Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1892, Page 1

THE OMAHA DalLy BEE. E— OMAHA, FRIDAY MO RNING ** TWE}R NKINLEY 0N THE FLOOR ?‘,‘hol of Tariff Bill Appears in the House C and Hears it Criticised, 1 P rl"[RSISTS IN .PURSUING PINKERTONS "o the xode 1 of Georgin Cannot teh Amusing iy Uninte Sesslon, Warson Speaker's a Ge Waspixaroy, D, C.. March 81.—The peo ple’s party representatives made an attempt n tho house today to call up the anti- Pinkerton resolution introducca some timo 8go by Mr. Watson. The resolution was re- ferred to tho committeo on judiciary and sinco that time Mr, Watson bas appoared be- foro that committee several times in advo- cacy of it, but thus far bas been unable to secute auy roport from the. committeo. Tm- mediately after the meetiug of tho house today Mr, Watson asked consent. to iutroduce a res olution calling voon the judiciary committee 1o roport tho rosolution to the house withont delay. Other matters being fn order at that time, the speaker did not recognize Mr. Wat- son, nud he was compelled to await the trans- action of somo praliminary business. After that he ngain demanded recogniiion several times, being encouraged by Burrows, Dalzell and ottier leaders of the republican side, who rejolee in stirring up all possiblo strifo betwecn (he people’s party and tho democratic majority, but tho speaker failed to recognize him. The regular order was ae- manded and tho people’'s party was unablo toget its gricvance before the house. Watson Says His Party Wil Persist, “Itis our intention,” said Mr. Watson, o call the public attention, and tho atton tion of the house, to this matlor from day to day until wo force that committeo on judi- ciary, which has been smothering our anti Pinkorton resolution, to report it. It isiu the haids of Mr. Oafes, who is the chairman of the subcommitteo 10 which it was re- ferred. At that gentleman’s request I havo appeared beforo his committeo several times 10 urge its adoption. He stated thatheis onposed 10 the resolution, and, whilo we con- cedo to him the rignt to oppose it, we do not concede uny committee the right to smother any matter referred to it. Lf this coneress fail to propose a remedy, or oven to inquiro into the subject of abuses, the peoplo will know where to place the responsioility.” Tmmediately after this little episode, which was really 8 pantomimic exhibition, the rec oid showling that Messrs. Watson and Simp- s0n cither got formal recoguition orattempted to get recoguition, the houso resolved itself into committeo of the whole for considera- tion of the tariff bill. Governor McKinley on tho Floor, The most significant event in tho tariff dis- cussion today wus {ne presence on the floor of Governor McKinley, the author of the Jaw against which all the democratic speechics were directed. Mo was warmly groeted by the members of both political parties ani paid close attention for a time to the speech of Mr. Wheeler of Alabama in support of the free wool bill. The first speaker was Mr. Brosiusof 1onn- sylvania, who spoke in opposition to the measura and made a vigorous defense of pro tection, Mr. Wheeler is an energetic talker and when he took the floor to conclude his speech (begun a week ov more ago) in advocacy of tho bill, he received the attention of the house. He spoke but fora brief spuce of time, which be dovoted to a denunciation of the McKinloy a Mr. Kyle, ‘Mr. Stockdalo and Mr. Norton of Missouri favored the measure, Mr. Her- maun of Oregon spoke in opposition to the bill, Messrs. Youmans and Stout of Michi- gan were in favor of the measure. Tho debate today was without incident, it flowed in a calm, unimpassioned stream. ‘Ihere was not an’ obstacla to disturb the onward course of cloguence. Tho committeo rising, the house took a recoss until 8 o'clock. SILVER IN TNE SK Morgan Brings Up the Question to Force Senators to Go on Record, Wasmxaroy, D, C., March 31.—In the sen- atethis morning, replying to adivect question touching the Nicaragua canal, Mr. Sherman, as chairman of the forsign relations commit- tee, stated that the work was progressing favorably under a private corporatio hat congress had dono nothine whatever to aid it, and that the bill reforred to was under con- sideration of a subcomm ittee, Mr. Morgan presented resolutions direct- ing the fiuance committes to inquirs ito tho causes of the cepression 1n azricultura a business and the effect of the silver act ot 189). Tho resolutions having boen read, Mr. Morgan started a discussion by stating that 1t was his purposo to call them up tomorrow anad to bring about, if ho could, some discus- sion of the financial situation of the United States. Howlsbed to ascertain the opinions of senators in regurd to tho necessity ana proprioty of the {reo coinago of silver, Ho wished 1o ascertain whether on either or on ‘voth sides of the chumber there were sana- tors who pormitted ths shadows of coming heroes and presidential combatants to como botween their duty tothe people and their votes on 4 question of the highest possible importance, Itdid wvot make any material difference whether Mr, Harrison or anybody elso was 1o bo the republican candidate for the prosidency, or whether Mr. Cleveland or anybody else was to be the democratic can- didute, senators should march straight up to their duty and correct the evil hehaa re ferrcd toas they know how. Free debate was tho duty of every senator. Senators had no right” to_ shrink from the full dis- cussion of tho situation or froma free, manly performance of their duty. So faras he was concerned, whatever effect it might have ou uny political party, be intended to bring the subject forward and to have it discussed and woted upon. “I want the people of my state atall ©vonts 1o bave the right to know the votes on the subjects of seuators who aspire to the presidency. I want it to be known whether hey are in favor of freo coinage of silver or wiether they are agaiost it on its merits, This [ want” to know, and I bave brought . forward theso resolutions for that purpose,’ He asked that the reso.ution g0 over until tomorrow. He asked it in the bope that sen- ators who felt as he did would come to his support, 50 that, while under the rules they could not express their views ou Mr. Stew- art's motion next Monday, they would