Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 13, 1891, Page 1

» I o — TWENTIETH YEAR OUGHT LIKE HEROES. Omaha Firemen Do Desperate Battle with a Stubborn Oonflagration, CAUGHT BENEATH A FALLING WALL. Four Members of No, 2 Hose Badly Injured During the Struggle. T HAPPENED ON HISTORIC GROUND. Thirteen Years Ao Four from the Same Qompany Were Killed There. HOW THE FLAMES WERE DISCOVERED. Originated in of the Fire —Pamc the K' Under Among hen—Story the Wall the osts, Sixty-three" then *1-3—1" brought every fireman in Omaha to the Paxton botel shortly after 10 o'clock last night. In the upver floor of the annex to the m building the flames were making merry havoe. 1t was from the alley the fight must be made. In opening the figat four firemen were Injured Ladders were run up agamst the burning building, and on one Captain Carter of No. 2 hose, with Pipeman Martin Mul vihill, Peter McGuire and Thomas Downs of the 2nd started to ascend. The top of the long lad- der reachied nearly to the roof of the annex. When the men had gotten well above the pavement, the wall fell out directly above their heads, Down came a cruel mass of hot brick and mortur, crashing onto the dovoted firemen and burying them beneath it. They were crushed to the hard pavement below, maugled and bleeding. Soon as possible, and the workers labored with desperate rapidity, the injured men were extricated and borne tenderly into Goodly Brooker's saldon, where they were ministered to. Later they were removed to the hospital. Here is a strange fatality. Thirteen years ago, September 5, 1878, when the Grand Cen tral burned, No. 2 company, then the Fire Kings, lost four men, killed almost upon the same spov where last night's terrivle acci denl occurred. In the meantime there was hurrying and scurrying among the guests of the hotel. Sunday night's rest was rudely interrupted. Tt was but a short time till everybody was hurrying out of the building, but the con- fusion did not take a dangerous aspect. Gaests quickly removed their effects, and servants syiftly secured such portables as could be easily moved, and made way for the onslaught. of the element. Out in the streets dense throngs of veople goped upward at the rolling smoke, or watched the firemen as thoy rushed hither and yon, handling the hose and directing tho water, When the wall, which carried such ageadly result with it, fell out it . made a gap for the flames, and lurid indeed did the fire shine forth. But through the same gap four streams of water poured, and it proved a means to the end of extinguishing the blaze. Story of the Fire. 5 At 0:45 some of the servants, who steep in the second and third story of the wing used for a Kitchen, were aroused by the presence of smoke in the apartments, They im- mediately rushed out of their rooms and down to the office where the alarm was given 10 Chief Clerk Sherman. Mr. Sherman hurried to the kitchen, which 1s on the first floor, and fiuding she door locked, kicked it open, supposing the fire had gained but little headway and a few buckets of water would extinguish it. When the Qoor gave way ho found thio interior of the kitchen a densd cloud of smoke, turough which the flames gleamed dangerousiy. The fire seemed to have caught from or near the broiling ranges in the north end of the kitchen, and had quickly been communi- cated to a pantry running aloug the esat side. Boginning the Fight. The alarm was at onco turned in and in three minutes the chemical and hose cart dashea up the alley and began the fight against great 0dds, for the smoke was then 1ssuing trom the windows of the second and third stories of the kitchen. Hoso cart No 2 arrived a few moments Jater and then came No. 6, aud ten minutes later No. 1 from Tywenty-fourth and Cuming. The excitement from the first was intense. The firemen reulized that there was serious work abead ard remembering the awful scenes that the five fiend had cre- ated on that fateful spot, they worked like fuspired herocs, The windows in smashed pouring the first story were in and soveral streams were s00u volumes of water into the kitenen. The winy is accessible from the alley on the south aud. an area on the west. It was soon apparent from the volumes of smoke that began to burst forth near the roof of the kitchen annex that the firemen must mount the ladders and catch the flames before they reached the open air. Climbing the Ladders. Trucks Nos. 8 and 1 swung up their lad- ders at the south and the daring boys of No. 2 were soon at the third story window on the west and had just turned loose on the flames within when, with a crash, a section of the west wall at the top feil out, and amid frightful cries of anguish from the four men ou the ladder and a groan of horror from the other firemen and the fow spectators in the alley, the falling bricks carri=d the men and ladder and hose to the ground in a sickening mass of smoking clay and bleeding humanit Under the Wall Searcely had the smoke cleared away be- fore the uninjured comrades of the four un- fortunate men dashed into the horrible heap of debris and began the work of rescuing the partially buried firemen. The wen caught in, the disaster were Captain Carter and Pipemen Martin Mulvibill Peter McGuire, and Thowas Downs. The doors % Goodly Trooker's saloon, right mcross the alley, were thrown open, and tho injured wmen were Dastily, but tenderly, carried iu and lnid on the floor. dhe Injured Men. They were all unconscious when rescued but MeGuis He was able tosit up, but was complaining pitcously of a terrivle paiu in his head and about the stomach. Blood was trickling down bis face from a cut oa the side of the temple. Captain Carter soon regained couscious- ness, but was scarcely able to talk for some timo. He had several ugly gashes about tho forehead and was evidently injured about the back. Martin Mulvibill was borribly 2ut in three l places on the head and lost & great deal of | blood. | Thomas Downs wns also very seriously hurt. He had a fearful eut on the top of tie head and several gashes about. the face and foretiend. Medical