Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 15, 1886, Page 1

s L v THE OMAHA DALY BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR. A BREATH OF DEATH Wild Winds Work Desolation and Destruo- tion in Their Furious Course. CITIES AND TOWNS LAID WASTE. Many Mangled Victims and Ghastly Corpses Lying in Their Wake, MORE THAN A HUNDRED KILLED, With Twico As Many Persons Seriously aud Fatally Injured, MINNESOTA AND IOWA SUFFER. St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids Almost Wiped Out of tensive Damage in West- Existence—lix- ern lowa, A Fearfu! Calamity. St PAvrL, April 14,5t Cloud and Sauk Rapids, Minn., were swept by a terrible and destruetive k this afternoon. The first knowledie of the dis- ster was contained in the following tele- gram sent to Mayor Ames from St. Cloud asking help: “T0 MAv( eyclone about 5:30 o' Asres, Minneapolis:—Terrible destructive eyelone passed over St. Cloud and Sauk Rupids late this afternoon, Terrible s tion here. Please send up all the as- sistance youean immediately by <p cipl train, Seid physicians and surgeons,” Telegrams to the following effect we ceived from Sauk Rapids: “To Mavonr Ases, Minneapolis:—Can you send special train with physicians to this city? A cyclone passed over the eity this alternoon. A wreat many are believed to have been Killed, but the number is not yet known, (Signed) SAUK Rarins.” fntely upon receipt of this news preparations were made to respond to the call for help. A train for St. Clond left at 6 o’clock. Information is very meagre, and current, It is re- ported that one hundred people were killed at Sk Cloud. It is believed at least forty have en killed, and about seventy-five wounded. It is impossible to get much information at this hour. Allis excitement and the strects are filled with excited men, frightened and weeping women and children. The disaster is cer- tainly very appalling. Scores of houses have been entirely wreeked and the extent of the loss of life be stated. The city is full of rumors and it is very diflicult to ob- u reliable n The storm struck St. Cloud between the round house and freight depot and swept a path 600 yards wide through the city, le ing between 150 and N. R. Clark a well-known lumberman who Tives in St. Cloud, says ninety persons were Killed in St. Cloud and more than a hundred injured, many of them seriously. Superintendent Wakeman of the Manitoba road says that between thirty and forty per- sons were killed at Sauk Rapids, asmall town on the Manitobn and Northern Pacific roads, a few miles sontheast of St. Cloud, and nearly double that number injured. “The telegraph wires northwest of this city 1 down, and no news either direct from St. Cloud or Sauk Rapids has been received since 7 o'cloek, A terrifie thunder storm passed over St Taul and Minneapolis about 6 o’clock, und heavy hail storm followed, though of but short duration, In fact, one storm cloud after anothe) swept across the state ever since last evening, and the rain fall has been heavy, ‘The storm is the worst ever known in the stute sinee 1583, when Rochester and Elrin were devastated by a tornado, The latest reports give the number killed in St. Cloud as fifteen and the injured at about twenty-five, and at Sauk Rapids fif- teen Killed and twenty injured. Another terrific thunder storm is now prevailing here which interferes greatly with the wires, MORE OF THE DETATLS, Cieaao, Apr ‘he Inter-Ocean cial says the eyelone began about the bosom of the Masonie cemetery, forming a whirlwind about 1,050 feet in_diamet It took almost every trec in the eirele from the ground or twisted it off at the trunk, Great stones were torn up and carried along with the wind, moving slowly along in a north- easterly direction. It wrecked the Catholie chapel and several houses in its course the prairie adjoining the town. It completely demolished John hwartz's large brick house and fifty or more smaller frame houses like so many feathers, In most cases nothing was left to mark the site of the dwellings but the cellars, The prairies were strewn with timbers, furniture and clothing, ‘The freight depot of the Manitoba was atotal wrees. Numerous vars, loaded with freight, were blown halt a mile and the rails wrenehed from the tr It passed the limits of the town just west of Licutenant Governor Gilman's residence killing several horses, It crossed the Mississipni at the Sauk Rap- ids wagon bridge, which it demolished. [t here widened to 600 feet and levelled Stan- ton's grist mill. From there it swept through the centre of the town, taking the best of the business part of it, including the court house, Totel, publie sehool and every important busi- ness building in town except Wood's store, “The village is vivtually wiped out, four-tifths of the buildings being levelled. “The fatalities in St. Cloud,} though great, are not equal in number to those in Sauk Rapids. In every house the inmates were more o less hurt, TUE DEAD AT ST, CLOUD 50 far as known, are as follows: mann: Mrs, Weisman and iittle girl; a son, 4 years old, of B, O, Werski; a son, 7 years Id, of Frank Geinskoffskis Mrs, Stein, a widow; a son, 4 years old, of I, Wal- dorf; Shortridge Young, a railroad wan; his brother William had both legs smashed, since amputated; Vankousen, an unknown rail- road wan; two young children of Mr, Cens; baby of August Knott, DEAD AT SAUK BAPIDS, J. Berg, merchant, and two children; John Kenard, county auditor; George Lindley county treasurer; two echildven of C. G. Waood, werchant; Abner St. Cyr, fatally burt; child of Carpenter, clerk of eourt; P, Beaupare, judge of probite court, badly hurt; Edgar Hill, President of German Awerican National bank, DEADLY WORK AT BICE'S STATION, Timme sensational reports are persons nnot now house: spe- o'clock in neross Nick Jun- station, Benton county, demolishing the vil- lage and killing or injuring nearly the entire population. Wires are down and no definite information is obtainable from here, ATD ASKED FOR, T, PAUL, April 14.