Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 6, 1889, Page 1

— EIGHTEENTH YEAR. FEARFUL BOILER EXPLOSION, Killing Three Men and Serlonely ‘Wounding Others. INSANE ASYLUM The Scene of the Disaster—-Hager man, the In cendiary and Horse- thief Lynched in the Syra- cnse € rt Yard, THE LINCOLN A Fearful Accident, Laxcorn, Neb,, Feb. 5 Spe Tk Bre.]—At 2:3) o'clock this an unaccountable accident occur insane asylum, nearly three miies south west of the city, that is one of the most te rible tragedies over known in the history of the state he Loiler houso of the asylum is a of ruins, the result of the explosion of the boiler therein, and two human lives paid the penalty. They were patients of the asylum, No sooner had news of “the terrible di ter re the city than Tar Bee esentativ vent to the scene, only to tind disor, i the ghastly remains of the unfortuaaf tims, The excitement at the hospital was intense, and the condition of the paticnts there was not enviable, with one of the coldest nights of the year staring them in face and no means of any kind at haid to Prov. teat for the rooms. It will be im- possible to have fire to-night and much suffering may result. The victims who paid the penalty of the accident with their lives were: i county, w. Il county. Saunders was committed to the care of the institution in 1333, und Huntlc Both were frightfully scalded and must have died instantly, The former was forty-one and the latter ten years his junior, A. D. Gifford,” of Bennett, county, anoth patient, sealded and burned, and his doubtfhl, John Norrin, chief engineer, was seriously if not fatally injur He was thrown through the building, but fortunately no bones were broken, He' was badly sealicd. John C. Hall, a patient from Omaha, was pured. o Davis, the second engincer, had d bidly cut and nis arm broken. He suffers great pain, but his injuries arc not y considercd fatal. (e states that just blown off engine No. 2, and started fires under tho other boilers, and everything scemed to be work ng all right, when he heard a noise in the dome of engine No. 2, and sprang to the door to cali the chief encincer, and a moment later eve thing was in ruins, It was learned at ihe state house, how- ever, that the boilers hiad not been inspected for six years, and if this proves to be true criminal carclessness may lurk somewhere, The debris of the wrecked engine house is seartered but little. I'he huge smokestaci stands like a lone sentry over the ruins, apparently uninjured, with'a portion of the north wall of the building, The rums are heaped within the original space of tne walls and form a_black of upturned boilers, blackened timbers, bricl and stone, twisted iron rods, and all the apparatus usually found in a boiler house and electric light establishment. The asylum suffored but little damage. A window lights wero shattered, but this was all. Forty heating stoves have been taken to the asylum sinco mghtfall. Every- thing possible has becu done for the comfort of the paticnts of the institution. The damage is estimated at §2,000 LATE Nonwiy, chief engincer at the asylum, died at 9 o'clock tomight, and it is thought that avicast another one of the victims will die before morning. It is said that u terrible state of cxcitement exists at the asylum. Some of the patients are fairly frenzied. A numver of citizens of the city have gone to the scene within the past_hour. The humanity of the city is manifest on every hand. A Lynching at Schuyler. ScnuyLer, Neb,, Feb, 5.—[Special Tele- gram to Tk Bre. | —George Hagerman, the horso-thief held for burning the Craig barn, was takten from tho jail last night and hung to a tree in the jail yard. Sheriff Kudrna was in Omaha to obtain medical advice for his little daughter, and left his deputy in charee of Hagerman, About 2 o'clock a. m. the deputy heard a shot fired, but paid no attention to it. T'his morning when poop! came down town they were startled to see the body of Hagerman hanging to a tree in the court house yard, The indications go to show that the attacking party used cold chisels and sledgo hammers and broke open the iron burs of the cage in which the prisoner was confined, a short time after midnight, and he was either shot or struck with somé sharp instrument to keep him quiet. Pop- ular excitement runs high, and nundreds_of circulurs reading as follows, have been dis tributod about town to-duy ! “Hark! There will be & mecting of the citizens of Colfax connty at the opera houso a1 7:830 0'clock to-night to tuke steps to bring the perpotrator of the cold blooded murder committed Last night to justice.” ‘Tho streets are crowded to-night with strangers talking about the affair. The sentiment of the majority of the citizens is that tho guilty ones should be apprenended, and they feel that last night’s outrage is o stain on the fair namo of Schuyler. The corouer’s jury ave still in session and no verdict has been reached yet, A Strango Cattl Fresmost, Neb,, Feb Bee.| - John Delaney, a farmer living in Elklorn township, five or six miles cast of Fromout, is sufferme the loss of a large number of cattlo from his herd by a disease which puzzles the vetermarians. He has lost fifty head to dace, Yesterday he de- termined to investigate the cause of the fa- tality. He summoned te Veterinarian Osborn and Dr. Dulin, who made an investi- gation. ‘Phoy dissected severa! head of dead animals aud found the symptoms exactly the same in all of thom. The fourth stomach packea full of dry, hard food and the surrounding organs and tissues were badly fnflamed and feverish, The doctors were unable to exactly diagnose the case, but they it us their opinion tnat it was not a con- 5 he animals when first af- fected will bellow in a Jow, hoarse mauner, shaking their heads, Within twenty -four hours after this thoy invariably die. Fremont Items. Frenoxt, Nob,, Feb,, 5.—(Special to Tur Bee.]