Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 20, 1888, Page 1

-0 SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1888, MAHA DALy BEE NUMBER 276 A FEARFUL DEED AT DENVER A German Butcher Kills His Wife's Alleged Paramour and Himself. HE SHOOTS AT HER SIX TIMES. The Woman's Beautiful Seventeen- Year-Old Daughter Discovers the Dead Bodies and Goes COrazy—Horribly Bloody. A Sickening Orime. Dexver, Colo., March 19.—|Special Tele- to the Bue.]—This morning at 9 o'clock a tragedy occurred at the Washing- ton house, kept by Mrs, Charles Schweikart, near the northwest borders of the city, which for cold-blooded wanton cruelty and determi- nation takes precedence in the annals of Jocal crime of probably any: other similar affair which was eyer perpetrated in this section of the country. Two men lie dead andone was badly wounded .in the sangui- nary affair, while a woman lies prostrate with horror and grief and a seventeen-year-old girl is suffering from a_shock which may be followed with terrible effects on her mind. Charles Schweikart, the murderer, 188 German butcher about forty-five years of age, from whom his wife was divorced two years ago, since which time he has been a fugitive from justice, being charged with the se- duction of = little school girl His time has been spent roving about Utah, deriving subsistence from the proceeds of hunting. This morning he ar- rived here from Salt Lake and on alighting from the train entered a hack, bearing a littie hand satchel and a rifle in an enclosed case. He asked to be driven to the “Three- mile house” as quickly as possible, On ar- riving there he requested the hack to wait a few minutes, and entering Yhe house left the rifle standing near the door. He wallred into the kitchen and requested Mrs. Schweikart 0 prepare him his breakfast. The woman was almost paralyzed with fear, as she had often been threatened with death from the hands of the man because she had divorced herself, but she mustered courage to tell him that “he had no right there and her lawyer had advised her to have nothing to do with him and for him to leave the house.” The words had hardly left her lips when he pulled a 45-calibre revolver and fired three shots at her, all missing the object for which they were intended. The woman started through the house screaming for help with her murderous husband following. She ran out of the front door, jumped into the hack which was standing there and was driven away as rapidly as possible. Beforelthe carringe had gone a hundred yards Seweikart came to the door, grabbed up the rifle and fired three shots through it, neither hitting the woman. The man then returned to the Kkitchen, where he met George Kreiner, proprietor of the pickling works near by, and who had lived as a boarder in the family for twelve years. Schweikart shot him, the ball Eulurini the left temple and passing through the head, scattering his brains over the dishes, which were still upon the table, and causing instant death. At this moment Charles Rehm, an employe of Kreiner, came out of his reom, which opens on the kitchen, and received the second ball in his right arm, breaking it. He, however, escaped before another shot could be fired at him. a Schweikart then entered his wife's bed- room, locked the door, laid down upon the bed, placed the revolver to his forchead and sent a ball crashing through his skull, tear- ing the upper part away and scattering the picces all over the room. X Both of the dead men remained in this osition until word could be sent to the city For the patrol. When it reached tho scone i most horrible sight was presented, both the bed room and kitchen being almost flooded with blood and " pieces of flesh and brains hanging on the walls and furniture. The bodies were taken to the coroner’s and an inquest will be held to-morrow. Mrs. Schweikart, after escaping from the house, was driven to her sister's, in the city, where she is now confined to her room from nervous prostration. One of the saddest incidents in_connection with the bloody work happened to Rosa lanse, o beautiful young niece of Mrs, chweikart, who ting in a room at the time the murderer entered the door. Recog- nizing his voice and fearing that he had come on no good mission, she ran and hid herself in the cellar, where she remained until the shooting ceased and when all was quiet came up from her hiding place, and passing into the kitchen to escape from the house, came suddenly upon the bloody corpse of Kreiner, 1ying across the threshold of the door. The shock was so great that she fainted and re- covering before assistance came she wander- ed out of the house into the street, where sho was found by the patrol. She was brought 10 the city and it is feared will lose hLer reason. The probablo cause of the tragedy was l:mluuuy on the part of Schweikart bécause o thought improper relations existed be- tween Mrs, Schweikart and Kreiner, and no doubt this drove him to commit the deed. An Old Crime Cleared Up. RawriNs, Wyo., March 19,—|Special Tele- gram to the BEr.]—On the upper Sweetwa- ter river, this territory, is a locality known as “Burnt Ranch,” on the site of the old tel- egraph station supposed to have been burned by Indians in 1865. It now transpires for the first time that this telegraph station was * burned by a telegraph operator for an ex- cuse for getting away from a dangerous In- dian neighborhood. An old telegraph oper- ator now in Rawlins says that at the time he was the operator atthe Sweetwater bridge station, and that the incendiary operator tel- egraphed him his intention afier requesting him to put on the ground wire to cut off other telegraphic oftice A Colovado Zephyr. Horvoxg, Colo., March 19.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee]—A hard blizzard is rag- ing here to-day. Business is suspended. It is quite warm, however. The wind blows from the north, No trains out to-day. —— Democratic Municipal Nominee: Sr. Josern, Mo., March 19.—[Special Te gram to the Bee.]—The democrats met in convention to-duy and nominated the follow- icket for city ofcers: Mayor, R. T, uditor, C. 13, Cloggett; recorder, C: surer, Homer Osborn; © Rowe. Rhode Island Democrats, Provipexce, R. L, March 10.—At the democratic state convention to-day the fol lowing nominations were made: Governor, John W. Davis; lieutenant governor, How- ard Smith, of Newport; secretary of state, Edward McGiunes, of Providence; attorr eneral, Ziba O. Slocum, of Providence; casurer, Jobu G. Perry, South Kingstown. —_— The Death Record. Avarsta, Ga,, March 19.