Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 3, 1893, Page 2

WORK OF THE LECISLATURE Thurston Gots the Republican Vote Solid on the Joint Ballot, MARSH ELDER MAKES SOME REMARKS Middle-of-the-Road Populists Won't Vote for Greene-Little Work In the Senate 1 Norse Play in the House. [Special Telegram nt that the 18 nominee Lixco, Neb,, Feb, 2. to Tur Ber.]—The announcen republicans had agreed on a caus was sufficient to pack the hall of representa- tives at the joint a surging throng occupied every foot of available space find extended far back of the entrance down the corridor, while hundreds who were un \able to get in or out stood patiently on the gallery stairs waiting to hear the result of the ballot. All of the members were present with the exception of Clarke of Douglas, When Elder's name was called, he rose and stated that he desired to make a fow remarks to the body at this time, and the lieutenant governor replied that he could spealk If it was in the way of explaining his vote convention and Marsh Elder's Explanation, Flder said he had always tried to do what was right and had been voting right along for such measures as he believed to be in the { interest of the people of Clay county. He had been charged by the public press with being derelict in his duty, but he could stand that, knowing the purity of his own motives. He wanted to call upon his fellow independents to show unanim- ity of scntiment and action nd hoped they would work together solidly as the opposition seemed to be doing. He wound up his peroration with his slogau of two years ago, “Stay by ‘er boys,” and recorded his vote for Greene Supsequent developments showed that his colaborers were not disposed to “stay by ter, as long as she was known as W. L. Greeno Today's joint bullot was the fourteenth, audwas as follows: Thurston. Greone fhompson. .. THI| Edgorton Morton.. Ragan Treland 2| Allen. Dem Republicans voted solidly The following were the ching democrats and inde t and Independent Changes. for Thurston. s among the | sendents | Babcock, from Ireland to Boyd: Dale, from Root to Jones; Dysart, from Hoot to Jones; Farnsworth, from Powers toGireene; Harris, from Root to Greene; Johnson of Hall, from Thompson to Greene; Kruse, from Ko Allen; Luikart, from Boyd to Thomp Mullen, from Allen to Greene; North, from Morton to Boyd: Soderman, from Root to Greene; Withnell, from Ireland to Boyd. Babeock voted first for Morton, as did North for Ireland, but after the call was con- | cluded changed fo Boyd. Farnsworth like- wise voted for Powers, as on yesterday, but changed to Greene before the announcement of the result. The same was true of Soder- man, who voted for Eagerton, but swung to | Greene when it was certain that Greene could not be elected. Mullen was in the same catego voting on 1 for Judge Allen, but swinging later to the populist nominee. Fulton created something of a sensation in voting for Ragan, whose name is John M. Ho deliberately ed the first part of the name and f: yzed some of his Tellow populists, who thought for an instant that he had deserted. They heaved a sigh f relief when the vote was declared for Ragan. « Watson moved to adjourn and quickly declared carried by the chair, Had Reasoned with Elder. . It is stated that Elder's speech was the direct result of a lively meeting at the Lin- dell last evening, when a self-constituted committee of independents hauled some of their fellow populists over the coals for al- leged recreant conduct. Elder was one of the individuals who was thus rounded up. He was charged with conspiracy to sell out the party, and when he attempted to deny it he was directly charged with hav- ing reccived money. He again entered a denial, and was then informed that the independents had positive proof of his duplicity and venality. It was etting very inte g for the gentleman imm Clay and he climbed down from his high horse and begged to be given an oppor- tunity to show his faithfulness to the trust in him reposed. He was told that if ho dared 1o sell out to the opposition he would be driven out of Lincoln, and that it would be unsafe for him to return while the legisla- ture remained in session. Elder made ull kinds of promises as to what might be expected of him in the future, and it is stated by some of the independents who were there last evening that his talk this morning was directly due to the back- stiffening crdeal to which he was then sub- Jected. Several of the other weak-kneed Populists wére put through the me course of sprouts, and it is given out that this kind of forcible moral suasion will be constantly employed to hold would-be traitors in line, SENATE, it was N T Time Spent In Transacting Routlne Work and Recelving Bills. LiNcoLy, Neb., Feb. 2.