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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 5 , 1890. the sumo tnimhorn * though ilio toitlniony had licaii tiikoii Mijmratoly In each of tliu abuvo Tliliiitlpiilivtlon shall In nooront bo hold or taken M a waiver of any rights which any o ( tlio snlil contested * may liavo or clnlm n to rsullleli'tiey ' iif Horvleo of tlio notion heroin ni tlio ftufllclcndy thereof or tlio right to Intro duce any testimony thereunder , The notaries before whom the governor- shin contest Is being hcaril nro B , P. Johmou nnd A. V. 1'obbltls , with Stneklcr as lawyer for Powers and N. S. llanvood attorney for Eoyd. In the other contests the notaries Xvero Alfred W. Bcott and Mr. Jeffries and the lawyers were legion. The llrst witness called In the governorship contest wni S. MoLcod of Omaha. Hoforo lie wni ull owed to testify Attorney Hnrwood oblcctcd 16 any testimony being taltcn on tlio following grounds : 1. NopaiiTass linn bcon muilo of the vote end consequently there Is tin prcMtniiitlon ' ° Show Unit a contest Is ncer-mry. ! . ' . Thu statutes provide fortuklng testimony lit one place , boforu onoolllcor designated ny ihocontfslnnr. In this cnsu Iho nutlcii pro vides for ihu hcnrliiKof toulmoiiy In four < llf- fi'rcnt places oiid botoro four ulirorcnt olil- 3."llcenuso notice of contest was nnt served In tJinlltno prescribed liy the statutes. 4. Tlio notice ( Iocs not Htiito rnets uaougli on Yhloli to haw nli-Kiil contest. . B. AsCiunlia lias bt-oii designated for taking testimony , Oinalia witnesses should not tos- llfy at Lincoln before Iilncoln olllolals. d'ho taking of tostltnony was then proceeded with. Mcl-eod tcstllled that hovos a resi dent oJ the First district of the Boveath ward cf Omaha. Ho saw.nobody commit any rluods of violence on election day , but ho licard Ohuffoo , president of the city council , BUV at the regular call of the Seventh ward rcimbUcen club that 1J any prohibitionist ut- tcmptcd to challenge anybody on election day lie should ho clubbed , uud lie would see to ft that It was dono. To the question naked If any violence had Veen manifested toward prohibitionists It was objected that the contest was not on the prohibition question. Mr. McLcod further said that feeling was worked up to such n pitch thut It was thor oughly understood that nobody was allowed 4o peddle tickets favoring the prohibition amendment. There was seine Intimidating f persons peddling tickets on election day. Jo ) Catcher 1'ulaskl and Strombcrg nnd a tliint man threatened to kill a negro who bought three Swedes In a carriage to vote nud threatened to kill the Swedes if they did not go away. Tbe Swedes were not voters in the precinct , Pulnskl and the other two jnen wore personal rights badges. They showed a disposition to intimidate and con trol the polls. The general tenor of their langungo was foul and profane toward any body peddling any other kind o tickets. The police did not say n word or try to control the crowd. Neither the police nor the judges of election tried to stop the foul nnd proftino language used. All the acts of violence were displayed by the supporters of Uoyd. On eross-exaininatlon McLeod testllled Ihnt ho did not observe any violence or vile language displayed toward anybody who Toted for Powers or Richards. , Hov. ( JarlKlvlng , a minister of the Swedish Lutheran church , testllled that ho was a voter in the Second district of the Sixth ward. ' ' ! wearing the . saw. persons Boyd liadgc , " j.ald ho. "Efforts were inado to prevent - , vent my voting. I could not get such a ticket .lit I wanted. Some persons said that I was n prohibitionist , when Ivns not. They lied. They then commcncnl to scufllo me with , their elbows. 1 called on a policeman to help me , but ho would not. "When I asked him to protect 1110 , lie ) said ho saw nothing. 1 told mm that I thought ho was there to protect " "me. My bat fell off. The ofllccr then drew ihls club to protect me wMlo I was preparing 'my ticket. I voted for Powers. The fellows who chased mo were drunk. They were per sonal rights league meti as far as I know. After I voted the policeman told ino I had hotter go. The crowd cried , 'Let us kill him.1 'Let us got a rope nnd liung him. ' I did not"go Immediately. The reason they wanted mo to go away was becnuso they thought I was u prohibitionist. A polluomau had to go with mo to the polls to keep the crowd from scullllng mo with their elbows. I pave them no occasion for such demonstrations , I did not kuo\v the men who ( .cufllcd mo. In the Third district I saw sev eral "men mistreated who were handling tickets favoring the prohibition amendment. A doi ? was thrown in.ttio fueo of one of them. One of them was knocked over an embank ment four or flvo feet high. Ho was scuttled by a man wearing a personal rights league budge. I asUcd both a policeman and a sheriff to arrest that fellow. They said they did not , sec it. The crowd said thut I was n minister of the gospel and ought to bo at liomo , They called mo tlio worst rascal on 'earth. ' One man showed mo where the crowd had torn up his tickets. I hoard no general flhout for any of the candidates. As far as I understood , the men making the disturbance were Uoyd men , " On cross-examination Mr. Erollng ac knowledged that the tickets torn up were Uoyd , Itlchnrds and Powers tickets. Some of the voters in that ward said that nobody 'should' bo allowed to vote for Richards be cause lie was a prohibitionist. The witness ytts nqt a prohibitionist. Ho voted for the prohibition amendment. Ho know of no case at either polling place where a person was prevented from voting for Powers. It was Ids impression that it would not hove been safe for a man to stand in his district nnd challenge a vote for Boyd. Ilo did not believe - liovo Boyd would liavo received as many votes as ho did.If ho hatt not been opposed to .prohibition. Ho was opposed to it as a busi ness proposition , Many other business men were opposed to prohibition on the same grounds. Ho thought the reason Boyd was , BO popular was because ho was in good stand ing with the \yhlsky ring. This consisted of the brewers and saloonkeepers , some busi ness men and a number of other persons in the stato. George W. Clark of Omaha was called. Objection was made to him on the same grounds as before. Ho testified that ho voted in the Second district of the Vifth ward. Ho was handling tickets for nil of the parties and was wonting in favor of the prohibition amendment. Several attempts were inado to dispossess witness of his tickets , such ns so liciting tickets from him by the dozen. Ho Baw no persons with personal rights badges. Ho was approached by about n dozen per sons. They surrounded him nud used hostile oxpi-ossions. Ho was asked by Henry Voss what tickets ho was handling.Vhoii Voss saw the tickets ho caught Clark's hand , took the tickets awny from him nnd tore them up. Clark continued : "I was dragged out of the crowd , but not very violently , by n man who Raid to mo : 'Your gray hair Is all that saved you from violence. ' Ilo professed to be n friend. Ho said : 