Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 12, 1886, Page 2

TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1886 THE IKE BONHAM BLOWS UP. A Missisaippi River Steamer’s Boiler Torn to Pieces. SIX OF THE BOAT'S CREW LOST. Heroic Work of the Oaptain's Wife in the Midstof the Burning Frag- ments ofthe Unfortunate Water Oraft. Mississippi Steamer Wrecked. Vicksnuia, Miss, March 11.—The steamer ke Bonham blew up to-day eleven miles be- Jow this elty. The mate, William Sandre, and several negroes were killed, and Pilot Ed McElroy, Engineer Charles Girard, and a number of deck hands were severely wound- ed. No further particulars have been re- cecived. LaTen—The steamer . A. Sargeant ar rived here from the wreck of the Ike Bonham this evening with the wounded, None of the bodles of the drowned have been recovered. Engineer Charles Girard, of the Ike Bon- ham, relates the following statement: *Pilot MeElroy was in command and Mrs. Bargeant was in chargeof the office, We were going after cotton seed and took no freight along. I had just tried the water in the boller and found a seant two gauges,” “I had left the wheel and gone back in the eabin to dinner, leaving 8. T. Andrews steer- ing. In an Instant the shock came, I was knocked down, and hot bricks from the fur- nace almost covered me. “1 saw Andrews and a number of eolored men in the river. They were calling for help. The explosion tore away the oflice, pilot house, chimneys and forward boiler deck, all the forward part of the cabin, throwing them into the rive “On the deck the result was equally dis- astrous, Six deck hands were blown over- board and only one of them rescued, Cap- tain McElroy and a number of colored pas- sengers and deck hands were more or less seriously injured, and all on board were scalded except Mrs, Sargeant. Imwediately after the explosion she took command of the boat, went below, helped to launch a yawl, and commanded those able to Tescue those in the river. By this time the debris around the boiler had caught fire, and she took a blanket and drew water and quenched the flames, after which she took a hook and threw the red hot bricks overboard. Mrs. Sargeant, by her heroism, saved the wreck from being burn She was not ex- cited in the least and never lost her presence of mind for a minute, Captain Sargeant is now in San Antonio, ‘where he has gone for the good of his health. During his absence his wife has had the management of his boats, which work she has always done suceessfully. About nine years ago Mrs. Sargeant, with her husband and three children, were on board the steamboat Phil Morgan which ex- ploded her boiler at Reality Landing, Black’s Bayou. While the wreck of the Bonham was burning to-day, her clothing caught fire several times, but she would tear away the burning fragments. There was no insurance on the boat. sank in three feet of water, She Two Powder Mills Blow Up. PoRTLAND, Me., March 11.—The two great powder niills of tne Gambo Powder company, eleven miles from lere, blew up this after- noon. There was a large stock of material on hand, and the explosion was terrific. Clarence Clarey of Gorham was killed, and Henry Hooper was terribly mangled and cannot survive. ‘The loss will be heavy. T'wo years ago two mills which stood on the same place blew up, killing three men. e oty Jhowd SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. LixcoLy, March 11.—The following opinions were handed down by the su- preme court judges yesterday: Hellman vs. Spielman. Error from Platte county. Aflirmed. Opinion by Cobb, J. 1. In all_proceedings against sherifls, or other oflicers, for faure to return writs of exccution, ete, the inquiry is permitted whether the debt could v been collected, and whether its collection has been prejudiced by the s of the defendant. “Crooker vs. Melick, 24 N. W. R., 68, 2. In such case the actual loss sustained b?‘ the plaintiffin the value or availbili of hi urtty, by reason of the ac negligence of the defendant, is the me ure of his damage: State vs, Lawrence, eption from Platte county. Obinion by Keese, J. 1. An indictment for incest contained two counts; the first, charging the crime ave b committed on the 1st day of and on divers other days and stween that date and the Tst ¢ of April, 1834, On motion of the defenc the distriey court required the district at- torney to eloct upon which count he would proceed to trial. Held, no error, being two distinet offen 2. In an indictment against a fs for incest withhis daughter,under section 204 of the criminal codt, it 'is not neces- sary in order to-a conviction, that the testimony should show that the father and daughther cohabited together as “ husband and wife, nor it should ap- pear that he held her ated her 10 others as his wife living and cohabiting with his wife, it is shown that the father and danghter tived together in the same family house, and that he for any considérable lengzth of time, and a8 a custom, rudely and licentiousty had sexual intercourse with her in her room in the house, for that purpose asserting his authority as avent, it will be suflicient to sustain a convictioh, Yates vs. Kiuney. Appeal from Fillmore county, Afirmed, Opinion by Reese, J 1. Where the lessee of agricultural lands, on shares, for the term of one year, holds over for another year by the con- sent of the landlord, no difierent or other contract as to the terms of the lease hav- ing been made, in an action for rent, the law will imply an agreement to hold for the year upon the terms ot the prior lease. 