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S1.'AnLISIIl JUNE 19 , 1871. O [ AnA , WEDNESDAY IOnNING , , . S . ;
APRIL "
: 10 , 1895. SINGLE COPY FiVE OEN''S.
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-I'f l'CUAY \ BECCED THE QUESTION"O
Dritisb Secretary's ' Answer Soun s Queer in
' ; the Light of PubUshed Papers
I- . j EVIDENTLY UNWILLING TO MEETTI1E ISSUES
S3' " Now ) nJIRIII lRa Not Been Invlt1 to
. JoIn In tln NlcRtRJllt Cnnnl SUncT
. nnd COI Cluelty11 Not
In IIcIIrcIIentcI.
LONDON , April -neplylng to a quesn
b. ton In the 1Ioic of Commons today , the
Ilarllmentary ecrctary . for the fortg
office , Sir Edward Gray , 83\1 that the gOVern-
tnent was aware that the Unied States had
appolntl' a commIssion to Inqulro Into the
feaslhilty of the plan for buiding a canal
across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic
with the Pacifc , but Great Briain could
not appoint a commission to co-operate with
the United States commission unless the
. - , government or the Unlc States was desirous
tnt Great Britain should do so.
In answer to a queslon , Sir Edward Gray
said that In case the construction of the
canal was Ilrocecdcll with the government
would take steps to Insure that Britsh trade i
was Illaeed on the same footing as that of
other nations.
In answer to Sir George Baden Powell ,
; Sir Edward Gray saId that the government L
had not received any proposition rrom the
Unied States ; to summon I conferEnce of
the powers concerned to deal with the seal I
. .
-
, fisheries of the North Pacifc , Sir George m
: Ball n l'owell nlso nske,1 whether Oreat I
, nrltaln would rerme to Join In such a con
{ erence unless the conference Is Instrncted I
on the lines suggested by the Paris trlbunnl I
, of arbitration In 18n , but to this question ,
he made no nply.
9 . mall
Answering a question or Sir George Dnden
Powell . aK to whether a petition hail \ ben
received from Canada , suggesting that In
consequence of the failure of the Unied I
States congress to approprIate the sum ngrecl , I
upon In the Paris award serious fnancial I
' .
't _ . - - dIfculies to the seal fshery hall arisen hC
conneclon wih the enforcement of the
award pending a final settlement with the
United States , : Ir. Shlney Duxlon , parla-
mentary llcrelary to the colonial 0111cc .
Enid : "I am In no posilon to answer Ihat
, "
queston
. DODmm TiE QUESTION. .
WASHINGTON , APril O.-It would appar
tat ] the answer made by Sir Edward . Gray :
. , In the House of Cemmons today to the ques-
- . " S " ' ton from Sir George Baden Powell , "that
' ,1' , ' .
; the government had ( nol recelvell any pro
i posal from the United States to summon n
r I conference of the powers concerned to deal !
with the seal fisheries of the North Paclnc , "
, strongly resembles a technical evasion of the
I point. The correspondence with Great
Drlaln relative to Bering sea Is Just being
puhlshed In pamphlet form , by the Stat a
1 , . department and under the date of Janunry
23 last appears n note from Secretary
Gresham to Sir Julan auncerote , the
. British ambassador , In which Secretary
, Gresl1am speaks of the deep solicitude on
the part or the president with regard to the
- ' ; future of the teal herd In view' of the
. ' . S. excessive number ki ell last season the
c president hud became convinced that the
E regulations In force had nol operated ICe
prevent the destnlcton of the herd and
unless speedy change was made extermln -
' ton must folow , Such a dplorable resul
.
should If possible be avoided. Thererero
the president urged that a commllsoner ba >
: j appointed on the part of Great Drlaln , ,
" Russia , Japan and the United States to
E visit the North Pacifc and report what
measures might b adopted to protect the
seals. Meanwhile Secretary Gresham pr-
) posed for the consideration of the three
J other governments I modus vivendi extendIng -
tog the scope of the present regulations E
4 as to Include the entire northern Pacifc
. . 4 . ( s' ' . . from the coast of the ( United States to I ;
Asi , north or the 35th degree , during the
. omlng season , and prohibiting all sealing In
it Ilerlog sea , pcndlng the report of the con 1-
i mission suggested. In conclusion the secretary -
, tary of state suggested the necessity for
tJ speedy a5tlon upon this proposition In view
of the a , , Iach or the scaling season and
I the depth hire or the sealing \ssels ,
' ' As far ss can bo learned I 10 answer has
. . . . yet been received to this note from Great
' : k BritaIn. _ _ _ _ _ _
. - . : ; i 1IEI'OltTS 01' SIVIItL . ItElt tl ! . DJIr.\TS :
, , , . 1'i . . 010 Small arty l'II'ture , ! by the J'olco
' C . Skj' 'Vhlo oil the Wnv to the Flold
" HAVANA , APril ! -In an omnibus which
arrived from San Pranclsco recently the )0.
lice captured ten persons armed with revolvers -
volvers and carrying n banner They turned
' out to be an Insurgent group which wi as
"lS
going to unite with other from Jnruco II
the province of Matanzas for the purpose of
making an attempt to capture Apoderato by I
assault . Twelve members of the civil guard
have been committed to the c.vl
. ' ' The government troops have defeated 100
. rebels commanlled by : Iartn Helguln Onl'
of the rebels was killed and four wOllled ,
Generl Salcldo has defeated . 200 rebels
' commanded , hy Munozali Tamavo at n Illace
t
, called Moscowns. liiglct of the rebels were
lcllled . 1'he military Judge \ has commited ,
ten perons to the castle of Severino chnrgel ,
with being Implicated In the polItical dtstlir
juices.
General Salcedo has urgently requested . the
government to suppl arms to the , 'olunteers
who have offered their Een'lces In derensu , ol
the towns ,
I band of ISO rebel recently atnclletl (
. ( . the telegraph staten at Run I.e3ndro lie Cubn
f with the intention of destroying the te C-
S f graph hues , _ _ _ _ _ _ _
COUltlU lu..1 WI' Vtiry Nl'rvCll ,
LONDON , April 9.-In the suit brought by
t the Countess UURsel for n restitution of her 1 :
conjugal rights the countess was tod.s . ) subjected -
k jected to n long cross-examInation by Sir I
, ' . henry James , formerly attorney generl ,
' lelHlng counsel for Earl Itussel . During tl
3' questoning the countess became so lervous
that she could not answer and would only
1 reply ; "I am so dreadfully nervous , Sir
, 4 ltenry. " Later counsel brought out the fact
. ii. T that she was continually charging her lii 115-
I , hand with immorality and vile '
hall wih Immoraly vie practices ami
, ' list fhe tried to get her servants to supji art
: ller case. ,
J'r.r".or. Cal 01 1IIIRrce ,
FflhlDltICllSEtUII , April 9A deputation of
' ro1essors vl.ICPrince \ Ismarcll ) 'etlnlay
, . 1 end Presented to him an address. The prir ice
, In rely said \ that the distinctions conferred
upon him were also Intende for his ce-
worker with whom In certain respects he
1' _ was on a similar tooting. lie had only done
7 his duty , but by God's blessings his dIe rts
. bad been crowned with success ,
Iotlllllhi IIEvrs 1 UlnlIr to ( 'unCI.
" LONDON , Apri 9.-ilaron nothschld y es-
terday gao In engagement luncheon to lon ,
1 Otrs N , Curzon , who l to be murled to
: Miss Ma ) ' I.eler , daughter of the ( millIons ire
: of ChIcago , Among those preselt weT the
' ' Ilrlnceu of WalPE , Sir Arthur \\'etieshey \ Peel ,
I' I. I' . , who has just resigned lie ( pekeThp 1t ;
11 . of the Iloue ot Commons , sail Mr Jar nes
1 . McGuire , M. 1 _ _
l'ru'ost of h" French 8ucliiIsta.
' SocIllla.
: PARIS , Allrl -Tbe French socIalists are
: , organIzing u meelng to protest against se mid.
Ing a squadron of French
I warships 10 me !
t In order to take lrt In the ceremonies at.
