Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 23, 1889, Page 1

JTEENTH YEAR. PARNELL COMMISSION CLUSES i A Distinguished Audience in the Court Room. BIR HENRY JAMES SPEAKS, More Interest Manifested Than at Any Time Since the Explosion of the Famous Forged Letters. Ulose of a Long Trial [ Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennatt,| Loxvoy, Nov. 22.—~[New York Herald Cablo—Special to Tug Bee.]—The Parnell comm'ssion closed its sessions today. Sir- Henry James sat down av 8:30 after a strik- ing peroration, which held bis audience while it was being delivered and evoked an outburst of applause at its close. The ap- plause seemea altogether out of vlace in the eyes of the thin old usher, who yelled “Silence! silence " as he has more than ozce yelled 1t before in the 128 days during which the iquiry has beon going on. For the first tume since the explosion of the forged letters was there anythmg like interest manifested 1o the pro- ceedings. If Sir Henry James bas bad poor audiences during the matter-of-fact sotting forth of the dry de- tails of his case for the Times, ho must have felt more than compensate | by the presence of 8o large, attentive and distinguished an audience as that whicn filled the court yes- terday. [very one who has been in uny way associated witb the case seemed to have ro- turned to witness the drop of the curtain on the final act in the Irish drama. Prominent politicians, too, determined to have ono glimpso at least at the closing scene, Next to Captain 0'Shea ia the carly portion of the day sut Lord Randolph Churchill, Neur him sat Michael Davitt, an interested listener. Lord Strathedel and Lord Cawpbell sat beside the judges. Miss James occupied a position below them, while the jury box was taken up by a bevy of la- dies, who by nods and winks aud other gon- tle indications showed their approval or dis- approval of the huinorist Jawyer's remarks. Later in the day, as the hour for Sir Henry's peroration drow near, the stuffy litule court room became so crowded that to move from one positiori to anothor was impossible. Barristers in wig and gown arrived in re- markable force. Askwith was there, so was Arthur Russell and so was Arthur O'Con- nor. Sir Robert Peel arcived before the speech closed. There will be some anxiety about the re. port. A debate or two 10 the house of com- mous, and the Parnell commicsion will take its place among the long list of events which set everyono tulking today and are regarded anciont history tomorrow. e e e e German Foreign Office Estimates. BERLIY, Special Cablegram to Tur Ber ]—The reichstag today devated the foreign ofice estimates. Herr Richter - quired whether the report was true that Count von Waldersee influenced the foreign policy. General Verdy du Veruois, minister of war, replied that that question was not worthy of an answer, It was an insult to the army to consider an high officer as im- bued with the spirit of opposition to the gov~ ernment, *Count Herbert Bismarck en- dorsed the war minister's remarks. He said the reports in the papers were myths, The emperor guided the foreign policy under the adyice of those whose province it was to ad- vise him on such matters. During the dis- cussion on the vote for the new colonial de- partment Dr. ‘Vindthorst ‘demanded recog- nition of the right of different creeds to €qual treaument. -—— The Oatholic Church in Brazil, [Copyrighted 1889 by James Gordon Bennelt.] ViesNa, Nov, 22.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tane Bee.|—The Poli- tische Correspoudeus learns that the pope, a8 soon as he heard of the change of gov- ernment in Brazl, telographed to Mgr. Spolverini in Rio do Janeiro to instruct all Catholic bishopsand the lower clergy to ab- stain from meddling or participating in poli- tics. The bishop and clergy were only to demand of the uew government that they should, as in the past, be allowed to perform théir religious duties in liverty, THE NORTH DAKOTA FIGHT. A Hot Contest Going on For the Sec- ond Senator, Bisyarck, N. D., Nov. 22.—~[Spacial Tele- gram to Tue Ben.]—The time when a de- ocision in the chotte for @ second Umited Btates senator must be made has arrived. One ballov was taken this afternoon, result- g as follows: Johnson, 33; 1% J, McCum- ber, 9; J. L. Casey, 8; N. G. Ordway, 7; W. C, Plummer, 6; George H. Walsh, 18; D. W. Marratta (dom), 12. Immediately after tak- ing this ballot the legislature hdjourned until 8 o'clock this evening. The Ord- way men, finding that they were mot reciving recognition, created a stampede for Johnson, It was tuought that Johnson would be nowminated, and it was claimed that he had five votes to spare. This frightened the opponents of Johnson, Everybody is at sea, Lhe attempt to force Governor Miller in tne field to defeat John- #on and Ordway has failed, the governor obeying the constitution of the state, which says that the governor shall be ineligible to sny other office during his term. o has ‘written a letter raying that he will not undsr lllfi olrcumatances be a candidate, and this will be used proyided his name is presented. But one ballot was take: the jomnt re. publican cuucus tonight and M. N. Johnson ©ome within 1hree votes of nommnation, ‘I'he wyote was: Johusoo, 88; Ordway, 10; Me- Cumber, 3; Walsh, 10; Casey, 11; Plummer, 8; Lamour, 1; Miller, 1. A motion to ad- urn was made immediately after the bal- L Was and was desperately opposed by the Johnson men, The adjournment was " lost by a tie vote, but Estabrook of the house changed his vote and thus gave s ma- jority, The Johnson men are now sanguine, ut the opposition s that the three voles will never * won. Ordway is still in the fleld and working like a T'rojan, but ho has an_up-hill figne, J. 8. Casey of Jumestown, who received the 11 votes, is ow looked upon as the compromise candi- ate, and & strong effort is being made to bring about an agreement on him. All is sh and excitement, and the pressure being 1 L to bear by some of the candidates @ives rise 10 the prediction that some radical ‘chavges will be wade before morping, sk disag BICUX FALLS °'.‘ LVATIONISTS. Great Intevest in Their Trial Against the Chief of Police, Bioux Fauws, 8. D, Nov, 22.—[Special Welegram to Tux Bes.