Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 10, 1888, Page 1

v THE OMAHA DaAlLy BEE S S— SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING MAY 10, 1888, — —_—| NUMBER 327, A NOBLE WOMAN'S SORROW. Doomed to Disappointment After Waiting Twenty Years. DISCIPLES OF JOSEPH SMITH. A Romasce of Early Mormon Days in Nebraska—A Blizzard Victim Found — Various County pnventions, A Husbana Doubly Lost. Nunraska City, Neb, May 9.—[Special Tolegram to T Bee.|—A romance in real life which deserves a place beside the story of Enoch Arden and in which a Nebraska City man is one of the principal actors, came 1o light here yesterday A little over twenty years ago, when the then young and vigorous church of Latter Day Saints had begun reaching out for con verts across the Atlantic ocean, a mission- ary of this faith was sent to England. He was possessed of considerable ability as a speaker and sot forth the new evangel of God's latest prophet, Joseph Smith, with such power that the common people flocked to hear him by the thousand and whole platoons of them were converted and shipped straigntway to swell the colony of Mormons in Utah, Among theso converts were a well to-do couple named Mr. and Mrs, John B, Crad- dock, who attended all the meetings and zealously espoused the doctrines taught, Dis- posing of their eartuly possessions, they bade farewell to their friends in the mother coun- try and started together on the long voyagoe toward the new lapd and the new religion_in which they had debided to pass the remuinder of their lives, Although Omaha was then the general out- fitting station for the great overland journey across the plains, the Mormon converts wer directed to come by way of Nebraska Cit) Accordingly, Craddock” and_his wife, fo they had no children upon their arrival in New York came diroctly to this place. Ow- ing to some accident, Mr. Craddock was de- tained here severul days, aud his wife was placed in charge of a number of other con- verts who were just starting. Upon arriving in Salt Lake she was introduced to a_promi- nent apostle who at once took a great interest, in her and proposed that she should be added to the list of wives in his already numerous houschold. The missionarics carefully avoided all reference to polygamy in_setting forth the beauties of the new religion and Mrs. Craddock was horrified at his_propo- sition. To add still greater force to her re- fusal she informed the apostle thit she already had a husband, who, like herself, had _becomé o dofuded convert to Mormonism, and whose arrival she was expecting daily, Upon learning that she was already married her apostolic admirer, far from releasing his pur- ¢ of marriage, hid her away and when her usband _arrived she was nowhere to be found. No one in Salt Lake knew any- thing about_her, and the apostle who held her in captivity'told of the dangers of the journey across the trackless desert and of the fréquency of Indian massacres. Overcome with grief at his loss and horri- fied as his wife had been by the evidences of polygamy all about him, the_broken-hearted usband turned his back on Mormonism and came agan to Nebraska City where he en- goied fn business. As time “passed on and o still received no tidings of his missing wife, he gave her up for dead and eventually remarried. Mrs. Craddock, after several month's i prisonment in Salt Lake, succceded in e caping back to the states, ly in the dar' 8s 1o her husband’s whereabouts as he had been in regard to hers, she knew not where to turn, and_finally 'succeeded in making her way to New York where she again sailed for England. For twenty years she heard nothing of her husband, and had lost all hope of hearing from him agan when by the merest chance she meta relative of his in England who had but recontly ceived a letter from him dated at Nebraska City. Not dreaming that he had remarried she at once sccured pussage for America and rived in Nebraska City about April 1. Her shie found her former husband living with his second wife and u large family of children, Noither could forget what they once were to each other and it was a month before the unfortunate woman became reconciled to the that she must give him up. Convinced, ever, that he had acted in good faith and for the sake of his innocent children and his equally innocent wife she determined to abandon all her claims. Accordingly she bade him goodbye for: the last time yester- day and bearing the burden of her second avement, once more set her face toward the 0ld howe across the sca. Thayer Instruc s for Lair Heprox, Neb., May 9.—[Special Telogram to T Bk, |—The Thayer county republi- can convention met to-day and elected dele- gotes to the state and congressional conven tion. ‘Pho convention was harmonious tiroughout, The delegates to the congressional are as follows: C. B, Coon, L. J. Dunn, W, D. Church, John Yearnshaw, Dr. Wilcox, L. o ‘and,N. Brittenden, The delegates instructed by a mujority to favor Ja Laird for congress. W, Price, . M. Wetherold, E. voll, Dr. Monorey, John Redlined, landand John Kenney are to represent the county in the state convention, A biallot was taken on choice for president, rosulting in Robert Lincoln being first choice und Jumes G, Blaine for second choice, Another Blizzard Victim Found, BawrLert, Neb, Muy 6.—[Spectal to Tue Bee.|—The body of D, B, Lukens, who was lost during the blizard of Junuury 12, was found on the evening of May 4 in the hills east of Cedar rive Ho had wandered fifteen miles from his home into the L where th is no settlement, It was by ac- cident he was found. Mr, W. B, Lynds was looking through the hills in search of a course for a new road when he came upon the body. His clothes were mostly burned by a prair fire and his body was much caten by wolves The remains were taken to Chambers, Hoit for burial. Seward County Republicans, Sewarn, Neb., May 9.