Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 7, 1894, Page 1

e e 1 ESTABLISHED THEY ALL OBJECTED Democratic Senators Who Dislike to Be Olassed as Obstructionists, JUN TORM RAISED BY A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE Members Make Explanations and Tell ""Where They Are At SENATOR HILL CREATES A MILD SURPRISE His Resolution Looking to a Complete Revision of the Wilson Bill BREAKING OF THE SILVER STORM CLOUD Mr. Harrls Objects to the Consideration of the Selgnlorage Bill—Position of the Republicans on the Tariff— In the House. WASHINGTON, March 6.—A somewhat amusing episode enlivened the senate pro- ceedings today Inaugurated by Se Berry's personal explanation. A New newspaper included him in a group of por- traits of nine democratic senators whom It charged with being “‘obstructionists” to the tarift bill. Mr. Berry denied that he had over been anything but an earnest advocate of the bill, and on all occasions had advised its speedy report to the senate wi fication. His explanation® was followed b; nations from Messrs, Faulkner, Class, McLaurin and Morgan, which led to much amusement in the senate chamber. The main interest of the day centered about the dis- cusgion as to the disposal of the Bland bill. Mr. Stewart gave notice that tomorrow at 2 o'clock he would move to take it up and make it the business before the senate until disposed of. Mr. Teller also spoke on the same subject. After a brief executive ses- sion the senate adjourned at 3:20. There were but few democratic senators in the chamber when the vice president's gavel fell. Mr. Hill awakened interest by offering the following resolution and asking its reference to the committee on finance: Wh The secretary of the treasury has announced a_defieit of §78,000,000 for the current year, and Whercas, House bill No. 4,864, known as the Wilson bill, proposes to discard $76,00 000 revenue from present tarift taxation and hout mod to meet the double deficiency by new in- ternal and direct taxation; therefore be it Resolyed, That the senate finance com- mittee frame amendments to the senate bill amending the sald bill. omitting the said nternal and direct taxes newly proposed and instead thereof. make provision for sufficient revenue by tariff on forelgn im- ports and otherwise revising the tarift with- out creating a deficiency. BREAKING OF THE SILVER STORM. The silver storm clond which had been lowering all the morning broke over the genate when Mr. Harris of Tennessee moved the second. reading of the Bland bill. ~ In doing so he stated to the senate and es- pecially to the senator from Nevada (Mr. Stewart), that the latter was not a more carnest advocate of silyer colnage than he. But he (Harris) believed ll‘hat uneao was one ugstion. hould take precedence over e and “without any T ST he could state that the finance committee was on the verge of reporting the tariff bill to the senate. He therefore objected to further proceedings on the seigniorage bill and under that objection It would have to go to the calendar. Considerable discussion followed, in which Senators Allison, Hale, Manderson and Stew- art took part. The last named gave notice that after the expiration of the morning lour he would move to take up the Bland bill and have it made the unfinished busi- ness before the senate until a vote could be taken. Mr Berry of Arkansas rose to a question of personal privilege. He read the head- lines of an article in a New York news- paper which he characterized as “infamous. without foundation, and thoroughly unjust.’ It was headed, ‘‘Obstructing Commercial, Prosperity,” and contained portraits of nine senators, and asserted they had joined hands to defeat the Wilson bill. Among them was Senator Berry. The Arkansas sena- tor denounced the assertion that he was opposed to the Wilson bill. Mr. Berry asserted he had asked for no favors for the industries of his state and when the lumbermen of Arkansas had requested him to urge upon the finance committee the im- position of a higher duty on lumber he had refused to do so; on the contrafy he has stated on every occasion that he would vote for a reduction on every article in the bill. Ho had gone to the finance committeo and urged the committee to report the Wilson Dill as it came from the housc. “I have urged them to defy the men who are.delaying the reporting of this bill on account of local Interest,” continued Mr. Berry. “Every member of the finance committee will bear me out in that I have neither asked, efther in caucus or out, for a4 tax on any article." Mr. Voorhees, as chairman of the finance committee, vouched for Mr. Berry's constancy and desire for the ge of the bill. “It may not be nece ," said he, “but it is with pleasure that 1 bear witness of the truth of every word the senator from Ar- kansas las uttered. He has not been an obstructionist, but has been an eager helper on_every subject bearing on the tariff, Mr. Harrls of Tennessee also bore testi- mony to Mr. Berry's support of the Wilson bill.” Mr. McLaurin of Mississippi, who was ope of those named by the article, denied tRat he was obstructing the passage of the “Wilson bill for protection purposes. He had never heard of any coalition between disaf- fected senators until he read it in a Wash- ington paper. “I am not in favor of pro- tection,” he declared, “but only for rey- enue." FAULKNER ALSO PROTESTS. Amid the laughter of the sente, Mr. Faulk- ner of West Virginia, another of the alleged obstructionists, rose to a_personal explana- tion. He had not Intended to notice the newspaper's article, but as his name had been read by Mr. Berry and would appear in the record, he felt impelled to make an explanation. Some of the items of the Wil son bill as it came from the house did not suit his ideas, and, as a democrat, he had gone before the finance committee and made statements in the interest of his people and in accordance with the Chicago platform. He favored a tariff for revenue only, und was not In favor of putting any article on the freo list, but he would put everything on the dutiable list, not for protection, but for rev- enue only. Ho announced, “I am a democrat, and If you bring that bill in as a democratic measure it will receive iy support.” Mr. Morgan Alabama caused some amusement by into line with the of falling other “conspirators’ mentioned in the news- paper article. rhe senator from West Virginia,” said he, “is not guilty as charged, but I am not nearly as bad as he and therefore I am not gullty." (Laughter.) i Mr. Call of Florida sald the statements made In the newspaper was absolutely false ®0 far as he was concerned and he believed they were o0 far us the other senators were concerned Mr. Alllson of Iowa, referring to Mr. Berry's statement that he had not asked any member of the finance committee to favor an increase of duty on any article, sald that he could vouch for the truth of Mr. Herry's statement as far as he (Allison) was concerned. Mr. Berry had never asked | him to favor an Increase on any article. (Laughter.) Becoming more serious, Mr Allison said: “Has it come to pass in the history of tarift legislation that the senate is obliged 1o take & bill us it o8Mes from our co-ordinate branch without the dotting of an ‘' or the crossiug of & ‘t' Tho tarift E 19. 