Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 16, 1886, Page 1

OMAHA DaiLy BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR, WRECK OF WHIRLING WINDS. Tater Details of the Deadly Work of the Devastating Oyolone, A TRAIL OF DEATH AND RUIN, The Loss of Life and Destruction of Property Apalling—The Dam- age in lowa-A My sourl Hurricane, The Oyclone Track. BiG LAk April 15— Special Tele- gram.]—Drs. Higbee and Dalliver, of Minne- apolis, have just boarded tle south-bound Misscurl Pacific train completely exhaust The latter told your reporter t new bod! were being recovered hourly from the debrls and bemg brought in from the country in the track ot the tornado. Twelve injured people were brought in. Several of th willdie. Four have died of wounds sir morning. Ata church east of Riex's, thir- teen instead of ten of a wedding party were Killed, including the officlating minister, At Sauk Rapids thirty-one are already dead. The list will be swelled to forty. Dr. Ames, of Minneapolis, who is on duty at St Cloud, tol¢ Dr. Dalliver that at least thirty deaths can but result from the visita- tion there. Captain Foiley, an old scitler of Sauk Rapids, welghing 250 pounds, was blown 400 fect in the air, but was only bruised, and worked with the wounded all night, He says the water in his sixty-tive foot well was all sucked out, leaving only the sand at the bottom, The force of the storm was such as to wrench off the door of the safe in the post- oflice and carry it some distance from the building. A church bell weighing 1, pounds was found among the debris of the building 40 fect away from any building, The remains of the dead are almost un- recognizable, being completely crushed and blackened. There are a remarkable number of injuries about the hip and spine, and wany of the survivors will be disabled for life, The delegation of doctors from St. Paul and Minneapolis worked all night under the dis- advantage of having no splints or drugs, as the drug store was completely demolished. Thie splints are all made from shingles, with whieh the ground was strewn in the track of the storm for miles, e fortun: as the fact t ad been dismissed on Friday or the ng the children might have be school building being foundation, school fatality 1 appal- azed to the AT THE Minn,, April 15.—[Special he work of devastation in the clone is complete, as the littered and” shivered remains of what were once frame buildings will testify. The scene this morning after daybreak was one 1 the strongest hearted. For a width ut 600 feet, running southwest to north- cast, the tornado had leveled almost every- thing before it. An occasional building, partially wrecked, being left to tell the tale of d jon, as if by contrastwith the ruin to be seen on every side. Searcely a vestige of any structure remained so as to be recognized, the ground being literally cov- ercd with all kinds of timbers promiscuously tangled together, It is estimated that 400 struetures were blown down, all frame, and by no means costly. The Manitoba depot was unroofed and wrecked, thus almost entirely cutting off all telegraphic communication. The only building of any consequence aside from the depot injured was the brewery, and this was badly warped and twisted. ‘The small resi- dences mostly occupied by foreign whose names ithas been impossible to se- cure with any degree of accuracy. The Catholic hospital is filled with the wounded, but only five or six of *them are conside: dangerous. Othersare a little hurt. The: were fifty-four wounded in the hospital last night, besides a number that were taken to private residences. To-day there forty there, two having died and the others having been removed “The coflins provided for the dead are ly- ing at the engine house. The bod; neatly dressed to-day and placed within them. ‘The funeral will probably occur to- morrow and it will undoubtedly be a larg public affaw, The scene in the engine louse, where the dead bodies are surrounded by people of various nationalities, jabbering in their native tongues, is a peeutiarly strik- ingone. Itis impossible to nything abont rebuilding, butit is not believed there will be much delay in replacing the st tures as tenants, for houses of the laboring asses are in demand. The loss will hardly go above 50,600 to $60,000, DIED OF INJURIES, Abner Styr, who had a large sliver driven through his head, lingered in great agony until to-night, when he died. He was coni- mander of the Grand Army post, a prominent Mason and an old pilot on the Missis- sippl. There are to-night twelve coftined bodies at Rice’s, and fifteen maimed. a num- ber of whom cannot recover. A child's bloody dress was found this afternoon in Buckman’s township, twenty-two miles northwest of Sauk Rapids. Mrs, Magsie Dier died at the hospital this afterncon, SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD, s, April 15,—The dismal work 1 among the debris of this storm-swept seetion still continues, while the recoy ns, blackened and l, are being shrouded for the grave, while the wounded are receiving every possi- Dle attention. Physiclans from neighboring are stillon duty, tiveless in their efforts, As the returns come in trom the country in the track of the tornado new fatulities are dis- covered, and others of the maimed ave being brought in for treament. No pen can depict the horrors of the scene, Tho final muster of casualties will surely swell the total of the fatalities to one hundred, and the wounded 0 over two hundred., NO EXAGGERATION, 81, PAvL, April 15.