Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 14, 1894, Page 1

i o g GROSVENOR TOUCHED IT OFF First Gun of the Republican Campaign Dis- charged with a Roar. RALLY AT EXPOSITION HALL LAST NIGHT Buckeye Orator on the Ineficlency of the Present Administration and Reasons for a Change—Great Demonstra tion of Party Activity. Republicanism was rampant at Exposition hall last evening. A crowd exceeding 2,000 in number gathered to hear republican doc- trine expounded by Hon. C. H. Grosvenor of Ohio, one of the lrepresentatives of the Buckeye state In congress, and incidentally to enjoy the political songs with which the David City Glee club is making a name for itself all over the state and even beyond its borders. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Hamilton club, and while it was in every way a success, it was nothing compared with what it would undoubtedly have been but for the heat, which kept many from braving the discomforts of an indoor meeting. The club met at its hall at Seventeenth and Farnam early in the evening, and, headed by the Seventh Ward band, marched to the Miilard hotel to escort General Gros- venor to the hall. The speaker took a s fn a carriage with Hon. J. L. Webster, Presi- dent Brome of the Hamilton club and Presi- denc Boyles of the Young Men's Republican clab. Tbe crowd gathered slowly, but by 8:15 the main 4oor was filled, and fully 200 ladies, with thelr escorts, occupled seats in the galleries, their fluttering fans and airy draperies adding color to the scene. On the platform were a number of leading repubs licans, among them being Congressman Melklejohn, State Treasurer Bartley, State Auditor Moore, ex-Senator Saunders, city and county officials, and prominent members of the republican clubs. President Brome pre- sided, and after a selection by the band, introduced the Glee club, which was all the more enthusiastically greeted because of a serenade given in the court of The Bee bufld- ing in the afternoon, when a number of the audience of the evening heard them. The crowd refused to keep quiet until two num- bers had been rendered, and it was then only for a few minutes. During the interim, Con- gressman Meiklejohn was introduced, ana spoke briefly. He referred to the exciting scenes in Nebraska legislative halls three years ago, when Omaha representa. tives gave him earnest support for law, order and the constitution of the stat The change in condition since that time were briefly touched upon, the speaker call- ing attention to the fact that the demo- cratic administration had fastened another $30,000,000 to the national debt by the issu- ance of bonds, and that the policy that they had inaugurated had prostrated the busi- ness of the country by its onslaughts on the forest, mining and other industries, The rebellion of the voters of the country against this state of affairs had been conclusivels shown by the manner in which the prodigals were returning in Oregon, Pennsylvania, New York and to the standard of that Napoleon of republicanism in Ohio, William McKinley, while all indications foreshadowed the return of congress to republican control from the present 100 democratic majority. The course of Representative Mercer of this district was warmly commended, although the speaker said he was compelled to state that his colleague had fallen short in re- publican principles when he went to Min- Tesota to get his wife, instead of patronizing Bome industries in Nebraska. The Glee club was again called upon, and for a time 4t seemed as if nothing else was to be allowed but music, but the chairman finally obtained a hearing, and introduced Al Bixby, the journalistic poet and farm philosopher, at present doing penance on the State Journal. He read a couple of his latest effusions, which tickled ths audience mightily. He was good-naturedly given an opportunity to escapo alive, and quickly availed himself of it. GENERAL GROSVENOR SPEAKS. The speaker of the evening was next in- troduced, and held the attention of the audience’ for an hour and a half. He said he dii not need a political directory to as- certain the sentiment of the republicans of Omaha and Nebraska, for platforms of the party were ldentical the country over, 8o far as the vital national {ssues were concerned. He Indulged in a retrospective glance at the conditions of forty years ago, when he cast his first vote in Indlana, in a memorable contest, when ae liberty-loving people of the country were arrayed on one side against the democrats, who had grown tyrannical and were trying to force the curse of _chattel slavery upon the soil of Kansas and Nebraska. He was raised a democratic boy, but stood appalled when he realized that the power and influence of the government, as well @s its bayonets, stood ready to enforce the extension of human _slavery. And now, forty years later, the democratic party stood unchanged, unimproved 1n any respect. “The only thing about the democratic party,” he said, “that can be admired is its tenacity of life. I thought that I preached ifs funeral sermon any number of times when I was many years younger than 1 am now. It stands, however, as a per- petual warning to the opposition party to keep off the rocks. Wonderful —changes have been witnessed in the past forty years, the forty years that constitute the grindest period in time. The American flag has been carried over the Rocky mountans, and its undisputed dominion extended from shcre to shore. What has the democratic party done in all this time to be proud of? What has It done that you are not ashamed of? It has fought the development of civiliza- tiom denied the binding force of the constitution; den'ed the power of the government to suppress the rebellio and bas never apologized for the crimes of those four years of the war. It has used every instrument that malicious ingenuity could Invent to block republican moves in the way of progress, and the first time that it came into full control of all branches of the government It pulled down the Ameri- can flag on foreign soil. There may be other sideshows of the party here, but they are all a part of the main aggregation. All 18 under one tent, and one price admits to all. T appeal to my colleague here to know 1t the populists in the halls of the national congress have not always voted with the democrats on all questions of fmportance touching national issues. It is a case of Dan Rice and the elephant in one tent, and the fat woman and the snake in the other. It is stmply a question in this state as to which is the elephant and which I8 the Aztec child, “Now, then, the real question to be con- sidered 'is, first, what is the possitility of democratic efficfency in government? 