Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 20, 1886, Page 1

FIFTEENTH YEAR. THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT. The President's Marriage—Labor Arbitra- tion—Pensions—Van Wyck and Dorsey. TALKING ABOUT SUBSIDIES. Provisions of Gen. Logan's Labor Bill ~Fate of the Pension Bill-- The Union Pacific B The President's Trousseaun, WasniNaton, May 10.—|Special Tele- gram|—"Best Man" Bissell had a very lively time ot it when he was here last week. Presi- dent Cleveland had put off so many things until the last moment that he nearly ran his “best man” down. One of the first things Bissell had to do was to go around and in- spect suburban retreats where the coming lioneymoon could be spent. The president ihought at first the Soldiers’ home would be v good place, but Bissell said “no,” and so it was decided that a summer residence must be aad, and “Best Man” Bissell went and found me. I composed — of and the price did “Best Man” \ine acres, 30 carefull is siven hisow Lamont’s as the parties pur il of sale given when the $200 was Jaid to-day to bind the bargain, but this lit- Jde transaction in real estate is not the only shing Bissell has had to do. He had been sy in New York purchasing the rest yresident’s troussean, Express ‘he average of five a day, have been coming ap to the white house with bundles for the bridegroom elect. So it Has WASHINGTON, May 19.—[Special Tele- gramj—A Californin genius named Dr. Phelps, has presented to congress and the officials of the treasury department designs for our paper currency which are uniqu which he is trying to have adopte purpose of the new designs is to p: “raising” and to enable ignorant people who cannot read to readily distinguish one bill from another and know its denomination. 1t i proposed to make the one, two and live- dollar bills of one color; the ten, twenty and fifty of another color, and the one, two and five hundred-dollar bills of still another color. Then the first series each have a uniform style of lettering, and have bars on which rre the figures and letters lullimf' the aenom- ination in such a way that it is impossible to ruise the face value, and any child or illiter- ate person could readily learn their value, It has been a long time since there was a change made in_the general design of the paper or silver currency ot the government, and the present style has proven so satis- factory, and people have grown so used to the conventional green aud black thatany new proposition will be considered cau- tiously, "The bankers and neople who hardle a great deal of paper ¢ cy and who have tocontend with ¢ ers and the er- rors of ignoranc ivers C the new designs proposed, but i an act of congress to authorize a substitution, and as congress will havdly legislate i nance now there is no prospect of After all the w n committed flurry of the lobbyists over land fc it comes down to another when an effort ismade to forf years congress has worked up bills o orate favorable reports for forfeiting the mil- lions of unearned lands granted railroads by the go nent to aid in their construction, but there has been nothing further done. Some influence has repeatedly worked to de- feat the final consideration of the There arc now on the house calendar bills favor- ably reported, which propose to forfeit seven- 1y or mfilny millions of acres of lands, but it is said by those who ought to know that there is not the least show of their Imssugc. These revorts represent the work of fifteen good Iawyers for months, and the work has een repeated every two years during the past decade. It seems that the railroads have the lxllu(h and will keep them, whether carned or not, int of failure For many Van Wyck and Anti-Monopoly. NEW Yonrk, May 19.—[Special Telegram| ~The Tribune's Washington dispatch of the political situation in Nebraska sa: “Mr. Van Wyck’s chances of re-election are not considered good, although he may be en to suceeed himsolf in spite of the op- position now organized agalnst him.” This admission, coming from a paper which has always opposed Van Wyck, is sig- nificant. The special further says: “The democratic ranks are divided in Nebraska into free traders and protectionists, the forn- grled by Sterling Morton, ho latter by Dr. Miller, both of them friends. once, but now wortal enemy. ‘The republicans, on e other Lund, are confronting the anti-monopoly riised against the railroads and the pro- ion movement, both of which have to some extent demoralized the unity of party action. A Nebraskan, with whotn 1 talked to-day, said that St. John was notively at work (v the state now. 1 has addressed a number of meetiugs already, and had prob: ably made a still greater number of en monts to speak in the state in the cour the coming campaign. The anti-mono) question s a less serfous one probably coming eloction than that of wrohi BUILILWill be o factor in the contest, Logan's Arbitration Bill, WASHINGTON. May 10.—Senator Logan presented in the senate to-day as a sub- stitute for the labor arbitration bill, recently passed in the house, a bill providing for the appointment of a commission of arbitration of tive members to be appoiuted by the presi- dent. I'he commission is empowered to visi y vlace wheere controversies may arise and may take testimony and hear counsel and make its decision at any place it may think best, Wl report to congre the of all Inyestigatic with testimony and ever tion in reference to each controversy wh comes before it [t may require the U te marshals to serve process, and eive the sume f h like sorvice upol issued by the United States commissi ! es shall also receive the as when attending before United States com- missions, but “the expenses of any single arbitration shall not exceed $L000. ‘The commission shall —possess all such powers to administer vaths, as be- long to a United States comwmissioner, It may, upon any serious difference or disputo oD acconnt of wages, oppression or wrongs complained of by employees or employer repair to the place whers such complaints arise, and make full examination avd in- vestigation of the same and report to con- s5 