Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1889, Page 2

S ——————— FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS The Nicaragua Bill Ready for the President. A WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE MEASURE. Me. Cockrell Oalls Attention to Some Facts in Connection With the ethods Employed by Claim Agencies. ate. The conferonce re port on the bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal company of Nicaragua was presented to the senate and agreed to. The bill now goes to the president for approval The senate bill to empower the Mt. Carmel Development company to draw water from the Wabash river aud its tributaries in 11l nois was passed. Mr. Blair, of the committeo woman's suffrage, reported back favorably a joint res olution proposing a constitutional amend- ment to prohibit a denial or abridgement the right to voto by the United States or any atate on account of sex. Placed on the cal endur, and Mr. Cockrell said that a minority report would be made hereaftor. Mr. Cocirell, from the committon on affairs, reported o substitue for house bill to remove tho charze of desertion trom soidiers of tne late war, and of the Mexican war, whore such soldiers afte wards served faitnfully till the expiration of their term of enlistment. He explained tha it was a general law intended to ¢ classes of worthy and deserving soldie whilo not breaking down the distinction be, tween deserters and true soldicrs, Tne sub. stitute was agrecd to, the bill passed, and o conference was order Mr. Chace offered a aid over ling on for a statement of postal clerks since Ju . Mr. Plumb asked unanimous consent to take up for considoration the house bill to quict the titles of settlers on the Des Moines river lands 1 Towa, but Mr. Hiscock ob jected in the interest of Mr. Fvarts, who desired to oppose the bill. - Ou motion of Mr Allison, however, unanimous consent was given 10 take up the bill to morrow morning unless Mr. Evarts should still ba absent The senate bill to provide for writs of error on appeals to the supreme court of the United States in ull cas>s involving the question of jurisdiction of the courts below, was passed A resolution offered by Mr. Chandler, in structing the committec on appropriations to mako an investization m relation to the lon- and “'sea service claius as then taken up. . Cockrell expressed regret t the fourtn auditor and treasurer of the United States had permitted their names to be used by a firm of Washiugton agents, as shown in a cireular yes He sent to the clerl’s desk and had read another Wash- ington claim agency circular offering to ob- tain special acts for the benetit of persons of persons having claims for peusions. This circular, he said, was simply an_attempt to get $10 without the possibility of rendering any cquivalent. Mr. Cockrell proceeded to give some other instances of dishonest at- temptson the part of Washington claim agents, and declared that there had never been sich an imposition practi on any class as had been practiced on the soldiers of the late war and their widows and orphans. He attributed much of the claim agents to the fact that the goverignent officials did not adjust accounts and h and pay claims; but, on the contrary, sup- ressed and concealed the facts, At the close of Mr, Co.#rell’s remarks tho resolution went over till to-morrow without action. ‘The house amendinent to the sel to cutting timber on Indian lands curred in. Tho senate then resumed consideration of the legislative appropriation bill, the pe: ing question being on Mr. Hawley's cmend- ment to give an additional clerk of class 3 to the civil service commission. Mr. Chaudler hoped that one of the first acts of the new administration would be to get rid of disreputablo and incompetent postal clerks appointed since March, 1855, Mr. Allisod expressed a belief that the clvil service law, as long as it remained on the statute book, should be fairly carried out. He contended, however, that the extension of postal mail clerks last December was not an extension by the commission itseif, for the commission was practically not a com- mussion since October last, when one of its members was coufirmed ns _commissionor of Indian affairs, while another of its members had paid no attention te it since then. He thought that the new administration should be allowed to make rules for the extension » law to postal mail clerks. rman_replied to Mr. Allison, and that it the no civil service commission now, th s not with the president nor with the democratic party, but with the republican majority in the senate, which would not allow the offices to be filled, but acted on the prineiple that when there was 1o beachange of administration the wheels of the government must be stopped and office not permitted to be filled. Mr. Hoar approved the extension by Mr, Cleveland of the civil service law to postal mail clerks, whether extension came late or early. After further discussion the amendiment was agreed to. Another long discussion took place as to whether the board of pension appeals, fixed in the bill as three members, should be in- creased to six, The change wus made. ‘The bill then weat over until to-morrow and the senate adjourned. Hous WASMINGTON, Fob, 7.—Inthe bouse the committee on public lands reported back the senate bill providing that the public lands of the United States now subject to private entry, or adapted to and chicfly valuablo for agriculture, shall be disposed of accord- ing to the provisions of the homestead law: only. Amendments were adopted striking out the words which exempt Missouri from the provision s of the bill, repealing the com- mutation clause of the homestead law, and allowing persons who have abandoned or re. linquished their homestead entries to make another entry, The bill was then passed. Mr. O'Neil of Pennsylvania called up the bill increasing the pension of the widow of Brigadier General Emery to 50 a month and it passod, The house then went into committee of the whole on the army approprintion bill. Upon the suggestion that proper provision had already been made for the post in the sundry civil appropriation bill, the appropria- tion of §100,000 for a coutivuation of tho work on the new military post at Denver ‘was stricken out, Mr. Randall raised a point of order against the clause appropriating §00,000 for the pur- chase of moyable submarine torpedoes, und mulluu o decision on this point, the commit- of the whole roso and the house ad- Journed, - Legfslating for the Indian. