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F * r THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SEVENTEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , FRIDAY MORNING , JANUAKY 1 , 1888 , NUMBER 209 WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS , A Terrible Storm Swoops Down From the North. SLEIGHRIDER'S REPORTED LOST. Jjocnl Trn.ol Impeded and Train ! ) Entirely Ahiindnncd Talon of Cold , Suffering and Death From All Over the Country. TIlP Storm. Old Horcas lilt Omaliu yesterday nftcinoon in a way tluit will not noon bo forgotten. The c-harigo In tlio temperature and general nspctt of Uiu weatliur was the quickest and most decisive on recoul , nud In the slioit Hpaco of U\o bouis tno city was practically undci thu contiol mid mastery of the old fellow. About U o'clock In the morning u tiny llako of snow descended us u soit of nn advance agent for \\liut waste to follow , and nn hour later the llcecy c.uno tumbling do\vn tbiek mid fast. At the time thu attnosphcio was soft mid mellow , and the break of day wan fruited with sidewalks and stiects thickly coated with snow. Duiing the morn ing and the cat ly houis of the afternoon the UiPi'inoineter toglstoied about 25 above zero , and harmonised In that position with the BIIOVVhlcli continued to fall as copiously as ever. Thu wind I'liino from a southeastern direction mid contimu d so until 1 o'clo < k when it vucicil to the noithvvest and inaug- uiatul one of the woist blUrauls wit iiessed for ycais in Omaha Ono old citizen told a Hi i : reporter last night tli.it it was the worst since 1M 4 , when a change as sudden and suveio as that ofcs , > terday took plait ; . It was ten minutes after 4 o'clock when the squall in ulo its appo ir.inco For a few mo- incuts ptovious them was a dead culm , and a darkness settled temporal ily over the city t This dispelled , the bliz/aid began its woik in1 cat nest , 'i lie snow seemed to fieezo in its descent , thu wind it-solved itself into a hur ricane , mid zcio took possession. In short order the sticits became tlesei ted , and these who wciu not foiced to bo out sought the shelter and the warmth of their homes. Stttet and cable tars \\eio quit kly and un- toinfortably tilled , and it uas not long befoio these agents of tiansportation found it neces sary to succumb to tlio tenoisof thostoim , leaving hundicds of men , \vomcn and chll- dien to its mercies Ay 0 o'clock the rails of the i.iblu line and the diflcrunt sticct ear tiacks weio bulled under snow drifts that quickly fiozo into hiiiiieis that the snow pious could not Delicti ate. The poor horses , exhausted under the piessuio of the heavy loads they were compelled to diaw , and chilled to thu inaiiow by the cutting winds , ga\o up In litter despair and i of used to perfouu their duties though iiigcd and whipped by the half frozen dilveis 13ven the cables gave way to the icy blasts and a number of cars weie left standing in the middle of the streets Under these odds thestiugglo to keep the cable and sticet cais in motion was given up , and one by one they diopped off and at 7 o'clock ti av el w as entu el v suspended , liven the indomitable and weather def.v ing tabby had to confess that the bluzaid was too much for him , and ho went mtorctiio- uient at mi emly hour. After nightfall the sheets piesentcd a gloomy and deseited appeaiancc. Husincss men piono to keep their stoics open by gas light letlied at an eailv lioui , and show windows dews usually splendid with the glare of the gas Jet and electiio light weio coated with f lost an Inch thick. Public places and beer halls that nightly revel in song and cheer weie dismal And dcscitcd , and In the lintel tomdois the familiar faces of public men who eomo down of an evening to smoke a cigar and chat over pie\ailing events wore not theio , they evidently being better satisfied w ith the ehcci luliiess fui nished by their ow n tile-hides than to vcutuio out in weather 8 do- giees below ZPIO , as it was at 0 p. in. , and the wind blowing a liumcaiio. si i leu nunts i.i i ourri ) i OST. About dusk gieat concern began to bo felt for the gay paitv of sleigh i iders w ho had left for thu lilulls eaily in thu aftctnoon. About 1 o'clock neailv inuslclehs , containing bOO icpicspiitativcs ot the best families of the illy stalled on the long planned sleighing ex tinction to Council lilulfs Thu gaily eapai- Isoned Meeds dashing down the stieet with thcii happy sleigh loads of people , thestiam."i of the Musical Union band and the mciry uhoiusof thu sleiglibellsconspiied to make the pictuiu a brilliant one and a giand aftoinoon was expected. Hut when the bllzzaul binl.o loose a MV.it mmij detei- mlned to cuitail their stay in the Hlufts and hasten homo as they expected moie or less tiouble In ictmning Most of these weio ufiaid to tiust their lives to the furv of thu Httuminan open cutter , and hundicdb of them came aci oss on the dummy A few liiaver ones ileteimined to face tlio stoim , and their battlu with the elements was a lleico mid ilespei.itu one. Thu wind had full sweep aeioss the open bottoms , and as hoiscs and oxeuislonists piessed Klowly foiwmd In the fact ) of the laging blast , they weio blinded hv Its fury and chilled to the inaiiow with its keenness. Unable to set ) n scoio of feet fiom them , ninny lost their way and lloundcicd about helplessly. Some sleighs weiu upset , Otheis had collisions and a nuinlu'r of bioak- ages was the icsult. When thu laigu sleigh charioted by tbu Omaha business college stu dents cainualong thej i an aeioss a number of sleighs , each of which was attempting to get home by a ditleient toute. As this uleigh had OHO of Jim Stevenson's most tinsty diiveis , a number of the last excursionists duided toll list to his Judgment mid follow wheievei ho should ehooso to lent ! them. Quito a piocession was thus foimed , idlofwulch i cached Onialm safely , with thu exception of onu couple who weio lopoitoii badly fro/en A number of sloighloads , hovv- over , icluseil to follow the huge sleigh , be lleving it was taking the wiong louito foi Omaha Some of tlu"-o icnehed the citj wifely some time later , but a nuinbos havu not yet been heaul fiom and it is not known whether they have oil ictuinet safely or not. At thu tlmo of wilting it is impossible to scemo thu names of the pcisons missing , but among them Is lepoitod William King , Trod King's son His fiiends aiouncasv but it is believed by many that lie has found lodgment In some piivato house in the HIulTs and is peifcetly safe. Over ISO poisons it-solved to pass the night in the Ulutfs and wait till the stout abated bofoio ventuuug to letuin They found a icfugo in the hotels ami various bos pitablo homes of the people in that city , ant to them the evening was onl.v thu piolongu tlon of a delightful afteinoon There me