Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 14, 1890, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALY BEE. NINETEENTH YEAR. FRENCH ELECTION FRAUDS. A Special Committee Will Examine the Ferry-Picot Case. THE DUC D'ORLEAN'S VISITORS. The Chamber of Deputies Consider mperor William's Iavitano but Decide to Wait on the Action of Other Powers. erry May Come Back. [ Conyright 1550 by James Gordon Tennsth,| Pawmis, Feb. 13.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.]--When M. Floquet took hisscat in the chamoer of de- puties today the curiosity in the sparscly filled Salle des Leances centered in M. Reinach, who mounted up to the presidential tribune and kept up a whispered conversation with M. Floguet for upwards of twenty minutes. It is just possible that the editor of the Re- publique Francaise may have beea supply- ing the president with data for the speech in which the latter announ the death of M, Bally, the deputy ot Kure, in the usual terms ot eulogy. Several items of business were then disposed of, the most important being the bill approving the creation of a five centimes ed- Ition oftho Journal Oficial, contalning the reports of parliamentary debates. Then the chamber turned to the Saint Die election. The universal suffrage of this Vosges Arron- dissement, 1t will begremembered, surprised the world by casting their votes for M. Picot, instead of for M. Jules Ferry. Rising in s own defense, M. Picot said he was accused of bribery, and from his pocket he produced a voluminous roll of papers which after promising that thoy were documents which, simply pulverized accusation made against him, he proceeded to read ut an express train speed. Alvert Ferry said he had been an eye wit- ness of scenes of violence and intimidation by whigh M. Picov had secured his election and he Zelt it his duty as a republican to tell his colicugues what be saw. Jules Ferry, to whom Alvert Ferry reminded tho house ho was not related, had been attacked by armed men at the instigation of M. Picot's most ac- tive agents. M. Viger, followed M. Ferry, citinga num- ber of instances where outrages had come before tho commission which he was secretary. He was reading a letter purporting to come from one of M. Picov's canvassers asking for money when M. Picov called out from his seat that on his tionor that letter was uot true. T1he'right applauded vigorously, so “Vigorously, in fact, that M. Floquett singled out Duc deda Rochefoucauld and calleda him to order. Coutinuing, M. Vigersaid that if the chamber validated the election of thnis clerical-Boulangist-republican, meaning M. Picot, it would mean that nobody without an income of 5,000 francs could become a candi-~ date for the chamber. M. Ernest Roche deemsd it good policy t defend M. Picot by attacking Jules Ferry, who, be said, cowmitted not imaginary, but real crimes against his country, “If you invalidate M. Picot,” he declared, “'you will bring M. Jules Ferry to this chamber.” * Evidently M. Jules Ferry's return isno longer dreaded, for vy a large majority the debuties decided to have the Suint Die election looked - into by & special committee. . M. Floquet then asked the chamber when 1t would have its new sitting and the almost unanimous reply was Thursday next. The deputies have therefore a week's holiday be- fore them, At the ministerial morning ot Elysce, Presideut Carnot in the chair, it was decided to tuke no move relative to the duc d'Orleans until ex- piration of the ten days during which he may appeal against the sentence of tho police court. Though it is pretty certan that the prince will not maka the appeal, the coyern- ment will thus gain time. ‘L'he effervescense caused by his arrest and trial will doubtless calm down by February 22 and the president and his advisers will be able to judge the case on its own merits. Meanwhile those not versed in legal lore may be interested in knowing what 1s vhe exact situation of the princely prisoner. On sen- tence being possed against him he passed out of the hands of the judicial suthorities into those of the prison ud- ministration. He was accordingly requested by the governor of the conciergerie to draw up a hist of those persons he wished to be al- lowed to see. The list contains eighteen names, comprising the members of the Orleans family now in Paris, about half a dozen 1ntimate fricuds, such as the duc d'Luynes, Colonel Parseval and M. Bocner. Should it be decided to wake the auc d’Or- leans serve his sentence the government will loage him in prison, but not necessarily in the Maisson Ceptrale, as at first asserted, for although the law h it that prisoners con- demned to over twelve months imprisonment should be contined in the Maisson Centrale, the prince's case is one of the ex- ceptions provided for by the regulation of 1859, At present the auke is being treated @8 awpolitical prisoness. He spent this morn- ing reading letters and newspapers and writingto @ number of friends. Shortly after noon he received a visit from the duc d’Aumale, und in the afternoon the presence of the' duchesse de Chartres and her daughter enlivened him. M. Hocher, M, de Parseval and the duc d'Luynes also helved the prince to while away the hours of his captivaty, It is stuted that & number floral crowns bearing eulogictic iu- scriptions o the due d'Orleans ware placed on tho statues of Hemi IV, and Louis XIV, under cover of the night, but no trace of them remained this morning. None of tho persons arrested on Wedunesday dur- ing the demonstrations around the pulais de justice and at Pout Neuf were summoued to appear for trial today, as had been expected. It is now stated that the charge of rebellion will not be maintained and that they will simply be tried before the ordinary police court magistrates, The invitation received by the French government to take part 1 the conference callea by the German Emperor was one of the principal subjects to which the council ministers devoted their attention. M. Spuller informed his colicagues of the re- ceipt of the invitation and added tnat the court minister bad been informed that the German government wished to learn with as little delay as possible the answer of the Frenoh cabivet. According to Figaro this morning the ministers decided not to reply to the invitatiop until they heard the answer of other powers similarly iovited. ‘The Freuoh government is anxious not to offend the susceptibilities of Switzerland, whose auvitation to @ similar conference hud been scoepred previously, *“There is every reason % believe,” concludes the article in the Figaro, “that the answer which wall be given of council held this wiil be a negative if the Berne conference comes off at the date announced.” According to @ responsible republican journal, M. Rouvier has not one but two 1590 budgets ready, one of which he will submit first to the finance committee, M. Rouvier proposes @ new loan of 700,000,000 to 800,000,000 francs, which will enable the government to satisfy the demands of the minister of war for the fresh credits necessary for the country's defense, Shoula the finance commission hold out against the new loan M. Rouvier will bring out his re serve budget which but provides for pre ing items of expenditure merely. i by EXCITEMENT IN COMMONS, Report of the Parnell Commission Distribated to Members, [Con yright 1800 by James Gordon Bennett.] LoNnoN, Feb, 13.