Show HE TESTIFIES Moral HaUteaa Talc the Stand In I the Ohio Hallot Former Case PROCEEDINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE Tile Colored Men COnTention Is Ones an Address to the People ANTIMORMON LEGISLATION IK CANADA The Chlcajo Boodlcrs HeaT Damages Claimed in I Ufcel Suit tt Tclesraph to the ls I II VLSFEVDH TErITIROSY At Ibo Hanoibox lorcerj Itiie ll ton ASISOT Feb G1le Uouie conimitlGu on ballotbox forgery Ibis morning called Senator John Sherman this limb wilncfs leI le-I shown exhibit A and declared de-clared that he never signed It He Raw It first when It was fent to him In November liy Jlalstend The Signature was a copy of his rubber frankingEtampnnd not an imitation of his signature Vltnws never Wlnls leer i heard or knew of the baltot box con lee ro l i t tract and never heard of the Caiup I bell bill btfore Governor ForaVers lh eror Mu > lc Hall f Ieror I i Murat Halstead editor oilier Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Gmmcrctat Gazette testified that when he published Governor Lanirtbelli signature he cut ofTfrom the photographic copy of the paper the signature below Campbellg itnnt 08JI itnets told how he got hold of the paper of his talks with Governor orakerand others obout itand bow it was thought advisable to ueo it in the campaign ngalntt Campbell WIn Uld not ECO any room for questioning tho genulucncss of the paper Ho told Foraker it was necessary to use tho paper or part oC it and that he felt fco exasperated al Cnrdb the idea of Hhcrmnn xn J and McKinley going In with John McLean in such a matter that he fet tempted to explode it under them It something more than policy almost a public duty but tlllllpbClh was the only one before the people n a candldntu for oflice and therefore I might b preptr tons to-ns only his name Aholherreason for cutting oil nil the lam but Campbells was that Sunset Cox hote name was among the forgeries forger-ies had just died auJ witness felt convinced ore genuineness of the signature HalMracls theory the forgery was that it was never in cnded or expected to harm anybody The o fcl origlnnllj vrrts Woods extreme nu lety h get THE SMOKE teSLECTOItSIIIP I was prvpoftcrous l supposj that Governor Koraker thought Uitre was anything fraudulent abut It There was a cloud of lUtnnnsnnd he lawyer who dtvw Up tIm w > n Ctw Witnera I wondered now that that they < 1 not come down and it thu d nfler lliu leny I day fnet I publics ian Jottbtttlly Vood put Seua tar > Bhcrmans name ou it to make it impossible for Koraker to use the paper After publication linens was ttaggcied l see Sherman declaration k that the paper was a He but hea umed thatbhenuan ana extremely unlikely to have signed the paper knowing what i W8 Thirty years ago Sherman lost the SpcnkerMiip bJ signing in W way lira compendium of the Helper book Mr Haktead placed at the dIp po al of the conmiittue his privntJ litters l Governor Fcrtker and h that C 01 them were CI clutiVe evidence that boUt liinieH and Fornker were convinced of the soundness of the paper Cogsnell rrr saitnts dh not verify thecharactcrol the piper l > y Sherman and HutUnvorth He replied that Hutlcrwortli was not in the country or had just returned Sherman was In Washington He recalled the saying that you could get n member of Congress l fign a piton to get hiinMjf hanged I was not pleasant to put n finger on a sore spot like hat I was not his particular r to go ECDNGIT JUST TUe The matter was forced by circumstances circum-stances beyond lIke control r he did not consult the signer He admitted ad-mitted they could not draw Camp bell cut as they tried to do The fact Ipsaid lie he turned out n more difficult person than we thought pnon Turner then saId J tile Cover corhad succeeded in getting Camp bell Into a corner you would stand it the head cf the cannon antI touch UoOHaktcad I1 eXo elr I did not intend to stand at the head of the cannon but I got there Great laughter Continuing IIaktcad gold there was supposed to b I feeling between be-tween benator Sherman nntl Governor Gov-ernor Forxker growing out of the events of Ute Chicago convention Ohio contained more than her share distinguished men and there wag necessarIly n friction where they were so crowded The delicate relations lations existing between Sherman and Koraker made it highly Inexpedient Inex-pedient l allow anything t get out through Forakers agency that reflected cItt flected on tile Senator It would have been fatal l lie party Wit ness had nt relied on Woods word regarding the paper but was gullied the internal evidence of the tiy te Inlr eTIenc paper pa-per a document far beyond Woods ability to produce lie believed