Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 3, 1893, Page 1

THHE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TWENTY-SECOND Y ARING otual Trial of the Impeached State Officers Gets a Good Start, TESTIMONY ECORDS CF THE BOARD PUT IN EVIDENCE Proceedings of the Body in Consideration of the Oell House Offered. bILL DORGAN'S WONDERFUL BAD MEMORY s Oan Scarcely Recall the Fact that He Was Concerned in the Job, RECOLLECTS MAKING A STONE CONTRACT ile Closed a Deal with Atwood for Cedar Creek StoneSon ints Brought Qut During the Day's Pro- ceedings. Lincorx, Neb., May 2.—[Special to Tur Bee. ) Deep interest is taken in the peachment proceedings, which are now w under way, and the outcome is rapidly be coming the talk of the Daily and nightly of discuss the ituation all >us phases. 1t has of the oftc of the impeach nged the This wirs town crowds in men of its erted the becoming vari fr managers been by s that Are and that they are serio advisability of no matier for discour isidering trial purpose abandoning the what is manufactured ot whole cloth. Today t meeting, at which it v covered several important which were legislative committee, While it is true that the respondents have not gone out upon the stree line their de is oughly known what they prove when they get their inning first place there will be & general of all of the churges of misconduct and care lessness. After that they will attempt to show that they were short-handed and could do no better. They will claim that the state did not provide them with the neces- sary number of clerks: that if there word any illegal acts committed, the cause re sulted from not being able to look after their business st circulated managers he as said that the bits of members of the dis evidence unknown to the corners Lo out pretty thor attempt to In the denial 1se, it now Predicament-of Auditor Moore, Tt is today stated with authority that moral atmosphere the is extremely bad in the vicinity of the surroundings of Auditor Moore, | is constantly thrown in tact Wwith the men now on trial, and it is gener- ally understood that u strong pressure will be brought to bear to induce him to refus to draw warrants against the appropriation tade by the legislature to pay the expenses of the impeachment proceedines, Regardin this matter, it is well known that th attorneys for the respondents have raised the question of illegulity. They claim that the appropriation sheet was not properly passed. 7 The disposition of the question is wow in the hands of the members of the bench, with a possibility that the work of deciding the question will be handed over to the supreme court commission The witnesses for the state, some thir five in number, ave now arviving in the city and the cutire contingent will be here by tomorrow mnight. While the attorneys for the accused state officials refuse to state how many witnesses they will have, it is known that they have subpaned twenty, and probably will hive double that number Early this morning the managers com menced an investigation of the matter of the appropriation of #15,000 by the legislature to defray the expenses of the trinl. They now state that they are confident that the bill was passed in a legal manner, and that Auditor Moore has full authority to draw warrants against the fund. They urge that if the passage of the,bill was illegal that not one of the appropriation bills passed duriug the past twenty years is or has been valid W. L. Greene of Kearney, one of the at torneys for anagers of the impeach ment, has not yet arrived in the cit some litde anxicty is expres his whereabouts. Allowed to Amend the Leese Articles, This morning the supreme court, sitting as a court of impeachment, convened in the scnate chumber, giving the court, attorneys and interested parties more convenient quarters, with the opening of Maxwell announced that with nis associates it had been decidea to allow the filing of the amended and additional specifications against ex-Attorney General Leoss Not of the filing was presented one week ago by the managers of the impeachment. In handing down the opinion, Justice Maxwell stated that the court had concluded to consider the question, and had decided that there was no power authorizing o change to be wade in any of the specifications. John R. Webster, attorney for the respond ents, stated that after mature detiberation he had concluded not to filea demurcer to the charges. He Id risk his chances in the outcome of the trial on the proof adduced This cleared the decks for action and the case was ready to be heard upon its nierits Opened the Testimg the court Justice ter consulting WO ¥ ©. C. Caldwell, deputy sec testified that he had held two years and At present was acting secr tary of state. As such he had in his custody all the records of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings, together with the ofticial oaths of the members, duplicate vouchers and contracts. At the sequest of Mr. nhe produced the originals of the ts lov for supplies, as well as the ofiicial bonds of the members of the board. These were offered by the state in evidence. The state also offered in evidence the original coutract between the state of Nebraska and W. H. B. Stout, lessee of the couvict labor at the state penitentiary, bearing date Sep tember 22, 1877, and assigned toC. W, Mosher and extended to October, 1880, With this Mr. Lambertson presented the assignment to W. L Dorgan, made in Februavy, 18 The documents were read at lengtn, after which Mr. Caldwell produced the coll house vouchers, which were offerad in ovidene The first voucher was for $),100, in payment of work done and material used on and in the consivuction of the cell house. It had been examined and approved by the Board of Public Lands and Bnildings, all of the members signiug and certifyiv 10 its correctness at the July meeting held in 1801 Following this th were any number of other estimutes, Controve of state. position for' ota his Overa Ocll House Voucher. Everything moved along without hiteh or hindrance until the state offered the voucher for $1,200 bearing date Octoberd, 