--[Special to Tne —There was but little of general in- terest in the proceedings of the senate today the members of that body confining them- selves strictly to routine work. From the committee on railroads Senator Mullen reported back senate file No. 50 with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. Tt s introduced by Dy- sart, and prov r the construction and maintainance of joint depots und transfer switches by competing lines of railroad. The -bill is similar in 1ts provisions to senate file No. 6, mtroduced by Packwood, except that the latter makes no reference o joint depots. Thé committee recommended that the latter be placed on the general file. The senat declined to discriminate between the bills | and both were sent to the general file From the committee on municipal affairs Senator North reported back Moore's bill, senate file No. 13, with the recommendation that it go to the gemeral file. The bill is an amendment to chapter xiv of the compiled statutes of 1830 and is designed to enable cities and villages to contract with any per- 801 Or company to ercct and maintain water works. The sume committee recommended that senate file No. 83 be indefinitely post- poned. The bill was iutroduced by Gray and relates to the duties of count, clorks in ‘com pleting tax hsts. Introduced a Few More Biils, The followiug bills were introduced and read the tirst time: By Graham—To amend article 1799, chapter 1xvi1 of the consolidated statutes relating to frauds. By Stewart—To allow countie ‘assistance to impecunious pe Anjurad, or their next of kin, if killod by com- mon carrier companies of Nebraska. By Correll-To provide for u county ases- sor and to define his duties. By Harris—To prevent the adulteration of food and drugs, By Young—For the encouragement of the manufacture and distribution of heating and flluminating gas By Gray—To amend the stroet lighting, By Gray—To amend section 2057 of chapter KXV 0f the statutes of 1801, By Moore—'To provide for the organization and rfulation of joint stack companies. By Moore—To provide for the safe keeping of moneys in the hands of county treasurers. MoCarty—To facilitate the giving of bouds required by law. By Babeock—Helating to public schools m metropolitan citie: Senate files No. 187 to 144 inclusive were read the second time and referred. By Scott—To make the desertion of a wife one who hus been arrested on the charge of bas! yand who, to se- oure his discharge and release therefrom the woman of whose child he is ac- oused of being the father amd thereafter to provide sons who are laws relating to | societies | gavel | The gavel f within the spaco of two years deserts her, a misdemeanor and providing & penalty there for. Senator Babeock offered n resolution ask ing that the ballots and poll books in the Douglas county contest be sent to the committee on privileges and_elections. The resolution went over under the rules. After the joint convention the senate ad- | journed until 10 o'clock tomorrow IN THE HOUSE. Committee of the Whole in the Morning Song Service in the Afternoc LixcoLy, Neb,, Feb. 2. [Spocial Telogram to Tue Ber.]—In the house this morning the speaker appointed Felton, Casper and Riley a special committee to investigate the state | institutions. The entire session was devoto committec of the whole with chafr, The committee recommended the passage of Higgius' bill amending the law governing appropriations for agricultural by leaving it optional instead of ympulsory with boards of supervisors to ap propriate funds for the support of county fairs, and of a bill allowing pupils in one dis triet to attend in another when more than a mile and a half from the school in their own disirviet Immediately after the joint convention the house adjourned until 2:30 o'clock When the speaker attempted to call to order in the afternoon a or more of | the: members were holding a social jubilee | around Oakley's de t thesight of t they i Marching Thro' alken up in all galleries joine but its sound w drowned fn the volume of wusieal rythm that rolled down the long corridor and caught the ears of the lawmakers in the sen ate chamber, For ten minutes the s speaker standing at his « his annoyance and_embs smile until the good natured rebellion ceased and the members capitulated. As Kvner | marched past the speaker’s desk he saluted | with a double swing of his wooden leg, and | announced in a voice that jarred the state house, “That's the time we got you." In viewof the fact that several of tho committees had work on hand for the after- noon, an adjournment was immediately taken until 10 o'clock tomorrow. to work in | Barry in the Geor r the hall, and the 1l repeatedly 12 continued, the k and concealing assment behind a in « i L SPARKS OF SPORT. Yale's Troublo Not w Havex, Conn, Feb. 2.—In conse- quence of last night's mass meeting of Yale, Manager W. B. Maftitt of the foot ball team today announced that he should immediately tender his resignation. The other team cap tains will not state what action they will take. nded. Golng at Guttenburg. New Youx, Feb. 2—The favorites had things their own way today at Guttenburg except inone race. Tno track was a mixture of ice, snow and mud. Pirst race, three-quarters of ning Bird (410 5 won, [l rtainty (5 (0 2) third. 9% nd riice, three-cighths of o mile: Flaso %) won, Faust 10 lsecond, Nocturn | (12 to L) third. Ti 4 Third race, six and one-Ralf f vation 4 to 5 won, Bob Suthe second, Miss Belle (6'to o) third. T ' Fourth race, one mile: Kirkover to 1) won, 8i; corge (2 to 1)second, Lester tol) | third. 2 | Titih race, four and one-half furlongs: Priseilla (6 to 5) won, Troublesome second, Bon Voyage (8 to 5) third. T H | Sixth r seven-eighths of a mile: ofway (30 t 1) won, Miss Bes: en) second, mmed (4 to 1) third mile: Run- 5 to 1) second, Tano- | Otol) | 1:243 rlongs: and (1 Rucing ut New Orlo NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 2.—Weather pleas- ant; track fast; attendance good. First race, selling, five furlongs: Remus (6 to 1) won, Els o 1) secand, Chawmpagne (30 to 1) thir Time: 1:02 Sccond, Facd, selling, five and one-half fur- Red Wing (20 to 1) won, Bangun ond, Kitty Cherry (12 to 1) third. 