OMAHA DAILY BEE
TWENTY-SECOND YEAH. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNING , FEBRUARY 21 , 1893. NUMBER 2-15.
GHASTLY JOKERS AT TOPEKA
They Scatter the Bones of a Skeleton Around
the Capitol.
CHAPLAIN BIDDISOM STILL SENSATIONAL
IJc Itrgnlm the tnto Senator * with Another
I'nlijun I'rnjor I'upiilUt lloti n Members
IniprotUcil ii Meeting IMnc In tlio
Corridor * of the Mute Home.
TorrK i , Kan , Fob 20 A human skull
nnd crossboncs hanging over a door in the
main corridor of the state house attracted
much attention On the wall u painted hand
Iiolntcd to this inscription-
This man v entured ton far up.
Ob irve bin rate. Sabe ?
On the lloor beneath was found a valise
filled with human bones It Is not known
who perpetrated the ghastly Joke.
Oh.iplalti Biddison is furnis'iing all the ex
citement In the senate. Following his
strange prajerof last Saturday he delivered
the following appeal in his prajor when the
senate met this morning.
Ktvothe goveimir's life. O Rod. from the
assassin's hand und h.istc-n the day n hen ho
shall be : i governor ag'ilnit whom no rebel
dare raise lilt bunde pny Thou will In
cline the hearts of our courts to do the Justice
of Thy will
The time of the senate was consumed in
the consideration of appropriation bills.
The populist house mot at 3 o'clock In the
south basement corridor of the capiiol build
ing. A speaker's desk nnd members'
benches were improvised out of rough pine
lumber. The populist house will meet there
daily until It reaches adjournment
The populist house adjourned immediitcl }
after assembling , their hall not being read }
for occupancy
The lepublican house passed several bills
Messages from the Colorado and Oklahoma
legislatures were read congratulating the re
publicans upon the outcome of the recent
conflict.
MAUTIVS I.I.KCTIUN ll.I.KOAI. .
Itcpiihllrnii * ) of Kaunas VVIII MnUe nn I'.f-
forl to Sernro the Sriuitorl.il Scut.
TOPEKA , Kan , Feb 20 [ Speuial Tele
gram to THE UKE ) There will be another
man elected to the United States senate
from Kansas and the scat claimed Judge
John Martin will be contested by either
Bailey I' Waggoner of Atehlson , Colonel
A. A. Harris of Fort Scott , Kdward Can oil
of Lcavcnworth orV. . II Kossington of this
city.
city.All
All of the lepublican legislators were
gathered together in caucus tonight and the
friends of Waggoner , who alone seemed to
be in touch w ith the republican movement ,
dispatched their candidate and he ariivcd in
lovvn W M Mitchell and J. n Crouch , the
Stalwart democrats , were looking out for the
Interest of Colonel A. A Harris , and the ic-
publleau members had Mr Icosslngtou's boom
in tow
The proposition agreed upon was stmnly to
have the democratic members submit the
names of three good democrats to the repub
lican caucus , which was to select the cabdi-
date. When the republican legislators con
vened it was pietty generally understood
that , an agreement would be reached by
" " "w'ii'ieh the democrats were to select the can
dldate and the republicans were to support
Iiliu , but this projwsltion was blttcil.v fought
and as a compromise the othci plan was
agreed upon. 4 |
The republicans and their democratic
allies , who icfused to reeofftilze the populist
house , contend that if the supreme court
should decide that the populist house organ
ization was illegal It would necessirilj ren
der Martin's election null and void unless
the republicans get together with the demo
crats and elect a senator
Governor Lewclllng could , of course , ap
point and would name Mr Martin. With
Chambers and Meagher the republicans
have eighty-two votes on Joint ballot and the
vote of cither Wilson , the Independent re
publican , or Uosenthal or Senator O'Hrian
would elect. A repetition of the senatorial
fight may be looked for and the pieliminary
ste fis vv 111 be taken tomorrow-
After the caucus had decided to have this
proposition drawn up and submitted to the
democrats through Senator Lucien Baker ,
the resolution introduced by Ucpresentative
Scaton some time ago declatlng the | > ojmlist
Beats vacant was broucht up for dis-ussion
The object of this resolution i-i to fono a
special election in ev.ch of the legislative dis
tricts now represented b > populists and to
gain it through mandamus proceedings
begun before the sucreinc court.
The republicans claim to be in | > osscsslo
of dispatches from national leaders declar
ing that Martin's election is clearlv illegal If
the court decides against the l-opuilst house ,
, and that If another democrat can bo agreed
k v upon ho will bo seated. There will be a
I. V pretty tight in the democratic ranks over the
selection of a candidate
W. W. Mitchel , sceretarv of the stalwart
democratic central committee , in an Inter
view tonight said. "If it had not been for
Waggoner und his f i lends a democrat would
have been agreed upon when the scheme
was first considered Waggener acted the
dog In the manger to perfection , and should
not bo considered at this time It was
h stated by some of the republicans that it
would bo Impossible to get the aemocrats to
agree on Colonel A A. liarris. and that
cither lilward Can-oil or W H Kossington
\verothefavoritesandmost Hkelj choice the
of the democrats. "
. \ rruoKI > ni.ivhi
( lOTernor < ! | > CH IIU Sunrtion to the
rollonrlng SiMittiiienta.
TOPEKA , Kan , Fob 20 The following
Blatemcnt was given out at noon today by
the governor's stenographer It was pre
pared by a populist editor and is in an edi
torial for this week's ready-pnnt populist
papers. It is approved by Governor Lowel-
ling , but he docs not wish it to bo classed as
in official document. Hosas :
Tlio republicans boast of having carried
Jie light. The fact is the populists have
oovcr lost sight of the central idea In the
contest , the preservation of the populist
house. It was to destroy this house that the
republicans made their fight , aud failed
Had they succeeded , it would have thwarted
all reform legislation , and they know that
the laws passed by It are valid ,
and that to declare otherwise the
Buprcrao court would hate to revise
all resi > cctable precedents at a partisan
demand , and face a wave of public indlgni-
tion unparalleled since the notorious Judge
Trescilian was fallowed to the scaffold b } an
outraged people , who exulted at his just but
chocking execution Coiporate greed deter
mined to prevent the enactment of reform
measures b\ the populists
The i ovenior then goes on to enumerate
acts of the republican house intended to ex
tinguish the house of the populists , begin
ning with the attempted arrest of its chief
clerk , to lie followed by the arrest of enough
populist members to bioak a quorum. This ,
ho adds , did not succiH d , and though the re
publicans succeeded In securing a compro
mise in driving the populists from the hall ,
their organlwitfon is still iutact. Even this ,
wasonlv brought about through the dlslo-
ally of the state militia and count } sheriff
He declares the militia has boon recrui'ed
and doetoretl to this end for tw o v oars. Tlio
unmasking of republican truason. perjury
tnd lawlessness ricbl } compensates the > op-
Illsts for nil the indignities the } suffurod
I.OTrlllni ; llciilri HIP Story.
