! The employes of the Consolidated company were about equally divided between two proposi- tions made by President Kilgour for 31,55 all 1 or £2 for conductors and $1.75 for 5. It required a considerable time to come to adecision, but they settled 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 yester issued an order that no more assemblies be organized in this state during the next forty days., “Our reason for issuing this order,” said Robert Bennett, the state master workian, “is that the order is growine too fast. We are afraid that people may be in- duced to join it without fully understanding all our objects, We want only intelligent men, and we cannot have any others and succeed in the work we want to accomplish, Outside of Chicago we are buiiding up unusu: ly intelligent assemblies, and wo draw our membership from all ranks—farmers, labor- ers, merehants and professtonal men, During the forty we will explain the objects thoroughly, and will then be ready for or- ganizing work again,” ojMcCormick Will Be Boycotted, Ci1cAGo, Mareh 14.—Distrlet assembly No. 50 of the Knights of Labor, held a meeting ing here to-da nd though the secret, n member after the meeting safed the information that it had be eided to sustain the striking employes of the MCeormick per company and boyeott the fitmn, which is now employing nearfy a full force of non-union men, It was also de 1 at the meeting to raise the Thompson & T lor boycott, one of the firms using Maxwell Brothers’ goods, and call out the full strength of the order in boycotting Maxwell Brothers, A Strike Decided Upon. PrrrsuunG, Ma t a mecting of the miners of the Cle: rzion at Tyrone, L decided to strike for an pl of 10 cents per ton, The Clearfiela district includes sixty mines, mn]llnyhni 5,000 men, and is regarded as the pivota branch of the entire soft coal rezion. The miners have all quit work and the coilieri [ closed. The action taken at yests ing makes the strike general is estimated that 10,000 miners are engag in the strike, Al Al T 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 cenls for first-cl ass musical entertainment., PROGRAMME, PART L Overture, Poet and Peasant, Husical Melange, This and 7T petgre Vocal Quartette, *Hark, the ' . Buck Lotus Glee Club, Potpouri, Yankee and Irishman. Steinhauser PART 11, Overture, Nachtlager in Grenada. Avia, La Fille de I Selection, Trovat . Vocal Quartette, “In Absence”, Lotus Glee Club, PART 1L Suppe Kreutzer Donizetti @ 10 the People. Mr. H. Lutz Madlcy Overture, First Par - A Family Fight. rightful family row is reported to rred in North Omaha yester- i which a husband and wifé made 3 ults upon each other, and were vented from inf st bod- y ujur}' by the timely [ of neigh- bors. - The disturbance is said to be the culmination of a long series of abuses by the husband on his better half. ‘T participants reside in the neighborho of Twenty-sixth and Californiu streets, Dr. Hamilton Warren, kelectic Physi- cian and Surgeon, 703 N. 16th stréet, near Webster.. Day and night calls promptly attended to, .. 8uppe and Olio.Oellner THE PROSECUTION ENDED. Introduction of | Testimony in Oommenodd Saturday. Defence LAUER'S B$UTAL CONDUCT. | It is Strikingly £mphasized by the Testimony of Scveral Witnesses— A Cranberry Sauco Episode —Scenes and Incidents, The Lauer Trial. 1t was rumored Friday night that the pros- ecution in the Lauer trial had a tramp eard in reserve which they intended to play Saturday morning. Consequently the court room was crowded long before the hour for convening. At0:50 o'clock the jury filed Into their seats. There were perhaps a few mote wrinkles in Lauer's forchead than there was the first day of the trial, that anxiety begin- ning to have its eftect upon him. Mrs. Emma Bell, the woman who was too_ill to testif Friday. was the first witness, 1twas with the greatest difiiculty that hier evidence could be Lieard, Mrs. Bell Testifles. Her testimony was as follows: Have lived in Omaha ten years and am residing on Twelfth strect, bétween Jackson and Jones, 1 first nret Mr, and Mrs, [ over a yi ago. They were living up by Mr.Gallagher's, 1 washed for them twice. "1 went there be: fore the separation, Mrs. Lauer acted ail Jight in the morning until about b v'clock, Then she began to cryand continued to do sountil noon. Mr. Later came. home. b tween 12 and 1 o'clock and they both sat down in the dining room at the table. Mrs, 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 kitchen. I did hear Mr. Lauer say: *“What kind of a looking mess is that you've got on the table?” She replied: “Thisis cranberry 1 heard Mrs. Lauer jump up and My goodness!” Then she came out in the kitchen with 1 ce and body covered with the eranberry sauce. 