THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
SEVENTEENTH YEAR OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 14 , 18S8 , NUMBER 270.
DUNDY'S ' ORDER DISREGARDED
Union PnolQo EnglnoortJ and Flro-
mon Quit Tholr Jobs.
THEY WENT OUT AT MIDNIGHT.
Taken to the Koiiml House
and FrclRht Trains Jxjft Stand-
liiK ill tlio Yards Tlio
Strike Elsewhere.
Struck on ( lie Union , Pacific.
Six of the eight crews that man the switch
engines that work In the yards of the Union
Pacillc railway mounted their cabs at the
round house last night nt 0 o'clock nnd pulled
out for their respective precincts In the
yards. The yardmastcr , observing the nb-
Bcnco of the two additional engines nnd their
engineers nnd firemen , Instituted Inqurics ,
nnd wns Informed by ono crew that
the reason they did not flro
up was that 'tHoy , had quit and
did n6t Wish to Work hny longer. The re
maining crow answered
THAT TIIET WKnE SICK
nna were not anxious to work anyway. As
the yardmastcr had heard this sanio story
from two crows of road cnglnemen who had
deserted their cabs during the dny , ho began
to grow solicitous , nnd ilsked the men why
they didn't put on substitutes. To this they
replied with some vigor that If thd yard
mastcr wanted to hunt up substitutes for.
them , ho hnd their full permission to do so.
. The deserting crow of road engineers were
more explicit in their reasons and telegraphed
to the master mcchanlo to Unit now men for
.the situations vacated.
HACK TO TltlJ UOUNDHOUSE.
The Six - crows'of switch cngino men that
' .came on duty at 0 o'clockwaltzed their
locomotives around the yard for an
hour or more , arid it was evi
dent from their actions that they .were
determined not to work. Sighting a number
ofJ" cars on the switches , loaded and pro-
'Vafatory ' for shipment in connection with the
Unipn. Pacific trains , Uio engineers nnd fire
men exhibited their displeasure by facing
their engines towards the round house. This
wns done ns promptly ns U clear track would
permit of , , nnd Night Ynrd Mostcc East ,
noticing the rapid dcscrtlpn , appealed to.thcm
for the cause of their action.
"la it because there are 'Q' cars.to bo
roado up ? If it is I ! will take them off , " ha
volunteered.
" ' 'No that's not . the
, it,1..1 was ready response
' .from the engineers and firemen.Vo tu-o
. tirbd of workinghave nil the money wo
. want , and need a rest.1.1 ' ' '
, EVr.ur SWITCH ENGINE TIED ur :
At midnight n 'death like stillness 'pro-
vailed In tjio yards , nnd every switch engine
, ' in , the employ of the company had its
llrcd drawn and stood silently
in t5.p round house. With tlio
exception' of the restless puffing of a
freight cngln , attached .to a train that stood
. at tjio Tenth street crossing waiting for or-
' d'ers to de'part for the west , thcro was not a
stir visible- . This train should have departed
.at 7 o'clock , but wns detained for some unexplainable -
plainablo reason. The engineer rested calmly
' in'hls cab-ami when'approached by a BKG
reporter said ho couldn't explain why ho waa
held out , as at the ' hour men
tioned ho should have been
well on his way to Grand Island , his termi
nal point. Ho informed the reporter that
ho had been asked to make up hi's train when
ho came on duty , but thin ho positively re
fused to do , and if ho started out at all it
would bo with about half the number of cars
he usually draws , us the train his cnglnu
was attached to had been partly
made up when ho rcpoited .for
duty. Asked if his ( rain contained
>
any "Q" cars ho promptly answered in the
negative , and said he would not turn a wheel
if there wns one.
"What cnusoU the switch engine men to
refuse to A\ork any longer } " was naked of
Hun ,
' 'They ' wanted the boys to handle 'Q' cars ,
nnd wouldn't it that's tlio '
they dg ; reason ,
was the response.
"But tney don't give jthat asthccause , "
put In the news gathotcr ,
"Oil , well , that's.all right. The lads are no
'
fools , " was the reply. .
TAIJC WITH YAlinMASTEIl EAST.
Ynrdmastor ICast was seen In his ofilco
near the Eleventh street viaduct , and to
qucrjus said tlwt no freight had left the cltj
all night. IJctwccn the hours of 7 o'clock nt
night and 0 o'clock In the morning from
eight 1 ° fourteen freli lits depart from the
city dally , but under the existing
circumstances ho didn't anticipate
( hat hny would go out on the scheduled
-tlmo. Switching ho described ns "complet61 >
dead , " and said that no tialns had been made
up slnco ho had como on duty at 0 o'clock.
The transfer cngino that brings -freights
over from Council Bluffs to bo coupled on to
trains made up iu this- city , hnd been ovci
early In the ovc'ning , and had assisted In
making \ip it train. Tlio engineer of the
transfer cngino declined any further uervico ,
Haying thnt hw familiarity will :
the yards was BO poor that ho did not con-
blder it safe to do It. Mr. East further stated
that ho could not toll why the men rqfuset
to work , nnd upon being asked if ho at
tributed It to ( lieir determination not to
handle "Q" cars ho said ho could not , adding :
"They to u man told uio that was not the
caubo. "
STATB OI'AFPAIIIS ELSEWIIEIIB.
Only two of the twelve > swltch engines -
ginos at Council IJlufTa were on duty at
midnight , .and how long tlicso would remain
' ' wua n matter of guess wolk. They , it was
thqught , would soon Join in the tie up. Tlie-
tWo twitch bngineu at South Ouiaha wcio
also reported tied up.
JUPOK IIUNDV'S INJUNCTION.
The tcmporury injunction granted by Juilgn
pundy will como up for hcnrinffthis morning
in the UniUjd States < ; ourl. What thq effects
of last night's action will hu/o 10 asneroinut
tcr ot conjecture.
The Strike Situation.
CHICAGO , March 13. Tho'new contract .for
fust mall service between Ohlcago and
Council Bluffs , which was entcicd Into- between
tweon the government and the Burlington
road several weeks ago , and which was to
hnvo gone Into effect to-day , has been postponed
ponod for ono week In. consequence of the
troubles on that road. Superintendent Nusti
of the railway mall service at Wiishington
who is now heresays It ID intended to citablisl
n fast mail from Chicago cust , lolci\oChcJto !
on the arrival of the Pacific coatt train , one
make New Yprk in twenty-five hours from
Chicago and US hours from San Fr Cclseo ,
Judge Grcihom announced he will render
his decision.in the AYabaab case to-ir.orrovr
movninr , Tbeic was no change iu the tltua
tlon ut the strikers' headquarters thi& i > iorn
OT. The grievance committees o
ho eattero road * which were
.n se ; Um ytMcrday disciiolng the freight
question , met again Uii motnin ? to conclude
tuelr dclibonitfoiis. On vcitcrn roads it
was stated by the striker * , t'utt the sltna
tlop as regards the handling of'Q1' freleht
was unchanged. It war denied that the \Va-
pash cnfc'lueoi-3 had urccd to handle H-rl
Ington card. It is asserted tl.ut the next movrt
of the Uurlington bo to bnn ; ; jiho IJoi-k
lalaiict into court for iofa luc"tvc..y out us
contract to forward Burlington freight
nross the Hock Island bridge at Davenport.
