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* THE OMAHA I i DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JtTNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOltNetKG : , MAHOII31. . 1807. SINGLE COPY JFITE CENTS. DEATH IN TIIE WIND Ojolono in Oklahoma Destroys Livo3 and Wrecks Property. CHANDLER WIPED OUT OF EXISTENCE Two core Persons Killed and Nearly One Hundred Injured. NOT A HOUSE LEFT STANDING IN TOWN Many of the 1,500 , Inhabitants Buried in Huin8 of Buildings. SOME OF TIIE VICIMS BURNED TO DEATH Eight Bodies Charred Beyond Recognition Have Already Been Eecovered. DARKNESS ADDS TO HORROR OF SCENE Wired All IJimn Mini Coniiniinleatlou i > lth the WreeUoil TOMII Cut O KniiNiiM VlMlteil liy Severe Wind Storm. Gtminin , Okl. . March 30. A report Is received here that twenty lives were lost this evening IP a cyclone that swept over CImntllcr. a town of 1,500 Inhabitants , fifty . miles cast of hero. It Is reported that only two buildings were left standing th-2 Mitchell 1' hotel anil the Grand Island grocery store. In addition to the twenty persons reported killed , rtimo- has It that fully ICO were badly Injured. GUTHRIE , Okl. , March 31. At 1 o'clock this morning twenty-one dead bodies lia\e been taken from the ruins at Chandler. Sev- enty-flvo to 100 persons are badly Injured , and a dozen or more of these are reported dying. In addition to these dead. Injured and dy ing , It Is believed there are at least a. sco.-e or more of dead burled beneath the wrecked buildings. Several of the wrecked buildings have taken fire and the debris Is burning fiercely. Many have been burned to death while plnneJ fast under the debris. In ono building , It Is repoiicd , fHo Injured people wore burned to death , and at another place the Incinerated bodks of three unknown chil dren have been taken out. Alt the physi cians of thj town , save one , met death In the Btorm. Nearly all the physicians of Guthrle have gene to the scene of the disaster. The following Is the list of dead , eo far as known at 1 a. m. , Wednesday : MH. and MHS. WOODMAN. M 1 * HFJMTIV MITCHELL. _ MRS. TOM SMITH. ATTORNEY JOHN DAWSON. P. DEMOFF. EMMA DRESSINGER. D. C. JOHNSON and WIPE. MRS. PHILIP JOHNSON and CHILD. MIIS. Dll. LEE. A. W. KDLLER and WIFE. UNKNOWN WOMAN and BABY. FIVE UNKNOWN CHILDREN. Among the fatally Injured arc : Arthur Jewctt. Peggy Johnson. MM. Frank McCall. I ) . C. Good Ing. Magglo Heaves. Andrew Asher and wife. Mrs. Cullom. Jennie Woodsworth. The following are reported as among the Injured : John McCartner , brother-in-law of United States Marshal Nagle. F. N. Nlblack and father. John Foster. Mrs. Emma Foster. Two daughters of County Treasurer Ularn. Samuel Wlnthrop. George Mellon ry. ' The cyclone struck at 5 o'clock this even Ing. The court house In widen Chief Justice Dale was holding court was taken off Itu foundation , All communication with Chan dler Is now cut off. The telephone olllco was destroyed , and the only Information re ceived hero was from a telephone connection made a mlle and a half out of Chandler. That has since been lost. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. KANSAS CITY , March 30. A special to the Journal from Outhrlo , Okl. , says : At 0 o'clock this evening a terrific tornado , fol lowed by hall nml flood , swept through the town of Chandlers-forty miles cast of here , completely devastating the town. Threo- fourtliH of the residence and business houses of the town we-re totally wrecked or badly damaged , scores of people Injured and many Killed , Darkness at once came on and tbo work of rescue la carried on under the great est dtfllcultles. The telephone olllco was carried away and at 10 o'clock tonight a telephone was con nected with tbo wire two miles this way anil a message sent hero for assistance. Up to that time Mr. and Mrs. John Wood , Mrs. Henry Mitchell , Mrs. Tom Smith , Attorney John Dawtion and two unknown persons had lieou found dead , and fully 1DO people were known to bo badly Injured. Mrs. Emery Foster and baby arc thought to bo fatally hurt. Chandler Is a town of 1,600 people. It Is built on a hill In thick timber , and the mass of torn trees and wrecked houses makes It Impossible to reach near all of the people til the dark. On every side can be heard groans and cries for help and the scene Is Indescribable. A largo number of physicians and other citizens have left hero for the beetle with surgical Instruments , drugs and other sup plied. A later message states that a largo number of people known to have been In business buildings are missing and It Is feared they are dead under the ruins. The true state of affairs cannot bo learned until < 5a > ll6ht , I SnVEHHVIND IN KANSAS. KANSAS CITV , March 30. Reports re- bero Indicate that the cyclone destroyed the town of Chandler , Oklahoma , tonight , also passed across the state of Kan eas , though In ltc destructive force. Florence , Kan. , reports a severe wind storm between 15 and 0 o'clock , that unroofed a portion of the Santa To roundhouse , blew down fceveral buildings and blew box cars from the track * . Great Bend reports a very heavy wind , ac companied by hall and rain , Wichita reports the heaviest rain ever experienced there , accompanied by wind anil hall. hall.At At Haven box cars were blown from the tracks. Bloxton reports a heavy wind , which blew cars from the tracks and wrecked small buildings. Telegraphic sen-Ice throughout the state Is badly crippled. TORNADO AT FORT WORTH. ST. LOUIS , March 30. A special to the Republic from Fort Worth , Tex. , says : An other tornado passed over this city tonight this time catching the routh side. A chim ney of the Mulklcy .Memorial church was blown down and , falling on the parsonage crushed In the roof. Several houses were unroofed and the IIOUEH of County Trcau uror Batten and Mrs. Creasy blown fron their support1) . The woman Is reported ln > Jured. It Is said a small negro church litho the extreme southeastern portion of town was blown down , but the telephones arc ou of order and It Is so remote that no accurate details can be had tonight. snvnun in.r/.yAiu > iV Tim WHST