DAILY H THIRTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , NEB. MONDAY MORNING , APRIL 28 , 1884. NO. 270 A Double Edged Surprise Parly for Arllinritesaiiu Blaine MOD , The Plumed Knight to Load Hio Forlorn Hope in Porsont And Inject His Famed Magnetic Ointment into Weak-Kneed Delegates , While Arthur Will Oomo Out the Sceptred Monarch of the Majority , A Clear One-Half of the Dele gates to Ohioago Figured for Him , The Old Guard Said to be Lu/king lor a Breeze in the Back ground , Over Fifty of the Medallion Hosts of ' 80 Already Delegated , .Notes of Numerous Conventions Hclil Saturday. THE PHE3IDEVOY. H f > ' _ THE LA'j ST CALCULATION. Special DiBuntch o TUB DFE. , WASHINGTON April 27. The Now York Hcrald'd political summary says : 'There has been -elected so far 578j of the 820 members of the republican national convention. Of these 300 are for Arthur , 150 for Elaine , 51 for Logan , 45 for Ed munds and 22 for Sherman. There yet remains to bo elected 230 delegates. Of iheso Texas will give Arthur 2G votes , Kentucky 20 , North Carolina 1(5 , Now Hampshire ( i , Nevada , G. Rhode Island 9 , Florid 8 , Colorado C. From the other state ) whoso delegations are still incomplete , ho will get at least 10 of 18 in Wisconsin , 5 of the 10 from West Virginia , 2 of the G from Nebraska , 2 of the 8 from Minnesota , 2 of tno G from Massachusetts , 4 of 24 from Iowa , with 10 or 12 from other states. This will give Arthur 432 votes , and BKCUED HIS NOMINATION. The abiuidity of the story that the president will withdraw from the can vass can thus bo realized. Ro has done nothingto secure tha delegates but his friends have been quietly at work with out any boasting and the sentiment of the country has been in his favor. The Blaine men have done all the blow ing and have claimed everything , as they did in Now York before the Ucica con vention. When they get to Chicago they will ba as much surprised as they were .at Utica. COSITARISON VWJ-U MAINE'S VOTE .at Cincinnati is interesting just at this time. On iirat Dal lot ho received 285 votes. Ho received 10 from Alabama , C [ from Colorado , 5 from Georgia , 38 from Illinois , G from Massachusetts , 7 from New Hampshire , G from North Carolina , 16 from Virginia nnd 20 from Wisconsin. Ho will receive no help from these states on the first ballot at Chicago , and the delegations from Iowa , Kansas , Mary- 11 and Minnesota and Nebraska , which were solid for him eight years ago will bo divided now. 'President Arthur has to day pledged to or iustruatid for him aaoro votes than Blaine received on the firstballot at cither Cminuatti or Chicago go- IlLiAIN'E AS A DELEGATE iriiB i-LUMiii ) .KNIOHT'S FOJILOUN iioic. Hpoddl [ Msjratch to THE line. CiuoAuo , April .27. The Washington correspondent of the Inter-Ocean telegraphs - graphs : * 'I heard yesterday that Blaine was ori"usly thinking of going himself to ihn National Republican Convention at Chicago as a delegate at large from Muino. Friends of hia told ma the idea had boon suggested and seemed to strike the historian of the If onnobec with some favor. The state convention moots in Maine Wednesday and wo shall have to wait until then to know if it is true , al though now it .commends itself only to the most credulous. It would not bo un like Blaine to do such a thing. Ho is NOTJIINO IT NOT IDJIAM ATIC. And what n tens nfen it wr uld create I Ho has several times done things quite as audacious and hai always won. The manner in which ho took the Nnlligan bull by the horns and read letters in the houad of representatives not only amazed the people but won their admiration for his cou rag' ) . Bluino's pluokia the source of his greatest popularity , and while con servative men must disapprove of his ap pearance at Chicago it would causa an enthusiasm that would OAIIHV HIM TIIEOCail. Tiioroij something inspiriting ia the man's presence and every ono knows ho hai no equal its a leader. If ho it not nominated for the proiidonoy ho want * to name the republican ticket , and ho could do it if ho went to Chicago. A masher of political strategy , an inspiring leader and orator who lifts nn audienca off their seats , Blaina would stand head and should DM above every man in the con vention and ba ublo to command a fallow ing that wouM control Un deliberations , waa there o president who more consciontiounly regarded the interests of the sorvicH , or who used patronage loss to ndvanco his jicraonnt ambition than President Arthur. There wna never a mnn in the \Vhlto House before who could tolerate what the president permits in Collector IloborUoii of Now York. IT IS A SPKOTVCLB KNTIHKI.Y HP.V in politics to see the head of the most powerful political machine in all the coun try using it ngainst the administration , and yet the opponents of the president do not scam to recognize his generosity in Internal-revenue Collector this pnrMoulnr. - lector Duvnl of West Virginia , who at tempted to make n littla political capital by resigning his olllco bccauao lie could not conscientiously support the preni- dont'n ronomination , has recalled hia res ignation and 1ms Arthur's permission TO 00 IN WITH ALT. HIS VOWlUl for Blaino. I don't ' holiovo Blaine would bfl so generous toward n political oppo nent. What gratifies the president most is the commendation hia administration has received from ovary convention so fir hold. All resolutions that hiis boon passed - od approving his course nro secretly pre served by him and will bo the choicest relics ho can carry nwfiy whou ho leavca the executive mansion. Ho was more anxioun to receive this endorsement from his than to iho party secure re-nom ination. THK Oljl ) GUAItl ) . IS O1UNT A DARK IIOUSK ? Special despatch to The Bee. CHICAGO , April 27. "Thoro is some thing in this 'Grant talk' " said a promin ent republican , "nnd you must keep your eyes fpon foe it. I think a majority of the Logan men are Grant men at heart , and many Arthur men in the south. Chauncoy Filloy , of Missouri , is for Grant. Platt , of Now York , another delegate , is for Grant. Jerome B. Chaf- fee , supposed to bo a Logan general western manager , is secretly for Grant , and so is Jim Balford , cf Colorado. Senator Jones and Bonanza Mackcy will ho.id the Nevada delegation and they arc for Grant. Cameron will bo back from Europe in time to take n hand in the same ] lino. Ycu see Grant hai HAS BEEN QUIET LATELY , and has outlived to a great extent [ the antagonisms of 1830. Many Blaine moo now speak very well cf him and Grant men think ho will be nominated after the long fight of the leading candidates wears out the patience of the convention. Lot mo give you some pointers in this case of delegates alroidy elected to the Iho national convention : DO wear the 30G badges and belong to the IMMORTAL OLD GUARD. lan't that a good nucleus for n whirlwind to sweep to the old commander at the right moment ? Of these fifty , there are forty-four supposed to bo for Arthur , three for Blaine , and three for Logan. Alabama alone has S of the 300 men in her delegation , Arkansas G , Georgia 5 , Illinois 1 , Kentucky 1 , Louisiana 4 , Ma ryland 1 , Mississippi 2 , Missouri 4 , Now York 6 , Pennsylvania 3 , South Carolina 2. Tennessee 3 and Virginia 4. The way in which they nro distributed among the states makes their influence greater. More are coming from other htitos ; look out for them I The only Illinois delegate in the convention of 1880 wlu has boon elected this year is J. M. Truet , of Ilills- bore , and he is one of the GOO. " MEUUlUKCOUNTl'UEPUBLUJANS. SpocliI Corrcupcndcnco of Thu Buo , CENTRAL CITV , Nob. , April 25. The Morrick county republican convention mot. hero to-day. The homo issue was between those who joined thti democrat lust fall in electing our cou.vfy ticket , led by N. R. Pel s n gijr nnd ruprunuiitt'd in thu convention by , ) . G. llolden , i > n candidate to the ntatti convention with an nye on Chicago , and A. K. Reinoohl who bottled the demo cratic combination last fall nnd loci the opposition to it in the convention as a candidate for the siutn convention. Re sult : Ueinoelil 35 , Holden 14. So po litical triuchery sUnda rebuked in old Morrick. A resolution * endorsing Bluine's candidacy was tabled , leaving th plumed knight to take Inn chances , BO far us Menick county is concerned , with the rest of aspirants for presiden tial honors. R 3JOTKS. Antelope county , Nub. , elected Blaluo dale' ' gates to tlio Ute anil district convention ) ! . The roptitJicAim erf Johnson county , Iowa , declared lot llUino tirnt , Arthurouuiid , A nuolution approving I'ro-Klont Artlmr'd ad ministration wan unthuiluatlcully adopt- ed. Lincoln county , Nob. , sands uniiistructed clelfK'itos to Llnoolu nnd Norfolk , an follow : To Norfolk. J. II. MoConnell , J. II. Park und T , O. Putterjonj tu hinnulu. A. I > , Jluck wurtb , b. V. JunbH unil J. I. Nodhitt The Iowa Btato Uepiitor figure ] up the re sult of thu county oonvunUmu hold Hut'irday ILB follows ; ICI btv-oae i.f thu iilnety-iiine comitlea have 75(5 ( of tlio 917 total vote in the convention , and of th m T < ! 