0% Third race, selling, five and one gs: Artless (8to 1) won, Big John (5to 1) second, Edwin (6 to 5 third. Time: 1:10%. Fourih race, selling, six and one-hulf fur- longs: Duke o Milpitus (11 to 1) won, Horace Leland ( 0 1) socond, Whittier 6 t0'9) third. yards: Time 1) second, 1:45, ce, one mile and twent : (8 t5'1) won, Sir Planet (5 to General Marmaduke third. Time: Sules, (he sale of trot- ssfield company essful close today. posed of for §12,- Yesterday's Hos Lexixeroy, Ky., Feb. 2. ters by the Tattersall-Bra was brought to a very suc Seventy-four head were d 100, an average of about $165. The best sale was that of Grand Mogul at $650. Cnicaco, 111, Feb. 2.—This was the fourth day of the Berry & Co. combination sale. Seventy head sold for §23,000. The large prices realized were for Baronial, by Baron Wilkes, $3,100, and Triumph, by Richwood, for §950. To Suppress Winter Racing, PRINGPIELD, T1L, Feb, 2.—Representative Ferns today introduced a bill which is de- signed to suppress winter racing. It pro- vides that only one 80-days meeting per year shall bo held, and then between the 1st of June and the 1st of November. Violation of the law shall be punishable by imprison- ment for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding $2.000, or both' Will Fight at Portland. Portraxp, Ore, Feb. 2.—Jakey Dempsey and Billy Keogh, heavy weights, formerly of Nevada, have signed articles for a four- round glove contest the latter part of this month. Sl SR Table Manufacturers Combine, Toveno, O, Feb. 2.—The American Exten- sion Table Manufacturing association met here today and formed a permanent organi- zation, with o _membership of forty-two of the leading table manufacturers of this coun- try. The purpose of the organization is the promotion of harmony in the busin The ofticers of the jon are: Presi- dent, D. S. French of Johns, Mich. ; vice president, G. M. Hodgkins of Jamestown, N Y. ; secretary and treasure ble of Springfield, O e Socured the Nova Scotin Havieax, N, S., Feb, The lieutenant governor has signed the bill leasing the Nova Scotia coal mines to an American syn dicate. ohn L. Conn; ne Lease. WEATH e SR FORECASTS, It Wil Be Falr and Coider In Today. Wasnixaroy, D, C., Feb, 2. —Fore Friday: For Nebraska and Iowa ally fair; northerly winds; probably Friday night Loeal Record. Orrice 0P THE WEATHER BUnEat Feb. 2 —Omaha record of temperaturo and rainfall compared with corresvouding day of past four years: Nebraska st for Gener- older OMamA, 1893, 72 422 112 29> 1892 1891, 1890 142 62 Maximum temperature. Minimum temperature Average temperature, 36 42 Precipitation .21 00 03 Statement showing the condition of perature and precipitatio day and since March 1, 1 Normal temper: Deficiency for the d tem- Omaha for the ormal precipitation Excess for the day s Deficlency sinco March 1 * below zero. L 19 inc 9.87 inches Reports from Other Polnts at 8 p. m. “wopwIdiveLg 4p 30 01w Omaba_. . North Piatte.... Kearney Chicago...,... St Loufs’! St Paul, enport. Knnsas City.. Denver . Cloudy. 3| Ratn, 08| Cloudy. 140 Snow "'\92)Cloudies |Cloudiess. i?|Snow. Cheyenu. Milos City Gal Clondiess. Suow. 1. |Clovdless | them and tonight held a *below #ero. Inot FeporLed Guores E. Hunt, Local Forecast Ofiicial, B o b e A\ B 5 M RO 6 R 7 o0 THE OMAHA DAILY BE MAY HAVE THEIR CHOICE Wyoming Populists Given a Ohance to Name the Next Senator. PROSPECTS FOR A REPUBLICAN BRIGHT s Getting Farther Away from the Third Party Daily—Throe Caucuses 1. Peoplo Crryesse, Wyo., 2. gram to Tur Bre.| night submitted day, New and Corn to the poptlists with the understanding that any one of them w to the populists would atic vote and b ator. The popu to vote as.a unit for any of aucus, after wh William £ n O'Connor and the democr: [Special Tele: democrats last ht b ace the full clected United State lists refused democ they submitted the ton, William Taylor, Wil William Brown to with the same understanding as night. The republicans also held caucus amd_submitted a lisv of names to the independents with the assurance that no of the populists would be chosen to- os of choice morrow The republican list includes ¥, E €. O, Clark, John McCormick and De Forrest Richards. The chances are much brighter now for the election of a_republican, as the breach between the populists and democrats is daily widening, and there is besides an apparently unreconcilable split in the demo- cratic party Meanwhile the fun 0es merrily on and the republicans can afford to wait till their opportunity comes, for come it must soon., Warren, CAUSED SOME F Temperance Question Legislature Bect Prenr, ial Telegram to Tur Bee.|—The great hattle s over and resubmission is lost. Kacly in the session the majority report was introduced and Ashley moved to amend by substituting the mine report, indefinitely postponing the bill. The amendment was first adopted by a vote of 43 to 89, the speaker voting no. When the vote came on the main bill Berdahl passed and Peterson changed submission side. The latter would won, but the speaker changed to the prohibition_side, and seeing the latter tr umphant, Berdahl voted with them. Th vote was promptly reconsidered, and the consideration lnid on_the table. Before this was accomplished Fowler had changed his vote to ay 1 given notice of veconsider- ation tom A long wrangle ensued, but the speaker finally ruled that Fowler's notification took precedence, and that the motion to reconsider would come up tomor- row. Kelly tried to