—Reports of the eyclone at St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Rice Station and other points in the vielnity, last night,were not ed. At 3 o'clock this morning in o places there were 49 dead and very nearly pjured, with many still missing whose bodies will probably be recovered to-night. Just enough houses were left in Sauk Raplds toform a ring around the village Meits, The debris was not piled in heaps, but scattered far and wide. At Ssuk Rapids depot a basket full of books wes pieked up by the storm and dumped at Rice Statiou, sev eral miles distant, This #hows the terrible power of the storm, No reporis yet received from outlying disiviets, where it is believed great destructioa af property and loss of lite has been wrezght, The storm extended from Jamestowa, Dak., through Minnesota and into Pescousin, though its most disastious eifects are 10 be tound in the three places mentioned. AlD FOR THE SUFFEREN “Phe eity council this morning v su cash 10 aid the eyclone suiferers, and ernor Hubbard dispatehed a ear load of pro- visions to Bauk Rapids. The car was o companicd by & comuitiee of the Jo union, who will offer all assistance in their ]umnr. Dr. Denslow who, witn_others, went ast evening by special train to St. Cloud, re- Upon reaching ' St. id, the physicians from St. Paul \ apolis divided, a part going to Sauk Rapids, bw was on the foree sent to the St. Benedictine Sisters hospital, and they were kept busy until 3 o'clock this mornin ‘There were twenty-five injured in hospital alone and he does not know how many more were cared for in private houses. ADDITIGNAL FATALITIES, The following are the adaitional names of hose killed at St. Cloud : €, F. Andrews, 50 years, railrond man, Miss Sheitz, 20’ years, Unknown man, 50 years, Ed. M, yents, railroad man, and (wo children. bold, 4 years, ob Shortrage. inie Junglin, 16 ry Junglin, 14 years, Ay Junglin, 9 years. DESTRUCTION The Cyclone's Devastating Work in Mills and Fremont Counties. Marvenry, lowa, April 15,—[Special Tele- wram. |—News reached liere to-day that the cyclone of last evening had devastated por- tions of Mills and Fremont counties, The first place that the furious storm struck was Lickskillet, a litttle town seven miles south of Plum Hollow. The storm made its appear- ance from the southwest, completely demol- ishing a farm house about a mile from_town, then making a bound did not again strike the ground until the town was reached, where it wrecked three resklences, a blacksmith shop and the postofiice, scattering their contents, From Lickskillet the storm moved on to Ran- dolph, where the eyclone wrecked a barn in the southwest part of town, more or less destroying a number of small houses, a lumber yard, implement shed, and jumping over the Presbyterian church, struck the M. E. church, leveling the side walland leaving lhe building to rest on the end walls, "The structure was moved about oneand one-lalf feet and damaged to the amount of about $100 or $500. Pas sing Randolph the storm continued its destructive course to Stralan, where it completely demolished Kay- tan’s store, implement house and sta- bles, and blew the M. E. church to atoms, A number of smaller residences were more or less damaged and the town generally shaken up. The telegraph wires were twisted into a 10pe, ears blown from the switch onto the main track and many more minor freaks in- dulged in by the maddened elements, So far as reported no lives were lost nor anyonc in- jured. The storm was accompanied with or preceded by heavy hail and rain and more or less thunder and lightning. The breadth of the storm track varied from 100 to 200 feet and whenever it reached the earth it carried destruction in its path, In the Track of the Tempest. ATLANTIC, lowa, April 15.—[8pecial Tele- gram.|—Further particulars of the storm which devastated so much country yesterday have been received. It is the general opinion that the storm s great as any that e occurred, and if it had passed through this city would ha great loss of life. The storm tray ty-five miles an hour, going from Griswold to Coon Rapids in about thirty minutes, Reports have been received covering the territory from Griswold to Audubon, forty-six miles, In that distance fifty-tive dwelings were demolished, nine persons wounded, one mortally wounded and one killed. Besides this a number of school children were badly hurt at the schoolhouse beyond Audubon. F. M. Phillips, of Omala, lost his mammorh stock barn in Benton township, in which 250 head of eattle were fed, but only three cattle were killed, and all the loss is covered by $10,000 insurance in the State Insurance company, of Des Moines. Half the people in Atlantic have been visiting the pathof the cyclone. Everything in the track of the storm was de- stroyed. Fences, outhouses, barns and stock pens were levelled, and trees and orehards were torn down. The loss of property be- tween Griswold gnd Audubon s estimated At §160,000, but this is a low estimate, V. little of the loss is covered by insurance. The reason the loss of life was so small is that everyone had a cave, The Oyclone in Missouri. Skiyone, Mo, April 15,—A feartul cy- clone passed over Monroe township, Noda- way county, last evening, destroying dwell- ings, barns, outhouses, and killing thousands of dollars worth of stock. Thres persons were killed and many injured. Many of the wounded are not expected to live, St. Lovts, April 15,—Dispatches from St. Joseph, a destructive cyclone passed er Burlington, Mo, last evening. The railway station was blown to atoms and great damage done in the town, In the surrounding country farm houses and barns were blown down. “Two boys named Fifer, Jiving near the town were Killed and many other persons wi injured, o at Shubert. Suvnenr, Neb,, April 15.—A small eyelone struck the B. & M. station house and adj cent property last evening. Splinters flew in every direetion. One ehild was killed out- right and two women, one man and a boy rely injured. The damage to prop- erty was not very great, TilTRA % Bitten By a Mad Dog. NEw York, April 15.—Amela Morc daughter of Jay Gonld’s old partne younger sister of Mrs, Schelling-Huelskamp, was bitten by a rabid dog yesterday., She was walking in the grounds surrounding her father's residence at Riverdale, York, when she saw a dog_running tows her. She ran, bat the animal pursued and over Her sl ns - were heard by Policeman Finegan, who killed the dog with om his_ revolyer, Miss Morosini, turned this morning. Clond, he ini, and Quiet Wedding at Fullerton, FuLLERTON, Neb.,, April 15.