Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 4, 1889, Page 2

AS THE TRIAL PROGRESSES. Bager Crowds Pressing For a Sight of Miss Blechler. THE DEFENDANT MAKES A SCENE Beveral Witnesses Are Introauced ‘Who Tell Their Tedious Stories Again and Again—Notos and Incidents. The Second Day. The selection of a jury in half a day to try Harry ning's slayer was quite surprising to overybody. No one anticipated such rapid work in the beginning. 1t is oqually surpris ing to know that the jurors, with one excep- tion, reside within the corporate limits of Omaha, Every one of them had heard more orless about the case, had read extended newspaper accounts of it, talked about it, formed opinions, but have no prejudices, conscientious scruples or set notions, that cannot be changed or removed entirely by e8 timony. The jury sizes up very credit- ably. Itisan intelligent and good looking body of men. L. Shiply is the only country- man or fapmer. Ho_ lives in the north part of the county, and had been in the city about' fifteen minutes whon one of Coburn'syoung fellows nailed him. He has 880 worth of fruit trees lying at the depot, and came down to get them. “You bet I ex- pected to return home,” said Mr. Shiply, “and was in any other than a summer sigh humor when they caught mo on this thing.” TIE SPECTATORS, The'erowd began toassemblo in the morning very early. At 8 o'clock four dizzy looking fomales woro knocking at the door and jani- tor Mike Lahoy, let them in. By 0 o’clock the auditorium seats wero filled, the compe- ment of femininity of all shades and degrees of styles, beauty and loveliness, being much reater ~than = Tuesday. During Clerk oore's reading of the journal, Judges Groft, Doane and Hopewell occupied the bench, Sherift Coburn brought Miss Biechler in and ave her tho seat she occupied Tuesday. he looked much better, chatted oheerily with her attorneys, smiled and looked about the room, taking 1n the lawyers, the judges, the crowd and the jury. She acknowledged having had a good night's sleep, and to feeling frec from the nervousness naturat to the opening days proceedings. While con- versing with General Cowin, the prisoner had her attention called to & movement on the part of County Attorney Mahoney, who arose and commenced an address to the jury in which he related the story of the great tragedy, enactedon Saturday morning, November 17 last, at the Paxton hotel. While listening to the recital of this exoiting event, Miss Biechler sat with her oyes clo evidently revolving in her mind her inter- view with young King, the shooting and wild scenes of that morning in which she played such a terrible part. Two or three @i o lids of her eyes lifted and she was oticed to glance rather wickedly at the county attorney. STORY OF THE CRIME, Mr. Mahoney's presentation of the case was in_ substance @& verbal review of facts that have already been told in print and are familiar to the public. He told how she came to Omaha from Chicago, sought young King’s quarters at the hotel, what is known to have passed between them there and descrived the shooting. According to Mr, Mahoney's information, and as he will attempt to prove, the first shot was fired while King was 1n the act of pushing a boll button in_the parlor of the hotel. It took effect in his back. Two more shots were fired while both the victim and his slayer were passing from the parlor towards the staitway and the last one just as he was going down to the first landing, There and in front of a large plate glass mirror he fell and died. Her arrest and incarceration fol- lowed. “What the motives for this murder were will.,” said the prosecutor, “*be shown in_the testimony to be introduced. What the rela- tions between young King and this defend- ant were, and the. cause leading up to his violent death, will be brought out throngh letters and witnossess to beintroduced.” Mr. Manonay went over tho story of their mect- ing in Cleveland, subsequeat domestic life as husband and wife under the name of Le Garde av Quincy, 111, at which time he was traveling = representative for the firm of Browning, King & Co. After a year orso there, they became separated, Young King's friends in Chicago learned of his career with her and broke it off as far as they could. ‘After they had been living apart awhile, she wrote him a letter, pleading to be taken back, in which she said, “If you try to shake me, God help you, T will kill you.” The remainder of his addréss related prin- cipally to the character of the testimony Which would bo introduced. n amswer, Mr. Cowin said: *If the court please, gentlemen of the jury: For a g many years | discarded the practice ing opening statements in the cri fense. That is an old practice. I don’t pro- pose to detail to you the testimony now— one going over the harrowing story will an- swor. You will see that this is not the case of the State of Nebraska vs Elizabeth Bieck leror Elizabeth King; but, the prosecu- tion, or case of Henry W. King against Elizabeth Biechler. She has NO OCCASION TO BE PROUD of her marriage with Henry W. King.” At this declaration Miss™ Biechler buried her white face in her handkerchief. Her frame began to tremble, and it was.plain that she was seyerely affected. Then s the attorney was about to continue she leaped to her feet with startling suddenuess and, with a shriek that rang through the court room, started almost every one to his feet, She followed this with shrick after shriek, staggering blindly backward until her head came in contact with the bench, when Sheriff Coburn rushed forward und grasped her in his arms. Shrieking like a maniac, she fought him off, and, had it not been for the prompt assistance of the deputies, it would have been impossible for the sherift to control her. When in the wrasp of two or three men sho struggled desperately, erying in piercing tones, “Doa’t! lct me ajone! on!oh!don t! mercy!" There was nothing of the actress 10 this thrilliyg scene. It wis real and tor: rible, a case of genuine acute hysteria, and something THAT WILL STARTLE many of the audience in the midst of their nightly slumber for many a year, The mwged woman was finally carried into the consultation room, and & temporary delay i place in the proccedings