Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 25, 1888, Page 7

THE “Q'S" LATEST TROUBLE. Bertous Embarrassment Caused By L4 the Switchmen's Strike. 'ALL FREIGHT TRAINS TIED UP. The Walkout a Complete Surprise to Officials of the Road—The Ohi- cago Elevators and Yards Blocked. The Burlington Again Blocked. Cuioa6o, 111, March 24.—[Speecial Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The Burlington railway will have another entry to make on the wrong side of their ledger to show for their hard day's work to-day, and 200 or 200 more of eir employes will probably find themselyes out of work for some time to come. No freight was moved on the line to-day as the result of the strike of the switchmen here and at Adrora and Galesburg this morning. ‘When the officials heard of the determina- tion of the men they decided to attempt to move no freight at all "to-day. The night switchmen struck at midnight and the day crews failed to report for work this morn- ing. Thus again are the Q" people unable 10 handle the freight which has piled up in the Chicago yards, The switch engines that have been handling freight during the last few days are sidetracked where the crews left them last night. The strike is <not be- cause of the pay. The men object to work- ing on an engine not handled by brotherhood men. As one of them put it this morning: I don’t throw another switch for a non- brotherhood man, and no one can make me." Clearly the sudden move of the switchmen was a surprise to the Burlington. Three weeks ago Manager Stone anticipated a move of some Jand, but as nothing occurred his fears were quicted, and for once the strikers were given the benefit of the doubt. Mr. Stone saw the whole import of the delay this morning, which was to allow the road to thoroughly equip itself. with new engineers and then play a trump eard and put the road in alnost as helpless a condition as it was on tne day after the brotherhood stepped out. ““It was a surprise to us,” said General Pas- senger Agent Morton,” We had heard rumors of such a move, but had placed but little faith in them. In fact, Mr. Bessler had had * & talk yesterday with some of the switchmen and they had emphatieally declared that they ‘were not going to strike. They have no grievance—none at all. They have sent no one here to complain of their grievance. I have heard that they struck on a plea that they did not wish to endanger their lives by working with in- competent engineers, referring, of course, to the men who have taken the broth- erhood men’s places. Well, now, that is all nonsense. There has not been an accident to @ single switchman since the strike began on account of the incompetency of the new en- gineers., The only cause for their striking is their hove to assist the brotherhood. Well, they will do nothing of the sort. It is the policy of this road to run its own business— to do as it deems to be in accordance with its best interests. You and all may be assured :lhn!;' it will continue to follow cut that pol- c; 'Y‘Whm, effect will the switchmen’s strike have upon you?” ‘It will temporarily embarrass us. At present we are only working our passenger service on this end of the line, and uuless the brakemen strike—a thing wo 'do not for a moment contemplate—there will be no inter- ruption of that department. Our freight business is at a standstill- that is, so far as new business is concerned, We are moving all our stock, however. This suspension will continue until we secure new men to take the strikers’ places. We are ready to hire new men as rapidly as t put in an appear- ance and show themselves competent.’! Chairman Hoge said t| all the informa- tion he had regarding the switchmen’s strike ‘was what he had seen in the papers, He denied point blank that tnere was any com- bination botiween the brotherhood and the switchmen and that not a single dollar of the brotherhood’s money would be used to sup- * port the idle switchmen. *‘We are going on as before,” he said* “attending to our own grievances and leaving all others alone.” ‘*Have the switchmen had no conference A,lv".hufl” airman who presided over the m ing at West Twelfth stroet Turner hall last night said to a reporter: “Forty switch engines are tied up, which Jeaves 120 switchmen out. We will not jeopardize our lives. Why, half of the new engineers don’t know any more about an engine than the men who never saw one. The company’s oflicials say that no fingers have been smashed or bones broken. Why, there have been three or four of the boys laid up already. This strike was not ordered by the switchmen’s union. We struck in order to preserve ourselves. I cannot toll you any- thing that occurred at last night's meeting, and I do not know when we will meet ag: ;J‘hu executive committee will call the meet- HehD ‘How do you propose to approach the company in this matter?" ““We will ask the officials to place reliable and competent men on the engines." D u think the company will cometo an immediate settlement!” *‘I do not, as the company are determined 1o keep thelr employes undor their thumbs." Switch engine 343 took twenty empty cars from the yard at Western avenue to the freight houses on Canal street. Four yard- masters did the switehing, Inthe cab of the engine were two Pinkerton mon and on tho foot board on the back of the tank were two more. No one was allowed to ride either on cars or on the eagine, One of the Pinkerton men said; “‘Wo are going to have tough times of it. You know the swil men hate the sight of a Pmkerton man. To-morrow they will get drunk and then the fun will begin. I expect there will be bloodshed, although I should not say so.M From Madison street to Western avenue, along the Burlington road, Pinkerton men can bo seen dressed in citizen's clothes, The r switch engines had city police on fora while this morning, as the men expected trouble. 