Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 24, 1887, Page 1

e SEVENTEENTH YEAR. HELD T0 BE CONSTITUTIONAL, The Supreme Court Sustains the Omaha Police Commission, AND SEAVEY HOLDS HIS JOB. All the Law Points in the Great Municipal Conflict Fully Dis- cussed By the Highest State Tribunal, Tha Police Commission Sustained. Lixcowy, Nov. 23.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—The supreme court handed down to-aay the ovinion in the Omaha police case, entitled Simeral vs Seavey, in which the court holds that the law creating the police commission is valid and operative; that the appointment of Seavey as chief of police un- der the luw was valid, and_a legal appoint- ment within the scope and meaning of the act. In regard to the constitutionality of the law, the court held that the pro ms of the act wh y it is made the duty of the governor to appoint a board of fire and police commissioners for ench city of the metropolitun class are not repugnant to the constitution. The opinion is written by Judge Cobb and concurred in by the other judges, The written opinion covers thirty pages and discusses in full all the salicnt points raised by counsel. Judge Cobb, in discussing the opinion, says the com int is in substance a quo warranto with a 1 1o obtain a judgment against obje o the oftice of chief of police; that the pe- titioners set up that the members of the ard of fire and_police neglected to enter o good and sufficient bonds; that they pre. tended to make uients, while no rules and regulations had been adopted by the council to govern them, “The petition claimed that th appointments of the board by the vere invalid because not made by senate. The cities, Judge Cobb but an inde- designed to be perfect in it ere metr ting holds, was not an amendment, pendent statute, politan self and by section 17 1 the act creating cities of st eluss and all acts ed hat it conts an emerge 0 offect and be came a law immediately after its passag T'here was no provision in the new law con- tinuing any oficer in power, and it is clearly the intent and within the scope of the act to establish o new government for the cities named in its ¢ In regard to the section of the law requiring the governor to uppoint a board of fire and police commissioners, the court holds that there ean be no doubt ws to the intent of the law and while provisions are found in the act which the mayor and council find authority, it does not follow that the o itself cun’ be ne- glected, The power wiving the mayor au thority.with the council to establish night wateh and police is a general provision and must not take the place of the definite see- tion creating the board. The court holds that 1 constitutional clause concerning the im- posing of taxes on the municipality is not violated. It is held the court’ that the plea that the gov appointments should " bo modo by and . with . the con it of the senate, is not good; that the governor shall appoint is mandatory without it of the senate with it. to the argument that the legisla- ture had not power to make party affiliation a qualification for office, the court holds that, the language of the act is simply d y 1o the - governor and that wheth the avpointec of one party or all parties, no party, affedts not the legality of the o somtments. o the question of the act mak- ng the governor the appointing power, and if that is not repugnant to the constitution, the court holds it is not. The application, as made to the court. is therefore denied, and the cause dismissed. Nebraska Supreme Court Doings. Lixcory, Neb,, Nos 1 to the Bek.]— Yestorday's proce low Schallor vs Omaling Reed vs Jones December 10, 1557, The following re.argument ordered. ord ordered retur 1s0s were dismissed: Brown vs Watson; Stephens vs state; More vs Wilms, Fhe following cause was continued: Heron va 'l mple The following causes were argued and sub- Dorsey vs mitt Clapp. Court adjourned to Tuesday, 20, 1887 0t S0 8. m. - Foot of doc called Friday 2, 135, Dougherty vs Grouft; BURK ccorded Him at B A Cordial We Chey Crevesse, Wyo, Nov, gram to the Bre.]—Rt. Burke arrived in Ch charge of the newl —[Special Tele Rev. Bishop M. S. enne to-day to assume crented diocese of Wyo- muing. Accompanying him were Father MacNamara, his sceretary, Bishop O'Connor, of Omaha, and a number of priests from Ne- braska and Colorado. The party was met at Pine Bluffs by a reception committee from Cheyenne. A public reception was tendered the bishop this evening, attended by promi- nent people of the city vegardless of denomi national beliefs. Governor Moonlight made an address of welcome to the new bishop and congratulated Bishop O'Connor on the work he had accomplished in Wyoming, Responses were made by Bishops Burke and O'Connor Both spoke with confidence of the future growth of Wyoming and predicted a - rapid development. * The new bishop has ereated a favorable impression here, not only wmong Catholics but Protestants, s regarded as marking vancement of Wyomi poral growth THE PLANTATION 8 The Troubles Break Out Louisia TrisonEAUS, La., Nov. 23 —The labor trou bles had about ceased, when, on Tuesday af ternoon, the people of this town were relia bly informed that an attack would be made upon the the town during the night. To pre vent any trouble a strong guard of deputy sheriffs was posted at ull approaches. At7 o'clock in the morning two of the guards wero shot from ambush and seriously wounded. Two of their friends rushed to their ussistance and while they were attempting 1o relieve their wounded comrades they were also fired wpon from ambush. Luckily they were not harmed o of excite ment arose wnd the armed guard of the town rushed to the scene of action, They were again fired upon from ambush and then ro turned the fire by a gencral fusilade, which was kept up until the rioters were disperscd and his comin a new ¢ ain the ad ual and tem Afresh in Some six rioters known to have been killed and as many more wounded. The peo ple are determined o preserve the peace and al rod citizen: in perfect accord, he casualtios so far merous, but there is & feeling among the best citizens that the Worst is over, that the pius sions aroused by the utterances of New Or e sufficiently nu leans communists, the so-called friends of labor, have baen stilled and_ that no blood will be shed or more lives lost fealing aguinst these Now Orleans commun- ists is very strong, and ou e haud theie conduct is denounced in the mwost unmeusurcd terus, — ‘Weather In For Nebraska and Iowa: ghit snow, fol lowed by fair weather, slightly rising tem perature except in eastern Iowa, falling, fol lowed by rising tempevature, light to fresh variable winds, shifting to cast fram, south Por Eastern and. Central Dakota: Warnicy, generally fuir weather, ight 10 fresh varible winds, THE OMAHA DALy BEE —_— " OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING BOUGHT OF The Injunction Suit Against the Chi- cago Gas Trust s Dismissed., Cuicaco, Nov, 23.