of the trial. n about five minutes Miss Biechler was escorted by harp lines upon her face told of the terrible strain sho had just gone through. She Quietly resumed her seat. ““Phis defendant,” continued Mr, Cowin, s415 now_about twenty-threo years old and was born in England. -She” came to this eonnn{an the age of fourteen. She met King about the time of the Haymarket riots in C! oud he asked her hand in mar- riage. The poor, helpless thing told him her fe; told him how, under promise of mar- o, she bad been betrayed. She promised 1o marry him. Together, they went to scme peint in Missouri and were made HUSBAND AND WIFE, They then went to ? ey and lived under the nawe of Le Gar This was done to &r:mn: young King's father knowiag of r marrisj When it did bacome known, thelr relations were foreibly broken up." ‘The transaction, heretofore made known, by which she, for a consideration, signed sgreement releasing Henry Kin ns, wus characterized by Mr. Cowin W # piece of forcible effort on the part of H. . Kng, sr., aud a lawyer crer o w ‘woan. ‘I'ie attorney caused another sensation in the audience by asserting with much display of feeling that, from QOctober 16, 1586, to the esent thme, be defied any man to say ht against tho conduct or charucter of woman, “And I wish to serve notice, and now, that if any witucss is intro- in-ic- this stand 1o blacken her character, 9 a ” KING-BOUGHT I'SKJURER Judge Groff interrupted the attorney with #n observation to the effect that such'an as- was out of place and should uot bo m‘hm witnesses before they gc on the .“'adéun'l buow," veplied Mr, Cowin, *‘that s m:“ :mo reason,” Interjected Malio- went is out of plac .“:t' fllu: ."'flmlluufid the utlorne; heed to Maboney's remark. in briofly declared thut plenty of ‘avidonoe would be’ introduced to show that ck nto the court-room, and tho | from all | Kin d this woman were legally married, and that she had been greatly wronged. He also declared that be would show and prove that at the time of the shooting, King and Miss Biechler had walked noross a the parlor to the elevator, aud, while stand- ing there, King turned, grabbed her by the throat and exclaimed : “Damn y could T YOUR WIND OFF and nobody would ever know it.” For anhour or more after the outbreak made by the prisoner, the women in the audience displayed considerable agitation, and continually whispored expressions of their feelings to one another. “'O my.” said the fat fairy with gorgoous bangs and a red bird on her hat. “Poor thing,” responded hor pale, sad- :yed partner. “What will they do with ert A sweet-looking little angel, not over six- toen, grew very, very frightenod and white and was on the point of fainting, when Judge Groff shouted at those who were standing up to sit down and keep quiet. At the conclusion of Mr. Cowin's address the first witness, Dr. Rebert, was called and testified : 1 performed post mortemon body of Henry W. King, at the coroner's ofice. Dr. Lee assisted me. Two inches and a half to right of the spine was a bullet hole. I opened the chest cavity, found entrance into this. The bullet struck ullan-r edge of fifth rib and was deflected upward and inward, through the trachea lodging in the broast bone. The result of such a wound is death necessarily. Two bulleis were handed the witness for identification and Mrs. Biechler became very red in the face, resorted to her handkerchief, her counsel turning her chair around with her back to the box. Continuing, the dootor said: “I can’t state certainly whether thege are THR SAME BULLETS or not. After such a wound a person might possibly survive five minutes. Possibly a porson might run a half minute. I don't think he could speak afterward, as the trochea was filled with blood. Blood would flow profusely from mouth and nose im- mediately. Cross-examination—The bullet went in be- tween the shoulders, to the left of the spinal column, four or five inches from tip of shoulder blade. (Witness re-described course of bullet.) Redirect—Tne bullet continued downward through the thickness of the chest wall, from the back, lodging on the same level with its entrance. Lewis H. Thomas—I knew l(ini: at the Paxton hotel. [ saw Miss Biechler that morning at the hotel. She went to the elevator. No one was in it. Shesaid she wanted to o to Mr, King’s room on the third floor. I conducted her part of the way to it. Idida’t see what she difl. She asked me if there was a woman staying with him, and I said “Yes.” She said it was not his wife because she (the de- fendant) was his wife. It was a little after n the morning, I saw her next time I came, sitting ina chair four or five feet from King's door. Next, saw her going down to the parlor with King. They took a seat on the sofa in the parlor. Theg sat there ten or fifteen minutes. Heard no_conversation be- tween them. I next saw King on west stair- way landing, He stumbled and fell on the landing. Went up to him, He was on his back. He said nothing. Had heard four shots before I saw King on tho stairs. Saw Miss Biechlor coming down stairs. She said M have killed ~my husband, he has deserted me.” She handed the revolver to a gentleman; I saw her when I saw him fall. She was coming down at the head of the stairs; saw blood drops all along the hail. Cross-cxamined—I was the elevator boy; didn’t hear her say anything before she got to the elevator; the bell boy was with her in the elevator; she said nothing going up; they got out at the third floor; I went to show her to Mr. King’s room; she hud sent the bell boy with her satchel to her room; Mr. King was living with a woman he claimed to be his wife; 1 don’t know whether she was there then or not; Miss Biechler said, “Show me Mr. King’s room;"” I ok her to King's room, to the door to the large room; she asked mo: “Is there a lady stop- ping here with him " Isaid “Yes, his wife;"" she said *It ain’t his wife, I'm his wife, he is only staying with her;” 1 then went down; I came up again, saw herin a chair agamst the wall; the chair is usually there; she was looking toward the elevator; then dropped her head on her breast; in three minutes, 1 went up again, saw her in the same place, in the same position. Next time.I was called up to third floor. King and Miss