Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 18, 1888, Page 2

_ LONSDALES TLLICIT LOVE Yiolet Oameron's Manager on the ‘Witness Stand. AN ENTERTAINING EXAMINATION. Bome Very Oold Facts Brought Out Regarding His Relations With the Engiish Actress—Mrs, June's Reception. Some Scandalous Admissions. (Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxnoy, Feb, ‘17.—[New York Herald Cable—S peeial to the Brr.]—Toujours per- fide—once more the Camerons and Lonsdale , clana were to the,police fore to-day. Violet's husband was on tefal for a marital burglary, and Lord Lonsdale was in thé witness box, cast ‘a8 @ pugilist, cynical as Sir Charles | yColdstrcam and as contemptuous as Don “Gliovannd, David De Bensaud, the husband, “looked as it o padded cell in Bedlam would * better befit him than the dock. His counsel called Lord Lonsdale as hisown witness, and thus the cxamination proceeded. + He gave his name as Hugh Cecil Lowther, residing at Carleton house terrace. Counsel—"*Have you seen the damage at Cavendish road, swhich is said to.have cost £4 1081 Lord Lonsdale—"I don't know anything about 1 have not seen it.” “Did you not swear at Newcastle that you had not committed adultery with Violot Cameron " “I did not swear at all.” “But you heard Mr. Lickford, your solici- tor, say 807" “Probubly he did, beasuse it was true at that time.” “Dia you deny having committed adultery at all?” George Lowis objected, and the magistrate upheld the objection. “Is it true or not that you are in the habit of visiting Miss Cameron from Saturday to Monday every week?” “Certainly not.” “Well, have you visited 14 Cavendish road at all” “Yes, sometimes once a week and somo- times once a month.” . “The defendant has constantly warned you not to go there, has he not” “No, I only met him there once, and then he invited me in at Cavendish road, not at Blenheim place.” “‘Has he not worried you since theni” *No, I have not seen him since.” “Did the defendant not try to give you into custody for assault at Cavendish roadi” “Yes, he tried to.” “For assault!” “I did not say se." “Did you vot force your way into the house, and shut the door in his face?” “No.” “‘Have you not been the cause of litigation between the defendant and his wifet” #No, I swear I have not."” “Were you not on terms of intimacy with the defendant " “Never." “Did you not look upon him as your friend (" “'(Good gracious, no. The first I knew of him was in a theatrical matter, in which he misapplied £300, How could he be a friend of mine#’ “Do you mean to say he has not reason to complain of you?” “After I went to America he may have had occasion to complain of me, but not be; fore.” “When the money was paid at Cavleton house terrace, did you tell defendant there was nothing between you and his wife.” “No; on the contrary I told him I had com- mitted adultery and what theresult would be =it fact, that his wife had had a child.” “Why did you register the child in the de- fendant’s name?" “I had nothing to do with the registering of the child.” “But you know a child should be regis- tered in the name of its—"" Counsel—*Father.” Lord Lonsdale—*'The husband.” Cross examined by Mr. Lewis: “The de- fendant brought divorce proceedings against me and clasimed £10,000 for having committed adultery with Mrs. De Bensaud on July 7, last year. The case was ready to come on for hearing and on that date defendant mgreed to accept £750 in discharge of his wife's adultery. The money was paid to de- fendant on that day. The defendant was also subsequently paid £850 as costs. Ihad previously paid defendant £125 for postpon- ing the hearing of the case. Mr. Lewis—Having paid £750 for his wife's adultery, and having told him his wife had had a child, did he nextday withdraw the charge of adultery and say he was satisfled of his wife's innocence? Lord Lonsdale—*'‘Yes, that was so.” Re-examined: ‘‘Have you not sworn that you had not committed adultery since the Newcastlo casel” Lord Lonsdale—'‘No,” It now being evident that Lord Lonsdale had been called simply for annoyance, even at the risk of degrading the half-crazed husband, the magistrate acted on undisputed testimony, saying, “I am satisfied tiat the damage done amounted to £4, 10s. I have nothing to do with the rights or wrongs of the partios except as to the damage. If com- plainant, objectea to her bysband going to her house she had a remedy by injunction or she could bring action for trespass. If defend- ant wishes to gosto his wife’s house he must take a lawful course, It had been proved ‘that Mrs. Do Mensaud was owner of the ‘house and as such no one,whether husband or Mot, bad & right to interfere with her. [ fine the defendant 1s and order him to pay £4 10s, thé dambge, OF, in default, go to prison for seven day#.'* > J:Defendunt gave notice of appeal to the It was satid in wourt that some bitter foes of Lord Lonsdale were behind Violet's hus- band, backing him"with encouragetent agd o ekl WLt el I the Commons. ¥ v~BoxNDoN, Feb: 17.—In the commons this _eveniiig Balfour restmed his debate on the ‘address in reply to the queen's speech. He mented.upon the vehement: character of '$'Brien’s remarks last evening and said § was nothiing but what he was sccustomed to from™ the same quarter. He consoled him- self with the reflection that attacks of even a worse character had been made against “O'Brien’s present allies. ' United Ireland had * compared Trevelyan to » skunk, a cuttlefish, and ‘@ hangman, O’'Brien had likewise drawn a comparison between Gladstone and Judas Iscsriot and for continuous weeks United Ireland, more than insinuated that Trevelyan and Farl Spencer had conspived to shield men guilty of the most horrible and nameless crimes. O'Brien—I stated that the result of their misguided action was to shield those persons, but [ uewer alleged that they did so wilfully. Baifour said he would refer to United Ire- to pnv- his statements, but in reply to 0 ‘erl ‘'Quote ! ote!” said he would never thot Y repoating ing his lips by such ul:"dn‘oen uzd. )Ho denie In toto m&l‘:«ou that Earl Carnarvon favored a Dub ;:rxlhment and had opened Mfi: tions with. ‘nell with the knowledge of Saulsbury. compare the orimes aet of P to wal Balfour maintained that the q did not, while the former did, create sow crimes. O'Briea that bis Bined b ooie. opinlog i ined with pul 0 Raved tho people from & The government's action had heen modified by neither. Balfour, referring to the imprisonment of members of the house, twitted Trevelyan with making a weak remark to the effect that it was @& sickening thing for mem- bers of parliament. to be im- prisoned. It was a sickening thing that they should deserve it, said Balfour, and it would be much worse if the government had given the leading violators of the law a special privilege to defy it ‘with impumty. A child- lnh fuss had been made over their prison clothes. Complaint had been madeof a letter which he wrote durlnF 'Brien's imprison- ment, All it , he said, was that O'Brien was suffering from weak lungs and an excitable disposition. Regarding the alleged tortures in the prisons he requested the prison inspectors to make special inquiry, with a resultant report showing it to be utterly untrue. Asa matter of fact O'Brien's health improved [Hear! Hear!]