Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 13, 1894, Page 1

g ™ » —a distanc TALES OF THE STORM From Almost Every Section of the Country Thrilling Stories Come, IS OHICAGO FEELS FULL EFFECTS Suspended During day, - Business Was Practically the Entire MEN AT THE WATER WORKS CRIB IN PERIL Imprisoned in a Frail Btructure with the Lake's Waves Dashing Over Them, WANY RAILROAD TRAINS SNOWBOUND 1t Far East Su 1 Wind-The Blizzard Apparently Geng Okla- oring from Ohio, Kentueky, linna, 1 th the Cold a CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—A blizard of the most approved pattern, with snow, sleet and energetic winds, swept down on Chlcago last night, and today raged with constantly in- creasing violence. Great snow drifts blocked the streets, suburban traing were delayed and snow sweepers were kept incessantly in use to prevent a stoppage of the street car lines, traffic on which was badly delayed. The blizzard s the most severe that has been seen in Chicago in many years. At noon the wind was blowing at the te of seventy miles an hour, with indications that the storm would continue throughout the night with the coldest weatfier of the year. All incoming trains are from one to two hours late and the roads are becoming more blocked all the time. The wind rushed around the down-town corners with terrific force, carrying pedestrians off their feet and injuring many. Mrs, Jane Brahany was hurled agalnst a fire plug at Dearborn and Van Buren streets and fatally injured. Many carriages on Michigan avenue, where the wind sweeps straight off the lake, were overturned, but none of the occupants were seriously injured. Lake Michigan was lashed into a fury and the waves rushed over the breakwater and swept clear across the Ili- nois Central tracks into Lake Front park. So severe was ihe storm that at the public schools only about one-third of the pupils were present. At many of the schools teachers were absent as well as scholars. At the Hammond school but eighty-five were present out of 900, and reports from other schools showed a similar condition. Business at the stock yards was prac- tically suspended. Few people were about the yards, and no buyers put In an appear- ance. One of the large observation win- dows in the Leland hotel was blown in and several guests narrowly escaped injury by the failing glass. All of the mail trains coming into Chicazo were seriously delayed, Several of the de- llveries were abandoned. Telephone and telegraph wires suffered severely. Many wires were torn from their fastenings, poles blown down and many crossed currents ln- Jured the service. Charles Chash, driver of a bakery wagon, was probably fatally injured, the wind over- turning his wagon on Eighty-second street. iis 1og was broken and he recelved internal njuries, 3 IN DANGER ON THE CRIB. Three men at the water works crib, four miles out in the lake, were brought face to face with death. The landing platform was smashed by the waves, which washed over the erib structure, drenching the imprisoned men. The telephone line to the station was uninjured and the men telephoned that the building was being shaken frightfully by the wind and waves. - No lifeboat could live in the storm and no effort to rescue the men could be made. During the afternoon the storm increased in violence, the wind at times rising to a velocity of seventy-five miles an hour, and the snow growing heavier. It was the worst storm Chicago has ever known, and by 4 o'clock in the afternoon business of all kinds was at a standstill. At that time all tho big office buildings were practically de- serted, people having started for home in order to do their traveling before night., Trains were terribly delayed during the afternoon and tonight most of the eastern roads did not send out trains of any kind. The New York limited of the Erie pulled out at 2 o'clock with two engines and hours later was twelve miles from Chis stuck fast. Two additional engines, which had been sent after it, could do no good. The incoming New York limited on the same line stuck In a snowbank at Fourteenth strect, one mile from the depot, and six en- gines gave it up as a bad job. The same conditions prevailed on all lines and this evening most of the railroad man- agers declared that unless the storm mod- erated by midnight they would not attempt to turn a wheel. Owing to the driving snow, which made it impossible to see fifty feet, a wreck occurred on the Lake Shore road at Seventy-ninth street and Stony Island avenue. A fireman, Luther S, Webster, was caught between the engine and tender and badly crushed., Sev- eral freight cars were knocked into kindling wood, On the stroets collisions and accidents were numerous. James Cunningham was blown down by a gust of wind and w Moses Bloom, jr., a member of the Board of Trade, was struck by a gust of wind with such force that he was carried ¢ of twenty feot and landed on the in such a manner that his wrist was fractured. John H. Wood, manager of Carson, Pierie, Scott & Co’s. retail store, was struck by a falling sign and painfully Injured. An exceedingly rectly beyond the Masonic twonty-two stories high drawn down the narrow alley, behir awful badly bruised curbston dangerous spot was di- e, which is wind was it at an ate, and whoever attempted to cross the elley was blown off his feet. So many people were injured here that a special de tall of police was made to keep everybo off that side of the street. AT THE POSTOFFICE. The new addition to the p o was badly damaged. Windows were blown in and the glass roof shatiered. Saow an inch deop covered the floor, and the wator \rig ping through the roof softened the pluster covering the supporting beams, and greut lumps of it fell to the floor. Superintondent of Carriers Stoll was struck by a large stucco ornament and badly hurt. he galo from lake contl well into the night without abate and bofore it was driven a blinding Drifts six feet deep, which formed in tho luke trdut, rendored assabl The hiwh wind 11t was aluiost hin 1 to get throush the car tracks wero prac- 1 the &now was too deep reets to admit of any 11 o'clock tonight the of dying out aml the omewhat 100 o blow furiously ment long g 15 firos g firer possible for ets. Th ally ked, & s of t [ on the si progre storm At at wind was abat swept by LOUISVILLE, Feb. storm Is ¥ to contral end 1 BUONIPUOD Loulsvilie are -A high wind pussed through Kentucky this L CRupiow ng 12 hav por outhwostern 10)9W0Eq very threat Aloug the Jersey € N d., storm a heavy afteruoon ast Ieb. raging northeast the LONG BRANCIH re long the wind is schooner ersey coast an blowing. