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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
TWELFTH YEAE. OMAHA NEB MONDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 5 1883 395
BEASTLY BOREAS.
Hie Mercury Sipped in Bulb aad
Langniehtag at the Bottom ,
A. Blast From Above That
Blocked nil Business for
-24 Hours ,
'The West Huga Hot Stores to
Keep -up the Circulation ,
'While Down East the Gauntry
is Wrapped in Shroud
of Sleet.
'Beverml'OHlo Town * Jaddlgo In a
Sprlnj Bath
VFloodi in Ohio
BpocU ] DiiptkUh to lun liin
TOLEDO , 0. , February 4. As a re
sult of the great rain and sleet the
paat twenty four honra , reports are
coming in ot heavy fruahotc end wash
outs throughout the state. At Fre
mont the Like Shore ratlrcad bridge
crossing the Sjndasky was swept
a way , carrying a portion of a freight
train with it. The lower part of Fremont
mont is nadar water. Tno bridge at
Huron has also gene down. The town
of Ottawa is completely flooded. Oold
weather fallowing the storm tends to
allay apprehensions hero , although a
break up In the Maumeo k expected
any hour , * rhich will again rflood the
Ity.CLEVKLWTD
CLEVKLWTD , February 4. 'The flood
in the river reached the highest point
bout noon. Great damage -was done
( Jong the rivor. Machine chops , flour
mills , packing houses and factories of
all kinds , also railway freight houaea ,
were submerged moro or less. The
waters are receding to-night. It ia
estimated that 23,000,000 f et cf lum
ber and ICvOaO.OOO shingles were
washed awayi from the lumbar yards.
About fifty horses in Yard'-a stable
stood all night in water up'.to their
breasts. They wore rescued to-day
with difficulty. The Valley callroad
for miles is several fact undowattr. .
'Two mills of the Cleveland I Paper
.company , containing forty ions of
manufactured .paper , are submerged
nearly to the top of the fi rat-story.
iLees damage waa done to ehipplng
than was feorod. The district all
.about prcsentud the appaarauao of a
lake , dotted with chimneys of fur
naces aad roofs of buildings. The
water ia hiahor than since thereat
( flood of 1808 , The damage will bo
ever $1,000,006.
.At Delaware , the Olontunzy river is
the hlgheao ever hnowu. The aucpon
sion bridge was swept away and > two
other bridges are expected to
Families living near the river v < ere
.rescued in boats ( com houses afloat.
At Akron the -damage by fiocd
Aggregates $50,000. It was feared for
atimj , last ulght thct the upper basin
would give w y , ' Dcptying 'SureBQt
jako.into the lower b'aain , ft"oodlng the
entire valley. Ail familiua in Cuyo-
hoga valley and the northern part of
the city tied for their lives. All the
railroad .tracks are badly damaged and
travel sunpuudod.
At Columbua the Saioto river ia
thirteen inches higher than ever
known beforo. A laia pcctlon of the
city is under water. All bridges are
In danger. Traiua were taken off
Eacrmoua leas in the eity. Sails
Brothers' dhow honc'quaftors are
flooded. Purl of the animals are lost ,
All work is ctoppod , the water having
extinguished firoa.
THE JLOCO IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTSBURO , February 4. Tko mild
weather and heavy rains the paat
week caused the Allegheny river and
tributaries to overflow their lanka ,
washing away bridges , houses , barns ,
and doing damage to property be
tween Pittabnrg end Oil City t the
extent of aaveral hundred thousand
dollars. The river commenced rising
here thia morning , but no damage
was apprehended until In the after
noon , when suddenly all the retail
dealers' barges and about twenty r fifes
of lumber were swept away in a few
minutes , entailing a loss of ever
$100,000 Residents of the lower portions
tions of Allegheny City and the south
aide are moving to safer quarters.
At points above too damage la esti
mated at $250,000. At Parkers , Pa. ,
the river is twenty-nine feet and
rising. On River avenue the water la
from six inches to six foot deep.
Stores are all flooded ; six occupied
and a number of unoccupied houses
were swept away. Families and mer
chants are moving to the blulFi.
' * In Freeport the lower portion"
the town ia submerged and residents
are leaving.
At Emlenton a bridge with four
men on it waa waahod away. Three
are known to bo aaved.
At Foxburg the water haa over
flowed OB River avenue. The treat
ling and ono span of the now bridge
were carried off ,
Klttanlng Is partially Inundated.
Oonnoqueaslng creek , at Butler , la
higher than for twenty-five years.
A pier of the Pittaburg bridge was
waahed away , and several bridges
above are reported wrecked. The
flood at Bradford la the moat disas
trous over known.
