Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 28, 1887, Page 1

SIXTEENTH YEAR. IN THE WAKE OF THE QUAKE A Trip Through the Shaken Country Shows Death and Destruction. SAD SCENES OF DESOLATION The Survivors Utterly Destitute and Veed of lmmediate Assistance he Socialist Demonstration at St. Paul’s in London. A Desolate Trip. [Copyright 1887 bu James Gordon Bennett.] SAvONA, Piedmont, (near Genoa), Feb. New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber.|—I have just arrived here. Since the hotel tumbled about me during the first earthquake shocks at Mentone 1 have trav- eled between Monte Carlo and Alasslo, stopping at us places on the way. Be B ching Ventimiglia I felt a sharp Kk and the railway carriages swayed in & sagreeable manner. The Ventimiglia station glass roof 1s entire and there has been but slight damage in the town, At Bardi- ghera the Grand hotel is badly damaged but has been evacuated by guests, who are cating and sleeping in the garden, Three other hotels were slightly In- jured. The village of Bischaffeheim is un- hurt, but the celebrated M. Pasteur fled to Paris In a very short time. ‘““I'hese French selentific men are not 80 courazeous with the earth as with dogs,” remarked a German lady I passed to me. The further dama.es consist of two killed by falling walls. Aspedaletto is mtact, San Remo is very slightly damaged, but the foreigners there were well trightened. One Englishman was seen in his night dress, wearing a tall hat and having an umbrella. A lady said that her gardner rushed out in A STATE OF NATULE and was seen under a fig tree, which was very paradise-like and appropriate, sie thought. Beyond San Remo the serious region of the earthquake began. The worst place was Diano Marino on account of flaws in the strata, for the earthquake certainly did not have its center there, The small, detached houses, especially those that are isolated, are ruined. All the large buildings affec are those near or on the street corners and this is owing to the bad masonry work of modern times. Cellaco was shaken, bottles were broken and casks became leaky and a low wall had fallen down. From lo to Taggla, near San Rewno, a distanes of fifty miles, nearly every town and village on the coast was wholly or partially L and so were many in the valleys, Nearly the whole population s sleeping in the open air and it is estimated that there were OVER A THOUSAND DEATIS, Mentone is the only town outside of this re- gion which suffered wueb. At Bajardo the church fell during early mass, burying 150 people, and nearly all the houses have fallen, Bussana is completely destroyed. At Diano Castello a few lives were lost, but nearly every house is ruined. At Diano Marino the reene is fearful, The victiing are estimated at 500, 1 visited it yestercay. Thesoldiers had dug out cighty bodies, some of young children who were still living after three days' imprisonment, Signor Genala, the mnister of public works, iad been there and had organized relief measures, T'rains loaded with bread, blankets and planks have arrived now from Genoa, which contributes liberally to the aid of the sufferers. Meanwhile the shocks continue, Although they are slight they affect the morales of the population. The old town of Cervo, on a steep hill, with its fine church built by the coral fishers, who never returned from their last expedi- tion, and with whom died the secret of the rich coral bank at Andorra, is little dam- aged. At Lalzuelia, am old town ruined by abombardment ot the Lnglish fleet during the French war, the old ruins of that date are standing the same as ever, Apparently nothing 15 damaged. At Alassio the tall Campanile was leaning slightly but was little damzged. No sooner, however, Liud Larrived at the station, than from the hang-dog faces it was evident to me that something had oceurred, The peo- ple said all was finished and that THE END OF THE WORLD bud come. Alassio was belng destroyed, 1 told them it was much worse elsewhere and cited the case of Oneglia, Diano Marino, Bojardo fand Mentone, 1 walked through the town the next morning and found only three persons killed. Alassio, however, is in a shocking state, Nearly all the houses along the sea line for two kilometres must be destroyed, Those houses which were apparently safe were merely held up by the others and must come down, Assistance s everywhere urgently required, The money at the disposition of the commune Is absolutely nil. They are waiting for aid from the go ernment to give them shelter and food dur- Ing the repairs. Commwercial houses formerly considered rich are unable to contribute because they are obliged to rebuild their own houses, ‘Llie panic continues everywhere, WILD REPORTS are flying about predictions of fresh shocks, At1lo'clock on Suturday at Turin, while Crowds were waiting at the station expecting the king tagass through, a shattered house near by fell with an awful crash, causing great alarm, Between Loano and Finalma. rina the railway is much damazed. The bridges are gone and the trains pass over temporary wooden ones. A Horrible Journey. [Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennelt,) Rove (vie. Havre), Feb, 27.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the BEE,)—How great the havoe caused by the earthquaks along the Riviera-l'onente was has been described to me ina graphic mannér to-lay by @ wentieman who was stoppingat Nice when the catastrople happened, and w reached here on Saturday, 1 have, he said, & vivid recollection of the way In which the panicstricken men and the screaming women behaved after the first shock, Beyond all, I recall the terror of & Russian who was stopping at wy hotel, He dashed out of his bedroom almost naked, shricking, “I call heaven to witness 1 am not an atheist.” Our train started on Fulday morning. We dragged along slowly through the rock cuttings and tunnels to Ventuaiglia, where an excited and gesticulating crowd had eollected at the station. ‘There were only half u dozen pas- sengers on the train, including Deputy Mas seto, one or two local authorities, aud wmy- self. Boridighero seemed