Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 15, 1888, Page 2

" SHE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1884 ~TWELVE PAGES. THOEBE REMAINS IN HIS SHOP While Speaker Carlisle Retains His Boat in Congross. NO FURTHER LIGHT ALLOWED. All the Democrats and Three Repubs licans Vote Against Keopening the Case For Additional Testimony. <arliste Wins. WasniNatoyn, Jan, 14.—Every the house committee on elections tendance to resume consideration of the Thoebe-Carlisle contested eloction case. Mr. Hallam, of Covington, Ky., appeared in be. half of Carlisle, and Mr. Sypherappeared for the contestant. Mr. Hallam said he took the position that a suflicient cause had ot been shown for the reopening of the c Tha action of counsel on the other side in p senting aMdavits at the last session seamed 0 show that they concurred in that belief. gohn A. Goodson, chief of police of Coving- ton, and brother-inlaw of Carlisle, denivs emphatically that the assertion made by the counsel for contestant that some relative of Carlisle's had approached Wood, formerly Thoebe's counsel for the purpose of in fluencing him. He states that hie is a relative of Carlisle living near ngton and he declares that neither he nor any other person, s far as he is concerned, ever in any manner approached or attempted to approach, Wood or any other person in Mr. Curlisle’s behalf. So far as ‘Wood knows the thing was never thought of. Another afidavit by Hor Cameron reporter of the Cincinnati Evening Telegram, was read in which Cameron recites the sub stance of a conversation with the speaker the day after the election in which the speaker said e did not know whether or not he had been defeated, but if he had been he would feel a sense of personalrelief such as he had not expericneed inten yoars, The afant further says that he had several conversations with Thoebe, but he had never told him Carlisle admitted he was defeated. ~On the contrary, he had told him that he (Thoebe) was de feated. He had neversent an item to his paper declaring that Carlisle admitted his defeat, but he could not prove this by the tiles of the paper as they had not been pre gorved. Mr. Hallam produced aftidavits from many friends of Carlisle and also from occu pants of the federal bu showing that 1 such meeting of the s friends had been held as alleged. sustodians of poll books in Boone and Carroll counties made affidavit that the returns were corvect. He yead an aftidavit of Policeman Solar, of Cov- ngton, whercin he says that he has sever: times recently been approached by counsel Afor Thoebe who asked him to make an afli- davit that he had seen Carlisle and Detective Harris_entering the oftice of the State IJournal, on the evening after the election. “He had been told that it might protect his in terest to make such affidavit and that in the event that he was out of employment he Ieould make money by making such an afida- tvit. Mr. Hallam' also read the aflidavit of Charles A. Findley, the notary who took the kdeposition for the contestant.” In- this affida- vit he says Mr. Thoebe told him he did not Hike to pay any money in the matter, that he did not want to go into it and wanted to got out of it. The labor people had forced him nto it, but they had not backed him up as romised. He added that if it had not been or the slurs cast upon himself and Wood, to he effect that they had been bought off, he [sfvould et out of the ¢ He intended to i fgend his papers to Washington and let Sypher make what he could out of the case, which he . fexpected would be a good deal. Mr, Hallam next read the affidavit of 1 ]Spenkor Carlisle as follow: J. G. Carlisle says that he has carefully “pread the statement contained in the amidavit ©of Charles Maundor, filed before the commit- tee, und he suys that the statements con- ained 1n said aMidavit, so faras they relato e member of was in at- State Journal in Newport, at any time during the evenmg of the November, 18536, nor has he been in said office tany time, cither during the day or evening, ince the congressional election of 1856, ant states that he did not go toward th - s of Hon, A S, B v, in a hack or car- therwise, nt any time during the evening. Afliant did not see Detcctive arris, of Covington, in Newport or else- at any time du pid evening, nor attend any meeting or confe ny place, or have any cousultation with any- fbody on said e ion to the con- ressional eleotion in said Sixth congressionul istrict or in relation to the result thereof, IHe says that at that time he resided with H. t he was not outside of use on the night of November 3. s that he never attended any meet- ing or confercnce at any time or place after aid election to consult about said election or the result thereof or to take any measu effect the result thercof, in 3 «imanner whatever, and that never {knew of any such conference or hmecting upon the part of his friends ov sup- Y porters, nor did he ever hearof any such con- I lerence or meeting. Ho says that he did not _write any tetters or send any telegrams or mmessages to - any part of the dietiet after sthe election for the purpose of learning the sresult or fof any othcy purpose in connection 'with the electon nor did he request any one else LG 1o so, and if any letters or telegrams by any one, the afant had ce of it then and has + imone now. vs thut the statement :made iu the George H. Thoebe ithat no tickets were printed and distributed aring the name of John G. Carlisle at the ‘election outside of the cities of Covington + /und Newport and their adjacent suburbs, aud o few points which” could be hed L by railroad, is not true. On the contrary, a ! supply of tickets wus printed for each pre- . einct and district, and affiant personally sent them into every county to be used on the day of election, except f y of Camp- Dell. For that county tickets were left in the hands of chairman of the county executive committee to be distributed by him. Nor is it true, as_stated (in the amidavit, that this afiunt, on the eve- lning of the day succeeding said eleetion, ceded to Horaco Cambron that he affiant) had been defeated, und that he per soually was heartily glad of it Affiant wus not in Covington on the evening of the day succeeding the election, but wus there on the morning of that day, at which time he met Cambron and had A short conversation with shim. Cambron, when he met affiant, said: HGovernor, you are not beaten, are you!" to twhich affiant replied that he supposed nop, crbut thut returns had been roceived from on 'y & few precinets in the country and showed that a small vote had been pol'ed, and then Tjafant added that if it should turn out that Sway it was |ln-r'nu|n| a very good thing for thim, personally, as