OTinw TM avMMR0RV3lf& < * 1 rT j - - , 4 J TTeijw - T. -vnfUB | " 'WPUii ' ' ' ' r PW J IHE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAR OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNING MAY 10 , 1888 , NUMBER 327. * A NOBLE WOMAN'S ' SORROW , Doomed to Disappointment After Waiting Twenty Yoars. DISCIPLES OF JOSEPH SMITH. A Ilommco of Early Mormon Days In Nebraska A Blizzard Victim Found Various County Conventions. A Ilnsbaml Doubly host. Nr.miABKA CITY , Neb. , May 9. [ Special Tolcgrnm to Tun BRI : . ] A romanceIn real llfo which deserves n place beside , the story of Enoch Arden and in which a Nebraska City man is ono of the principal actors , came to light hero yesterday. A little over twenty years asro , when the then young and vigorous church of Latter Dny Saints tmd begun reaching out for con verts across the Atlantic ocean , n mission ary of this faith was sent to England. Ho was possessed of considerable ability ns n speaker and sot forth the now evangel of God's ' latest prophet , Joseph Smith , with such power that the common people flocked to hear him by the thousand and whole platoons of them were converted and shipped Btrnlgntway to swell the colony of Mormons In Utah. Among those converts were a well to-do couple named Mr. and Mrs. John 13. Crad- dock , who attended nil the meetings mid zealously espoused the doctrines taught. Dis posing ol their earthly possessions , they hudo farewell to their friends In the mother coun try and started together on the long voyage toward the now land and the new religion in which they had decided to pass the remainder of their lives. Although Omaha was then the general out fitting station for tlio great overland journey across the plums , the Mormon converts were directed to come by wny of Nebraska City. Accordingly , Cruddock and his wife , for they had no children upon their arrival in Now Yoric came directly to this place. Ow ing to some accident , Mr. Cruddock was de tained hero several days , and his wife was placed in charge of a number of other con verts who were just starting. Upon arriving in Salt Lake she was introduced to n promi nent aM3stlu | who ut once took a great interest in her mid proposed that she should bo added to the list of wives In his already numerous household. The missionaries carefully avoided all reference to polygamy In setting fortli the beauties of the now religion and Mrs. Craddock wns horrified at his propo sition. To add still greater force to her re fusal she informed the npostlo thr.t she already had a husband , who , like herself , had become n deluded convert to Mormonism , and whoso arrival she was expecting dally. Upon learning that she was already married her npostolle admirer , far from releasing his pur pose of marriage , hid her away and when her husband arrived she was nowhere to bo found. No one in Salt Lake know any thing about her , and the apostle who held her in captivity told of the dangers of the Journey across the trackless desert and of the frequency of Indian massacres. Overcome with grief nt his loss and horri fied as his wife had been by the evidences of polygamy all about htm , the broken-hearted husband turned his back on Mormonism and canio acorn to Nebraska City where he en- paged in business. As time passed on and ho still received no tidings of his missing wlfo , ho gave her up for dead and eventually remarried. Mrs. Craddock , after several month's ' im prisonment In Salt Lake , succeeded in es caping back to the states. Equally in the dnr't as to her husband's whereabouts as ho hod been in regard to hers , she know not Whcro to turn , and finally succeeded in making her way to New York whore she again sailed for England. For twenty years she heard nothing of her husband , and had lost all hope of ever hearing from him again when by the merest chance she met n relative 6f Ijis In England who had but recently re ceived a letter fiom him dated at Nebraska City. City.Not Not dreaming that ho had remarried she at 'onco secured passage for America and ar rived in Nebraska City about April 1. Hero she found her former husband living with his second wife and a largo family of children , Neither could forget what they once were to cacli other and it was a month before the unfortunate woman became reconciled to the fact that she must give him up. Convinced , however , that lie hud acted in good faith and for the sake of his innocent children and his equally Innocent wife she determined to abandon nil her claims. Accordingly she bade him goodbye foi the last time yester day and bearing the burden of her second bereavement , once more sot her face toward the old homo across the sea. Thnycp Instruo s for Iialrd. HiumoN , Neb. , May 9. [ Special Telegram toTnr. BEL'.J The Thayer county republi can convention met to-day and elected dele gates to the state and congressional conven tion. Tlio convention was harmonious throughout. The delegates to the congressional nro ns follows : C. B. Coon , L. J. Dunn , W. D. Church , John Yearnshaw , Dr. Wilcox , L. Lange and.N. lirittcndcn. The delegates were histiucted by u majority to favor Jas. Laird for congress. Win. Price , F. M. Wctherold , E. M. Car roll. Dr. Monoroy , John liedllncd , W. Cort- landand John Kenney are to represent tlio county in the state convention. A ballot wan taken on choice for president , resulting In Ujhert Lincoln being flrst choice and James ( i , Blaine for second choice. Another Itllzzurd Victim Fouml. BAHTLETT , Nob. , May 0. [ Special to THIS Biu.1 : The body of D. B. Lukcns , who wns lost during the bllzyard of January 1' ' , was found on the evening of May ! in the hills cant of Cedar river. Ho had wandered about Jirtcen miles from Ills homo into the hills whore there Is no settlement. U was by ac cident ho was found. Mr. W. B. Lynda was looking through the hills in search of u course for a now road when ho came upon the body. Ills clothes wore mostly burned by u pralrio lire mid his body was much eaten by wolves , The remains were taken to Chambers , Holt county , for burial. Reward County Ilopulilluaiis. SEWAIID , Neb. , May 0. [ Special Telegram to THE BEK.J TUO lepubllcancountyconvon- tlon was held at Sowiml to-day. It wa ono of the most harmonious gatherings of the kind over held In the county. Tlio following were elected as delegates to the state con vention ! 