Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 10, 1893, Page 1

D YEAR. CLERKS CRUSHED )Pive Hundred Employes of the Pension De- ; partment in an Awful Wreck, COLLAPSE OF THE OLD FORD THEATER . Floors Give Way Without Warming and a Ocmplete Wreck Follows, 'PEOPLE BURIED IN A TANGLED RUIN | Busy Workers Carried Down Along with the Felling Floors and Walls, L MANY MIRACULOUS ESCAPES REPORTED v ',Hundmd! of Olerks Who Owe Their Lives to the Merest Chance. —_— - TERRIBLE ROSTER OF DEAD AND INJURED Twenty-Two Are Known to Have Lost Thelr Lives, and Twice as Many More Wero Hurt—Detalls of an Awful Accldent, Wasmvaros, D, C., June 9.—Iundreds of | men carricd down by the falling walls of a building which was notoriously insecure Human lives crushed out by tons of bricks ' and iron and sent unheralded to the throne I of their Maker. % Men by thescore maimed ifor life and happy familics hurled into ydepths of despair; women calling for theix thusbands; children calling for their fathers; mothers calling for ther swer to the cry. "This is but 1 shadow of the frightful ca lamity that befel this city th Words cannot picture the awfulness accident. Its horrors will never told. Tts suddenness was tho chief o a moment, in there was n chunge, and the scenc of their morning will never who kissed their morning as they separated will have but the cold, braised faces to kiss tonight Other cities have felt the visitation of awful calamities. They have been swept by fire and deluged by floods and plagues have deci mated their communitics. In the capital of the proudest nation of the carth ther been a catastrophe unparalleled in th of its history, and in every mind ther horrible conviction that belict in a criminal neghgence of a govern ment t0o0 parsimonious or negligent to pro vide for the safety of its loyal se erccting buildings proper for their modation, and disfigured SO0 MO an an morning. of the be fully horror. g of an eye, uen who came to daily toil this return alive. Women loved onds this the n aunals is the its Genesis is the List of the Dead The following list of dead thus farre- ported, with the nmyes of the state from ‘which they were appoixted, con twent two names, including one unknown and one probable duplication, only twenty-one bodies having been taken from the ruins: UNKNOWN MAN, taken from the o'elock this evening, evidently aclori, FEORGE ALLEN, Ponnsylvania. ORGE W. ARNOLD, Virginia, L. W. WOODY, New York SAMUEL P, BANES, Pennsyly JOHN BOSSIUS, District of Columbla, ARTIUR L. DIETRICI, Kentucky. JEREMIAIL DALEYO, Pennsylvanin, JAMES R FAGAN, Kansas, JOSEPH B, GAGE, Michizan, DAVID C. JORDAN, Missourl M. M. JARVIS, Michizan, . BOYD JONES, Wisconsln AL LOETUS, New York. W, MAEDER, B. 1. MILLER, New York, HOWARD & MILLER, Ohlo, J. 1L W' PALL, Wisconsin, G, SHULL, Kansas, WILLIAM SCHRIEVE H. & WOOD, ——. T. M. WILLIAMS, Wisconsin, J. 1. CHAPIN, South Carolina. This is the man first identified as Dictrich and then supposed to be Dozeart, C. H. Miller is reported killed, but it is robablo that the name is meant for C. It Miller, who was supposed to have gilled, but will recover Thoe names of Jordan and Paul have also been attached to the wioflicial death having been taken out dead, but their have not been located. Jordan i m duplication of the name of David C. Jordun of Missour: who was killed, and his name may have been confused with the ngme of Melall, ulso i One man_ taken fdentified by a McCauley lives in Vivginia, but Identification was not verified as the list does not contain his nawme, tusatb nin. R, Maryland, been probably from the ruins dead was by-stander as “Old Man who this death List of the Injured. A. L. Awes, lowa, skull broken and injured internally . F. Canvenr, Maryland, right leg fra od. H. B. Bstennn ously Injured, Wasuix1os Fiye, head badly cut W. 8. Gustiy, Ohio, left arm broken Di, Jases I Howann, Maryland alp eut, internal injuries. J.N. Hawen, Tennessee, injured in eye. | Tuonas Hysis, Missours, skull fractured. | J. G, Jonk, leg badly cur | W. Kvareg, New Jo CLriox Lows, Tows Winias W. Lervke, Distriet of Col E. Leaen, Mississippi, head gured internally. PRANE M of hi J. P, MeCon fracture of ribs. M. McLacnray, leg brc I, Preirr, Tex, R M. Parnics, and face. Poby, police officer, iujur P K gured, makiEs Rowsson, Colorado, slight gurios in head and buclk. J. A, STEWART, cut about head. F. ¥, Sins, C. D. Suavsorr, dangarously injured. F. B. Saury, Tenness » R. A. Sy, Conuscticut, compou ture of the skull. F. F. Sams, lilinols, cut about head Witiian M. Suivu ¥. U. Sommers, Ohio, head badly cut F. W. Tesr, Illinois, contusion of scalp. B. P. Driscors, New York; scalp wound, \eg injured and injured internaily J. A, Miuisk, Distriot of Columbia; both | fractured, leg , Fort Scott, Kan., seri ey, sealp wound scalp wound imbia cut and i ¥, Mississippi, dislocation ack, Wisconsin, depressod as, scalp lucerated | 1after PENNINGTON, Alabama ceident skull Missouri, (colored), nd frac- | ribs broken and the | gave | with it legs broken between the knee and ankle, C. R. WeLLen, scalp wound and contusion of back. N. T. injured. JAMES A, White, Georgia, cut on head and leg. A. G. Youst, Pennsylvania, head cut and injurcd internally A. C. Brack, Indiana, bone and arm. Cianes J, Mo ribs broken S, S. Baki WiLLIas R and arms cut C. R. JonxsoN, Missouri, 1eft