Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 18, 1894, Page 2

CALDWELL'S FORMAL ORDER Oonditions Under Which Oirouit Judges Will Review Wage Schedule Uase. DUNDY'S DECREE MUST BE FIRST REVOKED Recommended that Recelvers and Employes Then Confer and Agree, if Possible, Wages Question—If They Fall Court Will Decide the Matter, Conditional upon the agreement of Judge Dundy and the receivers of the Union Pa cific to revoke the wage schedulo which be. comes effective March 1, Judges Caldwell and Sanborn of the circutt courc of the United States for the Kighth district have authorized Judge Thurston, solicitor of the Union Pacifie, to place on file ‘the following order, which after resiting the cantion of “In the mutter of the potition for rehear- inz before the circuit Judges of the applice tion of the receivers for authority to place in effect reduced wage schedules. “Since the nction of the courts in the dif- forent districts in this circuit on the petition filed by the receivers for leave to revoke tho schedule of wages of the employes in force when they were appointed and to adopt a new and redauc e has not been uniform and harmonious, and since it is desirablo and necessary that any order made on said petition should have a uniform operation upon the linc of said road throughout the circuit_and since to that end the orders heroto™s mado on said petition have been rovoked, on motion of said receivers, it 1s now nere ordered as follows: “First—That the petition of the receivers for leavo to set aside and annul the scale of wages of the employes on said road in force when they were appointed and to adopt a new scale roducing the wages of the em- ployes be set down for hearing before tho cireuit judges at Omaha, Neb.,oa the 20th day of March, 1504, Second —That the receivers cause o copy of this order to be served ou the proper rep- resentatives of the employes on said road at least twenty days before the day fixed for the hearing of the petition. “Third—That the receivors grant to such of the representatives of the emploves as aren the service of the receivers leave of absenco to attend the hearing on said pet tion and furnish them transportation to the place of hearing and return. “Fourth—On the day appointed for tho hearing (and at an earlier day if practi- cable) the receivers or some person or persons designated by them for that pu pose, shall enter into conference with the representatives of the employes or witii such person or persous as they may desig- nate for that purpose, and the parties shall confer together from day to until they shall agree upon a scale of wages to bo sub- mitted for the approval of the court. “Fifth—Should the receivers and the em- ployes he unable to agree upon o scale the point or points of difference shall be referred 10 the circuit judges bolding the court, and after hearing the parties and their witnesses and counsel the circuit judges will make such order in the premises as scems to them right and just. *Sixth—The receivers and the representa- tives of the employes may meet to confer about and agree upon new schedules of wages at an earlier day than that set for the hearing under this orderand the judges recommend that course to the end that the entire matter bo ready for the action of the court on Murch 26, 1890."" REVIEW OF THE GULF CASE. Tt is rather significant, ov at least it is so regarded in Union Pacitic circles, that the circuit judges 1 their formal order should fail to provide for the subsistence of the employes while meeting the receivers of tho Union Pacific upon wage matters with a view of reconciling differences that now exist. There is no mention whatever in the order which Judges Caldwell and Sanboru direct to be made when Judge Dundy's order1s revoked about providing for the entertainment of the men while in confer- ence; the receivers only being directed to furnish transportation to and from the place of conference. In the Gulf matter the Union Pacific has scored a most substantial victory, the order of Judges Caldwell and Sanborn in that case citing the receiver to appear be- fore the court, sitting at Omaha March 20, when the matters in controversy will be taken up on their merits. The order in this case is short but very direct, and will be filed Monday morning in Nebraska, Wyom- ing and Colorado. Judgo Thurston filed a petition in ecach of these states, very voluminous in character, citing tho disparity of the orders made in the Guif case and asking for a review by the circuit court, which Caldwell and Sanborn now direct. General Solicitor Thurston leaves this evening for New York and will meet the re- ceivers of the Union Pacific Wednesday upon matters connected with the Union Pa- cific. Should the receivers decido to ask Judge Dundy to revoke the wage order, in view of the suggestions made by Judge Caldwell, the order above will probably be- come of record next Thursday ana immedi- ately after the organizations will be asked 10 send representatives to Omaha to confer with the receivers as to a new scaedule, BLOOD ON THE MOON. , Now Thore Is a Chance for One of the Great- est of Rate Wars. CHICAGO, Fob. 17.—*There is blood on the moou,” so far as the transcontinental rates are concerned, and, unless all signs fuil, March 1 will soo the begiuning of one of the hottest rate wars in years. The Southera Pacific’s boycott of the Atchison has moved the latter road to wrath, and as soon as Vico President Robinson' returns from the Pacific const active preparations will be begun. Mr. Robinson is expected to return to Chicago by Thursday next. It is hardly probable that tho fight will not bogin until after the Southern Pacific has put its boycott irto active operation. There is a possibility be- fore the trouble is over that people will be able to go from the Missour: river to the Pacific coast for 5. The Atchison is n ex- cellont shape for a fight, as, being in the hands of receiver, itis bound to makoe no more money than is necessary 1o pay operat- ing expenses, whilo the Southern Pacific wust be wore conservative of revenues. Its officers declared today that they had not been the aggressors, but that if they are forced into tho fight, for which thoy are now actively preparing, they will be theve at tho finish. A rate war just at this time would rive tho Western Passenger associa- tiou unother closa shave for its life, aud tho ewigrant clearing house, which has beon es- tablished with so much cate, will probably £0 to everlasting smash, ust as an Exp ¥eb. 17.—Recelver Trumbull of the Denver & Gult raflroad has en Mo ngreement with the De Rallrond company which 1s ex £ great advantage to both ays Furthe it s reporteq that the To presa company Wil | char it i o, and will, after the 1 April, oper 1 in wddition 10 th it Weatern. 