'Fhree stock trains arrived this morning and were immediately taken to the yards.. The lumber district and the ele- vators gre again blocked. In this district nong butexperienced switchmen can handle an engine, as there are so many tracks and also yards that the new men would be at sea. At the headquarters of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North America, on Wasnington streot, it was stated that tho only information they had was from what ‘wis stated in the morning papers. The strike 'was not ordered by the association and the meeting heid last night was not of the union, but of mu‘)loyul by the Burlington road. President Monaghan is in Columbus, O., ou ineas for the order and the statement one of the papers that he presided at last night's meeting is, therefore, wrong. About fifty switchmen visited the headquarters this forenoon w make inquiries about the strike. Ever since the completion of the organiz- tion of the switchmen's union, which now ombraces 90 per cent of the competent switchmen of the United States and Canada, the knights of the semaphore have sought to afliate with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the manuer in which the fir men's brotherhood has wade and held com- mon interest with the engincers. The switohmen held that while they do not run a locomotive from the footboard, their work is of quite as much importance in the railroad world. They control the tracks over which the engineer wust send the locomotive, and immunity from accident, wreck and death to the engineer aud fireman depends o a great extent on the skill, carefulness, good ?unlg- mont and knowledge of the business of the switchman. Heretofore the engincers haye not admitted this view of their relation with the switchwen. They held that the latter were bot mechanics; that. no special skill was required to throw 8 switch; that the switchmen were in- on occasions of strikes, ' to be rough and disorderly, and,. altogether, were not up to the 'Mdéw of the loccmotive en- neers. The “Q" strike has convinved the ginoers of the fact which the switchmen trove to impress wpon them duriug thé Llhflhnn steike- -that switchimon aré as essential to_the operation of a rallroad as The “Q"'_has undoubtedly had ts f trafic made oasier the loyalty of thé switchmen, and the engineers have realized this fact. The def nation of the switchméh to strike for the avowed purpose of asisting the engineers in their fight with the Q"' would’ indicate that the breach betweerr the organizations has been bridged over; that the engineers have been compelled to admit the switchmen to the desired connection with the brotherhood, and that henceforth the engineers, firemen and switchmen will be found in an_offensive and defensive alliance. Another suggestion of the switchmen's strike is the likelihood that the Brotherhood of Engineers and the Knights of Labor have finally come to an agreed policy regarding the “Q" strike, and that the knights will probably refuse to do any work which might assist the railroad in it efforts to dispose with the services of brotherhood ermgineors. A combination of this kind would take out three-fourths of the employes of all the roads handling “Q" freight or passengers. At Lincoln. LaxcowLx, Neb,, March 24.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The news of the strik- ing switctimen at Chicago atid other points awakened new enthusiasm to-day in the 800 Burlington engineers and firemen at this point. The news was not unexpected and the confidence of the men is as strong that thoy will win as when they left thewr engines. At 4 p. m. the report was received here that the Burlington switchmen at Omaha were out and inquiry al this point revealed the Jact that an ordor wis oxpected hero at any time. Throughout the day a feverish anxiety was manifested in the Burlington yards and cars ‘weore rapdly stored away on sidetracks anti- cipating a tieup. The action of the state league of Knights of Labor that has been in session several days will undoubtedly have its effect, as their endorsement of the brotherbood’s action was unqualifiedly in their fayor. ~ Since Tom Mann, the switch- man, was killed in the yards here, there has been a feverish feeling among the switch- men that none of them were safe working with the _kind of men who are now operating Burlington engines, Many reports were received by the brother- hood men to-day from the different points on the two systems. One statement from & number of points was that the road was rushing train loads of empty cars, sealed up, over the line to impress the general public with the fact that the company was doing a heavy business, Other reports confirm the fact that engines were daily meeting with in- juries at different points. A report was re- ceived from Aurora, IiL, citing that a large number of engines were lying disabled at that point. The Rock 1sland’s Answer. Cureaco, Marth 24.—The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway filed in Judge iresham’s court to-day an answer to the petition of the Burlington asking that the former road be compelled to handle “Q.” cars. The answer states the relations exist- ing between the railroad systems in Illinois. ‘Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kan- sas, Nebraska and Colorado, and alleges that in the month of July last the C, B. & Q. in- augurated a war of rates, and persecuted the same 8o vigorously thaton the 15th of the present month the rates through these states were reduced to about one-third of the rates which existed before the war commenced; that iv has avowed to *the management of other railroad companics that the purpose of the war was to compell the roads in the states named to place the exclusive and abso- lute control of all rates in the hands of a trust to be collected by three commissioners, who should also have power to pay compensation to lines for losses sustained because of any rates fixed by the trust, and to impose fines and forfeiture for disobedience to orders. It also alleges that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy company permitted the strike which is now in progress because it would aid the rate war i demoralizing business, reducing revenues in bringing about a state'of things which would compel the railroads of the west 10 submit- to the Burlington's scheme for placing the railroads under the contract of the proposed trust. 1t sets out distinctly that it was the pur- pose of the Burlington company by bringing about a strike on its own line first to absorb all of the engineers and firemen of the United States who were not members of the brother hood and thereby render it impossible for its com- petitors to man th that its demand for interchange of traffic with competing lines has not been made in good faith, but for the express purpose of bringing about a strike on those lines, well knowing the places of the striking engineers and fircmen could not be supplied. The answer discloses that before this bill was filed the Rock Island company had ar- nged with its engineers and firemen to raise the boycott, and that orders had been ued before this suit was commenced directing that business be interchanged with all railroads as before the commencement of the strike. General Passenger Agent Morton, of the Burlington road, when asked to-night as to the truth of the trust and other allegations on the Rock Island road’s answer, asserted that it was not only false, but ridiculous, and that an afidavit to that effect would be filed Monday. Reporters Excluded. When a reporter visited the B. & M. yards in the chilling ram last night he was met with even a more cold reception from the watchmen in their solitary vigils. They were courtaous but, non-communicative, and explained as their reason that they had re- coived orders from W. A. Austin, the local freight agent, notto allow any reporters on the grounds or permit them to interview any of the employes in the yards. The Bes man expressod great surpriso at such an oxclusive edict and asked what harm would come from allowing reporters to pursue their logitimate business there. “1t is on account of an article published in this morning's BEE that is very dissatisfac- tory,” roplied the Welchman. “To whom is it dissatisfactory?" “Well, to_everybody, but particularly to the company, and they' have decided 1o ex- clude reporters from these grounds. I am in the employ of the company, sir, and it is my bread and butter to obey their orders.’” “The reporter, however, saw that switching was going on s usual in the yards, with no visible indication of a walk-out soon. Still Working at 8t. Joseph, Sr. Josern, Mo., March 24. men of the Burlington at thi: yet struck, but the officials of the road are very uneasy. Incompetent Enginec Wymone, Neb.,, March 24.