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Is ! THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTAULJSIJED .HJXE 19 , 1871. OMAITA , THURSDAY EORNING , ITEWKUAKY SM , ISfTWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY JT1V.B U.ENTfcf.
THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Automatic Device for Receiving and
Transmitting Telegrams.
COMBINES TV/0 / GREAT ADVANTAGIS
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tion In llnrrcl MnUliiK
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Two new pieces of apparatus have keen
exhibited In London within the last two
or three weeks , one at the conversazione
( or combined reccptlsn and exhibition ) of
the Royal society , and the other privately
to a representative of the London Ncwti ,
which may effect a revolution In the UL > C
of the telegraph by buslncFs men , and to
Fame extent take the place of the telephone.
One of thcfc Instruments \ e-allcd thu telc-
Bcrlptor , and the other the zerograph. Doth
ore machines for printing Oi- well ca trans
mitting telegrams. Iho tclescrlptor Is a
simple device , can be managed 'by a mere
child , and can be furnished for only a trlllu
jnoro than the price of an ordinary type
writer. The Invcntor'cj purpose and hope
nro that his machine will come Into general
USD In Jinslnero offices which have occasion
for Bunding many telegrams.
A necc&Mry part of hit ? scheme Is an ex
change1 , like tint of a telephone company ,
to which all the private subscribers shall
1 > c tributary , and where one man's wire will
0)o connected ( on demand ) with that of the
jie-mon with whom h wlfhcs to communi
cate. It la thought that such a system
will prove superior to n telephone In several
wayu. Ono great advantage , no doubt ,
would be the absolute distinctness with
which the message would be transmitted.
A printed copy Is produced , and there Is
io chance to mistake a word or phrase for
lUiiietblng sounding much like It , but meanIng -
Ing something different.
The earn" Instrument Is used both as a
receiver and n transmitter , being changed
from one to the other by the movement of a
slnglo twitch or lever. And the apparatus
at both ends of the line records a message
which Is sent , and a perfect copy U thus
miido automatically by the very act of scnd-
Ing and may he retained like copies In a
letter book. If any question arises as to
the nature of the rnctoage It ecu be settle. !
Instantly by rcfcttnco to the sender's copy.
Another , poiulbly a greater , merit of the
now plan Is that It delivers the message
whether a man Is there to receive It or
not. A man who Is on the lookout for Im
portant communications may not feel obliged
to remain In , bis office all day awaiting them ,
lie can step out at any time , for five infantes
or an hour , as his convenience demands ,
with confidence that the message will not
only bo received , but will ho recorded If It
IB'only sent , In hla absence , and will
await him ou his feturn.
PERFECT SECRECY.
Perfect secrecy Is attainable by the tele-
scrlptor , and t'-at Is not true In the oiioj of
thp tplc'ihono. ' During rush hours , of course ,
the employees at a telephone exchange are
altogether too busy to engage In eaves-
dtopplng. All thu same It Is entirely possi
ble for a telephone message to reach ears
for which It Is not Intended. So , Uo , con
fidential correspondence by telegraph is prac
ticably impossible without resort to bother-
Bmo ciphers. The new Instrument v.filch
wan recently exhibited to the Rojal . - > olety
Is so constructed that It will not respond at
nil , or make a record , wlinn onother of the
eamo kind Is In operation ( even though they
be connected by a suitable wire ) unless both
are set on the same combination , Perlmns
n more accurate way to express the Idea
would be to say set at the same number of
vibrations. In this respect the tele. crlptor
rwemlilcs Marconi's wlrele&n telegraphic syo-
tcm. So long as the persons in correspondence -
once keep Hie precise pitch of their ap-
Ittratus a secret , nobody else ctci learn any
thing by tapping the wires.
Ono will bo reminded , perhaps , by this
description , of Gray's tcMntograph , which at
tracted some attention In this country four
or five years ago. That apparatus faithfully
rcpioduccd outline pictures , as well as writIng -
Ing , but It is not proof against stealing at
Intermediate stations. It requires two wirci ,
whereas tlio tclescrlptor employs tfie eartft
for a return route , and therefore ncoiLi only
one. And though the speed of tlio English
machine , is not mentioned in the reports at
hand , It probably transmits more rapidly
than Gray'a device.
NIAGARA'S ELECTRIC POWER.
Within a few montha the city of Buffalo
Is to bo lighted by electric power derived
from Niagara falls , und hundreds of nmall
electric motors mattered about the city In
houses and shops will derive their current
from the amo source. This Io not rnly an
Interesting fact In Itself , but , furthermore ,
the manner In which the electric current from
the Niagara falls power house Is to be
utilized for service in Buffalo U both inter
esting nnd novel.
At the pre-sent tlmo , relates the New York
Sun , the thousands of arc and ! iicandc.-ient
lights of thu city and the power for moiors
arc supplied by the Buffalo General Electric
company , and thu source from which it gem
Its power Is coal and the steam engine. When
the new arrangements are completed , the
ute.Tiii boilers and emglnes will disappear
from the plant , but , curiously enough , there
will still remain n considerable number of
I'lectrln generators , ami these w'.ll bo driven
by means of the current transmitted from
Niagara falU1 , Instead of that current' . ?
Icing used directly for the production of
light and power.
This peculiar amiriKement must bo made
because the vurlouo kinds of lights and mo
tors which are supplied with electricity use
among them curni ts of various sorts and
\ollaKCs , a.i different In their qualities from
that which In sent from Niagara falls as oil
Is Irom water. The nresoat power house
Jina three dlutlnct kinds of current to sup
ply. Ono part of the plant supplies about
3,000 arc lamps. These use a elngle-phasu
alternating current of from 2.COO to 3.000
volts. Another part supplies many thoudsuda
of lncnndwcoit lamps , which UEO a threo-
pliUMu alternating current of 110 or 115 volta ,
while the third portion supplies motors with
a direct current of 500 or 650 volts. On the
other hand the lined which will run to Niag
ara falls will bring from there a three-
phase alternating current of an Intu slty of
cither ai.OOO or 22,000 volts , but with very
Mow alternations of current. ThU current
will to transmitted to the outskirts nf Huf-
Jalo over naked wires carried on poles , but
when It reaches the city It will bs carried
en burled rabies ,
REDUCING THE VOLTAGE.