1 NepAraLe ald fact " th Walle- ar nver & Rip arrangement that to Mk - with - ail Quit road, the the' Union’ Paclii it certain that ndent segre gated from' the Unlon Paclfic, This Will satisly To wtock nnd bondholders of the QUi svsten and ‘preciudcs the powsibillty of success of 1t fforts on the part of the Unlon Paclile reorg fers oI Tudo' 1 10 thelt aclieiue o reorgai rlment. DENVER, Unfon Pacitic tered Into a ¢ & Rlo pected ¥o prove oms, Grande Assoclated p cclsions of the United States Trambull has nts with the railroad, the aver road will pay, as an inde May Bo Won by the Stat TOPEKA, Feb. 17.—The Burlington Rail- road tompany may lose its tax case against Norton county, which has been tho test caso for all, in cousequonce of an error of the company's local attorney in failing to make the requisite amouut of cash tender to the county board. Attorney General Little thinks the state will win the case, as the pleadings, it not the real facts, leave noth- ing for the company to stand on n e hapn’ ODD BITS OF TEXAS LIFE. A Group of Lone Star Heams in Attractive Settings. The people one mests in Texas are from the four corners of the globe. The south- ern gentleman s in his glory here, and if he thinks you have any doubts about the matter he will assume a commanding at titude and tell you all about it The native Texan is not so particular, as his chiet ambition i8 to be a cow puncher. He may retire from the cattle trafic and go Into business or politics, but he will never give up being a cow boy. Even if he goe to the leglslature or to congress, he will tell you not about the biils he has intro- duced, nor the number of terms he h served, but with pride will tell you of the early years when he rode on the range. THE ENGLISH ARE HERE in great numbers. They are the youn sons of very important families, Who ever met an Euglishman who did not belong to a very important family? They are considere like the Chinamen, very hoor citizens, but unlike the Chinaman, they come to this country with money and go home without it. Of all the English I have met in Texas but two have made a financial suc I met the nephew of an earl di holes on the Harrls ranch They come over here with the impression that with their superior education they wlll readily find a soft birth padded with Ameri can dollars. They are invarfably disap- pointed, as they find that the Texans have a mary faculty of taking care of them olves, and also that every Englishman can not become a bank cashicr, 8o some are content with the humble lot of restaurant cashier, while others THIE COLORED CONTINGENT. The negroes are the other in ant ment in Texas socety. The properly speaking, out of Texas so they have no rights which the white man respects. On the railroad he s exiled to a sceond class coach even though he holds a first class ticket. In the theater he is per- mitted only in-the top gallery. If he were a millionaire they would not sell him a box or a seat in the parquet. As for Lotels and restaurants, he would starve before they would open’ their doors to him. A Texun, speaking of his experience at the World's fair, said that he entered one of ‘the large restaurants in the Windy City, and upon taking his seat discovered that a “nigger” was eating in the same room. He imuiediately called the proprictor and gave him a piece of his mind and told him that he was a southern gentleman. This he consid- ered as a very bright remark, and told it with great pride. AFFAIRS OF HONOR are as numerous in Texas now as they ever were. In the little town of Keerville nine men have been killed sinca last spring, and only one of the murderers has been con- victed. There are several men in the state who carry a dozen or more scalps, and yet tread this glorious land as free as the most innocent of us. The writer had the good fortune to sec one of these shooting serapes called a dificulty by the participants. It seems that a young cotton buyer had some financial troubles with a planter who has a very bad reputation, having killed a man here two years ago, and is said to hav Killed two others elsewhere. The planter came to town, and of course got drunk. Dur- ing his carousal the othor man stepped into the saloon, and these old enemies immedi- ately had a quarrel, in which some pretty angry words were used. At last, as the cotton buyer was leaving the saioon, the drunken planter reached down to his boot and pulled out a six-shooter. IHowever, as he did so, the pistol went off and shot him in the leg. He was able, however, to raise his gun and shoot twice at his ensmy. Tho cotton buyer exhibited no surprise, nor did o pull his gun, but stood perfectly still, folded his arms and invited the planter to continue. But the crowd thought it was time to stop and took the weapon away from the drunken man; some one remarked it was not safe for a drunken fellow to shoot in a crowd. S0CIETY all nationalitie: tants come fr the other southern states and with them comes the general shiftlessness of the southerner. In this same tropical climate, where with irrigation nearly every kind of known plant will grow, one finds but little to relieve its arid perspective. Where the exception of this rule is to be found one can safely say it is through the influence of the northerner. In driving through the city of San Antonio you can readily tell the houses of the northerners by the beautiful ground which surround them. In the smaller towns nothing is attempted in the way of lawn decoration. They think that they do well if they keep the front gate closed against the stray ‘“critter.”” As for society the writer can only say he has nc been in Texas long enough to find it. As for protensions there is no state in the unfon so pretentious. No town is too small to have its “smart set.” Money, of cour has a pressure, but to belong to one of the old families is infinitely preferable. There is no place in the world where the million- aire is of so little importance. If one can- not trace his ancestry back to Henry VIIL he had better emigrate, for Texan socioty will never recognize. + POOR WHITE TRASH. Another very important class is known as the poor whito trash, and these form the vast majority of the population. O course, no one belongs to this element—it is always the other fellow, his neighbor across the strect. Yet every Texan fears that he is thus classed, S0 assures you that he is a gentleman. The signs by which one may recognize this class are similar to those used by Stanley in describing the natives of Africa. OF course, they have not black skins, but no one would ever know this, judging from their appearance. A practicing physician told me that he called on'a woman of this class and after prescribing some medicine for her suggested that she should take a bath. *Oh Lord,” she said, “you can't 'spect me to do dat, Doc., ‘cause I ain't took no bath since I was bo'n.” And the doctor believed. R member, my dear readers, I do not say t all Texans are like this, for I personally know one who took a bath A. EDWARD MILES, G A NO WAZER T0 HAND, ging post ous ele but many of Cause of the Destruction of the Pine Ridge Tndia Dol WASHINGTON, 17.