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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE NINETEENTH YEAE. . . OMAHA , FKIDAY MOVING , APEIL 23 , 1890. NUMBER 305. A BRIDGE BUILDER KILLED , William Nee , a B. & M , Employe , Murdered at Orawforu A 8YROAUSE WIDOW HANGS HERSELF Ncl.s Trillion , n Farmer Nnni' Fremont , MNHHK | ! AH Kpidcinlo of Mump * at llo.ntrloc Other Stnto XCWHJ * Ciiiwronn , Neb. , April 24. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Bin : . ] William Nee , n bridge builder on the IJ. ft M. railroad , was shot mid hilled nt 5 o'clock this eyoning. Timothy Spring , charged with the shooting , Is under arrest. The murdered man is from Wiscon- oin. A Farmer PnnstONT , Neb. , April 21. [ Special to Tun Biu. : ] News reached this city today of the mysterious disappearance of n former named Nils Trulson , a resident of Logan township , this county. Trulson's ' absence was first noted by his neighbors on Saturday night , and since that time nothing has been heard of him. Ho was Unmarried and about fifty years old. Ho loft some property and hud some money with him when ho disappeared. A good many of tlio residents of his neighbor hood nr-J of the opinion that it was a case of hulcldo by drowning. His friends organized for searching Logan creek for his body , but witli Avluxt result Is not known. To add to the interest of tlio Incident , it is reported that there Is a woman In the case. Trnlsou Itm Scandinavian , and has been a resident of Lo gan township for many years. Cainnrldjro JteniH. CAMimmoi : , Nob. , April 24.Speciul [ to Tun BII : : . ] Arbor day was duly observed hero by the planting of trees by nearly all of the citizens. Invitations were scut out invit ing the ladles to take part in the planting of rose bushes and shrubbery In the park and a number responded. The result was tlio park was nllvo with people in tlio afternoon , some setting out trees and others painting the scats and raking : the rubbish oil tlio grass , etc. Strangers and traveling men all say that Cambridge has the finest natural park and lake In the whole stitte. Two new business houses are almost com pleted and a third is under way and every thing In general denotes that business will bo livelier than it has. been for yours. The mer chants are receiving largo stocks of goods every day and -str.ingcru are to bo seen on every band. From throe to six car loads of Stock arc shipped from tills point ovcry week , four car loads being shipped out today , three by the alliance and ono by Kunkiii Bros. A coach will be attached to the local freight Friday morning to convoy the Odd Fellows , their families and their friends to Arapahoe to eelebrato theirsoventy-llrst anniversary. The Cambridge cornet band will also go along. C. W. Knight , Kouto Agent Wot/.ol and a number of clerks In Superintendent Camp bell's ' onico came down fromMcCook last evening on a fishing excursion. His Neighbors Speak. ttm-nni , , Nob. , April 21.- [ Special to Tin : BIIAt : : n recent meeting held hero the fol lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted : Wliornus , Tlio Hov. Itufns Uouley , while In the dlsnbai-KiMif tlio humane and Christian duty uf soliciting aid for tlio needy In our midst , him been wlukedly and maliciously HS- snlled and misrepresented through thu press of almost the L'litlro state by certain parties whoso solu aim seems to bu to get all thu inoniiy out of thu homiMtt-udcrs they cfiu , therefore , hi ) It Uesolved , fly the people of Itothel , that they liuvu the greatest confidence In the honesty. Integrity anil plnty of Hi-other Cooley ami know that ho did not misrepresent thu condi tion of the people , and with Christian Indigna tion repel any and every such olmrgu and mls- lopicM-ntallon iinil.bolluve , us law abldliigcit- 1/eiis , Hint lliother Cooley .should proieeiito Mich parties for libel , and wo heiehy pledge him our sympathy and support In bo doing ; and , bu It further Kcsolvcd , That u copy of these icRolnllons bo furnished the press and that it 1m re quested to publish them as extensively as ft hns the charges. T. W. Bracken was appointed to furnUh the press with a copy. 1 * . T. ADKI.N * , K. S. "U'ALKnt , Sec. Pros't , All K.YOltillK ItlKM * . RKYXOI.DJ ) , Nob. , April ! ! ! . [ Special to Tin : Bii : : . ] A man about twenty-five years of ago who registered at the Depp hotel in this place yesterday as Wallace Anderson and has the appearance of being Swede or Norwegian , procured n team and driver from the livery stable ot Henry Abbey in the forenoon and was driven south of Hcynolds under pre tense of wanting ; to find work as a farm hand. Not finding work ho was driven back to Koynolds and about-f o'clock p.m. l p hired the best team In the same stable for a little drive around town , but parties seeing him drive southeast at a rapid gate reported to the livery stable , and Mr. Abbey becoming alarmed , started after him with a team of ponies. Anderson had about half an hour the start , but Mr. Abbey was lucky in keep ing In his track and after following him six teen miles southeast ho got sight of the man going over the hills with the line team of grays at a break neck speed. Then followed a race of four mll'-s , each team being put to their utmost speed , the ponies proving I'ljinil to the occasion. Tlio man was caught , t led and brought back to Koynolds and turned over to the olllcors of the law. Tlio Kaiisari-Xebraslcii Kctmion. Sri-mitoit , Neb. , April 21.-Special [ Tele gram to Tin : Ur.c.j Tlio council of adminis tration and reunion committees of the inter state reunion of the Kansas and Nebraska ( inuid Army of the Hepublie met hero today to perfect arrangements for the reunion to beheld held August t to 0 next. Cireut interest was manifested nt the meeting , and the reunion promises to bo n great success and will over shadow everything in that line thus fnr in the valley. The presence of United States troops is assured , mid the committee is offering cusb prizes for the best military band of the state mul drum corps , ns well as military bodies mid secret society uniform ranks. Some of ( ho most prominent speakers of Kansas and Nebraska have promised to bo present , and every effort will bo nindo mid no expense spared to make this interstate reunion mi at- fair long to bo remembered. Superior utters Unparalleled railroad facilities to all to attend , mid the well known liberality and enterprise nf her citizens guarantees Its success. A verv prominent United States army oftleor will doubtless bo commander of thu camp. North Kansas posts are taking great interest in the matter. Notes IVoin O.