Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 21, 1893, Page 1

— TWENT ROTTEN T0 THE CORE Dapital National Bank Affairs as Found by | Y the Legislative Committee, STATE FUNDS THAT HAVE VANISHED Two Hundred and Bighty-five Thonsand Dol- | lars Went in the Wreck. STORY OF THE LATE RECEIVING TELLER | He Kuew the Funds Were Short and Told | Mosher, Who Played Whist. BANK EXAMINER GRIFFITH'S STATEMENT At No Time Within a Year Could the Baulk Have Paid the Mon Evidence Tal mittee LixcoLs, Neb., gram to Tur Beg, | tion as to the committee that has of the defunct being sustained by t adduced. terd show state treasurer’s ofic for some time hefore secured the money t ate Treasurer 5 Sull report Du the State— by the Com- There ¢ of t been e 0 he evic cha could hat it il o tted. n be hi oking i pital National th A han stat thought that he could have gotten it that the t ive his reasons nion of susp came. The tres evidence sho which w of the bank. State Moneys Held on Deposit. | that he | n of the office that | was on deposit i the Capital National t National of Lincoln, $230,000; in the American Bxchange National, #0,000; in the German National, B poss State Treasurer found on taki the the sum of 000 ¢ §10,000, When the first 000, but he availed h tha of aid 1self 000. He at once 000 and twice First Nutional. th thie othy and pai : be banks did not. He tory was the sec the first oue, surer kept an aver: named ows th artley in the t ohe w that hecked it am He thought them had too much, but didn’t draw ns much from the Capital National as he did an fon by other banks to such tent that they withdrew their business from | it as long a8 two weeks before the collapse | at the testified [t would h authority, Qdn’t think it safe to deposit in a bank with a capital stock of only 3 that out ount fro that the Where Hitl Did Business. Fx-State found about &1 Posit in the ¢ lard four years ago. on certificates of deposit, the sam He which done to Bartl the banks in posited, when in order chance to to say W satisfactory or whether ho money drawn’ out. out of the First Nat First National of Wes braska National §0,000 in the last. quest, except in the reasurer Hill testi 0.000 of state ital National when the oftice was turned over to him by Tres od money March 20.—[Special Tel no ques. investigating the bank | was | The evidence was submitted yes at ay afternoon to go with the report conelusively that at no time sinco the ds, o hat on the | fer was made, but declined entertaining It was shown that the condi the bank was such as to render it on object ex- | an ex-state ze of £300,000 on de- posit on the banlk for six months at a time, equal to the entire capital stock became a state de- | pository under the new banking law he w authorized to deposit there the sum of £330, Ve nevi as he amount 300, - about #0,- the om both money that he on de surer Wil Willard turned it s pave | i the money the char hether ion 3artley a W they wante he induced Bartley to allow it to re beeame personally responsible for it. He also kept la the Omaha Natio tional of Omaha Lincoln, have gotten the en Capital Natio in transfer of the oftic to divulge his and the F He said he believed that he S9N tire L sh s ,000 out on s 18 e had list of de- was guade as were the Burtley had ordered it bank of Pone; v Point and the Ne- of Beatrice. &,000 in ench of the two firs e e sums on deposit with il United States Na National of on deposit there hie said that it was beea “he oxpected that the state ties very freely in payi check ov sur ofr.” r W Hill's Connection with Mosher. He deposited heavily there because he had the r been an open account ther bank, connected with Most torpriso whatever; mouey versonally, an inan Moshe had not seen Mosher had neithe word from him. Ho statement of the ba added wus connectc awd her i had d 1 concern or corporation r since 0 knew uk sho uthetically, could make any thing show cash.” mfidence He wsisted that he had ne 1y ver v had loan, an, ith Heo jusisted t) failure, sent him auy word nor v the what t wed, “h ms o up well from Mosher to secure the amount Lon deposit there®: “they were called tonary measure, jan and he \d - not 000 He did this as a any uneertainty as to the soundness bank. Outealt Tells Cashicr Oy owned 0,000 worth the time ot ) and $34,000. t the run up us high as 3 us $607,000. They w lowest at the time that the account of t He ke Lie the Farn surines company, th and the Westorn M He understood that starting vpri not think he had an that the ass t t Lo i en i was eaused by having a b enterprises. He ald of the mail as it all the outside notes of th calt testiied that of the the failure The w in business en him | y stock which t he and cceived last he if Mosher except He admitted that he took collate ed he ut, " that in of Musiness. bank st held ¥ wness | posits of 000, 1 e ot the I W st that ors and » Lin anufu Mo of the th anki i Moshy g on 1 the nd down ghest in J fuilure © hadt ne Moshor 4 M lu Gas e ompany assisted in south, b it » dissatisfaction man he b us at Yo Mosher had | and tween wk ne and | was ints hut He thought contract in 80 wany ¢ wits one of the active manugers of the bank and bad charge me k, Car- voliton, Loup City and a half dozen other places, ana also had charge of Lransfers, He nor have | had on deposit testified t he that from ause it was a state depository, d the state interest for that was on deposit there, whereas the other s of the opinion that the bond filed by the bank as a state deposi- nd one prepared for that purpose, as there was something wrong with the was t named and He complied with the re- tauce, where nain, as it was at the home of the witness and he ould of the the day the but refused sous for thinking <o. When asked why he kept such 3 large sum 156 uld he gen eral warrants that Mosher had bought until precau he had the | a in In upany sometimes eived them, ¥ deposits and 1ts Funds Had Run Ou ““When did you receive the first intimation that the bank would have to o into liquida- tion, or that it was insolvent!" “1 began to get pretty stron on Saturday and sent for Mr. Griftith never opencd again after the close of bus ness hours on Saturday. 