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Lincoln has an organisation of Spir
itualists.
Citizens of Fremont are after a #30,
000 paper mill.
Exeter will get along without any
■aloons this year.
Three buildings were destroyed by
fire in Oeneva lost weolt.
(Irani) Island's new postmastor has
entered upon his his duties.
It has been decreed in Omaha that
the slot machines must go.
Thos, J. Mahoney, one of Gibbons'
prominent citizens, died last week.
May Bennett, a young woman of
Lincoln, attempted suicide, but was
rescued.
Gospel meetings under the auspices
of a noted evangelist are in progress
at Teoumsch.
The newly appointed postmaster of
Norfolk is putting in new boxes with
lceyless locks.
Nelson’s new democratic postmaster
has received his commission and enter
ed upon his duties.
Gambling will be a thing of the past
at Loup City if the orders of the village
board are carried out
Sneak thieves broke into the store of
George 8cheidel at I'latte Center and
carried away #300 worth of goods.
The managers of the Crete Chautau
qua are expecting a large attendance
this year, and preparations have been
made accordingly.
As the result of being thrown from
a wagon by a runaway team, Alexan
der McMillan of Ainsworth, a promi
nent stockman, is laid up with a broken
leg.
The women of Lawrenoe have organ
ized a Franchise club of twenty mem
bers, their purpose being self-instruc
tion in legal matters, with a view to
future voting.
The 3-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
John Mattes, four miles west of Lin
coln, was burned to death. Her cloth
ing caught from a bonfire around which
she was standing.
The trial of James Willis for the mur
der of Amberry Hates was completed
at Dakota City lost week the jury re
turning a verdict of manslaughter. The
trial lasted four days
While John Marsh was engaged in
cutting fencing with a circular saw ou
Ed Bell's farm, west of Tecumseh, a
slab was eaught in the machinery and
flying around, broke his right leg above
the knee,
The village board of Loup City has
taken measures to suppress all gamb
ling in the town, and the keeper of a
poker joint on receiving notice ex
pressed a perfect willingness to quit
bis meanness.
A meeting of taxpayers of Oakdale
and vicinity was called to take steps to
defeat the bonds for a court house at
Neligh. There is a special election
called for April 17 to vote 810,000 bonds
for a court house.
J. N. Newell of North Bend has re
ceived word, it is said, that Cal Dob
bins, who was supposed to have been
drowned in the I'latte river last winter,
is still alive, and it is believed by 6ome
that ho is in Canada.
Henry Rknkin was bound over to the
district court at Nebraska City in the
sum of #000 on the charge of embezzle
ment. He was cashier of the defunct
Farmers bank of Talmage, and is ac
cused of embezzling #15,000.
The stockholders of the York Gas and
Electric Light company have amended
their articles of,incorporation so that
the indebtedness of the company can
not at any time exceed two-thirds of
the amount of the capital stock.
Governor Ciiounse has issued an ex
tradition warrant for II. C. Thompson,
who is wanted in Colorado on the
charge of rape. Thompson was arrest
ed in Saunders county. David S. Camp
Is the agent of Governor Waite to effect
his return.
A fire started on Bartus Johnson’s
f farm in. Sarpy county and burnt
through his fine orchard before it could
be checked, which will probably de
stroy all the trees. By hard work his
house, barn and other out buildings
!*." were saved. ■ 1
A delegation of the Ornish Mennon
lte people have started for Indiana to
negotiate there with more members of
the same church for the purpose of or
. ganizing a colony to come to Gosper
countv, A large immigration is ex
pected this spring.
Suit was begun in the district court
of Gage county by Receiver Fogg of the
suspended Nebraska National bank
against iL L. Ewing for #0,400, J. Ellis
for #15,300, und W. F. King for #8,400,
representing 80 per cent of their re
spective stock in said bank, and collec
tion of which has been ordered by the
comptroller of the currency.
Representatives of the Nebraska
Wee Methodist conference were in Cen
trsl City last week negotiating for the
purchase of the old Nebraska Central
college building, now owned by James
Stephens. The building and grounds
are valued at #15,000, and if the pur
chase is made a Free Methodist school
will be established iu the building.
