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THE OMAHA IDAILY BEE j . , , , . NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 1G 1881) ) NUMBER 179. 1 BLOODY CLUMEAT COVINGTON • A Buloon Ooolc Stabs and Instantly Kills a Gnmblor COMMITTED IN SELF-DEFENSE. The Murderer Knocked Down Twloo by Hlq Viutliti V Ithoitt I'rovoon- lion llnHilmji' Mnpii Mount New Cntlmllo Academy Killed in Srlfrrn o. Dakota Cm , Neb , Doc , 15. | _ Spcclnl Telpi cgram to Tun Bnii.J A dospuroto affray , • which ended In n murder , took place in Covington ubout a o'clock this morning It took place In M. Tlornlo's saloon , In which tlicro Is also a lunch counter , Jumey Tootioy ono of the day cooks of the lunch counter , was standing around the saloon talking to a few of his friend * when a gambler named Erwiti came up and struck Toohey a savngo blow on the oar that Knocked him down , and as ho pot up ho asked Erwln whyhustrucithlra for a reply Erwln struck him again , knocking lilm down , and ns Toohey got up ho wont to the kitchen , where ho works , nnd pot a long butcher kuifo When ha came back Into the saloon ho tuudo a run for Erwln , striking liim with the knlfo nnd killing him instantly , 'Xho knlto entered the leftside just over the heart , and passing ttnough that organ the point of the knife pierced clear thrnugli the body , nnd the mnu falling to the floor the point ot the knlfo stuck In thu boards Too hey was tnkon by the oMcors und placed In the calaboose , but in the crowd got so largo und there begun to bo considerable talk ot lynching , the prisoner was brought down licro and placed in the couuty Jail Ho docs not douy the killing , but says It was done In solf-dofenso. Brwln was not known to bo u quarrelsome muu and liiul been in tha plnca some tima Toohoy has only been In the place about thrco weeks and is a very quiet follow Ho basil brother in Grand Island , Neb , who Is in the employ of the Union Pucilio rallrouj , Erwln has u father and brother living In Sioux City , who took churgoof the body this morning llastliius' New Catholic Academy Hastings , Neb , Dee IS Ono of the most imposing and substantial structures orcotcd in Hastings this season is the now Academy i of tlio Slstors of Visitation , just completed at a cost of $35,000. The building Is situated on an excellent elevation and commands a good view of the city The ground dimensions of the building are 00x181 , with Btono basement ten feet high , constructed of Colorado granite , laid in ran dom , Ashler style , probably the llnest work of the kind in the state Tboro are thrco stories ubovo Hie irtnssiva foundation , with a twenty-foot attic , that will In the future bo supplied with dormer windows and utilized as still unothor storv These walls are con structed of handsome prcssod brick The 1 t , uasomuuti9 divided Into large rofoctorics or dining rooms , lunch rooms , store rooms and pluy rooms On the llr.st floor the mala part of thu building is divided into a com [ modious sanctuary , with chapel m center and wide corridors loading thereto from ! thu wings on either sldo A pleasunt light is shed into this part of the building througu , art glass windows of beautiful designs The i east wing of thu struuturo is called the mon astcry , and is especially set apart for the , sisters In charge The west wng | is the i academy for the accommodation of students , ' nnd the front parlors , assigned for the recap tlon of visitors , are divided with a purtition , of wicker work through which communica tion may bo bad with members of this clois . tered older The railing ot the stairs leading to the ) next floor und the lloor above are particu larly noticeable for their handsome antique J pattern und the genuine oak material used in their construction The second floor is i divided into two largo study balls , well I lighted , and six convenient class rooms The f third iluor has three ' largo dormitories and five music hulls It is supplied with all the modern improvements Ample provision has i been made to protect the building In uaso of [ llro and huso can bo speedily at- tucked to stand pipes In any part of the building The grounds belong ing tn the ncadumy consist of ton acres , the liberal donation of Townsman Thomas Far roll The grounds will bo laid out In beauti ful form the coining season Ono million and four hundred thousand brick were used I in the construction of the building The academy will accommodate tlO boarders , but ninny more students may bo recelvod for in struction The first term of school in the academy will open on the ilrst Monday in January , 1800 , and the slstors Lava the as- surauco of a largo uttendauco at the open i- ing.'Iho 'Iho Slstors of Visitation is an order founded in Franco couturies ago by St Frauds da bales It is a cloistered order , which forbids association with the world Its principal object is the education of young ladies The opposite sox are admitted only to the visitors room , A monastery is also conducted for the complete seclusion of these who abandon the world and commit thorn salves entirely to rollgious acts and pious do- , votious The society is recognized as the leading teaching order m the Cathollo faith As a rule Its educa tional institutions at a not reared outside of largo cities , nnd It is a Ono com i- pliment paid Hastiugs that this academy has been founded In the city About twenty Uvo slstors will bo uctivolv engaged In teach ing hero All grades of the highest ordinary schools will bo taught , besides music , art , painting and other accomplishments in.addi [ 1 tion to physical oulturo Pupils are received Without regard to religious traluingund their convictions are religiously rcsnectod . Father English Thomas E. Farrcll , James Iloonoy und \V. 1' . Morlorjty , es . . teemed and highly respected rncuibors of the Cntliollo church hero , are dasorvlug of much pruisu for the autiva part they novo taken m scouring this institution for Hast ings J ml go Maxwell's ltoslgnatlon FunuoNT , Neb , Dee IS [ Special to Tub Hub ] A represontntlvo of Tub Hue inter viewed Judge Maxwell yesterday and asked > him what tlicro was In the report that bo Is about to resign his position on the supreme bench to aceopt a position from soma Omaha corporation to act In the capacity of advisory counsel The Judge , who is always very cautious In what ho says , was not couimuul- cativo on this subject Hu suld : "I uou't want to say auytlilng about the matter I hnvo had a propositlou uudor ad visement for soma time , but " Hut you havou't uiudo up your inlod yoU ' • No , I havcu't made up my mind yet one way or the other Hut I dent want to talk H It I do I will , bo misunderstood and my uction H nud motive misinterpreted " H Ginnd Inland Prosperous