—[Special Telegram to Tue BEk. |—The republican countyconven- tion was held at Seward to-day. It was one of the most harmonious gatherings of the kind ever held in the county. The following were elected as delegates to the state con- vention: R. 8. Norval, R. 8. Neir, W. W, Cox, H. (G, Hasford, L J, Foster, I. R. Rix hart, H, Wortendyke, H. Taylor, Johnson, J. H, Presson, The convention next procceded to elect ten delegates to the second district congressional convention and the following are the persons chosen: E. C. Parkinson, B. C. Ragan, S. Powell, W, Weyant, Jr., A, J. Willuns, A V. Elnlik'n. A, W. Hageman, Iryvin Stail, G. W. Morton, E.W. Olney, The de! ates to the state convention were instructed use all honorable means to soccure the election of Hon. R. 8. Norval as delegate to the mational conventign. A resplution was nlso adopted urging the nomination of Hon, James Laird for congress from the Second d A vote was taken on the choice for { ,and resulted in Gresham first, Lincoln second, Mlaive third, and Sherman fourth. The party is in the best possible coudition and a victory this full is assurcd. B A Heavy Flood at Curtis, Cennis,Neb. , May 9.~ [Svecial to the Bs.] ~Sod houses ave @ thing of the past in this county. Steady and copious rains have ‘boen flooding this section of the country for the last six days. © The roofs on sod houses pre generally giving awuay. Tue Medicine has overflowed its banks, and Lake Phillippi, adjoining the village, covering forty acres o ground, has raised four feet during the past twenty four hours, and the rip-raping which protects the B. & M, railroad grade has been od and swallowed up by the floods. s communication from the west and falling of telegraph poles, A washout at Eustis has been roported. A cave used by P. A. Harris, one of our prominent mer: chants, for cellar and storage purposes,caved in this morning, damaging him about $300. Bought Goneral Grant's Horse. Bratiior, Neb,, May 9.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Brk.]—Gen. L. W. Colby, com- mander of the Nebraska National guards, has just purchased from U. S. Grant, jr., for 2,500, the famous white stallion, Linden Tre which was presented to General Grant in 1870 by the sultan of Turkey. The horse will be shipped here next week. He is said to be the finest blooded Arabian horse in America, besides being noted as having been the property of America’s greatest gen- eneral Colby will have the horse on exhibiti at the next encampment. The animal is now onthe Grant farm at Wash- ington, Penn. The Favor Dorsey and Allison. Bartiert, Neb., May 7.—[Special to Tue Bie.]—At the republican county convention held at Bartlett, May 5, the following dele- gates were elected to the congressional con- vontion at Norfolk: B. S. Leedom, L. P. Glaseburn and John W. Baird. They were instructed to favor the re-nomination of G. W. E. Dorsey. W. W, Powell, M. J. Kirk- privick and J. C. Pletcher are the delegates 1o the republican state convention. The con- vention favors the nomination of Allison, Sad Accident to a Farmer. Ginox, Neb, May 9.—[Special Telegram to Tux Bre.]—A serious if not fatal accident occurred to Moses Cook, a prominent farmer living mear this place w-diy. While hitch- ing ateam to the plow the team took fright, trampling him down, the pomt of the plow striking him in the lower part of the abdo- men, making an_opening through which the Dbowels protruded. - One of his feet was also horribly mutilated. His recovery is doubtful. Dorsey Fecls Confident. Graxp Istaxp, Neb.,, May 9.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.|—The Hon. George Dorsey was in the city to-day and was se- renely happy, he being fully confident of his renomination for congressman. Itis reported that Mr. Darnell concedes the nomination to Mr. Dorsey and he will return_to St. Paul satistied to wait for twoyears, Mr. Dorsey's fricnds huve secured him Custer, Valley, Sherman and Logan counties. Second Victim of a Fire. Banrietr, Neb,, May 7.—[Special to Trz Bee.]—Edgar, the two-year-old son of D. W. Caswell, who wus 8o badly burned by the burning of Mr. Caswell’s house, died Satur- day evening, May 5. He lived eighteen days accident and was a great suffercr. 11 lost another son of seven years Another child was severely burned, but will probably recover. Bartlett's New Bank. BantLerr, Neb., May 7.—[Special to T Bee.|—The Wheeler County Bank was orgunized May 1 by Robert Brown and A. Yeazel, of the Exchange National bank of Hastings, and E. A. Bohneand James A. Hall of Bartlett, Mr. A. Yeazelis president, Robert Brown, vice president, and J. A. Hall, cashier. Its place of business will be Bart- lett. It will commence business at once. This is the first bank to open in the county und was much necded. A Dorsey Delegation. Onp, Neb., May §.—[Special Telegram to —The Valley county rcpublican convention held here yesterday elected a Dorsey delegation to the congressional —con- vention, and the following delegates to the state convention: A. Trout, V. H. Stone, S, C. Bruce, Adam Smith. James Bowen and L. D. Termmarman. Dorsey's Nomination Assured. Fremost, Neb.,, M: 9.—[Special Tele- gram o Tue Bee.]—Returns from enough counties in tne thivd district have been re- ceived liere to date to give Congreeman Dor- sey a majority in the Norfolk convention and more than a third of the dQistrict to hear from. His nomination is a forcgone con- clusion, 5 His Skull Fractured. Paiayna, Neb., May9.—[Special Telegram to 'ie Bek. |—Hanz Foster, living four miles north of here, was kicked on the head by a vicious horse. The blow fractured his skull, letting soo of the brains fall out. He will die. Grant Real Estate Booming. Graxt, Neb, May 9.—[Special Telegram to Tire Bre.]—Real cstate 18 advancing rap- idly in priccs. An addition of sixty acres is to be laid out to the original plat at once, and by fall the boom will be running in full blast, Taken to Lincoln. Neb., May 9.—[gpecial Telegram to ik Bk, ] —Charlie Eaton, one of the un- fortunates wounded in the Rope Creek wreck, was taken from Alma to Lincoln to- duy on an officers’ special car of the B. & M. roid accompunied by Dr. Hart, of Lincoln, = DL JT OF THE STRIKE, OnLes RE ‘What 1t Has Cost th Q" to Quarrel With the Engineers. ~The Chicago, Burlington s statement of carnings and ex- for March and for the quarter ending 11, was issued to-day. March was the first full month during which the strike of the engineers and firemen was in progress, arnings for the month were §1,211,188, of compared the corresponding pe of last The expenses were $1,857,603, a reduc- 513, while in not earnings a deficit #140,415 is shown, indicating ase of 710.079 compared with 18 the quar- the gross earnings were 4,560,000, de- e of #2,210,000; expenses 3,848,520, an of $419,422: net earnings §720,475, & CImieag & Quin Shot His Daughter's Seducer, Avnaxy, N, Y., Muy 9.