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871 Sallie went aground near here on a sandbar fitteen feet from ishore. The Erew was landed by the life saving crew. HORRORS OF THE STORY Awfal Tales of Suffering that Come from Oklaho GUTHRIE, Okl, Feb. 12.—Reports coming from the Strip tell of great suffering among the homesteaders residing in tents, Several persons, it is reported, have perished In the among them two families residing No particulars can be obtained. storm, near Cross. Hundreds of head of stock were frozen to death, Wire communication was opened up to- following cas- yme extent and the rned night to ualties lc Word comes from Cross that Sherman Stone and family, consisting of a wife and five children, were found with their throats cut from ear to ear. From the following note, found on a table near Stone, it was evi- dently a case of murder and suicide, caused by the storm: “Wood all gone. Mollie frozen to death. The rest of us freezing. I have killed my family and now kill myself to prevent suffering 1 have mercy on us.” Stone was a homesteader and lived in a tent. At Red Rock James Blount and family conslsting of a wife and two children girl aged 10 and 12 years, were almost frozen to death Mrs. Fannie Spencer, a homesteader, twelve miles from Cross, was found frozen stiff. Al her fuel had burned out. James Mu n living four miles south of Perry, was found this evening frozen to death and his partner, Harvey Newcomb, died from exposure and cold fifteen minutes after being found. At Ponca, Mrs. Jennie Cramer, and her two children, Lizzle and Sallie, were discov- ered frozen stiff in a coyotes burrow ten yards from their abode, Colonel Henry Melton, a cowboy who was with Buffalo Bill at the World's fair, was discovered near Newkirk by a party of lunters early this morning dead under his horse. At Anadarke two Indian pupils were found vesterday buried under a snowbank. On later expired, the other, how shows signs of recovi IN BI Railroads Storm-Bound and Cold Weather Prevailing. TOPEKA, Feb. 12.—All over Kansas it is still snowing with a west wind. The snow s about twelve inches deep on a level, but badly drifted. The mercury is at 10 degrees above zero. The storm is reported very severe in the western part of the state. 0 passenger trains from the west on the Sunta Fe have d since Sunday afternoon. The Chi- 0 passenger train due here yesterday at 4:30 only reached Newton at 9 o'clock this morning. The Santa Fe reports trafins mov- ing all right between Emporia and Topeka and Topeka and St. Joseph. The Rock Island had no trains into Topeka up to 9 o'clock and reports trains delayed and tied up all along its Kansas lines. The street cars of Topeka resumed general trafiic this afternoon. The snow Atoppod fall- ing about 10 o'clock, and at 2 this afternvon the weather is bright and mild. The Santa Fe officials report that they cx- to have pect mail lines open some time this eyening. The trains which left Denver yesterday spent the night at Cimmarron in western Kansas, tied up by the storm. The westbound Colorado trains were snowbound at Newton. The trains on the Chicago division had not been blockaded, but delayed. The branch lines are in bad shape. The Rock Island trains are all delayed, but the Kansas City train went through only a few hours late. The snow is the heaviest on the line between Horton and St. Joseph, where seven feet is reported on the track in many places. FORT SCOTT, Kan., Feb. 12.—The heavi- est snow that hes fallen in southern Kan- sas for many years lies upon the gro.w® this morning. The trains are all delayed, and many are bound in snow banks. The Mis- souri Pacific passenger, which left here yes- terday, was snow bound on a hill near Moran, and three engines were sent fout from this city to pull it back, but nelther of the engines have yet returned, and it is thought they are also tied up, as they went out during the blinding storm. Many tralns due here have mot arrived, and those that have are from twelve to sixteen hours late. The trains on the Memphis road are run- ning, but very late, and the Missouri, Kan- sas & Texas trains due here last night have not arrived. The street cars in this city are tied up. St. Louls' ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12—The storm which began yesterday ended today at noon after having run a varied course, including rain, sleet, drizzle and snow, each repeated two or. three times during the night. At present there lies on the ground here about four inches of ice, snow and slush, which has practically interrupted all trafiic. Tele- graph, telephone and electric wires are down, and, as a result, death of animals from the live currents have been reported numerously, but so far no human beings have been injured. Reports received here from points in southern _Illinois, southern and central | Indiana, Missourl in general and Arkansas give the same story, the heaviest storm of the season with wind and in a majority of cases drifted badly. Fort Smith, Ark., reports rising streams with rail and wagon roads suffering thereby. From Olathe, Kan., | comes news of the death by exposure of A. {. Hansmere of St. Louis. Incoming trains are very seriously delayed, some being four hours and even more late. The now s of a very sharp drop in temperature, which will turn the present slush to ice and make the situation even worse than it is now. Indeed, the situation locally, as well throughout all the territory within reach of this city, Is summed up in the words—traflic at a stand- still. Telegraphically the situation is the worst in a long time, No s are working south from this city and very fow in any other direction. e A Heavy Snow Fall In Colorado, DURANGO, Colo.,, Feb. 12.