'You had better get away quickeryour ; neck will ho stretched,1 I told Voss I would bavo him arrested. Ho offered to go with mo to the police station in his br.ggy. I refused to accept his proposition. " A bunch of mutilated tickets was pre sented to Mr , Olark nnd ho identilled them as Jho ones taken from him. Seine of them had Powers' numo on them buforo they were taken away. Witness did not know Voss. Ho had never had any misunderstanding of any kind with Voss , Ho would not have dared to challenge any vote for lloyd. It would have been peculiarly unsafe for nay rxjrsoa to liavo made any challenge , had ho been a prohibitionist. Ho should infer that Boyd wiis the favorato candidate nt that poll ing place , Ho understood that Mr. Uoyd was unequivocally pledged against prohibi tion. Anthony Johnson of Omaha was the next witness , Mr. Harwood objected again to a witness testifying on an Omaha matter be fore a Lincoln ofllccr. Witness testified that lie wna In Sixth district of the Sixth warden on election dny , "Was working In the Inter est of prohibition. Handled all four of the different tickets. Was Interfered with by personal abuse , indecency , running of per sons against him , taking of tickets away from hlra and by the throwing of egirs at him. These depredations were committed by | K < rsons wearing personal rights league badges. Tlio tickets taken away from wit ness were torn up , The fedows oven run tholr hands into his pockets la their attempts to take tickets away from him. Witness tcstllled : "Ouo man called mo a coward , u damned sneak , and unlit to live. His nnmc Is W. K. llurlbut and ho is a deputy sheriff of Douglas county. Ho were the star of an oftlcer. Ho also were a personal rights league biiugo. Ho used profane language. A policeman interfered to protect mo froii : llurlbut , I do not know who throw the eggs. I was struck by onn egg. It hit me on the right , check. I never nwt llurlbut be fore , llurlbut was quite actlvo in to-eating 'others ds lie treated mo. Ho was working ior Boyd undoubtedly. There were othoi persons egged , Rev. UV. . Clark of the Calvary Baptist ctiurch stood near mo. He was apparently egged bj tlio same persons that egged mo. A number of woman's CbrUtlan Temperance union Jadlos were liv nuked with the whole coilo of Indignities , A drunUoa follow attempted to drink liquor in the presence of the ImJlw. Another made a Vila roraarU for the bonotlt of the women. . Tbo ladles ncre pushed about a number ol times. The polled did not .offer to protect the ladios. I think the pollco were under obligations to assist the rowdies. I think that tholr Job depended on their doing noth ing while on duty. Mrs. Marsh nud Mrs , lloflln were tlio only ladles 1 know who were insulted. When I nsltod the pollco to arrest the follows , they said the ladles had no busi ness there. I peddled tickets nil dny nnd had no tlmo to go to the courts to swour out a a warrant for the arrest of the fellows. I never tried to liavo the follows arroatod. All the fellows were for Uoyd. I hnvo no doubt of it. I wusii't frightened. I did not sea anybody prevented from voting for 1'owcM. Tlicro were nearly forty-flvo or fifty persons registered who did not co to the polls to voto. 1 believe that they mighthavo been Powers men. If they had been Boyd men they would undoubtedly liavo been brought to the polls. I bellovo that those men who stayed nwav were afraid to como to voto. I don't know any of thosomenor what their politics nro. lint I hcltevo something" was wrong. I bo- ! ! eve tluit a prudent man would not bavo dared to como there to vote If ho did not vote as the crowd told him. It was not n free elec tion. It was a free election only to the per sonal rights leaguo. 1 peddled tickets all day at the peril of my lito nnd property. I did not lllu any comulniut against the fellows. The fellows making- the disturbance were the partisans of lloyd. It was believed that lloyd was the salvation of the nnti-prohlbl- tlonists. I did not sea anybody who desired to vote for Powers prevented from doing so. " The witness was excused and adjournment was then taken until 'Ja. m. The Other Con tests. In the matter of the contest on the part of W. II. Dcch uud others against Thomas II. Majors and others , the following testimony beforoA. W. Scott , notary public , selected by the contcstauts , and Frank Waters , notary public , selected by the contestees , in accord ance with the terms of the stipulation. J. S. Miller was the first witness called by Mr. Lamb. Ho testified as follows : Q. You are a resident of the city of Omaha ? A. I am. Q. You have resided there how long 1 A. Three years. Q. In what ward In the city of Omaha ! A. The Eighth ward. Q. In what voting precinct A. The Fourth. Q. Tlio Fourth voting precinct of the Eighth ward } A. Yes , sir. Q. And there how long ! A. I have boon hero aoout a month , I think ; I have been iu , ho Eighth ward nioro that n year. Q. Y"ou may state your occupation ! A. 1 am a lawyer. Q. How long have you been a lawyer , nnd what is your agoA. ! . I have practiced law 'or about twenty years ; fifty-two years of ago. ago.Q. . Y"ou may state what Is your politlcsl A. Hepubllcan. Q. You may state now whether or not on the -1th of November , 1890 , you were In too city of Omaha nnd attendee ! the election there held. A. I was In the city of Omaha and attended the election there held. Mr. Hall I object on the part of all the contestcea to thn taking1 of any testimony at this tlmo and place In reference to the con duct of the election at Omaha. It is a matter of surprise to the coutcstees that they should bo calleet upon nt this time and place to meet evidence respecting the conductor the elec tion at Omaha. The not.tco of contest served upon the different contostees la only one place specifies the city of Lincoln , nnd lu only ono particular charges illegality In the conduct of the different parties leading up to the election , and that Is In respect to the al leged illegal registration and obtain ing naturalization papers for foreigners. Upon that issue we nro ready to meet the contestants nt this time and placo. The notice also specifies that on December 15 the contestants will take evidence In this contest In the city of Omaha ; mid for these reasons , because it is manifestly unfair to compel us to meet tcjtlmony hero which wo nro totally unprepared to moot relative to the conduct of the election of the city ol Omaha. The several contestants object to the introduction of any evidence respecting the conduct of the election iu Omaha , and ask the notaries to rule It out. Mr , Lamb Wo shall take testimony at the several places where wo have given notice to take testimony In the stutfof whatever wit nesses wo can got there , and the notar ies have only the right to rule upon the materiality of the evidence under the statute ; the statute fixes it that the notaries can only rule upon whether it relates to the point or not. If seems a very singular objection , where the witness is present in court , that it shall depend - pond upon whore ho lives whether they shall examine him or not. Notary Scott