Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 2, 1893, Page 1

TY-SECOND YEAR. MPEACHMENT TRIAL OPENED [Formal Proceedings of the Hearing Com- menced Before the Supreme Court, DEFENSE BUSY LOOKING FOR A LOOPHOLE Technieal Polnts Brought Up and Argued— Judge Pound States the o for the Managers—Talk of Demurring to the Charges. LiscoLs, Neb., May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tue Ber.]—For the second time in the history of Nebraska a court of impeachment convened at the state house this after- noon to try ofticials for misdemean- ors and malfeasance in oftice. Upon the first occasion the impeached officiai was Governor David Butler and the trial re- sulted in hisr al from office. Upon the present occasion the officers on trial are At torney General Hastings, Secretary of State Allen and Commissioner of Public Lands anda Buildings Humphrey. The question of the trial of ex-Treasurer Hill, ex-Auditor Benton and ex-Attorney General Le has not yet been settled, as the jurisdiction of the court has been attacked and the decision of the judges upon the disputed point is still dending. The intes in the present impeachment cases has been intense and the preliminary work has been done with much greater care than in ordinary cases, The man- agers of impeachment, assisted by their counsel, Judges Lambertson, Doane, Pound and Greene, have been active in the woeks which have elapsed since the adjourn ment of the legislature, in putting their evi dence in shape, their and in fortifying themselves authorities bearing upon the counsel for the defense have been employed, and as a ult of this preparation both sides are fully equipped to make a desperate fight. All th available space in the somewhat contracteds) quarters of the supreme court room was oc cupied by the accused, the attorneys and in- terested spectators. Counkel and Spectators, Among the counsel for the defendants are John L. Webster of Omaha, Judge M. L. Hayward of Nebraska City, J. R. Webster, Judge Broady, C. A. Atkinson, K. D. Stearns and Captain Murfin. Attorney General Hastings, Secretary Allen and Commissioner Humphrey were present, as a matter of course, while with them was ex-Treasurer Hill x-Attorney General Leese was an fnterested listener in the rear part of the room, while ex-Auditor Benton wus conspicu- ously absent, At a few winutes after2o'clock the judges of the supreme court were announced, and as they entered from the consultation room the attorneys, impeached ofticials and spec- tators rose to their fect, and with this sim- ple recognition of the dignity which sur- rounds the court of impeschment the trial ‘was commenced, Judge Post in behalf of the other mem- bers of the bench stated that the court had had no opportunity toconsult with veference 1o the matter of jurisdiction regarding the trial of Hill and Benton. The attorneys in charge of the trial ob- jected to the supreme court room, urging that it was too small for the accommoda- tion of themselVes, theyr clients and the public. Chief Justice Maxwell concurred, and after today the sessions of the court will be held in the senate chawmber. Objected to Amended Churges. J. M. Stewart. attorney for Lecse, ob- ected to the filing of amended churges, stating that they had not been concurre by the senate and house of representat “ Judge Doane, on behalf of the managers of the impeachment, said that he wanted to ive Mr. Leese the benefits of the denials he ad made in his answer, Mr. 5 't thought that the statement ‘was not correct, as new specifications had been added, Two of the specifications were made out of whole cloth. One was that he had drawn §150 in counection with cases in the supreme court and had not expended the same, and another charges that he had em bezzled money which was appropriated waveling” expenses and stationery. Stewart denied that_ the at torneys for the state had any right' to prefer impeachment charges, charges that the joint session refused to prefer. The court had no right to grant a rosecutor the opportunity of amending an ndictment. It was claimed by John L. Webster that in adopting the articles of impeachment the legislature precluded the possibility of adding any new matter. ‘There never was a clearer attempt to usurp legislative power than the attemnt of the managers of th jmpeachment to bring into these articles matter not considered by the legislature, Articles Reserved the Right to Amend, Replying to the argument of General Web- ster, Judge Doa :alled the attention of the court to the closing paragraph of the articles of impeachment, presented by the joint con- vention, which expressly reserved the right to alter or amend the articles or to furnish additional specifications and to reply to the answers of the same. He cluimed that the additional specifications came properly under the same goneral charge contained in the third article of impeachment. The other matters which the state wished to correct were simple changes in phraseology. Tu the original articles of impeachment it was charged that Leese, as a member of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings, let certain contracts for supplies. Technically this wus not correct, as the contracts w let by the board of purchase and supplies, Judge Doane asserted that the counsel on the other side were endeavoring to govern ourt of impeachient by the teehnic governing ordinary criminal case whereas all the authorities explicitly assert that such rules not in any case appli- cable to trial on impeachment Attitude of tho State. He desired the court to understand the at titude taken by the counsel for the state in the present cases, and he desired to protest on the behalf of the managers against the adoption of any rules founded on the me: technicalities and quibbles of criminul prac tice which would enable the accused oficiuis 10 escape trial of the charges ugainst them upon the turi of a4 technical point in the eriminal code. He then quoted Judge Story on the constituiion to back the argument e had just made, and closed with an eloquent plea for a trinl of the case upon its merits without resort to the quibbling of a eriminal court. He wanted the trial to thus proceed, not because the state wished to conviet the accused of erimes that would send theni to the