i gieut many In Omaha mixiovs to know of the wheioabouts of tiiends ami i datives who left on this sleigh ndo. A numbci o anxious queites have i cached the Hi i : oftliu liy telephone asking about these patties Despite the most eainest elToits of thu Hut- force only the most meagei news ean lit gleaned as to the whcicahoiits of peisons who have not , vet letuined At piesen nothing can be dutio but await to day's de .elopments. The team of C. E. May no became un mnnagpablo w hlle CM ossing I ho i Ivor and i ai awav. U ho hoiscs and cutter \veie lost , bu .Mr. May no and the other occupants leached Omaha in safety , DickMcl'oimlek also Is icported to have boon lun aw ay with on the itver , but man aged to leneli homo A noiiiiiiii.i : imcou HV Ye4ttydav when the snow was fulling will all Its might , and the wind moaning ant gtoaning , County Agent Mahoney buttonct his ovoicoat up elosely and stalled out ti alleviate a case of sulTeiing which bode sci ibos as thu vvoist that has comet under hi notlcu this vvinter. lie had iciclrcil infer matlon that a woman und her babe weio lying ill at the coiner of Thlify tlftU and Cumlng streets , am \vcio budly In need of attention liorntueiiovrautUoiiUea , AnaedvvUu till vague Information Mr. Mahoney \lsltod the designated district , which is Nsolatcd and on the broad prairie. Looking about him ho could see only a few scattered houses , and in quiry at these revealed the Information that none of the inmates were under favors from the i > oor oflleials. As be waded along through the deep snow ho espied In an open Held a canvas tent , and as It ills- phi Veil indications of habitation ho concluded to give It a call. The tent was staked to the baru ground , and beneath the apertures the snow drifted in in largo quantities. The wind beat u tattoo on the fiail texture , which swung to and fiowlth the changes of the hi oo/os. After n struggle with the prevailing elements Mr. Mahoney llnally discovered an opening to the tent between the folds , which were fastened fiom the outsldu with skuwurs of wood , similar to these employed ny butchers. Inserting his head between the folds bis vision encountered a sight thas shocktd him. Within on the Into giound stootl a low bed , sp n ely supplied with coveting , un old stove and a few m tides of household fuinltmc. On the bed lav the woman and babe Mr. Maboney was In search of , The woman w as so weak from her sick ness , cold and hunger that she could sc.nccly sneak. With gieat efToit shu told Mr. Mahoney - honey that she had been 111 for sevetal weeks , and that her babe was sulTeiing and on the point of death for tlio want of motheilv nourishment and c.nu that she could not give It. The husband had been unfoitunate In not being able to secure work , and at that vciy moment was down at the court house in quest of Mr. Mahonev to petition him for food and medicine and n dot tor. Upon being asked if she had not ic- ceived any medical attention , the poor eiea- turo broke out in tears , and naid that some davs ago aphvsician called upon her , wrote out a pieseiiption. whith he thievv on the bed , accompanied by a wat nlng that they should never pall upon him again , as ho was not cm Ing for patients who had not money to pay him. Tlio family weio so poor that they could not get the prescription tilled. Without delay- Mr. Mahoney bun icd after the county phy sician , who wus soon on tlio ground and ad- ministeicd to the wants of thu sulcnng mother and child Later thu family , whoso name is Moms , weio abundantly supplied with ncccss.ny food and waimth , but both may die fiom cxposuio and neglect. The n imo of the inhumane physician is not known , but it may tianspiiu before many- day s. HFI CT OV TIIH It Ml.11O U ) ? . "Tlio tail of this stotm is coming from the west , and at a high i ate of sliced at that I toll you , " said a well known and experienced lailioad man duimg the eaily houis of yes terday , adding , "and it's ' going to tell on the rallioads , too. Wo'io getting things in shape to meet it , and we'll bo prep.ncd for it. " Mallei s icsuHod just as the gentleman prophesied , and foi the Hist time In ycats the vvouls , "No tiains cast or west over this i oad to night , " were written in chalk on the depot bulletin boaid of the Union Paclllc. The depot attendants scatteied for their lospect- ivo homes at an e.ulv hour , and thu big build ing looked deseited and lonesome by 8 o'clock. All switching was dispensed with , as the nils weie bin led deep under the snow and the switches weie fiozcnupas tight .is ill urns. The Council HIulTs dummy over at 7 o'clock had a lough time crossing the bridge , and it was not considered safe to make the icturn trip , so that and all subur ban service was dispensed with for the night. The nycr froui the west duo heie at 2 55 came in one hour late , and the Kansas City tram on tlio Hopublicnn Valley branch and the tlyor west scheduled to leave iespectivoly at 5 and 9 p. m. were pulled off. Precautionai v mcasnies were taken In the regulation of freight tiains , and none were allowed to leave stations after once they reached them. By this happy foresight the tracks were thus kept clear to give the snow plow full scope. The H & M. is in an equally bad tlx with the Union P.uillc , peibups a little woise , as at 10 o'clock last night they had two passenger trains laid out at Pacific Junction headed for Omaha. They weio trains U from Chicago duo at 7:2. : > p. m. andtiain 0 fiom Kansas City duo ntUi.Vip. in. Tholhercamo in Unity min utes late from the west yesterday , and pushed on towards Chicago. The last heard from the train It w as making very slow progress. TiainO , duo beio at 5.4"i p. m. from Lincoln , did not venture out fiom the latter place , and the icgultr night train west at 8 o'clock was given up. The 7 p in. train east wenC-out with a ear load of Omaha linnets bound for Plattsmouth. Allficight tiafllc was suspended. The other loads in and out of the city abandoned tiains. THO SMVII. Piurs. During the heigtb of the storm last night n chimney , on Hoscmund's testauiant , Far- na'ii stieet , and ihiotheron a bouse owned by Councilman Fold , on Davenport stieet , took Hie. The Hi omen wcic called out , but the flames weio extinguished without their aid and befoio much damage resulted. llnllroadH Blockaded and All Attempts to linn Trains Abandoned. LINCOLN' , Neb , Jan. 12 [ Sliceml Tele gram to the Di i : J The woist stoim of the season fell upon Lincoln to day with a heavy- full of snow that tui ned to a bliz/aul at a p. in. In an hour all tiafllo on the railroads ceased , sov-ei al of the incoming passenger tiains foundering in the yauls. Alltiams wciu tlcclaicd abandoned and tlio storm was icportcd tciritic on all lines out of the city. Business in the city was pi actically sus pended and sticct