1 became uneasy because the deposits Kept going down, and we didn't have the money to meet our de mands. The deposits were drawn out, and we didn't nave the cash. We could not collect money by notes or ¢iscount any r in New York. The day the bank closed the deposit batance showed that we owed between £500,000 and £700,000." “How low had the cash gotten on that day? Would you be safe in saying there was 00,0007 A 1 intimation It would be along w safe. The bank 1s in the ceiver, und he 1s the prope that information.” “Of course, the deposit of that bank is a matter of public property; but you think the assets are something sacred?” I don’t know about the sacr but 1 think it is a matter that should be left entirely with the receiver and not man who had been an officer of the bank.” Wouldu't Say How Mue 1 will ask if you of the amount o the bank closed ! “1 can state it if T want to, but T won't With all respect to you, I don’t'think I ought v& from being wds of the re person to give ns sh on hand the Saturday Can you state within £50,0007" Yes, sir; I can state within £1,000, Tt 1l bulunced up, and 1f the recciver chooses to give you that information, all vight, but [ donot think I ought to be called upon for that information. The amount of cash would not cutany figure with the con- | dition of the bank. The bank might run | down under heavy shipments to £,000. 1 it | have scen that bank, when L didn't get cur | veney from Omaha, lave to ship currency | from Chicago.” was Handled the Baok's Money, Oscar FPunke, the paying and iving teller of the bank was thie next witness, and | he bad some very interesting information to impart. He was ask Can you tell t court how there wias on hand on Saturday bank closed 1 think much money the day the Na hen the ba $11,000 or 815,000 in cash,” he answered. 1 think there was about 213,000, because 1 checked up the cash afterwards, and turned it over to Mr. Griflith “Have you now any idea of the cash subject to draft in other b credit of the Capital National nk closed there w amount of ks to the ank on thav I think we were slightly overdrawn on the Chemical National batlk of New York, but we were about even with the Omaha banks and about even with our other ban We had a little balance to our credit with the bunks we did our foreign business with. We didn't aim to keep much with them from £300 t0 %00, Aside from th land, there were no other avail that { know of upon dragw to pay money able funds which the bank could been at the low ebb?* More Worried than Mosher. ‘For about the last week T had worried wer it. T saw that exchanges were very scarce and that money was tight, and ied over it, of course, I never dreamed o would be a failure, from $40,000 to £60,000 in woney books would show that we had from up to £50,000 and $60,000 with National nk and from with the Omaha banks. or the last week exchanges were very scat The currency ran down very low.and I worried over it. | remember when 1 went down Saturday morn- ing, 1opened the mail and there was noth- ing in it to speak of. Moshér came down with me Saturday morning and went in and commenced telling the boys a funny story. Then I thought I was worry- ing more thun the president. When 1 anced up the cash Saturday night I called s attentior. to the fact that the cash was very low, and that we would have to have some more currency, and he said we would get in everything we could t might come in from the mail, and Monday wo would get some more currency. So he, I noticeds put on his coat and went over to'the club to play whist. Before going home to supper [ went to the postofice and got what mail there was and opencd it and got off about 25,000 or £5,000 for Omaha, to go up_that night, to be aced to our credit in Omaha, thinking 1 would order currency from there the follo ing Monday egotiable Notes All Gone. noticed for a week before the fail that things were getting close and clos vight along. It wmight have been ten days before that that things began to tighten, 1 did not know what notes were on hand, but I knew that the bank had discounted a great deal, in fuct they always had, but to what extent 1 did not know. It was a common practice for the bank to rediscount. They had always been borrowers so long as I JRITH M, samie no worry. morning and S 2 and the £20,000 36,000 to 20,000 of a Mosher acted toward s he always had before, and showed He would come down in th look over the mail and stay around till half-past 3, and would then leave, He had entire chavge of all the rediscounts. They did almost all their rediscounting with the Harrison National bank of Cadiz, O.; the I"irst National of Poultney, Vt.; with their Omaha bank, the United States National; with the Chemical National of New York the American Exchange National of Chicago, and some in Rockford, 1L, possibly with some others, but ot many more. I think they have a mortgage on a block out on East O street, Lincoln, that they got from a man named Scott, who became indebted to them, and they were obliged to take it Country Banks Stuck. banks had about #110,000 with us time of the fallure. The [First Natic of I'riend had f £10,000 to §16,000. The Bank of Stap! haps §12,000; the First National of Nelson had #8.000; the First National of Hastings lad possibly #5,000; the Bank of Imperial had perhaps 4 couple of thousand; the buuk of Hewmingford had perhaps £1,500 