Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 16, 1887, Page 1

THE OMAHA Daly BEE SIXTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 16, 1887. NUMBER 270 A NEW DEAL INAUGURATED. The Bribery Investigating Committee Or- dered to 8it With Open Doors. RUSSELL'S PAINFUL SQUEAL. The House Adjourns Until Friday to Attend the G. A, R. Encampment Disgraceful Scenes Enacted— Governor Thayer's Message, Doings in the Honse. YLaxcor N, Neb,, March, 15.—[Special Tele- gram tothe Bee.|—After prayer, Mr. Russell chairman of the Judiciary eommittee, arose and with a tremor In his voice, said he moved that the resolution adopted yesterday providing for a secret investigation of the charges made by Mr. Rosewater against cer- tain members of the jydiciary committee be reconsidered. e supported his motion by a loud speech, largely consisting of personal abuse of the editor of the Bee. e had noth- ing to conceal. He wanted the Investiza- tion to be opened to the broad daylight. He had just been to tho door of the committes and asked for ad- mission and it had been refused him, while within was closeted with the commit tee Mr. Edward Rosewater. He wanted to ask whether they would allow this Investization to be carried on in this way when they controlled the committee, He did not want a man with such a character as Mr. Rosewater, whose glory was to blacken the reputation of his enemies, to control this investigation. The reputation of no man was anything to the editor of the Ber, and he accordingly wanted the investigation to be open. The communication of Mr. Rosewater was read again forthe benefit of Mr. Miller, who was absent f‘cntflni;\{. Mr. Jeary sald, when he voted yesterday for the adoption of the resolution, it was with the jdea that the members of the judici- ary commitiee would be admitted to the ses- 81008 of the investigation committee, Mr. Smyth wanted the sessions to be secret but felt that the members accused should be ‘I'\'lvn an opportunity to go before the com= [r. Harlan sald the committee had asked him to interpret the resolutions and he had done so. He surgested that Mr. Rosewater be sworn and file his information. He must have been doing the latter when the Mr, Rus- sel was refused admission. Mr., Randall said if he had known as much yesterday a8 he did to-day, he would not have voted to adopt the resolution. [t was not right that the judiclary committee should be called upon after Mr., Rosewater had made Bis charges against them. Mr. Russell did not want toreflect upon the investigating committee, but to direct atten- tion to their construction of their instruc- tions. r. Nicliols favored the motion to recon- sider. The witnesses in the case were to be gamblers from Omaha, who would for $50 swear to a lie which would send them to hell. Mr. Cole was opposed to a secret investi- gation. Mr. Peters thought thelinvestigation should be held with open doors and the accused givena chance to be heard. . Dempster, chairman of fthe investiga- tion committee, wanted the inquiry to be made secretly, He was opposed to being appointed on the committee, but as he had bee Ylu-ml on it he would guarantee a ful and impartial hearing. Sullivan of Platte was not surprised rn gentleman from Fillmore, The inves- 1zn §ng was to be like the inquisition, with closed doors, and the retusal of the privileges accorded to eriminals in courts of justice where tho latter could meet their accusers. r. Rief of Hall said, if to Inquire into the elm-se w“" closed doors was wrong the grand Jury lnvestigation was also wrong. Mr. Keiper of Pierce, also a member of the |nwllnl jon committee, said there was no différence between the proposed investiga- tion and that made 1n contested election The charges in-thls case were clear cut and decisive and should be examined o \mder closed doors. There might be majority and minority reports. Then the ho) uld decide between them, Mr. Mlller of Butler favored a closed In- yestigation with the accused members given the richt to question all witnesses, Mr, Helmrod said the conmitteo was hon- est and c&glhln of conducting the examina- tion and they should be uphela. ‘The motion to reconsider was carried by a vota of 61 to 26, r. Smyth moved that no evidence be re- celved by the investigatin : comnittee unless the nceused members be notified ot the time and place of holding the meetings and they berequired to be present. Mr. Russell, chairman of the judiciary committee moved that it be neld with open doors and the public be invited, Mr. Kelper sald this would defeat the end of the investigation, One witness could hear what another sald. The lees charged could be erent‘ examine their witnesses and could thus ‘protect themselves. That ‘would be the best for the judiciary commit- tee. It was the most painful duty of his life but he would discharge it fearlessly. Mr. Andres said Mr. Russell’s motion Fnaml t0 destroy the object of the investiga- lon. Al was against allrules and decency, Mr. Russell wanted to know why, it in his motion there was anything wrong, that the business of the courts 'was conducted in an open manner. Mr. Andres—Are the grand jury sessions open! Mr, Russell replied in a lonf speech, show- ing that the state had abolished the grand Jury except in rare inst d claimed that it those who were accused were satistied with an open hearing, why should others object? He then launched out in a tirade of abuse of the editor of the BEE, claim- ing that he was a man who a few days before had sugcested dynamite ns a meaus ot securing his rizhts from the legislature; a veritable Guy Fawkes, who anrml at noth- ing In the “attainment of his hellish ends, When he saw such a man as Losewater, and his friends, solicitous about the welfare of ry committee, he thought it was ¢ to be afraid, It was contrary to parilamentary rules to have this secret Lear- ng. g(r. Shamp of Lancaster moved that Messrs, Randall, Nichols, Peters, Foxs Pem- berton, Cole, Veach and Baird be added to the committee, Riet was opposed. Mr. Slater, one of the judiciary committee, wanted the clear light of heaven to shine into the Investigation. Mr. Smyth believed it was in bad taste for members of the judiciary to take part in the debate, or suggest those who should take part in the investigation. If the mewmbers were innocent they had nothing to fear, and when they were admitted they could ask all the wl{nenel what was necessary to be found ou Mr. Russell's amendment to conduct the examination with open doers was carrfed by & Yote of 50 to 27, _Mr, Coleoffered an amendment to Mr. Smyth's motion, authorizing the committee on investigation to request the presence of members of the house at the investigation, © Mr. Smyth accepted the amendment. A motion was made, adding Messrs. Ran- dall, Peters, Pemberton, Fox and Veach to investigating committee. Mr. Sullivan ot Platte moved that only Mr. Randall and Mr, Peters