2. In such case the tenant may mort- gago his interest in the crop raised, with- out the consent of the lessor and the mortgagee will hold the title of the lessee to the mortgaged property, but subject to all the rights of the lessor, and” such mo]rlgugu will be no violation of his rights. 8'A conclusion of law of n reforce, even if erroneons upon an immaterial or unimportant question in the case, will not vitinte }lis report, or require it to be set aside by the court to which it is re- turned, if the findings and conclusions are i other respec rrect. Munson vs. Caite cointy, Afirmed. Ch. J. 1. When ecoorcion is not suflicient to amount to duress, but a social or domes- tie foreei. wd on ty.which con- trols the free action of his:will and pre- veuts voluutary action in the making of a cont xocution of a deed for real estate, equity b relieve the same on the ground of undue intlu “ ence. ror from Adams Opinion by Maxwell, Otoe County vs. Huye. ) vor from Otoe 'i!mnu. Reversed. "Opin n by Maxwell, . J. 1, Where a public road is looated along the side of 4 railway previ y eon- wosteieted and in operation, the jury i awarding damages to the land owner for such public road, ¢ element of dau pussing along suc ened by the ears and run away and in- jure the land ownet’s fences or crops. 2. The jury should be instructed as to what constitiites the proper elements of damage, and_an instruction that the jury should allow the land owner “any incidental damages sustained by reason of the location of the road,”” ete., with- out stating what constitutes incidental damage: fi liable to mislead the jury. Spielman ys. Flynn. _Error from Platte county. Reversed. Opinion by Maxwell. Ch. J, 1. When the amount claimed does not exceed $200, and an action is brought against the sheriff for the value of the property sold by him under an execution in his hands, and_there is no charge of . ond ct, a justice of the peace has ju- ieti 2. A certified copy of the stenographic reporter’s rd of proceedings in the district court is admissable in all cases where the original would be; and where the parties stipulate that the evidence of A witness on a former trial may be used instead of taking his deposition, the stip- ulation should be enforced. Section 306 of the code for the in- spection of books, papers or documents in the hands of the adverse party, does not npr]y to copies_of public record open to the inspection of both Vrr!ius: and a copy of which may be obtained by either or both parties on” payment of the neces- sary foe 4. When material testimony is sup- pressed, without which the party in whose }uvur it was taken, cannot safely )llrn(-oed to trial, the court, upon the application of such party, and upon such terms as may be }usl, should grant a continuance. Hamilton va, Whitney, Clark & Co, Error from Fillmore county. Aftirmed. Opinion Maxwell, Ch. J. 1. Where a transcript of judgment from the county court was not filed in the district court of the proper county and the judgment record contained the hames 6t the jedEment dobtor ant the jidgment creditor arranged alphabetically, the date of the judgment, the amountof the same, ete., a purchaser of real estate in the county from the judgment debtor is chargeable with notice of the judgment lein, notwithstanding the judgment may not be entered on the gencral index Metz vs. State bank, 7 Neb., 105, distin guished. 2. An appellee who has taken steps to have a decree reviewed, will not on the aflirmance of the judgment of the su- preme court, be entitled to any greater relief than was awarded to him in the court below. State vs. Hards. Ex(‘or\lnns‘ e county, Sustained. Opinion b; 1. Section nine of chapter twelv compiled statutes provides *‘that any per- son who, after having conveved any arti- cle of personal property to another by mortgage, shall during the existence ot the lien, or title created by such m gage, soll, transfer or in any manner di pose of said personal property, or any part thereof so mortgaged, to ny persons or body corporate,without first procuring the consent of the mortgagee of the prop- erty to such sale, transfer or disposal shall be deemed guilty ot a felony and on conviction thercof shall be imprisoned in the peniten for a term not ex- cceding ten years and be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.”— Held, that under this statnte it is not necessary that the indictment should al- lege that the act was done with the intent to defraud. 2. Where the title to an act contains but one subject which is the principal or leading part of the act, and another sub- ject is included in the act, but not men- tioned in the title, the title and subject matter therein contained which is in- cluded in the act, will be sustained, while that part of the act not mentioned in the title will be held invalid, if it is apparent that the second was not an inducement to the legislature to pass the first so that for the second part it would not have passed the act. The City of York vs. Spellman. Error from York county; reversed. Opinion by Cobb,J. 1. Forr t out at length in the opinion, instruction No. 5, held inappli- cable to the evidence, and erroneous. 