Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 7, 1895, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: such other method as shall be prescribed by law, provided secrecy be maintained. This last amendment will permit the adop- tion of voting machines. SENATORS KEEP THINGS MOVING, Etanding Committees Report Several Bills And One is Acted On. LINCOLN, Feb. 6.—(Special Telegram.)— The senate was in a working mood this morning and after dispensing with the read- ing of the journal of yesterday's proceed- ings plunged into a mass of routine busi- ness that threatencd for a time to over- whelm the secretaries. Campbell reminded the senate that the people of the drouth stricken countes of the state were still clamoring for more re- llet by offering a petition signed by a large number of the citizens of Nance county ask ing for further rations. The petition was re- forred to the speclal relief committee. Lehr from the committee on highways, roads and bridges presented a favorable re- port on senate file No. %4. This is known as Curtiss Turner's good roads bill, and it pro vides for a highway commission to take sole and exclusive charge of all county roads in counties having more than 100,000 inhab- itants. 1t applies only to Douglas county. The committee on miscellartcus corpora- tlons reported favorably on senate file No. 72, a bill introduced by Caldwell, requiring all manufacturers of lard to stamp in plain letters and figures on each can, pail or vessel oontaining the product the exact proportions af other ingredients therein. Failure to do #0 will subject the manufacturer to a fine of not less than $10 for each package not o marked. Another bill favcrably reported upon by the committee on miscellaneous cor porations was Pppe’s bill, senate file No. 191, requiring forcign corporations to file their articles of incorporaticn with the secretary of state. The same committee reported favor- ably upon senate file No. 196, a bill intro- duced by Caldwell, to suppress bucket shops and gambling on stocks, bonds, petroleum, cotton, grain, provisicns or other producta. If this bill becomes a law it will drive out of busiriess (he numerous commission houses in Omaha and Lincoln. Another bill re- ported by the committee on miscellancous corporatisns . is the one offered by Crane prohibiting pawnbrokers exposiug for sale it their windows or showcases any revclvers, brass or other knuckles, billets, slung bowle knives, daggers, loaded canes, or knife canes, or other doadly weapons of any kind. Any one violating this bill to be subject to a fine of not less than $25. ‘Watson's bill, No. 214, to prevent insurancs companies doing business in this state from making any agreement whereby open and free competition between said companies will be prevented or hindered, was also given a fayorable report from the committee on mis- cellancous corporations, The balance of the forenoon was spent in ecmmittee of the whole, with Sloan of Fill- more in the chair, to censider Akers' irri- gition bifll, senate file No. 50. The commit- tee rose for recess without action. After recess the senate at once went into eommittee. of tha whole on the frrigation blll. It required but a few minutes work to complete the bill, and the committee rose after recommending the bill for passage. Akers endeavored {o have it made a special order for I'rlday morning, but at the re- quest of several senators who were to bo absent Friday desisted. Wright of Lan- caster undertook (o bring up the bill giving the State university a special halt-mill lev. but did not succeed. The senate then a Journed. DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE AID. Hitohcock County People Declars Must Have Help at Once. LINCOLN, Feb. 6.—(Special Telegram.)— The house this morning, in committee of tho whole, recommended two bills for pass- age and one for indefinite postponement One of the bills that was successful was House Roll 121, to provide for an additional ballift in the supreme court. The one that was defeated was House Roll 140, providing for the punishment of parties guilty of bribery. An exciting debate ensued over the latter measure, the principals belng Cole, MeNitt, Barry, Rhodes and Casper. But. the excitement of the morning was cen- tered in the debate over relief measures. Tho clerk read a remarkable letter from Pro. C. B. Dal, secretary”of the relief com- mission of Stratton, Neb.” The letter stated that there were 600 people dependent on this commission and that there was no reliet in sight. Prof. Dial asked that $100 be sent &t once to keep the people going a week longer. Conaway, chairman of the house relief com- mitteo, made a speech in which he claimed that the reason people were suffering was becausc they had not complied with the law 4n organizing their relief commissions. The letter was addressed to Cold of Hitch- cock and he made a strong plea for immedi- ate action on the part of the commission. He also moved that the letter be referred to the Bouso relief committeo with instruotions that they do something instanter. Orton moved an amendment that the letter “be referred to the special commities ap- pointed to investigate the relief commission, et s carried. Walt wanteq the commission Instructed to clear the sidetracks at. }Ncoln of supplies now awaiting shipment, but ui&.fnotlon was tabled by 49 to 37. Ve i1+ Just'bafore recess Secretary Ludden sent in o detailed report from January 1 of all receipts end expenditures, and the speaker said it would be presented to the house at the after- noon sessicn, The house then went Into committee of - the whiole to consider bills on general file, ‘The following bllls were recommendsd for pessage: House roll No, 136, by Munger, pro- ‘yiding that probate courts shall have exclu- wive jurisdiction of the probate of wills; house roll No, 121, by Halrgrove, providing for an- other bailift in the supreme court. House rcll No, 140, providing for the punishment of parties guilty of bribery, was recommended ~for-indefinite “postponement by the committes of the whole. The repcrt of the committee “on“this measure was amended to read that it be_recommended for papsage, but on an aye and nay vote the amendment was de- fentod, ayes-51, nays 82. The house then tock a recess untll 2 p. m. The afterncon session was given up en- Mirely, to routine work, the only fight coming M1foyet the' final attempt to pass the bill giving . the State university a speclal levy on all property n the state. The bill was put on its final passage, but the result of the vole has t yet been announced. The bll, was Tost, the vote belng 48 to 47, less than .., Abe constitutional majority. TREULRUND GRAND LODGE SESSION, **“Moeting at Norfolk Attended by a Large ... Delegation of Representaiive Germans, NORFOLK, Neb, Feb. 6.