be added. Mr. Randall declined, Mr. Pemberton got hot, abusive and de- clined. Mr. McConaughy was opposed to the ju- diclary committee taking mptoh the debn’m. He was satisfied with the g‘r’-unt committee. essra. Pemberton and Peters were added to the investigating committee. Mr. Petors wanted the sessions to be In the house and with open doors. This was lost. AFTERNOON SESSION, motton of Mr. Caldwell of Lancaster ouse went into committee of the whole house roll 865. This bl pro- lnablllhn-‘:t i'{: nl'muy agd.: P act Approy 1, mwl ‘chapter 64 of as now existing. was called to the that every able- woel tho agos of O the to eighteen and forty-five yeas not specially exempted, shall be subject to military duty. Mr. Andres opposed the aim of the section as unnecessary and as unrepublican, There Wwas no necessity of a standing army in this country. ‘The section was adopted. T'he covernor, for the purpose of suppress- ing insurrection, or, when equisition of the president of the ' United States is made, shall requirg the enrollment of the mlitia of the sta ‘The militia is to be styled the Ne- braska National Guard, and shail consist of 2,000 men. Enlistments shall be mac three years, Every shall “take an- oatl for member, upon enlisting, supporting the con- stitution of the United States and the state f Nebraska, The militia all be subject to discipline and exereise ot the United States nrluY. Mr. Whitmore here proposed to test the sentiment of the honse as to whethier it was in favor of or opposed to the nature of the bill without reading the 1ifty-eight sections of which the bill consisted, e moved, lllr;reforl‘,, that the enacting clause be stricken out. Mr, Watson hoped the motion would not prevail, at least until the supporters of it had adyanced some reasons therefor, Mr. Andres said that one objection to the bill was that section 57 provided for an_appropriation of £40,000, which the state treasury could not now stand. ‘There were other objections to the bill which would be learned lates Mr. Knox said that they should have some- thing which would be the nucleus of an army Mr. Cole supported the bill beeause it wis the (I(uin(: to improve the military law now on atutes, Fuller of Gage said they wanted a militia to guard avainst the growth of nihil- Ists ana communists, such as had been no- ticed in Chicago, 116 had secn these people come here to the borders of this state and find sympathizers, r. Miller was opposed to the bill and for one reason that the appropriation of $40,000 was to enable these soldiers to have a good time. They had something more important todo with "their money than to give it away for a measure simply because it was a popular one. Mr. Newton moved the committee rise, re- port progress and ask leave to sit again, The motion was lost, Mr. Cole of Adams offered as reasons why the bill should pass that Nebraska was wet- ting to be a great western state. She had done little to encourage her militia, having at the last session appropriated but $5,000 per year for its support, Congress had recently appropriated £400,000 for the support of the militia of the cnmltrr. ‘Lo be entitled to its hare of that sum, the state should equip a certain numnber of mititia men. There was now but one regiment and it had but about three hundred men. Some of these members haa ‘mhl tor their own equipments, This bill sought to establish two reglinents. Mr. Cole then read the amount of money appropriated by [ndiana, Massachusetts, New York and other states, rum(in%fl’mll $160,000 to § 000, In order that Nebraska should get her quota of arms and equipments it was neces- sary to support a number of soldiers. Mr. Young hoped the enacting clause would be stricken out. The gentleman of Gaze had said that a militia was necessary to suppress nihilists, Where did nihilists come from? Why, {from countries now overrun with military despots. There were some nihilists in Chlcnfia, but there the law was enforced harshly by officers who felt that they had the militia behind them. Mr. Andres said he had full faith in the efficiency of the courts to settle all these dis- turbing questions. He favored sustaining the judiciary. Mr. Newcomer said if a riot were to break out in Lincoln the sherlff could not et a posse to.wid him to quell the sgmo_because those whom he would call upon would most likely have relatives and friends among the rioters. Butif th had a militia, which could be brought in as strangers, they would 80 there as soldiers and quell the riot. Mr. Watson said both governors had recommended the passage of the law. He could recall three instances in which to_quell riots it was necessary to call upon the United States troops and place them at the disposal of the governor, It they had not nad the United State troops how would they have prevented the escape of the convicts from the penitentiary? ‘Then again, at Omaha, the riot there was not quelled until the United States troops appeared on the scene. A third instance was in a_celebrated murder trial when two companies of soldiers were neces- snr{ to maintain the peace. The New York militia had saved more money than it would cost to keep the militia for years. In Ne- braska it was necessary to have militia to sustain the civil power. 3 Mr. McConaughy §instanced that the mi- litia 1n Chicago had saved several hundred thousands of dollars. 1In 1877, in the same city, it was the militia which stood between the property of that place and a howling mob. What would have been the fate of Omaha_if it had not called upon the militia when Governor Nance was in the chair? IHe was surprised at the action of the Douglas delegation in opposition to this bill. ~He judged the antagonism was because of tie delegation being tied up in the cowmbination to defeat all pum?rlmlons. Mr. Miller sald the destruction of the pre perty in all the biz riots was as much beeause ot the presence of the militia as anything else. What did thei.wum artillery for, any- way? They would kill more people than the rioters could. ~ He mlgm be in favor of one regiment, ut no riot had occurred or would oceur in either Lin- coln or Omaha which would require two regi- ments to suppress, Mr. Smyth said it had been charged that the Douglas dele:ation had opposed this bill because it contained an appropriation, as art of the combination opromed anything in he way of an appropriation. It ‘was true members had met, but that was because they were determined to prevent the railroading of appropriation bills without right throuch this legislature, It was an outrage to Omaha t call on the United States troops and militia without provocation. The men who were aceused of being rioters ad done nothing to warrant the out- They were not creating a riot. had simply assembled for a F:\rmlu. and en the soldiers were called in th en who had called them in had not ex- hausted their civil powers. He then quoted