--Buy, are again at work in ¥re- mont. Tho residences of C, H. Winship and Matt Priostly were entered and ransackod. From the residence of the former were tuken nearly the entire wardrobe of Mrs, Winship, vogether with a valuable diamond ring and other things of less worth. From the other residence woro taken soveral dresses also. A simtlar raid was mado here not long ago and the same partislity was shown towards ladies' clothing. District court is in session here. The rinelpal case so far deternuned is one rought by Mark J. Billoter against the Union Pacific railroad for damages sustained by the plaintif while assisting in loading an engine with coul at Valley last spring. This case was tried ut the last session of court and Bitleter was awarded §1,512 damages, Attor- noy Shropshire, for theUnion Pacitie,obtaiued & reboaring of the case on an afidavit of Juror who swore o @ technical error in the mass AUNDERS, @ patient from Pawnee HuxTiLeY, a patient from Saline Lancaster also badly recovery is Disease, [Special to Tue ars finding of the verdict. The res last trinl to increase the verdict for the plaintiff, who was awarded $1,99, A Wife Beate Beaven Crossive. Neb., Feb, to Tie Bre]—A family by the of Coplan here from 1 destitute circumstances a few weeks since and rented a room, and the husband on the 2d inst. knocked his wife down and beat her in a shameful manner, and also threat- her life with a_revolve Her friends ave telegraphed to her brother to come fter he and a first class shooting mateh is ked for, as both men have pi t on sight. Some spicy revelations may be looked for in Judge Boyington's court on Monday if this case comes up, Special name came inois in smised to Changed Its Politics Hanrisox, Neb,, Feb, 5.—[Special gram to Tue Bee.| ~The Herald, demn organ here, was bought a fow weoks o Messrs, Davis & Shingerland, who unite with it the Sioux County Republican, and issue the Herald as o straieht republican nows paper. Mr. Davis is chairman of the repub lican county central committee and president of the Harrison republican club, of which Mr. Slingerland was scerctary durir mpaizn. The boom edition of the He authorized by the board of trade, is creditable to the new manageme; A Faithless Lover. Dwicir, |Spe 3er.|—John 1 farmer living four mil of here, was in custody by Sheriff S, Darancll, 20 with bastardy by Myrtie Hogue, the daughter of a well-to do farmer. living north of here. Leisure went with the sheriff to David_City, but managed to escape and walked to Seward, then took the train for Lincoln, and as he got off the cars the first Wan to meot him was Sheriff Daranell, who escorted him back to David City. An Assignment. OarrAND, N 1eb. 5.—[Special to T Bee]—John Ring, jr., dealer in watches, clocks and je made an assignment to th it it for the benefit of his croditors for between #3,20 and £3,500. Max Meyer, of Omaha, had a £1,000 claim;_Grifin & Son, of this plice, #1000, and G. W, Mar- guardt, of Dds Moines, Ta, a claim of §090. There were I smaller claims. et oy THE DEAD PRINCE Impressive Ceremonies Attending the Funeral of Archduke Rudolph. Viexyy, Feb. 5.—This city to-day was en- tirely given over to mourning, all places of business being closed. Enormous crowds commenced to assemble outside the court chapel early in the day. Perfect order pre- led. The emperor and empress and the crown princess attended reauicm mass in the oratory of the palace, at which the Mis- erere was sung by the court chow. The service ended at noon. The cofln lid was fastened at 2 o’cloci and the key conflied to Prince Hohenlohe, as court marshal. Soon very al to Twu isur ng unmarried afterward the gates of the chapel were closed and the wmembers of the imyer family gathered around the catafalque to take a last farewell of the remains. Just before 4 o'clock the members of the imperial house, who had left the chapel stopped — in front of the side en trance to_the Capuchin church, in Kosster Gasse, where they were received by Prince Hunyadi, chicf master of ceremonics, and the §father guardian, accompanicd by friends of the community, bearing lighted tapers, The interior of "the church was entircly draped in bluck, The eatafalque was placed in the middle of the church and surrounded by amassive candlelabra. On the stroke of four the coftin was lifted from the bier, blessed, and carried to the funeral car. Theé cortege then started from the Hofburg. Upon reaching Augustine church the priests assembled and placed themselves at the head of the procession and were followed by the court and state oficials and munici- pal authoritics, Archbishop Gargl-Bauers, with the cathedral chapter, awaited the coltin at the entrance of the church and pre- ceded it to the interior. Amid solemn silenco he blessed the remains, sprinkling holy water on the cofin. When the choral was over, and just as the chamborlains wore pro- paring to carry the cofin to the vault, the emperor, stepping up to the bier, knelt in prayer. On arising he was jomed by tho Archduke Charles, Prince Francis of Esta, Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Prince Philip of Coburg, and all fol- lowed the coftin to the vault, where, after a final blessing, Prince Hohénlohe delivered the remans to the charge of the father wuardian. The empress, the crown princess, Princess Gisela, and the Archduchess Marie Valerie did not attend the funcral, passing the time in prayer within the Hofberg. 1 Feb. 5.—The Nation (new spaper) publishes a lettor written by Crown Princo Rutiolph a short time before his death to an atache of the imperial houschold, to whom he entrusted the preparation of his papers. The letter reads: DEAR Sz0EGVENVI—I send you herewith a codicil. Execute its provisious and those of my will, drawn two years ago, with the assent of my | wife. In my study at the Hofburg stands a small table. Enclosed findg o gold key, open the sdrawers and you will find my papers, the arrange- ment of which I entrust to you, leaving it to your judgment to decide what to publish. can live no longer, Remember me to all my good friends. Farcwell. God bless ou veloved fatheriand. Yours, RuboLrir - Grand Istand & Northern Wyoming. Cuevexye, Wyo., Feb. b.—[Special Tele- gram to Tk Bee]-—The Grand Island & Northern Wyoming Railway company filed its certificate of incorporation at the office of the secretary of Wyoming yesterday. The company will construct a’ line of railway from the castern boundary of Wyoming northwesterly through Converse and Crook counties to the northeastern boundary line of the tervitory. The directors are G. W. Holdrege, J. G. Taylor, C. D. Dorman, W. A. Higgins and” C. J. Greene, Tho which s & branch of the ington systom, is being built with the primary object of tapping the coal beds and oil fields of Crook county. A large number of men and teams are at work on the line, which is beinz rushed to completion as rapialy as possible, Seventee n Drowned. AvmaNy, N, Y., Feb, 5. -News has been received here of a dreadful accident at Fine Lake, Fulton couuty. The reports are in- definite, but as far as can be learned the dis- aster resulted iuthe drowning of seventeen men. A dispatch from Canajorie gives the following information rewarding the acci dent: Twenty-four teams were cngaged in drawing logs ucross the ice, reg the safety of which no fears have bec gave way, however, after seven driy teams reached the shore, and_the remw drivers aud hor broke through the ice and sauk out of sight. None of the bodies have been recovered. niture Storve Barned, Torexa, Kan., Feb, b.