—Nearly all the build- ings in St. Cloud demolished by the eyelone were small frame honses occupied hy work- ngmen who were absent, and only their wives and children were in the housecs, “The pecuniary loss will reach about $60,000 t Sty Cloud, More damage was done ot Sauk Rapids, where the property destroyed was of a more valuable character. It is impossible to ob- tain details trom there to-night. Governor Hubbard to-pight received the following message from State Senator Buck- man: SAUK RArins, M in ruins, VESOTA—Our town is Send us aid, [Signed.] BUekyMAN, Governor Hubbard at once sent messages to mayors of all cities and larze towns in the state asking that be taken to at once sceure money and things needed and forward them as speedily as possible to Senator Buckiman for the destitute A brief dispateh has just begn rec saying that between forty and idy BODIES HAD BEEN RECOVERED from the ruins at St. Cloud, and the search is not completed. The town presents a seene of the utmost desolation as seen by the light of flickering lanterns, and the groans of the wonnded and lamentations of “those who e lost relatives are heart-rending in the extreme, Not before daylight will the full extent’ be known. Among the i jure ex-Senator Ely Halbert, formerl of Binghampton, N. Y., but at_present the northwestern acent of the New York Mutual Lite Insurancecompany. He is not expected to live. stens ved, THE STORM IN I0WA. The Village of Coon Rapids Demor- lized—One PAvAMA, lowa, Aprll 14— gram.J—A frightful cyclone struck Coon Rapids at 4:50 o’cloek this afternoon, doing widespread damage and utterly demolishing the cast side of the town, One boy was in- stantly killed, and many persons badly in- jured. Twenty-five residences were leveled to the ground, beside two churches, the school house and a blacksmith shop. A freight train going west was lifted from the track by the furious wind and blown into an adjoining field. Only the locomotive and two cars were left on the rails. The cars and their contents were badly wrecked and seat- tered in all direetions, A number of ears standing on the sidetrack were also thrown ofl and demolished. Devastation Marks Its Path. ATLANTIC, Towa, April 14.—[Special Tele- gram. |—A devastating eyclone, accompanied by hail and rain, passed east of Atlantic at 4 o'clock this afternoon. 1t is supposed that the cyclone started about three miles east of Griswold, then passed north and slightly east, then after going about nine miles north- west of Lere, turned westand passed two and a half miles east of Bragton, The cyelone was very peeuliar in appearance. A large revolving eloud s seen, one-fourth ofa mile wide, which sent funnel shaped shoots, resembling an elephant’s trunk, down to the ground. The whole eloud, how- ever, was very destiuetive. Southeast of Atlantie, about five miles, Henry Rogers’ honse was blown to atoms and the hired man badly injured. John Kirk’s barn, 500 feet long, was shattered and the house partially destroyed. The storm then passed northeast, taking everything in its path, In Benton township ten houses were totally destroyed, one woman badly hurt, and probably will not recover. The storm passed twenty- two miles cast of Bragton, destroying the dwellings of nes keynolds, William Brintuer, and Donald, and the Brintner sehool hiouse, The scholars escaped by run- ning with the family into Brintner's cave. Mr. Worthyraves was dangerously hurt. Much stock was killed, Damage at Story Cit Drs MoiNes, April 1.—(Special Tl gram. | —Advices from Story City, Story coun- ty, forty miles north of here, say a tornado passed over that region, moving north, at5 o'clock this afternoon, and unroofed several houses and blowing down barns. Some per- sons were slightly injured, but no deaths. The eloud was accompanicd by a frightful roaringas it moved north along the line of the river, - A Dishonest Kaily Broosixarox, L, April .—J. L. Biggs, clerk in the auditor the Lake Erie & Western railway, was arrested this afte noon on his return from Sandusky, Ohio, His house had been searched during his absence and alot of missing tickets found there,” The company claims to have had stolen from them 255 California and other western ticke®, worth from $5,000 to £10,000, tozether with an official stamp, 1t is charged that Biges had sold twenty-five tickets to Kansas City and St. Louis sealpers, and that ho was reeeiving registered letters nnder th name of “L. James)” e has a wife and two children, y Cle Increased Rates to California. CricaGo, April L. —=The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe made another advance in its schedule of | zer rates to-day, the rea son for it being given out as the imposibility of handling the present rush of traflic ove the road, The rates over that road will now e as follows: First class 850, with 315 1 hate, or net from the Missouri river to Catitornia common pointss second and third Jusses 520, with $10 rebate; round trip tickets from tie Missouri river to San Franeisco and return, ninety days limit, $60—an advance of 523 on fhe present rates. Neither the Union Pacifie nor B, & M. have yet puid any attention to the advance by tlie Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe -~ Give Him a Medal. CixerNyaT, 0., April 14.—Alanzo P, Kendall, 70 years old, living in Lockland, Oljo, shot and Killed a who with two others was entering his rooms shortly after midnight last night. ‘The wayor will not arrest Kendall, - Destructive Fire. Parr, Peru, April 14,—A destructive fire occurred here Monday night. Seven houses were destroyed and two women were burned to deuth, glar -~ Memorial S A memorial service i memory of the late John B, Gough was held in the North Presbyterian church last Sabbath evening by the Good Templars of that part of the city. The devotional ceremo: ny was conducted by the pastor, Rev. Henderson, in & most beautiful and im- pressive manner, The speaker, Mr. (i W. Kyle, was then introduced by the V C.T.,J. W. Taylor. He held the audi- ence in rapt attention by his eloquent bute paid to the illustrious dead. Mr. O Ballon, representing the Good Tem wade a shopt and” well appreciated The choir, composed of fiftecen young gentlemen and ladies, members of the oxder, sang most beautiful and appro- priate selections. A crayon portrait of J. B. Gough was heavily draped in mourning, 45 well as the charters ot both subordinate and district lodges. Flowers and plants were profusely and artistical- arrangod. 