Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 7, 1887, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAIlLy BEE SIXTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA. MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 7. BEECHER SLOWLY SINKING. All Hope Abandoned of the Recovery of the Eminent Divine, THE INEVITABLE END AT HAND. He Remains Unconsclous During the Day and Suffers No Pain—The Sad News Announced in the Churches. Death Draws Nigh. New Yonrk, Mareh 6.—At 8 p. m, ITenry Ward Beecher's eondition remained without noticeable change. He is yet unconscious and is said to be slowly sinking. He moves his right hand occasionally. Long before daylight this morning it was noticed that many more people were on the streets than was, al In the vieinity of the Beecher resi- dence, and by 8 o'clock there was quite a crowd engerly looking for the first bulletin, At 9 o'clock the following bulletin was issued: “‘Beecher I8 about the same, since last night.”” The first bulletin was signed by Dr. W, S, Searies, Beecher's family physician, and as it was posted on the door-post people crowded the stoop to read it. There wasa feeling of thankfulness plainly vis- ible on their countenances that the life of the illustrious divine was still spared, and as the day advanced the throng on the side- walks of Clark and Hicks streets rendered the street almost impassable. 1n the crowd were people of every station, from the millionaire to the prosperous tradesmen and poor laborers. The ex- pressions of sympathy and condolence that were heard on all sides only made an- other powertul indication of the high esteem in which the Plymouth pastor was held by all classes. During the morning scores of car- riages drove past the house and the occupants of many of them alighted and walked up to the bulletin and then departed, while others left their cards with the attendant. Those who were more intimately acquainted were admitted into the house and made inquiries concerning the patient personally, but only immediate friends of the family were allowed in the sick chamber. There was, however, an exception made in the case of Rev.T. DeWitt Talmage, who called with his daughter Edith about 1:30 p. m.. and he was admitted into Beecher’s presence. Fifteen minutes later Talmage left the house. About 10 o'elock this morning Dr. Hammond ar- rived at the house and an_hour later the fol- lowing bulletin was posted : “Prof. W. Hulmuth, of New York, in con- sultation, mwx?’ confirms the opinion fof the ]‘)hysinl:mm eecher is gradually failing. 1¢ may, however, live for some days.” ‘That a1l hone was iven up was plainly indicated by this bulletin and the remark of Rev, DeWiit $Talmage, “it is very serious,” a8 he passed out. Mr. Halliday continued the services at Ply- mouth church this morning, and at 11 o’clock a bulletin was read to the congregation. The effect of it was noticeable on the congreza- tion by the number of handkerchiefs in use and tne stifled sobs ot many of those present. At the church of Talmage the scene after the reverend gentleman’s prayer was alinost as aftecting. Talmage made a very tender ap- peal on behalf of Beecher. He prayed fer- vently for the Divine blessing on the af- flict preacher, and alluded to Beecher as the friend of the millionaire, friend of the workingman, the friendless, and all men, whether rich or voor. At 2:30 p. m. this bulletin appeared: *Dr. Hlammond is in consultation, Beecher is in a state of llenp’&nllll all day. No sign of pain or conscioushess of any sort. Death considered certain, but at an indetinite time, probably to-day.” Since the doctors informed the members of the family that it was only a question of ti for the end, they remained in the sick cha ber awaiting every movement. The elds aaughter, wife of Rev. Samuel Scoville, of Stamtord, Conn,, arrived at the house Sat- urcay, and her nhusband and two children will immediately follow. ‘The other mem- bers of the family in the house now are Mr. Beecher’s eldest” son, Colonel Beecher, his wife and two daughters, and his son Henry Ward Beecher; W. C. Beecher and his wife, who live at Columbia Heights. Their son Herbert, who has been telegraphed to San ranciscojfor, is on the ocean between Port- land, Ore., and San Francisco. He is not ex- ccted to reach New York in time to see his ather alive, as he is not due in San Fran- @lsco til to-morrow (Monday) and then he has a week’s ride before he can reach home. 9:35 p. m.—The condition of Beecher has not materially changed during the day, He Is in a deep comatose state, from which he cannot be aroused, and from which he will never probably rally. He lies quietly, like one In ths deepest sleep, and gives no indi- cation of pain or uneasines His pulse varies from 90 to 100. At one e for eral hours it intermitted two or three timnes in each minute, but this evening it has re- mained quite regular and quite hard and tull. His temperature has ranged from 100 10 1003¢, and at present stands at 100}, His Tespirations number about thirty to the min- ute. His body and extremities are equally warin, His face is flushed and has a some- what livid hue. He is unable to speak or swallow anything except small quantities of hquid, which must be cautiously adminis- tered to prevent choking. All three medical advisors are in full and entire accord as to the nature and location of the disease, its present status, the remedial measures to be employed, and as to the progress of the case. It 18 their opinion that his condition to-day conlirms the ori ions the’ have entertained from the beginning that recovery is not to be hoped for: that though the effusion of blood Into the brain is not stopped, a fresh hemorrhage may at_any time occur and speedily end life. That Is not likely 1o happen so far as present indications are to be trusted, and should it oceur his life 1 be spared yet. How long depends on his en- durance_and strong constitution. No one except Mrs. Beecher and her children are allowed to visit his bedside. No further bulletin will be Issued until Monday morning, No change At 11 o’elock Beecher’s condition was re- ported unchanged save for a gradual sinking towards the inevitable end. General Horatio King left the house at that hour and ex- pressed the opinion that Beecher would die during the nizht or before morning, William C. Beecher is reported to have ex- ressed the opinion that his father would not K« alive after 3 o'clock this morning., Many people anxious to hear the latest news of the dylng divine are congregated on the side walks In front of the nouse, St. Clair Me- Kelway, managing editor of the Brooklyn KEagle, says that preliminary steps wi nak- ing celebrate the triple anniversary of the events in Beecher's life. The celebration ‘was to have taken place in September in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, This Is the fiftleth year of Beecher's marriage, the fif- tieth of’his ordination to the ministry, and the fortieth of his Iynl!omhs of Plymouth church, Had tho beloved pastor lived his congregation and friends would have cele- brated these events in a b|f jubilee. Up to 8 a. m. no report has been received from Beecher, Dr. Hammond said to-night: “Beecher will never be conscious again. There's nl\.