Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 12, 1888, Page 1

R e e S et oA ST SN e B B o A b wTason ket Sy 1k EIGHTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA. THURSDAY, MORNING, JULY HOGE'S MEN HAVE SOUEALED, COonfessions Implicating Him In the Dynamite Conspiracy. THE “Q." OFFICIALS JUBILANT. Attorney Collier Claims Established the Authorship of the Circular Beyond the Shadow of'a Doubt. to Have Hoge and Murphy kmplicated, ] July H.—{Special Telegram to : Big. |-~The events of the past twenty four hours in connection with the Burlington plot have been of a character that augurs de cidedly il for Chairmen Hoge and Murphy, who were arrested yesterdpy morning, By them, the rrniors that immedintely followed the first arrest of the alliged conspirators, to the effect that the arrests had boen made by the company for the purpose of -ercating a public sentiment antaionistic to the brother hood, has Decn swept - away and tirely = Qissipated.. The confessions Messrs. Kelly and McGillivary, Who acted for Hoge, have hud a very damaging effect on the case of tho lat ter gentleman, who has rep. ly denied all knowledue of the famous *sal soda and e ery circilar.” Attorney Collier, of the Bur lington, was seen by a reporter this after noon, and in reply 1 a request for tuforma tion, snid “So far as anything new of a sensational nature is concerned, 1 have to say, sir, that Messrs. Kelly and McGillgary have squealed —squealed right out loud and no mistake. Not ouly that, but each has written a state- ment of his knowledge of the cuse, and both statements are fnthe company’s possession “Some of the strikers deny that the men have squealed and declare that Bonficld is trying a ‘Nick Schneidor' pumping method on them in hopes of - inducing them to tell what they know.” “You can say.as strongly adg you know how 0 put it that the men have done Just s 1 told you. Squeal! Why. there is wo difi- culty in fluding squenlers, They are simply ding over each other in their rush to tell what they know and endeavor to et under cover, There never was a clearer casc of conapirgey against any one than the case we have against the wen arrested.” “What did they'say iu th “Phey confessad 1o Laving Johyr Sowers cireular e agsemblics 1o scnd brotherh with sodi and emery to the vositions, and when _obtained places to'injure the rond’s said they had drawn up Hoge's dictation & cording to his orders, They further said that w number of lotters had been received those who had received the circulars express ing their surprise at thewr radical tone and asking If they wore genuine, = To this and” MeGillivary said- that Hoge had had them reply tbat the circulars were all right. After that they said addressed to John Sowers begun to be received at the National hotel, * The letters were opened by Hoge, who dictated auswers to them. Isn't that clear enough ! © “Do the statements give any other wethods of the brotherhood ¢ It groes to show you “No, nothing more. that we were well advised in taking the step wo did in arresting Hoge. And lot me tell you, my son. that . we woere cortain_gbout cverya other step we have tuken. Make no mistake abont that an net back up We arcnot doing a thing in evory detail. Why, should we make these arrests without suflicient: grounds, and th risoners should be acquitted, they would have excellent cause to suo the company for false imprisonment.’” ‘The sirikers are as reticent .as ever. The. men have been holding meetings every after- noon, and when asked what transpired at them, Would auswer, saying,: “Nothing was © done.’’ - Yestorday when their leaders' * wera “arvested the men yero as - uscommuticative as - evel, . One of thew, more talkutive than .the rest, siid to p reparter:” *You nust undérstand that 1f we had any intention of injuring or blow- ing up the Q' property 1t wonld liave been dmmkunxlnnlnrl-nnu. 1 donot say that we would do auything of thie lind, but in case anything was committed itavould have been by outsiders. Oh, you will sec some lively times. 'he Burlington road is deeper in the mud and 18 almost covered up, They want us back. They cannot get along without us But, you know, they ave fighting for.a principle, ‘The ‘amount of damages that will be collceted from the 'Q' for falsc imprisonment of their employcs will muke their eyes bulge out. The company has 1o case against the men and they can produce no evidence that will convict them." Trainmaster Pope received a dispateh this morning from Kausas City to send eight men there as soon as possible, Some of the new switchmen in whe Chicago yards were scut there, About ninety switchmen in the Northwestern yard went on u strike yesterday morning on - account of the discharge of o yardmaster. . He was reiustated at 4 olclock in the after- voou, and the men returned to work. Late this evening it is averred that the Burlington ofticials have decided to outline for public benefit the text of their cvidence against the conspirators. This will Le done at the prelimivary ~examination before Commissioner Hoyne on Friday, wl enongh of the testimony will be cited to show that the company hus full justification for the arrests it hus made and the charges preferred. ent of © statements sent out the on the varlons d mEn supplied 2 to apply for to use their property. They ofrculur at sof it ac LAy he Situation at Kansas City. KaNsas C1ry, July 11— [Sp to Tur Bk, |—The switchmen's strike siows no signs of weakening and _the Burlington still holds to the position it has assumed. Two freight trains were sent out during the day and one to-might, but none of the other roads are handling Burlington freight. In accordance with the notice served upon them by the strikers at noon to-day, to the effect that their switchmen would strike if they attempted to work, fourteen of the twenty-six men that were imported to take the strikers’ places quit work to-night and the others are not working. C. A. Scalon, one of the new men employed by the Bur- lington, was badly beaten by a crowd of strikers in front of Sullivan's saloon on Union avenue to-day and was afterward ar- rested, The strikers claim that Scanlon was drunk and was flourishing & revolver iu the face of the men, and George Sheelan, who swore out the warrant for his arrost, claims that Scpnlan was about ' to shoot hum, and that in - self-defonse he knocked the rovolver out of his hand and strack him. Scanlon claims that the strikers picked a quarrel with him and he was forced to traw his_revolver, and that after some one had knockéd it out of his hand the whole crowd turned in and beat him. He was quite badly cut about the head. Scanlon was locked up charged with disturbing the peace. Superintendent Fishe of the Burlington, in speakizg of the siy wtion, sai “As soon as the men struck -1 fied - the roads that - I ~could receive: v deliver freight. . Tho afterwan notified the superiptend the other roads that they would not handie froight after noon today, Iturned over a car of eattlo which I couid not allow to-lie 90 a side track to the Fort Scott this morne fog. Ihave not delivered uny freight since noon. Until 1 do I suppose the ‘other roads will be all right. 