11. S. Norval , H. S. Nolr , W. W. Cox , H. (3 ( , Husford , I. J. Foster , I , H. Illno- liart , H. Wortendyko , H , Taylor , L. C. Johnson , J. H , Prcsson. The convention next proceeded to elect ten delegates to the second dlbtrict congressional convention and the following are the persons chosen ; E. 0. Parkinson , B. 0. Kngau , S. Powell , W. Woyant , Jr. , A. J. Williams , A. w. Ensign. A. W. Hugcman , Irvtu Stall , G. W. Moi ton , E. W. Olney. The delegates - gates to the state convention were instructed to use all honorable means to secure the election of Hon. U. S. Norval ns delegate to the national convention. A resolution was nlRo adopted urging the nomination of Hon. James Lulrd for congress from the Second district. A vote was taken on the cholco for president , and j-osulted In Grcsham lirst , Lincoln second , Uhiiuo third , and Sherman fourtli. The pai ty is in the best possible condition and a victory this full is assured. A Heavy Flood at Curtis. CcuTibNcb.May U.-Succlal [ to the HBB. ] Sod houac-s qro u thing of the past in tills county. Steady and copious rains have been Hooding this section of the country for the hut six days. Tlio roofs oil sod houses pro generally Hiving a\Vay , The .Medicine has overflowed Its banks , and Lake Philllppl. adjoining the village , covering forty acres of ground , has raised four feet during the past twenty four hours , and the rip-raping which protects the B. ft , M. railroad grade has been undermined and swallowed up by the floods. Telegraphic communication from the west has been cut off on account of the Inundating and falling of telegraph poles , A washout at Eustls has been reported. A cave used by P. A. Harris , ono of our prominent mer chants , for collar and storage purposcs.cavcd in this morning , damaging him about $300. Hought General Grant's Horse. Br.ATiticn , Neb. , Mny 9. [ Special Tele gram to TUB BIK. : ] Gen. L. W. Colby , com mander of the Nebraska National guards , has just purchased from U. S. Grant , Jr. , for 2,500 , the famous white stallion , Linden Tree , which was piescnted to General Grant in I8TU by the Eultnn of Turkey. The horse will bo shipped hero next week. Ho is said to bo the llncst blooded Arabian horse In America , besides being noted ns having been the property of America's greatest gen eral. General Colby will have the horse on exhibition at the next encampment. The animal is now on the Grant farm at Wash ington , Petin. The Favor Dorscy and Allison. HAHTI.ITT , Neb , , May 7 , [ Special to Tun Bin. : ] At the republican county convention held nt Hurtlctt , Mny B , the following dele gates were elected to the congressional con vention1 Norfolk : B. S. Leedom , L. P. Glnsoburn and John W. Balrd. They were Instructed to favor the ro-nomtnatlon of G. W. E. Dorsey. W. W. Powell , M. J. Kirk- prtrlck uud J. C. Pletchor nro the delegates to the republican state convention. The con vention favors the nomination of Allison. Sad Accident to n Farmer. GUIDON , Neb. , Mny 9. [ Special Telegram to Tun Ben. ] A serious if not fatal accident occurred to Moses Cook , u prominent farmer living near this place to-day. Whllo hitch ing a team to the plow the team took fright , trampling him down , the point of the plow striking him in the lower part of the abdo men , making nn opening through which the bowels protruded. Ono of his feet was also horribly mutilated. His recovery is doubtful. Dorscy Feels Confident. Giuxi > ISLAND , Neb. , May 9. [ Special Telegram to Tun BEn. | The Hon. George Dorsoy was in the city to-day and was se renely happy , ho being fully confident of his renominntion for congressman. Itls reported that Mr. Darnell concedes the nomination to Mr. Dorsey and ho will return to St. Paul satisfied to wait for two j c.irs. Mr. Dorscy's friends have secured him Custcr , Valley , Sherman mid Logan counties. Second Victim of a Fire. BAHTLrTT , Neb. , May 7. [ Special to Tun BEE. ] Edgar , the two-year-old son of D. W. Caswell , who was so badly burned by the burning of Mr. Cnswcll's house , died Satur day evening , May 5. Ho lived eighteen days after the accident and was a great sufferer. Mr. Caswell lost another son of soyen years who perished in the fire. Another' child was severely burned , but will probably recover. Bartlctt's New Batik. Bum.ETT , Neb. , May 7. [ Special to THE BEE.J The Wheeler County Bank was organized May 1 by Robert Brown and A. Yea/el , of the Exchange National bank of Hastings , and E. A. Bohno and James A. Hall of Bartlett. Mr. A. Ycazol is president , Hobcit Brown , vice president , and J. A. Hall , cashier. Its place of business will bo Bart lett. It will commence business at once. This is the flrst bank to open in the county and was much needed. A Dorsej Delegation. OHD , Neb. , May 9. [ Special Telegram to THE BUB. ] The Valley county republican convention held hero yesterday elected n Dorsoy delegation to the congressional con vention , and the following delegates to the state convention : A. Trout , V. H. Stone , S. C. Bruce , Adam Smith. James Bowcn and L. D. Terminal-man. Dorscy's Nomination Assured. FiiKvo.xr , Neb , , May 9. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BEE. ] Returns from enough counties in tno third district have been re ceived hero to date to give Congreeman Dor sey a majority In the Norfolk convention and more than a third of the district to hear from. His nomination is a foregone con clusion. ills Skull Frnctnrcd. P.U.MYKV , Nob. , May9. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Biu.j : Hunz Foster , living four miles north of iiero , was kicked on the head by a vicious horso. The blow fractured his skull , letting some of the brains full out. Ho will die. Grant Heal Kstntn Booming. GIUNT , Neb. , May 9. [ Special Telegram to THE Biu. : ] Ue.il estate is advancing rap idly in prices. An addition of sixty acres is to be laid out to the original plat at once , and by fall the boom will be running in full blast , Taken to Lincoln. Oiu.r.AN3 , Nob. , May 9. [ specialTelegram to THIS BEE. ] Charlie Eaton , ono of the un fortunates wounded in the Kopo Creole wreck , was taken from Alma to Lincoln today - day on an officers' special car of the B. & M. load accompanied by Dr. Hurt , of Lincoln. UKSUIYT OF THK STHIKK. What It Has Cost the < 1Q" to Quarrel With the Engineers. Cmciao , May 9 , The Chicago , Burlington it Quincy's statement of earnings and ex penses for March and for the quarter ending March 31 , was issued to-day , March was the first full month during which the strike of the engineers and firemen was in progress , The cm-nlngs for the month wore ? 