--[Special Telegram to Tug Bee.)--The large furuiture estab. lishment of W. M. Dignon was burned down eurly this mol g The fire is believed to have been caused by spontancous combus. tion, The stock, valued at §24,000, 15 a com- plete loss, and the building is damaged to the extent of about 000, The stock was insured for $24,000 The principal companies are tho Phaeuix, of Hartford, for 5,000 the Rochester Gerwan, of N York, for $4,000; the British American and American Central for §2,000 each; the Concordia, of Milwau- ikee, for $2,500. The building was fully in- urod. —————— A Canadian Barthquake. 81. Fravig, Queb Feb. 5.-A slight shock of earthquake was felt at Grand Metis this morning, coming from the west aod lasting @ few sceuuds, HE NEVER WAS A CANDIDATE, Warner Miller Disclaims Having = Sought Cabinet Honors. THE LATEST SPECULATIONS Make Him Head the Burean and kx-Go of Wisconsin War Agricultural rnor Rusk Secretary of Territorial. WasniNGre 513 FounrTegyra eT, WasniNaros, D. C., Fab. ' 5. The presence of ex-Senator Warner Miller on the floor of the senate and in the cloak rooms this afternoon, started the tongues of cabine’ gossipors wagg He chatted in- formally with hus republican friends and in- sisted that ke is not a candidate for a place in the cabinet; that he has never been, and that all persons who have mentioned his name in that conncetion have done so with- out his authority or approval, which explana- tion created considerable surprise, CABINET GOS<IP. @'he only additional general impressions received here as to the formation of the cab- inet are, that ex-Governor Rusk, of Wiscon- sin, will be secretary of war, and that War- ner Miller, of New York, will be secretary of agriculture. The New Yorkers are at case as to what will become of ex-Senator Platt. Some of them yet cling to the belief that ator Evarts will be attorney gen- eral. They say he is wiliing to aceept, and he anticipates an invitavion. Colonel New expected to leave Indianapolis for either Washington or New York yesterday morning. Information has been’ received that he will not start east under two or three days. This is regarded as signiticant. His friends say that il it had not been sug- gested to him that he was wanted as secretary of the treasury he would not have deiayed his departure from the Hoosier capital. The Indiana repub- licans here believe that Colonel New has already been chosen as head of the treasury department. Now that he is o strong probi bility for this position, there is a gencral in- dorsement of him in every directi So far as his services to General Harrison, per- sonally, and the republican party gener- ally, are concerned, there is no one but who admits that the appointment should be made, while those who know of his financial ability say that he would make a very ex- cellent secretary of the treasury. HOLMAN OBSECTS, Holman, the objector, to-day defeated con- sideration by the house’ of the Paddock bill to tablish two additional land districts in Mr. Dorsey arranged with Carlisle for a recognition during the morning hour, and he wouid have called t bill up for adoption had not Holman gi notice that it would be useless to make effort, as he would object. Mr, Dorsey that if Holman absents himself from seat in the house at any time for any reason the bill will be passed, otherwise not. Hol- man stands as a barrier in. the way of several other mew land districts in the states aud territor He objects to the: all because they would incur extra expens to the governuients in the way of officers’ salaries. He does not care_for the extra ex- pense settlers must g0 to in order to meet the requirements under the existing laws by the present location of land oftices. T comes out of the pockets of the settlers and not out of the treasury, and therefore 1t does not concern him. Itis suggested that in the makeup of the committees of the Fifty-firsy congress Holman's wing feathers will S0 clipped that he cannot tly into unother term His position on committees has, more than anything else. kept him in congress, to the chagriu of all of his respectable constitu- ents. 2 ¢ BuneAv Tae OvATA Bre, } TERRITO RIAL, he conference committee on the terri- torial bills held a long meeting this morning and will hold anothier to-morrow. Nothing was done to-day, but there seems to be an impression thatan agrecment will be reached without much difficulty. Mr. Platt, the chairman of the senate commwittee, said he did not know what would be done, but it would not surprise him if _the house backed down on the New Mexico proposition, Mr. Springer would not say that the house would not back down, but he said he would ask and receive in- structions on the subject before any final action was taken. Mr. Baker, of New York, another member of the committee, ex- pressed the opinion that New Mexico would be dropped out of the bill, South Dakota ad- mitted at once, enabling acts passed for Montana and Washington, and North Da- kota kept as a territory ull after the next congress. HALL OF I0WA NOR JUDICIAL HONORS, To-day's Post says: “Should President Cleveland decide to flll the vacancy in the district bench, caused by the death of Judge Merrick, it is likely he will honor Com- missioner B. J. Hall with the appointment. Mr. Hall is in every way qualified for the po- sition. He is a lawyer of ability, long recog- nized as one of the' leading members of the Iowa bar. He would make a most excellent judge, and should his appontment be made and confirmed, he will speedily demonstrate 1ts wisdom, as he has done in the place which which he now so creditably holds.” Commissioner Hall is very popular in Washiugton, and stands in favor with the president, but it is not at all probable that ihe senate would confirm any democrat’s nomination. It is not