Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1888, Page 1

) — “OTH ANXIOUS AND ACTIVE. Little Legislation But Party Talk. M'KINLEY AS A DARK HORSE. Plenty of Miils Breeding a Large Sized Row- Senator Cullom Criticizes the Ticket—John Sherman Working Hard. The Republican Exodus. WASHINGTON BUREAU TiE OMAIA Bre, 518 FOURTEENTH $TREET, WAsHINGTON. D, C.. June 10. A Jarge number of republican congress- men and scnators wili leave Washington this week for Chicago. It is expected thilt there will bo nearlya hundred of them absent from their seats during the convention. Most of the republicans here from Ohio will de part for there the middle of this week. Sen- ator Sherman’s managers are ver. Someof them are going early for the purpose of keeping a close Tookout after one of their number, Major McKinley, who is regarded as a dark horse. McKinley will leave Washington on Thursday for his home, at Canton, and Join the crowd that will go from that section of the state. McKinley stops at the Ebbitt house here and is receiving every attention from the Ohio republicans that they can bestow upon him., There is so much talk about McKinley as a possible dark horse that it seems necessary for some one of the Sherman leaders, like Butterworth or Grosvenor or Thompson, to be on guard at all times with McKinley and sit up with him at long as he shows any disposition to stay up. - Whenever McKinley is seen around in public places, excepting possibly the nouse of representatives, one is almost sure to see one of the trio named keeping him compan 1t is parnest but ludicrous. Notwithstanding the careful manner in which Thompson, Grosvenor and Butterworth are constantly after McKinley there is no disguising the fact that they were greatly annoyed at the prominence that McKinley 15 attaining in connection with the coming convention. McKinley himself re- ceives the personal allusions to himself with a modest look of approval, and when forced to say anything at all says the nominee will come from Ohio, and thdl he is for Senator Sherman. Ex-Senator Mahone of Virginiaarrived in the city last night for the purpose of con- sulting _with Senator Sherman on the presi- dential “outlook. The republicans of Vir- ginia are hurmonizing, and it 1s stated that they wil! all come togetherand vote solidly for oné man at Chicago, being all mclined to Sher- man. The Sherman headquarters in Chicago are expeeted to be the most capacious of any that will be opened, excepting possibly those for Alger of Michigan, and Gresham.” Sena- tor Sherman will have a large number of delegzutions from the south assisting about his headquarter: AP JUDGMENT ON TIE TARIFF. Chairman Mills is circulating u call for a caucus at which he will propose to limit de- bate_on cach amendment proposed to his tariff bill to five minutes with a view to s cyre a final vote by the first week in July. From now on the specches on each amend- ment are limited to five minutes each, but there is no limit to the number of specches on each amendment. Mills' proposition, if ied, will raise u livge sized row. M CULLOM OX THE OUTLOOK. uating exercises as one of the board of visit- ors. “The democratic ticket and platform suit me first rate,” said the senator. I am confident that thé democrats canuot win with it and that Oregon’s splendid majority is the prophet of our party success in November. We shall win handsomely on a verdict rend- ered by the intellgent and truthful people of the country. New York democrats are foar- ful of the platform and many who stomached the dose of 1554, will decline the still worse mixture of 1885, 1 shall attend the conven- tion us a looker-on and add my voice to tho enthusiasm which wiil be wanifested for Judee Gresham.” . SHERMAN HARD AT WORK Senator Sherman is working night and day in New York, where he is being ably sisted by Charley Foster, of Ohio, Fhose lately from the ground assert that he 1s daily gaining strength in the New York delegi tion. The senator is frank enough to deny that Thurman's nomination makes his own necessity. ““Ohio,” e said the other day, “will bo carried by any republican nomi- nated. Issues are widely different from sen- timent or a mere name, It is o republican state and believes in the republican doctrine of protection to American industry. Its voters are not in the habit of being carried off their feet in national campaigns by minor issucs,” ARMY MATTE From the returns from departmenta] bourds appointed to examine candidates from the ranks of sccond licutenuncies of the army, which ure now all in, it appears that Fred' H. Sargeunt, corporal company G, Seventh infantry, and Williun C. Bennett, sergeant company H, Seventh imfantry, were amoug the eleven who successfully pussed examination. There ure no vacancies at present for these young aspirants, there eing twenty West Point graduates in excess of the number of second licutenancies now vacant, but it is reasonably certain thut their cMorts will be rewarded Quring the next six or eight months, that is if they all come up to the standard when they appear for final examination at Fort Monroe in October next. Captain James M. ). Sawris, Seventh in- funtry, is among the latest to vegister at the war department, Priny S, HEATHL Congressional Forecast, WASHINGTON, June 10.--Thé fisheric treaty und the District of Columbia appro- priation bills are likely to take up most of the time of the senate during the cowming week, Senator Cullom will probably speak to-morrow or Tuesday on the inter-state com- merce law. Ho will review the operation of the law and advocate the amendments already reported from his committeée. Should the treaty debate be susponded for any rea- son the bllls to admt Washington, North Dakota and Moutuna into the union may be taken up. In the house during the week the tanff bill will engross the entire time of that body with the probable exception of an interrup- tion in favor of the urmy appropriation bill. The Crop Outlook. WasmINGTOYN, Juno 10.