«ululel{ no Im?.n He may die in two hours and he may last a couple of days longer, but death is certain, Practically he 15 a dead man.” Sympathy From Abroad. LoxpoN, March 6.-Rev, Mr. Parker, at his service this evenivg, eulogized Beecher, He expressed the profound sympathy of him- self and his hearets with the afticted pastor. Death ot Mrs. Clevelaud's Grand- mother, DeTiorr, March 6.—Mrs. Ruth M. Har- mon, mother of Mrs. Folsom and krand- mother of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, died at Jackson, Mich., at 10 o'clock this morning, where she has been llvm= for the :'ul ten 6 with her son, M. H. Harmon. She was 0 1o 1608, And Was miarried (b 15%. Sbe spent the greater part of her life at Batavia, w Where, after the death of Mr. Folsom! Folsom and Frankie lived with her until Frankie was old enouch to attend school, when they moved to Buffalo, Mrs. Folsom was witly, her for some time previous to her death, and President and Mrs. Cleveland are expected to attend the funeral. She will be buried at Batavia, N. Y. Death of Mrs. Beck. WasiiNGToN, March 6.—Mrs. Jane Wash- Ington Thornton Beck, wife of Senator Beck, of Kentucky, died at her residence in this city this evening of inflammation of the bow- els. Mrs. Beck had been feeling as well as usual this winter and her first symptoms of illness were the result of a cold contracted while out riding in an open earriage on Fri- day. Nothing serious was apprehended, until this worning, when Drs. Wales and Busey, the physicians in attendance informed the family they could offer no hope of lor overy, Senator Beck and Mrs, Goodle, Mrs. Beck’s daughter, were at her bedside in her last moments, Her only other child, a grown son, is in Wy- oming. A Labor Organizer's Death. PiiLAveLeina, March 6.—William Coke, one of the ven men who organized the Knights of Labor, died to-day ot heart fail- ure, aged sixty-three y Consul Heap pire: CONSTANTINOPLE, March 6,.— G. Harris Heap, United States consul-general here, died this morning. - TI1E CROP OUTLOOK, Review of the Situation in the Win- ter Wheat Belt. CireaGo, March 6.—The following crop summary will be printed in this week’s issue of the Farmers’ Review: Thus far reports from the winter wheat belt indicate that the crop 18 emerging from winter in better shape than last year. The crop is not assured from resulting damage of storms and bad weather, and still has to pass through a eritieal period; but, as a whole, the outlook must be regarded as more favorable than at the beginning of March of last year, The extremely mld of the opening days of last wi ed by the cold weather, caused son injury in” Lllinois and in Indiana, and in LaPorte and Kandolph counties of indiana cousiderable wheat was frozen and_killed. T'wenty-three I1linois counties this week re- port wheat 48 looking well, while in Brown, Johuson and White counties injury is reported. Thirteen counties ~ in Indiana make very favorable re- turns. In Michigan and onsin_ the outlook is reported as very favorable, Nearly all the Wisconsin ficlds had an ample snow coverinz since last November, The weather has been unfavorable in Ohio, and some injury Is reported in Champagne, Senecaand Van Wert connties, but all the other counties reporling make favorable returns. The season is well advanced in Missouri and sprng plowing has comnenced, In Bates, Benton, Christian and Montzomery counties oatsare already being sown. In Clinton, Knox and Livingston counties of Missourt wheat is reported as looking poorly, but the other counties’ reports are mainly of a favora- ble tenor, There is no change in the tenor of the reports from Kansas, Fully one-half of the countles report a very poor outlook for wheat. In Harper county not more than one-half an average crop is predicted, while in Clay, Davis, Mitchell, Reno and Rock counties the situation is poor and the crop is in a critical condition e e B An Authentic Egyptian Antiquity, BosToN, Mass., March 6.—[Speeial Tele- gram to the B, |—One of the most interest- ing and valuable of pre-historic relies re- cently exhumed in the delta ot the Nile has Justarrived i this city. It is undoubtedly an authentic double-armed handle of a olden censer of Pharaoh Hophra, found by Mr.Flinder Petrie, archeological digger of the Egyptian exploration fund, at Tel-de-Fenneh, in the northeastern corner of the delta of the Nile. 1t is pure, solid zold, shining and rich beyond description, curiously, intricately and laboriously wrought, each arin decorated with a graceful lotus-leaf design of the Egyptian artiticers, and worth at the smallest calcula- tion, simply as gold bullion, £600, Rev. Mr. Winslow, who i8 the American gwide, philos- opher and friend of the Egyptian fund, man- xfi:cd to secure not only this relic of Pharaoh ophra, but many other_interesting articles from the ruins of” the palace at Daphnae that might otherwise have gone into that great krave of antiquities, the British museum, and has them now In charge. AL e A Denial on Behalf of Armour. Cuicado, March 6.—[Spes Telegram to the BEe.]—Some one started the report yes- terday to the effect that the breach between Armour and the American Cotton S 0il T'rust company had been healed up, and that Armour had made a long time contract with the company. On the strength of this report cotton seed oil certificates were inflated on Wall street. Armour and company say the roport is a falsehood, ~Mr. Armour himself is in California, but Mr. Webster, who repre- sents a €ood share of the brains of Armour & Co., makes A most emphatic denial of the alleged coalition. In fact, Mr. Webster stronly intimates that there Is not only lit- tle or no possibility of such a thing happen- ing, but that there is a very great probability of Armour & Co. carrying the war into the enemy’s camp as announced in the first dis- pateh” from Galveston, Mother Angel Nogri BEND, Ind., March 6.