Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1892, Page 1

E TWE ;Y'l‘ll{,\’l' YI'Z.\RV.V ADMIRED BY THE MASSES | t Harrison's Peculiar Hold Upon the American People, Presid HAS THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS While the Chronie Office Secker May Not share the General Feeling for the Re- publican Leader, His Ability 15 Not Questioned, Wiasmxoron Brreav or Tne Be 513 FOURTEENTI STRRET, } Wasuixatoy, D. C., May 1 “They may say what they will against the president, but he has the strongest hold upc the people as a whole that any man has had since tho war, with the possible exception of Grant," said Senator Paddock of Nevraska to Tur Bek correspondent the other day Mr. Paddock, as chairman of the senato committee on agriculture and forestry and a member of the senate committees on putlic lands, pensions, Indian depredutions and contingcnt expenses, has about as large a correspondence as any man_in his individual and political capacity in Washington. He gots from 400 to 600 letters every week. tho bulk of them, it is true, from his Nebraska constituents, but many from every sectionjot the country, from men in all walks of life. “l am aware that there is a feeling amoug nany politicians who have visited the white nouse during the past threo years,” continued the senator, “that they bave not beeu treated with proper defereuce, and they have taken peing 1o circulate the impression that Prest dent Harrison has litue regard for the workers in political trenches. I am aware that many of the republican sonators do not like him. I rcalize that many of those uew eud olu friends who worked like trojans for him four years ago are now opposing his re- nomiuation, aud many of them refuse to work us bard as tuey did four years ago when hio comes before the country for re-clec- tion. It is true that he is not given to over praisc and is not effusive in his expres of fricndship. Ho has not that © manner possessed by Mr. Blaine—that way of makine onc fecl that in every respect he is as fully respected as he is—which al ways makes one feel better 1u leaving bis presence. Realizing all theso fucts I yet say that we have had uo president in many years who has such o hold upon the people as President Harrison now enjoys. He is Admired by the Masses. “1 have an_opportunity in my correspond ence to get fresh every any expressions from 1 s especially, business won aud other regeraing tho estimution in which the presi ntis held. His co-operation for recibroc. is maoly, courageous staud for Ameri canism, in the Chili and Beriog sca dis- putes, aud the very able and statesmanlike mainer iu which these delicate issues were isposed of, together with the advico he has giveu congress and tho masterful marner in which he Las aledoxecutive affairs in al, have stamped him as a weuderful hein whom uot ouly the busiuess in- sts of the country, but its aouor, will ever find a safo guardiau, My expericuce i public life has taught me that whon o man has the masses of the people with him he need vot fear much, Any vositive character will have cocwies, it is necessary to autagorize something, come- body, in order to evideace adility oF char- acter, and iu doing so cnemies avo made. It is buy ural that somo politicians and statesmen sbould bo disappointed in the president; Tonly wish there were fower of them who were disuppointed; but it is ouly an exomplification of tha truism that official spoils aro ke curses of an official; that the distribution of patronage is the clement of ss Lo bo wost feared. To do it suc cessfully, if indeed it cun be done success- fully, oné must be a diplomat, possessed of 1o powers of deception, and great social litios, 1 am sure, however, that when the name of Harrison comes before tho people this fall, statesmanship, patriotisw and truc ability will count above ail olse.”! Court Ethics Ignore It is true that one who is sunposed toknow something of commot court procedure is laced at the bead of committees which are ikeiy to havo investizations, but it often oc curs that men who know absolutely nothing about court ethics or common practico are in control of committecs having mportant in- vestigatious. Then it is that the witness may well have a care. The chairman not in frequently fixes arbitrarily the rules govern- g the investigation, and they usually con sist of a formal demand that everybody shall take off his hat during the sessions and cac mewber shall ask all the questions ho wisho 50 he gets all the information bo can by wenns at bis own command. Tho questions are jnvarisbly of a draguet order, intended 10 satisfy tne questiouurs, without resprct to the germaue features of the affair uuder in- vestigation, The latitude is so broad at tines as to almost appal a country justice. Often a. member of the committee will pursue a live of questioning for an hour or 50 without de- veloping a singlo thought upon tho subject under iuvestigation, but he does it under the guise of tho mmon weal, when it trauspires that he has been attémpting to extract from the witness information of no earihly use to any oue but the questioner, and havivg not even the most indirect or re mote bearing upon the subject under the committe’s tuvestigation. Then it elmost makos the real lawyer weep to sce some of the members of committees start in to handle 8 witness, They do it just as a slugger would attempt to *do” ‘an antagonist in a ten-foot ring. There is, as has been shown, 10 hieln for the witness except the committee be an unusually fair oue and the audicnce so respectable that the committee fear the con- sequences of unfair pluy. w the Votes Will Be Cast, An interesting study in polities s found in the oficial tabat administration Leauquarters hero for the purpose of keeping arecord of the resuit of the district nnd state couventious which select delegates to the Mioueapolis convention, Up to this evoulng the states which bave iustructed delegates us a body to vote for the renomin tion of President Harrison will send to the Minneapolis convention 154 delegates us fol lows: Florida, 8; North Carolina, 2 uth Carolina, 15; Georgia, 26; Indiaca, 30; Mis- souri, 84; Nebraska, 16, In the stutes that'have failed to {nstruct the delegates-at-lurge 1o vote for his renomi- nation are sumo delegates who have volun- tarily indicatea their determination to yote for Presiacut Harrison. New York is relied upon to gize the presideut, * under tho existiug circumstavces, even though there is nothing done to wheel sround the entire seveuty-two delo gates, &t-least twenty-three votes on the first ballot, Out of Pennsylvania's six:y four delecatos, at least eighteen bave al ready indicated that they intend to support the president oo the firstballot. Although no effort was made to secure instrvctions in the Obio couveution last weok, twenty of the total forty-six delegatos are oxpected to vote for the president's re pomination even though uotbing iv done to capture tbe Buckeye delegates. Three out of four of the Michigan delegates nave bee fastructed by their districts to vote for a pomination. 