So far as I am concerned I should say the testimony should be admitted. Contestees except. Notary Waters My ruling-is I shall sus tain the objection. Contestants except. Kenortcr reads former question to witness , A. I was in Omuha and attended the elec tion. tion.Q. . In what precinct of what ward ? A. I attended the election in three of the pre cincts "in the Eighth ward , the Fourth , where 1 voted , and two other precincts. Q. About what tlmo of the day were yov at those precinctsl A. I voted about ball past 9 li/tho morning uud visited the othoi two precincts soon after , between that and 1 ( o'clock. Q. You may state Just what you saw al these several precincts in regard to the con duct of the election , in your own way. Yov nro a lawyer and may state It In your owi way. A. There was a good deal of excite ment at the polls in the two precincts Just west of Twenty-fourth street , on Cumlng street , tlio two polling places being vcri nearly opposite cacti other , ono on the north anel the other on the south side of the street : quite a large crowd gathered togethoi which vacillated between the two polling places. There wore probablv half a dozoc different parties with prohibition tickets that Is , with tickets of all the different par ties containing the nominees of nil the dlf fercnt parties , democratic , republican , prohl bitlon and nlliunco , all the other various par tics that were nominated , hut all of them had "for the amendment * " They were standing about the polls offering their tickets to anyone ono who wanted them , and about 10:15,1 think It was , was the llrst disturbance I saw , One of the gentlemen peddling these tickets wns met by a party I presume a dozen 01 fifteen or twenty nion and was forced uway from the polls and crowded off Into the street and across the street and his tick' ots taken from him and elestroycd. He seemed to have a supply somewhere else , foi ho got some more nnd came back ; they were taken from him again and torn up , nnd thci the crowd seemed to leave him and go te the others anel take their tickets. Just Lou many I couldn't tell , but nearly all thtit line that kind of tickets they were taken awa\ from them , sometimes by the handful one sometimes Just what ono could get hold of and were destroyed , and they were Jeered a and Imposed upon in various ways , finallj there was ogtrs thrown ; ttioy got a'proulbl tionlst up against the side of a house on tin south sldo of Cumlng street and eggs were thrown from these various men ; some hit tin parllos , some hit the sldo of the house ane some hit the telegraph poles , so they -wen pretty well besmeared. Q You may state whether In Omaha thoj ralso eggs at the polls. Objected to as immaterial. Q. I will ask you where the OCRS cam from if you know. A. I have no khowlodgi where they came from or whether they wen any different from any other eggs ; 1 tmva m knowledge us to who throw the eggs no whcro they cumo from ; I was uuabln to sea a single party that throw the eggs ; I trloe several times but could not. Q , You may stoto whether or not the egg came from the direction where these panic were that hud driven them away from th polls. A. Yes , sir. The eggs were throw from the crowd gathered around the polls ) Q , You may state what the nationality o thopoopln was that were creating that dls turbauco , If you oosorvcd. Were they fet eignl Air. Bllllngsloy Objected to as Incompc tout and Immaterial , Q , State whether or not these men kni any badges on that were taklmr tickets awa or driving them away from Ithu polls. A.- Soroo of them had , yes , sir. Q. What was the character of tha badges A. The only badge I noticed at the polls n that tlmo was "Uoyd" on the hat or "Boya1 on the coat. Q , Did you see any personal liberty budge there that day I Mr. Dllworth Objected to as iraumtcrlt and In no way connecting those contesteos i the case. R You may state whether you know c the existence In this state of a society or a : soclation known as the personal llbort league ; whether you hare board of such society. Mr. Dllworth Objootod to on behalf of Mi Allen nnd all the other contostees 01 being Incompetent and Immaterial , unless they first connect some of these contesteos with the sooret Institutions. . Notary'Scott I rule thut the testimony uo admitted. Contestees except. Notary Waters Objection sustained. Con- tustnnts except. A. 1 know of nothing of the kind except as I gain It from scclug cards on the carriages on election day and having heard of it. O. You may state whether nt those sev eral wards on * that day you saw carriages 'olng nnel coming with the cards or murks pen thorn of the Personal liberty league. L. I saw carriages nt all the ellffcrcnt poli ng places 1 visited there that day ; saw thorn Kissing to and fro , with a canvas usually , or ileco of muslin , printed on It "Personal Llb- Tty League" of such a wnifl. Q. You mav state whether you saw any f these turbulent personsjit the polls wear- ng badges of that character ! A. Heally , I .mild not tell you that I saw any ImlividuiiU ivlth the badge. I think 1 did , too , but I : ould not tell you how mnuy. I may have .ceu soino. Q. I will asK you whether or not on that lay you were supporting , If you nro willing lo state you need not unless you like whether you were voting for or against the umendmont. A. I was against the amend ment In the morning whan I voted. If I had rated later I would have voted tor It. Miller continued : ' ! should say from my knowledge of what the feeling was that a [ Kirty favoring the amendment nt the polls For the purpose of challenging would hastily bo nllowcel to remain. I would say this only as to tbo precincts that I visited. I don't ' tnow howlt wns lu the others. " Darnell moved tostrlko out ull the evidence f this witness regarding the amendment , as liaving in no manner connected any of the candidates with the same. Scott Overruled. On cross-exnmlnattpn witness testlfled-I saw no persons prevented from voting. I saw no personal controversy at all. I do not know of nny conspiracy or combine among 'ho republicans of Douglas county to.provcnt .ho castlne of votes for the Independent party candidates. I do not know of my own Knowledge of qny single candidate upon the independent ticket being deprived of a single vote in nny of these precincts whcro I visited on election day by reason of the personal liberty league or nny combination or con spiracy. George W. Clark , who testified in the gov ernor con test , was the next witness. Ills testimony wns , a repetition of that irivcn before. ' The main object In having Clark testify was for the purpose of introducing the tick ets alleged to have been mutilated by Henry Voss. Darnell moved , on behalf of nil the contestees , t strike out all the evidence of this witness for the reason that it did not in any way connect the republican party or these contosteos therewith. . Scott overruled the motion. On cross-examination by Mc- 'jinty witness testified : "I do not know of any person , an elector of that ward , failing to obtain his right to vote for nny of the candidates upon any of the three tickets , republican , democratic or inde pendent. It is my belief that the whole trouble which I observed , and the disturb ance caused , were from the fact that there was some opposition to tlio adoption of tha prohibition amendment in this state , anel from no other CHUSO. I think the violence that was offered in the destruction of the tickets 1 had wns because they were in favor of the prohibitory amendment , and not because they were iu favor of or against any ofllcer. 