—(Special.]— 1L, E. Wilson and Miss Mary Mulford were quietly married here yesterday, greatly to the surprise of their many friends, The cere- mony took place at 10 a, m., and at 10:50 they left for Omaha. Wilson traveled in Nebraska for years and is well known throughout the state, Miss Mulford was one of Fullerton's most povular young ladies, The bappy couple have the best wishes of all, A Thief Caught at Exeter. prem, Neb, April 15,—[Special Tele- gram.|—A man, giving his name as Charl Brown, was arestad for the larceny, last night, of a set of harness and a gun, e had & team of horses, which ke claimed were his, tied to & wagou belonging to Bennet Ewin, but while stealing the harness to complete the outlit, was caught, He was sentenced to fifteen days in the county jail. Oheaper Rates fram Chicago. Cmicace, April 15.—There was & slight decrease in the passenger rates 1 the west to-day. ‘The St. Paul elaimed that it had dis- covered that the Rock Island had sold second class tickets to Council Bluffs for $1.75. The St. Paul notified the Rock Island of thiis and reduced its second class rate from 87 to 8695 ou business to St. P'aul and Coun- cil Bluffs. “The Northwestern road at once made a similar reduction. The Rock Island, however, insists that it is maintaining rates. L Ll Weather for To-day. arlug covler weather, oS | W ind abilting 10 Westerly, SUPPORT FOR THE STRIKERS The Army of the Knights of Labor Will Grant Them Aid. $30,000 FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. Powderly Makes a Grand Appeal for Help at this Trying Time—His Opinion of Gould's Letter, Money for the Men. CiteAGo, April 15,—[Special Telezram.]— “1 have just returned from St. Loufs,” said J.J. Mahoney, member of the state executive board of the Knights of Labor. “Lam well pleased with the outlook. The mien are in the best of spirits and determined to fight it out until ourorder is recognized, and untii Gould and Hoxie agree to mibitrate the dift enees that exist. There will be no violence in East St. Louis. The state, distriet and national excentive boards will' see to it that 1o excuse is afforded for an attack by the militia. The railroads are doing noth- ing, and can do nothing until they make peace with their old employes. The stories sent out by Ioxie about a hundred cars being moved daily are simply pure fiction. I think it is sate to predict that the strike will be over inside of two weeks. hie business men of St. Louis are bringing pressure upon Hoxie that he cannot long withstand. Lest, however, the fight may be prolonged, the Iilinois state executive board will begin at onee to raise money for the sup- port ot the strikers and their families. The Knights of Labor,” said Wortl man Richard Grifliths, “made, o y general assessment on the ent the benefit of the Wabash strik assessment was only 25 cents, $100,000 was raised and the strike was won. I don’t know what assessments will be made this time. I think there are 200,000 more knights in good standing to-day than there were @ yearago. An assessment of 50 cents would, I think, raise at least 300,000, The method of assessment is, of course, easy, and is through the difterent lodges. v Fore- r ago, & order for The but over Appeal For Aid. PHILADELPHIA, April 15.—General Mas- ter Workman Powderly, of the Knights ot Labor, to-day addressed the following eir- cular to the members of the order: "Fo the Noble Order of Knights of Labor of America—To the Order wherever found— Greeting You have all read of the great strike on the Gould lines of railway in the southwest. Its history IS being written day by day. It makes but little difference now whethcr the men of the southwest acted wisely or not. Let us pass that part of the affair over, for it, too, has passed into history. 'The general executive board of our order attempted to settle the trouble and restore barmony. Agrcements were made with them by Jay Gould, Esq., but when the rd reachied St Louis' Hoxie would not treat with them. Not that alone, but he posi- refused to employ Knights of Labor, her they had been active in the strike or If now becomes the part of every man and woman in the order to take up the fight of the men of the southwest and assist them to the full extent of their means. They have been idle for nearly two months, They have a most trying ordeal to go _throu in need of funds.” It requires no eloquence or rhetoric to i the cause of these suffering people, ' uire aid, and 1t becomes our duty to extend that aid as quickly as is possible for us to do s0. Send every dollar you can spare to the general secretary-treasirer, who will at_once forward it to the men at St. Louis for distri- bution, Remember the men out there do not ask for charity. They do not nsk at all. Tt is your executive board that makes the appeal in_ their bebalf, He who gives quickly gives doubly. Actat once. Another abpeal may be sent to you, and we ask of you to prepare for it now. We must be judged by our actions in this matter, Do not pass resolutions econdenning capital, for we are not fichting pital. Do not antagonize the contest we lave beforeus, Letus maie a iriend of every man who has suffered through monopoly, “This battle agninst the man_ who represents monopoly must be fought manfuily. Wateh tions everywhere, Keep an cye on the 5 of congress, Urge the committee asbeen appointed to do its duty fear- Strengthen their hands, Give them every aid, 2 In" conclusion, letus in ask that you send at onee eve that_you ecan at present iaise (o uphold dhe men who are now out on the lines of the southwest system of the Gould railways. Do not delay: and at the same time make ready to bring the whole power of the order to béar upon’ the man who wrecks railroads, homes, fortunes and lives in his greed for gold. Let us determine to have it go into history i i a8 grandly for “The men of 1770 the power of monarchy and dethroned the king. = ‘The power which they wre from the hands of the king was not so at as that which Is now held by one man, who, through the corrupt use of money, has brought manufacturers and worknien to ruin. ‘Thepower of the king has passed away. ‘The power of wealth is passing away, and it must now be determined whether man shall rule or whetner illegiti- mate weaith shall rule, [Signed] T, V. PowDERLY," Master Workinan, Powderly on Gould's Letter, ScRANTON, Pa., April 15,.