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The sub-committee in charge of the Indian appropriation bill has mcluded in the measure some items of new legislation of the first importance, One of toese proposes to create a commission of five members to negotiate with the five civilized tribes of Indiaus fora full and complote re linquishment of their claim to the Cherokee outlet. ‘The committee i8 also wuthorized to Krnpow to the civilized tribes their admission to the union separately, or as one stute or ternitory, with an understanding that the Indians shall have full rights of citizevship. Aunother itew, inserted to guard against the failure of the bill to divide the Sioux reser- wvation in Dakota, g:ropou‘l the appointment of & commission of three mewmbers Lo again megotiate with the Sioux fora relinquisn- went of a portion of their reservation. s e Naval Bill Amendments. ‘Wasiuxeroy, Feb, 7.—Senator Chandler fo-day introduced a proposed amendment to the naval appropriation bill, authorizing the eoustruction by contract of two harbor rams of steel, to cost, without armament, not ex- ading $1,600,000 each, and of fifteen gun or eruisers, each not to exceed 1,000,000 tons on displacement, or $500,000 in cost. It mfluw- $5,000,000 10 begiv the construc- vessols and §,000,000 for armament. on mili esolution, whic the postmaste ate bill as Wwals con- WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Synopsis of the Joint Resolution Re- ported to the Senate. WASHINGTON, [ Tho joint resolution reported in the senato to-day by Mr, Blair from tho committes on woman's suffrage recommends the adoption of the resolution After roviewing the history of the woman's suffrage movement, and making some com ments on a denial of the right of suffrage to woman as an injustice equal to that of negro slavery, it concludes as follows less this goverument shall and preserved truly republican in form the enfranchisement of woman, the great reform which her ballot wonld accomplish may never be. The demoralization and dis integration now procceding in the body politic are not likel soon to be Corruption is _ already a Ilnigh fatal discase. A republican form of government cannot survive half elave and half free. The ballot is withheld from women bocause men st willing to part with one-nalf the sovereiun power. There is no other roal cause for the continued perpetraticn of this unnatural tyranny franchise women, or this republic wiil steadily advance 1 the same destruction, the same ignoble and tragic catastrophe, which lias engnifed all the male repubiics of his tory. Let us establish a repubtic in which othi men and women shall be free indeed. hien shall the republic be perpetual.” A minority report adverse to the adoption of the resolition will be prosonted. Strong Opposition WASHINGTON, F A m house foreign affairs comrmittes that the opposition to the Kdmunds’ Panama resolution would be quitd vigorous. It would be based, in his opinion, upsn a wrong view of the mutter, The opponents of the resolu tion, as thoy had oxpressed themselve based their opposition upon twd thin First, that the Mooroe doctrine was never intended to apply to such enterprises as the anal, and could not be fairly so constructes that the resolution, in its effoct, de wced an enterprise that was failing, and that such expression of sentiment would de- ter the investment of ¢ on the Amer- continent, Those members favoring resolution, however, constitute the ma jority, and hold that now, with the party in the French chamber of deputics openly de- claring in favor of the governm suming control of the canal, this country ought to ex- fross itself. bo made xpeeted. mber of the said to-day Unab) Wasmizaroy, Peb the Montana, Dakota mission bill were in s w0 Agree. Lo conferees on and New Mexico ad- sion a short time this morning nud adjourned until 2 o'clock with- out having come to any agreement. A meet- ing was hold in the afternoon at which it wis decided to report tothe two houses thut the conference was unable to agree. -~ Mes, Shoviaa WasiiNaroy, Feb, mittee on military orable report upon the proposition to present Mrs. Irene Rucker-Sheridan 50,000 in token of the country’s appreciation of ‘the services rendered by her husband, General Sheridan, This 15 to be urged in licu of Dpension. affair: e The Washington Aqueduct. WASIINGTON, Feb, 7.—The joint congress- ional committee investigating the consteuc tion of the Waushington aqueduct tunnel have about concluded to order the entire lining of the tunncl replaced, and to charge the cost to the contruactor: The estimated cost is $500,000. S R The Creeks Biil Reported Favorably, Wasr \, Feb. 7.-~The Dbill to rati the agrecment with the Creek Indians, sent to congress a few days ago by the president a ige recommending 1ts passage, was favorably reported to.day from the commit- tee on Indian affairs -~ A POSTMASTER INDICTED. Charged With the Murder of O. A. elden, Formerly of Omahna. Crivexye, Wyo., F'eb. 7.—(Special Tole- gram to Tne Bee. |—John A. Sneffor, post uaster at Manville, Wyo., was indicted by the grand jury of Converse county to-day for the murder of O. A. Selden, his busincss partuer. Selden, who was a wealthy busi- ness manof Omaha, -was associated with Sheffer in establishing the new town of Manville. Onthe evening of August 15 1887, while_sitting at supper with his wife, Seiden was killed by some unknown assassin who pushed a double-barrelied shotgun through an open window and blew his brains out. No clue to the murderer eould be found. Detectives have been working on_the caso for the past year and it is claimed have ev dence which will prove beyond doubt_that committed the murder. Sheffer is an old man and quite wealthy. S el tid The Efiicacy of a Madstone. As City, Feb. 7.—|Special Telegram to Tie Bee.| —For several years past the little eight-year-old son of Mrs. Galliland, of No. 514 East Eleventh strect, has been afllicted with a cancer iu the center of his right check. About a year ago two doctors examined it, pronounced it cancer, and the child was sent o a local hospital, where it was cut out. A few months ago it reappeared in the check and grew to’ its former size, causing great pain, It was then decided to try the effects of a madstone on the child. A ‘stone, owned in San Francisco, but in_the possession of a man in Independenco, Mo., was procured. It was applied to the patient's right shoulder and bandaged on tightly. This was done nearly two weeks ago, and the chiid has been greatly benefitted, sufferimg 1o pain whatever, The stone is on the arm about forty minutes at a time, and when it is removed it is cleaned in a in of water, It is thought that the boy will be permanently cured in aunother fortnight. A Dust Explosion. KAxsAs Crry, Feb, 7.