have an opuortunity to do soon his (Morgan's) resolutions. and to extract from other sena- tors tueir opinions on the subject, Tue resolutions were laid ou the table and shortly after two republican senators, who are recognized as foremost among the @i- vocates of silver logislution, Messrs, Teller and Wolcott, wore to bo seen in eager cou- fercuco with Mr, Morgan, as if to assure him that he would not be without support when his vesolution came up for discussion. The Indian appropriation bill was taken uy and the vote was taken without further dis- cussion on the house provision for tho assign- ment of army officers to the duty of ludian sgoats, ‘The amendment recommended by the com- mittee on appropriations to strike out the rovision was dofeated: yeas, 20; nays, i, 30 that the provision remains incorporated o the bill. Vote in detail: Yoas—Messrs, Allison, Call, Carey, Colquitt, Cullom, Dawes, Dolob, Dubois, Gormun, Hun brough, Higgilos, Hiscock, Jones (Arkansas) Jones (Nevada), Morgan, Paddock, Palmer, Perkivs, Pettigrew, Plaw, Power, Ransom, Sanders, Shoup, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller, Warren, Wilson—20. Nays-—Bai bour, Berry, Butler, Cameron, Carlisle, Chandler, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel, Faulkner, Gallinger, George, Gibson (Louisiana), Gib: son (Maryland), Gordea, Gray, Harris, Hawley, Hill, Kyle, McMillun cPherson, Mills, Peflor, Proctor, Pugn, Sawyer, Sher- AT man, Vauce, Vest, Vilas, Voorhees, Wasn- l bura, White--34 Without further action tho senato ad fourned, Mr. Morgan's Little Scheme. The dcbate on silver in the senate will not begin until Monday and will, it is telicved, Iast about a week. Mr. Morgan's purpose in introducing the resolutions which will bring on a debate was clearly indicated in the re marks ho made today in the senate. Ho desires the peoplo to know the attiwude of the senators of both parties on the silver bill, aud to so turn tho debace as to draw out their views, or to make them suffer from the implications to bedeawn from their silence. ‘I'he vole on his resolutions will not be of any signifi- cance, as they propose an inquiry to which all senators are willlng to assent. Cer- taiuly, howevor, Mr, Morgan has succeeded in_disquieting the minds of a number of senators by the iutroduction of the resolu- tions. PUBLICAN CAUCUS, Congressional Campaign Committee pol Names of the Members, WasuixGtoy, D. C., March 31— Ropresen- tative Henderson of Iilinois, chairman of the house caucus, called (e joint republican caucus of senators apd representatives Fri- day night in the senate. Senator Cullom was expected to presido, and Ropre- sentative Dualzell" @8 clected secrotary. It was ngreed that as each state was called tho delegation should presont tho namo of 1ts representativo to the republican congressional camnpaign committeo aud where no name was presentod from any state livorty should bo given to present tho name to the secretary in the fatare. Here are u list of tho names of tho mem- RESULT OF R¥ Ap- | WHAT MORGAN'S bers of tho republican congressional cam- paign club handed in At tonight’s caucus: California, Representative J. T. Cutting; Delaware, Senator Hizgins: Idaho, Hepre- seutative’' Swoet: Illinois, Represeuta- tive Hitt; Indiana, Representative Johnson: Towa, Representative Hull; IKansas, Senator Perkins; Kentucky, Repre- sentative Wilson; Maine, Representutive Bouteile; Michigan, Representative O'Don- nell; Montana, Senator Sanders; New Hanpst.ire, Seaator Chandlor; New York, Representative Ketchum; North Caro- lina, Representative Heury Cheatham; North Dukota, Representativo Jounson; Ohio, Caldwell:’ Pounsylvania, Representa: tive Myron B. Wricht; South 'Dakota, Sen- ator Pettigrew: Tenncssee, Representativo iouck: Vermont, Rupresentative Grout: Washington, Representativo Wilson: Wis consin, Representative Vaughan; Wyoming, euator Carey, and Oldahoma, Dolegate Harvey. CAPTAIN BOURKE ACCUSERS, Alded Garza Yet Claim Pro United States—General Stanley's Report, WasmiNaroy, D. O, March 31-—CGeneral Stanley, commnanding the Dopartment of ‘Pexas, bas made a report to Geperal Scho- field in regard to the case of Cuptain J. Bourke, Third cavalry, from which it apoears that the charge against that ofilcer in connec- tion with the Gurza campaigu were preferred by Mexicun citizens, for, although residing in Texas, they disavowed any allegiance to the United States and, notwithstanding the fact that they had aidea (Garza’s band in tho insurrection against the Mexican govern- ment, they asssrt that they are ontitled to tho protection of this go¥ernment. Gen- eral Stanley adds that theso men aro now being procoeded against by the state of Texas for violating the noutrality law. General Schofield has submitted the case to the sccretary of war, with a recommen- dation that no action be taken by the mili- tary in regard to the charges against Captain Bourke until after the conclusion of the civil proceedings against his prosecutors. ection of the May Be Taken with Mental Reservation, WasuiNaroy, D. C., March 31.—Tho Vene- zuelan ministor today received a cablo message from his government in which ho is authorized to declare that somo recently published statements concerning Venezuela are without foundation. He is informed that thero has been no battie fought near Caraces; that peace is almost rostored; that the regzular course of business has not been interrupted; that the new cabinet appointed by President Palacio has the confidence of the people. and tkat the situation is far from being a violeut one. Secretary Noble Denles Glbion's Charge, WasmiINGTON, D. C., March Prosident Gibson of the National Yellowstono Paric association, which has for years neld certain privileges in the park, soms weels ago made certain chavges against Secretary Noble to tho effect that the secretary had been actuated by poiitical and personal motives in graoting loases in the vark for hotel and other purposes. Today Secretary Noblo sp- pear2d bofore the senate committes on torri- tories and depied 1n terms that could not_be misunderstood, the statements made by Mr. Gibson. e CREEDE'S FIRST KILLING, Marshal Light Secures Willlam McCann for the New Graveyard, Creepz, Colo., March 31.—[Special Tole- gram to Tug Bee.])