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J The Alliance-Independent The Alliance-Independent Is the btsl" The government own whip of radrot-ds and telegrapli. Tint Ufhht rston ir Xrhnsia be rtrtwed t a level with those in lone ia Iowa, The building by the national government of er-nt trui.k line frntn IW-a I) ikon to tbe Gulf of Mexico. - AdvertMnsr medium in the west. It U e.ci al!y valuable hs it means f resrhinr'hf farmers. Its circiiUM' n Is it lime in Js"ebrakt s tb cir culation of nil "farm journals" combined. Giv Thk Ali.ian'ce yuu want jrrud reui!. VOL. IV. LINCOLN. NEB., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1893 NO. 24 li MOSHEE A For the Penitentiary. Makes a HE GOT AWAY A Clear Case of Conspiracy on the Part of State Officers They Give Themselves Away by Attempting to Explain- BOSEWATER AND CR0UNSE HATE A SEANCE. Orouu&e Issues a MessAga and Haste of State Office. Tke Capital National as a "Hospital Bank " Other are Goiltj. United States Grand Jury Still atJWwk How Republicans Stand Up for Nebraska. "There's something rottea ia the State of Denmark." Sh&kspore. For the past ton days the fallire of the Capital National Has bean ike ehbf theme of conversation everywhere, and the leading piece of news la the tally press. Scarcely a day has passed that has not brought starlting developments that have added to the blackness at the picture. And the end Is not yet That it will end In sending one .man to the penitentiary no one doubts. That It ought to end In sending a goad many others with him, many bells ve. MOSHER ARREST JID. It was fortunate Indeed that a Uaited States grand jury happened to be in session when the Capital National bank failed. This jury seems to have turned its attention at onoe to the bank affair and narticularlv to C. W. Mosher. As j . m - -- - a result Mr. Mosher was arrested on Thursday. Brad Slaughter made the arrest and Mosher was confined in room 519 in the upper story of the Lincoln Hotel. . As to the exact nature of the indict ments against him there are a grea many rumors, but no absolutely reliable information. On Thursday Mosher went before the grand jury and made what pur ported to bo A FULL CONFESSION of his wrong doings. The Omaha Bee's report of his con fession is as follows: It is stated that Mosher has pursued a course of systematic forgery, remov ing original papers and replacing them with forged ones, without tne knowl edge of Outcalt, who supposed that the pap.rs were wnat tney purported to De, and represented a value to the bank amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, when in reality they were ab solutely valueless. Mosher stated to the grand jury that be had sunk the money in the Western Manufacturing company; that he had found it neces sary to put in new departments of manufacture at the penitentiary, had replaced some of the old piants with ne ones, and had enlarged all along the line. He said that it had taken a vast sum of money and that he saw nothing but ruin ahead in case he was unablt to swing it, and had taken the risky alternative of going ahead at a breakneck speed. He was stvSsfiid that the investment would have proven a good one, had he been able to keep his head above water for a while longer, but he was compelled to steal by the wholesale and got to the end of the rope before he was out f the breakers. He rattled along incoherent ly with his story, sobbing and erying. and before he was through the eyes of half of the jurors were wet with sym pathetic tears. As an example of Mosher's methods, it may be stated that of the $2;i5,000 whieh Treasurer Bartiev's books show that he deposited in tht Capital Nation al only $135,000 appears on the banks books. Mosher issued a certificate of deposit for the other hundred thous and and never had any reoord of it placed on the books. Those who have examined into the condition of the bank now say tat Mosher's defalca tions will amount to not less than $300,000. WILL PLEAD GUILTY. According to all reports Mosher pro- CANDIDATE He is Arrested And Confession WITH $300,000.00. Hastings an Opinion. Amusing foset to plead guilty to what ever char ges ta grand jury may bring against kin. Ha wants to have all the blame laid an him. He seems anxious to shield Oatealt, tka saekier. Hit course ia this matter is generally regarded with saspls'.oa. He seems entirely too anxious to skouldsr the blame.' ' It is evident that ks wants if possible to avoid a anblie trial ; The reason is plain: La - the trial all the evidence would be mads public. A great many facts would be brought to light that rwould show the guilt ofelfttff parties, and tha general corruption of the re publican machine. The whole "inside history" of the penitentiary ring would doubtless be brought to light. Mr. Mosher