Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 19, 1888, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SEVENTEENTH YEAR. ‘The British Minister Appears to be the Coming Man. RIDDLEBERGER GROWS WRATHYe Deprived of the Opportunity to Pub- icly Twist the English Lion's Tail ~The President Can Create Two More Generala. The Chief Justiceship. WasHINGTON Bunrav T OMana Bre, } FOURTEENTI STRRET, Wasnixarox. D. C.. April 1S, Benator Gray and his friends have sud- denly lost the cheertul expressions they have been wearing for the last few days, and are now as solemn as a grave yard. This change is due, it is said, to the fact that the senator, who has been confidently expecting to be appointed chief justice, has been informed from headquarters that he has no prospect of receiving such an honor, The intimation is supposed to have come through Secretary Bayard, who has always been a patron of Gray, and is understood to have pressed his name upon the president. Gray was en- dorsed by nearly all the democratic senators and they were sure he would be appointed. The announcement that he isout of the field causes much surprise and inquiry as to the reasons, which no one seems able to give. He is cligible as to age and qualifications, lives in the right locality, has the strongest hind of political back- ing, and by his appointment the president could kill two birds with one stone, for his retirement from the senate would give Mr. Bayard a chance to return to that body which is said to be desired by him. Some of Mr. Ciray’s intimate friends hint that he has been betrayed by people whose support he was relying upon. Thay make mysterious threats as to possible disclosurc that will cause dismay in high places, but no amount of questioning can draw from them the exact cause of their anger. The specula. tion is that Mr. Bayard is somehow involved in the mystery, There is no doubt that Mr. C 's visit to Delaware last week was made in expectation of being appointed chief jus- tice, That he communicated this expecta tion 1o his friends there is also certai he gave them to understand that he h received nssurance of his appointment disappointment and chagrin is therefore great. There seems to be no doubt in the minds of the senators who have recommended Mr. Gray that Minister Phelps is to be chief jus- tice, and it is said that on Monday morning Mr. Bayard informed Mr. Gray that such would be the case. The nomination was ex pected at the senate this afternoon, and will, it is thought, come in to-morrow. Although Mr. Phelps bas said that he doegnot want the appowtment, and that he did not come home from Europe with any such notion in his head, it is nevertheless true that there has been some communication between him and his friends in this country since he ar- rived on the subject. The nomination will be more acceptable to the republican senu- tors than those on the democratic side, for Mr. Phelps comes from a state in_ which no votes could be made for the democratic party by s appointment to fany ofice is cousidered one of " th clan. He is an old friend of S Edmunds, “who studied law in his oftice, and the latter being chairman of the committee on judiciary, to which the nomi nation will be referred, can be relied upon to report it favorably and push it to a confirma. tion with all decent haste. The democratic genators sy that by the appointment of Mr. Phelps & good opportunity to make politicul apital will bo thrown away. They do not deny his ability, but claim that he “is poli cally not available, and_that the president might have sclected for this office a man whose demoeracy at least was not doubtiul. One democratic senator remarked this after noon that Mr. Phelps bore about the sume relation to the democratic party as Jumes Russell Lowell, his predecessor, did to the republican party, and was w *fair weather and if the ticket suits me voter.” The jus tices of the supreme court are very much pleased with the selection, and 1 think would rather have Mr. Phelps than any other man Hois well known to all of them. The recognize his ability, nud he will be socially, as well as ofcially, welcomed into the supreme court cirele, RIDDLEBERGER ON THE RAMPAGE, The committee also reported adversely the resolution over which Mr. Riddleberger has made 50 much fuss, providing for the consid cration of the treaty in open session, and the senator from Virginia is therefore i exasperated. He claims that he has roceived pledges from the members of the committee on fo ations that they would report his resolution favorably, and says that he has been betrayed. He'is particularly severe toward Seunator Sherman, and delivered an addross in a cloak room to-day and expressed his opnion of the senator from Ohio in torms that could not bo published in any spectable newspaper. At once upon hearing of the action of the committee, Mr, Riddle berger declared his intention to vote against the Dakota admission bill, and notified the caucus committee that he should vote with the democrals hercafter on every question that came up until the committee on foreign relutions treated nim with respect and reportedthis resolution favorably, As he has the casting vote in the senate and at any time can make & tie in that body on political questions, those antounc nients ereated cousiderable’ consternation on the republican side, and a volunteer comumit tee, composed of senators who are known to be friendly to Riddleberger, attempted to confer with him, but he was ot in 4 condi tion to be consulted, und the more he talked the madder he got. ' The object of the sena tor in having this treaty discussed in open session is to give him an opportunity to tiwist the British lion's tail, which he always docs whenever a chance is offered him. He clains to be the representative in the sevate of the Irish-American orgunizations. OATES THLEATENS THE DIRECT TAX BILT, Representative Outes of Alabama, who lod the tfillibusters acainst the direct tax bill was asked this mornivg what he intended to do when the bill was taken up next Decen ber. He replied that the fillibusters who went into the caucus did not make any pledges and would ot have done so under any _tircumstances. *When the direct tax bill vomes up again he said, “we will bo at it it Wi huve to fillibuster to the cud of the sos- alon. ‘Che bill will never become a law if there is any way to prevent it, and if we cannot defeal it by votes we can do o by dilotory motions. * Whe tho postponement in the cu Qid not agree that the bill should b or that any time should be set for u vote upon its pas sage, and we will never let it is aniended so as refund toth was paid by the peo the war. It is an oulr wha lost in the rchell their subjugation DEPARIMENT TAR RGOMS, Inall of the executive departiients he Are COUNLeNs OF roous where the served lunch at midday. 