nssistance was summoned fn- itly, and in five minptes Drs. Ginn and Crossen arrived and set to work dressing the wounds temporarily and making the suf- ferors s comfortable as possible. A fow moments later Dr. Howard Cook and Dr. Lee arrived, and the room soon took on tho appearance of an army hospital in time of battle Captain Cormack and Sergeant Sigy assisted in caring for tho injured keeping back the crowd. After the Wall Fell, When the west wall fell out the flames got fresh air and burst forth in a most threaten- ing manner. Itlooked for a fow moments as though the department would be bufiled in the attempt to hold and extinguish tho flames in the kitehen annex A guest at a third-story south side was calling loudly for help. His from filled with smoke and for some reason he could not find the stairway on the outside. A long ladder was raised and he rescued after breathing consi able smoke. The firemen redoubled their efforts and with eight streams pla ying into the windows of the third story and tnrough tne doors from the main building, the flames were soon gotten under control. ante Among the Guests. While all this was taking place on the oute side there was o wild rush, a hurrying to and fro and rushing down stairs within the palatial hostelry such as has not been experienced in Omaha fu many, years, Many of the guests had retired, and they rushed from their rooms with toilets very hastily made. Many of the cooler heads took the matter calmly, and made careful ingniry every few moments about the progress of the fire, Many paid their biils and went to other houses. The proprietors and clerks of the Paxton did hing in their power to allay unneces- alarm. The smoke soon penetrated all through the rooms on the west side and_spread. through the hatls and to the oftico below. The firemen carried the hose to the second, third and fourth floors, but there was very little water in tho main building, excepting on tho second floor, where it floated over the carpet three inches deep. st window on the was sury End of the Fira, At 11:30 the flames had been entirely ex- tinguished and the firemen bagan to gather up the hose and return to their respective en- gine houses. Chief Galligan deputized thres men to stay with the building all night as- sisting in getting the water out Captain Carter was taken home, The puy- sician found that his degs were paralyzed, tho result of concussion of the spine. He was baaly cut about the nead. His recovery is by no means certain. Martin Mulyihill was also taken homo. , Downs and Mc(Guire are single men . and were taken to St. Joseph's hospital, Sparks From the K.tchen. Messrs. Bramard & Bastmaw's place tho entire damage to building, furniture and all at §25,000, They will be prepared in a couple of days to serve meals. For the present tho guests will take their meals at the Murray. R. K. Harris, a traveling man of Chicago, occupied & room in the third story of the kitchen annex and lost all his samples in the fire. There were eighteen servant girls in the kitchen annex. Al but two of them lost all their clothing but that which they wore. Nearly all the guests returned to their rooms in the Paxton at widnight and retired. The Paxton hotel is owned by the Kitchen Brothers hotel company. The building was insured for $100,000 and the furniture for 50,000, S A SUSPICIOUS CALM. The Situation of the Burlington Switchmen's Strike av Denver. Dexver, Colo., April 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.|—There is a calm in the Burlington switchmen's situation which is oxtremely suspicious. Either the strike will be a dead failure or it will assume very seri- ous proportions. Tomorrow, or Tuesday at the latest, will probably determine. While all is quict at the yards and the Burlington trains are moving, the men are holding meet- wngs and _counselling with the train men of other roads. There isa virtual boycott on Burlington cars in other yards. The Rio Grande made an cffort today to have it raised 80 far as that. company was concerned, but failed, As matters look tonight it scems probablo that an effective boycott will be maintained until the Burlington strikers are satisfied. The roul danger is that ll the trainmen of other roads may become involved in the strike and thus bring business in tno city to a standstill. Much depends on the actions of the meetings, which will not adjourn until late tonight. * There is one very curious phase which the trouble is assuming. Presicent Harrison is routed east from this city next month oyer tho Burlington, Union men declare that un- loss he boycotts wlie road they will boycott him 1f he comes up for re-election. Whether they can make anational issue out of this affair vemains to be seen - . CO CONTRACTOKRS COMBINE, 'FR eparing to Rosist Alleged Unjust Demands of Laborers. Sax Fravcisco, Cala., April 12.--Seventy- five coutractors and builders met yesterday to cousider what action should be taken in ro- gard to the proposed boycott of trades unions on iron work manufactured by non-union foundries. Resolutions were adopted pro- testing agaiust boycotts and a committee was appointed to effect a permancnt organ- jzation of cmployers of labor to resist tho uureasonable demands of tho trades unions, Besides this association of builders another combination of employers is being forwod, in which over $100,000,000 capital representad. This association is being formed for the purpose of protecting employers against unjust demands of abor unions, but will not touch the wage question. A ‘week o the shoemukers in & prominont factory went on a strike because the firm introduced a lasting machine. As no settlement could bo arranied, three other firms, comprising the shoe manufacturers association, last night declared @ Jockout. One thousand mien, women and boys are thus thrown out of em:- ployment. e BOILER EXPLOSION, shafr House Blown Up and Two Min- ers Fatally Injured. Brack Hawk, Colo, April 12.