Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1890, Page 2

THE HALF CANNOT BE T0LD, | Destitution Among the South Da- kota Farmora s Widsspread. CORN 1S THE MOST NEEDED. Clothing and Blankets of All Kinas Also in Great Request—How Boomers Are Trying to Hide the Facts, “Send Us Corn'or We Perish.” Criicaco, Ja ra Marks,” who was specially detailed by the Tribune to in- vestigate the condition of the Dakota set. tlers, sends the following, dated Redfiel, 8. D Tosee the worst form that destitution takes in Miner county you must go twenty miles from here, far from the railroad tracks and telegraph offices. Farm houses are far apart, ronds are 1nfrequent and the loose wnow s drifted 1n the tangled prairie grass ®0 thal it 1s dificult to get through, W struck straight ucross the prairio yesterday 1n a light cutter and were able to reach only five farin houses i three hours and get back to town 3ut a hundreath part cannot be seca. The farther south one goes in this aflicted country the worse thiogs grow. At the var. ious stations you pass through you may s far loading up sledges with a few bush- cls of | from the cars that stand s tracked, The biorses are not able to haul more even if more could be bought at a tim You can count every bone in their starved bodies,, You cun sco them in the ficids standing in groups and shivering or poking thoir noscs under the snow for a mouthful of gras Curtainless windows of deserted farm houses look back vacantly, 1tis rarely you wreet a sledge, and then it is one londed with coal, never with grain or hay. In the houscs the lioors arc bare, a blanket s a luxury, & suit of woolen underwear unheard of, and thero s o total lacking of shoes and stock iogs of a kind that will keep out the cold ar wet, It is ot no use attempti 1o describe a family here and there; in cvery farmhouse itis tho same, The drought was spread evenly over all the fields of wrain. Destitu- tion followed in its track. The clothing of these new setulers is worn out, rations are low, feed for the stock there is none, und money is absolutely unknown, Credit s a thing of the past. “4¢1s a rich farmer in Miner county who huaadollar in his pocket or who knows where the next one is to come from,” said a merchant in Carthage to me this morning. “I have known them to ask for credit for o 8100l of thread or 5 cents’ worth of salt. I can't giveit. My shelves are empty aud I can’t gev credit. 1 have 20,000 worth of goods scattered among the farmers toat I can't get paid for. The merchantsof Dakota cau’t carry rmers over this time, I'm & ruined man, and half - the business in Car thage and the Lowns in this beltis ulso. The ouly salvation for us is for these farmers to be kept here. ‘Lhat is the onl, ce to keep the towns going and get the merchants reimoursed. If the farmers leave they carry these debts with them and we can never reuch The farmers have got all the sympathy 8o far, but look yourself at the towns and see what is coming.” I did look. 'I'ne streets were deserted. nts in all these towns in Miner inside theirstores guarding empty shelves. If farwers were in town it was to gev the railroad company’s coal, never to buy; perhaps to ask tor a sack of flour of the county commssioner if they could con- quer theie pride so far. it would not take much to imagine the noble red mav in undis~ turbed possession of the protentious busi- ness blcoks and Queen Anne cottages. ‘Ut is partly irpigation and partly legisla- tion agaiust land speculators thut s needed, continued the merchant. “‘For nincteen months we|}'ave hud no raii nor dew during the growing scason, Corn didn’t grow a foot high and grass dried up.” *What is needed the worsti" “Corn for the stock.” I never knew before how human beings could plead for dumb animals, and it is shfe Ay that nothiug in the way of clothing, provisions, or corn und bay could be shipped * .10 any town iu nineteen counties in South Dakota and find a place where it is not needed. In Carthage some supplies have been received, but in Howard and Cunova. farther south, scarcely anything has been sent in. Goods can be consigoed to the re- lief committees of all these places, The following is au ofliciul list of the coun- ties that suffered from drought, made by Governor Mellette for the commission sen 1o St. Pauul and Minneapolis for seed grain: Aurora, Beadle, Brown, Davidson, 1"aulk, Hand, Hauson, Hyde, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, Mmer, Marshall, Potter, Sanborn, Spink, Sully and Walworth, Fig- ures are given in this report of the numbers of acres under cultivation in each count ‘The deficit of seed grain alone reaches 4 240 bushels or more than two-thirds of the total amount required. The counties wiil tuke some measures to purchase this, but here are 100,000 people to be clothed and fed and thousauds of head of live stock to be Xept alivo until the next crops are gathered. “Lhe immensity of it is startling. "This condition of things is the ono topic of conversation among the mass of the popu- lation, to whom a solution of the problem weaus salvation. In the large places that ‘wear a surface prosperity by reason of the large number of trausient guests and the gorgeous speculation it is carefully sup- pressed, . So far a certain class, who find it jnterest to do so, have succeeded ling tho reports that have been seut county As I stopped in Huron today on my way north oneof these men who had been read- ngibe repart iuthe Tribune approached me. See here,” he said, “‘you musu't tell such things." 2 SHut I saw them with my own eyes,” LWhat if you did! It will ruin, the coun- tryfor Whis to be known. No ond will come in! **What do you want auy more to come in for{ There are thousands here now who are on the verge of starvation." It developed that he has some land to sell and thought me obtuse not Lo see the ad- vantage.of his finding customers. This state of thilngs eannot be kept coucealed loug, though desperate efforts are being made. "To illustrate, dispatches were sent from Huron to outside papers denying in too, without specilying what statement I had made, my whole story befdte a line of it was in print. It was simply discovered that I haa sont ouva report aud they knew the facts well engugl to (leny them before hand. They knew ofuctly what to deny. In the moan- time tho Dorcas socioty of Huron is going rignt on feeding the hungry and clothing the naked of Headle county. They are calling for shoea und stockings, blankets and Han- nels, and the Northwestorn and St. raul roads are Jonging o bring in 500,000 bushels of corn for nothing. #How much business have you nowi’ I askeda radway ofticlal, **Rushing; bringing 1 twice as much free a8 we got paid for.” 1ut it is good land. Lf there is plenty of rain next year South Dakota will blossom like the rose. Iu good seasons wheat and 0ats stand $0 thick here that the straw cuts solid, and a fleld of corn would ambush au ariny, Ihear stories like this from men who have been here six and eight years, which explains their faith in_the soil through il this discouragement. Now the cry through llg.