— Bee.]—The following brief biographies of the engineers uow employed by the Burling- ton road are given for the benafit of the trav- eling public. Many more similar instances might be cite Ed Hateh, a man with one eye, who has worked in the shop at this place for about two years, is now pulling a first-class passen- gor train, Last Mouday he killed a section forman near Byron in broad daylight. He said he dido’t see him. Frank Duval, formerly night yardmaster here, used torun u fréight train out of this place but was discharged for incompetency, e is now running an engine, He left St. Joe last Sunday night with a light freight train. He was sixty-eight hours making the trip to Wymore, a distance of 127 miles. 12d Morall, who never fired a trip'in his life is pulling a freight. House, WasmiNGToN, March 24 —The bill pro- viding for the promotion of army officers after twenty years continuous service in one grade) was referred to the committe of the whole. The secretary of war and General Sheridan are Joth strongly in favor of this bill. In the report the committee says there are in the service to-day 138 officers below the rank of colonel who have bad from twenty to twenty-five years service under one commission. ‘The increased cost would be only about $30,000 per annum and would result in much good to the service and re- lieve congress' from the continual impors tunitiés and complaints that have been made for years. The house then went into com- wittee of the whole ou the bill to defiue and rogulate the: jurisdiction of United States courts. © After some discussioy thic house adjourned. THE CAPITAL IN MOURNING. Public Buildings Draped in Honor of the Chief Justice, FUNERAL FIXED FOR WEDNESDAY BSeveral Additional Names Mentioned For the Vacant Place, With Judges Miller and Field the Most Prominent. Public Buildings Draped, WASHINGTON BUREAU TIHE OMATA BrE, % 518 Founterxti STREET, Wasmixarox, D. C.. March 24, The publiec buildings have been draped in mourning and an immense quantity of crape has been hung, not only about the foom and offices of the supreme coirt, but about the halls of congress and the outside of the capitol building. The funeral services are to take place in the hall of the hduse of rep- resentatives at noon on Wednesday next and the details of all the services are left to com- mittees and the sergeants-at-arms of the two houses of congress, There will be a great dernand for admission to the capitol .on that day, and It will be very difficult to keep the public outside. An opportunity, however, will be offered for the public to view the re- mains, The comgressional committeo will take the remains to Toledo, leaving here on ‘Wednesday evening. The interment will be at Toledo Thursday. Mrs. Waite will arrive at Toledo on Wednesday hight or Thursday morning, and will return here with the con- gressional commtteo. SPECULATING ON THE SUCCESSION. ‘While employes of the capitol were placing crape around the doors to. the room to the supreme court to-day, prominent men con- nected with both houses of congress and politicians who linger here stopped, gazed solemnly upon the drapery and in expressing their bereavement over the death of the distinguished chief justice commented upon who would likely be his successor. Opinion seems to be about equally divided as to whether the president, in selecting a succes- sor to Chief Justice Waite, will strictly ob- serve partisan lines. There is no doubt that a great many men of influence will recom- mend to him the importance which attached to selecting a man without regard to politic Many have already statea that Justice Miller, who ranks the other justices in length of service on the bench and ability, should be pro- moted. Judge Culbertson, of Texas, who pre- sides over the house committee on judiciary, said to-day that if he were president he would hike to honor himself. by appointing Justice Miller to the vacancy. A great deal of pressure will be brought to bear to have Justi “ield appointed to the place. Be- sides the names 1 mentioned last night, there are suggested for the vacancy ex-Representa- tive J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, a good lawyer and an active democrat; Judge Jack- son, of Tennessee, well known for his con- foderate bias and utterances: Judge Sims, of Alabama; Representative Pat Collins, of Massachusetts; Secrctary Bayard, of Dela- ware; Melville F. Fuller and Judge Goudy, of Chicago; Attorney-General Garland, of Arkansas; = Assistant Postmaster-General Stevenson, of Illinois; Chief Justice Bing- ham, of the supreme court of the District of Colorado, late of Ohio; Senator Gray, suc- cessor in the senate to Secretary Bayard, and formerly attorney-general of Delawar Judge Thomas Wilson, a prominent demox of Minnesota and at present representative in congress from that state, for four years chief justice of Minnesota; Minister Phelps, of Vermont, now at the post of London: ex- Governor Hoadly, of Ohio, now practicing law 1 New York; George W. Biddle, of Philadelphia; Rufus W. Peckham; Secretary of War Endicott, of Massachusetts; ex-Gov- ernor John M. Palmer, of Tllinois. The name of Speaker Carhsle is continually mentioned and it is stated that he can have the position if he wants it. It is simply a question of whether he is especially needed in his pre ent position after the tariff bill has been di posed of. LOOKING AR AIIEAD. In the event of the elevation of Speaker Carlisle to the vacant chief justiceship the fight over the speakership will be between two, men—Judge Crisp, of Georgia, and Samuel Cox, of New York. No one here doubts that sp would win, as he is a south- ern mon. A majority of the democratic mem- ¢ southerners, and he is very |mlmlux', d fair-minded, He 1s a spléndid par- liamentarian, and as such takes high rank. He was chosen chairman of the committee on elections by the house, which demonstrated his popularity. SENSATIONAL DIVERSION 1N INDIAN TERRITORY During last summer Senators