Bradford was visited Saturday
night by a disastrous flood which In
undated about BOO homes. Thoiowor
part of the city waa submerged In
Borne cases to a depth of 10 fnet. The
Ibod was caused by the rain Friday
and the melting snow on the moun
tains. Five bridges were swept
away ; several houses along the
banks of the crook were badly
damaged or totally destroyed ;
85 fp.mlllos on the Hits
between there and Tarport , llvinc in
one-story houses , had to flao for their
lives when the ice gorge broke , leav
ing all their effecla. Many of the
houaea were swept away. It Is impos-
sr siblo to eitlroato the total Ion at thla
[ mo. The waters are now subsiding.
All fear of furthar trouble U over.
. Tbo Oold 'Weather.
BpecUl DUpUch * o Tni liii.
CHICAGO , February 3. The aiirm
which began early yesterday contin
ued with great lovority all night. It
extended ever a great portion of 'Wis
consin , Illinois , Indiana and Ohio. Its
effects are eaoat disastrous to the rail
roads and'telegraph lines are prostrate
all directions , and communication
with 'nuny of the surrounding cities
s entirely suspended. The railroads ,
( specially In Illinois , are blockaded ,
iut a 'few trains attempting to run.
'n Obiccgo last night street travel was
difficult for horses and pedcatriani.
The wast and north oido of the city
railways ran their cars with four
lorsoa and with some irregularity.
The cfcblo line on the south tide seems
HGVjted. The suburban trains on
the rfttlroada are greatly delayed. On
ho Illinois Central ospc-clelly alter 8
) 'clr.ck last night and until C o'clock
hia morning moat of the suburban
ralnr were ubandouod or woru hours
> ohiud and r < quired three engines to
iiuil them. The itonu haa ceased
and the condition of an'iira la slowly
mprovlng.
A Slight Improv eat. ai.
Speolil Dispatch to Till UK .
OUIOAOO , February 4 The aitna-
ion ia somewhat improvod. The em-
> irgo on railway travel , ut'least ' aa far
as trunk linoa radiating from here are
concerned , has buoti raised to-day. All
> elated and snowed-ln trains arrived.
Datgoiug trains all loft on time.
There ia little improvement la the tol-
graphic situation. The Western
Union has no wire to Cleveland orOln-
: lnnati , one fitful connection with St.
Lonfei , and ono New Y'ork and Wash-
ngton wire , on which the associated
prose report la being received.
Western
SpocUl Dtapotch to Tui Bos.
MIXES CITY , Mont. , February 3.
o danger to live etock iLe appro-
louded from the present cold snap.
Reports from the Tongue river ranges
report six inches of snow , butno crust ,
and ctttlo are not stttfarlng. Trains
arrived to-day three days out , delayed
iy the heavy snows in Dakota and
Minnesota , but six inchce of .raow on
; ho lecel in the Yellowstone valley.
The moan temperature through the
Yellow3tono valley for tto .post three
days lo about 12 dtgroee below zero.
The weather ia now moderating.
! The Storm in the TOaat-
Spco ! l Btpatch to li HKR.
RAWUNS , Wyo. , Febcaary 3. It
jegan snowing on Monday afternoon
and snowed incessantly cntll late last
iisht ; accompanied by kiph winds.
The railroad traffio ia at a etand.Htltl.
All the trains on the Liramto dlviaion
of the Union Pacific are abandoned
o-day. The railroad coaapuny ia
oonding out onow plows and a largo
"ores of iron to open the roi. Tno
road will ba cleared to-night and to
morrow so that trains will run ae
usual. Tto storm is general through
out Bouthorn Wyoming. Sorloualoaro
are entertained for stock , enpncl&lly
nhnep. TLoro In no report direct
rnport frour tJir * rntgc auuoa'euti -
nuto of the los can yet bo given.
The heavy snow and extreme cold
with the wind have laid the Union
? acifij and Utah Northern tr&tna.
Cho Utah Qentpftl < running aa usual.
Bad Fflooti ol'tho Storm
DisimtelitoTim UKK.
CHICAGO , February 3. The inquiry
at the Western Union telegraph at L
o'clock thia afternoon aho n thnt all
cooununioixtiou east and south are cut
off. About midnight lust night a
eloet storm sot in extending
eouthrard to im unknown diatunce ,
and owtward to Buffalo. The wiroa
jucauzo oncruatod and weighted with
oo and began going down one by ono ,
ill nt daylight the city ia practically
cut off on an arc beginning at St.
Liouia on the oonthwest aud
swooping cait ward including ell
ho country eaat of the Mississippi
river and south of the chain of the
uroat Iftken. At thia hour only one
Tire ii working between Chicago and
York , and oven that ia under fro-
qnont Interruption. Broken wires
have fallen across those not broken ,
causing an inextricable confuaion. To
add to the difliculties of the situation ,
.rains eaatward arojblockaded. Snow
s not very deep , but It ia composed
of little round particles of sleet through
which the wheeling is like wheeling
hrough sand , so that engines with
nen to repair the broken lines cannot
30 sent out. All the messages received
arc Kcbjoot to delay. Dispatches to
ho associated press from Washington ,
STBW York , Cincinnati , St. Louis and
all tributary points are entirely cut off ,
The grain market of Toledo has only
ineeaftgo through to this hour. The
olegraph company furnishes no en
couragement for materially improved
service before to-morrow. Toward
ho weat and northwest the telegraph
inos are in better condition and work-
ng. The trains in these directions
are greatly interfered with.