TOPIKA , Kau , Fob 20-Governor Low.
( Mling when show n tr-e item In toda } 's press
Upalclics purporting to recite facts as to
how bloodshed was averted in Kansas ,
denied the storv In tote nnd said that Mr.
Cubbison would supjiort the denial.
Mr Cubbison had not returned to Topcka
at noon and could not be seen.
I'l.I'CTI'U A DKMOCIIAT.
W. N. Itoich VMM Iteprc cnt North Dakota
In the L'nllfil Stc * Seimte.
BKMAHCK , N D , Feb 20 W N Roach of
Grand Forks was eloc'cd to succeed Casey
as United States sen itor from North Dakota
today. The billeting opened with the six
tieth of the Joint session , which resulted in
giving Miller , 33 , Walsh , 1M ; Wallett , 20 ;
Lamb , 3. Mulr. 1 , and Benton , 1.
On the next ballot the combination of
democrats , independents and some republi
cans settled the long contest The election
of Mr Ronch is the unexpected thing which
has thrcrtened to happen for so long No
one was more surprised than Mr Roach him
self. On the sixty-first ballot Mr lioich
icceivedon the first call forty-two votes in
cluding all the democrats and independents ,
together with Davis and Halverson , repub
licans The first of the republicans to
clnugo was \Vineman of Grand Forks
Several charges followed in quick wvcs-
slou , a half dozen men being or. thcli .eet at
once .
Jud L A. Moore vv is one of the Jlrst to
follow Wineman , nine in all chaniing Harry
Oliver led the break fiom Milter to C'isey ,
and a number of the other republicans fol
low ed until the vole as verified stood Roach.
50. Casey. 2J. Miller. 10 : Wallen. 2. Smith. 1
During the voting a scene almost of riot
was continually in progress Mr txistlkow ,
the big Dakota miller , was on the ( loot going
from member to member uiging them to
change , and several attompswoio made to
drive him out. The demand fora verifica
tion of the vote was made in the hope that
some of the lopublie.ins would change back ,
but not a change was made.
Senator-elect Roach was nailed for and ad
dressed the Joint convention , expressing his
thanks for the genuinely unexpected honor
He promised to aid his friends of the major
ity pat ty. even thouih ; ho had been elected
from the minorlt } m the legislature.
\V N Roach lias been a resident of Da
kota for the past do7en } cars. coming to
Grand Forks count } from the District of
Columbia. He was born in Loudon count } ,
Virginia , and is now 35 } ears of
ago Ho has a famil.v of four
ihildren nnd is now a widower He
has stood for his part } as its candidate for
govcinoron two different occasions , being
defeated the first time by Joe Miller , and
the second b } A H Burke He is a large
wheat grower , and being engaged in this oc
cupation , was mtuially expected to draw-
farmers votes from the independent ranks
Tliornlij'n AMjIum Hill Defeated.
PIEIIHE. S D , Fob 20 [ Spec ill Telegram
to THE BFE ] Toda } Senator Thornb } s bill
locating an Insane asvlum at Custer Citv
came up. A majorit } of the commltteo pre
sented an unfavorable icport on the ground
that the bill is unconstitutional and unneces
sary. Messrs. Thornb } and Star mule
stiong arguments , picturing the beautiful
and salubrious surroundings of Custer. In
spite of their efforts , however , the reK > rt
was adopted by a vote of IS to 17 loiter a
bill came up locating a similar institution at
RedfloMs , but on Thornb } s motion to attach
his bill the matter was jxjstiKinpd and it is
probable that both will failv
Illinois l.rKlxlttnre.
SrniNOFiEU ) , 111. , Fob 20 , In the senate
this afternoon no quorum was present and
adjournment was taken until tomorrow
'i here weie but a few members present in
the house , but the Joutual w.is read and the
order of business completed before adjourn
ment. A number of bills were introduced
> o Choice In Montana.
HEHT.VA. , Mont. , Feb. 20. iTic senatorial
ballot resulted Mantle , 20 ; Clark , 19 ; Dlxon.
12. Others scattering.
TO VXTESD TllC f/.N/O.V 1'ACtFIC.
Salt I.uko Anxious to Srctiro the Completion
of the. 1'iocho ISninrh *
SALT LAKE , U T , Feb. CO [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BEE. ] Tlio business men of
Salt Lake City , through the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce , are urging the Union
Pacific railroad to complete the extension to
Piocho , Nev , begun under the Adams ad
ministration Mr Adams realized the Im
portance of continuing the Utah division
from Milford , the present terminus , through
145 miles further to the great mining camp
Just over the Utah Hue , and under his direc
tion 51,000,000 were expended on a grade , in
cluding three tunnels
Kilpatrick Bros & Collins of Beatrice.
Neb , built the grade amid the most dis
couraging ph } sical surroundings , and eight
miles of rails were laid when Mr. Adams
stepped down and out and tno Gould party
up and in Construction was immediately
stopped and the rails already laid were
taken up. Since that time the grade has re
mained unoccupied except as it has been
used as a road bv teams , and though
promises have been made from time to time
that the road would bo "immediately built , "
not a stroke of work has been done.
Advnntago of Present Inducements
Now , however , there is good show of the
Salt Lakers getting a copper refinery in
/.ion. and if this extension were built it
would bo the means of suppl.ving the Salt
Lake market w ith not only copper ores , but
fluxing ores for the local smelters. So the
Union Pacific management is petitioned to
carry out the original idea and push the
Piocho line to completion The answer of
the Un'on Pacific vv ill bo looked for with
much interest , but with some doubt , as
President Claik has said , as well as Ed
Dickinson , that the road is not in a condi
tion to undertake such an extensive work.
wir.i , NOT yritiKi : .
