THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
TWENTY-SKCOX 0 YEA R , 0 MAHA. SATURDAY MCWtfJXO , APRIL 8. 2.03.
TOM mm CAUGHT
Impeaclmont Dra ? Net Brings ths Er-
Anditor Before tie Supreme Court
s
WORK OF LAST NIGHTS JOINT CONVENTION
utian and Artsolw of Imp ohmont
AgaauBt Bsnton Qnictly Adopted.
HE WILL BE TRIED WIFH THE OTHERS
His Otiss Ebferred to the Commit * eo Namnd
to Manage the StAte't ORSB.
DID NOT MAKE IT STICK ON LEESE
MrmlKTB Ili-fni-r to Vote to Itnpentili tlir
JuxVtlnriifj Cleni-ril on thu Unsup.
| iirtcil Word ut u ' i-imtor Coin-
iiilttux to T 1. 11
Livroi N Neh , April 7 [ Special Tele-
prau in Tun Her. ] When the Joint couven-
tMi > met ut * o'clock the roll call showed the
pri-si'ii'T of thirty-two sanutors and spvonty-
rl 'bt uii'inticrs of the tinuse i'he president
fl > i arcd tin ubjact of c.inventioa to be
tbo < mnsi leratiou of a rosalutltm of imp.iacii-
uii'iit ag.nmt : Thofnus H Bentnn. The read-
in ? uf tin r * Button was callei lor.
As sonn us the resolution und report of the
impeachment wore read Keukley usKed to
hoar tin r. . . ' I'tiug if the evidence.
Wuts in said it did not soein to be custom-
tirv to read evidence in impeachment cases
Keikle.\ said that the evidence in the
01 h"i c.is > , was published at least twice ,
una uas on file in the house a month before
i < up"a < lim-ut proo3eJius were instituted so
thut all the members had an oppjrtanlty to
IIP'imc familiar with It.
Darner moved the adoption of the resolu
tion
li'iiM-nV I'laliitlvc Protest. .
Jensen protested against any further im-
1" .i'hmrnts He insisted that the logi lu-
ture and the paoplp of the state were going
daft and ho thought it time to get bid ; to
h -MSI und reason He objected to burdening
tb' supreme court with work that would tie
Us hunUs"for a year to come.
Biirr.v suid that th < " committee h'i3 care-
fu'.v gone over the evidence and Imew what
it was ub ut A synopsis of the evidence
vas bre submitted and wus opin to insp. " -
tiun. He asked thut the resolution bo voted
tip or down and the committee would quietl.v
- - -
lu-i-i-pt
Nnrin bucked up the position taken by
.Icnsen and defended Bcnton as a eompetent ,
o iliL-inir and honest ell ! 'ial
Porter admitted thut Bentan was obliging.
In fact was altogether ton obligiu ; when he
c luipulled crediuirs of the state to "whack
up" lu ord' r to got their money. He Insisted
that no guilty man b ° allowed to escape. He
Riid that he p rsitriily knew Of enough of
the evidence to justify impeachment pro
ceedings
Muniof tlin l'\ili'iic .
The testimony of H. M Waring against
Hc-ntou as ordered read , showing that the
ex nuuiior had hold up the firm of Waring.
Potter X Bo.v les for f 70U as the price of issu
iiiT u war-aut tor ? Ti.Oj ; ) to the firm after it
h id bi'cn allowed by the legislature , for
fit m jg rapine services in the Powers contest
cases It set forth all the details , and also
gave n con verti.ition between the witnesses
und Bunion after the wipaaehuiunt procead
ings had hnmi iuslitutod , in which Bt'uton
nj"gostea that they get togflthar an 3
llx up the stories that they would tell
HIP tnvostitratitig committee when called to
the wiiucsi stand.
Wathtiu Anxious lir ( A < ihttrAito < i
Wats m intermitted the reading to say
th'it he did not believe that the ox-oOicials
, coald bo iintieached , no mitter what the
I evidence miirtit be. He moved that before
the Bentou uud Li'ese cases wore acted on
the attorneys employed bj the committee be
usUod as to whether impaachment would lie
Porter asked if Watson thought the at
torneys would have gone to the work of preparing -
paring articles if they had not thought that
thej would hold.
Watson replied that eminent lawyers
Boineuines made mistakes in instituting law-
salts
Porter asked if it was not u fact that the
constitution was not broad enough to cover
ai points in the law , and that no law was
un institutional unless it directly eonilictol
with tin constitution
Watson evaded the question and good
nxuiredl.v replied that the gentleman from
Merrit U was a hotter constitutional lawyer
than In1 was and ought to be able to decide
ii himsftr U'utson moved to delay action
imui tomorrow in order to get the opinion of
tli utt irnc.v s as to whether ex-officials could
In ii penciled
\ntnl to Impeach lltuitim.
IKISV s ml he did not pretend to be a con-
FtautMiiul lawyer , but he had it from the
lust Uiu\Ts in the state , und they were
luuiiunious tu the effect thut imppuuhmeut
V Uulll 111'
The previous question was ordered and
"U utsou s substitute defeated Roll cull was
then iirUered ou the resolution of impeach
ment The resolution was adopted by n vote
I ) ' V to III
Porter asked if articles of impeachment
nguiust Bcnton had been prepared
I'hiurmun Locktier of the impeachment
roiLiiiutee stilted that in view of the short-
ii > sof the time to elapse before the close ol
tini issi m the committee hud prepared
nrtuU'h fur the consideration of the Joint
rt ini'iitMn in case thej might be called for
Thejrc sent up and ordered rcart.
Xrtlclfo Ui'tttl untl Ailopti'il.
Ttu-ri' cre three of the articles , the first
relating to stuffed vouchers and consisting of
eighteen spiicificatioiiR. setting forth the
cell house vouchers , the coal und flour
vo i'hers from the insane us.iluui , and the
TaUor x-oucher
The second contained one specification ,
c-tsargitip that Bi'iiiuu willfully nud corruptly
dimanded and recoivwl bribes.
Tin- third chiirgwl tht > extortion of money
U' 1w false prntens 6
The urticlit. were adopttni on roll call by a
rou t'f ' "i-1 to U.
U.Hid
Hid Nut rlllfh l.l-fkr.