UmiNiml1 > Ilinl Storm linden lit Wont- em XeliriiNka. and \V oinlnn. CHEYENNE , Wyo , March 30. ( Spccla Telegram ) A severe bllrzard has been rag Ing throughout southern Wyoming and west crn Nebraska for the past twenty-four hours The storm has been unusually severe betvvcsn ' this place and Raw lint , , 200 .miles west. H | the greater part of the storm district stool i Is In good condition , and to the presen ' time , the los cs have been nominal. It la feared , however , tbU a continuation of the blizzard will cause great losses among ehcci and range cattle. Passenger trains on the Union Pacific lines out ot he-ie are maklni schedule time , the track being kept open will rotary snow plows. No trains were run on the Chuyenno & Northern line and the Bur llngton trains Into the city are delayed. RAWLINS , Wyo. March 30. ( Spec-Sal Tel egram. ) The worst snow storm ot the sea son has prevailed today. It Is a wild bliz zard from the north. Over a foot of snow has fallen , much of which Is piled In huge drifts , Railroad trains are all late. But fov\ freights have been sent out. Snow plow * have kept the track clear between heio am' Laramle , thn fall west being lighter. Al stages were late tonight. The temperature Is slowly fnlllni ; . Should the weather tun cold many sheep will perish , as they are thin and v\cak. \HAV.S smi\icn r.ons TO i-incns AKHoelntod Pro * * of Mate ofo York. NEW YORK , March 30. The Associate Press of the State of New York , at a meeting held today , decided to dissolve as a news gathering organization. It was a corporate organization having a president , a secretary and a board of directors. During the early years of Its existence , the Associated Press of the State of New York held reclproca relations with the New York Associate ! press , receiving from the latter the news o. the day outside of the state , and supplying In return the larger organization with the Nov York state news. , When the New-York Associated press became a part of the Unltec proas a reciprocal relationship between thcrae two organizations v.as established. Through out , the members of the state press associa tion have maintained their organlzatloi loyally. Wl-en , however , the United prcrr doelaied Its Inability to carry out Its obliga tions , the trcmbers of the state press dcemec It advisable to hold a meeting , with the result that a dissolution was decided upon. Today twenty-three of the members of the associa tion completed the details of membership contracts with the Associated press , and con tracts with otheis will be consummated as rapidly as the clerical details can be ar ranged. The news service of the Afsoclated press to these papers will begin within a few days. George Bielbtcln , owner of the" Buffalo Courier , was the Itat president of the AFSO- clated Press of the State of Now York which at the time of Its dissolution , today , was made up of the following members one elicits. Albany Argus , Albany Express , Blnghimptor. Republican , Buffalo Courier , Elmlra ACvcrtlser , Poughkeepsle Eagle , Rochester Democrat , Syracuse Courier , Syra- cu o Standard , Utlca Herald , Utlca Preen , Elmlra Sunday Telegram , Troy Sunday Budget , Albany Journal , Albany Times- Union , Auburn Advertiser , Blnghampton Leader , Buffalo Times , Buffalo Enquirer , Buffalo Demokrat , Cortland Standard , Hornrllsvlllo Tribune , Jamestown Journal , Middle-town Argus , Middlctown Picbs , El mlra Gazette , Hudson Register , Ithaca Jour nal , Kingston Freeman , Lockpoit Journal , LocKport Union , New burgh Journal , Oswegc Palladium , Oswego Times , Rochester Union , Rome Sentinel , Sehnectady Union , Syracuse Journal , Troy Times , Troy PICOJ Utlca Ob server , Wntertown Times , Niagara Falls Cataract , Niagara Falls Gazette , Pough- keepslo News-Press , Poughkecpslo Enter prise , Rochester Abend Post , Sehnectady Star , Elmlra Telegram. KI ; < U inn .MOHIJ TKOOI-.S iciiirrn. . Contingent Ordered to He In ItendliioNH. LONDON , March 30. The following semi official announcement was made this evenIng Ing : In ccwquenco of the request of the admlnls U has been decided that a further battalion of COO men bo forthwith sent to Crete by each power The Welsh Fusiliers at Malta have been ordeied to be re-ady to sail Immediately. Otherwise the situation ag regards the action of the powers Is un changed. "It has not yet been decided to demand the withdrawal of the Greek and Turkish force * from tha frontier , such a course appearing Impracticable at the pres ent moment. " sni/.ii : > SOMI : Mii'oiiTAvr I-AI-DUS. I'olloe henreh tlio HoHldenee of De-put ) .Niuinet. PARIS , March 30 , M. Antlde Uoyer , the socialist deputy , was arrested today on n charge connected with tlio Panama ( , 'camlal The pollco have seized a number of Im portant papers at tlio re-sldcncs of Deputy Naquot. Other arrests are believed to be Imminent. A majority of the newspapers of this city congratulate the government upon evading tha trap laid by the republic's cue- mien by pewtponlng the appointment of a committee of Inquiry to Investigate the Panama scandals. \ .SllNl01lll | II tVfloll CollHt. BALTIMORE. Maieh 30. Chairman Al bert Molt of tlio League of American Wheelmen - men racing boaicl announces the Indefinite suspension from all League of American Wlitclmcn racing tracks of Jamre Michael , the Welfh racing crack. Michael Is a mem ber of one of the English cycling atsocla- tlons and his suspension in the result of complaint tiled by that body on account of mo fluunilal matter * . It If also announced that Fiaiik Gerach of Chicago hn * been ( ondcud the neve-nth place on the racing board. Hun TlirmiKli nlth n Kill ft- . LAWRnNCHnUHU. Matfth SO.