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OMAHA ; DAILY BEE. ESTAJJLISJIJLD , mNE : UO , 1871. OMAIIA , EHIDAY , rElJIlTJlA-llY 18 , 1808 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE OOPV JTlVJfi CENTS. BARING MONEY BY STATUTE Observations of the Pngo of Arbor Lcdo ; on Financial Conditiots , STUMBLING BLOCKS TO PROSPERITY ! > in nil uf Intrrrxt ! > HinilfVnlU - lun nt-li-Kiilf" , 1'ollllciil Kit rm or * anil ( Mlirr OliMtniellonMKlri t- CliifiN ( luoil for Ilc-Nt M Tlic Chicago Tribune prlnti the following ' /otter / from Hon. J. Sterling 'Morton ' : A'l&uou ' ix3Wi : , NUURIASKA CITY , Neb. , Feb. [ i. There -ire In Nebraska City a place of bctwien. 10.000 and 15,000 people four banks. Three of them are national anil one la dlate. Yisterday an Inquiry showed de- posltn In the four aggiegatlng about $800- 000. Thcro U little Demand for money at cither of thi.-so Institutions. Like most country bankH , they pay 4 per cent Interest on deposits which are loft for a period of elx months or more. This payment of In terest by banks is a detriment to the coun try. tar-ki ) , It they are natural and genu ine. iue the outgrowth of a surplus capital. That Is to say , a number of citizens have mruc money than they desire to use In their own business , and they Incorporate themselves as a bank to loan money to other people to put Into other business. Any bank , therefon' , which pays Interest on de posits becomes merely u borrower of other piopli/s money or an iigent for other people to loan their money , and the difference be tween what It pays for the use and what It Rets therefor Is Its commission. If all the banks In the United States would cease paj- Ing Interest on deposits , new enterprises i-ml vast Improvements would develop In every state and territory of the country. When investments which are rated first elass ylultl only 1 per cent per annum In dividends the temptation to maku deposits In banks over- collie's 'business activity and ambition. ' Money to lo n on real estate In Otoo countv find at Nebraska City is in abundance , and ran bo had for from 0 to 8 per cent , the hate depending largely upon the commercial char ettr of the borrower. There arc moro than 400,000 acres of nrablo land In Otoe county. Never have f\000 acYes been under mortgage at the ume tlnif1. During the last yo.r the mort gage indebtedness of the county was re duced more than $100,000. The farmers of Otoo county who have attended Intelligent ! ) to the care and tillage of their lands are. without exception , In a very satisfactory condition , and the same Is true of till ad jacent counties In Nebraska , Iowa and Missouri. ' OAU3D OF DISCONTENT. /Discontent among the dwellers , upon farms Is created by "walking delegates. " These nro generally made up of promoters of new orgunl/atlons patterned after the grange the alliance , and other associations which have frequently boon established and energized for t e purpose of farming tl.e fanners. Organized discontent throughout the- United Status massed Itself in 1SOG against the gold Gtnndi rd bt value. Hut In 1900 It may focus against the federal courts , and the war cry may be "Down with government by Injunc tion ! " Instead of the free coinage ot silver at 10 to 1. The discussion of metallic money In the United Stall's has brought enlightenment lo many people. The Isaue Is becoming better understood. The VoH-Cockrell-Morgin-and- Jerry Simpson style of financiers contend that the tvlatlvo value of gold and silver cilns depend upon an enacted ratio In short , rests wholly upon the statute-spawning power of congm-s. Hut the honest monej advocates declare that the relative value of the coins depends upon the relative value of the nietalo In bullion. Everbody ad mits that a barrel of flour made out of 50- cent wheat Is generally priced at about half as much BL < a barrel of Hour made of dollar wheat. And cvcrjtiody , by a varltj of reasoning , begins to ask : "How can c dollar made out of CO cent silver have Just as much purchasing power as the same kind < of a dollar used to have when It was niade out of silver worth $1.20 ? " INTERNATIONAL UIMETALLIS.M. The protested adherence of the McKlnley adminlstiatlon to 1C to 1 "International bl- inctnllloin" has Ibecn a stumbllng block In the road to monetary reform. Many cltl zonc < contend that If 10 to 1 bimetallism is r ibad thing for the United States It (1C ( to n would necessarily be a bad thing for all the world ; and they cannot understand why , If the United States Is unable to rearrange arithmetic so as to make two nnd two equM nix , all the nations of the earth , by agree ment , can BO revise mathematics as to maku two and two equal six. In short , If the United States alc.no can not muko a He the truth plain people hold It Impossible for all the nations of the < > arth , by agreement , to transform falsehood into fact. I'laln people 'bellevo ' that great economle lawa operate throughout the world , nnd nof In a single country alone. International agreement cannot 'make five equal ten anymore moro than can the United States. During the last six years farmers have Buffered because of the low prices of fnrm products a.s much as silver producers have from the- low price of that metal. If the latter can be remedied by nn InternatlomV ( igreement or by statutes of the Unltei1 States alone , then why cannot the former' lint Is there any pcrseti who believes thcr if Rucsla , Argentina , the United States and Australia which are the chief surplus wheat producing countries of the earth should es'abllsh an International prlco fo > wheat nnd all tlio other notions should agree < o It wheat would rise a alnglo cent per bushel and maintain the rise ? IN there any body ( outsldn of Coxey's army and the dis ciples of eructitory orators ) who Imagine ? that an enactment by the congress of flu Unltnd States establishing a ratio between cornmral and wheat flour , without regard to tlio commercial ratio per bushel between corn and wheat , would for a moment have nny fcrco or effect ? And If this government could not do that , could all the governments on the face of the glebe by agreement do It ? And It this government can , or all tlio gov ernments of the earth can establish a rea- ! tlvo value between gold and ullvcr caltui , without regard to the bullion value of thosa two metals In tlio world's markets , why can not this government and all the govern ments on the faro of the glebe likewise fix permanent values for all exchangeable things ? FIXING THE PRICE OF WHEAT. In October or November , 1890 , the repre sentative at Washington of the crar of all the Husslas proposed < \ conference by which an International agreement between the nur- pIiM wheat Brewing countries of the world should fix the price ot thit cereal In all the world's markets. And the HUBS ! . min ister had as good a foundation to stand up n as any of the