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IW I 1 HE OMAHA DAILY BEE
THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. FRIDAY MORNING , JANUARY 25 , 1881. NO. 187.
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RAILROAD RATTLE.
TliG fioyerninoiit's ' Sninmcr Jflniot-
n Party
Toll All About the Union
Pacific ,
Which Seems to Thorn Alto
gether Lovely ,
The Farmers of the Northwest
Moving for Justice ,
t f
Arranging Tariff and Freight
Kates Generally ,
ARainat tlio Intor-Bt.ito Com.
nierco Bill.
HAlLUOAl ) ItATKS.
TUB UMU.V I'ACIl'IC , ' .
NKW YOHK , January 24. The annual
report of the government directors of the
Union Pacific railway was transmitted
yesterday to the secretary of the inter
ior. Referring to the fact that the man
agement has heretofore been reluctant tu
furnish information regarding the con
duct of its affairs , the directors atato they
found no such unwillingness the post
year. Except in a single instance , that
of the character of what is known as the
"tripartite alliance" was any attempt at
secrecy shown. The directors declare
this was by fur the most important trans
action of tlio year. The competition
on through traffic to which the com
pany hns boon BUbjnct Ijy rival
roads which practically paralleled the
main line of the Union Pacific from
Omaha to Ogden , cutting rates to ruin
ous figures between these points while
dividing under n pooling arrangement
with the Iowa roads , the profitable traflic
between Omaha and Chicago forced the
Union Pacific to enter into an alliance , of
fensive nnd defensive , with such othoi
roads as vrould practically extend its lines
to Chicago and give it a lighting chance
ngainst ito rivals. The directors first
voted to not ratify the contract until the
terms were made known. The tcrtiu
of the tripartite agreement were generally -
ally stated December nth , 1883 , by whicli
the roads mutually agreed to share
through traffic on n basis of fixed per
centages. The directors voted to ratify ,
December 20 , being advised that it in ne
way conflicted with the charter of the
company , and the general manag
er was instructed to take all
proper measures to induce all
roads converging nt Omaha to conn
into the agreement upon the same 01
similar terms , as the first two _ roadi
named. The directors , up to date o ;
their report , had not been advised of tin
action of other roads , but expressed i
hope that an agreement would be reachec
between all western roads , to proven
cutting rates and general demoralixatioi
of value ? .
The funded debt of the company , afto :
deducting bonds held in trust and bond
in sinking fund , Juno 90 , 1882 , was § 82 ,
r.08,054 , and June 30 , 1883 , § 83,947,981
showing an increase of § l,4l9,92G. ! Tin
investment account shows the amount o
stocks , bonds and other securities hnlc
as investments , $59 { W8,480 face value
from which the company derive (
an income during the year of $2,1713
and from other investment account
were received , § 109,793 , makintr the to
tnl 82.281,7 < > G. The float debt state
inonlshowa n total debt under the Uni
ted Stales commissioner's view , Jum
: ! 0,188U , 810,751,892nud.Juno50 ; , 1883
SliJ9 ! ,249 ; under * the company"
vuiw , Juno 150 , 1882 , was § 13 ,
: : 8,588 ; in 1883 , was 88,844,491
The total resources in 1882 were S10 ,
592,815 ; in 1883 , § 9,088,010. The float
ing debt under the company's view wa
reduced to § 4,524,097 , while the onset
J18 under the aamo view diminished onl'
i-f - ? ! 03,9G9 ; not reduction § 3,020,228
This roviaion , the directors say , wns effected
fected by pursuing the policy recommend
cd in their last report.
The policy of strengthening the roai
by extending ai'd to all branch roads I
bo operated us connecting lines and con
Btitutiiw single system , hai been pur
sued. Some of thesu roads which wer
operated at a loss in 1882 show larg
profits for the past year , The corres
pondtmuo with Villnrd , which resulted ii
a contract by the Oregon Navigatioi
company to build a connection with th
short line route is given in the report
and there is no doubt the contract wil
be carried out. The earnings and expenses
pensos of the road and operated lines fo
the teit months ended October 31st
1883 , were : Earnings Fnion Pacifi
railway , § 17,434,907 ; all other branches
§ 2,1 7,150 ; total , § 2422,057. ( ! Tola
oxpensoa. § 13,230,399. Total surplu
earnings , 11,391,058. This shows a de
crease in the the total surplus earning
during the corresponding time of las
year of § 095,480 , Owing to the ini
proved condition of the road bed an
equipment the decrease in running ex
penses has been much larger proportion
ntely than the falling oil' in earnings
The number of miles of road in opera
tion ia 4,340. Stating it briefly , the u
port Bays it may bo said that the aponin
up of competing lines had the effect c
depriving ua of the growth in businos
and increase in earnings which wo vroul
have hud if those lines had not bee
opened , but that they luvo not deprive
- us of anything wo hud lieforo such otlie
linen were opened.
Tlio regular quarterly dividend of 1
per cent was declared from the earning
without impairment of the surplus. Th
* statement of the earnings upon \rhic
\t \ the lust dividend wai declaiod showa tha
for the ipiarter thu gross earnings wor
$5,7li ! > ,5'.U , operating expenses r.nd taxi
§ 2(1H3,73I ( ! and tlio BUI plus left ufter paj
ing the dividend $542,085. Kotwitl
aUnding thu general depression in bus
ness the surplus of the road for Noveir
bor was § 1,782 over the ftauio month < .
