Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 18, 1888, Page 1

==t THE OMAH A SunDpAY BEE PAGES 1-8 SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA " MORNING, MARCH 18, 1888, —SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER — 274, THROUGH A DEATH TRESTLE. Frightful Wreck of the Jacksonville Fast Mail in Georgia. A LIST OF NINETEEN KILLED, George Gonld and Wife Have a Mi- ous Escape—The Entire Train Except the Engine Totally Demolished. Great Wreck in Georgin. SAVANNAN, Ga., March 17.-The first sce- tion of the fast mail train from New York for Jacksonville went through a trestle at a point seventy-five miles south of Savannah this morning. The entire train except the engine 18 domolished. Nincteen people are reported to have been killed and between thirty and forty injured, ten of whom are expected to e, fThe private car of President Wilbur, of the Lohigh Valley road, with Mr. Wilbur and George Gould and wife and others in it, was one of the train, President Wilbur is re- ported to be seriously injured. George Gould is unhurt and Mrs. Gould slightly fnjured. Relief trains have gone out with physicians. The following is u Jist of the killed and wounded: KILLED. CHARLES PEARCE, trainhand. W. M. MARTIN, news agent. C. A. FULTON, master of transportation of the Brunswick & Western railroud. W. B. GILGER, Savanuab. FRED MAYNARD, New York. ¥, M. SMITH, Pullman conductor. MERRITT A. WILBUR, <on of the presi- dent of the Lehigh Valley raitroad. JOHN F. RAY, Dales Mill, Ga. CUFEFY WILLIAMS, colored, of Valdors, n. MAJOR H. H. PATE, Hawkinsville, Ga. LLOYD CORSON, colored. COLSON FOSTER, colored, of Wayeress. MOSES GALE, colored. E. P. THOMSON, North Carolina. FIVE NEGRO MEN, NAMES KNOWN, Total of nincteen killed. A representative of the Times-Union sent from Jacksonville arrived at Waycross, near the scene of the accident, at 7:30 to-night and found the town wild with excitement. The number of dead aggregate twenty-five, about equally divided as to color. Nineteen persons were killed outright at the wreck and six died at Waycross during the after- noon. i The wounded are being cared for in Way- cross and Blackshear. Several more are ex- pected to die. The injured number thirty-five. the northern people injured are: Mus. McCrixen, of Philadelphia. Sirsox, New York. OnEr AND wire, Providence, R. I Dr. Boorin Axp wirk, New York. E.P. Witnur, president Lehigh Valley railroad . W. A. WiLnur AND P. H. WiLnug, his son. G. M. FErepo AND Wire, New York, Murs, Hunupurt, New York. A later list of the killed omits the names of Major Pates and Moses Gale and gives in- stead those of Mrs, Marion G. Shaw and daughter Mamie, of Jacksonville. The injured, whose names are given above, are all doing well and are not seriously hurt. George Gould and. wife were slightly bruised. The accident was caused by a broken rail under the baggage car. The baggage car got off the track nbout a quarter of a mile before it reached the bridge at Hurricane river. The baggage car mounted the track, but the train pabsed safely over the bridge. Immediately on the other side of the bridge there is a trestie several hundred fect in length. When the baggage car struck the trestlowork it gave way and the entire train, with the ex- ception of the engine, dropped through aud with the exception of one car was completely wrecked. The tram consisted of the com- bination car, three baggage cars, a smoking car, one coach, two Pullman sleepers and the private car of the Lehigh Valley. This private car was occupied by President Wil- bur, of the Lehigh road, and his family and friends survived the shock. The second engine ran at once to Blackshear, a mile distant, for assistancc, and soon all the physicians in the place were present, besides many who were ready to render assistance ingetting out tho dead and rescuing the wounded. The super- intendent of the Savannah & West- ern railroad, as soon as he heard of the acci- Qent, left Savannah for the scene of the acci- dent with physicians and nurses. All the afternoon and evening he had a full force of hands clearing away the wreck. Up to mid- night the only communication with the scene of the wreck has been through the ofticials, UN- Among G ge Gould Heard From. W Your, March 17.--A dispatch was re- ceived from George Gould by Mrs, Kingdon, mother of Mys. Gould, this afternoon from a small town in CGeorgia to the effect that he and his wife were in the railroad smashup at that place, but weve not hurt. -~ ESCAPED THE NOOSE, Successful Jail Delivery of Tw Under Sentence of Death, 81, Joseri, Mo., March 17.— [Special Tele- gram to the Bee]—At an early hour this worning W, T. Hareis and Arthur Blake es. caped from the jail at Savannah, Andrew oounty, Both were under sentence of death for the murder of a boy named McDowell, fourteen years old, in Atchison county, this state, July 2. The two men had their trials at different sessions of the Atchison county court. Harris was sentenced to hang the 4th day of May next, and Blake on the 6th day of April. The'two men are each about twenty one ye old. They were locked up last night at the usnal hour, both occupying the same cell, The exact time of their escape is not known, but is supposed to have been wbout 8 o'¢lock in the morning. They were evidently supplied with tools with which to escape as the heavy iron lock of the cell dgor was sawed unearly in two. With the tools -at their disposal a rock in the wall as pried out just about lavge enough for a man's body. The murder for which they were to hang was that of a boy named Mc Dowell who had been paid on the date of his murder £14 for farm work by a man living in the neighborheod. The men waylaid and murdered him on the way home, p* e Weather Indicatio) Foy Nebraska and. Iow Light to fresh southerly winds, warmer weather, followed by colder, northerly winds. For Eastern end Southwestern Dakota: Warmer, followed by colder and snow, light to fresh’southerly winds shifting to brisk and light northerly wigds with » sold waye in northern portiops. A cold wave is indicated for northern Da- kota and Minnesota Sunday and Sunday night. Temperaturg will full 0= to 2= by Monday worning. Men SOULLERS IN SESSION. Meeting of the Mississippi Towing Association. Cricaco, March 17.