untouched, At San Remo the chuzed tower had fallen. At Bussauo we found the village lad literally been BHAKEN TO PLEC ‘The whole population surrounded us and clamored loudly for troops, On and on we slowly wended our way through endless tun- nels. To while away the tme I dipped iuto my guide book. A very creepy feeling came overmeas 1 read: “Here the tourist will notice rocks of volcanie formation,” Per- haps it was fancy, but I seemed to hear Tumblings and woans as we crept through those tunnels, Al Oneglia another excited crowd bad hered and waved handkerchiefs at us a: we passed. A little further on the porter bawled out: “Diano Marino, sicing min- utes.” Tgotont. The cing minutes length- ened themselves into four liou At Diano Marino the CULMINATING POINT OF HORROR was reached. We were 1n the very center of the disturbance. The ravages had been dreadful. The station was completely wrecked and all the railway business was being @done under tarpauling, We found two brothers there, a priest and a doctor who were both wearing rail- way porters' caps and working like beavers to rescue people. General Disonnaz, one of the king's aides<le-camp, stood near by crying like a child, The soldier let us out of the station. We were instantly surronnded by half-starved women imploring charity. ‘The priest joined usand we made for the viliage, “Here,” said the priest, *on the night of mardi-gras, the peasants were dancing under the shade. At midnight I exhorted them to gohome. ‘They ouly lnughed and continuea to dance. Atdawn the earthquake came, and in an instant fifty were swallowed up.” “But some may be still alive, padre?'said 1. “Oh, yes, Come with me.” We walked toward a group of soldiers and weeping women gathered round a deep hole, which was being still dug out. While we stood there 1 could hear dull, smothered sobs and shrill yells, the groans and cries of the poor wretches who lay buried beneath us, At last the train started. Raln was falling and the heavy seas roared as we passed S; vona. 1 was glad cnough to reach Genoa, where Lmanaged to sleep. But the horrors of that journey still haunt me, Some More Casualties, Rowr, Feb. 27.—Heartrending detalls ot the disaster cansed by the earthquake con- tinueto arrive. At Diano Marino to-day a child twelve years old and her father were extricated from the debris, when the latter explred upon the spot. Slight osciliations were felt to-day at Albenga and Porto Maur- zio. Relief committees are being organized thropghout the country, but it is impossible to supply the numerous wants, Could Not Foretell the Earthquake. [Copyright 1857 by James Gordn Bennett.] Rosme, Feb. INew York Heraid Cable—Special to the Bee, |—In reply to my telegraphic inquiry whether he had foreseen the Riviera eartuquake and whether fresh disturbances were likely to tollow anywhere, P’rof. Palmieri, with great courtesy, has sent the following telegraphic answer from the osservatorio Vesuviano, which L copy verbatim: regio Signore—There has been no shock “The seismograph of the Vesuvius ob- was rather more animated on the 21stand 221 inst., but Vesuvius ving been in a state of moderate eruptive activity for a long tiwe pyst, it was not possible to make any predictions. But some days before the carthquake slight disturbances of the soil were noticed in the neighborhood of Mount Etna, The earthquake of the 23 appears to have started from the maritime Alps, developing, as on former oceasions, most activity on the Ligurian coast, making itself felt at Nice, Cannes and other points ot France, and even in Greece there appear to have been shocks, Some were felt on the following days. At times, when Vesuvius is quict, the observatory seismograph gives warnings of possible commotions, but when the voleano 1s active it is diflicult to suy whether the movements of the seismograph foretell threatened eruptions or a prelude to distant shocks, Devotissimo, — L.PALMERL The Earthquake Prediction. \Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.) VIENNA, Feb. [New York Herald Cable —Special to the Bek.j—The prediction by Dr. Falb, the meteorologist, who foretold the recent thquake, has been ued. The forecast isas follows: “There wili be con- siderable atmospheric disturbances, heavy gales and rains, possibly accompanied by shoeks of earthquakes on twenty-seven days of the present year. Mareh 22 and 23; April and 8; May 5, 6 and 73 June 3 5,21 and 283 July 20, 4 and August 5,19 and 20; eptember 17 and 183 October 16: November 6, 14 and 15, and December 12, 15 and 14,” SOCIALISTS here. servator; N ovur. A Great Gathering At Paul’s Cathedral. [Copyright 1857 by James Gordon: Bennett. | Loxpox, Feb, 2 New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bri|—Old St. Paul's has in its day seen many a seie crowning, as it does, Ludgate hill, and over- looking the grim walls of Newgat It loomed over the riots in the times of Gordon, and of the chartist ators. Ex cepting that the uniformmed milltary were absent this afternoon, the cathedral and its surrounding avenues were in a state of seige similar to what they had experienced in those days of the past. Mounted policemen i blue, with eloaks that trailed behind them on the saddle, and with truncheons at their sides, sat alwost motionless on their horses in troops of a dozen at the four big entrances of the cathedral as sentinels, Constables afoot paced around the wassive building also with truncheons at their sides, for they are never allowed to hold or draw these except i emergeneies, Sco of similar sentinels were inside the cathedral standing silently by the Corinthian portico and be- hind the pillars or leaning against such statues as those of Howard, the philantiro- pist, Sir John Moove, Bishop Ileber, Dr. Samuel Johinson, the historian, Hallam, and of the three Napiers, Five hundred more constables were bivouacked in the erypt. Were they guarding the graves and tombs of Sir Christopher Wren, the architect of the building, Nelson, Wellington, and of the patuters, Opie Reynolds, West, Turner and Landseer? Ok, no. ‘They were guarding the chureh against these voters of the state who call