Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 14, 1893, Page 1

ABLISHED JUNE 19, OMAHA, ADMISSION OF UTAH Passage, Without Division, of the House Bill Looking to that Bad. BUT LITTLE OPPOSITION MANIFESTED Powers' Amendment for the Repression of Polygamy Adopted. ACCEPTED WITH VERY FEW CHANGES Specches Made on the Measure Codtained | Nothing Sensational. PROPUSITION OF OATES OF ALABAMA ah, He Wanted tho Territory Jolaed to ¥ and Both Recognizad s One State— How the Vote Stood —In the Nenate. Wasnisarow, Dec. “The bill for the ad mission of Utah to statehood was passed the without disision by the house today at conclusion of the debate, the only amel meuts of importance incorporated in the en biing act being one by Mr. Powers of Ver- mont, prohibiting polygamy forever, and an- other by Mr. Wheeler of Alabama, reducing 1o one-linlf the land granted to the state for common school purposes. Just before adjournment the resolution of Me. Hitt, calling for the correspondenco in the Hawaiian affair, amended 50 as to in- cludo an extension of the perlod to be cov- ered by the correspondence to March, 185, the beginning of the Harrison administra- tion, was taken up and passed. Tt was ex- pected a lLively debate would oceur when this resolution was reported back to the house, but Mr. Hitt reframed from criticism and there was 1o explosion. Mr. Boutelie of Maine, who manifested a disposition to speak. wus taken off lis feet by the motion to order the previous ques- tion. Mr. Meyer’s Resolutio; The Meyer resolution, for the appointment of a joint committee toinvestigate the ranik, pay and other questions relating to the p sonnel of the navy, which has tered against for several days, this morning. Mr. Hudson asked unanimous - consent for the consideration of a scnate bill granting a right of way through Indian and Oklahor terricories to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central & Southwestern railw No objection was made and the bill passed. Judge Holman of Indiana introduced a rosolution to investigate the question of premiums earned by contractors for govern- ment, war vessels, Mr. Meyer, during the morning hours, moved 1o go into the committee of the whole on his resolution to apnoint a joint commit- tee to investigate the personnel of the navy, and after some parliamentary sparring the resolution was adopted. I'he house then resolved itself into the committee of the whole for the further con- sideration of the Utah admission bill. Mr. Newlands of Nevada made his maiden apeech in support of the admission of Utah, He thought Utah was fully prepaved for statehood, but nhe objected to leaving the question of the allotment of lands in Utah to the bureau at Washington, which did nov understand the conditions, The United States, he thought, should co-operate in the reclamation of the arid lands of that region. Mr. Newlands claimed the cause of the present depression in Utah was theresult of legislation leveled at her interests. Silver, which enabled the country to resume specic payments, had been struck down. Sockless Cleero’s Support. son of Kanss favored the bill in & charucteristical y vigorous speech, cnarg- ing the obposition to its admission with being moved by narrow and prejudiced senti- ments. The fact that Utah would send two ors and a representative here, who would vote against the financial idens of tho east, he thought, was the sole ground of op- position. With regard to the eircular of Governor Lewelling he said 8,000,000 men, out of employment, were tramping the streets and roads of tho country. What- ever the cause, whoever was right. the popu- list party belicved in lending a helping hand to the poor and distressed. When & popu- list governor promulgated this doctrine. ho was denounced as @ crang by petty politi fans and newspapers. Mr. Arnold of Missour1 and Mr, Washing- ton of Tennessec supported the admission. Mr. Oatel of Alabama proposed the union of Ugah and Novada. He had observed thit Nevadn continucd to lose population aad that it was a question as to what was to be- come of Nevada, Mr. Powers of Vermont offer wute, providing that polygamy marriuge be forever prohibited. ment was agreed to. An_amendment Wheeler, d a substi- and plural he amend- proposed reducing by Geneval the land pur by one-halt granted to Utab by the bill for school poses, was adopted. Anjendments rcducing the grant of land to the State university from 200,000 to 100,000 acres: increasing the grant of the use of the agricultural college from 90,000 to 200,000 acres, and dec sing the per cent of the procecds from the sales of public lands, sub scquent o the adwission of the state, from *10 to b per cent, were adopted. Without u division the bill passed Mr. McCreary, from the committce on for- eign affairs, then called up the Hitt resolu- tion calling on the president for the Hawalian correspondence, amended so as to add 4 request for ull papers since March, 1884, not already transmitted to congress. Mr. McCreary yielded to Mr. Hitt, who spoke briefly, urging the necessity for more light. ‘The provious question was ordered and the resolution adopted At four o'élock the hiouse adjou Frye and Veat Discuss the Sltuation in ihe Hawaltan Gslands, Wasmixgroy, Dee. 13.—The Hawaiian question was again the subject of an aui- mated and interesting discussion in the sen- ate today. Mr. Blount's report was char- acterized as coutusining “uot a line of unva nished truth’” by Mr. Frye of Malve, while Mr. Vest of Missouri declared that while he was 0pposed 1o the annexation of the isiands whe resioration of the queen by force would vean “actof war” The resolution offered on Monday by Mr, Hoar, calliug upon thg president for further information on the subject, was finally referved 1o the commit- tee on foreign aftuirs. ‘I'he senate also listened, with the close at tention always ageorded the venerable sena- or, to a tarift speech trom My, Morrill of Vermont. Mr. Cockerell, from the ‘oint committee on the cxccutive (departwents, veported the house uili to iwvrove ihe mothods of ac- pounting in the departments. and it was pluced on the calenaar, ‘I'he president pro tem laid before the senate the message of the house disagrecing | 0 the amendwments of