therefore likely that President Cleveland would be successful in filling the vacancy. The senate has declared itself in opposition to _confirming any polit- icai nominations until the 4th of March, This will shut out further spoils at the hands of this administration. MISCELLANEOUS, W. L. Davis, the colonel commanding the First regiment, lowa National Guards, in- forms the inguguration committee that Iowa will be represented in the inaugural varade by a batailion of seven to eight companies of the national guard, under his command. They will come in'a special train of Pullman cars, viathe Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and will be quartered in the cars. Miss Minnie B. Schell has made formal application for a seat in the press gallery as tho regularly aceredited representative of the Beatricé Duly Express, of Beatrice, Neb. Senator Paddock indorses Miss Sehell vory enthusiastically, and he is evi- dently pleascd that the Nebraska press has such a fair represontative at the national capital. Hosea Townsend, the member-elect of congress from Colorado, was at the capital to-day and spent some time in the senate wing., Perry 8. Heatu, e —— A Printing Office Dest TriNwan® Colo,, Feb. 5.—[Special Tele- gramto Tug Bee.]—Corriso and Corriso Springs are two rival rain belt towns in the western portion of Lus Animas county, seven miles apart, Corriso Springs has a fine water supply while Corriso is on the bald praivie and has only a deep well from which to procure water. ¢ eral days “go W, C. Powell, proprietor of the Corriso Current, decided to rewove is paper to Corriso Springs, and yestorday seat men from the Springs to do ihis work. On arriving at Corriso the men founa that the night bofore a number of masked men had congregated and rather than sce a rival town get a paper they had forced an entrance 1ito the oftice, and broke the nresses to pieces, which together with the o and type and furniture were piled up in the strect and set ou fire, The perpe- trators of the outrage ave not yet known, Editor Poweli will go east in a few days and purchiase 4 new outfit. \ e Bismavck's Proposal. [Copyright 1689 by James Gordon Bennett.) Beuuiy, Feb. 5.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tug Bee.]—It is under- stood that the Washington government has agreed to the proposal of Bismarci to hold a yed. l confercnce bere ou the Samoan question, ATAL STREET CAR ATTACK. hoots lato a Crowd and Kills & Man. New Yonrk, Ieb. B.<-All the roads that ran cars yesterday are funning again to-day, most of them on schedule time, and all of them meeting the demands of trafic, Very many af the strikers are applying for work, but some of the roads will have nothing to do with them This afternoon a party of men, presumably strikors, attacked a car on Sixty-fifth street and the Boulevard and began pelting it with stones. The officer in charge of it, Thomas K. Snyder, having been hit in the face by one of the stones, fired into the crowd. The bullet entered the brain of one of the men, who died while beme removed to the hospital. He was abdut forty years old and a laborer, Officer Snyder was placed under arrest, The Fifth avenue strect car line in Brook 1vn is running cars, guarded by police, to-day. It is expected that' all the Atlantic avenie ronds will bo in_operation in a week, Presi dent Richardson to-day refused to hold a con ferenco with o committeo of the strikers, He said he would make an effort to-morrow to put the whole system in operation. Lator it was learned that the name of the dead man was James McGowen. He was a hostler on the belt lin The following seems to be an authentic ac count of the killing of the_striker by a po liceman this afternoon: ‘The man came be hind the offlcer and smashed his helmet over his eyes. Anotherman struck him in the mouth with n rock, knocking his teeth down his throat. Then the officer drew a revolver as the mob rushed upon bim. He fired two shots in the air, but te strikers did not run but rushed madly upouhim. Schenider then fired three shots point blank at the crowd. All the strikers ran but MeGowan, who was 1eft in the throes of death. ‘The fatal bultet cntered the back of his head, penetrated the left cye and caused almost instant death, Two other men were hit, one in the neek,and the other in the leg, but they were carried off by iriends. Assistauce came to the ofticer, The ecrowd was dis- versed and an hour later only a pool of blood remained in the street to tell the story. MeGowan, the striker who was kilied, is a single man, twenty-five years of age. He has been in_America from Ireland flve years and was a striiing stableman of the belt line road. Officer Schueider reported to the police headquarters, and was afterwards placed under arrest and taken to the Essex Markot police court. At police headquarters Schnei- dor stated that & mob of 1,000 peisons at- tucked the car. He shot at tho foremost rioters, and the conductor and - driver emp- tied their revolve Lowis Bronnan, sioners of charities and cor: witness, said that_ the conductor of the car shot the striker, and that Schmeider did not fire the fatal shot. Justice Patterson there. discharged the ofticer and issued a it for the arvest of the conductor, who, with the driver, wa3 later arrested, tho latter us o witness. An Officer rother to one of commis- ions,who was ———— The Strike Declared Off. NEeW Yorg, Feb. 5—The tic-up on the sur- face roads was declarcd off to-night. In the afternoon it was decided by tho cxecutive committee to submit such a proposition to the local assemblies. The exccutive commit- tee met to-night and reports tavorablo to declaring the strike oft were received. The committee aceordingly met and after receiv- ing their reports oMeially declared the strike 10 be off, and the great tie-up on all the New York surface roads is a thing of the past, ———— WINDOM FOR PHE TRE SURY. His Appointment Now Seems to Be a Fixed Fact. ~ IxDIANAPOLIS, Feb.!5.