force an adjournment without siccess. The bill is generally con- dered dead, and the vote tomorrow will be mere formality. - There is great excitement here tonight in both resubmission and prohibition over the ruling of the speake voted first with resubm the prohibitionists. Much bitter feeling prevails and both sides are angry and de- flant. When the journal is read tomorrow a vigorous effart will be made to correct it by expunging Fowler's motion, If this “heme prevails resubmission is dead, if it fails the question will come up again tomor- row. Tonight both sides arc hustling anx- iously to keep lines intact and make ready for the final struggle South Dakota's os Very Warm. The speaker uists, then with DOINGS OF LEGISLATURES, Illinols Lawmakers Very Contests. SPRINGFIELD, Il Feb. Among the bills introduced in the house were the fol- lowing: Making the term of office of mayors four years and prohibiting re-election; giv- ing juries the power in murder cases to fix the penalty ; authorizing cities to regulate rates charged by gas and electric light com- panies; establishing a bureau of labor sta- tistics, The bill prohibiting the employment of children 16 years and under more than eight hours per day was discussed at length, and finally amended by making the age 14 years. Pending further consideration the house ad- journed. The bill proyiding for a change of time for holding court in the Ninth jud 1 circuit was passed by the senate and after consider- ing nominations by Governor Fifer in ex- ecutive session adjournment was taken. Both houses took appropriate action on the death of Colonel Pheion Howard. Obliging Kansas Popullsts. Toreka, Kan., Feb. 2.—The populists this morning obligingly took a recess until 10 o'clock in order to give the republicans a chance to do some business. The republican house passed a bill appropriating $60,000 for the Kansas World's fair exhibit and provid- g for a board of managers. Sixty-five members, one more than a quorum, voted for it, and it Is the first bill passed by either of the rival houses, Of course there is no hope for the Dbill unless the republican house should finally be recognized as the legal bouse by the senate and governor, which is a very remote possibility. Outside of the passage of the bill by the republican house neither house took action of interest, usy—Senatorial 9 Almed at the Rallroads. JeprersoN Ciry, Mo., Feb. 2.—A bill has been introduced in the state legislature by representative J. . Miller of Lafayette county which, if it becomes a law, will strike a heavy blow at the railways of this state. The bill is intended to prevent rail- voud ‘companies. from owning stock in com- panics engaged in_lumber, grain, merchan- dise, coul, gas or other minerals. The effect of the bill would be to prevent railroads from owning elevato: timber land or coal mines, and to confine them exclusively to the busingss of common carriers. od the Republican. N. M., Feb. 2.—The house today unseated Celso Baca, republican, and seated Lorenzo La Badio, democrat, by a vote of 12 to 10. The house bill appropri New Mexico's World's fai 000 for the territorial institutions, to come out of §2,000 direct tax money due New Mexico from the United States, was passed a, ating $17,000 for exhibit and $47,- JeprERsON Crry, Mo., Feb. 2.—Today the house adopted a resolution declaring that it had entire confidence in Senator George G. Vest in his course in the senate in regard to the anti-option bill. The house now stands in the attitude of having endorsed Senator Cockrell and Congressman Hatch for favor- ing the anti-option bill and Senator Vest for opposing it. Carlisle’s Sucoess LovisviLie, Ky., Feb ankfort to- night the democratic legislative caucus unanimously nominated Judge William Lind- say of Frankfort for United States senator 0 succeed Hon. J. G. Carlisle, resigned Judge Lindsay will be elocted Fobruary 14. North Dakota's Senatorlal Fight. Bismakck, N. D., Feb. 2.—The joint ballot for United States senator resulted: Gov- ernor Shortridge, 89; Casey, 8i; others scat- tering. No Chaunge in Moutana, AELENA, Mont., Feb. 2.—There change in the vote for senator, - Now York's Scourge. New Youk, Feb. 2.—Typhus continues to add victims to its list in spite of the vigor- ous efforts of the health board. Fourdeaths from thescourge occurred at North Brother's island today and at least haif a dozen new cases wero reported to the health wuthori ties in the city. Two additional tents were placed on the river bank in Bellevue hos- pital yard today, making nine in all, which contain 125 people suspected of having typhus. was no et Border lits Arraigned. Sax¥ Axrtoxio, Tex., Feb. 2.—trancisco Benavides, Cecilio Ecchevarri, Prudencio the names of Beck, Holli- | camps | Gonzales and Palalty Gomez, the border dis turbers, were :tnfimuul today before o United States comfissioner with reference to the proceeding for the extradition by the government of Mexico, The hearing was postponed until next Tuesday in order to give the prisonerd) an opportunity to employ counsel, 4ai. NOTES OF THE STORM. Tntense Cold Weathgr Still Preva out the Northw St Pavr, Minn, Feb It has been snowing steadily allglay. The thermomoter has risen to zero at Kuluth, and at Ashland it 18 80 = bolow ; at Winnipeg, 25° ; at James town, N. D)., and Tapoma, Wash., 20 = below; at Miles City, Mont., 182 Portland, Ore., 232 ; Huron, 8. D., 102 ; Neche and Grand Forks D., 20°; Minot, N. D.,80°. A | snow storm prevails’ throughout the north- west. It is especially sovere in the Rod river valley, The freight business on the railroads is nearly at a standstill Larasie, Wyo., Feb, 2.