1882. The company continue their con
plaint that the government , against th
decision _ of the courts , applies not enl
the earnings of the main line for goveri
ment service , but the earnings for got
eminent service of the whole system <
branch und feeding lines included , io th
payment of the government debt.
Thu government diroctoru are not it
formed of the notion taken by the ii
ventilation that WAS tu be made into tl
effect of thejconstruction or purchase by
ho Central Pacific of _ competing lines
of through roads , but it seeius to hem
lot unworthy of serious consideration ns
affecting the present condition of the
roads , nnd their ultimate ability to moot
his obligations to the government.
The original land grant to the Union
Pacific embraced nbout 11,200,000 ncres ,
jrnnta to the Kansas Pacific nnd Denver
Pacific nbout 7,00 ( ,000 ncres , making a
: otal of 18,201,000 ncres to the consolidn-
, od company. The policy of granting
nnds on cither aide of n trnns-continon-
; al railway line nnd granting them too ,
m n grand nnd liberal scnlo , hns boon
nero thnn justified by the history of the
rend , nnd the stairs , nnd territories
-ravcTBcd by it. A Pacific road which
wag the condition upon which this land
; rnnt was mndo has boon of incalculable
jonofit to the country.
It has not merely brought the two
coasts of the continent into close com-
nunication but it has been the means of
; ho more rapid development
of the country's resources than
was possible twenty years ago for the
magination to conceive. The directors
are able to say , concerning the adminis
tration , that they have every reason to
leliovo it has boon prudent and wise.
Df the original grant to the Kansas &
Denver Pacific company , 5,237,725 acres
remain. There have boon disposed of
of in round numbers of the whole land
grant about 4,000,000 acres for nbout
315,000,000. Of the original Union
? , xcifio issue of § 100.000,000 worth of
x > nds , it is understood that some § 5-
! 00,000 have boon cancelled by the proceeds - ,
ceeds of the sales. The estimated value
of the company's unsold lands ia § 17-
lOO.OOO
The directors any some definite plan
should bo nnopted whereby the interests
of the government nnd the company
should bo mutually subserved nnd n pro
vision mndo for such fair und equitable
livision of the remaining lands as shall
> est promote their speedy utilization.
L'ho net proceeds of the sale of lands of
ho Union Pacific grant were § 9,273,321
ID to Juno 30 , 1883 , and of the Kansas
Pacific and Denver Pacific § 5,9)7,8)8. ! ) [ )
I'ASSHMIBK UATKS.
GUIOAOO , January 24. The general
) OBsengor agents of the Kansas City lines
not to-day to consider the subject of
brining a now agreement covering pas
senger traffic from Kansas City , the old
agreement being rendered voidable by
; ho recent withdrawal of the Burlington
inu , Alton and Hock Island lines. It
was suggested that a renewal of what
sractically amounted to the old bo made ,
jut the Burlington refused to consider
; ho proposition. The Burlington insists
; hat u now clause bo added that no cut of
nny description in the passenger rate from
Kansas City can bn made without the
consent of every line signing the agree
ment. Before closing the agreement
covering rates from Kansas City the
Burlington also demands that a similar
agreement bo entered into covering rates
irom Chicago to Kansas City. Pending
discussion of these propositions the
conference adjourned until 2 o'clock
to-morrow.
IT TKOUllt-ES THEM.
W \suiNfiTox , January 24. J. P.
Green , vice president of the Pennsyl
vania railway , made an argument before
the house committee on commerce against
the bills regulating inter state commerce.
He objected to any laws restraining rail
roads pooling business. Albert Fink ap
pears to-morrow. D , W. Sellers , of the
Philadelphia , Wilmington & Baltimore
company , took the broad ground that
there was no power in congress to regu
late railroad inter state commerce in the
sense proposed by the bills before the
committtco. He assorted that no such
thing as commerce between states by
railroad existed in n constitutional sense
of the word. He argued that roads are
chartered by states , are under state con
trol and have' their rates regulated by
states , and that is only through ngreo-
menta between railroad companies ter
minating at state lines that inter state
commerce is now carried on.
THI ; mo root , .
CuiOAiiO , January 24. The western
railway managers were in session to-day
over the matter of forming a pool cover
ing the trans-Missouri business. The
day was spent in n general discussion of
tonnage and rates. As n result of thii <
discussion and to-day's conference the
joint committee ngroed upon was ap
pointed , in whoso hands the entire mat
ter of pooling competitive business ia
placed. Thu committee consists of Thos.
L. Kimball , assistant general manager of
the Union Pacific ; 11. R. Cable , general
manager of the llock Island , and T. J
Potter , general maimor of the Burling
ton A ; Quincy. It wna agreed that thie
committee should proceed nt once to the
consideration of competitive business
from Omaha to Nebraska points. If the
committee arrive at an agreement on thif
vitil question it is then directed to con-
aider other questions of minor impor
tance.
At n late hour this evening the confer
ence adjourned until 2 o'clock to-morro
afternoon to henr the report of the joint
sub-committees.
AFTKll Till ! KOALl'S.
, Md. , January 24. A bil
was introduced in the house of dclogatei
to-day looking to breaking up railroac
ticket selling by scalpers. Tt provide :
that any party other than regular agonti
must hold n corsificato from the trans
portation company by which the ticket ii
issued before offering it for sale. Thi
penalty is by fine of § 500 and ono year'i
imprisonment.
iin : rAitMKUK JioviM ) .