—So far as can be learned here, Windom for the treasury seems to be a fixed fact. That he has been or will be tendered a place is accepted on all sides. On the other cabinet places nothing new has deveioped, and while it can be waced to no certain source, all agree in the opinion that Rusk will be the next secro tary of war, There wasa rumor this evening that word had been reccived from Blaine that lie would not accept the state department, but coutd not be veritied. General Harrison had a busy day, r ing callers, They were mostly general in character. Among them was Colonel John V. Mosby, who is on his way to Washington, Asto the south, he thinks that a cabinet oficer in that section would greatly strengthen the republican party, and whilo he would not say that he is opposed to Ma- hone, he certainly doos not favor him as one who should go into the cabinet. g e oy The Merchant Millers. IxDIANATOLIS, Feb, 5.—A large number of merchant millers from Indiana,Ohio, Illinois, Tennessce, Kansas, Michigan, Iowa, Ne- braska and other winter wheat states arc in the city to perfect am organization of the miliers” of the country. The purpose of this organization 1s to bring about a friendly ~ action of the millers towards each other, and “to protest against fraudulent brokers, cutthroat competition and other damaging influences.” It was agreed to-day that the state organization be made o genmeral organization, and ~ the preliminary steps to ac- complish this result were taken, A resolution demanding a fair adjustment of the tariff between the United States and countries from which Americans purchase commodities—in other words, ‘‘reasonable reciprocity”—was adopted, and the con- vention adjourned until to-mor1ow. Ll o Arranging a Mining Scale. IxpIANArOLLS, Feb, 5.—About one hundred delegates, almost evenly divided between operators and miners, assembled here to-duy for the purpose of agreeing upon a scale of wages for mining coal for the coming year, in Western Pennsylyania, West Virginia, Olio, Indiana and Hlinois,” Al the min delegates are members of the National Progressive union. 'There is a delegation, also, of the Knights of Labor here, L L e Prisoners Break Jail Topexa, Kan., Feb. 5.—|Special Telegram to Tue Be.|—Five prisoners escaped from the jail at Norton county last night. The es- cape was made by eutting off two of the bars at the north window, the sheriff being absent at the time. Amongithe fugitives are Jim Stewart and itichard Lewis, two notorious desperadoes, who were held for murder. Prohibitory Legislation. Bostoy, Feb, 5,—Fhe house republicans adopted the prop eonstitutional prolub- itory wmendment this afternoon. HARRISBUKG, Pa.. Feb. 5.—In the house to-day o bill was introduced prohibiting treating, and making it & penal offense pun- ishable by a fine of mot less than 50 nor over 100 for anyone t0 treat another Lo intoxi cating liquors. i For the Repression of Boulangism, Pawis, Feb. 5.—It is reported that the ministers to-night decided to take active steps for the repression of the Boulangists. General Riu has been placed under arrest for fifteen days for muking u speech against the government. A German =py Arrested. Pams, Feb. 5—A German spy named Schmidt has been .imprisoned at Chambery for taking plans of forts that are being built by Frauce on the Italian Savoyard frontier, - A Postofiice Robbery. Sr, Louvis, Feb, 5—A special from Ed- wardsville, 1L, says that the safe in the postoftice there was blown open by burglars last night and robbed of severa! hundred dollars in money -and the contents of regis tered packages, '?:1‘0 amount is unknown, s Boulanger Wants a Divores. Panis, Feb, 5,1t is reported that General Boulanger has appealed to the pope for a divorce on the ground tbat his marriage was irregular, OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6. 1890. WIELDERS OF THE CLEAVER. Declare War to the Knife on Ohi- cago Dressed Beef. PASS MHOSTILE RESOLUTIONS., h Local Dealers of New York City Want to Keep That Market for Them- selves, A Butchers' Battle. Cuicaeo, Feb, 5—[Special Telegram to Tue | A dispateh from New York 8a,/8: “An important movement is on foot among the New York butchers to obtain leg- islation which will stop, or at least regulate, importation into this market of Chicago dressed peef, The product has made gr inroads into the local market, and the effe has been particularly noticeable in the fall- ing off of the slaughtering industry here. Over #,000 men have been thrown out of em- ployment. The cause of this growth of the sale of Chicago dressed boef hgs been its cheapness, and local butchers say that the price is made possible by the unserupulous ness of the Chicago slaughterers as to quality, 1t s ged, that there” i no Al ‘way of 'ascor- taining from carcasses whether the an- imal killed was in good heaith, and all sanitary moasures aro thus obviated, “The consequenca is thut as the salo of Chi- cago beef increases the more will the sani- tary laws become a dead lettor, In view of these facts, the drafting of a law stopping the importation into this state of beof car casses has been under_discussion during the last few weeks, and the agitation cul- minated in a meeting held last night and_ at tended by nes the representative wholesale dealers in this city and its vicin ity. In the debate of the’ question it was brought out that the ranchmen of the west in favor of the proposed meas esentatives of slaughter house workmen out of work were also present Alurge fund was contribnted ta carry out the pro A bill similar to_the onc’ pro posed here is now in the Pennsylyanin legislature, and is being fought tooth and nail by the Chicago houses. The Chicago board of trade has taken notice of the Pennsylvania bill, and has passed resolutions declaring that ‘“‘the pretense that dressed meats ar diseased, advanced by the adherents of these bills am ; that the solo purpose and de- sign is to eripple and impaironeof the great industrial enterprises of the country, and that the false charges made by the sapport- ers of such legislation will injure the reputa tion of our meat )roducts home and abroad, and damage the cattle raising indus try of the whole country.” P. D. Armour was shown the above dis- patch and asked what he thought of the movement. He replied: Oh, it is one of those epidemics which are periodically breaking out, and which have = nothmg ~ but boodle behind them. I hope there is too much good seuse in legislatures to pass any such legis- lation as that, though there is no telling what a lot. of those grangers will do. ~Such measures have been passed in a lot of legis latures, but 1 see that they had the good sense to throw out the bill in Ohio, the other day, by a large majority, and I hope there is 100 much good sense in the others to think of allowing any such legislation as that to puss. They might as well say