~The first killing done in Creede occurred at 4:3) this morning. William McCann was shot and killed by the city marshal, Captain Light. Cuptain Light has beon on the eround ouly a few days, but the tough element is being thinned out rapidly. The gang of b men which was nere a month ago has boe pretty well scattered and this morning shooting was a surprise owing to the peaco ful manner in wiich tho marshal had con ducted all bis previous tough cases, When Captain Light arrived there were notices stuck up ull over the town warning all persons ugalist catrying weapons of any kiod, As n consequence thore was but littie of that permiscuous blazing uway at peopie's nals and shooting tho logs off of chairs, that bad prevailed hore in tho carly days of the camp, which had been referred o as practi- cal jokes. It soon came to be understood that when auybody felt iuany and uuloaded their guns in open air, it cost them just &7 for oach offense. Ihis fino had been impored about four or five times since the arrival of Marshal Light and all street snooting ceased until the fatal affray this morning, The Last Chance mine had a big explosion Monday in the oro house. Tho men were oftening some powder near a stove when . . aught fire and oxploded, doing a great deal of damago. It blew the heavy two-foot tim- bers tbrough tho tall pines bear by, felling the large trees to the earth for some 40 yards from whero the building stood, but strange 10 suy no one was hurt. The men, seeing the danger, ran aown the tunnel. Tho water works company has finished its reservoir, which is situated a half mile above Creede. Pipes aro being laid ard it will bo buta short time until the system 1s completed aud Creede will ba furnished with as pure water as auy place in Colorado, A heavy snow has peen falling all day mixed with dust or yellow clay. While fall- iug it presents a very strange sight, Sraest Riall of Omaba bas bought an in terest n the Littlo May mino for £,000. He also bougat sevoral othor claims Here are u few very queer advertisements ut & mining broker's offic 1f you havea veluor o the carth, showlng mineral. we have the sucker. E. L. Mawriy, Broker Here 1s another sign : Tho Beo Hive-Turkish baths, vapor and massage treatment. by lady atten lants. ANNIE WILSON, 441 Crecde Avenue. Tho past week there have besn quite & number of sudden deaths from lung troubles, I'his camp has goue up higher since two weoks ago. ‘I'be altitude was thes but the present surveyor of Lhe state has put the camp up 10 9,700 feet. . - Reversed the Order, CoLumnus, O., March 81,—The lezislature has passed iuto a law the bill districtivg the state for conzressiousl purposes. It gives the democrats six districts and the republi- cans fifteen, which s just reversiug the present apportionment, t 1o the bowels of AFTER SENATORIAL DODGERS Democratio Presidential Candidatss Must Pass on Free Silver, MANEUVERS ~ MEAN I, Gorman, Palmer and Brice Will be Re- quired to Meot t estion Sq for the Benclit of Their Con- stity Wasmixeroy, D. C., Mareh 31.—[Spocial Telegram to Tt Bre, | —Senator Morgan is bound to smoke out the presidential_candi- dates in the sonate. He indicated this today when he introduced & resolution for an in quity by tue financo commiltoe 1nto the re- lation between siiver legislation and indus- trial dopression. His remarks wera made sharply, teo, and cuused o sensation among his colioaguns. Tho real purpose of Mor- gan's rasolution doos not app:ar on tho sur- fase. Itisintended to forastall any possiblo dofeat of Sonator Siewart's motiou next Monday, to take the free coinago bill from the calendar. Should Stewart's motion fail, Morgan will keep his resolution blocking the pathway of morning business uutil ho suc ceeds fn making 1t uncomfortable for a good many dodgers. This resolution is aimed directly at Gor man, Hill and Palmer, who have presiden- tial amoitions, and at Brice, who is facing both ways. Morgan and the southern sena- tors are both redhot siiver men. The failure of tho house to pass tho Bland bill has only intonsified their zeal. Seaator Teller ry marked to Senator $Morgan that there wero somo dodgers on tho ropublican siie that he would like to seo smoked out. Thero is not, nowever, much disposition among tbe ropub: licans to'dodze. The leaders uro ready for the test on Stewart’s motion 10 take the freo comage biil from the calendar. Position of the Senators. T'he chauces of preventing this are much bettor than of stopping its passage on a di- rect vote. Somo senators who would be bound to vote for freo coinage are williug to £0 on record against bringing it up at present to take precedenco over other legislation. Tho action of the house in sidetracking tho Bland bill is all the justification they want on which to go before their free silver con- stituents. It seems probable that not more than a half dozen republican senators, and these from the silver states, will support Stewart’s motion, though there may be as many as ten of them, Stowart avd Jones of Nevada, Teller and Wolcott of Colorado, Mitchell of Oregon, and Pettigrew of South Dakota, are said to b the certain ones, whilo the silver men have hopes of the Montana and Idaho senators, Should tho democratic senators prove as strong against tho Stewart motion as they huve promised, it cannot be taken up. Gor- man, fill, Brice, Palmer and all the dodgers are inclined to’ vote with the republican majority. Carlisle is tho only southern senator who is counted on to follow tho same course. Vest of Missouri, a rampant free coinago supporter, has been talking ogainst tho Stewart motion, but no one kunows how hie will vote. 1t may requiro the custing of the vote of Vice President Morton, but the chauces are thought to be by conservutive leaders in the senate against Stewart carrying his point. Senator Stanford leaves tomorrow for Cali- foroia, and itis said that he has rofused to secure a pair in favor of free silver. PENSION OFFICE INVESTIGATION, Commissioner Raum Examined by Enloe of Tennessee, Who Shows Party Isias, Wasuixgroy, . C., Mareh 31.