1t will be seen by these hgures that there have already been 225 deiegates placed upon the Harrison roster eitber by instructions from state or district couven tions or upon the voluntary motion of the delegates themselves, T'bis is just over one- balf of tho number required lo renomivate President Harrison upou the first ballot Thiere will be iu the convention 846 delogates ; necessary 10 @ choice, 44, Many of the Harrison strongholds bave yettobe heard from. Duriug the current onth republicans will hold state conven tions lu Califoroia, Counceticut, Delaware, Illinols, Kunsas, = Maryleng, = Miouesota, bivatans, Norib Dakota, ‘Leunesseo, THE OMAHA DaiLy BEE. Virminia and_West Virginia surely, and probably somo other states and territories iz which the tes of conventions have not been fixed, The states named w elect 1072 | delegates, and is estimated that out of this imber sixty will ve instructed in state convention for the renomiuation of Pres- | ident Harrison, aud st least filteen more will either receive iostructions through their district or will, upon their own motions, annoan in favor of the renomina- tion, making in all seventy-five delegates in sicht, Added to tho 225 already mention the Harrison column swells exac up to 300 positive figures, The possibilities very great. Itls expected beyoud those figures are that the ecight dulegates from the territories will all be for renomination and it is confidently believed that New York and Ohio as a wholo will ultimately determine to vote for renomina- tion upon the first ballot, insuring success by accla ion. » ¥ X The opponents of renomination in fguring that the es with uninstructed delegations will solidly oppose the president have Leg: lected to take into consideration the fact that tbe rulo does nat apply in repudlican nventions, and that 1t is quite tho custom for state delegations to divide their ballots in national coaventiona. Thus, while it is said in administration circles nere that had an effort been made to secure_iustructions for renomination in tho New York conven tion 1t would have succeeded, for pruden- tial reasons and in tue interest of harmony it was deemed advisable notto ask for in- tructions. ay Have n Postal Telegraph Line, A bill has been reportad favorably from the house committce on postoftices ana post-roads which may after all result in the govornment owlug a telegraph service, It does not pro- pose, however, to construct a public tole- wraph line. Itis a proposition, in & word, for the governmert to offer encoiragoment for the construction of a military telegraph ino betwean the varfous arsenals, navy yards. fortifications and the cities upon our cabourd, us well as between the military posts in the west. This 1s the ouly great country onthe face of toe earth that hus no connection with an independent telegraph for the military force: 1u most of the countries where the zovern ment does not directly control the telegraph servico in its entiroty it bas indegendent mil ttary lines. Military lines are tho first nece sity in a domestic as well as a foreign war. “I'tic present system in this country, besides being owned by private corporations who can destroy the property within a few hours if it were to their pecuniary iuterest to do so, is not such s la stand in all kinds of would weather. 1t is proposed to make the military lines uuder. d cable, which cannot be de- stroyed by the enomy, and which would be good inany kind of weather. An above- ground liue is easily destroyed and cannot be repaired 1n the enemy’s country. It is stated that it would cost but a comparatively small sum to subsiaize the underground military line, and under the provisions of the bill it would be at the command of the government atany time, Still Discussing the Question. Nebraska continues to be frequently men- tioned by tonguo and press hero in con- uection with proparatious for the aunual cocampment of the Grand Army of the Repubiic and especially the $100,000 from congr Today's Washington Post says Although the delegation of citizens fro Lincoin, Neo., said te be comiug here to pro- test agninst the appropriation for the Dis- trict of Columbia for the entertay o1 of the national encampment was due early lust weel, nothing has beon Leurd from them. It1s quite possibio that in the lignt of sub- scquent. information the genticinen discoy cred thoy were in crror aud gave up their purpose. - Another episode in tuis unfortu- nate matter occurred last week, when at the closg of the session of the Illinois encamp- ment some one introuced aud had rushea through a resolution protesting against the appropriation. Of all places Illiuois was the last where such action was expected. It seems that sowe delegate, iznorant of what Lo was doing, actiag under the request of a man who owned o great deal of real estats 1 Lincoln, offered the vesolution, and the delogrates, not knowing i3s true ' chavacter, voted for'it. ‘I'ho speech of Senator Palmer 1n tho senate was one of the strongest in favor of the appropriation. Since then prom inent Grand Army of the Republic men and the oxceutive committen of citizens have received & number of telezrams and lotters pudiating the resolution.” Miscelianeous, E. C. Ford, a Center market butter dealer, is attracting wuch atteution by