1don't know when T may commence to deliver (rvl'm. T may be or- dered to do so at any time.) The mnyir to-day, at the request of the Burlington, swore in thirty-tive more Sus policemen. With those sworn ecial Telegram noti upt men 3 of in yesterday makes ¥ special police mow fn the service of the road. ~ A secret meeting of the switch men was beld to-night, Grand Master Mon whan of Chicago beini present, at_which it was decided to stand by the boycott inaugu ated voon. To.morrow morning oting of suporintendents of every road running into Kansas City will be held to de cide whether to handle Bur m re. A belief exists that they will attempt to do so, an © grievence committee of the strikers stated to-mght that if this were done a gen: cral strike would en - - A 11 Riot Creado, July 11.—A to-night in the Kinzie street railrond yards in which two men wore injured. A heavily londed Burlington freight train was backod down into the St. 1aul yards on Kin #ie street, between Western avenue and Sey mour street. Soma two humdred had congrogated there, who ar said to have been mostly stelking DBurlington engincers and en gineers from the St. Panl and Northwestern romds, the bl ine's headlight was raised by crowd at once con missiles at the noin was also thrown open o englue run into aditehand was b damaged. The rioters then fled. The engi- and fircien w overely injured and taken to the hospital, Detectives in Creston, CrestoN, July 11,~Special - Teleeram to Tue Bre | —The arrests of Hoge and Mur. phiy, though the chief topic of econversation in ruilroad eircles hiere, was attended with no unnsual excitement. The latter formerly lived hore and: has many friends, who be lieve him innocent. No arrests have been made here in connection with the dynamite case, though it is said that detectives are at work in the city. Twenty switchmen were sent from hore this morning to take the Dlaces of the strikers at Kansas City. A tiigeion Released on Habeas Corpus, Cagerao, July IT-Judge Altgeld to-day issucd a writ'of habdas corpus commanding the chief of police to produce J Kelley wnd ~John McQitlivary from the dungeon at céntral police station,where, it is claimed, they bad been held untawfully and not permitted to see counsel, The men are clerks of Chawman Hoge nnd were arrested in conncetion with the Burlington dynamit plot. The judge made the writ returnable this afternoon: this urr being mon MARRIED HIS DAUGHTER. Tho Strangs Case of @ Mcrchant in New York. ¥ 11.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee. J=The story is published to-day that Isaac W wf, Jewish merchant, of this city, has discovered that he is married to his owii danghter. Waldorf separated fro his wife in Austria many y 1 crane to America. He marriedagain and had three children by his second wife, This w died some ago. One day about eighteen months ago, Waldorf met a pretty young girlon the street who was ¢ g and _said she hind Just come from Vienna and had lost her way, He befrionded her and took her 1o his higme temporar] His children hiked her, and he retained heras govémess and finlly marrled her. Sue in time hecame a mother, F antly - her wiother eame from Vienna to visit her, aud recognized Waldorf as her husband. Jtis thought that Waldorf's second marriage was bigamonus and his chil- dren by it illegitimate, and his third mar- viuge is, of course, void i law as well as i morals, DOES NOT RUN SMOOTHLY. Gould's Business Greatly Interfered With by His Sickness. New Yorx, July 11—Speglal Pelegram to i e} —Russel Suge says that the re- ports about Gould are exagizerated, and that hc is recovering his heaithuud spivits. M. Sage, however, udmits that ho has not been out to see his old friend, as it has been thought best not to baye his quiet disturbed by a visit of even o close a friend. Mori- sid anw Gould last Saturday. Ho found hino still far from wall, Me, Gonld’s business is 10V moviing assmoothly as it does when he at- tenils to it personally.” His clerks refuse to trouble him with business matters, and those who have. . transuctions with ' him are put to great trouble. There ave seve cral - .eases - where ' mor is due to contructors and others from him, but they cannot reach the invalid, nor is any one autborized to pay them in Gould's absence. This is the case with Cornelius V. Sidell, a railroad _cont who hias becn building a branch line of the Missouri Pacific in Kan: and who has a claim agaiust Gould of ne £100,000 that he eannot collect under the cir- cumstances. Another man has un account for 2,000 which he hus tried in vain to collect, and unless Gould soon comes to time or aus thorizes some one to act for him the law may be invoked against him, Next week Mr. Gould proposes to break the quiet and mo- notouy of Irvington life by a visit to Sura- toga (o try the efficacy of the waters and from there he will go to the Adirondacks. frnldoaci o MURDERED BY HER AUNT. New Youx, s ago cars A Young Girl Shot Down During a Quarrel. Terie Havre, July 11,—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee. | —Vigo county has a first-class murder seusation in the shooting' of Hattie DeBaun, aged eighteen years, by her aunt, Mrs. Suul Jenkins, For several weeks the DeBaun girl has been in daily quarrels with Mrs, Jenkins, the lutter frequently ordering the girl out of herorchard. Yesterday after- noon the girl and two companions were in the orchard, and Mrs, Jenkins ordered them out. The story of the witnesses s that, the girls started 1o o, and that as they were go- ing Mrs. Jenking' son, fourteen years' old, handed heran old musket loaded “with shot. Sne pointed the woapon at the Dellaun girl, who called to her not_to shoot, saying sho was going as fast as she could. ' As she i ished the remark the gun was_discharged. The girl died two hours later. Mrs. Jenkins came to the eity and guve herself up to he shoriff. She siys she shot the girl in self- defense; that the girl had a club, and was ubout to strike her. - Hanged For Rape Wuanserox, N. C., July 11.