‘ }’hll land is: “Send us corn or we per- b, Arranging for Bouds. Cnicaqo, Jau. 20.—Governor Mellette and other promipent South Dakotans were in the aity today. They have been at Miune- apolis and St. Paul and now cowe to Chi- cago, lln‘l..\‘glnk for bouds which South Da- kota counties propose Lo issue 1o raise wouey 10 buy seed wheat for farmors, i His Circnlation Circumscribed, PricaveLrsn, Jao. 29.-Dr. Hradley, -‘“Fr ot the weekly edision of tne Phila- delphia Press, was today seutenced to tive years in the penitentiary for the ewmbezzie- wment of about §,000 of the paper’s mooey, - Killed I'y a Vicious Sow. WaveiLy, O., Jau. 27.—Mrs. HBoggs of this county whiie returning home turough a field last evening, was attacked by a vicious sow. Hefore tance reached her sho was 80 horeibly mangled sne caunot recover. The Courss To Be Parsucd in the Ward Injanction Suit. New YoRg, Jan, 20, —Tho league base ball managers met today and decided that Ward' trial should take place in Pebruary. The arbiteation board decidel that the Cloveland club could hold Cody of Des Moines. eral compiaints from players wevrae r ived among them ono from 1im O'Rourke, who said that the & club owed him on last seasou’s work. The secretary was instructed tomscertain the facts. Charles Bowers sail that the Sious City club owed him money and he wanted to bo paid or released. The bonrd released him and wajourned. The National leagiue meeting began at 3 o'clock and lasted several hours. The spe- committee on law raportod on the Ward injunctioa case, and recommended that they be nuthoriaed to direct tho prosocution; not only in New York and Philads!ph'a, of suits 1o final conclusion, but that suits jn equity be instituted in eve: tate and federal court in the United States that may bo necessary 10 obtaia proper jurisdiction to restrain r served loague plavers from miving their services to any other club. Ihe report was adopted. John Ward leagrue might,y as 1t saw fit. id this cvening that the sh the suit against him as soon He 18 confident of winning. Justicr O'Brien's rmal Order. New Yonk, Jan, 20.~Today the formal order of Justice O'Brien denying the injunc tion asked for by the Metropolitau exhibition company in its suit against John M, Ward was settled, and this morning at the IVifth avenue hotol there is being held a meeting of the leaguo magnate: Will Sue ths Brotherhood. Prrrsnng, Jun. 20.—The managers of the league club here are going to sue the man agers of the brotherhood club for conspiracy and 40,000 damages. dackson in s Town. Bosto¥, Mass, Jan. ~Peter Jackson, the Australian, exhibited before a Hoston audience tonight in a sparring contest with Jack Ashton of Providence. The exhibition was very tame, but won many compliments for Jackson, ' Jonn L. Sullivan was a spectator. P g NATIONAL BUILDERS, The Eight Hour Question Left to Lo- cal Bodies. St. PAvL, Jan, 20.-The National Build- era’ convention concluded here today. 1he eight hour question was discussed tlus fore- noon. Several ame ndments to yesterday's resolution were offered. Finally a substi- tut e was offered by a Boston delegate nmi adoptedsaying: *Recognizing the agitation for shorter hours the National Association of Builders declares thut as a central body, representing 8o many different constituents, it Is not competent or proper for itto define a certain number of hours for building trades generally, but thav it should be left to the local bodies to adjust the number of hours of labor asthe cicumstances and conditions e, but we believe this body should per- sistently urge upon the local bodies the es- tablishaent of a system of payment by the hour as an absoiutely necessary safeguard.’ Resolutions were adopted endorsivg arbi- tration. ‘The next convention will be held Yorlk. Resolutions were adopted discouraging sub-contracting and providing for the organ- izng of local and state societies. Stone Contractors. St. PAvi, Minn,, Jan, 20.—The Missouri Valley stone contractors' association re- solved today to kive place to the Naticnal stone contractors’ association. The cousti- tution and rules for the new body wero adopted, includiog the clause making any coutractor having anything to do with prison labor ineligible "to membership. ~This bars out a number of heavy contractors. e BLOCKADES AND FLOODS, in New The Rallroad Tracks AboatClear and the Waters Subsiding. SAN Fraxcrsco,Cal., Jan.20.—It now seems probable that the great blockade on the Sierrus will soon be over. The railroad ofti- cials think the blockaded trains will reach here today. The trains have two weeks’ mail on them, The high water has gone down all over the state and washouts and lana slides are generally repaired. The greatest damage has been done to roads and bridges. The blockade on the still continues, with little prospect of break- ing it for a week yet. There is no ci munication north except by steamer. United States revenue cutter Rush took a lurge amount of ‘mail matter to Portland, Ore.,, last evening, the regular line of steamers refusing the compensation offered by the government. ‘'he rotgry plow broke down yesterday afternoon iu a drift, remaining near Cascade. ‘The plow hud been working for fifteen days contabually and 1t was thought the big wma- chine would hold together until the road was oleared. An army of shovelers has been put to work. Mrs, McVeun, wife of Surgeon McVean ot Jefferson barracks, died at Truckee Monday of diphtheria while on one of the delayed train California & Oregon Death of the Mexican Midger. Sax Fraxorsco, Cala., Jan. 20.