1871 bill {s the most important which has engaged the atfention of the two houses of congress in_many years, for it not only affects the revenue, but it affects every industry in the United States. The house of representatives had this bill under consideration for six months before it came to us, and it has come to this, that the finance committee has had It for three weeks. (‘Flve weeks,' correeted a republican senator.) We have it to rush through. Speaking as a on this floor, I, for one, intend ve an oppor- tunity to consider this every para- graph and itom, night as well lay asidc that important bill the senate.” NOT 80 GREAT AS SILVER. Senator Teller, In whose name and by whose courtesy these explanations had been made, epoke on the question before the senate with reference to the Bland seignior- age bill. He urged that the bill be im- mediately taken up kept before the senate until disposed Referring to the question of the tariff, he said Mr. Allison had called the tariff the great question, but it was not. It was comparatively the little question, the monetary question was the great question, The morning hour having expired, Senator Stewart had the right to the floor by virtue of his previous announcement that he would move to take up the Bland bill, but some of silver senators having told Mr. Stewart d with a cussion of the bill, Mr. Stewart waivec his right and asked that the bill go over till tomorrow, when at the same hour he would move to take it up for consideration. The unfinished business, a bill for erection of a government printing off lald before the senate, but Mr. Harris asked unanimous consent that it be laid aside and that the senator from Colorado be allowed to continue, The presiding officer laid before the senate the report of the conference committee on the urgency of the deficiency bill. Mr. Cockrell moved that the senate dis- agree to the house amendments, and further insist upon its amendments and agree to a conference, and this was ordered. Some other routine business was trans- acted and at 2:05 p. m. the senate ceeded to the consideration of executive b ness and at 3:20 adjourned. THE HOU to H bill We th the 18 to be railroaded through fdea and of. the was 1 . Appropriations Ag: Time of the Representatives. WASHINGTON, March 6.—Some business preceded the debate on the pension appropriation bill In the house today. Quite a heated discussion was precipitated at the beginning of the session over a resolution in- structing the secretary of the navy.to ap- point a naval cadet from the Fifth South Carolina district. It seemed that Mr. Strait, the republican from South Carolina, failed to appoint a cadet and the sccretary of the navy appointed and charged to that district a young man from Alabama. It developed that in several other cases the secretary of the navy had filled vacancies from districts with residents of other districts, and there was a manifest disposition on the part of members of the house to resent what they considered an_infringement of their rights. The speaker ruled the discussion out of order and Mr. Hopkins, republican, of Iili- nois demanded the regular order. Mr. Boatner, democrat, of Louisiana, from the committee on Judiciary, asked unanimous consent for the consideration of the resolu- tion dirceting the investigation by tnat com- mittee of the injunction issued by Judge Jenkins on behalf of the Farmers Loan and Trust company against the Northern Pacific railroad. There was no objection and the resolution was adopted. Mr. Linton of Michigan secured unanimous consent. for' the copsideration of a resolution authorizing the secretary of the treasury to transfer a certain plece of property in the city of Saginaw, Mich., to that city, and it was passed. Mr. Strait of South Carolina rose to a question of privilege on the ground that his rights had been invaded by the secretary of the navy in appointing and charging to his district a naval cadet from another state. He detailed the circumstances under which the appointment had been made. Mr. Cummings, chairman of the naval com- mittee, said the committee agreed with Mr. Strait and had reported a bill to prevent such mistakes in the future, : “But that does not go far enough, rupted Mr. Hatch. ““We want to corrcet this wrong already done the member.”. Mr. Strait asked the adoption of the fol- ng: Resolved, That tho appointment by the secretary of the navy of a naval cadet for the Fifth district of South Carolina from the Sixth Alabama district was without author- ity of law and s void.” The resolution was adopted. The house then went Into committee of the whole for the further consideration of the pension appropriation bill, an agreement having been reached to close debate at 8 o'clock. Pension n.Take Up the routine inter- DAN' SICKLES' SPEECH. Mr. Sickles of New York took the floor and read an extract from Mr. Cleveland's letter of acceptance of the presidential nomi- nation, saying the debt due the defenders of the union should be ungrudgingly dis- charged. Upon that pledge to the soldiers the democratic party stood and won a politi- cal victory. The pension system commanded the approval of all parties and all sections, Justice to the unfon soldiers. was the one thing upon which all were united. He was not able to agree with the commissioner of pensions either in his interpretation of the law or the manner of treating the legislas tion of congress. The commissioner had