-Josci.h . EnUken was stubbed to drath lust nl ht b ) Stephen Rojee , a huge utchtr l.nlft be-In , , ' thrust through his body until the point pro- trmleU through bin breastbone. Itojce u..j- arretled and hurried awv > to Jail to ctcapi- Vldlemo at the haudu of EnUkce't. friends. I'oth ' mt'M hac ) been UltolpatlrK ami ijuai- it-leU earlk't In tbu day. Hoyce clalnu self- Jefciue. . THREE BREAKS IN LEVEES Floods of Water Pouring Over tbo Mississippi Delta. IMMENSE TERRITORY IS INUNDATED TlioiiKiitulM of Siiinrc Mlli-n of Fertile UoiititrV1II lie Under Water Within u Duj or T o- Uri-cuilllc Tlirvlituited. MEMPHIS , Tcnn. , March 30. There ar now three bleaks In the levees that protec the Mississippi delta fiom the waters ot th river. Ono la siven miles below Greenville Mlsa , at Wayside , which Is 1,200 feet wide one forty miles north of Greenville' , at th head of the delta , which Is1,000 feet wld and becoming deeper and longer as the vvatc rushes through It. The third occurred at an early hour this morning seven miles north o n point opposite Arkansas City , and at las reports a stream as wide as the Hudson wa tearing through It and covering the country for miles In the Interior. The river from th north to the south break Is like a mlghtv crescent , with Rosedale , Greenville , Gunnl son and ninny other small towna belwcei the arc and Its chord , which Is tbo Riverside division of the Yuzoo & Mississippi Valle-y railroad. The water from the upper Perth shlro crevasse has already cut through th railroad and Is tearing through the planta tlous to the Bouth. At the mlddl crevabsc the floods from the north have already jolnee forces with these waters and together they are Inundating tl'o country southward. Th upper waters will reach the lower crcvatu tonight , and the united water from the thrc floodgates will , with hourly Increasing fore : and volume , rush over the country and finally bo thrown back Into the main river at tin mouth of the Yazoo , a few miles north o Vlckabnrg. Back thirty to fifty miles from the rive run n number of lateral streams vvhlcl empty their water Into the Yazoo. Th whole territory ! from the main river eaut t thceo streams will bo for the most part un dcr water within foity-clght hours. The legion marked for destruction lu probably 100 miles long and twenty to thirty-five mile wide. The country Is as fertile as a north cut garden. GREENVILLE IN DANGER. Greenville Is In great danger. The wate from tha middle breik will partially Ilooi that town. If the levee In front of Green vlllo should break , no man could conceive what the loss to life and property would be Railroad communication has. already beei cut In plices , and before tomorrow night tin Georgia railroad , running east from Green vllle , may b ? flooded. Probably 10,000 poopli are wet king with a desperation born of ic * cpalr to save their homes and property. The whole machinery of the otate and the 111 ! nols Ceitrol road Is being brought Into plaj It Is currently reported tonight that fie levee In front of Laconla Circle , Ark. , lius broken. If this should be true , and mos probably It Is correct , 30,000 acres of fertile cotton land will be flooded by morning. The nowa reached Memphis through a telegran from Captain M. Cheek of the steamer Kate Adams. At an early hour this morning the levci near Stokes Landing , four miles above Hunt Ington on the Mlsslralppl side , gave away Tlio water from this break will reach the Yazoo & MitMfRlppl Valley tracks at Scott's and also at Moore's Station , on the Hunting ton branch. The width of the crevasse can not bo ascertained , but the worst Is feared as the levee- there for miles Is consldera rather weak. The river Is stationary a Memphis tonight , the gauge Indicating 3G.2 fet. This stationary eondltlon , Instead o the i.eual fall , Is thought to have been brought about by the rainfalls In the terri tory which chains Into the MlssltalppI nortl of Memphis For the same reason It Is pre dicted that there will probably be a slight rise In the river at Memphis during the ensuing twenty-four hours. PALLS AT ARKANSAS CITY. At Helena , a rise of but two-tenths of a foot In the twenty-four hours ending today Is recorded. At Arkansas City , Instead of a conEldrable rise , a fall ot two-tenths of a foot Is indleatcd. This fall In the river at that point Is attributed to thj fact that the breaks In the Arkansas I ve3 above Arkansas City have afforded an outlet for a big volume of water which would otherwise have swollen the volume In the river channel proper. Tne rlvoi at ArKan as City Is 9,7 feet above danger line At Greenville , Mlfs. a similar fall of two-tcntls of a foot la In dicated. The fall hero Is attribu ed to breaks In the levee on the Mississippi side above Greenville. News reached hero at 10 o'cloek tonight of unquestioned authenticity , confirming the report that a break of Immense proportions occurred at 8 o'cleck tonight at the StocXes plantation In Bolivar county , seven miles south of the Perthshire bleak four miles ba low Gunnlson and n few miles above Rc.se- dale. The crevasse Is In an Imnunse levee and the water will join with that of the Perthshire break and add to the distress of the people of the Bogue and Deer creek sec tions of Bolivar and Washington counties. Almost superhuman efforts had been miile to save the levee In the section of the break. The levee board and residents have spared neither time , nor money nor material , but In vain , Th ; work of the river proved greater than that of the men and the flood has con quered , The last break Is situated so that the water flowing through It , added to that of the Perthshire crevasse , will soon stop the trains on the Yn/oo & Mississippi Valley line and also on the Southern , The heroic efforts of the people of the Delta have not been able to prevent one of the moat dis astrous overflows In the history of the great delta. That much Is now a settled fact. MISSOIHI IH IIISINC AT 1 A.MCTOX o Volume * of AVntor on tlie Way Don ii ( litJniiitN ltlT. . YANKTON , S. 1) . March 30. ( Special Telegram. ) The Mlwourl has been rising steadily all day and a good deal of lea Is float- Ing. More reports reached here this afternoon - * noon from up James river valley , confirming those , received yesterday as to a big rise which Is now on Its way down. Today's re ports Dtato that watei covers the bottom lands from bluff to bluff , with the rher ris ing rapidly. The river here Is rising tonight Fanners below thLi city ate prepared for the flood , as many have moved from th lr farms to high land PIERRE , S. I ) , .March 