Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 15, 1890, Page 1

M ine for £ THE OMAHA DALY BE NOT AT ALL EXACGERATED. Later Particalirs of the Minnesota Cyclone Add to the Horror, SEA KING VICTIMS NUMBER SIXTY-EIGHT. Eelief That the Total Will Reach Over | One Hundred—Five [Dead at Like Gervais—Scen:s of Desolation. Lake City, Minn, July 14 —Surrounded by beautiful bluffs and farming lands Lake Pepin's unruflied sur today gave little evidence of th ruggle with the ele- ments and the death-dealing fary of the storm that raged off this vity last night, With scare a4 note of warning the burst upon this region: one of tho seve storms known in its history and a loss of life probably greater than any othe glo alamity that ever vi auy part of the northwest, Sixty-cight bodies had been recovered and fdentified when the search was discontinued at dark tonight. How many more were lost is a matter of unce ity The excursion steamer Sca King of Dia- mond Bluff had L a party of two hun- dred or more excursionists to the camp of the First regiment of the Minnesota Nutioual Guard, just below the city, When the day was coming to a close Captain Weatheren propared to return the boat load to their homes. Many of them feared the app ing storm and asked that he postpone bont's departur until . the bad blown over. Thinking the storm would nog prove serious, he would not con sent, but at about 8 o'clock started off up the lake toward I Wing, nearly two hundred passengers being on board, The wind W blowing a A point of land runs out from the Minnesota shore just above this place, ac from which is known as Maiden Rock. To pass around this poiut it is necessary for a steamer to turn slightly toward the Wisconsin sho and imm d the hurricane seized hold of the al struggling and cracking vessel and twisted it out of the con- trol of herengines and crew. An attempt was made to beach her, but failed, and over she went with e great load of passengers The barge, Jim Grant, whic s in tow and on which about one-quart cursion- ists had crowded, was alsoseized, ber awning being crushed inand the passengers thrown into the water, This happencd just below the point, and as the helpless hulks drifted before the gale the steamer righted hevsell for & moment, but in another mc b was e The barge broke loose and drifted dc opposite the town and thoso still on board, about twenty in number, were rescucd, The steamer drifted in back of the point and sank Many were saved, how. and the heroiem of a number of uers can- 1ot be too highly praised Corporal R. L. Perry compelled the specta- tors to assist him and saved the lives of eighteen of those who were still clinging to the wreek, Others there were liks him and over sixty were rescued from what seemed certain death, Small boats cruised around for several hours and picked up some threo score of the still livingunfortunates. As soon as word reached the mi volunteers were called for and eve volunteered. Adjutant General Mullen im- mediately took charge of the regiment and work was bezun and carried on. Body after body of men, women aud children—in some cases whole familics—were taken from the water, some alive, others unconscious, but not dead, and yet others from which the breath of life had forever fled. Sad experiences were many, Parents who had children missing and other people look- ends and relatives ran up and down the beach all nicht and today inquiring if any more bodies had beer recovered and for the names of the identified d The anguish nts whose childven had been torn from them by the awtul amity cannot be portrayed. By 2 o’clock this morning fifty bodies had been recovered, identified and sent to Red Wing. By 8 o'clock eight more had taken the same mournful journey and at 8 o'clock this afternoon seven others were added t the gruesome numbe Thedead ave: JOHN HEFFLER, wife and two children, PETER GEVELEN, wife and five chil- dren, MRS. BLAKER and two childven, MRS. HEMFPOBLING and three children, MRS. SCHUELBERG and daughter, MINNIE FISHER. KATY DALY. MRS. I, SHERF and daughter. FRED CHR! ANNIE §' FRANCE GEORGE D d the storm 58 a dy ver, FRED § TOM LARSON, H. REDLUS and two children. FRED HATTENMEYER, MAMIE ADAMS. KATE BURKHARDT, A. O. ANDERSON EDDI STOPHERSON, MRS, NELLIE WOEHRN aund son, MILLY NILES, PIERSON FIBY. CORDY JOHNSON, FLOY SMITH, MYRTIE MERO. SRA FULTON FRED SEAVER of Red Wing. HEINE GERKEN of Red Wing. CHARLES BROWN of Red Wing. K, PETERSON of Red Wing. BERTHA W1 of Red Wing, ALICE PALMER of Trenton, Wis, MER of "Trenton Wi aud duughter. 1B DAVIS, JOHN ENGELBERTSON, MISS IDA GREEN, D HEMPLINC THEODORE HARDW ELL LIZZIE HARRISON MABEL HOLTEN, EMMA NELSON, ORVIN OSKY, JULIA PERSIG, ANNIE PERSIG. JOHN SEBEFFLER, wife and two (hil- dren, ANNIE WAY and sister, MISS SEIBRASSE. Few of the bodies had any bruises or other marks of injury on them. The fact that the militia were in easy call undoubtedly resulted in saving many lives, and the work of the citizen soldiery, their excellent organization and the good manage- meut of General Mullen and Surgeons Fitz- gerald, Clarke and Kain were notable and commeudable, During the morning a systematic patrol of | the water over which the boats drifted after Weing frst struck by the gale was kept up by OMAHA., TUESDAY MORN % | cttizens of Lake After the 1ast bodies | had been taken from the hulls General Mul- | len pressed into service all the row boats | within reach and with the soldiers began | | this afiernoon a thorough dragging of the | lake all about the scene of the disaster, No bodies were found up to dark, when the ubandoned for the day, Dyna- Il be used in the morning. a good many who made use of crs, but probably none had as | ‘e a8 had Robert Adams, the i-year-old son of Dr. Adams of Lake City, and another boy. They secured three life preservers and were in the waier for six hours before being rescued. Young Adams could swim, but his companion