Will Handle Burlington Freight.
CHICAGO , March 13. Receiver McKulta
ind ft conference to-day with n committee of
Wnbash engineers , after which ho sent n tel
egram to Judge Qrcshnm that the Wabash is
novlng all freight offered by or going t6 the
Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy railroad. The
engineers , ho says , hnvo agreed to obey his
irdcrsln the transaction of business with the
Jurllngton road ,
Perfecting Their Organization.
KANSAS CiTf , Mo. , March 13. [ Special Tel
egram to the Br.B.1 The strikers arc so
icrfcctliifr their organization that a strike on
my or all the western roads can bo ordered
at a moment's notice. Each of the grievance ,
committees which hnvo been In session hero
'or several days baa the power to call out the
men , but it Was decided that n more power
ful body would bo better able to conduct
affairs , rind at a union meeting of the griev
ance committees u central organization was
perfected. This body Is composed of repre
sentatives of every road running Into Kansas
City. It will have full power to act in all
matters concerning the BurllngMm strike ,
nnd the extension of the strike to other roads.
The executive committee of the union com
mittee wns In secret session this morning ,
selecting eub committees to watch the various
roads , nnd to nttcml to other details of the
strike. A Joint meeting of the grievance
committee ! ! of the Missouri Pacific and the
Rock Island was held In the Union Depot
hotel this morning. The meeting wns nd-
drcsscd by Assistant Ccnoral Freight Agent
Wentz , of the Itoek Island , and Division Su
permtcmlent Dolby , of the Missouri Pacific.
Both of these gentlemen , nnd ulso Mr. Hnnn-
Imn , of the firemen's brotherhood , urged
that as the Rock Island hnd favored
the brotherhood In many ways the
committee give its consent. The
Missouri P.ucillc committee then went
Into secret session and on adjournment
announced that they could not give their con
sent to their men handling cars made up by
"scabs. " Mr. P. M. Stevens , who has been
in charge of tlio strike here , loft for Chicago
to-night.
Encoiirnge'mcnt For the Strikers.
LINCOLN , Nob. , March 18. [ Special Tele
gram to the BBE , ] Anxious anticipation
characterized the only feature of the strike
to-dny. The brotherhood Is sanguine that the
end Is at hand , nnd n rumor gained currency
this afternoon that the strike Was to end to
night. The , tide of public opinion is sottlnc
In strpngly for-tho men , nnd they are confi
dent'and happy. The board of trans | > orta-
tiou has decided to answer the petitions from
Falls City , Wymorc , Red Cioud and other
points asking'ofllciul investigation concerning
the qualifications of those now employed , and
entered upon the work''to-dny , Secretnrlcs
Ager nnd Munger going to Wymoro to tnko
testimony nt that point.
A traveling man cited to-day n point in
evidence of the distrust of present engineers.
Ho said the nccident insurance companies
Imd instructed their agents not to write ac
cident policies to persons traveling on' the
Burlington lines. The expressions made by
Governor .Thnyer , which are in line with the
statements'made by Govcinor .Larrabce , of
Iowa , -and Gbvornor Martin , of Kansas , in
regard to the strike , meetwitli almost uni
versal commendation. The sentiment is un-
mlstakabla that if the road proposes to con
tinue In its coiirso of refusing to arbitrate , a
rigid investigation should bo made by tbo
state boaid of transportation.
A New Ijlnc of Action :
CHICAGO , March 13. A meeting attended
by representatives of the grievance committee
froui each road leading east from Chicago
was.hold nt McCoy's hotel. Extreme secrecy
marked the and aftcr'Iho
proceedings , ses
sion the thirty or forty men present refused
to answer any inquiries whatever. Chief
Arthur's headquarters . nt the Grand
Pacific wcro totally deserted njl
everting , nnd were left unllghtcd. The
belief wns oppressed by n group of
railway oflicials to-night that the brother
hood lias adpptcd a now line of action ngalnst
which legal proceedings will not avail. The
idea Is tVwt that tlio grievance committees
will ostensibly assent to the requests of con
necting lines that "Q" freight will bo
handled. When the test comes , however ,
the engineers , ono after another , will abso
lutely decline to touch a "Q" car. This in
dividual passive resistance lias been applied
to a notable extent on the Milwaukee A : St.
Paul road , and cropped out to-day on other
lines also with n frequency that was sug-
gcs.ttve.
No Action Taken.
WASHINGTON , March 18. The Whlto reso
lution providing for congressional inquiry
into the strike on the Chicago , Burlington &
Quincy railroad , was nguln discussed with
out final icsult to day by the house commit
tee on commerce.
KpritiiK A A I ON.
IjEox , In. , March 13. [ Special Telegram
tothoBui : . ] Engine No. 250 on night ex
press No : 01 , sprung it $ axles. The coaches
wcro loft in " the yard three hours waiting for
nn enRino" from 'Crcston. The axle was
heated yesterday" by an inexperienced engi
neer. .
Omaha KnlglitM Resolve.
O.MUIA , .Neb. , March 11. At n meeting of
the Joint assemblies K. of L , , of Omaha , the
following resQlutlons Were adopted ;
Whbrcas , There is now a strike In pro
gress on the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy
rnllwny system on the part of the Brother
hood of Locotuotivo Engineers and Locomo
tive FJioiucn fur equal pay for equal sorvioo
nnd to do nway with the class system and its
injustice ; tfyornforu bo it
Resolved , That wo extend to the Brother
hood of Locoinotivo Engineers und Brother
hood of Locomotive Flrompn our sympathy
in their struggle for Justice and hope they
will como out victorious , .
Resolved , That wo look upon till men who
take tholr places astraltois to tno cause of
labor and wojkingincn ,
Resolved , That n copy of these resolu
tions bo forwarded to the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers nnd Brotherhood oi
Locomotive Firemen und the daily papers of
Oiunhu.
Striken * ' I'YIendu at Sidney.
&H.XEV , la. , March ] . [ Special to the
Biul--At a meeting of Sidney Local Assem
bly No , 631.1 , Knights Of Labor , tho-following
resolutions were unanimously adopted ;
Resolved , That wo extend to the brother
hoods of engineers mid lircmcn of the Chicago
cage , Burlington & Quincy system Our sym
pathy and what aid is in our power to give ,
hi this their hour of trouble , in their struggle
for Justice und right , and wo hope that they
nmy succeed in their fight with the Chicago ,
Burlington & Quincy nnd B. & M.