the senate ou the New | York und New Jorse bridge biil and asking for a couference thereon. On motion of Mr, Gorman, Messrs. Vest, Gormae and Frye were appointedconterees cn the part of the \enate. ¥rye on Biount’s Report, The president pro tem Luid before the sen- ont n matter, addressed the sena for further Noar, salling on the pres information on the Hay Mr. Frye of Maine thereon Mr. Frye said that be did cuss the Hawailan question, as it seemed to him the senate was notin & condition for discussing it For an intelhigent discussion it was absolutely necessary that there should boa furthér and complete official in- vestization o the facts and a report made to the senate, Mr. Frye then turned to the Blount report ow, I wish to say." said My Frye. great gravity and much emphasis tion to that report, that in my judgn & most dangerous report afford to make any character of any United States, 1 nd e not rise to dis- with 1 rola nyitis and no senator can sevious attack upon the private citizan of the affiem.” continved Mr. Frye, “that Mr. Blonut in that report has not cnone single unvarnished line of truth nor given one unprejudiced opinion, nor rendered one impartial judement.” Mr, Irye said he assumed that it was an attack on Mr. Stevens; that he had dis honored the flag: he had committed an act of pi Mr. Frye then entered into a long eulogy of ex-Miul Stevens, in which he pointed out his ability and fidehty. “1 haveno doubt,” said Mr. Frye, ‘thaty it may become necessary to break fuister Stevens down, 1have had reliable intorma- tion siv 1 came into the senate this morning which says: “The purpose of the adminis- tration 1s to make the 'ge that Stevens a rty 1o corruption—employed to ak down the queen’s government and estabhish the revolutionary government. ' Vest Defends Blount. Vest. democrat of Missourl, then spoke. It was unnecessary for him to say he did not speak as the advocate or special defender of the admimstration He spoke asan American cnator and an Amevican citizen in rezard g questions involving the honor and welfard%f the country. Mr. Vest regretted that partisan malevolence had so distinctly shown itself in debate of theso questions. Referring to Mr. Hoar's argu- ment, and that of Mr. EFrye, he suid th had assailed everybody from them on the Hawauan question, and had undertaken to place before the Ameri- can peovle their side of the issue in order to take possession of the public opinion of the peopleof the United States. Mr. Stevens, he said, was one of those who believed “the rth belongs to the saints und we are the sainte.” [Laughter. | Mr. Stevens and the Americans in Hawaii had Christianized the natives, so they had taken posscssion of the country uuder the name of God and had then divided the land among themselves under a law made by themselyos. Mr. Stevens might be all bis friend, Mr. Frye, claimea for him—a Godly, saintly, unobjectionable Clristian wentle: man. He (Vest) proposed totreat him as any other witness who entered court and de- manded his (Vest's) vote upon his evidence. twenty I who had differed He knew Mr. Blount, and afrer vears intimate kaowledge of him he de- sired to state in the most public and em- phatic manner that purer mau publicly and privately had never appeared in the arena of American politics. Did Not Fevor Annexation. The erime_committed by the president of the United States, for which ho had been threatened with impeachment, was that he did not favor annexation of the islands. 1f that was a crime, Mr. Vest declared, he was always o criminal, and, in his judgment, so wus i lurge majority of the American people. The plain_issue before the American peo- ple, said Mr. Vi whether we are to break down the traditional poiicy of this country, Washinglon and son, Buchanan nd. Are we to depary from that policy and now venture upon the great coloninl system of the continental vowers of Kurope. Was it proposed now, and Mr, Vest wanted this made distinctly an issue, that instead of having the compact continental republic, which their fathers made it, the United States 1s to have a great expansive territory, acquiring government ang extending even to the islands of the ocean and vhe uttermost parts of the world? “I'e people of the United States, said Mr. Vest, wanted no colonies, They wanted the government their fathers had made for them and which they intenced to preserve, @ compact republic in_which every citizen was represented. As 1 understand the con- dition of affairs in Hawaii the provisional government is a de facto government. It is todey ade facto government and any as- sauli upon 1t by an_armed force upon the part of the United States or any other coun- try must be an act of war, which can alone be brougiit about by the action of congress. I do not understand that Mr. Gresham meant that armed force would be employed. He is an eminent jurist, Would Oppose Armed lutervention, Coming to the instructions to Minister Willis Mr. Vest said: Il it should wrn out that those instructions were to restore the queen by arme force no one will depre- ciate it and none will resist the doctrine to 1y extromity more than myself. Irepeat, 1t would bo an act of war. 1t seems to me impossible that the secretary of stato and the president of the United States should have concluded that, without the action of congress, they couid do any such_thing.” Mr. Vest coneludod with a statement of s conclusions, Ho said: I had the ower [ would withdraw e shadow of Uhited Statos authorily. from tho Hawasinn islands, except so far as it wis necessary to protect, under international law, the prop- erty and persons of American citizons legiti- mately residing there. 1 should leave the opnosing factions to sertle the question of for themselves.” veferred to the is s inaugurated by carried out by Jefferson, J; and now by Clevels Morrill then addressed the senate on the tarill question. His speech was de maiuly to o camparison of the practic this country with thoso of Great Britain ¢ the question of tariff und.of the industrial conditions of the two countries, and to a criticism of the der auie party for its tendeney to follow English precedent At the close of Mr. Morrill's specch the adjourned. TWO STORIES TOLD, Report Conces culuted 13, Sensational ning State Cor- Denied. democ house committee on stated that he has tormed at the State department that two letters by Secretary Biaine to M Stevens ave missing and that this is delaying correspondence sent to the senato. 