through the president, The [nited ptates commissioners, in addition to the customary oaths of oftice, shall, upon any easé being submitted to them, take outh to " fairly and faithiully perform their duties, which oath shall eni- race the declaration” that they are not per- sonally interested in the subject matter of the controversy. he bil! 2mends the act creating a bureau of labor, so that the bureau shall hereafter be known as the departinent of labor; and the commissioner, in addition to duties now re- quired of him by law, is required to eommu- nicate with various railroads and transporta- ion companies and with all other companies engaged In varlous indus- tries -where any great number of DErsons m'cm} yed, and as to a certain number of employes, the manner in which their labor is performed and its character, their situations, manner of iy i for education of their children, tions of labor and capital genel make comparative lists and statements as to the hours of labor in various e«n\:loymauls; ‘haracter of labor and compensation there- for in various Furol\enn countries and report the result in tabulated and comparative state- ments to the secretary of the interior, who shall report it to congress at each session, the expeuses of the purfonnaucs of 1 results all OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1886, such 8 hall not exceed —£50,000, a year, Commissioners of arbitration shall nold offices for three years until removed by the president for good and sufficient cau which canse shall be reported to the senate with nomination of the successor of any of them. A bill'was reported to-day from the housa committee on the electoral count, recom- mending a_constitutional amendmient creat- ing and defining the oflice of second vice president, holds that in case of removal ot in case of death or resignation or constitutional disabi both of tlie president and vice president, the office of ‘president shall de- yolve on’ the second vice president of the United States, who shall be voted for in dis- tinct bullots at the same time and in like man as the president © president by electors appointed by the several states, 1 case of removal of th viee president from oftice, or his death, res- ignation or constitutional abili the vice presid c dent of tl president shail be pre enate and he shall also act as sueh in the absence of the vice president from the seuate, but shall have 10 vote unless the senate be equally divided provided, however, that the senate shall choose a president pro tempore in the ab- sence of both viee president and second vice president, or when the vice president shall exercise the office of the president of the United ~ Statos, and the second v president — shall be absent from the nate or when the second vice president shall exercise the oftice of the vresident of the United States, PENSION BILL. ‘The full text ot the pension bill, as passed toyday by the senate, ¢ as follo Be it énacted, ete.: That ever is specified in the several cl: of enumer- ation in section 4,965 of the revised statutes of the United States and amendments thereto who served in the military or naval service, as mentioned in said section, for a period of three months during the war of the rebellion and who has anlhonorable discharge there- from, and who is or shall become disabled from any cause not the resultof his own fault, and shall be dependent upon his own excrtions for support or upon the contribu- tions of others not legally bound thereto, shall upon making due proof of the facts under such regulation as shall or may be pre by the proper authority, be placed uy list of pensioners of the United States be entitled to receive a pension during the continuance of such disability and depend- ence at a rate portionate to the degree of such disability ; and such pension shall co mence at th o of the filing of his applicn- tion therefor. The highest rate of pension granted under this section, which shall be for total incapacity’ to per- form any manual Iabor, shall be $24per month, which is liereby made devisable upou degree of disability; on_entitled or recei ing invalid pension under existing laws, or such as may be hereafter enacted, granting pensions for disabilities contracted ‘in the military or naval serviee of the United States and in the line of duty, greater than that provided for herein, shall réccive the benefits of this act; but any appl valid pension may, by d; own siznature, at any time elect to prosecute his ~own claim ~ under this act or under the general laws, and his pension, when allowed, if prosecuted under this act, shall commence from the date of such tion, provided further, that no pension paid under any law hereafter shall be rated at les than $14 per month. Sce. 2 That in considering claims of dependent parents the fi f such and the fact that the soldiers left no widow or minor children having been shown, as re- quired by Taw, it shall be necessary only to show by competent_and cient evidence that such dependent parent is without means of comfortable support, i al labor or the bound for be found a month under existing s as modified by this section, shall receive in lieu thereof $12 onth trom and after the approval of this act, Sec. 8. That in all applications under the gener: Iaws, including this act, where it appears by record evidence that the applicant was regularly enlis ted and mustered into the service, that fact shall be conclustve of soundness at the time of his enlistment excopt 1 the case of fraud. See. 4. That no person shall be entitled to more than one pension at the same time un- derany or all laws of the United States, whether such ion shall have been ob- after be obtained, unless neh pension i claimed arc, v goes to the house for conenr- person who the act under w' shall speciall “I'ho bili n¢ rencee, FORELY-NINTH CONGRE! Senat May 19.