wants if possible to avoid all this. Of course he expects to serve a term in the penitentiary, but he no doubt hopes by pleading guilty to se cure a short sentence, and easy treat ment. OTHERS ARE GUILTY. The claim made by Mosher and oth ers that he alone is guilty is simply ab surd. He is doubtless the chief sinner, but it is impossible that he could have committed all the offenses with which he is charged without the knowledge and assistance of others, particularly Cashier Outcalt. As the principal stock-holders and officers in the bank. these two men have been working to gether for years. Each must have been familiar with the plans and do ings of the other. They must have been in collusion in the commission of crime. This is shown by the following facts: 1. Both Mosher and Outcalt the day after the failure had filed with tho Clerk of Lancaster county deeds of iransrer ana morwages on tneir prop erty which bore Decembar dates. 2. Both of them went on tho bond given the state .treasurer and swore falsely to their financial standing. 3. Both of them had borrowed from the bank of which they were officers, without security, large sums of money in violation of the National banking law. Under the law the Capital Na tional could not loan over $30,00 to any one person, out Mosher naa borrowed $75,0000. and Outcalt $47,000. It is re ported that Mr. Outcalt's friends have come lo his rescue and put up security for this sum, but this does not relieve him of guilt. Among the many rumors afloat is ono to the effect that it was arranged long ago that if a crash came and ax posure followed, Mosher was to assume all responsibility, plead guilty and thus shiel I all others from exposure. Circumstances give a strong coloring of truth to this rumor. It is certainly to bo hoped that the plan will not suc ceed. THE CONDITION Of THE BANK. It is impossible to secure a reliable statement concerning the affairs of the bank. The bank examiner reports to tho authorities at "Washington and re fuses to give any facts or figures for publication. Just after the failure it was positively i ciairaeu ny vasnier uuicau ana oiners depositors would lose nothing, notes, securities and other assets of the institution were eaid to aggre gate over $SO0 000, whilo the Hab lilies were less than $700,000. But these claims have been abandoned. It is still claimed that the bank will pay any where froai fifty to eighty cenle on the dollar. x A large number of suits have been begun against the bank, and against Mosber and Outcalt individually. A receiver will be appointed. HAS LOXO BEESS LOST. The claim made by The Aluanck Indhpkndbiit last week that the state treasurer has not been able to get the state funds oat of the Capital Natloaal for a lone time, is now fully verified. There can bo no reasonable doubt that this money has beea lost for two years and probably longer. Hill kas simply carried, the oertidoato of deposit aad counted It as eask. Oa tkls point tko Bee correspondent says la tho issao of January 27; It is asserted that tbpre kas aot boon a time in tho past six moatks wkea tko state could hare secured tko money oa aeposit ia tno uapttai Alauoaal bank. and that, further than this, tho bank kas not been able to moot more tkaa 20 per vent of its obugatloa to tho state for many a month. It is stated by attorneys aad iaaaoiers alike, aad ap parently oa tko Tory beat of grounds that had the goveruor rot used to siga the bend of tho bank aad bad tko new treasurer Insisted oa a skewing of oash the bank would kavo boeaoemuoUedto tooloseito doors oa tho 14th of tko month, the day that tko ekaasro ia tko offioers went into effeot. Tko various state ofieors involved in tko bank scandal hare GITKf THBU3ILVIB AWAT at every sura wkea tkey kavo boon la- terviewed for publication. Brery one that has opened kin month kas pat his foot in it. Perhaps the most oonipio uous example of thaohs'Ifeasurer Bars ley's statement published ia the State Journal of January 34. He said: When I was installed in the state treasurer's office my predecessor turned over to me a certificate of deposit snow ing that there were $2S6,000 of state funds on deposit la tko Capital Na tional bank. Btf$r receirins the certifi cate, the board, eompr'uing Gonrnor Crounse, the secrciari of state and at tor nty general, acting under th; neu law, ac cepted and approved a bond given by ths bank in the turn of $700,000. Tho bank was made a state depository and the certir-sate of my predecessor was turned oyer to the bank. Now that is a very interesting state ment, isn't it? And very instructive too. He didn't take any risks on the Capital National. In another interview Mr. Bartley says that there are large sums deposited in various other banks which have not yet given bond. If he be lieved