—Snow began falling here Saturday morning at 5 o'ciock and has continued without interruption until as noon today, when the snow was twenty- six inches deep on the level. Street cars have been unable to run since Saturday | evening. The condition in the La Platta mountaing, where the miners are trying to keep the tralls open, s somewhat dis- couraging. In seven hours the fall on Lightner creek was thirty-two inches. ars Stopped in St EPH, Feb. 12 here yesterday and the snow half on the L kince yeste Joseph. The storm morning is now evel, day afte prineipal street is drifted 5o badly that All trains are were due early ST, JOs reached all night, foot and a curs have r 3 o'clock city the are almost layed, and son.c morning are no which continued almost & > street noon at and on the snow fmpassable that de thiz Cold Ware BUFFALO, Feb. 12--A ecold wave !.“m ped down upon Buffalo and western { New York, followed by heavy fall of snow. | A water famine was threatened, though men York, has have been kept at work removing the slush and ice that drifted > the inlet el that supplies the city from the river. I patches from Niagara Falls annou th an ice bridge has forwed and solidified the passage of the ice floes down the in river a (Continued on Second Page.) Rl T STEVENS AGAIN ARRAIGNED Senator Gray Attacks His Actions While Minister to Hawaii, CLEVELAND'S. COURSE IS COMMENDED Delaw the ro's Sen: or Rteviews the History of Islands Since the Revolution— Numerous Petitions Presented —Work in the House. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—The Hawallan controversy occupied the principal time of the senate today, Senator Gray of Delaware opening his argument in defense of the policy of President Cleveland. His speech was de- voted principally to an attempt to prove the complicity of Minister Stevens with the revolutionists, He did not conclude his speech and will resume his argument to- morrow. An interesting incident of the session was the presentation by Senator Cullom of a petition signed by 30,000 wool growers of the west protesting against the wool schedule In_the new tariff bill. Petitions against free iron and free lumber were presented by Senator Faulkner and similar petitions protesting against the Wil- son bill as a whole were presented by Sena- tors Cockrell and Gallinger. Scnator Pettigrew presented a resolution directing the secretary of agriculture to re- port to the senate the amount of wheat in the country March 30 last, the total yield and the amount now in the count Senator Gray of Delaware again took the floor on the Hawalian resolution reported |- by the committee on foreign relations. He spoke in opposition to*annexation. Senator Gray said: “The evidence all goes to show that the annexation move- ment itself was confined to that compar- atively small junta of able, intelligent and viefous men who, with the aid of the Amer- fcan minister accomplished (as far as they could) the object which they had in view. This junta composed an oligarchy of wealth and intelligence—an - oligarchy as foriegn to a republican form of government as the most opposite things In the world can be opposed to each other. Minister Stevens was in their confidence, and he had becn for months corresponding with his govern- ment urging annexation.” Mr. Gray sald e thought Stevens was the the most indiscreet man that ever occupied such an important position at so great a crisis in a foreign country. Senator Cockrell presented a memorial of the St. Louls Merchants exchange, declar« ing that the present stagnation of the coun. try is due to the uncertainty of congres. sional action on the tariff, and praying that the matter be settled as speedily as pos. sible. “I am glad to see by this memorial,” said he, “that the petitioners recognize the Dblunder they made when they attributed all of the distress of the country last summer to the Sherman law.” A substitute for the Wilson tariff bill w presented by Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire. It declares that in view of the widespread industrial depression existing in our land it is unwise to make any change in the tarift laws during the present adminis tration. Pending Senator Gray's argument the scnate, at 4:05, on motion of M. George, went into executive session. At 4:40 the doors were reopened and a message was recelved from the house an. nouncing the death of Congressman Houck of Ohlo. Senator Brice offered a resolution of re- gret and condolence and the senate ad: Journed, - IN THE HOUSE. District of Colun Day—General Enochs Will Be Remembered March 3. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—This was Dis- trict of Columbid®s day. At the request of Mr. Grosvenor of Ohlo, Saturday, March 3, at 2 o'clock was set aside for paying tribute to the memory of the late Representative Enochs of Ohio. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1891 a form of schedule of ratos and charges pro- pared by him. This fobm, it was thought, in a measire at least, would obviate the dim- culties now encountered: under the present system, and was intended Jargely as a basis of discussion. The form presented by Mr. Mackin was for a_tariff on the Wabash rail- road from Bast St.' Louls to a number of points cast. Thero was a general discussion of its provisions, the railroad representa- tives pointing out their views on the form suggested, and the Impracticabllity of pub- lishing a tariff from every station on their lines to every station In the country to which they might ship freight. They also expressed their willingness to meet the commission half way in its efforts to improve the existing condition of affairs. The railroad men suggested several forms of schedules and after considerable discus- sion the representatives of the freight busi- s of the roads represented withdrew to witor's office and with the latter 1 went over the forms proposed, with a view of agreeing on a plan for a schedula that will be presented to the commission tomorrow, The commission then discussad the same general question with officials of the passenger departments, who seemed much less inclined to any form of schedu that would give the rates of any road par- ticipating in a through rate, than the freight men were, and pointed out at some length the objections to such a practice. It was argued that the publication of the local pas- senger tariff would not be of any benefit to the public, would not make complaints of violations of the law any less frequent and it was asserted that the passenger agent who cut rates would wriggle out of the trouble all the same and sell cheaper tickets, besides it would be a heavy expense. The tariffs a8 published now and filed with the commission were a sufficient compliance with all the requirements of the law Mr. P. S. Eustis of the Chicago, Burl- ington & Quincy and others made sta ments in support of the position taken by the passenger men. AGAINST FREE WOOL. ctition Presented to the Senate from the Owners of Six Million Sheep. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—A magnificent floral decoration adorned the desk of Senator Berry of Arkansas, & tribute of the people of Enid and Round Pond, Okl, for the gallant fight which the senator is making to secure the passage of a bill compelling the Rock Island raflway to stop its train at those towns in the territory. A petition signed by 30,000 wool growers of the United States owning 6,000,000, or one-seventh of all the sheep in the United States, protesting against the free wool clause of the tariff bill, was presented by Senator Cullom of Tllinois Among the petition: tribes, who own 1,600,000 sheep, and are prospering by this industry. Senator Cul- were the Navajo lom sald he hoped the committee on finance would give this patition due consideration, as it was of an extraordinary character, and represented an extensfve industry. Will Surrender Control. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—Representative McMillin, chairman of the ways and means subcommittee, to which the Hatch anti- option bill was referred, says he will not ask the subcommittee to consider the bill until Mr. Hatch has had an opportunity to ask the houge to take the bill from the ways and means committee- and refer it to the com- mittee on agriculture. Mr. McMillin says there is no desire on the part of himselt or his assoclates to hold on to the anti-op- tion bill, and they would be glad to have Mr. Hatch's committee take charge of it. This disposes of the repart that there will be an animated contest for zontrol of the bill, fis Mr. McMillin is ready and anxious to sur- render control. This assures an early and favorable report,'as the significant point of contention between <he two committees was that the agricultural committee would speed- ily report in favor of restricting options, while the ways and means committee's ac- tion was uncertain and likely in any event to be reached only after considerable time, Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—The senate in exccutive session today confirmed the nom- ination of Simpson Reynolds to be receiver of public maneys at Wakeeny, Kan. Burlington. Colorado—C. Nahn, at New- Larinier, N. D. lowa—John G. Curran, at On motion of Mr. Breckinridge of Arkan- | Buriioston. — Colorado G, Nahn, at New sas, a bill passed authorizing the Fort Smith | Ly Vegas, Miscouri—Jahn B. Thro, at St & Van Buren railroad to construct a bridge across the Arkansas river. Mr. Flynn of Oklahoma asked unanimous consent for the passage of a resolution to prevent the approval of new leases in the Wichita, Kiowa, Commanche and Apache In- dian reservations pending the result of the treaties now being negotiated to open the surplus lands of those reservations for set- tlement. Mr. Kilgore objected. Mr. Cox of Tennesseo asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a resolution for the adjustment of certain clalms be- tween the United States and the railroads of Tennessee. Mr. Cox explained that a sim- ilar settlement had been made with the railroads of all other southern states. Mr. Sayers objected. On motion of Mr. Perkins a bill authoriz- Ing the extension of time for the construc- tion of the high wagon bridge across the Missouri river at Sioux City was passed. On motion of Mr. Davis of Kansas a bill to extend the time for building a strect rail- way across tho Fort Rellly military reserva- tion eighteen months was passed. On motion of Mr. Meiklejohn of Nebrs a bill granting a.charter to the lTow: braska Pontoon Bridge company to construct a bridge across the Missouri river at Sioux City was passed. Mr. Heard, chairman of the Columbia eommittee, at District of the request of Mr. Charles; Willlam S. Asken, at Bolivar; A. Percher, at Marshall; Andrew Q. Maitfield, at Lebanon. e Riker's Petition Denied. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The case of Car- roll L. Riker of Chicago to compel the secre- tary of the treasury to allot $50,000,000 of bonds bid for by him, was today decided against the petitioner, the court refusing to issue (he mandamas prayed for, on the ground of lack of authority to do so on the showing made. Riker says he will change the petition and present it again tombrrow. Congressman Durborow 1L, WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Representative Durborow fell in a fainting fit today and was for a few moments unconscious, Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine hospital was called and applicd restoratives, and Mr. Dur- borow was taken to his rooms at the Coch- rane hotel, where it was stated that the ill- ness was not likely to prove serious. DECISION OF A KANSAS JUDGE. It Affects Several Hundred Boys Now in the State Reform School. TOPEKA, Feb. 12.—Judge Z. T. Hazen, in the district court this morning, decided that no magistrate has authority to sentence Breckinridge of Kentucky, yielded twenty minutes to the latter, who desired to call [ any person to the reform school. up the urgent deficiency bl As there [ The decision was In the case of the ap- ;\‘unkn‘ nl‘i[u-»!nplr; lw -lv‘l:-"w :h"“ b'"l-l ""i plication of Walter McLain, through his reckinridge withdrew It and Mr. Heard < \ UL 3 next friend, J. Lee Knight, for a writ of T A o Col r 3 procecded —with the ‘District of Columbla | hypeas corpus to secura’ his release from MLNOM. the reform schoo, The first bill called up was one to regulate | M2 5 ch every boy R the sale of intoxicating liquors in the dis- ,.,,f,!:’i.‘,.“ffi‘:»,fn .2'..'#?,‘ )‘lf;\’lra’:lzf) oy b trict, It amended a former act proscrib- )3 T R A S Ing tho limlt of distance at 400 feet from [ Of habeas corpus, made & stiv in the court a school or church in which place the sale | T0W- ~ Dut Judge Hazdn continued 4 T oicating Tiaors shail be located. 