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The annual meeting of the grand lodge of the United Order Treubund Is being beld in this eity. A banquet was tendered o the visitors at the Pacific hotel last night. The following is a list of delegates present pud includes representative German eitizens from Nebraska and lowa: G. Bittner of the .. Bruckman, . Madison, Neb.; George Boren- ldt, John Retter, J. D.' Poppen, A. G. J. B ‘Wilson, W. B, Enaist, Sioux C. H. Flenker, B. Kalns, G.' Jones, F. 0. Jones, Peter Kranitle, H. Boerm, Den son, Ia.; H, Schroeder, F. Langenberg, G. Elsasser, J. Hoftman, C.. F. Kielle, . Bross, _ D. D. Worth, P. Kaiser, Omaha; R. Hartze, *' Ed Tweest, Otto Maurer, South Omaha; Phil & . Thieroff, C. Boetel, Plattsmouth; J. E. Uples, v g:fln Voss, Council Bluffs; H. Groefter, I They » ds, Minden, la.; D. Greve, Avoca, la. ', Horgtemel, Fred Miller, Emil Hans, Jacob . Moyer, Pllger, Neb.; L. Loebeck, W. Bentel, © . Btanton, Neb:.C. F. Mevis, Wisner, Neb. A. ¥, Kiebl, Albert Spreeman, F. Pix, Hagar, Neb.; C. F. A. Marquardt, Charles Blersdorr, L. Schenzel, Albert Wilde, Augast Brum' -~ mund, 'W. G. Berner, C. 'H. Krahn, Otto Buckel, August Koch, William Reinhardt, August Schumacher, J. A. Hornberger, George a.“g:m& u‘url;u Mayer, 3. l\:ttincnn-m. W. , Norfolk. The gran e 4 stil i seaslon at Orr's ball. - ¥ 8 b Loctared ou Thecsephy. HARTINGTON, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special Tel- e6tam.)—Claude Falls Wright of Dublin, Ire- and, has just completed a serles of lectures un beosophy. At the close of the last lecture a Il class was crganized for the further sludy of the subject. Firo at bellevue. BELLEVUE, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special.)— oy Wwas much alarm at Clarke hall Tuesday - Worning on account of a fire started by She explosion of a kerosene stove used In one of the dormitory rooms, which fir a x0) s time threatened the whole structure. Ry the efforts of the students, however, the fire was extinguished before it could spread to the adjoining rooms. The loss Is estimated at_about $25. Saturday morning it was discovered that tha house occupled by Mr. W. Wallace was on fire. By prompt action the fire was soon put out, the loss being comparatively small. Miss Jessie Flynt, W. B. Lower and Horace Patterson attended the County Teachers’ assoclation, held at Springfleld Friday and Saturday, and report an enthusiastic session. Miss Bessie Palmer spent Sunday with her parents in Blair. HAR HILL IS READY TO DIE, Plattsmouth Murderer Has Given Up Hape of Executive Clemeney. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special Telegram.)—Harry Hill, who will be axe- cuted March 1, is extremely penitent and a model prisoner in every way. He passes most of the time in his cell in praying and is apparently resigned to his fate. He has given up all hope of looking to the governor to commute his sentence, and, according to his _own words, has already received all earthly assistance which can fall to his lot. The man evidently has a dread that his body it turned over to the coroner for burlal wiil be subjected to an autopsy at the hands of a physician, and has expressed a desire that his remains, immediately after the execution, ba transported to Omaha and turned over to a humane soclety in that city for burial. An WANT THE STATE T0 HELP. Holt County Petitions the Legislature to Defray the Expense of the Seott Trial o 1LL, Neb, Feb. 6.-—(Special Tele- gram.)—The following resolution signed b, about 200 citizens, including the county attor- ney and sheriff, will be sent to Lincoln to- morrow: To the Honorable Members of the Legisla- raska: We, th d citizens of Nebraska, do here petition and réguest your honorable bo to make an appropriation to assist | fraying the of the appreh and y nd trial of the murderers of Darrett Scott, late of this county and state. VALUABLE NEBKRASK A FARMS. Forty-Four Thousand Dollars Paid for Gnage County Roal Fstate. BEATRICE, Feb. 6.—(Special Telegram.)— The largest cash real estate transaction that has ever occurred in Gage county was closed up today, Joseph Ellis, a resident of the county, conveying to Louise C. Scully of L'n- coln, T, a daughter-in-law of Lord Scully of Ireland, 1,187 acres in Grant and Midland townships. The price, which was pald in cash, was $44,000. A number of other trans- fors were recorded, aggregating $63,332 for the day. Sons of Veterans to Entertain. VALLEY, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special)—Joln M. Thurston camp No. 164, Sons of Veterans, will hold a public installation of officers and camp fire in the Presbyterian church at Waterloo the evening of February 13. Sev- eral speakers will be present, among the number Senator Thurston, Tdward Brown and C. Hallen manufacturers of Glovesville, N. Y., are in the city visiting their cousin, Mrs, C. E. Byars, They were accompanied by Colonel John Hallenbeck of Millard. Mrs. J. Rice left this morning for Tllinols, to be with a sister who is not expected to live. Fred Hund of Omaha has purchased the Muliendoore property in the south part of town and will move his family to Valley March 1. A The musical and literary entertainment at_the Presbyterian church last night drew a large crowd and the program was good. Quite a number of horses are dying in this vicinity. Charles Safford lost six head last week, No cause can