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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE ] 0. 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MOSSING , JUNE 16 , 189J. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS MAXIMUM FREIGHT TARIFFS Progress of the Doh te Touching Heir Legality acd Validity. ARGUMENTS MADE IN FEDERAL COURT Wooltrorth't Contention that Lnw'i Enforrctnrut Would IJi-Ktroy Rall- roRtln In Xrliranka Extended Reply liclng Slartr by .Mr. Wclmler. Judge Woolwortb resumed his argument h the maximum freight rate caw yes terday and concluded at noon. He was followed by John L. Webster In behalf of the State Board of Transportation , -who will pr bably talk today and Monday on bis side of the question. Judge Wool worth took up the question of the validity of the New berry freight law and cited decisions from Texas statutes showing that the higher courts had a right to render null and void legislative acts which are In jurious and unjust to corporations as well as the common people. He argued that If this rule was to apply here a mandamus would have to be Issued against the state. Justice Brewer held that the Texas de cision was to the effect that the court could eliminate the good from the bad by striking out the unconstitutional parts or any clause In cuch an act But Mr. Woolworth con tended that this could not be done as the constitutional parts were so intermingled us to render the whole act unconstitutional. He then called attention to the cost of con struction of railways and moved that the testimony Introduced against certain roads alleging extravagance and corruption be stricken out. He said the attack on the management of the Union Pacific during the period of Its construction was unverified and unreliable conclusions , because at that time , time was the essence of the contract the government , people and contractors trere in a hurry and under such circumstances time is money , and in those days gold was worth a heavy premium. He wild that now there was no doubt that the same amount of track age could easily be reproduced at a much less outlay of money and time. He quoted evidence showing statements from the Union Pacific and B. i M. acsounts to the effect that there was an enormous falling off In the frelcht revenues ; BO much so that the Invested or tlleged capital yielded no returns for the amount expended in operating the roads. He contended that evidence taken from Poor's Manual on rail ways was unworthy of consideration , as It was not verified. He asserted that tills bill made a re duction of 29 % per cent In the revenues of these roads and added to the cost of operat ing the Omaha road of CC.24 per cent leavss only 4i per cent to meet the interest on the amount of money invested' FIGURES FROM THE FREIGHT AUDITOR. He took up the statements of Auditor Taylor and Freight Auditor Randall that the local freight earnings for the year ending December SI , 1S92. were $1,853,030.59. Dil- worth says the reductions caused by the bill are 29.50 per cent of the earnings , which is $54CC45.C3. He then showed the share of the interest which local freight business should bear. The interest for this state ts $2,224,171 17 for all business. Taylor says the expenses are divided. 70 per cent for freight and 30 for passenger traffic. And that the earnings on local -freight are 21.-27 per cent of the earnings on all business. This leaves a sum of $ S31.15C.C7 , which is the ehare of the interest which the local Irelght business should bear. These figures leave a deficiency as follows : Oprrntlnc ezi-cnssf ; . . . . . . .n. ! 1.M2 Kl Induction liy the Llll . f. W B Litenxl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3O.1C ; C7 , Total . . i Deduct earning * . . . . . . - . . . . . . . J.CU2C IS Leaves a deficiency of. . . . . . . . . { : iG:03 SI Supposing that an estimate i : . made on Taylor's statement that the Burlington prop erty cost $74C1G,52C.02 in cash we reach another result. Taking 5 per cent , the rate an Investment should bear , the result Is $3,700,000. This reduced to the freight and passenger percentages leaves $550.000 as the um yielded by local freight traffic. Then the .following Is the result : Dpcratlnc expenses . . . Jl.r21 " 42 M Reduction by the till ) . . . NOW , M Income to which owners tire entitled. . fSO WO no i\ Total , . .ri SHI 47 Deduct famines . 1.I&U12G t9 DeflclentT - . . . . . . . $ C71 5:1 6S He then ccmpired the earnings cf the Union Pacific in a like manner and lock up the legality of the action of the genera. ! as- Bembly In passing this act He asserted that the entries in the house Journal were defective. He doubted If the bill -went from the house to the tcnate w.th the amended title engrossed. He claims there were corrections made in the bill after It passed the senate and was in the hands of the clerks and printers , and the omitsn ! of the clause stating violent and unjust penal ties for n violation of the act led many membtrs of the senate to vole for It when they would have otherwise opposed lt& pas sage. sage.After After the first and second reading of the b'll and when it was In the hands of Ihzte whose duty it was to engross Jt , a compari son was made of the bill with the Iowa law- end it was found that words and explana tions were omitted which would render the law Inactive , fo these words M-ere li corprra- ted idurlng the engrossing , changing its meaning and 'ntent He designated this action as a forgery of public records and gave way to the other side to make their arguments. MR WEBSTER'S REPLT. John L. Webster lock up the defense and Bald that It was quite likely that he would be followed by Attorney General Hastings. He took up the last argument of Judge Woolworth and said that the courts of four ctates had decided that parole testimony was not ndmlBsablf to show that an act had cot been legally passed by a legislature. Ho said that he would show that any interlinea tions made on the bill were duly authorized , and the engrossing committee caw to it tlmt the bill was corrected before being placed on its third and final reading and passage. He would introduce certified copies of the bill to chow that 1U passage was regular and au thorized by the proper officers of the senate and house. He showed that on January 14 , 16112 , house rcll S3 , a bill for an act to regu late and fix maximum freight rates on all Nebraska railroads was read the first time. At the second reading of the bill the proper Btnendmcnts were made by Representative Gross. He further contended