penitentiury, but to the end that when At wus shown that when men clected to high ofcial positions had proven theiws in faithful servants of the people they should e driven from ofi J. M. Stewart arose to reply, but sat down when Chief Justice Maxwell stated, “\Well, 1 guess the case will be considered witnesses with all case. The similarly securing al Judge Pound, for the s of the im- achment, in stating the law and the evi ence, suld that he was pleased to know thit the trial would be held before the highest tribunal in the state, before a court where elamor aud petty discussions would not be tolerated. The court, he said, coyd not be unwindful of the character of trfil, the im ortance of the event; the prominent posi fons in which the accused had been held mado the event one that was being watehod with interest throughout the entire country The judginent would be the same, whether the trial was held before the court or the senate. ‘T'hic impeachwent, he said, was of a purely political wuture, to punish oficials for misdemweanors or crines committed in oftice. Acts of misconduct that oficiais might com- mit are innumerable. 1f the governor of a state could open the doors of the peniten tiary and turn the criminals loose upon the country, he would be guilty of misconduct and would be liable to impeachment. Im peachment trials could not be confined to the close rules of evidence as cases at common law. This fact, he said. gave the court just discretion. It was uot a proceeding ther criminal or eivil. It was a special proceeding: it was not a criminal case; 1t was not an Indictment; if it was, then the accused would be entitled to a jury t While there was something about impeach- ment trinls that resembled criminal pro- ceedings, 1t was on account of the severe penalty attached if the charges were sus- tained. If the charges were sustained tho impeached officials would be disqualitied from holding oftice. Leaving thut subject the judge devoted som time to reading from the statutes which define the duties of the Board of Pub- lic Lands and Buildings and then read at length the charges preferred, together with the findings of the legislative committee. How Dorgan Was Handied. When the members of the board employed n they gave him every advantage. sw that Dorgan was the ageut for two purties, the agent for the state and the agent for Mosher. If they had been going to erect a cell house for themselves would they have emploved such a man, a superin- tendent who was representing two parties? Such a thing was a heedless act if nothing more. ‘The judee said he would prove that Dorgan let the contract labor at §1 per day, while other convicts were working for other parties at 40 cents per d The members of the bourd knew this, ana if they had wanted to serve the interests of the state they should have called a halt. It was a case of gross negligence, to say the least, without there was some sutisfactory explanation. *Possibly it n be, sir.” continued the Judee, “thit the convicts who worked on the cell house were more skillful, but I think we 1 show you that maay of them were raw men, and were no more skillful than those who worked for other parties at 40 and 30 cents per day." “We shall’ prove that tha custom w as to give Dory 'L ant before the work was done v let him deposit the war- rant in the bank and check out £.000 or $5,000 without having any idea of what work had been performed aside from his own statement. It is true that there was a bond for something like £10,000, but what kind of bond was that? ~After he had purchased the contract of Mosher he ucted as the agent of the board “for some thirty days. Placing £0.000 or £5.000 in Dorgan’s hands to check out as he pleased was u lack of good judg- ment, if nothing more. The duty was cast upon tiiis board to tuke care of the funds: there was no authority above them to check their accounts, which made it doubly imper- ative upon them to use care. Vo shall prove that Dorgan (paid for stone two or three times what it was worth and two and three times more than other parties had of fered it. There was Atwood who sold Dor- gan stone for 8 cents per foot, when from other parties he could have bought it for much less. They called a cubic foot of stone 100 pounds, when the true weight is 140 pounds. ‘This appears right on the accounts, and can be read by any person. That's the way they did business, Divirted to Personal Uses, ‘‘We also claim that these parties commit- ted fraud when they took 500 which had been set apart for the cell house and used it for traveling cxpenscs, in going to Kansas and other states to visit prisons, This was in December, 1891, Instead of wailing until the legislature should meet and make an ap- propriation, they got Mr. Dorgan to give them the money that was appropriated for the cell hou If they can divert $500 for another purpose, they can divert any amount, If they had diverted money to some charitable institution, it could not have been justified, and why could they justify this d sion for traveling expenses! We will say that they acted honestly, but officials who will so misconstrue the law ag to honesfy are unsafe parties to have in power. Absut the Asylum Coal, “‘We think that we shail be able to show you that when these respondents were in oftice, the coal at the hospital for the insane was paid for at nearly double what it was worth. During 1888 the coal biil was $10,268; in 1830, $10,820: in 1890, $15,547; in 1501, $1 7, und in 1802, #410. 