Hcbolrcd ; That wo censure and hold in
scorn any and all men who may voluntarily
or otherwise' take 'the places of the striking
engineers and firemen on the Chicago , Bur-
llngton & Quinqy bistcin us traitois to the
interest of labor. -
Resolved , That wo will tand firm to the
principles that a inculcated in the different
trades unions and labor organizations , and
that we demand n fair and equitable share of
our production.
Re.ioJvri , That.enpjr of thesp resolutions
b sent to the engineer. * ' nnd firemen's
brotkcrbucdv , to the Gcuha. HIK. and our
couUy i * pcrs. ' COMMITTIB.
A Premature Kxi > lo lrm.
Tsionx , Pi.t March 13. A preraa-
tr.ia explosion of a Isirg * vharfje of dynamite
iu A rullioud cut near hare luU afternoon
burictUhl.ty wo'.kmta bt.icath n mass o I
debrU.V" Italian was luttantly killed , two
of th < ? ww fatally Injured , and most ot the
others increbr } em bruited ,
Kiului-klut ; the Kiiln Cunnl Bill.
DUI.UTII , .Minn. , March IE.Tho Nhie-tra.
falU hhlp f&ual bill uow bc.foro congress wns
Upanlnv-'Uily Indorsed by the Duluth city
cjr'-i < -iUa t evening and ftiong resolutions
wcro forwsrdtd to-n y la e-i&tors nd re-
BURIED DEEP IN THE DRIFTS
All Business Praotlcally Suspended
Along the Atlantic Coast.
MANY PERISH IN THE "STREETS.
A Prominent Now York Importer
Found Frozim Brnkcincti Blown
From Trains , AVIrcn llrokeii (
Ilnltronds Blocked.
Itow It Is In New York.
Nnw YOIIK , March 13. There has been.
only a partial resumption of trafllc in this
city. The elevated railroad trains nro run
ning only nt Intervals , but they are wholly
Inadequate. for the requirements. Most busi
ness men who have come down this morning
were forced to walk. Sleighs and carriages
wcro In great demand. The wind Is still
blowing furiously nnd the snow Is badly
drifting , being piled in many places six and
eight feet high.
Several persons , it is reported , perished in
the city last night. Communication with
Washington and nil points south of Now
York-Is still entirely cut off. No surface
cars arc running. The snow is fjwen
so hard that the plows cannot
bo used nnd gangs of men
with shovels nnd picks nro endeavoring to
clear the road.
East river was frozen hard this , morning
nnd many Hroohlynltcs walked across it to
the Now York side. Many trains nro stalled
between stations on the Hudson Itlvcr and
Harlem roads. The oflicials said yesterday
that forty trains were snowed In. Effdrts to
breakthrough the snow drifts completely
failed. Not a train reached the depot during
the day. Most of the roads report n similar
condition of affairs. Passengers suffer great
discomfort. The ferryboats are only run at
long intervals. All eastern wires are down.
Communication from Philadelphia last night
by long distance telephone , said the storm
was the createst in over thirty years. No
trains running , many being snow bound near
the city. The Chicago limited express on the
Pennsylvania road Was silowod in seventeen
miles from the city. Business is suspended
and all wires down.
Most people who got to business yesterday
were unable to get homo last night. Hotel
accommodations were strained to their ut
most. Stores and ofllccs were converted
into sleeping apartments for the bo no lit of
employes. The majority of .the theaters
closed last night. A milk famine la threat'
cried if the blockade is not soon cleared.
Twenty families wcro forced to lice for
their lives this morning by the burning of a
tenement bouse on West Forty-Third street.
Last night was the worst ever experienced
along the bank ? of the Hudson and along the
Wcstclicstcr shore of the sound. The mer
cury at 3 this morning at Dobb's ferry on
the Hudson and Port Chester on the sound ,
marked zero. A gale swqit over it with
fearful velocity. Railroad trafllcjon Long
island is entirely blocked. Thousands of
men arc at work digging out the tracks as
the snow plows cannot bo used.
George D. Barrymoro , n well known im
porter nnd dealer in hops , was found frozen
stiff in a snow bank on Seventh avenue. Ho
started for his ottlco yesterday and it is sup
posed ho became exhausted and dropped by
the way unnoticed.
Ilia body of Annie Halpln Fisher , aged
about thirty , wag found last night frozen
stiff in a hallway on West Thirty-Ninth
street. She once stood Well in society , but
had fallen low on account of bad habits.
The storm on Staten island wns very
severe nnd connection with New York has
been cut off slnco yesterday morning. Ves
sels in the bay had a hard- time , but no
wrecks are reported.
This afternoon things assumed a. slightly
better aspect , but a majority of business
houses are cither closed or practically BO.
Not a surface railroad company made any at
tempt to run cars. The elevated railway
trains ran with Irregularity during the after
noon , and with n few sleigus were tho. only
means of conveyance. Broadway and 'other
great north and south thoroughfares
are well nigh impassable with
the mountains of snow shoveled from
the sidewalks. A majority of the side streets
are quagmires of soft snow from oiio to three
feet deep.
At 8 o'clock this evening the. snow la still
falling. No milk has been received in this or
neighboring cities of Brooklyn and Jersey
City for thirty-six hours , or , if received , can
not bo distributed on account of the' hnpassn-
blo condition of the streets. No butchers ,
milkmen , grocers or other carts are Visible.
All provisions uio delivered by hand ,
men floundering painfully thiaugh the diifts.
Coal , even , Is being carried in a thousand
places by the bag , basket nnd bucketful , and
in the poor quarters on the east side , the
price is nearly doubled. A number of restau
rants were compelled to close their doors ,
being unable to gut either fuel or provisions.
Hotels are compelled to get inost of their
fresh uieats and vegetables carried by hand ,
and some nro arranging for relays of men to
btiug coal from the docks in' bags. It is
H laborious process for horses to pull a cait
with half a 'ton of coal. Hockmen asked
from * 30 to J50 for a comparatively short
drive , and gangs of boys and men have been
making their own terms for relieving house
holders imprisoned behind snow drifts , It
was impossible to got n NoW York paper to
day , throughout largo portions of Brooklyn
and Jersey City. The public bchools' are
practically closed ,
Ueports nro received that five pilot boats
are ashore and full of'water at , Bandy Hoolr ,
and thrco at Bay Hidgo. together With n
number of schooners and Iwhlnc smacks in
Horseshoe , all driven ashore la last night's
gale. .Fifteen pilot boats are now nt sea and
pilots ashore fear for'thelr safety.
situation at this hour ia
less promising than during Uio afternoon.