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—One hundred and fifty thousand dollars is said to be the price that the Chi cago gas trust paid the Hoffman estate of New York for 400 shares of stock in the Chi- cago Gaslight and Coke company to-day and by means of which transfer the injunction suit and application for a receiver for the Chicago Gaslight and Coke company by the executor of the Hoffman estate of New York . which was in hearing before Judge Tulley several days last week, was dis- missed by the p'-ntiff's attorney this morn- ing. The par value of the shares is $25, so that the premium is 1400 per cent, It is also said that the gas trust will pay all the legal penses which the estate has incurred so that on the whole New York is ahead and Chicago far behind on to-day’s transaction. - Moses & Newman, the Chicago lawyers for the Hoffman estate, in the matter did not feel at liberty to name the amount but said that his firm were acting under direct in- structions for the New York lawyers and had not been consulted as to the advisability of the settlement, Mr. Newman expressed the regret of lus firm that they had not been allowed to earry on the litigation to the end. He continued: “This is the first time in the history of corporate litiga- tion that a stockholder has ever attempted to have a receiver appointed for a corporation. Hitherto the courts have always refused to make such appointments. But we managed to get possession of such damning facts against the gas trust and the gas company that the « been compelled to appoint u rec ing |I|r- gras trust and g jpoint a rec 3 v advised their clients to an agent to New York and they did send two gentlemen who have been in w_York for ten days careying on negotiations.” It wiis subsequently learned from an unde- trustworthy source that one of the emissaries to New York representing the trust was K. G, Forman of Forman Brc bankers, also that one of the damning fact alluded to that a number of Philadelphia and Chicago capitalists formed a combination to control all the gas companics in Chicago and in orderto do so they organized what has been known as the gas trust whose busi- ness it was to manage all the companies and to pay out the profits in the way of salaries, ete., 80 that the stockholders would get nothing at all and they placed u £10.000,000 mortgage on the property of the Chi Gas Light and Coke company and di £1.000,000 of it among themselves. This is now specifically known to be a fi The original bill was for an injunction to restrain the Chicago Gas Light and Coke company from issuing a £10,000,000 mortzage upon the property. Theiv clients held 400 of stock in this company. They that the issuance of sthe “mortgage swainp the corporation and that the mortgzage a8 simply intended as an instrument by which the manipulators should wreck the s com| beeause the company could never have paid the interest on the bonds and upon failyre to pay the intcrest the holders of the bond would have foreclosed and then the synd would have bought did in_the case of a8 company. In speaking wrt of the subject. Mr, Newman said : they, (the Chicago Gaslight & Coke company) prefended to have made the mortgage and to have issued the bonds and s0ld them to the Union National bank of +£7,600,000. Upon this view of the case our injunction to restrain them from doing what they had already done would have been uscless. We therefore concluded to change our position, to amend our bill und apply for the appointment of a receiver.” The motion for a receiver was argued before Judge Sulley last week and he took the mat- under ad “Weregret the ces: tion of hostilit d Mr. Newman. The appointment of a receiver would have de- stroyed the distrust. They would not have controlled the plant, we were not consulted by our New York lawyers or clients as to the propriety of selling the stocks. First we vere asked to carry on the litigation and afterwards to diswiss it."” —— UNDER O Consolidation of Santa Fe the St. Joseph & St. Louis, ST. Joseen, Mo., Nov. 23.—[Special Tele- m to the B fr. Winslow Ju president of tne St. Joseph & St. Louis rail- road_company, officially announced to-d: for the trst time, the relations which the S Joseph & St. Louis road would sustain to the nta ke, Mr. Winslow Ihe property of the St. Joseph & S Louis and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe will be under one management known as the Joseph, Louis & will' be and alth of this “We found that MENT. ‘With tem the; will be operated sepy same fr dly relations will e St. Louis and the Chicago, M St. Paul, and the immense north- e of the latter road will be cal St. Louis over the St. Joe & St. ried to Louis. The Anti- chts, Ciicaco, No pecial Telegram to the Be.]-The work of reorganizing the Knights of Labor on an anti-Powd is meeting good rly basis progress, according to Charles I Seib, secretary of the “Kickers' provisional committee. He claims to be in daily receipt of letters from local assemblies in various parts of the countr that most of the communications express discontent with the present head of the or and the methods of the present administra- tion New York, Nov. 23.