Frlulitfal Oil Fire.
Special Dispatch to Tim | ! KK.
CLEVELAND , February 4. A atill
exploded yeaterday morning in the
Great Weatern Oil works , Thurman
and Toaglo streets. The fire spread
to the adjoining tanks of the Stand
ard Oil company , setting them on fire
and exploded the largest The burn
ing oil ran down the guttora into the
swollen crook. Ten largo and small
tanks exploded with torriflic force
durlrg the progress of the fire , light
ing the city in every quarter. The
sound of the explosions were
heard many miles. A heavy
rain storm was in progress during the
fire. Thousands of barrels of burning
oil floated down the crock , setting fire
to everything in its courao. The scene
resembled fhaoa. Two years , it ia
thought , will bo needed to restore the
Standard company's worka and tanks
to the condition of two days ago.
Col , Payne , treasurer of the com
pany , thinks not over 50,000 barrels
of oil were burned , Some estimates
are as high aa 100,000 , Payne says
the loss cannot be estimated until the
flood subsides and careful examination
li made. The fire la still burning in
spots , the flames disclosing the wrecks
rf ton receiving tanka , twenty to
thirty stills and other smaller worka ;
$300,000 ia probably a moderate esti
mate of the company's loss.
HEAVY FAILURE.
The Kannaa Rolling Mill rorcod to
Suspend.
Fp eUl Dtepatch U Tun Din.
KANSAS dry , February 4. The
Kansas rolling mill * , In the suburb of
Roaedale , closed Saturday morning.
For the past three months the mill
has boon somewhat straightened , in
fluenced , lt < a said , by the goner * ! de
pression in the iron trade , and "for two
months has boon running upon re
duced tlmit. The atock was -owned
chiefly by A. B. Stone , Amaaa Stone ,
W. H. lHarria and D. Toola , of Olovo-
land , The works are closely allied
with thoTJnlon Steel works of Chica
go , ani were moro or leas affected by
that failure.
The liabilities swnrod and unse
cured , aa nearly as can bo learned , are
about-gGOO.GOD. The aaaeU , < the ofli-
car a state , are ample to cover all in
debtedness. The plant is worth about
$500dOO. ; A mooting will bo hold
next Tuesday. It ia confidently
stated an arrangement will bo made
for an early resumption of work ,
These mills are among the largest
west of the Mississippi and-havo been
in operation since 1674 , and employed
aboutBO ! ) men.
The Kansas rolling mill company is
the largest manufacturing concern in
Kinaas , its works being located at
Kosodalo , on the line of the Kansas
Oity , Fort Scott and Gulf road. It
has a capital stock of abont < 85QOlO"Ol
which is mainly held by A. B. Stone ,
of Ne-w York ; Atntja Stone , W. H ,
Harris and D Beds , of Cleveland , O. ,
and the officers are as follows : Presi
dent , A. B. Stone ; vico-proaldent , Ira
Harris : treasurer , W. > H. Harris ; sec-
rotavy , K. V. Wilkes ; attorney , Wal
lace Pratt. The directors are A. B.
Stone , of Now York ; W. H. flarrla ,
of Cleveland ; D. P. Beds , of-Clove-
land ; Jra Harris , JX 8. 'Matthias ,
D. E. Jonoa , of Eosodalo , and E.
V. Wllkoa and Wallace iPratt , . of Kan
sas C y. The buslnew of the com
pany during the paat few yoara haa
been very extensive , the employes
numbering about 600 and the product
of the mill since 187F , in dollars and
cants , ia about as follows : In 1880 ,
$1,047,600 ; 1881 , $14017,000 , ; 1382 ,
about $730,000 The decrease in 1882
was because the company gave up the
manufacture of rails , aavo for fltroot
rallwayo , aud confined itaelf wholly to
the manufacture of merchant iron and
"chicken feed. " During the paat
three months the company hero , lUo
other lar Q concerns throughout the
country , kao been somewhat cramped
for funds , 'but a few wouka alnco CoL
W. H. Hfcsris , troaHurer of the com
pany and 'largo ' stockholder , came on
from Cleveland and the finaccus and
affairs of the concern were placed
on such a footing that no trouble was
anticipated. Mr. A. B. Stone , how
ever , who ia president of the Kansa
company , nleo occupies the same posi
tion wlMj the 'Union 11 Iron . and-Stcel
Works cf Chicago , in which ho u said
to bo a holder of stock to the amount
of abowt gtiCO iQOO , and thia fact was
looked on an aniliclent to predict the
"iiluro uf the homo company. To be
auria , the four largest stockholder. ! of
; ho Union Mills are also the four
largoit stockholders of the Kansas
cinipAiiy , but , with thn exception of
Mr A , B Stone , this fact makca no
diffjMnco aa to the financial strength
of the laet-namod corporation.