car tiafllc ceased eaily in the day. Siot.x. CITV , Jan. 12. [ Special Telegram to thcHni..J The most savage snow storm of the season has been inging hero all day. Shoitly after noon the stoim giadually gtcw in fmy until the wind was blowing a regular { ilo mid diiving the snow in blinding clouds cveiyvvheie. The snow ill if ted high and passage at many places thiough tlio streets and highvv ays is next to impossible. The thcimomoter is giadually going down also. As a icsult the inilioads weioseiiously ciip- ulcil as eai ly as noon today and this eve ning tiatlloiiiaU tlirections is , piactieally speaking , suspended. What few tiains did go out to day weio sent with double heiuteis. The tiains on thu Chicago , Milwaukee .t St. Paul i oad ,11.1V u been suspended. The Illi nois Ccntial mid Omaha loads aio in the same condition. As theie is such a largo amount of snow on the giound and still falling the piospocts for open tiafUc is not good for the immediate futui e. MINHIJV , In , Jun 12 [ Special Telegiam to the Hi K ] The woist stoim of this season set in licit ) about 4 o'clock this afteinoon , when the wind tliangetl from the south to tlio noithvvest , and is blowing a perfctt bliz- zmd. Snow has been falling steadily all day- mid is dtittlng badly. Unless the stotm abates soon trains will bo snowed up and tiavol seriously impeded. Mise vriNi : , In , Jan 12flio worst lilU- zaul of the season is i aging heie to day Tlio snow is heavy and deep. The loads will piobably bo blocked Ci nut Hvi'ins , la , Jan. 12 It has snowed all day heie. The tiains on the Chicago & Noithwestoin aio piettv well on time , com ing In with double-lieadprs Tr.iins on the Dccotah division of Binlington , Cedar Hap- ids \ , Noi ihei n m o snow od in near Oelvv ein , and abandoned On the Paeille division they aiu two houis late. The train from Minne apolis is four houis lato. No Height trains will leave the eity bofoio mouilng. A steady mow with a slight wind piovails Drs MOINIS la , Jan 12 It has snowed steadily heiu all dav , delavingtialns several houis. This moining It giew told and tinned into a bliz/aul , stotmlng violently All trains aio abandoned except on the Hock Island and Chicago , Hm ling ton & Quiucy , and they mu much delayed. In the Northwest. Di I.UTII , Minn. , Jan 12. [ Special Tele gram to the HLP.I The piosent snow stoim and bliz/anl is the haitiest known for ten years. ' 1 hu lailioads mo completely demor alized , not a single road be-ing on time. The snow is vciy deep and falling fast. Bii t i.os , Mont. , Jan. 12 The wcuthi-r has moderated. The snow la rapidly thaw ing and > u > l traols of bate grouml arc all over the countiy. Grass is good ovciy- vhero and plentiful , ST. PAUL , Jan. 12. A tlerco blb-zard pre vails here to day , and in consequence of vhleh the laying of the corner stone of the cu palace has been postponed until Satuiday next. The storm to day Is the worst over know n n the northwest for railroad business. It ex- ends from the Hocky Mountains to LaUo Michigan , but Its woist effects mo felt in Da cota and Minnesota Uvery where it has been accompanied by high wind , whicbdrlfts mow badly , and in northern Dakota , w Ith : > elow zero temporatuic , It assumes the char acter of a genuine blizzard. The rhlhoads tiad hardly finished cleaning tholr tracks Train the pievlous storm , anil that of to day lias absolutely blocked all small loads thofigh through lines mo bittling bravely to keep tiains moving. Tiains on loads to Chicago aio from ono to nine hours late , but all main lines mo still open and eastern trains left as usual to-night. All freight on the Northern Pacltle and main Hues has been abandoned , and no tiains were scut out on these lomls to-nlgtit. The Kansas City train on the Omaha road was abandoneil. The St. Paul & Duluth load Is trvlngto keep Its main line open , but was obliged to abandon tno branches. At Hm on the wind blow tlfty miles an hour and was so full of snow that ono was unable to see Hfty feet at any time. Some unthinking tcacheis dismissed a school of young childien , some of whom had to go four or tlvo blocks aeioss to open land. 1'ivo or six got lost. Whistles weio blown , bells i ung and people turned out and took long ropes and walked 11 ft ecu or twenty abreast back and foi tb ov er the giound. 1 hey found two , but at latest accounts the othcis had not been dlscovcied. LATI it All the chlldicn weio found , save a child of ten named Johnson. The search still continues to-night , but theio's little hope of Hndlng the child alive. A number of funnels stinted homo as soon as the stoim began and tbeio arc giavo fears for their safety , uusincss men who attempted to go homo this afteinoon lost their way at street ciossings. Many others aio not attempting to go homo to night. Tonight's weather report shows tlio fol lowing below /eio tempeiatines : Helena , Mont , 21 ; Hismmck , 20 ; Mooichead , Minn. , 12 ; Quo Appelle , ! ! 4 ; MInnedosa , 20 ; Fort G.nry , 24. A Pieiic , Dak. , special says : Tlio wind is blowing sixty miles an hour and It is impossi ble to sco 100 feet. Three tiains ate snow bound at Hco Hlghts and theio is icpoittd to have been a collision between two freights at the same point. MnotDak ! , icpoits the stoim laging there 124 boms i.ntl the tempeiatuio 15 dcgiees bo low. All tailroad tiavel is suspended , Jamestown , Dak , rcpoits no tiains 'moving on the main line of the Northcin Pncilie. Gioton , Dak , icpoits the wind blowing a -gale , the meicuiy 20 below and impossible to see more than two i oils. Wmsmi , Dak , Jan. 12 Seveial mail eai ilers aio believed to have been caught in the bliz/ard and perished. The tcmpeiaturo is 3.1 dcgiccs below zcio. Iti the Urltlsh OTTVWV , Out. , Jan. 12. The mercury eaily this moining stood as follows : At Ottawa , 17 degrees below ; at North Wake- tleld , Quebec. 23 below ; at Manlwaki , Quebec , Ml below ; at Pcmbioke , Out. , ! ! 0 lit tin * South. , Vu. , Jan. 12 The weather was intensely cola last night. The ther mometer i egistcrcd four degrees below zcio this morning , the lowest this winter , but it is model atmg now. At Other Points. SrniNOFii in. 111. , Jan. 12. An intermit tent snow storm has been pievailing here during the day , turning to light rain in the evening. No delay of trains hcicon account of the storm. Cmcuio , Jan 12. The sixteen horns of heavy and diiftlng snow commencing this afteinoon , followed befoio to-moirow night by a cold wa\o aveiaging a drop of 20 de- gi ces , wet o tlio government piedictions for Chicago and vicinity eaily this evening. A big snow storm that started about 2 p. in. gave piomlso of outdoing prophecy , and dis patches from Dakota and Minnesota , telling of a teiilHc bHz/Mid in piogicss , put mill oad oflleials , telcgiaph people and tiavolers heio on the lookout for all soits of disastrous hap penings. The snow was dry and hind , whirling in gieat clouds tinough the stiects and o\cv the piai- ncs , bunging to a standstill all trafllc that could by any possibility bear delay. Tonight about 8 o'clock , when the outlook w as iipp.u ently for a blockade that \vouldlastdaysandcost the raihoads alone many thousands of dollais , thtTsnovv sud denly ceased and the howling wind became almost balmy. Hy 10 p m. a light sprinkle of mm had fallen and the snow was melting somewhat. No sei ious delay s to tiains w ei o icpoited , but telegiaph communication has been unceitain and slow. MII.WAIMIJan. . 