Mattes moved the adoption of the impaaoh-
Dieni icsulutiou ugRitiBt ex-Attorney Qun-
frut 1-eese
Porter wanted at lna t a little of the cvi-
( Unco n-ad
Popr saul there WBB no twtimony at hmid.
uiul then prtH-twded tochurpt' the iix-Htt irnt\\
pencral w ith employini ; IKirRHii on divei-s
oiiasions to CUITJ ou worn ordm-tul b\ the
stall und thut while utuirnp.v general of
t -f stair he gave uu opinion as to the
1 < gai t.and . validity of the puniteutiurv
i iu > tract , und that he hud lotiliittd to swure
M ' xti'nsuui of the cnntrucl , > et uu < ipmi m
was now uu file in the house in which the
i x an'vn y gcnerul us n privuii cin/i'ti
hail rcce.i\ ! declared thut throi tract had
urver been legal ami wub , therefore it ti. ! .
jiresoiit time uuU und void
Porttr sold u tmre assertion w i not
cirnt ground for Itniieachmpiit. mid tipI I
tnund < d that hDMarit * of the pn tor from I
Snlitif or of other parties be offered in
evidence.
Ucmliln't TnUf 1'iipi'V U'urd.
After ronBldernble qwstionlne. cros -
qucwtlonlnratid ntwrrinr botwonn Pnt and
Porter , the former offeitid substitute r o-
lutioti calling upon the Attorneys heretofore
employed to draw articles of impeachment
against Loose and report at ID o'clock to
morrow.
H wn amended so as to require the arti
cled to b" presented il the uttorne.vs > deemed
the evidence to sufficient Oa this reso
lution Hi * null call was ordered It resulted
in the adoption of the resolution by a vole ol
H7 toR
The chair appointed a committee consist
ing of Pojie , McKt'sfeon mid Uruse to present
evidence to the attorney *
Tne Bnntou ease was placed in thr hinds
of the board of impeachment managers ap
pointed to act in the other cases.
On motion of GOBS each member of the
board was allowed tSSO for per diem and ex
penses
The Joint convention thnn took n recess
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
" *
Irlnl Itrirlim oil Monilnj.
The followtntr order was received this
evening by Clerk Campbell of the supreme
court.
. Xeb. April 7 , 1R93 Whfrnas , No
tice of thp Uiipoacliuicnt by a joint convention
of the HCiiate and house < it i-epresi-itutlveK of
tinNtnle of NftiriisUu. of Auru-Ui It.
Ilumphrev. . ] < ilin I . Allen , Ufifgc II. lliislinc"
ami Joli n H lllllhaR bm-n duly srrved upon
me. together with the articles of linpcuch-
mi'iit. by the flrxl UHslstant Nt'CM'tary of the
senate , now tliTt-fori' 1 hereby cull u sewlon
of the KUprrnif court to meet ut the lupreuie
court loom lu ilir cupltnl at Lincoln on Mon
day April in , INKS , at Vto'clodj n in. to try
suld Inipcarlinionts The clerk will forthwith
serve persnnul notice npm all parties Inter
ested of thu above order.
SAJirr.i , MASWIII , .
Chief Justice of the supreme ( . 'oun of Ne
braska. 4 _
: A AIX < T HEXTOX.
s of thw Teatlui my unVlilch liu-
prllfllllll'llt Is UlSDCl.
Lisroi.s , Neb . April" [ SpeciilTelegram
to THE BCE ] Followins is a bn f s > nopsis
of the evidence lutrodn'ed against Bon urn.
Auditor Moore testlfle3 that the insurance
companies doing business in Nebraska pay
into the auditor's olfice aun.rally from S-1S.OM
to $55.0ti : ) , and that { his nvmey is turned
into the state treasury every sis months.
\Vhile he had made no dBtaile.1 examination
of the haoks lu the treasurer's oBje ho had
obtained from that office tne total amount
turned into the treasury lust yea" from this
source , and the amount was i 1CHI.UUO.
He also testified thut in looking
over the vouchers ou file In his
ofllce he hud discovered that mnni
of them seemed to huvc b.'en issjci in a
vcrj irregular manner , espaciully those from
the Institute for the Feeble Minded at
Beatrice Out of 700 so examined ubout 1100
were improperly signed or damaged in some
way Many of them wore evidently written
or signed by the same penmanship On the
\ % hole he considered thut the vouchers that
had passed through the auditor's ofilcc had
boon carelessly and impropjrlv handled.
P. O. Iledlund. the present deputy auditor ,
testified along the line of evidence given by
Mr Moore He admitted that it would be
possible for the auditor to hold back the
monej received from insurance companies ,
but did not know that it had Dt-eti done.
Auditor Moore was recalled and testified
that the blotter in'which the names of in
surance companies registered in the office
bile Bentou was auditor was missing from
the records.
Oiintrui-tiir Howard Ilnld Up.
D B. Howard , the contractor who built
the two wines of the Norfolk insane asylum ,
testified that when he finisheJ that building
he had a claim In-fore the legislature for
J'.I.MK ) for extras The' legislature allowed
the claim , and he assumed it to ,1 M Stew
art and General Ixese When these gentle
men gave him a check for the amount , they
reserved f 1UU. which went to Beuton lor serv
ices ulleged to have been performed by him.
Beuton claimed that the money was to go to
Judge 'Mason , but he never knew whether
Mas-on got the money or not.
.1 M Stewart , the man referred to in the
above testimony , was called to the stand
He denied that the moue.\ was paid to Benton -
ton , but that it was pain to a man named
Morrell. He said that he went to see Beuton
uboul the matter , and found him with
Speaker Elder and a man named Dobson
Ho claimed that all of the three were pretty
well filled up on whisky , and that Elder
ivns "nulling Bentou s leg" for a place on the
State Board of Transportation Elder in
sisted , he said , on having a place on the
bnard atid "was pretty well filled up nnd
stacgering around considerably "
H M. \ \ urine , nn Omaha stenographer
who took the testimony for the independent
candidates for state officers in Xtu > contest
two years ugo. testified that when the legis
lature tillowed their claim of $ r . ( KK ) thej as-
sicnod it to the Commercial National bank
at Omaha und that before they could do so
Benton demanded and re-vived ? 700 before
he would draw the warrant.
Turin'un liluplii.MV 1'ny.
M. M. White , a bookkeeper in the auditor's
oftice under Benton. testified that he had
been employed , in addition to his other
duties , in checking up the hnuks of various
insurance companies in the state. That he
received $10 per dux , but that he was com
pelled b. > Benton to give up one-third of that
amount Ho did four mouths work in Beat
rice for the county commissioners and re
ceived therefor fSIlO Boiituu required him
to give up 10 per cent of ibis money. He at
first refused , nud then Buutou said thut If
he would make him a present of a diamonJ
ring lie could ko p the money he made
ut Beatrice without losing his job in
lb < ' ofllec He thought the matter over
for several days and fiuull.v decided thut
m order to keep his position hev ould buy
Benton the ring He did so , paying ? 7. > for
it When he offered it to Bunion the latter
said be had concluded to bu.\ his wife a diamond
mend 1 rooch. to coat flftu. and thut hi' woul 1
rather witness would pu\ half of thut
amount Witness declined to tto this and
sold the ring buck to the jew cler from whom
he hud puivhu.ied it He suid tu the com
mittee thut he heard Beuuiu assert tu
friends thut he would come out of the oUlou
with f 10.000 to f 12.0110 a year und thut he
was not in the office for his health
C B Allen , a former clerk tu the auditor's
office , testified that he had paiJ Beut3U KI
for 11 desk which belonged to the suite.
