Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 9, 1894, Page 1

ESTABLI BLAND'S INSISTENCY It Results in Having His Seigniorage Bill (Considered by the House. FOUR HOURS FILIBUSTERING YESTERDAY Opponents of the Scheme Make a Hard Fight Without Success, PARTY LINES WIPED OUT IN THE STRUGGLE Western Republicans, Democrats and Popu- lists Join Hands, OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS TO BE FOREGONE Further Hindrance Will Be Placed in Dise No Way of a Men ure—Yester the Ings of the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The deadlock on Mr. Bland's silver seigniorage bill was broken after four hours of filibustering today, when by a vote of 106 to 40 the house car ried Mr. Bland's motion to go into commit- tee of the whole for consideration of his bill. The eastern democrats and the great mass of republicans made a determined op- position. On the final vote 106 democrats and all the populists voted with him, while y-two democrats joined with the publicans In refusing to vote. It is thor- oughly understood that quite a number cf democrats who voted with Mr. Bland wer in favor of certain modifications of the bill, although they would not carry their opposi- tion to the extent of voting against consid- eration. It is also well known that the ad- minfstration is opposed to the bill in its present form. After the consideration of the bill began Mr. Carlisle arrived at the capitol and con- ferred with several leading democrats of tho house, and just before the adjournment Mr. Tracey made the announcement that no further attempt to filibuster against the consideration of the bill will be made. This is known to mean that a compromise hus been reached, and that certain concession will be made in line with certain sugges- tions of Mr. Carlisle, who, while he i resented as not being unfavorable to the coinage of the silver seigniorage in the treasury, yet Insists that discretionar: power ought to be lodged with the secretar of the treasury for issuing the certificates in the form of certificates or coin, 50 it would not be Injected in a lump into the circulating medium of the country. He maintains it would be as injurious to put out $55,000,000 suddenly as it would be to withdraw that amount. He is also opposed, it is under- stood, (o the second section, which makes mandatory the coinage of the rest of the bullion in the treasury and the redemption of the outstanding treasury notes under the act.of 1890 as fast as the coinage takes place. COMMENCED FILIBUSTERING. The parlizmentary battle over the Bland silver seighforage bill was resumed immedi- ately after the reading of the journal this morning. Mr. Recd sought to challenge the right of the house to puss the resolution to arrest absentees, which was carried just be- fore adjournment yesterday, on the ground that the last call of the house showed a quorum. The question as to whether a quorum was present on the call was disputed, as it did not appear in the journal, and Representative Reed moved to amend the Journal 50 as to malke this fact appear. This motion was lost. Mr. Bland then renewed his motion of yesterday to go into committee of the whole. Mr. Reed took charge of tho fili- bustering, he making the point of order that the only thing in order was the report of the sergeant-at-arms, who, when the house adjourned last night, was given warrants for the arrest of 164 membors. The speaker held that the order for arrest was a continuous one, and until fully exe- cuted it would not be' the duty of the ser- geant-at-arms to make the report. He said that when in the case of a single member, who was conumacious, living in a distant state, an arrest was ordered, such an order having been made, the whole house could not be held up until the arrest was made. He overruled the point of order As a_question of privilege Mr. Bland asked that the sergeant-at-arms be requested to make his report. This being declared out of order he changed his ground and moved to reconsider the vote to arrest absent mem- bers. He expressed the belief tha it was not competent for less than a quorum to pass such a resolution. The speaker held that the motion to re congider was in order, whereupon Mr. Bland moved to lay it on the table. This motion was carried on a rising vote, 121 to 48, Mr. Reed demanded the ayes and and the roll was called. During the progress of the roll call, the senato secretary appeared and announced the passage by the senate of the Lill to r peal the elections law. The announcement was greeted with a burst of applause from the democratic side. REED'S SARCASTIC REMARKS. ow," ejaculated Mr. Reed, as he lis- tened to the applause, “ballot box stuffing 18 at last a recognized art.” The vote resulted, 182 o § tion to reconsider was laid on the tabl The committees were called for reports and unfmportant routine business was ~~disposed of. Mr. Bland agaln renewed his motion to go into the committee of the whole for the con- sideration of the seigniorage bill. Tho vota resulted, 106 to 6, and was lost for the lack of & quorum. It was seven short, notwith- standing the fact that all the populists and the republicans from the wost voted with Mr. Bland, and six democrats voted against the motion, thus refusing to join the fill- busters. Only 134 democrats voted for the motion. At least thirty democrats joined the republicans and declined to vote. Upon tho announcement, Mr. Bland moved a call of the house. The nonvoting demo- crats answered to their names and the call developed the presence of 228 members, he vote then recurred on the Bland mo- tlon. This vote resulted, 165 to 6, one less than the preceding vote. Auother call of the house followed. veloped the presence of 239 members Further proceedings under tho call were dispensed with, The vote then recurred on Mr. Bland's motion, and a quorum was at last secured on this vote, 177 to 4. Upon the announcement Mr. Gelssenhainer of New Jgrsoy moved to adjourn, but the sveaker declined to entertain the motion on the ground that Mr. Bland's motion carried the nouse into the committee of the whole, Mr, Hall of Missouri took the position Mr, Bland took in advocacy of tne bill, and I entered at once into an explanation of it Without concluding his specch, Mr. Hall