—Yesterday Luoia Scaretta, the Mexican midget, said to be the smallest human being in the world, a passenger ‘on a blockaded train, died of gastric fever. Information this afternoon shows the block- ade on the Central Pacific still unbroken, though according to the latest reports the only part of the track which is blocked now Lies between tunnell 13 and Truckee, where snowslides this worning covered the track for a short distance. It is expectod this wili be cleared in a short time and that trains will be moving this morning. High winds are rising and sweeping over the snow clad mountains with driving fury, and tbere's danger that other slides may occur at any time, ‘fhe situation in the northern part of the state remains unchanged and there is no hope of opening the road for some time, It is feared many old miners who have lived alone in the mountains for years huve fullen victlms to the terrible winter. Three Chinamen Perish, Durcn Frat, Cala,, Jan. 20.—Three China- men were killed by a snowslide today. . PETERS IS ALIVE, Several French Priests Report Hav- ing Met the Explorer. ZaNzisak, Jan, 20.—A number of Freich priests have arrived at Malindi. They state that they recently met Dr. Peters, the Ger- mau explorer; concerning whose death many csuflicting reports have been received at Koki. He was 1n good health, The condi- tion of Emin Pasha has greatly improved, The private conuaercial house at Bagomoya of Vohsen and Panl, acting in behalf of ih German East African Company, is founding commercial factories on the west coast sys- tem. LI the project proves successful it will brieg about the destruction of the monopoly of trade which the British and Indian mer- chants have held for centuries. e Ahe Deatn Record. LouisviLe, Ky, Jan, 20,—Colonel John Mason Browa, ons. of ‘the most prominent lawyers iu tho state and’ & man of national reputation, died this morning of pneumonia. He was o leading republican and was promi- nently mentioned for associate justice of the supreme court before Judge Hrewer's ap- pointment. 20.—Prof. Westphal, the BrxLiy, Jan, noted meatal snecialist, is dead. Dxioit, Jun. 2. —Clhatles Edward Lester died this afternoon, aged eighty. He wus a &mnmunl abolitionist with' Henry Ward cecher, Wendell Phillips, Garrison and otters, and was consul general to Italy under President Pierce. TR 28 Spreading. . —The influenas epidemic readiug. There were ten @ disoase during the pust iflue Viexya, Jan. at Gratz s deaths from weelk. THE OMAHA DALLY HAVE BROKEN THE COMBINE A Pleca of Newa W hich Excites the Roi'way World. FORIMAL NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL Ihe Presidents of the Union and Northwestern Give Theie | sons for Quitting the Grntle men's Association. 1ts Death Blow Citicaao, Spocial ‘Telogram to Tur Ben|—The Interstate Commerce rail- ay association, better known as the ‘‘gen lemen's association,” hias at last reached the end of its rope. It received its death blow yesterday, formal notice being given by the Union Pacific and Chicago & Northwestern railway companies of their witharawal from the same. The action of these roads had not ofticially promulgated by Chairman or up to last evening, and consequently was known only to the presidents of the roads immediately intercsted, who were pri vately informed by Chairman Walker. That the announcement of the action of these companies caused inten: pPxcitement is put- ting it milaly. Al day the presidents of the various roads in the association were con- ferring togeiner as to the coarse to be pur- sued by them under the circumstances. ‘I'liose who were asked their opinion would now be taken said tha ou with the assocmtion notwiths! action of the Northwestern and Union Pacific roads. But this can hardly bo more than @ biuff. Without the Northwestern and Union Pacific it would siafply bo impos- ible to continue tho association's existence, 8 more than half the roaas in the territory of the on are now on the outside “The Chicago, St. Panl & Kansas City and nding the the Wisconsin Central were never very loyal 1o the association, and it is quite certain that they will at once follow the example of the Northwestern and Union Pacifi The re mamning ronds may agree to stick together and act 1n concert, in fact they have done so ever since the announcement was made of the alliance betwecn the North- westeon and Union Pacific. But for the roads to continue the associntion is out of tne question. o do so will simpiy place them at the mercy of their compet- itors not members of the association. 1t is feared that the collapse of the “gen- tlemen’s association’ might also cause the dissolution os the trans-Mssouri and west- ern freight associations. Neither the Union Pacific nor the Northwestera can remain members of the auxiliary associations. The same causes which led to their withdrawal from the “‘gentlemen’s association” will op- erate against their acting in concert with the roads composing those minur associations. resident Charles Francis Adams of the Union Pacific, in his letter to Chairman Walker, says *‘Referring to the decision made by you at the meeting 5 the Interstate Commerce rail way association, beld in New York the 14th ., 1o the effect that the contract entered into between this company and the Chicago & Northwestern company was in violation of the terms of the agreement under which the association was orgauized, I am instructo by the directors to inform you that 1o their opinion the decision places the com- pany in a most dificult position. As [ un- derstand 1it, the purport of your decision is that the control of trafiic is a matter of proprietorship of the lines.. In other words, tho existing distribution of - competitive traftic may be affected to any extent by the construction of new lines by members, parties to this association, or by the leasing of lines already existing; but under the arti- cles of the association it cannot be affected or contrélled by contracts between lines members of the association irrespective of the association. Iam directed t inform you that if this decision is final, 1t would in theobinion of the diréctors, place this com- pany in a position which a proper regard for the interests of the stockholders woula not Justify. The Union Pacific is unwilling to! continue in any association except in strict conformity with the rules thereof. With u view, therefore, to preveat incurring penal- ties on its part, 1 am directed by the board of directors to give you a formal notice of ine withdrawal of this company therefrom, to take effect at the expiration of thirty days from the date hereof,” The letter of President Hughittof the Chicago & Northwestern, likewise giving notice of the withdrawal of that company, sa; understand your decision'as holding in effect that no change can. be made in the status of railway lines mewbers of the asso- ciation in any manner airectly or indirectly affecting the distribution of compeutive traf- fic unless 1t be done by some one having proprictary interest in existing lines. It is proper for me to say that tue directors did not understand that by becoming a parcy to the Interstate Commerce association agree- ment they had so sacrificed their power to make contracts. 