or so “For two weeks previous to the failire our Omahia correspoudents sent us but little of their business, and within three days of the failure, they didu't send us any of their Lin- coln busing cn the items and things they sent to the German National bank, and they certainly ought to have sent thei to us, ‘but they were afrgid. They sent the items drawi on our bank to the other banks. If they hadu't been afraid our bauk was going to fail they would have certainly sent their collections 1o us. Omaln Kuew it Was € the last the “Countr at the al nm al | ing. “Our account had been overdrawn there and_ they had objected strongly to the over. { draft, and then they were carrying paper of [ the Bank, and £ think they must have had ling that things were not ruuning hat wis as much as two the bank closed. I worried . but from the fact that Moshe stem to worny | thought there was o canse for me to doso. He was perfectly indiferent. Saturday night when I told Lint how the eash was he put on his coat ind went over to the Unlon club to play whist. 1 don’t tinuk the bank made any | money for the last year, and I don’t know wherd the money came that v dividends, though 1 supposad the earnings of the bank.” i didn'y it came from " Tipossible to Pay the State, D banlk treasuver ertiticat the amount Sth of dunusry, | “=No,sir, 1 don't_ think they could could not ave raised it out of the inany way that 1 know of. Of course 1 am | wilking fiom what I kuow. At that time 1 | would have supposed that Mosher could | have paid it out of his own ussets. The | deposits had been going down for six weeks {"!‘\\- of the directors and stockholdars | your knowledge of the condition of do you think that if the incoming had demanded money instead of could the bank have furnished su) E230.000, any time atter the They of bought business blocks and checked out all the way from $15,000 to §0000 each. I (CONTINUED ON 8ECOND FAGE.| | | | | 1 part of it, | with a | ate within £100,000 | - | £13,000 on | ““How long nad the currency of that bank | | the banks have not be while | Generally we car- | the Chemical | it to pay the | rassets | | Deputies today the report of the hurst had pey- | 4300 OMAHA, TUESDAY MOR "“'"'"EOBJECTS TO ARBITRATION One English Member of Parliament Who Would Rather Fight, ENGLAND IS ENEVER SUCCESSFUL HE SAYS | Mis Tre Ratse Settling the Berk Called Dow Se Troubles— the Under retury. Loxno, March 20.—In the House of Com- mons today Mr. ibson Bowles, couserva- tive, called attention to the subject of the Bering sea arbitration, and urged that it volved the question of the freedom of the high seas and_ought not to be submitted to arbitration. England, he continued, never succecded under arbitration, because land had not a single friend among Kuropean powers. In view of the deeision in the Alabama controversy, and the San Juan and Delagoa bay disputes, nosatisfactory result could be expected from the Bering sea aroi tration, There were advantages in war as leading usually to a lasting scttlement, and war nsually left itiments of mutual respe between the combatants, 1f the country was unable to protect the high seas and had to coerce a great colony on such u matter, all the dispatches the forcign office could issue would not hide the fact that the great- ness of Enelina had gone. 1 Gray, parliamentary under secretury for the forei ce, replied thit the remavks of the houorable member wer singularly inopportune, seeing that the arbi tration relating to Bering sea was now vro eding Sir Edward _deprecated further discussion. [+Hear, Hear."] Mr. Hunter, liberal member of Parliament for Aberdecn, said that the remarks of the honorable member contai a reflection upon Lord Salishury for having agrecd to arbitrate the Bering sea issue. Lord Sulis bury was ulw k, Mr. Hunter said, in dealing with a strong power and correspond- 1y strong in dealing wi.h a weak oue. BANK SCANDAL. ROME'S Giolettl, Ttalin Makes a Report on the tter. Rowe, March 20.—Sig. Gioletti, the prime minister, presented to tne Chamber of rommittee appointed to examine into the bank scan- . 'The repors states that the Bank of 1ily had exceeded its legal note issue by 10,000,000 live. The bank's _acceptances amounted to 35,000,000 live, consisting mostly of aceommodation bills The Natioual Italian bank holds overdue bills amounting to 20,800,000 live, on which a loss is expected of 7,100,000 lire. The cash deficit of the Banca Romano is 25,600,000 lire. The illegal exeess of its nole fssue sinee 1883 reaches the total of 64,50.- 000 lire. Over four-fifths of the bills held by npaid and the insti- tution holds no s for theie payment The committee recommend that the Banea Romano cease business. Bank of Naples held doubtful bills to 600,000 lire. The position sig. me Minister, ! rman of the com s that amoug the acceptances held by the banks yet remaining unpaid, yery few bear the namies of men iu political ifc. A HURRICANE, w Caledonia and the ow Hebrides Suil from Wind'andg Warer, * StoxEy, March A destructive hurri- caneon the Gth of March swept over the New Elebrides islands and New Caledonia, destroying many villages and causing great loss of life. Large numbers of natives are said to have perished. New Caledonia forms, with neighboring islands, the most important penal colony of France, and par- ticulars are anxiously awaited as to the des truction of life and property at Noume and other points. The New Hebrides have but few white inhabitants, among whom are mis- i from Ameriea and Europe. hurrican sed over the New Hebrides and New Caledonia was the worst one ever experienced in the region. Tt raged for three duysand the rainfal was enormous. Half of New Caledonia is flooded. In Tehio alone ten persons were drowned. The loss of property was £00,000. Most of the set- tlers were ruined Zante Sho Agal [Copyrighted 1893 by James Gord-n Bennett.) Zaxte, March 20.