characterized the act of December 23, 1893, in which congress declared a pension to be a *vested right, as “inaccurate and Inap- propriate.” That was not a decorous way ot treating an act of congress, and his superior officer should have returned it to him with the admonition to treat congress with moj respect. (Republican applause,) Com- missioner Lochren was as defective in his law as in his manne (Re- newed republican applause.) He had only to g0 to his law dictionary to find what was a right and what a vested right, A right was a well-founded claim. A vested right a right to present enjoyment. The pension was a vested right conferred by law. Yet’an army of 12,000 men had been deprived of that enjoyment by an official of the government. Mr. Milliken of Maine made a brief specch in favor of liberality in pensions and was followed by Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio. The charge that there was wholesale fraud in the pension rolls Mr. Grosvenor stamped as false. If the president had gone to Illinols and had selected the hero of Fort Henry, a_democrat of education and training before Mr. Cleveland knew the difference between democracy and humbug, as secretary of the Interior, no such trouble as confronted the democracy would have occurred. There was more fraud In the custom house in New York in a single year than in all the pension cases that have ever come before the pe sion bureau, There were more illegal nioon- shine stills, ten to one, than dishonest soldiers on the pension roll. Mr. Coombs of New York took the re- publicans to task for attempting to make presidential capital out of the pension busi- ness by making unjust charges of hostility to the system against the southern repre- sentatives. The southern representatives, he sald, had quietly acquiesced in the demand for pensions. They dld not even reply to the taunts of the other slde. Mr. Blair of New Hampshire said the cry that the pension roll was a roll of dishonor and tainted with fraud had been long heard in the land, As far back as 1881, in order to get at the fraudulent pensions, the entire roll was published. It was examined In every community, and, as far as he know, not a single case of fraud was discovered. Mr. Mahon of Pennsylvania, who con- cluded the debate for the day, declared he aid not believe the commissioner of pensions, who was a brave soldier, would have pur- | sued his policy toward the veterans had he not boen forced to do %0 at the dictation of the president. At the end of his remarks the committes rose. Mr. Dockery presented a bill from the (Continued on Second Page.) WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1894, SINGLE COMMENTS OF LABOUCHERE Truth's Editor Oannot Become Reconciled to Rosebery's Elevation, CUTTING REMARKS FROM THE EDITOR Disliked by the Versatile I, land, He Says, Is a L Snobs—A Great Roast. LONDON, March 6.--Mr. Henry Labou- chere, in an article which will appear in to- morrow’s Truth, will say: “The responsi« for the acceptance of a peer as primo ter rests upon the radicals, unless a r statement Is made in the queen's specch that we are to have a different policy regarding the House of Lords than Lord Roscbery is supposed to entertain, Some ot the radicals will make it clear that they will declare the tinkering of the perniclous as sembly of peers, and that the right of that body to interfere with the nation must cease, Lord Rosebery's public utterances with re- gard to Ireland are not at all satisfactory. The secrecy with which Mr. adstone's res- ignation and Lord Rosebery's appointment were managed is a clever but most unfair maneuver, Had the proper time been given at 1 hundred radicals would have pros tosted against o peer premier. \We have not only a peer premier, but a peer in a poke. I do not object to any individual peer be- cause he was born in the purple, and if Lord Rosebery Is really a radical the difference of his being a peer may be surmounted by a bill allowing peers to renounce the privilege of peerage in order that they may sit in the House of Commons, Mr. Labouchere then proeeeds to argue that the House of Comons cannot remain the ruling assembly while the premier is in the House of Lords. In this connection he says: “We will not have real control over him as we can only turn him out by a hos- tile vote at the cost of ruining the party. We are also Idiots to suppose the electors will not preceive the utter absurdity of our position when we appeal to the country with the battle cry of the ‘abolition of the Lords." " He concludes as follows: *“I am now con- vinced that the radicals dearly loye thelr lord. Love of and subserviency' to the title is the weak spot in the Anglo-Saxon race. We are a race of snobs and are never happler than when indulging in an orgie of snobbism.” The Telegraph says: _“Mr. Gladstone has placed himself in the hands of Sir James Paget, the famous surgeon, and the oculist Netheriliff. We regret to say that there is undoubtedly a cataract forming on one of his eyes with the prospect of a similar weaken- ing of the other, but nothing (lmt' is not liable to yield to ordinary treatment."” The Dally News says: ‘Lord Rosebery will retain his seat in the county council.” LONDON, March 6.—Lord Rosebery took formal posssession this afternoon of the office recently occupled by Rt. Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, as prime minister of England. The new premier first visited the chancellor of the exchequer, Rt. Hon. Sir Willlam Ver- non Harcourt, and then passed into Mr. Gladstone's rooms, where he was cordially greeted by the ex-premler as his successor. Lord Rosebery afterwards drove to his resi- dence in order to prepare for the queen'’s drawing room. To Reinforce Peixoto. PARIS, March 6,—The turreted battle ship Riachulo and the protected cruiser Benjamin Constant, the two most powerful men-of-war in Brazil's loyal navy, have gone out into the bay at Toulon, where they have been held since the outbreak of the rebellion. Peixoto suspected {hat their officers sympathized with Mello's cause and might join him if allowed o put out to sea. One hundred and fifty new officers and men were sent here by the government on the .steamer Brazil, reaching Bordeaux last Saturday and immediately went to Toulon and took their positions, These two additions to the fleet President Peixoto is collecting to move upon Rio will sail at once. Guatemala and Her Debt. LONDON, March 6.