he had neglected his pri- < vate business for ten years and worked faith- tfully in congress and ‘it was about time he was doing something for himself. Aflant ‘says this is the “substance of all the conversatica that took place between him 8nd aaid Cambron. At that time afiant -gid vot know und could not possibly know the result of said election. Affant | says that ull statements to the effect that the breturns from uny of the countics i the. dis. itrict were held back or delayed for four or five daysgreuntrue. On the contrary he s that the poll books and ballot boxes w publicly opened and the votes official counted und certified oun the third day afte said election in every county in the distri except that in the county of Tremble, th were opened by mistake of the county offic 1n the presence of the entire board of ¢ vassers on the second day after the ele 4and officially counted, but that the mistake 08 to the proper time for the ofticial count was » covered and thereupon they were again led up and remained so until next day, ‘when they were in openod and counted by the board. Mr. Hallam next referred to the statoment that Wood, the leading attorney, had been in Carlisle's interest, and that the tanation was that the bribery had been , done by one of Carlisle’s relatives. It had been stated that Wood had told Thaebe it there was money in it for both of them - if they would consent to drop the contest. In he read Wood's davit declaring that “it is not true, .as stated, that Thoebe bad said the - difficulties in bis v | daytime because, case were few and that it would be eompara- tively easy for him to got his seat in congress and that the facts developed were sufficient tooust Carlisle. ~ On the contrary he had re- peatedly advised Thoebe that it would be nec- essary to make diligent exertion in getting evidence and procuring friends, whereas Thocbe furnished but #43, which the labor unions had supplicd. It was for this reason that Wood had refused to continue in the case. Afant pushed the case as rapidly as was possible, taking testimony by day and night: by night to save the time of laboring men. Thoebe himself was not around in the us he stated, he was com pelled to lose time from his work. The testi- mony taken by afiant appears in the record and he took no more becau he was not furnishe cans to do so: never said any against the employment of Sypher s assistant counsel, but refused to sanction his assumption of the direction of the case, and i finally dropped it after Thoebe had of attorney giving absolute r. Afflant never s the signatures to the returns were all in the same handwriting, until long after the taking of the testimony had ceased: never told Thoebe that he could make money by selling to the defendant. He told him that & strect conversation | two or three democrats had been ove 3 wherein they had v ked that the easiest way out of the matter was to buy out the Thoebe faction. It was utterly false that he had ever said anything on the subject beyond the repetition of gossip, or that he had been approached i that behalf, There had be nothing to hamper Thocbe in sendin papers to Washington at any time upon the payment of the notary. Air. Hallam next produced and read letters sent by sypher to Lee Crandall, who, he suid 'en in the correspon- den 1 Wood, Thoebe and Syphers. In one of the letters Sypher sa that he will remain in the case by Wood's consent, but peets to control it when it comes to Wash- ington. In another lotter Sypher calls atten- tion to the necessity for providing ways and means for such an expensive contest as this against the that if retai he might eni ) publican friends in the house, but also from some of his protestionist friends. Mr. Hallam then closed his case in a brief address. Mr. Syplier reiterated the statements made by him that urns of outlying distrigts had been withheld, and commented on the tact that Carlisie’s counsel had not brought forward telegrams sont o those districts Mr. Heard suggested that it the duty o the contestant to bring in telegrams, contest ant having the afficmative of the proposal, Syphe 1that if the casewere reopened he would do so. The committee then went into secret session, The first mo- tion put was to postpone further consideration the ¢ which was jected 1 ict party vote of 0 to6 ien a motion was made to_ reopen the case. Rowell (republican) asked to he excused from voting, and Cooper (republican) voted with the demoerats, so the motion was lost Another motion was to declare Thoebe en- titled to his s and on this vote four re- publican members were excused from voting, the remainder voting with the democ inst the motion. Then came the final vote aftirming s of the democrats vi osition, and with them stood Messrs. Cooper Rowell and Johnson, of Indiana, making the afli rmative vote 12, ° Messrs. Lyman, Houck and Lodge, republicans, were cxcused, so there was no negative vote. Tho position taken by the republicans, who abstained from voting, is that while they are not con- vinced that Carlisle is not eutitled to his seat, it is proper for the committee to reopen the case and afford opportunity for the pro- duction of any ne evidence that might throw light upon the contest. Under instruc- tions from the committee Committeeman Crisp will report to the house a resolution making Carlisle entitled to his seat, aid ‘Wants of the Wool Industry. WasmiNGToy, Jan. 14.—The wool confe ence has reached an agreement, which will be formulated at once. It will advoc return to the tariff of 1867, and a cors ing readjustment of wool and worsted rates. A committee is at work embodying the de- cision of the conference in the report and the text of a bill to the effect stated, both of which will be submitted to cong at the first opportunity by the committee, In the resolutions adopted by the confer- ence it is proclaimed that the protection by tariff on the production of wool is demanded by the t interests of all ; the American peopl he great inerease in the clip of American wool, and the slicht increase of exportations from 1579 to 1585 is held out as demonstrating the effect of protective indus- tries and in promoting sheep husbandr. in this count ‘The resolutions declare that reduction in tariff on wool in 1883 was imme- diatel followed by a great decrcase in sheep, and this fact gives warning that the abolition of duties would seriously cripple the raising of sheep in this country, whicn is the third prodacer in quality winong the na- tions. and would thus increase the price of wool all over the world, whil consequent declination of sheep would materially affect the supply aud price of meat, and to & consid- able degree, of all provisions, Congress is requested to immediately pass u joint resolu- tion carrecting the present erroneous classi- fication of worsteds by directing that they be classified as wool cloths. The passage of the Aldrich bill to suppress undervaluations of imports, is favored. After the adoption of the resolutions a committee, consisting of Columbus Delano, of Ohio, president of the National Wool ower's association, William Whitman, ston, president of the National A - tion of Wool Manufacturers, and Edward A. Greene, of Philadelphia, president of the Philadelphia Wool Merchants association, was appointed to jiesent congress with a schedule 57 customs duties adopted by the conference and the convention adjourned sine die. The schedule adopted by the con- ference is similar, in many respects, to the tariff of 1867. All of the classes remain identical with the existing wool tariff, but the rates of duty are increased in many in- stanc Given a Hearing. WASHINGTON, Jan, 14.