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JL The Omaha ! Daily Bee I \ NINETEENTH YEAH OIMAHA , EKIDAY MOBNIN& FEBRUARY 14 , 1S90. \ NUMBER -235. I 1 FRENCH ELECTION FRAUDS S A Special Commlttco Will Examlno | H the Forry-Plcot Cuso M THE DUC D'ORLEAN'S VISITORS jH The Clmmhcr or Iciutfo Consldnr IW , , > Kmpcror William * Invitation , SM r but Dccldo to Wnlt on the IpJ Action ol Olhcr Tower * . Ferry Mny Ciimn Unok 'Sf ' [ CnvvrloM MObil Jiimu Uonlrnt JleiiilttM JH I'Aitia , Feb 13. rNow York Herald Cable Special to Tub Bee.1 When M. J Floquct took his scat In iho chumDor of do- J putlcs today tuoeurloslty In tlio sparsely filled ; H Snllo ilea Lcanccs centered to M. Heinnch , who mounted up to the presidential tribune U nnd kept up a whispered conversation with M. rioquct for upwards of twenty minutes J It Ib just possible that the odltor ot the Ko- H , publtquo rrnncnuo may have boon supply MLlug the president with data for the speech JH * in which the latter announced the death of M , Dally , tlia deputy ot Cure , In the usual M terms ot eulogy Sovcral Items of iS business were than dlsposod of , the most Important being the bill approving the creation of a llvo contlmcs ed ition oftho Journal Oniclal , containing the reports of parliamentary debates Then the chamber turned to the Saint Uio election The unlvcisal Buffrugo of this Vosges Arron- dissoment , it will boIromenibercd , surprised the world by casting tholr votes for M. Picot , instond of for to Jules Terry Rising In Ins own defense , M. Picot said ho was accused of bribery , and from tils pocket ho produced a voluminous roll of papers which after promising that they were documents which simply pulvcrlzod accusation inado aguinst him , ho proceeded to road at an express train speed Albert Perry said ho had boon nn eye wt- ) tH ) B ot scenes of violcnco and intimidation by which M. Picot had secured his olcctlon and ho felt It his duty as a republican to tell his collcugucB what ho saw Julus Ferry , to whom Albert Ferry reminded the bouco ho was not lcln' .cd , had been attacked by nrmed men at the instigation of M. Picots most ac tive agents M. Viper , followed M. Perry , citmga num ber of Instances where outrages had como before the commission of which ho was secretary Ho was rending a letter purporting to como from of M. Picots cauvassors asking for / money when M. Picot called out from his Vsoat that on his honor that letter was uot jT truOj lhe'right applauded vigorously , so sdi ' Vigorously , in fact , that M. Floquott singled jF out Due do la ltochofoucuuld and callcu him Jr to order Continuing , M. Vigcrsald thut It HV the chamber validated the olectlou of this Hi clcrical-Uoulanglst-rcpublicnn , meaning M. Ha l'lcot , it would mean that nobody without nn Hj income of ii,00U francs could become a cundi- HS data tor the chamber Hi M. Xrnost Koclio dcciuod it good policy HJ to defend M. Picot bv attacking Jules m Ferry , who , bo said , commit ted not Hi Imaginary , but real , crimes . nguinst _ his HV country "If you invalidate M. Picot , " ho HJ declared , you will bring M. Jules Ferry to B this ohambor " ' Evidently M. Jules Ferry's Hj return is no longer dreaded , for by a largo HJ majority the deuuties docldcd to have the H Saint Dlo olcctlon looked into by a Bpeclal HJ commlttco H M. Floquet then asked the chamber when 1 it would have Its now sitting and the almost B unanjmous reply was Thursday next The deputies have therefore a weeks holiday bo- Hl fore thorn Hk At the ministerial council held this V > * 4 morning ot lysco , President Carnet in the * > J > chair , it was decided to tuko no HJ move relative to the due d'Orleans until ox- HJ piration ot tbo.tcn days during which ho may HJ appeal ugainst the scntonco of the police HJ court Though it Is pretty certain that the H priuco will not maka the appeal , the govern H ment will thus gain time HJ 'iio ) offorvescunsn caused by bis arrest and HJ trial will doubtless calm down bv February HJ 22 and the president and bis advisers will bo HJ able to judge the case on Its own moritB H Mean while tlioso not versed in legal lore may H bo Interested in knowing what is iho exact H situation of the piincely prisoner Onsen- H tence being passed against him ho pasted H out of the hands of ' the judicial HJ authorities Into these of the prison ud- HJ ministration Ho was accordingly requested H by the governor of the couclergorio to draw H up a list ot these persons ho wished to bo nl- H lowed to sco The list contains olgbteon H Dames , comprising the monitors of the B _ . Orleans family now in Paris , about half a HV' dozen intimate friends , such as the duo B-t . ? * . d'Luynes , Colonel Parseval andM Bncner H SVV Should It bo docldcd to inako the duo d'Or- H leans servo his sentence tbo government will H ledge him in prison , but not necessarily in H the Malssou Coptrnlo , us at first asserted , for H although tbo law has it that prisoners con H dcninod to over twelve months imprisonment HJ should bo conilned in the Mnisson HJ Contralo , the priuco's case is one of tbo ex- H coptions provided for by the regulation of H lbsv At present the nuke is being treated HJ as apolitical prlsoncss Ho spout this moni es ing reading letters and nowspapora und B writing to a number of friends Shortly B . after noon ho received a visit from the duo M d'Aumalo , und In the nftoruoon the presence H of the duchesse do Chartres and her H daughter enlivened him M. Hocher , M. do H Parseval nud the duo d'Luyncs also holoed H the priiu'o to while away the hours of bis H captlvuty It is stutcd that a number H floral crowns bearing euloglctio lu- J scriptions to the duo d'Orloans K were pluced on tbo stutuos ot ilonii IV and 1 Louis XIV under cover of the night , but no KJ trace of them remained this moiulng Nouo V of the persons arrested on Wednesday dur- M ing the demonstrations around the paiais de HJ Justice and at Pout Nouf were summoued to HJ appear for trial today , as bad been expected HJ It is now stated that tbo charge of rebellion HJ will not bo maintained and that they will H simply be tried before tbo ordinary police H court magistrates H Tbo invitation received by the French H government to take part m tbo conference H called by the Gorman Kmporor was ono of H the principal subjects to which tbo council H ' mioistors devoted their attention M. H Spullcr informed his colleagues of the re- H colpt of the invitation and added that tbo H court minister had bcon informed that the Hf German governaieut wished to learn with as HJt llttlo delay as possible too answer ot tbo H French cabinet According to