1 am Bere to argue that the only path of safety and uty leads back to where we 5t00d when Qrover Cleveland and his party secured con- trol. Something bas gone wrong in this country since the election of 1592. More states havo called out their militia and armed it to put down civil disorder and pro- tect property than there were states in re- bellion in 1861, The situation is certainly such as to challenge serious consideration. No eloquence can describe the ndid condition of the country Ip December, 1592; the commercial, financial and Industrial con- dition was better than it had ever been and better than that of any other country in the history of all mankiud. Forelgn com- merce was greater than the fondest dream of that enthustastie soul, the author of reci- procity. Millions marked the balance of trade In our favor. There was mot an idle man in the United States. Some did not work; thero are always some democrats sit- ting on boxes cursing the government and not working, and some republicans are troubled the same way, while the pops are always wanting the government to do some thing for them WHEN CLEVELAND WAS ELECTED, “In 1892 the republicans had been in full control for two years, when, by some fa- tality that human understanding cannot demonstrate, Harrison was beaten at the polls. Our forelgn commerce had increased to more than $2,000,000,0 Zvery dollar was in mc 0 In a eingle year. fon, earning some. ng and bringing in its reward to the capitalist. The doors of Castle Garden wer swinging Inward. I have stated that the democrats have done mnothing since they came n, but I will qualify that, for there is nobody coming here now. They _are going the other way. There is now no busy activity of honest industry in the Hocking valley, such as there was two short years ago. Wages have been cut, forcing 10,000 miners to strike against a cut to starvation wages, and I gay here that when the crime of this strike Is will not be on placed for responsibility it the miners, but on the maladministration of the democratic party Then all was prosperous under the work ings of the McKinley law. Our mu:ic was the cheering hum of industry, and the pleasing sight to which our eyes were ac- customed were the bullding of great struc- tures in the citfes. It was not forty-eight hours after Cleveland was declared elected that these disastrous times began to make them- selves apparent. When democrats are crowded Into a corner about this they say it was the McKinley bill. Why, they say we haven't done anything to cause this have we? I agree with them; they filled the utmost of my expectations. In the south there s a tree which stands in its shines, but the traveler who der its silent branches rec the deadly Upas poison. It is only ne sary for the democratic party to exist and shine and poison. In the S0's the democrats ch bank failure to the policy of the govern- ment, and sald it was but the natural re- sult of Shermanism. We will put the shoe on the other foot, and expect them to stand up to the rack and now assume uncomplain- ingly similar responsibility. “Under that system we had increased our currency $120,000,000 in two short years, and there is more money per capita in the country today than ever before. In the banks of New York alone there is over $87,500,000 above the reserve lying fdle and liteless. There is not a bank in Nebratka that has not money piled up in its vaults earning nothing. It is not a question of quantity of volume, but of what to do with it. It amounts to nothing that there .is plenty of blood in the bedy if it will not act ives arged every in response to the heart’s action. Hyper- trophy is as dangerous as atrophy. It is not because the money fs. not there, but because it has nothing to do. In upholding this condition there is not an enterprise in the country of which you are not an enemy. Money circulates where intelligence and patriotism preside at the head of govern- ment, and flees from where ignorance. prejudice and vice are in control. Who would Ioan money in Colorado while the criminal Waite is in the governor's chair, or in a state where a governor calls out the militia to shoot down citizens because they refuse to buy palmetto whisky of a pal- metto executive? The democrats denounced the Sherman law as a cowarly makeshift, and denounced the McKinley law, two acts of our re- publican congress. When this destitution first came and Cleveland called us together in extraordinary session last August, he did not say that the McKinley law was to blame. Was it because he was a coward, a liar or a fool? No, he was a brave, wise, intelligent, bull-headed democrat. He said it was the Sherman law, but never men- tioned the McKinley law. He knew as well as you or I that the country had never been s0 prosperous as under the workings of that law for two years and four months. I voted for the Tepeal of the Sherman law, as did my friend here, but it was not because we were opposed to silver. We are bimetallists, and I am here to de- nounce as a falsifier any one who says that the republican party stands for gold mono- metallism. It has always declared for both metals, but for such a system as will make every dollar as good as any other dollar. It will stand by that policy, and will not be led away from it and submit to a lot of cheap money eimply because a lot cf ranting popu- lists are velling for it. I did not want to see the Sherman law enacted at all, but voted for it to prevent the enactment of & worse law in its stead. I had no idea either that its repeal would solve the difficulty and relieve the country. I simply wanted to help the democrats to get what they claimed they wanted, and not leave them a bush to hide behind by way of excuse for failing to ac- complish what they had promised. MQO@TeN AND BRYAN. was onl/ inclined to doubt it after hear- ing from the gentleman who writes articles for the magazines and administers the af- fairs of the agricultural department on paper. Your representative in the lower house unloaded some vigorous oratory on the subject, and 1 will say that his course was a disgraceful abandonment of the in- terests of the American sugar beet raiser. He was one of the parties who carried out bis chief on his shoulders