THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 27 , 1888. NUMBER 254. THE GREAT STRIKE ORDERED , Gonornl Mnnngcr Stone Ltotons to the Ultimatum. DRIVE WHEELS STOP AT FOUR. At the Hour Named Sixteen Hundred Men Will Quit Their Posts A LOIIB nnd Bitter right to Bo Wn ; cd. The War Is On. CHICAGO , Feb. 20. Four o'clock Monday morning was the hour officially announced to-day as tin' tlnio for the great strike on the Chicago , Hurllngton ft Qulncy railroad : IJctwecn 11 and 12 o'clock this morning , S. C. Hoge , chairman of the grievance commit tee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers on the Hurllngtoir system , nnd J. H. Murphy , chairman of the grievance commit tee of llremen , called on General Manager Stone at the company's ofllces and gave him verbal notice that unless their demands were ncqulesced In the men would strike at 4 o'clock to-morrow morning. Mr. Hogo briefly stated what the men wanted. Mr , Stone heard them through and asked if that was the ultimatum. They said It was. They told him that they , with Chief Arthur , could bo found at the Grand Pacific hotel until 4 o'clock in the morning If ho desired to communicate with them. The interview was over and the committeemen - men retired , The grievance committee of the engineers , of which Mr. Hoge , of McCook , Neb. , Is chairman , is comixiscd of members of local divisions of the engineers brotherhood on the Chicago , Uurlington & Qulncy system. It is n standing committee and has had entire charge of the negotiations with Mr. Stone , general manager of the railroad. The chair man says that the committee's direct nego tiations failing , Chief Arthur was sent for , nnd ho attempted an adjustment of the dllll- culty. Ho also failed. The committee , after n strike was determined upon , agreed that It should begin at 4 u , m. At that hour most of the engineers will bo at the end of their runs , and the fewest trains will bo in motion. All the local divis ions , and through them every member of the order employed on the Chicago , Uur lington & Qulncy system have been notified not to go to work to-morrow morning unless specially advised by the chairman of the grievance committee to report for duty. Firemen holding positions dependent to those of engineers have acted with the latter in everything , nnd unless Mr. Stone con cludes to accede to the terms of the engineers no engine will bo run out by the members of cither brotherhood to-morrow. Trains on the road will bo run to the ends of the engineer's division and stopped. Passenger trains leav ing any point before 4 o'clock will bo run to the end of the division nnd side-tracked. The immense suburban traffic of the road threatens to bo put to great inconvenience , but It is quite generally expected by the men that the company will bo able to employ enough outside engineers to run a portion of tin so trains during the day. To a representative of the associated press Mr. Stone said there were about sixteen hundred engineers and lircmen in their em ploy. How many of these belong to the Hrotherhood ho did not know , but presumed they all did. "What is your programme forto-morrowJ" asked the reporter. "Wo will not attempt to move any freight trains , " ho replied. "Our object is to run most of our suburban and through passenger trains ns usual. Our first endeavor will bo to get in our suburban passenger and take curb of all passengers for points not covered by competitors. There are a largo number of men In our employ capable of running engines , in addition to the yard foremen and road foremen , who nearly all arc old engineers. At Aurora wo have n largo number of young men employed who have all learned the art of running locomotives. All these will bo pressed Into the service to-morrow , " "How about the report that you are bring ing on a lot of men from the Heading sys tem I" "Wo have no arrangement or contract to that effect , " paid Mr. Stono. Hut wo Imvo sent east advertisements for competent men , und wo have also received a number of tele grams from individuals In Philadelphia and othur Pennsylvania points saying they would i-oino and bring other engineers with them. To all these 1 have replied that wo will give good wages and permanent employment to all men of good character wlio are competent to do the work. " 'Hut would you keep these men In case of settlement with the old men I" ' Yes , sir. " said Mr. Stouo , emphatically. Wo want all competent men whom wo can depend upon and they will bo retained as long as I am manager of the road" . In regard to the freight traffic Mr. Stone said their first endeavor would bo to take care of U on the same basis that they would passenger traffic as mentioned above. Ha could not tell how they would got on until they had M/.cd up the situation. If tno strike was so serious as to stop their trufllc they would have to lay off all their height handlers and shop men and n number of others employed in n similar capacity , num bering six or seven times as many as the en gineers and firemen. Ho does not , however , anticipate : > ny such serious state of affairs. The managers of the strike were the cool est men In town to-day , and at n seasonable hour this evening retired to their rooms. The officers of the railroad company were acting with equal deliberation. During all the weeks of negotiations Mr. Stone had not been Idle. An agent of his road wont to Heading. Pa. , and employed nil the train men ho could who had been recently thrown out of employment by the strike on the Philadelphia ft Heading lines. Other points were reached bytelegrnph offering work to idle engineers. Every man in the shops who could manage an engine was ordered to be ready to go out with one. Applicants for jobs as engineers got them in n hurry. Early tills evening the officers of the road salil they had enough men to run three trains each way. The company has been running twcnt.vix such trains daily. Dlf the btriko assumes the proportions that now seem probable about 11.000 men will bo involved. This number Includes employes that will bo thrown out of employment by the strike of the engineers and ! lrcmn. The strike Is not likely to involve any other roads In the opinion of Mr. Arthur und Mr. Sargent , though they expressed no opinion on the contingency that some other company might endeavor to aid the Uurlington. "It is purely our own affair , " said Mr. Sar gent. "No other road is concerned and no oixler