Chicago Switchmen Hate Deel.lrd Xot to Go
Out Itallro ul Vote * .
CniCAOo , III , Feb 20 East bound ship
ments of freight from Chicago last week ag
gregated 75,003 tons , aga'nst ' 71,333 for the
week previous , an increase of 1,3.50 tons , and
against94.013 for the corresponding week
last } ear , a decrease of 18,1150 tons
Shipments of Hour , grain and provisions
from Chicago to the seaboard by the lines
In the Central Traffic association amounted
to S2.C2S tons , against 4S.428 for the pre
ceding week , an increase of 4,200 tons , and
against 53,060 for the corresponding week
last year , a decrease of 6,038 tons
It Is understood that the Chicago switch
men have made up their minds that they
cannot afford to strike this spring. They re
alize that they would stand little or no
chance of winning , since all the roads , with
out a single exception , have announced une
quivocally that they will accede to no de
mands for higher wages Chicago switch
men are better paid than those at any other
point A peculiar feature of the situation is
that the movement for higher wages was
started by nonunion switchmen , and the
union men came to their support.
Hatnllli ; Sihrme on Toot.
ST Piu , Minn , Feb. 20. The Chicago
Great Western has some important deals on
foot Samuel C , Stlckney , chairman of the
board and A. B Stiekney loft for Europe
today , to consult with the English owners of
the road relative to the completing of a
better and tnoro binding lease of the Chicago ,
St. Paul iv. Kansas City road b } the Chicago
Great Western Financial matters will also
boa matter of conference with the English
men , and it is said that Mr. Stiekney will
bring a big bundl * of money back with him
toany on the work of construction and
improvement.
V.VIprr ami Helper * strike.
GALEsiii-KQ. Ill , Fob 20 One hundred
boiler wipers and helpers of the Chicago.
Burlington J : Qulncy rallvva } struck this
morning for an increase of wages from SI 40
to { I H ) per day The company offered them
* 150 per da } , which was refused. Their
places will be tilled with new icon.
OBJECTIONS TO ANNEXATION
Arguments of Those Who Prefer to Ignore
Hawaii at Present.
NO NAVAL ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED
I'rcicnt Treat ) with the Kingdom ( irntitlnc
1'carl Hnrbor to the I'nlteil St.itc
hahl to lie the Only lie.
nimble feature.
WAMIIXQTON' . D C , Feb. 20 [ SpcerU
Telegram toTnn BEE.J Opposition to the
treaty annexing Hawaii to the United States
is assuming more definite form In addition
to the partisan motives which control cer
tain democratic senators who wish to rob
the HarrUon administration of the eclat of
an addition to our territority , commercial
and sentimental Influence have also been
brought to boar.
The appeal of Queen Ltlluokalanl and the
letter from Princess Kaiiul.ini , now at
school in En tland , coupled with the pres
ence of Prince IJavtd and Paul Neuman in
Washington , are the sentimental factors
The commercial opposition to the treat }
comes from men interested in the beet and
cane sugar industries in tlio United States ,
who feir that the legislation which will fol
low the adoption of the tieaty may not suffi
cient ! } restrict the bounty to bo paid for
Hawaiian sugar. Any such addition to the
sugar bount } as * 3,000,000 or $10,000000 a
year would , the American sugar producers
fear , excite a public sentiment in favor of
the repeal of the sugar bounty clause of the
McKiuley taiiff law
The opponents of annexation are aiso
claiming that the convention between the
I nlted States and King Kalakaua. which
w cut into effect November 9. Isa7. providing
for commercial recipiw itv , already secures
to the United States the naval advantages
to be derived from annexation.
of the Trc.it } .
Article 2 of this treat } reads as follow s
"His majest.tbo king of the Hawaiian
island , grants to the government of the
United States the exclusive right to enter
the harbor of Pearl liver , in the Island of
Oahu , and to establish and maintain there a
Coaling and repair station for the use of ves
sels of the United States , and to that end
the United States ma.v improve the entrance
to said harbor aud do all other things need
ful to the purpose aforesaid "
This exclusive control of the harbor of
Pearl river , the opponents of annexation as
sert. secures to this government ever } possi
ble strategic advantage which could DO
gained by the acquisition of the entire group
of Islands and at the stme time does not in
volve the United States in any possible con-
troversv with an } foreign power
But those who have advanced the Pearl
harbor argument ignore the fact that the
convention securing the use of that harbor
to the United States was limited to seven
} ears from November 9 , 1&37 , when it was
proclaimed b } President Cleveland , and that
after this vear's limitation the convention
ma } bo terminated b } either of the high con
tracting pirties within twelve months after
either part } shall have notice of its desires
for such termination. The right of the
United States to use the harbor of Pearl
liver as a coaling station will be therefore at
the disposition of the Hawaiian government
at any time after November 9 , 18M !
A careful canvass of the senate has been
made by one of its members who opi > oses the
treaty This senator informs Tun BEE cor
respondent that all but live of the demo
cratic senators are opposed to the treaty
and that at least three republican senators
are also opposed to it To defeat ratifica
tion and thoiefore annexation would require
the opposing votes of twenteight members
of the entire senate According to these
figures the opponents of annexation have it
in their power to delay any action upon the
treaty until after March 4 After that date
of course the policy of President Cleveland
would probably have much Influence in the
senate either for or against ratification.
Han nil m Amilrs.
WfUiNOTON , D C. Feb. 20 Mr L. A.
Thurston and his associates , the special an
nexation commissioners from Hawaii , and
Mr Paul Neuman , the envoy of Queen Lili-
uokalani , spent a part of today at the capitol -
tel Mr Neuman was in conference with
several senators Mr. Marsden , one of the
annexation commissioners , left for New York
tonight on his way to San Francisco , from
where ho will sail for homo on March : l He
goes in advance of his fellow commissioners
in order to sco something of the country ,
with which he is not as familiar as they
It is expected that the annexation treaty ,
which has been favorably rex > rted to the
senate by the unanimous vote of the commit
tee on foreign relations , except that of Mr
Gray , will be considered In executive ses
sion of the session to be held tomorrow.
To Ileiir the Other Side.
WATEHTOVVN , N. Y. , Feb 19. Secretary of
State Foster arrived hero from Washington
Saturday to visit his family. He left unex
pectedly for Washington tonight to see the
queen of Hawaii's representative , of whose
arrival at the natioml capital he had Just
been apprised. Secretary Foster savs he ex
pects to sail from New York Wednesday for
Paris.