~The weather crop bulletin, issued by the signal service ofice for the week ending June 9, says: The weather for the week has been generally favorable for all growing crops. Keports show improved conditions over the preceding weel, although the cool weather in the ex trem¢ northern sections has probably re- tarded the growth of corn. In the wheat re gions of Minnesota aud Dakota conditions were generally favorgble for the rapid growth of all crops. - Sheridan's Condition Improved WASHINGTON, June 10.—Sheridan’s coudi- tion is considerubly impro there 18 hope that Le may be able to get sbout once more. The constunt fear of a relapse and another attack of Leart fui rewains ownipresent. i The Gathering K CixerxNati. June 10.-Ouly a few advance guards of the Knights of Pythias bave ar- yived here. + Privete telegrams aunounce great numbers coming to-morrow. It is ex pected 80,000 uniformed knights will warch o the procession next week. It is expected | 0,000 people will be Lere, | gram to Tue ARANCE RECORD, nefal Transaction Past Week. Bostox, Mass, June 10.—[Special Tele gram to the Bee.]—The following table compiled from dispatchies to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States, shows the gross ex changes - for the weck ended June 9, 1888, with the rate cent of in¢ se or de- crease as cornpared with the amo corresponding w ast year ™ The of the cITiEs., New York.... . Boston e Philadeiphia’.. hicag t. Louis 8an Francisco Baltimore. Cincinnaty New Orleans, Providence... .. Milwaukee ., Omaha Minneapoli 8t Paul... Denver. Galveston sDetroft. Cleveland. | ! Tndianapolis, Membhis Columbus. Hartford Dulut Peorla Portland; Springfieid. 8t. Joseph Worcester. Wichita. 5,005,000 42000000 3,92?.49% Total .. “sPartly approximated. e ol BLIND IEA)IIST FLEMIN Confession That He Belongs to a Gang of Counterfeiters. ATLANTA, Ga., June 10.—Samuel Fleming, the blind Illinois bigamist, who is now con- fined In the county jail, made a confession to a fetlow-prisoncr. K. . Sumby, who is con- fined in the same cell with Fleming, told the jnilor that 1f Chief Conolly would call at the jil he would tell him something about Flem- ing. The chief of police called at the jail,and he and Sumby were admitted into a private room, where they held & long consultation. Sumby stated to the chief tnat Fleming had made a confession. “The blind man told me he had no chance of getting out of jail unless somebody would £0 10 his friends and tell them where he was. 1 promised 10 help him it 1 could and upon this ussurance he told me that he betonged to a giung of counterfeiters, and that there were five men on the road getting rid of spurious £20 greenback bills which were furnished by a man_connected with _the trcasury depart- ment at Washington. Fleming suid he would give me a letter of introduction to this per- son us soon as 1 got out, and that T could join the gang ut once and then help him out. I told Fieming I doubted the whole story, and he told me to write to a certain bank in San Francisco and ask if about a year ago a man was not arrested there for attempting to pass a counterfeit $20 bill, and if a blind man did not come to the city and put up the necessary money to get the bondsmen. The counterfeit bills, so Fleming states, are printed on the same paper used by the government, the ofti- cial referred to having smple opportunity to secure it. “The bills are perfect with one exception, and that is in one of the signatures there is aletter '’ that is not correctly made, Before passing the bills, Fleming' said he alw: rubbed his finger over the letter and mad looked blurred and indistinct. I beli there is some truth in the blind man’s story, as he is quite careful about the details of the :ss. He told me that the gold and which he carried about were fu the Washineton official, used to create the impression that he was rich and to account for his possessing so much money.” Chief Connolly noted Sumby’s st arcfully and ement, ill make such investigations may be necessa He has the name of the Washington ofticial and the San F ciseo bank. Sumby suid he had no motive telling what Fleming had said except to let the people know who and what the blind bigamist was. He requested particularly that nothing be published until after the matter had been investigated. Singular Case of Blood Poisoning. SprINGFIELD, Mo., June 10,—A strange case of blood poisoning has just developed on the person of Dr. Clements, one of the most prominent physicians in this city. Heis county surgeon, and in that capacity was recently called upon to amputate the leg of a man named Palmer, The sore which ren- dered the amputation necessary was exam- ined by several surgeons, all of whom failed to ascribe to it a navie. It was a peculiar uleeration, that caused the flesh to fall away in chunks, horribly decayed. Two day after performing the operation Dr. Clements’ right hand and arm began to swell, and it was announced that blood poisoning had set in. All last night friends watched by the doctor’'s bedside, and through these watchers it was to-day learned that he isina ve critical condition. There was neitherseratel aise or scar of any kind on his arm whe ‘ormed the operation on Palmer, and the only means of passing into the doctor's system was through the pores of the skin, ———— ads ship Railroad Scheme. W Yorg, June 10.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|--The directors of the Eads Concession compuny, which proposes build- inga ship railroad across the Isthmusof ‘Tehuantepee, connecting the two oceans, met at Jersey City last night. An hour's dis- sion resulted in the awarding of the con- tto construct the proposed railvoad, to the Atlantic and Pacific Construction com- pany. The contract stipulates the work of construction shall begin within a vear and mpleted in_ five years. Colonel Jumes Aunderson of Pittsburg and William Wil- linms of this city are negotiating the bonds of the company 1n Amc England and France. Thoscheme of the company is to carry loaded ships across the isthmus in cradles 8o supported by hydraulic apprratus as to prevent any unusual strain on the ves- sels, The road isto be built in the line of concessions made by the Mexican govern ment to the late Captain Eads, B Short in RHis Accounts. S, Josern, Mo, June 10.