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mTT XT' T TT T ? ILY JtSEE , i NINETEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , TUESDAY 3IORNJNG | , APRIL 22 , 1890. NUMBER 802 , fM'iftA m fitni n TIIP CM'PP UUIAI.O SLUES Tilt Slit , The World's Fair Bill Passes the Senate by a Large Majority. VEST MAKES A HUMOROUS OPPOSITION Ho Docs Not Ilrllevo tlic Country Mas Any Time or Money to Throw Away on a "National ClroiiH" No Btntnc r < > ColumiHiH. r > .v , April 21. In Ihc senate to day Mr. Reagan Introduced a bill to repeal all laws for the retirement of nrmj and navy officers from active service on pay , and gave notlco that ho would next Wednesday ad dress the senate on the subject. Mr. Plumb introduced a concurrent resolu tion directing the secretary of the treasury to increase the treasury purchase and coinage of silver bullion to the maximum amount author ized by the act of February SS , isr.s , and gave notlco that Ho would ask for Us consideration tomorrow. On motion of Mr. Huwley the senate pro ceeded to consider the house bill to provide for celebrating the -100th anniversary of the discovery of America by holding an interna tional exhibition. The only amendment re ported by the senate committee Is tlio inser tion of a now section providing for a naval review in New York harbor Jin April , IMKt , nnd for the unveiling of a statue of Chris topher Columbus at Washington. Mr. Hall inquired of Mr , Hawley whether it was intended that the government should furnish the statue of Columbus. Mr. Hawley replied In the affirmative and stated that a bill for that purpose had passed the senate and was now pending In the house. Mr. Vest said it scorned to bo assumed that because the house passed the bill the senate was under some coercion to pass it. Ho pro tested against such an assumption. The bill would probably pass the senate by an over whelming majority , but no measure should over puss the senate with his vote on the assumption that the judgments of the House was cjercivo on the senate. That would be for the fcn-ato to abrogate its constitutional functions. Farwill asked whether such a claim Had over bivn authomtivoly made. Mr. Veht said that as a matter of COUITC It had not been nuthoritavelj made , because such an Idea would cover the author of it with confusion. But It seemed to be assumed In other places than the senate. He knew his opposition to Iho bill would be ascribed to the fact that the city of St. Louis had been an aspirant for the world's fair. That was a post mortem proceeding and he did not propose to Introduce ghosts to disturb the equanimity of tlio senate or the tranquillty of the city of Chicago. Hojiad from the beginning opposed all leg islation looking to an exposition in 1MIS. He had everywhere , publicly and privately , an nounced that in His opinion the law should not bo passed which called it into existence. He did not believe the temper of the people of the United Statc-s favored any such expo sition. Ho did not believe tlic condition of the country Justified such a spectacular per formance at this timo. The agricultural j > eo- plo of the country had neither time nor money to give to a national circus such as was proposed. The pcoplo of St. Louis did nut complain of the result of the contest for the silo. They accented It us Americans always accept the result of an honest and fairconte.it. . Ho knew that It bud been said of him In a Chicago paper that ho had declared us a senator that , in a con test between hades and Chicago for the loca tion of the fair ho would support hades. As the Chicago papers never lied it was unnec essary for Him to state , in a mild and not too emphatic way , that ho made no such state ment. He stated the opinion that in a popu lar election among the people of Missouri be tween hades and Chicago it would be a very close poll. As to what His own vote would bo , ho had never declared us between those two distinguished localities. On the contrary , lie was prepared testate state that in such n contest he would be strictly neutral. ILaughter. ] Chicago , be sides , was full of trusts , monopolies and conij bines , and the latest authentic news from hades was that they were forming there a titlst on sulphur in order to bear the market. There was high authority also for the state ment that the water supply of Chicago was defective , lie hud before him an article from n Chicago paper , stating that instead of n magnificent lake supply of pure water the only supply came from creeks reeking with debris and the corruption of the stock yards. Ho took It that the same paper which had stated His standing as between hades and Chicago had also told tlio truth in Unit mutter. Mr. Vest asked whether there hud been in the whole contest for the fair anything that elevated or dignified the American character at homo or abroad. If they were to assume a patriotic standpoint or if the idea was to Illus trate national llfo on the -tooth anniversary of America , why was it not done in the name of the people of the United States without con- testa and squabbles over localities ( Why had it been a sort of an auction between the rival cities as to which would give the most money and entail the smallest expense on the gov rn I'lCntl If it was to boa national matter why did not the nation itself , with its overflowing treasury , take upon Itself the expense ( The who\o matter from the beginning had been simply an advertising scheme , and the basis was the municipal rivalry between the great cities of She United States. In this connection Mr. Vest road extracts from mag- luinc and newspaper articles and commented i.pun them nsa scandal to the American name in d American attributes. Ho referred to Chauncy Depew's speech before the senate committee and to his mention of the town of Pci-kskill as his birthplace and us the center uf a larger imputation than that of which St. Louts was the center , and said Mr. Depew's modesty had forbade him going any further to show why Peekskill did not aspire to bo the site of the world's fair. Ho ( Vest ) suggested that after that great act of parturition the vital energies of PeeksUill were exhausted and that she had remained ever slnco In a state of innocuous dcMietudo. ( Laughter. I Mr. Vest read from a book gotten up in the interest of New York , a poem , the nature of which was a satire on Chicago's wide extent of recently annexed territory. The following versos are a sample of It : The shades of nlKht were falling fast As o'er a Kansas pralilo ptis > d A youth of prcM'iicit gaunt and thin , illut vast the shoes he travels In. ) He'd driven ninety miles that day , Nor seen ashed uncle he could stay. Oh ! Wheie am'i \ at last ho groaned. A passing .stranger softly moaned. The reading of these verses produced great merriment in the senate. Mr. Vest insinuated g ntly that the | HH't was Or. Depow. For eighteen months ho ( Vest ) Had boon engaged In the bumble task of attempting lo discover why the meat products of the great stales of tin * west wcro so depressed that tlio cattle raisers did not iicoivo pav for His corn , bis iruss. Ids oats , to say nothing of his time. If his constituent ! * loaid go to Chicago , in the great stock yards amid the bellowing of cat tle and grunting of hogs , they would find \\hut Had become of their cattle and How their profits , were lost in them. Or it they went Into the wheat pit at Chicago they would there find , amid the bellowing of the Hours and the roaring of the bulls , presided over by old Hutch , what had become of their whc.a crups.