be ascertained as to their death, but it is thought to be due to eating threshed fodde: 'k, glove Damaging Blaze at Kearney. KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—About 7 o'clock this evening fire was discovered in a store building on Central avenue partially filled with baled hay. Al- though the department responded promptiy the flames spread rapidly to the adjoining building, occupted by W. F. Pickering as a dry goods and grocery store, and both build- ings were completely destroyed. The build- ing south of Pickering's, occupled as a millinery store by Mrs. Ingham, was partly Dburned, but the contents were mostly saved. The thermometer at the time was nearly 20 below zero, and several of the firemen were badly frozen. Pickering sustained the heaviest loss, but his property was partlally covered by insurance, Plattsmouth Bullding Association, PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Febe. 6.—(Special.) —The stockholders of the Livingston Building and Loan assoclation of this city, one of the most flourishing organizations of its kind in the state, met last night and chose officers and a board of directors for the ensuing year. The affairs of the assoclation were found to be {n an excellent condition. The dividend to stockholders on the business of 1894 was 17 per cent, and the secretary reported the sale of $30,000 in stock in the néw 5ories, which opened this month. The §.4he Livingston has been phenome- e & s n kparee of much gratification to the people of Plattiaguth. pltinian TS Death of Miss Vitgaln: LINCOLN, Féh. 6.—(Special)—WaHnhas been received here that Miss Carolins Vif- quain, daughter of Géneral Victor Vifquain, died at Panama, Colomb'a, last we:k. General Vifquain ‘was appointed consul at Panama from th's city by President Cleveland, and he was accompanied to-his post-of duty by his daughter, who was ‘well known in Lincoln. The cause of her death s not known here. The body was buried at Panama on Saturday last. General Vifquain will have the sym- pathy of many friends in Lincsln and through- out Nebraska. Kesult of & Fall Downstairs. BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Last night Thomas Andrews, a bar- tender of this city, when attempting to reach his sleeping room on the second floor of a Court street block, fell down the stairway, breaking an arm, dislocating one of his wrists and cutting his 1ip in a frightful manner. —————— RUN HI8 LAST RACE. Prominent Horseman Dies Suddenly ln u Kansas City Hotel, KANSAS CITY, Feb. 6.—W, H. Harris, a well known horseman, at one time in his carcer a partner of Luke Short, the noted gambler and despirado, was found dead this morning in a room In the Midland hotel. Ther: was nothing to Indicate that Harxs had committted suicide, and It is supposed he digd of heart diseass. Har- ris, who was 60 years of age, lived in Fort | Worth, having arrived here yesterday. H: was a famillar figure at race meetings thrcughout the country, Several letters, telegrams and photos were found in th: room. Onc letter was from ex-Senator John J. Ingalls, and another was from Harris' relatives in New York. Mr. Irgalls' letter is unigue, and would indicate that Harris was in hard lines. It is datsd Aprll 4, 189, and is as follows: ‘Dear Harr's-1 was glad to recelve your letter, with enclosed (Ilppln{ and regret to hear that you are not fortunate this year. But who 15, except the sharks and shylocks and brigands who prey on man- kind, the misfortunate suffererscf the rest |cf the human race? Poor Luke Short, 1 remember him well, and liked him well. But he pald the penalty which destiny always exascts from those who violate the irexorable laws of human conduct. Quite likely he Is better off than here. Thanks for your good wishes and the same to you and yours, JOHN J. INGALLS" After the post mortem examinati held tonight, the cororer wave it as his opinion that the deceased had died from ison administered with suwedal intent, n in- quest will be held tomcrrow, Af Your House l_“'llrm. “Warmth for Winter Homes" Is an attrac- tive Utle for & book these days, when the cold and damp #ir is laden with the grip. This particular book treats of heating and ventilation, subfects which should be more thoroughly studied apd understood. A copy of the book will be sent free to any applymg for it to the United Stites Heater company, 115 Randolph street, Detroit, Mich. cesier Il Testing the Senato on the Vooling Mill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Senator Butler has offered a resolution to g've the pooling | about IT MADE PEOPLE MOVE ON (Continued fram First Page.) ~The severest storm of the season began here at 12 o'clock last night. The thermome- ter fell to 16 degrees below zero. It has been blowing a perfect gale, with a veloclty of fifty miles an_hour. Six inches of snow fell, drifting badly. Cattle and horses will suffer owing to the scarcity of feed and shelter. ins_are all delayed from five to eight hours. There will be much suffering among the farmers owing to lack of fuel and provisons. Strects here are deserted, as no one dares to face the storm, There seems to be no abatement. SURPRISE, Neb, Feb. 6.—(Special)—A terrible snow and sandstorm is blowing from the north. It s getting colder and people are unable to face the storm, and it it continues growing colder stock in many places will suffer. It is the worst storm of the kind known for years. LINWOOD, Neb, Feb. 6.—(Special)—A blizzard with all the severity of that of 1888 began this morning at 5 o'clock and is still raging with unabated fury. Even with but very little snow on the ground trains are very much behind time. 1t comes without preparation by feeders and cattle are suffer- ing Enow and sand are drifting and blow- ing to considerable depth and all traffic is at_a standstill, PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Feb, 6.—(Special Telegram.)