B. were at the door. He said: “PAKE US TO THE PARLOR." They got in the elevator and I took them down. They said nothing, I saw them seat themselves on the sofa. Then I went down, I think it was twenty minutes after 1 first took Miss Biechler up. 1saw them sitting there two or three times after I had left them there, The elevator was on tho move when T heard first shot. I noticed blood near elevator on carpet, then along north hall. Re-direct—While sitfing m the parlor they faced the north-—she on King’s left hand. While the elevator boy was telling his story, Miss. Biechler kepy her eyes rivited on him, but her face never changed its white, sad Zexpression, except when ‘‘that other woian,” meaning the wife who was living with King when he w killed, was men- tioned. Then, she flushed and, for a moment, buried her face in her hankerchief, Dr. Edward W. Lee took the stand when the bell boy left it, and testified that he had assisted in making the post mortem examiu- ation on King's body. The wound was, be said, a mortal on He was on the stand just two minutes. No cross-exawination was - dulged in. Joe Smith, the Paxton bell boy, followed. He had known King about thiree months as a uest at the notel. He saw Miss Biechlor there on the morning of November 17, sitting in a rocking chair in the loboy of the hotel. There were two or three men around her at the time. When asked whether he had heard any- thing that morning unusual, the witness an- swered : ““Yes, I heard a crack which sounded like electric light globes break I beard THREE OIt FOUI REPORTS, but, after the first oue, I commenced to think it was arevolver. I then saw King ;oming down the stairs and saw him fall.” County Atworney Mahoney asked whether King's body was taken up stairs by way of the stairs or in the elevator, 40, THAT'S IMMATERIAL,” rjected Mr, Cowin, “No, its not immaterial,” replied Mahoney. “All right, if its material to you I with- draw my objections,” The evident object of this question was to show that the blood found in the nallway dropped frow the corpse. The cross-exam- ination was confined to two unimportant questions. John Noggle, porter at the Puxilon, saw Miss Biechier when she first came into the oftice, batween 6 and 7 o'clock. BUE REGISTRRED and went up stairs, Five minutes after she left the office he suw her and Kiug sitting together on & sofa. %1 passed them two or three times, and once thought 1 heard King say, ‘What womani' " ‘This witness was the first person to reach King aftor he fell ou the stairway. I tried t0 open his collar and hear what he had to nn{. but he was just about doad then.” For the first time, after the examination of witnesses begun, aud when General Cowin was about to cross-examine Noggle, the pris- oner leaned forward in her chalr and whis- ered something into his ear, King's body,” said the witness, “‘was taken first to room 63, We supposed there Was & woman in 66" “I could have gone in, but supposed the woman was there." “As a mutter of fact, sho was in Council Bluffs that moruing, was she nott’ asked Mr. Cowin, *1 could uo" kuow that.” “She came from there during the fore- noont"” I Loard somebody say 0." A swall worman with very black eyes and positive speech is Lizzie .Wyriek, who said, as she dropped into the witness chair: *I live at tho Paxton.” She w: here when the homocide occurred, but never saw King 10 know who he was. 'Did you ever see this woman bofore?! Yes, 1did; but can't tell from locking at her now that I ever saw ler.'" Wit was stio doiug when you saw her!” :‘ww q,hl she say " This occurved in the parior, but Liuie could not. understand frow, where she was what it was all about. Court uajourned for dinner, Afternoon Session. he briefl sensation created by Miss Dizch- lovin the comit room described elsewlere, in! must have been widely talked about outside, because the attendance in the afternoon was much greater than at any time since the trial commenced. A goodly numbor of so- ciety ladies dressed in silks and gay colors, pushed their way through the throng of rough, dirty-lookingJmen and were admitted to seats reserved for them next to the bar rail. ““Wonder 1f she will act up agamn?” ob- served a tall, stub-nosed matron whb, by her manifest expression and evident anxiety, was sorry she had not been present before, and desired to sco the morning scene re: ponted. County Attorney Mahoney received a telo- gram:vestorday from Henry W. King, sr., say ing that he had finally decided not to come if the prosecution could get alovg without him, “T would much rather have had him hore," said Mr. Mahoney, “but I presume we o get through. Ho ‘is a fine-looking old man, and his prosence, I think, would have had some influence.”” When Miss Bieohlor came in in the after- noon with Sheriff Coburn and sat down, Judge Baldwin inquired whother she felt fatigued. Hor reply was given with a shake of the head. Her handkerchief, howevor, was strong- 1y saturated with some stimulating medicine, which by inhaling served to drown any fainting feelings, Miss Wyrick, the pert and positive young woman, Who was on the stand when court adjourned for dinner, took her own timo to ot back. After waiting about ten minutos or her, proceedings was resumed by calling P. J. Wheedon, a carpenter and buildor, whoso testimony had referenco to tho sizo, construction and plan of the parlor floor of the Paxton hotel. A map was offered with his testimony. In the meantime Miss Wyrick arrived and came on, ““Think carofully and tell the jury all you heard the defendant say,” demanded the at- torney for the state. “I ‘can’t think of more than two ex- pressions. One of these was ‘stand’ and the other, ‘My God, I have killed my husband." Miss Wyrick was not where she could see the parties when she heard the command given by Miss Biechler to “stand.” She heard all the shots that were fired. When the shooting commenced she ran to the banister and looked over into the office below. Then she looked avound, saw Miss Biecnler fire at a man near the head of the stairway and ran. Rosa Slachnicht, a stolid-looking German girl, who spoke low and indistinctly, and whose most remarkable talent was tolling what she didn't know, testified: I worked at the Paxton house last