1 washed her face, n:\x‘l found that the not sauce had burned the skin. On_cross-cxamination Judze Savage sub- Jected Mrs. Bell to zid inquiry about her relations with her husband and her modes of life, She stated that her husband died in St, Louis about four vears ago and that after they separated she kept lodgers, *‘Liadies 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.” : “You must answer the question,” said the court. Tho witness then gave the names of Ler boarders, about whom the defense asked a number of questions as regards o character. Mrs, Bell, however, said that she never knew of their receiving men at night, and that as faras she knew they were women of good the cross-oxamination Gyes losed. “Do you suffer from weakness of the eyes, you keep them shut?” inquired si *How long have they been weak.” “I'm not going swer any such ques- tion,” was the teStg rejolnder. The court decided the questionsvas immaterial and Judge Savage cotinued to _examine her in Tegard to the placgs in whieh she bad lived. Tlie cranberry episodé3 was not referred to by the defense, » <% The Progecution Ended. “Tho state wilkTestbere,” said the district attorney, as Mrs. Bell jett the stand. ‘The first witnegs {o1:the defense was Mrs, Savage, who livestat the corner of Twent sixth and Dougla¥ stréet. She said that th first thing she heard the night of the shooting wasa pistol shot. #She n bed in a room, the bay window of wgich was directly op- posite Lauer’s dining rooni. It was neither & bright or dark night.' If there was a moon it was shrouded,"She looked at Lauer’s house and saw ng gl in the window, but a few minutes sln-w kil pzain and saw a light in Lauer’s dining, room. The curtain down and the blinds ‘were open. The light first appeared in the window about a minute after she heard the shots, A short time afterwards she heard a voice in_the all went the door where she found Miss almost fainting. She was gasping for $What was done then?” “My daughter caught hold of me and wouldn’t let me follow Miss Lauer, who went over to Mr. McShane's. 1 then 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 . night gown and a little shawl, which I kad thrown over her shoulders when she came to my house. 1 took her back there where she piit on my daughter's dress,” “Did you notice anything about the Lauers that evéning?” She Saw the Shadows, “About 7 0’clock Mr. and Mrs. L up to the barn, They afterwards the house chatting ~together pleasantly. About 9 o'clock I went to the cast window ¢ my house and I could see the shadows of the Lauers, who were apparently gomg to bed. The lizht in their room had been moved from its original position, but I dow’t know the time it went out. I used to see the Lauers very trequently, in faet almost all the time.” “What was” their relation to each other while you knew them?" T never saw anything but perfect harmony and love. The morning before the shooting Isaw Mrs. Lauer standing in the barn door alking to Mr. Lauer, who was harnessing his horse.” Mrs. Later was laughing, and appeared to be frolicking.” Do you remember My, Laue ST wins in and out of the hou and during that time Mr. loving and kind as could be, Lave been better,” General Cowin’s cross examination was thorough and exceedingly sharp. He at- tewpted to place the witness in a ridieulous situation in rezard to her manner of wateh- g the house. In the course of the cros questioning he induced the witness (o assent 1o a proposition that the Lauers had a “*heay- enly home which was the quintessence of happin “Didn't tell Dr. Parker that their house was a perfect pandemonium?”? “No, sir; Ldid not.” “Oh! no, of course not; you couldn’t eall a heavenly nome a pandemonium?”’ “Well, "twas more of a heavenly home than lot's that I've scen.” eneral Cowin then questioned the witness closely about the position of the light on_the nightof the shooting, He got Mrs, Savage confused in relation to the shadow or figure which she saw on the cu Mrs, Ben Gallagher Talks, Mrs. Ben Gallagher was next called. stated sho knew the Lauers very well and that the morning atter the ation Mrs. Lauer came to her house, and that she then did not obsetve any bruises or marks of violence upon her, She thought that Mrs, Lauer appeared happlet after sho recovered from ler illness, On cros s exawmin, IlolL Mrs, Gallagher could not tell I nany times she visited Lauer's house last fall. but she remembered that she went there med before the shooting, She Was cross-qu stioned asifollows : ier droye went into sickness allthe tim cr Was just 1 Nothing” could Vhen it might be too not want to say that you b, nor that 1did say it. Uer next appear un- Q. Did you evermake the remark that Mr, not remember to have sald anything of the mal a word and a blow— g e e thiug e Q. Did’you a blow”? * A* No! 1 do notremember it Q. When di saw that she was un- Now wauer was quick tempered? Lauer was quick—that it was a word and a kind, then alllo it, hangs would ¢ sqkixofor it, and would be late™? A Nev Q. You would happy? A,"Not that T ever saw. blow with hiy . That isall hearsay. 