Giianu I8I.1XD , Neb , Dec 15. I Special to Tub Ueb ] The year itaa marks a new era In the progress and enterprise of the city ot Grand Jslnud Its progress tha past your H has been mamod by the orectlon of numor- H ous business blocks and the location ot sov- B etui factories , but tbo event In Its history is l the establishment hero of the Oxnard Broth ' ' eis' beet sugar and ruilniair factory , H' Unlike most factories located in the west , H It docs not hnvo to go from homo for its raw H material or for its market H Mr , II T , Oxnard , the senior laombor of . the firm , U a son of the great sugar manu facturer , and has sponl his whole tlmo in the study of sugar refining nnd the raising ot the . sugar boot , his investigations extending ever Franco , Spain nnd Germany Two years ngo ho Imported Into this country from GerTl , runny n quantity of the seed , und had It planted In every state In tha union After a careful analysis of the ocoU grown It was found that these rnlsod In Nebraska conu tulnca a much larger per cent of sugar than the productof nny other state Gorman scien tists ! who have oxnmlncd tha soil of Nebraska claim that It is very similar to that , in tha vicinity ot Now Mngdenburg , Gortmny , the center of the beet-growing district of Eu rope Tlio fnctory to bo loc itcd hero will ba tha ' ' larsust in the United States , and n ro- llncry In connection will prepare the product ready for the market The buildings to lm crectod will bo of atone and brick , laid in Imported j commit , nnd will bu flro proof The main building will no 1100x100 : feet and four stories high ; lluio ' house , 180x70 ! storehouse , 220x30 ; beet shed 300 by lf > 0 ; engine and boiler liouso and several smaller buildings The tinohlnerv will cost $ i50,000 nnd the whole pliint will rcquirounoxpondituro of nearly $ l,0Kt)00 ( ) ) , It will Imvo a capacity of 350 tons of beets per day , which will produce over fifty tons of rollned sugar Three thousunu acres will bo planted to bents this vear , and much moro in 1891. Over S300.UUO will bo paid the farmers for , beets and 200 men will bo omplovcd nbo 'ut the factory Work has already been comdi mencod to assure Its readiness to tnko enro of npxt years crop Ono hundred and thirty seven men mid lorty-olght teams are oin- nlnyed oxcavuting nnd hauling brick Among the other features of Interest Is the erection of n lurco numbcrof businessbloctis that | would do credit to n city three times the size ; of Grand Island T'lyj city has crectod u hull at a cost ol JSoOOO The ilrst story is of Colorado sanustono , the other thrco of llrossod ' brick with stonn and terra cotta trimmings The Ancient Order of United Workmen building , 44x110 , three stories , of brick and terra cotta , is ono ot the ilucst civic society buildings in the stuto . A system of sowcrago costing JIO.uOO has been put in by the city Many substantial improvements have boon made at th soldiers nud sailors homo which is 1 : located at tills point , nnd whleti makes it ono of the finest institutions owned by the state Notes From Ogallnin OaALi.in .Nob.1 Dec 15. | Special to Tnc Hue j J District court convened on Monday and will contlnuo till the fore part of next week Judge Church is presiding nud has already disposed of qulto a nuinbar of cases , Judge Hamor will return next Monday , and between the two Judges the docket will bo about cleared In the ease of Thomas Fen lon I vs John C. Palmer , the Jury was out bIx or eight hours and a verdict was returned for the plaintiff for 5550. The case will bo taken to tlio supreme court There are no criminal cases on the docket , and most of tbo other ones are of little Importance Oar board of trade is in correspondence with Illinois parties who desire to erect a woolen mill hero If sufllclcnt bonus can bo raised j the partlos guarantee to put qulto a largo number of men at work The canal is nearing completion , and as soon t as cold wouther is ever water will bo ilowlng freely Svraoiisrt liiinrovcmonts . Stoacosb , Neb , Dec 15. fSpacial to Tun Bnn.l The now brick school building is almost - most inclosod The board has spared no 1 pains to make It drst class . Page & Wollor , a ieading mercantile firm , have recently completed ono of the best and i . llnest store rooms In southeastern Nebraska , so as to better accommodate their Immense 1 trade ' The M. 111. pcoplo uro enlarging nnd other wise Improving their church , and when com plcted I will ba among the nicest in Otoe i county ' They expect to have an opening December - cembor ' 2S , Rev G. A. Smith , P. 13. , of NoI braslta City preachiugthededlcatorysermon , Just recently T. W. Ilarvoy , a millionaire of ' Chicago , und well known in commercial I cirelos ' as the T. W. Harvey Lumber com pany , built nnd presented to the M. 1. society - cioty n $2,503 church on hislargo stock farm The Congregational peoulo expect soon to 1 build n 1,200 parsonage , the lot having already - ready been secured Odd Follows Elrot Officers Loui'Citt , Neb , Dee 15. [ Special to TnE Bi' .E , ] Tbo following have bcon elected I officers of Excelsior ledge No 10(1 ( , Indopend- ent Order of Oddfellows , for the ensuing terra : F. II Dry , N. O. ; O. R. Stedman , V. G. ; G. H. Gibson , secretory This ledge has oneti wet king under inauy disadvantages since it was Instituted last March , but Is rapidly coming to the iront and Is now in a prosperous condition , with bright prospects for the future Secured n Good Overcont- . NsnrtASKA CiTr , Neb , , Doc 15. [ Special : Telegram to Tun Beb.1 A stranger played a good trick on Gooreo Gauz , tbo saloon Voeper last night Ho entered Gauz's place and spoka familiarly to the bartender , and uiontlouod several prominent men as his friends and then said If the bartender would I "plonso band mo my overcoat and Ill go " The bartender complied by handing over Mr Gauz's now $50 ovorcoot nnd the man disnp- pcared , the last seen of him being when bo bearded a froigiit truln for Omaha , and wearing the garment Funeral of George Clorlior Comjmdus , Neb , Dee 15. [ Special Tole- ' grain to This Ukb.J Tbo funeral of George Clothcr toolc place today in the opera liouso > , Hey Grlswold of the Presbyterian church officiating A bind of Omaha Indians hunt lng und trapping in this locality , personal friends of the deceased , nttendod too funeral , iMany friends una old settlers from the sur- rouniling town were present Tha funeral T rwus ono ot the largest seen in Platte county The lira department toolc entire charge of : the funeral , ISImwood'o Now Uank Elmwood , Neb , Dee 15 [ Special to Inn Bbb.j The proprietors of the State Uanli of Klmwood moved Into their now brlok build nig today The building is 2500 feet in size and will cost when