1802, and druwn in favor of Dan Hopkins. The harm less looking slip of paper orought on a lengthy discussion, John K. Webster leading off with an objection to the introduction of the voucher. He urged that there was nothing in the specification showing any ref erence to the expenditure of the money. The objection, he saiu, was to forestall an inves tigation to which attention bad not been called . Judge Doane for the state urged that the voucher was admissible, The people of Ne braska warted to know the trath, the wi truth and vothing but the teath’ It was o fact that if the voucher upplied to mone, expended upon another builuing the tost mony would not Le admissible. It was, bowever, & part of the same transaction connected with the construction of the cell house. Judge Pound, discussing the question, said EAR. [ that if the cell house did not cost the amount | charged against it, it @us proper to show | what the cell house cost and the amount | that was disbursed by Hopkins. 1t could bo | shown how much was rec by Hopkins, and, with that before the court, it could then be readily ascertained the amount of the overcharge by Dorgan and passed upon by the board With the conelusion of the arguments the question was taken under advisement More Records ¥ Oth amount weed in Evidence, \eter and follars wer | offered. The same objecti were made by Juhn L. Wehster, who eclaimed irrelevancy Tdentification of each voucher was allowed vith the question of aamissivility passed upon later. Book “C." record of the Lands and Buildings, was « dence. The meeting of May 4, 1801, showe that ex-Treasurer Hill moved that Dorgan be appointed superintendeat of the construc tion of the cell houss, while tary of State Allen moved that his salar fixed At £50 per month, with a £10.000 bond for the faithful performance of his du Johin L. Webster objectea | did not think it proper to vick outone por tion of a record to the exclusi th Justice Maxwell put Mr. W nind at rest Ly stating that the co 1 be liberal, giving the sttorneys for wecused an oprortunity to offer their evidence when the time arrived Following out the Mr Lambertson meeting by r vouchers of the same cha i to several thousand to Board of Public ffered in evi | saying that he to . pgular line of {the record, taking it meeting, reaching th date of Dorgan’s resignation and_Hopkins' appoint ment. At that meeting, the records showed that Hopkins was delegated to seitle with Dorgan \ction, Webster Kept on Objeoting. John L. Webster objected to the testimony o5 the ground that Hopkins wnd D could not have ma a settlement that would bind the state. Such a settlement would hase to be made by the board Dorgan’s report for N | into court from the of i Public Lands and Buildiugs there had been an expenditure of more than | 20,000 during the preceding month. There { was nothinge with the bills to show that they had ever been audited by or passed by any member of the board. John L. Webster ted to the n the ground of irrelevancy, and that there uothing to show that they had ever been in the custody of the board, Mr. Lambectson, for the state, a vigorous manuer urging that if what Mr. Webster said was true, it made it more ap parent that there had been a vast amount of carelessness and misconduct in the adminis. tration of the affairs of the board. 1801 the showed brought Board of that | hje testimony replied in Ouly Accepted in Part Upon the reconvening of court this Afternoon Justice Maxwell handed down the | opmion in the question submitted at the worning session. He said that the ‘reports of Dorgan, which showed that they had not been filed with the board, would be received a8 having been found in the oflce of ~ the Board of Public Lands ana Buildings, but would not be con sidered in eviden that the vouchers made pavable to Dan Hopkins would be considered as showing an expenditure of monc and that the testimony regarding the settlement between Dorgan and Hopkins would be re ceived in evidence. Caldwoll’s Tostin C. C. Caldwell ag: box for the vouchers and the char house ny Coteluded. it into the witness identifying the touching upon rence to the cell and which in purpose of other papers es made with refe and the asylum had been handled © by th> Board of Public Lands and Buildings. Taking the recora of the Board of Public Lanas and Buildings, Mr. Lambertson read the minutes of the meetings, showinz that all of the bills and accounts which had been checked by Dorgan while acting in the double capacity of superintendent for the board and agent for Mosher. who had the prison contract labor, had become a ter of record and had been passed upon. Prior o this time the attorneys for espondents had combated the theory bills and accounts having passed ough the hands of the members of the board. They had intimated that, owing to the fact that many of the vouchers bore no record of having been tiled, they were papers putin for the purpose of drawing their clients intoa trap. The record, which ac- counted for each and every vouclicr, was a clincher which settled the trap idea, Ato'clock Mr. Caldwell was excused, John L, Webster not caring to go into an ex- tended cross-examiuation. Memory Still Defective, Dorgan stepped lightly up to the ud, but from start to finish it iceable that he was not a willing wit- He testified that he was the prison Jabor contractor. The Prison Contract com- pany was simply & name and not a corpora- tion. He became superintendest under Mosher sometime in May, 1891, but had forgotten the exact date. However, he rememberea that he was allowed to charge the state #1 for all of the conviets worked. In gurd to_getting the position of superin- tendency, Mr. Dorgan s memory was defect- ive. Hecould not remember whether the position was tendered or solicited, and would not attempt to say. He had nothing to a0 with the hiring or discharging of men, but he had & book made up trom. the books kept by tne guards who were over the men which showed who the men worked for. All men assigned were charged unless exeused by the doctor. The witness could not remem: ber whether or not he had ever made any report to the Board of