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1 TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. NOT YET IN LINE lopublican Forces Confer, but Fail to Agree on a Senatorial Candidate. THURSTON SHOWS THE MOST STRENGTH His Followers Finally Land Him Within Twelve Votes of the Nomination, ADJOURNED ~ WITHOUT ANY DECISION After Taking Bix Ballots the Conferces Agreed to Try it Again Tonight. | POWERS PULLED DOWN BY THE POPULISTS Kearney ¢ ne Will Be Given a Chance to | SBhow What e Can Do—D orats Try to Make an i Offer but Fail, | Lmoors, Neb, Jan. 81.—[Special Tele- gram to Tk Bee.]—The republicans went into conference at the Lincoln at 8:80 to- night determined to settle the question then and there, Fifty-nine of the sixty-two mem bers of that faith were present, Senator Clarke and Representative Crane of Douglas being out of the city and Johnson of York on the sick list The first m to be settled was that of | tter | and it was decided | | tne method of balloting to have a seerct ballot. Then the two thirds rule was applicd and the balloting began. The first was a formal ballo Thurston and Paddock very ev with candi showed matched the othe The second ballot Thurston 19, alarge scattering vote as to | o8 gave Paddock 21 and with the remainder scattering. The third ballot showed Thurston in the lead with 24 votes, Paddock dropping to 18, i the remuinder were thrown away s be fore. Jensen became miffed and the cancus after the first formal he was not out long, for a committec of two, consisting of Keckley and Goldsmith, was sent after him, and he yielded without much urging to their solicitations to return. On the fourth ballot Paddock spurted to 27 and Thurston dropped to 21 Tived of Trying. Tmmediately after the taking of the fourth ballot, and before the result was annodnced, | the members began leaving. Haller, who has all along been voting for Crounse, was | the fivst to emerge from the caucus room and { | withdrew from ballot, but o disappear in the direction of his quar the Lindell. Soon afterward others fol- Towed, and the information was given out that it would be impossible for an agree- ment or 4 nomination to be reached to-night. The result of the sixthand last ballot was: Thurston, 28; Paddock, 22; Majors, 5, and the remainder scattering. Paddock men also claimed to have had the plurality on the last ballot, but the majority from whom ex- pressions could be secured insisted taat Thurston was in the lead when the curtain was rung down for the night. The uggle will be renewed tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock. _Independents Swap Horses, Forty-five of the independent members of the legislature went into caucus at the state house tonight, and after a wrangle lasting four hours a majority of them decided to cast their votes tomorrow for W. L. Greene of Kearney. The conclusion was only bitter struggle, in the midst of . which seven members left in disgust. The seven men, it is needless to say, were the original Powers men. who have said all along that they would die with their candidate rather than leave him for another. Dysart, Dale, Ford, Stevens, Gifford and Soderman, with one or two others whose names could not be learned. The fight is still on, and a determined effort is betng made to whip the obstreperous members i line. The men who look with comy upon Greene's candidacy assert with consid- erable emphasis that the refractory mem- bers will be safely within the fold when the joint conveution assembles at noou tomor- Tow. reached after The kickers were Scene at the Lindell, midnight & half-dozen ex:ited confer- ences between the Powers men were in progress at the Lindell, and tomorrow may have its surpi for the supporters of the Kearney candidate. The scengs at the Lin dell corridor after the members of the caue had returned were worthy of the pen of an artist. The three most interested parties were, of course, John Powers, W, L, eene and Judge Neville, all of whom nad figured At In the caucus, Powers stood alone nt one side of the big room, his face flushed with nervous apprehension. The members | held aloof from him for time, but finally one or two drifted over to him, shook hands with him very much after the mannes of & sheriff and & row of deputies, who were in the act of bidding a last favewell to a | condemned criminal on the scaffold, and in another moment the defeated and disap- | pointed candidate for senatorial honors turned and walked up the stairway with | a slow and faltering s He had | Just met with one of the sorest dis appointments that ever came to him and a friend who met him at the head of the stairs to extend condolences, said afterward that the old man’s eyes we filled with tears and that he could hardly speak for the emotion he strove in vain to suppress. In another corner of the room quite a dif- ferent sceno was being enacted. Judge Neville and Greene both hurried to their friends among the members, In a moment more Nevillo turned and with extended hauds offered his congratulations to the successful candidate in a manner that left | some doubts upon the mind of the lutter as o whether the words were those of sincerity or sarcasi Will Not Vote for Gre o Speaker Gaftin was seen by Tue Be rescutative immediately afwer his return from the caucus. He was not at all inelined to talk, but insisted that the entire inde. pendent vote would not be cast for Greene. He would not venture the prediction as to the number of independents who would de- | eline to vote for him, but asserted with the positive assurance of he is talking about that Powers would get a | considerable number of votes in tomorrow's | ballot. | A strong effort was wade in the caucus to | turn the tide toward Judge Neville, and u | demgeratic committee was in waiting i an- | other part of the state house to meet them with & proposition to fuse upon the candi dacy of the Union Pacific attorney from North Platte. But uo proposition for a an who knows what fusion came, and unless the two parties suc. in getting together before tomorrow noon, the situation is still chaotic as far as the democrat and independent contingents | are concerned Democrats