—Stephen Freeman, colored, convicted of the erime of rape on a white' woman, was hanged here to-day. The execution teok place in jail, ouly thirty-six witnesses being admitted as required by law, Several applications were made to the governor for a pardon or com- wutation, but after careful consideration he refused to interfer reeran protested his innocence to the last. - Thirt. ree Trotters Burned. DaxviLeg, Ky, July 11.-The large train- ing stables of William Rue was burned late last night. Thirty-three head of fine trot- ters were cousumed. The total loss is #75,- (N, Some of the trotters were entered in the Ohio and New York races, e Men and Horses Cremated. Bureraro, N. Y., July 11.—H. C, Springer's livery stable was destroyed oy five this morn- ing, the flames spreading so rapidly that two employes were burned to death. Tienty-two horses were also burned to death. 1.0ss, $30,000, - The By, Loxooy, July 11,—At the Liverpoo! July meeting to-day the race for the Croxteth plate was wou by Arthur James' chestnut colt Dog Rose, A a Nearly Wiped Out the Town. Suisay, Cal, July 11.—The local fire loss is mow pluced at $100,000, with 10 surauce at $150,000, Seven-cighths 0f the towp - was burned. - 2 'WONDERFCL MEDICAL SKILL, That Displayed in the Treatment of General Sheridan. REECUED FROM THE VERY BRINK, Encouraging Outlook For the Omaha Postoflice Bill—Another Row in the House — Mr. Randail's Condition—Lobby Gossip. WasimiNeros Braeav e Owmana Bree, 1 513 FornTeeNTi STReer, | WasiiNatox, D. C., July i1, | The medical management of General Sh idun's casc inning to attract comment from the professional journals in Eurove as well as those at home, for the bulleting and vary other bit of information obtainable has been cabled abroad and published in every daily newspaper in the united kingdom and on the continent, and it is generally c ceded that if there was ever a case in which human life was prolonged by medical skill this has been a most conspicuous vne. Kvery body concedes that the case has been man- aged with maryelous skill. General Shieri- dan had a very weak heart and a diseased liver which obstructed the return of blood from the Jower part of the body, and as a res sult of this condition an effusion of fluid in the lower limbs which gradually extended upwards. Some eftusion of fluid also oc- curred in the lower part of the lungs, and this causing dropsy in turn made the - action of the heart more and more difficult, so that a number of times it almost ceased to struggle with its steadily increasing load, At such times: it wasonly by the most prompt and skillful treatment that life was preserved. It seems, in fuct, that at least a half a dozen times in the course of the to have so trembled in the balance that a delay of a minute in the application of treatment would have resulted fatally. This failure of the heart's action oceurred without warning. In two cases. least, five minutes before General Sheridan fell into a state of collapse, he was appar- ently atmost couvalescent and o ficulties in the case has been that the g himself has not realized the sitting up or making other exertion, his own sensations'gave himno foresh ing of those attacks. The methods uscd to restore him have been oxygen carried to his room compressed in a steel cylinder, and applicd through ‘a respirator to his nostrils; also a hypodermic injection of mitro-glycerine and digit- aling, which have been kept ready by his bedside for instant use, and the value of these precautions has been repeatedly dem- onstrated. It may be said that during the six weeks or move of his illness the eyes of his physicians never been off his face, and it is owing to this unusual vigilance that his life has been preserved until now. If ) had been an ordinary man receiving ordinary treatment and the gusual amount of attend- ance from nurses and attendants, he would have been dead, buried and forgotten by this time. His removal to Nonquitt, rendered nccessary by the climatic changes, was a deseprate resort, but has been accomplished apparcntly without any unpleasant results, His condition now is just what it has been since the beginning of his illness —extremely i nd if he recovers 1t will ve by son of the most assiduous and skillful a plication of the knowledge of the most ad- vauced medical science of the day. Criti- cism has been made with regard to the pubit- cation of the bulletins, but it is wholly un- justified, The press has demanded informa- tion, and was resolved to have it in the most aceurate form possible. The giving out of these bulleting ‘was the only means which would satisfy the demands of the public, and at the same time provent the antoyance of the fumily repeated and persistent in- quiries, Gencral Sheridan from the begin- ning has been violently opposed to the di cussion of his case in the newspapers, and 2 least one of his relapses was caused by a fit of indignation at statements published in a New York newspaper. He forbade any member of his family or ofticial staff to con- verse with newspaper corvespondents about his condition, and it. was not until after his iliness became so serious that the new: papers were kept from. him that his physi- cians gave any information to the pros Then it was arranged that the Associated Press should be furnished twice a day with a bulletin upon the condition that personal in- quiries should cease. THE POSTOFFICE AND FORT OMANA BILLS. Senator Maunderson said to-day that the conference report on the Omaha postoffice building bill,which fi: the limit of the cost for the site and building at £1,200,000, will probably be reported to both houses 'from the conference committee onc day this week. The senate would take it up and act upon it withiout delay. He is confident that there will be no onposition to the bill in the senate aud he thinks there is a good chance of its passage in the house, The bill for the sale of Fort Omaha and the bullding of a new ten company post on a new reservation which is provided for at a cost not to_exceed $200,- 000 hias becu engrossed and sert to the presi- dent. WEAVER AND ANDERS 0. It is a cold