\foi- l. Oxroui ) , Neb , , April ! . ' . [ Special to Tun Bin : . ] A force of carpenters has arrived hero mul commenced work ou u new passenger .depot in the place of the ono recently de- Btroyed by lire. The building will bo an exact duplicate of the old one , which was counted 0110 of the best on the B. ft M. Hues. Henry P. Camp , cashier of the Farmers' State bank , whose wlfo eloped with a St. Louis traveling num several weeks ago , has hiieil for a divorce from hU pretty but fickle better half. A petition ! * , in circulation asking tlio vlllago Iwaul of trustees to call tin election' vote bonds for a system of water works. Late ifllns in this vicinity give small grain a fluttering prospect , A Xiirr < 7Y i. ; cni 0 tor Two. Lincnrr , Neb. , April ! il.SpocIul [ Tele gram to Tun DEE. ] Louts Kisser , a bar tender , was shot In the arm this afternoon mid severely wounded by the accidental dis charge of a bhotguu. He in company with two ethers tturtcd out in a hunt lu a buggy when the gun fell from his hafid. The ham mer struck against the side of the buggy bed , discharging the load into his ami. Taylor Gore , the driver , narrowly escaped , the charge passing up the outside of his coat sleeve and burning bis hair mid eyebrows. Cat tin Tor Superior. Sfi-cntoit , Neb. , April ! M. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bnn. ] The Superior cattle com pany received ten cur loads of cattle from Longmont. Cal. , over the B. it M. tonight , mid twenty-live cur loads came over the Atchlson , ToK.-ka | & Santa Fe for .lames Meek , from New Mexico. The cattle Inter est here is becoming u very important indus try. _ Kmloil lleiTroubles. . Nr.musK.CITV , Neb. , April 24. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BEK.J Coroner Karsteu was called to Syracuse today to hold an Inquest on the body of Mrs. . George Talbot , n widow aged fifty living four miles south of that place , who Committed suicide last night by bunging in her room. She left u note stating that she was tired of living and would cud her troubles. Ho Slept In the Hum. FunjioxT , Neb. , April 21. [ Special to Tun UIR. : ] The ten-year-old son of C. E. Harmon of Ames , whoso disappearance Monday even ing created a good deal of excitement in the neighborhood , several men riding all night In their search for him , is reported to have been discovered next morning in the barn , where he had slept all night. Fremont Odd Follows. Fnr.Mo.vr , Neb. , April 2 1. [ Special to Tun Uit : ! . ] A special train over tlio Union Pacific left the Fremont depot about S o'clock this morning with u delegation of about eighty Fremont Odd Fellows in uniform and accom panied by a baud. They went to Council Bluffs to attend the ceremonies there today In honor of the grand sire of the sovereign grand lodge. A KII l li Is1 ol'l'ytlilas Itanqtict. DKATIUCU , Neb. , April .M. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : BII : : . ] Beatrice division Uni form Kauk Knights of Pythias was success fully instituted in tills city tonight. Tlio in stituting ofllcer was .T. E. Douglass ot Apollo division No. 10. Following tlio ceremonies nn elegant banquet was served. A largo num ber of knights from various sections of the stale wcro present. Gypsy QuocMi fjlliorutod. Fur.MO.NT , Neb. , April 2t. [ Special to Tin : Br.i : . ] Grace Caswell , better known as Gypsy Queen , was today liberated from the county jail whore she has been incarcerated forsiv months awaiting trial and serving out a sentence for shooting nt Engineer Thurber of the Elkhorn 1'oad , with intent to kill , on the second day of lust October. Knights of I'ytliiiiN at Slielton. SIIII.TON : , Neb. , April 21. [ Special to Tin : Bii.J : O. S. Green , district deputy , from Kearney , instituted the degree of Uniform Hank in the order of Knights of Pythias to night. Tlio rank starts out with twenty- eight members , all uniformed ! After tlio de gree was conferred they gave a dance and bann.net in the Meisner opera house , and It was ono of the plensantest social events of the season. For a Broken Anlcle. BIUTCICI : , .Neb. , April 21. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Br.i : . ] On the night of March 7 last Henry E. Miller tumbled into a storm sewer excavation on Fifth street and sus tained thereby a broken ankle. Miller now brings a claim for damages against the city in the sum of $5,000 , and will bring suit for the same if the council declines to liquidate. VM Wlicolouk. BK.VTUICI : , Neb. , April 21. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Br.i : . ] Tlio contemplated quo warranto proceedings to oust Water Commis sioner Wagner have been abandoned and the question as to whether Wagner or Whceloek is the legal commissioner will bo tried on its merits in the injunction case of Wagner vs Wlicelock and Tuit before Judge Baoady next Monday. _ A Kpiiloiiiie of Mumps. Br.ATUici : , Neb. , April 21. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bin : . A mild epidemio of inuinpsland sore eyes is prevailing in this city. Tlio latter complaint seems to bo confined generally to children. The victims recover with slight resulting inconveniences after a few days. Will Cclclirntc tlio Fourth. NimusK.iCiTV : , Neb. , April 21. [ Special Telegram to Tin : DEI : . ] The board of trade last night decided to eelebrato the Fourth of July hero in great style this year. Iiijurod by a Dorricl. . Nouror.K , Neb , , April 21. [ Special Tele- itnini to Tin : Bii : : . ] Thomas Keating of this city while loading rock with a derrick today was struck ou tlio head , inflicting u frightful wound , though not necessarily fatal. In n I'rooiu-ioiis Condition. Nonroi.K , April 21. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BII : . ] Miss Winnie Miller , who was thrown out of n buggy by n runaway horse last Saturday , is in u very precarious condition. s Title. Liru.i : Kouc , Ark. , April 21. Tlio sub committee of the house election committee appointed to investigate the alleged frauds in tlio Second congressional districe , arrived hero this afternoon. C. K. Brochinridgo , the contesteo , came along with the committee. The parties to the investigation were repre sented by Judge McCluo , the contesteo byj. H. Hurrod and W. .1. McCain. County Clerk Ferguson of Woodruff county and County Clerk Wright of Conway county were placeil on tlio stand. Ferguson produced the poll book and ballots , of Kiversldo , Augusta , Cot- tonplunt and White Klvor townships for the election in November 1SS3. After several ox- umlnutions the committee adjourned until to morrow. Non-Partisan AV. C. T. U. CIIICAUO , April 2 ! . At this morning's conference Isau Woman's Chris- ference of the non-part - thin Temperance union , a clause was inserted lu the constitution by which no ofllcor of