, tendinG the opening or the Iallo and North
. - 11 : calal In June next. An Ahatan del ie.
gate Ilropolell , that the Struburg monument
4 ( n the Place de l Concorde le draped Ith
wlh
' , , Crepe auBI , uvo the dal Il the ovenlug of lbs
'
, , ' .I ' . : ' W.Ht inn TPli 1U . Y.
"O n to l'eklng" tln Cry of the nndlcRI
l'res nr th" Vouatrv.
WASHNGTON , April -Japanese mal
allvlces up to March 16 received here show
that In the native press the pace mission of
LIA lung Chang occupies the leading place
Aa they attach much Importance to the prost '
ent embassy they state their ideas In the
terms of IleaC more Ilefnitcly than hereto-
fore , yet advance nothing neW. While sonic
journals are more moderate In their demands
others dclaro In unequivocal terms that
peace Is nn ImpossibilIty until the flag of the
IUslng Sun 10ats over Peking. The alnlchl
In I rather Ilhlnnthrolllc ) manner alh'ocate
annexton or a part of continental China ,
not merely for the two usually ndvancell
rensons , vlz : To secure the Independence to
Corea and the maintenance of peace In the
east , but for two oihers-that I will be con.
trar ) ' to the principle or humanity : to suier
the Chinese In the newly occupIed districts
to tall again undlr the barbarous rule of
China and that I would be regrettable In the
Interests of the Chinese In general I after
the war they did not have enlJhtemd
Chines ! near by to Instruct them In the arts
and sciences ct civIlizatIon .
Tim effects on Chinese and Japanese trade
of the signing ot a treaty of Peaca are at-
ready being discussed In the case of some
articles the war Is said to have done Injury
10 the foreign trade but on the whole I
has exercised very little Intluence .
"An excellent slIome for the annihilation
of the Japanese , " submitted br a sage of
high repute , Is proJueed front a Chines , news.
p aper . This scheme was originated In answer
to the proclamation of the governor of Nan-
king , who orders all those under his jurisdtc-
ton to devise some schel for the de > tructen
of nil the Japaues The scheme Is this :
I F very soldier should 0 armed with a sword ,
n long bamboo pole antI n bucket of water.
The pole and bucket should be hell with the
le ft hand while the s\\ord was rasped with
the t rIght. On charging down upon the enemy
the buckets shluld be hurled at the opposing
ranlls , so ns to wet theIr powder and render
t heir guns useless The bamboo poles should
thl'n t , be thrust between the legs of the enemy
and given a twist , which would cause the
Japanese to topple over In cenruslon. Alter
that t I would be an easy mater to Inlsh off
the dripping and prostrate foes with swords.
The governor , It appears did not take
1II0lr to the suggestions male , and as the
story goes , drove the pseudo sago from his
presenc In a fit ot rage.
Evidently the stoutest resistance which the
Japanese expcilonary army ns It s
on Peiling wi imseot t , says one at the Japan-
ese papers , wi be by the Mohammedan sol.
dlers of China. This was indicated by the :
conduct ol General Tuo at the bat ! of
Ping Yang He acquItted hImself as a true I
general should . \ . while Yel and the other
Chinese generals disgraced themselves by
their puslanlmly , General Tsno's conduct :
al Ping Yang and AdmIral Tlng's at VeI .
Hnl-'el were , the paper says the solitary
bright spots In China's llrk record during
recorl
the t war Tsno was n patrIarch of the Chlne :
Molmamnmedans A story has been told that :
when the report ef Tsae's dath reached his ;
native dIstrict , his wIre declared that she
would collect some 3.00 Amazons and aveng :
the death of her husband and that the Mo ,
anl
hammedans l shared her resclut n.
LONDON , April 9.-The Standard says that L
yesterday silver was In good . demand owing
to t the news that the Japanese terms for
p ace with China stipulate for the opening
of n large section of China to foreIgn trad2
I Is j believed that this wi lead to an In .
crease In the demand for slwr In the eas
Nlcnr.uul Not Hen1ly ' to . 'II\.or ,
NICARAGUA , April ! -I prominent olil
clal states that all the talk of what wIll bo
tile governntent's acton respecting England's
claim and the ultimatum is premature , lS
nothIng wilt be done until Minister Barrio
submis Important documents which ho wi I
bring from England. ,
Cholerlmoll the , Jnpancsc Troop i
LONDON , April -The Times has a dIspatch -
patch from Kobe saying cholera has brollen
out among the Japanese troops at the Pescn- :
dare island. Four hundred cases of cholera
have occurred and of this number 100 hay I .
died. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1..1 H.coml 1 cit for Royal rB"Or .1
LONDON April -The house of CornS
mons by unanimous vote adopted an address
to the Queen yesterday pryIng that a sllnal
mark of royal favor be conferred upon Hon
Arthur Welesley Peel , the retiring speakem
1 .U ) l 1. .1 : (7iIftL . 1111.E..ISU.
-
Irlhory IIV.Ollltl'l In Arkluans rlls 10
) , object.
I.ITTr.g nOCK , Ark. , April 9.-The bribery I.
cry Inveetigutiona ended tolay In I complete L -
plate whltwlsh of nit the parteH about
whom rlmors have so rrequenty been ciucu I.
hated and against whom Iepresentntve
Yancey mude a direct charge on the floe r
or the house lust Satlrdu ) ' , 01 foor
'rhe special commitee to Investigate the
charges olulo their report to the house of
"III'eMntatvcH about noon IIIJa } ' . Mr. 1101
Imon prlsentel1 \ majority report settng
forlh the fuct , that n full mmliii thorough In-
vestgation lund been mHle ( , every rumor run
down and more than forty vItneases exam-
winesses
flied , und that ( the majority belIeved that
there was absolutely no grounll for tim e
charges ' of bribery that have been so freel y
Qlde. 'fhe lIve members who signed this
mnJorly report were nil supporterM or the
railway commission bill , 10 In'l\ent the put E
suge of which I was chnrged money was
usel. ,
: Ir. South , chairman of the in'emitlgntin i ;
cOllltce , 1111 Jereseltnt\e , , , hn'estJnlng JoJcrl , I
n 111011) ' report , IxplllnCI that , whil Ic
they iientiiy whie
) heuttl' cnllorsell the reconirnendatio n
or the t coinimi , I tee , hnvlng been Imong the
lust zealouK oJ0nenlH of the bill . they felt
n Ilelcue ) ' In IIJnlnJ the genHOUS rCort
or exonerton IHul1 II the atrouigemut HUll. ;
Jurters oC the def"ltetlelsun' ( \ . 'fhe cv I-
dunce showll ( limit , Ix or eeven Icmher e\l m ,
1111 free IISleR nn'l mlengo boolI , hut I !
e\'er ) ' InKtnncl the I ntcmm , how"11 thin ii
they IHII boujhl mieage boolls UI a nHlter
I
of , ' ' , hUll . '
'conOI ) or ) nls.'R iK attorneys ror
the mlromls In the ( counties where the ) '
lIved , anti which nlorcshlp thmey h11
held long bolero tlicit ' election (0 the legil .
Ihel' clecton
luture. No < 'llclcoIS found . to md :
ontO the use of mnoutcy . In nny manner.
.11 Wil .T.aXD l'JlC , - XI'R."jl .IUSB.
Carter Iruthr Ir l'IIrr. Invlln'd * II I
CoUI y 1.1 Im Inl.
y.\NKTON , S. 1) . , April -Speclnl ( Tell :1- :
gram.-I ) Is probable that Carter Brat i .