—Captain F. G. Fioney, acting Indlan agent at the Pine Ridge agency In South Dakota, kas sent the commissioner of Indian affairs an official report of the destruction by fire of the In- dian boarding school at the agency on the $th inst. The whole building, he says, was destroyed In fitty minutes, the fire starting in the girls' dormitory. Captaln Finney com ments on the dangerous condition of the building and says: No better evidence than the rapidity of the destruction could be of- fored of the inscourity of the building against fire, and the danger has constantly monaced the inmates since its original con- struction. There was no water at hand. Nothing could be done but to stand and see it burn. Had there been a gale from the west it would have cleaned out the agenc: Many employes lost all their personal e fects; all suffered more or less in this wa It is recommended that the employes of the school be kept in service on pay till the end of the month, or that a day's leave of absence on full pay be granted them and that they be transferred to some other school it possible. - at Washington WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—No ecredence is glven tho report that Mr. Pung, late firs: secretary of the Chinese legation at Wask ington, has been beheaded in China as a re sult of his official conduct here. If thers bad been any objection to the secretary's conduct it is believed that the late minister. Mr. Tsul, would have been involved in the imperial displeasure, but us a matter of fact, Mr. Tsul, since his return to Chine. has been promoted to one of the highes positions in the Chinese government, corre- spondthg to one of our cabinet places, Clalm (the Wedding Is Binding. CONNORSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 17 dwrown into a futiter by & miock wedding Not Credited Soclety w las joke, Frank Arnold, A hy merchant, and Miss Jesste Ora Freo Arger, n prominent soclety lndy, were married by Mayor Downs. It is now claimed that the eromony I8 binding. nigh, In which, as a - SURPRISED THE KNIGHTS, Powderly and Other Ex-Ofeers Bring Sult for Back Salaries. PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 171t a bomb- shell had been exploded in their camp, local Knights of Labor conid not have been more surprised than they were today when General Secretary-Treasurer Hayes issued notice Wherover Found, Jthe re—T. V., Powderly, past workman, A, W, Wright' wnd John tho Iate general exceutive board, tered sult against the order of the Labor for bulances of salury, eliim are dus them. This notfes 15 published to provent any crodonco belng given o un Hable stater way be made i public press. 1f, by the déerco of 1t 1 rned the order is indebted in any these cluimants tho order is and witl b ablo to meet uny Just elaims JOIN W, HAYES notice was the first intimation the and file of the order had that Pow Delvin and Wright had or were con- templating entering suit against the order or would in any way openly attack it. It was ascertained that Powderly et al in bringing the suit did not specily the sums they claimed. Within the past month Powderly has presented bills to the orde for salary and expenses amounting t $3,000. 1t'is ® as the belief of those in A position to kiow, that he will not confine his clalms to the biils he has presented but will make a bold claim for an enormonis sum to create consternation in the rank and file. The bills prosonted by Wright and Deviin amount to about §200 each. In reference sald following o the Order Greoting: nd st Deviin have o Knights of which = they The rank derly, ary-Tron o sult to the suits Secre The notice rved on General kman creign before he left for Washington ‘The claim of two of the members is 8o small that they know they can get their money when they want it. Powderly did not present his bills until a short time ago, and then for six months in a lump. He should e presented them monthl o knew it. It looks like a scheme and a very futilo one to disrupt the order.” - Bay St, Louls on Fire, BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss., Feb. 17.—The usiness portion of the town has been burned. Sixteen residences and business houses were destroyed. Mack s Condition. CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Mr. Steele Mackaye rallied during the day, but his physiclans gave 1o hope for his recovery. iy o TELEGRAPHIC BRIE Domestic. Dole’s lotter Hawailun question in the house, of wll tae Nuvajoes, died five ningdule, Colo., und his wife a Stoelo President of th Manuelito, day la W. H r he on clected grand master workman of th v of United Work- men of Missou Jhin B, Pike's large wine cellar at St. Helena, Lurned, and 20,000 gallons of wine wers $30,000. articipated in a strikers yesterday noon ot Mass. D. 1. Cheney of West Superior president of the Wisconsin division of th leun Protective intion, Unfon miners of Wellsh Moundville, Glen dals and Wheeling have accepted the 50 cents tie already adopted in Ohlo, n and Tarsney have arrived way to the City of Mexico W month's rest. Mr. Wilson Is greatly im- ved, Representative Cummings of New York wants to have his bill for an issue of small denomina. reopen- parade of after is the new Amet- tion bonds considered as a substitute for the nd se bill. Bento: Ark., of Congressman lome of his_ di - o two weeks. He © MeKinley of Ohlo addressed the Oho iety of New York on tie occasion of its nual dinner last night. Ohlo's glory was hi theme, Polities were not touched on. The Haley was given to the jur: ubuque 5 v d a_short t fixed the Rhode to ou compel yesterd: Dins s old ¢ afternoon ti died at th illness of over enalty at lite imp nt lemocrnts will inyoke federal afd Brown. Congress will be asked house and scnate to meet In 1o effect this object. Albertina Duestrow, the rage, died trom day when he and Killed on. t and day sessions are being held by th ommitiee on arift. Work on fls of the bill is almost ended, many of the | nuts are still un: A reconvened annual meeting of suc and American Association of Professior Taze Hall Clubs will be held at the Fifth Ave. nue hotel, New York, on Mon the 26th. rtgage on th States hus been filed at Dayton, O., itional Cc company to