that there was nothing In the bill of which the liouwo did not have full knowledge , and fully ex plained the entire passage of the bill through both houses of the general assembly. , HOW THE BILL WAS PASSED , 'At the afternoon session of ccurt Mr. Web- Btcr again took up the validity of the bill as passed by the general assembly of Ne braska. He contended that In the federal courts the rule was that when an enrolled bill has received the official attestation of the presiding officers of the two houses and has received the approval of the president and is deposited In the Department ef State according to Uw , 1U authentication is com plete and unimpeachable and that It is not competent to show from the Journals of cither house that the act did not pass In the precise form in-which U was signed by both presiding officers cf the legislative body. Mr. Webster said : "U is true that Ban- cock and North , who were members of the ecnate. testified that the bill wai not read at Urge on three separate days , but was read the first and second time by title only. { They did not , however , make any sucb ub- fectlon at the time of the flrfit and second reading ot the bill They did not make ny such objection when the Journal wa read an ! approved at etch nurulog ses * un ; Aside from that luwtur jt w > .uU br a I tartllng proposition ! f the par l tr t in rv ml members oX the legislature could fcc re cdved after that deliberative body had ad journed to rtntr dlrt , take from , add to , or Impeach the recitals ot the doings ot that body a * s t down in Its Joornalr The con- MJtutkm and the law * provide that such Jo ra lr. Khali be kept and what 'hall be set fsrth therein. They ore the const ittitknal mdene * of what occurred In the courw ot lepltlatlon. There is no looking behind or beyond them. To receive pi rot evidence in ( inch a dot would oprn the door for the charts and litigants to dl * . . | ve all legislation to do awiy with all law * nd create un certainty -where certainty jnuM ex * t. "To accept the evidence of th M wltnes es In this case would nullify every law enacted by the legislature , as they both testify that all other bllli were read the first and second time in like manner ; that the courte pur sued with tbi * bill was the same as that pursued with all other bills at that e fion. " He thought that the courts would not re- v.ew the action of the legislature In reading the bill twice by the title and en at Urge , ai such a reading was deemed a substantial compliance with the constitution. He cited authorities to show that where the act Is broader than" the title It is only that part which is in excess of the t tie that can be declared invalid , and to Justify a court In declaring an act void on the charge that It was not peeved by the legislature In the manner and form required by the constitu tion , such facts must affirmatively appear In the Journals. RATES DISCUSSED. Ho then tok the stand that the rates es tablished by the Newberry bill are not un reasonable and that stat sties show that in 1890 the number of tons of freight carried w-as C36.541.C17. For the carrying of this freight the railways charge annually In round numbers $730,793.609. This was an enor mous tribute paid by the people of this coun try to transport the product tf the land from the producer to the consumer. The enor mity of this sum of money could only be appreciated by comparison. The amount of outstanding stock cf the railways In the United States on June 30. 1890 , was J4.400.C5S.4S5. The amount of funded debt was $4,574.576,131. It would thus be observed that the amount received by railways for the transportatlcn of freight was a sum nearly equal to one-sixth of all the capital stock of the railway companies , and nearly equal to one-rixth cf all the funded debt of the railway companies. In consider ing this statement it was not overlooked that many railway csmpanles were bonded and stocked for much more than their actual value. The amount paid for the transportation cf freight In the United States snnually was about equal to one-half of the entire debt of the government of the United States. Mr. Webster said that the total sum paid Nebraska railways for freight ratei during 1B93 aggregated J20,000,000. "Mr. W. A. Dilworth. for the complainant , test fied the amount of reduction on local rates within the state of Nebraska by the act of 1893 would average 29' ; per cent , " stated Mr. Webster. "He further stated that the rates fixed by this act are higher than the rates fixed by tVe _ laws of the state of Iowa , but just how- much higher he did not remember. He further stated that the percentage of reduc tion on the total amount of buriness done by the respective railway companies in Nebraska would be as follows : B. t JI 4.2 C. , St I' . . M. & 0 4.5 F. , E. & M. V 4.1 U. P 2.0 O. & R. V 1.9 St. J. { G. 1 2.7 K , C. & 0 1.5 "The above would be on average of 2 * per cent Hipon the business of the roads within the state of Nebraska. For the time being let us have In mind , however , the fact that the present local rates within the state of Nebraska are more than one-fourth higher than the rotes established In the maximum freight law. Put In another form , the state ment Is tliis : Where .the present local rote , as charged by the railroads In Nebraska would be $1. the same would be reduced by the maximum freight law to 70& cents. It will thus be seen that the present local rates exacted by the railway companies in Ne braska are a fraction more than 40 per cent higher than the rates fixed in the max imum freight law. "U find a tabulated statement of the rates -charged in the respective states of Wisconsin , Minnesota , Dakota and Kansas in one of the bills cf complaint put in comparison with the rates established by the Nebraska maximum freight law. A casual study of the table will show that the rates estab lished by the maximum freight law of Ne braska are on an average about the same as those fixed in the other states named. In some Instances rates are less , but in other Instnces the rates are higher. SOME COMPARISONS. "These railways run through surrounding states , which enjoy better rates than does Nebraska on most classes of freight Under the local rates as established In the states of Wisconsin , Minnesota , Dakota , Kansas and Iowa , these respective railway com panies carry local freight at a rate which is about 29J per cent lower on an average than the rates in Nebraska ; or , stating the converse of the proposition , these respective roads charge the people of