—Reports n the ranches in the vicinity are to the effect that 1s Through- the blizzard of the past two days has been very disastrous to sheop and cattle, and it is feared the worst s yot 1o in some sections the snow is from twelve to eighteen | inches deep, and if it continues to lie on the | ground the loss of stock will foot up large. | SILVERTON, Colo., Feb, 2,1 morning a | snow slide occurred at the Galena Queen | mine, situated in Dry gulch, on Coment | creck. — The engine and bunk house were carried a distance of 500 feet down the moun tain side. Three men were in_the building | at the time, but they escaped with slight bruises The Rio Grande aded line railroad is bloc with slides at different points along the and great delay is caused to trains. At Rico there is an unusual fall and several slides have oceurred, but with- | out infuring anybody. It is ed that | many lives will be lost before the slides stop. | Telluride also reports neavy snow and nu- | merous small avalanches of snow Nebraska Weather Notes. STRATTON, Neb., Feb, 2.—[Special to Tur -It has been snowing since early yesterday morning. The snow is wet and heavy. McCoor Juxcriox, Neb., Feb, 2.—[Spec to Tiig Bik.|—Yesterday’ was the coldest this winter, 10> below zero being the ture, Wyoming Stockmen Alarmed. Laravie, Wyo., Feb. 2.—Reports from the ranches are to the cffect that the blizard of the past two days has been very disastrous to sheep and cattle, and it is feared the worst is yet to come. Tn some sections snow has fallen cighteen inches in depth, and if | it continues to lie on the ground loss of | stock will foot up large. | hington, e, 2.—Up to last night ten inches of snow had failen, This is the | greatest snowfall known 1876, All railway trafic is impeded Acoma, Wash,, since S SMILED ON THE SCAFFOLD, Mirthful Scene at the Execution at Bicmingham, Ala. NEW OnLeaNs, La., Feb, yune's Birminghaw special Smith, the 19-yearold nogro, v the jail yard at néon toda Isaac Burger, a Jey! killed and _robbed a Smith smiling and of a Negro 2.—The Pica- says: Sam | s hanged in for the murder of h peddler, whom he | upar Johns nine months wilked to the scaffold seomod to be the happiest man in town. .He joined in_the sin ing ‘and sang . in a deep bass voice. He made i long, rambling speech, in which he sald ie was going. to get on the train and ride straizht across the River Jor- dan to the golden gates. He confossod and professed relig Just before the black cap was drawn he took out of his pocket 5 all he hag, and tendered it to his lawyer, Charles Jones, for his his caused a laugh,’ in_which 1. He died'without fear. His neck was broken. Murderérs to Be Exconted, Davrras, Tex., Fob. 2—The jury in the case of Dr. R. H. Jones today brought in a verdict of guilty, giving him a lifo sentence. In October last, at the confederate re- union, Dr. Jones killed W. G. Veale. Jones' plea was that twenty-threo years ago, and two years before he married her, Veale out- raged nis wife, Evidence was adduced by the prosecution that Jones had made threats against Veale for interfering with his business, claiming that Veale had advised Mrs. Jones to fix her property so he could not squander it. BostoN, Mass., Feb. 2.—The executive council this evening decided not to grant a respite to Wallace W, Holmes, the wife mur- derer, and ne will be ;hanged at Springfield tomorroy. Bavustow, N. Y, Feb. 2. —Martin Foy was today sentenced to be electrocuted at Dan- nemora prison during the week beginning March 12. HELD FOR RANSOM. Miss Sallle Moore, & Kentucky Girl, In the Hands of New York Flends. New York, Feb. 2.+The friends of Sallie Moore, the 20-year-old school teacher from Marion, Ky., who mysteriously disappeared from the home of her sister, Mrs. W.F. Cornell, Jgnuary 16, have received a letter which leads them to believe she is being held for ransom. Thne letter was placed in the hands of Inspector Me- Laughlin, who has several men working on the case. In one of Monday morning's news- papers Mr. Cornell increased his offer of #200 to 8500 reward for any information lead- ing to the discovery of Miss Moore. On Monday afternoon he received this lotter: “The advance from $200 to $500 13 fair, but much too triviul for u nsider. Not a'cent less than $5,000 will even temipt us. This is the riskiest work ever attempted by us, and must be correspondingly profitable. Up to this time not a heir of her head been harmed. But unless something happens soon my influence to protect her life honor will lose its power and I will not be re sponsible for " results it this s lgne One noro week is ziven: say by Wednosday's pavers what will be done, and femember that this is a life or death gume, Treachery means the cortain death of Sallic Moore. N.Y.B. W, Srs s a8 ATTEMPTED TO BRIBE JURORS, Sensational Charges Against Oregon provoment Company. Seartie, Wash., Feb. 2.