themselves socialists, THE CONGREGATION, The regular convregation and the chance worshippers, with several hundred ladies, were in their seats, “T'he lord mayor and the cowmon councilmen were in their civie chacls, but behind thei, looked reproachfully down upon by the marble group of St. Paul preaching to the Bereans, was a buzzing crowd of 2,000 roughs, who acted as if they were in the pit of a Surrey side theater,, 1 returned outside. The streets jamed on all sides, “How wmany people,” I asked a policeman, “do you estimate are around?” He civilly answered: “At least 5,000, Phere was a great nolse of talking in the multitude, but no uproar, on 1 heard the sounds of brass bands from the Black Friar’ railroad and the 'hawes embankment. At the same mowment the small bells of St. Paul's began to 1ing. ow the socialistie vrocession, formed as per the programme cabled yesterday, were to be seen turning around the monuments, where the old gate of King Lud stood, at the bottow of Fleet street, and mounting the hill. Then the outside populace cheered. 1t was plain to see that the popular sympathy as there represented was with the socialists, T'he brass bands played the “Marseillaise,” the bells pealed out and the East End . workingman shouted tunultuous erles as jf he were chal- St were cession marched up toward and under the shadows of St. Paul’s, under unwonted sun- shine, the speetators divided the pathway with arries, waving their hats and arrietts, their handkerchiefs, while the banner car- riers waved their inseriptions, THEINSCRIPTIONS, Many of these inscriptions were certainly inflammatory, as, for instance, “By heavens, our rizhts are worth fighting for. We seck not revenge, but justice. We will have work or bread. 1 was a hungered. and ye gave me no meat; naked, and ye clothed me not. “Not to be a slave is to dare and die. Work for all —overwork for none. Feed my lambs, Thecrowd of unemployed, as they entered the church, made a pieture which Frith should paint. The majority were youths of about twenty, all with pinched features and In coarse if not ragged clothes, The officers were marked by red bands on theirarms and red rosettes on their coats. All mounted the cathedral steps laughing, joking and jeering at the police, but when within the sacred portico they became still, When, finally, an East End contingent had marched or shuffied in, Imet Hyndman on the steps, who said: “It Is our intention that everything to-day shall pass off peacefully unless we are pro- voked by the police,” COVLDN'T GET 1N. Rather late the Chelsea contingen tarrived, also playing the “Marseillaise,”” but the ca- thedral was full and the new comers only went to swell the crowd ountside, which Wwas oW 4 roaring mass of humamty, wanting a very little incident to turn the scene into a riot with loss of property if not of life. When tho great organ began to play the doors were shut and, as one gray-bearded city policeman remarked to me, “Never have I beheld a crowd as this in the city of London and 1 am an old policeman. The serviee was only once really inter: rupted when a remark was made by the arch- deacon of London that there must ever berich and poor. It was greeted with a few groans of dissent. To allay the impatience of those who were shut cut three minor canons and a number of choir boys came out on the top of th nd stens and bezan an impromptu seryice, but soon John Burns set up singing loudly a labor song to the tune of *“Dare to be a Dan- iel,” Then the minor canons and the choir boys retired. evidently disgusted. Several Who haa been creating a disturbance by talk- ing inside were brought out by the police. il one was probably thought by the crowd 1o be a martyr, for they were loudly cheered. THE REGULAR SERVICE was proceeding amid strange silence, consid- ering the unusual multitude within the walls, Wwhich was estimated at 7,000. Even the roughs were quict, except one who offended for a moment by coming within the DBlack- stone definition of a “‘church brawler,” and he was collared out. Perhaps the auditors Who were strange to the place felt, without knowing anything about Leigh Hunt, the iatter's impression when he onee found him- elf alone in the cathedral: “Its interior awed me. It seemed like a magnitcent mortuary vault over my single body.” PASSED OFF PLEASANTLY. After the service, and while the people W pouring out, 1 again met Hyndman, who sai “Everything has passed off as I wanted, 1 am very much pleased with the behavior of the crowds and hope our meeting later on the embankment, besides those we are going to hold in the north, south, east and west, will passoff as well. At some of these I speak myselt A LITTLE INTERFERENCF. Just at this point of our conversation a red ribboned private rushed up and, in wilitary fashion, touched his hat to Hyondman and said excitedly: “Burns and Bateman, who headed the de- tachment to the embankment, have been interfered with by the police, who drew cross the bottom of Ludgate hill and refused to allow them to pass. There has been a free fight. Burns las an eye blacked.” Hyndwan at once held counsel with the stafl ofticers around him and coneluded to let the matter rest until he knew fuller partien lars, It later turned out to have been ex- ggerated, so the false alarm did not have the efleet it was evidently meant to have, BLehind.one of the great pillars 1 saw Ben- nett Burleigh, the Daily Telegraph war cor- respondent and once an Amevican reporfer, o remarked to me: [ never saw such an orderly, good-natured crowd. Only in Lon- don could such crowds of riffraff meet and disperse without a severe riot or disturb- ance,” ANCIENT BUT INTERESTING, Sale of an Old Library—An Old Lan guage Discovered. (Copyright 1887 Ly James Gordon Bennett,] Loxvox, Feb, 27.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bre.