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SEVENTEENTH YEAH. QMAHA , TUESDAY M&KNING. MARCH 13 , 1888 , NUMBER 260 ;
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Answer Kllod By the Wabash In fho
THE FORMER ORDERS REVOKEP ,
Indications That JtulRn Grcshnhi Will
jfcfusc nn Injunction Against Chief
Arthur or the lirothcrhootl
Other Strike News.
Amnvcrofthc AVnbnsh.
CHICAGO , March I'iJudge Grcshnm's.
court room and adjacent halls wcro crowded
this afternoon when the application pf 'the
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy road for an
order on the receiver of the Wabash railway
to compel him to receive nnd handle Uielr
freight came up for hearing. When the case
was called Attorney Crawford , on behalf of
the Wabash railway , said that before the
other side opened their case , there was nn af
fidavit .filed by thm ! which had not been
read nnd which his side desired to use. Ho
then rcmVtho affidavit of General Manager
Stone , of the Burlington road , In which was
set out at length conies of n telegram alleged
to have been seiifby Chief Engineer Arthur ,
March 2. to M. W. Vcrnon , nt Omaha , chair
man of the grievanqo commltteo of .the broth
erhood , reading : "Do not haul any Burling *
ton cars or aid them In any way. " Thenfllda-
vlt alleged that similar dispatches had been
sent out by Arthur In nil directions to mem
bers of the brotherhood , and among others to
engineers In the employ o'f the receiver , and
that It would bo abundantly established that
said Arthur , was the main executive
oftlccr of the brotherhood , ' and ns
such had interfered with the property
of th'o court' , nnd engineers employed by the
court hod obeyed his orders against the laws
of "tho state , , aud the laws of the United
State , and the order of the court.
Atto.rney .Dexter tncn opened the case for
the Burlington company , by reading the
petition and aflldavlts of the complainant ns
fllcd by them Friday. Ho was followed by
Robert T. Lincoln with the answer Of- re
ceiver McNulty- the Wabash. The answer
admits that orders .wore issucd'March , 7 not
to handle "Q" 'freight , ns they dl'd tiot like to
disturb the friendly . relations existing
between the Wnbnsli company nnd Its em
ployes , but says that these orders were
revoked- Saturday last , 'and tho. following
substituted : "AU orders and' directions
heretofore given by mo or by any ofllcor or
ngcnt of this' road , which , have been " under
stood ns limiting the Interchange of cars or
. trnflio with thaChicugo , Burlington & Quincy
railway , or any roads In that system , are
rescinded. The business of receiving and
interchangingcars' and trnflio by this road
with the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy rail
way , nnd all of the rouds of tjmt system , will
go on upon the same terms nnd conditions ns
those which similar business is done by this.
road with ether connecting rail
roads. " Respondent further said
that lie believed the petition , nt the time
w.hcn fllcd. originated not so much In n desire
of the petitioners to procure n resumption of
the Inslgnillcant 'and .unimportant trafllc
-.vbleh It had given the respondent before the
pctltlon'er had -been disabled from the trans
action of any business whatever by refusal of
itJs employes to c'ontmuo m Its service , as In
the Hope there would'result In the Illlng Of
the petition n situation of affairs In which the
respondent might bo rendered practically in
capable' transacting any of the business of
the Wabash railway whatever ; so that , tem
porarily ut le.ast , ji large amount of such busi
ness now done by the respondent ' \vould bo
carried to petitioner and it recei-o the proilts
thereof , In part compensation for the losses
sustained by it during the time It was not
'able to transact. Its own business.
After the answer of the Wabash had been
finished , showing that rccclvec McNultn had
on Saturday , the 10th , revoked his previous
instructions nnd ordered tbo former business
relations with the Burlington road resumed ,
Judge Grrslmin asked the representatives ol
that road what position that loft them In the
suit , and Mr. Dexter .replied the Burlington
still desired the order from the court which
was originally asked for. They desired this
that they might feel assured the Wnbash
would not again refuse to receive their
freight. They asked further that the court
issue an order restraining Chief Arthur nm :
the brotherhood from ordering or causing a
strike oh the Wabash or any other road In
consequence of the action of these roads In
hauling Burlington freight.
At the close of the arguments which en
sued Judge Grcslmm practically gave his
decision , when ho paid . ho didn't ' think
the Burlington company bad any ease in
court. "Tho Wubash has granted all you
nskcd , " said ho. "It has promised to re
ceive your freight , and now jou ask the
court to Issue an order punishing the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers for nn al
leged crime which they deny , and against tlio
wishes of the general manager of the road ,
who Ls an ofllcor of this courj. . " While tin
Judge thus indicated what his decision woulc
probably bo , ho announced that 'ho woulc
take tho' mutter under advisement. The pre
vailing opinion In the court was that the
ludgo would refuse to Issue any order touch
ing the action of Ctilef Arthur or the broth
erhood on the ground that It. Is beyond his ] u-
risillctloil , and properly regulated by state
Jaws. . ' _ . .
A PlHiigroeutilo SUrprluo.
CitiCAdo , March 12. Tlio developments In
Judge Gresbum's court were n disagreeable
surprUo to the railway managers. They hat'
expected a ruling which would .closely guide
them ns to a safe course to pursue , but the
result decided nothing. Even the inicstloi
ns to whether the Wnbash engineers , wll
HOW handle Burlington curs remains to bo do
cldcd. Receiver MuNulta said late to-night
that ho had received no notice whatever from
representatives of the engineers employed 01
the Wnbash that they would or would no
handle the l-Q" cars. Chairman Hunvey , of
the Wabash engineers' grievance committee
told u reporter that the men were strongly
averse to touching u car belonging to Bur
Ilngton , but as to what would bo done whoi
the case presented Itself hu absolutely do
clmcd to say , or oven to tell whether ho
f
Chfcf Arthur said to nn associated press
reprcstMitutivc iortly before midnight thai
the Wiibash piWi were -greatly excited , bin
for his part he would not see them take i
radical iKisltion , The Wabash would , handle
llttlo < nirntpton | freight In uny cvcntv am
the fact that thtJ road was in the hands of n
receiver , who Isan ofllcer of the fedora
court , complicated mutters ( * uvh aji extent
that there was duiiguithobrothornOcil uiight
become involved in n fulso Issue. Any Uilfc ?
taken by the Wabash men , said Mr. Arthur ,
could not at Ull bo considered u prccqidcnt b >
other rouds.
Hear From Grcslinni.