Figaro this HT morning the ministers decldod not to rtply to M _ V1 tbo Invitation until they heard tbo answer BkATs of other powers similarly invited The HP' Freuoh government Is anxious not to offend m J , the susceptibilities of Switzerland , whoso B invitation to a similar conference had beeu HJ sccepted previously There is every reason H v > believe , " concludes the article in the H Figaro , that the answer which will bo given Hfcv will be ft negative If the Ucrno conference comes oft at the date announced , " According to n responsible republican Journal , M. Itouvior has not ono but two 1S90 budgets ready , ono ot which ho will submit first to the fin an co commlttco M. Houvlor proposes a now loan of 700,000,000 to 600,000.000 francs , which will cnnblo the government to satisfy the demands of the minister of war for the fresh credits necessary for the country's defense Should the flnanro commission hold out ogalnst the now loan M. Ilouvlor will bring out his reserve - servo budget which but provides for press ing Itotns of oxpendlturo merely I.XCITUMKNT IN COMSIONS Iteport of the 1'nrncll Commission Distributed to Member1 ! , tCnii/i fuJit 18W bu Jamts Oonlon Harnett ] Londok , Fob 13. I Now York Herald Catho Special to Tun Hrn.l There was n sccno of nlmost unparallcd excitement In the lobby last ovcnlng when copies of the Parnell commission report were distrib uted to the members Mr Matthews had unnounccd that the docdmonts would bo ready at 10 o'cocu | , but n quarter ot nn hour before that ttmo the passage lending to the postofllco wns choked up with honorable gentlemen anxious to secure the documents , nnd ot ton minutes to 10 the crush was so great that the officials doomed it neccssnrv to close the outer door Just before big Hon struck the hour word wont round that the report could bo obtained In the sale ofllca on the members staircase and n stampede was niado forthwith in that direction A largo number of members , however , rofuscd to credit the report und stood their ground outsldo the postolUco , where tbo crowd in creased every mtnuto At 10 o'clock , by which tlmo a score or two of copies hod been distributed In the sale ollce ( , two porters ters arrived In the lobby bearing bundles of blue books Tbo members raised a cheer and the excitement rose to a fever beat out side the postofllco A slight ; delay occurred while tbo door was being unlocked , nnd ono honorable member , unnblo to restrain his impatience longer , whlopod a penknlfo from his pocket nud cut the string on ono of the bundles The vol untas fell to thn ground In a shower and u general scramble ensued , in the course of which many gentlemen seized coplos of the blue book and mndo oft with them As soon as the messengers entered the post ofllco the members tumbled In pell-mell after them nnd In a very brief space of tlmo the supply was qulto exhausted At intervals during the remainder of the situnij" fresh bundles arrived , but they were immediately snapped up both In the postofllco and the sale oDlco , In which department the excitement coutlnucd until the house rose In the first rush to obtain the blue books were politicians of all shades ot opinion , including moro than one mombar of the government XNOTHBH 1NFKK.NA.Li OlAOfllNG A. rinlndelulila Man'a Miraculous E < cmtn From a Horrible Jcnth Philadelwiia , Feb 13 [ Special Tele- grum.to The Hre.1 A carefully prepared scheme by which some unknown person sought to bo revenged upon John M. Mo- Bride of No 1231 North Fourth street , this city , bv moans of an infernal machine sent through tbo mulls , was frustrated by tbo rauljy construction ot the apparatus The poitman this morning delivered to Mr Me- Iirldo a packaco postmarked Philadelphia Upon opening it the recipient was nlarnjcd ut discovering that the pasteboard bo * with n sliding cover contained in tlio _ package was filled with explos ives The box contained three compartments , und the middle ono was flllod with gun cotton Tbo ether two were filled with tun powder , there being fully a pound of that explosive in the two compartments Out of each lot of powder a bluo-headed match wns Btanding , and upon the sliding a long strip of emery paper had boon carefully pasted A hasty examination of the machine showed that the only thing that prevented an oxploslon wns the fact that the maker had either neglected to sot the match bands high enough to touch the omcrv paper , ro elsoono had slipped down in the rougb handling the package received in passing through tbo postoflice Mr McUrido is lit a loss to account for the sending of the box Ho suys there Is now a lawsuit pending in court between his brother and htinsolr , but ho could hardly bellovo that such a method would bo resorted to The police authori ties will investigate tbo case and also invoke the aid ot the postal authorities in Beaching out tbo sender ot the machine CIjEANISD OUT BY T1113 FLAMES Half or the Bis Fanvcll Blook in Chlcngo Gutted Chicago , Fob 13. The largo brick and stone building at the oorner of Adams and Murkot streets , owuod by the dry goods house of J. V. Farwell & Co , caught flro enrly this morning and before the flames could bo subdued tbo southern halt of it was gutted This portion ot the building was oc cupied by Taylor Urotbors , dealers In bats and caps , and Worn Brothers , dealers in clothing and uniforms The heavy flro wall which runs through tbo middle ot tbo struo- turo prevented the spread of the flames to the northern naif of the building , which Is tilled with the heavy wholesale stock of the Messrs Furwcll A careful estimate of the loss mndo after the lire was under control , places the total damngo at MT5.000 , of wblch SVork loses 1.125,000 , Taylor Brothers , 550,000 , nd Far well & Co , on the building , 3100.000. Ono of the llremen received an injury bv fulling from a ladder which It is thought will prove fatal Three otner men aUo re ceived Injuries , but not of such nsorlous cburactcr It Is yet a mystery as to how the fire started The 11 ro is especially heavy on the firms in tbo building owing to tbo coming spring trade for which ull had been prepar ing Not loss thnn 2,500 persons wlil bo thrown out of employment Tin Ivoaii llon'n Convention Chicago , Fob 13. [ Special Telegram to Tun Hue | Tbo lead men held two short sessions today and will ineot again tomor row Not as many were present as had been cxpocted , and but llttlo work was accom plished There are several inon heio who would be glad to see a western association formed among the manufacturers of lead products , but they are in the minority , and it 1b not likely that uny sort