Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 29, 1891, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BE 3 SUNDAY, MARCH 29, I801.—SIXTEEN PAGES HAS CONE TO THE COVERNOR. Elder and Majors Attach Their Signatures to the Newberry Bill BOYD IS NOW CONSIDERING IT. When Will They Adjourn—Killed the Third Rellef Bill — Several Cuts Made in the General Ap- propriation Bill. ¥, Nob., March 25—|Special Tele- gram to Tur Brr|—The Newberry maxi- mum rate billwas signed by Speaker Elder this morning, after which Lieutenant Gov- ornor Majors attached his signature, It wos then sent to Governor Boyd. ‘When Will They Adjourn? Lixcovx, Neb., March 28.—(Speclal to Tne Bee,]-On next Monday the senate will have reached the sixtieth and last day of«its , sossion, Ifitshould not adjourn then the . members will receive no remuneration from the stato for the legislative services which they may render. The house is now nearly a week overduo and, some time since, appointed a committee to confer with a like committee of the senate on the question of adjourning. This commit- has thus far accomplished nothing. The committee of the senate which it hoped 10 meet was not appointed tll several days later. It was not constituted with a desiro to unnecessarily hasten the close of the session. On tho contrary, it was suggested with a de- sire to prolon it until the logislature should have enacted some valuable laws and, above all, the maximum rate bill. The committeo consists of Messrs, Stevens, Keiper and Shumway. The first mentioned will hold out against adjournment so long as his party tells him s0to do. Senator Keiper will oppose going away until hie tninks the object for which the session was called has been accomplished, while Senator Shumway will strike @ mean petween those extremes, As a unit, how- ever, these wen feol as if the purpose of the session will have been attained at the farth- est, by the close of next week. In that period - and pass o great numberof bills. In thatperiod the uncortainty regard- ing the fote of -the maximum vote bill “will have boen seftled. That docament must be returned to the houss on ov before Thursday next, with or without the governor's appro- bation. Tf it should be approved the legisla- ture wigimmediately pack up and go home. It it "should mnot be approved the legislature will remain long enough 1 at- tempt to pass the bill over the veto. Inde- pendents hold there 1s no reason to doubt that this may be accomplished. One wi more 1s As much as can be ex- pected of these patriots. Reliof Bill Killed Again. Laxcory, Neb.,, March 25.—[Special to Toe Beg.|—Relief bill No.3 was killed in the sen- ate this morning in committee of the whole, It originated in the house and provided for the appropriation of $100,000 for the succor of the drouth sufferers, Senator Christofferson said he had always been willing to respond to the demand of the western sufferers for help, but he did not see how the voting of seed to them could be of advantage at this time, Senator Stovens said 1t had been shown that it was impossiblo to supply all the desti- tute families with seed out of anappropiia- tion of $100.000, Senator Poynter said he had done all he could to afford the western sufferers relief. He did not think it would be just to his con- stituents to voto more aid at this time. Senator Warner wanted to know if the emergency clause had not beon stricken from the bill. Senator Dysart said that he had voted in favor of all the relief bills, Under the cir- cumstances he thought they had done all that could be done for: the westorn peoplo. i Senator Randall said it was their duty to assist those who wero unable to buy seed or 10 protect themselves. mator Thomas said there was no man , who had momfil heart tho interests of the great state of Nebraska than himsell. He thought enough had already been appro- ‘priated, Senator Koontz said that many people who wero then iu the eastand who are now in the west sont, roliof into Neuraska in those days, It was only fair that they should be favored now. If he had it in his power he would appropriate $00,000 for the relief fund. Senator Schram said he wanted to know when the western farmers intended to sow their corn. In Jul{( If that was the case “ the needy onos could not huy a dollar’s worth of seed before the bill became a law. Senator Smith said that he had once been a recipient of relief in this state aud he was happy to say it had put bin on his logs, The state ought to be liberal with the sufferers now—cast its bread on tho waters and he ‘was sure it would come back again, Several other speeches were made, after which Senator Shumway moved that when the committee rise it report back the bill with the recor mendation that it b indefin- itely postponed, The motion was udopted. Cutting Off Clerk LiNcoLy, Neb., March 23.—| Special Tole- gram to Tur Bre|—There will be some music in the alr Monday, when the salary ap- propriation bill comes up in committe.of the whole. A conference of members, including reprosontatives of all threo parties was and ® cut In salaries lino _determined upon. All tho clorks and employes _ in the state oftices, except the deputy, whose sulary is fixed by law, will suffer a roduction on tho average of #200 in_their salaries, and the sorvices of one or more clerks in nesrly every dopartment will be dtspensod with. At loast this 1s the programme of those who ore endeavoring to make a retronchment in public expenses. The Senate. Taxcor Neb., March 25,—[Special to Tie Bes. |—The senate met this morning at 9:35. The committee on railroads recommended the indefinite postponement of senate file No. 149, requiring railroad companies to post in each passenger station a list of their employes at that station; also, placing on general file house roll No. 302 requiring ralroads to operate theirlines at least within four years after they shall have secured right of way, The committee on privilages and elections recommended the indefinite postponement. of senato file No. 22, relating to_voting at state and ity elections: also No, 222, relating to ballot boxes at elections; also, the passage of No, 257, relating to the method of con- testing state oxeeutive offices: also, placing on general file No. 23, amending the cousti- on to admit