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1 The Omaha ; Daily Bee . r ; * . " Wkt U. " \ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA TUESDAY MQRNI&G , JANUARY 28 , 1800. ' NUMBER 210 , ' ASIATIC0 RAILWAY PROBLEM Russia Gomplotloff Her Llnou on the Caspian A PROSPECTIVE GERMAN ROAD t EitKlaml Must Look to Her Laurels Intcrostltic Interview on the " - - Subject With nn Anony mous Diplomat • Itnllrnnd * In Asia [ Oipi/i fait / 1890 1iuJamt Gnrtlon Tiennrlt , ' ] Paius , Jon 27. [ New York Herald Cnblo Special to Tub Hee.1 The Heralds European edition publishes today the follow In p : , • The Paris edition or the Now Herald pub lished January 23 the following editorial ; "Tlio announcement comes from liurlin I that the Germans propose a mall route bo- I tweontho Lnvnnt and Hamburg , and that i Micro will bo likewise a great Gorman rail way Into Asia Minor It is said this project B9 was matorlally advanced in the conferences W between the Emperor William and thn sultan > nt Constantinople What with Russia build ing n railway through Siberia to parallel the Chtnoso froutlor and virtually bring China within the rnngo of her armaments , the I steady movements of the French In the ' Tonquln region , and the quiet advance of , German energy and Intolllgenoo In all parts JJfof Asia , England will hnvo to look out Her npprchendod rival has been Russia , but now that Germany comes to the front the race for ouiplro becomes moro and moro a problem The English , how * ever , uro not without Imporlal wisdom The " y ' [ lia vo never lost nnythlng they held except the United States , and that was not lost by the English , but by a German prlnco who would have his own way In spite of the ablest , Ei/gllshmon / of the tnno It may bo , however - over , that England Is different about Asia , which has bcon thoroughly looted for two , centuries , and Btonds to win on Alrica . _ " \Y lmvo thought that the Herald read [ - crs might bo intorostcd In reading the details - . tails regarding the sorlous nroblom of the ' * Asian railways The question is moreover 1 on'tho carpet At the present moment the Iiusslans are placing in completion their , lines on either side of the Caiplan A Her | aid correspondent accordingly obtained an f interview from a diplomat whoio name may E not bo mentioned , but who Is among the I men in Europe best informed on eastern ! matters and'thorouglily at homo with all the [ i i / rallwuy plans of the pa9t twcnt.yflvo years IMT s The llrst question brought U3 to the root of mf the F "Whnt.ls your opinion on the Hernias K eaitorial'l" T "I think it exact at least In its principal lines For a lung tlmo past . Germany bus seeking now commorclal debouches Sbo been waits with uneasiness the-moment when France , in reviewing her commercial trea ties , will raise her customs tariff * and do- • prlvo Germany of the advantages that coun try enjoys under the clause in the treaty of i Frankfort assuring her the treatment of the most favored nation ' i 1 , ' What was the result of Emperor Will lams interview with the sultan ? " "I cannot say anything decisively , " interrupted ruptod the diplomatist , out the croaliou of railways in Asia is a question altogether too important for Germany not to do her best to obtain concessions She would benefit greatly thereby Austria-Hungary would bo llrst power to profit by a railway con necting Europe and Asia by the way of Con stantinople Now Germany Is Just ba- ktho Austria-Hungary and is much moro of a manufacturing country and moreover the German policy consists in directing her neighbors gaze to ward Sulonico , and anything which will aid her will bo seized upon eagerly by the Berlin cabiuot Huron Bleicnrocdor and ether Berlin bankers are helping along these entrul Asian railways but it is doubt ful whether it is in the true interests of . Germany that they should bo so " "Do you bellovo that railways are soon to lie opened in AbuiI" What railways do you mean ? Do you refer to the Russian or English plans ? Hear in mind that the Iiusslans have bent their attention both to the cast and southeast They have I Siberia and China on the south They have planned lines on cither bordorof tbo Caspian in Turkistan und In the Caucasian region , " What uro these plans ? " Hero my host rose and motioning to n desk of the purest lionalsHninco style , took three i largo maps which ho sordid out on a tabic fc Black , roa and blue lines in any Quantity Hlp" > were marked on the maps 9 See , uoro they are , everyone ono of thom Thcro nro J" " " " * the principal ones This ono that goes from Oromborg to Taschokolt is by M. Joseph Bnrrnndc , and dating from 1875. It was proposed to extend to Tchardjlno by way of Samarkand nud Boharn In 1870 a rival proposal modlllod the touto so that it passed by Iokaterlnbourg Now Oromborg Is , sluco lbil ) , connecting with Moscow , tbo center of the Russian railway system , That line is by M , Hochstotlor , presi dent of the Vicuna Imperial Geographical - , graphical society It passes Ioka- terlubourg , Tloumun , Omsk , Somlpalsllnsk I Verm , ToBchkeut , fc-iunuruknud , Hulkh and Herat , whence it connects with the Anglo Indian system nt Chlkurpoor and Lahorto And these lines to Siberia and China they are a Russian oolonol Uodgauovltch'a , and Baron Dorlchofon's plans The colonel pro posed a line 5b00 kilometers long from , Iokaterlnbourg to l'ckin , passing Troumen , Omsk , TomBk , Irkoutsk and Tohata , with a branch ut irkoutsk running to Vludl- > vostock by way of Nortsohinsk The line planned by Uaron Dorlchofon , pros , • * Ideni of the imperial geographical society of lierlln , goes through the whole of China from Shanghai to Luukow , Wo Thang Sang , Nun Fou Leon , Tchou Fou , San Tchou , Cho i Tchuua , und Khamil , wbcro It bifurcates , ono branch going to Yurkando and Tasch- kent , the ether to Kouldja , Kopol , Omsk and Iokaterlnbourg Of the fourprojectod routes , oil connecting Tuschkent to Poshawcr , the terminus of tlio Anglo-Iudlau system , two * ( cross the Hindoo-Kouth range and tno others , tha Karakoroum mountains , passing 4 through Yurklaud in the Chinese omulro " All these lines appear to mo to have boon planned lu the