—The annual meeting of the executive committee of the Mississippi Amateur Rowing association was held s yesterday afternoon, Lyman B. Glover, of Chicago, occupying the chair. Among the delogates present were W. R. ident, of Moline, I, H. C. tary and treasurer; Charles Catlin, E. W. Crain and J, M. Price all of Chicago, and B. C. Parsons, ot Dixon, 1113 J. A. St. John and E. Dumford, of St. Louis; B. M. Schenck, of Burlington, The Excelsor boat_cib of St. Louis, O-was-ta-nong of Grand Rapids, the Ogden, Union _and Quintard boat clubs of Chicago, were admitted to membership. The fixing of the date of the annual regatta at Pullman was referred to a committee of threo to re- port in thirty days. 1. F. Corbett, chambion seuller of America, and Messrs. Korf and Weinaud, champion amateur double scollers, agrecd to withdraw from the single an double race and enter into the frec-for-all race. Valley Hoagland Wins the Walk. Auvruny, N. Y., March 17.—The twenty- seven hour square heel and toe walking match botween Hoagland, champion of America, and Sinciair, champion of England, closed to'might. Hoagland covered 115 miles and Sinelair 110, g FIFTIETH CONGRESS, House. WasniyGroy, March 17.—Mr. O'Neill of Missouri, from the committeeon labor, called up the resolution assigning March 20 and 21, April 18 and May 16 for the consideration of labor bills. He said the labor committee had been allowed but seven miiutes during the entire session of the preceding congress and labor bills had beeu throttled. After some Qiscussion the yeas and nays were ordered and the house, by a vote of 152 to 55, refused to refer the resolution. O'Neill then moved the previous question on which ayes and nays wero taken resulting—Ayes 207, noes 2. Mr. Rogers of Arlcansas, moved to recon- sider the vote, and the morning hour having oxpired, the resolution went over till next Tucsday. Mr. Taulbee of Kentucky, asked leave to offer for reference a resolution for the ap- pointment of a commission of seven members to inquire into the condition of civil service in all departments and branches of the govern- ment and whether the civil service act had been at all times since its passage _observed and carried out and what beneficial results, if any, have inured to the civil service of the government by reason of said act. Mr. Gros- venor objected and the house adjourned. —_—— LOPED. A Duluth Woman Abandons Husband anda Little Children. Dururn, Minn., March 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Mrs. George Klesh, a tall, well-developed brunette, and wife of a prominent conteactor, has eloped with Will- 1am Gally, of whom little is known. Mrs. Klesh left a husband and small family be- hind her and took several thousand dollars of her husband’s money with her. The eloping pair have gone south and_the trunks of the woman were checked to Marion, Mo. Last fall Mrs. Klesh became exceedingly well- known by her charge of attempted rape against Thomas White. The charge fell tiirough and the Thomas “White afterwards develoved into an alleged forger and_embez- zler—Edward O'Maliy, of Elmira, N. Y.— over whose extradition from Kingston such a legal complication arose a few months ago. KILLED THE TRAIN ROBBERS. After a Desperate Fight Three Thicves Are Slain. EL Paso, Tex., March 17.+A Times special from Chihuahua says thata party of Mexi can troops and Southern Pacific railway offi- cials overtook the Stein’s Pass train rob- bers, Lary Shechan, Dick Johnson and Dick Hart, last night. The robbers barricaded themselves in a house, compelling the fam- ily to rewain with them, and stood the at- tacking party off until noon to-day, when the bescigers succeeded in_getting the famiiy out and st fire to_the house. The robbers then came out and fought. All three were killed and the attacking party lost one man. s s L THE YELLOW RIVER FLOODS. Nearly Two Million People Suffer From the Disaster. SAx Fraxcisco, March 17.—The latest re- ports from the scencs of the Yellow river floods place the number of lives lost at 100,- 000 and the total number of suffercrs from the inundation will reach between a million and a half and two millio S Watered Lard, WasnINGTON, March 17.—The senate com- mittee on agriculture resumed the lard hear- ing to-day. Prof. Wiley, chemist of the de- partment of agriculture, appearcd and gave the committee the ult of his microscopic examinations of various samples of lard sub- mitted to him. He found cottonseed ol or stearine in most of the samples, but had no reason to believe any of the mgredients con- tained were injurious-o health. At the Ja- oratory he had rendered the head, entrails and intestines of a hog and found them to malke a pure lard. "He had found nearly all the lards examined free of water. One san ple, however, manufactured by Fowler Brothers, of 1o, branded “Choice Fam- ily Lard,” contained 6.21 per cent of water. A sample of Wortham & Co.’s lard contained 1740 per cent of water. It was b “Anchor Lard.” The that the brand was a verv suitable one. - Two Omaha People Declared Insane. CiiicaGo, March 17.—In the county court to-day Horace >, Rounds, son of the late Public Printer Rounds, was adjudged insane and ordered committed to the a G. V. Morford, a well known railroad man, was taken to the detention hospital for the insane. He is affected with the belief that he is vice president of the United States. Morford was formerly assistant superintend. ent of the Missouri, | & ‘Texas road and for a long time'lived in Omaha. He was also superintendent of construction of the Union Pacific road and was lurgely inter- ested in the first construction of the Elevated roads in New York. His trouble is believed to be largely due to family differences, — Steamship Arrivals. Brexey, March 17.—[Special Telegram to the 13ie)—Arrived—The Hermann, from Baltimore, Loxnox, March 17.—Arri sota, from Baltimore. QuexstowN, March 17.—Arrivea—The Republic, from New York, and the Barrow- wores, from Baltimore, NeW Youk, March 17.—Axrived—The Cel- tie, from Liverpool, ed—The Minne- Banker France Arrested, Rawvixs, Wyo., March 17.—(Special Tele- gram to the Beg.]