Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1887 — Page 1

XXXII l-NO. 4. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 1887. WHOLE NO. 1.619.

A STARTLING EXPOSE.

The hvest' gation Now Progressing at tla Southern Mian Pecitanuary. Bai Bookkeeping, Leese Management, -n a. Probably Heavy Def cit Sensational Facts Reveals! it i Beeret fiamiaation of the Convicts. Hot Words and in Exciting Intervkw Bejr?er the Warden and the Committee. Captain Howard Resigns the Wardenf;L7j sid Deputy Baxter Placfi in Charge. The Shortage Denied by Howard's f Tiezfc.Who Say, If True, Will he Mad Good. The Investigation Will Continue for TFeeka Sensational Storlca Denied Howard Cheerful-Fall Details, Etc. Special to the Sentinel. Louisville, 5"eb. 18. When the committee reached the prison this miming 'hey had facts m their possession which made, the resignation cf Warden Howard a na tural consequence. They had examined many witnesses the previous day, and had held a secret session at night at which much book eif.minat: Da was done and damaging testimony taken. The day's work commenced by the Finance Committee closeting themselves with th e prison "book-keeper. The other cemmittrjes scattered to various parts of the ba ilding to -continue their work. Mr. Cohn ''AT. Coons, Assistant Auditor of Indianc, had arrived at noon Thursday to actas expert In the examination of the books. He Is a book-keeper and accountant of high reputation. Captain Howard's face tlanched when I entered the prison door. He said to tne reporter he knew his hour: weje numbered, for he v?as aware of what an in f ertigat ion b7 a professional book-keeper uould expose When Mr. Matt T. Hewitt, Captain Howard's book -keeper, sppeared before the committee, Mr. Coonse becn firing questions at him wh ich he con Id act answer and aski: e-p'acations he t:m uuable to make. TLen it was that Howard was called before the committee. When Mr. Coonse end Chairman Sinclair pressed him closely with troublesome questions -La became con'esed and then a Jjgry, and he C words passed between ther a which wer plainly heard upoc the outside. Capkln Howard was saying; "Uentlemen, I have told you ell I can atout it," and then the chairman replied taa the committca was not satisfied. There was a lull in the room for a few moments and then Captain Howard cacie cut Ills Beeircatlon was 60on a Iter in the hands ot the dire-ton and was imonediately acted upon. Dr pnty Warden George W. Baxter vas temporarily appointed to 11 the vacency. The committeemen say that the revelations found are etartUcc To begin wilu Mr. Coonse, the expert, cays the book-keeping is very defective. MIs the system usod single or double entry?" he was asked, "It Is mostly no entry tt all," he rete, "it Ij eimjly outrageous. They can't show vrhat has been -done with the State's mosey. "Is the alleged shortage large?" "Wiry large." "Wfaal is your estimate of the amount?" "It is hzrd to estimate it yet, but It will be surprisine." The amount the committee says is divided up among the departments. They report Howard behind on all his accounts with the State. What lias been dona with the money they declare he has fai6 to show. Among othir developments th67nd that Howard has borrowed money from -c great many of tke prisoners, aggregating a large amount. When the prisoners io more than their assigned task they are paid by the-contractors for the extra labor. In this way many of them accumulated snug little turns. The money Is paid to the Warden by the contractors, end is supposed to be placed to their credit on the books. Tie committee will continue the investigation to-morrow. Captain Howard waa seen last night by a reporter, but he declined to be interviewed. In regard to his alkged shortage he xtid: "There is no f üortage." He woclfi make no other statement. A friend of the Warden, who is in a position to know, la speaking of the matter-to ft reporter, , said: 'The stories to the effect that Captain Howard is short in bis accounts to the extent of &0.000 or 3100,000 even bis enemies will admit J J absurd. The Warden has not handled that amount of .money since he has held the office. There may be a shortage, trat it will cot exceed 1'oar Tnoaaand Dollar! att the most. The whole thine 1 conspiracy to down Howard politically, and break the influence which he wields In the State. The books i as hare be shown were claiely kept, and it would be an ntter impossibility for this committee the way they are now working to discover the true state of affairs inside of three or four weeks. Captain Howard eaid the best thing he could do under the ircumstaixet was to resign and than demand a settlement, which he will do when the proper time arrives. In case there Is a shortage, which hit friends doubt, he will make good tke amount. The library fund was in the custody of the clerk, as was also the cenrict Jwd, 11 there la any shortage tig

books will show it, and, being under bond, he will, of course, be responsible for it. Captain Howard is not worth t cent more now than he was when he entered upon his duties as warden eleven years ago. When the whole matter "Las been sifted down it will be ascertained that the sensational stories now current will be greatly red need. Then.-

