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i : CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER THE DEMI !
* i * * W Mt a.Brfcfe Preelpttated Upon Tu
| • > Crowded Building * With Fatal lUeulls.
| \ Tho high wind at 2 o'clock yeaterdu
* , afternoon , says the Omaha Ropnblicai
I W Wow down the eastern wall of the Ma
tj f • Moyer building , ' on Eleventh and Fa :
Y % 'l * -nam streots , and was the cause of one e
{ < ; ' 'tho moat appalling accidents that eve
h 'f - ( happonod in this city. Tho heavy wa
t ) j j - crushed throngh the adjoining brie
A * ' building on tho east and tho whole raai
I' ' ] j 'Completely flattened tho third buildin
| | i-I a frame atruoture ocoupied by Edwar
iV ; " y 'Olson as a clothing store.
f | \c \ 'ThoMax Meyer builuing wasgutte
ffk * 'by ' fire about two weeks ago , an
. • If : frora tho roof to tho first floe
\m \ : ' 'all tho supports and braces wei
yl ' destroyed , leaving tho tottering wall
ii * * as a blackened monument of the forme
11. structure. As is usual in such case *
jl many people now announce that the
Jl predicted it would soon fall and prol
33 * ably kill or injure passers-by. The hig
j wind which came in gusts yestorda
i ' loosened tho wall and blow tho largo pi ]
, j of brick and mortar down , causing th
dentil of six persona and horribly mane
1 - > liner six or seven others.
The crash and blinding dust that aros
t from tho ruins attracted thousands o
s people who , stood aghast at tho ruin
| -and tho horriblo situation of those wh
I,1 , , -were alive beneath tho debris. Th
i screams and groans of the wounde
' wero heartrending in tho extreme , an
many a stout-hearted man she
"tears when it became known the
there wero women imprisoned an
! K possibly killed there. The fire deparl
ment , which had been called , was boo
on tho grounds , and , in spite of whe
-seemed certain death , rushed into th
rains and with be
; > • , courageous energy
| gan tho work of removing the victim
( -of this awful catastrophe. Tho polic
] forco was called to tho scene an <
stretched a rope from the rear of Ma :
Meyer's building on Eleventh stree
-around to Tenth and Farnam , thus pre
Tenting tho excited crowd of peopl
from getting in reach of tho crnmblin ,
' * w walls , fragments of which would eve
, ' " , * -and anon lall , rendering the work o
rescuing the unfortunates doubly per
* ilous.
* ' * The upper story of the first buildinj
J , was occupied by D. O. Dunbar's e
T. " : graving and printing oflice , and th
jgr lower by P. Boyor & Co. , dealers i
k • Hall's safes. The next building was oc
* cupied by Edward Olson , and tho sec
jl * ond story was used as n dwelling b
* "Mis. Hengen. The first to get out wer
IU - two boys named Frank Frayer au
Johnnie Jaokson. They wero workin
in Dunbar's establishment and wer
* - next to the west wall , thus escaping fn
/ . tal injuries. Frayer was bruised some
what , but not seriously. Jackson wa
1 seriously hurt. He suffered a great dec
from internal injuries and was cut abou
v ' the face and head. E. A. Philleo , a pe :
sketcher , was working at the front win
dow and a long steam pipe lodged ove
* s / bim , saving him from being crushed
L { He worked his way to an opening in th
\ * J wall , and when a ladder was put up h
" * climbed down , and although bruisei
and blinded with dust and lime , he se
to work to rescue others. Mrs. Hengei
was taken out from under a large pil
of boards and carried into the barbe :
V - shop just next door. A physician wa :
I called and pronounced her injuries fata
I but at a late hour she had not died. He
U ribs on the right side side were badb
- s broken , aud tho right leg at the ankl
crushed. She
; SUFFERED IKTEKSE PAIN
from numerous bruises. Her son soo :
* • arrived and she was removed to her sis
r *
. ter's house on North Sixteenth street
} u G. H. Selver was taken out with hi
shoulder crushed and a finger broken
w f. Miss Emma Oliver , a stenographer a
. * Dunbar's , was removed from the wreel
" & , and taken to the Esmond hotel. She i
| | | | f badly brused about tho head. Charlei
M Caesar , foreman of tho art departmen
p t Dunbar's , was badly bruised , bu
\&r escaped without assistance. Edwari
! * - , . ? - s Olson was pulled out from under tin
j * "boiler which was in Dunbar's , but lift
' % % / ' ' bad fled in fact his death must havi
\ . been instantaneous. The whole righ
- • side of his face and skull had beei
J ? x , , crushed in and he did not have a sounc
. • i' * bone in his body. His face was black
- ' t , ened by fire and smoke so that it wai
- - "with difficulty he was recognized. Mi
"V chael Martin , the fireman at Dunbar'i
' taken out dead. He
T \ ts was completely
* " roasted and most of the clothing burnec
- , " off him.
" & ,7 . A full list of the killed and woundec
> ; is thus enumerated.
' " % ' * Peter Boyer , crushed to death.
Michael Martin , burned and crashed ,
, / J. M. Mitchell , crushed to death.
- , „ Edward Olsen , bruised and crushedtc
rl' -death.
* Samuel Lombard , crushed to death.
$ ' cl. John Jackson , cut and bruised. WiL
& recover.
$ % % ; E. A. Philleo , shoulder braised.
* < . - $ ' - * ' • ' Miss Emma Oliver , cut and bruised.
% % ? Tliomas W. Houston , fatally scalded
. * - ; * nd crushed. Died at 8 o'clock p. m.
M Mrs. Ifeiujen , leg broken , ribs frac-
" lured. Cannot live.
$ jSi * Georgo Searle , badly bruised.
Wri Jack Daniels , leg aud urm broken.
' fc s Georjre Silver , shoulder crushed and
'sSfcf ' • "finger broken.