—The committee ap- pointed by the Memphis waterway conven- tion, held in October last, was given a hear- ing before the committee on rivers and har bors in the house of representatives to-day. The committee resented thirteen states and three territories bordering on the Mis- Ohio and upper and lower Mis- pi, and is here to urge upon congress anting of speedy and adequate appro- utions for the improvement of western walerways, - Democratic Nominees. La., Jan. 14.—~The demo- cratic couvention re-assembled this aft noon. The following nominations were wade, completing the ticket: James A. Jef- froys, Rapidds, lientenant-govenor; Judge Walter H. Rodgers, Orl attorney-gen- eral; W. H. Pipes, East Feliciana, treasurer; Joseph Breaux, Iberia, superintendent pub- lic education; Leonard 1. Mason, Councordia, secretary of state, and Stell, the present in cumbent, auditor. atform indorses Cleveland's administration: to the perpetua- tion; the perpetuation of the levee system and the placing of free schools on a substuu tial basis. . It opposes convict labor, and in- vites immigration. L ouisian Barox Rot -— She Wants $20,000 Damages. Huwssoror, Neb,, Jan. 13.—A ripple of ex- citement was caused here by the serving of summons upon the bondsmen of J. H. Ray, sheriff of Richardson county, to appear be- fore the United States court and answer to the action of Mrs. John Boeck, who claims damages in the amount of 20,000 by reason of false imprisanment. In_January, 1855, Mrs. Boeck was an interested witness in suit before Couuty Judge Coupe, and be- came 8o violent that the court ordered the sheriff to put her in jail until she could con- trol herself, which was done. She was left there over night, aud upon this she bases her action. Nenraska City, Neb., Jan. 14.—[Special Telegram to the Bee |—At an adjourned meeting of the council last night it was de- cided to call a special election for February 20 to vote $150,000 refunding bonds and an- ther election, February 21, to vote on grant- ing a atreet car franchise to §. H. H. Clurk — e The Death Record. Nasuvirig, Jao, 24.-Mr Auna 13, Cheatham, widow of - the late General B. I, Cheatham, who preceded bier as postinaster I‘::‘thll city, died at her resideuce this mori- TWENTY-THREE BELOW ZERO. Omaha's Coldest Day of the Winter Season. A COAL FAMINE IMMINENT. The Startling Report Sent In to the County Commissioners — Dorsey Houck's Narrow Escape From Death—Other Accidents. otes of the Storm. Yestorday was without doubt the coldest day of the winter season in Omaha, and the demoralizing effects of the weather were evinced among the people and in every branch of trade. The usual Saturday throngs on the strects were missing, and the d goods emporiums, matinees and other places attraction were deserted. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the thermometer registered 10 p, 16 below at 6, 20 below at below between 11 o'clock and midnig DORSEY HOUCK'S PERIT Major Dorsey Houck, the muscular deputy sheriff, had an exciting experience yesterday afternoon. Enveloped in a big storm over- coat, and bundled up in the warm robes of his cutter, he was driving his horse along the road in the y of Thirty-third and Dodge streets, which has been left in a dang- erous and impassible condition by the graders who have been at work there of late, danger signals, if there be any, are bu out of sight by the immense snow drifts, and the first intiniation the mujor had yesterday that he was riding on the edge of a precipice was when his_ horse and cutter wore dumped off about twenty feet into a Dbig drift of the fleecy. The usually kind and gentle steed at once expressed his displeasure at such treatment, by beating a tattoo on the cutter with his hind feet, and the major relieved himself of an oration that was more expressive thon po- lite. He got out of the with extreme promptness, and while his horse continued to enjoy himsclf by making kindling wood of the leigh, warned one more be travelor just in time to avert another accident of the kind. The horse was next calmed down, and with ailapidated outfit and his ears and cyes full of snow, Dorsey came to town to toll_his friends of his narrow escape from death and de: 3 HAD TS FINGERS FROZ While walking down street yesterday after- noon, Henry Blath, of 310 North Twenty- i vers badly frozen. He was taken to Di o's office where he was put through the rather puinful operation of thawing out. Fortunately he will lose none of his fingors. TS FINGERS DROPPED OFF. Yesterday morning one of the drivers of An- heuser-Busch Brewing company, John Fried- mann, missed the dummmy for the Bluffs and started with a load of beer for that 155 the ice on the river. The team lled in the snow drifts on the lowa nd in endeavoring to dig them out Fried- mann had his hands, face and nose frozen. Another met him and turned him back to Omaha, Two of his fingers dropped off, and he will lose several more. Manager Walters sent him to St. Joseph's hospital. HIS HOR: H. B. Trey, who lost ing to the Bluffs in the e: da, t with Charles White, rece gram yesterday morning announ animal had been miles below the ci ing that the found in the willows two YR TIE POOR. rnoon a delegation of young gentlomen walked into the room in the county building set apart for supplies for the poor and informed County Agent Ma- honey that in the office where the were employed £31.50 had been raised in 50 cent subscriptions among the clerks to be devoted to the poor. The young men were particular not to have their identity made known, and they expressed much anxiety as to the condition” of the woman and her babe who had been found in a tent by Mr. honey, particulars of which were printed in the B, They were told about her and they started for the tent, promising to give the sufferers the largest share