. He wastwe poumn when he left than when he went i O'Brien—That is_inaccurate; pounds lighter. Turning to the operation of .the crimes act, Balfour contended that the condition of Ire- 1and was immensely improved compared with the period of the Gladstone government. ‘What a spectacle did the liberals now pre- sent! Who, & short time ago, would have supposed a single man on the opposition bench would advocate forcible resistance to the police! He was pained at the progress of the degradation of “the Jiberal party, members of which now rose to the height of indignation only when denounc- ing judgos, magistrates and the police, who, under great diiiculblul, stood between society in Ireland and utter ruin, fearlessly exe- cuted their duties and had their reward in the respect and admiration of every true friend of liberty and order. [Prolonged chmrlnfl. Mr, Gladstone followed Balfour. He found little in the chief secretary’s speech that tended to assist them in getting at the truth of the question before the house. There was & question whether the conserva- tive leaders had communicated with Parned on the subject of home rule. The denials made by Balfour did not get rid of the Irish member's assertions. Parnell had stated that he had found himself in entire agree- ment with Lord Carnarvon on the home rule question. That had not been denied. Balfour, interposing, said the letter from Carnarvon clearly implied that he did not ex- press an opinion upon home rule to Parnell. Gladstone replied .that Carnarvon had never explicitly denied Parnell's statement. Continuing he said the liberals were called separatists. because they wished to give ef- fect to the national aspiration of Ireland, while having supreme regard for the unity of the empire. Some remarks of Balfour, Glad- stone said, were apparentlv levelled at him- self. His (Gladstone's) Nottingham speech had been absolutely misrepresented as to his statement regarding the Irish executive's practice of obtaining information by vermitting the police . to concoct crimes. He'protested then, ag now, against the practice as dangerous to society and idious in iteelf. He had never uttered words over which he felt more rejoiced than his words about Mitchellstown. He used them for the sake of preventing enormous mis- chief and suffering, probably bloodshed. It was the agents of law that were the breakers of law at Mitchelistown ton, disgraceful blood: almost without example. Balfour had become, by implica- tion, a breaker of law, for he gave the act his authoritative approval as if it were to be the model rule for the conduct of the police. Gladstone declined to accopt, as authentic, the government statistics of crime under the coercion act until the cases cited were thor- oughly investigated. The only cases given detail had met with a point blank contradi tion. Supposing the government had & momentary appearauce of success from the operations of the coercion act, were they going to forever legislate on the same line?! He hud never heard the ministers expres confidence in their ability to make perman resistance to the policy of home rule. He not disguise the strength of the combination against home rule. But the Irish nation and a growing English popular feeling was on its side. If resistance to the national voice of Ireland was pushed too far, those who now guided the mind of that nation mighs lose their power and be displaced by ruder and more dnufiermu spirits. Let the government bethink thcmselves and con- sent to legislate for Ireland as they did for dand and Scotland, ih accordance with the constitutionally ex- pressed wishes and permanent convictions of the le and thus, at last, present to the world the blessed spectacleof & truly, and not nominally, united empire, [Loud cheers. | Parnell's amendment was rejected—817 to 220. The debate was further continued by Goschen, chancellor of the exchequer, who was replied to by Sir William Vernon Har- coul The division on Parnell’s amendment was conducted on strict party lines, all the liberal-unionist present voting with the gov- ernment. Lord Huntington was absent. 1IN HONOR OF HER HUSBAND. Mrs. Juno Gives Her Second Recep- tion of the Season. LCopyright 1838 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxpox,Feb. 17.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to the Bee.]—Mrs, Francis H, June, who is sometimes playfully called the “Mrs. Leo Hunter of London,” has given her second large reception of the new season and in special honor of her husband, Francis H. June, who was yesterday called within the barasa-Q. C. ‘and in the legal slang, “taken silk.” Hae is a son of the late bishop of Peterboro and has been *“junior” for the last twenty years. He received, of course, great attention from the guests, especially as he had been that day in a great ecclesiastical case—a kind he is eminent in. It was, of cotirse, o celebrated case, where a rector was ou trial for using water instead of wine at communion. The new Q. C. was prominent among the benchers and chambers men of the temple who protested against felling the elm trees two days ago in Fountain court. These trecs are the same near which Oliver Goldsmith used to- stand and watch the rooks building their nests, Here it was that Tom Pinch's sister used to wait on sumnmer afternoons for his coming from his daily work in-parliament. In the rooms of the middle temple there is an old picture of Fountain court.as itappeared more than one hundred yeara ago, and it is very little, if any, changed at the present day, and these trees are in the picture. Many American tourists must pleasantly recall Mrs. June's dinners - and receptions. At this last one Mrs.