' g ? ( Jhai-les Cresar , badl - braised. *
• * § 21 " " This makes the list of people known
$ $ ; ' ' • lo have been in the bnilding at the time
ji v -complete , and not one escaped unin-
, * jp. jured. Medical aid was summoned , and
m ? * "the physicians did all in their power to
JsT ; " - ' -alleviate the sufferings of the wounded.
- ' Must Get Off the Reservations.
c
iff Helena ( Mont ) special : United States
§ f * . Deputy Marshal Kelley went on ' the
jp * _ "Crow reservation yesterday under or-
5- * ders of Indian Agent Briscoe , and ar-
V rested Burns Bravee , better known as
5 ' Bravo , a squaw man , and. arraigned him
| | * / ' "before "United States Commissioner
" v " * 'Gates. The squaw men had orders from
gar1 "Briscoe to leave the reservation , not
mr 'for ' any specific cause , but because from
p V Briscoe's interpretation of the law they
p ' - liad no right to a residence on the res-
Iflll ervation. They all refused to leave and
| f ? % Bravo was the man selected with whom
| | p 'to make a test case. Bravo has an In-
pTsISV * -dian wife and two children , and has
> * C- lived on the reservation twenty-fivo
§ § & * .years and has been married sixteen
ft- . - years. He has lived peaceably-and qui-
f-1 -etly and lias from the
l ? v a patent govern
ment for his land. T ie case is set be-
" ' * " • fore tlie commissioner for February 18
W- -and will excite much interest. Briscoe ,
1 the agent , is the appointee of President
-f * * f * * iN - PlB eland and came from Mississippia
" jeor agoHVsncceedAgenE Villianison.-
u > vs&j , * * -
vr * " * Hois the first official who has sought to
" " t -raise the question of the right of squaw
j . ' men to reside oh the reservation.
1 0s
I Sackville's Probable Successor.
E London dispatch : It is asserted , but
1 mot officially , that Sir Julian Paunce-
m A tfote , permanent nnder secretary of state
I V for the foreign office , has been appoint-
i * od British minister to the United" States.
I * v K The appointment is creating intense ex-
J [ V - -citement in British diplomatic circles ,
1 K vas a departure from the succession in
1 m = pi > ointments according to rank in tho
i Wk -service. Sir Julian Panncefote is a law-
| * * -yer , not a diplomat , and Tvas never at-
I K tached to anyembassy. . He wasap-
I H pointed to his present post on account
I K -of his extensive knowledge of the le ° * l
I K learnings of-treaties
r m Bt-
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THE SUIMISSION BILL AS FINALLY PASSEI
Senator Lindsay's Meaiur * for Deciding tfc
Quettlait. of High TAccns * or Prohlbllloi
in IfebraMlta.
TIio following is tho full text of Sen *
tor Lindsay's Bcnato file No. 81 , with th
house amendment , over tho adoption o
which so much excitement has been wit
nessod in the Nebraska legislature. A
may be seen by reading the bill the eleo
tion for deciding the matter will not oo
cur for nearly two years yet , but the in
terest in the struggle which if pendinj
has already made tho subject a leadinj
topio of conversation in every walk o
.life.
i THE SENATE YEUZ.
A bill for an act to submit to the eleo
tors of the state , for rejection or ap
proval , an amendment to the constitu
tion of the state to prohibit the nianu
facture , salo and keeping for sale , of in
toxicating liquors as a beverage , an <
providing for tho manner of voting or
such proposed amendment. Introduced
by J. P. Lindsay.
Be it enacted by tho legislature o
the state of Nebraska :
Section 1. That at tho general eleo
tion to be held on tho Tuesday sue
ceeding the first Monday of November ,
A. D. 1890 , there shall bo submitted U
the electors of this stato for approval oi
rejection an amendment to the consti
tutiou of this state in words as follows
"The manufacture , sale , and keepin ;
for sale , of intoxicating liquors as abev
erage , are forever prohibited in thii
state , and the legislature shall providi
by law for the enforcement of this pro
vision. "
Sec. 2. At such election , ou the bal
lot of eaoh elector voting for the pro
posed amendment to the constitutioi
shall be written or printed the words
"For the proposed amendment to th <
constitution , prohibiting the mannfac
tare , sale and keeping for sale of intox
icating liquors as a beverage , " anc
"Againstsaid proposed amendment t <
the constitution prohibiting the manu
facture , sale and keeping for sale of in
toxicating liquors as a beverage. "
Sec. 3. If the said proposed amend
ment shall.be approved by a majority o
the electors voting at said election , thei
it shall constitute < section 27 of article ' .
of the constitution of this state.
HOUSE AMENDMENTS.
Amend section 1 , after line 5 , by add
ing the following : "And there shal
also at such election be separately sub
mitted to the electors of this state fo :
their approval or rejection an amend
ment to the constitution of the state ii
words as follows :
"The manufacture , sale and keeping
for sale of intoxicating liquors as a bev
eruge , shall be licensed and regulated bj
law. ' "
Amend section 2 to make it read ai
follows :
Sec. 2. At such election , on the ballo ,
of each elector voting for tho proposed
amendments to the constitution , shall be
written or printed the words :
"For proposed amendment to the con
stitution , - prohibiting tHermannfacture ,
sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating
liquors as a beverage ; " or , "Against saic
proposed amendment to the constitutioi
prohibiting the manufacture , sale and
keeping for sale of intoxicating liquon
as a beverage. " There shall allso be
written or printed on the ballot of eacl
elector voting for tho proposed amend'
ment to the constitution , the words :
"For proposed amendment to the con
stitution that the manufacture , sale and
keeping for sale of intoxicating liquor *
as a beverage in this state , shall be
licensed and regulated by law , " oi
"Against said proposed amendment tc
the constitution that the manufacture ,
sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating
liquors as a beverage shall be licensed
and regulated by law. "
Sec. 3. If either of the said proposed
amendments shall be approved by a ma
jority of the electors voting at the said
election then it shall constitute section
27 of article 1 of the constitution of this
Btate.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
And Other JMeasuves to be Considered by
Congress 'litis ITeeJs.
