Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 17, 1886, Page 1

SIXTEENTH YEAR. SUMMING UP ITS FILTHINESS. Lawyers Talking to the Jury in the Oolin ampbell Oas THE EVIDENCE ALL SUEMITTED Counsel the Co-Respondents Argue For the Lady and Onc speech Made in D of the Lord. For The Colin Ca LCopuright 1896 by phell Divorce. mes Gordon Bennett.) LosboN, Dec. 16.—New York Herald Cable-Special to the Bre. |~The taking of evidence in tie Campbell divorce case fin jshed to-day, and thetrial was far advanced toward completion by tie speecties of coun sel for the corespondents. Only two wit- nesses were examined, one the Duke of Marl borough’s business agent, who corroborated the duke's stat regarding certain vis its to Blenheim; the other, Dr. Bird, who finished his testimony, denying all impro- priety between himself and Lady Colin. In parts his evidence was interesting as show- ing very pecullar habits of life. DI BIRD'S EXAMINATION. You received a gr number of letters from Lord Colin? Over a hundred letters. For the most part dealing with his symp- toms? Yes. I had as many as four in one day. During the time at Leizh court were ther any relations between you and lady Colin except those of a friend and medical man? None whatever, Now, in regard to the story of the letter found in your instrument case—have you got that ease of Instruments with you? Y Until Mrs. Duffy gave evidence, had you any recollection or knowledge of the letter in question? None at all. After hearing her evidence, did you open the pockets of the case tosee if you could find the fetter spoken of 7 Ves, You found Yes. Read it aloud, please. Date, December 4, 1865, There is a littlo drawing of holly and ivy, and underneath it the motto, “Friendship durability.” ‘Then follow the words: My dearest Mary—De- testible little animal: Many happy returns of the day. Gobble up all the lollipops if you please, but keep a box for your humble, but not too humble seryant. (Signed), Gertrude Lily Blood.” Lady Colin was ten y wrote that letter ¥ Yes, tter was written to Mrs. Bolton, her Itwas from her that I got it. She was looking up a number of old letters, I d herto give me this letter. As1 was woing down to Leigh court on the followini day 1 sald I would have some fun with Lady Colin out of 1t. Did you ever cairy about in any case a letter from Lady Colin signed G, E. B2 Cer- tainly not. The presence of this letter in Dr. Bird's case was considered a very suspicious inei- dent. A long examination followed regard- ing Lady Colin’s alleged miscarriage, but no new facts were brought out. Concerning Dr. Bird’s going to sleep in Lady Colin’s room, the testimony was as follows: We heard of your paying a long visit to Lady Colin one evening ? Yes. Were you there in the afternoon ? Yes. Did you see Lord Colin in the afternoon? 1 saw him at 7 o'clock in the evening of that veeasion. You dined there tion? Yes. After dinner did you go up again to Colin’s room? Yes. Lord Colin did not stay at howe to dinner? No. Lady Colin was ill, under the influence of opium? 1 iad given her some that after noon. When you went to her room that afternoon what happened? 1 stayed with Lier time. Then Lord Colin cam At what time? He came @l What was said? 10 sleep, Do you took said, Justice Butt Colin’s room Witness—Yes Sir B, Clarke—Was any objeetion or ecom- plaint made by Lord Colin about your being there? Witness—None, but he appeaved surprised seo me there. The light was low and iy Colin was very drowsy. As 1 sat inthe it 1 went to sloep, Did 1L strike you as an odd thing that you should fall sleep in a lady’s bedroom? then; bt looking back to what happer may seem so, Did Lord Colin look surprised the room was dark and L thought e s surprised, but Uwas there, Did he put his suprise in words ? no doubt that he did. Lady Miles also helped to amuse the audi ence by Dr. Bird's testimony regarding the Jetter from her, 1 think you are Miles? ¥ She addressed you as “my you subseribed yourselt cuckoo ! Yes. You first met Yeos, You frequently met her at skating other partics ? Yes, Lmet her ata s party at Hendon, DId she address you as Cockioly Bird? [laughter.| No, I never heard ot it Ihe Solicitor General—1{ other pec speak disrespeetfully of Dr. Bird, that i reason why Lady Colin should. GUNEEAL BUTLER'S FIX, On the conclusion of Dr. B examings tion, General Butler's lawyer announced that the general would not be ined, upon which the judge said sharply A gentleman in the situa Butler, looking to the eirc 1 think, if he is an_innocent into court. Lsay that without Lesitation, General Butler's counsel § 1his statement fication of it ADDRESSING T11) rney general the ars of age when she on Lord Colin’s invita- Lady in I cnnnot tell e woke me up. sember the conversation that place? 1 do not.remember what was 1 had go Did you go to slecp in Lady Not it Well, I have a great friend of Ludy dear ¢ Syour sincere Miss Blood in 18 and wing no of General 1o come slightest han, the but could oblat ainst no modi Y began o address thie jury on behalf of the Duke of Marlbor b, Hlesaid the jury were asked to ruin Lady Colin's character because the Duke of Marlborough was a man proved lo lave been gullty of acts of gross iwworality. Actuated by of Lord nad thought fit to twist and distort the ordinary incidents of his wife's life into evidence of aduttery, Whatever might be fhe sins for e Duke of Marlborough had to ac count, ke had in that case s ced hlwself, with th tge that he wust still further injure what character he had left. le b not shrunk in the slightest de, om putting bimselt (n the box and giving a per ectly full statewent. Mr. Findlay had sug- Tuested that it was not right that sueh a lady should be weeting and talking in society with & man of the well known chaiacter of te Duke of Marlborough, Thejury would re- I'he at wotives u: in o certaln knowle member that Lady (‘¢ when recerved instructions to tell them to stop coming, whether he meant that she was to et them and recoznize them in so. ciety. Lord Colin replied no: that he did not mean that. All he meant was that he did not Itke them to call because of their evi