The lawyers and other persons eomiectci
with the B. & M. injunction case , appearei
before Judgii Dundy yesterday morning to
present their arguments. The prosecution
wcro In favor of postponing the ctsso untl
\Vedncsday \ , nnd as Judge Dundy wlshe'd to
hearflrst the decision of Judge Grcsham , nl
Chicago , on n similar case which that Judicial
light bus. now under advisement , It was
decided to continue the hearing a couple ol
Cavs ,
Last evening there was but little cbansre
from thaiiight before in affairs ut the depot
and yards. The freight trains ore running
as usual and the passenger trains all arrived
and departed considerably after schedule
time. There was a rumor last evening Una
the Union Pacific rngiueera were going1 to
strike .some tlmo during the night , but nt ,
thorough a sifting as could bo given the re
port revealed nothing more to substantiate
Uio rumor. The Union. Paeiflo engineers
questioned In regard to th S matter "were
cither close mouthed ot- said they knew noth- .
ng about It. " '
Arthur flcpUcs to John Jenkins.
CHICAGO , March 12. Chief Arthur received
: o-dny a letter from John Jcnkfns , of'the
Nebraska state bureau of labor statistics , re
questing n statement of facts In the Burling
ton strike -p'rcscntntlon to the Nebraska
legislature , Mr. Arthur promptly for
warded nn , ofllclnl resume of the situa
tion from , the men's standpoint. Ho lays
particular stress on the willingness of the
men to arbitrate , nnd the unwillingness of'
the company. Another feature of Mr. Ar
thur's letter is the statement that the highest
of pay to engineers and firemen On the
Brado is from BO cents to * t n day less
than paid by competing lines in thd sixmo ter
ritory for the sftmo service , nnd that the
wages asked by the men Is cheerfully paid toy
00 per cent of all roads In the country.
The/Hoard Will InvcstfRftto. .
LINCOLNNeb. . , March 12. [ Special Tele
gram to the BF.n.1 The state board of trans
portation In response to numerous complaints
mid petitions to-day passed the following
resolution :
Whereas , Information has been received
nt this ofllco from trustworthy sources , al
leging that the 13. it M. . is employing Incom
petent engineers and firemen , therefore en
dangering the lives nnd property of the1 pub
lic , which Information Is .accompanied by pe
titions praying that tho' , board of transporta
tion'shall cause nn Investigation into the fact ,
therefore bo It .
Resolved , That the secretaries of the
board bo and are hereby Instructed- Im
mediately investigate this matter nnd'report
their flridings to , the board at as early n date
as possible. _ _ _ _ _ '
'Governor ' Thnycr Favors Arbitration.
LINCOLN , . Nob. , March 12. Governor
Thaycr , in conversation with an Associated
press reporter to-day , regarding the action of
the lown railroad commlssion'b , investigation
of tbo competency of engineers on the Chicago
cage , Burlington ft Quiney railroad , said : . "I
think" no man who Is not thoroughly compe
tent should bo allowed to run nn engine ,
The Iowa railway commission , or"tho railway
commission of any other state , ' 3 Justified in
investigating the competency of those who
are performing this class of work. I am in
favor of arbitration for these railroad diffi
culties. "
Encournulni ; Kcporta.
LINCOLN , Neb.March 12. [ Special Tele
gram to tlio.BII . : : . | The sentiment is grow
ing daily in this city in favor of the engineers
and firemen of the brotherhood. 'Prominent
business men nnd state , coilnty and city ,
ofllcials express.an opinion of .this character
and the worklngmen of the city are nilfavor ,
able to tlio men. The Burlington officials at
this point are weary of the struggle and the
sight of the ruined rolling stock being for-
wardcd almost daily to the Plattsmoutb
shops is sufficient to dishearten the local
'Officials who desjro to make a suc
cessful business record .for th'o
company. An- episode occurred in
the ofllce of ono of tlio ofllcials of the city the
other day. There were a half-dozen of Read
ing-men sitting in his ofllco when n telegram
was brought announcing .the collision qf the
passenger trains nt Humboldt. It was moro
than the official could stand nnd ho very em
phatically' disiuis&cd the Reading men from
his presence.
It is apparent that tho'state board of trans
portation will have to do some investigating
if the strilco continues , in regard to the class
of men employed b.v the Burlington , A let
ter was received yesterday b.v tbo governor
from Wymoro , in'regard to tlio character of
men employed , which \Vas turned over to the
board of transportation. It was laid aside
pending the assembling of the secretaries
and ordered not made public. A number of
yetitions are In progress of. preparation bear
ing on the same question. The action of the
Iowa' commission was discussed in nri in
formal way by a number pf the state board
yesterday und they nro expecting like work
to rome before them.
The usual meeting of the brotherhood'was
held yesterday and the reports from other
points on the Burlington system were moro
numerous than usual. Kcokulc wrote that
the men there would never waver. Accidents
to rolling stock in tliat vicinity and the wreck
of two passenger trains in iv collision.
Gulesburg .reported the men firm , that the
ofllcials could'nqt discourage them nnd that
the scabs wcro deserting. Burlington re
ported no desertions and the road meeting
with no success in its efforts to break the
ranks of the brotherhood men. Aurora re
ported n'l ' firm. V.isiting delegate's from Chicago
cage reported men on other roads ready to
help at any time , press reports from that
point not representing the facts. Denver
reported no deserters. All roads out of that
place had shut off handling Burlington
freight. The pay roll of the strikers was re
ported much larger- than the company's ,
McCoolc reported trains few nnd irregular. .
Three dead engines were sent in thcro Sun
day. Engines were getting scarce i\nd \ a few
moro ruined by the scabs will not-leavo
enough to operat.o the road. The Reading
men were reported discouraged , two leaving
for homo yesterday.
Spite Work of Clio 'Q. "
KANSAS CITV , March 12. Seven trains on
the Rock Island road were detained for eight
hours at Cameron , Mo. , by the Burlington
train dispatcher , wlio refused to give orders
for the passage of grains to Kansas City , The
Rock Island uses the Burlington track be
tween Cameron and this city under contract.
No explanation pf the conduct has been
given , and .at the local ofilco of the Rock
Island no mollvu could bo assigned. This
afternoon the trains -wore released
and came in. This Incident , in con
nection with the refusal of the Rock Island
engineers to do any switching here on
account of having to work with the nou
Burlington engineers , brought about a' con
ference this afternoon , between the Rock
Island olllchils and the general grievance
committee of the road , The result was the
adoption by the grievance committee of reso
lution's'commending the management of the
Rock Island for Its neutral stand , and de
claring Jt Is'tho policy of the Chicago , Bur
lington & Quiney 'officials to provoke a gen
eral tie up ; that the commHtoo believe it is
to the best Inturost of their striking brethren
for the Rock Island men to keep the road
In oiH-'ration , thereby enabling them to assist
the strikers nnd defeat the object of- the Chicago
cage , Burlington & Quincy road. Consent
Is given to the full performance of the yard
switching work , t > o long us tlio Rock Island
maintains the- line of neutrality. Chicago ,
Burlington & Quincy officials to-night said
the reason the Rock Island trains wcro held
nl Cameron was because the Kansas' City
yiirds were almo t blocked with Rock island
cars on account of the trouble with the
switching engineers. A recurrence Of the
trouble is not anticipated.