that from tho beginning Foraker had been fooled as he had himself witness never contemplated I rivalry rival-ry for the eenatorshin between himself him-self McKInley I and Itutterworth He had Known of great calamities befalling public men and believed that if these men had signed that paper they should be struck OALVESTOX HAIUX3R Before the Senate committee on commerce Reagan mado nn aegis ment in favor of the scheme t ipend SC000000 in l making a doep water harbor at Gal veston A subcommittee sub-committee was appointed to draft a bill and report t thofullcomrcittec DOMINATIONS The President today sent to tho Senate the nominations Jacob X Copes postmaster Phoenix Arz Supervisors of census Idaho A J Iinkham Wyoming Home lEer rIll Arizona Ellas S Clark Call loniia John F Sheehan first district dis-trict tlctIN IN EXECUTIVE SESSIOX of tho Senate today tho motions made by Edmunds In reference to tlie Samoan treaty was tabled hereupon Edmund stated tat lie desired to be excused from further scrvlceon the foreign relations committee com-mittee ARE GENERAL MTLLER ba given an opinion to tho Secretary Secre-tary of tho Treasury that Ole territory terri-tory known aSlINO Mans land Is Included in thu eastern judicial district of Texas and thai criminal IDe c oflenscs and vitiations of the in tcrnal reenuo laws committed The thcreare goernmentsjurisdiction cognizable In that district over gerlentsjursdlcton this territory las been a matter of dispute for many years TUB IHJLES The House committee on rules was In session this morning and amended the code l corresi nd to the action of the republican ncton rpllen caucus yesterday afternoon One of thee amendments which was overlooks m tho attract gent out last night Is of Importance n it nIght of the new code tho authority con i Cc Ruthort cn ferred the committees ct upon cmmle report ing general appropriation bills to pesent I I new legislation I It is learned that UiU action was directed di-rected by the republican caucus yesterday only after a bitter fight In which Cannon and McKInley were finally overcome by the opposition oppo-sition under the lead of iAyeon opp amended the rule Is in the exact shape of the hap corresponding rule in the preceding House CONFIRMATIONS Blanch K Bruce recorder of deed District of Columbia George W Irvin marshal for Montana INVALID lEI ° c IL I The Housu special committee on plnl cmmlee Invalid pension this afternoon puslon nferoon reported ported back the Senate disability lnsion I bill wIth a substitute making mak-ing the rate for Utli disability 72 per month and for partial disability S50 per mouth The bill as amended amend-ed was passed Sneak TllleTe CLEVELAND 0 Feb 6Sneak thieves tonight stole 4000 worth of diamonds and other jewelry from the residence of J B iVrkins The lilenco nooillrr CHICAGO FcbC Governor Fifer today refused to itardou Michael enrC one of Chicagos boodlcr commisaioncr9nov in Joliet prison Leydens prayer n that the time hesjentin jail at Chicago I pending appeal to the Supremo Court should Lo applied on his prL ou sentence The governor declined to take that view Next Monday however Lej tlen with all tn other boodle convicts Ochs Vhrnell Wasscr uiau and Van Pelt villl be released their terms I expiring on that day Ieydens plea for pardon t to I enable him I to rr his citizenship ProcelIutncongee WASHINGTON Feb ITo Senate Sen-ate took up Ole bill to provide tem xirarypnernmentfljrlhe 1 territory of OhUhoma Some amendments were aJopted and the matter went over OTerolalr spoke two hour on his educational edu-cational bill and then yielded the loor to conclude Monday A conference report on the Sen atejoiut resolution for thu remov 1 obstructions navigation in the Missouri river was presented and agrctUtr The House amendment reducing tlitvunount from J09000 10 STSOoO and inserting a provision ef O for improvements at the nuulhof the Columbia rlrvr ua adopted ndope ex ecutivesxssion adjourned 10u WASinxnTON Feb Thedcrno cotta tills morning carried out tlieii ollcy > cf silent protest against flu rulings of the Shaker by declining to vote upon the question of approv lug the journal The instrument however n approved yeas 153 layfe 70 a constitutloual quorum b lll counted by L the Si nker The committee on rules reported be recommitted new code Ordeied printed and fmmIULI The Senate direct lax bill n referred to the committee on judiciary judi-ciary Tarsney of Missouri oflercd a mao ulion recitingthatitischanred that many hundrxl ihUlvlduals entered OKLAIIOUA In violation of the act of Congress and the proclamation of the President Presi-dent and directing the Speaker ipwint a select committee to inves inate