—Ths pan- sion ofice investigation tock a decidedly political cast today, Mr. Enloe acting as in- quisitor. He questioned Commissioner Raum as to the cxaminer in ex-Iispresentative Cunnon’s district in Illinof Mr. Raum re- plied it was believed the man had been iu- fluenced by political- motives in conaucting cases. Cannon also had sald he was politi cally disazrecable. Enloo then asked if the bureau was not usea for political purposes. ‘The commissioner said ho never wrote a letter to the medical boara of examiners, requesting performance of any political act, but if he found examiners using their places to aid the democratic party he would call them in. He did not use the oftice as » machine to down his political opponents, but when It came to assigning men to duty in the ticld he madeit a point to know their politics. He gave preference to republicans because this was a republican admimstration, He denied that more ap pointments were made in doubtful districts just before elections than at other times, or that move pansions were grantad in districts where votes were more needed thau where there was not so much need. Snloe asked if his office did not adjudicate claims more rapidly in close congregssional districts than where there was a decided ma- jority one way or the other. Rawn said no, and added that 1t happened that for & num- ber of years more pensions had been allowed in Indiana than sny other state. Ho ac- counted for it by the fact that Indiana was a close state and every ono there was working for the old soldiers.” 1t was a fact that sinco the meeting of this congress, representa tives trom Indiana had sent in twice as many calis for status of claims us members and senators from Illinois, IZnloe wanted to know how it was that in states where there was a democratic majority it was exceedingly daifficult to get a call an- swered, let alone u case adjudicated, Jomn- missioner Raum replied that calls had aver- aged about 1,000 & day this sossion and lat- terly had been increasiny so that not moro than 25 per cont of them could be answered without stopping the busiuess of deciding cluims, and bad he not stopped the practico ho would probably have issued 75,00) less certificates than last year. Asked it the real ‘reason for tho conmis- sioner’s turning over £5,000,000 to the treas- ury lastsummer was not' becauso the treas- ury was reduced to financial straits, Mr, Raum said be had bad balamees reported at tno close of the fisccl yoar, and, as he couldu’t usc them oo next, he called on the secretary of the creasury and informed him ho could transfor ,000,000. The secretary had said he would be elad if it was done and i'lm commissioner gavo the necessary direc- 003, —_— Business Fallures of Three Mo New Youk, March 31, —Bradstreot's report of failuros for tho quarter endod Maren 31, shows these totals for the United States, 8,207 as agaiust 8,401 in the samo quarter of' last year. The as- sets are $17,754,041 as ugaiost $22,801,553 in 1801, whilo tue liabilities are $35,361,740 as against §44545,753 in 1801, The western states of the abovo failures bad 610 against 798 in 1801, with uabilities of §7,615,227 against 13,522,507 in 1501 and assels &4, | 601 against §7,711,735 in 1591, The uorthives ern states hud 257 against 403 failuresin 1501 ; assets, §1,44 sgainst 82,180,453, and habilities &3,127,756 ugainst §9,401.552 in 1801, e Pacific states had 245 against 310 failures in 18015 assets, §314,043 azainst $1,033,- 092, and liavilities ' $1,520,400 against £1,781,022 in 1801, Tne territories had fifty- one ugainst twenty-eight failures 1 1801; as- s 804,540 agaiust ), and liabilities ,113 against §150,475 in 1501, - Cleveland Won This Won, Hor SeriNas, Arvk, Mareh 31.—Cleveland defeated Chicago in a very pretty eleven- wning game this afternooun, It was hotly contestod lnroufhoux and was characterized by very fiue ball playing on both sides. Gum- bert and Schriver were iu the points for Chi- cago and Davis and O'Counor for Cleyelan: Score: Cleveland, 10; Chicago, v. ——— Crowding Toward the Cheyenue Laud, Toreks, Kan., Murch 81, —Jobn Sebastian, gencral passenger agent of the lock Island road, passed through Topeka today on his re- turn from Kl Reno, where he has been taking care of tho trafiic interesta of the Rock Island prevarators to the opeaing of the Cheyenno and Arapahoo Jund. " Mr. Sebastian savs the Rock Island is atrendy crowded with pas sengers rushing to the fronties in anticipa- tion of the proclamation of tho opening of the lands, which i expected to be made about the middle of April. - FOLLOWED TUE PRAIR Her Nozzle Agin the Bank the Golden Ruale Burned, CixcrNsaty, O., March 51, —Shortly after 4 o'clock this aftornooa as tho steamer Golden Rule was about leaving the vig whbarf boat ot the public landing just above Main street, ana while the passengors were saying good- bye to friends, there was a sudden burst of smoke from the hatchway directly under the stairway at the front of the boat and in & moment tho wildast panic seized passengors, friends, roustabouts and all, Nobody could aecoant for the sudden out- break of the fire, nor for its rapid spread. Only the maa nearost tho stair- way was able t get down to tho lower deck and escaps to the wharf boat. All the rest were driven to tho rear of the cabin, where the wildest scenes were en- acted. Women shricked and faintea and it requirea all the courage ana prosence of mind of the men to prevent a holocaust. Lyine alongside tho stern of the Golden Rulo was the Keystono State, next to tho wharf boat. To her the passengers ran and clambered to her uppsr dock. Some sprang to a fuel barge, but the fire was so fiorce and sudden that the Keystone Stato was compelled to back into theriver. Then somo brave. thoughtfui men from the shoro caught the stern of the Golaen Rule and drew her into the wharf boat and thus gave u mears of escaps to the few who would not have got away otherwise, But ono unfortunate passenger, Miss Nel- lia Maloney, who had been visitiug friends in Cincinnati, made a rash attompt to jump too soon and fell between the beat and the barge. The gallant clerk, F. M. Bondusant, who had delayed too long to got down the stair- way, and after vainly trying to save his books aad monoy, had jumped over the side of the steamer into the water and then clam- bered on the barge, saw Miss Maloney’s body in the water. He jumped in agamn and made a heroic effort to save hor, but she disap- peared under the whaltf boat and was lost. She has a brother ln Memphis. The clerk himself might have followed but for