could not. They had the good sense to float quietly and not attempt to fight against the waves during the six hours they were buffeted by the billows and blown hither and yon by the gale, They drifted ubout a mile down past the town and then a change in ghe wind car- ricd them up the river to Frontenac, seven miles from here, where they wes ued by Dr. Kain and party and toc arly as wellgas ever. Captain Withem, proprietor and com- mander of the Sea King, has been sever blamed by citizens and others for what they allege 1o h n eriminal neglizence on bis part in out fnto the lake with' such owd when the sky looked 0 ing. The captain’s wife and two of his three childron lost their lives under the waves, and thay fact, together with the loss of his sel and the great loss of life, unnerved him so that he kept protty much outof sight duving the day, und those who did see him got but im. perfect statements from him, Eiest he did ot consider the danger very ereat, and ught he saw o break i the clouds, omising a clearing o v of the storm. "This is not well taken by the people in this hiborhood, who say the sky was black h the most threatening kind of clouds and it was clear that o very heavy storm was about to break, The other excuse, if such these may be called, is that the manager of the exenision, whose profits would be cut down by any delay in the depavture of the boat, w 1t in his insistance upon an immediate departure that the captain yielded and took th out to her destruction. lents of the awful night are be- James Webb of I Wing and ady companion had just finished fastening life pro h when the storm struck proved their saivation, for both good a sery sevente pullin u ¢ The c: tl.l‘llllhlllilfl.' which went onduring the morning did not bring any bodies to the sur- face and was abandoned 1 this after- noon. A quantity of dyr will be used in the ns hope for better s ABOUT LAK Description of the Ruin Wrought in That Vicinity. MixNesroLis, Minn., July 14.—At an early hour this morning a special train bore a cor- respondent of the Associated pr from St. Paul to the scene of the clyclone. Igerton street was followed as far as it we when the main country road that leads tothe de- vasted vogion was struck and followed to a desolate place. No sign of the terrible b was visible until the top of the hill ov looking the little valley was reached. Here houses, out buildings and barns were scat- tered around im a most demoralized con- dition. No one was hurt at this point, Puss- ing this and going about a quarter of a mile north the whole scene of destruction lay spread before the eye, along the shore at a point where the storm turned and crossed the lake where the houses of Schurm and Mr. ©vod and another stood. All buildings with fences and outhouses w srly demolished, leaving no sign of their existence stunding. In the lake are the bodies of four horses floating amid neaps of boards and loose house tim- bers. Here probably will be found the hodies of the missing, as they could not be found in stacked up boards and furniture on land. The ground about these houses has the appearance ata distance of having been gone over with a plow, while from this point ou to Gactskes trees are blown down in vast numbers and erops laid low. At Lake Gervais the dead and missing TER MIEISON, ORGE J. MILLER, REV. DR. PHEEFLE of Brennan, Tex,, MRS. J. H. SCHURMEIER, CLARLIE SCHURM The sights about Lake Ger The sites of the Good and Schurmeier cot- tages were marked only by their foundations, while the ground fora radius of an acre or more is .strewn with debris of al kinds. Near the cellar of the Schurmeier house lies adrive well with twenty feet of cast iron pipe, which was literally torm from the ground, while on the shores of the lake, fully oue hundred fect away, is & piano which formerly stood in the parlor of the cottage. Huge trees, some three and a half feet in di- amgeter, were broken oft close to the ground, and are scattered about in all directions. Chickens without a feather on them litter the ground, and articles of wearing apparel are tobe scen sticking in trees and bushes half amile away. Ina swamp near the lake shore are a number of plinters and boards sticking bolt upright like a field of corn, All along the road from to Vadnais houses have been more or less damaged, some have half the shingles torn off roofs, others chimneys blown down, and others whole sections of the build- i ied away. Nearly all bousesand hotels in the vicinity have been tured into temporary hospitals, At Paul Melette's residence, at Little Can- ada, are Moses Melacon wife and three children, all of whom are usly injured. At Kohlmann's hotel an funic Meiss and Joseph Bernavd, i tensely from a wound in her wde by an iron spike which 0 almost \hrln\u:h her body, and her recovery is impos- sibl A camping party was on the southeast shore of Lake Gervals. They ran from their tent and sought the shelter of ing banlk just in time to say tent and all its contents were swept lake, A number of persons wel injured at all ‘Ilifl\'ll\'u! points and the list is being made up slowly. LRVALS, voe nuto the H. Schurmeler has recovered suffl y to be able to relate what he knows of tho storm. They had noticed: the storn brewing and us it came upon them he had visen to close o window which the storm_had blown open. The next thing he was ty about in the air at a rapid rate, On to Lis senses he found himself near th edge of the lake. Making ki vity up from the lake he came dcross the r waius of his son-in-taw, G. J. Miller, and afterwards those of Pete, his coachmar, ~He doesn’t know anything of those in the cott \ith him after ic had visen %o clos the v dow, The storm struck a French settiement b a mile north of Little Cauada, completel molishing five houses and slightly injur tho occupants, At Frank Gutzke's place, on shore of Lake Gervais, beside family of four theré were visitors who had sought