his bas relief sculpture in oleomargerine, Hia geuius was cloped by accident. He made a random head on a piece of butterine. Scnator Mun- a the portrait to be a remark- of Sir Walter Ruleich, Siuce d has continued his exveriments ped considerable skill in manipu iating his novel material for modeling. His tools aro ordinary carving knives with which ue chiscls out in rough some ideal fuces. The feutures are aftorwards moided and smoothea by the fingers, Amon ub- jects he has troated &re portrait busts of Walt Whitman, Mrs. Senator Morrili and Sitting Buil. ' Tue last oust be made was thut of a beautiful girl. The modeiing of this picce was considered by connoisseurs as worthy of a pleco iu the Corcoran gallery. in day, Major Seybolt, postofiica tor in chirge at San Fraucisco, will loave that city for a trip to inspect the postal service of Aluska, Fifteen hundred miles of the Alaskan coast have of- necessity been without postofiices hituerto, and tne re quests of the salmon canuers have causeil directions to be sent to Inspector Seybolt to sec what can be done for their convenicnce. The people of & good sized town in Con- necticut had been for two years grumbling about their mail sorvice, when o Hartford man, who had read the postmaster genorul's last annual report, in which he invited the public toserutinizo the service and complain about it, chanced to visit the place. He caused a statemont of the shortcomings of the service at this particular point to be sent to Division Superintendent Ryan of th railway mail at Boston, wko promptly r ferred the request to the proper offices it tho department. The result was that the post. master iu a good sized Conuecticut town was directed to do as bis patrons desired, and now,the patrous of the mails there havo seen the practical proof that it sometimes pays to be s “kicker.” All of tho omployes at the postoffice lately joined the postmaster'in con tributing a fine 6x10 flag with a staff to be placed over the entrance of the oftice. The display of Hags ut postofiices, as requested by the postmaster general some timo ngo, hus bLecome general, tod & favorite method séems to be for the employes to unite in defraving the cost of putting them up. P, B H. e D BY HAIL STONES, DAMA South Dakota Experieaces a Disustrous Storm In Some Sections, Stovx Farrs, 8, D., May 1. —This section was visited by hail yesterday. In five min- utes an incu of hail stones, raugiug from pea size 10 that of eggs, covered the ground. Limbs were numerously cut from shade trees und windows in Lot houses broisen. The succeeding rain flooded cellars and caused considerablo damage. Jewett Bros, & Jowett, wholesale grocers, sustained £2,- 500 damage and the Palce Dry (oods com. nany §1,500, the latter from tae water forced through the roof. . Blow Out His Bratus, Ravio Crvy, 8. D., May 1.—Tne arrest of Raymona Stewart at Koscbud agency for ¢ bringiog lguor upon the reservation led to a tragic event. Kollsof, the policoman who made the arrest, told Stewart's relatives that they would bave bim taken to Sioux Falls aud loaded with coais, His fears were 50 great that he bew arwy gun, Wit hus brains with an old At London —Sigt ia, from New Yor At Philadelphia—Manitobu, from G At Havre -Bretague, from New York At New York—Furassia, from Glasgow; Werra, from Genos; Hermans, from Ant werp. At Boston—The Cunarder Pavonia, from Liverpool, with 1,iG2 steerage passcngers. d--Disde.n wud Slavon- | £OW, Three hundred of the \mmigrants were vac- einated by the port puysiviau, OMAHA, THREE KILLED I¥ A WRECK Terrible Efect of Saturday Night's Storm at Crete, LINCOLN TRAIN DITCHED BY A WASHOUT Firemanand Two Unknow to Death in the De ngero y Tramps Crashed ris—Several Passens ¥ Injured —Muc Damage at Beatrice, e, Neb, May 1.—[Special Telegram o Tue Bre. |—This section of the state ex- perienced one of the most terrific elactric storms ever known here about 9 o'clock yesterday evening. The rain was soon fol- lowea by tho heaviest hail storm ever seen here. Hail stonos as large as hens exgs fell thick and fast while the heavens were lighted up by incessant lightning aud claps of thual der. Soou the lower part of the city overflowed from Walnut croek. All the draws in the residence portion were bauk full. This morning there is hardly a sidewalk in its placo inthe town. Passenger train No. 7 from Lincoln laid between hero and Borks, the next station east, until 1:30 a. m., tho track being covered with water and piled high with driftwood along Walout creek. The storm extended west and southwest and {8 said to bave been more severe west of this city. As passencer train No. 4, from west, due here at 012 a care withiu three miles of Crete and while crossing a high embankment over a large and heavy stone culvert, the embankment gave way, throwing the cngize to one side and telescoping the mail and the baggage coach. “Tho mail coach fell eighty feet in front of the engine, Thesmoker landed inthe wash out and remained there. The second passen- ger coach, chair car and pullman remained on ho track The fireman of engine 250 and two tramps who stole ride on the mail car were instant. the 1y killea, be engineer was thrown out of the cab, and came off with only a few severe scratches. Two of the mail clerks were asleep in the car. Tho third one was sitting by the door ready to throw the mail out at Crete. Floyd Keller, mail agent, is Iying at the Cosmopolitan hotel nere, thought to be dangerously hurt. Holt, mail agent, had s uose broken. All the passengers injured wero taken back to Lincoln by the railroad compary, and Wwili ve taken care of. Thio body of the firemau killed was sent to Lincoln on a special. Tho wreek is being cleared away as fast as possible. Superiz tendent Bigtell is on the grouad aud every thing is being done thut trains may larly by tomorrow. runregu- DAMAC ) BY A RAIN STORM. Property Several Horses Drownes Bratnice, Neb, May L—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.