Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 22, 1888, Page 2

A PLUNGE INTO THE PLATTE Unpleasant Experience of Superin- tendent O’'Brien and His Son. COMPLAINTS OF LINCOLN MEN. They Are Prosented to the Inter-State Commission—York Will Build a strect Rallway—A Heavy Failure, A Narrow Escape. ASRLAND, Neb,, March 21.—|Special Tele- gram 1o the Bee.]—Word has just reached this place of an accident that occurred at South Bend this morning in which two méh eame near losing their lives. Mr. M. E. O'Brien, supérintendent of the state fishery and his son William were engaged in repair- ing the telephono line across the Platte river wheti their boat capsized and they were seén floundering amid the slush and ice in the tiver by Mr, Soober, who was just about to oross the river, but run down the river bank about a quarter of a mile and seizing a boat and taking for a_paddle the seat of another boas whic ! le of several m utes resoued the parties from drowning at e very -eat risk of his own life. At about 2 el cfthln afternoon Mr. O'Brien is lying yery low as a result of his adventure, but the Bon was not so seriously affected. sy They Want a Railroad. INpIANOLA, Neb.,, March 21.—[Special to he Bk ]—Pursuant to call, the cities and owns of the Republican Valley from Red Cloud westward met in joint convention in this city for the purpose of making o united effort to secure additinal railrond facilities for thie Republican Valley. Dr. J. A, Gunn, bt Arapahoe, was chosen chairman and S. R. Smith, of this place, sacretary. The follow- ing resolution was offered by 1. 8. Ohild, of Arapahoe, and on motion was unénimotsly adopted: ‘Wheraeas, We, the citizens of the rich Re- rublim Valley, now assembled in conven- ion at Indianola, have and hereby express the utmost confidence in the present resour- ces and future prospects of our chosen part of the great wost, and ; ‘Whereas, We recognize railroads as an im- rtant factor in the prosperity of our coun- v, and ‘Wherens, We furthor recognize and appre- olate the advantage to any section of courtry of having honest_competition in all lines of ‘business, railroads not excepted, be it now Resolved, That we hereby invite a careful and thorough consideration of the advantages offered to any corporation intending to con- struct linos of railway through the southern part of the stato by this broad, fertile and Well settied valley, in the minimum cost of construction and certain encouragement to ‘be expeeted from the numerous towns and oities along the route, and be it further Resolved, That we invite the officials of the possible rond, or roads, to visit our vailey and towns and submit propositions to our eople for aid in buildmg said roads, or if an meedinw visit is not practicable, that we suggest the advisablity of said ofcials ad- drossing the several boards ot trade through their secretaries in reference to this matter, or other matters toward our mutual advance- ment. On motion it was ordered that copies of the foregoing be sent to state pupers for publica- tion, and to such railways as may be building westward. A committee on railroads was appointed consisting of E. S. Onild, of Arapahoe; J. W. Dolan, #nd S, R. Smith, of Indianola. On motion the convention adjourned to meet on call of the secretary of the board of trade of Indianola. e The Commission at Lincoln. LiNeous, Neb., March 21.—{Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The inter-state com- merce commission reached thiscity on a pecial train this morning and at 11 o’clock a. m. opened the hearirig of the Lincoln cases at the United States court room. Most of the Lincoln cascs are those affecting trans- contintntal shipments tnd thése wers con- solidated. Messrs. Lambertson and Mason appear for the complainants and the South- ern Pacific, Missotri Pucific, Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy, Union Pucific and North- ‘Wwestern roads are represented by their gen- eral attorneys. ~ In opening the hearing Chairman Cooley stated that the commission were not. sitting as a jury to award damages, but they desired testimony upon which if an injustice was being done, matters could bo sct right for the futare rather than ajudi- cated for the past. The testimony was being taken through the afternoon, the wholesalers in the city beihg the principal witnesses. Their testimony went to prove discrimina- tion on California shipments in fayor of Missouri river points, and -that Lincoln car load consignments were shipped to Omaha and then reshipped with a local tariff added, It is expected that the entire day to-morrow will be required in hearing these cases. A gencral complaint made by the Lincoln freight hureau will bp heard separately, as will also, the cases charging diseriminations in shipments from the east. The latter cases ave against the Burlington and the Missouri Pacific. A case from Be- atrice is also to be beard at the meeting by the commission, and Messrs. Pemberton, Burks, Dole and others are in the city in the interest of the case. ———— Items From Ogalalla. 0GALALLA, Neb,, March 21.—{Correspond- ence of the Bre.]—Deputy Sheriff Kiser is busy scrving papers in district court cases. There will be a good docket this term, in which comes several interesting cases. Among them s the mendamus case of M- drid vs. Grant, which grows out of the county seat fight. The republican club organized here some timo since are working diligently for the suc- cess of the party, here and elsewhere, William Kennedy was sent from this place tg the asylum at Lincoln last week. M. ennedy lived or a claim near here. Last fall, in November, he' suddenly went insine and was kept iu the county jail for want of a vacancy in the asylum, and had almost re- covered whon- he was taken away., The causo for his insanity was unknown, but it ‘was supposcd that it originated in a_ snake Dite fromn the effects of which he had never fully recovered, Ogalalla has brilliant prospects of a new railroad in the near future, coming hexe in a rthwvesterly direction enroute to the oil E’;fltfim regions of Wyoniing up the North A Lincoln ¥irm Fails. ' Laxcowx, Nev,, March 21.—[Special Tele- to the Bes)—The wellknown dry igoods house of Friend & Son, of this city, has been closed by chattel inortgage, and the firm’s branch stores at Greenwood and Ben- nett are also involved in the trouble. The Capital National bank has the stocks now in possession. The chattel mortgages held by the different partics are as follows: To Rosalia Friend, Lieo Levy and Adolph Levy, $2,000; to the Capital National bank, $3,000; to Harwood, Ames & Kelly, §250; to Leo Friend, Atchison, Kan,. N‘u% to Deutsch Bros., Ateluson, Kan,, $1,500; to ¥. Siegel & Bro., $8,200. o New School Building For York, York, Neb.,, March 21.