completed about 14.000. The brick of which it is made were pressed and burned In Elmwood , • An Alleged ICxposr St Louis , Mo , Dee 15. The Post-Dis- patch prints an expose of thu alleged legls- latlvo corruption at Jefferson City , Mo It rclaims that the live stock Inspection bill Introduced by the St Louts butchers union in tha last leg islaturo was defeated by the absolute purchoso of stale senators Tbo matter is detailed at great length and a bold charge made that tbo dressed beef monopoly so- ' cured the defeat of the bill by spending moro dmoney than tbo butchers bad aud that tnoy spent it on tbo sanatora who voted against the nieusuro " Tlio bill was the ono which provided that no beef should ho sold in the state of Mis- sourl unless it bad been inspected on tha hoof It was a tight between thu butch ers and tbo dressed boot combine aud tbo latter won Throe of the state senators whoso names-aro mixed up In the aitulr were Interviewed , but denied that tboro was any foundation for tbo boodle story A Duelllui : Jouni'tllHt ' Sentenced Pahis , Doc 15. The Uoulangist Journalist Villus has been sentenced to two years lm- prlsoument for killing Picrrotti , a brother ireditor , in a duel Tha republican news ? paiiurs express themselves as amazed at the political unlmus shown in tbo sentence AtiuaiiiniiM Tnlcn Hi-voiige. CoN8TANTiNori.E , Doc 15. A party of Ar- tneuluus neur Mouch , In revenge for u mur- dor , nttackod and defeated party of Kurds and Turkish troops who were ussiitmr ; them Moro Turkish troops have been sent to quell uthu dlsturpauco , . CONTESTS IN THE HOUSE _ _ _ They Will Not Bo Allowed to Draff Through the Sosslon HE IS A DISBURSING OFFICER , ' The Tjccdniii Invcstlijntlne Connnlttcc Will So Flnil Oumlirt'n I'ostollleo lliiildlni ; Neljrnslca tiiiul lilies Jcopnrdlzod Washixqtos BunrjAUTiiB 0nnBun , ) M3 I-'OUIITEBNTU STREBT , > \Vabiiin-otov. D. C. , Dec 15. I It is the purpose of tha house to dispose of all Its contested elections in Jnnunry The Indlaua enso will bo ready for the liouso ' by the second week In January nnd the seventeen other cases will rapidly fola low It has bcon customary during the past thrco congresses to delay reports on contests ns long as posslblo , and some ot them were not finally dlsposod of till the second sosston of the congress This was done for the double purpose of allowing tlmo to allav local . Interest nnd to porintt sitting members to draw their salaries The mnn who ro- eclvos < a cortlfloato ot election Is sworn and takes his scat at the convening of a congress and ha draws his salary of $5,000 a year till the contestant is declared entitled lo the seat and takes the oath The contestant then : ! draws the salary from March 4 , when the term begun , so that there is n double salary paid as long as the con testant occupies the seat , it has fro qucntly occurred during tbo past ten ' or fifteen years that members whoso } ] seats were contested nnd who were flnnlly ousted were permitted to occupy their seats nud draw salaries till within a week or two of the day when the term expired It is the purpose of this house to not permit anything of that kind and the prospects are that within six weeks all contests will have bcon decided hie oovcnsuEXT nesroxstnti ! . At least four of the seven members of the special J committco nppoiutod to invostignto 1 Scrgcant-at-Arms Loodoni's accounts have 1 1 agreed to report a bill declaring that too ! sorgennt-nt-arras is the disbursing officer of the government This will hold the govern ment responsible for the salaries of the mom bcrs with which Cashier Sllcott absconded AN INTERESTED SPECTATOR . Inl erstato Comraorco Commissioner Morrl- son will bo a highly Interested spectator upon the proceedings which will bo hod in i the t contested election from his old district in Illinois J It will bo remembered that Morri son was defeated three years ago by Jehu i Baker and that tt nearly broke the dlstmi gulshrd 1 tariff reformers heart Morrison i declared j that It was not duo to his record that ' ho was defeated , but to the muchina- lions ] of manufacturers and labor orguulza- tions ' , together with a good supply of boodle " Morrison forgot that J ho had given for several years 1 his ' nttontlon to general topics to the neglect of his constituency , and that a member - ber I from Now York or elsewhere repre sented ' bis Illinois coustitucuts as thoroughly ; as ' Morrison himself Ho forgot that whllo ' other members from bis state were looking specifically | after their constituents ho was ; runuinc i off after thoorles und striving to re ' form : the tariff in a way that would break up his ' local Industries and crush the farmers of ; his district Morrison declared that the man ufacturers had defeated him nnd tho'peoplo would crush the man who had taken his scat : In ] the house Jehu Baker nd against hhn William Foreman , and according to the cor- tillcatos issued to bis opponent , Baker was defeated • by twenty-six votes Baker has : ontcrcd i a contest of Foreman's scat , alleging ; that I there was fraud and corruption and : that he received more votes , despite the use I of i money , than Foreman Morrison will lend all tbo moral influence ho can to keep Baker out of his scat OSIAIlA'S rOSTOFHCE In an interview with Representative Con ncll Supervising Architect Wiudrim said yesterday that nothing could bo done by the supervising architect toward the plans or couslruetiou ot tbo Omaha postofllcobuilding till after the title had passed Into the bunds ot the government and official notice bad been given to him Ho said further that ho J behoved Omaha was such a progressive city that nothlna- ' less than $1,500,000 for u build rug woula sufrlce NEHIUSKA TITLES IN JEOlARDr The sale of the Otoe ana Missouri rcsorra- tion in southern Nebraska Is again brought Into prominenca by several contest cases which are now making their way through } the Interior department , and whoso determi nation will offeet the validity of the titles of many of the prosperous farmers of southern Gage ounty who have purchased land on thut reservation Under the two acts of congress permitting the sale of the reserva tion , it was provided that the land should bo dlsposod of to actual settlers , or to these who would perfect settlomoat within ninety days from the aato of the opening No pros ' peotlvo sottlcr was permitted to go In upon the lands until ho was ready to make settlement and pay for tliem at the general land office Mho object and purpose of this act was to prevent corporations or wealthy individuals from securing largo blocKs of land When the bill wus Ilrst under discussion there seemed to bo a determined effort on the part of some Inturosts to proi vent Us passage with a