—Hon. John P. King died here to-day, aged eighty-nine. He was elected to the United States senate to succoed George M. Troupe in 1833 aud elected to succeed himself in 1835, He re- signed in 1837 on account of a speech against Van Buren's administration” for which he was severcly criticized by the partisan state press. e — Northwestern League Games. Cuicaco, March 19.—Represeutatives of the base ball clubs forming the Northwestern Igague are in session here this afternoon for the purpose of arranging a schedule of the 'Impu“ 0 be pw»d'dfuigx the coming season. SULLIVAN AND MITCHELL, A French Judge Sentences Them to Six Days in Jail, | Copyright 1688 by James Gordon Bennett.] Se , March 19.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—The sum- monses issued against Sullivan and Mitchell were returnable to-day at Senlis, As may be remembered, the French authorities orig- inally demanded 1,000 francs for the appear- ance of the two offenders, but this bail was subsequently enlarged to 4,000 francs, which sum was put up by Phillips and Moore, It is needless to say that the principals were absent. They were defended by Delaporte, “vho read letters from his clients, who regretted that professional en- gagements prevented them answering tho summons of the court. Delaporte called the attention of the court to the fact thav nota witness had been summoned to assert whether there was a battle or simply a wrestling match. He remarked that no flagrante delictu had been proved and that the prosecution was simply a surmise and on the admission of persons interested, who assured- 1y would have held their tongues had they been aware that they had acted feontrary to .aw. Admitting that the two men had settled a grievance with fists, he added that the fist in England was the ultimatum of the classes, who in France were prone to draw the sword. Dueling, although punishable by law, was carried on in France. In conclusion Delaporte said the men had been stopped on a public highway and prosecuted and treated as criminals without having caused a scandal or disturbed a public order. The court, after brief deliberation, con- sidered that the non-appearance of the de- fendants aggravated the offense and sentenced Sullivan and Mitchell to six days imprison- ment and a maximum fine of 200 francs for each, Further, that the balance of the sum of 4,000 francs deposited to secure the presence of the accused persons should, after the deduction of the fine, costs, etc., be forfeited to the state owing to the non-ap- pearance of the two men. The sentence be- comes final within ten days after judgment has been served on the two men, who have chosen a domicile in France at the office of Delaporte at Senlis. Neither can come to France, without danger of being arrested. for the next ten years. Heavy Gales in England. (Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.) LoxpoN, March 19.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee]—The gales predicted by the Herald weather bureau for yesterday are evidently this morn- ing at their height. The pre- dictions are, by request, always not only published in every leading newspaper throughout the Kingdom, but specially tele- graphed to the principal meterological cen- ters. Early yesterday morning the barome- ter at channel ports marked 20.95, atnoon 20.90 and at midnight 2 The channel ferry boats encountered increasingly rough passages, The gales were from the north- east, with heavy snow gusts. The snow now les in London streets aobout an inch deep. The north cone bhas been hoisted many hours on the southern coasts of the German ocean, channel and Wales, It is hardly time yet to colleet intelligence of disasters, but one is reported from the lower coast of the total wreck of the brig St. Bede, driven ashore. The crew were saved by ropes thrown by the beachmen. FREDERICK'S MESSAGES. Received With Enthusiasm By Both Legislative Bodies. Brrury, March 10.—The royal message was read in the Prussian landtag in united scssion to-day. It was practically a_review of his designs and views as expressed in the previous proclamation and his letter to Bis- marck. The condition of his health prevent- ing him at this time from taking the oath personally, the emperor solemnly undertakes to adhere to the constitution firmly and in- violably and to rule in conformity with the laws. The sitting was invested with un- usual interest and the galleries were crowded when Bismarck finished reading the mes- sage. Duke von Ratibor, president of the upper house, said it was not within his {V\"D\'il ce to say how each house would reply to the message. He would now simply ask the assemblage to mark the king’s faithful attachment and devotion and unite in a cry of “Long live King Frederick.” The cheer was thrice repeated and the diet ad- journed. The emperor's message to the reichstag ‘was also read to that body to-day. 1t differs from that addressed to the Prussian diet, principally in taking the scope of the empire instead of Prussia and reiterates the deter- mination to conscientiously respect and guard the constitutional rights of the indi- vidual federal states and the reichstag. The message was read by Her Piesdorff, presi- dent of the reichstag, who requested permission to submit to-morrow the draft of an addres: in reply to the message, expressing devotion to the emperor. Tho request was unammously granted. Then Prince Bismarck, rising, said: Tt will afford me great satisfaction if I am permitted to consider myself charged by the house to communicate thanks to those friendly governments whose parliaments have expressed sympathy with the grief sur- rounding us. Such_ expressions have come from all quarters of the globe. Such wide- spread sympathy on the death of a sovereign has never before been recorded. I shall thank »ou to empower me to express thanks to those friendly nations upon whose sym- pathy the peace of the future rests more firmly than upon written treaties.” The draft of the address of the lower house of the diet in reply to the royal message ex- presses thanks for the majesty’s promise to adhere to the constitntion and the wish for the emperor’s complete restoration to health and the continuance of his beneficient rule, In Alsace-Lorraine, Straspuno, March 19.—In the imperial proclamation for Alsace-Lorraine, published here to-day, the emperor says: We are conscious of our duty to cultivate in Reichsland German sentiments and Ger- man customs: to protect right and justice and to promote the welfare and prosperity of its inhabitants. Inour endeavors to do justice t0 this task we count upon the confidence and devotion of the people and the faithful ful- fillment of their duties to the authorities. We demand und expect conscientious ob- servauce of the law, Trade Review. .