Hit matter Hcferred The following bIlls were introduced duced dUI Wlllhnisof Illinois directing the Secretary of the Treasury l mrciiase at the market price 4 UOOOOO wortli of silver bullion per month and have I coined a fast BS purchased into standard silver dolar prh1 Etnnln lnr By Borscy authorizing the Issue of SWOno000 in fiftyyear 2 percent per-cent United Htates bonds to be used exclusively for the purpose of securing se-curing the circulation of National banking associations Slayer from the committee on accounts ac-counts reported a U providing clerks for the members and delegate Printed and recommitted Perkins reported from the committee com-mittee on IndIan affairs which was nssed after a short discussion a bill extending for to yean1 the time within which the Kansas Pacific raIlroad company may construct a line through Indian rilct Adjourned Henry Dam = Claimed BuirALO F b e = The evidence In the libc suit of Her Dr Ball for 5000 damages against the New York Evening Jlott growing out of lie Presidential campaign of 1SS I closed today and Urn counsel began summing up Ball had attacked Clevelands personal character pub Icly and the Ecenlng Jtut paid its respects to Ball for having done so him G Milburn first summed up for the defense Ho raid that It was to lie regretted that tile old feelings of 1S54 were to be raked over by tills mInIster in his greed for money The action n brought or defama lon character and to get money when It appears that plalntltr has not suffered nt all in either character or purse What an opportunity for a mInIster l be graciousnnd say that as campaign was passed he would = nd enul ettho matter drop But no he must drop into court and rake up gW rnlu tilings painful to many A minister should not preach the gol onc day In the week ana play the pajt of a elective the other pta Attorney ot for the prosecution began his peecli this afternoon Babble Frlefceil SOFIA Feb 6It I now proved hat Major Panltza had all things prepared > surrounding the palace luring the ball Saturday and the riot was l kill Prince Ferdinand at hat tme VIENNA Feb KalopkotT a merchant of Rustlku and n former officer was arrested for complicity In the Panltza conspiracy Ho 1 belIeved l b the agent through whom the Kussan legation in Bucharest Bu-charest acted with the conspirator neTalaton1 Anniversary WASHINGTON Feb 0 Today icing tho 112th anniversary of lie sIgnIng otthe treaty which resulted In France extending aid l the United States in the fight for Independence inde-pendence William McDowell Ka ional vicepresident the Sons of S r J hcJKmerlcan devolution called upon the French minister and In ho name of the society congratu aleJ I him upon the return of this anniversary Tho minister said he valued highly the affectionate r gaol which the people of the United Slates htd for France and thanked the society for its work In perpctu two ting countries the good feelIngs lWll the nithtHKk aUd Fhetp BERLIN Feb GThe conflrma ton of the Samoan treaty by tho United States affords general satisfaction satis-faction here Herbert BIsmarcl called upon Minister Phclps this morning and congratulations were exchanged Ir 1helps gave an afternoon tea today The rooms were throngn with American ladles and Amerrn Inie gentlemen gentle-men who expressed much gratification diplomacy gratifi-cation at the results of American The Colored Men WASHUTOTON Feb 6The colored col-ored mens contention today ejected exSenator Pinchbeck president ident of the national organization and issued nn address l tho people of tt United States as follows Attention Is called to tho fact cle I that popular elections In many of IheStatcsoftlio South are farcical formalities where the votes of the colored men are suppressed by violence vio-lence or neutralized I by fraud th i rights denied and themselvestheir wives daughters mothers and sis ed 1 lers are made special 1 objects of unfriendly un-friendly State legislation and compelled com-pelled to travel In filthy and Inferior caret Colored American citizens convicted of potty offenses through unfriendly courts are subjected J while undergoing sentences to cruel and inhuman treatment In addition addi-tion colored American citizens when suspected of having commItted commIt-ted r I oHcnses Ii while in he custody of socalled officers of the law are in many Instancesand as wo believe with the knowledge and through the connivance of said oiflcttr cowardly LYNCHED AND MURDERED Our children In many blt arc not afforded the school facilities ton to-n Uiey are entitled The labor system in the southern states is unjust un-just and unfair and colored Americans Ameri-cans seldom I ever enjoy