11ublshcrl nt Pierre , wi have to Ilhtllone
tIme case brought against them und Judge E. I
O. Smith or Ylnkton by the ( West Put L ) -
lshing comuny or St. Paul , publshers of
the Northwest '
leJorter , for Infringing Ullon
the cOJ'rlght oC the \Veat c 'omlln ) ' , 'l'he
hearing upon thEm tt'lnumornrv iiiiuumctlon a _
renll Is u It aga'nst Cn ter Bro , to reslraln II
Ihcm from iiltOStuig of any more or s'oluui to
10re orolule
) \olule
4 , Dakota reports , viii occur In Sioux i"ui
wil (
tOlorrw , A. I. , Carter of 1-'I'lm Fuls ilI
Ynnklon last IIHht for consultation with
J ulgo Smllh , unll 10 his 'OISulallon " ml
that SmIth Iahns to base sell lila eo"crel
hum the hooks ( It
II In qileetitan over '
qnehton o\r n year ag : ,
nn,1 more luau Hint hlH InHtlutetl a law
stilt to tccovcr.upon I note for : which
Curter gave lS part II'Y for Smith's Inlerest
In the bookr and whlrh was due In Ala yI
1691. : IIY
'rhe judge announced hint ( he would rei mm-
der 10 nlflstalce In delen.lng the case und
Carter to Sioux Falls 1
Cnrtlr Went Fals feeling decidedly
cut UI' _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _
Sllltlr hurt 10 'nud Oi fnll' ' ,
CASII H , . \prl 9-Speclal ( ' felegram . ) I-
Senator Joel J , Hurt , who shot . and kied
Wilam llle was released today on 5c )
bull . He rum ! shcll the bail . tocay O
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Alvll.lla 01 1Cllolll "t'uol' , April U ,
At New Yorl.-\rrh'ed-Ln Touraine from
Ubratar ( , etc. , Yule frol Gibraltar ,
At Oibraitar-.rrived-Kaiser '
W'iiimelmn
It Obrllar-\rrlvd-ICalser II ,
from New York. Wihelm I
\t tlallXa-Arrived-Siberhan , from Gla iS.
goAt
At LondonArrlvclalapeQua , from
laltmorl
At Lh'erpool-Arrh'ed-Norseman , , from
DGton ,
At 13oulogne-Arrivcd-Nov York , for TIc it -
tordani
At New York-Arrived-Povic. from Live .r-
peal ; 1fuUclis ! t" , trol London ; La Tot ir-
Iln . tOfl Gbraler ,
W \ \ ALLS SUDDENLY COLLAPSED
Two Largo Brick ruldlngs nt WhecUng
Pall Without Any Warning ,
EIGIT PLPlE BURIED IN llE RUINS
Olly Two nr Them JutICI Alit'o-Cntimoilc
l'rlest 1111 n Telegraph : ft"oelgcr
110) ' , 1'Iin Were ) ' "nlnl
Cnu/ht unc IClec ,
\VIIEELING , W. Va. , April -At 8:20 :
this morning the semitIc wall or the four-
slory brick block of T T. Hutchinson & Co
on th" corner of : lall street and the alley
south of Twelfth collapsed without warning.
Next north or It was Chnpman & Son , who
were just fnishing a flve.atory brick block
to be used as I paint , glass and bulling
supply store and they ( already had stored In
It about $14,000 worth of stock and were
colng business timere Hutchinon & Co.
deal In hardware , saddlery and wagon
wagn
sUllples , and the building was packe.1 . full
of goods. The walt on the ahoy fIrst fell
out t , pulling wih It the Ilartton vail be.
tween Hutchinson and Chapman The crash or
the falling buidings was terrific and seen
drew thousands to the acene The horrer. of
the accident was increased by a fire which
broke out Immeditely and , as there were
large quantities of oIl , turpentine anti the
Ile In Ch3pman & Son's , the situation was
hard to meet. Four employe were caught
In the Hutchinson ruins , as follows :
nOnEHT \'iNCiIER.
IWGENE IIIIICII.
P. J. HOHAN.
M J. FORI ) .
The fIrst three hnvo not been found and I
nre doubtless denlt Ford was rescued anti I
mnr recover Charles Haler , the bookkeeper ,
nu mil Adam Blunt , Junior partner , were Ilenned I
up against the rear wnl and were released I
by prying the bars alt the ( windows. They
were unhurt : , Hutehlmon was In the
see nd story and was badly Injured , hut wns I
rescued alIve . and hOlIes are entertained that L
he may recover " 'heu the collapse came m
I.'ord . was selng a bill of goods to Denjamln I
F. PrItchard . n wagon manufacturer or flu '
ehnnnn , V. Vn. Pritchard's dead body was
found lyIng across ord's legs. lie was
crushed to Ileath
PASSERSBY BUllIED.
Shortly before the accident Very ne .
Father F. II. Parke vicar general ot th !
Catholc diocese of Wheelng , was seen tuL'
enter the alley , and he was believed to be
k illed. alll this belief wns confrmed at 6:30 :
p. I , by the recovery or his body. lie was !
72 years old , a distnguished clergyman
chaplaIn of Mount Dechantal academy and
hnd been twice admlnlstrater ef the diocese
tl ret when iIlstmiIVimeeian tIled In 1871 , and
again In 181 I , when Bishop Kane was mnde
an archbishop and removed to St. Louis. A
Western Union Telegraph messenger boy ,
Harry Cowl , aged H , I also though to hnve
been In time alley , but his body has not been
recovered. No others are known to be lost
There was an early report that a cab Is
driver and four occupants were burlcd. by :
the failng walls , but this Is proved to be un-
tr ue.
true.The
The falling brick and tmber knocked a i
lm ole ' thirty feet long In the three-story brIck
bulltng across the alley . occupied by 0 Al I.
Hce & Co. , wholesale miiners , and the
smoke and water ruined their valuable stocli :
The smoke also permeated to the adjoining !
house , occupied by Speyer Dros" , whelesale
miiners , . ant ] their loss wIll be heavy
'Vater caused serIous damage to Greer &
Laing's hardware store and Ott Dros & Co , ,
hardwnre dealers. The cellars , Were feoded
for a block , ten streams playIng all day and c
a averagln 1,000 gallons I minute , and yet t
at 8 o'clock the fire Is not extInguished I.
Grent IndIgnaton Is expressed because at the
( into the old : lelodcol hal property was re I-
model2d and a story added In 1891 by ! r.
H mmtchinaon . the walls were condemned , but I
he persisted In using them , and owing to the
lack l of adequate laws could not . be preventec I.
'JEIOlr TRAIN It.\N ITO , \ WASHOUT
1 lllneor , I'frclnl and DrnlIIUI CRrrled
to Their icatl
BRADFORD , Pa , April ! -A westbound
freight train on the Buffalo , noehester &
Pits burg railroad whIle running at a moderate I.
rate rate of spe'd near Sylm , a small ate I-
ton t between Dubois and Punxsatawney ran
Into I a washout , The tracks run alongside
the Clarion river at this point for some dim I-
tnnce. t The fog was s dense at 5 o'clock
this t morning that Engineer Taylor did nets
s me the wMhout until he ran Into It , The en I .
t ire train was dumped Into the , raging toi r-
rent. Engineer Taylor and Fireman Chnrles
C lark , together wih Drakeman McCleland ,
are under the \'ecle.
All wires are down and further details Un I-
btainable
The engine and eighteen cars were demo
i simeti , The dead are :
ENGINEER I TAYLOR of Dradrord.
I.'IEMAN SHEA
CONDUCTOR BRUCE
The body of the engineer was round In the
creek , but the body of the conductor has not
yet been found The wreck was caused by a
s mall brIdge being wnshed out by the high ;
water No passenger trains have been over
the t road between hero and Punxsatawney
todny t , -
- - .
nlU ( ( ] FUl lUtUITr lurms
orle 111111 Lilo lu Colorado Once \Jor"
Oven "flr'th" Storm ,
FALCON , Cola . April 9.-Tho Rock Iland ,
aCer al elght.hours blockade , Iemelshlng
two rotary and one wedge plows , health
working a large force of men wih shovels ,
got their delayed trains through last night ,
carrying n sorry looking , ' but happy lot of
passemigers. 'he road enct 'Itered ' the worst
drifts a few mies east and west of I.lmon
Junction , requiring twenty.four hours hard
work to open U [ four mies of track Dr. )
I.ogan has retur/el from u professional trip
covering the major porton of the country
for fifty miles east and northeast and eat I-
mates the loss of live stock In the ( territoi ry
terrlor-
mentioned at tam $40,000 to $80,000. $ le I
says dead horses , cattle and shEep are fled
against fences running eat and west , and
hundreds are found out on tIme open prairie ,
ir. , J1.\.VINJ , ' :7JM0itisT :
" l . lU .UUIl ST .H , I ,
WoU J\10WI Prohibitonit Leather : lii , , after
% 'Ior I % Vrtuli's Iln" . " ,
NEW YORK , Allrl ! -W , Jennings Dem-
orest , the yeli ' known problbltonlst , died tel
day after " 1 week's Ines Mr Demorest
was one of time leading canmlldatea of time
eanlldates pro-
hibiton party for the nominaton for the
presltiencj at time last presidential electon ,
hut was defeated In the convention. lie Is
conventen.
le
also the Ioprletor ? of the magazine which
bears his name and Is well known as n
lecturer and writer .
