Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 23, 1887, Page 1

~ g 2 0T s s——— 5 B o5 - sk THE OMAHA SIXTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING. ll A DEATH-DEALING TORNADO. Several Towns in Missouri De7astated By a Frightful Oyclone. FTWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE KILLED, Everything in the Lino, of the Storm Utterly Destroyed — Fatalities ana Destruction in Arkan- sas and Kentucky. Death and Destruction. 8t. Louis, April 22.—A dispatch from Ne- vada, Mo., says: A terriblo cyclone swept over the northern part of this (Vernon) county last night about 8 o’clock. The clouds were plainly visible Lere, passing only about elght miies from this city. The eyclone seemed to come down the Marmaton river from the Kansas line, dealing death and destruction wherever it struck. So far as can be learned the tirst place it touched was in Metz townsihlp, passing through Met Usage and Blue Mound townships. Fences, houses, barns and everythivg in the line of the storm, which was about half a mile wide, were picked up, rent into splinters and cast down hundreds of yards away. Trees were torn up by the roots, over thirty houses were destroyed, and about (ifteen persons killed. Only a partial list of thie dead has as yet been obtained, which is as tollows: Mus. E. Snrour, daughter of Mrs. Shrout. Jonx MiLLEn. Mus. Joun MILLER. ‘There were five members of the Millor family, four of whom were killed. A baby, aged two years, was playing in the yard and was found unhurt this morning. Parts of the Miller house and furniture were found strewn over the fields for a mile from where the house formerly stood. Reliable news has only been received from Osage townskrip and it is thought that the death roll will be swelled to over twenty- five. A heavy gale passed over this eity, damaging the Methodist church and other buildings, but none were seriously injured. NEVADA, Mo.. April 22.—A heavy storm, which originated in Kansas, swept over the northeastern part of this county last night between 8 and 9 o’clock. There were four persons killed outright and several so dan- gerously wounded that they will probably die. Thewind was preceded by a hail storm, which did considerable damage. Many of the hail stones weighed from three to four ouncegs, and some of them measure nine Inches In circumference. They crashed through the roofs of dwellings and barns, leaving holes through which a man’s arm would pass with ease. Considerable in- Jury to stock is reported from hail, but so far as learned no persons were injured by it. The storm entered this county a short distance from Fort Scott, Kan., and trayersed a dis- tance of nearly thirty-five miles, entering the county at a point two miles south of Schell City. " The path of the wind was from 300 to ?“: yards wide, and the track was left deso- ate. So far as reported the killed are as follows: Mamie Stover, John Miller and infant son and John Haits. A number of others will probably dte. PRESCOTT WIPED OUT. Forr Scort, Kan,, April 22.—A Monitor special from I’rescott, this county, reports a terrible cyclone on Thursday evening at about half past 6 o’clock. Thers were seveu- teen killed at different points throughout the county and an incalculable amount of dam- age was done to all kinds of property., Pres- cott was literally wiped out of existence, not a single building being left standing to mark thesite of the once prosperous and thriving ace. KAN8AS City, April 22.—The Times Pres- cott (Kan.) special gives the following list of casualtles from the cyclone. The killed, as reimrled, are fifteen,namely: . CONSTABLE JAKE STEPHEN., Wirn McCALE. MRS, SARAH CRONE. P. FLYNN and three children, JAcon BRocAcH and wife. Mus, RICHARD HARKNESS. Mus, DouGrLAs WALTER and infant. FANT of 8. P. Denning. b of Joe Dunean. EAR-OLD CHILD of WIIl McCale. Heavy Damage in Arkansas. LirtLe Rock, April 22.—About 3 o’clock this morning a tornado, originating in the Indian territory and moving almost due ‘weet, passed through the country four miles north and along the line of the Little Rock & Fort Smith railroad. Further east, near Coal Hill and Clarksville, Johnson county, the damage was very serious and mln( per- sons were injured. Four miles from Clarks- ville this aftérnoon John Reed’s child, G. D. Rawley’s daughter and a child of Mr. Petty were killed. The loss to farmers and build- ings, fences, stocks and €rowing crops, is very heavy, but it cannot now be estimated. ‘orT SMITH, Ark., April 22.—A special from Clarksville, Ark., to the 'I'ribune says : A terrible eyclone passed over this county from west to east from two to three miles ‘wide at 7o'elock this morning, passing north of Clarksville and doirg fearful damage. ‘The following persons were killed: Mrs. P, M. T . TURNER, ¥ ‘The following were badly wounded by fall- ing houses and flying timbers: K. M. T'urner and two children; Mr. Stoval and wife; ), D. I(owlu)l' and wife; Milton Stone and wife; W. P. Blackburn and some children; Frank Morgan and one of his children; several members of Simon Wise's family. ‘The houses of all these parties” and many others were blown down and scattered far and near. Considerable stock was killed and much aamage done to property generally, = —_—— Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, MILWAUKEE, April 22.—Advices from the northwestern tier of counties of the state report a heavy snow storm. At Eau Claire saven inches have fallen since 5 o’clock, and the mercury Is at the freezing point. A howling gale is piling up great drifts and blowing down trees, At nd there 15 a heavy snow fall, and trains are reported blockaded. The Storm in Dakota. Rapmp City, Dak., April 22.—[Special ‘Telegram to the Ber.|—The storm continues here with snow falling at intervals. The roads are well nigh impassible. Coaches from the upper canps are all late. At Dead- ‘wood the snow is two feet deep and a blind- Ing storm rages there. —— The Storm in the West, CueYENE, Wyo,, April 22.—A severe snow storm is reported along the line of the Union Pacilic, accompanied by high wind and cold weather, Yesterday and last night freight trains between Laramie and Cheyenne had to be s‘lnle tracked, but the passenger trains were on time, R Wild Winds in Kentucky. CINCINNATI, April 2.