Public Lands and Buildings showing how many of the men as- signed were in the hospital. In January 1502, some of the men were employed all of tho time. Some of them were working on the house. During that mouth the state was charged full time for all of the wen assigned. Again Mr. Dorgan's memory was defective and he could not remember whether or not he had notitied the board of the fuct. Fixing the price charged to the state (31 per day) was an ancient custom and dated back for years. Witness could not state what the price of convict labor vas under Stout & Co., he did not know | whether it was 30 cents or $1 per day | Ouly Half the Hire Was Pro At this point Dorgan wanted to explain | but was shut off by Mr. Lambertson, who wged that if the witness did not_know, the explanation could have but littie force Continuing his auswers in respouse to questions pronounded by Mr the witness thought that when #1 per 4y was chareed against the state it left & profit of about 50 cents per day for the men who had control of the conviets. When the cell house was being oustructed Dorgan thought that some men | were loased to Mr. Crosswmire at #1 per day I'hese men put in som rhtcen days at thit price. He could not remember whether when he was superintendent of the cell | house, he was paid before or after work had been performed. The facts were that he could not remember about the vouchiers whieh had been passed upon by the board. In explaining the items, “materiai on huud,” shown in vouchers, Dorgan said | that he did not always have the matevial on hand, but he had the moucy to buy the material, which he tt amounted to the same thing In one voucher there was the item, *F mate blank, $,000," which little the witness explained came about the fact that he had to have m draw that money and in the by Something About Voue Dorga Ww. H ness. the Lambertson, ti weidept owing to He ers. “Did_you always furnish vouchers to the hoard No," answered Mr. Dorgan Just'then Mr. Lambertson he whers, which Dorgan ad nly ones he ever furnished to Public ud Buildings. vsof the board had told him that there would have to be vouchers, but they had never been demanded 10 got his salary Dorgan drew checks for the amogats which he deposited after hav- ing his vouchers cashed Mr. Dorgan’'s memory failed and in trying to reply to Mr. Lambertson's question he could not remermber whether he had ever met with the board to check up his reports, up a dozen ted were the the Board of [CONTINUED ON SECOND VAGE. | be | His Brilliant Effort Before the Court of Arbitration at Paris, OMAHA., WEDNE 'CARTER CLOSES HIS SPEECR COMPLIMENT ~ FOR HIS ELOQUENCE 1ghits of the Unit Seals the 1 States to in Waters of Gunrd the | e ing Sea Maintained in a Mase ey M 'S Panus, May 2 resumed Carter, its sittings today the ment, claiming of counsel for continued his arg » vight of the right tishing. peroration of young States bhad th and had i pelagic In his the slaugh 1o seize vesse Mr, female Carter seals he unborn and e hof he prevent these to pr the ol United States Las taken which hie had explained to the ability. The United States had t position at the risk of W Britain, and then had been tuin this position and thus dis duties to humanity, even if they obliged to face haif the world in a be war ready tory would recognize their rights und ustice of their cause, The duty of the United State n extinguished by the referer dispute to the tribunal, but had b transferved The United States drawn and Teft to the ators duty of forbidding pelagic seali fining seal killing to the tribunal should decline to assume it wo for posteri il loave of contention From beginning to end spoken forty hours. As he sat do de Courcel, president of the court cannot refrain from thanking you this magnificent speech, which characterized by a_loftiness of worthy of this high court. Mr. ( URUGUAY PREPARES FOR Argentina Requested to Join a Against Brazil. [Copyrighted 1893 by James Gordon Varvaiatso, Chili (via Galvest May 2.—[By Mexic n Cable to York Herald —Specia Herald's correspondent to in o says the Journal Commercio in commenting | on the recent resignations of mem declares they were cau with the co president exoressed in many seeti bello will minister of f Freive minister of foreien affairs, O Advices from the Herald's cor in Artigas include a rumor that t tionary general, Saraiva, has de advance guard of Lima's army said that General Mot ister of war, who came to Rio Sul to lead the government against the rebels has quarreled ernor Castilho and returned to th apital. “The Thirtieth regiment of satisiaction become nfan ownership in the inlands, view, Tue B The Bering sea tribunal | Commissioner | geputics of wll g United the United sls caught s deseribed avy with other horrors of pelagic and the position of aken ith to harge had rms. rrors rds his this Great main- been His. the had not of the cen merely had with the sacred and con If the > this duty ty 4 new arter had ywin Baron suid 1 1, siv, for has been well WAR. Alllane Bennett.} n. Tex.), the New ‘he de Janeiro, bers of the o b s of the Felis- urs s, finance and respondent he revolu- ted the It is also , the Brazilian min- Graade do troops sent with Gov ie national try has de- 'rted and joined the revolutionists and the wenty-ninth regiment over to the revolutionists. is expected to go “The Herald's corvespondent in Montevideo says the Uruguay senate in secret session adopted a resolution directing t ment to send all the availab the Brazilian frontier to on of Uruguayan territory a to invi he govern- hle forces prevent the nd it also instructed the minister of foreign affairs to open neg view of securing assistance frow t lic in the event of with B 15 gr Ayres gratulate Quirino, Cessta aud Err: the settlement of the Chilian question. war ENGLISH TENPERANCE Their Coming Couvention Promi Excoed ngly Lively, Loxpos, May 2 —In an interv tiations with Argentina with the hat repub- il. There at excitement over the affair in Buenos The newspapers of that city con- azuriz over boundary WOME ises to Be iew toduy Lady Biddulh, leader of the British Women's Temperance association, said