Mrs. David Buck, who resides three
. miles east of Gibbon and who has for
ceveral years been insane, and at inter
vals an inmate of the asylum at Lincoln,
returned with her husband last week.
A little before daylight she got out of
bed without awakening her husband
sad took from a shelf a box of concen
, „trste4,lye and swallowed a portion .of
AKt-ftS contents, then called Mr.-Biftk fod
? told what she had done. Antidotes
were at once administered but there is
no hone of her reoovprr
Th« Lawrence, Sweeney & Horn Lire
Stock and Commission company tiled
•mended articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state.
E. 1$. Berggrkkk, who kept a feed
and sale stable in Fremont, fell
through the elevator shaft last week
f Into the cellar and broke his neck.
Tub boat'd of insanity of Gage county
examined Mrs. Catherine Epp, a well
known woman of Beatrice, and ad
judged her insane. The woman is
•bodt 45 years old and the mother of a
family. Her insanity appears to be
upon religious subjects and is believed
to have been primarily the result of an
dBjnry received some time ago.
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Tub mutilated body of a strange man
was found on the railroad track at
Hyunnis Inst week. The man had
been run over by the night train and
was mutilated in a shocking manner.
Fragments of the body were found scat
tered along the track for eighty rods.
A coroner's inquest was held upon the
remains. The name of the deceased
was Lou Ilaymot of Cheno, Cal.
Jamks TKM.Kitof Union county. South
Dakota, wholn 1800 received from Dako
ta county, $82 bounty on what he
claimed as wolf scalps, but which were
those of ground squirrels, wus last week
found guilty in the district court of ob
taining money under false pretenses.
Toller is a farmer about sixty years of
age and an old resident of that locality.
Tuesday has been decided upon as
the big day of the state fair. It is to be
known as ".State Day,” when all the
various state institutions will be rep
resented by an exhibit with some one
in charge. The old soldiers will also
claim this day as their own, and special
attractions will be procured with a view
to making this day a littlo ahead of the
others.
Tuk state board of transportation
met last week for the purpose of pass
ing upon the findings of the secretaries
in regard to the Schuyler and O’Neill
switch cases. The board upproved the
findings by a unanimous vote despite
the arguments of the attorneys for the
road, that the law under which they
are compelled to build them is uncon
stitutional.
A mas by the name of Miller, living
on the farm formerly owned by J. Ster
ling Morton, three miles northeast of
Syracuse, lost a horse in a peculiar
manner last Tuesday. He was work
ing with his team in the field, when
one of the horses ran against a sun
flower stalk, which penetrated to a
sufficient depth to cause its death in a
short time.
Adolph Leise, George Smith and
George Gray, who robbed L. Good
man's clothing store in Nebraska City,
were arranged for trial, pleaded gully
and were sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary. John Vulgamon, alias
John Martin, pleaded guilty to the
charge of stealing a horse and buggy
near I’almyra, and received a sentence
of fourteen mouths.
Three of the thieves who robbed Cas
tle's hardware store at Clarks were ar
rested by Sheriff Porter at Central City.
They were identified by a button found
in the store, which had been torn off
while crawling in at the window. The
buttons on one of the thieves's coat
matched the one found, one of which
is missing from the coat A partion of
the goods have been found.
A serious fire was narrowly averted
at Garvey's opera house in Hartington
during the production of a play by the
local dramatic club. A large lamp fell
in the audience, the oil took fire and a
general stampede for the stairway oc
curred. R. G. Mason and S. G. Roberts
smothered the fire with their coats.
Cooler heads succeeded in calming the
people and the performance was con
tinued.
Tuk state board of agriculture board
has decided to have a special Nebraska
exhibit at Pittsburg at the national
Grand Array of the Republic encamp
ment which is to be held there Septem
ber 10. It is thought 500,0C0 people
will be there from all parts of the coun
try and the advertisement for Nebraska,
the members of the board say, will fully
repay the amount of the appropriation,
which has not yet been decided upon.