—A tornado swept through a portion of Kentucky south of Cin- cinnati this morning doing considerable damage but causing no loss of life. ——— A Sealing Disaster, VicToRIA, B, April 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee,|—Indians just arrived from Catal bring tidings of the wreckage of a schooner found south of Cape Flattery. The information answers in _every particular to the lost sealing schooner “Active.” The wreckage is believed to be all that is left of the schooner and thirty-three souls, who were Shot x protoute seasation. here. where sl of 3 the crew resided, A 8C AEB S' ARREST. France Will Not Allow It to Become a Casus Belll. [Copyright 1557 by James Gordon Bennett.] Panis, April 22.—|New York Herald Cable—Spesial to the Beg.)-=Public opinion in France is tirmly resolved not to allow the icident of the arrest of Schaenbeles by the German police agents on French territory near Pagny to become a casus belli. There is, ot course, feverish excitement on the bourse, funds going down two francs, and all sorts of wild rumors, Reckless stock gambling speculation Is having a regular field day, But I have the best assurance that the great Parisian bankers, like the Roths- childs, the directors of the Credit Fonciereand Credit ' Escompte regard the atfair as merely trivial. The incident whl be satisfactorily explained and denounced by the German governmentat Berlin and the German em- bassy here. Ambassador Count Muuster i absent from Paris, butit is belleved by the German legation that the ineident is due to an excess of zeal on the part ot a subording German police ofticial, and it is not possible togive a cause of anxlety or trouble the peucetul relations ot France. Wise and cool- headed statesmen like De Freycinet and Ferry felt that even if Bismarck seeks to force a quarrel he would not resort to such a trivial and childlike device as kidnavping a petty official, but would invent & quarrel on serious grounds, Involving the national pride of France and Germany. Even Clemenceau does not believe that the Pagny incident will lead to any serious difticulty. VARIOUS COMMENTS ON THE ARREST. PARis, April 23, he government will not complain to Germany of the arrest of Schnae- beles until a tull inquiry has been made into tha case. Intransizeant, of which Henri Rochefort is editor, is the only paper that 1s rabid in its comments on the affair. The other Paris papers are moderate in their references to it Later dispatches confirm the statement that Schnaebeles was interested in French territory. Flourens will await the result of the minute inquiry on the spot before de- manding reparation from Germany for the arrest. ‘The performanca of Wagner's opera, *‘Lohengrin,” which was to have taken place to-morrow at Eden theatre, in Paris, has been postponed owing to the feeling that has been aroused by frontier occurrences. De Roulde, in an interylew yesterday gave the apathy and timidity which the government liad shown in dealing with Germany as the reason for his resignation of the presidency of the patriotic league. ~'The arrest of the French commissary Schnaebeles, of I‘:\;:n‘)lu sur-Moselle, by tho German police, aftor fio had been decoyed over the frontier, is re- garded as a serious matter in ofticial circles. Goblet, \vrlml.‘ minister, and Flourens, for- eign minister, were In conference until mid- night last night for the purpose of determining what action to take 1n the premises and they again met this morning to further consider the subject. The Paix says that the government has demanded an explanation of the arrest from Germany. The French newspapers generally regard tfia occurrence as adirect provocation on Germany’s part and exhort the people to be calm and not play Bismarck'’s games. Schnaebeles’ arrest Is badly Interpreted in the stock market, and rentes have fallen 3 per cent for account. At this hour they are 79 francs, 80 centimes, a fall of 1 franc and 10 centimes from the closing last even- ing. lf‘)m minister of justice has sent the procur- ator general to assist the procurator at Nancy in making an investigation into the arrest of Schnaebeles and report the facts in the case. ‘The prefect of Meurth, et Moselle depart- ment, in which Pazny-sur-Moselle is situ- ated, has arrived here tor the purpose of con- ferring with Premler Goblet in regard to the arrest of Schnaebeles. The Temps publishes a dispatch from Strasburg stating that the German officials ted Schnaebeles of having relations persous in Germany for the purpose of obtaining information concerning the mili- tary measures being taken around Metz for the use of the French mllufllfi officials. The authorities ot the foreign oflice believe that the German government will make an ex~ planation of the affair. ‘There is tremendous latent excitement here over the Schnaebeles affair. The general belief is that Bismarck wants to create a situation which will render war in- evitable. It 1s clalmed that Gautch, a German representative,otten metSchnaebeles and arranged for keelrlmi the frontier Rosts in order; that Gautch failed to keep such ap- pointment Tuesday, but apologized and re- newed the appointment for Wednesday, and that some vine dressers who witnessed the struggle batween the Germans and Schnae- beles declare it occurred on French territory. The Feeling in Berlin, LCopyright 1887 by James Gordon Bennett.] BeruIN, April 22.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the BEE.]—The arrest of Police Commissioner Schanebeles caused as little interest and excitement in Germany as if the arrest of French officials was an event of dally occurrence. The bourse showed no unusual depression, I'he finance magnates took no Interest in ihe matter and laughed at the idea of such an event leading to war. The German newspapers devote littie space to it and say that evidently the volice blundered, but they are past the possi- bility of surprise at anything the police may do. Then they pass on to sneers at the French excitub:lity. The general public opin- fon inclines to think the arrest merely the stu- pidity of some local authority which, in other times, would have attracted little at- tention, In fact, so little attention is paid the matter here that the publlc hardly think it worth while to regret the blunder. As for war resulting over a jealousy between petty policemen that is regarded as impossible un- less there are great fools. It Is said here that it Germany wished to provoke a warit would not place itself so manifestly in the wrongat first; again, that to-day’s bourse would have showed a violent panic if war had been ex- pected or was being lead up by the Germans, I know that several ofticers of the regular army have been granted six months' furlough within a week with permis- sion to cross the ocean, which would never have been done had war been expected. Street gossip has it that Schnacbeles was decoyed across the French frontier by an enemy, who first warned the German police that a spy would be there, Berlin opinion is unanimous that if the arrest was intended to provoke war, then Bismarck's hand has lost its cunning since 1870. But Bismarck rec- ently showed more than all his old cunning in dealing with the Catholies, therefore there will be no war and the Berliners continue thelr uninterrupted beer drinking with the serene conviction that when war really comes the French will provoke it. But the Germans will be prepared for it. The Feeling in England. |Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennett.] LoNpDoN, April 23, 5 a. m.