3 of the deloxatea nro for lllalnn , 37 for I osfun , SO for Arthur , 13 for iMimind * and 3G unknoWii. Maruhall county , low * , republican convcn tlou uciuU a tlaleeutlon to thu Btato convention with a irujiulty for Hlalne , althnugh it nurn bars HSural Lc. an unit Arthur men. A reno lutiun was miojited roquedtnii ; , buh not IiiMtcuctliig , tha dulegutlnn to work for ( tlftlue. iui'1 ' all will obey them. Arthur In second choice. The democrats of Kentucky had conven tlons all over the Htata rUturitoy KunoluUous wcru adnpted uulveranlly doiiuudiotf tt taiiff for reveuua only. McDonald aud Tildou were divided nbout ofjuilly In oxpressloni of preference , In uplto of WoUurwirn rofuiHl tu b Iirrfe to the Ciiicug < > con- voutbu , quite a uutnberof uouutlo-s instructed fur him. The Coif UK oiunty republicans nloctod the following nntl BUinn ihcits ! ( < ; Ti tha nUto ( vmventlun A. O.ludum. \ . II. O Unnoll , Wm. Htorn , J. V. Wood * , W. f. Walllojr , J. linpinh .1 , I < l' . ckunli dUtrlft cnuvontlou : j T.S. Clark on , M.I. . Weivar , O.O. Connon.S ' P. Ore t , J A. MaoMurphv , .S. Woudi , I' Da'i Vau Jlouaau. Tha repnblj ; in of Dlxon county , Neb , , at a ( i convention Saturdfty , elected rw dolcgfttos to the Ute convention ! N. S. 1'orlor , V. M. Donor. W. Wood , J. 1J. lUtnoj , W. 1' . Mor- rl , niul to tlio dlntilct cniivnnttoni A , K Harnw , W , X. Itixo , L , W Horriiiff. D. W. lln oii , .1. T Mnrrlott , The clelogfttea me nstructod for lilnlno and Lincoln. All ) rou A Mill to Postitono 1'oyiiipnl ot Iho 1'u- uillu Hnilrontl Dclir. April 27. At n mooting of the house committee on Pacific rnil- roads Saturday , Roprcsontativo Thompson - son was instrnctea to r jiort his bill nmending the Thurmnn sinking fund act. Representative Post \vns given authority to submit the minority report. IJis re port will bo signed by four or five mum- bora of the committee. The bill which ! iu will aubmit with the report is based upon thu ono introduced in the senate by Mr. 1''dm ' mi da. It includes nil the sub sidised roads nnd makes it optional with Lhom to settle their indebtedness with the government in 120 semi-annual i > ny- tnenta , In cnso of n rend defaulting , it it to ba governed by the Thurninn nctexcept thnt the per cunt , ( if the net earnings paid into the sinking fund is increased From 25 to , ' 15 per cent. Post , in hi ? re- poet accompanying tlio bill , says : Tlio minority of the committee think that in dealing with questions involving so great an interest , wo ought not to show a dis position to oppress these railroad compan ies so nn to cripple them in their opera tions. The only question proaontod is how boot to scciiro to the government the ulti- innte payment of the debt. The question of time U of secondary importance. Wo believe the wisest policy ia to devise some menus whereby the question shall bo set tled now and for all time , in such n man ner as shall render it impossible for the constitutionality f the Thunnau act to bo again brought before the supreme court. It ia conceded by the majority report that their bill is only a temporary measure , aiming at securing an increased amount for the railroad companies over that proidod by the Thurman act. No claim is ina'do that , at maturity of the bonds outstanding , any great amount of the principal will bo paid. At maturity of the bonds , then congress will bo oblig ed to cunct legislation to extend the time of payment. Wo believe it better to enact - act a law which will make the govern ment aafo , and at the eamo time give the railroad companies an opportunity to pro tect themselves against the competition of non-subsidized roads. WASHINGTON NOTES. PA.VOF mrWMATS. The house committee on appropriations reported the bill making appropriations for the coneular and diplomatic norvice. The amount appropriated is § 977,770 , which is § 307,325 less than the estimates. The measure reduces the contingent ex- peusea'of legation $ l9,500 and of the consulates $2GdOO. Allowance for clerk hire at consulates is reduced $30,000. The annual salaries of the ministers to Austria and Italy is reduced from $12- 000 to $10,000. Several unimportant oflices are abolished. THE TAltirF ACT. The chief of the bureau of statistics to day handed to the secretary of the treas ury his report in regard to the operations of the tariff act of March2 , 1883. It ap pears that the act caused a reduction of about U per cent , in the average advalo- rein rate of duty on imports. Some of changes in detail are as follows : Iron and steal , and manufactures thereof , a reduction of C 10 100 ; clothing wool , /eduction of 0 88 100 per cent ; combing wool , 11 27 100 , earnest wool. 6 1 100 ; manufacturer's wool , 4 52 100 ; manufac turer's cotton , increase , 1 02 100 : manu facturer's eiik , reduction , 8 82 100 ; malt liquors , reduction , 5 01 100 ; earthen and china ware , increase. 