Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 20, 1888, Part I, Page 2, Image 2
> IWUBf1''J ' ' ' 'S % . 1 2 TEDS OMATTA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MA X 20 , 188a SIXTEEN PAGES. LEADERS COME IN LAST , Rood and Carlisle Wind Up the Lengthy Tariff Speoohos. PRECECiED BY MR , JEHU BAKER In nn Annwcr to Mr. Urcokcnrlcl o'o "Deep Damnation" Utterances Gossip on the Present Condi * tloti of the Tariff Tlio Imntoftlio Iionit Speeches. . , WASHINGTON HunnXu TUB OMAHA. BRK , 513 FOUIITBRNTII STHKHT , * ' WASHINGTON. D. C. . Mav 10. To day closed the most thorough and ex- ' Imustiva tariff debate that has over taken 'placo In the history of the country. When ' ' ( the discussion started out it wns expected lo bo dull and tiresome , but as It proceeded It turned out to bo very Interesting indeed , and ' Its close shows that It presents many sides 1 which deserve the careful study of the Amcr- Jean pcoplo nnd tholr legislators. To-day . being the last day of the debate , the gal- V J erica wcro filled long before the opening of the session , and many thousands wcro turned ' 'hway , unable to obtain even standing room. friends of Speaker Carlisle especially * ' 'were on hand very early and formed the larger part of the nudlcnco. It had bccomo known early this morning 'thnt Mr. Jehu Baker , of Illinois , was going to respond to sotno remarks made yesterday by Mr. Brcckcnridgc relative to the dofcat of William U. Morrison , which ho charged lo cor ruption and fraud by the protection interests. Mr. Baker Is a gontlcuianof stately demeanor and odd ways , but a man of fine general In formation and a ready debater , whenever ho engages in any controversy. Ho had care fully prepared a speech and read it off with the earnestness and force which chaVactcrizes "a man who is greatly excited and believes himself thoroughly outraged. Ho was Ils- ' ' , 'toned to with close attention by everybody , and though his manner sometimes wus rather ludicrous , his words were forceful , and tno 'gentleman from Kentucky , whom they ser- r "ved to castigate , evidently smarted under ' , them. At any rate ho considered them f ' -Worthy of u reply and closes his answer in pollto and apologetic language. Tha docu- f1 [ monts by which ho sought to provo the truth , ' pf his assertions in relation to the elections Q5 in Mr. Baker's district were considered by jf 'overybodv as very fllinsy arguments. rAfter \ this introductory scone , Mr. Heed of jj lnino was recognized and commenced what ( " , .turned out to bo ono of the finest speeches I on the tariff that has ever been -'delivered in the house. Mr. Reed is a , great big burly man in figure , and phlcg- j "malic enough in tomp'oramonl lo deserve tno name of a lazy man , and for that reason no \ -person had boliovcd It possible that ha would * devote the time necessary for the thorough study of the question to this speech , but ho I , bed , It was well and carefully prepared , > and though he spoke without notes , his ' speech showed a most careful preparation ' nnd logical arrangement. It was unusually honest , and though the first part of it did not scorn to warm up the nudlcnco as much c us Mr. Reed's words usually do , the latter half electrified it and round after round of ' applause greeted the many tolling points of ilia argument. It was a great speech In the * opinion of almost everyone , nnd especially ' , tno loading democrats think that in many rc- spccts it was a better speech than oven Mc- r Xinloy made for the protection side of the , .question. Mr. Reed especially devoted him- , , eolf to , showing that the Mills bill , tariff roy - y formand , a tariff for revenue moan free } trade , and thnt the democratic party was do- 'cclVing the people by speaking of incidental v protection when it was really alining .at free trade. To bo conscientious and hon est , they should wipe out altogether a sys- ' . .tern that they believed to be dishonest and . .disastrous , After Mr. Reed had closed ho 'f ' 'jvas loudly applauded , and all the rcpub- , j 'llcan ' members of the house , and many demo- v Corals even , tiled past him to shako hands anil congratulate him. ' When quiet was finally restored Speaker Carlisle was recognized , and the democrats received him with tremendous applause. But Mr. Carlisle's speech was not up to the repu tation as an orator and a statesman that ho .lias enjoyed. True , ho spoke well and his arguments were the best tlmt have boon ad- Vluccd on his side , but they were neither now tuid original , nor forciblo. In fact , ho re floated his celebrated speech of six years ago n many respects , especially so far ns the . passages ou Now England and the effect of protection and tariff for revenue only upon * that section of the country are concerned. -Clio most tolling portions of his speech con- Bisted of tlio reading of portions of Senator , TShCrman's tariff speech , made in 1871 , , Mr. Carlisle was laboring under a "disadvantage , having boon unwell this . Iniorntng , and perhaps for that reason ho con- 'pumed but nil hour nnd a half , while Mr. j jloeil spoke two hours. Ho was frequently Interrupted by applause and when ho had 'finished the democrats paid him the same lionor that the republicans had paid to Mr. ' Wood. The tariff Is now done with so far as the { general debate is uoncorncd , and tlio qncs- tiou with the leading men on bolh Hides of I thu house is ns to whether the democrats Blmll bo permitted to call up the bill and ask , n vote wuliout considering the sections for . , the purpose of offering amendments. Some pf the democratic lenders still pretend to bo- j. lleve that the bill could pats If put to a vote nt once , but Unit certainly is not truo. Mr. t llnndall's speech has settled that. Even rftlr. Cleveland's great Iniluonco and power , , JlviU not bo able to force some of tlio protcc- . tlon democrats to vote for thu bill in its present ehnpo , because they must save themselves by eccuringamitndmcutsconcern ing thu leading industries in their respective f-ulstrlot. A moro careful canvass of tno .Votes on their sldo of the house will probably ponvlnco the leaders before Monday morning that to ask n vote on the bill would bo a bad piovo on their part. For that reason it Is almost certain that the committee will again take It up on Monday , consider It section by eoctlon , In which rase the