30. ( Special Telegram - gram ) In the river ull the Ice wcut out . from here last night , but as very little went down , It has not broken up for any great distance up the r\\f \ > : Probably not much \ey will como down ui.tll the Ice from the Yellowstone goto hero. MEMPHIS , Teiiu. , March 3 } . The steam p tug El Rio Rey , chartered by the St. Louis Uepublle as a flood ullpf boat rank In forty Vet of water In front or Memphis tljis morn- ng. No Ihe0 lost The El Hlo Rey vvat anchored at the foot of Reals wtrfet In u ev\if | rurrcut. During tha night thu current rhpnped And toppled the- craft over In mifilelrnt wntor ( o rink II. fhs cre.w , flip in number , escaped , but ! ot all their belonglngt. The Republic rcpre- of wUativea , Raffcrty and Woolen , -icr not on board at the llnio of the dUaster. The n captain had order * to return to St. LouU and the tug would ha\e welgbcJ anchor at noun today , Condition of HHIllitrx. . WASHINGTON' . Maien 30 Change * In the rhcra ( fret and tenths ) have occurred' RUion : St. Paul , 2.1 ; LiCrom1.3 ; Vlckv bure. 06 ; New Orleans , 0.1. Fallen : Cairo , ; Arkansas City , 0.2. They are above the danger line and rising t LttCrosso , o.l Vlcksburg , 8.3 ; Helena , * * Ark. ( U 6. They are above the danger tin * and falling al Cairo , 1.3 ; Arkansas Cltyi d.7 ; Memphis , 3.2 and stationary , The following heavy pre cipitation ( In InchwT B reported : Narh- vllle , 1.22. 'i . < - . .Ilirclnl ItU or lliillctln. WASHINGTON , March' SO. The wcathei bureau today Issued the following specla river bulletin : During the , val tweiity-foin hours the Ohio , Cumberland , Tennessee and Arkansas rivers have fallen slowly , and the Red has risen. The Central St. Francis river has risen two feet lhce Saturday am Is still rising rapidly. The upper Mlsslsslpp from St , Paul to Dubuque has risen slightly and is above the danger line at LaCrouse The Mississippi has fnjl-n slightly , Helena to Cairo , and liscn slightly from Helena It New Orleans , except a slight fall at Ar kansau City , duo to a crevasse near tha place. It Is above the danger line from Cairo to New Orleans a'ld from Memphis t Arkansas City Is ahovo the extreme high water of any previous ji'ars. Four NoKrooN Arc Ilrfmneil. ST. CHARLES. Ark. , ilarch 30. Fou negroes were drowned here this morning while attempting to cross the backwater In a leaking catboat. The dead ore. NED STILLUMS. FRANK STILLUMS. CHARLIE DUMAS. ED DUMAS. lloiti v SIIIITV Storm In Colorado. DENVER , March 30. There has been i heavy snow fall on the eastern elope of th Rocky mountains In Colorado elnco mldnlgh and tlis storm U11 continues at noon. . high wind Is blowing , but It-Is not cold , an much ot the snow has already melted. TRYING TO KI.IOCT A SHVATOll Hot Content O\or u TttRii In tlio Illu Grn N State. FRANKFORT , Ky. , March 30. All during the morning prior to the noon hour , at whlc ! the ballot for senator was to bo taken , th city was dull of suppressed cxclteunent. I was generally understood that the republican nominee would win the race , and , although the bolters now number seven Instead o six. he only lacks three. Rumors of bribery and corruption were flying thick and fast H was asserted that the Hunter men hai bought three silver democrats , while on th other hand It was said that the silver demo crats of the Third congressional district wer willing and would today vote for him In order to get him and h's ; contest out ot th way of Congressman John-S. Kliea. A legls latlve committee has been appointed to looi Into the report that a certain young man in military circles had boon offered and uigp < to buy the votes. The ahtl-Hunter men said that If Hunter did not win today Gov crnor Bradley or Boyle -were sure winner tomorrow. -x The sixth ballot restilted : Hunter , CO Blackburn , 43 ; Davle. IS ; Boyle , 7 ; Stone , 1 necessary to choice , G3. * On the seventh ballot tfteie was no changt- In the voting. A motion to adjourn was made and lost , the silver democrats voting with the Hunter men Itii order to give tin. latter all the balloting -they wanted. The motion was lo < st by a vote ot 123 to 1. The eighth ballot resultedi ha the sixth and seventh. There was no change In the ninth ballot excepting that Representative Joins ( sound money democrat ) voted for Slate Senator Perry L. Martin Instead of George H. Davle. The tenth ballot showed that Joins returned to Davie. There was no change Inithe eleventh bal lot , the -members taking matters very com placcutly , and munching sandwiches In their seats , regardless ot tne rules of the Join assembly , tieprespntatte XJlaric moved tu adjourn and pandemonium < reigned. Mem bors were on their feet yelling and shouting and swearing that they would never leave until a senator -was elected. A measure o quiet was finally restored and a call of the roll on the motion to adjourn ordered. The votp on the motion to adjourn stood as follows : To adjourn , 11 ; to remain In ses sion , 110 , Representative Clark theji asked for a re cess till 3 o'clock. This request was tabled by f vote of 109 to C. The twelfth ballot resulted as follows : Hunter , 58 ; Blackburn , 42 ; Davle , 13. The lo's In Hunter's column Was by temporary pairs. Again the Joint assembly declined to nd- Journ by a vote of 73 to 45. The Hunter men were defiant and asserted that If a break comes the opposition will nrver bo able to muster the necessary seventy votes , aiad It seems they are about right , as this alone Is' probably what Is de lay Ing the leaders from springing the name of come new man , most likely Bradley. The thirteenth ballot resulted In a loss of ono vote for Dr. Hunter , 'his vote being 59 ; Blackburn got 42 ; Boyle , 7 ; Davle , 13 ; Stone , 1. The change ason account of a temporary pair. The general assembly then adjourned till tomorrow inoon. Huiidc-rKOii Out ol tlio Itaco. SAVANNAH , Ga. , March 30. General John B. Henderson , vlco president of the Florida Ce-ntral & Peninsular railway nnd United States senator by appolntinent from Governor Bloxham of Florida. Is in Savannah today , Ho Eays most decidedly' that he Is not a candidate for election