that they would pro- hibit the mportation” of western wheat or corn, for they ,Wd by the importation “of either of these as by the importution of dressed beef. If they do at- tempt to pass any such logislation they might find that Tlinois could retaliate. This state might say that we will not take any of their rlass or their carpets, or ther can- dies, or a whole list of things that they send here. It would be a very senscless and short-sighted policy for them to pursue.” ““‘What effect would the passage of such legislation have on the dressed beef trade of Chicago “Why, if they won't allow importation of dressed ‘beef there, we would have to stop killing cattle; that 1s all. But what will attle-raisers throughout the northwest then do with their cattle! There will be no sale for them.,” ““They say thav western cattle-raiscrs are in favor of such legislation.” *Well, I don’t know what reasons they can give for saying so. 1don’t know why they should be in favor of it, I am suro. Some of those New England farmers, after taking all they could scrape out of six inches of soil on the top of rocks, when they go out to Kansas and begin to work in sixteen feet of good, rich soil soon begin to be big fellows, I can tell you.” Would such legislation as is proposed be constitutional?? “well, I don’t want to discuss that now. 1see that a great many papers argue that it would not. 1 am in hopes that_th Iatures will have too much good sense 1o ever raise that question by passing such legislation. Still, as T said, there is no telling what u lot of those granger feliows will or will not do.” ———— THE ROCK ISLAND RAPIDS Report on an Examination With a View to lmprovement. WASHINGTON, Feb, 5. here was laid be- fore the house to-day the report of the engineer officers of the examination and sar- vey of the present channel of the Mississippi river at the Rock Island Rapids, made with a view of its improvements. The board is of the opinion that the most direct and feasible route coming within the iustructions for a canal from the headrapids to the upper part of Moline, is in the river along the Mlinois shore, It would be about ten and a half miles long und formed the same as in the Des Moiues canal, by embankments in the river with a width of from 200 to 500 fe and @ depth at low water increasing from six to twelve feet, having two locks cighty fect wide and 323 feet long. The length of the rapids from Rapid City to the Rock lIsland railroad bridge is about thirteen and one-half mile but between the Rock Island and Illinois shorc and the pool of the Moline Water Power company the conditions are such as to prohibit the extension of the canal along the water frout of Moline, and it becomes necessary, therefore, the report says, to make two independent canals connectod by @ section of the river in order to contizue navigation to the foot of the rapids. The most direct and feasible route for this part of the improvement would be down the outside of Rock and Benham islands. It would be about three miles long and have & width of from two hundred to three thousand feet, with one and possibly two blocks, the river channel connecting the two canals being deepened to six feet at low water. This connecting channel would open into the main channel of the river, and permit_the canal to be used ndependently of the others and afford easy on o the harbor of Moline. total cost of the whole of this improvement 18 about #00,000. But it being thought practicable, at a moderate cost, the report says, to obyiate many dificulties existing in the navigation of the rapids, especislly to render thew navigable av night, the ooard presents a plan of the local engineer ofticer in which the desired improvement is 10 be attained by guide piors, withi lights and day beacons attached, and, in addition, to exca- vate and remove rock ut various poiuts so as to widen and straighten the chunuel at crooked parts of the rapids; also to decp the chaunel where s84ry 3 10 build dams were required to equalize the slope, and to remoye by dredging the present accuula- tions of sand and gravel. It is estimated that such work would cost #430,000. ‘The re- port continuing, says that the board is ad- verse to the construction of a lateral canal at this time, und is of the opinion that the ex wting navigable chaupel of the Rock Island rapids should be improved to such an extent s 1o aake passage over thew as reasunauly safe by night or day s natural conditions poriit. ZERO WEATHER Portions of the Country Swept [y a Cold Wave. Curcaco, Feb. 5.-[Special Telegram to Tur Ber, | —The cold wave predicted by the signal servico yosterday got here ahead of time. It was not due till this morning, but it arrived last night, and it threatens to stay with us another twenty-four h events, The signal service ofth “This cold snap vegan in the ne - in Manitoba and northern Minnasota. At St Paul they had a very low barometer. The cold wave moved along on that path down through Nebraska to Missouri, and from there east, until this morning at 7 o’clock 3t had reached the woestern part of Ohio, It didnot go very far south; Ohio was the thesouthern limit, The temperature was very warm here yesteaday. It was 47> during the day. At 7 o'clock last night it was 40 degrees, and at 11 o'clock it had fallen 20 de- groes, This morning it was very cold all through the west and northwest. At Min nedosa it was 46 degrees bolow, at St, Vin cont 42 degreos below, at Winnipeg it was also 42 below, at St. Paul 18 below, we had it 6 above, dut we are likely to colder to-night. At 7 o'clock this morning it was 6 degrees above, at 10 1t was 4 above, and at noon G abov I'he storm conter has now passed over us and is now located at the north of Luke Ontario. It is moving east vapidly and probably the cold wave will strike the east to-day. The snowfall has been very light here was Some rain [liinois, Indiana and Missouri, and a little snow, but not to amonnt to much. In Montana it is quite warm, The thermom- cter there is as high as 50, That is owing to the chinook winds from the Pacifie, which have a_remarkable effeet on the tempera ture, Sometimes it will make a difference of 100= in one day. 1 have known it rise from 30 below to 60 above in twenty-four hours. These winds are purcly local, how. cver, and do not come east of Montana. 