2, In an action against a city for an in- jury sustained by the ])J]uinlifl by reason of a defective crosswalk, by or under the authority of the city, that the cit; through'its proper authorities, had notie of the defect which caused the injury, trom which notice thercdf may reasonably be inferred, or circumstance from which it appears that the defect ought to have been known and remedied by the cit, 8. For reasons given at length in the opinion, held; that the trial court erred in withdrs f jury the testi- mony of the witness therein named, as to the dimensions of the wooden strug of the crosswalk alleged to hay the cause of the inj 4 the measurement” two years date of the injury. -~ TERRY AND HOWARD. The Sentiment of Army Office: ‘T'o the Editor of the New York Sun— S The army will be surprised at tl appointment of Gen. Terry to fill the cancy oceasioned by the death of Hancock, over the head of his Gen. Howard, and will inquire into the causes which influenced the exceutiye in his action. A brief com- parison of the records of the two oflic as they appear in the Army Registe would indicate that their mil 7 not considered. Gen. Howard was made a brigadier- of volunteers in September, neral of volunte a brigad in 1863, and may general in 1865, Whilo How Commanding army corps and armics, Terry was commanding brigades and da- ms, That Howard was considered competent for large commands is evidenced by the fact that he was selected by Grant and Sherman to take command u¥ the Army of the Tennessee after the death of the lamented McPherson, one of the most brilliant ofticers developed during the war, ‘This magnificent army Howard commanded skillfully and suc- cessfully until the close of the war, Howard’s name was identified with most of the eventful battles of the war, while Terry only rose nbove the level of & hundrod other brigadier-generals by being accidentally in command at the eapture of Fort Fisher, which would have been taken easily before but for the ridi- culous “powder” boat” flasco of Butler and Porter, Besides, it is perfectly well known that Comstock of the engineers planned the attack and Ames did the ighting. Since the war there is a still more marked diference. Howard has shown the greatest activity and commanded in person one of the most extraordinary campuigns against Indians on record, when the character of the country over which he traveled is considered. Be- sides, he visits every post in his depart- ment yoarly, th by making himself personilly acguainted with his command and its want other band, the r taken the field when he brought tardy relief to the ivors of tho Custor massacre, and s steambont came within twelve of the battle fi th the wounded, when s & fow miles away Gon, Terry's i was made doubt if the majo! men would know him by sight. " Indecd he has been Janghingly dubbud the 'Steam General," i of his never having been than o few miles out or hearing of v locomotive whistle. " these fucts, ' whi hin the konowledge of every army r, the pr eut did pot consider military réputation and efficiency in his selection, and we must look further for the real reason, Gen. Howard's pro- nounced views on_religion and temper- ance have made him obnoxious to alarge class of army officers, and particularly at_army headquarters, where a large religious element diametrically opposed to Gen. Howard is believed to exist, and strong influence may have been brought to bear from this quarter. It may have been a concession to the New England politicians, and that the samo reasons which keep Senator Edmunds's brother- in-law on duty in Washington in vic tion of the puf‘ioy and orders of the secre- of war, may obtain in this case. ever if may be, it is a blow at pline and efffciency as it may involve the command of the army in a fow years Had the president, when he over- slaughed one, gone lower down on the list of brigadier-generals, he might have selected a younger and more active man than either, o mnot write this with any partisan view, but simply cxpiessing what 1 con- sider the sentiment of the unprejudiced oflicers of the army. v ashington Critic: ‘“After the battle of Bull Run,’’ said Mr. Rosewater of the Omaha Beg the other day to “Carp” of the Cleveland Leader, ‘I came to Wash- ington and entered the telegraph office of the war department under Generals Stager and Eckert. The telegraph oftice was in the library of the department. General Eckert at that time looked very much like Heenan, the prize fighter, He was a good story teller, and he and Lincoln told many good stories there. Lincoln used to come in every morning toread the disllmu-lws and during the exciting times he would spend hours in the office. The night of the battle of Fredericksburg he stayed all night. During this battle the army of the Po- tomac was largely commanded by the war department. Burnside was in com- mand and the order for the attack was given by Stanton and Lincoln from the war oftfice. The attack began on_Sunday morning about 8 o’clock, and Presid Lincoln came into the oflice in his slip; pers. He remained all day and far into the night. Secretary Stanton was also l»ruwnL At noon Stanton sent an order- y with an ice-pitcher out for beer, and Lincoln, Stantor, Captain Fox, then ary of the navy, and my c and kers. Al s were being constant- 1y received, and President Lincoln die- tated encouraging replies without ing them, standing behind me as he did so. As the day went on the reports grew discouraging, and at night_the de- f finall ced. When it 13,000 men were o dispateh. ki Lincoln, He looked pale, wan and hag- gard. He did not get over it for a long time, and all that winter of 1863 he was downeast and depressed. He felt that the loss was his fault. Burnside had de- clined to take command of the army, saying that he was not competent, and Lincoln had insisted upon it and had persuaded him, Burnside feared the