—In the superior court today a great sensation was caused by Judge Thomas Burke, attorney for the Great Northern railroad, making the statement that the Oregon Lmprovement company had attempted to bribe the jurors iti & condemnation suit in which it was one of the defendants and the sat Northern the plaintiff. Counsel for nse demanded wn investigation P. P. Shelby,igeneral manager of the Great Northern, tistified he had been warned by . J. Wilder, one of the jurors, that the Oregon Tiprovement ¢ ompany had attempted to corrupt the jury, Wilder testified; that J. 8. Edwards said there would bo frum $1,000 to 81,50 in it for him (Wilder) if the Oregon Improvement ompany was awarded iz enough damages. Three other jurors testified that they were approached Judge Osborne arrest of dw gambler, Saturday " Im- i¥sued an order for the and Eugene Way, a s continued until lo— The reath Koll, Dover, Del., Fets. %2.—Joseph P. Comegies, ex-secretary of state-of Delaware, died here last evening. Ho was born in 1513 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind,, _General Thomas Bennett, President Grant's gov- ernor of Idaho and delegate 1o congress from that_territory, died at Iichmond tonight, aged 02, DunLiy, Feb. 2—Hon. F. J. Townsend, Judge of the Jrish high court of admiralty, is dead. Loxnox, Feb. Rt Hon. Sir Walter Bartellot, member of Parliament for Hors- ham, Sussex, is doad COPENHAGEN, 2.—Charles Andrae is dead. He held the finance portfolio and was president of the counc - e — Reduced Their s of Labor, ScranToN, Pa., Feb. All the miner the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal company in the Lackawanna and Wyoming ' valleys, embracing about 14,000 | persons, were today put upon eight howrs | rived, were ¢ | the terrible resy | por day. RIDAY, FEBRUARY CONPRESS BOILER EXPLODES Bhooking Accident Ocourred at Vickshurg | Yostorday Afternoon. | THREE MEN WERE INSTANTLY KILLED Victlms Blown to Ploces by the Force of the Explosion-Sic Others Probubly atally Tnjured-—Detalls of the Accldent. v Onueans, La, Teb, The Pica yune's Vicksburg, Miss., special says: A little before noon today the city was startled | withan earthquake shock, caused by the ex plosion of the boilers at old Planter's compress, located in Vicksburg near the round house of the Yazoo & Mississippi Val loy railroad. Those first on the scene saw the shockingly mutilated remains of thoso who had been killed. The remuants of the boiler shed wero on fire, but v n ex tinguished by the fire apparatus in the yard. Of course, the first efforts of the un injured employes and of the oeople who ar ven to the relief of the injured and to the care of the dead s00n a8 these d to, the people be ties had been attended u lookin, to of two large boilers had torn in fragments, demol ing their brick foundations and the ho hich they were located. The mud was also torn 1o pieces and the heat thrown in the air to a dist feot, coming down through the roof of a cot ton shed, cast of the boiler house. large press near the boiler house was not greatly injured. The boilers were very large and have been in use for thw last thir teen yours The sad feature of the calamity is the de struction of three men aud the serious, if not al injury of six others. The killed are JAMES CALDERA, engineer, horribly muti- luted JOE FINTCHS, head severed from the | PON, fatally injuroed, dicd The been atter se in drum P was wice of about 100 around plosion ed and ind ody. WELLS CLIF b= fore reaching home The injured ar JouN RowERTSON, leg broken, seriously in- Jurea internally ; will probably die. Ep BrasKEN, fireman, blown outside of the enclosure, shoulder broken; very seriously injured. Ep Casrnerr, fatally injured NaTnaN Wanb, seriously injures ported dead. Wi Mitier, d expected to recover SAMUEL FRANK, badly crushed; believed i since re angerously erushed; no skull fractured; danger- most terrible and d uctive accident that ever happened in this city. an Explosion. Pa., Feb, An explosion oceurred in Conygham shaft this afternoon Nine men were severcly burned and two of them will die. The injured are: TioMAs DoCLAN, married. Lnwarb Wakp, single, M. Rassey, single, SawvEL Favserr, married P. Moy, married, THoMAs Kt WiLLIAM JONN: Jony Monaa 1y injur James Hopkixs, fataily burned It is said the accigent was due to leaving oncof the main doors open in a gangway | road. This caused an_accumulation of gas, | which became ignited from the naked lamps | in the hats of the n river boy. Confi West N Feb. 2.—While John | Getting, o machinist, was makinz repairs in the Port Royal Coke and Coal company mines this morning an explosion occurred al efforts were made to reach him, but ed futile, and as there is considerable in the mires, thero is little hope that Getting will be rescued. St LS MILLIONS INVOLVED, Latest Sensational Developmonts in the Cel- ebrated Yesler Will Case, SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 2.—The hear- ing of Mrs. Minnie Yesler on a charge of conspiracy with Dr. J. Bugene Gordon and Dr. H. Martin Van Buren to destroy the last will of her husband, the late pioneer millionaire, H. L. Yesler, came up in_justice court yesterday. Gordon and Van Buren waived examination and gave bail for trial in the superior court. | Ilach was held in 000 on each of the two charges—forgery and conspivacy. Mvrs. Yesler's case occupied the entir day. I H. Peterson, a lawyer, testified | that he went to Yesler a month before his death, at Mrs. Yesler's request, and asked him to settle some property on her before his death. Yesler replied that he had provided for her in a will. S. L. Crawford testified that in 1889 Yesler showed him a portion of his will bequeathing a large amount of property to the city of Seattle, but Yesler became angry and tore the will up. He had a way of procrastinating that made it robable he never made a new will. Public interest is so great that the court adjourned to a lavger hall. Bensational developments are expected, as it is openly usserted that Yesler was pois- oned. ——— STOLEN PEOPERTY RECOVERED, Hoboken Police Profit by the Confession of a Croolk, HOBOKEN, N. J., Feb. 2.