day lately when the proceed- ings growing out of the consideration of Mills tariff vill are not enlivened by a #ie at arms between two or more membe on the aifferent sides of the chamber. This was not a very cold y and the en- hvenment came from Messrs. Weaver, An- derson and Henderson of lown and Dhelps of New Jersey. Nobody seoms to know just exactly how the thing started, but Weaver, in replying to Phelps, attacked that gentle: man for an interview in which he is sad to ated that Senator Allison was de- ted in Chicago because he came from the granger state of lowa. eral Weaver made a grandiloquent address in - which the ver was treated in all its becrings, He tried to show thut he had al- ways been consistent in his course and that he had always been a warm adherent of the cause of lahor and of the poor man, Inei- dentally he vead that letter which Semator Iugalis wrote during the Chicago convention and which has caused him so much annoy- ance. Then Henderson got back at him. He produced a newspaper clipping giving o umber of extracts from Mr. Weaver's ut- terances while still in the republican fold, and this created the greatest amusement be- cil of the forcible language which the present democratic representative from lowa used in denouncing the party with which he is now aftiliated, Everybody laughed. The republican laughter was of the heartiest character. Weaver smiled a sickly smile and his democratic associates laughed aloud ot his discomfiture. He tried to reply by pleading the baby act and stated that he had left the republican party because it was uot the friend of his friends, but Henderson showed that he left the republican party be- cause he failed to get tke nomination for governor, and Mr. Weaver's explanation -aid not help him out of the very unbleasant pre- dicament in which he fouud himself. During Mr. Henderson's remarks he alluded to dem- agogues. This Weaver first took upon him- self, and afterwards Anderson, whom Hen- derson designated us a yearling democrat, tried to fit the cap upon his head, and he, 1L too, met with the ridicule of the house. ¢ though the proceedings during is be, looks now > pemaining days of the tariff discissiod are to b> enlfvenéd by some such passage at arms as this every da, MR RANDALL'S COXDITION. Mr. Raudall is reported as being very much better to-day, ana the anxiety of his fanuly and friends is somewhat abated, but he is still seriously ill and his condition is such thut he will not be uble to resume’ his legislative dutics again this season. As soon s lie is flle to be removed from the city his family intend to take him to home at Paoli, Pa. The effect of Mr. Randall's illness upon Aff bill will not be serious. He had entirely lost his following, as has been stuted in those dispatehes, and the democrats who have gencrally voted with him_and the republican party for a nigh tariff have been driven to the support of the Mills bill by fear of the loss of patron- age or u visitation of the executive vengeanco in some other form. The president has given congress to clearly understand that he wants the Mills bill passed and that dem- ocrats who vote against it can expect no fa- vors at the white house. Of course he has not announced this in terms, but cvery one understands his position and his feeling on the subject, and therefore Mr. Randall's as- sociates in opposing the bill are limited to a very few democrats who represent districts in which the | tion sentiment is very , and they are not more than four « five in number, 1t was his intention to | sent & substitute for the Mills bill, aund has been at work industriously for sevel weeks in its | ition, Mr. MeAdoo, of ow Jersey, who stands closer to Mr..Ran dall than any other man, will probably com plete the bill und offer it at the proper time in the house of represeutatives. CAUGHT IN 511E LOBBIES, A bogus letter purporting to have been written by Senator Ingalls to William Walter Phelps of New Jerscy, has appeared in some of the western papers, In this letter Mr. Ingalls is represented as condoling with Mr. Phelps upou his failure to receive the nomination for vice president and states the reasons that he believes led to the nomina tion of Morton, The diction of the letter is a very poor imitation of Senator Ingalls’ style and will humbug nobody that js accus- tomed to reading s productions, The sen- ator is very indignant at the publication and will endeavor Lo uscertuin the authorship of the forgery. It has been agreed between Senator Fd munds and Senator Pugh that the senate o its next exeeutive session shall take up the nomination of Mr. Fuller, to bo chief justic and contmue its discussion until it is dis: posed of. It is entirely probable that Mr. Fuller will be confirmed within two or three days. Chairman Barnum of the national demo- cratic committee, erim, grizzly and secretiv is in town and has been in consultation with leading democrats all day. He says that he is here getting some points for the aign, and spent last evening with Senator Gorman trying to persuade him to reconsider his de- terminaiion not to accept the chairmanship of the democratic executive committee, Py S, Heati, - (&S] his summer almost already he al 0 IFTLE NGRESS, Senate. Wasiixatos, July 11.—The report on the postofice approbria was presented to the senate. The confer- ence committee was unable to agree on the amendment known as the “subsidy clause.” M. Plumb moved that the senate insist on thie subsidy amendment. Aftera long de ate the amendment was agreed to by a vote to 10, The senate then proceeded to the consider- ation of the bill to provide for fortifications and other sea const defenses, but without action. The senate then adjourned. conference ion bill of House ‘Wasinixgroy, July 11.—The house to-day spent much of its time in an animated politi- cal discussion, in which Mr. Phelps’ inter- view on the Chicago nomination, Ingalls let- and the alleged personal and political in onsistencies of Weaver, of lowa, were the subjects. i Mr. Hateh of Missoui submitted a report of the disagreement on the agricultural ap- propriation bill, stating that the point of the grecment was the senate amendment making an appropriation of $100,000 for sor- ghum sugar experiments, Mr. Ryan moved a eoncurrence in the sen- ate amendment. The motion was agreed to. Yeas, 1204 nuys, 6. This completes the consideration of the bill, ana it stands as finally passed. Mr. Clements submitted the couference re- port on the District of Columbia appropria tion bill, and it was agreed to. The house then went into committee of the whole on the tariff. The pending amend- ment was the one offered by Mr. Phelps of New Jersey, fixing at 40 per cent ad valorem the duty on flax or linen thread and all manufactures of flax, After long debate of a political nature Mr.” Phelps’ amendment was rejected. 