10 100 ; spirits and wines , increase , 18 28 100. The report is very voluminous , OUR MERCHANT MAIUNE. The Saturday session of the house was devoted to the bill to remove certain burdens on the American merchant ma rine and tu encourage the American foreign carrying trade. An important amendment by Mr. Cox , was adopted 111 to. CD , providit K that "it shall bu lawful for any citizen of the United States to import iron or steel built steamships of not less than 4,000 tons measurement , free of duty , and such ships shall bo ad- pitted to the American registry , provid ed such ships s hull be the uxclutiive prop erty of a ciiixon or citizuim of tlvi United States ; nnd pruBiilid further that auch shipj ulutll bu a eluded from the coa&t- wise trade. " Til * bill then passed. CIVIL SERVICE DATEH. Dr. Gregory , of the civil aorvico com mission , will hold eliminations for gen eral departmental uurvicu in the varioun cities Thu dates of the examinations uro arranged ns follows : May lth ! ) , Des Merino * ; 15th , Omaha ; 17th , Lincoln ; 24lhfTopukaj 20th , Kansas City ; 28th , St. L' uia ; 20th , Milwauktto ; 31t , Ghica- goj Iuuo 5th. Dubuque10th ; Minneapolis and llth , Sc. Paul. Muiuapolis and St. Paul have been added to the lint of post offices coming under .tho civil service rules , as over fifty clorka are uow em ployed in each of these oflices. FAST MAIL. President Bliss , of thu Boston and Al bany railroad company , has ordered the train whioli now leaves Boston at G p. in. to bo put back ono hour , BO an to start l 7pm. The order , if carried our , wil duntrov the ifast mail connection between Now England and the west , The Baltimore moro and Ohio * train carrying the Now England mail now connects at Albany at 1:15 : a. m. r/iththo western fast inai from Now York , which cannot btt held un hour without breaking important wentern connectionr. The journey of iho postmaster penera to Florida is taken lor the benefit of Mrs Grenham , who has been ill for Eovera weeks , and did not rocovur BO rapidly it this climitu R her frionda hoped. No information has been received a the Indian bureau concerning thu report ud Kovajo outbreak , The report is gen urally discredited. Congressman Regan is recovering. Crops In Contra ) and \Ventcrn lowu OKIUE lUrins , To , April 25A. . prom incut grain dealer , who has traveled ex tensively through central and western Iowa , reports seeding nearly dona There will be ten per cent moro wheat acreage this year than last , duo to the fact thn > wheat was a little bitter crop than umu ] and there is nome timidity regarding corn , Oota planting will commence soon. Farmers nro considerably on- courccd. L'lIKVOItlC IN COSGHK8S. TUB IIOUSK CAI.KNIIAU. WARHINOTOX , April 28. In the house .o-morrow. after the usual call of states for the introduction of bills , the commit- the of the District of Columbia will bo iMitUlcd to the floor. Continued. onsidoratlou will bo nskod for n bill ) rovidtng for a free bridga across ( ho ? otomnc , which was loft as unllnishcd jiisincBs nttho ndjournmont on the 1-lth list. Friends of the tArilV bill expect Tuesday , Wednesday nnd Thursday will bo devoted to the discussion of that nions- ire. The appropriations .committed may lowevcr , ask the consideration of the district of Columbia and consular and liplomatio appropriation bills , bcth of vhich have been reported to the houoo. Friday will bo devoted to n discussion of rivato bills. The bill to nmond nn "Act o execute certain treaty stipulations re- ating to tha Chinese" Ima been made ) ccinl order for Saturday. IN Till : SENATE. Unfitmhcd business inthosonatois the ilouro-piiuumonia bill Senator Plumb ma given notice ho will nsk the onato to vote upon it before ndjourn- -nent to-morrow. The next in cap uro in rdcr , the only Epocinl order on the cnl- ndar.gia the conato shipping bill. This measure has been delayed to nwait action in the Dingloy shipping bill. It was tlio mrposo of the friends of the sonata bill n CASO the house sent them the Dingloy > ill in n form to meet their