Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 5, 1895, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. DEATH AT THE DRAW BRIDGE Motorman's Caralessness Causes a Terrible Accident at Milwaukee, STREET CAR PLUNGED INTO THZ RIViR Three Persons Killed at Milwaukee and a Nomber of Others Only Saved by th Thickness of the Tee~ MILWAUKEE, Feb. 4—A the Russell avenue and Holton plunged through the open draw of the Kin- avenae bridge at ng three people down fo death in the ley waters of the river. the partially trolley car on 8:30 this morn- Six others were ever occurred in Milwaukee and the news of the disaster sent a thrill of horror through- out the city. From all accounts the accident have clearly been due to the carelessness of the motorman, John Kennedy, but to his post in a vain end: car which he had permitted to approach too near the open draw and pald the penalty of carelessness with struck endwise on the ice and was submerge of its length, that it did not go to the bottom of the river, is elghteen feet decp at that point, belng due to the thickn cirecumstance to rescue any of The dead are: MISS ANTGINETTE G. EHLMAN, a kin- dergarten teacher in the mary school and a daughter of Prof. Ehlman, director of music in_the public schools. MISS SCHMIDTKUNZ, Natlonal Knitting works. JOHN KENNEDY, motorman, vor to stop the I8 belioved, Twelfth district pri- W. P. Severey, 705 Walnut street, hand cut. 6 Island avenue. 77 South street, P. A. Kuehn, 207 Reed street. ¥. Brand, 340 Grove street. Ella Wacchholz, 118 Eleventh street, about the shoulder., Edward Hoffman, 446 Jackson street. Miss Annie Alb, 710 Poplar street, TOO LATE TO STOP. Russell avenue and Ho'ton street car No. 145, southbound, was speeding along up Kin- nickinnick avenue at about 8:30 o'c twelve passengers aboard. Northwestern G. W. Chase, a block north nickinnick bridge, usual stops were observed and at the conductor’s signal to go ahead Motor- man Kennedy applied his power and the ill- car started stopped by an awful ca: at a fair speed, not more than probably ten or twelye feet from who is said service but a short time, Instantly the passengers became alive to the fact that there was something out of the ordinary wrong and they soon percelved cause for alarm when, looking out, the open Dbridge was almost at hand and no brakes had At the sound of the bell' the motorman grasped the brake crank and twisted It with might and main. the wheels slipped. Rolling along. the bridge, to have been rang the bell as_yet been applied. There was no time to reach for sand, and the helpless passengers realized- to thelr horror that no power on earth could prevent them plunging headlong into the yawning gulf of fcy waters. Wild ehrieks from the four women passen- intermingltd with the breathless gasps of the pale-faced men. There was no time to plan, nor to say a word. The rear door was all the means of escape that was of- fered. The men on the three, including the conductor, had already Willlam P. Severy was the first to He had occupied soat at the window and had s:en the bridge open shortly after the railroad crossing had He needed not the bell of the conductor to notify him of the already been calculating. He was the first to bound forward and reach the handle of the rear door, been passed. But he never he touched forward end went down and he, together with terror-stricken crowding behind him, thrown to the CRASHED THROUGH THE ICE. A heavy crash struck, and then the car gradually sank half The fire was instantly passengers entirely sub- eir efforts to get out will proba- Certain it is that followed as way In‘o the water. quenched and never ba known. two ladles who met their death t the very bottom, and were instantly suffocated, as their bodies bear no signs of One woman, probably Ella Wacch- holz, clung desperately to Edward Hoffman as he continued to raise himself out of the no assistancs, ever, as his strength was almost gone. the strong arm of a rescuer was near at hand woman was safely borne above the waters and soon taken to a place Annie Alb was rescued In-a simi- Thelr preservation Is alone due to that they chanced to be farthest away from the rear door in the firat attempt Sehmidtkunz's body was covered. Afterwards the body of Miss Ehl- man and the motorman were taken from the Two attempts were made to 1ift the car, but the chaing broke each time. grappling hooks on the wrecked car without It is thought the list of dead will be lim- fted to the three names given, The bridge had been opened to permit the the fireboat breaking the ice in the Kinnickinnick, The crew rendered uable assistance in rescuing those who were saved, and In recovering the bodies of the 1CE-HOUSE BOILER EXPLODED, n Others Injure Threp Men Killod and T of Whom One 1 PROVIDENCE, R. I, Feb, 4.—The boiler at Earl Carpenter & Son's Mash pang pond, Elwood, exploded today, k'll- ing two men outright, injuring a third so that be Qied within an hour and wounding ten others, some of them seriously. of the dead and injurcd are as follows: PATRICK HEHIR, Instantly killed. JOHN HEHIR, instantly killed. DEERY, died from William Norton, ofice boy, back and right arm broken and internal injuries; will die, Herbert Smith, injured about the head. , injured internally, Charles Braton, slightly injured. son, the engineer, blown through the building and scalded, but not seriously. Martin Ryan, injured about the head injured about his injuries. Phillp Lynch, right leg broken below the knee and injured about the bead. George M. Darling, foreman, injured about TWENTY-ONE BODIE 1w Freuch Coal Mine While the Miners Were Fighting Fire. Feb. 4.