1,211,188 , n decrease of $1,711,193 , compared with the corresponding period of last year. The expenses were uri'.Gl'a , a reduc tion of 31,513 , while in not earnings a deficit of ? 14 < 1.4ri is shown , indicating a decrease of fl,7t'J,67J compared with IbS" . For the quar ter the gross earnings wore < 4,5i'J,0XI ( ( , u do- crcasoof * 'JU1000 ; ! ; expenses $ ) , S48r > :2i : ) , an increase of t-iU > ,4.J ; net earnings $720,473 , a dcciease of f OJS.1. , Shot His Daughter's Seducer. Anuxv , N. Y , , May 9. Ainos H , Tyler , n salesman of Bath-on-tho-Hudson , shot and fatally wounded Dr. W. F. Gilroy , a dentist , this morning , Tyler asserted that Gilroy , who was married only liva weeks ago , is the father of the Illegitimate child of his seven teen-year-old daughter. His daughter , on what will bo her death bed * told him to shoot Gilroy , and ho did so. Gilroy is n society man at.a his newly wedded wlfo is highly connected. House of Commons. OTTAWA , Out. , May 9 , The house of com mons discussed the government's proposal to secure n further loan of J25,000,000. , Tup- per , the minister of finance , explained that $5,000,000 of the proposed loan w.is to meet the floating liabilities in London , and M.UOO.OOO was to meet obligations in connec tion with railroad subsidies. Deny All the Charges. Ciiiooo'Ill. , May 9. The Illinois Central railroad company filed an answer in the federal court to the suit of Mt-ses 1C. Jcssup and Gcorgo J Foircst. The answer denies all charges made that the Illinois Central wrecked the Cedar Falls Minnesota railroad company no tuo Uubuquo & Sioux City , llooillers Done For. CHICAGO , May 9. The supreme court of Illinois has affirmed the decision of tlio lawer couit in the-county "boodlcrs" cases , wa tlio defendants will all havoto servo their teruis of bcntcncc in the state penitentiary , A TRIBUTE TO MANLY WORTH , Colonel IngorsoU's Memorial Address - dross on Eoscoo Conkling ; AS PURE AS THE STARS ABOVE. The Ilrilllnnt Orator Extols tlio Vir tues ixnd Praises tlio Unblem ished Character of No\v York's lcnd Statesman. Itoscoo ConklliiR Memorial. ALIIANY , N. Y. , May 0. Thirty hundred persons In the Academy of Muslo to-ulght listened to an oration by Colonel Kobert G. Ingersoll In memory of U6scoo Conkllng- , and one-fourth ns many more bcslceed the barred doors whllo many cllmcd to the roof and peeped through the skylights. The ceremo nies were under the auspices of the senate and assembly. Colonel Ingersoll snld in substance : "Hoscoo Conkling great man , orator , statesman , lawyer , distinguished citizen of the republic , in the zenith of his fame and power has reached his Journey's end , and wo are met , hero in the city of his birth , to pay our tribute to his worth and work. Ho earned mid held a proud position in public thought. Ho stood for independence , for courage , and above all for absolute Integrity , and his name was known and honored by many millions of his fellow men. In the presence of death , the good man judges as ho would bo judged. Ho knows that men are only fragments that the greatest walk In the shadow , and that faults and falluics mingle with the lives of all. Inthc grave should bo hurried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales .in which are weighed the deeds of men. The peculiarities , traits born of locality and sur roundings these are the dust of the race these are the accidents , drapery , clothes , fashions , that have nothing to do with man except to hide his character. They are the clouds that cling to the mountains. Time gives us a clearer vision. That which was merely local fades away. " Tlio orator went , into a comparison of statesmen and politicians at some length , and continued : "Itoscoo Colliding wns a man of superb courage. Ho not only acted without fear but bo had that fortitude of soul that bears the consequence of a course pursued without complaint. Ho was charged with being proud. His pridov. . < s ns inflexible us the 'unwedgeablo and gnarled oak1 but ho was not vain. Vanity rests on the opinion of others : pride on our own. The source of vanity is from without of pride , from within. Vanity is the vane that turns , a willow that bends with every breeze. Pride is the oak that defies the storm. Ono is a cloud the other u rock. One is weakness the other strength. " The dead senator was then traced into pub lic life. "At the dawn of the reformation , " said Tngcrso'l , [ the chaotic condition of af fairs just preceding the great rebellion was alluded to ] "tho war was fought and a greater period of reconstruction followed. Men were cither traitors or trusted. Uoseoo Conkling was always of the latter. Ho al ways stood in the front rank ; lie never wav ered ; ho never swerved. Ho battled for the nation's life ; for the rights of the slaves ; for the dignity of labor ; for the liberty of all. Roscoe Conkling wns an absolutely honest man. Ho was the ideal represen tative , faithful and incorruptible. Ho believed his constituents and his country were entitled to the fruits of his experi ence to his best and highest thought. No man over held the standard of responsibility higher than ho. He voted according to his judgment mid conscience. He made lib bar gains ho neither bought nor sold. Ho had the taste of u princc.tho fortune of a peasant , and yet ho never swerved. No corporation was grcutcnough or rich enough to purchase him. His hand was never touched by nny bribe , and on his soul there never wasa sordid stuhi. Above Ills marvelous intel lectual gifts above ail the places ho ever reached above the ermine ho re fused rises his integrity like some great mountain peak and there it stands , as firm as the earth beneath , as pure us the stars above. Ho was a great lawyer. Ho understood tlio frame work , the anatomy , the foundations of law , was familiar with the great streams and currents and tides of authority. Ho knew the history of legisla tion the principles that hud been settled upon the fields of war. Ho knew the maxi mum of those crystalirations of common sense , those hand grenades of argument. "Ho was an orator earnest , logical , in tense and picturesque. Ho laid the founda tion with care , with accuracy and skill , and rose by cold gradation and well-balanced form from the corner stone of a statement to the doomed conclusion. Ho filled the stage , ho satisfied the eye , the audience was his. Ho hud that indefinable thing culled pres ence. Tall , commanding , erect , ample in speech , graceful in compliment , titanic ; in de nunciation , rich in illustration , prodigal of comparison and metaphor , and his sentences , measured mid rhvthmctlcalfcllliko music on the enraptured throng. Ho ab horred a Pharisee , and loathed all conscientious fraud. Ho had a profound aversion for those who Insist on putting base motives back of tho. good deeds of others. Ho was no mask. Ho know his friend his enemies knew him. Ho had no patience with pretence with patriotic rea sons for unmanly acts. Ho did his work mid bravely spoke his thoughts. Sensitive to the last degree , ho keenly felt the blows mid stabs of the envious and obscure of the smallest of the weakest but the greatest could not drive him from his convictions. Ho would not stoop to usk or give au expla nation. Ho left his vords and deeds to jus tify themselves. Ho held in light esteem the friend who heard with half believing ears tlio blunders of a foe. He walked u highway of his own and kept the company of his self- respect. "Ho would not turn aside to avoid a foe to greet or gala friends. In his nature there was no compromise. To him there were but two paths the rignt and the wrong , Ho was maligned , misrepresented and misunder stood , but he would not answer. Ho knew that character speaks louder far than n'ny words. He was us silent then us ho is now , and his sllcnco was better than any form of speech ; It refuted every charge , lie was an American proud of his country , that was and over will bo proud of him. He did not find perfection only In other lands. Ho did not grow small and shrunken , withered and npol- ogetis in the presence of those upon whom greatness hud been thrust by chance. Ho could not bo overawed by dukes or lords , nor Muttered Into vcrtobratclcss subservi ence by the patronizing smiles of Kings. In the midst of conventionalities ho had a feeling of suffocation. He believed in the royalty of man , In the sovereignty of the citizen and in the matchless greatness of this republic. Ho was of u classic mould a fig ure fiom an antique world , Ho bad the pose of great statues , the pride and bearing of an Intellectual Greek , of a conquering Homan , and ho stood , with a frco air , RB though with in his veins there Hawed the blood of a hun dred kings , And as ho lived bodied. Proudly ho entered darkness or the dawn that wo call death , Uiibhrlnklng ho passed beyond our horizon , beyond the twilight's purple hills , beyond the , utmost reach of human harm or help to that vast realm of silence or of Joy where innumerable dwell , and ho has left with us his wealth of thought and deed the memory of u brave , imperious , honest man , who bowed alone to death. " ConklinK's Will. UTICA , N. Y. , May 9. The will of noscoo Conkling , which was offered for probate to day , bequeaths all his property to his wlfo and her tioiis , and makes her solo executrix. POLITICAL NEWS. Wisconsin Ilcpulilluans Meet and In- btruot for ( lovcrnor Husk. MAIUSON , Wis. , May 9. The republican state convention mot at the capital to-day to fleet delegates to the national convention. The convention was culled fj enler by H. A. Taylor , of Hudson , clia'rmr.n ' of the state central committee , who uiima a lencthy tpcech. In1. L > . Uraaf&rd , of Kuu Claire , was elected permanent .chairman. Ho made nn address nt some length. Theodora Otjcn , of Milwaukee , was elected secretary , after which an hour's rccws was taken. After the recess resolutions were adopted in which the principles set forth in the plat form adopted by the national convention of the republican party on 'the subject of pro tection were reaffirmed ; the platform which Abraham Lincoln approved and on which ho wns elected was indorsed ; such revision of the 'tariff wns demanded ns will avoid nn accumulation of surplus in the treasury after meeting the current expenses of gov ernment and paying the national debt as rapidly as It matures ; President Cleveland's last annual message was de nounced as an attack imon America's Indus tries , as was also the Mills tariff bill : the methods by which , In several states in the union , largo bodies of voters nro practically disfranchised In order to promote the elec tion of democratic presidents , congressmen and other officials is denounced. The resolu tion goes on to sav that every friend of frco institutions should sternly oppose n party which tolerates or consents to prohibit by these crimes that outrage on the rights of the citizens of the whole republic. The re publicans of Wisconsin desire tlio prosperity of all sections of the country and friendly re lations with nil. They further condemn ns tending to bring n salutary and needed re form Into disrepute pnd contempt the swccp- lug changes of subordinate oHlcials of the government made by the present national administration to reward and encourage par tisan services , in flagrant disregard of the pledges which the president gave when n candidate for election , and of the professions which , from time to time , ho has since sub mitted to the credulity of the public. A resolution was also adopted favoring Governor Husk as a candidate for chief magistrate of the nation. The following are the district electors : First , C. N. Palmer ; Second , A. P. Har- wood ; Third , A. C. Dodge ; Fourth , Julius Goldsmith ; Fifth-John Ruch : Sixth , A. T. Hill ; Seventh , O. F. Pemblo ; Eighth , C. G. Bell ; Ninth , John Finnoy. Electors nt largo Lucius Fairchlld and Sever C. Prime. Delegates to the national convention- John C. Spooner of Hudson , H. C. Payne of Milwaukee , H. O. Fairchlld of Marinctto , H. C. Adams of lone/ The district delegates elected nro : First Jessie Stone , L. II. Barker. Second A. S. L'udlow , G. A. Knnpp. Fourtli H. J. Baumgnrtner , Charles A. Chapm. Fifth Charles A. Norman , H. G. Kress. Sixth A. J. Tumor , A. L. Thompson. Seventh S. S. Fisher , D. G. James. Eighth James O'Ncil , J. G. Livcrman. Ninth 13. B. Scott , L. B. Sanford. H. C. Payne of Milwaukee was elected chairman of the state central committee. It was ordered by the convention that the next state convention bo held in Milwaukee. New Jersey Republicans TRENTON , N. J. , May 9. The republican state convention to iselect delegates to the national convention assembled at noon. The following are the delcgatcs-at-large : Wil liam J. Sowcll , Senator Jno. W. Gregcs , ox- Congressman George , A. Halsey and Juo. Hart Brewer. The iplatform will bo strong for protection nnd.willindorso the legislation of the New Jersey legislature in restraining the Honor trafllc , and will attack Governor Green's appointments. Georgia , IDcmocrats. ATLANTA , Ga. , May 5) ) . The Georgia demo cratic convention assembled hero at noon to day , and elected as delegates at largo Pope Barrow , F.'J. Dubipion , Albert Cox , and Washington Dessau. Each of the ten dis tricts choose two dclctftttcs , and an issue was made squarely on the tariff. " ' * - - MT Two Blaine Delegates. KANSAS CiTr , Mo. , May 9. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BEE. ] John A. Duncan , of Kansas City , and S. G. Kelly , of Johnson county , beta ardent Blaine men , were to day selected as delegates to the national re publican convention from the Fifth congres sional district. The Solid South. " MONTGOMEHY , Ala. , May 9 The demo cratic state convention met at noon to-day , with 500 delegates present. Governor.Seay was nominated by acclama tion and the ticket was completed as follows : C. C. Langdon , secretary of state ; John L. Cobbs , treasurer : C. D. Hogue , auditor ; T. M. McClellan , attorney general , and S. Palmer , superintendent of education. Michigan's linbor Party. LANSING , Mich. , May 9. The state conven tion of the union labor party met this morn ing. The convention was called to select a state ticket , but the probabilities are that it will only cheese delegates to the national labor convention at Cincinnati , who will bo instructed to work for the amalgamation of all labor organizations into ono political party. Democrats ofTcnnessee. NASHVILLE , Tenn.Moy , 9. The democratic state convention was called to order at noon to-day by the chairman of the state exccutlvo committee. Ex-Gpvcrnor A. S. Marks , and Hon. Josiuh Patterson were chosen electors for the state at largo. Delegates Chosen. ST. Louis , Mny 9 , The republican district * conventions held lasthlght selected the fol lowing delegates to the national convention : Third district , Colonel W. O. Sullivan and E. S. Low ; Seventh district , W. L. Mersey and John H. Martin. Small's On mo. ATLANTA , Go. , May 9. The state tem perance convention before adjourning passed resolutions to make a general prohibition contest In elections for the legislature this fall. fall.Prohibition Prohibition candidates will bo nominated in every county pledged to vote for a statu tory prohibition law instead of leaving the question to a vote of the people. The state dcmocrutlo convcntipn meets hero tit noon to-day to elect delegates to the St. Louis con vention. A Panto In a Theater , New YOIIK , May 9J [ Special Telegram to Tun Hiiii , ] Some pno yelled fire in the Thalia theater last night and a general stam pede followed. The orchestra stopped short , the entire audience' made for the door , all the women shrieked , fifty per cent of them fainted and ono delicate young woman was badly crushed. Not until the Thalia was al most deserted did tiiQ big audience learn that it had been unnecessarily scared. Fire works at the Atlantic Garden next door caused all the trouble. Knights oft Honor Officers. CrEVKi.ANii , O. , Jrtay 9. To-day at the meeting of the supreme lodge , Knights of Honor , the following ofllccrs were appointed : W. C , Jones , Missouri , past supreme dicta tor : D , W. McGarghar , Alabama , supreme assistant dictator ; S.'IJ. Higgs , Kansas , supreme premo chuplaln ; H. M. Gilmore , Illinois , su preme guide ; Edward Bacon. South Carolina lina , supreme guardian , and George Arklo , West Virginia , supreme sentinel. Weather Indications. For Nebraska Slightly cooler , fair weather , winds becoming light to fresh northwesterly. For Iowa Slightly warmer , followed by cooler , fair weather , light to fresh winds , becoming - ' coming northwesterly , For Eastern and 'Southwestern Dakota Slightly cooler , fair wcathe'r , light to fresh northerly winds. Illcw Hard In Ohio. CLEVELAND , May 0. A cyclone passed over portions of northern Ohio this after noon , Considerabledamage was douu to farm buildings , fences'and orchards , but no loss of life Is reported. Undo Snmjs Pocket Book Growing1 Moro Plothorlo Every Day. ADULTERATED FOOD MATTERS. The Armours 1'rcparo a BUI fbr Con sideration by tbo House Com mittee ou Agriculture Jloboson's Whisky. The Growing or the Surplus. WASHINGTON BUIICAU THE OMAHA Bun , WASHINGTON. D. C , . May 9. It would seem that the income and expen diture of the government just nt this time conspire to urge n reform of the tariff. The receipts nt the treasury department to-day $507,044 from customs duties nntl $30,3C8 from the internal revenue , malting a total of $903,442. The expenditures of the govern ment were less than half this amount. The purchase of bonds for redemption by the secretary of the treasury to-day aggregated $130,000 of 4 per cents at 1.20 } . The aggre gate receipts of the government at this tlmo are running daily hundreds of thousands ahead of the expenditures , taking the year in nnd out. The revenues for six months past Indicate that the surplus of the year would amount to over $100,000,000. This prima facia evidence of the necessity to make expenditures nnd rcduco the income by legislation is referred to by tariff reform- 'ers In tbo house with telling effect. When it comes to hoarding up In the treasury every day nn aggregate of about a half million dollars lars more than is necessary to meet the de mands of the government , oven the highest protectionist cannot meet the argument for tariff reform. Their only answer is that the reduction of the revenues should bo by way of the internal revenue and not the custom duties. The offering of bonds to-day amounted to $4,475,000 , , an oven $2,000,000 , of thcso being 4 per cents , and the price asked 1.27 , which Is regarded us nt least three- fourths of a cent higher than tbo price which should be paid nt the treasury at present. FOOIl ADUI.TKllATIONS-l'ItorOSEU LEGISLATION. Another effort wn ? made to-day by the house committee on agriculture to dispose of the proposition to impose a tax on a com pound Inrd. This is the bill that raised so much disturbance in the committee a couple of months ago during an investigation being held into the manufacture and sale of com pound lard , and in which the manufacture of hog lard and hog products in general was brought out. It will bo remembered that a terrific nnd persistent warfare was waged upon American hog products , and that the investigation was brought to a standstill to prevent the destruction of the export trade. There is before the committee now a bill pre pared by the Armours of Chicago , which does not name lard , but