\caruftor year. In Chicago the for eigner could sco all the emergencies and IH'ril ! * of the coming future ami could see tlio great strain on American Institutions based on universal sulTrago. Ho would find there n restless and dangerous foreign imputation. For Himself ho did not object that foreigners should sco that phenomenal eltvof the great west , but as a senator Ho could not give his vuto for a till ! creating an e\XM > ltlon In anv city of the United State. Ho believed as a practical business man that u came too soon after the gmit Purls exposition. In Ills Hulii'si Judgment the peunlo uutsido of the utics engaged 111 tlio cunu-it did not care anything about the cjkpvsition Had the time come In this cimntry when the people bad to be amU'od with shows , in their condition of treat pecuniary distress , of un just laws and the outrages pel i > etrated upon them I Mr. Gorman offered an amendment to strike out the provision fora naval review and toln- sort an appropriation of f-VKUAX ) for a memorial hull.ling in Washington as a reK > si- tory of tlio nnticiuilie.1 of the western homisplionRejected. . Mr , Cnllom said Cldcapo would makothc fair a grand success and would manifest her appreciation of the great honor confcried on her. When the mime of CHUngo was men tioned the senator from Missouri ( Vest ) seemed to be seized with a kind of hydrophobia. Ho ( Cullom ) did not know what harm Chicago had ever doiw the senator. The senator bad said his | H'opIe wore in doubt as to whether t hey would go to Chicago c.r to Hades and this raised the question of which place the gentleman represented. Hut the ( tonplc of MKsouri would bo ui the e\msitlon | by tens of thou sands whether the senator liked it or not. Mr. Blair suggotod that thocitvof Hades was a democratic city. Mr. lllair was op posed to Iho proposition of Holding a naval review as fostering the spirit of war. "That accursed institution , the bailee of savauery. Infernal war1 should bo abolished. II0 of fered an amendment , empowering the presi dent to hold an exhibition of the public schools and a review of public school children In Chicago ; also an amendment for the erec tion of a statue to the meinorv of Queen Isa bella of Spain. Both rejected. Mr. Hoar moved to amend by striking out tlio provision for the Columbus statue. Mr. Plumb argued against a naval review , and said the purpose bark of thi amendment was that New York should have something to break Us fall something that might minimize thefairntChicajro. A naval review was essen tially a monarchical idea. The t'nited States ougfit to show the dtflomico between a mon archy based on arms and a republic based on the legitimate pursuits of peace. After further discussion Mr. Hoar's amend ment striking out the Columbus statue was agreed to and tlio remainder of the amend ment ( for a naval review ; was adopted yeas , S- > : nays , -I' . Mr. Blair moved to add to the first section a jirovisiuu that no intoxicating liquors , wines or beer shall bo sold , to bo used as n beverage , within Die limits of the exposition grounds. Mr. Butler thought that the matter might bo left to the people of Chicagoand his motion to lay tlio amendment on tlio table was agreed by : K ) to ! " . > . The negative votes were Messrs. Allison , niaclcbuiii. IHuir , Chandler , " Dawes , Dixon , Dolph , ( ieorge. Hampton. Hoar , Mitchell , Moody. Platt , Plumb and Sanders. The committee of the whole then arose and reported the bill to the .somite. The vote on the naval review amendment resulted yeasT ; nays. : ] : > : so the provision remains In the bill. The bill then passed by \ ' \ to 11. Those voting in the negative were : Messrs. liarbonr , Kerry. Blackburn , Cock- roll , Coke. George , Hampton , Morgan , Pugb , Reagan , Vance. Vest and Walthall. , A committee of conference on the disagree ing votes was appointed. Adjourned. House. WASHINGTON' , April ' 'I. In the house today Mr. Dorsoy of Nebraska in troduced , a Joint resolution that the secretary of tlio treasury lie directed to in- ereaso.tho treasury purchase of silver bullion to tlio maximum amount authorized by the act to authorize the coinage of standard sil ver dollars and to restore its legal tender character , which net was passed over the veto of the president and bee line a law Februarv SS , 1S78. Referred. On motion of Mr. Strublo of Iowa the bill was passed amending the act authorising the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri river at Sioux City , la. On motion of Mr. Thomas of Wisconsin the bill was j > .isscd providing that soldiers who lost their limbs during the late war shall bo entitled to receive artificial limbs every three years. Tlio present law permits them to re ceive one every live years. Mr. Struble'of Iowa submitted the confer ence report on the bill to provide temporary government for the territory of Oklahoma. The reading of the report occupied an hour and a half. The report of the committee on tlio Okla homa bill was adopted. The liill appropriating Sli.'i.'t.oOO to provide the necessary vaults and safeguards for the security of the public money in custody of the United Suites treasurer passed. Mr. Merrill moved the suspension of the rules to pass the bill pensioning prisoners of war , but alter a lengthy debate it was de feated yeas , 113 ; nays , 73 ; not tlic necessary two-thirds. Adjourned. _ Tli < ! Ijoavonworth Murder. LIIVIXWOIITII : : , ICan. , April 131. [ Special to Tin : Ir.i : . ] Tlio latest developments in our great murder mystery tend to confirm the original theory of the police , which is that Benson , tlio patternmaker who disappeared soon after suspicion began to be directed toward him , is guiltily implicated in the af fair. Benson was in Kansas City. Mo. , at last accounts , ami all traces of him have been lost. Benson was a no'er-do-well on general princi ples and was never known to have any money. When he disappeared lie displayed before going