the United Trust rk to scourc Governo the Worth, a well known financier in Texas, h mbezziing $6,000 from th . His bond was Britton_ of wtilemen . fixed at $3,000. Mrs. Lense has 1 conclliatory proposi- tions from Governor Lewslling which suggeste | lier temporary retirement and ultimate appoint- ment (0 a place on the board of regents of the State university. Powers & Dwyer of Duluth have closed a con- tract fo r 300,000,000 feet of lumber. It cx- period of fifteen years and ‘involves It is made with the Hall & Lacey company. Minor T. eircult court at Minor Jones, ., of Chica: with fraud, by wiiich he obtain property of ber late husband. A Joint resolution of the Iowa legislature, ask- ing the passage of a law making oleomargarine \pped into . to the police Tegu- 0 the It entry, was presented house of suit the her nephew, rging him d a deed to the Jones Dows pro- > judges o od L site éntries in the Cher outlet. > en- trics, he holds, can be disposed only by town sits boards s provided for in the act of May 14, 1500, Ex-Governor W. E. Russell and other promi- nent 1 1 démocrats have atlixed tielr sig- natures Circulated petition to the te for tion of the one-fourth of 1 pound duty G sugar, provided for orlginal stricken’ out’ by the Blalock of Walla Walla is pre Yorthwestern _Fruft Growers organized at Spokane. The next me be held at Portiand. Assurances hav celved from the Unjon Pacitic and the rhiern of eastern rates equivalent to itornia. 'he Farrick mine of forty buque, in which operations sumed, has developed the bigy history. Millions of poun and the daily yield is ¥ preme court has just declared e Senator Junes the owner Ex-President MeLeod of th testified at the Rice investl trol of Boston & Maine and New nd would have give Wbsolute control of o market for more tons of anthracite coal o ing will be resamed toduy It was the assoclates of the Dalton robbed the country store 3 Thursday night of $500 and pursuing officers captured the and took him to El Reno. aftor & sperate Skl Awiy to prevent mob violen f the gang eseaped into the with their A vt ‘Minfhg. company Of Negiunce agnin dunt of SI1.48 for supplies i claime Fatonth were crroncously (ssued to the Call b N been dlrected o apply 't Question as to whethor people’s party gatts should be. admitted To an g filor confervnce for.the rolef of the un 1 New York, sald Socialisc Daniel Del Fis Wrgund e printed ' nonugion sh Lor Fhiter i’ capitalist, and the entire W hatloon concern ran by smuil capitalists t Sonkne Sventdally ten” labor unlons With drow The years ago at Du- Were recently T 25t lead In Tow lead are in si 0,00 pounds. The su ited States Reading radlroad ation that the con- New ¥ the t least The' hear- ang who 10, Okl., Thi Bow Wichita mountains un by the the att Indians of a warlik cattiemen and cause they have since October. buteh many of whom smanche ass: Kiowas and ( Indian Territory have tude and throaten Lo ok ‘from their resery ved no grass lease nt @ wire fences are Leink ¢ ered by the malcontent Indlans, ire desperate at the loxs. It is feared the situa- ticn whl become alarming unless they receive the money due them, which amounts to $50,000 At Buffalo, N. Y., L Harrls, allas Jobn H. Heart, accus thice robbery, per- formed the at of holding 'up o court king his escape. 4 asked tire to the lavatc and returning, electrified the commissione 1l in the room by levellng a revolver and cry ing, ‘'Hands up."" Everybody put up their hands, wid he walked to the door, opened It, still keep- ing his gun pointed toward the astonished court o passed out, locking the door. Forelgn. ¥rom replies In the House of Commons an smport duty on siiver after March 31 is consid Ted w possibility. Lord Burton, of pale ale fame, who was cre- sied & peer by Mr. Gladstone, has formuiy sainod himselt 'to the lbersl umlonist or Mime rule party. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDA{Y] FEBRUARY 18, 1894—SIXTEEN PAG WHY IT.WAS PUBLISHED Taking of Testimony in Bennett-Rosewater Oriminal Tiibel Oase is Begun, MOTION TO DiSMISS IS OVERRULED se Then Procecds to Justify the Pub- lication of the Artiele Complained Of Grounds fér Making the Charges— What the Testimony Shows. The Bennett-Rosewater criminal libel case was called again in police court yesterday afternoon and Judge Berka passed on the mo- tion of the defense to dismiss. He overruled the motion, holding that after examining the authorities on that point he was constrained to belleve that falsity and malice were to be presumed from the mere publication of a defamatory article, and it would therefore remain for the defense to show Its justifica- tion for the publication The defense announced that it was ready to proceed at once, and the defendant, Ed ward Rosewater, was called to the witness stand He testified that he was and Is the editor of The Bee, and had been since It was started June 19, 1871, He occupled that position the 6th of last November. He had known the complaining witness, George A. Bennett since shortly after the latter was nominated for sheriff in 1891, Witness then had con. trol of the editorial management of The Bee, and supported Bennett through the columns of the paper and did what he could to have him elected. He sald he was the author of the alleged libelous article, and wrote it him- self. Regarding the charge of incompetenc he sald he first learned of that soon after Bennett assumed charge of the office. It was to be supposed that it would take him some time to learn the ropes of the office, but he kept Willlam Coburn, an ex-sheriff of the county, there month after month and dis- closed his own inability to do the work. Jail deliveries were reported at the editorial rooms of The Bee by the reporters of that paper, and were printed from time to time as they occurred, as was also the story of the unwarranted release of a prisoner by the Jailer, who was a brother of the sheriff Notwithstanding these publications, the then sheriff did not call to offer any ex- p'anation or cet him e f right Lefore tho com- munity, although the columns of the paper were open for that purpose, as was always the case with any individual who might feel that he had been misrepresented or done an injustice, GAMBLING HOUSE AFFAIR. As to the charge that a prisoner named Henderson was taken to a gambling house by the jailer and left there for a while with- out a guard while the jailer went away, though subsequently the latter returncd and removed the prisoner again to the county fail, the witness sail that this information was brought to him by a party who sald he was at the gambling house and saw the oc- currence, and who claimed to know both Henderson and Jailer Bennett. The charges as to the relations