Nebraska a rate , for local freight , about 40 per cent higher than the same rates charged the people for like shipments in the surrounding states. If the rates charged in the surrounding states are reasonable in fact , or accepted by the railway companies as reasonable in fact , the logic of the situation Is that the local rates exacted in Nebraska are highly un reasonable and exorbitant. There is no rea son which any sensible man can give why the shippers in the state of Nebraska should pay a rate of 40 per cent higher than the same road exacts from the people in the neighboring states. What is there In a state line over which a railroad crosses that can Justify or excuse it for exacting from the people of this state this exorbitant rate when put in comparison with the surround ing states ? This was a condition that con fronted the people of the state of Nebraska when , through the legislative body , it under took to investigate this question and to de clare by law what should be considered as the maximum reasonable rate to bp charged for local freight In Nebraska. If we rest the fact upon the comparisons above named the proofs would seem irresistable that the rates established by the New berry bill are reasonable rates. "For the purposes of the argument sup pose we grant that the entire revenues of these railway companies .arc Insufficient ; the proposition still comes back to us that there is no Just excuse for this exorbitant tax upon the people of the state of Nebraska to pay for a deficiency upon that part of the lines extending Into the states of Iowa , Wis consin , Minnesota , Dakota and Kansas. There is no reason why the Nebraska shipper of cattle should be charged a big price to make up for the deficiency arising from a ship ment of cattle for a resident ot Minnesota or of Iowa , There is no reason why the producer of grain in the state of Nebraska should be charged an exorbitant rate to make up for the deficiency arising from the shipment of grain by the grain producer In Minnesota and Dakota. COST OF TRANSPORTATION. "I will undertake to show In the course of this argument that the cost of transporta tion ought to be the primary foundation stone for the building or construction of a reasonable tariff rate. These great public agencies for the transportation of freight exist only by suffrance of the state , and legitimately ought to enjoy only such privi lege * as are granted to them from the state to the end that they may transport freight for the common benefit of all the people of the state. It Is a fallacy to suppose that the railway companies have tne right to use the power granted them for the srle purpose of making money for themselves and to ignore the right of the people to use these channels ot transportation upon the pay ment of a rate that represents the cost ot the transportation and a reasonable profit upon the moneys legitimately iu\este-d In the railway lines. "The Nebraska railroad companies have undertaken arbitrarily to draw an Imaginary line north and south through the state , at a point about fifty miles west from the Mis souri river running through the cities of Fremont , Lincoln and Beatrice , and on all shipments from this arbitrary line to Chi- crp'i to charge and receive from the con- nu' re roaJs 45 per rent ot tbe through ( Continued oa Fifth Page ) DOLPII GETS BACK AT HARRIS Scnands Kin of His Position on the' Federal Elections Bill Debate , IF YCU ARE TIRED , SIT DOWN Amendment * to tlic Wool Schedule Pro posed and Promptly Voted Down , the ropullht * ( ienerully Voting with tlie Democrat ! ! . WASHINGTON , June 15. In the senate today Mr. Stewart secured unanimous con sent for the paieage of his bill to amend the chapter of the rev.ned statutes relating to mineral lands tnd mining resources. When the tariff bill was laid before the t-enate Mr. Dolph took the floor snd re sumed the spefcch he woe making against free wool when the senate adjourned yester day. He began with a sarcastic reference to the Impatience minlfested by Mr. Harris , the general manager of the bill , because it was not rushed through with Indecent haste und recalled the resentment shown by the Tennessee < enator when others had displayed Impatience at delay when other bills were being considered , notably the federal election bill and the bill to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman net. On the latter occasion when he ( Dlpli ) had remarked that he was tired of the prolonged contest Mr. Harris had curtly told him to sit dcwn if he was weary. With this preliminary shot at Mr. Harris the Oregon senator proceeded with his argument. Som" observation } about silver made by Mr. Dolph brought Mr. Stewart to his feet in reply. He entered upon a free silver argument for half an hour , and then Mr , Carey made a final protest against placing wool on. the free list. He declared that if the two demo cratic senators ( Messrs. Brlce and Palmer ) from sheep-raising states had been half as industrious in their demand for a duty on wool as the two Louisiana senators In their fight for a duty on sugar the wool Industry would have been saved. If even the two populists ( Kyle and AJlcn ) had made a manly fight a duty on wool would have been obtained. "How do you know we are not making a fight ? " Interposed Mr. Kyle. "If we vote for a duty on wool is not that all we can do ? " ti- "You hold the balance of power , " said Mr. Carey. "If you would refuse to vote for other provisions of the bill j-ou could force the abandonment of free wool. " "I think the senator Is mistaken , " re sponded Mr. Kyle. "He will find when the final vote Is taken that we do not hold the balance of power. " KYLE DEFINES HIS POSITION. Mr. Kyle defined his position on the sub ject of free wool. He had taken little part in the discussion of the tariff bill , he said , but since it had been charged that members of the populist party in the senate were siding with the democracy at this time at the expense of the people of their states , he would make a statement. He recognized the importance of the wool in dustry. In his own state there were 750- 000 sheep. From the Mississippi to the Rockies sheep raising was a vast and grow ing industry and it would be a great injus tice to strike It down. But he was not prepared to say that free wool would destroy the industry. Speaking for himself alone he was not afraid of placing wool on the free list. The advantage that would ac crue to the farmers in the reduction of the price of clothing , he thought , would more than compensate for any reduction In the price of wool that might follow the free listing of that product. , He believed that wool could be raised on the broad prairies and .in the mountains of the west as cheaply as in Australia or any other place. Mr. Peffer offered some modifications to his proposed amendment for a duty on raw wool. Where the McKinley law levies a duty on first-class wool of 11 cents he pro posed a duty of 5 cents ; the McKinley rate of 12 cents on second-class v.