—Advices from Mont Ceau les Mines show broke out yesterday in the St. the miners were fighting this fire wrecked the Eugenie pit, an explosion gallerics and eniombed the miner; rescue party has recovered tweaty-one bodies @ud has removed from the rulns elght terrl- bly injured miners. Tt is believed there are several others in_the mine, 1t is belleved fifty persons perished in the disaster. The work of rescuing the living and recovering the bod'es of the dead is greatly impeded, owing to the fact that the explosion caused the workings to collapse, filling the galleries with tons of rock and earth and great quantities of timber that had been used for supports, The wounded are in a terrible condition, their flesh being frightfully torn. They suffered the most excruclatng agony, and as they were removed from the pit thelr groans caused the hardest of the miners who had heard them to ehudder. The mouth of the pit is surrounded by walllng women and children, whose husbands and fathers are en- tombed in the mine, eliatucs DEBS PROSECUTION CLO D. Defendant's Attorneys Submit Motfons to Dismiss the Case. CHCTAGO, Feb, 4.—Unexpectedly this afternoon the council for the government announced that it had submitted all of its evidence in the conspiracy before Judge Grosscup, Saturday the prosecution issued forty-five more subpoenas for witnesses, and the return of these was expected to keep the government on the stand the rest of the week, When Mr. Walker announced at 4 o'clock that the prosecution would rest its ase there was some surprise in the court room. The jury was requested to retire, and counsel for the defense asked for the dis- missal of the defendants. Judge Thoman, for John McVean of Clevéland, O., a mem: f the board of directors, asked that his t that during the trial his na upled with any of the others ng a fellow director, There was no proof that he had been in Chicago during the strike. He had never been in any councils of the board of direct- ors during the strike period Mr. Walker, for the gov.rament, admitted the rep tation, but called the attention of the court to the fact that McVean had voted in the convention to order a strike and had acted as a memb:r of one ef the committecs. Mr. Darrow asked for the peremptary dls- wrige of ra dennis Larkin, James McDonald and John Burke, not one of whom had been named s taking part in a single overt act, He asked for the dis- charge of John J. Hannahan, asainst whom, he said, the government had failed to pre an overt act. He then argued for the dis charge of the members of the board of di- rectors. Not a single act set forth in the indictment, he claimed, had been proven against them. There fad not been the slightest connection made between them and the other defendants accused of overt acts. The court said he would take the motions under advisement and make his decision in the morning, instructing the marshal not to bring th ry into the court room until after he had disposed of the moticns. The lure to secure in time all the withesses for whom subpoenas were issued on Satu day night was the cause of the sudden clos ing of the government's side of the trial. Sepumn gty BEHALF OF SILVER. 1. Memurlal of the South Dakota Leglslature to Congress. PIERRE, 8. D., Feb. 4.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The joint committee which was ap- pointed to draft a memorial to congress on the financial situation will tomorrow present the following: Your memorialists, the legislative nssem- by of the stat> of South Dakota, profoundly sensible of the industrial, commercial and financial distress —at_present sting throughout the United States, believing the same to be due largely to our present un- wise national financial policy, and believing that ‘o restoration of confidence and pros perity can be brought about by national egislation, and that the most potent factor to this desired end will be found in a law placing silver on an equality with gold as the money of ultimate redemption, to this end we do most earnestly pray your honor- able body, the congress of the United States, o’ speedily cnact a law providing for the free coinage of silver. Owing to press of business the house today held a morning session, and, after the presentation of the reports, took up the gopher bill. “After Mr. Klindis attempted to amend it 20 as to offer a bounty on A After a humorous debate and a dozen roli calls the bill passed. It offers 1 cent for the destruction of gophers, 3 cents for pocket gophers and 10 cents’ for prairie dogs. In the afterngon a sharp debate took place between Messrs. Burke and Glass over the bill forbldding the making of mort- guges on future crops and the increase of herds, but the bill was Killed. In the sen- ate there was also a sharp coitest over the Dill taxing mortgages, but this was also Killed. “Populist