The first process of changing this current
Into those that are needed will be by Intro
ducing It into a not of eleven step-down con
verters. In theiio the high voltage will dlH-
appcar and In place of a current of 11,000 or
22,000 volts , which could all couiu In on a
tiny wire , there will Issue a current at 352
volts , which ulll require many wires of
great site to carry It , Still this current
would not do for any ono of thn three pur
poses for which It Is needed. Its alteration ! . '
from positive to negative are only at thu
rate of twenty-five a secondhand If a cur
rent of changes io alow wcro sent forth to
heat up the Incandescent light films of the
city It would make u flicker which would
be distressing to tire ye. The changes must
not be fewer than sixty a second , and to
secure this the current for them lights must
bo passed tlnough great dynamo-like ma
chines , known a frequency changers ,
whence It Issues mill as a three-phase cur
rent of 352 volts , but with t-lxty clinngcj a
neccud , It will take four of these big ma
chines , each of 393 horse , power , to supply
the current for the Incandercetit lamps.
From this point tlio current for these
lamps niVfit still bo pissed again through
another serlea of itep-down transformers to
reduce Its voltage to 110 or US be-fore It
CAII bo utilized. :
, Tiio kind or current ne ded for the ro
lighting could not bo obtained with nil-
vantage directly from that which UMCS
from the nrst converters , nnd BO Ini'tead ' or
putting It through a lot of change ! It Is to
bo led directly to a new set of electric mo
tors , each of which will drive a dynamo.
Thcro will bo fifteen of these motors , each
of 250 horec power , end each one will have
upon clthci' side of It nn arc light current-
generator capable of supplying 125 lamps , or
3,760 altogether. The direct currtot for sup
plying power for motors will be obtained
from the 352-vult three-phase current that
Issues from the big converter ? by passing
this current through still other dynamo-llko
machines called rotnry converter. ) . There
will tc two of them , each of 200 horse power
capacity. From them the current will go out
at COO or 650 volts.
The total capacity of the plant as It will
bo Installed will bo 3.7SO arc lights , 24,000
: Incandescent lights and about 000 small mo
tors. The whole will take nearly 6,000 horse
power from Niagara falls. This , however ,
' Is believed to be cnly n small part of what
: the company will eventually need , and In
! making the changes room enough Is to be
i left available to make the plant three times
' as largo whenever necessary. The contract
' for the new plant has been let to the Gcn-
i eral Electric company of Schcnectady and
' the whole i.'ork Is expected to be finished In
six months from now ,
INNOVATION IN BARREL-MAKING.
Although barrel-making ts an old Industry ,
! It will surprise many manufacturers who
i thought they knew something about the
| process to hear that they have * hitherto had
{ but a very Inadequate Idea of what can bo
i dene In It. There has appeared on the rnar-
, kct n steel barrel , 53 scientifically constructed -
! structed that the old wooden form , formerly
so much in favor , seems destined to sink
j appreciably In the scale of popularity , In
! competition. The points sought for In dc-
I signing the now barrels were- : That they
| must have the same form as wed barrc's ,
: centuries of experience having proved , that
proper b1 Ige and a strong chimb are' Indis
pensable for easy handling , they must be
thoroughly tight so as to contain liquids of
all htads , especially oils and spirits , without
fear of leakage or evaporation. These
liquids are very dlincult to deal with ; petro-
leiim , for Instance , being much more pcne-
iratltiR than water. ( Another leading consid
eration1 was that the casks had to be strong
and durable , without being heavier in proportion -
portion to their contents than wood barrels ;
they had to bo able to stand great Internal
pressures , from heat expansion and other
aortlngonclcs of transit , as well as the
rough usuagc Incident to handling and transI
portatlon. They had to be so made ns to
last a number of years , but yet easy to re
pair. It was Imperative that their adoption
should not Involve any outlay on the buildIngs -
Ings , plant and appliances now existing for
handling' , moving , lifting and storing < wood
barrels ; and , finally , they had to be proI
duccd nnd put on the market nt moderate
prices. These arc the main conditions , the
fulfillment of which the trade considered
necessary to the success of any new barrel |
and It is said that they have now been com
piled with. The. now barrels arc absolutely
oil , liquid and vapor tight. In snnpe they
are the same as the wood barrel , with ample
bl.ge and chlmbd formed by fusing together
four thicknesses of metal by which excep
tional strength Is gained. The material em
ployed for both barrels and bungs Is steel.
The bodies are made from steel sheets , vary
ing In thickness from one-sixteenth of an
Inch upward , according to the size of the
barrel and strength required. A
most Interesting feature of the
manufacture Is that no solder Is
used In the Joining of the metal parts ,
but their edges are fused together electri
cally , BO ao to form a s-olld piece of steel.
The sheets are cut square and passed
through a mill , which rolls and bends them
Into the rough outline of a barrel. After
the edges are trimmed the electric welding
takes place. The current Is generated by
a dynamo of 750 amperes and eighty-live
volta It Is taken to storage batteries , BO
arranged that when welding is not going on
the charging continues. Not only arc the
welds perfectly sound and tight , but the
metal retains HH good qualities , and Is not
Injured 'by ' the operation. The next process
! s the manufacture of the heads , or ends.
Thcso are stamped from cold steel sheets ,
first cut by shears Into dLk form , and placed
In a hydraulic prces , which in two m'u- '
utca gives them circular grooves or corru
gations for strengthening purposes , and
turns * over the edges or flanges which are
to bo Joined Into the ends of the body. This
Junction is also made by electric welding
and when the steel bungis have been fitted
In the barrel Is ready far use. Many advan
tages arc claimed for the steel birre.1 , es
pecially for the transportation of petrolciva.
For example , the steel barrels contain fifty
gallons , as against the forty gallcna of the
wood barrel , and thin saving of 20 per cent
In petroleum distribution will be appre
ciated by practical men In the oil trade.
ELECTING LAUNCHES FOR MILLION.
The demand for electric motors for small
boats was GO brisk last season that a fac
tory Is to be started in Connecticut for
their exclusive manufacture. Every man
who has a boat can 'now virtually have his
electric launch. The- portable electric motor ,
ruddc-r nnd propeller weighs about twenty-
live pounds and is quickly attached to any
rjwboiit or tender. The motor , which Is
small , IB mounted on top of the rudder , und
operated 'by a primary battery placed either
in the bow or under ono of the seats. The
propeller Is attached to the rudder with a
shaft connecting It with the motor. The
steorcr of the 'boat , as. he sits In the stern ,
ecu control the speed by a small rotary
cock handle nt the end of the tiller arm ,
of which ho nlwajfl retains hold. Attached
to the handle always IB an electric switch ,
which controls the current for going ahead
or backing. It takes only a few minutes
to pour a new solution Into the battery ,
which will then run all day. The cost of
thn whole plant Is very low. A boat thus
supplied with lts < own unlive power and
fitted with an nwnlng will enable its owner
to make many a delightful summer Jaunt
that hitherto has 'been ' possible only to the
possessor of a much more pretentious nnd
costly craft.