so-called blmetalllsts ot today who declare that by International agree ment the prlco of silver can tie established ud maintained at 16 to 1. PhlUnthrople civilization aim. ? to make food and rulmcut and the general comforts of life cheaper and moro universally attainable all the world over. It matters very little to thu' ' farmer whether his products bring him ( mall prices largo prices If the things' ' tor which ho deslrea lo exchange them nro spiling on the aamo level. The aver age Nebraska farmer understands per- fcctly well that the prlcas of his product * nro governed by the relation of the supply - ply of hU products lo the demander < or his predicts. Every thinking farmer hnows that the relation of supply lo denvinl i * the sale regulator of value. Neither this government nor all governments by Inter national agreement can override the llxed Jaws of economics. They cannot repeal or mitigate the operation of the solid truth that the relation of supply to demand li the sole reirulator of value. Therefore "a confer ence of the representative countries which export cereals" could neither declare nor maintain a fixed prlco tor wheat or any otter grain. But they could do that Juat ns well , a n International agreement could fix and control the prlco of ( silver coin as compared to gold coin without regard to ( ho value of silver bullion when compared to gold uulllon , PUODUCTS AND PAYMENT. The .Nebraska farmer can sell only that wheat , corn and meat which will pass In spection and find consumers In any of the world's markets , and when the Nebraska farmer sells theBe producls he buys money. tn time the Ncbraaka farmer will demand money which , like his products , haa the least fluctuating purchasing i-owcr In all of the world's markets. AB these who buy from him demand the best and highest quality In the things he sellsto them , so he will come to bo wise enough to" demand of them , In the money which ho buja of them , the highest and beet qualities known to money In all man's civilized career. Those qualities are all concentrated In the least fluctuation ot purchasing power. Gold fluctuates lea" In purchasing power than any other kind ot money all the globe around. Therefore gold or Its equivalent Is the proper standard of value for the Nebraska farmer. He sells the best food and with It ought to buy the best money. And as money Is the only thing that man strives for that never confers any blc'ralng upon Its owner until It leaves htm , the Nebraska fanner Is beginning to under stand that when poor money leaves him It brings him less In satisfaction as a return than good money brings. Thu Nebraska farmer sells to the United Kingdom of Great Britain vast values each year In meat and cereals. And while there Is no Nebraska farmer who would refuse Hrltlsh gold sovereigns for his products either In London or Now York , there Is no Nebraska farmer who would take his pay for these products , at cither city , In Urltlsh , French or Mexican silver coins. Every farmer would accept gold bullion at about Its coin value In payment of his demands , but no farmer would accept silver bullion at its coin \aluc. J. STERLING MORTON. MAKES ONE MISTAKE. Commenting on Mr. Morton'a letter the Tribune says : The Trlbr.no prints In another part of to- day's paper a letter from Hon. J. Sterling Morton , In which he gives his views as to the payment of Interest on deposits by banks. He Is opposed to the practice and believes that It all the bants would abandon It "new enterprises and vast Improvements would develop In every state and territory. " 'Mr. ' Morton also has something to say about the prosperous condition of thu farm ers of his own county and the benefits which the gold standard confers on the farmers of Nebraska generally. In all his observations on this paint the Tribune concurs. Hut when Mr. Morton alleges that "tho professed adherence of the 'MeKlnley ' admin istration to 10 to 1 'International bimetal- ism' has been a stumbling block to monetary reform" ho describes an Imaginary stum- oling block. International bimetallism at the ratio of 15' or Iti to 1 had the support of Senator Wolcott und his colleagues when they went on their wild goose chase to Europe lost year. No such vain proposition ns that is Indorsed by the republican national plat form. No such crazy Idea haa or bad the adherence of President ilcKluley. There ore many republicans who bellevo that If there were nn International agree ment Involving a much more extensive use of silver at something like the commercial ratio the effect of that Increased use would be to steady the price of silver and prevent a further decline. iBut no genuine repub lican favors the free coinage of silver by International agreement. For every sensible person knows that If the whole world were to try the experiment the whole world would go at once to the monometallic silver basla. The business men of Europe understand that as well as tho&e of the United States. Therefore when Senator Wqcottbabbled | to them of an "International" ratio ot 10 to 1 they laughed at him and ho came home , having accomplished nothing. What he might have accomplished If he bad submit ted a feasible plan of " 'International bimetal lism" no onu can tell. Mr. Morten does President -McKlnlcy an Injustice In alleging that ho adheres , pro fessedly oven , to a 1C to X "International bi metallism. " The president nnd all the mem bers of the cabinet recogi Izo the absurdity 3t that as fully as Mr. Morton does. VICTOHV I.'OK TIIK l-'USIOVISTS. I'rcBBiinToo Cirt-nt fur Mlil < llcrtlic - Ituail 1'opullnts. MINNEAPOLIS , Feb. 17. The populist convention here has come to on end with n victory for the fusion forces. The state con- veatlon was oct for June 15 , and the nilddle- of-the-roadcrs , who desired an April con vention , found themselves to much In the minority that they made no struggle. They w 11 make an effort to central the conven tion , however. Senator Duller , In his speech at the mars meeting , took a shot at the administration. Someone called out , "How about the Maine ? " Ho replied , pointing his finger solemnly at the Interrupter. "I don't know how about It , but If wo had a truly American adminis tration I know that we would know about It soon , " SISTTI.I2S ADAM S.VVDKIt'S SIIOHTAOR. William ICrliKT I'ajM ( * . - , , , - , ( ! ( ) lo the Count- for HitIloiulHiiicii. . William Krug , on behalf of the bondsmen of Adam Snyder , cx-trcasurer of Douglas eointy , yesterday paid Into the county treasury SC.GOO In settlement of the shortage In accounts of the ex-treasurer. This li the outcome of a compromise reached between the bondsmen and the county commissioners , A judgment for $9,000 had been obtained In the district court. The bondsmen offered to settle for J-1,500. This offer was rejected at the last meeting of the commissioner , but a counter proposi tion to settle for $5,500 was made. It