JX.CIia1)iiiIti : V I " ' ' .
I.INCO.N , lii. , Aprinov. . E. D , W Il-
kin , who was a chuplaln or Grnnt's re ii-
ment and prominent In the Grand Army of
the Republic und the Methodist church , died
suddenly of heart fulure ,
( euIrRI hliarrl. 1elld ,
I.OUmVU.I.I' , April 9.-General Harris Is
dead. He was the hero of two warms nnd was
n classnmate of General Grant
.
li4viiitI' CIty Election.
nAWt.INS0" , April 9-(8eclal ( ) Tel in -
grain.-Toduy ) was brIght anti warm The
vole nt the clt ) ' election was u very full one
and warmcontestotI. , . .
H. ltnsmuss
Inl warm\ Hnsmussen
\em. \ .
( ) becured Iifty-fotmr
becurC IHy.four majorIty I or
mayor , his lxlh term J. if . majoriy ( ftr )
for trustee , hu teventeen majority1 ! del'a :
Adolph Thada ( rep. ) twelve majority. ' 1' he
editors of the Journal , the only democrai Lie
paper In time county , opposed nusmuuen's
clndtdao ) ' , to whlh he attributes his 11' I
CfIS plJorly ,
ia. 1.VQiIRTZID ( it ) ' 11fl.'O15 iV1C1NLflr
.J.IUURTIUJ WJ'Bl.\'UR ' ' 1 1
fRrUord I'ollticni CnJttun"a. His
Nnmo lives 111mm .
(
UIC1 11m B ltieptiomi
lAHTFOnD I , Conn. , .prl.-Te b\nquet
teOlerNI Governor MeKininy of Ohio by the
McKinley club of tlmii'cit'y this evening In
Poet Guard armory 'wes a brilliant affair ,
Many or the state's most itoflminCflt men were
preent , includIng the entire congressional
de legation. Mr : lcKlnler was gettl with
tremeldous applause upon entering the hall .
Fi h'e hundred \ ) Tons sat down tD the tables.
John Addison Porter pruldld , and Introduce.\ . \
the speakers , who were Senator 1lwley ni t I
Plat , Lieutenant Governor I. A. Cook , Con-
gressman Henry , ex-Comigreasmen J. n. Buck ,
SInker I.sendel and Mayor Bralnnrd.
Governor Cofn Introduced Governor Mc\Cn-
Icy , who spoke fer nearly two hours lie
Sva s frequently Interrupted ) ' applause nut !
was given an enthuslntc O\'utOI nt the close
Go\'ernOr McKinley began with a tribute to
the Now England town meeting principle of
selt.go\rnment anti Its results [ the coon-
tr y's history , and from n rew words on the
coattuton of the 1nlell States Ilassed to
a discussion of poltc ! . The republican party ,
he sahl , invites the fullest dlscusslol of Its
11rlnclilies anti shirks no resomislbility. "Our
rtonslblty.
fo reign policy , " said he , "for the most part
Illrlng the pnst two } 'enr has fallen short
of the lofty tnndnr1 of I century ago , amid \
or mor recent tmes a sveii.'hile In our
.hle
domestic situation there Is no caUSe for con-
grntulnten , this ( Is miot the time to Indulge In
terms of distrust or aggravation , "
Pnslng to the tariff , ho declared thnt the
fl rlce.Gormnan-Wllson bill ban \
bi hA\ reversed the
w lao revenue Policy cf the gO\'erment since
Its fOllulaton , so that today , rnore money Is
being collected from Internal txes than cns-
toms duties , the figures of Secretat Carlisle
n few weeks ago showing that lu I89 the
government received $155,00G,000 from Inar
ternnl taxes nlli $131,000,000 from customs
du ties , In'lng the burden moro directly on
dlreely
the people than ( nt any lme for thirty years.
The present administraton has transferred
the burden of taxes front Imported goods or
reign countries to the Incomes , the invest.st
ments and PropertY or our own people In I
less than two ars the
years government has been i
co mpelled to borrow $163,00,00. "The peo-
pi e's distrust , " he said "was produced by
the falling off In the revenues. "
Ooveror McKinley severely criticized the i
b end contract , mnde In secret with the linen. .
fnan-
d era of Europe , which he termed the cui.
mlnnton or the hard bagatn business that :
b egan In November , 18D2. negardlng the I
ta riff agitation , the speaker said : "There m
nre those who say there musl ho no further
agltatol ot the tariff and no attempt to m
c hange the tariff , but that we must rest our
mighty enterprl and vast business upor I
the tariff legislation ef the last congress and I
ndjust them to I , however difeul that may
be , That Is what we are taying to do nOI I
w ill to ns best we can , because we cannot : t
tor the next two years 10 otherwise. nut It I
Is no permanent setlement of the Issue , only
nn enforced and impatient PlSO : , No lemo
rat Is sntsfell with the law , and the part ,
Is now seeking other Issues to relnln lost t
ground. They now promise to do for slver
what they failed to to In 182. The repub'
li can : party must restore the happy hOles of
1 S92 , and br the principle ot protection , which
would restore confidence at home and crelit
a broad. "
Arer . calling attention to the strange spec
tacle t of the geMest gverment In the
world without sufficient money from its own
receipts to meet its ordinary daily expenses
he said that the way to stop loans was to
stop deficiencies , both ef which seem Inseparable - i
arable from the democrnl party. He closed
wili these \\'ords \ : "I tear the hazard
Washington ; deprecated I Ja , ce tlr ago Is stU 1
great and that even ness , In , the blaze of our
marvelous educalonal } rcge therO.II/
those of our countrymen who , faliin' to imp -
preclnte our own Insttuton ! " , are ' tom a
strongly prcpossessc In favOr of other pout -
'
t eal . ' " '
lel'systems , _ _ . _ 'J . _
IJ"UUET TU StNtThR ( W. J' ALIEN - .
Sortolk ( Itlzens IrrealJOctvo nf P.uty Olv"
IBm Welcome home .
NORFOLK , Neb , April D.-Speclal ( Tel : -
gram.-The ) complimentary banquet tendcred [
br the citizens of Neriol'l irrespective of
party , to Senator W. V Allen at the Oxnard
hctel this evening was n most enjoyable and
successful affair. The dining room or the
Oxnard was tastefully decorated by Landlord
Spear , prominent being 'a cnyon portrait of
Senator Allen , above which In gilt letter B
were the words : "Norfolk Welcomes Senator
W , V. Allen. . " The Morris orchestra or eight
plecs made sweet music In the ordinary ,
while about 100 guests sit down In the i
dining room with the folol + lng menu befero ,
them : ,
Blue PoInts on Half Shell .
Celery. Stilted Almonds Queen Olives.
Cold Young Turkey . Salt Lake Teal Duchi
Sugnr Cured Hnm. Cllv s' Tongue.
TonlU !
Young SCIUlh , Stuffed with Cheslnuts.
Saratoga Chips
Hot Vienna Itohie. Cream Bread. nye Bread
Clnret Wine 1'Uncit.
Chicken Salad. Shrhn ster 8ulld , Deviled Lot I-
DrcsFed Lettuce en Mayonnaise.
'rutt Fi-utti Ice Cu-earn.
Angel Food . I.mon Layer ( ake. Fruit Calc ,
Maccaroons. Jdam Cheese.