Washington dispatch : The senate will
begin the week with consideration of the
naval bill , and probably dispose of it
with little delay. In this event , the re
port of the committee on privileges and
elections in respect to alleged election
outrages in Texas will be called up , but
wilLnot.be allowed to interfere with tho
appropriation bill. * * * , .
On Thursday Mr. Allison expects to
present the sundry civil bill to the sen
ate , and in view of the large number of
amendments to be reported will ask its
immediate consideration.
The Pacific railroad funding bill is un
finished business , and likely to be taken
up at any time for consideration , on Mr.
Mitchell's motion to reconsider , with in
structions.
In view of the acceptance by Secre
tary Bayard of Bismarck's invitation to
resume the Samoan Conference , it is
deemed probable that the foreign rela
tions committee will not report on the
Salisbury resolution requesting an ex
pression of opinion upon tho policy
that should be pursued by the govern
ment to satisfy treaty obligations of the
United States.
Weduesday will be devoted to count
ing the electoral vote for president auel
vice president of the United States.
Several other bills will doubtless be
presented during the week , the most im
portant being that upon the admission
af territories.
So far as the programme for the com
ing week in the house is at present
nade up it includes possible action
ipon such interesting matters as the
report of conferees on the territorial
Jill , Mr. Edmunds' Panama resolution ,
tud the report of Ford's committee on
mmigration. The postoffice appropria
tion bill , now pending , will be disposed
) f early in the week , having only the
ndian aud deficiency appropriation
) ills to be acted upon as original by the
muse. With the exception of a mili
ary academy bill , not one of the regu-
ar appropriation bills has yet been sent
o the president for his signature. Not-
rithstanding this fact , their condition
s generally favorable , as compared with
ne progress made at this date in their
hort sessions , and work is particularly
rell advanced in the house.
A New Candidate for the CibineL
So far as can be learned here , says an
ndianapolis dispatch , Windom for the
treasury seems to be a fixed fact. That
e has < beeh or wiU be tendered a place
i accepted on alf " sides. ' x6nthe other
abinet places nothing new has devel-
ped , and while it can be traced to no
ertain source , all agree in the opinion
mt Busk will be the next secretory of
ar. There was a rumor this evening
mt word had been received from
laino that ho would not accept the
ate department , but could not be ver-
ied.
ied.General
General Harrison had a busy day , re-
5iving callers. They were mostly gen-
ral in character. Among them was
olonel John V. Mosby , who is on his
ay to Washington. As to the south
e thinks that a cabinet officer in that
iction would greatly strengthen the
( publican party , and while lie would
fc say that he was opposed to Mahone ,
a ocriainly does not favor him as one
ho shoarca. gcin.to the cabinet.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
A Synopsis of Proceedings in tho Senate sm
House of Itepressntalives ,
HousE.--In the'house on tho 2d , th
lower branch insisted on its amondmer
to the senate bill for the admission c
South Dakota , and Springer , Barnes an
Baker of New York wero appointed coi
ferees. The committee on agricnltui
reported tho agricultural appropriate
bill , and it was placed upon the caler
dar. Tho house thira went into commil
tee of the whole upon the naval appro
priation bill. It was discussed at cor
siderablo length by Herbert , McAdoc
Boutelle , and Mothers. An nmendraen
was adopted appropriating $100,000 fo
establishing a coaling Btation at Pangi
Pango , Samoa. Tho bill was then re
ported to the house and passed. Th
postoffice appropriation bill was reportei
and placed on tho calendar.
Senate. In tho senate on the 4th , th
credentials of Mr. Manderson for hi
new senatorial term were presented , rea
and placed on file. Mr. Allison , frot
the committee on appropriations , r <
ported back tho legislative , executiv
and judicial appropriation bill and th
house joint resolution for the paymen
of tho legal representatives of James I
Eads , and gave notice that he would t <
morrow call them up for action. Th
senate bill in relation to dead and falle
timber on Indian lands was taken fror
the calendar and passed. The senate r <
snmed consideration of the bill "To dc
clare unlawful trusts and combination
in restraint of"trade and production.
After this the Pacific funding bill w
taken up and discussed until adjouri
ment.
House. In the house on the 4th th
speaker having proceeded to call th
states for the introduction and refei
ence of bills , filibustering was inaugm
ated by Mr. Payson , of Illinois , wh
sent to the clerk's desk and demande
the reading of a long bill to establish
court of appeal. His opposition is d
rected toward the Union Pacific funt
ing bill , aud upon his desk rests a stac
of bills , tho reading of which will cor
.sumo the entire day , unless ho receive
assurances that no effort will bo mad
to pass the measure under suspensio
of the rules. The court of appeals bi
having been duly read and referred
Mr. Payson brought forward for read
ing and reference a bankruptcy bil
which , owing to its length , is a favorit
weapon of filibnsterers who desire t
kill time. Mr. Payson stated that hi
opposition to the Union Pacific bill i
not directed against consideration c
the measure under ordinary rules c
parliamentary procedure , but again :
its consideration under suspension c
tho rules , when but a limited time fo
debate and no opportunity for amend
ment are presonted.