requirement that only actual settlers should bo allowed to ba- ' como purchasers , and that no more than sixty acres should in any instance be sold to any individual The passage of the act with these rigid provisions secured tbo object which it wus sought to subserve The res- | orvatlon Is now almost ns well settled as any equal area of land in southern Nebraska , and is dotted over with prosperous i - forms , fields and . , porous generous corn broad pastures But now that the land has become valuable some adventurers have been feeling nround aud uro attempting through minor technicalities as to the character of tbo set tlomeuts to make tbo rulings of the general , land ofllco upon laws entirely different in their nature applicable to the cases by Insti- Ii tutmg contests ugalnst actual settlers to in- validate and overturn titles on the resorva- tion , The lands themselves were sold , not ' under the preemption act , but uudor n special law requiring cash payments aud set t. tlement at the outset , in this particular dif fering materially from laws which called for settlement as part purchase consideration ot the lands themselves , and specifically required - quired a certain amount of improvements and a specified character of dwelling to ful- 1111 tbo requirements of these laws , Two or three cases have already boon sent up to the general land oftioo by contestants for farms on tbo Otoe and Missouri rusarva- tions Those cases were in each lustanco do- cided against thb contestant at the local land office , but these decisions weio reversed by > the late administration of tbo general land ofllco on purely technical points , Senator Paddock during the past week has bcon In teresting himself in the matter with u view to securing Justice when the appeals from tha land oftioo are taken up by the secretary of the interior , After a thorough examination hof the papers ha wont yesterday to the as- sUtunt attorney general for the Interior do purtment and presontcd the cases in person to him The senator argued that it was not the intention of congress contem plated by either the spirit o- tbo loiter of tbo law that tech : cicnl rulings under tha general land laws should upply fully to these settlements He insisted that it wus tbo intention of the law into soil the land tn such a manner as to pro vent speculation and Induce cultivation and snot to force upon such settlers strained up- phcatlous of rulings under the homestead or pro-emptlon act The scoretary of tha In terior indicated his agreement with tha sen ator upon n number ot the points made nnd seemed Inclined to take his view ot the sub Joct Senator Paddock has arranged to be heara [ a detail upon tbo cases when they are taken up by the secretary of the interior The tracts tn controversy are amona the very best improved farms in toutbiru Nebraska , The senator believes thnt It Is not thejiolloy Zni the lutid ofllco to permit such assaults ngunst titles covorlnit hundreds of fnrms nnd thus unsettling the same years nftor they had passed into the hands of hnrdwork- Int- farmers In a thleklv settled part of the west The past decisions ot the department are In support of this view an AVAi.tscnn of wiis An effort will be mnilo in tha liouso to plvo an opportunity for the introduction of bills aitc tomorrow A perfect avalanche is cxpocted when the call comes During the last con gress thcro were about fourteen thousand bills nnd resolutions Introduced in the house alone , or an average of nearly forty-llva to cai'h member According to the standard fixed by the senate during the past two weeks the house will very largely Increase the number of mcasuros introduced during this season over the ono which began two yours ngo Nearly all of the old measures which were not finally passed by both i isos will bo reintroduced - introduced and thousands of now ones nro expected * It will not ban surprise if nn nv- crngo of fifty bills nnd resolutions to cnuh member nro introduced lu the house , or a total of ever sixteen thousand during both sessions of the Fiftj-Ilrst congress About j1 . per cent will become laws Two or thrco thousand bills uro expected on the first call ot the house orESiNO or Lincoln hall Slnco Chief Justice Fullers orutton In the hnll of the house ot representatives on Inst Wednesday ho has been tn demand by many societies desiring orutinns Ho has consented - sontod . to dohver the dedicatory nddross nt the opening ot Lincoln hull on next Friday Lincoln hall was built upon the slto of the well known piny house and music hall of the samu name , nt the corner of D nnd Ninth streets , which burned nbout three yours ngo ' It has the largest auditorium in ! . tha city Tbo old Lincoln hall had a capacity on the audience lloor of 3,000 seats There will bo a largo number of [ j prominent pcoplo present at the opening , J among them the vlco president and Score tary r Blaine , and n-forocast will bo given of tbo , high stnndnrd of music which Mrs Thurbor Intends to glvo lior.eountrymon nnd countrywomen in the national conservatory ot niuslc XO TAUIFF AOUEEMEST TET No general understanding has yet been arrived nt between tbo two houses on the tariff 1 question or on the preparation of n tariff ' bill The senate will simply uwait the action j of thn liouso , but it has bcon custom ary where the two houses were within tbo control J of the same party to have a. confer : enco between the lending members or the j house committee on wnvs and moans and the senate commltteo on finance , and ! ngreo upon a programme Senator ' Allison und Major McICtnloy say this may bo done in Jnnunry when tbo work of preparing a tariff iblll has begun Thcro is not very much said nbout the tariff In I either house ot congress A now set of rules will have to bo ndopted first and then the I contested elections disposed of Senator Allison expects to see a tariff bill completed by the committee on wnys and means by the early i part of February , " however As the senate i bill of two years uga Is to bo tbo basis of i tbo operations in tno nvent that thcro is not i brought forward any ( specific legislation on i sugaiand tobacco a great deal of work will noi bo necessary to compllo the bill • ALLISON'S MAllllUaE . Today's Herald of this city'says : "ft Is an- nounoea ' that tbo marrlago of Senator Allli son and Miss Tcro3a Stoughton will take place before Christmls , ' sn says the Now York Homo Journal It is" in error , however , in stating that Miss Stoughton is the niece of ( Senator Halo of Maine " There Is no ro- lationship of the remotest'klnd , existing bo- tweon the families Senator Hale and the Stoughtous The latter nro old rosi- dents of this city , MrlJA B. Stoughton , , father ot Miss Teresa Stoughton , having been