Nuvel Oranges . Bnnunus , New York PippIn
Apples . 'angl rines.
Java Coree , Cocoa Jersey Cu-earn.
Cigars .
WhIle the guests ss'cro.enjoying their (
Havanas the following toasts were propose d
by l Toastmaster n. A. ' Stewart : "Our
Guest , " 11mm I C. 1Iatrau , Norfolr ; u-c m-
spolse , lion. \V V. A\en ; Madison "Tho
Dar , " Hon. 0. A. WIlliams , Nelgh , "Tit 0
Judiciary , " lion. John S. Joblnson , Mafilsom
"The State of Nebraska , " 19n , John P. Hays ,
Nerlole ,
Senator Alien In respondlnJ to his toast
said In part that he preferred returning to I
his home of friends as quietly and without
ostentation , as ho wcnt forth , but that he I :
loved l Norfolk Ileople ) and recognized In Noi -
folk a city of great comm ' rclal Importance
anll pledged himself that ( whenever In the I
lne l of his duty he could further its Interests
to do so lie expressed the belief that ( Norfolk -
folk required I 11ublc buIlding . and that , he
would assist In givIng UI0 to Norfolk as soon
as the government quit borrowlnJ money
and Its fnances Ilermltel : As this ( was a
nonpartsn mcetng ho would not talk p01 I-
tcs , lie was opposed on princple to bow 1 .
ties , but was In favor . o the government
carrying out Its eolcqtnr 'Contract with the
sugar producers , as prlmlsetl , under time Mi a-
IClnley bi ,
Time senator , amid frequent applause
freuent , ri a-
cited hlH Irst appear cej at Washington ,
where ho was regardell lS 'p curiosIty In the
shal1e ef a pop senator frbm the ( wild and
wooly west , and reeountDI mis struggles wit : ii
senatorIal courtesy until he delivered his 11 f-
teen hours'
speech , wbJch overawed the senate -
ate his aOl colleagues secured . him respect at all times from
The senator's remarks ' 'fere ' entirely not mm-
partisan and were wel' ' received and fro-
quenty applauded He was presented by hIs
admirers wIth I horeIQe of flowers , us i
he has just received a Mnd.ome thoroughbred -
bred trotting colt , a Ilresct from Benator
Murphy of New York .
- ,
llOJ/Oll ; Wf&LtU , ' 1JUTUTIW ,
-
Jacob Scllullrurth Jlt"I'a i'ICty Thom
.nc for Alenatng a SYlfe's Afectona ) ,
ChICAGO , April O-Tle' long-delaYe trial
by which George D Cou y seeks to colic Ct
$50,000 In I damage aut ! against Jacob
Schwelnfurtb , the ltockftird "Me.slah "
Hockfrd , began -
gan In JUdge Dunne's , cour to y. Coudrey
al'ge that the defendalt alienated Mr a.
Coudrey's -lectons from her hUsband by Inducing i -
ducing her to enter his . "heaven. " Sever
witnesses who were formhly disciples of the
defendant wi testify for the plaintiff .
The Jury awarded , Coudery - j50,000 Iamages ,
' 0'
Fntln fr and l'lr"IUII Ncuitied .
ST. JOIINSBURY .
, Vt. , April D.-The
southbound passenger train on the Pa a-
suulslo division or the ! elton & Maim se
railroad collided
with
rllrond colided wih a large boulder an
he truck near Smith's Mills late last nigh 01 .
The locomotive was deralitd and overturned
and Engineer S. I. Ilerat Iqoley antI Fireman
LewIs Emerson were Cqtaly calded. It Is
!
bel end that the rock was IOsened ly I ( tie
heavy storms and rolled dowi on the track ,
None of the assengeu were Injured se r.
I usly , although conBhlerably shaken up ler.
.
JUDGE J SAUtER SUICIDES
-
Put n Bullet Through His Brain Early
Yesterday Morning - nt . H ! Rcsdenco ,
DISAPPOINTD IN LOBBYI AT LINCOLN
.
Inl h B QURrrt1 with General JlnnnJCr 101.
rcgc-ttiumdtmtmetI , byl'ormer1"11111"8 %
- lnteft8thlI'lguro 11 Olmhn ills-
tors-I"lnt I'olce. Jlllc ,
Yesterday morning at G o'clock John II.
Sahler , cemmonlr known as Judge Saltier ,
commited suIcide lt hIs residence nt 426
Seuth Thlrty.frh avenue by shooting hlmsel
through the hend.
When he awoke ho told his wife that he
in tended tv get up and build the fre , She
re marked lint It was sti early and urged
him net to arise 'ct. Ho relnined In bell
come ten minutes mil then got tip lie
spoke cheerily to his wife and she notced
nothing wrong In his manner. Putting on
his trousers and shirt he went down stairs.
A few minutes later ! rs. SaltIer heard a
10lul mmoise hut ttaitag t ! ! ! that : her husband
was chepPUg kindlng WOOl she paid little
at tentloim. nut hearing nothing further she
became uneasy , thinking that her husband
might have fainted , ns ho hnll been troubled
of late by blood rushing to his heall. She
arose and went down stairs She did not
fnd him In the kitchen and opened the door
Into the elnlng roem. Looking In she saw
his bOdy lying In the corner of the room.
Her enugh er was summoned.nnd rushing out.
side Rho notified . the lelghbors. Dr. Jensen
was called . but Judge Slhler was dead.
The suicide was lying on his back In the
corner or the room , hIs head In I great peeler
or blood. His rIght arm was across the I
chest anti In his right hand , the muzzzle a. .
flW Inches from the mouth , was a revolver '
of 38-caliber , time one with which the deed
had been contmnittetl . An examlnnton led I
to the conclusion limit Ito had lain down on I
the floor and \ then IHttng the muzzle or the I
ro\'ol'er Into his mouth had fred the fatal
si mot . The shot was fred through the reefer
or the mouth , the ball lodging In the bead ,
just hehlnd the left enr.
There Is no doubt but that the deed wns
ruly preimieditated , although JUllge Sahler
hnd not given the slghtest Inkling , eiher
b y word or mnnner , to nny of his flleuds or
fnmly that he Intended to take his own
li fe. Monday arerncn he was down town
011 mel several of his intimate friemmds
Prom several or these ho attempted to hor-
row n revolver , saying that his wIfe lund beer m
unnblo to sleep on account of a cat and that L
he wanted the weapon In order to kill the
animal. He said that he did not wish to
buy n revolver , as that would be an expensive
way or killing I cat lie vas , however , unable :
able to obtnln
time weapon from any of hi !
rrlends f and later In time aCeroon he went t i
to Hayden Dros. and purchased the re '
volver with which he kied himself. To
the clerk he saId 11nt some one had tried to
hold him up several nights ago and that here
nfer ho Intended to be prepared for such
people ,
In .onversaton with friends and' with I
the clerk Ia
nothing strange or peculiar was
notcc In S3hlcr's manper. He appeared to ,
be very cheerful and spol10 pleasantly . He
' returned _ MlteII ,1 ! _ ytlpjg.jut.aJm ty. I
'nothlng'to lila family regarding his purchase ,
During , the , evening as before , nothing an -
u sual was noticed In his manner , he appear
Ing i to be as cheerf l , as was his nature ,
When he retired he bade his wife and
daughter good night In his usual manner
BACK FROM LINCOLN PENNILESS.
