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t - THE OMAHA i DAILY BEE * I TW KNT Y-SKCOM ) Y HA K. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOVING , FI3H11UARY 8 , 1893. NUiMHKR 232. THEY ALL KNEW IT i Lincoln is Full of Men Who Foretold the flection of Judge Allen. SEVERAL HUNDRED WHO DID THE TRICK Patriots Whoas Personal Influence Ended the Contest Now Come Forward. BOYD AND MORTON IN A CLOSE RACE Daraocratic Leaders Looking for a Cinch Hold on the Now Senator. ' CAPTIVATING WILES OF THE SCHEMERS How They Planned to llnterlnln the Snc- te-HHfiil Candidate Member * of till ! Third HOIIHII Dexertlntl.lneiiln l.llllo l.e lxlallim IHilled for. LINTOLN. Nob. , Feb. 7. [ Special Tele gram to 'I'm : Hir. : . | It is not overestimating Iho number lo say that a thousand post mortems have been held on thu senatorial result this afternoon and evening. Nine out of every ten of the participants in these dis cussions say , "I told , \ou so , " and refer lo Ihe enmity that lias all along been mani fested between Paddock and Thurston. The outcome is no surprise lo the many who have feared from Ihe start that this feeling of bitterness would result in these two candidates racing down the stretch neck nnd neck , each refusing toleld . a point or concede anything to the other , and thus courting Inevitable defeat. Senator Paddock loft for his homo nt Beatrice this afternoon and It is staled that ho will remain there. He informed a friend before leaving the city thai ho would not rulurn to Washington , as he did not feel like meeting his follow senators and receiving their expressions of condolence over his defeat. Mr. Thurston Jlknwlse packed his grip and started for home as soon as the batlle was decided. One nftlift Pleasures. On the other hand. Judge Allen is Ihe hereof of Ihe hour Hu has already begun lo find out what it means to bo elected to such a position , as his room at Iho Lindell has been the objective point of oftlee seekers of ovcry description from the very moment that the result of the decisive ballot was announced. It would surprise ono lo see Iho num ber nnd character of the Individuals who foci that they have some claim Upon him , or at least seek to jnakc him think that tlie.v have. Even Iho man who delivered the telegram to him a week Ago , requesting his presence here , in in the Held with a petition asking for an appointment and his solo reason for pressing such a request.is that ho delivered the tele gram. Of course the majority of thu appli cants are populists , but th' democrats urn not at all backward about calling , , "just to get acquainted. " They arc all pleasantly received , although it can no nothing less than annoying lo have such mailers pressed at this timo. Charges ol'Treaehery. The friends of Senator Paddock are charg ing that the republicans didn't give him the support that had been promised him by thu caucus , and they are urging this as the reason that ho was unable to carry out his agreement. They siy : that had all the re publicans voted for Paddoi'k as their names I were called he would have been able to turn i over votes that hu had on the outside , but ' no one lakes any stock In any of the.so asser- ; tlous. There is reason to believe that the ' _ , friends of the other candidates did what they could to prevent his securing any votes from cither of the other parlies , jusl as hit friends did lo prevent Thurston from secur ing any such voles while ho was Ihe caucus nominee. Misery for Ihe Democrats. I' ' It need not be supposed thai Iho legisla tive Held will bo featureless now that Ihe senatorial fight Is out of the way. The de cision of that bus turned thu demoernth hordes loose in Ihe scramble for federal up- ( ointments anil has renewed the light be tween the bourbon loaders for the position ol patronage dispenser. Boyd and Morton are falling over each other in ix mad rush to gah the Inside truck loading up to the udniini * tratlvo oars , Boyd Is apparently comfort ably In thu lead so far as personal favor will the next president is concerned , but there an ( several other strings lo bo pulled , and MerIon Ion is reaching for Ihnm. The undlgnillei scramble Is a sight to behold. It Is laugh able to see how each Is trying to got hold o Allen and carry the senator-elect down li Washington us his personal property , and so euro the credit for bis election. As soon as the result was announce ! Frank Morrissey , the ex-governor's ex-sec rotary , telegraphed congratulations to tin big guns at WasliingtunVtind a short timt afterward Boyd and Judge Crawford held at Interview with the senator-elect and eu deavored to sign him lo an agreement as ti what course he would pursue in the matte of organizing the senate' . It is staled tha they were unsuccessful in pinning him dowi to what tho.\ wanted , hut they sent a tele gram lo Cleveland announcing that they Inn signed the senator In a satisfactory manner pledging his support to a Cluvehuul organ ( gallon of llici senate. .Morton's * : ier Counter. As soon as Merion heard of that he at ranged for a dinner , to bo given at the res ! itenco of Andruw Jackson Sawyer this even ing , at which Allen and a choice assortmen of Morlonltes were to bo the guests. H nlso sent n telegram or Iwo , Inslrtictlni friends at Washington that the senator-eloo was his meat , and that he was the piwii cause of Ihe combination between thu ileinu cruts and Independents. Bovd heard of the dinner party , and feat lug that the enemy would Hnd a shorl cut I presidential favor b > way of thu senatorla stomach , sent word to the * democratic still central committee and arrangements wer speodllj under war looking to a trip I Washington , on which the sunntor-elcc wruild bo thu honored guest of Iho commit tee. tee.Morton Morton heard of this move shortly bofor midnight , and the Indications noiv are tha nil the roads between here and the nation : ) capital will bo lllled with special jiolitlca trains within the next two weeks. All Aru 1'rlentU XIMV. Boyd and Morton met this afternoon am spoke to each oilier for Iho Hrsl time fo many a day. It \\as given out that th packing house