'This shows that there was fraud, and when the returns showed that the amouat had nearly doubled, was it not time for the memoers of this boar to be on their guard? Was it not a circum- stance that should have caused any honest oficial to have instituted an inquiry. A fraud upon the state-—one that has passed unpunished. We shall show you t not much more than one-half of the coal was ever furnished. There were no additional heating apparatus put into the hospita) and why did they show the coul for 1801 to have cost so much more than for 1802, Take the flour purchased for the asylum. Sewell & Co.. had the contract and they bought of Johnson & Co. During one month the con- tractor bought 18,000 pounds and charged the state with 18,800 pounds, a clear, palpable fraud which the board should have kuown something about if it had been looking after the welfare of the state and the peopl e charges are true they constitute wor in office. When these reports of shortings came to the attention of the leg- islators, they took steps to correct affairs. Such plain misconduct, such open violation of law could not be overlooked without pro- viding sufeguards for the future. (mpeach- ment hus been an efticient engine in the past and must be adopted as the only means of protection. If it shall appear at the close of the trial that these charges are true and that the accused parties are innocent, the people should rejoice.” Defense Sparring for Wind, Johin R. Webster, as counsel for Attorney General Hastings, declared that there was some of the evidence that was not consid- cred in the joint convention. If that was the truth he wanted to demur, The conven: tion did not adopt the artic] Chief Justice Maxwell suzgested that the proper thing was to grapple with the real question Judge Doane said t it was folly for Mr. Webster to argue such a point. The report and its adoption was the tinaing of the le lature, Mr. Webster read his demurrer on the case against Secretary Allen, showing that he should not be requirea to aunswer, averring that none of the evidence was heard by either the senate, house of representatives or by the joint convention. 'The prayer asked that the articles of impeachment, so far as the Allen case was concerned, should be devlared void. In closing, the legal docu- ment declered that there was no attempt upon Mr. Allen’s part todefraud Mr. Webster did not contend that the wit nesses should have been brought before the honse, but the convention should have con sidered the testimony John L. Webster, attorney for Mr. Hill, said thut he wanted time to confer with his associates regarding the matter, Chief Justice Maxwell answered that he would be willing that the gentlemen should take time to consult. Upon the question of jurisdiction he thought that an obinion might be handed down tomorrow morniug. With that statement the first day of the im peachment trial euded and the court ad- Journed until 9 o'clock tomorrow morni WILL GO AHEAD No Attompt to Domue Will Be Ma Defense. LaxcoLy, Neb, May 1.—|Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.]—At a late hour touieht it was given out that the impeachment trial by the i would begin this morning aud continue with- out any further delay comes from the attorn ho are authority for the statement. Im mediately upon the adjournment of the supreme court this afternoon the lawyers who reprosent the state ofticials had a coun. cil which lasted for several hours, at which it was agreed that the demurrer to the juris- diction of the court would not be filed. John L. Webster, who represents Attorney Gen- eral Hastings and Secreta Allen, stated Ihis information s for the oficiuls, [CONTINUED ON FIFTH FAGH.] OMAHA. TUESDAY | ., MAY WRECKED BY CROOKEDNESS | Serious Oharges in Connection with Sioux Uity Failures, QUANTITIES OF PAPER REPUDIATED Recelver Chesley of the Union Stock Yard Company Declares that President Hedges Signed Notes Without Authority—Li- abilities Not Properly Scheduled. Siovx Ciry, Ta., May 1.—[ gram to Tne Bee | Affairs in connection with the recent failures in this city com- mence to partake very much of the color of crookedness. Rumors have been current to this effect for several days and roports of fraud have been wired out, but until today nothing has been given to the public by per- sons authorized to speak. When the Union Loau and Trust company assigned, 1ts schedule showed liabilities of $745,874.58 and assets of $1,465,000. That this statement is calculated to, deceive is apparent from the following statement given to the press today by Assignce Hub- bard “I have not gone far enough to be able to make a statement of the exact amount of liabilities of the company, but from v. sources | learn indefimtely that they about $6,000,000. This includes both d and indirect liabilities, the latter being on account of notes endorsed by the company. This indorsed paper was mainly that of the syndicate, of the individual members of the syndicate, or of the companies connected with it. Ioannot now state how much paper of the different companies or individuals was 1ssued. The paper has been sold all over the country; it is held mainly by banks. No, I cannot estimate the per cent that the com- pany will be able to pay. May Never Ba Known, Of these contingent liabilities, no proof of liability may be furnished in many cases. It is necessary that proper proof of the com pany’s liability be filed within three months. In the case of a piece of paper that was otherwise secured than by the indorsement of this company, it might not be_considered necessary to file this proof, asitwould be considered fully secure without this. hus it is impossible to tell how much of the paper will come back to us. Some of it may be paid clsewhere by the people directly liable, and thus the paper never come back to us. It will take a - month for me to get affairs straightened out so that T can tell anything definite about the situation. The syndicate referred to D. T. Heages, A. S. Haakinson and John time included James E. Booge. Quantities of Paper Repudiated. Another sensation was created today when Receiver Chesley of the Union Stock Yards company repudiated a large quantity of paper held against that company. It was all in the shape of promissory notes running of date for several years and now commencing to come due. All notes are mado payable by this Stock Yards company and signed by W. T. Hedges, president. Receiver Chesley says: ““I have repudiated this paper because the Stock Yards company is not liable. Mr. Hedges signed notes without authority from the directors or other officers of the company, and the compuny's books show that the raised by it was never turned over to its tr¢asurer. I take the ground that it was illegally issued and shall repudiate all of it. There is to my knowledge several hundred thousand dollars worth of this paper outstanding and mnot a cent will be paid on it unless the courts make us ligble. We have not taken auy action in the matter. It is not for us to do so. The persons who paid the money to Mr. Hedges are the ones to take stgps if any one. The paper is scat- tered ovér the whole country and the loss will not fa]l heavily on any person. I have not had time to find out who holds it yet and will be retarded in the work for the reason that the company’s books do not contain a scratch of the pen in reference to it,” pecial Tele- is made up of warretson, Kdward Hornick and at one Murderer Ballard Pardoned. LixcoLy, Neb., May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tnr Bee.