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to the BEE.|—All dispatches from Berlin or Paris and all news- paper comments make light of the frontier incident. Probably the Telegraph best states the English feeling on the subject by this conclusion of an editorial: *To our ap- prehensions there is nothiug as yet proved in the personal aspect of the infelicitous oc- curence that should lead to international difficulties of other than a transitory charac- tor, and we venture to entertain the confi- dent hope that within a day or two the Schnaebeles incident will be explained and accounted for in a manner that may prove acceptable to all.” S re— x Years For Kmbezzlement. N Youx, April 2—¥rank M. Scott, the bookkeeper of Webster & Co,, who embezzled §101,845, received a senteuce of six years to-day, CLEVELAND WILL NOT RUN. The President Declares Ho Does Not Want a Renomination. A WESTERN SENATOR'S STORY. Four Years Long Enough For One Man to Serve and Faithfully Perform the Ardious Dutics of the Office. A Startling Declaration. ST. Louts, Apnil 22.—A special from Wash- Ington to the St. Louis Republican gives the startling information, based upon President Cleveland’s declaration to a democratic sena- tor froin the west, that ne neither wishes nor will aceept a renomination, The senator in question is on terms of especial intimacy at the white house and the president is repre- sented as making this declaration with so much deliberate earnestness and studled emphasis that the senator is certain there is no reason to question his perfect and entire sincerity. The vresident said he had not glven any intimation of his feelings to representatives of the press for the simple reason that he feit nothing he might say about not wishink to take a second term would be believed. The president said: “Everything [ do, every appointment I make, they think it is to secure a re-election.~ On the contrary, I am counting the days that remain until my re- lease just as if I were aprisoner in_confine- ment.” Apparently to make it plain that he had taken no half-learted resolution, the president proceeded to speak of the exacting and laborious duties which fall to the incum- bent of the presidential oftice when the functions of the presidency are administered with the scrupnlous and minute_faithfulness he brought to the position. No man, he sald, could endure the severe strain of such labor, at once rhyllu\l and mental, for a longer period than four years without the risk of permanent injury to his health. For this reason he could not think of a ocontin- uanse of his term beyond the four years he has now haif completed. Nothing, he said 1o his senatorial visitor, would persuade him to alter his resolution, which he had deliber- nwl,y formed. ‘The senator who has repeated this slgnifi- cant conversation to his friends, says that while the president was not talk- ing for the purpose of getting his views about a re-election before the public, there was no intimation that he desired his words to be regarded as contidential. The senator has spoken treely of the interview to per- sonal friends without any injunction to secrecy, and 1t is not ualikely that this pri- vate discussion of the matter will eventually provoke some formal and public utterance by the president. A Flood at ntreal. CurcAco, April 22, he Daily News’ Montreal special says: Montreal and the val- ley of the St. Lawrence, in the immediate vicinity, is agaln Inundated. An ice gorge caused by an immense field of late ice which, crashing into the basin immediately above the Victoria bridge, caused a movement in front of the city. Thissoon becoming jammed at the head of "St. Ilelen’s lsland,” caused the water to rise four feet in us many minutes, !lnuding points at St. Charles Griftintown, St. Paul, McGill and all other lowlying localities, The Grand Tiunk shops nmlf‘nr(lsnm under water. The Albion hotel and Western house have two feet of waterin their dining rooms. St. Annes market has tour feet of water and Chaboillez square has the appearance of an inland lake, The Nun’s Island is under water and head of cattle are rnported drowned. The nuns themselves had to flea for their lives in their night clothes. In the poorer uarters of the city the suffering is great, as the people have no means of obtaining pro- visions. Rellef committees are now being formed on the south side of the river. F La Prairie, St. Lambert and Lorguoville are under water. At the latter place those living on the river bank were awakened by the ice cracking into the houses, carrying away the roofs and walls. Sume of the ople had miraculous escapes. The ine residence of Richard Smarden, which cost thousands to build, is a complete wreck. At St. Hillaire two store houses are demolisked. From the back river the same disasterous intelligence is received, Barns and bridges are carrled away and there is an immense loss of live stock. ‘The loss to the busincss community is heavy, but not as great as last year, as many were prepared for the emergency. The blasting experiments have proved a complete failure and have had no effect on the ice. MONTREAL, April 22.—The water con- tinues to riso in the St. Lawrence river and all the low-lying portions of the city are flooded. The damage will be enormous. el i ol Took the Coast By Storm. SAN FraNcisco, April 22.—|Special Tele- gram to the BEe.]