is nc doubt but that Howard hai been be- j trayei by men wnom ne tnougni nis menus, and who owe their own political prominence to him." 'In Jeffersonville there is great excitement, and to-night Howard's resignation and alleged shortage were the Sole Topics of Con-versatlou zmong all classes. About 7 o'clock a report was circulated to the effect that the Warden ani all of his mbordinates had been arrested by a United States detective, charged with embezzlement and defalcation, ana that they were all in jail. There was no truth in the story. Captain Howard seemed in a very cheerful mood to-night, and talked pleasantly with his friends with whom he was in consultation at the Jeffersonville Times office. CAUSE OF THE DELAY In the Payment el Estimates Allowed ty the Commissioners cf the New Hospitals. A I'lain Agreement Between tbe Hoard and Who Did the Work The Journal's Falsehood. The Journa! says that "estimate-warrants" given to the contractors for the construction of the new Hospitals for the Insane have been afloat, "hawked about the streets and in tbe banks, sold at discount by the men who had dor.e the work for the State;" and in the mon sensational manner the Republiean organ is attempting to show that the State, through its agents, has been guilty of dishonorable dealing; that contractors have been and are now deprived of money long past due, and that the Democratic party is to blame for the condition of things. As a matter of fact, the Commisiioners' vouchers, or "estimate-warrants," as the Journal calls them, were accepted by the contractors with the distinct understanding that payment was to be deferred for some months; in fact, it was at the suggestion and request of the contractors, who did not want the work to stop, that this arrangement was enten-d into, and if any hardship has resulted from it the contractors themselves are responsible. It is stated on excellent authority that the vouchers in question, with possibly two or three exceptions, are in the hands of the original holders, and they have not been "hawked about tbe streets and in banks," or "sold at discount," as the Journal alleges. The Board of Commissioners is composed equally of i republicans and Democrats. I he matter of issuing of the "estimate warrants" in order lo continue the construction of the new hospitals was fully and satisfactorily ex plained m Governor Gray's message to the Gineri Assembly. He said: Of the allowances made to the contractors there has been paM !7t7,V.7:. leaving a balance ot the appropriations for said hospitals unexpended of S ti'.i. , whicn amount waa unexpended because the receipt to the general lund were not suflirient to pay allowances against the same and mfci t tbo large expenditures for the maintenance of the mate Government and the public institutions, in the contracts for the construction of the hosp tals it wbs provided that the Board of Com ni is loners might suspend their construction at anytime, and the Commissioners were unwilling to proceed with the construction and approve and allow the estimates of the contractors, Piiyahle ct owe in the then condition of the Treasury; and the wisdom of their judgment .3 demonstrated by the fact that at the cle ot the last fiscal year there was on'.y-..T)'..3,.i0.12 in the general fund. The contracia desired lo continue their work, and requested and agreed to take their estimate approved and allowed for payment on future dates, rather than discharge their organized force of employes, and lu pursuance of such request and agreement allowances were made up to the 1st lay cf November, li-6, to the amount ofSl j.;,107.61. J ut -t was provided iu the order of allowance oi aivl snm that vouchers for S'JO.ööO.Ti should not be presented to the Auditor of State for warrauts until January 1, 17, and that vouchers for f i-j.'jOü should not be presented until Febniaiy'JO, 1Ä&7, on which dates, it was understood by lb :v lioard of Commissioners, sutlicient funds would sc in the treasury to pay such allowarces, or the present General Assembly wou.M make pnx.'Isioi: for their payment. There became due the contractors yesterday on estimates approved by the Commissioners the sum of 20,OX), bet as the gene- . ral fund of lbs treasury is almost exhausted . (on account cf the delay of the Committee on Ways end Means in the House reporting the loan bill the Auditor hetitated to draw his warrants for the amount. By instruction from tiie Governor he had forwarded $: ') 5JO during th8 day to New York to pay tie interest on-Ctate bonds (due March 1) and this left only about $i,a3 (estimated) in the fund. Auditor Ccxr sorght the ad viee of Attorney-General fcilchener as to his 2uty under the circumstances. The Attorney replied by simply citing the-statues bearing upon the Suction. He sheared that the Auditor's uy was plain, ta3 law being ünperativeso lit as the drawing of warrants for the amount of tbecetiuv.tes to contractors was concerned. Ilct in a&swer to tbe further query as to what should be done if the general .fand be exhausted, the attorney told him that, in that ease ke should ocrtatnly not draw any warrants; that the law .clearly prohibit such action, -tnd that a violation thereof would render him criminally liable. "Will you iseoe warrants for the mount?" a reporter .acxed Deputy Auditor Coons. "I can't say yet," he replied, "for I haon't had time to'niake footings and ascertain the exact condition of the .general fund. If there is money enough on hand the contractors will, of course, be paid at once." A Satisfactory liexolt. SiYMoiE, Feb. 2"). The stockholders : the Seymour District Fair Association held a meeting last night for the purpose of elect-; Ing a new board of directors. The old board ' having so ably discharged their duties last fall were, on motion, re-elected. Lynn J-anlkconer, Treasurer, submitted hia report, . 1 1 A - m - t . 5 1 J 5 , BLHjwmg uie didum oi receipts ana a is- i bureements to date receipts, $i,U'8.l ; disbursements, $.2,202 03; balance on hand, ibis is decideajy creditable lor the first fair held. The next fair of the association will be held from Tuesday, October 4, to Baturday, the eth, 18 7, and will be a more pronounced success tkan the firot cne. Mrs. Reading's Condition. Mckcie, Feb. 20. Mrs. Lida Heading, who attempted suicide recently by shooting herself in the right breatat, is tili living, though In a critical condition. While the meeting at 'The Church of God' waa In progress, a messenger from Mrs. Heading's bed-side stated she was in a dying condition, and desired a committee frcm the church to call npon her. She still lingers, but is hopeful death will soon eome to her relief. representative John M. Glover, of Missouri, and Miss Catherine Augusta Fatten were carried in Wajhiagtga City Ust night?