|—The hoeaviost rain ever known in this locality fell here last night. Throughout the city cellars wero floodea, sidewalks washed uway sad much destruc- tion caused in all parts of town. The west side suffered the most severeiy, being a much lower section than the main ~portion of the city eastof the river. A cloud burst aboit a mile Much Beatrics Destroyed and west of town precipitating a tremendous volume of wate which, coursing down a ravine, ran through tho thickly populated part oi West Beatrice, flooded everythi Stavles and outtouses and oane man, George Shultz, lost three valuable young horses by drowning and through the stable falling upon them. ‘i'ie s in its puth. were overturned paved section of west Court street afforded a perfect sluiceway down which the torrent came teari th a four foot head. swellss were torn up, plled against and a vast amount of mud and other is covers the b pavements near the Lridge. 1‘ortions of the paving caved in and much damage resultod ull along the course of the tlood. ludian crock is today overflowing the bot- toms and is unearly as hizh as the flood of three years ago. No casualties to life are re- ported. The river is also rising. The storm came from the southwestand was accom- auied at intervals with a heavy fall of hail, doing much damage to wheat, gardens aud south side windows, Disappointed in Love. Witnen, Neb, May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee|—dim Novak, & farm hand work- ing for Frauk Schleis, committed suicide on Turkey creek, three milos southwest of Wil ber, this afterncon. With some companions he weatoutto fish and hunt. ‘Tuking his gun Novak went off alono, saying ho ould killa vira for bait. Hearing tho discharge of the gun his companions went to iuvesti- gute aud found the young wan's hat and the gun on the bank, tracks in the mua leading to tho water. The'inaications wera plain that tio had shot himself, using 8 forked stick to push the trigger, and then pluoged into the stream, Up todark the body had not beea found, the creck being swollen by heavy ais. Disappoiatment 1n love is supposed to ve the cause. Crawford News Notes, Crawronn, Neo., May 1.—[Special to Tne Bee.|—Farmers are all busy putting 1o grain. Hundreds of acres have been sown, aud some wheat and rye is two inches high, There aro fi7e acres this year for every acre last year. Plouty of seed from last year's crop is the cause, ~ The spring has beea w ana the ground was never known to be in better condition, Itev, Mr. Scamatorn lectured Tuesday evening on *Libby Prison.” . A republican club hias been organized here with a large mombersbip. “The new city council, composed of Chaxies J. Grable, chairman; Ira Deitrick, Lee Van Voorbis, F. J. Balliuger aod J. M. Wilsoo, takes chiarge of the city government next Mouday. Notes from Blalr, Bramg, Neb, May 1.—[Speclal to Tur Bee|.—Miss Carrle Wiseman, who bas been organist for several years at tho Congrega tional chureh, Wednesday evening at prayer meeting wus presonted with a “Comprehen- sive Teacher's Bivle' and o fiemedition of Wadsworth and Jean Ingelow. The independent Order of 0dd Fellows will lay the coruer stone of their new brick buildit g now in course of construction next Thursday at 3 p, m, The graud master, past grand waster aud graud secretary will bo here to participate. Several members from Fremout, Arliugton and Tekamab lodges are expected 1o be present, Cometery Assoe lution, Hanrroy, Neb, May 1 —[Special to Tue Bee, | —Steps were teken by the citizens Friday night o organize a cemetery associ ation. The objezt of the association 1s to select appropriate ground for a cometery on the outskiris of town. Cox HBros. bave made & proposition to deed four acres of eround, beautifully situated, to the associ- ation. A comuittee has been eppointed to draw up articles of organization to be sub- witted 1oa meeting to be called later. wmpton’s Lexington Aliiance Men Active, LexiNatoy, Nev.,, May 1,—|Special to Tne Bee.|—Au allisuce rally was held hece Sat- urday afternoon snd evening, st which speechios were made by C. D. Shrader, the independent leader in the last legislature, and C. H. Vau Wyck. There was a fairly good turnout of farmers, and considerable eutbusiasm was wanifested, Changes at Fort Siduey. Sinxey, Neb., May 1.—[Special Telegram TONDAY l\i()l()ilNl;‘ MA gother with a magnificent band, departel from hore this ovendg 'fof Forts Niagara aud Porter, N. Y. The parade ground was crowded with towa. people. (i company under the command Bf Major Tloyle, remains here. Tho prospects &re that Fort Siduey will be strepgthened, bosides the establish ment of an Indian sohool. Wood« Pentield. Warrace, Neb., May 1 —(Spocial to Tite Bek.]—The marriage ceremony of Dr. P. R. Wood and Miss Esther V. Penfield was solemnized Wodnosday evaning at 8 p. m. in the Congregational ehurchy Rov, J. S, Miller of the Christiun church nMciating, After the ceremony the bridal party repaired to tho bride's home and partook of an elogant repast. Will Aban Randall, 111, Neb, Special Telegram to Tur Ber.) -Company H, Captain Cocman in charge, arrived in O'Neill from Fort Ian- dall today and_will tomorrow go to Fort Porter, N. Y. This leaves ouly one company at the fort and it will be transferred to New York September 1, when it is understood the fort wiil be abandoned. Stromsburg's New Factory, Trowsnrro, Nob., May 1.—[Special to Tur Ber.]—The prospect for tho windmill factory for Stromsburg is quite flattering. A stock company 1s to bo organized with capital stock to the amount of §5,000 to begin with and to be increased to §10,000 later, Lo SIONAL CONGR FORECASTS. Bills and Mensnres Thar Wil Upon This Week, W asmyerox, D. C, May 1.