J M Gannett , a member of the legislature
from York countx two yeare ago was one of
the witnesses He te .Unod us tollows con
cerning u visit he paid to the "oil room" in
Bentoi.'s office while the Nt vrberr.x bill was
pending He suid :
" 1 just happened to drop in tu talK with
him the morning the bill was to come from
the governor While 1 was in there O W
Holdrege and W H. Dorgau came in The
three insisted on m.siuyiiiglhurc. . and not
to vote ou that bill und not to be recorded ou
thut bill that is. at. against the governor's
veto. Mr. Holdrege siiid they could not pass
the hill over the governor's veto without my
vote. He said the.\ were funning some very
stitmg comhiuat'uus. if ] wanted auj thing
nil 1 had to do was to ask for it.
"Benton spoke up and said. 'Gannett , if
you want anything , here is the cnance of
your life , you need not be bashful about ask
ing fur it' He snid whatever 1 wanted 1
could have , lloltlrcgc was in a position to
snake me comfortable for life Jt was the
clmnce of my life. I told htm there was one
thing that 1 wanted nud one thin ? 1 would
have. That was to have n\ . name recorded
on the journal voting for the lussuge of that
WU over the governor's vt to "
To Cxtiutil the ClMiorn.
Guss HOCK , Wvo , April 7. | Special 'Jolt > -
grum to THE BBK j On the \\esthound
train tonight arrived ton Hurre.uirs They
ar1 iwrt of a surveying outfit that i * so in to
bi > put in the fluid tu cniM-itectioii the old
aurve.of . the IHuh and \Vy.iaiin ? Central
ruilw.iv from Caspar west I'MS UKUCS us
if Hie Klkhoru shurlly eon'ruipl ites m iving
west from Casper PuupUfioin all sections ,
are fiui king to < 'aspi'i 1 > > ti t > hub a | Mpu
Juti m of i mi" I'lar'neii i.u-s of sTe.'i rails
ur at Chudran supposed to be lutcudea for
immediate ue went of Casper
EXPIRED IN7 THE BATH TUB }
Mrs. 01&US Frahm of Hastings Meets Ds&th
in a Peculiar Way.
DAMAGING NEBRASKA PRAIRIE FIRES
nniin Countj ( inept by I'lnliii-n ( Mlier
1'iirtK uf the Muli' Thre.iteliud tuliili
J'uciile l'ii i.fiiipr I ruin IVrvoked
S. Nob. , April ' . [ Special Telo-
p.tam toTuc BEE 1 This aft ruoon one of
the most distressing casualties that has
ever taken place in Hastings rasultod from u
very trivial lire Mrs. Claus Frahm , the
victim , was one of the most talented and
popular society leaders in this city For
some time past she has been an invalid , suf
fering with the same disease of the heart
that resulted fatally with ex-President Har
rison's wife. Ail winter she has been In
New York receiving medical attention Sev
eral times her life has been despaired of and
her constant wish has uoen thut she might
reach her home to die
About a week ago she was brought to
Hastings. This noun her husband loft her
to obtain u plivsiciun. The son-ant girl was
away nud Airs Frahm was entirely alone
When the girl returned she noticed slsns of
fire und turned In an alarm The blare was
soon extinguished , the loss belli : : almost
nothing , und the damage confined to Mrs.
Frahm's bedroom. Mrs Fruhtn was missed
and u search was instituted v.hich resulted
in her bolus found lu the tub of the bath
room covered by u foot of water , her dress
from the feet up to the waist was burned in
ptuces und her aodomen was charred by the
fire.
fire.It
It is supposed that the bed on which she
was lying in some way became icuitod , the
flames communicating to her wrapper. She
immediately ran to the bath room udjoii.mg ,
and turning on the water trieu thus to ex
tinguish the flames. Then she either
faint-id nnd was drowned , or else the shock
of the cold water immediately killed bur.
the long feared fatal excitement stopping
the action of her heart. When Mr. Frahm
returned he was prostrated b.his . sudden
bereavement Coroner Irwin decided that
no inquest was necessary.
iiisnor i ONAcrjri TKIAU
Chiirg < > t > iir * < f\iiril .Vitliruslcu I'rleiits to U
lll\C3tlElltllI. :
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 7 [ Special to THE
Bcc ] It hus been definitely decided that
Mgr. Satolli will be in Lincoln nn Sat
urday of next week to take up several inter
esting cases in connection with Bishop Bon-
ncum's management of the Lincoln diocese
Uooms for himself an J two secretaries have
been secured at the Lincoln hotel , and the
evidence in the mutters will lie heard there
Nothing is known definitely of the charges
that will be heard against the bishop , but it
is pretti definitely known thui his removal
to the diocese of Cheyenu" is asked for on
the ground of his autocratic treatment of sev
eral of his priests The instances cited
are in the cases ol Father Walsh , whom he
suspenaed for five years for what the
priest's friends claim was without just prov
ocation und done in n fit ef temper , and
Fathers Crowley and Corhott , to wlnm his
bearing and manner has been harsh and
autocratic , as the priests alien1 The uishop
is something of a fighter himself and his
friends have been husj for several days
searching newspaper files and interviewing
piomincut Catholics after evidence Father
Walsh is equally active und the hearing
promises to be a very brew one The case
will be partially heard on documentary evi
dence and bath sides have been notified to
prepare us much of their case as it is possi
ble m that muuner for submission.
\ritit'Kii > m A VARIANT CAK.
rnliiii I'urlllr I'tiShenger Trnlu Dltrhrd Near
I.vxlnirtoli , hut Nu l.Itt-h I.tt
LEXINGTON , Neb , April 7. [ Special Tele
gram to Tut BEE ] Westbound passenger
train No 7 ou the Union Pacific was wrecked
one mile west of Lexington at a this morniing.
An empty coal car blew onto the main line
ut Coznd and traveled eastward in tht heavy
wind at terrific speed , coming into collision
with the passenger here , mukiiic a totai
wreck of the entriue , turning the
baggage and smoking cars on their
side iu the ditch.and converting the wander
ing nox car into kindling wood Charles
Heed , the fireman. jumpcQ and oscupod with
u sprained ankle. Emriuecr Jack Sullivan
remained ou his engine and iu an almost
miraculous manner escaped without a
scratch.