Novem- ber. I never saw defendant or King; heard shots that morning; was in the hall; saw King lying dead on the stairs and blood spots on the parlor ana hall carpets in several places, Cross-Examined—I heard four shots fired in quick suceession, with a _trifle longer in- verval between second ana third shots. Georze W. Scott, the Rochester traveling man, who fizured moré prominently on the day of the murder than any body else, got an ovportunity immediately after the servant girls, to tell his story. He arrived at the hotel at the same time Miss Biechler did and registered right after her. The next time he saw her she was in the hallway on the third floor, sitting in_a chair with head bowed down and nands resting in her lap. Ho went to his room, washed, put on a clean collar and went down stairs, When going into the dining room to breakfast he heard the first shot and ran baci into the oftice. Less than a minute after tho first shot, Scott had his attention called to a man falling down tho stairs at the west end of tae office. The man fell on the landing. Defendant (meaning Miss Biechler) followed close behind him, She stooped down, picked up his head aud looked at him. “Ascame up,” smd Mr, Scott, “she raised herself, looked at me and started back. I said, ‘Whav have you done?’ Her reply was, ‘I have shotmy. husband, who is living in this house ‘with another woman.’ " % Scott says he led Miss Miechler down into the office and took sthe revolver from her. Later she wanted to go back and sce King, but was told that this would be im- possible.” Then she said, “I did not como nere to kill him, God knows I did not.” The witness doscribed rather graphically the scenes that followed, both in the hovel oftice and av the police court. All the time she moaned gud was prostrated,, it he subs ceeded in getting her to talk, and in unswer to his question she told him of hér marriago with King, why they lived at Quncy under an assumed name, how she got . acquainted with King, his persistent. urging that they get married and many other’ incidental evants. o, When I asked her whather she ‘had the papers to show that she was King’s wife, she said: “Why, Thad a meetiog with im and his father and lawyers, in Clicago, and we had a settloment. = 1 gave. up. all the papers I had, and also signed ‘a‘paper they presented to me, the contents of which I was not ucquainted with." She told me nothing about the terms of the settlement, only that she had received 1,500, and sowething about having received some other money, 85001 think, at a previous meeting. She told m maiden name was Elizabeth Biechler. This was in_answer to a question put to her by a reporter in the chief’s office, She said the revolver had been given to her by Mr. King, he remark- ing that he was so much away from home that sho could take it as a sort of protection. She said when she came from Chicago she hurried home, threw some things in her satchel hastily, and the revolver was wrapped up in the night clothes, and at night when she retired shbe put it in her pocket. 'This conversation took place in the Paxton, in the carriage on the way to the station and at the station in the presence of the reporters. Her condition all this time was hysterical, crying and wmoaning and struggling to got out .of the geat. She talked ramblingly and incoher- ently, but always ~ expressed great sorrow for what' had = taken place. She asked cue or two of the reporters whother King was dead and they assured her that they did not know. Some gentle- man from the Paxton afterwards told her that he was dead. I have never scen her since until yesterday, here in the court room. On cross-examination Mr. Scott stated that he came into Omaha pn the Milwaukee road, and boarded the train at Mariette, Ia, Ho first saw Miss Biochlor at the hotel 1ster, and saw her put down her name. S| then went away with a bell boy, presumably 10 o up stairs in the elevator. Ten minutes after she left the office ho went up in the elevator and saw her in the hall on the third floor. She was walking back and forth, with head bowed aud hands crossed in front of her, A hittle bit later he again saw her sitting in a chair. He didu't notice any- thing peculiar about the woman, other than that she snapped the pen rather abruptly out of his hand. He was bid to repeat the story flrst told up to the time that he reached the spot where King lay, and saw the woman, General Cowin asked the witness to state what her manner wus like. “She looked yery pale.” #Was she not in a dazed condition?” “She was." To this question Mahony raised an objec- tion on the ground thal it was getting an ion out of the witnes: have a right o his opinion,” retorted Cowin. “1 think 80, t00,” said the conrt and over- ruled the objection. After regainiug consciousness and yecover- ing from ‘a it of hysterical sobbing, the woman wanted to talk about her affairs and trig to tell them to everybody she saw, While in the small oftice of the hotel she first made use of the assertion that King had clutched her by the throat, and referring to the Duffy woman, said, **My God, that poor girl, what will she do; what will become of her{" “*He took me by the throat and thenIdon't know what happened,” were her words. While goiug to and at the police station, she was hysterical, and violently emotional. The long, tedipus narration of Mr. Scott, repeating over und over what the woman said at the time and immediately following the kitling, worried her 80 much that she be- came faint, gave way to her feelings and caused an interruption in the proceedings. Judge Groff ordered a twenty minute recess, during whieh the little woman was nurpllcd with stimulants and given a brief rest In the Judge’s private room. After Lue recess Scott reopened the stor; by saying that Miss Biechler commence talking about her married life while in the carriage going from the notel to the police i station. Ste suid that King wet ber in Chi- cao three years ago. They were warried in Missour and lived in Quincy under the pame of Le Garde, in order to keep his futber from finding out that they were mar- vied. The fathor sent a wau down from Chicago to break up their married life. He svcceeded in inducing Harry to return to Chicago aad