"Stauil Finn ! "
KANSAS CfifrMo. . , March. 13 , [ Special Tnl
egruintot.hoBiu.l : Jioth the strikers and
tllb Burlington are atipresent waitingto see
What action , the ether roads nrp gohl to take
hi regard to tha bundling 'of "Q" frofg"ht. .
Most of' the road ? seem mole afraid of the
brotherhood than .the inier-stato commerce
lliw , uiid-no iuteri'hangoqf Burlington freight
bos beci ) made In Kansas City since Satur-
urduj ; . General Superintendent NetUoton ,
of the ' ( julf , .hb\ye\'or , statodthis , , morning
that his road was perfectly .willing to handle
Burlington ft eight , nud if fho. "Q'1 ' has any
business for the Gulf all it'has to do Is'to
notify it. . ' . - . . . . . .
The UanhUml ynj-da are becoming very
much 'blo.cUed .with arst a great many o.f
whlcli , however , contuijiUoek.Island freight.
Tlio BurUngton Is doing the tto'ck isluiid
switching as usual , \mt the Rock Island will
nut pernilt it td handle any cars in the
'auc. ] *
THE BIG STORMiN THE EAST ,
Business Entirely Suspohdod In Now
York Oily.
RAILROAD TRAINS ABANDONED.
The Metropolis Absolutely Snowbound
A "Woman 'Frozento Death lit
the JUrccts--Aii Unprecedented
Spell of "Weather.
ABIizznrd In New York.
N.cw YOUK , March 10. The hardest snow
storm of the year , by far , raging in Now
Yfirk city , bcgnn - early this morning- , and nt
8 o'clock thcro was n foot or over on the
ground , A high wind caused drifts , which
In the upper part of the city were three ntul
four foot high. Tronic is almost suspended.
Thousands of passengers are , blocked on the
elevated roads. The horse cars arc entirely
unalilo to move , and the people who wore loft
uptown by the elevated ronus were unable to
get further than Eighth street by road.
Many more venturesome descended * to the
street by ladder and walked. The people In
suburban towns found it almost impossible
to reach the city , so severe lyero the drifts.
At 7:10 : this mo'rning two trniim on the
Third avenue elevated road collided nt Sev
enty-eighth Street station. One. train was at
the station unloading mid .taking on passen
gers , With which It was already overcrowded.
Owing to tho. snow on the track the train
was unnblo , to start. After It hod
been standing about twenty minutes
a train camp rushing down the incline- from
Seventy-fourth street .and dashed Into the
rear car. The engine reared up'on the end
of the last car and steam'escaped in great
volumes , but fortunately rushed upward ,
thus saving' the hommpd-in crowd in the for
ward train , ns well as those tin'that end of
the platform. The engineer of the rear train
was killed and a number of passengers In
jured.
7 p. . m. The storm is Increasing. It Is ab
solutely unprecedented. All business has
been paralyzed. 'At the stock explained less
than 10,000 , shares were sold , the smallest on
record. Produce markets nil nominal. The
weather stopped the courts. Every" street
car in Now York and Brooklyn , Jersey City
and the Elevated trains are stopped. Brook
lyn bridge and thofcrrics nro almost aban
doned. Down town hotels nro crammed with
suburbanites. The Elevated roads run 3.000
trains dally usually and , haVe never before
stopped. Westerners dcclaro Dakota fur
nished New York's blizzard of to-day. Of
forty mails diio between and noon , only two
had arrived by 3 this afternoon. News from
Europe , where also tremendous , gales and
snow storms are occurring , , is unimportant
and uninteresting , mainly relating to the
coming obsequies of the .late emperor.
' 0 , p. iri. no abatement in the storm.
Frozen cars and foot wore never so humor
ous. Drug stores were filled with patients
all day and evening. A woman was abso
lutely frozen to death to-night , at the corner
ot Broadway and Fulton streets , popularly
supposed to bo the busiest four corners on
the earth. In hundreds of streets loaded
wagons wcro abandoned and the horses taken
to the nearest stables. The wind has blown
the snow into immense drifts. Countless
accidents occurred from slipping. Tho' Astor
IIOUKO alone turned nway 300 would-bo guests.
Other hotels have similar experiences.
10 , p. m. Now York is absolutely snow
bound. The oldest person novec saw its
equal. Not one train wa's dispatched by either
the Erie or ' Central to-day-something unpre
cedented. Telegrams from distances of 200
miles have the samp story to tell , namely :
"It's the worst storm ever known here , "
The police authorities say the storm has not
been equaled since 1855. Most of the police
telegraph wires were broken down early in
the morning , and policemen wcro obliged to
tramp many miles carrying important dis
patches ,
Midnight Owing to the tremendous gale
and terrible snow storm there havq been no
arrivals nor deprrturcs from this port. Nav
igation has been almost wholly abandoned in
in the rivers and harbors , and even boats on
different ferries made only infrequent trips.
The storm is unabated and the wind is as furi
ous ns ever , but the snow has
stopped falling. Snow drifts in the
business streets are as deep as
in the country districts. Grown persons
hero hover saw the like. There are but mea-
gro reports from uptown districts , but in the
lower precincts , where reporters managed to
struggle through the snow and against the
winds , more than a hundred fractures of
limbs and contusions of skulls were reported.
Ambulance horses at the different hospitals
wcro completely fagged out curly in the day
and calls in many cases could , not bo re
sponded to. '
The Storm At Washington.
WASHINGTON , March 13. The storm that
visited Washington yesterday -was one of
the most romnrknblo known for years. In
fact , the capital seemed to have been the
center of the miniature cyclone that brought
witli it n blinding succession of rain , snow ,
wind and cold. In the early hours of the
day the gutters wcro full , and in many low
places the sewers were blocked , thus flooding
the streets. The heavy rain continued until
3 o'clock in the afternoon , when it turned tea
a blinding snow , which stuck to everything
It touched and turned to ice. As night fell
the heavily-laden telegraph wires began to
come down , and iu many places tie streets
wcro blockaded by them. The ixjllco wires
were out of order , and to odd to the discom
forts of the night , the , electric'lights bognn
to fall. By midnight the city was almost in
darkness , save for the feeble gas jets.
At the signal ofllco to-day it was' learned
that the Btorih was the result of the splitting
of a storm trough , that on the day before
yesterday extended south from Michigan.
Saturday night it divided , forming two qtarni
centers , one over .Lake Erlo and one in
Geovgia. The southern cantor then began
climbing up the coast , striking Washington
yesterday morning. The center itself did
not re.ach here until about 1) o'clock In the
afternoon. 'This took until nearly midnight
to pass. The total rainfall amounted to 1 %
Inches.