—[New York Herald Cable—Speeial to Tue Ber.]—A very strong shock of earthquake, lasting twenty-five scconds, at 6:30 this morning,, was felt at Zante, Catacola, Patras and Cephalonia. The dan s slight. v HAGE .—Colonel C. J. who returned yesterday from a trip to Berlin, gave a corn dinner tonight to fifty scientific men, € United States Minister Carr presided, ‘The dinner was a part of Colonel Murphy’s plan for facilitating the introduc- tion of American corn in European countries. Eight Miners Das Loxpoy, March 20.—2 Derbyshive, this morning a gang of mers was descending into o pit when the cage oke from the cable and fell to the bottom, killing eight. 156 Report of Sulishury's Death. N, March 20, —A sensational report ulated this morning that Lord Salis- d. ‘T'he report1s without foun- sbury continues to improve. A to Denth. ar - Chesterfield, S Chancellor Caprivi's Thr BERLIN, March 2 —Chancellor Caprivi's orgun states on authority that unless the army bill is passed the Reichstag will be dis- solved at the end of April, —~ ACCLAMATION, BY Fremont Republicans Select a My Tieket with ttle Difficulty, Frevoxt, Neb., March 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee.]—The republican city con- vention convened in the court house this evening and elected Hon. G. W. E. Dorsey chairman. S, W. Boyd was made secretary, The following named persons were nominated by acclamation: William Fried, mayor; A W. Forbes, treasurer; E. D. Percy, clerk: A K. Dame, police judge; Mrs. M. £ Reynolds and Fred Nesbit, school board. Fainvont, Neb., March 20, gram to Tue BEE.]—A citizens caucus w held in the opera house this evening. J Brazelton was elected chairman and C. Chandler, secretary. The following placed in nomination: Mayor, Walluce Wheeler; treasurer, E. G, Stiles} clovk, (. D. Lindley : police judge, G. C. Maxfield ; ity engineer, J. H. Haughawant; counciliien North ward, Calvin Nelson and George Peth; South wa e Dennis. Ciaw, N ch 20.—([Special to Tue BEE.|—The ple's caucus last Saturday evening pl d in nomination the following ¥ village trustees: T. T. Plum mer, W. A. Diehl, H. Joger, B. L. Kerr and Arthur Blackstone OscEoLA, Neb., March 20, —(Special to Tig Bgee. | The citizens of th village, without regard to party, held a meeting and nomi nated the following persons for town trus tees: R Hazlewood, H, ¥ Henderson W. Getts, Lee K. McGaw and C. Gylling. CLay CexTeR, Neb., March Tue Bee Al a caucus of the citizens of this place, held Saturday e vening, th fol lowing nominations were made for village trustees: William Seelig, George M. Bar inzer, Jacob H ller, Albert B, Perkins and Jacob Hager. 1t is o strong, representutive ticket and there will probubly be no opposi- tion. 3 Browriern, Neb, March 20, —(Special Telegram o T Bee]-The independent icipul [Special Tele tr [Sp | | high license caueus has nominated D. D, Snider, John Detamore, & "R. Gallentine, William Chisholmand J. 8. Chaney as village trustees for the ensning yeur, The hign license eaucus aminated . A, Franklin, H. J. Collen, J. H. Sherrard, J N. Brock and R. O. Harwood for trustees and the anti-license party has endorsed this ticket. e O HE MUST PAY THE PENALTY, Carlyle Hurris Sentanced to Be Electrocated for the Mugder of Iis Wife. W York, Mar¢h 20.—~There was a dramatic scene in thg court of general ses- sions this morning, when Carlyle W. Har the young medical &tudent, was calle to the bar to receive sentenc of death for poisoning his secretly wedded wife, Helen May Potts. Public sympatiny has been aronsed to an unusual ne | degree in behalf of the young man, and it in- | went to the extont of holding o mass mect ing in his behalf in Madison Square gard but all without avail to stay the action of the law. An immense throng of people around the building in_which Recorde Smyth sat thismorning. Admission was for bidden to all except those bearing cards om the district attornes, but in spite of this the court room was crowded befor the time for sentence to be passed. Harris was finally brought in, looking worn and haggard, Showing unmistakable signs of the terribie ordeal through which he has been passing. When court opened the recorde prisoncr to the bar, and he responded, walk- ing unsteadily, with evidences of treme weakness, Askod if he had anythinge to say why sentence should not be passed uvon him, he leaned heavily for sup ot on the rail and began in u voice inaud le except to those immediately at his elbow. After one or two unintentional interruptions by people coming in, the still ness of death eame over the court room, but the words of the doomed man were still in- audible, except once in @ while, when he reached some point in the case which moved him strongly, when he would utter a sen tence or two with startlin: trength and distinetness and then give way to evident weakness and talk in an undertone At the close the recorder sentenced him to be electrocuted in the week beginning May 8 There were wet ey in the court room at times during Harris' speceh and nameless sounds of throngs deeply moved. Amon the most dramatic points in the s were where he denounced Dilworth Choate, the newspaper man, as a sncak. perjurer. outeast and the district attorney’s’ tool where he depounced Assistant District At torney Wellm: 1 i where, with tears streaming yes and sobs con vulsing his frame, he turned 1o thank his counsel, Lawyer Howe, saying he was a poor man and could never repay his devotion. He ended by hanaing him an envelope which, he said, contained his dearest possession Helen's last wift 10 him. Huris spoke for an, he minutes. He made no sign hurriedly pronounced the tion. At the close of the } back to the