of senators being elected for four years. The committee on the passage of hot divoree proceedings because of i y. Tho committee reports made yesterday ‘were brought \“n again and the bills referred to the general flle. ‘The sifting committee reported about thirty bills which will be considerea in the order of the report. A couple of house bills were read for the first time, Then followed a few on second reading. A motion was made to suspend the rules 80 as to consider the South Owaha stocx yards bill, but the motion did not prevail. ‘The senate thenfwent into comnittee of the ‘whole to consider bills on the general file. House roll No. 104, constitutingelght hours ® legal day's labor, was reconsidered and recommended for passago without any amendments. The body then considered house roll No. 461, appropriating a third $100,000 for the re- Tiof of drouth sufferers. The bill was recom- meunded for wdefinite postponement. ?d)sunwd till Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. ’ The House. LixcoLx, Neb,, Mareh 28, Bre.]~The house resumed comn: the goneral sppropriation bill. Tho expenses of the institute for feeble minded at Boatrice “ were taken up and nearly every item closely | scrutinized. These reductions were made: Malntenance and employes wages from §50,- 000 to $45,000; farm supplies, from $1,300 to $1,000; oftico supplies, from $1,000 to 00 repalrs and improvements, from $3,00 to ,000; incidentals, from $1,000 to §00. The tem 81,000 for improvements of the grounds on o of ton was siricken out en- tirely. NO change was wade In the sstimates for the institute for the bild at Nebraska City, which aggregated 825, y Nowberry and Hinklo of Sarpy spoke in favor of abolishing the fish commission. Tho following changes in the expenses of tho hatchery were made: Necessary labor was reduced from #3512 to #,000, and the ex- ponses of the board ($1,000) was strack out. In the afternoon session the general appro- riation bill was again tuken up and the fol- owing changes wore mado from the report of the committee: The estimates for the home for fallen women at Milford were re- duced as follows: Employes' wages from #,000 to $3,000; fuel and lights, $,000 to £1000: water supply, §,000 to €150 clothing, £2000 to 81,000; the expenses of the board o trustees (81,000), boiler and Iaundry house (#,000), steam heating for two dormitories ($1,000), and 8200 chapel expenses, were all stricken out. No change was made [n the estimates for tho homo of the friendless excopt reducing expenses for fuel and lights from 8,000 to #,000. ‘Tho state university appropriation was passed without change. The sum of §,000 for bounty on wolf scalps whas stricken out of the miscellaneous items, and 6,000 instead of 5,000 copies of tho stat- utes for free distribution to state ofiiciils ata total cost of 815,000, A deficlencs of $106.61 for electric lights at tho Norfolk insano asylum was stricken out. Howe moved an amendment_that tho ex. penses for the insane should be paid out of the insane fund as far as possible. An amendment in tho form of a rider that all printing provided for exceeding the sum of $50 shall be let by contract to the lowest bidder was added. The item §50,000, for new cell house for the state penitentiary, was recansidered on mo- tion of Porter and the amount reducod to $10,000, The wages of the gmployes woro mado pay- able monthly instead of quarterly. The committee arose and rc’mrh’r\ the bill back, with the recommendation that it do pass, and will come up for final action at 10 a. m. Monday, the hour to which the house adjourned. b Legislative Notes. 3 March 28.— [Spocial to T \der signed tho maximum then departed for his home to spend Sunday with his family, Representative Ames, the ‘“peacemalcer from Otoe 18 lying dangerously ill at his bome and will hardly be in his seat again during the session. The work of the committac of the whole continued today till after 6 o'clock, but_the members kept dropping out until only about forty remained when tho committee arose. Represontative Taylor of Johnson who has been ill with the prevailing ailment was 10 his seat today. Church Howoled the fight In favor of in- stilling the principle of cconomy and reform into the management of the Milford home for fallen women. He was especially earnest in striking out,_the chapel expenses, for he did not believe that any man—not even a minis- ter, had ony busincss around there. ———— RAILROADS ENCOURAGED. Belief That Governor Boyd Will Veto the Newber'y Bill. Crrcaco, March 88.—(Special Telegram to Tie Bee.|—The most encouraging thing wostern railroads have hoard fo months was the veport from Lincoln today that Governor Boyd would probably veto the maximum freight bill passed by the legislature. He does mot wish to sign auy bilis until tho Thayer contest is disposod of next Tuesday. Should he not sign or veto the bill by Thursday, however, it would be- come a law. 1t is belioved he will veto the bill before it thus becomes a law. Tho west- om rouds had already agreed to fight the bill if it became a law, but it would have been enforced until o supreme court decision could have been obtained. It is the general bolief that if this occurs it will force some roads into receivers’ hands. The Western iate Question, Curcaco, March 28,—Tho chief subject of gossip in railroad circles just now is the al- leged manipulation of traffic by the Gould lines. That the result will be the dissolution ofthe presidents' agreoment is apparently the firm belief of many managers. Although the “present good behavior 6f a majority of tho ‘westérn roads is siid, in some quarters, to bes duo to the oporation of the agreoment, the freight officials tell a different story, They say the reason they are doubly carerul in maintaining rates 1s because of instruce tions from their presidents and that the lat- ter are not influenced so much by the agree- ment as by the action of the inferstate com, merce commission in causing federal grand juries to investigate the violations of the law for the purpose of punishing the offenders, It has been learned that the reduction of § cents in tho sugar rate from tho seaboard to Missouri river points was assumed wholly by the Missouri Pacific, the Kanawha Dispateh giving its full proportion to St. Louis, Chairman