McGee led the - debate against the measure, while General Pease, the leader of the republicans, was its prin’ cipal supporte _— “GENERAL JOHNSON' PTURED, Leader of the Bull Hill Miners Caught at Gunaison, GUNNISON, Colo., Feb. 4—One of the most desperate characters in Colorado has been placed under arrest here by. Deputy Sheriff Jud Riley, being Jack Smith, alias General Johnson, alias Mason, the leader and captain of the Bull Hill miners during the Cripple Creek war. Smith has success- fully evaded the officers since then, but was taken wholly unawares while playing a game of crib in a saloon here. He came to the city Thursday in company with two other men, one an ex-convict, and expected to remain’ here and about the gold camp until spring. Deputy Sheriff Riley passed Smith on the street yesterday and recog- nized him at once, having known him sev. eral years ugo at Aspen. When arrested, Smith was heavily armed. He acknowl: edged being the leader of the miners, and says he Is afraid of being lynched at Colo- rado Springs. Smith is a_tough character, and in the early days of Gunnion, he, with others, rode through the streets ‘and with Winchesters terrified the whole papulation. He shot one Innocent man in the thigh, for which he received a five years' sentence in the penitentiary. ‘It is understood a large reward is offered for his capture. e e COUNTIES AFTER MONEY, W YOMIN All but Four. Are NSeeking State Approprin- tlons for Home Institutlons. CHEYENNE, Wyo, Feb. 4.—(Special.)— There yet remain twelve me working days of the forty-duy session of th> Third s legislature. One hundred and ninety bills have been Introduced, 130 in the house and sixty-six in the senate. Kvery county in the state, with the exception of Johnson, trona, Converse and Weston Is asking for an appropriation for some public Institutjon These appropriations aggregate about $150,- 000, Albany T an appr tion for the a chery, 't versity and the penitentiary; Carl complit the penitentiary ~ at Rawlin: Sweetwater, (o e e the Miners' hos pital at Rock Spr Ulnta, for the asy- um for the in-ane at Bvanston; Fremont, (o build Wyoming Agricultural college at Lander: Sheridan, to build a fish hatchery at Sheridan; Crook, to bulld a fish hatcher at Sundanc Laramie, for the maintenanc of the capitol building and for soldlers' home, It is belleved that some of the ap- propriations asked for will fail to pass M. HILLY CU SUICIDE, ominent routh Dakoia Educitor Takes His Life Through Fear of Insanity, YANKTON, 8, D., Feb. 4.--(Special Tele- gram)-N. M. Hills, ex-county superin- tendent of schools of Yankton county, com- mitted sulcide by hanging Baturday afte noon in a small town where he lived, east of this city. He tied a piece of clothes line around his neck and fastened the other end to the pin of a door hinge, then rested his whole weight on the rope. In a letter to his friends he assigns as cause for the act fears that he could never recover from a nervous malady which had once caused his incarceration” in the state hospital for the insane. —— Must v Nentences for Contempt, ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4—The court of appeals today decided the legal squabble, which has been on some weeks between the chief of police and Judge David Murphy, resulting rom the arrest by three officers of a pris- oner, immediately after his discharge by Judge Mlu'phi\‘ The confinement of the three officers for contempt of court by order of Judge Murphy is decided to be solely within the jurisdiction of that judge, and the officers, under the decision, were this af- terncon recommitted to jall to serve their contempt sentences of ten days each. L Wholes Grocers kndorse €L veland. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4.—The Assoclated Wholesals grocers «f £t Louls todiy adopt «d resolutions endorsing the sentiments and recommendations - contained in President | Cleveland's recent message, : E OMAHA DAILY BEE. FEBRUARY 5, 1895, REVOKED THE FRANCHISES| SDAY MORN WAS NOT WRECKED Visited the Port of 8t. Michaels fince the Reported Disaster, OMAHA, TU SINGLE CEN'TS. NQUET T0 THE DELE Japan and China on the 324 imstant, Count Ito, in an address to the Chinase plenipoten- tiaries, pointed out to them: the and insufficlency of thelr powers them positive assurances, however, that when- ever China manifested a serious and sincere desire for peace by confiding metual and full powers to Chinese offiefals of such a_nature and scope as would render it certain that the might be agreed be confirmed by the Chinese government and be carried out Japan would be prepared to enter upon new negotiations." NO DECLARATION OF WAR YET. MOHICAN county, his deputies balliffs and every per- son_controlled efectiveness (1 of assign- Spangler to supersede the sherif's he allegation of Hoykin's attorney warfare between the deputy sheriffs would prevent This 18 only the second ado that the sheriff's Frooklyn Aldermen Take Action Against B'nai B'rith Distiiot Grand Lodge Entera the Street Car Companies, tained by Loocal Members, having a fair trial terms which upon would R STORY OF AMYSTERICUS SCHOONER YACHT el farmert and | WORKMEN MARCH TO THE CITY WAL | BSin, St A0S METROPOLITAN HALL A GAY SCENE Dr. Herring and fils ¥riend Montague Eder Partners In a Strange Venture—kn- route to tho Southern Pacifie— Three Ladies Aboard. GAVE UP ALL HOPS Dispersed by the Police—Unsatisfactory I terview of a Committeo Magor—K, of L. lssue an Ad- dress to the Public. by Tensts of Varlous venlng Concluded tures of terduy's Procoedings, Return of Searching Togs lrings Mack No QITY OF ME ab. 4.