'he Blue Ribbon c¢lub joined in.the service, also the colored ce, From Sauk Rapids the storm . stiuck Rice's 1 Good Templurs, OMAHA. THURSDAY \IOR ING. APRIL 15 NUMBER 334 ABOLD DEXAND FOR JUSTICE. Powderly's Letter to Gould Urging a Set- tlement of the Strike, PREGNANT WITH UGLY FACTS. Tho Railrond Magnate Challenged to Bring the Matter Into the Courts —The Latter's Lengthy Reply. Powderly to Gould. ow York, April 14.—A voluminous cor- respondence has passed between Gould and Powderly, consisting of one letter from Pow- derly dated Scranton, Pa., April 11, anda reply from Gould of this date. The following is the substance of Powderly's letter: JAyY vry, Esq, President Missourl tie Railroad ar Sir: The events of st forty hours imust have demons ated to absoluie necessity of Dringing this s struggle in the south- west to a speedy termination, You have the power, authority and means to bring the strike to w end. I have done everything in my power to end the strike, ‘Ihe gentlemen associated with me have done the Everything consistent with and inanhood has heen done in the inte of peace, No false notions of pride or dig nity have swayed us with our dealings with you or the gent lemen associated with you, Powderly then refers to the celebrated con- ference with Gould on Sunday, Maren 2 and reviews the already published features of that conference, togéther with his (Pow derley’s) constructions upon Gould’s lan- guaze and the telegram sent by him to Tioxie: tohis own order directing the strikers to return to work, and to the misunderstand- ing and complications which ensued. In this connection Powderly dec Gould’s after-statements thiat the letter Powderly on the day of the conferenc closing the dispateli to Hoxie, had been red several days, was not correct, asmuch as Gould fiad changed it in_ono rticu! ter the matter had been talked over, Powderly reviews other feawres of eonference, and also one held March and then says: *L did not hear either vou or Mr, Hopking say that the present troubles along your road would be arbitrated with men who were not at work, It was my firm beliet, when I left you that nicht, thaf you meant to have the entirc affair submitted to_arbitration at the first possible moment. That belief is sk in by MeDowell, who was present durin interview, When vou sent the telegran Hoxie, yo ent it as president of the Mis- souri ~ Pacitic railroad ~ company. You sent it as the chief sends a messaze to an inferior officer, and it meant as much to a sensible man the most tmperative order could possi When I, as chief ofticer of of Eabor, send A mess: such as that, it is understood to be my wishes, and those wishes are respected by the subordinate officer to whom they are sent. It is not his place to puta different construetion on them and give them his own interpretation, His duty is to obey the spirit of the instructions, The man in power need not be an aufoerat in order to have his wishes respeeted. ‘That was the idea [_entertained when I left your house that night, After devoting some i relation ot a distric the ace to defining the |nhle' to the general assembly, Powderly says: **When on Mon- day, March 20, you'sent me a letter marked ‘personal,’ you at the same time told the newspaper correspondent that you had done so. - What your miotive was in inarking your letter *personal’ and at the same time inform- ing representatives of the press that you had done so, 1 do not know, nor do 1 question your motive, Ifeltit to be my duty to let the public see the letter, wiich contained nothingof a personal nature whatever, There 16 DCOpI Who I Elibbo Iheharitablo enongh to say that your intention was to give the fmpres n that there was something between you and me which would not bear the Tighie of public strutin e nothing to conceal. You ean settle this strike. = Its longer continuance rests with you and you alone. Every act of violenee, every drop ot blood that miy ve shed from this time forth, wust be laid at your door. The Knights of Labor were not founded to promote or shield wrong doing, and to-day the order of the Knights of Labor stand between your prop- erty and ruin. You have said that the order of the Knights of Labor v @ conspiracy, a secret menace, ete. I am willing, as chief ofticer, to luy everything connected with our order bare to the world if you willon the other hand, Iny open to the publie the means and wethods whereby you have piled up the weal'h which you” control, and allow the tribunal of opinion to pass judgment on thetwo and say which is conspiring, Do you accept the ehiallenze? You nave instrueted your le proceed against every man conne the Knights of Labor fo since the strike began, iz Do not do this, at onces’ lay ages in every whos jurisdiction” a knight exists; proc and in every state where you can reeover dumages, do so if the I il sustain you. - Let the majesty of the In be vindicated. 1t is just and right that it should be o, We are willing to face you b fore the law, and will use no other weapons. 1f you have at all times obeyed the law in your dealings, in the methods by which you have acquired your immense fortune, then it is Ctime flat the offenses with which — you ~are charzed — should be refuted. © You have remained silent under the many damaging char { injuring the state. We will be your avengers, It you have been wronged, we willlev it be known to the world through the medium of the courts of justice, and letme say right here thatno ioney will buy o verdict at the hends of these courts, This certainly means warbut it's a war between legitimate capital, honest enterprise and honest labor on the one hand, and_illegitimate on the otier hand. There will be no mobs in this su- rem hour to silence any man's opinion, o converts will be madé by physieal force, You hay wed that your life s in nger, 1% ition to such talk, No man who ha the interest of his counfry” at heart would havin a hair of your head. But the system which reaches out on all” sides gathering inwillions of treasure, and | ing themout of the