Is on this that the money waa turned In to County Treasurer Helmrod. AVIfc He-liter Scn Jamco Johnson , a negro living at 2311 South Seventeenth street , wnn arraigned In police court jcsterday for assaulting his wife , Mary Johnson. Mrs. Johnson asserted that she cod her husband had a family consisting of two children rnd that he woo In the habit of frequently getting drunk and obuslnR them. all. Wednesday night he came homo late very much under the Influence of liquor. Ho oi-derfd her lo get his tup- per , and ea she did not comply with the rapidity ho wished , ho struck her In the temple , felling her to the floor. After thla ho proceeded to carry on a debauch by means of a largo bottle of crude alcohol which ho had brought home with him , As roon OB Mrs. Johnscn could get away from the house she Informed tha police and her husband was arrested. Judge Gordon fined the prisoner | 50 and cosu < . Johnson will servo It out in the county Jail. AVorlf on Ordnance. CINCINNATI. Feb. 17. The blp Nlles tool works nt Hamilton. O. , Is turning out twelve-Inch mortars for the government for shipment as early as possible. Two navul attaches , aFBlgned to the or.lnance depart ment. hr.vo been at Hamilton pniragi'ti In pushing" forward the work and superintend * Ing thu construction of thu huge pc-7cii ! of ordnance. Within the last few day a the work has been greatly hastened to all ap pearances. The otllclals of the company deny Unit any special effort had been made to hasten the work since thn recent war scare. Despite- these dentals , thereIs every Indication that the work has been hurried and that the naval olllccrs have been es pecially busy of late. Slot SI no III inCIIIIH , nd Peteraon nnd Charles Nordensberg. saloon keepers , charged y.lth operating- nlckcl-ln-the-slot machines ns gambling de vices , wcro arraigned In police court "for promoting- lottery. " The cases were dls- missed by the city prosecutor o Instructions given him by the county attorney. New complaints have been tiled under the state law , and the saloon keepers will bo again arrested. > ATTACK IIOLCOMB'S ' VERACITY Testimony of the Governor Oalled Into Question Seriously , EFFORTS AT IMPEACHING HIS STATEMENTS Ilrfcnno In the Suit AKnliiHl the Hurl- ley ItiiiulMiifit AKKIIIU the 12 vl- ili'iiue . } ITori1cil liy the. I xvciitlvc Governor Holcomb yesterday afternoon sprang Into almost as sensational and start ling prominence In the trial ot the suit apalnst the bondsmen of defaulting ex-Stalo Treasurer Hartley that Is now on beforn Judge Powell as ho did In the first trial of the case last fall. The llo was thrown In hU teeth by the defending bondarneu. To be sure , the charge was clothed In legal form , but the Import was nothing more or less that the testimony which ho has given In the trial for the state Is not true. The bondsmen have set to work and are hard at work to Impeach the veracity of the high executive officer of the state. The Impeachment began In the morning with Witness Joel H. Piper , who was sec retary of etato during Hartley's second term of office. Piper oworo positively that ho had been present when Hartley offered his bond to Governor Holcomb en January 3 , 1895 , and that he had seen the governor hand back to Hartley a document , which he sup posed was the bond , after he , the governor , had expressed himself as satisfied with lie Bulllcicncy. The governor testified that he had told Hartley he could not examine the bond then nnd that he kept It , not returning It to Hartley until several days oftccward. The Impeachment was carried further at the afternoon session through W. S. Sum mers , who was deputy attorney general when Hartley left his office. The governor nwore that he had not considered any bend after his Inauguration , a day or so before January 3 , 1895 , except the one on which suit Is being brought , and that ho had ncne other at the time. Ex-Deputy Attorney General Sum mers as emphatically owore that late on the night of January 3 , 1S95 , the governor had consulted him regarding a bond which he , the governor , had said had been offered by Hartley , and which was not the bond on which suit Is brought. On the bond which Summers saw cne of the signatures was that of John Fitzgerald , who had died a tow days before. That signature does not nppcar on the bond In the suit. OBJECT OF THE TESTIMONY. The chain of Impeachment that Is being drawn by the defense Is as follows : That the governor did not have one bond after his Inauguration , as he testified , but two bonds ; that ho did not retain the second bond and the ono which figures In the eult , as he swore , but gave It back to Bartley on January 3. 1893 ; that In place of retaining the second bond , ns he said , he retained the first bead on which the name of dead John Fitzgerald appeared. If the Impeachment Is sustained by the evidence It will have considerable effect In sustaining one of the defenses of the bonds- men. The original signers contend that they never legally constated to the addition of the three Omaha sureties on the bond. To overthrow this the state Introduced ! n ev idence their written cocasnt. These waivers , however , were dated January 7. 181)5 ) , or four days after Hartley presented his bond to the governor. U waa therefore shown through the governor that he so far accepted the bond as to retain It until Bartley secured the consent of the original baidsmen to the ad dition of sureties. If , however , the governor handed back the bond of Bartley on January 3 , 189. , for the purpose of getting additional sureties , the consent of the bondsmen had not jet been , secured rud they contend that they were as much released as If the addi tional names had been obtained entirely without their consent. When court convened yesterday morning J. E. Evans , ex-deputy secretary of state , waa recalled by the defense for the purpose of stating that by the filing on an Instrument he meant the ofllclal act of making the doc ument a part of the flics by masking It. AT THE FIRST TERM'S END. The next witness called was Q. M. Bartlett - lett , deputy treasurer under Barlley , who was employed to testify to the condltlcn of the treasury nt the end of Bartley's first term. This marked the beginning of the dcfenie that n shortage existed at the end of Bartley's flrat term and Is Included or Is the whole amount for which the bondsmen for the second term are being sued. Witness Hartlett testified from the books of the trcaburer'a ofllce. From these ho found that Hartley had at the end ot his flrst term on deposit In the state depository bank $401,649.76. There was on hand In cash some $17,000 , possibly a little moro or a little less. This made a total of $508,549.70 , while the books called for $958,068.75 , leav ing an apparent shortage of $449,518.99. Upon cross-examination Uartlett testified that Bartley kept on hand two kinds of funds permrnent and