1t s stated that tho department wants these lat- ters, 48 it is iu them that Mr. Stevens was instructed to favor the anuexation seuti- ment. The statement of a democratic member of tho house foreign uffairs commiltee that two important dispatches from Secretary wissing s WASHINGTON, of atie member fore! the irs hi Blaioe 1o Minister Stevens are Stute department. denied ut the Washington Notes. Wasnixaron, Dec. 18, —The acting secre- tary of the treasury today transmitted to congress estimates of deficiencies in appro- priatious submitted by tho secretary of the interior. The estimated deflclency is for incidental expenses, and is §27.910, o house committee on public lands has reported favorably a bill allowing Montana to solectthe lands she was granted under tho enabling net before they are surveyed The title will not pass until survey is nade. l-t'lh"ll Elcotions il Wasuizaroy, Doe. I The feleral elec- tions bill wus not disposed of by the senate committoe on privileges and elections at its meeting toduy as expected, but wenl over untii towmorraw. - - Movemenis of Qonun Steamens Deee At Brow Head —Sighted —Majestic, New York 10 Queenstown and Liverpool. At Néw York—Arrived--Runie, from Laverpool. At Southwnpton—Arrived—Spree. New | York to Hamburg. | -~ S | Grand Army's > X | Prresevna, Dee. 18 -The executive com- mittee of the nationul councii of admini: slon, Grand Avmy of the Iepubliv, has decided to hold the next national en "H( R\D \Y M()RVI\I(. DEC IMBER 11, 189: MLL'S DANGER APPARENT! Some Strong Testimony Against One of | Akeson Alleged Murderers, RAPID PRCGRESS MADE IN THE TRIAL Several Witnesses itively lglentify the Accused as One of Two Men fe= sponsible for the Old Farmer's [ th, Pratrsvorr, Neb., Dee. 13.—[Special slegram to it Bee, |-~The examination of jurors in the Hill murder trial was prompuly taken up at 9 o'clock this morning in the district court, and by 11 o’clock the opposing counsel had exhausied all their peremptory challenges and the ask of securing a jury was completed. The twelve men with whom rests the fate of the prisoner ar L. C. Todd of Liberty precinct, W. H. Heil of light Mile Grove precinet, John Nims, John Gleason, C. A, Harvey. Johu Simpson, William Macey, A. P. Barnes, M. W. Mor- gan, Homer McKay.C. S. Johnson and James Kelley, the last ten being residents of this city. Sixty-one talesmen, other than the regular panel of two dozen, were examined, Court was dismissed on the completion of the jury to reconvene at 2 o'clock in the aftérnoon. Long before the hour for recon- vening the court room was packed to the doors with interested throng. County Attorney Travis opened with a statem the jury on behalf of the state. His was mostly confined to what the pected to prove agaiust the defendant, and Wis an ubio effort, Mr. Gering followed and he made an_elo- quent and touching appeal on behalf of Hill. “I'he county attorney oceupied half an hoj in his delivery and Mr. Gering was bt three minutes longer. Before the taking of testimony was com- menced, and on motion of the defendant's counsel, the court ruled that all witnesses for tho state should be excluded from the court room. The ruling. however, upon re- quest of the state, was modified so that Tom Akeson, the murdered farmer's son, was al- lowed to remain in the room. Sove an al Witnesses Examined. Dr., Hungate of Weeping ~ Water was the first witness called. He was summoned w0 the Alkeson farm afcer the murder. The wound given the murdered man was sufficient to cause instantaneous death, Dr. W. H. Dearing, clerk of the district court, was called and testified in regard to the wound the s the preceding witness. Raymoud ( testified that he met Hill ‘and his companion the evening of the murder while they were vvalking on the road from Weeping Water toward tho Akeson farm. His identification was complet Josiah Tighe was another witness whosa the men walking toward the Akeson farm and he was also positive that Hill was one of the men. Dr. Thomas of Weepihg W: same testimony as the two other doctors. John Murphy, a farmer living in that neighborhood, testificd that both Hill and Benwell were in his employ corn huskers fora week and that he discharged them October 25, a week previous to the muraer. He stated that Hill gave him the name of George. His identification of Hill was also complete, Story of the Murdered Man's Child. Mrs. [da Gentry, a stepdaughter of the muraered man, stated that she was at the Akeson farm thie evening of the tragedy ana tha while she was oo her way home, a quar- ter of i mile distant, she heard seven shots in quick succession, the sounds coming as if from Akeson's house. She also testificd that the two prisoners were the ones whom her father gave employment as corn huskers the day previous. John Livinder, & bartender at Weeping Water, who claimed to have seen the men in s saloon the afternoon before the murder, was called, but excused until tomorrow be- cause of sickness. George W. Haywood, keeper of a billiard parlor in Weepitg Water, testified that Hill and Benwell were in ace of business together during the afternoon *previous to the shooting and that they played a game of pool. "[% was then past 5 o'clock and court ad- Journed until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, when the examination of the witnesses for the state will be immediately continued. In tho Interest of Fairness, Judge Chapman made an order at noon to the effect that the Cass county papers and the various newspaper correspond were not to print the_ testimony in the trial. This was done to render 1t possible to seeur a jury in the Benwell case, as the judge feared that the publication of the testimony in the case wight have a tendency to prejudice the public. — Before adjourning, however, he modified his order, and the newspaver representatives were simply re quested to use as little_of the testimony as possible 50 that the securing of a jury in the Benwell case, which will be taken up after 4 