GETTING READY FOR IT.

Evtrytcdy Poshing Fivorite Bills to Passige Eefcra the Adjournment of Congress. Lively Scenes in the Lollies and Corndors'cf the National Capitol. Kotvrithstanding the Pressure, the Pension Bill Will Hardly Pass Over the Veto. . r.amori About Manning's Successor Inter. State Commissioners Postal Clerks Orders JJewJ Congressmen. Special to the Sentinel. Washisgton, Feb. 21. People having private bills and statesmen with local measures are just r ow In a sweat and a great hurry. At the adjournment of every Congress all unfinished business falls dead and the House and Senate calendars are swept clean. The next Congress opens up shop for itself. There is only one advantage in having bad a bill before Congress. The committee to which it goes will have had a familiarity with the subject or tbe facts, and can more readily act. This week will witness a great scramble to get bills through. The pressure on the Speaker, by the members for recognition, will be very great. Many a perspiring statesman thinks, and perhaps truly, that hii hope of future political life depends upon his little bill. With nearly Ö25 men all frantic for some measures, with several appropriations bills still to be completed, with conference reports tobe considered and reconciled and a howling mob in the lobbies, the readers of the Sentinel may readily conceive a rush at a free lunch counter is a small and tamespirited afiair in comparison with the jam and push of the last few days of Congress. It is pretty certain that everything which does not get through the House this week will fail, as the Senate calendar is crowded like that of the House, and all that can be done is to put the finishing touches on what is before them. In this connection a view of the House lobby is interesting. From the hours of 1 to -1, any day in the session, there is always a swarming, busy crowd in which ladies are quite prominent. Hut this week will witness a large Increase in the restless, anxious, nervous habitues of the lobby. There are five entries to the House where from three to rive messengers are kept bu.-y carrying in cards to the members. Any day you will see crowds of people gathered at the doors, nearly all of whom wear a look ol longing desire for something, or anxious fear of failure. The ladies waiting room at the east door is full of females of all ages, from very blooming womanhood up to wrinkled old 8ge. Most of tbe female habitues are well dressed, many are stylish, and some are charming. It being a public place, the assemblage is not select, and rumor Bays the object of tbe meetings are not always publish able. But as the ladies waiting room is a common carrier, like street cars, these things can not be helped. Dut in the corridors you will see groups of people waiting for the august statesman to come out, and here and there are members stand ing listening to tbe tale of his constituent, sometimes unwillingly, and in a Cdgety man ner making an eflort to get back to his seat. Dot the importunate office-seeker fixes his gaze on him and pours his tale into the Statesman's ears, who finds himself es tightly bonnd as if locked in iron chains. It is said the Marylanders swarm the thickest in the lobby. Whenever it rains the farmers are all here, and the members from that State have to take alum baths to bold themselves together after wrestling with their numerous constituents. Virginia also being a neighboring State, sends lavish delegations to the lobby, and the District of Columbia, always "at home," helps swell the crowd. And as Representative Foran, ot Ohio, expressed it to the Sentinel correspondent. 4 it will be a sort of a grab game as to what will get 11;!!." Tbe Senate lobby is quite different. It is never crowded. It is not the free acU easy bristling concern that the Kouce lobby is. Cards are not received until 2 p. m., (exceptions, of coarse), and they are mostly taken at the northeast door. There is a sort of cold excluciveness about the Senate that i3 any-, thing but democratic Somect the American lords eyen grumble if one of their abject subjects should Etand in front cf the entree. Billy Mahone, the Virginia midget, does not even receive cards from the mudsills. .Yet there are some very clever, eonireni&l and polite ßerlators who get down ofl their Senatorial thrones and touch the common earth with their No. 1Q brogans. Nothing illustrates more forcibly the necessity of universal suff rage for the maintenance of poDUler rights than tbe difference between the House of Commons and the House of Loris. CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH WUEfiLEB. His Project for Drilling Holes In theUronnd Somewhere in Each State and Territory. bpecial to the Sentinel. Wasiiikgton, Feb. 21. One of the smallest men in Congress is General Joe Wheeler, of Alabama. But he it one of the busiest men in the House. No man pays more attention to the development of the water ways of tbe country, especially of the Tennessee Uiver, which takes its rise in northern Alabama. He is also an enthusiastic advocate of the rebuilding of the navy and the strengthening of our coast defenses. General Wheeler not only wants to whoop up everything on the face of the earth, but he proposes to investigate the Interior department of the globe. For this purpose he wants to appropriate $4,1-30,000 to give $100,000 to each State and Territory to be expended in drilling a bole in tho ground somewhere ia that State or Territory 3,000 feet deep, or "as much deeper as the Commissioners for there are to be Commissioners, of