1 do not know of my own knowledge of any conspiracy or combinations among repub licans to prevent electors from voting the in dependent ticket. " J. S. Miller was recalled. Ho testified : "I heard tin-cats made nt the polls where I was ngalnst persons peddllncr tickets favor ing the amendment. I could not toll you by whom they ' were made. I hoard threats made to this effect , that If I didn't ' leave the polls and stop peddling those prohibition tickets they well , some would say 'Wo will knock the top of your head off. ' I heard repeated throats of that kind. I also heard these threats nt the polling place of the Eighth ward , on Cuming street. I do not know of any person being prevented from voting by any of these threats. The threats were inado because of the tickets being printed for prohibition and not by reason of any particular persons on them to bo voted for as candidates. " The wituoss excused and the court ad journed until 0 n. m. It is rumored that nearly ono hundred wit nesses are to bo examined. Notary Johnson says that ho alone has issued subpoenas' for fifty. fifty.A A 11ISE 'flTAT XEVEK VA31K. Disastrous Effect of n misinterpreta tion ofthc MoKinlcy 1UII. PASSAIC , N. J. , Dec. 4. The liabilities of the Rittcnhouso manufacturing company which went into the hands of n receiver yes terday aggregate nearly a million dollars with assets of SSOO.OOO. The stockholders of the corporation explain that the collapse Is duo to the fact that the company bad been running , the business at a loss for two years and had been storing n great deal of their product in anticipation of a rlso in consequence quence of the passage of the McKinley bill. do also said Ammldon , 'one of the ilrm of the Now York selling agents for the company , had put a million dollars in wool Intending to tuko advantage of the rise ot" the market following the pass age of the now tariff bill. As the rise never came a hcavv loss resulted. It is not known i whether this wool was purchased for the companv or for Ammldon personally. NEW YOHK , Dec. 4. Ammldpwn & Smith , dry goods commission merchants , assert that the failure of the Hittenhouso manufacturing company will not cause any trouble to them. The firm had no Interest in the Klttenhouso company further than selling its products , but Ammidown was a largo stockholder in tbo company. A Heavy English Failure. LONDON- , Dec , 4. Bovls , Kussoll & Co. , merchants of London and Bombay , have failed. Their liabilities amount toii)0,000. ) , FOll FIFTflEar THOVSAXO * \ Firm In "Wallace Goes to the Financial \Vnll. NORTH PIATTK , Neb. , Dec. 4. [ Special Telegram to TUB Bi'.n.J S. C. Chase & Co of Wallace failed yesterday. They gave a chat- tie mortgage for $7,509. The liabilities are $15,000 ; assets , $8,000. IIESTOIIED THE O , l > It.lTE , Important Action Taken by the Ilnnlc of N , Dec.I , The directors of the Bank of England today reducexl the rate of discount from (5 ( to 5 per cent. Noliraskn , IOWA nnel Dakota Pension * * . WASHINGTONDeo. . 4. [ Special Telegram to TUB BIK. ] Pensions were granted todav to the following Nebrnskans : Increase Commodore P. Drowsier , Augusta ; Rains- ford Byron Sherman , Ashland ; William Scheuberger , Aurora ; Herman M. Heves , Malcora ; James Thompson , Millet-borough ; Matthew Craven , Bonklemnn ; Jesse Scott , Scottvllloj Jnines CS. Honor , Exeter ; Lovl C. Smith , Schuyler. Keissua James M. Eaton , 0 ' McCook : Solomon Males , Lincoln ; John Hubby , Loomlo. s Iowa : Original Andrew J. McElhnnoy , Clurksvllloj Lucius W. Deal , Chcrokoo ; Cal o vin U. "Wheeler , Blanchard ; Samuel T. Jen nings , Marshaltowu ; Willis K. Hill , Mel bourne ; Daniel Williams , Audubon ; George W. Lofnn Fort Madison ; Hobert B. Soars , Newport. Restoration James W , Quick , Ollls. Increase Anthonv Sehoff , Madrid ; William It. liny , Dds Moines" ; John W. Hothrock , Nowtou ; Joshua C. Pearce , Spauldmg ; Kit U , Brown , Carroll ; Samuel 0 , Pugnrd , Kellogg ; Charles , Mana- uer. Hock Ituplds : Adam Robinson , . Dos Mollies ; Joseph C. Mnnsneld , Snclby ; "Wos- ley Dorn , Slgounioy ; Flnyius J. Patterson , Wnverly ; Alphcus Line , Kldon ; Nathan Caulklns , Iowa Lake ; Stephen W. Wlckham , Osceoln : Almorun A. Ilntchcock , Sun born ; John W. Miller , Knoxvlllo ; Jason Scott , Neptune ; Andrew McKlonmu , Collcgo Springs ; Sylvester Hanks , Linton ; Ferunnilo Chtttqnden , Tripoli ; John P. Reynolds , To ledo. Uelssuo Carlton Wnkollold , Clinton , James II. McChristlau , Dloomllold ; Joseph A. Henderson , Osceola. Reissue and tncroaso Kphrlom H. Dwight , Newton. South Dakota : Increase William H. Shepherd , Onolda ; David Weekloy , Molctte. Dr Qtrnoy citron cutnrrn , Boo bleljr. GONE TO B THIRD TRIAL , Death of an ' "AVed " Dafendant to tlio of Murder , BEATRICE STONECUTTERS ON A STRIKE , ' 1 IB f ) in They Would f/lUio to Greet tlio Dnvrn of a I'ny - eif tlio Al- locrel ilwtnilllng Couti- citnicn Closed. H ill BnAtntcn , Neb. ; Deri. 4. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Dcc.l The case of the state vs A. B. Morse , charged with the murder of his wife several years ago nnd of which two trials have already been hadwus nolled today by reason of the death of the defendant a dny or two since. There has always been con siderable difference of opinion us to the guilt of the accused , nnel the first verdict of mur der In the first degree against him was * a surprise the community. Morse was quite an old man , a ivldovwr , nnd hnd married a young wife four or flvo years ugo. She died suddenly under peculiar circumstances nnd a post mortem examination revealed the fact that death was caused by strychnine ) poison ing. Her husband was arrested nnct con victed of the crime- hut managed to obtain a new trial. At the second trial the Jury dis agreed and the subsequent disappearance of the principal witness has been the occasion of the regular postponement of the trial over since. A sensational feature of the first trial WOT in General Colby , nttornor for the defense , deliberately drinking before the Jury n solution of the poison nllegeel to have been taken from the dead woman's stomach by the chemists. The dramatic in cident , however , produced no effect ou the jury , nnd his client was convicted after the Jury hail been out four hours. Alorso , siuco his last trial , has been out ou $10,000 , ball. AVnnt Their \VajjO9. Br-ATniCE , Neb. , "iJec. 4. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Hr.u.1 The "stonecutters of the new court houio work employed under Drexell & Poll , contractors ot Omnha , who nro doing the stone work on the structure , quit work this morning. The cause of the strike Is the neglect of the firm to pay the men their wages for the past live weeks. The men get -15 cents per hour for eight hours' work. The contractors expect to uetjust the matter tomorrow. Some of the men who proposed to resume work were threatened with violence by the leaders If they did so t before Iho wages question was settled. Tlio Cases .Ended. BEITUIOE , Nob. , Dec. 4. [ Special Tele gram to THE Ben. ] Two more of the cases against tha alleged delinquent county ofliclals were decided in the district court today. The defendants In the cases wore ex-County Treasurer B. J. Roderick nnd ox-County Clerk George Emory. Judge Appleget sus tained the demurrer , which practically ends the coses. The etouuty attorney ashed leave to lllo an amended petition lu the Roderick case and upon its disposition will the Emery case also hang. Court adjourned at noon to 3 p. m. Monday.J' ' " OlTlcials-nt Beatrice. BEATISICE , Nob. , Dec. 4. [ Special Tolo- grnm to Tun Btip.J H. A. Parker , vice president ; W. 1C1. HjiicFarlln , superintendent of construction , and II. W. Day , chief en gineer , nnd A. B. Schrnntz , roadmastor of the Rock Island , nrriyod in the city tnls nvcn- ing in their sneclttl tar , direct from Chicago. The party Is hero' to 'lootc over the rood and progress being muuoion the Beatrice and Omaha extension of. , the Rock Island. They depart for Omaha tonight. Btnto Hoarder Phnrnncy. LiNcoi < xiNob.itDec , , , 4. ISpecinl Telegram to THE BEEJ ; Tlfo nTofnbers of the board of examiners of' the Nebraska state board of ' pharmacy consisting' 'Max Eceht , Omnha ; Henry' D. Boyden , Grand Islanel , James Reed. Nebraska City ; J. E. Rlggs , Lincoln , and W. D. Haller of Blair , mot toeiay In the board of parrancy rooms , capltol bulleiing , anel reorganized hy the election of the follow ing oftlcers for the ensuing year. J" . B. Illggs , president ; Max Bccht , first vice president ; W. D. Haller , second vice president ; James Reed , treasurer ; Henry U. Boyden , secretary. The president appointed the following com mittees : On finance. Bccht , Haller nnd Riggs. On printingami supplies Uoyden , Reed nnd Becbt. On violations and com plaints of pharmacy law James Reed. The next meeting of this board for the ex amination of applicants for registration as pharmacists in the state of Nebraska will tnko place at Omaha February 10 , Lincoln February 11 and Grand Island February 12. The ; Alliance on Hand. MADISON , Nob. , Deo. 4. [ Special to TUB BKE. | A case is now being tried iu the dis trict court which is exciting considerable comment. The nllinnco has three reliable members of the order attending court to see how Justice Is administered. Prior to the convening of court it was known that certain evidence relating to fraud was to bo stricken out , which report was verified within tai minutes after the opening of the case. The presiding Judge was openly accused by the defendant ' attorney of being- party to the conspiracy. It is a case where B. B. Bur rows , a banker of Norfolk , seeks to recover from ono U. B. Hoveland on a note secured by mortgage some three years ago nt a mat ter of form , sumo to bo returned before ma turity nnd the mortgage- discharged from rec ord. Hovdand being well nnd favorably known to the farmers has caused the alliance to como forward and take points regard ing the administering of Justice , to bo used at the next election of district Judge , which oc curs next fall. _ Will Help Their Jlrothors. IlASTixos , Nob. , Dec. 4. [ SpeciaUo THE BEK. ] The Adams county farmers' alliance will meet In regular session in Hastings , Io- ccinbor IU at 10 o'clock , n. m. The principal object of the meeting , as set forth in their ofllclal circular Just Issued , is for the purpose of relieving tholr distressed brethern In west ern Nebraska. The president , Mr. Isaacs , urges every local .alliance in the county to make systematic ! canvas for commodities and report at the alliancp meeting December 13. The Farmers' Mutual Benefit association , numbering nboat four hundred members in this county , will nelopt a similar course of ac tion and ivlll. report the result of their efforts at the alltauco meeting. PoclcstrintmtiiiK MHH ! Oayton. ELM CREKtr , Npb.y Dec. 4. [ Special Tele gram to TUB Bun. ] There arrived In this city last night aneXYcelstcrod nt the Commer cial hotel Miss /Coo'uayton from San Fran cisco who , on n wager of S" ,000 , i to walk an average of over flUteOu miles per day from San Francisco to Now York city. Messrs. J. S. Price and W. J. Tflnrshnll accompany her on her long walk. * Miss Gay ton seems to bo In good condition U > juln her money , Being several days ahead of tlmo the party will rest a few days at Kearney. 1 i JI ' ' Help for the nistressnd. HASTINGS , Ncb.vD $ : . 4. [ Special to Tim Br.K.l The citUoijp-f | this city nro respond ing liberally to the appeals for nid in western Nebraska. Robert iBrown , chairman of thn soliciting committee'collected ' a carload of clothing nnd provisions this week. The chil dren in the public schools are nlso taking a deep interest In collecting suitable articles for the distressed. ' A Ijorif ; Drown Case. NEIIIIASKA CITT , Nob. , Dec. 4. [ Special to THE BEE. ] The people of this city are anxiously awaiting ' a decision of the federal court in tno bridge Injunction cose. It Is said , however , that whatever the decision may bo it will not aottlo the case , ns other side , In the event of defeat , will tuko tha matter to the United States supreme court , and a nnul settlement appears to bo far distant yet. A Change of Ilnno. HASTINGS , Nob. , Deo. 4. Special to TIIK .I P. C. Martin , ex-county recorder ol deeds , has succeeded II , A. Bvnna ns mana ger of the WoUem Union city telegraph of- lice In Hastings. _ Hold to it Syndicate. FA.IIUU'IIT , Neb. , Dec.I. . [ Special Telegram - gram to THE BEE ! An Important deal was inado hero today by which an English syndi cate became ) owner of thu G. .1 , Carpenter nursery for n consideration of § 73,000. Fur Sweet CIiarlty' Sake. FIIRMOVT , Nob. , Dec. 4. [ Special Telegram to Tun BII : : . ] The fourth annual charity ball Riven under tlio auspices of the Ladles' hnrlty club took place tonight nt the Ma sonic hall. More than ono hundred people participated nnd the affair was in all particu lars moro elegant than any former onoi. 1'ho hall was elaborately dccomU-el with llowors nnd pottcel plants , while appropriate- Inscrip tions adorned the walls. A good sum was netted , to bo devoted to tbo relief of Fre mont's poor. Satisfied IitvistiToX , Neb. , Dec. I. [ Special Tele gram to Tup BKK. ] A meeting of the farm- ors' nllinnco of Douglas county wns held today In Twaddel's hull at this plnco for the discussion of sociul nnd financial as well as party interests. Owing to the state of the weather the attendance was somewhat limi ted , there being about three hundred dele gates present. All of the old ofllcors were elected for the ensuing year. The following is a list : For president , S. C. Browster ; for secretary , H. A. Lockwood ; for treasurer , ( Jeorgo King. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the contest for governor and ether state ofllecrs , A committee was appointed to arrange for social meetings , to bo held once a month , to look after the Interests of the alliance during the coming session of the legislature. The first meeting will bo lielel la this plnco lu about a month. The mooting ndjourned nt 4:30 : to take the evening train , They scorn to bo very Jubilant nnd confident of their future success. _ Ii 1'ACKEIIS. They Propose to Iliilltl Up Hlvnl StooKynrds Town4. CrriCAoo , Dec. 4. [ Special Telegram to TUB DEE.-S. W. Allerton , I' . L. Under wood , R. D. Fowler , Thomas Wells , Henry Botsford , John C. Hcatcly , J. J. Healy , John Robinson , G , W. Simpson nnd half a dozen other puckers met in the board of trade build ing tins afternoon and discussed the propo sition of buying the 500 acre center lot of the Stlckney tjact , which lies about six miles west of the present stockyards. The Idea Is to place a now packing town there in opposition to the move of the Armour , Swift , Morris and Llbby syndicate , which proposes to es tablish a meat packing establishment over iu 'Indiana ' , Just across- the Ctilumct. The gen tlemen named had been out yesterday look ing over tbo ground , and Mr. Allerton said thitt they were very favorably Impressed with the lay of the land. Mr. Allerton is inter ested in the Chicago union transfer company , which Is luylug- track out there at the rate of a mile a elny. Ilo says that thirteen Chicago railways nro Interested in the deal and that cattle yards and packing houses on a largo scale will uo doubt grow up there. Ho does not think , however , that anything definite will be docidcd at this afternoon's gathering. CKVSUKlt VXItEtt JI.lSOXnY. Five Men ICUIeet ami Tlireo If.itally Injured nt .Toilet. JOUCT , 111. , Dec. 4. A terrible accident oc curred at the Illinois steel company's works today. A blast furnace which hnd been blown out for repairs suddenly fell to tbo ground without warning. Eleven men were at work inside and six on top when the acci dent happened. The masonry work and furnace linings were piled upon each ether in a confused heap , mingling with tbo dead and dying workmen. The relatives of the unfortunate men quickly gathereel about" the scene of the ells- uster and urged the rescuers to renewed ef forts. Within half an hour the rescuers had taken out eight bodies , Flvo of the unfortu nates were dead nnd the other three appar ently fatally Injured. The killed were Gus Loosa , Nels Larson , John Pedersen , Theo dore Larson nnd Stais Frenck. The fatally Injured nro Patrick Killlen , Peter 'Crickson and August Swanson. Powerful Influence Brought to Have Tlinin Allowed. CHICAGO , Dec. 4. [ Snecial Telegram to TIIK BKE. ] The old boodle claims against the county arc looming up again , nnd unless prompt and Intelligent efforts are taken tliero Is a strong probability that the people will have to submit to still further robbery , For the last three weeks the little coterlo of indi viduals interested In these cases liavo been holding almost constant meetings , mapping out n course of future action. This culmin ated In nn offer which was made to County Attorney Terhuno of $10,000 n year , secured for live years , if ho would simply act as con sulting attorney for them. Mike McDonald , the gamble'ranel democratic leader , is behind a powerful lobby that is working to Influence the council nnd the courts to irrunt these cor rupt claims. The Death Itcoord. WASHINGTONDeo. . 4. Dr. Jededlah R , Baxter , assistant surgeon general of the army , who was stricken with paralysis last Monday , died this morning. LONDON' . Dec. 4. [ Special Cabloeram to Tin : BKE.I Right Hon. Sir Barnes PeacocK Is dead. Ho.was eighty years old. BUKLIN , Dec. 4. [ Special Cablegram to Tin : Bur..J Henrich Borghaus , the eminent geographer , Is elead. lie wns born in 1797. LONDON , Dec. 4. [ Special Cablegram to Tin : BUR. I Lord Thomas Francis Fruman- tie Cottesloo Is dead. Lord Cottesloo was twice secretary to the treasury and had ulso held the ofllco of secretary of war and chief secretary for Ireland. Ho was ninety-two years old. Tficy Favored the Tjoneler. LONDON , Dec , 4. [ Special Cablegram to Tins BKB. ] The report received from Cork last night stating that the municipal author ities there hnd adopted n resolution In favor of retiring Parncll from the leadership of the nationalist party was erroneous. On the con trary , the resolution was In support of Pur- ncll and was adopted by a majority of twenty-one votes. It Costs to Investigate. LONDON , Dec. 4. [ Special Cablegram to TIIK BEB.I The government loday intro duced in the commons a supplementary esti mate of 5,000 for the purpose of inquiring Into the situation in the western part of Ire land arising from the failure of tbo potato crop and for making preparations for reliev ing the distress among the inhabitants of that section. \Vnj7oii anel Carriage Representatives , INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , Dec. 4. Twenty-eight representatives of the wagon and rarriago wood stock manufacturers of America are ineotlnc1 here , according to tbo statement of ono of the elolugates , "to organize for our own protection and to fix prices.1 Quay Introduces n Pension Dill. WASHINGTON , Doc. 4. Senator Quay has Introduced n bill granting tonll persons whoso names nro now on the pension list or may be hereafter placed thereon , who have lost both eyes or feet or nro otherwise totally disabled , a pension of $100 per month. Tno bill also provides for uther Increases. The llrFfllnii Fly in Illinois. SI-WNCH'UU : > , III. , Deo. 3. Reports from crop correspondents to the Illinois state board of uirriculturei Hhow that tbu Hessian lly has boon discovered lu the fields of nearly. If not all of the counties wboro winter wheat Is grown. * The extent of tbo damage already done Is not yet known. DlninoiulH Stolen from a Vnult. ICAXRAS CITV , Mo. , Deo. 7. Detectives nro at work upon a most mysterious diamond rob bery. Diamonds worth $10,000 , the property of Mrs. Kirk Brewer , have been stolen from her private box In the vaults of the savings company. Dr , Birnoy euros catarrh , Dee THEY WILL PAY NO REBATES Officers of Western HoiiU Pletlgo Them selves to Maintain the Tariff , FOUR THOUSAND OUTSTANDING TICKETS , They Are n rfonruo of Annoyance to tlio NeirthwuHtejrii Konils Me'ct- Ing oT the IiitpreHnitliioiilnl CoiiimlNsloii. CHICAGO , Doc.I. . [ Special Telegram to Tim Bun.l The executive ofllcers of the western roads closed their three days' ' session in this city toeliy without talcing any further action In the direction of advancing rates. The only measures to secure a strict main tenance of the new tariff was the udopliou of n resolution by which the managers pieelgod themselves from pnylntr rebates or unauthor ized commissions and from making any con cession which would have the effect of reduc ing the agreed rate. The pledge is to bo ef fective on and after January 1. In agreeing to advance the rates on grain from the Mis souri river and points beyond the maunguw contend that they didn't act contrary to the order of the Interstate commerce