Midgely, it is now known, made an attempt to open communication with Traffic Manager Leeds of the Missouri Pacific but was unable to get an_snswer from that oficial, 5o he sent a dispatch to General Manager Clarke, and 1f that gentleman does not reply by Monday it is understood Midgely will communieate with Jay Gould directl) and ask the discharge of the agent who issued the reduced tariff. Western roads are much excited over the matter, Rates on Stone to Omaha, Cricago, March 28,—The commissioners of the Western Traflic association this morning decided two of the appealed cases which they have been considering. In the matter of the application of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis Omaba road for authority to make & rate of 181§ cents per 100 pounds an unwronght stone from certain Lake Superiorquarries to Omaha, it was suggested that the matter might be settled without reductions of rates by lessening the tariffts on stone from Col- omdo points and from Lake Super for polnts to Omaha into correspondence and conformity with each other. A commis- sion of five was therefore appointedto con- sider adjustmenton this plan and reports of recommendations will be made to Chairman Watker within two weeks from date. The other case is the application of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul to establish the same rate from Chicago to St. Paul and Minneapolis on curbing and paving stone as at present applies on rough building stone, This was referred to the stouo committee of the western freight association, with instruc. tons to make an early report to tho chair- man. Monon Negotiations. NEwW York, March 28 —[Special Tolegram to Tnr Ber.|-General Samuel Thomas re- turned today from his trip with John Green- ough, of Poor & Greenough, and other rail- road men, over the Louisvill, New Albany & Chicago railroad. The trip was taken in pursuance of the engagement maae by a syndicate iuterested in the Rich- mond Terminal to 1ift the floating debt of the Monon road and take control of the property, The deal was not completed yestenlay, al- though Ceneral Thomas, as repro- sentative of tho syndicate, mitted his report the directors of the “Monon,”” The latter men were in session discussing the propositions of the syndicate until alate hour, and finelly adjourned without action. General Thomas declined to say whother there was any wodification in the origingl proposal and there is & likelihood of negotiations being prolonged several Big Four OMcial Indicted. | Ixpiasarors, Ind., Mavch 28.—Although the federal authoritles have maintained silence on the subject, Itis belioved that tho grand jury yesterday returned an indict ment against ouo f the officers of the Big Four milroad for alleged violation of the inter-state cominerce ‘law, and it is quite likely that within the next twenty-four huurs an arrest witl be ma » e The Gale Abates. WirniNorox, Del., Maveh 2. —Tho gale at the Delaware breakwater abated this after- uoon and 1o more dunger Is apprehonded Soveral vessels are ushore, but no loss of life s yet reporte Chargo ™ ppropriation of Funds, Coronbos, O,, March 28.—Representatives of the Shawnee iron point coal and iron com- pany have applied to the United States court master to take charge of thoaTalrs of the for a company. The chirge is made that Presi- dent Welch and others fraudulently misap- propristed #15,000 in bonds, together with several thousand doliars profits of the com- pany, — - — A PRIENT'S SHAME. Father Murphy Falls a Victim to the Drink Habit. Siovx City, Ta., March 2. —[Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee]— Rev. Father Coniff Murphy is in_jail here, charged with intoxi- cation and disturbing the peace. He bas been pastorof St. Johns at Aberdeen, 8. D., but was suspended five weeks ago by Bishop Marty for drunkemness, As soon a3 he reached Sioux City he proceeded to fill up, and today became so_disorderly as to invite arrest. Iev, Flather Trescy refuses to have anything todo with him. Danger From the River. Stovx Ciry, o, March 28,—(Special to T B, -1t is fearod that Sioux City will this spring repeat the experiences of four vears ago, when the Missourd river cutout fcres of valusblo renl cstate, Worth miny thousands of dellars, The current of the stream has tirned to the lowa _side, and the extensive government protections may give way beforeit. The Pacifio Short Liuo road crosws thoriver hero on 8 pontoon bridkey which has been taken out forfoar it Woul be carried away whon the ice breaks. Suicide of a Keokuk Citizen. Krokuk, In., March 28,~William Woolley, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Keokulc, committed suicide today by hanging during temporary aberration of mina induced by & severe attack of tho grippe. THE GRIP IN CHICAGO, Death Roll the Past Week Foots Up Over Nine Hundred: Cnieaco, March 35, —The grip appears to bo on the increase in this city, being favored by tho extremely disagrocable weather pre- ling for some tume past. The death roll for six days of this weok ended tonight reacied o total of 920, and the figures for the week will bo higher than ever known in the bistory of Chicago. Last week the total was 809 and that was loked upon as abnormaily large. All branches of business are inconvenienced by the illness of employes, and tho police and fire depart- ments and street, car lines have many men 1aid up. By farthe larger portion of deaths reported aro due to pulmonary troubles, for tho most part resulting from the grip. Sev- eral physicians nave diod within o few day This morning Dr. Charles T. Parkes, a physician and surgeon widely known, and who for years has been prominently con- nectod with the medical colloges ‘and ~hospi- tals hore, died of pncumonin, following un at- tack of the grip. SPORTING A Bas: balt Injunction. CixersNam, O., March 28, —Judge Bates of the common pleas court today, upon applica- tion of tho assoclation club, enjoined the leaguo from paying to A. L. Johnson the draft for $2,000 given him for his interest in the Cincinnati franchise. The league delegates have deposited the money, subject to the order of Treasurer Yourg, to be paid Johnston upon his compli- ance with the vequirements of the contracts. The restraming order, they say, will only have the offect of yruvummg Young from aying Johnston in full at present. Before Jeaving for home touight the leaguo delegates ratified the contract between O'Neil and Johnston relating to the purchaseof the Cin- ciunati club, Arranging a Glove Contest, New Onieans, La., March 25,—[Special ‘Pelegram to Tur Bee.]