Ciiari.ks Me Andrews, young Hoys
and Carl Porter, three of Ainsworth’s
most promising young men, started for
a day's hunt on the lakes south of that
city and camped over night at the
lakes. They started home next morn
ing and while yet fifteen miles out
their carriage in some way was over
turned, throwing them out McAn
drews’ gun was discharged, the full
charge of heavy shot entering his right
side just abrve the thigh. He died
soon after from the effects of the
wound.
Word has has been received at Mason
City of a whitecap raid between that
place and Litchfield. An alleged
stranger called at the house of one Da
vis and told him he was a former resi
dent of the place and was desirous of
finding his friends, but had lost his way
in the darkness, and asked Davis to go
and show him the way. Davis com
plied, and when they were a short dis
tance from the house a crowd of eight
masked men met them and proceeded
to give Davis a horse-whipping, and
threatened to hang him if he remained
in the country another night.
Len, the 3-year-old son of J. T.
Wood, a Spencer hotel keeper, awoke
at midnight to find that his father and
mother had gone out to a party some
distance from home, and, although
there was a nurse in charge of him, he
succeeded in stealing out of the house
unseen for the purpose of finding his
mother. It was a bitter cold night,
and the child only had on a night
gown. A man who was awake heard
a child's cry on tho street and investi
gation showed it to emanate from poor
little Len, who had wandered three
blocks from home and was nearly
frozen to death.
Cuyi.er Shui.tz, the twice convicted
murderer of J. P. Farr, was brought to
Grand Island from St Paul, the scene
of his late trial. Since Shultz's incar
ceration his wife has moved to Grand
Island and she tried to obtain permis
sion to have her husband see her new
home before they took him to Lincoln
to do sentence for twenty years. Those
whom she queried in regard to the mat
ter told her the granting of the request
depended upon the sheriff. A few min
utes after the old man had stepped off
the coach Mrs. Shultz approached, and
those who had gathered about him im
mediately fell back. There was an af
fecting scene. Mrs. Shultz kissed him,
and for a moment there was the suspic
ion of affect\m in his actions. The
sheriff and Mr. and Mrs. Shulta then
walked to the county jail. The sheriff
took his prisoner to Lincoln the next
day.
the Ainsworth star says: Tuesday
morning last week was perhaps the
largest shipment of stock ever sent out
of Ainsworth in one day. A train load
of twenty cars was made up consisting
of thirteen cars of cattle, five cars of
hogs and two cars of horses. The lat
ter were loaded in Keystone palace
horse cars, sent here from Chicago, con
taining eighteen stalls each. The
horses were bought up around Ains
worth, ranging in price from $40 to
$100 per head and consigned to New
York. The cattle and hogs were also
Crown county's products The value
of the twenty cars is estimated at $18,
000 to 82C.OOO.
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ClVENA VERDICT FOR FIFTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
JURY OUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.
The Closing Day Marked by Heated rav
ages lletween Attorneys Wilson and
Stoll—A Duel Threatened — A
Scathing Arraignment of Con
gressmen Breckinridge by
Attorney Wilson.
Washington, April 16. —The Pollard
Breckinridge $30,000 breach of prom
ise case went to the jury at 3:11
o’clock this afternoon and at 4:43
o’clock returned a verdict in favor of
Miss Pollard, awarding her $13,000.
The closing day was marked by
heated passages between ex-t'ongress
man Jere M. Wilson, leading counsel
for Miss Pollard and Attorney Stoll
for the defense, in regard to the fam
ous black bordered letter; Mr. Wilson
declared in the course of his speech
that the letter was forged and that
Mr. Stoll had the letter from which it
was prepared in his pocket. Mr. Stoll
regarded this as an insinuation of
forgery or knowledge of forgery and
resented it.
For a time there was much talk of a
duel or hostile encounter, but after
the noon recess Mr. Wilson made ex
planations which were declared satis
factory by Mr. Stoll and thus the
storm clouds were dissipated without
any serious trouble.
Judge Wilson started his speech
with great earnestness. All of the
specific charges against the character
of his client had been disposed of, he
said, except that resting solely on the
word of the defendant, that Miss Pol
lard had been intimate with Rhodes.
According to the law, as it would be
laid down by the court, however, that
matter cut no figure at all, even if it
was worthy of belief, because Breck
inridge had admitted that he knew of
it long before the year of the first
talk of marriage.