- Oscar-Wilde, in a pur- ple plush gown of 1788 style, and Mr. George W. Smalley, with a profusjon of diamonds artistically set, were espeeially notable; also Liady Cairns, a'bride, with the earl, whe yes- terday took the oath in the chamber of peers for the first time while ‘she was looking rrndly on from, the peeress’ gallery. They leave to-morrow fog Hournemouth, where the tumr& X »non(l):blm,wfi‘ "S:V\':g‘L"n,d:h: afancee of Priyg car, v -.%“.'. the (u(-r t& the Dowager Lady Cairx- nntil the marrisgo day. 3 e S e The Orown Prince Tmproved. | Copyright 1888 by Jawés Gordon Bennett.] SAN Rimo, Feb. 17.— [New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bek.]—A light fall of snow followed thé Yhunder and lightning storm of last night. It has, been unusually cold to-day and there is a return of lightning this evening. Physicians report the crown or much better, He sat-up until 9 o'clock to-night. The larynx has begun to be treated by inhalations through the mouth and wind- Prince - Henry returned from Genoa this ovening without the grand duchess of Badon, as she -is - enow-bound at Lucerne. The grand duke Hesse and duchess of Saxe Minunigen returaed from Canues late to-night, bringing flowers to the crown prince from the Prince of Walea. ‘Sir Morrell's departure is indefinitely postponed. — News of 11l Omen. (Copyright 15% by James Gordon Benwett. | Loxvoy, Feb. 17.—[New York Herald Cable— Special to the HBee.]—Sir Morrell Mackenzie's departure from San Remo is in- definitely postponed. . He has telographed for his eidest deughter to join him there.' Miss Mackenzio leaves to-morrpw. This news does not seem good news for the frionds of the crowa prince. prison. heavier I was five It was cruel, wan- ENFORCING T . .. . N ¥ Aurora Offenders Made to Pay Some Heavy Fines. M'COOK PRESSING HER CLAIMS. She Sends a Delegation to Washiagton ~Midland Pacific Bonds Repudf- ated—Death of a Republican: Leader—State News. " After the Liquor Dealers. i Arvrona, Nob., Feb. 17.—(Special Telegram to the Bee.|—This session of Judge Notval's court is attracting great attention heére. 'The whisky trials, as they are termed, came on to-day and several of them were disposed of. In the appeal case of Emil Swarse, the drug- gist, the appeal was disntissed and the de- cision of thé police court fining him §100 was sustained. . In addition there were fiye other counts against him in which he confessed judgment to one apd in the others the dis- trict attorney entered anolle. His fine in the last instdnce was fixed at 225, making the aggregate $325 and costs, swelling the grand total to between $400 and $500. In the case of the state va. Columbus Smith for nelllns{ liquor without a license, the jury this evening brought in a verdict of guilty. This case was contested with much deter- mination and Mr, Smith had brought counsel from Lincoln. It was in the nature of a test case and was_fought for all there was in it. There are quite & number of liquor cases and the defendants will probably confess judg- ment, a8 the Smith suit has woakened them, The judge is holding evening sessions” and the proceodings are waxing warr In the suit of Charles Norden vs. the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy railway company for 81,050 damage in being injured by a hand- car, the jury rendered a verdict for the plain- tiff in the sum of #00. It is believed that neither side “vill appeal. —— Beatrice Municipal Matters. Beatnick, Neb., Feb, 17.—[Speciat to tho Ber.]—The city council last night passed several important measures. Some time ago the council granted a right of way to the Rock Island railroad company through Third street with the expectation that the company would use the franchise before now. As the matter now stands, property-ownurs on that street. not knowing what the company will do, cannot sell their property or even rent it to advantage., A propesition to vote bonds for paving soon to come up and the city ‘wants to know what is to be done with the street in view of these facts. The city attor- ney was instructed to prepare an ordinance repealing the former ordinance, granting the right of way through the street. This will settlo the matter and cause the company to either use the street or give it up. There being complaint of the consumers of the gas of the Beatrice Gas company, the committee of the council on gus was in- structed to investigate the gas meters and re- port if any overcharge was being made. In accordance with a resolution’ the attor- ney was instructed to draft an ordihance re- ducing the mayor's salary from $500 to §200 and the councilmen from $100 to ‘§0 per annum. This will not afféct the present officers but takes effect May 1. One reason for doing this is that the board of public works now does much of the workheretofore done by members of the council. The executive committee which has charge of advertising this city and to induce manu- facturing and other industries 6 come here are doing goed work. They have a fund of £10,000 to draw against and are now prepar- ing large quantities of advertising matter. puidy et ‘Wants a Federal Court, 3 McCook, Neb., Feb. 17.—[Special Telo- gram to the Bex.)—Hon. Thomas Colfer headed o committee of the McCook board of trade which left for Washington yesterday morning, bearing memorials, from every county and town in southwestern Nebraska, asking that McCook be designated as a placo for holding terms of the United States court. McCook is in dead ecarnest in this matter, and the committee will spend time and much money to push her claims to the uttermost. McCook is of twice theimportatice'in her territory that Kearney and Hastings are in theirs. Her land oftice is the most important in the state, and her presidential post office is equal to either of these towns. For this reason she wants a ppblic building and a seasion of the federal court. Charged With Arson. BeATRICE, Neb,, Feb. 17.—[Special to the Bee.]