a largo sum of money , any of which he refused to give his wife , although ho did un burden his heart to tlio extent of giving his daughter a quarter. He , is a cosmopolitan character , claiming La Hello Franco as the place of his nativity. Coining Home to Marry. [ fViji/rf//if | ( / / IKfUi lnj Jam's ( Innloit llrnnttt. ' ] BIIIUX : , April St. [ Now York Herald Ca ble-Special to , Tin ; BII : : . ] Mr. Coleman , first secretary of the American legation here , balls for Homo in tlio Columbia on the Otli of next month to marry a young lady of tlio state of Kentucky. He will return heroin July. Mr. Crosby , second secretary , is now on leave of absence to Paris visiting friends at tlio Hotel Do Albo. A Coward ly Assassin. NIWC.ISTI.I : : , Wyo. , April SI. [ Special Tel egram to Tin : BII : : , ] A cowardly assassin , John Hines , shot Frank W. Mundell , the gen eral manager of Kilpatrick Bros , it Collln's about * o'clock this evening. While Mondell was passing up Warren avenue Hiries stepped out of the St. Klmoiind asked Mondell what he was going to do for him. Getting no sat isfactory answer Ho drew a bull dug revolver and tired two shots , one taking effect in the upper muscles of tlio thigh , the other just es caping His Head. Tlio wotindis very painful but Is not fatal. * - Crowe Out on Hull. Cnirvno , April lil. [ Special Telegram to. Tin : Bui : . ] Patrick Crowe , the Omaha man ROUIO time ago shot four men and a woman while escaping with $1,000 worth of diamonds mends which ho bad stolen from a woman's room , was released on ball in the sum of $7,000 today. His sureties are John Flanna- ghan and Henry Lister. The two police ofil- corn and his other victims are recovering and will soon be able to bo around. Tlio Wonthor Forecast. Fur Omaha and vicinity : Light rain , fol lowed by fair weather. For Nebraska : Light local showers ; warmer , followed by slight ) ) cooler in west ern portion ; variable winds. For South Dakota : Showers ; warmer , followed by cooler in western portion ; south erly winds. For Iowa : Warmer ; showers ; southerly winds. llciiihllcnuN ] Win. RI.OOMIXOTON' , 111. , April SI. The munici pal election today was a hot control mid was won by thtj republicans who ehvtod C. F. Koch mayor and William K. ( iaspen police maglstrato and also , elected aldermen in all the wards except the Third and Fifth , Irish Kv ] ii m IN. April 21 The cvii-'ions on the Puii-Miitij estaU havt bee n resumed. Four teen tamiiics have bc'.u evutud , LEGISLATION FOR ALASKA , Taking Great Interest in the Northern Wonderland. END OF THE PAN-ELEOTRIO SOANDAL IjV-Attorney General Garland ct nl Kv- onerntcd A Protest . \pilnst the Abandonment of l-'ort Sidney An Important Decision. WA IIIXOTOV BriinAf THF. OMUH BKB , ) Til ! ) FofiiTr.KVTit STIIKCT , > WASHISI.TOX. U. C. , April SI. ) Without doubt the present congress is going to enact some important legislation relating to our comparatively unknown northwestern possessions. Miner W. Bruce , delegate of the Pioneer Business association of Alaska , who has been here for the past four months urging legislation for that territory , appeared before the house committee on public lands today in support of the unanimous report of the sub-committee in favor of the Platt bill which passed the senate on February 1-4 last. The sub-committee reports several very im portant amendments , among which are the extension of the homestead laws to all lands not timbered ; permitting the cutting of tim ber for all domestic purposes nnd for manu facturing within the territory ; for the exten sion to the territory of the coal laws of the United Stales ; changing the seat of govern ment from Silkn to .Iiineau , and the setting aside of certain islands in southwestern Alaska for certain tribes. It is but sixty miles from .Tuncau to the navigable waters of the lakes that form the headwaters of the Yukon river and It is pro posed to build n route across that territory over which material can bo transported for the construction of steam launches , thus affording ready communication with Behring sea through tlic great valley of the Yukon , which will throw open that vast intervening territory , thus affording facilities for the de velopment of the rich placer and quartz gold deposits that unquestionably abound in that region. The committee was much interested in the subject and there will probably be a unanimous report in favor of the measure at the next meeting , which occurs on Monday , the L'.sth inst. Mr. Bruce leaves for Alaska tomorrow via Onuiha , where ho will remain one day. A IMIOTIIST. The Nebraska delegation will within a few days call in a body on tlio secretary of war to protest against the abandonment of Fort Sid ney as a military post , tint owing to the de termination of the secretary to concentrate the troops as much as possible in largo posts , which determination is warranted by the fact that the railroads linve done away with the necessity Of so many frontier posts at the present time , makes it more than probable that the efforts of the Nebraska senators and members in this respect will bo futile. The abandonment of Fort Sidney was recom mended eight years ago , and it was only by strenuous efforts that it has been ictained so long. The delegation will leave no stone un turned to induce the secretary to come to their views , but the chances are anything but good at present. A SCANDAL I.Alt ) TO HHST. The great scandal of the last administration was laid to rest today. The district supreme court dismissed the bill that was brought against ox-Attorney General Garland , Senator Han is of Tennessee ana others to compel Item to carry out their agreement with the atone ono time notorious Pan-Electric telephone company. The judges unanimously declared that It was their duty to say that the charges of fraud and perfidy made in the bill against the defendants wore unsupported by the facts in tlio records , but that on the other hand there was nothing developed in the proof that in any way reflected upon the hi h character of the defendants for honor and integrity. The facts were briefly these. A well known crank in Washington , a poet and inventor named Dr. Roger , persuaded Attorney Gen eral Garland and others to join him In organ izing a company to promote an invention which he called the Pau-Klcotrie telephone. They afterward discovered that the contri vance was worthless and refused to pay in any more money , but not until Mr. Garland had ordered a suit brought against the Bell telephone company to test the validity of its patent , which Dr. Rogers claimed to bo nn in fringement upon his. Garland acted inno cently in tlio case but awakened n tremendous amount of gossip at tlio time , which will bo well remembered. ALL