THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ,
NINETEENTH YEAE. OMAHA. SATURDAY MOKNING , APRIL 2(5 ( , 1890. NUMBER 00.
A SLIP THAT WAS FATAL ,
Thomas Gorman Knocked into Eternity
While Boring a Well.
DETAILS OP THE ORAWPORD MURDEB
A Hnriifnl of MorscH Hnrned Up Near
JInrlliiKton A Snow , Storm
at Grant Olliur State
XCWH.
ns , Neb. , April 25. [ Special Tele
gram U ) Tin ? nr.n.J Thomas Gorman , an
employe on the form of C. H. Crandall , neai
Pauline , this e-eiunty , met with a singular ami
fatal accident late ; last night. Air. Crandal !
was having a well nut down on his farm am :
young Gorman was assisting In the work ,
The augur used in borh'fT the well got loose
and they were trying to get hold of it with i
tool nuiilo for that purpose. In order to make
It hold thesy were screwing It on with twe
leve-r-H , Gorman nnd young Blre-h Cnmdall
nulling on ono and n third party the other.
The lever on which Gorman was pulling
slipped out and thu reeojl being too grout foi
the other party to hold on , the lever flew eiul
of bis hand ami struck Gorman on the side ol
the head fracturing his skull. It came bad
with such force that the concussion also spill
the lever. A physician was Immediately
Hunnmmed from Avr but before he got there
Gorman wns deiul , having lived a little ovei
an hour , and was unconscious from the tltm
he was struck until lie elied. Gorman was
alxait twentv-emo years old nnd came fron
Springfield , 111. , where his relatives reside.
CiinmilngM Waw Taken In.
NKniiisKA CITV , Neb. , April 25. ( Special
to Tun Bti : : . ] Alwut six months age
there ariveel in this city from PlaUsmoutl
a young woman with two small children
vvho gave her name as Lottio Smith , claimlnj.
that she was n widow. She was nce-oin
pjiik-d by a man many years her senior wlit
represented himself as Widow Lottie'-
uncle. The uncle and niece i-enled a house
on Sixth street ami went to housekeeping
Everything moveel along seemingly very
smoothly for several months , and then there
was trouble between uncle and niece and the
former p.ieked up his effects and left town.
It was while in this lonely state that the
"widow became ucqiiaintcel with Frank Cummings -
mings , a respected young plumber of this
place. Frank felt sorry for Lottie In her
lonely condition , and Lottie was sorry for
Fran'k , and as pity is akin to love a matrimonial
menial union soon followed. It was not : i
long while thereafter that the young man be-
Oiimo somewhat suspicious of his hriiie's char
acter , but ho was hardly prepared for the
disclosures which were to follow.
At this time tin-re appeared upon the scene
n mutual acquaintance , whohaileel from Char-
iton. In. Tlio presence of this man worried
All's. Cninmint.'s , and a few remarks drop | > < -el
by him led the husband to force a confession
from his wife regarding her former life. She
tolel him that her homo wns at Chat iton , la. ,
where EIO ! had been married to n man mimed
Duckworth , the father of her two children.
After a few years of married life she left her
husband for the .smiles ami embrm-cs of a
Burlington engineer , by whom she has an
illegitimate ; child. She trie-el to get a divorce
from her husband , but failed , but ho was ac
commodating'enough to die soon after , and
thua glvo her moro liberty , which shospeeel-
ily took advantage ) of by tlcscrtlng the engin
eer and taking up with William
, . iHendrickson , a . ,1GharitoalSw liveryman.
- . .j.Scvjfcrul - , attempts r on * " the O"part c * of
Lottie and William toleavotown were foiled ,
but they were finally successful anil came to
Plattsmouth and then to Nebraska City ,
where they quarreled and parted. Hero she
assumed , the name of Lotties Smith , but con
fessed that her right muuo was Allie Duck
worth. Her maide'ii nunio is De-loy and her
paivnts llvoatChariton. Lottioconfesse-el thu' .
she was a reckless , bad girl , and Cummings
told her he could no longer live with her , as
ho hud married her under her assumed name ,
which was unlawful. Hi- offered to take her
to St. Joseph where both were unknown and
marry her again under her right name , en-
else establish her In a homo and let her paddle
her own canoe in the future. She seemeel to
prefer the latter course und Cummings started
for St. Joseph , and a fe-w days later te-le'-
graphed feuher. . She was not quite ready to
go , and while she delayed ho repented of his
step and changed his mind , and advised her
to go home to her parents. Instead of eloing
this she left for St. Joseph a fe-w days later
In M-nrch of Ciimmlngs , but falleel to Had
him , ami then the dispatches from St. Joseph
told of the "beautiful , intelligent , heart
broken mid deserted wife , " who was being
cured for by the e-haritablo people. Cummings -
mings returned to Nebraska City to begin
suit to have his marriage set aside and then
hunted up Tin : llni : CorrespomU'iit , to whom
he relutcel his tide of woo as above set foi th.
A Cenmty Scat Wnr.
AtrCoeiK , Nob. , April 25. ( Spce-hil Tele
gram to Tin : Bii : ! . | A county scat light
Is now on in He'd Willow county. For the
past few days AlcCook has made a still hunt
for a petition asking the county board to call
n special election for the purpose * eif reloe-ut-
Ing the county seat of Heel Willow county ,
which Is now leu-ate'd nt Indiunolu , a small
town eleven niile-.s e-ast of Al'-Cook. Today
Mi-Cook's cfimmltteo having the matter in
charge presented to the county e-oiniiiH.sion-
crs a petition sinned by l,5se-lectors | of the
county , asking tlmt u special election bo
eiillcelo reloe-ato the county scat.
La.it year was an off year
in ] > olitle-.s. Only lrU7 vote's were e-ilst at the
November election , and as only three-fifths of
the number of votes e-tr-st at the last election
nro necessary to procure a spee-iul election , it
is safe to predict that an election will be
callcel. Indlunola's friends arc endeavoring ,
by getting up remonstrances , to defeat the
cull. The comity commissioners gave them
until Saturday night to ( He remonstrances ,
nnd will give their division on Wednesday
next. MrCook fi-els.conlldcnt that the elec
tion will bo culled and that they will win.
The Criiwl'iird Murder.
Ciuwroiin , Neb. , April 25. ( Spevial Tele
gram to Tin : BI.I : . | William Nee , the man
shot by Timothy Sin-ing , lived in Wisconsin
mid was a single man. His friends are ex-
jHcted Alomlay. The body in the meantime Is
In charge of the undertaker. The trouble
which rosulteel In the shooting grew out e > f a
quarrel the men had some weeks ago. Yes
terday they mot In the saloon of ( ! . II. net-
rick , when Nesj advancW towards Spring
saying , "You are e-arrylng a gun for me % , you
s of a b , " whereupon Spring elre-w his
iwolver'and fired , the hall entering Nee's
right side Just about the hip. After the shot
wiw Ihx-el the wouiidcel man griisncel the gun
from the hand of Spring ami got It cocked and
was in tlio act of shooting when the but-tender
threw his hand under the hammer and prob
ably saved Spfing's life. The wounded man
fell and immediately became une-onsclous ,
dying 'In alHiut half an hour. The coroner
hold an Inquest this morning and the jury
found that the deceased came to Ills death bv
a shot from u i.Venilbro revolver in the bunds
of Timothy Spring with felonious intent.