1ig | Want It understood that I shall hear no more whole purpose was to prevent the law from | SbWlications on ‘a writ of habeas corpus retroactive, and Mr. Cobb explained'| 12 [Teove DONRUCHUR, T8 MO Aoee iy until the supreme court has pussed on this Mr. Pickler offered an amendment re- | Yo\t strieting liquor licenses for hofels to such as have thirty sleeping apartments, which was defeated. Mr. Pickler » the point of no quorum after filibustering some time he withdrew the point and the bill was passed. Mr. Breckinridge moved to go into the con mittee of tho whole for the consideration of the urgent defietency bill. After Mr. Cannon had criticised the item of appropriation for the payment of United States witness fes, which, he sald, was inadequate and might parrass the United States courts, the bill | was pa The remainder of the day was then sumed in paying appropriafe tribute t memory of the late S the fa Hillborn, the nator Stanford of Call- ing members ‘taking part: Sibley, Blair, Alabama, Pickler, Smith of Arizona, Wilson of Washington, Bowers and Caminetti. At the conclusion of the eulogies, as a further mark of respect, the house at 4:15 adjourned. Vheeler of MET THE COMMISSION. Rallroad Men from Al Over t Assemble in Washingto WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—A large number of rallroad men, representing about all the leading systems and traffic assosiations, as- o Country sembled at the Interstate Commerce com- missior. rooms today in response to a cir- cular inviting common carriers to send rep- resentativen to a conference having in view | tho prescribing of a form of ules of | rates anid charges, requived by the interstate | commerce act, to be kept open for public in- | spection. The members of the commission | present included Messrs. Morrison (chalr man), Veasey, Knapp and Clements. After a short desultory conversation the chairman bad Auditor Mackin 9f the assoclation n.-ndl A case of this kind s before the supre court now, and if this decision is sustained every boy In the school can pack his trunk and disappear and the butlding be vacated. o DOLE INVERVIEWED, Extracts from a Talk Had with Him by a Boston Corgéspondent. BOSTON, Fob. 12.—An evening newspaper has an interesting speelal from its Honolulu correspondent, dated February 3, consisting of intervi with President Dole, in | which that gentleman) makes several points not hitherto brought out. He declares with emphasis on the clalm that It was the queen herself whn wak the Insurgent. “She had rebelled against her own governr This revolt on hor part was equivalent an abdication, There was then no gove an W ment at all,"” sald President Dole. He sald that apnexation or not, the pro vislonal government was built to last and was 50 locked upon from the first. No re. fon will ever be called. As to the plans for the future, President Dole would say nothing of & defiiite character until he was set at rest on all questions in which the Washington government way bave an inter est. © Ifeasance In Ofice, rl JURG, Feb. 12.—John B. Eberhardt, president, and ‘Willlam Springer, of the ational Window Glass clation, known as No of Labor, are on trial chargeld with Ifeasance in office. It is clalmed that the oMoials ha turned in no itemized account of expen and this is denled by the defe It is | claimed by the friends of President Eber- | hardt that the charges are inspired for palit- | lcal reasons, i eith: | Another loser is P. F. 0'Connoll, a jaweler | here, who had deposited about $4,000 in the | | bank for the purpose of building himself a | TROUBLE BREWING IV 10w Farmers Who Lost Their Money Are Angry | at the Men Responsible, | BANKERS MAY FALL INTO ROUGH HANDS ! Atlantio ke President Yetzer of the Broken Institution Arrested and Taken ts of to Cass County and Thre Lynching Are Made. ATLANTIC, Ta., Feb. 12.—(Special to The Bee)—J. C. Yetzer, president of the defunct Cass County bank, was brought here this afternoon from Council Bluffs, where he was arrested Sunday, In custody of Constable Sea- | man. He was at once taken before Justice Stralght. He walved examination and bound over to await the action of the grand jury in the sum of $5,000. District court and the grand jury will be In session this wa was week. The receiver of the bank, Theodore 3. Steinke, Is also expected to make his report of the conditfon of the bank. Yetzer sald that the report that leave the country was false. to have turned over for the creditors of the bank $8,000 worth of re estate and other property. He is incli to think he is being persecuted and s has had no active part in the management of the bank for seven years, leaving it all to Cashier Dickerson. he was trying to He claimed benefit of the Owing to an irregularity in drawing the grand jury which is to Investigate the failure, the county attorney interposed several challenges in behalf of the state and a new jury had to be Impanelled. President Yetzer and Cashier Dickerson appeared in court accompanied by their attorneys and thelr presence created somewhat of a sen tion. The foreman of the new jury is D. A. Miller and that body is mainly made up of determined farmers who will go to the bottom of the failure. FARMERS GATHERING Early this morning farmers began arriv- Ing here from all parts of Cass county, at: tracted by the fact that the grand jury to convene this afternoon and Judge Decmer to begin the regular term of the dis court. Since the failure of the Cass County the farmers and depositors have relicd the receiver to protect their interests as fo as possible and save them what money Le could. The receiver and an cxpert have been at worl on the books since December 2§, and this smorning Mr. Steinke £aid he would make public his report this week, probably in a day or two. As the farmers began arriving they were met by some of the city depositors and they elected one of their number as chairman. A short meeting was held and about twenty-five of the men went to the bank and demanded an audience with Re- celver Steinke. They said that they not only urged but demanded, in behalf of law, order and justice, that he make an imme- diate report of the condition of afairs, They had heard that