yielded to the motion for the commiticn to rlse, an agreement having been wade that alibustering was W cease. With this under- standing, upon Mr. Bland’s motion, so much of the rosolution passed last night ns di- rocfed the sergeant-at-arms o arrest ab- sontees was revoked A bill of the joint commitiee on expendi- tures In the departments, to wake uniforim the mothods of accounting in the art ments, was taken up and passed on motion of Mr. Dockery, and then, at 4:30 p. m., the house adjourned. Another New WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Rcpresentative Abbot of Texas bas futrodueed. a bill for tie coinage of the sliver lu the treasury nays, So the mo- It de- ver Ncheme. SHED JUNE 19, 1871 The secretary I8 to coin or minor coir month, on the new plan. into standard silver dollars, not less than 2,000 000" ounces the sflver purchased under the Sherman act. Coin certificates fesued under that act are to be redeemed in either gold or silver, the secretary to fssue coln notes to the amount of the sefgniorage of the Sherm act upon a plan apparently devised to p gold and silyer upon an equal footing. WILL RE ONDAY. Democrats Have Almost Completed Their senate Tarift Bl WASHINGTON, Feb, 8.—The subcommittee on finance will make port to the full democratic next Monday weok, and the ¢ bers to the following full ¢ following day, if the plans do not misearry. The subcommittee was engaged on the bill this afternoon, and it is said the ajournment of the senate was taken until Monday for the purpose of allowing it to prosecute its labors. The subcommitte sat untit afte 6 o'clock tonight The entire was taken up with con- sideration of questions of revenue and no time was spent on the different schedules. The subcommittee has been engaged almost exclusively on the question of revenne and every day makes it plainer that the bill will be devoted as largely as possible to the question of raising revenue. The commit tee {5 a unit upon this proposition, and is working harmoniously in this direction. The committee has accumulated a mass of flgures giving the present receipts of the government and showing estimates on future revenues on the present basis, mak- ing calculations upon the effect of changes made in the Wilson bill which have been suggested. democratic its re- committee on tic mem- imittee on the Protest Against the Lease, WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The policy of the secretary of the interior in leasing to cattlemen the Wichita, Kiowa and Comanche lands in Oklahoma was discussed by the house committee on Indian affairs today. The lands embrace 3,000,000 acres and ar- rangements made with the Indians for their acquisition by the government are before congress for ratification Dele Flynn of Oklahoma has asked the sec ary be instructed to with! his oval of the leases and to forward to the house all papers bearing on the matter, with the declaration that to lea would interfere with settlement. The com- mittee voted to report favorable. Calls were received from chiefs of the Kickapoos and Sacs of Indian tory, who claim that ments recently ratified for the purchase of 3,000,000 acres in Oklahoma were made without" their knowledge. Nominations by the President. WASHINGTON, Feb. §.—The president to- day sent to the senate the following nomi- nations Postms Miles W Rollins, sters—B. L. Strother, Abiline, Kan.; Blaine, Osage City, Kan.; H. C. Yates Center, Kan.; Granville L. Hudkins, Cawker Cify, Kan.; John M. Barnes, Lindon, Kan.; William A. Eaton, Kingman, Kan.; Blla M. Lawrenson, Junction City, Kan.; 8. A. D. Cox, Humboldt, Kan.; William Walker, jr.. Goodiand, Kan.; I W. Fry, Parsons, Kap.; Sarah M. Arnold, Nickerson, Kan.; John H. Marley, Lincoln, Neb.; John Stolte, Chamberlain, S. D. Treasury—William G. Sweeny, surveyor of customs, port of Dubuque, la. Looking Out for Sugar Interests WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—The sugar schedule Is receiving more attention at pres- ent from the democratic subcommittee en- gaged on the tariff bill than any other fea- ture on the bill. The committee has not yet decided upon any definite recommendation. The chances are still favorable, however, that some duty will be levied upon sugar. The incomo tax is still giving the com- mittee much uneasiness. In all probabilities its retention, rejection or modification will depend largely upon the prospect of passing the bill with or without it. But Prohibits Future Bond Tssues. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Senator Call has fntroduced an amendment to Sen- ator Stewart’s bond resolution declaring in favor of legalizing the bond issue by Sec- retary Carlisle to the extent of $60,000,000 prior to February 12, prohibiting all future issues except by authority of congress and repealing the existing laws for issuing bonds. ——— ALIBI FOR COUGHLIN, His Cousin and a_State Ofiicial Give Testl. mony for the Prisoner. CIHICAGO, Feb. 8.—A large crowd gathered at the Coughlin trial today in expectation of testimony by the defendant. Coughlin's attorneys asserted, however, that he would not go on the stand today, and Mrs. Kate McEvery was cailed. She Is a cousin of the prisoner and said she visited bis house at 7:30 o'clock on the even f May 4, 1889, She said Coughlin came in about 11 o'clock and shortly afterward went to bed. She said Mrs. Coughlin told her it was not necessary for her to tell her story at the former trial. Joseph S. Martin, a member of the State Board of Equalization, was the next witness. He aided in establishing an alibi for the de- fendant by swearing that he saw Coughlin in front of the Chicago avenue polico sta- tion about 10 o'clock on the night of May 4. The witness said he told Judge McConnell during the former trial of having seen Coughlin at the 'station on May 4. Edgar Powell, a north side surgeon, testified that on the evening of May 1 ho saw in front of the Windsor theater building, in which Dr. Cronin lived, a horse and buggy, and two men came out of a doorway hard by and got into the buggy. They drove north, The larger man had a satehel and he heard a third man address him: “Hello, doctor,"” Witness Powell said. He paid especial at- tention to the horse and he said it was a grey horse with