shelter. The cyclone struck the house and lifted it bodily from its foundations, but fortunately not ono of the inmates was injured. The storm really commenced between Snail and Turtlo lukes, passed over them and striking the northern part of Little Cinada, th q ¢ on to the Schurmeier and Good cottages, across Lake Gorvais o Gutzeke's place, thence in | northerly divection to Farmer William Brown’s place, where it liftedand disappeared, | Its track was about forty-five miles long and from a quarter to half & mile in width, The bodies of Mrs. Schurmeler and her sou Charles and Rev. Mr. Phuefle had _not been recoversd to a late hour tonight, It is almost cortain that they are at the bottom of the lake, us a search of the debris failed to veveal aiy trace of them, d the southeast himself and about v number of seriously injured in the vicinity of Lake Gervais is e, Of these Mrs. Lincoln Clarke, Miss Minuje Meiss, Frank Melancon, Mrs, Mclancon, John Guenther and Simon Good will die, Mr, Schuremcier, while terri bly injured, will likely recover. Besides th about twenty others were painfully bruised and cut, but not seriously injured. Late tonight it is learned definit only fatalitics in this vicinity were those at Lake Gervais. Betw St. Paul and that place the storm did great damage 0 crops and not a little to farm buildings, RBIRTH OF THE MONSTER. that the How tie Storm Formed and Work of D struction. 81. Pavr, Minn, July 4.-—According to the testimony of those who witnessed the storm as it first gathered in the vicinity of Snail Lake, several mle northwest of Lake Gervais and about eight miles from St. Paul, it first began its work of destruction about three miles from the Schurmeier and Good cottages by demolishing a barn and several wind mills After this it seemed to bound into the air, striking theearth again near the hamlet of Little Canada, where the first serious damage was done. Againit skipped a space of about a mile and once again lowered to the earth and resumed its work of destruction, its fury cul- minating near the shore of Lake Gervais, where fiye deaths were caused, Once again the storm seemed to rebound into the air ouly to reguin the ecarth balf 8 mile further on ‘where the ming of the Gaetzka place and the bruised fnmates were left to bear w s to its power. Here its force seemed spent and as it proceeded eastward it assumed simply the nature of a high wind, accompanied by a thunder storm. Hail as large as olives fell at White Bear. Numbers of othe cottages on the lakes were destroyed and seve of the inmates were injured but none fatall les the houses destroyed & number s and windmills wege blown down. No estimate * can - be made Fet of the amount of dumage done to property. All sorts of rumors killed and injured ave fl around. \A party of pleasure seckers are known to have beenoutin a boat near Little Canada before the storm came up and they are reported missing. It is also reported that several boats left the dock near the Schurmeir residence before the storm and not one had returned, L'his report, however, lacks confirmation, FROM EYE i Its as ¥ to the ITNESSES. Graphic Stories of How the Storm Struck Xohlman's Lake. St. Paul, Minn., July 14.—Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Ronala of St. Paul were out at Kohl- man’s lake during the storm yesterday and had a narrow escape from injury. Mr. Ron- ald’s story is as follows : “My wife and I drove out there about o'clock. We took a boat und went out, fishing on the lake and half an hour later we saw a storm coming up but thought it would pass north of us. Ipulled towards the wharf, however, and just landed when the storm comnienced, We ran into Rohlman’s hotel and had no sooner got inside than the wharf, 100 feet long, was swept away and the boat house turned completely around. The water in the lake was raised in spray twenty feet high, I should gue The hotel had over one hun- dred people inside and they were badly frightened. Some were crying and others were praying. The edee of the storm passed within fiity feet of the hotel and struck the north side of the lake where there were five or six houses. These wore most all swept y. For half an hour the storm lasted and it appeared to cover a tract of country abont balf to three-quarters of a mile wide. As soon as it had passed a large number of men t to work helping the wounded and taking out the dead on the other side of the lake. Carriages of all sorts were in use and a small steam tug which had been blown ashore was floated and sent across the lake, I saw fourteen people who were all pretiy budly hurt.” J. W. Terrell and Miss Valdee, P, T, Potts and Miss Lou Gleason, J. I, Burke and Miss Wheeler, John Bruggeman and wife, all of St. Paul, who were camping on the south- west shore of Lake G ise, had a narrow escape.from being blown into the lake, The wind took the tent and horse and buggy and hurled them into the water, Mrs. Dr. Good, who was an inmate of the Good cottage, which was destroyed at Lake Gervais, tells the following graphic story: ““All of our fawily were in the house waiting upon the company. We noticed the storm approaching and Some of the household sug- gested that we get into the ccllar. Fhe storm looked as if it was coming down right on the housesof Schurmier and ours. My husband aud I were standing at the window, while otherr were scattered around the house and all suggesting some place of secur- ity, Aftor a few moments a great spinning cloud reached the center of the lake and I saw the water divide and oucrflow the banks some forty feot, Aspapawas looking outof the door he saw the trees near the Mullanch cot- tage swept awayand then our barn was thrown broadside against the house. Just at this time my husband threw me bodily down the cellar stairs and I landed in the potato bin, He then threw Miss King, and Mr, Me- Pherson jumped after. My husband then tumbled down and called