—The Mark Lane Ex- press says: The English wheat trade is not improving. In foreign trade stagnation pre- vails, Imports of wheat are smaller, but the proportion of flour is large and keeps dow: prices. At to-day’s market English and fo cign wheats were weak at a decline of Flour was in large supply and 8@6d low Oats advanced 6d. Beans were cheaper and white peas 0d dearer. r— Business Troubles AuexpEeN, Miss,, March 19.—The banking house of Gottman & Co. has failed. Meyer Gottman disappeared Wednesday last. Jacob Gottman yesterday attempted suicide by cut- ting his throat. No statement of be ob- tained as to the condition of the bank. Attachinents amounting to over $175,000 have been served. 1t is believed the failure is for over §00,000, Nuw Youk, March 10.--Joseph -D. McKee & proprictors of the Pennsylvania knitting mills in Philadeiphip and in this city, has mado an -assignuent. - Liabilities, £100,000. The nowinal asséts are much lurger, THE GENERAL LAND MEASURE Nebraska House Members Taking An Important Part. M'SHANE'S OMAHA BRIDGE BILL. Arguments For and Against It Post- poned Until Wednesday—Strange Movements in the Post- office Department, Dorsey's Amendment, ‘WasniNGToN BUREAU THE OMARA BRE, } 518 FOURTERNTH ST! T, WasniNorox. D. C., March 19, An important part is being taken by the Nebraska members in the house in the con- sideration of the general land bill, which is now pending as unfinished business and of which Mr. Holman is the author. To-day Mr. Dorsey submitted additional amend- ments, proposing to restore the pre-emption features of the bill and allow pre-emptions under certain restrictions, such as specified improvements. He also would permit com- mutation of homesteads after a year's resi- dence on public lands. Another amendment which he offered gives entrymen ten days grace after the day fixed by the publication within which to make final proof. These amendments, Mr. Dorsey says, are very im- portant to people in the west, and that if they are adopted the measure will meet with gen- eral approval by members of the prairie States. But the bill, as it comes from the committee, meets a great deal of opposition, and, in the opinion of Mr. Dorsey, could not e passed. N MILITIA MONEY. Mr. Manderson in the senate to-day pre- sented a resolution adopted by the military board of the state of Nebraska, held at Lin- coln on February 27 last, requesting the Ne- braska delegation in congress to exercise their influence to secure an increase of the annual appropriation for the militia of the United States to £1,000,000. The resolution is attested to by A. V. Cole, adjutant gen- eral. M'SHANE’S BRIDGE BILL. The arguments for and against Mr, Mc- Shane's Omaha bridge bill, which were to have taken place before a sub-committee of the house committee on commerce this after- noon, were postponed until next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock on account of the in- ability of all the opponents of the measure to be present. Mr. McShane was on hand and says he intends to stand by his bill. WORK AT THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. There are some very strange things going on in the postoffice department now. Post- master general Dickinson is hu\'in[{ a_force in the sixth auditor’s office, which is in his department, working night and day on the the old money order lapses under republican administrations, ?e(ung up tabular state- ments, which it is presumea he will have called for by congress and used for (‘nmpn‘gfl purposes, but what he expects to show by them cannot be imagined. Again, a couple of clerks in the sixth auditor's oftice have taken their leaves and gone to northwestern Ohio and the first congressional district of Indiana to hunt up campaign material, Other clerks have been given to understand that they can take leaves and go into Wisconsin and do campaign work, Not long ago a colored messenger in the sixth auditor’s office resigned his position and ‘went to Florida, where he became a success- ful star route bidder, The sixth auditor passes upon all star mail accounts. A fow days ago the messenger wrote _ friend here that he expected the sixth auditor to visit Florida soon. Sure enough, but a day or two elapsed till the sixth anditor went to Florida, where he is now enjoying himself on a pleas- ure boat. There are other interesting things 5oiug on in the postoffice department nowa- ays. ¥ OF INTEREST TO VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS, Major Steele, of Indiana, has reported to the house from the committee on militar, uffairs a substitute to the Perkins bill al- lowing extra pay to certain volunteer officers of the late war. The major said to the Bee correspondent this afternoon that he in- tended to push the bills with vigor and be- lieved it would become a law, as it corrects an error of judgment in the act approved March 3, 1865, which has worked great in- justice, ' The substitute proposed amends this act so that all officers of volunteers below the rank of brigadie: neral who continued in the military service to the close of the war or who were prevented from doing so by reason of wounds received or disabilities contracted incident to honorable service shall be entitled to receive three months pay proper, In re- porting the bill Major Steele says: *In the opinion of your committee, officers who were prevented from continuing {n the servic provided for in the act of March 8, 1865, by reason of wounds received or disabilities contracted in honorable service, should not have been barred from receiving the same bounty or reward as their more fortunate associates received. Otherwise the act would have hinted at least to the officers it was desired to have remain in the service to the close of the war to ‘keep out of danger- ous places or you may be disabled and if you are the extra Lfly provided shall be withheld from you. Such was obviously not the intention of the framers of the law aud in not inserting the provision your committee are seeking to insert it at this late day what Was an oversight.” CRITICISING DUNDY’S DECISION, A great deal of comment has been heard here on the decision of Judge Dundy on the locomotive engineer’s strike, Thnis evening'’s Star, in commenting on_the decision, strikes the popular feeling in Washington 'when it “In his remarks during the argument for the injunction the judge specially limited the power of the court to interferé to those cases in which there is a conspiracy to create disturbance, derail cars, ditch engines, etc, But if a strike consisted’ simply in quitting work and quietly walking out he did not see how a court was going to restrain it. ‘I shall never,’ said he, ‘order a man to work against his will by injunction, Such action would be inequitable for the reason that another remedy exist for breach of contract whenever the 8 contract, as prescribed, are not carried out.’ What happened between the utterance of these words and the delivery of the final decision? Did counsel for the corporations involved produce proof of malicious designs on the part of the striking engineers or is the judge ready to accept as evidence of a con- spiracy the fact that several men concluded for their mutual benefit to do together what each one of them would have had an indis- Euwblu right to do by himself. Judge Dundy as gone & long way further than Judge Gresham, but it remains to be seen whether he has kepton equally safe ground.” FIGHTING OVER THE TARIFF BILL. Rapid progress was made on the adminis- tration tariff bill by the committee on ways and means to-day. The republican members proposed to strike out almost every section as it was read, but they were properly voted down by the majority and the work pro- gressed till the crockeryschedule was e The only change so far was to take cement from the free list and put a duty of 10 cents on it, which is one-half of the present duty, Members of the committee continue to pro- dict that the bill will be ready to report to the house on Phursday, not that the repub- licans will have gotten through, but that the dewmocrgts will m_ve ittey weary of the pro- ramme which the nlinority are following. t is evident that there will be very fe amendments made to the bill, although it is reported that tremendous pressure is being brought by prominent democrats in ujs- iana to have the proposed reduction of the duty on sugar stricken off or cut in half on aceount of the threatened bolt of the sugar growers and the loss 1o the party of the state 4t the approaching spring elections. 1t ap- pears that at last night's méeting of the com- Imittee on ways and means there was a good deal of bundf‘lnz of words indulged in by Chairman Mills and Mr. Reed. The latter, who is said o lead the winerity of the com- mittee, is in very bad temper and his sarcasm at times ws into. what the majority are terming insolence insults, Chairman Mills, in the course of the last meeting, in- formeéd Mr. Reed thatif he did not desist in “insulting lan " a8 chairman of the committee he would have to protect the members and call a halt. He declared that some of the in- sinuations challenged the intelligence of the majority. For instance, Mr, Reed asked one of the democratic members if he knew what he was about when he proposed certain fea- tures in the bill. This Chairman Mills de- clared to be an insult to the intelligence of the member and said that he proposed to have the turbulence stopped. The meeting of the committee to-day was more agreeable RFFECT OF THE TELEPHONE DECISION, There was an immense crowd around the supreme court room to-day during the read- ing of the majority and minority decisions in the telephone cases, About twenty lawyers, representing the various telephone com- panies, were on hand, and the full bar, and this aimost filled the little court room, and the announcement made yesterday that the decision would likely be rendered to-day brought to the scene a crowd large enough to fill a dozen such rooms. The decision, deliv- ered by Justice Blatchford and signed by four of the seven justices micipnflng in the case, could not ha n_stronger in favor of the ell Telephone com- any. Justices Waite, Matthews and iller attached their 'signatures to the decision of Justice Blatchford, which stands as final and affirms the Bell patents, while Justices Fields, Bradley and Harlan signed the dissenting decision read by the first named. The controlling decision was adopted by 4 to 8. Justice Gray is a resident of Bos- ton, where most of the Bell stock is held, and he for that reason refused to participate in the case. Justice Lamar came on the bench after the arguments were held, and he of course did not sit in judgment, so there were but seven of the nine justices Wwho took part in rendering the decision. Some of the telephone companies’ attorneys who have been fighting against tho Bell Telephone company, notably those for Drawbaugh, were considerably cast down. It appears that nearly all the attorneys who pooled the cases of their clients and entered the combination against the Bell company anticipated the result except the Drawbaugh people. The latter yet believe they may overthrow the Bell patents before the expi- ration of the life of the patents in 1503, They count Justice Lamar with them, and should there be a change by death or otherwise in the chair of one of the four justices who to- day entered nto an afirmation of the Bell potents, they could . again be rought with ~ hope of ~ success, For the present it s expected that there will be a cessation of the telephone agitation, and that the Bell people will enter suits agalnst all the companies who are oper- ating any other than their patent. MISOELLANEO! M;l‘. F. Parker, of Davenport, is at the Eb- W. W. Abbey, ot Fells City, who has been here a few days, has left for his home. Henry F. Kulerat, of Anamosa, Ia., and Jamos Y. Hazlett, of Waverly, Ia., were to day admitted to practice before the interior department. Perny S, HEATi, Army Orders. ‘WasniNaroN, March 19.