in the visit to this country of Mrs Foster, a noted ate, that she w Mrs. Foster's intention cat Britain and warmly dec would not be ullowed to speak in t nof to re American temperance t aware come to red that she ho conven- tion of the British Women's Temperance as- sociation. The convention would and the chief topic of discussion whether Lady Henry Somerset lowed to introduce politic the association, also cousider whether it would with the association of Miss Fr lard. 1t was inteaded to oppose t tion of Lady Somerset to the The ladies of the association are excited over the prospect of the a of Mrs. Foster in the convention Lady Somerset suid garding the attitude supporters: “\While old program of total abstineuve, objects equally vital to the i woman. The purity question is temperance, and the suffrage for essential to the triumph The arrangement of the plat give the association & political tasteful to many, but nowadays merest stultification to st tics. Itis true that | have precedents in America, out shame in learning from America, owes its origin to the Women's Temperance union. 1 don't change whicn | have referved to: its spokesman. Thousands of women are determined to make th tion a fighting body.” of IN ENGLAND'S PAF dstone Refused to Discuss of Dockers nt il Loxnoy, May 2. —In the mons today Mr. Gladstone stated, Mr. Keir Hardie, that he regrette be unable to devote an evening to sion of proposals for the settlem strike of dock laborers at Hull stone added that he did not think able that the House of Commor M. G there House bo private, would be will be al- into the work of und the association would reaffiliate unces Wil he re-eloc vresidency siaid to be ppearance in an interview, re herself abiding loyally and " her by the we adopt uterest of one with women i of both form will spect dis it is the is od outside of poli- useful is no Our body Chiristian ictate the I am only energeti i assucia ma the Strike of Com- in reply to 1 he would the discus sut of the Mr. Glad- k it desir- should in terpose in the matter, unless in support of definite plan. Mr. Gladstone also stal that he was hopeful as to the prospect of a settlement being arrived at Sir Edward rey. parliament ply to Colonel Howard Vincent, advocate of free trade, that dence haa been carried on with ment of the Uni! McKinley law, either by the prese British ministry. Sir Edw ( that he was not aware whether matic remonstrance on the subject presented to tiie United States g by other nations Frogress of the Cuban Revol The hatest n no cor the d States in relation to the | ary under tary for the foreign ofice, stated in re- the noted spond govern st or late irey udded any diplo had been overnment ution ews in re- gard to the insurrection is that the bandits ure now between Puertodel Padre, a harbor on the northeast coast of Cuba, and Mautua Several columns of troops are in pursuit, th troops tx-ml the coast. Up to supported by two Spanish ships date, not a single encounter has taken place between the government and the rebels, It is ru- the | DAY MOR | moted that the rebels prapose to surrender if they are guaranteed that their lives will be spared. wit ONPRONISE, Von Caprivi Anxlous that the German Army Bill Shall Pase Beriiy, May 2--The army brought up and debated in the | ting of the Reichstag tomorrow Caprivi has advised the kaiscr without delay, im order to secu his authority ina flnal attempt majority for the bill Herr Hucne, the tive wing of the cent promise which, even should the demo itic centrists refuse to follow him, is likely to sccure a government majority in the ‘Reichstag, comprised of the moderate rtie Chanes r Caprivi is disposed to accept the compromise, if he sces a reasonable chance of the bill, as modi fied, being passed T'he doubtful clement the attitude of the conservative party. It | wishes to overthrow Caprivi, whose free trade tendeucies do not suit them, and, as | they ure the only party likely to gain seats in the Reichstag by a dissolution, they will not regard the prospect of the compromise with fayor, Certainly they hitherto | have promised to support the bill. but | this was only because they felt sure that other parties would be strong enough to r jectit. Caprivi will fiest insist upon the bill | us it was originally proposed, und refuse to jort any modification of it hoping by to wreck it. The kaiser's presence is necessary to remind them of theiv patriot uty and Chaneellor Caprivi appears to be ping this as his teamp card The urmy bill compromise, arranged ve- tween Chancellor Caprivi and von Heune, the clerical leader, contains these details The peace effective shall be increased by 50.000 men at once, and in the course of the next three years shall be raised gradually until 70,000 men, or, practically, the full number demanded recently by the chancel [ lor. shall have been added to the present standing army. The sixty new batteries of field artilliery shall have four, instead of six zuns each. By the concessions thus indi ted the expenditures contemplated by the army bill will be reduced some 9,000,000 marks peror William has telegraphed his ap. provai of the compromise. Lhe telegram will be Lud on the table in the Reichstag to morroy The ¢ al members of the Reic mecting this evening to decide attitude toward Freiher von rangement with the chancellor It is veported that the conservatives, im- perialists, national liberals, twenty radicals, the sixteen Poles and several independents will vote for the amendgd bill. If Freiher von Heune can carry with him a fairly large number of clericals the compromise will a majority The radicals ure in a domestic quarrel over the proposed changes. Last evening they held a caucus which, from bezinning to end, was exceedingly stormy. Herr Richter spoke vehemently against the bill, either as it is or as it will be under the Ca- privi-Heune arraugement, and advised united opposition te the govern ment. He drew up an amendment which was virtually negative of the whole bill, but secured the sienatures to it of ouly forty-one of the sixty-seven radical deputies. Among the twenty-six who did not sign are at all