I'liej Fremont. At Yanklon
F a iosT-Xcb. , April 23. [ Special Tele *
gram to Tins Bii : : . ] ArtlcltM lncor | > oratiiig
thrfFroiftont & Ytiukton railway e-ompanj
were today lllesl In the oflico of the clerk of
Dodge county. The articleweio signed by
W. H. Wilsem , J.V. . Love , C. II. Toncray ,
J. K. SheiTln and C. C. Christcnscn , aU of
tills city. They piovlde that the termini of
the proKu | > od new roud shall bo at Fremont
and Yiinkton ; that the road shall e-ominenco
nt Fxx'inont and pus throui'h the counties of
Dodge , Colfux , cnimlnir , Stunton , Wayne nnd
Co | ar to Yankton. The amount of stock
niHttwary to cemstnict such railroad U
11.000,000 , which sum shall eXMistituteithe nii > -
WU1 atoclc , to bu Ulvidcd into bUiux'a of $100
each. The highest amount of Indebtedness 01
liability to which the company shall bo sub
jected Is l > VMm When It became knowi
the articles had been lllctl tin * elmmntmici
e-reatod considerable stir in the city. Tin
general pivstimptloii N that either the Mia
Murl Paeitle or H. ti AI. road Is behind tin
project. ashy placing u short pin from Fro
iiiont south either of these could connect \vltl
the proiwsed road nnil thereby invade u see
tion of territory now hold by rlvah.
Svraonso Notes.
SviUi' ! i : , Neb. , April 25. - [ S [ > cctal tr
Tnr. Bnr. ] The new school house hiu
Just lieen completed. It is an ornament U
the town.
O. F. Snider , one of our druggists ami
Polman Brothers are erecting a new brick tc
be occupied as a drug and dry poods store.
The Congregational people ate building n
line parsonage.
General improvement seems to bo the order
of the eluv , so Syracuse is slowly but surelj
and steadily advancing to the front.
The license board have entered upon thcii
duties , raised the li.-rnso . to 1,500 , and it i ;
probable that but one saloon is all that wili
adorn oar streets this year.
To Vole Court House IlonelK. )
Pr.xiiEit , Neb. , April 25.Special [ to Tin
Bit : : . ] The commissioners of Thurston
eo'inty mot yesterday and issued a call for r
social election to bo held May -0 , for tin
purpose of voting on the question of bondiiif
tlio county for " ' 1,000 to bo expended in the
erection of a moro substantial court house
This is a move of W. K. Peebles , founder o
the town , and in case the bonds carry it i ;
safe to jnx'dlct a boom for Pendor anil Tlmrs
ton county the present reason of no small tin
porlance. as the next move will be to OIMMI tc
settlement someTO.OOO acres of the Indiai :
reservation lands. There is sonic oppoiitioli
to the bonds , but a majority of the leudiiif.
and long-sighted citizens strongly favor tin
scheme. and thi-ro is but little if any doub
that that th > y will carry.
A Trotting. Circuit
lit : \TIIK-E. Xeb. , April 25. [ Special Tele
gram to TIIR Ben. A trotting chvuit was
organi/ed here last evening to bo known a :
tlio Southeast Xobraska circuit. Arrange
meats wore made for holding meetings dur
ing the summe'r as follows : Tecuniseh , see
end week in June ; Beatrice , third week ii :
.tune ; Humboldt , first wi'i-k in July.Vy
moro is also Included in the circuit , but the
date for a meeting at that place Is not yet do
'
eided upon. Liberal prizes will be offered am'
excellent meetings arc promised.
.Tapped tlio Till.
XouroMC , Xeb. , April 23. [ Special Tele
gram to TIIK HII- : : ] Frank Hblo and J
.Inlius Peller , both less than thirteen years ol
age , tiipiKHl the till of the former's father yesterday
tor-day , securing SI i. 'jO , and made tracks foi
the country , but were overtaken by Mr. Kbit
last night ami lodged in the cooler. They an
both very promising candidates for position :
in the reform school at Kearney and then
parents will undoubtedly have them senl
there. _ _
A I'onr Thousand Dollar I 'ire.
HAIITIMITO.V , Xeb. , April 25. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Hi.r.JFire broke out in
a large barn at the home of S. D. Xewton , six
miles cast of here , at 11 o'clock last night ami
consumed eight fine work horses , a large
quantity of hay , harness and a line stallion
belonging tea Mock company valued at
1,500. Leas , looo. Insurance. # KK ) on the
work horses only. The lire is supposed to be
incendiary. The house , granaries and an ad
jacent barn were barely saved.
A Veteran 'let-union at. Plainvictv.
made on'oToYge'seYdeS for'n grarid.bid i
reunion at 1'lainview .Inly 1-5. Charles II.
Van Wyck. Governor Thayer. Colonel J. W.
Tucker of Valentine , .rmlge Allen of Madison
and Judge Xorris of Ponca have already
promised to boon hand to address the multi
tudes expected to be present.
Kicked Mini in ( he Jaw.
KI\UNII. : : Xeb. , April 25. [ Special Tcle-
gr.im to Tnr. BKI : . ] This morning Captain
Cornelius and Charles Richards engaged in a
drunken row , which ended in Cornelius kick
ing Richards in the f.ice , breaking his jaw.
The fracture Is a serious oneThe. prelimi
nary trial for assault has been delayed to
await developments.
A \\\K \ Daimijso Suit.
GUAM' , Xeb. , April 25. ( Special Telegram
to Tun BII : : . ] The Howhmd damage suit
against the Chicago , Burlington & Quim-y
for . 25.000 damages is on trial hero today be
fore Judge A. H. Church. The testimony of
eminent medical gentlemen from Lincoln is
being taken. Mrs. Ilowland's suit is on ae--
count of falling from a train at Orcapolts.
Completed Tliolr Work.
IIv-Tixtis Xeb. ' . ' . " . Telegram
- , , April --Special [
gram to Tin : Hii"l : : The Hastings committee
appointed to ttolicit aid for the storm sufferers
of Cheyenne and adjoining counties have com
pleted their work in a satisfactory manner.
One car of grain and provisions , etc. , is ready
for shipment.
A ( iiiKi ; County PlonoriDcnd. .
Br.VTiueT , Xeb. , April 25. [ Spochu Tele
gram 'to TIIK KIF. : . ] - Airs. I'hillip ( .iascolgne ,
one of the early pioneers of this section , died
at her home , several miles northwest of the
city , yesterday. Tlio funeral services were
held today. A largo number of Beatrice citi
zens attended the obsequies.
A Snow Sturm at Grant ,
GIHNT , Xeb. , April 25. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BIK. : ] A heavy snow storm has pre
vailed here all day. It extends as far east as
Curtis and as far west as Cheyenne. It is
much heavier in the west , but not so as to
interfere seriously with trafllc.