|-The pardoning power pos- sessed by the governor was extended to Tom Ballard today, and this afternoon that man walked out of the penitentiary a free man. Ballard, it will be remembered, was sent up from Douglas county seven years ago, having been convicted of murder and sentenced to a life term. The particular offense consisted of shoot- ing a man_in front of the Hellman building on Farnam street. He was tried before Judge Neville, convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. After some delay the attorneys for the prisoner moved for a new trial, which was granted. The following term of court he was again convicted and sentenced for life. During the last year Ballard, who is 62 ars of age, has been failing very rapidl; death wasa question of but a short Realizing this fact the governor turned him loose with the understanding that he would leave the state and never re- turn, Collided with a Cow. NesmaskA Crry, Neb., May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tk BEE.] —An engine and ten- der having in charge a Missouri Pacific pile driver, leaving this city at 7 o'clock this morning, collided with a cow just this side of the trestle work over Catron’s mill dam The animal was dragged several hundred feet. When the engine reached the trestle it suddenly toppled over and fell to the bot tom of the pond twenty feet below. Th fireman and engineer both jumped, escapin with & few slight bruises. No delay w caused by the accident. the remainder wrecked train remaining intact of Davesron, Ta., [Special Telegram to Tue BEE.]-It appears probable that Christian Gravert, whose body was taken from the Mississippi near here Friday after- noon, was murdered for his money. Ho had a considerable sum and a watch shortly be fore his disappearance, and neither watch nor money were found _when the body was taken from the river. There are no clews to indicate the guilty parties. Henry Grave a farmer living at Minden, Pottawattamie county, and a brother of the dead man, is here to bury the deceased. He is confident that his brother was murdered. To Investignio Alloged Crookedness, Des Moises, Ia., May L.—[Special Tele- gram to Tup Bee.|—The commission ap- pointed by Governor Boies to make an in vestigation of affairs at the Anamosa peni- | tentiary, has organized. Joseph C. Mitchell ! of Chariton is chairman, and the other wem- bers a. Al W. Swalm of Oskaloosa and Revresentative James McCann of Dubuque. They propose to make a thorough investig tion” and will begin at Anamosa in a couple of duys. 'The governor's chief clerk. James Owmeara, has been ordered to take down a 1ot of vouchers and other papers needed in the investigation Fire at 0'Nelil. O'NeiLL, Neo., May 1.—[Special Teleg, to Tue Bee.]—D. P. O'Sullivan's residence | in the outskirts of the city burned at a late hourlastulght. The fire company was called out but could do nothing as the house was ond the reach of the water werks. I'he p originated from an exploded lamp. lLoss | about $1,200, fully insw To Coaduet the Ex FuruLexroy, Neb., May 1,—[Special to Tus Beg. ] -Congressmun Meiklejohn has ap- pointed W, H. H. Pilisbury, D. D., of Fuller- ton; Juage N. H. Bell of Fremont, Prof. 1&1. K. Warren of Gates college, Neligh; C m nation, D. Evans, M..D..of Columbus, and P. H. Sal- 1. D.. of Norfolk &s a committee o con- tthe examination ‘of candidates for ca- detship at West Pomt. The examination will be held at Norfollk May 10. The com- mittee is composed off scholarly gentlemen from different localitios in the Third con- sional district. To Celebrate Decoration Day. Esensos, Ia., May 1 —[Special to Tue Bee.|-The Grand Army of the Republic post and other citizens have been getting ready for Decoration day for several days past. All of Mills county is expected to spend the day here. Hon. J. J. Steadman of Council Bluffs has been engaged to deliver the oration. Braixano, Neb., May 1,—[Special to Tue Ber.|—The village board of trustees met here today and granted two saloon licenses in favop of John Duss and T. H. Morris, fix- ing the price at $030. The new board de. clares that all laws and ordinaaces must be enforced the coming year. o~ KED HIS HOME, HAD WRE How a Recent Tragody Kecalls a Story of the Rig Horn Basin Burraro, Wyo., May 1.—[Special to Tur Ber.|—The killing of Peter Madden, in the Big Horn basin by James MceDermott, April 27, recalls a tragedy of two years agof . the same locality. On March 31, 1801, ‘Tom Madden, who is now. in Laramie peniten- tiary, fired two shots at MeDermott. one of which wounded him seriously and the other killed his infant son, Phil, whom he was carrying in his arms. Curious as it may apy McDermott and not Madden, wi afterward charged with the death of the child, on the grouna that Madden, whose Iife was in danger, had fired in self-defense McDermott was defended by Charles H. Burritt, who in cross-examination of the Madden brothers and of the prisoner's wife, elicited some testimony that rather pointed to McDermott as the'injured party. It was believed by many who heard the case that the Maddens had put up a plot to kill M- Dermott, and that the wife who was on rather too intimate terms with one of then was a party to the plot. Madaen “swore that he was expecting trouble when MeDermott camedo fetch his wife and that before e fired he saw a gun in McDermott's hand. He also swore that that the child was in McDermott's arms and was shot by mistake. On the other hand McDermott testified that he went to the house unarmed and _carrying the child: and that while Tom Madden covered him witha gun Pete Madden searclied him and, finding no weapon, called to his brother to shoot, saying it ‘was the best chance he would ever have. McDermott then saw the flash, heard one shot fand kuew no more The medical evidence was positive thav the child was shot from above downwards, and