disposition is made of Hill, would not be ter gave the made a difiicult matter by reason of the public becomng unduly prejudiced,- The attaches of the court feel highly gratifiea at_the unexpected progress which hus been made .io the trial, and, barring lengthy deliberation by the jury after the case s submitted, it 1s confidently expected that Hill's fate will be known by Saturday evening, Mus. Akeson, wife of the murdered man aud herson Tom, together with the other members of the Akeson_fami vero luto ested spectators av the forenoon procecdings. oving, uttorney for the dccused, was eful during the jury examinition 1 should get on the jury who was opposed to the enteriug of & pléa of Insanity He rofuses to outhine his defense, but i is strongly suspected that he will seck to show that Hill has formerly veen of unsound mind. o littlo is known of Hills former caveer that it is impossible to state as to whother or ot Hill has auy grounds for such a dofense. T'he attendance at touay’s proceedings was lurge, but threats of mob iuterference are unheard. ITS BOTTOM KNOCKED OUT, Embryo Sensation u the Coughiin T Been Nipped in the Bud Ciioago, Dec. 18.—The bay horse story which promised a sensation 1n the Coughlin case has evaporated. It was announcad to- day that the testimony rezarding it will be dropped. A livery man named O'Conuel was 53id” to have rentcd Coughlin a bay norse, with which the latter arove to the Carlson cottage on the uight of Dr. Cronin's death, out O'Conuel says he can remember vo such oceurrence aud his books show no | Has trace of the transaction John J. Crouin of Faulkoer, Kan., brother of the dead doctor, is Chnicago and will probably be called by the state Lo testify 1o the identification of the body. ‘T'he testi- mony today was largely upon tho finding of the body aud the subséquent custody of the clothes founa in a satchel in a sewer and said to have been Dr. Cronin's. Ohficer Job Phullips testitied, describing the cateh basin in which the body was found. The clotnes identified as those of Dr. Cronin were brought iuto the court voom and Police Captain Ioeb testitied to having found the clothes, a badly decayea satchel und a box of surgeon's splints that were taken from u sewer. Upon the lid of the box appeared Dr. Crouin's name; ou the #ly 1euf of u book appeared the le effaced by the muddy water, Louis, Mo " All these articles were identi- iea by the witness as those that had been taken from the sewer. Ogedby one the torn and stained articles were neld up 1o view gua identified by the witness. Then Judge Lowis, & wholesale driggist, took the sLand to testify o the death of his brother, Dentist C. W. Lewis, so thul the testimony iven by the dentistiit the former trial 4s to Mo the resclution offered on Monday by Mr, 1 #he week beginning Seplember 10, 1594, wnpinent during ‘ r. Cronin’s teeth micht be admitted. Lieutenant Hybbard, forwerly superia- A tendent of police, was ‘eallod to testify to having received the buntie of clothing and effocts. Duriag the afternoon the princ was Mrs. T. T. Coughtin, in Cronin lived. She identifed fonnd fn the Wouse; surgical case and issSrument case, satchel and a book found ¥ith them. as being the property of Dr. Cronin; She was subjected to a very close examination, but stuck firmly to her story and could not be shaken in her pal witness whose home the clothing Including buttons, 1dentification of a single articlo The other witnesses before court ad- Journed for the day wera Michael Gilbert and Joseph Furner, both of whom afirmed previous witnesses conc ‘e clothing. ning the finding of 1t was ted toflay that Joseph Me- Laughl ther of Mrs. Andrew Foy, may be a_witness in the Coughlin case. Mc- Laughlin _lived with the ly at the time of Dr. Cronin's death, and was aware of the seeret me leged conspirators. He is now in Glasgow and itis said Mrs, Foy will write to him udvising him to return to Chicago and te tify at the trial. itis sad tings of the al- HARRISON'S ASSASSIN AGITATED, Prendeorgast Shrinks Back Into His Chair us the Story of His Crime is Told. Cnicago, Dec. 13, ~Assfstant State's torney Todd opened the trial of Prendesrast today with an address to the jury, in which he outlined the plan of the progecution. Mr. Todd paid a tribute to Mayor Harrison and referred to the similarity of his assassin and that of Lincoln and Garfield, He said that the prisoner’s actions at the time of the murder indicated that he was sane. The attorney called particular atten- tion to the assassiu’s well developed sense of self-preservation as evidenced by the wa he cared for his personal safety during and after the shooting. As Mr. Todd told the story of the shootine Prendergast turncd pale and shrank into his chair with ill con- cealed agitation. At- At the conclusion of Mr. Todd's speech Attorney Wado addressed the jury for the defense. “We will not deny that the prisoner killed Mr. Harrison,” hesaid ‘‘The sole question to be solved 1s, did he at the time of the murder know the aifference be- tween right and wrong After the conclusion of Attorney Wade's openiug speech for the defense the first wit- ness called was Mary Hunsen, the servant who admitted Prendergast to the house. She said she answered the bell atabout ¥ p. m. aud told a man, whom she identitied as the prisouer, that the mayor was at dinner, but that he ‘wouid have finished in half au hour. When that time clapsed he came again and was admitted by he Maggie Freunsch told of seeing the man leaying the house. "The prisoner was ordered to stand up. He did 50 promptly, and stepping toward the witness chair “I am the man yousaw, ain't 1?7 After an afirmative answer to the ques- tion the witness showed how Prendergast left the house, illudteating it by walking along in front of thejury inu crouching man- ner. Helma Johnson, thie cook, gave evidence of a similar character. Risberg, the coachinan, told his story next and expressed the attitude of the prisoner when he saw him between the second and third shots. To muke the story:more graphic, Mz. Todd, the prosecuting attorney, borrowed a re- volver from one of the bailiffs, and after the cartridges had been! removed and two or three examinations njade to be sure the thing was not loaded, it was given to the conchman, who played’ Pronacrgast for the enlightenment of the®¢onit. He suid that when he opened thé door leading to the dining rooin thav-the prisomew eveled the revolver at him, and thHat he retreated to the barn for his own weapon, which, after securing, he ‘fired twice on his way to the house in.order to alarm the police and neighborhood. When the coachman Prendergast turned - how and was telling from his victim covered him with the revolver to keep him at ba, i the prisonogsald to hig attorney in whisper: at is not the way that » William Preston Harrison, son of the mayor, told what he knew of the shooting. He' was not an eye witness, so his evidence was confined to the events immediately fol- lowing the assassination of Lis fathe When e finished court adjourned. SCHEIG PLEADS GUILTY, Sensativnal Opeuing to the Trial Minneapolis ank Swindiors. MixNEaroLis, Dee, 18.