—[Spcolal to the BxE.)—The proposition to vote $2,500 in bonds for the new central school building was carrled hereto-day with little cpposition, i inst it. This seven votes heing casy ::\lgunl. with uulumf already on hand, will ive York one of the finest school buildiug &t of the state, The building w! s\ ia&:l&h all modern improveisents und equipped first-class throughout. War Among the Regents, Lancors, Neb., March 21.—[Special Telo- Ao the Bpe.)—The regents of tho atglo pniyersity were in- session Yo-night at the ypiversity building, The present meat- be of miore thap ordinary is, in fact, & war in the fac. ed for sowme time, Byw b0 be about to break out. svood near by, rowed out into the: THE OMAHA DAILY BEE! THURSDAY. MARCH 9. 1888, The regénts Wave beeh greéted by the fao- tions on aerivifig in"the city. The chancellor of the univ ty i8 on oné side and Dr. Bill- ings on the other, aud the ramor Is that the troubld has reached the point where one of the two must go, although the board scems inclined to peaceful measures, if possible. The trouble as it will develop in the meeting the regents will be closely watched. Sharetai Ay York's Street Railway. Yorg, Neb., March 21.—[Special to the Brr.]—The York Street railway company has been incorporated here, with a capital of $00,000. Nearly all of the stock 18 already subscribed. .1t s _oxpoctled " to construct at Teast two miles of ling the coming season and real estate along the proposed route is already inereasing in value. Sapréme Court Decisfons. Laxcor®, Neb., March “21.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bae.]—The supreme court to- day transacted the following business: Holland vs Bank, motion to retax, costs sustained as to #38.60; Gockle Separator com- pany v8 Olark, distlssed; Orleans vs Perry, continued; state. ex rel Franklin county vs Cole, continned, ;lt"m:l following chses twéte argued and sub- mitted: Adams county bank vs Motgan, motion_to dismiss; Stabler vs Binderup, motion 0 dis- miss; Hilton v8 Bachman, motion to dismiss in fi”" state.ex rel Oketo county vs Bab- cock; F’nxworfl:y va Hastings.. Court adjourned to Tuesday, March 27, The following decisions were filed: Greenlee vs Schoenheis, error from Richard- son county. - Revers: Opinion by Reese. An action may be maintained against a vender of iftoxicatifig liguiors by a married woman for damages sustained by her by rea- son of her fotiey bemr spent by her hus- band for intoxicating liquors, or squandered Dby him while intoxicated, or in the saloon of the liquor seller. 2, A married womian I8 not only entitled to the services of her husband as & means of support, but also as between herself and a vendor of lintoxicating liquers, to the pro- cecds of his labor for such pu: 3 8. A married woman hroufii t her action ngainst the keepor of saloons for damages re- sulting from a 1088 of her sup- {wn by Intoxication of her husband, and for the sum of $1,000 bclcnglnq‘w'hcr individual estate. The ver- dict of the jury was a finding in favor of plaintiff upon both 1ssues, with an award of damoges nsscssed at 81. It was held that the verdict could not be sustained. City of Lincoln vs Beekman, error from Lancaster county, Affirmed. Opinion by Reese. In an action for damages resulting from personal injury, the plaintiff was permitted to testify to the amount of her earnings prior to the injury for the purpose of showing the value of her time. iis was without ob- jection. She was then asked how much she made egoh week by her labor. Objection was made to the question, which was over- ruled. Held, no error. Cowles vs district No. 6, Jefferson county, error from Jefforson cotinty. Reversed, with instruotion to sustain demurrer. Opimion 'I.W Cobb. Milligan & Jo. vs Buteher, error from Wayne county. Affirmed. Opinion by Reese. Yates vs Kinney, motion to quash and strike out parts of bill of exceptiom. Motion to uash overruled; to strike out sustained. pinion by Maxiell, State ex rel. Ed Hefshiser vs M. P. Kinkaid, mandamus. Writ denied. Opinion by Max- well, Ch. J. Mandamus is nota proceeding to correct errors but to compel action and will not be granted In any case where there is a plan and adequate remedy at law. ~ Village of Ponca vs Orawford, error from Eiw{x,fl county. Affirmed. Opinion by Jobb. the A Painful Acecident. Daxora Ciry, Neb,, March 21.—[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—Pat Barry, of this county, one of the oldest and wealthiest cit- izens, living about fourteen miles from this place, while en route to Chicago with cattle, ‘was run over by the cars at Boone, Ia., yes- terday. He suffered internal injuries and the amputation of an arm at the shoulder., e i Arbor Day. Laxcons, Neb., March 21.—[Special Tele- gram to thie Bie.]—Governor Thayer to-day issued the following prociamation : To the people of Nebraska: Spring time is at hand and the time to plant trecs. ‘Therefore in accordance with an appropriate custom now well established afid recognized by law, I designate the 23d day of April, in the year of our lord ome thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, as “Arbor Day,” and I do earnestly requesy the people throughout this state to plant trees and the present and future generations will rise up and call you blessed. If, tn- fortunately, the wehther should be so stormy as to prevent the work on that day, please do not fail to observe the next fair day. Inswitness whereof I have hereunto set my. hand ana caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln this 21st day of March, ‘A, D., 1888, HAYER, the Governor: Seerotary A Burglar Sentenced. Nreniaska Crry, Neb,, Mareh 21.—[Special Telegram to the Ber]—Fritz King wus found guilty In the district court to-flay of burglary and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. —— Velinquent Tix Payers Stirred Up, Nuurasga Ci7y, Neb., March 21.—[Special Telegram to the Bk.]-~A representative of the Storm Lake (Ia.) Investment company to-day bought of the county commissioners #00,000 worth of vax title property and will invest as much more in city tax titles, It has caused a furore among delinquents who ex- press hatred of the tax title fiends. A Crooked Postmaster, Sr. Joserx, Mo., March 21.