—[Special to the Bee. | —The trouble wembers of the home club and the central office of the Knights of Labor is likely to sult in an open withdrawal from that “organ ization of a number of local assemblics that s controlled by a few discontented kil rainst the authority of Powderly. 'I'h 1 this revolt are those who hay epeatedly triedto get control of the orde for what purpose other than personal gain none but th s know. They crcated w Telegram between certain disturbance at Minneapolis during the con. and veution, cused Powderly dared to, Anarchy. [Special Telegram of uearly S qumnnn of retai tng Hugh O. Pent Ever :ht ago, denouncing the anarchist noand’ exp sympathy anarchistic doctrine, a fecling has inc in the chureh that ' change should be i the pastorate. Most of the ofticers of the churclh are in favor of retaining the pastor, and they expect @ wajority for him Ty 1 last night Unity church ain Rev. John C. Kimball as th rdless of his sermon 08t rmon made vastor! comparing the o Kim faction was composed largely meeting was lively througho - Weeds For A 'AG0, Noy Nina Van Zandt, the proxy wife of Anarchist Spics, wentto a willinery store with her mother this morning and ordered a mourning bonnet sent to her vesidence, Her mother objected to Nina pus ing a heavy veil, but Nina, after a fow hasty words, had her way and the veil wis bought. Miss Van Zaudt did not wear moyrning. at the wnarchist funeral, and the purchuse to-day is the first public intimation lat Nina will wear weeds for August, - Death of General Marcy. New Your, Nov. 23.--Brovet Brigadier ‘neral Randolph B. Marey died at Orange, V. J., list evening, at the uge of seyenty six. THE HUDLESTON LAND CASE. A Letter From Secretary Lamar in heference to It. STOCKSLAGER FULLY SUSTAINED The Decision of the Land Office Also Afirmed in Another Timber Culture Entry in the Mce Cook District. Two Decisions Sustained. Wasnixaroy, Nov, 23.—|Special Telegram to the Bek.]—Sceretary Lamar has addressed a letter to Acting Land Commissioner Stock- slager in reference to the D. C. Hudeltson land case from McCook, Neb.,, which is of more than local interest. The following is its full text: “I have considered the appeal of D. C. Hudeltson from your office decision of May 22, 1886, denying hLis application to make homestead entry for the northeast quarter of section 25, township 7 north, range 48 west, MeCook, Neb, Tnstead of the land being the northwest quarter of the same sc tion, town and range named in his homestead declaratory statement, Hudeltson filed his homestead declarate statement August 12, 1885, and on March 26, 158, made his appli- cation to enter the other land. After filing he returned to Kansas for the purpose of closing up his affairs preparatory to remov- ing permanently to his homestead claim, He s in his letter dated March 26, 1886, and filed in support of his app cation, that it was impossible for him to return in the fall and since January 1 the winter has been so severe that he could not move with his family and young stock till the present time; that he ar- rived in MeCook on his way to said land late last evening and on applying to Lomestead the land covered by his said filing this morn- ing, was informed for the first time that said tract was covered by a homestead entry— No. 558—made March 11, 1856, by Elisha 'l Smith, This afidavit is duly corroborated. The circular of December 15, 1882, allows entry to be made for the same tract of land named in the declaratory statement after the expiration of the six months after the date of In cases where the failure results misfortune or any insurmount- wse which shall be properly alleged and sutisfactorily shown and whiere 1o sdverse right has intes , where such cause has prevented entry and an adverse ruling has been admitted, it will be held proper within the diseretion of this offce to allow any entry upon another tract, provided that it shall be shown to the full satisfaction of the commi sioners that the default was practically ond the power of the claimant to a “Phe applicant has not in this case prescnted a state of fucts that brings it withiu the pr visions of this circular. He docs not state any of the circumstances that prvented his return to the land in the fall of 1855, before the setting in of cold weath neither does he show that the winter of 155556 was ex- onally severe, or that travel was inter- rupted storms or snow blockades. In short, there is nothing n his application to show that he honestly endeavored to comply with the requircments of the laws and was prevented therefrom_by cireumstances be- yond his control. Your said decision is affirmed The s decision in the appeal case of R. G. Gilfillan, of the McCook land dis- trict, also involves a general question. Gil- fillan made a timber culture entry January 14, 1885, and July 22, 1885, filed & _relinquish- ment. On June 2, 1586, he filed his petition to have his right restored and at the san time filed an application fer another entry, In passing upon_that _application " the land commissioner said. It seems that the relied too much upon the representation of others in muking his entry. I must therefore decline his request and for the further reason at the law of June 14, 187, allows but one timber claum en From this decision Gilfillan appealed. This application is accompanicd by the affidavit of the applicant, duly corroborated, which sets out in substance that he was induced to make the first entry by the false representa- tion of & certain locater, who represented that there was no right or claim to the land_except an old pre-emption claim which “had run out and was no good what- ever, and that the pre-emptor had abandoned the same and had rever lived on the land and that there would be 1o trouble in this appli cant securing the land.” He further states that he was a young man, ouly twenty-one of age, from the east, and not being inted with the manner of taking land, the statements of the locator; that ¢ afterwards he found he had been de- ceived and_misled as to the facts concerning the land. When he learned that he had been misled and had no chance