1tis custc ese places, which ducted by privato per the heads of (he departmen temperance drinks, like tea, It was tc cotton tax du mpel those the cost of to ¢ o pay ary re ‘co ussion of nothing bu feo and milk. o state depart iter were being outlemen who wnd that whisky, auntitles to sy and loyes supplied, but ey one s served who Las a Gisposition to buy LOVER OAN OREATE TWO MORB QENEKALS. .. The relirement of Genersl Dua. vef of ngincers, on June ‘50, aud Geperal, Baird speclor genstal, on August 20, gives the president the appointment of two more briga- dier generals during this year. This even- ing's Critic said: “It_is epted as a fore- gone conclusion that Colonel Jones will suc- ral Baird. There 18 some uncer- tainty about the succession in the engincer corps. The two leading candidates, Colonels Casey and Parks, have stronz claims for the position, and it is dificult to predict which will be successful. Army officers _are gener ally of the opinion that Captain Lawton, of the Fourth cavalry, will be appointed to the junior vacancy in the inspector general's de partment upon the retirement of General Baird. DEATH OF THE FISTERIES TREATY, The senate committee on foreign reiations this morning agreed to report the fisheries treaty adversely and that determines its fate.” 1t is understood that Senator Brown of Georgin, votes with the republicans against the treaty, as he considers it a sur- render of American rights... As jt required the votes of two-thirds of the somate to rat- ify, and as all of the republicans are pretty certain to oppose ratification together with several of the democrats, the treaty will not have the stightest show. VERSONAL. Senator Paddock is recovering from his illness and hopes to be in his scat in the sen- ate by the first of next week, He very-much desires to attend the funcral of Mr. Conk- ling, but will not ho able. Peniy S, Heatn, Army Orders, Wasnixatoy, April 18.—[Special tele- gram to the Ber.|—Private John E. Spald- ing, Company 1, Second Infantry, now with his company at Fort Omaha, is trans- ferred to Company F, Seventcenth in- fantey and will bo sent to the station of that company, Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming ter- ritory. The entire cost of transportation and subsistence will be charged against the sol- dier on the next muster and pay roll of the company to which he is transferred. Private Parker A, Dice, Company G. First infantry, now with his company, will be dis- charged from the service of the United States on receipt of this order by the commanding ofticer of his station. This soldier is not en- titled to travel pay. Major Gerge M crnberg, surgeon, Wwho was designated by the president to proceed to Cuba to investigate the spread of epi- demie diseases, has been ordered to report to the sceretary of the treasury for further in structions. The following changes in the First artillery are ordered to take effect June 1: From Battery I to Battery G, First Lieute Allen Capron und John 'T. Honeycut, cond Lieutenant George W. Vandeusen : rom Battery G to Battery F, First Licuten- ants Thomas C. Patterson and Andrew W. Hubbell and Second Lieutenant Samuel Rod- mau, Jr. The discharge Cummings, of First Sergeant Robert Company 1, Twenty-sixth Towa infantry” volunteers, January 4, 1564 amended to take effect November 80, 1863, His muster into service as First Lieutenant same company and regiment, January 15, 1864, 18 amended to date December 1, 1563, and’ he is mustered for pay in the same grade during the period embraced between the aforesaid dates. s SO Nebraska and lowa Pensions. Wasins 1 Telegram to the Ber.]—The following pensions were granted Nebraskans to-d in valid—James Marsh, Blue Springs; Barthol- omew Keating, Plum Creck; John Suderow, Preston; Thomas Lynch, Willow Island. Original widows, ete.—Hinia, mother of James Lucas, Franklin, Pensions for Towans: Original invalid— George A. Stearns, Mason City: Orrin L. Sturtevant, Ogden; Wilber Sherman, Glid- den; Jacob H. Lalavere, Belinda; Benajah Mason, Victor. ~ Increasc—Miles H. Shears, Mill; William Coleman, Oakland; Irskine Farrand, Sumter: Charles F. Parrier rengo: Hickman D. Bullock, East Nodaiy Panl Deege, Menlo: William . Brown, Nc Springs. Reissue—George Gilroy, Cooper; Daniel B. Loxham, Gr idolin Klaesi, Rennick. ' Original widows, ete.— Mary J., widow of Samuel Neal, Bool Hattie, widow of Enoch Croy Phasbe, mother of [ Mexican survive Lioff. alias Tioffman (dc Petor M. Lown, Wagner. Mexican_wido Philiphing, widow of William Kirchhoft alias Hoffmau, Burlington. Wilham_Kirch- 1sed). Burlington The President's Marriage Certificate. WasiNGroN, April 18.—0. L. Pruden, as sistant private sccretary to the president, was before the house committee on printing to-day to explain the circumstances connected with the binding of President Cleveland's marriage certificute at the government print- ing office. Pruden said the certificate had been gotten up by himself and taken to the public printing ofiice, where 1t in elegant covers, The president | ing of the binding until recently, when he hud been told about it by Mr. Richurdson, chair wain of the commitice on printing. Pruden furth d it had been omury to have private work for the president done at the government printing ofice during past ad. minstratious, but when President Cleveland discovered the fact he hud ordered the prac- tice discoutinued, Will Report a Substitute. WasimNaroy, April 15.