—James Frauce, the as- signing bauker here, has been arrested on & charge of obtaining money under false pre- tenses. His preliminary examination took place to-day. France was bound over in the sum of #,000. The town is excited. A largo proportion of the victimized depositors are found among the laboring classcs. e Baiting Boulanger, Paris, March 17.—The government has decided to take further proceediugs against General Boular.ger for visiting Paris without ordars. General Boulanger annouaces that he will return to Clermont Ferrand to-morrow. He ts the minister of war will authorize bl to reside io Paris M'SHANE'S BRIDGE MEASURE. House Committee On Commerce to Give It a Hearing. MONDAY THE DATE FIXED UPON. AStrong Sentiment Setting in Against the Pacific Railroads On Ac- count of Judge Dundy's Decision. A flearing Arranged For, AWASHINGTON BUREAU TiE OMATIA BRE, 518 FOURTERNTH STRERT, Wasnixaron, D. C., March 17, Represontative McShane has arranged for hearings on his bill providing for a bridge across the Missouri at Omaha on next Mon- day. They will be before a sub-committee of the house committee on commerce. The Union Pacific people are fighting the bill with all their might and have employed Shel- laberger & Wilson, among the leading at- torneys of this city, and also lawyers in Bos- ton to oppose the measure, They will be be- fore the sub-committee on Monday and make arguments agaiust it. Mr. Ames has writ- ten here that there is nomeed of another bridge at Omaha, the present one being suf- ficient to meet the demands of travel, Mr. McShane says he does not sce what kind of formidable opposition can be made to his bill. The only argument against it so far is that the present facilities are sufficient and that another bridge would impede navigation and occupy space. Mr. McShane believes he will succeed, although he expects his bill to be fought at every step. PACIFIC RAILROADS 1N BAD FAVOR. There has boen a at change of senti- ment in the house on the question of extend- ing the indebtedness of the Pacific railroads since the delivery of the decision of Judge Dundy in favor of the Union Pacific and re- straining the state board of transportation from any control of the railroads in Ne- braska. There is very. little doubt, under the present state of feeling, that if a bill should be passed to extend the indebtedness to the government of any of the roads, a clause would he inserted giving the states the right to exercise the authrrity vested in their constitution to supervise railways. The de- cision of Dundy does not create comment from the Nebraska statesmen alone. T have lieard during the past two or th days ex- ions from members from Kansas, Tlli- Colorado, the Pacific coast stutes, and, in fact, eve tate where there are subsi- dized railroad lines. The Union Pacific will ‘wake up to the fact one of these days that it has made a very serious blunder in_ raising this question just at this time. It has u doubtedly caused a great change of senti- ment already. Every day it becomes plainer that it will be extremely ~ difficult—if among the possibilities—to secure any legislation at all by this congress on the Pacific railroad in- debtedness. DEMOCRATS OPPOSE LABOR ORGANIZATION. If the democratic party, in a campaign or elsewhere, ever sticks its head up again as a friend of the laboring men and the interests of organized labor, some able-bodied mechanic ought to take a clib and smash it. During the last congress a laboring man, or a man_clected as a champion of labor, was chairman of the committee of labor in the house and he occupies the same position in this congress. A large number of bills look- ing tow s the amelioration of the interests of labor wcre, at the expense of a great deal of trouble, ared and reported to the house, rirman made many efforts to have days set apart for the consideration of measures reported from his committee. He commenced by demanding a week, and finally came down to two days. When the time arrived for his special order privileged matters, such as bills from the committees on appropriations and ways and means were brought up and the labor days were annihil- ated. Two or three times days were set aside for the committee and when finally or got the floor and commenced the con- sideration of its bills more privileged matter came in‘and took the floor after just seven minutes had been nsumed in the d That was the last voice raised in bel labor whert there was really hope of accom- plishing anything. The chairmen of the leading committees in the house, demacrats of national reputation, voted down the efforts in behalf of labor and the vote v Speaker Carlisle, hegmning of a repetition of this programme in the house to-day. Chair- 1 cill from the committee ‘on labor, asked that two days be set aside next week for the consideration'of bills from his com- mittee, Chairman Mills, of the committee ns, who assumes the re- sponsibility of a tariff bill which would ruin labor and theindustries of the country, stood up his full lengtirand struck blow after blow against the proposition to give laber a chance to be heard. He announced that there were tariff and appropriation bills almost r take the floor and that these privil ters must be considered to the exclusion of measures from; the committee on labor. When he sat down Rogers, of Arkansas, who does not know what labor 18 except in theory, began fillibustering against the reso- Tution of O'Neill to give two days next week, and every scheme was worked to defeat a final yoté upon the proposition, The time al- Jottedto the consideration of the question ex- piredand a vote had not been yet taken, On Monday or Tuesday next O'Neill ntends. to effort to have two days set aside consideration of his bills, but the democrats are bent on tariff reform and have arranged to thwart bim, The is a well organized plan among the democrats to defeat labor legislation and there will be none of 1t by this house. The republicans to- day voted solidly with Chairman O'Neill, and he would have succeeded had it not been for Mills and his henchmen, STIIKES AND LEGISLATION. Phe locomotive engincers in the west, by their strik taxed to its utmost capacity the ingenuity of men in_congress o pro a law o meet such emergencies as now exist. An effort will be made to legislate on the subject, but the men who are trying to frame measur meet the demands acknowledge that it will likely fail. The proposition which prevailed in'the last two congresses to establish a tribunal for the arbitration of labor troubles has been abandoned as im- practicable, A member of the house committee on labor said of the outlook this morning: *I pre: that ore hundred members in the ho; geled their brains to invent some kind of a !,mmn,].