the as- sistance of the passengers. So tar as 1s now known the only 19ss of life is that of Miss Nellie Maloney. Tho great wharl boat, of course, was soon ablaze from end w end, and all 1ts upper works were destroyed. The steamer Fleetwood, Iyving just above, caught fire at the stern and narrowly es- caped destruction, But for the fact taat it was time for all to Jeave the wharf and all had steam up four steamers instead of one would have been de- stroyed. Later—1t is_ foared that Frank Riley, sccond mate, and several roustabouts and deck hants were lost. The Golden Ruie, Captain O. P. Shinkle, was worth $0,00) to#25,000. She had a fine cargo, estimated at $2,000. Everything was burned in less tan an hour. The. hul floated 200 feet and sank. The wharf boat was filled with merchandise, the value of which could only be guessed at. All the books of the ofice were lost. THINK SHE WAS MURDERED. ? BELL. With Verdiet of the Coronor’s Jury in the Des Molnes Shootin Des Morxgs, Ia,, March 31, —[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee. |—Some sad and painful ccenes have been witnessed about the city hall during the past tyventy-foar hours,where the nquest into tho shooting of Mabel Schwartz by Fred Crafton, her alleged hus- bard, was being investigated vy the coroner, Crafton's former wife, Lizzie Dufford, and her mother have been present, and the meot- ing between them and Crafton in the jail was dramatic in the extreme. Today the dead girl’s foster father, William Z. Schwartz, a) rived from Chicag Mrs. Schwartz was so prostrated she could not come, The grief of Mr, Schwartz when he viewed the remaios of his adopted daughter was ‘almost uncon- trolable. He told the jury the story of tho flight of his daughter with Crafton from Sioux City the l1atter part of January, after which all trace of her was lost till tho news of the tragedy was_ received. The remains of thoe girl will be taken to Chicago for burial, The coroner's inquest was comploted this afternoon, resulting in a verdict of murder in tho first degren o ed Crafton, James Kavanaugh, Low Foley and Ida Jamicson. The former was neld to the grand jury in bonds of £2,000 and the others in the sum of £1,000. Noue have yet been secured. Injured Her Prospects, S1oux Ciry, Ia., March 51.- - [Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.|—Advices from Washing- ton indicate that Sioux City has beat herself out of apostoftico building for this year, al- thiough the last congress made an ap tion of £250,000. Ome-balf of this wa available. A site was agreed on, the govern- ment to pay §21,000 and the citizens §59,000, But whoen the government last fall called for tho title the Sioux City subscribers failed to come to thb front. Thus the mat- ter has hung, and the subscriptions have not yet been paid. As nothing can be done till the title has been \ransferred, the govorn- ment is still waiting, No plans will even be drawn and the outlopk is that the appropria- tion cannot be expended this year now under any circumstances. Prohibition ln Creston, Crestoy, Ia., Mgreh 81.—[Special Tele- eram to Tue Ber. ]—Injunctions were issued toduy against u had dozen of Creston's sa- loou men and the.qwners of the buildings they occupied. Dbis, however, is but o rop- etition of the tactiesief former years, There 18 not a single case §f an injunction having uny moro effect R than the prohibitory law. ‘Ihie saloons closed now but they are usually closed when the graud jury is in session, AND THE LAWBREAKERS, Death for the Dyasmiter—Ravachel's Asso- clate Anarchists Keveal Thin gs. Panis, March 31, —The senate has approved the bill imposing the penalty of death upon persons couvicted of using Cynamite for blowing up buildiegs and other unlawful purposes. ‘Tue avarchist prisoners who were con- cerned in the explosious ia the Boulevard St. Germain and at the Lobaur barracks have made a detailed coufession. They say that Ravachol as concerned in & murder wud robbery ot Moot Brison, by which he realized 30,000 francs, He gavo the bulk of the money to asso. clates in St. Etieune, drawingisums when re- quired for dynamiting purps Ravachol assisted in stealing and burying the dyna- wite taken from the factory at Soissy, ae- clave these inforners. Chaumartin msks to be iwprisoned, as he fears assassipftion if released. LAW Nouroy, Kan., March 8l.—A prairie fire uus swept over several townships in Norton couuty, Hundreus of families have lost five:ymlng, Willlam Duno was burned to eath, , APRIL 1, 1 WARRING FOR STATES RIGHTS Venezuolan Insurzents Do Not Believe in the Centralization of Power, TO DEFEAT THEY HOPE PALACIO News of the Government's First Battle Confirmed Crespo’s Sym South A Def t One of Says— at in the W hilzers News. [Copyrighted 1892 by Jumss Gordon Benneth.| CanAcas, VENEZUELA (via Galvoston, Tex.), March 81, —[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tne Bre.|—The Rreatost excitoment is raported at all Vene: zuelau ports, which aro filled with rofugoes from this city and interior of country. ‘I'ho fugitives aro all endeavering to securo pas- 5ago out on the steamers, The Herald's occcount of the first battle be- tween the government troops and the insur- gent forces is confirmed, which resulted in the triumph of Palacio’s army, but the vie- tory was a dear ono to the govornment, cost- ing 1t inany lives, The rogular troops wore led into a trap which was skillfully laid oy 300 revolutionists, When Palacio’s men dis- covered the ruse they were in the power of tho enemy. ko government troops beat u rotreat in quick order. Tho number of dead and wouuded has not been learned. The national forces withdrew beyond Valencia to wait furthor information from thestates of Lara, Neamoru, Andes and Fal con, In official circles n strong anti-Ameri- can feeling is apparent. Many foreignors are seeking refuge in the different consulates. Some Ofcial Rumors, Advices have just been received here that additional sxirmishes have taken place be- tween the government and the insurgents, and that the former has been victorious all along the lino. The revolutionists are said to be iy full flight on tho road leading from Valencia. General Crespa's forces aro sald to bo completely ganized and panic-stricken, and Cre s reported to be fleeing on horseback toward Guanore. It