the association is allowed to do any campaign work for any political party while holding of fice. This is the first time such a clause has been adopted by any similar body. The name of the association was also changed to road , the "Womens * Non-partisan Christian Tom- poraueo Alliance. " At the meeting tonight Mrs. Phlnuoy ex pressed much annoyance at'tho construction placed ou some romm-int made by her con cerning .Mrs. ,1. Ellen Foster nt the day meet ing. She was reported to have said that Foster's connection with a political party during the last campaign did the temperance cause much harm. Tonight Mrs. Pliiunoy said that she hud said In the meeting that u misapprehension of Mrs. Foster's true spirit had boon detrimental , but did not say her motives or actions had been so. Ho AVuH a Delimiter. Pr.oun , 111. , April St. Interest in the cele brated Jungluius murder was revived today by the opening of a letter from Germany ad dressed to the murdered man. The Jotter Is from L. II. ICocmer of Leumuitz , Germany , and showed that the dead man's real mime was Theodore Zagel , and that ho was a de faulter in the old. country. He loft there In July , 15S9 , to ftvolil arrest for bavins swindle friends out of several thousand dvliah ) . Murder and Siiiuldo. Sx * FISASCJSCO , Cal. , April i.1 ! . Michael Liuic , a stonecutter , shot and fatally wounded his wife today and then committed suicide. Lane has boon unwell for some time , and it Is supposed ho was temporarily Insane when ho committed the tragedy , The couple always lived happily together. IP VAT IMTIPIM/TA1JV ni IS i\OT SATISI'AClyKi ' , The Administration Displeased With the Caucus Silver Bill. WINDOM EEIUSES TO TALK , ITc Says Knongli to Show Ills DIs- pleaHiire , However The Omaha 1'oMoflluo Site Xohraska'H Tor- undo Immunity. WASHINGTON BIHICAU Tun OMAHA BEE , ) fil.'l FOUUIKKNTH SinnET , > WASHINGTON. U. C. , April 21. ) The action of the republican caucus last night has been the chief topic of conversa tion about the capital , the departments , the clubs and the hotels to-day and It furnishes another illustration of the old adage that It is always darkest just before dawn. Yesterday morning there was no expectation of an agree ment. The two factions seemed to bo farther apart that they had been at any time during the negotiations and the members of the joint committee wcro discouraged and disheart ened at the prospects of securing any legisla tion. Tlio night before they decided to agree to disagree , to let each house pass its own measure and then make another effort to se cure harmony , when the two bills came into collision in n committee of conference. There was a general disposition on both sides to hasten legislation as much as possi ble for the effect upon the congressional nominating convention and for political in- llncnco at large , and it was this sentiment that did moro than anything else to bring about nn agreement in the committee. I asked Secretary Windom this afternoon how much the circulation would bo expanded by the adoption of this bill. Ho replied that it would depends good deal ujwn the price of silver at tlio present value. The circulation will bo increased about $70,000,000 a year , but there 1ms been n change in the terms of the bill. The original measure provided for the purchase of $1,000,000 worth of bullion per month , but ns now agreed upon it provides for tlio purchase of li > 00,000 ounces. Theeotnptrollerof thocurrency says that the prevailing supposition that there is $ TS,0X,000 ( ) tied up in his ofllco is a serious misapprehen sion , No such amount will bo released for circulation by the bill agreed upon In caucus last night to amend sec tion fi,222 of the revised statutes. Tlio entire amount held today in the treasury to redeem the circulation of national banks in liquidation is but ' ! liUi,0r ) ; : ) , and of this amount at le.lst 'M per cent is now in cir culation. Again , the comptroller says that it is necessary that ho should have a working capital of $10,000,000 or 12,000,000 to carry oh the business of his olllce , so that the amount to bo actually added to the circulating me dium of tlio countrv under the proposed bill will not greatly exceed $ IiOCKJ,0iO ( ) ( , or less than fit ) cents per capita of the population. But tlio treasury olllclals are not at all sat isfied with the bill as agreed upon in caucus , and they represent the views of the adminis tration. Both the president and Secretary Windom have been very earnest and active in their endeavors to secure the adoption of what is known as the Windem certificate bill as n party measure. The former has had re peated interviews with the members of the caucus committee of both houses of congress and has even given dinner parties af which the bill has been the chief topic of conversa tion. > w The point upon which they have insisted has been that giving the secretary of the treasury discretionary power to circumvent any attempt to corner silver bullion. The bill provides for such u contingency in a moder ate way , but does not go so far ns was de sired. Secretary Windom declined to discuss tlio subject today. Ho says that ho can only make recommendations to congress ; that tlio executive department cannot exercise any co ercive influence over the legislative branch. Ho has given Ills advice and it has not been heeded , therefore lie has nothing more to say , but in his letter that was published Monday morning the secretary took verv strong grounds and made some criticisms upon tlio bill , .which hud not then boon accepted as the measure of liis party , that will likely bo preserved - served for future use by the opponents of tlio measure in the democratic party. When asked for his views on tlio bill today the sec retary refused to talk about that document and appeared to take a great deal of satisfac tion in the fact that ho has got his opinion into print before tlio caucus met. Senators Jones and Stewart of Nevada an nounce tonight that they are opposed to the silver bill agreed upon by the conference , and that unless tlio secretary's authority to dis burse the bullion in payment of certificates is ' limited they will vote'against the bill in tlio senate. orn i\nirxiTV riiosi Toitvuior.s. During the discussion in the senate com mittee on agriculture relative to the transfer of the fish commission to tlio agricultural de partment the fact was brought out that the .study of climatology had u very important bearing upon the operations of tlio llcsli com mission , and the argument was used that tlio department in which the weather servieo waste to bo placed , that was to say the agricultural department , should on this account have also the control of the fish