shoulder dis- located. Withont Warning it Came. Wonrey, Tennessee, back and legs fracturel cheek- e, District id scalp wounds vad sealp wound of Columbia, Mississippi, head, face It was botween 9:50 morning that loc theater building on by the records and 10 o s of the old Ford's Tenth strect, occupicd d pension aivision of t surgeon general's ofil 1l in as though they had been the cards of card houses. On cach floor there were scores of men at work. Without warning they were carried down s by an awful cataract. The floor was madoe up of iron girders, hardly strong enough to support the walls, but heavy enough, heaven K1ows, to stamp out huraan lives; of bricks that were held together by plaster long dried out; of wooden beawms that had been in 1 too long. from such a flood. The government of a great nation could not afford to provide a safe building tor its faithful employes, but herded them together in a building whose unsound condivion was uotorious. Again and agam have the columns of the press been filled with the story of the rotten walls, ‘Twenty-eight years ago there was another tragedy in the walls of this building. The news of it was flashed to the four quarters of the earth, and it brought consternation wherever it went. The man who was killea wis the president of the United State: Althoush the building had borne a curse upon 1t since that night, it endéd its carecr ina fitting manner. But how much better it would have been if the goverment had removed the building years ago. slock this the the nco hero was no escape A Romarkablo Coincident. Those of the multitude who could think of something besides the eatastrophe remarked upon the strange comeidence that the build- ing in which John Wilkes Booth Lincoln should fall and kil scores of peoplo on the very day that the assassin's brother was being laid to his final rest. There was 1o cor tween the events, but the shuddered and the e evidenco as found in off appears conclusive that this buildinz, which chased aftc army by congres weetion superstitious strong wminded cc fal 7 ayg records, as 18% rament pur the assassination and usod museum, was officially proclaimed an unsafe- depository for even the inanimate skelcetons, mummies and boc of the army medical museum tor which a sufer place of storage was provided by act of congy Notwithstanding the fact that the publ press had called the attention gress of the nation to tha condition of the building, its darknoss and unsaf tinued to be used for the daily of nearly 500 government, as an Helooh: it con- cmployment clerks of the pon- sion record division of tho war offic The building collapsed in_the widst of an ill-judged cffort to remedy some of its de- focts. Themoral of the aisaster is empha- sized by the fact that there arc known to bo atleast two great government buildings the printing ofllce and the Winder build- ing annex of the War department taining many more A in the Ford's th are in an equally dan cach cou- employes than wer v denth-teap, that s condition, Aftecttng Seones, Whilo the work of r men who had been st ildren ¢ wept like ¢ faces lifel shed to bodli sencath the s the limp o 5 of the sunshin, upon this earth forever. away in a fainting con heart the V the mot > of g in just ~ before morning. ‘There were 534 at the time and great would Women wer dition, and in and in ever: The build 10 o'clock 1l ks in the loss of 1 The first floo apsed through a woak ness caused by excavating a cellar, and in its fall carried down the other three and with them hundreds of clerks. dead and wounded were taken out idly by the firemen and police. All the am- bulances thecity were summoneld and conveyed to the hospital. terrible. Some of the tho third floor. Tho buy ry floor is indow blown out. been condemne sentiment were heavily loaded pensi of The clerks em ployed 800 1o floors, The rap in the rescued sCones wero clerks jumped from walls are st down, and ever The anr standin had buil for some un rod, The floors with records of the the War d there un- bt 2nt it u divisions artment © ol W nic Hardly Any K Of the el¢ scarcely one wenty-eizht iins up to 10:15 a, m., pital at that hour and injuved vory nature of the a lies escaped more ency h it dead the vero Tho from alr, 1 mternal in the spread all over the city Lvery al in to care for the fleld ordered two from Fort Meyor, broken aries, Thousand hos o reral Scho troops of cavalry just the river, ud two companics of infantry to the scen I'n of the navy tho across secrotur; the naval ere and roceive lered stationed spital to ant it to r Wh thi wed wis nava the in, navy yard Il assistance in s crash came twenty laborers, 54 iu all were su Cause of the Coliapse, The cause of the collapse is supnos from aigging underthe f pose of putting in un el 1 to b tion for the pur tric light plant, but rtained the floor carrying the oth Fortunately the entire | as in that the cen wuch greater. ut part half Because us can be asc way first rs down g did 0ss of hfe As it down, the many not collapsc would have 1y tho fr was leaving floor lives clerks at n the briuk, at which they sat went went of of this of the sitting Spac their while aown Willir g hands went to work as soon as the first shock passed to rescue the and dying and wounded trom the ruins. Police and soldiers » ordered to the seeue by G e who kept UN SECOND FAGE.] desks were le the desi dead [CONTIND OMAHA. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1893. PLAYING FOR HIS RELEASE Lincoln Business Charley Mosh Men Working to Get Out of Danger, RECEIVER M'FARLAND AT THE HEAD OF IT Tlans that May Dorgan Wil 1 1o Clreumvented -1l ve Another Whack at Pocketbook—Peculinr dings at the Capitol State’ vr Lixcony, Neb., June 0.—[Special to Tne Bee.|—Quite a delegation of prominent busi- ness men of this city are now in Washing- ton, where they are laboring with Attorney General Olney fn behalf of Charles W. Mosher, the bank wrecking president of the defunct Capital National. This Nebraska contingent at the national capital is headed by John D, MacFarland, late receiver of the broken bank, and is ciceroned by Hon, Genio srtson, late senior counsel of the impeachment vrosecution, . A tip rcached here this afternoon from Washington to the effect that the strenuous offorts now being made to have the com- promise proposition accepted by the attor- ney general are likely to succeed. It is un- derstood that an arrangement was made with Unitea States District Attorney Baker at Omaha, by which that offielal was 3 re- call Mosher by telegraph whenever t was absolutely necessary to have hun there for trial, and the fact that this recall has not yet been issucd, and that Mr. Baker has ex- tended Mosher's time of grace, lends some color to the stor Mackarland's here, was destination, when he left Mercersburg, Pa., his old home, where his mail was ordered forwarded. Lambertson's ostensible destination was Chicago and his old home at Mineral Point, Wis. Itis denied by MacFarland’s friends that his trip was made in behalf of Mosher, but the is a peculia noncommittal ac- cent to the denials made regarding Lambert- notives and whercabouts. Mosher's Cold-looded I [t will be remembered that the depositors, with some exceptions, joined in a request son oposal, that the proposition of Mosher and his rela- tives to pay back $190,000 be accepted, in consideration of his being let off with a fino Lrelieved of the necessity of going to the penitentiary. A wail, however, goes ur from the stockh evs of the collapsed bank, who object to beinz given the raggzed end of it fnany such 1 It is not believed that the successful carry- the schemo can be possible, bo- cause of the similarity of this caseand the one at Po in which Frank Dorsey is the central as the acceptance of Mosher's prope ld almost necessitate the extension of similar clemency to Dorsey, who is now in the east hustling up a pile with which to go at the prosecuting attorne bolstered up with a tearful plea” about the best interests of thedepositors. Tt is reported here tonight that Tambert- son has been retained by Mosher and that the feo includes Dorgan's case with refc ence to the prison contract matter, which will be broughit up before the Board of Pub- lic Lands and Buildings at the next meet- 1, when the logality of the assienment by Mosher to Dorgan will be considered Ub to the present time this assignment las not been recognized by the board, the warrant for the feeding of the prisoncrs in the penitentiary having been drawn in Mosher's name ¢ach month just the before the alleged assignment toc It is auother curious fact that, standing that Mosher is still to all tents and purposci the contractor, and vherefore in possession of all his former interests there, none of his interest in the contract or his %0,000 stock in the Western Manufacturing company have as vei figured as assets in the Capital National case. De au's friends o hat the assignment will be recognized at the next meeting of the by ould ba hazardous to | nter- ests to allow it to continue ton mn its present condition. It is belicved that this has been reed upon to forestall wud prevent its being appiied toward ing the shortuge m the defrauded s treasury. Wi Looso Again, The majority opinion of the supreme court has already begun to bear fruit, and the larger the crop the poorer the state will be. 1t was to bave been supposed that the lesson on frregular wvractices learned from the rocent trinl would be sufticient to keep the oficials from unything further in this line in the future, but, such, it seems, is not to be the case, as the board about to piace in Dorgan's hands the £21,725 appropriated by the lust legislature, and proposes to give him carte blanche in the expendituve, just us was done 150 years ago. The members of the board will action on the opinion of Ju Novval, which reads as follows: The motives of tho legislature not in- volved in this controversy, yet the appropr fon In question (that of #1G,000 by the legis- Inture of 1501 wight, with equal propricty, live beca entitied “An acy for the relictof O, W. Mosher,” sinee it 15w palpable f he was boyord the reach of competir It rulesof the prison for free Jaborers within its tractor was practically price to be pald by the state It 1s on this part of the opinion ofticials rely to throw the work ag Dovgan, and give that cnterprising vidual an opportunity to reimt self for w amount ne contributed toward frecing them f the dificulty in which thoy found themselves after the | islature had completed its investigation of their methods, su A0 in- courss o Bit base such '3 Post and 1 to indi s hi Court's Opinion of the Gentloman, Trae, the majority of the court passed upon the employment of