leave her | there, Sbe got $400 frowm the old man to break off, and want ierself to Chicago. This money was taken: from her later on by the young man to paghis debts with. She also s!mko of a jetter mwritten by him at ono time, when the fight to separate them was going on, in which he said, “Hold the fort till Toome. We #rd man and wife yet." She also statedithat he abused her. An- other Henry W. King, it was claimed, know of their marriago. At one time he abused her by striking jand shaking her in such manner a8 to produpe scrious results, The trouble between tham in Chicago originated because of her irefusal to let the Duffy girl come and live s with them, as _ne wanted her t9.1do. In tho eftort tojgot et o, roleuse her hold on King, his fathor nsserted that he had disinherited the young man, and skig. would do woll to take 81,500 and let hit, zo. On account of his bad character they propesed sending him awa; Luther Laflin Mills had told her that she was legally married and ohly the divorce court could soparate them. At tho time they induced her to sign a wpaper, sho knew nothing of his marriage to another womai. A man by the name of Adams of- fered to get a ficticious decree of divorce which would set evory thing right, so far as her people were concerned. Her first knowl- odgo of Harry's marriage to Miss Duffy, was obtalued from a Kansas City paper. Even then she wouldn't belleve it, and went to sk his father ‘about it. The old man de- clared that he knew nothing about it. but ad- vised her to bo satisflod with the $1,500 she had received, Mills also advised her to take the money, go home to Cleveland and let the man go. ‘I3 there any question in tho world, Mr. Scott, that she was insane when you saw her coming down the stairs?" To make objections, all the proseeutors were on thoir fect in 'an instant and trying to get in arguments, “Cowin contended that the witness had been brought on to prove that this woman shot King and tvas responsible for it.” “But only experts can a8 to msanity," suggested Mont- gomery, “Well' wo will seo,” replied Oowin, “and show you that no Chi- cago expért can be run in on us.” This little sally brought the goneral a round of appinuse from the spectators, and a severe reprimand from Judge Groff, to the effect that another demonstration of feeling at any thing said by the attorneys would be sufficient for him to order the room cleared. Mahoney argued briefly his points of objec: tion, and all the attorneys said they would like to present their authorities, In order to give them amgpportunity and him time court adjourned to 9730 this morning. W. T, Johnson, J. McGregor Adams, Mrs. N. F. Grabam, Mrs. J. De Vere, J. M. Cha- pin_and Martin Nolan, the Chicago wit- nesses, arrived yesterday and are at the Millard hotel. testify Other Court Matters. Edward G. Humphirey, Hugh H. Griffith, Oscar F. James, George Brush, James H, Phillips and Sidney Smith commenced suit against the Nebraska Tile and Pottery company. The plaintiffs are stockholders in the concern and ask that the beoks of the company be put in charge of the sheriff until an accounting -can be had betwee thiem and the corporation. They set forth m their petition that the tile and pottery com- Dpuny began business in 1885 with a capital stock of about five hundred shares, repre- senting $100 each; - that in 1887 the company was doing a succegsful business and its cap- ital stock was at par; that in the full of the same year one J. H. Collins, of Philadelphia, bought part of tho stock and thereby se- cured the appointmgnt of his brother, D. J. Collins, as secyétary and general mana- ger of the coneern, Which position he still holds. The plawtiffs {aver that he is not capable of transacting the business, and that he has no financialihferest in the company. His brother, who decured the position for him, is now’'dead, sndD. H. Collins has been distributing the stock‘belonging to his broth- er's estate to cerfan parties in order vhat they might become’ ofticers of the compan, to the exclusion of ‘the uctual stockholdors As a consequence, ¥hése neople, by proxies, have control of the'bisiness. It is also as serted that at the #inaal meeting of the stockholders, whick'Was held in April, 1858, there were 100 sifgrésof stock voted, but had opeen declired null and | void by the district’ The plain- tiils further el ollns has never made a report of the business transacted, as required by law, and has neglected to comply with the order of the stockholders made at the annual meeting, requiring him to make a quarterly report. The books bave been kept in such a shape that no one s ablo to decipher who'are the stockholders, or what business has been done. An attempt was made to hold u meeting of stockholders the first of the present month, but when the stockholders gathered Coliins stated that the time had ar- rived when ho was going to freeze them out, and would not present the books, There is £15,000 worth of property, consisting ot steam boilers, engines, brick machines and kilus, all of which are in the possession of Collins. The plaintiffs ask for the appointment of a receiver and a general accounting. William E. Hawley and others brought suit against Richard C. Patterson to recover $2,000 on o land contract involving about $20,000. Reuben Ross filed fourteen petitions for suit yesterday in the district court to fore close mortgages on lots in Mayne's Plac addition. Tne amount due on the mort- gages is §15,575. Kleven of the debtors ca owe $1,325 and the others range from ¥9.75 to $i25. ‘The defend i are Morris Jones, Icken, A. Houser, Heni . Meyer G. Miner and Jeunze E. Bloomer. In the ejectment suit of John Schmiat against Peter Lyon, wherein the plaintift sought to got possession of a lot in Nelson's addition, the jury returued a verdict for Schmidt, and gave bim damages i the sum of b cents. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minncapolis & Omaha railway company began suit against the Amcrican Waterworks company for £5,000 damages, and for the possession of some lots i Klorence which the railway company ecluims 18 its vight of way and that the Motor Works company has taken pos- session of the property. County Court. Louisa Nobling, mother of an _illegitimate child, applied to Judge Shields yesterday, askiug that she be perwmitted to fet Charles W. und Elizabeth Oleott adopt her offspriug. The nameof the child is Eva. 1t was born December 11, Catherine Hayden brought suit against Eghy French for $100, alleged to be due for failure to comply with a land contract on the sale of two lots in Arnold’s park addi tion. v, Gust James A Poverty in FPan New Youk, April 8.—|Special Telegram to Tug Bee.)—A Panama newspaper of March 15, just received, says: ‘“Jacquier yesterday mopning received a cable dispateh from Brunet, the oficial. liquidator of the canal company in Paris, in which the latter stated that the Slaven coitvacting company has terminated its labors and that the canal com- pany wiil take charge gf all the contracting compavy’s factories, work aud materia %ho other great contracting firms have al- roady had taeir contaéts rescinded and the company 18 taking possesaion of the shops, the materials and the work which has been executed,” Steamcrs 'teaving the isthmus have carried away Jemaicans and other West Indisn islanders, Venezuelans and others to the numberof 0,000, It is belieyed an equal numoer of others will leaye as soon s meaus of trausporlgtion is offered them. Owing t the great voverty and the scarcity of fucl the emptyhdusés along the line of the canal work are being torn down and the lumber in them is being utilized for cooking Purposes. S Favor the Sioux Bill. Cuavsexpaly, 8, D, April Special to Tue Bee.|—John Duck, Ponea, Chasing Crane and Buck Autelope, Indians from White river camp, passod through this city to-day to avtend the United States court at Yankton. Your correspondent interviewed them in regard to the acceptance of the Sioux bill. They were all in favor of it, and suy the rcst of their people also favor the AUCABUL - Fatal Fight With a Moonshin Cuanestox, W. Va., Aprit 3. —Three de- tectives went to Tug River yesterday to ar- rest & desperado and wooushiver nmed William Morsu. A fight ensued and Moran was killed, not, however, until he had se- verely wounded ali three ' of the detectives, Trouble is anticipated. CONGRESSMEN GOING HOME. They Expect An Extra Session In October. THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. On Monday the Cabinet Will Begin Thelr Reorganization—Southern Federal Offices—Mrs. Harri- #son Disappointed. 518 FounTerXTH STRART, Wasmyaron, D, C,, April 8. More than a dozen republican senators were at the white house to-day to say good- byo to the president, and quite as many re- publican’members of the house. They are ®oing home to got rest and freedom from the office scekers. By the ond of the weok there will not be fifty republicah members of con- freas horo, and probably not more than half that number. Some of them aro getting ready to go abroad, while others are on com- m ittees which are to junket over the coun- try for investigation purposes. Ail of the old men in congress are heartily tired of their public work. They have been in Wash- ington almost continually since November, a year ago, and their duties have boon of the most exacting character. The republicans have, in the parlance of the street, had “‘a roast of it” from the first to the last. The demands of the office scekers have not been much mote exhausting than those of their congressional duties and campaign work. Most of the republicans are leaving here to WasHINGTOX BuRRAU Tre OMARA Bre, } return from time to timé during the sum- mer, and fully expect congress to be called in extra session in October. Allof the can- didates for the spenkership of the Fifty-first congress say thore will be an extra session of congress in Octobes REORGANIZING. Commencing next Monday, the cabinet officers will begin vigorous work for the re- organization of heir.executive departments, They intend to have changes made first in the higher offices, and then completely reor- ganize the minor forces. ‘The coliectors of internal and import taxes are w be rec- omended for appointment by Secrotary Windom, while the interior and postoffice departments are to produce recommenda- tions for special agents to be appointed at once. The attorney general intends to haye a new complement of special agents in the field beforo the next session of the federal court begins. WANT TO PILL THE 1 There aro probably two hund republicans in W ardent efforts ed southern ashington making the most ssible for changes in federal offices in their sections, They not especially demand that the democratic postmasters shall be turned out, except in instances where they have taken an offens ive part in elections, but they are laying siege upon the attorney general and ask that judges, district attorneys, marshals and specinl ngents be changed av once. They say that if these offices are put into the hands of republicaus before the next session of the federal courts begins the penitentiaries will be filled with scoundrels who have inter- fered with the freedom of the ballot and who have been counting republicans out of office for years. Attorney General Miller says that he will lay the proposition bofore the cabinet for mstructions. MItS, IARRISON DISAPPOINTED. Mus. Harrison was greatly disappointed to- day because she could not go south with her daughter, Mrs, McKee, and ex-Senator Henry G. Dawis and family, of West Vir- gin he was saia to be sufiicienty re- vered from her recent illnoss to get atvay, but when this morning dawned she was ad: vised aot to attemptthe trip. Mrs. Harrison is suffering from sewer gas poisoning and general exhaustion. It was not until Mr. and Mrs. McKee were on the point of leav- ing the executive mansion that she abandoned her trip. Baby McKee, who also been under the weather for some time, remained athome. He was permitted to see his papa and mamma off at the railway station, but lie returned to_his nursery and toys at_the, white house, Wl he appears to enjoy him- self. Itis likely that the President and Mrs, Harrison will @o out of the city for two or threeidays at the end of this weel, probably 1o some powt on the coast to spend & quiet Sunday and get a change of air, water and scencry. This they may do frequently every weck or two till they leave for their summor jaunt. The white house plumbing is under- going repairs, and there will be a better atmosphere around the place soon. EBRASKA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. Ezra 1. Galloghy, Chapman, Merrick county, vice Jonathan Kessler, removed; B, 1s, Dampton, Hamilton county, vice Marti Mavstield, removed; Gerald Dallon, Jackson, Dakota county, vice Irank Pric oved; T. H. Reasoner, Litch- fieid, Sherman county, vice George H. Pearson, resigued, and John S. Ray, Nap- anee, Franklin county, vice Dennis P. Chubb, resigned. 