as McDermott is as tall as Madden, it looked as if McDermott must have been on the ground when the baby was killed, The evidence of Mrs. McDermott, who was in the Madaen's house at the time, cor- roborated that of the Maddens in the maiu, but little credence was given to Pete Mad- den’s testimony. The ease against McDer- mott was dismissed, But he was at once re- arrested by a United States deputy marshal on a charge of robbing the mails. Tom Mad- den was also arrestad shortly afterward on acharge of horse stealing and was subse- quently handed over to Sheriff Stough of Fremont county, and tried and convicted on another charge. Hé it was who lately was shot while making a desperate attempt to escape from the Laramie penitentiary. At that time the Maddens lived together, and after Tom Madden and McDermott were re- moved 1t appears that Mrs. McDermott went to live with Pete Madden, the man just killed. At the time of the former trial Mo Dermott claimed to have proofs of his wife's infidelity and to have determined. to sepa- rate from her, taking with him one of the childven. 1t was this that gave rise to the shooting scrape in which his little boy was killed and he himself had such a close call. The present tragedy is probably a sequel to the story of his former trouble. Pete Madden was killed in Bonanza and McDermott started at once to give himself up. On his road he met Deputy Sheriff Hopkins and came on to Buffalo in his com- pany. Exoiting Cheyenue Electio CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 1.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Ber.)—Today occurred the iting school trustee election in the ¢ of the city. By arrangement the two retiring school directors were to be replaced by democrats. There were two democratic tickets in the fleld, one supported by the American_Protect{ve association and the other by independent democrats and repub- licans. ‘For tho first time since the Ameri- can Protective association became a fu politics, its expononts were defeated, majorities of about 300. People ge: 1y rejoice in the victory as it meuns free- dom’ from religious intolerance in school affa Jail Biras Captured. Casrer, Wyo., May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bee.]—James Regan, a nervy half- brecd, this afternobn brought inthe horse thieves, Dick Carr and William Johnston, who broke jail here Sunday night. They arc both hard characters and daring thie Awarded to a Home Firm. Hastixas, Neb., May 1.—[Special Telegram to Tie BEE.]—At a meeting of the city coun- cil this evening it was decided to iet the contract for the new boiler house and stand- pipe of the water works to Butzirus Bros. of this city for 8 T THOUSANDS OF MINERS IDLE. Twenty Thousand of Them Quit Work in Ohio Yesterda Corvmprs, O., May 1.—Twenty thousand miners in Ohio are idle today, the men hav- g struck for an advance of 5 cents per ton in the price of mining. No trouble is re- ported and none is anticipated at this time A very friendly feeling exists. President John Nugent of the Ohio miners says two operators in the Hocking valley, employing 250 men, will sign the new scale tomorrow The operators rveafiem their position and say they will not comsent to arbitration, as there is nothing to arbitrate. Iivery mine in the Hocking valley is closed. A special from. Belluire, O., says that many operators in that vicinity are willing to grant an advamce. Hon. Anthony How- ells, president of the Howells Coal company at Massillon, says thatanother miners' state convention will be ¢alled inside of two weeks and last year's soalaaccepted, as hus becn don in Pennsylvapia and Illinois. Mr. Howells says the qnestion of granting an advance will not be considered Scotlund Milt Mands on u Strike, Loxnoy, May 1.--A igreat labor struggle begun today at Dundee. Themill owners at that place recently notified the operatives thata reduction ‘would be made in their wages. ‘The mill hands refusedydo accept the terms of the musters and today 10,000 operatives went on a stvike. Several mills have been compelled to close in consequence i “dwin Booth's Condition. New York, May 1.—The condition of Edwin Booth was reported tonight to be very encouraging. Dr. Swclair Smith left Mr. Booth at 11 o'clock ynd said he would not return until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Ir. Booth," said Dr. Smith, “is better and brighter today than be has been since his illness, and 1 confidently expect him to re cover, all alarming rumors to the contrar) notwithstanding. "1t is perfectly true, and now generally \inderstood by the public, that Mr. Booth had a slight attack of apoplexy, but at no time have there been any danger- ous or alarming symptoms.” e Cost Him an Ey Siovx Favis, 8. D, May 1.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee. |—A ‘dispateh from Aber- deen says that this morning George New. mau, a clerk in a cigar store, in attempting 10 open a ginger ale bottle exploded it, the flying gluss completely tearing out one eye, 4 ! reached. | feet { bave been washed = “~ 1893. MISSISSIPPI'S RAGING TIDE Encroaching Waters Threaten to Inundate Low Portions of 8t. Loui MUCH DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE Fatalities Attend the Rush of the Flood Waterspouts and Floods Do Much Damage at Other Places ir the Country. St. Lovis, Mo, May 1.—-Another foot of rise in the river flooded the villages on the Fast Side, a collapsed warehouse, resulted in one death, and a prospect repetition of the scenes of a year ago. tells the story of the high water tonight. The river at 6 o'clock this eve showed 4 rise of a fraction of an inch over a foot since last night, and the water is still creeping up on the guage. There probability that by tomorrow night the danger mark—thirty-two feet—will be Up to 6 o'clock this eveniug the water had caused the abandonment of the greater portion of Eust Carondelet. The telegraph ofice connecting St. Louis with that place and several other buildings were washed away. The body of an unknown man was washed ashore this afternoon near the site of the wrecked telograph ofti At Belleville Richland creek has over- flowed its banks und filled many basements. Several manufacturing establishments have been forced to shut down, their boiler rooms being inundated On this side