8 An amendment was adopted changing the rate of duty on bags and bagging from 15 per cent ad valorem to % cent per pound. The third section of the bill, relating to wools and woolen - manufuactures, being reached, Mr. Mills proposed that the entiro sixty-one lines of the section be read and considered a8 one parag The section was read without objection, The committee then rose and the house took a recess until 8 p. m., the evening session to be for consideration of the census bill, At the evening session the house passed the bill for taking the eleventh census. The bill, in its salient features, is the same as the one provided for taking the tenth census. Some statistics whbich can be gathered from department reports will be omitted. - Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WASHINGTON pecial Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The following Nebraska pen- sions were granted to-day: Original invalid —Alvin H. Gager, Dorsey; John B. W, Vertz, Blair. Increase—Thomas Mayborn, Lanthan; Nathan P. Ramsdell, Wood River; Edward B. Webster, Creighton, Towa pensions: Original invalid—Francis M. Blakesley, Allerton. Restoration aud in- crease—William Hooker, Lucas, Inere William Jarvis, Griswold; Francis Tienan, Sabula; Orein W. Smith, Sid John Toulous, Swaledale; Denis Q. € lia; Loren M. Doty, Le Mars; el D, Cook, Sigourney: Daniel C. Shirley, Califor- nia; Schuyler Atherton Maquoketa: Isaiab is, Milton; Siduey Wells, Russell; s Boston, Laconin Mathew “laylor, rsborough. 'Reissue—William Cook, Ana- mosa: John T. Reely, Martinsburg. Original widows, etc.—Reissue—Minors of Dudley C. Whitehean, Roek Rapids: Mary, widow of William Cooper, Oakland Mills. Mexican survivors—Benjamin' K. Gordon, Randolph; Palmer; Andrews. Mexi Sulamina, widow of Francis Everl Burlington, - . Randall Somewhat Linproved. Wasmixaroy, July 11.—Mr. Randall rested quictly last night and is_veported to be some- what improved this morning, Many of Randall's colleagzues in the house to-duy made fying trips to his home to in- quire futo his condition, while pages were scut by other members who could not go personally to the house. \When occasion seemed fo require it Mrs. Laucaster, the eldest daughter of Mr. Randall, came to the door and gave the necessary information to callers. She appeared to be more cheerful than yesterday, and showed a confident belief that ‘her father would recover from the attack. He %as rested quietly durimg the morning and has taken and apparently assim- ated liquid nourishment. It is not ex pected, however, that Mr. Randall will be able to resume the discharge of his duties in congress during the remainder of the ses- sion, the intention being to remove him to a quiet place, possibly his home at Paoli, Pa., as 5000 as his condition justifies it, -~ pstal Changes. 516N, July 11.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—A postoftice has been estab- lishéd ot Ionja, Dixon county, Neb., and Charles H. Smith appointed 1ids ter, The following postmasters were appoiuted : Mrs. Anua Dunham, Afton, Frontier county, vice George W. Tuorndike,resigned ; Andrew Casper, Argo, Burt county, vice Owen John- son, resigned; Samuel R. Dillinger, Inland, Clay county, vice George M. Peake, resigned } and Charles'S. Bradley, Minatare, Cheyenue county, vice John T, KRingler resigned. N -hrnnk;l' Wasinx | 12, 1888, FEAREUL FLOOD AND FRESHET High Water in Ponnsylvania Oausos Incalculable Damage. TWO LIVES KNOWN TO BE LOST. The Banks of the [Monongahela River Inundaged and Thousands of Persons Rendered Homes less and Destitute, Big Floods in Pennsylvania, Pirrsnene, July 11.—The freshet in the Monongahela viver is almost unprecedented, and great damage has been done to river eraft and property all along the river from the head waters to this city, Millions of fect of lumber, scores of coul craft, fences, houses and coal tipples, been floating down the swift current for the last eighteen liours. At every point between Greensboro and Pittsburg the low lands are under wate andresidents have been compelled to live i the upper storics of their homes, and in some cases seck the hills for safety. Many had not time to remove their goods, as the water roseat a rate of & foot an hour, and at Greensboro thirty-two feet of rise was r covded in less than twenty-four hours, The damage to property will reach up into the thousands. So far but one life has been re- ported lost—that of a man who was struck by u parted cable. The scene along the river front this morniug was one of great excite- ment. The banks were lined with peonle watching the debris as it was swept down the swift current. ‘Ine greatest aawage to river craft oceurred shortly before 2 o'clock this morning when a large number of burges came down the river and struck the Smit field street bridge, the huge barges turning end over end and ®hreasting the tow boat Barnard in against the steamc acobs. Every whistle on t river sounded the alarm and rays of electric light were swept from side to side across the turbulent flood. 1t presented a wild sigh! Logs, barges and fuel boats were dashed ugainst the picrs of the bridge and were suapped like twigs by the overwhelming force of the current. Huif of ono of the boats lodged just below the bridge and the it, throwing spray high driftwood crushed and the wreck with a - groanin added to the horrors of the out while crackled over noise which flood. About fiftcen minutes after the broken es came down a number of picees of wreckage floated past with a shanty boat, Which was smashed along with the light on bo River men shouted and whistles sereumed to get an answer, but no reply came, and if the owners were on board and aslecp, as some of the river men thought, they were swept down to inevitable destruc tion. Shortly after a lot of O'Neill’s barges and twenty-six picees belonging to Joseph Wallon & Co. were cut from their moorings and carried down the river, *Polishtown,’ located - along the bank of the Monongahcla river, was ii o sorry plight