—The Hobo- ken police today finished raiding u house on Adams street, this eity, in which were stored valuable imported™silks, laces, woolen goods, linen, cte., valued- at many thousands of dollars. The goods were the proceeds of several daring rob- beries committed in the west. John Powell, arrested recently at St. Paul, confessed that while connected with a big dry goods house in Now York | he had been fu the company of a gang of professional burglars. He said his resi- dence was in Hoboken, and that a notori- | ous burglar, Joe Burns, was the leader of the gang, which had been operating extensively in western cities for a long time. He also stated that several thou- sand dollars worth of imported silks stolen from a large dry goods store in | Duluth, together with ‘other goods, had | been sent to Hoboken to be stored at 71 Adams street, where he lived. An in- vestigation of Powell's story led to the | of the stolen goods. The police declave the principal members of the gang will be in jail by next week. ———— TWO MILLIONS DIVIDED, window to a roof helow. She sprained her limbs, but roceived no sorious fnjiry orRKA, Kan., Feb. 9.—-A building pied by fivo weokly nowspapers and Smith Truss company, was destroyed by today. The nowspapors burnod out The Ch T Waif | Call, The Epworthian The 1 The loss is £12,000. CAMERON'S FRIENDS UNEASY .i oceu tho fire were The list They Offer a Reward for the Discovery the Morchant, BLOW TO and - THE INSTITUTION, TERRIBLE HIS FAMILY [ LOOTED First Natlos Little Rock, Ark,, | wi Lirtie Rock 3—The First wtional bank of Little whose cont troubles wero supposed be 1id not Logan who in 1880 | o interast to M. G | president of the bank at the ti pension, and who was re presidency, made a statement Lus the bank's condition. He said that ho found that Prosident Allis and his friends had poer sonally taken more than 70,000 of the bank's money, for which thero was litt | nosecurity. ' Already they had turn 20,000 of paper not on the vank signed by President Allis or Cashior Donny How much more of this unrecorded, fraudu lent pay for which thet bau e ceived one cent of benetit, is still out, Presi dont Proot says there is no way of ascertai ing. In view of this unce t | it is not practicable to resun learned Allis' liability to the 700,000, President Proot | considerable of this paper fully resisted and the depositor | for dollar. The deposits are very - Athlctic Club Eeo NEW YORK, Feb, 2, Freedman has comm Manhattan A present the services of MeCaffrey have been disy also thosé of Teainer Jim Robitson | being more expensive than necessary. | Everybody who patronizes the grill ro | or bar now has to pay cash, and only | sufficient help to keep the house oy | has been retained. Mr. Freedman | hopeful of pulling the club throug i El Mahdi Dics at Syracuse, SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. t, died night before last. | purchased three years ago by i K Moverdn Rantusky fon 815,000 Re Costly Blazo at Atiinwon. cently Mr. Moyer received an offer of | ATKINSON, Neb, Ieb. 2.—[Special T )00 for him. 1l Mahdi was sived | Bram to Tue Bee.|—A two-story frame store by Onward, 2:25f. His dam was | ©%ned by W. H. Sage, and occupied by R. J Lady B r. He sired Futano, 2:23%, | W. Speors as a dry goods store, was dam- -year-old, and El Flora, 2:18%, as a | aged by fire at 10 o'clock this morning, The YA volunteer hose team soon had three streams L playing on the flames, which ware soon under coutrol. The buildine and stock of goods were saved, but were much damaged by water. The damage to the building is about £5,000; insurance, £1,000; stock of goods datn aged about $1,000; insurance, £1,700, nd Danghter Had No Tde pending Finanelal Trouble Belioved to Have f Unbala Rock to today | Been onded Coloae had sold Allis, the it open its R rolling doors 0t. HastiNas, cram to Neb, Tob, [Special Telo B Today Mayor C. O ved o reward of £00 for the i ted to the night of Tk spbrdh ittenhouse offe vory of O sident of th es Cameron, the missing ity council, dead or alive, sum was m up by Mr. Camoron's W. H. Lanning of the Exchange Nutional bauk heading the list with $100, The city of Hastings is greatly wrought up by Mr. Cameron's disappearance, and while this reward may te search in somo, it is doubtful if efforts of his friends could be earncst. The s pense has been a ible blow to his wife and daughter, "They knew nothing of his | tinancial condition, and the first intimation they gained of his pecuniary straits w ceived when they found thie o3 | Monday evening last e Whether Mr. Cameron took h or has left his home, his mind is have been unbalaneed. No supposition could {188 his aving his family and old home had not troubie unsettled his miod I'hi O | friends, 1y A stimu the far us cin ly paid d. i small omizing. Receiver d to cluh Prof. ensc Andrew momize lington Track. Feb, 2.