approval , to novo its substitution in the senate for heir own. The adoption of the free hipping amendment to the bill in the louse , has it is understood , defeated his purposp and it is uow probable Sena- or Fryo will ask the sonata to proceed o the discuGsinn of the scnato bill as eon as the pleura-pneumonia bill is out if thu way. It is the intention of Sena- or Hoar to ask consideration of the bill 'elating ' to bigamy , bettor known as the tlormon bill , as soon as the shipping bill s disposed of. Matters of general legis- ation will probably bo displaced for a lay or two during the wi ik occupied by ho Indian uppropmtiol bill , nnd it is ingsiblo the agricultural rill or pension l may bo reported in sf .won. A FAMILY IjYJOIlING. A Brutal IMimlcr NP ir Audulion , Iowa , DKS MOINES , Town , Ap < il 27 , Sunday morning , about two o'clock , a brutal murder occurred three miles southeast of Audubon , this state. An old man , named Hiram Jalloraon , wns taken out of his bed by throe mor.'pid ' after being dragged about three ib' udrod foot was Tung to a limb of A tree. Hit > wife , who was sleeping with him , screamed to give ; ho alarm , was told by ono of the men who rode back to the house , that ho would hang her to another limb if she did not keep still. Jallerson was old quito a me and inolTetuiivo and there are strong suspicions that some of his fiinily are mixed up in the murder and his daugh ter's husband , John Smytho , a hard character , is freely charged with the crime. It is also supposed the old man's son , Ciooro , was ono of the party who did the hanging. The family is not a briuht one , and the son is said to ba almost fool ish and just such a man ns could bo per suaded to do sujh a deed. The whole country is aroused If the men are caught there will probably bo another hanging without trial. TJ1K OIjI > AVOKtilX THK TllOOl'8 AT IIEUBKK. LONDON , April 27. Dispatches from Cairo any thu trcops at Berber fraternize with the rebels. Thin condition of af- f.iirs excites the deepest concern. In habitants fleeing the place and it will be deserted in a few days. 11AILUOAI ) WIIKOK. MADRID. April 27. By the brooking o a railroad bridge near Cindad Peal a train of passenger cars was precipitat ed into the river. Several persona re ported killed. Twenty received seven injuries. Ono of thu supports of the bridge vroa cut , showing th disaster was tha result of malice BOVITIAN LIQUIDATION. LONDON , 'April 27 Waddington , French ambassador to Grout Britain , will return from Paris Tuesday , bring ing with him Premier Ferry'a response to Karl Grauvillo'fl proposal concerning the Kgytian question. Ferry generally approves the scheme of liquidation. The German -Austm-IIungariau govern ments will .maintain siletico on the sub ject until the entente cordial between thu French and English government is Aiisurnd , The British government's re fusal to end an expedition to the re lief of Berber , causes threat excitement in political circles of London. A now party coalition is being formed for the purpose of attacking the governmunt'a policy. TUB DYNAMITEUS. PAIUB , April 27. Tlio Matia ( newspaper - paper ) publiahci the announcement thai "NuinborJOno1' Tynan u in England. The Matin ulltgca the party from whom I.i its information wan obtained recently interviewed < torviewod Ty au jn Jj0udon , whc stated , "behind him waa a force before which England would ono day tiomble , ' "Thoro are , " nald Tynan , "men of higl position and social and intellectual dia < tinotion among the Invincibloa. I def ry tha Eugluh government nnd it hireling. " The aetiiig a ont of the now party whiol ) aims to unite all patriotic Irishmen , s'iy , the party already 1ms considerable funds with which to begin n cnmpuqn with. Cruisers provided with torpedoes nnd re volving guns to protect the crown of these vessels , will bo employed ngainst British men of war in vaii-ms harbors. SrOHTINO SUANDAU. SirCloorgo Chotwynd will raise in the Jockey club the question ns to what the atownrds propose to do regarding the al leged collusion of the Jockeys with book makers to sell the rncoa. The sporting circles nro ngitntcd over the appearance of the chnrgn in America. DESTRUCTION F1HE. LONDON , April 2ti. The fine promises of William Whltloy , dealer in general merchandise , iti Wostbourno prove , were destroyed. Ono falling building dnm- ngcd four others. Loss 250,000 pounds. THE SHKNDY MAS3A011K. OAIUO , April 20.A telegram from Berber , tinted April 25 , states thnt the reports of