—[Special Telg- egram to the Bge.]—William M. Stigall, postmaster at Stewartsville, Mo., was ar- rested to-day and brought before the United States comniissioner at this place on a charge of taking and openiug letters addressed to others, and was bound over in the sum of #1,000 to the -April court. Stigall has an inordinate euriosity for priog nto. other people’s business and for the past six weeks wore than half the letters addressed to the different business men in the town have been opened. Complaint was made through Deputy Postmaster Bower, of the_city post- ofice, Inspector Sykes, of St. Louis, was sent for, aud arrived vestorday. The decoy letters were addressed to the respective busi- ness men, ono of which was opened and an- other was nov delivered atall. The postofice inspector rode in-the mail car with the pouch and saw it handed over to the postmaster, e The Arrears-of-Ient Bill. Loxvox, ‘Mar¢h 21.—In the commons to- day Parnell moved a second reading of his arrears-of-rént ‘bill. He made an earnest speech in explanation of the bill and declared his willinguess to consider any amendments consistent with its principle, and spoke of the necessity Tor early action to prevent the carrying out of three thousand or more potices uf evictions served up to September and probably three thousand other notices which would be seryed and would plunge Ireland into a sea of disaster and trouble the end of which no one could forsee, The house refused to ovder the bill'to a second reading by & vote of 335 to 243, e SR The Murder Basiness in Dako Axmovus, Dak., Mareh 21.—(Spocial Téle- gram to the Bsr.)~Jesse Powell, tho man who was murderously assaulted in a livery barn Monday, is still alive, but the doctors say he cannot survive. Hates, who attempted the murder, succeeded in escaping, but the ofiecrs are in close pursuit of him in Charlesy, Mix county, A report came here to Ah‘y Charles Mix county last al dered his wife and thata him with the intention of ticulars cannot be learned, that a .man in ght brutally mur- y -is pursving uehing hin,. Par- e ‘Weather Indieations. For Nebraska: Light northerly winds, becoming sontherly, warmer, fair weather. For lowa: ¥Fresh northerly winds, colder, | mgg%w. fawr weather. ,\Vnr:wr, mi &r weather, light u‘ fresh variable winds, sli:fting to southerly, "The PARNELL MEETS WITH DEFEAT His Arreara of Rent Bill Rejected By 828 to 243. HE MAKES A STRONG SPEECH' Many Lives Lost and a Large Number of People Injured By the Burn. ing of a Theater. at Oporto, The Irish Party Downed. | [Copyright 155 by James Gordon Benngth.]; LospoN, March 21.—{New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee |—Parnell, on whose pale face a strong light -was thrdwn through the opposite windows, spoke {his afternoon on his arrears bill in 'hib wsual de- liberate and collected mander. His bill pro posed that Trish courts havp posver h‘,r'e-imu certain arrears upon all holdings of less than £100 a yearand to enable the tenant to pay the balahce by installment, He protested against the scheme suggested last year by the government, compelling tenants seeking relief from arrears to place thelr debts initie bands of the court 80 that creditors shguld stand on the same footing. He argued strongly that rent was not like # ébt dhe to a shopkeoper, becauso the latter's claim ivas not exorbitant and because he had not used his claim as a means of turning the poor han out of his houso. Upon this fésuo the whole of the controversy subsequently turned. Par- nell was brief but impressive: ‘He' stated frankly that even if the government should accept his bill it would not: in'any degree lessen the demand of the Irish people for a parliament of their own, “How is it," he asked, “that you cannot settle the Irish land question? It is. because you know nothing about it. Yon go to Bir- mingham for your information about Trelhnd instead of to Cork or to South Tyrone." This hit at Chamberlain was recoived with choers, while T. W. Russell swallowed with delight this sugaréd morsel thrown to Him. Russell has been sent all over the country by the tories and unionists as advocatos of their cause. He now displays many signsof a tenaency to flop over. Parnell's allusion to him seemed almost like the announcement of Russell’'s approaching reception into the nationalist fold. Moreover, when Parhell made the allusion to the impossibility of con- tinuing to govern Ireland from Westminister, Russell joined in the hearty cheers of the regular Parnellitcs. Prescently Onamberlain stood up and be- gan his remarks by quoting the American- ism “catch on,” but the phrase is not 8o much of a novelty as Joe scems to faney. I hope he has brought back some fresher say- ings and some livelier jokes. than this. ' He made, as he always does, a shrewd, telling speech, contending that it was a gross in- justice to wipe off the arrears rent and leave all the other arrears outstanding. He had a lively passage-at arms with Dillon, and ft cannot be said that Dillon got the best of it. Chamberlain is an exceedingly prickly, awk- ward customer to lay hold ef. Ngthing seems to shake his possession or disturb the clear exercise of his faculties. He suceeéded this afternoon in impressing even his ene- mies with his acuteness and ability. Dillon delivered one of lus fiery harangues and stirring enough to move the most slug- gish heart. Irish eloquence has no more brilliant a representative in the house. The vote was first talien on Parnell’s main bill, which was rejected by 828 10 243, a ma- jority of 85, only 99 votes short of a full house. The amendment offering to treat all creditors alike was then adopted, but thus the whole question is left where it was last, year. A tenant must pay all his debts or nome. We shall, however, hear much more of the ar- rears difficulty. A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. sl THE EMPEROR IMPROVING. He Passes an Excellent Night and Rises Much Refreshed. BeruiN, March 2L.—[New York Herald cable—Special to the Bee.]