Then, turning to another point of
the testimony as showing the credi
bility of the defendant, Judge Wilson
incited to an angry passage of words.
“This was not the first time he had
been seduced,” he said, leveling that
bony forefinger of his at the Kentucky
colonel, “for he tells you that he
knew the house of Sarah Goss. He
had been there with some other siren
before my client had seduced him.”
Breckinridge interposed a remon
strance. “Now, your honor,” he said,
leaning forward, “there is not the
slightest statement of that before the
jury, not the slightest evidence of
that. 1 merely said that I had been
there before.”
“1 believe yon are correct,” said
Judge Bradley. “That is all you said.”
"You had better have evidenced it
on the stand if you had wanted to,”
said Mr. Wilson.
“I was not asked to,” replied Breck
inridge.
“Well you can’t testify now.”
“This is the last chance, and 1 want
the testimony quoted correctly. 1
want to set your errors right."
"I am merely arguing on the proba
bilities of the case,” declared Mr.
Wilson, “drawing the natural deduc
tions from the evidence. If I had
asked who you went with to Sarah
Goss’ before, there would have been
half a dozen lawyers on their feet.”
“But you did' not ask it,” retorted
Breckinridge.
“But he knew Mrs. Rose in Louis
ville,” said Mr. Wilson.
Attorney Stoll broke in: “There is
no evidence that she kept an improper
house then.”
Mr. Wilson retorted: “Ah, but he
met her on the street. She gave him
her card, indicating her business. He
knew her so well that he knew how to
take my client there.”
TWO COMMANDMENTS VIOLATED.
“Gentlemen, there were written on
stone commandments," said Mr. Wil
son, picking up the thread of his argu
ment, “one of which was ‘Thou shalt
not commit adultery.’ This defendant
admits over and over again he has
violated that one. On the same stone
is written: ‘Thou shalt not bear false
witness’ and if a man shall violate
one of these commandments and be
caught in the toils of the law is it not
possible that under such straits he
may violate the other?”
Every other point of the defense
having been disposed of, Mr. Wilson
said, there remained but the state
ment of the defendant that there was
a mutual understanding that the con
tract to marry should not be car
ried out and that he charac
terized picturesquely as “a clean
shaven, bald beaded, obese false
hood” manufactured to fit the ex
igencies of the case. He discussed
the probability of a woman about to
become a mother consenting to such
an arrangement, and reviewed the
testimony of Mrs. Blackburn to show
that Breckinridge had taken the
aggressive in proclaiming to Mrs.
Blackburn the engagement and de
claring that he never intended to
marry any one but Madeline Pollard,
and that her jealousy of Sirs. Wing
was absurd.
ATTORNEY STOLE STALED, Uj|t '
W^lspn, having1! made* a ]&fnt
upon the jury as to the expert testi
mony, declared that experts were
paid according to the strain upon
their consciences. There would be a
scandal from expert testimony until
legislators stipulated that unbiased
experts should be appointed by the
courts. He cited the Morey letter as
an evidence of the fallibility of ex
pert testimony and then stirred up
the fiercest passage of the trial by
stating that the Wessie Brown letter,
from which this had been forged, had
been procured by the defense and
carried in Mr. Stoll's pocket.
"Mr. Wilson,” demanded Attorney
Stoll, "do you mean to insinuate that
I committed that forgery?
“I dp not,-’ replied Mr. Wilson. “I
say some skilled penman committed
that forgery. •"
"Do you mean to say that 1 was a
party to It?”
“I say you had the Wcssie Brown
letter—didn’t you?” demanded Judge
Wilson fiercely, "didn’t you?”
•’I did,” replied Mr. Stoll, belliger
ently and for a moment the crowd
surged with belligerency.
‘‘Ido not propose,” urged Mr. Wil
son, “that you shull stand here and
traduce my client by the hour and
intimidate me in the'discharge of my
duty. I know some things.”
me disputed letter ne declared to
be of no consequence, but he would
brand it as a fogery, manufactured
for the "purposes of the third plea,
adding: “And this is not the only
piece of rascality manufactured for
this defense. It was a common thing
for the papers to be forged for the
purposes of the case. Expert evidence
was balderdash, sham and pretense
and it was most remarkable that of
all the years of correspondence this
was the only letter produced.”