Tombs The envelope which he/handed his lawyer contained a pair of cuff buttons. A great throng ran pfter Harris s he walked “from the geneval scssions to the Tombs. A remarkable fgature was the ap- plause that was given: him. When he reached the Tombs there was a big crowd awaiting him. *Three cheers and a tiger arris,” cried some one. ‘They were n and Harris, still handeuffed, walked inside with a smile on Ak face Later he said: ~Well {t's all over now, but n ready to die, slthough I declare muly that Tam an fxnocent man, 1 feel like a man who_has done a good day’s work and is tived. I am. sutprised at the way 1 held out, for this morning I was very sick. I am very happy ndyw, for I bave proved my case,” i Mr. Howe sald that in accordance with the speciil request of Harrls no mass meeting would be held in his behalf, His lawyers believe that the demonstration today indi- es a general public sentiment in_ favor of giving Harris another chance, and are con- fident that the appeal to the governor will be . successful_in averting the execation of the sentence ef death, wils lled the and forty as the recorder o for the execu- cenc he was t el DISAPPOINTED THE AUDIENCE. Winslow Divorce Case Proves singularly Froe Filth, YANKTON, S, D., March 20.—Speci gram to Tue Bee.|—The Winslow divorce case will consume another day in spite of every cffort to bring it to a speedy close. K inch of ground is being stubbornly fought by both sid ota of evi dence tending to strengthen the case for cither party is being introduced. The case thus far has been singularly free from filth and sensational developments and will go to the jury purely on its merits. The ‘sensation today was caused by the car-old son, Herbert, who recognized his father and climbed to his knee in the court room. The boy is permitted to play about the court room. and has a toy kitten for a companion, while the case proceeds. That kitten he carried from his father to his mother and back again fifteen times, and when he finally ascended to his father's em- brace the audience showed its approbation by suppressed laughter. Mrs. Winslow fin- ished her testimony this afternoon and the arguments will be made tomorrow. It is popularly believed that vhe jury will fail to agree. . 1 Tele- — AULED FOR HAWAIL Commissioner Blount Leaves Sun F on the Revenue Cutter Rus Sax Fraxcisco, Call, March 20.—Ex-Con- gressman Blount, commissioner to Hawaii, arrived here this morning, and shortly after 12 0'clock sailed for Houolulu on the United States revenue cutter Rush. It is expected he will make the trip ia about cight d. - - uts of Ocean Ste gow—Arrived ancisco Moy At Boston At New Yor! Bremen; Circassian, cago, from Antwerp, At Philadelphia—Arrived Liverpool. At Antwerp—Arrived New York At Boston erpoal. Rio bE JaNEifo, March States and Brazil A steamed hors Mareh 20, « Peravian, from A rived from America, Glasgow; from Chi- Indiana, from Waesland, from Arrived-+-Catalonia, from Liv 20.—The United uil Steamship company’s Seguranca suiled from Pava for New York March I8 : v London—Sighted—Stockholm »m Boston. Arrived—Boston City, souri, from Philsaelph - Why He Disappeare Saxra Fe, N, M., March 20 net, receiver at thé Reswell, N, States land office, disappeared since, and has been’ mourned a City, from Boston; Mis Frank Les- M., United six weeks dead, his | wife having offered 82,000 reward for the re covery of his body. Toda,'s advices from his old home at Lincoln say he is short to the government somewhere between 39,000 and £20,000, and onTuesflay his bondsmen filed attachments on his Lincoln county property to protect them from contingent loss. 1t is believed this allegea shortage accounts for v's disappearance. -~ Death Roll. Oceax Srrisgs, Mo., March 20.—John M. Tracey, the celebrated animal painter, died at this place this morning. after a prolonged iliness from nervous prostration. Mr. Tracey wius the most ble animal painter of America — - " New York Exchange Qu NEw Youk, March 20, [Spec Tue Bee)—Exchange wa today Chicago, 40 ents premium; Boston, 10 cents to 17 cents premium; St. Louis, %0 cents preminm, —_— Elgin Butter Market. Eiaiy, 11, March 20,—Butter, sales, 7,330 1bs. at 3¢, ations, al Telegram quoted as fol- active; NG, MARCH 1, 'FOUR TERRIBLY MANGLED | Fatal Result of a Boiler Explosion in Jefferson County, Iowa. V) 189: to say what the next step would be reported that the matter will be taken a once to the supreme court afternoon Judge Egan { whole procecding and peace r although the temper of the still very much ruftied The judge read a decision on the case presentative Walsh, admitting the of the degislative committee to vt session of tho letter book andstating Mr, Walsh had appeared voluntarily had at no time been under arrest farther stated that cverything had done legally ; that too much heat had engendered, with which the court had ing to do: and he h held responsible fof the book from the capitol and iid: “The court respects the lagishative department of the government and the logis lative dopartment of the government is ox pected to reciprocats the orderly procee ting in courts of law. No error has been com mitted, no transeression of any rule or stat- ute has occurred, and without further the court dircets a discharg | order to show cause O'Brien then moved the conrt to issue M bty o wocauso why Basil Smout, r“'," basome nezli- g0 gorgeant-at-nrms, and 4. W. Wells, ns, of the boilers to run | gistant tarms, should not bo pun . ished for cont of court - CCHEROKEE STRIP. Making ¥ hat Event, WasHINGTON, DL (4, Mareh 20, ~Socrotary Hoke Smith is making preparations to ¢ irey intoeffect the act ratifying the ment with the Tndians coding to the goveram mt the Cherokee Strip in Tudiw tereitory. In a letter to principal Chief Harrles, the seere tary advises him as to what steps are neces- sary to be taken on the part of the Indians, zosts that he call the national cil together to take such action as to ments and other details as they may see it In of Ollahoma | tary asks for mformation and sug: | westions as to the establishment of the num { | dismissed th ins once mor legisluture in pos ENGINEER ~ NEGLECTED HIS ouTy e Interforanca of & Workman Eads trously —fowa Mill Mon Deter: to Secare MBotter Pay for Their Labor. Disis- b ine noth any attempts Lo take in conclusion LocKRIDGE, Ta., eram to Tue Bee.) accidents that county is rep March 20.