—The health of the emperor is progressing favorably. The inclemency of the weather is unheard of even in this climate, It does not affect him in the least. He passed an exeellent might, arose vefreshed and hopeful, took his morn- ing walk in the orangery and setto work in better spirvits than he has been for a long time. Hss voice has improved. Far from missing the mild climate of the Riviera, it is as if this hardy soldicr Tound alleviation in the very harsnness of his na- tive air. This sorning a wreath from San Remo arrived for the tomb, the most exquisite trophy of flowers artistic hands could twine. Tywo strong men find it no easy task to carry., it, and the scent which arose from the thousands of violets, hyacinths aud lilies of the valley was almost overpowering. It was flrst taken to the emperor sitting room for his inspection © and then Sir Morrel Mackenzie went to place it on the tomb, as the inhabitants of San Remo had begged him. Both the empress and Princess Charlotte went with him, The emperor watched the little procession from a window. Prof, Bergmann, who took the most pessi- mist view, has, since his last examination of the emperor’s throat, changed his opinjon, although e is still of the same yiew with, re- gard to the cause of his illness. extraordinary strong consfitu- tion of the emperor mow inspires him with new hopes. Prof. Bergman is, of the opinion that under favorable cincum- stances it will be possible to preserve his life for a long time to come. The emperor takes a warm interest not only in home but foreign politics, He sent a telegram of econdolence to the president of the French republic upon the death of the latter’s father, According to an old Prussian custom the Empress Vie- toria will hold a mourning drawing room mext Saturday in the old castlo, foumfihie sy The Gould System Troubles, 1 Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett, | LoxpoN, March 22, 4 a. m.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber.]—This morning’s Financial News, in the course: of an editorial headed, “Is the Gould Sysfem Breaking Up?” comments thus: “Wall street has waited anxiously for several months for Juy Gould to return home and 1ift it up, but Mr. Gould’s first discovery ap his retura home is that he may soon need lifting' up fiimself. His Missouri Pacifie system has got into a decidedly ghastly eondition. Last year about 1,500 miles of line averc added to it and its gross .earnihgs declined by §1,000,000. Nothing so dramatic as this had happened in American railway experience since the collapse of the Wabash. By the way, it may be high time for English holders of Wabash to asl themselves what effect it 18 going to have on them. If Gould’s southwestern roads get into trouble, as scoms inevitable, the Wabash will have lost its last hope of redemption. Its chances had pre- viously sunk very 16w, but this threatens to finish them.” I, Theater Burned. OporTo, March 21.—During the perform- ance at the Banquet theater, last night, an explosion of gas occurred ‘and the theater took fire and was destroyed. A nuwmber of lives were lost and many people injured. Ten dead bodies have been recovered from the ruins. . P‘ht bodies have been taken from the ruins. Most of those burned were in the third row of hoxes and ies where whole families wero sul corpses were found iu the stage boxes, - AR CHI10AGH GARPENTERS, Six Thousand Them Threaten to Strike fof Living Wages. Cnicaco, March, 3),—(Special Telogram to the Bee.]The threatoned strike among the 6,000 carpenters Bf the city promises to ex- tend to other bratths of the building trade, and another gen and disastrous tie-up, similar to that which this ofty experienced last year, mdy be the resultof the différences between the boss Farpentors and their em- ployes. Mill meng the émployes say, aro ro- sponsible for the''plesont situation for the reason that they cdn’inore than compote with contractors who do npt own mills, thus fore- ing carpenters’ Wages down to the lowest possible point. “It is just this way,” snid Secrotary Bron- nock, of the carpenters’ council, this morn- ing. ‘“The mill men who are contractors can take jobs away from almost any contracting carpenter, as they work their employes ten hours per day and pay ‘less wages, while tho boss carpenters Pay,ore for eight hours work. Thus, with their otvn men, the mill bosses can put stairs, window sashes and doors into & building at a minimum cost, while the boss is almost helpless. Now, what we intend to do is to compel the mill gcn to work their men but eight hours. 'hen we can see our ay clear to get higher WW! for carponters. You can just say that 6,000 union carpenters are going to have 85 cents an hour s the minintum rate of wages, and until we do get it there won’t be a piece of timber sawed or hoisted or a nail driven.” “'Are you willing to arbitratei” “‘Yos; we have tried that twice with committees of bosses, but didn’t have. power to act, and 8o nothing camo of the conference. We are willing to risk gétting our wages lowered by arbitration, but there is no fear of that.” Notices of a monster mass meeting have been issued by the carpenters’ council and every branch of the trade in the hull<¥nfi lino has been roquosted to attond in ful force. There the plans for a campalgn against the carpenters and mill owners, and, in fact, any other line in the building trade which opposes them will be laid. The puinters held a secret session this morning and listened to the reports of various committees. The announcement was made that seven large firms and about twenty sttialler ones had granted the pay asked for and that 800 of the 2,300 union painters were af work at 8714 cents. A, BOODLER M'GARIGLE, He Pays a Flying Visit to Duluth—A Chicago Detective Fooled. Dururn, Minn., March 21.—[Special Telo- gram to the Bee.]—Considerable astonish- ment wias manifested here to-day when a forenoon paper published an account of the presemce of W. J. MoGanrgle, ex-chief of police and convicted boodler of Chicago, in Duluth last Friday. The facts as learned are that he called on several old Milwaukee friends, but Fequested them to Jkeep silent re- garding his whereabouts until to-day. He said he had been in Sault St. Marie and Duluth three times and in Milwaukee once since his escape from custody. Heis enjoy- ing good health and'was, as he expressed ir, quite stout. He wdrea long moustaché and was stylishly though plainly dressed. When asked if he did not fedr being recaptured he smiled and said to s friend, with whom he ‘was conversing at the time: “If I nad not made myself known gou would not have re- cognized me.” As sHowing how completely he has changed in’ Appearance, he related how several weeks'agb at Sault Ste. Marie, ‘when ne was coming put of the dining room of the hotel, a well: wn Chicago detective took his hat from the'hat rack and returned it to him with au gpology for the mistake, but failed to recognize him. The boodler said: ‘“‘He made the.cold chills run through me when he spoke to me, and I_lost no time in absenting myself,” Headded that he ex- pected to return to €licago to live and that powerful friends there were working to se- cure the removal of all the difficulties which now threaten his eoming back. He denied the recently published Chicago report that, he had been maling real estate investnents here and at the Sault, but admitted the vis- its. He left on the l;;fhl train Friday for Sault Ste. Marie, via Minneapolis, and was seen by two of his friends to enter the train with a short, stout man with a very red face, McQGarigle carried a long light-colored leather satchel, similar to a surgeon’s instru- ment bag. —_—— The Dead Emperor. New York, March 21.