The Wcssie Brown letter and the al
leged forgery were submitted to the
jurors for comparison, while Mr. Wil
son rested in the chair of the witness
box and the Breckinridge forces con
ferred. Attorney Stoll dashed off a
note and handed it to the official sten
ographer, who began to look over his
notes. There was intense silence in
the room, and when the jury had fin
ished their examination, Mr. Wilson
leaning against the witness box re
sumed his argument in his usual de
liberate tone and one of the jurors
asked to be shown another of Miss
Pollard’s letters.
THHEATS BUT THINLY VEILED.
Major Butterworth entered and
Breckinridge said to him in an under
tone, laughing, “Wilson says that
Charlie Stoll forged that letter.”
“He will hear from that again,” re
marked Mr. Stoll in a louder tone.
The remark reached Judge Wilson
and he stepped forward from his
chair. “What was it?” he asked.
"There is another court than this
one,” answered a tall, thin, smooth
faced spectacled Kentuckian.
“What do you mean?” asked the
tall, gray-haired Indianian.
_ “I mean,” responded Stoll, more de
liberately, “that you state that I
forged a letter, which 1 denounce as
vile and infamous.”
“What do you mean by another
court?” demanded Mr. Wilson fiercely.
“What do you mean by the other
court?”
Here Judge Bradley interposed:
“Now, gentlemen,” he said, “I think
you had better not proceed with this.”
There was a moment's pause, no one
had more to say and Mr. Wilson pro
ceeded, perfectly cool, with his argu
ment. He handed to the jury the tin
type of Madeline taken with Wessie
Brown in the summer of 1884. “There
is a girl he met that day,” he said.
“Now look on this picture and then
on that,” and for the second picture
he raised his arm toward Breckin
ridge. “What an opportunity,” he
said, “that carriage ride offered for
seduction! Colonel Breckinridge
seemed to think that to seduce a girl
it was not necessary to stand under
her window with a lute and sing love
songs to her. Did not his selection of
a closed carriage for that warm August
night indicate a purpose beyond the
ordinary purposes of a drive?”
Judge Bradley evidently wanted the
atmosphere to cool, for he let the
usual time for the noon recess pass
by several minutes. The stenograph
er brought to Mr. Stoll a transcript of
Mr. Wilson’s remarks and the at
torneys for the defense read it.
TALK OF THE CODE DISPELLED.
Tnere was much talk of a duel dur
ing the noon recess. Mr. Stoll went
out of court on the arm of Major But
terworth, who seemed to be giving
him pacific counsel. Afterwards Mr.
Stoll said: “Major Butterworth is
senior counsel in the case and has con
trol of it until it is finished. Under
his advice I shall do nothing. After
the case I am my own master. Then
I will have my innings. I don’t care
to say what I shall do.”
As the officers of the court entered
by the rear door for the afternoon
session they saw Mr. Wilson and Ma
jor Butterworth seated together in
the vestibule. Major Butterworth had
in his hand the stenographer’s re
port of Mr. Wilson’s remarks concern
ing Mr. Stoll and was talking ear
nestly.
It had been reported that Desha
Breckinridge, son of the defendant,
had carried a challenge from Mr. Stoll
to Mr. Wilson, but the young man,
when asked about it said: “The code
provides that a gentleman may carry
a challenge from one gentleman to
another, but I cannot do that for Mr.
Wilson is no gentleman.”
Everyone who knew Mr. Butter
worth knew that he would not be the
bearer of a challenge for a duel, and
the natural inference was that he was
acting the part of a peacemaker.
“In the heat of this discussion in
the presentation of facts,” said Judge
Wilson, when the afternoon session
began, “counsel may have conveyed
impressions that they did not intend.
I had no thought of insinuating that
Mr. Stoll had forged the letter or had
procured it. I had no intention to
charge it upon him or to convey such
an insinuation. I wished merely to
show him how easy it is for such
things to appear. In the part of the
case I now come to I shall have
occasion to mention Mr. Stoll’s name
again. I shall mention it because it is
a part of the case. When we become
connected with a case we cannot be
very well disassociated from it in ar
gument. What more can I do as a
lawyer and what less would Mr. Stoll
as a lawyer have me do?”