—[Special Tele- Bee. |—-Ex-Treasurer Harry Carter has been discovered to be ubout $8,000 short in his books and has turned over his property to his bondsmen. At the last election Curter, who had been treasurer for two terms, was elected eity auditor. The discovery was made in an attempt to make a settlement. Cavter claims that the shortage was due to s mistake in making ent An expert book Keeper 18 now engaged in over- hauling the books. The collector's office wus turned ove 115, 1t now transpires that a settlement has not been made for three years. The general impression is that the mistake is due to imperfoct book keeping and thut Carter is honest. - - Colorado Oity Scorched. Trixivab, Col., June 10.—~Oue of the most disastrous fires that ever visited this eity started lust evening. After a hard fight the fire department suceeeded in getting controt of it, but not untii the Commercial hotel with seven or eight busincss houses had be consumed. .The fre wlso cut off telegrapl commuication, making it impossible to get further particuliars to-night. ) A OMAH/ MONDAY MORNING JUNE 11, 1888, LOVE WAS THEIR RELIGION A Raoy Scandal Developed Down at | Bennet. THE ELDER AND:- THE ORGANIST. Story of Two Prominent Church Mem- Who Exceeded the Bounds of Brotherly and Sisterly Affection. Fell From Grace. last Tur Bee received the from Bennett, “Our little town has an exceedingly interest- ing scnsation. Mr. Joseph Southwick has for years been one of the leading lights of ‘the M. E. church at this place, a leading exponent of prohibition principles, ing been nominated for senator on that ticket last fall, and altogether he has been regarded ws one of the ‘highly respected, exemplary sort.” He hasa family, consist- ing of a wife and four grown-up children. Mrs. Vail is the rather handsome wife of a prominent On Frid followin stock dealer, a leading figure in local social circles, and _the mother of two interesting children. For some time there has been a growing intimacy between the twain, en- couraged, possibly, by a mutually over- lous interest in’ one of the ‘causes.’ On Tuesday the affair culminated in the an- nouncement of the simultancous disappear- A REAL MR, HYDE. A Logal Decision Partly Based on a Work of Fiction. Torera, Kan., June 10.—November 2 1886, J. H. Yarborough, a clerk in the Santa Fe material yards at, Emporia, shot and killed L. D. Collier, son of the famous preacher, the Rev. Robert Laird Collier, and agent of the railroad company at that city. Tne fatal shooting was the resalt of a quar rel between the two men, Yarborough being under the influence of liquor at the time. Up to the day of the murder both had been on the most friendly terms, but the kill- ing was willful and premeditated, The cause came up for trial at the May, 1887, term of the Lyon county district court and resulted in a verdict of murder in the first degree. A motion for a new trial was overruled and the case was appealed to the supreme court, the main grounds for a reversal of the jud- ment of the lower court being the lack of premeditation on the part of the murderer by reason of his intoxicated condition. To-day the supreme court aftirmed the judgment of the lower court. In summing up the evidence and cases cited Chief Justice Horton said: “Lord Bacon said that ‘If a mad man commit a felony he shall not lose his life for it, because his infirmity came by act of God; but if a drunken man commits a felony, he shall not be excused, because he imperfection came by his own default.’ For this reason, the courts almost unanimously hold that if a man kills another while in a fit of voluntary intoxication, it is murder and he must suffer the penalty. Of course, drunkenness mgy be considered by the jury in determining whether there was that de- liberation, premeditation and intent to kil necessary to constitute the of- fense charged. In this case, it is not claimed that the drinking had created delivium_ tremens, or that the ance of the pair and the daughter of Mrs. Vail. It is considered a case of elopement, and the town is greatly excited.” This information was held from the public until ftwas corroborated by tho following ial Errdune 10— [Special to Ttk B |— Joseph Southwith, Tormerly manager of the Nebraska City elevator at this place, a pillar of the Methodist church and a leader of the prohibitiomsts in Lancaster county, left en- nett on May 19, for Ewing, Neb., ostensibly to_look up a new location. Before going he sold a quarter section of land in_this vicinity for cash, taking the procecds with him. On the 20th’ he wrote his friends here a letter dated Grand Island. On the 2Ist he wrote again from Fremont, and on the 22d from his destination, Ewing, ' Since then neither his family or his fricnds have heard anything from him, directly. On the 22a Mrs. A. J. Vail and child left here for a visit to_relatives inMacomb, )L, and though money and letters have been for- warded to her since, word comes back that she is not there and has not been. As she took 1o money with her except enough to pay her expenses to Macomb, it is thought un- likely that she could have gone far without lielp, and intimate friends of the family have no doubt that she has gone for good with Southwi O There was a scandal. abont the two last winter, but it was hushed up on account of their respectable family and church counections. Several circum- nces have occurred within the past few which tend to confirm the rumor. A near relative says that on the 23d a letter w. sent here to Southwick from a hotel proprie- tor at Red Oak, Ia., asking him to return the defendant was insensible, We think he was not s drunk as to have lost his reason or un- derstanding. Counsel assert that when the defendant was only a little drunk he became wild and ungovernable. 