‘ proposition on the subject of strikes, but I do not believe that th a solution of it at this tim years ago. Since neither the nor state government can force arl o of labor disputes the question resolves itself into one of interfering when transportation on railroads is stopped on aceount of arbi- trary action of employes or employers. It would be highly improper to propose to legis- late a strike out of existence, because strikes are inaugurated by employes, and no man in public life would dare to set himself against the interests of the laboring men, yet I do not see how there could be any legislation: except to this cnd. The great trouble has been that stateswen have devoted their time to the one side of the subject—that of the laboring men or th strikers—and have lost sight of the other side. Itisnot always directly to the best interest of the employes to legislate against the corporations which employ them. If I were to make a prediction it would be that there will be no legislation on the subject of strikes for a great many years on account of its delicate character.® DAKOTA BLIZZAKDS AND STATEHOOD, During the blizzard which prevailed here this week Delegate Gifford, of Dakota, was in his element. He took great. delight i al- most pestering the lifg out of the r{w York city members and thuse from the New u& land states, chaftiug them about their elimat and insisting that the storm was simply an effort ou the purt of Dakota to get even with the rest of the country for neglecting her claims 8o lorig. Judga@ifford declares that this was but tMe adwance guard of what Dakota will send m the event of the failure of congress to lot her into the union during the present scssion. He says that the next storm from Dakoka will be due in New York Oity on the Fourth of July, just before Reexpects congress to ad- journ, and he promises to freeze cverything b 80solid that even the fire cracker Will not urn. ~In the meantime the sentiment in favor of the division and admission of Dakota {8 grow- ing quite rapidly. The senate has before it with elaborate reports two bills. One pro- poses to divide on the sixth standard parallel of latitude and to admit_the southern halt under the constitufion which has already been adopted by the people ot the tatritory, The second bill provides for an enabling act for north Dakota under the name of Lincoln and proposes to admiit that territory as soon as a constitution, republican in form, shall have been adopted, They will come up for passage on next Wednesday. The debate will be long and heated. <. THE INDIANA DEMOCRATIC BATTLE, An mtimate Indiana democratic friend of ex-Senator MeDonald, now in this city, says this evening that if it should appear a few weeks henca that his state intends to send a delegation to St. Louis to vote for Governor Gray for the vice presidency that there would be an ultimatum published " which would do away with Gray forall time to come. He said that ex-Senator McDonald, Senator Voorhees and a large wing of the old line democracy in the state had grown vory weary of the schiemes of Governor Gray _in forcing himself upon the party in the state and that this effort to boost him ahead of the old and true men and upon the country at large w alittle more than they could stand. I asked this gentleman if ho thought Senator Voor- hees had the moval courage to come out and openly oppose Governor Gray, his secret feel- ing towards the governor ‘being_so well known among his friends. The re- ply was that Senator Voorhees had the moral = courage and was in the position to do whatever he _desired and that at the proper moment Govertior Gray would hear from him, and in n way that would be most i id, further, that the ob; or MeDon.” ald would enter to Gray would be seconded at the same time by Senator Voorhees. This morning’s Post, which is owned and edited by personal friends of Messrs. McDon ald and Voorhees, has this significant par graph: “Ex-Senator McDonald, of Indiana, is said to be firm in his opposition to Gover: nor Gray's selection as vice-president by the democrats at St. Louis, and is_understood to be about to publicly set forth the basis of his opposition.” r SIONS POR NEDRASKANS, Origmal Inyalid—Henry Eibert, Stock- ville; Lewis D. Hallett, Omaha. Mexican survivors—Christopher Courtright, Pleasant Dale, PENSTONS FOR 10WANS. Original invalid—William F. Nickel, Salem; John Hibler, Newton; Alvis Khrensperger, Garnaville, ' Restoration, reissue and in’ crease—John Wallace Wilson, Des Moines. Restoration and reissne—Jonathan B. Horton (deceased), Conesville (ending July 20, 1856) . In JJohin Marroorey, Hawkeye; Hugh M. Wells, B . M. William . Ray, s, Reissue—E. M, Condit, Anamosa. Reissue and increase —G. M. Proctor, Osceola. Original widows, ete—Hatilda, widow of J. B, Horton, Cones’ ville. PERSONAL, James N, U. Martm, of Burlington, Ta., has beer appointed a cadet to the West Point military academy. The appointment, it is stated, was made npon the recommendation of Commissioner of Patents Hall. William O. Wolf, of Fort Madison, Ta., is Martin's alternate, To-day’s Post ‘sayp: “Colonel Cody, of Nebrasia, otherwisé known as Buffalo B3ill, has made a round miflon in England, and_is abouttoreturn to the United States. He Proposes to issue a.volume tweating of the In- dian as he really ap on his native heath, The book will also contain recitals of famous frontiersmen, dnd, - altogether, promises to prove a readable production.” Perry S. Heari. —_—— g Ways and Means Work. WasHINGTON, March 17.