events a score of votes already counted for the government, and perhaps two or three mor 0 report can yet be obtained of the re- sult of the clerical caycus. Ttis calculated that if but twenty vlepical members follow von Heune, a majority fex the ¢ apromise is assured, as only forty or forty-five votes are needed by the government, clericals and rad- icals together. The general wavering in the ranks of the opposition is highly favorable to the gov- ernment, as it willcause many members who were counted as allies by the opposition to abstain from voting, A most populir departure of the compromise is that the reduction of the money demanded by 4,000,- 000 marks will allow of the abandonment of the proposed excise duties on beer and spirits. If necessary, the whole question of ways and means could be postponed until the next session of the Reichstag und the expenditure of first six months be defraye through additional matricular contribution from the federal states. GIVEN A HEARTY bill will be plenary sit Chancellor to return » the aid of to obtain a der of v party the has p conserva Jposed a N\ of the situation is | ther hstag are upon_thelr Heune's ar- I WELCOME, Emperor Willlam of Reception In Switz ‘rind. LucerNe, May 2.—The emperor and em- press of Germany received a royal reception on their arrival here tofay on their return from the silver wedding festivities of the king und queen of Italy. Ihe city was dec- orated in honor of the imperial visitors, who were received with salvos of artillery and the shouts of the assembled multitudes. The Germau emperor, replyiug to the president of the Swiss confederation, thanked the Swiss natlon for the cordial re- ceptionit had given him, and expressed a hopo that the excellent relations between Switzerland and _Germany would continue. “The imperial party then resumed its journey. proceeding to Basle, Brnuiy, May 2.—The rived at Carls noon, It was received by the grand duke Baden and his erminy's Ileasant imperial party ar- ruhe from Lucerne this after of HELD UP A TEALN, Bandits in Indian Territ Haul on the M. K. & Pansoxs, Kan., May 2 tially successful train robbery, committed by six bandits, supposed to bo mermbers of the notorious Starr gang, of whom Henry | Stare is leader, took place at Prior creck, Indisn Territory, the seene of so many daring | robberies, at 8:30 o'clos tonight. The train | was the Missouri, Kuusus & Texas outboun passenger, which left hero ut 4:90 this after Tioon When which 1s admirable y emerged from signaling the front end conductor and covered with Mako a Rioh Koad. bold and par- the train reached Pryor creek, ut a bend iu the road,and an *e for robbery, six masked men the darkuess and, ter train, proceeded to the The = engineer, fireman, brakemen were quick revolvers and marched from the train. While two of the gang guarded the train the other four entered the express car. They thyeatened the messenger with pistol and kuife, ordering him to open the safe, but ne rvefused to accede to their demunds. + Fafling in this, they went to the back part of the train and velieved all of the passengers of their money and valuables. Cousiderable consternation prevailed and several ladi fainted. After depositing the money and valuables in sacks, they backed out of the car, firing about forty pistol shots into the air and escaping in the darkness. President Martin of the Kan City & Gulf road was among the passengers. The amount of the booty secured by the bandits is unknown but is suppesed to be consider ably over #,000 e Movewments of Ocoan Steamers May 2. At Plymouth—Passed —Rugia; from New 4 ry Island New York At Bremerhaven w York At Boston— Arrived n, from Liverpool At Philadelphia—Arrived—Switzerland, from Antwerp: Indiana, from Liverpool At New York—Arrived—Noordland Bremen; England, from London. e Death Ko L NEW YOrE, May 2.—~Charles Milton Ogden died at his home in this city at 4 o'clock this afternoon, aged 36 years. Me Ogden was w correspondent at Wushing- { ton for twelve years prior to 1559, when | was appointed by the president receiver of public moneys «t Soattle, \Washs a position which he was recently conspelled to resign on ount of ill health. During his service in Washington Mr Ogaen represented the Phila- delphia Press, Boston Glube, aul Ploneer Press and Cullforula Assoclated press. Passed--Devonia, from Arrived —Elbe, from Ottoman and Colum from NING, MAY FEATURES OF THE FAILURES More Orookedness Unearthed in Connection | with Sioux City's Oollapse. | NOTES NEGOTIATED AND MONEY RETAINED Serfous Charges Against the Ofickals of the Union New Loan and gland Bankers Said 1o Be Heavy Losers. Trast Company Stoux Ciry, Ta., May 2. Tue Bee)—United unkle took possession Stov of Special Telegram Marshal ix City o writ the nited National to secure a cla to States of the Sic ks plant this aftrenoon lent procurred fr court by the Wi bank of Fitchburg, Mass for #15.000. 1. A. L. Waddell of Kansas Cit gincer, filed a mech lien Pucific & Missouri Rivee Bridge company for 000, claims for services, Today ivdeveloped that the Packing y recently asked Loan und ‘Trust company to raise negotiating the packing The notes, ten for #.000 cach, wore placed with the trust company. Manager Cowni of the packing compuny called for the moncy several times and was told that the notes haa not been negotiated. Finally he de | manded theiwr retura and the trust company then admitted that it had raised the money and used it | The Sioux City Dry Goods compuny was | worked in a similar way for 0,000, the 5 oux City engine works for $35,000 and 1 Haakinson for 25000, Al wanted the money to discount bilis and all went so much further in debt instead of securing velief Assignee Hubbard is still at wovk on a of liabilities of the Union Loan and Tr company and will probably file it tomorrosw. Ue will'not give out srmation s to who the heaviest creditors ave, but it is belicved the 6,000,000 liabilitics will fall heavily on New England banks and capitalists who have discounted lorsed by it LGHTED, wo! tachr tes m isetts civil on lies aguinst the Swoux City the Union company’s notes ALLISON WAS S| Witness the Sights Ordnary Citizen Cuteaao, 111, May 2. —[Special Telegram to Tie Bee.]