-ool he pro posed to change to C cents. Wool of the third class , worth 13 cents or less , is to pay 15 per cent duty ad valorem , and - woolworth worth over 13 cents is to pay 25 per cent , in place of the McKinley rates of 33 per cent and 50 per cent. VOTING ON AMENDMENTS. A discussion followed In which Messrs. Morrlll , Cullom , Vest , Sherman and Aid- rich took part. Mr. Teller offered -as a sub stitute for Mr , Peffer's amendment the Ic- Klnley classification and rates. Defeated by a strict party vote , 29 to 37 , Allen , Kyle and Peffer voting with the democrats against it and Stewart in its favor. Powers of Montana offered another substi tute , which was also defeated. 29 to 37. The vote thsn recurred on Peffer's amend ment , which reduced the McKinley rates an average of about 50 per cent , the three pop ulists voting with the republicans In favor of it , but it was lost , S3 to So. An amendment by Senator Sherman , In creasing from 15 per cent to 30 per cent the duty on wool in the form of stubbing waste , mungo , shoddy , noils or other waist jproduct , was lost , 29 to 34. Mr. Peffcr then offered an amendment to place all articles or manufactures com posed wholly are In part of wool , hair of the goat , camel or alpaca on the free list. After some discussion this was laid aside and on Mr. Cockrell's motion the bill pro viding for the deficiency appropriations for the government printing office passed , and after a brief executive session the senate adjourned. SENATORS ON THE RACK. Investigating Committee Will Ai.lt Them All What They Know About Sugar. WASHINGTON. June 15. The presence of Theodore Havemcyer , vice president of the Sugar trust in the city , caused the senate investigating committee to change-Us , plans for the day and to put Mr. Havemeyer on the stand Instead of beginning the examina tion of the members of t&e senate , as had been contemplated. The questions in the first part of the Inquiry were very similar to those atked Mr. H. 0. Havemeyer and Mr. Searles , but the answers in some cases were not so specific , because the witness of today has not been so active In the manage ment of the affairs of the company as have his brother and Mr. Searles. Mr. Have- jneyer's examination occupied but a short time. The committee did not think the testimony was of particular Importance , or that it developed any facts that have not been brought out. Probably no other wit nesses will be examined today. After Mr , Havemeyer had been dismissed each member of the committee submitted to be catechised in the most comprehensive manner as to whether he knew of any cor- ruptlve propositions made regarding the sugar schedule or as to whether be bad been interested in any way in speculation in Sugar t-tocks. The denials were as sweep ing ai > the Interrogations. Senator Brice was detained longer before the comrtiktee than any ether of the senators. He reiterated his declaration in his letter to Chairman Gray , In which he had said that he had not bought or sold a single share of Sugar stock , or dealt In industrial stocks of any kind. He declared : "Since entering the senate I have not been concerned In any way , directly or Indfrectly. in any property , securities , stocks , Investments or specula tions In anything that is mentioned in the tariff bill from the first line to the end of the free list , with the exception of some local manufacturing establishments In Lima and adjoining towns in Ohio. In other words , my Investments are net connected with or affected by the operations of the tariff act , except HE the general prpperty of the coun try is. " The testimony of Mr. Brlce corroborated that of Messrs. Terrel , Havemeyer anS Reed as to the occurrences in the room in the Arlingtcn Mr Brlre wai very explicit and tmruauc in bis dec 11 of any knowledge s' campaign contribution * from the Sugar trust He knc - nothing of the- contribution * In 1892. Previous to July 1. 3EP2. when he was In charge , there was no contributions from the Sugar trust or any one connected with It. so far as be knew. .lie never attended a meeting on Benedict's -yacht at which pledges were made in tbe sugar Interest Senator Hill was aim examined. In ad dition to questions as to whether he had speculated In sugar or owned Sugar stock , which were answered In the negative. Sen ator Hill was questioned in regard to the meeting at the residence of Senator Brlce when the sugar questions were discussed. He said he was present at that time and listened to the Louisiana senator , who ex plained the sugar duties and told what was needed , but he did not remember seeing Havemeyer there. " 1 did most of the listening , " said Mr. Hill. Besides the members of the commit tees , the senators examined today were : Messrs. Aldrlch. Allison , Bate. Berry. Black burn. Blanchard , Brloe , Call. Camden , Carey. Chandler. Cockrell , Coke. Cullom. Daniel , Davis , Dlxon , Dolph , Dubols , Faulkner , Frye , Galllnger. George. Gibson , Hale , Hans- brough , Harris , Haw ley , Hlgglns , Hill , Hoar and Hunton. PRESENTS Senator Teffer'n I'lan to Utilize Electricity and Gas for I'arm Motlte Power. WASHINGTON , June 15. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee.-rThe ) bill to establish an electrical experiment station for the pur pose of Investigating and determining whether electricity can be profitably applied as a motive power Jn the propulsion of farm machinery and implements was today recommitted by the senate to the committee on agriculture and forestry , upon motion of its originator , Senator Peffcr. vho says the committee being favorable to the propo sition , wants to amend the bill so as to enlarge the scope of the investigations and experiments to be made by the secretary of agriculture so as not to be confined to electricity , but to include gas and other motive powers. Mr. Peffcr says he will report bis bill back io the senate tomor row , and be hopes to secure its early enact ment Into law , The pOBtofflce at Silver Ridge. Dlxon county. Neb. , has been discontinued. Mall will go to Ponca. A postofflce has been established at Owen , Cerro Gordo county , la. The office at Conkllng. Audubon county , la. , has been discontinued. Representative Bryan sent a telegram last night to the silver 'leaguers stating that he would be present at the silver conven tion to be held at Omaha , on June 21. Rep resentatives Bland and Clark of Missouri will be unable to be present Dr. E. F. Dawn has been appointed a member of the board of examining Bur geons at Clark , S. D. . and Dr. George P. Burtchby at Grlnnell , la. F. W , Hart has been appointed postmaster at Bradyville , Page county , la. , vice. L. C , Lawrence , re moved. SECURED AN Two Hundred Thousand Recommended for the AtlnntH Exhibition. "WASHINGTON , Juna 15. The senate com mittee on education and'labor today unani mously decided to report favorably a bill providing an appropriation of $200,000 for a government exhibit at the proposed cotton exposition to be held tat Atlanta , Ga. , and decided to recommenditbat the bill b ; ap pended to the sundry-clyl ! appropriation bill Gordon and as an amendment Senators Walsh appeared before * he committee and made R good address Infavor of the bill , urging the importance cf the exposition be cause of the opportunitr1t would afford the visitors to learn . .of "Histresources of the south and of the recent development of that section of the country.They also .spoke of the contiguity of the section to the West India islands and Centraliand South America , with which countries the southern states al ready have a growing trade that would , they believe , be strengthened and encouraged by the proposed exposition. WON'T ACCEPT THE BILL. ratine Roads Strcnnonnly Oppose the Scheme of the Committee. WASHINGTON , June 15. Representatives of the Pacific railroads now In this city say that the companies will not accept the proposition in the modified bill now before the committee providing that the interest on the funded debt shall be 3 per cent and shall not run more than fifty years. They claim- that the companies could not pay such interest and make , the payments pro vided for in the bill. Tfiey claim it is not a question of refusing to accept the bill. The roads , they say , will not be able to earn as much In the future as in the past There is now so much competition that they will be compelled to fight for traffic , which , when the roads were first built , came as a matter of course. They also express the opinion that it will be impossible to get an agree ment upon the bill under consideration , even if it should be acted upsra favorably by the ' committee. YEAR'S TREASUUT DEFICIT. Probability It Will Reach Seventy-Five and a Half Million * . WASHINGTON , June 15. As the end of the fiscal year Is only fifteen days distant treasury officials arq able to give a fairly accurate estimate of the net results of the treasury's operations for the year. Up to this time the receipts aggregate $282,204,721 and the disbursements J35C.1P7.337. leaving a deficit for the eleven'and a half months of J74.992.C1C. It Is thought by the treasury officials that the total deficit for the year will not be materially greater than It Is now , and that $75.500,000 will probably more than cover it. even should the customs receipts continue to decline and those from Internal revenue remain as during the last fortnight. While the cash balance today reached 1115.- 195,282 and the gold balance $07,604,972 , the lowest point since the January bond Issue , the situation is causing but little uneasiness at the Treasury department Doll Day In the House , 1I 1i 1 i WASHINGTON. June 15 , The dullness ot I ' today's proceedings Ip the house was in marked contrast to the excitement of yes terday's session. The Indian appropriation bill was considered and A rule adopted to vote tomorrow. The section providhrsJfor the sale of cer tain state bonds credited to the Indian trust fund was stricken out ! , The evening eesfcion was devoted to private penhlon bills. Coxcy nnd llrotvim Urc'"C Thi-lr 1111. WASHINGTON. June 15. J. S. Coxey and Carl Browne of the Commonweal movement were granted a bearing before the senate committee on education ! and labor today to advocate their "good , roads" bill. They urged the passage of this bill on the ground that If It , pused it would provide employment for the idlejraen of the country. The hearing was not completed , and It will be resumed on the 27th inst Conmilhfcloner IxjcUrcp 21uv Gone Ilomr. WASHINGTON. Juno Jl5. Commissioner of Pensions Lochren ha * goneto his home in Minneapolis. _ BROWN IN SIGHT. What He Hat to Say Re pt < ctlnc Tayuc'i Ltc t Story. Dr. Brown turned up In Omaha yesterday , and on account cf Sam Payne's statement to Sheriff Drexel on the way to Lincoln Thursday night h& was at once got bold of by the police , though not placed under ar rest. He denied that he hired Payne to kill Maud ItulK'l .or that he knew anything about the murder. He is , however , kept under Eurvelllanie. The police and the county attorney say tbry de not want Brown , regarding Payne's latest version of the crime as of ae weight Heat U Fatal at-MllwanUrn. MILWAUKEE. Wis. . June 15. There were two deaths from snrfroke In Milwaukee yes'erday Others vtre prist rated. MET THEIR DEATH IN A MINE PateJ Zrplodon of lire Damp in an Am- trian l&ne. TWO HUNDRED MINERS WERE KILLED I'nrty that Wont Down Eleven Hours After thr I'lrM Itrport All 1'rrldiril Tire J-jirrtdlng In All Directions Annfnl Night. TROPPAU. Austrian Silesia , June 1C. A terrible disaster. Involving great loss of life. Is reported from Karkln. Full details have not reached here up to the time this dispatch is sent , but it is be lieved at least 200 miners have been killed. An explosion of fire damp took place at 10 o'clock last night in a pit of the Franriska mine at the place mentioned and resulted in the death of 120 miners. The first explosion was soon followed by a Ecrles of other explosions in the mines , the most disastrous ot the latter being In the Johannes pit. where a number of other min ers were killed. A rescue party which descended into one of the pits at 5 o'clock this morning also per. isbed. The ventilator shafts of the several pits were destroyed and the fire spread in all directions. The Franzltka and Johannes mines arc owned by Count von Larlsch. The official report places the number killed at 130 , with twenty persons fatally Injured. The rescue party which perished this morning was composed of ten persons. Fourteen bodies have been recovered. There were five distinct explosions , the last one occurring shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. The