—Steinway hall was crowded to-night by Germans and German- Americans gathered to take part in memorial services for Emperor William, All parts of the hall were draped in black and trimmed with flowers and laurels, The principal speaker was the Hon. Carl Schurz, who care- fully reviewed the deeds of the late emperor and eulogized his acts since becoming * rulc A cablegram was sent Emperor I'rederic — Missouri Immigration Convention. ST. Joszin, Mo., Marehr St—{Spaciat Tele- gtam to the Bre.]—Tlie committee appointed by the board of trade to investigate the ad- visability of calling an_immigration conven- vention for the counties in northwestern uri to meet in_this_city has reported favorably, but tho date of tha convention has not been decided upon. The matter was first agitated by the rural press. wider! L el An Ice Gorge Rroken. Racise, Wis., March 21.—The ice gorge which formed in Root river yesterday noon vroke to-day at 3o'clock. The buckwater did_considerable damage, flooding dock and residence property. The ice is now rapidly moving out of the river and all danger is past. Iive thousand dollars will cover dam- age. - Continucd Inundations at Hungary. LoNDON, March 2L—The inundations at Hungary continue to increase. Numerous houses have been wrecked and many persons and cattle drowned. e Big Ship Failure, Rome, March 21.—Marino Bros., builders and contractors, have failed, The liabilities are £2,000,000, PR The German Diet Passes the Budget. Beruiy, March 21.~The lower house of the Prussian diet to-day passed the budget in its entirety and adjourned, - e il Six Young Thicves Caught. Six young lads, four of them whiteand two coloved, were arrested last night by Sergeant Haze and Oficer Newman for stealing goods from the storeof J. Hazris, which was. dam- aged by fire last weeli? The officers found the boys near Twelfth und Dodge streets and recovered part of she stolen goods. The prisoners names arads. G. Thormas, B. Johi- son, Frank Pisher,i8hannon Haines, Frank Benash and Dan Thompson, They will have 4 hoaring in police court this morning. - Snodgrass'>Wanderings, R. L. Snodgrass,“wHo has been missing ever since last Mondily, was seen in the Cali- fornia chop house, 211 South Twelfth street, about yesterday:mprning. He was very badly intoxicated. #Huedgrass had a numb of valuable papersiort his person, amoug them deeds to city lots'‘and Dakoty farms. He seemed to rusl}lfiuhis intoxicated condi- tion and turned all thedd papers over to the waiter there to take oatle of for him. Since then Snodgrass has akdin disappearcd, but it 18 reasonuble to believe that he is only on a protractea spree and will turn up all right in @ day or two. His family, however, say that this is something unusual for him and are greatly alarmed ovi acad o I ver, of Coiorado, says: “A we ought to earn from #7 ayear.” He says “‘they beat his cows all to death, and outdo his Perch- eron mares 100 per cent, Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorfa. ‘When Baby was sick, we gave her Cagtoria. When she was & Child, sbe cried {or Caatorla, _'I-d.‘b‘mol‘ln.‘h.olun‘mm. RATIONAL TARIFF - REFORM. The House Proceoeding on a Basis of Facts, THEORIES PUT TO THE TEST Statistios Affecting the Question to Be Proparcd—Biair and His Pension Mensnures—The Sioux Reser . 'vatlon Bill Passed. Senate. Wasniyetoy, March 21.—In the senate to-day Mr. Blait'th referenco to the bill to give preference in civil service appointments to wounded ex-soldiers of the confederacy, a3 between men who had been disloyal, said that several senators on both sides had ro- quested him to have the bill lie over: still furthor, Hg therefore asked its postpone- meuy till next Tuesday when he would ask thie senate to dispose of the pending question, thé second reading of the bill, Mr. Vance defied the correctness of the statement made yesterday by Dlaw as to there being 20,800 ex-confederate soldiers in the state of North Carolina alone who had lost limbs, and many of them are destitute and in alms houses. There were nono in alms houses and none hiad died there. Mr. Blair explained that he had meant to say wounded soldiers. The bill was laid over as proposed. Tho senate then procecded to take up and act upon tho bills on the calendar. The bill providing for inspection of meats for expor- tation and prohibiting tho importation of addlterated articles of food and drink, was amehded 8o a8 to allow the inspection of meats at the place of packing, and passed. Other bills passed as follows: To allow soldiers and sailors who lost both hands, or the use of both hands, $100 per month. The house bill to facilitate the prosecution of works (?rojecmd for the improvement of rivers and harbors, with an amendment, on which the conference committee was ap pointed. The house bill for the relief of volunteers of the Forty-eighth regiment of Towa mfan- try, as amended by asubstitute entitled, *For the relief of certain volunteer soldiers.” The substitute provides that the act of Aprill 22, 1872, in relation to bounties, shall have the rostrictive wotds, “before August 6, 1861 struck out, and ’ that the claims of all soldiers and their sheirs who had been denied the bounty of $100 granted by the act of April 22, 187, shall be reconsidered, al- lowed and paid, If found correct and just, provided the soldiers were enrolled or en- listed prior to July 22, 1861, for three years. The bill reported by Mr. Blair allowin, pension of a month to women enrolled during the war as army nurses, and who ren- dored six_months' services, having been reached, the report was vead, in which it was stated that the beneficiaries under it would not average more than six or eight to each state. Mr. Beck called