of their subseri tions, and divide the balance among othe worthy poor people, the names of whom were furnished them. ANNOYED DY JER HUSBAND, Poor people who are brought in_contact with County Agent Mahoney seem to mag- nify his authority, and not a day passes that he is not appealed to to take a hand in some cu ing events, Yesterday afternoon an old Italian woman living at the corner of Thirty-fifth and Leavenworth strects, who has been receiving essistance for herself and her three childven from the poor department, rushed up to him and demanded that he should and arrest her come up to the house husband, who had turned to her after an absence of nearly years. His name is Thomas Bartholdi, and the woman in_broken English described him as fat, lazy and cruel. She feared he would Kill her and her children, and as a last resort Mr. Mahoney appealed to the police to protect the family fron the ravages of ¢he profal hus. band and unnatural father. DEALING OUT RATIONS, There was another illustration of the mi ery, suffering and want prevailing in the ci at’ the poor supply department in the coun building yesterday. Men, women and chil- dren camie in_largo numbers and there was the usual dealing out of coal, flour, tea, coffee aud bew COAL FAMINE APPROACHING, There was a lull followed by momentary excitement in the proccedings of the county commissioners yesterday after- noon, when commissioner Mount arose and informed his a s that Mr, Me- gath, of the firm of C.B. Havens & Co., who have the contract for furnishing the poor of the county with coal, had something to say. Mr. Mcgeath told the commissioners that his company were without the kind of coal furnished by them to the county poor, and asked what he was to do under the cir- cumstances. He added that his firm had plenty of the kind on the road, but could not tell when it would reach Omaha. He also volunteered the startling information that if this weather continued for ten days longer the city would bo completely out of soft coal which would necessarily work great hare ships among the rich as well as the poor. In answer to questions Mr. Megeath informed the commissiouers of the quality of coal he could substitute for that regu! contracted for, and after the adjournment of the board they started for the Havens & Co. yards to make a personal inspection of the kind of coal to be substituted. AMONG THE RAILROADS, The eastern trains we Llate last night and in consequence the Union Pacific and B. & M. passenger trains all left Omaha from one to two hours behind time, the “tyer” on the Union Pacific being three hours behind the schedule. Two engines were required to handle the train and one of those selected had 1ts pumps frozen in coming from the Bluffs and another had to be substituted. The spe- cial car of Superintendents Dickinson and Blickensderfer was attached to the “fiyer,” These two officials are going as far west as Laramie City on a tour of inspection. Among the passengers were a party of excursionists from Boston who are enroute to San Diego via San Francisco. THE BLIZZ) An Appalling Loss of Life—Partial List of the Dead. St Pavy, Jan. 14.—The lossof life by the blizzard Thursday is shown to be very great. By far the largest number of casual- ities are reported from Dakota points. The following summary made shows the names of those who perished, but dispatches will probably show others: DAKOTA. Hitcheock, Emil Gilbertson: Mitchell, George Allen, Jr. and Joseoh Aunderson; Minot, James Smith and two sons: Ray- mond, William Driver's two sous and Charles Heath; Huron, T. E. Gilkeson, Rowland Chambers, Emil Gilman, Thomas and Wil- tinr Nelson, and an unknown man: Aber deen, William Love, Judson Westgate; Howlde, Mr. Perine, Mr. Rosce, Peter Ter- hane; Virgil, Frank Niereson, William Niereson, Josepk Wilson; Iriquois, Mrs. De- vine, Adam Gerner, J. W. Goslee; Bark- ston, W. B. Headley: Delemaine, Mrs. Cora Curti Brookipgs, unknown young man: Claremont, Miss Stineburner, of Amhurst, dead, pjd fhree others missing: Watertown, four fanmers dead and three Lestervlile,i two men and two , names ndt krown. De Smet—~0. B Stdarns, teaching school six miles north of Pe Smet, with three children were caught {n the blizzard and was out in the storm tyyenty-two hours, The boy had his feet frozen enlid to the ankles. He walked & mile in thid condition and his feet then giving out ha craivled half a mile to the house. He will lose both feet. The girl was s0 chilled that she was unconscious five hours after being found. Mitchell—Threé young men living on Jim river, east of town, are still missing. Huron—Rowland Chamberg saved his son s ng him in the suow, but he himself perished. When found they were half a mile from the house, and & large St. Bernard dog was with them. The boy says the dog barked all night and his father yelled for heip, and that his father did not die till an hour before the rescuing party reached them. The boy is only slightly frozen. A party of four that started for Lake Byron an hour be- fore the storm has not been heard from. Gary-—Charles Staltzenberg, of Altamount, started to procure a coftin for his dead son and has not been heard from. Two children of Joseph Hutchinson living west of here, perished while going home from school. S10vx FALLs—A lady teacher named Jack- son, a pupil named Ginde, G. Grunstrom a farmer, and two others, names not known, were found frozen to death in this section. Yankton—At Lesterville, Jacob Krulz died from the cold and_ his wife was badly frozen. Frederick Millberger may die from exposure, Another man, name_unknown, is known to have been frozen. Three deaths are reported from Tyndall, Bon Homme county, and two girls near Wakeuda, Clay 3 Flandrean—1t is " reported that a lady achool teacher in the northern part of this county was frozen to death. Millea—The body of J. W. Gassler, a wealthy farmer. who was ' iost in Thursday’s blizzard, was found this morning about twvo miles from his house Faulkton—Emma Lamar, a school teacher south of here and Carrie Auman, a pupil, were frozen to death Wednesday night. Doland—Will G. Carthwate, a_ farmer's son, got lost in the blizzard Thursday gor from his father's house to the barn and found dead in the snow yesterday. One man was found dead near White lake, two boys and ninety-two head of cattle near Larchwood, I, and four school children near Lennox, Dalk. Huron—A young son of James Newcomb, returning from school, was found frozen. Adam rner, of Iroquois, has not been heard from. A passenger tram with thirty-five passengers on_board was caught fast four miles cast of Balaton and the residents of Balaton went to the rescue with a long rope, one man holding it against a telegraph pole until the man at