--[Special “Pelegram to Tuk B |--This morning about 7:80 o'clock @ boiler exploded in the shuft bouse of the Americus mine, the property of ex-Senator Newell and Sam Meller, Turea men, Frank Deng, John Solak and Fred Ot- weyer, lesses of the property, weat to work this worning for the purpose of hoisting. Deng and Solak stayed on top and Otmeyer went down to fill the bucket, 1t seems they had just falrly started when the explosion oceurred. The shoek was felt all over the entire city. The shaft house was schttered in all directions. Parts of the boiler were found several hundred fect away. Deng and Solak were badly hurt. but Solak will die, Deng ay recover l BIG CRICAGO CONFLAGRATION. TFierco Blaza That Threatened to Eweep from Halsted Street to the Lake. THE LOSS FULLY ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Panic in Kohl & Middleton's Mused —A Police Officer's Heroism— Fire Department's Mag- nificeat Work, Cuicaco, April 12.—Chicago this evening suffered one of the most disastrous conflag- rations that has occurred here since the blg fire of 1871, The loss s fully £1,000,000, It was almost at the geographical conter of the city that the flames started, and like the terrible disaster of twenty years ago, began in a stable. In this case the stable was the propertyof the well known furniture manu- facturer and politician, John M. Smyth, and was located in the vear of his bie house-fur- nisbing establishment on West Madison, near Halsted street, The flames speedily com- municated to the fuyniture establishment and a moment later to Kohl & Middleton’s dime museum. A general alarm to the fire department soon followed, supplemented by special calls for extra engines, as the fire was seen to be gaining ground with extraordinary rapidity. in less than five minutes smoke was pour- mg trom every window in the museum and enveloping the huge six-story building oc- cupied by Smyth. When, in a marvelously short time, both structures had turned into a gnass of flame, great flery tongues darted across the streot and lodged in the upper storics of the buildings on the north side of Madison street. A moment later the firemen found themselves working between two towering walls of flames, For atime itlooked as though the con- flagration would get beyond control and, as in 1871, sweep toward the lake. To add to the trouble tie wind was blowing a stiff gale from the west. Probably twenty thousand feople gathered in the neighboring streets watching the progress of the possibly impending calamity. At this critical juncture, however, the thorough discipline of the fire department became magnificently apparent. The men, obeying orders, stood steadily in the street, where the flames scorched them from either side, and after a fierce battle at length brought the fire in a measure under control The immense blaze, however, continued to rage in the buildings already partly de- stroyed. The museum was nothing but o heap of ruins and the walls of the Smyth building were fallng one after anothe Fortunately they ail fell inward and no per- son was injured. Across the street also the walls soon suc- cumbed to the furious onslaught. The upper story of the three-story building on th®north- west coraer of Madison and Union strects caught fire. The flames lodged avound the windows of the fifth story of the Haymarket theatre building and were soon stretching along under the mansard roof. Just west of the Haymarket theatre the five-story build- ing of the People’s outfitting company caught fire in front, and despite all efforts the huild- ings between Union street and the Hay- market block were wiped out, as wellas those on the south side of the street. In the Hay- market the fire was confined to the upper story, but the whole building was filled with smoke and water. The first intimation the inmates of Kohl & Middieton’s museum had of the close proximity of the fire was when somo one opened a window on the third floor, through which a volume of smgke poured. A wild panic followed among the 400 persons in the building, most of whom, fortunately, were on the first floor watching the variety performance. They were appraised of the danger by a stampede on the upper floors, and as they arose to their feet and fled precipitately toward the front door fire ap- peared at the rear window increasing their terror. The emergency brought out a hero in the person of Policeman Patrick Sheehy. Fore- ing his way through the frightened people, who were madly retarding each other, he stationed himself at the head of the stairs, and, drawing a revoiver, declared his inten- tiou to kill the first person who refused to obey his orders, By his coolness and de- termination he succceded in quicting the panic and with one exception every- body reached the strect in safety. The exception was C. H. Messeuger, & young man, who leaped from a window before Oftice Sheehy reached the stair landing, and was frightfully injured. Several persons follow- ing him stopped, horror stricken, long enough o be corralled by Sheehy and his revolver One old lady fell when near the bottom of the stairs and broke an arm. As soon as Ofiicer Sheehy cleared the peo- ple out he went up to the thivd floor, where scores of monkeys were caged. He wrenched apart the iron bars of the cages so that the Jittle animals covld escape, but with in- nate perversencss and to the chagrin of Sheehy they scampered upstairs and were burned to death, The policeman nearly lost his own life_in getting down stairs. Tho excitement among the freaks who were on exhibition on the third floor was pitiful. They were practically unabie to help themselves and were with difficulty re- straived from throwing themselves from the windows. Madame Curver, the %00-pound woman, seized her midget son dragged her- self to a rear window and was about to throw the child out, when ehe was restrained by Manager Delmont, who with dificulty escorted them down stairs, A, T, Lafayette, father of the big headed boy, who was so top-heavy that he could not navigate alone, seized the boy and while leading him cut found the Albino girl almost blind and groping aboutin the smoke. With the big-headed boy under his arm he seized the Albino, dragged her to a