the receiver and others were in a conspiracy to delay the administra- tion of justice, and so intimated. When they impugned Mr. Steinke's honesty of pur- pose he -was_very. indignant and told the committee that if it did like his way of doing business it could go to—well, a place where snow storms never come. The committee explained that it did not believe that the re- ceiver would be a party to any dishonest scheme and the matter was amicably settled. A delegation also waited on Judge Deemer and requested him to carefully instruct the grand jury as to its duties in investigating the fraudulent methods of this banking in- stitution. That they mean to see that the law is rigidly enforced there can be no doubt, and the farmers do not seem inclined to make any concessions in favor of the acgused, The more the matter is developed the worse it looks. The facts which are coming to light indicate a most deplorable state of affairs, Along in July there was a run on the bank, but the friends of the officers went out among the farmers and restored confi- dence. But since that time the bank s said to have been in a dangerous condition and it is asserted that the officers knew this threc weeks before they were com- pelled to close the doors. A Bee reporter was told by the county clerk today that he had deposited $200 in the bank on the day that it failed. This money was received along with several hundred dollars more, and when the bank closed there was only about $200 in the vaults. Payment on drafts and checks were refused by Cashier Albert Dickerson, on one pretext or another, but he kept receiving the money of the de- luded depositors. No one seemns to know where these moneys went, and even the re- ceiver can discover no trace of them. On the night that the bank falled the cashler requested: the county clerk to remain in his office until after supper, until they could place some important documents on file. The deputy clerk, William McConville, waited for them until 11 o'clock and the officers got Judge Smith to appoint Mr. Steinke as receiver. The deputy clerk lost a few thousand dollars, part of which is his father's estate, TEN CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. Recelver Steinke was seen this morning. He said that aside from some pleces of real estate, which he had been unable to locate, he had his report ready for filing with the court, He sald that the liabilitles ex- ceeded $400,000 and that the assets were very small; in fact it is thought by “many people that depositors will re ceve no more than 10 cents on the dolla Receiver Steinke said that the clty would lose $4,000 and the county $8,000, The At lantic National bank assisted ‘the Ca County bank to a considerable extent, but it Is amply secured in all but $1,800, and the officers of the Atlantic Natlonal say they will lose nothing. The receiver says ho found the affairs of the bank in bad shape, and could find no record of many deposits which were roceived a short time before the bank failed In son Instances the re. ceiver had to go back r ten years, and he discovered jrregularities dating back five years, The heavier depositors, who have re. ceived some intimation as to the true condis tion o ffairs, have filed attachments on all the property they to date. Some of the property of the directors Is liable to these executions, but this procedure e be n able to locate up will result in endless litigation. Among the | heavy losers is P. T. Stafford, who lost | $20,000. As Mr. Stafford is comparatively | wealthy, he takes the matter quite calmly and says that he would rather lose twico that amount than have the poor widows and orphans lose all the money they had, as In this case. He sall he would relinquish | | his clalms against ~the bank It it | would agree to pay that amount to the ! smaller and poorer depositors, and Mr rd does not pose as a philanthropist, new store room this spring. OVER THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND. The failure of the Cass County bank has cast a gloom of depression over these o prosperous people and it Is said that nearly $350,000 of thelr hagd earzed savi s ha gone glimmering; in fact, that th h been frauded cut of th Y I\ criminal means is per; ¢ 1 ) them, | Three bundred aad ffty thousand dollars | e { 1s a big sum fo| when it is cons about 4,500 soul one of the m soctions, and community to lose, but that this is a city of ated in the ctive of agricultu bank, which w ] tha heavy depository ng failed in midwintd T the agr turallsts had sold and put their money In this bank for safe keeping, it will be seen that those who lost all their ready capital are in il shape to withstand the stringeacy of the times and the rig of winter which are now in full force in this section of 1o 18 not pleasant to circumstances, but rtable people are of want through n sueh people The thought of poverty contemplate under any when prosperous and comfc reduced to the hardships the criminal acts of others th ¢ prone to bitterness, and this is the case here now THREATS OF A LYNCHING Owing to the advice of the leading mer- chants and business men of this city, the depositors who lost their money in this b have been induced to ppre feelings, but there have been thr mary punishment being administered to the office of this ill-fated institution. As usual in such c s ther h been much talk, many idle rumors and little action. Now that the real facts will be ascertained through the d of the grand jury, much trepidation is felt by timid people, as they do not think any of the bank officials will then be safe. That the feeling is bitter Is evidenced by the defacement of the fronts of the bank building and the real estate office of Isaac Dickerson. The real estate office is situated on Sixth and Chestnut streets, opposite the Park hotel, and the bank s the street about a half block north on Chestnut streot. Shortly after the bank doors wer closed a small party of people, who ate pre- sumed to have lost their money by this failure, took a bucket of red, gory looking peint and daubed it over the fronts of both buildings. An effort has been made to clean the paint off Dickerson's building, but like the deep stains of some dark crifie it will require time to efface the marks. This act was