for the yeas and nays, re- mflfl(inlz that of course this bill, like all pen- sion bills, would pass. It would nflply o overy colored woman who had cooked for soldiers during six months, and according to the report just repd, such women were en- titled **Roman matrons.” He hoped the com- mittee on pensions would at least do the sen- ate'the justice to call on the secretary of war for the number of enrolled female nurses during the war, so the senate might know within a million dollars of what the bill was to talge out of fhe treasury. The bill under objection went over. Other public Dills on the callendar that were passed were the following: The house bill to divide the great Sloux Indian reservation into separate, smallor reservations, with a substitute, being the senate bill to divide a portion of the reserva- tion of the Sioux nation of Mdians in Dakota into separate reservatious, and to sccure the rel 'nr}luhllmenl of the Indian title to re- mainder. To provide for the sale of the site of Fort Omanha, Nebraska. and for a new site and the construction of suitable buildings thercon. House. ‘WasmsaroN, March, 21.—The house went into committee of the whole on the bill re- férring tothe court of claims for adjustment, of the accounts of laborers and workmen and mechanics arising under the eight hour law. Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, in opposing the bill, said it would involve the expenditure of nearly $100,000,000. The proposition was ill-considered ana vicious in its. tendency. Messrs. Tillman, Taulbee and Lane opposed the bill. Messrs, Lodge, Compton, Dingley and Tarsney advo- cated it. The committee then rose and the Dill went over, Bills were passed to prevent the product of labor from being furnished toor for e ol any department of the govern- ment and from being used in public build- ings or other public works and to prevent the cmployment of alien labor on public buildings and ot her public works ‘and in the various departments of the government, The house then went into the committee of the whole on the bill to establish a depart- ment of labor, Mr. Buchanan, of New Jersey, moved to strike out the clauso directing the commis- siou toascertain, whenever industrial charges 1 make it essential, the cost of producing ar o8 at the time dutiable in the United States in the leading countries where such articles are produced, by fully specitied units of production and undera classification show- ing the different elements of cost or the proximate cost of such articles of production, Mr, Mills, of Texas, vigorously opposed the motion, Mpr. Randall offered an amendment to ex- tend the inquiry to the amount of wages paid in the various industries. Adopted. Mr. Mills offered an amendment inserting the words *‘per diom, weekly and otherwise,” after the word ‘“‘wages” in Mr. Randall's amendment, Adopted. [ On motion of Mr. MeKinney, of Ohio, an amendment was adopted adding to Randall’s amendment the words ‘‘and hours employed per_day.” TFhe following amendments ex- tending the scope of the inquiry were adopte: By Mr, Buchanan—Whether any convict made goods are imported into this country and whence, By Mr. Blana—The profits of manufac- turers and producers of dutiable articles, By Mr, Washington of Tennessce—The comparative cost of Living in this country and in Furope. Mr, Brown of undiana offered an amend- ment extending the inquiry as to the effect of the protective tariff in the United States on the agricultural industry and especially as to its effect on fhe mortgage indebtedness of favmers, . Mills offered an amendment extending the inguiry to the nscertainment of whether articles are now controlled by trusts and what effect these trusts had had in limiting and keeping up prices. My, Randall oftered an amendment extend- ing the ingyiry as to the effect of the state of currency ypon agricultural interests, Mr, Miliken offe an awendment requir- ing the labor commissioner to inyestigate the Mill's tarift bill apd to report what effect iv would bhave.on the labor aud industry of the United States and on fo; n industries, and on the profits of fordign manufactur and the markets of the American farmer. Mr, Buchanun’s motion to strike out was rejected, and pending action upon the amend- ment 10 comumittee rose and the bouse ad- journed. LT - The Tariff Bill, WasHINGTON, March 21.—~The ways and means committee session to-day lasted but three minutes. - Contrary to general expecta- tation no attempt was made to formally vote upon and dispose of the tariff bill, aud the re- publican members were lefuin the dark as to the reason for adjournment, A confers of democratic members was held immediately after adjournment, at which it came <out that the report which will accompany the bill when it ur5'unu:.wd to the hoyse was not completed, and apother. day’s time was re- quired te give it shape. . The committee will meet 4galn Le-morrow. The comptroller of the currency dircoted ‘Bank Examiner Btoue to proteed at once to Bubuque and take charge of the affgirs of the Commercial National bauk. ; BOY GAMBLERS IN WALL STREET Youngsters Who Begin in a Very Small Way and Work Up. Boston HeraM: ‘Thére is nothing a Wall street man 18 dpposed to s spocu- lation when it is indulged in by his help or his relatives. = He lives by it, but it is forbidden to all who are dependent on him or who serve him. The other d ay a broker, who isa junior partner in one of the principal holisés on Wall street, became suspicious that one of the offico boys was “‘trading,” as the W all street folks politely call gambling. e liked the boy, and thinks hiwm one of the brightest lads that he ever saw, so that he determined to make an effort to catch him breaking the rule against trading, and to weirn him ' that if qny other member of the firm aver canght him 4t the practice he would have to lose his place., The question Wwas how to expose the lad, but an opportunity was speedily offered. A customer came in while: the boy was writing at a desk. The custonver said: lively?” Instantly the boy dropped his pen dand asked: i 2 “Contral protty “What is it now? “One hundred and nineteen,” said the customer. Then the broker saw his chance. ““What did you buy at, Billy?” he in- qfiired of the bov. Before the boy had taken time to think of the confession he was making he replied: “‘One hundred and fifteen, sir.” He was so pleased at having made a profit of four points on his trado that the words E“pficd from him. “Now