commission , which allows them to make such rates us the trnfllo will boar. When tha meeting ml- journed It was subject to the call of the chairman which Is understood to mean after the presidents have como together and formulated u plan for a now association. Kenrs ofoll'l riminntion. CHICAGO , Dec.I , ( Spoclul Telegram to TIIK BUG. ] The federal grand jury has al most concluelcjl its work of investigating al leged infractions of the Intorstuto commerce inw nnd ib expected to adjourn this week. "W. G. Purely , treasurer of the Itock Island , has bcon summoned to appear before that body and bring Ids books for Inspection. Ho will , no doubt , follow the example of J. C. Peasloy , treasurer of the Darlington , who re fused to exhibit his books on the gruimd that it might have a tendency to criminate him or his company. Judge DlodKOtt lined .Mr. i'easley for contempt and an appeal was taken as In thoc.iso of Charles Gounsuhiuii , ' grain merchant. Judge Orosham said today that ho had prepared his decision in the Counselman case but that It was subject to some revision before It would bo delivered. Knur 1'lnnn Proptmnel. CHICAGO , Dec. 4. [ Special Telegram to Tim BEB. ] A nifeetlng of the managers of the Northwestern lines was held this after noon to hear the report of the committee ap pointed to suggest a plan for Improving the passenger rate situation between St. I'.iul and Chic.ijro and between St. Paul and Kan sas City. Tno committee proposed twp plans of ridding the market of the 4 , 003 outstanding tickets of the Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City road. Ono was to make tickets good on nil the ; incs that were willing to accept them ; tbo other was to nffect a division of the pas senger business between St. Paul anel Chicago cage and apply the -I.OOO tickets us a part of the proportion of the Chlcaso , St. Paul & Kansas City. The meeting took uo action oji the report , but after a general discussion of the points involved adjourned until tomor row morning. An liitei-eMMitltiiMitiil Roail. WASHINGTON , Dee. -Tho intercontinen tal railway commission , composoel of repre sentatives from the United States and ether American republics , was called to order at noon toduy by Secretary Jllalne. This com mission was recommended by the Interna tional American conference for the purpose of surveying n line to connect the railways 'system of North America with these ot South America. A. J. Corsott of the United States was chosen as president mid ulter tbo trans action of some preliminary business an ad journment wns taken until Thursday next. Tlioj llnvo Six Days. SrnIxoFini.il , 111. , Dec. 4. ISpeclal Tele gram to TIIK BEK. t All the railroads except six have filed annual reports with the rail road commission nccorel ing to law. The de linquents imve been notified that the attor ney general will commence legal proceedings if they do not report before December 10. Not "Vet Called. NnvYOIIK , Dec. 4. There Is no ofllclal news In regard to the proposed railroad pres idents' meeting today , but it Is stated that tomorrow the executive eomr.ittco of the Hock Island will vote on n motion directing President Cable to sign the call which has been circulated. ioir.1 Ninctcentli Annual Convention in Session in Dos rolii < : - . Dr.s Moixcs , la. , Doc. 4. ( Special Tele gram to Tun nnn. ] The nineteenth nnnual meeting of the Iowa Woman Sufl'nigosociety , with about a hundred present , convened hero this morning , Mr. * . Margaret . Campbell in the chair. The appointment of district presidents was announced as follows : First district , Mrs. C. S. Cole , Mt. Pleasant ; Second end , Miss Julia 13 , Dunham , Mnquokcta ; Third , Mrs. C. Holt Flint , Manchester ; Fourth , Mrs. Cordelia B , Sloughton , Osage ; Fifth , Miss Cook , Mt. Vernon : Sixth , Airs. TA. A. Carpenter , OsUnloosn ; Seventh , Mrs. N. P. Fox , DCS Moines ; Eighth , Mrs. K L. Illckman , Chnrlton : Ninth , Belle Wyinand , Ilarlan ; Tenth , Surah L. Ekcr. Uoono ; Eleventh , Mrs. Jul.a f ! . Hnllem , Sioux City. Susan U. Anthony being present , she was voted In as a member of the society nnd made a brief but pointed address , in which she touched upon the achievements and failures of their work and referred to the recent elec tions on woman suff nice in bovcral of the western states. She snid the work wns pro gressing very slowly and she realized that It would bo a long time before their object , was gained. She maintained that the principal cause of their defeat could bo laid to the for eigners. Wherever the question of woman suffrage was votc-d on It has been elofcatcd by a vote of three to one , anil li was the for eigners who were their grente-st enemies. Kvery year there nro thoutuuds of foreigners dumped off ut the battery at New York , who spread out through the country and always voted against allowing women their freedom , "Until you can educate the American people to release you from slavery you can never got it , " said the speaker , "I haven't a ghost of a hope of over seeing women enjoying the rights of suffrage lu this country , gained by a popular vote , until this U accomplished. Thu foreigners have only a selllsh purpose In this country. They are not here to assist In gaining the freedom of women or to pusti forward civilization. " Miss Anthony Bald that politically their movement was making very flattering progress , but Hint she didn't want niiyonoto understand thut tihn was ells. coiirngcd , She was just as enthusiastic ) ns ever , but she hadn't much hope any moro of achieving their objects by u jiopiilur vote of the people ; it must be galneel ny ether meth ods. Klio was in favor of a third-party move ment , but she never know many Individual politicians who would nekowledgo that women would or could do tholr party nny good. The afternoon meeting was taken up with appointment of conimlttcen and reading of re- IHirts. This evening Miss Anthony and Mrs. Carrie I.ano Chapman , state lecturer , deliv ered addresses. Cnrrlcil Awny l > y Hioux CITV , In. , Dec. 4. - [ Special Tele gram to Tun BKII.J Lnto last night the floating ice carried out the pontoon part of the Pacific Short JJno bridge and about tluv'o hundred feet of the pontoon wagon bridge , a short distance below the railroad bridge. The Short l.liio bridge Is a temporary Htnifturo , built of piles except three hundruel feet in the channel , which wns supported by pontoons. It Is not probable that tlio break can bo re paired until the river freezes. of Hog Oliolorn. Nnw PnoviUK.vcK , Iu. , Dec. 4. ( Special Telegram to Tun UKK.J-- Hog cholera Is mak ing fearful havoo In this section. Jcromo Beach reports the loss of 160 head , O. W. Mitchell 100 , J , II , Carter M , nnd numcrout parties from twenty to fifty , P. Novell luw lost four cows from outing smut on corn , Jnn l < M U'I-KTOX , In. , Dec , 4. [ Special Telegram to Tun 13KK.I John I ) . Illco , a prominent citizen , elroppcd dead on the street this after noon of heart disease. Terrible ItcsullH iifn Chitrlvnrl. BciaiNorox , la. , Dec. 4. A Mlndon spe cial says ( hat Mr. nnd Mrs. Hardy , living iu . Honey Creek township , were charlvared e i Hies night of their nmrrlrgo rocontly. Th < i hrlelo wns so f rlRhtoncd that she lay in n elend faint for several hours. The luHlmml. thinn ing she was dead , wont crazy. Legal prose cution will follow. In Kavor \Voiiion l > clcgiiti" ! > . UKII OAK , In. , Dee1. 