All the senators voting against the world's fair bill were democrats and came from the south. They represent Virginia. North Car olina. South Carolina. Georgia , Alabama , Mjssissippi , Tennesse , Kentucky , Texas and Missouri. Every republican senator present voted for the bill. AS IMI'OUTAXT IIKCISION. The United States supreme court today ren dered a decision which has been waited for long and anxiously by many pensioners and claim agents. Somo'two or three vears ago a man by the name of Miller applied for nil in crease of pension nnd presented evidence which he claimed showed him to bo entitled to more than double the amount Ho was re ceiving , under the law. The commission re fused to grant tlio increase , and a writ was applied for to compel them to do so. A num ber of claim agents who had similar cases combined together and raised the fund to carry the case to tlio supreme court , which today refused to issue the writ and held that the commissioner followed the rules of his office and exercised bis lawful discretion in the case. If the decision had been otherwise thousands of similar cases would have been brought in the courts. MW : III TMA TIH : ? . Over , Custer countv * , Nebraska , Muggio A. McMullen , vice W. A . 'Mi-Mullen , resigned ; ( iouduville , Hyde county , South Dakota , R. Frayn , vice II. Riggs , suspended. Senator Mandorson baa Introduced a reso lution in the senate calling upon General Greely to furnish statistics relative to the cllnrito conditions of Nebraska bearing upon the subject of agriculture. A valuable report of a similar character was furnished by the chief signal officer a year or two ago , which has just been printed , giving information of this character relative to the conditions from a climatic standpoint in Washington and Oregon. Tlio secretary of agriculture has notified the Nebraska senators that the imported sugar boot seed has arrived at the department and only ' . ' ( K ) pounds are available for distri bution by the Nebraska delegation. J. K. Helm of Pawnco 1ms been recom mended for Indian agent at the Santee agency by the Nebraska senators and mem bers. bers.On On Saturday the secretary of the Interior forwarded to Harvey Clark his commission as register of the hind office at Lincoln. Halestown , Knux county , gets the post- office removed from Dolphin. The change takes place on the 1st of July , but tlio present postmaster will continue to handle the malls ut the new location. It is probable two public building bills for Nebraska towns will pass the house this week. The bill for Beatrice is third on the list and Hastings is somewhat further down. Qmaha'also stands well for the consideration of its bill , and the chanci\s indicate the passage - sago of nil three during the week unless the fight against Omaha moves too strong. Colonel Klliolt F. Shepurd of tlio Now York Mall and Kxprcss hu.i purchased all of the chairs used by the International American conference at Its sessions and will keep them as mementoes of that Important gathering. They u-0 ro shipped to him ut New York to day. day.W. W. B. Willard and wife of Omaha are nt. Wlllard's. 1'tuiu B. HBATH. A Steamer Sunk nnd Fifteen Drowned LIINUON , April ' , ' 1 Tin- steamer Bilb'in , frum Gniusb ) April s fur Louduit , has been li'it in the Nurih sea. Fifteen i > vr uus wx-ro druwui.d. JIltN. CAM1"8 Ej. Her K-ioiiptule Crrntesn Great .Sensa tion nt Her OliliHoine. M.im ov , Wls. , April il-THo | elopement of Mrs. Henry C. Carnl > of pxford , Neb , haa CAiued one of tlio biggest sitnsatlons that has ever been experienced hero. Her maiden iinir.o was Grace Kowley. Scarcely two months ago Mrs. Camp left' Madison , a bride of nineteen , and no young lady reared In this city over departed with Jnoro well wishes for her future happiness. She was popular with the young society people and the older folks took that kindly interest Inhorthat Is nutnr.il In small cities. Her husband , who was four years her senior , had a good position In Iho Farmers' State bank of , Oxford , of which E. S. Rowley , a nephew of the bride's father , is president. The match was considered in every respect a happy one. At Oxford , Neb. , Mrs. Camp mot H. F. Ferguson , a commercial traveler represent ing the Hamilton-BrowH.sltoo company of St. Louis , Mo. Ferguson was only twenty-one , a warm friend of the young husband and a welcome visitor nt the Camp household. The young people made up social parties , fre quently going out driviilg together , a friend ship meantime growing up between the drummer and his friend's wife which finally led to a sensational elopsment of the errin couple. Three weeks ago Mrs. Camp , on n pretext of homesickness , left her husband , ostensibly to visit her parents in this city. She was not expected hero nnd the first Intimation -Her parents received of their daughter's false step was a letter which arrived n week Inter from Camp addressed to his wife , whom ho supposed to bo at herohl home. The .same day Rowley ' pcro was staggered bv the receipt of another letter dated Omaha , March SO , which bore the postmark "Louis ville. March S'J. " It wits signed by II. F. Ferguson and read : "I shall take Grace to my mother and sister until a divorce has been secured from her husband , and then we will be married. " The epistle went on to beg the forsiveness of the girl's parents , and ex pressed a hope that ihoy would not continue to grieve over her action. The letter con tained much more of a character that the parents consider too private to all to bo pub lished. The deserted Husband was immediately telegraphed to come to Chicago , and there ho was met by a brother of the j'oung woman , who sfirst apprised Him'of his wife's perfidy as disclosed bv the Ferguson letter , The husband and brother .talked over the matter for two 'days. Tlio latter in his rage wanted to pursue the elopers , and. swore to s kill the man on sight , but It was eventually decided to await developments. Clump then returned to Oxford to begin proceedings for divorce. The couple were traced as far as Louisville. where the girl's parents claim they registered at the Gault house as "brother and sister. " There subsequent whoro.fhouts they profess to be in ignorance of , although they are be lieved to be somewhere ' in the south , where Ferguson's mother resides. A brother of Ferguson travels in thi south , and he has written the Rowley family expressing deep feeling for his erratic brother. M. S. Rowley , Mrs. Camp's father , was much affected when secft by a correspondent. "We had hoped to Itcep'tlic matter quiet and avoid notoriety , " ho said sadly , "but I sup pose tlio truth must come out now. It has been a terrible blow to us , and the girl's mother is completely brdkcu down over