to hold or zet this land, he relinquished his right to the govern- ment without consideration. The scerctary says to the commissioner: “If by the sta ment that the actof June 14, 1875, allows but one timber culture entry, you mean that under no circumstances may a second_entry be made, I cannot concur with you. Entries under the timber culture law should be gov- erned as to amendments and the allowances of second entrics by the rules that govern homestead entrics under like circumstances. There are circumstances under which a_see- ond entry may be properly allowed, as where, through no fault or neglect of the entryman, the first entry was incapable of bemg to a patent. "The petition i not set up facts that entitle the appli to the relief asked. It appears that he was aware that there was a declaratory state ment for the land on file and this was sufficient to put him upon his guard, The pre-emption filing was no bar to his entry for the land. He simply took the chances of that filing b rfe was misled and d he hired to loca cted into an entry. That he ived by the party whom him, while unfortunate for him, is not sufticient reason for allowing him nd entry. The petition does not show the applicant exercised the slightest tion ¢ v prudence in making his sel xtent of inspecting the land in per son. For the reason stated your decision: re- Jecting the application is_afiivmed.” Thanksgiving Day in Washington, WasHINGTON \n\ 23, Tel to the Bee.] and sentatives are in Washin 'y less than one-fourth of all will Thanksgiving dinner here to-mo Dbulk of them have returned to th for that. Most of those who are keeping house here, were in the market early this morning buying yellow legged turkeys at 15 cents a pound and ¢ cents i bunch, It will be a quiet Th ng day in \\‘.uh 1hof th 0 s and there ter a drill at the bar repre- m to-night and eat their w. The homes the national wards. Ouly the markets will be openand they will close ¢ No business will be done iu the de and commercial men will generally take a rest. It will be like i W Personal WasnixGro, Nov to the Bee.|— Representati of lowa, is at the Ebbett, stary Whitney was able wday to-morro shingtou, to be at desk to-day and to attend a dinner given by the Chinese miuister to-night. his Mrs. Belva A, Lockwood has received a letter from a gentleman in Denver, Colo., stating that he sees no reason why he should not employ an attorney to procure a wife for bim und then places his case in her hands, He states ‘that be is engaged in the banking business und would therefore prefer the widow of a banker, He then procceds to describe himself and his financial condition, tewperment, ete, and usks her aid. Mrs, Lockwood hjis already secured the address of i lady whom she supposes will fill the bill, A Postal Ruling, WASHINGTGY, —In response to an appeal taken by a promsinent New York news L 2 NOVEMBER 21, 1887, NUMBER 159 company from the ruling of Postmaster Pier. son at New York, exacting a first class rate of postage on certain third and fourth class mail matter now held at the New York vost- office, the postmaster generul has plied that while he has no power to authorize any modification of the law re- garding permissable printing on wrap- pers enclosing such matter, the statutes do confer upon him the right 'to remit penal- ties, Holding that the extra charge of post- age in this particular case falls into the na- ture of a penalty, the p-m\lly or additionul ge is remitted, The postoffice depart- tis preparing a circular letter, which will ent to wll postmasters, authorizing them mit penalties in all similar cases or where the circumstances scem to require it - A BAD MAN CAPTURED. Capture of a Tough With Many Aliases at Duluth, Durvrn, Minn,, Nov. ~—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—James Egan, alias James Somers, desperado, dive keeper, illicit seller of whisky and wanted in several states for various erimes, was captured by Deputy Sheriff Free yesterdaymorning at Tower and lodged in the county fail at this place for safo keeping. Eean is 5 fect 9 inches in_ height and about thirty-five years old, with a hard, “devil-may-care 100l Egan scts himself up for a ““holy terror’ and has alr once stood off the county authorities sy sfully, but this time he had a determined, resolute man to deal with, and is now safe behind the bars. The town of Ely and surrounding country has for some time past been partially run' by this rufhian, who openly defd arrest, swearing that it would cost any man his life to attempt to arrest him, So sure was he of immunity shat he attempted a few duys ago to shoot an explorer named Ralmer, who refused to assoc with him. He came up behind Mr. Palmer and, exclam- ing, “Damn you, I'll kill you anyway,” put a pistol to his head and fired. Palmer luckily ducked his b aped witha bad scalp wound. He round, and An, thinking he had been ful in killing him, walked off, cold ding his revolver. He fobbed two men not long ago, at the point of a pistol, of a canoe and all their camp equipments and repeatedly sent verbal mes- sages to Deputy Sheriff Free daring him to arrest him, but his time came at last. As soon ' as Mr. Palmer recovered sufficiently he went to Towes and waited tuere until the would-be murderer should appear, In due time he came there and put up at Dave Kelle, > went there and waited for his man, who never expected for one moment that even a complaint had ; nst him, much less that he waould be The deputy waited near the door of the bar-room and as Ejgan put his nosc inside the door be found himself look- ing down a pistol barrel, at the other end of which was a short, dark_man, who evidently meant business. The desperado was taken aback, but Mr. Free had the drop on him, ' &0 there was mothing for. him bus to surrender, The bracelets soon clinked ound his viliainous wrists and in the twinkling of an eye he was in the lockup, Yesterday he was® brought before Judg Williams, of Tower, and bound over to_th next tern of court in the sum of £1,000. This is i very important capture, as this villaia has for years existed by