legitimate channels of commerce, must die, [ have taken counsel from the bestlegal minds of the United States W prepared to face you before the courts now await your action in the matter. This is not a threat, 1 speak for 500,000 or- ganized men, whe are ready to pay oat the last farthing in order that justice may prevail, You liave it In your power to make iriends of these men by acting the part of a man, and by taking this matter into your own hands, Will youdo so, and end this strike in the in- terestof lumanity and our comion coun- try? Powderly’s letter was sent to Gould through W, 0. MeDowell, with instructions that if Gould, to whom these written instrue- tions were also submitted, did not consent to an honorable settlement of the difliculty ba- fore & o'clock of the day the letters were de- livered, ov at that hour still preserved silenc toallow the letters to be published. GOULD'S ANSWER. At the opening of his reply to Powderly, Gould quotes this letter of instructions o McDowell, and acknowledzes the receipt of Powderly’s letter, the substance of which is given above. Gould then proceeds to con- strue Powderly’s letter as an ofticial deelara- tion that ~ the Knights of Labor had determined to pursue him per- sonally unless the * Missouri Pacific company should yield to its demand in what'they ealled thie strike on that road, In answer to these personal threats he would say that o was still & free Amoriean eltizens Gould then refers to his low beginning in life and to his suceess through habits of tem- perance aud industry, and that if, as Pow- derly says, he is now to be desteoyed by the nights of Labor, it is fortunate has retained his early habits industry, Gould then says is quite content to leave' his personal s in the hands of his neignbors and business ascociates. If they have aught to cowplain-of he will be glad to subimit to any bitration, Gould then recounts. the fa that when the strike commenced he was far away from the scene " of the trouble, and quotes a telegraw from bis subordinates dviser to ted with damages sustained I'wo wecks ago 1 ay Lsay: ‘Bugin claims for dam- cou W describing the difficuity and other messag bcl‘lg( e }-uu!uh d during the eatly part of the tidublef, “The last digpatch quoted is ogq trom A, L. liopkins to Powderly earnestly urging that the strike is Joit as the road is in the hands Of receivers, “This dispatsh,” ~ says Gould, *‘you nevef answered. /This correspondence places the continuancs of u\c strike on your Shoulders. You sat still and was silent after Mr, Hopkin's urgent appeal, and allowed the strike togo on—allowed the company’s prop- erty to be forcibly selzed, and the eitizens of four states and one territory to be deprivea of their rightful railroad” facilities. 'Thus forced, the board of directors, beforemy re- turn, placed the matter in Mr, Hoxie's hand by a formal resolution, and that disposition Has never been changed.” Gould then enters Tnto a long roview of the features of the difficulty already pub- ished and_republished, maintaining that the company’s offer to take back the strikers who had not destroyed property had been strictly lived up to, and adds that the com- pany is still ready to live up to its agreement in that regard. In conclusion Gould says: “In_the face of all this, you notify me thatunless by 5 o'clock I personaliy consent to do something—pre- cisely what, 1 do not see, then personal con- sequences of a sort vagu expressed, but not hard to understand, willy at the hands of = your order, be visited upon me. Let me again remind you that it isan American citizen whom you and your order thus propose to destroy. The contist is not between your order and e, but between your order and the laws of the Iand. Your order has already deiied those laws in preventing, by violence, this company from operating its roads, ou lielid, then, that this company should not operate jts roads under the conditions preseribed by the law, but only under the conditions preseribed by you. You now de- clare, in effect, that [hold my individual prioperty and rights not~ as other men I theirs, but only at the peril of ~ vour letting ~ loose irrevocably, after 5 o'clock, your order upon me.If il is true of this ' company, and of e, it is true of all other men and companics, It s0, youand your secret order are the law, and an- Amerfean citizen is such only in name. Already for weeks your order has, in your attack upon this company, not hesitated to disable it by = violence from rendering its duty to the pnble, and from doing work and paying wages to men at least three times vour own nuwber, who, working as they were by your side, were at least deserving of your sympathy. Having ished this violenee beyond even the great rance of the phblic, hnd found in_ this direction the cause to hesitate, you now turn tipoit e nd propose that wrons o have litherto inlicted upon the public_shall now culminate in an attack upon an individual. In e have said, the re issue s - between you and the faws of the land. Tt may be, before you are through, those laws will efficiently advise you that I, as an individual citizen, am - not beyond their care. Very respectfully, JAY GovLp,” t to both sirle Aid for the Strikers. ScrANTON, Pa., April 14.—Master Wor man Powderly nas written to Seeretary Tur- ner, of the Knights of Labor, sayimg a spiri ed cireular should o out at once to the order, asking them to turn every dollar they can raise into the hands of the southwest Knights in support of the fight Gould system. TIE SITUATICN IN EAST ST. LOUTS, 81, Lovis, April 14.