1t scems that while he had indulged in drinking intoxicating hquor, even to a slight degree he became a second Mr. Hyde. Upor this account it is urged that heé should be dealt with more leniently. If the story of Dr. Jekyll was true rather than a fanciful one, Dr. Jekyll, according to the theory of counsel, ought not to have been responsible for the murder of Sir Danvers Carcw, although he voluntarily drank the potion that so powerfully von- trolled and shook the very fortress of his identity, “Dr. Jekyll, like Yarborough, when not under the inflieice of the fatal potion, which he accustomed himself to drink, was of a very kind disposition and of unusual ami- ability. After drinking the drug, or tincture, he doffed ut once the_body of the noted pro- fessor and assumed, like a thick cloak, that of Mr. Hyde. His Dleasures then turned to- ward the monstrous, and his_whole being, as utly malign, brutish % times the kindness and virtues of Dr. Jekyll slumbered, but the evil of Mr. Hyde was alert and swift o the occasion. Should it be said that Jekyll was not responsible and that Mr. after all, and Mr. Hyde alone, was the guilty one? Yarborough'is not to bo relieved from responsibility because he did not get drunik with the thought of a dificulty with Collier, Dr. Jekyll did not drink the drug, changing h cacty to one wholly evil, for the purpose of injuring the child he cruelly trampled upon, nor to take the life key to one of the rooms, which he had oceu- picd the night before, which was the day of Mrs. Vail's departure. A few days later the West Branch, Ia., Record recorded visit at that place from Joseph Southwick, among old friends in_that vicinity. A com:mer traveler told a relinble Bennett m this week that he saw Southwick at o hotel in Burlington about that time with a lady whom he supposed to be his wife. The report has been suppressed as much as possible in the hope that it mizht prove unfounded, but members of both fam- ilies here have admitted to_your corresvond- ent that they were compelled to belicve its truth. Mrs. Vail lett a husband and one child here, and took one child with her. Southwick leaves a wife and several children behind him without other means than cighty acres of lund which he deeded to his wife a short time before his departure. 1riends of the family still hope the transaction can be honorably cleared up, but all fear the worst. Both parties were active and promi- nent members of the church, M Vail being organist and Southwick a deacon and treasurer of the church. He was also a can- didate for the state senate two years ago on the prohibition ticket and is well known to all the third party in Lancaster county. e Sheldon's Murderer in Custody VALENTINE, Neb., June 10.—[Special Tele- —Sheriff Little reached y from Gordon with Robinson, the desy do who murdered Sheldon at Keath’s ranch last week. The sheriff went after his prisoner on last Sunday, but on reaching the scene of the tra, found he had fled. He was followed to Gordon, wnere he was found in hiaing and is now safe behind steel bars. The murder was a cold-blooded affair and leaves the murdered man's family in the most destitute circumstances, Will Receive Him Royall OnvEAxs, Neb., June 10.—|Spec gram to Tue Bee.]—The ever given a man awaits the coming of Van Wyck to this valley. Committees from the several counties will meet him at Red Cloud July 10 and escort him through the valley. i . Robson and Crane to Separate. CnicaGo, June 10.—Stuart Robson and William Crane, whose names during the past ten vears have been inseparably associated in the iheatrical world, have resolved to dissolve partnerskip and cach one to pursue his own_ way. The ons that have led to this determination are not quite apparent. Mr. Robson declines at® present to male a statement, and Mr, Crane said there was no particular on for the severance of the partnership beyond his resolve to star here- after on his own decount, however.” said Mr. ) place until the season ison Mr. Robson and her in The Henrietta, at 1 shall star_on my own account. M. Joseph Brooks will be my manager.” ‘Ihie season’s work of the two comedians closed last night at the Chicago opera house, The Henrietta hus been piayed for ks. The business donc his been larger than that done by any company in thys city at regular prices, nearly $5,000 being taken-in the four weeks. 1 is estimat- ed that Robson and Crane's profits for the season are considerably fver §120,000. s e o A Mysterious Kire in Georgia. ATLANTA, G, June 10.—In g bend of the Chattahoochie river, in Harris county, there is raging o fire which can not be explained. A dark smoke was first seen, followed by a rouring sound like thunder. Thomas Jen- nings, one of the oldest settlers, first dis covered the fire, as it was on his land. He here to- dissolution, C ‘will not tal after next. Next s myself will play 16g aftert of Sir Danvers: but in _that case, as in this, a wicked and depressed disposition de- veloped, or produced by the voluntary act of the par If the indulgence in a siight de- gree awoke in the defendant the spirit of hell, he should have refrained from touching the intoxicating’ draught; he should have ‘hosen the better part and not been found wanting in strength tgkeep it. “In the tragedy of Othello, Montano, to quiet Cassio, who had taken a few cups but who was unfortunate in the infirmi sud: ‘Come, come, you're drunk.’ Cassio, in return, at ‘once thrust his sword through Montano. Soon after, in_his grief and re- morse r the act, he said: ‘O, thou invis ible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to t known by, let us call thee devil.” Wi C: uttered Yarborough may well repe He voluntarily stripped himself of wll th alancing instinets by which even the worst of us continues to walk with some degree of steadiness among temptations, and’ in his 1se to be tempted, however slightly, was to il. Upon the whole record, thé judgment of the district court will be affirme: —~——— DIVIDED UP. heriff Said to B> Implicated 1n a Robbery. LaReno, Tex., June 10,—Last night there arrived in this city by Pacific express from grle Pass a consignment of §7,000 in Mex- can money for a large commission house in New Laredo. It was in packages of 1,000 each. There being no room in the safe for it, on account of its bull, the express G. L. Hadley, stacked it up along: About 9 o’cloclt he went to the postoiic Guring his