section 17, showing that the bill made the as- @ county the enlisting ofticers of the state. The speaker’s real objection was to the latter clauses which appropriated $10,- 000 the first year and $55,000 the next until the orzanization should be perfected. Mr. Whitmore made » forcible speech in opposition to the bill, but his motion to strike out the enacting clause was lost. A number of amendments were offered, among which were those making the pay of the general and adjutant general 51,000 per year. Theamount of the appropriation for the year was made 830, ndevery sug year 20,000, T'he bill was reported favoral ‘The house went 1nto committee o whole on claims, A motion to strike out §180.80 to C. J. Nobes for miscellaneous ex- . A claim of H. C. Smith for ng the superintendent of the census was l'l'f\l‘('lbt\. The amo claims audited in the bill was $5451.54, An attempt to reimburse Red Willow county to the amount of $361.15 for the prosecution and conviction for murder of Quinton Bill on a change of venue from Hitcheock county ‘was unsuccessful, House roli 60, nn»roprlntlnr £300 to pay O. N. Owen for three horses killed by the state live stock commission was read. A dozen members said if it were passed they would at- tach amendments for horses killed in the wmanner specltied, Mr. Nichols sald that nine-tenths of the horses found with glanders in this state were shipped here by speculators in Iowa and other states, who bought them for about $20, washed out their nostrils and then sent them to us. He was in favor of spending money to quarantine against these animals. 'There were men on the floor who had imported borses from Illinols and the inspector at Blair had not Afono within two yards of the :luin containing them. The bill was in- efit $1,045.50 for taxes ads from 1571 Mr. Shamp of Lancaster «anted the house to adjourn till Mareh 1> at 10 o'cloek to en- able soldiers to attend the state eueampment of the G. A. R. at Omaha. A motion to table was lost. ‘I'.e motion to ndA:um was carried, nate file enabling Nevraska City and Plattsmouth to lay pavewents, was read a second time. Mr. Smyth’s motion to take arecess till this evening was carried. it i 16, LA, 001 yes a woul a nogt\u atter tve adjournment. ' Al mem- bers were reauested to attend and Mr. Rose- water was invited to be present and prefer his charges to the above, Reces THE BRIBERY COMMITTEE MEETS, The committee on lezislative bribery in the house et after the recess in the cloak room. Mr. Dempster presided and all the member: as well as about fifty spectators, were pres ent. The committee adjourned tili Friday at 9 o'clock, when they requested Mr, Ros water to be present to file his complaint as re- ferred to ahove. PEN SKETCHES FROM THE GALLERY, History tells us that Belshazzar one time shook and trembied. Mr. Caldwell, when an investigation was sucgested, either tried to imitate the ancient king, or attempted to construe the idea that he had the Missouri agie, Mr. John C. Watson, in his mad desire to save his blind asylum bill, voted with the boodle gang on the question of a public in- vestigation, ‘The gentleman from” Otoe ean be excused for wanting to serve his blind constituents, but he should have remembered that the majority of our people can se Had the investigation not been tawarted, the largest jack-pot ever opened In the staté would have been exhibited. Four knaves make a good hand, At least it was good (‘uu:l;:h to win—with the assistance of suit cards. All those member: bills treated chare with mere inditference, to be that propriation character Has it really gotten an appropriation of the people’s money is of more importance than the detec- tion of a bribe solicitor? After the house had moved to reconsider the plan of Investigation, even Chureh Howe aid, Vell, that does settle it.” The fres- coe artists have worked on Mr, Howe with the white-wash brush, and he understands how it 1« done, Mr, Russell said: “So far as Iam con- cerned, L have no fear of an Investigation.” When the school teacher asks, “Who was that whisvering?” a dozen different boys will exclain It wasn’t me, Slater shook while ma king his denial be- fore he ceused of receiving woney from the gamblers. He uttempted to perpeirate a Joke. He could better have played the part of Hamlet’s ghost, judging from the paleness ot his face, than the character of Falstatl, EVENING SE:SION, ‘The house met this evening at 7:30. There were about a dozen absentees, and Mr. New- comer of Webster moved for a call of the house. The serzeant-at-arms was instructed to bring in the absent members. ~They could not be found in the building and he was in- structed to search for and find them in town. When he left the house Messrs. Alexander, Diller, Harrison, Newton, Sullivan, Tracy and Wilson were absent without excuse. ‘Then ensued a roaring farce, in which nearly every member vied with his fellow members to oppose motions innumerabie, to prevent the further call of the house. 1In this the suc- cess was most pronounced. A consequence no business could be transacted, and the house resolved itself into an un- ruly district school, in which it was difticult to determine which of a large number of the members earned the belt for pronounced mountebunkism. It seems that n the afternoon Mr. Truesdell of I'hayer had secured fifty-nine members who favored night sessfons every day of the remainder of the term with the exception of to-night. Not- withstanding, a session was unexpectedly ordered for this evenin -, and Mr. Watson 50, relating to the redistricting into " judicial districts and creating work for extra judiges. This bill boldly opposed and was aided In his obstructive tactics by Messrs. Young, White, Newcomer and Knox. IHe thus voiced the objection to increasing the number of judges in’ Douglas asked for. The chair, Mr. Russell, seemed to be in sympathy with him, refusing to entertain all kinds of motions to get down to business, until at 11 o'clock he pretended to find authority tor adjournment. A more disgraceful scene has never been witnessed in the mid-session of a Nebraska legislature. Senate Proceedings. L , Neb,, March 15.