—The situation in East'St. Louis is unchanged, with the ex- eption that various roads are'in better shape to do business and are doing more. Switch engines in the various yards are busy and o resumption of business seems more probable than at any . time since the beginning of the strike. Thé great draw- k to the various gmnpanies fully” resum- ing is the inability of the St. Louis Bridze company and Belt Tine o afford. suficient ng facilities across the bridge and o’ the levee to the various yards. hie Bridze company employed a few” more men vesterday and a few more this morning. ‘The Belt line and the Bridge company re- quire sixteen switchmen on each side of the river, and the number of men now employed is inadequate, 'Lhe officials say this state of affairs is nof because the men do not desive to return o work, but beeause they are afraid to do so for fear’ of the consequences after the mnlitin i ordered away. i business of the various roads v day exeeeded that of any the strike, apd from i y it 18 safe to predict still resumption of freluht traflic. Burlington & Quiney, and Chicago & Al ton_rouds scem to be'in the best condition so far as their ability is concerned to handlo freight, and the men in these yards have been busy all morning making up trains. Fifty men, eight of whom are old hands, returned to work this morning, giving this road a_full force of platform men. One freight train was sent out over this road this morning, At the Burlington & Quiney yards and Treight depot the condition of affairs s the same as at the Alton yards and depot, and freight trains on that road were sent out this morning. Men in other yards, exccpting the Louisville & Nashyille anid Cairo sho:t line, are busy making ‘up trains, and it is expected they will suceeed in sending them out Inter in the day. he situation at the Indianapolis & St. Louis yards in East 8t. Louis is reported to bo in & promising condition. The compan had ail the men needed, and was doing busi Ness iN Carnest, ong train having been sent out. The Cario” Short line has two switeh 1ines at work making up trains and mov- ht. ‘Phe Vandalia agent claims they previons pearance: complete The Chicago, Youx, April 14, at the Missouri I e oflices to-day from Hoxie in St, Louis says: The follow- ing dispatel was received this morning from Sprinetield, IL: “There is little or no probabilityof the coal miners making any trouble as they are anxious to work,” Among the persons killed at East St. Louis last Friday was “the ringleac of the Jast strike at the Springfield iron works and the Ieader of the riot in which three iron works men were killed, STRIKE FOR A BAISE. KirrANNinG, P, April 14.—The employes of the Kittauning ‘Iron company’s Rebecea furnace struck for an advauce ot 10 per cent in wages, A RISE IN FURNITURE. Pirr 16, Pa,, April 14.—The furniture manufacturers received formal notice that the eabinet makers and upholsters demand ) advance of 20 per eent on all piece work il o reduction of daily labor to eight hours aday after May L The movement is general throughout the country, ‘The demands will be eranted and the. priec of furuiture ad- vanced, ch was re- CAR DRIVERS' STRIKE, Bavrivone, Md., April 14, —The drivers A*lnyhv\ml on the Briek line street cars struck to-day for 52 s Work, and at 11 all'c The men were makil ALL QUIET. Berrevitie, 1L, April 14.—The city to-day is perfectly ek Al trains ‘are running as usual, 1)5.1 who caused the out- break last night, was nob arrested. L - Hoosler Hanna Offends a Nation. NEW Yok, April 14.—[Special Telegram. | The World's Washington special says: A private letter was reeeived here to-day from a prominent gentloman engaged in business in the Argentine Republic. It says that the president of the republie has Just sent a note 10 Sceretary Bayard asking him to have Min- ister Hanna recalled. Hanna has, it is said, taken pleasure in trampling on what are con- sidered the forms of unecessary politenes s be- tween a lady aud gentleman in the Argen tine Republie. Ilis business ventures in the republic and his invitation to Indiana finan- ciers to come down there and reap a harvest of dollars has ontraged polite officials and bave made the request for his recall a very urgent one, Al SOGED Confirmations. WAsHINGTON, April 14.-The senate to- day contirmed the fellowing: To be e lectors of internal revenne: G. A. Wilson, Fifth district of Illinois; R. Stone, First dis- trict of Illinois; ice Kelly, Fourth dis- trict of Ulinois; W. B, Aunderson, Thir- teenth district of Llinois. DOWN THE DEADLY FRACD. A Call to the Dairymen to Arise and Ex- terminate Imitation Butter. CONGRESS WILL PASS THE BILL, General Logan to Attend the Ne- braska G. A. R. Reunion, and Pos- sibly President Cleveland May Be Present—Capital Gossip. Drive Out Oleomargarine. WASHINGTON, April 14.—[Special Tele- gram.]—Joseph 11 Reall, president of the Amierican Agricultural and Dairying associs tion, fssued a eireular to-day addressed to the farmers and dairymen of the United States, in which he says: “The encmies of the dairy and of consumers of butter are or- Lanizing to defeat our movement in behalf of lionest industry and pure food. Manufae- turers of counterfeit butter have held a meeting and agreed to raise $500,000 to de feat our bill now before congress. Realizing a profit, as they state themselves, of $5,000,000 ver year on the manufacture, they could well afford to do this, and retailers of the stuft could give ten times as mueh, for their profits are ten times greater. Thank God that we have a congress of the United States that recognizes the importance in the value of the agricultural and dairy in- of the country as paramount to all . and that, so far as ascertained, are in full sympathy with our demand. There is no man in either the senate or the house who could be bought to assist in this monumen- tal fraud, and the purpose to raise money for this object should of itself be sufficient grounds for condemming tho whole enter- prise. On the contrary, 1 believe the mem- bers all want to proteet _dairy farmers and cousumers of butter. No sum of money could have placed our measure in the favora- ble position it now occupics, nor secure its , and no amount, however great, ean it on a square issue, But the tricker, ic, that surrounds the entire flic in imitation butter will be resorted to, and nothing left undone that rascality and shrewdness can_accomplish, The sharpest and most unprifeipled lawyers and lobbyists in the country will be empioyed to conspire agamst us, and every known method resorted to that could defeat or delay us. Dairymen of America, we have a terrible encmy to_ deal with. Hestrikes in the dark as e works in the dark. Avise in our might and crush him out. Meet in every village, town and hamlet