—The DIIL ‘was then placed before the senate, thel _pending auestion Dbeing that of Mr. McPlierson to recommit to the commit- tee, with instruetions to submit an_es{imate of the expenses that would be incurred by its passage. Lr. McPherson's motion was rejected, yeas Mr. Blair's amendment that o WASHINGTON, pension s The question recurred, amendment to Mr. Van W, 10 add to the bill'a claus soldier under this act she reeeive a pen- sion not less than S8, Mr. Blair’s motion to make 1l vill read on paid under any law to any sol- ter shall be rated at less thun $4 a month. Mr. Blair modified his Inciude sailors, mariners, ete. Mr. Blair's aendment was agreed to Mr. Logan then moved the amendment al- ready suggested by him to make the mini- mum pension be under any law not Jess tl Mr, Logan's rejected. Yeas £0. nays 21, on the amendinent amendment 8o as to Mr. Ingalls moved to fay it on tl table. The motion was agreed, “The amend- ment as amended, was then agreed to. Mr, lisbury offered an amendment pro- viding it no money be paid on pensions under the pending bill till provision be made by luw to meet the xpenditures by ix on incowes, specially appliabie. for such payiment, On the motion of Mr. I on the table, ) i I, N 110! K ndment extend- isions of the bill 50 us to cover months, personally knew inany men iad only served thiree months who were entitled to pensions as if they had rved < years, ‘Pho amendment” was agreed to by ¥ viva voce voto, Mr. Butlér then offered as an amendment a provision for a service pension for Mexi erans, rythli was laid r. Conger offered an amend uding persons under politieal disability. Blair, in moving to I Butler's amendment o sald the louse had already F- sed the Mexiean penston bill, whieh would be presented in the senate in due time, The motion to lay on the table prevailed— yeas 25, nays 17 My, Ingalls in sugzesting an amendment to strike out the word “labor” and insert the word “exertions,” expressing a belief that without this ehange teache! nerchants, lawyers and others who earn veltboad by intellectual exertion would not be entitled to any benelit from the bi M. Biair aceepted the suggested amendiment, aud it was agreed bill_was After further debate the pension 3 I Yeas passed. ¥ ays 14, ‘as follow: —Aldrieh, A i Bowen, Conger. Cui e, George, Gibs Hampton, Harrlcon, Hawley, H Lillan, Malione, ler, Mifehell of *Or Plimb, Riddleberger. man, Spooner, Van Vilson of Mar, Blackbu Gray, Joi Morgan, * 14, , Berry stis, Gorman, MePhersou Whitehor J T es of Arkausas, uy, Vest aud y bill was then laid before fter the ineffcetual attempt of Riddleberger to seeure ab execulive ses- si00, the senate adjourned, House. WAsuINGTON, May 10.—Mr. Weaver, of Nebraska, from the committee on commerce, reported a bill author ¢ the construetion of a bridge across the Mississippi at Dubuque, Towa. Alx Eaten,from the committee on putlic lands, reposted Lack senate . bill - foriditing certain lands granted to the state of Iowa in the construction of railroads. Mr. Dibble, from the committee on laws regulating the election of president, reported a joint resolution proposing constitutional amendment creating and defining the office of second vice-president of the United States, ‘The house then went intc whole on the senate amend office n{mmprlnllon bill, Mr. Millard briefly advocated the foreign mail sel dment, contending it would have a beneficial effect on American commeree, J Mr, Phelps said the amendment and vote by which it was adopted in the senate were encourazement to Amerfean shipping, He was He was proceeding to make a_sumiary_of the vote when he was interruptea by Mr. Blount with the point that it was not in order to refer to the action of the senate. Mr, Phelps suggested that the gentleman should be proud that eight democratic sena- tors had the courage to vote for the amend- ment, He had read from public prints that eight democratic senators had voted to give new stoainships to Ameriean commerce and new ports to Anetican manufacturers, “The senate having pertormed its duty, the house presented to itthe opportunity to pass measures full of advantages to the country. What the country needed was new steain- ships and foreign markets that this me re would give them. The country wanted 1ts sea coasts defended. 'This measure would do it by giving the country a imerchant marine, “wh was a militia of the seas, ‘This measure was advantageous and ought to be passed, and it wonld be passed unless the members were frightened because some gentlemen had called it subsidy. Subsidy Was a gift or excessive payment. liscock maintained that the amend: ment was not subsidy when the gentle- man insinuated that the lobby was full _of men pushing the senate amendment. | igh s well rej a8 strong influ rk from the othe down Amer by prices which ng our domestic mails on the rail 18, steamships and star routes, the United States would paying under this senate amendment, the very lowest of compensation. Measured by the rates paid by every European power, it \vm!lxllml ying 4 very small compensation indeed. It there a governmental worthy of n{umcn it was contained in this amend- ment. Mr. Springer favored the policy of compel- ling vessels that carried the American flag to carry the nails of the country at a reasonable rate and was against the proposition of vot- iul.i asubsidy into the pockets of Jay Gould, Sidney Dillon and Russell Sage. Mr. Holman earnestly opposed e poliey of subsidi nd contended * that that poll(‘r would not have the effect of building Ameri- can commerce. ‘This closed the general de- nd the committee rose and the house Teleph WASHINGTON, Muy 10.—When the phone investigating committee to-duy the chairman produced several telegrams that passed between President Cleveland and Van Benthuysen, relative to the application to bring a government suit. Van Benthuy- sen, in hisdispatehes of February 13, last, offered to furnish a detailed statement of the cireumstances attending the making of the application, and to correct the mistakes into which the ‘attorney general had fallen on that point. Private Secrelary Lamont, the tollowing d that the bresident had 10 desire to express in the matter. ®@aThe chairman stated by quthority of the president thatthis was all of the_correspon- dence which had passed between himself and Van Benthuysen. After an hour spent in putting in evidence letters passing between the Pan-Electric di- rectors, published iu_the newspapers, and other documentary evidence, the committee adjourned until to-morrow. tele- The Next Now State. WASHINGTON, May 19.