—Amos H. Tyler, a salosman of Bath-on-the-Hudson, shot and fatally wounded Dr. W. I, Gilroy, a dentist, this morning, Tyler asserted that Gilroy, who was married only five weeks ago, is the father of the illegitimate child of his seven- teen-year-old daughter. His daughter, on what will be her death bed ; told Lim to shoot Gilroy, and he did so. Gilroy is a society man ard his newly wedded wife is highly connected ST i, House of Commons, Orrawa, Ont., May 9.—The house of com- 18 discussed the government's proposal to we o further loan of §25,000,000. Tup. per, the minister of fnance, explained that $5,000,000 of the proposed loan was to meet the fioating liabilies in London, and 5,000,000 Was to meet obligations in connec- tlon with raitroad sub sidics, s e Deny All the Charges. Cimeao, Tll., May 9.—The Illinois Central railroad- company filed an answer in the federal court to the suit of Moses K. Jessup and Forrest. The answer denies sl charges made that the Ilinois Central wrecked t edar Falls Minnesota railroad comp ane the Dubuque & Sioux City, e Boodlers Doue For. Cuicaco, May 9.—The supreme: court of 1llinois hus afMirined the decision of the lower court in the coun odlers!’ cascs, una the defendants will 4! have 10 serve their terms of senleace iu the statle penitentiary, A TRIBUTE TO MANLY WORTH. Colonel Ingersoll's Memorial Ad- dress on Roscoe Conkling. AS PURE AS THE STARS ABOVE. The Brilliant Orator Extols the Vir- tues and Praises the Unblem- ished Character of New York's Dead Statesma Roscoe Conkling Memorial. Avrpaxy, N. Y., May 9.—Thirty hundred persons in the Academy of Music to-night listened to an oration by Coionel Robert G. Ingersoll in memory of Roscoe Conkling, and one-fourth as many more besieged the barred doors while many climed to the roof and peeped through the skylights. The ceremo- nies were under the auspices of the senate and assembly. Colonel Ingersoll said in substance “Roscoe Conkling—great man, statesman, lawyer, distinguished the republic, in the zenith of his fame and power has reached his journey’s end, and we are met, here in the city of his birth, to pay our tribute to his worth and work. He earned and_held a proud position in public thought. He stood for independence, for courage, and above all for absolute integrity, and his name was known and honared by many millions of his fellow men. In the presence of death, the good man judges as he would be judged. He knows that men are only fragments—that the greatest walk in the shadow, and that faults and failutes mingle with the lives of all. Inthe grave should be burried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales n which are weighed the deeds of men. The pecul ies, traits born of locality and sur- roundings—these are the dust of the race— these are the accidents, drapery, clothes, fashions, that have nothing to do with man except to hide his character. They are the clouds that cling to the mountains., Time gives us a _clearer vision. That which was merely local fades away." The orator went into a comparison of statesmen and politicians ut some length, and continued: *“Roscoe Conkling was a man of superb courage. He not only acted without fear but he had that fortitude of soul that bears the consequence of & course pursued without complaint. He was charged with being proud. His pride w.s as inflexible as the ‘unwedgeable and gnarled oak’ but he was not vain. Vanity rests on the opinion of others; pride on our own. The source of vanity is from without—of pride, from within, Vamty is the vane that turns, a willow that bends with every breeze. Pride is the oak that defies the stor One is a cloud—the other a rock. One is weakness—the other strength.” The dead senator was then traced into pub- lic life. **At the dawn of the reformation,’ said Tngerso'l, [the chaotic condition of af- fairs just preceding the great, rebellion was alluded to] ‘‘the war was fought and a greater period of reconstruction followed. Men were either traitors or trusted. Roscoe Conkling was always of the latter. He al- ways stood in the front rank; he never wav- cred; he never swerved. He battled for the nation’s life; for the rights of the slaves; for the dignity of labor; for the liberty of 'all. Roscoe Conkling was an absolutely honest man. He was the ideal represen- tative, faithful and incorruptible. He belleved his constituents and his country were entitled to the fruits of his experi- enco to his best and highest thought. = No man ever held the smmfilrd of responsibility higher than he. He voted according to his judgment and conscien He made no bar- gains—he neither bought nor sold. He had the taste of a priuce,the fortune of a peasant, and yet he never swerved. No corporation was greatenough or rich enough to purchase him. His hand was er touched by any bribe, and on his soul there never wasa sordid stain. Above his marvelous intel- lectual gifts—above all the places he ever reache bove the ermine he re- fused—rises his integrity like some great mountain peak—and there it stands, as firm as the carth beneath, as pure as the stars above. He was a great lawyer. He understood the frame work, the anatomy, the foundations of law, was faunliar with the great streams and currents and tides of authority. He knew the history of legisla- tion—the principles that had been sctu upon the ficlds of war. He knew the maxi- mum of those crystalizations of common sense, those hand grenades of argument. He was an orator—earn logical, in- tense and picturesque. He laid the founda- tion with care, with accuracy and skill, and rose by cold gradation and well-balanced form from the corner stone of a statement to the doomed conclusion. He filled the stage, he satisfied the eye, the audience was his. He had that indefinable thing called pres enc commanding, erect, ample in spee ful in compliment, titanic in de- nunciation, rich in_illustration, prodigal of comparison and metaphor, and his sentences, measured and rhythmetical, fell like music on t enraptured throng, _ He