—The sub commit- tec of the house committee on education to- v decided to report to the full committee a substitute for the Blair cducation bill passed, by the senate. The substitute pro vides for the usc of monoy realized from the sale of public lands, not to exceed £5,000,000 in any one year, for educationul purposes, The money is to be distributod among the states in proportion to the number Lo persons of scholastic age. ew noth- e %l i Washington Bricfs, WASHINGTON, April 18.~Tn t Quy an adverse report was mid committee on foreign relations on berger's resolution for consideration fisheries treaty 1 open session. he house committee on agriculture at & meeting this morning received briefs of the attorneys on the refiucd lavd investigation, nd agreed to tako up the bill for final action 4t its next moeting It was stated that the presidy upon & sucecssor 1o ¢ senate to. from the Riddle- of the white house to-day L not yot determined of Justice Waite, Weather Changes. Wasiixarox, April 18.-The chief signal ofiice gives notice that as the scasos of weves has passed the indications officers at §t. Paul, Minn, will on May 1st next, discontiutie preparation of all” indications. Commeneing on that date they will_bo pre pared by indications officers at the Washing: ton oftice for Minnesota, Dakota, Wisconsii, Nebraska and Jow Want to Know How Long, 11l 18,— At the demo cau ufter considerable debate, a resolution was A that the demoeratic members of the ways . be requested o confl on the coinuitte agreemont as i the NOTON, s L v lop! aus committee th their as aud endeavor o the time d riff shall cont ates an 1g which des Postal Ohanges. SUNGTON, April - 18.-[Spectal Tele- w to the Bee]—The name of the post sityille, Wright ¢ | wWas uged to G A Prominent Physician Dead. . , April Dr. Agnew, who brsicians during Who bas heeu il 18 Cenlsling's 1 for soing Liw Efco maki Hauuro, Aprit 10 the Beg.} - Lirived =The Mg New York, NEw Yous, April 1. ternland, o Antiverp. p Aveivals, =I8necipl Cablegtam Avrived. ! fa OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1888, * NUMBER 30 EIGHT TO SEVEN OVER AGAIN The Dakota Bill Drifts Into a Re- turning Board Debate. THEY RESURRECT RUTHERFORD B John Sherman Insists He Could Read is Title Clear But Vest Showers Invective on the Whole Elec- toral Commission. Senate. WasniNaroy, April 18.—The land forfeit- ure bill went over as unfinished business, and at 2 o'clock the Dakota bill eame up and Mr. Sherman took the floor in its support. He replied in an impassioned manner to Mr. Vest's allusion to unfair methods in the elec- tion of President Hayes, He claimed every suspicion ever cast upon the integrity of that proceeding hiad been repelled, and that it stood in history as a matter in_which the re- publican position could mot be impeached. Mr. Sherman showed by the vote in the sen- ate that the electoral commission bill was not a republican but a democratic measure. Twenty-six democrats had voted for it and only twenty-one republicans; while the votes against it were fourteen republicans, (in- cluding himself) and one democrat, Mr. Eaton, of Connecticut. The democrats were therefore precluded from assailing the bill us a partisan measure. He declared his full conviction that Hayes had been fairly and legally eclected, and that if by some hocus pocus Tilden had been inaugurated it would mot have rendered Hayes' title to the seat any the less legal. He' explained the incongruity of Packard not getting the governorship of Louisiana by showing that that was subject to local laws and decisions and declared his conviction ‘that Packard had been illegally deprived of his office. The democratic party had mot only by fraud and violence sought to control the presidential elostion, but it had actually succeeded in pruning off of their_ offices the duly elected governor and members of the logislature. “Then he proceeded to read extracts from a speech made in the late canvass by Sena- tor Bustis, in which he declared it to be the determination of the white men of Louisiana to solve the rate question without regard to northern sentiment. 1f that, said Mr. Sher- 1, was the desire and determination of the sle of Louisiana the constitution United States would have to be changed. When it was said there must be a white man’s government in Louisiana it meant a republican government. The people of the south, instead of secking to win the colored people by Kindness, had maintained a system of domincering, crime and violence. He had felt called upon to make this remark, partly to correct an historical error into which many persous had failen and to show that not only did the re- turning board of Lowsiana have suficient evidence before them of frand und violence and outrage in the election of 1576, but that the present governor of that state and one of its senators had confessed all and more than had ever claimed by the returning board. Tt ever anybody had any doubt of the clection , that doubt had been removed by the admission of the very men who had pa ticipated in the wrong of that day Louisiaj Mr. Sherman continued his defense of Hayes' clection and made a general arraign- ment of the authoratics of the southern states for intimidating negro voters. He was listened to with profound attention. Mr. Vest said he denied the honesty and legality of that eclection. The question he ubout Packard and Hayes had not aswered satisfactorily. Mr. Best re- d to the speech made 1 the senate by ne, in_which Blaine declared the election of Hayes und of Packard were in- dissolubly connected. Mr. Vest passed on to the question of the Louisiana returning wrd, and asled why it had been that every man conneeted with the returning board, from the highest to the lowest, had been rded with office ¢ There was 10 page wdministratian_history that demanded more explanation than that which now stared him in the face. He (Vest) stood there to vouch that whatever had been done in the state of Louisiana on that occasion had been done, not to bring about an_unfair clection, not to trample on the ballot of any human being, but to de themselves against out- rageous and criminal conspiracy agamst their property