—At a meeting of the house committee on territories to-day, an informal agreement was reached that the senate bill for the admission of south Dakota as a state should go on the house calendar, adversely reported, and that the Springer bill, broviding an enabling act for the entire territory should go on” the calendar, was fayorably reported. b RASKA’S REPRI TIVES, ‘The house committee on banking and cur- rency instructed the chairman to formulate a bill adding Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul and several other cities to the list ot national bank depositories, ‘The house committee on the Pacific rail- roads to-day heard an argument by Van Wyck and Dowey in favor of the bill to authorize the Union Pacific to_purchase or lease branches, The matter was then re- ferred to the sub-committee which had the Pacitic railroad funding bill in charge. il Arguing the Union Pacific Relief Bill. WAsmiNGToN, May 10.—|Special Tele- gram.j—Senator Van Wyck, Representative Dorsey and _representatives of the Omaha board of tiade made arguments to-day before the house committee on Pacific railroads in supportof the bill authorizing the Union Pa- cific to purchase or lease branch lines, The arguments had a favorable Impression upon the committee, and the bill was referred to the sub-committee that recently considered the Pacitic funding bill. e Hunting the Apache. WASHINGTO: May 19.—The following telegram was received at the war department from Gen. Miles, dated Fort Haachuea, Ari: through General IHoward at San “Capt. Hatfield recovered all pt two of the horses that stampededdur- ¢ the light on the 15th, and_has been direct- ed to again begin pursuit. My address will be at this place until the movement of the Indians are more fully developed. R MY R A New Postmaster. WASHINGTON, May 19,—The president sent the following nomination to the senate to- oran, jr., to be pos —— Preller's Murderer on Trial, St. Louvis, May 10.—H. M, Bi , alias 1, on trial torjthe murder of C, Arthur Ire y» was brought into the eriminal court this morning. e professes great relief at having been allowed to make a true state- ment of the manner in which Preller eame to his death, and feels conlident that public apinion has already acquitted him of inten- tional erire, All the witnesses for the state were present in a body and kept under strict survelllance by the sheriff, L. E. Hunt, present clerk of the Southern hotel, was the first witness of the morning, and his examination and eross examination consumed the greater part of the morning. He testified he was cashier of the hotel at the time of the murder, He identified the pris- s the man who in April, 1885, register- ed as *W, H. Lenox Maxwel D.” ‘Iden- titied a \b)mlogmph as that C. Arthur Preller, who arrived at the house April 3, His testimony was a repetition of the facts so well known of the intimacy the two Knglish- men, Maxwell’'s apparent want of money, the disappearance of P'reller, the departuré of Brooks for San Francisco and the discov- ery of the body in the During the cross-examination the witness admitted he iiad no means of knowing that the man who registered as Preller did not rezister that name us an allas: had rolle to the morgue after Prellers body had been placed there, but could not identify it; could not even state positively that the remains were those { a human Two porters employed at the Southern hotel, identitied the baggage found in the rooms of the two imeu as belonging to Max- well and Preller, and testified as to* Brooks' su'w\l desire to become elosely intimate with “reller, The two men seemed always on the best of ters. Mr. Warren, of Worcester, ass., testified to seeing them introduced to each other on bourd of the steamer Cepha- lonia, and they scewmed tobe \el‘fi intimate. The eourt at 'adjourned for one hour, —~——— Raiding American Schooners. New Your, May 19.-The Hevala's Hali- fax Speeial says: 't is réported the seizare of another Ameriean schooner was made in the bay of Fundy yesterday by the steamer but no relidble information bas ceelved, NEBRASKA AND I0WA NEWS. The Brown Impeachment Trial Started— Hourihan and Tuffleld, JIM REYNOLDS WILL SWING. A Grand Bluff by Councilman Leeder ~Big Fire In Des Moines—Buricd While Excavating In Bearrice. Brown Impeachment Case. Des Morxes, May 19— Special Telegram. | ~The opening of the impeachment trial to- day was quiet, tame and uninteresting. There was nothing of a dramatic character attending it, and comparatively tew visttors. As faras the preliminaty proceedings were concerned there was no indication of any speeial advantage for either side. To-mor- row will be more properly the opening day, as the opening argument on the part of the state will probably be begun then by Colonel J. H. Keatley of the board of man- agers. The counsel for the defence say they will waive the reserved right which they feel they have to except to the jurisdiction of the senate. They say they reserved that right in their answer, so that this case might not be taken g an adverse precedent when the question of jurisdiction was raised in any other impeachment trinls, but they think lhl?! are willing to go to trial with the case as it is, They say that their prineipal line of de- fense will be to show that other state oflicers have allowed the same irregularities as Brown has, **For this purpose,” said one of the counsel, ‘‘we propose to ‘ml. the officers trial.” “The general sentiment of senators seems to be, however, that they consent to no such proceeding. They say they will have to waste enough time in try- ing Brown without investigating other cials who have not been accused. It seems to be the general opinion that the trinl will last at least, six weeks, as there are thirty counts to the indictment and ten distinct subjects, on each one of whiech he must be tried independent of the othe: S OPENED. , May 10.