Platte, Cul- lom and Blackburn, under a resolulion of the senate, visited the Indian Territory to inves- tigate the disposition under the present ad- ministration of Indian traderships. The committee reached the Indian territory at a avery desirable season of the year and dur- ing the pleasant weather they managed to ¢ themselves in making inquiries about. traderships until in the due course of days and nights Sunday came, Senator Blac burn had been inquiring of the few persons about the reservation who could speak En- glish as to the streams and the kind of fish they produced. He had learned that some of the finest black bass streams n the coun- try were within easy reach, so he proposed to his colleagues t they turn what would otherwise be a dull Sunday into a day of rec- reation by angling. But Senators Platte and Cullom objected to fishing on Sunday. ““We did not go fishing,” remarked Senator Blackburn, giving an account of that Sunday, “but I'll tell you how we spent the da In the forenoon we went to an Indian wardance, at which the Iudians exhibited the scalps they had taken. All the afternoon we spent in looking at races between Indian ponie: Talk about horses running! I tell you tho Indians have some that seem fairly to fi They run in a straight line and on the turf for about three-eighths or half a mile. I saw an Indian lead a pony by a halter to the u:}, of a hill in full view. He stood there hold- ing the halter and I inguired what it meant, and was told that it was his challenge to a race, Very soon an Indian near us led out a pony and that wasa signal that the challonge was accepted. They run from fifteen to twenty-five ponics in a race, and keep it up for hours, Before a race is started two In- dians—one in front of the other and carrying a long pole on their - sholders—march through the village. All the Indians who want to bet on the race han, their wagers, cousisting of wearing apparel, Dlankets, furs, ammunition, beads, ete., on that pole as the two Indians bear it throvgh the village. When all the wagers have been collected the whole mass is dumped in a pile on the grass near to half a dozen or more of the old men of the tribe, There are no startors. The riders are all bareback, and " armed with a long whip, go to the starting post and start as they please. One et off twenty or thirty yards in front, that is all right. Noris any uttention d to weight. One rider will be a boy ighing about sixty pounds and beside him & man weighing 200 will be mounted in the same race. When nearing the finish each rider leans forward and from beneath the k of his pony he whips the others in the face 50 08 to keep them back.” TERSONAL, ¢ John A. Horbach, of Omaha, is here and will leave for his home on Monday. REPORT ON THE TARIFF BILL, The majority of the committee onwvays and means haye had thelr report in support of the Mills tarift bill put in print. The proof sheets of itgrrived at the committee rooms to-day and were held in the strictest secrecy by the majority members. Noune of the mi- nority members have been permitted to see the report, which is to be made to the house with the bill on Tuc&dui’ next. The report is lengthy and consists priucipally of the argu- ment in fayor of the president’s views on the tariff, with special reference to free wool. ‘The wool schedule of the bill is copied practi- cally in full in the report. The jority thiuk that a revision of the tariff thout free wool would be more ridiculous than the play of “Hawmlet” without the principal char- acter. It is understood that the president snd Secretary Fawrchild were fully consulted before the preparation of the report began and that they suggested amendments after it had boen fully written and adopted by the majority members of the committee. CHAIRMAN MILLS SICK. Chairman Mills, of the committee on ways and means, is a very sick mau. He bas been 10 hi for two and has not gt o oy g F his p! aays he is tTnanm other se- d thi® evening he was delirious, andl "Speaker Carlisle, who was ‘with him a whila to-day, says he is a very sick man and im# procarious condition. Mr. Mills has wor lon’ hours and hard dur- ing the pre] on of the tariff bill and had agreat pul i8 nerves and his anxiety has could stand. His frienas noerned about his condition Perny 8. Hearm, O fiparsati—— A GIRA AT THE'HELM. San Frai 0 Examiner: The arrival at this po;Ll i} woek of Captain George N. Armstrong” calls to mind one of the most marvelous sea voyages on record. The way it which the Templar, after the yellow fever had decimated her crew, was commanded, sailed 5.000 miles, and finally broufhb safely to San Francisco by the captain’s fifteen-year- old daughter, forms one of the most. thrilling stories in all the history of sea- faring. It will have been eléven years next fall since the brave and daring girl per- formed this most distinguished act of heroism in the drama of her young and eventful life, and after a_most perilous, voyage of 830 days from New York, en- torod this port, off Fort Point, where the vessel she commanded was. put in quarantine. On Wednesday afternoon an Fxam- iner man found the captain at a resi dence on MeAllister street, where he was stopping with his wife and their little chubby 2-year-old heiress, whom they have christened ‘‘Seagull,” be- cause she was born at sea. ““Yes," snid the captain, “I believe that most terrible voyage of the Temp- lar you have referred to was at tho time very briuflg mentioned in one of the San Francisco papers, but not at any such length as as horribly disasters and ocean experiences of the kind would be related nowadays by papers like your monarch of the dailies.” “I have called to hear your relation of the incidents of that voyage,” said the seribe “as I think it may be inter- esting to the readers of the Examiner.” “When the ship Templar was out eight days from New York,” said the captain, ‘‘she was caught in a heavy gale, lasting forty-eight hours, which stove in her bullwarks smashed her bow stanchions and nearly filled the cabin with brine. After this damage had been repaired, she encountered a ter- rible hyrricane that broke off her rud- der head and made her leak badly. Relieving tackles were used in stecring, and the pumps were kept constantly going. The crew became thoroughly exhausted by overwork and exposure, and a run into Rio Janeiro was made. In this port the cargo was discharged and repairs attended to. “Notwithstanding the inviting tempta- tions extended to me by land pirates at Rio Janeiro to practice fraud at the expense of the. vessel’s owners and un- derwriters, I'drdered the cargo reship- ped. This work was scarcely completed when I wak taken sick with yellow fever, and befors the vessel weighed anchor nine seamen died from the same dread disease. But'in spite of this terrible calamity my ahxiety to proceed on the voyage to' San Francisco urged me to issue