—Senator Cullom feels keenly the lack of courtesy to Senator Allison of lowa World's fair commit Compelled to Like un shown by the eo on ceremonics. Senator Aliison Cullom yesterday at the ( ‘went to the fair grounds ol nois Central ‘cattle cars,’ as they are called Somebody. T don't know who, paid our fare aud in this way we each saved 10 cents. We #ot into the grounds all right and joined that vast multitude. A friend of mine discovered us dowg our great act of endeavoring Lo see the goings on, and notified a member of the remonies committee that we would prob. ably like to take seats on the platform “No intimation was given ti we were welcome to do this, and as a consequence we took our chances with the others present, which was all good and well enough in my case, but was not right in that of Seunator Allison. He was a straoger, 4nd although he does not say so. it must have been a humiliation to him. The fair has ne had & truer friend. He favored Chicago from the begin- ning, and. in fact, has done more work for the fair than any other two men of nis standing and position, and then he comes to the opening ceremonies and is not treated with bare courtesy. Why, his name did not appear in the newspupers as one of those present ! REVNOLD'S 81 and 1" said nd Senator Pacifie, one of the Il YER CAUGHT, Davo riv Cuptured in Missourl Landed in Jall at Creston. Crestox, Ia, May 2.—[Special Telegram to Tne BEE Dave Ferris, the murderer of Thomas Reyuolds, was captured at Keytes ville, Mo., Saturday morning and the sheriff arrived in Creston with the prisoner last night. The murderer sxys he intended to give himself up ina fow days and promises some startling testimony when the case comes to trial. It is likely he will make a plea of self-defense, claiming that he was attacked by the gang. He fears no mob vio- lence and s s Lhat he stopped at hotels on his way to Missouri and heard rounts of the murder read. Ferris refuses to make statements of any great importance regard- ing the shooting, but it is demonstrated from his couversation that he was in a tight place when the shooting occurred. Changes in the Faculty. 1, Ia., May 2. —Special Telegram e Bee. |—The trustees of the lowa col- 5. Nollen of Pella, to lege have offered to John ¢ Ia., the chair of modern languages, made vacant by the resignation of Raymond Calkins, and to Sidney G. Tracy of Maine the chair of Latin, now occupied by M Slaughter. Both gentlemen have accepted. Prof. Nollen is a graduate of Ceutral unmversity and has been employed as an in- structor both i his alma mater and the State university. For five years he has been abroad studylng in France aud Germany, and will come to his work well equipped for its duties. Prof Tracy fisagraduate of Bowdoin college Ph. D.of John Hopkius university. Prof. Slaughter will spend the comiug year in Germany and Prof Calkius will study a year ut Harvard when oxpects to go abroad for further study. Sensational Se Fort DobaE, Ia. May gram to Tue Bee The scenc ever witnessed in mos the sensational district court room here was enacted today. Judge Hyatt d the geand jury before him and in open arged J. L. Kempley, a member, and . P. Berrian, clerk, for conduct un becoming grand jurors. The breach of grand jury etiquette alluded to was in visit ing and drinking in saloons, the indictment of which was under consideration by the grand jury. New men were chosen to take their places. cal court discl Increasing lusurance Rafes, Stoux Criy, Ta, May 2—(Special Tele gram to Tue Beg | —An {nsurance imspector named Bennett has arrived and com menced the work of rerating all insurance sks in the city. He says that rates will be much higher under the new racing and gives it out that rates will be generally ncreased w all the large cities in this vicinity and pecially in fowa, where it is clainied on city property have exceeded p during the past two years losses miums cratic Leader. Special Tele Trouble of an lows De Des Morses, In., May 2 gram toTue Beg. |—Colon the well known attorney cratic leader, is under bonds for §500 on an indictment charging him with keeping a house of ill fame that is operated by a white woman in the “White Chupel district Mush's wife signed his bonds. 1Samuel I snd colored demo bilng Huases. May 2. ~[Special Tele Tne police raided five last night and in them. 'I'he Rulded the Ga Ceoan Ravios, Ia gram to Tue Ber gambling houses eight men found sred the city marshal to cl ana keep them closed. Those night were fined heavily in court this morning Importaut Question Settied. Keokuk, Ia., May 2.—The Un tes supreme court recently appointed Major M Meigs, John R. Car nd Captain A KKempner a commission to mark the boundary line between lowa and Illinois on nine bridges spanning the Mississippi river. The commissioners have just warked the line on arrested has the places arrested last the su v peri enter | the brid | the current »at this point in the cencer of the navigable arm of the river. lllinois has laiming to the center of the steamboat hannel, which is constantly shifting. To Att Des Moixes, T, gram to Tue Bee. mittee of the lowa Republican leagy here today, and made arvang trip of the Towa delegation to 1 week, The delegat meeting at the fair grounds thence procee the Monon lir 1 the Lomsvilie M May 2. [Spe I'he transp ting. Al Tele rtation com met nents for the lisville next 1 Chicago, es will go via Towa building on the World's next afternoon, and 1z in a body to Louisville via Tuesday Mitten by w Tarantun. Crry May 2 gram to T Charles Brean merchants ip the state hand by ' tarantula handling bananas and | Storx Ia By Kuown & Special - Tele of cery and fruit bitten on the r whi one bes g was this 1 is now inoa o eritica ment of the Sty X Crry, Ta., May 2 Bek | —The Stand Special Telegram (WF o hias bought property on the puny's tracks heve aud w burreling houses, et Will cost £100,000 t ard company Termi puton i I'hat com tunks with the site - FORTUNE, SECURED trick O'lure on Faus, S Ao reports w Lent tied by His h 1 D, May re sent out from effect that Patrick