democratic man 4igers will seek to roiiciliato enough protec tion democratic representatives to secure thu of the bill iu the house. This ran boone ono , out if thu MllU bill of to-day will dif fer very materially from that which will bo , * ont to the sonata , the republican * uro ready 'with n bill of tholr own which they will move t .to substttuto for Iho Mills bill , and it will embody - , body Iho leading ideas of Iho republican parly without going into the details required tor a thorough revision of the tariff , which details they do not fool competent to act on in thu absence of any evidence by which they can arrive ut results. They have had no opportunity to investigate the question nnd they have none now. Of course , the re publican substitute will bo voted down and the Mills bill is in danger of falling , but an ' ticlpatuig tha passage of iho Mills bill by the house , the republican senators uro already hard at work perfecting a bill which will revise the turltt and rcduco the U'venues to .the nccsssary extent. Tlio dnmoorutlo members of the committee on ways nnd means hud u conference this vanlug , and it\va agreed that Iho tariff Blmll nut bo railed up next Monday , but that thu whole of next week shall bo devoted to appropriation bills , covr or AND I-J.AVS rou IMI-UOVINO TIIK MIS SISSIl'l'I. At the mooting to-day of the committee ° for the improvement of the Mississippi river BDd its tributaries , of which Senator Paddock t chairman , Cnptaln Smith S. Ixiach , of the United Status corps of engineers , occupied the stand for three hours. All the committee , ivltli the exception of Senator Eustls , were ( Present , and in addition Captain John Cow- den. with three MissUslppi captains of the vold tlmo worn In attendance. Captain Leach riYiented a written statement of objections to the Lake Borguo outlet plan. Ho Insisted that any possible bonotlt which oyuld bo derive - ; rive l from opening the Mxslsnipul ( nt Lko , Uor > ; uo would bo simply temporary , while the permanent effects would be lasting and disastrous * Onet > f the 11 rat esfecU , ho said , tVrould be to sweep New Orleans into the Mis , nUs > ippl river , Ho urged that ut present a ! , tuo resources of CJit'Iujorlnj i.nil a largo l mount of money wera required u pix-iorve the banks at that point , and thnt under such a plan ns .hat proposed by Captain Cowden th& veloc- ty would bo increased fully 2T > jwr cent , when no system of engineering known to man or God nnd no amount of expenditure of money , could prevent the caving In of the Danka. The captain tbon entered into an ox. tended nnd detailed explanation of the sys tem now adopted by the commission ID its work on tno Mississippi , which , ho said , consisted first , In the building oflovcos : second the construction of rcvctmenU ; and third the adoption of moans for "contract ing the channel through dikes and other wise. " Under a vigorous cross-examination from Senator Chandler. Captain Leach gave it as his opinion that nn expenditure of $ .3,000,000 would thor oughly levco the Mississippi river from New Orleans to Capo Glvondn , nnd thnt a total expenditure of * 30,000,0K ( ) would give it on nvcrago depth of ten feet from its mouth to the head of navigation. MISCRMANTOUS. Representative McShano returned to-day from Nebraska. William A. Paxton , of Omaha , wn * nt the capital to- lay , hearing the tariff speeches. Patrick Gibbons , of Kcokuk , la. , is at the i Ebbett. Hen. G. Davis , of "Nebraska , was to-day promoted from n 11,000 to a f 1,200 position in the war department. PKUUY S. HnATit. A VERY STRANGE VISION. And n Very Queer Story Told by a Itallroad Man. R. M. Sturgeon , the able Harrlsburg , Pa. , correspondent of the Now York Times , sends his paper the following dispatch : A veteran engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad was speaking the ether day of singular sights nnd incl- donls ho had mot with in his long ex perience on the road. "Tho queerest that I over know , " said ho , "was the vision that Bill Sandusky had a few years ago. There are things tha't you know have happened and are still re luctant to tell about because you know you'll ' bo laughed nt nnd pooh-poohed for your pains , nnd this vision was ono of that kind. 13111 Sandusky was an en gineer on the Philadelphia and Erie railway , and is yet , I think , and lives in Erie. A botlcronginoor never handled the throttle. About ton years ago a young fellow named George Watkins went to work on the Philadel phia and Erie as a brakoman. Ho was u stranger , and no ono know where no came from. lie was twonty-ono or twenty-two years old , but ho had a much older look. Ho had a very daric complexion , and ho was tall and lean. His eyes were intensely black and deep- sunken. Ho had but little to say to any of his fellow-trainmen. It came to bo a common remark among them that if at any time Walkin's peculiar eyes wore iixcd ou thorn for a moment they under went curious variations of color , and that the person upon whomtho | gaze was fixed experienced sensations which ho found it ditllcult to describe , but which wore referred to in a general way as decidedly uncomfortable. Some of the men said that with Walkin's eyes on them they found it difficult to keep their minds on their work , and some wont M > fur as to say that they could re move themselves from the strnngo in fluence of his presence only by the ex orcise of all their will power. These who had hoard of mesmerism decided that the stranger wns possessed of pow erful mesmeric influence , and ho was avoided as much as possible. "It was pla'Sn from the bearing of * Watkins that ho was either the victim of some great trouble or haunled by unpleasant recollections , and also thai ho was a man of education and intelli gence. Ho performed the hard work of a brakeman with faithfulness , and early attracted the attention of the superin tendent. Watkins had boon on the road almost three months when Jimmy Green , Bill Sandusky's foreman , was killed while saving the lifo of a little child that was playing on the track. The train was dashing along at the rate of about forty miles an hour when the child was discovered by Bill and his fireman 200 or oOO yards ahead , as the train rounded a curve. Bill whistled for brakes a'ud reversed his engine , but there was no possible chance of stop ping the train before it reached the