oa icnmor. ivnms AIIK iini.n ( ionornl I.mid Olllre AIIoiteM Iilluiieo ivHIi tlio Iin CHAMBERLAIN , S. D.s'March ' 30. ( Spe cial. ) The commissioner ot the general land office has suspended and he-Id for cancellation , upon the report of a rpoclal agent of the general land office , more than thirty home stead entries located , upon White and Bad rivers. This action Is taken for the reason that It Is alleged tbo ontrymen have wholly failed to comply with the law and have abandoned ( heir homesteads. These whoso entries arc thus suspended and held for cancellation are allowed sixty days from notlco of the commissioner's action within which to make application ! for a hearing , to show cause why the entries should not be canceled. The land Involved Is all In the Chamberlain land district ; ! Recently a spe cla ! agent of the geneiraUbapd olllco visited the ceded Sioux ) lauds between this city and the Black Hills to-'Jiuestigaio ' alleged via latlons of the law. Many v&aea. It Is under stood , were ul so. foil ml nt Illegal fencing and occupancy of government , land. The viola tors were principally stockmen and ranchers , wlirt held the land 'without making entry at the proper United StateH anil office , as re quired by law. Thus faf no arrests have been made , the special ttjjenl simply calling the attention of theatoekueu to the violation of law and warning thein to remove their fences or make entry ( tjm land. In every Instance , so far as knpjyu , there waa no ills-position to create trqujrie , the stockmen complying with the requirements without delay. f South Dnlcota Ilnllru.ii } ( COIIIIIIHNOII. | | PIERRE , S. I ) , , March 30. ( Social Tele gram ) Tbo railroad coinmlrsion will told a meeting hero as teen a | All the members cin get In , probably tomorrow , One of the principal questions they vvill settle Is the lo cation of the headquarters. It Is believed Elou\ Falls will ba selected , but they re fuse to give out arty Information , film.ItriiliiNt AUHliuid | H | ) | NIIIHNI-I | , . March SO. ( Special - cial Telegram. J-Juflge Smith today dls- mftrted tli3 case against Martin Auslanil. a irc-mluent buulnesy lunn accused of disposing an Invalid county warrant , knowing It to 10 vo'.d. The cam attracted great Interest this section" , owing to the prominence of ! he parties Involved , 111 Ill : MADRID , March SO. An official dispatch M rom Manilla. cpta | | ofphc Philippine Is- 2ms ! , announced that lu an engagement be- ween SpanUli troop * and -insurgent forces blrty Iniurgenu ueie killed and 1.097 sur rendered. Thre-o Lhooeano families from tbo ' ni/urgcnt camp ba > o reached Manilla. CI17 COUNCIL PROCEEDING Municipal Fntbjra Narrowly Escape nn All-Night Session. W03KI\G UNDER CA'.L OF IMS HOU3E Trj Inw to Vnxn New RnrlniKc Ortll- iiiince mill tin * \VntiT AVorUn JIu iid Oril I nn live UctnllM of the The city council lost night came near In dulglng In an all-night session. The now garbage ordinance and the water works bond ordinance were scheduled for passage and as thu neccjsary votes were not In evidence a call of the house was or dered nearly at the close of the session. It was 10:30 : o'clock when the call was ordered and jitiother half liour was wasted vvhllo the city attorney and the Fergcont-ot' ' arms were deciding whether the latter oftV clal had authority to bring In the absent members by force. The question was still undecided when the eergeant-at-arms starlet out. He found Ucnawa nml produced the In formation that Mercer was In Lincoln. Thett ho started for the Sixth ward after Karr anrt the councllmen settled down to the prospec of be'ing compelled to pay cab fare or walk home. Soon after midnight the sergeant-at-arms returned alone. Karr was sick , ho reported Mercer waa In Lincoln and Ucnawa had re fused to come. Then the members loafeir aiound tbo council chamber and argued the mailer. Some were willing to go home am' the others -wanted to stay all night. It was finally agreed that the call should bo sus pended and that the consideration of the two ordinances should bo postponed to t special meeting Thursday forenoon. The cal was drawn up and ( signed , but then the ( senti ment underwent a change and the motion to suepcnd the call waa defeated. After a lopotltlon of the debate IJurklcy moved that the chief of pollco bo called on to bring In all members who had not been excused , no matter v. hat their ph > s''yil ' condition might beThis vvta carried , and Just before 1 o'clock the scrgcanl-at-arins was sent to sc- cuio the attendance' of the chief of police. Previous 4o this the committee on Judl- clary rctuined the bond ordinance with a recommendation that It bo passed after an amendment had been Inserted , which pro vided tint the bonds should not bo Issuei until after the assessment of damages re turned by the appraisers should have been continued by the voters. The report wa adopted. Yeas Durkloy , Christie , Flynn , Lunt O'Malley , Stunt , President Dlngham 7. Nays Allan , Dechcl , Burmestcr , Crocker Mount , Wheeler C. The annual report of City Ticasurer Ed wards for 1S9G was submitted and referred to the flnanco committee. The communication from J. B. McDowell , the local ngent of Kleybolte & Co. of Cin cinnati , who purchased the last tssup of re ncwal bonds , withdrawing tlo , bid. on the ground that the bonds were Invgularly 1s- ' sue'l , wcs referred to the finance commit tee and city attoincy. A resolution by Stuht , Instructed the Board ot Public works to advertise for bids for re- oalrlng the Eleventh street viaduct at once Adopted. The mayor returned the resolution designat ing The Evening Beeas the official paper of the city without either his signature or Veto. The resolution , consequently , becomes a Jaw. O'Mallcy's garbage ordinance came back from the committee with a rocommendatlon that It be referred to the committee of the whole. In this connection Wheeler submit ted a communication from James Stephen- aon paying that the garbagj contractor had assured him. that ho would not object to the establishment of a dump at Jones or L3avcn- worth street. This was accompanied by a petition from all the