—In an int this afternoon Powderly, when asked he thought of Gould’s reply to his manifesto, said: 1 have not had mueh time to think of it, for this has been an unusually busy day with me, 1don’t think, however, that atr, Gould has answered my letter. His reply is a quibble and an evasion, and he fairly slops over on some points. All there is in his communication has been said before. He evident!y wants to pose before the country in the light of & martyr, but the Knights of Labor don’t piopose to honor him with martyrdom. We have invited him to carry his threats of prosecution into the courts, and we areready to meet him there, te announeed some time ago his intentions tocommence a series of prosecutions against us, and we want him to proceed at once. We shall not be swayed from our course by anything be way say or do, We shall ap- point a eommittee of the order to investigate the stiike, and if the knights are at fanlt they shall not be sereened. We are anxious, Lowever, to have a congressional committee investigate the strike first to ascertain the cause leading to1t, and then make it public without delay, Gould aets, or talks rather like a man who fears he will be injured, 1f he should be punished legally for unlawful acts of Lis, that would not be unjustly injur- ing him. It would be merely upholding the law. Lfany of our men are amenable, let them also suffer,” Mr. Powderly was called to Chicago late to-night on important business, Genel ‘The letter of General Master Powderly to} Secretary Turrer is sald by the executive committee to be the result of a ungnbmous demand upon him by assemblies of the order o place the sirike upon a broad basis, and ask the sup- port of the entire organizition by formal ! Contributions are running uj nds of dollars been receive every day by the men the last week, they have averaged ov y. All this money Las been sent out to be distrib- uted anong the strikers at every point on the system where it is needed, and it Las been sufticient to weet all demands so far without "OMAHA., FRIDAY 1 k Mar, calling upon the reserve fand of the order or ordering an assessment. But Powderly's di- rection for a call fof contributions mects with the approval of tiie board,because it will prove to the public that i stiike has the dorsement of the ordcr ingeneral, A LITTLE MORE SHOOTING, One of the wilitary sentries in the Van- dalia yards, in East St Louis, was fired upon by an uuknown wan. The seniry fired an vke up another man in ambush, The mis- creants both eseaped. Two rails were re- moved from the Cairo Short Line road near Belleville by unknown parties last night, VIRTUALLY ENDED AT ATCHISON, 8. Louts, April 15.—A special from Atehi- son, Kansas, states that the strike at that s Out of 112 men who stop)y order of the Knights of Labor, 78 have returned to work, as they say, for good. s Another Street Car Strike, NEW Yonk, April 15, —FEleven hundred employes of the Third avenue, Lexin avenue, Hundred and twenty-fifth sireet cablelines met to-night to decide the que tion of the contemplated strike on account of the refusal to discharge seven non-union employes, At midnignt it was decided to tie up the roads at 4 o'clock in the morn- ing, If the demands are not met it threatened to tie up all the roads in the oity. Street Car Strike at Baltimoro. Bavrivone, Md., April_15,—At noon to- day the oftic ordered the tieine up of all cars of the Union, Peoples and Central companies and the work was done Uy as the cars reached their respective i Sndorse Home Rule. QuEnEe, April 15.—1In the local legislature esterday Lercerier, leader of the liberal party, gave notice that he would bring up the tollowing motion *Whereas, ‘The right of self-zovernment is sacred to the Canadian people; and Wiereas, They believe and know from actual experience that constitutional govern- ment brings strength, peace, union and prosperity to the nation, Therefore be it resolved, That this house re- gards with great satisfaction and sympathy the noble efforts of Rt. Hon. W. E. Glad- stone to peacefully soive the probiem of home rule in Ireland without disintegrating the empire, And be if further resolved, Thatthe spenker of this house be directed 'to communicate theso resolutions to Right Hon. W. E. Glad- stone.” Irishmen of this city are jubilant over the action taken by the legislatire, "The motion will probably be unanimously adopted. The Budget Adopted. Loxnoy, April 15.—Sir William Harcourt, chancellor of the exchequer, introduced the budget in the house of commons this even- g, He stated that the expenses for 185-56 were £ ,337 less, and the ro $1,208,- han the e e made ilders ctual de Canadian Killed by Falling Walls, Parts, April ne persons were killed and a number i jured to-dny at Ajaccio, the the capital of Corsica, by the collapse of a mansion. Poland to be Germanized. BERrLIN, April 15.—The upper house of the diet has adopted the bills for Germaniz- ing Poland. : Sensational Developments. CoLuBUS, Ohio, April 15.