course shall find to be practicable or likely to result in getting useful knowledge or In discovering valuable minerals." In order to make the hole perfectly harmless the proposed bill provides that no money shall be paid toward making a hole on "any land owned or controlled by any religious sect or denomination." TCie author of the project remarks, in a memorial to Senators and Representatives, that tif it should be made a law "the friends of education in every well settled county in the.l' cited States will freely give perfect title to from ten to 100 acres of land for school .purposes if they can by tkat means get a wefi drilled over 3,000 feet deep on each school land. In some cases the metals, ore 8, gases, oil, coal or other valuable minerals found would be of very great value sufficient to establish first rate educational facilities. "More knowledge of the unbounded mineral resources of the United States and Territories would be obtained in one or two years (If it becomes a law) than would be gained in fifty years by unaided privat enterprv, and such knowledge would tend to very soon and permanently revive business; to very Jcop giie Wffnl end profitable employment

to millions of laborers, and to stop the im

portation of many millions of dollars worth oi mineral pruuuuia ui ixn mmcj ui umw countries. It Is unwise and improvident to keep hundreds of millions of dollars lying idle in the United States Treasury that ought to be employed usefully and without delay." THE TREASURY PORTFOLIO. Speaker Carlisle's Rumored Appointment to That Oftice Denied. Bpecial to the Sentinel. Wasuisotos, Feb. 21. Your correspondent has it from tbe bignest official authority that the President has not yet determined upon a suscessor for Mr. Manning. Many rumors were ailoat that Speaker Carlisle had been appointed. This is totally unreliable. The Speaker had a two hours' conference with Mr. Cleveland yesterday, and the subject of the treasury portfolio was Saotmenti)ned, nor has the President yet determined on the Inter-State Commerce Commission. The President thinks there must be a good lawyer, a good roilroader and a thorough business man on the commission. One must come from the Fast, one from the South and one frcm the Northwest, and two Republicai s. He is finding very great trouble in niettu g kll these requirements and, for this reason has not as yet been able to determine on the personnel of the commission. THE DEPENDENT PENilON HILL. Strong Efforts Uelng Made to Have It Passed Over the Presidential Veto. Bpecial to the Sentinel. Washikgton, Feb. 21. -The veto of the disability pension bill is exciting much com ment since the reading of the report of the committee on Saturday. The pressure of the Democratic members oi the isortn to vote for tbe bill over the President's veto is enormous, and a number are weakening under it. Last week nobody thought but the bill would fail to pass over the veto, but the report of the committee, the resolution of Grand Armv rosts and the personal im portunity of the Invalid Pension Committea among the members cf the House has made a marked change in the sentiments ot uon gressmen. t'till the bill will probably fail. The number voting on Thursoay will probably be 294; this will require 11)0 votes to carry the bill. Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, can vassed the House to-day and says it will re ceive li5 votes. At all events if the bul should pass the House it will surely fail in the Senate. Orders to Postal Clerks. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Feb. 21. Mr. Nash.Superin tendent of tbe Railway Mail Service, has issued the following orders: "Hereafter railway postal clerks in charge of registered matter will, whenever practicable, have a witness to the number of registered pack ages pnt off. where a hand-to hand receipt can not be taken. The witness should comEare the number of packages with the clerk's ook and tee that they are placed in the proper pouch. When this is done he should place his name or initial on the book for the purpose of identification only, it being understood that he assumes no responsibil ity thereby." Congressmen-Elect. Special to the BentineL "Washington, Feb. 21. Many of the mem-bers-electof the fiftieth vocgresa have ar rived at Washington within the past few days to view tho future base of their political operations. A photograph of the pictures they now have in their mind's eye, and a portrait of the thing as It is after the mem ber sees the elephant, would be interesting for comparison in the future. Inter-State Commerce Commissioners. Special to the Sentinel. WASHiKGTor, Feb. 21. information rereived at a late hour to-night from the White House names Colonel Morrison, of Illinois, and General Erasg, ot Alabama, as two of tbe Inter-State Commerce Commis sioners. Odd a and Ends. Representative Ford will respond to one of the toasts at the banquent to be given here on the night o: Washington s birth day, by tbe Jrisn American members of Con gress. Hon Justin Macarthy, M. P., is to be the honored guest ef the occasion. Among the Hrst orders of Mr. Nash, the Democratic successor of the Republican superintendent of the railway mail service, was to dismiso a postal railway clerk for ad mitting an unauthorised person to a postal car. This indicates a purpose on the part of the Fostal Department to rigidly enforce all the laws for the protection of the Railway Mail Service. To the Associated Press. llond Call. Washington, Feb. 21. The Secretary of the Treasury this iafternoon issued