interest of Russia " Doubtless ; but their execution as far s * soma of thom are eouceruod Is very problem atical For example , China will for u long tlmo to come bo opposed to all plans for roads fc | ' > * that pass through her territory Resales It T will bo nccessnry to take into account the K cottof construction , as It 1 * not In proportion H k , . to the probublo traffic that can bo obtained T % "I am Inclined to bellovo lu the success of projects such as these of Field Marshal Prlnco Uarltousky , which , starting from Astrabln , on tha Caspian sea , passes thorough rough Meacbed Heret and the Uolan pass nnd connects with Moulton and Ismail Knhn with a branch from Herat to the Orensburg line by way of Mcrt Tchard Bokhara , Samarkand and Tnschkcnt , or In the other project of tha English Uaron Renter , from Ilclcht to Bandar Abbas by way of Teheran , Knchan , Ispahan , Chirni ! nnd Luc " "Uut which is the route that has the best chance of coming to something ) " "In my opinion it Is the ono which by the shortest and most direct way pines Hrltlsh India in connootlon with the Modltcrrnnonn basin Ha added , hero you sco marked the as yet unpublished route planned by two young French men which It socms to mo solves the problem perfectly This project unites Constantinople und Smyrna to Lahore nnd Chlcknrhoor That Is to say , Europe and the Mediterranean to the valley of the Ganges , and with H'asken India Tbo line will run llrst from Scutari nud Ismlt nnd thence to Kulsarloli by way of * Angorta , second fiom Smyrna nnd from Alad Chchr to Aflum and Kara , and pro ceed from ICntsar Ych by way of Matatla , Korkouk , Hamadan , Kachen , Tubbcs nnd Herat , with , branches first to Lahore by way of Cabul Dialalabad and Pcchawcr and second end to Cblkapour by way of Kandahar and Parti la This route is completed by another branch starting from DJalalabad by wny of Tnrkand nnd crossing the southern part of China That is to say , the most populous part of the celestial empire Nor is this nil This route includes the ether annexed lines on the north from Herat to Malaten , passing through Mcschcd , Chan * rend , Lelico.li ] , Kasoin , Tabriz and Mouscbe Iho other to be south from Tcherund to Culehan und to Ispban , with branches at first to Klrman , secondly to Chlrar , and if necessary to Unudar and Abbas ; thirdly to Choustor and Dlzful , which may oven bo extended to Hag dad nnd to Moohoul ; and lastly u branch to Kandahar nnd Cabul " "Do you not think that there will bo oppo sition to Biioh a project on the part of Turkey , England and Russia ? ' "It is certain that the subllmo porto will not sco without fear the cstabllsnraent of a great railway route in upper Asia As for the cabinets of London and St Potorshurg , they nro greatly per ploxod They dread the _ sorlous and unfore seen consequences which may result from a chungo that will bring about a veritable economic revolution , and they will hesltato a long while , even in the presence of the per suaslvo effects of marked advantages to bo derived from tlio project England formerly Buspoudod her construc tion of lines from Pochnwer to Cabul In spite of the fact that millions had already been spent on the prollmiuary work Never theless the nations uf Europe have such a great need of new outlets of trade that a speedy solution is imperatively necessary This project , which favors neither Russia nor England , is the only ono upon which thcro is any chance of any agreement Doing made " "If it depended on Russia , what line would sbo adopt ? ' ' ( J"Russia is , above nil , desirous of attract ing tha trade of the countries over hues of communication crossing Turkistan and the Caucauslaus , but It it becomes necessary ' she will consent to n line from Cabul to Con stantinople by wny of Herat , Mcsched , To- heran , Koshvln and Tabriz , because sbo will construct a branch from Herat by way of Mcrv connecting with her lines in Turkistan nnd another branch from Kasvln J > y way of Redout Kalch to Bakou " "Andhow , about England ? " . England would very much prefer a line which , starting from Kuratchl and following the Mokron , would pass thromrh Bandar , Abbas , Uouohlr , Has3ora , Bajdandnndi Allp una tormlnnto at Aloxaudretto Tno reason is that this part of Asia is , as you know , within the zone of her influence For the ' snmo rcason she would favor u line whic h , starting from the Persian gulf , would end at the sea of Cyprus nfter passing through the valley of the Euphrates For such a line , being a shorter route by land , would cost a smaller sum and leave England the advantage , of her naval superiority There nro other projects , but ns you can sco for yourself by rofcronco to thn maps , they all reseinblo , moro or loss , the ones wo have been speaking of , or else nro of secondary Interest " You referred a few minutes ago to an economic rovolutlon What do you mean by the term ? " Very much the snmo as everybody else A great railway line between tbo Indies und the Mediterranean would necessarily call forth very considerable trnfllo and would open n vast field for tbo products of Europe It would thus gtvo moro cohesion ana mora wealth to the Mus- solman states It would result in putting in communication with each other nations . which nature has separated and peoples who are ignorant of each other , and it would create a current of trade of capital Important for the political future of these countries " The conversation continued for u low minutes , but In spite of my cursosity the stut esniun mudo mo understand that our In ter view was at an end , • MARKIHD IX KANSAS CITY Au Omaha Mans Wedding Which Mystifies Kansas City , Kansas CitjMo. . , Jan 27 , | Special Telegram to Tub Beb.1 John L. Kief and James Watson , both of Omaha , came to this city Saturday and went \a the Hotel Bruns wick During tha day Mr Kief wont aown town and purchased several suits of clothes which fact , coupled with a remark Mr Wutson and himself in ado to the clerk of the hotel , led that olllclul to suspect thut u mar riage was in the wind nnd that Kief was the prospective groom This morning tbo two gontlemeu arosa and loft the hotel quito early , wont to the depot und met Kief's ' bride-elect. At 0:30 : a carriage con taining the thrco drove up to the church and they were shown Into the reception room , nnu there were married by Father Glennon Klof was reluctant to glvo any information on the matter , but said that the young lady's ' homo was Grand Island , Neb , and that she was expected to hayo arrived last night , but did not do to , The young lady's numo before her marriage was Herouico Pee and on the marriage license her homo is given as Hull county , Nebraska , and Kiel's us Douglas county Kief U a railroad man , us Is also his friend Watson A Kittnl IiKCHtinul Dlsruso bT PtiEitsnuiio , Jan 27. Advices fioin Astrubad report that Persian Khorassan Is ravaged by un Intestinal disease of excessive fatality Three thousand deaths nro re ported Owing to the scarcity nf doctors the nature of tbo disease Is uuknowu , but is thought to bo cholera Atchison Piililio Hullillnir mil Atchison , Kan , Jan 27. | Special Tele gram to The HEE.-iUnUcd States Senator John J. Incalls writes that the supervising architect of the treasury department has recommended to the house and sonata com mittees that the Atchlsou public building bill bo passed * Wo it Virginia Gubernatorial Content , Ciiaiilcstox , W , Vo , , Jan 27 , The gubar- natorial court met again this morning General - oral St Clair closed the presentation of the Fleming contest THE IOWA DEADLOCK BROKEN A Temporary Organization Effootod in the House TERMS OF THE COMPROMISE They KcNiitt in n Lull Which In Sure to Ho Followed Ily a Storm or Glcimtlo ' Proportions The First rirrnlc Des Moisrs , In , Jan 27. | Special Tele gram to Tnu llrnl The first break iu the deadlock has coma nfter two wcoks Jof Iruit- less balloting for temporary ofllces The house fixed up a compromise today Tbo republicans mndo tha ovorlurcs for the sake of transferring the fight to a permanent basis The situation in this slate is peculiar from the fact that the custom hero has been to elect n set of temporary oftlcors , from speaker down to dooikeeper , and then nfter tbo members had been sworn In , select n now set of permanent oMcluis This year the opposition vote in the house being tbo snmo as the republican vote , there was n tie nt the vocy beginning So that for two whole weeks the bouso has bcon trying to elect these temporary ofllccrs who must bo elected before tbo motnbors could bo recog nized as members or bo sworn in There is no special political advantngo In the oulco of temporary speaker , but the re publicans were afraid that if the democrats bad it they would unseat a number of repub licans on trumped up rhargoS So they re fused to yield until an agreement was made by the democrats that they would not at any the tlmo In session attempt to unseat mem bers on tbo ground of alleged unconstitu tional districts That stipulation was put In writing by the conference committee and agreed to by the democratic caucus , and on that condition the republicans consented to allow a democrat to preside until u perma nent speaker is elected The terms of compromlso include also the selection of a ropubllcnn clerk , ser geant-nt-arms nnd chief doorkeeper The democrats are given the ether minor ofllccrs , but all of thom are only for the temporary porary organization 'Iho caucuses of each party were held this morning , und the terms of the compromise were approved This afternoon there was a great crowd in the house of representatives , the public gen erally expecting that thcro would bo soma lively scenes , but the agreement having been made and approved on each sldo , thcro was no chance for dispute and the session was as happy as a love feast at a campmeet- ing Democrats seconded the motions .of re publicans , and republicans returned the courtesy Everybody was painly polite - lito to everybody else , and a stranger would not have known that two parties were in the chamber , each ready to light at the drop of the hat It was hko the lull before the storm , for the real baltlo of the session la yet to 'bo ; ; fought This compromise ends the first deadlock , but renews the second The house can do nothing now except vote for permanent ptU- cers , and tbo temporary opaakor has been bounb hand and foot by stipulations , so that ho can do nothing except preserve order nnd put motions , However , since the members have bcon sworn in they are not now a town meeting , as they have Dcnn , but are a body with a recog nized legal status The real fight will begin tomorrow when each Bldo will present its own candidate for speaker and the balloting will begin A deadlock is , of course , inevitable for a while , but there is much speculation as to how long it will continue 'Iho republicans have spines as stiff ns ramrods on the question , , and will not yield the sponkerRhip and the control of tbo committees If the deadlock lasts all summer The democrats are going to have great trouble to hold their line It includes ono union labor man and two or throe independents of republican anteced ents , They will got very restive if the dead lock is long protracted , and some repub licans expect them to break away very soon • Tbo republicans will hold a caucus to morrow morning to nominate their permanent officers It looks tonight as if Representative Wilson of Cass county would be nominated for speaker on the theory that ho can capture ono of tbo independent votes and break the second deadlock Uut the feeling among tbo repub licans is that if ho is nominated it must bo with the understanding that if ho doesn't win In a few days ho must stand aside and let some ether ronubllcan try it In that event the republican candidate will bo Luka of Franklin Tbo sonata is waiting for the bouse to organize , having decided that no bills will bo Introduced until tbo organization is made Governor-elect Holes is still waiting at his homo in Waterloo /or u chance to be in augurated , but the letter that ho longs for hasn't coma . A. Compromlso Itenclieil Des Moines , In , Jaiu 27. The caucuses of tbo two parties of the bouso this morning bad not finished consideration of thocompro- ' miso proposed at the tlmo of calling tbo house to order at 10:30 : , so when called to order a recess was taken for an hour to give