—Phillip M. Scheig, the absconding teller of the Bank of Minne- apolis, surprised every ono this morning by pleading guilty in the district court. He did this without consulting with any attor- of the neys and as soon as he was arvaigned. It is believea that he had made terms with the bank and this plea isa part of the agree- ment. ‘The grand jury s now consilering the question of the complicity of Louis and Frauk Floyd in the defalcation, DISTINGUISHED DEAD, Eongineer Ransom C, Scowden of Louisville, Kentucky, Poveukrersie, N, Y., Dac. 18.—Ransom C. Scowden of Loulsville, Ky., died in the Wilson house, in this city. He was the engineer in_charge of tne newly invented water purifier in the waterworis here, He was at one time chief engineer of yof Louisville. He w: 1s0 the chief engineer in charge of the Louisville and Portland cunal while it was being constructed on the Ohio riv Mrs. Adm ral Porter, WAsHINGTON, Dec. 13, —Mrs. Porter, widow of Admwiral Porter, died this morning in this ity. She was a daughter of Commodore in New Orleans, 74 years was @ sister of Admiral Pat- has long been in il health gravated by o fall some time which was ago. The funeral occurs Friduy. Brother Pau), Sovrs Bexp, Ind,, Dec. Brother Paul of the Cross Prefect at the University of Notre Dame is dead of brignt's disease. He was born in Fort Wayne, Ind.. forty-two years ago. His nague was Patrick Connors. Dr. Edward Morowiiz, PuiiApELPEZA, Dée. 13, —Dr. Elwa Morowitz, proprigtor.of the German Damo- crat, died today. Premies Dorics of Servia, Dee: 18.—M. Dorics, late § premier of Servia, is'aead. Orientalijt Gavelintz, Beuwiy, Deo, 18%-Herr Gavelintz, the Ori- ental scholar, is dead. German Privy Councillor Dunker, Benuiy, Dee. 18.~Privy Councillor Dunker is dead, CRUSHED UND R HE Seven Men Hadly wbably Fatally In- Jured ug Pittsburg, Prrrsuvia, Dec. 18—A gang of Baltimore & Ohiorailroad carpenters were engaged this morning in tearing down Swift & Co.'s ice house ut Bellaire, Of for the purpose of r moving it to BenWwood, W. Va., when the roof suddenly gave way bur seven men under the heavy timbers, were prob- ably fatally crushed. ‘Their names ure Waitiam Rixken, Bollalw, side grushed EOWAKD HUDNEL, foromiin, Barnsvillo, O, spino peneirated, forchead crushed; cannot recover JOSERIL PIOKERING, Barnesvilly, O., luternal injuries: will die. SDWARD BLEIN, Sponcer, O, leg broken and Ally, dangs i C Roberts, Bumwml, 0., ¥ LOGS, breast crushed, dangerou Wikl Bothsatda, 0., bip and injured Internally. N, Gibson, 0., bip aod back in- Jured, serious, Distiiling Plant Westroyed. Hasyos, lud., Dec. 1. —The plant of the Dealers Distilling company was burned from spontaneous combustion. Loss, $150,000; 1a- surauce, $60,000, ) INGLE (UI‘Y l<l\| (‘I'I.\" WERE SHOT DOWY LIKE DOCS Sailors “of the French Steamer Parahyba Massacred by Peixoto's Soldiers, BRUTAL SENTENCE PARTLY CARRIED OUT No Proof that They latended to Join the Iusurgents Was Had, but They Were Conde 1 to Instant Exe- cution us Kebels, [Copyrighted 1893 by the Associated Press.] Loxpos, Dee. 18.—A dispateh to the Times from Lisbon says: The steamship Nile, which left Rio de Janeiro December 5, has arrived at Pernambuco, bringing news of the arrest of the crew of the Krench steamer Parahyba. The advices say the crew was ordered to be shot without trial, although there was no proof that it intended to join the insurgents under Admiral Mello. Incensed at the in- justice of the sentence, the condemned sailors, at the moment of execution, cried in “Long live Mello.” 'This pro- duced such an impression that the govern- ment troops in the firing party tried not to hit the prisoners and only five were killed. ‘I'ho soldiers were ordered to fire ag but they refused one voice: ain, to do so. The remainder of the Paraliyba’s crow were therefore im- prisoned. The public is shocked at the brutality of the sentence imposed upon the sailors and is greatly incensed against Pres- ident Peixoto. The steamer Parahyba is one of the Com- panie Chargeur-Reunis and Is commanded by Captain Luce. She plying between Havre ports. is a freight vessel, and South American PREJUDICIAL AND FALSE. Such Minister Me the Brazilian Dispatches from ndon. WasuiNGToN, Dec., 13.—Tho Associated press correspondent showed to Minister Mendonca of Brazil the London Times' cablo from Rio de Janeiro. The minister said it was of the same prejudicial and false char- acter as others coming from English sources, which were coloring their views to suit the rebeis. “Instead of having only 6,000 men, as tho cable states,” said Senor Mendonea, “Presi- m Characterizes dent Peixoto bas 12,000 men at Rio. They are well armed, well drilled and well cquipped. They are from the regular army and the militin. The contemptuous rerer- ence to their being ‘untrained mulattoes and negroes,” might be applied to the heroic garrison which has defended Nictheroy for three months. That garrison was made up of about eighty of these mulattoes, and yet they proved to be such formidable’ fighters that they drove off the rebel iron have held the town until nothing 1t buta civele of improvised breastworks. eighty mulattoes did this, 1t can be judged what sort of a defense Peixoto cun make with 12,000 of the same ciass of fighters. *It is evident that Admiral Gama 1s get- ting ready for what hie hopes to boa deci- sive movement by the n,bcls 2, Senor Mendonea was usked if the foreign commanders in Rio hasbor would ~permit a bombardment of the port to be resumed. “If the government opens firc upon the rebel ships and forts and the latter answer by a bombardment, it is probable that foreign commanders would ot interfere. But if the rebels pegin bombardment with- out further provocation then the foreign commanders would undoubtedly protest.” “Phe minister has received a eable from the West Tndies which disarms suspicion that the explosion on the steamer America was due 1o treachery on board, This cableshows the explosion to have been accidental, Th ship wil! be fully repaired and ready to pro- ceed by the end of this week. Tu Possession of de Gama. WasHiNgroN, Dee. 13.