—[Special Tele- grai e BEE. |—The senate this morning passed senate file 15, relating to county. and city bonds; also house roll 19, regulating the the practice of pharmaey and sale of poisons, In committee of the whole the tollowing bills were recommended to pass: The bill providing for arbitration of controversies between laborers and corporations; senate file No. 70, a bill for an act to suppress the circulation, advertisinz and vending of ob- scene and immoral literature and articles of indecent and immoral use, and to confiscate such property: senate file No. 84, a bill for an act to provide for the punish- ment of a person receiving deposits in or cashing indebtedness by any bank or banking institution with the knowledge of the insolvency of such bank or banking in- stitution ; senate tile No. 168, a bill for an act to amend section 24, subdivision 14, of chap- ter 79 of the compiled statutes of Nebraska, entitlea “Schools;” senate file No. 202, a bill for an act to amend section 118, of utle 7 of the code of civil broceedure and repeal said original section. Recess till 2 o'cl AFT The afternoon session of the senate met at 2 o’clock and immediately resolved itself into ittee of the whole, with Mr. Majors of for the consideration of e, Senate iile 200, in relation to certificates of the proof' on acknowledgements, was amended to destroy any effect it might have at the present time and recommended to pass. ‘This is a bill to leislate wherein the surrema court has given adverse decisions, and it was of direct interest to certain Omaha property holders, Senate file 67, in relation to salaries of town oflicers in counties under township orzaniza- tions, was considered and amended in minor details and recommended to pass, Senate file 209, relating to aajournments in {uxlico court trials, a bill introduced by Mr. Jolby, was recommended to pass. Senate file 180, defining the duties of the state veterinarian and the live stock commis- sion, elicited a long discussion. This bill fixes that the state shall pay for live stock killed on account of contagious and infec- tious diseases, the payment not to exceed in each case two-thirds of the appraised value of the animals led to the slaughter. It pro- vides tnat in eases of horses and mules the appraisement shall not exceed $75 per head. ‘T'he salaries of the members of the commis- sion were fixed at $5 per day, and the salary of the state veterinarian was reduced from $3 r day to $2,000 per annum, ‘The bill as mended was recommended to pass, ate file 69, introduced by Mr. Majors, which provides for the publication ot the state laws in the newspapers, was con- sidered and without _ opposition recom- mended to pass. A duplicate of this bill in the house has been amenaed in committee and is now on the general file awaiting con- sideration, Mr. Colby called que two appropriation bills presented by the house when it was found the session’ was prolonged. These bills were house rolls 483, appropriating $55,000, or as much as necessary, to v.d‘ the salaries of members and emv‘loyes for the remainder of the session; also house roll 484, appropri- ating $35,000, or as much thereof as neces- sary, to meet the additional incidental ex- penses of the session. Both bills were put upon their third reading and passea. ‘The senate, lollow_1115 the passaze of these bills, adjourned until 10 a. m, A Gubernatorial Message. LiNcoLN, Neb., March 1 —Governor ‘Thayer to-day sent the following message to the senate and house of representatives: 1 respectfully recommend the enactment of a law which shall definitely fix the number of persons to be employed by each house of the lezislature at future sessions, and this num- ber should be deterinined by the actual re- quirements of the two houses. At least it will not bedifficult to fix the maximum limit of the number of employes whose services will be actually required.” 1t must be evident to all that there have been too many employes on the rolls of each house, 1t is évident, too, that during this session persous have been borne upon lhe«gu rolls who have rendered little service, hen I have wmentionea this subject, L have met with the answer: This Pmtlm has existed with former legislatures. f this be true, It 1s certainly time an end was put to this practice, The wu‘z of such an act as indicated will be a notice to legislative assemblies hereafter that they must kee) within the limits of the law; at least, It wi be, until a subm‘;u.onl legisiature shall repea | the law. It will be a notice also to all per- am ml there are no sinecure places here to Al In my Inaugural addrees I presented rea- sons which it appeared o me were to justify the neces lllnn-im( the First rej " unlcu}nl arry appropriation for m':.’;': o‘;pln'u National uards on a complete and efticient basis, and also for organizing the Second regiment of the National Guards. I repeat my convic- tion that & woll organized militia™ 1s abso- lutely cssential as & support to the ecivil power, and that no state stould be without such a military torce. Every state in the union, 1 belleve, recognizes this principle, for in every state constitution a well organized militia is recognized and provided for, Sectlon 14, article 5 of the constitution of this state provides: *“The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state (axcept when they shall be called into the service of the United States), and may call out the same to execute the lrl.\\-s. suppress insurrection and repel inva- sion.” ‘The constitution of the United States pro- vides for ealling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions, and makes the president the commander chief of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States. It is not necessary for me to vresent argu- ments to show to your honorable body that every government should have a reserve force organlzed, which can be relied upon to sustain the civil thorities if they are in da of being overthrown, Various states have been compelled at dif- ferent times to call out this reserve torce for the suppression of outbreaks against the pub- lic peace and for the suppression of disorders with which the eivil authorities were unable to.cope, This may occur in our state, 1 observe in the general appropriation bill i [ 000 for the support of the First tlonal ( xu‘l‘s for the comini 1 earnestly recommend a further appropriation of £30,000 for the organization nd support of the Second Regiment of ational Guards for the ensuing two years. his is really a smaller sum than will be , but L limit my recommendation to that sum, All of which is respectfully submitted. [Signed| Joun M. Tnayeg, Governor, ed Condition of the Penitentiary Buildings. LiNcoLy, Neb, Mareh 14.