ab- horred a Pharisee, and loathed all conscientious fraud. He had a profound aversion for those who insist on putting base motives back of the good deeds of others. He was no mask. He knew his friend—his enemies knew him. He had no patience with pretence—with patriotic rea- sons for unmanly acts. He did his work and bravely spoke his thoughts. Sensitive to the last degree, he keenly felt the blows and stabs of the envious and obscure—of the smallest of the weakest—but the greatest could not drive him from his convictions, He would not stoop to ask or give an expla- nation. He left his words and deeds to jus- tify themselves. He held in light esteem the friend who heard with half believing ears the slanders of a foe. He walked a highway of his own and kept the company of his self- t would not turn aside to avoid a foe— to grect or gaia friends. In his nature there was no compromise. To him there were but two paths—the rignt and the wrong. He was maligned, misrepresented and misunde; stood, but he would not answer, He knew that character speaks louder far t i words, He was as silent then as b and his silence was betjer than any form of spe it refuted every charge. He was an American—proud of his country, that was and ever will be proud of him. He did not find perfection only in other lands. He did not grow small and shrunken, withered and apol- ogetis in the presence of those upon whom greatness had beea thrust by chance, He could not be overawed by dukes or lords, nor flattercd intovertebrateless subseryi- ence by the patronizing smiles of kings. In the midst of conventionalities he had a feeling of suffocation. He believed in the royalty of man, in the sovereignty of the citizen and in the matchless greatness of this public. He was of a classic mould—a fig- ure from an antique world. He had the pose of great statues, the pride and bearing of an intellcetual Greelk, of a conquering Roman, and he stood, with'a free air, as though with- in his veins there flowed the blood of a hun- dred kings. And as he lived he died. Proudly he entered darkness—or the dawn that we call death, Unshrinking he passed beyond our horizon, beyond the twilight's purple hills, beyond the utmost reach of human harm or help—to that vast realm of silence or of joy where innumerable dwell, and he has left with us his wealth of thought and deed—the memory of a brave, imperious, bonest man, who bowed aloue to death.? Conkling's Will. Umica, N. Y., May 9.~The will of Roscoe Conlling, which was offered for probate to- day, bequeaths all his property to his wife and her heirs, and makes her sole executrix. in Republicans Meet and In- struct for Governor Rusk. Mapisox, Wis, May 9.—The republican state convention met at the capitol to-day to elect delegates to the national convention. The convention was cailed to erder by H. A. Taylor, of Hud chairman of the state central o wittee, who wie o leagthy speech, Lrw L. Mradford, of uu C Wiscon elocted permanent ebafrman. He made an address at some lemgth. Theodore Otjen, of Milwaukee, was elected secretary, after which an hour's recess was taken, After the recess resolutions were adopted in which the principles set forth in the plat- form adopted by the national convention of the republican party on the subject of pro- tection were reafirmed; the platform which Abraham Lincoln approved and on which he was elected was indorsed ; such revision of the ‘tariff was demanded as will avoid an accumulation of surplus in the treasury after meeting the current expenses of xfl ernment and paylng the national debt as rapidly as it matures; President Cleveland’s last annual message was de- nounced as an attack \I{mn America’s indus- tries, as was also the Mills tariff bill; the methods by which, in several states in the union, large bodies of voters are practically disfranchised in order to promote the elec- tion of democratic presidents, congressmen and other officiais is denounced. The resolu- tion goes on to say that every friend of free institutions should sternly oppose & party which tolerates or consents to prohibit by these crimes that outrage on_the rights of the citizens of the whole republic. The re- publicans of Wisconsin desire the prosperity of all sections of the country and friendly re- lati with all. They further condemn as tending to bring a salutary and needed re- form into disrepute pnd contempt the sweep- ing changes of subordinate officials of the government made by the present national administration to reward and encourage par- tisan services, in fligrant_disregard of the pledges which the president gave when a candidate for election, and of the professions ‘which, from time to time, he has since sub- mitted to the credulity of the public. A resolution was also adopted favorin, Governor Rusk as a candidate for chiel magistrate of the nation. he following are the district electors: First, C. N. Palmer; Sccond, A. P. Har- wood; Third, A. C. Dodge; Fourth, Julius Goldsmith; Fifth, John Ruch: Sixth, A. T. Hill; Seventh, 0. F. Pembl ; Eighth, G. Bell; Ninth, John Finney. Electors at large—Lucius Fairchild and Sever C. Prime, Delegates to the national convention— Joun C. Spooner of Hudson, H. C. Payne of Milwaukee, H. O. Fairchild of Marinette, H. C. Adams of Ione. The district delegates elected are: First—Jessie Stone, L, H. Barker. Second—A. S. Ludlow, G. A. Knapp. Fourth—H. J. Baumgartner, Charies A. Chapm. Fifth—Charles A. Norman, H. G. Kress. xth—A. J. Turner, A. L. Thompson. Seventh—S. S. Fisher, D. G. James. Eighth—James O'Neil, J. G. Liverman. Ninth—B. B. Scott, L. B. Sanford. H. C. Payne of *Milwaukee was elected chairman of the state central committee. It was ordered by the €onvention that the next state conveution be held in Milwaukee. New Jersey Republicans TrextoN, N. J., May 0.—The republican state convention to select delegates to the national convention assembled at noon. The following are the delegates-at-large: Wil- liam J. Sewell, Senator Jno. W. Greggs, ex- Congressman George A. Halsey and Jno. Hart Brewer. The platform will be strong for protection and willindorse the legislation of the New Jersey legislature in_restraining the liquor traffic, and will attack Governor Green’s appointments. Georgina Democrats: ATLANTA, Ga., May 9.