Tljo snow Is falling heavily again. The rail
roads hayo Iniulo no perceptible progress
toward a resumption of travel. Many ferry
boats on the Hudson and East rivers ceased
running , being unublo to get coal for tjic
furnaces.
UTICA , N. Y. , Marqb 13. The storm has
abated , but the extraordinary fall of snow
completely blocks travel , The fast moll and
fast Atlantic express duq in New York early
this morning are at , the depot , where the
passengers are playing cards and otherwise
amusing tliumaclvcs. No trains arrived to.
day.JEIISBV
JEIISBV CITV , N. J. , March 13. Six heavy
engines were from the Pennsylvania railroad
depot this morning to clear the snow from
the tracks. They managed to get halt a mile
from the depot when they encountered a
heavy bank and ono engine was thrown from
the track into the street. Thomas Whcolan ,
an extra Jireniun , nnd John Mulllns , yardmaster -
master , were seriously injured.
CAMnnN , N. J. , March 13. The ; city is put
off from railroad , telcgrapli. or telephone
communication with nil points by the bllz-
zurd , and but for the ferry boafs'whlch still
malic irregular trips , it would bo completely
isolated. The water supply is practically
dxhuuttlcd , and there is grave fear of a con
flagration , which would sweep through tbo
city ,
AI.IIANV , N. Y. , March 13. The storm IB
btlll raging , its' equal never has beCn seen
in this vicinity. The streets are completely
biocliuded. Only twenty. four out of the 100
membf r of tUo legislature are present 'and
It will T > robably be Thursday before the ses
sion will bo CJlled. No truiiis are running.
JiifiATOOA , N. Y. , March 1 ! } : Forty Inches
of enow has fallen here. The wind is blow-
Inc from all points of the compass.
'Jhor. N. Y , , March 18. It has been .snow
ing h * ro forty hours and the groUnd 1 cov
ered to a depth of four f e.et.
AMSTEWUW. N. Y. , March 1Q. The snow
is nearly live feet deep and in some places
the drifts -are twelve to fifteen feet hl/h.
The snow Is Btlll falling and the wind blow
ing lual.
SiBict'iB , N. Y. , March 18. No trumb dre
inovlhxfii any direction. All trains from
the west nro held here with no prospect of
moving bn'orn to-tr.orrow. The hotels are
crowded with belated travelers.
fjiniTc-OA. March 13. Rallrond travel In
this section I * entirely suspended , not a wheel
moved on any of the roads for twenty-four
houis. Four feet four inches of mrv ! &
fallen nnd the stonrf Js still raging. For
seven hours the snbwlhns been falling , with
no Indications of its Mopping.
EUZUIETTT , N. J. , March 13. This city has
boon isolated for two days without telegraphic
communication to 'ariy point. Trains on the
railroad nrb snowbound. Ono man has been
found in a snow drift ; frozen to death. Sev
eral persons are missing.
A Wild Nlsht On the Tlonrt.
PjtTiiuno , Pa. , March 13. [ Special Tele
gram to the BKB.J For years there has not
been such absolute dearth of telegraphic com
munication with the east ns yesterday and
last night. ThO storm of Sunday night
rolled down the mountains and through the
Junlata valley , scattering fences , breaking
telegraph poles nnd wires , upsetting small
buildings nnd causing great loss in many
ways. It wns a bad night for Pennsylvania
railroad men. Many freight trulim wcro
compelled to take to sidings nnd wait until
morning. . A short distance cast of hero n
brnkcinan was blown from the top of a car ,
but was not injured sovorely. Trainmen
pronounce it the worst storm over known on
the road. Ono of them who nrtlved last
night on n passenger train , said : "Between
Philadelphia and Downlngtown the wind al
most blew the cars from the track. The all-
was piercing cold and it was almost impossi
ble to. stand in the storm. Telegraph poles ,
trees , fences , everything , was blown across
the track nnd the train uindo little headway.
One of the poles blow down ns the train wrts
moving- slowly along nnd knocked , the' smoke
stack from the engine. The cngino then ran
into a network of , wires , which wrapped
themselves around it nnd wo had to stop u
long time to get them undone. Wo suffered
terribly and were almost frozen. "
Business on- the Pennsylvania- railroad
between this c-ity nnd Philadelphia is'
completely paralyzed. No trains have
como in from the cast since last
night. Everything is blocked with ( * now.-
All freight trains ave snowbound and thcro
nro no prospects of getting them out for -at
lenst twenty-four hours. At some places
snow has drifted as high as five foot nnd there
nro miles of freight trains waiting
to get through. Never before in the history
of railroads has there been such blockado.
The cold weather is very severe on freight
bralccmcn as most of thorn are snow-bound
several miles from a station or habitation.
Passengers on the trains also suffer , as the
thermometer in most places IB below zero.
No malls have arrived from tno cast since G
o'clock last evening. Telegraphic communi
cation is still almost entirely cut off and all
messages are taken subject to delay. There
is no trouble west nnd the trains are arriving
nnd departing on time ,
PHILADELPHIA , March IB. There has been
but little improvement to-day. The stagna
tion of business caused by the storm contin
ues. The street car companies have gener
ally resumed busfneSswith four horse teams.
The steam railroad systems , however , are still
in paralyzed condition nnd very little cffo'rtls
being made to run trains over any of the
roads centering "here. Attention is being
mainly given to attempts to clear the track.
The sev.ero storm : still rages , so far osdrift-
ing of snow is concerned , and tbo herculean
efforts of thoraihVny officials so far have
been fruitless in getting the various lines
Into successful operation. The wind 1ms
continued to blow all day , nnd thousands of
laborer who have bcpn digging at the moun
tains of snow and Jco on the various lines
loading into this city have had a .dishearten
ing task. The loss'tq the commercial inter
ests of Philadelphia cannot bo estimated In
dollars and ceiits , and the time which
will be required to put the railroad n"d tele
graphic trafllo in its normal condition cannot
even bo estimated ? Railroad trafllo 'for the
present is almost < entit-oly suspended. No.
wrecks have been reported to-day on the
various roads , but a-numbcr occurred yester
day. Fortunately none of them were at
tended with fatal results , althongh several
train hands received painful injuries. Ono
party of twenty-eight railroad men nnd pass
engers has been stuck in a big drift at Dud
ley on the .Amboy ' divisionin
New Jersey , since' yesterday morning ,
and Tearing they were suffering for food on
the train ono of tno train dispatchers organ-
i/ed n relief party. Taking n big four horsp
sleigh with provisions , they endeavored to
force their way through the country roads ,
but their success has not yet been learned.
The blockading of railroads , both in this
state and Now Jersey , , lias cut short the
b'upplyof milk nnd produce , and tlfo former
article cannot bo' purchased except in very
email quantities in this city.