further tlmo for considering a compromise The caucuses finally agreed to a compromise making Henry S. Wilcox temporary clerk and L. D. Hotchkiss temporary speaker.and this action was submitted to the house On bolng called to order at 11:80 : , the first thins done was the verification of pairs , The caucuses had ugrccd , and the report was presented by lilytho , ns follows : Recognizing the desirability of a'n early permanent organization of tbo house of the Twenty-third general usscmby of Iowa , the republicans who claim to bujjnembors sub mit to their democratic friends who Malm to bo members the following proposition : 1. Thut It Is mutually agreed upon bo- twoeu tbo democrats and republicans claim ing to bo mombers-oleot of the bouso of the Twenty-third general assembly that at no tlmo from the acceptance of this proposition to tbo flnul adjournment of the house , and at no tlmo during tbo Busslon of suld house , will elthor party prevent from voting , un seat , or offer to consider any proposition to unseat , anyone whoso name Is on tbo list prepared by the sourctary of the state of jowa , and now In use for roll calls of this body , on account or any objection to tlio ap portionment act of tha Twantv-tlilrd general assembly , creating u district from which ho was elected 2. That Henry 6. Wilcox bo elected torn porary clerk ; that L. D. Hotchkiss bo elected temporary speaker , and a republican bo elected pro tern ; that D. C. Kolp'bo o' .ectcd temporary assistant clerk : that the repub licans bo allowed to uamo the dooriteepor aud sergeant-ut-arins , the democrats three assistant doorkeepers , each sldo one-half of the necosaary pages and ether oftlcors , said aulccrs und employes to hold during the toruporury organization a Tnat said temporary clerk be Instructed to roccivo certificates of election of persons claiming to bo members of the Twenty-thlrd general assembly , and to make up tbo roll of members by placing upon the roll the names appearing ou tbo list prepared by tbo sec retary of state , and now In use lu roll calls of this body , r - • Ui That a committee of 11 vo , composed of tbo following gentlemen Doleson of Huena Vista , Hobbs of Calhoun , Coylo of Hum boldt , Hamlin of Lynn and Estes of Fre mont bo named by the bouso as a commit tee on credentials ; that said committee bo instructed by this body to report pcrsonB wboso names are entered upon the roll of members of said temporary clerk , as contem plated In tbo preceding soctlon hereof , as moinbors of the Twenty-third general as sembly , each one of whom shall bo entitled to act aud vote on all questions until the - j houo Is permanently orgatilzid nnd the per manent speaker clcctodj'nnfl that each per son whoso name appears upon * said list shall bo sworn In us a moinuor'df ' the Twenty third goncral imatnblV , atul.ihall be n mem ber of Bald house during tha cntlro session until final udjournment , unties unseated by the houBO ufter n regular cohtesl for uuusp ether ttmn objection to thq apportionment net or the TivcntV-tblril general assembly creating the distilct from which ho was olectcd 5. That no objection or protest shall bo made by olthor party to any one Whoso name appears on said list of members , voting on nny question until after , said house is per manently organized olid the permanent speaker elected , i 0. That immediately fnftor the perfection of the permanent organisation of the house n committee on elections shall bo nppolntcd Said committee Bhall consist of six members , thrco of whom sbbil bo republican and thrco democrats ; that nil cases of contested seats shall bo referred , to said committee , nnd none of said contests shall bo tnkon up or acted upon by the house except upon recommendation of a majority of all the inonlbora of said committee The republican nnd democratic members of said committee shall bo chosen by the respective caucuses 7. Attor temporary organization ns herein before provldod has been reached , no other business shall bo iu order except tbo election of permanent speaker nnd the business in cident thcroto , including motions to take a lecoss and udlouru from day to day Additional ngtecinont providing for the appointment of a committee on pairs was presented A roll call was ordorcd on tbo report , and it was unanimously adopted The announce ment of the result ' ( Yas received with np- plauso.v Durlgg the reading of the ugrcc-- ment very close attention was paid by every body The house adjourned until 3 p. m. , when organization will tuicu pinto When called to order . this afternoon the house immediately proceeded to the elec tion of temporary oftlcors as per agreement On motion of Luka , Henry Wilcox wns was elected temporary secretary On mo tion of Dayton , L. D. Hotchkiss was elected temporary speaker • „ Albert Head was made temporary speaker pro torn , and D , C. Kelp assistant secre tary A committee on credentials was appointed as follows : Dobson , Hobbs , Coylo- Hamilton and Estes Credentials were handed in nud the committee wont to work nt once Hotchkiss was sworn in by ox-Govornor Wnldoji The other temporary ofllccrs elected were sworn in and the report of the committee on credentials adopted Tha members then'appoarcd before the bar of the house to subsLribo to tbo oath and were sworn into office flyers of Lucas Introduced a resolution electing the rest of the temporary officers on the republican sldo , ana , lt was adopted Dayton of Alamedo Introduced a similar resolution from the democratic sldo , and it was adopted The temporary oftlcors were then sworn in and the house ndjourncd until tomorrow afternoon , - > * TOSSKD ABOUT THE CHANNEL A Night of Terror Exherlcncd uv tlio Pnssonuers on tlio Istcnmcr Inrltt [ Copyright 1800 bj Jamsi Gordon /femutf.l London , Jan 27. fNew York Herald Cable Special to The bEE.l The Dieppe and Newhavea steamer Paris is now lying In Dover bay The vessel loft Dieppe shortly nfter midnight on Saturday onaro- turn voyage to Ncwhayen She had about fifty passengers on board , of whom a llttlo moro than onc-thlrd were laaios It was blowing a heavy gale nt tbo tlmo she loft the harbor , but it was not * lbougbt to bo suQl- ciont to prevent the , vessel