at the hands of the men who lad gouc there for the single’and sole pur- pose of plunder He criticised sarcastically the opposite sen- timents expressed by Mr. Sherman i his two recent specches at Nashville, Tenn., und Soringfield, lls., and said in conclusion: “At the risk even of the senators contempt 1 un- dertake to say the American peoble never will be satisfied with the explanation _made to-day, but that like James G. Blaine they have already come to the conclusic i is impossible ever for the ingenuity of the senator from Ohio to explain why the vote of Louisiana, a8 returned by the returning board, was good for the purpose of giving the electoral vote of Louisiana to Hayes for the presidency, but was not good enough for the purpose of iving it to Packard for the governorship of the state.” Mr. Sherman reiterated his previous state- ments, and said in reference to Packard that President Huyes had no_power of return to the legislature. After the democrats had iuaugurated their reign of tyranny to drive Packard out, it was not m the power of the president to recognize him without usur- pation. Mr. Sherman defended the mem- bers of the returning board and declared again the colored people in the south must be protected m their right.” “The bill went over without ac senate udjourned. of the in won and the House, Wasmixeroy, April 18.—The conference report upon the bili authorizing the president to arrange a conterence between the United States and the South and Ceutral American republics, Hayti, San Domingo and the em- pire of Brazil (Mr. Townshend’s Zollverein measure), was agreed to. “The bill to establish a department of labor was passed. The bill o cr the settlement ences bety and their en wittee of th Mr. O'Neill brictly explained the provisions of the neasure. Mr. Parker of New Y posed the bill as being weak and insuflicient. Mr. Buchanan of New Jersey and others yred it The committee hiad avoided providing for enforced arbit ion because it meant en- forced awards. and this was going too far. The debate finally drifted into tariff dis cussion, which continued some little time, inally, on motion of Mr. Cannon, the sixth which provides for the appointment president of boards of arbitration, ended by substituting the words rs"” for “arbitrators,” and “de- RN » mitte e boards of arbitration for of controversies and diffe n inter-state cowmon carri loyes was considered in com- whale. k and others op- CON rose and the house ad- L . Will Develop the Mines. Drvvrn, ) pecial gram to the lice.)—Adviees receiyed her 10-day te that Paulison, Alger, Ebert Dicleerson and other Detiuit capitdlists Wil etart their first lot of mpenigery for the new silver miues north of here,” near: Grasd Marais, ubout May 1. - They will proceed via special boat of Ward's line, with a large force of laborers and supplics from Detroit % 5000 AS DUYigALION 1% fairly open. They will forward addi stores ¢ wachinery and minng equip) Nearly 1t into the development of es by these people, ] A Victory For the Bosses. pwaus, N. F, April 18.~The locked out oyes veturning to work Tho prospect is that 1 La in opevation to-mozrew. son or | | THE DEAD SENATOR. His Remains Will Go to His O1d Home “or Interment. NEw Youx, April 18.—~Mrs, Conkling and Mrs. Oakman were kneeling at the bedside of Conkling whem he died. Mrs. Conkling had her hand clasped in his. Mrs. Conkling left the room when the face of the dead sen- ator was covered, and _went into her own room and fell exhausted on the lounge. At 4 o'clock the undertakers called at the house and laid out the bod. After the embalm- ing of the remains this morning they will be d ed and placed in the coffin, morning it was announced to mem- of the press that the funeral services will be held over the dead cx-senator's remains Friday morning in Trin- ity chapel. Friday afternoon the remains will be taken to Utica, N. Y., where funeral services will also be held in 'Cavalry chapel Saturday afternoon. Pall bearers selected are: Judge Shipman, Abram S. Hewitt, C. L. M. Barlow, Clarence A. Seward, Manton Marble, Senator John C. Jon Senator Don Cameron, William J. Wallace, Walker Charch and Isaac C. Bailey, This morning the body was embalmed and placked in the ket. ‘The interment will be at Utica, where the principal funeral services will be held next Saturday. The short service in this city is for the purpose of accommodating his many friends in the city and from Washington, In this city and Brooklyn flags are flying at half mast on the city hall and other public buildings. A thousand or more telegrams and X|\'M,(‘rs of condolence have been re- ceived. ALBANY, N, Y., April 18.—Governor Hill, commenting on the death of ex-Senator Conkling, said: ‘*The death of such a man a8 Coniling is n loss to the country at large aud especially to the state he tried so faith- fully to serve. His career as a statesman has been an unusually clear and honest one, and the party to which he belonged is the only one that failed to do him honor. The people in general must mourn the 10ss of such a man and statesman.” The United States cireuit court and other courts adjourned to-day out of respect to the memory of Conkling. ~Addresses of culogy were made by several judges and lawyers, Tributes Paid at Washington. WasiiNGToN, April 18.—Among the utter- ances of prominent publie men concerning Conkling are the following, Postmaster General Dickinson—Ho left a strong impress of his masterful personality, of his vigorous intellect, of his purity and his patriotism upon the history of the country. Seeretary Vilas—Senator Conkling de- serves to live long in the grateful memory of his countrymen for the lofty integrity and purity of his official life and character. Sccretaries Fairchild, Whitney and Endi- cott and Attorney General Garland spoke in similur terms of praise, Scnator Allison said! “‘Mr. Conkling was one of the great characters of our country, distinguished for intellectual activity and force. On the whole he was onc of the ablest and most conspicuous members of the senate at a time when many able men were members of that bod! former associ- ates in the scnate deplore s loss and sym; thize with his family in their bereavement.’ Senator Sherman said: *1 had the highest respect for the abilities and personal char: ter of Senator Conkling.” Senator Edmunds said: *“He was one of the most brilliant and able men I ever knew.” —— SHOT HIM DEAD. A Colorado Man Takes the Life of His Sister's Alraducer. SaLIDA, Colo., April 18— [Special Telegram to the Bre.|—News kps reached here this evemng of the Ikillingof Enoch Patterson, near Howard statiord twelve -miles below here, at an ecarly hélr this morning by Charles Bell and Mart McClellan, two ranch- men. The men spent Tuesday in town drink ing heavily ‘and frequently quarrelling. About 10 o'clock they started home, and on the way engaged in & quarrel 1 relation to the virtue of different women. During the discussion Patterson cast a reflection upon the character of Bell's sister. Upon arrival at the latter’s ranch Patterson at- tempted to enter the house. Bell warned him off but Patterson paid no attention and was cjected. He went away and returned in few minutes accempanied by o friend named Cal Bates and again tried to get mto the house. The moment his_figure showeéd in_the doorway Bell and McClellan fired, Killing Patterson instantly. " Bates received an ugly wound in tho left side and chest. The kiliing caused intense excitement. Bell and McClellan cseaped into the movutains immediately after the shooting. A party is m pursuit. Litigation and Death, New Youk, April 18, pecial Telegram to the kb samuel G. Barnard, who has acted as counsel for many theatrical stars and organizations, died of cercbral hemorrhage last evening in the Chambers street hospital He was trying a case at 3:20 in the suprem court general term, and was resting afte naving addressed the court at some lenth, while Lawyer Abbolt was replying to tho points Barnard had made. In a pause oce sioned by Abbott's reference to the mem randa on his desk, Harnard, without rising, attempted_to beging “Will your honor please——" He passed his hand across his face and settled backiward in his chair as 1f he had fainted. “Forheayen’s sake,”” hoarsely whispered the stricken lawyer, *take me to the hospital.” Tnu few hours Barnard dead. It is a singular fact that Mr. Barnard was the third principal in the suit of the Franco-American agency againstJ. L. Cun- ningham, concerning the right of the produc: tion of *Theodora,” all of whom have died in two weeks, The first was Mr, Johnsou,an important witness; the second was Miss Lillian Olcott, who died a week ago Sunday at the Westminster: then came Mr Barnard her counsel, and Roseoe Conkling, who was associate counsel in the same suit, - - Young Biggs, the Forger Woonnuny, Ky., April 18.—[Speer egram to the Bre.]—Rev. B. F. Biggs, of this place, advises the public and his friends to beware of his son, Ed F. Biggs, The son isonly twenty-six years of age, vet heis probubly the best known and most reckless forger in the Umited States, He has a per- fect mania for writing other people’s names to checks for mon In fuct, he has a rec ora for forgery all the way from Charlottes- ville, Va, Orlewns, and lias been in jail in various cities, always on the same charge. In getting Wm out of these difficul ties the father has spent every cent he hus in the world. At one time he owned a com- fortable little property in Green county. This has been sacrificed in his efforts to pro tect the boy, and his friends have also kindly assisted him since he became penniless. The young man -left home three weeks ago, and his father fears b will be up to his old tricks again, and hence he warns the public, - The Strike Ended KaNsas Ciry, Mo., April 18,—[Special Tele- gram to the Beg.]—TPhe strike of the switch tenders and yardmen of the Hannibal & St, Joe and St. Council Bluffs roads ended to-day at 1 o'clock. A committee of strik called on Superintendent Fish and requested the reiustatement of Jumes Wilson and the discharge of J. N. Mullyheim, the night ardmaster, This was refused, 'At a later uference the men agreed to return to work if Wilson was placed st work, the matter of Mullyheim belng left open. Tel- " - Northwestern Switchm CuicAGo, April 18.~The sw work nights in the south branch 3 Northwestern road struck tonight, and the eight orten engines which usually work in the yards along Sixtcenth street from the river to Western avenue were idle. The princlpal grievance of the men i6 said to be u chauge the yarduaster. So far as kuown the nat ter'has vo connection with, the Durliugion trouvle, Thirty mes ere out. n Strike. hmen W} ards of the | ASSAULTED AND LEET T0 DIE. A Non-Brotherhood Engineer Beaten at Nebraska City. HIS ASSAILANTS ARE UNKNOWN. Fremont's Stock Yards Company Golng to Increase Its Capacity— Two Broken-Hearted Nebras- kans End Their Lives. A Scab Engineer Clubbed. NEenrAskA City, Neb,, April 18.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Joseph M, Brown, & scab engineer, was attacked ata late hour last night on South Sixth street, while re- turning up town from the depot, by three unknown men, who beat him with clubs, fracturing his skutland jawbone ina frightful manner, Brown was found in a dazed condition wandering about the streets and taken to his hotel. Brown has always spoken bitterly against the striking engineers, and came here from Bromfleld, Mo., and m'w?\lutl the position of engincer on a B. & M. switch engine. He is not a8 badly injured as at first re- ported and will récover. It is thought his assailants were footpads and were fright- ened off before succeeding in robbery. The brotherhood engineers are very indignant that they should be suspicioned of having a hand in the affair. Superintendent Thomp- son offers a reward of $300 for the arrest of Brown's assailants. Increasing Their Capacity. FREMONT, Nob., April 18.—[Special to the Bee.]—~Ata meeting held yesterday after- noon the directors of the Fremont Stock Yards & Land company ordered the execu- tive committee to proceed at once to the ~on- struction of another packing house.’ It is ex- pected that the institution shall be all com- pleted in time for active work at the opening of the packing season this fall. The capacit, of the building will be from 1,000 to 1,200 hogs per day, This quiet decision of the company 10 double the capacity of their plant 1s looked upon with great favor by the people of Fr mont. The packing house now in_operation has proven beyond all question that the busi- ness can be carried on with great succes When houses at Sioux City, Nebraska City and Lincoln have shut down for the want of hogs this one has continued right along with more than it could handle, It has demon- strated that pork packing here is not exper mental—it is a certain succ The unlim- ited supply of hogs places Fremont on a sur footing. Vetoed a Relief Bill. WASHINGTON, April 18.—The president has vetoed the bill for the relief of Major Danicl N. Dash, paymaster of the United States army, for the loss by theft of §,000 in W oming. In his message the president says: “Iam thoroughly convinced that the inter- ests of the public would be better protected if fewer private bills were passed relieving officials, upon slight and sentimental grounds from their pecuniary responsibilities, and the readiness with whica army officers join in applications for conconation of negligence on the part of their comrades does not tend, in my opinion, to maintain that regard for discipline and that scrupulous observance of duty which should characterize those be- longing to their honorable profession. 1 can- not satisfy myself that the_negligence made apparent in this case should be overlooked. A Pinkerton Uses His Gun. Dain Ciry, Neb., April 18.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|—John Mehan, claimmng tobe a Pinkerton detective, was brought before Judge Clingman to-night on the charge of snooting Charles Wilson, & citizen of this place. Mehan was guarding a B. & M. engine while the crew went to suppe Wilson was looking about the engine. Som words passed and the men clinched. Mehan pushed Wilson down and_then drawing his revolver shot him through the hand, inflict- ing a serious wound. Mehan_was released until Monday on £1,000 recognizince. Public sympathy is with Wilson. Dwelling Completely Destroyed. STERLING, Neb., April 17.—[Speewal to the Bee.|—Yesterday about 1 o'clock the dwell- ing and contents of 1. M. Fithian, one of the Johnsen county commissioners, residing in Helena precinct, was entirely destroyed by fire. It originated in the upper partof the house, and was not discovered till too late to suve anything except au organ, which was with difticulty taken out. Loss 1,200 to #1,500, of which about 250 is covered by in- th. ruig, Neb., April cial to the ]—News has just ceived of a fatal fire in Wheeler county, thirty-five miles southwest of here. The residence of D. W. well was burned, and the cldest child, a sven years old, burned to_death, and wo younger children were burned so badly they are not expected to live. The Babe is All Right. Nenian, Neb., April 18,—[Special to the Bee.]—The httle three-year-old which fell into a seventy-cight foot well last Saturday, and remained nntil Monday morning without foou or water untilit could be dug out, is now out of danger, and will be runuing around in a fow days more, —— ccted Fire Officers, Frevoxt, Neb., April 18.—[Special to the 1328, ])—The aunual meeting of the Fremont fire department? was held last night. The clection of ofticers resulted in the re-election of Gerhard Dierks as chicf; Frank Hanlon, assistant chief; G. L. Loomis, president; W B, Marshall, secretary. The ' chief's annual report showed that during the past year there have been ten fires in the city, the loss 12,300, and the insurance §11,660, Van Wyck Sthook Them Up, Buuseir, Neb., April 18.—(Special Tele gram to the Bre.)—Ex-Senator Charles H, Vun Wyck delievered an address to a large audience last night at this place, that made the dry bones of Crane and other traitors attle, Monopolies and trusts reccived a severc denur n. He left here for Taylor this afternoon, where he speaks ugain to night. Hanged Himself, West Porst, Neb., April 15, am 0 the Bee.|—Heiurich Schmoeger, riman cigar-maker, about seventy years of age, hanged himself in his room licre this worning. No cause excepting destitute cuwstances can be given for the act. [Epecial Tel- cir A Hastings Sulecide, HasTINGs, Neb., April 15.— [Special T¢ gram to the Bee. ]—Samuel Hirsch, a promi- | nent business man of this city, committed suicido this forenoon by shootifg himself in the temple, Cuuse, temporary insanity uud business troubles, Receiver of the State National, Wasmixaros, April 18.—The compt of the curreucy has appointed A, 5. Tibbitts, of Lincoln, Neb., receiver of the State Na- tional bauk of Omaha, Neb. —— Kansas Oity . T ixsas Cizx, Mo, Aprit 18.—|Special Tel egram to the BEk.|—At & meeting of the police commissioners, Chief Speers sibmit ted his roport for the year ending May It shows @ total of 7,851 arrgsts during the Jgus. oo of tle ‘cliarges were: Murder, 0; grand larceny, 140; higliway robbery, 73 assault with inteut to kb, 13); intoxica- Ner Crime, Fast i Won, 2,00L POIATIC Ohio Republicans Meet and Shout For John Sherman. Dayrox, O, April 18.—The city is gor- geously decorated. Governor Foraker and wife were received at the depot by a brigade of club representatives of the state, and there was great enthusiasm for him in the march through the city to the headquarters Democratic clubs united in the demonstra tion. The state convention met here at 4 o'clock this afternoon, General J. Warren Keifer, ex-speakor of the house of representatives, being made temporary chairman. In a speech General Keifer eulogized Senator Sherman and gave reasons why he should be nominated s the republican candidate for president. Resolutions of condolence and sympathy with the family of Ros coe Conkling were adopted, The —ap- pointment of vice presidents and committees having been concluded, Governor Foraker made a speech. He said it had been charged in the democratic papers that he and Senator Sherman were not_on friendly terms and that there would be treachery to Senator Sherman in the Ohio delegation o Chicago, He disclaimed any feeling of enmity toward Senator Sherman, and said the Ohio delewa- tion to the Chicagd convention will respond 10 the roll call: ““Twenty-six votes for John Shermar The governor spoke for half an hour in praise of Senator Shermun, piving the rens- ons why he should be the only choice of the Ohio delegation. The convention adjourned untal to-morrow The Third district republican conven- tion this morning re-nominated B. S, Wil- linms for congress by acclamation. Dr. Lowes and+ Britt Brown were chosen dele- gates to the Chicago convention, and Colonel Robert Williams, of Preble county, for clector. Georgia's Third Party. DecATugr, Ala,, April 18,.