Hoporls by n special messenger from Wil
mington , Del. , sav word has l > ccn i cccived
from Lewes by railroad wire that a number
of vessels and tugs have been sunk at the
Delaware breakwater and twenty-live lives
lost. Two bodies have uhcady been recov
ered , and it is believed 1ho loss of life along
the coast will bo tqrribLo.
Still Raging in Washington.
WASHINGTON , March 13. The fierce .wind
storm which struck Washington last - Saturday
day night , has continued uninterrupted slnco
thai Um'e mnl shows no signs of abatement.
The day has been cloudless , but the force
and icincss of ( ho wind kept indoors all ex
cept those who wcro compelled to brave it.
The Work done yesterday in the way of repairing
pairing- telegraph wires lead ing to the city
and clearing the obstructions from tllo rail
road trucks was , to n largo extent , Undone
by the wind of last night nnd to-day. A
force Of linemen between Philadelphia and
Washington removed from the railroad
tracks 700 telegraph poles. The cut-off be
tween this city and New York seems to bo
hopeless for the present ut least , and thcro
appears to ho no chance of ro-establibhing
communications so long ns the weather con
tinues so scveic. Telegraph men state that
the wrcck'of the lines is the worst they have
ever known. The nUlroad situation is prac-i
tically unchanged since yesterday ,
Thrco trains arrived to-night fiom Phila
delphia , after a long nnd hard trip. No
trains have arrived fiom Now York since the
ono which c.uno in yesterday. At the signal
olllco it Is said the present storm is un
precedented slnco the origin of the signal
service , Th6 temperature to-day Is lower
than over , before known ut thin season of Urn
your.
Tlio SUn-tn in Ontario.
OTTAWA , Ont , March 13. No business was
done to-day on account of the sn.ow storm.
Tho-wcst bouncj Toronto express , which loft
hero last nlidit is , fatuck between here and
Curletou. The weather is boisteious nnd
cold.
Telegraph AViren Ijad |
CHICAGO , March is. ' The wires of the
Western Union Jtefejjr.iph company , which
were completely demolished between Chicago
cage nnd eastern polnjsby yesterday's ' storm ,
are still in very baiUMapo. Local ofhclals
have , asyet , no pi cans' of knowing the ex
tent of the troubles. ( Tlicro js but ono duplex
wire to New York thai' can be used , while
Washington , Baltimore and Philadelphia
are completely put off fiom direct
communication with the west. The storm ,
ills reported , has. subsided tliU morning.
The meagro ropqrU o'f Uio bignal service of
fice mdic 'i that the storm Was very violent
U16ng the north Atlantic coast , sweoplng over
the plates of New York , . Pennsylvania and
Ohio , Very cold weather is reported at
many points. At Albany the mercury last
nlgUt marked 4 ° ubovo zero , nnd at Now
York City 10 abovo. At Albany and Pitts-
burg the snow fall Is rejwrted.to be very
heavy. There Is no Interruption of telegraph
lines either south or west.
Stolen Jlorses Ill-covered.
LAXDEH , Wyo. , March 13. [ Special Tele-
grain to the BKB- Last July forty-blx head
of horses belonging to the private herd of J.
K. Mpore , post trader on the Fort \Vnsha1do ,
Shoshone rnd Arapahoc reservations , were
stolen by a } in-h6ru gtimbler named lloynes
nnd orange crook called "Arapahoe Charlie. "
Sheriff Sparhawk , of tuts ( Fremont ) county ,
has Just recovered thirty-eight heau near
Valentine , Neb , The trail of the thieves w as
lost. Many of the stolen horses wcro im
ported. froniMfosourl und. Kentucky. * Total
YMJue of the bitr.il. , tr.tW.
SHERMAN'S ' SILVER RECORD ,
Bock Makes It the Objoot of a
Oaustlo Attack.
THE DEMONETIZATION MEASURE.
The Kentucky Senator Charges That
It AVas Smuggled Through Congress -
gross Without Proper Consid
eration Slicrnmii'B Keply.
Senate.
WASHINGTON' , March 13. Among' the bills
reported nnd placed on the calendar was ono
granting nn increase of pension to Mrs , Gen
eral Ward Burnett.
Mr. Halo called up the resolution offered
by him December 12 , for the appointment of
a special committee to examine into the.pres
ent condition of the civil service in all
branches of the government. Mr. Cockroll
offered an amendment to extend the inquiry
to instances of the pernicious , partisan ac
tivity of republican oflicials since the execu
tive order of President Hayes of Juno , 1ST" ,
particularly in the presidential elections pf
1SSO nnd 1SS4. After some debate the amend
ment wns defeated nnd the original resolu
tion wns adopted.
The senate then proceeded to the consider
ation of Heck's bill to provide for the retirement
*
ment of United States legal tender and
national bank notes of small denominations
nnd the Issue of coin certificates in lieu of
.goljl certificates , nnd Mr. Beck addressed the
senate in advocacy of it. Ho referred to
what ho had said in his speech on the pension
bill as to Mr. Sherman's responsibility
for the silver demonetization measure.
In support of his statement that that measure
had been carried through congress secretly ,
ho ouoted from a speech made in the house by
Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , the chairman who
had had charge of the bill'to tha effect that
the bill was passed without any allusion in
the debate to the question of the abandon
ment of the standard silver dollar law , and
that ho. ( Kelly ) did not know anything of it
for eighteen months afterwards. Ho also
quoted from speeches in the senate by various
senators at diifci'ent times declaiming ngalnst
the bill. If there was any .faith to bo put in
human testimony neither the senate , congress'
.nor the people knv that silver coin was
being strucltdown when the act of 1873 was
passed. Ho denounced ns untrue the pre
tense that silver was demonetized because it
was more valuable than gold , but declared
it was because capitalists and bond owners
saw that gold was becoming more and more
valuable every day.
From , the beginning of the war until now
the moneyed men of the country nnd yiolr nd-
vocates nnd supporters in congress nnd els < 5-
svhero had sought , first , to make money out
of the country's distress , and then , at all haz
ards and by nil mc'ans foul and fair , unlaw
fully to make themselves rich at the
c'xpcnso of the great masses of the people.
The , demonetization of silver was but
ono stop in that Imo. The net in the re
vised statutes was another step in the same
direction. After that the next thing was to
strike down the 'greenback m resumption not
to destroy it altogether , nnd to leave the
national banks omnipotent over the land.
And nil this time the senator from Ohio had
been chairman of the sonata committed on
finance.