of a close com bination will bo organized Meetings simi lar to the present ono have boon held in pre ceding years , but these who favored the for mation of a combine never piovcd strong enough to carry the project through , Notlco or a llutn Koduotlon Chicago , Feb 13. The Burlington & Northern gave notice today that it would put Into effect February 17 a reduced scale of rates bctwocn Chicago and S.t. . Paul , hav ing decldod to take tbo matter in Its own bands , as tbo chairman had declined to authorize It to meet the alleged cut by tbo St Paul Alij'kSlnlu'j HIiik Wlua a lint tie Londov , Fob 13. Advices have been re ceived that tie | troops of King Mcnclek ot Abyssinia bad an engagement with the form of General Has Aloulu The battle was to- vcru and Has Aloula was dangerously wounded and hit army defeated THE REPORT ON PARNELL , A Voluminous Document Submlttod by the Commission DELVING INTO LEAGUE * HISTORY , It Connection With the 1'liVfllcnl Force Party In America Clnlmod to Have Boon Proven On- vitt Alluded to Kltullnas ol" the IJnrnell Commission Losdos , Fob 13. The report of Judges Hnunon , Uny nnd Smith , the special com mission appointed to Investigate the charges made by the Times against the Parnollito ' members ot tbo commons , wns laid on tbo table In the house today by Matthews , secre tary of state for homo affairs 'iho report occupied 1I1.J pages Each mem ber of tbo house against whom charges were mndo Is trcntcd separately The Judges find that the Bpecchcs made by many of thol'ar- nellltoswcro Intended to bring about the separation of Itoland from England , and that tno speeches of others , In view of the stnto of the country , were calculated to fo ment crime The greatest interest centers in the final conclusions , which nro as follows ; 1 , Wo find that the respondents , members of parliament , were not members of the con spiracy having for its object the establish ment ot nbsoluto lndopondenco for Ireland , but And that some of them , together with Davltt , established and joined tbo land Icaguo with the Intuntlon , by It us a means , to bring nbout the nbsoluto Independence of Ireland us a separate nation 2. Respondents did enter into n conspiracy by a system of coercion und intimidation to create ngitntion nguinst the payment of agrl cultural rents for the put pose of impoverish ing und expelling from the country Irish landlords S. 1 ho chorgo that after denouncing certain crimes In publlo they afterward led tholr supportcis to believe that such denunciation was not sinccro is not established Wo entirely acquit Mr Parnell and other re spondents ot the chart o of in inconty in their denunciation of the Phoenix Park mur- dora , and wo find that the fao slmilo letter upon which this charge was chiefly btiBed ngainst Parnell is n forgery ' Respond ents did disseminate nowspapera tend ing to incite podltion and tbo commission ai ether crimes Respondents did not di rectly incite any persons to the commission of crime ether than intimidation , and the consequence was that crimes • and outrages were commiltod by persons so Incited As to the allegation that respondents did noth ing to prevent crime and expressed no bona lido disapproval of crime , some of the re spondents in particular Micnaol Davltt did express a bona fide disapproval of crime and outi-ngo , but respondents did not de nounce thcBystcm of Intimidatio 'h which led to crime and outrage , but porslsted In this abstention of denunciation with the knowl cilgo ot us effect Respondents defended the persons charged with agrarian crimes nnd supported tholr families , but it Is not proved that they subscribed to testimonials or were intimately associated with notorious criminals As to the allegations that re spondents mndo payments to compensate persons who had been injured in the commis sion ot crime , wo find that tncy did inako such paymonls As to the allegation that respondents invited assistance and co-opora- tlon with und accepted subscriptions of money from various advocates of crime and the use of dynamite , we flntl that respond ents invited the assistance and cooperation of and accepted subscriptions ofmonoy fiom Patrick Ford known as nn advocate of crime and dynamite but it has not been proved that the respondents knew that the Clan-na Gael con trolled the land league or was collecting money for tbo parliamentary fund , but it has been proved that the respondents invited and obtained the assistance and co operation of the physical force party in America , in cluding tbo Clan-na Gal , and the order to obtain that asBlstanco abstained from repu diating or condemning tbo action of that party Bcsidos these there remains three specific charges against Parnoll porsonallv , namely : A. I hat at tbo tlmo of the Kilmalnbam negotiations Parnoll knew Sheridan and Boynton bad been organizing outrages and tbcroforo wished to use fflom to put down outrages Not proved B. That Parnoll was Intlmato wlth , lead ing Invlncibles ; thnt ho probably teamed from them what they were about when ho was released on parole in April , 18S3 , and that ho recognized the Phoenix paik murders as their handi work Wo Und that there is no foundation tor the charge and that the Invlncbles were not a branch of the land league C That Parnoll , by an opportune remit tance , enabled F. Byrne to csoauo from Jus tice to Franco We find that Parnoll did not make any remittance to enable Byrne to cscapo from Justice . Regarding tbo two special charges against Davltt that ho was a Fenian and assisted In the formation of the land league with money contributed for the purpose of out rage and crime , and that bo was in close and intlmato association with the party of violence - lonco In America and was mainly instru mental in bringing about the nlllanco of that party and tbo Parnollito and homo rule party in America wo find It proved that Davltt was a Fenian and received money contiibuted for the purpose ot outrage This was not , however , for the formation of the land league Itself , but for the promotion ot thn agitation leading up to it Wo Und also that ho , in such close ami intimate association with the party in Amer ica , was the man mainly instrumental in bringing about the alliance referred to In the opening of the report the judges ro tor to the uuprecodonted character of the inquiry The history ot the notion of tbo leaders of tbo Irish party from 1S77 is re cited , and tbo relations traced that existed betweeu the fouuders of the land league nnd Fenians und Irish Americans Refer ring to boycotting , it doclarcs that in stances adduced before the commission proved that