except the engineers nnd firemen. The brukemcn und switchmen will remain neu tral. Wo have not asked them to help us and will not. If wo are beaten wo propose to stand It nlono. " When told of Mr. Stone's final determina tion not to yield to the employes Mr. Arthur's face was clouded for a moment. Ho said he was sorry ; ho hated to see a strike , but under the circumstances uo other course could be taken. The men on the entire system were unanimous for it. Ho told them of all the difficulty they would have to encounter , "but they decided to go Into It and the order will do the best it can. When asked if the company can get enough good men , Mr. Arthur said : "It cannot. It may employ some men wo have expelled for drunkenness or stealing , but will such men bo safe ! Can tno road afford to But passenger trains iu the hands of sucti men ) U won't belong till these men get them into blgfcr trouble than wo are now by striking for more wages. You see how' it was on the Heading road. The company can treat with us. Wo are an intelligent body ol ftjcn. The men they get will not bo reason ftblp"VUat . . ' \VUat is tuo trouble between the Heading road , Knights of Labor engineers and the Hrotherhood I" "There Is none that I know of. I deny the assertion that I sent men to take the places of those now on ,1 strike on that road. I did not send a man there. I did not know of any brotherhood engineers had gone to work for that road. " "Have you heard of any Heading men com ing hero I" "I have not. I told our men what they might expect. They discussed this view of the situation and decided to go out. If the company can get other engineers to fill their places our boys must acknowledge their de feat. " Fourteen engineers from the Heading road arrived hero to-night and were at once given employment by the Hurllngton company. The Situation In Omaha. When a HKK reporter visited the passenger depot of the Uurlington last night the wait ing rooms were deserted , and the affable gentleman who sells tickets | > ecrod through ' the wire screen in front of the ticket office' , occasionally turning his head around to ad vance a word in the conversation that was being carried on by a party of gentlemen in the office. The Kansas City train , which was scheduled to leave in thirty minutes , was already made up , and stood on the tracks without waiting for passengers nnd the signal to start on the Journey. There was an apparent look of agitation on the features of the officials present , who , however , retained their usual composure and affability when approached by the reporter und questioned as to the latest aspect of the threatened btriko among the locomotive engineers of the Uur- liugton system. "I know nothing , positively nothing , " said ono of the gentlemen , addjng , "All our trains have arrived and de parted on time to-day , and our lust train out , the Kansas City run , Is made up and will leave on time as near as I can understand. " The reporter Informed the gentleman that n dispatch had been received from Chicago to the effect that the strike had been ordered fo4a. . m. To this ho replied : "As to that I cannot say of my own personal knowledge. All the engineers 1 have spoken to are dumb as oysters , and their mouths are scaled. " Stepping out on the platform , the reporter encountered nn almost wholly deserted train ai far as passengers were concerned. With the exception of the two occupants of the Pullman , the day coaches were empty- The engine that was to pull the tniin was already attached , and snorted and puffed with dismal frequency. In the forward , or smoking coach , tno engineer who was to preside over the train , lay stretched out between two seats attired in his overalls and wulus , and leisurely putting away on a cigar and talking to a fellow engineer. Others of the train hands sat close by , and the reporter mingled among them. An acquaintance was struck , and the engineer told the reporter that he was n member of the brotherhood. "Have you been notified yet that the strike has been ordered for 4 o'clock to-morrow morningi" questioned the reporter. "No , " was the curt reply , "Heport has It that orders to that effect have been sent out from Chicago , " was the reportorial rejoinder. / The engineer expressed no surprise over the news , and it occurred to him at that moment ho bad to go out and "oil up" his engine. Once outside the engineer stated that white ho had not ns yet received any definite orders ho was expecting them. When ho did get them , however , it would not bo in Omaha , as there is no ono in authority in this city to promulgate them. There Is no branch of the Hurllngton brotherhood in Omaha , the order centralizing at Lincoln nnd Pluttsmouth , where the officers are lo cated. It is from these points that official instructions will bo issued , nnd further than that the engineer would not speak. Stepping over to tlio Union Pacific depot the reporter encountered a man who solicited the ticket agent there to exchange a Uurling- Um ticket for one on the Union Pacific lino. "They told me , " spoke up the ticket ex changer , "over to the Burlington depot that they would not guarantee mo transportation after 4 o'clock to-morrow morning , and as that would leave mo a good ways this side of my destination , which I nm anxious to reach , I came hero upon their instructions to ex change tickets nnd take the Union Pacific. " The ticket seller gave the applicant a Union Pacific pasteboard and ho went his way rejoicing. To the reporter the ticket agent said that ho had made a fe\V such ex changes during the evening. It was nn un usual thing to do , but ho had received orders to make all exchanges on application. Meeting a Hurllngton official n llttlo later the reporter buttonholed him for Information regarding the situation , but ho expressed total ignorance. Questioned ns to the causes leading to un exchange ol tickets with the Union Pacific road , ho reluc tantly said that the Burlington company an ticipated the strike for Monday morning anil were guarding against having any of their patrons laid out at points far from the des tinations they had bought tickets to. A visit to the yards of the Uurlington com pany presented convincing proofs thai trouble was anticipated. No freight trains were being sent out , and only two freights had been dispatched during the day. The yardmaster said that no moro wouli bo sent out during the night , and ho and his crows