—The legislative committee appointed .fo investigate the charges of bribery in electing H, B. Tayne senator in January, 1884, reported this even- ing. The majority report, signea by the three republicans, is lengthy and somewhat sensational, and has caused a great stir, especinlly the evidence of L. A. Russell, who tellsiof picking up a §20 bill on the floor of Dr. Page’s room, Page bemgz Payne's man- ager, and J. J. Hale, who luf(-l of entering J. Huntington’s room unceremoniously and finding stacks of Dbills; meney piled u than h aw in the bank of whi committee sets forth th one of the directors of the Standard Oil company, was regarded as purser of the al- lezed Payne fund, and as soon as this mittee |'” nted he fled to Cuba not been a bl The minority report, signed by the two democratic members, is devoted to argumeuts to impeach most of the damaging witness The matter will probably be before the house all the week. —_ Disemboweled With a Dirk. April 15,—[Special.|—Pat igned in the volice court > of assault with a deadly ‘onnor, a shoemaker, at the B. & M. depot, yesterday afternoon. Theex- amination was postponed pending the result of Connor’s wounds, Morrissey and Connor got into a dispute about a woman. ot words followed and vile epithets were freely used. Suddenly Morrissey pulled a dirk and plunged itinto Connor’s bowels, makinga frightful wound. The doctors say the chanees of recovery are not assuring at present, pecad e S U Yesterday's Base Ball Games. ‘The base ball games played by the leading clubs of the country yesterday resulted as follows: At Washington At Charleston, S, tons 4, At Fort Monroe, Hampton Nationals 2, I.\l Philadelphia — Athletic 9, phia 8, L At Baltimore—Boston 2, Baltimore 1, At Pittsburg—Detroit 8, Pittshurg 1 At Hartford—Hartford 2, Metropolitan 1, L A Towa's New Deputy State Auditor, Drs Moixes, April 15.—P, IL, Bristow, of this eity, w ¢ appointed deputy state anditor, ‘vieo Havmond, suspended’ With Brown, Nationals 16, Portiands 4. —Atlantas 6, Charles 16, Philadel- Va,—Roehesters e Mary Walker and the Western Con- gressmar A small, smart, esthetic looking young rentleman, dressed in a n suit of Dlack and a shining hat, walked briskly into the file-room of the house and shook hands with Dr. French, Harry Smitls, Ju Rogers, Judge Wiggins and other wellknown and Taithful ofticers who there do congregate. But there was the room at the time a member from : western state who was not known to the young gentleman, and to whom the young gentleman’ was unknown. The member was smoking a cigar, and ths young gentleman’s entrance did not in- terrupt his pleasure. Soon the young gentleman made a remark which the western member had reason to bel was an allusion to him, *“There ougl be a sign, ‘no smoking allowed,’ put up in this room,’’ said the young gentlem sarcastically, The western representa- tive looked around, and, finding nobody smoking but himself, took the remark to himself. I never smoke aloud, sir,” said he, good-humoredly, But the young gentleman was not to be put off with u joke. *“Only u hog would smoke in the presence of a lady,” he said. “I'm with you there,'’ replied the western member. hen you admit ity” “Admit what?” 'hat you are u hog.” “By no means, I never smoke in the presence of a lady At this remark the young gentlonian fiew into a passion and told the representative that he was no gentlemun. “You're no gentleman, ; no gentleman, no gentle- an,” he repeated over and over. vither are you, sir; meither are you, neither are you," the congressman’ re- plied. The young gentleman, in a parox- sm of passion, vanished out of the room, hen the congressman from the west ned that he had been talking to Dr. Walker. | How the Scnate Will Reconcile fired and | ORNING. APRIL 16, 1885. -~ BEATING ABOUT THE STUMP. tself to Confirming Nominations. GLAD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY To Many New Appointees in the West —The Administration's Square Back-down — Views on Various Mattors. The Way It Works, WAsHINGTON, April 15,—[Special Tele- gram. |~ It is not likely that there will be any more delays over a cortain elass of nomina- tions that will come before the senate. When the president makes a nomination to fill a vacaney ereated by suspension, if the term of the suspended ofticer expires before the sen- ate acts upon the nomination, andgthe presi- dent withdraws it and renominates the nominee to fill a vacancy made by expir tion of term, the senate will treat the renom nation as if it was an original nomination to fill a vacancy made by an expired term, and the matter of suspension will not enter into the case. In other words, it will then become a simple question of the fitness of the man appointed. The withdrawal of the name for the purpose of making a renon ination, withdraws whatever chances there may have been filed, and leavesthe case without potitical prejudice. This announce- ment will be hailed with joy by a large num- ber of postmasters in Iowa, some in Nebras- ka, Minnesota, Illinois, and several in other northwestern states. - The new regime in- sures their prompt confirmation. A SQUARE BACK-DOWN. A good deal of comment was made to-day in republican circles upon the action of the senate committee on finance in relation to nominations of collectors of internal revenue, as Is disclosed in a resolution made public by the senate in executive session yesterday aiternoon. That resolution uncovers a com- plete back-down by the administration from the position it some time ago assumed in re fusing information bearing upon removals or suspensions of republican oftice holders. It declares: “That the letters of the secretary of the treasury to the commitiee on financ: dated March 16, 1836, or subsequently, in re- lation to the suspension of collectors of internal revenue should be reccived and held s honest declarations, made in good faith, that there are no charges or papers on file in the departient reflecting in any manner against their moral or oflicial conduct or character.” ‘This resolution was supported by every democratic as well as republican wember of the committee on finance, and it was under- stood at the time of its adoption that it would be very satisfactory tothe administration. In- deed, the