dark legs and could not be deseribed as a white horse. During the former trial the witness went to Epstein's museum and saw Dinan's horse on exhibi- tion there. The horse was not the same one he saw In front of the theater. “It has not yet been decided I will go on the stand,” said Coughlin this evening. I will leave it to my attorneys. I do not want to go on the stand because my memory has become affected since I was sent to prisorr. I was very sick and the confinement and labor have affected my mind.” It is not that Coughlin Is.afraid that the examination would tend to show his guilt, but he knows that to the questions tho state's attorney would put he would be com- pelled, in truth, to answer, “'I don’t remem- ber." e LEASE WIN HE sas Decldes Against v Lewelling, Mrs. Mary B. the supreme court, governor caunot remove of the State Board of h she r ns president, court was unanimous, (he concurrin; with the two MARY Supremo Court of K Govern TOPEKA, Feb. won her case in Lease which itles, of wh The supremie populist member repubiicans The position taken by the conrt is that as the law fixes the tenu f otfice of members of the board at three years a removal cannot bo made unless charges terred and sustainel WICHITA, Feb, § vernor Lewelling, who passed through the city this morning, refused to be viewed on the declsion of the supreme court in the Lease afair. He sald, however, that he dil not und stand that the decislon sctiled the test or gave Mrs, Lease the place pormanently. sl Opals from Arizona. Y Ariz., Feb, 8.--Colonel George A Allen left vestorday with a sack full of opals for exhibition at the Midwinter fair at San Francisco. They were taken from his opal mine a few miles north of Yuma, One opal, ‘4 duck egy In appearance, was valued at’ $500, here OMAHA, THE BOND ISSUE TALKED 0N Right of Becretary Carlisle to Place Them on the Market Disoussed, SOME INTERESTING COLLOQUIES ENSUE Berry Calls Attention to the Actions of the Rock Istand in Oklnhomu Petitions Agalnst the Passage of the Wilson Bill, pres of WASHINGTON, Feb, 8.—The right of the secretary to issue bonds at this time was again the subject of controversy in the sen- ate today. Senator Stewart's resolution came up under the rule, and Senator Butler's mo- tion to refer to the judiciary committee was the only opposition. Senator Quay took a decided stand In favor of disposing of the matter in open session, instead of giving it a decent burial by referring it to a committee from which it would never emerge, intimating that Senator Sherman gave to the country an apparent justification of Sec: Carlisle wlien the Ohio senator clearly knew it to be illegal. A strong speech made by Senator Teller, In which he deprecated the deplor- able financial condition of the country and called upon his republican colleagues to bear their fair share of the responsibility of the causes and not attempt to throw upon the democrats the entire burden of devising remedies for the impending panic. The ques- tion finally went over and Semator Berry called up his bill compelling the Rock Island road to stop at Oklahoma townsites instead of seeking to build up thelr own towns on sites owned by the road for speculative . purpose adjacent to the legal sites established by the Interior department. His denunciation of the methods of the Rock Island road In keeping representatives here to defeat this Dill, he sald, was a direct application to the attorneys of the company, whom he charged occupied the gallery while the debate was in progress. No final vote was reached on the bill, hut Senator Berry will call it up again at the beginning of next week. The senate then resumed its old practice of adjourning from Thursday until Monday. In the senate this morning, Mr. Perkins of California presented the memorial of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce pri ing for the annexation of Hawali, the lay- ing of a cable from the United States to Hawaii and for the completion of the Nicar- agua canal under government control. Senator Wolcott of Colorado presented a resolution providing for the submission of a_constitutional amendment prohibiting the states from denying suffrage to any person on account of sex. A memorfal of the wool growers against the Wilson bill was presented by Senator Sherman, who stated that the finance com- mittee ed the wool growers a hear- ing and ed that the memorial be printed. It so ordered. Senator Wolcott presented, without read- ing, several amendments to the Wilson tarift bill. Petitions from the Order of Railway Con- ductors, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the Switchmen's Mutual Aid asso- clation and National Railway union, pro- testing against the rulings of United States courts on the question’ of strikes, were presented by Senator Voorhees and ordered to be printed for the use of the senate, A letter from the secretary of the treasury was laid before the senate in reply to the resolution of Senator Peffer, adopt-d some days ago, calling for the names of bondholders, amounts of bonds issued and rates of interest. On the motion of Senator Voorhees it was ordered that when the senate adjourned today it be until Monday. The resolution of Senator Stewart denying the right of the secretary to issue bonds and questioning their validity came up as the regular order. Senator Butler said the legal questions in- volved were of such importance that he be- lieved the resolution should go to the judi- clary committe Senator Stewart, after some colloquy, ac- cepted the amendment heretofore proposed by Senator Dubois, adding to the resolution a declaration “‘that there is no present neces- sity of bonds for any purpose specified under the resumption act.” The point was made by Senator Morrill that the effect of the adoption of such a resolution would be to deny the power to use the United States notes returned to him in _the course of treasury business. Senator Quay opposed the rgference of the resolution to the judiciary committee. The senator from South Carolina (Butler) and the senator from OLio (Sherman) well know that to refer it to that committee means simply to give it a decent burial. That result wiil BO out to the world as a justification of what the senator from Ohlo knows to be