CHEAP ELECTRICITY.
A whimsical contribute ? to Electricity has
hit upon the following scheme for supply
ing power for the world at moderate cos' :
I have found by a ncleutlllo calculation that
every cubic mile of heated matter of the
earth's Interior contains enough hot to sup
ply 20,000,000 horse power for a year , or the
equivalent of 400,000,000 tons of coal. While
pandering on this momentous question , an
idea suddenly struck me. I raw all at once
that Nature had put this Inexhaustible store
of energy In the mrth for the special ute of
man. All It needs la a $5,000.000 syndicate to
tap this great reservoir and supply the whole
world 'with power , I would undertake the
construction of the plant at a reasonable
salary. My Idea Is to run copper and iron
wires a foot In diameter fmn tfie equator
to the north pole through the great centers
of population , lly coldering the copper wires
to the north pole and the Iron wires to the
equator wo could get n powerful thermo
electric battery , th6 center of the earth being
the hot Junction anil the polar renlon being
the cold Junction , The central part of the
earth , being competed mostly of metals
whose average density Is 5,5 , would have
very little resistance. These wires could bs
tapped for electricity at any paint between
the equator and the pale by connecting the
motor or other translating device between
a copper and an Iron wire. It might be pas-
elblo to dispense with the Iron wires olio-
gother and me tho. ground Instead. With a
few hundred of these wires running from tuo
equator to tha pole and properly distributed
over the earth's surface , wo might ue elec
tric ticat to thaw nut the frozen paln ! < i of
Siberia and Drltlih Ameri-a , thus bringing
the Klondike Into a temperate or even Into
a torrid zone. The vijst snow-eovered plains
of America end Asla would become fields of
verdure , supplying food and raiment for
teeming millions of people.
Thirteen .StmU'iiU SiiN.
GAMiSUt'RCl , III.'Feb. 23.- Thirteen etu
ile n la of Lombard university were suspended
today for participating in a cla * color fight ,
Five ur senior * . ' Y
SI'ATE SUPPORTS ITS CASE
Witnesses to Oontrdict the Statements
Undo by tha Doler.eo
OFFLRS MUCH TESTIMONY IN RLBUTTAL
Trlnl of the Suit A Kill n Mt the Hartley
llotiilMiiicii llrooini-H n
nlc Ilntlle < > f ln\r anil
The time when the trial of the suit
against the Hartley bondsmen will reach
Its end can now be Intelligently forecasted.
Yesterday afternoon the state completed , the
Introduction of Its rebuttal testimony and
the defense pur In meet of Its surrcbuttal.
The latter ha ? but ono more witness to call
I to the stand this morning. Then the ar
gument on law questions In the case will
bo taken up , but these will be brief. Judge
Powell Is desirous of confining the argu
ments to such limits that the case can bo
given to the , Jury on Friday.
i : ' For a good portion of the day Oovcrtior
Hclcomb watt on the stand. He was called
on to testify In regard to the accounting
with Uartley at the end of the latter's nrst
term. It was In connection with 'this mat
ter that Governor Holcomb gained promi
nence at the Hiat trial , particularly over his
statement that he considered the section of
the statutes regulating the examination of the
condition of the state treasurer n "farce and
a. sham. " No sensation developed yester
day , although Governor Holcomb still In-
i slstcd that he wan perfectly satisfied that
. the certificates of depcslt which Hartley
, offered as evidence that he had
' the entire sum accountable to him In his
; possession were us. ' good as money In the oct-
j
j i tlcincnt. He paid that he had made no par-
1 tlcular examination of thc o certificates ,
taking them at what they represented io be.
1 j Yesterday the attorney general busied
j himself In rebutting the evidence given by
; , ex-Deputy Attorney General Summery , wno
j I swore that after the reception to the new
' officers In the capltol building on the night
I of January 3 , 1S95 , the governor had mim- !
! moiied him and had discussed with him a
j
bond of Hartley's different from the one in
suit. This testimony had been given In dl-
! ' rcct Impeachment of Governor Holcomb. who
hid sworn that he had no such bond at the '
The first witness called was Benton 'Marct ' ,
the private secretary of the governor. He
tei'tlfied ' that he had remained in the gov
ernor's olllco until 10 o'clock after the re
ception , had not been sent after Summers
by the governor and had no recollection cf
seeing Summers in the ofllce.
"Did you not. sometime between 10 and
12 o'clock on that e enrnl ? , go out of the
governor's oITlco and meet E. G. Qrinncll ,
the head Janitor of the building , near the
library ; did you notasu _ him whether the
attorney general's orfice was open , and did
ho not answer that itas , but that the
attorney general was not there ; did you not
then ask If Mr. Summers was there and did
not Grlnnell answer that he wnh : : icre with
some ladles ? " asked General Cowln on
cro.'ti-cxamlnatlon.
"I have no recollection of any such oc
currence , " answered the witness , but he
would not swear positively.
F. L. May , chief clerk In the governor's
office , and Elon W. Nelson , who was also
a clerk there at the time , but Is now deputy
land commissioner , also swore that they re
mained In the governor's Otllce until a late
hour and that they had not summoned
Summers , nor seen him in the ofllce.
II. E. MOORE'S OFFICIAL BOND.
R. E. Moore , who was lieutenant governor
during Holcornb's first term , said that he
had secured the approval of his bond by the
governor after the reception , some time be
tween 10:30 : and 11 o'clock. He did not see
Hartley's bond , but believed from a conver
sation with the governor that the latter had
It. Ho did not know whether the governor
had In his possession a bond with the name
of John Fitzgerald atttached to it. The state
made several attempts to show that the wit
ness had discussed the bond In suit with the
governor , but such questions were not al
lowed.
The ex-lleutonant governor also rebutted
the testimony of ex-Secretary of State Piper
that no bonds bad been filed In bis olflce
after thu reception that night. Ho said that
ho had filed lira bond In the ofllce at about
11 o'clock.
W , H. Price , who was private secretary
to Lieutenant Governor Moore at the time ,
was In the governor's ofllce between 11:20 :
and midnight , leaving with the lieutenant
governor. Ho did not see Summers there.
J. S. Klrkpatrlck , a relative and legal
counsellor of Governor Holcomb with whom
the latter had consulted regarding Hartley's
bond , testified that he had seen the bond on
January 3 , 1833 , In the governor's posses
sion and that It at that time bore the
certificate of filing that it had been filed on
January 3 , 1805.