A tramp , who was ridimr the blind bac-
gage , had his shoulder dislocated and was
injured internally , but none of the passen
gers suffered any injuries beyond a few
scratches und u little shaking up.
A temporary track is being built around
the wreck.
_
JiiilKC Kliifuid' * < ! iiul : Workt
RtfeUviLLC Nob. 7 Telegram
, , April -Special [
gram to THE BEE ] District court ad-
juurned this evening Judge ICincaid has
kept everything on the move und disposed of.
a large number of cases Ss-ssions have
been held every evening during the term.
Four important criminal cases were tried .
The stute against Bo.vd. selling liquor to In
dians ; Nuwotnc.v . embezzlement of school dis
trict funds ; Williumsim , horse stealing , and
Baker , assault with intent to commit mur
der In the two first convictions were se
cured and iu the tw. ) lust verdicts of ucquit-
til ; wore ronJ'iivJ B.iyd was sentenced to
two years and nine nim'bs in th > peniten
tiary In passing situteuuc ou this cas ? the
noun toolf o vasiou to observe thut it was
the most important conviction ever obtained
in the Fifteenth judicial district , the offense
charged beiug one of the gravest in UB possi
bilities for "evil Nowotney was charged
with embezzling $171. "S of school uiuueA while
treasurer of u countr.v district He w.is sen
tenced to one year in the penitcrtiarj und to
paj double the am-unl embszzlod.
rifiiiolU' " New Industry.
FUE.MONI. Neb , Anril 7 [ Special to THE
Bun ] Captain E Anderson , and messrs A.
C Johnson uul Peter A Nelsau , with their
families , household roads and several car
loads of machinery from HncineVis. . . ar
rived in this city toduj to permanently
reside and manufacture upholstered gooas
They will temporarily occupy the Harms
building until they can have some large onus
of their own erected in the manufacturing
district oX the city.
Ot'Hth ol Mrit. siisiut Alf \uuilrr *
STtiACfbC. Neb. , April 7 [ Special Tele
gram toTiiuBcEj- Kusan M Alexan
der , wife of llev G S Alexander , editor of
the Syracuse Journal , died this morning
after a lingering illntisb Mrs Alexander
was u prominent woman and state officer iu
the Society of the Home for the Friendless.
Funeral services will he held ut the
Mothodiftt EpisM.pil chuivh at this pitiro
Sunday afternooa ut 'J
Intrrentnil the Tnunlier * .
BrsiiAU , Neb. . April 7 | SH | > cial Telesrura
to THE BBC J At thr Cumberland Pit * .by-
torlun church this evening Prof A.V Nor-
i tun president of the Nebraska State Normal
school , delivered a livuuv on the "Element
I Lacking iu Our PubiiSclwolg" to the Otoe
I Count ) TeucliJTs aks -iatiun. i . whi'hisnow
111 st'SaUU Ut tlllh plain-
Neu } iirk l.lrliuiiff Olicitutliius.
Y'liiK April 7- SJK'.i. | . Tclt'gi.UJ ]
to THE Bcr. Lxchuuge wus quoted us follows -
lows lodu. ) Chicago , 70 cents premium ,
Boston , fi to lf > cent * , premium , St Louis , W )
cento premium
rjr > j : OF TIIK r.j/.ria
NurthweMrrn Sfitr II.ink ot Slhlry Cnrtieil
Ton Murlt I'oor I'nper
Suirx CITT. la. , April 7. i"Spaci l Tele
gram to Tun BKB. ] The cause of the fiiilurc
of the Northwestern State Imnk at Sibley
was that It carriefl A W Harris , u grain
spicolutiir who has failed Today he gave n
bill of sale to the bank of elevators ut Sibley ,
Ochlodkn' iin-l Air her Grove to secure an
IndehteflS&sS of fifi.OOO. The proi > erty is
worth nlu8h"iltSH
The ass U ol the bank are reported ns fol
lows b.\ the assignees Bills recoivable. f210-
( Kl.l : Sibley town property , f7f > , OiK ) ;
farm lands , flO.tKKi ; storks , bonds
and cash on liand only. SlX.OUi ) .
Depositors' credits aeerogate firfl.OOO , Os-
I'eola couut.\ has f IH.IKIO on deposit with the
hank Much of the property will be hard to
realize ou. and it is ruiorted | that a great
deal of paper held by the hank Is poor , and
as a consequence the assignee will fail to
realize anywhere near the luce value of as
sets , w Inch is $ ' > 0,0Kl ! The assignee stated
toda ; that the depositors will be paid first
and other creditors afterward.
lU'ftiKf to MnUe n U'tntif ; .
CCDAII KAPitix. la. . April 7. [ Spcial Tele
gram to THE BEE j Application was made
to Judge Preston in the district court at
Marion tuday askinc for the dissolution or
modification of the injunction issued Wednes
day ncuiust the DUbhs faction of the DCS
Moines Evangelical conference in session at
Ceuterpoiut , restraining them from further
deliberations under the name of "les
Moines Conference. " Although the defend
ants strenuously insisted that the ? injunction
he removed or ut least mouitled to the ex
tent thut the Dubbs element might be al
lowed to organize without transacting an }
business of the les Moines annual confer
ence. Judge Preston r6fufied to cither dis
solve or modify it. This praoticalh dlspo-os
of the .natter und the ministers will return
to their homes uud make uo attempt to hold
a conference.
Mu t I'ny on uelhcry.
ES MniNO , la , April 7. ( Special Tele
gram to Tun BEE ] Every railroad freight
ugimt uud cashier in Dee Moiues Is now
hound by ironclad rules to collect freight
charges on delivery of goals They have
formed an ussociutiou called the Local
Aponts uud Cashiers association It is for
self-pix > tection asrfl at for the interests of
the railroad companies Heretofore agents
nud cashiers , who liave to stand irood lor
all charces have lost 'considerable from
neglect to pu.i Uecentlj * one agent had to
) iu : j."i > 0 and nud another 'KK ) out of their
individual pockets It was , this that pre
cipitated the organization.
t lentil til u Well-Known Tullnr.
Dc MOINES , la , April 7. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE j O G Buttkereit , n
weli-kuowu merchant tailor of this citj , was
found dead m his room at an earl.\ hour this
morning The cause of his death was heart
"
disease" He was liii \ ears old and was horn
in East Prussia and cume to this country ut
un early are He lived for tweutj , \ ears at
Toledo , la. , coming to Des sMoiues in 1S75
He leaves a wife and daughter.