—[Special Tele: One of the most terrivle | ever happanel in Jefforson ted to have ¢ Lat a saw millon Skunk river three north of here on Saturday afterncon, whereby four men lost their lves and several were soriously. The gent and allowed out of water. A workman noticing the danger and think ing to avert the calamity sealed his own doom and those of his fellow-workmen by injecting a lot of cold water into the boile causing it to explode with a fearful report, ing the building all to pieces and blow- him to atoms The dead are: JOUN ADAMSE, <aw tender, ENGINEER GATE TANT BALDOSIER A BOY NAMED ESHELMAN. Among the injured are: Micuags Hoveny, owner of the mill THEODORE LALLYBLADE Both arc probably fatally hurt. The scene of the accident is in a backwoods country but hundreds of people gathered to view the disaster. The remains of the dead men were all horribly mangled, and in some cascs only recognized by their cloth i mil of the injured enzine mj OPENING OF I St ry Smith arations fo a and su: coun 1 letter to Governor Seay ber of counties and other matters connected with the proposed opening of the strip to public settlement The commissioner of* [ndian been directed to prepare rules and tions to govern in making the seventy ments provided for in the agrecn which there are already on file more than 100 applicacions. In view of this compl cation Chief Harvies has been requested to indicate what the views of the council are in regard to it The assistant ceived instruction o has ula- allot- S Sy airs DROWNED WHILE NUNTING, I som of a Prominent Towa Politician Loses Special Telegram to e Bee]—While out hunting today Arch. Taylor, a lad about 15 years old, into Horseshoe luke just south of town and was drowned, His father is a promment democratic politician of this county, who 15 in the eastern part of the sta Dusrar, Ta., Ma attorney general has re to the payment to the Shuwnees and Delawares of their respeetive shares of the proceeds of the sales to the government and all other needful prepava tions are being made to hasten the opening of the strip to settlement James H. Cisney, United spector, now at Aricansas O port just veceived Mill Men Organizin Davesront, La., March 20, —[Spac mto Tup |—Employes of the saw mills her organized a union which they propose to make national in scope, there being now no organization of such employes A constitution has been drafted which will be adovted, and agents are at work among the employes in other cities along the Mis sissippi working up local unions. 1t is pro- posed to extend the organization to all the mills of the country. The men ave working cleven hours a day. They will ask for ten hours at present pa. Mill owners have met them in this matter vefore and have always succeeded iu buying them off from any hostile moves. ‘The men say they will not. be bought aud will accent no compromise this time. 1ifteen hundred mill men at this point will be affected. Tele States Tndiun in ¥, Kan., in are at the Interior depart ment, expresses the opinion that there: will be no unlawful invasion of the Cherokee Strip. This opinion, he says, is shared by Colonel Meade, who 18 in command of all the troops on the outlet, and Captain Forcbush 1 Captain Bishop, who are in command at Chiloceo and Caldwell respectively Ave Exports and : Wasmixarox, D. C., March 20.—The state ment of the bureau of statistics on exports and imports, just issued, shows a balance of trade against the United States for the year 0f £320,000,000 agzainst a balance of #171,000,000 in favor of the United States for the previous year. The export of gold for February, valued 4,245,607 ; silver, %3105 total of 17,850 801, Imports gold, 81,257, silver, 81,112,077, total, 83,370,510, ~ [ix exports of cown and bullion over imports for the month, $13,080, he twelve months ended February 28, 84,002, IPor the similar period last year, the ex- cess of exports over imports was only $4 000,000. Extending Cevar Rarms, Ia., Towa Line. March 20, —[Special Telegram to Tug Bee.]—The probability of an extension of the Burlington, Cedar Rap- ids & Northern westward was much talked of during the winter. The matter now scems to be taking a_definite form. Today J. C. Poasley, treasuver of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quiney, and W. G. Purdy, treasurer of the Rock Island. are in the city consulting with the officials of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern relative to that enter wrise. There seems to be no doubt that the work will be soon s the frost is out of the ground. FIRE RECORD. Three People Lose Their Lives in a Ken- osha, Wis, Blaze. Wis,, March 2 occurred here this The. alarm for fire was given and flames were seen issuing from the house of Chris Arentzsen on Wisconsin street. The neighbors ran in and had begun moving things, when a loud explo- sion was heard in the rear part of the house. When the fire department arvived the flames had been sundued. A search was made and three bodies found under the mass of ruius. The s were those of Arentzsen, his father and a boy who lived with the family. The bodies were almost burned to einders and some of the limbs were torn awiy. Arentzsen was o maker of fireworks and preparcd his warc in s own house. A large quantity of gunpowder was stored in the place and this caused the ac dent. Orrusmwa, la gram to Tue B KENOSHA, accident about 5 o'clock, A terr afternoon of 20.