to-day. There are nearly seventy boats occupicd by over night ten had alrcady been sunk or capsized and several carried down stream. Most of them were compelled to move their goods to the river banks for safety and did their best to save their shanti Women with their children watched their possessions by the light ofavood fires. At 1029 this morning word was received that lock No. 4, located a short distance above Monongahcla City, had_been earric away by the strong cur The loss from this will be very heavy. Reports frow other towns along the river show the same state of affairs, the water in_sowe places being over the first ffoor of houses, Great difficulty is ulso experienced i running trains, as the tracks in many places are under water The sudden rise is belicved to been caused by a cloud-burst which covered o large nof southern Pennsyivania and western Virginia, atest estimate of the damage puts the loss over 1,000,000, Wheeling reports the damage in the vicinity of Crafton, W. Va,, at not less than $25),000, and about Fair- mount at about as much more. The loss at Brownsville, Pa., is reported to be over £125,0005 at Rowlesburg, W. Va., 25,000, In this neighborhood it will exceed $100,000, and it 15 not exageerating to say that_with the above as fair estimates the total will ex- ceed &1,000,000, as the flooded districts cover an arei of Tully two hundred and fifty miles. At McKeesport allthe mills are closed down and hnndreds ure homeless and destitute. She natural gas main crossing the river at this point was broken during the night, and an immense pressure of gas forced into the air, Mr. Knight, watch- man of the Pittsburg, McKeesport & Yomogheny railroad, crossed the trestle at Saltsburg a short time after and s lan- tern ignited thefzas, causing a tremendous ex. {.1 sion. IKnight was fatally burned and the hridge caught fire, but the flames were ex- tinguished before. it was destroyed. Trafiic has been aimost suspended on tne Pittsourg, Vivginia & Charleston road, and no traing are running south of Peters creck, nincteen miles from here, A Wheeling special says that the freshet is the greatest ever known. The destruction to property is beyond computation, but enough has been ascertained to warvant the declaration that nearly every house and most of the fencing on all the low lands between that point and Clarksburgs on the west and as farat least as Grafton on the Valley river hus been swept away. The water is now falling at the headwaters and the worst is perhaps ovel —— A Scene of Desolation, WureLixg, W, Va,, July 11.—7T rise in the Valley river at Geafton yestesday from the rains of the past two days was unpre- cedented and to the lumber intercsts in this section is disastrous. Thousands of logs were swept away, booms destr nd mills near the river badly damaged. Several buildings were washed down the river and crushed to atoms when they struck the strong iron v Ige here. This flood, s0 far, is more disastrous to Grafton than the fire of a year ago, and the loss to the town d section will not fall far short of 50,000, The aamage at Rowelsburg will reach £125,000, Around Parkersburg the railroads ' L been badly washed out in all _directions. Farms ar flooded and hundreds of wcrcs of growing crops and harvested grain . deluged. Millions of feet of timber are afloat in the swift current and gomg to destruction. Every stream is out of its banks and numbers of families have had to move to higher ground. Parkersburg losses are ovor $100,- 000, At Clarksburg twenty houses were carrie away and au mcalculable amount of p has been ruined, Last night was a night of terror. The water reacked the hig at 1 o'clock, and by those who remember t flood of 1853 it is conceded that it entirely surpasses it. The 10ss to the towg and county can not even be estimated, but is very heavy. - A Michigan Blaze. AvveNa, Mich., July 1L.—A fire origimating in a saw mill this afterncon destroyed all the buildings for a space of ten blocks wide and half a mile long, causing a loss of about $300,000. Fifteen huundred persons are homeless and many seriously hurt. Mrs, McLain was 80 badly burned that she will die, The excitement is 5o great that no esti- mate of the losses aud insurance can be ob- tained, is s Snow Falling in London, Loxpox, July 11.—~The weather through- out England is abnormally coid. now has falleu in the suburbs of London and the peaks of Skiddaw and other mountains are covered with snow. [t is the first time that suow is known 1o have fallen in this country m July. IMPORTANT DECISION st Rulings Applied to C| City Railway Perjurers. Crreaco, July 11.The rulings of law fn the anarchist case by Judge Gary that sent Spies and hus allies to the gallows were turned to-day by another Chicago judge, Kirk 1 against the agents, attorneys and chief officials of one of the weatthiest corporations in the country, The offense in this case was attempted: jury-bribi d | the main offender, Sumncr C. Weleh, the | clal ént of the Chicago City railway, is s 1 to a term behind prison bars, while U. B, Holmes, president of t and C. M. H fie company’s at ,are recommended t lealt with b the grand jury 1ds that thi consniracy case ap plies as woll v conspirators, In rendering his ¢ this morning, he sent Weleh to jail six months, and held that it Was nob necessary that Holmes or Hardy - should have done any positive or uflirmative act or bo - present when it was done if they inany way aided or abetted, and that if ‘they did so aid or abet they wore as guilty as the actual crimi nal. The question as to whether Holwmes ot Hardy actually did abet is loft to the grand jury, the judge recommending - that body to rate their cause, hicago of v railway is perhaps the tion of the kind in the coun try. President Holmes isa vory prominent wedlthy eitizen and Attorney Hardy is mermber of the bar. The bribery was i an it little damage suit against the company, Welel approaching _one of the jurors - during & court reccss - and endeavoring to retain by money his services in the interest of the company. The juror indignantly refused, voted for .he highest verdict aganst the company, and aftevward exposcd the business, 'Phis raised a storm'of public opinion and brought out much evidence tending to show that the com- piny’s course in this cuse was thoroughly stematic and had been pursued for years in other litipation, particularly whenever the company was in danger of being muleted for damages by unfortunate dividunls who were hwrt in aceidents on its forty miles of strect railroad Judge Hawes' decision is of extraordinary length and if printed in full - would cover wmore than an entire page of ub ovdinary news puper. It is mostly made up, however, of an analysis of the testimony. — n' this posi tion the judge is extremely cloar and pains taking. The gist of the decision was stated v Wit 0 a few strong sentences near the conclusion Iher o few crimes more despicable,” he said, “or more dangerous to good sociely than jury-bribing, and subor- nation of perjury. We punish with death » who openly attempt to_ovorthrow the xisting order of society by violence, Shall we not put forth every efforl to restrain those who seelk by indirect methods to under: mine the chief cornerstouc of our social wes, cision for ot IN CONFERENCE. A Mceting of the National Republican nittee in New York. , July 11.