—W. B. Masterson of Denver, Colo,, writes to the “Bantam,’! requesting him to see if the Olympicclub will offer a purse for a glove contest betieen Johnnie Grifin of Braintroe, Mass,, and Frank Stecle of Boston, the men to weigh 123 pounds, gfve or taks one ponnd. It 18 proba- lo that the Olympic will offer & good purse forago vetween these feather weights to take place in May. The Jup Defeated. Rocurstir, N. Y., March %.—At the Bijou theater tonight Mateada, ‘“the 'Jap,”! and Hugh Leonard of Belfast, . Y., wrestled for $100 a side and the middleweight cham: pionship of the world. Leonard won the first fall in soventeon minutes and the second in threo minutes by calhing lold of the Jap's legs and throwing him over his head, A diady CATTLE EXPOR18 TO EUROPE. A Gradfying Increass Shown by Official Figures. CiicAGo, March 28, —Tho first permit for inspection of cattle for export to Kurope under thd new law was issued. today to Nel- son Morris of Chicago. Morris received a dispatch fhis afternoon from Secwetary of Agrioutture Rusk announcing the fact. In: formation was also received showing the marvelous results of the inspection system while yet imperfect operation before the pas- sage of thenew law. The official figures of Secretary Rusk show that_during January and February of this year Great Britain re- ceived fromthe United States 52,400 head, Germany 1231, Belgium %5 and Franco 134! Theso figutes, it is explained, Show an in: Sreass in the foreign cattle trade of the United States for two months of 1391 over a corresponding peviod last year of nearly 32 per cent. e CONVICTED,BUT NOT GURLTY. Sensational Story About a Murder Case at Pittsburg, Purrsnure, Pa., March 28.—A sensation was created here today by the charge that the dos perado who murdered Detective Gil- kinson last Saturday was the real murderer of Umberger, a farmer, for which crime Dayid and Joseph Nicely are to b executed at Somerset next Thursday. The Nicelys were conylcted on purely circumstantial ovi- denco and have steaaily protested their lino- cence of the crime. e Horace Greeleys's Daughter Engaged. New Yomk, March 2.—Miss. Gabrielle .Grecley, daughter of Horace . Greeley, founder of the Tribune, is engaged to be married to Rev. Frank Montrose Clendenin, rector of St. Puter’s Protestant Episcopal church of Westchester. Rev. Mr. Clendenin is ason of (George Clendenin-of Waskdugton, D. C.He graduated at Columbian univer- sity, Washmgton, and afterward from the Pritceton theological sominary. He re- mained in the Presbytorian church only one vear and during that time was pastor of the Prosbyterian hureh at Nasnville, 1, - In 1881 he went over to the Protostant Episco- pal church and became rector of St. George's church ot Belleville, 11l After three years he went to Cleveland and remained there until 1887, when he became rector of St. Poter's. Compromised Matters. [xoraxaroLis, Tud., March. 28.—The oack- bone of the huilding trades troubles was broken today when tne general contractors association and carpenters union arrived at a_compromise, brought about throtgh the oftorts of National Secretary MoGuire. The agreement provides for a permanent arbitra- tlon commiitee, eight hours Tor a day’s work overtime at time and @ balf, Sunday and hol- fday work us double tme. Tho carpenters n men in other Y that the plasterers, pamters ayd plum! mediately arbi’ Urato their difforences. i L TR Making Very Little Headway. Pirvsnuno, Pa., March 28.—The operators struggliug to resume work with the coke plants in the Connellsville region are not making u great deal of héadway. It was learned today that comparatively few strik- ers have goue back to work, notwithstanding they are in o deplorable condition finuncially. As the fight is now for an eight hour day, in addition fo other demands, the call for ‘as- sistonce made on the Kuights of Labor and American Federation of Labor will likely weol with favorable responses. - Business Troubles. Bostox, Mass., Maxch 2, —Tho Boston car spring company 15 financially embarrassed. Its dobts amount to about $116,000, SWEPT THE VILLAGE AWAY. Tonth Anniversazy of the Big Flood on the Misgourl River 1 odT NIOBRARA WIPED OUT OF W Reminlecencos of the Thrilling Times Exporiencgd — Suffering Under Amusing Clroumstances — The Flood's Bamage atOmaha. EXISTENCE. N 1onrara, Neb., March 27.—[Special Tele- gram to Tace Bee. |~The winter of 1880-81 was remarkablo for its heavy snows, severe cold and loug duvation. 1t began Octobor 15 and continued until late the following April. The milroads into this country had boen blockaded from January 19, and those into tho Dakotas wore disabled until May, leaving the merchants and the people with- ont goods, fuel or provisions, The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley had then only reached Oakdaie on the maln line and Plain- view on the Niobrara branch, Niobrara being on the Missouri, did not suffer froma lack of fuel, but provisions got pretuy low toward the last. THE MISSOURI RTVER PLOOD had been foretold by old river men,and while agood deal of preparation had +een going on along the lowlands, as in all such cases, the peoplo were not propared when the time came. The rivor bogan breaking up about March 2 velow hero, and lower Yankion was submerged, the water coming up toits main street and into its large hotol, while Green Island (iow Aten) was entively washed away, Old Vermillion was wiped out, and the long stretch of bottom land from there to was a great river, Elk Pont very extonsively. Above Niobrara the = nows came that much water was coming down, and on March 24 it gorged below here and filled the bauks and overflowed some, but the gorge broke and it was believed to be at an end. But on the night of March %), at 11 p. m., the thundering of distant rolling ico awakened the people to aliem. The night watchman gave the warning as best he could, and in less than halfan hour the overflow of the Missouri began spreading over Niobrara. Boats were procared