Arrrhtt'tl uu Kiitltt ) i'amlU *
ALOONA , In , April 7. Emma Finn is in
jail with her 10-day-old naby and her hus
band , charged with burglury The man and
woman are accused of hu-ritig robbed the
depot at Luvurue and ttie safe ortuerAmcr-
icnn Express company.JA detective pressed
them pretty close , whun Mrs. Finn broke
down and confessed she uud her husbat.ddld
the job Most of the valuables taken were
turned over to the offiucn , .
OtMitiiwii Mirlmio tu xHHlnu.
OrrruwA. la , April 7. [ Special Telegram
to THE BEI. J To the Kaaha Temple. Order
of the Aljstic Shrine , this was u gala day
here. There were " 08 visi ting shrmors ,
who initialed a class of fifty. A new fea
ture was u big street parade with a drome
dary , ridden by tue Illustrious potentate , his
followers costumed in the most approved
style A sumptuous banquet was served
tonight.
Io\\u Mivrp Urt'tuliTi. Mont.
AMES , la. , April 7. [ Spacial Telegram to
THE Buc.j The Iowa Sheep Breeders as
sociation has just closed u two da > 's meeting
at the State Agricultural college here , iu
which wus included u sheep shearing con
test Several interesting papers on sboep
breeding were read and discussed. The ro-
fult of the shearing contest is not yet de
termined
Work ( iTKxpurt Cr.irlismim ,
Four MAHISU.V la. . April 7. The county
treasurer's office in jthe court house was
robbed last nlrht hfV expert cracksmen
Three iron doors wore .drilled through and a
Hall safe opened by manipulating the com
bination Treasurer [ Montundon estimates
his loss in cash at uibout $100. There is
no clew 40 the perpetrators.
I.lti-il t Jteiich lliiiiii * .
CEHAU lUi'iiis. In. , April 7 [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Bnr. ] Mrs J H. Ruthrock.
wife of Judge Kothrock of the lo\va su
preme court , a few weeks ago was stricken
with paralysis while in California. She
was brought home , hut gradually failed ,
aying this af ternoou at ! ! o'clock.
Kt'iliict'tl thu Amount.
OEIIAU RAPIDS , la. , April 7 [ Special to
Tur BEE j fa the case ol E H Prescott
against the Chicago & Nor.hwestern for
Slfi.UUt ) damages for personal Injuries , tried
in the fe Jerul court , the Jury returned a ver
dict giving him $ lf > 00.
Criixlifil hj railing Itoul ; .
Biiiixr. . In . April 0 [ Siecial ) Telegram to
THE BEF. I Thomas Hamilton , n miner in
McBernie's coal mine near here was crushed
b.\ rock falling from the roof ol the mine
this morning .Several banes wore broken.
He ma.\ not recover.
l > rinn il iu thr Cellar.
CEUAII RAPIDS , la. , April 0 [ Special Tnle-
gram to Tue BEE ] An unknown about GO
years old fell into the Cedar river from the
Third avenue bridge this uflcrnoan and was
drowned. '
II JA II .IMl JTUKUU * J.vM.
t'tuli VlHlteil b } u Iilsndtrnii'i Storm scrvlcri.
In tliu Mtiriiinn Tmupltu
SALT LAKE CITT , U T. , April 7. Accounts
of the wind storm Just oVer.show u to he one
of the most wide spread and severe in this
region Trocs were blorrn down in great
numbers and fences , signs , etc . strewn to
the winds.
At Eureka a railroad trestle was blown
down , and everywhere more or less damage
done No lives wore lo ! t. The wind attained
n velocity of sixty miles nn hour
Governor Thomas , present incumbent.
siKsuking of tht > roappolntment of Governor
west , cuid today " 1 think the appointment
the best that could have possible boon made
1 Know this from my official intercourse with
him while 1 was secretary of the territory
and he was the governor , he is a superior
man for the place and I think his executive
nuiluis , reeojrnlwd "
In the" temple dedication bervicee this
morning the same exercises ut. were previ
ous ! } observed wore cunc through with . - 15 ! !
of the faithful from Mexico. Idaho and San
Pete were admitted In afternoon Utah
stakes of Cache. Wubatch , Tooole , Juan ,
Beaver und the Sun Pete choir were the
undUmce. a. 'lO iu uuuilun' This evening
extra dedicatory sirviuet the same us the
others , to uucommoJnte Hcuttvring settle-
inenu from Mfxi.'O ArUoua. Idaln und
cthei I'luh SUKI not tr'mlofore biiRlcieutl }
proM4ed for urc bwlnp hwld No uutiap-
ti 'd children that u children undci h > eurs
of age uru udiuuloJ at liiii of tUt ; e cere
lUOIUti.
SWEPT BY PRAIRIE FIRES
Many Nebraska Farmers Driven from Their
Homes by the Flamas.
KEYSTONE RANCH TOTALLY DESTROYED
Iliuiilrcilii t > riltni i-s In llu' 1'nth of the I'lrn
reur * KntiTtiillllul thai the Villagr
of Akhtoril M-.i } Miner
HAIIIUSHOIW. K b , April 7. [ Special Tele
gram to TUE BBS. ] Early this morning
while the wind was blowing a perfect gale a
prairie lire originated about two miles west
of this place and at present a destructive
fire is raging throughout the central part of
the country , varying in width from a half to
three miles.
A party left this place early in the morn
ing to assist in fighting the flames , but as
yet no definite reports have been received.
The wind is blowing a terrible gale , uud al
though no reports of serious destruction have
been received , it Is feared that many farm
ers have been burned out and considerable
loss of hay , grain and stack has been sus
tained.
The Goring stage driver , who crjssad the
track of the fire , reports having seen sev
eral houses in danger uud people manfully
fighting the fire which was burning with terrible
rible rapidity Serious fears are enter
tained thut the village of As U ford , eight
miles northeast , will suffer damage. It will
he a nizht of anxiety for many p.'ople In
this county , as side fires are spreading over
a large area
I'xrlit'inent lit .North I'lHtttt.
NOIITD PLATTE. Neb , April 7. [ Special
Telegram to THE BKE ] It is blowing u hur
ricane and a great volume of smoke is set
tling over the town fi\.m the west uud south
west The shops have shut down und the
men have gone to the west unJ of lue cit.to .
light fire It is reported that several houses
and burns have been consumed. The utmost
excitement prevails. Three houses north
of the flouring mill , five in the southern part
of town and one in the west end are burning.