—The ways and means committee to-day passed upon the re- maming internal revenue sections of the Mills bill and began the consideration of the tariff. The committee made little progress, not being able to pass beyond the first ‘para- graph of the free list relating to lumber. Secrctary Fairchild’s letter touching the computations made respecting the effect of the bill on revenucs was the subject of con- troversy. The minority of the members held that the secretary's letter was merely the confirmation of the arithmetical calculations made by the democratic members and in no sumed to deelare that the expected reduction would actually be effected. At the evening session to-night the re- publican members assumed ~the offen- sive from the start with the proposi tion that the demoeratic majority should furnish a reason for cach of the changes proposed in the tariff in view of the fact that they had not permitted the minority to participaté in the conferences which it was saia the majority had had with the manufac- turing interests. Thedemocrats refused to comply with the request on the ground that it was only a part of the plan to delay action on the bill. From this time on it was all wrangling until adjournment, when salt, the second item in the bill, had been included in the free list by party votes. He Is Entitled to the Land. ‘WASHINGTON, March 17.—The secretary of the interior has rendered the following im- portant decision involying the question of residence upon homestead entries prior to making final proof: To the Commissioner of the General Land Office—Sir: 1 ve considered the appeal of William A, Thompson from your office de- cision of July 9, 1886, rejecting his final proof for land thercin mentioned. I think this man is entitled to his patent. He made his declaratory statement April 26, 1883, alleging settlement vhe week before, and showed he made it. It appears that he was absent dur- ing most of the following summer; was on the land from fall until the following spring; absent again during the succeeding summer again upon the land from fall until spring, and not absent six months at any one time; that he applied the proceeds of his labor during two seasons when he was absent to building a house and making improvements on the land, now valued altogether at $600; that he was a poor man and his absence was for the purpose of earning means to improve his land and t he devoted all of the fruits of his earnings with fidelity to that fll’pfls& In the spring of the third year, he loft again and remained absent until the follow- ing January, his purpose being to earn suffic- ient money to pay the government for the land, The amount necessary was $200—a considerable sum forg laborer to save from his wages during thelyear in addition to the ary fees and egpenses. He appears to it and notwithstanding he was not personally present ulon his land during tl last six months prec@ling the completion of his entry the faet eamnot deny his right. He made *a settlement ip person on this land; he has' erectea a dwelling thereon ; he has i d the land and he had inhabited it i aith. When ‘it was considere ct was situated many miles from the highways, yemote from settlements and is vory diffioult of access and yet he has persistently clung to it for three years, applying all the results of his labor to its improveuments and its purchase. 1t 1s dif- ficult to discover & case more worthy of bewy found marked by good faith. His *inhab. itaucy” of the land 48 not impeached after hus residence was one cured, by his going abroad to seeure mgans to bring back there to improve it ‘andobtain title to it. 1 must reverse your di and direct a patent to issuo to the claluigat. . oo i F. Vieas, Secretary. i —————— Election Judges Sentenced. BAUBIMORE, . 17.—Martin J. Clark, one of the fraudulent judges of the last muni- cipal election, was to-day ‘sentenced Lo two years io jail. Best, snother judge, convicted of the same offense, was also seuteuced to Wo years imprisonieat. good this tr; ordina AN OVERDOSE OF WHISKY. A Promising Sensation Nipped in the Bud at Lincoln. HE'S STILL AMONG THE MISSING. No Doubt Left That Dodge County's Ex-Clerk Has Absconded—A Sud- den Death—-St. Patrick's Day Observances. She Was Only Drunk. Lixcory, Neb., March 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—Something like a_sensa- tion ended ignominiously to-day. In the early morning hours Dr. Shoemaker, the coroner, was called to a South Tenth street residence to sce a girl who was employed in the family who, it was alleged, was dying from poison. The doctor responded, and gave antidotes freely, the girl stating that a young man with whom she had been drink- ing beer in the evening had put a powder in her glass, as he stated, to make it taste bet- ter. She gave the name of the young man as Frank Martin, and the police at once hunted him up and lodged him in the c juil, The girl, whose name is Belle Dayton, in the meantime rapidly recovered and in the morning the case was investigated. 1t was found that Martin and the girl had been drinking beer together in the evening, and when they separated the eirl bought a pint of whisky and started for home. On the way she emptied the flask and became drunk, which caused the fear of poisoning. Martin was discharged. Ex-Clerk Spear Still Missing. Freyoxt, Neb:, March 17.—[Special to the Ber.]—Louis Spear, the old wheel horse of the democratic party of this county and ex- clerk of the district court, Who mnceremoni- ously left home two weeks ago, has not yet returned. His family of a wife and four small children are left in destitute : circum- stances. Even his friends now admit he has gone for good. Thie only trace of him yet ob- tained was received to-day from parties who saw_him_and talked with, him at Council Bluffs. There have been no new develop- ments in the condition of his records in the clerk’s office, G. A. R. Entertainment at Holdrege. HowbrecE, Neb,, March 16.—[Correspond- ence of the Bee.]