|—Great .uterest has been worked up in the trial of the Salvation army tho chief of police, The leader of the claims that the chief of police atiacked him without just cause while in the #ct of praying on the streets, The iuterest ifested is not so much in the trial wself in the opposition to tne pen the government have the Salvation army convict the chief of bed tomorrow. THAT SPECKLED HORSE STORY, It Caunses Budenbender's Arrest and an Attempt to Rescue Him, CuicaGo, Nov, 22.—Budenbender, the wit- ness from Hoboken, N.J., who yesterday testified that it was not a white horse which took Dr. Cronin away May 4, is under arrest. After court adjourned this noon an officer with his prisoner was at the corner of Clark and Michigan streets going to the state attorney's office, when Qualgy, one of the counsel for the defense, and Iorrest’s clerk endoavored o take the prisoner away. A crowd soon collected, but the prisoner was safely Janded in the state attorpey’s office, As ho was ascending the steps on the west side,of tie crimiaal court builaing, Qualey shouted 1o Budenbander that he would be taken care of and to keep his mouth shut. At the atternoon scdsion Forrest fan- nounced to the court that he could not find Lynch avd that the people at the latter’s house said ho would not be in court until to- morrow. Forrest complained strongly to tho court of the action of the stute in dragging Witness Budenbender forcibly to the state attorney’s oftice on a subpoena, and_spoke of tho effort made by his partner, Qualey, to restrain the ofiicer from so doing. He had promised the state attornny last night that he would keep Budenbender until the state had finished with him. ‘’ho state attorney said he knew nothing of Budenbender's arrest until after he was brought in, only knowing that an ordinary subpamna was out for him, ‘Iie matter was discussed at some length and both the state and the defense accused each other ot unfairness, * ‘The court finally decided that the matter was not contempt., but said it was an outrage on the personal liberty of Budenbender and probubly grew outof the over oficiousness of the ofticers. Proceedings of thé Trial. Cimioaao, Nov. 22.—In the Cronin trial to} day a witness was introduced to impeach the credibility of the testimony given by Mrs. Hortel, on behalf of tho prosecution, as to her seeing a man resembling Dr, Crovin en- ter the Carlson cottage on the night of the murder. Dr. Edmund Andrews, professor of sur- gory in Rush medical college, was asked by the aefense if he could form an opinion as t3 the canse of the doath ot Dr. Cronin by the wounds and abrasions found on the body of man taken from the catch busin, He said no. After the examination of Jacob Lowen- stein, who was a partner of Coughlin’s on the potice force and who testitiel to the ex- 18tence of enmity between Garrity, onc of the witnesses for the prosecution, and Coughlin, the court took a recess until 8 o'clock. The recess was taken to get tho deposition of Lynch, the distiller, who 18 ill, Itis believed that, Lynch’'s testimony will practicaily finish ‘the lst of witnesses for the defense. A e » ARRESTED FOR FORGERY. A Montreal Man in the Toils at St. Paul, Sr. Pavr, Minn,, Nov, 22.—[Special Telo- gram to Tie Bre. |—Adelard De Martigny, managing director of La Bangue Jacques Cartier of Montreal, Canada, arrived in St. Paul today and sectired the arrest of Frank X. Quesnel on a chargeof forgery. Mon sicur Do Martigny this afternoon about 3 o'clock stepped, briskly iato United States Marshal Cawpbell’s office and made known his mission to St. Paul, aud the marshal in- troduced the Monsieur to Commissioner Spencer, before whom & warrant was immediately sworn out for Frank Queanel. ~ The speciflc charge asserted in the warrant Js that Frank Quesnel, 1n the city of Montreal, on June 11, 1388, forged the namo of one James M. Aird 1o a promissory note for 225, made at La Banaue Jacques Cartier, Quesnel was found on Eighth street and was immediately brougnt to the office of Commissioner Speacer for a hearing. As Quesnel's attornoy could not be found, the hearing was postponed until tomorrow morn- ing and the prisoner’s brother and Napoleon Dian sigoea_the bond. While the warrant oaly specifies one case of forgery, i is koown that La Banquo Jacques Cartler holds nearly $5000 of paper which 1t is alleged Quesnel forzed. All that was necessary, howover, to_securs tho arrest was to charge Quesnel with forging one particular note,and M. De Mar- tigny states that Quesnel is accused of forging paper-to tho extent of 815,000 difforont parts of Canada. Most of this forged paper is held by parties in Montroal. Quesnel was much affected by the urrest, and while conversing in the French languago with M. De Martigny at Commuysioner Spencer’s office wept bitterly. i B THE RUMOR NOT CREDITED. No Dissatisfaction Among the Broth- erhood of Locomotive Engincers. Chicaao, Nov. 22.—([Speoial Telegram to Tug Bre.|—The rumor that there is wide- spread and genoral dissatisfaction among the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and that another strike is imminent does not find much credence amopg railroad men in Chicago. “Idon't believe there Is any truth in the report,” said Genral Manager St. John of the Rock Island. “In fact I know there is no truth in it, av least as regards the west- orn roads. There is not now aud there has been no dissatisfaction among the engineers and workmen on eastern roads. If the ry is correcy as rogards the employes of a certain eastern road being about to make a demand for an increase of wages, I am of the opinion that any trouble that may arise out of it will be merely local and will not touch western roads,” Several other prominent railroad men were seen and all expressed about the same opinion as Mr, St. John, ———— Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WasmiNarox, Nov, 22, —|Special Telegram to Tue Ber |—Pensioas grauted Nebras- kans: Original invalid—Edward Hollabaugh, Hooper; Lewis Stanton; W, H. Potts, At- kioson; Needham W, Edmonds, Stanton; aton, Lancoln; William 1. Irous, Stratton; William H. Comstock, Wes- James Plank, Raymond, Iocrease, Halzar Mo , Brownsville; Wesley Morseville; Charles Munger, Red Cloud; John Dinsan, Phillip Hoover, Juniata, Relssue—Miles IR, Barber, Benedict. Original widows, ete.