ThU la to again rebut the testimony of ex-
Deputy Secretary of State Evans that the
bond had not been offered for filing nor
was filed on January 3 , 1895 , but that thu
date had been Inserted afterward. He said
that he had filed It on January 0 , 18)5. ! )
The wltnes3 also stated that ho had seen
the bond late on that evening not as late
as midnight , but pretty late. The governor
was In his room at Ills hotel at the time ,
This testimony lu In rebuttal of that of
Secretary of State Piper and otheis that the
governor had handed the bond back to Hart
ley on the afternoon or evening of January
3 , 1S95 , after he had expressed himself dls-
aatlflfied with the sureties. This evidence
was In Impeachment of the evidence of the
governor that ho bad retained the bond for
several days for examination.
The wltuess was ulso aplcod whether ho had
seen thu bond In the governor's possession
on the following day , but this question was
ruled out. He testified that on the night of
January 3 , 1695 , ho knew that the governor
had no other bond with the name of John
Fitzgerald on It In Ills possession , ' This lat
ter was in rebuttal of the testimony of ex-
Deputy Attorney General Summers , who had
sworn that the governor had such a bond
In his possession and bad consulted him about
It.
GOVERNOR HAD THE BOND.
'Edward Rosewatcr was also called for re
buttal. He testified that ho had seen the
bond In suit In the possession of the gov
ernor either on January 4 or 5 , 1895. Ho
was not allowed io say whether or not the
names of Ed or Mary Fitzgerald were on It ,
but ho stated that the governor had no bond
with the signature of John Fitzgerald on It ,
"Did you discuss with the governor the
sufficiency of the sureties on thu bond at the
time ? " the attorney general asked.
The question was not allowed.
"Did you state to the governor that In your
Judgment the sureties were Insufficient ? "
won the next question , but an objection to
this was also sustained.
Governor Holcomb was recalled to the
stand.
"Did you have on January 3 , 1S95 , any bond
of .Mr. Hartley with the name of John Fitz
gerald on It ? " asked the attorney general ,
"I bad not , " answered the governor.
An objection was sustained to a question
of whether or not the conversation which
Summers testified to bad occurred later
than January 3 , 1895. . . .
"Do you know whether or not Hartley did
at the end of bis first term ttr shortly after
his second term turn over to himself all
moneys , except tboao In depository banks
wltti which he wcs chargeable at the end of
his first term ? " then asked thu attorney
general.
"I do , " was the goveroor'a answer , "but I
want It understood that I ruse the word money
In a bread and comprehensive sense , "
"DM he turn over all such moneys ? " was
thu next question.
The defense objected to this question on
: ho grounds that It called for B conclusion
of law. ThU touched very closely on an Im
portant law question that la to come up la
. the case. Hartley Is said to have accounted
j for a good part of the mony he should have
' on hand , outside that on Deposit In deposi
tory banks , with certificate of deposit , which
the governor did not examine closely , but
took at their face value. The defense contends -
tends that the governor should have de
manded that Mauley produce nil nrney with
which ho was chargeable , except deposits In
depository banks , In actual cash. Certifi
cates of deposit , they say , might have been
manufactured and therefore did not represent -
' sent actual casb. In this way Hartley might
' have and actually did , they say , cover up a
first term shortage fcr which they should
not be he-Id respanslbje.
The objection wan iustalnod.
WHAT BARTLE.Y DID HAVE.
The governor WJB not allowed to say what
amount of money Hartley was chargeable
with at the end of bh' fiist term , but a ques
tion as to how much he Jiart on hand then
wcs permitted. In nn.iwcrthe , governor said :
"Ho had 0.1 hand In round numbers about
$715,000. excluding about ? 441,000 In two sua-
! pcnded 'banks. In other ; -words , ho had
$715.000 which was notltled up and $211,000
In suspended banks. "
The governor said that he bad had nn ac
counting with Hartley about January S , 1835 ,
five days after the beginning of lib second
j term , In the ofllce of the stite treasurer. He
went there In lily desire to know the con
dition of the ofilcc.
"Did he on that date have In his pocacs-
sonl In money and did he exhibit to you In
| money the amount with which you say he
j was chargeable at the und of his first term ? "
j asked the attorney general ,
"He had It In currency , coin and bank
I credits. "
"In what form were these bank credits ? "
"Mostly certificates of deposit. I am
speaking now of credits outside the dcpoi/.ta
In depository banks. "
"Did he have any open bank ( recount ? "
"Yes , sir. "
"In what bank ? "
"The First Natlcoal bank of Lincoln. "
"Is that the bank of which Mr. Harwood ,
one of the defendants here , was president nt
the time ? "
An objection to tills question was sus
tained.
"Do you know the amount of Ifie certificates
of depcclt Hartley had on hand ? "
"Upward of $400,000. "
At this point a recess was taken until 2
o'clock.
DESCRIBES THE \CCOUNTING.
When the court convened In the afternoon
Attorney General Smyth called upon Governor -
ernor Holcomb to describe the accounting
ho bad with Hartley on January S , 1S93.
Governor Holcomb answered :
" 1 went to the treasurer's office In pur
suance to a prior conversation with Hartley
fcr the purposeof checking up the fund. ? he
had on hand as state treasurer. When I
got there some statements had been pre-
, parjd , ( flowing the amount in the different
i funds fund where they were. We together
t took up the books of the office , which
showed the amount oP moneys he had on
hand at the expiration of file first term , and
what ccme into his hand. ? as hi , ? own suc
cessor. The funds were divided Into three
classes. The current funds were practically
all in state denositorics excepting somn
hundreds or a few thousands of dollars. Aa
I lemembci- now there was $210,000 or $220.-
j 000 In this item. There was also some $233-
000 In the Capital National bank , which had
closed Its doors a long while before , and
$5,000 In the Buffalo County National bank ,
which had also closed Its doors. After go
ing over the state depositary accounts wu
tcok up the funds denominated as trust
funds , belonging to the permanent school ,
university and agricultural endowment fuadd.
This nicaey Hartley bad in different banks
and was represented by certificates of de
posit. In addition to this he had some $47,000
or $37,000 In currency and coin In hjs JifD.ce ,
the' exact amount I cannot "state. Taking
these three Items , he exhibited the emtiro
amount of mcincy chargeable to himself in
amount aggregating nbont $715,000 , exclud
ing the accounts In suspended banks. Tijcre
was In state depositories and suspende >
banks about $400,000. Including this , the
amoDnt chargeable was ! about $030,000 or
$953,000. " ;
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT.