and-slolter house" faction did then and therebur. . \ Ihe hatchet , hut i was a noticeable fact timt the intermen mis conducted In such a manner that hot ! handle and helve of the bloody weapon wer both left above ground and both Morton an Boyd retained n llghl trillion Iholmplemenl not necessarily as an Indication of furthe warfare , but us a guaranty of good faith. There is a general expression of satlafai Uoii over the election of Allen. Populn Judgment Is th-.it he is by nil odd * the lies man In bin party , and that he is iiltogolbe too broad minded to misrepresent Iho grea state of Nebraska. .Mnjurn. ( lenenilly Censured. While all uuito in congratulating Allan they are nlso practically n unit In condemn ing Lieutenant Governor Majors for his out rageously rank mllnps. llois censured as freely by republicans ns by those of different iwllticnl faith. His course In so flagrantly attempting to thwart the will of the major ity is upheld by none. Even the political heelers , who swarm here In Ihe hope of se curing a crumb or Iwo from the legislative table arc silent whrn the subject Is men tioned , though probably out of deference to the howling tide of public sentiment rather than to their own notions of light and Jus tice. tice.This has been n cold day for those fellows. Ono of the results of todav's Joint ballot will bo a declination of the lobby. The hangers- on are already leaving and there will be a gaping hole In the ranks of these barnacles within the next forty-eight hours. They have been patiently walling for a month for a chance lo fasten upon the public crib , but the action taken today was tiie destruction of their last hope. Tlify have been depend ing on a windfall that will not come. Senators Killing Time. There is little prospect that nn.vtnlng will bo accomplished this session in the wav of legislation , as the senate Is a graveyard thai will double discount the upper house of any former legislature in that respect. Members of Iho house are lamenllng their inability to have house measures brought up there , and the indications are that they will continue to wall. Every move made by the senate Is apparently for the purpose of killing time. Tlio disposition of Douulas county cases Is tin Indication of the methods that may bo counted on to prevail lliero for Iho remain der of Iho session. Hoiv not to legislate is the constant study of the corporation engineers who have the management of that legislative craft. The house la by far the better body this yoar. Looking After Allen's Krmliie. Governor Crounsi * was apprised of the fact this afternoon that he was called upon to appoint a successor on the bench lo Judge Allen. Ho was waited upon l > y two aspir ants for the place , who wore apprised by wire this morning that something was liable to happen , and -the.1 , hurried in by Ihe first train. They are Isaac Powers of Norfolk , who was defeated by Allen , ami Jackson of Neiigh. The Morton crowd concedes tonight that Senator North will receive the appointment to the international revenue collcctorsliip , on which his heart has been set over since Iho election. Morion's I.ltllo ( Inme. Mr. Morton is congratulallng himself that ho brought Allen into the senatorial race , Ho says he telegraphed him a week ago to como down to Lincoln. This is probably Irue , but Merion did not call for Allen to como to Lincoln to be elected , but only wanted to use him to consolidate the popu lists in order to foreo the republicans to throw to Morton. If Morton had really wanted to help Allen hu could have made "ilin Saturday by getting one of the three Otoo county members to give Allen one vote. But ho hold all three of them over Saturday and Monday , while his corpora tion friends were ma Icing a desperate on slaught on the republicans and sought to coax , bully and frighten them into a com bine that would throw Allen and elect Mor ton. This is Ihe true Inwardness of the lemo-popullst deadlock which came near knocking Judge Allen's chances Into n cocked hat. A handsome vase of ( lowers graced Howe's desk in the afternoon. It was sent in by half a dozen of the Independents and demo crats as a token of their appreciation of the stand taken by him during the joint con vention when the lieutenant governor at- lempled to override the will of the ma jority. .i : AI.I.UN INI'IKVII\VII : ) . Kxpresshin ( if Hut Private Vletrx of the. Seimlor-iiee.t. : LIXCOI.N , Neb. , Feb. 7 , [ Special Telegram toTiiBBnc.J A representative of Tnr. HUB called upon Judge Allen at his room tonight and , in spite of the anxiety of a score or moro people , ambitious place hunters , to force themselves upon his attention , man aged to cot a few moments conversation with him. In response to a query as to his former political aflllialions , the senator- elect stated that ho had always been a re publican with strong anil-monopolist tenden cies. Ho voted for.Tllden in 1870 , but voted the republican ticket at oilier elections , bolh before and since that memorable campaign. "In 1873 , " said the judge , "I was nomi nated for congress by a combination of demo crats and anti-monopolists in the Fourth Iowa district. This explains the stories to the effect that while I resided in Iowa I was a odomocr.itic candidate for congress. The nomination came to mu entirely unsought , and was given to me moro inn complimentary sense on account of my well known antimonopoly - monopoly sentiments. 