--The State depart- ment has received the following from Cap. tain Picking: R10 pE EIRO, Dec. 1 the poss Cobras island and o of - Admiral_de insurgent nmandant, The vell fortified and 15 continuully ring upon the custow house and naval ar nal with small arms, Cobras aud EEnchadas are both islands just off Rio. They lie in the inncy bay north and west of Rio. Their possession by the insurgents is looked upon by naval ofticers s being the most important acquisition y et made by that site. Cobras isonly a short distance from the city shore and looks directly upon the arsenal and custom house within ringe of small arms, as indicated by the cable dispatch. Upon Cobras is located the government Aock yard. Between the forti- fications in Cobras and those on Villeguignon the eity is almost flanked and a portion of it lies in line between the two. The only forti- fications held by the government are on the other side of the bay from Rio, the Nicthe- 10y side. Their guns are two miles fro Cobras and Enchadas, The dispatch r ceived would indicate that firing had again commenced and thatthe fortifications of the combatants were near enough to each other for hot work. Again Blockading Rio, BueNos Aynes, Dec. 13.--Admiral Mello's flagship, Aquidaban, is again blockading Rio. Communication between land and the shipping in Rio bay has stopped, - ~ BUI FEW ATIENDED, Not Many Farmers Attendod the Alllance Meeting at fluron, Hugoy, 8, D., Dec. 13.—The alliance and industrial meeting called heve yesterday by President Lowell of the state alliance and Pregident Loucks of the national organiza- tion brought l()ge!hm‘ less than a dozen people. 'The leaders aud those he more promiuent in the organization are sent. There was no enthusinsm and but little interest in the schemes of the alliunce and populist party. ''he national meeting will be held in- February and a_special of- fort will be made to infuse new life into the assoclation before that tume, The meeting lust night was not thought likely to accom. plish anvthing more than the formulation of an address and cal! for another mecting. In the past annual alliance meotings have been held in December, but the timepof the meeting hus been chunged to June. The prosent alliauce meeting 18 headed by P, T Loucks, president of the national allianc Huron; J. R Lowe, president of the South Dakota ailiance, and G. B, Overulze, Ver- million; H. W. Smnth, Sioux Fals, and Avthur' Lawreace n id of the executive committee, The ent. meeting will be held at the ofice ot Brestiant Loucks for the instruction of delezates, who will give schaol house discussions this winter on afli- demands. The principles of the alli- will be fully discussed. No citizen who seeks political “advancement will be per- mitted to speak at the moetin gs. e J HN B WKANE'S CASE, His Reported Couviction of Contempt of purt Not Credited by His Friends. BRrookLYN, Dec. 13.—There was i report today that Judge Baroard hauded down @ decision from Pougnkeepsie in the action brought to punish John i, McKaue for con- tempt of court. It was not filed. however, in the office of-county clerk and the clerk of the supreme court said it nad not cowe down yet. ‘I'he friends of McKaue said they did ROt believe he report thal Mckaue had been found guilty of contempt. If such was the case he would appeal - - DEL S RUBRED. Complalnt Mada at the Convention of the Today's Doings. Chicaao, 13.—~When the convention of the American Foderation of Labor called to order by President Gompers today Del William Hughes of the Amalga ted Tron and Steel Workers association of Ind., announced that hohad been ) and Delegate Ross of Massa, at tre hotel last night. Tho were warned to hola tight was chusetts of $40 other dele: to their valuables, Among other resolutions one mitted asking to have action taken against the Boston Brewing company for empioying nonunion men. A Protost w gainst the salo ¢ goods mude by contract convict iaborin the penal institutions of Ohio. “The numerous resolutions were referred to various committees and the delegates took ss to allow the commitives and the delegates time to prepare the reports tos was sub It isexpected that the election of officers will take place Friday, and during the re. cess the deiogates were busy discussing President Gompers It was gencrally Chris 15 SuCeessor Late last night after a hot wr agreed toinvite Governor Altg dress the delegates. ‘The grievance committee had several com chances for re-eled conceded that ans would be chosen ion. retur as his own ngle it 1d to a nts to consider in Hllinois, 1 which the tern il feeling toward President Gom pers cropped out. One was a_strong protest agunst the charteving by the exceutive board of an organization of musicians in the © when an organization already cxisted \o indignant protestants say that the ex- ecutive board could not have been ignorant of the fact. One wing of the convention is it is said, strongly opposed to Gompers b cause of ' his allezed dabbling in politics. When the resolutions introduced commend. ing Governor Altgeld for tho pardoning of the 1t is expected to give rise toau interesting discussion, as many oppose it. At the request of the rotail clerks of Chicago it was decided to hold a mass meot- ing Sunday afternoon, ut which Editor W. T Stead and Rabbi Brown will deliver ad- dresses. Sl LSk ety HAS NOT GUNE TO ITALY. Mrs. Nicolaus' Attorneys Deny that Her Suit Agatust Gould Was Dismiss NEW Yonk, Dec. 