the Capital National to be sound financially, why did he require this bond to be made out and approved be fore he would take the certificate ot de posit off Hill's hands? The Journal reporter adds the fol lowing significant remark. During the interview State Treasurer Bartley stated that the new u.w com pelling the treasurer to deposit funds m banks and turn the interest into the treasury also required such banks to give a special bond, which bond he se Di ed pleased to announce relieved tie treas urer from any liability whatever. Evidently Mr. Bartley understood the game he was helping to play perfectly well. BOYD WOULDN'T APPROVE IT. Tho republican state officers have tried hard to show that there was noth ing extraordinary about the selection of the Capital National bank as a sta'e depository, and the approval of its bond. But all the facts are against Every circumstance proves that it was extra ordinary. It now appears that fully ten days before Crounse was inaugurat ed, the republican state officers tried to induce Governor Boyd to approve the bond offered by Mosher and Out calt. To use the expressive slang of the day they tried to "play him for a sucker." But they failed. Thero is an amusing side to this affair. Think of these men rushing around to put this law into effect ten days before the time required by law! A law too which required all interest on treanury funds to bo turned into the treasury in stead of into the private coffers of the treasurer. At the same time tbe law requiring the permanent school fund- to be invested in state warrants had been in force for nearly two years, yet Continued on Fourth page.) r The A POPULIST SENATOR. Judge Maitin of Kansas Elected to The United States Senate- The Sa publicaES Give it Up. EA.NS4S IOPULISTS ALL EIGHT- Pepublicans Tried to Elect a Gold-Bug Democrat but Failed. The Truth About the Situation. la Bleeding Kansas. Oa January 2ith the two (or rather three) houses of the Kansas legislature met in joint session aad elected Judge John Martin United States senator on th first ballot. The lieutenant governor called tho meeting to order. Tho republican members declined to answer roll sail. The democratic and populist members answered to their names, and the clerk announced that 91 had answered to tkoir names. Then a ballot was taken for the eleo'Joa of senator. Wkea tke senate roll was called tko entire populist strengtk went to Joka Martin and O'Brien, democrat, also voted for him. The result of the joint ballot as finally announced was: Martin, 86; Coburn, 4; Hanna, I; Sny der, 1 Case, 1. The president announo cd that Martin was elected United tee senator. Before he had done thm, however, Senator Baker, republi can, demanded that tho republicans be given a right to vote. The president rnioa tnai tne vote Having beea an nounced no further veto could be re ceived : - - - The populist joint session then dis solved. . saatoB Baker, republican, maunfe ing a chair in the midst of the cheer ing for Martin, offered a resolution de claring that ten men who voted in joint session had no legal right to seats, and cilling on the members to meet and eleot a senator. Speaker Douglas was elected chair man'of the republican joint session, and after resolutions were adopted, an in effectual ballot was taken, seventy- seven votes being cast for Ady. There being no quorum adjournment was then taken until Thursday. In the evening the republicans held a caucus and decided to vote for a GOLD-BUG DEMOCRAT. They hoped that the democratic mem bers might assist them and thus elect a democrat who would go to Washing ton and contest Martins election. The following is the press dispatch which appeared In all the republican dailies: Topeka, Kan., Jan. 26 The repub licans have given up hope of electing a United States senator. They made a last effort today to devise means of checkmating the populists and of send ing to the United States senator a clai mant for the seat to which Judge Johu Martin was elected. 1 hey met in caucus and decided t support a stalwart democrat for the position with the hope that the five democrats would gn over to them and giv? them a guorum en a joint billot. Three of the uve democrats had cast their ballots for Martin in the populist joint convention yesterday, and of course, Cvjuld not participate in another sena torial election, so when the republi can! met in joint session they found themselves without a quorum and with no means of securing one. They then gave up hope of electing a senator and after appointing a committe to prepare a statement of facts concerning tho election of Judge Martin and a protest against his admission to the senate, they adjourned their joint convention sine die. In spite of all this, the republican press is already howling that