--[Special Tolegram to Tue Bee. |—Soon after 40'clock this morn- ingan explosion of dust occurred on the fourth floor of the Corle & Sons’ oatmeal mills, corner of Sauta Fe and Eighth streets, and immediately thereafter flamos issuad from the windows of that story. The entiro fire department was called to the scene early, and succeeded in preventing the spread of the fire to the adjoining buildings. They fiucd the blazo to the floor on which it first seen, but in doing so deluged the structure with water and thereby caused a licavy loss on gram in_store. Tho total loss on thie building, machinery and stock is be- tween $15,000 and $20,000, which is covered by insurance for more than twice the greater nount. Until yosterday the mill had not been in operation since last Saturday, so the owners cannot account for the fire except on the theory of spontaneous combustion in the dust mill: Rebuilding will begin at once. - The Alaskan Outrages Denied. KaNsas Ciry, Feb, 7.—[Special Telegram to T Bek.) —The Hon, and Mrs. Louis L. Williams, of Juneau, Alaska, are at the Coates House. Mr, Williams is a United States commissioner to Alaska, and is a citi- zen of Boonville, Mo. He is on his way to Washington on official business. Regarding o statement of a Mrs, Voorhees, made about six woeks ago, that the Uaited States soldiors outrage nativo Indian women of Alaska, Mr. Wiliams says: “The charge is ridiculous aud an infamous falsehood, and is easily dis- proved. Iu tho first place the native women are devoid of morality, and in the second place there ave no soldiers in Alaska. There ave a few marines, thirty [ believe at Sitka, and there are a few sailors,” ) Prominent Citizen Killed opeka, Kan., Feb. 7.—[Special Telegram to Tap Bee)—Eugene Kopf, a prominent business man of Council Grove, was killed at White City this morning, while getting off the Ltock Island train. Io jumping from the tram Mr, Kopf was thrown against an oil barrel, striking Lis head. He never regained consciousness. ALba A Gloversville special says: There is no truth in the ru- mors of the drowning of scventeen men by teams breaking througli the ive on the Sac. andaga river, near Pine Lake, soveral days B0 WHY SEWALL WAS RELIEVED His Viewa Conflict with Those of the Administration. HE SAYS THAT HE IS MISJUDGED. And Gives His Own Version ot the Affair in Which Bayard Fige an Unenviable Light. ures in Sewall Asked to Resign. WAsRINGTON, Fob, 7-~This morning Har- old M. Sewall, consul general to the Samoan ved notification from the state department that his resignation would be ac table, on the ground that his views were not in harmony with those of the administra- tion. An Associated press roporter called this evening upon M owall and asked for a statement of the reasons given by the state depurtment for requesting his vesignation as consul general to Samoa. Mr. Sewall said: “The reason given is a disagreement of my views with the views entertained by the state dopartment on Samonn affairs. This rofera, 1 supposc, to the testimony given by me be- fore the senate commi on forcign rela- . No disapproval of my conduct in 2 has ever boen expressed by the de partment as far as Lknow. The views [ ex- pressed on the situation and the remody necessary were given at the request of the senate committee. It was not for me to con- sider whether those views agread with Mr. wrd’s or not. 1 do know, however, that coincide with those of all Americans vho have given the matter any thought, the state doj ent excopted, for which 1 can- not spoaik. Sewall said that whatever his personal opinion of Buayard's attitude might be, e had during ‘his entire torm of ser- vice implicitly followed instructions, notwithstauding they had placed in a false and humiliating A great stiv was made,” said he, the recent announcement of the declara- tion of martial law by the Germaus in Api but this was only a repotition of what hay pened before. ISyen before the Americans 1 been deprived of thew right toa joint vote in the government of Apia, German sentries had been posted and instructed o shoot dead all men not answoring the allenge, Notices giving warning of this wes ed only in German script. When war declared against Malictoa, Apia was occupied without notice to the iericans, A leading American merchant, nding on his own land, was knocked down a Gornuan sailor, who, on returning to his ship, was imprisoned for not having bay- onetted the man. L wyself wus stopped on the highway even before war been declaréd, and an ofticer threaiened to shoot me if 1 progeeded. German sentrics arc posted avound wy consulute at night. It is for testifying to these facts, L presumo, that my resignation was askec St s ural that I shouid differ with Mr. Bayard in a policy—if such_ it could be called--which permits such things to be done. Were my regret,” said Sewall, “at the loss of prestige in the Pacilic by our submission to German aggression in Sumoa the measure of my humiliating ex- perience there, L could await patiently the publication of iny testimony and the certain results of an aroused and intelligent public opinion. But to my lasting chagrin and sor- row, misled by Bayard, and acting under his instructions, I misled the weak and suffering Sumoans into fresh mizfortune. Upon Mr. Bayard and myself, a8 an innocent instrument obeying his instruction, must rest the grievous re- spousibility for the distresses which now threaten the very exisience of the Samoan people. When [ arrived in Sumoa the insur rection of Tamasese, fostered by the Ger- man officials _for 'purposes now made plain, was on the point of disintegration Malictoa, wno had been repeate baclk by our representatives from as: his, authority, haa determined to tolerate ths no longer. The day after I arrived, I re- ceived instruction, the purport of which was to restrain him. 1 did so, giving him to un- derstand, as Bayard gave me to understand, that neither he nor his people would be al- lowed to suffer. Malietoa yielded at my solicitation, and our national honor was pledged that we would insist upon our treaty right to the independent exist- ence of Samoa. I could not