Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1888, Page 1

Tue OMmaHA' DaiLy BEE EIGHTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1888, ———'j:m NUMBER 65, ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE LOST. The Terrible Result of the Collision of Ocean Vessels. LOOKING UP THE GEISER'S LIST. The Thingvalla Reaches the Harbor at Halifax This Morning—Cap- tain Lamb Tells His Story of the Wreck. W Yok, August 17.—A corrected list of the lost in the steamship collision is 105 as given by Captain Muller, of the steamer Geiser. The Geiser carried nin th passengers and a crew of forty-three. Of the passengers fourteen were saved, and of the crew seventeen. The agents of the line at Worcester, Mass,, St. Paul, Chicago and Philadelphia ha been notified to send on their lists of tickets sold on the Geiser, At100'clock this morning the agent for the line received a dispatch from Captain Lamb that the Thingvalla had arrived safely at Halifax. Captain Muller, of the Gei went before the Danish consul this mornir and swore to his statement of facts connected with the collison. The con- sul stated that the circumstances sttending the collision will be Investigated here on the arrival of Captain Lamb, instead of at Copenhagen, as the principal witnesses can be more easily reached in New York. Captain Muller states that at the time of the collision he was about thirty-five miles south of Sable Island and about 185 Halifax. The passengers of the stered in Castle Garden to-day, and only await the arrival of their bagga A num- ber of women seewm not to have fully recov- ered from the shock. The survivors of the crew and such of the passengers as wish will leave tomorrow by the Slavonia, of the Humboldt line, The es- timated loss on the vessel is £350,000 and the Toss on the cargo about $120,000. The com- pany, it is said, will, as far' as is in their r, indemnity the survivor: ICAGO, August 17 —The agents of the Thingy, ‘hicago received several rk this morning and smplete list of the sple who were on the ill-fated The hist e the following: Mrs. A, M. Peters ten and Lena Lorensen, Captain George Hamler, High- . Ellen Nelson, Gusta Alde H. L Lic, O. M. Olander, al Paulsen, Lars Rommer- 1, Chris’ Eliussen, J. G. Johansen, John Ahlhorst, STORIES OF THE WRECK. Thingvalla were A Graphic Description By the Thing- valla's Captain, Havirax, August 17.—~The Danish steamer Thingvalla was signalled off the harbor at 6 o'clock this morning in charge of a pilot, She crawied along at the rate of two miles an hour, and three hours elapsed before she arrived at the wharf of Pickford & Black, her agents, The Thingvaila presents a strange spec- tacle with nearly the whole of her bow torn away, leaving an immense hole ex- posed to view. The powerful iron plates were broken through and snapped off as if they were of card board, Crowds flocked to the wharf to see the steamer, and wonder is expressed that she ever reached port. After repairing she is to reload her cargo and proceed for New York. Captain Lamb of the Thingvalla has im- posed a silence upon his seumen as to the disaster, but has himself prepared a state- ment of the details of the collision as he knew and saw them. This is the captain's story: “It was about 4 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, August 14, when my second of- ficer came down and Iasked him how the weather was. He said it was raining, but not foggy. A few minutes later I heard a telegraphic signal for the engines to reverse. Leaping from my berth I ran for the deck. As I was hurrying up the collision ocecurred, 1t was 1fic shock, the steam- ers coming together with a frightful crash. Rushing forward I found the Thingvalla locked with another steamer which I did not then know. As I appeared I saw a man, whom 1 afterwards found to be the Geiser's second officer, jump on to my deck. My steamer had ont right through his room, where he was sound asleep, and he leaped out of his bunk to the Thingvalla's deck. Iwent toquiet my excited passengers, who were crowded on I‘.he deck, and were shouting and crying with e The officers were already engaged in cut- ting away and launching the life boats, One of the Thingvalla's boats had just been low- ered when the other steamer went down, stem first. This scene was a frightful one. Some of her passengers were rush- mg madly about her deck, while oth- ers were crowded in seve boats in the water, I believe that m y passen- gers must have been killed in their bunks by the force of the gollision. As the steaw plunged beneath the water, carrying down those on board, she capsized the boat that bad got away. The air was rent with ago- nizing shricks and prayers. Most of tho people probably it down with the steamer Geis They wi followed soon after by the ill-fated souls in the boats, who must have been sucked under the boat sank. The cries of the dying sull ring in my ear of our boats were already launch ying to s many as they could from the doomed Ge! but it was slow work, as comparativel, managed to keep afloat after the steamer’s disappearance, % “The two vessels were not more than one hundred feet apart when the Geiser went down, Tho screams of the drowning lasted probably two minutes, and suddenly all be- came quiet. Our threc boats returned loaded with the saved who had been picked up in the water or off the bottoms of their cap- sized boats. 1 sent them back to continue thosearch for the survivors, but they re- turned with only the corpse of a woman. The day was just beginning to break when the collision occurred. It was raining, but, as the second oficer had told me just before, it was not foggy. Tho assistant engineer was saved with a broken arm, while his two companions were 10st. 1n my opinion nearly all the people on the Geiser's deck and in the Dboats sank with the steamer. Everything thut we could possibly do save them was done, After the Geiser disappeared we began jettisoning the cargo to keep the Thingvalla afloat. Be- tween 9 and 10 o'clock we stopued throwing the cargo over and got to work repairing up cowpartments. We were leaking badly. & At 11 o'clock the steamer Wieland hove in sight and we transferred §all the rescued passen- gers, as well as_our own 450 passengers, to her, The Wicland proceeded about 8 o'clock In the afternoon, leaving us steer- ng for New York., We decided