—Minor of George W, Noble, Holdrege. Pensions for lowans : Original invalid—Ed- ward P, Stacey, Medora; William Gibbous, Ottumwa; Charles Brewington, Keosauqua; John C, Merritta, Palmyra; A.J. Livermore, Authon; Willism Scritehfiold, Cinciunati} Joseph H. Burris, alas Henry unrrllx Dysart; Joseph Ciemmons, ~ soldiers’ home; ' Daniel Haley, Laxter; dJohn Burgin, Edgewood; ’erry; Louis C, Morgan, m H. H. Filts, Kegflald;.!ohn (deceased), Akron; Jesse' Dow- idon, Increase—Georga W. Kuys, s, Peter Lonley, Fontanelle; John H, z, Ottumwa; William Letter, Water- Jobn M, Falles, Newton; John J, Fryer, Wapello; James Anderson, alfs James Swan, Sbeldahl; Daniel Craw- ford, Bentonsport; Samuel M. Led- better, Burlington; Jobn Watts, Dex- ter; David O. Waters, Chapini Benjumin Corsanth, Bagley; Edwin Sawyer, Pres_ott; Andrew Miller, Ashwon; Alex Aikman, Lyons. Orlglnnl windows, etc.—Aona M., widow of John Kelly, Cambridge; minors of Philip Richer, Guthrie Station: mioors of Nelson Purkepile, Delta. Mexican widows, ow.——gfnlnlu. widow of Johu B. Lewis, East Elkport, Bishop Ne: Miness. Kaxsas Ciry, Nov, 23.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.l—Bishop Newman of Omaba, has bees dangerously ill of chronic trouble at the Mudland hotel for several days and the ald of several nurses ana doctors were at times re- quired, This worning, however, he was s0 improved as to leave his room with frieuds, MORNING, THE FOUR CONTESTED SEATS Some Ropublican Members Have a Plan to Secure Them. A SCHEME FROM AWAY BACK. John Quincy Adams Sprung it the Twenty-Fifth Congress—The Speakership Contest—Land Oftice Decisions. on 513 FOUuRTERNTH STRERT, Wasiixarox, D, C., Nov. 23, Some of the leading republican members of the house have perf d a plan which they believe will result in the immediate sottlement of the four contested election cases, Wheu the house is called together for the first session of the Fifty-first congress Gen- cral Clark, the present clerk, will preside and will administor the oath to the members. It 18 not desigued to interfere with the ad- ministration of the oath to uny of the mem- bers, but as soon as all those whose certifi- cates of election are in the hands of the clerk are sworn in some republican will move that tho credentials held by Messrs. Smith, Mc- Ginnis ‘and Atkinson of West Virginia and Mudd of Maryland, be received and that they be given the seats for wnich Mossrs. Juckson, Alderson, Pendleton und Compton Tespectively, hold certificate It1s argued on the republican side that these men were clearly elected and that they aro deprived of their certificates by fraud. It s oxpected that Geaeral Clark will refuse to submit the motion to the house, where- upon the memver who makes the-motion will submit iv himself, and as there will be a ma jority of republicuns present it is believed that the wotion will prevail and that the four zentlemen will bo able to hold their seats until the question can be judiciously deter- mined by the proper committee us “to the right of the respective claimants of the seats in question. In other words the scheme 18 to make conteslees out of the four con- testants, and vice versa. It is argued 1n support of this plan that the house 1s under the constitution the sole judge of the rights of its own members to tLe seats within the body and that the mem- bers present at the opening of the coming congress can start 1n next month exactly as aid the first house of representatives 100 years ago, The move will not ve without Drecedent, as at the opening session of tha ‘Twenty-fifth congress three members from New Jersoy claimed that they had been de- frauded out of the seats to which they were entitled. The three men holding the certifi- cates were sworn in, whereupon John Quincy Adams moved that the contestants be de- clared entitled to the seats which had been given to the contestees. The clerk refused to subint the moton to the house and Mr. Adaws himself assumed the responsibility of doing so. The motion was put and carried and three gentlemen were sworn in and they sat through the entire congress. If the plan is successful in the present case it will resuit in increasing the republican mem- bership to 173 and the reduction of the aem- ocratic number to 157. It is not known yet who will be selected to take the initiative, but there is certainly a movement of the kind on foot. WESTERNERS WIN A POINT. ‘Western candidates for the speakership consider that they have won a good point in haviog the caucus which is to make the nomination meet at noon instead of at night on Saturday of uext week. ‘Lhis will give time in the event there is a deadlock or long continuad balloting to make combinations, as the caucus, if prolonged, will naturally aa- journ about 5 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 o’clock in the evening The call for the caucus was taken around 1o the candidates first for their signatures by Mr. McComas of Maryland, who is in- clined to support & western candidate. Colonel Hendersou *of lowa wanted the caucus held on Friday night, which would intne eventof delay in muking a choice give the western candidates more time to make combinations. The situation tonight 18 prue- tically unchanged from that of twenty-four hours sinc Y DISMISSED THE APPEAL. Assistant Secretary of tho Iuterior Chand- ler today dismissed the appeal of Josephi E. Buzzel involving the southeast quarter of section 22, township 13 north, range 42 west. Tt appears that Buzzel filed & pre-emption declaratory statement April 23, 1885, sad in order to obtain money with which to improve the land left the same, when one Williwm H. Mercer, supposing the land nad been aband- oned filed 8 homestead entry upon it. Buzzel made application at the local land office to be allowed to make final proof of his pre-emption flling and to pay for the land. Mercer expressed a willingness to relinquish his rights to the tract and so stated in an afdavit flled with Buzzel's application. The assistant secretary says in his decision: “Mercer's homostead entry being of record, his rights to the land cannot be con- sidered by this department without notice to him. Rule nigety-three of the rules of prac- tice requires the service of a notice of ap- peal on the opposite party in the