Two Big Fires.
UpocialDltpatchux to Tim Bint.
NASHVILLE , February 4. Afirothia
morning , originating in a stable ,
spread to adjoining building ! until
leady thn entire block bounded by
Front , Broad , Market and Wharf
streotu waa in ruina. A falling wall
aerlouoly injured two fireman. Over
brty horaes were burned in the livery
stable. Capital warehouse , full of
cotton and tobacco , waa destroyed ,
LOBS , $200,000.
TROY , N. Y. , February 4. The im-
nenae five-story bnlldlug occupied by
Jurdetto , Smith & Co. , atovo Bales-
room , burned yesterday. The office
of the Mutual Union Telegraph com
pany was also burned. Total Ions
$93,000 Insured.
The big flro of Saturday loft the
alls of the burned building standing.
To-day the walla fdll on the building
; o the north , crashing through thereof
roof to the collar and setting fire to
; ho building , The flames bocamu
; hreat nlngaud the engines of Cohoea ,
Weat Troy , Waterford and other
places were called on. The building
occupied by Fuller , Wurron & Co. ,
stove manufacturers , and the Mo
UusUer building and stock on the
north wore damaged $20.000. Total
a $100,000. Fuller , Warren &
Oo.'d loss on stock and valuable pat' '
terns $110,000.
A. Bid Gang Bagged-
HpecUl Dixjmtch to Tun DKK.
NEW YOUK , February 4. For more
than a year the fire department and
police have boon annoyed by false fire
alarms. Two months ago the matter
was placed In the hands of Inspector
Byrnes Yesterday Ida dotootlvoa auc-
cooded in capturing nlno young men ,
whoao confessions show to bo not only
senders out of falao alarms , but burg
lars aa well. The prisoners , with the
exception of one , reside in the city.
Their ages range from 17 to 28 Many
mysterious robberies during the paat
year have been explained by their con
fessions.
Ferry's Failure-
Special Dispatch to Tin UK8.
DKTUOIT , February 4. It is Impos
aible to gain definite information rela
tlvo to the condition of Ferry & Broa ,
Senator Ferry's Lansing representative
was served with a process last nicht
in a suit for an unpaid bill of $2 30C
for room and board bill for the month
of January at the hotel thero. The
senator Has boon absent from Lansing
all week. It ia well understood' thai
ho waa seeking to tide over his finan
cial difficulties , but their extent Is un
known ,
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Higher Level of Official
Life Demolishing Late
Dinners.
Logan Games to the Rescue of
the Heira of Colored
Soldiers.
Review of the Freeou * Peel
tion of Qeneral Appropria
tion Bills.
The Scncnta Decide * to Btt Dovra t-
Another Weak of Tariff T J *
CAPITAL MOTES.
BpecUl D > iwtchcB to Tni Bui.
A VUBLIO KEOKrnON.
WASHINGTON , February 4. Mrs
MoKlrojr , the pronldont's sister , tfnvo
public reception In the executive man
lion last evening. She was amlitod
by Mrs. Browstor , BH Prellng-
huyson , Mlaa Pholpa , and Mrs. Knev
als. It was a brilliant affair trad was
larscelj-'Ottonded. 'j
THK TKHT or CfflJK * .
The tonna of ofiioa of the nav l of
ficers and surveyor of the port of New
York will noon expire , but the present
incumbent will hold over until the ap
pointment of the civil service corumts-
aion by the president. Members ol
the commission will bo announced at
an oatiy day.
TWO
Tho-tJapanoso minister gave ft dinner
nor laac evening to the diplomatic
corpa. Among the guests weroSecro
tarios Folgor , Teller and ( Lincoln.
A dinner was alw fliven by Henry
Wattereon , of The Louisville Courier-
Journd , to his friends The gucata
were Bonators Voorhoea , Williami ,
Bayard nnd Bock , ei-8enator McDon
ald , Representatives Carifolo , Black-
barn and Knott , Mr. Henry Watter-
son , erv and David A. Wollo , of New
York ,
.THK 1'OHTOFFICB Blii.
The committee on conference ,
which has boon appointed ta conitder
the poatcflico appropriation bill , it la
expected -will meet to-day. 'This com-
inltteo is .to decide upon a time for the
2-cont postage law to goilnto tiTeot
nnd to determine whether 01 not
money shall be appropriated for the
last-mail corvico. Indications are
that a compromiao will 4 > o ef
fected , and that the now law
will go in effect October 1 ,
1883 , instead of January 1 ,
1884 , oa proposed by the
iouso , and Jciy 1 , 1883 , as amended
by the senate. Oiio of the ropn tent-
nth oa npon tha committo has ealu that
they would be satisfied with October
L , and thoncht that the remaluii ( jtro
mombora of the committee .fro i tu.it
UOUBO would coiccido with hiajtv.wi
HacWms ao uu rtbjcsiloa toT&v 1 ,
that the following three months con-
stifcato the poorest quarter of a fiscal
year for poaUllica business. Oonse-
uue&tly , with the reduction of 2 centa
ihoro would bo n great deficiency.