—The funeral of Mother Angela, late surperior of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in the United States, and founder of numerous educational institutions, took place this morning. After the solemn requiem mass, a panegyric was delivered by Bishop Gilmore, of Cleveland. ‘T'he obsequies were attended by as many members of the committee as could be as- sembled, and hf’ numerous friends from various parts of the country. Mother Angela was a cousin of James G. Blaine and Mrs, General W. T, Sherman., Among those present were Philemon K. Ewing, Emmons and Walker Blaine, and Alexander Sullivan, of Chicago. Interment was at St. Mary's aeademy, —————— axtensive Mills Destroyed. ST, P March 6.—A special to the Pio- neer-Press from Hudson, Wis., says: The extensive flouring mill plantof O, Burk- hardt, north of this city, burned this morn- inv., Loss, $100,000; mill property valued at $40,000; insurance, $17,000: "elevator and warehouse valued at $40,000; insured for 822, In the elevator were 35,000 bushels of wheat, burned. s Funeral, A number of smaller buildings The owner will rebuild at once, ————— Adelina Patti's Heir. NEw OnrLeANs, March 6,—[Special Tele- gram to the BEg.|—Miss Carolina Pattl and her mother have completed all arrangements to leave this city on Thursday next for St. Louis, where Adelina Patti will meet them and take them with her on her return to Europe, where the young lady is to become the heiress of her jewels and her castle in ales. B s e Unknown Steamer Wrecked. CaxpEN, N. J., March 6.—It is stated that a steamer bound for a nortliern port had been wrecked off the New Jersey coast during the storm of ‘Chursday last. Ocean Beach, be- tween Barnegat inlet and Seaside park, is strewn with wreckage, —— Hoke, the Hypocrite, Prowia, Iil, March 6,—Bank Forger J. Finley Hoke attended divine worship in the county jail to-day and lpwnnu took a deep interest in the sérvices. While flourishing in the banking business he wasa regular and de- vout attendant at chureh, Given Up For Lost. PHILADELPIIA, Mareh 6,—The Italia bauk arlotte, hence for Queenstown, eighty-eight days out, has been given up lost by the consigners. She carried a cargo ot wheat valued at §26,000, She bad & crew of twelye men, OMAHA'S CHARTER CHANGES. | Amendments Made By the Judiciary Committee to the Measure, ACTION OF THE DELEGATION A Comparison of the Two Reports Which Will Be Ready For Dis- on in the Legislature on Tuesday. The Charter's Changes. LixcorN, Neb, March 6.—[Special to the Bee. |—The amendments to the Omaha charter made by the committee on judiciary of the house have been printed, The consideration of the same by the Doug- las delegation has already been sent to the printer, and both will be ready for discussion probably on Tuesday. Between these docu- ments the following comparison is instituted, the notes of the work of the Douglas deleca- tion being supplied by the clerk of that body : ‘Tne original bill, section 8, ineludes within the city limits an area of thirty s e miles, ‘The amendment sets it at twenty-i miles, cur: Section 11 provides for the election of the mayor, police judge, and treasurer only, while the amendment’ includes comptroller, city clery and city attorney, Concurred in except as to city attorney and comptroller. Section 12 requires a councilman to be an “actual and bona tide owner of real estate.” In the amendments this condition is omitted. Concurred in, Section 48 limits the stretches of approaches to vinduets which railroads must erect and maintain at 1,200 feet. Thig in the amend- ment is reduced to 800 feet. Concurred 1n, Section 50 empowers the mayor and council to regulate or prohibit the erection of all poles for electric use in the streets or public grounds; to require the removal of the samo us may be desired, and the placing under ground of all telegraph, telephone or other electric wires, These' requirements are not included in the amendments. The Douzlas delegation do not concur in the lat- ter and ask the original section. Section 64 authorizes the appropriation of property for a number of uses, especially as parks. “But “parks” is eliminated from the Judiciary amendments. ‘T'he delegation does not concur, Section 79, among many things contains the following: “Upon the completion of the said assessment roll, the city cleric shall add to said roll any ana all real estate in id city belonging to any railroad or tele- graph company, and not " appearing on the county roll by reason of having been returned to the state board or otherwise, and asse the same as near as may be to correspond with the assessed value of like pro said county roll for purpose of tax municipal” purposes.” ‘The a1 to this, after the word *‘roll,” is: **All store- houses, warehouses, shops, and other build- ings within the rizht of way or along or ad- joining or adjacent to any side track of snch railroad, or within the right of way of such telegraph company, used for purpose of rent by said company, or for purposes other than the ordinary operations of said company.” Concurred in, but the delegation desires dif- ferent phraseolozy. Section 104 prescribes that the board of pnblic works shall consist of five members— & chairman, the city engineer, street commis- sioner, superintendent of buildings, and chairman of the board of park cominission- ers. ‘The amendment consists of the section of the present charter relating to the board of public works, which allows to that body but three members. This is not concurred in and the original section is asked for. Section 105 sets the bonds of the city en- gineer at $10,000, while in the amendment the bond is raised to $50,000, Concurred. Section 107 prescribes as one of the duties of the park commissioners the suggesting of a system of park ways and boulevards within the city or within ten miles of the corporate limits thereof. The ten-mile limit is stricken out in the amendment. Not concurred in, Section 116 declares that the established fimde of a street shall not be