a call for $10,ouo,ooo 3 per cent, bonds. The call will mature April L. Tbe following is a description of the bonds called: Ihree per cent, bonds issued under the act of Congress approved July 12, 1KK2, and numbered as follows: $00, original Nos. 24 to 25, both Inclusive; $100, original Nos. 352 to 374, both inclusive; $500,;original Nos. 149 to 1G2 both inclusive, and original Nes. 4,235 to 4,23u, both inclusive; $1,U00, original Nos. 1,22 to 1,320, both inclusive; $10,000, original Nos. 2,8SG to 3,958, both Inclusive. Total, $10,007,750. Parties holding bonds called by this circular can obtain immediate payment, with interest to date of presentation, by requesting the same in the letter forwarding the bonds for redemption. Military Hands. Washington, Feb. 21. Representative O'Neil, of Missouri, Chairman of the Committee on Labor, obtained to-day from Sec retary Endicott a positive assurance that hereafter the military band at St. Louis will not be allowed to compete with local bands, and will only be permit Led to take contracts for outside work where there are no local bands. This will also apply to other points where -military bands come in competition with private bands. Nomination t. WA6niNTON, Feb. 21. The President sent the following nomination to the Senate today: Amos W. Thayer, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. A Horse Rites His Tongn Off. Lafatjettz, Feb. 20. Dr. James fimith, of Brookston, owns ahose that was once considered valuable, but which is now minus a tongue and is of correspondingly lese value. The animal was ill and the doctor tried to administer some medicine. Tfce horse was oV d urate and a block waa placed In his mouth. When the medicine began to be felt the horse expelled . the block and in the effort amputated hia tongue. The Military Committee of the House has agreed upon a bill appropriating $3,000.000 lor a gun factory heavy ordnance, mortars and torpedoes to be expended under the direction of a board to be appointed by the President. Louis Pankarey, an Italian, was fatally stabbed In a row about a woxan at Iron Mountain, Mich., Sunday night. The murderer la nnder arrest.

ELECTIONS IN PRUSSIA.

They Result Unfavorable for All the Govern ment Candidates in Berlin. Discussion of the New Roles of Procedure in the Eritish Honsa cf Commons. Premier Balistnry Addresses a Meeting cf the Conservative Party in London. He Deplores tbe Secession From the Gov ernment of Lord Randolph Churchill His Views of the Irish Oaestlon. Berlin, Feb. 2110 p. m. The elections in this city have resulted unfavorably for all the government candidates. In four o the six divisions second ballots willbenece3sary, but in each of these divisions the antiSeptennate candidate has at present a majority. In the first division Klotz, new German Liberal has 7.SS2, and Zedlitz Neukirch, Serdennist, 7,008. A second ballot is necessary. In the second division, Virchow, new German Liberal, received 10,439, and, Wolff, Septennist, 10.10S; another ballot is necessary. In the third division, Munckel.new German Liberal, received 10,400, and Christensen Socialist, 9.0S0; there will be another ballot. In the fourth division it is reported that the Socialist Singer is elected, but the official returns from the division have not yet been received. In the Fifth District Baumbach, new German Liberal, has 20,070 and Major Blume, Septennist, 7009. In the sixth division, Hazenclever, Socialist, is elected by a large majority over Greiling, new German Libera, and iloltz, Septennist. An analysis of the pollirg snows that today's contest was very stubborn. As the nicht advanced the excitement became in tense. Thousands of people surrounded the newspaper cilices awaiting special editions giving returns. It is stated that Singer and Hasciever have each over 12,000 majority in this city. Second ballots are necessary in Koenigsberg. Elberfeld, Breslau, Lübeck, Dresden, Allstadt, Frankfort, Dantzic, Steltin, Co logne and Munich. Septennists are elected In Bremen. Leipsic and Brunswick. The Socialist organization has been most com plete. Socialist electors were brought to the polls in battalions. Two Socialists are re turned for Breslau. Richer Is returned for Hägen. Prince Bismarck, on appearing at his polling station in the second division of this city, was greeted with a storm of cheer3. According to the re ballot arrangements it is probable that Berlin will be represented by three new German Liberals and the three Socialists. In Strasburg Kable Centerist received 8.253 and Petrie 0,608. Nachapple returns a Centerist and Nuremberg returns a Socialist The net result of the Berlin voting Is as folIcws: Socialist, 90,107, a gain of 22,000; Septennist, 09,878; New German Liberal, 65,884. The government party have gained 13,000 votes and the New German Liberals have lost 5,000. The returns from the prev inces show losses by the new German Liberals. Herr Richter's organ, the Freisinnige Zeitung, consoles the party by declaring that the Socialists profited by Radical disasters. This, however, is not ex actly the case. Combined, the Conservative and National Liberal supporters of the Beptennate secured many seats, though there is no clear prospect of their having a working majority, as the centrists seem to have voted m undiminished numbers. i-orcKenDecK, i)a iu beiger, Staufenberg and General Von A' o tke are re-elected. Meuz elected An tern the anti-German Siegen returned Stocker. A featnre of the elections is the unusual number of second ballets necessary, a fct which proves the closeness