the other end had found the next pole. A train- load caught north of Vilas was rescued ina like manner. Hitcheock—Tewis Merriam, and his son, living 1 here, perished in Thursday's storm. Merriam was born = and lived for several aged milés northea: Mr. car Hartford, Conn., ars at Dixon, 111 MONTANA. Belgrade, Willigm Overman; Mar) -Ad sville, Patrick Hanle; In Minnesc n; John Daring; Lu- verne, John L Blizzard Work in Gage County. Bearnrice,Neb. Jan, 14,—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—The spddest occurrence from Thursday’s blizzard is the death of Hon.John Sparks, a pioneer farmer who lived eight miles south of Beatrice! He started for his home beforo the storm with a team, but was overcome and froze to death one quarter of a mile from home. The team got home with- out the wagon. His body was found yester- day. s Mr. Sparks had lived here for twenty and represented Gage®county in the lower house of the legislature of 1579, being elected on the anti-monovoly ticket, was always a warm supporter of ‘the Bee, was universally respected and a prowinent man in county and township matters, Ed and Charley Maxwell, who lived in the same neighborhood, were caught in the same storm and hecame separated. One found a house and escaped injury. The other w dered arourd and finally found a hay stac where he spent the night. He manage crawl toa house near by yesterday morn- ing. Different parts of the body were badly frozen and he is now in a ical condition. Lou Clark, the B. & M. brakeman killed at Sulem last week, was brought to his home here this night by his wife and will be buried to-day. The Cold in Otoe Tounty. NEBRASKA € , Neb, Jan. 14.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—The thermometer registered fifteen below all day and last night reached twenty:- ic throughout the county is v tod suffering and large nu bers aie frozen. This is the most sev ‘weather in the history of the city. Dead and Missing. LixcoLy, Neb. Jan. 14.—The weather to-day has been the coldest of the season, the thermometer being down 18 below. Emil Grossman, of Peru, a farm laborer, was found dead within twenty yards of his house. A lad named Rodin is reported missing near Nebraska City. All trains are deluyed. Died in the Storm. LixcoLy, Neb., Jan. 14.—[Special Telegram to the BEe.] —News reached this city to-day of the death of Mrs, . Smith, a farm wife, living near Woodtown, this county. She was caught in the great storm while ro- turninghome from a neighbor's, and her body was not found until yesterday. No Trains Running at Lincoln, LixcoLy, Neb., Jan. 14.—[Special Telegram to the BEE.|—At 8 p. m. to-day trains in out of Lincoln were abandoned on all L owing to the extreme cold and drifting SHOWS. The Blockade at Sioux City. Storx Crry, Ta., Jan. 14.—[Spec gram to the L J—The Sioux City & Pacific railroad is the only one making any attempt as yet to run ins regular], The Tllinois 1 and Northwestern roads are totally 1. The milwaukee is running to Ma a. Trains left on the Nebraska side to- , but after going u short distance re- turned. It is said thut the supply of here will not last more than a we siderable apprehension is felt, as the pros- pects for an early raise of the blockade are nuot at all prable: The Thermometer Rising at Denver. DENVER, Jan. 14.—The) thermometer this morning registered 26 bolgw: to-night it is 9 below. As yet stock has not suffered to any extent and if, as anticipated, the cold spell blows over in'a day br two the loss will not be greater than usual The Blizzard Reaches Texas. Gororuwarr, Tex.) Jun. 14.—A blizzard struck this section suddenly to-day at 1 o'clock, when it becwmo almost dark. The wind suddenly shifted-into the north and in two hours the mercdry dropped from 60 de- groes to 20 degrees. “Pho «day opened sum- mer-like. At 6 o'clack fonight the ther- mometer roglsters 16 dogvees, 1t is snowing hard. -~ ‘The Courier Journal Strikers. LovisvitLe, Jan. 14, —None of the striking printers of the Courier Journal returned to the cases at 10 o'clock this morning. Their places were filled. An hour later President Aimison, of the International Typographical union, called upon President Haldeman, of the paper, and sought a conference, but Mr. Haldeman told him the new men had been put on to stay and the talk ended. esliall ol e Three Killed By a Locomotive. Suanox, Pa., Jun. 14.—Stephen and Sam uel Byer and Joseph Kalep were struck by o Now York fast express on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad this evening and instantly killed. The wmen were ina buggy when the express struck them. They were all married and leave families, THE MISGUIDED MR. MILLS. He Assumes Too Much Importanco and Makes Himself Absurd. MAY PROVE A COSTLY BLUNDER. Not Unlikely to Lose Him Prestige In the House—A Full Blooded Omaha Distinguishes Him- sclf-Dakota Affairs, Made a Mistake. WASHINGTON BUmEv Tt OMAIIA T, | 513 FOURTEENTH STRERT, WasmxGrox, D, C., dan, 14. ) Neither ho 9 in session to-day, but there were many of its members in their cats and about the committee rooms. There was only one subject of gen- eral comment and that was the exhibition made in the house late yesterday afternoon by Chairman Mills of the committee on ways and means. Speaker Carlisle is reported to be considerably bored o the incident. The chairman of the committee on ways and means has aly been recognized as one of the leaders of the house, the mouth-picce of the speaker and the defender of the adminis- tratidn, should it be on his side politically, and an influential man in the majority of the house, but this is the first instance on record where any single member of the house, not excepting the speaker has assumed to control the action of the house on anything and espec- ially to promise that the house would adjourn aday. The republicans regard the blunder Mills made when he acknowledged that he had promised many members to adjourn the house till Monday as but the beginning of a series of blunders which will disrobe him of his prestige and the influence which sur- rounds him as the chairman of the most im- portant committee of the house. Tt will be remembered that the prediction that Mills would be made chairman of this committee was discredited by the most of the people here last summer and fall, on the eround that hie was too brash and hot-headed and hasty to be leader of the house. Many members went to the speaker and asked him not to place Mil at the head of the commtitec for these reasous, rep- resenting to him that the Texan wi man of sufficient coolness and fore ness. If he should make another break like the one yesterday he will surely become the laughing stock of the entire town, CONDITION OF THE OMAHAS, At the meeting