—|New York Herald CaWle—Special to Tur Bee |—There was ascene of almost unparalled excitement iu the lobby last evening when copies of the Parnell commission report. werc distribs uted to the members, Mr. Matthews had wnnounced that the docaments would bo ready at 10 o'clock, but a quarter of an hour before that time tho passage leading to tho postofiice was choked up with honorable gentlemen anxious to securs the documents, and at ten minutes to 10 the crush was so great that the officials deemed 1t necessary to close the outer door. Just before big Ben struck the hour word went round that the report could be obtaned in the sale ofiice on the members' staircase and a stampede was made forthwith in that direction. A large numbor of wmembers, however, refused to credit the report and stood their ground outside the postofice, where the crowd in- creased every minute. At 10 o'clock, by which time a score or two of copies had been distributed In the sale office, two por- ters arrived In the lobby bearing bundles of biue books. The members raised a cheer and the excitement rose to a fever heat out- side the postofiice. A slight delay occurred while the door was being unlocked, and one honorable member, unable to restrain his impatience ionger, whioped a penkuife from his pocket and cut the string on one of the bundles. The vol- umes fell to the ground in a shower and a general scramble ensued, in the course of which many gentlemen seized copies of the blue book and made off with them. As soon as the messengers entered the post- office the members tumbled in pell-mell after them and in & very brief space of time the supply was quite exhausted. At intervals during the remainder of the situng fresh bundles arrived, but they were immediately snapped up both in the postofiice and the sale office, in which department the excitement coutinued until the house rose. In the first rush to obtain the blue books were politicians of all shades of opiaion, including more than one member of the government. T ANOTHER INFERNAL MACHINE. A Philadelphia Man's Miraculous E.cane From a Horrible Death, PriLApELPRIA, Feb, 13.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.|—A carefully prepared scheme by which some unknown person sought to be revenged upon John M. Mo- Bride of No. 1221 North Fourth street, this city, by means of an infernal machino sent through the mails, was frustrated by the faulty construction of the apparatus. The postman this morning delivered to Mr. Me- Bride a packaze postmarked Phitadelphia. Upon ovening it the recipient wus alarmed at discovering that the pasteboard box with a sliding cover contamned in the package was filled with explos- ives, The box contained three compartments, und the middie one was filled with gun cotton, Tho other two were filled with gun powder, there being fully a pound of that explosive in the two compartments. Out of each lot of powder a blue-headed match was standing, and upon the sliding a long strip of emery paper had been carefully pasted. A hasty examination of the machine showed that the only thing thut prevented an explosion was the fact that the maker had either neglected to set the match hands high enough to touch the emery paper, ro else one had slipped down in the rough handling the package received 1n passing through the postoffice. Mr. McBride is at a loss to account for the senaing of the box. He suys there is now a lawsuit pending in court between his brother and himself, but he could hardly believe that such a method would be resorted to. The police anthori- ties will investigate the case and also invoke the aid of the postal authorities in seaching out the sender of the machine. B et CLEANED OUT BY THE FLAMES, Balf of the Big Farwell Block Chicago Gutted, Cmicago, Feb. 13.—The large brick and stone building at the corner of Adams and Market streets, owned by the dry goods house of J. V. Farwell & Co., caught fire early this morning and before the flames could be subdued the southern half of it was gutied. This portion of the building was oc- cupied by Taylor Brotbers, dealers in bats ana caps, and Work Brothers, dealers in clothing and uniforms, The beavy fire wall which runs through the middie of the struc- ture prevented the spread of the flumes 10 the northern half of the building, which is filled with the heavy wholesale stock of the Messrs, Farwell, A cureful estimate of the loss made after the fire was under control, places the total damage at $475,000, of which Work loses $325,000, Taylor Brothers, 50,000, and pE'ar- well & Co., on the building, $100,000. One of the firemen received an injury by falling from a ladder which it is thought will vrove fatal, Three otner men also re- ceived injuries, but not of such a serious churacter, Itis yet a mystery as to how the fire started. The fire is especially heavy on the firms in the building owing to the coming spring trade for which ull had been prepar- ing. Not less than 2500 persous will be thrown out of employment. e ] The Lead Men's Convantia CuioaGo, Feb, 18.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bee,|—The lead men held two short sessions today and will meet again omor- row. Not as many were preseut as had been expected, and but htue work was accom- plished. There are several men here who would be glad to see a westera association formec awmong the manufacturers of lead prodpcts, but they are in the minority, and t is not likely that any sort of a close com- bination will be orgauized. Meetings simi- lar to the present one have been held in pre- ceding years, but those who favored the for- mation of combine wever proved strong enough to carry the project through, e Notice of a Rate Reduotion, CuicaGo, Feb, 13.