on the other: to fol- low. The building crushed in upon us and then portions of it were hurled - skyward. ‘I'rees were blown by and a huge ice chest fell into the cellar and pinned us all down. Aswe lay there in the painful refuge we heard the Schurmier house, which was about fifteen away from our house, crash and scatter timbers in all directions, For fifteen minutes timbers and furniture of both houses were hurled about the site of the house After our reldise from the cellar we began looking for mem- bers of the household, We found them scat- tered about, Miss Minnie lay in the road, her head cut and her mouth bleeding badly. Carr her sister, w pinned under a tree, and I guess the girl is hurt internally, While 1 was dashing through the mud [ ran across the body of George Miller, deadand mangled, inthe road. His wife also was buried be- ueath the wreck and hurt quite badly, Mrs. Austings and daughter Stells were badly bruised, and the latter will lose the sight of an eye.”’ Three People Drowned, 3arNesvie, Fla, July 14-A party of thirteen persons were out in a sailboat yes- terday aftermoon at Alachua lake. When about a mile from the shoro the boat capsized und all were thrown into the water, were saved by clinging to tho sides of the at, but three of the party, M. L. J. Burk- her ear-old son and Miss Tillio Damaginz Windstorm, . Pavi, Mion, July 14.—A Phinview. Minn,, special says a terrific windstorm, ac companied by hail, in the townships of High- land, Glasgow and Bever lust night did 00,000 damage to crops. At Moville— New York, At London rhted : Russia, from Baltimore, At Philadelphia—The Brit Liverpool, At Southampton—The Eider, York, At New York—The Werra, from Bremen. - - Four Italian Laborers Drowned. Laxcastei, N Y, July 14, -Four Ttalian laborers onthe Maine Central road's exten- sion were drowned last night whilo attempt- ing L cross the Connecticut river, capsized, The State of Indiana, from The Nensmore and ish Prince, from from New - - The License Purchass Fund, Loxpoy, July 14.—Goschen announced in the commons this oven that the funds i tendod for the purchase of licenses would be Later—Touight it is ascertained that the l applied to Irelaud, - Ter®| The boat | i ING, JULY 15, 1800, e NUMBER 27, SPAIN'S PROHIBITIVE: DUTIES. fecretary Blaine Calls Attention to the Mat- ter ina Lettor, NO SHOW AT ALL FOR AMERICAN FLOUR. Other Products Grown in the United States Likewise Excessively Taxed—A One-8id d Com- mercinl Fofit Wisiixeroy, July 14.—Senator Frye today : 1 aletter from Secretary Blaine, in which the latter calls attention to the pro- seriptive duties imposed by Spain upon ican flour entering Cuba, These make the cost, in the Cuban market at least $11.46 per barrel, counting the shipping price at New York at #4580 per barrel. Other articles of American growth are likewise taxed by Spain toa per cent of prohibition. This one- sided commerce, says Sccretary Blatne, will seriously injure shipping routes which are still in American hands—largely, if not exclusively. would cer- tainly be a very extraordinary policy o the part of our government just at this time to open our markeu without charge of duty to the enormous crops of sugar raised in the two Spanish islands. Cuba and Port Rioo furnish the United States with nearly or quite one-half the sugar we consume, and we are far larger consumers than any other nation in the world. To give a free market 1o this immense product of Spanish planta- tions at the moment Spain is excluding the products of American farms from her markets would be a as uwnprecedented as it would be Our trade with American republics, as West India Islands, has been It he aggregate balance of trad all Latin-Americais heavi single illustration will sufiice: pealed the duty on coffee in 1572 we have im- ported products of Brazil to the extent of ®391,806,000 and have sold to her only $156,- 000 of our own products, The differenco 1,000—we have paid in gold or its equivalent and Brazil has expended this vast sum_in the markets of Europe. You can readi oo how differcnt the results would ifin return for the free admission of Brazilian coffce in our markets we would have exacted the free admission certain products of the United States in Brazil. Tor repeat this error with sugar to an amount three times as large as with coffee, will close all opportunity to establish reciprocity of tradewith Latin. Ameriea. The charge agalns t a protective policy which has injured it the most s that its benefits go wholly to the manufacturer and capitalist and not at all the farmer. You and I well know that this is not true, but still it s the most plausible and therefore the most hurtful argument made by the free Here is an_opportunity where the an be benfited--primarily, undenia- bly. richly benefitea, Fore is “an oppor- tunity for a republican congress to open the markets of forty millions of people to the products of Amierican farmers, Shall w 70 the opportunity, or shall we throw it away? I do not doubt that in many re- spects the tariff bill pending in the senate is a just neasure and that most, of its provisions are in accordance with awise policy of protection, - But there is not asection oralinein the whale bill that will open a marlket. for another Unshel of wheat or another barrel of pork. If sugar is placed on the freo list withont enuoting important trade concessions in return we shall close the door for profitable reciprocity sgainst ourselves. 