GUAM ) FOHKH , Dak. , January 21.
The convention of farmers of this count ]
was held here to-day and delegates wen
appointed ton convention of the on tin
northwest , to bo hold hero on the 29tl
inat. , for the purpose of conaiduringcom
plaints against elevator and railway com
panics ,
Alinsod ItallaiiH.
NKW OKI.KAXK , January 24. A huri
drcd and four Italian emigrants arrive !
on the Btoamship King George , whoa
tale of starvation at sea and bad troatmcn
caused the cuntain to bo hold for trial
They filed a libel ugainat the vessel , cap
tain and owners , claiming damages am
penalties under the statute pansengo
act , aggregating § 30.000.
It MIIBC lie OarllHlo.
PiiANKroKT , Ky. , January 24 , Thor
is no chnngo in the senatorial situation
nor any immediate prospect of any , It i
now known that Hallam , leader of th
Blackburn forces , will only allow th
dead lock to be broken by the elcctio :
of Carlisle.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Wat Onr Coogress Foniid to DC
Yesterday ,
Trying to Keep "Budgo" Oul
of Alaska ,
A Question of Voracity Eaisci !
by Koifor ,
Can it be That Mr , Koifor Will
Lie ?
: "red Douglas Olianges Color in
His Old Ago ,
Tlio Htutcniont Sir. Tyson Mnkct * He-
KllO.M WASHINGTON.
Ilin MATTKH 01' VIKANCK.
ox , January 2t. The son-
to financial committee had novornl moot-
ngs to-day to consider banking bills ,
'his morning Senator Sherman's bill was
akon up nnd the anbatituto ollercd by
lonator Aldrich iuithoriiog the iaauo of
urrcncy ejual in amount to the par value
f all bonds except 4 per centa deposited
s security for circulation and upon the 4
> or cent the banks to receive nt the rnto
f § 110 currency for § 100 in bonds , the
rrangemont to continue until January
, 1890 , and thereafter the amount to
ccreaso ono dollar unch year until it
cached the par vuluo of the bonds ,
lomo question having arisen in regard to
lie effect of the two measures , it was
otormined to ask the opinions
f Comptroller Knox. Mr. Knox
vront before the committee this after-
ooti nnd expressed the opinion that
lioro wns little to choose between the
loasures ns to the ultimate effect. Ilo
xpressed a qualiticd. proforcnco for the
ubstituto as being nioro easily undor-
teed than the original bill. The ques-
ion of substitution was decided nfliruia-
ively 5 to U. Senator McPherson's bill
vas then oll'orod ns n substitute for Mr.
Lldrich'a proposition. It provides for
lie issue of circulating notes equal in
imount to the par value of bonds of till
dnds deposited as security circulation ,
'lie vote on this question resulted in a
io. Senator Beck wns not present. Ad-
ourncd without final action.
OANAI.S AXI ) llAMKIlUrrCV.
At the session of the national board of
rado the feasibility of enlarging thollli-
'
lois and Michigan canal by tho'conatrno-
ion of the Honnopin canal waa discussed ,
t was the general sense of the conven-
ion that congress should further these
works. At the afternoon session the
ho board considered the expediency of
recommending legislation looking to the
enactment of a national bankrupt law.
A resolution was passed urging congress
o frame such a law on the gonoa.il prin
ciples of the Lowell bill. The report of
he .committee on American shipping will
> o considered to-morrowr also the Roa-
; an intcr-stato commerce bill.
WHO LIES ?
C. W. Tyson , committee stenographer
of the Forty-seventh congress , was ex
amined to-dny by the house committee
on accounts. Witness resigned his posi-
ion at the close of the last congress. He
was called to testify ns to what ho know
concerning the removal of house om-
jloyes of tlio Forty-seventh congress ,
ind the appointment of men who did nc
work.A f < w days since cx-Spcakei
[ viefcr said the resignation of Tyson was
voluntary , nnd showed a communication
containing the resignation dated Marcli
3 , 188U. A member naked Tyson wlml
was the cause of his resigning the poai
: ion , and Tyson said his resignation was
demanded by Kiofor , who expressed f
desire to appoint hia nophow. Tysoi
urther said that ha had not contompla
, ed resigning until asked to do KO by the
ox-speaker.
riiKu DOU < H.A.K' WKDIIINU.
Douglua , the well-known cwlorod leader
waa married in this city this evening t <
Miss Helen M. Hilts , n white woman ,
ormerly of Avon , N. Y. The woddin ;
was private. The first wife of Douala :
wns u colored woman nnd died nbout i
year ago. The woman ho married to-da ;
a about : ! < " " > years of ago and wae employee
ns n copyist in his ollico while ho wm
: narshal of the district. Douglon hiinsol
is nbout 7 < l yearsof ago , and has u daugh
teran old us his present wife.
Jilt. NKW KF.Srn.SK.
JLin. John C. Now before leaving th
capitol tendered his resignation nu nssial
ant Becrotary of the treasury , which h
handed the president on hia return fron
Now York. Urgent pvivato business i
the alleged cause of hia resignation.
-utoiiTit CU.VGUKSS.
HCKA'I'K.