an il- legal ac WAS A “FORCED PURCHASE.” Senator Teller said the recent purchase of United States bonds was a “forced pur- e.” The secretary of the treasury had In New York stated to the bankers that if the bonds were not floated there would be a panic—a greater panic than the one of last fall, and it was to avoid that panic that they reluctantly purchased the bonds. “I am not speaking as a partisan or as a silver man,’” said Senator Teller, “but 1 want to kuow what the American congress is going to do with this question of a deficiency? No more 3 per cent bonds can be sold. It Is morally certain that if another $59,000,000 were of- fered 1t would be a failure.” We are face to face with the question whether there is to be a continued deficiency or whether there is to be some effort to meet this deficiency by some sound system of finance. The credit of the country Is threatened and the men who were loudest in the denuncfation of the finances now declare that they have not the skill to devise a way out.” Senator Call opposed the reference. He presented a resolution declaring it to be the duty of congress to lcgalize the recent issue of bonds, as he believed without such a law the bonds now be'ng sent out would be with- out validity. In_opposing the motion for reference, Mr. Peffer contended that the secretary of the treasury has not even pretended the money derived from the bonds was to be used for redemption. At 2 o'clock, the matter being still undisposed of, the un~ finished business came up. Senator Stowart was granted unanimous consent that the resolution retain its place. The unfinished business required com- panies operating railroads in the ferritories over a right-of-way granted by the govern- ment to establish stations and depots at all towns on said road established by ihe In terior department.. Senator Berry stated the necessity for it arose in a ‘uarrel be- tween the Rock Island ra‘lroad and the peo- ple of two towns in Oxlahoma called Enld and Round Pound. He charged the ob- Ject of the road was to compel the people to occupy a townsite established by the road for speculative purposes. A controversy between Senator Blackburn and Senator Herry ensued, the former op- posing the bill Scnator Berry made a strong arralgnment of the road and the methods It had adopted to defeat the people. Every subterfuge pos- sible had been pleaded as an’ excuse for not erecting depots, but when the people of the two towns themselves had offered to erect the depots if the company would only stop its regular trains, no excuso was left, and it was apparent to the world that the only rea- son of this corporation for seeking to ruin these towns was a desire to have their own townsites and promote a speculative venture in which the company had embarked In vio lation of its charter privilege: Pending the discussion of the bill and be- fore a vote could be taken, the special orde wus the resolution in memory of Mr. Mutch- ler of Pennsylvania, who died at the begin ning of the present congress. Addresses were FRIDAY MORNING, Hansbrough and _several 4:20 the senate adjourncd Quay, Mitehell, other: and at until Monday. During the day Senators Frye and Daniel gave notice that they would on Monday ad- dress the senate om (he Hawalian question. e MURDERED IN MEXICO, Body of a Mining Man from Pennsyly Found Mutilated by Robbers, SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mex., Feb, Lawrence, a mining man from P anla, has been murdered by a band of roh- bers near Guadallcareara, his body being found horribly cut. Lawrence was on hls way to the city of Tula in Tamaulipas, In company with an- other American. It is supposed his com- panion was carried off to the mountains by the bandits, who will hold him for ransom. Officinl Report of the Fight. CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 8.—The Mexican War department has fssued fts official re- port of the fight with the band of alleged revolutionists undef command of Victor Ochoa, at Canon del Manenzano in the state of Chihuahua. In the fight the federal forces lost one officer and five men, and had two officers and twenty-four men wounded. The troops killed thirty-three of the belligerents, took three prisoners and captured the horses, camp supplies and much of their property. Murder for Two and a Half Doliars, SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 8.—Anderson Harris, a colored hack driver, was last night the vietim of one of the most cold- blooded murders ever known here. His wife had been intimate with Austin Brown, and a quarrel followed. Brown then hired a Mexican named Vidal to murder Hsrris for $2.50. Vidal did the work, shooting Harrls from his eab seat. Vidal and Brown are both in jail. Both have con- fessed. Bull Fighters Not W, SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 8.—Estahan Sandovol's bull fighting undertaking has come to an abrupt end and by the finding of a statute enacted {in 1861 prohibiting bull fights in Texas. Ponclano Diaz, the cham- plon_bull fighter of Mexico, with his troup of fifteen men who have left, or were on the verge of leaving Nuveo Laredo for this city, has been wired not to come. ed In Texas. Confirmed His CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. he supreme military court of Mexico has confirmed the sentence of death by shooting upon Benigno Rodriguez of the army for insubordination. He made a bold fight for his life before the supreme tribunal, to Which his case was ap- pealed, but lost. : IN A ROW IN ¢ Zella Nicholaus and Her Husband, Al Ruh- man, Turned Ouf of o Hotel. CHICAGO, Feb. 8:~Zella Nicholaus, who has become notorious through her alleged dealings with George {fould, had a lively time with a constable at the Victoria hotel yosterday. Al Ruhman, who Is said to be her husband, was alsg mixed up in the row. The last time they were in Chicago they contracted a board bill at the Great North- ern lotel amounting to $67, for which Man- ager Eden was compelled to take a note, as they had no money, Learning that they were again in the ¢ity stopping at the Vie- toria hotel as Mr. and Mrs. King of Cleve- land, he promptly took out an attachment. Yesterday when a 'econstable appeared at their apartments Mr. Ruhman said he would like