—Yesterday marked a no- table and brilliant page in the history of the Sons of Veterans inthis city. A public and a most excellent supper was served in the evening, which was a financial success, Then followed an entertainment, the central figure in which was ex-Senator Van Wyck. The senator had been advertised for an address and a large audience gathered to hear him, The Holdrege silver cornet band rendered some excetlent music, after which Dr. Guild read a poem. Senator Van Wyck was then introduced and he delivered an uddress of the most absorbing interest. Hereyiewed briefly the great struggles through which the nation has passed and sought to impress upon the minds of the Sons of Veterans the importance of perpetuating the memory of their heroic fatherand the principles for which they sacrificed their all, - The speaker took occasion fo remind the post of their duties as citizens to gird on the armor of in- telligence and honesty and go forward fear- lessly in defense of the right. He paid the Vouthful city a compliment, for her push and enterprise, - Dr. Guild follwed with a_short address which was weil received. The net profits to the post will not be short of $150. The Deweese Damage Case. LixcoLy, Neb., March 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEe.]—Three of the damage cases brought against the B. & M. and John Fitzgerald, contractor, by the victims of the wreck at Deweese were transferred to the United States court. The remaining cases— six in number—were consolidated and have been on trial the past four days in the district court, the cases going to the jury to-night, The cases throughout have been closely con- tested and the fight has at times waxed warm, An episode to-day created a good deal of amusement among the attorneys und apeeulators, The defensc, to show that the attqrneys for the prosecution were them- selves interested parties in the case, called Mr. Burr_asone of their witnesses for the defense, Mr. Burr was equal to the occa- sion, and immediately demanded his fees in advance. He said if the railrond wanted him for a_witness they must pay in advance. Mr, Deweese argued that as he was in the court room and in attendance, that he could be made to testify without the exaction of the witness fee, and he read the s sustain his_position. The judge ) h’yld that if they made Mr. Burr a witness they must pay him, and the defense, rather than do it, weakeéned and called another witness, The case throughout has been watched with a great deal of interest, as the damagos asked by the six complainants ag- gate a handsome sum Cnpital City News. TaxcoLy, Neb., March 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—One article of incorpora- tion found its way to thestate house yester- day and was entered on record at the secre- tary’s office. The company is the Continuous Kiln company of Omaha. The capital stock is 50,000, with M. Doesutke, S, Roswer, S. . Cooperand C. F. Goodman incorporators. The first annual report of the Lincoln Gos- ‘has been prepared for publication, It says that during the encampment here 477 have professed conversion and 149 1 Teasod onsira sanctifioation, making ed and sanctitied. Twenty haye profe: anointing for vice and 27 have been 1 of bodily discase in answer to the prayer of faith, Among those converted were hard cases, such as notorious drunk ards, gamble len women, juil birds and lewd fellows. The trustees, Messrs. Skinner, Way, Hoatling, Prescott and Dr. Payue, 100k the work of erccting a church building in hand and one was built accommodating 700, Mhe lot cost $2,500 and the building, £1,500. The receipts from ull sources agy: gated 0. The grand army of tramps is on the in- crease and the average number who secure lodging at the cooler nightlyis up toward twent, A pumber of plain drunk u always be counted on for each day’s court and um; fighting draymen added to the attraction to-day. A )sm'ond loan meeting will be held at the district court room to-night, The New York life insurance building project will be up for closing action us over §1,000,000 of the $1,500,- 000 n;aul';mcu necessary has alveady been se- cured I Patrick's day will be observed by the Irish American eitigens in Lincoln on Mon evening at Fitzgerald hall. Arrange- ments are in progress for a great mesting, The Wymore Jury Fixer. Brue Serixes, March ~[8) 1 ple- of Wymore, H. A. Greenwood, was arrested last night and taken to Beatrice on the charge of at- tempting to bribe jurors. Hehad @ case in court last week wherein Dick Cobbey, a law- yer of Wymore, sued him for §15,000, for de- famation'of character. Cobbey got §1,500. During the trial S: W. Jacobs, of Barneston, and D. E. Moyer, of Odell, offered two jurors money to bring in a verdict for Greenwood. Jucoos was given Sfteen days in jail. Moyer has taken leg bail. Greenwood “is pe the wealthiest man in southern Gay has always borne a good ¢ is great excitement here over this t affairs, - L O, O. F. Anuniversary. FREMON? Mar¢h 17. — [Special tennial lodge, 1L O. 0. F, of this city, at its meeting last night, adopted a programme for the annual celebra- tion of the founding of the order in America, April 2. On that date the first grand en- campment of the Cantons of Patriarchs Mil- itant ever held in the state will meet here. A big banquet will be given to the invited guests and to all local Odd Fellows, In the evening an address will bo delivered at the Congregational church by the Hon. Satuel Phelps Lelaud, of Chicago, one of the best lectureérs and talkers on secret societies in the country. It will bo a red letter day for the Odd Fellows of Fremont. —_— Preparing for the Teachers. Frevost, Neb, March - [Special to the Ber] — The local committees have secured from our citizens liboral aona- tions for meeting the expenses of the State Teachers' association which convencs here on the 2ith inst. The meetings will bo held in the spacious auditorium of the Congrega- tional church. The indications are for a most _successful session, The exhibits of school work are expected to be the largest and best ever scen in the state. St. Patrick’s Day at Sidney. Sinxey, Neb, March 17.—[Special Tele- gram 1o the Bre.] —Saint Patrick’s day was colebrated here in grand_ stylo to-day. The narade was reviewed by Mayor MelIntosh and members of the cify coneil at the city hall. General Morrow delivered an eloquent_ora- tion which touched the hearts of the large audience present. The weather was lovely and large delegations were hiere from neigh- boring towns Sudden Denath at Burwell. BunweLt, Neb., March 17.