I've got you, Billy,” sald the broker; *“‘go and sell out and quit specu- lating iornslong as you remain with this house. The next time you're caught at it you'll have to %o.” In another office it was noticed that all the office boys wers in the habit of collecting around the ticker whenever their elders were not looking over the tape, and they whispered a great deal whenever they were together. One of their employers called them all before him one day, and upon crogs-examin- ing them, discovered that the eldest and brightest boy wasrunninga baby bucket shop on his own account, with a cent a point as the standard of value, instead of a dollar as on 'Change, and had initi- ated all his associatesin the full mystery of stock gambling. They were trading long and short, and imitating on a mi- croscopic scale the operations of the customers of the office, somoe taking bulls as their models, and some betting with the bears. The baby bucket shop keeper was exacting a tiny Fromh\m on ])roms and scooping in the losses quite ike an adult. He was discharged, and the rest were made topromise that they would never transgress again. One of the shrewdest and quickest boys that ever turned up in Wall street obtained a place in a German banking house as an office boy at 85 a week less than three years ago. He does not get more than $8 or $10 now, but, in the meantime, he has grown to be seven- teen or eighteen years old, and has be- come such a figure that the best way to describe his appearance is to say that he dresses like John Bloodgood. Like the garments of that leader of fashion and popular broker, his clothes are al- ways neat and chosen with genteel taste, being made of the costliest materials, cut to fit as fluid fits whatever it fills, and yet never gaudy or loud. Last Tues- day I met this boy how he was getting along. *Oh, nicely,” said he, “though I had a bad week of it. 1 dropped $1,200 on wheat.” A little questioninf brought out the fact that the boy had begun, as all oth- ers do, by small dickering in bucket shops, based on what was said or done in the oftice where he worked. By put- ting the bucket shop winnings by, and combining with another youth on a good tip or two, he had gathered capi- tal cnouEh to make a regular trade on the stock market. That had turned out well, and he had then become a regular gambler on Change. Viewing this case in_one way, the bucket shop was certainly to blame for making a gambler of flim, but he got his points from the legitimate gamblers, and i now one of them, and as good as any them as long as he wins and his em- ployer doesn’t find him out. t ¢ 5 that ave being told to o public against the small ddlers do not stop within any such limits as those above narrated, They contain tales of those bankers and brokers driving about at midnight to this house and that, and begging men to surrender ch s cashed during that day for a wayward son who has forged to get money to meet trading losses, and who has then become frightened and confessed to the rich father ere the ex- posure of the next day came. They in- clude tales of petty thefts by some s,and of the ruining of homes by who have got the fever without money to feed it. “Altogether the im- pression left in an outsider’s mind' is that the district attorney might as well £0 on with theprosecution of the bucket shops now, and that, if he could next turn his attention to the regular ex- changes, no great harm would result to the world, L Another Rival of Natural Gas, Indianapolis Journal: After forty years spent in' studying combustion A. . Simmons of this city cluims to have discovered an economical use of fuel that will rival natural gas. ‘While he was engineer ata large hotel in Kan- sas City he found the principle which he has since developed succossfully, as he says: I discovered,” he said yes- terday, ‘“‘that the atomic. movement of flame and electric is the same and that it can be isolated, On the other hand, while the atomic move- ment' of magnetism and radiant heat is the same it cannot be insulated, Faraday was the first to dis- cover the mechanical effect on flame. My discovery relates to the chemical of- feot, which is the superoxide of oxygen, generally known as ozone. I placed an iron bar'in the bridge wall of a furnace, and by varying the magnetism in the bar found I could distort the flame at will, For this purpose in my first ex- perience I used a dgnamo, but after- wards, teying the cell system, obtained effects ncarly equal to those from the dynamo., Through a process known only to myself, and which I will not patent, the fiame produces a magnetic prestige which brings down the oxygen, the life of all fires. When properly fired no smoke is_emitted, because the sume process exhausts the hydrogen, 3he one great element of smoke.” My, Simmons has this process in prac- tical operation in one of the laundries ity, and claims for it a saving of » cent in conl. He thinks u greater saving can’be made and that, in time his process will make the use of #lack conl cheaper than natural gas. In the office of the Kensas City Times he says his process allowed ong boilér, an infer- jor quality of coal aid a less quantity being used, to answer the purpose of the two that had been used, with the best of coul. The principle can be'ap- lied 1o healing - and cooking stoves. 'his ter his coke for one base-burner which gave heat for t roowms | cost. him only 812, while Lis neighlors.have spent much more for ¢oal wud obtained less hieat. THE SPECULATIVE MARKETS. Trading In the Wheat Pit as Large as Any Ever Known. BEARS MAKE A RAID ON CORN, More Attention Faid to Provisions Than For Some Time Past-Oatlle Slow and Unsatisfactory—' General Quotations. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARK kT. Ciicaco, March 21.—[Special Telogram to the Ber.]