dentadmiration for Lady Coltn. As to the Marquis of Blandford's social in terconrse with Lady Colin. it was evident that Lord Colin did not wish to terminate it orwhy did he, after he had given the injunc tion to wife, visit Lord Blandford's lonse and dine there? With regard to an- other point, he wished to put it to the jury what was their opinion of the charge per sistently maintained of adultery on such evi- dence as was before them? If such inter 152 as had been were evidence of adultery, then it would nece rily follow that to man or woman in that king would be safe. There was a lady with her father and mother at Par casually met Lord Blandtord, whom she had Known a con of time in Eng and. The only intimacy that ocenrred was that which might be expected from their vious acquaintanc Unless they were to lay down the dictum that any woman who spoke 10 a man who had been through the divorce court must be lield to be guilty, there was nothing in the evidence against Lady Colin, As to the Paris visit, it was in evidence that Lady Colin knew she was being watehed. Consequently, what intimacy there was between herself and Lord Blandford was such as she was not atraid of being known. He might say that the whole of the evidence which had been produced was evidence of conspiracy, evi dence of perjury, evidence of forgery, They must give the Duke of Marlborough credit for this: That aithough he tiad heard the weak- ness of the case made out against Lady Colin, 1 tie strencth of the ease she had made ont, he came to the conclusion that while hoping that he would not e obliged to tell the citcumstances under which he went to Purfleet, he was determined that it he were pressed le would re- veal all. Counsel wanted to point out that the Duke of Marlborough said that althongh there might be attached to hit in s present position another acknowl. edgement of gross immorality, still, rather than perjure Limself he would state the facts. “Plien, in regard to thestory of Queen Anne's Gate, ithad been said that a lady with a colli dog visited him there and that that lady was Lady Colin. No eharge of the kind had ever been made against hiu before. He was vis- ited there by his friends and his family, yot he admitted in court that there was a lady visiting him there who hiad a collie dog. He had gone the length of placing the name of that lady in the hands of Mr. Finlay. In the cause of justice he had acknowledged another act of gross immoraity. ‘The fact ot his friendship with Lady Colin from 1881 down to the present time liad uot been de- mied. 11e would ask the jury on a considera- tion ot all the evidence to come to a concla- sion that, however great his former guilt had been, the Dulie of Marlb ..!1\ . at any rate, innocent of even slight ifipropriety with Lady Colin. OTIER COUNSEL TALK, Mr. Gully, for Captain Shaw, and Mr, Murphy, for General Butler, followed with short addresses, simply denying that any ev- idence existed to hold their chients. The solicitor general, for Dr. Bird, spoke at length, He said that trom the conduet of the case he could see in the positions taken by Lord Colin’s counsel there were three points: 1. That if a man and woman were alono together in circumstances where adultery was possible, they were sure to commit it. 2 That if a man charged with adultery oes not deny it, he contesses he is guilty. 3. That it a man eharged with adultery did deny it, he conviets himself of perjury well s of the offense charged. If such eanons as these were adopted, the court would become the pest-onse of modern society. It was monstrous that charges of Kind hould be made on the class of evi dence brought forward on the present o casion; and then, when a man came into the witness box to deny the eharges, he should be treated by voice, demeanor and gesture as it lie eame simply to perjure himself, the jury recall to mind’ the ch. against Bird, One of the was that he had been guilty of adultery with Lady Colin: the other that he had comnived with Dr. Hicks cither in procuring or concealing a misear On what sort of evidence were these s made? ‘The second charge was a erimi and was put in incidentally because Lord Colin seemncd to have raked up every possible charge against anybody con- nected with the matter. e then went on to point out that although all these things were known to Lord Colin before the st trial; although he had been suspicious, previously of Blandford and Shaw, they had it in ¢ dence from him that he had n thiat time, entertained any suspicion of Dr. Bird Dr. Bird went up after dinner to the bed chamber, & warm and dark room, and there, sitting in the chair, fell asleep. What con- ceivable ground was there in that for sug- xesting that any improper familiarity, in ded or word, had taken place between Dr, Bird and Lady Colin? The act—his being ep--could not suggest that he was indulg: ing in any wicked famliarity, either in demeanor or word, with Lady only showed how the smallest which Lord Colin at the time attaehc importance, had been gathered together order to make out a case of susp agamst Dr ind. e would urg no seinhlla of evidence had offered with rezard {o the viaces alleged in the petiton. What was the date, and on whose evidence were they to rely? 1f adultery Allezed, then on what data was it al- leged that it took place? There was no serap of evidence that adultery took place in Codogan Place, but there was opportunity when he, a medical wan, sat beside the bed of & woman who was suffering so much that shie was obliged to use an anodyne to obtain velief.. Lord Colln could point to no date on which he could that adultery could been committed except April S, the date of travel to Neweross, In regard to the cab story, there was no evidence then except that she went into Brook street with the medical man - who had been attending lier under such circumstances that, of all men in the world, he was the most unlikelyto h iitted adultery with ner. The direction of Lord Colin Campbeil to Lady Colin that Dr. Bird should not be allowed to come into the house was an insult to the wife and an insult to Ler medical | attendant. By that