Senate. In the senate on the 5tl
after a long debate the Oklahoma bil
was referred to the committee on terr
tories by a vote of yeas 89 , nays 12. M :
Hawley offered an amendment to th
Btindry appropriation bill , which wa
referred to the committee on militar
affairs , for the payment of § 5,000 to th
widow of General Sheridan. The hous
joint resolution for the payment of $50 ,
000 to the representatives of the lat
James B. Eads was taken up and passed
The legislative , executive'and judiciar ,
appropriation bills were then taken up
and the amendments reported from th
committee on appropriations agreed tc
They were few and unimportant , th
only noticeable one being that increai
ing the salary of the president's privat
secretary from $3,500 to $5,000. A :
amendment offered by Mr. Hawley t
increase the clerical force of the civ :
service commission , provoked discuc
sion on the question of civil service r <
form , in the course of which Mr. Plural
contended that "partisanship of th
most desperate character" had bee :
practiced in the administration of th
law , and Mr. Stewart"characterized i
as a "broad farce. "
House , In the house on the 5th thj
senate amendment to the house bill re
tiring General William F. Smith ( au
thorizing his retirement with the rani
of major of engineers ) was concurred in
The house then proceeded to th
consideration of the conference re
port on the Nicaraguan canal bill
Mr. Cobb , of Alabama , though
that the house owed to itself t (
reject the report. He declared it no
fitting for a great government like the
United States to put the power into th <
hands of a set of men to go " * * abroad and
get money under false pretense ? . Then
was millions in it to the incorporators i
the enterprise is a success. There wai
to be no loss if it was a failure. H
then proceeded to argue that congres :
had no constitutional authority to ereel
a private business corpoiation. Mr ,
Rayner defended the action of the con
ferees in receding from the amendmenl
requiring the printing of the obligation *
Df the company and a statement of the
government's liability. It was an
amendment which was intended to kill
the bill. Pending further debate the
lionse took a recess , tho evening session
; o be for consideration of district busi
ness.
Senate. Li the senate on the 6tl
u " r. Chandler offered a resolution ( which
vas agreed to ) calling on the secretary
) f the interior for a statement of the
luthority given by him for cutting tim-
ler on the Chippewa Indian reservation
rithin tho Louisiana Point agency.
Fhe resolution heretofore offered by
Ir. Chandler instructing the committee
n appropriations to investigate the
natter of naval officers' claims , was
aken up. After long debate it went
ver without action , and the executive
nd judicial bill was taken up. The
ending question was the amendment
3 increase the clerical force ofthe civil
ervice commission. A long and unin-
sresting discussion , which turned prin-
ipally upon the derelictions of the
ostal department , was carried on by
Tessrs. Cockrell , Teller , Vest and Stew-
rt. (
House. Li the house on the 6th Con-
ideration of the conference report on
lie Nicaragua canal bill was resumed ,
t the close of the debate the cdnfer-
nce report was adopted by a vote of
eas , 197 ; nays , 60. Among bills passed
ere the following : Substitute for sen-
bill in relation to dead aud fallen
mber on Indian lands ; granting to the
t. Paul , Manitoba & Minnesota rail-
> ad company right-of-way throngh the
ankton reservation , Dakota. Mr.
eel , of Arkansas , called up the house
11 to divide ji portion of the reserva- .
on of the Sioux"Indians in Dakota in-
i separate reservations , and secure the
Ifnqnishment of the Indian title to
e remainder. On motion of Mr. Mor-
11 , of Kansas , the amendments were
lopted , making slight changes in tho
mndary lines of the proposed reserva-
jn , striking out the allotments to the
intee Sioux tribe in Nebraska , and in-
easing from 50 cents to $1 per acre
e amount to be paid the Flandrean
oux Indians in Hen of allotments.
Senate. In the senate on the 7th , the
inference report on the bill to incor-
jrate the Maritime Canal company of
icaragua was presented to the senate
id agreed to. The bilL now goes to the
esident for approval. Mr. Chase of-
red a resolution , whieh was laid over ,
Uing on the postma er general for a
itemetit of the changes made in postal
clerks since January 1 , 1835. xno ser
ato bill to provido for writs of error o
appeals to tho supremo court of th
United States in all cases involving th
question of'jurisdictiouof tho cDnrts be
low , was passed. Tho house amondmer
to the senate bill as to cutting timber o
Indian lauds was concurred in. Th
senate then resumed consideration c
tho legislative appropriation bill , th
pending question being on Mr. Hawley' '
amendment to give an additional clor
of class 3 to the civil service commh
sion. The amendment was agroed tc
Another long discission took place as t
whether the board of pension appeah
fixed in the bill as threo member ;
should be increased to six. Tho chang
was made.
House. In tho house on the 7h th
committee on public lands reportei
back tho senate bill providing that th
pnblio lands of the United States noi
subject to private entry , or adapted t
and chiefly valuable for agriculture
shall bo disposed of according to th
provisions of tho homestead laws onlj
Amendments were adopted striking on
the words exempting Missouri from th
provisions of the bill , repealing th
commutation clause of the homesteai
law , and allowing persons who hav
abandoned or relinquished thoir home
stead entries to make another entrv
The bill was then passed. Mr. O'Neil
of Pennsylvania , called up tho bill in
creasing the pension of tho widow o
Brigadier General Emery to $50
month , and it passed. The remainde
of the session was consumed in consid
eration.of the army appropriation bill
Senate. In tho-scnate on the 8th , Mr
Manderson offered a resolution ( whicl
was agreed to ) calling on tho secrotar ;
of war for correspondence and report
as to tho re-location of Fort Omaha
Neb. Mr. Paddock introduced a bil
( which was laid on the table for the pres
ent ) declaring that the provisions of th
civil service act shall not bo construct
as embracing within the scope of its ppo
visions officers and employes of the rail
way mail service. The senate then con
sidered the Union Pacific funding bil ]
the pending question being Mr. Mitch
ell's motion to recommit the bill , witl
instructions to include within its provi
sions tho Central Pacific railroad com
pany , and Mr. Mitchell proceeded wit ]
argument in support of his motion. A
tho conclusion of his speech , tho bii
went ovtr without action. Conferenc
on the South Dakota bill was presented
The report was that "after full and fre
conference tho committee failed ! t
agree. " Tho senate further insisted o :
its disagreement , and tho conferee
( Messrs. Piatt , Cullom and Butler ) wer
re-appointed. The senate then took u
the private pension bills on the calonda
and passed fifty-two of them , and thei
adjourned till to-morrow.