it. I am making every effoiftto find out where they are , and when I succeed I think it is my duty as a father to brink 'the poor girl back homo. Of coin-so shcf can never expect to live with her husband again , but we will Have to make tlio best of it , Much indignation is expressed here at the girl's foolish escapade aniUho Rowley family , who are greatly resp'-cttd , have the warmest sympathy in their dorp trouble. " SHE fiKTti TUK fXSUIl.tXCE. The Decision of u Chicago Judge Creates a Sensation lii Lojjal Clroles. CmcAnn , April 21. [ Special Telegram to Tun Bic. : ] The appellate court created a de cided sensation in legal circles today by hand ing down a decision declaring that when a wife murders her Husband this act does not debar the spouse from recovering any life in surance which her husband may have carried in her favor. The case was that of Maggie Sclireiner , who sought to collect the insur ance policy on tlio life , of her husband , to whoso killing she hart previously pleaded guilty. She had poured oil on his clothing and set it afire. The case occurred on tlio North side about three years ago , and is one of Chicago's celebrated crimes. The suit is against the high court of Illinois Catholic Order of Foresters , and , the a-mount of the policy is SI , 000. The court below held that she was not entitled to the'money because the lulling was the wifo's willful act , and she could not take advantage of her own act. Judge Moran holds in ail elaborate opinion that tlio record of the criminal court showing Mrs. Schreincr's plea of guilty of man slaughter cannot bo need In the civil proceed ings. There was no trial in the court below , the judge there deciding that the homicide was willful on the pleadings of the criminal court record. Judge Moran holds that this record is not conclusive in the civil ease. There should havo. been n trial , and Mrs. Sclireiner should Have been permitted to controvert or refute the theory of intent to murder. The record In the criminal court , it is held , constitutes no estoppel ex cept between the people and the person con victed , and Is not even now , when the ques tion arises collaterally of the fact of Mathew Sehreiner's death , oven much less of the fact who killed him. Mrs. Sclireiner claimed she saturated her husband with coal oil and touched a match to him because ho lay in a drunken stupor nnd she wanted to wako him up. She was ignorant of the combustible ef fect of coal oil and claimed to have no mur derous intent. Judge Moran says that no homicide which Is tlio result of carelessness , or which is not an intentional killing , should bar the plaintiffs rights to the insurance money. the CHH TrtiKt. ifAiio , April SI. [ Special Telegram to Tun Hm : . ] Considerable interest was excited - cited by a rumor to the effect that criminal action was to bo taken against tlio officers of tlio pis trust by the plaintiff in the Miller case. It Is said that the transactions in ab sorbing the Town of Lake gas company by the trust , In which Miller was a largo stock holder , were out of tbo ordinary , so much so , in fact , as to inako criminal action possible. Dexter , Horrid : & Allen , Miller's attorneys , were seen this morning , but professed pro found Ignorance of nny uch action. Judge Horton will commence , the hearing of the Miller ease tomorrow and some interesting developments are oxttcctcd. Tlio gas tnist people have been making great preparations for a fight and have summoned several wit nesses from distant points. The suit is for a receiver and mi accounting. ' A Brutal Priest Silenced. WATIUTO\V.V : , N. Yi'April SI. Bishop Wadhams has silenced Futhur Peter J. H. Ryan of St. Peter's Roraau Catholic church , Lowvillo , N. Y. , nnd has suspended him from his priority office on account of acts uiibo * coming a priest. The chief complaint against him was as to His method of assessing His congregation. The trouble was brought to a climax when the priest's demand on a lady of his congre gation for Her shareof a certain assessment was refused. Father Ryan became angry , struck her on the fueo with n prayer book and used language unbecoming u priest. Nowfoiindliind nnd the Halt Question. H.u.it'tx , N. S. , April SI. Newfoundland. states that the gwernincnt has decided that for this season only the present halt act Is to bo carried out under -licenses by which all foreigners will IHJ permitted to purchase ono barrel of bait per ton ol ihclr register on pay ment of tonnage dues. * To I.ooU After Minority lnterestH. W ISIHS-.TO.X , April 21. A caucus of demo- ( ratUsenators was Held this morning , at utiii-h a it-solution was adopted to upjioiul u am mi'tcL' to take charge ( it the interestuf ttiu minority m the matU'f of legislation. OBIPROJIISE TO THE WINDS , The Carpenters' Slrika Further From nu Amicable Solution Than Ever. SEORBTAHY HOWARD'S STATEMENT. " " * - " * No r.cturn to Work Until Sternly Km- liloynicnt Is Oitarnntocd to at Least Kcvon-lCIlitlis of the Men. CHICAGO , April 21.Special [ Telegram to Tnr. Bui : . ] The eunieiiters' strike , which up to this morning seemed Hopcfulof settlement , now appears farther away from amicable so lution than ever. The strikers In the Hush of victory have added to their demands of Sat urday night and thrown all compromise to the winds by declaring that they will only resume work for the new boss carpenters' as sociation when It shall bo able to employ seven-eighths of all the union carpenters of the city Instead of H , . " > 00 as originally agreed. Tills breach of faith of tlio carpenters' coun cil has done much today to wean from the strikers the public sympathy which they before possessed. That the ad- vlco of Samuel Ctompew , president of the American federation of labor , has caused the strikers to take this unfortu nate step no one doubts. The situation maybe bo summed up in a few words. Tlio boss car- IHintL'rs throughout the city make every con cession which the strikers demand. They agree that eight hours shall constitute a dav's work and they agree to the wages to which the strikers demand , but the latter now boldly declare that they will not resume worker or permit any non-union men to resume work fur any individual or firm within the city limits until that organization known as the Builder's exchange shall have "officially recognized' ' the half dozen or more men who style themselves the "carpenter's council of Chicai'u , ' ' and who demand to control their fellow-craftsmen everywhere , union or non union. The public was as much surprised as dis mayed today when Secretary Howard , in the following statement to the prcjs , announced the change of front of the carpenters' council : Theie never has boon adlvMon of .sentiment In tlic council as to the