Oft Capo Uenry the wind was blowing flfty-
flvo miles un hour yesterday. .The railroads
leading Into Washington have been blockaded
by snow , fallen trees ; telegraph 'vires and
poles , so the movement of trains has boon
seriously impeded if not abandoned.
At tlio Western Union office it is learned
that In effect upon wires the storm .is the
worst over- known hero. AVnshlngton has
boon almost completely Isolated since 7
o'clock-SUnday evening. The morning and
evening papers of to-day appeared without
telegraphic Information , The wind has kept
, up high velocity all day , and aft ) o'clock to
night it had not changed. The sky is'n'ow
clear and it Is growing colder.
Efforts ot railroad men to open communica
tions with the north succeeded at 10 o'clock
to-night , when trains which loft Now York at
0 o'clock last night , arrived hero after a hard
and tedious trip. Persons Who wore on tno
train say their experience was without pre
cedent iii this part , of the country. After leav
ing Philadelphia train ) wd to grope its
way. Telegraph poles , wires , uprooted trees
ami obstructions of ull kinds wcro fount !
across the track nt frequent intervals. After
emit labor , Wilmington wns reached where
tha oars were stopped to a'walt daylight. One
passenger estimated that 800 telegraph poles
wore removed from the truc.k between Phila
delphia und Wilmington. A later train
to-night brought In the I'bUndelplilu papers ,
twelve- hours behind tim'o wii'H * Now York
papers , which usually arrive at lfl-is ; a.m.
. | iad iot ) coma at midnight- Western flTitl
southern trains are coming in slowly and roT
port that the effects of the hlorm nro hardly
noticeable forty miles west of hero , pno of
, -lho .southern , trains had \yindow of a car
smashed iu by n falling telegraph pplo and
several passengers wcro tsttghtly .hurt.
liUzzard in Manitoba ) ,
\ViNXirEO , March 12. A" terrific blizzard is
raging on the north sUoro of iQko Superior
and trains en. the Canadian.Pacillp .arocom- _
pletely bUwuded. Ho- train baa arrived ; hero
from Montreal since Thursday. The report
is current- hero that , " n trestle pave way at
North Bay , throwlrig the Canadian Pnolflo
passenger train into the chasm. The report-
is unconfirmed.
LASHING'A OllfPPIE.
An AtiRry AVIfo Whips Her Himb.lml
anil Jits Pnrnimmr.
Nr.wVonKMnrchJ3.-SpcclftlTelegram [ to
the Bnn.J A handsome , stylishly-dressed
woman of thlrty-flvo sprung from n coupe .on
Fourteenth strcetnenr Irving place last night ,
Justus n man about forty years old AVOS pass
ing with a pretty girl clinging to his armand ,
laughing. The woman hold a silver-headed
riding-whip. Her eyes wcro fixed on the girl ,
and she was behind her In a moment. She
lifted the whip , and down it came on. the
girl's shoulders. "There , " cried the woman ,
there , take that , and hero's another , and an
other. " Down came the whip n second time
on the girl's hcn.d. . She screamed With pain ,
and cried : "Save mo , Howland ; save me
from her ! " At the same tlmo she Hung her
self nt the feet of. her cscort iu her endeavors
to shield herself from the whip. The man
turned with nn'aligry' gesture , but his lips
seemed paralyzed in the act of framing an
angry exclamation. "Scoundrel , cur , " said
the woman , "I've , caught you. You vo ruined
our homo-.Georgc. " The silver [ head of the
whip glistened its sho. raised it again , and
quick as a flush , struck George Across the
face. A great red welt mnrkod where the
lash had laid. The man dashed toward Third
uvcnuo. "And now , " the woman said ,
"I will finish you."tSho turned to the crowd
of men and women around as she sppko. The
people had circled hi thogirl who was in u half-
supplicating position on the pavement. They
fell back as the woman lifted her whip .again ,
"You helped him'she ' said , this time very
deliberately , "you helped him" to ruin my
ho'mc. You never thought the day of reck
oning would comb , biit It has it is is here
now. " Again the whip came down. The
flrstblow wrecked the pretty "bonnet and the
second raised a ridge across the girl's face.
IJhcro wcro cries of horror from the women
who , with their escorts , gathered around ,
yet their sympathies were with the wife.
Finally a man interfered and said : "There ,
there , you have done enough. "
"Have Ji" she replied. "Well , there's n
little left for you , " and she struck him across
the face. Thny were eventually separated
and the girl jumped into a cab and shouted :
"Brooklyn , and go as quick as you can. "
Tho-wifo said to her coachman , "youtake
mo home. " The coiip6 door closed with n
bang and the vehicle rolled into Irving place.
*
PKEId.H.TTAKlPPS.
Restoration of Freight Rates to Take
KfTocOIarcKJIO.
CHICAGO , March 12. The general freight
agents of western and northwestern railways
mot to-day for the purppse of arranging an
agreement to formulate a notice restoring
freight rates throughout their territory to
the tariffs in effect prior to the beginning of
the rate war. AJ1 of. the lines wore rcpr
scntcd except the Burlington , which still de
clines to consent to any advance. Resolu
tions were adopted that each line represented
should at once issue a circular giving notice
of the advance to tiiko effect March " (5. ( The
Chicugd and Kansas City lines have
not yet taken uny steps in this
direction except the Chicago & Alton ,
which has agreed'to restore rates , providing
all lines in the southwest , with , the exception
of the Burlington ; talco the same action.
Tbo ether lines hav6'been requested" to co
operate , but .have n t'yet replied.
Managers of tho. Duluth , Southshoro &
Atlantic , and Minneapolis , Sault-Stc.-Mario
& Atlantic have given out that they will , not
become members of the Northwestern
Freight association , uriless'thoy are" allowed
the privilege of makihg lower rates on
through freight than roads via Chicago. As
other lines are not disposed to grant this , the
managers are persuaded that the formation
of an organization is to bo an exceedingly
dlflieult task.
THE CHEYENNE ENCAMPMENT.
Delegations Beginning to Arrive In
Ijnrjo Numbers.
CIIBTENNE , Wye , , March 12. [ Special Tele
gram to the BEE.-7-Dclcgations ] to tbq Grand
Army encampment commenced arriving tills
evening , several hundred Colorado veterans
reaching hero on the 5:80 : p. m. train. Tlio
indications are that this will bo tbo most
numerously attended of any encampment
ever he'ld in the department of Colorado. Iu
addition to the encampment the Wotncns'
Relief Corps will hold its annual convention
in tliis city this wccjk , Ninth army corps soci
ety will also convene horo. Extensive
preparations have been made for a great
camp fire to bo hcld.Tucsday evening. The
exercises at the camp flro will comprise
speeches by Mayor Rlner , of Cnoyenno ,
Colonel Mizncr , commandant at Fort Russell ,
Judge Decker , of Dpnver , General Bohn of
Colorado and other distinguished members of
tbo order aud their guests.