—In spite of the many announcements that today was set for | a definite declaration in the Guatemalan im- nothing has transpired up to even- ing, and a statement of policy is not looked elevator people LONDON, Feb, 4.—The mysterious schooner Mohican from New York is not lost as reported in the United States unless she has met with disaster since January 13, for date she arrived Azores islands. The Mohican safled from New York in the latter part of November, with Herring, his bride of a few days, and a young girl, Miss Letitia Thompson, on board, ac- cording to general report. e The Metropolitan club rooms have been the scene of many enjoyable events in the but the banquet and ball tendered the dele- in the lake at a wreck, but of strikers is Impossible to say what it is. about 1,000, headed by Master Workman Con- nolly, Bast, Colline and Giblin of the execu- a and that | avoard, badly tion was held men with banners and bands marched to the and calling ont President dered their services to the country in case this morning. fourteen persons are was doubtless the crown- marched from their headquarters on The banquet is a pure rumor,” Counselman “and no one can possibly know it to be a | DOAULY, even to the electroliers, which were Amid a flood of light and orchestral selections, 170 members of the ladies were seated at When they reached the city hall they were cheers from 2,000 people who had congregated nelghborhood. diminution in the enthusiasm of the populace are considered G orated with smilax, You may rely on it, the tugs are seen Miss Thompson at work and we know no more."” away from order to take this cruise. Dr. Herring is a son of the president of the Georgia Central railroad. Mohican from George E. Fitzgerald & Co. of The first wife of Dr. Herring was Mexico's righteous declares tonight in an article on the pending circumstances The committee which was to present to the Board of Aldermen the peti- tion which has been drawn consists of Master Workman Connolly, Bast, Collins and Giblin. They ascended the steps of the city hall and the body of strikers which had accompanied to the city hall At 6 o'clock this evening the tug Morford which left the harbor this morning to search for the Chicora, returned. way through the ice all the way to Whiting, Ind., and neither on the trip to that place nor on the return was anything seen that in | any way resembled the hull of a vessel. courses was serve deviate from rved on Guatemala for indemnity, ete. adds, cares not for such federation as Gua- temala may form with other Central Amer- The tug made its Oberfelder was toastmaster. H chased th © purchased the Oberfelder and Mr. ael Cowen of € Leo Franklin occupied the posi ago and Rev, marched around ot honor on Dominion Government Not Backing Tt. TOKONTO, Ont., Feb. 4.—Hon. John Hag- minister of railways, denial to the statement hat C. N. Armstrong has any guaranty from the Canadian govern- London for several years. intimate friend of Dr. Montague Eder, who was the doctor's class- mate at Oxford and who is said to partner in the Mohican venture. Herring returned to New York with his wife Sder returned with him. Herring disagreed, Mrs. Herring returned to was closely followed Dr. Herring began divorce proceed- ings early in 1894, but his wife and Mr. who went back to America, the doctor to refrain the action. Herring begam® a suit against and in November last she was granted an absolute divorce with the privilege of marry- This privilege Herring and Mabel Harris of Booth Bay Harhor, Me., were married in Jersey City on November 17 last They returned thero while the Mohican was being prepared for her voyage. Wishing to secure a companion for Mrs. Herring No. 2, the doctor advertised for one and Letitia Thompson applied for the place, pleading that she was ill-treated at home, and But Mrs. Thompson, the girl's mother, refused to let the girl go, and, visiting the yacht one day while the family compelled Letitia to go ashore. But while walking up Ves ran away and made her escape. Mr. Eder, it appears, in the meantime had Herring No. 1 and had come back to England, after, as reported, ing up co-partnership papers with Dr. Her- in the purchase and n for a long voyage. In England the < Herring was Inspector McKellar was attempting to dis- a squad of numbering about fifty, who had been secreted in an alleyway behind the city hall, charged on the crowd and drove them off tho square. The Brooklyn meeting this afternoon,"adopted the resolution presented by the representatives of the strik- ing motormen and conductors rescinding the Mr. Israel Cowen of Chicago responded to “Independent He reviewed the progress of the order and enumerated the many benefits in a speech repleto with earnestned impossible for to have been In the open water last night hidden from the view of the in the tug this afternoon. return