at once, and organize to assist us by bringing your direet influence to bear upon congress. Adopt resolutions showing what you feel and suffer. Demand that the fraud be extermin- ated root and brunch. Denounce eyery a ticle produced or sold by the concerns mak- ing or selling the stuff, and taboo all inte sted i} any way, or who sympathize w or countenances them. Those who make or sell imitation butter are encmies—square enemies—of the public weal, and” should be clussed as eriminals of the lowest and most dangerous order.” WIEN CONGRESS WILL ADJOURN. Congressman Blunt, of Georgia, says he be- lieves congress will adjourn in about ninety days, “Ibelieve,” he s: king of the work of congress, “that we are through now with silyer and labor legislation for this con- gress, ‘The tariff and inter-state commerce bills are the only measures that are liable to consume any more time, and I think the former standsa pretty good show of being passed by the Forty-ninth congress, as there are propositions in it which commend_them- selves favorably to the majority. Theap- propriation committee in the house has been backward in reporting some of the bills re- ferred to it, and naturally the naval commit- tee has been forced to adopt the same course on account of the agitation regarding the improvement of the mavy. Still, I do not sec any necessity for the session of congress to be prolonged beyond the middle of July at the farthest.” THE POPULAR SPEECITES, There is agreater demand for speeches on the silver question than for auy specches t have been made in the senate on politi- L issues. ‘The largest ovders received at the riment printing office this session was for William L. Scott’s speech in support of the compromise on the silver question. The next lar order was for Black’s speceh attacking the financial policy of the adminis- tration, which was called for by members of both partie: NOTABLES TO VISIT NEBRASKA, Ex-Senator ‘I'ayer, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for Nebraska, is here, and in company with Representat Dorscy ealled upon President Cleveland t day and extended to him an invitation to the reunion of the G, A, R, at Grand lslna in August next. The president received his visitors very cordially and said that he would like very mueh to visit Nebraska; that he had Leard a great deal of the growth of the state and had a desire to meet the enterprising people there, but he could not promise to-day todo so. 1t his busincss was in a condition to ad- mit of his absence, he would be present at the reunion he said. Messis. Thayer and Dorscy ealled upon Semator Logan and ex- tended him a similar invitation, e imm diately replied that he would try to meet his old comrades in Nebraska at their reunion; that he had made several efforts o do so heretofore, but had been disappointed each time. e hoped sineerely that he could be present, and stated that it was altogether probable that he would be. Thayer and Dor- sey are well satisfied with their work in this direction, and are contident of at least the attendance of General Logan, TARIE REFOIM, 1t is probable that the work of the tariff re- formers has had some effect in the house, and it is not altogether improbable that the Morrison bill will be passed. Every measu has been relegated to give advantage to th tariff bill, ‘Trades upon everything and for everything have been made to get votes for the bill and it is stated that it will be sup- ported by nearly all of the democrats—all ex- cepting eight or ten in Obio, who will op- pose it on account of its black eye to wool, Some surprise was expressed to-day when it was announced that My Randall had consented to vote for the bill, Lam told, however, he not promised to supported the bill,but on the coutrary has been thinking of pouring into the house a num- ber of appropriations bills, and deteating the consideration of the measure for some time, and then finally rallying Lis forces and de- feating it on a vote, Many believe that Mr. Randall cannot maintain a sincere and consistent attitude on the tariff, and vote for the Morrisou bill; that if he yotes to reduce protection on the ar- ticles enumerated in this bill, he eannot con- sistently ask anti-reformers to help him de- feat bills which may heretofore be brought in affectinz iron ore and metals generally, Mr. Randall is placed in somewhat embar- rassing situation by this bill, and many peo- pleare wondering what he will do, for he hes refused to express an opinion one way or another ITS DEFEAT ASSURED. A. K. MeClure, editorof the Philadeiphia wes, who has béen here studying the situ aton regarding the tariff bill, telegraphs his paber that with the determined opposition of the Ohio wool men, the Louisiana sugar men and the Michigan members, all lead by Ran- dall, the defeat of Morrison's new tavift bill is assured. He says Randall will certainly oppose the bill, he regarding the attack upon salt and sugar as unjust and uncalled for at the present tinie, and that in his opposition he will have the assistance of Michigan, Oliio, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. ITS CIHANCES GOOD. Friends of the bill confirming titles of land inthe Des Moines river valley hope to get the bill up in the senate this week, ana_will try to pass it over the president’s veto. They think the chances of its passage are very ood. NEDRASKA POSTAT The time schdule on the Star route from Axtell to Keene, Neb, has been ordered changed as follows: Leave Axtell daily, ex- cept Sundays, at 10 a. m. ; arvive at Keene by 1 leave Keene daily, except Sun- days, atSa. m.;arriveat Axtell by 9:50 w m. John . Morehead has_been commis sioned postmaster at Barada, Neb, The president to-day nominated Wi, B, Beck to be postmaster at Tekamah, Neb,, and W. K. Coumb at Guthrie Center, lowa. RECONSTRUCTING THE NAVY, The bill to reconstruct the navy, build new shivs, complete those partially finished, ete. will not_come up for consideration in the house till sometime in May. Itis caleulated that it will occupy about two weeks' time when the debate is begun, although it is not known that it will encounter any formidable opposition, - A disposition seems to prevail to give the country a great deal of informa- tion on the subject of the navy in justifica- tlon of what congress proposes to do—spend about $20,000,000, finally, for new ships. The arrangements that are being made for a long debate make a presupposed acknowledgement that the propriety of the work is questioned THE PRESIDENT'S INTENDED. His Marriage With Miss Folsom Fixed for Next Summe Nuw Yonk, April 14.