—[Special Tele- Prefers the Fr. DovG, Ta., March gram to Tug Bee.]—Dr. Alexander Cooper, the English temperance orator, opened a series of meetings at the opera house here tonight. Over 300 signed the pledge at the first meeting. Dr. Cooper does not preach third party prohibition doctrine, but argues that the truth and the grace of God alone will work true temperance reform. Guilt, Missovit VALL Telegram to Tue Bee.] court toaay the jury found guilty in the case of the state against B, Coulthard and A. Russell, charged w adultery. The aefendants will move for a new trial on the ground of jrregularity in empaneling of the grand jury. Sentence 1l be pronounced Wednesd f Adult , Ta., March 20.—[Special In the district the defens Mareh 20.—[Special Te —The Depot hotel, the Rock Island freight and passenger depots, telegraph oftice, express office and bawgage rooms at Bldon have been burned. it took hard work to save the town. 3 S1. Lovts, Mo., March 20.-A special from Athens, Ala, says the town was totally de- stroyed by fire this morning and several lives were lost. Casratas, 111, March 20.—The High school building burned this morning before the ses- s1on opened, together with its contents, in- cluding a large lot of school work for the World's fait. Loss, $60,000. Prrrsnera, Pa., March 20.—The large glass plant of the United States Glass company Tarantum, Pa., was totally destroyed by f yesterday, entailing a loss of 150,000, The origin of the fire is not known, About 50 cmple e thrown out of employment Crraveata, 1L, March 20.—The West Side ! High senool burned this morning. The five began before the opening of school, Loss | #60,000. Ottumwa City Fathers Fighting. Orremwa, Ia,, March 20.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The new ci council was inaugurated tonight. The city is of the first class. A big fight is on in the pres- ent council to repeal’ the disorderly house ordinance by the old council to make trouble in the uew council, which is a tie. Great Northern Chan Des Moixes, Ia., March 20.—Berlingett, formerly superintendent of the St. Joe divis- ion of the Chicaxo & Great Western, has | been appointed general superintendent with | headquarters at Oelwein, Tu. The shops of | this road will be moved to Oelwein Fell Fiity Feet to Deatn, Stovx Crry, ., March 20.—[Special Tele am to Tie Bee.|—John Lungren, a carpen- foli fifty feet from the iron work of the ion depot train sheds now being ereeted and was instantly killed carly this morning. - AUIHORITY, Minnesota Courts und the I ing a Little Fight, Pavr, Minn.. March 20.—The coal corn fight grows warmer. This morning Judge Fgan of the circuit court ordered the | detention of the sergeant-at-arms of the house and had Representative Walsh before him and demanded the possession of the let ter book of the coal combine. Walsh re- | fused to acknowledge the authority of the court 8o f the book was con cerned, nor would where the could pe found In the meantime the senate is considering the house joint resolution instructing the in- | vestigating committee to retain the letter book. Senator Donnelly made another scorching speech, denouncing not only th. coal combine, but fiercely excoriating Judge | publish that they have i th Egan, whose personal character, as well as | fered from huving boen rated his oficial acts, were condemned. The re real werit by advertisers lution was finally adopted by a vote of The new association will to | “Western Association of High Class Week- Then followed n warmer debate in the | lies.” L, Wessell, jr., of the Oapital City house, and threats of the impeachment of | Courier, Lincoln, Neb was chosen president, Judge Egan for detaining officers and mem- | Clement Chase of the fxcelsior, Omaha, bers of the legislature were freely oxpressed, | treasuver, and . 1%, Shermur Cedur Finally a call of the house was _ordered, and | Rupids, la., secretary Assistant Scrg cant-at-Arms Wells was in - structed to bring into the house the body of General Harrison ¢ entative Walsh, illegally detained by INDIANAPOLIS, Ind ourt. k dent Harvison is to tendered presi eral speakers ndvocated the passi y of the Indiana State university at solution instructing the governor t call o 25 D HIRIARA AR, BRI AR o) out the wilitia 1o enforce the orders of the | o™ T lnanagomint. of the AR g Hyre 2 | will be placed in the hands of one of the pr When the assistant ser bl O H L2000 Anielany SOPE | fessors, and should General Harrison accept bearc | he would have to give the university “ aunounce his decision on Kepresentative | it WOHIE S 1O K Ho Walsh's refusal to give up the letter boo, | MG dmount of & ‘;_ il ¥ | The appearance of Wells and his demand for | e & ol Laek the custody of Walsh so disconcerted the | O T judge thal Wells und Walsh walked out | 0.