House. In the house on the 8tli th
army appropriation bill was considered
Tho pending question was on tho poic
of order raised by Mr. Bandall agaim
the clause appropriating $500,000 forth
purchase of movable submarine torpe
does. After debate the chair sustainei
the point on the ground that the iter
for torpedoes belonged to the fortifies
tion bill. The clause was therefor
stricken out. On motion of Mr. Towns
hend an amendment was adopted ap
propriating $20,000 for the purchase o
guns and muskets of caliber four. Th
committee then reported and the bil
was passed. The agricultural appropri
ation bill was then taken up and passei
and the house took a recess , the even
ing session to be for tho considerotioi
of private pension bills.
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The house committee on public build
ings and grounds has authorized a fa
vorable report on a bill to increase the
appropriations for the public buildinj
at Detroit , Mich. , to $1,500,000.
The department of state has receive !
from Prince Bismarck a proposition fo
the continuance of the conference heh
in tho city of Washington in 1887. H <
proposes tlat the sessions of the confer
ence be held in Berlin ,
The comptrolior of the currency hai
decided a second dividend of 25 percen
in favor of the creditors of the First Na
tionnl bank of Corry , Pa. , making in al
75 pel * cent on claims proved amounting
to $173,957.
The committee on judiciary author
ized Chairman Edmunds to propose ar
amendment to the snndrv civil bill , giv
ing to Amelia C. Waite , widow of the
late Chief Justice Waite , the balance oi
one year's salary $8,745.
The secretary of the navy has been
informed that the United States steamei
Cohicnn , fitting out at the Mare Islands
navy yard , California , is ready for sea.
She will proceed direct to "Panama ,
where it is expected she will receive
orders to join the fleet at Samoa.
Senator Mitchell has introduced a bill
providing that each volunteer who
joined the forces of the United States in
Oregon , Washington Territory or Idaho
during the war with the Nez Perces In
dians shall be paid $1 for each day of his
service , and also the actual value of any
horses , arms , etc. , lost by him while in
the service. Tim pension laws are made
upplicable to those who contracted
wonnds or disease during the said war.
The senate committeo on thejndi-
jinry has made a favorable report on the
louse bill to authorize corporations to
jecome sureties in certain cases. The
jjll , as amended by the committee , pro-
rides that in certain cases before courts
vhere bond is required , any corpora-
ion organized and authorized to guar-
mtee the fidelity of persons in positions
) f trust may become surety on the
imount required by the court.
President Pro Tem Ingalls laid before
he senate the following petition from
Tohn mith : "Tour humble petitioner
ronld respectfully beg that your hon-
irable body pass the bill introduced by
Senator Bntler , of the South Sea Isl-
nds , empowering the commissioners of
Vhitman county , W. T. , to issue bonds
ot to exceed $100,000 to build a court
onseand jail in Ihe town of Colfax ,
low. your petitioner most humbly
rays that you double the dose and give
liem the privilege to raise § 200 .000. It
rill take that amount to keep tlie conn-
V seat down in this hole. And while
on are about it , give na $50,000 more
j build a balloon to get down to the
onnty seat. And your petitioner will
ver pray. "
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Inereisa very attractive timeliness
l several of the articles intheFebrn-
ry Atlantic. "The new Talking-Ma-
bines" is the subject of a clean-cut ,
ractical article on the phonograph by
hilip C. Hubert , Jr. Sarah Orne Jew-
tt writes in her fascinating way of "A *
Winter Courtship , " which tells "the
Id , old story , " with the scene laid on
ie edge of winter "down in Maine. "
harles Worcester Clark thoughtfnlly
i cnsses "The Spirit of American Pol-
ics as Shown in the Late Elections , "
id another new contributor to the
iges of the Atlantic. Harry Perry Bob-
son , writes a strange story called "The
ift of Fernseed , " detailing some re-
arkable adventures among the In-
aus. Houghton , Mifflin & Co. , Pub-
ihers , Boston ,
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MR. SEWALL SEVERE ON MR. 1AYARQ
Tho Deposed Consul Central Xxplains liim
setfFtttlyon ' ths Mamoan Question ,
v7ashington dispatcb : An associate )
press reporter called this evening upo :
Mr. So wall and asked for a statement o
tho reasons given by the stato dopart
ment for requesting his resignation a
consul general to Samoa. Mr. Sowal
said : "The reason given is tho dh
agreement of my expressed views witl
tho views entertained by tho state de
partment on Samoan matters. This re
fers , I suppose , to the testimony givoi
by nlo before the senate committeo oi
foreign relations. No disapproval o
my conduct in Samoa had ever been ex
pressed by tho department so far as . '
know. Iho views I expressed on tin
situation and tho remedy necessary
wero given at the request of the senat <
committee. It was not for me t (
consider whether those views agreoi
with Mr. Bayard's or not. I do know
however , that they coincide with thos
hold by all Americans who have give :
the matter any thought , the stato de
partment excepted , for which I cannc
speak. I believe , " continued Mr. Sow
ell , "that the disposition of Malioto wa
determined upon before the conferenc
of the three powers began , and that i
was Germany's intention to carry out
policy it had decided upon regardless c
that conference. The purpose of Ger
many is to securo control of Samoa i :
defiance of the solemn and repeated a *
surances it has given onr government
Furthermore , I believe Lord Salisbnr
is a party to the scheme , and tho move
ment against Samoa is only the porcurso
of the Anglo-German attempt to secur
supremacy in the Hawaiian islands
I concur with Mr. Bates , our lat
commissioner to Samoa , in hi
opinion that Admiral Kimberl ;
cannot accomplish anything under hi