the recent massacre at Sbondy are exaggerated. The loss of the refugees was slight. A CARDINAL IlKSHINS. ROME , Italy , April 27 I'ho Pope has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Ledoclioweki , of the archbishoprics ot Guosen and POFOII. A 11OYAL TIE. ST. PETEUSIIIUO , Russiu , April 27 , of S.txo-Altenburg wns married to-day to Grand Duke Constan tino. The ceremony wns performed nt the Winter Pnlaco with great pomp. A Sl'ANlSII COSSI'IUAOY. MADUID , April 20. The government claims to have received further informa tion of a revolutionary movement _ in the Provinces. Several officers nnd civilans nt Barcelona , the centre of the agitation in the south have boon arrested. MUIlDEll CLUDS. NAPLES , April 25. The Sicillinn police - lice report thu discovery of a remarkable murder club near Palermo , consisting if 5 ! ) members pledged to murder for com mon advantage nnd profit. The murderers undertake to execute privntu vengeance for lucre. A branch club , consisting of forty-livo members , is established nt Ticarizza ; within n few months the latter club ulono killed thirty persons. Members of both clubs are imprisoned at Palermo , und will bo tried in May. OAIKO , Egypt , April 25. It is impossi ble to send letters or telegrams to Khar toum. _ _ Cuban FilllbtiBtoro. KEY WEST , Fli. , April 27 The schooner Wiiifiold , twelve tons , wns tak en from her moorings at Key Sargo , Thursday night , between eight and nine o'clock. Sirgo is about ono hund red miles distant up the roof , thereby miles from whore the frigate "Yantio" is lying. It is thought' another small party may have gene across to Cuba , al though the supposed leader of tha next oxpidition is still hero. It is rumored that aomo men nro missing. That another expedition has started or will start is unquestioned. It is gener ally believed only funds are wanting. The present federal force would avail nothing on the chain islands , two bund- rodjmilos in extent if the filibusters wore ready. Tlio Effect of the lUor. CINCINNATI , April 27. Unusually se vere sentences were pronounced against the recently convicted prisoners by Judge Matthews , of the criminal court , Satur day. John < . Walker , who went into Schmidt's drug store nt night and with drawn revolver compelled the clerk to deliver money , was sentenced to ton years in tha penitentiary. Dan Flana gan , for an ofTenso committed at abjut the same time , fifteen years. Michael Gibbons , burglary , six years. Frank IIpgBii , same ofToneo , seven years. John Kirtvin , same offense , fivn years. Fred Nye , a noted hona thief , fifteen yoara. Stciunor Wrecked at ISurJInuton. BUHLINOTON , Town , April 27 Tno steamer Grand Pacific , going through the bridge at 2 o'clock this afternoon , struck tha draw pier , toiring n hole about 25 foot long in her hull. She drifted 300 yards below thu bridge , nnd sank in 20 feet of water on the larboard side. Bho had a light cargo which in n total loss , Owing to u strong west wind prevailing , the pilot lost control of the steamer. She ia n utern wheeler , 285 feet in length , valued uod at 30,000 , and is likely to pi. < vo a total loss us fthii can hardly bo rained. Ni lives lost Tha officers are blamuletu. Colliblon t Trains , PiTTMiuno Pa. , April 27.- Near Har. raansyillo lost night a freight train run ning cut of time on the West Pennsyl vania railroad collided with a pausonger train. The engines < were domolUhod , a number of cars damaged , and Engineer Ilieka And Fireman Bissell fatally in jured , riroman Gallagher and Engineer liallaghor were dangoroutly hurt. The passon era wore badly shaken up. Klovatora liurnoil PEOUIA , April27. The grain elevatora of Smith , Hippon & Co , , and lliidmit & Co. , at Pokin , were destroyed by lira last night. The former contained 25- 000 bushels of corn and waa iimurod for 810,000 , , The latter had 5,000 bushels of grain and wen partially insured. Loss estimated ut 350,000. OH Aa You 1'lcAKR , NEW YOIIK , April 27. The acono in .Madison Sijuaro Garden to-night ehowed the people of New York are not yoc tired of walking iiiutchtts. Seven thousand - and people witneasud thu etait at - midnight. Noromao won the first milo in six iiiinutia. . l.iiUor BLOOMINOTOX , lit , , April 27. - A Trade's Assembly wan organized hero to- I day representing ton or twelve labor or- ' gniiizationu. The followiug was uuani- hmou ( Iy adoptel : { Jiteolvetl , That the Bjatem of letting out convict labor by the contract , is nn outrage upon thn inUroaU of labor , and