Mr. Stoll expressed himself as being
Wilson's, emana
tion, and thus TheTncident closed
Mr. Wilson closed with a brilliant '
perroration for a verdict for his client
and then the judge charged the jury.
The charge was rather in Miss Pol
lard’s favor.
No Hope For Them.
Buffalo, N. Y., April 16.—The work
of excavating among the ruins of the
glucose works for the bodies of the
twelve or thirteen missing laborers
was begun to-day and will proceed
without cessation until the bodies are
found. It is thought that the corpses
will be unrecognizable. The firemen
say that on account of the heat of the
fire it will be next to impossible to
distinguish the fragments of human
bodies from the other debris.
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GOLD EXPORTATIONS.
THE USUAL SPRING SHIPMENTS
B&ClN.
The First Call for .*>,000,000 Is Made—
Treasury Department Officials Think It
Will Continue for Some Time—They
Declare Positively that a Second Bond
Issue Is Dot Contemplated.
Exportation of Gold.
Washington, April 14.—The secre
tary of the treasury yesterday re
ceived notice that about 82,000,000 in
gold coin would be required for ex
port next Saturday, about half of
which would be drawn from the treas
ury and an equal amount from the
New York banks. It is the opinion of
treasury officials that this shipment is
the beginning of the usual spring ex
portation and that they are likely to
continue for some time. This fact,
however, is not regarded as a cause
for alarm. The net gold in the
treasury at the close of business
yesterday was 8105,963,539. Last
year at this time the gold
exportations were abnormally heavy,
reaching 819,148,964 during April and
816,914,317 in May. In June they had
dropped to $2,711,336 and in July to
8174,313. The financial and business
conditions in Europe, as well as in the
United States, have materially
changed for the better this year, and
in consequence the prediction ts con
fidently made that the exportations
will reach only a fraction of what
they were one year ago. The distrust
that then everywhere -prevailed has
disappeared to a great extent, and the
money market, both at home and
abroad, is much easier.
The first serious loss to our gold
supply occurred early in the present
month when about $700,000 in gold
was paid out in San Francisco, prin
cipally on account of pensions. Since
that time there has been a gradual
recovery, so that our net loss, since
the recent sale of bonds had restored
the 8100,000,000 gold reserve, is only
about $300,000. Treasury officials
state in positive terms that a second
bond issue is not in contemplation—
indeed it is believed to be extremely
doubtful whether an issue of any con
siderable size could now be placed
upoh the same terms as the recent
issue.
THE COAL OF AMERICA.
One Hundred and Seventy-Nine Bullion
Tons Produced Last Tear.
Washington, April 14.—A report on
the production of coal in 1893 has been
completed by E. W. Parker of the
United States geological survey. It
shows that the total produc
tion was 179,326,613 short tons
worth $205,256,479, ' as follows:
Alabama 5,136,693 tons, $5,083,
583 value; Arkansas 568,763 tons,
$761,347; California 72,603, $167,555;
Colorado 3,667,426, $4,605,939; Georgia
372,740, $365,972; Illinois, 19,494,564,
$17,827,595; Indiana, 3,681,751, $3,937,
435; Indian territory 1,353,110, $2,148,
637; Iowa 3,791,026, $4,952,763; Kansas
3,453,641, $3,024,651; Kentucky 2,855,
010, $2,460,973; Maryland 3,651,731,
$3,209,719; Michigan 45,979, $82,462;
Missouri 2,747,428, $6,385,599; Montana
913,460, $1,836,073; New Mexico601,415,
$948,248; North Carolina 17,000, $25,500;
North Dakota 49,580, $56,150; Ohio 13,
540,770, $11,553,794; Oregon 41,683,
$164,500; Pennsylvania, bituminous
43,298,033, $34,408,473; anthracite 59,
950,400, $85,684,465; Tennessee 1,904,
974, $2,053,977; Texas 302,136, $688,267;
Utah 433,205, $611,092; Virginia 813.