were working like beavers crowding all the loaded cars up to tracksbesido the freight house. The yard engines were manned by tjiolr regular engineers , am when spoken to in reference to the rumored Impend Ing "walk out" they refused to answer. At the yards it was learned fron men in a irasition to know that at 4 o'clock this morning every engineer on the whole Hurllngton system would refuse to work any1 longer , until the existing difficulty was settled. Last night there was not a road engineer ii the city , some being compelled by their runs to bo in Lincoln and Plnttsmouth , nnd the others being absent by their own free will It is understood that meetings of the brother hood were held nt Plottsmouth and Lincoln last night. _ _ _ _ _ At Lincoln. LINCOLNNeb. . , Feb. 20. [ Special Tele gram to the HEI : . ! The local brotherhoods of both engineers and firemen have been ii session to-day and at this hour are holding a meeting , at the local headquarters of the road. Superintendent Calvcrt was at his of fice during the evening hours , but nothing is divulged as to the course the road will take The central position which Lincoln occupies in the Hurllngton system In the state makes nearly two-hundred engineers and tirempi residents hero nnd a strike will temporarily stop work for a largo number of employes Some eighty trains arrive and depart froii this point and other roads here are prcpnriiif , for extra business. At McCook. McCooK , Neb. , Fob. 20. [ Special Tele gram to the Hnu. ] About two hundred Hur llngton engineers and firemen are statioiici nt McCook. All trains , both passenger am freight , will bo left at division stations. Th * mcn at this point necm determined that thi strike shall settle the long mooted qucstioi between them nnd the company. There wll bo no noise or display , but when the boys are called to go out on their runs to-morrow morning they will not respond. Passenger No. 2 cast-bound and No. 15 and No. 3 west bound , will remain in the yard , hero untl some ono can bo secured to run them out The brotherhood of engineers has offered the company to run its mail train if so requested At Knnsas City.- KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Feb. 20. [ Special Tele pram to the UKE. ] A meeting of the Kan Eas City division of the Brotherhood of Lo comotlvo Engineers was held this afternoon and the order for a strike on the Chicago Uurlington & Quincy to tnko effect at o'clock to-morrow morning read and endorsed The Kansas City , St. Joe ft Council Bluff and the Hannibal & St. Joe to-day Issued a statement that until further notice no perish nblo freight would bo received. The Chicago cage & Alton will carry passengers of the Hurliiih'toi ) bound for Chicago. The Uur llngton officials here say that they are ready for thostriko , and thai it has btttu. mined not to acccdo to the demands of the strikers. The Ktilghta Want Revenge. CHICAGO , Feb. 3(1. ( General Worthy Fore- nan Hlehard Griffiths , of the Knights of . .abor , said plainly this evening that the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers need not expect the Knights to keep their hands off , Mr , Griffiths was seen at his homo lils evening and talked unrestrainedly of the im pending strike In its relations to the Knights af Labor. Ho said : "The knights nrolookers on. " "How about the manner in which the mights wcro'trcatcd by the brotherhood dur- ng the Missouri Pacific strike two years ago ? 3id not the brotherhood ( hen replace about two hundred K. of L. strikers I" "Yes , they most certainly did. " "And do you not think but for this action on the part of the brotherhood that the strike luiuguratcd by the knights' would have irovcn nsuccessl" "There is very llttlo doubt on that point. The same thing has Just happened In the Heading strike , as every one who reads n icwspaper knows. Just as soon ns the strike ivns declared on , the brotherhood began fili ng vacancies. These actions on the part of the brotherhood do not naturally tend to cement them and the knights. Tit for tat is i game that people of our day llko to indulge n and I don't see why knights should be ox- : cptions. If the locomotive engineers In our jody see lit to accept positions on the Chicago , Hurlington & Quincy rail- oad most certainly they arc entitled to no ns .hey please. It is a matter resting entirely in tlinlr hands , and with which we , us a body , have nothing to do. The adoption of retnll- : ory measures is not n new thing , and I lioncstly admit that I would-not bo surprised if they were brouuht into use by the knights. Thus far , however , no action that I know of lias been taken by the Chicago knights. " "Dispatches from Heading state that the knights there are being rapidly and readily engaged by the Hurllngton people. " "Is that so I Well , I'm not surprised in : ho least , and now , since that is the case , you may look out for n similar order of things here. " A Conditional Promise. PiuijAiiULi'iiiA , Feb. 20. George L. East man , national organizer of the Knights of Labor , is authority for the statement that the executive committee of the Heading rail road strikers have notified General Manager Stone , of the Chicago , Uurlington & Qulncy railroad , that in the event of n strike on his road and the failure of Chief Arthur to with draw the brotherhood engineers who took the places of the strikers on the Heading road they will send him UOO engineers to-morrow morning. Searching For Scabs. RIIAWXO , Pa. , Feb. 23. It is learned hero to-night that nn agent of the Chicago , Hur lington & Quincy railroad has been in this vicinity several days recruiting stinking engineers nnd firemen of the Heading rail road whoso places were taken by brother- liood men , to send them to Chicago in case the strike should occur on the western road. It is said ho has obtained a promise of quito a number to go west. Started After Situations. POTTSVILM : , Pa. , Feb. 20. A number of the striking engineers and firemen of the Reading railroad in this city and Palo Alto have left for Chicago to tnko service with the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy railroad in view of the impending strike of locomotive engineers on thttt road. The Feeling In Philadelphia. PiiiLAiici.i'iiiA , Feb. 20. In spite of the ad vices from Pottsvillo nnd elsewhere , the opinion seems to prevail among the Knights of Labor hero and Heading that any man who goes to take tlio places of the brother hood men on the Uurlington road will go on his individual preference and not under au thority from the Knights of Labor. Master Workman Kelly said emphatically that the knights as a body would not make nn effort to defeat the brotherhood. Others said they favored rebuking tho-brothcrhood for their past unkindiicss by staying away from Chi cago. CnpturiMl n Murderer. ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , ' Feb. 2,5. [ Special Tele gram to the UKE. ] The police of St. Joseph believe that thoy'have in their possession the murderer of Frank Mutson , the Dane who was found dead In the Smoky Hill river near Junction City , Kan. Mutson , it is thought , was murdered for his money , It being proved at the coroner's inquest that in Decembetho had. f 10 in money and a line gold watch. Othur facts go to prove that ho was murdered at that time. Mntson was last seen in com pany with Fred Blackburn and his wife , who were camping out near Junction City. On last Thursday night a man by the name of Fred Blackburn was captured by the police in this city , havingoin tils posses- 'slon a bundle of clothes which had Just been stolen from a clothes lino. Ho was tried and sentenced to six months' imprisonment In the county Jail. Blackburn and his wife came to St. Joseph from Fort Hiley , Kan. , about De cember 1. The Junction City Dispatch snys that thoBlackburns , who woiolast seen with Mutson , loft about this time for Fort Riley to work on the improvements being nuido by the government thoro. In view of these facts the police are confident they have the right man und have telegraphed to the authorities at Junction City Informing them of the fact. Hlackburn's wlfo was arrested at U o'clock this morning. .The Fire Itecord. BUI-FAI.O , Fob. 20. The Curtiss building was destroyed by lire this morning. The loss to the various occupants und on the building aggregate $170,000. The Express no.wsp.ipcr and Mathews & Northrup printIng - Ing and lithographing company are among the heaviest losers. SmiKVKi'OHT , La. , Feb. 20. The Tillej hotel was burned last night. H. C. Craig , ol Cincinnati , was burned to death. MuGcoch "Cornered. " CIIICAOO , Feb. 20. [ Special Telegram to the Bii.l : Mrs. Mary T , Libbey , of Ken wood , and Peter MeGeoch , of Milwaukee the celebrated lard "corncrer , " were quietly married this afternoon at the residence of the bride's sister , Mrs. Dexter G. Browne. TherO were only ten or a dozen intimate friends present. The newly wedded couple left for their Milwaukee homo at 0 o'clock. Prlnco Ferdinand's Position. CONSTANTINOPLE , Feb. 20. Nclldorff , the Russian ambassador , handed the portoto-daj a note on the Illegal position of Prince Fcrdi nand of Bulgaria. Tlic Count of Montebello nnd Herr Von Hadowitz. French nnd German ambassadors , also visited the porte. The supposed subject of their visit was to suj > - port NehdorlT , Wreck on the Canadian Pacific , ST. PAUL , Feb. 20. A serious accident oc currcd on thcCnnndla Paclflcat Sudbury Junc tion , east of Winnipeg , Thursday. A broken rail ( threw * ono coach , the dining car am sleeper of the west bound train olT the track the dining car crashing into the coach. Al of the sixteen passengers in the roach were injured , six severely. Knglnnd nnd Turkey. PAIUS , Feb. 28. Lo Temps reports that England is negotiating with Turkey for the cession to England of Salonlcn and an island commanding the Dardanelles , England guar anteeing to the sultan the possession of Stam- boul , with the Immediate district of the lies' phorous , Dardanelles and nl the Asiatic provinces. FourWomen Killed In a Punic. , WAIISAW , Feb. CO. A panic was caused in the Jewish synagogue yesterday by a false alarm of fire and In the struggle to cscapo four women were killed and sixteen other persons seriously'injured , CROOK IS THE COMING MAN , His Chances Considered Good As General Terry's Successor. i ( THE LATTER SOON TO RETIRE. Allies Snld to He In Bad StnnOInt * . With tlio President nnd Secre tary of AVnr An ttxposo of ShylocltH. General Terry to Jtctiro. WASHINGTON UUHKAU TUB OMAHA BEE , ) filil FotlltTEENTIl STHEET , V WASHINGTON , D. C. , Feb. 20. 1 A writer in to-day's Capital says : "I hear : hnt Major General Alfred H. Terry Is really going to retire from active service when his > rescnt leave of four months expires , and .hat President Cleveland will therefore have ho appointment of n major general nnd a jrlgadler general In the army. Although General Miles is , as usual , making an active push for the major gcneralcy , there Is little doubt that Brigadier General George Crook will be the man selected. He has always jccn a favorite with General Sheridan and t Is well known that Miles has failed to es- .ablish the best relations with the secretary of war and President Cleveland on account of the Apache business In 1S5(5. ( There will DO n lively contest for the major general's ilaeo and probably more than half a dozen candidates will put In their claims for it. Several of them have been in 'Washington already looking over the ground. 1 mn told that either Colonel Brooks , of the Third , or Colonel Otis , of the Twentieth , will get the place. " The above Is In necord with the statement made a month ago In a 131 : ; ; special , am , COHCOHAN'S ESTATE. To-morrow the District ofllccs will bo closed during the funeral hours of the venerable W. W. Corcoran , the philanthropist who died on Friday morning. Mr. Corcoran's will is to be offered for probate on Tuesday. It is un derstood that ho has changed it many times. His estates will foot up something less than $400,000. ( ! Much of this is in real estate in Washington , The Corcoran building is worth at least $500,000 and the Arlington hotel properly ns much more. Mr. Corcoran's residence is willed to his grandsons nnd will bo kept by them as their homo. Mr. Corcoran signed a check for thc.last timeabout , a week before his death. Ho retained intimate knowledge and control of his largo affairs until the very last. It Is hoped that the death of Mr. Corcoran , who was the instigator of nnd the principal subscriber to the fund with which it was proposed to purchase a house in this city for the widow of the late General W. S. Hancock , may not seriously interfere with the plan contemplated. Doubtless the eminent phi lanthropist , who is known to have given his personal attention to the most trivial details of his extensive business relations , was care ful to make