Fatal Collision of Trains. "
ALTOONA , Pa. , March 12. A passenger
train on the Pennsylvania road collided with a
heavy freight train near Huntlngton nt "Nig
ger's Gap" ut U this.morning and both trains
were wrecked. Robert Gardner , engineer ,
and Flremnn Mowry , both of. the passenger
train , wcro Instantly killed , and two qthers ,
freight brakemnn , and a Pullman passenger ,
whoso names could not bo learned , were seri
ously hurt. The freight 'had Jumped the
track , nnd before the flagman could pet back
to notify the passenger train the collision oc
curred. A severe storm was Taging In the
mountains , ntici tho'crcw on the .freight train
were almost froion. >
Many moro deaths nro reported. The wreck
is simply colossal. One of the trains nt the
time of the collision was running forty-live
miles un hour. All trains cast nndvost are
now ten hours late , nnd none can KOI through
before evening. There are sixty-thrco pas
sengers on the western train , and th'o tracks
nro lined With detained trains. Wnjckcrows
from Mllilu , Huntlngdono , Tyrone and Al-
teen are at the scene ,
The western mailexpress ; 'reached hero at.
1 o'clock. The passengers report -the first
sleeper completely , and the second partly
wrecked , but everybody safe except thre.aln
the first couch , who were seriously injured.
'Tho estimated loss by the wreck ' ' is $75,000. ,
i
Bturvlnf * Indians.
WINNIPEG , Man.Mnrch 12. [ SpecialTele
gram to tlio BBE , | Distress among' the
northwestern'Indians Js causing the greatest
apprehensions here. A meeting of the chiefs
of the Stones and Drees was hold at Edmonr
ton ftomo day's slnco and Alexander , ono of
the chiefs , said his people Jiad made but half
a crop of barley , and that the government ra
tions , insteud'of belng.raised to meet the bar
ley failure , had been decreased two-thirds.
In his trjbo but tbrpp rations had boon issued
sinoe November 1. hd they wcro Insufficient ,
amounting each time to about five pounds of
flour to each person. Tlio get'tlers nro
alarmed at the attitude of the Indians , Gab-
'riol ' Dumont , who is now in Now York , is
said to have 'advised the half-breeds at
Butouchn to securo'food , bycpillugo rather
than-die of starvation ,
Mndp.a Man. ol' Him.
LONIIOX ; March 12. The Sporting Life'
says : "Wo never saw n tnnn flght fairer than
ullivan did , even when he wus uninten
tionally spiked. . Ho.only asked Mitchell to
bo more " ' arefnl. He has , , wo must admit ,
fallen from his tnti potato , but bis dethrone
ment made a man of him , "
- Tqiiilercd Their Coggratuiations ;
. LoxiioN.'March.13. Festivals in honor pf
the slh'or'woUuiuir.of the Prince and Prin
cess of Wales n-e.ro held'hi'-aH European cap
Hals. Members'gf tlm /umlllcs'gcuorally.
called oh the British embassies and offered
tllcir congratulations ; ' '
RANDALL AS A LOBBYIST ,
The Pennsylvania. Man ButtonHoling -
Holing Follow Members ,
DEPENblNG ON REPUBLICANS.
He Thinks Ills Tariff Hill Will Got
"Their Support Wreck of the
Wires Tlio News in
. Washington. .
Work of the Storm.
WASHINGTON DUIICAU TUB OMAHA Bnc , 1
513 FOUKTKKNTU STiiniiT. >
yAslIJ JOTo * . D. C. . March 13. )
Washington has been cut oft from commu
nication with the country durlnij the past
twenty-four hours. Early last evening a
snow storm began to rage. It developed into
rain and sleet iinil loading down the trees ,
wires and telegraph and telephone i > oles
made them all n mass of Ico. Many snapped
llko cornstalks. . Before 8 o'clock thcro was
scarcely n telegraph wire out pf Washington
which could bo worked. The Western Union
had ono slow wlro to Plttsburg for a while ,
and then to Cincinnati , which was used to
its fullest capacity' , but instead of the usual
150,000 or 300,000 words o'f special news matter
which goes outnightly , not 10 per cent of this
amount-was nandlcd. Not a telegraph mes
sage has 'been sent or received hero to-day.
Telegraph poles are down in every direction.
The telephone wires were also wrecked and'
not a telephone could got the central pftlco
during the past twenty-four hours. The
two evening newspapers appeared with
out n single telegram. To-night the
correspondent ? havo' been .notified that nn
uncertain . .wire is working to tlio west , but
that nothing could bo communicated north ,
south or cast , and. that all messages should
bo boiled to the minimum.
The fate of this dispatch is thus uncertain.
The mattef of the Associated 'and United
press was mailed to Ne\y York this after
noon with n view of getting out of that city
tq-night. The Wind Is now blowing a gale ,
and .tho storm is declared the fiercest over
known. The snow las | ceased to fall. The
sun shone n while to-day , molting the ice a
little. It will probably take sixty hours to
get the tolograpli and telephone wires in
order again. The moils are being used for
the usual telegraph matter , but trains are
running on ling orders and nro grratly do-
layed. No.traiu up to this evening had ar
rived from Now York. Usually one comes in
at 11 a. m , and several during the afternoon.
11ANDALI , WOHKIXO FOK HIS DIM , .
Mr. Randall is doing moro personal solici
tation for his tariff bill now tiiun ho was over
known to do for any measure. He has approached
preached almost every member whom Jio has
even had a suspicion would support it and has
labored to get a vote. He believed uu to a
few days ago that ho would get tlio support
of all the republicans , and that the latter
would not present a bill at all. He has not
entirely abandoned that belief , but it Is con
siderably discouraged. Ho explains bis pro
posed reduction of the whisky tax , which
meets with so much opposition from all par
ties , by saying that It is left for the states to
impose an additional tax of the 40 cents per
gallon which he tnkcs off , or moro or less' ,
and apply it to their own uses , for school
purposes if need bo , and thus the revenues of
the federal government nro decreased , while
those of the states are increased. Republican
members look with general favor upon the
-measure but say they ' vfill - get up
a. bill . 'of their dwn. The ma
Jority of the commltteo on ways and
means will likely report their bill to the
house this week and ask that debate upon it
bo begun next week. They want a vote upon
it before the middle of May and say the republicans -
publicans nrq fighting n delay , ' so a vote can
not be had before the convention ntSt. Louis.
COIlltECTlNO IOWA SOLDIEllS' ItUCOIlDS.