1 am constitutionally nn anti-monopolist. For a number of years 1 have realized that the tendency of the re publican party was toward ccntrali/alion and monopoly control , and I ceased to act with the party four years ago. When HeV n Over. "I was one of Iho number of republicans who with General Leeso sought to Introduce - duce the anti-monopoly Idea to Iho repub lican party and to loosen the grasp of the corporation on thu organisation. When it became evident to mo that the corporations had captured the party I openly and avowedly became a member of the peonlo's Independent party. I am in full sympathy with the principles advocated by that party. " Prominent democratic leaders have opc-nly boasted tonight that they held Judge Allen's written pledge to act with the democratic party in the organi/jitlon of the next United Stales senate and to Join wilh timt party in Iho support of the administrative measures , Referring to these statements the senator said : Has .Millie No I'leiljje * . ' No man holds a written pledge from mi regarding the distribution of patronage 01 thoorgaiil/.ntiim of the senate. I have said to some gentlemen In regard to the organ ! zillion of Iho senato. in jny judgment , it was my duty to asslsl the dominant party anil also give it conscientious sumiorl In all ad ministrative measures ana afford It a full opportunity to make its government a sue- cess. Any further than that I was at per fect liberty to pursue such coin-so as 1 thought proper. I twllovo thai any ad minis- Irulion should not be obstrucled in Iho fair conduct of the government and that it shoah ! be given a full and Just opportunity in con sequence of its blng ch irgod with the ro- siKinsibllity of the conduct of the govern incut. " 1 may add thai 1 am in full sympathy will the administration on the tariff question. 1 favor the five coinage of silver , and in tht < respect I iniiv differ with the administra tion. 1 have had , of course.no time lo give the mailer of specillc legislation any con sldoratlon and can only express my views along Ihe general lines. tins I.ols nl Work Ahead. "I will return homo tomorrow. 1 have : great deal of work to do before I can laj down the oflleo I hold as Judge of Ihe Nintl Judicial district. There are mnn.\ important cases under advisement , which 1 will , o necessity ho compelled to Investigate befoti 1 can roach a decision upon them. Afiui this work is llnished 1 shall tender my res Ignation. lexpecltogo to Washington a1 the inaugoratiim of Cleveland and to bo in the executive session of the sonale imuiodl ately afler Iho Inaugurailoii.1 G'.J ic.mo'x coi.n .s.v.i / * . .Much Ineiiiuepleiieeuiiil SiittVrlng Caused li the City. CHICAOO , 1U. , Fob. 7. To.lav has been Ihe coldest of all cold dajs this city has ex perlenccd for several years. The mercur ; yesterday stood allt ) = ab.ixooro and till morning it was 10 = below , a drop of W ) = h a litllo less than ten hours. Todav U crawlei up in a weary sort of way until n p. m. , am Ihen il bciran to slip down again. At U ) o'clock tonight it U 1' ' = below a > n and going lower The street depart men has boon-working desperately in opcnimr ui thu frozen catch basins , anil ll Is now belie lie veil thai there is no danger of u Hood re Bulling from a sudden thaw. ARGENTINA IS IN TROUBLE Politiui Around Buenos Ayres Amount Almost to Open Warfare. MAY DECLARE A STATE OF SIEGE rrrnlilent I'vim U Surely Tried ' ' } ' Ills facllllciiM Siibjeets HumlMililt'n t'olan- Isis l'p In Iteliellliin Against u XVIicat Tin ( 'llllhlll Notes. ltn.l tin .titinc * Gortlnn Hsiui'lM V.M.I'AHAI O , Chill , ( via Galvcston , Tex. ) , Feb. 7. [ By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald Special to Tin : lien. ] Unhappy Argentina's troubles Increase each day. I hnvu news that it limy again beeonio neces sary to place Buenos Ayres under n state of siege , while at Santa Fo : i,000 members of the H'jmboldt colony are utnler arms anil t'ureateii an open declaration of war against the operation of the wheat tax. The latest troubles at Buenos Ayres began on Saturday , when many rumors that revolution was iibout to bo begun were circulated. President Saenz Pena was tit his country homo but when ho heard of the alarm caused by the rumors of revolution he hastened to the city and called out the military and police to suppress the threatened outbreak. These measures restored quiet. The alarm in Buenos Ayres was caused by a revolution against the governor of the provineo of .Itijuy. l > ( l II Oil tile ( illVCriimeilt. ( t is probable that fear that the revo lution would spread caused the alarm in liuenos Ayres and arfiused the president to such activity. Commercial transactions had almost ceased on account of the disturbed condition of affairs , and the government was condemned on all sides. It was declared to bo responsible for the de plorable condition of the country , which causes every rumor of revolution to be almost as disastrous to business as an open outbreak would be. Although the establishment of .1 military guard at the capital lias restored quiet , the ministerial crisis has not been passed , and there are prospects that the city will bo de clared under a state of siege. General Mitro has declined to hold u con ference with 1'reaidcnt Saenz Pcua concern ing the present crisis on the ground that lie is too til to do so. Object l < > thn Whnit TUT. The trouble among the Humboldt colonists nists in Santa Fo is a serious one. Three thousand of the colonists , who are nearly all foreigners , are in arms against the provincial government on account of the excessive export duties imposed on wheat. Nearly all the colonists are armed with rifles , and are ready for a battle with the provincial authorities , who have sent a battalion of soldiers and police with a bat tery of four cannon and two Galling guns to suppress the revolutionists. It will not Ixj easy to quell the outbreak because the colonists are determined to light unless the wheat taxes are abolished. The provincial authorities declare that the tax must remain. Several journalists have been arrested because they expressed sympathj for the colonists. It is difficult to get full .information because * the Santa Fo author ! ties have established u censorship upon the telegraph wires. ' Yellow fever at Buenos Ayres is inorcas ing and more vigorous quarantine measures , especially against Brazil , have been es tablished. Trouble Alonj ; thu Itlo Grande , I have received news that trouble along the Hio Gr.indo river has broken out again The Hor.ild correspondent at Arli.'tas telegraphs that the government police arrested and disarmed 100 federals , whc were about to make a raid along the RK Grande river near Santa Ana. The Castil histas fortified thu town. They disarmed the Twelfth regiment , owing to the fear thai