to head for Halifax, “The Geiser had been seen by our first ofticer several minutes before the collision, Sho was nearly straight abead of us, but a little on our port bow. She starboarded to et out of the way and we ported. Sho should have ported likewise, - Our whistle was not blowing at the time, as there was no need for it." From Uaptain Lamb's statement of the disastor, it would appesr that the fault lay with those on board the Gelser, who put her to staxboard instead of to port. The Geiser's officer who was on watch at the time of the collision a8 awopg those who perished. \ptain amb himself does not express an opinion on the cause of the disas- ter. He w& he will leave that to be ‘ound by Investigation, First Officer has been asked to make @ state | ! | ment, but he says that he does not wish to do so. A Passenger Describes It NeEw Youk, August 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue B he following graphic account was given by a young druggist named Jansen Castborg, who was a passen- ger on board the Thingvalla, enroute to Gal- veston, Tex., with his sister: ““It was just about daylight and all, with the exception of myself anda few friends, were asleep, when all of a sudden we heard a scuffling of feet un deck and then a crunch- ing noise. Then for a moment all was still. Inasecond all the passengers were out of their berths and all rushed for the compan- ionway screaming, and the din was deafens ing, particularly from the lower deck, where the people with families were located. After cousiderable difficulty I got on deck and rushed to see what the damage was, and just here I wish to state most emphatically that 1o whistles were blown on the Thing- 4 before the collision. went to the front of the vessel and saw agap of about twelve feet, On the left side plates were rolled up und on top of them part of the corpse of a man, and the whole 1 was covered with blood and fragnients of I, which were soon washed off by the waves. The captain then ordered everyone on deck and after an examination the pas- sengers were told that there was no danger and they became quiet. The women on_the occasion behaved splendidly. On the right side the plates were broken off completely, and I saw the bow of our ship go clean into the stateroom, and an_officer of the Geiser chmbed up by the chain attached to the anchor. During this time there was a ter- rible rain storm, which was more the cause of the extreme darkness than an) _ ““The Geiser began to sink g in eight or ten minutes passed down out of sight. There was an effort made on our ship to lower the boats, but it was so very dark that we could not see whether it was human beings or not that were floating around the ship. But a man's voice screamed out in the midst of the excitement that he was bitten by a shark, The screaming was something awful. It was fully twenty minutes before the boats were lowered. We all stood on the deck looki people being saved, but were powerless to do anything oursel 1 saw three boats of the Geser. One was turned upside down, another smashed in the storm, while the third had two men who were holding up a woman between them who seemed to be dead. Several had life preservers on, but were swallowed up in the whirlpool made when the Geiser went down, Some came again to the surface and were picked up. A number of us got life preservers and stood ready to cast them out, but I must say that I wondered that so few were seen after the ship's sinking. A great number must have been drowned in their berths, *‘In about an hour and a half the boats re- turned and the saved were hoisted on board ropes and partly by thesaid of a rope der which had been lowered over the side. hen they were got on deck they were made to sit down and th n a glass of braudy api They secmed for the most part (0 be in good spirits. The emigrants were well treated by the people on the Thingval The passengers and crew then went to rk to shift the cargo from the stem to the stern, as well as the chain anchor, ete,, on the Thingvalla, This had a wood effect on the passengers, and they got cheerful and buoyant, as all we had to fear was a storm. The shattered bulkbead had been backed with planks and hogsheads, and could stand little shock. We were making about two knots an hour when, about noon, we saw the Wieland. After some talk be- tween the captains we were taken on board the Wielund, being only allowed to take a small vali ch. It was my first experience of a veyage across the Atlantic, and I think it will last me my lifetime.” The Chicago Passenger List. Citicaco, August 17.—[Special Telegram to Tuz Ber]—At the offices of the Chicago agency of the Thingvalia line this morning it was found that more people bought tickets here than was at first supposed. The oftice was crowded with anxious inquirers after relatives and friends. The following entries on the company’s books show the names and destination of those who purchased tickets in this city. This is all the Looks show: Ellen Nilsen, Malmi; Albert Olsen, Stav- anger; Astrid Lurd, Covenhagen; A M. Pedersen, Copenhagen; Kersten and Soren- sen, Christiana; Paul Paulson, Copenhage! Anua Thompson, Copenhagen; Lauritz Rummerdal, Copenhugen; Louise An- derson, Stockholm; Hilda_Solberg, Chris tiana; ' Jens Hausen, Malmn; — Anna Wicker and chld, Christianas Chudensen and family, Gothenburg; Ole Christoffersen, Christiuna; John Ter- vald, Trondbeim; Captain George Hammer, penhagen; Elizabeth Berg and daughter, ‘Trondheiin; ' C. Braaten, Trondheim; O. H H. Lee, Trondheim; Mrs, Johnson ‘and in- fant, Gothenburg; Magnus Anderson, Goth- enburg; Christoff Eliascn, Bergen; L G, Johanson, Stockholm; John' Stephenson and infants, Gothenburg; John Alquist, Stock- holm; Charles Carison, Malmi; I, B. Jelma, Staavanger; Peter H. Morstda, Christian Kittel Gulliksen, Christiana; Peter Miller, penhagen; ~ Andrew Ingenbrighten and ‘amily, Trondheim; Julia Fredricksen and family, Copenhagen, All these went down with the exception of six. They are Paul Paulson, Larnitz Rum- merdal, John Tewold, George Hammer, Christoft Eliusen und John Alquist. Found a M m Tusk. Bisymarck, Dak In digging a well on the farm near here, J. J. Lamb fouad at a depth of thirty-six feet fragments of the petrified tusk of a mastodon, which, being put together, measured thirteen feet and seven luches, R — Killed By Lightning. GREENFIELD, Mass., Angust 17.