—Mr. O. L. Thompson, .the dairyman who lost by fire last night forty cows, five horses and farming implements, . together with his barns and sheds, will suffer a loss of about $2,500, on which there is an insyr- ance to the amount of $1,500. He thinks the fire was incendiary, and this morning ar- rested Dan Sheldon, & former employé;wiom e discharged a few months since on account of drunkenness. It is reported that Sheldon was seen last night riding one of Phompson’s horses. The horse was found near town this morning. Sheldon is now in jail pending an investigation. e Railroad Bonds Repudiated. Nesrasks Crry, Neb., Feb. 17.—[Special Telegram to the Bgk.|—The county com- missioners to-day instructed the county treasurer to refuse payment of the old Mid- land Pacific railroad bonds which means a repudiation. This action is the result of the state auditor and attorney general declaring the bonds illegal. The bonds were issued in 1867 for 150,000 bearing 10 per cent interest and payable in twenty years. If the decision holds good, Otoe county will be richer by some $100,000, #67,500 having been refunded 8ix years ago. i —— . Death of a Leading Republican. Muabrin, Neb., Feb. [Special Telegram to the Bee.]—B. F. Brown, & formér promi- nent republican politician of Gage county, this state, and county clerk of the newly or- ganized county of Perkins died. at his homa near this place this evening. He was seized with an epileptic in theaform of ‘convulsions, at 4 p. m., and gradually passed into: a- stato of coma, ending in death,at 6 p. m. His death will probably have an important bearing on the county seat war, which is being. waged ‘with great bitterness in this county. s i A Farmer Swmdcides. ' Mean, Neb., Feb, 17.—[Special’ Pelegram to the Bee.] —August Andersori suicided at his home, three miles southiwest of Mead, to-day by hanging. No cause for the deed is known. He was a respectable Swedp farmer in good circumstances aund leaves a large family. An inquest will be held by Coroner Stone, of this piace, to-night. : o ——— Stock Cremated. ' . . . BeaTIcE, Neb.,, Feb. 17.—The large qat- tle barns of O. L. Thompsan, & dairyman living three miles south of town, were burngd last night. Forty cows and five horses wera burned. The fire is believed to be of: ineens diary origin, and inflicts & crushing:loss on Mr, Thompson. v \ eenrai— MAYOR O'BRIEN. Outrageous Manner In Which Cork's Chief Magistrate Was Uonvicted. [gopyright 1888 by James Qordow Bennett:). ' | Cork, Feb. 16.—[New York -Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.)—it has been arranged to-day that Jamea C. Fiynn, M. P. for the north division of this city, shall to- morrow in the commons ask whether Mr. John O'Briep was sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment for what at the most is w tech- nical assault and whether the chief sacretary will inquire into the case and order his re- lease pending an investigation. Mayor O'Brien was yesterday, although & tech- nical misdemeanor, put into prison uniform by force. His case hus been overshadowed by Thomas Gilhooly and Pyue, but really is one exceedingly more oppressive than any yot. He was the main prosecutor of the gov ernor of the jail for indecency with young girls, the governor escaping on the cowardiy | pleaot the statute of; limitations, The. gov® ernor, it Is now believed, s’ persecuting tho mayot in revenge, It!was proved on the trial that during a ri de Sergeant Knox was in danger of injired, and tho mayor was the peace officer who interfered in his favor. In . 80 the mayor tech- nically assaulted hi pushing him away. The official notes that the Q. C. who defended the mafpr In addressing the court said there was and said the mayor acted as he did in the'belief that he had au- thority to do so as fiagistrate ofothe city and for the pi jon of peace. He called, among muny syinesses, an eminent solicitor, Mr. M. J. Horgan, who said he was near the Victoria hotel hhd saw what took place. There was a crowd present who were orderly up to. certain poiats. Suddenly he heard a lot of hissing and _hooting from the crowd and immediately saw Sergeant Knox forcing his way through. In a flerce and determined manner he made for the boys with poles and as he got near reached his arms to grab at the poles, when the crowd got violent and closed in on him a@nd sticks were raised above his head. The constable made a third attempt to get at the pole. Then the mayor came on'the hotel door steps with Mt Ledlio, high sheriff, and went. to where the sergeant was and ocommenced remon- strating with the crowd. During all the time there was great oxcitement. Ho could not ear all the mayor said, but could see that tne sorgeant stood still and did not seem to pay any attencion to what the mayor was saying to the crowd, The witness saw the mayor lay his hand on the ser- geant's shoulder and the jsergeant walked oft with humn in the direction of Marlborough street. From all he saw before the mayor arrived he considered the sergeant in danger and unless the mayor had arrived he con- sidered a riot would have taken place and jn- jury done to the sergeant. A citizen named J. M. Mullan gave evidenco ‘which corroborated that of Mr. Horgan and said the sheriff assisted the mayor to keep off the crowd from the police sergeant. Mr. Ledlie, high sheriff, sald ho accom- panied vhe mayor, who ‘asked Police Ser- geant Knox to leave the crowd in the intercsts of the peace of the city, but the police ser- geant, declined. Another citizen, R. A. Atkins, gave similar evidence and added that Sergeant Knox ap- peared very excited. Paul J. Madden, ex-mayor of the city for 188560, said that during that period the authorities allowed him to act in the suppres- sion of rists and during his year of ofice the Princeof ‘Wales visited thecity and he appre- hended serious disturbance. He waited on Captain Plunkett, who sald he would not use any forco of military or police without consulting him. He saw a commission threatened between the police and people and on his asking the district in- spector to withdraw his men the latter did so and no disturbance took place. Notwithstanding this, the mayor was con- victed and imprisoned, the magistrate being unfriendly to him. “Hven anti-nationalists are disgusted at the event. 