better have served German purposes than by this mi sion of mine. Asa matter of fact, public documents now before congress showed that the instructions in obedience to whici I acted on this occasion were sent me at the instance of the German and British ministers. “In less than a month German ships ar- rived, Malietoa and his chiefs were reported and the man whose life [ aud saved by my intervention installed in Malictoa’s place. Pitiless persecution was begun on mnoans suspected of friendship for our flag, and German control was as effectually es. tablished as under open arnexation, Having strained the Samoans when they could have destroyed '] and with his de struction the busis for German interference, I urged their submission, trusting that whes finally the teuth was known our promises to them would be fulfilled and our honor saved by a restoration of the status before the conference, when 1 gave Maiietoa such fatal advice. In justice to myself and in the hope of s ng it for these wretched people, I speak as I do. “‘Before leaving for Samoa I had been about the state department aund with the president at oud iatervals for a month, ex- plaming the situation and pointing out the inevitable result of the German proceedings, and warning them that that would happen which has come to pass. When the rising of Mataafa became known, ~and the German fleet ordered ~ to return to Sumoa, I asserted positively to Bayard that there could be but one motive in this, and that was to activ Tamasese in fighting Mataafa. Bayard r peated to me fresh assurances from Bi marck that Germany did not care who wi king. But immediately on the arrival of the G n ships with a new German_ consul, Dr. Knappe, we find them siding with Tamasese and precipitating a conflict for which the Samoans will bo forced to pay heavily. Realizing the unfortunate predicament of our own people, and bitterly counscicus of our obligations to the Samoans, I sought to get from Bayard instructions that would enable us to assert our proposition, but all the in structions I received was @ copy of an apologetic note to the German consul on account of an alleged newspaper inter - view and fresh assurances from Germany,” Rogarding the action of the state depart- ment in accepting Bismarck’s proposition for a conference at Berlin, Mr. Sewall said he concurs with every on¢ who has studied the question that a redtoration of the status quo should be preliminary to any negotiations. Bismark’s proposition to renew the confer- ence on German ground means much, Minis- ter Pendleton is sick, and whoever repre- sents us 15 to be removed from American public feeling, and, moreover, not likely to be well acquainted’ with the subject. Weber, for years the German consul in Samoa, and Becker, late German consul there, together with a host of other ofticials who inow Samoan pol- itics, are in Berlin, and will aid Bismarck. Weber was in Washington during the -con- ference here coaching the Germau ministe Besides, the history of our mnegotiations with Germany, as Sohllcd out by Bates, should caution us and make us reluctant to accept any assurances, for they have been made most freely on the eve of her most im- vements there, Bayard was seen, but declined to say anything on the subject. islands, rocel Sullivan Is Enjoying Himself. INprANAroL1s, Feb, 7.—It is given out here to-night that a friend of Sullivan, the ab- sconding county clerk, received a letter dated at Montreal, wherein he tells of his sufe arrival in Cunada, and remarks that he is enjoyiug himself, He also says he intends to start 4 hotel in Canada and become a Joyal subject of the queen. He states that Le lias seen Moore, the absconding insurance agent. N Revising the Agreement. Cmicaco, Feb., 7.—At a meeting of the managers of lines in the territory of the C entral Traflic association to-day, the com- mitteo on revision submitted proposed arti- cles of re-organization, The meeting took no action other than to order the revised agreement printed, and copies sent to the mmnan of all the lines 1n the territory for conslideration, criticism sud ameadment. STUCK PINS IN HIS TONGUE, Brutal Treatmong of & Wead-Mindod Stepson. NERRASKA Crry| Neb,, Feb, T.—[Special Telegram to Trnr Bre. | —Mrs, King, charged with maltreating] an imbecilo stepson, had her trial this afterneen. The witnesses tes tified that she had bften threatened to kill the boy, and had kndeked him down with a club; stuck pins in s tongue and kicked him. The doctol fod that the boy's body was ¢ d twith bruises from head to foot. The woman was fined $45. The boy will be sent to the Beatrica institute. other Viegim of Dr. Barrett cony, Nob., | Web, i.—[Special to Tae Nels Johnson, living two and one half miles north of Lindsay, who has boen a cripple and bodridden for three years past, was visited by “Dr." Barrett in August last The doctor made an examination, and said he could curo him in three months for $100. Johuson agrecd to the proposition, and the doctor drew up what purported to be a con tract, but which tuins out to be a note for £100, which he sold to the State Bank of Newman's Grove, Johnson declines to pay i, and as now a law suit on his hands. It nocdless to say that the doctor never sent Johnson any medicine nor bracos for his 1 as he agreed to, In fact Johnson never ;wg a word from him since, althoush the m cine was to be sent in turce days from the time of the doctor's visit. The medicine hus not arrived yet, thitions Fromont Ttems. IPresoxt, Neb,, Feb. 7.—[Special to Tus Bee. | ~Hugo C. Leberman died at his home in this city last night, after an illness of four or five days. Mr. Loeberman, fora number of years past, reprosented H. Fuhrman, of this city, on the road, but sin hus travelod for M. E. th & Co., of Omaha. He wasa splendid sulesman and one of the most popular *boys™ on the road, He leaves a wife and one ehild well provided for. The funeral will be held Sunday aiter noon. A scries of evangelistic servicos were begun here last night, ‘Fhey are under the management of the Methodist and Baptist ehurehos, and for the first two weeks will be held at the Methodist church. They will continue for a month. 'They are being con- ducted by Rev. H. C. Smead, a well known and successful evangelist from Minucapolis, assisted by Rev. - From ¥onca. Poxca, Neb, Keb. 7. —(Special to Tnx Bre.