stairway and soon reached the street. The fire in the Haymarket theater was dis- covered just twenty minutes before the close of tho last act, The smoke was barely per- ceptible when the manager stepped out on the stage and endeavored to persuade the audience to file out in order, At this moment some one shouted *fire,” and a panic scemed imminent. The excitement was partially subdued by prompt work on the part of the ushers and the theater was soon cleaved with- out casualties. Just before the west wall of the Smyth puilding fell a yenturesome boy chmbed up to the third floor of the building adjoining and stood watching the flames. When the wall \oppled over and the gmoke hiad cleared away he could not be seen, and it is feared that he went down in the mass of debris. While the fire was at its height the side- walk at Union and Meridian streets collapsed, precipitating forty peovle into an excavation beneath. Mrs. Bessie Higgwg was fatally injured and several otners painfully hurt. When the tire broke out Dr. J. Bergron was attending Mrs, Sarah Macks in a flat iu one of the buildings subsequently burned. When the fire got too closa Bergron seized the suffering woman and, wrapping her in some blankets, descended threo flights of stairs with his burden and carried her to a refuge near by, To: less than fif- teen minutes & fino garl baby was born amid the crash of falling walls and the shouts of the fireinen. Both mother and child are doing well. Dr. Bergron lost a aluable set of instraments and his overcoat and hat, but tonight was happy in having saved his patient's life. The Episcopal cathodral on Washington boulevard caught fire from flylug sparks, but the flames were extinguished before any damage was done. One of the exciting wieldents was the panic which seized the boarders at the Haymarket hotel. When the flames leaped ncross the street about forty occupants of the hotel, in- cluding the servants, made a wild rush for the back stairway. The latter is a narrow, winding affair, and became blocked, result- ingin the mob being badly bruised and frightened beforo getting out. Charles Menger was nsleep in s room and was suffo- cating,with one side of his face badly burned, when he was found and carried out. 1t took forty fire engines and 300 firemen to bring it under subjection. Several times it scemed as if the men would be compelied to abaadon their engines so intenso was the heat, but, cheerod on by indefatiguable su- periors, they managed to withstand it by turning the hose upon themselves. The nerve displayed by tha firemen was height- ened by the fact that all the time they knew that at least 100 barrels of oil, varaish, ete, were stored in the basement of the Smyth establishmeat, likely atany time to cause & terrific explosion. They flooded the base- ment, keeping the ofl campletely covered un. John M. Smytn’s loss on stock and build- ing is fully 00,0005 Kohl & Middleton, musuem, $5,000; Necley Brothers, boots and shoes, $20,000; A. Kaempfer, jewoler, & 0003 Alfeed Peats, wall paper, $0,000; M. Trrman, tobaconist, $5,000; Hanna & Hogg, liguors, $20,000. A mdscellaneous of other firms and the Haymarket theater will bring the total up to 81,000,000. The insurance is light. Smyth carried but $125,000. Kohl & Middleton and Trrman had allowed theirs to lapse, as they exvected to move in a couple of weeks. The insurance of the other sufferers is light. ———— FRANCE AND GERMANY. Complaint That Emporor William Snubs Oarnot’s Subjects. Panis, April 12.—Herbette, French ambas- sador to Germany, has sent. Minister of For- eign Affairs Ribot a dispa full of misgiv- ings as to the nature of his relations with the Berlin foreign ofice. He says Chancellor Von Caprivi treats him with formal polite- ness, while Emperor William, who was formerly affable, now speaks curtly and has shown pesitive ill humor toward Frenchmon whom Herbette has introduced at receptions. ALl this, which is undoubtedly due to dissatisfaction with the treatment received by Euipress Frederick in Paris, causes fucreased anxiety i govern- ment circles hore. Hitherto Herbette's own reports, as well as sther ofiictal informa- tion from Berlin, haye shown that M. Her- bette was o persona grata with Emperor WH- ham and that the shbrssador was on-the most amicable persounl tozms with the chiefs of the Berlin foreign office. Nothing has oceurred botween the ambussador and M. Ribot to indicate the istentiou of the Ger- evase the tension of vy suMcientdy strained. French = goverament ascertains the kaiser’s alwered attitude toward Herbette uvises from dissutis- faction over the treatment received by Empress Frederick in Paris his early re- call is certain. So far as known in offici qrcles the kaiser excouerated M. Herbette from all blame in the matter, while M. Ribot considered the conduct of the ambassador in retaliation o the Paris incident to have been absolutely correct. Leaders of the recent mners’ congrese are arranging to appoint a general strike execu- tive committee, composed equally of repre- sentatives of French, English, German and Belgiau miners, The German' miners have decided in the event of a strike in Belgium to also strike if the German collieries eudeavor to supply Belgium with coal. The Euglish delegates ulso guarantee to stop the export of coal. If thenew system of drawing upon American coal weskens their position the executive committee will oven communica- tion with the Awerican unions. Strikeagita- tions in America aro being watched with keen intorest. The socialist groups are quarrelling over the programme for May day. It is proposed by one section to march to the Paluis Houlogne and send a demand for a work day of eight hours. This proposition is opposed by the leading section, headed by tne Allemane, onthe ground' that the govern- ment will listen politely enough, but will practically ignore their requests, ‘The government will permit greater freeaom Quring the coming demonstration, allowing the organizing committee the broadest kind of programme, T accordance with the opinians of legal advisers of the foreign ofica