Doran, knowing that he was Mosher's agent, in the fo g lunguage: In v his sclection by the tve of the state, Kuow- lereafter appear, that 1t would iepond unon Mosher for Libor ek, i Lighly censurable, and tho Teast, be” characterized us 1 urterly wanting in that for tho futerests of tho Itis tene, accor Dorginn wits veputithle parth i the knowledgo of ) Baracter and fiine Tile fact, while it way to uite, will not exeuse his so- important trust 1t might be presuwed that this Meient to deter the b wating to Dorgan the sup work of construction or r stated that it will not given the full amount of and that, too, in adyance ame mijority of the « perfectly proper for the vance ioney whens wight wany it Work thi ing s it will e compotlod ¢ (0 carry on th uld; 10 ¥ty unbusinessiike intelligent r tate which the under ko cirenmistances 13 to the evidenco, thiut mended to the board L provious o his Vit ition U ext ton for s would be ard from again dele but it is and that bo will be the appropriation, inasmuch as tho irt helid that it was ourd t ad- rer the suj rinte puirs, 1s to Be Dou is cutting yuse and fitting for fitting i cewent 1 plastering « point walls outside pin , take un house and for lay granolithic water ¢ old stonc bake 1 repa to_be expended is as off fifty fect of new up same for hospital, up present hospital for to complete towers, con. s of new cell house house, $3,000; to tuck old ‘cell house, reset d stone floor in old cell rete and cement on paving i sewerage and sel repairs, O00; for taking up paving in kitchen, boiler room and m, and laying grar and Lose rd will hold, in necordance with | about 100 feet that paving, | the majority opinion. “it is a palpable fact that in the doing of this work competition will be barred,” and will repeat their “‘error in judgment” if given an opportunity. About the only thing over ghich there scems to be any question 1s whether or not the board will again accept the bond of Dorgan with Mosherand Outcalt as sureties 1t may be stated here that the State Jour- nal company in raising the question of the time limit when the printing bids were opened purposely delayed raising that ob- jection until after the bids were opened in order to have an opvortunity to roview other bids. The putting off of the award has been of materi benefit to that com- pany, as it is still furnishing all blanks and the officers are putting in supplies, so that when the award is finally made there will be very little left to be supplied under the new prices, " — PRESIDENT PENA'S ATTITUDE Argentina’s New Cabinet Causlug Dissatis- faction in Many Loeallties. [Copyrt ited 1893 by James Gordon Bennett,| Varranatso, enilt (via Galveston, Tex.), June 0.—[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tug Bee.]—The Herald's correspondent in Buenos Ayres saysa disagreement exists already among the members of the new Argentino cabinet. The dissatisfaction grows out of President Pena's attitude. It is politically the most mixed cabinet ever known in Argentina. Romero was especially surprised over his re- movol from the Treasury department, be- cause it was only yesterday that he was in- formed by cablo from London that the creditors had accepted his plan for gettling the debt of Argentina and the president is allered to have agreed to retain him in the cabinet, It seems probable that tho new cabinet will not hold together for a long period. The only appointment received with favor is General Opejobucneo, who was mod as minister of war in the place of Victorica, A dispatch from Catomaroa say rovernment troc that the s have been routed by the volutiomsts. The Herald’s correspondent 1 Rivera says that a battle has been fought between the forces of Generals Telles ana Saraiva, one of the leaders of the revolution in Brazil. The result of the battle 1s not known, Letters received from Rio do Janeiro say that there is a widespread discontent in Bra- zil in regard to the attitude of the president. A movement is being secretly planned to overthrow him. Fatal Railway Collision. Maxacra, Nicaragua, (via Galveston, Tex.), June 9.--[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Spetial to Tur Bre ligence of the conductor and engineer of train caused an accident ncar nde, which resulted in the kill- of many piassengers. A train was left on the track without a headlizht or any- thing clse to warn the enginecr of an ap- proaching train of danger. A well filled passenger train dashed into the one stand- ingon the track, Nearly a dozen persons were killed and as many: more were injured. An carthquake shock was felt last night, but no zo has been reported. JAMES GOKDON BEN Propriotor of the New York Ierald Critl- cally Il at Parls, Paws, June 9.—James Gordon proprictor of the New York He dangerously injured by falling from a coach Wednesday. He continued to grow worse, and a surgical operation became necessary yesterday. His condition 1s now eritical. Pamis, June 9.—Since the operation Mr. Bennett has had no fever and his friends are very sanguine of his recovery. This evening Dr. Robins says there is nothing in his con dition to cause alarm. s st S v WARRIORS HOLD A RECEPTION. T LOW, Bennett, , was Cody’s Sloux Indians Attract Considerable Attenclon at Chicago. Cur , 11L, June 9.