instruction from the state department
Mr. Bayard expects Admiral Kimberl ;
to succeed in doing by a protest what h"
has been trying without success to di
for a year. Does Mr. Bayard suppose
protest will turn Germany from he
course ? They have been received wit ]
contempt in tho past. I believe witl
Secretary Whitney that a definite polic ;
should bo at once adopted in Samoi
But Secretory Bayard cannot punisl
Secretary Whitney or Mr. Bates fo
their views. I am singled out for :
sacrifice. Mr. Sewall said tliatA\hateve
his personal opinion of Bayard's attitiul
might be , he had during his entire terr
of service implicitly followed instrac
tions , notwithstanding they placed bin
in a false and humiliating position. Th
great stir made , said he , by tho recen
announcement of the declaration of mai
tial law by the Germans in Apia , bu
this is only a repetition of what bar
pened before. Even before , American
had been deprived of their right to join
vote in the government of Apia.Gei
man sentries had been posted and in
structed to shoot dead the men not an
swering a challenge. Notices , givinj
warning of this were posted only in Ger
man script. When war-wos declarei
against Malieto , Apia was occupied with
out notice to the Americans. A leadinj
American merchant , standing on his owi
land , was knocked down by a'Germai
sailor , who , on returning to his ship , wa
imprisoned for not having bayoned th <
man. I , myself , was stopped on th
highway even before war had been de
clared , and an officer threatened to shoo
mo if I proceeded. German sentrie
were posted around my consulate a
night. It is for testifying to thes
facts , I presume , that nr
resignation is arked. It is nd
natural that I should differ with Mr
Bayard in a policy if such it could b
called which permits such things to bi
done.Were my regret , said Sewall , a
the loss of prestige in the Pacific b ]
our submission to German aggressioi
in Samoa the measure of my humiliat
ing experience there , I could await pa
tiently the publication of my testimony
and certain results of an aroused anc
intelligent public opinion. But to m ]
lasting chagrin and Borrow , misled ty
Bayard and acting under his instrac
tions , I misled the weak andl sufferiuj
Saraoaus into fresh misfortune , and
upon myself as an innocent instrnmen
obeying his instructions , must rest tin
grievous responsibility for the dis
tresses which now threaten the verj
oxistence of the Samoan people
When I arrived in Samoa the insnrrec
tion of Trmasase , fostered by the
officials of Germany for the pur
poses now made plain , was on the poinl
of disintegration. Malieto , who had
been repeatedly held back by our repre
sentatives from deserting his authority ,
had determined to tolerate this nc
longer. The day after I arrived , I re
ceived instructions , the purport ol
which was to restrain him. I did so ,
giving him to understand , nsBayard gave
me to understand , that neit-her he noi
his people would be allowed to suffer.
Malieto yielded at my solicitation , and
our national honor was pledged that we
would insist upon our treaty right to
the independent existence of Samoa.
I could not better have served the Ger
man purposes than by this mission of
mine. As a matter of fact , public docu
ments now before congress showed that
tlie instructions , in obedience to which 1
icted on this occasion , were sent me at
ihe instance of the German and British
ministers. In less than a month German
ships arrived , Malietoa and his chiefs
vere deposed , aud the man whose life I
ad saved by my intervention was in
stalled in place of Malietoa. A pitiless
leraecution was begun of Samoans sus
pected of friendship for our flag , and
3erman control as effectually estab-
ished as under open annexation. Hav-
ng restrained the Samoans when they
onld have destroyed Tamasase , and
rith his destruction the basis for Ger-
oan interference , I urged their sub-
nission , trusting that when finally the
rath was known our promises to them
ronld be fulfilled and our honor saved
y a restoration of the status before the
onference when I gave Malietoa such
atal advice. In jnstice for myself and
a the hope of securing it for these
rretched people , I speak as I do.
A Deadly Assault on cninese.
Cheyenne ( Wyo. ) special : At Philips-
urg last night George Opp , a deputy
ieriff , accompanied by F. B. Fredgill ,
lided the store of Him Lee , a China-
tan , in search of opium finds. The
ore was first entered by Fredgill , with
drawn pistol , arousing the Chinese to
iger. No warrant having been issued ,
ley resisted Fredgill with knives. He
lened fire on them , when Opp entered
id fired into the crowd. Tom Po was
lot in the head and died instantly ,
im Lee fn the thigh , and Al Lee "ih the
ght limb. A coroner's inquest was held
lis morning and a verdict rendered ac-
irding to the above facts. Opp and
redgi _ H gave themselves up to the
ithorities , and an investigation will be
dd. Considerable feeling has been
auifested , many siding with the Chi-
; se , and others favoring the action of
e officers.
ThevWay.o [ Ihe Transgressor.
T. H. El-aggins , late chairman of the
ayahoga county ( Ohio ) republican cen-
r l committee , was sentenced to eight
' .ars m the penitentiary for forgery.
Many spurious dollars are circulating
ouud Omaha and the authorities are
deavoriug to find out who is issuing
em. 1
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EX-MINISTER SEWALL ON SAMOA.
What Ue Tit inks Jtayartl and the Vretl
dent thiyht to Do.
Washington dispatch ; Sowall , tho lat
consul general at Samoa , in an interview
to-day in regard to the proposed Saraoai
conference at Berlin , said :
If tho conforenco is to bo ronowed a
all it should bo renowed under condi
tions as favorable to us as those whicl
attended its initiation. Tho status ant
conferendum should be first restored am
Malietoa should bo returned from exile
It should meet hero whero it was inter
rnpted , and whore our roprosentativ *
would be free from tho peculiar influ
ences now at work iu Berlin.