of the tug to the harbor the Graham & Morton people announced they had given | and have bee market securities of his company to build a pe to the Pacific, parallel cific railroaw. utterly im- and a production of Dr. and Mrs, production ot railroad from with the Canadlan Minister Haggert probable that Armstrong will be his enterprise on the London market or any- which it was received. benevolence, up all hope of ever seeing the Chicora or any of its crew again. succeeded in in- Brooklyn trolley the present strike. for and elght against. lines which are connected The vote stood ten Tho chairman voted of the aldermen said the action of the board was not legal, claim- {ng that the aldermen had no right to revoke the privileges granted to the roads. When the meeting of the board of aldermen a committee Vessel men are now ¢ opinfon that what was taken for the hull of last night was nothing but mass of dirty ice, BxPresident Salzenstein made a good speech in_responding to “District G ' in which he eulogized his a - Lodge No. Miss Wyndham Sctties Her Damage Sult, A the breach of accomplished. st Viscount Deerhurst, earl of Covent! AND OMAHA. nd Our City" , bresident of Nebraska He said in part was_called for trial il of Killowen, Lord of England, on of the high court of justice, it was announced that it had been settled outside of court. When “Our Lodge posed, Mr. Max Meye lodge No. 354, arose. The local order is composed of a large ele- who, having investigated wish orders now concluded to link their We are a lodge whose progressivene RAILROAD OFFICIALS ON TRIAL, Indicted for Paying a Rebate to St Louls r Shippers, ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4.—BEugene Field, Milton Knights of Labor, called upon Mayor Shieren at his office to urge the mayor to sign the s passed by the board cf was received by and he went in and ask ment of newcomers. the different have finally resolution which w The committee of California. Spriggs and Abraham Fells, railroad offic were put on trict court today on the charge of violating the interstate commerce act of the Trader's Dispatch, freight traffic manager of the Wabash, Quict Now Restored LONDON, Feb, here, Senor J. A. De Souza Con ed press that the Brazili « essed the recent Rio de Janeiro und that quiet is now re- advance and commer- mayor replied: “When this resolution comes before me on Wednesday next in the way I will have something to say about it. I decline to say in advance what I shall do.” she was engaged. And since the Jewish community’ of our lodge, form no small part of the mu- Americin Vice Consal Dead. 4.—The Times announces the death in this city on Saturday of Ralph an vice députy consul at parts of our city, it requires but t'me to de- promises in near future to send delegates in number far s of those which street the girl of the mayo! s pressed a desire to Secretary Palmer informed hi h and he came out and reit- delivered by his secretary. Wabash and Spriges officers of the Lackwanna. in October, making a rebate on the interst sion’s joint tariff rebate rate on flour shipped from East St. Louis to New York, in favor of Milling company city, in violation of the federal statutes, flour was shipped Nickel Plate and the Delaware & Lackwanna. Manager Smith was the first witness. the details of the The other witness s are New York ce the mayor personally. honor of the married Mrs. committee's w erated the mess: The delegation then withdrew. Bverything was quiet this afternoon about Belfast,” Ireland. from similar lodg “The growth and development of the city 'S PHARMACY LAY fitting out of the Mgk ses a Bill witha View of Improv- ing the Drag Store Prctice. CHEYENNE, Feb. 4.—(Speaial Telegram.) —The house of the Wyoming legislature today passed a Dbill Pharmacy and requiring every pharmacist in the state to pass a satisfactory examination before the board before he can do business. consideréd provides a state bounty on coyotes and wolves to encourage their distruction. $1 will:be paid for coyotes The animals are so numerous on the range that they attack and kill a great many head of cattle during the Bounties have heretofore been paid by the several countics, but it is now pro- posed to have the state assume the responsi- continent—a rvelous from their leaders not to make any breach of the | the Kehlor Dro the Mohican with law and they are carrying this wish out to the whether this was done or not is unknown. The destination of the Mohican was said to be Plymouth, his wife, formerly Mrs. Herring No. 1, were The first stopping place was announced to be at Fayal in the Azores islands and the eventual destination of the Mohican was said to be th where her two owners were to go into pearl fishing on a large scale. the time of its discov two gatling guns, This city has achieved its principal fm- nee within the last ten years 100,000, or 150 per cent, in population in that During this time manufacturing ISSUES AN The following was issued by the executive board of district Labor, tonight: the Lackwanna He was examined as to to join the part increased from LA “To the Citizens of Brook- We congratulate you, for this day you saw demonstrated that the ‘strikers’ and their sympathizers could peacefully assemble