|—London's great literary sensation this week beginning to-mor- row(Monday) will be the sale of a large portion of the hbrary of the late Baron de Seilllere, mainly consisting of specimens of fifteenth century manuseript on vellum, illuminuted Freneh literature and early romances on chivalry, with rare early coples of printing, ‘I'he lots number 1147 and include one com- plete set of the “Awidis de Gaul” romances, believed to be the only one in existenc There is also one of the three *Tirout In Blaneh,”” dated Valencia, 1490, one of which Is in the university library of that city, the remaining copy being in the British museum, Thereis also In the library a copy of the first edition of “Don Quixote,” The first private and press view took place yesterday aud an imwense numper attended, An eminent bibliophite said to we: *“Ihere is scarcely o romance of the fifteenth and sixteenth con- tury which cannot be seen here,” In the most highly prized editions of manuscripf the most remarkable radualoet Sac mantium,” of the Twelfth century, written mostly in silver letters, which are as bright as ever after 700 years. ‘This was written about 1150 at the abbey of Ottenbewen, in Sivobia. It was one of the prizes in a great sale at the hotel Drout ten years back, when the baron pald about $5,000 for it. In the collection of Spanish books and Romanions the whole bibliography of that branch of ancient literature seems to be ex- hausted. The late Baron de Seilliere, as few are aware of, was one of the most distin- guished connoiseurs among the bibliophil es of France. e possessed ample means with the requisite zood taste and knowledge, He Was An expert on intricate points as to editions, reprints and spurious imitations of rare editions. He was fastidious as to the condition of his books. The binding show beautiful specimens of work of the old masters from the libraries of Grober, Dione, DePoictiers and Cardinal de Bourbon. There are equally fine works of the modern school, such as Deromas, Padeloups, and in French art Tranz, Bauzouuet, Neldree, Cope and Duruthe. The baron had also bought the great Salamanca library, as well as the pick of the Alessandrina library, Prior to 152 he kept his treasures in the chateau Wello, near Paris, 1 confess toa bitof reverence when look- ing at an Aretinuo, whieh was printed lenging the West Eyd capitalists. As the pro- ) twenty-two years begore Columbus discovered America, and which was the very first book printed at Foligno by Numelster, who had been the companion and assistant of Gutten- burg. But it would consume many pages to fully describe the remarkable collection, neatly all dating anterlor to Shakespeare's time, and of the wealth of the binding. B. F. Stevens, J. 0. Wright and Lyster Allen have received largn orders from the United States, but naturally the names of the customers and the bidders they would not give. The sales will cccuny the entire week. DISCOVERED A LANGUAGE. Mr. James Gaister, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the Palestine exploration, who was present at the first review of the library yesterday, received a letter from Captain Claude Conder, of the royal engi- neers, announcing his discovery of the language in which were written the myster: ous Hittite inscriptions tirst found by Burchard in 1803, and re-discovered in 18 Mr. Gaister said : ptain Conder at present gives only a portion of the resalts of his diseovery, He has, howaver, read the wlole inscriptions and all the gems and seals bearing Hittite lezends. e has placed in the hands of Sir Charles Warren documents showing how he arrived at the discovery and he has in pres- ervation a memoir which will be published, together witn complete readings by the Pal- exploration fund without In anticipation 1 only say that the questions raised and the points illustrated promise to be equal in in- terest to those of the Enneiform inscription on hieroglyphies. One point only 1 will men tion, and it is that it throws great light on the early ehapters of the book of Genesis and ex- vlains certain - names in ancient history which 1t has hitherto been impossible to ex- plain, From what Captaln Conder told me, Ithink we may hope that he will produce his memoir before the end of next month. Meantime, there are reasons why the lan- guage in which the inscriptions are written, and the manner in which tho discovery was arrived at, should be kept back until the memolr is completed and the whole story told at length. Captain Conder himsolf writes: “Thie declpherment of curious hiero- glynhics found in Hamath, Aleppo, Carche- nd throughout -Asia Minor las for v years been considered one of the most interesting qnestions in Oriental archaeol- ogy. Many attempts have been made to read them, but the language of the texts remained unknown. [t has been my good fortune within the present month to discover what that lungusge is. Not only the words, but the grammer as well, itcan be demonstrated belong to a well known tongue. In faet the discovery once made seems so shimple and obvious that I can only wonder that it was not previously ob- served. ‘The more important and certainly decipherable of the ingcriptions are invoca- tions to the gods of heaven, the ocean and the earth—exactly the deities nclnded in a set which we know, from Ezyptian and Cuneiform tablets, to bave been adored by tribes 1 Asia Minor.,” “The discovery submits a few of these texts, The following specimen, It was addressed to the sun: “May the holy one, mighty and powerful, ar the uprising prayere. L call upon the most high, shine lord, great spint. e gives me the rain of heaven.” . **A second prayer is adlressed to the god of the water, the sky, the ocean: 4] pray to my god of the watér, ihe stat lord of water, the god of heaven. 1 malk inseription in his honor, I extol him, cause a great libation to be made as an of- fering. I make an offering to the most hol; the king of the water.’ “It would seem if we have here the prayers of the Hittites, Hivites, Jebusites, ete.,, who surrounded the Israelites, that new interest will be given to the second and third com- mandments and to the biblical prohivitions against worshiping the water, the eartn, the sky and the like.” he A Conference on Bulgarian Affairs. LCopuright 1857 Ty James Gordon Bennett.] ST. PETERSBU Feb. 27.—[New York Herald Cable- al to the Brr.