—Deacon Lovering, d ninety, and his sister and housekeeper, Mrs, Richardson, living in Gill, were instantly killed by lightning last night and the farm house, barns and outbuildings burned. e Terrible Storms in Canada. VALLEYFIELD, Quebee, August 17.—A ter- rific rain and wind storm visited this section last night. Houses, cattlo aud horses were carried off. So far five men are known to have been kilied. e — Reached an Understanding. WasuixaroN, August 17.—An understand- ing has been reached between Senators Frye and Morgan, having charge of the fisheries treaty for their respective sides, that a vote upon’ ratification shall be taken Tuesday next, —-— Valley County Nominations. Onp, Neb,, August 7.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The republicun county con- vention met here yesterday and nominated H. Westover for representative and E.J, Clements for county attorney. o Ll e ] Another Oruiser Ordered Out. New York, August 17.—Orders were re- ceived at the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday to fit up the cruiser Boston for sea without delay. She will join the European squad ron, e —— Indians Killed by Lightuning. Kaxsas Ciry, August 17.—Chief Mescoot of the Kickapoos and his squaw aud five chil- dren were killed by lightning in his cabin on '&hc reservation nesr Netawka, Kan., yester- ay. i Big Sawmill Burned. GraND Fonks, August 17.—The Walker sawmill was destroyed by fire last evening, together with a large quantity of lumber. ‘Total loss, §75,000; partially insured. o el e S The Weather Indications. For Nebraska, lowa asd Dakota—Fair, warmer, variable wiuds, gemerally south- easterly, ) P be GROVER DOWNS THE GANG. He Causes a Commotion in the Dem- ocratic Camp. CALVIN S. BRICE TO BE DEPOSED. Cleveland Fears That He is Being Knifed in the House of His Frieuds — Hill Also Set Aside, The Democrats Disturbed. New York, August 17.- |Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee. |—A bombshell was thrown into the democratic camp this afternoon when it became noised about that Calvin 8. Brice, of Ohio, chairman of the national democratic executive committee, would be deposed from his position by order of Presi- dent Cleveland, who is dissatisfied with his line of policy. It is said that President Cleveland objects to him because of his apathy in the work, his fondness for inter- views, and his general mefMciency. This, it is alleged, has disgusted the president, It is authoritatively stated that Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland, a bitter foe of the mugwumps, has been selected to lead the democratic hosts in the coming struggle. The most significant part of the new ar- rangement is that Kugene L. Higgins, of Maryland, is to be the new chief clerk of the committee,: story that has startled the demo- crats here is that President Cleveland has ded to set Governor Hill aside, The ident intends to carry New York state without _the assistance of the gov- ernor, On this account the Hill men arc knifing him at every opportunity. CiiCAGo, vial Telegrain to Tue Bee.]—“They are doing all they can to beat Cleveland,” said a leading tariff re- former to a reporter this morning, referring to the attitude of the democratic national committee. “It is a protectionist committee clear through to the backbone, and it has more interest in maintainng wonopoly than in electing Cleveland, I cannot conceive whatever led C| nd to accept the leade: ship of men whom he knew to be diametr cally opposed to the policy by which he must stand or fall, “In my opinion,” e continued, “Barnum, Tracy, Gorman, Randall and the rest are fix- ing up a job similar to that of 1580, and the appearauce this morning of George O. Jones’ call for a national greenback convention is a proof of the underplotting that is going on. If Hrice and his advisers do not beat M. Cleveland it will be because they don’t know how. His salvation lies with the people. If they get hold of the idea that he is to be sold out in the house of his friends the will take the bit between their teeth and r fuse to be guided by the hand of monopoly toward their own destruction.” Secretary Dan Shepard, of the republican state committee, in speaking of Chairman Brice, said that he thought the trouble was that Mr. Brico was trying to run the cam- paign just as he ran his private business, ““And "you can’t run a campaign that way,” said the veteran politician, *“Now, I imay that Mr. Brice, if he had a deal on hand, said yes or no short off—no leaving loosé ends, no trusting to luck and circumstances. But polities can’t be run like railroads. You can’t caleulate just what may be done. Your nicest plans may miscarry. My umpression of Chairman Brice is that he has done what he thought was best, according to his lights and training, and I put no faith in s alleged or suspected antagonism to Mr. Cleveland.” ket General Harrison's Visitors, INDIANAPOLIS, August 17.—Delegations from three states, Ohio, Indiana aund Illinois, aggregating between nine and ten thousand people, paid their respects to the republican presidential nominee to-day. The first dele- gatiou arrived at noon from Paxton, IIL, and from that hour until 4 o’clock excursion trains continued to pour their thou- sands into the city until Meridan, Washington and Pennsylvania streets be- came almost impassable. The number of brass bands and drum corps marching about the city was not less than twent, The most pretentious demonstrations were made by the large delegations from Johnson county, Indiana, and Jacksouville, Ill., and the most attractive feature was a glee club of twenty handsome young ladies, who led the Jackson- ville column, They were uniformed in navy blue dresses with encircling broad gold bands and carriea black walking sticks. It was 4:80 o’clock when the last delegation reached University park, and the crowd of 10,000 people stood deusely packed about the speaker’s stand. Judge William Lawrence spoke in_ behalf of the Ohlo delegation, Among the other speakers were Judge G, R. Starr, of Keokuk; Hon. Frank Cook, of Paxton, and Prof. W. D. Saunders, of Jack- sonville. To these addresses General Har- rison responded as follow: “I return most cordiaily the greetings of these friends from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois —a trio of great states lying in this valley, endowed by nature with a productive capac- ity that rivals the famed valley of the Nile, and populated by people unsurpassed in in- telligence, manly independence and courage. The association of these states brings to mind the fact that in the brigade with which Iserved, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois were rep- resented—three regiments from Illinois, one from Ohio and one from Indiana. I have seen the men of these states stand togeth in evening parade. 