leading liverymen en dorsing the dump project. Wheeler asked tlmt the communication also bo icfsrred to the committee of the whole. O'Malley moved that it bo placed on file. He was outvoted and the whole matter WES referred to the committee of the whole. Then Lunt moved to reconsider , and Wheeler moved that Lunt's motion bo tabled. After a teJIout Biiccewlon of roll calls and parliamentary wrangles , the previous dlsporltlon waa re considered and the question was put on the original majority and minority reports from the committee on police. O'Malley moved the adoption of the minority report , which recommended that the ordinance pars. Lunt favored the motion and discussed the ordi nance at length from a legal standpoint. He said that tbo McDonald contract wcs too comprehensive , as It covered about every thing that lay on the streets. It discrim inated against a class of people who could not afford to bo discriminated against. The only difference between the proposed ordinance and the present ono was that the former eliminated manure , ashes and cinders from the contract and gave a number of deserv ing men a chance to earn a living. Wheeler read at isoire length from the McDonald contract to show that the propose1 ! ordinance was clearly In conflict with the contract. Stuht and O'Malley defended the minority report and Flynn spoke along the eamo line. HAISES POINT OF ORDER. Then Bechel raised the point of order that the report of the committee recommend ing that the subject bo referred to the com mittee of the whole had not been acted on and waa still bcfoio the house and tbo orig inal reports had only been read for Informa tion. Ihlb led the council Into another paillamcntnry tangle and In ten minutes three-fourths of the members were at aea. Burkley finally cut the knot by moving that all reports bo placed on file and the or dinance be placed on Its third reading. Thla was carried. Tliero was another Interminable debate over the number of annual reports to bo printed. The committee recommended 400 copies and other members thought the num ber should bo Increased In order that a copy might be sent to each of thn larger nEintaBlealppI cltlea. It was finally fixed at 00 copied of 350 pages each. At this stage Flynn demanded a call of the house In order to parn the garbage and bond ordinances. The call was ordered , Hechel , Axford and Duncan being excused on ac count of sickness. The sergcant-at-arnis returned In a quar ter of an hour with Captain Haze , and when lie was made acquainted with thu Job that was ahead of him , he sent for a detail of policeto cairy out the orders ot the coun cil. Sergeants Ilcbout and Her and four patrolman were summoned and they put In mother half hour while the warrants wein being prepared. It wcs raining cats ami dogs and a few other things and by this time the members who had declared their Inten tion of staying all night began to get tired of te ) job. Mount and Wheeler had disap peared and Karr , Mercer and Bcnawa lived 10 lar In the suburbs that It would require ' wo houis to secure them Another motion o suspend the call of the house was quickly nit and carried , the pollco were * d'smlrsed and the long-drawn-out farce wasv declared ended. Ciiniiiiiii ) MiikfM u ( ioiiil ST. PAUL. Mm ch SO ClurleH M. Power , ; ui-slgnee of tlio St. Paul I'low company , In o solvent , has filed schedules of tbo us lets and liabilities of the company. In which thu following total Items uppe.ir' Mla.Mli me- OUB assets. (47,500 : manufactured g o 'a ' U9- 125 ; material , fti.ill ; nceounu recelv.itilc , 27.0W ; lillla rccrlvjirc. uctimli < Iue. J4 W : n otiil. JlOSiSS. MubrillCH , uccoun'u ji.ivable. 3.429 ; bil : payable$37,434 ; labor cfnlms ; .47ti ; total , $13311. < fiili'iilx of Oct-iiu Vi'HBi-ln , Murcli HO At Antwt-rp Arrived Kensington , fiom s'ew York. At QiKH-natown Arrived Cophulonla , loin Host on. At Now Yoik-Sillcd Cufle , for Llve-ipool ; 'olatlu , for Hamburg : Truvla , for llreinen. Arrived iiovlc , from Liverpool. Hi.JOICI3 AT IlIVKUA'S sputa n nlor'n lor'n lleeent ( CopjrlKht , ISO" , by 1'rtrs iMEfilUK Company. MADRID , March 30 Mgi York Worli Cablegram Special Telcgjjgj The Spanlrl press Is much elated ewS'telcgranis an nounclng a favorable tujBli ( he military operations In Cuba , capcdBjj the capture o Mncco's puccestor , Gencn Rita Rivera. As coon as Rivera recovers HHhls wounds , h will bo tried by summnrflVrt martial , will htti chief of staff , ColonWKcalln. The government has U Bh plied congratu latlon ? to General Wc-yj Hml pressed bin to spare no effort to pusfW Pratlonu In ordo to bo In a position to begin to carry out before the end of April , the royal dectees. The minister of the colonies Is preparing to put In definite fihapc the Cuban reforms and provisional tariff. Friends of the govern msnt fissure me that Premier Cinovao In tends the now policy to be cirrlcd out In a very liberal spirit. He now hopes that even the Cuban constitutional i > arly and the Span Ish conservatives , the Romero Roblcdo group will not obstruct the measure agreed to an carried out by Weyler. Parliament will b convoked the first week In May. The Madrid press and politicians arc mil- matcly discussing the expediency of soon devising a new policy for the Philippines the icccnt Insurrection there havng | proved the old colonl'.l system to be a complete failure. The collapse of the Influence of the monks and Jesuits over the natives , and the failure of what they regard as the too lib eral policy toward the natives since 1S91 , convince them that It Is necessary to re trace the btcps toward centralization and a more vigorous military and civil adminis tration. ARTHUR E. HOUOHTON. < ; I\IUAI. uuiinvnu.vs CAPTUIIC Treated Very Coiirteoiinly by tlic SltanlMli Commander. HAVANA , March 30. General Hernandez Vclasco left San Cristobal under secret or- the Spanish column marched upon Perlco ders at noon last Saturday with the Cas- tlltorcna battalion and two field pieces am pitched his ramp nmld the Brujlto hills. The Insurgents attacked the regulars from the very outset of the nJvance. Yesterday Pozo , where General Ruiz Rivera