re- sponsib I remember one morning in the war department, President Lin- coln en in _at the moment that Frank Leslie’s mewspapers arrived. In the paper wr a cut representing Lincoln as a_butcher, in which he had cut off the head of McCle] lan and other geners and with hi sleeves rolled up and the executions on the executioner’s bl Was now preparing to cut off Bur head, which was Tepresented as lying there. Lincoln laughed as he looked at cartoon, and just then General Burnside entered. ‘Here is your head, generall said President Lincoln, pointing to the picture, with a laugh. ~ It was not long after this that Burnside's head came oft in fact, #nd his successor was ap- pointed.” e Rea! Estate Transfers, The following transfers werc filed March 10, with the county clerk, and reported for the Ber by Ames’ Real Estate Agency: Francis T. McKenna and wife to Catharine MegGrath, 163 3 and 4, blk T, Shinn’s Second add, Omaha; w d—81,350, James T Clark and'wife to Joseph M. Met- calf. part of blk 200, and 1ts 5,6, 7 and ', blk 260, Omaha; w d—$20,000, Chas, W, hilton and wife to Emily J. Briggs, south 132 feet of block 200, Omaliag q o Euily J. Briggs (widow) to James T, k, Its 5, 6, 7 and 8, blk 260, Omaha; w d John Btuben and wife to Alvin Saunde and others, wig of nel of sel sec-15 Donglas county’s w d—80,500. Alexander H, Baker and wife to Himebaugh and others, part of sec 1 Doug county; w d—$54,000, James Brennin and wife to James R Leonard, Its 9, 10, and ng of 1t 8,blk 2, Boyd’s add, Owal Geo. A, Wilcox and wife to Edith E, Hardy, 50 feet of Its 13.and 14,and east 50 feet of south 15 feet of It 15, blk 2,1anscom Place, Omaha: w d—$3,350, Congdon and_wife and others to stava M. Bowman, It 50,Clark’s add, Oma- ha: w d—88,000, Isaae I, Congdon and wife und others to Adolph Bowman, Its 25 and 20, Clark’s add, (‘"Iil ha 000, Ch ree C. 18, I W. Hamilton and wife to Peter John , Sunnyside add, Omalia; w Redick and .wife to Henry t 21, Wi, A, Redick’s add, Oma- ). ; or L. Thomas and wife fo A, R. Du- frene, Its 7 and 11, blk 8, Lowe's add,Oimalia, q e—1,000, Andrew J, Poppleton and wife to Otto Lo- 18, 1000 acres of sec 19 and to Al- and 4, blk 2, Ox- ), ‘e to Charles 16-11, Douglus county; to Grandville O, orbett and wife 9, blk 3, B & Hil's Second Jarles Riteliey. add, Omahaz W d Notle A special meeting of the A. 0. H. so- ciety is called for Friduy evening next ow evening) at the A, O. H. hall, All memb ers are requesied to be present, as final arrangements for the St. Patrick’s Day celebration are to be concluded. By order of the president. ———— The second series of stock of the Oma- ha Loan and Building association and the Mutual Loan and Buflding association are now open for subscription at 218 8. 14th st. Ohicu hours 5 to 6 and 7 to 8 g m. 3. M. NATTINGER, Sec'y. Progre: A journal devoted to the interests of the Knights ot Labor, will be published in this city Saturday morning. It will coutamn all the latest labor news of the day, as well as other matters of import- ancé. Look out for it e or Sale. Liyery stable of thirty years standing; doing 4 fine business, only reason for selling, a desive to retire from business Will lease the building for a term of 0. W. Homax, 13th and Harney Sts. C - ant to buy a few pieces of property ly located, with or without im- provements, state price and torms. P By 5 J. W. Rospixs, B Th o3 Furniture, When you buy furniture get prices at Howe & K 1510 Douglas strect, oppo- site Falconer's, Spring is Here. And sois a fine line of new spring and summer woolens, domestic andimported, at the well known tailoring e went of Schmitzberger & Kessler, in the Millard hotel block.” They da fine tailor- ing in a prompt and satisfactory manncr VICTINS OF ‘THE CAISSON, Two Bridge-hbq‘nn‘_ Die of the Strange Malady Yesterday- OFFICER BLOOM'S ASSAILANTS Held in Defaultof $1,000 Bail—Police and Court Nets —Chasing a Sneak Thief-A Wedding Last Night-<Talks With Trayelers, Etc. The First Deaths. From time to time the Bre noticed the various cases of the caisson disease which have ocenrred among the men em ployed in sinking the piers for the new Union Pacitic bridge. Heretofore none of these cases have proved fatal, and those in charge of the construction of the bridge had begun to hope that there was to be no loss of life from the strange malady. Yesterday, however, two deaths from caisson disease wero reported. The first one was that of a man by the name of Taggart who was taken ill a week ago. His symptoms when taken to the surface were manitestly those of caisson discase and he was placed for treatment in St. Joseph's hospital Inflammation of the brain and sruml cord set in, the patient grew rapidly worse, and_died yesterday morning. He was a single man, and has relatives living in this city. The second case was that of Henry Miller, who died yesterday morning after suffering but a fow moments. He had gone down with one of the first shifts of men early in the morning and came up after working two hours. He had hardly come out into the light and fresh air before he fell down in a spasm of agony. Some of the n medicine prepared by the company’s surgeon, Dr. Galbraith, was iven to lum and he seemed to rally won- In a few moments set in and he relapsed into a state of un- consclousness, from which he never re- covered. He 'was placed on a train and hurried across the river, but before the hospital _could be reached he tead Dr. Galbraith, who 2 post mortem examination of the body found that des aralysis of the hear nd had just commenced work in