After criticising several of Mr. Shormnn'.s
reports and suggestions while secretary of
the treasury , Mr. Beck said : "That is ono
of the reasons -arliy. ! said that while the sena
tor from Ohio might bo president of the
United States , his conduct in relation to the
act of 1873 , nnd his great financial abilities
exercised us they always have been in the
interest of the anonoy power will not boa
record of which ho will bo proud when ho
comes before the people. " The bill which ho
( Deck ) had introduced proposed to issue coin
certificates Instead of gdld and silver certi
ficates. The was tho.tlrst great step for the
country to take.
Referring to the efforts of the national
banks to prevent the coinage of silver , ho
spoke of tlicso b.uiks . as u failure ,
as no longer of any account , as going
down every dny. As to Edward
Atkjnsnn'a report on the silver question ho
spoke of. him as doubtless an able and re-
specUdilo man , but a doctrinaire.
Mi. Hoar lemiudcd Mr. Beck that the
present administration had sent Atkinson to
Europe.
Mr. Bock I know , and that Is what I com
plain of. Oh , bless you , there nro good men
in the democratic imriy us well us iu the re
publican party. "
In conclusion ho said ho would call up his
bill for action nt an early dny when ho would
see whether the senate agreed with him in
thinking his bill a stop in the right direction.
Mr. Sherman said ho would reply briolly to
ono or two matters of a personal character
which the senator felt justiHed in lugging
into the controversy. The senator's answer
to-day to what ho ( Sherman ) had Bald when
ho last spoke on the subject was lame and
impotent to the last degree. How had lie
answered it ? By going totbo record and
seeing whether the demonetization laws were
put through in a secret way ? Not at all , but
by quoting speeches made on the stumper
or in the , senate , and grossly misapplying
them. Ho ( Sherman ) was now able from the
original senate records , to show th'at the bill
in question bad been openly- discussed ,
fully considocced nnd submitted to public
opinion In every form , Inside of congress and
outside. It was not n bill of his devising. Ho
had never seen it until .it had been sent to
him. as chairman of the finance committee by
tno sccictary of the treasury. It did not be
come n law for three years afterwards , nnd
In the meantime it had been printed three-
times and beep debated over and over again.
The housa had insisted on reducing the
weight of the silver dollar to 8b4 graiiis , or
Just the exact equivalent of two half dollars. ,
thus making the silver dollar practically a
minor or subsidiary coin. So that in the
original bill tha old silver dollar had been
dropped , and In jts pluco a minor or subsidi
ary coin is substituted. From that time
( April , 1870) till the passage of the law of
February lb"t ! , that provisionJind stood intho
law , and been printed over and over again In
both houhts And yet members of congress
had been quoted as s.iyfng they did not know
what was in the bill. It was In deference to
the wishes of thn Pacillc coast that the scn-
atoliad substituted for the subsidiary coin
proposed by thohpuse , the tiado dollar. Ho ,
knew the o-icinal | proposition of the house
was to convert the silver dollar into minor
coin , and ho did not believe in that.
But thcro was ono thing ho did not BOO. Ho
did not see in to the future. Ho did nor foresee
that the silver dollar , which was then at-a
premium of 3 per cent over the gold dollar
would , within fifteen years , lie woith only 70
cents , If anybody had tpld him so ha would
have tiiought.hlm crazy , So , that all thcro
wns oboit | it was.tlmt congress had not fore
seen the change In the value pf the silver
dollar. As to the payment of intciest on
United States "bonds in coin , which
Mr. Heck found PO much fault with , ho
thanked Cod that that had been legislated
fqr. If It had not been what would have be
come of the- national credit ! Without that
strong hodior ofcoii ( Interest United States
bonds would have disappeared like confcucr-
nto bonds Into thin air , "unknown and un
sung , " As to the senator's talk about re
sumption , who did not feel , ho qsked , that
thai preat work of .courapn not only of con-
gtcss , but'of tlio departments nnd of the people
ple wnb ono of the pioudest tilumphs of'tho
nation. Ho thought the tlmo might como
when all thc'silver product of the country
might be represented by coin certificates ;
but then it would have to bo bought at Its
market value. Congress nnd the nation were
Ifowcrlul in many things , but they word not
jxMyerful enough to create values. Ad
journed ,
Ilousq.
WAsriiscTON , March 13. Among the bills
reported from committees was the omnibus
bill for tlio admission into the union of Da
kota , 'Montana , Washington nnd New Mexico ,
by Mr. Springer of Illinois , and. it > vas ro
fcrred to the committee of the whole.
Mill * were reported and sent to the com
mittee of the wholofor , the erection of public
buildings nt Galcsburg , 111. , nnd Daven
port , la.
The committee on public buildings nnd
grounds reported the bill appropriating
fiO.OOO for the inn chase of a slto in Chicago
nnd providing for the erection thcrc&n nt nn
ultimate cost of ? 2-10,000 of n building to bo
used as nn appraiser's wnrehouso. Commit
tee of the wholOi
The bill providing that the first session , of
the Fifty-first congress begin March 4 , 18S9 ,
was reported adversely.
The Grosvcnor resolution directing the
military committee to enquire whether any
unofficial matter had been incorporated In
the rebellion records was reported back urttl
adopted.
The remainder of the day was consumed In
thq consideration of the bill allotting lands in
severally to the United , Poorln and Miami
Icdlans , which finally passed , nnd the house
adjourned. _
Fnlrchlia on tlio Bliorninn 1)111.
WASHINGTON , March 18. Secretary Fairchild -
child to-day sent a letter to the senate finance
committee- regard to the Sherman bill for
( vestment of funds for the redemption of
national bank notes. Ho says the bill directs
the secretary of the treasury to Invest 80
per cent of the funds hold by the treasurer
for the redemption of tha notes of national
banks which have reduced tholr circulation ,
by the purchase In open market of United
States Interest bearing bonds. The bill is
mandatory nnd would require the investment
to bo made immediately upon its passage.
The secretary Is further dlicctcd to sell in
open market so many of said bonds as in
his Judgment shall bo necessary nnd to re
deem bank notes as they are presented .for
redemption whenever the uninvested portion
of said fund falls below 20 per cent of the
whole. The bill further declares that its
purpose is to maintain in the treasury for
such redemption not less than 20 per cent
nnd not more than 80 per cent of the money
deposited. The secretary discusses the
questions raised by the bill a-.ld says :
After mature consideration it docs not
seem to bo well thus forcibly and suddenly
to exixmd , the circulating medium when the
expansion inevitably must bo followed in a
short tlmo , and perhaps suddenly , by almost
equal contraction.- This would , In the secre
tary's Judgment , promote a speculation Jiot
healthful to business. On the whole It would
appear bettor that tha time when this Con
traction takes place should bo determined by
the voluntary action of banks , ns is now the
cn o. The increased circulation authorized
by this bill would probably not exceed f 10-
000,000. There would not bo a great profit
in the circulation at the present price of
bonds , oven if this additional circulation , wcro
authorized , nnd any attempt by banks
to purchase many bonds would soon advance-
tholr price beyond the point where the circu
lation could bo profitably issued upon them.