in the face of all the abuse heaped upon them by their former employers, and present to their next representatives, Dboard of aldermen of the city of Brooklyn, a your rights and their rights and requesting respectful hearing and of their grievance. agaln believe the misrepresentations of the enemies of the people when they represent us as thugs, murderers, lawbreakers and rioter: or will you rely upon your own eyes and ex fence when you judge us? ‘Never was a more orderly crowd seen than that teday which marched to the city hall to personally demcnstrate their respect for law and order and their love for the good opinion of their fellow citizens, people wanted to stand in front of the city in the public square while their representatives were considering the pe- is also true they were prevented their servants, formed police of the city of Brooklyn, who, with murderous clubs in hand and pistols in pocket, or belt, kept domain, the public square in front of the city hall, and drove them like €0 many cattle from place to place, upon the sidewalks cf Court Myrtle avenue, street and_other public thoroughfares surrounding the city hall. Not even were they allowed to hide themselves behind the ample oxidized coat tails of Henry Ward philosopher and friend of people, who ever spoke for freedom, justice and humanity, and whose voice, were it not would be heard today in our cause as powerful and eloquent as when he stood be- fore an English mcb and pleaded “for the shackled slave of memory of his- virtues, duence of his patriotism, the recollection of lis love for the common people, has passed away in the city which he made famous, and in which nothing seems now to rule save the insolent and domineering in robbing and enslaving “Does God will it s0? deriul and past scrutiny and His mills grind slowly, but they grind fine well, and we, the people, submit. of the common people means peace; it means law and order; it means honesty in high and low places; it means death to rapacious cor- That rule must come by peaceful agitation, since that rule must be in peace. And, fellow citizens that rule will come, and the battles between and the people have ceased and the sunshine s placed on the stand $110,000,000 a Wabash freight clerk, and Mr, Ellis, an’ accountant for the Kehlor Bros.’ Another bill ports have increased from $20,000,000 to $296,~ those’ were known as, UnWILBE | 155 600—all beyond the conception of the hu out during the examination that rebates were given, going accounts as such were apportioned sharing in_the bus and $3 for CONCORD'S MEN ARE BLAMED, mayor and Look at our new public library, city hall, New York Life, and the beautiful one of the finest newspaper buildings equipped and _commodious school houses; 100 miles of paved streets; the best sewerage sys- tem of any city in the union; Fort Crook, the in the country, and the headquarters of the Department of the Platte; tho third packing center in the world; three among the petition setting forth 1t was understood Should Not Have Gone Ashore to Hunt r Fxisting Clrcumstance: WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The report from Shanghal that a hunting party from the United States ship Concord had been over- powered and carried off by the natives near Chin Kiang because they had accidentally shot a Chinaman, although not yet officially confirmed, has given riso to grave concern at he Navy and State departments. Kiang lies on thé Yang-Tse-Kiang river, 146 miles above Shanghal, mouth of the Grand canal. famous for its game, and whenever a naval is in the harbor the officers avail themselves of the opportunity to hunt. het State department, that the officers of the Concord showed very bad judgment in indulging in their desire for while the country Is now disturbegd and the natives are fo jealous of the pres- It is not believed, how- great danger if consideration freight line about $1.000 a month. the government will call one more witne the defense will open No Materlal Change in Orcgon. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 4.—~Ther in the senato Sixteen members were a¥sent When th2 joint taken, with the following. Weatherford, DESTITUTION IN KANSA was no mate- most complete fort 1 fight today. rial change Suffering from Other Counties. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 4. Kansas and Oklahoma farmers is becoming more evident and urgent appeals for out- side ald are being made. “Men and women begging for food is a daily sight upon the streets of our suffer- ing little town,” said Patrick McClusky, a merchant of St. Francis, Cheyenne county, member of rellef committee appointed to apply for aid at the principal western cities. all our mean county has issued warrants to pay for food and fuel until its credit has been impaired and no one will take the warrants. forced to appeal to the country or see our Cheyenne and s of railway; comprehensive street, and _finally ; Hermann, Destitution among Wil Canvass tho Returis Today. 4.—Tomorrow It is true that the all to visit and just below the The country is NASHVILLE, o'clock both houses of the legislature will ion and the returns of the held November 1804, will be opened by the speaker of the “Is it surprising that we boast of our great Omaha—that we are prous hopeful of the future? est city in the world; the death rate for last year for each meet in joint s election “for of the present and We have the healthi- doing so by 1,000 peoplo Still Deadlocked In Idaho. 