O'Harve was that though he nad worth about §4,000, had left home that time had had no communication with any of his relatives, did not know any ex isted, and had made no will. The report also stated that O'Hare had come origing from Missouri sterduy a telegram came from St. Louis, ned by Michael O'Hare, and asicing that the physician examine the left side the head and neck of the wounded man for a scar, and stating that he believed that it was his brother. Examination was made and the sear found, Word was at once sent full description of the sick man. The Brothe s Storx A few days here to the dying, and made no will b It was stated that ), and wias he forty years since with a f tatter has since died and it is p robable that the mogey will go toMichuel Prepuing foc the Round-Up. Stovx Fanis, S, D, May 2, Special to BEe ] —A dispateh from Pierre stat the round-up of the great Sioux range will start from Fort Pierre May 20, under the auspices of the Missouri River Stockmen's issoclation. The past year has becen very prosperous for the cattlemen. ‘Ihe winter tias not been a hard one and there have been very few losses. Itis dificalt to learn the full'extent of the business as the big opera tors ave always wary of the tax gatherers but it is generally estimated at something over 40000 head marketed for the year. ‘The cattlemen will very lavgely increase their herds this season. Louis La Plant has pur chased 6,000 head, Crocket & Simin 5,000 Barcington & Williams 2,500 and Williams & Robinson 1,000, besides immense numbers r others in the Black Hills. The outlook is very bright Youthful Thieves Captured. Stovx Fares, 8. D., May 2. [Special * cram to Tik BEe.)—For several wecks past the residents of the suburbs of the city bave been suffering from all thefts, Clothes hung on the line and articles left at nignt in yards have beeu taken, and in 4l cases ho s left fora short time ve becu entered-and goods of considerable lue abstracted. Some of the stolen things were found in the store of £. Larson, had been bought shortly bef detection of two hoys Walters, aged 14, und Harey Ande ged 10, They were promised immunity if they would return the goods, and being thoroughly frightered, led the way toan outhouse in the rear of a business block. where there was about #40 worth of miscel- luneous stuff, Sol S nr s that st Defeated, . Deapwoon, S. D., May 2.-—[Special Tele gram to Tue Bee ]—After holding the office of mayor for nine suceessive terms Sol Star was defeated today by Benjamin Wordman, a hardware merchant, by 288 majority. The clection was the livelicst ever held 'iv the city, large sums of money being spent on both sides. A total of 1,250 votes was cast e AT STANDSTLL L. Wateys from the Misslssippi No Thr St. Louts, St. Lovis, Mo, May 2.—For the present, at least, danger of further damage from high water scems to be past. The river this afternoon became stationary at a height of thirty-one and a half feet, within four and a half feet of 1 May highest mark, and at 9 o'clock this cvening is still stationary. Points above report a fall of from i 1-10to 13.10 feet since 6 o'clock last night so thut no further rise is immediately expected. On this side of the river no further serious damage has been re. ported and on the other side the situation 18 about the same as last night. The new leve near the Mobile & Ohio tracks south of Iast St. Louis is iu imminent danger, Men and teams have been working steadily to save it for several hours, but tonight it looks as if their efforts would be fraitiess. On the Upper Mississly Sr. Pav, Minn, May 2-To the house. holder along the shorcs of the Mississippi and the owners of factories and business estublishments the rapid rise of the water is 4 matter of very grave concern, The probability is that the rise will coutinue for another twenty-four hours, and the high water mark for this season may reach fifteen feet. The danger mark is placed at four en feet, and the water was two inches above that figure at dark. The Boliemian fluts are largely inundated today and nearly depopulated In West St. Paul the flooded district has greatly increased sinco yesterday the Lafayette school to the and following the State Strect elevated and the grade of the Northwestern track, extends a vast lake, with many little islands surmounted by small houses and live stock The railroad tracks on that side of the river are under water. Longer Iro wse ball park Five Men Drowned, Searcy, Ark., May 2. —Five men lost their lives in the Little Red river here today. The river is very hign from the the recent heavy rains and the current is very swift. Allcn Brown, Robinson Caruth, Joe Scott, Sandy Cook and Scott Allen were employed at government rock quarry two miles south of this vlace. They goi ina small boat atnoon and attempted 1o cross the river to o to their dinner. When the had reached the middle of the viver the raging torrent overcame their strength, and the boat was thrown violently against a rock, wrecking it. The men were thrown into the river and soon carried down with Pheir bodies have uot been re is rise of Floods in Ohlo. 0., May 2.—~The Comm special Feports raging w and down the river. The Scioto cut off every wagon exit from the city except leading west. Below Chillicothe the v valley is one I'he Balti & Southwestern Norfolk & Western rail have par tially submerged, The v rising vapidly. ‘Vhe dumage t canal will be great ( reports damage from floods the river dau ™ Fremont, O., report i refal rs all up river CINCINNATL Ganze! lake. the eir the »shocton Zan tracks still Ohio O sville . Fing g tloods, y and 1t Was & Case of Sulchie, Cuicaao, 1 Ma I'he coroner's today decided th ca Berghold, Saturday night was found in the Southern hotel with her throat cut, had committed suicide, The mau she loved deserted her, and for this cause she cut her turoat, jury who has | reports | NUMBER 218, 'RESULT OF A WHEAT DEAL = Paris Gossips Furnished with a Oharacteris- tio Sensation Through Speculation, : ONE DUEL AVERTED THROUGH COLD CASH | s | Vicomto Breteuil tlaving Been Pinched, Gets Even b Man Wh Tip He itor, Piieh Gave Him the i th Wron Shoots