1 have also seen them charge together in battle and die together for the flag they loved, and when the battle was over 1 have seen the dead gathered from the field they had enriched with their blood and laid side by side in a common grave.” Gen Harrison then referred to th tice of the republican in dealing with all questions, He said that the party had been tolerant in everything but disloyalty to the union. iy ow large delegations are expected from Cleveland and Dayton, O., and Peoria 11l The Traveling Men’s club of Peoria ar rived to-night as an advance guard, A Blaine-Carlisle Tariff Debate, WasmixaroN, August 17.—The Star this evening has the following: WA proposition is under consideration by the democratic campaign managers to ar- range for a folnt discussion of the tariff question by Speaker Carlisle and Mr., Blaine, It is proposed to challenge Mr., Blaine to meet Carlisle and dispute the question n al- ternate speeches in twelve principal cities of the union, six to be named by Blaine and six by Carlisle. The opinions of a number of democratic congressmen as to the advisabil- ity of such a course have been asked, und there is & very general concurrence of ap- proval.” e, Secking a Retired Place. CLEVELAND, August 17.—A special from Fostoria, O.,says: General Harrison and wife will arrive at Toledo on Monday next and will be met there by Governor Foster and daughter. The party will go from To- ledo to Middle Bass island, Lake Erie, At Middle Bass General Harrison and wife will occupy the Cheesboro cottage. The island is controlled by the Toledo club, and will not owded by curiosity seekers to the an- uoyance of the distinguished guests, e Oalling on the Old Roman. CoLumnus, O., August 17.—Representa- tives of the Illinols democratic state commit- tee and Cook county democracy called on Judge Thurman to-day to invite him to ad dress a mass meeting at Chicago, August 25, Thurman accepted ifi invitation and will be et at Port Huron, where he spealis August 23, by a reception committee from Chicago. B Denisvn 4, Council Bluffs 3. Dexison, In., August 17.—(Special Telo- gram to Tue Bes.|--The Denison cludb de- feated iLe Couneil Bluffs base ball team of the Onaha oty lesgue by & score of 4 to 2. ‘The game waa vary hotly cantested, THE BRAKES Wi A Burlington Pas: Freight Cnrcaco, August 17%|Special Telegram to Tne Bee]—The alr brakes wouldn't work, and, helpless to avert a disaster, the engineer stood at his postand dashed through o freight train running straight across his path. The freight was eut in two, five or six of the cars where smashed mto smitherecns, and the passenger engine wrecked, The pas- sengers were shaken up considerably, but not a drop of blood was offered up. The aceident occurred on the Burlington road last night. At that hour the St. Paul passenger of three bageage cars and flve couches coming east whistled for the Pan Handle crossing at Western avenue. The train was then a half mile away. The lights were at the crossing signifying that a train was passing. The engineer put on the air brakes, but to his horror they refused to work. ' He then whistled for hand brakes but by this time the tralp was at the cross. ing going at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, With a crash the engine struck the middle of the passing train, The oar struck was thrown over and pushed ‘along the track, draguing three others with it. ‘Fhey were also demor- alized. The enginoer and his fireman crouched down in their cab, fully expecting to be crushed any moment. There was a great crash, and the smokestack was almost torn oft. The side of the engine was scraped and the boiler indented, and the engine itself ran off the track, but in ten or twenty feet beyond the crossing she stopped and the ants of the cab immediately jumped to the ground. At one time it was thought that many people had been injured and killed and the police with a patrol wagon were soon on hand. Their services were not needed, how- ever, and they returned to the station, The train struck was a fast transter freight. The engineer on the passenger says somebody had opened the valve just at the back of the engine, allowing the air to escape, and the brakes were useless. It was impossible to stop the train in time with the hand brakes. The officials of the company stated this morning that an inve: igation would be had and the truth of the engineer’s story de- termined, On several occasions since the strike of the engineers the air breaks of passenger trains had been tampered with in the same way, and on one occasion a man was caught in the act of opening the air valve. This is the first accident, however, that has becn caused in that way. g IMMIGRATION ABUSES. Yesterday's Investigation By the Con- gressional Committee. NEW York, August 17.—The investization of immigrant abuses was resumed to-day by the congressional committee at the West- minster hotel. Superintendent Jackson of Castle Garden, secretary of the immigration comumission, testified. He said that in busy times about four thousand immigrants land daily, The largest number landed in any one day was 0,000. He explained the work ings of Castle’ Gurden in_detail. Last year 360 immigrants were returned to Europe, Walter McIntosh, secretary of the United States Watchmakers' association, testified to al cases of importation to this country from Switzerland, under contract to work in the watch case factory of the Waltham Watch company. The 'passage money was advanced to these men, which they agreed to pay back in instaliments, Englishmen were brought over to work in the same factory under like conditions, The witness fortified his testimony by exhibiting documents show- ing the contracts cntered into. The witness said that the importation of foreign engray- ers and watch case makers had tended to drive American mechanics into other avoca- tions, Captain Francis W. Bell, a pilot of seven- teen years' experience, testified that he had knowledge of the practices of Charles Lock- wood and William McKay in securing nat- uralization papers for natives of Nova Scotia and then placing them in command of An ican vessels within two weeks, They r ceived $10 a head for the service. Lockwood told the witness that he was enabled to make citizens in the time mentioned because of his friendly relations with the son of Judge Moore of Brooklyn. McKay was called and _exammed at con- siderable length. His testimony was full of contradictory statements. He “first denicd the charges made against him, but finally ad- mitted that he had given false evidence in several cases for the purpose of securing naturalization papers, and iu oue case re- ceiving §250 for bis serv OF VALUE TO FOUNDERS, Rosult of the Researches of the Amer- ican Scientists, CreveLAND, August 17.