'Ihey therefore entered nto agreements with the Union Pacific rail- way company, scrupulously observing, us they believed, all the provisions of the Iuter- state Cowmmerce 'association agroement. It being, however, your opinion that by 8o do- g they have violated that agreement, it only remains for these companies, therefore, to give notice of formal withdrawal there- from to take effect at the expiration of thirty days fromn the date thereof. ‘I'he Fremont, Elkhora & Missouri Valley and Sioux City & Pacific railroad companies are also i ded in this notice of with- drawal. Charrman Walker bas called a special meeating of the Interstate Comwmerce railway association for February 11 to consider the action of the Union Pacitic and Northwest- roads roads, as well as to cousider und act upon the report of the committee appointed at the last regular meeting of the presidents to revise the present methods and organiza- tion, S, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. overnor Thayer's Requ»st for a Re- duction in Grain Rates, Cnicaeo, Jan. 29.—|Special Telegram to Tug Beg.|—Tne letter of Governor Thayer _to the Nebraska roads requesting a reduction in grain rates from Nebraska points to Chi- cago, St. Louis and eastern markets is not likely to receive consideration frdn the Trans-Missouri association. Several roads have considered the matter independently and replied to Governor Thaver'a letter, stating thut under the present circumstances and considering the existing low rates it is impossible to afford the farmers of Nebraska any further concessions in freight rates, Some of the roads have stated thai they will give the matter furthor consideration, but none, 80 far as known, have extended Lo Governor Thayer any hope of relief. The ‘ans-Missour1 association, during its ses- sion in this city for the past few days, has been studiously silent upon the subject. In- deed, 80 far as tha record shows, no mention or suggestion of any kind bas been made to wards the consideration of Governor ‘Thayer's request. It is likely that so far as the I'runs-Missouri association i1s concernea the letter of the chief executive of Nebraska has passed into histor; Returned Unsacisfl :d, NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—The Mineral Range railroad company has filed complaint in the federal court that its judgment of $500,000 agaiust Iyes, Stayoor et al had ‘been returned unsatisfied, and prays that ‘Ives’ & Stay- nor's assignment be decragd null and void and a receiver appointed. e “ Will Investigate with Troops. Lexiyaron, Ky, Jau. 20,—The Sharp rifies of this city have received orders to be ready to march to Harlan connty. The oc- casion is the apprehension of trouble there when the circuit court opens. - Tho legisla- ture has ordered an investigation into the troubles in that county and it will probably be made while the troops are there. Chicago's Fund Doebled, CricaGo, Jan. 20,—The world’s fair execu- tive committee today decided to merease whe Chicago fund to $10,000,000 by issuance of $5,000,000 iu bounds. -——— Hond Oferings. ' WasmNGToy, Jan. 20.—[Soeciat Telogram |‘4: ‘:l;l e |—Honds offcred: §14,000 at 045 BEEUTHURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1 A WRONGED WOMAN, She Follows Her Betrayer and Pats a Builet in Him. Tnov, N. Y dan, 20.—[Special Telegram to Tie Bee | “On Thursday last & woman iving the n@bddf Minnte McGrath applic 1o the police in this city for assistance to flud Edwin Firth, who, said, had wronged her. She said/tmt she resided in Chicago and that she Lad there secured a divorce from her husband in order to marry Firth, Six months ajo Firth suddenly left Chicago and she bought a five-shooter bulldog pistol and followed hiw to Troy. She wrote a nof 10 him today asking hiw to meet her at her roows in River sroet, He did not come and sho out to find him. _She met him in Congress street and foilowed him to the cor- ver of Broadway aud Fifth avenue, where she shot him in the head, She then started for police headquurters to surrender herself, but was overtaken b ofticer. To Super intendeut Willard she told the same story at she narruted on Thursduy about Eicth's wronging her. She was taken to jail. Firth was carried to his residence. He has a wife and two children, His wound is not regarded as fatal. Dr. Fiager extracted the bullet. irth denies that he ever promised to marr the woman. It has been learned that th womuan's maiden name was Miunic Dratn and that her married name was Mrs. Hen Warneck, She has retained John J. Halli- gan of New York as couusel. e had pre- Vviously been retained by her to bring suit for seduction, w -—— STERN PACKING INTERESTS, The Inorease Over LastSeason Passes Miilion Point. 0., Jan. 20.—[Special Tele- Am to Tue B ~Tomorrow's Price Current wil say: While the past week has not come up 1 the preceding week in the number of hoes handled by western packers it shows a lurge gain over the corresponding veriod last year, carrying the wmeveass for the season beyond the million The total packing now reaches hogs, against 4, Tho rewurns for the weolk indicate 805,000, compared with $185,000 | the preceding week and 250,000 last year. CINCINNATI, Place, Chicavo Kansas Clty Omana 8t. Louls. . Indiananoifs Cincinnati Milwaukee foux City sadar Rapids Cleve 38,000 osoph 53,000 Nebraska €| A\llv(l‘“" o LEAGUE INVESTIGATION. Mayor Cushing of Omaha Elected The committee Detnorr, Mi 0. 20, punts of Treasurer appointed to audit the O'Reilly of the Irish National league began its labors today. - Mayor Cushing of Omaha was elected chairman. It was decided to hold an open meeung. ‘The question:wis asked why the auditing was to be done. ! President Fitéyerald said a long time had elapsed since the (ust convention; there had been continued postponements of the next one, ut the request of Parnell and others and Dr.'O'Rellly considered it due the friends of Ireland in Ameriga that they should have a ciear statement of his stewardship as a matter of business and for his satisfaction. The committee decided to make a detailed exawination. e CANADA IS LOYAL. The Commops; Ofizially Scttles All roubts, O1rAWA, Ont,, Jan. 20.