The cause that Ic him to kill himself was :
undoubtedly financIal distress. During the
sesion of the hate legislature Judge Sahler
had l been In Lincoln , lobbYing for cartaim 1
b ills. I Is said that If these bIlls had pased
he l would have obtaIned
$1,000. But the bili
bis
did not pass , and when he returned to the
cly last Saturday \ Is said that he was
without meney. Ho had been trying to raise
money enough to pay a hotel bill of 5625.
that he had Incurred In Lincoln. This bi ,
tOHether with others , was found In hum pocll-
e ta. I Is ' Iso known to lila friends that
during time last year be has Incurred con
slderable debt. To 1 friend he has saId that
he oed $500 , and that he did not know
how he was eVer going lo pay It , Monday
he called on General Manager Holdreg of the
Burlington and said that hE Intended to dia-
close some secrets which he had obtained
knowledge of while he was lobbying for the
road at Lincln , I Is said that the Inter-
view ended In a quarrel
Judge Saltier had a wide circle ot friends
and acquaintances In time city and throughout
the-tate t , being very. active In political le ,
Ho hall attended every session of the legl8la-
ture for the last twent '
twenty or twenty-five years ,
eiher lS a politician or a lobbYist He was
one of the oldest settlers of the city , having
como here In 1866 from Kansas. lie hall
shorty m before ' that time ben admite to
the t bar and practced law hero n short time
as the partner of the late Experience Esta-
brook. He gaVe up the profession of law
and embarked In the banking business wIth
his h brother and un Englishman named
lughls , 'Che name of time firm was Artemus
SaltIer & Co. , mind the office was on l"aral
street , between Tenth and Eleventh. 'Che
firm did a loan and a banllln business and
dd very well for a tme , I Is said that nt
this time Sahler was quito wealthy. But
the financial panic or the last two years ot
the ' 60's wrecked ito ( firm and the members -
hers came out without a cent
When gold was discovered In California
and the great wave of emigration to thlt
couutry began , Sahler became a membr of
Ow Oregon escort which was nuthorlzed by
the United States government to guard enmi-
graton parties across the plains and ho made
one trip. 10 remained away from the city
for about a year , during whleh tme he went
to t Denver when gold was Ilscover In the
neighborhood of Puce's Peale , When he reo
( unmet ! ho took charge of an eating house for
the t Union Pacific at Fremont and ran It
for I numher of yesr 10 wIll also be re-
memberC In this city by the old settlers for
the great Interest he took In the buIldIng
of the Gran.1 . Central hotel. buiding
lie was the tnt master of Capital lodge
No.3 , Ancient , Free I and Accepted Masona ,
of this city , and was the first master of the
Masons In time city.
OMAiIA'S FmST POLICE JUDGE.
During the last twenty.lve years of his
life he was net engaged In buslncss , but
embarked on a poltcJI career. In I8G , imy'
! I
imy't
act of time legislature , the olce or police
jUdge was given to Omal'n , and polce
came the frat encumbent of that office , being
appointed by Governor BuLcr . In olce following -
Ing year he attempted to obtain a nomina-
ton for the of ; e , but failed , Morris being
time nominee The democratic candidate was
Porter and time later was elected , this result
coming aleut , It Is said , chlefy througb the
efforts of 8ahler , At this time ho belonged
to , and was n prominent member of what
was called the Taylor.Sahler ring This
cmblnatol practically controlled limo repub-
Ical party of the cJ and for a ( Into
Saltier controlled limo combinaton , lie had
taken a promilent part In liolitica Until
within the last few yels , Iloltcl unt
Since the fIrst session of the territorial
terriorial
legIslature Saltier had been known as a
lobbyist , chiefly for railroad corporations ,
For I twenty year he Is said to have occupied
room 25 at the Capitol hotel at Lincoln at
each 4Osston o : , His work was to discover sus-
ceptibie ummemmtbers and them
ceptble memberl get to support
the bis favorable to hla employers , For
some years he Is said to have ben on time
pay roll of the railroads and all money that
was used to obtain votes was paid over to
him to be dIsbursed by Imim ThIs year ,
however , there was a pool into which money
W8 paid and trout which It was disbursed
and Balmier was Igaored I Is said that lbs
quarrel with Joldrege arose over this . Saltier :
ed tIme work ot
lked lObbying and he was can.
sldered an expert In that lne ,
Balmier & 66 years old at time time of liii I
death lie was born In Ulster county , New
york . . ahort dlotlc from Albany. I n I Ui
this neighborhood that his relatives live. Ills
relatves 1"e.
famlr In this city consists lt present of an
agel\ \ wife antI \ I dnughter. Another dnughter
Is malrlN\ \ to a. man lamell Fleming In Clmi-
caba ge. The brother who was with him In the
banking business here In time early flays \ I\NI
several years ago and was wcalh ) ' . R greater
pete rtion of his 10ney ha"ln been bequenthed
to him by an ulclo who committed suicide by
hangln" . commltel
The funeral will b ( II II Thursday from
the reshlence , time Interment being In l1ro-
pect mi cemetery.
The pal bearer will be Jtmtiges Berkn ,
li elsiey , lawes , Benecke , Anlerson a 11
Stenberg , all Of WhO:1 have presided ns
judges of the 110lco coimrt.
NOTE OP EXPLANATION I.IWT ,
Alhough time hOlse was tlrou hl'
senrchcII In the mornll by Coroner Maui . no
leU era were fOUIIl , blt ) noon two notes ,
wrllen with I penci , sere discovered , Ole
addrEssed to Coroner Mntml asking him to
ca ll lJ0n Cnillni lodge or lnRons to give
him ) n "plain , decent burin " The other
note was addressed to no one all ran as fol'
lows :
" 'Mami's Inhnmanl ) . to mnn makes count-
less tholSnltl8 mimotmrn , '
mourn.
"George W. lollrego Is the one who Is roe
sponslble for this rsh act Ills fKht for
th e Omnhn police cOlmlsslon bill cost me
what 18 needed for my support. Sholid I do
by hll ns ho has done by me limo wor"l
" ' otmlml say , 'Scoumtdrai of the darkest. ' The
lic aim Is wen II-let the secrets die wih me
Ind be blrlcd In the cold grave , a 11 0011
al one balance our accounts. "
10th these notes were fOln\ \ under n bate
on the tOil shelf on n closet. During ) the
Inqlest In the nUeroon : Irs , Saltier tesUfcII
tim at. on time night before , when alto and her
hlsban,1 were going to bcd , he hn(1 felt ou
the shelf about the box , remnrldng that ( It
was a good ! 111aco In which to hile mouer ,
nnll It was probably nt this ( lute that he
plncell the notes under the box Mrs. Sahler
also recollected thlt al the Ilght previous ,
shorty after he cnme home , ho wrote a letter
wih a pencil , saying thnt I wits unimportant
and thnt he Intem\ed \ to cop I In the mmtermm-
In g.
g.Atmotimer
Another poilt was brotmglmt out ! lat ShOWNI
that the dcII was premedltnted. He re-
qlesled his Ilnlghler to accompany him
dewn town anti took her nroull to various
pl aces where he haul small accounts. lie
allJearel to wish her to winess the pay-
mn emmts. Atlas Snhler std that blue was pre-
paring to aCCOlllan ) ' her rlther to Lincoln.
On lay 1 they had Intelled to go to Chi-
ca go.
The Inquest was hell nt 4 o'clock. The
jury bronght In a verdict that the deceased
died by his own Imamtd
; \ tNlltCI ) C. mtA'1Ti'Y iCIlf.S hhi3lSiIl.t' ,
% 'mtN miii Old Sohttar-Icuupomuiioncy the
Ciuie ,
Manfreti C. flattoy , 61 years old , anti a civil
.
st ar veteran , conmntitteci aumicide by sirnotimig
li t time loft of a barn In time rear of1016 Far-
n am street , time premtmlsea of his daughter ,
M rs. Irving Allison , yesterday afternoomt.
lie leaves a wife in New York City , trout
w hem lie iartcd several years ago , antI a
mn otimer. whmose honte is imm Nesrarlc , N. J ,
A irs. Allison was imis only cltiiii ,
Time bullet went thmrougim the left breast .
n ear time Imeart. Despontiency was the cause ,
lie left several letters addressed to timc
m nemnbera of his faintly amid one to time m
c oroimer. Time otto addressed to time corona ,
g ave his reasons for cernmnitting tue ad
a nd is as follows :
" have done all I could and can get. nc I
w ork. My money is all gone and I imave nc I
h ome. I hmavo searched the city and visited I
l edges and although I imave wnlttn testi .
menials frau-f all of my old employers timey p
qiotiit't to flOUming. ' I 'carrgctno 'ss'orkr- [ .
c annot ho a beggar. I cannot become I
t ramp. I was willing to do doything honesi 1
a nd within nty strehmgth , but-well , I sup -
p aso there are humndreda anti timommsamtda jmusl L
pi
i iko nue. I got only promises for Limo futunm ,
a mid meantime I iiiUst starve , You knou :
i mow hard I have tried to get work and yo
k now if I could have borrowed $40 on my r
p cmmsion papers for about two months limit 0
w ould not imavim Imappened , for I could imavm )
b een workimt now , But. no omie would ioL
t ile have it , although they vere perfectly
s afe , and so it imas iome to ( lila that I
must take my own life. Lot. time city do
what It svlll svltiu my body ; It will rest. in
o ne place as well as lii another. Youm wIll
fi nti mtty body in tue loft. of tite barn back
o f these premnisee. An inqmuost is hot neces-
s ary. I did It by my own act. So pull
d own the curtain , tite play is clone. "
Battey was born in Buffalo , N. Y. , and was
r eared and etlucated in timat. city. When time
c lvii war broke out. he went to Newark , N.