chan:ed except y & vote of two-thirds of the council after being referred to the board of public works, and then not until the damages to property owners which may be caused by such change of grade shall haye been assessed and deter- mined bfi three disinterested freeholders ap- pointed by the mayor for that purpose. The amendament requires the consent in writing to be first ohtained of the owners of lots or lands abutting upon the street where such change-of grade is to be made, and these owners are to represent a majority of the front feet thereon. Section 118 makes provision for the appro- priation of property for park purposes. The amendments ignore it. “The delegation ask for the original section. Section 183 requires for public printing bids from the publishers of "papers accom- panied with a detailed statement of the car- rier delivery in the city, certified to under oath, showing the circulation of the same for said paper six months prior to date of bid, and in awarding the contract for printin the relative circulation of the pnc:rs shall al be considered. No higher rate must be charged for the public printing than the low- est rate charged by the ofticial rlpfll’ to any patron for like service during the period cov- ered by its contract. The amendment re- nires simply that the printing shall be let to the newspaper being the lowest responsible bidder with a circulation not smaller than 2,000 in the city. Concurred in, Section 142 in the original bill To- vides for restricting the liability of the city for damages resulting from defec- tive sidewalks to instances in which the samo is notitied of the defect and fails to repair the same. 'here is no reference to this in the amendments, and the delegation add the pro- Viso that visitors or strangers may recover in- d in the manner indicated, nendments are unimportant. . Affairs at Rome. (Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] Rome (via Havre), Mareh 6.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to the Br:k,]—The pub- lication of Cardinal Gibbons’ report has made a considerable stir in Roman ecclesiastical circles and has given a new interest to the question, 1 hear that at the vatican the choice of a successor to Cardinal Jacobini is giving the pope no little anxiety, The post of secretary of state has been offered to Mgr. Rampella, the nuncio at Madrid. He respectfully de- clined, pleading ill health and his wish to oblige the queen regent by remaining in Spain till June. An offer has been made to Cardinal Paroechi, who for other reasons felt unable to accept it. Mgr. Serafine Vanutilli, the nuncio at Vienna, has since been pro- posed, but it is doubtful whether he wiil find it convenient to leave Vienna, Mgr, Galum- berte will possibly have the next chance. It he accepts he may be made a cardinal deacon, but nothing is certain. It is quite within the bounds of probability that Mgr. Mocenni, under secretary of state, will continue nomi- nal secretary till the summer, the real work being done by the pope and his devoted henchman, dgr. Galumberte. 0 ive square 1n this the Douglas delegation con- —e—— Bloody Anarchist Talk, CriicaGo, March 6,—There was a large meeting of soclalists at West Polk street Turner hall this afternoon to discuss the measure pending in the lllinois legislature known as Merritt's bill to Anmlsn authors of inflammatery and incendiary speeches or writin: fter an address by a newspaper Buchanan denouncing the cap- ists, press and military, a resolution was adopted protesting against the bill. Then some very radical speeches ware delivered in English, " German and Bobemian, Editor Curlin, of the Arbeiter Zeitung, advised his hearers to &roeun arms and earry them. Holnies, the English chatrman, declared the socialists had a rignt to teach treason and the overthrow of society and constituted anthori- ties. Sooner than” see the bill passed he would take arms in_hand and preach revolu- tion. He was againstthe bill'as an Ameri- ean citizen, as asocialist and as an anarchist. If necessary they should all become rebeis and preach downright revolution. Curlin and Holmes were wildly cheerea by the crowd, which included s buwbes of women. BCIENTIFE OPINIC A Learned Professor Gives His Views on the Recent Shake, [Copyright 1887 by James Gordon Bennett.] Rowmg, March 6.—[New York Herala Cable peclal to the BEE.j=Professor di Rossi, director of Geodymaine observatory here, has kindly communicated to the Herald an ad- vance copy of his report on the Riviera earthquake, 'Thus writes the eminent pro- fessor: “The following s a short review of the facts noted in the ferresteral commotion which reached its cifef maximum in the earthquake of the 2 We possess many historie documents rafating to events which might be compared nomena, They are ni new in the affected which have been al Italian observations, examination of the Many data y noted in recent e now confirmed. An ata supplied by our months, the maximum occurring on the 5th, 10th and 16th of January and on the dth, 10th 16th, 19th and the 21st of February. The miscros movements were most marked and pe ent in the districts of active and extinet vol- canoes and in several well known centers of endagnous activity. The same fact was noted in the cases of the earthquakes at Cas- amicciola, in Scioandin Spain. In the ma- jority of other cases of recent times the microseismetric maxin were more frequent toward the 23d of February, but on the 22d all was calm everywhere, It is worthy of re- mark that a series of slight earthquakes took place at Aquilla at the end of January and the beginuing of February duringa virtual cessation of microselsmic undulations, which lasted some days. It is to be regretted that no regular observations were taken of the temperature of the mineral waters ex- cept at Salinlartate di Pozznole, where it was found that the temperature rose gradually be- tween the beginning of January and the end of February for 63 to 70 degrees centrigrade, “There were several slight earthquakes in dif- ferent parts of Italy during the same period, but they were less important than is usual at this season. On the 6th and 8th of January Gargano and Volberre, on the 15th and 22nd Etna and on the 25th Venice were disturbed. On the 10th and 20th of February there were fresh commotions at Etna. There were no disturbances worthy of mention in any other part