568, $684,623; Washington 1,264,877,
$2,920,876; West Virginia 10,529,985
$8,115,432; Wyoming, 2,439,311, $3,290,,
9.04.
NO QUORUM AGAIN.
The House Holds Only a Brief Session—
The Test Expected Tuesday.
Washington, April 14.—The strug
gle over the adoption of the
new rule to secure a voting
quorum, was resumed when the house
met to-day. The Republicans made a
preliminary stand against the ap
proval of the journal. As soon as it
had been read Mr. Boutelle jumped to
his feet and objected, and when Mr.
Dockery moved its approval the Re
publicans sat silent in their seats. Upon
the announcement of the vote—105 to
0—Mr. Boutelle made the point of no
quorum and the roll was called. The
Republicans refrained from voting and
the result—155—to 1—showed that
the Democrats were twenty-three
short of a quorum.
Mr. Dockery then moved a call of
the house instructing his side to vote
down the motion in the hope of de
veloping a Democratic quorum. But
again the Democrats failed to get a
quorum, the motion for a call being
defeated 5-154.
Mr. Dockery then moved an adjourn
ment and at I o’clock the house ad
journed. "
The Democrats expect to have a
quorum of their own by Tuesday
ALL U. P. WAGES RESTORED.
The Fay of the Men Reduced Last Fall
to Be Put Bach to the Old Figure.
Omaha, Neb., April 14. — United
States District Judge Dundy has
ordered the wages of all Union Pacific
employes restored to the old rate.
This applies to all the employes whose
salaries were cut last September.
The opinion rendered in connection
with the order is very lengthy, cover
ing the entire history of the wage
troubles on thetUnion Pacific road and
the lifeafTngiibefot^e .wTudga CaUl well.
It declares that Judge'Caldwell, in his
famous order, misstated facts and
took malicious pleasure in passing
strictures on him.
Foreign Labor for Taxes.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 14.—The Law
renceville district of this city lias
made another importation of Hungar
ians, Italians and Slavs, to-day, to the
cotton plantations of Texas. The
crowd numbered 200, which makes
700 already sent from the one district
alone and the third exportation from
Lawrenceville in three months. They
are shipped to all parts of Texas and
are fast taking the place of the negro,
as their labor is so cheap and the cot
| ton growers find them better workers.
«• Republican steering Cob,-.,.,
Conference on the ***** **
WASHINGTON, April 12._Thc P
lican steering’ committee of the . V
met to-day for conference
the program to be pursued
iff bill. No decision was^ Ch ^
cept to allow the debate to d ex'
derthe present arranimenfl°a,nn'
as possible. The opinion“eem^ °n?
general that the present trn™ dqmto
continue.for at leLt anothe^"^'11
of the senators pres^Tto^??
weeks more of uninterrupted ] ,tw°
would be. sufficient toTxhaas bfhte
speeches in general debate, if J£®
Democrats agree to this nm^ •*■
the Republicans will make the preset
order of speech making run a l
ten days Ihenthehul
will be taken up parairraDh hw na *
E.fk «dKiras-s
GOLD “SWEATERS'* CAUGHT.
Baltimore and Chicago Otteers RooDow.
* Bo,d n*011 ot Counterfeiters.
■ Washington, April 12.—Detectives
Frourgerand EeiUy of Baltimore rl
ported at the treasury department
Chi6f HaZen °f the ««3
service, the arrest of a man and
woman n Baltimore on charge
of mutilating gold coin L
lightening them. From their dI
Bcnption Chief Hazen recognized
James L. Wilcox and wife, for whom
the secret service officers had been in
search for some months. Thev am
members of a gang which have been
operating extensively in Chicago and
to some extent in Denver, Omaha.
Sioux City and St Louis. Their
cialty was sweating 820 gold pieces
and so successful have they been that
it is estimated that from 850,000 to
875,000 in gold coin have been artisti
cally shaved, remilled and passed
again into circulation. The leader of
the gang, W. F. Shaw, is still at large.
CARNISHEE1NG
NO
WACES.
Employes on Kallroads In Court Control
In an Enviable Position.