the order, and the anchor and all sails were hoisted. **On the first day, however, the yel- low scourge Broke out afresh, and not only I, but my wife and_ daughter, and the ship’s farpenter and four more sail- ors were 'obliged to seek our berths. Of these, on the third day out, one able seaman died, and én the succeeding day the same sid fate befell my good wife. Her namo was Andalusin Armstrong, and she was a native of Hampden, Me., and forty-five years of age. On the fol- lowing day another good seaman: died. Those who had the disease in a less vio- lent form sadly and silently threw the dead overboard one by one. And just at this juncture another serious trouble came to light, revealing a mutiny among the few remaining of the crew, who on several occasions sought to have the vessel beat for ports nearer than her point of destination. This action, I haye been told, made me desperats, and, th an expre determination my men_understood and a pistol in my hand, the mutinous crew agreed to re- lent and obey orders. This difiiculty, again, had no more than been compro- mised when I completely and entirely broke down under my straining combi- notion of troubles and the ravages of fever. I became 8o voilent, they tell me, as to necessitate my being chained to the neck to keep me from jumping overboard in search of the body of my wife, us I am told was the manner of my delirvious talk. I wear the scars from the chmns and lashing to this day. After the ship had drifted about for a few months without pilot or navigator, the second mate and three or four of the sailors recovered, but being out of sight of land and not under- standing navigation they were power- less to do anything with the ship. Fi- nally my daughter Emma, and my only child at ‘the time, a brave and spirited girl of fifteen, regained her reason, but not her strength, and when in this con- dition she sent for the second mate and asked him to carry her on deck, which he did. She then sent for the ship’s instruments, and by the aid of these and her kuowledge of navigation she figured out the location of the vessel. She then took the charts from the cabin and traced out a route to San Francisco, and from this time on practically took command of the vessel and ordered the second mate and surviving members of the crew to make sail, giving them the direction in which to sail. Byery day for months she would be carried on deck to take the bearingsand give herorders, “Being so light-handed the vessel could not be |u'n5)orly handled, and could earry but little sail, consequently her progress was slow. After many weary, dreary months I finally re- gained my réason, and when I learned of what my duughter had done I was greatly subprised, and so declared. Had I beey placed in the same position I could not hive done better. “The sRip ‘was loaded with general merchandfse'the cargo being insured for over #200:00, Her long absence of 830 days, and o tidings from her, led the owners and all interestes parties to believe that ‘vhe vessel, with all hands, had been lost. ® After thig)supposed fate of the ship had almost passed from their minds, the surprise eiin "best be imagined when, ono bright gy in_summer, the ship Templar,withher cargo all intact, came sailing inth ‘Sun Francisco bay. Here, however, "notiithstanding ‘that the last death 8n’Board oceurred four months previous, the' Templar was held in quar- antine, and afl beds and bedding and all cabin carpeting and furniture burned and all clothing boiled and washed and the ship thoroughly fumigated and whitewashed.” The faithfulness and heroism of Cap- tain Apmstrong and his daughter did not fail to meet with appre recognition, and the board of under- writers of this city, at a meeting called for the purpose presented to each one of them a purse containing #5(0 in gold, accompanied by many expressions of ap- proval and estéem, and especially was the young lady comménted upon in a flattering manner for haying performed the remarkable feat.of navigating a ship around Cape Horn. - In addition to this Captain Armstrong and his daugh- tor Emma were liber lly the owners of the Templur, : 1 rewarded by- LARD FROM CHOLERA HOCS. An Ex-Packer Makes a Olean Breast of It. REPROVED BY HIS CONSCIENCE. This Man Quits the Business Because He Counldn't Deal Honestly and Bucceed—The Texas Eleo- tion Contest. Revolting Disclosures. ‘WasniNGTox, March 24.—The lard hearing was resumed before the house committee on agriculture. Representative ofticials of Fair- banks & Co., testifying at length, defended refined lard as a pure and wholesomo food product, . Prime steam lard had been shown to be 8o vulnerable that furthor attacks upon it became unnecessary to prove,its inferiority when compared with refined lard. William Bartle, an ex-packer of St. Louis, continued his testimony. He repeated the statement that in most of the packing houses smothered hogs, preg- nant sows and hogs suffering from cholera were used indiscriminately with good hogs to make prime steam lard. He thought the in- vestigation ought to begin at the root of the matter and show from what truck the refiner was compelled to make his refined lard owing to the prevalence of disease among hogs at the stock yards. He could, as a pork packer and experienced farmer, verify all the statements he had heard about the manufacturers of prime steam lard. He had only gone out of {6 bo¥ineds ‘beowiise he coulint purene 1t ITonger and deal honestly. When he was in the business he necessarily packed cholera :DR! because they were mixed with other 0gs. 40 had cut hogs Into hams, ete., knowing them to be discased, just'ns every other packer did. The meat of cholera hogs was not poison- ous. One of the crying evils of the time was the shipping of diseased hogs ‘and pregnant sows to market by farmers. He was in favor of a law which would preveut a packer from using cholera hogs. The man would immor- talize himself who would frame legislation which would prevent refiners and packers from acting improperly in the manufacturo of food products. The witness stated that out of a carload of sixty animals, the number of boars, stags and pregnant sows would sometimes be none, but at times would run from five to twenty head. He did not think the farmer had any guilty knowledge of the use to which his diseased hogs were put. The Texas Election Casi WASHINGTON, March 24.—The senate com- mittee on privileges and elections met this morning to investigate the alleged Texas out- rages. Secnator Spooner sald to Senator Evarts that it seemed to have been fairly tried by the United States district attorney in Texas, but Kirk was acquitted. “The clerk,” said Senator Spooner, *‘has brought what parports to be a transcript of the sten- ographic report of tho trial. It bears tho afdavit of the stenographer, who swears that the appended 240 pages are a true copy. of his notes. The testimony produced, how- ever, is only fifty-three pages, being through- out ‘the testimony for the defendant. It shows, however, that there was_important testimony for the prosecution. What shall be done under the circumstances?"