must bo remembored that all these rumors come from official sources. Tho in- surgent forces have a different story to tell. Among the many persons who have tem- porarily loft Venezuela is a wealthy Carac: planter, who is a staunch friend of the in- surgent cause. Just before his de- parture he svoke to me very freely on tho stato of affairs in the republic. He soid that his ouly object in leaving the country was to take his family out of danger. He will nccompany them as far as Panama and secure their safe conduct into Pery, where they will remain until the revolution is over. What an Insurgent Says, He 10ld me that the struggio might last for six mouths, as the goveramont and the revo- lutionists were both well supplied with funds and arms. So convirced was he of ihe ultimate triumph of the insurgents that he anuounced his intention of returning to Venezuela as svon &s he parted from his family. He will attempt to pass the lines ana join General (respo in the interior, Guzman Blanco, he told me, has no connec- tion with the revolt, nor could he have, for the uprising against Palacio is on the samo grounds as the movement which led to the ex- pulsion of Blanco, viz, : attempting to maintain a dictatorship, suporession of freo expres- sicn of the people’s will and intimidation of hisjoutspoken critics. 'I'he question at stake, ho added, is purely one of state sovorvignty, or centralization. In October last P’alacio conceived the idea of upsetting tho pres- ent fedoral constitution aud of forming all the Venezuelean statos into a centralized republic, such as President Nunez has brought about in Colombia, Tho adminis- tration weut before the people on that issuc, but despite its inost strenuous efforts mot with powerful opposition overywhere. An oppositlon party was forined to checkmate Palacio's plans. Dr. Rojas Paul, whom Pu- lacio bad banished, was called from abroad to assume the direction of the campaign. He was thereupon in banished. This act oniy served to inflame the oppssition and aroused the other federalist leaders to greater exertions, Tho nationals, as Palacio's party is called, were badly dofeated in the last con- gressionul election. The legislatures of only three states agrecd to support the oMicial propaganda. Then followed a government decree susponding tho presidential election bacause of its illegality. Attempts to pre- vent the organization of the nouses of con- gress followed, and this was the immediate cause of the revolt, which burst forth with great suddenuess, and the first battle was fought soon afterwards near Caracas, Crespo Well Supported, If General Crespo's soldiers had been bet- tor armed at that timo, my informant added. the insurgents’ partial victory over the gov- croment in- thai engagement could have been followed up by Crespo's advance upon the capital, which Ee wouid in all probabil- ity have captured. Over balf of Crespo's men, howevor, carried only machetes. ‘The others bad'scarcely o dozen rounds of ammuvition. It was deemed best, therefore, to withdraw iu the diroction of Valencia, so as 10 bo nearer the baso of supplins. Arms and ammunition havo recontly becn sent over from Curocua, and in spito of the gov- ernment’s guard along the coast, have ~been safely landed and put in the hands of tho insurgents, who, now that they are all well avmed, wilt make s much more determined fight., “The planter, in_conclusion, predicted that by the middle of April the ederalists to the number of from 10,000 to 20,000, all fully armed, would begin thelr advance upon Curacas, From the Outside, LAnaxiLae, Colombia (via Galveston, Tex.), March 31.—{ly Mexican Cable to the York Herald—Special to Tue Bee, | Private advices from Bogota received at Carthugena confirm tho reports of & wide- spread revolutionary uprising in Venezuela, Telegrams from Pawmplons aunounco that many Venezuelaus who bave long been res- idents of Colombia are returning to the former country to join Goneral Crespo. Public sympathy here and at Bogota is mostly favorable to the revolutionists, owing o Palacio’s well known antipathy to Colom- bia, and his unaccountable failure to notify it of the acceptance of Cristina's awara in 1he boundary question. Senor Jose Maria Barrios, the Vene- zuelan cousul at Colon, discredits the current revolutionary stovies and says that be has official reassurances of the government's success. Ho does uot believe that Guzeman Blanco is at all impli- cated in the revolt, and thioks that the ex- citement will soon be at auend, Hesays that Palacio has a 4!l wweasury and enjoys the coufidence of & great majority of ~his countrymen. " MORE M'CHEERY SCANDAL, Consul at Valparalso Charged with Assist. ing 4 Smuggler in Trade, |Copyrighted 1692 by James Gordon Bennstt.) Varrauaiso, Cbili (via Galyeston, Tex.), Mareh 31.—| By Mexican Cablo to the New York Herald—Special to Tae Bye. |--During last August, W. 8. Stern obtalned & permit through American Consul McCraery to ship north coucraband goods actually belopging to the Italian firm of Zanelli Bros. It was al- leged that the contraband stuff was the prop of Stern, as an American oitizon. Zal uelll Bros.’ books show, however, that £2,000 was paid Lo Consul McCUreery for his scrvices in the matter, I'saw Stera today, He allezes that Zan clll Bros. employed hiim and that Consul Me= Croery guve him a permit after the goods bad beea shipped. e authorized his eoun se A . \d ovor to | to roceive the money and it wi MeCreery. I'he transaction toly to be | judicially investigated here. T, = cident is Fenoraliy regarded as piacing th = hsul in a poculiar light. E i nsked McCreory today whill = hohad to offer. He said that | = tho permit for Stern to ship ds and thinks ho recelved the money on ount of Stera, who weat to Santiago, buti 4 over tho same. Mr. McCroory denies — eiving money for his sorvices i relati o ox change transactions. He says that | lieves that ho has a right to buy and sel 118 of exchang Consular instructions d t for bid other than mercantile transactions, Theso attacks upon und chargos st the consul aro rondering him ry_ uunpopular among the residents Valparaiso. Tho fact of Stern, an American citizon, acting as' Shippor of contraband goods nnd of United tatos officials obtaining permits for him, cnowing Lhis 10 be tho caso, i3 considered ahoad of neutrality observances, During tho course of stipment the perniit was revoked by order of Balmaceda's govornment, it be coming knowu that the goods really belonged totho Italian firm, but Storn insisted and Ministor Egan_obtained permission for the loading to go on. Political Point Brexos Avues, Argentina (via Gaiveston, Tox.), March 31, |By Mexican Cablo to the New ' York Heraid -—Special to Tne Ber. | —Balmacoda’s mother has crossed tho Andes on er way to Mendoz, where she will visit hor other sous, who are 1o that city, It is expected that within two mouths thero will bo a large gathariog of exiles in Buenos Ayros. A fusion of Saenz Pena’s party nad tho radicals has taken place under the name of coustitutionals. Advices from Montevideo stato that the Lazaretto on I'lores island 1s crowded with passengers for Uruguay. 