—[Special Tele: gram to the Bee.)—A. Cornwell, one of the pioncers of Burwell, and proprictor of the Hotel Cornwell, died very suddenly last night at his homo of heart disease. The mains will be taken to lowa for nterment, Van Wyck at Orleans. OxuEANS, Neb., March 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—Hon. C. H. Van Wyck addressed an immense audience to-day on monopoly and the strike. The greatest en- thusiasm provailed. Houses were decorated with flags in honor of the great statesman, Grant Growing Rapidly Grant, Neb, March 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The trains on this division of the B. & M. are making good time between Holdrege and Cheyenne, Emigra- tion is filling up the new county with a rapidity that is astonishing. Depot platforms are blocked with incoming household goods, ——— The Poverty-Stricken Pacific. WasniNaToN, March 17.—Senator Stanford to-day appeared before the senate special committee to which was referred the reports of the Pacific railroad commission, He said the government had reaped from the Central Pacific all the advantages any one ever ex- peeted it would reap and now it had a noor debtor to deal with. cally the familiar story of the construction and completion of the line. He said th government had loaned its credit to the ex- tent of $27,000,000 and the company had is- sued bonds to a like amount. The govern- ment bonds had been sold at a discount bring- ing in but little over $20,000,000 and the com- pany’s bonds had brought a little less than this sum. All the money so realized bad been expended in the construction of the road. It would be scen that the wild stories that a hundred willions hud been made out of _the government in this transaction were without foundation. The road could easily have paid off the indebteduness to the government had the latter not, by its own acts, fostered competing lines which divided business and reduced charges, The govern- ment, in all its other dealings, had sold its bonds for® what it could get, losing itsclf whatever might be the discount, yet the Central Pacific had sold government bonds at a discount and was now asked to pay the face value, But, it might be said, the road issued a large amount of stock. So it did, but this did not affect anybody but the sharcholders. 1t had built branch roads but not a dollar of costs had come from the government. The profits of the road were derived, not from the government but solely from the values the road had created. General Counsel Haymond, of the Central Puacific, followed Senator Stanford. He said the Central Pacitic could not, in honor, state what it was willing to do as long as responsible men were resting under charges affecting their chara ter. In no singlo instance had the road failed in its obligations to the government or the people. He further declared that since 15862 in no single instance, not_one, from the beginning to the end, has the government performed faithfully one single obl that it entered into with the road. He de- clared that the Thurman act was u failure, a everybody who kuew anything about ra roads kuew it would be. Senator Frye asked when, under the Thurman act, the company’s indebtedness would be paid off. “Never,” rejoined Mr. Haymond; and why. he asked, should it be paid off! 1f the con panies owed a hundred million to the United States the thing to do, he argued, was to wipe it all out. Not one dollar ought to be collected, It was a question of levying a tax upon a local community to pay the obliy; tions which the United States had entered into to save the union with, “Take your Thurman act,” he said, “and let us give you so many thousand dollars a ar, and let us pevform the dutics which we are required to perform.” Mr. Haymond maintained that the road had been constructed to kéep the Pacific coast in the union. Hud these states gone out the union would surely have perished, Now the debt must be paid by people at no competitive points, and there were but fow of these left. I this tax was put upon the road it must be paid by the people of a small portion of the country, and there would, he assured the cowmitiee, be trouble. Ad- Journed ixpress. 117, [Special Telegram to the Bek. Wells-Fargo Express company made a_fifteen year contract for control of the Krie express, to go into effect immcdiately. Lloyd Tevis, pres ud J. J. Valentine, vice president, arrived in this city Wednesday at midnight. The main de- tails had previously been arranged by tele- graph by Mr. Valentine, General Manager Hancock of Omaha, and H. B, Parsons, as sistant seergtary of the Wells-Fargo of tnis city, on_the part of that company and by Di rector McCullough, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the ie. D.0.Mills, who is largely intercsted in the Lrie, was La into consultation and the negotiati pro ed subject to the approval of Presi dent King. The contract was finlay signed day afternoon. By its terms Wells- takes all buildings, real estate, horses, entire plant of the Erie e waised value, It 18 estimated t property £300,000. All obligations of the Lrie €x, company are assumed by its successors, New Youk, Ma A New Move by the B, & M, RawLINS, Wyo., March 17.—[Special Tele- gram © to the Bee)-—Information ~ has reached here that a party of B. & M. sur- veyors is working in the Shirley busin. This basin is ten miles east of the North Platte river and twenty-five miles east of the junc tion of that streaw and the Sweetwater. This movement of the 13, & M. will probably in. duce the extension of the Northwestern this sumuer to the Sweetwater valley, T A Snow Stonu in Virginia, LyNcosvkG, Va, March 17.—A heavy snow storm is prevailing througliout this sec tion, 3y The senator told graphi-* ENTHUSIASTIC FOR ALLISON, Ninety Iowa Counties Declare in Favor of Him. NO OPPOSITION WHATEVER. What the State Legislators Accoms plished Yesterday—-The Body of Brown Exhumed at Mason City For Examination. Towa's State Convention. Drs Moixes, Ia., March 1 gram to the Bee.