—The Brown im- peachment trial began in the senate chamber of the new capitol at 2 p. m. President Hull presided and all the senators were present except Knight, of Dubuque; Hendri. of Mills and Reiniger, of Fioyd. The sergeant-at- arms proclaimed the opening of the court, and Brown, accompanied by his_counsel C. C. Nourse, of Des Moines; J. C. Bills, of Dav- enport; F. Lehman, of Des Moines, and E. 8. Houston, of Burlington. entered the chambver and took seats at one side. ‘The 1 committee of pro- cedure reported through, s Robinson, and nearly all of nmrmp s were adopted, two rules beingleft over for further consid- eration. The rules in general are substan- tially those used in the trial of Andrew Johnson, The senate in this case, however, re- s all Tight to passupon the admissibility of evidence. 1t also adopts the ordinary form of procedure in Towva_ courts of record, as they are applicable in this case. “The sessions of the court are fixed at pres- ent from 9 till 12 a. m. and from 2. to 5. p. m. After adopting rules’ and appointing a committee to arrange the chamber to suit the convenience of the court the senate adjourned till to-morrow at 9 a. m. Lincoln Wins. LiNcorN, Neb., May, 19.—[Special Tele- gram. |—The much-talked-about twenty-five mile foot race between Hourihan, of Omaha, and 'Tuflield, of Lirncoln, for a stake of $200, came off at the Driving park to-day in the presence of a small audience. Tuftield was in fine condition, having been in training for three weeks, while Hourihan was soft from want of work. and it was a forgone con- clusion before the word was given thatthe race, harring accident, would be won by the former. The match, as is well-known, grew out of the quarrel between the Thurs- ton and Fitzgerald hose teams, the men being picked as the best long distance runners in the respective companies and capable of doing battle for locality sl|1|l'cll|:l(?'. Councilman Leeder, the ker of Houriban, explained before the start that he had been caught on the bet in making a bluff, and that he did think his man could give Tuffield two miles and beat him, as the agreement called for, Ifamatch on even terms was desired, however, Leeder said he would mateh Hourihan against Tuf- field for $50. - After a little taik the men got the word and went off at a lively gait, IHou- rihan leading, His tacties were to run Tuflield down in the first miles, and _he made the ‘The firs ere run and 21 seconds, Hourihan be- half mile in the lea Atthe ten mile m vhich he passed in 58 minutes and 45 seconds, Hourihan had increased his lead to afull mile. From want ¢ ning the rapid #ait told on him more severely than it did on Tuflield, and the latter from that_time on began to gain. When seventeen mfles were scored Hourihan sering that he had no chance to make up the two miles handicap in the remaining eight gave up the strugele, and the stakes wore awarded to Tufield. Strange to say the race was run on the square, and, so far it went, gave satisfaction to all who saw it. Howihan established the fact that he h most speed for any distance up to ten mile but Tufield’s Insting powers were oo much for him. J. A, Austin, Gran Ensign and John Iloye officiated as judges, Frank Howard ~ was refe and Charles Miller ~ was stakeholder, The of cial time ~for the seventeen miles was 2 hours and 47 minutes, There was no be ting to speak of, BAD BALT T What was_undoubtedly and poorly me of ball ever seen in the west ca yesterday afternoon be- tween the Lancoln and Tobeka teanis, the latter winning by a score of 13 to 0, s unworthy of comment. The scor “Topeka. 02601022 0— Lincoln, 00035010 0— AYING the most slovenly Jim Will Swing, SipNEY, Neb, May 19 Special Tele- gram]—The court opened promptly at 9 ock, Judge Hamer presiding, His honor stated the object of the session and appointed neral Morrow, Judges Heist and Morrell and William C, Riley to defend the case. The state was represented by H. M, Sinclair, district attorney, The prisoner, Reynolds, was brought to cours by the sheriff and a dep- uty. A jury was impanneled, The first wit- ness called was Sheritf Enbank, who testiicd that he thought Reynalds sane; yet his con- tinued muteness madeé him feel that a higher authority should be consulted: thus, his visit with Judge Hamer, Ile offered tant testimony. e next wit- ness was ex-Sheriff 8. O, Fowler, whose tes- timony was very materisl. Dr. Mathewson was next examined and said that he visited the jail yesterday and this morning. Rey- nolds refused totalk. The doctor put him under the influence of ‘ehloroform yesterday and to-day administered ether, afier which he grew quite garrolous, spoke about the erime, and talked other matters for over an hour, He made no resistance to taking med- icine, 4 Dr. Mathewson sald positively that in his opinion Reynoids was sane. Dr. J. O. Carter next took tiie nd and testified that ne accompanied Dr. Mathewson and related the same as the previous witness, His professional opinion” was i Rey- nolds was hamming, He isidered him sane. BrMiant arguments were made by General Morrow, Judges Heist, and H, M. Sinclair, The latter’s spes loudly applauded. the charge. returned. At this hour, 10:50, they out. Itis understood they stand tén in of sanity and two opposed. In all probability Reynolds will be executed Friday. “The jury in the Meynolds case” returned a verdiet of sanit e yerdict gives general satisfaction, General Morrow will ask Gov- ernor Dawes for exeeutive clemency and a respite of Reynolds for three weeks, A FIRE BUG'S FAKE. Two Dwelling Houses Destroyed by Fire in Lincoln, LiNcory, May 19,—Two dwelling houses at the corner of Thirteenth and G streets, the property of 1. E. Noble, the photographer, were destroyed by fire about 3 o'clock this morning. The loss on the buildings and furniture is §3,500, fully covered by inswr- ance. A man named H. Walthers, who was in one of the houses at the time of the fi jumped from a second story window, recetv- ing serious injuries. e is suspected of in- cendiarism. He claiins to be a detective and says that overhearing a plot yesterday to burn one of the houses, a new structure, he went there to wateh. e fell asleep and did notawake until too late to escape by the stairs, Asthisisthe third fire on N oble’s property within six months, Walthers' story is considered rather thi Buricd While I BrATnIcE, Neb, May 20.