13, —[Special Telegram to Tue Bee |- Lawyers Howe and Hummell in- dividually and unitedly declared t that Mrs. Zeila Nicolaus has not sailed for Europe; that she is still here and that her suit to recover $0,000 from Mr. George Gould has not been dronped or settled. It was reported last night that Mes. Nicolaus and her guard hman, had sailed on the Humbury ican Uner for Naples co- Mr. and Mrs he supposed Mus, Nicolaus was quoted as saying that she was going to Italy for her health, and that an understandiog had been had with Mr. Gould, a satisfactory urrangenient made aud the suit dropped. The_denials were cqually positive on the sideof Mr. Gould himself, the party to the suit. Mr. Gould was meb at the elevator this morning as he was about to enter his oftice in the Western Union building. His face wore a look of surprise when the ques- tion was asked whetner Mrs, Zella Nicolius had abandoned her suit agaiust him and ieft the country. *This i the first I have heard of it, 1 assuro you,” he said. When the circum- stances of Mrs . Nicolaus® alleged departur and statements had been communicated Lo Mr. Gould, he exclaimed: ‘“These stories areall alilke; they are absolute falschoods. I am not now referring to her departure for ples. This may, or may not be true. 1 have no_concern 1o Mrs. Nicolaus' move- ments. But_so far as the statement of any compromise or arrangement o, they are un- questionably false. ‘There has not been a hintof compromising the suiton my part. itisin statuquo and will remainso until the trial comes up.” At the office of the Hamburg line it was said that a covple who the Normanniata Mr. and cupicd stateroom No. 3% sold the passenger ticket to the man, who registered as Mr. Harvis, said that the lat- ter came from Chicago and was going to make a tour of Europe with his wife, iRuh- man is novat all lize the-description given of Harris, d on Mrs. Harris, oc- The clerk who s HAD ANOTHER Mexican Rebels nnd Fe ehange Shots—Numb s Killed. E1 Paso, Dee. 13, —A special from Deming tothe Timessays: A courier veached Las Pal- omas last night bringing reports to Genera Hernandez, who is incharge of the govern- ment troops in tie state of Chihuahua, and who has b Las Palomas investigating the border troubles, of a battle between the troops and revolutionists near Colonia Juarez, in the Sierra Madves last Friday morning. General Hoernandez atonce left for the south with a strong bodyguurd. While hunting for_the rebel camp the sol- diers came across 100 rebels undor command of Santa Ana Perez. ilightng began at once und continued for several hours, when the troops were compelled to retreat in dis order. The vebe's haa the advantage of po- sition, being in o mountainous region, and fought from ambush. The rebels 1ost twenty- Again Ex- five men and the government over 100, ac- cording to conservative estimates. Other reports place the government loss at 800, Both sides had many wounded. The government ofticiuls at Las Palomns admit the reports of a battle to be correct, but are exerting overy means within their power to suppress information. Any natives found talking about the battle are im wediately locked up, and no ene acquainted with the facts is allowed to cross the line. Similar action has been taken by ih officials in all the towns in the northern part of the state. The details will probably never be known, The courier who brought the information was immediately sent south after delivering the dispatches. The vebel forces were badly depleted by the fight and were unable to follow up the vantage. Several officers were killed Papers were today flled with District Judge Buckier, asking for the extradition of Victor L. Ochoa, an editor who was arrested several duys ago at the instance of the Mex- ican consul, but against whom no evidence was produced. Ochoa claims 1o be a natu valized citizen. He is now charged by the Mexican government with having incited the Palomas robber, - OMARA'S GASOLINE LANPS, iy that Furalshes the Light Goes Into a Keeeiver's Hands. Cantoy, O., Dee. 18.—Jud A. Wann was today appointed receiver of the Sun Vapor Street Light company ‘Ihe application was made by Mrs, Alic N. France, who holds 2,000 of the dompany’s stock. ‘The liabilities of the company are somerhiug over £300,000, The assels consist of light contracts in ities considered very valuable if , buton which little will be re alized if forced Lo a walo. ‘Ihe real estate, machinery, ete., of the company is tstimyted at $0,000° and the bills receivable now due on contracts #100.000. The comany has @ plant here, where its Jamps ure mani factured, and has besides seventy-two branches in fifteen different states in cities whete lighting coutracts arve carvied. The prln Aurumhu arein Cloveland, Cincin- natl, hinsas City, Omaha, Indinapolis, Sloux Lny, Columbus and Topeka. It isin- tended thak the business shall Le kept in overation. as 8 shut- down would undoubtedly cause @ ruluous shelnkage in the principal item of assets he leading stockholders of tne compapy are prominent members of the firm of C. Adltman & Co. The petition for a re- colver asks 10k & sile of LLe plant. anarchists come before the convention | CALLED BY CARTER Hawaii's Ex-Oommissioner Writes an Opety Letter to Scoretary Gresham, STATEMENTS OF MR. BLOUNT DENIED: Oleveland's Commissi mer Charged with Making a Binsed Report, | NO CHANCE GIVEN THE PROVISIONALS Not Heard on Questions Towched, On in tho Dooument, ARRAIGNMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S ENVOY W h the Consent of the Provisional Gove Ade ot ernment the Co hunlention is dressed to the Secretary State ~The tntire Case. SAN Frascisco, Dee. 13.—Following is an open letter on the Hawailan question to ¥ Gresham by ex-Comussioner Charles L. Carter, who visited the United States shortly after the revolution in the ine terests of the pr visionul government: Hoxowviv, Nov. 30, 1808 —Hon, W. Q. ham, Seergtary of State, Washington.