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—Rain-in-the-Face was “heap big Injun’ today by a large majority, He held a swell reception at the North Dakota state building and shook hands with society, Being somewhat out of the ordinary, it was anovel event, in addition to being Rain's debut. He was in full dress, wearing a sum- mer suit with cloth leggings slashed around the hips and down the sides with thongs. His long, glossy, black hai nigzh up, hung about kis shoulders, und a neckluce of braided feathers contrasted in ornamentation with a red obeaded moccasin on the warrior's only foot e was assisted in the reception b, sole survivor of the Custer massacre: Har Heart, Holy Hor One Side, Shield and Red Star, ¢ the Sioux persuasion from Pine I Curly wo conducted himself L off-hand style, but the others, in feathers, blankets raudy calico shirts and beads galore, wero rather stiff and formal. They grunted, but had not much more to say to anybo Hard Heart scemed to be a bit bored, but Red Star was not. He carried a gorgeous specimen of the pipe of peace, which many of the pale face ladies present admired so much that the young dude buck felt greatly flattercd, The party sat in a first part min trel eivcle with Rain-in-the-Face in the cen- ter, opposite the front end of the building, and the guests stood massed before them, Curly sat ab the chief’s lefr, and Red Star sat next to Ci here he could lean over fre quently’ and whisper something to the old man. ‘Hard Heart's apparent apathy was due, so & bystander said, to the fact that Red Star received 00 much attention from the fair sex. Holy Horse evidently noticed this and it put all ill at ease for a bLime. Rain-in-the-Face sala after the reception 5 over that he considered it a most suc- cessful function, T T T IMPROVING WYOMING MINES Activity Among Owners porty Near Rawlins. Raweixs, Wyo., June 9.—[Special gram to Tue Bee.]—Frank Barrett senting a syndicate of whi Campbell of Ohio is ap the head, w city nearly all the woele examining the e pany’s mines just nonth of town., The ore is a copper, carrying both lead and silver in paying quantities, My, Barrett was so well lcascd with the outlook that he located a new townsite about three miles west of this place on the main line of the Union Pucific, platted 400 &cres into lots, besides reserving sufficient ground for reduction works. He also located a sec: tion of cosl land mnear the Dillon mine, which - has been worked for several avs and yields 3 superior quality of coal I'wo scetions of coal 'land near the lead nines southeast of town were located by the syndicate and with a wap of its townsite, Tho Consolidated Mimng company, & local concern which owns property a fow mil nor of town, has cne shaft down has penctrated a fine ates, very rich in silver, miich rejoicing. The has secured fa water Cherokee Water com- in laying o pipa line thun two wiles as soon npleted. fiue weather of the past few days has u o boon for sheep owners, as tho hard us and snows of last week destroyed up- wards of 50 per cent of the laml Lis, to gether withthe low price of wool, has been liscouraging to flock owners. T'he rauge 1s in better condition than for years, a big grass crop already beihg assured. bucksl Curly, Considerable Pr of roepre- vernor as in the body of lead carb over which there 1s isite comp i m the Littl pany, and will b distance of le survey is Neb askn Wor air Visitors Cricaco, I June 0,—([Special Telegram o Tue Bee srnor Crounse will remain here for a few duys and be joined tomorrow by Miss Crounse. Bx-Governor Boyd's fam ily is here to remain for several weeis. Mr. Boyd will returu tomorrow. Ex-Governor Furnas will continue to practice the prinoi- ple he preache! yesterday and gather in the wounders of the world’s show for some iuwe to , parted - 1 " One of the Most Dicastrous Rain Storms in { Church SPRINGFIELD UNDER WATER | the Town's History. MANY FAMILIES DESERT THEIR HOMES One Restdonce Wre the ked by tho Flood and Occupants Narrowly Eseaped with Their Lilsewhere in Nobraska. SrriNgrieLp, Neb,, June 9. —[Special Tele- gram to Tue Beg,]—One of the most disas- trous rain storms ever known in the history of the country prevailed here for several hours tonight, and at this hour (11:30) the whole lower part of the town is under water. The residence of John Johnson was washed completely away, the family baroly escaping with their lives to the Missouri - cific engine house, where they were rescucd later. Turtle creck, which runs through the western part of the village, went out of its banks at 10 o’clock. The flood cume with a rush and floodee houses and washed aw outbuildings and stock before the residents could realize what had happened. The fam- ilies of John Johunson, John Freberger, Iib Nicholson, John Mowinkle, A. Pea- body, A. Sly, C. H. Depuy, M. Keaton, TLouis Nichols, William Rishell, S. L. McMahan and others were compelled to abandon their homes for higher ground. C. W. Owens and A. V. Rogers, butchers, are imprisoned in their slaughter house, half a mile south of town, where they were killing beef when the flood came and were unable to escape, The house is now in fou feet of water, but the butchers are safe, as they can be scen by the flashes of lightning. The loss to the families in the flooded district cannot be estimated tonight, but it will be small as compared to erops, fences and bridges Turther up the creek, where the ramm secemed to be the worst. jthing short of a cloudburst could have raised the cre to such a height in such a short time. he rain is still pouring down, but the flood is falling. TORMS ELSEWN 2 Almost a Flood at Hastings—Reaults Othor Loonlities. HastiNgs, Neb,, Juno 9.