1END. A Wretch of Sixty Years Arrested as a Procurer #§f, Wichita. Wicmita, Kan,, Feb, 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—W. P. Gates was arrested last night on the charge of being a procurer. Gates is an old man, Bixty years of age, and succeeded in getting. two girls—Minnie Whitcomb and Nora H..Ray, aged seventeen and fiftoen years respeetively, from King- man, on a plea of cothihg here to work for him as domestics. When the girls arrived here they learned the ,kind of a life that Gates wanted them to=lcad, and were told that ounless they actéded he would turn them out of doors. - Being out of mondy the girls finally . consented, but . their story reached the ears of the police, and Gates was arrested. Sinco hig arrest it has been learned that Gates madd his wife lead a life of shame to support him. The wife told her story in the police court this morning, und at the end thore was much talk of lynching the old filend. He was locked up for safe keep- ing and will be prosecuted by the state au- thorities. Sale of Coal Lands. Osace City, Kan., Feb. 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Colonel T. J. Peter has sold all his lands in Osage county to the Osage Carbon company, of the Atchison, Topek & Santa Fee railroad company, amounting to nearly seven thousand acres, at an average of 25 per acre. The lands lic in the vicinity of Osage City and are mostly underlaid with coal. This.the Carbon com- pany over twenty thousand acres of coal ands in the county, The Leavenworth Strike. Leaveswortn, Kan., Feb. 17.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The arbitration com- mittee, composed of strikers and citizens, met this morping at the board of trade room and adjourned at noon without arriving at a settlement. The prison wmine will be able to supply the-factories with coal for their present needs. The coal contractors are also coming to théir rescue. With this exception the strike situation is practically unchanged. e Closod its Doors. MiNNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb, 17.—The bank of Central City, Dak., closed its doors to-day. It is claimed that the suspension was caused by lack of currency and will be only tempo- rary, the bank having ample assetsto wmeet all liabilities, —_— A Gladstontan Victor, Loxpox, Feb. 17.—At the parliamentary election in Southwark to-day the Gladstonian candidate was returned by a large majority. - Steamship Arrival NEW York, Feb. 17.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Arrived—The-Celtic, from Liv- erpool. QueeNsTowy, Feb. 17.—Arrived—The Re- public, from New York, | Lizarp Poixt, .Féb, -17.—Passed—The Lydian Monarch,from New York for London. s doehr vy A Father of Fighters. RirLeY, Ohio, Feb. 17.—Last evening Geo. Kautz, aged eighty-seven, died at his resi- dence near Lovamug, Ohio. He was the father of General Kautz, of the United States army, and of Captaln Kautz, of the United States navy. ————— A 8t. Faul Train Derailed. RALIA, Wis;l Feb. 17.—The last couch on a St. Paul nger train was de- railed and ditchod by striking a frog this morning. The passqugers received a severe shaking up, I " The Deagfl ' Record. PorrLaND, Ore., JFghy 17.—Mrs. Lieuten- ant McCoy, daughter of Brigadier General fi‘ihbon, died at Fort "V‘cuomlver this even- g 0 e Oame Over From Canada. WisNiree, Feb, #.«@Gideon Bourdeau, queen’s printer for Manftoba, has been found short, in his accounts and has emigrated to the United States. po i L Passed the Anti-Soclalist Bill. BeruiN, Feb. 17.—The reichstag to-day, after a six hours’ debate, passed the anti- socialist bill. = Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. ‘When Baby was sick, we geva her Castoris. When she was a Child, she cried for Castorie, ‘Wheu sbe became Miss, she clung to Castoris, 'When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. Doubts as to Whether Kansas Oity A LEGAL . FIGHT IN PROSPECT' The American Management Belleved to Have the luside Track at Preésent—The Omaha Direc- 5 tors Meet. Kansas City's Base Ball Fight. KAaxsas City, Mo, Feb. 17.—|Special Tele- gram to the Bi Y1 don't belicve there will'be any Western association club in Kan- sas City this year,” remarked a well posted base ball authority to-day. *“‘There is no floubt that tho old Kansas City base ball as- sociation, which now owns the American as- sociation franchise, occupied the fleld first and has the inside track. When the matter comes up before the arbitration committee in New York next month the American associa- tion ¢lub will be well represented by legal talent and will try to force the Western asso- oiation out under the five-mile rule. Whether it can or not depends on Spaulding. Heis » Western association man and if he makes a fight for Kansas Clty the club will stick, for Spaulding’s word is law in base ball circles. Otherwise it will hove to go."” Mr. Menges says that whatover may hap- pen the Kansas City Western association club will play its schedulo this year. 1f thoWest- ern club wins the fight before the arbitration committee there will probably boa series of games between the two clubs before the reg- ular season opens. “They could not very well get out of playing if I chalienged them, said Mr. Menges this morning, “and thoy have everything to lose and nothing to gain, while we have everything to gain and noth- thing to lose. The members of the associa- tion management state that they will be more than willing to play the spring games.” The following will be about the nine that will represent Kansas City in the ass ociation next year: Pitchers, Lovell, Porter and Fagan Porter and Fagan have been signed: catchers—Briody, Clark and Peoples; short stop, Dayis; first base, Phillips or O'Brien, A second basemen has not yet been decided upon, although Dave Rowe may hold down that bag himself. Third base, Hankerson; left fleld, McTamahy; center fleld, Rowe; right field, Jones. Shaffer may also besigned to play right. Hamm Defeats McKay. PALATRA, Fla, Feb. 17.