galleries of the mines are still on fire and it is believed that the majority of the bodies of the victims will be consumed. PREMIER cnisi'i .MAKES CHANGES. Drops Some TRICB from IIIn llndrl Hill but InniKU on Strict Economy. ROME , June 15. Premier Crlspi in the Chamber cf Deputies announced the solution of the cabinet crisis' The government had restudled the financial problem and decided to propose modifications of the budget , and with this object in view would abandon the proposed Increase of the land tax , maintain ing the tax on rents and give a pledge of economy in all the public services , inc ud- Ing the army , to the extent of 20,000,000 lire. Signor Crispl concluded with the re mark : "The solution of all Italy's troubles depends upon the settlement of the financial difficulties. " Signor Imbrianl and CavalottI both opposed the premier's proposal , and demanded his resignation or a dissolution. Finally the chamber , by an almost unani mous vote , decided to postpone the appoint ment of the budget committee of eighteen for 1895 until November. In the meantime the chamber will proceed with the discussion of the clauses of the government's financial- measure , " * * Canon Keller Turned Down by the I'ope. - " ROME , June IE. It Is reported that the pope has refused to sanction the -election of Canon "Keller to be bishop of Cloyney , Ire land , owing to the prominence e took in the plan of campaign. It is added that the pope has appointed Canon Browne , who was second on the list for the appointment Canon Keller is very popular among the Irish peasantry and is favorably "known as a platform speaker in England. Hewas on several occasions caught within the clutches of the coercion -under the late tory govern ment English Degrees Tor Americans. LONDON , June 15. Cambridge university on Monday next will confer an honorary de gree upon Captain Alfred T. Mahan of the Chicago. Oxford university will also confer an honorary D.C.L on Captain Mahan. Ox ford will confer the honorary degree of D.D. upon the bishop of North Dakota. Cholera Near the JiuRxlan Frontier. LONDON , June 15. A Standard dispatch from Vienna says : There have been sixty cases of cholera and twenty-five deaths at Ciechanowlec , Russian Poland , thirty miles from the Prussian frontier. Rolwrt ISucliHiiunV Uankropt . LONDON , June 15. The liabilities of Rob ert Buchanan , the author and playwright who has Just been declared bankrupt , are 15,000. His assets consist of a number of copyrights. Extend thr Moratorium. BUENOS ATRES , June 15. The govern ment has decided to extend the moratorium granted to the provincial banks. Cnbln llashcs. The strike of nulphur miners In Sicily Is in a fair way for settlement There are scattering bands of revolution ists scattered through Honduras. The French government has sent several regiments of troops to Algeria to take po sition near the Moorish frontier. The financial situation in Argentine is easier , owingto the advance inwheat Tne opinion is expressed that the country will slowly recover from its financial de pression. The Salvadorlan refugees on board the Betmlngton have demanded tranhfe : to n Pacific Mail steamer , but Captain Thomas refused until he received orders from Washington. Advices from Rio Grande do Sul say bands of marauders infest the pi evince and the Inhabitants are leaving. There has been a heavy tnow In the CorUlrilleros and many people have perished. ent * of Seagoing Ye Kel Jane 10. At San Francisco Cleared Saturn , for Panama. At Baltimore Arrived Chicago , from Rotterdam. At Uelfast Arrived Lord Londonderry , from IJaltliuore. At Brow Head Umbrla , from Southamp ton. ton.At At New York Arrived New York , from Southampton. ampton ; Columbia , from Hamburg ; Sue- vla , from Naples ; Germanic , from Liver pool ; Scotia , Irom Trieste. Eloprincnt and Arrest. ABERCROMBIE. N. D. , June 15. Andrew Hagcn , a stranger , after securing three horses from Hansen Galuchett on forged collateral , went to Forman , N. D. , whence be eloped with the daughter of State Senator Johnson. The pair -were traced by the sheriff to a email town near Mlnot The enraged father endeavored to shoot Hagen , but was prevented by the sheriff , who took both into custody _ _ Drf > KM9d In a Mother Hubbard. WICHITA , Kan. , June IB. At Klngman last night when Editor Brown arrived from the populist state convention , where be bitterly fought woman euffrage , be was met at the depot taken from the ride of his wife , clothed in a mother hubbard dress and 'Eunbonnet and compelled to march through the streets before a brass band. The friends of woman fcuftrage did it Erai > tu < Wlnian I'onnd Guilty. NEW YORK. June 16. Eraetus Wlman was found guilty , with a recommendation to mercy. Ho Mill be arraign * ! for sentence June % Trouble Among South Dakota MITCHELL. S. D. , June IS.-The pop ulist convention adjourned sine die at noon after ft flcnt over the cha rman of the central rommlttee. Ixmrks wanted the election left to the committee , while the op ; > ot > ltK i desired in * convention to nunm him. Lourks curried hi * point , but a bit ter fight resulted. OFF WITH HUNDREDS. Street Ilalln-ay Company' * HooLkeeper -klp Oat and Money Ml luc. William Frahm , Iwkkefper in the em ploy of the Omaha Street Railway com pany , left the city Thursday afternoon far parts unknown. Yesterday an information was filed against him by Superintendent Tucker , charging embezzlement There is no amount stated In the information for the reason that the company did not know Just how mueh was missing. It Is thought , however , the total amount will be between JSOO and $1,000. Superintendent Tucker Mild last night that he had , till Frahm's dlrapp arance , always thought well of the young man. He said he was a good bookkeeper and a * far is he knew had no extravagant habits. He de clined to say Vy what method the money was taken. Frahra , although a bookkeeper , sometimes had the handling of the pay roll money. It is thought he has been taking small sums at a time. He said he desired to K.ve Frahm the benefit of every doubt , but that the street railway officials desired his appre hension. Secretary Goodrich had nothing to ray con cerning the matttr. except that an Inftrma- tirn had been filed against Frahm. Frahm claimed he was a married man. He resided at 70S North Thirtieth street His w-lfo was seen last evening. She said her husband left a couple of days ago , but did not say where he was going. He told her If be did not come home that day not to worry. That was the last Been of him. Frahm Is a brother of Christian Frahm , now serving a penitentiary sentence for em bezzling money from the German American Savings bank. : IIVJCT. Canght t'ndrr Tallin ? Wall * of a Uumlng Itulldluc ut CrrMon CRESTON , la , . June 15. { Special Tele gram to The Bee , ) Lightning strucK and burned tle livery of A. P. Evans ut Bedford this evening. Three Crtman were seriously injured by falling walls. Loss , about $3,000 ; small Insurance. Charged with Swindling : . PERRY , la. , June 13. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) J. K. Olds , a leading real estate dealer of this city , was arrested today for obtaining propcrtv under false pretenses and his band fixed at $2.000. Olds , it Is alleged , obtained possession of a fine farm in Greene county by trading city property that he did not own. He Is a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Will Uold the Saloon Keeper. CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , June 15. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) Mrs. Mottle Tomas- zenski today commenced suit in the su preme court against Druggist Charles Shomler for J3.000 damages for telling liquor to , her husband , who is an habitual drunkard. C'rarrd w th ! lellrloa ( . Excitement. PERRY , la , , June 15. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) Arthur C. Cole , a prominent voung business man of the city , was today adjudged insane and taken to the asylum. It Is thought religious excitement unset tled his reason. ITnby Trampled to lleatu. CEDAR .RAPIDS , la. , June JE. ( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) The 15-months-old child of Frank Zettiek was trampled to death by a team today. JL , O. U. 7r. & Vl'REME T.ODGE. Ten ThonKand Dollars Voted to Aid VTcnlt .InriMllctlont. . SAN FIIANC1SCO , June -15. The supreme - premo lodge of United Workmen resumed its -pespton. today. Tie principal business at this morning's session was the submis sion of a report from a special committee favoring an appropriation of tlO.OOO to assist weak Jurisdictions. This was one of the recommendations made by Grand Master Shields in his report The proposition met with considerable opposition on tli- lloor , but It was passed by a handsome majority. A reception to the delegates by the ladles of the A. O. U. " W. was held in the upper hall of the Golden Gate bulld- lnr at noon today. The election of otticers will be reached tonight or tomorrow. The following appeals were dismissed : Pioneer loose , No. 13 , against the grand lodge of New York ; J. B. Barthell acalnM. the grand lodge of Tennessee ; David C , Smith against the grand lodce of Tennes see ; Santa Cruz lodge , No. 4C , against the grand lodge of California , The appeals were sustained of A , H. Taisey acaln-- ! the grand lodge of Minnesota ; J. H. MoffilU against the grand lodge of Pennsylvania. The following supreme oillcers were elected tonight : Master workman , Louis L. Troy , llllnoic , foreman , Joseph E. Rlggs , Kansas ; overseer. J. G. Tate , Nebraska ; recorder , M. AV. Saneket ; leceiver , John J. Acker ; medical examiner. Dr. W. C. Kich- ardson : guide. John Milne. Ontario : watch man. B. F. Gelger. Michigan ; trustees. G. B. Kabensteln. California ; H. C Sessions , Dakota ; A. H , Vermlllye , New Jersey. Auk * Senator Mitchell to Defend the Mem ory of Her Late Husband. "WASHINGTON. June 15. The following telegram was received today by Stnutor Mitchell of Oregon : "S1SSON. Cal. , June 15. Hon. J. H. Mitchell , Washington : There was never a more base accusation mude iiKains > t my husband than that .made by Congressman Gear } ' , when he assigned such depraved motives for establlshlnc the university. You , who knew him well , will you not de fend his memory , which is so dear to me ? "MIIS. LELAND STANFORD. " Senator Mitrhell replied us follows : "WASHINGTON. June 15. Mrs. Leland Stanford. Slsson , Cal : Stnator Pel kins most fully and beautifully defended In tie senate the memory of the late Senator Stanford. 1 was absent and knew nothing of the attack or Senator Perkins' defense until I saw the latter in the record. An opportunity later will enable Senator Hoar and myself , with other friends , to supple ment what Senator Peiklns has already well sald. , JOHN H. MITCHELL. " .tix Tiuununit ! A Dastardly need on the UrecnGcld & Northern lEimd rireniuu Died In Aconj. AURORA , Mo. , June 15. A train of four freight cars and a caboose on the Green field & Northern road was wrecked by rocks placed upon the tracks at Munflay'E cut , three miles north of Mount Verncm. The entire train was derailed and thrown down a steep embankment Fireman Jucfc White WUB terribly scalded und died in agony. Engineer Ilhem was badly burned , but will roeovfr. Blli Bamuelr , a brake- roiin , was on top of the train when it went over , and liud a miraculous escape , crawl ing from beneath a freight car wholly unin jured. It Is thought that the obstruction WBB placed upon tbt track by tramps to wreck the southbound passenger train. I'lve Hundred Homeopath * I'rcnent. DENVER , June IE. The second day's ees- elon of the American Institute of Home opathy was opened with nearly 500 physi cians in attendance. The report of the board of censors t bowed that nearly 100 new members were elected. The section of materia medlca and therapeutics v > as opened with an addrefcs by Dr. Frank Kraft , who was followed by a paper on the potash salts by Prof. T. r. Allen of New York. In the afternoon the sections on clinical medicine and otoloiry rer > orted. the latter under the chrJrmoiaiikii of Dr. Wtx- Ity A. Dunn , and thv t-ctton on clinical medicine was in oharte of t > r. A , K Craw ford. Both eectiona were litrpely attended and the papers highly scientific. * Kelly U at Evanitlllr. ' J5VANSVILLE. Ind. , June It-Tbe Kelly Commonweal navy has arrived here 1,100 strong They expect to get away through public Bubacrlptkin. The labor lead * of this city are doing inu'b to rme\c th men by soliciting food for them. COMPROMISE OR DEFEAT Only Alternative Left to the Officials of tia Mine Workers , THEIR MONEY WAS ALL GONE With rutulu All Oonr , Mm Deserting lit cry Hand and ( Hhrrt Ucsurtlnc to Ylulrnrr thp CBUKP of the Miner * W § Hopelemi. COLUMBUS. O. , June 16. John McBrlda lias Just made a statement tlmt , being out of money and 4.008 men In Tennennee having deserted and 10.000 at work elsewhire , hs had to throw up the siwnge , John Mcllrlde brtng asked - " todaj"What authority did j-oUr national committee have to make a settlement for the miner * * ' said : "Our authority was delegated to us by th& national oonvutitlon at Cleveland May 1C by resolution. The miners' representatives wcro told In plain terms before jwbslng the reso lution that w hen the danger Hue w as reached I would favor saving all that could be saved rather than meet defeat , with its consequent demoralization und disaster. " "Do you think you had reached the danger line at the time the agreement was made' " The reply In * ub ancevus that the men had been held in line by agitation. "Our funds , " continued Mr. McBride. "were ex hausted and we were hundreds of dollars IP debt , and our field workers were unablf to pay their own expenses and were cjm polled to stay at home , while from all poinu , came the cry Tor God's sake send us "men , out to kfcp our men In line or the fight is lost. ' We could not aid them because \\e had no money. If money does not come from some source the next Issue of our of ficial Journal will bo the last. "We have a dozen men In Jail for con spiracy , among the latter W. D. AVll-on , of our national board at Cumberland , Md , "With no money to defend these men. many of them , though innocent , will itiUcr. "Four thousand men deserte us at Coal Creek , Tenn. Nearly 7,000 are at work In Kansas : 10,000 are out ; 14,000 In Virginia and West Virginia are also at work. Others are setting abide our policy of peacs. "We had reached the dancer line and made the boit we could of the situation. " COLt'MBUS. 0. . June 15. The offlcials of the United Mine Workers union have re ceived from Erwln , I'a. , where about 3,000 miners are employed , this message : "Local union No. CCS on the 13th inst , 400 being present , endorsed the action of the national board. HENRY SCOTT , Secretary. " Patrick McBryde. Interviewed today , said the miners , ' national officials of which he is secretary-treasurer In their years of experi ence had been taught that a strike was never won by violence end that strikes never can be won by that course. There were many operators In each state represented who rec ognized the miners had grounds for rebelling against the treatment to which they had been subjected and were ready and willing to meet them half way In improving the con dition of trade. The press of the country was , on the whole , favorable to the miners ; the extreme pollcy'of the national officers In demanding national settlement or none was not only practicable but possible so long ac miners adhered to the peace policy of the suspension. The first act of violence blasted , all hopes in that direction. "Uf miners pre ferred to see their families starving -while Imported labor run the . .mines guarded by "Winchesters In-the hcnds'-of d piTHcs and If necessary by 'the armed force -of the state to the settlement made "by the national offl- cials , then we have- not Arndcrstood them nor onr duty , and the sooner we step out and make way for men -who will conduct the fight along these lines the better It will b9 for .alL" At a large mass meeting of miners at Orblston lust night , says a special to the Dispatch , Jtwas Voted not to accept CO cunts , but a motion to request the national officers to resign -was voted down pending further investigation. State President Adams spoke at the meeting condemning the national offi cers. cers.A special to the Dispatch from New Straltsville says the miners there have met twice since the Columbus compromise to ratify or reject , but are still at sea , and last night 1,500 assembled to hear the of ficial circular from McBride , but adjournefl without action. StrlKe Note * . Everything was quiet at Uhrlcbsville yes terday. Miners at Troy and Connellton , Ind. , have returned to work. Etreator , 111. , miners have decided not to accept the Columbus settlement. Oregrn miners and operators will meet today to try and arrange a settlement. Brazil , Ind. , miners at a mass meeting JOB * terday decided to accept the new scale. Miners at Bariihlll , Goshen and Stone Creek , Pa. , decided to continue on a rtrlke. San Hun and Mlnerton miners In the Hocking -valley have decided to return to work. Miners at Mineral Point end Sherrodsvllle , O. , decided not to accept the Columbus set tlement. The Pittsburg miners by a vote of El to SI have agreed to accept the Columbus com- promise. Miners in the Mission field , near Dan ville , 111. who went to work , came out again yesterday. The miners In the Weit Virginia Panhan dle district have voted to accept the Colum bus scale. The striking carpenters at Cincinnati , by" a declbhe vote , have declared off the strike at that point. Miners at Mount Olive , 111. , yesterday stopped every train that came along and searched for coal. The Bnlincvllle , 0. , miners held a mass meeting and decided not to return to work at the compromise rate. Striking miners at Jeffry , a station near Pittsburg , yesterday destroyed a coal tipple and burned several gondola cars. Strikers made an ineffectual attempt to get In ide the guard lines at Pana , 111. , yester day , but ran when fired on. No one was hurt. Five hundred miners stopped a coal train at S'rlckler , near Greensburg , Pa. , but on the appearance of the deputies released the train. Shots were flred Into the militia camp at Beach City , 0. , yetterdsy. The troops re turned the fire , but no one was hurt on olther Bide. Dlbtrlct President Bradley in theAUoona dis trict has written to the mine owners to as certain if they will oomproiolte on 45 cents a grots ton. Miners at Shcrrodsvllle. 0. , yesterday burned two bridges , set fire to the railway station and a string of cars. The thenff has atkod for troops. Thirty families were evicted at the Trot- ler Coke works at Unlontown. Pa. , and 100 negroes were put into the houses. There was no trouble in making the evictions. An attempt was made yesterday to burn mine No. 43 it Bevler , Mo , One guard was tliot in the leg , but his companions cam a to hli mcue and drove off the incendiaries and put out the fire. All day long the Cleveland , Lorraine & Wheeling road wan ruiblBg coal to Cleve land , and the blockade Is completely raised. Miners have made threats , but have net resorted to violence. A mob of strikers stopped a coal train at Groensburg , 0. , and forood the train crew to run it back to the Strlekler mines , where It came from. They then partly destroyed two brUe < H > . The bridges wre repaired anil are now being guarded. Apportionment Di-cUlon Confirmed , SPRINGFIELD III. June 15. The u- prfmr court us * affirmil the low- court da > : i , u the * i < ( > . , imtffi nt case.