4.—One ballot States senator There was one pair and one The result was: Shoup, 19; Sweet, Claggett, 14. appreciated when it is stated that in some c'ties in this country the death rate per annum for each 1,000 (habitants is twenty-six persons. question arises, why has Omaha been so re- development? Thero must be some good reason for all this, substantial a nature that a greater future may be predi- cated on the past achievements? “The physical conditions that surrcund us practically forced the railroads first built to and from this point because the grades were construction BOISE, Idaho, any change. o of foreigners. that the party fis in commander of the Concord shows pru- dence in dealing with the cas best method of settling the matter and se- curing the release of the prisoners there is a difference of opinion between the officials of the State and the Navy departments, former believe that the best course would be to Apply to the Tartar general in command at Chin Kiang, who would compel their prisoners and thus avold any breach of international law. on the other the action of Captain Craig in sending an armed relief party from the Concord in pur- suit, relying upon the fear of the natives of the ' American naval speedy release of the officers 2 COLD AT CHICAGO. Coldest Kecorded at Since 1873. the Signal The same distress prevails in other counties of Northern A letter to a local minister from a reput- CHICAGO, that has visited Chicago for twenty- two years made its appearance last night with unabated vigor, mercury in the offics of the signal service to thirteen the coldest on record sinc: mometers owned by private individuals went the government affair from thre: to five de- and marked from sixteen eighteen degrees below zero. of freezing were reportcd, and in a flat at 132 West Kighteenth stre:t M. Carmody was found frozen rounded up any num asy and the cost of and operation manner we have been supplied with twenty lines of rafiway, points of the compass; the rcads have made the condition same story. “Go where you will throughout this entire section,” says the letter, will find men, women and children shivering and starting; no clothes, no food, no light, to give up The Kansas senate foday amended Sutton’s seed grain bill, passed in the house last week, 80 as to give $60,000 for the purchase of seed to be loaned to settlers, and $50,000 in cash for the relief of such as are at present desti- tute of food, fuel and clothing. e LOOKS LIKE A STRIKE, their systems are perfected our facllities will be increased and new luster to the sun of our prosperity, years hence Omaha wHl have 500,000 people; city of the country, a peerless queen of commerce reign- ing supreme in her in ten years and see If I prophesy correctly, Brees worse to secure the Several cases corporations engaged NAVAL FIGHTING AT WELHAIL-WEL of gentlemen who, lves with red His ways are won- Japanese Fleet Retired to Yung-Chinz on Account of the Cold, YOKOHAMA, Feb. 4.—The following naval report of the fighting about Wei-Haj-Wei has Drop around choice plac:s In which to slumber. {Ruslesmeen in the hospital und treatment for frozen hands and Supply of natural gas, on which many res- Goking, has been flow- ing weakly all day, and tonfght most of the restaurant keepers are racing around (o gt enough coal to keep them going until th: gas comes back, redicts four Southern Pacific Determ'ned to Enforce n Reduction in Wages. Feb. 4.—Chief Arthur the executive oftener—the latch string is ever on. the out- taurants depend for SAN FRANCISCO, in conference with committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive No final decision forts about Pai-Chi-Hyaso were taken during the morning of January 30, Wednesday last. e at once occupled Chia- rded Tattao island. the forts on Kung-Liu- Chiu islands replied and three of our sailors Our ships are still outside the We have had heavy weather since Jan- uary 31, and the cold is intense. this juncture the orchestra played medley of patriotic airs. first strains ‘of “‘Yankee Doodle” greeted the ears of the banqueters sprang to his feet and e napkin in the air, Scarcely had The naval land f The weather Opel-Sol and bomba enemy's shirs fMce tonight corporations | engineers all Reporis from usiastically waved company refus is was the signal s to recede from its position and its officials announced the cut in wages Arthur has advised the engineers to accept It and it is understood members of favor following his advice. ously advocating a strike and succeeded having appointed a subcommittee to confer executive committee of the A A8 @ result the engineers announced that the representativ the engincers In case of strike, was reachéd engineers at Chicf Arthur of weather, runging from elght below in southern in northern Wis- triumphant fmpoverished MARTIN J, CON) JOHN GIBLIN, ANDREW B Taiat IS ety which the other guests heartily joined, many There was a chorus of was renewed when corporations. would be enforced. T e e