from early In the fifties a government clerk here By prudent and fortunate investments - vestments in real estate auring the war Mr Stoughton amassed quito a couiDoienco Ho died some years ago , leaving a widow and thrco children , the oldest of whom is iho 1 wlto of Paymaster Bacon of the navy AKMY JUTTEUS The superintendent of the recruiting ser vice will cnuso ten colored Infantry recruits to bo assigned to the Twonty-tlfth infantry and forwarded under the of charge a non ' commissioned officer to'such point or points in tha department ot Dakota as the coui- maudlng general of the department shall 1 designate , The ordinary leave of nbsonoe granted Captain Jo.'auld A. Oldstood , Ninth cavalry , August 2 , 1839 , is changed to leave of absouco on surgeons certificate ot disability to date from December 1 and is extended three months i Corporal William Lodge/Company B , Seventeenth [ enteenth infantry , now With his company nt Fort D. A. Russell , Wyo , 13 transferred as n private to Company D , First Infantry , nnd 1 will bo sent to the station of that company MISCELLANEOUS Washington sociotv is considerably dis- tu bed over tbo fear that the death nf Mrs Harrison's sister , Mrs Scott Lord , will disturb - turb the social programme partially mapped 1 out for the white house during the wlntor It Is too early after the sad death for Mrs , Harrison to consider , even for a moment , what she intends to do socially , and however the outcumo muy be she will not enter so- cloty for some weeks Mrs Scott Lord was 1 almost a part of the executive household She entered the whlto house with Mrs Hur- rlson and was with her almost constantly / • from March 4 till she bociimo so HI in the au- turnn that it was doomed advlsablo for ber to go north The death of Mrs Scott Lord 1 cannot therefore bo regarded as that of an outside ruoinber or branch of the executive fnmlly L. B. Raymond , editorof the Hampton , la , Recorder , Is In the city , Senator Plorco of North Dakota hns joined 1 the seventeen other senators who have lo- cated on Capitol bill , and vostorday sot up his household goods at 201 North Capitol 1 strcot , adjoining the house occupied by Sun atnr Ingnlls last winter Senator Van Wyck has leased for church purposes his ground on which the Church of t the Holy Cross stands , Mr B. Rosowutnr loft tonight for Now York , where ho will remain several days Tbo second daughter o ( Judge and Mrs Groff is quite 111 wltb a foyer tonight T. C Patttrson of Omaha is here Peiuit S. Heath = • i iSnide FlKht Noni- Kansas Clly Kansas Citv , Mo ( Deb 15. [ Special Telegram - gram to The Beb.1 JueU , Ryan ' of Minno- , apolls and Ed McICibboa' ' of Kansas City ffought five rounds to a draw near this city this morning for a small purse Ryan was not In proper condition orlha could have won 0easily , but as it was McKibbon fell to avoid punishment for throe rounds Thou , after 1Ryan had almost exhausted his wind supply , he played on the Minnesota mans stomach wltb tulllng effect The fifth round ended In a row ever a claim of foul One of Ryan's apartisans Jumped Into tbOnng | with a drawn arevolver , threatening to shoot McKibhon's seconds Tbo referee at this point declared a draw , Thcro has been ' talk of matching < Ryan against tha St Joa Kid , but his poor showing today dissipates that idea ' * Tlio rhglit llotirSlnvomcnt Lonpon , Dee 15. [ Special Cablegram to Tiib Beb.1 Mr Gladstone decllnos to ao- cept tbo Invitation to tnltiato an agitation looking to tbo establishment of a working dny of oieht hours Ho says that bis time must bo largely devoted to tbo settlement of the Irish question , and that for this reason ] , as well as on account of the infirmities of age ha must abstain from tnk- In a leading part in the movement Ha promises dispassionately to consider tbo > subject when the proposed eight-hour bill is presented In parliament Lord Randolph ' Churchill , in his Jotter on the eight-hour > movement , says that eight hours for work , eight hours for sleep and eight hours for recreation scorns to bo the Ideal at which : democatla legislation may wisely and profit ably aim The liencn Uncord Canton , O. . Dee 15. Mrs Margaret Mo- dill , mother ot Joseph MedtU , editor of the Chicago Tribune , died last night Mrs Me- dill was eighty-seven years of ago aud was noted for her philanthropy IN ] A CRITICAL CONDITION _ _ Poara That Roprosontntlvo Shlploy May Dlo VERDICT IN THE GAINER CASE Pound Guilty or MnnslniiKhtor Homo Contents The Ulini'lvnrl Shooting Iowa ns n , Uurso Stntc Bmit-ljocliiir. | . Itoprosriitntlvo Shipley's Condition , Dr.s Moincs , In , Dec 15. [ Spoclntto Thu , Uei : . | There Is considcrnblo concern as to the outcome ot the Injuries which Repre sentative Shipley recelvod in hts light it few weeks ago It Is known that ho is in a criti cal condition , und If bo should bo unable to take his seat nt the opening of the tcgista * turo the democrats could orgnnlzo tha house uud elect the speaker If ho should die there will soon not bo lime for a spccinl oloctlou before the duto when the legislature ts to meet The law requites that in case nf n special , election to fill a vacancy , the gover nor shall Issue his proclamation for it thirty days In ndvanco The general assembly will moot Monday , January 13 , four weeks from tomorrow , So , If a vacancy Is to bo filled It will hardly bo practicable to have the special election in tlmo for the new member to take his j , sent at tha beginning of the legislature , Representative j Shlploy mnv not die , nnd no special election may bo needed Ills friends till hope that ho will not But in view ot his serious condition it is natural that the pos sibility of such un event should bo discussed , especially with the legls'aturo ' so close ns it Is | It seems to bo the mlsfortuno of the re publicans to have accidents when they need uvery possible vote In 1831 , when the prohibitory , , luw was passed , and the republiIs cans bad but ono majority In tbo house , ono of tlio republican members broke his leg and find to bo carried to the house on a strotcller nnd sleep lu the building for sov- cral weeks In order to bo piescnt to vote Verdict In Ilifi G.iiner Case LiiMAits , la , Dee 15. | Special Telegram to , Tim Bee.J Judge Ladd was cnilod up at ,7 o'clock this morning to rcceivo the verdict of . the Jury in the Gainer murder case John Gainer , u dissolute young follow , shot nnd killed Policeman Sam Hamilton in the streets of this city on the night of November S3 , lSbS , in a drunken brawl while Hamilton was trying to arrest him Solf-dofenso was claimed , The case was trlod last spring nnd tno Jury disagrcod It was on trial all last week and went to the jury last night Tbo verdict was for manslaughter