—The Georgia demo- cratic convention assembled here at noon to- day, and clected as délegates at large Pope Barrow, F."J. Dubignen, Albert Cox, and ‘Washington Dessau. KEach of the ten dis- triets choose two delefutes, and an issue was made squarely on the tanff, Two Blaine Buhgne- Kaxsas City, Mo., May 9.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—John A. Duncan, of Kansas City, and S. G. Kelly, of Johnson county, both ardent Blaine men, were to- day sclected as delegates to the national re- publican convention from the Fifth congres- sional district. The Sohd South. Moxrtaomenry, Ala, May 9—The demo- cratic state convention met at noon to-day, with 500 delegates present. Governor Seay was nominated by acclama- tion and the ticket was completed as follows : C. C. Langdon, secretary of state; John L. Cobbs, treasurer: C. D. Hogue, auditor; T. M. McClellan, attorney gencral, and S, Palmer, superintendent of education, Michigan's Labor Party. LAxsiING, Mich., May 9.—The state conven- tion of the union labor party met this morn- ing. The convention was called to select a state ticket, but the probabilitics are that it wiil only choose delegates to the national labor convention at Cincinnati, who will be instructed to work for the amalgamation of all labor organizations into one political party. Democrats of Tennessee, NasnviuLe, Tenn.,May 9.—The democratic state convention was called to order at noon to-day by the chairman of the state executive committee, Ex-Governor A.S. Marks, and Hon. Josiuh Patterson were chosen electors for the state at large. Delegates Chosen. Sr. Louis, May 9,—The republican Qistrict conventions held last night selected the fol- lowing delegates to the national convention: Third aistrict, Colonel W. O. Sullivan and E. 8. Low; Seventh district, W. L. Morsey and John R. Martin, Small's Game, ATIANTA, Ga., May 9.—The state tem- perance conyention before adjourning passed resolutions to make a general prohibition contest in elections for the legislature this fall. Prohibition candidates will be nominated in every county pledged to vote for a statu- tory prohibition law instead of leaving the question to a vote of the people. The state democratic conventipn meets here at noon to-day to clect delegates to the St. Louis con- vention, e ———— A Panic in a Theater, New Youk, May 9/—[Special Telegram to Bee.]—Some one velled fire in the Thalia theater last might and a general stam- pede followed. The orchestra stopped short, the entire audience made for the door, all the women shrieked, fifty per cent of them fainted and one delicate young woman was badly crushed. Notuntil ‘the Thalia was al- most deserted did the big audience learn that it had been unnecessarily scared. Fire- works at the Atlantic Garden next door caused all the trouble, - Knights oft Honor Officers, CreveLAND, O., May 9.—To-day at the meeting of the supreme lodge, Knights of Honor, the following efticers were appointed : W. C. Jones, Missouri, past supreme dicta- tor; D, W. McGargher, Alabama, supreme assistant dictutor: 8. 8. Riggs, Kunsas, su- chaplain: H. M. Gilwore, Illinois, su- guide; Edward Bacon. South Caro- a, supreme guardian, and George Arkle, West Virginia, supreme sentinel. R Weather dndications. For Nebraska — Slightly cooler, weather, winds becoming light to northwesterly For lowa—Slightly warmer, followed by cooler, fair weather, light to fresh winds, be- rthwesterly. stern and Southwestern Dakota— Slightly cooler, fair weather, light to fresh northerly winds, fair fresh B iy Blew Hard in Ohio. CLEVELAND, May §.—A cyclone passed over portions of northern - Obio this after noon. Cousiderable damage was done to farm buildings, fences and orchards, but no loss of life is repor OUR BURSTING MONEY VAULTS Uncle S8am’s Pocket Book Growing More Plethoric Every Day. ADULTERATED FOOD MATTERS. The Armours Prepare a Bill for Con- sideration by the House Oom- mittee on Agriculture— Robeson's Whisky. The Growing of the Surplus, WasnINGTON BUneAv Tik OMAIA Brr, } 518 FOURTEENTH STREET, ‘Wasmxaeron, D. C.. May 9. Tt would seem that the income and expen- diture of the government just at this time conspire to urge a reform of the tariff, The roceipts at the treasury department to-day $507,044 from customs duties and $30,308 from the internal revenue, making a total of $063,442. The expenditures of the govern- ment were less than half this amount. The purchase of bonds for redemption by the secretary of the treasury to-day aggregated £186,000 of 4 per cents at 1.26'g. 'Che aggre- gate receipts of the government at this time are running daily hundreds of thousands ahead of the expenditures, taking the year in and out. The revenues for six months past indicate that the surplus of the year ‘would amount to over $100,000,000. This prima facia evidence of the necessity to make expenditures and reduce the income by legislation 1s referred to by tarift reform- ers in the house with telling effect. When it comes to hoarding up in the treasury every day an aggregate of about a half million dol- lars more than is necessary to meet the de- mands of the government, even the highest protectionist cannot meet the argument for tariff reform. Their only answer is that the reduction of the revenues should be by way of the internal revenue and not the custom duties. The offering of bonds to-day amounted to $4,475,900, an even §2,000,000 of these being 4 per cents, and the price asked 1.27, which is regarded as at least three- fourths of a cent higher than the price which should be paid at the treasury at present. FOOD ADULTERATIONS-PROPOSED LEGISLATION. Another effort was made to-day by the house committee on agriculture to dispose of the proposition to impose a tax on a com- pound lard. This is the bill that raised so much disturbance in the committee a couple of months ago during an investigation being held into the manufacture and sale of com- pound lard, and in which the manufacture of hog lard and hog products in gencral was brought out. It will be remembered that a terrific and persistent warfare was waged upon American hog_products, and that _the investigation was brought to a standstill to prevent the destruction of the export trade. There is before the committee now a bill pre- pared by the Armours of Chicago, which does not name lard, but it meets the com- pound lard tax rro;mnition and covers the whole question of food adulteration. It pro- poses to tax the manufacture and sale of all articles of food aduiterated, and provides for an ingpection of the manufacture of adulter- ated foods and also a supervision of their sale. It makes it a misdemeanor to manu- facture or sell food adulterated so as to be deleterious to health. After a general talk upon the subject to-day the question was postponed for.a weels from to-morrow when the proposition to refer it all to a sub-com.