m PHE OMAHA DAILY .1 \ NINETEENTH YEAJtf , OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING , JUNE 4 , 1890 NUMBER 345. 'INOIIIER ' IOWA HURRICANE , rho Institution for the Fccblo Minded at Glcnwood Suffers Severely. CWO INMATES CRUSHED TO DEATH. 6lx of the Pntlonts llnrtly Hurt Four of tlic Injtircil Will Die Mu Explodes n Powder Mill in Ohio. COUNCIL BLUFFS , la. , Juno 3. A special from Glcnwood , nftccn miles southeast of hero , tells of the disaster wrought In that city by a great storm early this morning. The special says : Shortly after midnight n heavy black cloud advanced upon the city from the west nnd the low rumble that pre ceded It was suggestlvo of danger. The blackness of the night was frequently dispelled by vivid flashes of light ning. The threatening object moved with great rapidity and about 1 o'clock It reached this place. The rain fell in torrents nnd was lashed about by a strong wind. The hissing of the lightning was followed by a deafening clap of thunder. In a few hours the storm spent Its fury nnd the dark curtain was gradually lifted from the scene. A search was Instituted to ascertain the ravages wrought by the unwelcome visitor. Among the first to report was the state insti tution for the fccblo minded , within which lay tno mangled remains of two of the ink - k mates , and In the adjoining compartment lay jslx more , who wcro Injured. The storm struck the Institution nt right angles nnd the large smokestack that towered above the engine room tottered and fell with n crash. The roof of the buildIng - Ing was too weak to support the weight , nnd the smoke conductor toro Its way through nnd in its descent claimed for its victims Willlo CHno of Chirk county nnd Wesley Emery of Monroe county , they being Instantly killed and their little bodies crushed almost to u pulp. Six others were more or less injured by tbo falling of the chimney. The west end of the engine house of the In- Btltution was blown in. The following is the result of the storm's ravages as far as the in- f'l ; stltuto for the feeble minded Is concerned : TIII : KILLED. WILLIE CLINK of Clark county. WESLEY EMERY of Monroe county. The father of young Emery resides in Omuha. JOHN S. WALLOW of Duuuquo , bruised about the body and slightly cut. SAM ASKINS of Council Bluffs , bruised about the body. Wii.Dii ! PitATiiKii of Wayne county , badly bruised and cut. Ho may die. Kiir.it WHICIIIT of Fort Dodge , body bmlsed. Ei > STKEKT of Leo county , bruised about the head and body , lie is seriously injured. HENIIY SSVIIKK of Ilenton county , bruised about the head and body and arm crushed. Four of the injured inmates will die. The new building in the course of erection withstood the storm. The damage to the institution will aggregate gate- about fti.OOO. Sever.il other buildings were wrecked The canning factory had ono side blown in mid the Glenwood mills are badly damaged. 1 Tim storm was the worst that has ever vis ited this sec-lion. Awful Powder Implosion. MANsrini.it , O. , Juno 3. This afternoon during a heavy storm lightning struck Tracy & Avery's powder house , located ono mile cast of the city. The house container over fi.OOO pounds of powder , whlcl exploded , causing a tremendous report. Hundreds of windows in the city were broken , china anil glassware knocked fron the shelves and people thrown from theii foot. Many of the buildings in the vlcinitj were badly wrecked. Two frame dwelling houses on the opposite side of the streei from the nwga/.ino wore leveled to the ground. Ono of the houses was vacant the other was occupied by Henry Koost , his wife and two children. The husband was absent at the time of the explosion. The six- inon tii-old baby was instantly killed. The mother and other child are thought to bo fatally Injured. Nothing remains of the powder house , Bricks uro scattered in all directions , some being found a quarter of a milu distant. Nebraska , and lowu Patents. WASHINGTON , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BEE. ] Patents wcro granted todaj ns follows : George Brown , Ottumwa , la. , device for shifting vnlvo eccentrics ; Thomas .T. Brown , near St. Paul , Neb. , assignor to T. K. Wallace , header attachment ; Alfred E. Brumwell , Huron , S. D. , potato planter ; Hudson S. Clark , Slgournoy , In. , stump extractor ; George W. dishing , Omaha , Neb. , stock car ; Robert W. Hiigel , Douglas , Neb. , listing cul tivator ; Charles D , Haldcnian , assignor ol two-thirds to C. V. Keith , DCS Moines , la. , and E , M. Haldcnian , Humeston , la. , horse- tall tie ; George B. Bart , Viola , la. , cultivat ing plow ; Henry T. Henderson , Kcoltuk , la. i-oll paper holder and cutterGottlcib II. Huttenlochcr , Dos Molncs , In. , key fastenei ; Edward C. Johnson , Mncon , Gn. . and T M. Johnson , Keokuk , In. , governor for stean : pumps ; Everett A.- Johnson , Brady Island , Nob. , corn planter ; Robert M. Johnson Slgourney , la. , stop clock ; William C. Mil rev and J. II. Hoak , Shlckloy , Nob. , listei cultivator ; Clark Robinson , assignor of two thirds to W. S. Fuller , J. Al. Yeoman , J. W Cravens and F. Patch , Hartley , la. , inoasur Ing vessel ; John Bovnno. Keokuk , In. , roll paper holder and cutter ; Rector Al. Thomp eon , Crawford , Nob. , grading and ditching machine. The Wool Market. ' BOSTON , Mass. , Juno 3. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BUE. ] The demand for woo ! has been steady with the sales fairly largo. Good Michigan X sells at 30) @ 3lc , and Ohio ntaiea'-'o ; XX Ohio Is firm at ! ! 3@Mc : ; combing mid delaine elections are In snuil stock and command full prices. No. 1 combing Bells at 3'JdJIOo. ' Ohio line delaine nt My ? 37o and Michigan fine delalno nt 3. < ( ? lido. Siirlnir California wools met with n full demand at 17i-0o. ( Spring Texas has bee eclllng mostly at 0c. New territory wools nro meeting with a good trade , with the sales on a scoured basis nt COdfiWe for fine and 5S ( aVJo for line medium , lu pulled wools there lias been a good trade with sales of choice paper at 30 ( < i-Me , of fair to good super at ! l ( wtM. ; ' und of extra at Uito We. Foreign wools inn. Australian sells freely , Slnvlu AVI1I Kl ht MoAnlirre. Nmv Vonic , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to THE BEH. ] There are prospects of an Inter national prize light being arranged butwcci Frank P. Slavlu of Australia and Joe Ale AulltTo. The following cable was received b > Richard 1C. Fox in regard to the proposei match : "Slavln at Sportsman olllco am agreed to fight McAullffo In Pelican club for X'HKJ and the championship and would ullou McAulltTo X'lOO for expenses. " Billy Aladdei Biilil that ho would accept the challenge urn cabled to London that AloAullffo would llghi for on i'MK ) purse , ami ai soon us they it > wived JL'100 for expenses they will leave fcr England und muko the match , A Confectioner Drowned. CiiivNit ISLAND , Nob. , Juno 3. [ Specia Telegram to Tin : BEK. ] Horace L. Kendall a young man aged twenty-throe , engaged litho the confectionery business in this city , wen out bout riding tills afternoon nt Ott's Ice jiond and was found drowned at 5 o'clock . It is supposed ho full backward Into the xvutcr , ' HT11VCK MtV A Cl'CLOXJK. nrndshnw , Neh. , Nearly Dentroycd nnd Flvo Persons llcportcd Killed. YOIIK , Neb. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE. ] It Is reported hero that about 10 o'clock tonight the town of Bradshaw , which ms a population of about three hundred , was struck by a cyclone and nearly destroyed. Five persons are reported killed outright. The wires are down nnd no particulars are obtainable. HUE JkEVKll MOVED A 31VHC1.E. A Woman Acquitted of a > Poisoning Charge nt Vlnclnnd , N. J. VINEI.AND , N. J. , Juno 3. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE. ] Mrs. Cremer Jackson Lockwood , charged with attempting to poison her aged husband , was given n hearing this morning. Airs. Lockwood was the most composed person in the room nnd never dis played the least emotion or Irritability. She is on the shady side of forty , is flno looking and was elegantly attired. Her husband oc cupied a scat near by his sons , Arthur nnd Maurice , nnd son-in-law , Elliott Cogswell. They all swore that he came to them and asked them tohavohlswifoarrcstcdas ho was afraid she would kill him. Lockwood's daughter swore that when her father found the powder In his teacup ho brought it to her nnd told her to have an analysis made. Doctors Bid- well and Adams , who made the analysis , swore that the powder contained enough morphine to kill a person Marshal Creech swore that after arresting Airs. Lockwood ho searched her room and found u revolver nnd a dagger under the pillow of her bed ; also a quantity of arsenic in the pocket of her dross. It was also offered In evidence that Mrs. Lockwood threatened to shoot her hus band tlio day before. She is alleged to have put some morphine in his teacup , nnd it is claimed that recently her husband prevented her from shooting his fifteen-year-old son. There is considerable feeling hero favorable to Mrs. LockwodW Many claim that she is the victim of a conspiracy on the part of her husband's children , who want to get her out of the way. Airs. Lockwood was recalled in the afternoon for the purpose of giving additional testimony against his wife , but bo declined to say anything pre judicial to Airs. Lockwood , and created a sen sation and dumbfounded the lawyer for the prosecution by saying it was his children who advised htm to make the charge against his wife , instead of his asking the children to make it. The lawyer th virtually threw up the case , stating that Lockwood had been in duced by some pressure to change his state ments made previous to Airs. Lockwood's ar rest. The justice then discharged All's. Lock- wood , when her husband ran up to embrace her , but she waived him aside , and told him that she hud bad enough of him and his family , and positively refused to return home with him. Lockwood then became enraged at 0110 of Airs. Lockwood's friends , and was about to assault her , when an officer ejected him from the court room. Airs. Lockwood , it is said , will return to Virginia. * THEY SEE TJlKljIQUOU COME. But Xo Ono In Viiiikton Seems to Know Where It Goc . YANKTON , S. D. , Juno 3. [ Suecial to THE BEE. ] To the casual observer prohibition seems to bo enforced In this city. No strong drinks are sold over the various bars of the various saloons that arc kept open for the sale of papers , lemonades and other swills , und if there any joints of boot-legging no ono seems to know anything about them , but beer kegs and cases may bo seen piled up in the express offices und the delivery wagons nro daily seen several times a day delivering the kegs and cases in various parts of