12 Advices fiom all parts of the state say the most severe bli/Aiid of the season has laged all afteinoon. Tiains me geneially delaved , but none ot them mo icpoited "stalled. " AVenthor Indications. Tor Nebiaska : Colder , fair weather , flesh to brisk noithcily winds , diminishing in force. For Iowa : Colder , fair weather , pteccdetl by tain in eastern poitiott , biisk to high noithcily winds , diminishing in foieo. For Dakota : Local snows , colder with cold wave , fresh nottbetly winds becoming vai iable. AND Till ] KtVUTlf TKKMBLKD. The South A am KxporlenoliiKiiGroat Slinking Up. Cu MII i STOV , S C. , Jan. 12 There was an earthquake shock at Summeivlllo at 9-5"i this moi nlng. The distill banco was also no ticed by some peisons heie , though it was so slight as not to bo felt by a majoiity of the people. Theio was no damage and no al.inn. Coi IMIIIV. S. C. , Jan. 12. A shaip earth quake shock , thu Hist icport in many months , stai tied the citizens of the city this moining at ! > r)5. Buildings weio severely shaken , and doois , windows , eiockery ami glass weie i allied In a lively manner. Sleep ing peoplu were awakened , and many rusbetl out into thu stieets. The diieetion of the wave seemed to bo from noith to south. The Mb ) aliens continued about ten seconds , and were accompanied by a loud detonation. The shock was felt at Geoigetovvn , Conway - way , Heaufoit , Camden and Hewbeiry. The e.nthquako shock this morning was gcneially felt tinoughout the coast countiy and as far west as Augusta. No damage has been tepoited. SUANNVH , Ga , Jan 12. A distinct cmth- qunku shock was felt lieie this mouilng Houses were shaken and many peoplu weio frightened , but no damage was done. The dui.ition of the shock was about tlvo seconds. It seemingly passed from west to east Hvtnt.li , N. C. , Jan. 12 A slight earth quake shot k was felt hero at 0 fxi this moi n- ing. Advices fiom Ch.ulotte ioOit | a shock theie , and tlio people aio gieatly excited , fearing a lepetition of the disaster of Ibsii. lliero was also a stiong shock felt at Shelby mid other points. A Kick Piom Itnllrondri. SritiNOHHo III , Jan. 12. A number of raihoad men fiom soiithein Illinois met the lailioad and warehousu commissioners heio to day with a protest against any fuithcr 10- ttiiction of Kites for the tiaiibpoit.itIon of meicliiimliso and asking a slight advance on the rate for coal They claim that'tho 10- iluctlon made by the board July 20 is unjust discrimination , Inasmuch as it precludes them from the coal mm Uets reached by other roads The boaid has taken the matterundei advis > o- uicnt. A Managing l.'tlltor Married. ST Pui. , Minn. , Jan. 12 John Hakcr , managing editor of tlio- Daily Globe , am Miss Ulizabcth Kittson were married to night at the icsidenio of Iho bride'b father , THE MISSISSIPPI OUTRAGES , Ohnudlor Lots Loose a Brondsldo at the Democratic Party. COLORED MEN DISFRANCHISED. Tlio Itcsoltttlon For nn Imestimation 1'asscH tlio Senate UlililleberKcr Conies Out For Lmnuir Another Elopement. Fnets Spcnk For Themselves. WtsiiiNOToxHunmu TUB OMUttHrn , 613 rOUHfLLNTH Still I.T , , \ WASHIMITOV. D. C. , Jan . 12 j Senator William B. Chandler , of Now Hmnpshire , made matteis vety Interesting In th ' senate to day when his icsolution for an investigation into the tceent suppicsslon of the eoloicd votoat the municipal election of Jaek'on , the capital of Mississippi , came up for I'onsldciatlon. Ho made no speech on the sub'ect ' ; thcio was not a wave of the bloody shiit. lie simply let the facts speak for him , and these facts told of a condition of affalis at Jackson on the ilrst day of the y ear Ib8 that would seem to bo incredible even twenty years. Ho let the democratic resolutions adopted by democratic mass meetings , demo cratic newspapers punted in Jackson and other paits of Mississippi tell the whole shameful shameful stoiy of the outrage. It tells how the white democrats met and passed resolutions , which they distributed among the colored people of Jackson , waining them against voting at the municipal election. Mr. Chandler read the facts clearly and slowly so that all might hear , but none of the demo- ciatic senatois seemed to hear. Senator Wnlthall , of Mississippi , was absorbed in a newspaper , and bis colleague , Mr. George , was closely reading the Record's accurate ac count of the private petitions intioduecd yes- teiday. Mr. Chandler said ho would submit the mutter to the senate without any com ment , but the senate could Judge whether these occuri cnces stated were not of national impoitance. This was a picsidential year , when the picsident and the complexion of the house of repiesentatlves was to be decided , and that it is an important question whether the colored vote of the country , numbci ing 1,5K,0 ( ) < X ) , are to bo suppicssed as they weio in the capitolof a dcmociatio state , ono of whoso repiescntativo is now getting the ap pointment of asssciato justice of the supiemc com t of the United States , there to Intepret the constitution of the United States. nini > r.iiEiui u ov HIS vut. : Mr. KiddloDciger , of Vliginia , had been pay ing as little attention to Mr. Chandler as Ills demociatic friends on the other side of the senate. Hut the reference to Mr. Lamar brought him to his fcot. Hosvvaved to and fie gently and the democrats looked at him with a smile. Ho said that it seemed to bo the geneial custom of the senatois to tell in open session how they pioposcd to vote on matters in secret session. The gentleman fiom New Hampshire bad just told plainly how he would vote on Mr. Lamar , as did the senator fiom Ohio ( Mr. Sherman ) , In a letter he had vv ritten anil as the presiding officer of the senate ( and ho turned to Mr Ingalls ) "I bog your paidon , sir , " ho said , with an elaboiatobow. Ho rambled on , waving his in ins , and finally said that as every body told what they were t > ing to do , ho would tell , too. "I am going to vote for Mr. Lainar , ! ' ho said , and he loakcd around proudly , and added that no m.ait would vote more quickly for an open session than ho. The tesolutlon passed by a stilct party vote , Mr. Hiddlebergcr voting with the dcm- ociats. The