—The British minister to Guatemala, in answer to inquiries sent to him when it was announced from Paris that Guatemala had repudiated her exterior debt, cables that the Central American re- public mentioned does not intend to repudi- ate her debt, but is compelled to make a temporary suspension of payment of inter- t upon the exterior debt. This temporary suspension, it is added, is due to the fall in silver and the abnormal rate of exchange. 15 Henry Fowler. Rt. Hon. John Shaw- Central Bradford, for merly postmaster general, and more re- cently first commissioner of works, has ac- Gepted the presidency of the local govern- mment board in succession to Rt. Hon, Henry Fowler, who succeeds the earl of Kimberley as secretary of state for Indla, upon the latter's succession to Lord Rosebery as secretary of state for foreign affairs. Succe LONDON, March Lefevre, M. P. for Ger 1any's Silver Outpu LONDON, March 6.—A dispatch to the Times from Berlin says: The imperial treasury has distributed various documents to the mu s of the silver commission. The docur atistics of the sil- ver production of € which amounted in 1803 to 768 Kilg The amount of un silver employed 'in Germany was 0 kilograms. hinet Crisis. TAGO, March 6.—The conservatives suffered o complete dbfeat in the elections lian congress. The minister of Ars, minister of the interior o minister of justice all failed of election and a cabinét crisis is imminent, TAME INSANE. HOW SHE B Years of Domestic Trouble Spoiled a Once Beautiful Woman. DENVER, March 6.—Mrs, Mary Hildinger, who became insane in St. Joseph, Mo., yes- terday, resided in this city with her husband, Harrison J. Hildinger, until January 15 of this year, when they left lere for their ald home in that eity. Early one morning last October Mrs. Hildinger, while attempting to rob the cellar of a neighbor, was shot by the owner, Joseph Wycoff, who mistook her for a man. Ninety leaden pellets had entered her back and limbs and while suffering from these wounds she was neglected by her hus- band most shamefully. The woman at this time told her neighbors that her husband, a olute painter, had compelled her to do deed which nearly resulted in her_death. She wa e an extremely beautiful woman, possessed of conslderable wealth, but years of domestic trouble have destroyed all and led her to tho mad house. e SOUTHERN CITY SCORCHED, Ala., the Scene of a Disastrous Conflagration CULMAN, Ala,, March 6.—Fire broke out at 10 o'clock last night in the business por- tion of the city. The wind was blowing a gale and in less than five minutes an entire block was in flames. A terrific explosion of dynamite stored in Koopman & (orde's warchouse occurred, Clabe Mitchell being Killed. George Dinkleburg is seriously in- jured and will die. The entire block torth of Main street is burned. The explosion of dynamite shattered all the window glass in the city, . Large rned Dow WOODBURN, Mass., Margh 6,~G. & B. Culman, G. Places' tannery, the largest in this sec- tion, burned early this morning. Loss, $60,000. onepsatie— ected the Amendment. BERLIN, March 6.—The committee of the Relchstag which is considering the Russo- German commerclal treaty rejected today by a vote of 15 to 10 ahyamendment fixing (he duration of the treaty ‘at one year and adopted the article with ity originally fixed term of ten years. B RELIGIOUS CRAZE IN INDIANA. ticlsm Runoing Rampamt in Patna m and Adjeining Conntles, GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 6.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—A strange religious fanaticism had taken' pessession of the Ig- norant people in the gouthern part of Put- nam county, and great excitement is occas- foned thereby. Johu and Charlio Scott of Harrodsburg, Ind., and a Miss Huffman of Tliinofs are conducting’a series of meetings which are producing wonderful and terrtble results, They operate by prayer and tfio laying on of hands; thelr victims are sald to 0 into trances and stay that way for a long spell, until it is not uncommon to see eight or ten laid out on seats for hours at a time Yesterday a commission of justices of the peace was held on one. case, which is very pitiable, and {s the direct result of this strange miracle working. Marcus Leucus, a prosperous farmer, has gohe violently insane, the direct result of this feligious craze, Six men are required to keep him in bed and he won't wear any clothes. He followed a star Friday night all night in the hope of catching the same, and only gave up the chase in daylight, when it disappeared. His favorite theme fs the bible, and he con- stantly states “he never had so much fun with Jesus Christ In all bis life.” The poor fellow was taken to the Indlan- apolis insane hospital today. The neighbors are up in arms over the strange co—=—= === threaten to wipe it from the face of the earths Some talk shotgun and others advise whitécapism. Just how the trouble will end is fn dount, but trouble is_feared. The “evangelists’ are said to secure large sums of money during the trances of their victims, and sell their pictures for 25 cents ch. One victim under the excitement has thrown away his crufches and claims his life-long rheumatism I8 cured; others who have been blind clalm to sce. The craze is spreading rapidly. CREATED A PANIC, Attorney Clay of Minneapolis Frightens People with 3is Revolver. MINNEAPOLIS, Magch 6.—A scene of the wildest excitement and terror was enacted this afterncon In the’ rooms of the Com- merce and Commissior company on the first floor of the Guaranty:Loan building when Attorney B. B. Clay, whn has been operat- ing somewhat extensivaly, became greatly excited and pulled a révolver upon Manager Clark of the company and threatened to' shoot him. It was Judt as the market was closing and the last reparts were being re- ceived. g Manager Clark was seated at his desk and his assistant, M= Littlefield, seated near him. Clay had heen.selling and buy- ing first in one department and then In an- other. Things did not go to suit him. He believed that he waf losing. Just before the market closed Sugar went up 12 points, which seemed to he the straw which broke the camel’s back, for Clay became suddenly enraged, and, drawing a huge revolver, he rushed np to ' Manager Clark and demanded a settlement of the money which he thought was due himi from the transac- tions. Mr. Clark infovmed Clay that he was entitled to no meaey, whereupon Clay cocked the gun and went a step nearer Clark. The latter nov became thoroughly {rightened, and, thinkygHigerstion the bet- ter part of valor, toi! infuriated man that he would glve Iim ‘@ check for the $100. Clark turned to ye 4 the vault for the check ‘book, fallowing closely. Clark suddenly dartsi inte the vault and slammed the door b m, Clay then turned wasd Mr. Littlefleld wnd ahoved: Wiesrevs, L RIUN REs finches of s face, Clay 7 od and . 