|—There was yesterday a long interview between the ‘Purkish ambassador and M. De Giers on Bulgarian matters and the general European situation. M. De Giers 1s stated to have ox- pressed the opinion that the disturbed Kuro- pean equilibrum would oon be re-estub- lished and provably no war would ensue for some time to come, As regards Bulgar affairs they would not disturb the veacs cause the Furopean powers must finally admit the legitimate demands of Russia in Bulgaria. Referring to the Turkish military preparations, M. De Giers declared there was no menace on any side of Turkey, but that the extraordinary outlay it incurred was out of proportion to the financlal condition of that country. A A Big Bonanza. New Yonk, Feb, 27.—|Special Telegram to the Ber.|—Ex-Mayor ce was asked for partl of the big bonanza, which the yndicate of which he is a leading spirit 1s sported to have obtained In Peru. M ce gave the facts of the matter as follow brother, M. P, Grace, who is also his artner, us attorney of the bondlolders of England to whom' Peru contracted a debt between 1805 and 1571, amounting with in- terest to £200,000,000, went to Peru last Au- gust for the purpose of cancelling the debt of Peru in _cxchange for the railroads of tha country, which are the property of the goy ernment. ‘U'he condition exacted by Pery was that the English syndicate should spend $:10.000,000 in completing the of Peru, 1his the London people The concession made Lo the syndicate consists of all the railroad systems of Per iree from debt ana all weuinbr public lands situated in a tempe and also large privileges (or the mining of coal which has been found abundant and casy of access, and the income of one of the principal custom houses of Peru as the means of securing interest 8n the expenditure of 230,000,000 to be used in completing the rail- road systems until suchtime as the roads pay 6 per cent interest and 2 per cent per month realization, 1n addition dmru 15 a concession of silver mines which are to be wor American labor, furnished by A meric ial. These mines, which are in the are suid to be worth untold millions. plichi oo i Mine Troubles Ended, CricAGo, Feb, 27.—A special to the Inter- Ocean from Peoria, 111, says: The 2,000 coa miners along the lines of the P'eoria & Pekin Union. Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw, and Cen- tral lowa railroads, who have been out on a strike for several weeks, and whose families have been in great dietress from poverty, have reached a settlement with their employ- € Tlie miners are to forin co-operative assoclations. The mines will be worked by thein, the mine owners getting % cent per bushel as rental. - Ran Into a Bridge. NEEDLES, Cal,, Feb, 27.—The east-bouna Atlantic & Pacilic passenger train ran into a bridge west of this place. The engine, bag- age, wail and express cars were burned, F. <. Gilbert, brakewman, was burned to death, also L ludians and ‘ope tramp. Engineer E. J. Hodgdon is not expecied 1o live. Dr. AL J. Chase, of Galesburg, 11l., was bruised about the head. W, March, Quiney, 11, leg hurt, LAtkr.~The coraner's jury has returned verdiet exonerating the Atlantic & Pacilic company from all blame for the aceident, — Nebruska and lows Weather, For Nebraska and lowa: local rains or ilway system ite climat. ked by 0 cup- Andes, | suow; higher, followed by lower temperature. | {A ROAST ON ROTHACKER. The Higch Flying B Winged, CALL HIM BEFORE THE BAR. of Passsage The Fresh Young Man Should Be Made to Tell of His Personal Knowledge of Corrupt Combinations, Concerning Combinations, LINCOLN, Neb,, Feb, 27.—[Editorisl Cor- respondence.|—My attention has been called to the following which appeared in the edi- torial column of Sunday’s Republican ‘The combination of Rosewater and Judge Sahler grieves us. We had always credited Judge Sahler with more vride, 1 have not spoken to John Sahler in six months, nor have I sent any message to him through anybody. 1 awm, however, informed that a fresh and fast young man by the name of Rothacker did send John Sahler to a cer- tain contractor whom the Republican has of Iate made war on, with the cool proposition that if 81000 were paid him (Rothacker) the Republican would close its mouth, Sahler himself, I am told, advised against paying a dollar of husk-money to a man who has o personal influence with the legisla- ture, and the kind offer was politely, but firmly, declined. Sahler is now in for it and will have to bear the vicious blows of Roth- acker’s little “billy” with Chureh Howe, who was mercilessly berated by this dissipated ad- venturer when he failed to deliver the votes of five sendtors against the Omaha eharter as contracted with the paving boodlers, Roth- acker then boldly charged Howe with a breach of contract to commit briby To this bargain Rothacker must have been a party direetly or indirectly. Within the past week he charged through the Lepublican that he per- sonally knew of bribe-giving and bribe-tak- ing during the session. I repeat my demand 10w that this man be made to tell what he does know about corrupting members. There is to be no play on words and stilted palaver- ing. The legislature has a duty to perform. 1t cannot allow this man to boldly nssert that he has personal knowledge about the bribery of its members without calling him before the bar, Lt he has personal knowledge about corrupt combinations he should be made to ts under oath, If he is engaged in schemes of blackmail and cor- runtion, as L believe him to be, let him be unmasked and made harmless in this state as he has been made in Colorado, where he played himself out among reputable and decent men, E. ROSEWATER, They Regret His Defeat, PraTrsyMoUTH, Neb., Feb, 27— Special to the Bim)—The following resolutions have been passed by the Plattsmouth assemblies of the Knights of Labor Whereas, ‘Uhrough the influence and work- ings of the great nonopoly of “the state of Nebraska (', Il Van Wyek was defeated in the contest for United States senato and Whereas, The defeat of Senator C. H. Van Wk is a blow to the laboring clusses and the rights of the people have been trampled upon. Theretore be it 5 Resolved, ‘That we, as laboring men, renew our efforts that justice may be done and v we will Iabor in"earnest_that monopoly may not retain its power 1o thus delraud the peo- of their choice as to who shall make the aws to govern them. Resolved, That wo Van Wyck in his def an earnest suppor boring classes wi z¢ with C, H. nd also realize thai of the rights of the | defeatad by railrond rings, A Pleasant Banquet, SKA Crry, Neb,, Feb, 27.