Tried to Cancus, The democrats went to the state house this evening, expecting 1o be admitted to a | caucus with the mdependents but were de nied admission. They fretted and famed | around for some time. and then sent a com mittee consisting of North, Luikart and | Leidigh to wait on the independents and submit a proposition to the effect that Judge Neville of North Platte, would receive the | support of the democrats, if the independ- | ents pon him as the caucus | nominee The committee, howe T, 1 ; no better than had the democratic con- | tingent as o whole, and could not get into ‘\ the committee room. The democrats then held a little impromtu caucus among them- | selves and it was decided to throw their | votes to W. H. Thomsen tomorrow, to Judge | Broady on Thursday, to Frank Martin on Friday, and to Bryan on Saturda They then adjourned, but in a few minutes the caucus plan was completely overturned | and five of the bourbons declared that they had no voice in ithe arvangement and that | they would not abide by tl ion of the caucus, but would continue to_vote as they chose and as they had been doing heretofore. | “The others acquiesced and went to bed with the understanding that such would bo the plan un changed at another meeting tomorrow morning Casper Declares Himself, Casper of Butler received a number of let- ters from his constituents this evening, after reading them, he declared: 1w plauded by my folks for my action in g in with the independents to organize the house, but sinee they heard of the populists: action in disposing of the contests, they write in an altozether different steain. They suy now that if the mdependents are going | to'sell us out, to pull away from them en tirely, and die in the ditch with any good man rather than allow them to make toys of us any longer. They tell me to use my | Ju ment in the matter, 1 you can bet that's what I'm going to do.” Tn spiteof all their twisting and turning, the independents in the senate ave boing | placed on vecord by the republicaus. Sen ator Tefft's resolution was gotten through this morning, after hanging fire for thie days. It will prevent any protege of any senator from having his name placed on the roll or the issuance of any certificate unless the appointee shall have been balloted upon | and elé ted by the senate. Mosher Suid to Be Iusane, Tt is stated that the federal grand jury will make its final report in the morning Rumor has it that there will be but one in dictment against Mosher and_that no other arties were caught. Mosher is still anxious for an immediate arraignment, in_order that | he may plead guilty and receive his senten His attorney is very much opposed to this plan and 1s_ reported to have said to his client that if he didu't cease such talk he would © nothing more to do with the case. It is also intimated that there has | been some talk of setting up the plea that | Mosher is insane at the present time and | ofore not_in condition to go on trial and this will be used as an argument in favor of having the case go over until the May term. Paddoek's Bill and Lard, A little incident has Just come to light in connection with the legislative session of | two years ago that may open th somé people a notch or two. 1t wi membered that when the farmer s in annual session in 1891 a resolution was adopted endorsing the Conger pure lard bill. Such action was of course, dis tasteful to the packing intercsts, and in order to counteract it, & promiuent On citizen went toa leading demoerat_shortly after the legislature convened and aske him asa personal favor to use his influence to have u resolution adopted by the legis ture adopting the Paddock pure food bill. | The democrat aforesaid consented, ashe wa coming to Lincoln, anyway, and said he would do what little he conld inthat dir tion. Tomake a long story short, he se- cured the passage of the desived resolution, and on his return home was profusely thanked by the gentleman who had made the request. The democrat modestly i knowledged the expression of obligation, and would have thought no move about it, but he | was called upon a few days later by the same gentleman, who handed him a check for £1,000, with the compliments of the “Big- four.” He had_ suspected nothing until that time, and utterly ata loss to understand why the packing princes should feel so grateful for an endarsement of the Paddock pare food bill. He secured a copy and_began perasing it. The mystery was explained when he reached the provision regarding lard, for it allowed the use of as much_ cotton seed oil in its composition as the packers desire to incor- porate. It satisfled the curiosity of the democratic searchier for truth, and the check likewise satistied him for his services, for he had it cashed and tucked the money down in his jeans. The story has gotten out, and now there is much wonderment as to how this provision came to be incorpovated in the pure food bill prepared by the senator from Nebraslka. —— obson Acquitted. (Capyrighted 1893 by James Gord v Bennett.| Pants, Jan, 81— [New York Herald Cable 1 3o Tue Bee)—The trial of Hob- sou before the court d'assizes was resumed this morning, Advocate General Bon nin presented the government's case in a brief speech, urging the pris- | oner conviction To this Fred Allain veplied with a forcible and eloquent address, of an hour's duration in which the strong points of the were made to stand out clearly, and son was placed in the position of the vietim of a persecution, prompted by personal and private motives. Alliin also went Anglo-American bank singular character defence Hob, organization and methods | of doing business, The speech, which won the applause audience at the close, seemed to pressed even the judge, for he charge to a mere statement f tho have im- | confiaed his of the points which the jury was to decide. After an absence of seven winutes a verdict of “not guilty” was handed in, which was evi dently satisfactory to the large num ber of American residents present, for they commenced applauding, until Checked by tne order of the judge that those applaud- ing should be brought before hi The order was not