—[Special Telegram. | he Tribune’s Albany correspondent writes: Assemblyman John L Platte re- turned from Buffalo to-day, where he has been at the head of an investizating commit- tee. He said: “While in Buffalo a leading lawyer said to me: ‘I have just received letter in which you, as a newspaper man, may have an interest.’ 1 took the letter and read it. It was from Mis Folsom, wife of President Cleveland's law partner. In this letter, which was dated at Genoa, Italy, she said that her daughter, Miss Folsom, would be maried to President Cleveland next sum- mer.” 1t is said that Mrs. Folsom and her daugh- ter are poor, and that their expenses in Bu- rope are paid by President Cleveland. The marriage, it is rumored, will take place dur- ing the president’s vacation next summer. The Pension Investigation WASHINGTON, April 14,—The senate com- mittee on expenditures of public monies resumed the examination of Commissioner Black to-day. Senator Plumb ealled up the case of Lieutenant Eastwood, of the Twenty- second Kentucky volunteers. General Black said, In reply to Plumb, that the claimant’s reghnent was mustered in for thirty days ser- vice. Twenty days later the claimant was allowed to go home on account of illness, where he remained until he was mustered out. Iie was never in action. and never in the presence of the enemy, and never slept out doors but one night, “The records of the adjutant general and surgeon general’s oflic show no record of any disability. The cluim was not filed till 1850 The evidenee secured in a_subsequent examination showed the man had rheumatism betore he entered the vice. 1n 1856 he cut himself severely with e, and Jater he fell from a hou: injured himself permanently. ‘he caso w allowed by Commissioner Clark. When ihe present AFFAIRS, administration _eame into power, this man had reccived as arrears of pension’ 510, mong the papers in the the case was a lettér written by a man named Lwing, to General J. S, Williams, then sen- ator, wiging specdy action on the case. Jetter concluded: "By giving him this sistance you will favor one of yeur w friends in past contests.” General Willians endorsed the letter: =1 lope the eommjs- sioner of pensions will make thisa spe cas Black stated that there was absolutely nn valid eviden ¢ in support of the claim, and the 510,000 might as well have been allowed for any other char er of fraud. e stated his understanding was that Ewing was a strong partisan, but in_reply to a series of scarching questions by Mr. Pluwb, said there nothing in the records to show whether e and otier elaimants were republicans or democrats, or that the knowledge of their lities ever renchicd the pension ofiice, nor there any evidence that the leter of ing, with the demands of extortion, ever got beyond the decizion of the pension dilice, that it influenced the decision of the ease, ig the progress of the inquiry there several controversies between thi mem- bers of the committee us to the scope and course of the inyestigation, The majority of the members claimed that the proceedmgs should be confined to the examination of tie cords until they were disposed of while the inority maintained that Black ought 1o bo fowed to bring in suc Lo matters as ad led orassisted him in- the formation of his opinion that the office, under his prede- S50TS, WAS It ieal machine.y hat these ont 4 live not yei «d, The committee will probably vin Saturday and try to bring the ex. amination of the reeord cases submitted by Black to an end very soon, Discussing Dakota’s Admission, WASHINGTON, April 4.—~The propos mission of Dakota into the Union was con- sidered by the house committee on territories to-day without conclusion, The Harrison bill, which has alveady passed the e, 10 divide the territory on the forty-sixth-paral- lel; the Springer bill, to divide the territory north and south on the line of the Missouri river, and various other propositions, all found adherents to press their favorable re e, During the discussion some republi- can members sald they regretted to find a disposition on the part of demoeratic men- bers not to admit Dakota as a state for politi- cal reasons, ‘The democrats ook exception to this, and an animated discussion took place, — The committee then adjourned until Wednesday morning. Nominations and Land Frauds, WasmiNGron, April 14,—The preside sent the following nominations to thesen, to-day: Postmasters—Guthrie Centey, Lowa, W. II Camp; Warren, I, ob P, Kerling wah, Neb,, William B, Beck; Dell Rap- ids, Dak., H, C. Brier! > Speciai'Agent De Ligore, of the general land oflice, stationed in’ Milinesota, reports to the cominissioner that % per cent of the homestead and pre emption entries of that state are made as pretaxts for obtaining the timber ou the land, with no intention of per- manent settlement, Laws for Lmitation Butter. WASHINGTON, April 14.—Repiesentatives Hateh, Green, of North Carolina, and White, of Minnesota, were to-day appointed a sub- committee of the house committee on culture to draft o bill regulating the oleomargarine, but before this was done a discussion_occurred upon the proposition, upon which the members of the commitice generally expressed themselves as favorable, 10 the taxation and labeling of imitation but- te Death of an 1linois Pioncer. BLOOMINGTON, 1IL, Apiil 11.—Lewis Bunn died this. worning, aged SL He came to Bloowington fifty-thice years ago, was father of Postaster I, 4. Bun, and oug of the oldest Masons in 1linois, A FATAL BLUE RIVER BATH. Many Passengers Injured in a Wreck on the Republican Valley. ONLY ONE FATALITY REPORTEF: Particulars of the Accident—The Ine jurcd—A Bad Man Disappoars With Two Marricd Women ~Other State News, Rolled Into the River, BrATRICE, Nebr., April 14.