Then the activity ex pooled on
2 CENT I'OSTAOK
will not boRiu before fall , und this will
tend to increase the deficiency. The
poatcflico department is also opposed
! o the bill taking effect on July 1 ,
) ut eay that October 1 will bo satis-
'actory , though January 1 , 188-1 , ie
dceirod. The department dauires
moro tisno for arranging accounts
Imti would bo given should July 1 ,
.883 , bo determined upon. The ques-
ions of salaries for fourth
claas Postmasters , the depart
ment claims , will require aooi *
, lmo for Bottling. A bill fu now bo-
ere congress concerning the payment
of this claas of officials. Tui'y nro
now paid a per cent on the Bale of 3
cent stamps. It ia propoaod their
salaries ahall bo doturminod by the
lumber of 2 cent poalago atampa canceled -
celod in their ( llios. An effort will
> o made to pass this bill thlo session.
A senator who Is a mcmbor of the
conference committee will strongly in
sist that the now law go Into effect
July 1. It is thought that the amend
ment offered in the acnato concerning
ho fact mall service will be passed by
the committee on conforonco.
Katohera was confirmed at Now
York.
I'ENSIONH KOIl COLOUEI ) .SOLDI KIW.
Senator Logan has informed the
senate ho would offer an amendment
, ' o the sundry civil appropriation bill ,
ihat the act which placed colored
sjldiurs on the Eamo footing as other
soldiers as to bounty and pensions be
ao constructed as to extend to and in
clude the hoira of ouch soldlora in their
claims for military service , and that
the accounting oflicer of the treasury
bo directed to readjust the claims of
such heirs as would bo entitled to and
may have boon denied the benefit
of such act ,
THK I'KNHION HILL.
The recent pension appropriation
bill reported to the senate by Sena
tor Logan contains but one amend
ment by the senate committee on pensions -
sions , a provision relative to thn item
of $10,009 for contingent oxpenaca ,
by which one-half is made Immedi
ately available. The bill appropriates
880,575,000 , and rcapproprlatoa $16-
800,000 of unexpended balances now
in the treasury of the former appro
priation.
. ANOTHEIl WKEK OK TAHUT.
The programme of business fur the
isonato this week Is extremely simple ,
the intention of the majority being to
press consideration of the finance
committee's tariff measure , lasting
generally until a late hour in the
evening , to the exclusion of all other
than formal legislative bunlncss. Some
brief executive aosolons will bo held ,
and It is expected that adjournment
will bo taken at comparatively early
Tuesday afternoon as a mark of ro
apect to the memory of deceased mem
ber * of the house , but aside from
theia Intorruptioni the entire week
will doubtless ba devoted to an at
tempt to complete consideration of the
pending bill. It la very doubtful ,
however , whether the bill can bo
returned to the house by the end of
this week , for , regardless of the many
dliputad tariff ( noatlona which remain
unacted upon , there may to a tonowal
of l it session a dlicnaalon in regard to
the radons toatnroa of the original
framework of the bill which , as It
pitted the house , rolatnd solely to a
reduction of the Internal taxation.
IN THK llOUftK ,
after the usual call of states for In
troduction of bill.tomorrow the
regular order bo the recognition of In-
dhkluals& > r the purpose of offering
mvtiona to pass mosauros by two-
thirds majority under auapontlon of
rules , at is understood the 'first
number to bo recognized will bo Cam
oren , who has given notice ,
aodor direction of the majority
of the committee on appropri
ations , that ho will ( hen move
iummnrr passages of the legislatives
executive and judicial appropriation
'bill. The general opinion to-night la
that the motion will fill , as > it la
known that nearly all the leading
democrats will oppoao it. Falling to
obtain the passage by this means , the
bill wlH not bo called up again this
week , 'but ' will bo loft on the calendar ,
while the house during the remainder
of the week , except Tuesday after
noon ( eulogies to bo delivered on Up
legate and Hawk ) devotes itself fur
ther In consideration of tiio wtvye-and
lUtoons committee tariff bill.
CUE mEflKNT OONRIinoN
of regular annual appropriation bills
la briefly stated as follows : Tho.agrl-
cultural bill has become law ; ho
aoniahr and diplomatic , military
academy , Indian and poito&oe bills
have all passed both house * and are in
6fco hau a of the conforcnoo commit
tee ; the army appropriation aad pen
sions are on the calendar of the eon-
ate ready for action by that body ; the
Blatrict of Columbia , fortification and
navy appropriation bills are under
examination by the sub-commit too ,
and will probably bo reported to the
sonato'irom the full committee on ap
propriations during the present week ;
the loRialatlvo , executive and judicial
appropriation bill Is on the house
calaudor. The tiver and harbor bill
la In conroo of preparation by the
houao .committee on commerce , and
the work of preparing the sundry
civil bill ia troll advanced by the housa
committee on appropriation , who will
probably inoludo in this moaauro fas a
matter of convenience this year ) all
items of appropriation which are
usually combined to the form of general
oral deficiency bills.