~ ok, Birne without any attempt to detain them, us did | Sergeant-at-Arms Smout,” who has been | of Jacob Tremumel and tried to drive Tren under arrest since Friday. After their de- | mel away when he returned, Tremmel cut parture Judge 1 said that Walsh was | Baruet across the abdowen and shot Ferr uOL At any thue under arrvest, but decliued 1 hand off, a BISHOP BONACUM, Hedson His Way to Baltimore to Sve Mie. Satolli, Lovis, Mo 20, A local paper will say in th Information has leak out through Bishop Bonacum’s friends ner that Wednesday the prela passcd through the city on h to Balti more to see Mgr. Sutolli, 1t suid that the bishop wenton i summor the papal delegate to an audience in reference to the trouble in the Lincoln diocese. No word has been received of the resuit of Bishop Bona- cum's visit, and he is now understood to be on his way hom e Publishe Cureaco, 11, March At o mecting of publishers of weekly household and society papers throughout the western st an association w the betterment vertising wedium CONFLICT O St Mu Islature fHay- morning St bine lust Lincoln s way - us giving up he tell book tes today of their standin it being elaime as an ad- byt Past sul below rs be known as the 1 a Position, March 20— jux-Presi be eant-at-arms was about to ouly n Bad Flshorma Avroy, 1lL, March John Feirel, fist family and rmen, abused the 1t is is wer that and been n 1d that thesheri should suying 'ut, for s formed for the purpose of | their | NUMBER &4 'BOUND 0 IMPEACH t Republicans Members Will Aid in Purifying the State Government, f . | RESULT CF A CAUCUS HELD LAST NIGHT Independents Determined to Follow Up the ] Irwin Resolution, | ONLY FOUR VOTE TO DROP THE MATTER | Sheridan, Elder, Lingenfelter and MoVey Do Not Waut to Push It, i wasiug RAILROAD MANAGERS ARE DESPERATE Dolng Al The © 0 to Head OF the Maxle mu B in the Senate— cpts the Appo Lixcony, Neb,, Mareh 20.—[Special Teles B |- This has been o night of more political intensity than the tal city has known for many a day. The that after and of ! today gram to Tu | capi- saction the wild week was bound to outburst apparent feel- was the had set for in the divection of the coma unnatural lust itself of manifest that made and cause deep which of S0 strongly It more vigorously by the anaouncement of the party that called house ing is 80 revulsion seutiment a time Loodle gang. wis set fluttering even caucuses were for this evening to just as was intely after supper *he rotun fa of the Lincoln was filled with a curious throng anxious to know about adjourn, and imm | } what the result of the republican conference would be, as it was known in advance; even without any public aunouncement, that the principal topic to be discussed was that of impeachment Onty One subjest. A that the to devote the subject It were their time to the but it was independents greater part of of tnal subscquently supj going adjourn- 'd that the matter of impeaching the state officials ment, transpi absorbed their whole attention All day the tide has been turning and at the derelict trong, in view of mightfall the sentiment against officials was surprising the demonstr de forty-cight hours ago, it steadily and surey growing. Men who had kept quict before were outspoken in favor of placing cleaner and better men in the ofices now filled by the collusionists. Practiol tions n and was y Seiled Their Doom. mewbers | of room nt out and republican the 8 o'elock, but the lights w The house the at andles A recess was sooh taken to await the arrival of the republican sen- ators, who were holding a prefiminary caucus at the oftice of Se From 8:30 until half after mid- night the conference doors were closed, ex- cept as they swung open to let out & member who desired to convey friend on the outside. For four he entered caucus were substituted ator Moare. an hour information to some rs the question was diSeussed, and the evidence adduced by the investigae tion was talked Messrs. Keckley and Davies of'the committee were practically placed on the witness stand and interrogated at length vhat the situa- tion actually was, The officiuls pleaded their ¢ of promi carcfully over, 5 10 vere admitted and they » with allthe energy born Secretary of State Allen ed that it allowed to go unimpeached he would make good to the state \gl.llu\'er losses might been sustained through his negligence, 1n o Different Frame of There was an altogether di flerent state of affairs than that which was encountered when the impeachment resolution was first introduced and the ofticials were 1n an alto- | gether different fr of mind. They bagged to be let alope anl were willing to legislature or fit to exact, desperation me make any promises that the the party might se sentiment was divided, and when the ad- without a members hadn't expressed how they intended to vote journment finally came it was vote having been taken and the on the resolution The situation as i the by officinls be the aid without will of them i republican votes the ssed their determinas and assist iroduction if they are uuable to in to take action to re- deem itself from the very unenviable situae tion in which it finds itself because of the £ just such membersas ure now in conduct while 1 public ofice or ral of repuolicans have expr tion to vote or fmpeschment, some other party in torving the of a new era, even duce their own party disgrace for during th 1 Between | dependent ture held o | this evening and 1 up until 11 o'l fact almost the ation was the ment of the derelict | State Board of Public Lands | mgs in accordance with the | introduced in the last week seutative Irwin whole hly gone pust year cuts in Eurne y depe fort t of the s und fl the in- members of legisia- at the state house mecting did not breale The principal, and in , subject under consider- of the impeach- memb of the nd Build- resolutions by Repr wmatter wus and speeches were made by nearly \f of the members | present. As result it was agreed, with | but four dissenting votes, to follow up the ! independents will vote rrow t the the aly S0 the investigating coms four dissenters were Sherid caucus only matter The thord over one | vesolutions in the house ton hment of | severely consired b, T'he and the an, Liugenfelter ux » of the legislature of the independ- with the exception of three or Senator Darner ent. No oue were present, and all wer faith four democratic members, presided and Represcututive Beal acted as secretary. The independent senators lll’l but mewbers | i Only Members Were | | ent