—Hamm and McKay rowed over a three and a half mile course here this afternoon. Hamm beat McKay by a half length in 22 minutes and 12 seconds. Teemer is ill., Meeting of Base Ball Directors. The directors of the Omaha base ball club met at President McCormick’s office yester- day afternoon. Present, Messrs, McCor- mick, Hardin, Philbin, Morrison aud Worley. The matter of the score card privilege was first brought up, and John Rawlins not fur- nishing the 8450 surety for the payment of his bid, the bid of R. E. McKelser, the next high- est, 8300, was considered. He was offered the priviloge at Rawlins' figures, and givon until Saturday to decide. In case he fails, the sccrotary was authorized to readvertise for bids, the same to be opened February 25, at 3 p. m. Penrose & Hardin were author- ized to correspond with Manager Selee with reference to train uniforms, to be purchased of Wright & Ditson, of Boston. City League Mceting. Armeeting of the city base ball league was held at Penrose & Hardin's sporting head quarters last evening. Representatives of the Crane Brothers' Manufacturing company, C. E, Mayne, Metz Brothers, Penrose & Hardin, South Omaha and Richardson Drug company clubs were present. H. A. Penrose, the pres- ident, waa in the cnair. Mr. Farrish, of the C. E. Maynes, made & motion, which was carried, that the league embrace but six clubs and that the guarantee fund of $35 be put up on or before the 1st day of March, upon which day the clubs be named from those having ao;Fslwd with the secretary said guarantee. The clubs to be chosen by a two-thirds vote. Mr. Lally, of the Crane Brothers, made a motion that the season open April 1 and close September 1. This was lost. Mr. Metz made a motion that the season open April 15 and close September 16, which was carried. Local Sporting Notes. George M. Small and W. E. Nason, of the Lefoyre Gun club, and Clark Ellis and “Spike” Kennedy will shoot a blue rock match, 25 birds each, on the Omaha Gun club grounds this afternoon. The beuefit for Tommy Miller at the Grand opera house this evening promises to be rousing affair. The programme is a very at- tractive one and there is every assurance of several hourse of exciting sport. Pat Killen will arrive in Omaha this morn- ing and will be the guest of Ed Rothery dur- ing his stay 1 the city. GOT EVEN WITH GROSS. A Contractor's Plug Hat and Over- coat Captured By Creditors. Fred Gross, who was thrashed by Attorney Ed Crowell last week for insulting a respect- able young lady, is again in trouble. This time it is over an execution that has been served on him. Fred is a contractor for gradipg, and it is said tiat he has failed to pay a number of workmen whom heem ployed last season. Some of these workmen have been living in tents in the outskirts of the city all the winter. and have suffored greatly because they could not collect their wages. They have .been without coal and other necessaries of life. A number of judg- ments have been issued agaiust Gross, but all to no purpose. Among them were two held by a couple of men named Mall and *Ettinger_ They placed these in the hands of Constable Ed sh to see if he could not in some way satisfy thedebts. The situa- tion of Gross’ poor creditors appealed greatly to Ed's sympathies and he determined to head the contractor off in some manner, Gross wears a shining plug hat and elegaut fur overcoat,and Ed, finding he could not get hold of any ather wroperty belonging to Gross, determined to seize these. ccord- ingly, while Gross was eating supper at Lewis' Sixteenth strcet restaurant, Ed quietly took possession of Gross' plug and overcoat, to the great chagrin of the con- tractor, Ke offered no resistance to the ficer, however, a8 he found Ed very deter- mined. The coat and hat have been adver- tised for sale by the sheriff, and will be knocked” down to the highest bidder to- rrotv. Yesterday Gross appeared on the street with a 25-cent summer hat, and, a8 a witty . youug attormey expressed it, was “thabking God that the weather was favora- ble tothe shorn lamb.” Of late Gross has been gdvertising himself as a loan agent. A DUSKY LOVER'S REVENGE. Ed Moore Tries to Kill Lizzie Porter Because.She Jilted Him. Ed Mooré, a negro, was arrested last night for attempting to kill Lizzie Porter, the dusky object of his affections. Ed is des- perately in love with Lizzie, but she fails to reciprocate, and his attentions have been an annoyance to her, ‘Fhey both had been em- ployed -at the same rhm.-. and on_his account she unally left chu-rdny. Last night be hunted her ug. and told her if she would not marry him he would kill her, She again refused and -he drew his revolver, when Fred Warren hapgened to appear on the scene, Warren rushed up to Moore and jerked his arm up. This was none too soon for just at that moment Moore lled the trigger and the bullet was imbedded in the wall just above Lizzie's head. Moore then rushed out into the street and fell into the arms of Officer McGrath, who took him to the central statiou. —r— He Snatched th) Roll. As Thomas Murphy was standing in front of Captain O'Donahue's bar last evening he pulled out a large roll of bills to pay for drinks he had ordered. A villsinous looking tollow who n sudden! rked the roll out o‘i:gu O Lind and Tstod out of the door, r about four hours ho man- 16 elude the police but finally was run n. The roll of money, although a little re- duced, was found on "his person. The rob- ber gave the name of Dennis Corcoral raetiBomac Kilted By a Boller Explosion. Bastiora, La., Feb, 17.—The explosion of a boiler on Harp's plantation to-day killed two white men and two colered men, Four other men were so badly scalded that they are not expected to recover. ——— The Kaiscr's Great Grief. Beruiy, Feb, 17.—~The emperor is said to be in a very feeble condition, Ho is almost constantly in tears owing to news regarding the crown prince. The empress is also deeply affected. ——— A Wife Murderer Hung, DeEr Lopar, Mont., Feb, 17.