it constituted a system ot in timidation ot the most severe and cruel churaetor The boycott combination was illegal , both in its objects aud the means adopted to carry it out It was an elaborate , all pervading tyranny , alining to injure landlords us a class and drive thorn out of tbo country This actlou of the league fur exceeded the limits of publlo opinion and created u well grounded terror in the minds of tlioso suffering under it , The commission comes to the conclusion that this was the in tention ot those devising and carrying out tbo system "In our Judg ment tbo leaders of the league , in thus combining to carry out a boycott , were guilty of criminal conspiracy Wo consider this charge established nguliut Par nell , Dillon , Biggar , Sexton , T. P. O'Con nor Matthew Harris , W. O'Brien , T. D. Sullivun , F. M. Hcaly , T , Harrington , A. OConnor J. B. Kenny , W. Redmond , J U. Redmond , Justin MrCurthy , J. O'Connor , T , J. Condon , J. J , O'Kelly , Cummins , Cox , Patrick Shea J. D. Cheeban , Li Leahy , K. Leamy , J , Barry , C. K , Tanner , Maurice Hualy , T. Quinn , Daniel Cnlly Henry Campbell , P , J , Foley , J. J. Clancy J. F , IC O'Brien , H. Lalor , T. Manne , J , Deasy , J , C. Flynu , J , Jordan , W. J. Lane , O. Sheohy , D. Sullivan , G. N. Burns and Michael Davltt Uudor the charge of disseminating liews- papcrs loading to incite to crime , the report luxs stress upon the fact that Par nell did not product ! the report of nnv speech whereiu ho denounced the use of dynamite ; nlso that na denuncia tion by Parnell of tbo action of the physical force party in Ireland cr America has been riven in evidence Parnoll admitted that bo was unable to say ho had , uy speech or ac tion , found auy fault with the Fenian organ ization Statistics of crime for ItJSO , 1SS1 and lb62 strongly corroborate this statement that outrages followed the establishment of the laud inugue Agrarlau crime raged In Ireland when the leuguo agitation was at Us height The coincident decrease of crime with the Inactivity of the leiiirud was caunlly conspicuous When the lelguo was sup pressed in 1SS1 crime dronood from -M59 cases In 1SS1 to 870 cases In ISnT It w as con tended before tbo eommis'slOn that the ctuses of crime were not ddo to the league , but to the chronic stnto of Ireland under distress , acgravatod by evictions Compirntivo sta tistics showed that tbo dominant cause was the leagues agitation During the severe distress years from 1S49 to lb.13 , in- cluslvo when 58,423 families were evicted , the total agrnrltn crime was 4,2 r , whorots for four years from 1879 to 1&S2 with 11,904 families evicted , the total record of crimes was 11,1133. Iho commission rejects the suggestions that crime wns caused by secret societies , by the compensation for disturbance bill , or that the decrease of crime nftor July , 1832 , was duo to the nrrcars ot , rent act , nnd nddsj The question is pot whothcr other causes can bo suggested , tno fact bolng that tbo increase from 1S7U to 1SS2 , though not exclusively ascribed to ngitntion , wns mainly duo to the action of the league nnd its founders and loaders In the judgmontof the court the denuncia tions of crimes quoted for the defense were of llttlo avail because contemporaneously wltb them the leaders and organizers were currying on agitation by menus of speeches and conduct tending to oncourngo crime Sentiment in Ireland against aiding the police in the discovery of crim inals was not confined to the Ignorant , but waB shared by thosefrom whoso educa tion Justor views of duty should prevail Proof has boon glvou that the laaguo syste matically ana Indiscriminately defrayed tire expense of tbo defense of persons charged with ngragrian crime The knowledge that such assistance will In alLcasos bo afforded must have the effect to encourage persona so disposed to commit outrages The same obseivatton abpltcs to the support of their -'jlamilus. Numer ous books and documents which , If produced , might have thrown light upon the lcaguo's proceedings , were not produced Generally wo have not recelvod from Pur- nell nnd the oOlcors of the land league the assistance wo were ontlll d to expect In the Investigation of the leagues ' accounts The report proceeds to , { race the course of the lcaguo's movemcnia-tln America and Its Clab na-Gaol. Touching conuoctlon with tbo , - ing the contradictory Jovideaco of the Lo Caron and Parnoll Interview In the corridors of the hoiso ] In 1BS1. the balauco of probabilities was in favor of the accuracy of Lo Ca.on. . It was highly probable that Parnoll would say to nnyono whom ho regarded as a • member of the physical force pa'ty In America that nn un derstanding ought to be brought about be tween that party and Parnoll and his sup porters In the league It was also probable that Parnoll would mention Dovoy ns the person host able to arrnngo such Buch an un derstanding , forDavoy had been among the principal \ agents through whom the support of Iho ' Fenians had been obtained The , purpose of sueh an nlllanco may bo disputed ; but the desire of Parnoll and Davltt tfiat the parties of physical force and open political movement Bhould act In harmony bad been proved by Devoy'a ' letter , corroborated by Lo Caron It Is not impossible that , . " conversing with a supposed revolutionist ( LotCaron ) , Parnell expressed himself so as to leave the imprcs- Bion that ho agreed with these who favored revolution Touching the tenth confontion of the Clnn- na-Gaol , at which Sullvap | presided , the proceedings proved that , the dymamlte policy was definitely adontcd.by the Chicago convention of 188L ut which T , P. .O'Connor was a dolcgato from Parnelb The Washing ton convention of 1832 , thoAstor house meet ing and the I'htladclDhla convention of 1SS3 are successively Quoted - ' ha proving tbo identity and sympathy of the sentiments of the Irish loagtiers with tuA.ArnorlcattjPhysi- cal force partv The 'Clan-ga-Gaol circular of October , 1883 , clearly i ) ' ted to r the use of dynamite It wa , U * Clan-na-Gacl whoso leaders , elosqly nssoclated-wlth the Irish leaders , finally obtained In 1883 control of the entire movement in America , hence forward retaining it Tbo mass of evidence proved that the Irish lear.uo n America had been slnco directed oy tin Clan-na Gael and had boon actively engrged in promoting the use of dynamite for the destruction of llfo and property in England It further proved that while the Clan-na Gael controlled the league In America , these organizations con currently collected sums amounting to t300- 000 for n fund whorefrpm payment should bo made