—[Special Tele- gram to the B! —Fifty recruits have been assigned to the Seventh infantry. The resignation of Cadet James M. Hamb- lyn, second class United States military academy, has been accepted by the secretary of war. First Lieuwnanll ‘William C. Muhlenberg, Second infantry has been granted six months extension of leave. Steward Hans Chralder, appointed March 12,1888, from priviate and acting hospital steward, hospital; corps, now on duty at Fort Niobrara; Neb., will report to the command- ing officer for assignment to duty at that post and by letter to the commanding general, De- partment of the Platte. Private Phillip Spanner, troop B, Third cavalry, now with the troop at San Antonio, Tex., is transferred to the Seventh cavalry, stationed at Fort Meade, Dakota territory. The entire cost, transportation and subsist- ences attending the transfer will be charged against the soldier on the next muster and pay roll of the troop to which he is trans- ferred. Hospital Steward Josiah M. Stanley, ap- pointed March 12, 1888, from private and ac- ting hospital steward hospital corps, now at the post near Denver, Colo., will report to the commanding officer for assignment to duty at that post and by letter to the com- manding general Department of the Mis- sourl Hospital Steward John Moser, appointed March 12, 1888, from private and acting hos- pital steward hospital corps, now on duty at Fort Crawford, Colo. will report to the com- manding officer for assignment to duty at that post and by letter to the commanding general Department of the Missouri. Post Quartermaster Sergeant Henry Mc Donald, appointed March 12, 1888, from ser- geant major Seventh cavalry, now at Fort Riley, Kansas, will proceed to Fort Mead, Dalkota Ferry, reporting upon his arrival to the commanding officer for assignments to duty at the post. It is impracticable for this soldier to carry rations of any kind, Boards of officers will meet on March 21, at Forts Meade, Gates, Buford and Sully, Dakota_territory, to make preliminary ex- amination into the claims and qualifications of certain non-commissioned officers, candi- dates for promotion. Nebraska and lowa Pensfons. WasnINGToN,Mareh 19.—[Special Telegram to the Bre]—Pensions were issued for the following Nebraskans to-day: Original - valid—John Hollingsworth, Milford; Joseph Church, Cincinnati; Jacob W. Abbott, Chap- man. Restoration—Hannibal Page, Alma. Original widows, etc.—Ann McCarthy, mother of James G. O'Gorman, Grand 1sland. Pensions for Towans: Original invalid— Norman Hautwell, Algona (navy); Francis Phillip, Cedar Rapids; Clinton De Witt, San- born; Doctor H. Hism, alias Harvey Hism, Exline; Louis Podeyn, Farmington; Ale: Newwell; Edward Noon Stark, Grinuell; Uzal Barker, Oli T, Cross, Des Moincs. Increase—John O'Connor, Troy. = Reissue and increase— William R. Jennings, Red Oak. Original widows, ete.—John, father of George Shearer, Akron; Buena V., widow of Samuel P. White, Anamosa. Mexican survivors— John M. Conrad, Neviuville; John J, Cum- mings, Fairfield. ' Mexicans widows, et Della, widow of Napoleon B, Coous, E lington, The Governments' Bridge Rights. ‘WasimiNaroy, March 19.—Vest from the commerce committee, reported back the reso- lution to inqure into the right and ex- pediency of congress assuming control of the erection of bridges over navigable rivers within state limits. The report says there can beno question @s to the right of the national legislature to_ absolutely control the construction of bridges across navigable ors, nor is this power limited or affected by the fact that such streams are entirely within the limits of a state. The report further says there are @ great many nav) ble streams within the "limits of the réspec ive states which should be left to the control of the state governm At the same time congress should never surrender its power to control the ereetion of bridges over such streams whenever that power should be exer- cised. The committee is, therefore, of the opinion that no legislation is necessary on the subject, but that the question should be left where it now is, New Yok, March 14—Elberon. flats burned this morning. There was great ex- citement and many people jumped from the windows. * One of them, Mrs. Francis West- lake, s widow, was killed and others badly Lurt and burned. . JACKSONVILOE, Fla., March 19.—A fire last night burned three buildings, including the new Hazelton block on Lawra street. Total 1088 ubout §135,000, N HANGING IN THE BALANCE. Milwaukee & St. Paul and North- ‘western People Nervous. GRIEVANCE MEN IN SESSION, Burlington Officials Order Their East- ern Agents to Stop Sending En- gineers—Affairs Serious on the Towa Central A Big Bluff. Cr1cAGo, March 19, - [Special Telegram to the Beg.]—The Burlington officials tele graphed east this afternoon directing their agents to stop sending engineers, for the reason that they have all they need. With those who are to arrive here to-morrow the road will have as many as it had on the Sat- urday preceding the strike. When a high official in the company informed your corre- spondent of the situation he was asked: “If the places are filled, what would you do in case the old men announced their read- ness to come back " “The only thing we could do for them now,” said the official, “would be to place their applications on file and give them work as vacancies occurred. You can rest as- sured of one thing, and that is that the men we have engaged we shall retain as long as they do the work as they are doing it now. Neither will wo allow them to be driven from their places, We can protect them, and we will.”” ‘While the Burlington officials may be happy, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Northwestern people do not feel alto- gether secure. The grievance committees of those two roads arein session to-day, and rumors of a strike were in general circula- tion, Itisunderstood that men with radical’ views have taken the places of the conserva- {ive members of these committees, and for that reason the result of this conference is awaited with some apprehension. 1At the brotherhood headquarters the fact that the Santa Fe engineers had resumed had no appreciable influence. The determination to continue the fight that has prevailed dur- ing the past week was in no wise altered. “What effect will the action of the Santa Fe engincers have on the local situation?” was'asked of Chairman Hoge. “None at all.” “Will you continue the fight here?”! “Yes, " sir, and keep itup. We base our hopes for success on the ground that we, are in the right. 1f we didn’t expect to win we would throw up at once.” J. Conroe, the much-talked-of and long- looked-for chairman of the Santa Fe en- gineers, arrived in the city this morning via the Rock Island road. After a conference ‘with Mr. Arthur at the Pacific he hurried to the telegraph office in the hotel and busied himself for half an hour sending telegrams to different points in the west. As he fin- ished his telegraphing he sprang up the steps two at a time, followed by a number of the brotherhiood men. A reporterstopped him at the head of the stairs. 