! Senator Evarts rejoined with cmphasis that the committee should bring all parties to Washington. The other senators had not arrived and hearing began. Clerk Hart, of the United States district_court, at Austin, said he had been unable to find the missing pages of the stenographic report in his office. His ap- pointiment was subsequent to the trial. Sen- ator Pugh understood the entire report was in the attorney general’s ofice. Among the papers, which ~the witness submitted was a message—said to be the original—from L. Kirk to D. B. Bolton, at Courtney, sayin “Things look 'doubtful. Do your work.” This is the message about, which the commtteo tried in vain to get some informa- tion last year. Several other witnesses were exammed. One asserted he had met Judge Kirk on_the evening of election day at Gabrell precinct, the piace where Kirk, when bofore the com’ mittee, swore he had not been. Ed Durfce, formerl; Burton, produced a copy ofa t coived by Lim addressed to B. signed by Robert Sloan, saying: - “Grabello has gone against peoples (Kirk's) ticket 4 to 1. What t we do? Flewellyan over- flowing against us.” These are two of the voting places where alleged frauds were perpetrated in the inter- est of Kirk’s ticket. The Rebellion Records, WisHINGToN, March 24.—The sub com- mittee of the house military committeo to- day began the investigation of the alleged insertion in the rebellion record of unoficial matter as set out in the Grovesnor reso- lution, Lieutenant Colonel La Selle, Assis- tant General Kelton and others were ex- amined regarding the purported list of me bers of Anderson’s cavalry of Pennsylyania, The substance of the testimony indicated that the list was correct according to tue muster roll. Ohicf Justice Waite's Funeral, WasHINGTON, March 24.—Tt has been de- cided that the funeral ceremonies of Chief Justice Waite in Washington shall take place in the hall of the house of rep entutives at 12 o'clock Wednesday, Bishop Paret and Drs. Bodine, Leonard and Motte officiating, “There will be no oration. The judges of the supreme court, including_ex-Judge Strong, will act as pall bearers. ‘The president and cabinet and both houses of congress and the bar of the supreme _court will attend, The courtvas a body and committee of the two houses will “accompany. tho romaius 0 To- edo. slegraph “operator at e CHURCH NOTICES, UNIARIAN, Seventeenth and Cass Copeland, pastor. Services at 11 a, m. Sunday school at 12:15, CHRISTIAN, Pirst, Twentieth and Capitol avenue—Rey, Charles B. Newnan, pastor, _Services every Sunday at 10:80 a._m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school 9:80 4 m. Y. P. 8.C. E. 6:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday ovening at 7:80. Allare invited. treets—Rev. LUTHERAN, German, 1005 South Twentieth stret—Ser- vices every Sunday at 10 a. m. Sunday schoolat 2. m. E. J, Freese, pastor. Kountze Memorial Evangelical, corner of Sixteenth and Harney streets—Rev. J. S, Detweiles Church servie and pastor at 10:30 a, m. and p. m. Sunday school at noon. St. Mark’s Evangelical, corner of North Twenty-first and Burdette st —Rev. G, H. Schuur, pastor. Church preaching by the pastor at 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at - BAPTIST, First Baptist (Strangers’ Sabbath home), corner of Fifteenth and Dayi Almrl, streets— A, W. Lamar pastor. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p, m, Sunday school at 2:00 m, Pews free. All cordially invited. North Omaha Baptist, 2409 Saunders street—Rev. F. W. Foster uastor. Preach- ing on Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7: o Sunday school at 12:00 m. Prayer g Wednesday evening. The public cordially invided. South Omaha Baptists meet at the M. E. church buiiding for Sunday school at 8 p. m., and preaching at 4 p. m. Rev, I, W, Foster, pastor. The South Omaha public cordially luvidea. Calvary, Saunders street near Cuming— Proaching by the pastor, Rev. A. W. Clark, 8t 10:804. m. and 7:8) p. m.. Sunday school at 12:00; + METHODIST EPISCOHAL. South Omaha—J, E. Eddlebult, tor. Preacning e y Sunday morning and even- ing.. All are cordially welcomed. Hgnscow ' Park, corner Georgia and Wool: worth avenues—Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and. T:80 p. m. Rev. G. M. Brown, pastor. ' Sun- day schoolal 2;30 p. w. Young people's meet- Strangers First, Davonport at between Seven- teenth and Eighteenth—Rev. T. M. House, pastor. Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Seats free. All weleome. Trinity, corner Saunders and Binney streeta—Rev. A. H. Honry, pastor. Preach- at 10:30 . m. and 7:80 p. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Young people’'s meeting at 6:30 p. m, South Tenth stroet, corner of Tenth and Pierce streots—Rev. T. C. Clendenning, pas- tor, Services st 10:50 &. m. and 7:50 p. m. Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:80, Castollar Street, oorner Nineteenth and Castellar streets—Rev. W. F. Lowe pastor. Sunday school at 10 . m. Preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:80 p. m. Prayer meoting 1 hurs- day evening at 7:30, Creighton Avenue Mission, corner Creigh ton avenue and Tiwenty socond stroots— Proaching every Sunday at 4 p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. J. M. Chambers, superin- tendent, Norwegian and Danish M. E. church, Knights of Pythias hall, 1121 Saunders stroet—Services every Sunday. Preaching by the pastor, Rov. H. Danieison, at 10:30 a. m, and 7:30 p. m. All invited. Seward Stroet M. E. church—Rev. Charles W. Savidge will preach in the morning; subject, “How to Get Acquainted in the Church.”’ In the evening Rev. J. W. Phelps will ocoupy the pulpit and administer the sacrament of the Lord's supper. EPISCOPAL. St. Paul Mission, Thirty-socond and Casss strects—J. M. Bates, missionary. Services, 10:80 &. m. and 4 p. m. - Sunday school 3 p.m. Prayer meoting Friday ovening 7:30. Seats ree, St. John's Free, corner Twenty-sixth and Franklin streets.—Seats . free. Sunda school 9:45 a. m. Morning prayer an sermon 11:00 & m, Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30 p. m. Everyone cordially welcomed. . William Osgood Pearson, rector. St. Philip's F'ree (colored), 813 North Nine- teenth street—John Williams, pastor. Sun- day school at 2:30 p. m. Even song at 8 p.m. Strangers always codially welcomed. Mission services Thursday at 7:80 p. m. at the residence of Mr. ,John Epencter. John Williams, pastor. St, Barnabas Free, Nineteenth and Cali- fornia streets—John 'Williams, rector. Plain celebration at 7:30®. m.; choral celebration at 11:00 a.m. Sunday school at 12:50. Choral evensong at4:00 p.m. A most cordial wel- come always given to strangers. All Saints, Twenty-sixth and Howard streets—Rev. Louis Zahner, S. T, D. Services: Holy communion, 7 ing prayer and litany, 5 Sunday school and bible class, 12:30 p. m. evensong, 4 p.m. At the morning service will be sung the anthem: *Lord, My God Behold and Hear Me;” for alto solo and chorus, from Mendclssohns' Thirteenth psalm, and at the offertory the soprano solo: “Hear my Prayer,” by the samoe composer. At the 4 0'clock service will be sung the an- them: ““Lord for Thy Tender Mercies' Sake," by Farrant, and at the offertory will be sung, the baritono solo, *“Che Psalms,” by Faure. Good seats reserved for strangers at all ser- vices, ing at6: Prayer mooting Wedn o'v'n:i.