—The Burlington & Northern gave notice today that it would put into effect February 17 & reduced scale of rutes between Chicago and St. Paul, have ing decidod to take the matter in its own hands, as the chairman had declined to ;unigrlll« it to weet the alleged cut by the . Paul. et Auyssinia’s King Wins a Uactle, Loxpox, Feo. 13.—Advices have been re~ ceived that the troops of King Menelek of Abyssinia bad an engagement with the forea of General Ras Aloula. The battie was se- vere and Ias Aloula was davgerovsly wounded and bis army gefeated. OMAHA, THE REPURT ON PARNGLL. A Voiuminous Document Submitted by the Commission. DELVING INTO LEAGUE HISTORY, Its Connection With the Physical Force Party in America Olaimed to Have Been Proven—Da« vitt Alluded to. Findings of the Parnell Commisalon. Losnoy, Feb. 13.—The report of Judges Haunen, Day and Smith, the special com- mission appointed to investigate the charges made by tho Times against the Parnellite members of the commons, was laid on the table in the house today by Matthews, secre- tary of state for home affairs, ‘I'he report occupied 162 pages, Each mem- ber of the house against whom charges wera made is treated separately. The judges find that the speeches made by many of the Par- nellites were intended to bring about the separation of Ireland from England, and that the speeches of others, in view of the state of the country, were calculated o fo- ment crime, The grentest Intercst centers if the final conclusions, which are as follows: 1. We find that the respondeuts, members of parhament, were not members of the con~ spiracy having for its object the establish. ment of absolute independence for Ireland, but find that_some_ of them, together with Davitt, established and joiced the land league with the intention, by it s a means, to bring about the absolute independence of Ireland as a separate nation, 2, Respondents did enter into a conspiracy by & system of coercion and intimidation to create agitation aguinst the payment of agri cultural rents for the purpose of impoverish- ing und expelling from the country Irish landloras. 8. 1he charge that after denouncing certain crimes in public they afterward led their supporters to believe that such denunciation was not sincere is mnot established. We entirely mequit Mr. Parnell and other re- spondents of the charge of inancerity in their denunciation of the Phwnix Park mur- ders, and we find that the fac simile letter upon which this charge wus chiefly based against Parnell is a forger; Respond- ents did disseminate newspapers tend- ing to | 0 sedition and the commlission of other crimes. Respondents did not di- rectly incite any persons to the commission of crime other than intimidation, and the consequence was that orimes -and outrages wore committed by persons 8o incited. As to the allegation that respondents did noth- ing to prevent crime and expressed no bona fide disapproval of crime, some of the re- spondents—in particular Micnael Davitt— Aid express a bona fide disapproval of crime and outrage, but respondents did not de- nounce the system of intimidatidh which led o crime and outrage, but persisted in this abstention of denunclation with the knowl edgo of 1ts effect. Respondonts defendea the persons charged with agrarian crimes and supported their families, but it is not proved that they subscribed to testimonials or were intimately associated with notorious criminals, As to the allegations that re- spondents made payments to compensate persons who had been injured in the commis- 8100 of crime, we find that tney did make such payments. As to the allegation that respoudents invited assistance and co-opera- tion with aod accepted subscriptions of money from various advocates of crime and the use of aynamite, we find that respond- ents invited the assistance and co-operation of and accepted subscriptions of'money from Patrick Ford—kunown as an advocate of crime and dynamite — but it has not been proved ~ that the respondents knew that the Clao-na Gael con- trolled tho land league or was collecting money for the parhamentary fund, but it has been provea that the respondents invited and obtained the assistance and co-overation of the physical force party in America, in- cluding the Clan-na-Gas), and the order to obtain that assistance abstained from repu- diating or condemning the action of that party. Besidoes these there remains three specific charges against Parnell personally, namely : A.— ] hat at the time of the Kilmainham negotiations Parnell knew Sheridan and Boynton had been organizing outrages and therefore wished to use them to put down outrages. Not proved. B.—That Parnell was intimate with lead- ing Invincibles; that he probably learned from them what they were about when he was released on parole in Avril, 1882, and that he recognized the Phoenix park murders as their handi- work. We find that there is no foundation for the charge and that the Invincbles were not a branch of the land league. C.—That Parnell, by an opportune remit- tance, enabled F. Byrne to escave from jus- tice to France. We find that Parnell did not make any remittance to enable Byrne to escape from justice. Regarding the two special charges against Davitt—that ho was a Fenian snd assisted in the formation of the land league with money contributed for the purpose of out- rage and crime, and that he was in close and intimate association with the party of vios lence in America and was mainly instru- mental in bringing avout the alliance of that party and tbe Parnellite and home rule party in America—we fina it proved that Davitt was a Fenian and received money contributed for the purpose of outrage. This was not, however, for the formation of the land league itself, but for the promotion of the agitation leading up to it. We find also that he, in such close and ntimate association with the party in Amer- ica, was tho man mainly instrumental in bringing about the alliance referred to, In the opening of the report the judges re- fer to the unprecedented character of the mquiry, The history of the action of the leaders of the Irish party from 1877 is re- cited, and the relations traced that existed bevween the founders of the land league and Fenians und Irish Americans, Refer- ring