provision while still in possession of his faculties for the execution of this de sign.Mrs. Mrs. Hancock , by the way. far from at tending the fair of the Grand Army of the Republic , as stated In the papers of the city , has been confined s to her room at the Fesi- dence of Captain JK&pwe Griffin , U. S. A. , by severe 4ndIsK | > siton. She has , however , evinced the warm interest she takes in the object of the exhibition by contributing various articles to the booth dedicated to her husband. ' IlEI'AIITMENT CLEI1KS AS I1UOKEKS. A clerk In the war department has resigned and written n letter to the secretary of war , stating that ho was financially ruined by the department brokers , who had loaned him money and charged him 5 per cent a month or 60 per cent a your. The letter contained the names of the "clerks' brokers" and also gave the names of some of their customers. The writer said ho had paid one of them nearly the amount ho owed him without de creasing the debt any , as it all went in inter est. As ho saw'no prospect of getting out of their clutches and as nearly all his salary went to them in interest , ho resigned to start life anew in Now York. Ho closed the letter by stating that ho wrote It to relieve , if pos sible , the unfortunates who were now in their clutches and requesting that they bo investigated. Ho says ho is willing to sub stantiate his allegations at any time. There Is a rule in the war department prohibiting employes from engaging in a brokerage busi ness. The matter ban created n great deal of excitement among the clerks , as it is thought the resignations ofitho men mentioned in the letter will bo called for. WOMBS AND hTATKSMANSIIll' . Samuel J. Hundall is at his homo on Capitol tel Hill recuperating under the watchful care of Mrs. Randall from the illness which at tended his political journey to Philadelphia a week ago. Speaker Carlisle is in Wichita , Kan. , in eloso attendance on.Mrs. Carlisle , who is needed there to care for her son and daughter-in-law. Mrs. Carlisle did some hard traveling between Saturday and Wednesday. She loft Wichita Saturday night , arrived hero Monday morning , and loll again on Tuesday with the speaker , ar riving in Wichita on Thursday. Mils. HICKS-LOUD. The now society swell , Mrs. Hicks-Lord , has taken for two months the house at 1810 N street , owned by Captain Mills , of the army , and is now in New York making preparations to return in the course of the present week. The recent visit of Mrs. Lord to Washington was for tlio purpose of attend ing the dinner given the cardinal by Mrs. Duhlgrcen , and during her stay at the Arlington him was accompanied by her maid and two relatives , whoso duty is to attend her on all occasions when she wears her diamonds in public. At that time Mrs. Lord hud no idea of making other than a short stay , but she was so pleased with the city that she decided to return hero to reside dur ing the months of March and April to cscapo the bleak winds of Now York , which uro apt to produce a throat trouble. Mrs. Lord will give u series of dinner parties and quiet en tertainments during her stay , us her recent experience ; In Now York has decided her never to give another largo party. MIXOlt MATTE US. To-day's Post suvs : , "Tho engagement of Lieutenant Hcnmittand Miss Huydcn , of Ne braska , who visited friends hero during the past season , has been recently announced. " Associate Justice Lnmar , of the supreme caurthus at lost reached the pinnacle of fame. He has been photographed in his Mowing silk gown and viewed asono in a group of nine Justices. Ho looks remarkably well. The picture of which ho is a part is the larg est over taken in thlfi city , the dimensions of the actual plato being U.lx.'M ! inches. Mrs. Senator HuwTey has entered largely into the charities of our city and has shown a keen interest , not only theoretically , but practically , ' m the work of the different insti tutions , more especially all that concerns the welfare of the Garfield hospital. The amendment to be inado to the senate rules which prohibited u report by the com mittee on appropriations on u bill which has been received from the house under live days , Will , it IB thought , Imvo the effect , as in tended , of hurrylni * up work In the lower lioui.o on the appropriation bills. PEKHV S. HEATH , Gossips About lilnlne. WASHINGTON , Fcb , 2fi. [ Special Telegram- to the HKK. ] That Mr. Ulaino Is now clear outside of the way of the range of presi dential possibilities no one in Was h'ngton ' seems to doubt to-night. The last interview with him , cabled from Florence and pub lished to-day , nuts at rest all of the hopes that ho Intended to secure a. rcnomlnation and accent as the unanimous and persistent wish of his party. The staunch Hlalno men , in Washington now neknowloJgo that their leader means tp foreo himself , if necessary , out of th prcsid.'iital race , -and that ho really docs not" want the race under any circumstances. As a somewhat remarkable coincident a local newspaper to-day publishes n confidential circular Issued by ex-Senator Mahono from : ho republican state executive committee at : iis homo In Petersburg. Va. , announcing that Mr. Ulaino could not { carry New York and advising the republicans of the Old Do minion to seek n national leader elsewhere. Mahono states in his confidential circular that It waa Ulaino who bargained with the democrats when ho ( Mahono ) entered the senate in 1881 , to do nothing to help the Ma- 10110 party in Virginia , in consideration that Lhe democrats would help the administration : o defeat Conkllng , nnd up to the date of Qurllcld's death the administration did noth ing for the Mahono i > coplo ; .hat during Garllcld's life as president Mahona could not get a democratic post- mister or route agent removed ; that Ulaino md bargained with the democrats that noth- ng should bo done to help the liberal move ment in Virginia , etc. Mahono states further n his circular that If Hlalno should bo nom inated now no ono ought to doubt that the re publicans in Virginia would bo given the cold shoulder ns in 18S4 ; that they would bo abso lutely abandoned and given neither help , recognition nor encouragement unless n very solid south nnd the manly deport ment of every delegation at .Chicago would compel this consideration. "Mahono says further that Indiana and Virginia , indo- | ) endcnt of New York , will elect the ticket mil for those