crossing The boat , however , bad dot loftrthiTharbor moro than half an hour wlict it was found that thcro was a tremendous bou running in the channel , and the wind had cither increased terrifically or the harbor bad been sheltered by the land Tbo wind was very nearly west , with a point or two of north in it The wind was lu a direction throwing the whole weight of the sea , which is described , as terrific , on to tbo French shore , and consequently was _ dead against the vessel , which Jrom this tlmo for the next twenty-four hours web aoomed to undergo a most severe testing and frightful voyage Having got so far to sea , nothing could bo dono1 but ucep steadily ahead , which Captain &harpo resolved to do Indeed , there is no doubtthat tbo captains ' action and Keen Judgment throughout kept the vessel from foundblng Steaming slowly across the channel in' a ; fearful sea , the ves- , • scl sometimes rolled almost on beam ends , but nothing serious happened until nearly 4 oclock The vessel , ' was then about thirty miles from * Dieppe , when suddenly A great crashing none was heard in the starboard paddle-box , Tbo worst fears were now entertained and tbo engines were stopped in order to ascertain the cause of the sound , It was already apparent that tbc paddlewheel bad failed , " but the sea was running so high that adequate examination was Impossible It was discovered , however - over , that the paddlo-bix had been ripped up , and from the peculiar indications it was o ' vident that some of the floats and gearing of tha whcol which direots the floats had boon torn away by the fury of the sea which washed up Into tbo paddlcbox The position was n most serious ono , which the passpngers fully roallzod The captain then consulted the officers on the dnngerous position of the vessel It was found that by diivitig the engines some dis aster might happen to tbo ship and she might founder , while on tbo other hand she was ut the mercy of a fearful sea and the vlolenco of a gale blowing dead on the French coast , where not $ q very long ago a siste .r ship of the Paris , namely , the Victoria , cuino to a disastrous end ' ' The ship was lit erally help'css ' end drifted nearer and nearer to land until Capo Gryucz was la dangerous proximity Two courses ' lay open to the enptatn JEither , the vessel ( must go nshoro aud founder , the sou dashing In tremendously blgb nlonjj tbo shore , or the engines mustjbb Used and the risk which previously had boon thought too great must now bo chanced The starling of tha engines by tha chief epgincer cduscd the greatest anxiety It was a o'clootc yvhou the starting of the engines nt the slowest postiblo speed ahead was followed by [ a terrible crash , which slartloa everybody on board , oven the crow The crashing no\80 \ came from the damaged wheel , tlio whole of which is made of steel In this way u night of awful suspense was I sport iu the channel , the vessel 1 being drlftca rather than propelled JuBt before daybreak the lights ofijtho south forolund wore descried and two hours later land was visible Tbo enptaiu-eventually found his way into Dover bay witbolit the aid of a tug and put hiSgVcsscl alongside the Admiralty pier , Crowds of people assembled to wit ness bcr enter the bay andHho landing of the passengers , who were sent to London by special train Tha satjors , some of whom have been crossing the channel twouty or thirty years , doscribu tho'voyago as awful , stating thut they hud never seen such seas Gnorco AiicnstUH pnlu Marrinl ICopi/rfuM 1(00 byJitmcaoi < lun Itennrtt.l Lo.npoNj Jan 27. iNavv York Herald Cable Special to . Tins Uek ] George Augustus rial a has married Miss Besslo St&nnurd , third daughter pf Mr Robert Stannard C , E. Mrs Salu has for soma time acted as occasional amauuuusls to the well known Journulist and Is icrself a clover writer whoso cheerful word I * welcomed by more than one London newspaper " ' TI1E SERVICE PENSION BILL Governor Hovoy In Washington to Work For the Mousuro GRAND ARMY ENDORSEMENTS That Organization I'l'itotlcnlly Unan imous In Kuvor or its Pnsrfnuo Oloes nnd MUsourlas Visit the Capital Wasiiisotox UumuuTtfa Ouitu Bit , ) 313 Fouiiteestu StltEltr , > Wasiiinotov D. C. Jan 27. I Governor Hovoy of Indiana , who Is ono of the leading champions of the interests of soldiers throughout tbo country , and who is president of the Service Pension Association of the Uultod States , arrived hero today Almost 400,000 of the 42',000 , members of the Grand Vrmy posts throughout the country have been heard from on tha Grand Army of the Republic servieo peuslon bill , nnd not n single tiegatlvo expression has boon made Governor Hovoy says that It is n political necosslty that the party now m power should take immcdlato aud fnvornblo notion on this measure ; that the party , in the platform upon which President Harrison was elected , made certain pledges to the soldiers , and this proposition is the most oqultablo and satisfactory way In which the pledges can bo fulfilled If this measure Is udoptcd by con gress ho says that it will bo In sharp contrast to the Instructions by President Clevolaud to the house committee on invalid pensions to take no action upon a service pension bill iu the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congresses , so that the surplus in the treasury might pile up and there would boa soamlngdemand for a reduction of the tariff Governor Hovey will have a conference with the republicans of tha house committee on invalid pensions and nthor leaders of both houses of congress with a view to concerted and harmonious action upon this measure at nn early day The governor advocates the measure , which has been endorsed oy about olgnteon hun dred Grand Army posts throughout the country , nnd ho has the endorsements with him The manuscript of thom weighs al most seventy-flvo pounds These ho will present to the house committee on invalid pensions Iho governor will ask to hnvo presented in the bouso a synopsis of the en dorsement given by the Grand Army posts , showing tbo name of each post which has up to the present tlmo passed unanimously resolutions endorsing , the bill , Tbo Bvnopsis of the endorsements which precedes