—Notwith- standing the time lost in aajournments from Thursday and Friday of each week until tho following Moudny, the senate is dispos- 10g of business with a degree of rapidity that is 1n marked contr: to the conduct of affairs in the house. But two of the regular annual appropriation bills which have passed the lutter body remain to be acted upon by the senate. Oneof them—thenaval appropriation bill—wiil doubtless be dis- posed of within ten days, and the other—the pension appropriation bill—is purposely withheld in committee in order to obta clearer insight into the needs of the pen: bureau thao is possible at this time. ‘The resolution in relation to the Choctaw claims is tho untinished business and may be further debated tomorrow. When it is out of the way the bill for the protection of aliens wliil ve taken up. ‘The discussion uader this head promises to be interesting bocause it will doubtless touch upen the killing of the Italians at New Orieansand will also nvolve a free exprossion of opinfon upon the proper definitious of tho functibus of the national aud state governments, The revenue marino trausfer bill, accord- g to Mr. Butler's motion, wiil be callea up Thursday, and Friday afternoon Is set apart for tho delivery of eulogies upon tue late Senator Wilson of Maryland Ina Hurry Now, As the session begins to lengthen. while business in the house is proceedine at a snail vace, owing to ailatory tactics, the desire of friends of part ular ‘measures to advance the bills comn.. .ed to their charge is becom g more and more marked. There are now four meusures pressing upon tho attention ot the house, early cou- sideration of wkich is mryed’ ou vurious special grounds. Those messures are the Bryan free bindiug twize bill, the Hatch anti-option bill, the sundry civil appropri- ation bill in charge of Mr, Holman, aud the river and narbor appropriation bill, in charge of Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Bryaii's bill has een on the calendar toe longekt and the representative from Ne- bruska is very anxious that the bill bearing his name shalljoin its free wool aud frce cotton bazging colicagues in the senate, Au early adjournment of congres ever, is one of the thiugs eas by the majority party in the hovse, and in order to attain it the policy is to pass the uppropriation bills as speedily as possivlo ana seud them to the sevate, so that on that body may oe fixed the responsibility for auy possibie prolongation of the session well into the summer. Tho promptness with which the senate has passed the eppropriation bills shows interest hus been stimulated in the desire for au early adjournment and has also increascd the belief in the possibility of ac- lisbment 1t the house dues its part. The apj ropriation bills will, thercfore, gon- erally continue to be accorded tho right of way in the house. e Acted how- 1y desired Question of Precedent, Tomorrow is suspension day and a bill to grant pensions to survivors of the Seminole, Black Hawk and other Indian wars of about the same peried, /s well us the sundry cisil uill, will also be taken up under suspension of the rules; and it 13 possible that one or two other measures, including, perhaps, the Walker expunging resowntion bill, will be aisposed of by “two-thirds” votes under the special rule relating to suspensious, The diplomatic appropriation bill, wh! nas been dragging siowly along throughout the past week, will be pressed forward ton final vete after ome or two more days’ consideration, sud then it may become a strugele for prece- dence between the sundry civil and the river and Larbor appropriation bill, The former ineasure has the advautage of age, having veen reported first, but the river g barbor bill has the advantage of stronger ond more porsistent backing, as well as wreater necessity for speedy considerati River and hurbor uppropriation bills have been known to fail in the past for lack of two or three considerutious, but anuual appropri- ation bills bave to be passed before cong can adjourn. For this reason Chairman Islanchard of the river and haroor committee made o supreme effort to Lave his bill taken up immediately. Though Chairman Holman of the committee on appropriations, is oppcsed to giving precedence to any measures as against the sundry bill, an effort will be made quictly to reconcile thé conflict, but unless this can be done, the matter of precodure must be decided by a strugzle on tne floor of the house. The chancos are that the binding twine bill and the anti-option vill will have to wait on the two appropria- tion bills named, both of which are measures that usually require a great deal of time for consideration, -—— FREE WATER. et Denver Citlzens Benefiting from a Row Between Rival Compantes, Dexver, Colo,, May 1.—Over 60,000 citi- zens of this city arg loday recer from the Citizeus, Water company free, Tris 18 the result of & bitter fight which has for many years Beop on between the Citi- zens company aud the OldJAwerican. Both companies have been figbting for various street frunchises, Receutly the Citizens learnea that the American was furnishing water to their customers at haif price, and yesterday the former ocompany announced that unfil further notige they would cuarge notbing. Both corporations are very wealthy aud the tight promis¢s 10 be loug and bitter. — TUERED A ug water TARRED AND ¥ WOMAN, Cownrdly Deed of & Minnesota Man and Il Three Sons, Le Svevi Cexter, Mion., May 1.--The sensational case of Mrs. Kate Boyd agaiust Coruelius Hessien and his three sons endea vesterday afternoon 19 a verdict of £5,000 in favor of Mrs. Boyd, It was stowu in the testimony that the Hessiav famiiy had gone to the home of Mrs, Boyd at miduight, and because of some faucled Wrong at au earlier date bad tarred and feathercd her ana icft ber. Had not neighuors discovered her she would bave soon died, b Murdered His Mother, Warkesia, Wis, May 1.—At Hartland yesterday William Joues and his 12-year-old sou Eddie, charged with causing the death of Joues' wife and the boy's mother, were arcaigoed i Justice $itzer's court and after preliminars examivation were held for trial iu the eircuit court bere in May. It is charged that the Littie sou struck bis mother with a olub &t tho instigation of the father who is & t0 Tue Bee. | ~Compacies A, B, C and E, 10 i well digaer by trade, 45 yeurs of age, Y 2, 1892 HELD HER - BREATH Pulse of Paris All but Ces:d to Beat Dur- ing 0=e Whole Dag. MAY DAY TERRORS WERE NOT REALIZEv anu;\w Anticipated from the Anarc Threats Did Not Develop, THINGS QUIET ON THE CITY STREETS Usual Sounds Hushed and Familiar Objects Removed from View, WAS VERY LITTLE TROUBLE IN EUROPE With Shight Exceptions the Day and Ing Went Ity Without Any of th pected Oceurring—Expericnces of the Various Countric: [Copyrighted 1872 by James Gos Pants, May 1,—[New York Herald Cable pecial to Tue Bek.