the caisson the night before. Nothing 15 known about him cxcept that he was an Omaha man, and unmarried, about 85 years of “‘These are the first cases that | sulted in death,” said Dr. Galbraith to a reporter terday, *‘and I think in all probability they proved fatal because the men were not |»‘|y, 11y strong and able to stand the terrible pressure. Where 2 man has a strong, robust con- stitution, and takes good care of himself there is no danger.” George Brackett, a middle-aged man who went to work in the_caisson Wednes- y night, aftercoming out ning was attacked by the es He was found lying in a semi-un- scious condition, on’ the floor of the waiting room at the Union Pacific depot, and was taken to St. Joseph hospital for treatment. His cage is a_bad one, though it is thought that he will recover. ave re- Awaiting Trial. The four men who att Bloom at the Slavin house W ternoon and bewt him up s still in jail awaifingitrial. are Pat Carroll, Hugh DMcGarvey, Tom Leonard and Charles” Baer. Against two of them, Carroll and Loonard, the charge of assault with intent to kill has been pre- ferred, and the authorities will make a desperate attempt to have them sent over the road for their cowardly attack upon Oflicer Bloom. In case that charge can- not be made to stick, another charge of sault and battery will be preferred, for ch the punishment at the furthest limit, is $100 fine and three months in the county jail. Bloom’s face was swolien so badly 2 could hardly see. He nesday af- not dangerous, consisting When he is able to agamst his ilani led to trial. In the meantime they i jail, being held in bonds of $1,000 cach, Yesterday afternoon the fifth man sup- posed to haye been conne, 1 with l|||\: appe be He proved to be Jack O'Keefie, known tough. The arrest was 1 Ofticer Bellamy, who lodged his m the central pohice station” to keep com- pany wi he r f the gang. Still a sixth man arrested” later on sus picion of having bueh mixed in the aff le gives the name of John Wills, ‘Wholesale Forgery. Mention was made in the BE; of the case of W.L. whose arrest a warrant was sworn out in police court on the cha order for lod; The order Standish ha :d on Mr, Charles Johnson, of the freight auditing artment of the Union Pacific head- quarters. Yesterday that gentleman re- ceived notice to call and settle a number of other accounts which Standish had contracted for him, among them seye whisky bills. One of these orders reac about” as follows: “To Richard Wilde, Please send by bearer two pints of your best whisky. I want it for my sick wife. Will eall and settle on my way ugp from worl The other ordoers were similarly worded. It appears that quite a number of business men have been vie- Millard, where was found by Officer Kennedy in conversation with a friend. When tiaken to the police station, how- ever, bo gave the nmne of E. D. Porter and would nov admit his identity. He was seen by the Cozaens people during the evening and upon being identitied as the man wanted he was locked up, o — Raill Notes, It was expected that the Missouri Pa- cific freight cars, yhidh have been stand- ing side tracked since . Friday, would be moved yesterday,'but' up to 2 o’clock the force of men who Wi expected to handle the cars had not commenced their work, There arctwo-crews of men who are now lying idle i the logul yards on account of the suspension of freight traftic on the Missourp Pacitic. The block- ade will probably be raised by this morning at the furthest. Snows u sorted along the line of the Union Pacifie, but all trains are run- ning on time. Ger Passenger Agent Morse and General Tratic Manager Kimball left yesterday for Denver to meeting of the Colorado pool Another change in railro oceur next Monday. Th road has made arrangements to leave the quarters used as oflices in the Paxton, and the building at 1305 Far been rented, where the ticket and freight offices of that road will be located future. The ne Ay alte interior of the st and evervthing will be conveniently ar the Tust of this wee 1 offices will Rock Island Word was received in Omalia yesterday of the death of Andy Atkins, one of the best known railroad men in the country. He was traveling agent for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and on his numerons visits to this city had made many triends. He was at San Antonio, Texas, at the time of his death, which occurred Wednes- day night. The remains were sent north and will arrive at St. Louis, Saturday, where the funeral will take place on Sunday. Wrongfully Accnsed. Jacob Schull, who works in a butcher shop in North Omaha, appeared before Judge Stenberg yesterday morning and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Lizzie Backus. This woman, Mr. Schull claimed, was washing for his wife Wednesday and took advantage of her absence to steal a purse containing $185. Mrs. Schull saw the woman fumbling about in one of the rooms, but did not suspect that he had stolen anything until Mr. Schull came home and discovered the loss of his purse with the amount named Mrs. Backus had always borne a good char- acter heretofore. the wife of a man who works in the Union Pacitic shops, and is the mother of a large family of children. She was arrested in the afternoon and brought to the central police station, although the officers were positive that sho was not guilty of the charge preferred against her. Judge Stenberg immedi- ately sent Officer Whalen to bring Schull and his wifo to appear against her, but the latter positively refused to come. Schull accompanied the oflicer to court but instead of testifying against Mrs, Backus he withdrew the “complaint and pad the costs. No one who knows any- thinfiz about the case believes in Mrs. Backus® guilt, and_ the queer action of Mr. Schull in regard to the matter leads to the beliof that the mon has either }vcen found or satisfactorily accounted or, TALKS WITH TRAVELERS. Short Interviews Gathered in the Ho- tel Rotundas, E. B. Meyers, Tiffin, O.