the city , and shrewd business men say that from $ T > 0 to $100 a day is sent to Sioux City for these articles of interstate commerce. Heretofore the consumption was from our own breweries and the money paid for it was kept at home , but now tbo money goes to Sioux City and thence to Omaha , St. Louis or Alilwaukco never to return , while our two breweries .stand closed and silent. As yet there arc no unbroken package houses run ning in the city , but the * casks and bottles that come in filled and go out empty , attest that the usual amount of drinking is going on. Tlio scales are fulling from their eyes and many good citizens openly declare they would not vote for prohibition again. The "reformers , " so-called , having squeezed the prohibition goosefor all there was in it , are now astride the woman suffrage hobby , and the same same Idyosincrufics that howled for the ono last year , are howling for the other this year , and many homes are ren dered cheerless and desolate because of the absence of those who should cheer and brighten them , but who instead , are putting In their time in tlio "reform" field. Verily the world is "reformed" too much , A Aiiss Ilowell of Now York und Siisiin B. Anthony from all over , both underpay , are now lectur ing in this city , and both of them are expected to make u general canvass of the state. If woman suffrage succeeds the next raid will bo made on tobacco , and utter that , no doubt , the universal substitution of graham bread for hot rolls. That prohibition has had a damaging effect on business and values hero , none will deny ; but it is in the constitution. The most , bibu lous politicians nro cowards on the subject nnd afraid to grapple with the dragon , even Senator Woody having voted for the fool bill that has Just passed the senate , nnd it will bo iniiny years before the people of South Dakota can rid themselves of the stupendous frauds. Aluny good citizens of Dakota are anxiously watch ing for the result In Nebraska this fall , and if the people of that state have the moral cour age to turottlo the cranks and avoid the reckon on which the people of neighboring states have so signally split , many sober , industri ous Dakotans will domicile on the south side of the Missouri river before the close of un- othcr . year. _ _ JllSM.UtCK IXTItK ; 1'IXG. A Xowppaper Charges the K.v-Chnncftl- lor with Opposinu the Emperor. NEW YOIIK , Juno 3. A dispatch from Paris quotes the Nineteenth Century as say ing In Its Sunday edition : There are proofs that Prlnco Bismarck is intriguing a Httlo with the German courts us well as abroad to ralso difficulties of nil sorts in the way of the emperor. There is some talk nt Berlin of the removal of several high officials who have been In communication with the ex- chmicellor und who uro said to bo associated with his opposition to the linitcrial decisions. the Tariff Bill. WASIIINOTON , Juno 8t The sub-committco of the republicans of the senate finance com mittee today continued its consideration of the tariff bill. Items lu the Wood schedule were examined and passed and the sugar schedule was laid over for the present , It being deemed best to await the return ot Senators Merrill nud Sherman before taking up u subject of such importance. The sub-commlttoo also passed over with out any uctlon tlio tobacco , mines and agri cultural schedules , which with sugar occupy twenty pages of the printed bill. Coining Hallway Changes. AIiNNUirOLts , Minn. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to TUB BEE. ] The directors of the "Soo" railway company will meet in this city on Alonduy next nud accept the resigna tion of President Lowrj . F. N. Firrov will bo elected to succeed htm. It Is said that President Vunhorno of the Canadian Pacific will bo at the same time chosen a director. Other changes will be made which have uot yet been divulged. The Engineer \Vnn Uctipoiihlhlo. SAN FIUNCISCO , Cul. , Juno3. Tbocoroncr's Jury has .returned a vent let in the bridge railway disaster at OuUlniul setting forth that tno passengers came to their deutti through the netllgenco of Engineer Duuurxl and { hiding him guilty of uiuusiuub'hlcr.J _ , MORE IMPORTERS PROTEST , Now York Men Want the McKinlcy Measure Modified. SEVERAL GOOD REASONS GIVEN. The Action of the Itcpuhllcnti Caucus on the 'Pension Bill Considered a Set-Bnuk for the Conference Committee. WASHINGTON BtmiuuTiiE OMAIU BBB , > 813 FOUUTKENTII STHEET , WASIIIN TON. p. C. , June 3. ) The hearing of the New York Importers on the tariff bill , which was to have taken place today , was postponed until tomorrow because of tlio absence of Mr. Merrill and Mr. Sher man , but the importers nro on their way hero tonight , 200 strong , and have taken till the spare rooms nt the Arlington and Riggs house. They have selected a spokesman for each of the Interests represented , and protests will be made against an increase of duties In thcpcndlng tariff bill. 1. Upon articles which cannot bo pjpduced in this country , 2. Upon articles which cannot bo grown or manufactured in this country without great and continued assistance from the govern ment. 3. Upon articles which nro exported in much greater quantities than Imported , 4. Upon raw materials needed in Cur manu factures. Also against the giving by the government of largo bounties. Estimates will ba sub mitted by experts in dress goods , men's ' goods