when the fight was won, and shouted triumphantly when your industry lay bleeding and dying. He betrayed the interest of his state, and voted to destroy the last hope of the sugar beet raiser in Nebraska. If you have your rights and just deserts you would have a thousand factories instead of two, and could furnish employment for tens of thousands of work- men. “The democrats have not made a move looking to an improvement in any particular. They kicked long and loud about the tariff on woolen goods, but they have placed wool on the free list and placed a 45 per cent ad valorem duty on woolen goods. This is taking off of an 11 cent tariff on wool and putting on the other makes a higher protective tarift in favor of the woolen manufacturer than before, and leaves the wool grower without any protection.” In conclusion, the speaker besought the voters to flee from the storm to the ark that had sheltered them and would shelter them again. He predicted the election of a strong republican congres:, with Tom Reed at the head, and sald they would not have to change the rules, for the Reed rules of the Fifty-first congress are in force today. The democrats bowed slowly, but they bowed. They came sullenly, but they came. If this battle was well fought we would again stand well with other countries and with other rulers, except L'luokalani, and would all shout together in victory when the coun- try, disenthralled, should Tenew its course in the pathway of prosperity. The speaker was frequently and enthusias- tically applauded, and at the conclusion of his address the Glee club sang a few more selections, very satisfactorily eclosing the initial rally of the '94 campaign. MILLING BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK. Business 1s Unsatisfactory and Flour Is Sold on & Small Margin. MINNEAPOLIS, June 13.—The North- western Miller says: The Minneapolis mills last week ground 205, barrels, agalnst 207,450 the week before and 163,40 the same week In 1583, Export shipmants were barrels, against 58,970 last week and 6,870 in the same week In 183. The advance in wheat last week caused buyers to take hold at old prices and orders were booked approximating 3%,000 barrels. The export sales were fair.” The output of the or and Duluth mills was 93,934 b agalnst 95,558 barrels the w before Export shipments were 51 the week before. atlsfactory to mill- ers and flour is being made on & very small margin. At Milwaukee the flour pre- duction was 35,8 barrels, against 40,227 3 ling week and 35,100 in 1863, Busl- or. There was some business in at St. Louls, to southern and export orde 5 high prices of coal. Valley of the Ohio millers gener- ally had to report unsatisfactory trade. In Michigan the ovement of flour and feed was quite large. More strength and activ- ity were developed at New York and quite & large business was done. i Senator Elected in Khode lsland. NEWPORT, R. I, June 18.—In grand committee of the leglslature today George Peabody Wetmore was declared United Btates senator. lurgel mills are still handicapped by BLACK PLAGUE 1IN CHINA Natives Dying by Thoneands in Canton and Hong Kone. SEVERAL EUROPEANS ALSO ATTACKED Dread Disease Has Now Spread to the Country and Those Who Fled to Escape it Are ws Bad Off as Before— Everybody Panle Stricken, HONG KONG, June 13.—The native popu- lation is leaving the city by thousands daily on account of the plague. Over 100,000 peo- ple have fled, and 1,500 deaths have oc- curred. Several Europeans have been at- tacked. The government proposes to demol- 1eh the unhealthy native quarters of the city There were eighty-six deaths from the plague yesterday. Nine British soldiers have been attacked with the disease and the military authorities are taking extraordinary precautions to prevent its further spread among the troo, The leading Chinese residents are remov- ing those of the sufferers who are willing to go on board of Chinese gunboats. The us of the natives continues, ANCOUVER, B. C., June 13.—The most Jortant news brought by the Empress of Japan is of the alarming €pread of the virul- ent plague that first appeared in Canton at the end of April. The plague is similar to the great plague in London in the sixteenth century and is carrying off large numbers of victims. It soon spread to Hong Kong, appearing thers in May. It s chielly con- fined to the Chinese. The plague has para- Iyzed business to a large extent, as many leading steamship lines refuse to take either passengers or cargo from Hong Kong. In describing the symptoms of the disease the newspapers say that without _premonitory warning in the shape of a chill there is a sudden onset of fever, raising to 105 de- grees or over. There is much headache ac- companied by stupor. In twelve or twenty- four hours a glandular swelling occurs in the neck or armpit, increasing to the size of a fowl's egg, being hard and tender. With or without the decline of fever the patient sinks into a condition of coma and at the end of twenty-four or forty-eight hours dies. If six days is reached recovery is possible. The Canton correspondent of a Hong Kong paper under date of May 8 says: Scarcely a house has not some one dead. The plague commenced in the Mohammedan quarters and 100 deaths are reported daily. From this district where the dirt is worst and the houses most crowded it spread to the other portions and has now reached the coun- try and the people who fled there from the city now have nowhere to go. ldols are be- ing worshiped in an extravagant and fren- zied manner. At the largest charitable (native) dispensary a notice at the doors states that up to date 2,000 coffins have been given away. This Is far below the actual number used. Sixty thousand is nearer. On May 10 it was found that the disease had reached Hong Kong and energetic steps were at once taken to cleanse the infested localities. Hospitals were opened for the sick and the ship Hygra was moored In the harbor for the accommodation of patients. European and American residents are not proof against the malady. The Chinese appeared at first to be in- clined to co-operate with the authorities in bringing to light known cases of the plague, but probably because of the heavy mortality they became more and more distrustful. The first determined stand aganist the au- thorities was made May 19 when houses were barricaded and stones thrown at officers mak- ing house-to-house visitations. Up to the latest reports 393 cases occurred and thirty-two deaths, The schools have been closed and a panic exists among the Chinese, many of whom are fleeing to the main land. KOREAN INSURGENTS GAINING. Government Troops Sent Against Them Routed Without Firing a Shot. VICTORIA, B. C. June 13.