—"The Natlonal opera com- pany scored a success in its maznificent pro- duction of Wagner’'s “Lohengrin” at the Grand opera to-night, and its auditorigm was packed to the doors and the performance was received with the greatest possible enthusi- asm. Such a performance of Wagner’s great opera has never been ziven here befores 'The choral and orchestral effects were grandly brought out by the fa- mous ° Thomas ~ orchestra ° and the grand chorus of the National Opera com- pany. Bertha Pierson made a groat success a8 Flsa, and the fine singing of Messrs. Cudidus. Whitney and Ludwlf contributed well to the success of the evening. Nothing in the wn{ of operatic spectacle has been seen equal to the magniticent mizen scene usea by the National Opera company in this opera. Prince Frederick Leopold, of Prussia, and the Austrian Prince Esterhazy and party occupied a box, and expressed themselves delighted and astonished u!"tha splendid rep- resentation of “Lohengrin e ‘Who Is Arthur Richmond? NEW YoRrk, April 22.—[Special Telegram tothe Bee.]—*'1 am not abusing any conti- dence,” saida friend of Allen Thorndike Rice to a reporter last night, “in telling yon who is the author of t he Arthur Richmond papers published in the North American Re- view, because what I know I have learned by accidentand by analysis. So well hasithe secret been guarded that even James Red- path, Rice's manager, 1s not allowed to lift the vell that conceals the savage face of Ar- thur Richmond. The attack on Cleveland, I believe, and have good reason to know, was evar{ word of it written by William Henry Hurlbut in London. Indeed, 1 may say I am positive of that fact. ~ As for the other Rich- mond articles. one of them was written by Rice himself, one by Senator Ingalls, and another—that savage assault on James Rus- sell Lowell—was by no less a person than General Bepjamin'F, Butler.” — Big Telegraph Fight Commenced. PHILADELPHIA, April 22.—A great tele- graph fight was begun in the United States court to-day when Read & Pettitt, John G. Johnson and ex-Attorney General Cassidy presented a bill in equity on the part of the Waestern Union Telegraph company asking the court to restrain the receivers of the Bankers and Merchants Telegraph company from proceeding in a suitatlaw which is pending on the part of the receiver to re- cover In the neighborhood of $1,000,000 from the Western Union on the ground of certain trespasses by the Western Union in taking possession and using the wires of the Bank: ers and Merchants. This case will attra great attention, both from the amounts in- volved and the parties to the suit. Robert G. Ingersoll and ex-Senator Conkling represent the other side with John W. Barnes and Wayne MacVeagh, s The President Declines. CHARLESTON, April 82.—The chalrman ot the committee on invitations of the ladies’ monument association to-day received a letter from President Clevelaud declicing the in- vitation to be present at the unveiling of the monument erected to the mewory of Johu C. Calboun on the 26th inst. The president pald & tribute to the memory of OUalhoun and to the patriotism of the members of the associa- tion, and indicated his regret at being obliged to be absent. A LEGISLATAVE RUCTION. New York’s Lieutenant Governor Gets Himself in a Scrave. ALBANY, April 2.—~The prolonged polit- ical struggle between the democratic governor and republican senate relating to the appoint- ment of a railroad commissioner culminated to-day in ascene of excitement which seems likely to result In the presentation of articles of impeachment against Lieutenant Governor Jones, Upon the announcement that Gov- ernor Hill was about to send in a message on the subject a republican member moved that tho senate adjourn unt{l Monday. In spite of obposition from the demociats’the motion was forced to a vote. \When the call of the roll was half concluded the governor's private secretary appeared with the message, which was passed to Lieutenant Governor Jones, who occupied the chair. A republi- can member took tha floor and Insisted on the roll call’ for adjournment. The chair ruled him out of “order and the member denounced the ruling of the lieutenant gov- ernor as reyolutionary and an immense up- roar ensued, ‘The’ lieutenant governor tinally read the message himself, Wunen the reading was finished Mr. Vedder said the action of the presiding officer was an outrage and disgrace, and It was the duty of the peo- nle of the state of New York to iinpeach him. The lieutenant governor, before announcing the result of the vote on ‘the motion to ad- Jjourn, sought to explain his action, but the republicans refused to hear him and left tae chamber. —— PANAMA POINTS. ‘Work on the Canal—The Graveyard of Thousands. NEew Yorg, April 22.—[8pecial Telegram to the BEE.)—A traveler who has just re- turned from Panama reports that there is ereat stagnation of business on the isthmus owing to the fact that work on the canal has almost stopped, by the ravages of small pox. Jamaica, where most of the laborers cowme from, has cut off the supply and what few laborers are at work are imported from China or direct from Africa. A ship load of 450 tattoed negroes was landed recently from Liberia under a year's contract to work on the canal for thelr board and lodging and nominal wages. The contractors agree to pay what is stipulated at the end of a year,and in this way manage to secure their laborers for their board and lodging. Kew of the great ship loads constantly being landed ever sur- vive the deadly diseases of the swamps and jungles. The contractors import an average of 700 Chinese laborars each month, with the same agreement. ‘I'he effects of the climate kill them off by hundreds, and fresh impor- tations are made to keep the work along, Very little attention is pald to the rights of American residents, except when a man-of- war i3 cruising near the isthmus. Recently agentleman from New York appeared be- fore the authorities to protest against an un- Jjust imprisonment of his servant. Instead ot regarding his protest the prefect sent him to the calaboose. The mews of the outrage soon reached the ears of the commander of the United States frigate Galena, who manned the ship’s launch and started for town. Before he could find the local authori- ties the New Yorker had been hastily re- leased. The United States steamer Vandalia is now in Taboga bay, looking after the in- terest of American residents. e The Boodle Colony in Montreal. MoNTREAL, April 3%—[Special Telezram tothe Ber.