This certainly would be the case if the forced
governmental purchase required by thq ear
lier provisions of this bill was simultaneous
with the bank purchase. However , the 10
ptr centum increase would bb to that extent
of benefit to the binlcs and not harmful to
the public , except as it might compel the
government to. pay more for bonds , the pur
chase of which is directed by this bill , than
otherwise would bo the caso. If the average
annual decrease in national bank circulation
should continue to equal that of the past live
years , the whole circulation will bo retired
by the end of the fiscal year 18H. ! It is not
possible , however , that this rule bf dccrctiso
should continue unless the government pur
chases drive' the price of bonds so high that
it would bo to'tho interest of banks to s.cll
and retire from the national system. Even if
circulation should continue in the past ratio
of retirement there Is no reason to fear that
its place would not bo supplied by other forms
of circulating media us rapidly sis in tbo
past.
The secretary says that In his Judgment
the purchase of bonds with the surplus
revenue is the only immediate relief from tlie
evils caused by the accumulation intho treas
ury , but this relief would bo only temporary.
The repeal of the huvs which levy excessive
taxation and cause the accumulation of a
harmful surplus is the only adequate remedy.
Iowa and Nebraska Patents.
WASHINGTON" , Jan. 18. [ Special Telegram
to the BEE.J Patents were to-day issued
to the following inventors : William Dippert ,
DCS Molncs , la. , assignor by mesno assign
ments of one-half to the DCS Molnes saddlery ,
hardware and manufacturing company ,
buckle and hamo tug attachment : Charles
H. and U. W. Elliott. Rockfprd , la. , sheaf
carrier ; Augustin S. Hnines , Nashville. la. ,
n system of irrigation ; George D. Hicks ,
assignor of one-half toE. L , Hicks , Sioux
City , In. , interest calculating device ; Jacob
A. Mattorn. Colfax , la. , loom ; H. W. Mc-
Neill , Osknloosa . , cable lullwaycar ; J.
K. Purlnton , Dallas Center , In. , boiler ; Wil
liam M' Heed , Shelton , Nobt car coupling ;
Frank Strub and W. Nendol , LoMars , Iu. ,
hay loader ; Frank Thone , Oskaloosa , la. ,
incandescent lamp socket.
The Indian Appropriation. BUI.
WASHINGTON , March 18. The house com
mittee on Indian affairs ( ms completed the
annual Indian appropriation bill. It appro
priates $5,19.3,253 , being $ * ) C , HI less than the
estimates. Secretary Vlhis , in his letter of
acknowledgement of n copy of Uio bill , says
the subject shall have hl personal attcn-
tion-as suggested , and that the orders will bo
transmitted by the most expeditious means
whloh will protect , the interests of the In
dians if they bo injeopardy. The committep
has ent a siibpocmt to Agent Gregory , who
is on leave of absence at Uot Springs , Ark.
Noljrnnka nnd Iowa PeiiHlons.
WASHING roNMarchl3. [ SpecltilTolcgram
to the Br.u.1 The following pensions for
Nobrasltnns were granted to-day : Original
invalid William- . Hoblet. Dorchester ;
John Barrett , Blue Hill ; J. A. Stoval , ( de
ceased ) Noith I'lalto , ( cndH , November 80 ,
1682) ) ; L. S. Mason , Stella. Increase
I. D L. Smith , Sliver Greek. Original ,
Widows , orphans , etc. Bynthla E. , widow of
Moses Martin , Cicsco.
Pensions for lowans : Original Invalid
OrcgonPrcscott , Mason City ; William II.
Smishor , Clarence ; Jacob Jacobson , Da van-
port : Martin Sutler , Mnurico ; Lovl Summer-
lot , Dunreath ; John A. Hayes , ICeokuk.
Increase-r-F. M. Scott , Glen wood ; E. L.
Johnfcon , Pel-ry ; J. Y. Ulckoy , Indlanola ; J.
W. Tullls , Woodburn ; David Chrlsnmn ,
Durham ; J , M. Dunn. Mubcatino ; George
Kent , Oolweln ; Charles & , Vincent ,
WavorlyV. ; . S. Neajr Crnwfordsvillo.
Original , widows , oiphans , cte. Sarah ,
widow of J. II , Hill , Calamus ; Eliza ,
mother of William Bales , Maiongo.
Army Oi'dorw ,
WASHINGTON , March 13. [ Special Tele
gram to the /lEn.l Captain Gordon Winslow ,
Eighth infantry , Is oidered to the examina
tion by the army retiring board at Fort Leav-
cnworth , Kan ,
Lieutenant ColOncl. . John p. Holand ,
Twenty-first infuqtry i granted six months
extcntlon of loavo.
Colonel John R , Brooks , Third Infantry ,
has been ordered from Fort Shaw , Mont. , to
Helena , Mont. , to inspect the accounts of the
disbursing officers there and Captain Theo
dore F. Forbes Fifth infuutry , has been
ordered to inspect the accounts of Captain
John PUtinau , ordinance ) department at the
Fort Abial.um , Lincoln dcpotL Dak.
Ih-ud Kinjicror.
BBIELIK , March III , Tlio buck portion of
the cathedral has been converted Into u slop
ing platform. It is covered with bla-k sc.i go
and Is intended for the reception of floral of
ferings of the public. On the other sldo of
the altar stand luurcl trees , and lofty oxotlcs
Imbedded in a muss of flowers in full bloom ,
including camellas , and thousands of snow
blossoms. Palm branches of colossal dimen
sions conceal the granite columns. A con
tinuous stream of people passed over the
bridge which has been erected in the cathe
dral nnd which affords a viewof the cata
falque. No person is allowed to stop. Prince
William stood for on lipur superintending the
arrangements uad giving unul orders.
STRANGE AND SENSATIONAL
A Woman's Rovelntlona to the
Chicago Police.
HOTEL THIEVES DISCOVERED ,
An OrKnnUcd Illiijt , ol' Kobbora Un
earthed nlulVHK < IH l < oadnorUooty
Jlccovcred The In formcr'a
Kcniarkatilo History.
A llotnnntio Career.
Cmcicio , March 13. A few dnya
ngo Uio police wcro notified thntt
n detective was wanted nt a house
on the north altlo CfTttiH 'wentthera
nnd In n miserable tenement found n woman
of apparently refined and cultured imtuvo ,
who told them a strange stiry. She explained -
plained that thcro existed nn
organization amongst certain hMol employes
which made n business of systeir.nt'cally
robbing hdtcls nnd their gUests. She K'Wo '
the name of n man with whom she was * J J
llV-Ing , Frank Emmett , iis ono of the gang. "J ;
The police found him to bo a trusted watch
man nt the Sherman house. Ho and. the other *
employes of that hotel have been arrested , '
nud steps ai'e being taken to huntAlown
the thieves in other hugo hotels here , who
Include both inalo nnd female help. Szycrnl
wagon loads of coeds have been recovered
fiom various places-Including all classes of
hotel linen , table wnio , guests clothing , etc.