of the river North Louis is 80 far the worst suff The Stout Lum- ber company’s yard is in imminent danger of belug washed away. The district of squat ters known as “Oklahoma' s now n vist lake with here and there a hastily ted shanty protruding a few feet above the water's surface. South of the city broper, between Arsenal street and Carondelet the scene is 4 repetition of a year ago. I lowlands are flooded and the squatters have been forced to vacate their shanties. All, or nearly all, of their few possessions have which of a This here, ing is every St. A committee from the east tonight says the water practically covers all of Brooklyn aud that numbers of people are moving out of their houses Venice, 100, it secms, 1s again to suffer, as the flood tonight s’ encroaching rapidly upon that place. The Louis dock outh of the arehouse, im- lades bridge, gave the rush of water about noon oue-fourth of the vast building, with its heavy contents, fell in a_heap, the roof sinking upon the wreck. Oune of the laborers, Cicero Pate, colored, was crushed to death under the debris and has not yet been found. Two other laborers were in- Jured. The loss to the building and stock of goods will be quite heavy, as much t not broken will be spoiled by the water. ‘The building is said to belong to Chicago people and was used as a general warehouse. way before and fully BRIDGES WASHED OUT, Railroads in Avkansas Suffer Heayy Losses from the Rising Waters. Lrrtie Rock, Ark,, May 1,—The Arkausas river is on a boom. It has risen in forty eight hours to within a litile over three fect of the highest mark during the May flood of 1892. Several houses have passed down tho river today, showing that the flood had been encroaching upon civilization up the river, while the current was fillad with trees, logs and other debris, Several plantations are under water up the river, and people are work ing day and night on their levees, but huve little or no hope of saving their crons. No trains arrived from the north on the Tron Mountain road Sunday The first to arrive came in at 2a. m,, eighteen hours late. From passengers it was learned there were two washouts in Missouri, one near De Soto and the other at Mineral Point. One is sixty-flve feet long and forty-five feet deep. 1t is also reported that the bridge on the Arkansas valley over the Illinois river was washed out Sunday. From the present indications it is expected that the river at Little Rock will reach a stage of 285 feet by Wedunesday. This will be six inches higher than the great flood of May, 1802, Telegrams from Morrillcon say the Eliis levee below Louisburg broke last night, and if the river continues to rise 1,000 acres of cotton will be destroyed, Telegrams from all riyer towns in th state say the river is rising rapidly and that farmers in the bottoms are moving out, Portions ot Ilinuis Inandated, Avtox, Til., May 1.—The river here is rap- idly rising and wuch damage has already been done. Farmers are applying for aid and many are preparing to leave at a min- ute’s notice, The Burlington river is 8o badly will use the Chic bridge over the Wood sagged that the company 2o & Alton from Brighton to Alton. The greatest ealamity lies in the probability that the Burlington's embank- ment across Missouri Point will be washed away. Laist night the Bluft Line evacuated the levee oftice and furniture and records woer piled into freight cars. There are a numb of washouts along the Bluf Line and the road has been abandoned between here and Alsak. In Flooded Village. SrRINGFIELD, O., May 1.—At noon today an immense waterspout burst over Tremont City, a village near here. At about the same time Mad river broke its banks. and within eighteen minutes it had flooded the town, carrying away outbuildings and stables and flooding the first story of residences. person is reported killed or drowned, there is a heavy loss of stock At midnight 100 acres in the northeastern portion. of the city, containing 200 houses, arve flooded and the water is rising a foot an hour. Scores of families seoking the highest places, and the police patrol force, tugether with citizens, are rescuing the peo ple. Boats and horses are being used but Damage by Wind nnd W, Panis, Tex., May 1.—A cloud burst swept the siope of the Boston mountains yesteraay and carried away thirty miles of track. Passonger trains were delayed. The Arkunsas river is cight miles wide, and much damage has been done along its course, Five farm houses few m this side of Fort Smith werc demolished by a whiviwind or. Fisco Struck by a Cloud Burst. VAN BUkes, Ark, May 1.—Two spouts struck the northern ford yesterday and wash railroad tracks on the ports are not in, and it is damage done is immense lives have been lost water part of Craw 1 out bridges and Santa Fe, All re feared that the aad that many Destraction by the Arkansis ver, Pixe Brvers, Ark,, May 1.—"The Ark river ut thi in within five feet of last year's hi nsas » mark and rising. The f are completely mercy of the water and view the inc \flood ‘with great alarm s steadily i the Dayio , O, Threntened. Daytoy, O., May 1 Miami river has reached the unprecedented height of fifteen six inches and is now ata standstill but by 3a. m. it will be higher I'te high water has found several weak places 1 the levees here. flowed The Okaw river bottom lands in the vi Is of cattl 1d hogs nd wiles of fencing wiy et Spanis oyalty Comng to the Fair, NEW Yok, May L—The two Spuuish Farm Lands Ov Vaxvaria, 1L, May 1 has flooded all the cinity of here. Hu have been drowned | theiry | thousand | time Infanta Isabel will sail tomorrow where they will and Nuova ¥ morning for Havana, meet the Princoss ulalic and her husband. Tne royal visitors will be brought to this city on the Iufanta Isabel and will be entertained hero by the city and at Chicago by the nation. The oficers of the Spanish ships say that the insurrection in Cuba has nothing to do with their de parture. pana, — - ARE FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY, ) Thow Spain, HAVANA, Cuba, May 1A general uprising lias taken place throughout th por tion of Cuba. It staried on the 24th ult. and spread rapidly in several districts, The province of Santiago de Cuba has been de clared in a state of siege by the capta eral. All th ried to