current. The former consisted of the permanent ochool fund , the permanent university fund , the agricultural college endowment fund , the normal en dowment fund and the permanent saline fund. None of these are Included In the $401,549.71 } which the witness had ! m deposi tory banks. These deposits consisted of cur- rent funds of the $47,000 cash on htnd , all but some $300 belonged to the permanent school fun do , this cash on hand consisting of specie and currency. The witness knew that Hartley also had some open bank ac counts and had In his possession certificates of depcslt representing these accounts. The attorney general failed to show that theco bank accounts covered the permanent school funds , which can not bo deposited In de pository banks , for when questioned about this the witness ald ; Hartley had these certificated locked up In a pockctbook and they were not accessi ble to me. " KNEW OP THE FUNDS. The attorney general then undertook to { show In a different way that these certified checks represented the 'permanent ' school funds , und that they with the deposits In depository banks and the cash on hand equaled the amount Hartley was accounta ble for at the end of hla first term. The object was , to overthrow the defense that a shortage existed at the time. "Between January 3 and January 9 , 1895 , did you not assist In a computation or ac counting of tbo amount of money at the clone of the first term , taking Into account the amounts In depository banks , the cash on hand and the certified checks ? " asked Deputy Attorney General Smith , who con ducted the croES-oxainlnatton , "Yes , sir. " "Is It not trim that It was found that Hart ley had on hqnd an amount equalling $958- 068.75 ? " "In that computation I was simply a wit ness , " was the response. "The accounting occurred between Hartley and Governor Hol comb. The two parties teemed to bo satis fied that the amount called for by the books was accounted for , " "As you understand It , Hartley accounted for All the books railed for ? " An objection to the question was sustained. The question was then asked : "Do you know If Hartley bad on hand January 2 , 1895 , nior.ey-ln depository banks , cash and certified checks an amount equalling $958,008.75 ? ' ' "I dcn't know U ho had on that date. " "Do you knovf' whether he had on a subsequent date ? " , , w Objection this question was sustained an alt > u to a question wnetlu-r Hartley had told witness that ho had such amount on hand. These objections were sustained. In fact all questions by which the-attorney general - oral -tried to establish the fact that Hartley accounted for all he should have had on hand at the end of bis first term by means of the certificates of deposit were ruled out. OFFBIUNO BONDS POR.APPROVAL. Joel D , Piper , secretary of state during Hartley's second term , was called to the stand. Ho testified that oa .January 3 , 1895 , the beginning of the lerfn of office , at 5 o'clock , he went Into Governor Holcomb's ofllco with the officers-elect , Including Hart ley. They went to havetheir ! bonds ap proved and some oft thoC bonds were ap proved. Hartley's * ai not\tho governor ex pressing himself AS dissatisfied with it and asking If moro sureties could not lie secured. Hartley said he thought ha .could get more signatures , nnd the goVcnior g vc Hartley the bond. Witness" Mid { thai Hartley walked out of the ! governor's otnco with the bond and ho had a conversation with him about It. This testimony contradicts that ot Gov ernor Holcomb. The latter swore that cither on the afternoon or evening of January 3 , 1895 , Hartley brought Inj hla bond. Ho said that ho told Hartley that-ho did not have time to examine It then nnd that ho kept It over night. He also testified that he re tained the bond for a cpuble ot days , when Hartley brought the consent of the original bondsmen to the addition'ot ' more signatures. Witness Piper also testified that after leavIng - Ing his ofllco nc went Into pis own office , re mained there eomo fifteen/ minutes and re turned again for a few nilmitcs at 8 o'clock. He dropped Into the ofllcdagaln at 10 o'clock , At none ot thcso times Was Hartley In his ofllco , nor was his bond presented for filing. During tue remainder of fho time the wit ness said his deputy , Evan * , was In the ofilce. Ho was asked If ho had hot given instruc tions to Evans to remain In the ofilce for the purpose of receiving Hartley's botid , thcso Instructions being given as a result ot the conversation with Hartley ; but the question was ruled out as Improper. After this rul ing the defense made a showing that they expected to prove that by agreement between Hartley and Piper the latter kept his ofllco open until midnight for .the purpose of re ceiving Hartley's bond , Hartley aaylng that ho Intended to get his additional sureties that night. All this testimony supported that of Deputy Evans and was'Intended to refute the evidence furnished by the filing mark on the bond , which showed that It had 'been ' filed on January 3 , ' the Uay It should have been filed by law. It ls.contended by the dcfcnso that It never wtt filed on that day nnd this Irregularity Is advanced as a rearc-n why the ibondsmen can not be held responsi ble for the shortage. < DEFENSE CALLS THE GOVERNOR Governor Holcomb was on the eland nt the afternoen session , having been called at the request of General Cowln , who said he wanted to cross-examine him further on h's ' testimony as state's wltncas Governor Holcomb expressed some resentment la the tones In which he gave his testlmeny. Ho was ranch Interested when ex-Deputy At torney General Summers gave his Impeach ing testimony. He sat directly behind the attorney general , epcaklng | to him occasion ally , acid listened closely to the testlmcny of the witness. When the governor took the stand the first question propounded by General Cowln was : "Did you summon W. S. Summers on the night of January 3 , 1S95 , corsult with him about the Hartley bond and show him a bend with the name of JoLo Fitzgerald amcng the sureties ? " "No , sir , It Is absolutely untrue any as sertion or Insinuation of the kind. I might have talked to Summers about the bond or the Fltzgeralds , as they 'v > cre on the bond , or about John Fitzgerald , as his estate was bound by the bond through his wife. I with to ? ay unqualifiedly no bond with the name of John Fitzgerald < 'wne ' In my posses sion on .January 3. Beforemy Inauguration I told Hartley that he n ed not present a bond with John Fitzgerald's name , because he waa dead. " The' governor was proceeding to make a fuller statement , wherT-he was interrupted by an objection from General Cowln , which was Bustalned. In answer to furlher ques tions ho said that he 'hail never spoken to Summers about a bond with the name , of John -Flizgcrald on Jt nnd that Summers never told him that he considered that the bond was