'Ihey ave tem- porarity detained on steamers. Rio Jaxemo, Rrazil (vis Galveston, Tex), March 81.— By Mexican Cable to the New York Herala—Snecial to Tue Ber. | —A new political orcanization has been established Lero. Its members call themselves federal republicans, Their purpose is to oppose tho present military domination. - OUR LATEST WAR MACHINE, Detailed Deseription of th Raleigh, Launched Yesterday. uronk, Va, Maret 81.-The cruiser Raleigh was successfully launchod at tho navy yards at nooo. The Raleigh is tho fiest steel ship ever built in the Norfolk navy rard. She has Leen kuown as cruiser No. 8, is 0f 8,000 tons displacemont, sho is of steel and has twin screws, has heavy protective deciss, great speed, and heavy batteries of ravid fire guns: she has poop and forecastle decks with an open gun deck between. Her length on lead lino is 500 feot, oxtremo breadth 42 feot, and mean dravght 18 feet. The Raleigh has 10,000 indicated horse-power and bas a speed of nineteen knots. The en- gines aro triple expansion, vertical, inverted aud direct acting, the common stroke being -five inches. Tho condensers have eacl 700 leet of cooling surface. There are four boilers which are double-ended and two single-cnded ones, placed in four water- tight compartments. The working prossure i3 160 pounds. _The butker capacity for the conl supply is 536 tons, The vertical keel is thirty-six inches deep, orseventcen and onc-hall pound plate, with 3x3 inches seven pound angles on the upper edge, and 3'cx3 inches eight pounds on tne lower edge: tho 1ner flat keel plate is fif- teen pounds, and the outer twenty pouuds. ‘The bottow plating is fifteen pounds from the keel to the main deck, the sheer stroke being in two thicknesses of fifteen pounas cach. Ob the hammock berthing it is ten pounds, and on tho sides of poob and fore- castle it is twelve and one-half pounds per square {oot. ‘There is a double bottom in the wake of the machinery space of twelve and one-balf pound plating, excent plate on tLo top of vertical keel, the margins stroke, of which uro fifteen pounds, Solid plates lightened by holes aro substi- tuted for the bravkets where special strength is required. The solid water-tight {rames are of plate, ten pounds per foot. ‘The center line bulkhead extends through- out tho machinery space. I'ne protective deck slopes at the sides in two slopes of twenty-two and thirty-niue de- grees. ‘The main battery consists of one six- inch and ten four-incu ravid fire breoch loading rifles on centor pivol mounts, pro- tected by thick steel shields worked as’ part of the hull or made fast to the carriages. ‘The second battery coasists of two six pounders, two three-pounders, ouo one- pounder, and two thirty-seven mm R. C. ‘There are six torpedo tubes with openings about four feer above the water, worked from the berth deck, fixed forward and aft, four of which are training tubes, and are placed at the sides of the forward and_af; berth decks. The tubes are of tho Howell pattern, using gunpowder impulse, a device much superior Lo tho hydraulic or pueumatio telescope rammer sometimes An oxhaust system of ventilation 18 pro- vided, worked by powerful biowers, and pipes are led down from the upper deck for supplying fresh air. Special pipes lead the gases of tho coal bunkers into the chimneys. A fire main extonds along the berth decks, with stand pipes to the gun, poop, and fore- castle docks; the steam and hand putnps aro conuected with this main, There are salt water pumps for supplving the officers’ closets, galley, etc., and fresh water pumps to delivor to the galley and for the daily sup- ply of tanks, ote. The rig 15 that of & two- mistea schooner, spreading 7.210 square fect of canvas., ‘The masts have barbetto waller- ies for machiue guas, just balow the tops. The boats are all stowed nboard, out of the line of the fire of the guns, on skid beans, In addition to the lights furnished by numerous Latches, ports und sido lights there is an nstallation of clectric lights. ‘The plant consists of 1wo engines and two dynamos, 50 arranged that either dynamo can be connected with any or ail of the in- candescent or ‘arc light ‘circuits. Threo search light projectors of the Mangin typs are provided directly alt, Under the poop deck 15 placod tho cuptain’s after cibin, handsomely furnished, which has transoms well lighted by gun posts and side lights, On tho berth deci aft 15 u room for tie cabin etores, Forward of these are ten werdrooms opening into a passage. The forward vorth deck, with the exception of tho paymaster's ofiice, aispensary and prison, is given up to the crew. Here aré also locatad the galley, crews’ closets, tho ice machine and refrigerating room for carrying mea's, eto. A most complete systom of drainage is pro- vided by which the total power of the steam and circulating pumps can ba concentrated on any main or intermodiate department, There is a constant stroam of water kept ci culating through the trough of the seamen’s closets, keeping them very cloan, ete. The Raleigh is the first cruiser of the new navy which nas been launched from a government vard. The plans were complaten in 1859, and the amount appropriated for her was 1,100,000, — De eps and Pau Stock, New Youk, March 3l.