—The worst storm of the winter bas raged today, and at § p. m. tonight con- tinues unabated. The veloelty of the wind is fully forty miles an hour, while the ther- mometer registers 40 below zero, ¢ Everything has combined to make it the most diagree- ablo day for several years past. ELM CREEK, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special Tele- gram)—A blizzard has been raging here since 3 o'cleck this morning. The mercury 1s down to 20 below, It is a great hardship 1o people without fuel. Farmers are also short of feed for stock. MAYWOOD, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special Tele- gram.)—At 12 midnight last night the wind commenced blowing from the northwest at the rate of forty-five miles per hour, bringing with it a genuine blizzard. The storm con- tinued all day, and is the worst since the winter of 1862, At 6 o'clock p. m.. there seemed to be a little letup, but It was grow- ing colder, with the thermometer registering 18 below., With the shortage of feed for stock undoubtedly many head will perish. BELKHORN TRAINS SNOWBOUND. VALENTINE, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The first gencral blizzard of the sea- son here is in pregress at 10 o'clock. Last night wind from the northwest commenced blowing, and in a short time it was blowing at the rate of sixty miles per hour. The velocity of the wind has moderated since until it is now blowing at thirty miles per hour, but the weather bas been grow! colder. This morning it was 12 below, and is 16 below tonight, according to the weather bureau. Passenger train west last night is at Cody and the one going east it at Merriman, snow- bound. No loss of life is reported. Cattle will suffer, but where any care has been taken to get them under shelter there will be no loss. O'NEILL, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special Tele- gram,)—The worst storm ever witnessed in this locality has been raging here all day. There Is not much snow cn the ground, but what there is has been kept moving with the sand and gravel, making it almost im- possible for people to travel the streets. FORT ROBINSON, Neb., Feb. 6.—(Special Telegram.)—A storm which commenced at 11 o'clock last night continued all day, and was a perfect blizzard, drifting enow in all di- rections and filling up all the cuts on the Elkhorn railroad, No trains reached herc tonight. The thermometer is 12 degrees below. GREAT SUFFERING IN KANSAS, Intense Cold in the Western Part of the State Where Farmers Are Withont Fuel. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 6.—Blinding snow and sandstorms and a rapidly faling ther- mometer have combined within the last twenty-four hours to create the worst bliz- zard that has prevailed in the southiest in years. The weather began to grow . colder tlLis morning and each hour since then has marked a steady decline in the thermometer. The local weather officials predict the' cold wave will reach its height tomorrow morning, when 15 below will be likely to be rocorded. At 8 o'clock this morning the thermometers here registored 24 above zero. It rapidly fell and at 10 p. m. was at about zero and still on the decline. A like fall is noted through- out the whole southwest, particularly in western Kansas, where so much suffering already exists. In some places the cold is so intense outdoor business has been suspended. A northwest wind, amounting almost to a gale, is drifting the snow badly and causing damage to telegraph wires and street car troffic. The Union Pacific system is prac- tically snowed up and all trains are late. In the country the storm swept across the prairie and open field with a resistless force. At Salina, Sterling and other Kansas points the sand:is blown about in dense clouds, Where the elements have a clean sweep the thermometer is already down to 5 and 8 below zero. It is estimated that at least 800 families in the four counties of Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman and Thomas are without fuel. A majcrity of the farmers are scantily clothed, and while the sod houses in which most of them live are warm, the storm, if long continued, will cause great suffering. Fodder is likewise scarce, and consequent loss of cattle must follow. Measures of re- liet adopted by the Kausas legislature will be immediately put Into effect. L.EBANON, Kan., Feb. 6.—The worst snow' and_saTh~alorm that was ever known Jfire commenced g'clock this Aiorning. It is not better at this Writier® p. m. All trains are blockaded, there being five feet of snow and sand on the tracks here. SNOW TROUBLESOME IN CHIUAGO. Street Oars Blocked Already and More to ¥all Tonight. CHICAGO, Feb. 6—Chicago was In the grasp of another well developed blizzard to- dny. Several inches of snow fell during the night and the storm continued the greater part of the day, a strong wind whirling drifts over street car tracks and crossings, Al the morning suburban trains were delayed, the Tilinols Central suburban traffie suffering the most severely. -Cable and horse car lines were in trouble all day, the snow shovels and swepers being unablé to prevent frequent blockades, Tho snow storm prevailing today threatens to wind up in a widespread blockade. The weather bureau officials here give notice of probably heavy snow throughout the nine states, accompanied by a severe cold wave tomorrow, with a high northwest gale. The states named are Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missourl, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana. QUINCY, Il Feb. 6.—The present cold spell 1o a record breaker. The thermcmeter Las been down to 22 degrees below this week, and under zero almost constantly for ten days. Tonight a blizzard is ragng, and the mercury Is steadily sinking. AN EASTERN COLORADO, Poople in the Vieinity of Weather the Hllgzard wi Com ort, HOLYOKE, Colo, Feb. 6.—(Special Tele- gram)—A terrific blizzard has been raging here since 2 o'clock this morning, with the thermometer 6 to 10 degrees below zero. Th: B. & M. sent cut snow plows from this point this evening, with a view to keeping the line open. The character of the storm now indicates a blockade over the entire 1ne. Should the storm continue through the night with unabated fury much loss of stoek will vesult, as they are not in condition to live Icng (hrough such a storm. The settlers ara in &lmost every case well prepared to stand the storm without suffering, being of late amply supplied with fuel, food and clothin that has been sent here by Denver eitizens and the B. & M. company. AKRON, Colo., Feb. 6.