and cloakings , silks and velvets , linens , col lars and cuffs , Inecs and embroideries , hois- cry , upholstery , braids and braid yarns , but tons , corsets , wool , china and glassware , eye glasses and spectacles , grocers' supplies , cigars , photographers' supplies , dcntinojco- incut , bricks , hops , foreign fruit and window glass , showing how unfairly these interests wcro treated in the bill. The importers will also ask that in order to allay apprehension and restore confidence that the committee shall decide and announce at once that a rebate would be granted on all goods In stock and in bond at the time of the pass age of the bill. Under the present situation merchants will not purchase goods that will bo affected by the tariff and will make no contracts for future delivery until they know what the duty will bo. The unsettled condi tion of affairs is distressing and is embarrass ing every line of trade and manufacture , and some manufacturers are suffering largo losses. The committee on finance , in its considera tion of the tariff bill has jumped the sugar schedule as It has all others upon which there is any decided controversy and will leave them until the undisputed portion of the measure has been reviewed. A DECIDED SET-HACK. The action of the republican caucus last night on the pension bill was a decided set- bank for the conference committee , and as a result its meeting this morning was short and sweet , and It afterward reported that Us negotiations had failed. The committee had formally decided upon the terms of the com promise measure , which was to bo formu lated and accepted by both sides at the ses sion this morning. There was no intention on the part of Mr. Merrill , the chairman of the house commitcco , to refer the ques tion to the decision of the caucus , but ho intended to sign the conference report and then try to get it through the house , but certain gentlemen who are in favor of more radical legislation than Mr. Merrill considers Judicious at this session of congress decided to force the committee back into the position which had originally been taken by the house , and so they secured a de cree of the caucus requiring the conferees on the part of the house bill to stick to the meas ure that passed that body and forb.ido them to make any concessions to the senate. This defers final action on the bill indefinitely , for the senate will not agree to a service bill at this session and would rather have no legisla tion at all. As Air. Davis , the chairman of tlio committee said today , every proposition contained in the house bill had been brought before the senate and bad been voted down , and there were not half a dozen members In the senate In favor of the service bill. "There is a general disposition , " said Mr. Davis , "a unanimous desire , you might say , to tuko euro of all the disabled soldiers who cannot earn their own living , and to leave' the service pension for future consideration. It is a fixed conviction with nearly every sen ator that a soldier who has become disabled from any cause whatever , whether in the ser vice or since , to such u degree as to disable him from earning his support ought to bo pensioned , provided ho has no other income than that derived from his own labor. Bills of this kind have repeatedly passed the senate but they have not been the subject of favorable consideration in the house except once in the Forty-ninth congress when such a bill was passed and vetoed by President Cleveland. The senate committee and the senators unani mously agree that the needs of disabled and dependent soldiers should bo provided for in the most liberal manner possible at once , but that the service pension bill oan bo post poned. A service pension to the survivors of the revolutionary war was not granted until sixty-three years after tbo war , to the Sur vivors of ttio war of ibl'J until fifty years after , and to the survivors of tlio Mexican war until forty years after , and the commit tee did not believe that there should bo a service pension for the survivors of the war of iho rebellion until at least thirty-live years had ex pired. " Mr. Davis , says too , that there Is no time at this session to give a service pension bill proper attention. "It is a meas ure which will require the most careful con sideration to the end that justice may be done both to the soldier und the country. This consideration will necessarily involve the tlmo when such relief should bo extended , thu amount thereof , ways and means by which the expenditure is to bo borne , and above all , whether it can bo granted with n duo regard to the rights of those pensionable by reason of disability incurred since the ex piration of their term of service. Much em barrassment has resulted and must result from an attempt to combiuo measures of this character. " The senate committee believes , too that the service feature of the house bill will not give satisfaction to the soldiers because It Is pref erential and Invidious. It places the man who served ninety days on the same footing with him who served four years. It com pels the youth who enlisted at eighteen and who was discharged a veteran at twenty- throe , who thereby lost his chance of educa tion ami who is now forty-eight years old , to wait twelve yours before his claim for recog nition will bo entertained. It is well known that tho. enllbtments