Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 3, 1895, Page 3

o 11E OMANA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1895. COUNCIL BLUFFS. OFFICB, - - NO. 12 PEARL STREET Delivered by carrler to any part of the elty. H. W. TILTON, Letree. No. 43 night TELEPHONES-Dusiness office, editor, No, 2. e MINOR MEANTION, The Connty Board of Supervisors will meet a8 o board of equalization this morning. Grand hotel, Council Dlufts, Newly fur pished. Reopened Oct. 1. E. F. Clark, Prop. je city council will hold a evening, the regiar meeting of the th No evening scrvices were held at the First Presbyterian church yesterday o1 account of Dr. Phelps having trouble with his voice All meribers of Washington camp No. | P. 0. 8 A, are requested to mest at their | hall, 101 Maln street, at 1 p. to attend | the funeral of Durt J. Barrett. . McMani | | meeting this gill, recording secrctary, Bllen, the widow of Alvin 8. Grosve dled yesterday morning at 1:30 o'clock 81 years The funeral will take piace to morrow after at 2 o'clock from the residence h street Council ca No. 14, Woodmen of the World ¢t in their hall on Middle Bro it 8 o'clock sharp. Work in the ,protcction degree. A full attendance is desired. All visiting members cordiaily invited The June issne of the Midland Monthly Just ont, containg a well written cle ¢n the “Knnsas-Nebraska Bill of 1854, by C. B. Aitchison of this. ¢ It Ie a historical write-up of an int kind, and shows considerable familiarit % the subject on the part of the Bert 1. Darrett, a well known young man of this city, and a clerk in the Boston sior died of heart disease yesterday morning, after an iliness of three aged 20 years, at his home, 912 / He was a member of the United Order of Sons of America nd of the First Baptist church. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the church, Rev. V. C. Rocho offfffat- ing. Cliff and Selly Hough findulged i their perfodical jamboree at midnight Saiurday ht in the Mint saloon on Broailway Some one got a bat on the jaw-gide ard w-nt to the police station to fils an Information. CIiff followed him up for the purpose of dizsuading him, and he ma much nolse about ft that he was put inside, Selly also cam along about the same time, and he, too, was locked up. The man who was slugged has disappeared. fnsure in the Imperial, Paatine or Glen Falls Fire Insurance companies. These are among the largest and best companies in the world, and we are sole agents for Council Blufts. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pearl street. One Wide'y Known € neil Blufts Product, No one thing 18 giving Council Bluffs so widely distributed an advertisement as the preparation known as Mecca Compound. Letters from nearly every state in the un‘on show how widely it is scattered by the hands of its friends. This is the more remarkable in view of the fact that it is a nonadvertised remedy, and the testimoniale come unsolicited. Surely no discovery in the present age has done more to relieve the sufferings of the afflicted than this wonder worker, and it calls forth the grati- tude of many a sufferer. The following let- ter from way down in Georgia shows how it is appreciated so far away from home: ATLANTA, Ga., May 3.—Foster Manufac- turing Company, Council Bluffs: Unsolicited on your part, I feel it a duty as well as a pleasure to bear testimony to the value of your Mecca Compound. My little boy, § years of age, while playing near a large pan of hot ashes stumbled backward and fell, with his naked back across the pan. He was badly burned before he could get up, the coals even sticking to his skin The burn was about four inches wide and twelve inches long. The very best rem- edies were administered by the physician but the child suffered intensely. A friend visiting our family telegraphed to his home in North Carolina for a jar of your Mecca Compound. We applied it as soon as it came, and, though the child was still suffer- ing, in a few minutes he was quite easy. We used two pounds on the burn, and in ten days he was walking about the place, and now the scar is wearing away. I shall always feel grateful to our friend for call ing attention to your valuable remedy. Respectfully, CHARLES HOLDER. PARAGRAPHS, PERSONAL ‘W. W. Chapman is seriously ill. Miss May Watts has returned from Men- ver and Is visiting Miss Georgia Bennett. D. C. Bloomer has gone to Buffalo, N. Y., tor a visit. Mrs, Charles Blerworth has gone to Woodbine for a few days' visit with old schoolmates, Miss Nellle Wright of Pipton, Ind., is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. P. B, Joslyn, 126 Fourth street. Mr. and Mrs. Howard N. Hattenhauer have returned from Chicago and are stopping at the Grand hotel Mrs. 8. Farnsworth will sail from Europe this week. Her daughter, Miss Jessie, will remain for some time, Mrs, Victor E. Bender and son left last evening for Galesburg, Ill., where they will visit relatives for a month. Paul, the little son of S. B. Wadsworth, fell from his bicycle one day last week and sustained a fracture of the arm. Mre. Willlam Beer of Minneapolis the city at the bedside of her aunt, Linas C. Baldwin, who is seriously ill. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George 8. Davis, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Burke, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bell, a daughter. Dr. J. M. Barstow has returned from the central whist leaguo convention at Spirit Lake. The next convention will be held in Council Bluffs December 6 and 7, 1895, Mr. and Mrs. Corey left last night for a visit among relatives n Nebraska. Mr. Corey will be at his desk in the Burlington freight offices in a few days, but Mrs., Corey will be absent all summer. is in Mrs. A large line of children's waists. METCALF BROS. Wright Bros'. Sacrifice Sale. A great big stock of the finest and best quality summer goods, the very latest up to date and all new and fresh, is what Wright Bros., the haberdashers, are closing out They have leased a store in an eastern city and have only a short time to wind up their business here. They don't want to make any money, and have cut off all profits. You can buy a good straw hat for 20c, and the highest grade Derbys and Fedoras for $2.25, which were bought for bargains at $3. The nicest line of summer underwear, all the lat. est things in neglige shirts, dress shirts, sum- mer neckwear, and everything the big stock contains at sacrifices that make investments tor you. Wright Bros. are selling thelr beautitul wash summer ties, latest stylish patterns, at 15c. They are closing out every dollar's worth of their goods in the store at a great crifice, preparatory to leaving the city. The Illinols Automatic good one. The only Invented. Sell from fail to see it at Cole's, Wright Bros« Are Closing Oat And disposing of the very finest stock of hats and gents' furnishing goods in the city, Knox $5 hat, $8.75: Knox $4 hat, $3; Knox §3.50 straw hat, §2 Refrigerator s a correct principle yet $7.00 to $§15.00. Don't 41 Main st. Two carloads, 3x common, $18 per Council Bluffs. 16 white oak, No. 1 thousand. A. Overton, Ted Huy for sale In iarge or small lots, by F. Gardner, In- quire of Thomas Johnson, city weighmaster. We will make special prices for running service pipes for gas to your residence for the month of June. Call at Gas office for information. Sclentific opticlan at Wollman's, 406 Broad- way. Childre: walsts from 16c to $1.00. METCALF BROS. phacton and harness. Davis, agency for Munvon's remedies. L The Hardman, the planc par excellence. EWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Milkmen Combine in a Flan to Avoid Prosecution Under Btate Laws, WILL ACVIRTISE SKIMM.D MLK ONLY Tty Making This Announcement They Hope ty Attuching to the to Evade Penn Sale of Milk Below the Estabe lished Standard. As A result of some of the reeent pro tions that have been instituted agzain: milkmen by Milk Inspector Flemming, a number of the dairymen hLav Ivertise nothing but skimmed Cards will be placed upon their wago advising the public of this fact. Whe it will be sold at a reduced price or whether it will really be skimmed milk will be a matter to be scttied by the milkmen and their customers, At any rate, if the prolific milk-producing bossies eat too much dewey grass and yield milk that does not come up to the legal standard their owners will not have to pay a $25 fine for violation of the state law. The milk dealers believe that they can evade the state law by such a course until they can arrange to have what they believe to be honest and competent tests made. They will make a demand upon the governor for Flemming's removal. Scliciting bribery and blackmail will be among the serfous charges that he will have to fice, BLANISON BROS, Surprising ! argalos Monday. The people have confidence in what we say. You never g:t disappointed at our store, Our price guaranteed the lowest Come in Monday. Largest and nobbiest line of ladies' shirt waists ever shown in this_city, with laun- dered cufts and collars, at 50c, $1, $1.30 and ) each. inch all silk satin s, and black, Monday, 50c yard. Monday we will sell ladies’ pure silk vests each; two to each customer. dozen ladies’ taffeta silk gloves, day, half price; only 25c pair. Ladies' white chamols skin gloves at pair. Ladles' $2.25 8-button length, white dressed kid gloves, Monday, $1.50 pair. Ladies' calico wrapp-rs, 50c each; s9c. Ladies® each, Buy your carpets, sh ribbons, all col- Mon- 9¢ un- worth $1 matting, curtains and rugs of us. You save money by doing so. 4Gic linen warp matting at 29¢ yard; 1,000 curtain shades at 15c and 29c each. BENNISON BROS., ouncil Bluffs, $1.69 lawn wrappers, Monda GOOD CASE AGAINST HUNTER. Mercer Thinks the Sioux City Man Is Fairly ¢ nught, W. G.D.Mercer, the United States inspec- tor, was in the city yesterday, on his way from Sioux City to Chicago. Mention was made in yesterday's Bee dispatches of the arrest of Dr. H. C. Hunter at Sioux City on the charge of using the malls for the purpose of booming an establishment for performing criminal operations upon unfortunate women. Mercer considers the case one of the best he has ever worked up. For a year and a haif he has been collecting information with refer- ence to Hunter's scheme, which has been operated all over western' Towa. Circulars were sent to country doctors, offering them $25 commission for all cases they sent to his “hospital.” Mercer secured Inspector the services of a woman detective. He drew up letters to Hunter, which were copied by the woman and sent through the mails. “She masqueraded as a woman in_trouble, and Hunter fell into the trap, implicating "himself by means of his written statements in numerous criminal acts. “As these acts are unlawful” said he in one of the letters, “I shall have to charge you a fee which may seem to you to be ex- orbitant.” Two hundred dollars was named as the price she would have to pay, and for that sum he would guarantes her a safe r turn home after ten days and immunity from prosecution. He said he had been treating cases of this kind for five yeurs, many of his patients being girls 17 and 18 years of age. The woman detective carried out her part of the case to perfection. Mercer went to the room where the operation was tc be per- formed and had to show Hunter the $200 be- fore business could be commenced. Th- woman was laid out upon