of the contests. The result in Hsmturg is a triumph for the Social Demo crats, two of whose candidates are returned by large majorities. In the third Hamburg division the Socialistic candidate is elected and a second ballot is necessary. Corrected returns from the second Berlin division how that Wollf, Septennist, re ceived 19.C22 votes; Virchow, New German Liberal, 18,802, and the Socialist candidate 14,089. The prospects of the success of the Septennists are good. The formidable increase in the number of Socialists throughout the Empire is a promi nent fact During the day all the approaches to the palaces of Emperor William. Crown Prince Frederick William and Prince Bismarck were barred by police. Manifestoes of Socialists. Beklin, Feb. 21. The National Zeitung says that a number of Irenen Socialistic so cieties have addressed a manifesto to their partisans in Germany thus interfering with the electoral struggles; and further that some lodges of American Knights of Labor have issued a manifesto and forwarded contribu tions to German Socialists, a fact affording fresh evidence that the charter of social De mocracy is not national if international. DISCUSSING TUE NEW RULE. Mr. Gladstone Not In Favor of Making Pro cednre Reform a Party Oaestlon. London, Feb, 21. In the House of Con mons this evening Mr. W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, in moving the first of the procedure, appealed to the House to maintain the dignity of Parliament and to vindicate the authority of its own proceed ings. The new rules, he said, would make the authority of the Speaker absolute. He believed the House bad full confidence in the discretion and judgment of the Speaker. In the judicial position which he occupied he would safely guard the interests of minorities and preserve the rights of majorities. Unless the first resolution confernrg upon the bpeater tne power of cloture was passed it would be impossible to obtain reforms. The speaker had at pres ent only the power oi expressing an opinion as to the time a debate should terminate. What the Government bow proposed was that when any member moved cloture the Speaker should be empowered to take the vote of the House. The appointment of standing committees to deal with special business and the conferring of increased power upon the Speaker with reference to questions of adjournment were also among the proposed reforms. Mr. Gladstone said the matter of procedure uciorms should not be treated as a party question. He doubted the wisdom of placing the subject of procedure in the van of ail ciher business. He doubted also whether the House woold get through with procedure rules without the Speaker's recent ruling that no subject could be discussed if there was a notice on the paper of a motion relating to the same subject. Irish cheers. It was Idle to expect to assist the progress of business by means of merely penal restriction. The proposal of the Government practically amounted to nothing. Mr. Smith had failed to explain the dillicult and delicate functions assigned to the Speaker under the first rule. Under what principle was the Speaker to proceed In giving or withholding his consent to cloture? In reply to Mr, Parnell the Speaker said

that members who spoke on the general character of the rules would not be entitled

afterward to move amendments. Mr. T. P. O' Conner moved to adiourn, and debate ensued as to how o discuss a whole subject without the speakers forfeiting the right to move amendments. ipon the suggestion of Mr. aamnitwas agreed that speakers on ths main question should not be debarred from proposing amendments. Mr. Parnell, resuming the debate, con tended that the" new rules proposed would not facilitate the transaction of business, but would produce irritation and exasperation. Soon the Conservatives would bitterly regret having introduced their present proposals. CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE. Premier Salisbury Addresses the Meeting on Various Topics. London, Feb. 21. A conference of the Conservative party was held to-day at the Foreign Olhce. The conference was largely attended bv members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The meeting lasted half an hour. The Marquis of Salisbury reached the conference promptly. He was accompanied by Mr. Goschen. liJin were cheered heartily when they entered. The Premier, in his address to the conference, referred feelingly to the late Eirl of Iddesleigb, and the loss the Government incurred by reason of his deatb. Tne Marqiis also dwelt on the tecession from the Government of Lord Randolph Churchill, which the speaker described as "a considerable loss to the party." Mr. Goshen's acceptance of office under the present government, Lord Salisbury said, bad strengthened the Conservative party. In his official report to the conierence, referring to Ireland, he said they were told that they ought to proclaim the National League. It was perfectly open to him to assent to the issue of such a proclamation, but unless the government had a law to enforce it the proclamation would be perfectly ineffective. When the Gladstone government proclaimed the land league the habeas corpus act was suspended, and the government had power to imprison any one disobeying its commands. The present government had no such power; it must act within the law of the united kingdom, and at present there was no efficient instrument with which to deal with veiled rebellion. Their first Irish business would be to strengthen tbe present law. The state of Ireland was