Hound Over for Illegal Voting.
Bimiiei : , Xeb. , April 25. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BII : : . ] Ayonng man named
I'hichester was given a hearing in the county
court today on a charge of illegal voting. lit
Filley last fall and this spring. Ho was
bound over to the district court in the bum of
fiiOt ) . _
Mr. Senrir lletlros- .
Git.vxn Ist.ANn , Xeb. , April 25. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : UIE. ] Today ihollriuof
Cole & Scarn' , proprietors and editors of the
lraud ! Island Times , was dissolved , Bion
Cole buying the business and Mr. Scarf ? re
tiring.
_
Steamship Arrivals.
At Xow York- The Augusta Victoria ,
from Hamlmrg ; the Italy , from Dlvcrpool.
At Queonstown The Wyoming , from Xew
York.
At Baltimore The Oranmoor , from Lou-
ilon.
ilon.At
At Bremen Tlio We-ser. from Baltimore.
At London Sighted : The City of Chi-
rage , from Xew York.
Tlio Weather Forecast.
For Omaha and vicinity : Fair , followed by
nilu.
'For Nebraska : Clearing , warmer , variable
winds.
For Iowa ; Main , warmer , northwesterly
Winds becoming variable.
For South Dakota : Fair , waruier , winds
becoming southerly.
Favor the Anti-Option lllll.
Sr. Lot is , Mo. , April 25.Tho Central
Illinois millers' association hu ; tutopted reso
lutions favoring the pu > suge > of the Butter-
worth anti-option bill now jicmUiii * in con-
Double Lynching in Ti'Uiu.
ST. Artitvnjir , Tex. , Apul " . ' 5. Sim Gar-
Bdt and Jerry"Teel , in Jaiiherr for attemptIng -
Ing to poison Colonel Blocks and family , wtro
taken out of their alls and lynched lust
night.
TTIVP 1110 MIlTllVP '
ULMi HIo lAl'lALNS ,
Senator Quay Determined to Rule in
sylvouia Politics ,
REPRESENTATIVE DORSET EXPLAINS
Ho linn 'no Quarrel AVIth Civil Scr
vlci ; Itel'orm A Senate Sutistl-
tiitc Tor the Tnrln" Hill-
Army XCWH.
BuiinAU Tun OMAHA. BKB , )
nil ) FoL'RTnr.VTii STIIKBT , >
WASIIIXOTOK. I ) . C. , .prflSS. . : )
Tlio room of tlio senate committee on rail
ways is about the busiest place around tin
capltol at present and is crowded with I'eniv
sylvanla politicians from morning till night ,
Senator Quay sits at the head of a long table
and receives them one by one. Tlio Inter
views are short and are conducted In a low
tone of voice , but the senator speaks verj
seriously and the callers listen to his words
with the greatest attention. The county eon'
ventions in Pennsylvania are now being held
to elect delegates to the republican convex
tion that meets early in June , and the scna
tor has calleil his lieutenants to Washington
to give them the'ir instructions. He recog'
nixes , as all others do , that the fight over the
nomination for governor is to test his iwlltl-
cal control in that state , and there was nevci
a campaign in which he took a greater Inter
est or had more at stake.
Said a leading Pennsylvania politician to
day : "Quay is in control of the party ma
chinery and while ho pretends not to .have
a candidate for the governor-ship he Is calling
to Washington all the local leaders his can
depend upon , and is giving them their in
structions. Ho is also calling hero manymci ;
who were opposed to him or dissatisfied wltli
his management and is trying in cWfry way
to conciliate them and bring them into his
camp. Air. Andrews , his chairman of the
state committee , is at Harrisburg working ii
a similar way and telegrams in cipher are
passing between the , two men constantly.
State Senator Delamotcr is Quay's
'candidate ) amhe proposes to nominate hiir
regardless of consequences. If Delameter is
nominated ho will not bo elected. There will
be a movement against him both on account
of his i > ersoiial character and recorel and par
trcnlarly because he is the representative ol
boss rule. Whether there will bo an inde
pendent republican candidate or whether the
republican bolters will vote the state demo
cr.rtie ticket is uncertain , but whichcvei
course is taken if Mr. Delameter is nominated
it means the defeat of the republican tie-ket
and the overtnrow of Quay. Both factions
are organizing for the light in the local con.
ventions and the prospects are that Quay ,
having the party machinery under his control ,
will have a majority in the ; state convention.
It may bo that ho will come to his senses be
fore the convention meets and take his candi
date from the Held , bathe is a headstrong
man and a boss and I think will insist upon
having his own way. "
I > OKMY : VXPLAIXS.
Keprescntative Dorsey says that his motion
In the house yesterday to reduce the number
of civil service commissioners from three to
ono is not to be interpreted as an attack on
the system which these ccntlcmcn represent.
lie says that ho believes in civil service re
form , nnd that the republican party cannot do
better than to maintain it by strictly cnfore-
Ing the law and continuing 'to nlako appoint
ments and promotions on the basis of merit ,
but ho does not see any use for having three
commissioners when ono could manage the of-
lice just as well and perhaps a good deal bet
ter. As long as one man is capable Of manag
ing the pension oftlce , the Indian ofllco and
the patent ofllce , exercising the duties of the
comptroller of the currency and carrying on
other branches of the government , ho does not
see why it is necessary to have throe men at
the head of a much smaller bureau and of in-
ilnlte'ly less importance than those mentioned.
If he had his way ho would abolish two of the
commissionerships and have the bureau under
the control of ono good man who is in sym
pathy with the administration and tlio repub
lican party.
it may be said in this connection that there
is a very strong feeling in congress in favor
of the position taken by Mr. Dorsey , al
though his amendment was ruled out of order
because it would change the existing law and
that is not allowed on appropriation bills.
A > KSATIrnTni'Tu. : .
The republican members of the senate com
mittee on finance have already commenced
the preparation of a tariff bill , which will bo
proposed us a substitute for the McKinley
1)111 ) when the hitter measure reaches the
senate. It will bo similar to that which was
reported from the same committee and passed
the senate at the last session of congress with
a fe-w modifications , and will differ from the
McKinley hill In very manv important par
ticulars. There has never been any expecta
tion on the part of the republican leaders that
the McKinley bill would become a law , but
tlio committee on ways and means has at
tempted to frame such a measure as it could
get through the house of representatives.
The plan has been therefore to have sue-li n
bill passed by the house and then sent to the
senate , where it could bo carefully revised
and the difference arranged irr a conference
committee.
STIl.I. TINKKHIXO.
The ways and means committee still con-
tluues to hear arguments from persons nf-
fected by the proposed changes in the tariff
and is tinkering its bill every dav , so nobody
knows what sort of shape it will bo in when
it is finally taken up in tlio house for action.
AS I'M'orsncti nuMoit.