—(Special Tele- gram. |—This afternoon, while workingmen were excavating for gas mains, Geo. Smith, aworkman, was completely burried caving in of a trench. Ho was taken out conselous, but injured internally. While he is badly hurt, he will probably recover. “The State Dental association held an in- teresting session to-day with a_discussion on mcclnmfivnl dentistry, replanting, rezulating, ete., in_whicl Drs.' Koseman of Fremont, 8, 1. King, H. A. Woodbury of Council Blufry, A, 1. iEhoiapsen of Toneka, A. A, Nason of Omaha, and Dr, Chadduck of Ne- braska City, took part. This afternoon the visiting meinbers were shown about the city in carriages by prominent citizens. cavating, Plenty of Insurance. Dxs MoiNkg, Towa, May 10.—[Special Tele- gram, |—A fire this morning broke out over the hardware store of Dawson, Garner & Miller, Walnut and Seventh streets, burning out the second and third stories of the build- ing and damaging to some extent the hard- waro stock. 'The loss is estimated at. $10,000, The following insurance was carried on the building: Etna, §2,000: Hamburg Bremer, 5,000: Livernool, London aud Globe, $4 On stock: Northwestern, $2.00 of San Fi Fireman’s neisco, $2.00): Washington of ,000; Hawkeye, Des Noines, £2,000; 5,000; State of Keokuk, $2,000, Towa Doctors, vEs, May 10.—The thirty-fourth annual convention of the state medical socie- ty began in this city to-day, with an attend- ance of about 150 doctors The annual ad- dress was delivered by the president, D. W. Crouse, of Waterloo, which was followed by several papers on technical topics. bl iel Archbishop 3 o} QUEBEC, May 19.—Oflicial announcement was received last night from Rome confirm- ing Archbishop Taschereau’s election to a cardinalate. The news was received with delight by the Catholics of Quebee, who gave ventto their feelings by illuminating and decorating their residences, displaying bunting and holding special services in the various Roman Catholic churches. During the evening the Pontificial zouaves called upon his eminence and presented him with an address of congratulation. Pyrotechnic displays were given by different citizens. The beretta is mot expected to arrive until June 10th, when the festivities will take place.' Cardinal Tascherean sent out a circu- ar letter promulgating the decision ot T’ope Leo X111 fm‘bh(hlng the use of all spiritous bazaars, also forbidding holding et el Four Lives Lost in a Fire. AKRON, O., May 19.—A disastrons fire oc- curred here this morning, in which four lives were lost and a number of others injured. LA Mary' Mooney, widow, about three m rth ot Akrol, was burned to the g shortly_before midnight, and four ot Mrs, Mooney’s chil- dren perished in the flames. Mrs. Mooney awoke in the night choking with smoke and snatching the two year old baby told the other little ones to_follow her. She sprang out of & window with the babe, landing un- hurt. Mrs, Mooney and her brother-in-law, Lawrence Mooney, rushed into the house to reseue the childrén but were beaten back by v was terribly burned, reds on his hands. 1t pund to ing the ch of the four little ones were found in the ruins, Mooney’s injuries may prove fatal, Mrs, Mooney and two grown daughters aie wild with grief. The fire caught from an over-heated stove. AL G A Domestic Tragedy. SALT LAKE, May 19,—Last night John A. Flowers shot his wife in the side, his mother- in-Jaw, Mrs. Decker, in the abdomen, and in the scufile, while tryiug to shoot Lester Decker, his wife's brother, shot himself in the head, dying instantly, Mrs. Decker dicd to-day, Flowers s fatally injured, and is not expected to live nntil to-morrow, Flowers and his wife had separated, but e visited her last night at her mother’s, and on her refusal to go home with him the shoot- ing began, e Sharp Competition in England, LoxDoN, May 18:—Ward & Payne, of Sheflicld, one of the largest firms of edgo tool makers in England, recently announced ey would be compelled to make a reduction in the wages of their employes in order to uccesstully with German manufaet- he workman refused to submit to lietion of their pay and the firm now threatens to employ German workmen in their stead. The employers are greatly ex- cited over the proposed cliange. ikl il o Running Down the Anarchists. 81. Louts, May 19.—At a mecting of police board yesterday, a resolution was adopted instructing the chief of police to disperse all unla wssemblages of anarch- ists in which resistence of law s adyocated and arrest any and all violators of law by itering inceidiary speechies of inciting 1o riot, the Savage Quarrels. Loxpox, May 19.—Dispatches received from Cape Coast Castle, the capital of the Gold coast, west Africa, say that a conflict is proceeding between the Beequahs and Adansys, two native tribes, and that in con- sequence the roads are blocked and all trade with the Interior is temporarily 1, The Becquahis recently eaptured forty-live Ger- man traders and killed them all By the most terrible tortures and mutilations, L Assets Above Liabilities, CricAGo, May 19.—The Joln B, Jeffrey Printing company confessed judgment i the superlor court to-day amounting to $10%,000, I'ne creditors are all Chicazo varties, 'Mr, JefTrey says there are no other debts and that the businéss is In good condition. ‘The as- sets are estimated at $237,000, The trouble is said to have resulted from a number of stockholders demanding their shares be taken up, - 2he Cyclone's Lust Kick, BrAckroor, Idaho, May 19.--A Tribune special says: A cyclone struck this place this afternoon entirely demolishing the 1inion cific round liouse. ‘There were asout thiv an lugide at the time, who fled to the pits, ly Beveral were injured. Taxing Telephone Companios. Boston, ny 10.—"The te yesterday passed a bill raising the tax of telephone compauies from $30,000 to $250,000, - — - braska Weather. For Nebraska: Fair weather, 1o deelded change in tewpe J | idie. PLENTY OF TIME. The Fishermen Warring and the Gov- ernment Considering. PortLAND, Me,, May 10.