Tim Blare IBngar Makoiv.
Hpcclil Dlipatch to TJEI Dun.
WAfliiiNoroiK , February 3. Hoar is
reported to have received a number of
telegrams from Massachusetts relating
to a proposition to discriminate be
tween free and slave labor in the sugar
tariff. When the proposition was
made by Kellogg to charge an addi
tional duty of ton pec cent on sugar
'rnru such countries as produced It by
* , ia.V3 labor.
The Massachusetts aotiktor'm'sdo u
halting attempt to find a reason why
ho should not vote for the proposition
which would justify such an action on
the part of an exponent of the aboli
tion tJ the sentiment of his state. He
did not succeed very well , but still got
Into the record an oppoacd to sinking
a blow nt , slavery through pulitencaa
to Spain. It was an earnest
appeal. Mot rill , Hoar and eth
er a who found thonuolvcs in
ao delicate a position that ICollogt ;
nithdrow his domnnd fur ycim and
nays ; ha repented of it afterward ? ,
nowevur , and 1ms announced hin in
tention of reviewing the amendment
and demanding the roll call when the
senate returns to the schedule. Ho
lias received n number of telegratna
from various parla of the country
urging him to do it , and when ho an
nounced hin intention of BO doing ho
learned that Hoar had also received
holograms from Maaaachuaotta , and
: hat ho had suddenly changed his
mind ns to the advisability of such an
amendment and announced that ho
would support it.
Ike New Pacific Routs.
Special Dispatch to Tun UB .
CHICAOO , February 3. A promi
nent railway man says concerning the
line to Guttymaj , that when the Duke
of Sutherland and a party of English
capitalists wore in thla country they
travelled over the line of the Atoh-
laon , Topeka & Santa Fo and making
a thorough inspection of the same.
At that time the Sonora railway waa
being built Into Old Mexico. It has
igot great .privileges and land grants
from the Mexican government.
It was built from Benson In Arizona
territory , to near Tucson , to Quay-
inns , on the Gulf of California. The
line .waa finished and very recently
opotiod. The Sonora road belongs to
the Atchiaon company. The Little
Mexican road is not so very long , but
it will Boon play a'mout important part
In coming nystom. Quay mas Ia , be
yond doubt , the finest Pacific coast
port. The largest steamships in the
world can como right up to the
docks to unload. Any sized
fleet can find harborage. It
la six hundred miles nearer
the Australian and Japanese and Chi
nese steamship ports than Sin Fran
cisco , the present port for that traffic.
There lies the clue to all thla plan.
Thla h the Idea of the direct all rail
line from Kanaaa City or from Chicago
to Guaymaa , through a line country
and by all odds the beat winter route ,
and then by the oteamship line of the
lioont Iron veaoola direct to the Sand
wich Islands , Auckland , NowXoaland ,
then Sydney , there connecting with
another atoamihip line for Melbourne
aud all parts of Australia , or by way
of the Sandwichoa to Yokohama , Japan
and Chlncao ports ,
Torrlflo Colliiloii ol'Tralun.
Special DlipaUli to THK lliK.
Ciutuoo , February 4. The Inter-
Ocean's Laoorto ( Ind. ) special says ;
Two Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern freight trains containing In all 71
cars , collided with fearful crash three
miles east of hero this afternoon.
Both trains wore badly wrecked. The
woat bound train had ton oars of oil ,
Two next to the engine exploded ,
The shock was plainly felt hero. The
wreck took fire and Is now burning
The train men jumped. The conduc
tor and engineer of the cait bound
train mistook their orders. It is Im-
poitlblo to estimate the lots. The
road Is blocked and east bound trains
are lying hero.
FREEPAS8ES IN CONNECTICUT
ilow UoBBlona of the Legislature are
i Prolouaod by tuo DoadhtmdB.
Men Tork Hun.
UintroRD , February 1. The Con-
nootlcut legislature has boon in BOB *
slou a month , has accomplished little
thus far , and will probably spin Itself
out for two months to come without
rendering any Important service to
the itato.
The secret cf the long sessions of
recent years lies In the possession of
free railroad passes by the mombora.
Those they uao for all they are worth ,
It Is seldom that a quorum of the log-
Ulatvro can be found In Hartford after
the departure of the afternoon trains ,
The rural members Bleep and oat al
homo , and find time to do their farm
chores night aud morning. The average -
orago member does not expect to servo
ti second term , and BO makes the mopl
of his one whack at legislative honors.