the table and Hunter went to work in the most deliberate way to get his tools In shape. Just beforc he was ready to commence he turned his back for a moment, and when he turned back found himself gazing down the barrel of Me;- cer's revolver. Quick as a flash the wonian Jumped from the operating table, and before Hunter fully realizzd what had happened she had the handcuffs securely fastened arcurd his wri: Inspector Mercer has specialists with a view to fortifying himeelf ainst any technicalities that may be re- sorted to, and says he is prepared to show that Hunter has been guilty of deliberate purder in cases almost without number. Unfortunately the United States laws cas only be used in prosecuting on the one charge, of using the mails for fraudulent purposes, and the maximum penalty for this crime is a fine of $1,800 and a three years term in the penitentiary, but by the time this case is disposed of the matter will in all probability be further prosecuted in the state courts, consulted eminent WHITE GOODS-~WASH GOODS, Boston Store. A full dress pattern for 19c. 5c_challie for 19c. 50 pieces fancy Jaconets, regular goods, on sale at 9c a yard. 19c Lig assortment, at 12%c a yard. Ladies’ ribbed vests, 3c each. Ladies' Egyptian cotton ribbed vests, regular value 16c, at 9¢, or 3 for 26c. Children's gauze vests, all sizes, worth 19¢, at 10c each. Ladies' white silk para- 10 yards of 12%c Dimities, sols, worth $1.50, on sale at $1.19 each. See them. Extra value in cream laces at Sec, 10c, 12%c and 25c a yard. Beautiful line of ladies' shirt waists on sals at 75c, $1.00, $1.25. 200 sun umbrellas, full 26-inch, heavy twilled silk, natural han- dle, with silver tip, regular value $2.25, to go at $1.50 each G0c summer corset on sale at 33c each. 76c summer corset at 44c each FOWLER, DICK & WALKER, 401-406 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia. C. 0. D. Brown has the only non-explosive gasoline stove ever manufactured, and it will burn from 35 to 40 per cent less gasoline than any other gasoline stove on the market the Yes, Eagle laundry is “that good laundry,” and is located at 724 Broadway. If in doubt about this try it and be convinced. Don't forget name and number. Tel. 157, George 8. Davls, prop. Davis Drug, Paint won the quarter page ad and Glass house, in today's Nonpariel A lorge line of children's waists. METCALF BROS. WHISKY KEL ER STOLE TO SECURE wye of the Mucller Musie Company Cuught In the Act of Hurglary. Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock a tele- phone message was recelved at the city marshal's office from 'George W. Hewitt, stating that a man had been seen entering the Mueller Piano and Organ company's store, on South Main street, by the back way. Oficer Covalt was sent to find whether the visitor had a right there and arrived just in time to catch W. K. Keller clambering out of the cellar way with two flutes and some mouth organs, all valued at_about §50, in his pocket. Keller has been employed by Mueller for years, and is regarded as almost indispen- sable about the place, belng able to make a plano frem the ground up. He has been in the babit of getting drunk occasionally, and at such times bas stolen things out of the store and pawned them. Heretofore Mr. Mueller has always redeemed the stolen goods and taken the price of them out of Kellor's wages, but this time he says he will show Keller that he can exist If they do part company, and will prosecute him to a finish. When Keller saw the officer he made a break for an outhouse near by, presumably for the purpose of putting his booty out of sight. But he was dragged out and taken to the city jail, where he is now. He had been drinking. Children’s walsts from 15c to $1.00. METCALF BROS. Judge adler Leaves. Judge S. Adder, who came to Council Dlufts about a month ago, courted a young {lady of 32 summers five days and then { murrfed her, has left the city with his wife and nothing has been heard from them for a weck. He claimed to have been judge of some court in Baltimore and to have Lamassed a tremendous fortune, which en- labled him to bestow upon his bonny bride | | a check for $50,000 as a wedding gift. A | telegram was sent to parties in Baltimore by fome of the members of Iocal bar and was found that no man of the name of Adler had been known in Baltimore. So far as can be learned, none of the local banks have ever been cailed upon to there and his His v gone oft on will return before long, but the $50,000 check, and altogether an air of mystery about Judge Adle affairs that has rot yet been dicpelle | friends claim that he has m: a visit a | some doubt is thrown over their hopes by | the fact of the judge having worked quite | a number of his friends for sums of cash | aggregating several hundred dollars before Eoing away. A letter has Dbeen sent to Crete, Neb., where he Is supposel to have gone, and it is hoped that an answer will throw some light on the queetion of his whereabouts today or tomorrow. His rooms in the State Savings bank building are de- void of furniture, excepting for a bedstead and an old curtain. Suid Stewart Would Pay. James Bishop i a young man who has been selling peanuts at the driving park during the ten days’ racing meet which has just closed, and in carrying ont the duties of his position he made the acquaintance to a limited extent of Charles Stewart Saturday afternoon he decided to take a lady friend out riding. He went to the old Dokany barn on Bryant street and engaged a rig. After the ride he sent the rig back to the stable in care of a messenger boy sending word to the proprietor that Stewart owed him some money and would pay for the rig. On looking the matter up the owner of the horse found that Stewart had given no one autherity to hire rigs at his expense. An information was filed in the city clerk’s office and Bishop was arrested yesterday. 