commission. Being curious to know what the weather conditions wcro in Nebraska , Senator Paddock made u personal detailed inquiry of the chief signal ofllcer for statistics relating to the subject. Today ho received a personal letter dealing with the question of the rarity of tornadoes in that state , n branch of meteorology which , however - over , has no connection with the fish commis sion , but which is intcrestlngas showing the immunity of Nebraska from tills form of storm. The communication is as follows : "A study of the signal servieo reports during the past fifteen years shows that violent dis turbances known as torAndoes occur during the passage of barometric depressions across the United States. While tornadoes occur within tlio limit of thObO barometric depressions they do not occur in the vicinity of tlio centre , but in the .southeast tniadrant at a distance of several hundred miles from the centre ot barometric disturbances. As a majority of the baromet ric disturlunees which are attended by tor nadoes In the southeast quadrant move east ward from the central Hooky mountain re gion , tlio centres passing over Nebraska or adjoining states , it follows that the region of the greatest frequency of tornadoes being in tlio southeast ouadrant is to the southeast of Nebraska. The records show that tornadoes are unknown in the western half of the state whllo in tlio eastern portions they are not more than one- half as frequent as In Missouri and eastern Kansas. This is largely duo to its geographi cal locution relative to the lack of barometric depressions. In tlio early spring these de pressions move easterly over latitudes further to the south , causing attending tornadoes to occur in the lower Missouri or the central Mississippi valley , whllo as the season ad vances the storm tracks move farther to the northward carrying the region of tornadoes further to the northward over the states of the upper Mississippi valley. "It has also been observed that tornadoes usually occur In connection with warm , moist winds mul high temperature , The largo vol ume of aqueous vapor carried oft by these winds Is undoubtedly an Important factor In the development of those slonns , the force and violence of which Is largely duo to sudden condensation of aqueous vapor by the rapid cooling of the atmosphere duo to opposing cold currents of air. An excessive ninUluro is one of the attending- conditions of these storms. " tin : IIH\KIMVN'S : rmr.m L. S. Coflln of Fort Dodge , In. , is hero as a representative of the Brotherhood of Kail- way Brakemeu to secure the passage of a law for the protection of brakemen similar to that enacted hi Iowa two years ago. Six thousand and six hundred brakemen , ho says , are an nually killed or maimed in the performance of their duty because of the Jink and pin coupler and brake. There are already several bills before congress to compel the railroads to adopt other appliance. ) that are less danger- ous. and Mr. Coflln has come to do what ho can to secure their pnsrape. It Was through his efforts that the lust lowrt legislature passed an act to protect bmkeincn by requiring that till caw shall bo providedwith ) automatic coup lers and that within two'ycurs from last Jan uary all locomotives shall have driver brakes and all care power brakes , no that It shall not be necessary for brakoml'ti to go ou top of the train to drop them , Mr. Cefltti was pre sented with n magnificent gold medal by the Brotherhood of Brakeinchi for lite efforts In their behalf. i > r.Mocn.VTs ur.Mrn. The dcmocnitlo senators will make a stub born resistance against the adoption of any such rule us was proposed by Mr. Chandler yesterday limiting debate. The only recourse they have hi securing the defeat or delay of measures to which they are opposed is in talking them to death , mid there are a dozen men on the democratic side who can talk six hours nt a stretch without fatigue and do It every day for an unlimited period. With the assistance of their less loquacious colleagues - leagues the debate could bo pro tracted for twenty-four hours a day seven days a week andithlrty days n month , so as to compel the republicans to withdraw any objectionable measures In order to secure necessary legislation or n termination , of the session. This plan they hud already deter mined to adopt ns a dcspcrato resort In case the republicans should attempt to pass the federal election law reported from the com mittee ou privileges and elections today and they suspect that Chandler's resolution Is in troduced in uutlclpatlouiof such an attempt. OMAHA rOSTOFriCK SITi : . The supervising architect of the treasury has notified Senator Maudorsou that every thing has been done In his ofllco that can bo done towards closing up the trade for the site for the now public building In Omaha. He says that ho has written to the attorney general nud hits asked to bo notified us to the exact status of ttio situation legally , and al though ho knows that the & ! 0,000 necessary to make good any shortage whicli may occur in excess of the $10,000 available has been paid , ho has no olllclal notice of this fact. Several little preliminaries are to bo closed up before tlio cheeks can bo sent out , but this will all bo arranged within a few days and the supervising architect will probably bo in a position to send out the checks next week. MI9CKM.ANEOUS. Judge Cobb of thoNcbraska supreme court , who has been in tlilsf city since the close of the meeting of the military order of the Loyal Legion in Philadelphia , starts for his home tomorrow. In the senate today , under dispensation of the rules. Senator Paddock called up mid hud confirmed the nominations of F. M. Darring ton register anil J. II. Dansltiu receiver at Alliance , aiid Judge John Uccso register and James AVhitehead receiver at the Broken Bow land olllco. The president has been notified of their confirmation and their con firmations and their commissions will issue from today. v J. II. Ager of Ord , who has been hero for some days with Congressman Laws , will leave for homo tomorrow. PEIIHV S. HKATU. X ItlLK. Provisions of the Icnsm-e Reported ° l y Scna1o.i' Ifonr. ' ' WASHINGTON , April. 