and women and children living in one-story nouses were taken to two- story dwellings rapidly as possible. Thovgh the alarm was pretty gencrally given, many were unable to got. out of their houses until about two o’clock, when the water had reached the dopth of ubout three feet. THE ROAR OF THE ICE in_the river caused many to doudt of their safety, us great cakes cameover the banks, causing a current. through the very heart of the town. Fortunately, however, there was 1o wind and the ice did not comeinto town with sufficient force to doscrious destruction. As long as teams could move people were taken to the bench land west of town (where Niobrara now stands) and 1o the bluffs, and the boots did the remainder. In tho business, portionof the town the merchants and theiy clerks did some hardand uncomforcable work WAIST DEEP TN WATER, straightening out goods and getting them away from the witer. They exporionced terriblo shocks, from being chilled, and the night beinga very cold one, they' became helpless, Atoa.im,, of the30th the rise had subsided and gemained stationary about seven feet. deep, until about11_o'clock, when it began to fall slowly. ~All that day skiffs and flat boat: weve n_demand carrying pro- visions to the various houses, people to the blufls, and loking after the safety of live stock. 1 No bulldings wrb washed away, but side- walks, cord-wood, lumber and everything moyable lodged im the timber below. . On the 3ist theoverflow had fallen about thres feot, leaving cakes of iff Ghree and four foet nnfilunfl eovorin] ly: an acrd of ground. That wis’a bitter Bola¥ght, and April 1 the people were walkingd over the_town on the ie. They iere cloMing upand cheering up, thankful” that i, Wa3, 110 worse and no lives had been lost, "THE SCENES OF TFK FLOOD on the morning following were not without the comical side, though they were often pltiful; Tn most cases the women were more composed than the men. Riding' about thac morning one saw. suffering beasts upon hay stacks or endeavering to make land throug! the-ice that had formed over the entiro bot- tom, and in attempting tosave themselves they would gounder. Feoplo who had taken refuge to theupper stories were in many instances without Tood, and the appeals were many, Two families in one house, consist- ing of six persons lud_saved_two ‘potatocs on which they broakfasted Other families had not sufficient time to secure anything, andewere appealing to overy boatiman to bring something. *One man, however, whom fright had rendereq insensible for solid food, lustily called for whisky. OPEX TTANDED CHARITY: The hotels were frea toall; and Hon, A. L. Towlo, now receiverof the O'Neill land ofiico, though his_circumstances were ot that tme anything but encoutsging, was propriotor of thé Hubbard louse, and when oftered money blankly refused to ' accept it, remarking that. at such trying times overybody was welcome o his food as long s 1t Tas The people surrounding made room for the suffering, and toams from Creigliton and Buzile Mills came loaded with provisions and returned with women and children to their homes, Communication with theoutside world was. lunited, and Yankton and Sioux City had us in with the floating ico, On April 1 the Missouri had frozen over sufficiently for A VENTURSOME OLD WATER AT named Hoyt,and ‘1 succeeded in getting a message across the river detailing the occur- rences, which Was sent over the wires toad- joining towns. On the return of the messen- Ker lio brought a_ message o mie anaouncing that the riverbad risen at Bismarck ten foot higher than the proyions rise, making thirty teet above low water mark. At once signals were made out, thared flag being the signal of danger. On the2d the Missouri began nsing, and in the afternoon about 4 0’ clock TUE SIGNAL FLAG OF RED sppeared upon the bluff opposite Niobrara. The telegram had in the meantime given the peoplo sufficient wariing so that goods were stored away in second story bulldings or moved out of town to & more securo Location. Ice having formed on the night of March 81, men and women were next day astir getting their houses cleaned out. Tho: telegram, nowever, changed the -plans and the peo- ple could be seen proparing for de- parture. Teams weyo in readiness to doall they could as a Waiel of charituble duty though sowe unprineipled ones demanded anc received enormous dees for transportation, ik fheox e began on April 2, apd the next day (Sunday) it ran uto a slotigh south of thetown very rapidly. On thefollowing three days boats plyed'between tho Vuffs and vhe town. The fiul.m of water, oifever, did not reach the former height by about two feet, and on April 7it began fallig. On the Sth the rads were quite passiblo, a three-inch layer of snow the night - previous having saturated the water. On theth, 10th and lith ANOBHK} SNQW STORM occurred to fill wp Ane strwcts, which made Niobrara & dirty,” uddy town, But all felt thankful that Water only visitel us when reading the heagtrending reports from Green Island, Y anktongaud other places above and below' Niobrarauo oAt the time we did not realizo the awfulidinger. The bottom lands the whole length ofthe Missouri were under water, The Suntee Indians were warned off severil weeks beforo by their agent, Isalah Lightuer, and no loss was sustained. GREEN ISLAND WAS SWEPT AWA Y by the fivst flood, except two ox throe houses, and the second flood took what was left. Two churches, & hotel, a store, and many other buildings and Yivestock went with & rush. An old man named Morton aad his daughter were in their Bouse backof thetown, nnd when the wiver was risig they went to the sccond story. As thoriver con- tinued to rse @ massive cake of ice oroke through the buildiug, taking the house from its foundation and Carrying it down stream. The jarring of the building knocked the plaster from the top of the second story and thoy forced off the laths and escaped to the attic, clinging tothe rafters until rescued by boatmen, who cut & holeln the roof. THE DISASTER UP THE RIVKR was ouly proved by what had been s en pass- ing down stream. ~Several buildings down tolling the samo sad story. The Yank- ton Indians liviog on the bottorns flod to the bluffs, and the stossmor Moad was loft high and dry on *he Yenkton agency bottom. Only one man was loft n cnarge at the time of the break-up, the others having deserted, At Fort Raudall ho was hailod ind they ofterod to throw him aline, but his reply was : “TO ML WITH YOUR TINB, I'll savethe boit or sink with hor." The steamer Tracy was above the mouth of the Niobrara snd came out all right, passing here April6, Tho Fir West was in tho boat con- dition having passed by April © with several passengors. Some foatures of the floodof a local nature gave riso to many laughabloincidents. 