— The excitement here over the seizure of the schooner Ella M. Dougherty by the Canadian authorities is in- creasing, as Is the feeling that the govern- ment is strangely silent. A. R. Whitten, secretary of the fish exchange, said to-day that resolutions in favor of arming our ves- sels will be adopted at the meeting of the ex- change, “Had I been in Captain Doughty's place with twelve good men at my back that one officer would never have taken my vessel. I should have said to him: ‘Get off, or I will Tock vou with me.’ The government is do- ing nothing for us: we must save ourselyes, and we shall do it.” Another prominent owner sald we shall stand for our rights and if the government will not protect us we will protect ourselves, I Captain Doughty’s men been armed & _capture would ° never have been made. When Captain _ Doughty goes to sea again he will car a cannon and smatl avi Ata fully rej ented meeting of the Fish exchange this afternoon the fol- lowing resolutions were adopted : Whergas, The Canadian government have selzed An n fishing vessels, and, as we Delieve unlawtully, whe: he flag of our en - insulted. Therefore, be it hat in the sense of the Port- iing exchange the president should by proclamation declare non-interconrse with the dominion of Canada in all matters per- taining to tisheries, Resolved, That whereas, the Canadian gov- ernment has fitted out armed vessels, there- fore, we ask our government to send’ armed cruisers into Canadian waters to protect our vessels, Resoived, That we oppose and protest againstany appointment of any commission to treat with Great Britain to fisheries. Resol n rega d, hat we call wpon cong take such 'action as will protect us in our rights as American citizens from the seizure of our property while in the act of trade. by the colonial government, and demand an immediate release of the vessels under seizure. Resolved, That whereas our government issued papers granting permission to our sels to trade in foreign ports, and whereas vessels holding such permits have been seized, we ask our government to protect all American vessels in colonial ports against iliegal seizure, Resolved, That if our government refuses to send immediately armed vessels to protect our ve: ve deeim it expedient to arm and equip onr vessels for their protection. i, Medics in Session. BLOOMINGTON, 1iL, May 19.—The second day of the State Medical association was very interesting and largely attended. The to- lowing are the oflicers and committees to Kirk, Atlanta; first vi president, E. Wenger Gilman; second v president, W. 0. Ensign, Rutland; per ent sceretary, D. W. Graham, Chicag urer, Dr. Hay, Chicazo: assistunt secretary, Henry J. Roynolds, Chicago. Chicago will be the next place of meetin The following is the committee of arrange- ments: K. Ingalls, Etheridge, Strkweather, Foster and Lilly, all of Chicago. 3 Standing _Committec on the Practice of Medicine—Dr. ower, Chicigo; A. K nhorn, Jersoyville; . ' 1. Oyler, Mol Pulaski. Surgery—Dr. H. K. Steele, Chicago; C. Clinton; B. K. Crummer, of Goodbrake, Warren Obstet Ingersoll, Canton; Dr. Hadway, ville; W. IL ' Cawbear, Mor- on, Gynacology—0. B. Well, Pooria;J. M. i\rlnstl‘nng, Ldwardsville; Catherine Miller, Lincoln. Drugs and Medicines—J, G- ’1'0]:’1\:‘:, Figin; M. Cullinore, Concord; M. J. Mergler, Chieago. Ophthalmology and Otolegy—J. Jones, A, E. Prince, Jacksonville; C. ., Parke, Bloom- XK. nt e Jer: . W. Cox, Cl 3.0 “Todd, Ghjeazo. Diseases'of the Throat ad Nose—E, T. In- galls, Chicazo, Dermotology—Ilenzy J. Reynolds, Chi- of Children—F. W. Jones, Dan- J. Shipp, Petersburg, Wetn, Waterloo, Hunt, Dixon; A. T, Barnes, Bloomington; L. G, Thomp- s0n, Macon. Medical and Sanitary Legisiation—R. M. Griflith, Springfield; J."T. White, Blooming- ton: W. A, Haskell, Alton; A.'B. Strong, Hollister, Chicago; Ingzalls, Chieago: Jones, Vandalin; Worrell, Bloom- . \l, Robert Boal, Peorin; Guthrie, of The Incu Bloomington, ‘T'he annual meeting will be held, in accord- ance with the constitution, on the third Tuesday in May. the association decided to adjourn sine die, ta, le Insane—A. ‘I, Barnes, of prising Koad, CimeAGo, May 19.—0n the coming May 50 the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North- ern road will, it announces to-day, change the time of the train that now I s Bur- lington, Towa, at 7a. m. The departure will be at 5 . §0 a8 10 connect with Burlington’s 1, which leaves Chicago at 8 a m, This will bring the Chicago morning papers wnto the towns on the 1ino between Burlington Ced s, vin Jowa City, fi six to se: hou; than at present. General freight agents of lines interested in traflic through Town, Dakota und Minnesota held another meeting today, and made an attempt to put the proposed Des Moines lumber pool into operation. result of the proceedings Commissi Jarman was instricted o go to St. Louis, if possible induce the Wabash ofticials to uceopt loss percentage than 15, as the road only carried 2 per cont of the ton- nage fron Jianuary 1to September 50 Jayty M ¢, tho pool will aperie tion, — Murderons Apaches, NoGALYS, Ariz, » sons of to the om lere, by Indians, seven Three hovses bearing bloody saddles ran into Pianche de Platte thls worning. The same horses had passed an hour before, bear- named Sellivan and wrier riding toward Nogales, take them, Al of them are b een Killed by A pact mining near are ed, Captain Lawton is in elose pursuit. The Indians ha a4 nun- her wounded in the Huacomis niountaing awton, it 15 expected, will overhaul them there, Agna a ranch, their were undered yesterday miles south of here. v 180 reported mur e lectic Doctors., SeriNGrieLp, 111, May =The 1inois 1wetic Medieal soeiety is holding its th annual eonvention here. Gov- ernor Oglesby delivered the address of w come to thé members to-day, and then the president read the annual address, whieh was followed by the reading of numbers of others. s A Bankrupt Board of Trade. Bostox, May 18.--Tho Boston board of : Liabili- s aggrogate 811,230; assels, &1 £ W Drobably’ b iuade o settl ter outside the court. - Tailors o May 19, the city are out to-day in wages, - dbout 70 men TTERUL Al h i Not Jast Yet. HALIEAYN, May 10.