—[Correspond- ence of the Br his morning Messrs Ballard and Wetherald of the house accom- panied by Messrs. Mosher and Dorgan and the BEE correspondent went to the peniten- tiary. The consideration which is soon to be given to the general appropriation bill, some features of which affect this Institution, rendered it necessary for the management of the **pen” to bring its condition to the at- tention of the members of the legislature. The party was recelved by Warden Hyers, the man who was recently appointed to the position by Governor Thayer, Mr. Hyers is a quiet, easy ;inmg. yet painstaking and competent ofticial. He has bee it Cass county for six years and served in the last senate when he madea determined stand against some of tha delwands made for the penitentiary by Boss Stout. He aided in u earthing the corruption which was tnen di closed. Whatever may have been done with the money in past years, it §s nevertheless a fact that'some parts of the state prison are now in a deplorable comdition. In fact. they are adisgrace to the greut state of Nebraska, though 1t is somewhat to be feared that much will be dong at this session to effect a change. Several ehanges are suggested by Mr. Mosher and recommended by \Warden Hyers. One of these is the abandonment of the present buildimg new occupled by the foundry, blacksmith, harncss, tailor’ and broom shop, and cenverting it into a chapel and bath house, . Thisis proposed because of the unfavorable location of the ohn{wI at the present time, the of apartofit for other purposes, as al$o the pressing need. of 8 st-’nlablo place in which to have the convicts athe. 3 According to the n‘zlu of the prison the convicts are compelled to take bath twice a week In summer and once a week in winter. ‘The room for this purpose can not be satis- factorily warmed In winter and the means of bathing consists of half-barrels filled with water, ‘in which the inmates are obliged to try and immerse themselves, which, as may beé imagined, is a work of no little effort. Bath tubs are required and if the change above suggested should be made, these could be introduced with satisfaction to both the convicts and the management. In part of the present chapel the warden would erect a new ward for women, that now occupied being too small, poorl{ ventilated, in fact a cage in which several femnales are Immured, and some ot them have not been out of it in the open air for three years., The postofiice, too, would be changed to another part so that the residents of Nobesville would not be pelled to come behind the bars to get their mail. In the yard east and south of the main structures is a motley collection of wooden sheds, at all times |n\'ll.h|q’ destruction by fire, and, it such should break out, they could not be sayed because of the inadequacy of the fire forcs.- In these Mr. Mosher says he can place no machinery; first, because they are too weak to stand the motion of shafting, and, secondly, because it would be too great a risk in case of fire. Alr, Mosher thiuks the present work-building should be duplicated, which he feels, with an extra story, could be done for about $40,000, al- though the present structure cost $60,000 some years ago. If the building suggested by Mr. Mosher and recommended by the warden should be built, it would enable the former to put into active work 160 convicts, who are now compelied, for want of the same, to remain Idle in almost solitary con- finement in their celis, ‘This confinement is rapidly telling upon the unfortunates, an. if culntlnued, must be attended with serlous results. The interior of the workshops is in bad condition, There {s not one department the ceiling of which Is not broken in a dozen places, with gaping fissures which enabies he water from the leaky roof to fall upon the floors and inmates. "This is th in the cell-house, where the color of the walls i3 as black as Lancaster loam, and where too the floor is rained upon in storiny weather. Six thousand dollars are a; to make repairs, but these, at least so far as the ceilings are concerned, can but be of a temporary and useless nature, so long as the roof continues in a leaky aud broken condi- tion. Besides, the amount asked for can in no means make permanent improvements like a new slate roof, which Is now impera- tively demanded. warden Hyers showed the BEE correspon- dent the armory, Its walls are denuaed of plaster, the same having fallen off with the rain, which had also rusted the three rifles which constituted the reserve supply of arms of theinstitution, T Blul\llilnl is foo small, and there is no plaee available for insane pa- tients, who are debarred from the insane asylum on accounmt of their criminal acts, ‘I'hiese must be confined in the solitary rooms and an attendant placed to watch them. The party were escosted outside the walls, Oun the south side ef the enclosure isa small creek, which after Wy rains, tloods its banks, and, un recently, rushed against the south “wall with so much effect that lon of the latter Inches out of plumb, of the creek {m not inly fall. Besides, the tuck- exterior of this wall ought to mortar has been gouged not pointed, bacause the out of the courses ‘between the stones so that it would be a matéer of but little difti- culty for a person, so determined, to climb the outside of the wall with evil or good in- tent as the case may be. The investigation of the party resulted in the conviction that the penitcntiary needs many improvements to keep 1t from getting into a demoralized condition, toward which it seems to have boen drifting these many years, —— A Fatal Fall. PrarTsyMouTH, Neb., March 15.—The body of Cornelius Daley, who fell from the water- works standpipe yesterday and was slmost instantly killed, was sent to his relatives in Cincinnati for interment. e was one of the workmen employed by the waterworks company and was puttivg in place the last plate of the standpipe, when he lost his bal- ance and fell to the ground, a distance of eighty feet.” i Canght'in the Fall. CricAco, March, 15.—George T. Howe, operator on "change, failed to day, owing to :ihs sharp decline in wheat during the mid- le session, P A NOST APPALLING SIGHT. Description of the Horrors at the Railway Accident Near Bostons CLEARING AWAY THE WRECK. A Kevised List S8hows Twenty-four People Killed and One Handred and Fourteen Injured—Theo Bridge Was Defective. The Boston Wreck. Bostoy, March15,—The revised list of the injured in the railroad accident yesterday showed that 114 persons were wounded. All night long a large force of workmen were engaged in clearing away the debris of the wrecked ears at the scene of the bridge disaster. It was but slow work, and but little headway was made, yet the men worked hard and when the light of morning was sufticient for a continuation of labor without means of artificial light, the work progressed more rapidly, Ropes were stretched around the scene, and all persons who were not act y engaged in clearing the wreck were forced to keep outside the line, Large forces of men are at work taking tho bridge apart. The baggage car and one of the rear cars of the train have been com- pletedly demolished and all that marks the spot where these two cars were at the base of the embankment, is a heap of kindling wood. The wreck is a more appalling sight than the ruins at the recent White River Junction dis- aster and this points strongly to the fuct that thetrain was running at a rate of speed fully twenty five miles per hour. The forward cars, which lie at the embankment and in the re d\\n{. remain in the same po- sition fn which lu‘{ fell. There were un- doubtedly more cars in the train, as the tin tops of nine are to be found, but the remains of two cars are in such a state of demolish- ment that it is impossible to discover any parts of them. This