—The state tem- perance convention met hére to-day and nominated a state ticket. The platform de- clares opposition to the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors and to all forms of license; demands the repeal of the internal revenue and license laws; better election laws; a better system of education and sup plementing the state by national aid; favors a residence of twenty-ono years for forcigners before voting Resolutions ‘were adopted arraigning the democratic party for failing to rodeem its pledges to the country, demanding the repeal of the internal revénue law as not longer necessary ; urges upon congress the pussage of the Blair or some similar bill, and dges the varty to do all in its power to promote temperance in the state; denounces the free trade tendencies of the’ democrats and favors the protection of American labor and industries, Foreign Delegates at Large. ATLANTA, Ga., April 18.—The republican state convention to-day elected the following delegates from the state at large to the national convention: W. A. Pledger and W. J. White, (colored), and A. E. Buck and R.D. Locké, (white). The delegation is considered for Sherman. The Delegation to St. Louis. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, April 18.—[Special Telegram to the Ber ]—The democratic club hus decided to go to St. Louis 500 strong. Members to that number are cnrolled. They will wear white plug hats, linen dusters and arry red canes with the club badge. The clab is solid for Cloveland. Endorsa the Administration. SALEM, Mass.,, April 18.—The Seventh district democrat convention to-day clected as delegate to the national convention Jacob RR. Huntington, Ames Burrand T. H. Devine. Resolutions endorsing Cleveland were adopted. Newspaper Man Chosen. Burraro, April 18.—0. G. Warren, of the Commercial, was to-day chosen delegate to the Chicago convention by the republicans of the Thirty-second district. ki GO RATES. East and Westbound W Materially Reduced, Cucaco, April 18.—A reduction of through rates from New York, Chic 0, St. Louis, and the Missouri river to Colorado poix goes into effeet. to-morrow on all the roads, This is the result of the mecting of managers at Kansas City on Tuesday, the object by to meoet the comy tion of the Worth & Denver road, which in connection with the Morgan line of steamers at Galyes- ton made through r: from New York to Denver 25 per cent v those of the trans. continental route, new arrange- ment the ate on first class freight from Chicago to Colorado points will be £1.80, instead of £2.45, and a proportionate reduction is made on other Lumber s will be forty cents from Chicago and twenty-five cents from the Mis r. The new rates will apply to both east and west bound t Th stern states passenger association at a meeting here to-day agreed upon a rate of one fare for the round trip for the annual meeting of the national educational associa- tion to be held in San I° icisco, July 17-20, Like rates were made for the republican and democ ional conventions and other similar even DOW stern Traflic ng new Fort Loy ing Declared Guilty. 1, Mo., April 18.—[Special Tele gram to the Bee.]—At 4 o'clock this after. noon the jury in the Bulling case brought in a verdict, finding the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree, after being out twenty-three hours. The trial has been one of unusual interest, inasmuch as it was the sccond wife murder in twelve months. Louis Bulling is a young man about twenty-five age and of ruther prepos pearand On January 29, half jealousy, he visited the Herl calling for his young wife, accompanied her to her voom and shot her dead, The only ground on which the defense could hope for o favorable verdiet was temporary insanity. A new trial will be asked for to-torrow. B years of sSing ap razed with rt house and Punished By White Caps NEW ALuANY, Ind,, April 18.—A band of White Caps last night took Ja Sechers, Robert Brumfield and Mrs, Naney Wilson from the woman's house and stripped them and tied them The men w given 125 lushes cuchi, the blood being dr at every stroke. Tho men fainted seve times, but water was thrown upon them they were resuscitated ouly to be lashed again, The woman bogged piteonsly to Lo shared, but was given twenty-fiy lics when she fainted, When the vietims w untied they fell 10 the ground and, were there, being taken away by friends, - Bosses Confident. il 1%,—In spite of the de firms yeeterday the master brewers are jubilant t Most of the breweries working ed, One of the drivers for Eliret's brewery was struck on the Lead with @ brick by sos unknown person ved serious in juries, 0@ tr left New Yor EW Yo fection of are 10 a ce and rec - penters' Demands, il Special p large amount o alanned at one Conceded the € Kaxeas Ciry, Mo, A the Beg. |-l 1s, owing to Telegram t and contract of building now on hand, beca the tiireat ned housand ng of o ! P At the anpu fug of the whisky trust to-day o divid Jarcd und the uld | poisoned s HADGOCK MURDER REVIVED. A Missing Witness Found Dead in an Ice House. LAID THERE FOR THREE MONTHS, Arensdorfs Revolver Found at Hig Side—Apparently a Case ofSul- cide — The Billings Trial About Coneluded. Was 1t Suicide or Murder? Srovx Ciry, T, April 17.—[Special Tels- gram to the Bre.