0 & companion to ¢l iec ;(..Ffim.—m “he lat- ter obeyed, but not before the frightened crowd had 'plenty of time to get out of the way of bullets which were likely to be turned loose. Clay did mot offer to shoot Mr. Littlefield, and after a moment quickly left the place and was not scen afterwards. The police were notifled and. are investigat- ing the affair. R N, LA JUMPED TiAE TRACK, Five People Hurt by & Wreck on the Penn- sylvania Near Columbus, O. COLUMBUS, O., March 6.—The Pennsyl- vania_special, No. 2), which arrived at Columbus at 8:10 p. m. and left at 8:20, met with an accident at Reed avenue crossing, about two miles from the city, about 8:30. The train had just passed a tower at a rate estimated to be about twenty miles an hour, when the last sleeper jumped the track and was thrown agalnst a target, being practically smashed lito kindling wood. The force and weight of the sleeper leaving the track pulled the other cars off and the whole train was derailed, but none of the cars turned over. At the time the traln passed the tower the crew of a yard engine were in the tower waiting to begin. The fireman of this ¢ John McCormack, was badly hurt; Firéman James Jenking and Yard- master Bert Woodward were also injured. Bert Cooper, telegraph operator, badly hurt; M. L. 'Wilson, car inspector, badly hurt; C, C."H. Bell, brakeman, badly in- jured. “All’are from Columbus, ————— CLEVELAND IN WASHINGTON. Arrival of the Presidential Huntig Party at the Natlonal Capital. WASHINGTON, March 6.—The president reached the white house at 1:45 this after- noon after a nine days trip through the North Carolina sounds, looking. better than since he first me here nine years ago. His ruddy face showed unmistakAble sigr of exposure to the sun and wind during his trip, and his step was noticeably more elas- tic than when he went away. To some friends who called this afternoon the pres ident sald he had never in his life had o more enjoyable hunting trip. Every mo- nt of it had been & delight to him, and for substyntinl results he asked his nds to o at his ¥ d face and nds and then at the pile of swan, wild geese and ducks that he had brought’ ba After luncheon the president applied him self to work in his.oflice, and later receive calls from Secretarles 'Carlisle and H bert. The hunting party killed thirty-one brant, thivteen swan, eight ge nipe and iwo ducks. Nobody will disclose the tally of the individual shooting. In Fear of the Daltons IDALIA, Mo., Maxeh 6.—The American Express and the Missonn, Kansus & Texas road officlals are much, disturbed over news from the territory of tha movements of the Dalton gang of outlaws. For several months these criminals. have been quietly fortified in the Sapulpe mountains forty miles west of Vinlfa. Friday night, it is learned, they brofe camp, and, heavily armed and gtherwle thorolghly equipped, 1o toward Vinita, Byery indication vointed to a raid on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, and as a Fesult the road’s oflicials and thote of the Ampre Xpress com- pany have put on ¢xir guards, Movements of Ocean Steamers Marc At the Lizard—Passed—Ilinols, Philadelphia from Antwerp, At Isle of Wight—assed—Licbentz, from New York for Antwerp, Augusta At _Alglers—Arrived from New York. AL Liverpool—Artlved|-Hillyer, trom New ork. At 0. from Victoria, London—Arrived—America, from New York (At Bremen—Arrived—America, from Bal- timore At New York—Safled—Cevie, from Liver- pool. ——— Bonacum Backs Ont. ST. LOULS, March 6.—~Rev. W. M. Phelan, editor of the Western Watchman, recelved formal notification today that the charges preferred against him by Bishop Bonacum of Lincoln,” Neb., have been withdrawn: The “notification came from Rev. Father che, secretary to Bishop Bonacum. The gés were three in number and grew out of the prosecution of Bishop Bonacum for criminal libel, —— Big Job for Puul Jones, NEW HAVEN, Conn, March Paul Jones, the globe trotter, will arrive in this city tomorrow, All the students of Yale propose to have him bluck their shocs at cast once, puying 25 cents. As there are 2,00 students the job will last about six months if he undertakes it MINERS ARE AGGRESSIVE Deadwood May Lose the County Seat on Account of Recent Trouble, LEAD CITY WORKNIG FOR THE PRIZE Late Developments the Caso Indieate that the Affuir May Yet Seriously Disturb the Black Hills District, DEADWOOD, 8. D., March 6.—(Special to The Bee.)—Individual mercantile establish- ments ard factories have many times been boycotted, but Deadwood is probably the first town that has ever been called upon to defend itself as a whole from a boycott. All this is the outcome of the dispute with the South Dakota Mining company. ding the wages to be paid to laborers on Its ditch on Annie creck. The story of that trouSle runs in this way: A number of miners declared a strike against the company in question. The strike was endorsed by the labor organizations of the county, six in number. New workers were brought in to take the strikers’ places. The miners unions assembled in force and drove the newly hired employes from their work. The Deadwood business men then held an indignation meeting and pledged thelr efforts to the company's support. The miners, through their organizations, declared a boycott on the merchants who attended the meeting and started a movement for the removal of the county seat from Deadwood. There have been no new scenes of violence, but the situation has been full of interest all the time. A meeting of delegates from the various labor unions was called to nom- inate a candidate for seat honors against Deadwood. It v foregone con- clusion that Lead City, a mining town four miles from Deadwood, would be chosen, but when the meeting convened it was found that Spearfish, a valley town fifteen