it meets the com pound lard tax proposition and covers the whole question of food adulteration. It pro poses to tax the manufacture nnd snip of all articles of food adulterated , and provides for an inspection of the manufacture of adulter ated foods and also a supervision of their sale. It makes it a misdemeanor to manu facture or sell food adulterated so as to bo deleterious to health. After a general talk upon tno subject , to-day the question was postponed , for. a week from to-morrow when' the proposition to refer it all to a subcommittee mittee with a view to compiling a measure which will obviate the serious objections en tertained against all the suggestions now be fore the committeewill bo entertained. It is believed that the whole subject will next wccU bo laid on tlio table indefinitely , so as to await the result of the investigations into food adulterations being conducted by the department of agriculture. The members in the house representing the cotton seed oil producing districts are wild against any bill which will prejudice the products of their constituents , nnd de clare they will make a fight against it and renew the attack on hog products if ttio bill is reported in tills congress. Mr. Laird of Nebraska , who is a member of the committee pn agriculture , nt the 'request of his constituents , is taking an active in terest In the consideration of this subject. Ho says ho favors some kind of a proposition which will compel articles to bo sold for Just what they are , but ho does not want to precipitate a row which will ruin the exports of American hog products , and recognizes that there is n good deal of bad blood engen dered in the house over the agitation. NEmtASKA MII.ITAllV LEGISLATION. The house committee on military affairs expect to get two days on the floor in which to have its measures considered within the next two weeks , when the bills local to Ne braska will bo considered. The bill making an appropriation for the three military res ervations has passed the house , but there are a number of private bills , and the ono pro viding for the sale of Fort Omaha and the purchase of n now reservation and some lesser matters nro still pending. SELLING IIOI1ESON AUIISKY. There is offered for sale nt auction next week the furniture , pictures , library , horses nnd carriages , and n lot of fine old imported brandy , port , sherry , madeira , and rye and bourbon whlskys , which are in the residence of the late Secretary Robcson. The catalogue is a very long and elaborate one , nnd the sumptuous fittings of one of the finest houses in tills city nro set forth in detail. As was announced in thcso dispatches some weeks ago , Mr. Robeson has mode an assignment for thn benefit of his creditors , and this sale is made in pursuance of it.PEIIHV PEIIHV S. HEATH. The Democratic Caucus. WASHINGTON , Mny 9 , The democratic caucus to-night called together about ono hundred and twenty-five members of the house. Speaker Carlisle was not present , but Mr. Randall was. The proceedings were harmonious throughout , and several of the representatives expressed themselves ns very much pleased with the good feeling and the desire for united action manifested on nil sides , Under a resolution passed a number of amendments to the Mills bill were pre sented , Ono amendment , offered by Springer of Illinois , is in favor of placing on the frco list all manufactured products , the domestic production of which may bo controlled by trusts. Army Orders , WASHINGTON , Mny 9. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE. ] Ono year of the term of con- flncmcntflvoyearsImposed ( ) by the sentence of a qcucral court martial , for desertion , ( general court martial order No. 2 } , April 1 , IbbO , } Is remitted in the case of Frank Loti- miller , latn private service United States army , now in the Lcuvcuwoith military prison , The extension of leave of absence on sur- geon's certificate of disability granted First Lieutenant John Carland , Sixth infantry , in special eiders No. 30 , May 1 , 16SS , is fuither extended two months on surgeon's certificate of disability. _ Another Fire. CHATHAM , Mass. , May 9. A heavy forest fire is raging in South Browstcr and destroy ing much valuable wood lands , also threat ening the small settlements lying in its trapk. The sky was lighted up for miles around. Fell and Hilled. ST. PAUL , Minn. , May 9. This morning three men were hauling up ice on nn elevator at Ham's brewery , when it gave wny , killing two of tbo men and injuring the third badly. M. D.'u at Work. CINCINNATI , Muv Q. At the session of the American medical association yesterday work was begun by bcctions. Among those who read papers or spokp wore' Doctors Davis and Taggurd of Illinois , and Dr. Earl of Chicago , THK mt2M J1YSTI3HY. Mrs. Becni IH Interviewed by n Com * inlttcc or the Union Veteran League. CHICAGO , May 0. [ Special Telegram to 'Inn BEE. ] A committee of the Union Vet eran league last evening examined the widow of General Martin Bccm , She adhered to the shooting which she has already been talking of. She s.ild she had been inclined to conceal the unpleasantness of her marital re lations , but slneo she has been the object of such , bitter attacks she would llko to make everything known , She asserts that ho had been Insanely jealous of her for no good reason ; that they had not sustained marital relations for over two years , nnd she nlso told how , when she wns abroad , Bcem in geniously managed to Intercept letters pass ing between her and her attorney , Suthcr land , of Milwaukee , on purely business mat ters , regarding her shnro of the legacy she was trying to get. The committee adjourned without learning anything of much account. A local paper publishes accounts of Beein's queer financial transactions to Into which show him to have been deeply In debt and very despondent when ho left for Nebraska. The paper alleges that ho took $250 from n poor widow to examine the title of some prop erty. She was to pay that amount down if ho found It clear and that ho Used the money , leaving the poor widow penniless. Several other singular transactions nro charged against him in the article. Warning in Ills Will. CHICAGO , May 9. It is asserted to'iilght that the will of General Martin Bcem , whoso mysterious death caused so much comment , contains a note commanding that if anything should happen to him an investigation should bo mado. The will was drawn up less than a wcelc before his death. The probate clerk refuses nn Inspection of the document at present. The peculiar feature of ffio trutrcdy Is the fact that if it is shown that General Beem was murdered , his lifo insur ance can bo collected by his sister in Alton to whom it is payable , but if ns Mrs. Bccm claims ho was not murdered at all but com mitted suicide , his relatives stand no show for the money. Tlio ro'ntivcs appear to be lieve that hn was murdered , and are actively co-operating with the Chicago Union VcU craii league in ferreting out the mystery. ALLISON MEN PLEASED. New Jersey's Delegation Is Said to bo For Him. DES MoixE3 , , Ia. , May 9. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] Private advices received by intimate friends of Senator Allison in this city state that the New Jersey delegation to the Chicago convention chosen to-itay are for Mr. Allison , in case Mr. Phelps is not a can didate. General Sowell , who heads the dele gation , is a stiong Allison man , and favors him for first choice. It is also learned that all of the New York delegates so far chosen are for Allison second choice , their flrst choice being cither Blaine or Dcpcw. Allison men in this vicinity are greatly pleased nt the favorable news from New Jersey , ns it is probable that the course of that state as a doubtful state will have much effect upon other eastern states. A Boom On Natural Gas. JEFFEIISON , In. , Mny 9. [ Spteial to Tnn BEK. ] On Thursday of last week J. H. Gal- lahcr , a citizen of Jefferson sold to a syndi cate 300 acres"of land lying 1ust--wost of the public square six blocks1ho ' 'consideration being $31,000 cash , Last fijl.1 , wjilje workmen were boring a weU in the. schoolhousc yard they hcara a rumbling noise and ceased work. After considering the matter a while a lighted piece of paper was thrown in when an explosion occurred which shook the earth for a distance of 300 feet. This test was tried several times with the same re sult , other experiments followed , nnd lastly the gas was run through pipes some three blocks to the postofllce , where it was left burning for several days and nights. The hole was twenty-two inches in diameter , and by the end of the week and before it wns properly cased it caved in , shutting off the flow. The weather becoming cold , nothing more was done with it. A few weeks after this ono B erly bored a two-inch hole on ills lot just west of the school house and when at tno depth of eighty-eight feet he struck a heavy flow witli a pressure of seventy-two pounds gas press ure as used at gas works. When lighted it burned to a heighth of fifteen feet and about three feet in diameter. Experts have been on the grounds and pronounced it a much purer gas than is found in most places -cast as it contains more oxygen , hence Is a hotter blii/.o ; the flame Is intensely blue. Your reporter is told that the company purchasing the tract of land above referred to intends boring a deep hole to test the quantity of gus. This tract lays entirely within the corporate limits. The impetus that this has given has al ready caused the price of rcalj estate to rise in value. Over &iO,000 worth has changed hands within the last ninety days and alt cady several flue rcisdcnccs are In the course of erection. At this place commencing July 1 nnd con tinuing through the month Is to bo held the state musical normal , under the direction of Prof. Bartlett witli n largo corps of teachers. Already many applications have bscn re ceived for board and fchoinrHhlp from all over this and adjoining states and Is going to bo a grand thing for a town of only two thousand inhabitants. The streets nro all graded , the pavements around the snuaro are all made of concrete , and everything Indicates push and thriftl- ness and if I do not miss my guess this will bo a town of ten thousand inhabitants within the next live years. Supreme Court Decisions. DBS MOINES , la. , May 9. | Special Tolgrnm to the BEE. ] The following decisions were rendered by the supreme court hero to-day : City of Creston vs. N. A. Nyc , appellant , nnd the same vs. same , superior court of Creston and Union district. Affirmed. James Magassell , appellant , vs. R C. Ma- gassell , administrator and George Mngassell , appellant R. C , Magabscll , Cuss circuit. Question of claims reversed , P , Wells vs. Marcus Knvunagh and others , appellants , Boone district , for labor per formed and goods sold and delivered. Af firmed. ' G , A. Ross vs. S , G , Crane , appellant , Hamilton distiict , action for the recovery of personal property. Affirmed. "Vounp Shaffer Bnlcldcs. DPS MOINKB , la. , May 0. [ Special Tele gram to THK BEE. ] Will Shaffer , son of the secretary of the state narlcuitur.il so ciety , committed sulcldo by shooting himself in the head this morning. Ho wns n young man of dissipated habits and has been very wild for the past few months. Last week ho was left in charge of the ofllco whllo his father was out of town , and ho neglected his duties and loft town. Being unwilling to face his father on his return and overcome with remorse ho killed himself at the family resilience , The Government Orders n Suit. SiouxtSirv , In , May 9. [ Special Telegram - gram to THE HUE. ] United States District Attorney Murphy has received instructions from Attorney General Garland to bring suit against the state of Iowa for 21,000 acres of land in O'Brien county. There Is a dispute between the settlers und the Sioux City ft St. Paul railroad company as to the title of these lands , The Peniion Dcllflency. WASHINGTON , May 9. The house commlt- tco on appropriations to-day icsolved to re port the bill appropriating J3 uO,000-to meet the deficiency In the appropriation for the * payment of. army pensions during the 10- inainde'r of the pic ten t ybcal year. FORFEITURE BILL IS PASSED. A Motion to Reconsider Will B < J Voted on To-day. THE TEXT OF THE MEASURE The House Devotes the Dny to Dltn etisslon of tlio Tariff Mcns- uro ly ) Members For anil Against. Senate. WASHINGTON , Mny 9. The senate resumed consideration of tlio railroad land grant for * fclturo bill. Mr. Wilson of Iowa moved to nmcnil the second section , providing tlmt it Bhonld not ripply to nny lands In Iowa on which any per * son In good fMth innde , or lutd nsscrtcd the right to ninlto , pre-emption or homestead , settlement. The nmundmcnt wns agreed to. The bill wns then passed without division. The flrst section declares forfeited to the United States all lands heretofore granted to nny state or to any corporation