abscnce, two men, named Boutri and Cervantes, broke the glass in the door, and _one of them entered, and, when his exit_with oune of the $1,000 u was sen by aperson who gave the alarm. The officers were almost instantly on the spot. and guards were sent to the viver to prevent the boodlers escaping to New Laredo, The search was kept up until iate at night. Sheriff Sanchez finally identi- fied the party who stole the wmoncy by the description ¢ and the informant was taken to his housc and_he was fully identi- fied and arrested, and his accomplice, Reutri, was also taken 'in. e ofcers' exerted their utmost fforts to find the stolen moncy, and this afternoon succeeded in uncarthing $318, which was buried near the house of the thief. Reutri then turned state's evidence, and said that a deputy sheriff named Ari who had been one of the party who arrested him, took him to the spot and made him di- viae last night before he was placed in jail, Aracia was immediately arrested by Sherift Sunchez and is now in jail. - - The Stevens County War, Garoex Ciry, Kan,, June 10.—Latest ac- counts from Stevens county say that mo blood has been shed there yet, but that the situation is still threatenin Hugoton is armed to the teeth and none of Woodsdale's allowed in the town, Its re that two of their own citizens who against the existing state of affairs we handled by the Hugoton men, Brigadier General My of Wich- ita, of the state mili staff, is now in Hugoton. A crowd was gathering yesterday at Woodsdale, 'I'wo of the three county commissioners are at the latter place, and refuped to go to Hugoton yesterday to canvass the vote on the bond election.” They addréssed a communication to J. B. Chamberlaw, chairman of the board, who is in Hugoton, that until the county seat is freed from mob law, and until they can have the protection accorded by, the law in the discharge of their duty, they will not #0 to the county seat to canvass the vote. It is expected that the presence of the repre sentatives of the state will restrain the peo- from violence, and that a peaceful solu- A Deputy § citizens porte prot could not approuch nearer than fifty yards of the main head of the flames. The spot burn- has & disweter of about fifty feet, At e of the burning ground stand num- of piues, which are now dry and “The people gathered in great num bers to extinguish the flames, but without avail which has been burning three d s within its limits. Sl Honoring the Anaichist’s Vietims. Cmieaco, June 10.—The proposed monu ment which is to perpetuate the heroism of the gallant policemen who fell in the Ha, market massucre Is Lo be erceted not where the bomb was thrown, but about 4 mile dis. tant. Union park, @ beautiful spot sur rounded by pretty resiaences, is the spot se- loched. The design will be that of a female 1 tion of the matter will be reached. e any Man Missing. St. Lovis, Mo., June 10.—Dennis McGinty, a leading member of Tammany hall, soon after the members of the organization ar- rived iu this city for the convention and hus not since been heard of. On returning home and not finding trace of him, his friends came alarmed und notificd the St. Louis police. A thorough search was instigated, but no trace of the missing wan bus been found, Stuart Wins the Grand Frix. Pants, June 10.—The race for the Grand Prix of Paris of 100,000 francs was run to-day and was won by three lengths by Pierre Donan’s chestnut colt n Dead. figure austernly draped, holding aloft au open book. The figure is law, the book ‘the statutes. The pose bespeaks the trivaph order over anurchy he book proclaim that i this commonwealth the law ‘is ‘su- preiue, LoxnoN, Jnne 10, Edward King-He seeretary for Irela for the iv'c of ‘Ph 6l bis resicer 6 lu gland (his WoruiLg. ~Phe Right Honor an, parlisme d, member of ‘parliament LABORED WITHOUT REWARD. No Money to Pay the University Investigating Committee. HOW LONG DOES NOON LAST. The Recent Rumpus at the Agricul- tural College—Hawke, Annual Jaunt-lTowa Dele- gates at St. Lois, © Editors' Resolutions Don't Appropriate. Des Morses, In., June 10.—[Special to Tie Bre.|—There hasn't been for a long time a public muddle quite equal to that in which the legislative commission that is investigat. ing the state university at lowa City finds itself. When the cry for an investigation was urged at the close of the last legislature it was thought that if one was ordered it would bo the most effectual way to stop the continual complaints and criticisms of that institution. So in the hurry of the closing hours a joint resolution ordering such an in- vestigation was passed and fixing the rate of compensation for those engaged in it. But in the hurry no one thought to present a sep- arate bill appropriacing money for the pur- pose. So the other day, after the commis- sioners had been in session about two weeks, they wanted a little monoy, and presented their orders to the state auditor asking for the neccssary warrants. The auditor being posted, replied that he could ot issue them, for 'no money could be taken from the treasury by simple resolu- tion of both houses. A bill of the regular form was absolutely necessary for that pur- pose. He referred to the attorney geaeral, who sustained his position. The constitu- tion of the state expres tipulates that no money shall be paid from the treasury unless granted by law. A law, as defined by the constitution, is something more than a foint resolution. The latter does not require a majority of all the members to pass. 1t does not go to the governor for his signature or approval, and manifestly would not be sufti- cient authority to justify the payment of money from the treasury. One recourse was left to the commissioners—to appeal to the exccutive council and sce if that body nad not discretionary power to help them out. But the executive council doesn’t enjoy having so much responsibility thrust upon ity and so it says no, and tells the commissioners that it is un, So the only thing v s till the next penses of the in- have amounted to about 000, and the witnesses and clerks, et want_ to know who is_going to pay the