The woman who gave tho'llrst Information to
the police gave her nanlo ns Mis , Jiuncji W.
Murry , and tells a romantic story ot
her life. Her maiden name she claims was
Kerns , and she wns the dauhgter of n ono
tlmo lord mayor of Dublin. She wns edu
cated in the lindst manner abroad , and her
mother and scvoriil sisters nro llvlilg now
in England. She was married In 1880 to
James W. Murray , then a 'wealthy shoo
denier in Limerick. In the nccond
vear of their marriage they came to Phila
delphia , where ho is now-n member of n largo
manufacturing firm. They did not get 'nlong
wull together nnd she loft him , after which
ho- procured a divorce on the erounds of-
descrtlou. During u long period of lllne.su in
Now York she was befriended by Ennnott ,
who was her only friend nnd since her ro-
coveiy has been living with htm. She would
have married him but for the fact that. n a
n cAtholic , she is still the wife of Murry.
Pride prevented her from making her un
fortunate condition known to her relatives.
NOT GUILTY.
Verdict .of the Jury in the Witter
Poisoning Cnnc.
DENvmv Colo. , March 18. [ Special Telegram -
gram to thcr Br.n. ] The 'Witter poisonliig-
trial terminated to-day. The closing hours
of this celebrated case were replete with-ex-
clting incidents , The court room tlo | entirs * * * .
dny contained no Idss than TOO people.
When Hoy. Thomas Patterson arose to
fnako the final appeal for bis fair client
hundreds of eyes wcro riveted upon hlin
nnd every ear was strained to' catch his
words. Ho never made a grander appeal ,
and as ho tenderly alluded to the suffer
ings endured by .the patient , loving
wife , tours .ran from ' the eyes - of
many ladles , whllo others sobbed aloud.
A number 'of the 'jurors , ' ( bo , wept
unrestrainedly. jAt 4 o'clock the Jury ro- '
tired. During the Buctepdinj ; flvo tiours
scarcely ono of the vast audlou'co stlrre'd.
from the court room. Precisely at 0:30 : Mrst
Witter , attended by her aged parents .and.
younger bret her , entered the court room.
She was so terribly agitated that she reached
a seat by her attorney only with the assist
ance of friends. When seated her condition'
was pitiful. Her suspense , however , was
"brier , ns the jury nlmost immediately ap
peared , when the foreman in distinct tones
announced , "Wo find the prisoner not
guilty. " Ho was interrupted by a scene
never before witnessed in any Colorado
court of Justice , or perhaps anywhere. Instantly -
stantly a mighty shout arose , hands wcrq ,
excitedly clapped , men whistled , whilb
the ladles embraced nnd cried in each other's '
arms. Mrs. Witter yielded to a wild impulse
ofgriqf. When court ndjoui'nol hundred ! )
ci owded around the fair widow and onthu- .
slastically embraced hor. For a timo'tho
demonstrations wcro so violent that it waa
feared she would bo BUffoeated. Ladles
shook hands with nil the Jurors with a fer
vent "God bless you. " On tho. way to her
carriage Mrs. Witter was followed by madly
excited throngs who cndeavdicd to release
her horses and pull her coupe to her home.
One oiank called for COO women to escort.
Mrs , Witter homo. Tlio , verdict , while an
ticipated , is generally rccelvod-with satisfao- .
tlon. as there is little loye loft for Witter'8' '
family in Denver.
Miijor IIowUl'M Flag Sentiments.
Ni.w YOHIC/Maruh 18. [ Special to the
BBB. ] The Now York aldermen to-dny un-
animotusly accepted the Invitation to partici
pate In the St. Patrick's day colobratfon. A
resolution was adopted asking the mayor to1 .
put the Amei lean flag nt Jiatt 'mast on tUo
city hull on the day of the Gorman emperor's ,
funeral , and also that tha Irish flag be' dls- .
played March 17. The mayor , who has the '
veto power , sajd : "I see no objection to1
raising the ' American ling , and am willing to
order it'up on alnost any conceivable preJ '
tent , but I am unalterably opposed tomv \ -
ing any foreign flags displayed on the city-
hall. "
Eight citizens of Brooklyn have sent a'
memorial to Mayor Chnpln asking him to
prohibit the decoration of the city hall March. .
17. The date for the veto , howovw , it con
templated , bus expired In Brooklyn.
Proo Trail o nnd Protection.
LONDON , March 13. The existing agricul
tural depression was discussed In the houfeo
of lords last night. Lord . Sallbbury while
avowing a belief thnt tljer.o nio strong'
economical arguments ngnlnst frro trndo ,
said that for political rdatono ho was nmililo-
to accept protection ns a remedy for existing
evils.
TJio.Flro llocoid. '
MAHIETTA , O , , Mnrch 13. A fire.this mom-
ing destroyed tho- Register building nnd ucv-
cral stores , caOhlng a liability pf { 00,100. The
ilro Is supposed to have been of incendiary
origin ,
AuiAJjy , N. Y. , March 13-r Telopiono ] re
ports say lira Is raging at Stamfotd , Conn ,
The Western Union toh graph oftlco there M
destroyed. Owing t6 wire trouble further
particulars arc. lacking.
PITTSIIL'UO , March 13 , It is reported to *
night that tho-villago of Harrisvlllo , W. Vn. ,
is burning. No further Information received.
COI.UM tins , O. , March 1S. < Tim , main build
ing of the Huekoyo buggy company burnefl . *
to night. The losses aggregate $100,000 ; Insurance - 4
suranco $100,000 , '
Weather Indication * , *
ForNobraskn : Light to frash
crly winds , wnrmerfalr weather.
For Iowa : Light to fiosh cisteriy v/lnds ,
warmer , fair wcathei.
For eastern and southwestern Dakota i
Light rain or snow , followed by colder. f Jr
weutlicr , light to frcih variable winds.
KAX8XS CjTir , Mo. , March 13. fBpeel l >
Telegram to the 13EB.J The American Aiio-
elation club to day' signed McTatnany , left
flcldcr with the Droolclyns last your , Knl5
Donahue , u catcher , formerly of tht Metro *
politans. This" completes the team.
Director * Elected.
ST. Lovu , March 13. The stockbold r ot
the Wabash & Western road elected diroot
toisfo-dny. The annual report chows aur-
plas of W > O.S17 during the nine montUl o <
the