|—My predictions 1 regard to May day In Paris have been en tirely realizod. Everything is quiet, indeed o0 Bennett. | 100 quiet to please many persous, for Paris today really looks liko a city of the dead and wears the same aspect which it wore duriug During the frstday of the siege of 1870 tho day all the porte cochires were closed and ouly & f were visible and all the tramways were empty. No streot cries were heard, not oven those of pedalers of vege- , Which enlivens the morning in Pavis, nor those of the uews venders who are wont 10 ery their wares along tne boulevards. The impression produced by such astato of things 1 nlmost ludicrous. What is to be thought of a city in which 8,000,000 inbabitants becomo panic stricken through fear of 300 anarchists¢ That was the case was clear and no one can deny that Paris lost her head, not on account of a, vossible demonstrations which tho socialists might make, but through dread of tne an archists, such At n Socialist Meeting. Even in the popular g rs of the city, the same stiliness was noticcable. At a so clalist meeting in the Sulle Favie, which was attended by barely 4,000 persous, the pro ceedings were much more orderly tha might have been expacted considering that it was the Ist of May, I will not pretend that there was the same decorum that one would find in a salon in the Faubourg S mal but it was certainly less stormy than other pudlic meetiugs which have taken plac Leretofore. Another factor which bhelps to give Paris the singular appearance which it has toda is the eutire absenco from the streets of men in uniform. Even the police oficials are in citizen's dress. - For such precautions {here may have beeu exceilent reasons, but if suy attack on the polica had been meditated it would have occurred whether they were in uniform or uot. Bored the Soldicrs, The soldiers who had been summoned to Paris with the object of reiuforciug the gar. rison are also out of sight, being vt up either in barracks or public buildings, all the doors of which are barred, whilo even tt windows wero carciully shut. The result is that the unfortunate men are nearly bored to death, Two regiments of soldiers are o v the machinery ball of the exvosition of They were seated all day o on benc drinking wine whick tho police had furnist them. Would it not have been much better to have kept these men in their respectiv barracks than to have disturbed them by bringing them to Paris, whero they had opportunity to show themsolves and conv the anarchists that saciety 15 tot to be brow beatent It looks as though the goverument had taken too many precautions, and in o case of this kind excass of zeal is o mistake. Iu the provinces everyttnng is quiet. A good deal of the country 13 covered -with snow, which explains why open air demon- strations have uot been held in the mining districts of the north. Everywhera the day regarded as a holiday and all mines are deserted fa honor of the oceasion. In the suburbs the same calm is to be seen. ‘There has been no disturbanco of any kind, but we must wait uatil the evening before wo ocan say thut the day has passe quietl no Elections Muy Make () The municipal elections werg held every- where except in Paris, and 1t is not unlikoly that when the results are announced politi- cal passions may be the cause of soms quar- rels. The wholo of Europe has been very quiet up to the present and no serious disturbance hus occurred except at Forli, in Italy, where the soldiers fired upon some persons who had exploded bombs, Two Signiticant Happenings. There are two very characteristicincidents crels, of the day. Ouo s the publication of an article 1 the Berlin Vorwaertz, which says that the socialists repudiate oll the acts of the anarchists, and the other is the fuct that at a meeting in Amsterdam Kavachol was bung in efigy, ‘hese facts show clearly that thointerua- tional sccialist party ntends to prove by iis sets s determination to commit no lent or illegal deed In regard to Parls, let us hope that the evening will be as quiet as the day has been, We must uot, bowever, suppose that the an- archists have disurmed. The palice kuow thiat they have not and are more vigilaut than ever. ‘T'ae Jockey club at the corner of the Rue Scribe and the boulevard has been very much threatened, though it really had noth- fng to do with the May day vreparations, We sbould rejoice that the aay has passed 0 quietly, but we must not be mstorished if certain philosophers are frightened at inis very calmness and ask themseclves what would Paris do 1o & time of real danger, and whother the populator would be able to pl its part in & veal war. One sclaom has tue opportunity to feel tho pulse of a great city, aud philosophers and statesmen do net augur well from tbe condition of Paris today. The city’s strange calmness inspires them with four. Peaceful Close of the Day, The evening hias passed as quietly as the day. The auucuncetient of the municipal election results in the suburbs have given rise to uo disturbance and the soldiers who bad been summoued to Pans from the provinces are leaving the city 1u the provinces there has been no disturbauce ex- cept ut Troye, where the a circus at Cbartres, wh ploded 1n the catbedral. Tuo news {rom L6 Fest of Europs is satis- retiists burued a e & bomb was ex- | | factory, rted n threo piaces 1w Belglum, Dot Huuneary, and Vienna. In Liego two he =% wera blown h dynamite, in Per| & | fuctory was burned, aud fa Vienua numet street rows occurred The gist of the day's proccedings given in the rooly of prefect of tho Paris poll 8 question addressed to him by telephone wmidnight. “Everything has been absolutel; Gquiet,”” was his reply, “and not a single arrest bins been made in Paris today." Let us hope that this state of things wiil continue, and that tomorrow will not brir surprise. Sunow I8 falling turoughout the whole of centr: pe. Jacques St. Cene, [ tho UL IN FRANC PEAC Only One Explosion Oce erings—Milttary Withdrawn, Pants, May 1.