—The latest news from the Orfent is to the effect that the Korean Insurrectionists are gaining ground. It will probably be some time be- fore the insurgents attack Zolu, but great anxiety is felt there. In Chulado business 1s totally suspended. A telegram received by the Japanese government states that the Korean troops dispatched to suppress this uprising of the Togaku party were put to flight by the rebels without firing a shot. Reinforcements to the number of 400 or 500 men are to be sent at once from Chemulpo. The Togaku insurgents increase in number daily. Three Frenchmen, Retz, Bouyer and Fritz Humbert Drose, who for several months have been detained in captivity by Tonkin pirates, have been given up. Ten piratical bands, comprising 700 men, of whom 500 were armed with repeating rifles, have made submission, and as a guarantee of good faith the captives have been given up without ransom. Straits settlement papers repocrt that the steamer Sett Hi foundered in latitude 15 degrees, longitude 97 degrees, and is a tstal loss. Two boats containing seventy-four passengers and the crew arrived at Rangoon and twenty-five more reached Moulmein, B. Moline, mate, and thirty-two others are mis:ing. The steamer was wrecked In a cyclone. IT'S AN OUTRAGE ON ROYALTY. Special Wires to the Duchess of York's _ Residence Mysterlously Cut. LONDON, June 13.—The police authori- ties are Investigating a strange outrage. In view of the approaching accouchement of the duchess of York, wife of the heir presumptive to the throne, a special telegraph wire has been run between White Lodge, Richmond Park, where the duchess is staylng, and Whitehall, this city, in order that the officials who must be at the accouchement may be promptly notified when to start to Rich- mond. This special wire, it appears, was mysteriously cut three times at Richmond during Sunday and Monday and the authori- ties up to the present time have been unable to discover amy clew to the culprit. In order to prevent any further cutting of the wire watchmen are now stationed all along the line. Dr. John Willlams of London, who has been appointed medical attendant to the duchess of York, has been in attendance upon her royal highness at White Lodge since yesterday. [t JITERREZ RECOGNIZED. Provisional President of Salvador Firm lo His Position. SAN SALVADOR, June 13.—President Guiterrez is recelying adhesions from all sides. He has issued a proclamation declar- ing the Ezeta brothers to be traitors. TEGUCIGALPA, June 13.—The govern- ment of Honduras has decided to recognize the government of Guiterrez, to whom Bonilla_telegraphed congratulations. GUATEMALA, June 13.—The government has recognized Guiterrez as provisional presi- dent of Salvador. POPE'S LATEST IDEA He Will Try the Effect of an Encyclical on the Anglican Prelates. ROME, June 13.—It 15 stated that the pope intends to Issue an encyclical to ths Anglican prelates urging them to recognize his au- thority and jurisdiction. The object of the pope, Who is also preparing an encyclical to the dissenting eastern churches, is to restore complete unity in the church. Antwerp Keprescatatives Withdrew. BRUSSELS, June 13.—The Antwerp rep- resentatives announced in the chamber that they considered thelr mandate ended, and the premier said that owing to the with- drawal of these members aad the absence of the members of he Jeft it was impossible for the chamber to continue sitting. The government, therefore, abandoned all meas- ures, except the extrmordinary estimates for works in progress and ourrent business. The chamber adjourned after adopting the extra- ordinary estimates, DISASTROUS FIRE AT PANAMA, Two Rundred and Twenty-Five Buildings Consumed and the Fire Is Still Varning. PANAMA, June 13.—A fire which broke out this afterncon has already destroyed 100 houses and s endangering fully a quar- ter of all bullding fo the city. A high wind Is spreading the flames. At 8 o'clock the firemen dd not_have the fire under control on any side. Families living near the burn- ing quarter are panic-stricken, Scores of them are trying to move their portable goods, but the confusion and excitement are so great they can find no workingmen to help them. At 7 o'clock, it was reported about 225 bulldings were in ruins and the public market was threatened. No full estimate of the loss is yet possible. A vast quantity of merchandise In shops and in storage has been burned. Not legs than $1,000,000 worth of property has been ruined, mich more has been badly damaged. The present estimates of the loss vary between $1,250,000 and $1,500,000. Russia Reaching Out for Trade. ST. PETERSBURG, June 13.—The minis- ter of finance, M. Witte, is sending a high official of the government, M. Zabouguine, to China, Japah, Corea and the United States, with Instructions to inspect the chief ports of those countries, notably San Francisco, and to report upon, the best means to be adopted with the vfew of moting commercial relations with Rus M. Zabouguine Is especially commission to evelop the closest possible re 101 with North America. (he tour of the Russian offictal will Jast two years. Crispi's Resuscitated Ministry. ROME, June 13.—The newspapers of this city today confirm the report that the cabinet reorganization has been completed by Sig. Boselll becoming minister of finance In place of Sig. Sonnino, who will have the portfolio of minister of the treasury. Slg. Damiani replaces Sig. Boselli as minister of husbandry. The new cabinet will appear in Parliament tomor- row. Platform of Eeclesiastical Reform. BUDA-PESTH, June 13.—The new Wekerle cabinet attended Parliament and Premier Wekerle made a statement declaring that Emperor Franels Joseph had concurred in the representations of the cabinet as to the necessity for ecclesiastical reform. The minister, therefore, would not ask for other guaranties. Blsmarck’s Journey Postponed. FRIEDRICHSRUHE, June 13.—Prince Blsmarck's journey to his summer home at Varsein has been postponed for a few weeks. It is said in explanafion that the ex-chancel- lor requires rest, but it is added his condi- tion is not such as to cause any anxiety. American Arrestea in London. LONDON, June 18.