the Chiliun cruisers bulltin France will be handed to the government of Balmaceda under a stipu- lation that no Krench crews shall been- gaged and that the only assistanco the ves- scls shall got in France will bo permission to coal and complete such equipments as are nec ary to enable tuem to reach Chili. The ecruiser Presidente Pinto will b completed in_May. The kr- rasuriz is nearly ready. A British crew, engaged chiefly to strengthen the Chilian marines, is already hore under Colonel Villa- grin. The death of P. T. Barnum elicited numer- ous press comments on his cave His name is familiar to the people and has pecome incorporated in the k'rench language. Min- 1ster Reid said: _**Barnumn had many excel- lent gualities. Horace Greeley was one with Barnum on the question of témperance and universalism. A few yesms ago,” added Mr. Reid, “Barnum sent 1we . his autobiography with'a dedication on the fly teaf saying: ‘As I caunot live to correct ' the proof sheets of my obituary, I offer you these pages, where you will find all the Tacts of my life correctly tola.’ " . A ‘series of ' experimends - with quick fire guns has been made at Canev's great factory at Havre in the presence of Frencn officers, a Russian commission headed by Colonel Sanatsky and tho Dantsh general, Linne- mann, u an interviews General Linneaann said that a large gun was'fired nine times in forty-five seconds, while another of heavier calibre was discharged seven times in fifty- four seconds, Tte results of the experiments, ne added, justified the belief that French factories can successfully compete with any ordnance factories in the worl ol Bk THE WEATHER FORECAST. Viewity—Fair; the that, For cooler. For Nebraska cooler For Towa—Rains; winds shifting te westerly; colder Mond ty wight For South Dakota—Geagrally fair; northerly winds; cooler, ereept stationary temperature i extreme western portlon il W B Al Preparat ons Campleted. New Youk, April 12.—Arrangements for the forthcoming annual convention of the re- publican league of the United States at Cin- cinuati April 21 ve been completed. The convention will b@the largest.one in the his- tory of the league. Overa thousand dele- gates are expected to be present, Among the kers invited are Blaine, Depew, Spoouer, nator Allison, General Alger, ex-Gov: ernor Foraker, John M. Laugsion, Major McKinley and ex-Speaker Reed, Omaha and slightly fght radns; northerly winds; north- BLAINE'S ANSWER T0 ITALY, Expected to Be Given Out Just Before the President's Departure, IT WILL BE AN AMERICAN DOCUMENT. An Intpresting Question Brought Up by the Failure of the Key- stone National Bank of . Pniladelphia. WasHN, Buneay Ta Bre, ) 513 FounTEENTH STREE Wasiisatoy, D, C., April 12, ) The answer of this government to tho de- mands of Italy for a statement of the manner in which we propose to treat the Kkilling of the Italian murderers at New Orleans s ex- pected to appear just before the prosident leaves for the south and west ou Tuesday The Italian government has ¢ table spirit of haste, but the representatives of our government have taken time to secure sufficient facts to enable them to procoed in- telligently and upon a basis of justice. No fear has been entertained that Italy would precipitate war, and yet the feeling of security upon the part of our represcnta- tives has not dictated undue procrastination. 1t is safe to predict that the answer of Sec- retary Blaine, which is being prepaved under the personal dircction of the president, will evidence no disposition to improperly incul- pate Americans or the state governwent, while at the same time it will fivmly adhere 10 tho lines of fairness which is due eve nationality. 1t is anticipated that some ov dence will be given of President Havrison's Americanism in the letter, which is about ready for promulgation in respect to the de- mands of Italy. If any evidenco the unity or action and colucident impulse existing betwoen the prosident and his secretary of stato was needed, it been demonstrated in the manner in which they huve worked together in the New O leans iucident, and they will give more evi- dence yet of their determination to protect ‘Americay intercsts the same iu one section of our country as another. AN INTERESTING QUESTION. An interesting question bas come to the at- tention to the comptroller of the currency through the recent failure of the Keystone National bauk of Philadelphia, ~ Several merchants of that city who were depositors in the bank had left uotes for collection which feil due about the time of the suspen- sion of the bauk. Somo of these notes were paid on the day. of the failure, and others a day or two after. The question which agi- tates the Philadelphians is whether notes so paid, which were not discounted, but simply left for collection, ara to be turted over to them or converted into the general fund of the bank. Compsroller Lacey declines to answer the question in_advauce of the appointment of a veceiver, but says in a gencral way that notes left for collection with a fuiled bank and collected after the failure, are stiil the property of the payee if paid after the sus- peusion, and that in such cases the roceiver, when appointed, will be directed to pay the proceeds to the owner of the note at the time t was left for collection. A DEMOCRATIO SCHEME. If anything was needed to positively con- firm the belief that the political wing of the favmers’ alliance is being, and is to be con- troiled in the north aud west by democratic agents, it came today in the statement of the president of the ailiatce in she - published prediction here that Grover Cleveland will be the democratic nominee, and also the dis- connected announcement that Representative Wilson of West Virginia, chaivman of the exveutive committee of the national assocl- ation of democratic clubs, will tomorrow start upon & trip to the Pacific const and the northwest for the ostensible purpose of organizing campaign clubs and raising organization funds, He will go as a free democratic agent, representing the na- tonal _organization, to designate agents