But were tho suggestions of Bayard ii
his letter to tho German minister madi
conditions precedent to tho reassem
bling of tho conference , wo oven thei
might outer upon tho conforenco witl
something of our national dignity saved
Bayardl suggests a truce in Samoa. H <
does not insist upon it. Position main
tained in conference by Bayard has not
I believe , been criticised. That tho iu
dependence of the islands should b <
maintained and equality of rights o
commerco and navigation secured fo :
tho subjects of tho Shen treaty powers
was agreed upon. Our rights are no
enlarged by this , but only confirmed ,
But having secured this recognition ol
our rights , Bayard rested.
Bayard did not resent tho action d
Germany , accompauied as it was by t
ruinous trade and outrages upon om
citizens and flag , as bad as thoso whicl :
havo recently stirred tho country. It it
because he has suffered the violation o
thoso rights which ho was first clearlj
to assert , and because of this our pres
tige had been irretrievably weakened ir
tho Pacific that Bayard is criticised.
Had Bayard , through tho president ,
called the attention of congress and the
country to this Germau action , tho same
sentiment which is now aroused would
long since havo averted the distressing
condition of affairs that now confront u
iu Samoa and renders difficult , but al
tho same time necessary , further nego
tions. Nobodly desires a war which if
not necessary. Nobody proposes annex
ation.
Secretary Bayard says that no date
has yet been decided upon for the Sa
moan conference at Berlin. To-day'i
Baltimore Sun , tho secretarj-'s organ ,
says it will doubtless bo held very soon
as tho administration is now very nea :
the close of its official life. The poinl
to be contended for this country will be
the pacification of Samoa and the pro
tection of American interests. There
is reasonable ground for hopingthai
these will bo secured. It would be un
fortunate if personal spite or parti.Mii
jealousy should Biicceedl in throwing
any obstacle in tho way of so desirable
a consummation. Prince Bismarck ha
shown a disposition to settle tho mattei
amicably. Ho anil his sou , Count Her
bert , havo gone out of their way tc
mako tho friendliest proposition , and
Mr. Bayard of course can only take
them at their word and meet them in i
similar spirit.
The Woman Suffrage Joint Resolution.
The joint resolution reported in tin
senate by Mr. Blair from the committee
on woman's suffrage recommends tin
adoption of tho resolution. After re
dewing the history of the woman's suf
frage movement , and making some com
ments on a denial of the right of snf
frage to woman as an injustice equal t <
that of negro slavery , in concludes a :
follows :
"Unless this government shall b (
made and preserved truly republican li
form by the enfranchisement of woman
the great reform which her ballot 7rould
accomplish may never be. The de
moralization and disintegration now pro
ceeding in the body politic are not likebj
soon to be arrested. Corruption ii
already a well-nigh fatal disease. A re-
publican form of government oannol
survive half slave and half froe. The
ballot is withheld from women becausf
men are not ufllingto part with one-hall
tho sovereign power. Thare is no othei
real cause for the continued perpetration
of this unnatural tyranny. Enfranchise
women , or this r pL ; ] > lJ will steadilj
advance to the same dlestmction , the
same ignoble and tragic catastrophe ,
which has engulfed all the male repub
lics of history. Let us establish a re
public in which both men and women
shall be free indeed. Then shall the re
public be perpetual. "
mA minority report adverse to the adorv
tion of the resolution will be presented ! .
The Treaty With the Creek Indians.
The president on the Cth transmitted
to congress for its approval and ratifica
tion the provisional agreement lately
entered into between the United States
and the Creek Indians. By the terms
of the agreement the Creek nation cedes
to the United States the title to tho en
tire western half of the domain of the
nation lying west of the division line
sstablished by the treaty of 18GG. The
United States agreed to pajthe Indians
? 2,280,8o7 $280,857 to be paid to the
national treasurer of the nation , and
52,000,000 to remain in tho United
States treasury to the credit of the na
tion and bearing interest at the rate of
> per cent. The nation agrees to de-
rote not less than $50,000 annually for
idlucatioual purposes.
Wanamaker in the Background.
Indianapolis dispatch : Among the
) oliticians who are making up the cabi-
let slate the name of Wanamaker is
iow to be seen in tho background ,
mongthe "might havo beens. " The
anse for the change is the utter inabil-
ty of any one here to give anything like
semi-authentic assurance that his name
ras ever actually put forth for a cabinet
ilace. Of the new names being can-
assed , those of Judge Williama A.
V ood , of Indiana ; General James H.
VilBon , of Delaware , and John M.
.hurston , of Nebraska , are the most
rominent. Perhaps no name , however ,
nless it be Windom's , is growing in
ublic favor with greater rapiditv than
liat of ex-Governor Foster , of Ohio.
The Bruno Monument.
New York dispatch : Americans who
'ish to contribute to the erection of a
tatue of Giordano Bruno are invited to
md their subscriptions to the Ameri-
an committee , T. B. Wakeman , treas-
rer , 93 Nassau street , New York Citv.
he statue is to be-erected in May , on
ie very spot where the great thinker
as burned alive by order of the in-
uisition on February 16 , 1600. Snb-
iriptions of $1 or more will be gladly
iceived and publicly acknowledged ,
olonel Ingersoll , in forwarding a con-
lbution of S100 , says : "I shall never
2 satisfied until there is a monument
Brnno higher than the dome of St
eter's. "
Mr. Boldt , of Phfladelphia , caterer
r the inaugural ball , ha3 already pre >
ired his bill of fare. It is gotten up
restanrant French , and contains
oong other dishes a pate de foie gras
la Harrison and a terrine of game a hv
ortoti.
Sonth Omaha will put in a fire
arm system at a cost of $1,500.