|—Nearly ninety counties have elected their delegates tothe republican state convention which meets hero next Wednesday. Every one of this large number is enthusiastic for Allison and not a word of dissent or preference for some other cane didate has been uttered. The absolute unanimity of political foeling in this state on this subject I8 quite remarkable. Senator Allison is the choice of Towa, without qualifications, and he will enter the campaign for the nomi- nation with his own state solid from one river to the other for its distinguished citi- zon. The county convention here to-day was of more than local interest by reason of the slight diversion that was gotten up a few days ago against Mr. J. S. Clarkson. Of the 147 delegates in the convention to-day, the opposition representing Mr. Berryhill, mem« ber of the legislature from Des Moines, had only five, and no effort at obstruction' was raised. A strong delegation to the state cons vention was elected, headed by Mr. J. S, Clarkson, and_instructed to work for the nomination of M. Allison. The Towa Legislature. Drs MoiNEs, Ta., March The railroad Dill was continued. Section 17 was read eme powering and directing the railroad coms missioners to fix a schedule of reasonable maximum freight rates, also to make classi- fication of freights, but providing that the rates fixed by them shali not exceed the rates to be hereafter made by law. An amendment was offered by Mr. Hutche inson that before fixing such rates the come mission shall give ten days notice in the two leading daily papers of Des Moines of such action, and shall, after ten days, give an ope portunity to any person, firm, corporation or common carrier to make an explanation on furnish information to the commission on the subject of determining and fixing such maxi- mum rates and classification. Mr. Hutchinson accepted an amendment to the amendment offered by Mr. Sweney, striking out the word “duily™ in referring the papers; also making an - investigation as “soon” as practicable after ten days' notice. Mr, Caldwell offered an addition to the amendment “‘and in an nt the origina} schedule of rates and classifications of freight shall be fixed within ninety days from the gnklim; effect of this acton all lines of railroad, in Iowa.” X he discussion and the rnleci'nn ofa number of substitutes and amendments Mr, Hutchinson’s amendment was finally adopted with the changes and additions as aboye. A motion was then made to reconsider tha vote of adoption and lay the motion to re- consider on the table, Carried, This virtually settles this question as far as the seuate is concerned. Republican Delegates, € Stovx Crry, Ia., March 17.—[Special Tel- egram to the sk ! ~The republican county convention to-day chosea strong delegation to the state convention, - The delegution is headed by Hon. George D, Perkins, who will be supsmrwll for delegate at large to the, national couvention. A Threatened Break-Up, H Sioux City, Ia., March 17.—[Special Tele- gram to the 13 'he ice threatens to Break up at any hour here, and the Chicago & Northwestern company to-day began to take up its winter bridge across the Missouri, The bridge is built every winter at a cost of $15,000. 4 — Will Enforce the Prohibitory Law. KEoKUK, Ta,, March 17.—Mayor Irwin, of this city, to-day issued a proclamation order- ing all saloons closed on and after May 1. It is his intention 1o give the prohibitory law a thorough test here A Brown's Stomach to Be Analyzed. Masox Ciry, Ia., March 17,—[Special Teles gram to the Bgke.]—The body of Henry Brown has been exhumed. No examinatio will be made here, but the stomach will b sent to Chicago. —— Cheers and Hisscs For Hewitt, NEW YORK, March 17—[Special Telegram the Bee.]—Mayor Hewitt accepted an invib tation some weeks ago to be present lasy night at an entertainment given in the Lexq ington Avenue opera house by the ladies of the Manhattan branch of the Irish National league, and he was on hand. Forthe first time since he has been in office he was pubs licly hissed. When Mayor Hewitt entered he was hissed. As the mayor entered @ rivate box reserved for him the hissing roke out anew. But there was u strong ve of applause also. The band caught inspivation and played *“Hailto the Chi Mayor Hewitt said afterward he had accep the invitation before the flag trouble hi arisen, and felt bound to fill his engagements —r———— Emperor Frederick's Condition, Beruiy, March 17, —Emperor Fredericlg passed a satisfactory night notwithstanding the exciting events of yesterday, The royal message which will be presented to the landtag on Monday expresses the king's regret that his health prevents his taking the oath in person, and suggests that the house consider a message which is countersigned by a minister as cquivalent to the constitutional oath. As soon us his health is sufliciently improved the message further suys the king will take the oath in the form preseribed by law. Memorial § For the Emperor. Rose, March 17.—Memerial services in honor of the late Emperor William were held in the chapel of the nan embassy to-day. e The Snow Blockade in England, Loxvoy, March 17.—The suow blockade been raised in the north of England, but still exists in Scotland. - 1s It Still Afloat? Oxana, Neb., Murch 17.—Sporting Editor of the Bex: Can the Bke cast sowe light on the Lgyptian darkness that covers the doings of ‘the Omaha Rowing association? Last spring a considerable sum of money was most gencrously subscribed by the people of Omaha te enable the club 10 reor- ganize itself on a stronger Lasis beyond half building a boat house on un inaccessible laka in Iowa. Nota boat was launched nor am handled the whole of last summer. he writer, being pussionately fond of atic sport, made a strenuous _endeayor to penctrate the umbra which surrounds the ussociation sud failea, tho ouly result of a three months' search and the ex- ercise of considerable patience was a demand for a subscription (§20) 10 a club whose exist- ence seemed doubtful and about whose pro- lings not a single fact could be ascers tained. Now that the winter is passed and the spring at haud, ought not somebody do something, or will' it be necessary for those living in Omaha who may wish 0 indulge is aguatic sports to join the Council Blufls ase sociation, whu;u existence is verified by lh;sb competing in the vavious western r gmm