to work @mong the farmers with a view to con- trolling their organization aud having it put a candidate in the field for the presidency next year, The consuming fear of the demo- cratic national committee and the leading men in the purty is that the alilauce, in recogmtion of the services the last congress rendered the farmers and that which the present administration is = pet- forming, will not put an independent presidential candidate in the fleld. Mr. Cleveland is moving everything n sight to prod up the farmers in_the western states, especially Nebraska, Kausas, Iowu, the Da- kotas and_Minnesota, to.demand an alliance presidential nominee, The democrats are sending Mr. Wilson west to manipulate the alliance the same as they controlled the pro- hibition party last, var, in the interests of democrat] oftices. WORS POR A JUDGESHIP, Ex-Senator Gil Pierce and “Tom” Lowrie, of Minneapolis, who dined with the presi- dent last night and are laboring for the ap- pointinent of General Sanford of Minneapo- lis to the Minnesota United States judgeship, and who believe that their wishes will be gratfied when the supreme court appoint- ments arc made next wiuter, have discovered a reluctance on the part of the president and Attorney General Miiler to state exactly what is in their minds as to the general principles which will gov- ern these appointments and also the land court, but they have come to the cou- clusion that the best material in the countr) will be chosen and that as a rule cireuit judges will come from the districts and men of experience on the bench will be preferred for the distrcts, Attorney General Miller, when requested by @ reporter for a list of applicants for the land court declined to muke them known, for the reason that many names are being used without the knowledge of their owners, and only confusion and embarrassment could come from @ public discussion of the men The attorney general is showing himself an excellent reader of human nature, as also the president, and those who will be called to ihe dozen or more judicial positions during the next nine months ‘Wil *be men of un: doubted ability and inwegrity. The land court judges are expected to bo named very soon after the president returns from the west in May. TO FEEL THE PUBLIC PULSE. Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, the editor af the New York Mail and Express, has a new idea in Journalisir, He 1s going to send his Washington correspondent ahead of the president through the south and west to fearn the sentunent and fecling towards President Harrison, and sound the field for 1802, Mr. John S. Shriver, his Washington correspondent, leaves tomotrow o go over the same ground the president covers, and it is going to be a race over the continent and back between the Mail and Express and tie president. Mr. Shriv pes by regular tradns and specials if necessary, and intends ential special all ontinent ana Lack again, The X0 miles, and is & big journal- istic undertaking. Mr. Shriver says he will accomplish the job or never return to Wash. ington. SIRJOUN FOOLS HIS CONSTITUENTS, ince the sudden and somewhat abrupt de- arture of the Canadian commissioners from Washington the other day facts nave come to light which show not only that the visitors were not disappointed aud suubbed, as inti- mated in some quarters, but that they were fully as successful in their mission as they expected to be when they came. The Cana- dian parliament meets within a few months, and the recent elections have shown the leadors of the party In power that the friendly seutiment towards the United States is rapidly growing in the Dominion, Tn order to appear to placato this sentimont and to win supporters o his own “*hatred for the United States' standard Sir John Mac- Donald conceived the brilliant idea of making a show at negotiation with the United States. He knew, did this wily old fox, that be was c candidates for congress and state not likely to me nirey his own policy. Sir Charles ‘Tupper sent here ina hurry, Sir Charles did stay long, but hurried back to Ottawa reported that there was a glimmer of jght for the plans, A husty out was prepared for publication, ~and smmissioners, having violated all diplo- precedent by publishing their demands ance of thoir prosentation, They *ime when the department of state was he eyes in other business, when the =y himself was confined to his home sss and the president on the eve of de parture for a long journey. They never ox- ted to negotiate a treaty, and mnever to. They had a political move to They think they have made it. Sir John MacDonald will try (o throw dust in the ©yes of his people by atinouncing the failure of the United States to enter into negotiations, and if thoy are as_big fools as he takes them for they will believe that Mr. Blaine and the president are opposed to Canadian reci- procity GOOD CAUSE FOR FEELING FLATED. Not only the secrotary of agriculture but every member of the official family of the presidont is nighly elated over the manner in swhiich the authorities of the German empi huve accepted the new meat inspection luw. For many years now American meats have been barred from Germany becauso of the alleged prevalence of trichinatimong the hoxs of the western farms. Of courso this was ouly the excuse for the discrimination prac ticed American hog products. The rgo was in _reality a measure of protection for the German stock raiser, but as the working people who ute theconsumers had to_be satisfied for the higher cost of bacon, pork and lard the false aceusation was made that the American meats were not only unhealthy, but posi tively dangerous to’ life. O er the other our ministers to Germany during the past ten years has tried to induce the raising of the embargo, but all without effect, until the passage of the meat inspection bill by the last congress. As soon as this measure had received tho approval of the president the secretary of agriculture took the neces steps towards enforcing its provisions, but he first s cured the co-oreration of Secre tary Blaine. Minister