1 do Q. Now, do you Temember making the re- n those words! Very sorry afterwards. G DU Sou say. With i it s word and did not say it happ « —why was any ause she had ro- ditivrence apparent? A 1 She was happy covered frouw severe ilines that she had recovered. Q. It was about three months before her dedth that you noticed she was happier than she was before? A, Yes. Apparently Well Treated. Mr. Waitzhora - statad that he livel near the Lauer house, and th as he knew the relations b were very pleasait testified that Lauer » fectionate to his wife ent. E Jolui A, McShaue testitied that e had not horn also 1 and af. 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 three times, In what he saw, however .\(:‘I, Lauer was kind and affectionate to his wife, Ben Gallagher's Views, Benjamin Gallagher stated that he had been on intimate terms with the Lavers and that he used to see a great deal of them in the evenings last summer, when he saw them cutting grass in thefr. vard, o attonding to theit flowers, They soemed affectionate to- wards each other, ‘On the night of the shoot- ing e stated that he was aroused by cries and went directly to Lauer's house, where he saw Matt Gahlan, A short time after lie got into the house he noticed that the fire in the nlmnni room was light and did not throw out much Tight. ' The lower part was red, but the upver portion was dark. drafts of the stove abont utes after he went in ana the fire brightencd up. He noticed the curtain which was down—perhaps raised one and a half inche from the woodwork of the sash. Lauer was partly dressed and was kneoling over his _wife's body erylng and apparently in great grief, Lauer said in response to a question that he was awakened from a sound sleep and heard a noise and thought he heard voices. He saw a form coming towards him and shot. When he found his wire was not in bed he went to the ob- ject and found it was his wife. He then ighted a lamp and his wife was dead. Lauer said to him: *“What shall I do ¥ to which he replied: “There is nothing you can do; all has been done, Let the corpse re- main just as it is and I will see that tho coroner 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. Ile described 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 e opened the drafts, and that up to the time he came Mr. Lauer had not touched his wife's hudr ‘Lhe court then took a recess until 2 o'clock. The Afternoon Scssion. The throng which crowded the court house at the beginning of the afternoon proceed- ings was larger than at any one time during the trial, There were so many ladies on the inside of the railing that the lawyers had scarcely room to consult each other, Every chair in the court house was brought into the rooin, and one fair damsel was trying to make way with the seat occupied by the judge when she was discovered by the sheriff and made to give up the property thus unlawfully seized, Janes Richards was the first witness placed upon the stand, e was formerly an em- ploye at the nail works of which Lauer was man He stated that he remained at Lauer's louse every night until Lauer was placed at the county jail. Ho said that he used to fred 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 fire 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 emly in - the _afternoon and did not touch it for hours. In the even- ing a party of gentleman accompanied by Miss Lauer visited the hou When lyini in the bed in the position occupied by 1 it was jmpossible to distinguish an more than the mere outline of a form. The face of a person standing at the entrance to thebed room could not be recognized. The second test brought the same result: In cross examination Richards testified that at the time of the tesi the room was so k thiat he could not sce the forms of the com- panions who were with him, and could not scern 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 was in his shirt sleeves. The room was so dark t ran against each other while walking —about the room. He was asked if he could have scen a person breathing _who was dying upon the floor, and said that "he could not; in fact, the gloom was so great that iewould have fallen over a person lying in that posi- tion. At no time during the night were there any bright coals in the bottom of the stove. On redirect examination he. said that an hour after James 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 g }:uli in the morning the room was very ark. He opened the ten or fifteen min- The Defense Tests the Light. The next witness was John J. O’Con- nor, who, notwitstanding the fi is a member of the Omaha bar supposed to be well versed in the rulc evidence, persisted in testifying to what- ever things he had ever réad, seen, im- agined or dreamed. He was_checked by the counsel for the prosecution and was reprimanded by t ourt, but went on to throw out objcctionable « tions