to settle, but had oAly $47 in cash. The constable threatened tobearry:off the lady's wardrobe_whiciy lay gxpoked in the open tranks. Mrs.. Rnhman oratested vigorously, and Ruhman {utimated, that he would be compelled to shoot if the officer did not make himself scarce. The constable re- ferred the matter to tho hotel proprietor, who invited the guests to leave. The Ruh- mans promptly sent their baggage down- stairs, and- the constable seized the biggest trunk. After some further parley, Zella produced a $100 bill and awaited her change. She announced that she would leave at once for New York. pleki 15 G S ON TRIAL THE SECOND TIME. Ed Stokes' Suit Against Silver King Macka Being Reheard. NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Justice Patterson of the supreme court yesterday took up the suit of Ed. S. Stokes against John W. Mac- kay to recover $78,000. Although a jury had been empanelled on Monday, counsel took exception to two of the jurors this morning and others had to be substituted. Then ex-Judge Cowen, one of Stokes' law- yers, made the opening address. He re- peated the history of the suit and told of Stokes' claims. This i8 a retrial of the actlon, Stokes having secured a verdict of §88,000 on the former ‘trial. The court of appeals reversed it, however, and ordered a new trial. Stokes claims a contract with Mackay by which the silver king agreed to pay him $100,000 for gervices in connection with Bankers and Merchants and United Lines telegraph transactions. He recelved $25,000 on account, he states, and then Mackay repudiated the contract. Miners Will Be Locked Out. CLEVELAND, Feb, 8.—There will prob- ably be a lockout of the coal miners in Massillon district before February 19. The lockout will be declared if the miners do not submit to a reduction of wages amount- ing to about 12% per cent. The operators do not expect the miners to submit, and upon that expectation the strike is predicted. The lockout will Involve between 3,000 and 4,000 miners, who are at present working at about one-third time. The mine owners are in session, and have unanimously agreed that they will offer their employes the al- ternative of work at reduced wages or no work at all. Ll onallsts at St Louis, ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8—The executive com- mittee of the National Educational associa- tion met here this morning. After a brief discussion they decided to call the annual meeting of the association for Ashbury Park, N. J. The first week in July was fixed as the time. A committee was appointed to arrange a program. Died from Gasoline Burns, CINCINNATI, Feb., 8—Mrs. Lenora Foy, an actress of Nashville, died at the city hos- pital today from burns. recolved yesterday afternoon. She and ‘her dgughter Lillie were cleaning dresges 'with gasoline which ignited from an open grate and enveloped both women In flames. = Miss Foy is in a critical condition, A 11t Constitionally, ALEM, 0. Feb.. 8.—After five weeks idleness the miners in the. New Lisbon, 0., district have agreed to accept a reduction from 75 to 6} cents, The agreement, how- ever, Is made subjeet to the action of the mine state convention, to be held at Columbus, The men wWill resume work at once. ey Denth of a Smallpox Patient. DULUTH, Feb. 8.— Joseph Wollf, the smallpox patlent, died thig morning and was buried before noon by tha Board of Health The threo suspects are In quarantine and doing well. The death of Wolff is believed to have been hastened'by exposurc in mov- ing the patient to the hospital e McLaurin Succeeds Walthall, JACKSON, Miss. Feb.'8.—In joint ses- sion of the legislature A. J. McLaurin was clected to succeed ex-Senator Walthall by 142 votes. Frank Burkett, populist, receive 18 votes, scattering 4, Depew Is Not Enguged. W YORK, Feb, 8.—Mr. Depew denics the report that hig marriage to Mrs. Blliot F. Shepard is among the possibilities of the near future. He denounces the story as delivered by :‘Nuwni‘mum, FEBRUARY 9, 1894, CHIEFLY SPENT IN ARGUING Time in the Bonacum Trial Lar, Up by Specchmaking, ely Taken ATTCRNEYS SPARRING FOR ADVANTAGE Introdunetion of a Printed Circular Contaln- Ing the Objectionnble Letter Serves to & the ange of Legs Opintons Some Hours, (Special to The Bee.)— The forenoon proceedings of the cr trial of Bishop Bomacum was the exclting featurcs that the case for the past two days. The bishop gained what his attorneys consider a sub- stantlal advantage when Judge Spencer de- cffned to permit the introduction in evi- dence of the printed circular distributed in Palmyra by the bishop's agent. This cir- cular contained the public announcement of Father Corbett's suspension, and It formed the basis of the complaint of crim- inal libel brought by the priest against the bishop. It was offered by the state to prove that the bishop had authorized an agent to p sh the libelous state- ment, but the defense contended that the bishop did not authorize his agent at Pal- myra to publish the circular and did not know that it had been published until all the copies had been distributed. The court sus- tained the objection to the fntroduction of the circular, much to the satisfaction of the bishop and his attorney. The attorneys for the state, however, claim that their failure to secure recognition of the circular will in no wise embarrass their The fore- noon's proceedings may be summarized as follows: The first witness called to the stand was Thomas Morgan, a Palmyra editor, a Cath- olic and a member of Father Corbett’s flock. On January 21 Mr. Morgan received a letter from Bishop Bonacum containing the an- nouncement that he had suspended Father Corbett. Enclosed in the letter was the letter upon which the priest brings the crim- inal action. The letter to Morgan is as fol- lows: BISHOP'S HOUSE, TLINCOLN, Necb, Jan.” 20.~\r. Thomas Morgan, Paim Dear Sir: I beg you to inform the Cath- olics in and about Palmyra that I have s pended Rev. Corbett from the sacred min- Istry, and that it is my wish that the keep away from church until such time as 1 can send another priest to them. Wil write and let them know what I can do. As your authority you may read to them the ‘enclosed document, THOMAS BONACUNM, Bizhop of Lincoln. P. S.