of the board of Indian com- missioners in session here to-day for the pu pose of advancing the mtercsts of Indian ed- ucation, Thomas Sloan, a full-blooded Omaha Indian,'a pupil of the Hampton, Va., school, well known in Nebraska, gave a very inter- esting history of the rise of his tribe. M. Sloan is a magnificent specimen of the Indian, apeaks very good English, aud his narrati showing how his peop! were brought from barbarism only" thirty rs o through the cfforts of missionary. work to their present coudition of civilization was attentively listened to. He stated that last month the Omahas and Winnebagoes were admitted to full citizenship, and that before sasting their vote they resolved not to drink, gamble or take bri at the polls. Most of the latter, however, hat fallen by the side, and were in a condition to need wi ary assistance. DAKOTA MATTERS, Delegate Gifford, of Dakota, told me to-day that the senate commission on Indian affairs would report unanimously next weck in favor of opening the Sioux reservation, which block- i the way to settlement about the Black Hills country, and that there was little doubt that it had received the hearty support not only of the committee once or twice before but of the residents and others con- nected with the administration, Mr. Gifford is a member of the house committee on Indian affairs and has canvassed the subject in that branch of congress and is confident that the bill will be speedily reported and acted upon, when it reacues the house. He belicves also that the bill to devide Dakota and providing for the admission of the southern nalf to statohood will be passed within a month by the senate, but e thinks that there will be delay in the house committee, us the chair- man committed agninst i Ex-Dele; Pettingrew, who is here working for the Sioux reservation bill, and the di- vision of its tervitory and statehood does not think that the house committee will report the division and statehood bills at a8 the majority are afraid that, even thou it should be the veport of the committee 57 to the one it wiskt feport. Inasmuch as there is ve politics iu the Sioux reservation bill, it is very probable that it will become a law within three months. as a substitute Perny S, HEATit, Nebraska and_lowa Pensfons. WASHINGTO! pecial Telegram to the Bee.]—The following pensions were issued to Nebragkans to-d Melis A Roscue, former wife of Jacob Knauber and minor of Jacob Kunauber, Republican City; Joseph M. Larrabe alias Joseph De Labar, Omaha; Zackerach Kump, Newport, both soldiers of the Mexicun war; Jedediah Clark, Steel City. Towa pensions: Enos C., father of Thomas A. Hills, Volga City; minor of Reuben Showers, Wilton; Mary J., widow of John Morgan, Flaglers: Vinzenzee, widow of George Volnutt, Marion: William M. Gray, hambaugh ; Jumes G. Anderson, Bertraw Cornelius Rodge Tracy; Calvin Briggs, Villisca; George N. Cuarr, Union: Jacob Neth, Calumus, Reissue—Robert Wampler, Waukon. Army Nows, WasnTNGros, Jan. 14.—[Spe to the Be djor Frank T. Bennett, S ond cavalry, and Captain Leopold O. Parker, irst infantry, are ordered for examination by the army retiving board at San Francisco. The leave of absence granted Salter, Twenty-first infantry, Nobember is further extended three months. William Sapp, of Wilcox, Neb,, w! been in Washington for to his home on Monday: The Fisheries Con WASHINGTON, dan. 1.—[Spec to the Bre.]-~The fisheries conference sumed its session this afternoon. Extirpation of Pleuro-Pneumonia, WASHINGTON, Jun. 14.—The senate com mittee on agriculture to-day continued the consideration of how to extirpete pleuro- pcumonia and kindred diseases among cat- tle. The committes haa Dr. Palmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry, before them again to question him regarding the work done by the bureau toward stamping out thgdisease. Hon. E. 8. Wilson. of the linoi® state live stock board, gave an ae- count of the operations of the state board during the vecent cpidomic n Iiinois, D, W. Siith, of Hlinois; A. M. Bow Vi J- H. Sanders, of the B ) Chicago, and Dr. Azelames, of Chicago, were also heard relative to the deficiencies in the existing law and the n ssity of better means for the eradication of this discuse. A Postoffice Discontinued. WasnixGrox, Jan. 14.—[Special Telegram to the B | The postoftice at Alder G Burt county, Nebraska, was discontin to-day. e e Protesting Knights. NEW Youk, Jan. 14.—The dissatisfied mem- bers of the Knights of Labor of New York and vicinity have followed the example of their brethern of Chicago, Cincinnati and Philadelphia and at & mass meeting Wednes- duy, appointed @ provisional committee against the present management or A committee to-uight issued u long manifesto, couched in the same language as that pre pared in Chicago, giving their reasons for r bellion and calling on locals to join them. pa. At The Ice Palace Completed. S7. PavL, Jan, 14.—The corner stone of the ice palace was laid to-night. There wasa varade of suow shoe and_toboggan clubs and specchex by President Thompsou, (Governor MeGill and Maysr Swith. A ey gy s S e e e oA Yy A A S - g A BAD BLAZE The Omaha Pickic and Vinegar Fact- ory Destroyed. At 3 o'clock this worning a still als fire was sent m of in from the Omaha Pickle and No. 8 engine respouded, and soon @ second general alarm was turned in, calling out the entire department. The works are situated in the southern part of the city, about a mile from No. 8's house, and by the time that company arrived on the scene the fire had gained such progross that it was impossible to check the flames. The fire men worked hard, but the bitter cold prevented their doing effective work, there being and at this hour wrapped in flame utter destruction Vinegar works, no the and cannot be saved fi water availal entire building s m - THE OAKLAND WRECK. It Proves More Serions Than at First Reported. OakLAND, Neb, Jan, 14.