There was a rumor about the capitol today
that the president had given notice Unit ho
should veto the caucus silver bill unless it
was modified so as to make speculation in sil-
v.'r at the expense of the government impossi
ble1. But it could not be traced to any author
itative source and doubtless originated in a
icimirk made by Secretary Wlndom that the )
bill was imperfect in this particular. The
president is not given to threats nor is it his
practice to Imlimte what action ho will take
on congressional legislation. Ho has expressed
Ills views on the silver iniestion to several
gentlemen and they are well understood by
the members of his party. Ho does not ail-
prove the hill as it Mauds and will doubtle-ss
suggest certain changes in it. But he Is too
good a party man to veto a measure that was
udopted by a republican caucus with only six
dissenting voices.
ONLY A
Arkansas republicans In Washington say
that the story that the governor of that state
lias discovered the assassin eif the Into Mr.
L'ladton Is simply a bluff for effect upon the
I'ongressiomil committee that has gone down
'
tliero to Investigate the cause of'Clayton's
ilcath. There has been a good deal of corre
spondence between Breckinridgo and the
irovernor during the last few mouths. It Is
claimed that the yam about John M. Clayton
liavlng been killed by mistake for Powell
Clayton by an old enemy of the lotter's is not
; mly unreasonable , but absurd : The two
brothei-s did not resemble each other In any
ivay and it was well known that Powell Clay
ton was nowhere in the nelirhborhood at the
time the murder was committed. The town
ivhere it occurred Is a small one and every
new arrival is known and discussed generally
by the citizens. Kverybody knew that John
M. Clayton was there for the purpose of tak
ing testimony In his contest election case and
no one could have mistaken him fen1 his elder
brother. A similar suggestion was made soon
iifter the murder was committed , bat nobody
paid any attention to it.
AN oi.n ( oMimii : .
Another of the president's old army cow-
nulo * Is likely to get an oflKe , for thotii"m-
ticr * of convress from Chicago understand
th.it ( ieii"nil Dustin of Sycamore , 111. , is to
uoupn ! > < iititl assistant tre.isiuvr at Chicago.
Wh1 u tl.r pi.siJciil wns colonel of theSev-
L'nih li.timiiu hoas au.ihcl to thuhiuno
brst , .vie with tin O : . " hundred and fifth lili-
uus , vf vtliich Uctwul JJustiu was
and u Massachusetts regiment commanded b
Congressman Cogswell of'thftl state. Thus
Hire" gentlemen were ) prommed to bo brigi :
dlcrs alhiut the same time mul their brigade
were afterwards att.ichwl tojhcsnmo divlslo
under the ) commuml'of Oenehil Warel. C5er
end Uustln wns not n e.-indleiiUo for the oflk-c
but when his nntnoVa. . < r tncntioncd to th
president as an available man the latte
si > eke up at once and said that/ there wns n
man he respected moro than General Dustii
and that ho would IxJ very Rind to do some
thing for him. The appointment has notbcci
fully determined unou , but it Is expected.
WAS IT AX OViil : t01ITl
There was a.pccullar ominslon in the hll
granting statehood to the territory of Wy
oming when that measure passed the liousi
which has called forth Au amendment fiou
Senator Manderson , Nothing was sail
about federal jurisdiction over the portion o
thu Yellowstone park hi the territory o
Wyoming and if the bill .should go to tin
scnato and receive the president's signutun
as It passed the stata have control over tlm
iwrtion of the park within , its limits. Mr
Mandorson's amendment iff to correct this si
ns to to permit the federal government t <
have solo control over the entire park. '
WK.STKIIX SIliVEIl MP.X.
There have been 'several meetings of tin
sliver men of the west within the las
last twenty-four hours ivhilivo to a plan t <
bo adoptee ! in handling the silver question
esiicclally when the hill which was Intro
ducee ! by Mr. Conger yesterday readies tin
senate. Senators Sanders and Power o
Montana , Senator Teller of Colorado , Senate :
Stewart of Nevada. Congressman Carter o
Montana and n half dozen others who an
deeply interested in the silver bill held sev
era ! informal conferences today in which Mr
S. M. Humsey of St. Louis , who is presiden
of the Granite Mountain mining company
took part. The object of these gathering :
was to agree upon some amendments to tin
house caucus bill which will relieve tha
measure of the objectionable features , bu
nothing lias yet been done looking to the dis
posal of the question and is not likely thut tin
subject will bo settled until after a day 01
two.
AllMT XliWS.
During the njxt two or three months then
will bo four Important vacancies in thu actlvi
list in the army. Thrco of thcso are heads o
bureaus who rank us' brigadier generals
namely : Quartermaster General Holabird
who retires .Tuno 10 ( Commissary Geneva
McFcelcy , who retires July 1 , ami Snrgeoi
General Mcore , who retires August 1(1. ( Tin
other is Brigadier General Grierson who wai
recently promoted to that i-ank. It is im
possible to say who "will be selected , as tin
nresident will not take the subject tindei
consideration until the vae-anoics actually
occur , but the friends of various candidate :
arc already at work getting their papers to
gcther and organizing their political influenci
to attack the president at the proper time
The leading candidates for the quurtcrmastci
generalship are the felui ) colonels of tlnl
corps , Tompklns , Bingham , Perry am
Hoelges. In the subsistence dcpartmen1
the candidates are the two colonel :
pubarry and Bell. In the 'medical corps
it is generally understood 'that Dr. Baxter
the chief medical purveyor of the army , wh <
wa a candidate when General Moore wa ;
selected , has the lead in the nice. He is the
ranking colonel and has u long volunteci
record. r
It was expected thStrtho ; death of Mnjoi
General Crook would result in u change of the
military division commanders , but Secretary
Proctor said today that no changes would be
made for at least two mbtiths. It is under
stood that the-date of thei retirement of Brig
adier General Griersort-T ly 8 , has been fixed
for the rearrangement of the principal com
mands , and the present plan contemplates the
transfer .of General Howard to Chicago and
General Miles to Now I'lirk , giving Generals
Stanley , Gibbon , Puger , ' Merrill or Brooks
command , of the division , qf. tbOiPaciilc.
IOWA. POeTMASTCllS.
Tlio following fomth'-class 'postmasters
were appointed today : V Olympus , -Harrison
county , . W. , P.-Ma-3Wv'vic.o ! B. Prose , ro-
signcelSt'Puul'Leo.comty ; : ] , F..Denny , vice
O. Fritzjunker , removed , ' * '
MISXTUA.XCOUS.
The Nebraska delegation tomorrow will
send n letter to tlio president , urging him to
appoint ex-Governor l irnas us the Nebraska
commissioner at large for the state of Ne
braska for the world's fair in Chicago.
' PJIIIIY : S. HCVTII.
A Jt.lKOT.t TOWXltOOMElt.
Tlic Northwestern Claims the Site e > J
Kort Pierre.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , April 25. A Pierre , S.
D. , special says : General Superintendent
Sanboni of the Northwestern railroad , says it
is the intention of that roa'd to take posscs-
of "the milo square" for.- railroad purposes
and that the hind they want is exactly that
where the town of Fort * , Jierro is situated.
This is the first annoiiiicemcnt of the com
pany's Intention and the corporal Ion tins set
to work by legal process to eject the settlers
thereon. Fort Pierre citizens claim they will
light the company , but their chances are slim
inasmuch as the company has fulfilled all
agreements to obtain tit'e ' > to tlio land and the
Sioux bill provides that thpy shall have it.