—[Special Tele- gram to Tir Bre]—One of the hardest storms which has visited this city for year struck Hastings about 7 o'clock tonight. A gentle rain soon developed into a tervific downpour and then hail stones averaging an inch in diameter fell with great force and so rapldly that in a fow minutes the ground was covered, heavy fall of water, mixed with hail, choked the gutters and the strects were transforined into lakes of water. The telephone and were broken down many cases and clectric light wires and grounded in communication by telegraph with the outside world is very diMicult. In the business part of town many cellars are filled with water from the gorges in the streets and many skylights and windows were broken. In ono four-room house sixtcen lights were smasbed. The storm did not go very far south of Hastings, no hiail fulling few iniles out. Irait prospects here are completely ruined and gramn will suffer to a certain extent. One of the features of the storm was the peculiar manner in which a heavy cloud settled down on the city, making it well nigh impossible to see across the streets TaLE Rock, Neb., June 9.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee]—Just previous to the slight shower this morning bolt of lightning prostrated Mrs. Frank Leavitt, and Mr. Heywood was stunned. A~ small boy across the street was also hurt. Nemawka, Neb., June 9.—[Spec gram to Tug Ber.|—Today lightning the house of George Lloyd, four miles north of hiere. His wife was stunned and is still unconscious. The house was badly wrecked, four wails spreading bauly. al Tel - = EDWIN BOOTIUS FUNERAL, Improssive cn aw Yous, June 9 over the remains of place this Services h Hotd Arouna tho 'he at the Corner, tune the late I norning at Around the Corner,” » many actors last exit, The fice was crowded with men eminent as @ , artists, men of lotters, men of affairs, who came to pay a final tribute Lo the famous dead. Everything connected with the funeral was most simple, A plain onken casket held the remains, and the only gift of nature on it was a wreath of laurcl. The regular Bpiscopal burial service was said by Bishop Potter, assisted by Dr. Houghton, rector of the church, At the conelusion the body was taken to the Grand Central depot and put on & special teain careying friends to Boston, wherc the interment bo in | Mount Auburn cemetery. e SRl R NEWS FOIR THE ARMY, List of Changes in the Rogular Servico Announced Yestoerday, Wasmixatos, D, C., June 9.—[Specinl “Telegram to Tu#Bex, ] —The following avmy orders were issued today Licutenant Colonel George H. Weeks, deputy quartermaster general, will proceed from Washington to P’ittsburg upon ofiicial business connected with the quartermaster's department and upon the completion of this duty will return to his proper stution. ¥irst Licutenant Harry C. Benson, Fourth cavalry, is at his own request relioved from duty in Chicago in connection with the bureau of American republics and will join his t ., Leave of absenco for three months surgeon’s cortificate of disability is gri Major John C. Mallory, corps of eng e Littlo services lwin Booth the ‘“Littlo from which made their little edi- the doors took have quaint to will as on ited rs, Western Fensions, The following peusions grauted are re- norted Ne William kka: Restoration D. MeLuughlin Reissuc—Andrew inal widow—Susan Lawrence. lowa: Original—Jjohn 1. Reynolds. Inerease—I'ritz W. Giale, Chi H. Taker frage, I, Christofel. Iteissuo and increase— O, Williams, Original widows, ote Caroline L. Wescott, Frauces Churchill, Polly M. Patterson. and increase Increase—( Lawrence, Johnson, Joh: Berger, Joseph John B, Bel oon Robbed, Cozan, Neb,, June 9.—[Special sgram to Tk Bee.]—Allyn & Coacher’'s saloon was broken mto last n nd the cash register emptied of its contents, about 312, The robbers broke the bottom out of the registe with & hatcher, bl Alsolute Divorce for Newsvna, N, J., June 9. appointed to take Mrs esli st hor band, *Willle Witd,” h reported recom: mending that she be granted au absolute i Mis, Lesllo. teforeoe Taglor, to testimony in the suit of second hus i Made an Assignwent. GALVESTON, Tex., Juue 9.—The 'Texas Trigling company, 8 wholesale and retail corporation, made an assignment to W, 8. Dorlund. Assets, $163.000; lubilities, §51, 000, No preferred creditors. —— Paid at 1he Gate. CH10AGO, 11, June §.—Special Telegram to Tus Beg.]—The paying almissions to the | Minfnum temporat fair today aggregated 57,244 yesterday, 124« 804; for the two days, 204,158, SCHEME, Towa Citlzens Anxions to Promote the North and South Rallway, Des Morses, Ia, June 0.