~ -abalative tradiig in \wheat to-day and yesterday on the Chicago board of tradg was said to bo as large as ever known except possibly in the case of the collipse of a cornor. The tradingwas in big blooks. “Fifties” and “hundreds" were as frequently dealt in as are ‘‘fives” and “‘tens” on other occasions. The bears were again in’ control and they brought out still moro long wheat, which carried prices -to thé lowest point yet reached. A few large houses, however— notably Boyd, Paxton & Boyd and Jones, MeCormick & Kennett—were lberal pur- chasers. Foreigners were buying, presum- ably to cover shorts, and commission houses With a country clientage were doing kome- thing on that side. Tho big shorts also weroe said to be quietly taking a large amount of grain, though Ream was openly solling most of thetime. There was a quick reaction from the lowest point, and, in fact, fluctuations were generally swift withe out much lingering over the sixteenth. As & result of the morning’s trading May wheat closed Yfc lower than yesterday. *Ifi such a market as that of to-day news from the out- sido was absolutely without influence, and there was not much of ft. May wheat opened this morning at 77'5c and immediately sold “F to 175%0. Then the hammering began and also the unloading of long wheat and the price went quickly to 7¥ige. up to 77ie, back {@77%c, then down to Tr@iide, A @773c, down to T0%c, then up to 7 o, back to 17l T7{@7T%c, up to 1T @iTi0 and tho 1 o'clock close was 77sge. Juna wheat sold from 7Sc dotwn to 7790 and closed at 1 o'clock at 77 @37, - Large receipts of corn and much better grading than of late helped the bears to raid that cereal and to bring out more long corn. Much ‘of the selling was by the heav, wheat bears, and there was a suspi- cion that their course here was taken with direct reference to its effeot upon wheat. Prices were put down e, but there was strong buying at the decling and when the pressure of the long grain coming out was removed there was some reaction, but this was followved by another declino and the close wirs within 1{c of the lowest prica of the session. May corn opened at 80% @ 50k4c, sold early at 503¢o straight, then drop- ped to 49%e, reacted to 50'4c, then fell to 401, advanced to 4937¢, declined to 493o, improved to 407 @197 fell to 401ge, an closed at 1 o’clock at 498/c. Jutie corh opened ab BOLE@M e, sold down to 493%c and closed at 1 Jo'clock at 491¢c. There was an active speculative trade in ‘0ats in the early part of the session and the wenkness of other grains caused a decling here. May oats opened at 80%@80%¢, sold down to 30}g0 and closed at 3 For ' June oats 30 was bid at the opening and they s0ld down to and closed at #0)c. July' oats opened at 298(c, and sold up to H0c, but closed at 203{c nsked. August oats sold at 268{c. Provisions received more attention than on any day for some time past. The raid on pork, which was started early in the seasion, made the market comparatively attractive, and in a speculative way a good deal of inter- est was developed. For May delivery—the pivotal future—pork onened at §4.10, but the bear element promptly obtained control, and by persistent hammoring, nssisted by’ cons siderable selling -on stop orders, the price was forced down to $13.725¢, Hetween §13.50 and 818.721¢, however, trading was limited. From $18.72)¢ a reaction followed which carried the price back to $18.97% and at 1 o'clock $18.95 was the current quotation, TLard and short ribs naturally sympathized with pork in its movements up and down. APTERNOON Sss Wheat opened weak, May selling at 7i}c and T @17y, fell to 763¢@i7c on the split, improved and closed at 1{c; June 773, July 778%c. Corn lower, May closing at abouu 49c,” June w%&@‘ , Quts wero fairly active but lower; May 303 @30%c. Tork was irregular, closing 2i¢c lower, or at $18.821¢ for March, #1342 for May and §18.97}¢ for June. Lard_was quiot and closed at §7.473¢ for March, $7. for May, §7.57% for June and 7,623 f CHICAGO LIVE STOOK. Cn10a6o, March 21.—[Special Telegram to the Bre.]—CarrLe—Trade was slow and unsatisfactory from the start to the finish. Whether prices weredower or not was difil- cult to determine, Salesmen clafmed they could not begin to get as good prices as yes- terday and buyers claimed they had to pay fully as high as yesterday for angything that was good and useful, The prime causo of the dullness was probably the glut of cattla in New Yorlk and slow béef trade in_castern There was & fair local demand for butcher’s stock at former pricos, Tha stocker and feeder trade remains unchanged- Steers, 1,350 10 1,600 Tbs, $4.40(@5.15; 1,200 to 1,350 1bs, $4.00@4 9 400, Stockers an cows, bulls and mixed, $2.400@2.60. Texas-fed cattle, §8.40623.00, HoGs—Business was again_ active, with another upturn of about 5c on heavy und 100 on light and mixed, Mixed, averaging 190 to 270 1bs, sold 3062540, lar v at §5.40, Butelier weights (selected), 210 to 250 Ths, 5 ) ayeraging 230 light ( ted). averaging 100 to 10, and light $5.10@5.15. . FINANOIALL ¢ Yonk, Mar to the BEs,]|—S1¢ “Ihe bears went at the stock market with the determination to force prices still lower, and, by hammering weak and unsupported stocks, succeeded in tem. vorarily demoralizing the market and record- ing declines of {@13¢ points, Trading was by no means heavy, being only 74,874 sharca up to noon. Tong stogks came out'frocly and the short interest was considerably increased. Reading went off % per centon the report that application would soon be made to the New York stock exchango to list the new 4 per cent bonds, The issuing of stocks or bonds at this time is regarded with suspicion by the streetand induced heayy selling of Reading by the professionals. News from the west, although not entirely satisfuctory, was more assuring than for some timie - past’” Despite the severe reverses recently received, the bulls had the nerve to say that the situa. tion warranted higher prices. The short in- terest in Reading, St Paul, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Lake Shore, they say, pever was larger, When congress passes the numerous financial measures now before that body, & large amount of money will be distributed and the market will recoive ma- terial holp. A representative of the St. Paul pool said they could casily put that stock up 10 g0 Within & month. About noon the mar- ket became stion, Missouri Pagific ads vanced 3¢ and other securities k(@¢ point, with the exception of Pacific Mail, New En- and and Cotton Oil “stiffs,” which remained The improvenent of mid-day was of the murket became weak a panic. Missourl ent off rapidly, 1 aud and soon bordered on Pacific and Western Union the former dropping 1@1} ime, the downward course ouly being checked by the closing of the market. Prices dropped to 764, a shrinkage of B} per cent frow the outside prices of the mornivg and 43¢ per cent. from yesterduy's cloee, a net loss of 7} per cent in two days. A year ago the stock was selling av 110. The losses on that have been heavy, but ‘the amount will never be known, Western Unfon clos 2 points lower, oxcept on New Eagland, wi Paul 1%, Northwesterp %, Union L