-“Nataral oil and gas wells have been struck near our place and they promise to yield abund- antly. They are somewhat simil; ture and extent to the celebrated ga oil wells of Pittsburg, Pa. At Finley near Tiflin, other gas wells have been discovered, which are even better than those at our place—one of them in par- ticular which has been piped and shoots a stream of gas thousands of feet into the air. Speaking of gas, a man at Colum- bus has invented a machine which he claimms will cenyert air into gas by pass- ing it through crude petroleum. With- out trying to explain the exact process to you, I will say that the air is first com- pressed in some way and then passe through the oil. It is said to form gas of the finest kind, and leaves the oil worth twice what it was before. According to the statement of the inventor, more than half a million feet of gns can be manufac- tured from a barrel of oil, at a cost not to exceed two cents per thousand fect. Whether this is so or not remains to be seen. A company has been formed to develop the idea and it is expected that these gas manufacturing machines will soon be ready for the market.” J. C. Bentley, Laramic, Wyoming: **Yes, Laramie is booming. She is enjoying a quict, healthy growth. Those tie-pre- serving works to be built by the Union Pacific promise to furhish another impor: tant jndustry for our city. I understand the plant will be ready for operation this summer. I have just come from the neighborhood of ola Fort Fetterman. That is a magniticent country and its re- sources are just beginning to be appreciat- ed. Gold and_sily mines, mica and coal deposits, give promise of magmficent development. — Immigration is already setting in, and the indications are that the coming year will witness a wonderful influx of settlers into this portion of the territory.” Hoss-Smith. Last evening. at the residence of the bride’s parents, 2433 Davenport street, Mr. John Hoss and Miss Emeline Clare Smith were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony, Rev. J. 8. Detwiler tying the nuptial knot. The groom is in the em- ploy of Lininger & Metealf company, and the bride is the daughter of Hon. 1 D, Smith, an ex-member of the Canadian parliament. The impressive ceremony was performed in the presence of only the relati and most intimate friends of the contracting parti Among th present were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Brown, Miss Katie Brown, M and Mrs. Cyrus Rose, Mr. and Mrs. K the M Josie, Hortense and Gertrude Smith, and Messrs, Arthur Rose, James Wiison, Will own and Harry Brown The presents were both useful " and el gant, and the newly dded pair start out in their new relationship with the hest wishes of a host of fricnds that they have both made during their residence in the Gate city, and witli every prospect of u happy future before them. Forged His Uncle’s Name. A call for the patrol wagon from the Union Pa depot yesterday afternoon shortly atter 5 o'clock was responded to quickly, and when that vehicle returned to the eentral police station it containe besides the oflicers, a young man named Jacob Ramge. It scems that about 4 o'clock in the afternoon young Ramge bad entered A, D, Mor asked that gentleman to e §10. Mr. Morse looked at the check, and as it appeared to be all right and bore the signature of the young man's uncle, Frank Ramge, the tailor, he cashed it. Later he discovered that the check was forged, and informed the police. Depot Policeman Duff’ Green spied Ramge in the waiting room at the station, prepa ing to take the dummy tr and ar- rested him, At the police station Ramge was thoroughly searched, but not a cent of money conld be found' on_his person. He refused to tell what had become of it, and was locked up. Grease Thieves. Two young lads last evening stole a tub of butter from in front of a butcher shop on Twelfth street, between Dodge and Capitol avenue, They carried their booty into a restaurant across the street and endeavored to dispose of it, but fail- ing they threw it between two buildings in the rear and left. A passer-by who had seen the theft informed the butcher, who ealled upon the police to arrest the boys. Ofiicer Brady suceeeded in eap- turing one of them, & colored Jad named Frank Morton, but the other on: Henry Jones, & waiter 1n the restaurant where the thie to dispose of the butter, was also arrested g plice by Offi howe f that all he the boys tried to sell the butter to him. “0ld Vie" Seriously I Victor Dueros, the well known restan ranteur, was reported to be in a very seri ous condition last night with an afle of the brain. Yesterday while n his restaurant, on Twelith street, betweer Farnam and Douglas, he was seen ta sud- denly fall forward, but was vaught by fricuds, who carvied him to kis rooud in an unconscious conditton. It was feared | that death would ensuc immediately, but he rallied somewhat and at a late hour Inst night was resting easier. “Old Vic as he is familiarly called, 18 an old re dent of Omaha, and has been in the res- taurant business here for seventeen vears He celebrated his