—Special to —A banquet was tendered J. M. Murphy by a dozen of his most intimate friends last evening, — Mr. Murphy has re- sianed his position as manager of the g sat this place, and goes to Cuicaz where lie has accepted a_luerative position J. Collins Lloyd, of Lincoln, was the “supe intendent” of tle banguet and everything passed off in the most pleasant manner. Irish Deleg LATTE CENTER, n to the 13y tes reted, Neb,, Feb, 27.—[Speeia |="The John Fitzges ich of the Irish nal league the following deleg: the state convention M James Lynch, D. I Carrig, Thomas son, C, C, Carnig, D, J. Maier and John A, Kehoe - A GREAT ENTERPRISE. Gigantic Farming Operations British Possessions, MoNTREAL, Feb, 27.—[Special Telegram to the Bek. |—Sir John Lister Kaye, a Lon- don capitaiist and land owner in England, who prrchased three years ago 20,000 acres of land in the northwest from the goverg- wment and brought out skilled farmers from his estates in - Yorkshire to manage it, and stocked it with the finest breeds of British horses, cattle, sheep and swine, as well as raising a large quantity of wheat and other grain, found the result most successful, and became determined to extend his operations, e organized a company of Enclish and Seoteh eapitalists that have subseribed $6,500,- 000 capital to invest in the northwest on a glgantiescale, Hehas complated negotiotions with the federal government and Canadian ifie railway direetors for twenty blocks of land of an area of 20,000 acres eacli along tie line of the railway, commencing at Lush Lake, 400 miles from Winnipes, Manitoba, and stretehing to the east slope of the lRocky mountains, Next spring he will arrango for importing horses and mares, cattle and other Jive stock to begin farming and brecding cay- alry lorses for the British army. Now the imperial covernment has sent out a perma- nent styif under the colonel of a regiment to purchase horses. ‘The feature of the great entorprise will be their breeding from im- ported stallions. A deposit of 50,000 has been made by them with the government as seeurity for carrying out the contract, e Governor Hoadley's Sharp Words. Cn1caGo, Feb, 27.—|Speeial Telegram to the Bre,)—A special from Cincinnati says ex-Governor Hoadley's speech ut the rece p- tion at the Ohio club rooms last night was a great surpriso aud has formed the topic of conversation in politieal circles all day to-day, It was expected he would offset Foraker's New York speech by laudation of the democratic party. On the coutrary, it was a scathing philliptic against the misdo- ings of the “workers” in the democratic party in the elections of 1535 in Cin- cionatl, He fairly flayed the better element of the party for not promptly rising up, like Tilden and O'Conner in New York, and purging the party of its rottennes He commended the demoerats wiio rushed (o the trout in forming the committee of 100, “half democrats and half republicans,” and praised that committee for its splendid work in bringing the tally sheet forgers and ballot snatchers to grief. The whole speech was a merciless hnndllnh of the local dewocl without gloves. 1lis speech was prepar but not written, He spoke extempore, e The Case of Mrs. Druse. Henkmen, N. Y., Feb. 27,—In every pul- pit here to-day allusion was wade to the case of Mrs, Druse, who is to be hanged to-mor- row, and the hope was generally expressed that the proceeding would be ‘averted. Mrs, Druse lias vassed most of the day in tears. Sle contends she isin reality Innocent of the murder of Ler husband. Oniy the small number of persous allowed by law will wit- ness the executiou, which will take place at about 11 & . in the 'NUMBE R 254 ELL WINS AGAL Omaha's City Attor Verdiot Fro y Gots Another 1 the Railroad CHICAGO, Feb. 27.—|Special Telegram to the Brk])—W. J. Connell, whose case against the Pennsylvania railroad company has been on tral in Judge Hawe's court for several days past, recovered a verdiet yester- day. Connell, in 1850, purchased a ticket from Omaha to New York via the Pennsyl- vania road. At Philadelphia he was told his ticket was not good. e declined to pay again and on the way to New York was foreibly ejected from the train, which was stopped that he might be put off. He sued for §30,000 here, and in 1852 recalved n verdiet for £15,000 before Judge Anthony. Uhis was set aside. Before Judge Gary, in 1884, he recovered £15,000 again, his honor instrict- ing the jury that the plaintiff, being lawfully on the train, micht resist being put off and might recover for the force used in ejecting him, whether excessive or not. ‘This ruling Was upset in the sapreme court, that court holding the plaintiff could not' recover for only the excess of foree used over what was necessary for ejecting him. Judge Hawes jury, which has been stroggling with one an- othier over the case since Friday at_5 p, 1, brought in a verdict yesterday for §7,000, What Mr, Connell Says, Mr. Connell was interviewed at his resi- dence by areporter for fhe Brk last night. ‘'Are you satistied with the verdie was asked of him. “Yes,” he replied, T suppose 1 shall have tobe. Still, 1 think 1 ought to have got more. L understand that ten of the jurymen in favor of eiving me a verdict of £15,000, but throush the ¢fforts of one man who didn’t want wme to_have anything, the sum was cut down to 87,000, Do you think the railronds will contest e any further? rdly. It has already expended a nount in iting the case. You know, it has been tried three time: *1 suppose this verdict establishes a proco- dent, Avhich will bo of value in similar eases ot without a doubt. This poses of very fmportant que tent of liability of a railroad, for such treat- ment as I received from the defendant coi po- the Pennsyivania railroad.” tieket in question was purchased by Mr. Connell of Frank Moo) the Wabash agent. 