was caused by the fafl down the embankment, and consequently the rumor has prevailed that there were but eight cars in the train. Prof. Swuin, of the Institute of Technol- ogy, who made an examination of the bridge, discovered what he considers to have been the cause of the accident. He thinks there were serious defects in some portions of the structure, not only in the material used, but in the manner of constrhction. Martin Leach sub-foreman of the West Roxbury cleaning department was at work yesterday morning with a gang of five men cutting willows. T'he party was stationed 050 feet from the bridge on the southeast end of the structure, and every man had an axe. Lynch said this morning: *‘We had just he- gun our work. Isaw the train coming and stopped to look at it. I saw it going on the bridge and noticed that ~ the train was acting queer. The engine and the cars were across, but the whole train was shaking and swaying most violently. Then, just as the fourth car was halt on the bridge and half on the embankment on the other side, the bridge went down. 'The fitth car plunged down with it, and in its fall draeged back and down into the pit below the fourth car which, a8 1 have said was already half way on the bank. 'I'he car behind the tifth came vlunzing, erashing down uvon it, and the Iast car of all, the smoker, rolled over twice as it went down theembankment. the bridge is down. Run, boys, your axes,’ I yelled. I started a: could go and they with me, sight. My God, and take fast as 1 It was an awful Such a struggle and sighing and I never heard in aill my life, mrunnfun who ~ first clear of the wreck seemed dazed, bewildered, scarcély able to realize what had happened or where they were, Others could and did help us, but on the south side of the wreck there was no help for nearly ten minutes. The smoker was the car that we came to first. Our boys swung their axes with a will. We knocked in the end of the car, cut away between the win- dows, and then went in_ourselves and began the work of rescuing. We saw the uniform of Ofticer Walter B. Lalor and took him out. He_ was unconscious when we reached him and yrobubly dead, although his lips quiv- ered for a minute or two after we laid him out beside the wall. We took out Mr. Snow, who was dying, and at least a dozen injured persons. ‘I'he unhurt passengers, if there were nn{' (1 don’t remember seeing a man in this car but what was ore or less bruised and scarred), helped us and we ptied the car, taking out the cushions and laying the injured upon them. By this time teams has began to come and we placed the wounded in them by twos and threes and they were carried off to the enzine house at Roslindale. All was confusion. People were flocking to the place. KEverybody was screaming and shouting, some with” pain, others giving orders, I cannot remember in- cidents with much distinction after this, for I, too, was getting excited, Ionly know that we kept at work until 10 o'clock " and staid until all were taken away.” Owing to the duplication and the misspell- ing of names it is now believed that the re- ports of the number of peisons killed have been considerably overestimated. Up to noon to-day Dr, Draper had signed twenty- one death certiticates and Dr, Harris three, making the entire death total up to noon twenty-four, — THE ARMOUR BOYCOIT. The Pirm Bound to Have a Share of the Akron Trade. CnicAGo, March 15.—|Special Telogram to the Bek.1—A special from Akron, O., says: Armour & Co,, the Chicago packers, recently sent a car load of dressed beef to this city, and on account of the boycott on Armour being enforced by the local labor organiza- tions very little of it could be sold, and the remainder was shibped back. Armour has just telegrapheda his Cleveland agent togo to Akron and start five or six shops to sell meat at any price and charge the loss to Armour & Co. A ruinous competition is looked for, and loeal dealers are much disturbed, A member of the Armour firm to-day saia: “Our Cleveland agent wired us that Akron butchers would not buy our meat, 1 tele- graphed back, telling him that if he could not sell at wholesale to retail it, Armour was bound to bave a share of the Akron trade, and if we could not deal with the butehers we would go to the people. Wetry to do a wholesale trade, and generally sue- ceed, but if any retailers think they can freeze us out they are mistaken. We will sell meat one way or another.” Mme. Scalchi Quite I, CHI1CcAGO, March 15,—[Special Telezram to the Brg.|—Madame Scalchi, the contralto, is resting easily at the Grand Pacific hotel, Count Lolll, ber husband, is quite apprehen- sive as to the result of her illness, but Dr. Purdy sald to-day that the fever had not as- sumed a malignant form, although it had been aggrevated by her singing two or three times since 1ts inception, He thought she would be convalescent within ten days un- less unforescen complieations oceurred. ‘There have been rumors to the effect that some trouble had arisen between Mesdames Patti and Scalehi, and that this was the oc- casion of the hurried journey of Mr. Abbey to Chicago, and the consequent failure of the contralto to aceompany the troupe to St Louis, If there is any” real foundation for the rumor it has not ‘been fully disclosed. ‘There is scarcely any doubt that Madame Scalchi is quite ill at present, e The Ocean Racers. New Youk, March 15.—Pilot Yates, of Pilot boat 1, which eame in here this morn- ing, reports that he saw the schooners Coro- net and Dauntless passing Fire island last Saturday evening and that the Coronet was then a mile and a half ahead. He had no doubt whatever as to their relative positions. Manning Salls for Europe. NEW Yonuk, Mareh 15,—Ex-Seeretary Man- ning sailed for Europe on the steamer Ari- zona this mnmlnfi accompanied by his wife and daughter. Manuning said the voyage Was taken for tho benedt of his Leaikhe ' THE PLOT AGAINST THE CZAR, Full Particulars of the Attempt on His Life. [ropyright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett,] 15,—~New York Herald pecial to the Brr.)—Reports trom St. Petersburg regarding the discovery of a great plot against the czar have caused much excitement here. Extras have been selling on the street all day long ana have been eagerly bought. As yet those who movo in the best informed political circles seem to know little more than what has already been printed. There is a disposition here to regard the whole plot as an attempt to force the ezar to make war instead of peaccably dividing Bulgaria with Austrin. The Post, a semi- official organ, expresses this feeling as fol- lows: “With alarm and grief we say it, must guard itself against the polic; spair which may show itself eiti; istie quiet or convulsive boldness is the most probable. Europe of de- in fatal- The last It is thought here that tho plot makes clear Russia’s hitherto unex- plained dela; ying out the Bulgarian partition azreement with Austrin,” ‘The bourse sustains this current opinion in the artificial nature ot quotations for Russian stocks. In the face of what is rezarded as the worst new for many weeks from Russia, quotations were forced up be- yond yesterday’s fall and pegged there, ™ T DISCOVERED, LoNDON, March 15.