it would desert and Join the feloralists. The federal generals , Tavares and Banas Cassul are trying to reconcile and unite the differ cut factions in opposition to the Castilhistas The Herald's correspondent at Montevideo telegraphs that although the government denies tlr.it the project of the violations wil succeed , a guard is still maintained nlonj. the Hio Grande. Hion Caiidillu , a federn chief , noted for his cruelty , has arrived nl Tigreo with arms , and lighting with tin Castilhistas Is expected along the Uruguayai frontier. Amnesty for llalmacedlsts. An amnesty law has Just been passed In the Chilian congress , which applies lo all tin followers of Balmaecda except the army nw navy otllccrs who aided in wrecking the wai ship Banco Encalado and these counectcc with the massaccr at Los Canas. The lav permits cx-Halnmecdlst ofllcials to re-entei the service of the government. News has been received that at the meet ing of the Balmaceda parly chiefs at Men docea the general opinion was expressed that the present government of Chill was acting in a conciliatory spirit toward tlrom This seemed to give general satisfaction anil it is believed that the civil officers umloi Dalmaccila will return lo Chili and slam trial. Tno Chilian government will guarante < the constructUmof the Trans-Andes railroad and work upon its construction will sooi begin. Buenos Ayres papers are oxoitei over a recent excursion of General ICornoi and his staff. The general rode over to An tuco Pass , accompanied by his staff , Thi : caused the Argentine papers lo charge bin with attempting to discover some slraleglca IKiinls for future use against that country. Chilian XotfK The Chilian congress has closed its scssloi and President Monti , Minister Errazurl and eighty members have gone on an uxcur sion to southern parts of the republic. A Russian war ship is expected to arrive a Valparaiso in a short time. Th Russian agent hero { says the oslcnsihl object of the visit is to gather trad < statistics , but it is believed Iho real objoe is lo negotiate fora coaling station on some j island belonging cither to Chill or Argentin ; in the strait of Magellan. It is rciKirtcd hero that the British Padfl squadron now at Coquimbo expects to re celvo orders to proceed to Honolulu. IMM'DSSIMS Till : SITt ATIO.V. C'olomhlin Pupei-H Ai-RUlni ; the Canal Ones Ilifn Wry i.trne : < ttly. ICojiyrfu/iffcl / ISXt tin JIHM * ( itirJtiH llfinittt. ] PANAMA ( via Galvcston , Tux. ) , Feb. " . - [ By Mexican Cable lo Iho New York Her.ili Special lo Tun HBI : . ] In dis-ussing th' ' cnnal question lodny Lut'ronlsta says : "I Is understood in scml-oflicial circles hero tha a proposition has been made by the Unltci Stales under which the Panama canal Is ti bo completed. " La Cronlatu adds that the United State iroposes that the-work of completing the canal should ho eontlnWl as a Colombian latlonal enterprise , but [ ho capital to bo used will bo furnished by citizens of the United Slates' ' and the canal to bo under American protecllon. This pro- posilion Is said .to be accompanied by the condition that thqBogota governmenl shall grant no further concessions to Iho French Canal company. * lf Ihis condition is com plied with , the published story siya , ttio United States gOTcrnmont will sustain the efforts of the Colombian government to take possession of Iho io-'al canal asscls at the end of this mouth. These views are not shared by the Pan ama Star and Herald , the local organ of the liquidator of the canal company. Tint papar announced In an editorial this morning that the Colombl-m minister , in a Hio semi official visll to President Carnet , assured the French president that M. Moucbicourt's rep resentative In Colombia , would bo granted the concession for which he has applied , in splto of outside protests. The Colombian war ship La-Hnpa has ar rived at Colon with thirty-two political ex iles who had been expelled from Bogota on account of their participation in the recent riots. The governor of the Department of Bollvaj- has suspended for six months the puhllcatio/i of El-Botin , a Burranquilla newspaper , anS lined Ihe editor & 00. These extreme moas- 111 es were Ihe result of criticisms In the newspaper of the government's financial policy. iruitis nt i > txnr.t\s. TIM i Stick * and 1IU Crowd M'cru Outcirts : mid ItonoKiidea. HAi-iiiCirv , S. D..Fcb.Special [ Tele gram to Tnr. Bin. : ] Edward Stenger , of Iho firm of Humphrey & Stouiror , government beef contractors at Pine KIdge agency , ar rived in the city ibis morning lo purchase cofllns for his murdered employes. He gave substantially the same story of the White Hlver IiiHIan murder as heretofore sent Tim Hcu. The trouble did not arise from a re port supposed to have been inado to Indian Agent Brown at Pine Hldgo agency in re gard to the theft of a steer , although Mr. Stcngcr thinks this may have had its bearing - ing from the fact that last fall these Indians stole and killed tlireo steers from the lu > rd of the contractors. Neither did it arise from a game of cards or a drunken row. The Indians implicated are a waiu'ering band of Cheyenne renegades who belong nowhere in particular. Two-Slicks , the leader of the band , Is oiio of a remnant of the Two-Club tribe , wliich is nearly extinct , and a vicious Indian. These Indians have been wandering from one reservation to an other , trying to induce Ihe Sioux and other tribes to make troublerliut have so far been unsuccessful. They were Two-Sticks , his two sons , WliUo-Faee-Hor.se- an other , who had arrived at the beef camp some time before Two-Sticks and his com panions , whereaho hadleen living upon the hospitality of Kodnoy Royce and Willtum Bennett. Two-Sticks and his band arrived in the uveninir , and to "all appearances had been given a meal by Royee and Bennelt , as the table in Ihe shhck"sjujwed sign ? of u re cent meal. . v Two Sticks askedtho first arrival to assist - sist them In thcir'bloocly wprk , but he re fused and left this cabin. Thu two hoys , Kelly and Bacon , fronV.14 to 17 years of age. had arrived at the hut in the aflernoon of Iho fatal day , after two days hard riding , and were asleep on a bunk and were mur dered in their sleep. Bennett and Koyce were also lying on the hunk. At a prearranged signal the Indians , after selecting their victims , fired upon them , killing the two boys outright. Koyce was shot through the face , the ball entering above the right eye and passing through the nose loft the head at the left eye. Ho fell upon the floor , but in attempt ing lo arise was shot again in the region of the heart and died u few hours later. Bennett was shot through the abdomen , the ball entering above the right hip and making nasty wound. The shots were fired at very close rnniro , as Bennett and Koyce presented a horribly mutilated appearance and were terribly powder marked. Kodnoy Hoyco was the most popular of the cowboys employed by Humphrey & Stenger , and was well liked by Ills companions. Ills remains wore brought to Hcnnosa and will bo shipped from there lo his homo at New Haven , Conn. , according to Instructions re ceived by wire from his brother , whom Stenger succeeded in locating only today at Bcllwood , Neb. William Bennett's homo was in Breeken- rldge , Mo.whero his remains will be shipped by friends. , ' , The other two boys , iColly and Bacon , will bo sent to their homes in Nebraska by young Bacon's father from Chadron tomorrow. DTho Indian police today captured the fourth of the band of murderers , whose name was not known by Mr. Slcnger. Ho is a young man of about IS , and has made a confession in which he stated that Two-Sticks and one of his sons had planned the murder. They were to go to the dugout , and at a signal wore each to select his victim and murder him. There was no particular reason for the deed and was committed in cold blood. There will bo no general outbreak , as everything is quiet at the agency. .Mr , ll.illcy IVura no Outbreak. WASHINGTON' , D. C. . Fob. T. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BIX. ] Henry 10. Bailoy.oia ] banker of Rapid City , S. IX. is here and says : "Tho last skirmish between Indians and cowboys at Pine lildgo took place , ac cording to Iho dispatches at Humphrey's ranch. I know Humphrey and one of the cowboys who was killed. There is no dan ger of an outbreak. Humphrey had his camp , ' at the old government 'beef line camp. It was hero thut'the Pine Rldgo and Rosebud Indians camped and Big Foot's warriors were on their way to Join them when they wore Intercepted by Iho soldiers at Wounded Knee. am well acquainted with the country aim the tribes out there , and in my opinion Old 1'wo-Sticks and his Indians were under the influence of liquor when they llro.l upjn the cowboys. They probably demanded.somq catllo for -feast1 and upon refusal got tha drop on the cow boys and killed them. ' , l.lmitcimiit IIiitrliliiKun's Snrmlii-s. ST. PAVI , , Minn. , Feb. 7. Adjutant Groto Hulchinson of the Ninth United States cav alry , stationed at Fort Robinson , m-ar the scone of Iho Pine Ridge Jndi-in troubles , was In the city today. Ho salil this monihi'r : "I do not attach the least idgnilicanco to the trouble , and I cannot help laughing at the exaggerated reports printed. The trouble is of no consequence. It all arose out of a fight between a party of cowboys and three or four Indians , who got drunk together and were , pro umably. gambling. The cowboys klck9d the Indians o.it of the hut , and the latter , in revenge. hU them selves and shot the lirat mun vth > > came out , and us the others rushed to hi * aid they were shot down. The Indian pulico were ordered to bring in the murder. > s dead or ulivo and they obeyed orders , 't'linv is nolh- in : ; serious at all fii Iho slluuliun , and there Is nu danger of an outbreak. " Mmcmonli of Ocean Stuamrrw , February T. At Philadelphia Arrived Hibernian , from Glasgow. At Now York Arrived .Scrvla , from Uv- oriool -o- Hunk Kubbcr Coiulrlcil. Ku.EXaiifiui , Wash. , Fob. 7Cal Halo to day was found guilty of robbing Koslyn bank of 1U,000 last .September. v Paris Greatly Excited Over the Action of the Chamber of Deputies. PANAMA BOODLERS WILL GET OFF FREE SI. rranqiioilllf'N flmllln : " mid llreinil- nieiiil.itliiiiH Ignored mill thn Aeeiueil Sfiiitiirn : mill Deputies llxniirrntdl Cllliinet full Inrxlllilile. IWJ InJii.nrs / ( iiinlnit PAUI * , Feb. S.jla. m. ( New York Herald Cable .Special to Tin : Br.r. . ] The fact that the Chamber of Deputies has decided that there Is no cause for the prosecution of the senators and deputies , against whom M. Franquevllle , the examining magistrate , has found true bills , has caused the greatest discontent in the political world. The fall of the cabinet appears inevitable. jAfcjrr.s ST. Cr.ni : . iX : < J LAND'S PAKI.IAMi\r. : .Mr. Cliulstone Threatens to Apply llif flu- turr Itiili ) Other I'roeeedlns' * . LONDON , Feb. 7. In reply to a question concerning the liberation of Dynamiter Daley , Homo .Secretary Asqulth declared that there was no Intention to interfere with the normal course of the sentence. Daley had been sentenced to penal servitude for life , and in Iho ordinary course a period , of twenty years elapsed before the sentence on the prisoner for life was rcmltlcd. As Daley was sentenced only ten years ago the reply of the home secretary leaves no hope of his early liberation. Mr. Gladstone suld that he voiced the feel- injrof all parties In rising to propose that the debate on the address should have precedence until concluded. Then followed a spirited debate , ( luring which Timothy Healy accused Mr. Balfour of cbiM-ncting the government measures , and Mr. Glad stone stated that ho would be forced to apply the clotiifo if the dob.ito on the ad dress became protracted. The suggestion of eloture mot with disapproval of the Irish members. Mr. Gladstone's motion to give precedence to the debate on the address was finally ap proved and the debale was resumed. The amendment offered on Monday evening by John W. Hauton , expressing regret that the governmenl had taken no measures to relieve the agricultural depression , was rejected. Kcir Hnrdle. the labor member , moved an amendment expressing regret that It had not