"What Is the fact at' ' 'to whether Hartley
produced the certificates' of deposit as rep
resenting the moneys of the state ? " asked
the attorney general.
"He exhibited them as1such. .
The governor testified 'that ' the amount of
the certificates , the deposits and the cash
equaled the amount with which Hartley
was chargeable. The attbrncy general asked
whether he had made Inquiries as to the
solvency or Insolvency of tire banka on which
the certificates were drawn and in respect
to the open account In the First National
Hank of Lincoln. An obje-ction to this was
sustained.
The governor was formally asked then If
Hartley had produced In money the amount
for which ho was accountable. Ho nn
swercd that ho had.
Going back to the bond , Governor Hol
comb stated that he had It In his possession
on the night of January 3 , 1893 , and the
next day. Ho also swore that on the even
ing of January 3 , 1S95 , he had not wnt a
messenger after Summers to the office of
the attorney general.
The governor was .then turned over for
croMj-oxarnlnation by the defense.
In answer to the questions ho said that
ho had first seen the certificates of deposit
on the table in the treasurer's office. He
believed that 'Hartley ' got thorn from the
treasurer's vaulta They were contained In
a llttlo box Ilko a cigar box.
"Do you know personally whether Hartley
had money la the banks on which the cer
tificates were drawn ? " ho was asked.
"Only what I learned Irom the papera , "
was tire answer.
"Might not those certificates have been
fraudulent ? "
"It Is possible , but I considered them
genuine. "
ACCEPTED THEM , AS CASH.
The governor said that lie did not require
Hartley to prcnluco the balance In cash , but
accepted the certificates In lieu of coin. Ho
took no memorandum of the certificate ! ' and
never saw them again. Hartley put the
papers back Into the box. The entire ac
counting took about two hours.
"And that was the end of the examina
tion ? " demanded General Cowln ,
"Yea , elr. "
On the cross-examination Governor Hol-
conrb qualified Iris statement that the cer
tificates might Iraro been fraudulent by tay-
Ing that ho recognized the signatures on
some nnd know them to bo genuine. On
redirect examination Attorney General
Smyth asked what certificates ho had rec
ognized.
Governor Holcomb answered that much
of the trust money was In the First National
Hank of Lincoln and the certlflcateu drawn
on that bank were signed by N. S. Harwood ,
who Is one of the bondsmen , as president.
These certificates together with an open ac
count In the bank represented deposits In
cxccw of $200,000 $ , TJia jlgnuture of Har
wood was genuine.
' You said that the i other certificates
might possibly have been fraudulent , " said
the. attorney general. " } Vas there anything
about them to indicate that they were not
genuine ? "
"No , sir. On the other hand , they had
ovcry appearance of being genuine. "
TliIn concluded the examination of the
governor.
The state Introduced In evidence the ecrnl.
annual statement of Uai'tlpy ' as orate trcau-
urcr , dated July j' , ] 835 , . showing thecondi
tion of the treasury at the end of the period
between January 1 anil June 30 , 1895. The
purpose of this was to show that Hartley
carried forward } he l > Jlance he had re
ported to Governor Holcomb at the end of
his first term and upon which the latter
relied. The report wo * ulso calculated to
show that the certificate * of deposit , upon
the genuineness of which doubt had been
cast by the defense , w rp can led rlgbt along
an cash.
With this the elate relied Ita rebuttal.
DEFENSE LOSE ? ANOTHER.
On eur-rebuttal the defense called A. 0 ,
Wright of Elmwood to Impeach thu te tl-
mony of Henton Maret , private secretary of
t . ( Continued on Eleventh
Alleged Murderer of Officer Ticdcmin GivrZ
His Veis'on.
HIS DEFENSE W.LL REST ON AN ALIBI
DrtilfN .Much of ( lie Stniv'x Testimony
mill Says HeVax at Home All
Mu'ityiun Hit * Murder
WllN CoillllllltVll.
At laflt August Kostncr boa given nn Idea
of his defense In the case wherein be Is
1 charged with the murder of Officer Dao
! TIcdcrnrm and the wounding of Officer Al
Glover at Nclson'a saloon on the early mornIng -
, Ing of June 0 last. The prisoner has been
I on the witness stand. In his direct ex-
j amtnatlon tie has given evidence to prove an
j alibi , swearing that at the hour of the com
mission of the crime be , hla father. Joseph ,
and his brother. Louis Kastncr , wcro nil at
i homo Iti bed , -ill occupying the same room.
I While the cross-examination has In no
' wine shaken the direct examination of August
| Kastncr , It has mixed him somewhat so far
: as dales arc concerned. In giving Ills tcstl-
j rnony August Kaatner has contradicted the
! testimony of number of the witnesses for
| the state and this testimony on the part of
the prisoner. It Is understood , l to be fol
lowed by corroborating testimony , at least
so tar as tile alibi Is concerned.
When the Kastner case will bo finished la
something concerning which none of the In
terested parties will express an opinion ,
though It is probable that It will reach nn
end during the week. The defense tas a
ur.inber of wltne&ii's yet , while the state
lias several who will br > called In rebuttal.
Crowds continue to frequent the big court
room where the trial Is In progress anil
considerable Interest Is manifested In the
outcome.
E. D. Pratt , sr. , was recalled and testified
that when ho first saw Glover he was lying
In the field behind the Nelson saloon , facing
wcet.
J. n. Kclkenny , ono of the attorneys for the
defense , testified that at no time did Attor
ney Ritchie state to Gunsmith Schutt that
ho would be Insulted If he testified for the
state In the Kastner case. Schutt , wltners
said , had told him that ho did not know the
ICastncrs and hod never seen them prior to
thu time when they called at his shop
months ago to buy eamc locks for a double-
barrel , muzzle-loading shotgun.
On cross-examination the witness denied
that ho visited Schutt for the purpose of In
ducing him to testify for the defense.
CALLS THE DEFENDANT.
A rlpplo of excitement passed around the
rosrn when Attorney Ritchie called August
Kastncr , the defendant , to the wltncrs atnml.
Kastncr testified to the date of his iirrcwt
nnd said that since then he had been In the
Douglas county Jail. lie was 111 years of ago
last September. Prior to his arrest woa en
gaged in the Junk buslncas , buying rags , old
Iron , ropea , bags , etc. Prior to that ho
worked at sodding yards and prior to that
ho worked in Edet Omaha for a box manu
facturer , a milk dealer and also for the East
Omaha Land company. When nrrei'ted wit
ness lived with his parents at Thirty-second
and Eminett streets.
Coming down to Juno 9 last , the wltnesR
said that at about 2 o'clock In the afternoon
of that day he was orreatcd by Hemming and
Dempsey. On Juno 8 witness said that he
helped hli ? brother-in-law , Hamilton , move.