during the first two years of ttio war were largely from among tlio youtn of the country ; that thereafter , under the imperative necessity of disaster and of the exertion of the full military force of the nation , the older men went , generally as vol unteers , sometimes as substitutes und many under compulsion as drafted men , Into the service. Those men served for much shorter periods than their comrades , who were vet erans when they ioined them. It Is the opin ion of the committee that whenever It Is deemed wlso to Inaugurate a system of service pension it should bo done for the benefit of all living soldiers who are honorably discharged , ami It Is urged with grant force that the pen sion should bo graded in proportion to luugth of service. On iho other hand , the house committee argues that w.lnlo It Is true that servieo pen sions were not granted to the survivors of former wars until u long period of time hud eluded , yet the fact ivmnlub that the very principle upou nblvh a iervico pension nt the ago of sixty-two years Is based is that at that ago the soldier is presume * } to bo past the ago of labor and unable longer to engage in the active duties , of Hfo and on that account mjcds the aid of the government that he fought to defend and maintain. If this theory bo accepted for the true basis of a ser vice pension , then the question of the lenith of tlmo which has elapsed after tlio close of the wdr docs not materially enter In the con sideration of the questionA law should bo put on the statute books as soon after the close of the war as any of' ' the soldiers have required age. , If It Is urged that a longer time should bo permitted to pass so that the number of the survivors may bo the less and the cost to the government thereby lessened the committee would reply that such a proposition Is utterly unworthy of consideration oy the representa tives of n great government. It Is very prob able that the house will have to glvo way to the senate in this matter , and that the senate bill will finally bo agreed to without a light. rADDOCK'B ADULTEIUTION HILL. By a vote of six to three Senator Paddock's committee today instructed him to make a favorable report upon his bill "To prevent poisonous adulteration" and for other pur poses. It provides that the secretary of agriculture shall organize i.u his department n food division and make ruics and provisions for its government ; that the Introduction Into any state or territory or foreign country of any article of food or drugs adulterated in such a manner ns to bo dclltcrlous to health shall bo punishable by flno and imprison ment ; that this division in the agricultural department shall make examinations of specimens of food and drugs which may bo collected from t time to tlmo nud publish in bulletins the result of such analysis , but the names of manufacturers or venders of such food or drufca analyzed shall in no case bo published in snch bulletins until after conviction in the counts of violation of this act. And if such examination shall dis- eloso a violation of thislaw'itho district at torney is directed to prosecute the manufac turer or vender. The term drug shall include all articles used for feeder _ drink by man , whether simple , mixed or compound. In the case of drugs the detlnitlonila made when sold under a name recognized in.'tho United States Pharniacnpccla. If It- differs within the knowledge of the seller from the standard of strength , quality or purity according to tlio testa laid down therein , or if any substance or substances has or have ' bcen'knowlngly mixed and packed with it seas as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strengthen so thnt such product when offered for sale shalljbo calculated and shall tend to deceive thopurchnser , ttio manu facturer or vender shall bo liable to punish ment. This undoubtedly includes adultera tion of beer and other maltjlquors. NEW NEI11IASKA TOSTMASTKIIS. Gushing , Howard county , Lizzie Glass , vice H. G. Grubbs , resigned ; Huxley , Custcr county , A. Hendricks , vico. J. C. Ilendricks , resigned. / MISCELLANEOUS. Commissioner 1'aum today no'tiflcd Mr Dor soy of the appointment of. Dr. William H. II Ilagey as n member of the board of pension examining surgeons atXNorfolk , Neb. , vice Dr. Daniels. Dr. Hagoy ! , cominisslon was issued today. Mr. Dorser has recommended the appointment of Dr./J..V. ' Harris on the board at Cliadron when a'\acancy occurs. Sol Davidson , businossijniaiiagor of the Ne braska Tribune , Omaha , ' , stopped hero for n few hours on his wayjito Now York. IIo called upon Senators Paddock , ' and Mandcr- son at the capitol. South Dakotans are flooding congress with petitions in favor of thojWilsou amendment to the interstate commerce law prohibiting the shipment of liquors' i.uto prohibition states. ' > „ , A postofflco has been established nt Leslie , Lincoln county , and Mrsil-.ddlo Palmer has been appointed postmaster. v ' .EimJB. . Ucvni. TJIE Brothers Ileunltcd After a Separation of Fifty Years. ATCHISON , Kan. , Juno 3. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BEE. ] Fifty years ago , when ho was a young man , A. J. North of this city lost track of his oldest brother , Caleb North , who was a roving school teacher. A week erse so ago Mr. North learned as a result of bis in quiries that have been kept up for many years , that his brother was in Boise Citv ' , Idaho , and very poor. He at once sent for 'him and the old gentleman is expected to arrive in Atchison tomorrow. Ho is now sixty-four years old. Ho had a family , but his wife is dead and his children are scat tered. Caleb North will spend the remainder of his life in Atchison at the homo of his brother , who is not only generous but well- to-do. Njbraslcn , Iowa and Dakota Pensions. WASHINGTON , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BUB. ] Pensions granted to Nc- braskans : Original invalid Geo. F. Cole , Brcwster ; Amos Sniff , Elmwood ; Frisby N. Kichardson , Red Cloud ; Lafayette Ritchie , Lincoln ; Win. Wasson , Beatrice. Iowa : Original invalid Leander Ten-ill , Frederick ; Henry P. Minton , Knlo ; 13. Thomas lirvln , Hastings : J. F. Frailer , Missouri Valley ; James T. Wolff , Keolmk ; Waldo J. Medcaris , Fort Dodge ; John Mc Lean , Elma ; Lewis H. Bradshaw , DOS Moiues ; Morrison Collins , Llnovillo ; Win. II. Neliugs , Monona ; Thomas Elder , Lewis- barg. Original widows , etc. Martha A. , widow of Alex Myers , Shell Rock ; Eliza , widow Of James Barrow , Norwood. South Dakota : Ro-lssuo and increase- Robert T. Scdam , St. Lawrence. - A Plciilo With the Uwtinl Results. BIRMINGHAM , Ala. , Juno 3 , [ Special Tele gram to Tim BEE. ] A Sunday school picnic at McAdory springs thirty miles west of hero ended in a light. Ono man was killed outright and several were badly i wounded. A crowd of young men who attended the picnic had a keg of beer hid in the woods and all of them became intoxicated , A free light was the result and George Roebuck's head was split open with a hatchet. It is not known who struck the fatal blow. Al Simpson nud David Hcndrleks received wounds which may provo fatal. The light broke up the picnic and women and children ran screaming into the woods. Several chil dren wcro lost for several hours. The Gun lioat CiicsTEit , Pa. , JuuoS. The United States gun boat Bcnnington was launched at Roche's ship yard at noon in the presence of a largo company. She is the twin companion of the Concord. Her length IsU30 feet , extreme breadth 30 feet , displacement 1700 tops. Her armament consists of t > lx six-Inch breech loadIng - Ing rifles , n secondary battery of eight rapid firing guns and revolving cannon , rail and tripod mounts ; also eight torpedo guns and a complete outfit. - Tlio Amulganuitcd Association. PiTTbUi'ito , Pa. , June 3. The annual con vention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron und Steel Workers Opened in this city this morning with 200 delegates present from all parts of the country. The session was taken up almost entirely -with organization and nothing of interest transpired. The con vention will bo in besslon ubout two weeks. Two ConurcNHional Nomination ) ) . Pirrsiifiio , Pu. , Juno 3. Hon. Thomas M. Bayno , congressman from the Twenty-third district , refused n renomlnntlon today and Colonel William Stone , United States district attorney , was nominated. It the Twenty- second district Hon. John Dalzell was nomi nated , Mixed UcbiiU In Oregon. POUTI.ANO , Ore. , Juno 3. Returns from the state arc very meagre. The election of Her man ( rep. ) for congress Is assured. The gov ernor Is In doubt , with tue chances In favor of Punnovur Idem. ) The republicans elect the remainder of ttio stale tickut and a ma jority of both houses of the legislature. > Bond WAIIIM > TUN , June -Special { Telegram to Tuc BEBUoiidi offered : ; , ooo ul 1 1 THEY THINK HE WILL ACCEPT , Goddard tbo Probable Ohairman of tbo West ern Passenger Association. AN APPOINTMENT CAUSES SURPRISE. Chnlrniaii of the Freight As- Boulatlon , Mnkcs His Itcport Ho Docs Some Unmerciful Scor ing Kallwny Noted. CHICAOO , 111. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bcc. ] A committee was appointed to day by the general passenger agents to select n chairman for the western states passenger association , The membership of the com mittee is as follows : Assistant General Manager Tuekor of the St. Paul , General Manager Choppcll of the Alton , Vice Presi dent Newman of the Northwestern , Vice President Harris of the Burlington , General Manager St. John of the Hock Island , and General Manager Hayes of the Wnbush. Four of the six members hare already ex pressed a wish that cx-Vico President God dard of the Achlson accept the oflleo , and it is altogether likely ho will bo the unanimous choice of the committee if ho will nccopt. Mr. Goddard himself will say nothing on the sub ject. This hashed the committee to hope ho would accept. When the committee formally announces Its choice it is understood the gen eral passenger agents will acquiesce unani mously. The committee also undertakes the duty of securing now signatures to the agree ment , and it possible of Inducing every line , great and small , in the old western states and present trans-Missouri territory , to join. The re-organization meeting will bo called as soon as the committee Is ready to report. Ono of the greatest surprises of the year in railroad circles was the appointment today of A. J. Earlinj * as general manager of the St. Paul road. Mr. Earlinpr has made u wide reputation as general superintendent , a po sition he has held on the St. Paul for years. The appointment does not change the 'duties of any of the present officers , as Mr. Enrllng will bo as heretofore entirely in the operating department. His