1 think you will find some valuable hints on this subject in_the president’s brief messago of June 19, with as much practical wisdom was ever stated in S0 short a space. OQur foreign market for breadstuff: is growing narrower. Great Britain exerting every merve to seeure her bread supplies for Indin, and the rapid expansion of the wheat area in Rus: res us a powerful competitor in the markets of Burope, It be- comes us, therefore. to use every opportuuity for the extension of our markets on both of the American coutinents. With near] £100,000,000 worth of sugar seckinz our ma; kets every year, we shall prove oursclves un- skilled legislators if we do not secure lary aid for the sale and consumption of our brea: stuffs and provisions, The late conference of American republies proved the existence of Wcommon desire for closor relations. Our congress should take up the work where the international conference lolt it. Our aid of commereial development und progress lies south of us, dition. with qainst us. A nce we re- e XOWA NEWS, A Drowning at Des Moines. Des Moixes, In., July 14.—[Special Tele- gram to Tae Bes]—An extremely sad drowning occurred in the Des Moines river in the northern part of the city late last even- ing, taking from one of the s familics one of its brightest members and removing from earth a young man of most promising future. The victim was Carl C., second son of Mrs. Mary Cbggeshall, and was aged about cighteen years, He was bathing in the'river with a score of other young men. He was unable to swim, and getting into deep water ang a swift current went_to the bottom before assistance could reach him, The body was recovered after several hours' scarch. ~ Deceased was graduated from the Des Moines high school 1ast month, and since then has been in the employ of the State in- surance company, World's Fair Commissioners. Drs Moixes, Ta., July 14.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bre.]—The governor today ap- pointed the following world’s fair commis- oners for Iowa and they wero approved by the executive council: First district, Judgo Edward Johnston, Keokul: Second, B. F. Seaman, Clinton; Third, 1", N. Chase, Cedar Falls; Fourth, ex-Governo# Willlam ' Larra- bee, Clermont! Fifth, Jumes Wilson, Traer; Sixth, J. W. Jornagin, Montezuma: Seventh, Henry Stivers, Des Moines; Eighth, 8. H Mallory, Chariton: Ninth, Charles Ashiton, Guthric Center; Penth, John ¥. Duncombe, Fort Dodge; Bleventh, W, H. Dent, Le- Mars, nen Prostrated by Heat. ~mic, I, July 14.—[Special to Tue .J—Fire at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon destroyed the implement house and stock of L. H. Grifith and damaged 6,000 bushels of bbed corn belonging to Southwick Bros, Seventeen firemen wero prestrated by the heat, The 0us cases are tho of Lon Highly and Elmer Steward. L. H, Grimth's loss 18 §,000, insurance $1200. Southwick Bros. lose #00, fully insured. 'I'he thermom- cter registered 104 = in the shade, Hot Weather. Keokuk, Ta, July 14.—At 8 o'clock this afternoon the thermometer at the signal ser- vice station registered 104 degrees, the high- est point marked since the service was estab- lished here, in 1 Sustained Fatal Injuries. Diis Morxes, Ta, July 14.—[Special Tele- gram toTue Bee.| T, B. Strike, a prominent farmer near here, was so badly injured by bo- ing thrown from a buggy Saturday that he died this morning. Original P ckage Houses Thriving. Booxt, Ia., July 14.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bre.)-Two .more original package houses are to be added 1o the four already runming in Boone, Those here sell ouly by the bottle und ave baving no trouble. Lambertson Arrested. Booxe, 1a., July 14.—(Special Telegram to Tue Bee. ]- A, Lambertson, who got $130 of Kato Shelley's money and escaped from the officers after being arrested, has been cap- tured in Amesand is now in'the Boone county jail. He willhave a preliminary exaviing- tlon Friday. - Kate's net loss will e about Audacious Attempt at Fraud, Davesrort, Ia, July 14.—[Special Telo- @ram to Tie Ber.]—An audacious attempt at fraud has just transpired here, The vie- tim is Mrs. Patience V, Newcomb, eighty-six years of age, and noted throughout this s tion for her princely gencrosity. Today, upon application of Charles Vicle, her brother, a banker of Evansville, Ind., she was de: clared of unsound mind, and S. ¥, Smith of this city was appointed temporary guardian, He immediately filed pavers in asult against Harriet V. Fiteh of New York, a_sister of Mrs. Newcomb, and George W. Fiteh her grandson, and his wife. The defendants came here in May, have since resided with the old lady, and'it is alloged that by undue influence have induced her to turnover to them property valued at over §i5,000, petistort i NEVADA GROWING SMALLER. The Litle Silver State Diminishing in Population. Wasnixaroy, July 14.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee,|—Senator Stewart of Nevada is very much annoyed at a proposition coming to him from his neighboring state of Califor- n1a to wipe out the state of Nevada from the Union. It will be shown from the next cen- sus that the state of Nevads, instead of increasing in citizenship, is stead- ily retrogressing, and the charge that it is nothing but a “‘rotten borough of mining camps, while an exaggeration, is un- pleasantly suggestive to Mr. Stewart. Tho coming census will show that the entire pop- ulation of Nevada is something less t 000 souls, The total vote cast at the clection, admitted to be one of the hottest gontested elections in Nevada, only amounted to some 10,000 vods. it has been held that it is a disgrace and injus- tice to the other states in the union that Ne- vada, with only 12,000 votors, shotld have two senators. Senator Stewart admits that the figures appear to be against Nevada, but #ays the explanation lies in the fact that Ne- vada is now in a trausition state from 4 mining to an ultural commun- ity and that given o fair chance she will in time become as popular as any of her sister states, ~ While no one bel lieves that the population of Nevada wil ever amount to much, it must be confessed on the other hand that there is ho method of ousting Nevadu from the union, because there is no provision in the constitution by ch either the senate or house or both. can t u state after it hus once been admitted. THE TARIFF BILL. Tt is