1t has been found since then that Bishop tried the same dodge at the Bryant house opposite the police station where he had been stopping during the races, and as a result there is an unpaid board bill against him. Excursion from ~t. Jos' ph. The first Sunday excursion of the season was run into Council Bluffs over the Kan- sas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs rail- way from St. Joseph, Mo.. under the man- agement of W. J. Davenport. The train took on passengers from all the towns be- tween the two cities, the fare of $1.50 for | the round trip proving an irresistible bait Ten motor trains of two cars each were drawn up in front of the depot and all went excir- of away loaded, the slonists being over visitors went to Omaha during the and the resorts of Omaha and Council Biuffs were well patronized. The tors were all too good natured to grumble, even at the total number of 1,000. Many the downpour of rain that took place during the ay was an enjoyable one to St. afternoon, and the throughouts The Joseph at 8 p. m. Sixty train returned ive Converts, service at the First Pres church yesterday morning was of unusual interest. The pews In the front part of the church had been reserved for candidates for church membership, and the sermon by Rev. Dr. Stephen Phelps was designed especially for their benefit, containing con- The siderable advice with reference to their Christian life. After the sermon the can- didates 'were grouped around the pulpit and in less than ten minutes sixty-five new members had been ushered into the church, most of them by baptlsm. All these con- versions are the result of the recent Pier- son meetings. Next Sunday a large number of new members will be taken into the Con- gregational church, B Believe Iirate the Safferer. RAWLINS, Wyo., June 2.—(Special.)—The fecling 1s general in this place that Prof. Brate, principal of the public chools, who was convicted in the district co sault for whipping one of his y been unjustly dealt wit A number of citi- zens have started a subscription help defray the expeases of Prof. Brate's trial, which amounted to $20. The school board has endorsed Prof. Brate and has adopted a resolution extending to the principal and other teachers of the school thanks for their work during the past term, Owing to the prosecution of Prof. Brate, the other teach- ers held a meeting on Saturday and declded that they would not teach the remaining five days of the term, consequently the hools were closed and' the final exami tion and commencement exercises dis with. It is claimed by friends of Brate that he was convicted upon the mony of persons prejudice pens Prof. testi- A aguinst him. Moshier’s ftealth Is Gond. SIOUX FALLS, §. D., June 2.—(Special.) —Warden Phillips of the state penitentiary vesterday stated that the report in the Lincoln papers to the effect that Charles W. Mosher, the - Lincoln, Neb., bank wrecker, was rapidly losing his health, is incorrect. He says that Mosher is appal ently enjoyirg good health and will doubt- less' remain healthy until his sentence of five years expires, which will be in twenty- one months. Fifteen months will be cut off the sentence for good time. Mosher has worked in the electric light plant and the laundry and never gives any trouble, but works hard, He never asks for anything better than what the other convicts get. He sees his wjfe frequently, but he will not allow her to bring the two sons from Omaha to see their father. kil osd Bt LS No Chanees in Omntin Rates, CHICAGO, June 2—~Th> executive officers of the western lines had a long session yesterday over Omaha freight rates, but made no changes in anything. e e WEATHER FORECAST. Showers In Fastern Nebraska and Warmer in the Western tortion, WASHINGTON, June 2.—Forecs Monday For Nebraska—Show in eastern por- tions; cooler in eastern portion; warmer in extreme western portion; northerly winds. or Towa—Showers; variable winds, or Kansas—Showers; cooler in southeast portion; variable winds st for or Missouri—Showers; cooler; southerly wind: For South Dakota—Showers; cooler in eastern portion; warme portion; northérly winds. Loeal Recor OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, June 2—Omaha record of tem. rature’ and rainfall compared with the ponding day of the past four years in extreme western 1835, 1894, 1893, 1892 Maximum temperature... 78 90 16 12 nimum temperature. € 59 60 46 Average temperature..... 70 74 63 b9 Precipltation ..... L2800 .00 .00 Condition of temperature and precipita- tion at Omaha for the day and since March 1895 ormal temperature sl Excess for the day 3 Accumulated exce a3 . 17 inch 11 inch Normal precipitation h'15.94 inches cess for the day.......... Total precipitation since Ma 3.47 inches Other Stations at 8 P. M, ce March 1 Deficlency since March 1. Roports from k] [ 32| 2 e [ER [ 8 STATIONS. v | 82| B |wmars or gd [ of | E | Wekvuss' E| g i3 ¢ ? H Omaba 78 12| Part cloudy 70 .88/ Cloudy, 66| '22|Cloudy 00 Clear. 00 Clear .T Cloudy. 00 Clear: 00/ Clear T Part cloudy Kunsas City. Helcua. IO o e s b4 Rainin Salt Luke Cliy.. ..., W00 Clear. ol Blamarek. ..., 00} loudy. 8L Vinceas . .00 Cloudy. Cheyeun: . . Ralning, Miles City...... . 08 Cloudy. RapldOity........... 46 .90 Ratuing. Galveston . ki 00 Clear. 