—[Speci gram to the Bee.] —The railroad accident one mile north of Craig yesterday afternoon proved to be more disaatrous than at first represented. About 3 o'clock two cngines and two cabooses attached to the rear engine, with several men, left Oakland to clear the track. The front one was bucking snow in the cut cand got stuck. The engineer und fiveman alighted to give the other engine the signal, but were two late, and the rear en- gine, running about cighteen miles per how went thundering into the other engine. The engincer and fireman barely escaped by jumping. Both engines and one caboose were badly crushed. All the men in the first caboose were more or less injured, Joha Caller, the fireman, by jumping broke one leg. Conductor Smith's limbs were injured. Jolin Peterson, of Pender, was injured in ternally, and will probably die. O'Brien, o section foreman at_Emerson, was also urt John Odlout had one hand badly Poter Brum, engincer, was injured internally and badly braised. dohn Colson, was badly bruised. Severa others escaped with slight bruises. The wounded were taken to Cralg on sleds, and given the best attention possible. Nothing has heen done toward clearing the wreck, the storm being too severe, The loss to the road has not been estimated yet. blame is probably attached to the conduc and engincer of the rear engine. Tele CITY TIMES SUED. Henry E. Dixey Wants Damages For Evangelist Small's Libel. Kaxsas Ciry, Jan. M4—Friday night wrolist Sam Small preached a sermon in which he referred to Henry E. Dixcy, the actor, as a “blackleg gambler who had lost $1,500 on dice in San Francisco and then squealed.” Dixey, upon reading the abo expression in the Times this morning at once endeavored to have Smail called to account legally, for what Dixey terms a lie gotten up by a San Francisco reporter. Finding that Small could not be well reached under the laws of Missouri, Dixey filed aflidavits charging the Kunsas City Times with crim inal libel. The papers were served on Dr. Mumford, the editor, this cvening, and he was released on his own recoguizance to appear Monday mormng. Small bas been subpanacd as a witne Weather Indications. For Towa: Colder, followed by warmer, faiv_weather, brisk to high northwesterly winds, diminishing in force. For' Dakota: Colder, fair weatner, fol lowed by warmer and local snow, light to fresh variable winds. ——— A DANGEROUS LETHARGY. Seme Points For Consider: Board of Trade To the Editor of the Ber. To one who wi study the situation, the lstless indifferen: of our community in its relations to the rail- roads controlling the in and out-freight rs upon which we so largely depend, is unac- countable and simply uppalling. In place of exbibitmg that lively sympathy which might reasonably be expected to exist in efforts to secure the successful solution of a problem of such vital importance, we find, with rare exceptions, a condition of total apathy and a strongly marked indisposition on the part of any expro&sion of in- i . A fow resolute spirits are forthe right; yet, even when backed by the power of a united | their be efforts fail to arouse the slightest co-operation from those who appear completely lulied in a false sense of security, and are so unwilling to be disturbed. It is high time for our citizens to arouse and shake off the lethargy which surrounds them, to investigate the coudition of affairs and join in a united demand for the legal con- trol of those hostile interests which are im- perilling our very existence, Statistics show our jobbers and manufac- turers to have swollen their sales during the past year to o 70,000,000 of dollars, xamine the freight tariffs as they stand to-day, and have stood for nearly amonth past, Contrast the enormous r vantages they proffer the city of Chicago in its absorption of the traftic of our state, with the thoroughuess with which our own city of Omaha is ignored and deprived of ability to do business outside her own corporate limits, Of the £70,000,000 in reference, 45 due to the jobbing trad rate schedujes ¢ man coutend that th able them to present such exhibit ! Rather will they | » cause for congratula- tion if they can show ut theclose of 'Ss gross sules of one-fifth of that amount. It may be asserted, as an offset to this presen 1 of © are turning our attention to agement and estuablishment of man- ing establishments and will find com, advantages in them. 1Is this is not heginning at thes wrong end! How can it be possible to secure thelr location here, when overy consideration of interest inspired by a business-like investization of rate competi- tion us compared with other cities will only result in_demonstrating to the intelligent operator that he must in justice to himself lo- cate clsewhere! The first and most overwhelmingly impor- tant question to-day before the board of trade sbould be the equalization of freight rates n Omaha and eastern cities, notably Chicago. Kvery other effort snould sink into relative insignificance until this great prob lem is solved. When your coal merchants, your lumber dealers and your jobbing trade ion of the comng year will_en- BALL TALK OF MIDWINTER. No Remarkable Developments Ex« cept the Ministors' Protest. TALMAGE ON THE PASTIME. The Need of a Change Catcher For the Local Team Urged -Points About the Players Other Sports, Local Base Ball Gossip. There has been no remarkable develop ments in the oeal base ball world during the past week, unless the filing of a protest by the association of Presbyterian aguinst Sunday games can be classed under this head. But there is no call for a discus sion of this issuc—~thoe ball ssason i n long way off, and the world may come to an end before it rolls around. However, it might prove interesting reading to know what T. DeWitt Talmage, the great Brooklyn divine, thinks of out-door sports. His sermon last Sunday was devoted to this subject and among other good things he said was the fol- lowing: The human race want more muscle as well a8 more brain, and fresh air, and the blue sky, and the hand on helm, or ball, or mallet, ot does well whether it pulls, or turs reaches, or strikes for suceess. There is no harm in the mer ‘tthat it s a race The whole human family far as it amounts to anything, is engaged in an effort + precedence—merchant in race with mer. ant, mechume in race with sme- chani¢, professional man i race with professional man: wnd if there were no ambition to excel, life would come down to a fiat monotone, and all enterprise wonld die out, and the world halt on its swift march toward alleviation and betterment, Fast horse, fast boat, fast runner are good things. There is no virtue in driving slowly, or sail- ing slowly, or w slowly. The wmost of the things that charactor- ized by sjx currents, swift light ning: ned hundreds of mites 1 second. And 1 do not K ©men ot the idea that there s sanctity i tardi- ness. A canal boat is linly no better 1 express train outdoor exereise hollow ehests are being filled out, cheeks are mado ruddy, and instead of young wen beginnin life bent over and ghastly and timid, as sfcl people are apt to be, they come on the stage of life with the_stride of an athlete and the 1z eye of i victor. looking over the Omaha team for next so o i el 1 to th that, as a safeguard painst all contin another cateher should ho engaged. Wilson Man: Sclee is a stewdy, reliable w, one who can go in - behind the bat ) v in the week, and one who is per- Iy willing to. So far as it goes, that is well cnough, and it has been conelusively proven by the work of Kid Buldwin, of