%‘-:',"n Batgens oucdially wel. com¢ Sunday schicol at 13 m. 8. m. 11 CONGREGATIONAL. First, Fineteenth and_Davenport strocts— Rev. A. F. Sherill, D. D., pastor. Services at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock.’ Sunday school at noon, Y. P. 8. C. E. prayor meoting Friday evening. Church prayer meoting Wednesday evening, St. Mary's Avenue, St. Mary's and Tiwenty-sixth avenues. ' Rov. Willard Scott, pastor. Services at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock. Sunday school at noon. Chorus choir in the evening. Chapels at 8 'clock. Y. P. S. C. E. prayer moeting Monday evening. Church prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Bethel Chapel, Sixteenth and Hickory streets—Rev. M. J. P. Thing, pastor. Sun- day school at 8 o'clock. Sewing school on Saturday at 10 a. m. Parkvale Chapel, Twenty-ninth and Martha strects. Mr. T. H. Taylor, supcrintendent. Sunday school at 8 o'clock. Plymonth, Nineteenth and Spruce streets— Rev. A. B. Penniman, pastor. Services at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock. Sunday school at noon. Y. P.S. C. E. prayer meeting Wed- nesday eveninj Freo Angelical German, Twelfth and Dor- cas streots—Rev. I'. H. W. Bruechert, pas- tor. Services at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock. Sun- day school at 2:30 o'clock. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. - Cherry Hill, Central park addition.—Rev. J. A. Milligan, pastor, ~ Services at 11 and 7 o'clock. Sunday school at noou. people’s meeting at 6 o'clock. Hillside, Omaha_View—Rev. H. C pastor. Serv Young meeting Sunday evening., roga, Ames avenuo, and Twenty-fifth stroet—Rev. J. A. Milligan, pastor. Sunday school at 2:30 o'clock. Preaching services in the evening at 7 o'clock. Parlke Place, California and Thirtcenth strects—Rev. M. L. Holt, pastor. Services at 10:30 ond 7 o'clock.’ Sunday school at noon. PRESBYTERIAN. Welsh services held at their rooms 1918 Cuming streot—Rey. W. Roland Williams, vastor. Sunday school at noon. Preaching a6 1050 . m. and 7:30 p. m. Second, Saunders stroet—Rev. Wm. Henderson, pastor. _Serv: and p. m. Sunday school at noon. Poung peoples’ meeting at 6:30 p. m. Central Union,Seventeenth street between Dodge and Capitol aveaue.—Rev. John Wil- liamson, pastor. Services at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath schiool at noon. ~ Young peoples’ prayer mecting at 6:45 Sabbath eve- ning. Allare invited. Park Avenue United, corner of Park ave- nue and Grant street. ~Rev. J. A.Henderson pastor, Preaching by the pastor at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath school at noon. Al invited. First United, 612 North Eighteenth street —Rey, E. B. Grabam, pastor. Public_wor- ship at 10:30 a. m.and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath school at noon. Young peopies’ meeting at 6:45 p. m, Southwest, corner Twenticth and Leaven- worth streets—D. R. Kerr pastor, Morning service at 11 a. m. Kvening service at 7:30 p. m. Subbath school at 13: Younjr men's meoting at 6:45 p, . meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30, Teachers' meeting 5:30 p. m. Wednesday evening, Wirst German, on Eighteenth and Cuming streets—J. G. Schaible pastor, Divine ser- vice at 10:30a. m. and 7:30 p. m, At 8 p. m. at Fourth and Center streets,at tho residence of Max Bochnoke. Sabbath’ school at 12 m, Bible and prayer meeting every Wodnesday evening at 7:30. Germans are mvited. Strangers made welcome, Castellar Strest, Sixteenth and Castel streets, Preaching at 1L a. m. and 7:80 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Wilson Sunday schoolat 8p. m. Young peoples’ union ut 6 Westminster, Twenty-ninth and Mason streots. Preaching by the pastor, Rev. John Gordon, at 10330 &. 1w, and 7:30 p. . Sunday school 4t noou. Hamilton Street, Hamilton stroct near Lowe avenue—William J. Palm, pastor. Sabbath services at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p, m, Sabbath school at12m. Wednesday prayer meeting at D Ambler Placo—Rev. G. M. Lodge, Services at 2:30 p. m. P. m. United Presbyterian Mission, Twenty- sixth und Cuss strocts—Rev, John William- son, pastor, Sabbath school. at 8:30 p, m, Preaching by pastcr at 0 p. m. South Omaha, corner Twenty-fifth and J stroets—itev. G, M. Lodge, pastor. Servic at10:43 3. m. Sunday school at 12 m Knox, 1010 Lake stre 12m. and preaching services at 10:30 a. m. and 7:80 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. Rev. Paul Martin, pastor. st, corner Dodge and Seventeenth ~Rev. J. Harsha, pustor, Ser- vicos at 10:30 and 7:45. Young people's meeting at Sabbath school at 12 m. Notes. Rev, John Williamson, pastor of the Cen- tral United Presbyterian church, will speak in the morning on ‘orfeited Birth- right.” In the evening, “Excuses." Rev. William A. Henderson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian, will deliver in -the evening the gecond lecture on *“The Life and ‘Tiines of-Jouuh.”. : At the Hanscom Park' M. E. church,. Rev. Gaorge M. Brown will take for his subject Hunday morping, *“Thy Wili Be Done" ; even- ing, “Christ Belore Pilate.” R, es at 10:30 a. m. pastor. Sunduy school at 3:30 THE ROMANCE OF A DIAM Strange History of a Jewel Stolén But at Last Recovered. . . EARLY SIN AND RETRIBUTION. How a Son Met His Mother After Years of Orime — An Affair that is on Record at St. Louis, Mr. Joseph Drukker who for many. years was a leading diamondXmerchant, of | St Louis, and who is now conncoted wwith'a leading jewelry firm of this city, hus & fund of interosting tales concorning precious stones, and many of them are surroundéd with the halo of romance. Through him bavo been discovered the perpetratorh. of many bold robberies, and in many instancgs his acknowledged ability as an oxpert has proyenof great value in finding the owners of stolen jewels. One of the most romantio stories told by Mr. Drukker is reproduced below. s One of his most liberal patrons {n St. Loiis ‘was a woman who, presided over a house of ill fame. She was famous in the Mound city for the sumptuous furnishings of her house and the magnificent diamonds she alwvays wore. Among the many valuable ornaments were a pair of magnificent first water