carvied out, however. The | discharge of the prisoner was thereupon or- dered, and o few m nutes later Hobson was a free man again, after an imprisonment of nearly six months on a chavge of which he had been found iunocent, but for which bail had been refused through the opposition of his prosecutors. R ot Suiclde. Ky, Jan. 81 Epl LOUISVILLE was rampant today v from self-inflicte happy mortal u A suicidal mania wur men have died wounds and a fifth un de an attempt to take his life. Louis Bender, a conviet in the prison | at Jeffersonville, after setting five to his | bed clothing, lay down on the blazing couch Lee Hedrick, a_ barkecver, while drunk, | killed Policeman Joe Boyle, and s iself in the head Ex-Policeman William Hateh ¢hose mor phineund Carpenter William D. Friadly s lected laudanum with fatal results. Albert Bowers took phins to troubles, but with unsuccessful resu’ e —— Business Troubles. St Josern, Mo, Jan. 81.—~The book stationary house of Henry Brill. estavlishod ud | his | and the | institution of | in 1864, failed today. Assots, 0,000, with claims, 80 far brought i, of $15,00, . OMAHA, WEDN ANNEXATION MUCH FAVORED Majority of Congress Anxious to Secure the Hawaiian Islands, PRESIDENT PREFERS A PROTECTORATE Boston's the lieations That the Lan Marines Actaally 1 Revolu Prey Ive the Commissioners, g of t cipitate ring to ¥ ion WasniNarox, D. €., Jan. 81.—[Special Tele gram to Tre Bee. | —Annexation is evidently the desire of a large majority of congress irrespective of party, although iv is well understood that the wish of the administra tion is to proceed no further than the estab. v protectorate, at least for the present. The fact has now become genevally known that this government has been aware for at least two years of a str z and grow ing fecling among the foreign residents and interests in the Hawaiian islands against the continuance of the weak, extravagant, un trustworthy and corrupt rule which Qu Liloukanlani inherited from King Kala As the American interests on the island are many times greater than those of resident citizens of any other country, it was only natural that President Harrison's adwinis tration should have prepaved for an cmer- genc United States Minister Stevens was ac- cordingly long ‘ted to keep the Department of at Washington fully informed of the thof the feeling of revolution against the queen, and when six months ago the dispatches intimated that a revolution amight be precipitated at any time, further instructions were sent him authorizing him to call for armed assistance from a United States naval vessel for pro tection of life and property and the preven tion, 1f possible, of bloodshed. for the lishment of ago instry State Prepare Even “Fhe cruiser Boston was ordered to Hono- lulu in anticipation of the very event which has occurred, and her commander, Captain Wiltse, before he left San Francisco, also re- ived detailed instructions. The exact natur of these instructions i, us o diplomatic pre caution, not revealed at the Navy depart ment here. It is understood, however, that both Min Cap! Wiltse caused the lead revolution to feel that they could have the support of Unele Sam’s blue jack in accomplishing their purpose in an_orderly and bloodless manner and that their houses and other property both of natives and foreign vesi dents would be protected from wruction These developments make it according to the information thus far received from Honolulu that the landing of marines from the Boston actually precipi- tated the revolution, while at the same time this government has not been placed in a position of fomenting or encouraging the change of government o1 i wanton de apparent sistently protest All th unstances were discussed the regular meeting of the cabinet tod. ‘T'his meeting, although very mmportant, was not long, lasting little more than an hour, Naturally pending the arrival of the Hawaiian commissioners, who are expected here next Friday, members of the: cavinet ave chary aboit talking for publication, while members of commitiees on foreign re- lations and foreign affairs of senate and house are reticent It can be stated, neve author that the tension of rate over the islands is all t President Harrison and his advisors, among whom there is no difference of opinon, expect to ac complish before March 4, the problem of an- nexation being left for the next congress to deal with. Position of Other Natlon: Neither President Harrison nor Secretary of State Foster expect that Great Britain, Germany or France will ma 1y prot. against i protectorate by this country. In any event this administration has deter od to act in its dealings with the Ha- 1 commissioners without regard to the stence of any such country as Great n. The contradictory reports as to whether Great Britain has ‘or has not al- ready entered a protest seem to have their origin in London, Heve in Washington the statement is freely made that Sir Julian Pauncefote has veceived no conmunication from his govern ment upon the subject and that nothing is known beyond what has appeared in the newspapers, Moreover, no representative of the British legation visited the State de- partment today and as far as known no com- munication has heen sent from there to the secretary of state. Yet it is thought po: ble here that the British home office may have sent a note of inquiry to the legation here, accompanied by an intimation of some kind that her majesty’s government would reserve the right to take such action afte further information has been received as her interest might require. Certainly a protest from ( Britain before the Hawaiinn commis: been received at Wa ington or before any definite proposition as to the proposed relations between the United States and Hawaii has been officially made could only be regarded as premature and im- pudent. thele: on high i protecto- Prefers a Pr rate. One of the reasons why the president be- lieves @& protectorate more advisable at this juncture than an_effort to accomplish actual annexation is that the former cannot be brought about before the close of his ad ministration. A protectorate 1s only a treaty and requires