of ltaly, Thus it will be seen that the shaken district were In four different centres of simultaneous activity which have since been again simultaneously with the earth- quake of the 23d Inst, Indeed, the disturb- ance of Etna occurred but a very short time before the great upheaval of the 2rd. Gar- gano was shaken on the same morning ot eight minutes past 6. That is a few minutes before the catastrophe, Veritia showed no perceptible phenomena. but according to the observations of M. Gelran, at Verona, with exceptional agitation apparatus, from the 2d to the 23d one might be led to suppose that there are now five different centers of activity in Italy, namely, Sicily, Gargano Abruzzo, Baldo (in 'Venetia) Jand western Liguria. Having noted the fact from a chronological standpoint 1] will now pass to barometric observations. The most complete colncidence between the atmospherie depressions and the maxima of microseismic undulations have been proven by M. Beytelli, and reconfirmed here. The constitutional disturbances dur- ing half of January which followed was in- variably accompanied by high pressure, an occurrence which always precedes imminent and serious phenomena in earth disturb- ances such as the earthquake of the 23d. A peculiar fact has been remarked on sev- eral occasions during the last few years, On the 21st and 224 the slight average atmos- pheric depression had its center in the gulf of Genoa. Onthe 22d it had nearly disap- peared, but between the 22d and 23d the barometer suddenly rose five mullimetres. As regards the epicentrum of the earth- quake, it is diflicult to say much. An an- alysis of all the facts, and above all the di- rection of the seismic waves, shows the start- ing point of the vibrations to have been on a submarine geologic fracture, near and parallel with the Ligurian coast, running from east to west in the Chiavarl region. ‘The seismic history of Italy shows that other earthquakes which have occurred in the sume region since 1544 followed the same line and injured the same places.” MRS, POTTER'S DEBUT. She Will Make It at the Haymarket in London. [Copy: fght 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] LospoN, March 6.—INew York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee|—I found Mrs. James Brown Pofter this evening at her rooms. As to the present condition of affairs she said: *“Yes, only yesterday I made up my mind, and only yasterday [ signed a con- tract with the Haymarket. W hether 1 shall appear before Passion or after Easter is not yey decided. I am to open as Auna Sylvester in “Man and Wite,” and shall probably fol- low with an entircly mew play, which is not yet finished but is being written for me by Mr. Bancroft, who has been exceedingly kind to e, even to promising me his wife's assist- ance in tutoring me in stage business before my debut, ‘The térms ot contract forbid my disclosing my salary, but 1 may say it is fab- ulous, and exceeds, as 1 have said, what Mrs. Langtry got and what Miss Terry was receiving after she had played two years at the Lyceum. In addition, all my costumes, which will be made in Paris, are to be supplied to me at the close of the engagement. 1 received a cablegram after signing the contract this morning from Mr, Abbey offering mo an engagement, and I have had many other offers to consider, all of which I shall lay before Mr. George Lewis, solicitor, who manages all my affairs, and will let him accept the next advantageous offer forme, They wanted me to contract yesterday for longer period and explained away my dislike to the part of Anna Sylves- ter. I refused to sign for a longer period, as that would keep me nére over winter, and 1 have made up my mind to appear in New York next September, M{ engagement at the Haymarket is best school a novice like me could enter, and I hope for success here. 1f 1 succeed | am sure of a great re- ception in America e WSS Bringing Owt the Bodies. (Copyright 1657 by James Gordon Bennett.) BrusseLs, March 6.—(New York Herald Cable—Special to the BeE,)—About forty corpses have been pecovered from the mines in the Paturges district where the fire damp explosions occurred on Friday night. A hun- dred or more are burled in the mine, and as they cannot possibly be reached for four days the probabilities are that even if they are alive now they will be dead before the rescu- ing parties get to them. The Count of Flaunders, the king's brother, and Prince Bandouin, his majesty’s nephew, accompa- nied by M. Demorea, the minister of agri- culture, visited the scene. of the disaster to- day. They were present when the terrible charred rémains of the dead miners were brought to the surface and were greatly af- fected. They distributed alins among the widows and orphans of the unfortunate vie- tims, . — Nebraska and towa Weather, For Nebraska and lowa: weather, colder, northerly winds, with cold wavo in ihe porthern portion. INGALLS WILL AGAIN TRY IT, The Kansas Senator Determined to Change Inauguration Day. A NEWSPAPER MAN'S INVENTION. A Submarine Torpede Which is Ex- pected to Perform Wonders— A New Office Mentioned For Matthews, Changing Inauguration Day., WasHINGTON, March 6.—|Special Tele- gram to the Beg. |—Tnere one bill be- fore congress this session in which the entire country was greatly interested, It was in- troduced by Mr. Ingalls and provided that inauguration day be chanzed from March 4 to the last Tuesday in April. The idea is not anew one with the senator from Kansas, as he has written an elaborate article in its favor. ‘The reason he gives 18 that the weather we usually have in the carly days ot March is execrable and the effect of the in- auguration ceremonies are apt to be spoiled by storms and intensely cold or disagreeable winds. The middle of April generally closes the unpleasant spring season in this latitude and the last Tuosday 1s sure to find the cap- ital city In its loveliest garb. lugalls’ meas: ure received the fullest approbation from the committees of both houses to which it was referred and seemed almost certain of pass- age, but failed at the last moment. He will not give it up, however, but intends intro- duclng it early in the Fiftieth congress and pressing it to a successful conclusion. A JOURNALISTIC PRODUCTION. Mr. Sid H. Nealy, a newspaper writer of this elty, has just secured American and foreign patents on what promises to be a very effective submarine torpedo. It is called ‘“I'he Sea Devil,” and is capable of carrying a charge of nearly 1,000 pounds of dynamite. 