to Irish members of the commons It has not however been proved that Parnoll know the position of the Clan-na-Gaol , the circulars ot that body besjdes the evidence of Lo Caron showing that Its operations were kept Becrot . ' I ontlon Prcsa Comnient London , Feb 13. Tjho News says the re port of the Parnell comn-lssion amounts tea a practical acquittal * Ihe basis of . Par nelllsm nnd Crime with .tbo hideous super structure raised upon it disappears from view Tbo Times leaves it-tq the publlo to judge whether the report does not confirm , though in colorless , guarded judicial language , the main part of its statements in tbo articles on "Parnollism and Crime ' ? " ' The Telegraph Baysi Upon nil the serious obarges the verdict is not guilty or not proven The issues upon which the verdict is against the respondents are these as to which the majority of the English publlo have already pronounced un informal verdict of guilty ' Tbo Chronicle rays : The history of Par nollism ana Crime frau ? its birth to its burial in this report is a'history of the most colossal fiasco in the political journalism of the Victorian era The Standurd says While the verdict favors the accused upon a few of the most heinous charges , there are more than enough behind to substantiate all thqt has been gen erally believed of a connection between the homo rulers and conspirators against the law In thn Commons , London , Feb , 13. In the commons tonight Sir James Ferguson said tbo nogotations on the fishery question between England and America were proceeding under favorable auspices , Mr Brlce dealing wltb foreign questions , gave the whole credit for any beueUt occuring to British subjects In Samoa to the spirited action of fho Uulted States , A TElU.lUlii : IPCJMSHMENT An Arkansas MnrLlercr's Head nnd Limbs Severed Fi ' uin Ills Boily CiawFOiiosvii.i.E , A/t , Feb 13. Miss Ada Goss , daughter of ia [ prominent citizen , was missed from her Oiqfoo last night and this morning her body KM found in a field She had been assaultefi and murdered , hav ing been backed within hatchet and shot through tbo bddy Suspicion polntod to George Coryett , va distant rela tive of tbo fatnlly , and with whom Goss had had much trouhlp His wife said ho came here Intoxicated last night and told her ho had outraged and murdered Miss Goss The infuriated ppo plo seized Corvott , took him to the econoof , the murder and with an uxe cut oft his , arms and legs und thun severed bis bcadiram tbo body , < i ' A. Bik rjchcjine Kansas Cur , Mo , Feb 13. J , M. Phillips ' lips of Now Yo tlr , representing the Merchants - • chants River Line Navigation company , is in the city on route to Omaha , where final arrangements will be raado-for establishing a river freight line tropx that pluco to Pitts burg , Pa Tha Jlnd will bo put into operation within a year and Will consist ot sixty light draught , river steamers aud 800 barges It is understood that the lninati line is backing the cntirpri ( o for tbo purpose of securing an inlet , from tbo seaboard by which It can compote for tbo export grain trade of tbo northwest * ' ! ' Ulch WuuiT ) u Wyominc EvanstosVy0. . , Feb 13.-Special [ Tele gram to Tub Bbe ] I'ho jilgh water ut present raging lu tbo mountain , streams burst the Coo and Carter boom at Grauger last night Over ono hundred and six thous- aud ties have gone advft and further troubio Is anticipated COLONEL FLETCHERS CASE The Prosldout Approves the Find ing of the Oourt Martial MODIFICATION OF THE SENTENCE Ho Will ho StiHponilcd From Duty for Three Venn on Throe Fourths lnv The Hiirrus llnhcns Carpus Petition , Washington UuwuuThh Omitu Ueb , 1 S13 FOUUTBB'JTII STItttBT , > Wasiunotov , D. C „ Fob 13. | President Harrison today took up the Omaha court martial case and disposed of it by npprovlng the finding of the court with modification Lioutcnaut Colonel Joshua W. Fletcher , Instead ot bolng dismissed from the service , will for a porlod ot three years bo suspondedfrom duty and have one-fourth ot his pay retained by the government In modifying the sentence of tbo court martial the good military record of Colonel Fletcher and the conflicting testimony is taken Into consideration This Is the recommendation of the secretary of war and General Scodold nud meets with the npprovalof army circles tub nunitua iiahbas coitrus tetition In the matter of Thomas F. Burrus , n po- tltion for a habeas corpus , Justlco Miller ot the suprotno court , upon motion of Mr G. M. Lambertson , Issued a rule on the United States marshal of Nebraska to show cause before the supreme court on the first Mon day ot March why a writ should not bo is sued FiailT FOn I'ATMsBTBK OBNCItAT . The fight ever the piymaitor goneralshlp grows moro vigorous with the close of the canvass For two woolts past Colonel Tor- roll , now serving in the department of the Platte , haB been conceded to lend the various candidates As sunn ns this fact was made manifest his rivals in the corps packed their valises and came at once to Washington , and have since been buttouholing every in fluential politician and bombarding the whlto houBe and war department with momorlals , potitlons and endorsements Tha local press , too , has been used to Colonel Terrell'a ' disadvantage , as have also the column of several of the Now York papers , in nil of which it has been stated that the colonels only claim for the promo tion Is the fact that ho Is an Indlanian aud a personal friend of the piesident , while the records and Colonel Terrell's ' papers on lilo will show that ho bases his claim for promo tion upon rank , and clinches the arguments which ho brings by the best legal opinion of the country to show that ho should todav head the list ofcolouols ot the pay depart ment If ho Is appointed it will bo on the ground that the president believes him to be entitled to the place by long and faithful service Major Carey , who Is way down on the list and who is nnxious to jump over the heads of olght or nine of his superiors , has bcon counting on the fiiendshipof the secretary of war , whose neico be married He has bcon waging n fork and mouth campaign bore and bringing ull the lntluenco of the petticoat brigade to bear upon his candldaoy It is not at all probable that Major Carey will bo considered , Tbo _ light , as it now stands , it botyvoon Colonel JTorrpU and Colonel Bodnsy Smith It is not at all likely ly" tbat ir Colonel Terrell is not ap pointed that any other than tbo ranking colonel will rocclvo the coveted position , as the president has Intimated that ho may make a solcction with rospoctto rank , as shown by the rec ord Senator