This action of the railroad will wipe out
Fort Pierre , which was ( recently chosen for
the county seat , and grva that honor to Stan
ley , the unsuccessful * contestant located
across the river from hew' . .
Victoria AVoodhuiraF.liatcst Scheme.
NEW YOHK , April SJUSlrVrancls Cook
und Lady Cook ( Tcnnic.Clailin ) and Mr.J'ohn
Blddulph Martin and wlfo ( Victoria Wood-
liull ) arrived on the steanicr Truvo today. In
in interview this evening Mr. Martin
iiiid the object ' of their visit
ivas to establish . > two banks , ono
in New York and ono in Chicago , to bo used
in connection with the banking houses of
L'ook & Martin of [ .omlen. The new venture
is an extension of -Anglo-American com-
[ iany in which they are interested. '
Mrs. Martin said Lady Cook and herself
ivould found two home , ono in New York and
mo in Chicago , for thu prevention of crime ,
.vhero . children would bu taught to abhor all
hat Is evil in society. v
Still Snowing at Uolyoku.
HOI.YOKR , Col. , April 2.Special [ Tele-
; ram to Tun BKE.-iTho ] snow storm re-
jortctl last night contlnVica with unabateel
ury.S.Howover , the ulr continues w.irni and
10 damage Is done til 'range stock. The
, term is general , extejciing ; from Chovenne ,
astas fur as Farnutrt , . NoU , cast of hero.
L'ho snow is melting rapidly .and washouts
ire feared. Should tioivcuthcr | | moderate
aptdly , washouts will occur along the entire
ine. Precautions art ) widely being initdu by
he railroad oltlcials at this point , und section
nen are uifder orders tg.putrol the line ut all
i ours until the storm sjoi3. <
The Woman * * Clubs.
NnvYoiiK , April 23f-a'his was the last
lay of the confederation of the Woman's
lubs. Airs. Clymcr coWv ] to be read u tele-
rnim from Airs. John A. Logan and Mrs , AI ,
{ . AI. Wallace volunUBrijig the co-operation
if tlio woman's department of the Chicago
A'orld's Fairassociati& ! . Airs. Charlotte K.
Irown of Orange , N. Jj , Was elected prcsi-
lent for the ensuing y > r , ; Mrs. Alay Wright
icwcll of Imlliumixjll Ylco prewidnnt ; Airs.
t. C. Cnrley ( Jennie Juno ) , recording sevre-
.iry ; Alias Alary II. Temple of Knoxvlllo ,
L'eiin. , corresponding hjn'ivtmAirs. ) : . Phoebe
Icarst , wife of Soj.ntor Iburst of CalW
oriiia , treasurer. |
A IIlK l.iiinti.-i- l
Dri.i'Tii , Minn. , Anril 2.1. - [ Special Tolo-
rram to Tin : BEI : . | A lire today destroyed
,000,000 feet of lumber and a niunbjr of
mildings belonging to I'aiuo.tC'o , , at North-
mi I'.iclflc Junction. Help wa tent , from
) uluth. Thohwa wft ; estimatod'utflOO.UOO :
nsurnnco f.'O.iiOi ) .
IIIHIIJIO \\Jltli Drink'
AI.TOOXA , Pa. , April iV- Shortly after
iiicliilght Daniel lUttmaun. proprietor uf the
'nlon brewery , nwde ) an nlti-mpt to umniur
lU wife , and then slic-t , utul killed lilnuelf.
Iis wlfo will probably rccovi-r. Klttmann
vas lutvxicalcAi whuu hu ixtlixd last muht.
ni'iinnpn r ITTIP ntTi ? nil
d uLMOKEI ) CATHE RATIi 111 !
The Burlington Said to Have Introduced th
Mileage Rebate in Omaha.
GOULD AFTER A MEXICAN ROAD
Alleged KeaHons for the Continue *
Itcl'uxal of the Missouri Paolllu to
Co-Opernti ) In Any Move to
Advance Itutes.
CHICAGO , April 23. [ Special Telegram t (
Tin : DEI : . ] It was rumored tonight , too luti
for verification , that tlio Burlington had cu
tMfe cattle rate at Omaha by Introducing tin
mileage rebate of < 7.t5n : car , which is nov
In foi-coat Kansas City. If this is true it wil
reduce rate's correspondingly at all gateway !
ns far or be'youd Sioux City.
Allcr the Mexican Central.
CHICAGO , April 23. [ Special Telegram t <
TUB Br.i : . ] B railway news bureau send :
out the following : "Tho secret is out as t <
why the Alissouritj Paciilo has refused t <
co-operate either in any move to advanci
rates or to form western rallro-nl associations
Nothing confirmatory lias been or probably
will be heard from Gould himself but lltth
by little enough facts have como out to con
vince Chicago railroad men that Gould i :
after the Alexican Central road. Gould hui
now been in Mexico for over n month. Hi
has gone over every mile of the Mexican Central
tral road and knows its physical feature :
and the resources from whicl
it draws its earnings as wcl
as ho does the o of the Missour. .
Pacific. During all this time and for some
time before the Alissouri Pacific has actcel Ii
a way perfectly incomprehensible to its com
petltors. Without giving any reason It ha ;
repeatedly overridden the Trans-Alissouri as
spciation rules and refused o.r moro often en
tirely ignored any request to join in raisin ; ,
rates or forming an association. It has like
wise never given publicly any reason for ex
tending the passenger demorilt/ntion to Den
ver. Uecently almost every member of the
old Western States Passenger association has
written in vain for the Alissouri Pacific's rea
sons for refusing to aid in forming the usso
elation. The whole thing Is explained wla'ii 11
is known that several syndicates have
been negotiating with the Alexican Central
people and that Gould wished to scare oil
seculativc ] capital until he had a chance tc
see whether the plum wns worth the pie-king ,
Ilia investigations arc said to have been sat
isfactory , and tlio deal for the transfer foi
the Alexiewi Central to the Alissouri Pacific
completed.
This will wit the Atchison entirely off from
Alexican traffic , as the Alissouri Pacific will
refuse to pro rate at El Paso as the Atchison
has at Kansas city.
To corroborate uio above Chairman Walker
of the Inter-State Commerce Hail way associa
tion and President Cable of the Kock Island
returned today from New York , and both
were encouraged over the outlook , while
nothing appeal's on. the surface to indicate
there is anv move to combine for the purpose
of re-establishing the old rates. It is known ,
however , that Gould telegraphed to Chicago
today proposing conditions for u general set
tlement , but after a close conference between
Walker and Cable and President Alillcr ol
the St. Paul each of thorn was as mum as an
oyster ,
, JVU1 Fight tlio Iowa Hallway mil.
CuicAoo , April 25. . [ Special Telegram tc
Tiln'Biii : . ] Iowa ftlfcials will have n fight
on thfcir hhnda If-itliey attempt tacnforco .the
railroad bill which i-cccntly passed the Iowa
legislature and which was mutilated by the
blunder of a printer in leaving out nscnlonce.