24. The federal elec tion bill reported by'Semior { Hoar today pro vides that the chief supervisors of elections " shall bo charged in their. .respective judicial districts with the supervision of congres sional elections , with th'q enforcement of the national election laws nnd the prevention of fraud and irregularities iif naturalization. Whenever in any , city having 20,000 inhabitants or upwards'.or in any con gressional district 100 qualified voters shall petition the .chief supervisor alleging that there is danger that nnlcs3ftho election is guardcdthat.it will licitbo fair and free , it shall bo the duty of JUKJndgo of the United States district court'tirojicu "court for the purpose of transacting ell business pertaining to registration or election matters such as may by any United States law bo transacted there. Tlio court shall bo always open for tlio transaction of such business until the second day succeeding the election , and the judge may exorcise his powers in open court or in chambers. The ehief supervisors may verify t lie registration laws , nnd in any city of . "il OOO inhabitants or upwards may cause u house to house canvass , but no inquiries shall bo made as to the political opinions of any person. Every person charged with any duty with regard to the election of a member of con gress , who shall commit any fraud thereon , shall bo liable to n line not exceeding * . > ,000 or to imprisonment not exceeding five years , or both. The same penalty is provided for t he bribery or attempted bribery of voters. JX T11K CO3IMOXS. Gladstone Critieisofl IJulfour'n Land 1'iirchnse Kill. LONDON , April SI. Gladstone resumed the debate ou the land purchase bill in the com mons lliis evening. Ho said ho was opposed to.tlio bill under thoovorwhelming conviction that it was compiled without undertaking to sold tlio land dilllculty. lie had been encour aged to hope for u solution by Lord Salisbury declaring that the measure would not impose any burden upon the British taxpayer. Ho was disappointed , however , when Ba'll'our in formed the house that the measure pledged the country to the extent of i'M.OOO.OOO , with out mentioning the possibility of further amounts being asked. Kegarding PumoH's plan , it was new in principle. Its general purpose was clear , but ho was not certain that ho comprehended the details. [ Conservative laughter. ] IlostroniUy sympathized with ono object of Parnell's plan whereby the landlords would not bo ex patriated , but would IKJ retained. It would bo a sorrowful conclusion of the life ot tlio landlord class if when local government was established in Ireland they did not take part in adjusting affairs. Balfonr's bill ought to bo confined to the landlords already in possession. It should not encourage landlords to become buyers of land in order to take advantage of the enormous boons offered. [ Hoar , hear. ] The provision respecting tiyo years' arrears also required justification , which It would bo dinicult to find. [ Cheers. ] Coming to what ho called the constitutional objections ho urged that it was obnoxious , that Ireland opposed the measure in view of tlio fact that live-sixths of the Irish members deliberately and determinedly opposed it. ( Cheers. ) As tlio government was going to make Ireland its debtof it was important to consider what was the attitude of the persons about to be subjected to the debt. State landlordism Implied the use of soldiers against the tenant , the use of qyery weapon of the state to enforce an uiipopular law. Gosclicii said Gladstone's contention that the tenant would bo dpn'rivcd of the benefits intended for them destroyed Morley's argu ment that non-purchasing tenants would agi tate to get their routs jowered to tlio same sc.do as the purchasers' rents. Ho agreed with both Gladstone and Paruoll In desiring to retain tlio landlordism in Ireland , but the bill did not necessarily Jcad to expropriation. Ho appealed to the bouse not to allow polit ical opinions to warp its judgment on tlio bill. T , W. Kussell i liberal unionist ) approved the bill on all points. Dillon t nationalist ) said that if the con tested districts wcro a disgrace to tlio coun try during the past century it was a reproach to the imperial parliament. Arguing that the guarantees were illusory ho kaid that dining a period of famine orjdistrcts the tenants might refuse to pay tuck installments and the government would be utterly powerless to enforce payment ; furtluirinoro there was danger of a foniau movement entailing a loss of millions to England. Ho favored a land purchase , but no } under coercion. Canadian Pnrlluiiient. 'On-AWA , Out. , April 31. la the house of commons today the bill extending the modus Vivendi with the United States for another year passed its third and final reading. Tlicro was hardly u.ny opposition. The Weather Forecast. For Omaha and vicinity : Fair weather. Nebraska Light local , ralijs , 'followed by hull ; warmer , northeasterly winds. South Dakota- Fair ; wanner ; southerly winds. Iowa Fair ; warmer ; northerly winds , drifting , to custerly. Nearly n Quarter of a Million Men Will Bo Affected by the Strike. TRADE AFTER TRADE ORGANIZING , The Noii-Unlon Men Issue n Circular Samuel Johnson , lii.jnrcil In thu Ite- cent Illot , llepnrtcd la n Dying ; Condition. CHICAGO , April 21. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bin. : ] The little stone east by President Gompors from his perch ns labor dictator has gtywn and gathered as It rolled until the ava lanche has swollen beyond the control of Its creator and promises to defeat the very ob ject of the Federation of Labor. It was the design ot that organization that the eight-hour tight should bo first made by the carpenters alone , the other trades for the time being only to lend encouragement and financial assistance. The untiring efforts of the local labor leaders will bo devoted during the next two weeks to nu endeavor to restrain the strike fever which seems to have seized the Worklngmcn of the city. Tho' carpenters , as the best organized as well ns the poorest paid of the craftsmen , wcro selected as the first trade to bo relieved. When they had Avon the miners wcro to bo next and then the tailors. To the support of each of these trades in turn the whole energies of the Federation wcro pledged. Since March 1 an assessment of 10 cents per week for strike purposes has been col lected from the 030,000 working members of the Federation , This means a fund con stantly being replenished at the rate of ? 