democrals supported it knowing it was desired by the administration and realizing that it was a gentle way of “letting down” the administration and- acknowledg- ing, as it so firmly at fivst refused to do, that these republican internal revenue collectors were suspended or removed on purely polit- ical grounds, This completely lifts the block- ade and probably indicates the course which the republican senators propose to take in the future in rezard to nominations to fill vacancies wade by removals or suspensi upon political grounds, viz: Wheré charges are not preferred against the nominee, con- firmations will be made. So the administra- tion has been soundly thrsshed at its own game, A CAUTIOUS DEMOCRAT. “There is going to be a terrific fight at the polls this fall,” said a Virginia member to your correspondent to-day. *I have been talking with members of the house, and sena- tors, too, representing all political parties, and there is a determination ‘to make the fur fly,’ as one republican put it.” *“What will be the contest?”” I asked, Oh, there are to be some legislatures elected—in California, Inaiana and other doubtful states—that will elect United States senato then the contest for the You see the republicans dent of success, They have organized their congressional campaign committee out of their very best material, and are, as they openly say, going in to win now. We expe to have some say in this thing. 'the odds are largely in our favor. The number of demoeratic congressional distriets in the country exeeed the republican ones by twenty to thirty; and then we have the machinery of government, if that is any benefit,” Do you really believe your party will have the next house?” “I do not like to , was the evasive an- swer, “because 1 cannot tell what effect the Morrison tariff bill will have on the country, Tariff bills make and unmake represen tives, you know, more than any other of- ficers, But the contest will be spir L 1F, RIVER AND HARBOL BIL A geat deal of fear is entertained in con- gressional cireles about the fate of the river and harbor bill in the house. A large number of members have exvressed the belief that the bill will not be passed, and that the longer it delayed the less will be its chances of sue- cess, The last congress reported a river and harbor bill that failed of passaze, and one of tho sessions of the previous congress missed fire on a river and harbor bill, The trouble with those measures, however, was t they were topheavy with Mississippi ver provisions, The object in the prepara- tion of the bill now on the calendar of the has been to so distribute the appro- ns or amounts in it as to catch a general support. Since the dis- aster wrought by the passagoe of a river and harbor bill by the first session of the Forty-eighth congress, by which, mal believe, the democrats elected the gress, there has been a very chary munner about members in reference to appropriation bills of this character, and although nes all river and harbor bills have been passed by a logrolling process they have come to shudder at such a thing. Undoubtedly more wen (republicans) were defeated for re- election four years ago on account of having yoted for a river and harbor bill of large and unwise dimensions than were ever del at any one election for any one caus makes men cautious now. EADS' SHIP RAILWAY BILL, It is expeeted now that thesenate com- mittee on commerce will soon aet on ds’ ship railway bill. The committee has been tied for a month or more by the absence of Senator Jones, of Florida, and has been unable to break the deadlock. Now, how- ever, that Senator Gibson has been appointed 10 act in Jones' place it is expected that the bill will be taken up and acted on, Gibson is supposed to fayor the bill, BLAND TALKS ABOUT HIS BILL. “What are you going to do about your silver bill?? Your correspondent asked of Bland, of Missouri, father of the proposition for tree colnage. “Letitrest for a while now,” he said. “We got a very encouraging vote on it. We will let 1t rest for a while and wmay do better next time.” “If you would add a clause putting a -dol- lar's worth of silver into the dotlar you could pass it couldn’t you? Les, I suppose 50, but that would be just NUMBER 333 inereasing the obligation of the debtor class 20 per cent, and I don't think we would be Justified in doing that, we will let the matter rest a while, and let congress hear from the people. ‘They will be heard from. DAKOTA'S ADMISSION, “What is going to be done with your bill for the admission of Dakota?’ your corre- spondent asked of Congressman il of Ohio, chairman of the house committee on territories. “Ithink it will pass,” he said. “1t is a preliminary step looking toward the admis- sion, and I think everybody will tavor it.”” Do you think the bill for the admission of Dakota will pass at this session. “That is rather doubtful. 1T am not so sure about that, however. Nobody can say as to that, but I think the division will not be objected to by either p QUEER FREEKS OF For some time the local courts have been agitated over the closing of barber shops in this city, There has been 1o question about the barber shops opening on Sunday berctofore, and they have been doing a thriving business on that day; but some strange movement has come about by which the barber shops are forced to close, and the theatres and the great panorama of Bull Run open simultancously on that day. What this means the good cit- izens are becoming excited to learn. There may be little wrong in opening the Bull Run panorama, but no one questions but that the work of barbers is far less harmful, morally than that of theatres, A very peeular fit reform ns to have seized Washington, and the people are talking about the remark- able inconsistency connected with it a1l THE APPROPRIATION BILLS which have been reported from committees to the house are ncarer the estimates than were those of the first session