—A great blizzard lias beew raging for the last eighteen heurs, and the thermometer regletered most of the tine 6 and 8 degrees below zero. Such a storm as th's has not been witnessed sines 1591, when several perscns and a number of head of stock perished. Stcck will suffer it the storm continues long, as many raachmen are running short of feed Valencia Orange s rop Hadly Camnged, NEW YORK, Fcb, 6.—Cabls advicss from Holyoke Can bill right of way after the next two appro- priatica bills. ‘1t is Intended to test the sen- ate on the bul Valencia ars to the effect that the entire orange crop has been damaged by the cold wave, Conservative estimates place the loss {ing. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1895 at about 60 Hér~Fent. The Valencla oranges are In great demand at the present time ow- Ing to the recghf damage to the crop in Florida, Valenéfa oranges have advanced fully $2 per case. At the New York Fruit exchange it Is stated that several well known importers hnv€ repe'ved information that the cold weather #ad'Very severe in Valenca and that the meredty) registerd about 10 degrees above zero, TWENTY lmhu[\v IN NEW YORK STATE, Baffalo Within One-Fifth of a Degree of the Coldest Ever Recorded. BUFFALO, o Fety, 6.—Thirteen and thres- tenths below merswas the record made at the weather bureai,ibis morning, the lowest Buf- falo record fon tion the lowest temperature here, that exception baing the 25th of January, 1884, when the thirmometer registered 13.5 below. ALBANY, Feb. 6.—At 4 o'clock this morn- ing the thermometer registered 20 below zero and at § o'clock 10 degress bélow. A brisk wind added to the Intensity of the cold. At Troy the mercury was 18 degrees below #oro in the hill districts of the city at 3 a. m. At 9 a. m. near the river it was 10 below and in the hill districts 13, Auburn experienced the coldest weather of | the season tolay, the thermometer registering 12 degress below zero durlig the night. A stff ncrthwest wind accompanied by light snow been blowing since yesterday morn- Wireyare down In the city and business is practically suspended. Wayne county has suffered from a terrible blizzard, the mercury standing at 5 degrees below zero. A high wind is blowing and the snow fo falling fast. Reports from towns along Lake Ontarlo indicate t the storm is worse there than here, Trains on all roads in this secticn are badly delayed. NEW YORK, Fob. ew York Pennsylyania experienced the coldest weather last night they have known for yeurs. In many places the lowest records ever made were broken and all over the eastern states the thermomoters ranged from zero to 2 degrees below. This intense cold Is ac companied in most places by heavy snow- falls and serious delays to railroad trains have resulted. The lowest readinzs of the thermometers, however, were recorded during the night and since daybreak the temperature has generally been on the rise. In this city this is the coldest day since December 31, 1880, when the thermometer registered 6 degrees below zero, and the third coldest day on record since the weather bureau was established in 1870. The other two days colder than this were February 24, 1873, when the mercury dropped to 4 degrees below zero, and January 10, 1875, when it registered 6 below. Today at 7 a. m. the weather bureau’s thermometer, 300 feet abave Broadway, registered 3 below. Since mid- night, when the thermometer read 7 degrees above, it fell steadily until sunrise. Then the mercury in the tube began to rise again At 9 a. m. it stood at zero and at 10 a. m. read 2 above, with the prospect of a further rise and BELOW ZEROD IN PENNSYLVANIA, =y Thermometers at Different Points Range from Three to Twenty-Five Below, PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.—The thermome- ter registered 3 degrees belcw this morning, the coldest wether, experienced in this city for fifteen years. On Decemb:r 30, 1880, the mercury reached 5 below and on January 16, 1890, the zero mark was touched. Weather Clerk Day says {hat the cold snap con- tinue today and tonight, but on Thursday it will be warmér. Incoming veseels report the weather at s:a unusually severs and all their crews are more or less frostbitten. Mr. Highbee, the agent of the Philadelphia, schosner Richard Leek- ing, from Boston, which was towed into the Delaware breakwater, received from Captain Lloyd, her master, a telegram which states that only two men out of his entire crew are fit for duty. all of the rest being frozen into a_conditic, of jpsensiblity. The condi- tion of the Jowex harhor is such that the reve- nue cutter Wgshington could not venturs further down tham, the Greenwich plers, and off this locality Boarding Officer Richqboarded such vessels {rom foreign ports as were able to force their way, through the ics. The Nor weglan _ stesmsh'p. -Holquin, from Jamaica, reached port with a cargo of bananas, after a hard passage. Coming directly out of the tropics, her crew suffered intensely.from ex- posure’ to the elements while fighting their way up the river, and the vessel's machinery was somewhat damaged when she reached here. At Clearfield at 8 o'clock this morning the thermometer registered 20 belcw zero. At Riverview, Leonard, Barrett and other small towns In the vic'nity of Clearfield the ther- mometer registered 20 to 25 degrees below zero., At Ashland the thermometer registered 12 degrees below: zero this morning, at Delano 15 below, at Frackville and Centralia 18 and at Girardvills 15. Many of the washerles are idle on acczunt of the extreme cold. PITTSBURG, Feb. 6.