1 L. A. WELSH, Observer, cash | l |A Chat with Ex-§) THE MANWHOSAVED JOHNSON ator Ross on the Famcus Impeachment Trial, RECOLLECTIONS OF A STIRFING PERIOD | Challenged Political Ruin wnd Poverty to Uphold His Convietjons—Graphie De scription of the Closing Scenes of Mistorie Trial, the 1 A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe- Democrat discovered . an obscure corner of Albuquerque, N. M., a man who partici- | | and I am not ashamed to_confe silence again settled over the great audience, whose interest, a trifie dulled by the monotony of the last dozen responses, the nature of which had been well known for many weeks, had begun to stir restlessly and break here and there nto low bits of conversation stillness in the senate chamber following this momentary relaxation was not unlike that which prevalls on the prairie on & windless summer afternoon, It was so intense as to be almost oppressive, and, the focus toward which a thousand pairs of eyes were turned, 1o one felt its influence more than 1. Stand- ing at my desk and facing the chief justice it Is the simple truth to say that 1 saw yawn- ing before me an open grave, in which were about to be buried friends, position, the hopes of future honors and the other things that men prize most in life. The most stolid would have been awed and thrilled by heavy responsibility circumstances, without my seeking, had placed upon my shoulders, s that at first trembled and sank to nervous In an instant, however, self-control my voice whisper, Tho | | eight | row pated in the famous impeachment trial of | poturned, and when distant senators called President Andy Johnson, and whose vote | for a repetition of my answer the voice in turned the scales of justice in favor of the [ Which 1 uttered the words ‘Not guilty’| president. The man was Bdmund G. Ross, ) "ighel 4l parts ot (he chomber, o | United States senator from Kansas {rom | confusion which followed the casting of my 1865 to 1871, | own vote, and then the call went on down Mr. Ross is a prinfer and publisher and [ the alphabet. Two additional republican was found with printer's stick in hand | (OIS, those of Serators TEwmbuL And VAU | diligently setting type ay-haired and | end was reached, the chief justice announced spare of build, there was ncthing in the | the president's acquittal of the charges con- | | appearance of the man to indicate that he was a participant in one of the most mem- orable scenes in American In sketching the history. leading incidents of his | life Mr. Ross graphically described the clos- He in the trial. “President Johnson obstinat bent upon the carrying out of what he called his policy, in which many found convincing proof of his disloyalty, bat from the very first 1 was persuaded that there was noth- ing in his conduct justifying the measures proposed by the advocates of im- peachment, which, if carried, would make ing scenes impeachment sald: was extreme a politic pariah of the president. The per- sonal humiliation of the president was no light matter, but it seemed to me that the degradation of the office he held was of far greater importance: that, 1f accomplished, the presidency, ceasing o be a co-crdinate branch of the gove would become the pliant tool of congress; that in the faco increase of legislative power thus for, the judiciary would also be subordinated in turn, and that what was contemplated was the transformation of our balanced government into a congres- sional autocracy. Moreover, it was proposed by the politeal cabal, then all-powerful fu Washington, to replace Johnson with Wade should their plans succeed, and I was well enough acquainted with the iatter to know that the impetuosity, bigotry and unreason ing hatreds that helped to make him a power in the senate would in all probability make him one of the worst of executives. And so, carefully considering all these facts, I could not help regarding the proposed im- peachment as a blunder worse than a crime. and decision as to how my own vote should be cast was, therefore, taken without de- lay. The president’s impeachment was made a party question from the first, was it not?" “Such, to the deep regret of those who de ired the free exercise of a dl ssjonate judgment, was unfortunately the case. In hie house every republican save one voted for the adoption of the articles of impeachment while every democratic member voted against them, and the senate and public were sharply lividled on the same partisan lines The indictment of the president hav- ng been adopted by the house. came to the senate sitting as a high court of impeachment. Here, with due re- zard for the order, dignity anl solemnity of the occasion, testimdny was taken, arguments heardtand a day set for a vote. ' During the few days’' recess between the closing of the hearing and the time appointed for a vote excitement at Washington was at fever heat, The city was crowded with people from all parts of the country, attracted to the capital by interest in the {rial and the hope of se- curing office should the remaval of the presi- lent be effected. To secure this result the votes of two-thirds of the fifty-four senators il of whom were present, would be neces- sary. It became known during the rece that eighteen senators were certain to vo! for acquittal. A sihgle accession to their ranks would defeat ‘{mpeachment, and it was sougit by offers of money and patronage. as well as intimidation and threats of vio- lence, to bring all doubtful senators intc line for conviction. In some cases, when all these things failed, scandal was made use of as a weapon of coercion, but the re- sult showed how sadly theee who cmployed these weapons had mistaken their intende? victims, “Had you given it out how you intended to vote? “No, but my sllence aroused the appre- hensions of the advocates of impeachment and on May 14, 1868, the evening before the vote was to be taken, I received a telegram