the Cincinnatis, lastswnmer, and Bushong of Browns, and Benunett of the Detroits, steadier and more continuously o catcher is worked, the better service' is stten out of him. As long as his hauds aro served, and he mamtains a healthrul physical condition and is worked daily, tho beiter he catches and performs ally, Still there is no guarantee that the hest and moat indurated cateher in the profession wont be knocked out and ppldd up in the first championship game of the scason. hould this happen to Wilson Omuha would be compelled to fall back on Cooney, who s alight men and incapable of catching well much oftener than every other day, or upon som inexpericnced man taken from some other position. Should both regular catehers be incapacitated by sickness or aceident for considerable period at the same time, of e such a misfortune would operate most disustrously upon Omaha's ch for cut- a conspicious figure in the championship ministers civs, This condition of things was casually men- ied to ex-Manager Philbin by the Bee 1 an evening or two_since, and while he cced thoroughly with the argument ad- , he said : “But'then we have Messitt itehier who ean take e will make ank with the best of them Didn't he an - errorless game in the absenc of Bandle and Jantzen one day lust summer, and didn't Lie fill the backstop's position for an entire season, and redit to himself and! the club, ago inone of the minos Oh yos, 1 think Messitt is the v man for the position, and Iagree with you that he should be at onco notified that hie will be expected to alternato rovularly it y the coming soa-+ son. He must get his din, Ve know, and all his_prelimi should bo with the view ng behind the bat.” If the ¢ cct, upon tho point of ability to fill the position, then Om am roster is complete, and not another man should be engaged, unloss for the purposes of speculation. But before dropping the subject of cateh- ers and catching, the managements attention y are harrassed aud eripled by dis ting freight tariffs, made solely in the intorests of rival business centers, is it the time for real estate, capital, or i fact every local enterprise calling for brains and money, to stand by in stolid indifferencet Can they not recognizo their interests being spirdy, or must we wait for conviction «h them until we are forced to look upon a long procession of keen, bright, busi ness men moving westwird in the pursait of their calling and descrting u city, no longer appreciating them at their true value as factors in that city’s success { Wil then be found those boid enough in the of capital thus withdrawn and with ehouses bogging for occupanc turn to claim for any ‘s present prosperity an ability to secure us from the evils thut will necessarily follow ¢ This is 10 ove cawn pieture, but one well worthy the most attention und intelligent action on the part of those having the best interests of Omaha at heart Fame Peay. Y. M. C The subject of th element of Omah - A. Notes, bible class at 9:15 this morning will be “Temptation,” taken frum Luke iv, 113, Mr. William Franklin will lead. All young men cordially invited, Services will be held at the county jail be- tween 1and 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev Mr. Soares will be present and assist in the exercises. Al who can are urged to attend. Gospel weeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock The orchestra faom the First M. unday 0l is expected, and Mr, 1. McDonald will sing a solo. The meeting will be ad dressed by Rev. Mr. Augusto Soares, of the Evangelization society of London, an carnest and intéresting speaker. - All are urged 1o be present. is called to the subjoined, received at this oftice yesterday evening Davin City, Neb, Jan. 12.—Hon. Bnso Ball _Editor "of the Bre—Dear Sir: K. J. Bird has just except a possition at David ty he has amagnificent record as ball player boath at and behind the Bat he cought for us and the neighbooring Towns over twenty-five games with but two pass balls ollthough ho doant ¢laim to be a catchure he says his faveor- ite possitions is ut 1st Base and out field there arc very few boll players can beate that very bad excuse bad righting. Yours Resp! Matt for Bird, 1ORNE. Can ar or Mr. ‘Thorne “The Sporting Life, of Phi following to suy in its last 1ssu ank Bandle, the noted Omaha ex- wants to umpire in some league. He 1 80 long identified with the national game in Omaha that his record is too well known t need republication. He is reliable, incor- ruptible, thoroughly competent, und withal a gentlemen of whom any leaguc might be proud. He would be un ornament and a val- uable addition to an organization, and his friends, who have undertaken to secure his jon, will not cease thoir efforts in his behall until those efforts have been crowned with success.” The probabilities are that the middle of May will see Bandle regularly installed as u Western association umpir His recom- mendations and_ endorsements from both at home and abroad have been of the most pro- nounced character and the appointing board have expressod the inteution of giving him the very first vacancy Flynn, of the old Ct by Manay o exceptions where a go a strong and reli in vhe formidable Chicago last scason his batting a here is no denying the f ar, on paper at least, a e new Western assoc n. len, one of the eelebrated Boston trium- virs, and who wanted Lovett, says he is one of the swiftest pitc he ever saw, not even excepting Whitney in his palmiest days. Thet is saying a groat deal for Lovett, Secretary Worley thinks next season will be one of the best ever ¢ od locally, especially us the Omahas chances for win: ning the pennant ure secoud to Bo other team in the association. The Omaha club has completed its team and 18 now resting upon its oars. ) tions for opening the season will be the next thing in ordei 5 Healy hasn't signed anywhere yet. Tha Louisville people are talking of signing him. The series of games between tho Omahas and Des Moines will be the most_interesting gAmes to be seen here next summer, owing to the rmivalry between two cities, Des Mounes is crowing ve! To Challenge the Winner, Mr Patsy Fallon, the well known sporting man, last night stated that he would issuo challenge to the winner of the Miller-Weir fight, as he had an_unknown whom he wag willing to back for from £500 to 1,000, ‘thing be done elphia, has the A last man e of those 1 pitcher is ulso He stood fourth am in 86, and e was 851 the Omahas for the sluggers Steamship Arrivals, Queexstowy, Jan. 14.—[Special Telogram to the Bee. }--Arrived —The Ceitic and Etruria from New York. New Youg,Jan. 14, —Aryi from Liverpool. "Dl Abpeins, Jan. 14— Arrived—Sby ed—Phe Adrictia PIILADELPHIA, Maryland from Loudou,