—A disastrons fire on the farm of S, I Hart, ton milos southwost of Ponea, ro sulted in the destraction of a large barn and its contents. Thirteen head of valuable horses and a large amount of grain, ma 4 ery aud harness were consumed, The loss w oral thoussnd doilars Yesterday moruning as Dr. E 1. Rucker was roturning from a visit in the countr) the team ran away, throwing the doctor an: the driver from the carriage. Both were rendered unconscious, On the day previous Dr. J. M. O'Conneil was thrown from his carriage, breaking his nose. Death of a Pioncer. Scnvyner, Neb, Feb. 7.—|Special gram to Tue Ber, |—William member of the firm of Shaw dealers, died suddenly of heart di evening. Mr. Walker was one ot the firat settlers of Colfax county and one of Schuy ler's most prominént and w men. He was a member of the Accacia loc of i'ree Masous, and will be buried under their auspices —ahap Baldwin-Payne. Masox Ciry, Nob,' £ Tne Bik. | ~Last oveni the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr shicr.0f the Peoples’ b was martied to Miss Minua, of Mr. and Mrs, J Payne, the Rey. Dr. Oliver, of Kearney. A numt of handsome und vafuable wedding presents were receive d. —[Special to at 8:30 o'cloc s Suicide ) Ewing. Ewixg, Neb,, Feb. 7.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bee.|—A man by the name of A. C. Bogess, who lived nine miles north of this place, detiberately shot himself this morn- ing. The fatal charge lacerated his head and face in a fearful mauner. The cause of the suicide was family troubles. e A Cornell University Seara. Itica, N. Y., Feb. 7.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The appecrance of scarlet fever among the Cornell studonts promises to create nearly as much scave as the recent visitation of small-pox. Forest Home is a hamlet one mile from the university, and up ward of seveaty students board there, A few days ago o child in the village was attacked by scarlet fever, and to-day two new cascs are reported. When the matter was reported to President Adams a special meeting of the facuity was called, and Drs. Law and Hitcheock were sent to ' look after the safety of the students. The postoftice, boarding house and scveral private houses were fumigaied, and notices posted for- bidding the students to approach these build ings, or any of the occupants o appear on the university campus. _Several students are among those quarantined. e SN A New Raitroad Deal. Evassviry, Ind, Feb. 7.—It is reported here to-nizht in New York advices to the Journal that the Mackey railroad syndicase had secured control of the Louisville, Evans- ville & St Louis air line railroad and the IlinoisM& St. Louis railroad, the latter running from Bellyille, il to Bast St. Louis, which, Dby building frou Mount Vernon, ill, to Belleville, some seventy miles, will give the Mackey people a direct line between St. Louis, Evansville and Louisville, The new deal will take effect May 1. e e Ay The lowa Froight Rates. Ciicaco, Feb, 7. 'he Rock Island and others of the lowa lines have decided to re- duce all rates in that stato o the sams level, instead of availing éhemselvs of the omis- sions in the commissioner's chedules. They take the position that i the) maintain the present rates on grain, coal and live stock, No good will come of it, as the commissioners now have authority to reduce these rates, and will doubtless immediately rectify their mistake in omitting the articles named from the schedule, g A mbazzler Sentenced. PuiLaverriia, Feb/'? —~Ambrose 1. Secor, formerly bookkeeper and cashier at the American District Télegraph company, pleaded guilty to-day to the embezzlcment of he funds of the company, and was sentenced 0 three years' imprigonment. The amount nvolved is said to b2 about $17,000. e A Magnificent Purse, S1. Lovis, Feb. 7.-4The St. Louis Trotting associuion to-day de¢idé to offer a $10,000 guaranteo purse for 2:30. class trotters for the fal! meeting. Thisas the largest purse ever offered in the west, ] A Big Pire'in Londor Loxpox, Feb. 7.—A great fire is raging on Ward's wharf, at Lambeth. Adjacent to the wharf are several'l#rge oil and timber warchouses, ll of whichi are in great danger. Late Arresis. Atalate hour last night Detective Demp- sey succceded in arresting Patrick Crow, who is charged by Chief Galligan with set- ting fire to a barn on Twenty-eighth street. Hentou Bell, who endangeraed the lives of the occupants of the Esterbrook block by noglecting the boiler in that building while out electioneering, was picked up and spent the mght behind the bars. Legal Relaxation, H. C. Hitt, a lawyer, was arrested on Douglas street last might by Ofiicer Cullen for being drunk, He resisted vigorously and was booked on that charge as well. ‘Whea taken to the station he tore down the water closet, and raised Caln generally uatil it was found necessary to handeuff him to a post. THE PARNELL COMMISSION. | Another Interesting Installment of | Times' Testimony. LE CARON ON THE STAND. He Coolly Confesses His Purpose in America to Have Been the Bes trayal of the Irish Cause. He Was a British Spy. Loxnox, Feb. 7.—~The Parnell commission reconvened this morning witn witness Beach Aliae Lo Caron, still on the stand. Ho explained certain geomotric designs in ue constitution of the uniter sections as being symbols for secretary and treasurer. In March, 1884, the witness attended the district convention of the united sections, at which Suliivan and Lomasnoy were present At tho convention of the reunited sections, now known as the United Brotherhood, held in June, 1535, a delogate from Dotroit, whe: Lomasnoy's widow lives, brought up the question of supporting her because of Lom asney’s services to the brotherhood o rbjection was made by the defense that this was not evidence. Attornoy Gen eral Webster held that these organizations were real me, and that the evidence was admiss becanse Figan, Sheridan aud others were directly conniocted with the Irish revolutionary brotherhood and the Irish United Brotherhood. — The discission wi continued at length, durmg which the attor. ney general admitted that he never had boen wed to euggoest that Parnell or other pinbers of parliament were personally con ted with murderons outrages. His con- ntion was that they were allied with people_whom they knew to be, or could have lnown if they had made propor inquirics, to have boen promineatly con nected mony years with such outrages, They had allied themseives intimately with the ¢ .13, and availod themselves of its money. Kuowing the eharacter of the “I. R. B." they continued their allogiance with it after a miost