Topeka, April 12.—United States
Judge Riner, who on Saturday at
Cheyenje, decided that the wages of
the employes of the Union Pacific,
which is now in the hands of receiv
ers, could not be garnished, said this
morning that the same rule would
apply to the Santo Fe and other roads
in the hands of receivers. He ex
plained that the federal courts could
not afford to bother with petty actions
of this character and said that so
soon as a transcript of garnishment is
received from a justice court by his
court he would make some ruling for
the Santo Fe as he has done for the
Union Pacific.
Huntington Gives WOO for the Army.
Ogden, Utah. April 12.—Governor
West has received a dispatch fromC.
P. Huntington saying that the “in
dustrial -army” was carried free by
the Southern Pacific or were loaded
into the cars hv the officers of Cali
fornia and adding that “our company
can do nothing as it is not organized
for charity but for business, but 1
personally will contribute 8500 toward
helping them.”_
Publlo Bondings Under Way.
Washington, April 12. — Senator
Vest has presented in the senate a list
of buildings now on the books of the
supervising architect of public build
ings in course of construction, giving
the limit of cost under existing legis
lation and the total amount appropri
ated. The list includes 104 buildings,
the limit of aggregate cost of which
is 832,827,664 and the amount anoro
printed 833,802,317_
Stage Robbery In Oklahoma.
Henness$t, Ok., April 12.—The
stage running between O’Keenc and
Watonga was held up by three men
armed with Winchesters. Two pas
sengers, named Silas Coogen and
Dwight Gillespie, were relieved of
over 8300 and two gold watches. The
United States mail was not disturbed.
After doing the work the robbers rode
rapidly away. Vigilantes are in pur
suit. ___
UTI STOCK and produce markets
Quotations from New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery Drlnt. S
Butter—Choice country. « ®
Honey—Per lb...... k g
Chickens—Dressed, per lb. 5
Chickens—Live, per lb. *
Geese—Per b . -
7 m
@
Turkeys—Per lb. J
Ducks—Per #>. jjj
9 @
Oysters. ,
Lemons .
a
15
10
16
10
8
10
10
10
85
66 4 00
Oranges—Florida. 8?0 @ 7'>
Potatoes.. 90 @2 00
Bee ns—Navy.6C0
Bv'eet Potatoes^ jersey per bbi 3 2i g ij jg
SogTsKLcking.:::::::::»“ ggg
gjj“
Bteers—Fair to good. ■ @ 3 30
Steers—Westerns. S Z 5 00
Sheep—Lambs. So- m 4 75
NEW YORK.
Wheat-No. 2. red winter. 36 4|
Corn—Np.2v....;.._.j. 3714®
Oats—Mixed western.M
Pork
Lard
00
7 55
66*4
44'4
3814
@14 20
0 8 00
61
88
.CHICAGO.
Wheat-No. 2 spring.
Corn—Per bu. 34 @ 3414
Oats—Per ... ^@12 60
Pork.-.;;;;7 7 50
Hogs—Packers and mixed..... 3 g ® \ |j
Cattle—Com. steers to extra.. J f; @ 5 80
Sheep—Lambs..... ■ v >iii 43''' ‘
8T. LOUIS* m a 5614
Wheat-No. 2 red. cash. S <g 35*
Corn—Per .. *> m 32>4
Oats—Per bu... 4 2S @ 5 00
Hogs—Mixed packing. J ® 4 40
Cattle—Native steers. s m @ 5 50
■heep Natives.^
Oats—No.2.j7*, @365
Cattle—Stockers and feeders., j *2 TT 5 05
Hogs—Mixed packers. * “
Oklahoma Editor* Atom**
Oklahoma Citt, Ok.. April 13
McMasters contempt case was
(he supreme court yesterday a waJ
recommitment of the defen y
ordered. The order was s^seVWBUJ
suspended to permit apP1^® tition.
hearing on a habeas corpus p hiell
This is virtually a test case in #f
the whole newspaper **-*;nstthe
the territory is arrayed agn
judiciary. The fe.lingaga ^ his
Scott is bitter in the cstf,e“^jeroned
action is denounced andcom^ ^
irrespective of party. Mm qqo,
been offered bond for over 81,000,^