—There was a 200d attendance to-day at the meeting of the American associatio for the advancement of science. Several interesting papers were read in section D, which is devoted to mechanical science and engineering. ~ W. J. Keop, of Detroit, read one on the influence of alumnium upon cast iron. He proved that aluminum caused white iron to turn gray, entirely prevented blow holes, Increased its strongth, took away all tendency to chill, lessened the thickness of the scalé, softened the iron and inareased its elasticity. Owing the rapidly falling price of aluminum tho re- sults of this research will be ot great value to iron founders. ULDN'T WORK. ger Train Cuts a Two. iy SAMPSON IN THE RING. He Proves Himself the Strongest Man After 8ix Bloody Rounds. NEw Yok, August 17.— to Tue Bee.]—John Sampson, of the Pas- time Athletic club, who in February beat Paddy Cahill, the present middle-weight amateur champion, met Jack Akins, another well-known amateur, in a private house near Ishp, L. L., last evening, and there the men, who were on bad terms, faced each other for afighttoa flush_ with bare knuckles, It was a bloody affair, und after the sixth the spectators agreed that thoy had seen enough and would not let Akins continue. The victory was given to Sampson. The men refused to become friends after the struggle. e Muley and His Escort sacred. TANGIER, August 17.—The emperor, re- at the request of the rebels, sent ce Muley to receive their submission, Frince Muley had an escort of 200 cavalry- men, and he and all his men were massacred by the insurgents, This treachery was due 10 a desire for revenge upon the emperor for killing the delegates sent by the insurgents to treat for poace, aud for whom thé em- peror had promised a safe conduct. —— Graphophones For the West, New York, August 17.—A company of western men, with Hamilton S. Wyks, of Kansas City, at their head, has secured a contract with the syndicate controlling tho Edison-Bell graphophone for all rights within the territory west of the Mississippi river and east of the Rocky mountal Companies are to be established and instruments intro- duced in the leading cities of that district by the 1st of October, ————— Brotherhood'’s Quarter-Centennial, Derroir, August 17.—The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is here to-day to cele- brate the quarter-centennial of its organiza- tion. It is estimated that upwards of 2,000 members are in the city. Delegates from nearly all the states in the union have come, Most of the high officers are present, includ- ing Chief Engineor Arthur, — - The Sunday School Worker: Cmautavqua, N, Y., August 17.—An in- teresting platform meeting of the interna. tional executive Sunday school committee was held this morning and speeches were made by Ienjamin Clark, of London, B. F. Jacobs, of Chicago, presidept of the ‘commit. n::, William Reynolds, of Peoria, Ill, and otkers. i FURTHER CHANGES REFUSED. The Inter-State Commission Lincoln’s Complaints. and FORCING THE PENSION ISSUE. The Democrats Placed Squarely on Record—The Kansas Sugar Ex- periments—Military Resers vation Suryeys, Lincoln's Suit Denied. WASHINGTON BUREAU Tie OMAnA Bre, 518 FOURTEENTH STREAT, WasmNagros, D. C., August 17 The cases of the Lincoln board of trade against the B. & M. Railroad company in Nebraska and against the Missouri Pacitic railroad company have been decided by the inter-state commerce commission, which fails to find any sufficient reason for a change in the rates complained of in either case. The rates charged from Chicago te Lincoln which were brought in question in the first complaint were soon after materially reduced and at the same time the disparity between them and the rates from Chicago to Omaha ‘was so modified that the difference conforms from the city to the relative distances, The considerations controlling the proper ad- justment of rates to interior - braska points are stated. The rates from St. Louis to Lincoln, which were chal- lenged in the second case, were also ehanged before the hearing both in amount and rela- tively n favor of Lincoln and the present difference is sustained in view of the more favorable situation in Omaha and other Mis- souri river points, the St. Louis rates being governed by the Chicago rates. MILITARY RESERVATION SURVEYS, In the senate to-day Mr, Manderson offered anamendment to the general deficiency ap- propriation bill appropriating £30,000 to con- tinue and complete surveys of abandoned military reservations. With the amendment he submitted a letter from S for the information of the commit propriations, stating that no steps taken for the sale of Fort Mct*herson mili- tary reservation in Nebraska, and the directions given to the commissioner of the general land oftice by letter of January 27, 1887, to cause the reservation, with others of similar character, to be surveyed and platted with & view to their disposal under the provisions of the act of July b, 1884, The reasons that no action has be taken are that the Forty-eighth congress failed to make appropriations for the continuance of the office of United States sur general for Nebraska and Iowa, or to formally close or abolish the off and the general land commissioner is not yet empowered to act as ex-ofticio surveyor zeneral for that district, and the total liability of the surveys of the abandoned reservation, authorized by de- partmental