_ _
DK.lTll ItUl.L.
( ieneral licnurepiril Pannes Qnletly Airnf
Other Ile.ithi.
Nnvv ORLEANS , La , Feb 20 General G P.
T. Bcauregard , the last of the generals of
the confederate military service , died this
evening at 10 10 o'clock at the ago of
75. The first siuptoms of the fatal
illness manifested themselves about two
weeks ago , when he was attaokedoby a com
plication of diseases which threatened hea mt
failure The first physicians of the south
w ere summoned to attend him From the
first their only hope was to bo able to pro
long the general's life for a time.
He manifested some improvement under their
care , especially in the last three or four
das , when ho was able to leivo his apart
ments and take short periods of exercise in
the grounds of his residence He dined with
the family this evenim ? and after dinner
remained in the library with his sons
and grandchildren until 9 'M , when his
son Henry escorted him to his
apartments and left him with the nurses ,
who have been In attendance since the com
mencement of his illness Ho dropped oft to
sleep easll } and seemed to be resting well
One of the nurses went to his bedside a few
minutes after 10 and was horrified to find
him in the death struggle. The members of
the famil.v were at once summoned , but before -
fore the } reached the chamber the end had
come.
The direct cause of death was heart fail
ure.
Judge I'rnzer.
WAHW , Ind , Feb , 20 Judge James
Frazor died at his home in this city this
evening of pneumonia , aged HO joars Judge
Frazer was the best known Jurist in Indiana ,
and his decisions made upon the supreme
bench gamed for him a national reputation
VV III rieail ItV.i * u Political Crime.
New OIILEINS , La. , Fob. 20 The Picay-
uno's San Antonio "pecla ! sajs In the ex
tradition trial of General Francisco Bena-
vldes , the border revolutionist , the defense
began the introduction of testimou } todu } .
U will attempt to prove that the- expedition
in which Benavides was engaged was a
military revolution against the government
of Mexico , a political ofltanse , not extradita
ble under the treaty between the United
States and Mexico.
Hct. Smith Dealt1 * the fetory.
CINCINNATI , O , Feo. 20 Hev. Henry P
Smith denies categorically the statements
In a telegram to the effect that he and Dr.
Hrlggs of New York- agreed to recede
and form n new church In case the presby
ter } ilecideU against Brlggs
i.irr TOTIIK cunir.
yue tlon of Ir MoDM ! Wnter Ciimpiti } ' *
Hilton to llo Settled.
DBS MoiN-n ? , la. , Feb. -tSpcclal [ Tele
gram to THE BEE ] The case of the city of
Dos Molnes against the DCS Moines Water
Works company for an injunction came up In
the district court this morning Attorne.vs
for the city at once ictired to consider a
proposition , the counsel for the water com
pany offering to concede Tor the purpose of
this hearing that the rates of the new ordi
nance are reasonable and compensatory if
the city would admit for the same purttosos
that the rates were uelovv the average of
other cities
No conclusion was reached , City Solicitor
Brcnnan saying that the water cntnpanj's
answer cent lined conclusions of law w hlch
tlio cit } w.is not prepared to admit This
afternoon the attomevs for the cit } sub-
.nltted a stipulation which the attorncs for
the water company would not agree to and
further conference was bad , resultln ? in an
a/rccment at 5 o'clock upon a stipulation for
the purpose of this hearing and no further ,
embracing th se jioints. AcreeU. that the de
fendant will offer no ovidenc" on the ques
tion whatever , the rates established by the
iccent ordinance are reasonable and that
the ordinance , if valid , is a matter of Hvv
and prima facie evidence that the rates pre
scribed therein are reasonable ; admitted by
plaintiff that slid rates ai-o below the aver
age in other cities having efficient vv tier
works operated by themselves or by private
companies
To Keep lovvn FiiniN In the Stnte.
DBS MOINES la , Feb 20 [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE ] Anew banking institu
tion is being organized at Des Moines The
Eqult tblo block banking room , corner Sixth
nnd Locust , has been leased for five } ears by
the new concern. The capital stocK is to bo
$1.000,000 The prime moveis in the new-
bank are Captain Albert Head of Jeffer
son , George F Falrbuin. Geoige L Blower
and Hon A O Garlock The stock Is
to be subscribed by 100 Iowa banks
It is intended by the co-operation of
100 Iowa banks to keep much of the mono }
now on deposit In New York and Chicago in
Iowa for mutual benefit. Much of the stock
for the new bank has alrcadv been taken
The bank will be called the Bankers Bank
and Loan Trust comp.in > , or some simi
lar title Captain Head will probablv
be its president and he will remove to Des
Moines to reside perman"ntl } . A circular
giving the main facts as to the new enter
prise was mailed to all the batiks in the
state toda } . '
Swindled h } I'UHC | Abstract * .
OrnvvvA , la , Feb SO. [ Special Telegram
to THE BEE ] A few weeks ago a stranger
called at Abstractor Grisvv old's office and
asked for some of his blanks , sajlng ho
wished to copy some abstracts Toda } his
purpose was discovered when the county
recorder received an abstract and deed for
a certain piece of land from William T
Roberts of Peoria > The recorder saw the
deeds and abstracts were forgeries and
so wired Mr Roberts Another pirt }
from Ualesburg , 111. , and one from
Monmoutb , 111 , seem to have shared a simi
lar fate aui the sharp } oung man is $7,000 or
5)5,000 ) ahead on the three deals Having ab
stracts and deeds with , the seal of Ottumvva
on them , lie easil } convinced the Illinois people
ple that the paper wafl genuine.
One AVny of SctiHnj ; B Quarrel.
CUESTON , la , Feb , So [ Special Telegram
to THE BEE ] About o'clock this evening *
the Globe bottling VVOK > S were discovered to
be on fire , but had not gained sufficient
headway to ccinsum < * > the building. The
origin was inccndlarv * , the plan being well
carried out , and but for the timely discovery
a block would have been in flames in a shert
time. H Weiss , the , proprietor , claims to
have a clew There has been trouble in
liquor circles for some time and Mr Weiss
attributes the effort to burn his place of
business to the enemies ho has made while
conducting his part of the fight.
Tno 1'atut Accidents.