WAHIIIMIIOS , Jnnunry 24. Mr. Hnl
( rop. , Mo. ) reported favorably the hous
joint resolution for relief of the Creole ,
expedition.
The senate-voted down all attempts t
limit the expense * of the expuditioi
After agreeing to thu amendment for th
relief party to bo volunteers the joii
resolution was agreed to ,
Mr , Jonoarep ( , , Nov. ) reported , wit
amendment , the resolution relating I
clerks for the senate. The ntnondmoi
ia Hint clorka bo appointed only for tli
BCKbion , nt § 0 per day , and thu rosolutio
BO amended wus ngrood to.
Mr. Morgan ( dcin. , Ala , ) , from tl :
committee on foreign relations , roportc
adversely the joint resolution ubrogatin
the Hawaiian treaty. Placed on tl
calendar.
Mr. Sherman ( rep. , 0. ) presented
minority report on the amo Bubjoc
Ordered printed.
Mr. Hill ( rep , . Col. ) , from the con
mitteo on pontolliceu , reported fuvornbl
n bill making all public roads post route
Calendar.
Mr. Logan ( rep. , Ill , ) Bubmittod
joint resolution for the removal of tl
remains of thu late GcneYal E. O. C. ( ) i
from Hnvanu to Washington. By r
quest it was allowed logo over till t
morrow.
Mr. Sherman ( rep , 0. ) introduced
bill for the preservation of the wooi
and forests of the national dqiimin , ai
jucont to the sources of navigable rive
and their afiluenta. The sumo bill w.
irosontod by the snmo Bonator nt the
irst ni-ss-ion of the fotty-so\'cnth congrois ,
Mr. Miller ( rep. N. Y. ) introduced n
) ill to nuthorizo the president to pay the
} hincso government the fund known 0.1
ho Chinnno indemnity fund. _ Mr. Miler -
or explained thak it wni nintilar to the
fapanuso indemnity fund , which con-
; ro8 voted to return to that government ,
t wns paid to aottlo certain claims nnd
his wns the balance nftcr payment nnd
ought to bo returned. Referred to the
committee on foreign relations.
The chair announced that the next
lusincss in order was the conaidoration
of the Alaska civil government bill.
Mr. Sherman froji , 0. ) inquired wlion
iis resolution rotating to the Virginia
ml Mississippi elections would bo in
rdor.
Tlio chair replied that the resolution
ould not como before the senate in rcg-
ilar order till to-morrow.
Tlio Bonato resumed consideration of
he Alaska bill , and the clause prohibit-
ut ; thn importation , manufacture nnd
ale of liquors enlivened the dobnto. As
ho clause stood , it prohibited liquors ferny
ny purposo.
Messrs. Plumb , ( rep. KB. ) , and Fryo
rop. Me , ) , favored that form.
Mr. Vest ( rop. Mo. ) , opnoacd the ndop-
ion of any rule for Alaska that did not
pply to other territories. Ho thought
' would not do to exclude the mcdicinnl
so of liquors in a country where fro-
ucntly the thermometer foil fiO degrees
> olow zero. Ho was not hypocrite
uoiigh. thank Uod , to vote for n bill
vith such a oweoping clause.
Mr Harrison , ( rop. Ind. ) . defended
ho bill.
The motion was agreed to , excepting
rom tlio prohibitory clause , liquors ,
eodod for mcdicinnl nnd scientific pur-
oshs.
On motion of Mr. Vnn Wyck , ( rop.Npb )
10 clause relating to the compensation
> f the marshal gof the territory , partly
> y salary nnd party by fres , wns amended
linking it exclusively by the salary , the
oca to bo paid into the treasury. Mr.
rnn Wyck claimed that payment by foes
as an inducement to olliccra to oppress
io people by arresting thorn on trivial
tlbncos to secure foes.
HOUSI ! .
The aonato bill fixing n day for the
looting of the electors of prnaidont and
ice president wns roforrod.
Mr. Cook introduced a bill providing
uit pensions for total disability bo $20
> or month without regard to rank. Ro-
eriod.
Mr. Blanchnrd ( dom. , Li. ) , from the
ommittco on rivers nnd hnrbors , ro-
> orted n resolution calling on the socro-
nry of > 'ar for information as to the im-
ncdiato appropriation for continuing the
vork of important river and harbor im-
> rovomont3 until the appropriations of
lie next tisc.il year are attainable.
Vdoptod.
Mr. Wellborn ( dent. , Tex. ) reported a
till granting the right of wny' through
ndiitn Territory to the Gulf , Colorado &
Santa Fe railroad.
Mr. Blount ( dom. , Ga. ) , from the com-
litteo oi waya and moans , reported a
osolution calling on the secretary of the
reanury for information as to the num-
> er of customs and internal revenue dis-
ricts and the cost of collecting the in-
erual revenue taxes. Adopted.
The house went into committee f the
whole , Mr. Springer ( dem.-'Ill. ) in the
hair , for consideration of the bill innk-
ug an appropriation for payment of the
'obato tux on tobacco and payment of
.ho expenses of the Now Mexico logialn-
; ure.
ure.Mr. . White ( rop. , Ky. ) moved to reduce
.ho rebate appropriation to $7 0,000 and
aid the reduction was of no benefit to
lie farmers , but would go to the clients
of the late commissioner of internal rov-
snuc , who secured the -passage of the bill
> y the last house.