03,000 , n week. No combination of employers in any line of trade in any city of the country could suc cessfully light u well organized strike backed by almost linexhausUblo capital. Chicago was chosen as the battle ground on whicli tlio general engagement was to bo fought and the carpenters were placed in the advance lino. It was Intended that all other trades should remain at work until the car penters should have won. But the plans of Mr. Gompers nnd his as sociates seem too weak to resist tlio desire of other tradesmen to join actively and aggres sively in the movement. Trade after trade bus organized and de clared that it , too , must have the eight-hour day , Tlio monster demonstration whicli has been arranged for May 1 is an expression of Ilio sentiment and may turn into the beginning of u strike whicli the ablest of the labor leaders will bo powerless to direct , much less con trol. Tlioolllcersof the the Federation can successful * govern and discipline 7,000 cool , well organized carpenters , but they would bo swept away by an nngovcrned mob of 70,000 enthusiastic , if not hot-headed , men who think they see victory within easy reach of their toll-hardened hunds. And this is what the loaders fear. Tlio original plan of tlio May-day parade was that all except the carpenters should re turn to work May 2. Today no one can pre dict what any trade will do. The chances are that most of them will declare themselves on strike for the eight-hour day. This would mean utter stoppage of half or oven a greater proportion of the city , and at present tlio local loaders see no means to avert such n disaster. Samuel Johnson , n oarpsntor , is lying nt Ids homo in u dying condition , tlio rcsu't ' of injuries inflicted by a crowd of striking car- iicuters last Monday. Johnson and his brother were working on the now building at Hoboy street nud Armitago avenue , nnd be cause of their refusal to Join the strikers were set upon with heavy scantlings. Samuel had his skull fractuied and his doctors fear that ho 1ms sustained internal injuries which will result fatally. His brother was severely pounded , but his injuries are not serious. William Warneko was the leader of tlio as saulting party. Ho was arrested yesterday and after being identified by the brothers was locked up at the West Chicago avenue police station. The following letter has been sent to the press of the country over the signature of .several thousand non-union carpenters who are now in idleness because of the threats of violence of the union strikers : Since thus far none hut strikers or union men Inivo been hoatd , ft may iios-,1- , bly Interest a portion of tlio public : to know what non-union men have to say. In the first place , maiiv'noii-unloii men am oppoMMl to sci-ict. combinations of all kinds from a moral and lellglousstandpoint. : Secondly , many bi-llovo that strikes uie an Injury In ge.no.ral and to private proipoity. Thirdly , many. 1C not all , have licc.nsnh- jcclc.il to Intimidations unit thrcnts by union men , which they disapprove , preferring to bu free nii-n. ( 'ninthly , non-union men do not approve of the invader and mnlmlnx ot several bundled of Innocent men liy strikers in and around this oily within tliu lait few years. In i-on- clnilonnon-iinUrn men bellevi > that IhchtrlKos promised for 1MKJ will deluge the rural districts with tramps from the cities , \\usdoiiopio- - \ lou-ily to Jtv-0. The carpenters' strike is responsible for the insanity of ono man brought before .ludgo Prendergast in the insane court this morning. Henry Stein , a carpenter , walked into tlio Thirty-fifth street police station and tried to tear down the place with n slcdgc-liammcr and mallet because the structure was not in the union. This story was told to the jury this morning , and Stein , who first showed .signs of mental trouble at the time the car penters' strike was begun , lias been violent over since , but in tlio hopes that ho might im prove the court continued tlio case for ono wee ) ; . Tlio Number ol'the Disaffected. Joseph Gruenhut , who has long held a prominent place among the socialistic labor agitators of this city and who is now tene ment house inspector and statistician of the health department , has compiled the follow ing table of figures of tlio number of laboring people in this city who will cither strike for eight hours on the l.st ot May or bo made idle by tlio strikes in tlio collateral industries on which they depend : i JIalo I'Vmalo Ilnslness Kmployes. Employes , I'lioland light J.VIIO Illi ) Drugs , etc y.iH'l HIS TninsiorlotlonWWI ] ( > " > Printing and publishing. . . , 1 ! > , I'U 2,670 Financial , icntlnir , ete 0tt : < 7 8-1 Leather and leal Imr goods. . ! SVJ7 111 ! ) Wooden materials , uml goods , ete 10,071 E41 Kood ami drink S2i ! 4,4111 Textiles lJiW ! ( If.'tJ'J ' ' Melu'is , niliicruls and chem icals n7l7 l.Ktt ! According to this table the number of wage workers , mule and female , who will not bo ut work ut that time , reaches the surprising aggre- gatoof about two hundred and twenty-three thousand. Tills calculation covers only the city as It was previous to lust year's annexation of the towns of Hyde Park , Lake View , Cicero , Lake oud Jefferson. Tlio importance of tills statement will bo apparent when It Is stated that the town of Lake alone contains ir ) > ,00. ) people directly affected by the strike now contemplated. Of this great aggregate 11W- 000 are males and tf I. ooo females. Tlio num ber of linns involved is 11,5:27. : Illinois Miner * la Session. ST. Lon , April 21.A convention of dele gates , representing the coal miners of south ern Illinois , is hi session In Kast St. Loiifs under the auspices of the United Mine Workers association ot America. A now hculo of price * for day workers in the south ern Illinois mines , being an advance of .Ti per cent over present wages , was adopted , ami n scale fur piece workers of like character will be agreed to. Arningumcnta will also bo made for the establishment of an eight-hour day system. There is no talk of strikes , the delegates being ol the opinion that mine oper ators will grant the demands without hesita tion. Aftrcoiaeiit With Now CIIICAUO , April 21A conference of strik ers and bosses not members ot the master carpenters' association tonight agreed upon a plan of actlou. The bosses showed they could i provide work for .1,000 , eymcii. Com mittees from the bosses I s trlkers will call ou the old musters' nsso ? = i before Satur day nnd allow that body ron record. H is understood , in any eve 10 strike will bo declared off Saturday at J ! nils the now as sociation. " flight Hit nil red ers Oat. SCOTTIIAU : , Pa. , April Klght hundred miners of tlio Smithloti i -t struck today for the Columbus.scale u rly ono thou sand coke ovens are dost wn. Airjr-TT/ > .s r .iri .v. Not a I'lanlntloa Above "Water la 1'oluto Coapo Parish. Nr.w YOIIK , April ! ) ! . A special from Bayou Sara , La. , says the relief steamer Ua- eoluh reached there yesterday evening. She had made the trip to Point Coupe and had como back to Bayou Sara. Her arrival Was n Godsend to the people , whoso lives were In jeopardy , for she has net only saved a largo amount of properly , but n great many lives. Tlio entire front of Point Coupe is under water and most of the levees have gone. No pen is equal to the task of picturing the de vastation of the country or ( ho desolation of tlto