BI-IIUN-GTON , la. , Feb. 20. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE. ] James Coad , an old citi
zen who was run down by a careless driver
Saturday night , died from his injuries early
this morning
Da * , id Crorston , a Burlington line repairer ,
was killed by an east bound train on the
btidge here last nigrrt. His pirents live in
Kansas Ho was 22 } ears old and single
Avocv , la , Feb 2J [ Speciil Telegram to
Tun BEE | Charles Russell a brakeman on
a local freight , while coupling ears herb this
evening , had his left hund so badly mashed
as to necessitate amputation.
IOW.I'A I Irrtt supreme .Incite Dead.
DES MOINES. la. , Feb. ( 20 [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE ] Judge S Clinton Hast
ings , a former resident of Muscitine and one
of Iowa's first supreme Judges , died in San
Francisco , Cal , last evening , aged over feO
} ears.
n// % in ma man VTFICE
31. lo Iloyer , I'reslileijt of the Trench Senate ,
.stopi Down for 4'olltlcal Itcasoim.
\Cnp\irlgMtdlsnitu \ \ Jfimn Gnrdnn llinneU.l
PAKI- , Feb 20 [ N"pv York Herald Cable
Specitl to THE BEE. ] The resignation of
M Phillippo le Ro } or , president of the Sen
ate , has caused a sensation in the political
world. M. lo Royer'/is an old republican ,
honest and very mucn esteemed. The state
ment made oftieUlly as the cause of
his resignation is"inot the real reason
The truth isvthat M. lo Roer
will not continue to preside over the senate
for political reasons.r It is stated that he
wishes to avoid presiding over the high
court of Justice or to "preside over the Senate
when the 'hssolution'pf the Chamber is de
manded In an } case his resignation is con
nected vv Ith the Panama crisis , which may
recommence on ono day or another. Rumors
arc rife that fresh scandals are about to bo
disclosed. * JACQUES ST CEIIE.
Seemed n Temporary Intension.
[ Copurlyhtetl HO3 bjUatiei Gordon Ihnnelt. ]
BOOOTV , Colombia Evia Galvcston , Tex ) ,
Fob 20 [ By Mexican Cable to the New York
Herald Special to THE BEE ] The Colom
bian government basjgrantcd to M. Mauge ,
the representative of. the canal company , a
temporary extension jpf the concession. The
extension will last uijtil the last of March ,
so that the ministry Mil have time to study
the details of tbequrstlon There is a
probability that a committee from Bogota
will visit the isthmus for the purpose of
studying the queatiiA. '
Senor Culoo , secrcfiry of state and min
ister of war , has dici of diabetes.
.Modi Is.
IS33l > i/Fjainu Gordon Dtnnrtt. ]
PAIIIS , Feb. 20.3jNew York Herald
Cable Special to Titc BEE. ] It Is officially
announced that bronze casts of the wa *
models made by Mesionier , and from which he
painted his famous pictures , have been made
for the Ecolo des Dcau Arts , and that dupli
cates from there willjbo sent to the Chicago
fair Araon ? them la an unfinished model of
Duroc. reproduced 16 his campalgno d'ltallo ,
the last work touched by the artist before
his death. t
Tun Place * Yet to Till.
LAKEWCKU > , N , J , Feb. 20 Mr. Cleveland
has not completed his cabinet. The selec
tions for attorney general nnd secretarv of
the navy will probably be annojnced within
a few das.
McKlnlr > ' Liabilities 8UO.OOO.
CLEVELIMJ , O , Feb 20 Governor Me-
Klnley still remains lu Cleveland awaiting
developments in the Walker failure at
Youngstown. , The liabilities of the gov
ernor now amount to more than 190,000.
RECEIVERS FOR THE READING
They Are Appointsl on the Petition of Ex-
Senator Platt
WILD SCENES ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE
New Yorlc Ilrokrrn ( Jrcntly Kxcltnl Over
the AITalr lnu ( M Utilrh Have l.rnit
Up to the C'oinpinj's Troulila
Coul Ito liU AlFcclcil.
NEW YOIIK , Fob 20 The appointment of
A. A Mchexxl , Chief Justice Kdwnrd I'a soii
and E P Wlllxjr receivers for the Ue.iding
comptny , was announced this afternoon
This marks the ctlsis of one of the most
dramatic episodes In financial hlsto-y.
Much of the inside history of the fall of the
Keadimr management is > ctto be told , but
the ihmax of the alTalr was the appointment
of the receivers today. It is safe to s ly that
not one of those who 1m e foreseen that dis
aster must follow the course that the Read
ing management has pursued since the
formation of the coal combine a .vear.ngo ,
foresaw anj such tremendous catastrophe as
that which Wall street has witnessed dur
ing the past thiee dajs.
Ciinie with Siiildcnnets.
It is felt b.\ Wall street men that if anv
one could have realized its extent it would
have been the members of the luckless Kead-
Ingpool It Is urged that they must have
foreseen that disaster was impending : must
have known on what e-stremcli thin ice
their representative was standtn ? . and must
have reall/ea that , with the available monev
of the cotei 10 spead out on narrow margins
on the stocks of three great railroad s.vs-
tems , a decline of anv magnitude in the
price of Keading must be attended bv dire
results It was probabh for this re isou so
runs the conclusions of the street that the }
have made such strenuous efforts to keep up
the price of Heading Only abaut a month
ago the annual toport of the Keidinsr com
pany was issued It was full of hope and
encouragement for the slot Uiolders Full
interest on all the classes of prefeience in
come was shown to have been earned and
mid Piesldent Mcl cod in the report told
the stockholders that the future was full of
promise. That one month af ten the issu nice
of this report the stock of the compinj
should decline twenti points , and that the
appointment of recciveis should be neccs-
sarj , seems almost Inci edible
In searchm ? for the causes which broucht
about the fall of the Keidmg compin.v it is
unncccssarj to go over again tin- ground
which is familiar to even body 'Jhe public-
understands that when Mi Me Lee 1. unsat
isfied wite the lesulls attamel with his coal
combine , went into New England territorj
and acquired control of the lioston it .M une
and a largo interest in the New Kngland
comp.inv , ho ant.izoimed the New York.Ne.v
Haven & Hirtfordand the greit capitalists
behind that e-ompaiii It is believed the
New Haven management has looked for the
acquisition of the Now UmrJand at some time
and at its own price Mr Mcrxod must have
known this , the general public did , hence.
the news of Mr. McLcod s purchase of the
New England was received with thegicatost
surpris6.