distinct andpositive notice, It had been proved that several members of tho commons attended four of the five leaguo conventions in Ameriea where the “1 R B, contr coodings The court d 1to admit the evidence on the ground that the *U. 13" Clan-na-Gael and "I R. B, were practically the same body and united. Tt had been proved that certain persons, including Bean, Brennan and Sher- 1dan, among the persons charged were mem bers'of the L R. 13" Bvidence, not of one membor's conversation with another, but to what was done in convention of 'the widence against them, ich, continuing, said he aceompanied Szan and other delelates to the Boston con vention in 1354, explained his eseape, and told_tow ived information fro; Dublin Castle rew w intonded move ment of the authoritie an told tho wit ness that Jolin Walsh and Dennis MeCarthy were sent to Australia to assist the Fenini prisoners to cseape. Beach said he knew tha Egan was a momber of the U, 137 in 188 and he belicved that he had since continuc to be 4 member. The witness identitied a ro port dated September 24, 1884, congratulat ing the members npon tho increased strength of the organization, and upon having con- nected all the broken links, Beach produced a copy of a cireutar signed by gan, dated forbidding oie camp sending s to another. All communications nast be made through head- ers.The wittiess visited the southern with a letter from @ most devoted friend of the Irish nationslists. Beaeh was on the committeo that tricd and expolled Dr. Cronan. “Izan,” the witness eontinucd, “presided at the league meetings in 1584 ar issuod in March, 153, 110 the “emasculated and _unacceptable ulo seheme,” and urged mps to it funds for *delusion,’ a ¢ vl for the cross- . Beach said_h: After his arrival His objcet was to obtain He swore to for Ireland’s independenee, and took the Ienian military oath of allegiance. He did 1ot intend 10 keep the oath. Henever forgot was an English subject and British born. Kunowing that the conspiracy existed, he wrote about it to his father, who, on his volition, nformed the member of parlisment for Colchester, who advised him to inform the home oflice. From 1355 the witness tried 10 obtain the confidence of those connected with the organization for the purpose of be- traying it to every extent he could. *‘I never had the slightest aympathy with the move- ment,” he said, In roply to further questions Beach said: “All my communi- cations were made to my father up 10133, T was once adjutanit general of the Feman Military brothernood, and attended u council of war.” I considered myself a mli- tary spy in my country’s service. From 1503 until iebrurry 1, 1589, 1 communicated directly with the British government. My uscfulness is now stopped. My communica- tions number hundreds of thousands, Th were very numnerous up to 15§, Beach's ecord. Cuicaco, Feb, ceording to a statement of Witness Beach, or Le Caron, before the Parvell commission, during a tripigto Mil- waukee in 1383, Alexander Sullivau had tullied freely to him about Irish revolutionary tactics. Mr. Sullivan this evening entered eneral denial. The whole of Boach's story, he de s, 13 a tissue of lies woven without ceven o respectable amouat of ingenuity. The Daily News to-morrow will say Caron was president of the State P ical associatian in 1554, and beforo and since that time has been making enc to the appointment us a member of the state board of pharmacy. Iu the con- vention at Peoria last August he failed to s cure the endorsement of the association for the position and has showed bad blood.” ——— About a Dinmond. Wednesday night Jimmie Timothy, form- crly a bartender, Jost & diamond from a ring. It was picked up by “Colonel” Mosby, who claims 1o bo & cook, but is general roustabout, atasaloon. He bad it valued by several jewelers, and had about completed arrange- ments for having it re-set, when the owner got on his track and asked ‘him for it, He said he had lost it, but as the story he told was rather thin, i was arrested by Doteotive Dempsey. The diamond is worth abont §55. examination of the wi went to Amor hej the army. on possible. Pointed Argument, A warrant is out for the arrestof Ike McCarty, who is eharged with stabbing Henry Gatewood. The man had a disputc over the location of the city hall, and while arguing in a Vinton street saloon, McCarty clinched his arguments with a knife, The police give him a hard nam d to Judge Berka, nadian and o 15 a suspicions a house of ill To-day Reforr Peter Borget savs he is a C carpenter. The police suy b character and an inmate of fame, and arrested him as such. Judge Berka will decide who is right. Poter Went Peter Johiuson, & bartende: last night and was o down by OBicer Everly. Hedid not feel inclinod to take 2ood adyice, and objected to going to the po lico station, but ho went, and is charged with resisting an ofcer. Meddlesome Mike. Mike Haze endeavored to prevent Officer Fisher from making an arrest last night, and was run in himself. The other prisoner was only a plain drunk, and Mike will have to answer a more serious charge. The Bicycle Contest. The bicycle race maintaius its interest, the contest being extremely close. Last night Prince lost a lap through an accident, The score at the close was 204 miles each. fllod. Been There Befure, Gert McCoy was run in again last night charged with disturbiug the peace. Opposite ber name on the jail record is marked “ex- convict,” got on a drunk ‘Was Too Jubilant. J. Nightingale, a collector, celebrated the collection of @ bud debt by discharging a re- volver on Tentk street, Officers Rowden and Keyser escorted bim to the station, A ROYAL SCAPEGRACE. Reminiscences of Orown Prince Ru. dolph by a San Francisco Man, At 817 Post street, in this city, ther is at present residing a gentleman with a Kuropean reputation—N, Russel, M. D. Though possessed of an English- scoming name, Dr. Russel is a Russian by birth and education. He is well known as the author of strong Pan- Sclavie writings, and is aleading figure among those who adhere to that politi- cal doctrine in Russia. Formerly residing in the F cipalities, Dr. Russel there came in con- tact once with Prince Rudolph, the lutely deceased crown prince of Austria, in reference to which circumstancs he was interviewod by aSan Francisco lx- aminer reporter. 