two states and West Virginia Lhe light ought to bo earnestly made and will uo made with any other candidate than Ulalne. The circular contains * u number of other reflections and charges against Ulalne , mil its author calls upon those receiving it to Imvo resolutions passed at the meetings to elect delegates endorsing his own course at the head of the party and Instructing dele gates to vote as a unit for Sherman , The Kcmoval of Llbhy Prison. WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. [ Special Telegram to the Hin.l : George W. Llbby , in a com munication to the Kicmond Dispatch in re gard to the proposed transfer of Libby prison from Richmond to Chicago , writes as fol lows : ' 4 would not like to see the old house removed , as around it clusters some of the memories ot n happy youth and early man hood , but if it is to bo carried to Chicago and converted into a museum , whoso walls are to be decorated with scenes of incidents relative to the prison , I could furnish a pen picture from facts , which , If faithfully portrayed on canvas , should have a conspicuous place among them. It is this : An old , gray-haired man ( whoso only offense against the United States government was in having a person named after liim by accident and a son in the eon fed era to army ) being carried through the streets of Uoston hand cuffed , and followed by n Jeering and hooting crowd. Also my mother , aunt nnd sister , the last with n nursing babe in her arms , being conducted to the alms house in Norfolk , Va. , by a colored guard with drawn sabres. Uut 1 am now a loyal citizen of the United States and think such scenes and incidents should bo forgiven and forgotten. " The Coming Week In Congress. WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. The unfinished business for the morning hour in the senate is the Nicaragua canal bill and that for 2 o'clock is the dependent pension bill. Scna- , tor Plumb has given notice of his purpose to cull up as soon as possible the bill to forfeit unearned land grants , and Senator Allison has announced a similar purpose respecting the undervaluation bill. Uoth measures are likely to bo brought forward before the end of the week. The regulaa order will bo sot asldo temporarily for consideration of the urgent doticicncyjbill , which" ' thonpi > ropria- ticns-c-ommitteo promises to 'report within a day or two. In the house the whole of the coming week has been disposed of in advance by the as signment of days to the committees for action UIMJII measures recommended by them. On Tuesday the house will consider public building bills. Wednesday afternoon eulo gies will bo delivered on the late Representa tive Moffatt , of Michigan. Thursday the committee on foreign affairs will call up the Paris exposition bill and McCready's meas ure to provide -for a congress of American nations. Saturday , if the house is in ses sion , will bo resumed discussion of the Pa- elite railroad telegraph bill. Preparing For tlio Campaign. WASIIINOTON , Feb. 20. Representative J. T. .Tones , of Alabama , chairman of the demo cratic congressional campaign committee , on the part of the house of representatives , has appointed the following executive commit tees : Uenton McMlllin , of Tennessee , II. W. Townsheud , of Illinois , Lcvi Mnish , of Pennsylvania , Samuel Dibble , of South Carolina , L. S. Hoyco.of New York'S. O. Fisher , of Michigan , George D. Wise , of Vir ginia , John A. Mncdonald , of Minnesota , John A. McShane , of Nebraska , and I , F , McKinney , Now Hampshire. The democratic executive committee on the part of the senate are : Senators John K. Kcnna , of West Virginia , George Hearst , of California , and James 1C. Jones , of Arkansas. THE PIANO PKODIGY. Llttlo Josef Hofmann to Play No More For Some YeiirH. NEW YOIIK , Feb. 2 . [ Special Telegram to the Ui'.E.l The case of Josef Hofmann , is exciting a good deal of interest and opin ions uro divided as to the Justlco of Hcrr Caslmer Hofmunn's action in suddenly with drawing his son from the concert stage. Mr. and Mrs. Hofmann are unquestionably alarmed about the boy's health , and they Imvo some reason to bo. Dr. Shrady's com ments on tho.boy's state caused his parents to believe that further appearance would lead to a serious illness. Mr. Hofmann Is linn in his decision that the boy shall not play any more for some years. Ho wishes to take his gifted child bick to Europe ns soon as possible and not haTe him appear in public again before ho is llftccn years of auo. Ho believes his son Is a genius and that his own duty is to foster the boy's gifts and let nothing stand in the way of their full devel opment. Josuf himself appears to bo tired , and declared that ho does not want to play nnd"Will not bo forced to. The trouble from which ho fe suffering , nnd 'which gives evi dence of nervous unscttlement , made its up. pcuranco some time ago and was detected by his mother. The father at llrst deemed it of no consequence , but subsequently , when It grew worse and the mother's fears increased , Mr. Hofmnnn , without consulting anyone , wrote his letter to Mr , Abbey. A Womnii'H Divorce Mania. Mi.NNH.trous , Fob. 20. [ Special Telegram to the URE. ] Another ono of the scries of actions which Anna Zolnlka has brought against her husband , John Zolalka , for ill- voroo was on the special calendar yesterday. This woman has sued for divorce several times before and 'her husband has been successful In defeating them. The woman's efforts to get a divorce extend over ton or twelve years. Some of the attorneys in tlio case say the woman has a mania in this di rection. The defendant is a farmer at Hop kins. His property is valued at about $30,0011. , Weather InUlcntlonH. For Nebraska : Fair weather , slowly ris ing temperature , light to fresh northerly winds , shifting to north. For Iowa : Fair weather , stationary , fol lowed by slowly rising temperature , slight to fresh northerly winds , becoming variable ; For Eastern and Southwestern , Dakota : Warmer , fair weather , light to fresh variable winds , becoming southerly. Steamship ArrivalH. 1 NEW Youic , Fob. 2 J. [ Special Telegram to the UKK. ] Arlvcd ThoUmbrla , from Liver pool ; La Champalgnc , from Havro ; the Scandinavia , from Mediterranean ports ; the Lo Krden , from Rotterdam. lUvitE , Feb. 20. Arrived La Gascolgno , from Now York , "XHW8PAPHUH. " An EnRtUh ClorKyninn I'nj-H Comttll- inentH to the Press. lOj/Hw/if | / / IftStiyJiimtsGunlon Itentittt. ] Loxnog , Feb. ' . ' 0. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the UKI : . ] More bllzuml weather. The only living Londoner appar ently happy was the polar bear at the Xoo. 1'ho metropolitan Sunday is therefore sadder : o-duy than ever. Hearing that Rev. Stop- ford Hrooke , who has n species of Independent Episcopal church In the Hloomsbury district , was soon to visit New York , I attended upon its ministrations this morning and inter viewed him. His church Is a fashionable one , but his congregation was low 4u figures : o-duy , like the thermometer. Ho warmed ils audience , however , with n capital sermon 'rom Luke xl. about Martha , the care ful and troubled' , and Mary , choos ing the good part. Giving an es sayist much llko the late Rev. Henry A. Giles , of Uoston , nnd a speaker who makes rhetorical sketches ns a word painter upon this contrast of the two sisters iu connection with the opposites of worldly worries and salvation seeking , and ono can readily Imagine what a line elocutionary ser mon was produced. After the sermon ended Mr. Hrooko had very little to say in an interview respecting Ills Amerlcan'intentlons. Ho expected to en gage in n short lecturing tour , of which the details were now arranging. His stnto of liealth demanded some change of scene. ' Ho Is well built , very tall , healthtully burley , with a courtesy of manner and a smllo very winning. Ho Invited mo to his evening dis course , which was on "Newspapers. " The evening congregation was a large ono. Mr. Urooko spoke for an hour and a half. The general scope of his discourse was iii defense of them In general , without detail or speelfi- catlons. Ho argued against the usual Hip- pant allusions to the press in common conversation or dramas , etc. Ho gave the newspaper a high position as a teacher of the people and claimed that oven a flippant nnd whatCarlylo called a "frothy gazette , " had its uses in appealing to certain classes , who thus bgan rending by being attracted because themselves Ilippant and frothy , and thus they were led on to wishing for and .reading better. Ho con tended that the newspapers adapted them ] selves to the local or popular taste of the neighborhood of their circulation. Their errors were Instigated often by popular de mand. Ho said the newspaper aided books of science and discoveries. For Instance , Darwin's theories were put twenty years ahead of their ordinary book growth by newspaper discussion. The newspapers con stituted the condiment to the larger feast of reason. Ills whole effort , in logical sequences and apt illustrations , tended to assign to modern newspapers of the highest grades the very first places over all educators. The dis course is to bo published in pamphlet shape. T1IK CLHAHAXCH ItKCOllD. The Finuiiclnl TriuisnctloiiH of the Pnst Week. BOSTON , Mass. , Fob. 20. [ Special Tele gram to the UEI : . ] The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of tho'Unifed Statcs"shows ; the gross ex changes for the week 'ended February 25 , 1888 , with the rate per cent of increase or de crease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week last year : SMALLPOX IX CUBA. An Epidemic of the DiRcnsc on the Uttlo Inland. NEW YOIIK , Feb. 20. [ Special Telegram to the Bui : . ] An American traveling in Cuba writes from Havana under date of February 10 that smallpox is raging in Cuba to an alarming extent. A protest , ho says , from the local board of charity to the mayor of that place draws attention to the fact that between last May nnd January of this year 2,000 persons have died of the plague in Havana , and during the snmo time 4,000 have fallen victims to it In otherpartsof the island. Hegala and Quamibacon , at'tho harbor of Havana , uro full of the disease und the authorities , according to the protest quoted , are doing nothing to quell the epidemic. Hecently it was discovered that the only at tempt at a hospital In Havana was a shed in which forty-eight patients were cared for by a negro attendant , whoso only provisions consisted of a few quarts of milk. Quarnntino Commissioner Nichols nnd Sec retary Milieu said to-day that they had no official reports of the small pox epidemic In Cuba and did not know of any special quar antine regulations upon vessels arriving from Cuban ports. Meantime two lines of steam ships , carrying as many passengers as they can , regularly ply between this port and Havana , Santiago and other Cuban cities without any quarantine detention or special examination upon their arrival here , IJOHKCH in Itan o Cattle. DISNVKK , Colo. , Feb. SO. President Head , of the International Hango association , who has returned from nn extensive trip through southern Colorado , New Mexico and Texas , says the reports in circulation that the loss on range cattle this winter will reach from 50 to 75 per cent nro falso. The losbes , ho says , will be comparatively light. Domlniuk Going to NEW YOUK , Fpb. 20. | Special Telegram to the HEU. ] The report that Domlnick McCaffrey , the Pittsburg pugilist , had sailed for Europe Is confirmed , much to the sur prise of everyone here. Ills intention Is to make a mutch with Smith ns an "Unknown" for the English championship and lor heavy stakes , . Return ofthn President. WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. The presidential party arrived ut 3 o'clock this morning from tiieir trip to Florida und the south. . All ex press themselves us delighted with their trip. ACQUITTED OF THE MURDER , A Denver Jury Discharges the SlnycrofEfllo Mooro. TRANSITORY FRENZY THE PLEA , Young Henry Plays the Impassioned. I/over on .the Witness Htnnd , The Public Not Satisfied sj With the Verdict. Set nt Liberty. DKXvr.it , Colo. , Feb. 20. [ Special Tele gram to the Met : ] The jury In the case of Charles E. Henry , charged with the murder of little Eftlo Moore , the variety actress at the Palace theater in this city on the night of the tilth of November last , at 1:45 : this morn ing returned a verdict of acquittal after hav ing been out two hours. The case has boon on trial for three days and has created no little Interest among all classes of people. The verdict does not seem to bo generally pleasing , ns the killing was doubtless cold blooded and the public seems to think the de fendant should have at least received a light punishment for his act. Henry , who Is only nineteen years of ape , came hero from Lon don , Out. , some