child , which did nol scorn lo bo aware of ils danger. Quick as a cat Jimmy Green drew himself through the cab window and ran out along the guard rail to the pilot. Ho dropped down lint and loaning over as far as ho could , ho seized the child as the engine dashed on the spot where it sat. Ho caught the little one and scooped it clear of the track. The child was saved , but the bravo fireman losl his hold in inakincr the effort and fell across the rail and was cut to pieces. George Watkins was taken from the brake wheel and promoted to the place which Jimmy Green's death made vacant. Ho got along with the work from the very start as handily as if ho had boon at the job all his lifo , but Bill Sandusky said that the atmosphere of Iho cab chunked the minute Watkins so't his foot in it. Ho declared , after the first trip with the now fireman , that Watkins would hoodoo dee him sum. " 'I feel so queer when ho turns those sunken eyes of his on mo , ' Bill used to say'that I dnroson't stand still under his gaze. If I bhould stand still , ' Bill said , ' 'boliovo I'd lot my engine push right on , no matlor what might happen , if that tiroman said the word. ' "Bill's uneasiness under the myslori- ous inlluunco of the fireman wus such that ho at last told the supcrintontioiil that ho was buro something would Imp- pen unless the fireman was taken olT. The supcriiitondanl laughed at what ho called Bill's foolishness , and Watkins staid on the engine. Ho had ilrcd for Bill a month or BO , then the engineer wont to tua superintendent and told him positively thnt ho must remove Watkins. Ho couldn't give any reason that had weight with the boss , and ho said that the fireman must stay , Then BUI told him that his next trip would bo his last. Uo said ho would not run another trip witli George Wulklns. "Tho Philadelphia & Erlo road runs through some very wild country in northwcslurn Pennsylvania. Ono of Iho wildest spots was just west of Knno , in McICcan county. The woods are deep nnd unbroken for milos. and a fol low passing throueh them fcols as if ho were out of the world. From thu first trip tlmt Waikins made with him Bill noticed ttial in going through that wild stretch the fireman scorned to bo seized with terror , and at times ho would turn palo , and Bill frequently saw him crouching ut the side of tno cab nnd glaring wildly , and his strutgo ) eyes Boomed to bo gazing into vacancy. On the trip thai Bill hud declared was to bo his last with the now fireman the engi neer had not boon paying any attention to Watkins until they hud entered the wild piece of woods near Kane and hud run some distance through it. Then Bill happened to turn his eyes toward tha tiroman. Watklns slood against the side of the cab. His eyes were staring ut thu engineer , and Bill's eyes mel the queer gaze straight and full. Bill said that instantly he felt a numb sensation run through him liku a Hash. He tried to take his eyes away from WntkiiiB1 , but couldn't do it. Sense of the fact that ha was on his engine run ning the Ponnsylvunia ft Erlo railway never left him , but there he stood , en tirely hcln'esa tojmovoh'.s eyes away from Wi.tkins's. Presently the firomnn turned and looked off into the woods. Without pdwcr to help it Bill looked in the bumo direction. He said that he didn't believe that Watkins saw or noticed Mm , or knew that he was held under that strange Influence * . The look of terror came to the fireman's eyes 03 ho gazed , And suddenly the entire scone was changed ns BUI gazed out upon it. Instead of the deep Kane woods the train was glid ing1 through a delightful valley. On ono sldo wna n lofty rid go ; on the ether n level stretch of fertile form land was bounded by n line of low woods. Pres ently the train passed a town a beauti ful village , with remarkable growths of willows where the silo sloped down to the river. Setting far back In terraced grounds was an old homestead , to which n green lano. on either side of which were thick clumps of willows , led from the main road. Beyond , rising back of the trees , was n church spire. As Bill Sandusky gazed in amazement on tills transformation , an elderly man. aslrido of a largo horse , rode down tno lane toward the village. As ho was passing n clump of trees n tall man stopped out from behind n largo willow with a gun in his hands. Ho raised the weapon to his shoulder and fired nt the man on the horso. The old mail throw up his hands and tumbled to the ground. Tno murderer fired twice into the pros trate body of his victim , nnd then ran away and disappeared among the wil lows along the rivor. Bill said ho could not distinguish the features ol cither the murderer or his victim , but the horror of the scene aroused him. Ho utlorod a cry Unit startled the fireman , wl.D was crouching down in the cab. Watklns sprang to an creel position. BUI jumped to his lever and Was about to reverse and call for brakes when the strange scene faded away and the wild Pennsylvania landscape once moro strolohcd away on either side. In a second's tlmo the fireman wns himself again , attending to his cuty as cool as over. "Was Ihoro somelhing on Iho tracki" ho asked , us Iho engineer dropped ho signal cord. "It was some lime before Bill could reply , and then ho told Watkins of Iho oxtraordinory vision. As ho described it his fireman grow paler and paler and became greatly1 agllalcd. W.lien Bill came lo Iho scene where Iho old man was murdered Watktns was a picture of terror. Ho throw up his hands. " 'My God ! ' ho shrieked. 