of male prisoners with dissolute women, both inside and out- side the jail, referred principally to Mosher. Many of these matters had been called to the attention of the public in printed articles long bofore the publication of the letter in question, and the witness had also warned the republicans that Bennett was not such a man as could have the support of law abiding citizens, and that the party would malke a blunder it it nominated him. Stories of the sheriff’s actions were being continually brought to the attention of the witness and the detafls of some of them were unfit for publication, and the same as true with reference, Lo Mosher. Beforo the latter was taken to the county jail and while he was still in the custody of the ma shal he called at the residence of the witness to request that noththg more be said in the paper concerning him on account of his fam- ily until he was sentenced. The witness frequently heard that Mosher was enjoying the freedom of the city, and one gentleman, whose veracity the witness had no rea- son to question, had told him that Mosher was making visits to assignation houses, and was maintaining a llason with one Nelllo Sayer, who was then stopping at the Miilond hotel. It was also stated that she visitad Mosher in jail, as a pretended relative, and remained there with him at night, and that he was allowed to leave the jail to go and sce her elsewhere. It was also stated to the witness that other prosti- tutes were allowed to enter the jail for the purpose of visiting prisoners confined there. A great deal of pains had been taken to verify these reports that reached the of- fice in such numbers, and one man was found who stated that he had himself gonc with Mosher to a roadhouse while the lat- ter was a prisoner. Others told of sceing Mosher at the theater and elsewhere, the elsewhere being generally the vicinity of lower Douglas street. DEVILMENT AT THE JAIL, As to the charge that the jail had been changed into a brothel and that an abortion was procured there with the knowledge of the matron, the wilness said that a party told him of having requested to be allowed to go to the jail to have intercourse with a prisoner. This was the colored man who was sald to have been mixed up in the abortion case, and the witness flatly accused him of it, and the fellow did not deny. it Ho secmed to be paralyzed by the accusa- tion and would neither aflirm or deny the charge. The witness sald he never saw Mrs. Ben- nett to his knowledge until she appeared on the witness stand in this case, neither had he ever heard anything of her reputation until after Bennett was elected. One report implicating her came from a former em- ploye of the jall, who represented that an abortion had been procured there, and that Mrs, Bennett knew of it. This informant also gave the name of a prisoner who was sald to have full knowledge of the ca The parties who furnished this information had no reason to lie about it, and, further- more, the colored man implicated had not denied it when the charge was made. Regarding the charge that Bennett had employed for his defense against the ac- cusations a leprous sheet and a couple of convicted criminals, the witness said he was given to understand that Bennett had paid a party to print and circulate charges against him. This was common report, and Mr. Coburn, who was employed to oversea the business of the sheriff's office, told him that he (Coburn) had told Bennett that he was making a mistake in following out this course In getting this sheet to at- tack the witness. - Numbers of these papers had been taken 10 the office of the sheriff and circulated from there and through the court house. . The charge that these defenders of Bennglt were two criminals whom Bennett had harbored referred to Koen and Mosher, and the unconscionable thief referred to/' was Mosher. Nearly all the matters covered by these charges had been printed frgm two to six months before the publication of this letter, and the substance of the scapdal implicating Mosher, the Sayer woman ,and the sheriff and his deputies was prlu(‘m\ In the World-Herald in October, before the Bee had published it. Bennett had thug had ample time to in- vestigate these m:nwrn and vindicate him- selt had he so desjfe SOME CHARGES AN The witness said he did not see Bennott during the campaign, but the paper that was defending Bennett charged that the wit mess had sought to levy blackmall on him and secure business from the sherif’s office, when as a matter of fact the witness had mever in his life asked a favor of Bennett It had also been charged that the witness had been promised money by John McShane and John A. Creighton in the event that he secured the defeat of Bennett. He denied that he had ever talked with McShane about the matter, and only once with Creighton, when he met the latter on the street, and it was then referred to only in the most casual way. The witness denled that he had ever recelved & cent for fAghting Bennett, and asserted that he could mot have been bought to stop the fight, as he believed that it was his duty to the public to carry it on and force (t to a finish, and he was determined to hon. estly discharge that duty. It had also been WERED. charged that he was making this fight on Bennett because the latter was a member of the American Protective assoclation. Ren nett had called on him shortly after receiv- Ing the nomination the first time, and the witness had then asked him whother or not he was an A. P. A. Bennett replied that he was and didn’t care who knew it and the witness then told him that he thought more ot him (Bennett) because of his open avowal than he did of some of the other fhominees, as he had re N to belleve that some of them had led regarding their membership in that organization he witness sald he was favorably impressed with the appear nee of Bennett, who seemed to be an hon est, hard working mechanic, and he h supported him, as he had also supparted the other members of the ticket who were A P. A's. He had not supported Eller for office as he had good and sufficient reasons for declining to say much in that candidate’s behalf. The witness said that he had never e tertained any personal {ll-will toward Be nett or his wify nd t letter had been published because he believed it to be his duty to warn the voters of the county against placing the sheriff's offie in the Lands of a man who was untrust&orthy and who w violating instead of enforcing the law. He had exercised all the diligence that it was possible for any editor to use in verifying the reports concerning Rennett that came to his notice. Some of the re ports were brought to him by the reparter employed In the