to aid In the construction of u railroad opposite to and co- terminus with n portion of any such railroad not now completed and In operation , for the construction or benefit of which , lands here tofore hnvo boon granted ; and nil such lands nro declared to bo a part of the publlo domain. The act is not to bo construed ns forfeiting the right of way or depot ground of n railroad company heretofore giauted , nor as limiting the rights grunted to purchasers or settlers by "An act to provide for the adjustment pi land grants made by congress to aid In the construction of railroads , and for the forfeiture of unearned lands , and for other purposes , " approved March S , U8" , or hs re pealing , altering or amending that act , nor ns in any manner affecting any cause of nctlou * existing in favor of any purchaser , nor ia 16 to exempt the lauds of the Ontoiingon & Mar- ( | uotto Railroad company , fifty miles -nest ol Lansing. The second section authorizes persons in pos- sesiou of any such lands , prior tu the 1st of January , IbbS , to purchase them within two years from the United States in quantities not exceeding three hundred and twentyncrcs. at the rate of $2..r 0 per acre. Tills section is not to apply to lands in Iowa on which niiy person made pre-emption or homestead set tlement. The third section refers to the lands of the Noithern i'nciflc Knilroad company , hereto fore forfeited. Tlio fourtli section reserves the right to forfeit other railroad grant lands for any failure , past or future , to comply with stlpu ? luted conditions. The llfth section exempts from the opera tion of the act the grant to the state of Miss issippi for the Gull it Ship Island railway and the grunt to the state of Alub.una for n > railway from the Tennessee river and Guen- tor's landing to Coosa river at Gadsden. The sixth section fixes the prices of oven numbered sections of land within the limits of all forfeited land grants nt $1.20 mi aero. ' The seventh section repeals certain sec tions of land grant acts for Minnesota anil Iowa so far as they require the secretary bt tire interior to reserve any lands but odd sec tions within primary or bix-inlle crant limits. The last section refers especially to tlio lands of the Portuire Luke Canal company. , The animal industry bill went over until to-morrow. The senate then resumed consideration 61 the international copyright bill. After debate - bate the bill was passed yeas 3T , nays 10. The act is to go into effect July 1 , IBbSi On motion of Mr. Spooncr the house bill for the establishment of u life-saving Btatio'n at the harbor of Kewancc , Wis. , was pissed. Mr. Calf moved to rccdnsidcr the vote pass ing the land grant forfeiture bill , so that ho might offer an amendment referring to hinds in Florida. After argument and without action the senate adjourned , leaving the land forfeiture bill to como up again to morrow on the motion to reconsider. , House. ' WASHINGTON , May 9. The bill authorizing the executive departments of the government ; to participate in the centennial exposition of the Ohio valley and central states , to bo held In Cincinnati from Juno to October , 1SSS , was passed , after being amended. It appropriates $ 15.1,000. The conference report was adopted grant * ing to tlio city of Grand Forks , Dak. , author ity to build two free bridges across the * * " " * river. The house then went into committee of the whole , ( Mr. Springer , of Illlnoisin the chair ) on the tnrift bill. Mr. Morrow , of California , concluded his speech in opposition to the bill , addressing himself moic especially to the frco lumber clause ol the measure. Mr. Hooker , of Missouri , spoke in favor of the bill , whllo Mr. Ilouk , of Tennessee , fol lowed with a speech against It. Mr. Wisoof Virginia also favored It , and Mr. Kennedy , of Ohio , denounced the democratic party as ono of free trade. Mr. Houtclle , of Maine , then quoted au thorities in support of his declaration that Garflold was not u member of the Cobdea club. In the same connection ho read a let ter from Mtirat IlnlBtcad , which cxplaine'il the circumstances under which ho became a , member of the club. Mr. Ilynum , of Indiana , cited authorities to show Garflold was then an active member of the Cobdcn club and had accepted a member ship , The committee then rose and the house ad journed. An Inter-Hlnto Amendment. WASHINGTON , May 9. The scnnlo com mittee on inter-stato commerce to day or dered a favorable report upon the amend ment to the sixteenth section of the Inter state commerce law , which section now pro vides for summary proceedings by manda tory or other process by Un ted States cir cuit courts Bitting in equity to enforce any lawful order or requirement of the commis sion. The amendment rontmues the provisions - visions of the section as they now' ' stand ns to any order or requirement of the commiB. slon not founded upon a controversy requlr ing trial by Jury : but ns to matters which , under the constitution , require trial by jury , it Is proposed the commission or any person Interested may imply in ft summary wny to circuit courts Bitting as courts of law , Tha amendment makes provision for a speedy trial of such cases , and piovidcs that on hearing , findings of fact by the commission shall bo primu facie evidence. It also pro vides that the court shall by Its order fix a time for trial not less than twenty nor mom than forty days from the date of the order. PostoDlco WASHINGTON , April 9. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE , ] A postofllco was established , to day at Hhold , Cheyenne county , Nebraska , and Harvey Rundcn appointed postmaster. The following Nebraska postmasters were appointed to-day ; Woodson 6. Ashby , IIIl- dreth , Franklin county , vice Henry I ) , Cas- sol , resigned ; John F. Moore , Homcrvlllo , Gospcr county , vice John W. Martin , re signed j Sylvester Tool , Neal , Dundy county , vice Joseph N. Williamson , resigned ; Fred S. Hakcr , Saint Libory , Howard county , vJi'-o Mrs. firaco Hrudley , resigned. James M , Klerlek was to-day appointed postmiistcr nt Pittsburgh , Van liuren county , Iowa , vice O. S. WilKhiB , icntoicd. Special mall ( -.emoo to Nchawuka , Casu county , Nebraska , will be discontinued from the 14th hist. , uud to liyno , Cubtcr county , fioaiJunouO. Appointment * . WASHINGTON , May 9. The attorney geu oral appointed Frank A Hrunlgan , of Ohio , disbursing and appointment clerk of the de ' partment of justice , vice Jaracs A. 'removed.