--Please to hire a horse and bugiy and I will pay the expense. It would be well to Visit the people tomorrow. The enclosed document referred to in this letter was the letter already published, on which the charge of libel is based. it so happened that the weather was ex- cecdingly stormy and cold at the time Mr. Morgan received the letters above quoted Being an old man, he was unable to comply with the bishop's request literally. In order to disseminate the information he printed fifty copies of the letter, and showed them to ‘members of The church who happened to_come into his office, at the same time reading tHem the letter of authority from the glshop. To I)ll’ruu members of the church he gave a number of copies for distribution. SECTED. 10 THE CIRCULARS. The state then offered the letters in evi- dence and they were admitted with no objections from the counsel for the defense. They then produced one of the printed cir- culars and offered it as a part of. the evidence in the case. Then the bishop's attorneys objected with no little vehemence. They asserted that Morgan acted solely upon his own responsibility in printing and dis- tributing the circulars; that the bishop did not authorize him to print them and that he printed them and distributed them without the knowledge of the bishop. They con- tended further that the original letter of the bishop clearly proved that he was anxious to convey the news of Corbett's suspension to the members of the church at Palmyra as secretly as possible, and that therefore he directed a trusted member of the church to inform the meibers personally and privately and thus lock the matter securely in the breasts of the Catholic mem- bers of the community. Judge Spencer sustained the objection, and the atiorneys for the state renewed the examination. They sought to prove by Mor- gan that he had written a letter to the bishop enclosing one of the printed circu- lars, and telling him what he had done. This the witness admitted. He also testi- fled that he had received no reply from the bishop, and that he received no orders protesting against the use of the printed circulars.” Then the state renewed its offer of the printed circular, claiming to have tully established the fact that by his silence the bishop had tacitly approved of the dis- tribution of the circulars. The court again sustained the objoction of the defense, and Mr. Morgan left the stand. Father Corbett was recalled to the stand. He testified that he had never seen the letters from the bishop to Morgan and knew. nothing of his suspension until he recelved a telegram from his niece at St. Louis in- forming him of the fact. The state then precipitated another long argument by ask- ing the witness to detafl at length the of- fects of a suspension upon the character of a prie; Before he could answer Mr. Sawyer inter- posed the objection that the question was irrelevant, immaterial, and that it was based upon an interpretation of canonical law in- volving an occult significance entirely for- elgn to the questions involved in the prose- cutlon of a case before a civil court, The question was argued at length by the at- s for both sides and before announc- ing his decision the court took a recess until 2 o'clock. In the afternoon, before the court decided the objection raised by the defense to the admission of certain portions of KFathe g testimon the atorneys engaged in another lengthy argument over the ques. tion of admitting the printed circular ruled out by the court in the forenoon. The argument continued for the greater part of the afternoon, and finally the state won its point and the court announced that, in the light of the new and additional facts pr sented, he would admit the circular, Thus the point scored by the defense in the forc- noon was lost, In the argument Father Phelan of St Louls renewed his vehement characteri tion of the actions of the bishop, calling him among other things an “artful dodger.” AFFBECTED FATHER CORBETT'S HEART. Fathen Corbett then resumed the chair, and the court overruled the objection raised during the forenoon, and the examination of the witness proceeded. Father Corbett proceeded to relate the effects of his sus- pension from his parish. He was cut from the social intercourse of his fri and members of his congregation, his r enues had been decreased, and his susp slon s0 wrought upon his peace of mind that he was confined to his bed for three days with heart trouble. Upon eross-exam- {nation the witness admitted that he had been ordained in the usual form of his church and that he had pledged himself to obey the laws of the Catholic church and his superiors. He sald that he Interpreted the laws himself and obeyed the commands ¢ the bishop when be considered them legal. The examination developed no new features. Mr. Sawyer attempted to bring out the fact that Father Corbett was one of the prime in stigators in the formulation of the charges against Bishop Bonacum and that he was in spired by outside influences. The court sus tained the objection of the state to the ques tions. The this Palmyra, ninal void of have characterized case, olher witnesses placed on 1) afternoon were Edward James Lewis and John stand rroll ot McGinty, SINGLE COPY FIVE ('I".;\"I'ST all of whom testifif: o distributed coples of having seen and the printed clreular. Father Loughran identified the original charges preferréd against Father Corbett, He stated that he wrote the charges, but was not allowed to testify as to the authorship. He did testify, however, that in the former trial of Corbett, Bishop Seannell presided for the reason that Honacum had said that he (Bonacum) was too much prejudiced against Corbett to try him. With the con- clusion of Father Lo hran's testimony, the state offered a great many citations from nical law, all from Latin text books. They were turned over to the interpreter for translation and the court adjourned until tomorrow. Archbishop Kenriek. ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.