Secretary Endicott in pursuance of special
acts of congress Is having the military
records of various soldiers in the late war
corrected. Among tlio orders promulgated
to-day were the following :
By direction of the secretary of war under
the act approved Juno 8 , 1S84 , and the act
amendatory thereof approved February 3 ,
1837 , and to complete the record , the dis
charge of First Lieutenant Charles Davis ,
Infantry
' take
, . ser
vice ns captain , same company and regiment
todato April 13 , 18(55 ( ; mustered out and
honorably discharged ns captain July 17,1805.
and ho is mustered for pay in said
grade during the time embraced between the
aforesaid dates by virtue of the same acts.
And also , to complete the record , the dis
charge of First Sergeant William B. Davis ,
Company A , Twenty-fourth Iowa infantry
volunte'ers , July 17,1S05 , Is amended to take
effect April 11 , 1805 , He is mustered into
service as first lieutenant of the same com
pany , to date April 13,18i5 ( ; mustered out and
honorably discharged as first lieutenant July
17,1S05 , and ho is mustered for pay in said
grade during the period embraced between
the aforesaid dates ,
GOING TO CHICAflO AND OMAHA.
The iuter-stato commerce commissioners
will leave to-morrow night for Chicago ,
where they will remain for thoremainder , of
the week. Thcro are a numbcrof cases pend
ing which will bo heard. The visit of the
commission at this time to Chicago has no
connection with the railroad strilco , although
the questions Involved may be brought tote
to their attention. On Monday they will go
to Omaha and then to Lincoln , Neb ,
HAHCASM FOIl JEHU MUII1MIV.
This evening's Critic has this bit of sar
casm about a well-known lownuyhlch his
western friends will enjoy :
"Hon , J. II. Murphy , of lown , late con
gressman from the Davenport district , has
been paying a visit to the national capital
during the past fortnight , und expresses
himself highly gratified at being out of pub
lic life ancj free to attend to his growing pro
fessional business. Ho has lately been mak
ing real estate investments in Louisiana und
Florida. Thorp.ls quite a tide of emigration
Just npw from the north west to Loulsuna on
Recount of the lidtor'a climatic advantages.
Mr'Jones was accompanied y Mr , J. A ,
Green , a prominent citizen of Stone City ,
Jones county , Iowa. "
MOUNT 1'I.KAtfAXT'S POSTOFFICE IlEffT.
Intlio senate to-day Mr. Wilson , of lown ,
introduced a bill authorizing und directing
the postmaster general to pay Ilcman 1) .
Walhridge und Reginald Fcndull , trustees ,
rent of the postoftlce at Mount Pleasant , fa. ,
nt the rate of $700 n year froin July 1 , 18S5 ,
till Juno ao , 18SS , being the vent agreed upon
between the postmaster general' and the
trustees by the louse entered in.to between
them and him on July 1 , IbSl , for the. term of
fouryeiirs. Ah appropriation for this pur-
is made ,
COIIUT.N'8 IIEMOVAT , .
I called upon Acting Land Commissioner
Stockslager this afternoon un'd asked dim
why Special Agent Coburn , who has bceu
doing duty in Nebraska fpr several yca.rs
with scorning entire satisfaction , had b'eeu
summarily removed ,
"Mr. Coburn ivnS removed , " said Mr.
Stockslager , "with live other special.agents.
There are no charges against him. We want
to reduce the force .111 the special agent
division and some tlmo ago the secretary
called upon the cbof | of the special agents
division for all of the reports that huvo.bcen
made during the past several months. You
see special agents aro' required to render'
weekly * reports of movements and accomplish
ments. Thcso.uro consolidated by the chief
of the division at the cud of qvery month and
a record tniidd of them us monthly reitorts ,
When It comas to making a reduction of the
force , aud there-aro no chargcu upon whjch
to bring about removals , tlio rejwrts' are
looked up and the agents who have accom
plished the. least * are selected for decapita
tion. There is nothing hero that bears
against Mr. Cobu'ns ! official .or private char-
uc\er \ , and I assure you ho was removed
jiui-Qly upon general principles und the sho.w-
ings. ho himself made to the department.
"CUJTEIMSU AXl ) GIIAV , THE AUMI.NISTHATIQX
. ' TICKET. "
President Cleveland , it Is stated .upon high
authority , is very desirous of. having Gov
ernor Gray , of Indlarin. nominated for second
place on the ticket , and the machinery has
been started to bring this about. When the
democratic state control comnilttco , met nt
Indianapolis on last Thursday. Seed ml Au
ditor Day , of Illinois , happened to bo la that
city on his way to Springfield. Ho stated at
the Hoosier capital that ho was going to his
homo on business and pleasure , nnd that ho
know nothing of politics. I Icnrn to-night ,
however , that his mission Iii the
west was two-fold and qulto 1m-
iwrtant , that he primarily went to
Indiana for the purpose of stimulating the
democrats thcro in their endeavors to have
Governor Gray fully endorsed and boomed
for the vice presidency , nnd that his second
ary object was to intensify tlio strife going
on In Illinois betweenConernl Black , Gcricrnl
Stevenson and Colonel Morrison for the
second place on the ticket. It is understood
ho Is workingainder the instructions of Rep
resentative William L. Scott , of Penn
sylvania , who Is tlio manipulator of the ad
ministration , nnd I learn that * Morrison's
candidacy for the vice presidential nomina
tion Is only Intended to defeat the nomina
tion of Black , who Is not acceptable to the
president. The name of Assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson Is also being used , It is
stated for tlio purpose of defeating tha nom
ination of Black ,
A M-.W EDUCATIONAL J1IM
Chairman Chandler of Georgia , Intends re
porting this week from the committee on ed
ucation to the house , n substitute for the
Blair educational bill. It will be based upon
the Idca.of Representative Simmons of North
mcnt. The money is to go'to the states in
proportion1 to the illiteracy ns' proposed in the
Blair educational bill , but instead of the
principal being applied to educational pur
poses the interest Is to bo used. Tills Is for
the purpose of &veroomlng the opposition' to
the Blair bill on constitutional grounds.
It is regarded ns a plausible scheme.
1UX1INN1NQ TIIF. OAMFAIOX.
The president and Mrs. Cleveland bcgnn on
Thursday n series of small dinners which nvo
to. extend .through the Lenten quiet. The
flrst was in honor of ox-Sonator ICcrnanwho ,
.with his daughter , has spent n week hero.
Mrs. Cleveland has stated hours several
times a week ilow at which friends who have
asked the favor are privileged to como. Sev
eral hundred ladies and gentlemen wcro
present on these occasions last week.
nonsnv's COUUT HIM , .
Through Senators Puddock and Mnnderson
n largo number of citizens of Lincoln have
petitioned congress to pass the Dofsey Cour.t
Bill. They point out the necessity of Imme
diate action and the benefits tq bo derived
from it.
PADDOCK'S rosroiricn nut
Mr. Allison presented In the senate to-day
n petition signed largely by citizens of Wat
erloo , In. , asking for the passage of Mr.
Paddock's postofllco building bill.
KKllltASKA'S SCHOOL LANDS.