lacking to the Amount for which John KlUgerald qualified. , HOLCQMB'S EXPLANATION. Upon cross-examination 'Attorney General Smyth asked the governor to make an ex planation regarding the matter. General Cowln Insisted that this explanation should bo confined to the conversation with Sum mers' and the court held with him. "I had known that Bartley had a bond with John Fitzgerald's name on It , " began the governor , "and I refused to consider It at all. When the bond with the name of " "I Insist that the witness should confine his explanation to the conversation with Summers , " broke In General Cowin. ' 'Mary Fitzgerald on It iwas offered , " con tinued the governor , without paying atten tion to the Interruption. "I began to In quire about It as fully " , "Your honor , I ask that the governor confine himself to the Summers Interview , " again'said General Cowln. "I am coming to that , " responded the governor. "I am not going to admit or deny that I talked with .Summers. I spoke about the bond to many who knew the Fltz geralds and If I spoke with Mr. Summers I doubtless talked to him , about them , but I did not talk to him or anyone else about a bond with tbo name of John Fitzgerald on It , nor did I have such a bond In my pos session or under consideration. I ought to say further " "I object , your honor , " cried General Cowln. "I am satisfied that I am entitled to a statement and I wish to jnake It , " said Gov ernor Holcomb with soldo asperity In his tones. The court held that the governor had gone far enough In his explanation. In answer to further questions , the governor said that after his Inauguration ho had never con sidered a bond on which appeared the name of John Fitzgerald , nor did any ono present such a 'bond to him on or after January 3 , 1S95. Ho was then excused. SUMMERS TELLS HIS STORY. W. S , Summers , who was deputy attorney general from 1S91 to Jily ( , 1895 , was the man referred to In the examination. Ho was the next witness called. WltnehH Summers te'stlflod that after the reception on tbo night of the Inauguration of the officers-elect on January 5 ho was In the attorney general's office when ho was i notified that the governprwished to BOO him. i Ho left the party In Ills-office and went to ! that of the governor , ' who epoko with him In his private ofllco. There witness had a ] conversation with the governor about the Bartley bond , Ho was .then asked what that conversation was , but the attorney general vigorously objected on | he grounds that the witness was employed to Impeach another on an Immaterial point. , After a lengthy argument the court overruled tbo objection , "Tho governor asked me about the John Fitzgerald estate as to Ib * , extent and also I asked mo about John , Fitzgerald's name tea a bond that had been presented to him for approval by Hartley'said witness Summers. Continuing , the witness eatd that he had told the governor that Fitzgerald was dead and for some months bid been Incapable of executing an Instrument like the bend , and that In his opinion the bond , Insofar as John Fitzgerald was concerned ) amounted to noth ing , as It could not blcnl-tho estate , SURE OF HIS STATEMENT. Continuing , the witness said : "I cm quite sure that Governor Halcomb asked me ax to the signature of Fitzgerald and my answer was that U was the name of John Fitzgerald , but I did not know his nlgnaturc. I talked about the amount In which Fitzger ald had qualified , Th'a governor told me ho would sco me In tbp mowing and take up the matter. I then withdrew. " "Did you see the bend ? " asked General Cowlu. "Yes , Hlr , " was the answer of the wltners , "Who handed It to you ? " "I would not say whether the governor handed It to mo or that I picked It up off the desk , " j "Waa the name of John Fitzgerald on lit" "Yea , sir. " The witness eald he had figured up the qualifications of tbo sureties , the total amount reaching about (2,000,000. Ho told the gcvemor that by rwuton of the Fitzgerald Justification tbo bond was ebort In the amount in which Fitzgerald qualified , Witneeo Summers wag also called upon to ( Continued on Tenth Page. ) PROGRESS OF RASTNER TRIAL Much Oircuimtantiril Tostimouy Offered Before the Patient Jury. STATE'S ' CASE GOES AHEAD RAPIDLY Court ltd ( > in Oceuitlcil ) > y mi Unruly Crimil , Which \ViilehOM the Iilcn- tlflciitliiii of tin * Vnrlitua OHereil. The case of the State against August Kast- ner , cci trial In Judge Slabatigh's court , where the prisoner Is charged with the mur der ot Ofilccr Dan Tlcdcman and the woundIng - Ing ot Ofilccr Glover , continues to attract a crowd. To keep this crowd quiet nnd in place requires the time and attention of one. bailiff. The crowd Is n mixed one , being made up of business and professional men , those fioiu the lower walks ot life , with a small proportion of the clement from the lower portion of the city. Some women con- ttnuo to attend , but they are not so numerous as they were several days ago when tbo tak ing of testimony was commenced. Up to this date the state has not brought to the attention of the Jury any evidence that on the morning of Juno 9 , 1S97 , August Kust- ner , his father , Joseph Kastner , or his brother. Louts Kastner , fired the shots that killed Ofilcer Tiedeman , or the ones that wounded Olllccr Glover , though It has estab lished the fact that during the summer and fall of 1896 , they owned n revolver nnd two guns , ono a rifle and the other a shotgun , The state has also Introduced evidence that during the spring of 1897 the Kastncrs bought repairs for a muzzle-loading shotgun , but up to this time this shotgun has never been located , and It Is considered doubtful If It will bo Introduced In evidence. August Kastner , who Is on trial for mur der , occupies a seat In the court room Just to the left and the rear of his attorneys , and takes some little Interest In the progress of the trial , though he does not seem to watch It as closely as some of the spectators. When a new witness Is called to the stand ho or she is scrutinized for a moment by the prisoner , after which ho devotes his time to gazing about the room or whispering to some ono of his three attornejs. The attorneys for the state admit that up to this time they have produced nothing but circumstantial evidence , but they say that they have a surprise in store and that they will spring It In due time. NOT SURE OF THE GUNS. Belle Hicks , when cal.od on cross-examina tion , said that last summer when she saw the Kastners pass the Druid Hill depot , she noticed that August Kastner and hie father each carried n gun. She did not notice the guns clorely and consequently could not describe the guns. A repeating rifle nnd the 'barrel ' of a single-barrel shotgun was shown to the wit ness , but Mis. Hicks could not say that she had ever seen the guns before. Asked when she saw the Kartners parsing the Druid Hill depot , she Raid that it was at a date about two months prior to the shoot ing ot Officers Tlcdamau nnd Glover. Ida Elliott , residing at 3232 Emmett street , said that early last spring tbo Kastners moved Into a house two doors west from her residence. The witness remembered that when the Kastners moved Into the house at ; 3236 Emmett street , they brought two guns with them , August having ono and his. father the other. Ono of the guns , wit ness said , was In a light colored case. Hero a gun case , taken from the Kastner resi dence , was exhibited to the witness for Identification. It is a leather case of a black color. The cose , the witness said , was not : the one that she saw In the poses- slon of the Kastners. Regarding the guns , the witness could not describe them , as she did not notice them closely. She could not say whether they were shotguns or rlflca Detective Dempsey of the Omaha police force said that he had known the Kastners for five or six years. He was at their res idence during 1896 and about February 5 , 1897. At the date last mentioned the witness eaw a double-barrel shotgun and a rifle In the house. The shotgun was hanging on the wall and the rifle was standing In a closet. The next time witness visited the Kcstner premise. ? was' on June 10 , 1897. At that time the witness examined the barn and found the ropes , clothing and sacks heretofore testified to and placed In evidence. INSISTS THE BARN WAS DRY. Detective Dempsey corroborated the testi mony of other witnesses who hove been on the eland and E.I Id that the Interior ot the barn was perfectly dry , while certain articles of clothing , hats , caps and coats were wet. On. the date of his visit to ttio Kastner barn Detective Dempsey testified that there was cio opening In the west side of the barn , as shown by a photograph taken at the In stance ot the attorneys for the defendant. On June 11 the three Kastners were taken to the Clarkeon hospital , where Ofllcer Glover was lying. The state closed Its examination of Demp sey , not asking whether or not Officer Glover Identified the Kastncrs as being the men who shot him at Nelson's saloon on the early morning ot June 9 last. When cross-examined Dempsey said that when ho visited the Kastner premises on Juno 10 ho saw two washtubs In the barn and that ono of them , a wooden tub , standIng - Ing on the flrat floor near the cast side , con tained some water. There was nothing In the other tub On the occasion ot this visit the tarn door was closed , but not locked. Witness said that there were a number of ropes and bags lying loose about the firs' floor of the barn. Joseph Polcnr , a Bee reporter , testified that during the morning of Juno 9 last , he visited the Kastner barn , On a wcoden p'g on the north wall of the barn ho picked up a red Jacket that was partially covered by some blankets and a bag. The bag was dry , but the Jacket was wet , the sleeves and the lower portion of the body being quite wet. The peg stood out a couple of feet from the wall of the born. There were no openings In the wall near where the Jacket was hang ing , OARMRNTS WERE WET. In addition to the Jacket , witness saw a cap , some bags and a lot of rope In the barn , The cap was hanging on a nail , about mid- wnv between the sliding doors on the north and the point where the Jacket was hanging , The cap was thoroughly soaked being wet both Insldo and out. A cap was shown to tlin witness and by him Identified as the cap taken from the barn. Witness said that ho say two overcoats In the barn , both of which were damp quite wet. Ho also saw a fcmall crow bar , the same one heretofore Introduced In evidence. This article was In plain sight , leaning against the Inner wall of the barn. On UIB croBs-examlnatlon the witness said that ho reached the Kastner barn at about 10 o'clock on the morning of June 9 , Ho did not sea Louis Kaetner about the promises , There were two tubs and a sofa In the barn. Ono of the tubs contained water , but how much the witness could not say possibly It was one-fourth full. Witness noticed an opening In tl.o wall of the barn near the southeast corner. On ro-dlrcct Polcar nald that there was a closed window on the west side of the barn at a point near where the overcoats were hanging , Hero Detective Dunn was called on cross- examination and said that ho visited Nel son's saloon during the forenoon of Juno 9. Them he met Dan Carroll and remained with him about an hour. Witness went to the premises almost dally for four or flvo days following the morning of the shooting. Re ferring to the condition of things at the Kastncr barn on the morning of Juno 9 the witness said there was water In a washtub. "You did not refer to this on your direct examination1 "Was not asked , " replied the wltncEU. BOUGHT GUN LOCKS , Morand Schult , a guumlth , testified that ho knew August end Joseph Knulnfr. Abou ! May 25 , 1S97 , they were In his ehop on North Sixteenth ptrect. Three of the Kastners , the father and two J is called and bought locks for a muzzle loading shot gun. On cross-examination the witness ealfl that August Knottier wore dark clothes nnd the others wore light suite. He knew that the date was about May 23 , hut why It waa he could not remember. The purchase made by the Knstcicrs amounted to $1.75. They did not have any gun with them. It was customary , the witness eald , to bring the gun It n man w anted to buy locks tor such a weapon. Witness told the Kastners that If they would bring the gun ho would fit the locks , but they told him that they could do the work. On rc-dlrcct cxamlnntlcn , the etatc brought out the fact that Attorney Ritchie had called upon the witness and had told him that It he testified For the prosecution he would bo Insulted , Witness said the lock was of the back-acting kind. "Have 1 Insulted jou ? " asked Attorney Ritchie. "No. I th'nk not , " responded Mr. Schult. fitoraml Fchull , Jr. , was called nnd cor roborated the testimony given by his father. Witness did not talk with the Kastncrs , hU father earring on the conversation with them. Chief of Defective * ) Cox testified that ho knew the Kastncrs , father and sons. He visited their residence In February , 1897 and saw a repeating rifle and a double- barrel shot gun. The shot gun was hangIng - Ing on the- wall , but what kind at a gun It was , witness could not say. Witness was at the Kastncr house for the purpose ot serving ; a scaich warrant. Cross-examination , witness was shown the rlfio taken 'com Kastner's residence last summer nnd said that he thought that It was the same gun that he saw In the house when he was there last February. Witness said that he did not examine the shot pun and therefore know nothing about It , aside from the tact that It was a shot gun. SALE OF A REVOLVER. Mrs. Alice Growlnner , residing at Fortieth and Corby streets , said that for sonui years prior to July , 1S96 , she was the