The amendment was rejected , tltocom-
mittoo rose , and the house passed the
bill yeas S > 70 , nay 1 ( White ) .
The bill appropriates § . ' ) ,7oO,000 foi
rebate of the tobacco tax , nnd 21,005 for
) ayiuont of the expenses of the logisla-
uro of Now Mexico.
On motion of Mr. Randall ( dom. , ! * . ]
ho house non-concuried in the senate
amendment , for the relief of the Groolcj
party.
Mr. Vance ( dom. , N. 0 , introduced i
) ill to make fraudulent claims and fraudulent
ulont vending of patented articles n mis
demeanor. Referred.
Mr. King ( dom. , La. ) introduced s
bill for transmitting standard time fron
Washington to ports of entry and tin
ilncing of balln on custom houses. Ke
: orrud.
Adjourned. i
DcnlH.
January lit. Danlo
Wplla , jr. , to-day began a suit in the cir
cuit court aguinkt J'otcr McGeoch , for
complete accounting of nil money Well
lent him to carry on hit * famous whoa
and lord'doals on th Ohi < mgo board o
trade in 1881 nnd 1881 ! . McGeoch doe
not answer the complaint , but aeoka t
havu the rules of the board of trade o
CJiicago and Milwaukee incorporated i
the complaint and have Wells bay whothc
the actual delivery of the vrhoat and Ian
was intended. This is done with th
probable intention to plead that th
transactions were of a gambling nature
Wells assorts that McGooch had not at
counted for over § 100,000 profits mnd
in the wheat deal of 1881. That in 188 !
they agreed to buy lard short and shar
alike the profits nnd expenditures , thu
in fiintt of that year thu amount of mono
involved was over § . ' { ,000.000 nnd a co ]
lapse followed , that his ( Wolla1) ) proport
wus attached in Illinois , Wisconsin an
Michigan , that McOeoch told him th
liabilities WITO 81iOO,000 ! nnd could I
compromised nt fifty conta on the dollni
and with the money on hand it would n
quire § 450,000 to Bottlo. Wells says Ii
had already paid $ " 99000 ( in , thia dou
that M.Ciooch harried , nnd threatonc
him with financial and physical disaste ;
imlesn he raised his share , which Ii
finally did , forgetting in hia distress (
mind the § 100,000 unaccounted for i
the wheat deal . Ho further alleged tin
the last payment wus largely in excess (
hia share of the firm'n liabilities , nr
that his money was used to pay otlii
The case will bo hoard Hnturdu ;
1'crmlietl at Bca.
ST. JOIINB , N. F. , January 2t , Tl
Bchoonor Joanniu drove out of Mini
Bight on thu fourth instant , and n crc
of m mon in a fishing punt boarded h
four miles nt sea. Since then no tiding
have been received of the vessel nnd it
supposed the crew Htarvtd or fro/o
denth.
THE DEADLY FIRE DAMP
Crested Bnttcsthc Scene of a Grea
Calamity ,
A Terrible Explosion in a Ooa
Mine ,
Fifty-Sovon Minors Lese Thoii
Lives ,
Heartrending Soouos About th <
Place ,
Widows and Orphans Bewailing
Their Great Loss ,
The Air VII led With Jmniciilntlnni
awl TiirciitH.
ATRKIUKIO KXl'IO31ON.
MANY MIKIiKH K1U.KK.
DiiNVKK , Col. Jnmmry 24. A torribh
explosion occurred in Created Butte
Gnnnison county.Jat seven tlus'inorning
in the Created Butte coal mine , in whicl
from 25 to 50 minors nre believed to bo
killed. The explosion blockaded the en *
trance to the mines and the full oxtonl
of the disaster ia nt present unknown ,
The inino is owned and operated by the
Colorado Coal and Iron Company of this
city nnd employs fnun 80 to 1)0 ) miners in
the slmft. No details at present obtain
able.
KOIlTlimt HKTAU.S.
Dr-NVKit , Col. , January 24. The explosion -
plosion at Crested Unties coal mine tin :
morning was one of the most appalling
that over occurred in n coal inino in tine
country. Crested Butte , near which the
mine is located , is n ccal mining town
ISO miles north of Gunnison , on the Den
ver & llio Grande. The cause of the
explosion is not dcnfinitoly known , but
it is supposed to bo from iiro dump. The
explosion occurred in chamber one ot
two just 1mlf an hour after the day force
of 07 men hud gene to work. Thorc
wore ten men nt work in chamber four.
Thoao escaped unhurt , except John An
gus , who was in the passage wny of aside
chamber , and was badly burned , but
will recover. Fifty-seven ihon wore nt
work in chambers one and two and thesu
nil , it is thought , perished. The explo
sion was of such force as to completely
barricade the main entrance. The ap
pliances for supplying air , located nenr ,
were badly wrecked , and the roof of the
tramway blown oil' . The men at work
on the anthracite night force , n
force of the Colorado Coal & Iron com
pany's mines and citizens generally have
been working hard all day to rescue the
men , although it is thought that none
can possibly escape alive. The twon
hall has boun prepared for the reception
of the ( loud. AH aoon as possible the fan
waa repaired and out to work pumping ait
into the mine and num sot to work to ro-
niovo the obstructions so as to reach the
cliambtuJ and got the bodies out to-night
if possible. Following are the names of
fifty-five of the unfortunates , the other
two being indeterminable :
Henry Anderson , John Williams , \V.