the long list of posts which have passed resolutions is as follows : Resolutions of various posts of tbo Grand Army of tha llopubjio approving nnd oudois- ing our anpcul to the loyal people of the United States and their representatives in congress by Alviu P. Hovoy , president of the Servieo Pension Association of the United States and proving the Flf ty-flrst congress of the United States to pass an act giving to every soldier , sailor and marino who Berved in the army or navy of the United States between April , 1861 , and July , 1800 , for the period of Bixty dnya or more a service pen sion of t $ per mouth , and to all who served a period of SOO days nn additional amount of 1 cent per day for each days service exceed ing that-period. " , In accordance with the resolutions of the Grand Army of theRe public passed at Columbus , O. , in September , 188S , and Milwaukee , WiB , April , 1889. Besides tbo seventeen or eighteen hundred endorsements already roccivcd from Grand Army posts the governor says that there are on the way hero probably three or four hundred moro endorsements from as mu.ny posts Forty six Grand Army posts in Nebraska have passed resolutions unanimously oudorsing this measure und sixty-olght Grand Army posts in Iowa have taken the Biuno action Undoubtedly the members of these posts hold the balance of political power , und they will bo glad to learn not only that Governor Hovoy is here woiking in their interest , but that the republicans in both houses of con gress are in accord with tbo resolution OTOES AND MISSOUKIAS A delegation of Indians whoso faces would bo familiar to many Nebraskans wandered nrouDd tbo capltol today , looking at the pic tures on the wnlls and aimlessly staring ut the proceedings on the iloor of the two houses of congress They were Otoes and Mlssourlaa About 1 o'clock they called upon SouatoiMacdcrson for nsBlstauco in securing a bearing at the interior depurt- mont The Otoes and Missourhis , which cro now substantially ono tribe of Indians , were formerly residents of Nebraska About nine years ago they loft that state and wont to tbo Otoo reservation in the Indian terri tory , where they now reside They number about tbreo hundred and forty men , women and children Under the provisions of tbo law the lands formerly owned by tha tribe In Nebraska were ordered sold There seems to bo considerable misunderstanding or a look of knowledge on tbo part of these Indians as to the condition of affairs con cerning their lands The tribe has sent hero George Arkckfab , head chief , Big Boar , second chlof , James Whitewater and the In terpreter , Dadisti Deroin , for the purpo3o of presenting to the commissioner of Indian affairs the condition and needs of tbo trlbo and to obtain detailed information as to the proceeds of their lands and whatever money there may bo from other sources to which they are entitled ; Tboy also want to pay their rcspocts to the secretary of the inter ior , nnd later in the afternoon they called at the department 1ULI.S IXTnODUCEP Mr Dorsoy introduced a bill in tlio house today extending tno tlmo of payment to pur chasers of land of the Omaha tribe of In dians in Nebraska to December , lb'Jl , and making them tnxablo ; also a bill amending an act entitled "An act for the relief of cer tain settlers on publio lands and to provide fortha repayment of certain fees , purchase money and for commissions paid on void ontnils of public lands , approved Juno 10 , 18S0. " Ho nso ) Introduced bills to pension John D. Mono and J. Fisher of Nebraska , Mr Strublo of the Sioux City district In- troauced a bill establishing the ufllco of com missioner of immigration , such oQlcor to receive a salary of (1,500 a year , whoso duties Bhall bo to see that the Immigra tion laws are enforced and Chincso kept out of this country ; also a bill prohibiting the transportation of intoxicating liquors from any state or territory of the United States or the District of'Colum bia into any ether state or territory contrary to and in violation of the laws thereof meaning states with prohibition laws and a bill restoring the names of widows of union oflicers , BOldiors aud sailors of the Into war to the pension roll Mr Henderson of Iowa introduced a bill making St mandatory upon governors of states and territories to not only issue requisitions upon the production of testimony that a fugi tive from Justice is wanted tor a crlma murder , urson , forcery , etc by the author ities in ether commonwealths , but to glvo all necessary assistance iu the apprehension of , the person whoso arrest is doslrud , the cost of the same to bo charged to the state or ter ritory demanding possession pf the criminal AlTEIl 1'L'llLIO I.ANI1 IlECEIVBI1S. The Investigation made by the intorlor de partment nf the rocaivcrs of land ofllces , which resulted in several bolng removed , has tuusod a suspension of confirmations by thu senate Secretary Noble today requested Senator Plumb , chairman of tbo committee on publio lands , to hold up all continuations of receivers until the investigation is com pleted and n report made upon which a bill can bo fruinod to prevent the occurrences in tbo laud olUccs JJI8CKM..INEOU3. L. Wotscl , Jr , of Lincoln , editor of the Caoltal City Courier , and Edward Wessol , nlso of Lincoln , paid a social call to Tun Be * bureau this evening Tbo special mall service at F&irwell , Palo Alto county , Iowa , will bo discontinued after Foorjuitry 27 next Pnnnv S , Heath , a chini ; i : kioic The C'lostln ! Minister MnkcR n Howl Ahout the Broken Treaty Washington , ilnn , 27. 