time last October , and began gambling , at which ho was quite successful , as at the time of his arrest ho had about $ : > ,000 on his person. Ho visited the Palace theater , u variety in tliv lower part of the city , a few days after his arrival , and foil desperately In love with Efllc Mooro. a SOUR and dance girl. Ho uiado her acquaintance , nnd In a short time asked her to marry him , to which she consented. Their love affair ran along merrily until n few days before the tragedy , when Henry learned that his . , - love was the wlfo of William Carroll , an \\g \ actor In the same theater , and it was also \ > J told him thht the girl was keeping her marriage from him for the purpose of working him for all the money she could. On the night of the tilth Henry went to the theater , called Elllo Into a box , ordered wine , and while she was sitting on his lap ac cused her of deceiving him. She acknowl edged that she had , but said she still loved him and was willing to get a divorce from Carroll and marry him. Ucforo any further conversation coulo take place , she was called to the stage to do her turn , after which she returned to the box , where Henry was still sitting. She hint hardly closed the door before three shots rung out through the theater , nnd when the attendants entered Henry's box they found him standing over EUlo Moore , With a smoking revolver in his hand , while the girl * lay upon the floor dead , with ono bullet through her heart , another in her breast to the right of the heart , nnd a third throuirh her left hand. Henry was arrested , jailed , and on prelim inary hearing was admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000 , which was furnished by his fuJSw ily in Ontario. He , however refused to accept ball , and remained In Jail until the trial. Some of the best attorneys In the city were employed in the defense and the plea of "transitory frenzy" was entered. Henry , on the witness stand , cried and talked with all the ardor of an Impassioned lover. Ho said ho had always loved the girl , and always would , and that while she was sitting on his hip talking love , ho suddenly felt a ringing in his cars , u dullness in his head , and. a pain as though struck on the head with something hard , nnd remembered no moro until ho saw the girl lying at his foot dead. Henry's people arc among "Hho most promi nent iii Canada , and his two brothers were hero during the trial. Ho will return homo to-morrow. The parents of the dead actress1 reside in Kansas City.J , A WYOMING MOX'JE CUISTO , Strange Lifo of the Old Horinct of the "Dcvll'H liltc. " LAXDEII , Wyo. , Feb. 20. [ Corrcspondonco of the UEI : . ] Ten years since there appeared IJ in this section a Jew named Abraham Sojo- > * ; | mons , who has since become famous in the annals of the Lander valleys and the Wind mountains. Towering above the long abandoned bufc traditionally rich gold diggings of the "Devil's Hitc" Is Spruce peak. Half way up ono of the steep sides of this lofty peak , hid den in n dense forest of spruce timber is nn immense caveor rather grotto for It is moro wide than deep. In this grotto , Abraham Solomons , self-withdrawn from his kind , with no companionship but the birds of thej air , the beasts of the mountain and nature in her most unbending and savage aspect , ten years ago made his homo , nnd in that homo ho has since dwelt. WheaJSolomons llrst entered into posses * slon of his singular and isolated habl * tation , ho frequently appeared In the settle ments of the Lander valley , and regularly called for the numerous letters of which ho was in receipt from various eastern points , notably Now York City. As time passed on this correspondence ! gradually fell oft , and with Its ilnal cessation there ceased also the pilgrimages of Solo- * mons to frontier civilization , and now for the past seven years the solitary of Spruce Peak has been a stranger to all that isj human , except an occasional visit from wan dering mountain hunters and trappers. Solomons is probably a man of sixty years of ago , though with his long and tangled iron gray hair nnd beard , and the dress through out of the skins of wild beasts , ho bears llttlo resemblance to a man of any kind. This singular being has not tasted bread for lobg yeurs , depending entirely for sustenance upon the Jlcsh of mountain game and the pulse of mountain berries. Ho carries no arms , offensive or defensive , except a sling1 , but with this ho is as export as was David of old , and the animal finding itself with the ranee of this sling is us surely doomed as though it stood as a target for the most unerring hunter's rllloof the mountains , Custom and necessity Imvo also made Solo * mons an adept In the minor branches o ( woodcraft , and the snares spread and traps set by this mountain hermit truely fall ol their proy. Tint most popular local theory regarding1 the singular lifo led by Abraham Solomons is that ho is familiar with hidden and rich placers of the deserted diggings of the "Dev il's liitc , ' and that during all of tlieso lonely years ho has amassed gold untold. The ex planation is fascinating nnd possible. Had I-'Iro at Nloux City. Sioux CITV. la. , Fob. 2rt. [ Special Tele gram to the HER. } Klngsnoth & Huxtort'n livery stable was completely destroyed by flro this afternoon , The lire originated in the harness room and spread with great ra pidity , the building being in flames almost as soon as the alarm was turned in. The stable was the most extensive In the city and ttio loss about t2rKK ( ) , believed lo bo fully covered by Insurance. A violent wind threatened to spread the flames for a time , but It was finally gotten under control , only ono other building , that of Dr. Douglas , hav- Idgbccn burned. About ilfty horses were taken out of the barn , Fifteen of them ah ) badly scorched , six of them so badly that they will have to bo killed. Cold In Dakota. Sioux CITV , la. , Feb. 20 , [ Special Tele gram to tlio Hm : . ] Intense cold and hlgji w Inus are reported from various points In southern Dakota , again blocking or seriously delaying trains on nearly all the railroads. CloHool'tlio Ilevlval. Sioux CUT , la. , Fob. 20. [ Special Tele gram to the HUB. ] Mr. Moody .closed his revival meetings'to-day , There wore threa services , each ono attended ' by Immeuso crowds. Hundreds of people were turned . away from the doors. ' Mr. Moody IcaVti * la the morning lor Sioux Fulls , p tc-