a fair or reasonable portion of the fruits of their labor They are taxed without with-out representation and compelled to obey the laws they have no voice In making 10111c1 parties are the Instruments Instru-ments through which thewlllof the wople Is executed Our purpose is 1he I impress Upon the publlcmind the I justice and fairness of our claims tat no political party can safely afford af-ford to Ignore them We urge upon colored American voters upn questions governmental or admln strative policy we should make sec ItUe Iolcy I ondary and subordinate without regard to the Attitude of tho parties upon omit question we sri It our duly l support only that party and only such candidates as arc known I lie friendly l our cause until all pollllcal parties will accord to us our rights and privi lee which we are entitled under he Constitution and laws of the and andThe address fiVorslllo flaIr bill the placing of Federal rltcllons uu ticr Federal lo control r and enlphatic ally denounces tile bill for the depor alion of colored men AnUorma 1IIllou OTTAWA Feb 6 Senator Macdonald Mac-donald of lIntel Columbia last night gave notice of his Intenttoa l Introduce a bill l amend tho oct respecting offenses relating to the laws of marriage It It designed more particularly to prevent iK the practIce of polygamy by tho Mor f pGI nons of Cardston and other placts In the Territories The penalty provIded for polygamy or fur assIst log In a polygamous marriage is imprisonment for 1 term not exceeding ex-ceeding two yean and a fine not receding 50i > or both roe bill alto proposes l disqualify any person per-son guilty of nn oUcnse under the at for voting at hIlly election In the Northeast Territories for being a candidate for any public position Tbb Verdlelt WASHINGTON Feb GThe coroners coro-ners inquest in I the Tracy fire Ix I closed and lie jurys verdict is Josephine Morel came to her death by the burning of the Tracy resld cites and tIle cause of the fire I unknown and the toss of life at the fire was rapid largely sprendi duo l its exceptionally Isnpneiant lon Sale NEW YORK Feb C Among trotting horse owners and breviers the sale of the entire stud owned by L L Jtose of IMS Angeles California Califor-nia is consldcrej one of the mot Important of the year I will beheld be-held in this city on March 5th and Includes twentynine colt fillies I and threeyearolds the Bullati a stallion Alcaiar and all the brood mar on the far except the famous fa-mous matron Miunchaba After Cal r 1nn BOSTON Feb 0 President Elliot Harvard In his annual report expresses disapproval of the Inter I hhe collegale league J which he COIl iders are weakening the cause of good and prolific in producing quarrels between the colleges which ought to have better business In band than football I controversies roDIeriy SCRANTON Po Feb C Powdery I Powder-y today instituted suit for criminal libel against Edward Callaghan A warrant for Callaghans arrest will be issued tomorrow The cow prows out of tho matter written b Callahan Calla-han during the recent trouble n lib owdcrly A Papal DlanTawal ROME Feb 0 Cardinal Ham polio in reference to the protest of the late Rabbi Adler dIsavows through CardInal Manning I the h port lIst the 1ope appnovcui he French book accusing tlie Jews of blood sacrifices of Christian children child-ren The Vatican simply acknowledged acknowl-edged receipt of the book TIeharktew BESSEMER Ala Feb 6For several days the neiroea have been holding meetings and discusslngBut lers bill They have sent to Congress Con-gress tho results cf their dellbera Ions which favor tho passage of tho bill and the emigration 01 tlie colored people to Congo Free State Africa Hotel Darned GLENS FALLS K Y Feb 7 The Mansion hotel was burned early this morning Stephen Coir a French doctor wag badly band b-and a number guests had very narrow escapes from being burned lo death dcnlbFCIIeraUon Federation Ilanqnef MELBOURNE Feb 6 Duncan illlles Premier of tho province of Victoria gave a grand banquet to lie 1to the convention to form a colonial federation James Series the late Premier proposed the toast of United Australasia sir Henry Parker Premier of New South Wales responded There was great enthusiasm TneCnlnene Flemani NEW YORK Feb GAt a meetIng meet-Ing of the chamber of commerce today to-day action was taken protesting against the McKInley tariff bill unless modified A communication was received from tho Chinese merchants of San Francisco expressIng ex-pressIng pleasure at the resolution recently adopted by the chamber for ro ru fU the resumption negotiations with ho Chinese government which were broken off when the excp act Wi pawed In IMS |