1 can not suy how much longer than to-night this cold snap may contiaie. There 10 present indications of a heavy snow storm The storm, as | have said, passed Several s, and they may be getting it in the cast now.” “To-night it is very cold, with near zero. A te ©, Mich., says: Ihe greatest blizzard for yoars ragod all might and is still howling this morning, but is breaking away. It is thought the railroads must be completely blovied. Phis is the coldest day of the vear—4= below zero." Advices from Minnesota, Dakota and Man itoba show that the mereury up there ranges from 9= 10 422 below zero. At Cheboywan, Mich., a blizzard from the north set in last night and is still vaging. _The thermometer indicated from 9= to 12=below early this morning. the morcul from M gram L O THE CLAYTON MURDER. A Detailed Statement of the Circum- stances Surrounding the Afair. Lirrie Rock, Ark., Feb. 5.—Powell Clay- ton and Judge W. H. H. Clayton submit to the press and public alengthy statement of the facts leading up to the assassination of their brother, Hon. J. M. Clayton, at Plum- merville, Ark., January 20. In the state- ment they say that all are agreed that it was a political assassination, and it is, therefore, necessary for them to refer to the political conditions and eircumstances surrounding ir. This they do in no partisan sowit, but only that justico may be done their brother, and that a knowledge of the facts may leud the people of the state to corvect the evils from which this and other crimes have ariscn. Phe statement £oos on at somo length to detail affairs in_Conway county sinco last fall. It seems to shiow that the political affuirs of the county were practically domi- nated by aclub organized us a political asso- ciation, but whicl, before_election, resolved itself into a militia_company, and ‘was_fur- nished arms and ammunition’ by the gover- nor of the state.On clcetion day this compun had their loaded guns deposited m u conven ient place in the building where the clection was held. The republicon judge was re- fused admission, and @ man *nominated by Stewers, commander of the militin organiza- tion,selected m his place making the ¢ board solidly democratic. This w Morrelton, while at Plummeryille the thing was done of the two repub. lican judges being usurped. This was at the September clection, At the congressional election like occurrences were noted. L. W, Benjamin, a prominent republican lawyer of Little Rock, who was sent to Morrelton to use his endcavors to sceure un honest clec- tion, was mobbed and so injured that he d within a short time, The statement then goes on to detail the circumstances of Clayton's contest and murder, and also_tells of an attempt made ‘on the 17th of December by unkunown partics to assassinate Charles Wahl, a republican Unite¢ States super. visor. He was severely wounded, and whon able, went to Little Rock for safety and has sincé remained there. Clayton was lefu lying inaroom on the floor from the time he was shot until 3:30 the_next afternoon, when his brother arrived. Up to that time the sheriff of the county had not appeared. The Clay- ton brothers say, in conclusion, that the stand ready to sustain every onc of the facts sot forth in_every essential particular, and beliove they will be a material link in the chain of circumstance surrounding the mur- der of their brother, e —-— NATIONA CAPITAL NOTEF cbraska Militin—A Letter From Laira. WAsIINGTON, Feb. 5. —|Speeial Telegram to Tk Bee.]—The adjutant general of the United States has sent to congress a state ment showing the active and available militia forees of the country by states. It shows that the militia of Nebraska consists of 1 general commanding, 1% gencrals of the staff, 19 staff ofticers, commissioned; 33 cay alry ofticers, 58 artillery oficers, and of pri 24 cavalry, 43 artillery and 695 in of 1,034, The available force 000 men, s 2 gonorals, 16 gencrals of the staff, commissioned, and 1,650 privates, a total of 2433 The available torces of the state are estimated at 227,544 A letter has been recelved in Washington from Representative Laird, who is at his home in- Nebraslka, It states thut le is greatly improved in health, and that he ex- pects to arrive here within a weels, and re sume his seat in the house. Fox Creck and Cupid hay from the North Plawte and Stockville star muil route. The servico to those plices by that route will cease on the 20k inst. The mail service on tho star route from Burgoss to Lost Station, 1a., will be discon tinued after the 1ith inst. The First National bank, of FPort, Madison, Ta., capital $100,000. Joseph B. Morrison, prosident, und W. . Miller, cashior, hns boen authorized by the compiroller of the currency. Thomas E. Sargent, of Centreville, Ta, and Williwm Laten, Hamburg, Ta., wero to- day admitted to practice before the interior department. The confor bill had a two-b during whieh th mission of the thoroughly, The been dropped on the territories adwission urs’ session this moruing, whole subjcet of the vitorics was gon B s The Creck Agreemnsnt. Wasuixumoy, Peb, 5,—The president to- day transimitted to congress for its approval and ratification tie provisional agreement lately entered into between the United States and Creck Indians, 1y the terms of the agreement the Creek nation cedes to the United States the title to the entire western half of the domain of the nation lying west of the division line established by the treaty of 1508, The United States agrecd to pay to Indians §2, 230,557 --§240,857 to be paid to tional treaxurer of ‘the nation, and #2,000.000 to remain in the United States treasury to the credit of the nation and and bearing (nterost at the rate of 4 per cent The nation agrees to devole not $50,000 annually for educational wi e NUMBER 236 THE PARNELL COMMISSION, Some Now Features Introduced By the Times' Counsel. WITNESS FROM ACROSS THE SEA. Damaging Testimony Offered by am American Named Beach Againss the National League-The Clan-na-Gae American Testiy Loxpoy, Feb, 5—At the day's session of the Parnell commission Ate torney Genoral Webster said he had finished with the Irish pertion of the Times case and would now take up the American part. A witness named Beach then testified. Ha said he joined the Fenians in 1565, and was appointed military organizer. After the faile ure of the invasion of Canada by tho Feniang ho joined the society known as the V1, C,," the object of which was to provide monoy to carry on Irish agitation aud to ship arms to