robbery and terror izing other men, and the authorities of Mis- souri, llinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michi gan, Nebraska and other ‘places have been looking for him. He i8 a muscular, well- built fellow. He last came from Marinetto, where he is wanted for shooting a man. st summer he kept the lowest kind of a dive up on the shores of Long Lake, where he and his fellow-pirates held high revelry. He bears a very hard character and one which docs 1ot seen to possess a single re- deeming featur A‘(na 's Trial. New Yourk, Nov. —Assistant District Attorney Nicoll made the opening argument for the people to-day in the case of the State vs. Johann Most. Nicoll told the jury that the clause of the penal code under which the indictment was brought provided that any assembly of three or more persons at which was threatened any unlawful act was an un- Jawful assembly and the participants were guilty of a misdemeanor. Colonel Fellow will #im up the case for the prosecution. De- tective Roth, for the vrosecution, was the first witness called. The witness told how he and his brother officers were present at the meeting in disguise, and gave a detailed account of what was said and done, Saxe, another detective, corroborated Roth in full. The cross-examination of Saxe was begun by Mr. Howe. An effort was made to show that the witness had given different testi- mony before the grand jury. The witness had not given his account of the meeting so full as at the trial, and he admitted having made a mistake before the grand jury in s ing that Most began his speech with the words, “Fellow Slaves.” The words used Most w “Bruder Anarchists.” He ught Most had used the English plural of anarchist and not the German. Simons 1) fus, a reporter, corroborated the other wit- nesses substuntially. A man had sat next him at the meeting who jumped up saying. “Why not o-dayt We ready.” Most con- cluded lv') ing:r “Tam an anarchist. Rise anarchy! Long may it live!” He thought it time to get out, which he did. He did not take notes because he did not want to be cavried out dead. The witness did not suffer much under a severe cross-examination, The state rested its case and the court adjourned. s vy Will Resign —President Gr radical member President ¢ Pans, Nov. informed Maret, to-da of the chamber deputies for the department of the Seine, that he had decided to resign. He said he would to-morrow ask Ribot to form a ministry to superintend a meeting ‘nf of the congress of the senate und chambe deputies which will eleet a new pres Ribot should refuse to form will ask blet to do so. stated that he will not quit his post before is- suing an address to the country in which he will repudiate the responsibility for the pre ent state of affairs, and declures th tirement is foreed by the erning the country. He presidency with th future of ‘the republie. 1wo hours' confercuce Raynal, 1t is reported that Ribot, memby chamber of deputies, will form anew ¢ among the members of which will be and Peves, It is stated that during the interview with Marett tod Presiaent Grevy was atly affccted and pleaded piteously for tim Marctt was obdurate and told him it was his duty to resign not later than Saturday. It is reported that Grevy wovked at Lis message until a late hour to-night. Clemenceau, Granet, Lockroy, Roche and others held a consultation to-night r garding Grevy's suceessor. 1t is rum that all militury candidates were rejected. 2 - sl The Charles I, Chouteau Bu GUEENFILLE, Miss., Nov. 23.—Last night wer Charles P, Chouteau burned at A colored fiven and coloved deck passenger were b death. The boat and eargo of cotton are a tot othing beimg left of the great cot ton carr ier immense iron Lull Al Wants Its Chart Forfeited, NEw Onreaxs, Nov, 2i—-The Geiman- American Insurance company to-da, petition in the civil_district court, y for the forfeiture of its charter, th for the esident held a Ferry and The y with of the inet, Goblet ing AISE 08 sirned being the fadure of Runk & Co., of Kentucky, the compuny’s largest correspond. cnts, —— “Blnky" Morgan €entenced to Hang. CLEVELAND, Nov. #8.—At Ravena to-da judee Johnston overpuled the motion for a new trial in the f “Blinky” Morgan, and sentenced the prisoner to be lang the penitentiary at Coiumbus, March 16, The case will be carried to the cireuit court. - Chairman Jones Will Not Resign. Pirtsnvke, Nov. 28.—Hon, B. F. Jones, chairman of the natlonal republican execu. tive committee, denies the report that ke in tends res committec, Ui 3t the coming wiceting of the ]\\ HO FREED QUIN BOHANNON ? A Jury Says Locksmith Klocke Didn't Do It. BURGLARS PREPARE FOR WINTER. Clothing Worth $500 Stolen From a Fremont Store—A $30,000 Fire at Conway, Ian.—Murder at Silver City. More Victims of the Shotgun. Cr Neb, Nov Claude Williams and George Harrineton, twelve-year-olds, while hunting on the Big Blue river yester- day, were dangerously injured by the acei- dental discharge of a” gun. Williams' arm and stomach were perforated with shot and the flesh torn from H ngton's left arm., The latter will probably lose his arm. el Famey A Blaze at Clarks Station. Cranks, Neb,, Nov, 23 e clevator of Clark, Heaton & Co., was destroyed by fire this morning. Two horses in an adjoining burn were also burned. The origin of the fire is unknown, il Klocke Cleared. Nenrasga City, Neb. 23— [Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The case of Dick Klocke, charged with assisting Bohannon in his escape which has been before the district court for the past two days was concluded to- day by the jury finding Klocke not guilty or a Broken Leg. Damages Fiesoxt, Neb., Nov [Special gram to the Bre]—A jury in the dist court this evening brought in a verdict of #£500 damages against the city for Martin Brenner who broke his arm by slipping and falling on un inclined sidewalk some months ago. He sued for §2,00. Trying to Prove an Alib Siovx Ciry, In, Nov. 2 gram to the Ber.]