—Mulock’s loyality motion carriedjn the, commons topight. In supporting it Mulogk said the talk of the American press regarding . factional differ- ences in Canada, anxiety for annexation, etc., is badly hurting Canada. While there is no trath in it he wanted the motion adopted as o oficial deliverance of opinion on tho sub~ oct. Laurier, tho leader of the opposition. said there wifs no auestion of the loyality ot Ca- nadians, byt if Canada was ever 1o become a nation she could not retain Ler retations with England. PARD e LL'S MOTHER. The Irish Leader Refuses to Talk About Her Troubles, PuILADELPHIA, Jan. 20—The Press Jeabled its 'London correspondent to ask Parnell about the reported destitution of his mother. l'minell could not ve seen, but his solicitor said: ‘‘Parnell doesn’t care to discuss this story, 1t 18 constantly cropping up. He is an af- fectionate, son and that's enough for the American people to know. Ohio's Senate in Deadlook. CoLunus, O., Jan, 20.—The senate is in deadlock today 1n the Marquis-Lampson con- test for the lieutenant governorship, and the democrats are holding the senate in scssion to await the arrival of Senator Howell, who is away on indefiuite leave. There are seven- teen republicans and the same number of democrats present. The republicans insist on proceeding with the contest, but the dem- ocrats ask postponement, to which the re- publicans will not agree, . At S o'clock this evening another demo- cratic senator arrived and business pro- ceeded. The republicans will carry the case to the supreme court _if Lampson is ousted, on the ground that the maiority is not con- ducting the contest in accordance with the statutes, e Death of Mrs. Vierling. Cnicaco, Jan, 20,—|Special to Toe Bes.] —Mrs. Carolive Vierling, mother of Alder- man Frank C. Vierling of this city, and of Mr. Vierling of Paxton & Vierling, Omaha, died at 9:55 Monday night at her home, 8760 Ingiana avenue., The cause of her death was hernia, aggravated by influenza. About two wheks ago Mrs. Vierling caught a cold while out ridiug and the nexi day was con- flned to lier bed. She was couscious to the last aud celled the members of her family to her bedside and gave each her parting kiss and Dblessing. In Mrs. Vierling Chicago loses another of its pioneer settlers, She was born in Saar-Union, France, March 8, 1823, i B e KRobbed the #oor and Needy, LaPorte, Ind, Jan. 20.—[Special Tele- gramto Tue ani\—"AoalberLL. Brown, who has been 1n busingds here years as an insur- ance, real estate ana loan agent, has skipped, leaving debts of fuily #0,000. Many of his victims are paox. people who can hittle afford to lose a cent. -Oge widow altowed him to invest for her hgrbusband’s life insurance, He invested it in his own pocket. Several insurance companies are iosers. R Granite Paving for Platt PLATTSMOUTH, Ndb., Jan, 28, Tue Bek, |—The city council hus passed an ordinance for the formation of a new paving district. The mawrial to be used will be Sioux Falls gray, ‘This will eive Platts. mouth, when um;fih, pearly a mile of grans ite paving, i o 2L Avresteii in Canada, Burravo, N, Y., Jan, 20.—Schoolmaster Frederick Feund, who left this city last week 10 escape punishment for seducing a four- teeu-year-old girl pupil. was arrested in Tor- onto yesterday. fio expressed a willingness to return to Butfalo. A Fell Dowa the fhaft. Hunier, Wis, Jen, 20.—1wo men were fatally aud two sefiously burt last night by being precipitated to the botiom of the Mont- reul mine by the breaking of a rope as they were gscending the shaft. mouch, |Special to ———— Fell Into an Air Hole, Dustque, Ia., Jan. 20.—Louis Pierce, aged sixteen, and Hert Clark, aged nineteen. of Eust Dubuque, while skatiog on the river touight feil into an air bolo and were druwned, THE MYSTERY IS DEEPENING. Another OChaptor the Hotel Sulcide COaso, in Millard IDENTIFIED BY THE WOMAN., Mrs. Harry B, Cook, After Repeated Denials, Now Asserts Posi- tively That Hle Was Her Husbanu. Which Story is Trne? After so many davs of assorted mystifica- tion and apparcnt indecision as to the iden tity of the corpse of tho man who registered at the Millard hotel as *E. G, Cook, Chi- cagn.”’ and who committed suicide last week, the woman, Mrs. Harry H. Cook, of tha city, called at Heafey & Heafy's undertaking rooms last ovening about 5 o'clock and in the presence of the coroner and two othor witnesses made a positive declavation that the body was indoea that of her husband, and arranged for the burial of the body at 2 o'clock this afternoon, o far as her outward appearances, her speech and her astions o, it has takeu this woman several days to fully arrive at her conclusion that the body is that of her hus- band, the father of at least two of her chil- dren, the man with whom she lived for some eight, s | and this. notwithstanding that every feature of tho face, every extorior part of the body, is almost y free from marrmg of aay rt, however slight, and that its color has thus far changed but from the flush of life to the pallor of deatn. Certainly a mo surprising case would be difficult, perhaps impossible to imagine. When Mrs. Cook annonnced what she said was her final conclusion in the matter, and through friends—principally, it is statea, her futher, who lives in Toronto, Canada— arranged for the burial expenses, thon Cor~ oner Harrigan stepped aside and gave her permission to bury the body Not as signiticant, but _simply as a mattor it may be stated that Mrs, Cook did pear at the undertaking roows aud make the final declaration referred to until after she had learned that answers had been received to telegrams sent to Chicago, and to Kingfisher, Oklahoma, calculated to throw mora light on the_identification of the body. e telegran to Chicago inquired of Bush, Simmons & Co. whether their travel ing man, G, M.. Koch, whom the corpse was said to resemble, was misaing. “The firm answered that their Mr. Koch w alive and well and selling goods in Crete, Neb. The messago sent to King Fisher asked whether such a man as the deceased was there, and a negative auswer was re- turned. After carcfully inquiring re- gardiog the aunswers to these teleerams, then Mrs. Cook came forward as stated. A Few Plain Words to the Sleepars of' Omaha. Oxana, Neb, Jan, 20.