'lbo president to day sen , ' , to tlio sonnto the correspondence betweor , the state dcp.utmout and the Chi ncso government , the substance of which took plat , during Mr Cleveland's adminis tration , t lias been published from tlmo to tlmo 'J'h uly now fcaturo is n letter from Chang Yt • < eon , Chincso minister , to Sec retary Ulului , July 8 , lbSJ In the letter the mltiistor says : "In my country wo hnvo nctod upon o conviction Hint wtoio two nations enter upon treaty stipulations tlcy ( form a sacred contract from which they could not bo honorably discharged except through friendly negotiations and now ngrco- nients 1 was therefore not prepared to learn through the medium of thnt great tribunal ( tlio United States supreme court ) that theio was n wny whereby jour govern ment could release itself from treaty obliga tions without consultation with or thu consent of the other imrty When It Is romouibcrud that treaty relations were established ut Urn express solicitation of your government aud thut its every request for further stipula tions have been mot in the highest spirit of complaisance , I think you must sympathize with my ustonlshmontthnt that body , which Itself lultlatod this policy and which repre sents the intelligence nud Justice of the great American pcoplo , should tr.unplo these treaties under foot nnd grossly offend a na tion which always held these compacts in sacred esteem I trust some way will bo found whereby the hasty action of congress may bo undone , the wrong and dninngo to thousands of my countrymen nvoktod nnd the high uffrout to the Chinese govorumont nnd people removed " In tlio ourlier correspondence tbo minister complains to Sccrotary Hayurd that ho hud ussurod him ( the lninislor ) that the presi dent would vote nny Buch legislation In re ply Uaynrd demos any such aBsuranco and Informs him that the act passed congress with Buch unanimity ns to palpably render a vote wholly futile THE OMAHA IOBiuFFlCK A Favorable Ilcpoi-t to tlio Scnnto on the Increnso Hill WAsnmoTON , Jan 27. | Spcclal Telegram to The Bee.J Senator Spoonor , from the committee on public buildings und grounds , today reported with fuvorablo recommenda tion , the bill incronslng from $1,200,000 to $2,000,000 the cost of the site und super struction for the publio building ut Omaha It Is accompanied by a letter from Supervising Architect Wiudrlm who says : "It was found necessary to request the department of Justice to institute pro ceedings in condemnation against the prop erty selected as a site for the buildiug , and from information re ceived it appears that the aggrcgato of the awards of damages und costs in con demnation against Bald property will equal the amount of the cost placed by the act of January 21 , 1339. From information verbally rocolved 1 am of the opinion thut to provide proper accommodations for the present and prospective needs , the appropriation should bo extended as proposed Suould the limit of cost bo thus extended , a publio building nbout 200 feet by 230 foct , three stories high , with basement - mont and * attic , of fireproof con struction , including heating apparatus , lira pnfof vaults , clavutors and approaches , which would afford all umplo .accommoda tions , can bo constructed within the amount remaining after payment is made tor the site " MAtsY NOMINATIONS JIADK A Lone List fiont to the Senate by Iho IrcsUlont Washington , Jan 27 , The president to day sent to the senate the following nomi nations : Augustine Heard of Massachusetts , minister resldont and consul general to Corea ; Louis Gottscbalk of California , con sul at Stuttgart ; John F. Winter of Illinois , consul at Manhelm ; Richard Guonthcrof Wisconsin , consul general at the City of Mcjiico ; 'Jhomas McDcrmottof Tennessee , conBUl at St Thomas West Indies ; George M. Pepper of Ohio , consul at Milan ; Samuel Bailey , Jr , assistant treasurer of the United States at Cincinnati ; John E. Haggart United States marshal for North Dakota ; Elihu Colman , United States nttorno.v for the eastern district of Wisconsin Posttnnsteia in Nebraska Charles K Wood , North Pintle ; George M. Prentieo , Fairlield ; Samuel i _ , Brown , Jr , David City Grcnxor Quarantine on Our ( log ) , Washinoton , Jon 27. Secretary Husk was today interviewed In relation to the recent - cent quarantine restrictions placed by the Mexican government upon hogs shipped from this country Ho said the trade was a largo and increasiDg Ono and { bo inspection fees would practically destroy it If they were continued Ho hud lulu the matter before the state department Asked if ho intended retaliating , by placing restrictions on the Mexican cattle trade , the secretary was non committal , hut stated that the department hud frequently been urged to plueo a three months quarautlno on all cattle imported from Mexico in order to avoid the introduc tion of disease He thought a regulation of this character Justifiable on sauitury grounds House Committee on Itulcp Washinoton , Jan 27. Mr Hitt's resolu tion to Increase the membership of the worlds ' fair committee from nine to thirteen and Instructing it to report to tbo bouse In tbreo days was dlsoussnd for a few mluutes this morning by tha house oommtttoo on rules , but was allowed to go over without action The committee then turned its attention to the new cede of rules und pro gressed so fur toward its completion us to indicate a report to the house within a day or two , Ktf uiiiHiiii ) Arrivals At Glasgow The Norwegian , from Bos ton ton.At At JjLondon The | Aranmoro , from Balti more At Now York Lu Chumpagno , from Havre ; the Russia , from Hamburg At Philadelphia The Lord dough , from Liverpool At Baltimore Tbc ftllssouri , from Lon don The Weather Pnrfoiflt , Tor Omaha and vicinity Fair weather For Nebraska Fair weather , winds shift ing to easterly and southerly ; slightly warmer For Iowa Fair weather , winds shifting to easterly nnd southerly ; slightly warmer For South DaKota Fair ; warmer ; south erly winds Tlio K' .o Grnndo Acntn Hlookai ed lliixvEit , Cole , , Jan 27. A heavy snow today again tilled tha cuts and caused a blockndo on the Rio Urundo road bctvycon Alamosa and Durango , which probably will not bo raised for several days , houth Park trains arc blockaded at Konoslu Hill , The drifts are fourteen feet deep The WcHlcrn bnovvWooknile PoiiTLiNP , Ore , Jan 37. The blockndo ull along tbo line of thu Union Pacific Is re ported raised again A through train urnved this evening On tbo Southern Puclllo the blockndo romalns unbroken and there is no immediate prospect of Its being ralsod , Wholesale ISviatlonslii Inninvlvnnlu PuN bt'TAWNur , Pa , , Jau , 27. The sheriff evicted nineteen families at Watston and Adrian today There was no excitement Tbo miners do not seotn at all discouraged by the