10WA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED. John Matthewson, Astoria, Fulton county, vice Jucob Darling, removed; H. D, Harrell Covington, Madison county, 'vice James T. Cash, removed; James T. Thrasher, Dexter, Dallas county, vice J. L. Meek, removed; Grimes, Pollc county, vice im, removed; G. G. Scott, Wadena, Fayette county, vice C. Herling, resigned. MISCELLANEOUS, € George M. Christian, of Iowa, is at Worm- 11(’“ and L. Richardson, of Omaha, 15 at the Ebbitt. First Lioutenant Montgomery D. Ninth cavalry, has been ordered to cxamina: tion for retiremeet by the board at Omaha, Senator Paddock and family leave for Atlautic City to-morrow to remain ten days or two weeks. The senator is almost worn out with his official duties. He will go to rice as 5000 as he returns hel Senator and Mrs. Manderson leave for Cincinnati on Monday to be absent about a week or ten days, sutative Connell Px ——— Hastings Sewerage. Mr. Andrew Rosewater returned yesterday from Hastings, where he took a casual sur- vey of the various outlets of the city avail- able for a complete system of seworage, His surveyors have been at work thero for a week past, and will complete the work this Rosewater will be prepared to submit his report to tho Hastings council the latter part of next week. This will em brace his ideas of the most practicable sew to be adopted by that ci the estimated cost of the Parier, left for Omaha v S, Heatu, erage system togetner with worle. —— Anxions About Senn. Mrs. Sallie Senn, of Wilmington, Del. writes to Cluef Scavey for information con- cerning her son, John Benn, who has been in Omaha the past winter. About a month ago he wrote home that ho was very siok, and wrote to is varents asking for enough money to come home on. The money was sent to b in a letter on March 16, but the missivo lay in the postofiice for two woeks and was then returned to Wilmington — The young man’s parents are very much slarmed and fear that he has died pengiless and neg- lected among strangers. The El n Florence. At the election held in_Florence Hall, was elected mayor; L. E police judge; Jacoh Webber, jr k; Jacoh Webber, sr. treasmer; Stephen Brown, councilman from First Ward; E. H. Walker, councilman from tho Second 'Ward. The defeated parties Lave declared their intention to contest the election, basirg such udges to allow ’ Henry Haybarge, action on the refusal of the men ewployed on the water works to vote. Must Build a Drain. Phe stumbling block in the way of the provosed paper will at Cut-off luke is the matter of drainage, as it is anticipated thut property holders in the vicinity of that shect of water will object to the refuse being dumped into the lake. This will necessiate the building of & drain to he river. The proposed building is to cost $00,000 and will employ about slxty wen. - His QM4 Byk. 1 the great bioycle races a yvear ago Sow Moe loaued Lis fue wueel W vue MeCurdy, o tandidate for championship honors, After the races the wheel dfsappeared and had not been seen sinco until yestorday when Roe found out it was in J. J. Hardin's stor whero it had been all this time. Roe has out a writ of roplevin to recover it, and the case is to be heard bofore Justico Kroegor, A Collector's Trouble. Martin 8, Svacina, Thirteenth and Wil- liams, has caused thoe arrest of John I, Fush on the charge of embezzlement. Fush says that he has baoh in the employ of Svacina five weeks and the Intter owes him &30 for his services, He has oollocted about #10, but Svacina has domanded all the bills en- trusted to his care and the money he has collected, Ho roturned the uncoliected bills but kept in part payment of his wages tho $10 collected. Edwin Forrest's Seoret. The great tragedian, Forrest, had a soecret which everybody ought to learn and pro# by, Said he, “Iowe all my success to the fact that everything [ have undertaken I have done thoroughly. I never neglect trifles.” That's the point —don’t neglect trifles. Don't neglect that hacking cough, those night-sweats, that feeble and capricious appetite, and tho other symptoms, trifling in them- solves, but awful in their significance. They herald the approach of consump- tion. You are in danger, but you ean besaved. Dr, Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will restore you to hoalthand vigor, as it has thousands of others. For all serofulous diseases,and consumption is one of them,it is a sovereign remedy. Revival Mectings. Revival mectings are being nightly held at the Newman Methodist church on St. Mary's avenue. 'U'he meetings are being conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. E. gn. He is being assisted by different ministers of th various denominations. Last night Rev. C. Clendenning, presiding elder of the di: trict, preached. Thus far this week there have been about a dozen converts, AMUSEMENTS. There have been many lessons taught by the drama in Omaha, but none have been more pleasantly and effectively inculcated than those in “Fascination."” This play, at Boyd's, last night, attracted a large and discriminating audience. And yet the gathering was not greater than the picce deserved. It is undeniable that, in the sotting, the acting, the costuming of the play, nothing finer has been presented in this city There are many scenes in the lives of mortals which may not be produced upon the stage without offense. There are many truths which may bo told of human beings but may not be told upon the boards, unles a master hand commands the recital, Ye all these scenes are to be found, all theso truths are told in *‘Fascination.’” But their introduction brings no blush to the cheek. When the auditor retires, he feels within him a PID LIVER, &6. They regulato the Bowe! and prevent Constipation and Piles. wmallest and eabiost to take. Only one pill dose. 40 (n & vial. Purely Vegetable, 25 conts. OARTER MEDIOINE 00., Prov'rs, New Yor THE RAILWAY TIME TABLES, OMATA, NION PACIFIO. — Depot 10th and Marcy sts. acific Expross r’oynn na Xpr onver Expross... | 10:00 a Kanwas Cite, Loeols & o Bontrico Hipress.. ... b:05 & m hove trains daiiy, 0. & N-W, R. Leave | Arri Depot 10th and Marcy sts.