absence of voluntary appearance.” Land Commissioner Groft has affirmed the decision of the local land officers at Valen- tine in the caseof Fred P. Richards vs Will- jam S, Smartnet, covering the homestead entry lovated ou the south J{ of the southeast 1 of section 11 and the west ¢ of the north- east 1 of soction 14, township 22 north, range 20 west. He also dismissed the contest of David Lewis vs K. Bridge, involving the timber culture entry for the northwest 1{ of section 21, township 20 north, rangé 47 west, Chadron land district. I0WA AND DAKOTA CROPS, ‘The monthly crop report made public today by the secretary of agriculture contains the following in reference to the condition of crops in lowa: “The droutn beginning in August and ex- tending through the remainder of the season has dimimished the yicld of corn to some extont by causing a shrinkage and a peculiar ripening, snd ham impaired the quality by producing @ looseness on the cobs, or what is termed ‘loose corn.’ This remark, bowever, only applies to u part of the crop, which was backward or where the drouth was most se- vere. The remainder is sound and excellaut 1n every respect, ‘The hay, although a good crop, is a little short of last year's yield, owing to insuffi- cient rain early in the season, ' The quality of the crop as & whole is good."” ‘The following sppears for Dakota asa whole: “In the drouth stricken portiona of the state the corn crop 1s almost a total fmlure, but in the southeastern and Black Hills por- tion the yield is fair. Potatoes are excellent in quality but far velow 8u average yield. But lttle tame hay is raised. The wild prairie or upland hay is very light, yet the isko beds and marshes afford a very fair crop. Wasnixerox Bureau Tug OMana Ben, } ABMY NEWS. On the mutual application of the officers concerned and ou the recommendation of the regimental commander the following trans- fers in the Sixth infantry are ordered: Second Lieutenant Amos B, Sbattuck, from compauy A to company Bj; Second Lieutenant Frank D, Webster, from com- pany B to company A; Secoud ' Lieutenant James H. Frier, Seventeenth infantry, from company D to company I of that regiment. ‘fhe superwtendent of the recruiting service will cause thirty recruits to be as- signed to the Sixth infantry and forwarded under proper charge to such point or points in the departmeut of the Missour: as the commanding geueral of the department shall designate. Y ‘Tuo officers and soldiers of the army will be disposed to canouize Secrotury Procter Dbecause of sn order he has just issued, Until now while traveling even on government busi they have recewved no allowance for payment of either sleeping car or parlor car fare, but have besn compailed 1o take the ordinary day coach a:coz:taodutions Or pay the exira price out of iheir own pockets, This was fa purshance of an old regulation adopted before slésging cars were introduced, and none of Mr, ctor's pre- decessors have had the penefoaity to modify it. Under the regulation 185ued today ofticers and mvalld soldicrs, when traveling on duty, will be allowed a double bérth at night or a seat in @ parlor car wheb they travel for twelve consecutive hours, | MISORLEANFOUR Representative and Mrs. George W. E. Dorsey have arrived @nd are occupying their quarters at tho Portlahd, Mr. Dorsey called at Tre Ber burean today, where ho met a pumber of olda friends. and jn a conversa- tion said he had not yet eommitted himself on the sveakership question, Covgressman Struble of the Sioux City district has located at 1742 Corcoran street, and Congressman Qear is at the Shoreham for the session. Penry S. Heari. R > ey IN THE TRUSD, The Omaha Barbed Wire Fence and Nail Company. St. Lovis, Mo., Nov. 22.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bre.]—Mr M. W. Marshall, president of the Omaha Barbed Wire Fence and Nail company, said to a reporter here to- night in speaking of the trust: “‘We found it necessary to combine in order to reduce our business to more system and eoable us to produce off*goods cheaper. There is too much irregularity 1n the methods of some of the factories, and some of them do not make money, though they get better prices than others, Our object is to regulate such factories so (hat they will not injure the trade or else close them, and also w bring about a standard of manufacture which will ve higher and a_standard of prices which shall be lower than at preseut. There are about firty factories in the country, and all have joined in the trust which will go into offect January 1, 1860, The l“(greflllu capitag represented is $12,000,000, 'The greater part of our busiuess is in the west Infi southwest, because our fencing is cheap and substantial for the large tracts of land, and we hope to make it stiil cheapor and better. Our trade 18 1n good condition, and this past year the ageregate production is over two hundred thousand tons of fencing and 2,500.000 kegs of pails, You see we are using largo quan- tities of iron aud steel.”’ ————— KNOWLTON RETURNS. The Strange Story of ‘a Young Min- neapolis Produce Merchant. MiNNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 22, —[Special Telegram to Tne Bse[—Last February George Knowlton, a young produce mer- chant who was bourding atthe Wilbur house with his wife, left for Leseuer, Minn., to buy poultry and ship. to Minneapos. He was down there for few days and shipped o small consignment, aftor which nothing further was heard of him. He had suddenly disagpeared. His wife, Having become alarmed, went down to Leseur and all the tangible evidence she could find of her hus- band was his overcoaut! The river was searched, but no Kuowlton ed up. A country school teachef, however, had known of & man answeriig Knowlton's de- scription who walked intd her school house one day and warmed his hunds at the stave, departing almost as quicklyis he cawe and as silently. Mrs, Knowlwn accordingly re- turned to Minheaolis and sorrowfully waited. A short time ago she married again and is now living in Chicdgo. ‘The strangest part of the story is that Knowlton has now arrived in Minneapolis. He claims to have come to b1s senses two, months aftor he left homein a Cerman farsl; house near Man- kato, having been a victHMof typhoid fever. He wrote to his wife, but{the letterinisoar- ried, He expresses the bops thut his wife 1s comfortable and hanpy, but says he shall not seek to ind her unless 'ho learns she is in want. . SHOT WHILE HUATING, A Fifteen-Year-Old St. Joseph Boy Accid ‘ntally Kill-d. Sr. Joserit, Mo., Nov. 32.