ratification by the se while annexation can be accomplished only by legislation requiring concurrency by both branches of congress. A protectorate would involve a guaranty by this government that the United States would not permit inte ference in the affairs of Hawail by any oth foreign power and would have one course as its main purpose—the maintenance of the government at Honolulu. on whose stability the people of the isiunds might feel that they could rely, thus allowing the proper developments of commercial int 18, Suel an important_question as actual an nexation would involve many problems which would require long and serious discussion if not a special investigation into the uffairs political, social and industrial of Hawaii, All this would involve much delay and delay at this juncture is just what President Harrison and ‘his cabiuet today agreed should be avoided. Despite all these arguments_in_favor of a protectorate for the present, the idea of an: nexation is exceedingly popular in c "’he resolution introduced by Senator Chand ler yesterday has gone forth at present to the committee on foreign relations. Mean- time Senator Chandler is collecting data for aspeech he is preparing, strongly urging annexation. It is possible that the arrival of the Hawaiiun commissioners may modify the views of both the administration and congress as to the relative desirability of u protectorate and of annexation, ANNEXAT ALK, Tufor 1 Discussion of th Tawalian Matter by (he Cabinet, WasuiNetoy, D. C., Jan. 8L —The discus sion of the Hawaiian question at the cabinet meeting today was informal, and there being nothing before the body for its counsidera tion, no action was taken The matter of the rcception of the commissioners of the provisional govern the president whom their The commis ment of Hawali, conceras only anl secretary of state, with business must be transacted sioners of course, will be received courteously and their proposition listened to . with sympathy, but the recommendation that may be made then, will be determined by its 4 SDAY MORNING, terms. 1t may be sald that there will be 1 ipitate action upon the matter. It can lisposed of in & day, nor in a week. | will be no message fa congress from the president until affer the commissioners have been heard and then ‘only, it is sur ed, incase a fayofable recommendation | upon their propositin shall have been decided upon Opposed to the Scheme Representative Harter of Ohio is one of | the congressmen who have decided opinions upon_the question 8f annexation of Hawaii | which are antagonisic to the expressims of a large number of His associates. Ve do not want the islands,”” said Mr. Harter. ‘under_any conditions and 1am_decidedly opposed to making $hem part of our terri tory. The whole scheme is a job intended to beniefit a few sugar planters. who are anxious to secure the 2 cents & pound bounty paid by the United States ob the native product. | J'he erop amounts tomany million pounds a year, and if they should” get the bounty there will be a nice s of from £4,000.000 to | 5000000 to divide among these sugar | ters, but we'll khock that out shortly and then you'll hear 1o more about annexa tion At the Navy Department. FEBRUARY 1, 1 toda, | 3 93, PARLIAMENT 1S 1N SESSION | England's Lawmakers Resume Their Datics Under a New Administration. DISCUSSION OF THE QUEEN'S SPEECH Lord Salliury's Speech | the Home Rule Proposition of the Glad- an Other Opposition to ston the pvernment Por- s of the Messuge Opposed. NDON, Jan. 81.—Parliament reassembled The speech contained 1o points of special interest besides those out queen’s lined in the dispatches yesterday In the afternoon Mr. oath as prime ministel took the L and was followed by Gladstone nis colleagues In the House of 1, including I« rds several now peers There is scemingly [no,_preparation being AL LU SR s made at the Navy department for sending | seribed for new membors of the housa. The ssels to Honolulu to support the Boston, | prince of Wales and his son, the duke of The statement made that W0 marings would | York, had seats on the cross beneh. They 1::.‘-1:!“‘«.[:ulnin-';:;“\'x;:}:: o ‘."““"‘:"""' ik ;‘l"“'w'(‘l"l’;;: remained through part of the debate in consists of the cruisers San Ifrancisco and | Yeply to the queen’s speech. Lord Brassey Charleston, the gunboat Yorktown and the | moved the adoption of the addvess. His |_'x'u|~(vr A\x|1‘nn‘.:n~; expected znll rbaboes | motion was seconded by Lord Thring. Both ina few days on their way to this country over and seconder spoke in general terms to take part in the naval display mext | mover dnd secnder spoke in gencral term spring, but they can easily be reached thera | 11 SUPPOrt of the governmen by telegraph if it is decided to send any of Lord Thring, many years before his eleva them to Honolulu. Ttris probable, however. that no extraordinary action will be taken by this government until after a conference h: becn held between the Hawaiian annex; tion commissioners, now on their way to Washington, and the secretary of state, This conference will be held Saturday morning at the State department Vessel Enroute to Honolulu, Loxpox, Jan. 31.—The officials at the ad miralty that British war ships have been ordered to proceed to Hawaii from Aus tralia. The %orvette Garnet, mounting fourteen guns, left Acapulco, Mex., on January bound for Honolulu.. She had_ovders to pro- ceed from Honolulu to Esquimault. These orders have been conntermanded and instruc- tions have been sent to the commander of the vessel to remain at Honolulu until the troubles there are sottled. English W deny Ready for Service, SAN Dreco, Cal, Jan. 81.