the pop ulists elected a democrat. It is true that Judge Martin had always been a democrat, but during the last cam paign he came out squarely for the principles of the people's party as de clared in the Omaha platform and made a grand fight for the election of the entire people's ticket. He is a man of great ahility, and unquestioned integ rity, and will doubtless bo a credit to tho party that elected him. THK REAL SITUATION. The situation in Kansas has beeu grossly misrepresented by tho republi can press of the ouatry. The popu lists have been represented a anarch ists who wt?re determined to over ride law and precedent As ti re passes, how ever, tho people are learning tho real f ets in tho caso. The republican 4 had i-nnt.rnl of t.hf statp. r.anvsincr hiiiin) a -d were determined at all hazards to seat enough members to organize the house. To do this they countud in Stubbs a republican ia piucj of Rosen tal a democrat who was elected from Haskell county, Tho county clrk either parposely or .by mistake trans pond the footings on the tally sheet and gave Rosenthal's majority toStubbs ine returning Doara retusea to correct the error oa the ground that it had not the authority. In the Coffey county case, there was a tie reported between Uieo, populist, and Ballinger, ropubli can. without any noiica to tiice or his frieuds the canvassing board in se cret session decided this cae in favor of Ballinger. If theye two cases had ben decided the other way the repub licans would have beea la a minority in the house. There were a number of contests agalnfct republicans who received cer titicates. In some oases fraud and mis count were charged. Ia othvr cases postmasters had been elected who were ineligible under the Kansas law. In one case it wa charged that a resident of Oklahoma bad been elected. The pooulists were willing to accept any course that would ha lair to both sides, They wanted to have all these eases fairly heard and decided. But the republicans would hear to nothing. They were determined to orgaake the house at all hazards. Tbe populist would not submit to this. Hence two houses were organized. The republi cans of course had a majority on the face of the returns. But tke populists house proceeded to try tke contest coses and uaeat tke republicans who were aot entitled to seats. Inasmuch as both houseB were ia session in the same Vi all f Ka tnnnnllai anAftlrAa hmA nh 4vna ble ia counting a quorum present at any time after the maaner of "Czar Reed", and the republicans had to take a dose of their own medicine. There seems to be no reason to doabt that tbe action of the ponullste is fully sustained by both reason and law, and tnat tney wui corns eatrcuy victorious ia the end. ' ' Bjr Huterf Kill a Child. Font Scott, Kan.. Feb ; 3.A little 4-year-old " girl named Bessie Kearael was shot and hilled near this city yes terday in the presence of her parents. The family was, from, leg-an county, Illinois, and was on its way to the Cherokee stria While passing along a country highway two boys, who were hunting in a field close by begun shoo tine at tho stove pipe which protruded from tho canvas covr on the wagou The child was sitting in the rear of the wagon alone and Uio parents knew nothing of her being shot until at tracted by her screams. She was taken into a neighboring house and soon died. The grief stricken father caught the boys himself. Atrn. Som mer tteekg it Divorce. Emporia, Kan., Feb. 2. Papers were filed yesterday in the district court in which Mrs. Julia Soramers seeks a di vorce from Captain A. M. Sommers. Uotn - parties are well known throughout the state, Captain Sommers bcim'f a former officer in the United States regtflar army and Mrs. Sommers being a daughter of Judjje Sebastian and a sister of John Sebas tian, of the Iioek Island railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Sommers have lately been residing in Topeka, but the former is now in Washington on business. An Krratic, Governor. Salkm, Ore, Feb. 2. Governor Pen- noyer received a letter yesterday from his adjutant general, asking permis sion to use two brass cannons belong ing to the state for the purpose of fir ing a salute on inauguration day. The governor sent the following reply: "No permission will be given to use the state cannon for firing a salute over the inauguration of a Wall street plu tocrat as president of tbe United States." SI.Moum and SkelJ)- Will Fight. New Youk, Felr 2. George Siddons, the featherweight, signet! articles of agreement yesterday to fight Jack Skelly of Brooklyn, for a purse of $2,000, before the Coney Island Athletic club on March 13. The battle will be a fortv-round bout, and if the battle lats the full limit the referee must give a deeis'on. This will do away with the eueral belief