contract, amount to within a small fraction of the total appropriation of $20,000 made by the act of March 8, 1883, for that purpose. THE DEMOCRATS AND PENSIONS, The republican members are very well pleased to-might over the record they have made during the past week on their proposi- tion which bas created a deadlock in the house. They have stood solidly together in support of the motion made by Mr. Morrill of Kansas to set aside two days for pension legislation, and the policy of the democrats has been to vote almost solidly agalnst the proposition, or to refrain from voting alto- gether, thus leaving the house without a quorum, Every republican has voted steadily in favor of pension legislation and ouly a very few northern democrats have voted with. The great body of democrats have re- frained from voting and have shirked, thus placing the democratic majority in direct opposition to pension legislation. The result has been a deadlock, which has pre- vented all kinds of work, mcluding confer- ence reports, appropriation bills and other privileged matter, which the needs of the country demand shail mmediate con- sideration. The republicans intend to stand out some time longer and to force the demo- crats, if possible, to show their hands more plainly than they have. There is no proba- {)i\il\' that a special order for pension bills will be made, as the democrats wili sa 0 any interest to prevent the passage of a pen- sion bill. This is the first time the republi- © have had an opportunity to force a direct issue and to make the democrats as a party vote their sentiments. They have suc- ceeded admirably, though it has been at great cost. KANSAS SUGAR EXPERIMENTS A PAILURE. The agricultural department has just sent out @ report of the experiments made with sorghum in Kansas. From the general tenor of the report the sorghum experiment may be regarded as a failure and no recommendation is made for their continuance. This will strengthen the position of the republican senators who propose a reduction of 50 per cent on the sugar duty. DEMOCRATS LOOKING As Indicated in these dispatches several Aays ago the administration is arranging to surprise the republicans by securing some of the northwestern states and Michigan, Frank Hurd was here this week, and he took a very diseouraging view of the outlook. He says that he is going into Minnesota and lowa to speak for the Mills bill, and the administra- tion would likely carry these states. He be- lieved that the reductions the republicans in the senate would make on the lumber duty wounld insure Michigan to the democratic ticket. Mr. Hurd frankly stated that thero was no probability of Cleveland and Thur- man carrying New York, Connecticut or New derscy, and that the' plan was to cap ture some of the northwestern states which have heretofore gone republican, and to do 1t on the strength of the Mills tariff bill, THE GENERAL LAND BILL, Judge Payson of Iilinois, who is the lead- ing republican member of the house commit- tee on public lands, said this evening that there was no prospect of the passage at this session,and y little if any at the next ses- sion, of the general land bill, e measure proposes a complete system of land laws to take the place of those upon the statute books. The judge added that there would be no legislation by this congress to forfeit the land grab of railroads and there is such a division of opinion on the subject in both house and senate, he said that there was lit- tle hope of securing final action. THE REPUBLICAN OUTLOOK IN NORTH CAROLINA Representative Perkins of I{ansas has just returned from North Carolina, where he delivered a tariff speech before the Farmers' alliance at its state fair. Mr. Perkins says the republicans there believe they will elect their state ticket this fall, avd that if the republican na- tional committee would send some intelligent men into the black belt of North Carolina to see that the ignorant colored voters cast their ballots in the right voxes the republican electors would be chosen. The laws of South Carolina have been adopted by North Caro- lina governing elections, and these provide a separate ballot box for each oftice voted for, and there are so many boxes presented that the uneducated colorad voter very sel- dom places his ballot in the right box. FLOODED WITH SPEECHES. There have been exactly 11,000,000 copies of specches delivered in this session of the house at one distribution through the docu- ment room. The envelopes to cover theso speeches cost the government §21,000, ‘The highest number of speeches ever ciroulated by members of the housa at any previous scs- sion was in 1870, when 7,000,000 copies were sent out. Mr. O'Donuell,'of Michigan, who is & member of the house committee on ac- counts, has just completed the auditing of the expense for this work, and these figures are furnished by him. The government pays for the envelopes and folding of all speeches, but the members pay for the prioting. These figures do not include the copics of specches delivered in and sent out through the senate. MIBCELLANEOUS, No credence is given here to the report that the democrats are trying to arrange a ]nmtmg ebate between Speaker Carlisle and Mr, Blame, The republicans say they would be very glad to have it take place, but that there are _many reasons why it is not feasible, the principal one being that Speaker Carlisle will be occupied here until the cam- paign is almost if not quits over. A call of the house to-day succeded in drumming up 162 wembers—just one less than a quorum. Senator Manderson to-day presented a pe- tition signed by a number of citizens of Wash- ington county, Nebraska, in favor of th to amend the intor-state commerce law to prohibit shippers owning thewr own cars, This would do away with tank cars, refrigerator ears, ete,, which are now owned by shippers. First Lieutenant Seventh infantry “dwin E. Hardin, of the and_Second Licutenant Alfred B. Juckson, of the Ninth cavalry (judge advoeate), have been appointea on & general court martial to meet at West Poiat, N. Y., on next Monday. Dr. R. H. Smith, of Omala, who has been in Washington for some time, left for his home to-night, The Nebraska court biil has become The president attached his signatur v evening. ate to-day passed a bill definitely making it a crime to send obscene matter through the mails in sc envelopes or in any other form and all m words or propositions or insinuations are included. Prriy S, Heati, s 1OWA Letting Contracts for the Corn Palace. ovx Ciry, Ta., August 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.