- mittee witha view to compiling a measure which will obviate the serious objections en- tertained agatnat all the suggestions now be- fore the committee,will be entertained. It is believed that the whole subject will next ‘week be laid on the table indefinitely, so as to await the result of the investigations into food adulterations being conducted by the department of agriculture. The members in the house representing the cotton seed oil producing districts are wild against any bill which will prejudice the products of their constituents, and de- clare they will make a fight against it and renew the attack on hog products if the bill is reported in this congress. Mr. Laird of Nebraska, who is a member of the committee on agriculture, at the request of his constituents, is taking an active in- terest in the consideration of this subject. He says he favors some kind of a proposition which will compel articles to be sold for just what they are, but he does not want to Precipitate a row which will ruin the exports of American hog products, and recogm that there is a good deal of bad blood engen- dered in the house over the agitation. NEBRASKA MILITARY LEGISLATIO! The house committee on militar, airs expect to get two days on the floor in which to have its measures vonsidered within the next two wecks, when the bills local to Ne- braska will be considered. ‘I'he bill making an appropriation for the three military res- ervations has passed the house, but there are a number of private bilis, and the one pro- viding for the sale of Fort Omaha and the purchase of a new reservation and some lesser matters are still pending. 3 ROBESON WHISKY, ed for sale at auction next ‘week the furniture, pctures, library, horses and carriages, and a lot of fine old imported brandy, port, sherry, madeira, and rye and bourbon whiskys, which are in the residence of the late Secretary Robeson. The catalogue is a very long and elaborate one, and the sumptuous fittings of one of the finest houses in this city are set forth in detail. As was announced in these dispatches some weeks ago, Mr. Robeson has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors, and this sale is made in pursuance of it. Perny S, Hearn, el The Democratic Caucus. WasniNGgroy, May 9.—The democratic caucus to-night called together about .one hundred and twenty-five members of the house. Speaker Carlisle was not present, but Mr. Randall wa The proceedings were harmonious throughout, and several of the representatives expressed themselyes as ve much pleased with the good feeling and the desire for united action manifested on all sides, Under a resolution passed a number of amendments to the Mills bill were pre- sented, One amendment, offered by Springer of Illinois, is in favor of placing on the fi list all manufactured products, the domestis production of whica may be controlled by trusts, ——— Wasmiarox, May 9.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—One year of the term of con- finement (five years),imposed by the sentence of a general court martial, for desertion, (general court martial order No. 2 i 1880,) is remitted in the case of miller, late private service United States army,’ now in the Leavenworth military prison. The extension of leave of absence on sur- geon's certiticate of disability granted First Lieutenant John Carland, Sixth infantry, in special orders No. 86, May 1, 1858, is further extended two months on surgeon’s certificate of disability, D Another Fire, CraToay, Mass,, May 9.—A heavy forest fire is ragivg in South Brewster and destroy- ing much valuable wood lands, also threat- emng the small settlements lying in its track. The sky was lighted up for wiles around, — - Fell and Hitled. Sr. Pavr, Minn,, May 9.--This morning three wen were hauling up ice on au clevator at Ham's brewery, when it gave way, killing two of the men and injuring the third badly. - M. D’'s at Work. CINCINNATI, May §.—At the session of the American medical association yesterday work was begun by sections. Among - those who read papers or spoke were Doctors Davis and ‘aggurd of Lilinois, aud Dr. Earl of Chicago, THE BEEM MYSTERY, Mrs. Beem fs Interyiewed by a Com- mittee of the Union Veteran League. Ciicaco, May 9.—[Special Telegram to Ine Bee.)—A committee of the Union Vet~ eran leagie last evening examined the widow of General Martin Beem. She adhored to the shooting which she has already been talking of. She d she had been inclined to conceal the unpleasantness of her marital re lations, but since she has been the object of sucl bitter attacks she would like to make everything known, She asserts that ho had been insanely joalous of her for no good reason; that they had not sustained marital ations for over two rs, and she also told how, when she was abroad, Beem n- geniously managed to intercept letters pass. ing between her and her attorney, Suther land, of Milwaukee, on purely basiness mat ters, regarding her 8hare of the legacy sho was trying to get. The committee adjourned without learning anything of much A local paper publishes aceounts of Beem's queer_financial transactions to late. which show him to have been deeply in debt and very despondent when he left for Nebraska, The paper alleges that he took 250 from a poor widow to examine the title of some prop- erty. She was to pay that amount down if he found it clear and that he used the money, leaving the poor widow penuiless. Several other singular transactions are charged against him in the article. Warning in His Will. CiixcaGo, May 9.