The abolition of the free-pass system
would shorten the eonsiona one-half.
A TEST SUIT.
Tnnt of the Government Against tno >
Union Pacific.
SpocVU Dbpitih to Itii Him.
NEW YOUR , February . The at
tention of the counsel of the Union
Pacific having been called to a Wash
Ington diapatoh stating that the nooro <
tary of the Interior had recommended
the attorney general to bring suit
against the company to recover $1-
500,000 sndor the Thurman act , Bid
noy Bartlett and Judge Dillon authorize
izo the statement that the government
claims no such amount and the
proposed suit is an amicable
one to Bottle disputed questions
In controversy between the Union
Pacific and the United SUton , and re
lates to the ininnor in which not earn-
ttigt , under the Thurraan act , shall bo
ascertained. The company claim the
coat of now conatrnctlon and equipment
mont on the main Hue should bo de
ducted from the groaa earning ! In order
dor to ascertain the not earn It gi. The
commissioner of railroads docs not
concede this claim , and both parties
desire a judicial decision thereof , and
an amicable suit to that end. invited
by the company , is about to bo brought.
The government has made no com
plaint of the courao pursued by the
company , but has favored a judicial
settlement of the question. x
PERSONAL.
Mose Sherman loft yesterday for an ex.
tended trip through the south. He will
tnVo to Ht. Ijftiis and then go to Now Or
leans to attend the Mardl ( ! ras festival ,
after which ho will visit Philadelphia ,
Now York nnd Boston , his relatives living
at the latter place. Air. Sherman In a
Kcntlcmin fur whom all hin acquaint-
neo8 have the utmost regird and cntoera ,
nnd will wish him ft pleasant trip nnd n
Hafo return homo.
0. N. ILunmond , representing the
louto of J'uller & Fuller , wholcHalo drug-
gtutH and importer * , of Chicago , In In the
city , and will make It hi * future head-
quartern.
Hon. S , < l. Aloiaudur , John Dawson ,
jhnuu Keller and A , K. I'hiknt'y , of Lin
coln , were at the Paxton yesterday.
General Tom Thumb and company ar
rived In the city yoiterday morning and
am . rgiaterotl at the Paxton.
Hon. Hainuel Maxwell , of the supreme
ourt of Nebraska , WAS In the city yontor-
lay.
lay.M.
M. S. Gardner and wife , of lied Cloud ,
were at tlio Metropolitan yen tor Jay.
Mr. and Mrx. John Loudau and party ,
of Wyomlnc , are at the Paxton.
John K. Cold , the Cheyenne cattle
man , Is at the Paxton house.
J , H , Briulshaw , of Fort McKlnney , li
at the Metropolitan ,
D. M. Semblin , of Arnpaboe , wan at the
Mlllard ymterday.
C. W. Phelpn aud wife , of Clear Creek ,
are at the Paxton.
A , H , Cramer , of IlaHtlucx , wan In the
city yesterday.
John /jhrung , of Lincoln , wan In the
city yeiiterday.
H , It. Clark , of Dos Molae , u at the
MctropoliUn ,
C. V , Newton , of Liramle , in at the
Metropolitan.
1 , N. Uluin , of Ban Francinco , U A cuoU
of the Pftxtou.
1) , McLennan , of U ahoo , In a guest of
the Mlllard.
V. II , I'oaee , of Carson , Nevada , Is at
the Millard.
N. 3. Hardlug , of Nobriska City , is at
thoMilhml.
J. li , Week * , of Chicago , H at the Metro-
polltnn.
lien Crnnntou , of Portland , IH at the
Mlllard.
J. M. Uarclay , of le Molne , IR In the
city.
city.W.
W. 1) . Hill , of Ueatrlco , Nob. . Is in the
city.
0. Langert , of Cheyenne , U at the Pax-
ton.
ton.L.
L. W. Tyler , of Chicago , Ia at the Mil
lard.
lUmcrFrank haa returned from Lincoln ,
Joe Homo , of Denver , is at the Paxton ,
CongreBinr.au Laird Is at the Paxton , _ _
We notice the Marriage Fund , Mutual
Truit Asioclatlon , of Cedar Haplds. lows ,
highly npokdn of In many of the leading
paper * of the state. "Money for the Un-
m rrle < l" heads their advertisement In
another column of thin paper. f5tm :
THE QUEEN'S ' SHILLING ,
Iti Purchasing Power Developed
at the Dublin Trials ,
Informers Coming by tbo Dozen
With Tales on Their Ton-
guo'fl Bind.
Esparto Examination of Wit
nesses Remarkable Fonts
of Memory.
ThoBhoBli Bellowing for Blood in
British India.
IRELAND.
DtfpaUhm to Till lln.
THE CHEAT CONHPIRAOY.