to the jury in spite of judge or lawyers, He secemed to be anxious to give festimony that would be rable to' Lauer and it was with great dilliculty that the lawyers could hold him down to Slute facts. He stated that he was present when the tests made by Ricel ms-a took place and that he participated in them. 1e suid that the room was so dark that it was impossible for them to recognize euch other unless they stood less tian three feet apart. It made no difference a person wore ordinary clothes sheet thrown over the shoulde General Cowen subjected him to o v amination, which elicite denl of amusement if nothing W. A. L. Gibbon showed that he v well fitted for h]-i‘nh‘llio!l a8 viee presi- dent of the board of education by th learned if somewhat pedantic manner in which he talked about acute and ob- tuse ongles, converg and diverg- ing 1 of light.” In _higl ics he passed and excellent amination, but when questioned by Gen- eral Cowin he s um‘l oblivious ‘to the simple proposition in geometry which forth the fact that any side of a right led triangleis 1 than the sum of the other »," a5 he wanted to measure the distance from the stove to the spot where he was standing when the test was made by ing a hypothetical string arornd the base of the triangle instead of looking straight down the hypothenuse. He stated that the face of a person standing atthe entrance between the dining room 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 witnessed the briliiancy of the tight from the stove varied, but i no cnse wi ble to distinguish faces. His cross-examination then proceeded us follows: ould you_distinguish a table from a r? A, Yes, if you were near enough, Could you recoznize it standing in dining oom?" A, No, sir, not on' the 't night. 80 the second. aceasion. the' pemon standing up at the folding door was about eleven feet from your head as it lay on the pillow, aud tho light in tho stove was o protty bright one? A, You couldn’t distinguish i ‘The eve 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 shect or what it had? A, No, sir, Q. As a maiter of fact, could you tell whether the object was standing on”its feet orits head? A, You would a ditierent form if it were standing on its head, Q. With the light from a bright stove when on were lying on the bed it was impossible 15" dlatinguish whether the fiure. had a human_head? A, Yes, You could recoznize it as o humnan head, y .“Could you tell whether if wasa woman’s head or a ian’s head? A, Not in that posi- tion. Q. I it was & man with just such a head o ot haye, could you distinguish it from th head of a woman with her hair hanging all around its face? A, No, sir; the halr would be behind the back, Q. And it would hang right down straight 50 that you couldn’t see it—none of it would ceme over the shoulder so that you could sve it? A, Not a small body, Q1" am talkiug about'a large—a big body? A, No, sir. \u ‘ou could recognize a human head, but uld not recognize whether it had on & anything A. Yes, Q. The second time you could see the ob ject. Just describe what you saw. A, It was durk objeet. 1t was very difticult on th oceasion o distinguish it.” It was about g size of a person, and it would 1ook the sau as o stick of wood, Q. You couldu'’t tell it from & tree, or a hotse o1 a cow. A, Yes you could; the out- Tines would be différent. Q. It u,wm.uufmu foward you, and you ab; watched for a head you would haye'to have a light to distingulsh the head, would you not? A. No, sir, ~You would not, eh?” said Gen, Cowin. “That will do. Herman Kountz, W. V. Morse and M. Donovan were also examinod in regard to their experience at the Lauer house when the tests were made, with rrnc!ifl\lly the same results. The court then adjourned till this morning. A THREATENED HOMICIDE. A Lawyer's Dire Threat on Account of a Picture. As arepresentative of the Ber was walking rapidly up Thirteenth street early last evening his attention was eall- ed toa man who was walking in the middle of the street. The individual mentioned had the high collar of his overcoat turned up, partly concealing his features, his head was bent upon his breast, and a large umbrella was drawn closely down over his shoulde “Sec that man out there said a by- stander. I think he's one of those Rock Island train robbers, for he's tr ing €0 hard to avoid being scen by any body.” reporter gazed intently at the ro- 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- denly, and raising nis head revealed the features of Lee Estelle, distriet_attorney, but oh! so wan and h Without'a word Mr. Estelle ached the news- paper man, who reached out Iis hand to i‘un h flesh” with the prosceutor of Lane Instead of shaking ha however, Mr, Estelle reached into his hip pocket and drew forth a revolver, the muzzle of which he carclessly placed in close prox- imity to the repo '8 nose. “Now, look here,'” said he, ““T want it distinetly