Cause uTtli
That anj man. and particularly a man no
stronger than Mr. McLeod , should voltfhtar-
ily antagonize the New Haven management
seeuicdvlincoaipveheuslblis. .Mr MrLoodris
reported to have answered one of hlsfriencTs
and allies who remonstrated with him in
this matter , "I will not be dictated to bj
Mr Morgan , who would rather run a little
ono-hors'e counto road '
The concensus of opinion Is that from the
day that Mr MeLeod vcntuicd into New
England territory the Heading company ,
under his management , was doomed. The
exact methods employed in bringing about
the results of the past three dajs may be
known in time. They are now enl } inferred
from such facts that are at hand. There is
speculation also as to how far the smash was
the result of human efforts in that direction
and how far it was merely the result of the
folly and recklessness of management Thci o
are those vv ho believe it was the result of
both.
It is said a similar bill will be filed at
Trenton. N J
The bill In equity sa > s complainant brings
his bill on behalf of himself and and all the
holders of bonds of like character The bill ,
which is extremely lengthy , dnested of ic'al
verbiage , sots forth the issuing b\ the Head
ins company In ISsVi of Its third preference
income mortgage bonds , the amount
of which is now In excess of
$25,1)00 ) 000 , to bo paj able in January 10V- , and
with interests , pij able out of the net earn
ings of therallrjad compan.v.of Sr.ior cent per
annum , pa.vaule on the 1st of February of
each year , the bonds beine seemed by a cer
tain mortgage executed by the Heading road
nnd the Heading Coal and Land company
to the Pennsylvania company for in
surance on lives and granting annuities
This mortgage was conveied subject to cer
tain prior mcumbrauces , all the propcities
leased and controlled by the KcoUiug com
pany and those it might thereafter acquire ;
also the propertyi of the coal and iron com
pany.
pany.Mr Platt sets forth that he is the holder
of a largo amount of these bonds , interest on
which became payable the first day of Feb
ruary last The demand made by complain
ant on the railroad eompinv to pay him said
amount was refused , and the rompanv lias
failed up to the present time to pa.v him any
portion of the amount which became due and
pa j able on the first of Februarv , and the
interest upon the other bonds of said issue
held by other owners remains unpaid
The Pennsilvaula company has i-efuseJ.
the bill avers , to proceed in equlti to fore
close the mortgage
The bill sets forth that a great income can
be derived from the operations of the Head
ing Kailroad and Coal and Iron cornpinv , and
it would bo disastrous should the business of
either bo temnorarilv suspended A large
amount of the income Is now in possession or
under control of these companies
and Justly applicable to the pav-
ment of interest , but the companies refused
to appropriate tins income to such payment
and threaten to applj the s imo to the pay
ment of its unsecured indebtedness The
bill asserts that the eomp-uites. though pos
sessed of ample funds if their sale is Judi-
clouslv administered , to my all the Indebt
edness , and insolvent in sense , thej arc
without funds in the shape of cash or assets
convertible into cash , sudicioni to pay their
indebtedness actually matured or to mature
in a short time
The bill also sets forth the vast extent and
value of the properties and sav. s the railroad
company owns all the stocn of the coal and
iron company and that the operations of the
two depend largely upon each other There
is imminent danger , the bill asserts , of the
property being levied upon , attached and
disintegrated to the Irreparable injury of
their creditors unless the court takes action
The present condition of the company Is
stated to be largely the result of demands of
pajment of loans for which ample security is
pledged with lenders , but which loans
holders thereof at the present time are un
willing to renew
The complainant prajs that the rights of
holders of third preference Lands to defined
and the Pennsylvanlaicompanj required to
Institute proceedings , have receivers ap
pointed , etc
President Melveod said this evening that
ho would prepare . . statement , but did not
say when.
President Earl of the finance committco of
the Pennsj ivanla and commercial agent for
the Hetidin ? road slid this evening that the
finance committee has from fj.OUO.OOO to
$10,000.000 worth of iteading coal on hand
upon which no advance has been made
'I his amount , he declared , was enough to
iny the Heading floating debt twice over
The present dlflicultj he said , was due to
everybody demanding IiU inonej at once
vvhlih was unnecessary , for the company
was able to pa > its debts
Securities of the Coinpinjr Advance.
When it was announced on the Stock ex-
chance this afternoon for the third time
that Heading would bo in the hands of re
ceivers , the stock roc fpom 14 to 14V Dur
ing the last hour Koudlng found liotter su | > -
| > ort nnd there w as fall l.v good buj inr , w hlch
produced a recover } to 15 : nu In the mean
time New Envland was growing remarkably
strong From a decline In the morning of S
lKlnts to XIt rallied to lO at the close-
it fractional advam e over Saturday
There was n better tone too among the
Heading bonds IxMugh Valley sharetl In
the Improvement nlthnuch Its movements
were oxtromelv feverish from 441 { to W ,
then back to 4."i' , the again to 4s , finally
closing around 47.
One of the effects of the p'inic In Heading
was the failure of Hitchte A. Co and W A.
Stevens & Co. stock brokers Hoth firms
were cauvht lomr on Headlns ? and thev were
forced under The failuies attracted little
attention on the "street , ' as both firms did
but a stnill business
llo Mal.i'H a SMtcnient I'oupcrnliiR the Af-
fir ! of thp Coinimn } .
Pim.uiEi.riiu , P.t. Fob i20. Immediately
after the meeting todiv of the directois of
the Heading rallroid the directors of the
Lchieh Valley rallrmd met and discussed
the situation No definite action was taken ,
but it Is understood that they have con
sented to the Heading receivership and will
continue the HeadinIxhijh Valley com
bination as herotofote.