This work consumed about all of the day.
At 9 o'clock that night , In company with his
sister , Lizzie , he went home , where he found
his father , hla brother and all of the other
members of the family. A few moments
after reaching home witness retired , sleep
ing In a bedroom that contained two 'beds ' ,
ono of which was occupied by witness' father
and his brother , Loute. Tile witness
testified that lie slept nil night and arose on
the morning of Juno 9 nt about 0:30 : o'clock.
IIo Raid that ho WOH not out of bed during
the night. After witness arose on the morn
ing of Juno 9 , the witness said tint he ate
breakfast and then went out to Clifton Hill
to gather rags. Returning shortly after
noon with a load of rags and Junk , he found
Hemming and Demppey at the house and was
told by them that he was wanted at the
police station.
ifsurying as 10 trie narn , wuncFs said trial
when he visited the barn on the morning of
Juno 9 ho found the door nnd the windows
on the west open. The barn , the witness
said , contained two tubs and all of the cloth
ing Introduced In evidence by the state.
IDENTIFIES CLOTHING AND ROPE ,
The wet cap taken from the barn by the
state witness identified ns his property and
said that the last time he wore it was during
the early spring of 1S97. One of the two
overcoats Introduced In evidence by the
state , witness said belonged to his brother ,
but ho did not know who owned the other.
The witness admitted that his overeat was
In the barn on June 9 , but said that It was
not worn by him on that date or for weeks
prior thereto. The white hat which the state
Introduced as belonging to August Kastncr
and testified to as having been similar to
ono worn by the man who shot Officer Glover ,
witness identified ns belonging to his brother
Loula. IThown the ropes In evidence , witness
testified that they were similar to some that
were in the barn , Going further Into the
matter of ropes the witness Bald that there
was a large quantity of rope In the barn ,
accumulated while gathering Junk and rass.
The same was true of the sacks which the
state took from the barn.
Kastner denied having ever had the sacki >
and ropes that wcro found at Nelson's sa
loon. There went numerous sacks at the
barn , he said , but how many ho could not
Bay. The sacks found at the Nelson sakon
the witness said wcro of a common variety
and wcro In general use.
Reverting to the KaaUicr barn the witness
said that there wcro openings In the floor
of the second story. The window , which thfc
state's wltiuvwes hid said ucre closed. Katt-
nor &iid was open , and bad been open for
teveral weeks previous to this time. Itvifi
near till ? window that the wet clothing was
hanging when found by the police.
Heretofore It has been contended by the
defense that the window on the west sldo of
the barn was open on the night of June 8
and that the clothing near It was wet by the
rain whlcd beat In. In contradiction of this
theory Local Weather Forecast Official
Wr-Isli , when on tha ntand Monday , testified
that during the nlht , ( In question the rain
came from the east nnd southeast.
CLOTHES HE WORE.
TJio witness testified that during the en
tire day of Juno 8am \ and up to the hour
of going to bed ho wore blue overalls and a
reddish coat , denying 1fiat he wore any other
coat or trousers. The coat wan offered In
evidence and when the garment was passed
to the wltnew for ldont < ficatlon he Mid Hut
ho had not seen It since June 9 , Sloco then ,
ho said , the lining had bcn torn out and
It had been bespattered with rnud. Wit
ness eald that nc never owned a suit of
light colored clothes , after whtcfi he denied
hiding owned a shotgun at any time , though
ho nald that lie had a rifle , bought by hU
father many years ago. Th ! statement , wit
ness said , he made to Hemming when ques
tioned at the police station. Tne gun barrel
which dan.figured In the case witness slid
was onowhich was exploded while being
fired July , 4. three ycara ago. This gun
barrel , wltno&i aald , UOB In the barn June
S snd 9 lasi.
At the time pf his arrest and for Mine time
prior tli fro to witness raid that ho did not
own , hire or huvo under h's control any fire
arm s other than the rifle anil thu gun barrel ,
Referring to the revolver that Mrs , Goe-
winner testified to having sold to Wo Kast-
ners , the witness admitted that ho owned
the revolver , but sold It during March , 1E97 ,
at which time he sold a eluKle-barrol shot
gun. The name of thu purchaser tbe wltnccs
did not know ,
V/ltuees testified tbftt bO did QOt
Gunsmith Schutt , never talked with him and
was never In h's ' shop.
Gunsmith Schutt when ca the stand for the
state- testified that on Miy 27 last August
Kastncr nnd his father were At his shop and
bought two locks for a nhotgun.
WAS AT HOME ALL NIGHT.
"Wcro > ou out of bed between 9 o'clock
on the night of Juno 8 nnd 3 o'clock on the
morning of June 9 ? " asked Attorney
Ritchie.
"No , sir , " answered the witness.
"Wcro you nt or near Nelson's snloon be
tween the hours of 9 o'clock p. m. June 8
anj 6 o'clock a. m. June 9 ? "
"No. sir , I waa rut , " replied the witness.
The witness testified that at no time dur
ing the night of June S and the morning of
June B did ho drink any beer. He also tes
tified that at no time between those hours
did he , his father or hl brother leave the
house.
At the police statUn , after his arrest , wit
ness heard Sergeant Her say to his father ,
Joseph Kastncr , "There IB the old who
shot Dan Tledeman , and If 1 had n rope 1
would hang him. "
This completed the direct examination and
Kastner was turned over to County Attorney
Ualdrlge. Thn witness could not remember
who was present when Sergeant Her ad
dressed the remark to the father , Joseph
I Kastner.
i The witness eald that during the early
i spring , 1S97 , up to about three weeks bcforo
' being arrested , be sodded yards In Kountzo
1 Place , but could not remember the names of
! any of the pcopple for whom he worked.
' Asked where ho worked for the East Omaha
Land company , witness could not fix any
dates. The same was also true as to the
dates when he alleged that he had worked
for ether parties.
Getting down to more recent dates , wit
ness could not remember where ho was on
j June 3 , 4 , G and C , June last. He thought ,
i however , that on June 7 , he was out gatlier-
I Ing Junk. This ended the cross-examination
I nnd Attorney Ritchie announced that later
In the trial he might call the witness on re
direct.
LI55HIB KASTNER'S STORY.
Lizzie Kastner , a slater of the defendant ,
testified that she lived at homo during the
summer of 1S97 , and was at Hamilton's
house ilurlng the evening of June S , going
homo with August Kautncr at about 9
o'clock. When witness and her brother
reached home , her father , JosciCi Kastner ,
and her brother , Loula , liad gone to bed.