1 tirst met Princo Rudolph, doctor, *in 1885, upon the oceasion of his visit to Rustehuk, in Bulgaria. He was then returning homeward from Con- antinople. having been making a tour of the entire Baikan peninsula, doubt- Tess with.the idea of learning somothing of the people he might one day hope to govern-—-that is, should Austrian in- trigues prove successful, 1 was then a resident of Rustehuk. “Princoss Stephanie, Rudolph's wife, had accompanied her husband on his tour, and, us a matter of course,a recep- tion was areanged for the royal pair. As to the princess, it was, doubtloss, ere, for she v a very attractive woman, whose cause for sorrow,through the ecircumstance of her married life, were already known, and had won for her much sympathy, Her husband, however, had no cause to complain of the apparent hoartiness of his recep- tion. A great many of the notables of the city were presented to the prince and princess. and our own ruler, Prince Alexander, did me the honor to intro- duce me. “The crown prince oxpressed a wish to have a private conversation with n He said that he had been much inte ested in my Pau-Sclavie writings and speeches, and would muceh like to have a personal exchango of views with mo upon the subject. As a matter of course™ —here Dr, Russel smiled slightly it was impossible to decline so fat- tering an invitation. “But perbaps 1 had better say a word as to the prince’s personal appe: I cannot say that it was in any way in- pressive. [le was short and slight— meager-looking. in fact—a blonde. and not at all handsome. The most strik- ing featurc of his face was the Haps- burg under lip, which isa peculiavity ravoly, if ever, absent from the coun- tenances of his family. In his case it was very pronounced, heavy and gross- looking. ‘In spite of his rich uniform—that of an Austrian colonel—he was not at all princely-looking, and I could not_help contrasting him with our own kingly Alexander, and drawing mental con- clusions very unfavorable to Rudotph. His wife, however, Princess Stephanic, who, on the occasion in question dressed quictly and tastefully in g was most attractive looking. “The prince wished to obtain my views upon the future of the Balkan peninsula, and at the same time favored me with his own, in which it was made quite evident he was desirous 1 should coincide Being of divectly opposite opinious, naturally we could ng upon the subject. - When the conversa- tion endeda he parted from me with many polite expressions of esteem. This 1s the only time L ever met him. Taking the interest in the future s of Austria that I did for political s, it was only natural that I should have learned something about him. Iu his later yoars, at least, ther has been little to admire in his chaw tor. He constituted in his own person an additional proof of the thery that the royal family of Austrin was rapidly decaying, menially and physically. Th prince had talents, but ho lacked the moral stamina necessary to keep them properly directed. SOf his moral life, perhaps, the 1 said the better, though it should be stated thal in higearly manhood he w nothing like the character he beeame of late year Ho married the Princess Stephunie. daughter of King Leopold, of Belgium. It was an ideal voyal love kan prin- said the THEIR LAST HOPE HAS FLED, Towa Liquor Doalors Moot With Ane other Defoat, THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE CASES, A Supreme Court Ruling Which has the Effect of Practically End- ing the Fight-Other Decisions, The Last Prop Gone. Des MoiNes la,, Iob, 7. [Special gram to Tue Bee|-—The supreme court decided to-day the famous “original package" cases, represonting the last prop upon whicli Towa liquor dealers had relied, The decision is against them and in favor of the sta The caso in point was that of Collins vs, Hills and others, from Keokuk, both partics having appealed, though the lower court had docided in favor of the liquor dealer on one point, The showed that he had been selling whisky and beer for use as 4 Dboverage, having purchased his liquors in Ohio, Mimois aud Missouri, and imported The beer had been sold in evidonce they woere delivered to him by and the whisky was sold by o singzle bottie, some of it in pint and some in quart bottles, just us it was put up by the manufacturer, but wus shipped in boxes or barrels The lower court held in effect that th transaction of setling the boer in the mannor in which it was donoe, was beyond the power of tho state to control or prohubit, but was purely o matter of commerce between the states, which could be regulated only by th congress of the United States; aiso tha 1 the hoxes and barrels in which the tties of whisky were shipped to and re. ceived by defendant were opened, and they were removed thevefrom, the transaction ns a matter of inter-state commerce was fully cousummated, and that subsequent dealings with the liquors wore woverned by the statutes of this state, 4 T opinion of the Judge Reed, and holds ¢ male between the sale of the whisky is not sound. The it was placed doos not mae tevially alter the character of tho transaction, In both cases he says that the liquor was bought to be sold in Towa, and it would be absurd to say that it would bo right in one case to import it and soll, and in the other it would be right to import but not to scll it, because to get atit it might be necessary 'to smasiia box or barrel. Tho case says the decision turns upon the qu:se tion whether the dofendant had tho rizht, notwithstanding the statutes, to sell the 'S in the state, As to that the judgo ds that there can be no doubt, i view of the uniform rulings of the United Statos supreme court, and in the opinion of the court that the. prohibitory law doos not in- 170 upon the Comimercial provisions of the titution. Therefore the lower reversed, decision bears upon a number of similar cases, and settles the last hope of tho Towa liquor dealers, who had_thought that they might still be allowed toseil if they sold supreme court is by tho distinet’on beer and thy way in whice mateh, and for several years thereafter, perhaps, they were® the haopiest princely couple in Europe. She was artist of much genius, besides being fine musician and otherwise highly ac. complished. The prince himself, in his carlier yeurs, was much inclined to literature. “Together, in the first years of their marricd life, they prepared a servics of articles on various subjects, the prinee furnishing what you call the ‘copy’ and the prin + illustrations, which were sent to the Gartenlaube, the prin- ble illustrated periodical in' Germany The contributions were sent anony- mously, and whether the editor knew the authorship or not he affected not to, and paid for tho articles at his usual rates. “Phe princ sulted from a sudd first wrong step ro- infatuation which he couceived for a beautiful Jewess whom he met casually on the street. He made the girl’s acquaintance and she beeame his mistress, “Princess Stephante soon discovered the trath, and many scenes took pla in consequence between the royal couple, becoming the talls not alone” of Vienua, but of Kurope. The prince could not be indueed 10 give up his new love. at least not for along time, and, having once broken from his former good principles, he scemed to give freo vein to all those impulses of unre- strained license which came to mm with the blood of his ancestry. 