'There is no escape ! ' "With these words he sprang from Iho cab , and Bill saw him lumblo oul of sight In the bushes. The train was run ning thirty miles an hour. Bill brought her to a stop as soon as ho could and backed down to where the fireman had jumped off , expecting to find him deader or badly hurt. Not a trace of Watkins could bo found except the broken bushes inlo which ho had disappeared. The woods were searched , but the missing fireman was not found. "Of course Bill's story , the singular disappearance of Watkins , and Iho mysterious - torious circumstances conneclcd with it , created a great sensation along the line for some time , but the matter was at lost forgotten. A month or so afterward Bill Sandusky took a vacation. Ho wont on a trip through Ohio. One day ho read in aCln- cinnali paper lhat a young man named Walters , who had appeared in one of the small Kentucky towns a month before - fore and confessed to having murdered his uncle six years before in that vil lage nnd gave himself up to justice , waste to bo hanged for the crime. BUI San- dusky could never explain the reason why at the moment ho road the item his fireman Wntkins , the murder ho had seen in his vision , and the fireman's disappearance , came into his mind and connected themselves with the con fessed murderer , Walters. Bill found that ho could got to the Kentucky town in a few hours by rail , and ho jumped on the train and started for the place. As the train approached the place there was no need of tbo brackoman calling out its name , so far as Bill Sandusky was concerned. Ther.e was the valley , there was the river , Ihero slood the hills , the sloping village site , the willows , the churchthe old homestead in Iho lot-raced ground. There was Iho green lane down which he had soon Iho old man riding , and there was the clump of trees where the assassin had appeared and fired the fatal shots. Bill had no trouble in ob taining a look at the condemned mur derer , Walters , in his culland of course Walters was Bill's old fireman , George Watkins. Wallers wns his right name. Ho had shot his uncle just as the en gineer had see thelragody in his vision that memorable day from hio cab win dow. The murderer had been an entire stranger in the Kentucky town. Ho had visited his uncle to borrow money and had been refused. That wus the solo cause of the murder. "Walters said ho had struggled for six years anainst some slrango influence that was constantly drawing him back to the scene of his crime and to confes sion , but feeling that no human being know of his guilt , ho had conquered the influence. Ho never passed through the dark Kane woods while firing for Bill Sandusky that the whole scene of the tragedy did not ri&p before him. When that hcono was revealed so mys teriously to the engineer the murderer believed thai Iho lorriblo secret was no longer his own. Ho gave up the strug gle and wont unresistingly lo his falo. Ho was hanged three days after Bill visited htm. But how can any ono explain - plain lhat queer vision of Bill'sV" The Colonel WUH tlio Boy. At the Hoffman house , Now York , the other night. Colonel Tom Ochiltreo gleefully told the following btory of his last visit to Washington to the Now York Graphic : "Thoro was a dinner party at Chamberlain's , nnd Senator Hearst of California was there. As cigars were lighted Iho senator was moved to relate an incident of his earlier experience. There had been a freshet in California , and the senator's party stood on Iho banks of a swollen slrcam , not daring to cross. As they watched Iho rush of the swollen waters they were Blarlled to beheld - hold a man drifting down the river on a broken fonco. Just opposite them the fence caught on a snug , nnd the poor follow , already almost exhausted , clung feebly to his support , from which the mighty current threalened instantly lo wash 'him. No help wns possible from the party. They had no line with them nnd it scorned death to plunge in the rivor. Suddenly n lad appeared on the opposite shore with a rope around his waist. Ho tied the olhor end to a stum p and sprang fearlessly into the soothing torrent. After incredible struggles ho reached Iho drowning man , and the lad's companions drew him ashore. The senator's voice trembled as ho told this story. A lear ra down his cheek and profound hush fell upon the jovial r. At length Ihe sonalor said : onllemen , Pvo got more money than I had then , and I give you my word of honor that if I could find that boy I'd give him a coock for $10,000. There was a murmur of approval. Not a man doubted the senator's sin cerity. Colonel Ochiltreo slowly arose. Pis eyes were east down. His form was as shrinking as possible. Ho hesitated a moment and then ho faltSringly said : "Heorsl ought not tt > monlion It. But what you have said emboldens me , old follow. Noble heart , your hand ! I was thai boy 1" _ The fraternal organization. Order of the Iron Hall , fs now growing rapidly. Branches are springing up all ever the country. There 'uro now nearly 750 branches instituted , with a membership of 31,000 iu good standing BROWN FAlilf SKELETON. JU Bomo Startllnsr Rovolatlona In the Famous PblJbnlng Caso. Hr A NEBRASKA .MftN DISAPPEARS Anil H ! FrlcnUs Fcnr Ito Una Been Murdered siupbrlor nnd Kail- roixdB A\i il3nn liquor Seller Itnldcd. The Closet Door Opened. MASON CITT , In. , Mny 10. [ Special Tele gram to TnK BBB.J Coroner MoFarland has Just returned from the sccno of the Brown poisoning affair , where ho has for the post six days been conducting an examination. It Is understood from a reliable source that the Jury will return a verd"Ict criminating cither Mr. or Mrs. Brown. It has developed during the trial that for several ycnrs pntt there has been considera ble domestic trouble hi the family. During the winter the child that In now dead foil Into the river and Mr. Brown nud n hired man rushed down to rescue him. When ho wa * taken out of the water ho was convoyed to the house and because Mrs. Brown had not assisted In the rescue ho said that ho would bo d d If ho should ever rescue her if she should fall Into thn river. She rotortcd : "Nobody would over ask you. " Once dur ing the winter ho attempted to frighten her Into signing n deed transferring some real estate , and because she would not sign it , ho arose in the middle of the night , took down n double barreled shot gun and threatened to blow his brains out. Mrs. Brown gives evidence that she believes Brown to bo guilty , but the accused protests his Innoccusc , and at the same time declares that ho would rather suffer than have his wife suffer for the crime. Mr. Brown was once n wealthy farmer , but It Is now under stood that ho has of Into had considera ble financial trouble. Evidence of loalousy was given before the coroner's jury. Mrs. Brown also testified thnt her husband wns a hard man to live with , nnd that she was noth ing worth living for. During the tlmo Mrs. Brown was giving her testimony Mr. Brown crowded to the door and attempted to listen to what she had to say. The constable forced him to go away , whereupon ho grow Indignant , and declared ho would listen to his wife's testimony. Mr. Brown otherwise conducted himself in n very suspicious