—(Speeial Tele- gram to Tue Bee, ] —Governor Boies has ap- pointed twenty-cight delegates to the con vention to be held at Lincoln, M June 28 to consider the project of const of railway from the north line of Kota to tho Gulf of Mexico. that it could be built for 27,600,000, and that a tax of 5 conts per acre on tho land of tho ten great states in the interior basin would construct the railway and leavea surplus of 2,000,000 North Dakota, Minnesota, Towa, Kansas, Missourl, Avkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, Governor Crounse of Nebraska says in a lot ter to Governor Boies, desire the holding of this convention. The governor of lowa has appointed theso delogates: Delogates-at- large, J. L. Gobble, Muscatine; Spence Smith, “Council Blufts; other delegate: James'A. Thorpe, Mount Verron: J. N. Holi- day, Morning Sun ; Will B. Barger, Chariton : A G Glick, ' Marshalltown; M. 1 Van Osterhout, Orange City ; Frank Gilman, Hamburg; P. C. Rude, Peiry; I3 K. Test, Council - Bluffis; W W. Morrow, William Groneweg, CounciiBlufts; Jol W. Cleland, Sioux' City; Will A. We Alton; A. A: Smith, Sioux City; John M Curthy, Jefferson 13, C. nning; S, J. Patterson, Dunlay Harris, Missouri Valley; (. N. Castle, Danbury; H D. Crawford, Ottumwa; James M. Hoiland, Mt. Pleasant; Aaron 1. Brown, Fayetwe; A W. C. Weeks, Winterset; [2 R. Buker, Sid- saiah Doane, Webster Citys Wirren i ton; J. 8. Lawrence, Sioux 1cting a line North Da 1t is estimated MAY MAKE THE RACE, Cowboy Contestants Will Not Te Arrosted Unless Their Horses Are Pashed, Foxr Dobar, la, June ).—[Special Tele- gram to Tius Brr]—Governor Boies has written a letter to the sheriff of each Towa county through which the racing cowboys will pass on their way to the World's fair. He urges them to wateh the riders careful and arrest the first one whoso horses 8ho any sign of cruel or inhuman treatment Shertfl Adams states that 1t is his intention to closely watch cach rider all the way through™ Webster county and will promptly arrest any one of them who is overriding his horses or otherwise treating them cruelly With careful surveillance of this character 1l along the line it is possible that the race be completed without any cruclty to mustangs ridden smoerats Active. fune pocial Teleg Tz Bz —A call was issued this weelk by Chairman Ed Curry for a meeting of t congressional committee and a committee democrats to state demo Town 1 CresToN, 1 im to advise as to the date of the atic convention and to consult toa probable candidate for governor. Committeemen from every ¢ nty in the dis. trict have responded. All seem to favor an carly date for the convention and Hon, S, L. Hx"\»hv\ icutenant governor, seems to he the clioice of a Lurge majority for nommation for the governorshin. Co man White of Keokuk has a small following. Fuancral of dames & Drs Moines, Ta., June 9.—[Speeial Tele gram to Tup Bre]-—The remains of James It. Reynolds were brought here and buried this morning. Little is known about hiss death except that he ended his life volun- tarily on the plains of Montana., He left s Moines naarly a year ago to seel health and fortuic in the wést. nolds. Tow Missovnt Masons Entortained. sLLEY, Tt., June 0.— [Special to Tup Bee.] —The Masonic lodge of this city tendered the other lodges of that order in Hurrison county a reception and banquet st evening. The first portion of the even- was devoted to work in the desrees, A were Moixes, Ta., gram to Tur Brr.) sentence to the stealing, esca) whilo Lo and o court house rot areward for his June 9.—[Special Tele- rank Forsythe, und: penitentiary \ from tho gnards today lers were working in vhe nda. 'The sheriff has offercd rrest for chicken n Lowa Plor Juno 9. inl Telegram 'man, sr., died this on was : Burlington was build Denth of Cresroy, T, to Tue Bre—Lyman pioncer resident of Union morning. He was herc known of and when th mg a line west. Sy Wate unty hofore Suspocted Lraln Kobhers Released, Curestoy, Ta., June 9.—[Spe to Tur Brk)—Jewell pected train proving their the attempted tr. No. 12, am the sus- 1 to 3 in conncetion with in robbery of pussen Reotired trom ¥ Des Moixes, Ta., June 9.—[Spacial Tele ram to Tie Br Tudge C. C. Cole today retired from the practiceof law, Iis carcer has been a long and distinguished one. SRR R Ange Quotations. [Special Tele asquoted s H St. rnet ce. New Yok, June to Tur Ben.] lows today Chi cents to 80 cents discount discount. change 120, Bo: suis, 31 Nebraska Postmaster Appotuted, Wasmxaron, D, Telegram to Tig Boe.|—San appointed postmaster at West county, Neb , today -— FORECANTS, Stecle was ra, Saline WEATHI Nebraska 15 Promised with More Iain for Toduy and Warsier Weather, WasuiNgTon, . C., Juno 9. —Iore Saturday: For Nebraska warmer for Showers variable winds, shif For lowi—Showers probubly durir south winds For Dakotas—Showers ; w southeastern South Dakota; ng to south in oarly morning and the duy; warmer; east o rmer ariable witds Local Record, Orrrer or TnE Weatnes Buie June 9. —Omaha veord of temperature and rainfull, ¢ od with corresponuing days of past four years AT 1493 Maximum temporature, 70 Te., O Averngs temperature.. 88 3¢ Precipitation 09 T .08 Sutement showing the coudition of tem perature and | ipitation at Omaba for the day und since March 1, 1503 Norma! terperature Deficieney for the day,. ... Defleionicy sinee Marci i Normat precipitation Deticl ney forthe da, . T Excess since Murch 1 Keports from Other at 8 p. 1892 1800 19 tneh 10 10ch 7 inch Poluts xon | 30 mmg BTATIONS, somavem | | | 11 001IEA100; £up 30 0. adia 08| Cloudy. U3 PPart eloudy 00| Purt eloua Kenrnoy - Cloudy Ciilcago. .0 5 Cloud St Louls 0 Part St Paul...i 1| Clc Day 04! italn Kaneas City 0| Cloudy A vor. 1 |Partcloudy t Lake City., 09| Clomdy aptd City ... i'|Cioudy Hulon dy Blswarck 1o St Vincont Iy o Cloudy. 