—Intense cold weather has prevailed hers for three days, the mercury registering below zero every day. Last night it dropped to 6 degrees hejow and at 8 o'clock it was 4 below. ,For the first tme fn many years both.rivers are frozen over. The«Allegheny is ‘frozen solid from Oll City to Logan's F4fry, a distance of ninety miles. Heavy _gorges are reported at several points and “grave fears ares entertained of damaga™hen the weather moderates. The WATal shortage of natural gas has caused much_suffering and many families have re- turned to coal for heating purposzs, The Moncngahela river is frozen from its headwaters to the Pittsburg harbor. At K tanning there is a great ice gorgs in the Alle- ghany for s:veral miles, and the residents of the towns along the river are in fear of a disastrous flood shiould there come a thaw. SHENANDOAH, 'Pa., Feb. 6—The ther- mometer hers registered 13 degrees below zero at 3 o'clock this morning, and remained at that figure for three hours. Tho collieries were unable to run today on account of the cold, BELLEFONT, Pa, Feb. 6—Since early this morning the thermometer has been be- tween 13 and 24 degrees below zero. ENGLAND HAS A BIT OF A BLIZZARY. Intense Cold and Heavy Snow Falls—People ¥rozen to Death, LONDON, Feb, 6.—Bitterly cold weather, accompanied by Enow storms, prevails gen- erally throughout Great Britain, For the first time In fourteen years the docks at Southampton are frozen’ over with thin ice At Market Harborough, In Lelcestershire, the thermometer registered 4 degrees below zero todsy. Several persgys have been found frozen to death in fhg Country, The railroad tralns in Scotland) ‘k{\vmn are blocked by snowdrifts, ; The weather on' tht’continent has also been very severe. Iy’ Paris tere were five deaths yesterday from the cold. As might be expwti®d, the weather which prevails in Englanfi’is'having a serious effect upon the treinng?6f the' horses entered for the spring handidab, © This effect will be most seriously felt’ byl the American horses belonging to Messra.. Croker and Diwyer, as not one of the hordesbat Newmarket of this string has been whje o do any work since their arrival thereli i1 In Dundee and in thy dls:rict around that city the weather recentdy has been the most severe experienced in sixgy ¥ears, Tho rillways In many parts of Itply care blocke! with &now and the orango and ghive groves in Catania have been destroyggly.o Throughout northern Eurcpo tho cold has; been intense, 11:30 p. m.—Tho, ,Mzather continues in- tensely cold t t Great Britain, Many fishing emacks that piut to sea before the he:vy snow storm began have not yet re- turacd to their perts and considerable anxi- ely is felt regarding their sifety, In th lake district of Bagland there ar> snow drifts tweaty feet Cea>. ‘A numbe: of railway trains ara snowed up. ROME, Feb, 6.—Sncw to the depth of nearly twelve feet is lylng in the roads fa th province of Ancona. Several towns are iso- lated VIENNA, Feb. 6.—~Tbe weather is intensely cold, the mercury registering 40 degrees cf frost. There has bien numerous instan of birds frozen stiff fal'ing from the tr The asylums for the komaless are stormed nightly by persons clamering for adm ssicn, Tinlns on 1he Grausd bl Stopp . ST. JOSEPH, M>, Feb. 6.—A severe snow torm set fu hepe e2ely (his morning anl ha seriously fmpid:d ralioad trafle. The siorm 1§ e southern Nebigikd aad no.tazas Fabruary, and with one excep- | f1 n ever recorded degrees | and traffic on the G nd rallway i tirely suspended. Snow plows are at work { and it 1s hoped to hava the line open by n'ght, WEATHER FO Generally Falr with North Winds Nebraska. WASHINGTON, Feb, f.—Weather forecast for Thursday: For Nebraskn AST, for enerally fair; north winds, For Missouri—Fair in the northwest por- tion; snow in the southeast portion; clear- ing by noon; much colder; northwest pales, For Kansas—Generally’ fair; probably slightly colder in the eastern porticn; north For South Dakota—Fair; north gales For Towa—Falr in the western po fair, prece by snow Thursday m portion; colder; north fon; stern » and precipitation and since March 1, 2 19 02'inch 00 inch Conditic at Omah 1894 Normal temperature.. Deficiency for the day Normal precipitation cess for the day precipitation since 3 i inches clency since March 1......... 16.95 inches Roports from Othse Stations at 8 P M. for the day STATIONS. NTATR 0P WEATHER, It b teloudy Iy, 10| Sriowiny Snowin Omann §t. Vincent: Dhieyenno. . Miles C s trace of precip! L. A. WE ation. 1, Observer. EASTERLY WINDS ON THE OCEAN. Atlantic Liners Overdus at Quoecnstown-- Majestic 'ehind Time. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 6.—For the past week strong easterly winds have prevailed, and since Friday last there has been a suc- cession of gales which have raised heavy seas, compelling the coasting steamers to seek shelter in various ports. Eastwardbound steamships from America have been meeting with head winds and heavy gales from the east. The British steamship Cephalonia, Captain Seccomba of the Cunard. line, which left Boston on January 26 for Queenstown and Liverpool, is thirty hours overdue, and is not vet signaled. The White Star liner Majestic, Captain Parsell, which left New York January 20, clearing the bar at Sandy Hook at 10:42 a. m., to have equaled her record, should have passed Daunt’s Rock at about 3 p. m. yes- terday. SNOW FALL IN WYOMING. Cattle on the Ranges in Good Condition for n Blizzard, CHEYENNE, Feb. 6.—(Special Telegram.)— A severe blizzard raged throughout Wyoming today, but tonight the wind has abated con- siderably. Snow fell throughout the northern and western parts of the state. Cattle the ranges are in such fine condition that it is mot bolieved there will be any material losses on account of the storm. Seven Below and a Ga'e at IToston. BOSTON, Feb. 6.—Seven degrees below has Dbroken the season’s record and made the best business of the year for plumbers and fuel merchants., - The presence .of the northeast gale which has been blowing since yesterday has added to the discomfort. Suburban car lines are badly blocked by drifting snow, and incoming trains‘ from the north and east are hours late. In the harbor shipping is practically at a_standstill, no vessels sail- ing and few arriving. All report heavy weather outside. NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Feb. 6.