Paddock has made several calls upon the president in the interest of Colonel Terrell's candidacy and fools very much encouraged over the outlook Ho behoves that the president will admit the justice of Colonel Terrell's claim on the ground Of seniority , nud that so doing ho will clevnto him to a position which be is so i compotcnt to fill and to which ho Is entitled on grounds of justice THE MONTANA SCNATOIHAL COSTEST Montana , alter all Is going to have two republican United States senators 'J hero have been some Informal talks und confer ences among the leading republican senators during tbo past week , lu which Messrs , Sanders and Powers , the republican senators elect , have participated , and the result is un understanding that the majority ot the committee - mitteo on privileges and elections will report in favor of seating tha two republican senators elect unless the investigation nnd hearings which the commltteo will make during the next few days develop some now evidence going to show tbat tbo rcpnbll cans have no right to the seats they claim Tbo recent action of the demo cratic members of the upper branch of the Montana legislature in running away to break a quorum has been very damaging to the democratic Bide of the contest here It has impressed the republicans in Washing ton with the fact that the democratic mem bers ot the legislature have used every con ceivable way to defeat a fair action upon the election of United Stales senators and pro posed measures affecting state interests If the democrats in the legislature had como squarely to the front on nil issues presented tbolr case would bine been materially assisted Messrs McGinnis and Clark , the democrnts who were certified bv Gover nor Toolo us having been elected to the United States senate , have beeu in Washing ton two or three weeks for tha purpose ot giving encouragomeut to the democrats In tbo sonata hem in the way of assurunco that they were entitled to the scats claimed , They have , however , labored under many embarrnssmonts , among which the uctlon of the state democratic senators in running away from their posts ot duty to break up a quorum was pot the greatest Hnccmly ex-Governor Huuser , the most prominent democrat in Montana , was in Washington and gave bis opinion that McGinnis and Clark were not en titled to their seats , us tboy did not present the proper prima facie ovldenco , and if the United States sen ate should go behind the returns something rotten would bo discovered in the election precincts canvassing boards and work ot thn county officers Uhls statement , circulated among the democratlascnators here , bad the effect of dampening the ardor of AlcGinuls and Clark and their friends About two weeks ago an understanding was thought to oxlst whereby no senators from Montana would bo seated and the whole eleotlon would bo relegated to the people and settled by the next legislature Since no ono has occupied a seal from Montana in tbo United States senate , u failure to scat any ono at this tlmo would not make a va cancy , nnd therefore Governor Toolo would not have tbo authority to appoint senators , during n recess of the legislature ConBid- ering the irrogularlties in the election pro ducts throughout Montana , wluro democrats are charged with Improperly influencing voters , tbo unusual canvassing board re turns , certification of local and state oDlcers , the filibustering of democratic senators to prevent the election and their final running out of the state to break up a quorum , the conclusion bus been reached hero that the two republicans claiming to have been elected bliall receive a favorable teport from the committee ou privileges and elections and bo seated 1JLNI1 decisions Assistant Secretary Chandler today ren dered a decision Involving tha bomentead entry of Susan Herre ( neeCrono ) , ' , M. P. Kin kaid usilgneo , for the northwest li of tbo southwest , ' { of section 34 , townahlpUl north , tatio 12 westNiobrara land district , wblch Is ot Interest Tha commlstioncr of the gen erul land ofllco July 21,18s8 , held ibis entry for Luiicollatiou on the ground that the claim ant was married at the duto of entry It ap pears that in November , 18SU , Susan Crouo filed a declaratory statement for the land , alleging bcttlouieut earlier in the lucctli Ou April ao , lbfcS , she published i y notice that she won .1 m Juno 18 , "IS * ! , sub mit final proof Vat , 18S\ she was mar ried Her final proof being satisfactory , n duplicate rccoipt was issued and on March C , ISbO , she eonvciodtho premises to Kin knld The sccretar " In his decision says : "bho resided on said tract six months nnd fully compiled with tbo lnw , and thnt she acted in perfect good faith is unquestioned She bollovod her uinrnago would not prejudice her claim nnd so mntrled , It strikes mo that it would bo harsh to rule on a matter which does not commend itself to the cqultablo sldo of our nnture , when this woman had fully satisfied the law and the ltiles of the department , except remaining slnglo until after she had submitted her final proof , she has forfeited her right to enter this tract Such a rule Is ngainst mar riage , of which no Iw or equity favors " Ho directed that the entry bo submitted to the board at Holt county , Nebraska , The assistant secretary affirmed the do- clsion of the commissioner dismissing the contest of Timothy Morrlsoy against the homestead entry of Kdwln T Camclon for tbo southwest Jfnt section 9 , township : ci north , range 48 west , Valentino district , W lOMINO'S STATBllOOD WOIIK Congressional Dolog.xto Carey of Wyoming is a most enthusiastic worker in the interest of his pcoplo , as to tholr claims to slatohood , and ho Is almost euro to succeed very soon Nothing Is nearer to my heart , " said ho today , than thin Many pcoplo think it siraniro that n man cm bo nn enthusiastic worker in a scheme that will leglslato hlin- self out of ofllco , foi of course the day the president signs the bill that makes Wyo ming a state 1 will pack my trunlc and return home , a private citizen , but it takes a man who has lived In it territory nnd experienced all the Ills thnt a territory is heir to , to understand thnt It Is far bettor to bo a clttzon of a Btato than to bo u delegate In congress from u territory , nnd I for ono would say make Wyoming n state and let Delegate Carey take earo of himself " Tbo judge is working day und night to this cud , oven giving his holidays to the work If congress can bu said to have uny holidays On laBt Sunday thu whole day was spent in arranging aud classifying papers and getting ready for the