the intention to take up the tariff bill in the senate as sjon as the sundry civ propriation bill, which is now pending, of the way. It will belikely somo time to- morrow or Wednesday at the ‘farthest. The committee on fuance today laid before each senator an immense quartd volume, bound in bright red cloth, containing the present tariff law, the McKinley bill as it passed the honse and’ the taviff ~ bill as reported from the senate committeo, together with a great deal of tariff data and_comparisons showing the operation of the bill in the houso and sen- ute forms, should the measure become a law in either form. While very littlo is being said about the time when the senate oxpocts to finally dispose of the tarift bill, it is the goneral impression . that the meastre will g to the conference committes within four weeks, so that, barring unnecessary delays and the time-serving practicos of the democrats, the bill may re- ceive final action before the end of August. It is believed that the democrats in the senate will fight the measure item by item with amendments, but the vepublicans, although they will make many suggestions as to changes, will stand close enough together adoption ~ of the cally the form it was reported from the conmiitee on financet The beet sugar advocates in Nebraska, Kan- sas and one or two other states will usk to have the present duty, or at least two-thirds of it, retuined on SugAr S0 as (0 encourage tho evelopment, of the domestic production, aud it is among the probubilities that if thert are any material changes it will be in that divec: tion, DENOUNCED A8 A STPAL. The Atkins bill granting additional track- age privileges to the Baltimore & Potomac as a branch line of the Penusylvania raiload in this city occupied the time and attention of the house to Congressman Connell was among those who strongly opposed the passage of the bill. He madé a bitter speech against the bill, denouncing an unmitizated steal having its origin in the braius of some aried official of the Pennsylvania ri ny. - Ho fur- ther claimed that the peopie nad some rights which even arailroad should be required to vespect. As demonstrating the sentiment of tho people he referred to the action of the Washington board of trade and_the resolu- tions adopted by the American Federation of United Workmen and the Kuights of Labor, denouncing the bill. A motion was adopted scommitting the bill, which may kil it so faras this session of cougress is concerned. NEBKASKA POSTAL MATTERS, Nebraska postmasters appointed: At Tekamah, Burt county, Charles ¥, Bardwell; Stop, Custer county, B. J. Taughlin; Moran, Wheeler county, £d Gilroy; Beloit, Folt county, 8. P. Glassburn; Payota, Antelope county, James T, Welch;' Spannuth, Lincoln county, Chris 1, Bocitauer. Dan Binkerd has_beou removed from the postmastership at Dorsey, Holt county, on the strength of afidavits charging him with gross tmmorality. SRl UTAH ELECTIONS, Mormons Snowe 0apEy, Utah., July 14.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bee.]—The liberal part d four out of five wards in the city school election today. The liberals elected one member of board last year by one majority. In this election the liberals have nearly four hun- dred majority in the four wards and lose ono ward by sixty-two majority. This means free schools for Ogden, with® the Mormon's church totally expelled. Ogden will be the first city in Utah to enjoy the Am tom of education, Of course, there is gen rejoicing in the eitv among the Genti The liberals expect to carry the county on August 4 next. Under. Liberals Carry the Day. SavrLake, Utah, July 14.—[Special T gram to Tag Ber,)—The liberal part, vied the election today by 1,100 ma The-fight has becn a bitter one and the libe have miade @ great battle. Congressman Dol- liver of Iowa has been hove for a time mak- ing speeches nightly. and been assisted by local men. 'The city is ablaze tonight, the liberals being very -jubilant, as tho result predicts victory in” August. Out of ten wembers of the school board the Mormous elect but one. The war cry has_been **Froe Schools,” while the Mormons have upheld their old polic; il T Two Fatal Collisions. BroowiNGto¥, Ind., July 14.—An accommo- dation and freigit train on the Louisville Now Albany & Chicago road collided near French Lick this moming, Both trains w badly wrecked and a dozen passengers and trainmen injured, some fatally. Passe Conductor Brown, Grant Johnson of Chi- :0, Engineer Hendrickson and Bralkeman Robertson ave in & very eritical condition. All the others burt will, it is thought, re- cover, Ricavoxp, Va, July 14.-A passenger train on toe James river division of the Chesa- peake & Obio road collided with a freight last night near adstone. Fireman Holt r train and a ne ere killed and fou The Weather Forecast, For Omaha and vicinity—Fair weather. For Nebraska—Falr, except in extreme | eastern portions; slightly cooler; easterly winds, For Towa—Cooler; fair; orly winds; stationary temperature, For 'South Dakota—Fair; stationary tew- ] perature, northwe SREFFIELD A Declaration Again e Proposed American 1ol [Copiright 159 by Jame Gordon Bennett. | Suerrieiy, July 14.