T. Stewart , John Martin , Thomas llog-
ors , James O'Noil , Jacob Laux , John
Anderson , James Walsh , Peter Baker ,
William Davidson , llichurd James , David
Hughes , P. McMauus , W. T. King , John
Crootman , John Ruler , Thomas Wil
liams , John Shuno , Patrick Barrett ,
John McGregor. John Myers , F. W.
Smith , G. B. HoHulson , William Ma-
lony , Nick Probst , Thomas Tall'oy , John
Prince , James Driscoll , James Coughlin ,
Henry Stowait , B. Hoilron , L. P. Hell' ,
ron , W. L Joiiua , John Donnelly , Carl
llodcnwulk , Charles Sterling , Thoimu
lloborta , Jim McCourt , Fred Boclit ,
Ibor King , Joseph Woisonborg , II. Done
tan , J oseph Kraust , Jnmos F. Stewart ,
Jr. , William Neath , Morgan Ncuthi
Thomas Glancoy , John llutherfoid , Wil
Horn McOowott , A. M. Godfred , Danio
McDonald , William Aubrey , Bon Jollrioi
and Thomas Stowart.
Many of those were married mon ant
cave families now living hero. At thii
liour everything is in such confusion tlia
t in impossible to give details , A spocia
rftin loft Gunnison nt two this nftornooi
with Burgeons and a largo number of cit
i/.ima to , render all aid possible. Tin
town of Crusted Button is in mourning
rowJtt of women cluster about the entrance
trance of the mine praying , wringin ;
their hands and crying piteously , pre
Hcnting a Kuono most heartrending.
It is Niid that nt the time of the oxpk
sion there were ten kegs of blast powdo
ii chambers 1 and 2 , where the moi
ivero working , and wlioro the oxplosio
is supposed to have taken plncu. Th
mine has three miles of drifting , and s
it is impoasiblo to definitely locate th
accident until rescuing parties can gni
admission to the mine. The mine had Ion
boon considered dangerous by those ni
quaintod with it. While one of the bei
producing mines in the country its open
tion has always boon attended with moi
or loss apprehension nnd real danger ,
'It's a lire dump mine , " sa'd ' Supcrii
tondont Cameron , now in Denver , an
the most deadly gases seem to general
in the coal or under it constantly mi
pour out of the seams in the walla , tin
nola and shafts. Yet the mine is tl :
most perfectly ventilated om > in tl
world. Air is forced in alomj the aim
by machinery , no less than 50,000 cub
foot of frcbh air being forced into tl
mine every minute. This is quite Bull
cionfc to fully supply the wants of tl
miners and keep the air perfectly pur
unless some accident happens to cuter <
or interfere with the nupply. This is
greater amount of frcali air than is fu
nishod any other inijio In the country ,
Superintendent Cameron added : "N\
send a mine viewer through every chan
bor , every morning loloro ) any uicn , u :
allowed to go in , Jle must have returi
ed thia morning bofcio the workuu
started in , and ovoiything must ha'
boon all right when ho passed throujj
the workingfi. "
John McNeil , state mine inspector lu
for the Bceno thia evening. Ho Bays 1
has no doubt that ovuiy man in the mil
nt the time of the explosion was instant
killed. At thia hour , 10 p. in. , no nu
Iimhttvoboon locovwed.
rilKKATriflK UOlWrtJB.
The Tribuno'H Crested liutloa speci
just received , nays un exploring party Ii
nlmoBt reached clumber No , 2 , and !
discovered ono dead body , the skull
broken nnd the whole body terribly
bruised nnd blackened. The gas ia so
bad in the mine nnd pa , sngo wnya so
Mockatkd that progress is very slow.
Kvurythina nosiiblo is being done to
roach the bo3iosns speedily ns possible.
All hope of finding any buried minors
nlivo has long ainco boon abandoned.
Threats were inndo this evening ngainat
Superintendent Hobinson nnd Mine Doss
Gibson , principally against the latter , nnd
trouble is feared but Kobinson is nt the
the mine superintending the work ol
searching for bodies. No apodal foara
arc entertained for his safety , but n
strong guard 1ms boon placed nboul the
residence of ( libson to piovont violence.
The threats do not como from mon en
gaged in the mines , but some who have
boon discharged take this opportunity to
mnko trouble.
The acono nt the mine is a moat pitiful
one. The wives nnd children of the
buried mon still hover nround the en
trance to the mine and their lamenta
tions add to the distressing BCCUO.
IOWA
IIIUIISDAV'S I'HOOr.KDI.NOS.
Dis MOINKS , January 24 In thu HOU-
nto bills were introduced to exempt soldiers -
diors pcnaiona from executions , to chnngu
the law for collecting taxes nnd reducing
the penalty , to reward the captors of the
Barber brothers , to niipropriato funds for
two more wings to the hospital for the
inaano nt Mt. Pleasant , to provide for the
nppoiutmont of n marshal in cities of tlio
llrat class , to roijuiro private banks to
ninkn | uartorly stntomonts to the stnto
auditor , to prevent the issue of free rail
road passes , to publish the names and
residences of Iowa soldiers , to nupproaa
obacouo literature , to tax telephone com
panies , to prevent dealing in options and
to establish a female reformatory. Ad
journed.