Phelps was formaily notitied of the £ congress and of the intentions of the department of agriculture with reference to the law, and he was further instructed to inform the imperial secretary of stute for homo affairs that this country was Jout to take every necessary precaution to insure the thorough healthfulness of our pet hogr products, Mr. Phelps is u diplomat. He pertorme the duty required of him well, and at the same time hie gave the German authori ties to fully understand what the rosult would be if the unjust embargo was to be continued. It would meau an embargo in the ports of the United States inst i 000,000 or $40,000,000 worth of ¢ ) O sar, and the hint was eff ved that the opening up of German mar kets to American hog products will furnish a steady market to many million dollars worth of the products of the western furms and will consequently ciihunce the market value of pork and serve to maintain a steadier price throughout the year. WASHINGTON'S IRESS CLUD. For the pastfive years Washington has been without a press cluv. Somehow or other every attempt which has been mado in the past to briug the newspaper writers of the capital together in a social organization have been without avail. Clubs have been organized with a score of members and after « precavious existence of 4 few months they have died the death of the nonparicl news- paper in the small piea town. During the month of December lust another serious effort was made to orzanizea club. After some preliminary attempts to get the men who write togethier a start was finally mude. Ofticers and a board of governors were elect- od and the governors looked arouna for suitable quarters, It took some time to find the proper place, aund longer to secure it when found, but last month succes: was achioved, and last week the final pay- ment was made on the outfit, which gives the National capital _press club the finest quarters and the best outfit of any news- paper organization in the country. The rooms are convenient to ‘“the row,” being located on Penusylvania avenue, near Four- teenth stret, and although the club is but an infant, it has already made itself felt among the public men still in Washington. Searcely a senator or member of the house remains in town who has not been a guest of the mem. bers, aud during the coming session of con- gress it promises to be one of the most popu- lar places in the city m which to look up & newspaper correspordent when the member of congress wants to be begged to express his views and opinions u ome important sub- jeot. ‘The membership numbers more than one hundred aud fifty, and the correspond- cuts who are not charter members are scnd- ing in their names for election to membvership at the rate of several a day. MISCELLANEOUS. Miss Cynthia E. Cleveland, formerly of South Dakota, has been confined to her rooms during the past week on account of poor health. She anuounces tlat she will be unable to return her visits this season. Cards are out for the marringe of Miss Hattie E. Rogers of lowa and Rev. J. Benja- min Clayton of Washington at the K Baptist church this week. Mrs. Senator Sanders of Montana, who has been lywg very ill at the Elsmere, is now convalescing. It wiil be at least a month be- fore she is out. Is Pexnry 8. Heam, LAST WEEK’S BUSINE! What Clearing House Keports for the Volume of Trade. Bosroy, Mass., April 12, —[Spacial Tele- gram to Tie Bek.] ~The followin s table, com- piled from dispatehes from the managers of the cleaving houses of the cities named, \mvs the gross exchanges for last week, with Fites per ceut of increase or decrease, as against tho similar amounts for the correspouding weelk in 1890: how crTies. AT Baltimore New Orieans Clnelnoatt.... Pittaburg Knnsas City Loulsviile ftulo Gnlvestor Milwnuke Minneapol Providen Detrolt Cleveland Owaha Denyer.. S8t Paui,, Indianapolls Columbus Momph Dallns Duluth Hartfrd Riehmond Nashville Portland. (re 1850 n4 - 1470433 1740013 1 7| FNTTRT Fort Worth, 1Bl 108 Sloux Uity . 100244 Soattlo. . 1 BA2 Mg Grand Raplds 400 Wilmington By gactise Angel Wichitng Lowoll Blrminghiam Tow Mol Montrenl Hallfux Outsido of New ¥ 50t tacluded Lo ttals. ——— BER 204, AN OMAHA CATHOLIC EPOCH, Marked by the Asoension of Bishop Scan~ nell to the Episcopal Throne, NUM IMPOSING INSTALLATION ~ CEREMONIES, Inspiring Music and Reverential Pro« cossions— Ciergymen Who Partic ipated— Ad tresses of the Bisho ~S8keteh of the New Potontates Rt. Rev. R. Seannell, late bishop of Con- cordia, Kan,, was formally of Omaha yesterday morning at St. Philos mena's cathedral on Ninth street noar Hare ney. The edifice was crowded and hundreds of people, who cagerly desired were unable to advance walls, Some of these, the oxercises through the onen windows on both sides of the chureh, Tho clorgy assembled in the pastoral resie dence adjoining the cathedral, aud at 10:30 a, m. marclied in procession to the edifice in the following order: Cross-bearer, acolytes with lighted tapers, censer boaror, asperges, visit- ing clergy, Bishop Cosgrove of Davenport, 1, attended by Rov. P. ¥, McCartuy, and finally Bishop Scannell, wearing mitre, boar- fug his crosior and wearing the regulation heavily ornamonted with bullion. As the procession entered the building the organ nd orchestra played the insviving march by d, composed in honor of Pope Pius IX, The clergy circled round the while the bishop to be cended the episcopal fow prayers wero then read Viear General Choka, after which 1 Colanery, secrctary to the late Bishop O'Con- nor, read the papal bull appouting Bishop annell to the diocese of Omahn The clergy then, in turn, filed past the throne, saluted the bishop and thon dropped on ono knee, at the samo time Kissing tho episcopal ring, which the bishop wore on the third finger of the right hand. The bishop then deseended the throno and asceuded the steps of the altar and in Latin proclaimed an indulgence of forty days to, be aned in the usual manner, The proclama wds read in English by lia's church. sy andauditors then took seats and Bishop Scannell spoke as follows : The responsibility of the bishop I8 rosponsibility. 