—Lawyer Edmund Heurstel today began his examionation of & number of American capitalists in regard to the transfer by Count Ferdinand do Les- seps to the Universal Inter Ocean Pauuma Canal company of (8,534 shares of the Pan- ama raliway stock, at §203.25 a share, when the value of each shore was not more than 100, About twenty-five wituesses will bo xamined, and it is expected that the inquiry will last a week or more, All the examina- tions will be strictly private, The witnesses who testified today were George W. Ely, sco- retary of the stock exchange; Charles C. Fraucklyn, A. V. Marquand, C. T, Leverich and the secrotary of ue Upited States Trust company. lanation brained . Great Crulser s——— Steamship Avvival * At Baltimore—Carthagenian, pool. At London—Siguted—Greeco, Rugla and Brittanic, for New York. At New York—Germanis, from Liverpool; Bobemia, from Hamburg. from Liver- St PIHI Stoek fucrensed, New Youk, Mareh 81.—The Standard Oil company has increased its capital stock from 3,000,000 to §7,000,000, NUMBER 'CYCLONE AT NELSON Nuckolls' Oonuty Seat the Scena of a Tere ribly Destructive Storm, NO ONE WAS KILLED IN THE WRECK ovoral Persyns Badly Tnjured but No Loss of Lifs Ocourred, MANY BUILDINGS UNROOFED BY WIND Thousands of Dollars Damage Inflicted to Property in the City. DETAILS OF A DOUBLE BARRELED STORM Terrible Hall Followed ©y by n clone— Cellars Sought for Safoty -1ow the Yeoplo ¥ st of D nges Wrought, NeLsox, Nov,, March 81.—[Speclal Tole- gram to Tne B Where houses enclosed happy homes in Nelson this afternoon tos nightara only cellars, foundations and scate tered debris to mark their site A terrible cyclone struck tho town at sup- per time; to bo exact, at fiftoen minutes after 6, This soctior of Nebraska never ex- perioncod anything like it in intensity and destructiveness. At this writing no ade- quato—not even un approximato—cstimate of the ruin wroucht can bo made up, but $100,000 will not put Nelson where she stood as she was at 6 o’clock this evening. Coming Storm Prosaged, Tho afternoon had been still and sultry, an air of suppression aud opprossion sure rounded tho town. Then cama a fluttering of things. fitful gusts, succeeded each other rapidly and moro rapidly till a steady brecze was blowing. It came from the southwest ana increased to half a gale. Peoplo made up their minds for a storm. The wind, getting highor momentarily, bad a strance, uncom- won steadiness about it. It will rain, said! Just at 6 o'clock there came tho most terrifymg nail storm oxporiencod in these parts for yoars. People rushed indoors, whilo without the hailstones bounded from tho sidewaik, spattered in tho guttered road and rattled on the window panes like small shot on sheet 1ron. This lasted for four or five minutes, and The wind rose in which some, then the storm passed. People looked out again and smiled. Yet thora was still some. - thing more to follow. It came. A cry was heard and then every eye was turned to ward the southwest. Thero it was; thero was no mistaking it—a cyclonoe. ] Saw the Monster Coming, Ten miles away it could be descricd, cir- cling forward on its deadly way. It exerted a kiud of fuscination for a minute that ban- ished sense of danger. ‘then tho spell was broken and a rush was mado for safoty. It was found in the cellars of tho houses and stores. That great southwest wind with fearful, ever increasing velocity. It passed over Nelson. No, rather it swes through it, cutting a wide swath ot dc!(»““ tion and destruction. . A first and hurried look along the patti® tho eyclone reveals a terrible state of affaif) Nearly all the bouses had been unrooted, and those that had not haa been lifted bodily from their foundations, carried some diss tance and mashed to kindling wood, Wonderfal Escape from Death, Onc instanca: The half of one house, bes longing to Mr. Pope and occupied by him, was torn up and carried, with its conten Mrs. Pope and two children, in the arms yelone for nearly one-cighth of o mil. Fortunately, wiraculously, M§s: Pope anc ler little onos escaped uninjured, Buildings Damaged, The buildings, so far as can be learned at. this hour, which suffercd the most damage are the First National bank, brick, which was unroofed; the Opera block, three-story _a | brick, unroofed and badly damaged; the Uuion block, brick, uuroofed and southwest side torn off. The Arlington hotel was unroofed; the now school house, which was completed at the begiuning of the year at a cost of $18,000, was almost destroyed. Tho Presbyterian church was badly wrecked. A largo number of residences wero come pletely destroyed, among which woro those of Miss Mary Brayman, Dr. J. R. Bufing- ton, J. M. Gammil, Joha Eaton, Henry Fope, H. H. Willisms, D. I McHenry, W. 1. Tems pleton, T. W. Cole, 1. G. Foster, Robert Greenwood and Thomas Nichols, ‘Thoso buildiags weve completely destroyod, thore being nothing left to show where they had stood excepting their cellars and foundae tions, Miss Mary Brayman, assistant principal of tte Nelson High school, is the only one knownto have been seriously hurt. As the storm was aporoaching sho took refuge in the cellar of her house, and, tuinking the worst was over, she cime up. Bofore she could get back the storm completely demols ished her bouse and burled her 10 the debris, badly bruising ner, breaking her log and seve eral ribs. It 1s learned that Mr, John E ously injured, ton was serls Most of the buildings were insured only iust firo und the loss to owners will ba almost total. Your correspondent has as yot been unable to learn anything certain as to damage done in the surrounding country, Later—It is learucd that the Rock Island round house was wrecked, Lincoln Was Excited, Lixcors, Neb, March 8l.—|Special Telos gram to Tug Ber, | —Intense excitomont pres vails on the strects of Lincoln over @ toles gram just received from Nelson, Neb., to the effect that a terrific cys clone has just passed over tbat towm aud 1s coming ln this divection. Police are going from store to stare and from house 1o louso warning people of impending danger, Kunsas Visited, Kansas Ciry, Mo, March 81,—~A severe this evening at about 7 o'clock. Deteils are meager, but it s kuown that cousiderable damage was done. ‘The storm seews to bave first taken on the character of a cyclone near Lyons, when it passed northwest of that town snd did little damage to buildings, but attalned eufs - et B [CONTINUED TO THIKD PAQE.} { r \ (Y \ 7 3 hore it along A | B! f wind storm passed over s portion of Kausas M