J . , and enlisted as ti. private and served in
t ime army during the greater part of time war ,
A fter recelvimtg imis dlsclmargo from the armmty
h e returned to New York City amid for n
t imto he was omnployed in a minor capacity
o n the Evening Post of timat city. Later lie
t ook tip railroad work and for Semite years
a nd until about two years ago ho was em-
p loyed by ommo of the roads emitering Merld-
i an , Miss. , where tie was located , Some
y ears ago lme contracted ( hue morphmimie habit
a nd bcimmg broken in lmotmlth he lost. lila posi-
t lo'i and took treatment at the Iceeley In-
s tituta at Mobile , Ala , lie then entered the
S oldiers' iuon'mo at Leavemiwortlm , Kan , , wlmere
i to renmainnd tar about four montlm , lb loft
t here , according to wimat he told some of iuI
a equaintamices , on account. of the inhuman
t reatment st'imichu time inmmtates of timat. instittm-
l ion are simbjected to under time present mnan-
a genient , lie was unable to stand It and
c _ into to tmi ) city two moittlma ago anti lived
witim hula son-hum-lass' , IrvImmg Aihicon , wimo is
m anager of time Omalma Pressed Brick Co.
I3attoy's lather comnmulttcch suicIde in New
York City five years ago by hmammgirmg ,
I1IWE ! J'JW It0 .1IES.S'4 uli J"JIOM luLl 'E'e ,
renter ha ) ' Stitmatmi hlnvo ( ihvcn Up 1jul10 or
n Iovctri lois 'I'isIs Mecttgim ,
KANSAS CITY , April 9.-Time expected
n message from heaven was not received at time
Morrmtomm commference at independence today.
President Joseph Smttltim , Jr. , spent time cmmitiro
f lay with tlmo twelve apostles and time miele-
gates to time conference score ntonmeumtaniiy expecting -
pecting to imear that. revelations from on
i iiglm Imati bcicmt mnadcm. There are two vacaut-
des anmong time apostles , svlmiehm have existed
for maity years , anti wimicim cammnot. be fIlled
umitil IL is revealed from God to Jobepli Smith ,
attn time apostles svito ( item new apostles are
t o be , Notiming iias'ing come after today's
l eng shlImmg ( , revelations are Imot now expcctetl
at this meeting ,
A lively debate was occasioncml in time con-
fercmmco by the s'esoiution Introdiue'ed yester-
u hay , instructing ( Ito bishopric to mnatumre plans
( or instituting ( Ito Order of Emiocit. Time
delegates are for orgattizating time lmemm ormier
t imeuuttoeiyes before this meeting amljourns , Tue
Order of Enocim was lmrovlded for iii tite reyo
lstiotts of 1833 to 1837 , It is a sort of co.
operative plan , sulmereby tint ricim imeopie ol ;
tue citurch render opportunities to the poor
for bettering thueir conditioum ,
Tue first to otTer testinmtommy this morning
was mmmi Indepetmdence saint about SO years old ,
"I an sorely afflicted , " Ito said In mm
tremmbiiumg voice , "aimd have been for five or :
six mmtontims. Yet I have svallced a mniie anti a
half ( lila morning to be with you , I have
Seoul mievlls cast out , the Imliimd made to see :
and the deaf to Imear , so I know thmere is a
true fled and timat time Cimurcim of the Saimmtm
is Ills clmurcim , it is my ambition to Intuit
day be seated omm time thrormo smith Abrahtaumt ,
Isaac and Jacob. " I
Airs.'rightt , from Vermnont , told Imots' imt '
bat ! Imecorno a saint , "I svmma visited one
mmiglmt by an angel , " saiJ site , "svhmo came :
and stood by my imedeide with a square ittece I
of parebmnent him her ultilfted hand. 'I lmavc
comae to tell you that Joseph Smith is a recog.
nizeti proimltet of imezmveum , ' time amigei saitl. "
Eider George Edwards of southwest Ails. ,
souni said ; "Late one evening in southwest I
Missouri a. voice canue to mutt' from Itt-aver m
and said ; 'You ar called to lift up tlmtlanm I
o ( time gospel , ' anti I itave over since tteenm out. .
gaged as a eervant oftlto Lord , "
Auacondmu , atont. , U005 Jkntocrztiic ,
ANACONDA , Mont , , April 9.--Anacondu I
elects a deunocm'atlc cIty ticket , wIth time cx .
ceptiomi of one alderman , who tied flhm m I
republican. Ttmornton'a pluraity for mayoi r
* vef ItzpatrIek Ii 23.
\VORK \ OFVOOD \ BUTChERS
Saniplo of' Sonic of the WrJchcd ffaokln
Done at Lucoln.
MUTIlATION OF TIlE OMAHA CITY CHARTER
Atnmiy himmponlnimt l'cttturcs lroppeil Out of
I iii Prot habits 'm'imIle it 'sVmts L'mmshiig
Through timi ) hlmtiuuis of thmo tlcuim.
hers of ( liii l.eglslmaturcu ,
Thmo 9eoplc of Omnalmmi. have reason to feet
ke-omtiy time colutbimmeil Cultili ty a mmd stum imldity
of the mutemmiliers of time lotiglns coummty tIde.
gatlon iii the last. scssiomt svito permumitteil ( ho
umttmiilatlomi of aunt of ( ho ( test charters ever'
deviseti for time government of a westermi cIty
of time mmmotroiiolitan class. Tito cimarter that the
POOimie of Oummtuima lircacittetl to time legislmitumo
ivas looketi impomi ums a mitotlel. Thte clmarter
Wluicim time legislattiro returned to time city
of Oumicima was a mnoimstrosity.
To prove this it , is ommly imeccssrmry to stmo
that tito clmarter as itvas ilmmaily uiimutiiatetl by '
time Igimoramice of ( lie Otnalin tlelegates , Passed
by time tivo hmoimse anti semmt to ( lie gos-crmmor
ouumits entirely tIme following Imiost euscuttial
provisions.
I , limo urovision wimicbm mmtitlmorizes tima
mnmuyor amid city comummcll to levy a tax tromn
tIme luroceeils of wimicim time city's bommileil in-
dobtetlimoss Itnil be htail witcmm It. becomes
duo.
2. The vrovisiomt rcquirimmg the mayor anti
council to les-y : uimtl collect a tax for time
hayunent. of ( ito iumterest. out time boimmis issued
by ( Ito city.
3. Time provistomi by 'lmiclm taxes may be
coiiecteti for time special Pumnlose of jtaying
remus ( or water , for ( Ire ptmrpoaes emit ! for
Pmitmlic also.
URCOI1I ) OF' IILUND1II1.
Time mmtnmtumrr iii wiulclu time city of Omaha
is tlc'imnlvetl , ly time igmmoramice of time nion
selected to repm-cacmtt its interests in ( ho
legisiatimre , of the rigiut to levy taxes to pay
its boniletl inmlebtotlmmess ammd for the iutmrpose
of provitlimmg tire protection is easily exltininetl.