understood that I will not li to a single remark on that subject. I've had it thrown at me a hundred times al- ready, and I'm on my way home to keep from hearing anything more about it. And now to have'a new er man stop me to talk about drives me desperate. If anything more is said there'll be a va- cancy on the editorial staff. Good day, sir." And Mr. Estelle walked leaving the astonished and f porter wondering what on e the matter, r--It was night that the ¢ the impression that the BE about to remark that he had purported to be his (Estelle’ printed in the Herald yesterda, sufliciently nccounts for I uickly away. htened re- I could be ascertained s strict attorney was unde: man wis cen what portr, , which Ben Hogan on Gambling. The First Presbyterian church w. filled last evening by an attentive audi- ence to hear Ben Hogan talk on the vice of gambling. Ever) e that r with his subject in a practis y, ha won and lost fortunes over the cloth in days gone by. In f; expert at the business, and on this count a number of professional sport men were present st night to hear wl he had to The speaker told how boys and business men were allured into the gambling rooms and entrapped into the games, and pictured the desolation and despondency and death which fol- lowed in the wake of the vice. He warned parents agamst introducing games in the home which were the prop- y of gamblers and by which th sucked the life blood from’ their vietims. Mr. Hogan interspersed his remarks with seenes and incidents from his own experience, and moved his audicnce to both laughter and te The address was most powerful and ereated a pro- found impression on the audience. Runaway Boys. Oflicer John Curry discovered young lads on Far o’clock this morning, who seemed to he passing av the mght in viewing the sights of the city, He questioned them closely and found that they lived in Fre mont and had run away from home. As they were very hungry the oflicer took them to Higzing' restaurant and bought them something to eat, and then aceom- panied them to the central police ion, where they were locked up until their parents cin be notified this morning. Their names are Dennis Hough and Bert Smith. two am street about 1 Death of “Old Vie,” Victor Ducros, whose sudden and se ous illness was mentioned in the 13 Friday, died yesterday afternoon o'clock. The of the heart. At the time of his death his place was on Twelfth street,between Farnam and Douglas, and was noted throughout the state for the sk preparing the serious illness led to the nouncement of his death in loe A Slecpy Policeman Suspended. Saturday evening Marshal Cummings suspended from the police foree Oflicer Graham, a com tively new man in the o, for slecping while on duty. ham has been on night duty on St Mar) nd for several nights the roundsman had 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 —Pork Leads a Downward Provision Mar- Kket—General Notes. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET, CimicAco, Mareh 18, —[Special Telegram. | There was a terrible bluster kept up all day by the bullson wheat, and as a result thoy sueceeded in getting an advance at the close of just Ao over yesterday. Public and pri- vate cables reported strong and advancing markets over the water. The oxporting houses—good, generons fellows that they 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 aud Jones were free buyers, It would 1ook to an un- sophisticated outsider as if all this boom mate- rial ought to hiave put the market up about e a bushel, Instead of that we have & poor, lit- tle ige advance. What is the matter? Lsn't been unanle to find him on his beat. It was amystery where he kept himself duving the night until cently, when hie was discovered asleep in a barn. His case was reported to M )zs, who suspended him Saturday as i ed, Wants a Deed Executed, Fanny M. Sloman began suit in the dis- trict court Saturday against Orville P, Chubb to eompel 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 different parts of the eity upon which partial payments have been made. The ntifl says that she has tendered Mr. hubb the balance of the sum due and that he has refused to accept it, Brevities. Detective Charles J. Kmery has re- turned from a successful businiss trip in Dakota. Mike Kiley, for stealing chickens from Mrs. Haines, is confined at central police station. David Trostin, the bibulous Council Blufls crank, was again arrested Satur day night for intoxication. He was but recently released from the county jail. Constable Kyle closed up Saturday the butcher shop of Haines Bros., on North Sixteenth strect, *on an attachment for %160 sued out in Justice Auderson court by John Roth. " Robert Poland, alias “Windy Bob,” was arrested last night by Ofiicers’ Matza and O'Boyle, charged with disturbing the peace. Bob had playfully knocked a man down on the str anid was boast ing of his prowess