|—The boedle colony here has been reinforced by the distinguished pres- ence of ex-Alderman Sayles of New York city, whose sudden flight to Europe after the Broadway surface rallway steal was un- earthed, will be remembered. Nayles arrived here a few days ago, and, unlike his brother boodlers, Keenan, Dampsey and Delacy, who luxuriate at the Windsor to the tune of $5a day, has taken up modest quarters at the Richelleu hotel, away among the French people in the east end. Sayles has come to Montreal to stay. He and Dempsey are now negotiating to purchase the “Niche,” a famous restaurant and resort for crooks, gamblers and ward pnllt.lchxs, B:Iylesd since his advent here_has been drinking any gambling heavily, and it is an open secret that his boodle i3 almost exhausted. Dempsey has been borrowing money from brokersand shavers on the local Wall street here on notes indorsed by Keenan, and so has Maloney. Maloney, who has been staying at the St. Lawrence, recently allowed his bill to run up to $900, Hogan, the n;nprlemn told him he must pay up or git. Maloney pleaded for time. Mine host was inexorable, and gave him three days to settle the bill. Ultimately acheck trom New York was received for the amount, l\xnmf. it1s said, by a crony of Jake Sharp, All the boodlers excepting Keenan are hard up, and unless something turns up there is going to be trouble. ——— ‘What Reid Told Smith. CINCINNATI, April 22.—1nterviewed by an A iated press reporter to-day, Richard Smith denied the truth of the report pub- lished in eastern papers that he had received a letter from Whitelaw Reid in which the letter said the Tribune had arrived at the conclusion to abandon Blaine for the presi- dency and support John Sherman. Smith said he received no such letter, but admitted that in conversation with Reid the latter sald he would support Sherman with the greatest leasuré, if, when the time came, he should thought the best nominee. Smitl: sald further, however, that when he started to leave Reid’s office the editor ot the Tribune said: “Hold on now. I want to say one thing more. I want to tell you further that if we united fully with you and with all your friends in an effort to nominate any of these men you named, and the convention should be held within a month, the whole lot of us, with all the power we could bring to bear, could not prevent the nomination of Blaine on the first ballot by acclamation,” S — After the Lo ille Murder. LouvisviLLE, April 22.—The brutal midday crime of yesterday has greatly shocked the community and little else is talked of. Con- trary to the expectations of the physicians the wounded girl, Jennie Bowman, recov- ered consciousness, but they pronounce her injuries necessarily fatal and say she can- not live but a few hours longer. In lucia interval she stated her assailant was a negro and that she had fought him with a glass. Upon the wall of the stairway up which the black fiend forced the girl to retreat are marks of her beeding hands, and upon the steps drops of blood, everything pointing to a terrible strugegle. The police are using every endeavor pessible to apprehend the murderer, B Big Bara Burned. NEW YORK,April 2.—The district bounded by Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets and Third and Lexingtou avenues, thesite of the old Bull Shed market, and the place of so-called shelter for one-thousand horses, was, at an early hour tnis morning, the scene of a contlagration, which the firemen fougnt for three hours, Nearly all the animals were removed, though a number were burned. Loss about fifteen thousand dollars. ————— Alexander Mitch Remains. MILWAUKEE, April 22, he funeral train bearing the remains of Alexander Mitchell, late president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, arrived here early this morn- ing. The tinal obsequies will take place Tuesday next at 2 p. m. Mrs, Mitcliell is ex- pected from Florida this evening, —————— A Second Term Allowad in Mexico. St. Louis, April 22—A special from the City of Mexico says the constitutional amendment passed the house of deputies last anh( by a vote of 124 to 10, The proposition allows the re-election of a president for two successive terms. ‘The amendment now goes to the senate, where it will probably be passed without debate. e ‘Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Falr weather, northwest- erly winds, becoming variable; stationary, followed by slowly rising temperature. For Iowa: Fair weather, preceded by light rain or snow im eastern portion, northwest- 5 o st pol " ey APRIL 2 1887. "Damy BEE THE WEST POINT SUCCESSION Qeneral Parke, of the Engineor Corps, Bpoken of For Merritt's Place. NO DESIRE FOR THE POSITION. The Democratic Governor of Rhode Island Treated as a Bourbon Curfosity in Washington— National News, Parke Will Protest. WASHINGTON, April 22 —[Svecial Tele- gram to the Bre.|—There 18 considerable gossip among army ofticers here rezarding the selection of a commandant for the West Point military acodemy in the place of Gen- eral Merritt. It is understood to be the wish of retary Endicott that General John G. Parke,of the engineer corps, who has been in Washington ever since the war in charee of the work on rivers and harbors, shall be designated. Various attemipts have been made from time to time to unseat Parke and send him away from Washington, but they have invarlably been unsuccessful because of his popularity with members of congress and the confidence that has been reposed in him by tho various chiefs of en- gineers. Parke has practically been chiet of engineers during almost the entire time he has been in Washingzton. Hecame at first under General Humphrey, who leaned heavily upon him, then when Humphrey was retired Wright came in, but remained at the head of the corps but a little while when he was retired. ‘I'hen Newton served for a year or 8o till retired, then Genm- eral Duane, che present incumbent, was ap- pointed. Through all these ch#mges Parke has remained at the head of the bureau of public works, which 1# alinost the entire of- fice, and was really indispensable, as he fs now. General Duane would be perfectly lost without him. Secretary Eadicott does not realize this, or does not care. General Drum, who is his mentor and .motor, wants Parke to go, and the only way to get rid of him is to give him a better place than he has now. ‘The post of superintendent at the military academy is considered the softest in tha army, and there Is not a colonel in °‘the entire service but Parke probably who would not like to go there, but Parke, who will be retired in a couple of years, does not want to move, e owns a tine house in Washington on Lafay- ette square, is the senior warden and princi- pal man in the Epiphany church, has charge of a large