position exactly corres ponds to that of General Manager Whitman , of the Northwestern. Assistant General Superintendent W. G. Collins has been promoted to the olllco of general superintendent. Chairman Midglcy , chairman of the south western aivision oi tuo ivreignt association , today made his report. It consists mostly or statistics of trufllc. The most interesting feature is a statement showing that the lines In his association hud not reported nearly $1,000,003 of traffic , which the rules of the association demand shall bo reported to the cent. It is supposed by the charitable that this discrepancy is duo to carelessness , but the white winged competitors of the derelict roads claim all the unreported traflic repre sents that which was manipulated. The total trafllc of the lines in Mr. Alldg- loy's association , those running between Chicago cage and Kansas Ciiy and St. Louis and Kan sas City , was , for Ibts'J ' , 3UinTi > ! ) tons as against 1,1)51,210 tons in 1888. The revenue therefrom was Sll.'O GiVi in IbSO against $ r > ,55SMT in issS. The average earnings per ton , excluding lumber , was 1.50 west-bound and $3,28 east-bound , an Increase of10 cents west-bound and 8 cents east-bound. Forty thousand three hundred and ninety-four cars of live stock wore shipped at an average rato' of $25 a car , a decrease of $31 a car over 1SS8. Of the west bound tonnage OS per cent went via Kansas City ; 20 per cent via St. Joseph ; 2 per cent each via Atchison and Leaven- worth , and 7 per cent via other junction points. The east bound percentages were- practically the same. In 18S ! ) coal traillc tilled the largest number of cars , -VIM. Beer came next with 3,0 15 , 'while oil was a poor third , with sugar fourth. Midglcy scores his lines unmercifully for manipulating and reducing rates and again insists that the era of stable rates cnn only coino with pooling cither the business or earnings. At the Chicago and Western Indiana and belt line annual meetings today V. T. Mallott , receiver of the Chicago & Atlantic , was elected president. W. J. Broyfoylo was elected a director in place of J. B. Carsou. The other officers remain the samo. Promoted from the AIil.w.xuKEE , Wls. , Juno 3. President Mil ler of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul road , this morning announced the appoint ment of A. J. Earllng as general manager and W. J. Collins ns general superintendent. The appointment takes effect July 1. Botli ap pointees uro old employes. The Pennsylvania Makes n. Showing. PITTSIIUIIO , Juno 3. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania company was held in this city today. The annual re port of the board of directors for IbS ! ) was submitted and auiirovcd. It showed a profit for the year , after paying all expenses , In terest on bonded debts , rentals , etc. , of $72S- 000 , against a loss for the previous year of $75,000. There will bo a board meeting in Philadelphia tomorrow , when the election of oflleors will take placo. Census Takers NEW YOIIK , Juno . [ Special Telegram to TUB Ecu. ] The first day of census taking was a success. A rough estimate of the num ber of names taken places it at 50,000. The scene at the ofllce of Supervisor Murray was nn animated ono this morning. Some of them came to resign. Among them was Abraham Alexander , who had the twentieth and thirtieth election districts of the eighth assembly distil' t. Al-xiinlor said that ho could not stand the work. Ho found that running up and down stairs In the tene ment houses was more exercise than ho cared for. Alexander produced a physician's cei- tillcuto to prove that ho was sick and was al lowed to resign. About fifteen resignations have been received by Supervisor Murray since yesterday morning. The supervisor was busy filling these vacancies this morn ing. _ Paddock's Substitute. WASHINGTON , Juno ! ) . Senator Paddock today reported favorably from the committee on agriculture a substitute for all the pure food bills which have been introduced in the senate. The bill provides that there shall bo organised In the department of agriculture a food division , whoso chief shall receive f-VHX ) nor annum , and bo charged with tuo duty of procuring and having analyzed samples of the food or drugs sold in any state or territory other than where manufactured. The introduction into any state or territory from another state or territory of any adulterated food or drug Is prohibited under a penalty of line and Im prisonment. Persons are required under penalty to submit for analysis samples of rood , drink or drugs , and an official analysis may bo made of such articles whenever the same Is demanded by any responsible person. lluhiikvd the Police. CHICAGO , Juno 3. John Kaiser , the New York anarchist whom the police arrested on the suspicion of knowing something about the placing of the bomb near the Ilaymarkct monument , was released by Judge Tulloy this morning on d writ of habeas corpus. The judge rebuked the police for holding Kaiser without u warrant and for not allowing his friends to see him. ' The Wild Pftronlp Victims. KINHSTO.V. Ont. , Juno 3 , Four members of the family poisoned by eating wild parsnips near Lake George , are now dead , and it Is learned that the other three will die , The Congo Tariff. Biti'SSEi-s , Juno 3. All the delegates to the anti-slavery conference , with the exception of tlius.0 of tuiI'nitcd