as a slugger when cor- ralled by the polic Owen Conley, better known as ky Jack,” and his wife, were o yesterday afternoon at the “family resi dence’” and taken to the central polic station in the patrol wagon. Whisky had caused domestic infelicity, and Owen bore the marks of a savage attack mad on him by his loving spouse. He peace fully subinitted to being locked up, but averred thut it was the . woman this 1 there something rotten the argument that wheat ought to be selling at much higher vrices when such a combination of happy cir- cumstances can boost it up only a pititul frace tion? Perhaps there isu't. Perhaps ihe good time i8 coming. Perhaps the privilege ven- ders are strangling the market as commis fion men claim. Perhaps your correspon- dent is an unpatriotic fool who don’t want the American farmer to prosper. These things may bo true, but the facts, the facts are “agin’ the bulls, There is no buoyaney in the market under the most favorable eir- 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 the call price that all the efforts of the bulls were inadequate to force May up to 8¢ the Mecea for whose spices they have been longing all the week, The stufl elosed at the call price, as usual. On the curb there was a shade strouger feeling, but puts and calls for Monday sold within #e of the market, with the former at 85ge and calls at 864;c. Last transactions wero made at $5%c, at which price there were very free offerings. T'o-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 000 bushicls, Estimated reecipts for Monday, 53 cars. Conx—Corn was exceedingly dull, and transactions so few that quotations were hardly more than nominal. It looks asif any strong selling movement would break the market, so littie 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 week, is gone, and appearances favor larger values. Estimated receipts for Monday, 441 ars. Provisioss — Provisions were slumpy, especially pork, which again led the down turn, Prices for May are now down to where they were along carly in the winter, and tho outlook is not at all encouraging. We have now had a break of $1.65 per barrel, and the pottom 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- ishing the shorts with ammunition from the pouches of their opponents, Ferguson was the leading seller to-day. Hutchinson also sold moderately, and the s crs gener- ally were on the same side. The biggest buyer was Warren, who took about 5,000 bar- At $10.10 for May. Estimated receipts of for Monday are 18,000; for next week, 100,000, FIN/ New York. March 13.—MoxEY—On call, easy at 1@ er cont. g @5 per cent, but steady at © for sixty days and 4.50%e on demand, eNTs—Dull hut's “The inereascd nct which was the_conspl ature of yesterday's stock market, continued this forenoon with the same résult as to prices—a further decline, At the opening th lcet was irregular, and NS WOre 11 al, but after the firm lings prices yielded again and the market continned active and wealk until after mid-day. ‘Throughout the day the market was activ ik and quiet when firm, and closed foverlsh, notive and- goner: ally ‘weak at o shade better than the lowest price: } BTOCKS ON WALL § i eent bond: #1002 C, & na 3 St L & S, Koo 3 referred, C,, M. & St. I, preferred. V. &O... preferrea’ rxas Pacilic preferved. Ilinois Contr: LB & W. Lake L.& N Mich, Ce Mo, Pacifie. Northern I 2015 0, R & N prelerre 1w ia, PRODUCE, Chicago, Mareh — Flour— Steady, firm_and anchangeds “winter wheat flour, $4,400014,50; southern, §4.00@4.65; Wiscons 545000470 Michigan soft spring wheat, $5.70 (@1.005 Minnesota bakoers', 3500450 ents, $4,65w5.00; low gradds, £2.000 Wheat—Firm and higher; opened ige high- er, ruled easy, advanced 3c, hecame easier 1 closed “ife above yesterday; Bl@sige for_cash: Klo for March; 853¢c for Mu Corn—Dull but low grades firmer: $73(@ i#15 for cash; 37)¢ for March; 0% @i0 tor ay. Outs—Easy: 29)gc for cash; 28)gc for Mare 2k @ige for May, Rye—Dull and easy at b55¢e. Barley—Dull at 60c, Timothy—Shade better ;prime,§1.8514@1.86, . l:lulwod—-uuiul but firm; No. 1, SLI@ L114e, Whisky—$1.14, Pork—lIrregilar with limiied demand and 13 $10,05@10.07i5 for Ma Steady with no imjortant ch 3¢ for cash and Mareh; $6,00; Shoulders, $300@4,00: short clear, Lot ribs, 85006, Bulter—Good to fancy cresmery, 2063isge; good to fine dairy, 10a0c, Firi: full creau choddars, 9@ flats, 1lle; Young Americas, 115@ inhs, 4Gthie, proferred. 31| Wesiern Unio green sal bull hid Lyalae: calf skins, 10@ Tallowesl) nehangod No. # country, 53¢ ight, Biges 3 dry oy, No 1 country, 4e; > Siipments, Flour, bbl 1 Wiheat, bu Corn, bu, exports, No. 3 red, Tecelp wngraded red, Sictailon i hy VIH@Ose 34C in store and f. 0. April closiug at Corn—Firm; recelpts, 223000; exports, 260, 000 ungraded, #d@isige; No. ] No. 2, 418 adse in elevator,40igc'atloat; Apri clositig Al 433 @dSig Dals—bull; receipts, 45,00; exports, 244