malicious, malignant, acidulated nurse, Mrs. Duffy, Lord Colin liad, during the month been conyerted to the | beliet that bis friend, adviser and cou nsellor | had been untrue to the trust reposed in him the jury, he was sure, would not allow s such as that made agaiust Dr. Bird evail ipported by clear and dis asked her hnsband, sh | 0! shown as riage, 4o in fon that been were suggost to | char | oy tinet evidence SPEAN FOL: COLIN. M. Finlay followed for Lord Colin in & loug aud bitter speeeli. He sald Lady Miles had said Lady Amelia Watson was found sittiug on Lord Colin’s kuee, he being in. his night dress, with her arm around his neck. She afterwards said fhat a week later slie taxed Lord Colin with the fact that Amelia Watson was lis wistress, and he repied: i T OMAHA, “Young men must have these little awuse: ments.” He wonld not again comment on the improbability of Lady Miles' story, neither wonld hie deal with the preposterons story of the prayerbook in I famous charge against Amelin Wat son, | was one brouht for: with ufter recklessn They had | the evidence of Dra, G sibbon, both of whom liad examined her, and both de clared her to be a virgin, Lady Miles was | convicted, it ever a woman was convicted, of bringing forward an infamous charge which she nmust have known was untroe, The charge was first suggested in order to get Lord Colin to withdraw his petition. 1t was put for ward to shield a guilty woman. It was only becanse Lord Colin would take no notice of it that it bad deen heard of again, It w brought forward by Lady M in the Inter est of Lady Colin, after consultation with her, Reading extracts from Lady Miles’ let ters, the counsel put it to the jury whether such words as “If you eannot divores he; let her divoree you,” did not mean, “Go and commit adultery,” when, in the language of Lady Miles, e would get tid of a dragging chain and have a nice little woman for a companion in addition to some advantages in the way of money? ‘The proposal that was made by Lady Miles was distonorable and immoral. He dedlined to accept it, Could the jury have stronger evidence that the adultery with Amelia Watson did not exist, or to show that Lady Miles, in that correspondence was proposing that Lord Colin should commit adultery? Lord Colin had been cross-examined by the ablest coun- sel in Enzland, and, he ventured to say, lad not been touched in one single point. Lord Colin had been to blame in some re- shects. In the first place he was wrong in putting himself in the way of contuacting disease, as he had done in 1570 and 1876, Lord Colin, of course, was wrong in not leading a verfectly chaste life. ily, to hear the attorney weneral of ud denouncing Nim for the transaressions of youth, year and years before his marriage, as if he was a monster of depravity, was enough to make one regard the offense as even more venial than it was. 1t becmne almost grotesque when one reflected that at that moment the attorney general was supposed to be express- ing the sentiments of the Duke of Marl- borough. [Some laughter.| It was inju dicious for Lord Colinto disregard the advice of friends and allow the warriage to be celebrated when the state of his heaith would not permit the ordinary life of warried people. 1t was a great mistake on the part of Lord Colin. Throughout an attewpt had been made to lead the jury to suppose that Lord Colin was suifering from something in the nature of a contagious dis- ease. But, after the evidence had been iven, the jury knew there was no foundation for that suggestion. When the mother of a young wouwan with whom a man was very muchin love said the engagement must be cither on or off, what conld that be regarded if it were not pressure of the most skillful kind? The result was that Lord Colin, with flljudzed chivalry, dis- regarded the adviee of his family and arranged for the marriage. They would remember that Mrs. Blood said in the wit- ness box that she kuew he was suffering from a fistula, yet wilii that full knowledge she insisted on the marriave being celebrated. There was one pointon which a great deal has been said in order to discredit 1ord Colin— that he advised his wife to use pre- cautions. At the previous trial Lady Colin said that it was undor the advice of her sister that she used precau- tions. Now, under eross examination, when asked for an explanation as to that d parity, she gave the excuse that at the last trial sho wished to spare her husband as much as possible. Kind, good natured woman! She brought against her husband a series of foul and revolting jaceusations. She was endeavoring to blast his reputation and ruin nis name. She left nothing undone which skill or ingenuity could suggest. Yet she wised to spare him far as she could. He must the attention of ~ the jury to the fact that the charge against Lord Colin of Naving commuuicated a discase to his wife was never heard of until Lord Colin asked his wite if farthiul to hi Lady Miles, with regard to that subjeet, nsed expressions which showed that the whole thing was a trumped-up invention, Sir Russell—May | ask your lordship to sy whether anvthing whieh a jury has found to be a fact is @ tramped-up charge ? Judge—1 have more than once said it is my duty to prohibit any questions as to the vesult of the fnst trial, There was a special jury and a judze, A judgment was pro- nounced, that I understand appealed against; but that verdiet stands against Lovd Colin, Mr. Finlay said he was not going 1o ask the jury to review the verdict in the previous case. [t was at tie Zion house meeting that Lord Colin communicated to Lady Colin his suspicions as to her conduet, Counsel here vead Lord Colin’s evidence asto what took > at that interview, ana commented on et that, in the comse of that conyersa tion, Lady Colin said that if Lord Colin took the watter into the divoree court he would get the worst of it The morning afterward she came to fown and at onee put lierselfinto the experienced hands of Mr. “Then there was her story about de aring that if Lie insisted he would find ler dead on her pillow in the morning, That was another sensational story which was a fitting supplement to the vinegar story and other horrors which bad been introduced into_this case. ‘Then came the unfair scene at Thur- loe square, Before that took place Lady Colin consulted her solicitor, and came prepared with a paper whieh she demanded that he should sign, Lord Colin, of course, refused to enter into any such bar- gain, particularly when Lady Colin ng with her solicitor, and he was alto; hout advi “The court here adjourncd, having fivst ar- ranged that the jury should be paid $5 a day for their services, and shouid privately seo Lord Colin's former house, No. 79 Cadogan Square, as call she was Lewis. s act- w Stolen Mail Found. Copright 18% by James Gordon Bennett.) Brusskrs, Dee. 16,—INew York Merald Cable—Special to the Bre.