to boycotting, it declares that ine stances adduced before the commission proved thav it constituted a system of in. timidation of the most severe and cruel character. The boycott combination was illegal, both in its objects aud the means adopted to carry it out. It was an elaborate, ull pervading tyranny, aiming to injure landlords as a class and drive them :out of tho country, ‘This action of the league far exceeded the limits of public opinion and created u well grounded terror in the minds of those suffering under it. The commission comes to the conclusion that this was the in- tention of tuose devising and carrying out the system, In our Judg- ment the leaders of the league, in thus combining to carry out 8 boycott, were guilty of criminal conspiracy. We consider this charge established agaiust Par- nell, Dillon, Biggar, Sexton, I. P. 0'Con nor, Matthew Harris, W. O'Hrien, T. D. Sullivan, F. M. Healy, Hurrington, A. O'Connor, J. E. Kenuy, W. Redmond, J.E. Redmond, Justin McCarthy, J. O'Connor, T. J. Condon, dJ. J. O'Kelly, Cummins, Cox, Patrick Shea. J. D. Cheeban, L. Leahy, E. Leamy, J. Barry, C. K. Tanner, Maurice Healy, T. l{u(nn, Daniel Crilly, Henry Cawbpbell, P, J, ¥ J. Claney, J. F. K. Brien, R. Maone, J. Dausy, J. C. Flyan, J. Jordan, W. J. Lane, ., Sueoby, D. Sullivan, G. N. Burns and Michael Davitt. Under the eharge of dis papers wuding the revort la eminating news- incite 10 crime, ) stress upon the fact that Pur- did not produce the report of any specch wherein he denounced the use of dynamite: also that no denuncia- tion by Parnell of the uction of the physical force party in Irelaud or Awerica has been eiven in evidence. Parvell adwittea that be was unable to say he had, vy speech or ac- tion, found auy fault with the Fonian organ- ization, Statistics of crime for (880, 1881 and 1853 strongly corroborato this statement that outrages followed the establishwent of the laud league. Agravian crime raged in Ireland when Lhe lcague agitation was at its FRIDAY The coincident decrease of crime with the {nactivity of the leagus was coually conspiciious. When the leaguo was sup~ pressed in ‘1881 crime Aropacd trom 4,430 cases in 1881 to 870 cases in 1853, 1t was con- tended before the commission that the causes of crime were not dde to the league, but to tho chronic state of Lgeland uuder distre gravated by evictions. Comparative s tistics showed that the dominant cause was the league's agitation, During the severe distress years—from 1840 to 1838, o< clusive — when 58,4323 families were evicted, the total agrarian crime was hereas for four ye: from 1 to with 11,004 families evicted, tho total ord of crimes was 11,828, The commission rejects the suggestions that crimo was caused by secret socioties, by the compensation for disturbance bill, or that the decrease of crime after July, 1882, was due to the arrears of , rent act, and adds: The question 18 not whether other causes can bo suggested, thne being that the icrease from 1870 1o 188: though not exclusively ascribed to agitation, was mainly due to the action of the league and its founders and leaders, In the judgment of the eourt the denuncin- tions of crimes quoted for the defense were of little avail because contemporaneously with them the leaders and organizers were carrying on agitation by means of speeches and conduct tending to encourage crime, Sentiment 1n Ireland against aiding the police 1 the discovery of crim- inals was not conflued to the ignoruny, but was shared by those from whose educa- tion justor views of duty should prevail. Proot has been given that the league syste- matically ana indiscriminately defrayed the expense of the defense of persons charged with agragrian vrime, The knowledage that such assistance will in allcases be afforded must have the effect to encourage persons 80 disposed to commip outrages. The same observation lies to the support of their ‘fhmiles. Numer- ous books and documents whach, it produced, might have $hrown light upon the league's proceedings, were not produced, Geunerally we have not rdceived from Purs nell and the officers of the land league the assistance wo were entitled to expect in the investigation of the league's accounts. The report proceeds to race the course of the league’s movementddn America and its connection with the Clan-ne-Gael. ‘Toucn- ing the ooutradigtory ‘evideace of the Le Caron and Parnell interview in the corridors of the house in 1581, the balance of - probabilities was in favor of the accuracy of Le Caron. It was highly probable that Parnell would say to anyone whom he regarded as a-member of the physical force party in America that an un- dorstanding ought to bé brought about be- tween that party and Parnell and his sup- porters in the league. It was also probable that Parnell would mention Devoy as the person best able to urrln*o such such an un- height. derstanding, for oy had been among the principal’ agents through whom the support of the Fenisus had been obtammed. The brurpose of such an alliance may be disputed, but the desire of Parnell and Davitt tat the parties of physical force and open pelitical movement should act in harmony had been proved by Devoy’s letter, corroborated. by Le Caron. Tt is not impossible that, conversing with a supposed revolutioniat (Le Caron), Parnell expressed himself 80 88 1o leave the impres- 8100 that he agreed with those who favored revolution. Touching the tenth conyention of the Clan- na-Gael, at which Sullivap presided, tho proceediugs proved that. ths dymamite policy was definitely adol .by the Chicago convention of 1881, at_which T, P, O'Connor was a delegate {rom Puri The Washing- ton conveution of 1832, the Astor house meet- ing and the 1’hiladelphia ecnvention of 1888 vely quoted- ae proving the sympathy of the sentimenta of the Irish leaguers wil A physi- cal force party. The Clau of October, 1882, olear)y 1 G of dynamite, It S -1 1 whoso leadors, clogely assoclatedwith the Irish leaders, thally obtaiogd in 1888 control of the entire movemeny in America, hence- forward retaining it. The mass of evidence proved that the Irish leasue in Amerlca had been since directed by thy Clan-na-Gael and had been actively engeged 1 promoting the use of dynamite for the destruction of life and property in Eugland. 