Mississippi senators weio ex cused from \oting. The announcement by- Mr. HIddlcbciger that he would vote for Mr. Lainar created no surprise. Ho has been counted that way. It is stated that mi effort is to be made to have Lamat's nomination considered In open session of the senate , o'si u L AMJTIIAT WOMAN. The local press is to day full of gossip about the woman who claims to bo the wife of Hepresentatlvo John J. O'Neill , of St. Louis Her name is , or was , Mis Ethel V. Mooie. She is now in O'Neill's homo city , and is well known here. For manyycais she i.m the Uelmont , Hlchclieu and other flats. O'Neill sav s ho roomed at her flat two or tineo years , advanced her money fiom time to time to pay lent , etc. , and felt giatcful to her for having mused lussistci's sick child. The Hist ho knew of her claiming to bo his wife was a shott tlmo ago , when ho piomlsed to assist her to a month's rent if she opened another boaiding house. When she bolected one , bo ho bays , she gave her niimo as his wife for the Hist time , and made him icsponsible. He paid the bill , however. Speaking of her to dav , he bald : " 1 attribute her action to in- Kinilty. Thcio must bo some mallco in It , but 1 don't know lor what. 1 think she is insane. She lan bills on my name heio and signed my name to a check for $2S befoio she went away. I attributed all that to insanity. Wbv , fcho told a lady that wo had been mmiicd by rather Walter. The lady went to Father Walter , and , of couise , he denied it. The poor woman , 1 think , is insane. I never did her any hat in , but have rassisted her linan- ciallv and othciwiso. I have no Idea of allow ing her to bo piospeuted-for forging my name , but I can't affoid to have her keep it up U is funny , this thing is , as well as annoying. " A St. Louis dispatch sav s that the w Oman cried When told that O'Neill had denounced her as his wife and said : ' 'I am John O'Neill's wife and I will piovo it when the time conies. I do not want to say anv thing that will hurt him , and that is why I do not speak now. It ho does not tell the tiuth by to niouow , though , I will make a statement in wilting , anil if I do it will huitlnm and me. " O'Neill is eliaiiinan of the house com mittee on labor , is foitvtvvo yoaisold , of medium si/e , has very daik eyebiovvs , which como almost together , a small blink mous tache , and was. until ho came to congicss four ycais ago , captain of a base ball club Of him Glover , bib colleague , said , duung a heated debate in the last congiess : "Among base ball pl.iyeis you aio a states man , but among statesmen you aio Known as a base ball player. " ANOTItm I 101-1 Ml AT. This week's elopement in Washington came early. P. J. Hell and Miss Theodosm Whit- aker , daughter of Genet.il U W. WhitaUer , weio bccictlv married at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening by Hoy. Dr. Sundorland. In a note vv i ittcn immediately after the ceremony the young lady Informed her patents of her marriage - riago and of her departuio with her husband on the b 45 train for thonoith. This ono differs from the eustomaiy elopements in that the bnde. so f.ir OH is known to night , was not engaged to another fellow. HIVES SITISFVI riov. The icnoniinatioii of Senator Wilson , of Iowa , gives hii colleagues In the senate gieat satisfaction , for Mr. Wilson is a popular and inlliieiiti.il man and Ins ability is appieclated. Ho has not taken that conspicuous leader ship that his ability and expei icneo entitles him to owing to his icliring disposition , but he exciciscb a powerful inllucnco in a quiet way. MHS Cir.VEHNO'S SMll K WINS. A conceit was given yesteiday iiftornoon by an amateur oicbi'Rti.i of this city and the doorkeepeis weio imperatively 01 tiered not to admit tardy attendants during the per- foimaiiioof a number. Mis Cleveland ar rived after the commencement of the conct 11 und pushed her way through the th'ongin the \estlbulo to the entinnce The door keeper could not itsist her smile and admit ted her to thoaudltoiiuin. TUI : m..uu mil. DOOM i D The Hlair educational bill will undoubtedly have tbu same experience in this congiess that it had in the lust. There is a largo iiiajoi ity in favor of it passage , but w hen it i caches the house it will undoubtedly bo voted down even if I it Is not srnothei ed , as it was befoie , in the committee on education. That committee wan niiulo up to defeat the bill , for the ibainnan and a majority of thu mcmbeib aiu deadly'opposcd to it. rOUCAN VNAIIOUOIlCs The Corean embassy , who has been In with' them n largo number of ti unks tilled with the most beautiful and rare silk clothing. Each of the gentlemen appears to hav o as elaborate a waidrobo as the most fashionable belle and they ehango their costumes several times a day. api > earltig In the most gorgeous and fantastic colors. They have an Infinite rloty of hats , very tall and vlth perfora tions at the top , which they wear Into the dining room , and it would seem that they have u new costume and a new hat for cvety meal. They are , of course , objects of great inteiest to tlio people , but seem to have as much curiosity about Amei lean people ami customs as wo have about them. They hav o been taken out io call and are. made a gieat deal of , i ) irtlcularly by the ladles , although none of them can speak a word of Ungllsh. The Chinese and Japanese , who hav o hereto * foio been the objects of inteiest , are rather disgusted at being cut out by the Coieans. Mil. MtNOFHSON's INI'ANTHV 1111 In Senator Mandersou made n favorable re port to-dav from the committee on inilltaty affalis on his bill to Increase thu efllciency of thu Infantry blanch of the army. Ho adopted his tepoit of last year , so far as piaeticable , and with which thu HLK'S readers ate fa miliar. MII oonsnv iiiNPs irnni : "AVAnc. Representative Doisey gave a lunch in the senate icstautant this afteinoon to Judge James W. Savage , of Omaha. Tlioio were ptescnt SenatoiH Manderson , 1'addock , bpooner and Palmer and Keprcsentatlvcs McShano. Halid. Uuiiows , of Michigan , and Song , of Massachusetts It was a very pleas ant affair and was enjoyed by every ono present. OMtltA INDIAN I.VNOS. Mr. Doisey will intioduto a bill In the house ut the Ilrst oppoittinity , extending the time twoyeais to puichaseis of land on the Omaha Indian rcseivation Ho presented a petition to day fiom these inteiested in the matter. I'PUSOVAI. . Mrs. Senator Paddock was assisted In ic- ceiving at the Poitland this afteinoon by her two daughteis and Mis. Chester and Mrs. Hillings. Mis Mandci son returned to the city with Senator Alandcrson from Omaha last Pi iday and will icectvo to day at the Poitland , as sisted by Mis. Geneial Dandy. Judge Savage , of Omaha , called upon Pi esidcnt Cleveland today and was pie- sented by Senator Manderson. Putin