mnn- ncr. They have up to this time been living together in the house , and Mrs. Brown lias asked the Jury to place a man in the house , nnd her request will bo granted. It is thought thnt matters will develop in n short tlmo nnd the real perpetrators of the heinous ojlmo bo discovered. They Suspect the B. & Til. Surnutoit , Neb. May 19. [ Special Tele gram to TUB Bun. | The Fremont , Elkhom & Missouri Valley right of way nna depot grounds and that of the Atchlson. Topeka & Santa Fc , which is being purchased jointly by the companies above namoa , has all boon secured except some half dozen lots belonging to William London , a1 non-resident grain dealer who has applied to Judge Morris for on injunction with a view to prevent the con demnation of the 'property. The business men of Superior arc/ / very well satisfied that ho Is being assisted in his oppo sition to the entrance of these two companies into the city by the B. & M. railjvay company. Believing this to bo true they to-day notified Mr. Holdrego that such action on the part of the B. & M. could not but result disastrously to the latter companj liitflrest. A prompt nnd emphatic denial was received from Mr. Holdrcgo. but it failed td satisfy tbo people. Judge Morris' well Imown opposition to schemes of this kind'on.ttio ; part of railway corporations against.the host interests of the people at largo , will certainly inako this case no exception. Opened the Bids. Neb. , May 19. [ Special Tele gram to THE BUG. ] The board of public lands and buildings held a session this after noon to open up the bids on the new kitchen and dining room of the deaf and dumb in stitute at Omaha. The following are the bids , all the bidders being from thnt city : J. P. Cracy & Co. , $10,935 ; John Cully , $17,335 ; H. Elkjaor and .Tamos Skew , $11,140 ; Hobbins & Co. , $10,011 ; F. L. Hooves , $11,990 ; Arthur & Herd , $10,71)00. ) The last named bidders except the steam heating and plumb ing. The estimate for the building was an oven $10,000 , and no biu came below it. No award was made. Selling Ijiquor on tlio Sly. MASON CITT , la. , May 19. [ Special Tole- grain to TUB UEB.I There is great rejoicing in prohibition circles at Charles City. Last night the sheriff and deputy raided a "dlvo" operated by Gertig. With considerable difll- culty they secured a bottle which was in the possession of Fertlg and after taking up u carpet iu the dining room and lifting up n trap door they found two kegs of whisky and three barrels of bottled beer nicely stored away. Bound Over to the IllHtrlct Court. GHAXT , Neb. , May 19. [ Special Telegram to Tin : UKK. ] The trial of the alleged rioters at the February election at this place , was continued iu Judge Hastings' court yesterday and to-day. Tim three defendants tried wore E. J. Dovluny , D. J. Pink and B , F. Smith , who were bound over to appear at the dis trict court. _ A Crnzy AVonian SulcltloH. MASON Cuv May 19. [ Special Telegram to TIIK HUE , . . Alice Wheeler , a demented inmate of the poor house took poison with suicidal intent to-day. She will die. DOCTOR MARTIN. of Coot Hill By Jmz , In New York Mcroury. A vivid flash of lightning accompan ied by a deafening peal o f thunder then darkness and alienee. So sharp was the lightning , so loud the thunder , thai eyes were blinded and ears dulled. From the tavern , kept by the Widow Wortz , a longuo of llaino looped up , Words passed froin honso to house : "The tavern is otii lire. " There was a rush' of eager men. Soon the fire was out , * Then search was mudo for the widow and her daughter. Both were found Iti their bedroom senseless. . 1 Dr. Martin was called for , but ho was away on a profossioiiul'visit. He camo- in a little while , and under his treat ment the widow revived , but the beau tiful Emma lay dead. "Tho poor docloiM It will break his heart. See how he looks ! " ona woman whispered to ano lfor.J Ho stooped over the body nnd his face was weary and aged in , ils expression , while his shouldorsi Boomed bowed under Iho weight of many years. Aged and infirm he hud suddenly grown , for he had lovad the beautiful Emma Wortz and she had loved him in return , much to the disgust of burly Bon Fluke , u teamster , who stood at the foot of the couch. Bon's grief had no consolation , but Dr. Martin had Iho Boluco of love reciprocated. Dr. Martin turned from the couch and tottorcd from the room without glanc ing ut the widow , nnd moaning : "Alas ! Mv daughter ! My daughter ! " Bon followed film into his room and demanded the moaning ot his words , "You loved her , Ben. I know it , but she loved me and I could uot prevent - vent it. " Strange words , Iheso , they puzzled Ben sorely , for in his honest heart ho had believed Dr. Martin honorable in Booking Emma's love , but ho finally concluded with the ether villagers that Emma's death had crazed thd doctor. It was a qtioor fancy , though , his thinking Emma his child. The Widow Wortz got well , but she became morose a-nd surly. After her death Dr. Martin always referred to Emma ns his daughter , but novcr spoke of the widow ns his wife. Curious neighbors by sly gestures could not got an explanation from him. On all ether subjects ho was frank and son- slblo ; on this ho was mysterious and silly. Ono day n thunderstorm threatened to burst ever tbo villageand the doctor calling for the widow found her hidden between two feather beds. She was much frightened and very nerv&ns. The storm passed ever and she was persuaded to coino from her hiding. "I never was afraid of lightnin' till Emmy wns killed. " She seemed to have forgotten that she herself had been knocked senseless by the flash that had killed her daugh ter. ter."I "I saw Low last by a flash of lightnin' , and it's took Emmy , and I git scared when I see the big thunderclouds with tholr black faces. I'm fcardor of them than a boy Is of ghosls. " "Low Worlz- she continued , "my husband , drew cra/y Dr. Pylo ever llio mountain n night jest like Unit Emmy wns killed on. I coaxed Low not to go , but ho wouldn't listen to mo. Ho jest noted ns If ho was In a spell the crazy Dr. Pylo had worked on him and wont in spite of me. I watched them by the Ifghtnin' till they were hid by the woods , and I ain't seen him since. The horse came homo and the wagon was found in the woods , but since then Low and the doctor's * not been heard on. And now Emmy's dead. " "You