awaited them In a strongly Intrenched position. Rivera opened fire Immediately on seeing the head of the column. Lieutenant Rio ad' vanccd with the extreme vanguard , Major Sanchez Bcrtml leading another division under the protection of artillery , which shelled the trenches held by Rivera , who was already wounded In the thigh. One company of the Relna ravalry galloped for ward , capturing the trendies and seizing as prisoners five men who lay severely mutilated by shells. Colonel Bacallao , on learning that Rivera had been wounded , hurried to the trenches and begged the soldiers not to kill him Rivera and Colonel Bacallao were taken Into the presence of Colonel Velasco , 'who shook hands with Rivera and Introduced him to the officers of his staff , giving Instructions that the first thing to bo done was to give him surgical relief. Lieutenant Turry and Colonel Bacallao were also wounded In the fight nt the same place on the ICth. General Rivera , speak ing of the Spanish bolulcry , said : "They have treated mo very carofully. " IIo com plained much of the pain In his wounds. Captain General Weylor lecclved the news of Rivera's capture at Clenfugos , where the Intelligence was loudly cheered. The cap tain general describee' as "satisfied" with the result and has received cablegrams of congratulation from the Spanish minister of war and the Spanish premier , who congratu lated him In the name of the queen of Spain. Vclasco will bo honored with a titlej. . . - . Lieutenant Turry died from his wounds. Ho'was a naturalized American. LICE IS SUl1 \otilH-d Hint IH Sort Icon AVI11'o < lie ItiMiulrod After April 15. CHICAGO , March 30. A special to the Tribune from Washington says- General Fitzhugh Lee , consul general at Havana , has been notlflcd.b'y cable that. lil& services will not bo needed after April 15. The notlee from the State department comes nominally In the form of a leave ot absence beginning at that date , but It Is understood , both by him and the department that his sutcctsor will bo on the ground at that time. General Leo expects to como back to thla country at once. Take ClitirKc of tinTIIK ; Monurcli. KEY WEST , March 30 The tug Monarch has been captured by the revenue cutter Wlnona and was brought hero this morn- ng In charge of one of Its offlccis. The tug Is now at the government dock The crew refuse to make any statement on the subject. The Monarch was captured at Jnlila Honda , about thirty miles from hcic. Nothing was found aboard the tug. It has simply been held on suspicion. It Is re- lortcd that a filibustering expedition was to mvo joined the Monarch at Ilahla Honda and that coal was to bo eent to It from icre. Now TII'M for AVur n\iciiN | . MADRID , March 30. The government Is contemplating Imposing new taxes In order to provide for the Cuban war expenses. It is rumored that General Sangullly wll' ' succeed General Ruiz Rivera , now a pv | - oncr In the bands of the Spanish , as com- nander of the Insurgents In Plnar del Rio Goiiifz'N I'orcTN Dcft-ati-il. HAVANA , March 30. Private advices Bay hat an Important engagement baa taken ilaee at Macagua , province of Santa Clara , Ktween the Spanish forces under General tnlz and the Insurgents under General Max- mo Gomez , The Insurgents left thlrty-iilno nen killed on the field. suiMMinHs niyi'Aiis OK Tim wuncic. SurilMirx 4if tin * .SI. .NnnlriIlefiiHO to Toll . .tinSlorj. . CopyrlBht , 1807 liy Trees 1'ubllnhlnR Company. ) LONDON. March 30. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram , ) Repeated efforts today to Induce the survivors of the oundcred steamer St. Nazalro to give fur- her details of their experiences before leav ng Glasgow for Havre were fruitless. They all persisted In their reticence. The French consul at Glasgow sajo that be officers state that they tried to save the ship , but the water flooded the engines and rustrated their efforts The consul orsnes hat since there was time for hiidi effortn , hero coull not have been an explosion. Ho ray * that the cargo was general , but that he cannot nay whether any dynamite was In cluded In It. The reticence of the survivors Is consid ered suspicious. DALLARD SMITH. vmiyirni.A. I'lilrty Yeiirn' Conlriiot for Ti-le- KriipliH , C'uliloN ami ToloilionoN , Copjrlnlit , 1607 , I'I'rem Publishing Company ) CARACAS , Venezuela , March 30 , ( New 'ork World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) acob Schwed of Henry Clews & Co. has ob- allied from the Venezuelan government a hlrty-years' concession for a telegraphic ysteni , Including cables and telephones NEW YORK. March 30. ( Special Tele. ram. ) Henry Clews said today In reference : the above dlnpatch : "Jacob Schwed ! one ) f our employes and ho went to Venezuela bout i month ago In the Interest of a tymll. ite of American and German capitalist ! ) , for vhorn Henry Clews & Co. are acting simply the capacity of banker * . We are not pre- rnred yr-t to speak of the character of Mr. ichwdd'H inlsilon , and cannot inako pub ic at this time the names of the capitalists. Vo have not recelved any advices from Mr. Schwed since bio arrival In Venezuela. " \ I'lilKUiAttnoKw IlrlllHli Troniix. LONDON , March SO. A special dlrpatch rom Bombay tayg that the plague hag iroken out among the British troops at aleba. HOUSE WORKS HARD Members Hustle Belntcd Bills Along nt a Lively Rate. ONE RULE THAT RETARDS LEGISLATION Speaker Qnffln Cnlls Attention to the Need of a Change. NEW REVENUE LAW IS BEING CONSIDERED Bill Intended to Hoform the Method of Assessing for Taxation. ONE OF GAFFIN'S ' BRIBERY BILLS PASSES ScnnU' .SviulM TliriuiKli the > tcunura tlmt' In Intended (11 1'rcvont CoritoriitloiiM from 1'nrt In 1'olltlcH. LINCOLN , March 30. ( Special.