—[Special Tele- gram to Tus Bre. |—Edwara Knapp, the fif- teen-year-old son of George Knapp, loft town this morning in company with four companions for Saxton stution, seven miles distant, on a hunting expedition, They spent the forenoon hunting, and on their return home this afternoon the boys saw a covey of quail in & wheat field snd_stopped to shoot them. Young Knapp was sent into the field 10 scare up the birds agd 1n doing 80 was shot in the head by the accidental discharge of agunn the hands of Legrant Munver, oneof his companions, . The boys saw that Knapp was badly nurt, and placing hin in & wagon tried 1o ring him home, but Kuapp died while en route, Tho'boy is & cousin to C. W. Knopp, businesss manager of the St. Lows Republic. George Knapp has nad singularly bad luck with his children, Two years ago four of them died of diptheria in- 8ide of & month, The funeral services wall take place Sunday afteruoo - EDITOR WEST IN FOR IT. Judge Anthony Refuses to Quash the Indictments Against Him. Cr10AGo, Nov. 22.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—In the criminal court today Judge Anthony refused 10 guash the indict- ment agaiust Editor James West and Charles E. Graham, charged with the fraud- ulent over-issuo of stock of the Chicago Times company amounting to over $125,000, The grounds on which the attorneys for West aud Grahum based their motions were merely technical ones sud no claims were set up denying the real character of tho felony, West and Graham were both in court today and were anxious listeners when Judge Anthony delivered his decision ad- verse to their nterests, The trial is ex- pected to be a somewhat sensational one, as the Times property depreaiated over $100,000 under West's questionable management, ey e The Grain Shippers’ Complaint, Cnicago, Nov, 22,—The hearing of the Illinois Grain Shippers' complaints before the Railroad and Warehouse commission was concluded today and the commission sdopted a resolution to the offect that the facts will becarefully considered and further light obtained with a view to final intelli- gent action ; that ivis the gense of the com- mission, in view of the lity that any un- certalnty may be taken ntage of to bear the market, that this 1s 3 subject not to ve acted upon hastily, 1§ event would the commission deem 1t prng' or fair to make changes affecting No. 2 at 1o take effect at an earlier date than July 1, 1890, or which would affect the existiugicontracts for tne sale and delivery of g aud the trade may rest assured that ny ty or imprudent action will be taken. P The Broke l&iinr. Bank. PirsbuRe, Pa., —Cousiderable ox- citement prevalls to- lay over the failure of the Lawrence bank, Many of the depositors, who are vrincipally of the lower class, gath- ered about the Institution, but the best of order was maintaived, = The failure has caused butlittle flurry in financial circles and 1t is claimed no dther banks arp in- volved. Long & Company's iron plant is in the hands of the sheriff, ‘The judgment con- fessed in favor of the defunct bank was $300,000, but the firm agserts the actual amount is not over $150,000. The assets of the it s understood, lar[ay exceed its liabilitles, and notice was posted on the bunk door this afternoon that everything will be pad in full. i o L The Weat Poreaast, For Omaha and vigioity: Falr weather, For Nebraska: Wair, followed by lignt rain or suow iu wesfern portions, warmer, followed by colder southens winds, be- coming variabl hogperly A For Iowa: Fair, warmer, exoept statio ary temperature in westerd portion of Wis- cousin, winds becoming Wy’. il . . fol For South Dakota: luo‘;‘ln western portion, warmer, variable win NOVEMBER 23, 1880, SHOT BY A RUINED WOMAN, A Prominent New York Man Killed in the Street. THE SAD STORY OF HIS NEMESIS, Drugged worth is S By Ston Disgraced Mrs, South- sorned and Slandered fearted Stephen L. Pett An O1d Roue's d. New York, Nov. 92.—Stephen L. Pettus, secretary and tremsurer of the Brooklyn Union elevated railroad and member of the firm of Pollard, Pettus & Company of this city, was shot dead here tbis morning in front of 10 Fulton street by Mrs. Hanuah Southworth, who refused to give her ad- dress when arrested. Mrs. Southworth says Pettus had betrayed her and ruined her family. About a year ago she assaulted him with @ whip, and at that time was placed under bond to keep the pouce. A dispateh from Louisville, Ky., says she is the daughter of the late f. J. Martin, a well known coffee broker. Sho is about thirty years of age, and has been & widow for ten years, She charged Pottus, who was onginally from Clarksville, Tenu., with hav- ing committed an outrage on her person four years ago, for which a smt_for §25,000 w brought against him several months since, Several of her brothers are prominent busi- ness men in New York, San Francisco and r'or some time she has mado her h one 1n the latter city. Mrs, Southworth appe: dat the coroner's office in the afternoon. She was affected to a great degree and her mind apparently was in wo condition to comprehend what was gomng on, She could not answer questions intelligently and her lawyer told hor to say nothing. She was col tted fora bhearing next Tus Accor told by her friends she became acquainted with Pettus through @ mutual years ago and one day he succeeded in drugging ber while they were out together, and accomplished her ruin. Later it was found necessary to resort to malpractice, as a result of which her health was wrecked. In order toavoid exposure atthe time of the wrong Pettus made profuse promises of sub- stantial provision for her, and to save the name of her family, which isa highly re- speotad one, -she kept quiet. Upon her re- covery, however, he met her reminders of his obligations with derision, and finally, it is said, circuluted the report that Mrs. Southworth was a discarded mistress who was trying to blackmail him. This drove her to desperation, and last March she at- tacked Pettus on the street, as mentioned above. She then applied to law- yers, mot to obtain a money damage, but that the truth might bo exploited. ‘The statute’ of limitation vro- tected Pettus from prosecution for the origi- nal outrage, and she began suit for slander and defamation of chavacter with the same object in view. This was the legal status of the matter up to today’s shooting. In the prison this afternoon Mrs. South- worth said the lady through whom she be- osme acquainted with Pettus had also been ruined by him, and under threat of exposing her ho obtained her aid in accomplishing the ruin of (herself) Mrs. Southworth. ooy TWO FIKES AT S8T. JOE. A Fashionavle Boarding House and the High School Damaged. St. Joserw, Mo., Nov. 22.