DUULIN , February 5 , Over ono
hundred persons auspoctod of connec
tion with secret organizations have
11 jd the city. It la believed they have
not yet succeeded in quitting the
kingdom. The police have ten moro
warrants to execute and search Is
being made In Birmingham , London
and Manchester for parsons agalnat
whom they have boon issued. Three
informers will bo produced to-morrow ,
or Saturday next , if Inquiry should bo
adjourned to that day , who will give
further details concerning the exist
ence of a murderous organization.
A B7BTKM OP KSPIONAdB.
Some months , ago tbo head oi the
criminal investigation department or
ganized a ayalorr of espionage alml-
lar to the method of procedure adopted - "
od in Pennsylvania in bringing thrt
Molllo Magulroa to justice. Men In
public atatlona are now moro vigllan t
ly guarded. French polloo guarded
Gladstone in Franco.
I UK ALLEGED A8SASHIN8.
At the investigation yesterday the
following named persons were charged
with the murder of Lord Oavondlah
and Secretary Burke : James Carey ,
member of the corporation ; Joseph
Brady , itono cutter ; Edward O'Brien ,
shoemaker ; Edward McOaflery , van
driver ; Peter Oaroy , mason ; Lawrence
Haiilon , carpenter ; Peter Doyle
coach builder , and Timothy Kelt/ , ,
coach builder.
A witness named Fltzslmmous iden
tified Counsellor Carey aa being con
nected with the conspiracy. Fitz-
slmmons deposed he M
rented a room In
South Cumberland street from James
Oaroy , Ho discovered in the loft of
the houeo two knlvrn and : a rifle , '
which were produced after GAroy'a ar- i
rest. Great excitement was visible
the ocoupanU of the densely
crowded court room when the prison- ' ' ,
era were placed in the dock. There ' \
was a painful pauio when the witness
Fllzjlmmons WAS called , The prison
ers in the meantime shook hands wlth-
onch other and joked among thwfc-
solvoa , nodding to their friends. Thdi
reading of the charges that the pria- ' - >
onora did "feloniously kill and alay" fa
"
LUvendish and Burke , * was greeted by - W
the prisoners with loud laughter.
Brady , O'Brien and McCaffrey were ; i
' *
doutifiod aa persons aeon near the
icoiio of the tragedy on the day of its *
ocourronco. FItzilmmons , a lodger in ,
the house of Counsellor Oaroy , teati-
lied that ho found there knives which
physicians said could have made the
rents In the clothing and wounds in
the bndlca of Cavendish and Bnrko. , '
Oao woman also identified O'Brien
and Brady ,
George G. Oddou , p rk ranger , '
identified Brady aa ono of five men :
soon on a car the evening of the mur
der driving furiously. Powell , the '
eon of u small farmer , Identified >
Brady and McCaffrey as lurking under
the trees the evening cf the murders.
Aa each priaonor waa identified there
were loud exclamations in the court I '
room , and the magistrate threatened to I i
havojtclonrod. Powell , after passing 'I
the men , mot James Carey driving on
the main road in a car. There was >
considerable commotion when all the
prisoners were placed in the dock and i '
remanded. N
FRANCE.
SpecUl Dtopatcheii to Tui U .
UECALL OK HTUDENTH. *
PAIIIS , February 4. Hungarian
mtdlcal students here were suddenly
recalled , with a view of being em-
iloyod In the Austrian army.
Vorlnao , Republican , was elected
lonator from Oahora. On the second
jallot Bonrnovillo , Irreconcilable , was
elected deputy from the fiftieth arron-
dlaaomont.
MKETINU OK HOCIALISTH ,
MAIWEILLEH , February 4. A moot-
ng if Bocialiata was hold to-day.
About 100 persons , Including a nnm-
} or of women , were present. A roso-
"utlon waa adopted strongly condemn-
ng the Lyons tribunal which con
victed Prlnco Krapotklno and
associates. The proceedings were
somewhat turbulent and terminated
amid cries of "Vivo la revolution in-
; ornatioualo 1"
Revival of the Bine Lows.
colal Dtapa'ch to TIIH Due.
NEW HAVEN , Conn. , February 4 ,
The original jubilee singers , of Nor
folk , Va. , were arrested this evening
for singing , in violation of the statute
of 1780 , which prohibits concerts ,
theatrical ontortalnmontstotc. , on the
Sabbath , under penalty of not lots
than $25. Each person In the audi
ence is liable to a line of $4.
Tlio
Dispatch to Tun lisa.
PHILADELPHIA , February 4 , Herr
Moat addreeaod a maas meeting In
Gormanln thrcatro this afternoon.
The place waa thronged and hundreds
were unable to enter. Ho apoko In
Gorman. Ho denounced church aud
the press of this country , and said
the time woul.l soon oomo here and
olaowhero whra the woiklnj man
would bo free.
Yount ; man or woman , If you want big
money for a email amount. Insure in the
Marriaga Fund and Mutual Trust Amotl-
ktion , Cedar ! UpId , Iowa , fS-Sv.