mission school, which he started and takes a great interest in, has his associa- tions and umn{mn(ansl 1s as firmly fast- ened down in Washington as it he nhad lived here all his life. He wants to stay. e does not think there is any sense in compelling him to pull up his stakes and move when he will be retired shortly and come back to Washington and live again. The chief of engineers does not want him to go. He could scarcely get on without him, and it would take two or three years for a new man to get the hang of things about the office so that he could run them as Parke does. ‘Then the members of conyress, who are interested in river and harbor improvements, do not want Parke to go. He understands all about the subject, can describe the length, breadth lPd depth of every harbor or trogpond in the United States, and all that has been done to improve them for twenty years has been done under his directions.” But this is just the sort of man that General Drum likes to boost out of his place, and 1t looks as it Parke will have to go. The gencral has a leave of absence with parmission to zo to Europe, ‘which is evidence that he will not be sent to West Polnt. Here'’s a Stare of Things. WasHiN@ToON, April 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEE.|—It is said that a member of congress from the west, who came here the other day to present a petition from a railway to the inter-state commerce commis- sion for the suspension of the long and short haul clause, rode on A pass issued to him as the attorney of the corporation for which he appeared. He was charged with having done 80 and justified himself on the ground that he appeared not as a member of congress but as an attorney at law, that his term as a member of the Forty-ninth congress has ex- pired, and he nrl ngc yet been sworn in as a_ member of the Fiftieth congress. He claimed thut he would haye come had he not been elected to congress, tor he had acted as the attorney of the railroad company be- fore and since his elactjon, his partner logk- g after things during the' session of con- sress. As an officer of & railway company e 1s entitled toa N'f‘ but the arguments he uses to justify himself raise a_new question of ethics which will require the passage of Beck’s bill, prohibiting members of congress from accepting fees from corporations inter- ested in legislation. Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WASHINGTON, April 22,—[Special Tele- gramto the BEE.|—The following pensions were granted to-day: In Nebraska—.Increase, Joseph Phillips, Lincoln; Edward S. Piper, Bennett; Philemon Plummer, Blaineville; Willlam R. Balding, Dorcester: James L. Willett, Hebron, John Wilde, Waco. In TIowa—Minors of Simon Otto, Dumont; Matilda R. Bumgartner, former widow of Simon Otto, Dumont; Sarah M., widow of Willlam R. Rulling, Randalia; Isaac G. Thompson, Metz: William D. Acuff, Walnut Grove; A, P 1ill, Towa Fals; Peter Cra- (BII Colfox; Bennet Flaherty, Chariton; William Walters, Hawleyville: Stophen Mor- ris, Kellm{fi: Thomas Richards, Benorsville; George T. Packard, Renwick; Adam Burn- ham, Lynnyille; Andrew J. irvins, Mount AyriJohn W, Fisher, Winterset: Thomas DIal; ‘Eldon; Theo Heim, North MeGregor ; .. C. Loomis, Dowd’s Station; John Fisk, Tipton: David W. Downey, Monroe; John Keller, Mount Pleasant. The Settlers Can Remain, WASHINGTON, April 22.—1t Is said at the interior department that the order of the secretary directing the commissioner of the general land office to approve the contract of one Green tor the survey of a portion of the Turtle Mountain Indian reservation if found to be regular, and to order its perform- ance, practically settles the question of the right of settlers to about 1,000,000 acres of land now claimed by the Chippewas. This band now numbers less than 500, Secretary Lamar is of the opinion that the claim of this land is too vague to warrant ousting the 20,000 settlers who have located thereon; that if they have a validclaim congress should be called upon to settle it. A Democratic Curlosity. WAsHINGTON, April 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The new democratic governor of Rhode lsland, the only demo- crat who ever carried the state, is making a visit to Washington and finds himself a great object of interest to all the members of that party, Mr. Page, the now democratlo mom- r of congress from Khode Island, is with him, and the two held an informal reception at the Jefferson club to-day, with Chief Clerk Youmans, of the treasury, as their chaperone. The Inter-State Commission, ‘WASHINGTON, April 22.—Representatives of a number of New England - railroads ad- dressed the inter-state commission to-day and presented a petition asking for the sus- pension of the fourth seceion of the law on account of water route competition. Repre- sentatives of transcontinental transportation interests were also heard on some petitions presented yesterday. ‘The commission de- voted the afternoon session to a conference with closed doors. Postal Changes. WaAsHINGTON, Avpril 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the Beg.]—The following Nebraska rol!mll!orl were appointed to-day: A. Houghton, meron, Hali county, vice John M. Kean, resigned: John R. Gatewood, Eustis, Frontier county, vice Martin Hughes, resigned. the town to boom. quality, but the thickness agram to the Bi morning burned L. D. Pettit's commission warehouse, caused by a defective flue. Loss, $10,000: | 5 distance from a hydrant and the storm the ANOTHER PLOT DISCOVERED, Pinkerton Detectives Working to Se- cure Egan's Signature, LiNcorn, Neb, April 22, —~|Special Tele- gram to the Be ~In an interview to-day with Hon. Patrick Egan, of this city, whose name has been so fraquently used in the re- cent phases of the coercion tight in Engiand, Mr. Egan divulged the fact that for the past week it has been known to him that Pinker- ton detectives have been attempting to se- cure fac similes of his handwriting. It has come direct to Mr. Ezan from two different parties in Omaha that detectives have been trying to get manuseript of his writing and containing his signature. Why sceret at- tempts are made to sacure his handwriting puzzles Mr, Egan excopt it bo a part of the conspiracy of the English government to bring the Lrish National league into disre- pute through creating some forged letters upon himself after the manner of the recent Parnell letter forgory publisned in the Lon- don Times. Mr. Kuan informed tho Brgk that if the Pinkerton