Tbo defense will file a motion for a now trial tomorrow , Contostt ) in the House Des Moisf.s , la , Dec 15 | 6pocial Telofc gram toTuE Bee ] There will bo several contests for seats in the house when the legIslature - Islaturo 1 meets These will be tno first con tests for several years The seat of the democratic member from Johnson couuty will bo contested , and the democrats will , bring contests aguinst the republican mom1 bers-olcct from Monona county and Winno- bago I county The Johnson county member Is I charged with ineligibility on the ground that bis father , who was a foreigner , was not iiropcrlynaturalized , and that the sons citizenship is impaired for tbo ' same ' reason , A charge of similar import , though dlfferont lu ( detail , Is Drought against the republican member from Wlnnobago It is alleged that his ' fathers naturalization was dofe tlvo and therefore I that the son Is not cliglulo His fcieuds I , however , state positively that the democrats [ have put their foot in it , so far as ho is concerned , and will have their trouble and expense for nothing The Monona county . members olcction is contested on tbo ground of certain irregularities In the election , which , it is claimed , should throw out several votes , enough to elect his oppoi nont As the momoer-elect bus only ono majority to ire on , any losses will prove fatal , unless they are ollsot bv correspond lng losses for his opponent It scorns to bo the gcnoral opinion that the democratic charge aguinst the Winnobago county member - bor was brought simply In retaliation for the coutost against the Johnson ciunty mom ber And tbo probability is that each contest will bo dismissed without much traublo The bringing of the contests will not make nny difference m the organization ot the house According to the i Iowa cudo and practice , tbo member who Iiqb 1 a certificate ot election will take bis seat at ' tbo beginning and tukc part in the organiza tion , and hold his seat until the bouso shall i decide against him , nftor the committee on elections shall have considered tbo case Tbo 1 law proceeds on the presumption that tha man who holds the certificate of election Is legally untitled to the place , and so gives him i all the privileges nf membership wbilo the i contest is proceeding So that it will make i no difference with the organization of the 1 house how many members seats are con tested There will bo at the outset fifty republicans \ publicans and fifty opposition members in , thu house , though ns the members have reported - ported themselves , tbora will bo forty-ilvo > doinocrats , four indopcudonts aud one union > labor man It is posslblo , therefore , that on . the election of United States senator and some other questions some of the Independent - ent members may show their independence i in a way not anticipated by the democrats The roster of members of the next general ' ussembly show that It will hnvo eight cd- itors , sixty farmers , twonty-nlno lawyers , eight physicians aud a few representatives [ of other occupations Of the 150 members twenty ura unmarried The youngest man > is Ropresontutlvo Byers of Lueas county , who is twonty-elght years of ago , and the oldest is Senator Dunguu , also of Lucas county , who Is sixty-seven years old Forty live ot thu 150 served in the union army Onlv fifteen of tbo outiro membership uro natives of Iowa The Charivari Hhoiitiim Case Drs Moines , la , Dee 15. [ Special to The Bee ] A case tbat Is attracting general attention - tention Is now on trial In the Poweshiek court It is the prosecution ot Miss Flora Love , the young lady who shot and killed a man who was engaged in a charivari some weeks ago The serenading party was mak- lng llfo mlsorablo for Floras grandfather , an old gentleman who bad recently bocn married , when she took down a gun and fired into the crowd , wounding ono man so badly that ho died in a short time The prosccu- tlon Is trying to prove that she was able to sea the deceased , and singled him out e.s- pccially 1'bo defense insists that it was too dark to distinguish any one , and that she tired ut random to scare off tbo crowd , not Intending to lujuro any ono , seemingly Pub ] lie scntimont is generally with tbo young lady , and charivari paitius are not nearly us popular or us frequent us they used to be lown nb a lloro Suite Des Moines , la , Dee 13. [ Spoolal to Tub Bbe.J The phenomenal success of Axtol bus attracted considerable attention to Iowa horses and awakened great lntorest in horse matters In the state The commercial ' exchuugo nf this city took the horse for Its subject at Its last monthly lunch A plan is being discussed to build a first-class mlle track near this city and make Des Moines f the leading horse tnarkot for the northwest , It is proposed to hold a great horse fair and sale here during the latter part of August , which shall attract tbo noted blooded horses of tno country uud bring buyers hero from ah ever the United States The superiority of Iowa's climate and pasturage for raising • line horses has been demonstrated in a num per of instances , and it Is bfalleved that Iowa might dlvido honors with Kentucky in this matter , Mr Williams of Independence , tbo late owner of Axtol , and tha man who has oraised so many line horses , also expects tn make bis little city a great resort for horse men He is now builalug a mlle track , 'J ' which It is claimed will bo tbo fastest In the S country Ho will open It with a great trot ting moot next summer , live stables of $1,500 cacti having already been guaranteed There is constantly Increasing interest In the breeding nnd raising of line horses nil over the statu and tbora is no doubt that Iowa w become ns famous for its horses as for It dairies or its corn Crinilnnl Statistics Dis : Moines , la , Dec 15. | Special to Tiir llrE ] The criminal statistics of Iowa , as compiled by the secretary of state , make n pretty } ' good showing for law and order For . the year cndlnc July til , last , there were but .jj ! ) persons sent to tlio penltontlnrles from the whole state But two death ucnnltles were pronounced during the year onditig August I , 18SS , ono each lu Taylor and Du- bnquo ' counties , and 111 the lust year there wus but one llfo sentence pronounced Of the convicts in tlio itonltontlnrlcs l'J3 were fai mors , 198 laborers nnd 119 salooukeopers , Pined lor ttootl kcIuz IUmiiuho , InDoo 15 [ SpecialTologram tc Tin : Br.E.JV. \ . S. Lester plotdod guilty tc the charge of bootlegging whisky before the magistrate yesterday and was lined $50 , in ilofahlt of piymcnt ot which bowns sent tt tbo county Juilut Sidney Ho says ho can give Information In regard to sixtcou othurs who are 111 the same business Stissed His Footing . Hamiiuuo , In , Dec 13. [ SpecialTelegram to Tun Bun ] Conductor Webber whllo boarding ' his train , Kansas City No 20 , at Mcl'aul , la , Inst night missed his footing and full in such n manner that the whcols of the caboose passed over bis foot , rendering amputation of the toes necessary Si'iiouuly Injured Walnut , In , Doc 15. [ Special to Tun Bee . j ] I L. L. Bnrtlclt , n man living north of town was thrown fioin bis wagon nnd seriously Injured His bead Is ti idly cut and bo is injured internally His recovery Is doubtful * 11113 CIjI3AIIVN'OI3 HUCOllI ) . Flnnncirtl TrniiHactluns of the Coun try For . the I nst Weak Boston , Doc 15. I Special Telegram to The Bee I The following table , compiled from special dispatches to the Boston Post from the managers of leading cloarlng bousos of the United States and Canada , shows the gross exchanges for the week ending Dccembei 14 , with the percentage Of increase and decrease , as compared with tbo corro- f spondiiig week in 18SS. B * ? 