sixty-ninth birthday the 12th day of last month, The Weather. The snowfall is not by any means local and in fact appears to be pretty goneral all through the west and northwest. Along the iine of the Union Pacific, as far out as Sidnoy, heavy snows and bliz- zards wero reported yestorday morning, all through Colorado, Wyoming and Da- kota the storm is raging with various intensity at different points, A cold wave is bearing down upon Omalia, as will be seen by the following telogram received by the signal sorvice oflicer yesterd WAR DEPARTMEN Orrice Ciier St } W reh 11, 18 ASHINGTON, N 3 Omaha, N Indieation for Omaha and vicinity to-day: 10 a. m.: Hoist cold wave signal; fall of 15 to 20 degrees dur- ing Friday. HAZEN, Observer, Army Notes. In accordance with instructions from Geaeral Sheridan, First Licutenant O'Brien, Fourth Infantry (Fort Omaha) has been detailed to inspect certain horses, cows and a variety of lumber to be delivered at the Santee agency at an early day under contract. On being no- tified by the Indian agent when these sup- plies will be ready for inspection, Lieu- tenant O'Brien will proceed to make the inspection. _Second Licutenant George N. Chaso, Fourth Infantry, has been ordered to proceed to the Flandreau Indian agency und witness the issue of annuity goods. Union Star Masquerade. About sixty couples enmasque whirled away the hours last night at the Metro- politan hall to the strains of del music. The oveasion was the last party of the series of nine given by the Union Star club this season, all of which have proved most pleasurable.® Fourteen numbers of the well-arranged pro- gramme were carried out before the un- king, when supper was served, and remaining thirteen carried the danc- s into the wee sma’ hours. The gentle- men who had the affair in charga were Will H. Bonner, master of ceromonic F. E. Green, Joseph Roberts, John Burch- more, floor committee; E. H. Martis, H. C. Rhyn andT. W. Burchmore, reception committee, Held for Grand Larceny. Annie Johnson, the colored prostitute who was arrested Wednesday afternoon for robbing Mike Gilligan, an employe of tho Union Pacific shops, was given a hearing before Judge Stenberg in police court yesterday afternoon. Gilligan tes- tified that while e was visiting the wom- an_at her house on Capitol avenue sho had robbed him of §65. Annie, howeve denied the charge, but the judge co cluded to hold her'to_the district_court for grand larcony. Her bail was fixed at $1,000, and in default she was remanded to’ jail. Gilligan was_also put under bonds to appear as a witness. “DIED. BIRMIN GIAM—Cathatine wite of Thomas Birmingham, aged ° _and 5 months, on Mareh 10, of her parents, Mr, and M 1124 Ca vices at Ioly Family church 9 a. m, Brevities. B. Strathmann sold out hi: ne: t the stock yards yeste Driscol, of D enison, Iowa. The U. R. K. of P., Myrtle Division No. 8, give their last annual party of the season—a masquerade--at Metropolitan hall this evening. An interesting programme arranged for this cvening by the Omaha Business College, corner of Thir- te Douglas. Admission free. . Harsha lectures evening at the Omaha Business College Subject: *The Demands of the Age and its Claims on the Youth of Ame ) Benson returned wnd Island, Neb., v free public lecture in at the Preshyterian church. The grand ball of the local lodg the Jewish order of Bnai Brith wi Leld at the ( i Il on the 31st in- stead of the 23 , as has been an- 1in the BEg re will be a m aloon busi- ay to John has been a few days of oting of the Young nperance Union Baptist church. All young carnestly urged to be pres 1. 8. Curtis and George E. B: a petition yesterday asking the county commissioners not to consider favorably the [l»l:m to dig a ditch from the city lim- its through the Saratoga precinet for the purpose of draining. While running at a high on Douglas street yesterday afternoon the patrol wagon eollided with a sand wagon. The former lost a hub by the operation, and the driver of the latter was thrown to the pavement, but not in- Jured, e of speed rney, who has s in jail for drunkennes: from confinement yesta Stenberg on a proniise to and finish the payment on lot which he has led for with the ex- ception of #10. % s acting com- » ort D. A. Rus- sell, Firs nant George Palmer has beeh ordered to relieve Major William 1L Bell, commissary of subsistence, of the duties of purehising and depot com- missary of subsistence at Cheyenie, Wyoming. it was commenced in the district ur ay by Rathmann vs. Peycke et al.,, to over on two notes said to have been secured by fraud from the plaintiff by the defendants. e notes were for $1,280 and $1,000 respectively, and were given to secure the lease of certain school lands which, the plaintifl”s petition says, failed to matorialize. TR Hon. Church Howe, with his son Her- bert R. Howe and two grandchildren is at the Paxton SR He Was Fifty, But He Knew How to atter, “Wife—*“This is a nice time of night to come home; mn't you ashamed of your- self " Husband (pulling off his boots and l)\nling them carefully on the burcan) ‘Don't—er—scold. Couldn’t get away —er--moment sooner. Had a big argument,” W.—"“Big fiddlestick!" H.—“Faect. 1 ‘sure you. Whadcher think? A -boys of the lodge in Queshum was, which of us had—er—most amiable and—er autiful wife, I t ‘em ull. Described you—hie—beautiful s, silky “huir, ocheeks YOS0S, eth pearls, lips cherries-—temper—er hic—like nang Oftered to fight *em if They g late-—er—victo world, (with a sweet smile)—“You are a sad fellow, dohn. I'm afraid you'll never be anything better, Let me help you to take off your coat, dear.” hie Before buying et prico g pricos at the €2 Lumber Yard, 15tk ahd Culiforaia. WHEAT JUMPS UP ONE-HALF. Surprising Bulge in the Leading Oereal Under Dampening Conditions. REPORTS FAVORED THE BULLS, Other Speculative Markets Without fally Unchanged —~Good Cattle in Demand But Scarce. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. CricAGo, March 11,—[Special Telegram. | ~WieAr—Despite continued mild, springs like weather, there was a little bulge in wheat to-d: Prices went up at asingle jump g right at the opening of business. Trading all the forenoon was at a higher range than yesterday's close, yet the feeling was nervous, and the crowd so thoroughly erams med with conflicting news and rumors of various kinds that nobody would have been surprised if the bottom had fallen out of the market any minute, Prominent among the bull features this morning were various re- ports of unfavorable weather for winter wheat in the southwest, firm cables, and the more pacific outlook of affairs in the disaf- fected labor market. Then, too, the govern- ment orop report (which traders did not have e to digest yesterday) were claimed by the bulls as a favorable showing. It was also reported that the Cineinnati Price Current crop estimate would not differ from the Washington bureau’s figures more than 6,000,000 bushels, which helped to clineh the latter, as it were, On the New York produce exchiange the report was regarded as favor- able by both bulls and bears. It is ficured out here now by the bulls that by the middle of July next we shall have only 50,000,000 bushels of wheat in reserve, or bordering on a wheat famine. The New York market opened *ge higher to-day, but weakened later, and clearings from that port yesterday amounted to 51,000 bushels of wheatand a fair amount of tlour. Starting sales here were at8y'ge, and prices hung around there for an hour or more, touching 85 @S53c on the split at one fime, local shorts do- of the buying. Aftor the ent demands were satisfied the mar- ket receded to S43¢e, and then reacted to about the opening figures, closing at 85@%5 ke at1o'elock. The amountof wheat on pas- sage to the United Kingdom is the same as st week, and to the continent 10,000 quarters of an increase. ‘Lhe change is so slight that locally the report had no effect upon the mar- ket. Export demand for flour is holding up well, both here and at the scaboard. To- commercial cables were conflicting, private dispatehes in some instances being less favorable than the publie one: MINOR GRAI rn and oats in the spoe- ulative market have relapsed into their for- wmer condition of dullness. There was hardly enough doing to-day to keep traders together, and price fluctuations were within the small- range. Cash corn was steady. ProvisioNns—Drovisions were dull. Dur- ing the entire session mess pork fluctuated only be and lard 2i5e. AFTERNOON BoArRD—On the afternoon board the markets were quiet and character- ‘Crading in both gramn and provisions slight at essentially unchanged prices. May wheat eased off from 85@sdlge on the splitat the opening to 843{e, but overed the ground lost. Based on yesterday’s latest bid prices, there was an actual improvement ay in wheat of e, with the other articles Chandler-Brown 0o,'s Report. The following report of Chicago's specula- tive markets is furnished the B by W. P, Peck, Omaha representative of Chandler- Brown Co., of Chicago and Milwaukee: Markets were lifeless on’Change to-day, values fluctuating within a very narrow range. Cables were strong with better in- The amount of wheat on passage in- creased to 80,000 bushels, Receipts at primary markets, 125,000 bush- els; shipments, 78,000 bushels of wheat, wheat openedat 85'e, with some buy- inzby shorts on strong cables, which ad- vaneed the market to 859, reacted t sold again to 84%e, closing at 86@s Firm and steady at yesterday’s clos- b b 2 600 602 607 012 10 10 10 15 10 22 17 502 587 June CH 1CAGO LIVE STOCK, 11CAGO, March 11.—[Special Telegram,] ‘] was in rather a pecus ndition to-day. The supply was the largest of the week, and while there were a few $6.00@6,50 cattle here, the general qual- ity of offerings was poor to fair, Buyers were slow to buy at lower rates, The Alle- gheny men, who wanted the best cattle, and other buyers who had orders to fill early, were in the trade and done considerable bus- Iness before the middle of the forenoon, Kor good to cholce cattle there was a good de- mand and values ruled firm, but the market for common to fair qualities was slow and values ruled weak, On the whole there was no quotable change In prices, Buyers wanted good cattle and found them scarce; they did not want common cattle and found them more than plentitul, Shipping steers, 1450 to 1500 hs, §5.00@6.50; 1200 to 1350 1bs, $4. 5005 950 to 1200 1bs, $8.00@4.55, Nebraskans, 1218 lbs, $4.8); 08 Nebraskaus, 0, e market opened slow and 5@10¢ , but at the decline trade became active, tie market elosing steady, Shipping demand is not as active as last week, ‘I'he best heavy sold at §4.85@4.40, and the ordinary run of preking andanixed sold at $4.10 ing and shappiug, 250°to 400 1bs, $4 FINANCIA L New York, March 1L 1A 2l er cen EALLGCANTILE PA at Sixty days; 5 <N N TR--Dull but steady. Srocis—dlocks continug very dull and ithi chuuges of only small £ 4 oruing the lflillk(‘.e Was gener nd in the early doalings, lu wan all dectines wore establishod ne it was tinu to stroug, 63 were about steady 130 tha last hoiir p