office and others by pe entirely outside, and all of them were long before the publication of this sons heard letter. As (o threats of violence having been mad ainst him, the witness said he had been rned several times that parties were Iying in wait for him and would do him up, but he had taken no special precautions on this account, as such things were liable to happen at any time, and it was impossibl. for an individual to be bomb-proof. So far as the charges made were concerned, he had belioved them when they were made, and he still believed that they were true. ON CROSS-EXAMINATION This concluded the dircct examination, and the witness was taken in hand for cross. examination by the county attorney, whose questions brought out this testimony It had been charged by the Figaro that this fight that was being waged by the wit- ness agalnst Bennett was inspired by re- sentment because not enough business was secured from the sheriff’s office. The wit- ness did not know how much business The Bee had recelved from there, but he did know that he had never asked for any, and it there had been any such request or talk it was not at his instance. The fact waa that after Bennett had been in office for some time, people began to complain that he did not i the bill; then came the report that Bennett had been a sport and a prize fighter, and that he had once fought a prize fight near Omaha. These reports went to show that Bennett had been associated with a disreputable class. Prize fighting seemed to be a rather queer education for law officers, and the consensus of the information received tended to degrade Bennett in the estimation of the witne Some of this information the wit- ness had received from Mr. Coburn and some from Joe Miller, the present county jailer. Coburn’s continued presence in the sheriff’ office was regarded as evidence that the sheriff couldn’t get along without him, al- though a man's continuned employment was not to be always so regarded. This was a conclusion in this case that the witness reached by inferenc The information regarding the release of a prisoner from the county jail by the jailer, who was a brother of the sheriff, the wit- ness received from Mr. Hunter, the city cditor of The Bee, who learned from the police court that the man was released with- out an order from the judge or mayor. It was because of this and similar stories that the witness became convinced that the jail was not properly conducted. The fact that thero were jail deliveries was not to be re- garded as o positive proof of incompetency, but when they became so frequent and es- pecially with such a good jail it did mean something. The witness did not send for Bennett and advise him what he had heard about the Jaller taking Henderson to the Diamond, as he thought it was the duty of Bennett to come to him if he wanted to explain, just as it was the duty of any officer charged with dereliction to see that his explanation or justification was_ presented to the public it charges against him had been made through the press. Jailer Miller had told the wit- ness the Henderson story, and the witness had had reporters sent to see Henderson to have the story confirmed or denied, but Henderson would neither afirm or deny it, as he was unwilling to talk about the matter. PRIVILEGES ALLOWED MOSHER. The witness admitted that he had sought to convey the impression that Mosher's derelfctions while in the county jail were due to Bennett, and said that he still main- tained that such was the case, as the sherift was responsible for the conduct of his prisoners. It was currently reported that Mosher was allowed the freedom of the jail, ostensibly acting as bookkeeper, and went out freguently with or without the jailer to get drinks at saloons in the neigh- borhood; that disreputable women visited him and he went out of the jail to visit assignation houses, either with or without a guard; that Nellie Sayer was the name of the woman specially mentioned as being kept by Mosher and reported as visiting the jail at night In a cab to see him. Both H. N. McGrew, of the Mercury, and John Moynihan had furnished information of this kind, and Coburn had said that Mosher was taken by Bennett to act as guard to assist in taking an insane man to the hospital; that the prisoner had recognized Mosher as a fellow prisoner and cursed him, stating that while ho was wiling to be under the guard of an honest n he would not submit to being guarded by a man who had robbed the widows and orphans of their all and_stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state; it was stated that quite a scene was created, much to the em- barrassment of Bennett, who had told the story himself on getting back to his office, The same story had been told by a colored jailer then employed by Bennett. All these reports went to show the existence of a very bad state of afairs in connection with the management of the county jail. The general nature of nearly all the charges touched upon in this letter had been previ- ously published, but some of the details had been withheld, as the witness said that he did not want to go too much into the nastiness of the situation in print. LILAS PAGE'S CASE. The witness further testified that the abor- tion case in . connection with a white girl in the jail had to do with the colored man, Josse Nowman, who was questioned by the witness concerning the occurrence. It had been reported that Bennett was one of the parties who assisted in breaking into the jall_in October, 1891, for the purpose of lynching the negro ravisher, Smith, and that his knowledge as a blacksmith was e» ercised in superintending the cutting of the iron and steel bars. There had beeen some feeling against Bennett on this account, and the witness sald he asked Newman on this occasion how it happened that this sentiment had changed, and then charged ®rectly to his face that it was because of the relations that Newman had been allowed to maintain with this girl after she had been taken to jull. This accusation was not denied by Newman. Nat Brown was present on this occasion and heard what was said. It had been brought to the attention of the witness that Newman was intimate with the girl before she was sent to jall, and that this intimacy was kept up while she was there, The witness sald he heard the same story from reporters of The Bee, who had re- celved thelr information from Mrs. Cum- mings, the matron at the police station, While this was a serlous matter, coming as it did on top of all the other charges and a direct accusation of one of the alleged implicated parties having elicited no denial, the witness had thought there must be some foundation for it. Further than