Irclind. Witness said_he remembered tho visit of Dillon and Parnell to America in 1850, The meetings held during their stay in the United States were organized exelus sively by the Umted Brotherhood, or Clane na-Glael, Witness attonded several meetings at which Dillon and Parnoll were present. Parnell attended n demonstration in Chicago at which the bodies of tha Clan-na-Gael and the Hibornian rifle guards were under arms, Beach here introduced a copy of the cons stitution of the “B.CL," or Clan-na-Gagl Phis provided for coneerted action with the united brotherhood and kindred socictics to bring about a combination of Irish revolue tionary movements in all parts of the world, ony. of to opening to act decisively against England. Witness said that in 1578 Devoy aud Milne were sent as dolegzates Lo Ireland, receiving $10,000 from the skirmishing fund Attorney Goneral Webstor read Devoy's ofticial reports, m which e urged that bes fore any larger quantity of arms be sont to Ireland three delegates should be sent to prepare Irishmon to use them, Beach further testified that' tgan told him that Parnell desired to join the brotherhood, but it was thought that his_ connection with the orgzanization would destroy its usefuls ness, and on this account he was not allowed to join Seach said that Egan also told him thora : payments made by the league which 16 was impossible to make public, aud he wave an mstance of the paving of Dutch ofMcers Who were sent from Amsterdam to assist the boer durig the Transvanl war. In an interview the witness had with Parnell the latter said it rested wholly with the leaders of the revolutionary party 1o bring both parties into line. He asked witness to got Devoy to meet him in Paris, and offered to defray Devoy's expenses. Ho also de- sired” to meet Alexander Sulli- van, Hmes and othors. *‘Doctor,” ha d to 13 who is a physician, *'T have have long since ceased to believe that any- thing but force of arms can bring about the redemption of Ireland.” Parnell went on to did not see why a successful in- surrection should not bo made in treland, adding: "I will have, at the ond of the year, £100,000 m the leazue treasury; that is an especially good nucleus, You' people might do something more.”” Witness weut to Dubs lin bearing an introduction to Kenny, M. P., and other members of the leagug. He discussed an open movement wit Sexton _and Kenuy. He was driven by [Kenny to Kilmainham jail, where he saw, Dillon, Sheridan and Boyton, He returned to New York in June, 1888 and tried to sce Devoy and Carney with Parnell’s message. While scarching for Devoy he met. Hreslin who, with Hines and Devoy, then formed a ' revolutionary dircctorys Breslin expressed his_willingness to bring the parties into line. So also did Sullivan, Hines and Devoy, whom he met in Chicago, Dr. Carroll expressed hmself as plonsed to sco that Parnell was returning to his senscs on the revolution question, but he objected to any coalition the oreanizations, The witness was introduced to Parnell and others of his party as Major Lecaron, under which he has becn known for the past twe years, - He atthined the ranlc of major in the federal army during the civil war. He was also major in the Irish republican army. He was graduated M. D. after the failure of the raid in Canada, When he returned to Amer i a4 circulur from the “V, C.,M the executive council of the Clane announcing that it had been de- cided o call up 25 per cent of the “D” fund, or camp subscriptions, to expedite military preparations. The commission row. adjourned until to-mor- S - THE AUSTRIA) SS10) 1t Is Engaging the Anxious Attention of Buropean Diplomats, Benwiy, Feb. 5.—Tho question of the sue- cession to the Austrian throne is causing in- creasing excitement, in oflicial and diplomatio circles, The papers quote the Itaiia,the ofticial jou i, the Italian prime minister, declaring that Salic law bas been virtually abolished in Austris-Hungary simce pragmetic sanction, and that, therefore, Crown Prince Rudolph's daughter is heir to the throne. It is cortan that Premier Crispi does not think that th duke of Modena, who was deposed by the unification of Italia, should become the presumptive heir to the throne of ~Austria. — Jurthermore, both Archduke Karl and his son I are ultra- Catholic foes of the house of Savoy, and cnemies of Ialian unity, and are ardent allies of the vatican. Apart from these enmities, even if cluss interests did not raise the question of succession, it would ba doubtful if ofticial opinion here’ would main- tain the right of Kmperor Fraucis Josoph in following the precedent to dec Princess Elizabeth the heiress to the throne, Advices from IPesth say that the question already engages the anxious attention of the ministers, aithough no offleinl notification respectiy the succession will he mado till the end of the yea L A Woman Terror Gone. Fort Swimi, Ark., Feb, 5.--Word has been recoived here from Aufala, I 0, that Bella Starr was killed there Sunday night. Bella was the wife of Cole Younger,and Jim Starry her second husband, was shot down by the side of 13elle less than two years ago. 1olle Starr was the most desperate woman that evor figured on the borders. She murried Cole Younger dircctly atter the war, but left him and joined a band of outlaws that oper= ated in the [ndi ritory, She has been arrested for murder and robbery a score of times, but always canaged 10 escape. Arguing the Funding Bill, WAsIINGiON, Feb, 5,—The senate special on Pacific nds to-duy heard w York, counsel for the Central o railroad, in an argument fovoring te vonsolidation of the bills providing for the funding of the debts of tho Union and Central Pacifie railroads into one measure. Another meoting of the commit- tee will be beld to-morrow night b which Tweed will present cortain tables of figures' in support of the plea of the Central Pacifig, o with the Union Pacific in any scheme’ for the funding und settloment of* the raile roads' debts, AR ight Yoars CLevinaxn, O, Ieb, 5, late chairman of the Cuyabogs county re publican central committee, wis senten ced to cight years in the penitentinry to dauy for ribery. or Bribery, 8. H. Brigging, e e Another Cabinet Suggestion BostoN, Feb, b.—~At a meoting of the New England ltural society, n resolution was pissed requesting 1President-clect Har- rison to call Dr. George B. Loriug tw the ofice of secretary of aericuly o St BT