in DO case nhould n contract , extend be yond n single term of ofllco in Illinois. Jfcfoh'ctl , Tf.nt thi bo iinmcdiatcly oont to the Illinois state ofiicinls. Imprlsoticilou IMUo's 1'cnk. CIIIOAOO , April 27. Daily Nowa Col- ornilo Springv , ( Col. , ) special saya there is considerable nnxioty felt hero na to the fate of Signal Service Observer Ram- Boy , who has-been - on Pike's Pcnk station sovoii vrooka. Gcorgu B.ickhouo , hia companion , reached hero throe weeks ago more dead than alive , nftor 2-t hours in the snow drifts , 20 to I0 ! feet deep nt that time. Provisions were running low consisting of 8 pounds of rico , 20 pounds of dried npploa , 2 cans of condensed milk , 80 pounds of Hour , which wna al most useless ns there wns nothing to raise it with , nnd n couple of pounds of snlt fish. Several inelFoctual attempts have been made to relieve him. Anoth er trial will bo inndo Wednesday. Wind unil Klfo. GUAND Ilrrius , Mich , April 27. The high wind prevailing nil day haa done much damage nil over tha north part of the atnto. Reports from a dozen places on the Grand Ratids & Indiana Ry. , an nounce : ! great trouble and damugo from forest fires. A largo amount of property in the nhapo of fences , wood , nnd rail road ties , nnd small villages have been des troyed. About nine to.night a tire start ed in M. J. Clark's lumber yard at Cedar Springs , destroying two million feet of partly seasoned pine. It now threatens the entire village. A special train with fire engines has gene to the town's as sistance from hero. The wind is blowing a gala from the west. A Uamla'd Uriilo. CHICAGO , April 27. Daily News Scrnnton , Pa. , special saye : A man giving the name of Taxni Charley and n woman who pays she is the wife of Jesse James , the western bandit , have boon giving exhibitions of marksmanship here. List night the Texan became enraged - ed at the failure of the womim to accom plish some feat nnd gnvo her an ugly slap across thn face with a knife. She picked up a lillo and the Texan nuved his life by apoedy flight. Tlio woman threatens to shoot him on eight. IJovoniul Lunacy. BUFFALO , N. Y. , April 27. lohn W. Braylcyof Evnnston 111. , who arrived in this city a few days ago , was arrested for attempting auicfdo. Brayley showed signs of lunacy , and waa gradually grotv < ing worse. In his rational momenta ho said that some weeks ago ho left homo , having boon refused the consent of the parents of n young lady of Evans ton to wed her. His uncle puiohascd him a ticket to Philadelphia , where ho had friends , hoping to cure hia infatuation. While being taken to the asylum he pile- ously roared "Ohl where ia Bhel'1 Phya- 'ciani consider hia case incurable. Another Wreck , SAN FHANCISCO , April 27. 11 p. m. ! Tows has just boon received of a serious .ccidouton thu Central PaciGo railway , ear Port Costa Gal. Two passenger rains collided. Several cars were badly wrecked. LATKII. The damage will bo lees than it first reported , Thu collision waa bo- ween two local trains. Both engines wore wrecked , nnd two cars were smashed ut ths passengers escaped without inju Tlio W ulher. "WAHIIINOTON , D. C. , April 27. For .ho upper Mississippi , fair , followed dur ng Monday night by increasing oloudi loss and local raina , winds shifting to lastorly , nearly stationary , followed b ; rising temperature. For the Miimour valley , fair , followed during theaftornoon or evening by loca\ \ rains , east to soutl winds , slight rise in tompoiaturo. MIsHourl JUvcr Appropriation. Special dispatch to the Olobu-Domocrat. WASHINGTON , D , 0. April 25. llopro aentativo Dockory , of Missouri , who wn ono of the ( signers to the petition for an appropriation of $1,400,000 for the Mis Bouri , Buys endeavor * nro being in ado to include the Missouri River tiomniission in the river nnd harbor bill. Ho cherish cs the improshion it will et through i reached in time , other wist Iwill have t goon the calendar aaan independent mal SIIOUS < ILRAKimiPOWOC KDOUIiDTOniSC E CREAM TARTAR. . ffalumorivi ii ) luJurlou'iBUliiiuna caii L > o fuinu In Andrawa ' J > arl JIJnV.InK I'owclor. Is pos. vtv. ili-Jiitiiiilon.o ! lai lt .ilino rcinv' : ( l Hum rtcli clicnil.H as $ . JMna lluya. llos. toil : II. iiolafontaliip , of Clitoufo ; ami UuAiuvua loie ! , 3nittnnl.ce. .Nevcriold - in bull . - ' -nle THE WHIRLIGIG OF GHOAS , 1 4 Greene Coonty , Ohio , MM by a Ter rific Cyclone , The Earth and Air Filled with Whirling Chunks of Ruin , Uncovered dollars Mark the Place of a Oiico-Thriving Village. ilongro Details from the Wrecked Eegion , Near Dayton , several Iilvoa Known to bo frost jind. DO/.CIIH Injured , A 1JAO lirOW. OHIO'S OYCLONE. CINCINNATII Ohio , April 27 , The Commercial Gazolto'a Jamestown special ays : A terrible cyolono struck Jamca- own about live o'clock this afternoon. 