—Martin L. Scott was hanged to-day for the murder of his wife in a fit of drunken jealousy last Nov- ember. ———dea HANK WALL'S BARGAIN. How a Road-Agent Agreed Not to Molest a Stage Company. Plerre, Dak., special: The singulal freedom enjoyed by the Northwestern Stage & Transportation company from road agents during the early days of its existence, when the trail led from Bis- marck to Deadwood, was a welcome fact which many a weary traveler in search of the land of promise can cheerfully testify to, but nevertheless it was a source of much speculation as to how the immunity granted the line was to be ac- counted for. The Siddy stage was held up on nearly every trip, messengers killed, and passengers robbed. In 1877 the line commenced operations between Blsmarck and the Black Hills, doing a passenger traffic_and also haul- ing the gold bricks of the Homestake mine, often amounting to $200,000, there- by promising a rich harvest for the festive road-agent who at that time in- fested the country through which the trail ran. Mountains and gulches lined cach sike of the improvised road, unin- habited, save the Indian, affording a magnificent retreat for the robbers, who could ‘hold up" a coach and escape with their booty into the hills, where it was simply impossible to find them, much less recover the property. Hank Wall was at the head of a gang of freebooters who made their home in the hills, and who were a terror to trav- elers who might from necessity be com- lled to pass through the muntr{'. uring the first week that the North- western ran from Bismarck Wall and his men ‘‘held up” three coaches, one being the treasury coach containing Homestake bullion, After the first trip however, Mr. C. W. Richardson, now of Pierre, was agent at Bismarck, and he rc(&ucslcd all Pnss«ngm's going through to deposit their money with him, he in return issuing Deadwood drafts. KExtra precautions were also taken in the way of guarding each coach, four outriders, armed with repeating rifles and selecte with reference to their markmanship and nerve riding before and behind the coach on each trip, about 100 yards dis- tant, thus providing against surprises and incidentally protecting the passen- gers. These arrangements soon ren- dered the road-agent’s occupation not only unprofitable but attended by an el- ement of danger which he did not rel- ish. The passengers carried nothing of value and the treasure conches wore so well guarded that ‘‘Hank’s” raids began to net him less than would a raid on an ordinary contribution box. One day W. J. Gidley, who had charge of the drivers, was inspecting the line. The coach which he was on was approached by a horseman, who roved to be the redoubtable *Hank” imself. Gidley knew him, and, after passing salutations, he inquired of Wall what he had been doing, ‘‘Hank” re- slied that he had been holding up these —d northwestern couches till he had gone broke at 1t. He then mentioned the ob)ovt of his visit. *It's this way, Gid, I've got anephew in Deadwood who is anxious to get to his home in in Fort Wayne, Ind., where his mother is very ill. “ Now, if you will promise to bring the kid through on your next trip and buy him a ticket from Bis- marck to Fort Wayne, T'll agree never to hold up another of your ceaches or cause you any further trouble. Is 1ta 70?2 Gidley thoughtthe scheme a good one, and as he knew Wall to be a man who respected his word, whatever his other shortcomings might be, the agreement made, and on the next trip through to Bismarck the young man was & passen- er. The ticket was purchased to Fort Wayne. Wall was as good as his word, and from that day to this not another pas- senger was _molested. Wall immedi- ately turned his attention to the Sidney line, and the papers of that town came out with columns of abuse aimed at the Northwestern company,charging it with being in league with the road agents, ete, ——— J. N. and Sarah C. Shepard are the parents of the largest family in Gadsden county, Florida. They have nineteen childien, fifteen boys and four girls. Their oldest child is twenty-one years old and the youngest six months old. They have been blessed three times by the birth of twing. e Prince Napoleon has made another addition to his numerous relics of the first emperor in purchasing a locket given by him toa Venetian beauty of fnis(h rank in 1809. It contains a por- trait of himself made with his own hair, With the portrait is a hastily scrawled billet doux establishing its authenticity. L Empress Elizabeth of Austria is in- deavoring to reduce her stoutness by fencing and other vigorous exercise. She practices with. the foils for two hours daily, her antagonist being the Archduchess Val Beware of Scrofula Berofula is probably more general than any other disease. It is nsidious in, character, and manifests itselt in running sores, pustular ellings, enlarged joints, absoesses, yes, ete. Hood'sSarssparilla expels all trace of scrofula from the blood, leaving it pure, enriched, and healthy. 1 was severely afflicted with serofuls, and over a year had two nmning sores on my neck. ‘Took five bottles Hood's Sarsaparilla, and am cured.” C.E, LoveJoy, Lowell, Mass. ©. A. Arnold, Arnold, Me., bad serofulons sores for seven years, spriog and fall. Hood's Sarsaparilla cured him. Salt Rheum Tsoneof the most disagrecablodiseases cansed byimpureblood. Itisreadily cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, William Spies, Elyria, O., suffered groatly from erysipelas and salt rheum, caused by handling tobaceo. At times his hands would erack open and bleed. He tried varlous prep- arations without aid; finally took Hood's Sar- saparilla, and now says: * I am entirely well.” “My son had salt rlieum on his hands and on the ealves of his legs, He took Hood's Sarsaparilia and fs entirely oured.” J. B, Btanton, Mt. Vernon, Ohlo, . Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by alt druggists. §1; six for §5. Made only . 1. HOOD & CO., Apotbecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar T SPECTLTY MARITS Wheat - Lacking in Interest and Prices Not Affecteds A STRONG SESSION IN OORN' Oats Hold Very Steady and Advanco & Little—Provisions Rule Irrogue lar—~Cattle Active Under Light Offerings. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Cnicaao, Feb, 17.—[Special Telegram to the Beg.]