that Siddons only fights to make a draw. Kccolver Murre l in Charge. Marshall, Mo., Feb. 2. W. 15. Mur rcll, the assignee of the defunct bank of Arrow Rock, who a week ago was kept out of the bank by the depositors of the bank, met them yesterday and is now taking an inventory of tbe bank, lie has concluded to resign, however, at the next term of court, provided the creditors of the bank will give him an indemnifying bond for 840,000. . More Mai Dog Victims, Eldorado, Kan., .Feb. 2. Two more were added to the list of those bitten by m.id dogs yesterday. A dog be longing to A. Ulair went mad and bit two of his children. Farmers report having killed several with hydrophobia. dogs suffeiin Subscribe for The Alliadtce-Inde pemjent. up A The IndepeBdents.PutUp'W.L. Greene lor Uiited States Senator. THUEST0S THE 3 0. P- PAV0RITX- The Contest May End Soon. Green wtl Be Elected if the Independents ' Stand Together. Tlie Senatorial Sitnarton. The contest proceeded without seri ous variation - la tbe vote till Os Wednesday, Feb. 1st Tuesday uiAt the independents caucused, and O0m- luted W. L. Greene by the two thuar rule. Several withdrew and decraec to veto for Allen lloot The republi cans caucused and Thurston was tar favorite, but they could aot all agree. On Wednesday Greene got 53 votes' i of them cast by democrats. Seven W dependents voted for Hoot as follojR: Dale, Drear t, Stewart, Harris. Stevdns, Erase and Sodcrmaa. Tarns worth voted for Powers, Mullea for Jadfre Allen. Paddock got 26, Majors 10 apd Tharste 12. Tbe rest of the repuss can and democrats scattered. Strong efforts arc belag made to oei the independents together for Thurs day's vote, for it is believed that Greene can be elected if he gate the full yV of his party. Washington Kei Washdmtos, Feb. 2. We enqp allcw any other country to take poa esskrn of Hawaii, and so long as I an president the United . States wt ahalat , ' Pre " - .srisoa thus rep tiers - d who called on uis-cfe . - absorbing topic. day. -ie president had not made up his mind on the ques annexation. He has an opinion, on the telegraphic reports, but nation! do not act on reports except they b official, ind while the president does tiot doubt the .. accu racy of the Hawaii revolution he will await the arrival of the con missiobers of the Hawaiian provisional government before determining whaV course to recommend to congress. Hi present opinion may be learned iro the following, which is a verbatim ao count of the president's remarks, at repeated by tbe person to whom tb president made them. The president said: , "In settling this Hawaiian question this government has certain duties t discharge. I '-should discharge thos duties without regard to the wishes of Great Britain or of any other powe In short, this government should act as if there- were no other powers it existence. opinion is that w should gui, to the provisiona, governmenf ctorate until we ca make a t-aref. animation into tht whole affair. Ifvwe should find that the nat' are qualified they shoulc be alio to vote on the question o annex n. I hear, however, that they are no iUalitied. If that be so then w should, I think, endeavor to revive tht old relations which ended with the de thronement of the queen, but upon permanent basis. If that be impra tical or unsafe we should favor a pc mauent protectorate with the quest nominally reinstated, and if that, toft, be deemed unsafe we should . without hesitation annex the islands. At ' alt events we can not allow any othe country to take possession of then and so long as I am president of th United States we fehall not do so." President Harrison seems to hold th key to the solution of the Ilawaiia difficulty. From a high authority it is learnei that the president is strongly inclined to send to congress a treaty whicW when ratified, will amount to positive protectorate over the island He favors anne.xatiou only as a laal resort, but is strongly disposed fror the information at hand to give ampU protection to American interestsonth island, if need be, by annexing then His action will be determined onl? after consultation with the con missioners from the provisional goverx ment, who wift arrive this week. 1 any event the bluster against tho pl will not win. Epidemic of Suicide. Louisville, Ky , Feb. 2. A swiclda mania was yesterday rampant Sine Monday evening four men have die from self-inflicted wounds and a fifti unhappy mortal made an attempt t take his life. In nono of tho case dix-s there appear to have been suffr j-i'-nt cause to warrant the acts of ttK suicides. The liiack Pearl Knocked Onv ' San Francisco, Feb. 2. The Black Pearl of Minneapolis was knocked out by Robert Dobbs, colored, of Denver i eighteen rounds here last night. A- CANDDAl urea ip i. basW. n JUwfC; : , h""