miles from Deadwood, had been doing some ef- fective work of the vote-getting sort. The meoting was long and stormy, but Lead City was finally nominated by the narrow ma- Jority of two in a total of thirty votes. Deadwood property owners were more en- tertained than alarmed by all this, as they held firmly to the belief that a two-thirds vote would he necessary to reverse the vo taken in 1877, by which this city was given a majority of 109 over all competitors. The Lead City people were not discouraged by this, however. They admitted that a two- thirds vote was a practicable impossibility, but they began an inquiry into the legal phases of the situation. The Lead City at- torneys rendered opinions holding that the the county seat had never been properly located, and that a majority would locate it now. A delegation of Lead City ecitizens went to Rapid City and laid the case before prominent attorncys of that city. Opinions have just been received from them in which the conclusions of the Lead City attorneys are endorsed and the advocates of the two- thirds vote theory are given very cold com- fort. This conclusion s based upon the fact that the elcction at which Deadwood was chosen was held in an odd numbered year, while the statute fn 1877 provided that county seat elections might be held only at regular elections in even numbered years. The posttion is also taken that the election in_question was never properly called. The Lead City campaign committee has begun the raieing of a fund, and the Lead City real estate men are already adding a little to their prices. Deadwood has taken no action in the matter, but it has been dis- cussed, and the indications are that a fight will finally be made at the polls, and, still later, in the courts, if Deadwood should get less than a majority. In the meantime the Deadwood business men are taking steps to have the boycott against them raised. At a meeting held Saturday evening of last week resolutions endorsing high wages were passed. These resolutions have been forwarded to the labor unions, and are now under consideration. No official action has been taken, but from the conversations held by The Bee corres spondent with individuals in the unions it is safe to say that they will be rejecte The resolutions do mot mention the late trouble, but are confined to the proposition of high wages in the abstract.. The laboring men are taking the position that the resolu- tions do not touch the question at fssue, and are not, therefore, to be considered. ew GUILTY OF Mary Yusta Escapes Lightly for the Crime of Killing Maggie McDermott, DEADWOOD, March 6.—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—Mary Yusta was this morn- ing found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree. The maximum penalty for thig Is four years. The jury reported at 9:45 this morning, after being out twenty- one hours. Sentence will be pronounced March 12, The defendant is the daughter of a Saline_county, Nebraska, farmer, and is not yet 17. She shot Maggie McDermott December 17 in a saloon of this city. The defendant was pale, but composed when the verdict was read. The jury came in first with a_verdict of manslaughter. The judge sent them back to fix the degree. After thirty minutes they reported as above. Sisters Den 1L by a Priest. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March 6.—(Special to The Bee)—A well founded rumor has gained circulation to the effect that Father Nolan of the Catholie church here has been cited to show cause, hefore Mgr. S Archbishop Ireland why Mother £ should not be reinstated as mother superior of the local parochial school. There has for gome time heen a quiet fight going on in Catholic circles with regard to the school and the ters who were conducting it About two months ago Father Nolan de. nounced the school from the altar and said that the sisters, who professed to belong to the order of Ursaline nuns, were in reality no nuns at all, but simply women who had taken the veil for the purpose of getting a position in a Catholic school. The priest warned the gnembers of this parish against the school and told them that they sent their children there at their own risk. The parochial- school soon after that closed up, but the sisters rented a building and con. tinued to conduct a private school. The fact that Mother Stanislaus and Sister Mary Clement have been east for the past two weeks gives credence to the rumor above mentioned. Improving Sloux Falls Prospects. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., March (Speetal to The Bee.)—A shirt factory has just been located here which wil open for business on April 1 and will employ from 100 to 200 hands. The company Is capitalized at $100,- 000 The committee appointed by the city coun- ol to consider the purchase of theé Sioux Falls Water company's plant last evening reported at the council meeting in favor of the appointment of a committee of apprals- ment to determine the value of the plant, The water company clalm the works and strect mains to be worth §250,000. Lord Dufferin Currying Favor, PARIS, March 6.—Lord Dufferin's specch made here yesterday in which he declared {hat the prospects for Buropean peace were even brighter than in 1593, has produced an excellent impression in France and in Eng land. The French papers applaud the speech of the British ambassador, e l House of 1 e Blown Up. CHICAGO, March 6.—Kitty Day's house of ill fame at 152 Nineteenth strect was wrecked this morning by a bomb which was thrown into the hallway. The inmates of the house were all asleep at the time of the The front y wrecked explosion, No one was injured. portion of the house was completel and the place was rendered {Znkh ) Ral - = HELD UP IN ILLI _. 8. ers Go Through a = le & Ohlo Near East St. 12 s, March 6.