this, It was corroborative of a statement made {o the witness months before by Miller, who sald that Ed Koen had told him that an abortion had been pro- cured on one of the female prisoners in the Jail with the advice of the matron, and this later story of an abortion having been pro- cured led the witness to credit it. The witness said he understood the name of the white girl who was operated on in the jall was Lilas Page. When asked why he attributed to By some connection with the Figaro and r sibllity for articles published in that sheet, the witness sald he had been charged with being insane, and Bennett's Interest in it was manifested by his assistance in circula- nett spon- ES, e ——————————————————————————— ting the libel, and furthermore, County Treasurer Irey had informed him that Pen- nott induced the republican central com mittee to pay $2,000 for a lot of these papers to be spread around in his behalf, in spite the protest of some of the other eandi dat BAKER INVESTIGATION A FARCE The World-Herald had published the Mosher scandal heforoe it was printed by The Bee, and had then printed District Attor ney Baker's whitewashing report of an al loged investigation, and $160 had been paid for 3,000 extra coples of the fssue containing the report, as had been testified to by Editor Hitcheock before the police commis it whitewash report not_printed, however, until after this letter. The wit ness sald the Baker investigation was a farce. Baker had come to him and said he (Baker) had instructions from the de partment at Washington to look into th mat and had asked for the names of the witness' informants, which were given Baker, however, did not talk to the right people, and the statements that he had sc cured did not agree with those made to the witness. Baker had said ho didn’t think there was much to the Mosher matter, but tho witness didn't lay any on that investigation, as he regarded it frem the outset as a humbug and a fraud. Bennott had circulated scores of papers out of hi office making attacks on the witne aid, therefore, perpotrate the charged. The witness said that George B. Stryker was one of the parties who had told him that Bennett would do him up, and several parties had warned him that he would be assassin ated. Such warnings had come from Frank Kaspar and G. W. Lininger. Kaspar had said that he had definite knowledge in this particular, and had warned the witness to arm himself. The witness was excused from the stand and Police Sergeant Whalen was called tc testify regarding the conviction of the man Leonar, for carrying concealed weapons, and his - subsequent ‘release by Jailer Bennett without the authority of an order from the mayor or police judge CITY EDITOR'S TESTIMONY. H. Hunter, city editor of The Bee, was t witness called in the afternoon. He duties were to have charge of the city work on the paper and direct the work of the reporters. He knew that The Bee had supported Bennett in his first campaign and had been friendly with him up to some a year ago, when reports began ome In regarding the conduct of the office and the management of the county jail. Noth- ing had been printed until verified, and the columns of the paper were open for denlal or reasonable retraction, as had always been the case. It had been a matter of general knowledge in The Bee office that the work of the sheriff’s offic done by a substitute; that a prisoner had been released from jail before his time was up without wthority, and that lail deliveries were frequently occurring through the medium of coal holes and otherwise. The inforiati regarding the Mosher scandal had been re- ceived from several parties, among whom were Moynihan, McGrew and employes the Midland hotel, while several affiduyit had been secured from parties who had knowledge of the matters charged. Moyni- han had sald that he had taken Mosher . from jail without a guard and gone to Council Bluffs to v roadhouse, where they spent the night; that he had also gone with Mosher to the theater, and had made assignations for him to spend the night with women. One place wiiere Mosher was said to have made a visit was to an assignation louse at Twentieth and Paul streets, and a chambermaid, nam Schneiderwind, at the Midland hotel, had told of seeing Mosher and the Sayer woman in bed together at that place. Other em- ploves of the hotel had told of frequent telephone calls for the Sayer woman. These calls were from teley 189, which was the county Jjail. Cabs had called on her very often, and taken her to jail. These were a few of the stories that were currently rehearsed on the sirects in connection with Mosher while he was sup- posed to be an inmate of the county jail The storles of abortion and night visits to the jail had been investigated at the pense of a great deal of time by members of the reportorial staff and by outsiders whose services were also secured. On cross-examination thewitness told of the reports of threats against the person and life of Mr. Rosewater, and said that on at least two occasions police officers had been sent to The Bee building to guard agains any such attempt. These stories were cur- rent on the street and the witness had been repeatedly met with inquiries as to threatened assault and assassination. He testified as to the statements made to him by conductors on the Hanscom park line, who had told him of hauling the prisoner Henderson and Jailer Bennett or Jailer Ernest out to Park avenue, when the officers were taking the prisoner out to see his wife, The witness also testified concerning affl- davits touching matters affecting the sheriff and his conduct of his ofiice, and mentioned the names of parties who had talked with him of the danger of assault or had made inquiries concerning it. The hearing continued until after 5 o'clock, and the cas then continued until Mon- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. stross ults SR HE WAS KNOW Checks Cashed for a Chieago Man Found to Be Fraudulent, CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Frank H. Harper, alias Henderson, walked into the Continental National bank yesterday morning and pre- sented two checks, one for $3,500 and the other for $3,300. As Harper was known, the checks were cashed. It was learned later that they had been raised from $33 and $35. Harper is missin - The Death Roll, LIVERPOOL, Feb. 17.—Aynsley Cook, the well known English baritono singer, died here yesterday from bronchitis. SPRINGFIELD, 0., Feb., 17.—Dr. Dunlap died last evening. He was a delegate to the world's medical congre at London in 1881 and one of the earliest physicians to demon- strate the operation of laparotomy PARIS, Feb. 17.