If the fire reaches the thickly settled part of
the citv nothing can save it. Most of the
citireus of the town are squirting wuter
from their hydrants onto their houses , thus
disabling the water works and rendering the
hose companies powerless
At 4 o'clock the wind has subsided und the
firemen and citizens have the several burnine
districts under control About n dozen
houses and barns and several head of horses
and cows were ci iisumed The fire originated
from prairie fires from the southwest.
Xilini'roiiK Lotim Kepiirt < ! .
OOAU.AI.A. Neb , April 7 [ Special Tele-
triMmtoTuE BEE ] Prairie fires the past
hreo days have laid t he country waste in
all directions High winds carried the fires
with fearful speed , making any efforts to
cheek the fires utter\ ! , hopeless
Kupoits of casualties are coming in slowly.
Dick Bean reports the Keystone ranch de
stroyed. including all buildings , corrals , ton
horses and ten cattle Miss Ryan , living on a
homestead three miles south west , lost her
house and barn today Her place was
burned ubout one year ago b.u . jir.iirie lire.
Mr Lynch , Mm vine mile from town , lost a
house -and b..rn. Nothing was saved from
.tiietil i6E nuiij.MuLQan's houHU..lmrii and.
wind muT were burned. Messrs Neoves and
Hunsen also lost houses and barns High
winds have destroyed sbme property that
fires did not reach
OvcuiuN. Neo . April 7 [ Special Tele
gram to TiirBnr. J A prairie lire swept
o\er this county from Cozad to Elm creek
today , doing an immense amount of damage
Over 1.000 tons of ha.\ was burned on the
bottoms south of here , besides several barns
and two residences.
Pi NXINO. Neb , April 7. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE 1 The worst prairie lire
that was ever known in this count } raged
last uicht and today There was one ex-
ceptionall } heavy coat of grass , und the
wind blowinc a gale from the northwest
made the fire uncontrollable. The losses of
stock on the ranges Is very heavy. A great
many settlers have lost their homes and all
their possessions Mr P. L Johnson
and sons lost live fine horses and n cow ,
Fields Bros fifteen head ot cattJe and Mr
Overman his stables His wife succeeded in
petting the horses , cows and hogs out in
time.
Grandma Burtlelt , a laay M > years old. was
slightl } burned. No lives have been lost as
fur us we know
The B & M. railroad bridge half a mile
east of this place burned , delaying ail trains.
LUXIMITON , Neb . April 7 [ Special Tele
gram to THE BEE J Prairie fires are burn
ing iu several directions , and it is feared
wi h the heavy wind that immense damage
will be done. Reports from recent fires run
the damages in stock and barns burned up
among the thousands II. S. White of this
city sad over tlO.IKIO iu stock burned Thurs
day night An immense fire is sweeping
toward this place now , but ample fire
breaks and the hose companies will prevent
its reaching the city.
Other riri'K.
KEAUNET , Neb , April 7 [ Special Tele
gram to THE Bin : . | The brewery south of
town burned early this morning , together
with surrounding buildings , und is u tolul
loss It wus insured iu the Commercial
Union for f-,70d It is supposed to have
caught from a prairie fire
GUAMI ISLAND. Neb , April 7. [ Special
Telegram to THE Bnc ) At noon today fire
destroyed T A Huthuway's barn A high
wind prevailed at the time. It was impos
sible to save u horse , m the stable Loss
$ 00 : uo insurance. The fire started from
a bonfire which haJ not been \vholl } extin
guished. .
From the same cause another fire at 2
o'clock burned three small barns m the out
skirts. Total loss of latter , $10U : no insur
ance HASTIXOH. Neb , April 7 [ Special Tele
gram tc THE Ben ] The bridge on the Elkhorn -
horn , oust of Hustings , wus buni"d todu.\ .
The afternoon passenger wus obliged lo go
back Ui Inland , where mull , passengers nnd
bagguce were transferred to the Burhucion
The damage will be repairaJ in a day or two
iiMAUKAiti.i : AVIXO TOUII.
south Duljotu Cltl7 n lilhturhi'il bj I'nrullur
RAPID CITY. S. D. , April * . For sis hours
lust night a remarkable wind storm irom the
southwest swept this region As shown by
the signal office the velocity was butt } -four
miles pur hour. The electrical manifesta
tions were so strong thut few people in the
cit } wore uble to sleep
Mom I'ullb MirroHlj l.Taptnl.
Slot i. FALLS. S D . April 7. [ Special Tele
gram to THE Ben 1 This city this afternoon
narrowly escaped u most aisustroufc lire.
While a gale of wind was blowing from the
west the prairie west of the town cuughl
fire nud the blaze swept rupidly towurd the
outskirts , burning several small buildings
nnd n considerate amount of gram H rukhea
through a large crove with flumes und approached
preached u street coutuiuiug u nuiuh.'r ol
handsome houses occupied b.\ the wealthiest
people in town A general alarm had been
sent out uud u so 'ond one brought not only
the fire compunus but several hundred citi-
MWB to the siM'iic They fought desperately
with water , wet hluukeU and buck fires and
fiuull.t extinguished the Humes bufore groul
damage was done One residence wnfc de
strovad and others seorchwd The fire cov
oreu a tract between two and three miles
long and u miie wide und destroy ua a lmv <
amount of farm prupertp.
j \Miul unit Miuu Mnrin.
i DEADVKKUI , S. I > April 7A terrible wim
iiiul himu storai has linen pri . alUii- her * foi
tin pusi fori.v-ei-'iit hours ' 1 ccrtuiimi ! !
U'lcphane wires ure prostrated Man' '
| buildiugb have been uluwii down uud othuri
! unroofed. Piedmont in mvtli lly
' All train * are tied up. Tin1 valocitv of the
' wind is seventyVlve tnites ] wr hour. The
damage cannot IH > estimated
I : > D or mi ; nor sriM.
TerrlHo HH | ! HIM ! > tuiu storm * , Tliln
nnd iiirtliiiiHt.i-s. : |
CntcAOo. Ill. April 7 This was the warm
est da } Chicago has seen in the mouth of
April fur twenty years The morcur } stood
nt 82 * and a hot wind blew from the south
at the rate of thirty mile * on hour
The heated spell lusted until o'clock ,
when it was broken by n luniv.v
bail storm , which passed over th southern
portion of the city. " The hull was accom
panied by a high wind which laid n few tree *
prostrate and materially aided the bail
stones iu smashing several thousand dollaii )
worth of window plans Early in the morn-
lug a strong wind coliHed with the Indiana
hotel , a new structure near the World's fair
grounds , nnd levelled It at the first attempt
As the wrecked building fell it flat
tened a one-story building. to be
used us the hotel restaurant. The wind was
also too much for u buildlujr which wus In
tended to hold tbe panorama of the buttle of
Lookout Mountain This structure bad not
been sufficient ! } braced and il was turned
iu'o kiualinc wood. Several jK'ojilc were
badly injured by the hull stones uud a little
girl cauirht up in the gale , carried some dis-
and so budl ; < injured thut she will die
Tidal \Vnvi' uu l.ukr Michigan.