—The coast sur- vey steamer Thetis entergl the harbor this morning, having had no communication with the land since leaving on the hydrographic survey January 11.. Commander Reiter, on learning of the revolution in Hawaii, at once telegraphed for orders, supposing he might be wanted for service at Honolulu. o 1T 4 CROSSING. MET Serious Collision Between Rass Near Falrmon Famyoxt, Neb., Jan, 81 gram to Tue Bee.] —A disastrous wreck oc- B. & M. and Kansas City & Omaha crossing just east of this city about 9:30 o’clock this evening. B. & M. fiyer No. 6 was about on time, and pulled out to cross ahead of the Kansas City train, as the sem- aphore was set for the B. & M. train to pass. The B. & M. engineer, Charlie Green is severely scalded over.the éntire body, and it may prove fatal. The B. & M. fireman,John McCrowy, is badly scalded about the face and neck. The Kansas City ehginecr received a crushed foot and other slight bruises. All passengers were saverely shaken up but no others hurt, Dr. G. W. Johnston, npf Hastings, was on the B. & M. train, and along with Dr. J. N. Plumb, of this place, immediately set to work to relieve the sufferers. Dr. Johnston will accompany Engineer Green to Lincoln. St . e . MISSION DISCUSSED, iger Traing [Special curred at th NATOLLI’, Cardinal Vaughan Speaks of What it Means to American Catiolles, [Copyrighted 1893 by James Gordon Beanett.] Rome, Jan, 81.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tue \Beg.J+=Cardinals Vaughan and Logue and various gther distinguished guests were entertained at the Amer- ican college in Rome tonight. Re- plying o a toast, Mzr. O'Connell surprised many of his hearers by stating that the archbishop of Westminster had had a great deal to do with the move- ment which resulted inSatolli’s appointment as papal delegate. Cardinal Vaughan ad- mitted that he had had a share in the moy ment, believing the church had everything to gain from the presence of o papalrepre- sentative in the United States. We English Catholics are Ameri interested in because, in a sense, we may be said to have created her,” sad Cardinal Vaughan, “We regard your people as our children, and watch them with a mother's anxiety. But the Catholics of America have not yet done all they ought 'for the faith, They have done mothing yeb as compared with other mations t0 . evangelize the carth. If Catholie reputation, aries out into the heathen of Africa. They have for their Christian energy I later asked Cardinal Vaughan what wa his opinion concerning Satolli's He replied it wowid m church in the United States more hom gencous. The episcopfey might not like being subjected to the jope’s representative they wMen the send mission- convert the a vast field would let them world to s ppointment/ > the Catholic that his coming strengghened and united the church (Copyrighted 1893 by J@m:s Gordon Bennett.) Loxvox, Jan. 3L—{8ew York Herald Cable—Special taTne Bas. | —Consols closed firm at the advange of % per cent. Indian sterling was also fram % to 1 per cent higher, and India rupee paver % per cent. Foreign government gecurities close toler- able firm s regards terbourse stocks, n good tone being repgited on continental bourses, but prices wge ot moved much Home railways were e or less depressed all day. ‘The feature Was a fall of from 1ig to 2i{ yer cent in Grog Northern issucs on disappointing i 'm This had a bid effecton other heavy lides. A decline of 11, per cent as taken plage in Great Western, per cent. in- Northiwestern, % per cont in Deinoastern, 3¢ waricpat i MIdthd: mih one-fourth to ‘one-half per cent in ‘most others. Americans were vather freely bid for during the latter part of the afternoon ow York, sent Jetta prices and a fair de- gree of firmuess prevailed. At the close Atchison income bonds were oue-half p it higher, Louisville & Nashville ghths per cent, Cential Pacific, Chicago Milwaukee and ~Peusylvania’ one-cighth per cent, and the decliue in others was r duced to mere fractfons. Canadians lowed suit by closing gtroager, Canadian 1 cific showingw rise of onc-elighth p 1 Grand Trunk all but recovered its line. Mexicanslegye off flvm; first pref- | d erence advanced 15 pgr cent, Mexican scc oud preference threefourths per cent and Mexican ordinary ona-fourth per cent. Ar. geutine lines were less st Mouey was in better demand, Shert loans were charged three-fourths to 1 peg cent. The discount market was firmer; two _and. three months’ bills were quoted at Ljg to 1 per ceilt, tion to the pecrage, which was in 1869, held the position of parliamentavy counsel, and in this capacity drafted bills of successive | when they were in the opposition. Both were to blame for raising hopes which would certainly be productive of future difficulties Mr. Balfour then denounced the Evicted Tenants commission as so unfairly consti tuted that it was wcapable of presenting o trustworthy report As Mr. Balfour proceeded with a prolix s tatement of his objections to the govern ment' policy, the interest of the house waned perceptibly. Toward the close of his_speech he warmed agam | to his subject. He demanded that the home | secretary should say whether or not the re | lease of Egan and Callan, the Irish dyua | miters, was a partof a policy of amuesty | intended to involve the release of all the | Trish dynamiters, and he charged Mr. Mor ley, Irish secretary, with having used the crown prerogative for political purposes. Me. Gladstone's Reply. Mr. Gladstone was cheered loudly when | he rose te answer Mr. Balfour. He had no | ticed, he said, that with the con | tinued growth ' of legislative arrears th. GAEMIGES : of - Vhe:: count for | vigorous *legisiation inercased. He had | decided to lose no time, therefore, in- satis i fying this eagerness. He would secure the appointment of a royal commission to in | quire into the Welsh land question. The suspensory bills would quicken, he believed the activity of the churches of Wales and Scotland. He reproached Me. Balfour for as sailing with inflammatory eriticisma bill not yet introduced, and for doing his utmost to prejudice the minds of his followers against a planof home rule of which he was still ignorant. Mr. Balfour had asked wher there was an empire which had been strengthened by the adoption of local auton omy. Mr. Gladstone replied that, as Lor salisbury had done some years ago, he would point to Austrin-Hungary as an illustration applicable to case of Great Britain and He would also point to the colonies, the Ireland British governments, In speaking in support of | which sixty years ago was ruled from Lot Lord Brasscy's motion he made an_ effective cmanded soparation until sel allusion to the