—[Special Tele- The Arlington house, a fashionable boarding place on North Fitth street, was budly damaged by fire at 2 o'clock this morning. The flames originated in the dining room and destroyed the entire upper portion of the house before they were subdued. A great panic was caused among the guests, and men and women were flying all about the place 1n their night clothes, All escaped without injury, The loss to Miss Marie Swenson,the proprietress,will amoun to 4,000; fuily insured. At 10 o'clock this morning fire was discov- ered in the gurret of the St. Joseph public high school, ‘The flames soon mude their way down to the rooms on the second floor, buruiog out the partition and fioors. “'he damage will amount to $3,000; ful by ineurance. The cause of the fire 18 un- known. JOINED THE CANADIAN COLONY, A St. Louis Business Man Absconds With Other People’s Monoy. 8. Lovis, Mo., Nov. 22.—[Special Tele- graw to Tme Ber |—James A, Smith, sr. president of the James A. Smith & Sons ice and fuel company, has not been sean since the second day after that firm was attached on Thursday of last week, aud it now de- velops that he has probably joined the Canaaa colony with $60,000 of other people’s moncy, He mortgaged the plant some timy 8go to Charles P, Chouteau and has siace lev the stock run down till the assets are only $7,000, while the liabilitles foot up $150,000. It now leaks out that for weeks prior to the failure instead of depositing checks of the firm in the Franklin bank, as had been his c.stom, he cashed them and salted the money. He, although @ man above middle age, having grown children, married hLis housekeeper on the day after the fuilure, The next day ho was seen stunding at the depot platform at St. Charles, talking to his lawyer. His whereabouts are not definitely known, but he is supposed to be iu Canada. The sheriff burst open his safe at the Mis- souri safo deposit this afternoon and got nothing, The son, who 18 a member of tne firm, is in no way implicated, WORSE THAN THE CARLSON. Another Cottage Discovered cago Covered With- Blood, Cmicago, Nov. 22.—The police have made @ strauge and sickening discovery which will probably lead to the unearthing of a bloody tragedy. A frame cottage on Leering street owned by John Framley, was tenanted until the 19th st by John Hughes, wife ana five children, On that date Hughes moved out, leaving the house tightly shut up, The house remainad closed until this morning, when 8 neighbor, who was closely scrutinizing, dis- covered coagulated blood on the front win- dows, The door was broken in and a hor- rible sight met the view, the floor, ceiling and walls of three rooms being almost liter- wlly covered with blood. It appeared as if a bloody struggle had been waged and the participants bad gradually worked from one room to anotber, 'Ihe police are investigat- lug the watter, and it is the theory tnat the ‘l;lug:lles family, or a part of it, has boen wur- eved, The police say they have established the fact that no tragedy has taken place at the cottage. The blood warks are not such as would be produced by a life and death strug- gle, but are broad smears as if spread on by & whitewash brush, They say the blood was breught there and put on the walls by ene- mies of the Hughes, — Barefaced Confidence. @ CLEVELAND, O.. Nov, 22.—The directors of the Federal steel company will meet in Chi- cago next week to choose oficers, The com- bination anticipates no serious competition during the next five years. It is believed that wuy competing companios organized, if Dot absorved by the combination, will be un- @ablé vo break the market, and that it will be severul years before a sufficient number of competitors can arise to cut any figure, iy Will Continue the Strike. Ixpianaroris, Nov, 22.—A epecial from Brazil, Ind., says » mass meeting of winegy w:i‘:.v dwldad‘t{w continue the strike. Chi- THE MORMC TRIAL. More Testimony That the Church Teaches Disloyalty, Sarr Lake, Nov, 22.—In the Mormon in. vestigation today Henry W. Lawrenco was recalled. Hlo bad heard many sermons preachod which were disloyal, and tho gono- ral tendency of the teachings of tho Mormon church all the years he belonged to it was to alienate the feelings of tho people from the government. He believed the Mormon peo. ple would become loyal if their leaders did not teach disloyal doctrinos. Witnesses wers alao callod 1o tostify as to the demonstration in 1870 in hovoor of tho release of Daniel Wells, who was committed to the penitentiary for refusing to answer questions 4n the poly- gamy trial; how many thousand Mormons paraded the streets trailing the Amecican flag in the dust und hooting Federal Judge Emerson, and as to the haif-masting of the Amorican flags in this city July 4, 1885, on the oity hall, the tabernaoclo, the county court house and the home of the president of tho chnrch. Joseph Follet, called to refute ytho testi- mony of Wardell, smd he never heard of the killing of Green for apostacy before, The prosecution offered in evidence a paper served on a membet of the Mobmon church by Bishop Hisward, citing the mem- ber to appear in the bisnop's court and be tried for obtaining judgment in the federal court against a fellow Mormon. This was introduced to demonstrate the truth of the charge that the chiurch dictates aud controls temporal as well as spiitual affairs. Kx- tracts were read from a sermon of John Tay- Jor, 1n which ho said if the government at- tompted to “‘cut out the Mormon uleer” the star of the United States would set in a sca of blood. An extract was read from a r in the church organ announci eamy was the fixed and une God. The attorneys for the church denied that polyeamous marriages are now solemnized, ut when questioned admitted that no rec- ord of such marriages were kept and that they had no actual means of knowing if they were being solemnized or not. The case closed this evening, as far as the prosecution is concerned, with 'the introduc- tion of an editorial from the church organ on the death of John Taylor, in which it was said those “men who hounded him to death would yet be called to accouut. The argumonts will b heard next weelk. Peurose is still in the penitontiary . THI; MON/ANA MUDDLE. cont editorial that poly. Governor Toole I.sues a Proclamation on the Mat He; A, Mont., Nov, 22.