—The day lus been con- sumed in taking testimony by the defense in the Arcnsdorf case. An attempt is being made to prove an alibi for the prisoner. A large number of witnesses have been on the 1. There are no new ones as yet, how- The testimony of the Josephsous is still the talk on every hand. The Pella Poisoning Case. K~oxviLLe, In., Nov. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the B —The trial of Vandeven, charged with poisoning his wife at Pella last August, has been in progress here for the past three d The evidence for the pros- ecution is now nearly all in, The state has endeavored to show that the defendant was not on good terms with his wife before she died and to establish the existence of poison in her stomach. The defense deny the latter and claim that she died from natural causes. Murder in M Des Motses, Ta., Nov. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber]—Sunday afternoon Tsaae Rook and a young man named McQueen 1 ing near Silver City, Mills county, became involved in a quarrel which resulted in Rook's striking McQueen a terrible blow over the head with a hoe. A post mortem ex- ammation is now being held, and an indict- ment will probably follow. Mot Fire at Conway. Nov. 23.—[Special Telegram s County. Lexox, Ta. to the I Fire broke out at Conway in Houston Bros.’ hardw at 2 o'clock this morning. In thirty-five minutes it had burned Houston Bros.’ hardware store, James Anderson & Co.'s genc , the post- oftice, James Mathews' general liam Benson's “ice-house, and Ba blacksmith and wugon shop. insured for §),000. ——— Foster Pleads Not Guilty. N Ia., Nov. 23.—[Special Tel —Milford Foster, of Emmet Reed, pleaded guilty to-day at Bedford. The trial place next Tuesday. Tt is generally ex that he will be the subj 1o the By murderer the supposed not Christening of Eugenie Julia Ena" at Ballater, |Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] BALLATER NEAR BaLMoRaL, (via London), Nov. 23.— [New York Herald Cable—Special to the BEE.]—One year ago to-d born a son ((l the princess Beatrice his, its first . was celebrated by the queen tening day for the princess' little givl. The ceremony throughout was simple and indeed democratie. Little ubout it suggested royalty. Doubtless as a special compliment to Scotland, the queen chose the baptism formal of the Scotch Presbyterian chureh and sclected to officiate at the font, Dr. Lees, only three days home from hi visit to New Yorl He is the min- ister of St. Giles, Edinburgh, a dean of the Thistle and principal Scottish chaplain to the qu Thus, for the first time—because the Stuarts were Catholics—a royal infant has been baptised into the Scotch Presbyterian chu One o'clock was the hour selected, the place being that drawing room so often referred to in the queen’s books, with wind- ows overlooking the picturesque valley of the river Dee, in the background of which rise the shadows of the historie Grampian hills, It is a plainly furnished apartment, suen s successful - merchant might plan—a long room, rich in window light and views, with curtains of Balmo- ral tartan dropping upon a carpet of t uart hunting tartan. There is not one very luxurious belonging about the room. Upon the walls hang proof engravings of Lands [ 's famous deer scenes or his sug- :stions of hunts over the heather and hills, At one extremity of the drawing room stood groups of Balmoral tenants, keepers and at- tendants—good sturdy highlanders—with their families, all in_ picturesque and varie- gated costumes, At the other extremity was ranged an aristocratic group of guests—the Princess Fredericka of Hanover, the dow- ager Duchess of Roxburg and the Marchion ess of ly, court ladics-in-waiting, the Countess of Erroll, who is the lord high Church of Scotland, the Rt cabinet minister-in-waiting, sonby, the Earl of Hoheton, commissioner to the Hon. C. Ritchie, Pon- r Henry the queen’s confidential Prof. and Mrs. Profei, the queen’s particular neighbors und her fumily friends, together with muny other guests. Several dee looked in from the lawn and scemed startle when the excrcises began with the sing. ing of a Scotch bymn by a selected Aberdeen choir. In the center of the room stood the royal grandmother surrounded by her Indian servants, durk orientals blazing ud gold. It did not scem that a queen 1d empress stood there but rather a woman and a mother wearing a smile which sug- gested youthful tenderness, She wore a dress of black silk trimmed with black lace. Across b w5t she wore @ narrow scarf the Balmoral plaid. Beside her stood the father, mother and nurse, who held the coo- ing cause of the assemblage,all fronting the chuplain, who, in dress, suggested the well known picture of Johu Knox. Not far away was another nurse, holding the year old prince who lovked arcuud with kuowing wonderment. There w nothing royal or entious in the dresses of either baby al H\uvuh the christening robe, with its wealth of bottom embroidery and adorn- ments of lace crossed with a Scoteh rib bon, was the object of much admiration, Curiosity was visible upon all faces as the minister ap proached the naming, because as yet the name was & sceret. He announced it as “Victoria Eugenio Julia Ena Eugenio after the empress, Julia after the Princess Battenbe the German grandmother, and Enaas a Scotch name. The water used was from the river Jordan and after the baptism was sung a new hymn by Arthur Sullivan. The service con- cluded with singing of a German hallelujah, The whole affair passed off ina thoroughly domestic way and next came the luncheon for the “‘classe and afternoon jollity for the “masses.” e Sensations in Court. Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxbo: Nov. [New York Herald Cable~ 8 1 to the B The several law courts to-day were busied with scnsa- tional cases. Judge Manisty and a special jury had a case involving the interesting point that, although the original plaintiff, a wine m hant who was libelled, had died, yet his exceutors could continue the action so far as it slandered his title to o wine trademark. The defendant was the London agent of Messrs, Delbeck, of Rhcims, The opening statement of the Q. C., which was sustained by the evidence was that Messis, Delbeck had a champagne trade mark in Americain 1870 which they registered in France as L' Delmonico, as a trade mark for the champagne. They only sold this wine to one or two people in push the trade here for fear of interfering with the American trade and did not register their trade mark in this country until May, 1883, The plamtift in 1879 registered the Delmonico champagne and the defendant in- serted in two trade cireulars the fol- lowing caution: “L' Delmonico cham- pagne. Messrs, Delbeck & Co., of Rheims, finding a wine stated to be Del- monico champagne being advertised for sale in Great Britain horeby give notice that such wine cannot be the wine itis represented to be us no champagne shipped under that name can be genuine unless it has their names on the label. Such wine being shipped from France they will take procecdings to stop such shipments and such other procecd- ings in England us they may be advised.” This publication was the ground of action upon the former trial. Their non-suit on the ground of action, being personal, died, when the plaintiff died. The divisional court held Dt though this was, so far as the action was concerned, one libel, yet procecdings could be continued so far as the action asked damages for slandering the title to the trade mark. Defense—no malice and statement true. Both Macs made speeches sparkling with spirited champagne, as it were. When the jury expressed their opinion that the publies tion was a libel on the trade-mark, but pub- lished without malice, and assessed damages Mr. Justice Manisty said: “Is there no and and did not malice? Then the verdiet should be for the defendants,” Accordingly the action dismissed. Four other sensational proceedurcs wero also dismissed. In the Bow street court came a cross summons for assault between Debensaude, husband of Violet Cameron, and his old butler. The latter ignominiously turned “‘chucker” on his old master and cjected him from le maison Violet. George Lewis, for Miss Cameron and the butler, ob- tained the Irish verdict of “guilty but served him right.” In another court Madame Nicols was suing an aquarium company for breach of contarct in discharging her while she was acting as the iishing lady in the celebrated French ck. Justice Keywick waxed humorous over the case, non-suiting the vanishing lad and saying her case had vanished and look ing as if he would tell her it now time for her really to perform her trick. Ex-Lord Mayor Sir Francis Truscott, as alderman, was meanwhile dismissing the agent of an American wateh factory who, for an advertisement, had dangled an exagge ated watch on a cord and pulley stretehe across the street. On the trial, after the a cused had spent some time in another kind of a watch house, he was accused of obstruct- ing the highway. At the same hour of the day at Cheltenham a magistrate, amid great apdlause in court, dismissed & compluint made by one Gottwaltz for assault against Joel Thomas, father of a young lady whom the former hud scduced under promise of maraiage. It was said in court to be the case of a “masher mashed” with a horsewhip. The accused realized his name by precipitate flight. ~ All the parties are of high family conneetion, — Taffy For Scotchmen, Loxnoy, Nov. 23.—In a speech at a meeting of the national union of conservatives at Ox- ford to-duy, Lord Salisbury said he saw the success of the conference the happiest augury for the future, The information from Scotland showed that the cal the Scoteh would not sanction an endangering the integrity of the enipir acknowledged the generous und unstinted help of the liberalunionists and declared that 8o long a8 their support was assurcd the country would rest in peace, secure frow the ussuults of the party of disorde At the evening conferenc Lord Salisbury said he would not renew the discussion of 1 question whether home rule should be estab lished or not. 1t would pass the wit of 1 to produce a home v be pleasing to both The coming session of parli devoted more to measu the pressing wants of I intend until there was a manifest change in wid to propose increased powers of loc rnment there, The govern ed to face the obstruction, m of procedure was not enou required to |v||\(n|. wanton waste of public time. He hoped the | which would and Davitt t would be 8 that would satisfy wwland, He did not effect of these measures would be the re- storation of the character and uscfulness of The question of regulation of the m. would hav a foremost place in I government bill. He was in favor that traflic s far us consistent with social ¢ He was ¥ opposed to chureh discstablishiment, but aduitted that the government was bound to reform the church by removing whatever the loc of liberty in was strongl vils were proved 1o exist. He promised o u ve for the removal of the tithe charg: from the land. The state of agriculture, he siid, was deplorable. Whatever measures of might obtain general consent would receive the adiest consideration of the gov. ernment, Referring to the Trafulgar squave troubles, he said he regarded the meetin there as Tawless demonstrations, They w Gladstone's words. 1 to an Irish mob the natural Gladstone could not | to defy Jaw without ha s advice ap plied in England as well government vas determined at all costs to maintain the supremacy of the luw. He could 1ot under stand whit it was that excited the sympathy of the Englishi lierals in the case of William O'Brien, who b e luw aud incited others 1o Juwle results of Signiticn 15, Walsaw, N wilitary ban : Couerid Gourko, on pro- fecrs, said: “Unless uloited e a very brief 1 not be lor before 1 will 1o the field, us 1 did a decade ALL UNITED FOR CARLISLE, Little Doubt That He Will Be the Neoxt Speaker. SAM RANDALL TO SUPPORT HIM. An Effort at Harmonic Effect—The President as an Equestrian—Sen- ator Riddieberger Delivers Hime self- Washington News, All Agreed on Carlisle. WasHiNaToN, Nov. 23— Special Telegram 1o the Ber.]