—May day passed with the police on the qui vive and ready for instant servic At 6 o'clock the city wore its usual aspect ard the police expected the day to pass quictly, except for scufiles. Or May day 1t 18 customary for the work ingmen to march to the Chamver of Deputies and present petitic Delegates wera also sent to tho Hotel de Ville for the samo pur- pose, Tlis year, however, the day faliing on Sunday, the workiogmen wera debarred from their usual custow. tut a Small Gathering, Atun early hour the procession bogan to form for its marcn in the Salie Favie, In stend of 10.000 peovle taking part, as was expeeted, there were only 3,000 present. A man named Culiae, who was imprisoned last year for taking part in tho rioting last May day at Fourmics, was cnosen president. A number of speechies were mado. M. Vaillaiut delivered a harangue, in the course of which he declared that this was the last time the claims of tho workingmen woild be urged in this form, The working wen 1 this year, he said, to deliver an ultimatum to the government on the question of an eight-hour day. If this not result s 1y they more energotic measures to secure the g ing of their demands. ultimatum did would resort to t In the suburbs of the city where tho police are o disorderly element to make trouble, troops were ield ready, us t First Explosion in Prance. The first dynamite out heatie report of a May day s receivea at ¥ p. m. from Tours, in the department of Indre-et- Loire. Eurly this moruiug a bomb exploded noar the Guise barracks. The noise of the explosion was tervitic, and for a time 1t was thought that anarchists nad attempted to blow up the national powder works ucar The populace was alarmed until it was known that this was not the case. Sol diers from the barracks at oica ran to the spot where the explosion had ocenrred and found & man Iying scuseless in u pool of olood. One of his hauds had been blown off and bo was othorwise badly injured. No doubt is eatertainad but that e is tho vic- tim of bis own crime. He was tekon toa hiospi al under arr ud at last reports bad rot reguined conseiousness, Up to f o'clock tnis afternoon Parls has boen perfectly quiet. Tho streets have not yresented the bustie that is usual on o Sanday. Man fearing contlicts b tween police wgmen, passed the day at nowe. There is no display of police ut everyone kno hat the au- > ready 1o put down with a strong 1v attempt at er. Evervthing is quiet in the suburbs and the police ofiicials are congratul that thus far there bus U utioa. « The Petit Journal sa man placed an iron dQ with pov ud scrap iron in a china shop oa the Bo v vard Voltaire, He was scen and compeiled to d p before he was uble to iguite the fuso attached to his impromptn bomb. ‘The reports thus far reccived from the provinces are reassuring. It was thought that Fourmies would today be the scene of further trounles with the workingmen, who would scek to avengo the death of their lust year. Taere was, however, uo trouble, The socialists, of which there urc many in toat town, beld a meeting, but cverything was far more quict than was anticipated. The presence of the prince of Wales in the city had a great eficct in allaying the anxicty. The prince had expressed a desire to remain, and wuen it was represeated to bim that the knowledgo of his presenco in the city would bhave a beueficial efect, he willingly assented to lev himseif be scen in thorities ur hand ting ther 10 tro o Attempt That I s that bie wort inown 1 n ut des public. He paid a visit to President Carnot, and tho laiter returned the visit. Uhe princo and princess of Wales start for London tomorto: Parisians are charmed at the confidence displayed here at so eritieal @ moment. Lord Dufferin, the British ambassador, toduy sauntered 1n the Champs Elysoes, chatting with the secretary of the legation, Altogether, tho city shows little evidenco at alarm mignt jusiifiahly be felt. Ouly o few more shops than usual were closed. The stroug force of police and military heid in diness wera prudently kept out of sight Reva Weakness of (he utionists, The Salle Favie meeting proved the weak uess, rather than thestrength and audacity of tle wrbulent party. Vaillaint's remarks provoked strong disseut from Basly, who de pounced tha policy of violence, as calculated to impross foreign neighbors with the 1dea that France was u hotbed of desperadoes, He said Lie would pever counsel the multi tude to commit acts that would entail the severest measures of repression. e was an adherent of revolution, but au enemy of the communistic acts recently porpetrated in Par The meeting applauded his sentiments and refused to listen to the Marquis do Mores, “I'he usual resolutions were carried and the weoting disversed in an orderly manner, singing and sboutiug “Vive la Kevolution societe!” The crowd of sight-seers that had collected in the lace de la Concorde this afternoon was easily dispersed In viewf o the quiet prevailing the minis- ter of the interior has removed the interdic tion of public balls aud concerts for tonight Dismissed the Mititary, The oity is still tranquil at 1:03 o'clock. M. Loos, prafect of police, visited General Sassier at 0 tonigit aud stated that he saw 1o necessity for the further reteution of tue wilitary, as the republican guard acd the police would sufiice to preserve order, M. Loos also visited President Carvot and informed bim that oot o siugle wrrest bid been wade. According to tel rams from the provinces wunicipal elections sppear to absord most of the attention of the provincial pub lic. Maay towns are en fete, the polling proceeds quictly, Tue police of Lyous re inflanmatory placards the city and found cartridges fo the moved a number of posted i |CONTINVED ON THIKD FAGE.] s—Orderly Gath- | | | | plied up to date. ——— NUMBER 319. IN GREAT DEMAND Pocahontas Center People Unable to Secure Coal or Wood, 3AD ROADS MAKE HAULING IMPOSSIBLE Sidewalks, Sheds and Ot nishing Materinl at P Towa Farn ers Pursuing an Alleged United St Detective Van Buren County, Fort 1 Ia, May 1.