|—This morn- ing one of the waiters at the Grand hofdl, while sweeping the reading room, discoy- ered behind the furniture three carefully tied pareels containing About 150 letters and postal cards, addressed from the United States to Russia, besides a draft drawn by an American firm on a Gerwan bank. The whele was found to belong to a large batch of letters stolen from the English and Amer- ican mail train, The police belieye that the perpetrator of the theft, who concealed them at the Grand hotel, must have been in Brus- sels a day or two ago, and may be here now A Strike Scetled, Ci1eAGo, Dee. 16.—'The difliculty between the freight conductors on the Louisville, New Albauy & Chicago railroad and the manage- went of the road was amicably settied this worning, alt conductors returning to work. - - Death of Marshall P. Wilder, Bostoy, Dee. 16, —Marshall P. Wilder,pres ident of the Pomological society, died at bis | A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION. resigence at Roxbury this morning. FRIDAY '8 N M \ tion of the Umited States THE KNEVALS LAND BILL.| i it the people dircct. Henry F. Rhodes postmaster of vice Richard \W. Phair, re-signec CHANGES, Senator Van Wyck Secures a Special Order Tor Its Consideration, ments, W. B. Hendrick A marriage lic | Georein N | Kdward P, v c—An | RV, Aukey At St James, Lomuel in the 'Tio | o of Waukon, Ta., NSe Was 10- olkner, of 1 e, of this city, ,of Des Moines, Adopted By the Senate Withont a Dissenting Vo End Put Maticlous tacks — Capital News, The Motion In, Ia, to postoffice department, has re By an Unanimons Vote, WAsHINGTON, Dee, 16.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.|—Sanator Van Wyck this after noon put an end to a mean and viclous series of attacks which have been made upon bim by same newspapers in Nebraska. e did it by forever disposing of the questionw of his versonal interest in a bill, which is now pending in the senate, and at the same time dvancine (he interests of his constituents. his he accomplished by some remarks which were so explicit, earnest and_forcible as to leave no ground for a reply. He said: “The bill for the relief of settlers and pur- chasers of lands in Nebraska and Kansas ad- joining the Denver & St. Joe railroad was made a svecial order for Tuesday, but could not be reached as the unfinished business, the tenure of oflice act repeal bill having pre- cedence. Doubting if it ean be reached this week, 1 will ask to have 1t made a special order for the second Tuesday of January next. In doing 80 it is due to myself to make asimple statement. The land con templated by this bill was entered by home- stead and pre-emption and payment in cach about sixteen years ago. Soon thereafter the raiload company clalmed it but the secretary of the in- terlor decided adversely. Patents were duly issued and forten years or more no question or doubt was raised to the legality of the title. ‘I'he road became insolvent, and sold all its assets, good and bad. This old claim was sold, revived and finally received the sanction of the United States supreme comt. Upon this land taxes have been paid nearly fifteen years. Much of it has been cultivated into productive and vaiuable farms. Upon some, children have been born and buried. 'I'he marshal, by order of the court, wasdirected to dispossess such oceupants and owners, when, to save their howes and po sessions, they accepted the terms of the claimant, which was liberal from one whos title had been adjudged good by the highest court in the nation, and vaid $5.50 per acre to make zood the government patent. The only remedy then was to ask the government to return the money pald to protect its own title. In the Forty-seventh congress a bill was introduced by myself, reported from the pablic lands committee, and failed in the house. The same bill, after discussion, again passed the senate of the Forty-eighth con- gress, but failed In the house, ‘The sawme bill again passed the first session of this congress, and a bill substantially the same, with an ad- ditional seetion reported by the claims com- mittee of the house, could only be considered in that body by the friends of the bill agree- ingin advance o an amendment granting 5 per acre to sctual settlers—meaning homestend settlers—tut to all who had paid the government cash only S$1.25 per acre. The Nebrasku deleation, upon conference, deemed it best to nccept the amendment rathier than have no action on the bill, trust- ing to disagreement on the vart of the senate, and then, by a conference conunittee, recon- citing if bossible the difference, and' so the amendment passed the house, then came to the senate and the publie lands committee reported to strike out the amended house bill and insert the senate bill already passed, which is on the calendar derstood in congress an owner ot a portion of these lanas,s malicious talsehoods some pape braska ¢ ed the report that the settlers could be patd except that I insisted that my title should he protected the same as others, 1 concluded summarily to dispose of that falseliood by stating to the representa- tive in congress from the distriet where this Jand is located that 1 would end the contest by recommending the senate to accept the house amendment and thus relieve myseif from an attack so false and vicions. it he remoastrated on the ground that many other | grace of the Lev. Wi, nocent persons would be injured. I aes | Yeetor of St Mastin's ferred the contemplated action until he could s bl ascertain jrom Nebraska the number of per- [ 0f preachers and sons wronged. ~ Learning there was a large | eloquent men. W number he again Temonstrated azainst con- | family. but he eontracted an unce currence by the senate. 