ST Josrpn. Mich . April 7 A tremendous
tidal wave , the first known here for several
years , swept , m over the bench from Luke
Michiiran about ! > o'clock Thursday nhrlit , the
wuter extending buck over the sand n dis
tance of ( Mill or too fe 't. The wuter iu the
river also rose to n hciirht of from four to
live feet above the normal stage The big
wave swept uwo } every movable thing he-
fore it. 'I'he wave receded within u few
moments after it came in A ivmarkable
feature of the phenomenon was the ubsmcr
nf hcav.\ wont tier on the lukc und there was
ver } little wind.
IVnrinl Hull M or tun.
MEKUti.t. , Mich .April7. The severest rain
nnd hail storm ever known here passed over
about s.'io this evening Hail stones one and
one-half inches in diameter fell. Windows
were broken und telegraph wires broken
down
DECATUII , Mich , April 7. Tbe terrific
wind storm last night did immeuse damage
in the northern part of the county. Farm
buildings in several of tbe townships suf
fered severely and iu some sections every
wind mill wus gone this morning. Many
orchards were completcl } ruined
DrnioiT. Mich . April 7 At 10 .SO tonight
o terrible storm of wind , rain und hail broke
upon the city. Hull stones un big as acorns
fell iu lurge quantities and broke many windows
dews throughout the citv and did other dam-
ace uhich cannot be ascertained ut present
The storm wus undoubted ! } general through
out the southern part of the state und If it is
as bud us reported much damage will result
to tbe orchards.
iiirihitiul.t : > In South Carolina.
CUAIUXSTOS. S C. . April 7 An earth
quake was felt in EdceUeld district today.
Two shocks occurred at 0 und 7 u. m. No
damage was done beyond frightouins people
LTNCOI.XTOX , Ga. . April 7. Two uistludt
shocks of earthquake were felt in this place
this morning.
Mm IT in Nitn York.
NEW YOUK. April 7. Snow began falling
here at Sl0 : ! this morning uud continued two
llpu'JWrAjlviBCEiromCatt lcllls stntiulhat
eTgliT TncTiesToTTfe * * . . Kns fallCii. w-lffleaf
Troy and Syracuse snow lias fallen to the
depth of three ini lies Boston had four
inches of snow.
Illfitiirlii'tl li.t tiniii'im > ntK.
OrrrvwA lu . April 7. [ Special Telegram
to THE BEE i A severe storm prevailed in
this cit } lust nitrlit It was accompanied by
so much electrical disturbance that telegraph
communication wus impossible. The tele
phone and electric lights were badly inter-
furod with , and u great many people were
unable to bleep
Nrbnihl.u Will l > | irrluun > n Mnili'riitft Cold
TViivti Tinlny.
WASHINGTON , D C . April 7 Forecasts
for Saturday For Nebraska Fair ; nortb-
westerl } winds ; moderate cold wave. *
For Iowa Goncrail } fair , brisk to high
northwesterl } winds ; moderate cold wave
Saturday and Saturday night
For South Dakota Gaiie-rally fair , north-
erl } winds , colder in western portions
Cell ! Wave < tiMiluR.
The following telegram wus received b }
the n outlier bureau tonight :
WASUISHTOS , D C , April 7 Observance
Omaha. Neb Hoist cold wave warning
Temperature will full tweutv to thirty de
grees during Saturday or Saturday night.
I'.rportB from Otlinr I'lilnts nt H ji , 111.
1 Indicates trnov
U. E. Ill-NT. Lorul roriwurt OOlcittl.
LK'll M Ah l > i ! > ! > II'1'UIXTKU.
How u former Noliniiknu Narrowly MliMKl
Ili'tnc Mi 1i' I tub's ( ioM'riuir.
\VAHUINUTOK , D C. . April 7 [ SpecialTelo-
crum to Tnc EEC. ] H C. L at of Salt Lake ,
formerly u well known citi/.etj of Fulls City.
Neb. , cutne ner.r being upiiointed governor of
Utah todu } Ex-Governor Bo } a and Secre
tary Hoke Suiitn hud recommended him. and
others joined in his endorsement Secrc'tary
Smith wus so confident that Lett would be
nominated thut he inform * d u reporter of
the Associated press tbut it would he well
to prepare his sketch of Lett , uud it was
ready to OH sent out
When the nomination of ex-Governor West
of bait Luke was sent to the Minute it was u
great KUI prise to Lett uud his Irirmlb. Bec-
retur } Carlisle came to West's rescue at the
lust moment und secured the prize for him.
Wust s selection giics satisfaction
It is stated thut Thomas Wlllinc Peters of
Wyoming , consul nt Plauen. will likcl } bo
returned b } this administration.
iiiith imUutH A11 it I rs.
WASHINGTON , D. C April 'i [ Special
Telegram to TUE BEE j Judge Burtlott
Tripp of South Dakota , who suncceds
Colonel Ffcia Grunt as minister
to Austrm. had un interview with
I Secrotur } Givsham ut the State department
t this morning in regard to the duties of the
ottlce He has not yet been commibsionod
Senator Kyle of South Dakota culled at
the white house toati } with Judge Thomas
of the Black Hilik w ho would like to he con
sul at Montreal or Melbourne or be given a
Judcriwhip in u milder climate than that of
South Dakota Senator Kyle said thut he
Will take no notice of the protest of borne
South Dakotane against the recent appoint
ment of Hughes EuHt of Yunkton to u divis
ion cbiefship lu the weather bureau "The
kickers are some disgruntled fellows , ' he
suid "and then protest is not based up < m
, fu 'is Mi Lus1 it. i. giKid man and link u
, til.c lull.U . whi.nhi 1 ! trull ! : to HUpport.
1 I lit Has on i ii mini uf lortuiifund atwr he
nist H was jir.vut. ttticrfiur } to thu lull. Ml
i ' HcudrKkBof Inaiunu. "
TO IMPEACH LEESE
Queer Turn Given the Sensational Proceed
ings at LiaoDln Yestarday ,
STATE SENATORS STRIKE A NEW LEAD
Adopted n Resolution Atraiast the Es-At-
toruuy General YTitbout Opposition.
ADJOURNMENT SEEMS TO BE AFAR OFF
Difforancus of Opinion as to Appropriation
Bills Oauas a Serious Hitch.