—~Governor Toole this afterncon issued @& proclamation in which, referring to the conflicting claims of those legislators who hold county clerk cer- tificates and those who hold stute canvassing board certificates, says: Whereas, One set of certificates has been issued and delivered pursuaut to the election laws of Montana by the county clerks in their respective counties and by virtue of the act of the territorial legislature, the persons holding such certificates are declared entitled to membership and are decmed elacted ; and ‘Whereas, When such lezislature assembles it becomes the judge of the qualifications of 1ts own members, now, therefore I, Joseph K. Toole, governor of the state of Montana, hereby designate the court house of the coun- ties of Lewisand Ciarkeas the place whero the said legislative assembly, comprising the persons holdiug and presenting certificates of election from the said county clerks, shall meet.”! Both sides are cancusing tonight, but their plars cannot be learned. 3 State Auditor Kenney, whose duty is to call the house to order, today demwanded the keys of County Commissioner Knight. Kuight refused the demana, but promised to admit Kenney at any time, The republican stute officers may rent rooms for the legis- lature in another building. . e WAR AGAINsE LIEN LABOR. Chnicago Workingm: Take Action Reuarding the Drainage Canal. AGo, Nov. 22.—[Special Telegram to Tur Ber]—A war agaiost alien labor has been begun by the united labor organizations of Illinois. Chicago is to construct a drain- age canal costing $20,000,000, and at a grana muss meeting of workmen to be held to- morrow evenng under the uuspices of the political reform club resolutions will be adopted. T'he meeting will be composea of the trades assembly, Knights of Labor, s0- cialists and all others interested in labor matters in the campaign for drainage trus- tees. The candidatesnominated for trustees will be asked to pledge themselves thut the great canul shall not be built by contract, but that the work snall be done by the trustees in the same wuy that the city makes its im- provements. ‘They will be asked also before they receive the endorsement of the labor or- ganizations to promise tnat only American ciuzens shull be employed on the work and thaut the workmen shall be paid semi-monthly, e — o OHIO'S BALLUT BuX KFORGERY, R. G. Wood Arzest:d for Alleged Con- nection With kt. CrNoINNATI, O., Nov. 22.—R. G. Wood, who recently obtained national notoriety by his alleged connection with the famous ballot box forgery, was arrested here tonight on a warrant sworn out by Attorney Probusco, a relative by marriage of Senator Sherman. The aMdavit of Probasco charged Wood with perpetratiog libel o0 or about Septem- ber 7, 1889, against Willlam McKinley, Jates £. Campbell, Ben Butterworth, John' She; man, S, S. Ci P, Churles 8. States bouse or senate, in that ho counter- feited their names o a forged contract which forgery Wood committed with the malicious intent’ to aiserace these men and to damage them 1n the eyes of the nation by leading people to think they were in & corrnpt scheme 1o nake money by violating the laws of the Unitea States by being pecuniarily in- terested in the passage of the ballot box bill vending before congress. Wood’s bond was fixed at $10,000, but he failed to obtain bail. He protasts his inno- vence. —_— A Distracted Fath:r's Deed, New York, Nov. 22.—James Smith, a let- ter carrier, this afternoon shot his two baby girls aged two years, and eleven months, respectively, aod then tried to kill himself, The oldest child is dead and thebaby s dying, while Smith ouly succeeded in infliot- ing a slight wound on himself, the builet having been detlected by & button, Smith contracted conlum“liun during the greav blizgard and a doctor had told him he could not live later than spring, To add to his misery his wife deserted him and the children two weeks ago without warning, and Smith was driven desperate, The wile, it is said, is fond of male companions, 6. 0c TN0 SR Hostile to High Tariff INDIANAPOLIA Nov. 22.—A spocial from Mt. Vernon says the national assembly of the Farmers' Mutual Benefit association closed with & public meetiug tonight, at which speeches were made by L. B, Parsons of Flora, (11, Judge Washourn of Marion, 11L, Hon. John Cockrill of Marion, 111, wnd othlers. Most of the speakers srgued agiinst & bigh protective varif Two Tralns Wreckod. Missoura, Mont., Nov, 22.—Two wrecks 00} curred on the Northern Pacific yesterday, one freight traim being wrecked by the spreading of the rails and another by collid~ 10g with & work train, No serious damage was done in eitner case, One brakeman was slightly injured. ———————— No Blizzard in Mont na, Missoura, Mont., Nov. 82.—The reports of & terrivle blizzard in this section are incor- rect. ‘There has been but a slight fall of SUOW, (UMBER 150 HAD HIS EAR CHEWED OFF, A Brutal Assault Upon a Membap of the Iowa Leglslatura, A POOR RAILROAD INVESTMENT, A Business Failure—Monk's Doathy Shrouded in Mystery—ilo Was Probably Murdared—Other lowa Nows, A Legislator Assaultad, Drs Mot Ta,, Nov. - [Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.