diamond earrings, a nine stone lace bare, a necklace that Cleopatra would nave envied, and a b let with a cluster of gems. The cluster was circular in shape and as large 'ns a silver dollar. The conter stong was one of tho largest and finest ever seen in St. Louls, It was valued at nearly $4,000, + Yoars before the woman purchased these ornaments, as subsequent events showed, she had given birth to a son. Upon this ille- “mmnm offspring the woman lavished all er love, and when the child became old enough to notice what was going on around him she determined to remove him beyond . the influences of the horrible life led by her, It was her one hope, bad as she was, that her child should grow up a good, useful man and forever remain in ignorance of his mother's perfidy. She placed him in the home of a respectable family named Marion and as the boy grow to young manhood she lavished money upon him, through the medium of his foster parents. The youth was told that the money came from his grandmother. When ho was about eighteen years of age both of his adopted parents died. Young Marion, for such he supposed his name to be) chose lodgings down town and every Monday morning he regularly received a liberal re- mittance through the mail. The restraint of his foster parents having been lifted, he gradually forgot their good teachings and drifted into the company of fast young men and subsequently became a card sharp, a roue, and finally & murderer. I'he crime was' committ during a dispute over & game of cards. Tho youn man was ably defended Aan secured a light sentence—two years in the penitentiary. A GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY. Six or seven months prior to his conviction the town had rang with the details of a dar- ing diamond robbery. Madam —, the keeper of a notorious masion de joie, had awakened early one morning and found standing by her bedside two masked men. In the flickering light of the burning gas she could see that both of the men held revolvers in their nands. One of them ordered her to keep silent and kept guard while the other ransacked the room. He secured all the madame’s diamonds—those brilliant gems that had created many a sensation at given by the demi monde. _ A CONVICT'S CONFIDENCE, Nothing was heard of the diamonds up ta the time of young Marion’s conviction. He was taken to the penitentiary at Jefferson City. He had been there buta short time when he was given a cell-mate by the name of Schroeder. This new comer was sent down on a charge of burglarly and had been captured only after a desperate fight with & policeman who narrowly escapewith his ife The new convict took a great liking to Marion, His term of punishment would not expire for over ten years, and he often told Marion that he never expected to leave the prison alive. A few weeks before Marion's release Schroeder told his mate that he was one of the men who had robbed Madam ———— of her diamonds. He and his pal had divided the plunder. Al of Schroeder's share had been disposed of and the money spent except a diamond bracelet with an enormous cluster. This he had been afraid to offer for sale from the fact that it was of uch great value and had been 80 exten- ely advertised. Ho had burled it at a certiin place and the magnificent jewel was there. He then told Marion that he would reveal the hiding-place if Marion would promise to dispose of it and make arrange- ments to supply him with such, luxuries as were permitted by the prison officers. Marion promised, and shortly afterwards was once more in St. Louis. He lost no time in digging at the spot indicated by the carefully drawn plan given him by his former cell-mate, He found the bracelet and saw at once that it was very valuable, AN ATTEMPT TO B THE JEWEL. After two or throe days consideration he resolved to take the stones out of thoir set- ting and dispose of them separately. Hefirst removed the large center stone. = This ho ook to a Fourth street pawnbroler, and lay- ing it down on the counter asked '‘the pro§ rictor what was its worth, The broker ooked at it a moment and then said, “Not more than 25 cents,” ““That's what I thought,” said Marion, and as he left the shop he cast the bauble into the street. He was half inclined to cast the bracelet after the bogus stone, believing the other setting to be false also,but reflected that he might raise a dollar or two or the pretty bauble. He strolled into a Locust strect pawn shop next, and throwing down the bracelet, said to the boy behind the coun- ter: ““Take this to the old man and see if ho will let me have a dollar or two on it.” Tha boy carried it to the rear and told the pro- prietor the stranger's request. The ‘‘old man” instantly discovered that the remain- ing stones of the cluster were genuine and vory valuable. He immediately dispatched the boy for an offfcer and managed to h long enough with Marion over the amount of the loan until the policeman arrived. Marlon was taken to the four courts and locked up, MOTHER AND SON. The police, assisted by Mr. Drukker, easily discovered that tho jewel was the famous cluster bracelet, stolen from Madiiin ——m— over two years before, She was sent for and immediately identified it. Madame —— no- ticed that the center stone was gone, which led her to say: “Anyoune that has got that stone and thinks it is & diamond will get left. About two weeks :bo- fore the robbery I nceded some meney badly and took the bracelet to a jewelor* who loaned me 2,000 on the center stone and replaced it with ' paste diamond,” fi The chief then sent for the prisoner apd soon mother and son were face to face, 16 woman turned pale beneath her paint and with a wild shriek fainted dead away, There wWas n0 prosecution, ————— Things Excavated by Snow Shovelers, New York Sun: Men who were try- g vesterday to make sidewalks on the hill in Brooklyn passable found a nums- be of things. At De Kalb avenue and Adelphi street, in the heartof & big snow drift, a man turned up a Methodist hym and a ved veil, while on the opposite corner somebody found abrown derby hat. Near Clermont and: De Kalb avenues a snow-shoveler found a box of bon-bons, still intact, and fifty feet further on & boy dug up the dead body of a black-and-tan dog, On Wil- loughby avenue, about ten yards from Washiogton park, two negroes discovs ered, two feet from the crest of a snow= mound, & gentleman’s cufl, with a gold and moss agate slecve-button attached, Within twenty feet of the cornerof Clinton and De Kalb avenues a pair of ear mufilers were found, and about one hundred feet further up the thoroughs fure a bottle of milk, right side up, was taken out. It was a day of discoverl last but not least, of which was a b uew pair of trousers, neatly done up in manilla paper. These were removed from a drift in De Kalb avenue, near Cumberland street. They had evidently been abandoned by a tellor’s boy- ™