—It became known here today that Archbishop Kane has filed with Chancellor Vandersanden documents from the propaganda appointing him apos- tolic administrator of the archdiocese of St. Louis, and vesting him with full author ity spiritual and tem- poral Archbishop Kenrick i not exj shorn ~ of his facultles, | bu he is, to all fntents and purposes, retired from the management of the ecclesi- ast trust which he has fulfilled for so long a time. The papers were filed with the chancellor as required by the canonical regulations. D AN ELECTION, ORDE Something to Attract the Attention of Bra- zilians for a Thne, RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 8 Peixoto today issued a decree ordering a congressional and presidential election for March 1. The constitutional party will nom- inate Senor Moraes for president. President ixoto gave a big United States Minister Thompson and Rear Adr Benham today. The general belief is the rebel movement is at an end, and that it is not likely there will be any more fight ing of importance, as the presidential clec- tion will now take up the attention of both parties, Picking's Estimate of the WASHINGTON, Feb, § extract from a letter of Captain H. Picking, dated January 12, 1801: At 9:15 a. m. the Aauidaban was sighted coming, not flying the admiral’s fing. She was fired at by all the forts and sto toward and anchored near the Tamand returning the fire, but only o with her large guns. 1t sight to_sce all the forts and b withe injury ut good she' wis out material injury, Two men w lightly wounded, sutficiently so as to require their being sent to the hospital. As near as_can be counted the fired at the Aquidaban ageregated 100, in return to which the Aquidaban fired twenty-five times. This is taken by naval experts o indicate an armored ship is prictically exempt from harm from a shore battery. eI us the Support of the Government. BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 8—Dispatches from Rio de Janeiro give the following ad- vices: Government support is being given to the candidacy of Senor Moraes for the presidency of the republic and of Senor Periara for the vice presidency. Heavy cannonading is still’ kept up, but with less vigor than formerly. The war- ship Aquidaban and another insurgent ves- sel have left the harbor. It is suppos that they intend to intercept Pre: oto's new squadron and challenge it to render on the outside where it could have no support from the government forts, Refused Recognition by Italy, ROMi3, Feb; 8i—The government has been approached by agents of the Brazilian in- surgents, who have suggested it was high timo it should ‘recognize the insurgents as belligerents, on the ground that they had established an independent government, that President ception to Aquibadan, Following 18 ¢ all. uck twice, but with- shots they controlled the greater portion of the eastern part of Brazil, and that they had been levying war against Peixoto, whom they classed as a military dictator, since Scp- tember last. The reply of Italy was to the effect that it was not disposed to recognize the insurgents of Brazil as belligerents, Will Not Be Re PARIS, Feb. 8.—The Journal des Debats says the majority of the powers has decided to refuse belligerent rights to the insurgents of Brazil. HELD ECRET SESSIONS. Proceedings as Far as Can Be Learned of the Farmers Alllance Yesterday. TOPEKA, Feb. 8.—The national farmers alllance convention has been in secret ses- sion all day. The morning meeting did not adjourn until 1 o'clock. An animated Qiscussion took place over the question of a financial plank—the delegates were divided, some for free silver, some for greenbacks and a few opposed both, No conclusion was reached. “This afternoon the secret session discussed the woman suffrage plank, on which the delegates are also divided. "It is thought a resolution will be passed simply suggesting to the various state alliances that the suf- frage question should be widely discussed, pro and con, in_the campaign. The farmers alliance today adopted a res- olution stating that Secretary Morton, in his Chicago speech, entirely misrepresented the necessities of the farmers, and that his doctrines were false in principle anl dan- gerous to the welfare of the American farmer. The election of officers will take place tomorrow. It is probable that either Major Page of Virginia or Marion Butler of North Carolina will be elected president. e CZAR CLAIMS DAMAG Launch Belonging to a Russian War Ship Was Capsized in the NEW YORK, Feb. $.—His imperial majesty the czar of all the Russias, is plaintiff in a libel case on trial before Judge Addison Brown in United States district court in ad- miralty. The Russlan sovereign claims $8,000 dam- ages against the owners of two steam tugs. The papers in the c: state that during the recent naval celebration in New York harbor the Russlany man-of-war Dimitri Dimski was anchored in the North river off Forty-eighth street. Alexander claims that the vessel was properly manned and officered, that anchor lights were displayed and that alongside the man-of-war was her stearn launch in which was one of Russia's sallor boys. Ho further asserts that the two tugs came down the river at midnight June 12, 1893, lashed together and having in tow a fleet of canal boats and barges. He claims that the steam launch was struck by one of the canal boats and capsized, the man on board being thrown into the water and the launch also demaged. The tugs passed on, It 15 alleged, without paying any attentlon to the accident Lo : Marrlage with a Ro wnee Attached, CHICAGO, Feb. §-—The announcement here today of the marriage of Matthew Kennedy of Kansas City and Mrs. Mary Brown of Chicago develops a romantic story, The two w lovers years ago, but driffed apart and each was married. Mrs Kennedy died, Mro. Brown became a widow and secured a position as matron of the Englewood infant nu Recently Mr Kennedy learned of his erstwhile flancee living in Chicago and he immedlately came to @ her. The old flan was soon rekin- dled, the nuptials followed and last night Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy left for Kansas City. anmainn Ll WAL Make the War National LOUIS, Feb. 8.—~The heer delivery Arivers war lere against the so-called sy dicate brewers will be made national by t Knights of Labor. The strikers have pl d the matter in the h 1% of T. B, Mc Guire of the Knights of Labor, who states that a national boycott will be placed upon the breweries involved, all of which are con trolled by foreign capital. He said besides “The Knights of Labor will urge congress to tax forelgn capital invested lLere or secking Investment. 