President McLcod this evening made the
following statement to a reporter :
"lam ver } sorr.v that wo were driven to
the necessity of a receivership , but it was
theonlv thimr to do Our credit was at
tacked in a wa } that nude It impossible for
us to meet our obligations and wo had
the receivership establisnccl before the
property was further injured Wo have
coal on hand now worth mnro
than enough to pay our floating obligations
and there will bo iio trouble in cair.vmg on
thecotnpan's finances now. 'Iho trouble
w as brouirht about b } the fact that wo are
doing an enormous business on a sm..ll capi
tal , and when this attack was made upon us
It butt our credit so that we could not bor
row money The great menace to the
Heading is the previous mortgace
Undci its terms the compaii } is bound band
and foot The moi teac-c s prescribe exactl }
how the account shall be kept and duvets
that the balance on h ind at the end of the
} car shall bo paid to the bondholders Now ,
weeanied the prefeience interest last } ear
under the terms of the moiUMge , but , as a
matter of f < ut , our equipmeiu is so | > oor that
we cannot earn .ill there is in tin reid Wo
no-v expect to romedv this , for as receivers
we can do something which we could not
befoie
"The Lohisrh Valley will remain with us
as before The Now England sstcm will bo
miintainc'd Not ono of our triends ha\e
sold their New Yoilc & New En/Iund stock
In fact , the leceiveiship will not afloct an }
of the company's pi ins 'Iho leceivership
was foned upon us. but I hope that it will
not prove an unmixed blessing
"I want to sjy that I never knew how
man } friends the Heading had until today
We have had oflers of .tssistahro from all
sides a nil the futuie of the compaii } is vcr }
blight. We are r.Jt insolvent b } an } moans
We willpa } ever } dollar aud the Heading
will continue to develop its svstem. "
WAK AGAINST TIIK UKAOIXO.
How It Started ami lor VV hat I'urposu It Hits
Hern 1'HHliiftl.
BOSTON , Feb 20 An interesting story is
given out b } the Boston news bureau as a
true history of the Reading affair. It seems
that after Charles p. Parsons developed a
network of raids in north eriT.Ne\v fork into
the Homo , Watei tow n & Ogdensburg s } stem ,
J Piorpont Morgan went before the direc
tors' meeting of Ilia New York Central and
asked them if they were aware that at a
little cost the new s.vstem could be made to
parallel the U w York Central and connect
with the Fitchmirg at Albui }
Thev were startled nnd bought the Par
sons svstom to keep it from j > ossible connec
tion w ith the New Kiujl.ind A few months
liter Parsons nppe'ire.1 in the New
York & Now EngHud Morgan went
to the New York. New Haven ic Haitford
people and told them to pimh Parsons all
the.v could , and not allow him to
build up that line as ho did against
the New York Ccnlr il The "pinching" pol-
icv was in tuguratcd forthwith .but suJdcnly
McLeod of the Heading appealed on the
field nnd announced that he had purch iscd
the control of the New Yom & New England
in the intetest of his companv Parsons
and almost every one rise lefused to believe
this , but Morgan vv.is convinced and isked
McLeod to turn the control over to him
MeLood refused and preparations for war
Immediately be-gan on both sides Morgan
got all of his comiunics into shspo ST
thev could not bo disturbed bs commotions
of the mono } market. Mclxiod locked up tno
control of the New York & New England ,
and hU filends immediately bc an selling
their Heading stock , and some of the Head
ing people have scored handsome profits uv
being short of Heading in the market The
result is that McLeod's party Is in
a position today to buy back all
the Heading they sold nnd more
The stock is vvoith intrinsically
$10 per share more than ever before ; its
property and holdings are among the best
in the country The conspiracy against the
Heading's finances v\ ill be checkmated by the
receiver in the interests of the company.
Of course it Is the Pennslvanin-Vanderbllt-
Wagner-Drexel-Moriran interest , against the
Headlng-Pullman-New Encland Interest
The Holding people todav , are stronger than
most people imagine
American Knltnii } sec urltlni AnVcted.
LONDON , Feb 20 In Capet court heavv
selling orders received by brokers from
holders of Heading this morning were exe
cuted Immediately after the opening and
bad immedlatclv a depiesslng cn'uct upon all
> jnerican railway securities Heading
dropped 8 points and Northern Paufic 2
points. Other Amcncanailwajs fluctuated
constant ! } and dropped on the average auout
a point each The latest tendenc } was
slightly better The fall of Heading firsts
for the da.v was .1 points , ordinary , 4 %
points. Northern Pacific preferred , 4 ; of
other Ameiican tailways fiom threo-foui ths
tof. \ . Dealers state that that the account
for n ilse Is comparative ! } small , otherwise
serious difficulties would bo entertained.
Inturot In I.nnilon.
NEW YOKK , Feb 20 The Post's London
correspondent , in a special cablegram , states
On inqulr } at the Morgans I am told that
the intrinsic position of the Reading is unaf
fected , and that the raid is simply for the
purpose of getting the stock cheap and
ousting President MLLeo 1
C'f.C'IJ'.V JY.MU/J.
It U llellflird That the Ohio Hut Itrnchril
lt Illnlirit 1'olnt.
CivciSN-vn , O . Fob 00. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BKK ] Tlio Ohio liver is still
rising slowly and lud reached riftv four feet
seven Inches at On m , a i iso of two and a
Half inches in the piecedmg six hours \ \ Ith
the thermometer dow n to 1.1 = degrees and
the river alread } falling at ui > river points
it is not likely that the water will go bcond
a foot more here Passeng'-i trains are still
using the Grand Centril station , though
the.v run throuzh " watei to do so The pros
pacts aio th-it "they will not be driven out
The flood nt the mouth of the Licking river ,
direct ) } opposite Cincinnati , has driven out
the occupants of some twcntvfive or thirty
house * on its baiiKS Tlio stables of the
Newport bai rauks hava been fastened with
ropes to keep the men from bc-ing swept
away. Hellenic , K } , a little village , Is
e-ompletely surrounded bv wat r The wind
wus blowing a gale } estordav nnd atone
time reached a voloeltj of thirleight mlleb
an hour It U rumored that two steamboats
were blown into cornfields abo.-e Cincinnati
*
Torment' * Cabinet
LJSBOS , Feb 20Owing to the fal'urcof '
the Cortez to approve the financial schemes
of the ministry , the cabinet baa resigned.
'S '
Question of His Right to Examine Witnesses
Before the Investigating Committee.
THREE HOURS SPENT IN WRANGLING
Republicans Finally Wrest Another Victory
from the Confused Populists.
BOTH SIDES WILL HAVE ATTORNEYS NOW
Resolution Providing for a Counsel tj Aid
the Committee Finally Adoptod.