—[New York Herald cable,—Special to Tre Brr. | —A town's mect- ing prosided over by the mayor, held in Shof- fleld tonight to protest agalnst the proposed American tarif, was held in the open aix and attended by over 10,000 workingmen, Letters weve read from borongh members approving the object of the mecting. The master cutter moved a resolution pro- testing against the prohibitory tariffs pr posed to bo placed on British goods by the United States in return for the froe market accorded i the united kingdom to Amorican products, and calling on the government to acquaint the president, claiming that such \TESTS action, being hostile and unfair to the wel- | fare of the manufacturing population of Great Britain, s viewed with great disfavar in this country, “The mastercutter expressed the opinion that the tariff bill was proposed in the inter- ests of individuals and for political reas- ons. Hnglish pople had the most porfect good will towards inhabitants of the United States thoy wen members of the samo race, i ra fes of the world were entrusted, and therefore anything that tended to disturb the good feel- | ing that ought to exist botween England and America was o distinet loss to the whole world. Hedid not believe the masses in the United States were in favor of these proposals, which were brought forward for political considera- tions. The resolution was seconded by the president of the Sheficldo cham- ber of commerce and eavried enthusiastioall Colonel Bingham, o prominent free trader, moved a resolution to communicate the feel- ing of Shefield to Lord Salisbury and advo- cate retaliation, but was called 0 order by the mayor, this matter being outside the scope of the meeting. This resolution was also carried by the meeting, which was very enthusiastic and unanimous. - ) THE BONE. Lightntng Strikes aKentucky Farmer and Tears HVin to licoes, LoursviLLe, Ky., July 14.—[Special Tele gramto Tz Bee. |-Bamard CLff, a weilthy farmer near Lagrayge, was struck by light- niag yesterday and instantly killed, He was just going into his stable with his little stepson, Willie Smith, when the lightning s seeil to envelope him and the crash was d. The current struck him just over the v, burned a hote through kis head and glanced down the left arm, tearing the flesh from the bones, Tna twinkling it was doneand_the unfor- tunate victimsuffered no pam. His stomach was frightfully mutiiated and was literally burned out, besides every stiteh of clothing he wor viis torn to shreds and the shoes Yrero wienched from the charred and e . The hoy w STRIPPED bloody 5 knocked down by_the shock, bt managed to rise, He had been on his feot again but a minute when another car. rent strack him. * This rendered him insen- sible and he lay in o semi-conseious state for over an hour before he was discovered by some one who was pas - Not Many Indians Will Vote, Craniereaty, 8. D., July 14.—[Special to ™ Bre)—Itis wot probable that many of the Sioux Tudians will be entitled to cast their votes at the clection this fall, Inorder tovote it would be nccessury for them to take their allotments, renounce their tribal relations and declare their intention of be- coming citizens of the United States. When it is considered that as soon as they do this the government will cease giving them ra- tions, it can be expected that not many of them will endeavor to become full-fledged citizens of the groatest republic on earth, When it comes to a choice botween voting and freo government feed, the Indian will take feed evory time. The happlest hours of an Indian’s life is when vation day ar and he would under no circumstinces sacri fico this pleasure, ot T A Crank Oh Paris, July 14—When President Carnot was about to enter the Elyseo palaco this evening & man standing near by fired a ro- volverinto the air. _ Upon being taken to a police station ho said he wus a chemist and the author of many inventios. He has been out of employment, some time and wished to attract the presidentand ptiblic to his case, “The police say the revolver was loaded with blanlk cartridges. i K] Bound Over. Prries Ciry, Mo, 1. —[Speciil Tele- gram to Tue By preliminary examina- tion was held today at Rockport in the case of the state versus James F. Charles and Dock Golding. The defendants were bound over to thegrand jury, These are the parties who attempled to haug J. H. Stewart xuear Hamburg, Ta., June 17, ————— No Cholera in Valencia, NDON, July 14.—A correspondent of the Times at Madrid telegraphs that the repor that cholera prevails in th y of Valen are absolutely false. He says there is not a single case of the discase in” the city, nor is hadow of the panic that is said to ist theve, t. P San Salvador ina 8§ ate of Siege. La Linriran, San Salvador, July 14.—The government today issued a proclaniation de- claring the country ina state of siege, War with G s imminent. Nearly twenty thousand troops are stationcd along this sic of the froutier. Great enthusiasm prevails, . - W. D, Ewing Nominated for Congress. CiiicaGo, July 14.—The democratic conven- tion of the First congressional district this morning nominated W. D, Ewing, assistant United States district attorney, as didate in opposition to Congressman Taylo g — O'honovan Rossa. Dunriy, July 14.—[Special Cablegran to Tae Bei]—The Freemm's Jourmal that 0'Danov: #'s period of outl will expiron. ter and that he will vi Cork in Januan The Austrian Virssa, July 14, Par Bee,) n Agreement. e m to “The Austrian iron m decided to prolong their agreement relative to the prices of iron for three years from January 1, S R England's Claim in Tuhis. Rowe, July 14— [Special Cablegram to Tae Ber)—Opinion says that England has_as. sured Italy that ste does uot mtend to aban: dou lier rights in Tunis Forty-Four (h lera Victims. Bosnay, July 14.—~Forty-four deaths from cha have oceurred amoug members of a battalion of Ghoorkas stationed at Dharma- sals, in the Punjub, il DA ox., duly 14.- pled by th building occu- general oMcers of the Texas & road and an adjoining buildiug 1 by fire this morning, cntail- Fully insured. te Sult Them. Loxnoy, July lh—At Shefeld today a ing of 12,000 persons, presided over the mayor, protested against the McKinloy bill and urged the government, if it passed, to take protective m o1 e The Death Kol : Loxpox, July W.