—It is asserted tomight that the will of General Martin Beem, whoso mysterious death caused so much comment, contains a note commanding that if anything should happen to him an investigation should be made. The will was drawn up less than a weele before his death. The probate clerk refuses an fnspection of the document at present. The peculiar feature of fhe trazedy is the fact that if it is shown that General Beem was murdered, his life insur- ance can_be collected by his sister in Alton to whom it is payable, but if as Mrs. Beem claims he was not murdered at all but com- mitted suicide, his relatives stand no show for the money. The re'atives appear to be- lieve that he was murdered, and are actively co-operating with the Chicago Union Vet eran league in ferreting out the mystery. g e A ALLISON MEN PLEASED. New Jersey's Delegation is Said to be For Him. Des Morxes, Tn., May 9.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Ber.]—Private advices received by intimate friends of Senator Allison in this city state that the New Jersey delegation to the Chicago convention chosen to-day are for Mr. Allison, in case Mr. Phelps is not a can- didate. General Sewell, who heads the dele- gation, is a strong Allison man, and favors him for first choice. It is also learncd that all of the New York delegates so far chosen are for Allison sccond choice, their first choice being either Blaine or Depew. Allison men in this vicinity are greatly pleased at the favorable news from New Jerscy, as it is probable that the courseof that state asa doubtful state will have much effcet upon other eastern states., A Boom On Natural Gas. JEFPERSON, In., May 0.—{Special to Tne Bee.]—On Thursday of last week J. H. Gal- laher, a citizen of Jefferson sold to a syndi- cate 800 acres of land lying just-west of the public square six blocks, the consideration being $21,000 cash, Last fall, while workmen ‘were boring a well in the schoolhouse they heard a rumbhng noise and ceased work. After considering the matter a while a lighted piece of paper was thrown in when an explosion occurred which sl earth for a distance of 300 fect. T'his was tried several times with the same sult. Other experiments followed, and lastly the gzas was run through pipes some three blocks to the postofice, wh it was left burning for several day d nights, The hole was twenty-two inches in diameter, and by the end of the week and before it was properly. cased it caved in, shutting off the flow. The weathor becoming cold, nothing more was done with it. A few weeks after this one Byerly bored a two-inch hole on his lot just west of the school house and when at the depth of cighty-cight feet he struck a heavy flow with pressure of seventy-two pounds s press- ure as used at gas works. When lighted it burned to a heighth of fifteen feet and about three feet in dinmeter, Experts have been on the grounds and pronounced it amuch purer gas than is found in most places cast as it contains more oxygen, hence is a hotter blaze: the flame is inténsely blue., Your reporter is told that th purchasing the tract of land above referred to intends boring a deep hole to test the quantity of gas. This tract lays entirely within the corporate limits. The impetus that this has ready caused the price of realg estate to rise in vatue. Over $0,000 worth "has changed hands within the last ninety daysand already several fine reisdences arc in the course of erection. At this place commencing July 1 and con tinuing through the month is to be held the state musical normal, under the dircction of Prof. Bartlett with a large corps of t Alroady many applications have ceived for bourd and scholarship f over this and adjoinin; tes and is going to be a grand thing for a town of only two thousand inhabitant The streets are all grade pavements around the square are all made of concrete, and everything indicates push and thrifti ness and if 1 do not miss my gucss this will be a town of ten thousand inhabitants within the next five y en has al- the Suprem. Des Moixes, Tu,, May 0.—|Special Telgram to the B —The following decisions were rendered by the supreme court here to-d City of Creston vs. N. A. Nye, appellant, and the same vs. sam superior court of Creston and Union district. Afirmed, James Magassell, appellant, vs. . . Ma. gassell, administrator und » Mugassell, appell , Cass circuit, Question of claims od, P. Wells vs. Marcus Ku appellants, Boone district, fc formed and goods sold und d firmed. * G. A. Ross vs. S. G. Crano, appel Hamilton district, action for the recovery of personal property. Afirmed, Young Shaffer Suicides, Des Moryes, In., May 9.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.]—Will Shaffer, son of the secretary of the state agricuitural so- clety, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head this morning. He a young man of dissipated habits and has been ver wild for tho past few months. Last week he was left in charge of the ofiice while his father was out of town, and he neglected his duties and town, Being unwilling to face his father on his return and overcom with remorse he killed himself ut the faumily resid uent Orders a Suit. S10ux Crry, Ia, May 9.—[Special Tele gram to Te Bre.|—United States District Attorney Murphy has reccivea instructions from Attorney General Garland to bring suit against the state of Jowa for 21,000 acres of lund in O'Brien county. There is u dispute between the 1 the Sioux City & St. Paul rai ny @s 1o the title of these lands. ‘fhe Pension Deficiency. WasiINGTON, May 9.—The house tee an appropriations to-d port the bill appropriating the deficiency in the appropriation payment of army pensions dur Mainder of Lhe prosent gscal yoar, The Gove commit FORFEITURE BILL IS PASSED. A Motion to Reconsider Will Be Voted on To-day. THE TEXT OF THE MEASURE The House Devotes the Day to Dise of the Tariff Meas- by Members For and Against, cussion ure Senate. Wasmseroy, Ma, ‘The senate resumed consideration of the road land grant fore feiture bill, Mr. Wilson of Towa moved to amend the second section, providing that 1t should ot apply to any lands in Towa on which any pers son in good faith made, or had asserted the right t0 make, pre-emption or homestead settlement. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was then passed without division, The first soction declares forfeited to the United States all lands beretofore granted to any state or to any corporation to aid in the construction of a railroad opposite to and co- terminus with a portion of any such railroad not now completed and in operation, for the construction or benefit of which, lands here- tofore have been granted; and all such lands are declared to be a part of the publio domam, The act is not to be construed as forfeiting the right of way or depot ground of a railroad company heretofore granted, nor as limiting rights granted 1o purchusors or settlers An act to provide for the adjustment pf d grants made by congress to aid in the construction of railroaas, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes,” approved March 3, 1887, or a8 re- pealing, altering or amending that uct, nor as in any manner affecting any cau of action* existing in favor of any purchas nor is it to exempt the lands of the Ontonagon & Mar- quette Railroad company, fifty miles west of Lansing. v “Phe second section authorizes persons in pos- sesion of any such lands, prior to the 1st of January, 1888, to purchase them within two years from the United States in quantities not exceeding three hundred and twentyacres, at the rate of $2.50 per acre. This section ig not to apply to lands in lowa on which any person made pre-cmption or homestead sot- tlement. The third section refers to the lands of the Northern Pacific Railroad company, héreto- fore forfeited. The fourth section reserves the right to forfeit other railroad grant lands for any failure. past or future, to comply with stipus lated conditions. The fifth section exempts from the operas tion of the act the grant to the state of Misss issippi for the Gult & Ship Island railway and the grant to the state of Alabama for a railway from the Tennessee river und Guens tor’s landing to Coosa river at Gadsden, The sixth section fixes the prices of even numbered scctions of land within the limits of all forfeited land grants at £1.20 an acre. The scventh section repeals certain see- tions of land grant acts for Minnesota and Towa 80 far as they require the secretary of the wterior to r © any lands but odd see- tions within prim: or six-miic grant limits, The last section refers especially to the lands of the Portawe Lake Canal company., The animal industry bill went over until to-morrow. The senate then resumed consideration of the international copyright bill. After de- bate the bill was passed—yeas 35, nays 10, The act is to go into effect July 1, 1888 On motion of Mr. Spooner the house bill for the establishment of a life-saving station at the harbor of Kewanee, Wis., wus passed. Mr. Call moved to reconsider the vote puss« ing the land grant forfeiture bill, so that he might offer an amendment referring to lands in Florida. After argument and without action the senate adjourned, leaving the land forfeiture bill to come up again to-morrow on the motion to reconside Hou WAsmNGTON, Moy he bill authorizing the executive departments of the government, to participate in the centennial exposition of the Ohio 1d central states, to be held in Cincinnati from June to October, 1888, was passed, after being amended. It appropriates $15),000. TPhe conference Teport was adopted grante ing to the city of Grand Forks, Duk.. author= ity to build two free bridges across the riv The house then went into comr whole, (Mr. Springer, of Illinois,in the ch on the tariff bill Mvr. Morrow, of California, concluded his speech in opposition to the bill, addressing himself more especially to the free lumber clause of the Mr. Hooker, of Missouri, spoke in favor of the bill, while Mr, Houk, of Tennessce, fol- ith n speech against it. Mr. Wise,of Virginia also favored it, and Mr, T y, of Ohio, denounced the democratic party as one of free trade, Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, then quoted au- thorities in support of his declaration that Garfieid was not o member of the Cobden club. In the same connection he read a let- ter from Mt Halstead, which explained the circumstances under which he became a member of the club. Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, cited authorities to field was then an active member of obden club and had accepted o member~ The committee then rose and the house ad- jonrned. - - An Inter-State Amendment., WasniNaroN, May 9.—The senate mittee on inter-state commeoerce 10 ¢ dered u favorable report upon the ment to the sixteenth seetion of the state commel law, vides for sumu com= y or- amends inters which section now pro- proceodings by mandas tory or other process by Un'ted States cir- cuit courts sitting in equity to enforce any lawful order or requirement of the commise sion, The amendment continues the pros visions of the scction as they now stand as toany order or requirement 0f the commise sion not founded upon a controversy require ing trial by jury; but as to matters which, under the consiitution, reauire trial by jury, it is proposed the commission or any person interested may apply in a summary way to circuit courts sitting as courts of law. Tha amendment makes provision for a speedy trial of such cases, and provides that on hearing, fludings of fact by the commission shall be prima facie evidence, It also pro- vides that the court shall by its order fix & time for trial not less than twenty nor mora than forty days from the date of the order, Postoflice Changes, WasHINGTON, April -[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.])—A postofice was established to-day at Rhoid, Cheyenne count, braska, and Harvey Ransden appointed postmaster, The following Nebraska postmasters were appointed to-day: Woodson 8. Ashby, Hil. dreth, Franklin county, vice Henry B. Case sol, resigned; Joun K. Moore, Homerville, Gosper county, viee John W.Martin, res signed; Sylvester Tool, Neal, Dundy county, vice N. Williamson, resigned; £r S. Bu Saint Libory, Howard county, vice Mrs. Grace Hradley, vesigned mes M. Elerick was' 10+ ittsburgh, Van 8, 1¢ ervice 10 Nehawaks, Casy county, Nebraska, will be discontinued from the 14th inst., and to Ryno, Custer county, from June 0. e 5 Appointments, Wasinyotox, Muy 9.~Tho uttorney gen er uted Frank A. Branigao, of Ohigy disbu clerk of the de- parti aues A, Lwiogy appointed county, 1g and appointy t of justice, vice