wucleiulo evictions DASHED OFF A HIGH HESRE , Terrible Plunffoof ttPna3onsor Train Into a Crook SEVEN KILLED AND MANY HURT The Cnrs Take lrlre .nnd Are Con * sinned Itol'oro All the Bodies Could Ho lti < suuod--Tho Month Holt CniiHrd by Spri'iutlng Rails Indianapolis , Intl , Jan 37. The passon- gcr train on thu Motion route which loft Chicago Sunday night , was wrecked nt7ft0 : this morning ono mile nhove Carincl , u vil lage sixteen miles north of this city Tlio train was running nt a rapid rate nui wns approaching a long trestle across Wll- kcison creek , when the tender of the cnglno Jumped the trnclc 'Iho onglncor reversed his engine , but before the mr bruKos could check the Bpcrd of the train , the locomotlya und baggngo car had cleared the trestle , but four conches went over into the crook The ladles couch Immediately caught Uro and In a short tnno wns reduced to ashes Fortunate ' for the occupants of this conch , train f > 3 , which left this city for Chicago cage at 7 : . ' ] 0 , had been ordered to meet the wrecked train ut Curmol , und us soon ns word of the wreck was received the passougers hurried to the scone una went to work rescu ing the occupants of the burning car A horrible scene mot their eyes In plain view of nil wuro two boys and a womuu They wore dead , but their bodies were being rapidly consumed An arm of ono projected through the sldo of the car and could bo touched by these on the outside , but the opening was not lnrgo enough to draw th body through Immediately in front of the boy was n lady Who got on the train ut Frankfort and is jet unidentified Her body wus enveloped In flumes , but there was no possible wny to get her out of the burning coach , Across from this lady was Mrs Euabauks of Uroad Hippie , Ind Her head was horribly crushed A braiconiuu and a passenger seized her by the arm nud by a ucsperato effort pulled the body through the window , bbo lived only a few minutes nfter being taken out • Another of the rescued -vho lias sluco died wns Mr Demlng or Sheriduu Ho was pin ioned to the iloor by falling timbers nud horribly ribly crushed , Some men seized bun , and oftor a few minutes work cut away the tlmbeis that held the body , which was removed to the north sldo of the track There was no modlcal aid and the man died in a few minutes Buckets having been sccurca from farm bousos near by the flames were soon sub dued and prevented from communicating to tbo sleeper and other coaches As soon as it was possible to dojso a search was mudo for other deud ' The body of a woman , Identified as Mrs Lizzie Fitzpatrick of this city , was found It was burned to a crisp t The Oldliam children were found sldo by sldo , the heavy steve lying aero is thei ? bodies W. J..Collins of the Indioiiapolls Sentinel , * who was on the train , furnishes tbo fol lowing accurate list of the dead and ia- < - . . Jurcd THE DEAD MRS NELLIE ENBANK , Broad Ripple C. O. DEMING , Frankfort , Ind * MRS D. S. OLUHAMS and twin chil dren , Sheridan MISS MARY HOOVER , Horton MRS HATTIE HENSLEY , Cyolouo THE INIUUBII J. D. Pemison , Sheridan , lud , right shoul der and arm crushed ; injured internally H , C. Mn.i.KU , Now York city , commercial traveler , badly cut and bruised , right leg crushed ; cannot live Louis Newman , lutornal Injuilcs GuoitaE MUNaitn , express agent , foot badly crushed CiiAiiLES G. Whit , Frankfort , bruised on , the bond and hips B. S. Wih/ett , Indianapolis , head badly cut and back severely wrenched , * J. P. At/MEit , bruised nbout head and back serious G. W. STi.vaKi.L , Hossvillc , legs cut , arms sevcroly bruised and back Injured lUiutv Esule , son of conductor , elbow cut off and bond cut , Eight otpers rocolved slighter injuries Investigation rcvcalod that tbo accident Is duo to the spreading of the rails ubout 150 foct from the trestle The repair of thia section of the track was < done Saturday Two Additional Fntnlltit'R , Chicago , Jan 27 , Adaitlonal particulars of the accident to tha passenger train on the - Monou route wrecked near Carmcl , Ind , add two moro to the list of these hilled , while thu list of these " injured will probably bo increased Up to this hour tbo names of the two additional killed have not been ascertained The officials ot the roud hero say'thnt tha train was going quito slowly whun it struck the bioken mil The euglno got clear over , tha cars Immediately next to it toppling over on thu Incline , and taking fire , whether from lamps or stoves has not yet boon ascertained No 2 train , arriving ou the scene of tha , uccldont shortly afterwards , thq dead and wounded were put on board and taken back to Iudlnnapolls The wrecked train was not u vestibule , Noaily all of the killed wore in the sleeper , which wus among the flint of the cars to tnkaflio 'ilia ' curs are almost totally con sumed Immediately on hearing of the accident Boveral officials of the Monou route , includ ing Superintendent Woodward and Dr Davy , surgeon-general of the road , left for Carmel to render all assistance possible to the sufferers Not I'roNlilent IngnllM Cincinnati , O , , Jan , 27 , The report that M , E. Incalls was among the injured In tha Monou wreck this morning at Curmol , Ind , guvo risu to the supposition that it was President Ingalls oMho Big Four road , This Is wrongas Mr , Itigullshas been in the east for two weeks , and loft Washington thla morning for New York nircl nl' lliiliInjiirlns. . Denveii , Cole , Jun 27 , Englnoor French and Fireman Richmond , who were seulijoj Saturduy ululit in the railroad accident near Berthoud , have died from their injuries , KeleaHtMl from Hlbirlu , BninoEi'OUT , Conn , Jan 27. Hormnn KomiKJiislil , n naturalized citizen , visited Russia a year ago , wus arrested for evasion of the military law and banished to SIbiia Sccrotary Ulalna aemauded bis rolcaso.and a cablegram was * received hero todhy announc ing that bo had been set frco National Htilltloi-H and O' nrnutoro ' • * St Paui , Minn , Jan , 27. The fourth au- nual convention of tbo National Associa tion of Builders and Contractors opened hero toduy , m TlicwP'Iro Hcoorl Ihii'emino , Mich , , Jan 27 , The iron store ol Meiers & Co , uuravd this morning Lo s. 160,000. ,