home rule bill of 1556, when | rument finully were granted Wyl ¥ to_Mr. Balfowr's inyective he said he had prepared con amore and | ot BP0 R Rt of not as a mere official duty Before land _except to say that the wise receiving insiructions from Gladstone re- | policy of clemency had been simuitancous garding the measure he had arvived at an | With a great decrease of agrarian crime, independent conclusion that home rule was | Mr. Balfours attack upon the evicted ton _ . ants commission, recoiled upon himself. Why the only remedy for the troubles in Treland. | §iq N not wait until the vommission’s pro Though an old man, he supposed he had been | posals came before the house, when he could selected to support the address in veply to | urge his objections with greater foree? the queen’s specch on account of his knowl The mission to Uganda was necessary in i e Euiett order that an impartial and thorough in EREREIL LS SULISY quiry be made into affairs tnere. The re Lord Thring's remarks wer ted with cheers from the liberals Lord Salish Lord Salisbury, today appeared in opposition, passed a compliment Lord Thring. So far as known, in the absence of official papers, the palicy of the new ministry seemed to be founded on sound principles and to be exccuted with judgment and skill Lvents in Egypt rendered the difiiculties surrounding the British occupation more hazardous. The government must post pone the withdrawal of British troops, but this in nowise modifies the assurance that had been given to foreizn powers concerni Egypt. Touching upon the question of home rule for Treland, Lord Salisbury said that the one object of the government in the past six months has been to get the support of class of men who hitherto, no politicians in . g1 s Opposition. who on England could conciliate. The key note of the Irish policy of the gov- ernment was supposed 1 be the support of the criminal classes. The pro- visions necessa to maintain the law had been repealed, though crime was not preva- lent generally, yet in districts where it did prevail the hands of the law were pa [Conservative cheers | The prerogati the crown had been used to shield murderers and release dynamiters. All the acts of the government caused the impression that it was uch more in_sympathy with eriminais than desirous of vindicating the law, [Cries of **Hear, hea The reference in the queen’ home rule was the most pec had ever seen in a seemed to indic speech to aliar sentence he public document. Tt tawthat the government's opinion_of the whole Irish question with which Parliament had dealt was that it was right for one portion of the Irish to place their heel upon the neck of the Protestant population of Ireland. With regard to the other measures indi- cated in the queen’s speech, Lord Salisbury declared that nobody believed that they will cver be undertaken. This is simply tion for the program adopted by the liberal conference at New Suffered from u Wal Lord Salisbu tural depressis t of Confidence, alluding to the agricul- aid that agriculture suf- fered most, from ‘want of confidence. Politi- cal partisans now preached doctrines that were filling the minds of owners of capital with apprehension. ‘Ihere was ne country in the world, Lord Saiisbury added, where property was now so iusecure as in G Britain in consequence of erroneous leg tion. [Cries of “Hear! Hear!"] hen the earl of Kimberly, lord pr of the council and secretary of India, arose to reply to Lord Salisbur, prelates who occupied the bishop's bench hegan to move out of the house, Hon. Most Rev. White Benson, archbishopof Canter- bury, and Right Hon. and Most Rev, Dalrymple, McLagan, archbishop of York, leading the What zest the de- bate ever held vanished with Lord Salis- bury’s invectives. The earl of Kimberly mildly remonstrated with Lord Salisbury for accusing the government of having sympathy for the Irish criminal. He prom- e for ised to introduce the home rule bill in the house as soon a it passed the House of Commons When the promise was heard faint laughter vippled over the benches. The carl of Kim- berly also promised that the home rale bill would not be & milk and water measure The duke of Devonshire made a shovt specch coucerning the delay of the govern- ment in giving the country information about the Gladstoman plan of home rule. Upon the motion of the marquis of donderry the debate was adjourned. Lon HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN THE At the Evening Sesslon Balfour Attacks the New Government. NDON, 1 Jan. 81.—The early evening was passed in the House of Commons in giving notices of motions. Notice that Mr. Glad stone would introduce his home rule bill on next Monday elicited prolonged liberal cheers, After the mnotice of the co tingent conclusion of the debate on the address, Colonel Nolan, Paruellite for North Galway, uried to raise a discas: of priestly futimidation in I land by moving a suspension of the issue of the writ for South Meath, where Patrick Fullam, anti-Parnellite, unseated 1 cently Upon Mr. desired to House as was Gladstone’s suggestion that expedite the business of the much as possible, Colonel Nolan agreed to postponement, At 10:30 o'clock George Lambert, liberal for the South Moulton di jon of Devon shire, rose to make un address. He spoke to empty benches, as did also Mark Beaufoy, liberal, for the Kennington division of Lam- beth, who seconded the motion, When Balfour Ay The house filled like magic. Arthur J. Balfour arod. however, when first lord of the treasury in Lord Salisbury’s cabinet and now leader of the unionist opposition, somewhat anguidly, and_amid a storm of opposition sers, Degan in a sneering tone o general criticism of the government. He congratu lated the cabinet upon the abandonmentof the | policy to abandon Uganda. had been so fervently chancellor of the e Vernon Harcourt the policy which recommended by the shequer, Sir William t, before he attained to his present office. -In their Bgyptian policy, Mr. Balfour said, the ministers could rely upon the support of the opposition as long us they upheld British rights. He trusted the gov ermment would at the earliest con venienc let | Parliament know the causes which led to the recent troubles in Cairo. Among the causes, undoubtedly, were the rash utterances mude by the prime winister and the chief secretary for Ireland sult of this inquiry would enable the gove ment to arrive a itional decision. Those who wished to wash their hands of Uganda forgot the charters and other obligations which _they would thercby involve. He did not believe in his long par- liamentary career he had everuttered words s0 rash and dangerous as those uttered by Mr. Balfour concerning the diffieulties in Bgypt. These words had seemed to suggrest that the government would no time in rotting out of Egypt Contradicted by Balfou Mr: Balfour rose and repudiated the charge that ne had suggested the probabil ity of a hasty evacuation Upon resuining Mr. Gladstone the government had no time to consider the question of occupation, but merely the main tenance of order, The relations of the two vernments had now been placed on a satis | factory footing and further trouble was not apprehended In conclusion, Mr. Gladstone reveated & 1o the house not to be moved by pre denunciations of the home rule bill said that matur He could understand the impatience of the members if they discovered any intention to delay the bill, but such did not exist, It surely would be better for all to wait and give tho provisions bf the bill their full, care- ful deliberation, perhups, G, impartial consideration. ‘After Mr. Gladstone's ‘speech ilie house adjourned Ol PRESS LAWS. Amendments to Them Cause a Stormy Scene in the Chamber. Panrs, Jan. 31.--M, Bourgeois, minister of justice, introduced in the Chamber of Depu- ties today a bill providing that the authors of unwarranted attacks upon savings banks be punished with imprisonment for a term not longer than two years and not shorter than two months, M. Ricard, minister of finance, said in de- fense of the bill that some such meast had become imperative in view of the im mense harm done to perfectly sound institu- tions by fvivolous newspaper articles. Not | only had the savinzs banks been embar- ssed by these att , but also the national eredit had been weakened. Deputy de Casagnac replied that the gov- ernment seemed to be going crazy on tne subject of libel laws. The ministers should look neaver home if they wished to discover istrust among banks. Prol newspaper articles decried by M. had not ised the withdrawal of a do accounts in Paris. The suspicions which had undermined public confidence centered upon the miuisters, especially upon those former ministers who had squandered the money of the Panama Canal company. This statement evoked a tumult. The re- publican deputies protested; the royalists cheered and applauded. M. Flouquet shouted above the confusion that he had been calumniated and the day of justice wus appronching. Deputy de Casugmac replied with violent tures, but nis words were lost in the up- Further Proposed 10! M. Ribot deprecated attempts to spread the belief that the savings banks_had suffered from a panic. The withdrawal of deposits, be said, had been small in view of the amount left with the banks and the strong efforts making daily to propagate general distrust. The people knew that behind the savings banks was the greatest of French guaranties, The goverment, felt no great unxiety, but at the same time could not tolerate the sug. gestions and slanders being published. Cer. in_ writers had suggested that war was iminent; others that the zovernment was guilty of embezzlement. No other country in the world would bear the burden of such conscienceless falsehoods and there was no reason why France should invite the perils which lay in them. [Prolonged cheers | from the left and center.] "If the deputics would arm the government adequately with the law, the plotters against the nation and the nation's credit would be crushed The bill was then passed by a vote of 526 to 106. The Chamber decided, by a vote of 335 to 50, that the speeches of M. Ribot and M Ricard be placarded throughout Franc the national funds. WRECKED BY AN EARTHOQUAKE, in the To Muny People Kilied of Zante | by Falling Buildings, Arnexs, Jan. 81, The island of Zante was shaken early this morning by an es | In the town of Zante many houses were wrecked and the occupants ran in their night clothes into the street The dome of the prison fell in and many prisoners were killed. The guard was rthquake. doubled to prevent the prisoners from escap ing and to suppress disorder consequent upon walls m. The m sp the panic among th. prison, which had be | were braced. The hospital was_shaken foundations, ull the of the partly from its floors settled and the roof sauk several feet. The attendants ran from the building and were induced with difffculty halfan hour later to return and | help remove the patients to another part of the town, Two hours later the town was | repeated shocks, houses fell i | and the prison became so unsafe that many | vrisoners were removed. ‘The people in u panic fled from their houses and crowded the | market place, Scores of families left the shaken by ull quart town to camp in the flelds on the outskirts, | Many dead bodies have been found in the ruins a4 hundred or more ave reported to | have been injured severel | Tt has been fmpossibie to get further details. The government has sent out troops l“ sth provisions for the relief of the home- 088, NUMBER 225, |CAMERON'S HEAVY FAILURE l | Fortune of a Hastings Man Wrecked by Loose Business Methods. SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS INVOLVED ends of the Ruined Merchant Fear the Vietim Has Committed Suleide - Press ent Trouble Not a Surprise (o Knowing On Hasrizas, Neb,, Jan. 81— [Special gram to Tie Bee.]