1 also received a re- | appetiic for d Some years wionstrance from citizens of Nebraska and | relicved from Lis appointinient in found that many actnal settlers and cultiv inces and banished 10§ Island tors of the land wounld be wron, The house amendment only conten p per acro to homestead settlers, whereas many of the cultivators of the land had obtain the same by purehase from those who had ¢ tained the same from the covernment b purchase, and these certainly had the same equity as @ homestead settler, o that [ was thus precluded from recommending the house amendnent. To protect mysell from ealummy 1 had no right to abandon the claims of those who had a legal and equita ble demand agaiust the ernment, My ownership of some these land has been an open fact in Nebraska, for it was made the basis of an_infamons falschood. So also 1 it been an open fact in the senate and the United States court. The ease of Van Wyck was the suit carried to the sipreme test the questions involved, and it was de cided that the government did not_own the | ona rezular spree, He land it had many years before patented. This | jastically, case has frequently been referred to in both = branches of congress, and beseechingly al- luded to by all land grant_railroads. In the committee room of the public lands I have distinetly stated such owner- ship and wy relation to this bill, and in the Forty-seventh congress, where this bill was first considered after the bill and report had been read, and before any - discus- sion, as will be ound in the record of volume 13, part 5, Lirst session, page 5072, 1 said: *1t may h“i”“‘“" to state at the out 1 myselt, becayse it 1s due to the senate th shonld'explain my own action, soue y ago was unfortunate enouzh o claim some the very land mentioned between the dates named -between the 2sth - day of March and the 15th day ~ of April, 1 While that connection might be such a_ nature as not to justify me in voting upon this bill, it is due ‘that 1 should state the fact to the'senate as I stated it to the cowmittee on public lands at the time it was under eonsideration thore. So that in the conrts, committee room and sen ate iy relations’ to this land and this bill was onen and well known, and I only de to call attention to what was or might have been kuown by any one desiring 0 be in- formed, 1 havenot only publicly proclaimed this fact in the committee und senate, but have always refrained from voting either in the committeo or senate. True, I huve, as was my duty to the senaté and to the citizens | Tailroad of Nebraska interested, faithfully obtained | eng all the facts and zealously presented them to | or the consideration of the senate. I only | desire now to call attention thus publicly to the fact of wy own relations to this bili'and say to the senate that I intend to leave the watter to thelr own sense ot justice without further suggestion. and if they can do ample justice 10 those who have tristed implicitly 10 the contract, good faith and honor of the government by exclading any claim [may | Tiave from a benetit by the operation of this bill, 1'should not only advise but cheerfully consent to such determination, 1 only as justice toward some of miy constituents, wl liave been wronged by the courts or the gov ernuent, to have this bill p; on the cal endar tor early consideration, 5o that oppor tunity and time may be given should the sen- ate non-coneur for an agicement between the | two houses."! \ The motion was adopted and the bill made & speelal order for the second Tucsday ih | probably lost with all Junuary without a disseuting voice. answering her deserip! is ey BENATOR VAN WYEK'S AMENDMENT been off Thatcher | senator Van Wyek introduced a bill to- | day providiug thai Section 3 of the constit | 1puw and are thought o be losks up the tanft bill for consideration vail [he Omaha National bank to. anthorized 1o begin business with of $100,000, E, L. Lyon, president, liam M. Carson, eashic David A. and Eben Smith, of Sweatwater county, Howed $900 by the secretary of 1 for Sioux Indian depredations in 1 - ARDING THE DiSVL It B Zion's Watchmen. CiicaGo, Dec. 16.~Long before tain rose i the opera of “Galate afterpiece, the Columbin theater to-night, a regulation clerical _eravat. quest for the seats offered the National Opera company in obtain their opinion upon of the ballet. Double had been managenient, but contrary ation were scattered throughout t sevente ager Milward Adams was certain th brethren would be there in fi “Why,” said he, “Prof. Swing is fo pressed.” The first genuine ) strageling in among the crowd of —was Re Park. He Charles H. took three Bixby, seats. T kind of here™ look on his face, stepped in son Park “sport: Rev. Uenry were an “amen ward said _ that bishop would care followed, much in the boys stan view the fe Bostock, ¢ corner,” he didn't anyway ule Rev. . Koerner, E. 0. Tay! Rabbi Townsend, J. 8. Thompson, J. nard and Rev. Miss Kalloch., first unobjectionable. then came the 13 la Cossaqie al Costuimn dance of the without limit "~ seemingly. the scattering of the ministe diflicult to keep track of their occu) 18 known, however, before the brilliant ballet. Revs. and Bostwick were amony thoso remain. Zeous a vission as John saw Patmos. Felieita_Carroz, on one foe, Mlles Maveroffe ing ecurves that would, puzzle trician in “La Cosaque.” Miles d and Liurl in the dance * and an arwy of nincty-two pretty cking up their heels in cve hion 1maginable, searcoly Sunday school coneert, aver, though they O in contmed their effeets, not touching upon the costines on tiwe staze were of type, dispiaying all the charm liwds in due proportion. The Fall of an Eloquent Pre NEw Youk, Dee. 16.— | Special T the Bre.