—At o'clock this morning the thermometer regis- tered 6 degrees below zero and the wind blow- ing_thirty miles an_hour. NORTHFIELD, Vt., Feb. 6.—The roads here are impassable, With a stiff wind mak- ing high dri The thermometer regis- ters 16 degrees below zero. Niassachusetis Strikers Suffering. HAVERHILL, Mass., Feb. 6.—ine cold weather of the past tx.énty-four hours has caused great suffering among the poorer portion. of the strikers, and many families last night were without fuel enough to cook their vituals. The intense cold has worked a great change in the condition of the strik- ers, and if the cold continues many days they will b2 forced to return to work to sustain lite. ¢ Tra'n Stnek In & snow Drift. INDEPENDENOE, Kan., Feb. 6.—The Mis- sourl Pacific passenger train from Kensas City, due here at 5:30 p. m., is stalled in a snow drift between Vernon and Yates Center, fifty miles north of here, with prospects of sticking there for the next twenty-four hours. All Missouri Pacific through trains on this ivision were abandoned foday because of heavy snow drifts. Two Men Frozen to Death. MILES CITY, Mont., Feb. 6.—Last n'ght on> of the worst storms ever known in east- ern Montana set in. Spencer Henry, William Moora and Le: Parish left in the afterncon fer @ ranch fiftesn miles from town in a sleigh, but bzcame lost in the hills. Henry walked Into town this afternoon, and reports his companions frczen to death. Eighty © GRANTSBURG, Wis., weather climax was reached here yesterday, when it was 59 degrees below zero. The thermometer registered 46 to G0 at Barron today, 30 at Whitehall, 30 at Beloit, 20 at Neenah and from 10 to 25 at many other points In all parts of Wisconsin, Okluhoma in_the Frocession, GUTHRIE, Okl,, Feb, 6.—The worst bl zard for years struck here this morning and 1s raging with great fury tonight. The wind wing a hurricane, Intense cold prevails throughout the territory and much suffering to settlers and stock wiil result. New York. N SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., Feb. 6.—The cold:st weather in years prevailed today. Rarly this morning the thermometer regis- tcred 40 degrees below zero, and at 7 a. m., At Horseshoe the thermometer showed bolow last night. Forty Below g Snowa In Nouth Dakota. MINNBALOLIS, Feb. 6.—Dispatches from many South Dakota points tell of blinding snowstorms, winl forty to fifty miles an hour, and the thermometer 10 to 15 below zero. Unproteetsd eattle will suffer severely. Osster Famiue Possible. MILLVILLE, Feb. 6.—The Morris river is completely frozen over at the mouth, and boats ere ice locked theré. Unless a thaw on sets in an oyster famine is to be fiared. It was 12 degrees below zero here today. e Bospend Wiscousin, MILWAUKER, Wis., Feb. 6.—A Dlizzard s delaying (ralns on all roads entering Mil- waukee, and, to a great extent, the trafiic is at & standstill throughout W sconsin, I Wave Beaches the south, ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 6.—The first touch of the ld wave was here this morzing. A olight snow fell, but melted immediately. The thermometer is fall vg fast, Blizzard bu tou b Daketa. VIERRE, 8. D, Feb. 6.—(Spcolal Tele- )—A blizzard has been raging all day, nd blowing fifty miles an hour and mcmeter 20 below %ero. Bako Chmplain Frozen solid AND, Vt., Feb. 6.—For the first time In seyeuty-five years e Champlain s frezon over Is entire lengti. | said Judge Grosscup, this evenin TALK OF JAILING PULLM Judge Grosscup Inclined to Punish Sir Goergo for Oontempt of Court, DEPENDS UPON THE MAGNAT.'S CLERKS Soveral Summonod to Appoar in € Explain Why They Falled to Permit an Officer with a Subpoena to See Their Employer. urt and CHICAGO, Feb. 6,—“If Mr. Pullman has evaded the serving of the subpoena 1 shall certainly punish him for contempt of court,’ Tomor- row morning half a dozen of George M. Pull man's clerks will be brought before the Judge and sworn as to their knowledge of Mr. Pullman's actions on Monday A subpoena was Issued for his presence as a witness in Judge Grosscup's court on behalf of the de fense In the conspiracy cases, The sub- poena was given to Deputy United States Marshal Jones on Monday morning. At the office of the Puliman company he was in- formed by one of the attendants that Mr Pullman was in his private office. Another clerk was requested to inform Mr. Pullmar that Jon h: a subpoena for his appear- ance at the Debs trial. The clerk returned o the outer office in a few moments and said Mr. Pullman was not in the office, but would be in later. All Monday the clerks kept th feputy running up and down the elevator, Each time he returned he was informed that Mr. Pullman either had gone out or had not yet returned. Tuesday morning when he c2ll<d at the offic: of the Pullman company he was told that Mr. Pullman had gone out of town; that he was either in New York or in Washington. he clerk did not know when Mr. Pullman had left Chicago, that he gone away. Ted: the counsel for the defense called the attention of Judge G cup to the mysterious action of Mr. Pullman's clerks and intimated that Mr. Pullman had success- fully endeavored to evade the process of the court. The judge direct that Deputy Jones call into court tomcrrow morning all of the clerks and messengers with whom he had come in contact at the office of the Pullman company. Mr. Debs was on the stand all the after- noon and will be there again tomorrow. He said he never counseled or advised in any form the use of viclence or interference with the United States mail trains. He had never, at Blue Island or elsewhere, told the men to tie up the roads, mail trains or no mail trains. He was shown the famous “save your money and buy a gun” telegram, and sald he had not sent it or seen it until it had been sent by one of the directors. Other telegrams in which the government charged violence by indirection and interference were shown him, and he denied the inference drawn by the prosecuticn. 