|—The first contract for corn for the decoration of the Sioux City corn palace let to-day. The contract is for eighty acres, which will amount to about four thousand bushels. More than thirty thousand bushels will be required. There has been apprehension that corn would bo too late for the palace, but carly fields will be in time, Sioux City Another Rock Island Wreck. Howrstean, In, August 17.—[Special to Tie: Bek.]—The second wreck on the Rock Island within the last twenty-four hours oc- curred here last night. Four cars of freight train No, 19 left the track on account of a broken axle, turning crosswise of the track. It took eight hours to lift the debris to admit age of the limited and mail train No. 0 one was injured. Superstitious train- men_are on the lookout for the inevitable third, Heavy rains have necessitated put- ting out an extra watch on the culverts and bridges to avoid aceidents from washouts. e A Crop Report. Masox City, Ta, August 17.—[Special Telegram to Tur Ber.]—G. A, Stearns, gen- eral agent of the McCormick company, has just returned from an extensive travel over north and west Towa, and furnishes the fol- lowing crop report! Wheat is a failure, Oats are yiclding twenty-four bushels to the acre, weighing but twenty pounds to the bushgl. Flax and barley are good; corn is excellent. The farmers are feeding but few hogs on account of the cholera scourge. A Sioux City Fire. Sroux Ciry, In., August 17.—[Special Tel- egram to Tue Bee.]—The planing mill of Cader, Rupert & Co. and its contents was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss, $5,000; insurance, $,000. Burned to Death, Caarvestos, W. Va., August 17.—The boarding house of Summers & Lynch burned this morning at West Charleston. Simon Wallace, aged thir aged fifty-five, were burned to death. A DRUBBING FOR DAVID. Governor Hill Again Knocked Out by the Administration. SArATOGA, N. Y., August 17.—|Special Telegram 0 Tie Bee.]—Again David B. Hill has been mado to feel the power of the federal machinery aud Cleveland’s antipathy. Yesterday Cleveland and his horde of office holders drove another nail deep into the po- litical cofiin of Governor Hill. For weeks the wire from the e: utive chamber at Al- bany has been working and the governor has been getting his henchimen in line for a clash with the Cleveland forces and awaiting anxiously the call of the state committee, When the chairman summoned the mecting, the governor prepared to test his strength. tat the outser that the Hill programme would fall through. The gov- ernor wanted the convention held at Sara- toga on September 14, but the committee decided by a vote of 190 15 to hold the con- vention on September 12 at Buffalo. Th was a clean knock-down for the administra- tion. e oo Nobraska and lowa Pe WasmiNGToN, Auzust 17.—[Special Tele- gram to Tir Ber.|—Pensions granted Ne- braskans: Original invalid—A. Ward, Mira Creel; Earl B. Slawson, Denton. Restora- tion and increase—George W. Edkin (de- ceased), Homer, Increase—Ira Robinson, Fairfield; William J. Henderson, Litehfield. Pensions for Towans: Original | William C. Chesney, Coini Willizm Lingrel, Fayette; William H. Appleton, Elkport} Jolin McPherson, Ricliland: Patrick Herley, Emmettsburg; John Foster, Floris; John ‘W. Rode k, Winterset; Elijah Nation, Os- kuloosa; Lelcester D. Lyon, Fort Madiso Dayid Underhill, Ashton; John F. Vulle berlk, Pleasant Groves John Shely, East D Moines; Willium Conclive, Sioux City; John M. Mitchell, Hubbard.' Tncrease—t Bagley, Clinton; Josephi V. Delaplane, Tip- ton, nsions, L He Was Too Sensational. Rocnester, Pa., August 17.—[Special Te egram to Tue Bee.]—George B, Reid, a re- porter of tho Pittsburg Times, was last night excommu schester Baptist church. Reid was ted with a local paper during the church trial of Mrs. L. A. Hibbard, the complainant in a $100,000 breach of promise suit inst Henry r., and wrote up the a His sins, as named by the council, are many, but the unchristianlike manner in which he handled the church council for its treatment of Mrs. Hibbard is what brought about the expulsion, New YORK, August 17.—([Special Telegram to Tre Bre.]—The ventures of women on the turf do not pay. Mrs. George L. Lor- illard has become convineced of this after two years fruitless secking after rich prizes hung up by the various racing associations. The end has come. All horses that are In train- ing that are owned by Mrs. Lorillard will be sold on Saturday next at Monmouth Park. The ludy has learned, after a loss of some money, that ingenuity and smartness of a pe- culiar order count for something in these days upon the turf. Mr. Astor learned it last year and retired. Congressman Scott wus laught a bitter lesson after a loss of §50,000 or more, —_—— Yellow Jack on Board. WasHINGTON, August 17.—Surgeon Gen- eral Hamilton has received a telegram from the assistant surgeon at Fortress Monroe, Va., saying that hehad quarantined the British ship Athens, seven days from Pen- sacola to Newport News, He says a case of yellow fever, with collapse, was found on ard, the patient being oo ill for transpor- tation, Tho vessel is being fumigated. Hamilton telegraphed to hold her in quaran- tine for further observation. s The Fire Engineers. MixNearoLts, August 17,-~The National Association of Fire IEnglneers, in session here, agreed to meet at Kansas City Septem- ber 2. The following officers were elected President, F. L. Stetson, Miuneapolis; soc retary, Heury A. Hills, Cmcinnati: treas. urer, A, C. Headrick, New Haven, Cona, -one, and his mother, | CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS The Bill Relating to Postal Crimes Passed By the Senate. A FISHERIES TREATY ORDER, The House Again O Journ After Several For Want Quorum, pelled to Ade Roll-Calle of & Senate. WasniNaToN, August 17, -In the senate to- y a bill amendatory of the act of June 18, 1886, relating to postal crimes was taken up, and after being amended 80 as to reduce the penalties, was pasecd. It reads that all matter otherwise mailable Ly law, upon the envelope or outside cover or wrapper of which, or any postal