bil Tt looks very blue for the poor commissioners vestigation who have paid their own expenses so far and received nothing for their time and services, and must now stop with the work but half done, and perhaps pay the bills already in- curred, and ¢ the amount for the state for the next two ye But this expericnce will doubtless have a salutary effect here- x{\filcr in teaching legislators to be more care- ul. An interesting point was recently rafsed at the state house, as to when was precisely 12 o'clock noon.” It seems that the execu- tive council advertised for bids for contracts for printing the supreme court decisions, and stated that bids would be received till 12 o'clock noon of a certain ¢ About forty- five minutes after 12 o'clock noon of that day the representative of a Des Moines pub- lishing house appeared and put in a bid which when opened proved to be 2 cents lower than any other. The council asked the attorney general if the arrival at was too late, and that wor no, that in the sight of the law it y o’clock until it was 1. So the e arrival secured the contract. Now, however, one of the other bidders objects, and through coun- sel argues that it is not 12 o'clock titl it is 1, and that 12 o'clock noon meant sixty min- utes before 1, ax forty-five mmut out of the conte quite o study over the matt again 1o their fountaip of legal knowledge, the attorney general, for solution. The trouble between the students at the at Ames about been a very bitter students who are ecret societies and those who are not. The claim that the former enjoy spe- cial privileges from the faculty which they wi arred had nd referred it sieted down, feeling betwi of the do not, and that they combine to secure ci lewe homors and don't give the other fellows a fair show. The investigation showed that 1 the late riot there the anti-seeret fellows let loose a gas of the most deadly character, intending m this way to smoke the society fellows out of their room. 1f amatch had happened to have been lit in connection with it an explosion would probably have followed that wonld I the” building. But the justice of the peace before whom the supposed culprits were examined concluded that he couldn’t find sufficient evidence tov nold them, so they were released Probubly they will not be 50 reckless another time. “The Towa editors arc getting ready for an excursion to the Yellowstone park, —They propose to start from Council Bluffs about 10, and go to_Denver and Salt Lake, %0 the park and return by the North: fic to St. Paul. This year stringent precautions will be taken to limit the attend- ance strictly to newspaver people. Two years agzo there was 4 press excursion from lowa to Washington Territory, and about half the the people who went along had no more to do with the press than the man in the moon. It was unpleasant ull around, and the real mem- bers on 1 felt very much annoyed by the imy So this year the bars will be up high, and nobody can go through who can't show a straight connection with legiti- mate and reputable papers, The seramble of the lowa_delega Louis to get some of the honorary shows that an lowa demoerat is still anxious to take anything in the way of an oftice lying around loose. It alls ul s ago, when an lowa democ had mighty little chance of getting anything, and #0 grabbed at th first off The story is told of a well-known democrat of this state, who was a persoual friend of Franklin Picrce. When the latter became president he remembered his lowa friend and wrot asking him if he would accept the position of minister to Bogota, The lowa patriot rushed to the tele, office and hastily penned this repl, , Frauk, 1 accept; but where in h—-0»>'is Bogota" ne Beheaded His Littie Boy. WateRL0o, In, June 10.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee.l—Word has just been re- ceived here of a tragedy that occurred lust Monday night in Hazel Green township, about seventeen miles from Monticello. An old wan by the name of Rothbacker, who was working ina stone quarry with another man, undertook to whip his boy, a lad about tw years of age, whén the other man interfered. in the evening the old man tried to whip the boy again but he ran away. This enraged the father, and he caught the boy, knocked him down and cut his head th un axe, Up to lust night the oftice been una- ble to find him, Threats of lynching are freely used, and if Rothbacker is caught he will undoubtedly be hung up by @ mob. An lowa Snake Story. Des Moixes, Ia, June 10.—A Bloomfield paper declares that George Milton, a farmer living near Floris, has captured a hoop snike, that a Floris aruggist bas it on exhibition. It is described us fifteen inchics long, streaked v black and white, and withi & sochet between the eyes 10 contain the spike. The snake struck Milton's p! beaws with its tail. Diggle Again Arrested. divis.on of - iKent, died . 880 Leorge ¥ s W, la., June 10.—Two weeks Sioux Falls barber, dicd 8t Clarion after Laking some boer with his wife, who had left him to become the leading_woman in a small theatrical com pany. She was arrested but discharged She has been again arrested at Conrad, and is now hiere to have her preliminary examin ation Monday. She preserves the cool de- meanor shi Clarion. - R OM AN ISLAND, Expericnce of the Survivors of the Bark Henry Jan es, SaN Fraxcisco, Cal, June 10.