—An American named Eugene Torbett was remanded today at Guild hall, charged with the forgery of an order on_the Bank of Scotland for a check book. The prisoner maintained that he had been duped, and that he believed the signature to be genuine. King of Korea Reported to Have Fled. SHANGHALI, China, June 13.—The govern- ment of Japan has sent large forces of troops to protect her Interests in Korea. The king of Korea is reported to have fled to Japanese territory, Beat the Boys [n Mathematics. LONDON, June 13—In the sentor class of mathematics at Cambridge & girl 'named Johnson has won the honor of sixth wrangler for 1804, distanting all her male competi- tors. Fuse Was Extingulshed In Time. BOLOGNE, June 13.—An infernal machine was placed beneath the windows of the police office, but the fuse was extinguished in time to prevent an explosion. Sicilian Sulphur Miners Strike. PALERMO, June 13—Three thousand workmen employed In the sulphur mines near Caltanizetta have struck for an in- crease of wages. Baron Steloberg, Dynamitard. BRUSSELS, Jung 13.—A man claiming to be Baron Steinberg has been arrested in con- nection with the dynamite outrages at Liege. Britannia Wins This Time. HARWICH, June 13.—At the Harwich Royal Yacht club regatta the Britannia beat the Satinet. —————— ADOPTED WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. Another Plank Added to the Platform of Kansas Popalista. TOPEKA, June 13.—The people’s party state convention put in the entire morning endeavoring to reach a conclusion whether to put a woman suffrage plank in its plats form or leave it out When the minority report of the resolu- tions commitfeee was presented at ‘the opening of today's session it was received with a storm of applause. It favors a plank advocating the pending constitutional amend- ment for suffrage, and is signed by eight of the twenty-one members of the platform committee. Judging from the applause two out of three delegates want a suffrage plank. At 1 o'clock the convention decided to ins sert a suffrage plank by a vote of 326 to 250. Immediately upon the adoption of the woman suffrage plank the convention adopted the entire platform, with a few trifiing corrections fp, phrasezlogy, as given in the Assoc.ated pijes reports of this morn- ing. The clause wrv added to the suffrage plank that it sho§*not be made a test of party fealty, The delegates straggled in very slowly after the noon receas, and it was 2:45 be- fore the chairman could secure order. The sensation of the day was sprung on the convention in the shape of a resolution dencuncing the A. P. A, A motion to table 1t was lost, 295 to 218, and it was passed by a viva voce vote. Nominations for state officers followed. George W. Clark, present assistant attorney general, W. C. Webb of Shawnee, and M. B. Nicholson of Couneil Grove were placed in nomination for pssoeiate justice of the su- preme court. Clark was nominated on the first ballot. Governor L. D. Lewelllng W inated by acclamation. D. I. Furbeck of Shewnee was nominated for lieutenant govermor over Percy A. Danjels, the presemt tacumbent, and J. B. Randolph of Emporia. J. W. Amis Smith county was nom- Inated for secrafiry §€ state by ecclams- on. W. H. Biddle for treasurer, John T. Little for attorney gemeral, Van B. Prather for auditor and W. A. Harris for congresman- :lt.mza were all renominated by acclama- on. Jokn Gray of Osage county was given the floor by consent and stated he had been vot- ing a protest against the administration from the miners of Kansas. Gray Is the man who has been fighting the admin- istration all along on account of these min- ing disturbances. “General” Henry Bennet, commander of the Commonwealers' forces In Kansas City addressed the convention and collected §102 for the use of his army. The convention then adjourned sine dle. South Dakota Populists Scarce. MITCHELL, 8. D., June 13.—The attend- ance at the populist convention has fallen short of expectations. There are not to ‘ex- ceed 200 here, besides delegates, and these are from this immediate vicinity, The convention appointed a platform committee today, after a lest of strength between Buchanan and Loucks, !n whi the former won. He wrged to be a candidate for governor, ahd after agreeing this morning, ctanged bis mind this afternoon. Meredith of Sioux Falls is after the nomination. The permanent chalrman is A. J. McCann. of Pennington. renom- MORNING, JUNE L4, 1894, BONACUM-CORBETT CASE 0N Great Cctholic Church Trial Begun Yester- day at Nebraska City. STRONG ARGUMENTS ON CANONICAL LAW pony as to the Bishop's Authority in Priest Offered by ‘the Prosecuting Witness—Many Prom- ment Prelates Present. NEBRASKA CITY, b, June 13— (Special Telegram to The Bee.)—The great church trial is on. At 9 o'clock this morn- ing Judge Chapman called court to order, and there was rustling of papers among at- n and defense in The prosecution ard of this llivan and torneys for the prosecut the Bonacum-Corbett trial. 1s represented by M. L. Ha city and Attorneys E. F. Warren represents the defense Bishop Bonacum was the first witness. His testimony is but reiteration of reports before published, telling of Father Corbett’s suspen- sion, his refusal to obey the appointment of Father Smith as Corbett's suc , and the atempt made by himself and Smith to hold services at Palmyra when they found the church locked Hubert testified to serving the injunction on Corbett. There was no trouble, and he. did not interfere. Father Smith corroborated the bishops testimony and told of his un- successful attempt to hold services at Elm- wood. The keys of the chur id are still in the possession of Fa hett. Vicar General Emanual Hartig and Father Cusson of this city testified that it was the duty of priests to obey the bishop; that no one else could suspend priests. When a priest !s removed he must go, but can ap- peal after his removal. Charles Royal and Mr. Fleming, trust of the Palmyra church, testified to the church being barred. The bishop al=o testified that Smith's Ele- ments of Canonical Law were not recog- nized as authority, and Fathers Hartig and Cusson_corroborated him. The prosecution rested just before noon. Father Phelan’s deposition was the first thing presented in the afternoon. The depo- sition is an exposition of canon law and its bearing upon the present case. In response to a series of questions he said, in sub- stance: “The effect of an appeal In canon law is to suspend the jurisdiction of the trial judge and transfer the cause to the jurisdiction of the