look awful like Low nt times , doctort" she continued. "Not as I last seen him , but when ho was young an' came courtin' ino. If sech a thing could bo in this here world I would say you wns him made ever ngin. " The doctor did not laugh asono might think ho would do , but said sorrow fully : "I must bo somecody else than myself , for I am always thinking of Emma as my daughter , and not as my promised wife. " "Poor man , yor out of yer mintlthat's all. " "Yes , I am , but whoso am I in ? " "Must bo poor Low's , sonco yor think- in' Emmy was yor daughter. " "But tell mo why Lew took the crazy Dr. Pylo over the mountain on so bad a night. " "Coz the doctor said his life depended on it and Lew knowod he'd never git ever by hisself , so ho drew him , but the wagon never got over , and nobody knows what became of Low and the doc tor. " "Was the doctor a slrnngor to Lewi" ' 'Oh , my , no ; he boarded with us jest like you do. " "Why didn't ho wait until Iho storm was over : " ' "Ho gel crazier'n ever and said ho must go. So Low humored him. It's aller's been my belief the doctor killed Low and then run away. " "Most likely that is so. How long ago was it ? " "Moro'n twelve year. " The clock got ready to strike six and the doctor loft the window. Ho hast ened to his room , nnd as the clock was striking ho took a dose of black mixture from a vial ho carried on his person. "So I look like her husband at times. Couldn't have a betlor disguise , and then this talk about Emma being my daughter deceives them all the more. I'll try some old story on her. No , bet ter not ; that might betray me. " Dr. Martin to all appearances was not more than thirty , but there wcro times when his hair trlibtencd as if streaked with gray and there were old lines in hi- , face , wrinkles about the eyes that were much like crows' foot , and deep grooves in Iho cheeks that suggested the furrows years plow. But these were only for the momo'il and disappeared so quickly that the observer would bo inclined lo think them imaginary. Two years before this evening bo had come to Coot hill and secured a room at the Werlz house , becoming : the first resident physician t he village had had since Iho disappearance of Dr. Pylo , almost a dozen years before. Ho soon began to pay decided attention lo Emma Wortz , a beautiful girl of twenty-six , who had always had many beaux , but fancied none in particular , except per haps big Bou Bhiko. She soon forgot him when the doctor camo. They wore to be married , and twice the day had boon sot , but for some plnusibln reason Dr. Martin had asked for a postpone ment , much to Emma's chagrin. She was beginning to think of Ben Blake as a means to bring the doctor to his senses when the lightning , apparently so di rectly concerned with Iho Worlz for- luncs , cul shorl her time for marrying and giving in marriage. And now Dr. Martin spoke of Emma as his dauerhtor , while Iho villagers , oven Bon Fluke , pilicd himbut , they thought themselves peculiarly unfortunate to have been inflicted with two cra/y phy sicians in succession , notwithstanding a period of eleven years hud intervened between Iho going of ono and Iho com ing of Iho othor. About his antcccdenls Dr. Martin was exceedingly rotlconl , the shrewdest questioner being unable to obtain any reply that could receive a positive con struction. So the villagers were loft in doubt as to his earlier career , while Iho successful treatment of two cases of ma lignant fuvor firmly established his rep utation as a truelworly physician. Wo loft him in hisronm where ho was chuckling over an asserted resemblance to Lewis Wortz , and congratulating himself upon having thus u complete disguise as lo his own idonllly. Ifo soon went oul to make u professional cull.and on his way ho muttered : "Alus , my poor daughter ! woo is mo ! my daughter is dead. " Ben Fluke heard him and pitied him from the bollom of his big heart , but when the doctor had gone oul ot Ben's hearing ho bald maliciously , quoting the Widow Wortz : " 'It's alters been my belief the doctor killed Low and ran away. ' "Some women guess well , " he com mon ted with a sneering laugh. The next day , between 5 and G in the ovonlng , a great commotion arose in the village. It wus rumored that Bon Fluke's wagon had come from the quarry with an unusual stone on it , being nothing more or less than a petrified human body. The wagon had slopped in fronl of the Worlz houbo , and a crowd of cu rious men , women and children hod surrounded it. Dr. Martin , atlracted by Iho clamor left his room , where he waa waiting for the hour ol six to strike , and came down stairs. The Widow Wertz appeared at the front door with him , having mot him in the dining room. The crowd made room for the doctor and Iho widow. They approached the wagon "MyJ"'oxclaimed the widow , "it's the crazy Dr. Pyle , natural as lifo. " "That's my opine , " said an old vil lager. " 'And I've been Ihinkin' all these years ho must hev killed Lew , but it booms the other way. Will trouble never cease ? " and she began to moan. In the commotion she excited by her ready solution of the disappearance of Dr. Pyle and Lewis Wertz fir. Martin was overlooked. When attention was again directed to him ho was clasping the wngonbed with both hands for sup port , while hiq eyes , become glassy in tholr appearance , were fixed on the stone body. Soon Iho widow , who had retired to the house followed by the women of the crowd , rushed to the door and crlod out : "Oh , Dr. Martin , it's ( Mvst six. Did you take yor mod'cino ? The doctor , hitherto uninterrupted In his fixed study of potrlficatlon , pave a Btnrt nt her announcement and reeled so that ho would have fallen had not Bon Fluke caught him. ' Has the clock struck six yet ? " ho gasped. "Yos1 said Bon , "moro'n ton minutes ago. " With apparently great effort the doc tor stood erect , and nssumfng a doflnnt manner slarllcd his hearers by saying ; "It's past six. My death knoll has rung. I nm not Dr. Martin. I am Low Wortz. " Ho ceased for a moment , then began n aln , speaking as Low Wortz would have done : "Tho crazy Dr. Pylo had the 'llxor of lifo. I know'd ho had it but didn't lot on. I know'd too , the night ho wanted to go 'cross the mountain it was fur to git the botllo filled nt a drug store. I made up my mind to git that 'llxor. So when wo got opposite the quarry I caught him