'TURNED DUNDY DOWY Judges Riner and Hallott Upset the Plan to “Equalize” Wages. REFUSE TO ENTER THE NEBRASKA ORDER Men in Colorado aud Wyoming Given the Protection of the Court. RECEIVERS MUST CONFER WITH EMPLOYES Reductions or Departures from Schedules and Agreements Should Be Mutual, nee HMas Falled and rwise I8 Tmpossible Will an Order on Wage Sched- ules Be Made, - DENVER, cluded before the Feb. Jud the Argument Hallett and Riner on Pacific for the adoption by the court of the new wage schedule, was cons petition of Union receivers The judges gave a decision this evening in favor of the emple ing refus- to enter in the districts of Colorado and Wyoming the order made by Judge Dundy. They said: 3 “It appears by the pleadings in this caso that prior to the appointment of recelvers certain rules, regulations force, and schedules acted Our deem it ary to the proper and economic management of the properties in their hands that scheduies different from were in recognized and upon by the employes and managers. own. view s It the receivers advisable and neces rules and regulations, and in force at the time the property came into their hands should be adopted, that employes af- fected by any proposed change be notified those the and be given time and opportunity to point out to tlie receivers any incquality In the sehiedules or any injustice which they may think will be them, such negotiation consultation, if done and after the are unable to agree as to any pro- and recelver posed rules, regulation the wage schedules matters of differences be referred to the court for final determination. If this course is pursued, the result in our judgment will be that after a full diccussion of these matters between the employes and recelvers, meet- ing as they will in a spirit of falrness upon both sides, determined to do the right thing under existing conditions, very little will be left to the determination of the court In re- lation to this matter.” item or items of proposed, that the DEBS TALKS TO EMPLOYES. e Counsels Them to Stand Together Now or Never, About 800 men gathered last evening in Patterson’s hall in response to a call for a meeting of Union Pacific employes to co) sider what is best to do in the present eme) gency, and to listen to Bugene V. Debs talk upon the subject of the judicial decrecs lately issued that affect the wages of rail- road employes. The meeting was called at the instance of the American Railway union. Mr. J. M. Kenney was chosen chairman and introduced Mr. Debs, who spoke at length and was listened to with the closest attention. Mr. Debs started out by saying that the late orders of court had placed the employes in the light of lawbreakers, which was not fair to the employes. The railroad employes were as law-abiding a class of citizens as any and did not desire to do anything con- trary to law, but it was their privilege and their duty to stand up for their rights and learn what the law really meant that af- fected their interests, These decisions would erush out the good work of labor organizations and that was probably What they were designed to do, He did not desire to be understood as bhe- ing deadly opposed to the corporations in any way whatever, but the laboring people should follow the example set by corpora- tlons in uniting in & solid body to resist any encroachments upon their rights from any source, CONCERTED ACTION REQUIRED. The railway employes should now e pecially get together and be able to employ able legal counsel to defend their rights. The corporation docs not care any more for one class of emploves than for another therefore the employes should not be divided into classes, but “the conductors, section hands, engineers, brakemen, clerks and all stand united in one solid body. There is nb lhope for labor unless this s don Unless action is taken and that soon the em- ployes will be nothing more than slayes. “We are now all soverelgn citizens,” said he, “and it Is our duty to carry forward the grand principle of independence which has been handed down to us by our fore fathers. The railroad companies have won strikes heretofore because the mon woere organized in different bodies and did not act oncertedly, The American Railway Union does not ‘make any test for membership except that a man be in the employ of a railroad company and has union principles. It does not require a man to leave any organization to which he may belong to be- come a member of the new organization. The corporations have advanced in their own organizations and why should not the em ployes advance as well, to thelr own benefit? While many of the railroad strikes have been failures, the whole canse of the fallures has been in an Imperfect organization of the employes and a perfect organization of the corporation, fany strikes are ill-advised, because strikes often placed the workmen in a posi tion to choose whether to be loyal to their -organization or their families, J believe that railroad officials have often provoked strikes when they knew that by breaking up the nizations that exlsted on the system would be enabled to reduce wages. Thu Lehigh strike was one caso in point, Tho American Rallway union proposes to deal in a common sense way with all questions and It the employes got together, all under one head, they will be botter able to meet the hrains and logic of the corporatic Tha new organization will be able to protect ity protectors, which not been the case with railway organizations heretofore. It proposes to educate the people and pull the dollar- day man up out of the ditch. The working people must not act upon a narrow basis and try to pull the high-paid man down, but in stead all should try to help each c b causo if the man (n the ditch is not helped out we will all soouer or later be pulle down. All questions should be discussed im- passionately. When men meet to consider important questions they should not allow any prejudices to Interfore with the proper Qischarge of their dut Prejudice has in many cases broken up organizations and I am sorry to say that in many cases religious prejudice has caused