—[Special Tele- gram. ] =This morning, about 7 o'elock, pas- senger tratn No. 42, Conduetor Rogers, was ditehied two miles north of Oneta, a station twenty-five miles southof here, by the spread- mgofa rail. Where the accident occurred is a curve with a high bluff on one side of the track and the Blue river immediately on the other side. ‘T'he engine and whole train of four ¢ left the track and the smoker and coach overturned and rolled tnto the viver, the other cars and engine lying on the dump, John Brady, brakeman, was slightly hurt, Bridge Division Supt. Jasen Mar- ledge, hal an artery in hisarm cut which bled freely. A boy and girl named Smith of Wymore were hurt, The boy will probably die. H. A. Koster of Cleveland, salesman, had his right leg kurt. He losta gold wateh and grip, A. Rayshael of Detroit, salesman, had his left arm badly bruised. A Groseup of Freeport, 1lls., salesman, siightly braised, An unknown man had his arm broken, There were fourteen passengers on board, most of whom went into the river. One hundred rds of track were torn up. The third coach was demolished entirel; he swmoker is bottom side up in the river. This is Con- ductor Rogers' third accident this spring, Union Pac Surgeon D, A, Walden, of Bea trice. went to the wreck as soon as the news was known with a special train, The wou nded were broucht here and eared for by the company at the Grand Central hotel. Al the passe ngers lost their grips and hand- April 14.—[Special.]=The north bound passenger train on the Omana branch of the Union S ., left Barneston on time yesterday morning under charge of Conductor Rogers, When about midway be- tween Barneston and Oketo, the train was suddenly derailed, and the two forward coaches, a smoker and day car, rolled down asteep embankment into the river. In tho smoker were Foreman Morridge, and a_ gang of bridge men, all of whom were more of less injured. Morridge was saught in the wreck, and had his 1e¥t arm nearly cut off at the shoulder, so that amputation will be neces- sary. Six other men, badly injurcd, were taken to Beatrice for treatment. One or two of them are in a serious condition, Alittle girl named Smith, about ten years of age, who was riding i the day coach, had her head smashed, and was doad when taken out, Allthe passengers were bruised consid- ably, and it is feared that some of them have sustained severe internal injuries that have not yet come to the notice ot the physicians, The accident was exnsed by the spreading of the rails, one on the outside having been split in some unknown w. Later—The girl killed lives at Oketo, She was but four years ola, Conductor Rogers was hurt about the lezs severely, but did not give up until all the passengers were cared for. Following is the full list o the injure Ida Smith, aged 20, injured internally, Paul Smith, chest and back hurt, George Heath, back hurt, J. M. Conn, shoulder dislocated, E. H. Alden, ribs broken. J. A, Grasseap, general bruises, 11, A. Koster, general bruises, A. Raphael, general bruises. Fred Huysenbach, general bruises, It is impossible to get the places of resi- dence of the injured. most of whom were left at Beatrice, The place where the ace dentoceurred is on a sharp curve neara bridge, ‘The embankment is only six feet high, but the cars rolled over on their tops in zoing down, and are still stuck in the creek, Railway men in talking about the accident say that it is the first time a passenger was Killed on the Union Paciiic except through gross contributory negligence, HIGH LICENSH AT HASTINGS. The New City Ofiicers Determined to Strictly Enforce the Law. HASTINGS, Neb., April 14,—[Special.)— The new mayor and eity council were inaugu- rated last evening, The city government, as now constitut as Mayor—Samuel Alexander, Councilmen—W, 1. Stock ngevin, C. C. Rittenhouse, O, Oliver, ‘I, £, Farrell, E. 1L, Lewis and R, Covert, The latter two, Lewis and Covert, were elected by the temperance party, L'he first business of any importance to come befors the couneil was the question of granting sa- loon licenses for the ensuing year. A for- midable remonstrance against the granting of licenses was presented, but on a strict party vote it was laid upon the table, Nine parties made application for license, Four of them had complied with the law and 50 the council granted their petitions. Kive of the applications were tound deficient in all the requirements of law and were laid ove Although the lugh heense party were vies torious in the recent election, it is quite evi- dent that they are more disposed to follow the requirements of the law more strictly than they have in the past. Mayor Alexander informs the Beg corres spondent that Le proposes to enforce the laws against the saloons, the gamblers, and the social evil, and sce that the laws are strictly obeyed. ‘Uliere has been entively 100 much laxity in the enforcement of the laws in the past, and Mayor Alexander will have the moral support of the business men and citizens generally, ‘I'he main topic of interest in Hastings tos day is the proposition to bond the city for the purpose of constructing a system of water works, ‘Theglection takes place Thursday, and the amount of bonds to be voted is $83,= 000, A canvass of the business portion of the community indicates that the bouds will cariy by a good majority. RIGGED UP, A Democratic Postmaster I Boeatrice- The School O BeaTrick, Neb., April 14.—[Special Teles gram. | —8. E. Rizg, our new democratic poste master took possession of his oflice to-day, 11e will be assisted by his brother, Chas. ML Rieg, Mrs, K. J. Wetherald aud some minor help. Jacob Dium, whoin Mr- Rigg succeeds as postmaster, is at present helping w the talled in sus. The school cencus of Beatrice just taken shows 1542 children of school age in this eity, We notice that Hastings rewwrns only 5 more than this, This would show that Hagfs | Ing’s population is only about 230 more than | Beatrice instead of over X which she | elaims, A Man Gone Wrong, | ArArauor, Neb., April 4.—[Special Tels | egram.J—G. I, Webster, editor and propries | torot the Homervilic Boanerges, has skipped Uk under 4 luaucial sod social cloud, leavs Anather