of tne last congress, it has been observed, and there will be less likelihood of deficiencies than then, The republican members say this is owing to the fact that the majority of the house are in accord with the administration and therefore deficiencies are undesirable, while the demo- crats say it is because the estimates were more satisfactory than they have been for years; that the specifications in the estimates wera more definite than they have ever been, and the necessity of allowing the recom- mendations more apparent. No one claims that any economies have been instituted. It is the aim of the present administration to maintain the service in all branches of the government, TARIFF REFORM. If one is to judge from general expression the minority hi ot the best of the argument on the Morrison-1lewitt tarift bill, and th measure is not as strong as it was when r ported to the house. The administrative portion of the bill—that portion which pro- poses to disentang me of the questions in the present tariff law—is received with considerable favor: but the common prinei- ple of the Morrison portion of the bill is not in as good favor as it was a week or ten days ago. ‘This apparent disfavor of the bill is likely the result of the near approach of its consid. cration, when members must meet it fais nd the opinions expressed now are conse- quently more in accord with proposed action than they were a short time ago, when the destiny of the bill was entirely unknown. TIE EIGHT HOUR MOVEMENT. ze attended mass meeting of working- men was held here last night, at which reso- Lutions were adopted cal or the centoree. of the vight hour in government shops, tendering sympathy to the workingmen everywhere in their efforts, to secure shorter working d: aring that the railroad strike now in’ progress in the hwest emphasizes the stice of the lations at present existing between capital and labor, and that, as suvporters of law and order, condemn all acts of violence and the destrietion of proper t the same time denounce as murder the cold blooded shooting down by hired thugs of innocent and unarmed men, women & e dastardly murders, i mpeding the work of unification among the industrial ela: will only bind more tirmly in one universalbrotherhood the wage earners of the country, and that organized labor wiil not rest until the perpetrators of those diabolical and murderous outrages be brought to ftrial, conviction and adequate punishment administered. Representative O'Neill, of Missouri, pre- »l\lml and on the platforin were a large num- ber of members of congress REFORMERS, of retarding Wyck Wants to Know WASHINGTON, A or Wyck has introduced senate agreed to the followir Resolved, That the committee on publie lands be directed to asce) thority timber cut on the publi the consent and knowledze, and under the rulings and instruction ot the interior and land “devartment, is seized by Id depart- ment witiout due process of law and or- dered to be sold without any judgment or execution directing the same, Favoring Abrogating the Treaty, WASHINGTON, April 16,—The house com- mittee on ways and means to-day decided, by a vote of nine to one, 1o report favorably the resolution recommending the abrogation of the 1 ian treaty, Messrs, Mills, Hewitt, MeMillan, ridge, of Ar Maybury, Kelly Hiscock voted in favor of the resolution, Representative Breckenridge, of Kenteky, cast the negative vote, Vai Van A Fraud Stopped. WASIINGTON, April The surve: zenera? to-day issued an order directing the posti at Quiney, 1k, to withold pay- ments of money orders to Nathars Incubotor company, ing business that place, rest of Harvev cheme on a char frand, Waldo, originator of the cot using the mails to de- For Third-Cl pstmasters, WasiiNGroN, April 15.—Mr. Wilson, of Town, offered a resolution in the senate to- day, directing the senate committee on post- oftices and post roads to examine and_report what legislation is necessary to authorize the postiaster general to lease premises f thira-class postoftices. The resolution was agreed 10, e - 's Earnings, Bostoy, April 15.—Tae annual report of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad for 1585 gives the following information: Gross earnings, $7,405,000; total interest, dividends and other tixed charges, including $201,000 for the sinking funds, 6,850,000; net surplus which has been addeéd to' the in- come accounts, 5304,000, This surplus does clude the profits of the Atehison land s partment, which last year amounted to $1,304,000, Scabs Must G New YORK, April 15.—10:30 0, m.—As yet there has been no tie-up on the Third avenue street car lines. The Empire Protective as- sociation held an all night meeting, The as- sociation wants seven non-union men in the employ of the company discharged, If the ofticers do not consent o this a tie up will be ordered t0-MOITOW WOFNINg. - Boycotters A v Youk, April 15.—Eight boycotting 15 who peddled eirculars betore the akery of Mrs, Gray on Hudson street tor several duys past, were last night arested for disorderly conduet, - Death of a Millionaire. BurraLo, April 1 the willionaire husband of actress, died this worning, The Santa ted THE DOINGS OF CONGRESS Sonator Logan's Long Argument for Senate Open Executive Sessions, IT MIGHF AS WELL BE DONE, For the Newspapers Have the Pros ceedings Just tho Same—Oma: ha's Inmediate Transportas tion Bill Passes, In the Senate. Wasmyaroy, April 15,—Mr. Logan took the floor fnsupport of the movement for open exeeutive sessions, He preferred his own resolution, he said, because it provided broadly for open sessions on all matters of nomination and confirmation without going into the story of secret sessions In the course of his remarks Mr, Logan said the secrets of executive sessfons were let out in some way, he would not say how correctly. Was there ever an excculive session to con- sider an important matter from which some- thing had not leaked out? He acquitted