S HrvTii. NcbrnHkn and I own Pensions. WtsiiiNdTov , Jan. 12 [ Special Telegram to the Hi.R.l Pensions weio giantcd to the following Nebiaskans today : Minors of Hit hm tt Mon is , Shubcit ; ininois of James Stowait , jr. , Alda. Oiiglnal William II. Aekley , Voik ; William II. Monioe , Cedar Hapuls ; N. H. Kendall , Lincoln ; John A. Smith , Nebraska City. Incieaso Augustus C. Pcndcison , Hralncid ; Levi Wilcot , Lin coln ; James T. Mooney , Friend. Heibsued William Larkin , Yoik. Pensions for lowans : Minor of Henjamin H. T.iu'gait , lloso Hill ; minor of James Slew- att , jr. , P.ililleld. Mexican war Cluisto- pher H. Adkins , David City. Original- James Holdman , David City ; David Digger , Macedonia ; William P. Hess , Odebolt ; Wil liam H. Welty , Hampton ; Homy P. Gibbs , Hurlington ; Albert Hmgess , Cedar Kapids ; Charles H. Ciavvfoid , Macksbuig ; Hobcrt Wonder , Molngona ; Joseph Hudgly , Fair- Held. Reissued James Tav lor , Alta ; Henry McNair , Aigus ; Henjamin F. Utickloy , Itoni- ley ; George W. Delllngcr , Lake City ; Joseph Cair , New ; Thomas H. Pcsttr , Ottutmv.i ; William Haven , Mount Ayr ; J. J. Lamb , Hopevillc. _ Army News. WVSHINOTOV , Jan , 12 [ Special Telegram to the UEE. ] The leave of bscnco granted First Lieutenant George H. Sand , Sixth cav alry , June 10 , has been changed to leave on nccouut of sickness , to date from Novem ber 17. Leave of absence for ono month , w 1th per mission to apply for a month's extension , is gianted First Lieutenant Casslus U. Gillette , engineer cot ps. I'n st Lieutenant Henry E Watciman , en gineer coips , is ordeied to duty at the mili tary academy. _ Postal Chunges. WVSIIINOTON , Jan. 112. [ Succial Telegram to the Hi u ] The name of the postofllco at LadoiaHlaine , county , was changed to day to Hiewstcr , and Win i en M. Kemp appointed postmaster , vice Loicne Kaiglin , icsigned. The following NebiasKa postmasteis vvcic appointed : William H Messenger , Hor- deauv , Davvcs county , vice George D. Meiiy- nian , icsigned ; Thomas Hyland , Wilson , Colfax county , vice John L. Cushman , to- signed ; John Salgicn , Phelps , Pliclps county , vitoJoiinO Ilondiieks. The postofilcos at Mount Pleasant , Cass countv ; South Side , Holt county , and Yankee , Keith county , wcto discontinued to day. _ Thp Paris Exhibition. WVSIIINOTOV , Jan. 12 See-i-etuiy Hay-aid in a communication to the picsident , which was transmitted to congiess to day , in i ela tion to the international exhibition to bo held in Paris in Ibb'J iccommeiids that congiess bo asked to enact a law authoi i/mg the presl dent , with the advice and consent of the senate , to appoint a commission geiictal to i epiescnt the United States In the pioposcd exhibition under thu geneial direction of the secictmy of state , and to make all needful lules and regulations in rofcienco to the ton- tnbutions fiom this countiy. Ho fuither- moi o leeommends that the sum of $ JX,000 ( ) bo appropriated out of any money in the tiens- uiy not othciwiso appiopuatcd to bo ex pended in defraying the nccessaiy expenses of the pi oper installation of the exhibits of Amci lean citirens and the expenses ot the commissioner geneial made under the diiec- tion of the secictmy of state. He also iccommcnds the icadmission , diitv fiee , of articles and mcicliandiso sent from this countiy for the exhibition. Ui'KiiiK I'lPliio-PiUMinionln [ jOKlNlation WtstiiNCTOv , Jan. 12. The senate com- mittco on agriculture gave a healing this mouilng on Senator Palmer's bill toextii- patu contagious plcuro pneumonia , foot and mouth disease , and aindorpest among cattle. Dr. A/oil Amas , of Chic i-ro , T. S Wilson and C P. Johnson of the Illinois boaid of live stock tommissioneis , Congiessmaii MeShano of Nebiaska , and Delegate Caiey of Wyom ing , appealed In suppoit of the bill. Dr. Ames said the bill dillcicd in but one slight icspcct fiom a bill passed by the scnato last scsbion and which was tccom- mended for passage bv the legislatuies of cloven states and many boaitls of tiades Ho said the government bin can of animal Indus- tiy had been in operation three yeais , and in the opinion of these most interested had pi ovcd inadequate for the cmou'cney The march of the disease had been such that thoheirotmyof the treasuiy had intcidicted the importation of cuttle fiom Scotland , whence much of the disease comes. In this country cast of the Alleghenics a number of tenters of the disease existed. , and west of the Alleghcnics where aiu now tlio centers of the disease it is believed theio is beveie dan cer of its bteaking outaficsh , rear was expressed that the disease might leach the ranges , wheie It would bo impossible to erad icate it. It was estimated that plemo pneu monia among cattle hud alicady cailhcd a loss of tW.OOO.OOl ) or $ W,000,000 , besides a loss of 815 to # , ' 0 on each head of cattle cxjMjrtcd to Gieat Hiitain. I'rlnroton PIII.NCLTON , N , J , Jan. 12. Although it was expected some definite action would betaken taken on Dr McCoah's teslgnatlon of the picsluency of Piinceton college at the meet ing of the committee yestei day , it is icliably stated that nothing was accomplished. An other meeting will lie held befoie long. Ilenvy VOK In London. LONDON , Jan 12 The fog continues dense' , and shous.no signs of lifting , bcrvlio on the various packet lines has been sus pended Several vessels have gene nshoro on account of the fog The fog ha domoi.il- i/cd lailro id service mill makes It impossible to run tiains on bchedule time. Numcious fatalities uav u occun cd , OliUHST MAX IX AV 1SCOXH1.V. Michael Kropjtcr , Itcporled Demi , in t Still Allvo. MILW tUKrc , Jan. 12. Michael Kroeger , the man w ho has attained the reiiiiu liable age of lluyems , and who was reiwited to have died lecently , surprised cveiy body by making his appearance In this city. Ho Is stopping with his son. The old man was quite talka tive todiy. "I was born In Koja , \lllapc in the Piusslan province of Poscn My father was a Held laborer My mother died soon after my bli th. When ilf teen y ems old I hlul out as a Held hand , and my life from that tlmo has been nothing but woik. " Kioegcr mauled in the old countiy , and came to Amei lea In 1SV > . Since then his family has piospeicd numciIt-ally and nmtei- lully. Hu cmnu heiu with six sons , one of whom has died. These six sons have twenty- seven childien , of whom sixteen mo mm lied Tlio giand chlldicn have llft.v ehlldien , thu oldest of thu gieat-giandihlldicn being a young lady of eighteen now living in St. Paul. In this huge family all the Geiman states n ml a number of the ptovlnees of Hus- slan Poland aio ippreseiited , and besides them two children of Iieland. Mr. Kioegei's dally habits are to eat and sleep ami gossip with thu nclghbois. Although Ills bieathlng Is somewhat audible , hu speaks