—The republican na. tional committee met to-day at noon.. The proceedings were held ju private, with 1. S, Clarkson of Towa as temporary chairman, and S. Fessenden of Coninecticut as tempo- porary secretaty. After o session of about half an hour tho committee took u recess, ving appointed a committee of nine to re- sort a plan of organization, and one on cre- dentials for permunent ofiicers, cte. The committee was inereased in numbel eleven and consists of the followin, Manchester Haynes, of Maine of Indiana; J. .. Fasseit, of Now Y Sumuel Fessenden, of Connecticnt; M DeYoung, of California; William Cu dloe, of Kentucky; George R, Day Illinois; Thomas M. Bayne, of Pennsyl- vania; Gurrett A, Hoburt, of Vi A. L. Conger, of Ohio, and L. C. of Tennoess “The republican national committee to-night to NUMBER 24, NORTON ANXIOUS T0 SETTLE, Ho Makes a Proposition to Moore and His Runaway Wife, WHO REJECT IT WITH SCORN. Norton Makes a Statement In Which She Tells All Ahout the Boodle in Her Possession, The Moore-Norton Affair, £RA, Kan., July 11.—|Special Telegram to Tk Brr| —Judge Laughlin, attorney for John W, Norton, and Captain Johnson, ate torney for Moore, held a long consultation this afternoon. Cantain Johnson said at the end of the consultation cxotintions are in progress between us which may lead to & settloment of the affair. The condition on which dudge Laughlin proposes to settle it without going into the courts is that Moore shall leave the country and that Mrs. Norton shall return to St. ‘Louis and give up the papers which she has in her possession. This preposition has been made by N but neither Moore nor Mrs. Norton will agree to it Mrs. John W, Norton has made the follow- ing statement for publication: *“They have been talking: so much about what ‘T took away that I wish to make a statement and tell just what 1did take aud what I had & 1 had between #.500 and s deposit in the Bank of Commerce in my ne. - It had been - there since © last year. © I took a decd to some real estate on Twenty- ninth and Pine strects, which 1 acquired by anging my house on Seventeenth and streets for that proper The house on Seventeenth strect Mr. Norton gave me son after we were married, and it has stood in my name ever since, which is something over nine years. That was not . deeded to me on a death-bed. L took a mortgage and an interest note for £1.500 for money which 1loaned, and the paners are in my name and ned by me. This was money received from the sule of tbe Chicago opera house, which is all Norton éver decded to we when he thought he was dying, ‘It may be us well here to explode the fle- Mr. Norton ever deeded to mer £50,000 or £10,000 rope A year ago last October, while in New York, a very sicl man, by the advice of his p! ans he mado A will, though 1 opyosed it, bucause 1 did not nt him to think he was dying. He left all Utome. That all was his interest in Chicago and Louis theaters. Joo Brooks and W. E. Conuers were dp- poiuted his exccutors, Mr. Brooks conducted the sale of the Grand Opera interest some three or four months ards, It realized $10,000, of which {his mortgage money is a part, and the other £4,000 have been paid for the constry of the flats which I am erecting on_ Twenby- ninth and Pine street. So that all Mr. Mor- ton deeded me was the proceeds of this sale, und at the time he decded it his interest was considered practically valucless, The inter- ests in the St Louis theaters le has, and we have been living off the profits, “Another incident about this Clicago opera hovse interest. When Mr. Norton acquired it he was at a loss to know where to raise the money to pay for it 1 had 5,000 in 4 per cent bonds, the bulk of which I had saved from my éaliry s an actress, This was absolutely my own monoy, Mr. Norton asked me for it to put up as’ collateral, say- mg 1 could continue to - draw the interest. 1 readily —and will- ingly consented, but instead of givin the bonds as colluteral they were converte without my knowledge into money. 1 never received a penny of this money back, and T therefore had an absolute right to 5,000 of elected M. S. Quay, of Pennsylvania, chair- man, and . 8. Passett, of New York, secr tar) “The republican national committee at 3 p. m. received the exceutive committee of the league of republican clubs headed by W. W. Johnson of Nevada. Judge Thurston of aska was introduced as their spokesman. at the coming campaign was one of war, and that his committee came to re- ceive iustructions as to their positions in the battle. Chairman Clarkson, in roply, said that the national committee appreciated their advance, and were glad to have thelr co-op- eration in the campaign, 1t was decided to request, the national committee to appo committee to confer with the executive cor mittee of the leaguc s to the hest plau of util- ized the support of the league. Mrs, J. Ellen Foster of Jowa, the woinan temperance. ad- vocate, was ushered into the room, and in a long address presented aplan for’ the for- mation of a woman's national republican club. At the mecting of the national comn to-night Senator M. S. Quay of Penns; s chosen ehairman, and State Senator J. S. Fassett of New York secrefary. They were also appointed to hold the same offics on the executive committee. The executive committee was chosen as follows: M, H. De Young, Samuel Fessenden, Ceorge 13, Davis, John C. Now, J. 8. Clarkson, W. C. Goodloe, J. Manchester Hagnes, Garrett A. Hobart, A. L. Conger. The president of the state leagues of re- publican clubs held o confercnce to-night with the national republican committee. The conference committee has been appointed to confer with a similar committco of the national republican commiittee to-morrow. - DAKOTA'S CONVENTION, Action 1 Division and Admissio Hunox, Dak., July 11.