—To the Editor of Tne Bee: The recent attempt to get the state fair located in Omaha developea the fact that Omaha business men, generally speaking, are indifferent to the interests of the city. Very few men attended any of the meetngs to aud in securing the fair. The majority seem to think that a few real estate men, a few jobbers and the newspapers will do all the work for Omaha, subscribe all the money and wake them up to reap the bene- fita when fairs or factories are secured, They (the sleepers) are meking a great mistake and Omaha 18 now suffering from sleepy St. Joe methods of reaching out after manufactories. Large wholesale dry goods and clothing concerns cannot find & better opening than Omaha, and jobbers in those lines say they would welcome all who come, beligving it would help them. If the busiess men of Omaha, meaning banlers, wholesalers, retailers, hotel, livery men, real estate, manufacturers, railroad ‘men, ' con- tractors, builaers, cmgloyes and all others, will take hold and do what they can cr the tenth of what they should do, Omaha will outstrip all competing cities because it has moro natural advantages than any other one. Shall we fold our bands and let the northern railroad project die and lose the trade of nortbern Nebraska and Dakota? Shall we fold our hands and let our fair and exposition possibilities dio? The time has certainly arrived for Omaha people ta get “a move on themselves,” or wet out of the procession. When a public meeting 18 called they shouid attend, this means every man in Omaha, If a good enterprise wants to come to Omaha all should take an interest in the matter ana pull together, How is it now? ‘Tbe location of Omaha has forced it to grow and it pushed men ahead, A shrewd and ‘weatthy manufacturer of Rochester, N. Y., told the writer thavhe had visited all the western cities and it seemed to nim that Omaha was better located thav any other one and with such push as the citizens should bave, he believed Omaha would have 500,000 people inside of fifteen years. Yours truly, A Max, e District Court. A. Meyer has commenced six foreclosure suits against C. C. Spotswood to recover on six notes of $120 each, secured by mortgages on parcels of land in section 4, township 15, range 13. Louis Bradford, William Strong and wife, and Amos and Rilla Phillips are made party aefendants and cited to appear and show what interest they have in the property. W. 5. Ryan has also brought five suits in foreclosure against C. C. Spotswood on five notes for $120, each secured by mortgages on parcels of land in the sawe section as above, William H, Taylor, guardiun of Charles ‘Waterman, a minor, has applied to the dis~ trict court for permission tosell a lot in Flor- ence belonging to his ward, which the school board is willing to pay $700 for. Mrs. R. H. Lucas applied fora writ of mandamus restraining Counstable Houck from levying on her household goods to sat- isfy @ judgment obtained by Heyman & Deiches. I'ne application sets forth that she is not possessed of household goods of the value of $50), and is therefore entitled to ex- emption. ‘The constable is about to proceed to sell off the property, and a writ was is- sued directing him to call in three freehold- ers and appraise the property. 1f it does not appear to be worth $500 or more he shall im- mediately release it County Court. William C. Ryan of Emerson, the keepor of a general store, is in hard luck. Heis made the defendaut in the county courtin suits brought to recover for goods sold and delivered. Schneider & Loomis have a bill for $105 80; Darrow & Logan for $00.25, and the J. Robinson Notion company a bill for £223.90, ; Ayerst & Taffinder secured a verdict against N, O. Brown for $51.55 for services rendered. They sued for $300, S An Ex-Fatrol Driver Arrested, Nols Turkelson, one of the men who for a long time was driver of the police patrol wagon, was arrested last night on the charge of nssaultiog A. Weinberg of 706 South Tenth street. According to Wein- berg's statement another boy went into the laéllfl'l store sud purchased a plug of to- gmq\v‘l‘lll:nlho d“ll dwulw be':lul I‘nldg ng Turkelson attempte steal som {:‘A‘i‘v; He was called down by Weinberg, when Turkelson showed fight and struck the proprietor. Henco the arrest. e Losea (2oth Arms. Alvio Swan, the maa who was accident- slly ruo over at North Platte by a Union Pacitic egine, was brought to Omaha yes- terday and placed in St Joseph's hospital. Dr%]yllhmkfh. the Union Pacific surgeon, founa iv necessary to amputate both his arms, but has hopes of the young man's re- covery. ———— A Prominent Biuffs Citizen Dead. John T, Baldwin, 8 leadiog citizen and one of the oldest residents of Council Bluffs, aied at 11 o'clock last night of heart disease. e Mrs. H. L. Beaver loft yesterday for Salt Lake city. where sbe will make her perma- upul ence. | corded nim AMUSEMENTS, Salvini olosed a very succossful throe nights’ ougagoment at Boyd's last evoning . | His farowell audienco was a magniticent one, both in size and quality, and the groat artist could not have well boen anything but well | vleased with the veritable ovation it ac Any attempred analyticsl criti cism of Salvini's impersonation of Samson tho hero of the most thrilling of all the bible storios, could onl s failure, as it was simply grand. The audience was ca ried away as if by the resistiess foree of o | cyclone. Salviniis most admirably ficted for | the character: of collossal stuture, of aw viring mien, and with o volco that | embled the runble of distant thunder | after a summor storm, or the soughine of | tno evening winds through the foliage of the quiet woodtand, us he witled, was something | thut at once entranced each and every au dita Any wctor essaying such an impersonation could ot well appear othe than ridieulou whercas the incomparable Italian star fulfiliod the ideal not only in the vision, but in tho comprehension, overpow erig all reflection by tho grandeur of his rago and the inexpressible pathos of his ae spaic and dagradation. As a pregustation of his matchiess powers of gesticulation and declamation comes his bloodcurdiir countal to the assembled Israe encouater with a lion at the outset firstact. A o fervid and theillw of pantomimo conld not be imagined than his electrifying picturs of this fierce and bloody striggle. Ona daes notneed to under- stand the languagoe in which the episode is re lated to fully approciate the fluctuating phazes of the struegle, and wheu at lust ho flings the limp and lifeless carcass from him, and stands erect in tho sublimity of his gian Proportious, with eyes omitting porc rays, and mighty chest upheaving like a turbulent sea, tho spoctacle is fairly paralyz ing, and it is moments before the entranced sudicnee remenbers that it is an appropet ate juncture to burst fort 10U - plause. Then he gives another exhibition ot his discriptive elocution in his narative of the manner in which his heathen wife has betrayed him ana enabled his encmies, and her countrymon, to solve and revile the eret of his