taken measures to relieve the widespread misery among the worklngmen. Hardio warned the members who might vote against the amendment .that ho would retal iate. iate.Tho The result of the debate In the house has beqn that ministers have decided to apply the clolure on Friday in case the address be still under discussion at that hour. Their purpose is to clear the way for the introduc tion of the home rule bill on next Monday. Some excitement was caused in the course of the day by Iho disappearance of the Irish home rule bill. Mr. Gladstone missed In the morning a portfolio containing the homo rule * bill , ns well as drafts at other measures lo bo Hubmilted to Parliament , and private papers. Ho supposed that ho had left the portfolio on Monday evening in the House of Commons. A thorough search was made for Iho portfolio , but it was not found. Minis ters began to be excited and were in awful suspense , fearing that the portfolio had been stolen. Then the search was transferred lo Downing street and the rooms there were thoroughly ransacked. Finally the port folio was discovered In what had been as sumed to ho an empty dispatch box , put aside as disused , in Mr. Gladstone's private room. There Is still a mystery as to how the portfolio got there. The documents seemed to be untowlied. Sir . lohn Gorst , financial secretary of the treasury in the last Salisbury cabinet , spoke strongly for Hardio's amendment. Mr. Mundella , president of the Board of Trade , taunted the opposilion with the sud denness of their solicitude for the working- men. Heretofore , ho said , the conservatives found no time lo consider labor problems. After enumerating the bills for workingmen which Iho government should introduce , Mr. Mundella announced that the ministers would regard the vote on the amendment as a vote of confidence. The amendment was lust by a vote of 'Jill to 1'J. The house then adjourned. AcofiTTui ) or TIII- : < jii.\ittis. ! : AcensiitioiiH Agnluit Several I'rrneli Depu ties Withdrawn. PAIIH , Feb. 7. Kx-Minister and Deputy Rouvier , ex-Minister and Senator Paul Doves , Senator Albert Grovy and Senator Leon Renault , have been discharged from the accusations against them in connection with the Panama proceedings , on the ground that the evidence does not warrant putting them on trial. It is reported that strong proof existed against M. Lazara PIppollto Carnet , father of the president of the republic , of implica tion in the Panama scandal , but it is said that the proofs will not bo Drought forward. Lale in the afternoon It was announced that ex-Deputy Gobron was also committed for trial. After hearing that the charge against him had been dismissed by theclmtnber of Indict ments , Senator Grovy sent to M. Monchi- cjurt , Judicial liquidator of the Panama Canal company a check for 1JOKK ( ) francs , the amount credited to Grovy on the Thierro counterfoils as having been delivered to him in 1SS. . In the Chamber today Deputy Angelica spoke at length in favor of Iho governments obtaining from Columbia a prolongation of the canal concession , and asked the ministry whether any steps to this end hud been ti-ken. M. Rlbot replied guardedly that the gov ernment must decline to interfere , desirable as it was that work so far done should not bo allowed to go to waste. Deputy Gauthlcr insisted that the govern ment must accept the responsibility which M. Ribot declined. The canal would not bo finished , ho said , unless the government took direct and energetic steps to save the enterprise. If the stock- holdeis lost the hundreds of millions already expended on the Isthmus , by the fnlluro of the government to interfere , the government would have to answer for It. Jeers at this statement were so loud that the president called for order set-era ! times hcforo the Chamber became quiet enough to hear M. Rlbot's reply. The premier said that the object of M. Gauthicrand his colleagues , apparently , was rather to make political capital out of the concession matter than to assure the future of the canal. Thn judicial liquidator was doing everything in his ixiwer to secure the extension of the concession and ho had the moral support of the government. Whatever could bo done with Intervention the government would do to promote the rcall&itiun of his purpose. The deputies should rest on the.so assurances and should vote on the order of the day. The vote was taken. M. Remind , minister of finance , evoked loud applause by declaring that as long as he should hold oftlco no institution connected with the government should bo In any way tied to the Panama canal enterprise. The order of thu day was voted ! HU to ! U , ( irliniilill Oiler * to I KIIMB , Feb. T. Slg. GHmaldi , minister of finance , has offered to resign In view of the reports circulated concerning his connection with the bank scandals , While den lug any complicity in the frauds hu fuels that the stability of thu government is endangered by his remaining in office. The examining magistrate has learned that in ISMi the Bank of Rome distributed Ur.UO.Xl lire among deputies and other politicians to se cure the passaco of the b.ink bill , and that , under similar circumstances In IM1. that in stitution paid l.itOO.lhX ) lire for the s.ipport of men of thn same class , IINDIU : TinitTv MIT : : or WArr.it. Awful DetlriietlvonevH r the l.i\te ( > ueeiiH > land rioodn-DenerilMK llrliliaiie. Buisiuxn , Feb. 7.-- Water is about thirty feet deep in the prinelp.il s'.ivcts of the city ami In the suburbs Ins covered buildings sixty foot Myli. Five hundred houses have been demolished. Hundreds of families have lost their homes and have left the city in Iniats lo seek shelter on higher grounds. All lias and water pipes have been destroyed and the city is in darkness. The governor came lo Iho city In a boat , lie says that alt lowus between Brisbane and Ipswich are submerged. This Is Ihe grcalcsl disaster in the history of the colony. Notes Iriini Itiiine. ICitplirtjhltil lijy./iiiii" ! fi'nndmlrmirft.1 KOMI : , Feb. . ( . | No\v York Herald Cable Sp.vial to Tin : Bii : : . ] The Montteur tonight contemptuously contradicts the statements of an obscure Catholic sheet In New York reflecting injuriously on Mgr. O'Conucll. T. Jefferson CoolHge , United States min ister to France , had a pleas int private audi ence with the queen today. On Thursday he will bo received by the king. Uellef for / intr. irnpurtjititnl IMJliuIIIIICK f.'iinfim ltn\ntt.