signed by D. R. Anthony and 1,000 other Kansas_republicans which stated that Kan- sas had heard the evidence and demanded the conviction of the president. I at once replied that I did not recognize their de mand, that I should vote either for or igainst conviction. I had taken, I said an oath to do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws, and trusted that I should have the courage and honesty to vote according to the dictates of my judg- ment and for the highest good of the coun- try. I had written and signed this mes- sage and it was lying on the table before me when General Thomas Ewing, who was one of my warmest personal friends, called upon me and asked how the vote was going to go on the morrow. I handed him the dispatch T had just written and told him I held the decision of the question in my hands, but that no living soul should know what my vote was going to be until it was cast on the following day. “The events on May 15, 1968, he went on, ‘have long been a part of history, but the scene comes back to me as though it were a happening of yesterday. When the sen- ate came to order just before noon every senator was in his geat; the house had ad- journed to permit the attendance of its members; the president’s cabinet and coun- sel, and the entire diplomatic corps were present, and the gallerics were thronged by a brilliant and eager audience. Chief Jus- tice Chase, who had presided over the trial trom the beginning, called the court to order. Instantly a profound stillness setPed upon the great assemblage, and when the voting began a pin's fall could have been heard in any part of the room. The names of the senatoss were called in alphabetical order, and each gave his response standing at his desk. It was well known what the first dozen responses would be, but when the name of Senator Fessenden was called, subdued whispering, token of an increased interest, was heard on every hand. In the sezate caucus a few days bfore Senator Fes- senden had argued with earnestness and power against the impeachment of the presi- dent, and since then unexampled efforts had been made by members of the party of which he had long been an honored leader to induce him to favor.conviction—all with- out effort. His pale face and the tense lines about his mouth showed that he saw clearly the personal conseguenc:s of the step he was about to take,y but in a firm voice he voted against conviption, thus invoking the political martyrdom that put a sudden period to an illustrious cajeef and soon drove him to his grave “Senator Fowler pf Tennessee, one of the youngest members of tie senate, was the next to vote. He was a radical republican and per- sonally unfriendly fo the president, but did not feel that the case against the latter had been proved, and he also voted ‘Not guilty.’ After this the name of Senator Grimes of Towa was called by the:chief justice. Stricken with a fatal illness, this venerable statesman had come from a sick bed at the Imminent risk of his life to record his vote, and had to be supported on either side by friends as he rose to his feet. His yote was against con- viction, and it was the last important public act of ‘a noble career. Senator Henderson of Missourl was the next anti-impeaching repub- lican to cast his vote, and then the call went on down the alphabet, with responses of ‘Guilty’ from the republican senators, until my own name was called, and I knew that the decisive moment of my life had come. “The vote, you will remember, was being taken on the eleventh and last article of im- peachment. A majority of the senate had ordered that a vote should not be taken on the first article in its order, for the reason that two prominent republican senators had announced In caucus that they could not vote for the conviction of the president on the charge contalned in that article, but would so vote on others. Accordingly, the vote was being taken on the eleventh article or count in the indictment. When I arose to my feet in response to the inquiry of the chief justice as to how 1 should vote under this article, tained in the eleventh article. After this the court adjourned for ten days, when votes were had on the second and third articles, but the result was the same, and ‘Vll“ remaining eight articles were never put to the test of a vot=, The die was cast be- yond recall, and the greatest trial of a century had ended in a triumph for the form of government wisely fashioned by the fathers of the republic.” “'Your forecast of the personal consequences of your own vote did not prove a mistaken one?” I asked. “No. My own state, which was radically republican, turncd against me almost to a man. 1 was burned in effigy by members of my old regiment, and siormed with abuse and anathemas, ~ Nothing, indeed, was left undone that could tend to wreck my future I had anticipated all this, but to attacks upon my private honor 1 made such reply as dignity and self-respect would permit Defending my course on the floor of the senate 1 declared that I could not, with the light beore me, declare the president guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors on mer differences of governmental policy, and I challenged my detractors to appear before the senate and exhibit evidence showing that I had been influenced by mercenary or corrupt motives to vote as I did. But not oy of them ever saw fit to take up this challenge, and, to my thinking, thirty years of honorable poverty have given final answer to their charges. Beyond tuis, however, I was content to leave the justification of my motives to the sober second thought of the nation, and it Is no mean satisfaction to know that many of those who in 1868 were most bitter and unreasoning in their ani- mosity now confirm without reserve the wigdom and justice of the course I then saw fit to take.” I retired from the senate in 1871 and be- came the editor and proprietor of a weekly paper in Coffeyville, Kan. 1In 1873 I be- came connected with the “awrence Journal, and a little later established the Lawrence Standard, which I moved to Leavenworth in 1875. 