3 q CITIES GLEAIUNCIS S 2 ° a : : Now York .KftMWVHJ vli j iloston ULHiV H.y Ulilcairo 7oR. 'lU)0 7. & 1'hlliidelpnin ( l8.tMl,81 ! ) us St i.onis S < iSJ7,1i9 li \ un lramJco 17.I-K.iSIj 11.5 1 Ilaltlmoie n.GKI.x.iv 7.-1 NewUrlenns 14.0'iii.Mt 0.2 : Pittsburg ' U' .tlUl.TM as Cincinnati r.VJ'Ol.MO a.s Kansas i City I > , WJ0.H1 1.3 : * Montreal U.lOU.ij ; . - , Louisville \ 7,1'XMtU Mlmieauolts firuiiil ! lO ' i Providence 1 CIOfl 'O 11.0 ] Milwaukee 5y".WW W.5 Detroit 5.&yUtlu 1-1,8 Omnhn.f i 4,849il74 28.3 Ht Pnul 4nMlilM 4 1) ) Denver 4ri74,49l ) 11.2 Cleveland 4lul.S.l' ) Si ft Columbus 1 3,4'i' , a 0 19.9 Memphis j : i,3'J7.M 0.8 i , Indianapolis . . . Sv ; iJtXl 15.8 Dallas ' S.23I.99S 88.3 ; Hartford 8.SSMI0 21.8 Richmond 2UKU' ! 13.7 . tialteston 1 1.9J0.415 7.7 , Mtuiralo 2.NKUIG • Portland O o 2,008,081 • Nashville l.sri.117 Diihtth ] l.Ttrf.JOl 7.5 Port Worth 1.7U5.NU 82.2 I'eorta l.d' 'l.u.M u. 'i ] Halifax i.wO.Slt stjosopn i.riin.sM 12\o New Haven la i7UU 8ft Worcester 1.2i .7 1 29. Portland Mo l,2iiSI0 ) 13.2 Hpringtleld i l , ' . ! MIa ) ( ! 10.4 I Noifolt l.iai.lM sol 1 , Wilmington l.ra.213 63.0 • Sioux < ; . - lty fllliso ) , Seattle SI0.U2J Syracuse Mio.110 2.2 "I'acoma 797.72:1 : Lowell ' 7BJ.101 10.2 ! Des I Moliies 782,101 31.8 ( ' , irnml llanlus c ; > - , i. > 5 3.2 Wichita , M .73J 0.1 f.os Angeles M1.JIW 47.0 TopeKa 331,510 7.2 Total i7isiiL85SKJ0 Til - Outside ' Now York.42IJ , 'I97,71I' 8.9 Not Included In totals ; no clearing house at this 1 tlmo last year Mils M'Mimno'S ffiiiriON I'rohnbio Settlement of tlio Delngoa Bay Company'h iMTairs [ CnptirWit ISi ! ) b\i \ Jamea ( Jordan neiinet ] . Lisno.v , Dee 15 , | New York Herald Cable Special , to Tub Bee | A copy of the petition forwarded to Blaine by the widow of Colonel Edward McMurdo of Ken tucky , who died in London in May of last year , in which she asks the intervention of the United States covornmont on account of the solzuro of the Dolagoa Bay railway , has been received by United States Minister Lorlng Mrs Mo- Murdo claims damages of 700,000. Bluino instructed Lorlng to dcelaro to the Portu- geso government that the forfeiture of the Dolagoa Bay railroad and the confiscation of the property of American citizens was un- . warrantable and thn United States would expect a restoration of the property or in- domnlficntion fir its loss Ulajno's state ) ment has bcon laid before the Portugoso government Meanwhile tbo British minister at Lisbon has received instructions from Lord Salis bury to present the claims of the , English bondholder holding debenture bonds under the company organized as the Dolagoa Bay & East African railway I had ail Intorvlow with Ssnor Barros- gomes , Portugese mlnlstor of foreign affairs i , yesterday He suldi "SIuco the govern wonts of Great Britain and the United States have Intoryoned in the matter wa do not deny tbo indemnities due Mrs McMurdo As representing the company that is a settlement of the major point The details of tbo amount can bo > settled hereafter I consider the question quite settled , " This is most satlsfactsry news to tbo board and shroholdcrs , Senor ) Barrosgouios seems to doubt Colonel Mo- Murdo having ever been offered for his ' property In the company tbo sums inontionod lu tbo petition Lorlng , bowovor , holds [ proof that this is so The lulliionza In Ho ill ii ( Copi/rfy'it ' iB30 by jama ( lordon tten'itV , ] BiinuK , Dee 15. [ New Vork | llorald Cable Speciul to Tub Bbb.I Prof , Von Loydon ol tbo university hero says the lnllu- enza epidemic Is now becoming a serious inattor , as a quarter of a million persons uro affected by tbo malady In Berlin alone Ho tbluits the situation is not unattended by , dunger as advices from Ubarkow dccluro that the epldcmiocf typhus fever there fol- lowed closely upon the heels of Influenza • ' Thanklni ; Thuir Servant * . Essen , Dee , 15. Three thousand minors today adopted resolutions thanking the au- tborlties for tbolr sympathy and expressing readiness to await the result of their prom isos to Intervene.Meetings were hold atsev- cral other places ut which similar action was taken , but ut Bochutn It was decided to wait aonly ono month for comp'luuco ' with the miners Uomuuds ll THE CRONIN JURY STILL OUT , RutuorB of Alt Kinds Afloat lu -j Chicago j A DISAGREEMENT EXPECTED | Brlhory ] Ch'irueil by Mnn ) fjonp ; . ' nnulcer Depreoates the Suiutnrcs j ortho Piihlh' tlmluo .MoConncIl | Socs nu Cnuso l-'of Alnrin ( Anollier Day Without Itesnlt , j Ciiicaoo Dec 15. Another day of dollbor- i atlou has passed without bringing any vor- ] diet from the Cronln Jury , 4 Alii:30 : this nflornoon Judge McConnoH I left the court room , stating that ho would J again ba on bund to recolvo nny return tlio 1 jury \ might hnvo to mnko at 10 o'clock Mon i dny morning The only Instructions ho * gave were that In case thu Jury arrived at a & verdict during the night tlio balllit might . couductthemto Miuhotcl , butthntthoverdiot ' 4 would not bo received by the court until to- 1 morrow morning ' Humors of nil kinds have boon nlloat today * and tonight , However erroneous it may ? bo the public nppears to iinvo hastily nr- I rived ot tlio conclusion that there Is , ; to | bo n disagreement of tlio Jury , nud that i the old attempts at Jury bribing have in / some mysterious way proven successful The BtntomctiHliat Jonn Oliver ot Evans f tou , a Presbyterian nnd ono of tno most respected - i spected citizens of ills community , Is the j disagreeing Juror hns , however , tended to shako j ? this conclusion nud the most $ consorvntlvo are contented to await } further developments before condemning 5 nnvbody It is quito posslblo that Culver's , , obstinacy muy apply only to some minor ! point in