—The World's St Jol special savs: Episcopal circles Brunswick are ated of v Al Heis one o lawyers, all or liam 0 of the North Atlan of 50 many great ea gation consisted of to the life-saving service, Absol tion reians there, except when wr « with liauors on hoa are said to help themselves, gentleman spent some yes Tonely spot, and it was had conguered | he came back to series of excoedin Halifax on the w Subsequently how ship of St. Martin's, where he o captivated his con tion by hise One Sunday mort he left what s his andience supposed of intoxication. Next Sunday druni to preach. Then stroplies. twenty e a Ihe fondly T wpetite. Two wilization and Iy interesting vd story of Sabl Appointe of w o court The Case of Dr. MeGivn New Youk, Dec. 16 the Brr.|—Dr. MeGlyun wa a reporter yesterday and ag make a statement of his replied that he but was not toman Catholic this 00klyn hias, as a tule, refrained ssing the ease, Mostof the j reter o the matfer in_thoir without giving any opinion -on ith A Tribune reporter calied on the ¢ the most prominent papers yes obtain an expression of their view aquestion, and found that nearly al sided with the bishop and belieye acted perfectly right in the Brooklyn Examiner, however, George and says in o leading the arthibishop's pastoral letter wanner iuterferes with them (M theories) althou neapl what a zood Wl theories,” vin of hi like ide would at of Wasin to-day GrON Senatc introduced a bill providin or company or d in inter-state commerce s keep oflice for, or provide for, or peruit the transfer 00k of sald corporation, of any | the capital stock of the same at outside of the state, by or under th which said eorporation was inec and alltransters of stock of any su ation at any point or place outside of the state by which the corporatio corporated stiall be void other e Lost Sehooners, Baxcon, Me,, Dee, 16,—The se Boston, the schooner Diadem with humber tor the same place, Alpine November 1 il the with lumber { lumber for ( iset, The R seell beamended ates senators shallbe elected by grant Wyoming, we Rubenstein’s “Bal Custume,” ‘The theatre men were in great glee. and Rosenthal, Hartwan, J. I, Mabie, David_Utter, . B. Spencer Ken- Older veterans of the cross were conspicuously absent. ‘Ihe part of the performance was apparently “Galatea,” the opera, over, »the polonaise Almees, almost to seats, it was It that some of them fled Rushton ot s gor- 1 of spinning around d Vio describ- geome: iilbert aene”’ ballet girls v fantastic reésembled At the close, how- all present seemed to be well pleased, praise so far as known to a vague commondation of Spanish dance, grand adagio, etc. "Those who did stay beehld lect: liberty. board, as i ve was_tosiay appointed Manderson, Vailey Representative Weaver, of lown, was at the white liouse to-day, urging some appoint- is hore, Neb., Stanton, of Towa, & 81,000 clerk signed. ariff revisers in the house are grow- ing more confident that the motion to take will pr day a capital and Wil il to-day \e iuterior ) The Dizzy Ballet Catches Soventeen off the and at coterie of newspaper men was in force easting furtive glances at every person who entered wearing the slightest approach to ministerial eloth or Seventeen Zion’s watchmen had preyiously sent in a re- thein of order to the vropriety seats assigned to the ministers by the to general expect - oen he house. he elerical ull force. or usy Dr. “Thomas has been present two evenings, and many of the others are already favorably im- preacher— Iaity, and some who couldn’t even claim that digni of hen Hy Rev. J. Rushton, looking much as he did as secre- tary of the general convention, yet with a “I-hope-Bishop-MeLaren-won't-he- and took seat in the scetion oecupied by some Jeffer- Perry drovped into & seat as naturally as it it after- believe the there 5 school ing up In a row \\ullml:\olnlri!v e G lor, E. wing Ants, o did the a e o) oluy racher, e n in B.) \ew over the fall from Desbrissay, i family 10l may th 1a prov ami sionary in eharge of that desoiate graveyara ¢ ocean, the dismal seene His col ns attaencd ol v s in exile in this had delivered a 08 in Island. to the 1 sped " o loguenc the pulpit in state {00 16 eane o St Jdohns will be tried n. Special Telegram to called upon by to asked scase, Ile [ city from dis e matter, sitors of terday s on 1 of them d that e gt r Plumb g that rporation lall have, otlicrwise upon the Jortion of any place Taws of rporated chl eurpor the limits 1 Was i ooner Te dondo left here the 11th with lumber for East Noveuber 13 r Waod mer Aunette November 14 | edondo is el 1 to ham deserted The otlier vessels named have 1ot been beard 0 county, I to and sat the was City, by Man- a artistic et that the 1 regulation uous ram to ntand is the ablest of the able was Sei Qs when all hands months do The and ouly 1ews columns to the no i RAILROAD LAWS DISCUSSED, Work of the Convention of Commissioners Oonvened at Des Moines, INTER-STATE COMMERCE TALK. Judge Mason Jumps on a Resolution Indorsing rPools and Pool With Both Feet and It is Defeated, Northwestern Raflway Commissioners Dis Morses, Lo, Dee, 16.—[Special Tole gram to the Brr.)—The convention of rail rond commissioners for the northwestern states reassembled in the eapitol this morn jug. Yesterday's proceedings had been so much of a preliminary character that there A genoral interest an what should be done to-day. But, in this respect, the publie was somewhat disappointed. This being a transitory period in the watter of railroad legislation, there seemed to bo a manifest re- luctance on the part of the different commis sioners to take any very decided stand on any question until after the national legislation proposed has had a chance o be tried. In the language of Commissioner Becker, of Minne- sota: “We are all hampered by our limitation. Peoplo expect us 1o correct evils that pertain to inter-state commerce when we have only state powers, and quite re- strieted at that.” he first order of business this morning was a report from the committee on *“uni- formity of annual returns. "This committces had been expected to make some suggestions a8 to what changes could be made in order to secure more uniform returns