1 had ordered my supply of newspapers early in January, bt it STUCK 1N TR BLOCKADE and Aid not. reach mo untilsom e timo in June. 1had printed my editions through the month of Februsey ot yellow, grean and blue postor paver, in March on manilla, and finally got down'to common grocery’ straw wrappiug paper. My editions of April were two pages on this kind of paper. One person had a bost mado over a_month before and for a weok had it tied to the doorkmob every night, but growing careless had at last forgotien to se- cure it all, and when the flood camo it floatod off without its inbended freight. The young fellows in town, mobt of whom remained during tho entire flood, under the practical experience of ray foreran, 1sued & little daily fora coaple of days with no ro- sponsible editor. 1t was racy and full of porsouals, good and bad. It was called The 'Hoys. The people were gonerally and passed through the difficulties courage- ously. The dificulty to select a now town- site and not intorfere with the Legal status of affairs was soon bridged over and tho follow- ing summer was one of activity in moving, ani to a most beautiful and safe location, Men dreamed then of Niobrara's railroad fiturc and bave not yet given upthe hope. The people have gone on, year after year, working with one aim for the town of their adoption and ¢hoico, Kloods, * firos, disup- pointments and enemies have not discour aged tho old men, and_the young men ar awake o thelr intrests. lo mentioaing bistory now it dates_from the flood; and while men—jealous of Niobrara’s prosperity —are wicked enough to confound our age with the flood of Noali's time and make fun of our “gateway,”” wostill nope onand pray on for the gool time coming whon wo can jump upon the cars for Omaha, Sioux City, Chicago or—the state penitentiary. En. A, Fuy, It Reached Omaha. The Missouri river flood of April, 1 that. creatod such havoe on the bottoms giong the river at Omaha, was even worse at poiuts above this eil At Plerre, S, D., the river broke suddenly and a fow hours later the ico formed a gorgo at the head of Foam island, four miles Lelow the city. The water backed up rapidly, and before people could realize the danger the lower part of the town was flooded to a depth of four feet. and great cakes of clear bluo ico sweeping through the streets. A great amountof damige was done, but no lives were lost. Niobrara was the next town and the loss and damage there is told above. The little town of Green Island was uext visited and all of the buildings swept away, thongh no lives werelost. At this point the wators played some queer freales. The littlo church of the town was lifted from its foundation and carried out into the river. 1t rode the waves for a couple of miles, cach roll of the billows causing the 'bell to toll dismally. Suddenly the building shot into theair, struck the solid wall of ice and went, to pieces, At Yaukton the water on the low lands along the river front was fully fifleen foot deep. A steamboat that had been tied up during the winter was washed from its moor- ings and carried inlnd nearly two miles, where it remuined several months, until tauled back to the river by teams. From Yaukton to Vermillion, a distance of thirty miles, the level river bottom, which was densely populated, was in_many places flooded to & depth of twenty feot. Most of the farmers escaped to the bluffs, talang thoir familiesand personal prowerty. At Meckling, #small town severs milés above Vermillion,the inhabitants failed to heed the waming, and sought refuge in a grain_elevator, where for seventeen days they remained with nothing to et except the carcisses of dead animals caught as they floated by and drawn into the building. Several attempts wero made to roscua the prisoners, bt each attempt was o fallure, as_ the hedvy ice that was running made it foolhardiness for 4 manto venture ioto the flood with aboat. The people who were thus impnsoned lost all their worldly possessions thatit had taken years to nc- cumulate, and strong men wept as they gazed from the windows of the elevators as they. watched their stores and houses caught up by the seething waters and whirled away. Vermillion, a prosperous town of 1,500 in- habitants, suffered greatly. The Business portion of tho town was situated upon tho low bottoms, on the bank of the river, and when the gorge brolce atMeckling the waters came down in a solid wall, fifteen to twenty fect in depth. Frame buildings were swept awiy as though they had been play things, while brick and stone buildings crumbled and fell to pleces, Here the people anticipated tho danger and moved tothe bluf¥s, just back of tho city. To form some idea of the force of the cur- rent, a freight car filed with barbed wire was ‘taken up and washed along for a dis- tance of more than three miles. When the waters had subsided, the chamnel of the river had changed aad moved over to the Nebraska blufls, a distance of two miles. From Vermillion to Elk Point, a distance of fifteen miles, the entire country was sub- but owing to tho width bottom, the water did not reach o depth of move than four feot. The people drove their stock to th hills and for several days lived in the second story of telr houses. 