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Br ‘Tho latest au thentic intelligence as to the attempt on the czar shows that the bomb which was to have been thrown under the imperial carriage was concealed in a case shaped like a book of quarto size. The young man who carried it was a student. A string was hanging from the case and it was by means of this that the bomb was to have been flung. A man who was standing be- hind the student noticed that the latter's book seemed very heavy and that he repeat- edly shifted it from arm to arm. This made him suspicious and he drew the attention of a bystander to the young man, Hardly had he done so when he ‘saw the young man stoop, deposit his book on the pavement and fumble at the string. Luckily the string slipped from the would-be regicide’s hand, and the man who bhad been observ- ing him, caught him by the col- lar and shoved him back violently into the crowd. It was then seen that an- other youth, who hud been standing beside the one with the book, was making rough ef- forts to force his way through the surging mass of people who had been attracted by the arrest of the first man. This second youth had a traveling bag slung about him. He was seized, too, and his bag was afterward founa to contain abomb. 1t is said that the czar heard noth- ing of the whole matter until he reached Gatschina. Itis therefore not true that the departuro of their majesties for Gatschina was caused by this deplorable incident. The czar shed tears on being informed of the danger which not only himself but the em- press had so narrowly eseaped. AN IND!G NANT DENIAL. The persons arrested In conncetion with the constitutional plot indignantly deny that they are in any way connected with the out- rage, and repudiate any idea of conspiracy. ‘Their motto 18they say, *‘the people, with the czar or againstthe czar.’ /Fhai-have published a lithographic periodical composed malaly of extracts from works of notable writers on constitutional law and political economy. The statutes of soclcty obliged all members to join at asignal of their chief in doing their utmost to subvert existing government and establish a constitutional government, S1. PETERSBURG, March 15.—It is semi- officially stated that Sunday the police were informed that an attempt might be made on the life of the czar that day, It being the anniversary of the assassination’ of his father. As a result the police arrested near the imperial palace several persons dis- covered holding dynamite bombsin their hands ready to throw at the czar as he emerged. CONFIRMING THE LoxpoN, March 15.—The Russian em- bassy In London has received dispatches confirming the reports of the dlscovery of a plot to assassinate the ezar and the arrest of the ringleaders. These dispatches say that no actual attempt was made to kill the czar, as the plot had been discovered beforo he left the palace. 'The British government has recolved dispatches to the same effect from R.. D. Morier, British ambassador to St. Petersburg. A dispateh trom St. Dally News says: While the czar was returning from requiem services in the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul a bomb attached to acord was thrown in his direction, The intention was to tighten the string, which was connected with a mechanism, and thus explode the bomb, but before it could be executed the criminal and a suspected accom- plice were seized, It was found that they lived togetner in a lodging house in the sub- urbs of the clty., The police visited this house and discovered a quantity of explosives and a number of revolutionary pamphlets, Over 200 persons have already been arrested in connection with the affair and domiciliury visits are being made throughout the city. ‘The German police had wagned the Russian authorities that an attempt'was to be made against the ezar's lite, but the latter failed to trace the plotters, THE POPE WILL JUDGE, Petersburg to the The Settlement of the K. of L. Ques- tion in His Hands. [Copyright 1887 by James Gordon Bennett.) Rome, March 15.—[New York Herald Cable--Special to the Bk, |—As the question of the Knights ot Labor is to be settled by the holy office Itis of deep importance to know how that question will be judged. Once every week, on Wednesdays, the council of the Inquisition meets ina room at the vati- can. Mgr. Sallan, a saintly and zealous Do- minican, presides on these occasions, and the cardinals of the inquisition, nine of whom are living here, attend, together with the assessori, The pope, who is prefect of the holy office, is also present. No declsion whatever is come to without his approval, and he may veto or upset any declsion, The knights will therefore virtually have the holy father as their supreme judge—a fact upon which they may be congratulated. The coudemna- tion of the society, say in Canada, does not necessarily involve a similar condemnation in the United states. Each case will be tried not at liberty to give my authority but it could not be a better one. - An lmprobable Story, 87. PAvL, March 15.—A Windom, Minn,, special to the Pioneer-Press says: Two girls, aged fourteem and sixteen years, wan- dered iuto the town attired as boys. Their sex belng diseovered they confessed that they were Katle and Lilly Byers, originally from Lindsay,Ont., butrecently from Rochester, N. Y., wherethey were left by their brother, A. A. Byers, on the death of their parents. The brother removing to Colzary, Northwest ter- ritory, they hnal ?* started without money to find him, “Adopting boys’ attire they trav- elled on foot and in box cars and éncoun- tered all imaginable dangers, but their sex was not discovered until their arrival here. ‘Their story s doubtful. BRINGING IN THE BOODLERS. Five of Cook Oounty's Crooked Officials Arrested For Conspiracy to Defraud ALL OF THEM RELEASED ON BAIL, The Grand Jury Piling Up Evidence Against the Accused Men--A Str Legal Fight to Be Made, The Conspirators Corralled. CnicaGo, March 15,—|Special Telegram to the Bk, ] —The special grand jury which is investigating the charges against the Cook county “boodlers,” are putting In long hours and are rapidly collecting ceriminating evis dence. One of the witnesses to-day was Charles Pick, the crockery man, who fur- nished the insane asylum with such a large quantity of “lone tisherman” style of china= ware, and who also furnished Warden Var- nell’s lady friend on Wabash avenue a com- plete set of the snme pattern. ‘I'he recital of his story of the dealings he has had with the county and with county ofticials is