1tis to be sent after an enemy's ship from either shore or on shipboard, and its inventor asserts that no ship, however fast, can run away from it even in aslow chase. The f the torpedo carrying the charge re- h s with tremendous rapidity, the shaft in the rear being held motionless, first by a float, to which the torpedo is attached, and afterwards by four flat blades that stick out from the shatt like so many wings of a churn paddle. Reaching the yards of a ship the torpedo ducks its head, dives fourteen feet into the water, raises 1ts nhead and darts against the ship’s bull. is steered until it reaches the ship by electric wires, but the most accurate shots can be made with it at a distance of three-quarters of a mile. Mr, Nealy will soon give an exhibition of his in- vention here, MATTHEWS TO SUCCEED MO! M A report gained some currency to-day which eredits the president with the intention of appointing the ex-recorder of di Matthews, the Albany colored man, comm sioner of patents as soon as_the resivnation of Mr. Montgomery takes effect. Last week Matthews was to be register of the treasury and it is more likely that the president would appoint him to that position where he would have little to do besides sign his name than at the head of the patent office, where a law- yer of profound judicial mind Is required to fi’chm the intricate points coming before him. A PRESIDENTIAL THREAT. The president is reported to have given ex- pression to some emphatic opinions touching the conduct of certafn prominent democratic members of the house in their votes upou the passage_of the dependent pensions bill over his and they are likely to have an_ unhappy time here- after when they approach him upon the matter of np'pulmmcnts. “All their talk about economy is bosh,” he Is said to have remarked to an official not unconnected with the pension bureau. “They (referring to Randall and Holman) are always ready to make some _clma? capital forthemselves when they think it can be done with safety. We will see.” And with this ominous ex- pression he “'shut his mouth with a snap,” said the narratoras he described the inter- AN ANTI-RANDALL MOVEMENT, There is a deeided movement on foot among southern and southwestern members of congress to pievent the appointment of man of the committee on appropriations. This movement arises, first, from the desire to avoid the narrow escape by which the important appropriation bills were pulled through; and, secondly, because many of the older members are_tired of sub- mitting to the dictatorial manner in which the Pennsylvanian rules the house. The meinbers who failed to secure the passage of bills in which they were particularly inter- ested are almost unanimous in laying the blame at the door of Randall, who controlled legislation throuzh the power vested in him by his chairma; “‘I'l,‘ Chere is hittle doubt that Mr. Carlisle will have a majority of the democratic votes in the caucus, but the mem- bers referred to above will first insist upon a pledge that Randall shall be provided with a chairmanship elsewhere than in the one po- sition which gives him so much power. Mr. Carlisle’s friends think that in view of the widespread dissatisfaction in the democratic party over Mr. Randall's course in_handling riation bills, which resulted in the clonoy, appropriation as well as all fortification bills, he will accede and give the required promise. The Garficld Monument. New Yonrk, March 6.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.|—The last of the five bas-relief ‘panels for the Garlield monument in Cleve- land was finished by Caubert, the sculptor, and was put on exhibition in his studio. It measures 7x16 feet in plaster cast, and con- tains nearly twenty figures, some in basso and some in alto relievo, This last panel represents Garfield lying In state, guarded by two soldiers and a Knights Templar, while a crowd of people press. b{ to take a last look. The figures are realistic, not allegorical. Among them are a merehant, a sailor, & negro, two women, a little girl and a crippled old man, all of life size, The five plates will picture tive phases of Garfieid’s life—the shoolmaster, the soldier, the orator, the president, and the martyr. The first four have already been cast in terra cotta, The mu‘}ummm Wwill probubly be unveiled in May or June, GouLnp A’ITI‘_IST- He Secures Control of the St. Louis & San Francisco. CHICAGO, March 6,—[Special Telegram to the BEE.|—A special from St. Louis says: The most important railway deal that has taken place in the westin years was re- cently consummated by Jay Gould and made public to-day. He has acquired a controlling interest in the St. Louis & Sau Francisco railway property. The /Frisco will be a full fledged member of the Missouri Pacific sys- tem of rallways. and operated and managed throughout by Missouri Pacific oflicials. The mileage of ‘the ’'Frisco property and its branches is nearly 900 miles, and it is sub- stantially a_joint owner with the Atc.lson, Topeka & Santa Fe of the Atlantic & Pacific and of the west end of the Southern Pacific. Tozether with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe the ’Frisco has an unbroken all-rall route between San Francisco and St. Louis, and will soon have over its own tracks a route Par's, Tex,, and when the gap between puina, in the Indian Territory, and Albu- gurque is closed, the 'Frisco will have its own rails, or such as it 1s halt owner of, b tween the Mississippl river and the Pacific coast, which will azgregate about 3,000 miles of the entire system. It is understood that the next board of directors will be substan- tially the same as the Missouri Pacitie, and that the executive, general and stafl officers of the Missoun Pacitic will then extend their jurisdietion and authority over the 'Frisco system. — ———— The Rebels Shot. RusTcHUK, March 6.