A meeting of all the Iowa lines was held to
day hi Chicago , tranie- men and attorneys be
ing represented. It was tlio unanimous belief -
lief that n strong and probably successful
fight could be made against the enforcement
of the act or any part of it and all the lines
will Join iu contesting tlio first case that
arises.
A New Train to the Coast.
Sr. PAI-I. , Minn. , April 2.1. Within three
weeks the Northern Pacific railroad will put
on a new train to the coast , leaving hero In
the morning immediately after the arrival of
the Chicago train , and reducing the time
from Chicago to the coast eighteen hours.
The extra train was rendered necessary by
the insufficiency of the present arrangements
for the heavy passenger traffic of the road.
The Cut on I/lvo Stock.
Cme.ifio , April 2. i.In view of the reduc
tion of $7.50 per car on live stock from trans-
Allssouri river polnt.s to Chicago , mode by the
Chicago & Hock Island railroad , Chairman
Flnlov of the trans-Missouri association has
issued a iiotie'o permitting the members of the
association to meet the cut.
Iowa MiuuiKpi'H Confer.
-Apr-y--iK. A 'conference of the
general managers of thj ( Iowa lines was held
licre today to consider the eourso. toward tha
loint rate bill passed by the hist Iowa legis
lature. No conclusion \vos reached.
Inoi-cnKcel Union Paeildu learnings.
Bosibx' Mass. , April 23 , The preliminary
statement of the Union Paciilo road for
March shows the net earnings were i'JW.OOO ,
an increase of $ .V5XX > .
COOK COHXKItKU.
His Deserted SpoiiHo Fineln Him All
* Untrue.
WICHITA , Kan. , April 2.1. [ Special Tele-
; ram to Tun Bci.l : Henry Cook , who bus
jcen confined In Jail here for some days await-
ng a preliminary hearing on the charge of
ulultcry ( living throe miles southeast of
'CIngflrihcr , Oklahoma , with Aliss Uortlm
Nicholson ) , was taken to Kingfisher this
norniag by a marshal to appear bciforo Com
missioner iVcd Kogcrs. Ills real wfe ! , who
hreo weeks ago came from Omaha and
caused the arrest to bo made , was present ,
sbo having been at Kingfisher ever since the
wrest was made. The commissioner's qua"--
Lore were crowded with pt'oplo who had been
attracted by the ease.
The trial commenced nt' 2 p. m. mid four
lours were spc-nt in hearing Airs. Cook's ovi-
lence and the investigation will bo resumed
n the jiiurning.
The witness was subjected to a e-lose cross-
examination. She gave a history of their
niUTicd life , which commenced in Toronto hi
> . ' . Cook failed there in business and tried
0 Icnvo her then , going to Bos
on , where she followed him. They
noved to Omaha and a mysterious
IrodcstroyexVtho husband's busluofcs , whe-n
10 again commenced W bo unpleasant. At
hat time she found il letter in bh pocket
rom Aliss Dorthn Nicholson , who lived
wenty-elght miles wont of Onmhu. The
msband explained that by saying ho often
eccived Icttcra from women , but upvurnn-
wered thuin. Alxmt this time Olduhomu
jpened and hi stitd ho would secure a claim
md thuy would movu there. HolcftOinulm
1 llttlti over a year ago , secured u ohilm and
etunu'd in August and told her he was not
eady for her to move. After going back she
ouhl not hear from him and knew nothing
iioroofhis movements until E. ,1. Cook ul-
ided in the Aliilurd hotel ut Omuha lust
anuary , when she thought the sulcldo was
lur husband. Whilu trying to gel his affairs
fettled up she leaniod through the probate
udjtc at Oinaha that her husbund was yet
ivlng near KliigllHlior , and soon after learned
hat thu sumo Durthu Nicholson who hud
-KK-n writing to her husband was living with
lim. She went to Kingfisher , und when her
inthand mid Miss Nicholson cumo to town to- '
: 't her they we're urn stud. Be-ingiiuestloiied ,
Mis. Cook dcnl'tl II.IV.DK pit > | KHteet to COOK
Alien UlTi t el that she would settleihe i aso
'or & , W ) , but tuc eU'fcusu china th'-y can
prove that this offer was made ant w ik
ing nn effort to show that while 5 ; V >
tvally Ah-s. Cex > k she ( cares very litl\ \
husband. It will alt > o bo chinned
parents of Mls.s Nicholson were quittz
she should go to Oklahoma and 11 "Z
claim , as they are making arrangcin c.
join her. The house Cook and Aliss \ "
son lived In Is built on the dividing
two sections , they e-lnimlng that each H
their respective claims and that no lm\ | \
relations existed between them.
TO Tin- : nit.r.Hon s.irirr
Tin ; llt-enk at Uateni Kouge I'looilM ) "
People ; nnil Live Stuck.
VieKfiifiiu , Miss. , April 2.1. Tlio river i :
now higher than at any time in the pas
twenty-eight years.
BATON Itorni : , La. , April 2. . Both ends o
the Alartlno7 crevasse have been se-cured am
n determined effort will bo ni.ide to close it
Tlio water Is rapidly filling the country tt
the rear. The people of Gross Htec and Wesi
Baton Kongo are as fast as possible
taking their stock and cattle over to the hllU
for safety. It Is thought tlm highest place ;
in tlio latter phu-o will escape the overflow.
The steamer Wheeloek that has be-en dohi
relief work around Alorganza has arrived
Her captain says : "We went as high as the
mouth of the lied river in search of al
theiso that needed assistance. We breughl
down a few people ami stock. The steame-i
Henry Alarks proceeded down to Atchafalya ,
hut the people tlu-ro refuse to leave theh
homes. So far there has been no le > ss of life
reported , and the damage in the overflowed
sections at and In the vicinity eif Alorgan/a i >
confined almost exclusively to the crops in
the field. "
The steamer Dacotah has brought many
people out of the flooded districts and mud :
stock. Around the new Texas landing ninny
people preferred to stay , saying the river wa
now failing. The break in the old Alorganzi1
levee is at last COO feet wide and that in the
Gninel levee 1,000 feet wide ami
they are washing out r.ipidly. Tin
relief boats are preparing to return ti
New Orleans as all the people have been
taken out who desired to come' .
GIIKKNVII.M : , Aliss. , April 25. The rain
ceased today and the river has fallen three
inches. Portions of the streets which have
been inundate-d twenty-four days are now un
covered and the situation is moro encourag
ing.
ing.Nr.w Oiiii\xs : , La. , April 25. A Times-
Democrat correspondent at Bayou Sara says
there are ten crevasses in the I'ointe Coupe
levee front. The worst of these is the Fanny
Kick crevasse , where a volume of water six
feet deep and -100 feet wide is pourin ! ; in and
inundating everything. There has. so far as
has been le > arncel. been no loss of life , but a
great quantity of stock has been diowned.
' ' is 1.800 feet
.I'hc erevasso at New Alorgimxa
wldo and about fiftce-n thousand cubic feet ol
water per second is pouring throw it Into the
low lands.