plainly and laughs heal tily. His appeal unco isnotveiv diffeient fiom that of his oldest son , Gotlleb Ki oeger , now eighty -tin coy e u s old , and w ho winks asa tcainster. The w-llheied faces of the two men make them look Ilku biotheis The father Is lleshy ; the thumb of the young est son , who is a boileimaker , is smaller than his fathers little linger. CUT AN Ingenious Hut Unsuccessful Attempt At HulfldiIly u Murdcicr. Louisv ni.n , Jan. 12 Macoy Warner , a mm dcicr confined In the county jail atJeffcr- sonvllle , I ml , made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide in his cell last night. About 8 o'clock ono of the prisoncis in the jail was on his way to his cell with lamps when , passing Wat net's cell the muideier i cached out through a small opening In the door and giabbed tlio chimney fiom the top of the lamp. Hu tluevv this on the tloor of the cell smashing it into mull hits mid then picking up a piece stuck it into the aitei.v of his light wiist almost sevoiing II. Thu blond sputted fiom the wound to n distance of seveial feet but Warner walked to his bed and hiy down. The hheiilf m lived "oon and held his wnst to check tlio blood. A plivsician was hastily summoned who in a slioit time had the How stopped. Winner was \ei.y weak fiom loss of blood this moining but says that he will kill himself the Hist chance ho gets. - Tilt' ,1rlKC > AVIIsoitH. Nnv Yoitu , Jan. 12 [ Special Telcgiam to the HIT ] An inteiebtiiigcase will behcaid In a few days in the supicme couit befoio Judge Lavvienco in which Mis Maiy A. Wil son , a lemmkablv handsome young biunctte , is plaintiff , against Ella Wilson , wife of the late Jacob Wilson and adminlstiatilx of the real estate left by him. OnMaich 25 , IbSl , Mrs. Mary Wilson claims shu enteied into a contract with Jacob Wilson , the terms of which w cio tlint in considciation of f 15,000 , $100 per month and the conveyance of a home stead w ith scvci al aci cs of gi otiiid in Union- town , N. J. , she was to many his son Jacob , then a young man of leisure about town. Her maiden name was Mmy A. Keane , and she then lived with her father in this city. She mm ried young Wilson. The elder Wilson kept his promise and gave the young couple a good stall in life , but no deed of the projv rctywas executed and shortly afterward Wilson , sr. , died. Ho had always allowed his daughtei-in-law to believe that ho was a widower , but soon after his death Ella Wil son tin ncd up mid claimed to bo the old gen tleman's w-ifo and disputed Mary Wilson's claim to the homestead mid $15,000. The young woman hi ought suit in the New Jer sey supreme court boftn o Judge Scudder and established her claim to the homestead and other real estate. The young wife now bungs suit heic to establish her light to her allowance of $15,000 and $100 a month. The I'lrc Kocord. Coi.t'Miirs , O , Jan. 12 The Fouitecnth legimcnt armoiy , a fiamo st incline , binned this moining. There woio 10,000 lounds of ammunition in the building and : < 00 htanfls of i illcs and uniforms of all men in the icgiment , which weiu destioycd as well as the equipments. The loss to the state is ovci 15,000 The Ohio poultiy , pigeon , ken nel and pet stock association had their ex hibition in the aimoiy. Over tinea bundled dogs of dilfeient In ceils weio lost composing the linest displuv evei m.ido in Ohio. Theie weie between six and eight bundled entiles in poultiy , earner pigions , etc. , tiom many states , all of w hich Inn ncd. The v aluo of the exhibit is estimated at over * 5UXM ( ) . ATCIII-OV , Kas , Jan U Senatoi Ingalls1 icsidenco and contents weio dostioyed by Hi u at T : tO this moining. The loss is com pletes and quite laigc. Pun voi M-iiii , Jan. 12. The extensive cot ton mill of KuiiiII Bros binned this moining. The loss on contents , inaihinciy and building will leacli 75,000 , which is entncly insured. Over bundled hands mo thiownoutot em- plov ment. Aruiisov , Kan , Jan. 12 The elegant lesulento ot Senator Ing.dls , who is absent in Washington with his tmnily , was buined this moining with all its contents. Loss , V12.000. - _ _ - The Iti-adlord Disaster. Iluruiiu. ! , Mass , Jan 12 An unknown lady , supposed to bo Mis. Floi a K. Walkei , eleventh victim of the liiadford t.illioad dis aster , died last night. She was twenty two veais of age , and snffoicil teiubly after being taken fiom the wieck. Hint anil Wentworthaie dvmg. The othcis aio lom- foi table. All dead at the police station hav c been taken away by fiiunds 'I ho unfoilunato woman supposed to bo rioiuE Walker , the eleventh victim of the Hiadloid lailioad incident , who died last niglit , was identillcd to-dav af , Mis I'loiai ; Wind , ot Gaidinei , Mo Heniv A Hint , of Deeiing , Mo , the twelfth \Ittim , tiled this afteinoon. With the exception of Kimball mid Wcntvvoitb , the otbei patients mo in a comfottablo condition W 1' Kinibal ! is ot Hobton , and Mr Wentwoith is u DoveiN. II. bhoo nianutnctuicr , Thu lattci'b 1011- ditlon is especially eiitical. Kentiirlty Feuds nntl CATI i TTSIII ltd , Ky , Jan 12 | Spot ial Tel- egi un to the Hi r ] The war of extermina tion between tlio McCoys of 1'iko tounty , Kentucky , and the 1 1 at Holds , of Logan county , West Viigmia , goes biavely on. As soon as the last affiav was over with , the McCoys laiseda po so and visited the Hat- Hi Id settlement A pltt bed battle ensued , in which Johnson llatlleld , Thomas Cliambeis and James Vaneo weiu killed None of the McCoy posse vvei o bin t The next act m the tiagedy 13 being awaited. The HopTiiiR Tilul. CINCINNATI , Jim 12. In the Hopkins tiial to day it was shown that at ono tlmo Hopkins at count "H" was * ; 00 000 ahead , but at tlio time of the collapse Wilshlie , Hekeit ft Co. ovvcilll.5UO.OOi ) . Orr , of the AiwriuiirKx- ehmigo bank of Chit ago , w.is on the stand to identify cei tain diafts of the United Lines , and 1 N Miller , of the Westein Union otllto , pioduccd tbooiiglnai telc-ginms pel tabling to the tiaiibaition AVur on ItnoKct Shops. New YOI.K , Jan. ! - was announced yestei day that the StO'-k UxchaiiRO hud tome out boldly against bucket nhops , anil that a fund of ilO.OOO had b cn raised to canyon the warfuio. ISiirielt Sontunc-cd to limit , ' . MIXNF vi'oi.is , Minn. , Jan. 12 Tom 15ar- ictt , convicted of the mm tier ot Stieet Cur Conductor Tollefbon , was Una mojunru' sen tenced to bo uaiig'jd May 11. SCHMIDT'S ' CALLOWS READY , Everything Propnrod for the Iowa Hanging1 To-dny. THE PRISONERS AT WEST UNIOMi He Pusses the Tlmo Smoking ClK < tr t'tten , Showing Little Apptccin- tlonorillH Situation His Horrible Crime. T < vdn > ' ( , Nooktlo Party. WIST UNION , la. , Jan. 12. The gallowi was elected this afternoon upon which Henr.v Schmidt will bocxecuted to inoiiow. Schmidt was hi ought heio fiom Anamosa yesteiday , and In Ins