3 “I haven't a minutes time,” he replied in answer to a question as he hurried along. Vhen will you have?” “I can’t say.” 2 “Mr. Conroe, the public is deeply interested and concerned in the railroad strike and is entitled to respectful consideration, Is the repoyfl- that the strike 18 over, truet” “Yes, “Ts there any probability of further trouble on the Santa Fe?” “There is not. You can say that there will be no more trouble.” ¢ % “What have you to say regarding Vice President Smith's charge that you violated your agrecment in not giving the company thirty days' notice of your intention to strike, and that, on the contrary you struck after giving but ten minutes’ notice “You are now treading on delicate ground and I can’t answer you.'! “‘Have you seen any of the Santa Fe ofi- cials in the city yet?? ‘I have not. I expect to remain here until to-morrow night and —" but before he could finish he was pushed into Chief Ar- thur's room by a lot of engineers who are continually whining about the press not giv- ing their side of the strike, and the door slammed and locked. “I had a talk with Chief Arthur and Chair- man Conroe for a few minutes,” said General Manager Smith, of the Santa Ie road, to-day. “Chief Arthur had very little to say. He simply accompanied Mr. Conroe, Conroe ex pressed hunself as being very sorry that the strike, if it can be called a strike, had oc- curred, and glad matters were all right again,” 3 “*What did he say was the reason for his calling out the men{" “He said it was against his personal judg- ment and advice, but that_the men insisted upon doing something to help out the Bur- lington strikers and he was compelled to obey their wishes.” “Have the former relations been resumed between the Santa Fe and the brotherhood ¢ “Our rélations are of the most friendly character. Nothig but the best of feeling was shown this morning in the short con- ference we had.” ““Would an action against the brotherhood for the damages the road has sustained from the strike hold#" “I don't know. You'd have to ask some legal expert. Nothing of the sort is con- templated.” “How much do you estimate the road Las lost by the action of the brotherhood{” “Icould only conjecture and conjecturcs have no value, Its like the old trick we used to play, of suddenly calling to a boy as he walked along and asking how far he would have been if he hadn't stopped. I know that everything is going smoothly to-day. Trafic has resumed, all the trains are moving and very few of them are behind time, not mors than most railroad trains are. I guess eve body is glad to see things in their normal condition,” “That telegram purporting to be from you to Manager Stone, of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy, saying that you would hold the Burlington responsible for losses,” “It was a canard and Chairman Carroll, of the Santa Fe committee of grievances at Kansas City, sent it," “‘Were no concessions made to the meni” was asked of him, “Not one,” “What is your position in regard to Bur- lington freight “‘We have begun handling it and shall con- tinue to do so. The men, when they re turned, understood they would make no ¢ a&;uninutlun in handling freight transferred T *'Do you regard the result of the strike asa Dback-down by the brotherhood (" “No," replied the vice president, ‘it was a change of opinion by our men,” The Central lowa Tie Up. MarsHALLTOWN, la, March 19.—Acting under the advice of the court, Receiver Dud- ley of the Central Iowa railroad this morning closed the shops and general offices in this city, laying off all employes here and along the line except enough to guard the property and handle passenger service. This is the result of the tie up of freight trafic and is the receiver’'s only alfernative, as without the freight earnings there would be not hing w0 meet the pay roll. Notice has been given the striking engineers to report at 8 to-mor- rowor be discharged. This effects 1,000 employes, At Mason City. Masox Ciry, Ia., March 19,—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The strike on the fowa Central is assuming @ serious financial as- pect. One hundred @nd ninety brotherhood men are out of employment. All the men conuected with the road except a -station agent and operator and one section man to each section are now idle. In all probability one thousand wen find nothing to do, Three passenger trains are running each way, and daily, and probably these will not be inter- fered with. The management of the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul in this city are expecting trouble, and a rumor is afloat_that a strike will be declared on that road at 6 a. m. A “Q." car, which has been standing in the yard for several days, and which has proved a course of annoyanco to the brother- 00d, was tis evening side tracked and or- ders’ were given to lotit remain until all strikes were over. There is a groat deal of stock in this section ready for shipment, but under the present circumstances none dare run the risk of shipping. A Conference With President Smith. CHICAGO, TvL., March 19,—Chairman Con- roe, of the general grievance committee of the Santa e system, the man who ordered the big strike out west, arrived in the city this morning. Mr. Conroe at once bad an interview with Chief Arthur, but what assed between the two was not divulged. r. Arthur would not talk on that point, nor would the new arrival from the wild west. “I had a talk with Chief Arthur and Chair- man Conroe for a few minutes,” said Vice President Smith, of the Santa Fe road, to- day. ‘‘Chief Arthur had very little to say. He simply accompanied Mr, Conroe. Conroe expressed himself as being very sorry that the strike, if it can be called a strike, had or- curred, and glad that matters were all right again. Our relations are of the most friend- 1y character. Nothing but the best of feel- in;]\xul shown in the short conference we The Santa Fe Rush. KANsAS Crry, March 19.—All passenger trains on the Santa Fe road are going out on time this morning. At the freight yards all is activity, and switch engines are darting about making up trains as rapidly as possi- ble, and every effort is being made to relieve the freight blockade. Still Out at Los Angeles. Los ANxarLes, Cala,, March 19.—-No word has been received yet by the officials of the Santa Fe road here in regard to the end of the strike and trafiic on that line in this sec- tion is still at a standstill. No trains will be moved until orders to that effect are reccived from the east. Chicf Arthur Congratujated. St. Josepm, March 10.