—[Special Tel After driving around Alf an hour an unknown n - permitted his team to r ending ina peculiar aceident, They took the B. & M. railroad at o point whore it is comparatively level and followed it to viaduct over Second street. The horses fell throush between the ties and romained holploss. A freight train was just duo. The engineer saw the obstruction and stopped | Dis train, An ofieer approached the team, i | when the unknown dviver ay and ha He was | moved and are not much injured Harve, - Blocked the B GRAND IsLAND, Neb, egram to Tue Be, town aimlessly for drunken away w the Dominick with, and is Alcohol Rofineries Consolidate. BiNcuavtox, N, Y., Feb. Bu y Chemical company of this city was today | merzed mto the Manhattan Spivit company of New Y The Manhatian company now controls all the refineries of wood « aleohol in the state. GeriNg, Neb., Feb, [Special to Tun BEe. ] —~The Methodist congregation of this city on Sunday dedicated their new chureh. It is a handsome building, costing about #2,200, including the opera chairs with which it is furnished The ser were con ducted by Rev. W. A. Amsbur: presiding elder, assisted by Rev. Mr. Gray, t local J. H. McCabe in the face. The men had | Pastor. This is the second church built and some over furs loft with Welch to bo dedicated in Gering within six months paired, NG 3 According to the opinion of Superintend- ROUEE N T ent Hunt of the water company the city can McCoorJuxerion, Neb., Feb, 9. | pecial to order the intermediate hydrants located at [ T Bee.]—Last night when Mrs, Conrad any time. Herbst,a farmer’'s wife living ten miles cast of The family of Councilman Sol h . was throwing out a pan of water, some fered another bercavement yester one shot at her from the road, the bullet strik noon, when their 9-month's-old ‘l{l*_ ing the pan and lodging in one corne: The died from an acute attack of e | parties who did the shooting are supposed to | funeral will occur at half past 2 o'clock this | be some young men living near<here, War- afternoon. rants have been issued for their arrest, A warrant was sworn out yesterday by . 3 Ray, whom he tired a two-story frame house, I¢ South Sixteenth street, owned by P, Tler and occupied by Ray. The fire was extinguished without any loss. — AL PARAGRAPHS, pirk of Vale 2.—The ering’s New Church, LOCAL BR J. Goss and Miss Maggie O'Bricn we married by Rev. Father Conway of St. | Peters church on Wednesday. Merriam Welch was fined 83 for icos apping rmer's Wife. Prince suf- ay afte Ashland News Notes, ASHLAND, Neb,, Feb, [Special to Tin Bee]—The suit of Jordan Stevens against Swift & Co. for money which he cluims is due him was yesterday decided in favor of the defendant. A sociablo was given by the young of the Congregational church in the Tuesday night Sentenced to the Penitentlary, Foemoxt, Neb., Feb, 2. -[Spec to Toe Bee]—Iranklin N, Dworak was brought into district court this morning and sen- tenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Kinkaid for obtaining money under false pretenses, The jury was then excused until next Satu y. PERS seople - hurch tine, Neb., is in the . W city. E. R. Spencer of Lincoln arrived here esterday J. C. White came down from the capital last evening. Mrs. O. % Green and Mrs Genoa, Nel., are visiting Oma M. L. Roeder left this afternoon for Lin- coln_ to become a spectator at the senatorial battle A delegation of members of the National Stock s association, which begins its session here today, arrived from St suis last evening. The party consists of amuel Scaling, H, D. ton, Mamnon A C.Keecnler and W. I. Broderick. The Kan- s delegates numbering about twenty will arrive this morning. NEW Yonx, Feb. Tue Bee.|—Omahi: W “Tibbs, buyers for M. . I, C. Grable, Windsor Broadway Central; A Savoy. G. Bear of Nebra: ortgage Record. Fresoxt, Neb., Fob. 2.—[Special to Tnn Bee.]—The following is the mortgage record of Dodge county for Janu Farm mort- zages filed, $40,122.25; city mortgages filed, vleased, $27,440.46: chattel mortgages filed, §31,508.01] released, §3,188.50, 2.—[Special Telogram to D. Smithand Gi. M. Smith & Co., Pla b W. €. McKnight, S. Potter, Hotel NEW Yorg, Feb, 2.—Mrs. shot her husband in the he: today and then shot he and her husband is dying. cobPlimley in Brooklyn February bargains in Dress Goods. - over—too many We stock, Inventory is Dress Goods is the story ave . L] A have gone through jthe pruning knife in hand, which means a deep cut. Cordage Speculators Distribute the P of Thelr Latest Scheme, New York, Feb. 2.—A meeting was held in | a well known Wall street oftice after business | hours yesterday afternoon, at which $1,370, 000 in cash was distributed among those pres ent by James R. Keene. The occasion was the distribution of the profits that hav from IKeene's bull campaign in the sto the Nutional Covdage company. ‘It endance at the meeting was not large, yet | it included all of those who have co-operated | with Keene in one of the most successful | operations he has ever wade: for besides | the cash products divided Mr. Keene re- | ported that the combination had quick assets of the value of $1,200,000, makiug the total profits of the deal nearly $2,600,000. ¥ire Neoord. [ Corunpus, 0., Feb, Fire this evening | partially destroyed the Osborne building on | Spring street, which is occupied by several firms and manufacturing establishments. The building was damaged 0,000, and the | other losses amount to $20,000 l Mary Taylor, aged 12, who was employed on the third floor of the building, was suffo- | cated and her remains were not found until | after the fire had been extinguished | CMary Barnett jumped from s third-story | i pcoeds On many lines the cut is Se 0c 50 '1.00 nearly 50 per cent, We call special attention to our DRESS GOODS bargain tables. Four choice lines, See them, ) | | ) On center tables, The Morse Dry Goods Co.