wife of Fred Ilorker , since died. Dur ing his lifetime , Fred Horker had a revolver , which In 'August , 1S9G , wltncES sold to the Kastncrs. August and Louis Kastncr and their father called at the house of the wit ness and asked to sec the revolver. Joseph Kastner took the revolver away and Louis Kastner brought back the money In payment AI half box of cartridges were sold with the revolver. Witness found some blank cartridges In her husband's pocket after his death. These she kept until June , 1S97. when she gave them to Detective Donohue. The cartridges referred to were shown to the witness nnd by her Identified , The revolver on cross-examination was de scribed as a black-handled weapon and was sold to the Kastners for $1.50. The witness did not know as to the condition of the re volve ; ; at the time that It was sold. Frank McDonald Identified a bullet as ono which he found on the ground near Nelson's house at Thirtieth and Spauldlng streets. This bullet the witness said he found on the morning of the shooting of the two officers. After picking It off the ground he handed It to Detective Dunn. Witness thought the bullet had passed through a board of a fence before reaching Nelson's house. On cross-examination the witness said the bullet hole In the fence was pretty near the top of the fence , which wcs about six feet high. BLANKS AND BULUETS. Detective Donohue said that during June , 1E97 , he received five blank cartridges from Mrs. Gewlnner , cartridges that fitted a re volver that she sold to ono of the Kastners. The cartridges , witness said , ho turned over to Hemming-who at that time was a mem ber of the police force. Hemming was recalled and identified the cartridges turned over to him by Detective Donohue. He also Identified a bullet given him by Dr. Summers , said to have been ex tracted from Officer Glover's head , W. D. Townsund Identified a number of bullets heretofore testified to and offered In evidence and bald that ho had seen them before. Witness had tested the bullets as to their caliber and found that they were of the Webley make and were of II caliber. Witness examined the blank cartridges given Detective Donohue by Mrs. Gewlnner and said that they were of the Webley make and were 44 caliber. On being cross-examined , witness said that the Webley 44 caliber cartridge could bo used In a dozen or moro different kinds of 14 caliber revolvers and rifles. The Web- ley cartridge , the witness said , was of the most common kind and was one In general use. Sergeant Her testified that ho knew that Tiedeman had a revolver on the morning of the shooting at the Nelson saloon. It was a SJ-callbar Colts , double action. The re volver owned by Officer Glover was a 38- callbcr Colt's double action. Although It was not stated why this testimony was offered , It was presumed that It was for the purpose of showing that on the morning of Juno 'J one officer did not shoot the other at the affray at the Nelson saloon. The wltneffl testified to having visited the Kofrtnor barn on the morning of Juno 9 , where ho helped to find the articles of clothIng - Ing heretofore described and offered In evi dence. The witness said that when he via- itcd the barn ho saw Louis Ka/.tnur wearing a white hat. This hat ho examined and found that It was wet. MARKS ON THE WINDOW. Witness was next questioned about his visit to NclsonVi saloon. While there he ex amined the shutter and found marks , Indi cating uia : it ion Utili 1) ) it'j uiie.i > M.II tjm- 1)1 unt Instrument. Examining tbo window witnc.'s said tnat he uUcjvcrcu mirks on the lower sash , which Indicated to his mind thai a chlcol had been pushed under and tlut the window had been forced. This chisel or tool , wlinc-a bald , leu a mark an Inch wide. O-i rross-cvnmlnitlon the wKners oti.l be took the white hit from Kastner's head and turned It over to the Jailor. On re-direct examination , the short crow bar taken from the Kastner l/arn was shown to the witness. Ho said that ho had the crowbar with him and that In the presence of Nel&on , the culoon owner , ho placed the point of the bar ngaln.it marks beneath thu window shutter. The point of thu lur filled the marks exactly. When the witness was subjected to a rc- crrxs-cvimlnatlnii ho was asked what 'necamo of the shutter after It was examined and after the crowbar waa tried In the mark that vcu- made upon It The wltnces nnswered that I * wns convejt'd to the pollco station , but that at this tlrno ho had no knowledge of Its whereabouts , Officer Meals wna recalled by the atuto and I'k-ntlflcd go mo rope found near the Notaon snloon on the morning of Juno 9. This and other ropes taken from the Katnncr barn wore handed to the Jurors for examination. II. K. Hurkot , ex-county coroner , Identi fied the clothing taken from the body of Ofilcur Tiedeman Immediately after his death. Detective Sullivan testified that ho knew two of thu Kastners , Joseph and Louis , Thu witness wns at the Kastner premised sev eral times during the- month of June last Ho testified to reolng the sacks , clothing and other articles testified to by numerous other witnesses. While at the Kastncr barn witness saw aonio popcorn. Other witnesses had testified that pop corn cobs were tied In the corners of the sacks found at the Nehoii taloon. I'nr l.iu-ccny KM Iliilli-c , Charles Knurr man has been arrested on the charge of larceny as bailee on com- pinlnt of C. A. Huycs , J623 Farnnm strret , In whom employ ho has Iwn for about three montlm. liny CM nlk-Kcs that about : i week ngo ho let Kauffmun have a couple of zithers iinil a Kultar , which thu latter staler ! ho had customero for. Time rol'cl ( Hong and Kuuffman failed cither to neiul in the money or return the Instruments. Then ho disappeared. Hayes 1mH found a person lo < whom Kuuffman sold thu guitar for $5 , nnd heard of unother one to lAlionv ho hud disposed of ii zither. Abaut 9 o'clock Ilaycu accidentally located Kuuffman , und hurry- Iritf to the police station , huU him arrested , Tlio liistruiiitnta are valued at about } 2S. HENDERSON ON BANKRUPTCY 4 Iowa Oongrcs-mau Speaks in Support of the Bill. DELIVERS TELLING TALK IN THE HOUSE Dciuiinu-o * the .Attempt lo ( 'rente M I'vclliiK of .SfctlcnmllNni Cuit- llilvneo KiNiMillitl l the Crrult .SjHtcin. WASHINGTON , Feb. 17.