—The whoat market was lacking in interest and there appeared to be Yio new thing about it, certainly nothing which could inany way effect prices. Thero was somo £ood buying early for outside account, which made the market strong early, but resulted only in a slight advance. After that trade grew small and was confined largely to local traders, such fluctuations as occurred beiig caused by the immediate necessities of scalpers and not by any news received. Tlo operations of the heavier traders were on too small a scale to be noticeable or to influence prices. Light receipts at primary markets and especlally here, where cuts in freight and storage were expected to bring increased receipts, were talked about as a strengthen- ing feature, as were also liberal shipments of flour from Baltimore, but it appeared that these things were only talked about and not acted upon. Some bullish news comes from the winter wheat belt concerning stocks and the condition of the crops, a gentleman connected with the Eastern Illinois road saia that the last three weeks had wrought dam- age to winter wheat in edstern Illinois and western Indiana. May wheat opened at 80%c and after selling at 80%(@ 21,\', advanced to 80igc, then fell to 80%c and hung betweon that price and 8015c for some time, then ad- vanced to 80}¢c again and closed at 1 o'clock at 80% ¢, which was the starting point. June wheat opened and closed at 803¢¢ and durin ;::A- session ranged between S03{(@S0}¢ ane 5¢c. Corn was strong and higher and closed at almost the best price of the session. The -bull argument is that the receipts do not in- crease, as was expected, in view of cheaper freights aud storage. One rather weak spot in the session seemed to be caused by the re- 1)01'! that a contract had been made by the Rock Island road to deliver 1,000 cars of corn from Nebraska at the seaboard at a lower rate than a heretofore made. It would seem that vel le\'illr this market of that amount of corn would help prices here, but the view taken was that it would weaken the eastern market and reflect that weakness here. May corn opened at 503¢c and soon ad- vanced to blc, and feil back later to 50igc and again advanced to 50%¢c, closing at that price at 1 o’clock. June corn opened at B0Yc, ) E);(,‘c and at 507¢c and closed af lock. ats held very steady throughout the ses- sion and advanced a little in price. Thera was some relief from the pressure of short sellers and good demand. May oats opened at 31c and never fell below that price. The highest point was 81%c, and the 1 o'clock close was 311{@81%c. For June oats 81%c was bid at the opening and that delivery sold up to and closed at 813¢c. In provisions the movement was again irregular. Trading opened with tho bear element in a mood to continue their hammer- ing operations, and in the course of a short time pork suffered a break from the highest point touched of 25¢, and lard and short ribs of 7ige. This depression, however, was quickly followed by a sharp reaction, and before 1 o'clock the decline all around was practically recovered. In the day's market ard was relatively stronger than either short ribs or pork, and closed at an actual advance of B@7i¢c on last night's final prices. Short ribs also rested 2!{@bc higher, while pork ‘was unchanged to a shade better. APTERNOON SEssiox — Wheat stronger, May closing ut 805¢c; June 81c. Corn higher, May closing at about 5115c, June Sl@d13§0. Oats firmel Pork was advanced 5oand 3.82'¢ for February and March, 021 for May and §14.10 for June. Lard 'was strong, closing at $7.67!¢ for February, £7.70 for Mar 7.80 for M nf and $7.874¢ for June, Shortribs were Tigchl fl:er; Februar, and March closed at $7.82}¢, May, $7.50 an June $7.57%. e CHICAGO LIVE STOOK. Cnrcaco, Feb. 17.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—CarrLe—Under light offerings trade ruled quite active, with a substantial upturn on nice, handy steers and big, heavy cattle. Yesterday and to-day there wero fair orders for export steers, ono firm buying some 400 head and another 275. Most of the salesmen admitted that steers that suited tho shipping and dressed beef trade sold a good 10¢ higher than yesterday. The advance here would have been more but for the big run in Kausas City, many orders going thers on account of cheaper prices. Butchers' stock was slightly firmer. Canning stock was as low as any time last week. One car of fancy sold at $5.75. Steers, 1350 to 1500 1bs., $4.40(05.00; 1200 to 1350 lbs, $3.60(04.40; 9 3,10@4.00. Stock- :2.40(@03 cows. bulis and bulk, #2.80@2.75. fed cattle, £3.00(4.00. Hoas—Trade was slow and prices d 10c lower, the market closing at about @ 5.55 for prime heavy. The bulk of packin, and mixed sold at $5.20@5.40, and hght Illlxo:} at 5.10@5.15. Assorted light of 160 lbs and thereabouts, §5.00 Pigs, $1.50@4.90, Chicago, Feb. 17. reports as follows: Cattle—Receints, 8,000; market steady and strong; fancy, #5.15; Steers, $3.10@5.00; stockers and feoders, $2.4003.65; cows. aghls and mixed, $1.75@3.90; Texas cattle, &A0g 4.00. ‘The Drover's Journal Hogs — Receipts, 22,0003 lower; mixed, 85.00@5.35; 5.65; light, $4.85@5.25; skips, Sheep—Receipts, 40003 natives, $3.50@5.50; western, #4.75@b.50; Texans, $3.80(¢4.75; lambs, $5.00@8.10. National Stock Yards, ~East St. Louis, Feb. 17.—Cattle—Receipts, 800; ship- ments, 1,200; market steady; cholco heavy native steers, £4.40@5.20; fair to good native steers, $3.80(@4.4h; butchers’ steers, medium to choice, #3.10@4.30: stockers and feeders, fair to good, #2.00(@: ors, ordinary to good, &2.10(4.00. Hogs'— Recoipts, 2,300 shipments, 2,500 market easier; choice heavy and butchers' selections, 85.30@5.40; packing, mediud to prime, #5.00@5.85; light grades, onllbslf,y to good, #4.70@5.05. 4 Kansas City, Feb. 17.—Cattle—Recelpts, 8,000; shipments, 1,000; market :w:&?“w strong for good to choice beef steers; com- mon weak; good to choice col "f .80 ; common to medium, $3.25@4.25; . sthckers strong at §1.80@? feeders actrve gt §2.60 @3.35; cows, 81,30@s.00. 4 Hogs — Rec , 7,500; shipments, 1,500; choice a shade higher, others stoady to'woak ; common to choice, $4.60@5.55; skips and Ppigs, $3.00@4.50, i —— FINANCIAL. b New Yomrk, Feb. 17.—[Special Telegram to the Be Sr1ocks—A more choerful feel- ing was noticed to-day among stock opera- tors. Those who have been croaking-about everything gomng to the dogs have changed their minds and say there is & brighter out- look than for several days. Business is in creasing slightly, and, although not heavy, it is large compared with the first days of this week. The managers' meeting to-day was looked to for important developments, but, aside from getting together, nothing was ac- complished and the meeting adjourned to meet again at 3 o'clock. Operators who have boen selling Grangers of late were anxiousto get them back before any news likely to be favorable to an advance was sprung on the market. A few stocks were offered, and the improved demand caused dn advance of S4@?34 per cent, all closing avalmost the top. St. Paul earnings for the second week in February showed an increase of $11,500. As the gain was made with the lowest rates ever kuown, it proved a complete surprise wnd induced large purchases. The chief featr market heavy, #5.30@ 3, 0024.70, market steady; e T