— The Oceanic steamer Mariposa arrived to-day from Australia bringing the first details of the rescue_ of the crew of the wrecked bark Henry James after they had spent six weeks on Palmyra island, a coral reef in the Pacific. While off Samoa Captain Hayward, of the Mariposa, was notified by Licutenant Cressap, of the United St steamer Mo- hican, that a boat had reached Samon with the first officer and four men from the wrecked bark. Crptain Hayward heaving that they weré in a destitute condition de- cided to go to the island. The Mariposa reachied Palmyra on May 20, and took off the castaways. Purser Smith gave the following graphic account of the rescue: “I put upa notice that we would require clothing, and in less than half an hour 1 had received thirty suits of clothes, One gen tlemen also donated six pairs of white kid gloves. Palmyra is o typical coral island. There was the roar of breakers over the coral reef, the lagoon, and, in the distance, the palm trees. We stood within three miles of the island and could easily dis- tinguish the men and women on shore, The first to sce us was a small boy who had been out hunting, and he rushed to the camp und gave the alarm. Then they all hur- ried out, and we put off in a boat and made for the island, The captain of the shipwrecked crew also put off with some men to meet us and pilot our boat through the reef. They were a miserable set, those thirty-five human beings. Some had only canvas about their waists. Their conts were worn_through, their backs were blistered, their hair unkempt. They had been in this condition for nearly six wecks, and had begun to fear that the boat sent to'Samoa for assistance had been lost, ard that they were doomed to slow starvation, as their diet hud begun to make them sick.” Captain Lattimore told the following story of the wrecl “The Henry James, loaded with_coal from Newcastle, New South Wales, to San Fran- sco, ran on a recf, thirty-five miles north- west of Palmyra, at 10 p. m., April Two boats were gotten ready, and the ladies and children lowered first over the stern us the sea was breaking along the main deck. All hands and some few provisions being safe in the boat, they stood by the ship until du) light. The iin had 4 narrow escape from drowning through falling into the sea. Find- ing it impossible to get on board, owing to the heavy serf making a clean brush fore Bnd aft, ‘sail was made for and Palm Island reached at 5 p. m., having had he showe and shipping many s They found on the island remains of six persons, but no inhabitants. Also a quan- tity of firewood which had been cut and piled probubly by some shipwrecked crews, The ladies and children were made s comfort- abie as possible, a fire hghted and some mutton and biscuits formed the first meal. No clothing or other effects were saved e cept a vair of blankets and they were thor- oughly drenched. On Saturday, April 21, a boat in charge of the first mate, the boat- swain and three sailors who volunteered, left the island at noon for Samoa, a distance of 1,300 miles, which was completed in nine- teen days, the men being picked up in a te ble condition from exposure to the tropical sun. On April 24 the remaining boat wus launched and headed for the wreck. The ship was sinking down, and as_the sea was breaking over her, for and aft, it was im- possible to board her. The attempt was abandoned for good. During the six wecks on the island, with the exception of ¢ all hands enjoyed fairly good health. Cocounuts were found in >, with eels, birds and & formed their diet.”” a small, low island, id four hundred miles Isiand, and is nearlyon e betwed 3 a and Honolulu, North of the island the charts show a dan- gerous reef, known as Kingmun reef. A Peculiar Labor Contract Case. Corvmpia, S, C. June 10.—Robert Bratcher has been tried in court in Abbevilic for en- ticing away laborers under countract, which is a serioud offense in this state. The case is curiou ome time ago n Miss Hamilton, with her sister, brother and mother, cou- tracted to work with J. B. Ashey, of Shelby- ville. Although in poor circunistances, the girls were young and pretty, and Miss Ham- ilton soon cuptivated the lieart of a young fa amed Bratcher, He asked her to mar, nd she accepted, and the c mony was performed and he 'took her to her hom Miss Hamilton, however, wa under another kind of contract with Ashe and it was unlawful for Bratcher to take her off the place. The defendant was arraigned and tried, The ¢ was hotly contested. The jury, however, could not be made to be hard on the young couple, and they received a veraict of not guilty for a wedding present. - Her Head Torn to Pieces. Broomixgroy, Ind., June 10.—Word has just been received of the accidental shooting of the child of John Selinge, a farmer of Van Buren township, Brown county. He had been out with his shotgun hunting, and came into the house and sct his gun down against a chair in the sittin om, His two little daughters, one six and one four years old, were in the house and the elder one took the broom and began sweepmg the floor and struck the breech of the gun with the broom, knocking it down to the floor. The ploded and the heavy churge struck the Jittle four-year-old girl in the head, littorally carrying away the whole top of the head, causing almost instant death. - The Jury Disagreed. Pansoxs, Kun., June 10,—The second trial of Marion Osbell, for perjury, in the district court, resulted in a disagreement of the jury after being out thivty-six hours, Osbell is the son of dweuwlthy furmer of the county Last year he became infatuated with anoth woman, and deserted his wife and child for her and refused to support them. He was fined #5600 under the vugrant law for such abandonment and neglect of his family. It is charged swore falsely on that trial, and he was arrested for perjury. The jury at the last term found him guilty, but Cure v trial with the above result, He was ably defended and made a desperate fight for an acquittal, -— Timber-Cutters Arrested. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 10— Deputy United States Marshal Burns yesterday run down an alleged gang of timber-cutters at Rolla, Mo. There were six of the party, as follows: W k Laycock, Wi Coffe as and John or tie contractors for the Missouri 4 They had cut 10,000 tics from goy. ernment lands which we in rafts ready to let down the Gasconade. It is quite likely that other charges will be brought against the gung, as they huve operated in that part of the country for some months, and this is not regarded s their first offense, although it is the largest committed in southwest Missouri for yeurs. aw, amp. abundance, and the; crabs and pepper Palmyra Island about two thous: in the . e De. Cox Not Indicted. SiasGrieLy, Mo, June 10.