PARATE COACH LAW TESTED, brotherhood Others are vigor- visible. owing to the snow. tion of the third flying squadron all our ships to the gulf of Yung-Ching ready to move when the conditions permit. ships are observing the move- ments about Wei-Fai-Wel. LONDON, Feb. 4 With the excep- President-elect feeures Damages Aga ville & Nashville HOLCOMBE, A, 75, K. of L. st the Louls- Executive Board D. intained his reputation as an enter- The foreign He prophesied motormen, who have taken the plac: peremptory instructions from Judg the jury in the federal court found a taining after dinn A Qispateh to the Times says Admiral mander of the Chinese fleet at Wel-Hal-Wel, | Brooklyn's chief e the order within the next few years, and be- lieved that with a foundation of such solidity as it now enjoyed the Independent Order of tower of strength from the railroads for being brought to Brook- Iyn on false pretenses. an appointment ton'ght to meet the men be- tween § and 10 a e ATEAMSIIP LINE, - separate coach case. vailroad officers ght by Rev, W. H. Anderson, colored, of but 'was really Mayor Schieren made would be a among the organizations of the consideration of of Quincey, made an attempt to capture the southern forts The attempt was finally Chinese -re-embarked. Ad- by Viceroy Liu Kun Yiehtox to be partly responsible for the fall of Port Arthur, and whose case w mitted to the board of punishment for action, was active in the shore from the Japanese. abandoned and tl miral Ting, which the engineer: settlement of the law was unconstitutional, Hamburgher e Rewilt of o VINCENNES, dan, a_member of one of the most prom- inent families in this country and the sister- was arrested to- day for setting fire to a grist mill last July walved examination then contended that the separation de from the law that the rule was Upon_ this th American spirit, and the sentiment 1 found popular favor with his hearers, Rallway and Navigation Company One to the Orien and colored passengers defense of We PORTLAND, vounced that arrangements have been prac- a reasonable one. commendation. Chinese mil- itary commanders are at variance. Auditor Jordan, most marked of the e Wolfenstein spoke and gave a tinge of sentiment which found a warm welcome and the Orient, the Oregon unt of damages. rd phans' Home to the subject NT TO INQUIRE. and was held for most profound sensation raflroad company supreme court ve notice of Government Gave Its Powers Whate: ‘eb. 4.—Secretary Gresham resentative of Samuels & known here “Our Country, will arrive here Wednesday, when the con- The service will prob- £ Yokoham with Mr. M. M. Houseman Prevideat Norton Avenigned. VAS o New Missio WASHINGTON, F NEW YORK, Feb. 4—President Benjamin N 4 pong the soux tract will be unced that Cedar a new missionary st I freight agent D., has been mad the Oregon that final arrangement; clated press report of the rejection of the Chinese peace commissioners by the Japanese on the ground that their credentials were de- fective in not granting them plenary powers An oficial dispatch has been the Japanese legation confirming the report that the Japanese peace commissioners have been sent back to China because the Japanese envoys were not clothed with plenary powers by the government, the envoys did net even Rallway & Youth of America’ atures of the evening. was one of the He said In part: s afternoon, charged with the violation tes” statute mall signs that were not carrying mall District Attorney Bennett appeared for the brosecution. new steam- umbers of Dakota o United States about the future of Israel. agent of Samue By many lsrael's ., formerl received at g d that the agreement concerning the steamers which will be used United States ism and reform, however much they wrangle though It is expected that Sam- with one another, | lous accord alike denounce the irrelig the American young man and young woman, them of having dealt on the line Hearing of the government ready to carry perhaps, there might in harmon- otiations are being ¢ It appears, in fact a proposition make to the Japanese, apparently came to flnd out in a general way what It was that the Japanese wanted as terms of peace. The Japanese cablegram from the home forelgn office giving the following explanation of the rejection of the Chinese peace commissions At the meeting of the plenipotentiaries of trolley striki the sign was aged in carrying mall put on, Wad’ been a large amount of flour fallure 1o ope fore Attorney I8 not probable that Altorney Gene cock will rende plication for reveral days, its line, Was resur | themselves offic: of accuser, jury and Orlent from this city Ive Jury Northern Pacific Military Aeademy | PLYMOUTH, or Canadian P young, pronounce their verdiet and condemn our irreliglous spirit ate Lak: Mackh kucke Disqualified. Judge Johnson has granted the application of Judaism calls for reflection, but indeed not for We are today as we are by this afternoon. eted, and the entire build. h a flue hétel wnd furni- Fully insured, condemnation necessity and not fro 1o religlous fervor glaringly with our pareals ings, together w Judge Hutton, ture were destroyed, that the sherif of Arapahoe La Gascolgne, which sailed from Hayre for wore than one day overdue, . TN WO