herculesn strengih, voi canic outburst, in which he promises dire ro venge upon thom for their p is beyond the ordinary vowers of portrayal. v is superb. His sonorous prophesies of the woes that are to vefall Philistia tills the theater with a baleful moiody. His fiery denounciation of the Philistines who arc threatening his decrepid sire with death at the finale of the second act is stu- vendous in its savage fiery, and when he dashes among them with the “jaw bone of an s’ and scatters them like chaff before the rale, tho sceno is one of ineffable excitement, Lust evening the large uudi ace almost arose as a singlo ipdividual in the vigor of their applause over this thrilling piece of work, Tho scenery, which always adds so much o good theatricaly, 18 generously supplied by this admirable company, commencing with the high table land in Zorah. The vale of Tim- nath, Delilab's Louse, and the Temple of Dagon_arc especialiy 'interosting ana real In the latter, 'as Sampson site a woe- ptive, until that supernal puissanco again swells his giant muscles, and he pushes asunder the great stone pillars that ngs destruction to his foes and death to bimself, the climax is one for the senticnt pen of a Dickens, Hugo or a Balwer. i night was a strong as M oh, pathictic and _life- erinh, Blmer Delams d Salem, Edmund Day, were all good. Larnich, the Prince of Gaza, John Malene. was a fine piece of actiug, while Zambres, by Lincius Henderson, would have been dificuit to improve upon. May Brookyn's Delilah is susceptible of some improvement, but, on the whole, was in consonance with the rest of this evenly balanced company | resuit of piece one. Samson’s ke Thebai ‘That most beautiful of all comic overas, “Ermine,”” was presented by the Aron: company last night in better style than eve before on an Omaha st Miss Helen Lamont acted and sang the title role splendidly: a wore ‘charming Javotte thau Miss Emma Haoly could hardly be imagined, while Graham and De Long as the two thieves were delightfully funny. Miss Lamont is deserving of .exteaded mon- tion. Her work seems to have some pecu- larly pleasing fascination about 1v that grows upon one's disposition. Her modest ways, coupled with an effective, well trained voice, easily captures the admiration of an audience, Almost ocvery num- ber she sang last night was encored. The luluby called forth tremend- ous applause, In addition to Miss Lamont’s abilities as a vocalist, she surpasses other artists in the matter of dress, not only as to the richness ana beauty of her costumes, but the graceful, becoming manaer 1 which she wears them. It would he quite difticujt to describe the comicalities of Graham and De Long. Theyarc bright geniuscs, apd to- gether certainly know bow to” keep their auditors interested and en- tertained. DeLong’s efforts in this opera show him -to be an imitator of Francis Wilson, which, upon the whole, is not entirely creditable to bim. Miss Laura Millurd, a clever young iwoman, as Coris; Miss Genevieve Reynolds as the princess; Miss Mumie Car who represented @ young ofticer; Lioyd Wilson as the marquis, and others of the cast carried thewr paris well, and the chorus was very strong. A great feature with this company is the gor- geous ory 1% uses to stage its productions ; also the elegant costumes worn. Thesecond act of “Erminie” takes place in a ball room, and the pink scene for thut last night was undoubtedly the handsomest spectacle that has ever been witnessed here. The orches- tra was likewiso very fine, and attracted considerable attention, All ia all, the large, fashionable audience that filled the Grand had an evening of rare enjoyment. e et i A Mad Dog & care. A number of pidtol sbots in the vicinity of Twelfth street and Capitol avenus about 2 o'clock this morning created considerable ex- citement and commotion auiong the inhabi- tants of that quarter of the city, It was found that a dog belonging to & colored bar- ber named Morrison had suddenly gone mad and the poor markmanship of the poiiceman made it necessary to fire about a dozen shots before he was finally dispatehed. e Jailed for Fignting. John Raymond and James Nash had a des- perate fight last night while under the influ- ence of liquor on lower Tenth street. Hoth men wero placed under arrest, At midnight a friend of Raymond’s put up a bail pond of $30 ana he was released, to appeur this morn- 10g. Nasb rewaioed In jail over night. - A Deserter Gatnerad In, George Casey, alias Breen, a deserter, was gathered in by Oficer Suoup yesterday. The fellow had been placed in custody u fow days ago for disorderly conduct and sentencea to jail for one da. After being released he was identified by Shoup as a deserter ana was rearrested. e Fell from an levator. E. Schreen, an employe on the Awmes building st Sixteenth and Larnam streets, fell from an elevator yesterday afternoon and was badly injured. He was removed to his home in Omaha View. T Kent's Plum, The discovery that the office of street coti- missioner in cities of the metropolitan class was wiped out by the lust legislature, has caused considerable surprised and excite- ment among the council and city officials, 71he amended charter of 1880 contaius no provision ihatever for the offica, aud the city council has not crewted the position either by ordinance or resolution. No such oftice exists, and the money expended by the streot commissioner last year averaging $2,000 per week, was, to say the least, with- outlegal warrant. Uity Attorney Poppleton, when asked for an opluion on the suvject, said: **As the charter now stands, there is cer tainly no such an office. It is possible, how- ever, that & mistake has bsen made snd the section inadvertently omitted from the priated reports of the bill. An examination of the originul records at Lincoln 18 being made, I cannot offer an opinion as to the result of the expenditure by the street com - wissiouer's department until I ascortain ‘whether the ol bas really been abolished or not. ¢ “Acting Mayor Chaffee was asked what he thought of the legality of the expendilures by the commissioner uuder existing circum slan “0,” he said, “I think we have a strect commissioner all right. ‘Yhere may be such | ad | tion | the | with this discovery | 18 that K t | pay o thing as appointing him you know." “'Was he appointed by a r I think you'li find that he was." Ex-City Clerk Southard, who has niounte guard over the city council rocords for . sad don't remember by A resolut lution 1" that the late st commissioner was appointed under a_r He was appointed by Mayor Iiron and confirmed by the council just tho s as any other appoiutee. Ho was in ofi whon he was legislated out of it, but nol scemed to now anything abount it 0 was no resolution of the pointing bum, that's cortain.’ One ot the funny things in *sain n wag yesterday, the late commissioner, all the time that he had no oficial head with another lovel head kept the mat himself us long as ho was ablo to draw the of the office, and then, well, he lot the whiole thing out - SOUTH OMAHA NOT The Live Stock Cnt Rate. Notwithstanding the iluess of Acting sident W, N. Habcock during the lute froight rate unvasiness, ho has been sedu- lously watching every move and doing everye thing possibic to protect the fnterests of South Omuha. He has been in con stant telegraphic correspondence with tho general managers of the railroads, and immediately on the announcoment of the is tended cut on tive stosk rates from Kansas City to Chicago, laid tho interosts of Omaba and the plain rights of this section beforo the railway offlcals, and respoctfully but firmiv requested justics and faie treatmont Assuring answers woro received in ovord case and compliances as positively guaran teed as could be expocted. Tho now live stack achedules, which took flect Sunday, wero disappointinents to all erosted in the prosperity of the packing and shipping interests of Owaha Immediately on receiving copies of the schedules Mr. Babeook telograptied H. It MeCullough, general trafiie mannger of tho Chicago & Nortawestern railr compavy; A, C. Bied, trafic ager of the Chicago, Milwaukce Paul; Paul Morton, general agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quine and Willinm Sago, freight trafle munager the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, and pro- scnted the rights and interests of Omaha so that there can be no misunderstanding them by the railway officials, Mr. Babeock says: “Tie stock schedulo applying to lines west of the Missour: river will not give the relief exrectod or desired to cnable South Omaha to compete with Kan- sas City. Tho now schedule gives a 1 cent rate from Kansas City to Chicago, adds tho local rate from all points in Ne vraska. This is uli right when the local rates to Omahaare the same as those to Kan « sas City, but when the rata to Kansas City is highor tian to Owaha, and the Kansas to is mado to apply to Omala, with 4 cent rate from tho Missouri river the whole to be divided on equal por Omana ehippers aro vompelled to orably higher than tho rato nsas City. antages of iKanas City over Owmaba may be well ilustrated by a compar ison of the rates according to the pro rata distribution, While shipments fron more, fifteen miles west of here, via | City will only pay 123 cents from | to Chicago, tie same shipments via this would make, according to the pro rata distribution of 60 per cent to the roads east 10 per cent west of the Missour: river, a rate from South Omaha to Chicago of 16.4 per cent of the through rate. Schuyler, seventy five miles west of here, pays 13k cents from IKansas City aod 1 per cent of the through rate, and Grand, Island, 150 wiles west, would pay only 12 \ ¥ e hundred for’ shipments made via . while the wame shipment via 1ld be taxed 1.8 per cent of ~tha~— According “to the present schiedule, Omaha s at o disndvantage, com pared with Kausus City, of from 2 per cent ub of the pro rata rate cast from the Mis- souri. “This the shippers from ths point cannot stand, for tho simple reason that Chicago_establishes and rules the markots. both at Kuusas City and this poiut. Buyers at_this point musy pay- the same price for stock whother it comes from the north or south Platte regions. In order to compete with Kunsus City shippors from this point must have the same rate in force from Kansas City, or the pro rata rate from here must not exceed the local rate from ISansas City, If this be not done the stock discrimivations ngainst this point will not coase. Will you not make this rate! I should think this could be accomplished by adjusting the percontuge between the lines east and west of the Missouri river.” © Workm n's Entertainment. South Omaha lodge No. 66, A. O. U, W., had the lodge rooms full Wednesday nightof brethren from Omaha and Council Bluffs accepting the lodee’s igvitation to spend o fraternal evening in the Magic city The committee, consisting of Messra. C. W. Milter, Georg Jucob Jaski- lek, Sumuel D. William H. Stenshoff, had made every preparation to eutertain’ the guests. ‘The evoning was spent in social mtercourse, humorous and instructive aadrosses and a well cojoyed bunquet. Rover and otes About the City. James Kelly 15 sick with pueumonia, Yesterday 101 cars of ico were received trom Cut-Off lake for the packing houses. Major J. S. Williams yesterday received a telegram from Natchez, Miss., informing nim that his sou, Clove, was dangerously ill. Mrs. Julis Huufleld has removed from Lake City, a., to this city. Dauiel Ryan. late of the B. & M., has ac- copted o position as night car inspector vlth the Union stock yards company, filling the place of Michael Gorman, resigned. Abonc People. Edward Kaoe, jr., who has been ill for some time, left last evening for s month's visit with friends in Deaver. George Guess of Kansas City 15 n the city visiting his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Charles k. Morris, nele O, P, Sulledberger of Newcastle, Wyo., is the guest of Rev. Robort Miss Martha Hatfield of Lake Cit visiting her Twenty-sixtis streets, A Terrible ic in Texa, Kaxsas Ciry, Mo, Jan, 29, ~1Special Tele gram to Tur Bee|—Advices from (ook county, Tex,, tonight are that & tereible ep demic is raging there, the symptoms of which resemble those of spinal meningitis, The stricken die in a few hours. Tweaty five deaths occurred yesterday from the dis: easo. ‘The physicians of the section are powerless, and the disease is spreading at a groat wato, Many o1 the bpeople @ tlod wnd others are preparing o flee to localitics not yet visited by tue plague, — - 2 1al Passenger Collision. Bixomamrox, N. Y., Jan. 20.—A passen- ger train at the Oswego depot tonight was ruo into by another express train from the rear. Particulars are wmeagre, but three persons are reported killed. BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure. ‘Tlis powder never varies. A marvel of par strougth and wholesomaness, More oconomh than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold competition with oo multitude of low Lel short walyht aluw or uhospiate powiees, Su, only s Lk cana. ROYAL BAKING POWbk 106 \all 8t , N, ¥,