the ofticers of the senate of any fault in this mat- ter, He did not believe they let any secrcts out. Still the newspapers were full ot state- ments of the things that happened or were said to happen in executive sessions, It they did not make corvect statements they pro- fessed to do s It the senate woula not open its doors was it not encouraging misrepresentati on the part of the newspapers? Was it not better to have the country know what transpires? Newspajer men did tho best they could. They got secrets from_someboiy, Mr. Logan did not know from whoms; probably from the spittoons or desks of the senate chamber: of course not from any senator. Were not the senators encouraging the n \llF men to state things that were not true? The scnate was not direetly responsible for any incor rect statements s to- seeret ons. 1t the doors were opened the speeches in - executive sessions would be_shorter, the procecdings more orderly and the debates better and of a more clovated character, As to the pub Ticity of votes, Mr. Logan was perfectly wil ing that his constituents and everybod should know now he voted in executiv sions: and it he dared he would tell dne’ what his vote was, but he never did, Mr. Hoar asked Mr. Logan whether his Togic would not require the prooceedings of & committee also to be open to the publie. Mr, Logan replied: “Notat all. But why should not the committee meetings be open :o e publie, if; anybody wanted them 0 b Mr. Hoar said that hardly any were of more i than the pr s and means of the house of represents tives, or the tinance committee of the senat: and especially important were the proceeds ings of the gonference committees on ques- tions of revenue. Mr. Hoar asked Mr, Logan whether he would have the proceedings of such committees open to the public, Mr. Logan had known the astuteness of the senator from Massachusetts (Iloar) in at- tempts to throw the people off the track in debate whenever o proposition was mado which did not agree with his notion. But the senate not discussing on the ques- tion of open committee meetings. The people were not demanding open committee meetings, but they were demanding open doors for the proceedings of the senate, and the doors will be openced, — Mr. Logan 1mintmllv added: “*Mark what I tell you, and t will not be long either. After furtherdebate th inter-state commeree bill. ‘Lne senate went into execntive se when the doors red nate took up the t sion, and pened adjourncd. House, On motion of Mr. Brockenridge the senate bills were passed extending to Omaha, Neb,, and Portland, Oregon, the provisions of the law relative to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods. ‘The house then went into committee of the '\\jhnle on the riverand harbor appropriation bill, Mr. Hepburn characterized some of the appropriations as prodig teful, a throwinzaway of the people’s money. 'He especially opposed the Gulveston harbor ap- l'"’"”" on on the ground that the plan for he improvement of that harbor had been shown to be defective, He also eriticised the appropriation for the lower Mississippi river, He would like to see navigation on that river improved, but he had no faith in the pretense that it was for the improvement of navigation that these expenditures were to be made, Strike out of the plan of the com- mission the levee feature, and there was not a member from the region of the lower Mis- sissippi who would raise his hand to securo il appropriation. tlie bill was fhen read by sections for amendments, and some little’ progress. was made before the commitiee rose and the house adjourned, Seorets of the Senate. g WASHINGTON, April 15,—In the senate's cutive session the Venezue W and ratified without de It provides for the reopening claims of citizens of the United States gainst the government of Venezucla, These are to be considered by a commission of three, oneto be appointed by eacl goyeins ment, aud the third to be sélected by those two, “Tlie senate then proceeded to the consider- ation of nominations, and a number of inter- esting reports from committees were Motions were made in to several of them that injunction of seerecy be removed, r, Saulsbury thought the reports were of a political nature, and protestoq against sup- pressing able to the demoeritic publishing that de- igned to 1 for the republicans, 1e injunction in five reports was removed, despite the protest. That upon the ease of Patrick be postmaster at Keokuk, lowa, viee Clarke, was made by Mr. Wilson, of 5 that the suspension of made on purely nds, that there is nothing on cter in the sligiitest de- 5 not desire to retain the therefore recoms ation of Gibbons, S S ) Rates, April This afternoon the sentatives of the freight departments of the Milwaukee, Owaha, Minneapolis & St Louis and Wisconsin Central held a meeting at the Omaha oflices und discussed grain rates and transit matters, It was finally decided to ake a rate of ten cents | all grain products in existenc and 111 transit, as no shipp by milling in trans read, spect the lLowa, tually does away would gain anyUhing -— The Mexicans D efeated, SAN FrANCISCO, April 15.—Advices from Guaywas state that two skirmishes with Yaqui Indians this week resulted in the de- feat of the Mexiean troops with the loss of three killed ane cizht wounded. The Indians also captured arms, ammunition and bag.age of the Mexican troops, ‘The Mexicans have 2,000 men, The Indians under Cajeier ae reported (o number 4,000, A generid advanee is to be made on theé Indiuns on the 19th inst. - He Was Like the Flowers That Bloom inthe Spring. Boston Globe: *‘Hello, Johnson,” A printer to a former compositor., haven't seen you for a long time. " “No," replicd Johnson, 1 old un has left me $40,000, und now I am like the flowers that bloom in the spring. “How is that?” “I have nothing to do with the case. - - Purcel Dolivery company renovod to 5 1ithst. Weare now prepared 9 k baggage to and from railiond pots,