expediency of permit ting onc-liiilf of the men to goto work. There has not been nvoid said in the council In favor of such a piopnsltlon. We have lii'uii unanimously opposed to It. The committee of the bosses' association was confeiicd with through courtesy. There will lie no ictuni to work until tlio strike shall have been dellnlli'- ly settled by the iccojriiltlun of the union by a sulllcloiit number of bo-ses to gnarnnteo steady employment to at least seven-eights of the carpenters of the city. All this talk about our agreeing to furnish men to the mnv bosses' organisation because they thought they could hire : i.KXl ( men was unaiithoili'.ed. The men aie more united than ever , moio dc- teimliied that their victory .shall bo complete and final. An attempt was made yesterday to put several non-union men to work. The strikers looked up the Sunday closing lawcand made up their minds that it would apply in this case. Accordingly when the men arrived at the buildings upon which they expected to re sume operations they were confronted with union men who told them they would bo ar rested unless they went back to their Homes. The men followed the advice of the strikers despite the offer of l an Hour made by their employers. Today , bower , there are altogether probably 4XI ( or MX ) carpenters at work in different portions of Iho city , nearly all of whom are non-union men. Money con tinues to come in from outside sources to help the carpenters. Two hundred dollars was re ceived from Philadelphia- morning and more is on the way. Vice Grand Master Ilanahan of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen has offered assistance in the mime of his organization. President Rowland of the national brotherhood will bo here tomorrow to look over the ground and see How he can help the local union. Conductors' CinriNNi : : : , Wyo. , April -J1. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bin : , j Representative freight and passenger conductors to the number of sixty-live , representing tlio St. .loo & Grand Island , Kansas division. Oregon short line , Oregon Navigation , Colorado division and Wyoming and Nebraska divisions , met in this city today for the purpose of having n conference with Union Pacific offi cials. Thcso included Manager Dickason of tlio Missouri division. Manager Hcssiguo of the Mountain division , Superintendents Barr of Omaha , Baxter of Cheyenne , Choato of Denver , O'Neil of the St. .loseli | ) & Grand Island , Brinkerhof the Kansas City division , Assistant Superintendent Burns of the Ne braska division , and Car Accountant Buck ingham. The conferences were held In Superintendent Baxter's office , the various delegations going in in relays to state their Grievances. What transpired it Is difilcult to learn from either side. Tlio question was of giving the passenger conductors ? 1'J. > per month ami overtime after ten hours' work. In the case of the freight conductors an increase of crews on regular trains and an allowance for time spent on side tracks were discussed. The Kansas division and St. Joe it Grand Island men left for homo tonight. Another meeting of those remaining will bo held with the railway officials this morning. No defin ite conclusions were reached today. Pennsylvania CarpontorH Strike. SIIAIIOX , I'a. , April SI. All the carpenters hero went out on n strike for a nlno Hour dav this morning. One small firm has con ceded the komaud but others are making an eflort to secure non-union men to finish Iho buildings under contract. "Will Arbitrate. Ixi > ax.m > i.i , Ind. , April SI. This after noon Mayor Sullivan sent letters to tlio strik ing carpenter * ' union , stating that the wel fare of the city required tlio arbitration of thf- present eight-hour trouble. He asked it to appoint a committee to confer at his office with a like committee from the contractors' association. The union consented to do this and tonight the contractors and bosses ap pointed their committees , with power to act , to meet the carpenters' committee. . Tomor row afternoon those committees will attempt to arbitrate the existing difficulty. There are but a few non-union carpenters in tlio city mid work Is almost at a standstill. About five thousand men are out. Trainmen Troubles Settled. PiTTMiruo , April SI. Grand Master Wil kinson of the brotherhood of trainmen ar rived in this city this morning and had consultation with a mass meeting of men for several Hours. Tonight Mr. ) VIlklnson Hod a conference with the railroad officials tun ! an nmicahlo settlement of the trouble Is announced. The details will not bo known until tomorrow. German Shoemaker * Striko. CD BIIII.IV , April SI. Sixteen thousand Berlin shoemakers have struck for a ten-Hour day mid n raise in wages. Tlio IVoiU'li Ketuliato.il. P.viti * , April 31. The Giiulols says the Dahomians have made two vigorous assaults ujKm the French positions In Dahomey. Four French soldiers stationed at outlasts were captured by the Dahomians rind bo- headed. The French retaliated upon the Da- hominns by lK > ho > ulliig llvo female warrlon > of the king , who had been capturoJ. Not Wanted In Utah. Su.T LA KB Cnv , Utah , April 31. [ Special Telegram to THIS HKK. ] At a mass meeting of citizens tonight n resolution to congress. was pasbitl against the removal of the Ute luUiuus from Colorado to I'tuh. .Steamship Arrivals. At New Yvi'k-Tuo Bms from Bremen. XOT J'IH'1-t..tll IX TIIK IIOl'SK. Two-Thirds of the Itonnbllci is Op- lto e the Wlniloiii Hill4 WASHINGTON- , April 21. The i\ \ * \ican \ ! : mombeiMof the house hold a cauou-i iiiht to receive the report of its eomintHeA s the silver queMtou. Chairman Conger\S.nrc- \ scntlng the report of the coinage coil 'teo recited the concessions whlclA Vho ho'.se caucu ? committee H il\ \ ' of fered lo the foimto committee. . Id how the iircoUiiUons b.id failed , malm n the redemption anil national bank p\ \ sitloua , and summed up by reporting that , < house committee had withdrawn all coir , Mou.s ud that none of the fifteen meinl ) had decided to recommend thrtt the hoi . - pass the modified Windom bill as It came from the coinage committee. Representative Walker of Massachusetts , another ir.emher of the committee , uphold the committee's action , lie maintained that its bill would secure ail the necessary relief In the way of expansion of the cur rency , ami , in substance , reiterated Secretary Wlndom's objections to the re demption features of the senate bill , pointing out the dangers underlying the positive re quirement that treasury notes should bo re deemed In lawful money. The six members of the caucus committee who refused to accede to the majority report , favoring the modified Windom bill , wore Rep'resontntives Perkins of Kansas , Bartine of Nevada , Wlckham of Ohio. Carter of Mon tana , Taylor of Illinois and Henderson of Iowa. They represented western sentiment and had a proposition of their own to offer , which was submitted by Representative Per kins. It was set forth as a compromise measure and Is In fact a composite of the senate and house committee bills. Dorsoy of Nebraska entered solemn protest against tlio eastern restrictive pulley. Ho prophesied that If the republican nart'y hesi tated to adopt free coinage or something equivalent it would surelv bo defeated at the polls this fall. The discussion ran on until 11 : " 0 , when finally the entire subject was recommitted to the caucus committee. It became evident from several votes on minor propositions , taken during the debate , that the republican members are opixjsod to the Windom bill in the proportion of two lo one. The committee will report to another caucus to bo held Wednesday night. irMV2'7'K.lv / ' Tt.t I.l'oril'S H.I IT. Parncll Moves the Ucjcctlon of the Irish Ijiiinl Pitrolin.se Hill. LONDON , April 'JI - In the commons today Parnell moved that the Irish land purchase bill bo rejected by the houso. Speaking in support of his motion ho said that the measure justified the claims the nationalists made nlno years ago. He wel comed lialfour us the latest recruit to the ranks of tlio land reformer. ) . While accepting tlie government's recog nition of the principle of the land for the people ple , Parnell declared that ho could not admit that the bill was a satisfactory solution of the land question. The Initial question was how far tlio British tax payer would go in lending bis credit to the Irish landlords. The experiences gained by the discussion of Gladstone's land bill in ISMi showed that the taxpayer would not go far enough to finally settle the land diniculty. The present bill was simply to enable one-ninth of the owners of land in Ireland , these being tlio larger ab sentee landlords , to sell out at exorbitant prices , leaving their poorer resident brethren in the lurch. Parnell also objected to the bill on the ground that it did not provide for carrying out what it proposed. While it exhausted the only Irish credit available without the consent of tlio Irish and without any local control in the appliance of the money. Again while coercion is applied as It is now the tenant can never bo n free agent. The bill , ho declared , was uusufo to the imperial tax payers , the guarantees It provides being illusory and insufficient. AccouliiKT toBalfour's own figures relief was provided for only three-fourths of the ten ants. Parnell spoke at great length. Tr'volynn spoke in opposition to the bill. The debate then adjourned. The Parnollites are divided in their opin ions on Mr. ParnolPs motion. They think an explanation Is necessary. A j'lirtnt'iAX JX ritoiinK. Dootor AVost of Suit hnUi ; Arrested on n Charge of Bl i'iiny. SVI.T L\KI : , Utah , April ' , ' 1. [ Special Telc- grom to Tin ; Br.i : . ] The sensation of the day is the arrest of Dr. Jacob .1. West , a leading physician of this city , on the charge of big amy. West two weeks ago married Jane Kvorell , a damrhter of a leading family here , a girl aged eighteen. Saturday wife No. 1 appeared on the scene and caused the doctor's arrest. Wife No. " is temporarily insane over the matter. Today in court while the preliminary Hearing was in progress wife No. a bobbed uji and then there was n scene. West first tried to play the game of believing the first wife dead , but when No. ; ! came into court. Ho said it was a blackmailing scheme. Finally ho changed his tactics and tried to work tlio insane dodge. A brother of vifo No. 'J tried to shoot him , but was prevented by bystanders. West Is fifty-five years old and came originally from Orogan. Ho has lived hero about a year. Ho has had a big practice and was considered an eminently re spectable citizen. IX TOUCH WITH TllC AflK. Cardinal ( 'Ihlions KII.VK tho. Pope's Utterances Prove Hi ; is no Fossil. BU.TIMOIH : , Mil. , April 21. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bm.l : Ills eminence , the car dinal archbishop of Baltimore , was called on today by the corrcsionilent | of Tin : BII : : in the hope that ho might have something to say In regard to the recently published interview with the popo. Cardinal Gibboim has a great many tilings to do , and n great many people to see and ho could give only a very few minutes to his visitor. His eminence spoke as fol lows : "i am delighted with the lofty sentiments ascribed in u recent interview to the sovereign pointiff. They are eminently worthy of Iho pope , who is so discerning and who has his finger on tlio pulse of Iho people. They provo to all that the pope Is not a fossil , but that' ho has his eve upon the world , and that his heart beats with sympathy for its legitimate wants and aspir ations. "Leo XIII shows conclusively the deep In terest which Ho takes , not only In the relig ious and moral , but also in tlio social and economic questions of the day , and that bo is anxious to cooperate with nil good men of every creed anil to avail him self in every proper way of the colossal power of the press in lightening the burden and elevating tno condition of suffering Humanity. " The Groen-ltarkor Kloponiunt CtiKo ICndti Very I'lwniuully. Ciuc.Uio , April 21. The climax of the Green-Barker elopement , which created some excitement In Bloomington several mouths ago was reached Hero today. Lester Green was at one time noting mayor of Bloomington. Ho HaJ a family. Mrs. Barker the wife of well-to-do was n - - engineer who gave Her a liberal allowance of money , out of which sha managed to snvo In the course of Hovoralyears about f 1,100. She ami Green became mutually infatuated , null Uik- Imj the money llod together. They wont to Whatcoin , Wash. , where they invested in real estate mm imido some moro moiu-y. Two weeks ago they returned to Chlaigo with about $ l,2uft , and according to a story in a locnl paper till * evening , Green took all the money Saturday mid loft tha woman here nlonc. Hlncnld Adntlitcd to Hail. WAHIIIM.VIV , April 21.Charles K. Kin- Mid. charged with the murder of ex-Rcjirc- M'li ! . . j\c Ttii.Hir , vvu , todaj lulllliUcd to b.til tti U.im uf i.0,000 , A CUT IS A SEW DIRECTION , The Burlington Will Reduce tlio Time Eiglt Hours From Ohicngo to Denver. TO GO INTO EFFECT NEXT SUNDAY. AH the Honds Admit Tlint It Is a .Stop In the Hlght Direction A l.lttlu 1-Miitter In Freight Circles. CIIICAC.O , April 21. [ Special Tclpprnm to Tin ; HKK. ] Tlio Burlington road 1ms been simply trailing In the rate-cutting In western passenger business , but today it shied its cas tor Into the ring with a vengeance. No pos sible good could come from a further