kept secret so far as possible, for the people were in too dangerous a frame of mind to let them become excited or inflamed over the actions of vandais. As soon as the facts of the failure became noised about, Albert W. Dickerson, cashfer and son of the vice president, was arrested at the instance of W. C. Carter, a prominent farmer and politician, who charged him with defrauding him out of certain sums of money reaching high up in the hundreds. Dicker- son was placed under $5,000 bonds. Since then he has been arrested on five different warrants and now his bonds amount to §21,- 000, but many of the heavier depositors be- lieve that this sum is too small for the amount of money which they have lost. After Dickerson's arrest the depositors turned their attention to President Joseph C. Yetzer, who had been parading up gnd down the street claiming that Dickerson had ruined and robbed him_of all that he pos- sessed in the world. Yetzer was arrested and his bond was flxed at $5,000. Then other men who think the president had as much to do with the disappearance of their money as Dickerson swore out warrants for Lis ar- rest, But the wily president must have been forewarned or else profited by Dickerson’s experience, and when the oflicers went after him he could not be found and the warrants were not served until yesterday. About Dickerson became conspicuous his_ ab- sence and his son Albert, the cashier of the defunct_bank, was left to face the wrath of the defraaded depositors. INVOLVES OTHER PROMINENT PEOPLE. The failure is causing other people trouble. Charles F. Chase, editor of the s County Democrat, a pzper alieged to rtially controlled by the officers of the county bank. Its editor is a bright writer, “somewhat erratic, an all around good fellow, member of the democratic state central committee from the Ninth district and a firm friend of Cleveland, who ap- pointed him postmaster here about a year ago. The.other man who is in trouble is A. D. Hill of Miller, S. D. About a year ago the state bank inspector cailed on the officers of the Cass County bank and aMced to look over the books of that institution. The cashier refused, say- ing that they were behind in checking up their business, The matter was continued for a short time, and the inspector de- manded that he be allowed to check up the hooks or else he would declare thelr charter forfeited. The charter was turned over, and the bank continued to do bus- iness without giving sufficient, if any pub- licity to the fact that it had surrendered its charter. Since the failure many of the depositors allege that they placed thelr money in the care of the concern with the understanding that the bank was still being conducted under the laws and anthority of the state, else they would have transferred their accounts to some other bank which offered them protection against a possible loss. The officers of the bank allege that they held a meeting at which the nyajority the time Yefzer disappeared Isaac by of the stock was represented, and they voted to surrender the charter in legal form, and so advertised it, Editor Chase gave the bank officials an affidavit of proof of publication of the notice of the surrender of the charter, and this, with other papers, Is now on file in the state auditor's office in Des Molnes. When the depositors began to Investigate into the bank's affairs they looked over the papers on file in the auditor's office and found this afiidavit of publication. Many of them were subscribers to the Democrat and they did not remember reading the notice. They came back here and secured all the copies of the paper of that date obtainable, but no notice could they find. Then the “nigger in_tho woodpile” began to emerge. It is now alleged that this notice was printed in enough papers to give the bank one and for the filing, and then the notice was taken out and reading matter inserted in the forms, and the remainder of the cdition printed without the bank's notice of sur- render of charter. The bank's charter was good until April 96, and this being Known to the depositors, who were kept in ignorance of the true state of affairs, they were easily misled and beca y victims to fraudulent methods of financierin MAY COST THEM THEIR O When this state of affairs was learned, the depositors, many of whom are demo- crats and readers of Mr. Chase’s paper, be- gan to lay a portion of the blame onto him and ax a consequence he is placed in an un- evitable position. His subscribers are alleged to be forsaking his paper, but this is denied S, 1CE! ) by Mr. Chase, and now the more bitter ones are urging that steps be taken to induce President Cleveland to remove him from the postmastership, while others are said to be consulting atiorney; him within rang with a view of bringing Jf the eriminal conspiracy laws for mak ap affidavit which in intent appears to have been false. Mr. Chase was seen today. He feels very bit- ter,against the editor of the Daily aph, cpresentative James 8. Crawford, for the bitter attack made on him a few days ago in this connection. Chase says that his friends know that he would do nothing wrong, in- tentionally, to defraud or mislead the people, and refers to his record of honesty during his residence here ast fifteen years, He says that this is a move of his enemies to get him out of the postofiice. His friends leld a meeting one evening last week and resolved to stand by him, but those who are opposed to him, and many are democrats, 100, are arranging for a meeting some time this week for purpose of taking definite steps toward his vemoval from his present federal position A. D. Hill, who was formerly a resident of Atlantie, but who went to Miiler during the boum duys of Dakota, finds himself in prob. ably a worse fix than doos Mr: Chase. Some time after going to Miller, Hill induced Joe Yetzer of this city to assist in or baunk in Miller. ~ Yetzer becam: and Hill cashler. After the failurc Cass County bank Miiler conc failed,. H candidate pointment ¢ iver of the his district realizing 1 i et b ), and the sherift was ordered to get his (Hiiis) commission papers as (Contlnued from First Page.) Vaillant Finds an Imitator in tho Person of Leon Breton, PARIS SHOCKED BY ANOTHER EXPLOSION WORK OF A FIE Customers of a Orowded Cafe Mangled by the Deadly Missile, DYNAMITE USED WITH AWFUL EFFECT People Made the Viotims of Man's Malignant Spito, Innocent PROMPT ARREST OF THE BOMB THROWER Policemeny and Citizens Wounded in 1is Capture — Twenty-Three People Tnjured— Antey nts of the Mons PARIS, Feb. 12.