consideration of the subject at ns early a. date as possible Ho seems to actually llvo and breathe only for that purpose PENATOlt I'ADnOtK TUANKEO Senator Paddock this morning received the following dispatch from Hustings , Neb , under date of jestorduy : You have our most hearty sympathy nnd supuori in your investigation of the practical operation of the long and short haul clause of the Inter state commerce uot Wo nro prepared to furnish you with abundance of ovldenco of the hardships It has Imposed on the farming nnd business interests of the west It has raised the price of every com modity thnt wo consume and has decreased the price on all our full products Hastings board of trade , by M. L. Elsmere , resi dent , " a the Aitvir By direction of the secretary of war tbo following named enlisted men of the Eighth cavalry , having performed the duties as signed them in orders of February 8 , 1890 , Fort Meade , S. D. , will return to that station : First Sergeant William T. Harges , troop D , with permission to delay thlrtv days ou route , and Private DouglaB C. Tait , troop I , with permission to delay five days en route Joseph Lunlak company G , First infantry , now with his compnny , will bo discharged from the sorvicn of the United States Captain James Ilopor , Eighth cavalry , will report in person to Major General George Crook , president of the examining board , at Chicago for examination MISCELLANEOUS Tno house committee on territories having been added to the list of committees privi leged to submit reports at uny tlmo and ask for immediate consideration , the bills rc- " vortod yesterday In favor df statehood for Wyoming andldahoare expected to bo called tip very soon after the adoption of tbo'how code of rules It is probable that both house and soaato will act upon these bills within a month Delegates Carey and Dubois of Wyoming una Idaho say thev will bo In the enjoyment of statehood before the flowers bloom In tEe spring Mr Bain of Nebraska City has been au- polnted to n position in tbo government printing ofllco on lequest of Senator Mun- uorson • * Senotor Mnnderson today received n notl- flcation from the commissioner of Indian af fairs that under his recommendation Miss A.inlo Lowrlo of Norfolk has been appointed teacher in the Indian school at the Yankton agency The secretary of the interior has reversed the action of Commissioner Sparks in hold ing for cancellation thn bomesload entry of Mrs Dronbergorof AJnsworth Sparks held this entry fqr cancellation 'Iho secretary of the interior reversed his action aud ac cepts the proof 'Iho patent will Issue in duo course Tno senate commltteo on military affairs has directed Senator Mundorson to report adversely a bill introduced by Senator Dolph reducing the number of years of service for enlisted men In the army from thirty to twcnty-llvo. The commlttco thinks that the thirty-year period should first bo tried before the law is amended Senator Paddock introduced u bill today appropriating $1,000,000 for a public ouildiug at Lincoln Tno bill provides that the build ing now occupied by the federal officers at the Nebraska capital shall bo turned over to the city of Lincoln when the now building Is complotnd and ready to occupy G. M. Lambertson of Lincoln and Hon lsham Hoavis of Falls City are in Washing ton Fourth class postmasters woio appointed for Nebraska today us follows : Curtis , Frontier county S. H. Kazoo , vice C. B. Compton removed ; Platte Center , Platte county , Robert Plnson , vice J. Moffott , re signed ; Sencci , Furnus county E. M , Tul- bott , vice J. W. Korhey , resigned ; Venango , Pel kins county , J , M. Simpson , vice J. M. Kimball , resigned J , W. Briggs was appointed postinastor at Beaver , Mluur county , South Dakota , vice C. B. Tibbotts , rcblgnud l'iinuv s , Heath MIDNIGHT COLMOGK BAIILIC Ono Kopri Han Ills Jaw Broken mill OthoiH U.ully llrniNCil Amkntown , Pa , Feb 13. [ Special Tele gram to Tub BEB.I-r-Tho sopltomoica of the college gave u dlunor ut the Hotel Allen last night After intdulght they returned to tbo college and by way of a little dlvorsion routed the freshmen out of tholr beds The latter were handled rather roughly und pro ceeded to resout the wrong A fearful on- I counter was the result Hovolvora were drawn und a number of shots fired , but for tunately no ono was seriously injured This aroused the faculty and they hurried out into the corridors In the meantime the sophs were being hammered severely and one of their number received u broken jaw , bo having been pitched headlong downstairs together with several other mouibors of the class , The light lasted nbout twenty min utes aud there are a number ot sere beads in couicquence Iho authorities succeeded in quelling the disturbance , > The WeatherFareoasr , For Omaha and vicinity ! Fair weather , For Nebiasku ; Fair ; colder ; vuriablo winds For Iowa : Light rain in soutboastorn portion ; fair lu northwestern portion ; colder northwesterly winds For South Dakota : Fair ; variable winds ; waimor Saturday Shot IIIh Boii-ln-lnw , Maiuiiall , III , Feb 13. In lower Wabash township last night Samuel McGee was shot and mortally wounded by Mlko Llvix , bis father-in-law , and McGee'B baby , which was in Ills arms , was struck by small shot , MrGee , with bis wife and baby , were malt ing u call , but Llvix , who was drunk , fired at thorn with the above result , fnitltivo Senators in Portland , Poiitland , Ore , Feb ia Six of Mon tana's democratic senators are lu the city , and propose to remain until the Montana legislature udjourut DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES I The Iowa Domoorallo Camp In & H Stnto of Great Commotion | H PLACED IN A DAMAGING LIGHT H lhoy lti.lrct nn OfTer Which They H TIiciikohph Declui'cd to lto I'alr H nnd liihrrnl Lnrrrthro's H McsNnire H A 111u Fight In Onuon . H Drs Moints , In , Feb I ! ! The rcpubll * H cans nro happy tonight in having won vantage - H tago ground in their light ever thu deadlock H ' 1 hey had sent back to thu democrats their Hewn own proposition for a compromise rovorscd , H nud to nay tbo democrnts reported that it H uns rejected , There wns a fearful light In H the democratic caucus before that losult was H reached 'Ihe young men wanted to accent H the proposition and end the deadlock , but H the old mossbneks held back nnd refuted to H do so As a result they stand convicted before - H fore the state of Having declined what they H had nlrcady declared to bo n fair mid Iibornl H offer They appear in the light of obit rue H tloul ° ts und of having asked the republicans H to do what they were not