—Charles Cameron’s cred- itors are coming to the front, and it it now estimated that his labilities will amount to fully #85,000. He has been regarded as being very shak for a loag but the crash came only yesterd manner of doing business was peculiar Claims against him had usually to be sued on, and most frequently defaults were taken, Then he would get some friend to sign a suspension bond, and when his nine months would pay the judg- time, f grace had passed cnt A week ago it was rumored that failed, but that rumor was terday afternoon exec nearly £,500 were issued by the covnty Judge and several thousand more issued by various Justices were put into force, and the stock of dry goods levied on. A chattel mortgago of $8,000, payable to the Exchange National bank, came in a littlo behind the exceutions. The Exchange National also holds a £20,000 mortgage on the Cameron block of this ity due on January 1 last, subject to one of $10,- 000, payable to the Lombard Investment ny, thisTortgage being filed only last In addition, svits amounting to 158 are now pending in the county court, a judgment of £1,544 was obtained in the ‘t court on the 19th inst. The stock is 8,000, Camer he had rroct. Yes fons amounting to inc Mr., chant in the of terms on the' city council n s the oldest established mer- ity, and has served a number Ca s A Mr. Cameron’s friends ar anxious on his behalf, as he ing ever since his store was closed last night. it time he went to the safe and opening an empty pill box took a small pack- ron's Iric xlous. feeling quite lias been miss- in his hand and went out the back door, ing to Deputy Sheriff B A. Boyd, that he was going out to mail a letter. The nexs seen of him was a_moment later when he was met going north on Hastings avenue, a short distance from his store. As he did not v and did not go to his home/ a search was ustituted by the entive police force of the city, and by a_large number of friend and neighbors. No trace of him was dis- covered. The B. & M. fiyer to th a freight to Red Cloud left this time, and it is thought that he might have taken one of these trains, as he a large number of friends in Linc ud Red Cloud. He may have taken this step to avoid public comment until the failure ha somewh rom the public mind, as he was tive man By some it is believed that he has made away with himself and that the package he took from the safe contained poison. It is reported that he had threatened to commit suicide, and also that he sent a lotter to his family informing them of his intention, but intimate friends deny this. A third theory is that he is somewhere in hiding abont_the city and perhaps is drowns ing his troubles iu liquor. 1t is known that he had been drinking yosterday, and by many it is belicved that'he will turn up ail right in a few day WIHO GETS THE PRISONER, Three Sherifts and Seve Sloboduy's S1. Pavr, Neb., Jan. 81— [Special Telegram to Tuk Bee. ] —This place was thrown into a fever today by the mysterious action of the. sherifl in collecting a posse for an unlknown cause. The Union Pacific depov was sur- vounded this morning by a number of officer: whose duty could only be explained by the answer that an impor on hand, All was made clear when Jos obodny of Burwell was brought in by Sheriff Cross of Bunner county Some lime since county failed to o Attorneys Claim on. o officers from Banner rrest Slobodny on account of their warrants being made out wrong, and on Sunday 1 they tried it again. Sheriff Cross, Attorney Fairfleld, who keeps a hotel in Harrisburg, and an unknown c: Slobodny’s house and with revolvers d compelléd him to accompany them. They gave him no time to consult with his attor- ney, but hurried, him in a_ carriage out of Garfleld county.” . L. Hill, attorney at Burwell, learned of this and communicated with Attorneys Stone and Cofiin of Ord, who immediately took action to prevent the prisoner from leaving this “()'lr! of the state. The telegraph wires were kept hot and from every station word was sent to interested parties in St. Paul. Attorneys J. N. Paul and A. A, Kendall were retained to defead the effort of the Banner county ofticials to getSlobodny out of the home circles. The Ban- ner county officers claim that the prisoner is r swindling A. G. B de of ob., an iunocent dealer in Oregon y refused to givea copy of the war- rant. to the prisoner’s attorneys. Bunner county berders on Wyoming and horse d out thereare hased on Johnson county lay Th iner county presented his awn prisoner at 2 o'clock this afternoon and after 4 trial before Judge Norton, was placed under ,000 bonds, The only court scene worth mentioning was when 1t 1d made his plea and abused our people. He was promptly called down by Attorneys Paul and Kendal! o reminded him of the Mitchell and Ketehum affair. rning. Housrook, Neb., Jan. 81.—[Special to Tug Bee. |- The 15-year-old son of John Suunders, a favmer living north of here, went herding yesterday as usual, Not returning at night, u search was made and his dead body, in an entirely nude condition with the head partly kicked off, was found on the prairie tied by the arm to his horse. Mr. Saunders’ a8 1ins to have been married last d of & wedding there will year-old son of John Saunders, who lives twelve miles northwest of this place, met o horrible death yesterday. Ho was herding cattle and tied the hiteh rein around his wrist. The pony became frightenca, and ran away, dragging the boy to death Used n Pocket Handkerchief, orroLk, Neb., Jun. 8L.—[Special Tele- eram to Tie Bee.|—Frederick Dowhower, a atient at the Hospital for the Insane, com- mitted suicide last night by hanging himselt to the corner post of his bed with o pocket. handkerchief. He was committed to the hospital at this place for the fourth tim Saturday and arrived that evening in charge of the iff of Valley county. Fhe ¢oros ner's jui 14 verdict in accordance with the facts and exonerated tha management % g 5 LNV ul Lraveler S| Mirorn, Neb, Jan. 81.—[Special Tele- gram o Tug Bee.] —-J. H. Mason, & commer- cial traveler represcuting the music_firm of Lyon & Healey of Chicago, while out hunt- ing this afternoon in the timber on the Blue vor, necidentally fell and his gun was dis- charged. A full charge of No. b shot passed through his left hand, making an ugly wound > o « oy moted, BEATRICE, . Jun. Bl.—[Special Tele- gram ‘to Tue Bre |—Traveling Auditor Charles W. oomis of the B. & M, with headquarters in this city, has been promoted to the station agency of the Burlington at this point, succeeding G. C. Barker, resigned. The new arrangement went into effeet todayy