4 In reference to the riots at the stock yards, he had issued a statement to the Associated press disclaiming responsibility for the turbu- lence there and asserting that it was being committed by others than the American Railway union. Debs was led by his counsal, Mr. Darrow, to review his life and his connection with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen down to the incorporation of the American Rail- way union, after the organization of the General Managers association. The union, the witness said, was organized to prevent employes of railways being used to defeat the demands of other classes. The object of the General Managers association was to bring a united front to bear against the de- mands of the men on any one road. There were 870,000 employes pn the pay rolls of the railroads of the country. The General Managers association embraced about half of the roads of the couniry. The tendency of the past few years, Debs declared, was to the absorption of the smaller roads by.the large raillroad corporations. - Wages had been steadily reduced for years, and to resist fur- ther reduction was one of the reasons for the organization cf the A. R. U. The union was organized with fifty members and steadily grew in numbers until it had 150,000 mem- bers at the time of the strike last summer. All of these members were along the lines of the roads represented in the General Managers assoclation. The witness first heard of the trouble at Pullinan on his return to Chicago from the Great Northern strike about May 5, 1894, About 50 per cent of the Pullman employes were members of the union. “Witness had not gone to Pullman to make a personal ex- amination of the situation, but had delegated Vice President Howard to that duty. He first learned of the strike itself in the news- papers on the .urning of Mey 12. He had sent Hojard to Pullman to endeavor to avert the threatened strike and the strike was without his consent and contrary to his advice. only — PAIR OF INDL. RLAZES. Early Morning Fires Destray Va nable Busi - ness Proporties. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb, 6.—Fire broke out at 5 c'clock this morning in Peters' Box and Lumber plant and consumed the entire establishment, ccnsisting of four main build- ings and several smaller ones. A strong wind was blowing and the teirelty of water rend:r:d it impossible for the firemen to fight the flames successfully. Within an hour’ and a half the entire manufacturing establishment was in ruins. Tho loss is §75,000 and the in- surance $25,000. Spontaneous combustion in the glus room was the cause of- the fire. The factory was engaged in the wholesale manu- facture of fine furniture and was one cf tha largest in the state. PLYMOUTH, Ind., Feb. 6.—Fire at 4:30 a. m. destroyed property to the extent of §90,000. The fire originated in the cloth'ng store of G. Wolf and consumed the entire building of four floors occupied by G. Welf, clothier; C. M. Welsh & Co., jewelers; Corbin Bros., cigar store and billiard hall; J. C. Kuhn, saloon; F. H. Kuhn, meat market, and numerous law | and business offices. The bu'lding was owned by H. Corbin and was valued at §35,000. The insurance will probably cover over cne-third of the loss. ——— Cuptaln Hogardus Still on Earth, ATLANTA, Ga, Feb, 6.—It turns out that the man who died at the sanitarium at Litlia Sprinzgs was not Captain Bogardus, the champion shot, but L. S. Bogardus of Los Angeles, Cal, but formerly of St. Charles, Mo, e e “harges of Bratality Denled. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 6.—Captaln Recd of the ship T. F. Oakes, charged with cruelty to his crew, was today discharged by the United States commissioner, several sallors testifying that the alleged brutalities had not oc WASHINGTON, tor Allen to- day introduced a bill requiring that here- after all gold and silver coin kept by the government for the purpose of redeeming fold_and silver certificates shall be kept | he vaults of the Treasury department an At 1o other places, and that all reagmptions of these notes or certificates shall be made at the Treasury department and at no other place. . ——— EXPRESS COMPANY IS TIRED. Wells Fargo Company Wants the Atohlson Contraet Amended. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 6.-Judge Caldwell the Uhited States court today to arguments for and Agalnst a modifica- tion of the contract between the Atchison em and the Wells Fargo Express come pany. The arguments are the result of a petition prescnted by the receivers of the Atchison asking Judge Caldwell to st o day to hear tho roports of the ex- press company on the hurdensome chare of the contract. The petition al- d that the contract was made Decems ber 1, 1892, for five years, and by its terms the Atchison and the roads coitrolled by it were to afford th pross company fa- cllittes for their busin In return the was to ‘pay 65 per cent Ipts and was to guarantes would amount to $1,475,000 per e recolvers repressnted that Valentine of the express com- 1 requested them to submit to the of the Wells Fargo com- dification of the o press company was losing under its terms, wivch 1o with an oral res:r- that_a readjustmest should be had fter the contract was 8 wer 1 in_IFrancisco, RO company, s company. W. H i ) e Trust ntile Trust ‘pa_for the C on behalf of forecl bondholders, sled against any modis fication of {he contract as interfering with { the legal assets of ‘the railroad company the mortgage holdcrs had & Ro:sington contended that tha had not jurisdiction over the “As to contrs have 1t asserted in listened sy express company of all gross rec that thi ntract, att stated Ross- company, Judge Caldwell: o this {8 an exceutory the reéceivers can ask to firmed.” Jud Caldwell authority of the ccuri to modify the con- tract, and he instructed th> recelvers to investigate and make a ‘recommendation o him, Juris. t, and isaf- tha n, UBSTITUTE. o Committeo Pre- an Interesting Compromise. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—Chairman Bland of the coinage committee of the house has vrepared a proposed amendment intended as a substitute for the financial bill now. before the house. 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