ii'ihic- lion in rates and the Burlington rosnlved to strike in the only exited place by reducing the running time of its fust trains. This it will Inaugurate next Sunday by putting un its old "Burlington No. 1" train and reducing the present thirty-six and one-half hours time between Chicago and Denver to twenty-eight mid one-half Hours. Tills move was entirely unexpected and has caused much excitement among its competitors where a $1 rate would have scarcely caused a ripple. By diverting through traffic from St Louis tlio Burlington's move will hit the Missouri Pacific harder than all the com petitors combined. It is also taken as proof positive that the light of the combined west ern roads against the Missouri Pacific is fairly on. The contemplated cut to W of the into between St. Louis and Gnlvoston by the Atchlson has not yet been officially an nounced but Is expected this week. In spite of the fact that it will be difficult or Impossi ble for all tlio Burlington's competitors to make the Denver in and run twenty-one ono- Imlf hoiiri. , the average time being faster than any correspond ! ! ! ; ; run in tlio United States , there is no Word of complaint. All admit that it is a step in the right direction to settle mat tors mid all will now welcome the end of the present rut rate war. Commissions on tickets run in nil < nscs over fi ( ) per cent and as Hiifh as IK ) per cuit of the sellimr price , while the prices of the tick ets themselves have fallen from -10 to i'f > per cent. Thus at the very best a ticket to the Missouri river nets a road but $ ' , whilr in the majority of cases the commission eats all up but ? 1 or M cents. The end of the war will come soiui if the roads press their fight against the Missouri Pacific. A little llutter was raised In freight circles today by the fu'so rumor that the Alton would reduce the lu cent Missouri river basis on fivMit rates to M ) cents. Said General Manager t 'Happo' ' 1. "Tho Alton has no such intention at pres ent. Wo tire satisfied our compi titnrs are cutting rates below a ; " > ( ! cent basis , but \vlll not moot thl : : until we Have nbsol'.te p m > f. Wo Have been accused of demorali/iiip r.ites , but every time wo inado a reduction we an nouiicoil it was done to meet illegal rut < s by our competitors , and we have nevi r lieen asked bv our competitors to furiish : the proof. They weiv satisfied we had it. ' ' , V IXTKKiST IX lUXfK. The Pan-American K\inrslon T the South Abandoned. WasiiiMmiN , April SI. The sei n 'urv f f state this morning telegraphed to Captain Bourke , in charge of the special tram th.it 1.1 carrying the pun-Americans on the - mturu tour , to return to Washington from Ri'-H- mond. This is done because so few delegates desired - sired to make the excursion. Thirteen foreign delegates accepted U'C in vitation , but only two of them. Or sn\n , uul Dr. Xogcrra , left Washington with the- party The others sent loiters of roj-Tii , Living various reasons for withdrawing tin r ac 'Pittances. Tlie secretary of state ci -i-ted that those suing would not justify 11 pense. Tno secretary s-ild toniglit th'it ' In -in cerely regretted that the eili..ens nf tin inHi wlio had made preii.u-.itions ID enlcrl.i i , tuo dolegiiles had been disappoi'itcil. Tin l r eifiii delcgntos are grateful for the Inn-jot. ! ify extended to them and very much iv rc * that they cannot accept tlie'ii. A s n-n Mrs. Sohrolner Given u Clinnoe to- Prollt hy a Crime. . CillfAOO , April 21. Tlio appell.'ti' court rendered a decision today in the sMim-what noted case of Mrs. Maggie Schrolncr aj-.tinst the high court , of the Illinois Catholilros ters to recover $1,000 for the deathof hr hus band whose clothinf ? she saturated vvitli coal oil and then set fire to , causing Ins diutb. Mrs Sclireiner at the time pleaded > ; ullu to manslaughter and is now serving n term in .lolict. On tlio first trial the lower court held that she was not entitled to the. nioui . \ lie- cause the killing was willful inurdi . The appellate court holds that her plea of guilty cannot bo used in civil proeoodintK mid that she is entitled to show that the killing was unintentional. Proctor Hecommonds Keller. W&.SIIIMITO.V , April 21. Secretary Proi tor has transmitted the house report to Q'mr'er- master General Robinson in regard ' .i . tlio condition of affairs in the overflowed dlmet of St. James ami Ascension parishes , Io > isi- uiiii. General Robinson says the sitiiatimi > s deplorable , and hundreds of plui.trrs l u > lost their crops , while thuutinnds of Ubnrus will soon be thrown out of eniplov mi.1 . Vt Grande Point the whole precinct is i , , .ti r water. Opposite the levee biv.ik ut N , i numerous jioor white mid colored pcui | ] u.si all but their lives. He recommends mst n t action tending to the relief of the ull < r < i by tlio United States. ST'AIl Korono at Hnrlun Court House. LOI-ISVII.I.I : , Ky. , April 21. The < ni'i-i Ins adjourned at Hailaii court house u'.d . tl.o state troops arc on their way to tin ir hu , i.-s They arrived at Piiicvilh * today. Cipt.i.n Galther In command says there was ui > Hut. * Tlio troops uld go to hunt Wils Ilou.tm t < t could not find him. Many famili .ir < U-m ing Harlun. A dozen came out wiMi , to troops. They say they fear t < > n in.jin as further bloodshed Is likely to follow. 1C une nnd Woodruff * . CHICAGO , April 21. The hulietnu nt af/ii Frank Woodruff , alias Blacit chairing With complicity in tlio murder ut the i ti r P. II. Cronln.was dismissed tudu\ l \ u.i sent of the state. The indictment f < > i l < stealing still stands against him. EiSilbsoquontl ) , by order of the -t ; . . - , noy , the Indictment against KimID i . . ' > . plicity In the same crime was uls si , , , , , , a olT the docket. Adroit Diamond llohhcry. Lot'irtvii.i.i ! , Ky. , April 21. - A. su n . Son , Jewelers here , were robbed this .i noon of . ' 1,000 worth ufUiatnonds AUMH uio bought a ring suddenly culled Sti-ii.m. .it- tenttiin to .somo articles , unil a ciii > i. t slipped a euso of jewelry containing : > ' < "i o rings and two sets of parrlnifsintn his pi < Hit Sicilian did not djsojvur the theft u.i , hour later. Kslior and Antl'Knhor. * CHIC too , April 21. Yesterday's H > m.bi . dt park church tight came up today in > utu-t un the petition of the untl-Kshcr faction to restrain - strain the Kshor pastor and tru-nn- * fr-un taking posHCHhlun of the property ami < ) un Her or from interfering with tlio petiiiom-i-t oi > oupanco. The court took the m.itu i uuvkrf advisement. A Fnko NowHpupoi' New YOIIK , April -Special [ 'lVU'unu > to Tnr HKK ! The World edltorlallvoi.nsci that tinliiiirvii w ivrciiily ] ini.tiititU dnAir ( 'li'Vi-luml , in wb'i h 111) ul'uikwi I 'Italics A iJjna , wus u Tithe.