by the throat and made mm tell mo what the stuff was make of. Uo didn't want lo , buj I told him ho'd have lo or die. Ho told mo ever and ever ngnin till I got it and the directions for takin' it in my memory. Then some devil hinted ho had fooled nip and I just got mnd and killed him , takin' the risk that I had the right thing. I tb.rowed his body in the quarry and covered it up witli stone. Thou I hid in the woods for days with the little botllo with 'Hxor in it in my pocket , but I didn't ' think it much goodclso I wouldn't have killed the doctor. But after a while I got near a farmhouse , and when the clock struck six I took some of the 'lixer. Then I bogged somothin' to eat. Next day I took some more 'Hxor nnd began fcolin'young. If the clock had bcon wrong the stuff wouldn't liavo toolc effect. "I got work there and took the 'lixcr by that clock , windin' it myself every day. There was onulT 'llxor In the bet llo lo mnko mo fool very young , but It didn't make mo look young. I soon quit that place and reached the drug store. I must 'a' changed on the way ever the way over the mountain , for the druggist didn't know me. He filled the bottle and to Ibis day I've taken it reg'lar , but I've missed once , and now it's no good , and I'm old Low Wortz again. "Most pf the time I thought I wns Dr. Pylo , livin'undor the name of Dr. Mar tin , but some times I know'd I was Lew Worlz all the timo. Then I foil mighly bad , coz I was goin' lo marry my own daughter. Then I put off the weddin' and made Emmy worry. After Emmy died I lived more of two lives than ever beforo. I was Low Wortz whenever I thought of her , but Dr. Pylo the other times. That's all I've got to toll. You'd better take me and hang mo. I ain't long to live at best. " "But tho'lixor " asked , a quavering voice ; "hov yor got it ? " "Yes , old man , " Lewis replied , and , taking the vial from his pocket , "ho broke it on the tire of Iho wheel , and Iho black fluid , lo possess which he had become a murderer , slained Iho spokes as it trickled down them and collected in a lltlle pool on Iho hub. The old man who had asked if Lewis slill possessed Iho elixir slaggorod to the wheel and dipped his fingers into the fluid and put it to the tip of his tongue. Lewis laughed grimly and said : ' That ain't accordin' to directions , Job. " Hero the widow Wortz appeared at the door of the hotel. She had come for another look at the potrillcatioii. Half way she slopped and , uttering a cry of horror , buried her face in her hands and turned to lice , but stumbled and foil. "It's mo , Jon Low. I've como back to die on Emmy's grave. " Lewis , leaning on Ben Fluke , stood ever her , but she would not look up. So Bull was compelled to lift her and carry her to the house , she moaning nnd pi-ring the while that she had scon Lewis' ghost. Ben Fluke , being constable , by virtue of his office , made Worlz his prisoner. There was borne talk of lynching the murderer , but Ben refused to give up the criminal. Finally the crowd dis- por.sed and the village grow quiot. A lilllo old niiiii slruggled to raise a ladder against Iho Worlz houso. Ho got it up part way. Itwas not yet mid night and Bon had not gone to sloop. Ho was in Dr. Martin's room ; where Lewis had asked to bo taken for the night. When ho hoard the ladder ho looked out of the window and then whibpored to Lewis that old Job Peters was trying to got into the room. 'Toll him that all the 'Hxor in the world wouldn't make him young , for he don't know the directions for takin' it. " Bon delivered the message to Job , Job , who sneaked away like a detected Ihief. Then Bou fell asleep. At dawn ho woke. Lewis Wortz was gone. The ladder had been pulled up to the win dow , lie had gone out that way. Bon followed and traced his footslcops from Ihe bollcm of Iho ladder. They led lo Iho graveyard. There Bon found his prisoners free from Iho shackles of Ibis world. He lay face downward on Emma's gravo. In his hand ho grasped u bottle of his olixor. It was a grim sarcasm on the man's efforts to prolong his life. His widow , although bowed down with grief and shameat having boon the wife of a murderer , died many years after him. Didn't Know Adam. Snn Francisco Post : AsArteinus Ward was traveling in the cars , dreading to be bored , and fooling miserable , a man approached him , sat down , and said : "Did you hear the last thing on Horace - ace Greeloy ? " "GrcoloyV Grooloy ? " said Artomus. "Horace Greeloy ! Who is ho ? " The man was quiel about five minules. Prolly soon ho said : "Goorgo Francis Train Is kicking up a good deal of a row ever in England. Do you think they will put him in a bus- tile ? " "Train ? Train ? George Francis Train ? " said Artoraus , s olemnly. "I never heard of him. " . This ignorance kept the man quiet for fifteen minutes ; then ho said : "What do you think about General Grant's chances for the presidency ? Do you think they will run him ? " "Grant ? Grant ? Hang It man , " suld Artemus , "you appear to know more strangers than any man I ever saw. , ' The man was furious. He walked up the car , but at last came back and said : "You confounded ignoramus , did you over hoar of Adam ? " Artemus looked up and said : "What was his other name ? " Plttsburg Royal Arch chapter , No.aiS , was constituted last Monday afternoon by Com panion Mathias II. Henderson , M. K. U. high priest , assisted by the grand ofllrers. There were fifty-five charter members picsent , us were also the presiding officers of the four grand bodle * in Pennsylvania. HE DIED WHILE AT PRAYER , A Startling Inoldout of the Gorman Baptist Conforonoo. - * STRICKEN DOWN WITH APOPLEXY , Widening or the Itrcnch itctwccn Methodist nmlMlulstcrlnl liny Del egates Various Church Con ventions in the Country. A Smtilon Sninnionn , WATUSII , Ind. , May 10. The first regular sorvlco of the German Haptist conferonooof the United States was hold In Huntor's prove , nt North Manchester , to-day. About live thousand of the brethren nro already on the grounds anil the incoming trains on nil roads are heavily laden. It Is expected that nearly twenty thousand members of the church will bo In attendance by Mouday evening. Immediately after the opening sermon In the great tiiboruaclo this afternoon Elder James Gulntar , editor of the Gospel Mes senger , of Huntlngton , Pn. , nnd president ot the normal college at that place , lead In prayer.Vhlloupon his kuces on the ros trum in the renter of tlio tent , surrounded by an ntullcnco of 3,000 people , ho was stricken witli apoplexy nnd died almost instantly. While praying it was ob served ho grow Incoherent , nnd as Uo uttered the words : "Wo are glad to moot ngnin , " ho expired. Elder Qulntcr wns probably the most pro minent mail la the uhurch. Ho was boru In Schuylkitlcountv , Pennsylvania , in 1810 and entered the ministry nt twenty. Ho wns ill when lie arrived hero , nnd engaged in the service under protest. His remains will bo sent to Huntingtou , Pa. , where ho has a wlfo and two daughters. Below la a partial list of the bishops elected for the various districts constituting the bonnl of management : Northwest Kansas nnd Colorado , Isano StudobnKor ; South Kan sas , Lemuel Hllbr.v ; Northeast Kansas , George Myers ; North Missouri , C. C. Hoot ; Soutli Iowa , J. S. Gnblo ; Mlildlo Iowa , A. M. Dickey ; North Iowa mid Minnesota , Marcus Fowler ; North Illinois , J. G. Hogers ana D. Eby ; South Illinois , T. D. Lyon. Tno Methodist Conference. NEW YOHK , May 19. When Bishop Nind called the general Methodist conference to order It wns evident that the breach between the ministerial and lay delegates occasioned yesterday by the recommendations of the com mitt co on ministerial and lay delegates concerning the equalization of representa tion was widened to-day. When the report of the committee wns taken up yesterday the time for adjournment had arrived. A minis terial delegate demanded that the vote betaken taken by orders and the lay men got back 'at the preachers by calling for the ayes and noes. Dr. Buckley , who yesterday spoke against the adoption of tbo report , to day voted In its favor ; this brought other ministers who yesterday voted against the report , to vote for Its adoption. The result of the change of t lie so votes was that the report was adopted. Dr. Hunt then offered amend ments suggesting the division of the confer ence into separate houses , which was carried. The conference then took up the order of the day , which was the consideration of the re port of the committee on episcopacy on mis sionary bishoprics. The report' wns a lengthy document and practically Bottled the much mooted question that a missionary bishop is n bishop in the true sense of the term. After n lengthy explanation several rcsolucions concerning this matter were adopted. After the reading of the greeting from the centennial general nasemqly of the Presby terian church reciprocating the greeting of. the general conference sent yesterday , tha conference adjourned. * The Northern rrcshytcrlons. PiiiLAiiKi.i'iiiA , May 19. In the general assembly of the Presbyterian church this morning the discussion ou the report of the committee on education was resumed. Uov- crnor Beaver , of Pennsylvania , read the re port of the committee on ministerial relief. Ho spoke warmly in favor of pensions for ministers disqualified by ago and long ser vice , not as chanty , but as n recognition of labors in the cause of Christ's church. The supplementary report of of the committee of arrangements for the ono hundredth meeting of the general assembly was lead. The stato- iiicut of the treasurer was submitted us a part of the report. It showed that so far nioro than $500,000 had been subscribed. The assembly then adjourned. Two meetings were held after the adjourn ment. One was under the auspices of the Piesbytorian Sunday School Superintend ent's association , and the other In the inter est of theological education. Both wcro well attended. _ " This Southern I'rcshytcrlnns. lUi/riitomt , Mny 1 ! ) . At to-day's session ol the general assembly the southern Presby terian church committee reported favoring a" stricter observance of the Sabbath day. Chattanooga was chosen as the place for the next general assembly. At the evening ses sion the temperance question was referred to a committee which is to report nt the next general conference. The hearing of of the case of Kov. D. Jmnes Woodrow , of Gcorgm , WHS bet for Monday. Ho is charged with teaching the theory of evolution. Ad Jouniecl. _ Old Ofllcora Ilo-elcotcil. WASHINGTON , Mny 19. The American Hnptist publication society to-day unani mously re-oluctlid the present olllcors and managers , _ _ African MethodlstH. IxnuNAi-OMH , May 19. In the African M. E. general conference to-day the tlmo was spent in balloting for blshopa , The follow' ing wore olcctod : W. J. Gaincs of Georgia , H. Warner of Ohio , E. T. Tanner of Penn sylvania , ami A. A. Grant of Texas. A Good Story The Washington correspondent of the Now York Tribune says ho heard a story Iho olhor day of Mr. Colliding which if- lubtratcs that ho did not always treat nowxpupur men unkindly. There is in Washington a cripple who earns a meager living by peddling news among the regular correspondents. In the lost prcbidonllal campaign ho saw Mr.Conk- lingut Chamberlain's and asked him for nn interview. Mr. Colliding roplio'd with his usual abruptness tlmt ho never permitted binibolf to bo interviewed ; that ho was out of politics nnd nothing that ho could say would bo of the slight est intorobl lo Iho public. "You are mistaken about that , sen ator , " was the reply of the cripple. "If I could got a good interview with you it would bo $2-5 or $ , ' ! ( ) in my pocket , Every the "row' would correspondent on buy il of mo. " "Ho you want lo make tlmt amount of money ? " asked the senator. "I do , indeed , " was the roply. "Tilings are p rutty dull in Washington now. " "Very well , " said Mr. Colliding. "I will give you an interview , although I have not done such a thing for a long time , and have frequently declared tlmt I would never talk with u reporter again. " Inviting the cnpplo into hisroom.Mr. Colliding called for a pen and paper and wrolo out his views on the political con test , which wore widely publlbhcd and attracted a great deal of comment at the time. As ho finished ho handed the manuscript to the cripple and said : "There is your interview , and I have only two conditions to make , Ona is that you soil it for the very highest pos sible price to as many newspapers oa possible , and the ether is that It ba printed exactly as it is written. " There IB sown talk of requesting Grand Master George 1" . Howard , of the I. O. O. K. of Illinois , to rualgn till position la tua '