appellate judge. After the appeal the trial judge cannot take cognizs of the cause appea'ed. The interposition of an ap- peal renders null and void all subsequent acts of the trial judge. The rule applies to all trials, whether formal or informal, when- ever there is a definitive sentence pro- nounced. Appeals may also be taken from an act foreseen or feared. Should a priest apprehend hostile action from his bishop, whether it is censure or removal from office, he may appeal to their mutual superior, and pending a decision the bishop can do nothing which in any way alters the status of the case. Nor can the bishop take adverse action against the priest, as his jurisdiction ceases with the appeal. An individual or collective com- plaint is an appeal in canon law. The ef- fect of such a complaint is to tie the bishop's hands and render him incapsble of doing any acts in the line of the complaint, or in the particular field covered by the complaint. This is the universally recog- nized principle in canonical jurisprudence The highest ecclesjastical judge in the Catholic church. in this country is Francis Satolli, apostolic delegate. He unites the offices of judge and father, and his juris diction embraces all clergymen of Wwhat- gver order in the church In the United States. His advice as father, however de- serving of respect otherwise, hat mo weight in law. When he acts as judge he cannot pronounce sentence until both sides are heard.” Replying to the questions of the cross-ex- aminer, Dr. Phelan denied having taken an active part in all the troubles between the bishops and his priests, or advised the priests to disobey the bishop. Continuing the depo- sition says: “A priest may lawfully dis- obey the bishop's order of removal if he has previously taken an appeal to a higher au- thority. A suspended priest has a right to prefer charges against his bishop, and, pend- ing their determination, the bishop is not divested of his powers, but their exercise is suspended. A suspended priest exercises all the functions of his office, except that of saying mass, pending an appeal after sus- pension, and if the bishop appoints a priest to the place he becomes an assistant to the suspended priest and must obey his direc- tios & Father English of Hastings followed and read a letter from Bishop Bonacum, in which the bishop advised him to study Smith’s Elements of Canonical Law as the best authority on church law. Father Mur- phy’s testimony was much the same. The defendant then took the stand and gave a general review of the case, telling of his removal from Palmyra to Rulo mi: sion and his reasons for dis obeying the bishop. He stated that when he took charge at Palmyra the chureh was deeply in debt, and is now com- paratively free; that he built the parsonage at Palmyra and a church at Douglass. He contended that his appeal took power to re- move him from the bishop's authority, and cited an instance where appeal had been denied a priest who had been removed after he had left his mission. Father Corbett was subjected to a severe cross-examina- tion, but was not shaken. The defense rested here. An adjournment until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning was taken, when ecclesi- astical law will be read to the court and arguments made. Attendance at the trial has been light. TOWN SWEPT AWAY. Eversthing but the Elevator at Grants, Oregon, Wrecked by the River. PORTLAND, Ore., June 13.—A telephone message from The Dalles this morning states that almost the entire village of Grants, in Sherman county, has been swept away by the flood. Only the elevator and a few bulldings on the high land remain The distillery owned by Goodale, Walker & Co. went out yesterday, Twelve men were in the bullding when 1t was carried off its foundations. All were saved, one man, after the buildings were well out in the stream, being rescued by boatmen, who saw him floating with the building. Grants 1s a place of about 200 inhabitants, located on the Columbia river on the Union Pacific rallroad, twenty-one miles east of Port- land. The distillery at Grants was bullt about eighteen months ago, and the plant was worth in the neighborhood of $7,000 Its capacity was 1,58 gallons of spirits per day. e Hampering Postoffice Inspectors. CHICAGO, June 13.—Judge Grosscup of the United States court rendered a decision which will make it more difficult for post- office Inspectors to obtain evidence against violators of the postal laws. It was in the case of James Palmer, a letter carrier charged with stealing from the malls. The court decided that a test or decoy letter hich was used to trap Palmer was not 1n the mails In the legal sense at the time it was alleged to have be by carrier. The jury was 1 C in a verdict of not guilty and Palmer be came o free man. The letter in this case was Rot regularly transmitted through the malls and was not postmarked. B After Mrs. Fremont's Money. LOS ANCELES, Cal, June 13.—A sult in equity was filed today In the United States court by Loren Jones of New York against Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of General Fremont, the “Fathfinder,” to re- strain her from collecting money from con- gress for the seizure of land by the govern- ment belonging to her husband. The com- plaint avers that the land seized by tne government in this state was heavily mortgaged by General Fremont and that the property was foreclosed under mort- NGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. The complaint severely criticises 1 Fremont's business methods ——————— FIFTEEN OFFICERS FIRED. Commissioners Hegin the Work of Reno- vating the l'olice Department. The Board of Fire and Police Commissi ers last night summarily di police force Captaln Thon ant Willlam H. Shoop Vaughn, Court Officer V. B er, Patrol Conductor Al Keysor, Patrolmen Charles Bloom, G. W. Bruce, B. F. Burrows, A 8 Dubols, Patriek Foley, John Brady, 8. D. Cory, J. R. O'Gorman, 8. G Hoff. These men will be removed from duty this morning at 7 o'clock and the date of their dismissal will be June 20, when their pay will stop. This action of the board genuine surprise when it bec but the work of the iers is not yet completed, as they are considering sev- eral serious charges against Chief Detective will create a mes known, commissi Haze and several other officers. When the board adjourned it was until the next reg ular meeting night, Monday, and the mem- bers announced that they would then take up the cases of other