--Thli ) morning Immediately after the reading ot the journal , Jenkins asked unanimous con- Rent to have house roll No. 3S5 advanced to third reading. Ho explained that It was a bill to reorganize the state militia , that It had been drawn In thn governor's olllco anil was endorsed by the adjutant general and other ofllccrs. Wooster and Stcbblns ob- jected. They stated that they would here after object to the advancing of any blllj without consideration. Standing committees reported the following bilKi to the general file : House roll No. filO. nuthorlzlnji counties to i efuml their bonded Indebtedness. House roll No O.X ) , u-lntlng to tile Issunnco of boiiila for uk-c-tilc lights in cities. HOUHO roll No DM , nn net to provide for tbo p.iymvnt of Interest nml principal on real mUite moi tinges. House i oil No OIG , amending the present luvv relating to the pov.era of electors tit mmml town ineetlitKs. House loll No. 5iO , iimemllng the liquor license Invv. HOUHO roll No. CIS , relating to the power of the mujor anil council or cities to Issue bonds. liuuso roll No. CSj. requlrliiR school dlrec- tora In dlstilcts , or In vill.ifres and cltlea of tlio bccotul cln 3 , to li.ivu l > cnn free hold ers at least one jenr prior to tlielr election. House loll No. , tSJ , to empower cities anil towns to vote and Issue bonds for tbo con- tiuetlon and maintenance of electilu lights. Senate tile No. M > , to prevent town or village olllcer.s from put chasing the bonds ot the said town or village. Keniito file No 1)3 ! ) , for the piotectlon of lock fiom pitfalls. Senate file No. 142 , repealhiB sections 1. 2 , ; t , 4 , 5 , 0 , 7 and S , of chapter II , of the Complied hjt.itutes , entitled ' \lnika and Brands. " Semite tile No. 2C7. providing for n llcenso of opera houses In cities of the first and becoml class. Senate tile No. 127 , providing for division of titles of the secoiul class Into wards. KILLED UY COMMITTEE. The following bills were Indefinitely post poned ! House roll No. 352 , the house copy of tlio Lincoln charter. HOUHO roll No. 100 , the house copy of tha Oinahii charter. 'Housu roll No. 339 , nn net for the regula tion of cities of the firat class. ilou-to roll Mo. MS , umontilnr Hut nrt regulating cities of the metropolitan class. Hou c roll No. r.wi , that the teriitory within the limits of Incorporated cities con- Htltutu one school dl.stilct. House roll No. 4OT , an act to Incorporate ) cities of the first cl iss. House roll No. SIS , an act relating to the povveiH of cities and villages concerning as and electric llfht vioiKs. These bills were ordered engrossed for the third reading : Senate file No. 381 , nn act Incorporates cities of the Hist class. Senate file No. 210 , providing that the ter ritory within titles constitute ono school district. Sheldon of Dawcs moved to advance senate ) nio No. 193 to the third leading , but tbo notion fulled to receive a two-thirds vote , .ml was declared lost. The Hpcaker said hat the house- had adopted a rule whereby t took a two-thirds majority of all inernbem o advance a bill from general flic , while It osly took a majoilty of those present to adopt the report of a standing committee ) idvanelng a bill to third reading. Ho thought .ho rule was a bad ono and resulted In re- ardlng leglblntlon , but It was ono of the rules of tbo house and would bo cnforcc-d until the members saw lit to adopt a butter ono. IlEVENUE DILL COMES UI' . The 1'ouso then went Into committee of the vliolu to consider houa ? roll No. 247 , the ommlttco substitute for 1'ollard's revenue bill , with Clark of Lancaster In the chair. Section 1 of the bill provides that all prop , rty In the state shall be aucsFcd at Its cash alue , and alwo providing penalties for viola- Ion. Ion.Eager Eager moved to amend so that the assess ment should be on one-fourth of the cash ralue , stating that the taxes on the farms rould bo five Hires higher than at present , t was explained by members of the revenue ) committee that the percentage of levy had iccn reduced BO that taxes would bo no ilgher on farms urder the now bill than inder the old law , and Mr. Eagcr'ii ame-nd- nent wai voted down. WooHtcr moved to amend section so that chuiph property would bo taxed the same as private property Sodcrman sail ) the committee of the vvholo iad no authority to amend the constitution of the fUafo , and read the article In the con- itltutlon exempting chureh property from axatlon. Shull asked If the sertlon of ( ho constltu- .lon did not dispose of the nme-ndmetit , ' "Iho constitution Is not iccognl/a'd In thl ) ody , " ruled the ehalrman of the eommlt- ce. ce."J "J deslro to ask , " said Mr. Shull. "If ono nomber Is not allowed to Impugn the mo- Ivcs of another member , why ( mould the ihalrman of this committee bo allowed to > mpugn the whole house ? " "I apologize to the house for having poken the truth , " sold the chairman. "I mly judged from Its past record. " This sally was greeted with much laugh er , and the amendment wan voted down , inly four members favoring It. Mr. Woos- er declared that a majority of tha members \e-ro for tliu amendment , but did not Uaro o stand up and vote for U. I'undlng further consideration the coin- nlttco arose , DECIDES ON A NIOHT SESSION. After the noon recess Sheldon of Dawca novcd that later In the day Instead of an djournmont a recess bo taken until 8 o'clock his evening. On a standing vote the mo- Ion was declared carried IllllH on tMrd reading were taken up , lousu roll No. C52 , the recount hill , way ocommttted to the committee of the whole or the purpose of striking out the enacting lauso , the counterpart ( senate nio having > ecn made a law eoine days ago. House roll No. Gil , a concurrent resolu- lon requesting tbo governor to appoint a ammltteo to ileylso means of securing hcaper freight rates to the gulf , v&u passed > a vote of C5 to C , House roll No. 031 , having he-en passed In ho form of an Identical senate file , It wau cnt to committee of the whole for the pur- totso ot striking out the enacting clause. House roll No. 233 , by Zimmerman , to con- ollilate In a aepirato and opeclal fund all Moneys collected from students of the Unl- eralty of Nebraska and provide a uniform r.ethod of dUburclng the tame , was passed \llk tbu emergency clauro , having 78 votes o Its credit and none against. Houao roll No , 492 , by Yela r , a bill pro- Ming for the appointment ot a receiver In atcu where Judgments are rendered , or vhcro mortgaged property U liable to d - tructlon or Injury , except when tmcli