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Funeral Ceremonies la Paris. la
In nil countrk'8 donth find tho cere- 19
monies of burinl nrosad and repul * | y |
sivo. In Prnnce , perhaps deconcy ii | |
observed an woll ns in any county , Jj
thnnka to tho excellent organization | |
ofthoCompagniodesPompes Func3
bres , which forms , so to speak , the IS
administration of tho churches hi m
Paris , exercising on their behalf the | j |
monopoly of funeral ceromonies. M
This company , whoso rnonppoly li m
regulated by law , is a vast entorpriaej M
possessed of exceptional resoufcea au M
immense number .of horses and car- M
riages , a numerous and welldtsciplinm
ed personnel. Every year ife takes 3
charge of about 50,000 funorals , i
about half of winch are thoso of tht 11
poor. Tlmnk'B to this enterprise "j |
even tho poorest citizens nro burieo 3g
• with somo show of decency and in Jg
conformity with strict rules. .ThondM
ministration of tho Pompes Funebrei J |
is situated in Paris in tho Quaio d'Au3H
bervilliers. It is a big , heavy , white Jl
stone building , built round a vast "J
grass-roofed court yard. To the jf
right and left of tho entraco doort I ?
aro the offices of tho director and the |
bookkeeping department. In the | f
court yards aro tho store | . ?
roomB , tho stables , the coach- 1 J
houses and tho harness-rooms I j
Everything is black , sombre and | 4
silent ; everything is rigorously nuraf
bered and ticketed , classified anc 1
arranged for immediate use. The 1 jj ;
porteurs , or bearers , commonly call- i ' '
ed croquemorts , have a big roorc 1
. furnished with onk benches , where | fit
they assemble every morning 400 it j | '
number , to await orders , gloomy | '
serious , clad in various styles , some |
with blouses , but most of them ii 1
jackets. Over this room are othei a
rooms , with cupboards running f
down tho middle in double rows |
Each cupboard is numbered and lit |
ted with a lock , tho key of which the I
correspondingly numbered croque I
mort keeps. In these cupboards an }
kept the uniforms of the bearers t
who dress before going out on ser
vice and undress when their servic f
is over , only wearing their regulatior ' -
costume while on duty. I
The masters of cermonies have
each a private room to dress in
Their uniform consists of a eockec
hut , coat , knee-breeches , silk stock
ings , buckled shoes , a court swore
and a wand. This personage is paid
by the day , so "much for each funeral
His duty is to arrange tho processioi
in proper order , to fix tho ordor o
the precedence among tho mourners '
and to start the funeral. Beneath tin
vast building of the Pompes Funebrei J
are cellars dimly lighted with gas jets j
and full of rows and rows of coffins or
all sizes and quantities. This cellai
contains a stock of 15,000 coffini
ready for use , varying in length fron
six feet 2 % inches down to 27&inches (
which are tho regulation maximun : >
and minimum sizes of dead Frencl , \
humanity. For persons taller thai
six feet 2 % inches a coffin haa tq b
built on purnogo nnd to qnler , Or
one s hIq 0f the cellar aro the load cof
fins , and in one corner a stock o * ,
square boxes in which coffins an '
packed for traveling by rail orsteam I
er without attracting attention.
Near the door of the cellar are some
hugh coffins , with a circumference o
six or nine feet , destined for the ac
commodation of very obese corpses. I
Likewise near the door are thirfcj | l
hand-carts of peculiar form , on twe '
wheels , painted green and lined witL I
black : these carts are used only wher I
some terrible ephlemie is decimating fl
the population. Tlie price of the cof I
ftps , of the inner lining and of the
covering pall , are all regulated by aE H
immutable tariff. In 187. } , durin
the siege , the little hand-carts , paint- H
ed green and lineel with black , had tc H
serve universally as hearses , foraK H
the horses had been killed for food. H
New York Mail and Express. H
"Women Not Cownrds. I
"Do the passengers' who ride I
up with yGii evei become fright- B
ened asked a Star reporter of the H
elevator conductor at the WashH
ington monument the other day. H
"Some do and some do not , " wa ? H
the reply , as the cable-puller turned H
to explain to a lady in the car that H
the trip upward occupied about nine H
minutes. "I'll tell you , " he ex- H
plained , turning back to the re- H
porter. "The first lady who became H
frightened in the monument cauu |
the other day. She was the first H
and only one. Wuhad hardly started H
from the floor when she began to M
? ? t nervous , and kept getting more | H
and more so , and . , finally , asked me H
to let her off. Of course I could not M
o back , so I kept on to the first | H
anding , two or three levels higher. M
and there I opened the door and led |
aer out to the platform. She was M
very nervous. 1 did not want to M
eave her there alone , so I called to |
a nice looking young man who was M
talking down and asked him if he M
ivoulel not stay with her until I could |
ret to the top and send a watchman M
fown to help her. He said he would M
md I went on. When the watchman H
; vent down he could not find them ; H
me had walked down with the M
" H
r 'oung man.
Here the conductor had to inter- |
rupt himself to reassure a man hud- H
lied away back in the corner of the |
: ar. that the same elevator had car- |
"led tons and tons of stone to the H
; op ot the monument , and had been H
> ronounced perfectly safe by all the H
mthorities. Then he resumed , low- H
ring his voice somewhat as he said : H
fOn the other hand I have had to H
top at least twenty times for the H
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> enefit of men who would not go H
iny higher. Why , I have seen great H
tig , strong men , who looked as H
hough they weren't afraid of any- j H
hingr , get to trembiing , and finally H
sk me to let them get off and walk. H
'articularly fat men , too , " with a H
eminiscentchuckle. "Fat men are H
fraid of their weight , particularly if H
hey are with a large crowd , I can't H
xplain why this should be. " he con- H
luded. just as the car emerged from H
he semi-darkness of the shaft Into ' H
he whiter brighter light of the top , H
Hiding , "but I must say that I've ' H
ome to the conclusion that the M
omen are not the cowards , after > |
11 ; its the men. If the women are | |
hey don 't show it here. " \ M