Time charter as cnigitmally Immtroduceti comitalumeil
thus foliowimmg title :
Aim act. emmtltled an act. to amitenti sections 3 ,
C . 11 , 13 , 30 , Id , iii , 61 , 65 , 66 , 69 , 72 , 79 , 85 ,
SC , S7 , SS , 90 , 02 , 104 , 107 , lOt ) , ill , 116 , 117 ,
us. 123 , 127 , 143 nmmtl 172 as heretofore ox-
istitmg of mitt act cmmtbtletl , ' 'An act immcorpo'-
rating metropolitan cities and defimming , regu-
hating , prescrIbing timeir duties , iiowers alit !
govermmmitcumt , " tiiuproveii March 39 , 1887 , antI
to repeal smmiml sections as Iteretofore exietimig ,
ammd to remeal ; sections 80 aimmi Si of said act.
Time blutmiler of time legislature lies iii (1mG
fact that tmfter it lmnti imtimtliattl ( ito cimarter
at time belmeat of tIme utrinate lobimy' , it imeg-
Iccteml to strike oumt front time title and tlto
repealing clause ( hue last temt wortla above
quoted , 'iL : " amid to repeal sectioums SO amtd
Ri of salt ! act. "
As a result , timose two sections Imave been
absolutely repcolcd amid stricken out _ of the
presemit chmarter.
Time Oxplminatlon is easIly made. The
framers of time cimmirter rdieaied time' two see-
tiomma , Si ) amid Si , imccammso timey lund Provided . ,
itt section 79 for time tuux for tlme ptmrpose of
collecting a sinkimmg fund and for tlu payment -
mont o water renttits. etc. But. scctiomm 79.
as ainemmded , contapcd.tlmo , provisiob for the
selection of a t.i counimmisaloner , This provision -
vision was so odipus to the tax siminleera that
tiiy' struck It , , piitcntireiy wthout paushmig.
to thlnktimnt a Ittije discrimination unighit
be used to good"adyantage. having wiped
out time Wimoie of section 7th , as antended , the
cimarter tinkers forgot' all about striking out
time provision svimichi repeals sectiomma SO and
81. Time error was fatal to the credit anti
interests of time city of Omoahma.
CONNELL'S SUGGESTIONS.
City Attorney CouncIl was asked by The '
flee for his ophmmioum on time subject. lie re-
aumommtleii aa follows : A
OMAhA , Armrii 9.-To the Editor of The
Lice : Lly mimkhng changomo iii the charter
bill , as presemttetl to time iegimelmitemre , ection
Sm ) mind bI imave been reptaled , evidently Un- '
i mmtentlonmiliy. Sectlomt tO relates to the ievy' '
of tuxes not exccemitng 10 mills to imrovkle a
i minkhmmg fund. Sectiout SI ltrovltiCmo for time
l evy of taxes for tIme sliecini purpose of
paying water rermtm' , not exceecilmmg 4imills. .
' l'imc question is wimetimer , notwitimtotnndln
these blunders , time charter ought to be
m ohgmmeml by tht governor. 'rite bill as imasCed ,
while u-tot in time formul deslrad , containmu many'
valuable antommdnmmeittuu for time city. 1 ann
of the oplmilon that notss'ltlmstmmndlng thin
cimmangemo ummatle mmmmd omimisslouts wimicht eXist ,
tIme bill even ii , Its presemmt fomm 15
inticim to be tiesiretl. I tlmlnk ( or time next
two years ( lint tinder ottmcr provisIons of
time cimarter time city can provide for the
two ftintis rferm-etl to hum sections 80 and 81.
in section 79 time unutyor and council have
power to levy taxea for general purposes to
time iimnit of ii pitihis. Iii 11111 tIme levy for tht
l mtil'iOMe WitS ottly .1 fullS. ifl 1895 , osvimtg to the
necessity of itrovitilmug for cemlain unusual
expenditure-s this levy wmu iumcreasecl to
1o mtiliis. 'I'it pmoinbliity ) lit tii.t
during I(9G and 1S97 time levy for general (
pimrpossmo could be , kept dovim to wimatit was
I n 1891 , tittus ieavimmg a margin of about 5
mills , which would Ito entitle to provide a.
fund for water remit purposes , or certnir.ty
create a futimI mmm to time limit authorized by
section 1(1. ( Under section Gd the city imne the
chur right. anti autitfirity to lusue the bondS
of the city in remmewal tf otltstummmiimmg honda.
or for tue purpose of funding , takinj up
ummmd making PtiYimmciit of time fioctImig iutdeb ( . .j
etlnesmo amid liabilities of ( hue city. I reco -
nizo that time cm'ethit of time city' must a
maimmttmimmei ] amid that any bands or other'
imuu1t'hitedne5 muatuming ( or whmlchm it svould
lie proper to create a sinkiiig Fund must be
met , I tlmink tlmis can be domme numd utlmould
lie done by issuimtg time hnntla of time city ,
which calm ho dmimte at a u-ate of interest not
exceodirtg 1 ; 11cr cermt , nnd imssibiy even for
per cent. Omiti mleciilr'tl nmls'antnigo by
reason of thullu course woulil be to relieve the
tumxpmtyi'nio for the nuixt two years of tIme bur.
ibetu ot pnying nmmy taxes for time crcimthoim of
a sinking ( mmml A little broatlmirtg tEltoil of
thmimo kind tat timid particular timne canmtot
lttit lie dc'strmmhilL' . lit view of nil tIme ctircurn.
mttuiriees , kmmowiitg what I do of ( hue desirable
tu-tti mmmmtieslu'miliiO provisIons of the charter
blil I favor 1114 , mpmrovnl l' tIme governor ,
v. J. CONNRLL , City Attorney.
LIKES TilE OLD BETTER ,
Mr. Conmmell's letter was shown to Mr. lIen-
mmmarm llountze. Lie said Ito diii not know
mmmucim about. time clmartcr amnemmdneiuts , , hut he
iintleralooil ( lucy wore in bad shape. ' 'I doubt
wimc'thmer Air. Conmiell's imroposemi reumtedleis
womultl meet limo vase , " Ito saId , "Timoro
wommlil Ito a sery serious qitc'stiOn at t
wiietluer we coulmi take out of tint genera !
fmmnth the aunottmmt to pay time water rent ,
Timere would also ho grtevo mlariger in case
time amount. of taxes collected was ipauuilclunt
to mimPet camrremit eximeutmes after mlc'dmictimig time
water rent , "
Mr. ICouutze expressed fears tiuat the tax
collections would fall ssay belmlmtd nil previous
years mmmd mnight. mtot exceeml GO per cent of
thue levy. 'l'ltat would leave Limo cIty in a
very bad plight.
"flmo repeal of time sinking fund tax clause
of tluo chtarter , " saId Mn , iCounizo , "he very
ttnforfuuumite. If use were to ciimtconmthmtuo , this
tax time city's cretiit would tie most
seriously affected. It. Is dotmbtfui whether
time rofummding bonds wlmiclm Mr. Coumnell pro.
imoses would sell at par , or whether they
couhil lie cold at all , To issue tlteso tmomids for
payhimg interest or covering futmiro deficits
would lie a doubtful expedient , as it would
be regarded as similar to lssuirmg bonds to pay
immtu'ruat on other bonds or like glying a second
mmiortgage cii a Piece or property to payr
ilutereet emi time first mnortgagu ,
"In my judgummomit we can get alaumg more
safely witim Ilte vresoumt elmurter than to take
any risk of lltmanciai ammmbarrassrusenle with
the amended charter , "
FALSE TO ThEIR CONSTITUENTS ,
Time manner in which limo citarter wits ban.
died by the iougias county mimenmibers I
botim house and senate pros-es cottcitiaiyl
thmat they mtmade Ito ccdmeciemttious effort to
carry out time incites of theIr hmomo constitu.
emits , fly a contemptuous trick lteprocentar
tive Johnston of Douglas coummty prevailed
uiJomu 13leaker Richards to make ltijn the
cimairmali of time comnunhttco out ctfit'g
towmma to wimiclm time charter would mmimturaUy
be referred. 'l'imo charter was introdmmced in
the iiciue amid read for ttt first tiuo On
January i Lay ltepresentative Benedict. 'it
was roam ! time coeoual ( true vu Januar7