—Nine ofticers and civilians concerned in the recent revolt were shot bere this morning, The soldiers will be tried to-morrow, A LUCKY ACCIDENT. A Train Thrown into & Raging Torrent But No Laves Lost, 81, Lovts, March 6,—The railroad aceident on the Iron Mountain railway near DeSoto, Mo., which was very briefly referred to late last night, while not being at all unusuai in regard to fatal casualties, proves to have been quite remarkable in respect to several circum- L ces which attended it. It occurred at Victoria, thirty miles south of here, a little after 10 o'clock, and was oceasioned by the glvinz away under the train of a trestle which crosses Joachim creek at that point, I'he train was the Texas express and con- sisted of baggagoe, express and mail cars, a smoker, two vassenger coaches and four reying about 150 pas- heavy rain had fallen all day and the creck was mueh swollen. At Hemutite, the first station this side of the trestle, the angincer recei orders to run cautiously, as the rain had been heavy and the creck was out of its banks, Engieer Kelly says he ran slowly beyond point, and both he and his ' fireman, William Hatch, watched the track very care- fully. As he approached the trestié Kelly observed that the track was entirely straight and level, showing nothing wrong, and he wenton without the slightest fear or hesita- tion, But when his engine reached about the middle of the trestie he feit the whole structure sinking beneath him. In an in- stant he opencd the valye operating their brakes full width and brought the train to so quick & stop that the front end of the cars were crushed in by the sudden shock. This saved the coaches, but the baggage, mail, express and cars went into the razing torrent bel rying with them all the men on board. En- gineer Kelly and Fireman tiatch went down with the engine and were submerged in the flood. Kelly, in his struggle to free himself, found that one of his feet was held fast, but at the same instant, and just as ho realized that e must drown, the engine turned over, his foot was released and he came to the surface, Seizing a passing, log he clung to it desperately and was swept down the torrent and lodved against a tree 150 yards below. With scarcely strength enough to move, he clasped his arms around the limb of the tree, became uncon- scious. and was not restored until two or three hours after he had begn taken from the treee, when he found himsclt kindly cared foor in a house in Victoria, His head and face was severely cut, two of his toes cut from one of his feet, and he is badly bruised in various parts of his body. He will recover, Fireman Hatch was carried about 500 yards down stream, lodging in a mass of brush or drift, and was rescued soon after the flood bsided, He is a good deal bruised, but not ou hurt. The postal ear was swept away some distance, and as water rushed through it from end to end, the mail was literally washed out and now scattered over wiles of territory or embedded in the mud of the creek. Itis regarded as an almost, total loss, the whole of it being completely soaked and the addresses of the letters obiterated. Postal Clerks MeCullogh, Shaf- fer and Ryan were badly bruised and almost drowned, and being stripped for work, they lost all their clothes, their gold watches and about $250 in money. which were carried away bY the flood. The smoker, which is said’to have contained some twenty persons, was swept down about 300 feet pelow the trestle, and all of ceunants are believed to have been savéd. They succeeded in uultilln outside of the car and clung to its top unt| they were rescued. There is some doubt about the baggageman and express messen- ger being saved, but a later dispatch from the wreck says that none of the trainmen were lost. ‘The cause of the unYm-mlemml tlood i3 believed to have been a cloud-burst which took place Iate in the evening and filled the creek, which runs between rugged hills for miles, so full that it became a raring torrent, with a current of over twenty miles an hour, and nwert awar{thlnz before it A full list of the casualties cannot be ob- tained, but aside from Henry Byron, of Jamestown, N. Y., who was found drowned in the smoker, and Byrnes, a brakeman, who had his foot dislocated, no one other than those mentioned above were in any way seriously injured. Nearly one-half of those in the smoker lost most of their clothes in being torn from their persons either in getting out of the car or by the rushing water through which they were dragged ashore by ropes. A farmer named Andrew White, of Bailey's Station, did_he- roic work in saving the passengers, he hav- Ing swam several times to the¢ smoker and each timo returned with one of the untortun- nates, who were clinging to the roof of the car, The is snid to have been the sent sengers, A , where about_three-quarters riginated. An express package thout address or anything on it by which it can be identified, containing $37,000, wus found to-day, and it is not uniikely that others will ‘be discovered in the bed of the creek or in the woods B = THE CLEARANC RECORD, Record of the Fin ial Transactions the Past Weck. ‘0N, March 6.—[Special Telegram to the Tue following table, compiled from dispatehes to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing houses of the United States, gives the gross exchanges at each point for the week ended March 5, 1887, in comparison with those of the correspond- ing veriod of 18%6: CLEARINGS. Decrease. Increase. New York Cleveland Minneapolis Memphi Omaha Columbus *Wichita. Hartford . Indlanapolis St. Joseph Galveston, New Haven, . Worcestes Portland. Springliel (m’l.rmm Total . Outside this time last year. An Unfortunate Accident. CorLumpus, Neb,, March 6,—|8pecial Tel- egram to the Brr|-—Last night Mrs, Hanah Compton, eighty-seven years old, died, and this morning her daughter, Mrs, Will Comp- ton, while standing beside a buggy givinz some Instructions to her husband concerning the funeral of her mother, some sheep ran against her, breaking her lez badly, e Called a Legisirtive Session. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Mareh 6,--Governor Wilson will to-morrow issue his proclamation convening the legislafure of this state on the third Wednesday of April next to consider appropriations Ter public moneys for various § purposes. ‘The governor does not refer to the election of a United States tor, but it 1s belleved that there will be no election, us the work called for caunot be accomplished be- fore the secoud ‘Luesday after the weeting. The Cure of the Leper By Ellsha Outdone in Nebraska, SHE DRANK AND WAS HEALED, A Wonderfal Pool Discovered By 8 Woman Near Norden—After 8 Par don For Murderer Jack Mar- lon—State News. Was It a Miracle? | THE LORD APPEARED 10 HER ¢ Nornes, Neb,, March 6,—|Speecial to the . | Briz)—The Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem, made immortal in the New Testament as the miraculous healer of all sorts and varieties of ills to which mortal flesh is heir, bids fair to be equaled by a small and dirty “buffalo wal= low' about two miles from this lively littl place. ‘The circumstances which have brougl about the discovery of the miraculous powers of this “pool” have set this community “by the ears” and it is the one subject of excited conversation. For four months past the wife of William Rector, a leadi: farmer live ing two miles east of this place, has been confined to her bed with & dangerous malady and her physicians had pronoucced her recovery hopeless/ Everything had been done that the science of medicine could suggest to restora her ta health, but all to no avail. Last Wednesday morning, however, a great change occurred in the most marvelous manner,” That morn« ing the supposed-to-be-dying woman informed + her husband that the Lord had appeared to her in the night—as he did to Samuel of old—and when she had answered, “Si Lord, for thy servant, health,” the m had been delivered to her to to the “'buffalo wallow,” which is near the h and drink of the water and be cured. 6 only conditions that the Lord imposed were that she should go alone snd unassisted to the magic spot. The woman's husband, although somewhat skeptical, believin wife to be a *‘dreamer of’ dreams,” concludes to humor her, and after making a desperate ef- tort she succeded in arising from her bed and, reaching the pool, took a long draught from the muddy wallow. Immediately new lifo svemed to be restored to her wasted frame and she returned to her husband de- claring herself completely restored to health, From thal moment until this writing Mrs, Rector has attended to her household duties with her former vigor and is firm n the lief that sne had ditect communication with the Lord. While opinion on the case differs here, a large number of citizens are of the belict that the lady has a large stock of im- agination and that it is to this that she owes her remarkable cure, Labor Cond NorroLk, Neb,, March tor of the B At a special meeting of the Knights ot Labor of Norfolk, assem- bly No. 5608. the following preamble and. resolutions were unanimously adopted: Where The best intere classes of hra have been ignored by the defe Wyek, ‘and [ Whereas, Our state senator uk Fuller) was elec “laboring o of thig . ict with the sole understasding athat he act for and with the friends of C. H, Vam Wyck to the end that he be refurned as his own suceessor to the United BStates senate; and Whereas, He, the said state senator, has his owh act placed the mark of 4 his own character by belmf sul ? road corporations to their interests; an Whereas, His conspirini to the defeat of the laborers’ tiiend, C. H. Van Wyek, a more unkind cut than a Brutus dag heart of every honest wealth ucer in United States; therefore be | Resolved, That the contempt we Judas Iscarlot, Benedict Arnold and all the' arch traitors ot the world is only second to the contempt we feel for the said 'ranik Kuller and the other ‘“‘freaks’ p elected on their promise to vote for tie peoe ple’s choiee, C. H. Van Wyck; Y Resolved, That we stamip with she sesl our condenination all raifroad \d others in this vicinity to whom was entrusted the management of " the last cary 3 andy Resolved, That this assembl; y. delible record of the names of the traitors’ who ficured in the defeat of our standards bearer, Charles H. Van Wyck, and we al, to every liberty.loving citizen 10t Tnited Statés to join us in demat congresy an act to make tha el f Un! tfd sm;xs senators by a direet ve plo: and ¥ Resoived, That a co be sent to the Omaha Jo 1 Committee on K e ] Prosnerity at Beatelee, - BEATRICE, Neb.. March 4—lm. o Beg. |—The Gage County Agrici )od clation yesterday sold the old falr grou: the west side containing twenty scres 806,000, which they boughta short um ' for $2,100, and have bought fifty acres east of town for $4,000. The eld will be platted at once in city lots, T office was moved in the new Masonig ing to-day, The room is 25x100 handsome one. The rapid gre town has made this move a nec now one of the most complete west. To say that the city is booml hardly express it. Several new were platted this week and lots rapidly. New citizens are comingin, industries being started, and we are en] u steady, substantial growth. A new is to span the river on Court street, rep the old one, extensive hn]pmvmo being commenced by the railroad com) and everything goes to show that prospering, ast oJem‘s improven amounted to over 600,000, and this year fair to surpuss it. Jack Marion's Fate. BEATRICE, Neb., March 6.—[Speclal T4 Rram to the [ —The question as whether Jagk Marion is to be hanged next Fl day or not 18 not yet fully settled, A petition to commaute his tence to imprisonmens foR life was pruse{ll(fll to Governor ’l‘h-nu" terday, and to-morrow night L. W. Colby, Marion’s attorney, will be heard IH ihe gove ernor in support of the petition. Marion sald heretofore that he would rather be hanged than imprisoned for life, but b ened up considerably to-day when info by the sheriff that there was a chance for hig sentence to be commuted. He has b found guilty by two juries and his death tence pronounced by Judges P. Davidse J. H. Broady, both of whom say tl question but that he was proven i murdeps The great majority of the el of GGage county feel that the verdlets just and that the sentence should not be terfered with, Columbus Sporting Splintays. CoLuMBUS, March 6.- [Special Ty ezram to the BEj 'he spommzo:u Omaha is becoining a contagion. has eaught it. Yesterday a five-mile ). race was run arornd the public square by twa professionals, making good d : spurt on the last lap. Several foot races on the tapls, A professor in one of our lie sehools and an unknown froum lr‘llh w open the sporting season, & uune, Neb. March 6—[Specia! tg \¢ boom for Stromeburk Is The erew came i g to open work on the uew ralirend running south through York, and put in Improve. ments at the depot here. ‘I'he B, & M. surely be running trains into the 1st of September, and with this krentest bo; g Mm}u&mwn experienced. A number of dhanges ness have been made and business feelinyg jubilaprt 372z tke prospeets ff who were - %