at an k Paiis, May 2 v Special to nlon Benneit.] York Herald Cable 1 o0 the and denouement, i to the poor ot Lue B Ming has by taliked aix a8 muc Ephrussi, and its the gift of Paris, Th Every on morning that Vico quence L in during past week as aflair Breteuil singulav v million francs fo wstonished last Thursday 1 in soveral newspapers u de Breteail, neial losses on Russlan leat the instigation Michel Ephrussi, haa demanded of Ephe russi to doone of three to resigm from the Circle Royal, to flght a scries of duels until one of the be 1,000, facts are a. was hon readi 1te Gast in conse- of heavy fin, grain speculations, v of things wdversaries killed or severely wounded | 000 fraues to the Paris poor. 1t subsequently turned out that M. de Breteuil had lost large sums in grain speculations, entered into upon M. Ephrussi's advice. The Viscount Bro- tewil had never made o personal gricvance but was offended at M. Eph- russi having persuaded some of his fricnds into following hi an should or to give de of his losses. example Jraime Brete un bon paye. O nce.” affuires,” remarked M. do ot Jen ex fald je perds et jo en cette circons il to inte Je est ce que Jai fait viewer, nombre. jouc Law Pr uted by the Viscount, fact, paid his Indebted- reached the figure of something francs, and _allowed a month to. befor upon the ex- in the visitors M de Breteuil which Lilee 400,000 1pse planation which took room of the Rue Ro clun. I this conversation M. Breteuil M. Eph- russi of inducing his friends to speeulate in | wrain, while aware that the chances were that they would lose their money, and ine sisted that M. Ephrussi, in to ‘'se dewager nettement aux yeux de ses amts,” should either resign from the club or fight a duel, the choice of weapons being left to M, Ephrussi Instead of naming the seconds M. Ephrussi asked saveral friends to try to prevaM upon M. de Breteuil to change his mind, but M. Breteuil declined to do so. M. Ephrussi then proposed & compromise by offering to give 1,000,000 francs to the Parls poor. M de Breteuil declared that, betng unable to obtain any offer of satisfuction, he did not feel justified in depriving the poor of Paris of such o magnificent gift. M. Breteuil de- clined te distribute the million to the poor himself, as he says he does not wish any personal prestige to be reflected upon him by the generous act of his adversary, and so the fund will be administered by common friends in Ephrussi’s name. Ephrus-i is Not Well. Itisonly fair¥o puv on record that M, Ephrussi was at the time of the occurrence and is now sufferfug from an epanchment synovial, which makes him quite lame and, in the opinfon of the maitre de armes, who is also the fencing master of the Viscomte de Breteuit, renders him incapable of appearing on che terrain M. Ephrussi has not left Paris, stated in some newspapers, but v one, being coutined by his illuess, which a recent death in his family and the events above related have not tended to alleviate, 1t is unnecessary to suy what a commotion the above episode caused in the haute societe, where M. Michel Ephrussi, whose brother married the daughter of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, has for years been received as a persona grata. The Iphrussi family was origmally from Odessa. M. Michel Ephrassi 18 known on the bourse as “Croidu Diable," As a single coup he often buys or sells 10,000,000 francs or 15,000,000 francs worth of wheat in the early morning. He fre- quently visits Chantilly to see that his traine®, Cunningham, is taking good care of his racing stable, e is often seen break- fasting at Bignon's in the Avenue de I'Opera, afterward making a tour, “a la bourse,” for an hour or so, followed by “‘une tour au bois de Boulogne.” Vicomte Gaston de Breteuil is prominent in society, and o brother of the marquis de Creteuil, who married Miss Garner. itor. M. Drumont of La Libre Parole is opening fire upon Iiphrussi, while on Saturday Cas mille Dreifus, the well known deputy, whose duel with the marquis de Mores a few years ago was the Parisian sensation of the hour, and was depisted in the Buronean edition of the Herald by iostantancous photographs taken on the ficld, published an article w his paper, La Nution, which M. de Bre- il decmed a reflection upon his character. M Sunday morning, accom- panied by two of s fi Comte de Dion and Captain (¢ lled M. Dreifus and personal and cor- poreal insult M. Dreifus on Monday morning seconds, M, Galtier, a senator, and Colonel Sever, to M, Breteuil cquence a duel was fought at the foot of Mount Valavian av b o'clock on Monday afterncon. Pistols the W the being twenty metres ts were exchanged at the mand without any result ted that several other duels now will be the outcome of w1l thi - WILL SUEFER FOIRR THE PEOPLE, in insisting place ale accused order as was eived no Traded Shots with an Breteuil on ‘nds, wabord, upon offered his where upon sent his In cons were ons used distance T'wo bul word of col It is expe on the tapis Missouri Judges Wh Murtyrs in & Guod € Oscrora, Mo, May 2.—The county of St. Clair county arrived hej day evening and opened court yeste 5 Last night United States Deputy Marshal T, M. Marshall of St. Joseph arrived and served W peremptory writ of mandamus, command- fug them to levy a railroad tax to satisfy a judgment of the Ninth National bank of York and certify obedience th Lo be- the circuit court of the United States Are Willing to Be .e. judges early Sun- is composed of Me Copenhaver, Nevitt and Lyons, the latter a new m Ihe court will not levy the tax, but will appearat the United States court and submit to such punishment As may ve inflicted for contempt of court, This is the same old railway which county judges for years past clined 1o settle I'he present court bond case have de- Arrested un Austrian Forger, 0., May 2. ~The police author th aftel on an Austrian HB. Adutt, who escaped from the | custody of the United Htates marshal in | Chicago last Saturdsy. He admitted that | e obtained $0,000 from his grandfather | bunk n Austria by forgery. Lxiradition | papers have been issued. CINCINNATI ities arrested forger, J