Soon after reaching home on the cilght In
question , August Kistncr went tj bed , and
when witness arrne the following morning
fiho said that her father arid her two
brothers were still In bed.
Miss Kaatnor remembered that ficr father
bought a revolver fiom Mrs. Goowlnner dur
ing the summer of 18 % . This revolver was
kept at the house until March , 1S'J7 , when
It and a shotgun were sold to a second-hand
dealer.
CroFS-cxamlncd , witness said that all she
knew about the purchase of the revolver
was what she was told. On the morn'tig ol
Juno 0 , witness thought ICMt her father and
brother got up pretty early , but at what
hour she could not say. she could not re
member anything relative to the condition
of the weather on the morning under con
sideration.
Mrs. Cora Hamilton , a married nlster ol
the defendant , eald that on the tilght of
June S August Kastner was nt her house ,
remaining there until about 3 o'clock. '
E. D. Pratt , being recalled , eald that on
ttio morning of June 0 , when ho went out.Ui
Officer Glover after he had been shot , wit
ness found the officer sitting with his face
toward the west.
Mra. Kllllati , through nn Interpreter , said
that she was a sister-in-law of Jossph Kaet-
ncr , and know all of the members of the
Kastncr family. Witness was at the Kastncr
home on June S and 9. On the night ol
Juno S Joseph and Louis wont 'to ' bed at
about 9 o'clock , and August Kafitner went to
bed a little later. On account or her child
witness slept hardly c < ny during the night.
She know that the three Kastncra , Joseph ,
Louis and August , were In the house all
night , and that they were all at the break
fast table- the next morning.
TESTIMONY OF ANOTHER DOCTOR.
Dr. Coffman testified to having been n
physician and surgeon for thirty-five years.
He had considerable experience with gun
shot wounds , having been a surgeon during
the war of the rebellion.
On the morning of June 9 lost the doctor
said that ho was called to the engine house
at Thirtieth and Spaulding streets to attend
upon Officers Tiedoman and Glover , who had
been shot. Such a wound as the ono re
ceived by Glover would not affect the mental
faculties or memory of the recipient. When
the doctor went to the engine bouse on the
morning In question It was raining arrd was
very dark. A man could not bo recognized
at any distance. "You could not get close
enough to recognize a man's features. "
The doctor said that Tiedoman was
wounded , but what the wounds were lie did
not know , as he did not examine the officer.
Dr. Coffman , after the hypothetical ques
tion being put , was not allowed to answer
Attorney Ritchie's question , which Indicated
that Ticdemnn's death was duo to rie-glect
and morphine poisoning. Not suffering from
any nervous shock was some evidence to Dr.
Ccffrnari's mind that Tledcman's Injuries
were not of a dangerous character.
SUCH a Polio-mull for
The case of R. George Hackott agalrmt
Captain Patrick Mostyn of the Onuha police
force IB on trial before Judge Baker nnd a
Jury , whcro the plaintiff teoks to recover
judgment In the sum of $ G,3 ! > 0. Tlin plalnlii'f
alleges that while pursuing the even tenor
of his way as a gooj citizen , on January 25 ,
1897 , he wa.s arrcatud 'by ' the officer and
lodged In Jail , where ho was kept for four
days as a prisoner. On the trial the plaintiff
alleges that he was released , the case having
'been ' dlsmhue-d. On nccjunt of the humll u-
tlon caiiHo-J t y the arrest the plaintiff thlnkr ;
that he .slmulil have $5,000. IIo waritn in id.
dltlon to this amount the sum of $1,000 to
repay hlrn for lout tlmo and $350 to make up
for what lie had to pay hla attorney.
Want TliHr ClilIdriMi Ituck.
Hen and Annie Dodd have commenced an
action against the Nebraska Children's Homo
society and the ofllcurs thereof In which the
plaintiffs neck to recover possession of their
four children Clara , 'Minnie ' , Rosa and Maud
ranging In ago from 2 to H years. The
plaintiffs allege that In April. 1S97 , tluj
turned the children over to the society with
the understanding that the little ones woe
to be given good homes. Instead of having
been given gcod homes the parontu say that
the children have been placed In positions
whcro they have been treated as slaves.
\ < il > from Hit * DUIrlrl Court'
The court has allowed L. F. Crofojt the
mini of $1.000 an pirt payment i'or Ills serv
ices as receiver of the Omaha Fire Insurance
company.
In the suit of Mengcdoht against VanHorn
the defendant 1ms secured a restraining order
that prevents the r he riff from selling some
property that belongs ts VanHorn and whlrh
l the subject of the losal controversy.
Herman Verniehrew has been appointed ve-
calver of the business of Fvlck & Herbert/ .
two liquor dealers who could not agree and
who went Into court a few ( lays ago , where
they aaked for a dissolution of the partner-
uhlp ,
In tlio suit of George E. Stokes against
Frank McCreary & Co. , the plaintiff ha
succeeded In securing an Injunction. The
plaintiff allcccd that thu defendants uoughi
to attach his salary and went Inta court.
On hU Uiowlng be proved hlo case and JuAgu
Hcott Issued the eirdcr prayed for.
HrtMvory Kmjiloyrrrr li'il ,
Henry Kohl , a discharged emjiloyo of the
OniHhn Hrewlnii company , WJIB urreBtcd last
night on it charge of trcspnax and being a
HueplcloiH character. Several nliihtH ugo
Kohl Is alleged to have broken Into the bat-
tllntf department of the brewery nnd stolen
sevnrnl bottles of beer. Hrcuuuu he hud been
In Its employ for neventcon year * thet com
pany wan not Inclined to prosecute him for
thlu deed , but when he was Keen upon the
premlst-H of the bruwcry nenln It was nun-
peeled that ho Intended to break Into the
jilaco aguln and hlx arrest was ordered.
JuOfe Gordon CUscliurcea Koul.
Unfortunate Rcconcontradrs Din for Want
of Food ,
NUMBERS ARE CONSTANTLY INCREASING
Olltocr * of Crtilnrr Mi > tituoinrr > - M U
nil InvfHtlKiiUoii ni MittnticiiH
Xcctl Food mill
Mcilloliir.
SANTIAGO DK CUBA , Feb. IS. ( Corre
spondence of the Associated Preas. ) While-
the United States cruiser Montgomery wes at
Matanzas recently a board of officers waa
appointed to Inquire Into the- condition of the.
people of that province. Although the exact
terms of the report are not known , It maybe
bo eald that In substance It sets forth that
there arc 14,000 people absolutely without
food and clothing within the city limits.