from the railroad companies on the subjects presented by law. The committee, thiouzh Judge Felker, of Colorado, reported that in view of the probable establishment of a national commission for the rezulation of inter-state commerce, it would be_advisable to leave the whole matter to @ subsequent meeting o the commissioners of the several states, who should co-operate with the national com- mission, After some informal diseussion on this subject Commissioner MeDill, of lowa, moved that an executive committee be appomted who should call at some place, at a date to be designated, a convention of the comuiissioners of all the states and territories of the northwest. This was agreed to and subsequently the date was fixed at the second Wednesday in June next. —‘The comittee on the subject of fr ht classifi- cation reported lllxu\l‘;h McVay, of Dakota, that they at present to nake' any recommen cept that tne matter should be left to committee, who should endeavor to secu uniformity of classiications and report to the next meeting of the convention. 'lhe com- mittee was instructed to co-operate with road manacers to this end and see what could be accomplished. 'Tho chairappointed as the execulive committee commissioners, Gillette, of Kansas: Baker, of Minnesota: Harding, of Missouri. ASs committee on assifications, Coftin, of Towas Greig, of D kota; Humphrey, of Kansas: Becker, of Minnesota; Cowilery, ot Nebraska: Harding, of Missouri, and Felker, of Colorada. ‘The comwittee that had been appointed to report_recommendations on - the subject of inter-state _commerce presented the follow- ing resolutions: ¢ Resolved, That the convention of railrond commissioners of the states of lowa, Kansas, Missourl, Nebraska, Colorado and Minne: sota, and of the terrilory of Dakota, while regretting tho differences which have oe curred betw 0 the true friends of inter- state regulation, leading to the failure of the I, yef we rejbice to learn that the ce committee of the senateand house ntatives of the ‘congress of the States have agreed upon n measure retaining the essential features of the Cullom bill, Tt it is the sense of this convention th: the state railway commissioners widl not at- tain to the full measure uf their usetulness il they are supplemented by a national coni- mission having control of inter-state 1 werce, and that we regard - any regulation of rates, based upon a pro rata seale of mileage s detrimental to the interests of our respeetive states and terr tories. ending the adoption of this resolution it was suggested that two representatives of the railroads present be invited the subjeets under discussion. Mr. I T, Ripley, of Chicao, zenc agent of the Chicago, & road, rend a eareful “The Proper Basis for I was fotlowed by a paper Mi ley, of Chicago. commissioner of 5 western Kailwiy assoclation, on the subjeet of “Tools, It was an JOrate d iment in support of the pooling system and was 1is tened to with great interest, several of ti commissioners saying that it gave then much new light on the subject. Then followed an informal discussion of the topies raised, Mr, Ripley and Mr. Midzley answering m questions about pooline,clissilication of rates, lon and short auls, et On reassemblin ‘l\“”\\' raised by the introduction of deploring the evil efiects upon the pending inter-state commerce be passed, cspecially on aceount of the pro- vistons regarding pooling and the long and short hauls, This bronght to his feet Judge Mison, one of the Nebraska conmissioners, poke very warmly against the resolu- He declared that the pooling system the ereat encmy of Lineoln, and kipt it w h Ouiaha, ity enjoved, and was ions ex- aspecial Quinie little breeze resolution iroads it sill should St Joseph and Kan thought the railroad wen had stated only one side of the question. 1le was followed by Coflin, of fowa, who said ie believed that no systen of arbitrary rates and_ east-iron whether lixed by state or nationa wislation, mld be suceesstul, and he was opposed to thiat feature of any bill—Hteagan or Cullom that attempted to control by arbitrary rules, After alittie more tall (e offending resolu tion was withdrawn, and the convention pro- ceeded toadopt e one resolution by thae committee ordered 1t engrossea and sent to the commitice on inter-state commerce in both senate and house at Washington, “Tihe convention then ngreed to reconng the holding of aconvention of the comu sioners of all the sta after the pointient of a natio; commissioner congress provides tor and then Journed i one, ad Ganders' Ar Stovx Crry, fa., D —[Special Tele gram to the Bre.|—The arrest of Charles Ganders, implicated in the Haddock murder at Kansas City, yesterday, revived to a xtent the int liere in the Deputh Sherdif Gameles started this morning for Kansas City to take char of the prisoner, and Sherit” MeDonald will follow tonight. It is certain Gander will prove a very important witness at th trial, and from the statement of Olio Greibl itis learned that Bismarck, Ganders and himself met at the spot of th by e angement shortly before the erime committed. aud that Henry Peter direet s¢ Important. con siderable now famons case i wnd Ganders went off in 1) Greible withdrew shortly, tollowed b Greible approaching one, I in g and as he L fired by & f ment aures o + thice, 0 two, were Hadd ! marek 1 Ll vered it e hot party. A the other ike' 13 ral fal Bis Yire, M e B Batrermil N L, Dee. A i ing destroyed the eream Talbot and E. A. Spex msurapce. Two thousand pounds ready (05 slipment was destroyed. No Water ot O NUMBER 1 the adjacent buildings was <aved ing on buttermilk, no wat Switchman Killed OrTrywa, Ta, Dee. 18 (Special gram to the Brx. |- John Bundler MAN, WAS run over by Chicago, Burlington & Quiney yards at 11 o'clock Iast night aud instantly killed. 1t head was mashed and his back broken in seye eral plac by throwe LEINE dccessib Tele- A switeh engine in the Dots From Dubuque, DUnUQUE, la., Dec Special gram to the Bey Prosident St wotiating for an int in a Fort Dodge coal mine and is velieved o have secured control of the Mason City & Fort Dodge road and will ion trains between Dubugue and Fort Dodge via Sunmer, and \Waterloo via Oelwein before January avigation closed here to-day lele oy is ne« USINESS CHANG Consolidation of Three Heavy G Firms at |1 mont, soxt, Neb,, $Dec 1 An - important busine took place here today. 