NEITHER SIDE WILL CONCEDE A POINT
Suitntort. Acmm-il of Acting in Iliul I'ultU
by .Uoiiilitir * i > ( tin' llmi < . .tlli > th
llritlicliCK Clt'.irliij ; t'p Ktuitlnt'
S Kiipidly.
S. Neb . April 7 [ Special Telegram
toTncBcr. ] The simate took n liiincl in
the lmpeacb.mc.ul business on lit. own ac-
i-ount this forenoon and bj unanimous vote
of nil the senators voting , ttilrtj in nil u
resolution impeaching VVtlliam l-ieese tx-
attorney general , was entertained and tbo
ttecrelur } directed to uotif.\ the housi of the
fuel.
fuel.The
The resolution was introduced b.\ senator
Muttcs nud is us follow
llcMtili tt < l. That Wltlluin Loehr , e\-iiti < irney
general , Is now and Is hereby Imp -ui liu for
iiiNdt'iiieumii' * in olllcc , und tluu nrii u-i. of
Impeachment he prepared und prt-si iitwl to
tlH'MUpretne eourl of tu | . Mute fet u Isilu-
mi'Uiior lu onice uRuliist the suui \ \ , Ulam
liceNe , ex-uttornt y ptnierul.
The independent senators had no inkling
of the fact that a movement was on foot
looking to the impeachment of the ex attor
ney general , who is one of the leading lights
in their own party , and they wen consid
erably dared ut the announcement
Dale tried to have the resolution Itud over
until tomorrow , but the chair held that it
could not be so deterred
Stewart then sought to kill the resolution
by moving to lay it on the table , but Pope
headed him off bj a point of order ithut the
senate had no power to lay a resolution of
impcaehinent on the table ; and that the
joint convention of the two houses w UK the
only tud } that could dispose of It
With this view of the ease which was
sustained b.\ the chair , the independents
made no further opposition , and Darner
moved that the resolution bd entertained.
On the roll call thlrt \ senators voted for the
resolution , and Senator Lowloy asked that u
record be tnudo of the fact that he was pres
ent , but declined to vote Senators Moore
and Tefft did not answer whuu their names
were called.
The cause for wliieh ex-Attorney General
Loese is sought to l > impeached is the ul-
leccd disi-ovcr.v that he received fcMK ) while
in office for u favorable opinion on IheaHSlgu *
liient and extensuiii of the prison contract
from Stout to Mustier in IhST It is claimed
that paxmout was niudi by check , and that
the telltale piece of paper is still In ex
istence.
Appropriation * . > iut Mutlii.
Prior to this the senate aeted very much
as ii it proposed to rush throuph business tea
a final adjournment some time tomorrow.
After the preliminar } work this morning
Senator Durucr sot the ball to rolling by
moving that the senate concur in the house
amendments to the general appropriation
bill.
bill.This
This motion met with considerable oppo
sition from the republic an side , and Senator
Moore moved as a substitute that the senate
do not recede from its amendments and that
a conference committee be appointed
Senator Pope supported Moore's ' substi
tute , and raised the point of order that when
a bill had passed the house , hud been
umunded by the senate , and sent back to the
house for concurrence , the hous had no
legal right to make further amendments.
He claimed that if that course could bo fol
lowed a bill murht be sent back and forth
between the two houses for an indefinite
period without ever hecomiucr a law He
asked the chair to rule ou this point of order
before u vote was taken on the mutter
IVImt Tlii.jmtelutd On.
Senator Moore probably disclosuditho secret
of the opposition 10 the house amendment ! !
complained ol b\ muting that the action of
the house in udaintr fiVODO for the payment
of the expenses in impeaching the state offi
cials was illegal
The chair stated that he was not able ut
the present time to decide the point of order ,
for the reason that it wiis an entirely now
question of parliamentary law lie there
fore nsked the indulgence of the senate until
he could look up the authorities The con
sideration of the matter was therefore mudo
n special order for : ' . o'clock this afternoon
Darner moved that house roll No " ! M. the
salary appropriation lull , he taken from UB
place ou the general file and placed ou third
reading at . once There was obit-cuon to
this and the matter was mad" a special
order for ! l o'clock this afternoon
OmuliaV Churl < ir I'nimpil.
The senate then put the finisuinp touches
ou the Omaha charter bv concurring m the
house amendments This conchiMnu way
not reached without some little ditti'imsum
Senator McDonald blurted ofl lv tiu-ving
that all of the h-mse amendments tic con
curred in except OIK-
Senator Bubcoi U imped that this motion
be not agreed to He HIU I the charter was
Kb nearly sutibfaclor.x as it could be made
Senator Clarke said that the unmndincut
referred to would enable the cit \ of Omaha
to ulect an entirely new Board of Public
Works , something \ery much lu demand In
Omuhn.
Bubcock offered as a Bubstituir a motion
that the hi > usr am 'tidments be e incurred in ,
and it was agreed to bj a vote of 1C. to 15
S'mator North made an effort U' have the
house amendments U > senate file No " 10 con'
ourred in , but Dale ralso'l the point < > f order
that it could only ue done under the head of
unfinished business The chair sustained
the point of order. North then tried to have
the amendments concurred in suspending
th- rules , but he could not muster the necrs
sarv two-thirds majority , and hiM as com
pulled to drop the matter for the lime
MUM itrt MtiiKlml CH !
After the roll call on the Lot-He impeach
ment resolution Senator Stewart p. ngcJ
the senate into a vortex of discussion that
threatened for awhile to become as exciting
as the one of last evening He urosu to u
question of privilege , and stated that yester
day afternoon lie had huen clcnr d u right
which was guaranteed htm b } the constitu
tion and tht laws He therefore us lend today
to have tbo. fact made a matter of record ,
nud sent to the Bwrutary's desk a lengthy
written statement u. which heauuileU U the
i action of the senate last evening
I The lit'uteiiuut governor bubmitu-d the
1 stalomtjul to the s-jnule und u roll rail was
I ordered to determine whether or not It
1 should he kjmmd upon the record Stxtt m
BHiiatorn voted no , while only ten were wl'.l
ing to have the sc'vore statnment placed
where It oould no read by all comers in
future generations Thu following IB thu
Mtaunntiiit w Inch Stewart wanted on the
reconlh
1 find lljul ccrtuln ml\llcRuk arc Hirurod to
tin iiiiinlH-i. of If lslutlit' tHXllfh HI nit n (
tbf-i pilNib'iitik urc uliMilute uiitlcun iK'Vfi lie
aliiuli.1-U w inlt otiiui. urv uxerclbvu under
Thi liri-t uiuutluuud are thoke which
