Show A jlii jl ii abl LJ is FIFTEEN MEN KILLED THE commission AHFUL FACTS A gives hopes of alaa apy beiga alive wis dec 14 this morning ton men were at work on a scaffold on a stand ninety feet from the ground one side gave way throwing five to the stone bottom killing charles myers harry sills A albas jack ainsworth aad seriously hurting john smith killed BERLIN dee 14 Albec ls woolen manufactory at burned boft u today to day fiftena persons were killed and ten others received fatal injuries IH ruell dec 14 at A t a meeting of the parnell commission constable deeloy testified that he attended several league meetings at one parnell made speech and one ochia remarks was these are the days for actions nob lor worda A man named buckley who said he wasa laborer testified that ho was sworn in as a member of the fenian in november 1880 at aralee tralee way in 1882 a man named roach had been expelled from the for giving information to tho polio which led to abo arrest of several members ai a meeting held it was arranged that witness with fitzgerald and phoenix should shoot koach Bev olvera were given them for the purpose they followed boach but found no opportunity to shoot him A meeting was hold shortly afterwards at the house of a man named casey witness asked whether ho would undertake to shoot koach if the league provided him with funds to escape to america witness con dented and was given a revolver and twenty four cartridges and advised t practice to improve Ms aim it was arranged that after he had shot koach he shou take shelter at the house of a man named dean and witnesses would ba forthcoming to swear that ho was not in the vicinity at the time of the mardar afterwards met roach driving cattle and attempted to him he pulled the trigger of his revolver three times but the weapon missed fire koach then bolted witness was arrested charged with attempting the crime but witness swore he was at deans house when the attempt was made and he was released witness some time after applied to the league for money to go to america aud obtained 2 lus he express ad dissatisfaction with the amount but phoenix told him he could not expect any more in view of his failure to shoot roach on cross examination witness averred that his attempt on beacha beachs life was genuine before ane occurrence he used ato practice firing with a revolver at a stone of the size f a mans head this statement caused a sensation LONDON dec 14 at the sitting of the Parnell 1 commission today to day counsel for the times requested the court to sit tuesday in order that ho might make an application as to what course the court would pursue respecting wm obrien for an article in bis paper united in which it was stated the time has arrived for plain speaking in regard to the forgeries before the commission we do not intend to ait until it allows us to speak we do not care two peace for the opinion of three judges especially selected in the teeth of a justly indignant liberal protest by the forgers friends and accomplices justice hannan indicated the court had arranged to adjourn today to day he added that if he could he would instantly relinquish his seat in the commission but he had a duty which it was impossible to evade counsel for the called attention to the observations made by the warden of merton college in which he likened michael davitt and other home eulera to the murderer the judges retired for consultation when they returned justice bannan announced that they had decided tho affidavit reciting tho utterances OBrien of and his paper should ba obrien must appear before the commission tomorrow they decided that notice should be served dupea the warden of merton college ordering him to attend the first meeting in january thomas oconnor who testified on the ath about tha alleged inner work ings of the league being cross ex admitted he was an emissary of the times who strongly urged him to testify he admitted tho authorship of the latter to his brother saying he got himself summoned by tho times in order to make a few pounds to swear to maeer things his bamily bad since telegraphed him they would dia of shame if he changed his testimony oay on cross examination later in the day stated obrien was in dublin and probably would be arrow the court thor to i january botn the of j dee 15 in accordance with the declaration of tho day raight to support the omnibus bill providing for an enabling act for the territories of dalcolma Dal cola washington mexico and giving the people of the territory should be dimatted as one or two states or clr airman of tha committee on it h ft territories has been engaged m formulating mu lating the necessary amendments to the bill reported last session in order to make provisions to conform to tho proposed changes with some change in the time of holding the elections for delegates to the constitutional tut ional conventions springer has prepared an amendment providing that the election in the four territories shall be heid on the first tuesday after the third monday m slay 1889 that the delegates so elected shall meet in convention on the following fourth of july and prepare constitutions to be submitted to tho people for ratification or rejection on the first tuesday after the first monday in november following to determine whether the territory 0 dakota shall be admitted as a whole or divided the proposed amendment to the omnibus bill provides that at the election of delegates to the constitutional convention in may every qualified elector may have printed or written on his ballots the words for division or against division if thema jonty of votes cast in that aart of the territory south of the seventh standard of parallel due west to iha western boundary of the territory shall be division the delegates elected shall assemble at sioux falls if a majority of the votes cast indruh of the seventh parallel shall be for division then the delegates sd elect ed who may reside north of said parallel shall assemble ML convention at kismaric Bis maric each convention shall then form a constitution tor its state which constitution shall then be submitted to the people for rati fi cation or rejection action each state ahall be entitled to one representative in congress the appropriation to goei the expenses of holding the two conventions is increased so as to provide the sum of for each convention it is provided that should the people object to the respective constitutions tut ions the territorial government of dakota shall continue in existence the same as if this act had not been passed or if the constitution for either north or south dakota should be rejected then that part of the territory objecting shall continue under the territorial government then in case the people should vote for division provision is made for the appointment of a commission by the two conventions to readjust and agree upon the amount of territorial debt to be assumed by each of the proposed states springer mil call a meeting of tho committee some time next week for the purpose of submitting the proposed amendments tn alo bill to tho hauae at an early day he will also ask the committee to consider the propriety of an additional section to the omnibus bill providing that whenever an organized territory of the united states shall have a legally ascertained population equal to the number necessary to entitle it to representation in congress such territory shall be authorized through ta legislature to call for a i convention to consist of not less than seventy five members who will assemble at the seat of government of the territory and form a constitution for submission to tha people I 1 the majority of the people vote for it it is to be transmitted to the president and by him laid before congress and if tho constitution so adopted be republican in form and in accordance with the constitution and laws of the united states the territory shall be admitted into tho union whenever congress shall pass an act left at flea mass dec 14 A bottle contemning cont eming the following note was picked up on the beach to day some three miles below sandwich harbor bark J B humphry bath maine we were but in a storm no amber rm ber and wrote thia to cur friends for when it ib found we will bo at the bottom of the ocean hoping you will pray for us and tell our friends ignec ig ned john captain pat hosy tom lewis john ON ailI billy carrol on the reverse side was twe are lost nod killed fla dec 14 tho fast orange train jumped a switch west of this city this morning the engineer and fireman wera instantly kiffel two mi killed dee 14 two men wara killed and many injured by th breaking of a capstan on a torpedo boat at toulon |