—John Ralfs, the well known botanist, dicd at Penzuce toduy, towhom the future destin- | BOCUS | that | issuch that he was unable | \ CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. The Sundry Oivil Appropriation Bill Taken Up in the Senate. AN ITEM FOR REPAIRING TREASURY VAULTS Milwaukee Gotsa Nice Slice Added o Her Pablic Bullding Allowany Nothing Accomplished in tho House, Wisnivaroy, July 14—The senate today tookup the sundry civil bill. Among the many amendments agrend to was one inse fng 433,500 for improving, extending and r pairing the vaults in the treasury building and for constructing new vaults or safes there, The amendment to insert an ftem ot $00,000 for establishiag in Washington a Latine American memorial library, the site to be se- lected by the seerctary of state and the build- ingto bo erected under his direction and su pervision having been reached, Mr. Vest op- it as part of a sentimental programme {0 secure commerce with the South American states, 1t was nonsonse to expect that any glamour could be thrown over the subject in the way of sentiment that would bring such trade, esides there was now being erected a magnificent library building at a cost of #,000,000, and certain rooms in t builling might be dedicated to the purpose indicated in the amendinent, Mr. Hawley concurred with everything Mr. Vest said. It would be better to take a section or branch of the congressional library ud entitle it the Latin-Awmerican momorial library, Heoffered an amendment to that effect and appropriating $25,000 for the pur The tion. Mr. Spooner moved to increase the hmit of cost of the public building at Milwaukee by 400,000, Agreed to. Having disposed of fifteen bill, it was laid aside until tomo The senato bill to further suspond for years the statute in rajation to th islands was taken from the calen passed, The house bill opening to settloment tionof the Fort Randall military res in South Dukota, with amendments, pussed. Adjourned. $ amendment went over without ae- pages of the w, e House WasmiyaroN, July 14.~The house spent the day on District of Columbia matters aud nothiug of importance was accomplished. St o SMITTEN WITH A CELINAMAN, Au Unnatural Marriage Temporarily Postponed. July 14.—[Special Telegram to Tho police interfered with a wedding between: a Chinaman, whom they charge with having o wife and child in China, and a young white girl. The « mony was to have taken plice list night in Chinatown, the groom beiug Charles Chang and the girl Alico Bloomer, an extremely pretty girl who lives with her-mother, Tho mother hud given her conse Oficer Muleahey heard of the affair and locked up thegirlat the Hurvison stroet sta- tion. The Chinaman tried to bail the girl out, but the oficers would not permit it. Tho girl pleaded to bo allowed to marry Chang. Alice's sistor is Mrs. Lee 800, who married a Chinaman four years ago. Today the court released the girl and she will atonee wed the Chinaman, Paris in Gala Attire. Pans, July .—[Spoecial Cablegram to Tie Bre.]—Tho one hundrod and first annie iy of the full of the Bastile is being cele- brated with gheat enthusiasm here today. The city has o festive strects are thron One feature of th atue of Stra ¢ by the proces s of & number of v, Boulangist mo attompted to make o speech He was wirned by the police, sted in addressing the crowd warning, and was theveupon taken iuto custody. Another feature of the celobration was the parade by children ate tending the public schools, who marched be- fore the Hotel Devill Crreaao, Tue B t, but as o march Plice de la sting of the n at the statu but hie por despite tho General Fremont's Faneral, New Yous, July 14.—Arrangements for the funeral of Major General John C. Fremont : It will take place Wed- 1t Episcopal of St. Ignatiu will be no ¢ disp The interment will be in cemetery in this eity. NaToN, July L+.—The president this 1issucd a general order eulogistic of the services of (General Fremontand order- g the e displaved at malf mast on all the buildings of the exceutive deparunent until after the funeral takes place, An Atchison 8 nsatio Arcnrsoy, Kas., July 14.—[Special Telo- gram to Tig Brr]—Anaction was filed in the district court today by the Atchison guar- antyinvestment company against Frank H. Wilson, its former cashicr, for the recovery of #1,066 alleged to have been embozzled by him from the company. Wilson has been quite prominent in Afehison business and social circles for several years and the seri- ous charge againsthim ‘caused o profound sensation, milita Trinit Snow on the Central NNy, July 14 —[Special Cablegram 1o ]—Suow covers the central Alps aud continues falling. In the district of Sala Kammergut and adjacent country, every. thing has a \\‘in(r{ appearance, Itivers suthern Tyrolese Alps have overflowed r bal The Adige, from Rosen di , hus flooded the adjacent country, city of ut, in Austr hich i situate on the left bank is submerged, ops in Ir.land, Loxno 14, —[Special Cablegram to Tue Bee.]—The offlcial report relative to crops in Ireland says the condition of potas toes is generally very fine. There are some signs of blight, however, in Limerick, Cork and KKerry counties, Oats und barlev prome ise fine crops, Turnips are in good condition, The growth of wheat and corn is retarded, - Poison:d by Bad Water, Towa Crry, Ta., July 14.—One hundred und men, women and children ot a church picnic at Solon, north of I City, were prostrated yesterday with ser ymptoms of poisoning caused by usi from un abandoned well. Physicians were summoned and administered rémedies and in a few hours the pat , no case being fatal, i UL £l Obied Captured, Loxnox, July 14.—[Special Cablegram to Tue Bre. | —Intelligence has been recelved here that an engagement hus taken place be- tween the force led by Bl Zonoussi, the Tunisan holy man, and the Mahdists, and the followers ' of Maldis were defeated that Bl Zenoussi has captur. sapital of Kardofun, - Glads! Loxnox, Jufy 14 Tur Bee. | -Gladstoue is 111, Itis veporte El Obied, th m. al Cablegram to His condition to atwend the meeting of the precedure comisittee of the house of commons today. -~ Approved the Silver Bill, WasmNGiox, July 14.—The president ape proved the silv bill immediately upon its receipl ut the white touse,