1t further proved that while the Clan-na-Gael controlled the loague in America, these organizations con- currently collected sums smounting to $300- 000 for @ fund wherefrom payment should be made to Irish members of the commons, 1t has not, however, been proved that Parnoil knew the position of the Clan-na-Gael, the circulars of that body besides the evidenco of Le Caron showing that its operations were kept secret, £ port of the Parnell comp'ission amounts to a practical acquittal. The basis of ‘‘Par- neilism and Crime” with the nideous suver- structure raised upon ib disappears from view, The Times leaves it:to the public to judge whether the report does not confirm, though in colorless, guarded judicial ianguage, the main part of its statements in the articles on “Parnellism and Crime,’t" ‘The Telegraph says: “Upon all the serious oharges the verdict is mot guilty ornot proven. Tho 1ssues upon which the verdict is azainst the pondents are those as to which the majority of the English public have already pronounced an informal verdict of guilty. ‘The Chronicle says: The history of “‘Par~ nellism ana Crime” frold its birth to its burial in this report is a bistory of the most colossal flasco in the political journalism of the Victorian era. The Standard says' While the verdict favors the accused upon & few of the most heinous charges, thers are more than enougn behind to substantiate all that has been gen- erally believed of a cofinection between the lhmns rulers and conspirators agaiust the aw. n the Commons, Loxpox, Feb, 13.—In the commons tonight Sir James Ferguson said the negotations on the fishery question between England and America were proceedipg. under favorable i Mr. Brice, dealing with foreign questions, kave the wr.uu credit for any benefit occuring to British subjecis in Samoa to the spirited action of the United States. L A TERKIBLE (PUNISHMENT. —_— An Arkan Murgerer's Head and Lambs Severed Krom His Body, CrawronpsviLLe, Ack, Feb. 13, —Miss Ada Goss, daugbter of ;8 promnent citizen, was missed from her home last night and this morning her body found in a field. She had been asssull and murdered, hav- ing been hacked with|a hatchet and shot through the body, picion pointed 10 George Coryet! distanv rela- tive of the family, d with whom Goss had had much trai . His wife said he came here intoxicated Jast night and told her e had outraged murdered Miss Goss, The infuriated o seized Corvett, took him to the ne of the murder and Wwith an axe cut off his, arms and legs und then severed his head fram the body. Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 18 —J, M. Phil- lips of New Yo'k, representing the Mer- chaots' River Line Navigation company, 18 in the city en route to Omaha, where final arrangements will be madewfor uubu-mn‘u & river freight line from that place to Pittd- burg, Pa. The ling will be put into operation within a year and will consist of XLy higbt draught river steamers aod 800 barges. It is understood thar the Inman line 18 backing the enterprise for the purpose of securiog an inlet frow the seaboard by which it can compote for the export grain trade of the northivest. g High Water in Wyoming. Evaxstox, W§o, Feb. 18.—[Bpecial Tele- gram to Tam Bre] -The bigh water ay present raging lu the moustain. streams burst the Coe and Carter boom 8t Grauger last night. Over one hundred and six thous- aud ties have gone ad-t and further Lroubl is wuticipated. MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1890. COLONEL FLETCHER'S CASE. The President Avproves the Find- ing of the Court Martial. MODIFICATION OF THE SENTENCE He win for be Suspended From Duty Three Years on Threes Fourths Pay — The Burrus Haheas Corpus Petition. 513 FoUnTrENTH STREET, Wasmzaroy, D, C., Feb, 18, President Hurrison today took up the Omaha court martial case and aisposed of it by approving the finding of the court with moditication, Licutenaut Colonel Joshua W. Fletcher, instead of being dismissed from the service, will for a poriod ot three years be suspended‘from duty and have one-fourth of his pay retained by tho government. In modifying thoe sentence of the court martial tho good military record of Colonel Fletcher and the conflicting tostimony is taken into consideration. This is tho recommendation of the secretary of war and General Scofield and meets with the approvalof army circles, THE DURKUS HABEAS CORPUS PETITION, In the matter of Thomas F. Burrus, a pe- tition for a habeas corpus, Justice Miller of the supreme court, upon motion of Mr. G. M. Lambertson, issued a rule on the United States marshal of Nebraska to show cause before the supreme court on tho first Mon- day of March why a wriv should not be is- sued. Wasnixerox Bureav Tae Omana Bes, } FIGHT FOR PAYMASTER GENERAT. ‘The fight over the paymaster generalship grows more vigorous with the close of tho canvass, For two weeks past €olonel Ter- rell, now serving in the department of the Platte, has been conceded to lead the various candidates. As saon as this fact was made manifest his rivals in the corps packed their valises and camae at once to Washington, and have since been buttouboling every in- fluential politician and bombarding the white bouse and war department with memorials, petitions and endorsements, The local press, too, has been used to Colonel Terrell's disadvantage, as have also the columns of -several of the -New York papers, in all of which it has been stated that the colonel’s only claim for the promo- tion is the fact that he is an Indianian and a personal triend of the president, while the records and Colonel Terrell's papers on file will show that ho bases his claim for promo- tion upon rank, and clinches the arguments which he brings by the best legal opinion of the country to show that he should today head the list of colonels of the pay aepart- ment. If he is appointed it will be on the ground that the president believes him to be entitled to the place by long and faithful service. Major Carey, who is way down on the list and who is anxious to jump over the heads of eight or nine of his superiors, has beon counting on the friendstip of the secretary of war, whose neice he married. He has been waging & fork aud mouth cambaign here and bringing all the influence of the petticoat brigade to bear upon his candidaoy. It 18 not at all probable that Major Carey will _be considered. _&;) fliht} a8 1t now stauds, ja between Colonel Terrell fi““ Colonel Rodnsy Smith. It 18 not at all 1y that if Colonel Terrell is not pointed that any other than the rankio, colonel will roceive the covete position, &s the president has intimated-that he may make