card upon which any delineations, epithets, terms or language »f an indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libellous, seurrilous, defamatory of threatening character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style of display and ob- viously intended to reflect injuriously upon the character of another, may be written or printed, or otherwise impressed or apparcnt; = every obscen lewd or lascivious book, 'pamphlet, picture, er, letter, writing, printing or other pub- ation of anTndecent character, are hereby declared to be non-mailuble matter, and shall not be conveyed in the mails nor ' delivered any postofiic Chandler gave notice that on Wednes- day next he would ask the senate to take up the resolution in regzard to the investigation of the Louisiana election rio The senate then took up the fishery treaty, the pending question being on the motion submitted yosterday by Mr. Gibson. Mr. I'rye asked unanimous consent for an order of ihe senate that at 1 o'clock each da; the debate on the treaty shall proceed, and shall close on Monday next at ¢ o'clock, the friends of the treaty having the last two hours, and that on Tuesday next ut 12 o'clock the final votes shall be taken on all amend- ments, motions and resolutions of ratification. s0 ordered. . Morgan then procecded to address the in favor of the ratification of the . After he had spoken for two hours, Mr. Morgan suggested that the order agreed on to-day should be so far modified that the discussion of the treaty shall begin on Mon- day at the conclusion of the reading of tho journal, Mr. Call desired to reserve time on Monday for action on the joint resolution in relation to the yellow fever. He was informed, how- cver, that there would be a discussion on the joint resolution, and that it would consume considerable time. The senate then adjourned till Monday. WASHINGTON, August 17.—In the house to- day the senate amendments to the sundry civil appropriation bill were non-concurred in and a conference ordered. The house then resumed consideration of the resolution as- signing certain days for general pension leg- islation, the pending question being on a de- mand for the previous question. A call of the house showed that there was no quoru present. kurther proceedings under call were dispensed with, Mr. Payson of Illinois: asked unanimou consent that tho hour should bo sande’ until the resolution was dispensed with, bu a demand for the regular order operated as an objection. Mr. Burnes of Missouri moved that the house go into committce of the whole on deficiency bill, and on division - no _quoru; voted. After a number of roll calls the house adjourned. e AN IDAHOU HANGING. Alexander Woods Explates the Orime of Wife Murder on the Gallows. Sanr Lake, Utah, August 17.—|Special Telegram to Tue Bre]—At Blackfoot, Idubo, to-day, Alex Waods, a colored barber of Pocatella, was hung for the murder of b wife. The drop took place at 2 o'clock. His pulse beat six minutes. He was cut down twelve minutes later and his neck was found broken. He jerked his feet up and down fo some time. His wife was murdered o) ars ago, jealousy being the cause, TI execution was set for some time ago, but b managed to escape, and disguised us an In- dian eluded capture for a time. His crime, which was an especially bloody one, 80 aroused the community that the governor of Idabo, to save the delay which would be ocl casioned by Woods being held over tall an- other term of court for rescutencing, pros claimed a respite till August 17, even befor he was recaptured, feeling sure that he woul be caught before that time. It turned ouf that the governor was right. The same ggle lows was used in the hanging of Frank vygx. inms, & Cariboo, Idaho, r, Jul; Waoods met death unflinchi He made short speech saying he had no hard feelings sgainst any one. B THE HAZING VAL CADETS. Their Sentences of Dismissal Coms muted By the President, WasmiNGroN, August 17.—In the case of the nuval cadets recently tried by a courte martial at Annapolis for hazing, and sen- tenced to dismissal, the president has coms muted the sentences to confinement of thirt; days and deprivation of half the annu: leave, The president says: *“The offense of which the accused onvicted is an und manly and cowardly joke, which for all reas sons deserves thoe severest conaemnation, It has been exceedingly difticult for me to cond sider the applications for clemency which have been addressed to me by fridnds of the ¢s under conviction, but Tam led to hopg that if lenieney is shown in these cases, the punishment which the offenders will still sufé fer, though less than dismissal, will suffice for'their correction, and s # warning to fely low cadets. 1 desire it to be distinetly unders stood that the clemency grauted in these cases 18 not to be considered as a precedenty for future exccutive interference, und that the severost sentence recommonded upon future corrcetions will be executed.” - Mr. Clarkson Sprains His Ankle, New York, August 17.—J. 8. Clarkson of Towa, vice rman of the national republia can executive committee, met with a painful accident on Tuesday night. He and Colonel Dudley of Indiana occupy connecting mg at the Everott house. Thev got home lute and tired and Mr, Clarkson, after he had uns dressed, stepped upon a chair in order to ax. tinguish the gas. The chair tipped nnd%. was thrown heavily to the floor. He was & good deal bruised and one of Lis ankles wus badly sprained, ————— An Embezzling Postmaster Sentencod DeADWOOD, August 17.—([Spectal Telegram to ~Jon W, C. White, late posumaster at Carbonate, Dak., who yes terday piead guilty in the United States court to the charge of embezzlement of post= office funds, was to-day fined #9079 and sen< tenced to five years' hard labor in the terri torial penitentiary at Sioux Falls, e e— A Hermit's Big Bequess. PrarxrieLy, N, J,, August 17.—By the will of K'rizee Lee, arich old Lormit, who died near here last Sunday, the Scotoch Baptist church obtains §300,000. Ouly §72,000 was divided among & score of relatives, There will be a fight at law over the matter, e Dry Goods Falluve in Ca MoNTrEAL, August 17.—The prapMétors of the dry goods establishment known as “Le Syndicat Cavadlen,” made un assigament yesterday with 800,000 labilities. The dicate was opered in 1862 Witk 8 total mfl of £4,000.