1lis reputation became little less than in- famous, and the Princess Stephan patience and forbearance reached their uttermost limits, She then from him and began proceedings for divorce. “As to the rumors now in circy as to the manner of Rudoph’s d. the story, for instance, that I by a forester who had only 100 good rei- son to seek revenge—I know 1o i why something of the kind may not be true. It 1 not many years ago sinee his life was actually attempted by the husband of a lady” whom he had in- sulted. You will ‘not find the ent mentioned in the official hi Austria,” suggested Dr. Russel, with a slight smile, *probably not even in the files of the Vienna nowspapers, but it was, nevertheless, a commonly known and ‘accepted fact, though every effort was made to keep it sceret.” L W. Sing Appeals. ong Sing has appealed from the decision of Judge Berka, who fiued nim 50 and costs for running an opium joint, and wiil carry the case Lo the district court. Sing Koug . went on bis bond for $200. garcopaght From the Nile. A kind of Jigyptian mummy morgue is about to be installed in two rooms of the Palais du Louvre, contiguous to hall known as the suys a Paris despatch to the London Daily Telegraph. '1'\“-.‘1[,- sarcopaghi from the banks of the Nile have been lying in the lumber room of the hotel {or several yeers, as there was no place wherein they could be arranged for public exhibition. AL . New Haven Palladium: Lost—A cold wave. Finder will pleasc turn to the signal ofMce and preveut g wortification, only in the oviginal packages in which the ligliors were imported. he foliowing decisions were line Martin vs J. M. Hammond Stow, appollants: Fromont distriet firmeid. nés W filed: itosn and W. A, af. Lewis, appellant,vs H. T, Court- right; Dickinson distriets affiemed. rald S. Richumond ot al appellant; Codar Rapids superior court, r versed. The Brown Case, Masox Ciry, la., Ieb, 7.--[Special Tele: gram to Tue B The eross-examination of Mrs. Brown this afternoon was rigid in the extreme, bat on the main points in her testin the Able to move lic many of the lesser circumstancos with the crime her story was and did not wend to rengthen he The state now has throee 03 10 1S rebuttad, an will th in, 1tas lik to-morrow night tho laivyers will commence on their plaas, were Romantic But Des Morxes, la., Fob. 7.—[Special to Tin Bre. | —Considerable interest is felt in the disappearance of W. C. Harvey, the missing agentof the Denver, Texas & Fort Worth railroad, for he lived hiers until about a year ago. Hewas train dispatcher for the Wa- bash in this city, coming here from Panora, Guthric county. He is now charged with a defaleation to the amount of from 85,000 to £10,000. A sketch of his life reads liken romance. He was born at the fumous Five Points in New York city. One dark and dreary night he was able to befriend a poor wirl, a8 destitnte and misc limself, and'through his efforts the were sent west with a large company of waifs, The givl found a howe in lilinois and the boy in fowa. Before separating the two plighted their troth, and expected’ sowe day to meet and marfy. The boy fell int good hands, was given an education, catered tho railyoud business, and in the course of time not finding nis carly friend, married a youny lady of tine family living near Panora, 1o came to. Des Moines as team dispatcher for the Wabash, and lu spring went to Denver and was soon given a good position with the Panhundle road. 1t is stated that he left home u fow days befora Christmas, leaving word that Lo wis going oad for u short trip. 13ut as tho 5, he was in Chicago the day be- s, and siddenly and unexpect. with bis ol Tove, i other, und together, | > moncy belonging is now at her nost proserated Bad., report i fore Christn abtaining conside: the company. His w hom ar Panora, grief ut tho s [Special Te to Tur B) * bedy of an nnknown man was found in a ravine near Center Grove, a few niles from his eity, to-d On one of his hands was a scrofl with tho letters LY tattooed on it. On his neck was a red hundierchiof stamped with the nama of O'Brice, The body was frozen stiff and wis without marks of violeuc: Sl = Dicd in His Coftin, A gendurine was buried alive the other day in villa r Grenodle,snys a PPariz despateh to London Telegram: The man had become intoxicated on po tato brandy, and fell into a profound sleep. After twenty hours passed in stumber his friends considered him to be dead, particularly as his boly as- sumed the usual vigidity of a corpse. When the sexton, ho er, was lower- ing the remains of the 1ll-fated gen- darme into the grave, he heard moans and knocks proceeding from the iute ior of the **four bourds. He immed ately bored holes in the sides of the cof- fin to let in air, and then lknocked off the lid, The gendarme, 1, however, censed 1o live, having horribly mutil- ated his head in iis frantie but fatile efforts to burst his coflin open. 50 ter- rible u ease of premature burial bas bardly ever hefore been repe in this country, where lasty internionts are o0 common, Dunvqur, T, | - Not Dead but Living Next Door, on years ugo sinys the Montreal s, & woman named fue La- Montreal to earn her living as a seam- stress. About three years later she was informed by a letter from a frie that the onlyrelative left to he sister, had just died, Time rolled on, and a few days ngo, in the course of a conversation with her grocer, to whom she waus speaking of her family, he formed her that o person from’ the same parish and of the sume name, and corre sponding with the description of the sister, lived next door w her. The poor woman hastened to the spot, aud alter mutual explanuations the comfort ing fact was rovealed that the two sis ters were agnin united,