—Judge Hub- bard, of the circuit court, yesterday ordered the release of Dr. George M, Cox from the 100 bond he was under for an alleged as- sault with carbolic acid upon Efle Ellis, the actress with whom the doctor's son was in- fatuated. The grand jury bus been investi- gatiug the case und falled to find evidence suflicicnt 1o return an indictment. The man A. P, Reuth, who drove the hack, stuted that if Dr. Cox was in the hack at the ume of the assault he did not kuow it The “‘Saints" Let the ‘Prohibs” Cross the Plate Once. ST, LOUIS WHITES SHUT OUT, With Staley in the Box the Tail Ene ders Defeat Them - Kansas City Wins From Milwaukee—~ Rain at Chicago. Western Association Standing. Below will be found the standing of the clubs, including yesterday’s games : Playea Won Lost Pr Ct g 17 10 .20 18 3 B8] 15 13 Jflla " 4 500 14 18 487 10 17 870 21 85060 Des Moines. Omaha. . Kansas Cit Milwaukee St. Paul. St. Lou Chicago. ... . Minneapolis. 3ames Scheduled for To-day. Chicago vs Omaha at Chicago. St. Paul vs Des Moines at St. Paul. Milwaukee vs Kansas City at Milwaukes, Minneapolis vs St. Louls at Minneapolis. Postponed—Rain, Chircaco, June 10.—(Special Tolegram to Tng Ber, ] —The Omaha-Chicago game, which was scheduled for this atternoon, was posts poned on account of rain. St. Paul 8, Des Moines 1. St. PAuL, Minn,, June 10 gram to Tnr Ber.)—Twoenty-five hundred and fifty-six people passed through the turne stile at Athlotic park to-day to witness the second game between the St. Paul and Des Moiues clubs. Like yesterday's game, it was @ pitchers’ battle, but this time the home pitcher, Duryea, did the betger work, striking out fourteen and holding the visitors down to four safe hits, Des Moincs opened up the gume as though they would win, Holliday hit for two bases and went_ to third on a wild piteh, but was left there, Vandyko and Macullar striking out and Quinn bein, off first after having reache on five bad balls, In_ the second Pickett fumbled the orator's hit and Stearns sent him to third on o two-bag- ger, but both were left us the three succeed- ing batsmen were retired on_strikes. Dur- yea continued his good work throughout but in the sixth Macullar scored on u safe hit and wuffs by Murphy und Pickett. The side was retired, however, with twe men on bases. St. Patil was unable to hit Wells very often i won the game on two home run hits over the fence, the first being by Veach in the second inting aud the sceond by Carroll in the eighth after Picicett had hit safely and hands were out. The sc 3 Moines 00000100 0—1 Paul. . 01000002 0-83 Runs e st. Paul 3 Wwo-base hits— Holliday, Stearas, Home runs—Veach, Carroll. ' Double plays-—Wells, Stearns avd Alvord. Bases on buils—Duryes St. Paul, Quinn, Stearns, Hit by piteher— St Struck out —Hallid 2 Dyke (4), Muccullar (2), ‘Wells (3), Murphy, Carroll, 1, Ringo, Veach, Reilly (2). Passed balls— Sage 1. Wild pitches— Dury 1. Bnses stolen—Ty Pickett. Left on bas Poul 4, Des Moiues 8. First base on crrors—Des Moines 8. Time—1:55. Umpire—Iessenden. Minneapolis 5, St. Louis 0. MixNEAPOLI, June 10.—[Special Telegram to Tue Ber|—Notwithstanding the fact that there was an injunction recently issued again unday ball playig in this city there was no interference with to-day’s game and 4,000 people suw the ho:ne team shut out the Whites, with Staley in the box. This result was brought about by the rankest kind of work by Umpire Brenuan, who gave St. Louis the worst of it throughout the game. ‘Che board of directors should releasa Brenuan as he has proven himself utterly incompetent to fill his position in an impartial manner. Tug Arundel got in his regulation kick and was assessed $5 by DBrennan, Joe Herr has left to join the Browns at Cincine nati and Hines is playing short and doing it well. The scor ipolis, 2.01 00100 O 00000000 0-0 Runs earned—Minneapolis 1. Two base hits —Broughton, Winkleman, — Beckley (ef Double | Staley, Arundel and oy, Winkleman, Brosnan and Hawes, on balls—Crooks, Patton. Hawes Brosnan (2. Hit by pitcher—Hines, Je Struck out—By Winkleman 2, Stale; Passed balls—Broughton 1, Arundel 1. Wild pitches 1. Bases stolen—By Jevne (3), Patton (2), Winkleman, Brosnan. Left \ s—Minncapolis 7, St. Louis 9. First hase on errors— Minneapolis 2, St. Louis 1, Time—1:50. Umpire—Brennan, flwaukee 3, Kansas City 8, MizwAuvker, Wis., June 10, —[Special Tele- gram to Tue Ber.]—The lurgest crowd of the season since the opening game witnessed the Milwaukee-Kansas City game to-day. Struck and McCarthy were the opposing pitchers, I the third inning the visitors pounded for five singles and a triple, piling up six runs, The lead was too much for the locals and they never overcame it. The score: Milwaulkee Kansus Cit roed runs 5 on bulls Mask 1—- 5 0001,02000-8 000 1001 *-8 Milwi 3, Kansas City 6, Off Struck out ght. Two ce_base hits— Wells 1. Ume , Struck, sod balls Time—1 T Bradley ( pire=-Powers, AMERIC, Louisville 1, Kansas Oity 5. LovisviiLg, June 10.—The game between Louisville upd Kunsas City to-day resulted s follows Lo ville, W RN ET R Kan8a8 City . rrsessresen) 0 1 2 8 Brooklyn 10, Cleveland 2, Brookrys, dune 10.—The game between Brooklyn and Clevelund to-day resulted as follows: Cleveland 10010000 0- Brooklyn.,......0 12180 %1 Cincinnati 8, 8t. Louls 17, Crxcixyaty, June 10.—The game between Cincinnati and St. Louis to day resulted as follow. Cincinnati......0 0 St. Louis.. 6 0 N ASSOCIATION, 0— 1 05 301000 4-8 0713800 *17 Baltimore 4, Athletics 11. Barmivonk, June 10.—~The game betwees Baltimore and the Athletics to-duy ruaullua as follows Baltimore. 20 Athletics. . 0000%200-4 1830000213 MINOR GAMES, Atkinson 12, Niobrara 7. Varexting, Neb,, June 10.—[Special Teles gram to Tue Bee,]—The ball game between the Atkinson RReds and the Fort Nicbrars team, postponed from yesterday, was played today large crowd witnessed the gamney whigh wus exciting throughout. The score stood 12 10 7 in favor of Atkinson. The Val entine Grays will play at Long Pine Friday and at Atkinson Saturday next. ~ - ~ Sailed ¥ Lasbon. | Copuright 1685 by James Gordon Bennett.) SoU1HAMPTON, June 10.—(New York Her- ald Cable--Special to Tk Bee: | —The United States trafning ship Saint Mary has sailed for L.isbon,