1618 his duty (o advis i encourage his people fn relifous muttersy o foresee dungers and provide for them. Much of this, It {5 trag, he' must aceomplish Wroigh the clorgy, beeause they have s medlite neecess to the people—to nstruct and direct tiom 1n confession, to visit then in Uheir houses; and, when the clerzy are loyal 10 the suthority of the chureh and sollcitous for the woud of tho falth, then the respon ty of the bisl do Lighi Indeed. o propte mu co-operate fn sharing this responsibility expeeted to he faithful 10 ther pustor wnd manifest by (helr works that they aro giving u good examole to public. Wy this duty devolves upon ty day ladies taking part in oxercisiuz an infl wiatters and in no country in the world i divs s great opportunit 48 right in this country, and there Is no e try hotter prepured use they wre bocoming every d iy more intelligent, ‘und thereforg Zuining more fluenco. You must take your part i (his - rant work. You must be infelli= Tunt Catholies. Blind faith in lawful matters i very zood, but the f .ith we nced 1s an intel- Jigent faith that Is established on certainties, that will enable you to show to non-Cutholics thit your telizion 18 not @ superstition, bud has a strong foundution in reason s i faith, But cven that & not suilicient. You wust do something to make the doctrines of our holy church ucoopiggllo to those who are outside’of the fold, * Gk the truth to our Lord, “why do you you" said noy Dellever™ [t was not because He did nos ent it in o manacr. but because y found it u and wuse they found those doctrings unpleas So 1t {8 with the 2reat non-Catholfe public. You may show them thit yo reasonable; 18 unded on u it do nod toueh thelr hearts you will labor in vain. The doctrines of relfzion rest upon matter how well founded that you will not get any one to s trine which rests on faith a doctrine is unpleasant their worldly bassions, You must appeal to hourts of o people und sliow by your virtues thut the faith that you have i& ono thitt enabies those who' belléve in it {0 per- Torm such virtuous aets. You st show by your obo ence andshumility and the supers ural virtues that adorn the Christian Churacter that your religlon is divine. Tex= pect you, nswell us the clerzy, to share the Yesponsibility that has been conferrcd upon me In the ver fnstallod bishop admission, outer witnessed beyond the however, cope, sanetuary, installed as- throne. A in Tatin by A M. agreat direct aith, but no faith may be cept thut Loo= 0 long us 1he d does violence to Deginning T mect with a serfous sunse 1 succoed to one who pos- \y glfts and was adorned with 1 had n business capacity to which no clyim. Butleun (ry even at i ince to imitate him. 1 will sk you to for those whom God has pluced Tn aus 111t Is the duty of Christians to pra; o who nre plaecd In authority In ofv affadrs thut you may lead peaceful 1ives, how mueh wore should ~ you pray for those in au= thority In the chureh in order that your eter toly guldod. Relying on you ~operation and your loys ulty and by tho erace of God, T hope that ninistration cven my mis= tivkes. used to the glory of God and to Wation of the people thut have been committed to my enve. The bishop then returned to the throne and_ solemn pontifical high mass wus pros «ded with, the chowr intoning the Kyrie of marosw’s military mass with orchestral ac- compauiment. During the mass the bishop was attended by Viear Generals Perrier of Concordia, Kan,, Gleason of Nashville, Tenn., and Choka of Omuha, The mass was sung in a clear voice by Bishop Bouaeum of Lincoln, who was as- sisted by the following clerizy: Rev.. Wil- Jiam Kelley, assistant_ priest: Rev. George Glauber, deacon, and Rev. D. W. Moriar wb-deacon. Rev. C. Carroll and Rev. Bruen acted as masters of ceremonies, A pontifical muss n_he ruberies of the Catholic chureh 1s one of the most 1mposing of ceremonies, 1ts grandeur 1s limited onl by the resources of the sauctuary in Which 15 is celobrated, Yesterday the solemnity of tae coromony was admirably displayed and attracted the attention of the spectators from the openiug to the close. The effect was heighitened by the richly decorated vests ments of the celebrant and assistants, and the presence within the sanctuary of & nume bher of diocesan clergymen and from abroad, among whow, not_including those lready named, were the following: Fathers Dalton of Kansus City, Gill of Chicago, Lochran of Lincoln, Gleason of Nashville, Hanley of Ponea, ISotin of Atkinson, Mugin of South. Omahi, Muller of St. Libor, Jungles of Mon- terey, Hayes of O'Connor, Steucr of Howard county, Healoy of O'Neill, Wallace of Gretiin, Lynch of Wood River, Walsh of Novfolk und O'Reilly of Albion. The local clevgy present were as follows: Viear General Choka, St Weuceslaus” church: Fathers Carroll of Cecllia's, Daxucher of the hospital, Jacomovicz of St Paul's, Barrett and Jennétto of St. Patrick's, McCarthy of St Philomena's, Colaueri and Hillinan of Holy Fawily, Bruen of St. Philo- mena's, Broitkopf of St. Jostph's, Aherne of St. Poter's, Smith of the Sacred Hoart and Couway ol St. Peter's, Addiug to the inspiring effect was the beautiful white marble altar which was x'.‘um\uu.u\y decorated with flowers aol orns, At the close of mass Bishop Hennessy of Wichita, Kan., ascendod the pulpit and dey livered an interesting address, o part only of which is here: The distinzuished spirit, outside of the pale of the church, 1 this, our ' beloved country, 19 heso duys i that of indifferentism or latitas afuarianisme Men nowadays. with the light cnthFios of Sxperionce 10 gujds . are upt to assert without considerin foundation upon which they muke tho ase sorsion, atone vl iglan 18 as good ua snothert thit 1t ninkes no difference whut religio n professes, provided l&" be u good, mora 1 shit and Just man, and this des obtal) y largely (n ou Lin modern ers ror. 1 veliglon w an lustitution, \2 W hrliily camo to the - bady of the piople spon could imagine | Hichiy of cholee 1o’ the mutter; bit, wh | we kuow wud rosognise ket religlon com