'Ellc Point, the coungescat of Union county, was tho next town o be vis ited by the 'waters, The Verwillion gorge broke early in the morning, and at noon good-natured stroets, It roseso rapidly that o passengor e, qrmest b, Ot e | CROOKEDNESS ANONG WOME, train st the depot was unablo to runm back to Sioux City, the water putting out the fires, The tracks of the rallway were wastied away and this train was tho only one in the towr: uatil the miadle of June. Elk Point, or & portion of it, baing upon a nigh polnt, suffered but_little,’ thougeh it was iike an island In tho middio of the sea, and the only communication with the outside world was by bomts, The whole country was flooded, boats were built and all of tho sup- plies were brought from Sioux City. Sail boats making the trip down and back the same day, carrying out graln and bringing back provisions. The route taken was over farms and gardens, and as the boats safled along corn. flelds, fences and barns could be seon three and four foat bolow the surfice of the water. The principal occupation of the Flk Pointers that summer consisted 1 hunting and fihiog, Goeso and ducks sum- mered in tho flelds around the town and wero killed'by the thousands. The sea of water was alive with fish, and it was nothing uncommon for & erew to man a boat in the morning and at night return with it loaded down tothe guards with buffalo and_ catfish weighing from ten to fifty pounds, Spearing was tho favorite method of catching these fellows, and us one man pulled the oars two men would stand in the bow and spear tho Larger fish as the boat glided over the deop holes. At Sioux City the lower portion of the town was flooded and sevoral acres of land, together with many buildings were washed avay. The Chicago, Milwaukeo & St. Paul railroad company moved its depot back fully twenty rods, this saving itand its contonts. In this city the danger line was reached on April 2. By 50%clock of that day the water was so bigh In the Union Pacific shops that it was impossibie to continne work, aud all machinery was stopped. At 8 o'clock that evemng the floors of the shops wore fooded and @ stream of water six feet deep whirled throgh the smelting worke, putting out the firos and making the works Inaccessible. All of tho buildings wore deoply submerged, and the few fanilics in the housos on the bottoms that had not al- ready been vacated tooke flight and moved to higher grounds. All of the engines were t busy pulling loaded and er to a fety, while the lumber companies were doing overy thing possiblo to save their property. ‘The next day at noon the signal servieo officers took o meusare- ment of the water, which showed that the river naa reached a point of 2 feot and 7 inches above low water mark and was still rising. The next morning another Toot was added, while the river wenton. Lumber and overything that was not securely fas- toned floated away and men stood idly by. and watched thefr property start on its jour- ney to the gulf. The following day tho water reached a oint twenty-four foot above low water mark and then slowly began to recede. Tho water was slow in going down and it was weeks be- fore thoold Missouri was again backe in its channol An inventory of tho damagos showed that thousands of dollars worth of property had been washed away, or rendered worthiess on account of its water-soaked condition. Business suflered soriously, butas soon as the floods went down lrge gangs of men were put to work cleaning up _and removing the debris_that filled overy building that had been within the radius of the flood district. Fatore Indian Fighters. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 28.—Out of aclass of fiftytwo naval academy cadots about forty-seven, it Is expected, will be graduated in June, ‘The honor of graduating at the head of the class is said to bo between Cadets Frank B. Zshn, of Pennsylvania, Henry G, Smith of Ohio, and Horatio G, Gill: mor of Wisconsin. et O Caseof Franklin Heirs Dismissad. PriivELri, March 28 —Judge Penrose today dismissed the petitions of the descend.- ants of Benjamin Franklin, who clumed an accumulated fund of about $100,000 held by the city in wust. — MODERN SPIRITUALISM. Emma J. Nckerson Will Lecturo on the Faith's Anniversary . EmmaJ. Nickerson of Chicago will lecturo on the seventy-third anniversary of Modern Spiritualism March 29, % and 31 at the Grand Army of the Republic hall in Council Bluffs at 2 :30 and 7:30 each day. About her work an admirer says: ““When it is remembered that spiritualism numbers one-fourth at Least of the population of the United States in its ranks, it can be 1o matter of surprise to find an_intorest awakened in proportion to the demand of honest inquiry. 1t is because tho movement has survived thie shocks administered by its friends, that its vitality is unquenchable enough'to overcome all the attacks of its enemnies, These writing, healing, and speak- ing mediums, todiy who are busy miuister- ing to the sad and broken hearted, field is broadening for honest worke: town and hamiet has its soothsay i science, jmetaphysics and suggesture, countscores of mediums in their ranks. But spiritualism alone is the true solent of the continuity of Life. The Bible evidence is founded upon its truth, The living evidence of the present hour transcends the doad is- sues of n pasttheology, and _haviug passed o agitation 1351 mos the right of dis- 2d adoption, story of ‘Tho Flox Girls' and ‘Roch- oster Knockings' has becomo & part._of our country's inheritance and will piss down to posterity & golden memory. All advance thinkers touch this subject rever- ontly. The church looks “to us to siom ' tho_curront, of _infldelity swowing, over ourland. In the vanguard of reform. befelending the wouk and gppressed, tho In- visibles walk with mon. The mother guards her child, and home {s mado the sacrod altar, shrined by hearts whore loved ones worship. Light to the sorrowing, love to the despair- ing, the tender mossigo is giveu through in- spired lips of prophecy and song, The ears of the world aro attuned to the divine music, and the inner mystory of death is made beautifil by soulful harmonles of peace.” In the Spring Puri In the spring nearly every- body needs a good medicine. The impurities which have accumulated in the blood during the cold months must be expelled, or when the mild days come, and the effect of | bracing air is lost, the body Hood’s Sarsaparilla is liable to be overcome by debility or serious disease. The remarkable success of Hood's Sarsaparilla and the universal praise it has 1e— ceived, make it worthy your confidence. It is peculiar to itself in curative power, It does purify, vitalize and Hood’s Sarsaparilla enrich” the blood, create an appetite and give great nerve, mental, bodily and digestive strength. It is the ideal spring medicine. t ood’s Sarsaparilla 30°d by all drugelsts. 