--The report steanier Laisdowne o near AV indsor laess coniuiiabion, out the vessel S | Tlie Nearly All the Lumbermen at Work on the 0ld Terms. GRAND JURIES A Wisconsin Judge Advises the Grand Jury to Investigate the Nature of Labor Socleties — Reflections on the Eight Hour System. IN SESSION, Railroading the Anarchists, Onicaao, May 10.—[Special Telegram,]— ‘The grand fury began work on the riot cases promptly at 10 o’clock this morning, All the witnesses who have testified before tho seve eral inquests on the dead vietims were pres- ent, and their testimony will be taken and cousidered first. Shorthand reports of their statements will be Imid before the jury as collateral evidence. Other witnesses, whose testimony will bear directly on the cases of Spies, Schwab, Fielden and Louis Lingg will then be heard and findingsin these cases made vp. After this the lesser rascals, who are charged only with riot, of whom there are some fifteen or twenty, will receive at= tention. The state’s attorney seems to feel very confident thathe can makea very strong case against the arch offenders. NO BOMBS PRODUCED, As far as could be ascertained none of the bombs or other instruments ot destruction® found in the oftice of the Arbeiter Zeitung wero brought before the jury. M. M. Thomson, the grocer, who has made statements concerning the mysterious cons yersation which he alleges he overheard be= tween Spies and Schiwab in the alleyway near the spot where the bomb was thrown, novered- around the precincts of the jury room this morning but was not catled to " tes. tify, It is probable that his evidence will not be taken till to-morrow. A number of reporters also testified. NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE, Packers are far from pleased with the eight-hour-day experiment. A movement I8 on foot to restore the original order of things. This will result in a compromise, it I8 thought, granting the men ten hours’ pay for nine hours’ work. Employes say there fi very little difference in the ‘output now an when the men worked ten hours, *“I'ie fo said one of them, “has not been perceptibly increased, but men work harder and they are fresher and have more heart in what they do. 1t is true wages are as zood—perhaps " better—than paid for simi= lar work elsewhere, but there are hundreds who go to the yards every morning, perhaps from quite a ‘distance, lunch pail in hand, who don’t know whether they will find em= ployment or not, Tosts of thiem get but from 1wo to four davs’ employment in n wi don’t believe the men in the packing houses will o ge over 810 per week, One of the y,” e con- te employment for the ns to have failed at the to be as many idle and there were before the When the noon whistles sounded to-day sev= eral thousand men rushed from the lumber district across ‘I'wenty-second street. They y but happy looking crowd. The strike is at an end. Yesterday afternoon the workmen showed signs of weakening, and a few resumed work. ‘The great turning poing came this morning. The 150 police were on hand at7 a. m, but they soon saw they were not needed. Workmen in crowds found their way to the yards, where the proprietors soon set them to work. Few questions were ed, and very littie was said about time or The men will work ten hours and on the 1st of May. Common laborers, $1.50; sorts, 00. Shortly after 8 o'clock covered that over 90 per cent of entire Inmber handling force in their places at work and no disturbers on the scene, All the police officers exeept those of Captain O’Donnell, from Twelfth street and Hinman stations were: relieved from guard duty on Twenty-second street. The forcnoon was spent in the yi ing mills and box factories in a great reveal of business, ssels were hightened of theie Joads and ieft the docks. Heavily loaded | wagons were hurried through the yards and across the streets, he sinoke poured from sight and blasts of. 7z of hundreds of saws d noise of machinery. ended, it was Judge Mallory to- o the grand j drawn ases against the participants ecent labor riots here, delivered quite a Jong addre ubject of strikes, boy itho e the nature of labor orgunizat aid the oath which binds~ offic s and plain- = zed the jm’r to. "A ong, olence or other uns nplishment of the ation, rendered such iland llable to indigt 1 judge referred to the vieious chars iy umdgrants whose doetrines poisoned the minds of a large nus ber of onee contented and prosperous laboks ing b alarming oxten ! peaple i d and erimi tolers the conduct of the anarchists and 5 quite too long 5 Returning to the 7 Tour Plan 8r. Lows, Mo, May 19,- furniture uring companies of this city who = first of May adopted the eight-lone system to give it fair trial to see it 1t was. found fhe business could be conducted profitably on that plan, Aftera trial, it ws resolved” to returii to the old plan of ten hours after the 20th instunt, They will logl out all empl who should refuse to worle on that pl Y The striking employes Barb Wire ¢ up during th strike, wes sunied ope A Stuake S ND, M on the Southern « on u promise to make: all ‘time lost by the ‘wn back and the company ation By ared Off, ay 19.—At the meot- ing of tho delegates of all coal mines in the Cumberland region, held yesterday at Lonas' ing, the strike was declared off, and the e Worl TN May 10T Dec! sonthwestern lunber distriet has apparen wed, Al yards ave working / all the men” whom they can provide work for. - All planing mills’ have résumed, stal working establishiments report ins cie forces of men at work to-day, ‘The only factorics now idle are the furniture shops, and severat of th succeeded in res siming on the ten an, ' ington foute Anunual, CiicAGo, May 1 t the aunual weeting lington & Quiney nl;l: L the following directon orbes, Charles is W, Hunni i erand Charles B, shiste, For ten days past. group of ing meetings on th versons of their st [ To-day Mayor G, W, Gardner issu a proclametion forbidding such meeth pelice will disperse sl su fter and arrest the lead - Conspirac cv against aud Karavel corgred Lerey