1t was the consolida tion of the three heavy grain firms doing business in this seetion of Nebraska, vize: W I Wilson & Co., Nye. Colson & Co.,and B. F. Maorchouse. The articies of incorpora tion have just been drawn up ana signed, ‘The new firm will be Known as the Ny Wilson, Morehonse company. ‘The author- ized capital of (he compaty 500,000, with apaid up stock of $25,000. The business will be dealing i grain, lunber, conl and live stoek. The incorporators are W. R, Wil- son, Ray Nve, S. B, Colson, B, F. More- house, T'rne Fried, R 1 Schueider, L, 1. Richardsand L. M. Koene, the first” tive Deing the board of directors. The new or- ganization will go into eifect on Jannary 1. Fremont will be headquarters for the com- pany and a new twostory briek building, to be sed exclusively for an ofliee, hias aleady sl!'en started here and will be bui once. e three tirms are now operating clghteen clevators and the new company will begin Business Avth this number, “Fhe points where these elevators aro located are as follow. Uwo at Fremont, one eacl at Nickersos Wisaer, Pelzer, Stanton, Clearwater,” Aing worth, ‘Howells, Clarkson, Lo, Coralen, Cresson, Lindsey, ar Bluits, Colon, Ce: resco, Davey. “Thi company proposes to go in and possess the country to- be traversed during the coming year by the numerous new railroads to be” built” and extended through the state during the coming year, Close of the Dairy Conventi Svrron, Neb,, Des 16, S gram to the Bex. |—The proceadin dairymen’s convention to-day was one of particular interest. Professor €, K. Bissey, of the state university, delivered an address on funei and miilk, showing the nature of these organisms and the precantions neces sary for their extermination. Benton Al- drich, of Brock, Neb., in a carefully prepared paper showed how the 0 sell grain are robbing their fa as w Milk and Butter Factor,” by Hon. k. W. Furnas, of Brownville, was apaper of bractical im portanee. The resolution boyeotting all deal- ers and landlords who use oleomargarine was voted down. D. P, Ashburn's strong speech influenced this action The new of- ficers elected for the ensuing year ate: Pre dent, W. G. Whitmore, Valley: viee pre Bassett, Giblon: secretary and H. Wing, Lincoln P, Ashburh, Gibbon : vill, Sutton s £. . Howe,' Fairmont: ienry Liehe, Omali; A.Jones, Madison. Gibbon will bid for the next meetinz. A lirge number of new members were adiled 1o the nssoeia tion. The visitors were furnished with car- viages by the eitizens and driven to the Sui- ton creamery and other places of interest. The aftair closed with o banquet and jine supper prepared by the deft and skilltul hands of the ladies of the Methodist and Congregational churel A Pur Dealer Levied Upon, Nuw York, Dec, 16.—Sheriil Grant to-day levied upon the property of Ciarles A, Her- pieh, dealer in turs, under attachment issued on the applieation ot foreizn creditors, which have elaims to the amount of for woods sold and delivered, Herpieh asked for an extension of time and furnished a states ment of his aflairs, ving his habilities, foreizn and domestic, as $224,015 and assets 204,851, showinz a balance in his favor of £30,50%, He promised to pay 50 per ecnt of e elaims during the present season at the yate of 10 per centa month. e has failed to v the last three months’ instailments, —On November 29 ne gave his liabilities as S211,6 W assets only S126,9:0, His ereditors be Tieve that bie has seercted or disposed of prop- Verty to the extent of £100,000 and is about 1o lispose of the rest of Lis proporty with tent to defraud them Retused to Answer, PinaveLena, bece b.—A ) WS lield by Attorney General Cassidy before notary public here t y for the purpose of obtaining testinony m an equity smt begun in the common pleas court of Dauphin eounty inst the consummation of the anthracite sl pool. doseph 8. Hartis, president of the Lelngh Coal and Navi company, re- civerof the Central railroad of New Jorsey, and supposed 1o be secretary of the coal com bination, declined under adviee of coin sl to answer any question. whatever con- cornine the subject at 1sste. Other withesses declined to testity by the advice of attorneys, 1 Attorney General Cassidy then gave notice to the defense to produce a1l their Wit nesses, toether with all papers mentioned in the subpaenas ae Harrisburz, in the court of comnol pleas, Puesday ne in Special to the transaction s of the in- 3 cation The Famous Lord Linton ate. Pirrsnvia, Pa., De Lele- gram o the Ber. =The famons Lord Linton ally in the United State erday, It came from Ani nd has been on the docket ter's veport filed about a ol 150 the assigne James Brown, . Elvina, of anid others' get ot land_in Ivania, in Ne= and Wiscon Stocks and other (b vius decided cirenit court y tron ment of shares of the lat Under the deeree, Mrs, 1, Linton, Mrs. Kate 1. Brown £5,000,000, Thu estate eon Atmstrong county, Penn braska, Minne Missour town lots in Omaha, bank realty and personalt - A Dyfng Ship Builder. Ciieaao, Dee, 16, ~[Special Telegram to the Bre. —A New York special says: “John Roach is dying, ilis family have endeav- keep critical condition of his trict tor teasons of more ¥ sentimental nature, but at last civen up all ) of 115 recovery, S physicians say he may die wny b, He bs sntfening rom cancer of the roat. similar to © hieh cansed the doath of General Grant. An operation was recently performed, at which a considerablo portion of the jaw wa o, but his suflerings ared 1o the secret, A lebeltion woier, Dee, I f Wales are resisting the collection of reh tithes, In tion of the country farms a ted them ont It s feared that the reb We way lead to ser ads Disagree. e freight agents of \ds el 1o day anmoineed Michigan and Clicago & Gr orneed that they would coessary that the if at all, poses . of g ppers ) pretesting b all ¢ ince il Wi Lish el Lieh; \ers in the north n one s lion aong the ri Homed.