outward appeaiancu showed but llttlonppieviatlotfot his situation. Ho slept soundly last night , and when seen this morn ing was very contented , smoking a t Igaiette. The ciimo for which Schmidt will bo hung was the murder of Lucretla Peek on the night of the 4th of September , iswl. The Peeks live about six miles fiom West Union , ; and on the nlght.of thu ti aged v a neighbor named Lconmtl stayed with them. ' i Sumo tlmo In thu night Leonard w us shot bv Schmidt. The shot aw eke Mr. and Mis. Peek. Mr. Peek spuing up and found that the house was on the. Mis. Peck moposctl to get out of the window , and as she placet ! her hand on the vv indovv sill she was shot In the face by someone outside. She became semi-unconscious and remained In that con dition the balance of the night. Mr. Peek , while ti.v ing to extinguish the tire , was shot at twice , but not hurt. Nothing further was knownoosltlvely as to what happened to him. In the moining his body was found u few rods fiom the house , pounded to a Jellov. Schmidt was lecognized y Mis. Peelc. who lived until September 25. Ho was tiled and on October 2' ) convicted of nun tier and sentenced to bo hanged. Eleven dnvs later ho madu a confession ill vvhiih ho ehmged that Ellson T. Smith , fou whom he was w01 king at the tune , had per suaded him to do the deed and puimlsed liliti $500. He also ehmged that Smith killed M. Peck. Smith was then tiled and acquitted. Since it became app n cut that Si hinldt woultl bo hanged numeious petitions have been picscnted to Govtinor Lair.ibee , ask ing that the sentence bo i unlimited. It is said that thcso petitions beat ? the names of lMX , ) signets. Tlio goveinor , however , ilet lined to intei fete and It is sup posed that his decision w.isgiratlv influenced by a letter written by Judge Hatch , before ) whom both Schmidt and Kllson w. Smith weio tried. This lettui is now Hist pub lished. In it Judge Hatch said that ho bu- beved the minder was the work of Schmidt alone and w.is piompted by his own depiav- ity , and that in the hope of cxecutivo clemency ho sought , by pot jut ing , to send to the gallows a man whom ho knew was inno cent. Schmidt is a Havmian und is about twenty-eight years old. A Ynrdmnntir At rested. Sioux CITV , la , Jan. 12 [ Special Tolc- giam to the liii : ] John Sevmour , head yardmaster of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul y aids at this place , was anestcd this * morning on a ehargo of systematically rob blng the milload company of wood and coal valued by them at $700. Soy momIs an ex pert and was sent out heic by the company as a trusted employe. His aiiest has caused considerable excitement. It Is thought thcid is some mistake ubout the matter. Iowa Sonata RtandliiK Committees. Drs MOINKS , In. Jan. 12 In the senate to night the standing committees vvcio an nounced. The chuli man of the important ; committees meVas : and means. Hntcliln- son ; judiciaiy , Woolson ; appiopilation , Gatch ; uiilways , Sweenuv ; ngiicultmc , Pioneer. non I.OWMK'.S ; MAID. A Brief Declaration In a Suit foi Damages. Ciiirvoo.Tiin 12 [ Special Telpgimn to the ) Hn-J Hobeit D row lor , tlio inllllonaho packer mid in esidcnt of the Anglo-Amoilean. Packing and Piovision company , was madd defendant in a suit for * 10,000 damages a , month ago by his foi liter maid servant , llli/a Gittings. Whenhei bivvy01 was intervievvctl as to what the suit was for , ho declined to say. Alexander Sullivan , Fowlei's attoinoy talked veiy vigoiously , saying some haisli things , but said inoio would bu known when the plaintiff Hied her declination. The dec imation was Hied yesteiday and it Is the buefest initiation on retold It was evi dently flamed with a view of saying nothing but what piactice absnlutely icquhes. It isl as follows : Kllza Gitting , plaintiff , by Clarence F. Doio , her atton.ey , lomplains of Hubert D. Powlcr , defendant , on the plea tiespass , foa that the defendant on , to wit , May 1 , 1837 , with foico and aims , in the county afoiesald , then and theio beat , biuised , wounded , anil ill-treated her , and other wiongs to plaintiff then and there did , against the peat oof tha people of this state and to the damage ot plaintiff of . 'iO,000 , and thciefoio she bring ! ) her suit. "Tho declaration is sodiawn as to covet ? am thing at all , fiom ejectment to minder , " said Mr. Sullivan , when he had lead it. " 16 would have been as explanatory anil moia ti uthful hud it had 'hint kmail' wiitten aeioss ) "i it. Mr. Powler has nevei 'beat , hi nisei ] , i wounded , or illtieated thu plaintitt in i any manner or foim , and ho has never . ; donu anything which is iiitionablu or impioper This Is simply an attempt to ex < t tort money , but the woman won't get i\ postage stamp " 1 i The plaintiff is a pictty I'ngllsb maid whn was biought by Mis Powler fiom Llvei pool under a yeai'H tontiaet. When the tontine C cxpiicd she left of her own volition. Shu was in the I'ow lor house at the date : she tomplains of the assault. The attoiney , who is l.unill.ir with tbu ease , states that tha actu il .mil spt cilie t haigo to bo developed on 9 timl Is nun h nidio souous than the language ) ot the bill would Indicate. i ) A Noted KdltotSick. . Nr.vv YOIIK , Jan 12 [ Special Telegram to the But ] John Svv niton is ly ing in a critical condition at his icsldencc , Ial Kast Foity- oiglith stieet Ho had an attack of erysipelas ii week ago yestctday. Ho went down town , but next day was so mm h worse that Dr. H. McDonald was tailed In Duilng the wcclg Mis Svvlnton has bien at his bedside almost ; toiiHtantly and ho has had thu best eaio. Yesteiday ho had impioved somuwhat , al though p.ut of the day ho seemed da/ed anil scmcely able to compiehend what was golna on about him. Di Mt Donald said last nlgbn the patient's tondltion was Impioved , but hq was not out of danger John Swinton's tondltlon changed ma terially foi tlio woiso at nightfall and hu Lie- ' camu delliious Physicians have littlu hope ) for his iceovery. Lost on Hit1 HankH , ' Gi.ouc'F.STt u , Mass , Jan 12 The schooncn William Pai sons , which sailed for George's ! Hanks , thu latter p.ut of November , with twelve men , and the schooner Peter D. Smith , which sailed about a w-eckbofoia thafi with a ciew of twelve men , hive been given up for lost. It is supposed they weio wiecKed In the heavy gales that swept tlio banks a month ago Many of the men hud families , and live widows and nineteen ehlH dien uio left. _ TinIeller Condemn Him. ST I'l Ti.Hbiii nu Jan -Among thu men attested in connection with thu latest plod against the eai is an employ o on the Hultlu lailwav who kept tjio nihilists Informed oC uveiy J'ouiney of the evar to and fiom ( JaU Li'hina. I.etlcis weio louiid oil the pilsonup bhow ing thtil the plot was i ipo on the-eve of the nuu's anc U