|—Thero was a temporary agitation in republican circlos today over & report that Representative Shipley of Guthiie county had begn badiy Injurea and might be unable to take his seat in the legis= lature. The republican majority is so small that every wmemoer's condition 18 scrutinized daily. Inquiry showed that while at a publio sale in Herndon, Guthrie county, yesterd: Mr. Shipley wus assaulted by one W. Edwards in some dispute. Edwards bit off one of Shipley’s eurs, lacerated his face, als most bit off his thumb and otherwise injured him. Medical aid was summoned and Ship- ley’s wounds were dressed. It 18 hoped that ho will be uble 1o be around by the time the lepsiature meets, The house to which he belongs is nowa tie, fifty republicans and fifty democrats, An Unprofl bl - R Des Mowes, In gram to T Irond. pecial Tele- —The railrond commise sioners have been asked to interfere to pre- vent the taking up and abaudomeut of tho Claringa & St. Louis railway or that pors tion of it from Clarinda to the Missourk line. To-aay thiey receivea from the solic- itor of the receiver a request that they take 10 nction without giving him a hearing, He explaics the condition of the road and the poor investment it has proved to the stocks holders, According to his report the Wa- St, Louis & Pacific railroad company operated the branch for a time, but 1n 1586 the bondhoiders succeeded in having a sopas rate receiver appointed for it. The property was sold September 27, 18587, under decree of foreclosure, to a committeo representing the bondholders but the purchusers have nov taken possession, because by tho terms of the decree the debts of the receivership must first be paid and the value of the perty is not such as in their estimation to ant wuch outlay. Tho _ dobts of the receiver are now upwards of $20,000, At the last term of the foderal courtat Coun- cil Bluffs the purchasers and receivors ap- plied to Judge Love for instructions in the maiter aud a decreo was entered. As di- rectod by this aecree the special master duly exposed the road at public sale or the 2d inst., but could obtain no bids whatever, Ho is directed to now sell the property at private saic for such prices as he can secure. He has avranged to sell the one locomotive and passengor coach and the iron rails as soon as whey can be takenup. There is no other property except a small number of lots Clarinda, This action will necessarily bring about the abandonment of the property as ‘& railroad. Tho right of way of course revertss to the original owuer and the fran chise of the mortguged company will bo for- feited for non-user, The bonds of this road have proved very unprontable to the invest- ors. The issue ihich raised the movey for tho building of the road was §204,000, ' No _Interest bas been paid upon these bonds since August 1, 198¢.~ Byuthe 1moSv=noeral eatimate the receiver has been ablo to make here will not be derived from the:salo of rails, engiue and coach more than $40,000, 80 that after paying the expenses of the recsiy- re will remain for the use of the unot more than £10,000, or less than 3 per cent, of their whole debt. The comwissioner shave taken the case;under ad. visement, and will not take avy action be- fore giving ail parties intavested @ hearing. Shrouded in Mystery. BurrniNaTon, Ta., Nov. 22.—[Special Tele- gram toTuz BEE.|—A post morlem examiria- tion of the body of Monk, who it was sup- posed had committed suicide in a horrible manner in this city Monday wnight, proves that ho was the victim of an atrocious and cold blooded murder by some unknown party, Upon examination of the terrible gash [n his throat a quantity of bird shot was. found lodged under the skin at one side, From the course the shot took it is clear that it could nov have been~Monk himself who fired the load as 1t would have been impossi- vle for him to have held a shot gun in the position required to give the shot the course takeu. The whole affair is shrouded in & mystery which tho police are eudeavoring td clear up. A General store Closed. HARLAN, Ia,, Nov. 22.—[Special to Tum Bee.|—Llhe general store of B. B. Grifiith, jr., has been closad by the sheriff, The stock and other assots amount to about 85,000, with principal liabilitics as followsy Harlan bank, §,500; J. V, Farwell & Com* pany, Chicag son, Keith & Cords pany, Chicago, §700; Prouty & Pratt, Dy Moines, $400; O. S. Donahue, head olerlt, was placed in charge. T'he cause s sald to be wismanagement. 81,0003 Uxorcide and Smeide. CrDAR RAPIDS, Ta., Nov. 92, —(Special Taz. ogram to T BEg.]—At Cedar Point this morning John Hendrickson, & grocor, shot his wife three times af the farm residence of Will Taylor, four miles south of that place. Each shot took effect, one in the mmn:q‘ one in the mouth, und the other in the bael of the neck. Hecdrickson then went to Goldsbury Mounse's place near by and shot. himself with a shotgun, blowing off his ens tire bead, The cause Is attributed to do- mestio trouble of long standing. The woman 18 still alive, but will die e JUMPED TO HER DEATH. A Beautiful Young Woman Leaps krom a Window. ) Cmicaco, Nov. 22.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee]—A few days ago Miss Mary Kohort, & handsdwe young women, was brought by her friends to the St. Elizabeth hospital suffering with & wild form of insau= ity. Last evening she suddenly borritiea the attendants by suddenly shouting: “I'm going to kill myself. I'm going to jump out of the ‘window.” A female attendant grasped the woman and tried to hold her back, The patient threw her aside as though she n-.i’ been @ cbild. Two other attendants came to the rescus ana tried to hold the womaun, but she seemed to be pos- sessed of superhuman strougth and easily overpowered them, Then, with » mad shriek, she rushed into the bath room, closed and bolted the door. She ruised the window sash and balanced nerself for a second u the ledge, then sho leaped and & mo on later sho was plcked up, abruised and bleed- ing mass of flesh and boues, The fall had killed her instantly, B FINED AND JALLED, Two Prominent Kunsas Attorneys Kighe ip Court. Covxcin Grove, Kan., Nov. 23.—A per- sonal encounter occurred last night in the district court between the Hon. John Martin and Colonel Bradley, prominent attorn from ‘l'opeka. Martin was the democral candidate for governora year ago. ‘The court sent them both to jail over uight and this worning flued thom heavily. s e The Architects Adjourn. CixeisNati, O, Nov, 22.—~The Amerlcan institute of architects yesterduy selected ‘Washingtoo for the next place of wi coung and then adjourned. Kichard M., Hunb was elected president.