Mr. Laird introduced to the houso' to'-dny
a bill to allow the state'of Nebraska to select
indemnity school lands from any of. the un
occupied public lands of the state. This
notion was anticipated in n BEE special lust
week.
TO SELL wixNr.nAoo IANTJS.
Mr. Dorso.V to-day-introduced liis bill per
mitting the Winucbago Indians to sell.a sec
tion of land on their'reservation for townsito
purposes' anticipated in tho'lii : : last week.
Pniiuv S. HUATH.
Nolmiskn and Jowa Pensions
WASinxGTOsMarch 12. [ Special Telegram
to the Br.u.l The" following pensions wo.ro
granted Ncbraskans to-day : Original In
valid Lyman A. DeGrofft , Blue Hill ; John
W.Uickcrson , Ncgunda ; James N. McDanicls ,
Cameron. Increase Alex II. Goodwin ,
Fatrburyj Thomas D. Harding , Nebraska
City. . . '
. Pensions fpr lowans : Original invalid-
Joseph -Alexander , Sutherland ; James
Tntnmn , Newell ; James' Parlccr , Redding ;
.Tonothn.n Kllck , 'Odobolt ; Lovl Vcrsaw ,
Altoona. Increase Francis 'M. Walker ,
Plrasanton ; Allan Wheeler , New Hampton ;
Hugh Thomas , Ivyvvillo ; Ira J. Wheeler ,
Mononn ; Edward L. Edwards , Willinins-
burgh ; George Duflleld , Bloomfield ; John J.
Prelim , Villiscn ; John J. Dihol , Washington ;
Reissue Herman H. Krcger , Jefferson.
Original widows , etc. Frederick , father of
Joseph Ashbtiugh , Nashua.
Proposed Tariff Legislation.
WASHINGTON , March 12 , [ Special to the
BcE.l "Tho Mills tariff bill Is already dead , "
said a republican member of the ways' and
means committee to your correspondent to
day , "but we propose to have an exceedingly
lively wake before the corpse is buried. "
"Do I understand that you propose to flght
everything in the way of tariff legislation , " I
Inquired.
"Not by any means , " was the answer ,
"Wo shall certainly do something with the
tariff , but wo shall dcvoto more tlmo and
moro attention to the Internal revenue fea
tures of the surplus situation. There will bo
n bill prepared to bo substituted for the Mills
bill when the measure comes , up in tlio
house , and wo shall bo fortified jvithsufficient
data , Dotli from the treasury department nnd
from parlies directly interested , to
warrant us . in urging to our ut
most capacity the passage of this
substitute bill. It is rather remarkable , "
continued the gentleman , "that Mills and
his colleagues on the committee absolutely
refuse to entertain for a moment a proposi
tion made to submit the tariff and internal
revenue bills to the secretary of the treasury
for his opini6n on the probable' effect of tlio
measure upon the revenue and the Industries
of tlio country. If bill appropriating $200
to repay some Importer who has erroneously
paid that sum into the treasury Is presented
to the committee , the democratic members
thereof absolutely refuse to consider It for a
moment until they have secured the opinion
of the secretary of the treasury. But hero
Is a measure * involving an enormous reduc
tion of the revenues und threatens the do'
strucllon of many of our special Industries ,
which these tariff reformers refuse to submit
for i > moment , but insist that it must go
throuuh without uny report from the finan
cial olllc'crs of'tho government us to its effect.
It is rather strange that the democratic mem
bers of the ways and means commltteo are
afraid to hear the opinion of ' the democratic
secretary of the treasury. "
The Admission ol * North Dakota.
WASHINGTON , March 12. The setinto com
mittee on territories this morning instructed
Senator Plutto to report favorably the
enabling act for tbo admission of North Da
kota. It also instructed. Senator Stewart to
report favorably the enabling net for the ad
mission of Washington territory nnd North
Idaho , us a single state , providing no part of
Idaho shall.be included without the consent
pf a majority of the electors rcsldlng'ln ttie
part In question. There will be a minority
adverse report upon the last mentioned bill.
ForfcltoU Imnil Grunta.
WASHINGTON , March 12. The house poin-
mittco 6u public lands today decided by party
vote to formulate a general bill providing for
the forfeiture of all unearned land grunts.
The republican members dffered two distinct
bills/llrstto delure forfeiture outright of that
portion of the land grant over which the road
'was npt built within the tlmo specified by-tho
granting act. 'Tho second bill was to dcclaro
forfeiture of the remainder of the land grant ,
or that part over which the road was com
pleted during the speeilied timo. This plan
.they thought would cnnuro the passage by
the'scnato of a bill of the first-class , ut least ,
without Jeopardizing any und ull-forfeited
land bills. '
< *
Out in Illinois Coal Hates.
ST. LOUIB , March 12 , General Freight
" Agent Hibbard , of the Vuudaliu line , has
'blasbcc ) Into coal freight rates by cutting the
price of hauling from Illinois mines from 50
to 871 cents per ton. Thcro has been trouble
over Illinois coal rates for some time , aud un
uttpmpt was made to-day io patch up the mat
ter. Tlio Vundalla , Louisville & Nashville ,
Pilcago & Alton , Cairo Short Line , Indian *
bpolls & St. Louis , Wubash and other roads
were represented at the meeting. The session
was red-hot , and Hibbard ended it with
Vigor.
NINE PEOPLE EAT POISOR
A Farmer nnd Hts Family TakoH
Suddenly Sick.
TWO OF THEM ALREADY DEA $
And tholtcst In j\ Very Critical .Con *
tllttnn A. Mysterious Cnso
Sioux City After Swift
The legislature.
A Whole Family Poisoned.
M < SON CJTV , In , March 13. [ Special Tel *
grain to the Bisn. ] Last Saturday evening
ns H. S ; Brown with his wife , six chlldroii
nnd n hired innn were sc.Ucil around the sup
per table they wcro nil taken vlolcnty slcU
nnd In less than nn hour Mr. Brotvn nnd-ona
of his children were dead. The seven re *
mnlnlng nro now very low and It Is thought
that Ihoy cannot recover. No cnusiS Is ng
signed. The news reached hero this even *
ing nnd the urtittor will bo investigated nt
once. Mr : Drorfn stood high in the estima
tion of his nclchbors and whllo'somo thlnli
that they partook of.poisoned food more bo
Hove that itwas administered by n dcslRnlna
hand. .
ThlnkH Swift Is Coining.
Sioux CITV , In.-March 13. [ Special Tola-
gram to. the Br.n.1 Thcro is the best of rca '
son to bclloyo that an agreement has been
reached by which Swift & Co.- ' the 'Chicago
packers , will establish a house'in Sioux City * .
Negotiations -have boon pending for foiiu
months for this purpose nnd several ° m ct *
ings , held between representatives of thq
parties. Mr. Hedges , of the United States
yards of this place , has Just returned front.