In the houao this afternoon a largo
number of bills were introduced , nearly
all of n local nature. All vror read a
aocond time nnd referred to appropriate
committoea.
The standing committees were named
to-day , the principal chairmanships being
bestowed ns follows : Ways nnd Moans ,
Lnrabeo ; appropriations , Sutton ; judio-
uiry.UIamonvay ; federal relations , Payne ;
conatitutional amendments , Donnan ;
supprcaaion of intemperance , Clark of
Page ; schools , Hutchinson ; agriculture ,
Logan ; b nka , Buaaell ; rnilroada , Iloth-
ert ; inauranco. Smith ; private corpora
tion bills and municipal corporations ,
Graves ; clnima , Baker ; elections , Cotton ;
commerce bills nnd congressional din-
trictn , Swoonoy.
In the house the speaker announced
the standing committoon to-dny. Some
of the principal chairmanships tire :
Ways and means , Carpenter ; judiciary ,
Weaver of Hardin ; agriculture , Hlayton ;
railroads , Benson ; nppropriatioim , Tuttln ;
schools , Hall of Clarke ; constitutional
amendments , Koya of Grundy ; claims ,
Harrison of Poloatt ; nBrioultural college ,
McCall ; insurance , Hu/Jott ; br.nks and
banking , Rico ; tmppression of intompcr-
anco , Smytlio ; military ntl'airs , Lyon ;
elections , Humphrey.
A memorial and joint resolution in ru-
lation to the Honnopin cnmil , naking
congress to appropriate money for its
construction was presented by Merrill
nnd passed the house with ono diasonting
vote , Weaver of Hardin voting against it.
The memorial designates no particular
route , but loaves it to the discretion of
congrena and the secretary of war.
Reports tli at Make OIIC'H llnlr Stand ,
ST. PAUL , January 24. Reports from
the northwest show that anww and high
winds prevail the country around. Grand
Forks was visited by a terrible blizzard.
It is thought there wns not much loss of
life , as the weather was BO cold nobody
ventured on the pruiricB , whore n blix/ard
moans certain death. All trains are de
layed. At Duluth thu morning it wae
31 ° below , Cumberland 311 ° below and
Superior Junction 44 ° below. The
blimrd is coming this way.
( juiiiiKu , January 24. Snow has ngnin
blockaded the Quebec Central railway ,
The drifts are twenty foot deep.
Vi'.KOKHNisyt.January : 24. A hcnvj
Biipw storm , with fierce wind , has pre
vailed twenty-four houra. The temper
nture lias fallen sixty degrees ninco yes
terday.
PKTi'.KSifOiio , Out. , Jnnunry 24 , Al
ruins have been abandoned , owing the <
ho snow storm. The wenthor is bitter
y cold.
iTlio Wro Uoil Htonmor.
FALMOUTII , Mass. , January 21
Jivoi'H visited the wreck of the City o
Columbus to-day nnd report nil the work
of the vessel gonu , not n single atato
oem icmainiiiL ! on deck , even the houv ;
'ron roila uaud as ntayn between tin
louaes on the port und starboard aide
> oing bent und torn from their places
while the dock itself ia broken nnd open
Heavy timbcro lay in various shapes lie
noath the broken surtuco of the deck
irovonting divers going into the hold
No bodies were Been by the divers nni
no attempt made to find bodies in th
iteernge , the only descent of the diver
being in the after part of the vessel
To-night a terrible gale ia blowing acroa
the sound und vast quantities of wreckage
ago are coming ashore ut Fulinouth. J
ia expected that some bodies will com
inhere to.night. Sea faring men Bay th
bodica now in the water on on the wrec
if not recovered in u day or two will b
completely devoured by ? nnd eel'
Soundings establish thu fact that the oai
buoy was Bet at least u quarter of n mil
too near the shore nnd the ledge calle
Devil's Bridge , Thu steamer onterc
450 yards ontsidu of whore the cnn-buo
was originally got , but thia fact does nu
relieve the officers of thu City of Colmr
biifi , UK the bout lies nearly half u milu i
ahum from thu can-buoy.
Terribly
Itiro.N , Wis , , January 24.A. . , {
Croolcor , u pi'ominont citi oti , wna c.iugl
in a belt of thu Kipcm llouring mill , ca
ried into the muchineryyliirlud atom :
a pulley fifty tinieH , breaking both urn
and legs in u inunbor of places , but
btill ulivu and conncioua , though h
recovery in doubttul. Ho was u prom
ncnt MUBOII and ollicor of the Prcabyt
rian ohnrcli , _ _
JJIIly Aukvii i
January til , \ resolutit
General Mnhouu to resign h
Boat in the United State * Boimto h
panned ( ho Honnte 21 to 10 , a Rtriut par
vote , unit now goes to thu liouau of del
gates.
THE HARVEST OF CRIME.
Two KcntncMans Hari Kari Each
Giber ,
A Feud Oomme From Fathers
to Sons ,
And Will Probably Kosult in
Moro Bloodshed ,
An Old Lady Fatally Beaten and
Eobbod.
Fears of Serious Trouble at a
Hanging ,
V Unit lo'wi Trio ixi'o 1'roporly
Of.
AND CIUMINAljS.
A HAD CUIU.