a selection with respect to rank, as shown by the rec- ord. Senator Paddock has made several calls upon the president in the interest of Colonel Terrell’s candidacy ana focls very much eocouraged over the outlook He believes that the president will adwit the justice of Colonel ‘lerrell’s claim on the ground of seniority, and that so doing he will elevate him to a position which he is so competent to fill and to which he is entitled on grounds of justice, THE MONTANA SENATORTAL CONTEST. Montana, after all, is going to have two republican United States senators There have been some informal talks und confer ences among the leading republican senators during the past week, in which Messrs, Sanders and Powers, the republican senators- elect, have participated, and the result is un understanding that the majority of the com- mittee on privileges and elections will report in favor of seating the two republicau senators-elect unless the investigation and bearings which the committee will make duriog the next few days develop some new evidence going o 8how that the repnbli cans have no right to the seats they claim. The recent action of the demo- cratic members of the upper branch of the Montana legislature in running away to break a quorum has been very damaging to the democratic side of the contest here. It has impressed the republicans in Washing- ton with the fact that the democratic mem- bers of the legislature bave used every con- ceivable way to defeat a fair action upon the election of United States senators and pro- posed meusures affecting state interests, It the democrats in the legislature had come squarely to the front on all issues presented their case would bave been materially assisted. Messrs, McGinnis and Clark, the democrats who were certitied by Gover- nor Toolo us having been elected to the United States senate, have been in Washing- ton two or three weeks for the purpose of giving encouragement to the democrats in tho senate her in the way of assurance that they were eutitled to the seats cluimed, They have, however, lubored under many embarrassments, among which the action of the state democratic senaéors in running away from their posts of duty to break up & quorum was ot the greatest. Racently ex-Governor Huuser, prowinent democrat in Montana, was in Washington and gave his opinion that McGinnis and Ciark were not en- titled to their seats, us they did not present the proper prima facie evidence, and 1f the United States sen- ate should go behind the returns somethiug rotten would be discovered in the election precinets canvassing boards and work of the county ofticers. ‘I'his statement, circulated among the democratic senators here, baa the effect of dampening tho ardor of McGinnis®| aod Clark aad their friends. About two weeks ago an understanding was thought to exist whereby no senators from Montana would be seated and the whole eleotion would be relegated to the people and settled by the next legislature, Sinceno one Lias occupied a seat from Montana in the United States senate, & failure Lo seat any one at this time would not muke a va cancy, and therefore Governor Toole would not have the suthority 1o appoint senators during a recess of the legislature. Consid- ering the irregularities in the election pre- cincts throughout Montana, where democrats are charged with improp intluenoing voters, the unusuul canvassing board re- turns, certification of local and state ofiicers, the filibustering of democratic senators to prevent the eleation and their final running out of the state to break up & quorum, the conclusion has been reached here that the two republicans claiming to have been elected shall receive a favorable report from the committes ou privileges and elections aud be seated. LAND DECISIONS, Assistant Secretury Chandler today ren- dered a decision involying the bomestead entry of Susan Herre (aee Crone),;M. P. Kin- kaid ussignee, for the borthwest i of the southwest i of section 34, township 31 north, ragee 12 west, Niovrara land district, which is of iuterest. The commissioner of the gen- erul land oftice July 21, 1885, held this entry for cancellation on the ground that the claim- aut was warried at the date of entry. It ap- pears thut in November, 1833, Susan Crone filed a declaratory statement for the land, alleging scttlement earlier in the worth, Ou April 30, 1585, sbe publishied ap- the most % notice that she wou 1 »n June 18, 185, sub- mit final proof. -~ May S, 1885, she was mar- ried. Her final proof being satisfactory, a duplicate receipt was 1ssued and on March 6, 1856, sho conveyed the premises to Kin- knid., ~ The secrétars in his deeision says: “Sho resided on said tract six months and fully complied with the Inw, and that she acted in perfect good faith & unquestioned, She believed ner marriage would not prejudice her claim and 80 married It strikes mo that it would bo havsh to rule on a matter which doos not commend itself to the equitable side of our nature, when this woman had fully satisfied the law and the rules of the departmnent, excopt remaining singlo until after sho had submitted her tinal proof, she has forfeited her right to enter this tract. Such a rule is against mar- riage, of which no law or equity favors.' He directed that the entry be submitted to the board at Hoit county, Nebraska. ‘The assistant secretary aftfrmed cision of tho commissioner d contest of Timothy Movr azainst the homestead entry of Edwin I' Camelon for the southwest 1y ot section §, township 3§ north, range 48 west, Valentine district, WYOMING'S STATEIOOD WORK, Congressional Delegate Carey ot Wyoming is a most enthusiastic worker in the interest of his people, as to their claims to statehiood, and he is almost sure to succeed very soon. “Nothing is nearer to my heart," said ho today, ‘‘than this. Many paople think it strange that a man can be an enthusiastio worker in a scheme that will legislate him- self out of oftico, for of course the day tho president signs the bill that makes Wyo- ming a state L will pack my trunk and retucn home, a private citizen, but it takes a man who has lived in a territory and expearienced all the ills that a territory 1s heir to, to understand that it is far better to e a citizen of a stato thau to be a delegute in congress from a territory, and I for one would say make Wyoming a state and let Deiegate oy take care of himself working day and night to this end, oven giving his holidays to the