— < With the consent of the government which T had the honor to serve as special commissioner to the government of the United States, T bhave the honor to address youin reply toyourdispateh to the president dated October 18, containing rec tions that the treaty of annex submitted und suggesting the what you term the leeitimate government of Hawaii, by which you mean the monarchy in the person of ex-Queen Lilivokalani. You will pardon miking this communication publicly, and I beg you to attribute my ace tion to the avparent disinclination in your department toa full exposition of the ma tes bearing on our question which had be at your disposal Tregret that up to the time advices mmenda- on be not toration of of our latest ices my distiuguished colleagie, the chairman of the sbecial commission, Mr. Thurston, has been constrained by his pre ent position as representative of this gove ernment near your own from making any puolic declarations. “This fact_and because, fter your installation in the Department of State until shortly before Mr. Thurston's ape pointment as minister, 1 was the only repres sentative of Hawaii acvually in Washington, give me the freedom to speik, and qualif me Lo addr 3 vou on some of the mavters your dispateh.” Your communication to the president contains twenty-soven paragraphs and charges which I can meet and which, in this. my first and probably only opportunit Ishall refute. 1 shali for convenicnce take them up in successive order. Queen Lil's List Aets, Paragraph 1—You aver thercin that the opposition of her winisters and others ius { duced thequeen specdily to change her puts pose of procluiming a new constitution and. that she made public. announcement of the fact. The tact 1s that afier a most violent altercation with her ministry the queen publicly anuonncel that for the present she deferred action on the matter of & new con- | stitugion..- 1t wus pretended that she wished o take the action ug i consequence of .a_pe- tition to that effect Uy her nutivo subjécts, Credible persons present in the throne roo during aimost the whole of that Saturday aftornoon state that the humble petitioners waited with theiv unread petition up to the time that the queen made her declaration of postponement, and that she had not read the document, which has since disappearod. The evidenc®obtainable indicates that the proposed constitution, by lts terims, was i s1on upau the constitutio the white residents of Haw here or of parents of Haw settled and _established tence, No hsolute change Al rights of . whether born aiian birch, or here by long announcement of an of purpose was ude until Monday, two duys later, when her advisors discovered that tho popus lar waveof indignation was sweeping toward the throne and hoped to stay the just wrath of the people. Should not the queen’s other political crimes of that Saturday be constdered by you? \Was there nothing offen- sive, not ouly to us, but to your people in the lottery and opinm bill Nothing character- istic in_the disappearance f the Chinese registration act! ‘Thiese things and the re- moval of the Jones-Wilvox cabinet are part of the nation’s cnarges against her. For my own part I can never forget or forgive the pectacle of tne deeiding vote in favor of tho lottery bill. - A member, who up to that date WS p. gainst the measure, too drank to hold up his head during the debate, with a wreath of flowers around his neck, said ot the time o have been placed there by the ex-queen at the moment of his promise to support lier plans, ufter having been plied by her with intoxicating driuks, vouing steadily in favor of indcfinite postponement until corrected by his neighbors because he had promised to vote yes,” and was 10t 1n. fit condition to follow (he course of legisla- tive action, Her offenses cannot be brushed aside in a pavagraph, nor recited in one, Public Safety Committee. Paragraph 2. ~The mecting in Honolulu, which appointed the committee of publio notion to thut effect, consisted csons who had gathered at the el her majesty’s cabiner and - had pledzed their lives in writing in defense of that cabinet against the proposed aggres- sion oi the queen, the members of thau cabinet haviog made an- appeal for support, safoty on my of those of stating that they could not rely upon the constituted civil and military forces whose leadors were pledged Lo support the queen und assist herin promulgating a new con- stitution. ‘That committee was appointed less than fifteen minutes after burn, the queen’s 1 had concluded an ade by suying: “Gentlemen, as a cabinet we have il yon will stand by us wo will stand by you,” and for the express purnose of assist- ing that cabinet in protecting the publie against the regular military aud police, who were recognized as opposed to the peaceable and orderly clement of the com- munity. Pavagraph 8- Tie safety neld its first after its appointment body of citizens up John K, Col- iister of the interior, 58 L0 the meoting we recognize that bsolutely no- suppori committee of meeting immediately the representative ) whose resolution it had been nominated withdrawing for the express purpos: of allowing it to hold an jme mediate session aud the sessions continuea almost_ without interruption nntil the or- ganization of the provisional goverament was proclaimed on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 17th Paragraph 4—Tho aliens referred to who appointed the committee of public safety and from among whom the committee wis | ¢hosen aud who constituted the mass meet- ing of Monduy afternoon, the i6th, were, it is true, nov all of Hawaiian birth, were nob all men who had amassed fortunes here, bu every jndividual was of undoubted integrity publio and ‘o bona fide resident of theso islands, pledged to the couutry's welfare and fully mindful of the native aborigines whosd united interests und body which staple throne, Use of th actions made them n ight well have shaken a more Bostou's Men, Paragraph 5. —1 have no reason to doubt the veracity of the statewents in this para- graph and {v addivion thereto 1 ask you in Justice, not only to the living but to one of your country’s distiuguished dead, to ex- plain that while My. Steveus, on the Satur- day before, had consented Lo allow the queen’s cabinet to use your foroes, as against fiex and those buhind Her. when that cabinek violated iis pledge and clove again 10 her masesty and her cause he puumvul‘y declinedy toallow the cowmittes of public safety, 1 which then became & revolulionary bodyy &