the tion is bei O the Yoke of castern wen vailable troops are being hur scene of disorder. The revolu L by the Sactorious brothers men of good familiess Mavmin, May 1 The of the naval arsenals have been ordered to propar war material for shipment to ¢ and eral regiments are preparing to embark NEW York, May L—The Spanish ships here have been ordered to-sail Cuba tomorrow It 18 announced columns of troops are pursiing the Cuban between San Augustine and Las unas and that two Spanish grunboats will cruise along the coast. The ¢ have visited the Cuban governor and assured him of their fidelity directors i sev war for officially that three Is have QUIET MAY DAY IN EUROPE, Sociallsts Celehrate the Holiday Ouibreak Reported ns Yet, Loxnoy, May 1. —May day is being cele brated by the socialists throughout Europe. In Paris aud throughout the prov inces the celebration s procecding quietly everywhere. There is no disorder in Bel glum, and the celebration proper will not take place till the working hours, when there will bo a prozession, addresses, ete. Meetings have been prohibited in the recently disturbed districts. The weather is rainy and unfavorable in Gormany Qu vyl workingmen .of effort was but No lose of et in Vienna, VIENNA, N held by th suburbs today turb the mectings. At 5 o'clock this afternoon 200,000 men and women were massed on the Pry r. They sang the Marseillaise and other revoiution ary hywns and cheered the speakers who demanded universal suffrage. "hey began arch through the city several laborers passed the Emperor Francis Joseph barracks they cheered the soldiers and the soldiers returned the cheers The incident illustrated well the good feeling which prevailed in the city throughout the day. Fifty-six meetings were the city and made to dis Ouly a Few Disorders in Paris, Panis, May 1.—Some disorder occurred during the day in the Place de Ia Repub- lique. where groups of agitators tried to cre ate a demonstration. Tne police dispersed the groups and arrested a working man who was unfurling a red flag. Reports received show that but for the riots in Marseilles the ssed without serious disturbances in the probinces. - Disorder at Marselll Manseries, May 1.—As trouble was an- ticipated here in connection with the obsery- ance of May day, detachinents of troops and gendarmes were placed on guard at all the public oftices and at every place of popular resort. A large part of the working popula- tion took part in the celebration. Toward evening the crowds in the strects became very disorderly. police tried to nrrest several socialists, who were waving red flags and inciting the workingmen to violence. A fight in which the police were worsted, fol- lowed. Hussars came to the assistance of the volice and a general fight was begun. Several soldiers and policemen were badly cut and bruised. By the united effort of the military and police, eventually, the mob was broken up and rioters driven off. This even- ing bands of ruffians made attacks on iso lated policemen. In several districts disor- derly crowds were still paradmg st alate hour, Consul Judd's Appointment, LoNDON, May 1.—A dispatch to the Times from Vieuna contains a reference to the stir caused in the Austrian capital by the announcement in the Vienna that Max Judd of St. Louis was appointed by President Cleveland American_consul general at Vienna had resigned the office, imes states that the relatives of Judd in Austria are not are of anything going to support the statement that he had resigned, and admits that it is stated on good authority that the government has made 10 objection to the appointment of Judd. Compromised on the Army I, Beruiy, May 1L—The Berliner Tageblatt announces that the negotiations between Chancellor von Caprivi and the progression ist members of the center in v ical support for the army bill iher von Soiningen-Huen derstood, propose a government demand to first year, and the pose this motior & majority is th ure as amended newspapers ward to cler- have ended. will, it is un motion to reduce the 30,000 men_for the governuient will not op The Tageblatt states that reby assured for the meas- Jow Buiters | Viexsa, May 1.—A se portea to have occurred at Tropvau, the capital of Austrian Silesia, between & party of Jew baiters and some Jewish ofticers, The anti-Semites, who were forty in number, made a violent attack on five Jewish ofticers The latter discharged their revolvers their assailants, wounding twelye of them ous encounter is re Nl Geeral Now's Daught Loxnox, May 1.-The banquet be given by the Association of to ex-American has been abandoned at New, who states that will ‘prevent his att sail for New York on Ma - Relay R Behina ew York, May 1.—Tha beare pateh from Governor Russel sotts to Govel Altgeld, in the re cycle race from Boston to Chicago. Hudson, N. Y..at$:30 o'cl hours and thirty-twe The roads ar and this, coupled schedu.e for this se the rouds were in caused a_gradual loss leaving New York ALmasy, N. Y., May 1T sage reached hoere 1:19, five hours and twenty-nine winutes late. It was brought in by i, 8. Homer, captain of the Troy club. It was started without delay by the Albany boys, . Schurmacher and W. H. Garrett having it in charge . proposed to Foreign Con Gereral New of Mr wughiter's 1 Mr. N the request ¥ ime sof thedis in Ay bi reached Kk tonight, two minutes behind schedule bad, owing to the rain with the fact that the ion is too fust, even if the best of shape, hus of time ever since relay mes n i he . Made Ano Dexven, Colo. Ma, fu tes ilroad rate This after noon all of the roads excepting the Burling of &5 to Chae and r turn and 27 to St i The railroads over wh include the Santa i Pacitic, Chicago & Alton and the Den ver & Rio Grande. It is understood thut & reduction to #0 to Chicago and return will be made by the itio Grando in the morniug and the prospects ave that the other roads will lose no time in mecting this ratc war s increasing vintence ton posted u rat g Pacific, Mis Opened the Fress Ciub Fair, New Youi, May | —The duke of Veragua through the long d telephone from Chiago, opened the Press club fair at the Grand Ceutral Palace in this city this even ing. “There was a laree attendance, and a big success is predicied, B —— NUMBER 217, |OPENING OF THE FAIR | | | | | World's Columbian | was known ina vague | ered for a gliny America's Great Columbian Exposition is Now Under Full Sway. VAST MULTITUDES THRONG THE GROUNDS Threo Bundred Thousand People Wituess the Opening Ueremonies, CLEVELAND STARTS THE MACHINERY He Closes the Electric Cirouit and Fills with Life the Vast Structures, IMPRESSIVE SIMPLE, BUT CEREMONIES Seenes and tncidents of the Opening Day— Addrees by the Presudent and Others State Bolldings Dedicated At Disply. Gor- Cricaco, 1L, May 1.