mnen were after his au- tograph they could ohtain it by the asking, without the secret efforts they are now mak- Ing. In connection with this matter Mr. Egan believes that the last resort of the Eng- lish government In its attempts at coercion are almed to blacken the character of proml- nent men in the national party and the Na- tional leazue in the hope to impair the public opinion of America that is so foreibly assert- ing itself in favor of Ireland. AFTER THE STATISTICS, In compliwnce with the sugzestion made by Gladstone regarding American public opin- ion in Ireland’s affairs, PresidentpJohn Fitz- gerald, of the Irish National League in America, is issuing circulars to every league in the United States, asking for a statistical compilation of names of senators, congress- men, governors, state and city officers. clergymen and prominent citizens generally who have taken part in the National league and branch feague mectings and given the league their endorsement. P ol e Coal Discovered at Lyons, OAKLAND, Neb., April 22.—|Special to the Brg.|—Coal has been discovered one and one-half miles west and elght miles north- east of Lyons, this county, and it is sald the people of Lyons are very much elated but not unduly excited, asthey are determined to treat the matter as rational men would. Nevertheless, it is expected that every per- son that owns any real estate near the tind may be found at any time with an augur in their hands boring for coal. 'There is but little doubt but that mother nature will cause Kvery man, woman and ‘The coal Is said to be of good f the vein is not <hild is happy. known yet. Wild Weather at Columbus. Corunmpus, Neb., April 22.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bek, |—A territic wind has pre- vailed here all day. All the forenoon there was a heavy rain, changing at noon to In- tense cold and a north wind, accompanied with snow for two hours. The damage will be only nominal unless frost prevails to- right. A Rapid City Blaze. Rario City, Dak., April 22.—[Speclal Tel- —A lireat 6 o'clock this nsured for $4,500. Owing to the jepartment could not reach the blaze, S o CORRIGAN'S WARNING, The Archbishop's Significant Letter to the Oatholic Herald, NEw YORK, April 22—The Mall and Ex- press says: ‘‘Archbishop Corrigan has launched another bolt at the friends and sup- porters of Dr. McGlynn. The Catholic Her- ald has been a staunch supporter of Dr. McGlynn and has directed some fierce as- saults upon the archbishop and Monsignor Preston. Now the archbishop has struck back. e has sddressed a letter to the editor of the Herald in which he calls attention to the fact that as the Herald umes to be a Catholic paper it must obey the lnlluucllon which the third plenary council placed on all Catholic writers to refrain from attacking in public the mauner in which any bishop rules his diocese. He concludes his letter in the following significant clause: ‘For some time past the utterances of the Catholic Her- ald have been shockingly scandalous, As this paper is published in this dlocese I hereby warn vou that if vou continue in this course of conduct it will bo at your penl,’” 1f this warniug Is not obeyed the journal in question will "be publicly denounced from avery Catholic pulpit in the city. As this is the first time for many {lmn that any Amer- ican Catholic journal has been condemned this case will cause wide comment. N Friendly Canadian Comment. ToroNTo, April 22.—The Mail, in an edi- torial on Lord Salisbury says: ‘In our opinion Lord Salisbury has acted wisely. Had our cruisers resumed operations against American fishermen we should have felt the full force of the retaliation bill and England might have been dragged Iinto a very ugly quarrel. Cleveland and his advisers are anxious to effect a settlement that shall be mutually advantageous, and if wo are wise we will leave our gun boats in the dry dock. to which Lord Salisbury has just consigned them, and negotiate with the "Americans as wn“ friends and neighbors ‘who wish us well. Soclalist Gruenhut Resigns. Cmicaco, April 23,—Joseph Gruenhut, who established a wide notoriety by reason of his connection with socialism, tendered his resignation as tenement inspector to-day. He accompanied his resignation with a long statement to the effect that *“‘the party who elects its ticket has a right to fill the oflices.” Wilen the hea i tor submitted Mr, Gruenhut’s l or Roche, the latter remarked: Mr. Gruenhut that he can consider his resignation as going into effect trow this day.” Sherman's NEw York, April 22.—A special from Ki West, Fla., to the Herald, s From pri- vate lotters from Havana it Is learned that a party of kidnappers or outlaws had arranged to capture Senator John Sherman on his re- cent visit to Cuba, While in Havana Sher- man_expressed a desire to visit the sugar plantations in the interior. A military guard was sent as escort and while there the party escaped being captured, the bandits arriving atthe plantation just five minutes after the departure of Sherman’s party, ———— Chicago Cattle Quurantined. SPRINGFIELD, April 22, -~ Governor Oglesby has issued a proclamation declaring a quarantine on cattle in Chicago within a district limited at Twenty-second street on the south, the Desplaines river on the west and town of Lake View on the north, owing to the alleged existence of pleur: This Is in ordanee with an adonted by the legislature respecting con- tagious discases among domestic animals, Silver GALVESTON, April 22.—A News specia from San Antonio, 'Tex., says: Colonel N, 0. Green, a prominent lawyer of this city, who has just returned from Bandera, the county seat of Bandera county, reports the discovery of a vein of silver near that place which is two feet wide and grows wider as it goes down. The discovery has produced considerable excltement. — Transfer of the Apaches, Br. AUGUSTINE, Fla.,, April 22.—The war department has ordered the removal to Mount Vernon, Ala, of the Apaches now confined at Fort Marion, 8t. Augustine, - An Irish Mill Burned. Cork, April 22.