expected to be one of the most interesting chapters of the record of the investl- gation when it can be given in detail, and is likely to go a good way In explaming how the county treasury I8 at present (n astate of bankruptey. There I8 no longe! y doubt that the “boodlers” will use money treely in their defense, as thele downfall means the possible ruin of several very wealthy gamblers and politiclans. They areto be met with a vigorous prosecution, however, and as an earnest that it will be in- spiring it has been learned that a fund of $§150,000 is being raised among business men to assist the state prosecutors in their work, and it is known that a number ot business men have subscribed $1,000 each, Warden McGarigle, of the Cook county hospital; Warden Varnell, of the county ine sane asyhum ¢ Edward MeDonald (brothier of “Mike'' McDonald, the noted ex-gambler), engineer at the county hospital; Richard Driscoll, bookkeeper of the Chicazof’harma= ceutical compuny, and one James 'I. Conm- nelly were arrested to-night for a mnnplnnl to defraud the county, and _an army of d tectives and deputy ~sheriffs Is scouring the city for others of the ‘“boodlers,” “who have within a couple of yenrs brought this countv to the verge of bank= ruptey. ‘They and their friends were beside themselves with fear and excitement all the evening. Mike McDonald, Johnny Craw- ford and a host of others were reporied to be flying all over the city hastlly devising means u) relief for their indicted friends. Cabs were dashing at break-neck speed from sheriff’s office—the headquarters the prosecution—to ‘the county spital, insane asylum, and places where the conspirators were wont to meet. Warden McGarigle was the first game bageed. He was at once driven to the sher- if’s oftice from the nospital. Mike McDog- ald was px’nlnr!ly on hand and had E. S, Dreyer, a prominent banker and real estate agent, there in a _moment. Dreyer quickly furnished bail, Warden Varnell was at a thenter when he heard the news that the offi- cers were after him. Varnell coolly walked to the sherifl’s office aud gave himself up. IHe and the others, liko McGarigle, were bailed almost the moment they reached the oftice of the sheriff, About midnight, when the suspects were being brought prinersd ‘about the county. bullding. bu ered _aboul unty bullding, fogross was sternly. dalflfihlll t the icers, their prisoners and persons about to sign bonds, The arrests are understood to be upon indictments returned this evening by the special grand jury which has been in session but two or three days, iy A Rock Island Railroad Bill 1xNcory, Neb., March 15.—[Speclal to the BEE.|—House roll 3¢2 by Mr. Watson, was passed directly In the interests of the Rock Island road, although it is couched, of course, in general terms, It gives to outside railroad corporations the right to lease and operatd roads In this state, which is a right they do not now possess. Every eastern road now in this state is operated by a lnrel!fn COMpAN. as part of a through line. "U'he right of sucl companies to lease and purchase thus far has been denied to them, but is guaranteed by this law, while the roads themselves are sub- ject to taxation, rezulation and control. Thy Rock Island ts an Illinois corporation and if seems is willing to build a lar amount ~ of road n this stal but thus far, it has feit that its title has ol been protected and its right to operate a road been put into such a shape that it could not be disturbed, The constitution forbids fors eign railroad companies securing right of way In their own name. Hence all these companies must organize local companies to which they loan 1 om\f to build the roads. After the latter are bullt the ple who fur- nish the money feel they ought to have the right to lease or B\lrchuue them. This right isgiven by this bill, and the Rock Island, thou-h different steps have been taken w& (l-’ur« it, is now on a similar footing with . & M. e The Transfer Reported Made. NEW Yonk, March 15.—1It is generally be- lieved on Wall street that the control of the Baltimore & Ohio has passed Into the hands of a syndicate. The story is current, and Is reporfed by parties who™ are generally ae cepted as good authority, that Jay lluumm acquired a quarter interest in the syndi an paid $1,400,000 in cash on the agree- ment, Russell Sage isalso named as & meine ber of the syndicate. Aeccording to the re- ports the Western Union takes the Baltimore & Onio telegraph lines, Dinsmore takes the express business, forthe Adams Express com= pany,and the Pennsylvania railroad takes the road. The details are said to have been are ranged last night, Nothing could be learned to-nicht of the result of the Sully-Sage conference to-day, but it is gencrally believed that the floating rumors are in the main correct and that the first payment for the control of the Balti~ more & Ohlo stock have been subscribed. Sully was repeatedly questioned in regard to the ~meeting, but “refused to give any information and would not even admit that he had been present at the conference. ‘The reports affected the stock market favorably and a majority of operators bejieve thatan agreement of some Kind has been concluded. The Bishop Family. NEW YoRi, March 15,—[Special Telegram to the BEE. ]—Reports from Detroit state that the wife of W. L Bishop, the mind reader, left there yesterday for New York. Bishop says: I am fully satistied that I have been made a victim of’ one of the blackest con- spiracies ever hatched by evil minds, I feared at ono time that my wife had become insane but now [ believe’ that she was de- coyed from home by bogus dispatches. Hel mother is evidently as much in the dark as am.” Mrs. Bishop is reported uuyln“n Detroit that her husband’s mind has "0 giving way some time under severe strain and that ‘when he became tulent an eranky she packed up and went to Newporf and then to Detroit, ~ She says she has 0o kuowledge ov his reported early romances and eleven year old daughter and will call him to account when she reaches Now York, Shethinks he 1s insane and will seek to keep him from going on the stage again, — - Wreck of a Schooner, Nortit EAsTiiaMm, Mass,, March 15.--Am unknown two-masted schooner went ashore this morning about 9 o'clock two miles soush of the life saving station at Nausette, Al attempts to reach her by the crew of the sta- tion have failed. The sea Is making a clean sweep over the schooner and hee hull is als most under water, ‘Ihree men can be counted from the shore lashed to the foreto) and one man is clinging to the bows The life saving crew have fired tifteen | :: at the vessel, out of which only one reael her, but the sea is too heavy to do anything, ‘Thére is not much prospect of saving the crew unless the weather moderates, ‘T schooner was bound south, loaded. She lies head on over half a wile from shore, T wind is blowing a gale from the uorthwest,