8, 5lx for 87, Proparcd only by €. 1. HOOD & 0O., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses O.ia Dollar | Sarsaparilla There is nothing more conclusively proven than that Hood's “Sarsaparilla is a radi- cal and reliable blood purifier, If we could show you the many letters we receive from people of whom we never heard before, telling of re- Hood’s Sarsaparilla |m:1rk:1ble cures of scrofula, {salt theum and all kinds and (degrees of disease of the blood, you would be as fully :convinccd of, and as enthusi- astic over, the merits of 'Hood's Sarsaparilla as we are. You muy realize the benefit to be derived from Hood’s Sarsaparilla by taking it this spring, N. B.—If you decideto take Hood's Sarsaparilla dont be induced to buy a substitute. Insist upon Hood’s 01d by il druggisis 31, slx for 8 Prepured only by € 1. HOOD & O, Lowell, Miaws. Mrs, Bone's Oharges Against Membua of the Rolief Corps DARK, DUBIOUS HINTS OF A SCAND AL Just Kake Vulgar Men — Dakota 8chool Lands — Act of an Un= known Friend — Seuling University Troubles. Yavkroy, 8. D, Telegram to Tire Bee. |~Mariotta M. Bones of Webster, this state, an equal suffragist, celebrated nationslly because of tho scoring she give Susan B, Anthony in tho national equal suffrago convention last fall, fnan in terview with your correspondent ronsted tho Woman's rellef corps of South Dakota most unmorcifully, Slo charges crookodness among the women of tho coxps and has with drawn from the organization. She says sho bas facts in hor possession which will over. turn the state department and cause no end of talk, and that she will henceforth work individually for the reliof of old soldiers and their widows and orphans, Sho claims that the leading members of the Grand Army of the Republic aro sietioning her action and expressions. The discoveries she has mado have suaken her faith incqual suffrage and she thinks there aro some women who do not knowlknough to vote. The intorview, it is expocted, will creute a state scandal, A Rush for Stoux Lands. D., March [Special Adhitional plats for twelve townships in Presho county wero received at the United States lana oftice hero today, Presho county isin the coded Sioux lands and the settlors thero and in othor por. tions of these landsacquired squatters' rights upon going upon the Lands when the reserva. tion was thrown opon one year ago. [n ad. dition to the plats for Prosho county the land offico has recontly roceived plats for other portions of tho céded lauds. ~The laro num ber of sottlers in that country can file A pril 6 on their caims, thus enjoing full possession. Bec of Tand not being surveyed > the opening of the res squatters bave been claim jumpers who would v tunity to jump the claims whenever the first squater would leave it for a time to go to town or elsewhere, Considerable of a rusi will bo experienced at the land offica when the filings aro received. Reached a Docisio Venviruoy, S. D., March 28.—ISpeci Telegram to Tue Brr|—The local board of trustees of the university, called here by the late troubie, last night held one of tho most stormy sessions ever kuown, during a meeting 1 which the faculty was present President Grose called them liars in pi strong language. The board reached a decis- ion inthe matter, but it will not. be mado public until the meeting of the state board at Brookings next wonti. Dakota School Land. Storx Fanes, 8. D., March 25.—(Spocial Telogram to Tug Ber.] —South Daigota values her school land at $30,000,000, which is to form & permanent fund, the intorest of which will support her publie school system. Today the first school land salo held in this county took place at which 1) acres wero sold for 06,640, averaging $15.25 an acre. The highest prico paid for a single section was §3,000, ‘This land lies six mdles south- west of the city An Unknown Friend. Yaxkroy, 8. D, March 25. —[Special Tele- to Tue Bgek|—An unkuown friend to the Grand Army of the Republic has déposited witha bankin this city a_check. for &500, which_is tobe a nucleus for a fund to tuild o hospital in connection with the State sol- diers' home at Hot Springs. ' He refuses to reveal his identity., The Grand Army of thy Republic have appinted & commitiée to so- licit subscriptions for the vemainder of tho fund. — Only a Sign Manua Provioexce, R. L, March 25, —Upon tho reportof Attorney General Slocum, who ex- amined the paper, Governor Davis has re- fused to allow the extmdition of Thomas Garmott, wanted in Conneeticut for embezzle- men, for gery and jail breaking, Tho attor- ney general found thatthe seal upon tho requisition was not the state seal of Connect- icut, but merely tho sign manual of Bulke- ley's private secretary. The Fire Record. Caxpes, N. J., March 3. —Firo tonight de- stroyed tho depot, ferry slipsand houses and eighteen passenger cars of the Philadelphia 100 Do= s One Dollar, & Atlntic City rallroad ot Kaighn's Point. T.0ss, §00,000, Latie Rock, Ark., March 958,—C. T. Alde's paintand oil house, W. E. Hult, groceries; the Dollar store and Mrs. B, J. Johnson's millinory store bumed tonight. Tho losses Wil reach $100,0 )% partially insured. itk sl M The Sugar Beetin Kanaas. Sa1iNa, Kan., March %8, —Ava mass meet- ing of farmers hare today Dr. Schweitzweil- ler of Germany discusscd tho sugar boot, in- Asaresult 150 farmers have do plant beots this season, Seed will be furnished them from Gorwmany. 1f the in- dustry succeods a German syndicate will put £00,000 sugar factory here, fy Your Blood. “In the spring of 1890 I experienced that tired, dull fecling, and what sleep I had nights seemed to do me no good. Dyspepsia seized me, and each morning in the effort to get rid of the bad taste I had severe vomiting Hood’s Sarsaparilla spells. I was much dis couraged. My druggist sug- gested +Hood's Sarsaparilla, [ took two bottles and am happy to say it made me a new man, ancd I never was better. Jouy Mack, foreman Springer & Willard's steck farm, Oskaloosa, Towa. Hood’s Sarsaparilla “] take Houd's Sarsapa- rilla every spring and fall, and it does me more guod than any other medicine” A, G, Ruopes, Milnes, Va, Hood’s Sarsaparilla ol by all drugsins. 3 vix (o3, Propared oty OB G0, Yawel Maw, 1 0 D .ges Oce Dol Mareh 23, —(Special -