-ReprescnUtlvo Hcndcrpon of Iowa made the principal ar gument In the house yesterday In support of the bankruptcy bill. Ho traced the subjivt historically , referred to the piovlslons of the federal constitution conferring upon congress the power to puss such a law , briefly stated thu principles of the subject und tersely ret out In detail the provisions of the bill favor ably reported. Ho wpoko of the necerelty for the enactment ot the bill and the demand for It which had been made upon congress by the people , who anticipated with confi dence that Its enactment would be followed with beneficial results to millions of Individ uals nnd to all commercial , Industrial and professional trar.tuctlons. lie wns particu larly forceful In his denunciation of an at tempt , which ho said Is being madu lu the Interest ot ix'lfislincss. to wrongfully cre ate a feeling of sectionalism among the poo- pie upon this subject. Confidence , ho wld , wns ciscntlal to the credit system , that con fidence would tie greatly utiengthened and credit extended In consequcnto of the passage - ago of thu pnding question , which would amend the Insolvency laws , llo pointed out the fact that his committee Is dominated by wrotciii and i < outhuin men nnd that It la overwhelmingly In favor of the bill reported. In his opinion the debtur cluKsin of the country would be benefited by untold mil lions of dollars ns the rrault of the iHissago of thu law. General Ilcmloibon spjkc of the proceedings In bankruptcy .is plain , t-Iiu- plu and Inexpensive. 'He ' gave In detail tlio steps to bo taken dy a voluntary bankrupt who desired to sscure the benefits of the bill ; also the proceedings which would he taken In an Involuntary cn.se of bankruptcy nnd within what time thu answer would be filed and where the trial would be held , Ho pointed out that after the adjudication In voluntary bankruptcy the rights of each of such 'bankrupts ' and the privileged of their crcdltois would bo Identical. He stated that the United States district courts would be original courts of bankruptcy , that state courts would retnln Jurisdiction of litigation , the reason therefor being that great hardships would fallow It all the litigation Incdicnt to clou- Ing bankrupt estates was transferred to the United Stairs courts , as was the case under the last'bankiuptcy ' law. Ho'iolntcd out tl.o fact that the majority of tha bankruptcy business would be conducted before referees ; a large number of them will bo appointed , also that there will 'bo ' at least one in every county. In summing up General Henderson Raid : "In general terms It may be said that under the provisions of this bill the honest bank rupt will bo treated with consideration and within a reasonable time bo discharged ; that the dl&houcst bankrupt will bo cxpllctly charged wth his wrongdoing , deliberately tried and Immediately punished ; that thu estate will be as quickly reduced to cash ais possible , and distributed to the creditors ; that creditors will have on opportunity at each stagu of the proceedings to bo heard In favor ot or In opposition to any pro posed proceedings ; that the claims ot credit ors will bo carefully scrutinized and such ns are Just will bo promptly allowed at trivial expense , and Mich as are unjust will bo rejected. The Inexpensive arbitrations and compromise will be substituted for ex pensive litigation , and , all In all , thit thu misfortunes of men as relating to bank ruptcy will bo BEuuaged as far as pcsslble. The speaker stated emphatically that the bill favorably reported by the committee will , If finally jassed , constitute : A law which will cnabfo Judges to be Jint and juries to ho merciful ; a law which will draw tfio line be tween honest and dlihnneet debtors and grant to the former an hctiorahlo discharge and to the latter a term In the penitentiary ; a law under which every debtur will secure not a cent more nor a cent less thrin Is due him : a law which will BJ protect the honc.it debtor that ho cannot bo coerced Into giving preferences or inylng unjust claims by threats of attachments ; a law which will enable every hcncst debtor to have at All times the flfcslstanco and advice ot all of his creditors without the few that In an attack to take advantage of each other they will wreck him financially ; n law which will en able debtors to bo benefit and ciedltors to bo humane ; a law which will redound to the best Interest of the whole people. " III.VMOII 01. ' l > l3MOCIt.\TIO CMJIIS. rropunc to ( Vlclmili * .IiMlVrHini'n IllrUnliiy WASHINGTON , Feb. 17. Thomas Joffcr- STI'B birthday anniversary will bo celebrated on April 13 ! > y the National Association ot Democratic Clubs wlth , a subscription dinner In this city which In nearly every respect will bo a repetition of the famc.ua dinner hero In 1S ! > 7. As was the cnsa hist year , Mr. Bryan will bo the principal speaker this year. Ho has already accepted the Invitation of Presi dent Chauncey F. Black. The- National Association of Democratic Clubs Is now beliiK thoroughly organized and will no doubt play an Important part In the uimlaK congressional campaign and thlj coming Jefferson Ian celebration will likely bn a reflection of the sentiments dominat ing all the officers of this organization. The dinner thh year will he more national In the matter of attendance than last year. U U anticipated by Secretary Inwrcnco Gardner that every state In the union will be well represented at the dinner. Vu in I n n I lu ti K liy lln > I'l-fHlilrnt. WASHINGTON , Fob , 17 , The president today sent to the senate these nominations ; ; George H. Lyman , collector of customs , district of Boston and Clmrlestown , Mast. ; John T. Williams of North Carolina , to bo consul at Sierra Leone , Africa. Pn.VHIO.VsVoil WKSTKHX VKTKUA.NS. Survlvorx of tin ; IitliVnr KCIIICIII. lirri-il liy Hi it ( I < tic nil ( ovri-iiiiirnl , WASHINGTON , Feb. 17.-Hpeclnl. ( ) Pen- sIcnH have been iH.stic-d at ) rollout * : ISHIIO of I'Vbruiiry 1 : NcbraHka ; Orltlmi ! Milton I * . Trenton. Lincoln , W ; Mnldoti C. Newman , OdeJI. } C Kzeklel Kv.inf. Waco $ C ; Joseph uMsihaffc-y Hpimot , 1C ; William II. Hd'iir , Hwitrlep. K. Ilflahiie JiimtH M. C. JIIC'-HOII. Crete , $12. lowu : OrlKlnal-Imtau it. ( MrCiil ouch , Miibon City. G ; dcorw H. Thuyer , Hiim- liurir , $3 ; Henry C. IJualer. Wankcp. f ; Llnney Pitts , Uavrnn. rt. IK ; Cliurlcx J , Wilder. I-iinont. Jfi ; John Winter , Itedflclil. JC ; Wllllurn U. Vernon O knlooa , J-S ; IJjnk-1 Stevenx , Waukon , l j Jacob L , Shearer , HlndciiHhurK. $8 ; Jauitn Morrison , I'rlrnKhnr , K ItcHtoruHon nnd Imtrrapp Kllux MIIKr , dead , Mor'.ey , SU to * ! 7. IncreiHi' l'hlip : S.U'Kent , Iowa Fal.'H. JO to IS : Lemuel Manly , Maquokttu. J2I to J'll ; Andrew J. Llliarr- beam Mfchanlcsvl le , fli to IS ; FrcderlcK O. Parker. Iretgn. t ? to W : Cyrus SlbortH , SlMint PU'abant , $12 lo 1M ; Alva A , Gary , DCH MolntH. $ | to H KilHmic mid Incrrnte -William 10. Moore , Hul U k , $3 lo $14 , OrK'Innl widow , etc. 10 Icii Moore , Hum- boUt , IS. South Dakota : Original John O'Hrlrn. Punter. IS ; William Uurt'ow , Hot Spring * , JX Uonorutlon and aildltlonnl-O. Ilur- detlo Devfey. dead , St. Lawrence , $ fl to 11 , Original widow , etc1. Elizabeth Wobb. Salem , * S. N-rth Dakota ; Ordinal-John E. Wllllts. Kmerado , S12. Wyoming ; Oilfe'lnnl'widow , etc. Louisa M. DaiM'ti , HvanHlcin. IS. Montana : Orlijlnal Ulchard Wteden , Ounton. $0. Colorado : Original John T. Larkln , Dui vcr , $3j Daniel B4v ry , Cuncade , JS.