— 1t is conceded by all factions that Mr. Carlisle will be re-clected speaker without noteworthy opposition. This even. ing's Star says that it is asserted that one of the independents, Mr., Anderson, of lowa, will enter the democratic caucus, as he cane vassed his state for the democratic ticket in the recent contest. If that is correet, even should the other three independents vota with the republicans, the democrats would have thirteen majority. 1tis said that Mr, Randall would put Carlisle in nomination for speaker in the caucus but, as it is customary for a candidate to be put forward by his own state delegation, that course will, in all probas bility, be pursued. But the nomination will be seconded from among the protectionists, perhaps by Mr. Randall and Mr. McAdoo as o mark of evidence of harmony existing in the party. » Ride. 28, [Special Telegram the Bk |- President Clevelaud, who ently sfuseribed to an annual member- ship in the riding school in the northwest scction of the city decided to take an active part in the school, He will take pri- vate lessons in order to reduce his weight and to insure as much priviacy as possible, he pro- Poses to receive s instructions very early inthe morning. As soon us he sceures n good seat the president will purchase a hand- some saddle horse and will join Secretary N, Nos Fairchild in his daily rides. President Cleveland has not yet walked a distanco of five blocks within the limits of the city of Washington. Among others who have taken membership in the viding school aro Secretary’s Whitney, Lamar, Endicott, Bayard ~and | Fairehild; Commissioners Wiicatly, Webb and Ludiow; Senator's Cullom Edmunds and Charles ( Glover, John W. Thompson, E. Francis Riggs, Mrs. R. C. Hitt, Mrs. Mildred . Carlisle, Dr's. Florén aue, Hon. John M. Glover, Justice W. T, Cox and Judge John Davis. Riddien View WasHiNGTON, No [Special Teleg to the Brr. |- Senator Riddlcherger, of v ginia, was here to-day on his way to Phila. delphia, where he addresses the Clam-na. Gael und the United Trish 'ty tonight, During his wait at the railvoad station he de- livered a fow opinions, polit i other wise. He thought the republicans of the old dominion were “licked fair and square” in the late election, and declured there was ne fraud at the y ll* Pregident Cleveland's il servie d, was notendorscd by Virginia X and they cursé him soundly for it, yet the state will send o solid delegation to the convention for him because the democrats there believe he is the strong: est man to be nominated. Scnator Riddle berger hates Senator Mahone with a vene ganeo and - toduy - declurod that laine, who | lost Virginia by only 4,000, would ha carried but for the ambition of William Talking of his_uccessc pointed to J. S. Barbouw many silent aspirants would almost be impossible to tell who would succeed him. Barbour was u shrewd politi- cian, but a mighty poor speaker. He was not the best man the demoerats could send, If the senatorship was given to Barbour, would bo tendored o him out of gratitudo, In closing his remarks about the senute, ho suid with cmphasis: “A poor man hus no more right o be in the United States senate than an iceberg hus in i— or in Flovida,” Mahone, y he said indications but there were sq n the field that if Army News. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.] lt is expected that congress will pass the necessary bills to secure, here- after, monthly payments to the army. 'The experiment has been tried at thirty-five posts near to the stations of paymasters und has given satisfuction. The paymaster general, in his annual report, states that with his present force and a shight increase of appro- priation for the necessary expenses, the other posts, over a hundred in_number, can all be paid monthly and requests legislation accordingl Second Licut nt Frank W, Ellis, signal corps, has been ordered to proceed from this city to Sugar Loaf Mountain, Mo., on publi¢ business. First Lieutenant James A. Hutton, Bighth infantry, is to act as inspector of certain fuel at Charleston, 5. C. Flirst Licutenant James (i, Warren is or- dered from the West Point military academy to Millett's Point, N. Y., for engineer duty. First Lieutenant John Biddle is ordered from engineer duty in the department of Dakota to the military academy, Second Licutenant Samuel | First artillery, has been grantc ave, First Lieutenant ¥ Sturgls, ir., Wo months} lerick Wooley, Tenth » hias been appoiuted receiving officer rlos, Ariz ¥ ant Dodge will at Fort Leavenwe lonel J. P, Martin n Francis Clark omd in- sident of the court martial now. in session at Fort Lyon, Cal Al court martial with Captain James wenty-third infantry, as president, ‘ort Brady, Mich., No- infantr; it gen- wbsence Twenty-se sence have heen granted as Licutenant Oliver Warmick, three months' extension: First Lieutenant, Francis Patten, Twenty-first infantry, two months’ extension First Licutenant 'Jumes V.S, Paddock, Fifth infantry, six mouths' leave on account of disability, Pensions Issued, WASHINGTON 3 [Special Telegram to the Ber.]—The following pensions have been issued for Nebraskans: Mexi William R. Huntoon, Omaha, Authony W. De ugh, Cheney. William . Davenport, Creighton; Tuthill R. Coleman, Madison; August Mahling, Ply. mouth; Delin B., widow of Henjamin Hotehkiss, Beattice, Mex wir—J man B, Tucker, Glen Rock. Inerease—John H. McGraw, Sett Pensions for lowans: Christiania, mother of Henry . Landers, Lamoni. Mexican war—Seth 1. Huntington, Clarion; David Gephart, Ottum Original- O, lef, il¢; Charles Diesing, Marshalltown, s 0 Hiram Holmes ius, Monda Henry M. Eng Clinton; Wil Mugnoliat John Jacob Wiscaruer, Grin- ¢, Martlett; John A. um Hennuw, Pr i we W Lee, Moultol widow of Jolin Phill pn, ssiuh Rechart, Me nell; Gust, Gire Resto Clint. icsville Il, Winslow. Increus J. Parmonter, Ford; Samuel P, Ca 1do Francis W, l\uhlrll' Selma; s Schrody, Wauken; John 8. Pere: s Herter, Montezuma Snmettshurg, Reissuo— Wil Lewis; George W. Hungate, Pleasantyille, Postal Changes. WASHINGTON 25— [Special Telegram to the Bek.)—The !nl]n\\mg Nebraska posts masters were appointed to-day: William Ewen, Gilead, Thayer county, vice Thomas J. Kirk, removed; Martin 1. Wintermote, Shamrock, Holt county, vice Miltou Henoclgy | s it