| Omaha. | Oniabs. b [ L T No.4, Vestibuio... . No. 2. ey Arrive Omaha. 7180 & 1 Omaha, m 915 A m Nout Daiiy axcopt Mond'y v No. i, Vestibulo ...a... All Trafna Dadly. BURLINGTON ROUTE. Depot 10th and Mason sts Chicago Fast Express Chicago Mail Chicago Local.,. Donver Fast Expross Californin Maii. Colorado Mail.. ansas Clty BXpross ... Express. ... 82 3 [osuesc 33 F,E. & M. V.R. R. 0t 15th & Wobster ts. astings & DIk Hills Pas $Nortolk Passenger... MISSOURI PACIFIC, Depot 15th & Webster sts. B3 33 3 =3 22 £3|vs mtha. 0:80 & m LR Arrive Omaba. T, PAUL. 10th and Marey 5ts.| Omaha. w15 & m 8:3 p m 7:5 8 m TP m P M. & O. | Arrive &'Webstersts.| Omana. C., ST Depot 15th *Sjoux City Express | *Emerson Accommodatn’ *Oakland Accommod'n St Paul Limited it FFlorence Passenger lorence Passenger. orence Passenger, greater faith in human nature. M Cora Tanner’s dual role, Lady Madge Slashton und Charles Marlowe, was admirably rendered. It was a consistent and artistic imporsonation, considering. of course, the singularity of the disgunise she assumes in which to ascertain the character of her affianced. Not less polished, though the character is ungrateful, was the Jrs. of Miss Eleanor Carey. In no respect was the char- acterization ineffectual. The Duke of Hurlingham by Lionel Bland was as clever an old roue as could be desired. Mr. Charles Coote's Rev. M. Col- ley; Mr. Bell's Lord Tsley, were all very well enacted, especinlly Mr. P. A. Ander- son’s Count LaGrange, which was really an artistic piece of work. In truth, there was rot a weak actor in the piece, NO PROPOSITION AT ALL. Acceptance of Planters' House Site Means a Year's Delay. WasnixeroN, April 8.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bee.]—Judge Neville, J. J. Brown, Thomas McCague and John A. Horbach, in company with Senatorr Manderson, called upon S y Windom in the interest of the Planters’ house site for the Omaha public building. The secretary ,heard their argument, but gave no intimation as to what he will do. The proposition ou file at the treasury de- partment for the Planters’ house site is to the effect thav the cost will not exceed £400,000. It is not made by all of the owners, but by interested parties who execute a bond for only $50,000 that the cost will bo within the limit. A ruling has been made by the department of justice which sets up a precedent against the acceptance of a proposition of this kind. ‘T'he attorney-general held that a proposition to convey real estate submitted by any other than those in whom the title is vested is no proposition at all, ard therefore is not bind- mg or valid. Pesides this, it is the belief here that the acceptance of the Planters’ houe site would involve a delay of perhaps a year in the begiuning of the work. - SENATOR MORGAN'S UNKNOWN, She is Matched to Race Lottie Stan- ley For $1,000. NEw Yonk, April 3.—Senator Morgan, the well-known Omaha sporting man, today covered the #250 deposit of Billy O'Brien, backer of Miss Lottie Stanley, who recently issued a challeuge open to all lady bicyclists for $1,000 a side. Senator Morgan repre. sents’ the backers of un “unknown," sup- posed to be Miss Ewma Williams, wioner of the six-Gays ladies’ bicycle race at Omaha. e e The Lydecker Court-Martial. WasmiNorox, April 8.~The Lydecker court-martinl adjourned this afternoon, 1t is helieved that they have. finally voted upon 1k ase, but nnot dissolve until ordored to do 80 by the secretary of war, who may have other busiuess to lay before them. " Thursday, Apritd, 1669, A Word About Celery,— With its erisp, blanched stalks, daintily trimmed with delicate green leaves, it is the most toothsome boquet that ever graces your table, And the healthiest, too. Pleasing the ye, tickling the palate, and improving the health, ought it not to be called the king of vegetables, The ¢ medicinal virtue of celi s in the seeds, not in the stalks, and the choicest celery seed is used in the manufacture of Paine’s Celery Compound, Combined with hops, dandelion, buchu, sarsa- parilla, and other medicinal herbs, it forms a medicine of unequaled power for the cure of blood disorders, nervous di cases and rheumatism, The medicine of to-day; every bottle sold sells two bot- tles more, for the users recom- mend it to their friends, Per- haps you haven't tried it ye! If not, take your spring med cine now, and see that it is Paine's Celery Compound. At Druggists, #1.00 e bottle, Six for 8,00 | WELLS, WCHARDSON & CO., Bupliagion, Vi l Leave Omaha. Des Molnes Accommod'n| 5:45 & m| Atlantic Express. ... Fast Vestibuled Night Lxpress. SIOUX CITY & PACIFIU Depot 15th and Webster.| 8:40 8 m Arrive Omaha. pm Leave Omaha. Bt. Paul Expross WABASH WRSTERN. Depot loth and Mar No. Exp. Dal UBURBAN TRAINS, Westward, Running bstween Council Bluffs ana Al- bright. Tnaddition to the stations mentioned, trains stop av Twentioth and Twenty-fourth streets, and at the Summ it in Omaha. Omaha Soutl depot. Omaha| . M. 5 p m! Shealy. spRuESoaaas, FaiR EE " | South ™ | Omaha |Tr maha! Shealoy| depot. AM. [ AM. AL bright. A = BRERRRGEY 35 5 50 it s 0i40 . m: /A No. 8.0 060 BULLINGTON & QUIN 5 . m. No. i 6:40 D, m.|No. 6. 1 eaiis Dutly. CHIOAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAVL. 1 60 &, m. LA No, ) 110 . m. COUNCIEL zzz Bhh HCH A No.d. JOSEPH VIS, LA DA NOLT. L 12:00 . B dally except Saturday; U except except Monday; * fast wall. ‘I'he time ovo 1s for Transfer, there being from Qve 40 ten minutes between TTavs: or and local depows. '[IMKEN_S—PIIING VEHICLES | Hundreds of thousands in wse. Try One. i > A No.# Aduilyi Binday; b ade. f ing 10 th it'on or fIn action. WynlrgggAgflnlénds And a/l necessary papers fliled. W, £, HAWLEY, Civil Engineer, CASPYER, WYO,, or OMAHA, NEBRASKA Adapt. well 10 rough eou| P rlves il e 5B ST \ TYLER DESK G0, wdl N Bk FINE gf le’fm 1 axe Iliustrated