ROASTED THE COLUMBIAN COMMISSION
Some Vitriolic Orator. ) Poured on the Do
votyl llcuUnl Tint lloil ) IXrllcrN
Hank Hnml lull HIM ! slu-rl.
iliiu'H Antl-llotiril I. .
. LINCOLN , Neb , Fob 20 [ Special Tele
gram to Tut * BLE ) Tills \\.is a da } of legis
lative ilcbato .mil parliamentary sparring.
The senate tusseled for throe hours with.
Darner's bank bond bill , while j.ho liouso
devoted its attention to hauling the
Columbian commission o\cr the
coals and wound up with a three hour light
over the resolution allowing Thurston to
cross examine witnessess before the biibery
Investigating ; committee. which Hnallv re
sulted In , i victor } for the republicans after
the independents Ind exhausted all kno.vn.
tactics to delay action on the resolution
The house will employ an attornej to act
in behalf of the prosecution , its the investi
gation is sought to bo made that bj the
action of the ThurU-mltaa Up to the pres
ent time it his simph been an investiga
tion of rumors , but the fnen Is of
the defeited republican canlidato ha\o
insisted on putting him on the defensive ,
and it is stated that hn will oppose the Intro-
ductton of evidence before the commltteo
from this time on as If ho was actual ! } on
tiial before a jury.
The tight in the honso otvasio'ied some
rather peculiar i tilings and it Is slated by
some of the lepublican members that the
bars arc thrown down for the employment of
filibustering measures to a degree hitherto
unknown.
Devoted to Itiislnra * .
The house devoted Itself to business
this morning iand nothing else was
allowed to appeir The greater pirtof the
session was ta\en up in considering commlt-
tee reixnts , and a score of bills were either
ordered engrossed for jussage or indellnllely
postixmed. Several petitions were read , flu-
asking for the passtgo of a sugar bounty law
and one from Merriek county protesting
a trains t it
The bills reported for passige vv ere No.
249 , Oakley's bill , regulating registration m
metropolitan clUoa nnl cities of the Jlrst
anJ second class ; No Sfid. Jctiscu's olll. regu
lating school levies ; No , SSJ. Dobson's 2-
cent iMssenger mileage bill ; No. 201 , I-ock-
ncr's bill , provUini for the registration of
man iigcs , births and deaths , No C0 > . Fui-
ton's bill , creating count } loan and abstract
offices. No 278. Liugenfeltcr's bill , appro-
pi latlng iT,4.i"iT3 for the relief of Seotts
Blurt count } ; No 21S , Brown's bill , pro
hibiting the pointing of firearms , was recom
resigned.'S
'Iho following bills were indefinitely post
poned1 No 300 K ner's bill to promote
the supplj of gas in cities. No. 171 ,
Potter's land ana real property dctlni-
lion bill. No 2l > 9. Smith s tax stie bill ; No.
2.V1 , Schlotfeldt s bill. oTsetting delimjucnt
uersdnal taxes acalust anj claim hel I by
the delinquent agaius ; the countj No 270 ,
Merricic s bill rog il.ttlng admission to the
Homo for the Feeble Minded , No 21. Coolej's
bill regulating tclephono charges , No.
0 , Newborrv's bill regulating tclephono
charges , No 274. Van Djjn's bill for the re
lief of B F Biughn
House roll 17 , ll.e committco substitute for
Jensen's stock i ards bill , u as made a spec
ial order for II o'clock tomorrow afternoon
and the house adjourned until 2 110 o'clock
At the af tenioon cssion the house passe 1
the following bills and the titles vvcio
agreed toNe
No till , Oakley's bill providing for the ed
ucation and detention of minors
No 96 , L } mil's bill removing the 5,000
limit for damages , in case of injury by acci
dent
No 2.U , the sahr } appropriation bill for
the pa } men t of state officers
IlrniiKlit on I'ljlit.
Sheridan s bill providing for the repeal of
the act creating the State Botrd of Trans
portation , brought on a livol } discussion ,
notwithstanding the fact that it was , on
Saturday , leconunendea for passage in com
mittee of the vv hole On roll call It failed
tosecuic the necessary sixty-six votes to
carry with the emergency clause , the vote
stand ing : > i to 29 Watson insisted that the
vote bo at onoo taken on the bill without the
emergent. } clause , while the independents
insisted that it bo recommitted , find a par
liamentary wrangle ensued
\vatson raised the jxjtnt of onler that
nothing but the vote was then In order , and
the vote was tutton The result was Yeas ,
5'J , najs , 27 , and the bill was declared car-
riea without the emergency clause
In Committee of the Whole.
The bouse th-n went.Into committee of
the whole with Kruse In the chair
Senate tile No 7 vv is substituted for house
roll No 4 , ' , providing for the roeompllatlon
of the statutes , inasmuch as No 7 had been
p issod by tin- senate and was on general lllo
in the house 'I hero was a general kit k on
the statutes as compiled bj Cobb } , and a
protest against another Job similar to that of :
twojearsago The bill was it-commended
for indefinite post | > onement
No I.Howes bill providing for the rc-
submisslnn of the amendment providing for
the investment of the school fund , was
recommended for passage , vv 1th the under
standing that if the recount now in progiess
developed the nccess irj votes the bill would
go no further
Oakle.v's bill , No 2(19. ( appropilating an
other t.10,000 for the World's fair commission
was next taken up and several of the mem
bers hopped on It with both foot.
Itniiitcd the Columliliiii CoinmUilon.
Jensen said he lobbied for the original ap
propriation two j oars aero , but ho was far
from being satisfied with the result. Ho
read from the report of the commission and
said that the greater part of the appropri
ation had gone for salaries anil expenses of
the commission IIu deplored the fact that
the state had nothing to show for its large
expenditure but a building that cost twice as
much as it would have cost n private Indi
vidual
Jensen roasted the commission for Its ex ?
travagance He said that the bill appro
priating the mono } provided that the com-
mltsloner general should devote his vvhola
time to it nnd should receive f.,5.'Kas a
salary. He said ttiat the present commis
sioner general was receiving a salary of
i7. < JOO in another capacity and was giving
veri little time to the work of the commis
sion.As
As soon as Jensen got through telling
what ho thought of the commission , Suter
took it up und told of the m.tunor in which
the state's money had bwn squandered with
out giving the great sunk interests of the
state anj show at ail.
Sad Commentary on Ncbraika.
Howe said l-o worked for the appropria
tlontwojears a 'o , and bad then tried ta