\ \ \ PAHIS , Feb. 7.- ( New York Herald Cable- Special to Tun BEU. ] In response to a letter from Triixton Bealo , United Stales minister to Greece , making an appeal on be half of the sufferers by the Xante earth quake , the Herald opens a subscript ion. It Is headed by Mr. Beale with Wtl fraius. The Herald subscribes 1 .000 francs. Another Outbreak of Clinlrr.i. PAHII. Feb. 7. The Marseilles correspond cut of the Llbei'te siys in the last four days fifty persons have died in Marseilles of a choleraic disease. The sanitary counsel in this city has sent Dr. Tholnet. an authority on cholera , to Marseilles to ascertain exactly the nature of the disease. Largo Deereaie In Imports. LOSDOX , Feb. 7. The returns issued by the Board of Trade show that during the month of January the imports decreased i'i'AIOO ! ! ( ) ( , and the exports decreased iM.Uli- Old ) , as compared with those of Ihe corresponding spending month of last year. I.eo Pleased \vllh ( ilaiKtonc. IlnMn , Feb. 7. The pope is much pleased with what is said in the queen's speech in reference to homo rule. The pope s-iid the other day : "Mr. Gladstone and I. although the two oldest leaders , have the youngest Ideas. " . .i.vi.ovs or t.n-i : . Dentructlim ofu I'usieiiKer Triilii Nenr Puna , Illinois. CHICAOO , 111. , Feb. 8 , i'JO : a. m. It. . Is rumored that a passenger train was ditched by a broken rail near Pnna , 111. The whole train was consumed by lire. It is not known how many were killed or injured. " Lalo advices state that 'the baggage- master was the only person on the train killed , and of the injured It is thought none will die. The train was cntirclj destroyed. TO DIATII. Destruction ciT a ( 'uliired I'uiiilly nt KaitMiM City , Mo. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Feb. 7. Four livis were lost tonight in a lire in the negro quarters , The lire department was called to 1'JIO West Kighth street at1'J : - ! . " > a. in. anil found a small cabin on flro. The cabin was occupied by Stephen James and family. When Ihe fire men arrived lliero Slephen James was just making ,1ns escape. He was MI badly burned vlhat ho became un conscious sooff afler gelling out of the house. The firemen rushed In and dragged out Mrs. James , who was fatally burned , and dioil shortly afterwards. The charred bodies of ICmma and.Arthur James , aged res.'o.'tlvoly S and lOjTnrs , and Joe Mitchell , a nephew of James , were afterwards found In Iho ruins. Bnu.uur. , Mich. , Feb. 7. The hose of Liver Patti , three miles north of town , burned to the ground las * night. Three children wore burned to death. Their ages were respectively 110 and II. A neighbor's boy , Taylor by name , had bi'en pla.vinir with the children and it is feared he was burned too. The children were in Ihe house alone. The father works nights in a llellairc fac tory. The mother was away preaching. It is said she. Is an cnthusliislic adherent of the sect called tho"Groverites , " which flourishes In this community , and much of her lime is spent in elucidating Its doctrines. Ills sup posed that the tire started while the children were asleep and that they wen1 unable , either through fear or on account of locked doors , to make their escape. Luuixo. Mich. , Fob. J. The house of Ern est llockus , u resident of Lincoln , a ullage near here , burned Sunday night. One of the Boekus boys was burned to death , while an other had a narrow escape. The children had been left alone- . \ their parents. LINDSAY , Out. . Feb. 7.John Marias farmer living eight miles from hen1 , and bis ( laughter were burned to death while-at tempting to rescue his aged mother from their home , which was destroyed by lire. PCOKIA , 111. . Fob. 7. Fliv destroyi > d Iho Peoria Sugar works and the wau > hnu * > c of the Piibst Brewing company. The loss on the formm1 is $100,01)1) ) ) , Insured for j8.-i.OUl ) ; on the latter * lll.O > : . insure I fur $ , tin , ) . Iliirney I'enk Tin ( 'IIIII | > : III'H riantVIII Itesnme. OperalloiiH oun. HILI. Cirv , S. D. , Feb. 7. - [ Special Trio- gram to Tun Bin : . ] Tin : Br.i : was misin formed bv its DeadwooJ correspondent as to the Harnoy Peak Tin company's minis hav ing been Iwu-fht by a Welsh syndicate. Work in thu mines and mill is suspended temporarily owing lo a disagreement in mailers of detail. The pumps are kept in operation , discharged men an * paid In full and good fueling prevails generally. Many have been advised to remain here thirty days. Several men have been put to work already. Thu mill gives sitlsfactlon and a roasting furn.icu is to ho built at ih > > mill. Indications aru that the work will bo re sumed in thirty days. lliiiidHiiine Ucslilenci * lliirned , DKAIIWOOII , S. IX , Feb. 7. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Br.r.Fin * last night destroyed the residence of Acting Mayor Truber , on Forest Hill , one of Iho aristocratic residence portions of the city. The house was ono ol thu handsomest In the state and had but re cently been completed. Iss f-L'.OOy , par tially covered by Insurance. < I.Ittlo KIIIMUI III Chlii.igo. CHICAOO , 111. , Feb. 7. [ SpccialTelegramte TUB Bii.J Fred Coon , Iho man who Is wauled by the 10. M. Hulso company ol Omaha , was employed by Fairbanks , Morse & Co. , KV3 Luke streol , about ono yc-ar ago , That linn knew little about him , as his stay there was a short ono. I'oitpiined the Trial. POUT ROYAL , S. C. , Feb. 7. The open sea trials of the Vesuvius' pneumatic guns were positioned today on account of thu fog. Iliithiexjt iriuilile , Nuw YOKK , Fob. 7 The Niagara Wood Paper company has fulled. Liabilities , 000 i assets , about tUW.OOO. . SENATOR ALLEN NOW Populist Caucus Candidate Chosen to Suc ceed Paddock at Noon Yesterday. ALL THE DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR HIM Babcock Lad the Way mid the "Stalwart Fivo" Quickly Followed After. EXCITING SCENES IN REPRESENTATIVE HALL Enthusiasm of the Spectators Lot Loose in Ono Overwhelming Wavo. NO CALL OF THE HOUSE WAS NECESSMW Srvi-tify Vnten Went to Allen ARitlnst Fifty- nliii- for I'lidiliirk Tom Miijiim MUiod North' * i\plmmt : Ion Work oT tint l.t > tUlitiirc. ! LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. 7. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bin : . ] The senatorial agony Is over. .ludgo W. V. Allen of Madison was clccled on Iho first b.illot by Ihe joint convention at I'Ji'Jfi today. The democrats and Independents voted solidly together for the populist nominee , giving him seventy votes. Paddock received lifty-nino votes , two of the republicans straying away Kjner lo Vandcrvoort and Ricketts to Crounso. The house was crowded , both floor and gallcrios. while the lobby was n jam of con densed humanity. The lieutenant governor found an opportunity to make a ruling or Iwo in accordance wilh His own peculiar parliamenlar.v manual and was enlnusiasti- rally hlssod by members and spectators alike. As soon as the roll call was completed and the absence of Scn.itor Clarke had been offi cially announced , Dobson moved that thu absentee be excused. Tofft demanded a reason for excusing the senator and Casper replied he was sick and had been excused the day before. Telft nmiulaincd th.it the proper course to pursue to ascertain the state of the senator's beallh was through the usual channel by way of the senate. Majors sustained Iho objection , holding that no excuses could be granted as long as .there was objection. North demaii'ied to know if the absented was not excused yesterday. The lletilenant governor replied lluil ho was not and then qualified it with Ihe statement that no ob jection was raised. Again the sibilant hiss smote the presid ing ofllccr on the chair , but not a curl did it put in his whiskers , and ho sharply ordered the secretary lo call Iho roll. ' li.ilH'orlc Muilr Ilin | treiilc. The first change was that of Babcoek , who fell into line with the majority of his demo cratic brethren and voted for Allen. When Kjncr kicked over the republican traces and voted for Vandcrvoort ho was greeted with a howl of derision from the galleries. Further down the list carne Mattes , who followed the example of Babcock - cock , and later on North , Sinclair and Witti- ncll did the same thin ? . North offered the following when his naino was called : "Mr. President : I ask the indulgence of this Joint convention to explain my vote. I have been elected.to this legislature by Iho vole of the democratic party of mv district , and 1 have no doubt that every democrat who voted for me at the late election ex pected mo to n-prcs Mil the principles of mv party hero in voting for a Uniled Slnlos senator , and 1 have certainly voted for u > democrat and no one else sinco. Ihe begin ning of this Joint convention. Icamoto this slate forty-seven years ago , when it was n territory , and when I came there was noth ing but the bare miiirln. us God Almighty made it. I have seen It grow into one of the great producing states , that grows more cereals than an.\ . with the exception of five states , in this great union. I have come lo this Joint convention seventeen consecutive times and voted for a democrat. 1 believe now 1 have performed my duty to my party and my constituents. 1 want to sou this great state repn'sentcd by an able , intelli gent , honest ami industrious man , and bo- Moving this , as 1 do , I beg leava to yoto for W. V. Allen. " No Call nl Ibr Mom. ' , Kvcry omj of the hundreds in the hall know the result within ten seconds after the conclusion of the roll call ; in fact , it was known that Allen was elected for some limo before the call was completed , but tin- presi dent of the scn.tto delayed the announce ment for several minutes , wailing for some republican to demand a call of the house. It became apparent that no su h motion was coming , mid the lieutenant govei nor de liberately announced the number of votes cast , and stated that ( W were necessary to a choice. Toltt nsni'.l if a motion was in order at this stage of the game. Majors did not reply , and Toft'l demanded a call of llio house. A storm of "noes" and hisses burst upon the mover , who stood In the main alslo quietly regarding Ihe lieutenant governor. The latter looked in vain to sec live other republic-ails s"cond the call. Then Tofft withdrew his motion and the result of the ballot was announced and Allen dcrhirud elected. Then Ilin IliillMul'isMi IIi-ilie I.niisr. The announcement was the signal for n wild dcmunstratinu of exultation. Cheers burst from a thousand throats , while hats , handkerchiefs and roll calls were waved. The hubbub continued until sonm ono thought to call for the senator-elect , ami that cry was at once taken up. Kverott moved to adjourn and the chair allemplod to put Iho motion , \\l\\lt \ ) protests were showered uKm | him from every direc tion. Howe was unable to obtain recogni tion , but ho talked just the same . Ho said ho trusted for the go > < l naino of the state of Nebraska that Iho usual courtesies would bo extended to the sen.ttor-ulcct and that ho would bo presented to the convention , Kchappel moved Iho appointment of a com- mltteo of th.rcn.to escort the senator-elect to the platform.It carried with a whoop , and the chair appointed Schappel , Mattes and Krubo. The hand of thn senator was warmly shaken as ho advanced up the alslo from tha chief clerk's room with his escort amid hearty applause. Ou reaching the platform , ho was Introduced by thu lieutenant gov ernor , and spoke as follows : Mmlu n SpiM-rli of Tlmnloi , "Gentlemen of the I/jglslaturo : I thank you for this disllngulshod mark of your con- lldenco and esteem. When I came Into thU city , less than a week ago , I had no purpose of becoming a candidate for this office. 1 am deeply sensible of the great honor and I am equally sensible of the great responsibility. If I am i > cnnlttod to enter upon the dU- , , , charge of my duties , I assure you that U wUi Jl < i