—~Ton = @ about 9 chk the Moblle & Ohlo tra. 2 vhich left at 8:35 o'clock, was held = by thre robbers at Forest Lawn, 111 ut fo miles from East 8t. Louls, 4 18 the third time within the past six \ths that this was has suffered from rol 18 thought tonight's |+ the same pang | Gther robberie \ it Forest Lawn ar d to obtaln. Near & Ohlo runs it petratesl by nt nitted ars Lawn SWamp. above it and it robbery oceurr It cannot he what the b thought the haul amounts’ to much. The outhern Express company, which suffered heavily by the previous robberies, had be come cautious since the last one has not made any ghipments on this train, Mr. I'fa in charge of the South- ern Bxpress company’s office at Twelfth p plar streets, stated to an Associated the h offl very Mok th through 'he tracks have been built up high a was along there that the 1 at this but it | hour not cortained obtained, vy reporter that the agent on the ex- r of the robbed train was a new med Franklin. “The train,” sald which leaves St. Louls at 835 p. m., rarely, if ever, so far as 1 know, carrie any great amount of valuables, There two through safes in the car, which ar provided with combination locks in which all valuables are kept. These safes are not under my charge and I know nothing of nts, ent of the Souther St. Louis is J. H. Waters, but he 18 he ety and could not, thérefo A friend of his, however, not think very much was ta bers, for he had been told t the train hardly eve uables, “It has been 100 offen to allow the xpress com- tempting to that class of people,” he said President and General Manager Clark and Assistant General Manager Mann of the Mobile & Ohio railrond were at the South- ' hotel this evening when they were in- formed by mes of the robbery. The: immediately ordered a carriage and w driven to Iast St Louis, from which place they went dircet to the' scens of the rob- bery. It s just learned that the robbers were frighteried the valuab away hef les in the at get ¢ could 1 T Grand Jury Ir HAMMOND, Jury, Instruc indictments a Ind., March 6.—The 1 by Judge Gillet to return ainst Roby pool sellers if sufficient evidence could be obtained, vis- ited the race course this afternoon accom- panied by Sherift Charles H. Frederick to grand investigate the matter. During the last three days the jury has heard testimony from about fifty witnesses. This morning the jus Befo signed v visited o gaming room in this city. s Jeaving for the track n petition, by r Reilly, the city officials and 300 and " taxpayers of the county, csented to Peter Gelsen, foreman of the jury, protesting aainst re: turning indictmeénts ‘against the Roby Fair association and those connected with it, nongh 3 n It TORONTO, March 6.—Edward Hanlon, the oarsman, has cabled to Sullivan and Harding, the Dritish scullers, that he has no desire to row for §2,500, but If they make the stake §25,000 he will allow each man $1,000 expenses to come to America and guarantec not only a double scull recs, but contes two single modated. , each man to be accom- John D. Creighton's Trotters Sold. LEXINGTON, March 6.—John D. Creigh- ton of Omaha has sold to L. D. Harkness, the New York millionaire trotting-horse breeder, the 2-year-old brown filly, Meta, for $5,000. This youngster has shown a 2:30 gait, and is engaged in some large stakes, Spellacy & King of Columbus, O., bought Junemont for $7,000. Arter Vnjor Willlam Schnell has been charged with violating the amateur rules and has been suspended by the League of American Wheelmen racing board, pending an inves- tigation. All amateurs should avoid meet- ing him in athletic competition until his case has been decided, under penalty of suspension, Lench is the Kicker. KBELLOGG, Ta., March 6.—(Special to The Bee,)—B. F. Leach won the $1,000 purse and championship of Towa in the high kicking contest at this place Saturday night. GRS T0 PREVENT TICKET ACALPING. Senator Wilson of Towa Introduces a Bill to that Effect. WASHINGTON, March 6.--Senator Alll- son of Towa has Introduced a bill to put an end to ticket scalping. amendment to the inte 80 as to require railw: ticket agents with ment, which is to be expo: All tickets sold must ha agent and the date stamped on them. It iy made unlawful for any one to sell tickets of a road from which he does not hold such certificate. The penalty is a fine of $,000. Railways arc required to redeem unused tickets ‘at the principal offices or any. ticket office for the price paid, and parily used tickets for the price paid, less the schedule It provides for an state commerce act to supply all their certificate of appoint- d to public view. e the name of the fare for the portion used, if presented within ninety days after purchase. The sule by an of a partially’ used ticket other s indicated 15 made a violation of the nct. Railways wh place tickets. in the hands of unauthor agents are made liable to a fine of $5,000 Failed of & Quorum. WASHINGTON, = March 6.-~The demo- cratic house caucus, called for § o'clock to- night to consider the advisability of strengthening the rules, failed to secure a quorum and the fifty-elght demoerats pres- ent adjourned without reaching a conclu- sion. 7 B Gold in the Treasury, WASHINGTON, March 6.—~The amount of treasury at the slose of business gold in the $211,041 since was $1i7,- a galn of cash balance (PIRED BY LIMITATION, Further Bateh of Valuablo Patents that Have sod to Bo Effectiv WASHINGTON, March 6.—Several hun- dred patents expired by lmitation today Among the more important were the follow- ing: Grain binders, G. H. Houston, Beloit, Wis.; photographic cameras, J. O. H. Jewett and P. F. Leonard, Macon City, Mo.; spring air guns, H. M. Quackenbush; grain binders, L. A. Scovil, Circleville, O., assignee to him self and L. F. Scovil; railroad switches, R W. Barrett, Vt.; breechloading firearms, J.'8. Edge, jr. Yardley, England; printing presses, W. C. Kriteh and Arthur Green wood, Leeds, England; grain binders, D. McPherson, Caledonia, N. Y.; fire alarm tel graph repeaters, bell strikers and signal C. H. Pond, Jackson, Mich.; water me Wells, Lynn, Mass.; hydrolic engine ott, Philadelphia; revoiving tire arm Moore, Brooklyn, N. Y. - Cruelty of u Harbarous Monarch, LONDON, March 6.—A dispatch to the Times from Parls says: An officer who has just returned from Dahomey reports that when King Hehanzin found that escape was tmpossible he summoned his aged mother and said to her: “I am going to surrender to I e. My father must know it. You theref shall see him and tell him.”" The King thereupon had his mother beheaded, while he calmly looked on smoking a plpe. A J Danlel Frelght Train Came First, HOUSTON, Tex., March A second at- tempt was made to wreck the Southern Pa ciflc pass train last night near Staf- ford, ro placed on the track. A frelght traln into the pile but no one was hurt onger ks belng ran ry Eetlon. At Collings last Jud, ATLANTA, Ga night a mob took Sylvestre Rhodes, colored, from an officer who had just ssted b and shot him to death. Rhodes had brutally murdered @ prominent young white man. COPY FIVE CENT KILLED AT THE POLLS City Election at Troy, New York, Ends in an Awful Tragedy. REPUBLICAN WORKERS ARE SHOT DOWN Their Attempt to Prevent Illogal Voting Results Fatally to Them, FOUR VICTIMS OF POLITICAL PASSION Bitter Struggle Over tho Selection of a Mayor for the Oity, STORY OF THE DESPERATE ENCOUNTER Bat Shea, 1 a Notorlous of Tough the and Ward cler, Accused Crimo—Ho Himselt Desperately Wounded in the Affray. TROY, N. Y, elected In this of the election scenes such has March clty toda 6.