1t was a combination’ ticket, to be honored by a number of roads between Omaha ana Philadelphia. The DPennsylva- nia railroad was one of them. That line at war with —one of the of the roads one which the ticket read and had ordered the sale of all such tickets dis- continued. Mr. Counell, however, purchased the ticket before this order was received in Omaha, and when he presented 1t on the train the conductor refused to honor it, Mr., Connel was promptly and roughly ejected by the conductor and brakeman ata little way station on the line. In being thrown from the train Mr. Connell sustained injuries whieh required the attention of a |.m.\fumn. o e THE CLEARANCES. A Record of Financial Transactions During the Past Week. BosToN, Feb. 27.—[Special 'Telegram to the Beg.|—The following table, compiled from dispatehes to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing houses of the United ves the gross exchanges at each point for the week ended February 26, 1857, in comparison with those of the correspond- i perio verdict dis- fons—the ex- New York. . Boston.. ... Philadeiphia . Chicago...... St. Louis Baltim San Fr Cincinnat Pittsburer. New Orleans. .. Louisville... 4279075 Providene % 421110)0 Denver, 415,109 Milwauisee, | 230,000 Detroit . 2,051,835 St. Paul; 28081506 e Omaha q Columbus. H| *Wichita. H Hartford 5 Indianapolis St. Jos ew | coria. ... . Springlicld; ] Norfolk, Portlnd Worcester.. Syraeuse. Lowell Grand Tapids. Tola) e e Outside New York #Noteluded in tc this time last year, -~ TROUBLED BY A WOMA 35 no clearing house Russell Sage Sued By a Female Spec ulator. NEW Yonk. Feb 27.—|Speeial Telegram to the BEg. |—Russell Sage is involved in a dif- ficulty with & woman about Wall street trans- actions and to ex-Jndge Hawes the task has been assigned by Chief Justice Larremore, of the court of common pleas, of unraveling the snarland deciding what judgment should be rendered in the case. Mrs, Sophia L, Mat- tern says that she has been induced by Mr, Sage to make investments in stocks from time to time since July 10, 1551, giving him ample marging to back the transactions, Sometimes she won and sometimes she lost, and she blames Mr. Sage for some of her losses and insists upon holding him to strict accountability. She comblains espe- cially that in one transaction, involying 100 shares —of stock, Mr. Sawe fuiled to make a sale in accordance with her directions, and ~that the result was Lieavy loss to | She claims he now owes her §7.095.75 and sues to recover that amount, On behalf of Sage it is stated that Mrs. Mattern was not induced by him to enter Wall street, but that, on the contrary, she kept writing "him notds and bewging hin 1o act as broker for her if stock speculations and expressing the desire to have the benefit of his great experience in the street, Ho cautioned Ler that there was risk in Wall street transactions, but she insisted, and at last he consented to buy certain stocks for her. She had her owh views about pur- chases and sales to be made and it is main- tained that it he had not been hampered by them there would have been a different ro. sult. Lt is further stated that he used his own capltal in some eases v bolstering up her transuctions and that, in fact, e {5 her creditor, He sets up a counter claim for S¥,000, which he says s the awount of her indebtedness to him. Would tate Rights, W ASHINGTO) —The minority re- port prevared by Senator George aud signed by all the democratic members of the senate committee on juaiciary upon the Hoar bill 10 vrovide inguests under national author- ity," declares it o be the opinion of the sign- ers that the measure s unwarranted by the constitution, and that its passaze would be a grave and Serious usurpation by eongress of tue powers reserved 1o states. —— in Michiga; Heavy Btor Detrort, Feb. 27.—Specials to the Tribune from various potuts in the upper . peninsula and from the northern part of the souihern peninsula state the slorw of the past twenty- four hours to be of mammoth proportions and territic intensity, A heavy galé blow the heavy suow about, inaking drifts from tive to ten feet decp and elfectually stopping all atliy, | d THE DES MOINES DISTILLERY n Divided in Rogard to the Permanent Injunction. Public Opi THE WORK OF WESTERN RIVALS The Crack Military Companies of the State Improving Their EMclency— The Political Horizon Scanned —=News From lowa.. The Big Distillory In, Des Moises, Ia,, Feb, -|Special to the BEr. | —There is & good deal of comment, ny vorable and unfavorable, npon Juage Con rad’s recent decision granting an injunction against the International distillery. Publie opinion is divided as to the constitutionality Ot it, and the wisdom and justice of the pro- ceeding, Even some of the most active pro- ibitionists admit that thedecision will in all* probability be overruled when it reaches the United States supreme court. The publie generally doesn’t sce the hand that is behind the whole proceeding. It is not the state temwerance alliance, or the radical prohivi- tionists who have in fact won this victor vy though they share in it But it is the pool of western distilleries who have furnished tho money and the brains to shut up a rivai es- tablishment whose competition they couldn’t control or meet. So, for several months, re- alizing the damaging character of the Inter- national s rivalry, they have been tryingto close it up, and finally uniting with the tem= perance alllance and putting that forward as a breastwork, they have fought their battle behind it. The western distilleries, it the Des Moines distillery Is closed, are really en- titled to the credit of victory, aud thoey have made their fight,of course,as a business enter- prise. while the temperance people will claiin itas a victory for prohibition, But the ground on which the distillery claims the right to op- erate, even in a prohibition town, seems to many good lawyers absolutely improsmable, Its business was strietly an inter-state com- merce. Its products were sold outside of lowa, and the proof spirits which it manu- factured were sent to all parts of the world. ‘There could be no question that this was n feature of the ‘“commerce between the es,” which congress reserves the right aloneto regulate. Lut the prohibitionists claim that when it comes to the manufacture of liquor, as well as the sale of it, a state underats police power has the right to pro- hibit. even to the extentof stopping the manuiacture in Towa, of goods that are to be sold in Chicago, New York, London or Paris. 