—The board of railrond commissioners sent a congratulatory telegram to Chief Arthur to-day, cxpressing approval of the law-abiding and conservative position which he assumed in regard to the strike of the Atchison engincers. Still Undecide Y. The result of Sundey conference be- tween the grievance committee of the brotherhood engineers and the Union Pacific officials is still undetermined and there is no prospect that any decision will be reached before to-day. There 1s no means of knowing all the sub- jects discussed at Sunday's mecting. It can be stated, however, that the Union Pacific oficials were very patient and treated the engineers’ committee with rare consider- ation. The committee stated that they had but one grievance—that of being obliged to handle Burlington cars. This caused the officials _to go_ovor the whole ground again. They showed to the committée how the B. & M. and the Union Pacific met at many common points and that in all direc- tions their lines were parallel. It was stated that the freight business of Colorado alone was over $6,000,000 last year, Stop the Union Pacific wheels and the Burlington would make more money from that source alone than on all their eastern roads. In other words, by crippling the Union Pacific they add to the profits of the road desired to be crippled. The committee couldn’t see it in that light. The managers then showed them another fact. A certain Omaha lumberman desived to ship four cars over the Union Pacific. The freight charges would have amounted to say §500. The lumber was on Burlington cars. The Union Pacific engi- neers refused to haul it and the merchant was obliged to ship jt over the B, & M. The latter got the £500 less £, the switch fee, which went to the Union Pacific. In other words the engineers took away from their friend and gave to their encmy. 1t is generally understood that the menwill not strike, but as they refuse to see the logic in either of the above examples, it is possible that they may. A QUIET DAY AND NIGHT, There were no new developments or excit- ing features in connection with the railroad strike at night, the various committees from the engineers and firemen brotherhood ~ evi dently taking a rest preparatory to a now line of action. ‘What that is to be remains to be seen, but it is expected that the brother- hood will make propositions to the Burling- ton and Union Pacific that will bring about an amicable adjustment of the trouble. The committee seems satisfied that the Union Pa- cific officials will insist on respecting Judge Dundy’s ruling in reference to handling Bur- lington cars and that may precipitate a strike, which, however, will be avoided if possible. Yesterday a long string of empty Q" cars were run over from this side to the Bluffs. and were laid off on a side track. There was but little switching done in the Union Pacific yards in this city, owing to the washout near Fremont, which caused the abandonment of several freight trains, Everything was quict last night, and sev- eral engineers scen by Ber reporters sad that there was nothing new to tell, Larrabee and Perkins. Drs Moixes, Tn., March 19.—The follow- ing correspondence between Governor Lar- rabee and President Perkins, of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railrond was made public to-night, The first letter from Gover- nor Larrabee was written ten days ago and was printed in full in the Ber at that time Iturged that the differcnces between the company and 1ts employes be submitted to arbitration, To this President Perkins re- plied under date.of March 14, substantially as follows: T regret that our course should have given any cause for complaint and beg to assure you that no amount of labor or expense has been spared by us .to correct as rapidly as possible any shortcomings due w the sudden action of our engineers and firemen, If com- munities or individuals have been damaged we stand ready to make payment in full where we are liable, and I shall csteem it & favor if you will kindly have trans- mitted a statement of all complaints which have been made or may hereafter be brought to your attention in order that we may endeavor to render satis- faction in each case. We have succeeded in 80 far fllling the strikers’' places thatwo now have i lowa about 67 per cent of the number employed prior to February 27, to which we are daily making additions, while 75 or 80 per cent will probably be quite suf- ficient for the present demands of business, Owing to the large number of men out of eme ployment, to the loyalty, zeal, courage and hard work of the men who remained with us in all branches of our organization; to the positive stand taken by the newspapers, and to the patieace and good temper of the public, “from whom we have received many marks of encouragemeht, we have re- covered more rapidly than at the beginuing we thought possible. Your leétter suggests the question of our employing men whose voluntary action in leaving us was the cawse of whatever incouvenience the public has suf- fered, This was a serious und important matter and one to which we yave the most careful consideration, Mich could be said on both sides, but our conclusi o up to this time is that we would 10t clos: the opportu nity to return of 80 miny of them as we may have work for. Very few, however, have taken advautage of this opportunity and our new men who are competent and of good character will of course be retained if they like to stay in our seryice. Governor Larrabee’s answer is as follows: “I'um in recoipt of your letter of the ldth inst., and sm glad Lo hear that the present situation affords hep? that regularity io op- eration of your lines will soon be re-estab- lished. . In compliane to your request 1 [Continued on Second Page.) THE INVENTION WAS HIS OWN Tho Supreme Court Afirms Bell'd Title to the Telephone, THREE OF THE JUDGES DISSENT,| They Think Drawbaugh First Cons ceived the Idea—Decisions in Raile road and Telegraph Cases Also Handed Down, The Bell Patent Afirmed. Wasnixarox, March 19.