'wo thirds of the town is completely tu ned , and six persona killed , namely : Miss Stella Jones , aged 15 , of Esculopia Iprings , Ky.j MM. Anna Carpenter ; Le- itia Jenkins , daughter of G. K. Jenkins ; Miu Kate Bolobcr ; Mrs Stownrt , a col- ircd woman ; nnd a a an of James Powell. Several ware bidly wounded , and hund- cda of people nro turned .out of their ionics. No catimato of damage is possible now. further details cannot bo given yet. DAYTON'S DETAILS. DAYTON , O. , April 27. Shortly bo- ere five o'clock this afternoon the most [ ostructivo cyclone over known in this part cf the countiy , passed over the onthorn portion of Montgomery and Green counties , devastating everything n its course. It appcnra to have origi nated no.ir Woodbine. An cyo witness [ escribes it M appalling in its tury. An authentic statement is thnt the cyclouo wns formed by a union of two light storm clouds frofn the south and northwest , which immediately assumed the form of n .waterspout , rising nnd dosonding LIKE TIIE WAVISH OF TUB SEA , Jostroying everything in its way. Mr. IS. Best , of this city , 'who WAS near enough to obicrvo accurately , says that it wns fully ono-oighth of a mile wide and moved about over the country like an mmonso cloud of stnoko , whi o overy- vhcro in its path , waa dark with trees andlmiBO * . Frrjati waromoa'ol dowr , " oar Mardhaltown the residence and ther 'buildings belonging to Hdward tVhoatly were destroyed with other prop- rty , amounting to $2,000. Two farm lands nro reported missing. Buren chool house No. 0 is destroyed and roof arrigd five hundred yarda. Mr. Harnos' 101110 and btrn wat dojtroyod. Ono hild wna caught up in tha cyclone and car- led 200 yards and dropped to the earth , lightly injured. Mr. Mitchol'a house nd barn are partly mined. Mr. Ride- man's property is badly damaged. At 3oll Brook , Greene county , at least 15 'arm houses are moro or loss damaged ! , > ut the families generally escaped by tak- ng refuge in the collars. From Carrol- .011 , the cyclone took the direct easterly COIIMO , and its force was not in tha least spent when it reached Jamestown , a thriving village of GOO inhabitants which ia reported entirely destroyed with only a tow buildings standing. Meagre tele graph roporto state that four people are * , § known to bo killed , while twenty are more or leas injured. Among others the residence of L. Wickoraham waa lifted from its foundation and carried quito n distance. Orving to the sparse settlement of tha country and the block * adod rands , accurate details cannot beob- tiiincd , but with such loss of property that of life must bu terrible. Near Xenio there waa considerable destruction. 'Tho ooldiora and eailora' orphans homo was bidly damaged. Th * barn , laundry and other buildings were destroyed , while < the hoapitnl and othora were unroofed. Misa Harvey , matron , nnd nioihtwatch- mnn , Richardson , were injured but no- children were hurt. .Cedar Crook on the narrow guago roadt ia much damaged. There 'ia ' great dam- ngo to farm property , and a * this point trains weru unable to , mova on account of the wind , while others did not dare to pass over Oodar Crcok treatlo during the cyclono. In all directiona aouth and coat of hero the scene of destruction de fies description. "Whole ford'sta were out down like woods , nnd trooa and. small buildiuga carried long distancoa iu the nir. Later reporta to-morrow mu t bring uewa of appalling lees of lifo. Aid fi f the New Orleann Honpllal. WASIIJNOTON , April 20. The House Committee OH appropriations to-day ngrer-d to favorably report ReprcsonU- tivo Ellis' bill with mnendraenta provid ing for the loaning of 81,000,000 by the government to too World Industrial nurt Gotten Ccntennnial expoaitinn at Now Orleann. The Mlbais | | > il NEW ORLEAKH , April , 27 , Water froa Iho Duvia crevnasc , nineteen miles above , now covora nil thnt portion of Oretn south of the Morgan railroad track , back wnter comin , ? up to within half a dozea ecjuarea of the river. PuU itlvcr Pire. FALL JUvtu , MASH , April 25 , No now doyidopmunlB iTgardinK the Sa iZ were iiitll Ufo.fho tockholdw 8IKIH ooumilvr tha que , ioti of ro bit cluu to the incondiMJiM. r'V n-f