00| Part o! ol IPare ¢ )| ars Clenr Y fudi OKGE E. HUNT, Local Forecast Ofelul, Afton’ | southward, | wen in ENDED IN BLOODSHED Strikers Attack the Workingmen on the Ohts cago Drainage Vanal, RIFLES AND REVOLVERS FREELY USED Lemont, Illinois, the Scane of a Bloody and Desperato Battle, SEVERAL MEN KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED Strikers Abandon the Field, Loaving Theld Dead and Dying. STATE AID CALLED FOR BY THE SHERIFF Troops Ordered to the Sceno of the Trouble —More Disorder Is Fonred -A Descrips tlon of the Fight -List of Casualitos, Lryost, T, June 9.—Deputy shorifls witl Winchester rifles and armed mobs of strikers met at Lemont today. Tho firs week of the strike in the quarries and drafm age earal ¢ d with n copious shedding of blood. The conflict cameat noon, ana as th resultof the volley of shots one man was kille oatright, two have died since, two othoers arq reported missing, said to have fallen in the canal after receiving mortal wounds and fourteen others were wounded, threo fatallys List of Killed ana Wounded, AN UNKNOWN MAN, shot tead and found on towpath. WO UNKNOWN MEN, shot, whose bodieg fell into the cann hie wounded are: ANTON VELESvERSKT, severe head wound, “Tioyas Mooksk, shot through lungs, will through the die. Mixe Brrarn, shot in kidney, will dio. Axtone Ko, shot through hip, Gi K1sk1y, shot through right lung and hve will die. Mike MiciakL, shot through fleshy part of thigh, PRANK B LawkENCE T WrIst. Lunwie Knvere, bull Jons shot over the cye. AVENROWSKL, shot through t in bladder, Foovaorrvsk, bullet in thigh; wilf Mikn ZoLaskt, sh PETER; t through lung; will die, Jons , shot through groin; will die. XS jured. Joussy Kuvaa, a b and cannot recover, switchman for the pany and was at work @ the sirikers were whon the fignt began, Early this morning the men bogan tq gather in the streets to discuss the situas As tho morning wore tho crowd ing They were made up of the mosy part of quarrymen in sympathy with the strikers from Lockport, Romeo and Joliot, Routed the At 10 0'clock the erowd bozan About hulf a1 the men took the towpath. they were shielded from tre nd thick brambles tiou of the strik to drive out on r or five others, unknown, wore ine shot 1 the groin ie was employed as q uta i Iroad comy &« point near wherq tion ereased. Strik to march le out of town Along this routa view by the shada It was the intene arriving at the cam; workmen as they lmg revious vis The men 1p had providea themselves withy munition to hold their position, strikers defiuntly moving upon When the conflicting fuctions wera s apart fiving began, Revorte ide first fired, but therd that the strikers wer When those not killed 0} ht, the strikers fled in ion when the bullets cama air. They tried o shield behind and thickets, carricd most of their wounded them of tho leaders among dtrikoers left lying he fell the banks of the canal, There he has ‘e remained, with Ly s hond. No one has visited the scone of the trouble since the conflict began has beel able to identify the man, and up to miduigh! his name was unknown., T'wo othicrs of the to have rolicd into the anal after receiviog theig s on the done i the e arms and The thoem! were vary as to which be no question worsted, wounaed took to i the wildest con thr the themselves They with 1zh One wils as » bullets in b who strikers are suid waters of tl wounds Konay for Another Attaclk, ™ continued to bring thg wounded into Lemont long atter nightfally and it is believed the list of wounded andy) ympleto by several nime: strikers dead is yet i the camn where the patro uare Ly bt ing tonignt. & tramplig ing o took ! nrd sine i carr 1 revolvers, Ihic oftice of M. Jackson was found & description of tho parts ied by weapon: d: “Wo had tired of tho strikers annoyimg Thursday, when the strikers they wero that thelm 11d o longor leruted, We sixty nicn with riflep ontion td s offect Lhis morng their winds and all cployed In the strikers ut Loclkport, heavins of this i with tetermined to co-op: nnd it was settled that © 10 be s on the nultanco worth by n Lockport va, howover, on ners, of o He our men I'his departed VOTS U8 ey i we said awever, they ined to drive off back wh haa wpou them and il il on the from Lemont. Their pl fecling in Lemont tonight was that fay's work is a death blow to the strike, gh wmany were found who expected more Ulhe strik lis ravenge, They deny they w a 1, though the men claim they fired Ilore wero Will eounty with Lbou ) nogroe: 1l 1y of the striken the s s und scnt w0 rs do uo deput strik 10 CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE, Correspondence with th ing Sending State SerixGrieLy, 1L, June 9. by th iuls is that at Lewont state of confusior vornor Concerns Troops. I'he information wor and other luborers at the Romero are still and riot and efforts today te workers engaged i the draioage with them and make the slong what section. The the canil have stornly refused to do this and 1n conseguence thoreof o deadly viov is in progress. In response Lo Iemxr&nl veceived from the sheriffs of Cook and Wilk countics asking for um{m. Governor Alty geld tonight wired the following: homas Kennody, sheriff of Wlll‘:..unu" Joliet. L have just régelved telogr rany Ly yourself and two abher .nunfn““lgl op received he o quarries the in a have made compel th dosperate anal to go out strike general all