|—The dead body of a man was found in the ice house of the Arensdorf brewery ty Nick Pauley this afternoon. The body was immediately identified as that of Albert Hielz, who for nearly two years oceas sionally did bookkeeping or odd jobs about, the brewery, and who is said to have sudden- Iy disappeared the week after the trial of John Arensdorf for the murder of Rev. Dr, Haddock. The body lay in the corner of the ice house, and by its side a thirty-eight cal- ibre self-cocking revolver, which is identified by Pauley and other former employes of the brewery as the properth of John Arensdorf, The body was in @ sitting posi- tion with the hands clinched at the side and the wound was through the head. It was in a badly decomposed condition. The door of the ice house was not locked, but could be opened by any one. It was very dark within and there had been no saw- dust inside since last fall. Pauley. was cleaning it out when he found the body. Hultz was a German, about forty-four years old, of good education, but addicted to drink. He is said to be well connected in the old country and to have a daughter in Kansas Cit He slept in the brewery and often helped Pauley, the night watchman who was in the brewery the night of the Haddock murder, These were the principal | facts of the evidence before the coroner’s this afternoon, although there is a con- tin the statements as to whether Hultz disappeared bofore or after Avensdorf’s trial. The coroner’s jury rendered a ver- dict of suicide. The first rumor this after- noon that 1t was the body of Henry Peters, the livery driver who was alleged to have been with Arensdorf at the time of the Had~ dock murder, caused much excitement. Progress of the Billings Trial. WavenrLy, la., April 18.—[Special Tele~ gram to the Ber.]—The day Las been spent. in the Billings trial by introducing rebutting: evidence on both sides. The state gave es- pecial attention to proving thut the revolyer found by Kingsley's side after he was shot. did not belong to him: also that his mother did not give the key to the old home to Mrs, Billings till September 25, four days after the time when Mrs. Billing says she was. there and had improper relations with Kings- ley. To-morrow the atttorneys will com- mence their arguments to the jury and a de- cision is not expected before the end of the. week, A Jury Obrained. Booxt, Ta., April 18,—[Special Telegram. to the BEr.]—A jury in the trial of J. Reed Hurlbut, charged with being accessory to the. shooting of Constable Logan at Des Moines, was obtained this morning. The counsel for both sides spent some time ip presenting the: case and then the testimony began. Noth- ing importaut has developed yet. L NORTRWEST FLOODS. . Log Rafts Swept At Winona. MiLwAUKER, April 18,—A special to the Evening Wisconsin from Winona, Minn., s the luss to manufacturing interests in that city by floods is estimated at $100.000. The Minncsota boom company loses 6,000,000 feet of logs valued at $150,000, making tho loss to lumbering interests alone $250,000, The river is four miles wide at that place, At Tremplean, Wis.. while five Indians were endeavoring to draz ucross a raft of logs, the logs parted and ull were drowned. ont. Wis., on the Wolf river, in ty, ten miilion feet of logs were released by the collapse of a boom. The. logs were carricd into Lake Poygan and can be recovered, but at heavy expense Wisconsin River Abatis Powracr.. Wis., April 15.—The Wisconsin. viver is ut a stand-still the water is run- ning into the Fox river through a break in the levees a short above this city. Uniless u crevasse irer town there will be no dax river valley The levee is in Away “ind_Lost at distan oceurs age to the Fox L very precarious condition, but as the water is cvidently at a stand-stilly hopes are entertained that " a_flood will not cnsue. Licutenant IMiteh, of the United States engincer corps is now at the sceno, Dumaged the Manitoba. €. Pavs, April 18.—It is reported from Fort Benton, Mont., that the Manitoba bridge over Milk river has been taken out by high water and fifty miles of track washed away. 1t will take three weeks to repair the damage, ' The Manitobn 15 sending Helena. passengers and perishuble freight’ via the Northern Pacifie, ‘Winona's Scare Over, Wixoxa, Minn., April 18.~The water in the Mussissippi has risen only two inches in the last twenty-four hours, up to 10'clock this afternoon, and it is now thought the flood hus reaclied its maximum, No serious. damage has been done here othar than causs ing inconvenience ulong the levee, Aftairs in South America, Nrew Yous, April 15.—A Rio Juneiro letter 10 the Herald ‘Ihe new ministry has. already made public through the semi-oMeial organ that the principal: object in their pr gramme would be the abolition of slavery this year, The wh neipatory moves ment which was last December in the province of S Iready freed 70,000 of its in the prov= ince of Rio J liberation movement L8 commenced its have heen received from the southwestern frontier of San Paulo of alleged poisoning of Indiaus in & mass, Aceording 1o statements forwarded thence to an Paulo, Paner, o certain Joapun Hueno, who has seventy armed men under his com- mund, recently assaulted large Indian vil- Luges, und whilo the frightened Indians were absent, poisoncd by strychnine not only the food and dvink abandoned by the titiy bu lso the wol springs, According to Beunes own ation hie found wi cturned o few days later, 4,000 corpses of Indians in the village. He also boasted thut in snother village he had ) Indians und he was about to similur iuansior anotlier i which 15 resided, le e ated 1 Panlo has o8, il init treat in g 5,000 1 - Exiled Boodlers April 18--[Specfal The World says nold belongings of the boodle ex-Alderman Delacey started for lis new osidence, 108 Mackay street, Montreal, Cauads, Delacey's old associutes regard this incident as proof thut the boodier e given up hope of re- wrning to New ¥ The World, a few days ago, brought to light negotiutions peuds ing betivesn the New Y D A e il Jolucey Was not included in the negotistions,but he would 110 retu ho imuwunity prom- witness for the people. The latest. owe that Lie at leust will not be ac- The New to the s clogram tho house- Move sh cepied, SRR Deail: of a Noted Author. w Youk, April pocial Telegraa te the Bzzl—E. G. Squire, & celebrated writer on Contral American and Peravian aztiquities, and fivsl nusbaud of Mrs. Fragls died in Broolilyn to-day. :