work, 1f congress can be smd to have uny holidays. On last Sunday the whole day was spont in arranging and classifying papers and getting ready for the consideration of the subject at as ly a date as possible. He seems to actually live and breathe ouly for that purpose. SENATOR PADDOCK THANKED, Senator Paddock this morning received the following dispatch from Hastings, Neb., under date of yesterday: *“‘You huve our most hearty sympathy and supvort in your mvestigation of the practical operation of the long and short haul clause of the inter- state commerce act. Wo are prepared to furnish you with abundance of evidence of the hardships it has imposed on the farming and business interests of the west. It has raised the price of every com- modity that we consume and has decreased the price on all our fall products. Hastings board of trade, by M. L. Elsmere, presi- dent,” t the de missing the THE ARMT, By direction of the secrotary of war the following named enlisted men of the Eighth cavulry, having performed the duties as- signed them in_orders of February 8, 800, Fort Meade, -S. D.. will return to that station: First Sergcant William T, Harges, troop D, with permission to lelay thirty days ou routo, and Private Douglas C, Tait. troop I, with permission to delay five days en route, Joseph Luniak, company G, First infantry, now with his_company, will' be_discharged from the servica of the United States. Captamn James Roper, Eighth cavatry, will report in person to Major General George Crook, presideot of the examining board, at Chicago for examination. MISCELLANEOUS. The house vommittee on territories having been added to the list of committees privi- leged to submit pgports at any time and ask for immediate consideration, tho bills re- ported yesterday in favor of statehood for Wyoming ani Idano are expected to bs called up very soon after the adoption of the hew code of rules. It is probable that both house and sonate will act upon these biils within o month, Delegates Carey and Dubvis of Wyoming una Idaho say they will be in the enjoyment_of statehood before the flowers bloom in the spring. Mr. Bain of Nebraska City has been av- pointed to @ position in the government printing office on request of Sepator Man. derson. 3 Senstor Manderson today received & noti- fleation from the commissiouer of Indinn af- fairs that under his recommendution Miss Aanie Lowrie of Norfolk has becn appointed teacher in the Indian school at the Yankton agency. “Phe secretary of the interior hins reversed the action of Commissioner Sparks in hold- ing for cancellation the homestead entry of Mrs. Dronberger of Ajnsworth. Sparks held this ontry fov cancellation. The secretary of the interior reversed his action und uc- cepts the proof. The patent will issue in due course. ‘T'ne senate comwittee on has directed Senator Manderson to report adversely a bill iotroduced by Senator Dolph reducing the number of years of service for enlisted men in the army from thirty to twenty-five. The committec thinks that the thirty-year period should tirst be tried vefore the law is amended. Senator Paddock introduced a bill today appropriating $1,000,000 for a public building at Lincoln. ‘I'ne bill proyides that the build- in now occnpied by the federal ofiicers at the Nebraska capital shall be turned over to the 2ity of Lincoln when the new building is compicted aund ready to vecupy. G. M. Lambertson of Lincoln ana Hoo, 1sbam Reavis of Falls City aro in Washiog- ton, Fourth class postmasters were appointed for Nebraska today us follows: Curtis, Frontier county, S. R. Razee, vice C. B. Compton, removed; Platte Center, Platte county, Robert Pinson, vice J. Moffett, re- signed; Seneca, Furnas county, I, M, Tal- bott, vice J. W. Kerhoy, resigned; Venungo, Perkins county, J. M. Simpson, vice J. M. Kimball, resigned, J. W. Briggs wus appointed postmaster at Beaver, Miuer county, South Dakota, vice C. B. Tibbetts, resigned. military affairs Panny S, Hearu, e MIUNIGUT COLLEGE BALIL) One Soph Hes His Juw Broken and Others Badly Bruised, ALLENTOWN, Pa., Feb. 18.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee, |+The sophomores of the college gave u dinner atthe Hotel Allen last night. After miduight they returned to the college and by way of a litle diversion routed the frestimen out of their beds, The latter were Lardled rather roughly und pro- ceeded to resent the wrong. A fearful en- counter was the result. Revolvers were drawn and a number of shots firad, but for- tunately no owe was seriously injured. This aroused the faculty and they hurried out into the corridors. In the meantime the sophs were being hammerced severely and one of their number received a broken jaw, he having been pitched headlong down-stairs together with several other wembers of the class, The fight lasted about twenty min- utes and thers are a pumber of sore heads in consequence, ‘The authorities succeeded in quelling the disturbanc - The Weather Forecast, For Omaba snd vicinity: fair weather. For Nebrask Fuair; colder; variable winds. For lowa: Light rain in southeastern portion: fair in northwestern portion; colder northwesterly wind For South Dakots warmer Saturdsy. o N Shot His Son-in-Law, MaksuaLy, Iil, Feb. 13, —In lower Wabash township last night Samuel McGee was shot and wortally wounded by Mike Livix, his father-in-law, aud McGee's baby, which was in his arms, was struck ty small sbot. McGee, with his e and baby, were mak- ing 4 call, but Livix, who was drunk, fired at them with the avove result, Fair; variable winds; Fugitive Senators in Portlana. PorrtrAND, Ore, Feb. 18, —8ix of Mon. tana’s democratic senators are i the city, and proposé W remain untl the Montana legislature adjourus. 