—Furlong’s mill, at F moy, nineteen miles north of Cork, was de- stroyed by fire yesterday, Loss £50,000, NUMBER 3¢9 TABOR COLLEGE GREAT DAY, The Dedication of Gaston Hall Oelebrated With Appropriate Services. KICKING ON THE The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Bued Under the Long and Short Haul Clause—Other lowa News. IOWA ROADS, Gaston Hall Dedicated. TABOR, 1a, April22,—[Special to the Bee.] —T'he friends of Tabor college rejoiced yess terday in the realization ot a long cherished liope. The beautiful and substantial struc- tureof Gaston hall was dedieated to the uses of christian education. After the reading of scripture and prayer by Rey. D. M., Harte sough, of Avoca, and appropriate musie, I'rof. Thomas McClelland spoke for the building committee. Atter speaking of the years of waiting, because the trustees bee lieved that the truer founda tion of a college —a well-trained faculty—sho uld be supplied before large expenditures were made in brick and mortar, he spoke of the satisfuotion fel§ by all, not only in the completeness of the building but in the thorough and economical way in which the building was erected. The work was done by the day but cost the col- lege several thousand dollars less than the estimate, because of the efficient superintends ent, Mr, 8. C. Brooks, of Claveland, O., who, besides gifts In cash, gave mnearly a year' time In work on plans, purchasing materli and in the erection of the bullding, No col- leke east or west needs any bettel recitation rooms than thot o‘ 80 Gaston hall. President William M. Brooks made a statement in regard to the securing of funds, all of which were pledged before the work was begun. The cauulnnlnna have come from several hundred persons an trom fifteen states, one territory and from Mexico. 'l'hnprincl'gulnldre“ Was given by ev. A, L. Frisbie, D. D., of Des fiolneu—- **The Permanent Christian College.” Those who have heard Dr. Frisbie do not need be told that it was an inspiring aadress, full of vigorous thought. 1t was an address of congratulation for what had been accom- plished; ot hope for the promise of the fu- ture; of the need of christian schools such as the stato cannot be relied upon to supply. It was fitting that the dedicatory prayee shouid be offered by one of our hirst students, Rev. E. 8, Hill, of Atlantio. The nmeflIIF was largely attended by students and eitie 8, There were also persons present from aha and Council Blutfs and from thirteen counties of southwestern Iowa. Protest Against Railroad Extortion. MARSHALLTOWN, la.. April 22.—[Special Telegram to the BEE.]—A meeting at which every main factory and business house of the city was represented was held last night ¢ consider lowa railrond rates under the inter- state commerce law. Radical resolutions were presented and finally referred to a com= mittee of manufacturers on the authoritative information that the western lines contem= plated an immediate revision of lowa tariffs, I'lie feeling in general Is very bitter at the embargo placed by the lowa roads on lowa business and if no relief comes energeti action will be taken. ‘There is some talk of asking the governor to convene an extra ses- sion of the legislature to regulato railroad rates in lowa. —~—— ,Given Excursion Rates. Stoux City, Ia., April 22.—[Special Tele- &ram to the Bik.|—President Maher recelved the following to-day from President Abbott, of the Iowa railway association: ‘“The lowa state roads will be authorized to sell excur- sion tickets to<Ottumwa at one and one-third fare for the round trip on account of the meeting of the Irish national league, tickets to be good going April 26 and 27, and good for return on or before May 1. You may s0 announce it.”” Cedar Rapids Chat. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, April 22,—|Special Telegram to the I |—Palmer Pierce, of ‘Traer, was the successful candidate for the West Point cadetship for this district. W. G, Meissner, of Reinbeck, Is alternate, Plerce was alternate at the last examination, A. T. Crossby, a leading farmer near Marion, was kicked and trampled last night fatally by a cow. Elui'll thousand dollars have been raised ready for the new Young Men’s Christian Association building. Sued Under Section Four, DuBUQUE, Ia., April 22,—Suit was begun to-day in the federal court against the Chi¢ cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad by the Dubuque Jobbers’ and Manufacturers’ asso- clation under the long and short haul clause of the inter-state law. The allegation is m the rallroad charged a 33 cent rate on cer! commodities in hardware from Chicago Adams, Minn., a distance of 334 miles, an a 35 cent rate from Dubuque to Adams, a dis- tance of 150 miles, The Reports Were Exaggerated, DuNLAP, 1a, April 22.—(Specfal to the BEeE.|—Reports relative to the fatality and number of cases of scarlet fever in Dunlap have been greatly exaggerated. There are now no malignant cases and all apparent cases are properly quarantined. A heavy rain is falling and no further danger is aps prehended. e ON THE DIAMOND, Rain Shntsa Off the Game Between Chicago and Des Moines, Des MoiNgs, Ia,, April 22.—|Special Tele- gram to the BEE. |- Rain again to-day spoiled the gane between Des Moines and Chicago. The ground wag in bad conditian, and neither club could do much. The game was begun at 4 o’clock, but only one full inning { be p tered the p mulnflleu Moines made two and Chicago six. Inthe beginning of the second Des Moines made three more, when the game was called. Pyla pitched for Chicazo and Campbell for Des Moine: OTHER GAMES Y DAY, PHILADELPHIA, April ~—The Phila= delphias won the aeciding game in the local championship series to-day, Score: Aths lotics 8; Philadelphia 11, NEW Youk, April 22.—The game to-day betwo Brooklyn and Baitimore resulted as 011G Brookly 181004 Baltimore. 100100 2 1-5 ; ll;u-kneas stopped the game after the eighth nning. I'uvfwrs ~Terry and Smith. Base hits— Brooklyn 15, Baltimore 11. rors—4rook= lyn 4, Baitimore 4. Umpire—Knight, 81, Lovts, April 22—~ The game to-day bes tween St. Louis and Cincinnati resulted as follows: St. Louis. 10000001 0-2 Cincinnati. 20020001 x—§ ase Lits Louis 15, Cincinnati 10. Er- Cincinnati 0. Pitchers— rors—St. Louls 3, Caruthersand Mullane. Umpire—Bauer, 0 0-9 The Boycott Resumed. Cutca6o, April 2%—General Passenge Agent Ford, of the Pennsylvania company wired the Missonri P c and Burlington oflicials to-day that the eastern trunk lines objected to exempting the two western roads from the boycott aud he would have to res voke the exemption made yesterday unless there was a promise forthcoming not to n£ commission sourl o] mit and the boycott against them will be re= sumed, Andrew Carnegie Married, New York, April 22--Andrew Carnegle, the millionaire iron manufacturer, was mags ried to-night to Miss Whittield, zhter the late John W, Whitfield,at the brid idence, 55 west Forty- eighth street, th a of ~il