—A , but mayor was the record is spotted with blood and the old resident in Troy no recollection of, In a darkened room in a family residence lies the body of Robe as ert Ross, who left his home this morning to aid in the clection of the candidate that the republican party had endorsed. 1In a room in the me house lies lis brothen William, perhaps mortally wounded. In another part of the eity lies wounded a notorious rough and ward heeler, Bat Shea, and in still another part of the city is John McFough, who received a bullet and is serls ously injured, Among the watchers at the Twelfth ward, Pirst precinet, polling place, were Roberf Ross and his brother Willlam, both being there In the Interest of the republican party. There was also a well known characten named Bat About 1:30 o'clock a gang of at least fifteen strangers stood waitin to vote, while men whose names were on the poll list, both democrats and republicans, were crowded away. Robert Ross objected to this and had words with Shea. Thé story told by the surviving Ross s that Shea was the man who killed Robert Ross. He said the trouble began in the polling booth wherg a crowd of repeaters, headed by Jeremfah’ Cleary and Shea, attempted to vote. When the vote was challenged the men went outs side and Iimmediately started an argumen with the Ross brothers. Suddenly the crow surged forward, and in an instant revolvers were drawn and shots fired. Robert Rosa fell to the ground and his brother cried “I'm shot.”” Then the firing ceased as suddenly as it begun. Willlam Ross was shot in the neck, just below the base of the braln, and will probably die. His brother died almost instantly. John McFough s dangerously wounded, while Shea’s wound is not consids ered serious. John Ross sald: “I did not fire.a pistol, It was murder, deliberate murder, ahd it was premeditated. Only about an hour and & half before this man Shea struck my brother William full in the face. I dragged William away and told him to take the blow and say nothing. The blow would not hurt him. ¥ did not think at the time that they would uso their guns.' Mayor Wheelan said tonight: “It is only the natural result of the Murphy heelers to carry the election by fair means or foul. It is a stain on this city Senator Edward Murphy was busy all afternoon aftending to the distribution of culf and collar workers who came to talig about the Wilson bill, but he found time to say: “It s a deplorable affair, and I am greatly grieved at it.” NEW YORK EL the Various ¢ Strong Republican ¢ TROY, N. Y., March 6.—The vote polled was as heavy as that cast in the presidens tial year. With a few districts missing the vote for mayor shows that Mollery, the regs ular democrat, has defeated Wheelan, the fné dependent, by about 1,400 vote NEW YORK, March 6.-~The election res turns from the various counties of the state show decided republican gains. They have won In some districts that the democrats held to be essentially their own. In Geneva the republicans made a clean sweep. Every one of their candidates was elected by an overwhelming majority. In Rochester the res publicans are jubilant over the outcome of the election, the eandidate for mayor havs ing been elected by a majority of probably 3,000. In Little Falls not a single democrag was elected. Every town in Wayne county CTIONS, nties Show ins. Returns from shows republican gains. In Gloversville the Board of Aldermen is entirely republican, The returns from Rockland, Washington, Essex, Clinton and Green counties all show, that the republicans have either held thelr own or made large gains. Lansingbur, elected the entire republican ticket by ovem La 1,200 majority. t year the democratio majority was 665, Saratoga county went ree publican by an increased majority. = Another Republican BURLINGTON, Vt., March 6.—The repubs licans carrled the Burlington city election ay by the largest majority ever given any candidate, W. J. Van Patten for mayor res ceived 369 majority, and four out of five aly dermen were elected B ey falum Lifo Boats. WASHI March 6.—The plan to use aluminium boats in the Wellman Arctic exe pedition has attracted considerable attentiony in this city, Superintendent Kimball of the life saving service s much interested i these boats, and the Navy department I8 consldering the possibility of boats of this material becoming valuable in the additiong to the equipment of the new men-of-wal In order that the department may be postes as to Just what has been done with them Naval Constructor Woodward has been ore dered to make a thorough test of the three Wellman boats and report as to the practicay bility of having aluminium life boats and Victory. launches for the navy. Mr. Woodward, in company with Mr . McGuire, tho ens glneer in charge of the equipment of the Wellman expedition, 18 now in Baltimoreg where a test of the boats will bo made. unds for United States Courts, WASHINGTON, March 6.-~The attorney general hus sent to tho senate a request fos an increase of the appropriation proposed I | the urgency deficiency bill now before the senate_sufficient to make the total not less than $400,000 to meet deficiencies already existing or about to occur in the United States courts in almost all the states (n th union. He says that the $200,000 provide in the bill as it comes from tho house will be declared at once and will be paid within ten days after the movey Is made availables He encloses a letter from the district ate the stute of Washington which has n uds for the payment of of witnesses and urging \mniediate - — ' 1t Through the Head Y Mareh 6.--J, C. Lally, sece retary of the aqueduct board, committed sulcide today at his home, 30 West Twenty: | third strect, by shooting himsell throughi | the head. )