people. The small stretches of levees still standing are crowded with men , women nnd children , side by side with horses , mules and cows. Hundreds of lives are In Jeopardy. In an old gin house r.00 negroes were found huddled together. Their condition was piti able. able.The damage in the overflowed districts is ineulculablco. A Texas & Paclllc boat suc ceeded vesterduy In saving ! iOO people from tlio back country around Morgu.ii/a. Later Kuin and desolation meets the eve on every side lu Pointo Coupe parish. The destruction is complete. Not a plantation is loft above water , not a levee unbroken , whllo hundreds of families uroliomeloss. Thousands of stock have been drowned , and from the meagre reports received from the Interior it is quite probable that human life has been sacrificed to the flood. Standing ou tlio deck of the relief steamer Dacotah last evening the full extent of the disaster could bo seen. Grouping together ou little knolls between the broken levees , through whicli tlio water rushed with un governable fnrv , were scores of people , both white and black , some with babies in their arms , while- others bad dogs secured by cords. Many of them had nothing else in Ilio world except tlio clothes they woio on their backs. Whenever iho Dacotah discov ered a scene like tins the stage was swung out and the .stricken .ones taken aboard. Kqually as sad u scene was the poor dumb cattle standing lu the water , actually starving. Could llnvo JSeeii Avoided. ' Ni\v : OIUANS : : , La. , April --M. United Stales Engineer Douglass telegraphs that the Point Pleasant levee in Tcnsas parish gave way this morning. Tlio water from it will no doubt overflow a great part of the parish. Captain .lohn A. Grant , superintendent of tlio Texas ft Pacific railroad , speaking of Morgnnzn crevasse says : "This is ono of the worst calamities that could have befallen the residents of this state , and yet it could have been avoided if the people had only made an effort. They are to blame for it. Now they are creating a big hubbub about sending relief up there , and that sort of tiling , while before the disas ter occurred tlioy seemed utterly unaware of thu pending danger. ] f needs bo they should have raised > ( H,000 ) to hold that levee , and it could have been done , too , and the money would have been well invested , as there is & 20.000OiH ) worth of property that will now bo irretrievably damaged , wliich a little dis play of energy would certainly have averted. " The break in tlio old Morpatiza lovco is now 400 feet wide and fifteen feet deep. A cargo of stone has been sent from this city and an effort-will bo made to mattress Jllio ciida < and * " " " " thus prevent destruetionT Tlio overflow of water from the lake , which has caused much inconvenience to thu people in tlio rear of the Seventh and Eighth wards of this city since Sunday last , is gradually receding ; . It is reported nt the Texas & Pacific onico that the water is gradually overflowing their tracks between Baton Kongo junction and Melville. The Louisville , New Orleans & Texas railroad , better known as the Missis sippi Valley road , has been the greatest sufferer so far by the overflow. The other railroads have not been affected to any great extent. Honoris from Greenville , Misn. , say : The heaviest rains of this season fell in the last forty-eight hours through the valley. For the past thirty hours the rainfall hero was four and one-half inches and it is still raining. cij.t rro.v.s ji \ DeeeuKod California ISiinoher Salil to l > e the Assus.sln. Los AXOIII.III , April 21. Last winter a rancher named Thomas Hooper died at Kiui- ehito , this county. It was learned tonight that prior to his death ofllcora hero collected sufllcient evidence , it is alleged , to implicate him in the murder o'f John M. Clayton , of Arkansas. It is said that the deceased told a friend that ho had killed two men In Arkan sas who were concerned in lynching Ids father , and that there was another man whom ho would kill. That man was John M. Clayton. Kscupcil From the United Stales Ten. LUIAMIH \ \ ' . ' ' . Telegram LUIAMIH'yo. , April | Special gram to Tin : Bii.J : : The United States penitentiary at this point is minus a convict in thojicrsoii of John Wilson , a negro , who is under sentence for violating the internal rev enue laws. 1 lo made his escape shortly after I o'clock this afternoon. Ho was in the corridor rider and crawled throughau outside window by drawing aside n bar which had been par tially out. The guards were absent from Iho prison at tlio time , being some distance away target shooting. Wilson were his prison clothing , but all efforts to secure tlio slight est trace of him since ho escaped have been unavailing. A Coalition I'l-olmhlc. LiuvKNWoimi , Kan. , April 21. [ Special Telegram to Tun Br.i : . ] Tlio democrat lo central committee met hero this evening In conference with a committee from the resub- inisslon club of this city. The utmost .secrecy was maintained ns to the subject matter of the discussion , but it is known the coalition between the democrats and resubmlsaionlsts in tlio approaching state campaign was dis cussed. _ Steamship Arrival * . pAt Copenhagen The Ttilugvalla , from New York. At Southampton--Tho Allcr , from New York. At Baltimore The Maryland , from Lon don. don.At London Sighted : Tlio India , from Bal timore for Hamburg. A Dlfl'crcnuo of Opinion. Nr.w YOIIK , April Si. The body found in a swamp near Willow brook was viewed by the coroner and others today , nnd they were sat isfied it wns that of the long looked for Frenchman , Eyraud. The coroner notified the French consul. That gentleman later viewed the remains with two persons who knew Eyraud , and they declared the remains were not his. Because She Told the Tcnoher. niiAZii , , Ind. , April 21. While the pupils of the Meridian street school wore at play this morning Ben Carbory drew a revolver and shot Cora Bnibach , aged tcnseriously wound ing her in the face. The reason for the as sault was that the girl hud informed the teacher of some of Ben'H misconduct. Proved an Alibi. CHICAGO , April 23. Dr. Madison , accused of arson , in firliig his own dwelling , was to day , after the evidence was all In , discharged by Muu'l'trato Wallace , the accused haIng proved a substantial ahbl. COXCBKSSIOXAl PROCEEDHCS. Oonsidonvulo Hostility Displayed Towards the Civil Service Commission , _ _ _ * VERT PRANK STATEMENTS MADE. Hoak of TonnoKsoo Ko anl-i tlio Hotly as n mill AVhoot to ttio National Cart .MolUalo-y Champions the Commission. WA IIIXHTOSApril'.1 1. After the transac tion of some unimportant business the housa went Into committee of tlio whole , Mr. Pay- sou of Illinois In the