1 opposed Grant's second election to the presidency in 1872, and have ever since zu'(lml with the democratic party. The Stand- ard Qid not prove a success, and after a long fight against odds 1 left Kansas for New Mexico. I was employed as a printer on the Albuquerque Democrat, when, in 1885, President Cleveland appointed me governor of New Mexico, which office T held for four years. After that I was for a time cditor of the Deming Headlight, but finally returned to Albuquerque, where I shall probably end my days. Fortune has dealt me a good many hard blows, but I have always had my trade and a clear conscience to sustain me and do not complain.” “Counting all it cost you, senator,” 1 asked in conclusion, ‘“have you ever re- gretted your course in the Johnson trial?" “Not for an instant,” was the prompt re- ply. “The principal article in the impeach- ment of the president was the removal of Secretary Stanton in defiance of the tenure- of-office ‘act, a measure which, when it first came from' congress, Stanton himself had stamped as unconstitutional. With the ac- cesslon of Grant the act fell into desuetude, and a few years later a republican senate voted for its repeal. I contend there was no vital principle in an act that could thus bo neglected with impunity by republican successors of Johnson and repealed by a re- publican senate. By the votes of the sena- tors who opposed impeachment a viclous precedent was aveided and the country saved from a fatal blunder. WHERE COIN IS KEPT. Bulk of the Bullion Stored In the National Treusury. The man who escorts strangers through the vaults of the national treasury in Wash- ington exhibits an amazing grasp of big figures. He knows the breadth, depth and circumference of the nation’s bullion and is thoroughly at home in reeling off millions in statistics. To a correspondent of the Chicago Times-Herald he gave these inter- esting facts regarding the vaults and their contents: There are in all seven vaults in the treas- ury, and the total amount of gold, silver, notes and bonds in them is nearly $500,000,- 000. But it is “the big silver vault” that all the visitors want to see. They have heard of it and its dimensions, and they are curious to behold it with their own eyes. ““Great Jehosophat!” exclaimed a stranger, with bulgng eyes, as he stood at the door to this vaul(; can't be possible all that stuft in there is silver? Why, it is as big as a meeting house. “Yes, it's all silver,” replied the accon modating and intelligent guide. “This big vault occupies all the space under the north- ern court yard of the treasury buillding. Its exact measurement is 89 feet long, 51 feet wide and 12 fect high. Behind the iron grating you see wooden boxes. They are all full of silver—$2,000 in each box. The boxes are piled all around the edges, and in the middle are bags of silver piled in a great heap. We have lots of trouble with this silver. The boxes burst and the bags get rotten, and then when a new administration comes'in we have to weigh it all. It takes us about three months to do the job, and It's dreadful hard work." ““Does this vault contain all of Uncle Sam's silver?” asked the stranger. “Oh, no, bless you, no,” responded the guide. “Here we have only $103,240,000 in colned dollars. That is less than a fifth of all the silver the governmenc owns. In vault No. 2—you passed that on your way in »—we have $48,000,000. In smaller vaults we heve a few million more. We never could find space for all Uncle Sam’s silver here. We are frightfully crowded as it is. In all, we have here 160,000,000 or 170,000,000 of silver dollars. The remainder of the 370,000, 000, of coined dollars owned by the govera- ment is in the subtreasuries at New York, Chicago and other cities.” “You say Uncle Sam has mo 000,000 of silver dollars on hand? “Yes, sir. Standard dollars, silver bullion enough to m more; grand total, $548,000,000. “But there must be a lot of silver dollars in eirculation?” usked the stranger. “Not as many as you would think,” re- plied the guide. We have coined 422,000,000 of these dollars, and the number in circula- tion is now only 63,000,000 The people don't seem to want 'em. We've done everything we could to induce the people to take the standard dollar. Congress has appropriated money nearly every year to enable the secre- tary of the treasury to send out silver dollars in exchange for other money without expense to the people, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. They don't go. Why, the number of standard dollars in circulation now is much smaller than It was a few years ago. Instead of inducing the people to take more of the dollars, they have actually been send- ing them back to us.” “Do you know ment has pald out for silver stranger. “To a cent,” replied the guide, consult- Ing a little note book which he drew from bis pocket. “We have bought 503,003,811 fine ounces, for which we bave paid $516,- 623,011, That is an awful lot of money. “And how much is that silver actually worth today?’ persisted the stranger. The guide used his lead pencil for a mo- ment and then replied . “Just $334.925,688. The net loss to the government on its silver purchases nas been $181,697,923 At this the visitors stopped e than 500, ,000,000, and ke 178,000,000 how much the govern- ' asked the looking through the Iron grating at the boxes of | trequently sllver, and turned their faces toward the guide! “You find it pretty difficult to understand such big figures, don't y conti d the official; “every onc Joes. We can't con celve a million very well, It's too big for us. I've thought a good deal about this while taking visi 1 believe 1 can help a million s, By this time every man and the crowd was iistening intently the guide had to say sw, If you have soventeen silver dollars,”” he went on, hold them in your hand. They weleh just about a pocnd. But it you have $1,000 you will have about all you could carry, or sixty pounds’ weight Now, suppese lustead of a thousand silver dollars you have a mil- lion That means thirty tous of silver. To haul it through the smooth strcets of Wash- ington in our big treasury wagons would take twelve or fifteen wa Now, do you grasp what a milllon means? And then re member that Uncle Sam has 545,000,000 of Iver. to see the vaults and you to appreciate what woman in to what of these ‘you can oasily in another way. Tak; tiver dollars and p them In a on the table, flat, rim to rim. Tney wi reach just a foot. If you have a thousand us look at it placed fn the same way they will reach 126 feet. But suppose you have a million Then they will make a white streak m than twenty-three and one-half m long “Having now secured a better apprect ation of the magnitude of a million,” the guide continued, “let me give you some figures 1 have made at odd moments about the 548,000,000 silver dollars Uncle Sam has in these and his other vaults—the that he has paid out his good money for and which the people do not want If all of these dollars were placed rim to rim, flat, they would reach nearly 13,000 miles. They would cover all the space between the rails on a railway line clear across the state of Towa, a distancs of 350 miles. he weight of all Uncle Sam's 16,440 tons. 1t it were loaded into cars, 40,000 pounds to the car, we have 822 car loads sllver s raflway should trains of forty-one cars each, und the trains, with their locomotives, would have an aggregate length of six miles. “The coined dollars are packed in boxes containing $2,000 each. It is about all a man can do to carry off one of these boxes. Sup. pose we wanted to move all of Uncle Sam's silver by man power at the same time, we should need at this rate 274,000 men. Giving each man five feet of room they would make a single file procession more than 250 miles long. Twenty-seven states and territories of the union have not so many men as this within their borders. Arkansas would fall 15,000 short of enough, Connecticut 50,000 short, Louislana 25,000, and even Maryland, Maine and Mississippi ‘could not furnish the required number. ¢ “If the government were forced to carry all the silver across country in wagons probabiy 2,000 pounds would be a fair load to cach two-horee team, taking good roads and bad roads. Sixteen thousand teams would be re- quired, and when on the road, driven close together, one after another, they wouid make a caravan considerably more than 100 miles long. these teams were lined up side by side in solld phalanx, as the wagons of scttlers were on the borders of the Oklshoma Kirip, they would make a column thirty miles long, with every horse able to swish flies off his back. Suppose all this silver was coined and stored away loose, so you conld gt at it easily, and you were set counting it, dollar by doflar. How long do you suppose it would take you to count it all? Well, if you ran the dollars through your fingers at the rate of 100 a minute and worked ten hours a day, excepting Sundays, it would take you al thirty years to finish the job, St A QUEER MESSENGER. The Cockroac Mall Carrier Penltentiary. An interesting story is related by the Cin- cinnati Enquirer with reference to a scheme for the transmission of information n the Obio penitentiary discovered years ago by Dr. 8id McClure, then resident physician at the prison. Confined in adjoining cells at the time were John Ryan, a Chicago thief, and Bill Rodifer, a_desperate burglar, who was killed one night several years ago while going through a house at Indianapolis. Ryan labored along under the sobriquet of “Star- light Jack,” and was as villainous a fellow as ever held up a stage coach. His bravery in withstanding a flogging with the cat-o’-nine tails and not uttering a sound brought him to the attention of Rodi- fer, who looked upon him as being made of the real stuff. Rodifer himself was under- going punishment in his cell at the time and while Starlight Jack’s wounas were heal- ing he was locked up in his cell, which, as stated, adjeined that occupied by Rodifer. Though the door of the cell was locked and a I the Ohlo great wall separated them, yet they were sufficlently close together to become ac- quainted. So well did they take advantage of the opportunity that they were soon upon the best of terms and arranged to make a break together for liberty. Each had friends upon the outside ready to assist him. Matters went along swimmingly until one day when Dr. McClure happened along and was the means of frustrating their plans. The doctor had occaslon to visit a cell near that of Ryan. The heat drove him outside the cell and there, leaning up against the iron ralling, he stood to cool off. While standing there the convict wnom he was attending, and who was a bitter enemy of Rodifer, told him to watch at the bottom of the doors to the cells in which Rodifer and Ryan were confined, and see whether an insect would not soon make its appear- ance and pass to and fro from each cell. 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