certainly Berious, and it was also novel. There a rebellion was earned out by means of tvstematized fraud, recommended by the highest religious teachings of the people. In such a state of things they must be prepared to apply remedies suitable to the present times. CHICAGO'S SPECULATIVE TRADE Wheat Market Comparatively Steady Pork Feverish Corn Ruled Qniet. Special to the Sentinel. Chicago, Feb. 13. The wheat market has be come comparatively steady after the terrible break which it suffered. The Improvement and activity in the cash trade here and elsewhere is the ereat encouraging feature. Cables are "bull ish," and the foreign demand for American wheat is brisk. Europeia markets sympathized but little with the recent tumble ia values here, and now that we are so well down to an export basis, prices ever there are hardening. New York advises that export business at that port is on a large scale, and with stocks all along the sea board light, the inquiry for grain at interior cities is ceneral. In this market several round lots already have been "worked," and, with railroad rates elastic and accommodating and buyers and sellers not more than Kc apart. further eood-sized shipments are probable. For the past ew days receipts at primary points have been considerably less than tbe shipments, and in the Northwest verv little grain remains In fanners' hands. Norm Ream, Kent, Stau Ter and the other leading bears have covered. Tney are satisfied with their profits on the "short" side and are now playing for an advance to give them a better position to commence their next cam paign from. Gossips no longer spend their time inventing disquieting rumors concerning the stability of prominent houses, and witn all sen sational roorbacks unpopular, the deal seems working Into a healthy condition. Gnessers on the visible supply figure a decrease something like 1,000,000 bushels for next Monday, and some good men at New York predict that fuUy2.oco.000 bushels of wheat will be shipped from that port during the coming week. The Minneapolis milling crowd are In the market here on the bull side under the leadership of Tat Kelly, and Wall street parties, very near the old Mackey clique, are good buyers. On the other hand European securities are higher and with the weather propitious for winter wheat and another season rapidly approaching, CO.OOO.COO bushels of grain Is a great load to carry. Still although 75c wheat may come in time the general feeling now favors the natural reaction notion. Corn rules quiet and rather firm. Receipts are light, owing to bad country roads and the fact that current prices are very low for the season of the vear. The shipping demand is fair for the lower grades, but clearances continue small. Still, May corn around 30c has many friends. Pork is wholly under Armour's control, and its movements are erratic When the deal looks weakest and "shorts" make an attempt to cover, Cal Favorite, Armour's broker, makes a bid or two from the steps of the pit, and It Is wonderful how prices jump skyward, Still, popular report has it that many of the largest "shorts" have walked up to the Captain's office and settled, so that it is doubtful, considering the promised in crease in hog receipts, whether there are enough lines out now to make it profitable to keep up the squeeze. In Favor of the Christian Church. Cokypon, Feb. 20. For some time past the members of the Christian and M. L. Churches at Mauckport, this county, have been quarreling over their religious views, the members of each denomination claiming that there was but one sure way of reaching the happy land, and that was through the church to which they belonged. It was agreed that representatives of each denomination meet in some public place and discuss the matter, and accordingly a place was agreed npon and a date fixed for the discussion. A jury oi disinterested men, who were members of no church, was selected and a moderator was chosen. The discussion began, and the longer it continued the hotter it got. At times it was thought that the discussion would end in a row. All the inhabitants of the village were present, and the speakers were loudly applauded. When the discussion finally came to a close the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Christian Church. A loud shout followed the announcement of the result, and the Methodists left the place wearing elongated countenances. Two boys of Mount Vernon, Ky., Charley Childers and Brownlow Townsend, aged respectively eighteen and sixteen years, got drunk Sunday night and engaged in a fight with knives. Childers cut an ugly gash in Townsend's thigh, severing the artery and causing his death in fifteen minutes. On arennnt of the heaw track the. New Orleans races were again postponed yesterday until to-day. The Morizet selling stake race will be run the first day the weather permits. i