—[Special Telegram to Tue BEs]—The attention of the division and statchood convention was occupied to- day by discussion in committee of the re port of the sub-committee to the general com- wittee on a plan of action to further the di- vision project and admission_as two states, Some good speeches were made, all tending to show earnestuess in the present mave ment. The report of the committee was first to urge upon the people the vital importance of making the division, and the admission, as states, of north and South Dakota, the controlling issue above and beyond every other issue for all representative officars m the fall clec- tion. Second, to urge upon the people the especial importance of electing for the legis- lature honest, brave and determined men who will pledge themselves to a sweeping re- form of the abuses which flourish under the present administration, especially in its financial departments; 1o take from the gov- ernor all the despotic’ and unusual powers which have been bestowed upon him by th legislature of the territory; 10 pass laws wediataly, during the first day of the legisla- ture, convoking two constitutional conven- tions, one for north and one for south Da- kota, and o Support men who—in casc the re- suits of the coming coming general elections are adverse to Dakota, and should place in power men and parties whose policies and measures shall threaten Dakota with & per- petual colonial vassalage—will have the abil- ity and courage to take such other measures a8 they lawmily may for the relief of tho people of those two states. New York Republican League. Sanar004, July 11.—The state convention #f republican clubs met here this afternoon, esident Hofford in the chair. Resolutions were adopted heartily indorsing the Chicago rm and the nominees of the party. conveation chose four delegates at large to the natioual convention of republi- can clubs at Chicago. A ratification meeting followed, at which speeches were made by Senator William Evarts, ex-Senator William Miller and others. A resolution endorsing the league of re- publican clubs was passed, as was ulso one favoring the organization of women republi- can clubs. ttec nia IS, A Srockman Killed. HrLeNa, Mont, J 1L—A. E. Ricl wealthy stockman of West Union, Iz, was run over and’ killed by an engine at the | stock yurds lust uight. the proceeds of the sale of the Chicago thea- ter intercst. 1 also tooka certificate of stock of ‘the Cottrell bill posting company for £3.000, which [ acquired by money given mo by Mr. Norton after his previous stock m the ne company had been sold, The certifl- cate is in my own name. 1 also took four ex- position bonds valucd at £100, and my per- sonal jewelry, which was given me by Mr, Norton and m) uds, - T am willing to give Mr. Norton the real estate and let hun have whatever be claims, but I think I am - en- titled to wy own money.” Sr. Lovis, July 11.—The latést information from Topeka is that Mrs, Norton was re- leased from custody this afterncon, there beiug no charge against her, EARTHQUAKE AT SEA, Fearful Shocks Experienced Trans-Atlantic Stean Piuiraperenia, July 11.—[Special Telegram o Te Bee.|—The British steamer Tyrian, of Glasgow, which arrived at Philadelphia from Port Antonio yesterday, had a thrilling experience on the morning of the 2d. Just after midnight, Captain Haigh, commander, left the bridge in charge of Chief Oficer McCurty. The sea was calm and the sky was clear. Suddenly and without warning the fore part of the Tyrian was lifted high out of the water, while her taffrail went down to the very surface of the sea, Then, almost as soon as those on board realized that something was wrong, the vessel settled down again, A second ficreo blow was dealt hor from the depths some ten seconds aftep the first shock. This time the full force of the upheaval of the waters struck the vessel aft and amidships, The screw, high out of water, raced furiously and the stoamer gave @ lurch to the starboard she settled down again. At the first shock the firemen threw down their shovels.and mado for the ladders, The second blow struck as the firomen reached the decks, and fully convinced them that they were on rocks. The firemen and the watch on deck made a rush for the side and peered over into the darkness in full ex- pectation of secing foara breaking over treacherous rocks, “Lower away t man in & voice of te hardly utter conf by a o boats!" cried out one ror. The words were 1 before a third shock came aud usion reigned on board, ‘here’s nothing wrong, Inds,” eried Of- ficer MeCarty from the bridge. “IVs only an carthguake, and I reckon that last shock she gave us will be the lust of it.” The steamer was sixty miles southeast of Cape May when struck. ———— PACKING INTERD A Light Moven ditic CiNcixNaTL, O, t of Hogs—The Con- of Crops. July 11 [Special Tele gram to Tur Bee.]—The Price Carrent to- morrow will say: The movement of hogs has been rather light most of the week, en- larging towards the close at some points. The total - pyeking for the week is 130,000 head against 160,000 the preceeding week and 150,000 last year. ‘Tl total from March 1 to date is 3,105,000 agamst 8,135,000 a year ago, The quality is very good for most of the cur- rent packing. Corn, which has been almost umiformly backward in growth, hos made excellent growth the past week and cone siderable broadt he advancement has been remarkable. It is capabic of reaching 1,500,000,600 to 1,900,000,000 bushels under u continuance of favorable conditions, Oats appear likely to approximate 750, 000,000 buslicls if the expectations are real- 1zed as 1o the filling out of the grain heads, The later returns from the winter wheat are irregular. In Kentucky, also portions of southern Tudiana and Ilinois harvest results appear to have somewhat enlarged the estls mates of the yield, and in Michigan expectae tions are higher, Spring wheat is progressing well, maig. taining its previous general position, - For Burlington's Public Bullding. WasmixG1ox, -July 11.—Senator Wilson of Towa to-day proposed an amendment 1o the sundry civil bill to appropriate §100,00) for e weoction of @ public building at Burlings ton, fa, .