4. [ Special Telegram to i'HK HIK. : ] Tno members of the Hod Oak Methodist l-'plscopal e-hurch voted strongly In thonnirnmtlvoon the question of admit ting women as delegates to the general e-on- feroneu The vote was a small one. All the Methodist Episcopal chnrche in the country have voted la favor of such representation Noriliriip- . Hnn OAK , In , , Doc. 4. [ Special Telegram to TIIK BKE.J-- Miss Ncll iu Draper , daughter of 1' . II. Draper , a leading merchant of Hod Oak , auel Mr. Anson 1) . North rup , employed In the civil engineering department or the Union Pnclllo railroad at Omaha , were mar- ncel last evening at the Baptist church In the presence of a very largo company of friends. The ceremony wns under a lloral bell nnd the church was elaborately elocoratcd. JtKM'AKTMKXT Ol.WVSTHT. . AVIint Attorney Oenoral .HIHer Siyn : fn Ilirt Annual llepe > rl. WASIIIXHTO.X , Dec 4. Attorney General Miller , in Ids annual report , says there is ur gent necessity for the building of United States Jails at points where the average ot United States prisoners is 100 or more. Vigi lant efforts have baen mndo , ho says , to en force legislation Including Chinese immigra tion. By the co-operation of the treasury de partment It is believed thut most of the at tempts to cross the border have been frus trated , as have the attempts to bring Chinese directly through the ports of the United States upon the Pacific. In regard to Iho re organization of tlio judiciary , it Is earnestly hoped that thes legislation , now far advanced , will not bo permitted to fall. The attorney general devotes considerable spnco to denun ciation ef the nnd case fee-mak ing abuses , and says they call for most careful con B [ deration mid vigorous treatment at the hands of congress. In rev gard to the ellfllculty of enforcing the law , the attorney general says the enforcement of the Internal revenue l.iws and the United States laws election laws is particularly re sisted. Several assassinations of ollk-crs and witnesses with the purpose of impelling the execution of of tlio laws nnd orders of the United States occurred during the past year. Within the last ten eiays n dcputv marshal In attempting to servo a warrant the arrest of a man for violation of tbo postal laws wns shot and instantly killed by the man sought to bo nrrestcel , nnd on preliminary examina tion beforon magistrate of ttio state tbo pris oner was promptly discharged. It Is cer tainly nn anomaly on n government Hint these who have committed murders for the purport ) of stopping prosecution in the federal - oral courts nhauld not only not bo punished but not oven bo put upon trial In the state courts. So long as pcrsems who kill oftlccrs , witnesses or Jurors for the purpose of Impeding the administration of \ Justice can only ho tried and punished in fed eral courts lor minor offenses Uio administra tion of the United States laws and the laws themselves in many districts will have llttlo respect. In prosecutions for violations of the election laws In several districts convic tions auel pleas of guilty have been obtained in a largo number of cases. As an Illustration , however , ot the difficulties met in such prosecutions , the ellstrict attorney for ono district reports that in a certain county , a number of whoso citizens were convicted of vlplatlon of the ejection laws , the county * fI \ court orelcreel all the lines nnd costs * I assessed ngainst thorn in the United States courts to bo paid out of the county treasury , and in another county , a number of whoso citizens were In like manner conv'cter or pleaded guilty to such offenses in the United States court , $1'IKI ( was actually palel out of the county treasury upon such lines and costs in ono day. Ttie.so facts speak for them selves. , , Fatal Chemical Kvplosloii. CIXCIXNATTI , 0. , Doc. 4. By the oxi ot a tank in the chemical works in the QO.V. em part of the e'ty ' this morning three men were fatally Injured and two slightly. The tnnlc wns used for niaklnp yellow prussluto potnsh , Mo one knows xyhnt caused the ex plosion. The f.itally . iniureel nro T O' In Sehlurs , John Piluty and Jalnos Kohl. S TrnnhloH. OTTAWA , Ont. , Doc. 4. Kussoll , Slobold it Co. , wholesale dealers In dry goods , nro In financial difficulties. Liabilities , $2:50,000 : ; asscUs , about the same , LONIIOX. tcc. ) 4. Potrus Maudeii , a silk Importer , has failed. Liabilities , $ .100,000. United Irclaintl'H DunuK , Doc. i. ( Special Cablegram to THE Br.K. ] United Ireland today says : "Without regard to tha compromise which Mr. Clancy will suggest at today's meetIng - Ing of the Irish commoners In London , Parnell must go. Ho must never again load the nationalist party. " p Clmrti'il AVItli Forgery. KANSAS CmMo. . , Dee. 4. K. Cecil Thomas , n youim son of Mayor Thomas ol Palmyra , Mo. , wns arrostnu hero charged with forgery. Matt Uontschler , formerly traveling salesman for a local grocery house , charged with being his accomplice , wib also arrested. _ _ Will Prosecute t.hn Owno-H. Pi-roni'iio , Pa. , Doe1. 4. The chief of the department of public safety has decided to enter suit against the owners of the Dlokson building for not havlnsr erected fire escapes. as required by law. Thu building burned yesterday nnd two lives were lost therein , Aiiinrioa l.'oiitpllmontntl. LONDON , Dec. 4. [ Special Cablegram to TUB HUB. ] Commenting on the passage ot the copyright bill by the United States house of representatives the News congratulates America on having taken a gr.iat forward step In International honesty and justice , Tlin Sit tint Ion In Itlo .Inrcrlii. Uio JAHI-IIIO , Deo. I. Notwithstanding the fact , that the difficulty regarding the punish ment of the ofllcers who wrecked the ofllco of the Trohuna wns satisfactorily soltlrd , the tlty li agitiitcel mid troops nro patrolling tha streets to preserve order. Tlio Fire 11-eioiMl. SAMN'A , Kan , , Dec. 4. Iteporta from Ilrookvlllo s > ay a flro early this forenoon dostroycel ono business blocs It , the Central hotol. the liunk of Krooitvllle and tluoi dwellings. _ _ A pure and Reliable Medicine A compound fluid extract of roots , leaves , barns and 1 err - r , "s Is Uurdoclc Illood lilt tors. Thov euro ull diseases of the blood , liver nnel kidneys , Fatal Workheiuso Flro. LONDON , Doc. I , Flro In a workhouse nt Newcastle on-Tyno last night in the women's dormitory , crowded with women and cliIU drtm , caused a dreadful panic. Six lives wore lost. Dr , Birnoy euros catarrh , Hco bldg- . Valuable I3xprcm I'nekugo Htolcn. XAKKSVII.I.R , O , , Dee , 4. A. package con talnlng several thousand dollars of oxprcsi matter was stolen from the Baltimore & Ohll depot last night , All Stuslo nt Half I'rlco. 0,000 plocoa only lOo u copy at Molu borg's , 10th ht. hot. Capital ave A : Dodge * . Dr. Birnoy euros catarrh , Ileo blelp.