—|Special Tele gram to Tue Hew. ] Not a pound of coal can bo bourht, borrowed, begged or stolen in the town of Pocaliontas Center. A conl famine tuat has 1 progress there for several weeks reachod its culmination in the absolute exhaustion of tho supply. Corde wood, toe, is a scant article, d fences, sidewalks and shods all over town are sufer- ing. The cause of the famine is to be found 1 the isolated condition of the town and the unprecedentedly bad roads the past month. Pocahiontas Center is the only county seat n lowa without a railway. No railway stations ara within fiftesn milos of the town veen bias and coal mines are equally remote. - All the fuel has to be hauled from Roife or Gilmore City, Sinco April 1 ains - have boen so frequént that tho rosds bave boon in such condition that it has been impossivic to haul any freieht During tho early days of the famine the dealers' subply of coal was soon exhausted and those wiiose supply was short borrowed of their more lucky neirhbors, The uatural rosult was that tho entire supply in the town was cventually exhaustea und u campaign for wood bozan. The wood, too, finally viayed out, and now anything that will burn is used for fuel. Thoe rouds aro still im- passably muddy and the famine vids fair to contin Grocers' sunplies are also ru: and much inconvenionco hay been TOWA DEMOCRATS DIVIDED, & shorty 1sed. Holes and Cleveland Faetions Disturbing tho County Conventions, Des Mo:ises, In, May 1.—(Special Tele- ram to Tue Bre. ] —A considerable number of democratic conventions were eld yesters ¥ to sclect delogutes to the state cone veutfon whnich meets at Ceuncil Bluffs May 1. Al of them, so faras reported, were enthusiastic for Governor Boies for president, and most of them instrucced the delegates to work for n state delegation to 20 to Chicago instructed for him. So us lowa is concornod tho general elief {3 that Cleveland could nol carry the state, whilo Boies they think could, und it 15 also the belief of the majority that Clevelaud could hardly carry ths stite of New Yor« unless some daificulties u tled there, which is extremely teuce, while Cieveland has ma o r the [owa democracy, s a pr Lie 1s haraly ever thought of Hawk county, the governor's nome, seltles the question of hix being a candidute for vresident in earnest. resolution adoptad in this respect was as follows Resolyed, That the democracy of Black Hawk county, pr 1 of th o Stin - ulshed fotow eltizen, Towa's groat goveraor. Horace Boles, proud of th mo he has won by his watehless ndministeation in i lofty personal chiy er, his incomparable discuss: a sentation of public questions, both fn ofti- i pers snd popubirspeeches: proudor still of i's Lroud sympathies and clo-e touch with the gront hearts of the people and their ndustr interesta, ¢ w it thelr t duty (il CXL Gl PIeAsUTe Lo UPse upon the SURio convention 1o send celegation tothe next Givention. cvery member of which sha pledee Birissif to use overy effort to make {orace Bojvs the untlonal stindard bewrer in th comins catnpaizn, confident that us ho has ed the Towa democracy 5o he wiil lead the All 18 no ver, in the dewmo- by futernal strife various courtics 3 1 in Wap:lio, Woodbury , whera the procecdings ous were beated and tho re- in Wapello the faction ptured nts, headed by rival editors, and the latter chroatens to make things hot ihrough s Daily Democrat Tn Woodoury county there was n fierce quarrel betwceen the factions headed by Sen- ator Yowans and Judze Keatloy, and the lat. ter were defeated Heury ' county tue Tnroop-Hart facti v defeat at the bands ot the W ck forces, Aliogether the dewme ocrats of lowa are not & happy family. FARMERS EXCITED, Young Girly Thrente 1 United States D, Orresiwa, In., May 1.—[Special seram to Tue Bk |—Van Buren county farmers very much want a character who has been posiug as & Uuited States dotoctive in that 10WA vicinity. Thomas Kobb is & prominent farmer in that county, aua yesterday when be drove homo from Keosaugua a stranger wceosted himgat his bouse, asking if he bad a daughter named Bertha, On being nuswered in tho afiivmative ho said ho desired to see hier, and both men went inside the house, [Le stranger then announced bimself as & od States detective, declaring be must vl al he waulcd Ler to sign apers, 1iobb refuseo the demand, whereupon tho allezed detectivo declared tho girl was wanted for passing counterfcit money and bo hud a warrant for her arrest. T'ho father posed to protect thegirl and tho detective ivistica « revolver and codeavored to make fatner and daugnier captive by a pur of handeuffs. Failing in this he loft with his teum of horses saying he would go to Keosauqua for assistance, The oflicers ot that place wero at onee notified of tho affair Mr. Robb und are searcning for tle angur with & posso. It bus been ascor sned thut he endeavored to arrest the laughter of euother farmer 0o the samo pros text. State Natlonal Guard O In. Dis Moixes, 1a., May L—[Special Teles gramto Tur Bee.|—The forty-eicht com- pauies of the lowa Natlonal guard held elee- tions at their various stations last evoning to choose four colonels, four lieutenaut colonels and elght majors, the elostion baing neces- sitated by the reocganization of ihe gusrd under the uew statelaw. Much iInterest Wos mauifested in tue matter apd A heavy vote was polied everywhere, The result of the electious s for s heard from are as follows, he returns beiug practically complete: First regiment, colouel, ¥. W. Mauin, Clinton; licutenant colonel, H. K. Fuller, Watcrlooj wajors, Charles ¥. Gardner of Osage aud Jolin MeBurney of Charles City. Second regiment, colonel, P. W, McManus, Daven- port; licutenaut colonel, James A. Gucst, Buriingion; majors, E. B. Lambert, Now oo, aod D. V. Juckson, Muscatine, Third regi- ment, colonel, C. B. Mouat, Shenaudoal; licutenaut colonel, A. W Oskaloosa majors, Willlam H. Evans, ked Ok, and Ceptain J., 1. Guics, Greentield, Fourt regiment, colonel, Foster; lieutena James Kule, Mason City;: Priuce, Des Molnes, andJ. W. - SHORT UF LABOLERS, Farme f North Dakota in Need of Able: Bodied Hired Men. Giaxn Fouks, N. D., May 1.—The chame ber of commerce of this eity bas been tryiug 10 assist the farmers of late iu sccuring farm Soveral hundred meu have been sup- Since farm work bas sctually begun tho demand has suddenly be- come greater than the supply, calls for belp baving suddenly come lu irom ull over the state in the last few days. ‘l'be greatest de- aud Is from the Devil's Lake seotion, snd the western part of Graud korks aod ulst countive, help.