1f so. it will be incumbent on the state, many authorities say, to show that the neople of lowa are injured in their body or estate, by the manufacture here o1 a package ot proof spirits that may be sold in Paris or China, Before the police power can be exercised there must be shown an occasion for its ex~ ercise, in some public benefit to be derived from . Tho extreme prohibitionists who have become sensitive to the taunts of the opposition—"Why dou’t you elose up the Big Distillery”—are " correspondingly = happy. They scem to be more pleased at the fact that their teelings will not be liurt by charges of inconsisteney than at any special advan- tage, which the to accrue to the eause of tempel or the present, it is not probable that there will be any decided change in affairs, for the case will beap- pealed, and a final decision will be neces- i\tm'y before both sides will be ready to drop C CRACK MILITIA COMPANIES, The military companies of Iowa are begin- ning to loom up with fine prospects for social — conquests, There — are now several crack | companies in the state that tako w@reat pride in their organization, and are constantly en- deavoring to improve their efliciency. ‘The Governor’s Guards ot this city is one of the best drilled companies in the state, It is composed entircely of young men, boys hardly out of their teens, but'they have shown their ood soldierly qualitics o more than one oc- casion. ‘They are now planning to erect a fine armor vear on the Iot adjoining the il The building will be Y , with adrill room of nearly that which ean be used if oceasion requires for balls, receptions and publie m lillu*. “There will be besides field quarters for the DoyS, SUDDCE 100s, ete.. wnd all the appolnt. ments of a first class arimory. Probably tho any inasocial way 15 the Goys v, of Dubugue. ft is comnosed of the leading society young men of the eity, all of them fxom the best families, and with atesprit du corps. Dubugue is famous 1 its hospifalities and its social triumphs, e Greys share liberally in both, They nave just held their second annual ball and reception, and it was a very brilliant affair, They sold 200 tickets at '$¢ a ticket, and ed no money in making the affair a'great ess. Among the cuests of the evening the governor and Stafl, the adjutant gen- of the state, visiting' mlitary oflicers from Chicago and other cities, and “the lead- ing society people of the ¢ Beautifal women, entrancing musie and handsome decorations combined to make a ne of loveliness that has never been: surpassed on stmilar oceasions, 3 GRAND ARMY ‘The old soldiers protests agamst th dependent pension bi the ereater part of the ¢ the state have denounced the president’s veto as cruel and unjust. Nota single post has raised its volee to sustain it. ‘The house has refused to pass the bill over the veto, but the old veterans will keep seading in their pros tests probably all sumuer, and when the enmpaiiens cotne on will be at it again Larder than ever. "The whole state is praising Colonel 116pburm for his maghificent” speech in congress just before the vote was taken. Everybody who has once heard him can' ap- preciate the burning sarcasm, the witheriig inyeetive and the stining eloguence that fell from hislips. lowa has 1o more effccetive orator than he, and few states can produce an equal. 1e’s bold as a lion and when he denounced the eowardice of northern demo- crats who had first voted for the pension bill and then sold out their convictions for ex- eeutive favor, he rose to the full stature of his own manliness and sturdy indopendence, “The people of Towa are sonnding his- praises from one end of the state to the other, PRELIMINARY POLITICAL SKIRMISIING, ‘The preliminary contests for nominations for the various state offices to be fitled this summer are developing some curious cons tingeneles, It has become by tacit approval, an " understood rule, that not more than one candidate at o time shall be taken from the same fmwediate locality, The fight now is 1o see who shall be that eandi- date in several parts of the state, Senator Wilson is the leading candidate to succeed blwself “in the United States senate, Helives al Fairficld, in southeastern Lowa, Mr. C. AL Junkin, of the Fairfield |edger, lives at the same place and wants to be state printer, a very lucrative and satisfactory oflice, yet it will be pretty hard to make & legislatire think thatit ought to elect two men 1o importaut positions from the same town, when there are so muny other good towns and good eandidates that want to be given a chance. It is generally conceded that northwestern Towa should be given the supreme judgeship in case Judge Adams, wlhose terin expires this year, is not renomi- nated. Immediately thére has sprung into existence several well detined booms and ae- tive candidates. Judge Lewls of Cherokee, Senator Robinson of Storw Lake, Judge Henderson of Marshalltown, all want to h« the next suprewe judge, and beither cares to withdraw in favor of the other, 50 if northe western lowa can’t agree on « candidate it will not Iwmummll,; 0 see some other parg of the e step up and take the prize. In addition to this northwestern lowa: has ai avowed and active eandidate for state sus erintendent of edueation in- the person of rof. Wernlie of LeMars, and a candidate tor state printer in Mr, “"FM“W. of the sang place. They certainly will not all be chosen. and the lwportant question they are trying to settle is who will sacrifice his ambition on the altar of northwesteru lowa's hopes and esirea. PROTESTS, re still sending in their ident’s veto of the It is estimated that nd Army posts in