officers, and the fire department is coming in for a general reno- vation while they are at it Captain Thomas Cormick has been on the police force for about ten years, and has ays been regarded as a most exemplary cer, but fn a mor of anger, while ng as chief of police, he struck Se Shoop when both were on duty. C has been suspended from duty for th four we and the dilatory acticn of th board was taken by many to mean that th captain’s previous excellent record was standing him in good need, and 'that he would eventually be restored to duty Sergeant Shocp was faund guilty obering the chief's orders In sta at the Coliseum on the night of the Rifles’ scandal J. M. Vaughn was dismissed for incom- petency. Bloom is the man who was accused of writing a threatening letter to Mayor Bemis last winter. Walker was discharged for specific cause, as was Cory, who, it is alleged, has been more or less actively engaged In politics to guch an extent that his services as an of- ficer became impaired. The others were dis- missed for causes which the commissioners refused to make publ 3 Chief Detective Haze was calléd before the commissioners again last night to answer to charges preferred against him by Kittie Walsh. The examination was conducted se- cretly, but a Bee reporter learned about part of it. Miss Walsh alleges that last August she had her purse, containing $20, stolen from her room. She reported the matter to the police station, and Haze said he would take charge of the case. He did 50, and after looking around the house said that if the girl would accede to his wishes he would recover her money. She did so. He never recovered the money, according to Kittie's story, and she claims to have filed charges against Haze two days after the oc- currence, but nothing was ever heard from them, and Chief Seavey sald last night that no such complaint ever reached him. ————— ERASTUS WIMAN'S TRIAL. Evidence All Intraduced and Attorneys Commence Their Argnment. NEW YORK, June 13.—Evidence for the prosecution in the case of Erastus Wiman, accused of forgery in the second degree, was all in when the court of oyer and ter- miner took its noon recess. The witnesses examined today were in the main to cor- roborate the evidence submitted yesterday and no new points of consequence were scored. In stating the case for the defense General Tracy took the position that as Mr. Wiman was a partner in the firm of R. G. Dun & Co., his actions were strictly legal, “if at times somewhat roundabout.” Mr. Tracy argued that each partner had the same rights and powers in the matter of the firm's business as had the combined firm. He was still on this line of argument when the court took a recess. Judge Ingraham ruled that it was imma- terfal whether Wiman Was or was not a pertner of Dun, but that it was entirely clear that as between themselves it was not a partnership. The articles of association were merely an employment of Dun, King and Douglass as managers. All power of endorsement was expressly withheld from them, except the power to endorse for de- posit’ checks payable to the concern. In practice, Wiman had been allowed to en- dorse for other purposes, and to that ex- tent the articles were virtually modified. The act of Wiman, however, so far as shown, was one which plainly brought it under .the provielons of the statute relating to forgery, and was as plainly an act which he had no authority under the agreement to perform. General Tracy called the defendant to the stand and asked him to tell the jury in as brief a manner as possible the story of his life up to the present day. The defend- ant began by giving a sketch of his career. During his time as manager of the agency the firm's profits increased from nothing at first to $50,000, then to $100,000, to $250,000 and by successive jumps to half a million, which in round numbers was the net profits of the agency when he was dropped out of it. Mr. Wiman went on to say that from the time of Mr. Barlow's death, in 1880, Mr. Dun had ceased to take an active interest in the assoclation afairs. SOUTH DAKOTA MASONS. Grana Lodge at Hot Springs Elects Officers and T sacts Much Business. HOT SPRINGS, §. D., June 13.—(Spectal Telegram to The Bee)—The grand lodge of Masons convened here at 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon, with Grand Master Me- Calister presidin, The day was occupled with renorts of committees and appoint- ment of new committees. In the evening the Star lodge exemplified its work, ac- companied with the beautiful floral marc h The grand lodge today elected the follow- ing officers: W. C. Allen of Groton, grand master; F. iles of Sioux Falls, deputy grand m J Lewls of Cantc Senjor grand warden; A. W. Coe of De wood, grand junior warden; L. L. Loster of Iroquols, 1d_ treasurer; George A Pettigrew of Flandreau, grand secretary The = grand _master-cléct appointed the following officers: J. H. Scriven of Mitchell, grand lectur J. H. Bab- cock_ of Mitchell, — grand — chaplain; S. M. Salsbury of Aberdeen, grand senlor deacon; R. G. Sedam of St Lawrence, grand junior deacon; BE. H 1 rand senjor stew- Lewis of 'Hot Sp ard; Major Hill of Springfield, grand junior steward; John Banks of Huron, grand marshal; F. H. Kink of Gettysburg, grand tyler; William Blatt of Yankton, commit- tee on foreign correspondence. ' The re- mainder of the day was occupled with routine work. The question of changing tie constitution relative to past grand office aining members of the grand lodge and wing mileage for attendance will prob- ably be submitted to the lodges for a vote, The masters degree was exemplified to- night by Grand Lecturer Scriven. The Masons enjoyed the novelty of feasting on barbecued ox this afternoon at the Chau- tauqua grounds. Tomorrow the grand chapter meets. The next meeting of the grand lodge will be held at Plerre, e McNamara Trial Commenced. LIBERTY, Mo., June 13.