233 [ DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES The Towa Democratic Camp in Stato of Great Commotion. IN A DAMAGING LIGHT, PLACED I MHeject an GfMer Which Themseives Declared to I3 and Laberal They Fale Larrabee's Message. A Rig Fight in Cancua, Drs Moixes, Ta, Feb, 18—~The republte cans are happy tonight in having won van- tage round fn their fight over the deadlock. Thiey had sent back to the democrats their own proposition for a compromise reversed, and toany the democrats roported that it was rejected, Thore was a fearful fight in the democratic caucus beforo that rosult was reachod. Tho young men wanted to nccent the proposition and end the deadlock, but the old mossbacks held back and refused to do w0, As a result they stand convieted be- fore tho stato of having declined what they had already declured to be a fair and hveral offer. Thoy apbear in the light of obstruc- tioniets and of having asked the republicans 10 do what they wero not willing to do themselves. They could give 1o cxcuse for refusing their own proposition. Their lead~ ing men hore said they would have to ac- cept it or stultify themselves. But their greed for office was too stroug, and they wouid not yield. ‘Iliey then offered a propo- sition for an equal division of committees #na the settloment of vhe speakership by lot. B3ut the republicans promptly rejected it and will considor no other proposition since their ultimatum was rejected. The re- vublicuns aro thoronghly united now, whila the democrats are very much divided and o variance with each other. They have put thomselves m a very damaging light before the state, and can only continue the deadlock at a great disudvanty Governor Larrabe cluded that if ho .we lock to end hu might ne send in his me 10 quite unexnected noon. No otie had that it would como ganization. It has evidently to walt Yor the dends or get. achanco to the legislature, he sent it in this afty received any timation bofore permancnt or- is very long — probably twenty thiusand words. It s in great part a review of tho condition of the stato nsti'utons, with recommendutions as to legislation for their benefit, He aiso takes & good deal of space for the two subjects of railroads and prohibition, 1w whick. he 18 most inter ested. He cluims that experience has justi- ged tho railrond legislation of the lust gen- erul assombly, and be makes some radical recommendations for the future. He favora a 2.cent fare on firat class’ roads, and the es- tablishment of joint rates. He thinks the railroads should bs prohibited from engaging in the conl or meat business, or from doing auything else besides railroad work proper, 80 a8 Not to compete with persons engazod in other kinds of business, He thinks tho com- missioners should be empowered to compel railroads to tell who wre their stockholders and give their residence, alss the saluries of" all the goneral oficer ia thinks the law against passes should be enforced more _strictly. Ho said that no public official can accept 4 pass without being under the sus- g{lcmn of doing 80 from an improper motive. o reviews at length the prohibition situs- tion in this state, ciaims that the law has been very.sbecadstul 1n reducing drinking to one-teoth _ of what it was before the prohibitory law was passed, and in greatly diminishing crime. He drguas against uny change in the present policy of the state, but thinks that the law should ba amended so as to prevent undue searches of private houses or prosecutions. He udvises o reduction of telegraph tolls to 25 cents for twenty words. He suys the railroad prop- erty of tho country is coutrolled by a fow persous who try to influence public opinion in their favor and who buy or subsidize lead- ing newepapers for that purpose. So ho calls upon people to be on their guard agaiost them, As u whole his railroad ideas are severe as they were two years ago, they called out the granger legislution. The messuge was received without read- iee ond the legislature resumed its usual routine, con- not as when The Hoase ; Des MoiNes, Ia, Feb, 13.—In the house, immediately after the reading of the jouraal, the clerk road a letter from Secretury Tracy. acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions of sympathy, and thanking the members for the same. The governor's message was re- cewed and placed on file. It wasu very lengthy document. A communication was read from the state auditor, saying that he would not issue warrants to pay the mileages of members or the salarics of employes on the certificate of the temporary speaker, Holbrook (dem.) presentea & proposition that a committeo of twc ba . ap. pointed to settle the deadlocic by lot, the speaker ond onethird of the officers to be placed on one side and twos thirds of the officers on the other side. The side geting the choice of two-thirds offices to selcot two committees first, and the others to be divided alternately. After u discus. sion the proposition was ruled out of order aod a recess taken, 1n the democratic cavcus this afternoon the republican proposition was finally re- jected and tho conference comwmitiee ins structed to present Holbrook’s proposition to the republican side When the house reas- sembled balloting began, the vote standing Hamilton 47, Wiison 47, Dent introduced a resolution, which was adopted, asking that the communication of tne uuditor bo referred t the attorney general, and he be requested o give a wriiten opinion on the subject After another ballot the house adjourned. DEAR DIS A Colored Minister Gots $500 Dams ages from a : teambpat Company. New Youk, Peb. 13 —[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—Rev. +Albert P. Miller, col- pred, pastor of the Dixwell Avenue Congre- gational church in New Huven, while on a vacation in the summer of 1387, came to New York and engaged berths for himself, wife and two children and mother-in-law on the steamboat Drew, one “of the Albany night boats, Oo examiuation he fouud the berths inadequate and endeavored Lo enguge i8tate rooms. ‘The purser referred him to the cap- tain, who did not pay any attention to him, He ugain apphed 10 the purser, who told nim all the rooms were engaged. Mr. Miller demanded his money, which was returned to him. He claimed that there wero stute rooms vacsnt but that the ofticers had dis- criminated against him on account of his colors, On this basis he sued the New Jer- sey stamboat company for #,000 damages. Tue case was tried by Judge Bench in the supreme court today and the defense was that the staterooms were all sold. e jury gave the pluwtiff a verdiot of Mr. Miller is & graduate of Yale andthe #isk university. —— Bteon » Arrivals, At Philadelpbia~The Minunesota, from London, At New York—The Heigenland, from Aate werp; the State of Nobraska, from (ilasgow, At Glasgow—1he State of Indiwua, from New York., At London—Sighted ; The Egyptian Mon. arch, from New York. A Sympathy for American Authors, New Yok, Feb. 18, —~The American Newss papers Publishers’ ussociation toduy adopted a resolution favoring the iuternational copy= right bill proposed wnd expressiog sympahy with tue efforts of American suthors L0 oW tain fuller security for literary properiy.