—The opinion of the United States supreme court in the tele phone cases was delivered to-day. In consids; ering the question of alleged anticipation ol Bell's invention by the telephone of Reis, in Germany, the court holds that Reis discov- ered the memns of transmitting musical tones, and nothing more. The court holds that the apparatus of Reis was not IHCOM ful in transmitting speech and that his in< vention was not in any respect an anticij tion of the discovery which was made by Bell. The court holds that the force of tes- timony showing that Drawbaugh had tele- rhoncn in use before the invention of Belk s completely broken by his own conduct ai indifference which he manifested with gard to his l\lugfl‘l invention until years after Bell's telephones were known to the' whole world, The decision of the court is in favorof the Bell telephone company on all points and in all of the cases. by Justicos Bradley, Field and Harlan dis- sent, and Justices Gray and Lamar did not sit in the case. Bell patents ure®therefore’ sustained by a majority, the court standing four to three. Justice Blatchford, in reviews ing the charge of fraud and collusion in the patent office by means of which Bell, it alleged, obtained surreptitious information in regard to inventions, and then amended his own specifications, held that there was not the slightest evidence to sup- port this charge or to cast reflection upon the integrity of Bell or his attorneys, The dissent of Justices Bradley, Field ang Harlan in the case is based upon the Draw- baugh telephone. These three justices are of the opinion that the evidence overwhelm- ingly showed Drawbaugh was the first in- venfor of the speaking telephone, although he was unconscious of it, and was not aware of its importance. The opinion of the court in the telephone cases was prepared by Chief Justice Waite, but owing to his indisposition Justice Blatchs' ford read it for him. A decision was also rendered in the case of Bowman Bros. vs the Chicago & Northywest- ern railroad company, which involyes the validity of a statute of Iowa forbidding & railroad company to bring intoxicating liquor 1. to tho state unless such company has been furnished with a certiticate from the count; auditor of the county to which the liquor it to be transported, showing that the consignes is legally authorized to sellit. The court holds that the power to regulate or forbi the sale of a commodity after it has beel brought into the otate does not carry with it the right and power to prevent its introduc- tion by transportation from another sta The section of the Iowa statute of April By 1886, which prohibits railroad companies fro; bringing liquor into the state is therefore des clared to be invalid, and the judgment of th United States circuit court for the northe district of Illinois is reversed, the chief jugd :icu and Justices Gray and Harlan dissen| ng. X 3 A decision was also rendered in the case of the Western Union telegraph company vi the Attorney General of Massachusett | This was a suit to enforce a collection of tax levied by the authoritiesof the state upol the telegraph company from further opers| ation of its telegraph lines within the limits’ of the state until the tax had been pad. This;" court held the tax assessed against the company, valid. The judgment of the conrt® below, that the sum claimed by the plainti 10 be due for taxes namely $10,618, be paid said state by company, with interest thereon, { 18 without error and 50 much of that judgs ! ment is affirmed. That purt of the decree of the circuit court, however, which awards an injunction to restrain the company from carrying on its business in the state until thy tax shall be paid, is reserved for the reasol that if congress had authority to say that the company might contract and operate its tele-" graph over the post roads as tho supreme court has repeatedly held it had, the state ca) have no authority to say it shall not be doné,* Tariff Changes. J WaLmNGTON, March 19.—Better progress was made to-day by the ways and mean: committee in the consideration of the tarift: bill than has been made during the past few days. The free list was passed upon, as well| as the chemical section, and at adjournment the committee had just taken up the parg- graphs relating to crockery und china. = The" most important action taken was the striking | out of cement from the free list and the infs position of 10 per cent ad valorem duty upor it instead of the 20 per cent rate, Jute mane| ufacturing machinery was also placed on the, free list in consideration of the fact that jute’ is also made free. Mr. Breckenridge has given notice tha when the thirteenth prover section is reach he will move to reconsider tho vote by which cotton bagging was transferred from the free list to a dutiable class with the exist~ ing tariff of 1i¢ cents per yard. In the chem.| ical scction “‘sheep wash"- a proprietar; compound for removal of vermin and the cure of skin discases in sheep,—was takei from the list of dutiable articles and_ plac on the free list. Glycerine crude in the fres list, was defined by the adoption of the lan. guige of the existing law touching specifid gravity, ote. 4 ) At the ni;Lht session the committee tarif® bill was read by paragraphs for amendments, ' aud when adjournment was taken to Wednes® day the point at which the motion to repor$ to the house was in order had been rcncgocd.‘ The most important change in the bill tos night was the transfer of cotton bagging fro free to taxable, - A motion was made to strik out the wool section, but after some debate it was defeated by a strict party vote. .’A provision was added to the internal rgvenu@ part of the bill making an_appropriation to bay the drawbacks provided for by ft, the purpose being to prevent deluy in the pays ment of these drawbacks. With this excep= tion the internal revenue portion of the meas( ure remains a8 reported, It 18 expected thaf at the Wednesday consideration of the bill is committee it will be tinally completed. { National Capitol Notes, ) WasmiNGTON, March 19.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The Chinese treaty was laid before the scnate to-day but it was nop made publi The bill introduced by Mr. Frye to apply the laws of the several states relating to the sale of distilled and fermented liquo to such liquors when they have been im| as well as when manufactured in the Unlf States was reported adversely by Sengtoj George to-day from the committee nu’u lcps ary. A minority report wus also present \J Postal Changes. ' WasHINGTON, March 10.—[Special Teles gram to the Bee.|—The name of the post- ofice at Gale, Woodbury county, Ia., was changed to-day to Anthon, and Joseph H, Carver appointed postmaster, vice Edwin Hall, resigned. ——— i Tichborne, the Claimant, L New York, March 19.—(Special Telegram 1o the Bee.|—“My ticket of leave expires next week and I am going to England as soo! asI cau get money,” said Tichborhe, the claimant, to a reporter to-day. *I shall have 100 new witnesses brought in, I shall proe{ duce Arthur Orton &t the proper time sl 1871 he has been confined in lunatic syl in Now South Wales. If everything 18 favol able I expect to get my . case into court b November next I can prove the jury wi vonvicted me was JmckudA ave oromiiséd & -hundred thousand pou 4 Messzs, Baving of the London bauking fivm: carry on the case, and the Megus fifiw’, l essociation promises more,” L Tl i i e e L e ey