—Judge Broad- dus called for trial today the case of the state against J. V. McNamara, who styles himself bishop of the Reformed Catholic church. He 18 charged with falsely ac- cusing certaln priests and nuns with im- morality. Large delegations of the Amer- ican Protective assoclation are here from Kansas City and elsewhere to attend the trial. The court room was packed to suf- focation all day. was consider- T ably delayed by the refusal of Miss Tempy Broaddus, the court stenographer and daughter of the judge, to report it. She had learned that certaln parts of Mc- Namara's speech would be introduced in testimony, and that it was too indecent for a woman' to hear. F e detectives and John Hooth and Jules Rosenberger, who reported the lecture for the Kansas City Star, gave evidence as witnesses for the state. PAYNE CONFESSES Admits that He Was Unassisted the Mur- derer of Maud Rubel, DESCRIBES THE CRIME IN DETAIL Went with the Girl to the Rooms Sunday Morning for Immoral Purposes.” HE REFUSED HER DEMAND FOR MONEY Threatened with Arrest He Struck Her with a Piece of Furniture, THEN LEFT HER LYING ON THE FLOOR Returzed in Evening and Concealed and Robbed the Body. DENIES THAT HE MEANT TO KILL HER Says She Had Ieen His Mistress for Two Yeurs—Reasons for Belleving He Mas Sought to Extenuate His Crime. Sam Payne has admitted murderer of Maud Rubel. made a full confession to representatives of the newspapers. His story, as brought out by a long series of questions, was: “I first met Maude Rubel at a dance in South Omaha about two years ago and from that time until her death she was my mis- tress. I never went to South Omaha to see her, but she always came up here. I was employed as porter at the Windsor hotel and she always came there, and from there we usually went to the Traveler's hotel and took a room. We never had any serious quarrel. She came to see me some times as often as three times a week, and my salary was distributed to her, to my mother and to ‘Sugar Lump,’ my other mistress. On Sunday morning, May 27, about $:30, a8 I was going to my mother's home at Seventh and Leavenworth streets, 1 was cvertaken under the Tenth street viaduct by Maud. I bad no appointment with her and did not expect to meet her there. We bade each other good morning and I then pro- posed that we go up to the apartments at $06 South Tenth street that Sugar Lump and I had vacated a few days before, and she consented. ® DESCRIBES THE MURDER. “I had criminal intercourse with her, and as 1 was leaving she followed me into the hall and asked me for §2. I had no money and told her so. She then said that it I did not at cnce give her some money she would call a policeman and have me ar- rested. I said: ‘Oh, you woumld not do that, would you? and at the same time picked up the fece of a table drawer was Iying on the floor and struck her on'the left side of the head near the ear. I 4ld not intend to strike her a hard blow, but she fell to the ficor, and not waiting to ees how badly I had injured her, I threw the board away and ran down the stairs. “The face of the drawer was about fourteen inches long, four inches wide and an_inch thick. When we went up to the rooms Maud took off all her clothing except her under garments and was in that condition when I struck her. She said nothing when hit ex- cept ‘Oh.’ RETURNED TO THE ROOMS. “At § o'clock that evening I went to the McHugh building to see if Maud was still there. I found her body lying in the hall, where she had fallen, with the position u changed. 1 picked up the body and carried it iato the room in which it was found. I then went into the room we had occupled and got an old skirt and threw it over the body. Then I took off the finger rings and the silk garters, picked up the corset and the eliryers, which bad fallen off while T was carrying the body, three overskirts, ome a white one, and tock all of these things to Sugar Lump. I did not go back to the building again. “The next Saturday a reporter for one of the pagers told me the police wanted me for the murder of Maud Rubel and I got out of town as soon as I could. I followed & policeman up Sixteenth street, and then made my way down to Eleventh and Doug- las strects, thinking at first to go over to Sugar Lump's on Ninth street, but I con- cluded this would not be wise, and walking down the railroad track to Gibson, got on board a freight train and rode to Creston, Ia., where I hired out as a cook on a Bur- lirgton diner, running between Creston and Plattsmouth. . You know about my capture at_Mystic." Payne said that he took the rings because they were valuable.” He said that he had given the smaller one, a plain gold ring, to Maud himself, and he had received it some time ago from Jennie Gatewood, who now lives with her husband, Joe Gatewood, at Fourteenth and Jackson streets, Payne said that he did not know Dr. Brown and that the latter had mothing to do with the crime. He denled also that he knew Mrs. Hess, Maud's South Omaha chum, or that he had ever seen her. He had never heard of Dr. Putnam and never heard Maud say anything about going south to marry anybody. He said that Maud once threatensd to kill him if he did not quit keeping coms= pany with Sugar Lump. While talking to the reporters Payne was, as a rule, exceedingly nervous, though some- times he broke out into a laugh, as when telling about Maud's jealously over Sugar Lump and about following the policeman up Sixteenth street on the morning of his de® parture for lowa. that he is the Last evening he While Payne's story is considered to be true in the main, certain facts are known which must suggest that in describing the crime Payne has sought to, in a considerable measure, extenuate his guilt. SOUGHT TO TRAP HER. The chief of these facts is that on Friday or Saturday before the murder Payne went out on South Fourtcenth street to employ Mrs. Jamieson to care for the rooms at 808 South Tenth street. Payne and his mistress had moved out of there. The rooms were empty and dirty and the windows broken, Mrs. Jamieson went to the rooms, arriving there before Payne did. On seeing theip condition she surmised that the negro had brought her there for no good purpose, and she was leaving, when on the stairway she met Payne. He urged her to go back with him. She asked for the landlady. Payng sald she could be found a few blocks awa; but that she had authorized him to employ & housekeeper. He again urged Mrs. Jamie- #on to return to the rooms with him, but oughly, and pushing past him she hurried oughly, and pushing passed him she hurried home. It 1s the conviction of the polies that Payne got the woman to go to the rooms only to ravish her. Another highly important fact in the Nght of Payne's statements is that in the room in which Maud's body was found a large pool of blood lay at the side of the head, while none was found in the hall, where, according to Payne's story, the body lay for a whole day. As the skin was broken and the head bloody where the blow was received, it 18 considered certain that the body was Bof e