About 3,000 of these live In small hutn of
palm branches. Thcuo huts form three sep
arate villages beyond the built-up portions
of the city. The other 11,000 unfortunates
live In the streets of the city and are ab
solutely without homes or shelter. The 14-
000 people are of tuo laboring class , who
have been driven Into the > cities from their
country house * , which have been destroyed
In the war operations. Most of tbpin are
women and children arid they are all
emaciated , sick nnd almost beycnd relief
unless they can l.uvo the benefit of the
regular treatment In the hospitals. As It la
they nro dying In the streets for want f
food.
According to statistics gathcr-d from the
best official source. ; , the number of deaths
In the province of Matanns from nlarvntlen
lfl 59.000 and the number of ntnrvlllR people
at 9S.OOO. out of a total population of 2r 3fllO
In December , 1S97. cad the number of Btnrv-
Ing people Is rapidly Increasing.
WERE FORMERLY INDEPENDENT.
In the city of Mitai > 7ns alone there b vo
been about 11,000 deati-B during the pant
vear and thn number Is Inprrns'iiu ' ilnllv. Tile
death rate at prevent averages Torty-Mx pev
Joy , as shown by the reports from ttio
cemetery. Incroiso In the death re-aorta IB
duo to the- fart that the distress Is Ires con
fined to the laboring class , most of whom
tiave already perished. The distress now
extends to those people who before the war
were In moderately comfortable circum
stances. These who are now begging In the
streets were In largo part woll-tn-do people
end the children of the well-to-do. In nd-
dltlcn the citizens of the city of Mntanzas
themselves are beginning to puffer for the
actral m-cc&'itk's of life , having depleted
their resources In crder to supply die needs
of the laboring class who have been quar
tered noon them.
The citizens of Malmi/iis have nn organ
ised system of relief for the starving people ,
but It Is entirely Inndeq-iato. and Is dally
becoming more.1 glaringly so , for the resiurres
of those who wcro well-to-do are rapidly
diminishing , whiV the demand for food la
constantly Increasing.
At one of the relief otntlonn the board of
officers found 100 starving people , this be
ing the actual number of persons for whom
the citizens had been ab'c ' to provide rations
there. In a room across the courtyard of the
building were 100 tinpans and as niuny
spoons. These pans wcro filled with a
cooked mess of rlco nnd flRh. and wore ar
ranged In rows ready for distribution among
the famishing people who wore In waiting
( n another part of the house. Hut , as already
said , the three relief places In the city of
Matanzas do not b ° g'n ' adequately supply
food to the14.000 people who are there
starving In the streets , for the citizens are
only able to Issue fcod three times a day at
each place , and tlun to only nliont 100 at a.
time. Consequently only about 900 of the
destitute people receive fo-d on any ono day.
HAVE GIVEN ALL THEY CAN.
It should bo added that n largo number
of the citizens of Mutanzca have fed the
starving In the strcers In front of their own
homes , but the cIMzens themselves are feel
ing the pinch of privation , and unless ass'st-
anco soon comes to them they will bo com
pelled In self-protection to cease the work
cf charity In which they are now engaged ,
and which Is seemingly the only solution for
the starving thousands. The only other pub
lic relief at Matan tu Is that given to the
poor , sick children by the management of
the emergency hospital , which is under di
rection of the volunteer ( Ire department of
Matanzas. There about eighty children are
treated dally , nnd are furnished with nour
ishment under the direction of the city physi
cians.
Thcso statements nro the concluslono ,
facts and figures arrived at by a board of
United States naval officers. When the
United States naval officers landed they wcro
constantly followed by clamoring crowdB of
starving men , women and children , who
Importuned them In the most heartrending
manner for a little food , for the want of
which they were clowly dying.
The United States consul nt "Matanzaa " has
done everything posslblu under the circum
stances , but when the Montgomery left
there , In the first days of February , the
consul had only enough rations remaining
to last about two weeks , after which the
fund appropriated by congress would have
been exhausted and then the sufferers of
.Matanzas would Include the American
rltlzens nt that plncp. who have hitherto
received relief through the United States
consulate. At that tlmo the consul Iwd re
ceived a petition signed by the American
cltltona of Matanzas. setting forth In do-
tall the need In wlilo-h they stood of Im
mediate relief from the dangcra of starva
tion.
tion.So
So far us tlu board of oflld'rn of the Mont
gomery could asjortaln , Matanzns at that
time needed n supply of food for 14,000
people for nt least one month , In addition to
supplies of condensed milk for Invalids and
medicines of all kinds. The pcopo ) of
Maianza arc also In urgent ncel of clothing ,
most of them being In filthy ragH.
The Spanish authorities' , It may ho naM
In conclusion , have rendered all the nn-
slstanco which It neoms possible for them
to provide. On two oceaslonu they have
given $100,000 to the fund for thu destitute ,
but so far as the board could learn this was
all the government was In u position to
contribute to the relief nf the 14,000 Starv
ing , dying people in the streets of Matanzao ,
IIIS\VOIITII : is 111:1/11 : FOR TIII.M , .
mill riillliiK Tin-in In Circulation.
William Ellsworth wns given u hearing before -
fore United States Commissioner Wappich
yesterday. Ho IH held cci the ( flarge of
counterfeiting nickels and WJH arrested In
Council Hluffs. Ellaworth's wlfu and timer
testified In his behalf. At the time of his ar
rest he I iiald to have told the olllcprs that
he counterfeited a nlekel which they secured
from his sister and told the officers that ho
had made only ten such nickels and hail de
stroyed the mould , which was of plaster
parks. When the nickel In question was
taken from Ells wort h's bitter the officers nay
nho admitted that her brother gaveIt to her
but she now denies thlv and says she found
tlio 'begun ' nickel. Ellsworth stoutly de
clares that ho ever had a mould , made any
counterfeit money , or almllted Iho making
of such. Com.T.lsB'oner Wappich nald the
evidence was nueh tint ho would have to
hold the man and fixe-l the b > nd at J 1,000 ,
but Lawyer Ed Morlarlty. who U defending
Ellsworth , objected to thin * n excessive * nd
It was lowered to JDOO. In default Ellsworth
went to jail.
Aiii-llonrrrx > . \-inlfUM | | .
Police Judge Gordon li uncled down a de
cision yesterday In the ca fs ugulns'
Denjamln Hultcnben- , H. Robinson ami
A. L. Bpcnrcr , Iho auction store men , whp .
wr-re tried on two charge * of vujjrane-y ami
ono chared of selling noels at auction
without a city llceim * . The defendant ! vrer
adjudged not guilty on b th couotM \