DAI i.sTex. . , April 25. The Trinity river
is out of its banks and tonight promises to
reach the highest point ixrorde'd in many
years. The water is ankle deep in tinstreets
and is still rising Heavy rains are reported
throughout north and west Texas. Washouts-
are reported on many railroads and some
trains have been abandoned. The big iron
brfilgo near Veron , em the Denver , Texas , t
Fort Worth road , was partially washed out.
The freight houses in the northern part of
this city are under water , us tire also all thu
lowlands. No loss of life is reported , but the
damage to crops , railroads and other property
is enormous.
KANSAS Urrr , AIo. , April 25. Koports from
Kansas state that a heavy fall of rain oc
curred in that'slate within the p-.ist three or
four days. Tlio farmers express themselves
as greatly encouraged , Heports from north
western Kansas state that the fall of rain wns
the heaviest ever known there. The storm
ended in that section tonight with u.ulto n
A Flood Prcventutlvo.
WASHINGTON , April 25.- Captain John Cow-
don , promoter of tlio scheme to open an outlet
for the Hood waters of the Mississippi river
through Lake Borgne , from a point ten miles
below New Orleans , which ho has boon urg
ing upon congress for the past ten
years , and others interested with him were
given a hearing today by the senate commit
tee on commerce. The bill authorising Cap
tain Cowdon and his associate's to proceed to
the work , now pending before the com
mittee' , provides that theiy shall bo paid
500,000 for every foot of flood level eif
the river that shall bo reduced by the outlet ,
the figures to be ascertained by a commission.
In e-aso the outlet shall not be sue-cessfnl in
reducing the Hood level , no payment is to bo
made by the government.
H. , T. ShuHhels of the legislative commit
tee of the Knights of Labor and Federation of
Labor , advocated the Lake Borgno outlet.
He said the levee system had cost over ! K- )
000,000 and that it was supported by organi/.a-
tion in the statea where the money was ex
pended so strong as to prevent agitation in
that section of the country of any other plan.
Shulthels was requested by .Chairman Fryo
to prepare and file ) a brief giving the names
of engineers who approved the outlet system.
The committee then adjourned.
_ .
STt-rouis7Aprl ! 25. A Gainsvlllo Special
says' : A "cloud burst struck the city last
night , lasting fmlr hours and deluging the
country < o the depth of several feet. The
loss to jiroiierty will bo heavy as the whole
county is deluged and the crops ruined.
The storm was the heaviest over known In
this section , Largo washquts have occurred
nn all the railroads in this vicinity and it will
ho several days before trains can run. The
Duly life ) lost was that of u woman who died
In the arms of a man who was carrying her
from her homo , which was surrounded by
water several feet deep.
Signed by tlio PrcMlde.nl.
AVAMIIXOTON , April 25. The president
signed the Joint resolution of congress passed
today appropriating $150,000 to cnablo the
lecrntury of war to distribute rations for tlio
relief of the destitute people of the district
jverllowcd by the Aiississippi' and its tribu
taries ,
IHN.ll.tJlCli.
I'lio Kx-Clinncollor Sees Nothing to
Fear In the ; May Demons ! rat ion.
LONDON , April 25. The Herald publishes'
; oday an interesting account of an Interview
ivith Bismarck.
The prince said that if it was iu his juwpr
10 would not Intia-fero with workmen un May-
lay. Neither would ho display uuy anxiety ,
ivh Icli would only increase thu agin-esslvcness
if the agitators- . Antagonism between em
ployers ami employed wu-s a natural law and
, vas a necessity of human progress. Progress
ivoulel cease should man over become satis-
lied. Ho dwelt ] wn the need of combating
.ochillsm , the victory of which lie nald would
ncan government by the least intulllgent.
Ho predicted that socialism would give a
rood Jcal of troubloyct. Hu > tlil | tWe man
vho would yti'ld w the present manifestation
vas u cowacd and It was some times true bo-
lovniunca to shex ) the blood uf ririotous mi-
inrlty in defenco of the law ubldltiimajority. .
IM declarcxi that Alay day wfis not a danger *
IUK enemy. The day need not be dreaded. It
vouhl bo mt-ruly n slam fight like ) that of the
Salvation army.
.
* i
l-'onl 'j'hiy VcaroiV ,
AIosTiiEAi. , April 25. Another Brnwell
nystery Is pxpected by the peoples here.
A young lOuglUlnnun namvU Ittmbcr disap-
wared mysteriously froin the Grand Central
rotel few duv.1 ago. Two companions who
iime ; hero with him loft him Sund.iy evening
aylng tliny woix ) going to Vancouver. The
iulle-o can find no traceof him unH siupcct
oul play. _
on I'rk-HlH.
BKHI.IN , April 35. The bundcwrath has
anctloiiiud the. abrogation of the law of 1 7-t
iv which prc ! tti who falleid to comply with
, iio May laws reudeivd thciiwvlven liable to
miirix-miient and hitnuhmcnt.
The police of Hamburg and Ai'"i.i ' ulll
ipibably openuUduim/uaU-iiUuiis byoritinon
> n Aluy 1st.
ANOTHER LIFE SACRIFICED *
Thomas Gilmorc , n Non-Uuion Mnn , Fatnlly
Injured By Strikers.
MURDEROUS OUTBREAKS REPORTED.
A ConlVroiu'o A rred I'pon Itotwrrn
CeMiunltti'i'H rroin the ( 'arpeiiti'i-H
and the N < MV and old
Cnirino , April 25.-- [ Special Teli' r.im to
Till ! HKB. | li'Kirtn | show Ihiriy two in
stance's of violence on ( lie p.irt of the MI-IMCM
teidav In as many dlrtVi-ent parts of the dty ,
and not content with .killing non-union men
the strikers have now turned their attention
to thu destruction of property.
Yesterday squads of strikers parade'd the
outskirts and warned the e-onl r.ictor tlmt any-
work executed by non-union men would ho
torn to plee-es on the morrow. The police de--
partmcnt was notitlcd of this throat , but
.Mayor Crcgler dee-lined to alTord propeny
owners the requisite protevtiou and tbe stnk-
era were left five to wreak their will. As a
result , In many parts of tin' city toiliiy floor
ing , norche's and other wurk that
yesterday been done was torn to pieces and
scattered broadcast by the strikers , ofter the
non-union men had uc-en beaten unit driven
from the place.
Another life , was sacrificed to the fuvy of
the mob today , and Thomns Gilmoiv , a non
union e-arpenter , lies at his home f atnlly in
jured. Uilm-uv started fiinn his hiinie this
morning , his destination being the house rf u
private family , whenbe Intended making
some ncccssury repairs on the rooting \\ork
and exactly in Ids line , and lie tin-it fore
thought he could perform the work without
being molested.
Gilmore had no so. HUT got on tip strict
than ho was .spotted by tin"niilol cow-
mltte-e of the Carpenters' union unit feulowcd
by half a do/.en uf them. They ( iiiggetl tliu
THIIII until lie was within a hnmliril Minis of
the place inlendrd working at. ul < i it six
of the stilkeisrushed mi from behind \ \ < h
out warning or even asking the ilcrc-iisi-n-ss
man whi're houas golnir , the tools \\cii1
knocked froin his hiuids by one , unit .mother
struck him n violent blow in the neu-U , Jrliing
him to the ground.