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Bill Before the Missouri Lrgklatura to Abolish Convict Later in That Stats. The Striking Coopers ct New York Cty Go ing Back to Work Again. Proposed International Organization of Rail way Employes of America ani Canada. Freifcht-IIandlers and Longshoremen Aban don the Strike Running Boston Street Cars Under Police Protection. St. Lous, Feb. 21. A Legislative Committee is sitting in this city taking testimony on the convict labor question. The committee to-day listened to the arguments of one or two boot and shoe manufactureri. The object of this committee is to ascertain, how far, if at all, convict labor in tne btato penitentiary interferes with the manuiactur era of the State. The prison contractors claim that they are nntble to make a profit in the face of competition outside, while the manufacturers on the other band assert that they are unable to raise the waes of employes because of the low prices at which they are compelled to sell their products in order to compete with convict-made goods. The committee intends to sift the matter thoroughly. A bill is now pending before the Legislature to abolish the contract system in the penitentiary, and all available information will be obtained before final action is takeiu REPRESENTATIVES OF LABOR. Arrival of Henry George In CincinnatiPreparations for To-Day'a Convention. Cincinnati, Feb. 21. Mr. Henry George arrived to-day and was escorted to his hotel by a delagation from the Henry George club. He is no way connected with the convention which meets to-morrow noon. Nor are thtre any representatives yet present from the New York George clubs to take part In the conveniion. Among the delegates now here are Hon. Mr. Smith, of Milwaukee; CoBgressmtnekct J. B. Clark, of Massachusetts; Captain. Allen, the Senatorial candidate in Indiana; Colonel Crandall, of Washington; B. W. Goodhue, of Illinois; Colonel Thompson and B. A. Gates, of West Virginia; Samuel Crccker, of Karsas, and J. D. Rankin, a prominent Knight of Labor from Texas. The latter freely expresses the opinion that if Henry Georg's land doctrines are approved by the convention the Southern adherents of tbe labor party will repudiate the whole thing. QThe sub committee of the Greenback National Executive Committee hs& agreed upon resolutions which will be presented to the full committee for approvaL The resolutions favor merging the Greenback party into the National Industrial party, provided ; the platform adopted by the latter shall con--tain nothing contrary to the principles of the Greenback organization. The Grc?nbackers will hold an influential position in the coming convention, as they have many delegates here. It Is intimated to-day that tbe Henry George interest may yet be represented in the convention as thete are many of his followers here, though none from New York. There may be a question raised as to their admission, as Secretary Douglass claims they were not included in the call. A MEETING OF GREEN BACKERS. A Proposition to Declare the Party Dissolved at Once. Cincinnati, Feb. 21. The National Committee of the Greenback party met this morning at the Burnet House, With E. II. Gillette, of Iowa, in the chair, and a fair attendance of members and others. Mr. Schillin?, of Wisconsin, opened the discussion with a proposition to declare the Greenback party dissolved at once, so as to unite untrammeled in the formation of the new party which is to be organized at the convention which meets to-morrow. This proposition was very generally opposed by all who spoke, cot so much because of objection to its spirit, but to the form. It was urged that the committee at this meeting has not the power to dissolve the party. It was also urged that if it had the clear power, it would not be eood policy to organize it f until after the coming convention has sub mitted Its principles. 1 hese views prevailed and a committee was appointed to report to this committee on the matter after the adjournment of the convention. MEETING OF RAILWAY EMPLOTESV The Foundation of an International Organization Proposed. Boston, Feb. 21. A private meeting was held Sunday by the delegates from the various branches of labor engaged upon steam railroads running into Boston, now organized into assemblies of the Knighta of Labor. A large number were present representing, conductors, brakemen, engineers, firemen, machinists, station -agents, baggage-masters, carpenters, painters, car-builders, track-men, construction-men, freight-handlers, clerks, switch-men, railroad telegraph operators, and, in fact, all branches engaged in railwayservice. The purpose of the meeting was to effect a more complete organization and a Eetition was drawn up asking the Knights of abor to the obtaining of a charter for a district assembly composed entirely of railroad men. Tbe consummation aimed at is the foundation of an international organization comprising the United States and Canada. TUE COOPERS OF NEW YORK, Old Hands Returning to Work Wherever the Employers Will Take Them. New York, Feb. 21. The striking coopers are getting back to work again wherever employers will take them. At the Brigps cooper shop a number ot old bands returned to work this morning. Others would be glad to do so, but are afraid that personal violence would follow. All the men are at work at Weiderman'a in W'illiamsburg. They did not strike as was reported, and all attempts of District Assembly No. 49 to get these men to quit work or loin the Coopers Union, or Knights of Labor, have failed. One large New Yerk firm has sent to South Carolina for colored coopers to take the place of the strikers. The men taken back by this firm are only those who were forced to quit work by threats; no other strikers will again be given work. The strikers still out number in all about 300. The strike has not. affected the miller trade. The annual dinner of the New i ork Beard' of Trade and Transportation was given last night at the Hotel Brunswick. Over 200 covers were laid. Captain Ambrose Snow presided, flanked by General W.T. Sherman and Hon. J. II. Reagan. letters of regret from President Cleveland, Secretary Bayard, Postmaster-General Vilas, Hon. James G. Blaise, and others, were read,