Chicago and lie Says the chances of Swift lo *
eating hero are two to ono.
Supreme Court Decisions.
DnsMoixnsla. , March 12. [ Special Tele- '
grani to the BEG. ] The supreme court fllcd
the following decisions hero to-day :
Horatio B Brick vs Nellie'Holt ot nl. , ap
pellants , Sioux City , D. L. McCnllum , Judge.
Aftlrmcd.
A. Gt Schulte , appellant , ICcokuk district
court , AV. 11. Lewis , Judge.Afllnncit. . >
Maria Blair vs William Blair , appellant ,
Webster county , S. M. Weaver , Judgfc.Af -
flrmc.d.
Ellen J Barber vs Mnxflcld Barber anil
W. M. Bnrber.guardlan , appellants , J3rowo
county , G. W. Ruddlck , Judge. ' AfUrmed.
State of lowrf ex rel. S. N. Brendcn , nppcl *
lant , Vb M. A. Chamberlain ct al , , Buchanan'
' '
county , C. F. Couch , Judge. 'Reversed.
Ncttio Ponncrs vs William McClelland , nfl.
pcllant , Dickinson county , George II. Carr ,
Judgo. Afllrmcd.
Prudence Mattocks vs DCS Molncs InsuVi
nnco company , appellant , Woodbury couutyj
'
G. W. Wakelleld , Judgo. Afllrmcd.
V. A. Hunt , appellant , vs Farmers' Ihsur *
nnco company , Humboldt county , George U.
Carr , Judge. Reversed.
C , H. A. Wilson vs Hawkcyo Insurance com
pany , appellant , Sac "county. App'eal dl&v ,
missed AS to the. amount in controversy wag
less than flOO ; opinion by. Scorers , Reed dlst
scnting.
M. E. Griflln , appellant , vs Caroline.Tuttlb
ct al. , Clay county , G. H. Carr , Judge. Afl
firmed.
Wnrbasso & Leo , appellants , vs J. W. Cora !
CCITO Gordo 'county , John B. Cloland , judfeo.
Reversed.
Missouri Valley & Blair railway nnd bridge *
company , appellant , vs Harrison county ]
Harrison district court , C. II. Lewis , Judge ;
Afllrmcd. . *
Edward 1C. Goodwin , vs Loulso C. But.
rows et nl. , appellants , Webster counly. Aw "
tinned.
Jnlijes 1C. Sncdskor , appellant , vs William
Jones , inarshal.of the city of Creston , Unloi
county. Afllrmcd. .
Emanuel II. Crane , appellant , vs Chicago
& Northwestern railway company ctn ) . , Polfe
county , Josiah Given , judge. Afllrriiod.
Opinion by Scovcrs. This is a case wherein
Ciano brought action to compel tho. Chicago
& Northwestern railway company to operate }
its main line from Ames to DCS Molncs vis .
Poll : City. The Jury returned a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff. Tlio defendant was
granted a now trial und plaintiff appealed
from that decision.
State of Iowa vs. Lizzie Stewart , et nl.l
appellants , Appauooso county , Dell Stewart
judge. Alllrnicil.
J. C. Rowland , etnl. , nppelants'vs. J > A ,
Brown , Clark county. Alllrmed. Opinion
by Robinson , Buck dissenting.
Frank L. Lome vfl. J. M. ICing , ct al , , nnr'
pellants. Adams county , II. O. Henry , Judgfol
Afllrmcd ,
Veronica Afbnch vs. the Chicago Burllng1-
ton and Quincy Kailroad company , appellant ,
Decatur county , J. W. Hurroy , Judge , Re.
versed. '
Emma Dickens , vs. City of DCS Moincrf ,
appellant , Polk county , M. JCaranaugh-jr.y
Judgo. Afllrmcd.
William F. Hunter vs. . the City of Dps
Molucs. appellant , Polk county.W. F. Con * ,
rod , Jud o. Afllrmcd.
John F. Peterson , appellant , vs. Oram lit
tle and G. B. Little , Polk-county , W. F. Con-
rod , Judgo. Reversed.
Carrie Lewis vs. Joe Lewis , appellant *
Polk county , Josiah Given , Judge , Afflrmcdf
Mrs. R. Solm , administratrix ot al. , npr
pollant , vs. Isreal Brothers , Polk countyi
Reversed. Opinion by Holinson. Soever * ,
chief Justice , took no part in this decision !
A Voting Girl Allllotcd Wlh | Leprosy.
DCS MpiNcs , In. , March J2. [ Special Tele
gram to the Bii.J : ! The state board of licaltU
was to-day notlllcd of a case of lep -
rosy. The nflllctcd person Is a natlvd ot
Christiana , Norway , and Is n young lady '
named Joluibon , well educated und possess
ing niany traits of good breeding and rollno-h
ment. She has been in this country from
plghtcento twenty months , and Isamw visiting - .
ing her sister , who works in the /uniily ofi
Eria Knudsen , of West Liberty , She In
twenty-live years old , -fairly gool-lookln | V
with blue eyes ulul light hair and complexion.
Dr. Little , of Muscat inc. suys that the girl-
Informed liltn that1' the disease with whlcli
she Is afflicted manifested itself for the first/
time about ten years ago m the whapo o'f.a
tubercle , or lurgo pimple , at 'the base of thcf'
right little toe. Smco that time tbo diseaso.
hit * gradually spread , until now the wholotj
right limb , frpin the toes to.tho middle of hep
thigh , is covered with ( roddlsli-browii tuber
cles elevated from one-eighth to ono-ijuurteu'
of mi Inch ubove the skin.
She stated that she hud suffered no pain-
nijil uiitll within tlireo , 'or four weelis , when
the tubercle * commenced appearing on the ?
sole of her foot , she had b'con able to walk all-
right , except that the disease stiffened tha
muscels and caused her to limp some.
'look Opium.
Snnijir , In. , March 12. { Special Tclcgra'm
to the Bun. ] The town U shocked ! this
morning over the death of .James A , Ander
son , n mo.dicnl student , Which occurred .at
about C o'clock this mbriiing , lip had been
buffering severely with plouris'y-und seine
Umo-duriiif , ' lust night got liold of a bottle ot
fluid opium und took about , seven-eighths of
an'ounce to relieve his sufferings which Wcro
iiitenbo. He was a 'bright young inua
und very popular ,
Mnrdeii or Suicide.
'
FIXDI.AY , O. , March 13. Rudolph Hellep
was found in a dying condition in his housa
this afternoon , with his wife and eighteen *
months-old baby lying dead by his bido. It >
was first thought the. family had J > ecn suffo
cated by natural gas. but this theory was
exploded as they had their clothes on , It.la
now thought to be cither sulddti or murd6r .
The mystery will probably never bo clcareai
away , as Heller is unconscious uud c uriol'
' '
recover.