the case or to tbo guilt of lCuuzu nud Am Beggs , ulthough tlio ropoits most current nro M that hols voting no on tbubroad question of R the guilt of the prisoners ns n body , H The stnto nttornoy and consorv ntlvo citl- , ra zensgonorally deprecate the suvoro strict in ! urcs made by the local papers upon Culver's , * . supposedobstinnticy , and no man in the city - is probably mom sangulno of un ul timnto p ngrcoment than the public nrosocutor him i self , l'ho Associated pros , representative 3 called upon Judge McCoiinoll this afternoon i nnd qucstiouod him regarding the reported j ? status of the Jury * * "I have had no Intimation , " said his honor , 1 "thnt the Jury thinks it will bo unable to * agree , nnd I am of the opinion that a verdict T will ' bo ultimately rcuclicd I did not expect .y that t the vcidlct , oven If reached , would > bo 1 turned In today It is in fact ' / doubtful whether the Jury is considering the i , case at all today Most of its members ura 4 religious ] men , members of soma church , and j it i Is altogether likely that _ if any particular $ man I demurred at considering the mutter 3- - today 1 tbo Jurv would at < Jnco acquiesce in his % scruples nnd postpone further dellberntlon { until tomorrow " s You do not share then in the bollef that \ there 1 will bo n disagreement " i "I do not I feel quito confident the Jury j will agrca in time There is no good reason , 'K ' for this hasty conclusion of a disagreement 1 Tboro I mo thousands of Instances where jjl Juries have been out much longer than this { I and yet finally agreed upon a verdict " \m \ "It is stated that you intend to kuep tbo im Jury out until they do agree in the case , a .Jl : week or two if necessary Is such your In"W tentlonl" ' im ' • Of course it would bo improper for mo to f state i at this time my intention , even If I Jii could i anticipate tha cuustos which might lead • § to such n determination It must be berne 1 in mind , huwover , that the court hlust J > necessarily excrciso discretion in such a „ y-i y matter as that The supreme court may \ have to pass upon this case Dropping tlio , f Cronln case altogether , 1 will Illustrate with \ an i Imaginary enso Suppose wo have a case - ' where eleven men are ngieed upon , .S the question of the guilt of the defendant - , fondant und the twelfth behoves $ In his innoccuco Thnt jury , wo "f will say Is kept our two or thrco days and j the Btatus of opinion is the sjmo ouo man ' J still holding out against tlio eleven Sup . \ pose thou the judge should order tbom out indefinitely after they bad stated their Ina- ; blllty to agree , and ultimately < forno thom to a verdict , the J cloven mon nil the time arguing with , io- - > monstrating with nnd chiding the twelfth tt Suppose then the case should go to the supreme - . < promo court , and the twelfth mau should * come forward und state that ho had bcon co- ' ) creed and worried into nn agreement by tils i fellows against his better judgment ; that it was only under stress of rneutul anxiety or anguish ttiat ho had consented to i ] the verdict In such a case do you 5 doubt that tlio supreme court would inval idate the verdict and order u now trial Of J. course the jury would be given amnio time % nnd every opportunity to ngreo , but the do- % markation between the dolibornta conclusion . nnd thococrclvo verdict should bo closely " drawn , The law docs not contompluto nn in- J quisltlon to the extent of forcing a Judgment ' * from the mind of a Juror " M Have you received nny rcquost from the < tf Jury for special instructions since its retire f moot ! " 4 ' -Ibaveiiot. I have never boon In thojury \ room , and Indeed , 1 hnvo no right to enter ? it Should they request ar fuller lnterpro * : tutlon nf any instructions which tbo court % has given them , they can only request jjj it formally ; then it is the duty h of the court to call them into j court , nud there , In the prcsonco of the de- 3 fondnnts und their attorneys , Interpret to $ the jury's satisfaction the law applying to f the ovldencc No such rcquost bus been > jk mndo , and uo reading of tecord or evidence S haa been asked for " ' * • "In case of disagreement by tlio Jury will i , the uaso bo tried again before you , or can the ? dufcndniitH take u chaugo of voiiuo out of j the county 1" fi The defendants can Dythocustoinur.y afll- ; | davits take u change of venue from ten con y sccutlvo judges , uud could prob ibly succeed M in having it tried out ot the county < l iThcro are 11 vo defendants , uud J each defendant can twice have tbo 3JHI opportunity of domaiidlngacbangoof venue ; | fl so that a cnango could bo successively taken f < B from ton Judges , " " % M "Whut county would these changes of % venue proDably tuko tbo case to uventu- * niiyt" • i Likely to Lnko or Dupogo county They * nro the nearest counties to Cook Komoui- .3 bor now , in answering tbojo ouoitious I uin not attempting to predict what tbo defend ants attorneys would do , but simply what J3 they could do under tbo law by availing i3 | themselves of ull its provisions " W Huh Faith in Hot Husband , 1 Evans ros , 111. , Dee , 15. A representative M of the Associated press called tonight at the • " 1 home of Jonn Culver , tbo supposed objecting -1 ? Juror In thu Cronln case , uud had an inter vi B"viow with bis wife , who has been charged In A CIiIojro papers wltb having had a secret and f prc-suinably Improper convorsdtion wltb bor 3 husband before the Jury retired , 'Iho family • 3 is greatly agitated ever the reports In the papers Mrs Culver told ot her actions ou -Jn Frlduv , saying she sent her son down town 3M In the morning to toll Bailiff Santa , M whom she know well , that she would not -M take dlnnor with her husband us she "ll had been accustomed to do In the aftornoan IT she saw her busbund BallllT Santa stcod Jj right beside thom and hoard every word M they suld , She only spuko of not having vi not coino down to dinner , etc Sno did 3j not endeavor to hold a private conversation sM with her husband , 9 In regard to the insinuation that her bus KWL band bud bocn brlbod she suld she bad novcr spoken to any ugent of the defense uud had 31 never had uny conversation with her bus . , 'II band which she would hosltato to make pub > fl lie "I do notheliovo , " she aided , there , fl is a man oa earth who could bribe Jm Mr Culver I do not know his 3 position In the case I do know that my M son and my husbands partner met State iAttorney Longencokcr tonight and that gen * > : vtleniaa expressed himself as confident of my ! husbands integrity Mr , Culver It a very , deteriniued wan , uud if he beloved ! bo was * right bo would stick It out In spite of th * " \v bole world " , l l llll MimBMBHBMil