—A young man acting from motives of revenge exploded a bomb at 9 o'clock in a cafe beneath the hotel, which Is situated opposite the Lazare station. The place was full of peopla and the wildest excitement prevailed. Tha people became paralyzed with terror and for a moment no one dared to move, fearing a repetition of the explosion, but as none cama their courage returned. Then they Investi- gated into the damage done and they found the explosion had done dreadful work. The cafe was filled with smoke and lying on the floor were a number of persons wounded and bleeding. The bomb had landed on a table around which a party had been sitting and this table had been reduced to splinters. The persons grouped at this table suffered the most. The injured, fifteen In number, are nearly: all wounded in the legs. Terminuy Some of them were badly hurt and they were removed to a chemist shop near by whero they were cared for. Meantime the miscreant had not been allowed to escape. As soon as he had thrown the bomb he ran from the place and darted away. The alarm was given by persons outside wha had heard the noise of the explosion and chase was at once given to the flecing fig- ure. A number of police joined in the chuse. The fugitive drew a revolver when he saw his pursuers were getting too close and turned and fired several shots, killing a workman and wounding a number of other people. One of the men struck was a polices man and his wound is considered fatal. The man was captured when 150 yards from the cafe. He proved to be Leon Bre- ton, a man of 30 years, who had been erts ployed in the cafe as a waiter, but had been discharged for misconduct. Directly after the explosion the cafe was cleared, the iron shutters lowered and the place was closed. ‘Intense excitement ex- isted in the vicinity and an immense crowd gathered to discuss the outrage. The news of the explosion also caused great excitement through the city. The minister of the inter- for visited the scene as soon as he was noti- fled of the occurrence. DELIBERATELY PLANNED. All the persons injured are Parlsians. Breton had been sitting ontside the cafe and had partaken of refreshments. No par- ticular notice was taken of him, as his ac- tlons were not such as to attract attention. As he was leaving the place he threw the bomb, aiming at the electric light chan- delier. The explosion shattered the plate glass tront of the place, destroyed a marble top table, overturned others and smashed glass- ware and plates, fragments flying in all dircctions, On leaving the cafe he rushed towards tho Rue de Rome. An omnibus, which runs be- tween the railway station and the Place St. Michael, was passing the cafe as Breton ran out. A policerhan was sitting on the top of the omnibus and saw Breton. He jumped to the ground and followed him and Tun him to earth a few yards up the Rue de¢ Rome, at a spot opposite the Stossa res- taurant. 'Breton turned on the policeman, revolver in hand, and fired a shot at him. The policeman grabbed him and both fell. While on the ground, Breton fired another shot at the poiceman and struck a woman, who was passing by, who fell mortally wounded, In the meantime a crowd had collected, attracted by the shots. The policeman who had grabbed Breton had been badly wounded by Breton's first shot and was unable to hold on to his prisoner, and the latter, still brandishing his revolver, regained his feet and was likely to do further mischief. The people, a large part of whom had followed Breton from the cafe, were furious and seemed inclined to lay violent hands upon him. They believed at the time that the ex- plosion was the work of a militant anarchist and they clamored for his lynching. The sight of the revolver restrained them at first, but finally, headed by another polices man, they rushed forward to secure him, HIS STRUGGLE TO ESCAPE Breton again attompted to use his re- volver, hut the policeman cut over the face with his sabre, staggering him. He was then arrested, The mob demanded that he be lynched and they would have done so had not a strong escort of police arrived. He was then escorted to the office of the commissary of police on the Rue de Mosco Five persons who were passing the cafe at the time of the explosion were injured by flying fragments of glass. inquiry be the commissary hero showed that the bomb was constructed in the form of a sardine box and contained a chlorate powder und pleces of lead of the of cherrics. Dreton admitfed to the police that he was an anarchist, Minister Revnal the prefect of pollce and a number of detcctives remained inside tho cafe when it w d in order to prepare their report. Squads of police are on duty in the vielnity The bullet re Breton's revolver ved by the pollceman from has been extracted and it 18 hoped he wlll recover. Breton told the doctor who dressed the wound rom the policeman’s sabre that his maln object was to avenge Vaillant. His hatred toward the proprictor of the cafe was not the ouly reason. Ho sald there were others who wiil follow lis example, the object of his assoclates being to destroy the Burgeolse soclety Breton speaks English and French, Ho declines to reveal his identity, but iy possible of the Island of Jersey where the name Breton |s comme Breton la ubjected to an examina or tion by the nister of the Interior, minister of justice, Chief of Detectives Goron ana othe He denied that-he was the author of the crime, adding insolently I'm an narchist. The soouer the bourgeoise burst up the better. But I know nothing. I did not enter the cafe. You can suppose that 1 arrived hore from Pekin or Marse!iles as you please. HIS IDENTITY Notwithstanding this declaration, Breton was fully identificd by a woman who was injured by the explosion, who sald that it seemed to her there were two others with h The prisoner has a hangdog look. The evidence given by varions lo showed that several persons who had recelvad wounds had slipped away without maklng complaint to the police,