-The electric a was ushered into being fn this last decade of the nineteenth contury when Presi- nt Cleveland, by the pressing of a button, wrted the mighty machinery and the rush- witers and the vevolving wheels in the exposition. No exhibit will attract thousands to next six months can be 1 the magic offect which solemn opening of the fair av Of the maltitude of vis- itors—some estimate the number as high as 200,000« probably not one fully I { the full import of the effect that was to come from this arrangement, cleverly devised in the opening of the exposition. It way that the presi- dent was to press a golden key and that the electric communication with the machinery Wils o start the fair, but no one realized how intricate was this machinery; how infinite the ramifications of the electric park, until the great fountains threw up their geysers seventy feet into the airand the rumble and hum of wheels in the Manufactures building and the clatter of machinery all parts of that arca of & square told the story the final consummation of scientific thouzht, The lifeless started into being on every hand, draped statuary shed its veil and revealed to the world the artistic labors of the past eighteen months. aud, in a mo- ment all that had been apatiy, inert and in- active through the long hours of the morn- ing, sprang into an animated existence and thrilled the multitude and crowned the tri umph of the exposition. In previous exposi- tious the possibilities of electricity have been liimited to the mere starting of the engines in Machinery hall, but in this it muade & thousund- servants do its bidding, and from the great Corlis engzine and the mammoth fountains dow'}‘] to the minutest acts where powertd toneh were requisite, the magic of ¢lectricity did tho daty of the hour, - "\ In the Early Mornlog. Jupitee Pluvius held his threatening fist over Chicago ing, The skies were sodden and blealk, and a chilled mist filled the at- mosphere. The bunting throughout the city was damp and listicss, A general tone of gloom pervaded the aiv and streets. But to hicago, whose day of history this was, the weather conditions counted for nothing, and carly people were astir. The bustling, eager spiritof the great west was bounding through cvery artery of this, its capital city. The consummation of its great enterprise toolk place today, w the myriad of wheels began turning at Jackson park in response to the touch of the nation’s chief executive upon Lhe golden key that reached out through un clectric train to the mighty en- gines which are to the World's Columbian exposition the vital, moving energy, In the g civcle of events which today marks the fivst powt of interest in the Audi- torium hotel, where large numbers gath- e of Columbus' descendant, agui, who, with the mem- and commitees of promi- nentofficials—national, state and municipal — k carriages about 9 o'clock od under cort drove to the Lexington hotel Michigan avenue and Twenty-second at which were President and the members of his and from which pomt the procession to the park was to start. The ulke's party was arrayed in all the glories of panish court costumes, brilliant in color, vieh with gold lace and bright with decora- tions of orders of nobility, with swords, knee breeche: ssand all the trappings of the Spanish court. The assembled multis tude set up a shout as the party appeaved, entered carriages and drove rapidly to the Lexington hotel Meanwhile the city at large seemed going in a bodyto the white city by the lake. Nine big steamers were from early morning plying loaded from Van Buren street to the fair grounds; every cable car was thronged to the tailboard ; the elevated cars groaned with humanity; the steam cars reaped a harvest, and the great Michigan boulevard was thronged with private carri, and conveyances of all sorts, It was soon after ¥ when President Cleve- land and his associntes appeared at the entrance of the Lexington hotel Orde today of the fair that this city for the more marvelous thi marked the 12:08 today in mile of or more uplifted, this morn’ the dukeof Ve bers of his family of the Parade, The various ovganizations und carringes which had been assigned 10 positions in the parade, which was toescort President Cleve- land and his cabinet and other distinguished guests, began gathering in the vicinity of the president’s quarters at Michigzan avenue and Twenty second sireet, For an hour or more the boulevard and streets converzing were 1y with the bright uniforms of the military. Dénse throngs of people tined the sidewalk as far as the eye could reach. Aftee n hasty breakfast the president and party, with the duke of Veragua and other distinguished peoy ved carviages and the procession procecded on its way to Juckson park 1 this ovder South Park Mounted Police. Mounted City Police Company B and_ Conpany K, seventh United Stutes Cavilry w0 Hussars and Troop ‘A of the Tlinols National Guird ST FIVE CARIUAGES, nissloners and Escort, SIXTH CARIIAGE The Director General and Dir SEVENTH CARRIAG The Prosident of the United States, the Presl- dent of the World's Columbian Commlis- sion, the President of the World's Columbian Exposition, EIGITH CARRIAGE. ident of the United States, o of the Exposition ¢ and ex-President Baker NINTH ry of State and Escort, TENTH Secretary of the Treasury and Escort. FLEVENTHL vetary of the Navy und Escort, TWELFTIL o the Interior and Escort, FHCEENTH retary of Agriculture and Escort. FOUNTEENTH, the First Vice President of the First Vice President der Dickens, tor of Works. Vice Pre Secretary Duke of Veragaa the Commis don of the Exposition, Commu FIFTEENTH Duchess of Verugun, Mrs. Pottor Palny SIXTEENTH, de Barboles and Escort. SEVENTEENTH, Clristoba) Aguiler and Other Mewbers of the Duke's Party. o the other carviuges were Lhe major gege Marqu