—M. Francois Viette, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, is dead. CINCINNATI, Feb. 17.—Colonel W. T. O'Brien, formerly pa enger agent of the Panhandle, died suddenly last night. He Pounded Prendergast, CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—George Cralg, the murderer of little Emma Werner, was r leased from the county jall dungeon today, where he has been confined for severely pounding his cell mate, ndergast. The men quareled and Craig, who Is the larger of the two, gave Prendergast a severe beat- ing, the latter howling lustily for help until Jull’ guards separated the fighters, — Thirty-Seven Found Guilty. PITTSBURG, Feb. 17.—The jury in the case of the ffty-cight coal miners charged with rioting in the Mansfield region returned a verdiet this morning, finding thirty seven guilty and twenty-one innoc latter were discharged and the thir soven convicted were remanded to jall for sentence. a se 2 e Bridge Blown Down. ELLIS JUNCTION, Wis., Feb. 17.—Frank ters was Instantly killed and Gus John- son and Martin Burke seriously injured by the collapse of a bridge which they were erecting across Outlet creek on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road. The disaster was caused by a high wind. - Killed His Brother CHIE, Ala., Feb. 17.—At a dance here last night liquor flowed freely and ugli- ness followed. Calyin Hundley, to peace, got a shotgun, wWhereupon his brother, James, gave him a dare. For reply Calvin fired, ‘killing his brother instantly. The murderer is in jail OTAHA promote SRlal More Amendments Rejooted LONDON, Feb, 17.—The House of mons yesterday evening rejected without division a number of amendments the House of Lords to the parish councils bills. There was a division in one instance, and the government obtained a majority of fifty-two i Charged with Embezzlement OTTAWA, 0., Feb. 17.—E. B. Hathaway, cashier of the Exchange bank of Com assisstant and | WC0Y KNOCKS OUT BURKE Lively Four-Round Go Pulled Off at Elk- hor Last Night. BOTH MEN WERE EAGER FOR THE PURSE by, Though, W dy with Hiy Fists for Burk ot ing BLKHORN, Neb., Feb, 17.—(Speclal gram to The Heo)-A glove finish was pulled off here toni of Omaha and Charley the nd fought of $500 r cont receipts Tole- ntest to a Jim Me- Burke of Chicago for 5 e of the gate There was an enthusiastic gather: Ing of Omaha and local red hots. As a cur- tain Billy Brown of Des Moines and Sam Porter of Chicago entertained 200 more speetators with threa very hot thre inds for points. They both Brown was unable Porter’s right-hand and docision. Y behind Omaha s The ty ind we were incipals purse and 75 and raiser the minute soored knockdowns, but tand glory to with- s and lost the Ford of Omaha George Porter of was rier and onded Brown » premiers entered the ring at 9:30 loudly appluuded. Hendrick and Fitzgerall did the MeCoy, while Taylor and Rollinger were in Burke's corner. Young Ford of Omaha held the watch v local admirer of the sport refereed the go. Round 1 opered with MeCoy Burke landed several clinched honors on the ag- bad blows. Honors about grossive, The even Round 2 furious Burke. men twice, opened up with hting. First blood for clinches to ring for some fast knock-down McCoy avold wind at the and for . Burke gots punishment. end of the First weary and Both round Round 3 was very tame indeed. contestants sparred for wind during minutes and did not strike a_blow. Round 4 was characterized by some mighty hard fighting by both parties. When M Coy's furlous onslaughts and right jabs got 00 sWift for Burke he would canter around the enclosure a la Mitchell. The fight was finished n this round. McCoy had worn a smile up to this time but when he saw hix opponent's tacties his brow knit and his face assumed a stolid T-will-win-or-die expression, and he saled in and it was not a_brace of \ds from that time until Mr. Burke was stretched on his back in the ring a dead duck. On the time- keeper's counting the ten seconds as re- quired under the ruies, Burke made an ef- fort to rise to his feet, but was unable to o so. The referce $300, to Mo spa Hoth threo awarded the fight There was _considerable money wagered on the affair, McCoy being the favorite. The winner was challenged by Taylor of South Omaba for a finish fight to come off in April, and purs hrough, Winnipeg's curling wound up tonight with or the finals for the and the Walkerville now remain in each on Mond In the Carlers Almost WINNIPEG, Feb. 17 bonspiel practically several excitin Grand Chailenge cup tankard. But two rink and those will play off individual point etition Nettleton of St. Paul stands sceond, with a 3 points, A. Winnpeger heing high, Tho 1l and Duluth rinks home Sunday. The latter take with them Sir Donald A. Smith's | il trophy and will do battle with St. Paul for th or- ship of it at Duluth's honspiel this month. Custom Houso Comptientions, DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 17 “Special nt Wood of the it rocently had occaston to look up some forcien the office of the custom lory astonished to find them il missbus On fuvestl- gatlon It ix oileged that I etor Dial- man hud s vl n from the artm el 2 ofticlal re An inve this af Some vercl nd - the de foats do vy with the proof the sub Ject. Collector Maloney s recontly. succoedod ex-Colle Hopliits, and ho siva he sicoed an acknowledgment (it e found the office in proper conditlon from the former o 3 Willino's Visit to Blemarek. FREIDRICHSRUH, Feb. Emperor willl rrive here at 6 o'clock Monday night 1l take supper with Prince Bis: marck his family. Later the emporor will proceed to Wilhelmshave: Paper Warchouse Bur ST. LOUIS, Feb. 17.—The Grabam paper ;arehouse was totally destroyad by fire last evening. Loss, about $50,000; covered by insurance. A pauic in a Catholic chureh near by was narrowly averted, Scanlan's Addre CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Attorney Scanlun con- tinued his address for the prosecution in the Coughlin case today. He will finish Monday and will be followed by Attorney Donaliuo for the defense Destroyed Plums and Ponches, BENTON, 1., Fob. 17.—Investigation sbows that the recent blizzard totally de- stroyed the peach and plum crop of southern Ilinols, while currants and cherrics are badly damaged. games with leave for hou truction mani- Six Drowned by a Collisio LONDON, Feb. 17.—The steamers Cadox- ton and Clytha, both Britis! both been in collision in Barry Tho Clytha sank and six of Mer were, drowned. have roads. crew few days a 1 its ted, charged with e 00 of the bank's funds. this place, which a doors, has been arre bezzlement of §i COVERED HEAD & kv el pe. School and Bociety Abandoned. Felt Drath Would be Relicf. 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