AU ! llAM.To VKIn. ; January 24. Eu
enu Sheldon , convicted ot murder in th
econd degree , or killing Billy Swnnson
lovombor 27th , was acntonccd by Judge
[ oiidorson this morning , to twenty-five ,
curs nt hard labor , in the Ft. Madison
lonitontiary. Sampsan Miller , indicted
t this term for incest with his 15 year-
Id daughter , in which cnso the first jury
iaagrepd , wns convicted last night the
ury being put only ton minutes. Minnie
lumniings pleaded guilty of keeping a
louse of prostitution , nnd as she has bo-
ore boon convicted alio will go to thu
ion thia time.
IlUlllll'.l ) ANtl UGATliK TO DEATH.
KANHAH CITV , January 24. At Wynn-
otto , Kns. , Monday evening , Mrs. Jncob
Hartiuann , aged 07 , while alone , was on-
nulted by an unknown person , and
> caton and robbed. Her son returning
it ( ! o'clock , found her unconscious upon
io lloor. She did not rally from the
lock Lut lingered until early thia morn-
ng whim she died without having made
h statement. No clue to the pcrpotra-
, ors of the crime. The woman's purse ,
iontaining $0 , is missing. The room
) ere evidence of n severe ntrugglo.
Horn jianMiiowjiEi > .
AtmuiiN , Ky. , January 24. Unrry
ronson and George Hardison , both of
calthy families , disambowled each ether
n n Htrcot fight. The double killing
row out of an old foud. Hnrdison'o
athor killed Branson's father sixteen
'oars ago. Moro trouble ia expected.
A KIOT I'EAIUU ) .
MOUNX YEH.NON , Ind. , January 24.
'horo is much excitement with aoino fear
E trouble ut the hanging of Anderson
ml Snydor. The mayor hna issued a
> reclamation asking aid in keeping the
lonco. The condemned boys are in a
ijgh state of religious exaltation to-
ight.
Mnnlcr on in c Highway.
Mou.vr OAUMK , Ills. , January 24.
iushrod W. Mahono , a wealthy money
> rokor , was murdered hero within a few
eot of hia own gate in the most public
loroughfnro of the city nt C o'clock ,
Monday night. Along that portion of the
, root , ia a rnw of low ailvor poplars ,
making the walk shadowy and dark oven
n light nights. Thoaasaijantusod a blunt
nstiumaiit nnd wus evidently bent on
nurdor , as nny ono of the three or four
ilows dealt the victim would have oc-
aaioncd death. Mahono died , without
iving any sign. No clue to the murderer
ind the motive ia unknown.
GENEHA.IJ FOREIGN NEWS.
KNOr.ANJl'H HUMILIATION.
Lo.vno.v , January 24. Samuel W.
iakcr , who commanded the first expodi-
ion for Buppresaion of the slayo trade in
ontral Africa , under the auspices of Is-
naol Pasha , the tormor khedive , nays :
'General Gordon and myself recently
agreed thoroughly upon the caurso now
orccd upon the English ministry by
events in Egypt I fear now it is too
ate to fulfill the programme which would
lave saved much misery nnd bloodshed ,
ind it boon adopted two months ago.
. ) ur cowardly abandonment of Soudan
ioa encouraged disloyalty and haa broken
ho spirit of both the olllcora and troops.
.The employment of General Gordon at
'his time is like summoning a fire brig-
ido after a building has boon consumed.
L'lio ministrys 'conduct upon Egyptian af-
airs is a national humiliation. "
nmi. man PKIHONKIW.
Lospox , January 24 The Dutch ex-
toditior , sent for the relief of the cap-
ui od crow of the British steamer Nis-
srok , wrecked , on the east coast of
Sumatra , composed of a batallion of in
fantry under Military Commander Achun ,
andod at Tonom. , The rajah there ,
whoso tribe looted the wreck , hold the-
crow of twenty-five men , including one
American , prisoners , nnd refused all
iirofi'ora of ransom. The land and naval
Forces bombarded and burned the nijah'u
capitol. The resistance of the natives
was desperate. The dutch forces fought
well and captured two strongholds by
lasnult , but lost several ollicera and men.
The crow , if still alive , are prisoners. .
A DESVKHATB DEKKNSK.
HANOI , January 24. The French
made a roconnoisance in strong forcu in
the direction of Bachninli uro found the
enemy etroni/ ! posted ut the junction of
thu Hod and Black rivers. The enemy's
lire WUH harmless. Tlio Eaonch untici-
imto a dcaperato reaht.uicu in assaulting
IKichntnh.
1'iiniii In u Silnol
NKW YOUK , Januaiy 24. The coping
and top of thu war wall of the Hubrow
fruu sohool , Eat Broadway , fell thin
morning on the roof of the extension be
low , in whU'li CO pupila , ranging in iigo
from tlitco ( o BUV n ycaro , were in Bccsion.
It crashed through the skylight into
u cl&Bii room , Uirovviiifi the pnpilb
into wild fright , injuring Ecvernl
slightly. The bcreams aroused the neigh-
borB and frantio motlmra rushtd , in clunv-
orlng for their children. The teacher *
did their lirst Io et y the p.inic , but
yielded bufuio thu in li tf inoUit'M , OAoh
of whom H i/ed luvr child and carried it
away , For u 'iiiH'gienC cxcitcinouv prv-
vaili'd i Mm tt'tln-r ; WIIH ji'juftd ill thiv
IK ud and Ii\v r } x rhililrt'ij nit
liiu id but ixiiit * n'rii'iu'y.