willing to do H themselves Tboy could give no excuse for H refusing their own proposition Their load H ing men hero said they would have to no- H cept it or stultify themselves Hut their H greed for ofllco wns too strong , and thev H would not yield ' 1 hey then offered u piopo- H sltlou for nn equal division of committees H dud the settlement of the spcukorshlp by H lot But the republicans promptly rejected H it nnd will consider no other proposition | H since tholr ultlmitum was rejected There H publicans are thoroughly united now , while H the democrats are vorv much divided and nt fl vurinnco with ouch other They have put H themselves in a very dumuglng light before H the stnto , and can oulj continue the deadlock H ut a great disadvantage M Governor Larrabce bus evidently con fl eluded that If ho were to wait for tha dead H lock to end hu might never get a chance to M send lu bis message to thu legislature , so , fl qulto unexpectedly , ho sent It In this after H noon No one had received auy intimation I H that It would como before permanent or- fl gnnlzatlon It is very long probably H twenty ihttn.ind worde Its in great part H a review of the condition of the Btato fl inBtl'utons , with rcconviiendiitloiiB n fl lo legislation for tbeir benefit H Ho also talics a good deal fl of spice for the two BUbJocts of railroads fl und prohibition , lu wblcl ho is most Inter H csted Ho claims that experience has jUsti- M ged tbo railroad legislation of the lust gen fl oral nssombly , und bo maltos noiuo radical M recommendations for the future Ho favors H a 2 cent fnro on first class roads , and the cs- M tabhshment of joint rates Ho thinks tbo H railroads should bo prohibited fiom engaging H in the coal or moat business , or from doing B anything else bcsidos railroad work proper , H so as not to compete with persons cngagod In H other kinds of business Ho thinks the com H mlssloners should bo empowered to compel H railroads to tell who uro their stockholders H and give tholr residunco , also the salaries of H all the general oniccrs Hh thinks tbo law H against passes should be enforced moro | H stiictly Ho said that no publlo oillcial cin - ' H accept a pass without bolng unoor the bus M plcion of doing bo from an improper motive H Ho reviews at length tbo prohibition situs- H tion in this state , claims that tbo law has H been very > sbcuJsefui in reducing drinking H to one-tenth' . .of what it was H before the prohibitory law was pvsseJ.nnd H In greatly diminishing crime Ho argue * L * B ngainst any change In the present polioy of " * ' H the state , but thinks that the law should bo H amended so us to prevent undue searches ot fl private bouses or prosecutions He udviscs fl a reduction of telegraph tolls to i ! > cents for H twenty words Ho says the railroad prop H crty of the country Is controlled by a few H persons who try to Infleonco publiu opinion H in their favor and who buy or subsldire lend H Ingncwepupcrs for that purpose So hu calls fl upon pcoplo to bo on their guard against fl them flUH As a whole bis railroad Ideas are not as fl severe as they were two yenrs ago , when fl they called out the granger legislation H The mesBugo was received without rend H ing nud the legislature resumed Its usual , H l out mo H The House M Deb Moines , la , Fob 13. In the house , H Immediately utter lliu leading of the Journal , M the clerk road a letter from Secretary Tracy H acknowledging the rccoipt of the resolutions H of sympathy , nnd thanking the members for H tbo same The governors message was re- H ceivcd and plncod ou lilo It was u vary H lengthy document A communication was H read from the state auditor , saying that ho H would not Issue warrants to pay the mileages H of members or tbo salaries of employes on H tbo certificate of the temporary speukor H Holbrook ( dcm ) presented a proposition H that a committco of two bo up- H pointed to Bottle the deadlock : H by lot , the speaker and one third of H the officers to bo pluced on ono side and two H thlrdsof the oflleera on tbo other side The H side getting tbo choice of two-thirds ofllcos H to sclio * . two committees first , and the ethers H to bj dtvldod alternately After u discus H sion the proposition was ruled out of order H nud n rccoss taken , H In the democratic caucus this afternoon H tbo republican proposition wus finally reJected - H Jected and the conference committee in- H Blrucled to present Holbrook's proposition to H tbo republican side When the house reus- H snmblcd balloting began , tbo vote standing H Hamilton 47 , Wilson 17. Dent introduced a H resolution , which was adopted , asking tbat H the communication of tno auditor bn referred H to thu attorney general , and bo bo requested H to give a written opinion on the subject H After another ballot the house adjourned H DKAH DIHCH1MINATION. M Colnrnd Minlstor Gotn $500 Dam M nitctt from u rtCAinhput Company " H New Yohic , Feb lit fSpocial Telegram H to The ISi'.E.l Rev Albert P. Miller , col- H pred , paster of the Dlxwoll Avenue Congro- H gallonal church In Wow Haven , while on a H vacation in the summer of 13S7 , came to New H York and eniruucd berths for blmaelf wifa biH and two children an tl mothor-lu-luw on the H steamboat Drew , one 'of the Albany night H boats On examination ho found the berths H inadequate and endeavored to engage ( State H rooms 'Ihe purser referred him lo the cap H tain , who did not pay any uttontlon to him H Ho ugaln applied to the purser , who told H him all the rooms wore cngagod , Mr , Miller H demanded his money , which was returned H to him Ho claimed that there were state H rooms vacant but that the ulllceis had dls- M criminated against him on account of his H colors On this basis ho sued the Now Jersey - M soy stamboat company for 13,000 damages H Tue cuso was tried by Judge Bench iu the H supreme court today and the defense was H that the staterooms wore all sold . The jury M gave the plaintiff a verdict of'tUX ) . Mr M Miller is a graduate of Yale and the Flsk H university , H H HtuniiiHhlii Arrivals H At Philadelphia The Minnesota , from U London , M At New York The Bolgenland , from Aut- M .vcrp ; the btato of Nobrasku , from Glasgow M At Glasgow Tbo Statu of Iiidiauu , from M Now York H At London Sighted i The Egyptian Moo M arch , from New York H Hjmpathy for American Authors M New Yokic , Fob 1 ! ) . The American News B papers Publishers association today adopted M a resolution favoring the international copy U right bill pioppsed und oppressing sympathy H with tbo oHoits of American authors to OU- H tain fuller security for literary properly , M