The strikers tln-n literally jumpe'd upon
the iiro-trate cnrpenter , kicking him In tlio
he'ad and stomach mul in the ribs. His liicu
was badly cut , but the mo.-t dangerous-
wound was , i long cat on the si.ilp mfln-tcil ,
presumably by a billet of wood. The assail
ants , after pcix'i'iiting their victim until ha
was insensible , fiiil.B
Gilmorewas plckeil tip bleeding fn-ni hulf a
elo/.en wounds. The ca e was n-porteu 10 the
central station iiml Chief M.uli ilctailrii a
detective to hunt dnwn the ninrilor.'i-s.
The Curpi'iiti-rs' and HaildiTs * a < soi-utticii
will toniorrow complain tei th > ' iiiayor of tlio
alleged incltlcii'iicy of tin1 polii rin piolo nng
men who wish to work , but ; ire ufi-.m. of llio
strikers. 'J'he l > o-si-s .say the1 police arc in
sympathy with the strikers.
Should Johnsnii. the Swede , ami ( ittmoro.
who have iie-en ass.inUi'il by tin * strikers. < lie ,
as it is feared , il is probu'hlo that warrant *
will bo sworn out ny some of the liossis
against the olllivrs of the Carpenters' union
charging them with being responsible for
the murder. It is claimed that in such u
case the principle laid down in the Anarchist
case that a speaker Is liable for actions done
in pursuance of his udvk'iMvould hold in the
present Instance. , - „ < . .
PresidentO'Connell of the striken * said t6-
'tlay.tliat the councll.eleiiloi'ed 'tlio occasional
outbreaks of.vlolenco rcpoytcd of the strike-ill
ami would discipline any man found guilty pf
doing so.
"But , " ho liaid. "we cliiini the right to
poae'efully and licntlemanly approach uud
talk to men nt work If wo KO desire . '
A committee of clt I/ens uuel a number of the
buihlers met yesterday , and the re-salt was
that the coiircrriircuuselccidcdiipoii. Should
the negotiation : ! finally come to imapltl. the
carpenter ' council will ivcngn - tin new
bosses' assoi-lation , und will probably devlara
( lie strike off us regard * tlioin , and" ill ix.--
sumo work under their cniployiiii-nt
'The'se new boss's now claim , in be able to
employ 4,50u men , " said one ot thceariientera1
council today.
"We have' figured the mutter down , and
have concluded the-y can permanently employ
about ! tKH ( ) . We uurM-lvcs e-au now | iut to
work 1,5K ( ) men on buildings , which are now
in the hands of the old contractors. When
wo say so the ! owners of tln-sc buildings will
cancel their contracts with the Baiuiiiijj Kx-
i-lmnge contractors and turn the worn over to
us.
us."That will give ns I.SdO men at work
and leave ns only some 1,500 men to
care for on strike' . We e-au do so easily \\o
caii'ke-ep thu olil bosses out of the business by
the aid of the other tiiieles. Should they at
tempt to employ non-union men wo would
simply establish a picket on the neighbor *
hood. The non-union men would lie seined to
death and a policeman would be culled. Then
the brlchlHyors and other trades would ix-liiso
to work under I'tolle-o protection uud thi-ro
you are.
"Tho new bosses' association will employ
none but union men and wo shall permit
union men to work for nnno but these bo
who recognize the union. "
Tlio PittsluiiTrouble. .
PiTTsntiio , Pu. , April ' . ' 5. The grievances
ttf the railway employes were referred to the
supreme council of the Kaihyay ISmployes
Federation today , the various companies hav
ing refused to innke the e-once-ssions de *
inandcd. The supix-nie council \Mll arrive
hero on Monday , and alter inuking a thor
ough inve-stigiitlon will announce itu decision
und the men will act ac'cordingly.
AVIndoin's Kill Knocked Out.
WASUIXIIION , April 25.By a strict party
rote the house committee on eolnagiui ights
mil measures today mithoriml the ihun-i. .m
lo offer the silver bill agreed ujion m iho
[ aucus Wediii-sdiiy night in plue-e of the Ain -
ilom silver bill alrcudy reported by the im -
inittee.
Unring the session of the e'onumi'e ' Biund
ffereil hevi'itil aiiH'inliueiits whu h r n > -
| ected. The deiiincriitlc iiii'inbiis intf-d
igalnst tlic bill li'.vmiso ' Itv.is the ri-p , iiln-iii ;
aue-iis bill and be'causo. us llliinil , i'd ' > \n.s
the worst bill from a silver stiMnlH | < - , > tat ) ,
liud yet como before tin : rninnuH.'ilun
Iho substitute is oiTi-red In the hni I'-lunil
ivlll pre.scnt as a eountcr : proposiliou iu ! > fie-e
. olnugo bill.
lirook I n rid ne'In y I on Investigation.
Lnri.i : Itoi K , Ark. , April 25. Th < t'l.iy *
ton-Bix-eklnridge Invi-itIj-atlon coiuiiii'te-e e-x-
imlnedabout si'vcnty-livn witness teniuy ,
: icariy all of whom were ni roes Tin nc *
jroos testified that thi-y cutne Mr.i.gi i , c
Mlbllciiu ticket coiitiiln'lliij the nn uf t .11 < < i
M. Clayton its a c.mdMnte for i-ongi-i s ' 1 ho
inajorityoT the iii-Ki-oi-s whoti-siiil , ! u-i n , n ,
iblo to re-ad , and ivulil not tell u lu-t m , Uio
; icke-ts wi'txtho ones they volcd or not I d < y
iveiro ( KMltlvc , howuvcr , of having vi'tfil ' fur
Clayton. In it very few ciwo tl'A h. M 't- >
ihowwl th.it they voted for Miwkfiiri'lg"
InthiHklatua numhor U wnU-n on iho
ticket eHirre-spondiuu to the nuailier - JMH - uo
; hj ( nninu of the voter In the poll nnuUQ :
.hat It in very ousy to usce'rtuln tin 'aJut ,
: ant by each voter. In m-nrly all < -.i.si s win TO
t negro unable lo ivad hud e-ast lnstou the
ballot produced was u straight iK-moiiutio
JHU.
Ki-niinler'H Mud \'i-ry Near.
Ai'iirns ' , N. V. , April 25.The c.uc-er ol !
iVIIIInia Kemmler In giiMuully upjirouihliifj
U termination and nothing but ivspiu * froia-
, ho governor can save him from tinurriblo
jxporimunt next week , Ho fuliv real./cs Ins
lOHitlon and inU'iids to moot hiHlidi unmnth *
ugly. Th'iirraiiKniiiit ' for tin-llmii iie-t In
.he tntgoily mi' " .iitiit.inll.dly . .tpnud
U'nnk'ii ] ) ursl..ii li.i. IK.I ilivnK'i , | n , , ny uf
xe-culiun , bu' K"1' ' I-1'- ---ii iniiiio uit < i idui
it iho week as ihc tiu.c.