oliulf , on the legislative appropriation 1)111. ) When the clause appropriating salaries for tlio civil service commission was ix'uohed " Mr. Cumtuings of Now York made tlio point ot order that it was not properly In the bill , ns tlio commission was ni'lthorloglslatlvo , ex ecutive , nor judicial. After some ilcbato tin ? point of onlor was overruled. A motion by Mr. Dorsoy of Nebraska to re- iluco the number of commissioners from Ihvco to one was overruled , as was also one by Mr. Perkins of Kansas exempting cx-soldloM from the provisions of the civil service law. Mr. 1 Ionic of Tonne-woo moved to slrlko ontthoentlro clause. He ilosiivd the gov- crnment run on business principles , de sired to BOO merit recognized , but ho dill not believe in this filth wheel to the wagon. Furthermore thu commission was under indictment mid ml appwprialiipii should bo made until the com > mltteoohar 'U.wlth thu investigation imUlO its ivport. Mr. Moore of New Hampshire announced himself u civil service reformer without qma > illcation. Mr. Biggs of Cnllfornlndonouneod the civil service law. It was. he said , conceived in sin mid brought foitli in iniquity. Pendlctoa was its father , ( icoiro William Curtis itH frranny and Dorinan 11. Katou its nnrso and clotli washer. Messrs. Lchlback of New York , McOomas of Maryland and Culelieon of Michigan op posed Mr. Honk's motion. Mr. Chenille of Indiana opposed the wheW theory of civil service reform. Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio was opposed to the construction and operation'of the present law , while he favored reform. Mr. Hopkins of ] Hindis said Mr. Hunk wns out of Joint with Hie sentiment of his party as expressed in its platfor'ii. Mr. Donnelly of Minnesota said ui'di-r tlio civil horvloo liiw intelligent men did not niter the service. Jt was the dudes who woiv going in under the present svs-tem. Mr. Hill of Illinois clnir.ioterly.ed the motloii as mi effort to do by iiulirection wbnt neither great political party hud the desire or courage to do openly. Mr. Groonhalgc of Massachusetts made a vigorous speech in favor of civil service i'o- form. Mr. Colenmn of Louisiana opposed it. Mr , llendoi-sou of Jowasaid civil servieo reform hd ; ; coino to stay , and tlio political party that deserted it. would not stay in power and hhtinld not. "It Is not U-no that this ad ministration lias not enfoiccd the law. Presi dent Harrison is enforcing it and that's what's tlio matter with the boys. " Mr. McKinley uf Ohio earnestly opposed the motion to strike out. It the ro- pnblican paity was pledged to ono single thing moro than another it was to the maintenance of the civil service ) law. It was not only according to tlio tenets of the republican party , but according to Ilio best sciitlruont of the republican party throughout the United Sthtes. It was. sus tained by the bent sentiment of the whole country , it-publican and democraticalike. . The republican party must take no backward stej ) . Mr. Bnttenvorth endorsed every word his colleague had said. Nothing Hmr.ckod of mnnarcliial forms as did the spoils system. The motion toMrikoont was lost by ill to 12u. and pending action tlio committee rouo and tlio house. ' adjoin ned. Semite. WAMIIVOTOX , April 2I.--MI the senate to day the house bill to tranr.fer the revenue cutter servieo to the navy department wan again taken up and tlio amendments reported from the committee on naval affairs agreed to. Air. Hoar then reported from the eominiUeo on privileges and elections the bill to amend and supplement the election laws anil to pro vide for the more oillclcnt enforcement of the same. Calendar. Mr. I'ngh said every democratic member of the committee opposed n favorable report on this bill which , he said , supplies repub lican supervisors to oversee state olllcers , thereby inbiiltlng and degrading those stntp ofllcera. It was subversive of tlio funda mental principles of local .self government. If tlio bill became a law its execution would insure the shedding of blood and the de struction of the peace and good order of the countrv. Mr. Hoar replied that , tlio bill was in sub- stiinco a modilleation and perfection of the system which had been the law of the United States for many yoaiv , and which had secured In tlio main honest elections and honest counts in the city of New York , wliero before it ( JOXD , ( ) fraudulent naturalization pup : 'is had gone out from two Judges within tbroo days before the election. The bill was but tlio as * sertion of tlio constitutional power expressly asserting that the United Stales may regulate the electing of members of its own congress or alter the regulations in any state. The consideration of tlio revenue cutter bill was resumed and Mr. Sherman opposed it. Tim land forfeiture bill was then taken up as unfinished buHlm-ds and tlio uiiirml neilts reported from tlio committee ou public landa agreed to. Mr. Jierry moved to amend the first section of tlio bill by striking out the word "now" and inserting the words "within the time specified in the act of congress making grants. " Tlio effect of tlio amendment , lie said , would be not only to forfeit those lunds opposite lines not now constructed , but would forfeit nil lands grunted to railroad companies when the Hues were not completed within the time llxed in the act land the hubscijut-nt oxtcufion of It. It.Home Home other amendments were con-idi-ml anil laid ou the table. 'Coiillrmatlini.s. WAPHIXOTO.V , April 81. The following nominations have been confirmed by the senate : lolui H. Helm1) , agent at the Santee Indian agency , Nebraska ; linlo.l VimN'-i.s , Jl.ir- wood , postmaster nt Hipon , Wis. UeeeUcrH of publlo moneys James "Whitihead , Hed- fcrn , Nob. ; James H. Danskiu , Alliance , Nob. KcgKtors of hind offices Frcdci'ick M. Darrington , Alliance , Neb. ; John l cc. > , Broken 13ow , Neb. Snowing In ( . ' ( dorado. HOI.YOKI : , Col. , April SI.- [ Special UVlo- gram to Till : Uii-Tho : | rains of the past week ore tonight being supplemented by a heavy snow storm from tlio north. The wind is light and the air reasonably warm , so theru is no fear of damage to block on the range. Nominations. WASHINGTON , April 21. Among the nomi nations hcnt to the senate today by the presi dent were the following : Postmasters , Iowa Kll J. Wood , Aniunosa ; Asa P. McConuelJ , Spencer. Wisconsin Daniel Vubgoss , Hu wood. U'lin Killing ( > a/.o , ST. Louis , Mo. , April 81.- George neck- man , a inuchlnliit , ami known as rather u crank on patents , seriously woimdcd bis wlfu this afternoon and then killed himself with u revolver. The couple has had much trouble bceiiuso uf the husband spending mu-l : ot libi earnings in useless inventions , '