States , have formally ud- heivd to thu Uulit'u Unit us UctlnvU by the cv SIILI.EU f'H Z1.10TT , Majority Kcport In flu ' j.vonth South Carolina Coi , 't. WASHINGTON , Juno 0 , Thnjorlty report in the cose of Mlllor VB t itt from the Seventh South Carolina dls v. was sub mitted to the house commltto iday. The entire South Carolina * regh tlon and election laws ore declared unconstitu tional. The basis for this declaration Is that the state law Imposes a number of re strictions upon the oxcrvho of the right of suffrage which are In conflict with the stnto constitution. The report also states that it number of negroes have been compelled by poverty , while waiting the maturing of their cotton crops , to negotiate their registration certificates to traders , who immediately sent them to politi cal headquarters , with the result that the ne groes uro permanently disfranchised. The report cites that In cortnln precincts the ballot boxes wcro separated in the ease of each office and that the voters wore deceived by the intentional shifting of the boxes , so that the judges of election were able to throw out nil of the ballots cast in the wrong boxes. "There was also , " says the re port , "evidence of ballot box shifting. " Sum ming up It Is found that taking the position most favorable to the sitting members Contestant Miller had n majority of 7f > 7. while if the law Is strictly followed , his ma- Joritv will roach 1,443. Wilson of Missouri will prepare the mi nority report. TOO S1XIWT * TO 1,11'E. A YpnujjOlrl Suicides lleonnso of Her Imagined Wickedness. Nnw YOIIK , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tun Bun. ] Maud E. Fisher , a religious girl eighteen years old , committed suicide yester day in New Britain , Conn. , by drowning herself in the reservoir because she thought she was too wicked to live. The girl was a member of the Episcopal church. She was known as a most zealous Christian and was blameless In her life , but was constantly complaining that she was unable to live up to the exalted saintly ideal which she had sot up for herself. She kept a little diary in which she recorded daily the story of her struggles , her victories and her defeats. In her diary she wrote the words : "Tonight ! shall go down street and shall also go to church , then shall go away forever to the reservoir. " This programme was observed to the letter. At (5 ( o'clock she walked to the center of town , where she met two of her nearest friends , who walked back with her. They parted within sight of Maud's homo. "Good bye , girls , " she said ; "I am going to the reservoir and you will not see mo again. " The young ladies were startled and after kissing Maud followed her at a distance , but soon lost eight of her. They could not see whether she entered her father's house or not. Finally they went to the Fisher home and related what Maud had said. "Is she homo ycU" they asked. "No , " said Her mother , "but she will bo presently. " At this moment Maud was sitting on the rocks on the brink of the reservoir. Maud took olT her hat and placed it with her shawl on the ground. Then s > ho took off ono shoe. As she untied the other she saw a carriage coming up the hill. Instantly she rose and plunged into the pool. Two young men drove up as she sank the lust time , saw the cloth ing on the bank , realized what had occurred , and drove hastily back to town , "Where they told the story. The body was recovered within an hour. JlfMVMS.E A HO LI ) SCHEME. Plans of Corrupt Politician * Spoiled hy Governor Thaycr's Action. LIXCOLN , Nob. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tin : BEE. ] It is generally understood hero that Governor Thayer had other and very im portant reasons for revoking the call for an extra session than those stated In the counter proclamation. It lias been whispered hero that the governor might soon make public some very sensational facts In connection with the men who sought to use him to pro mote their selfish and wicked ends. Your correspondent met the governor today and asked him if ho had anything to say on the subject. "It is true f had other reasons than the ono mentioned in my proclamation for revoking the call for an extra session. I found the vast preponderance of public sentiment throughout the state against It , " said the gov ernor. "I have been astonished at receiving petitions from alliance lodges asking mo not to call a special session of the legislature. I did not desire to force it upon the people. I have no policy to carry out in opposition to theirs. I yield to the will of the people. " "It is claimed , governor , that you are with holding some very sensational facts in refer ence to the part taken by certain politicians in attempting to bring about an extra session ! " "Tills may or may not bo true. I will say , however , that 1 had other and stronger rea sons than have yet been made public for the revocation. I am not yet ready to make them public , but may In the future. I know positively thatl have , by rescinding the call , smashed some villainous schemes of corrupt politicians. " A Successful Suit for ST. PAUL , Minn. , Juno a. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bnn.J The St. Paul city rail way tonight sent Miss Emma L. Thurson of Milwaukee n check for &j,500. On the after noon of January 27 , 1SSS , a cable train ran away on Selby avenue hills , ono person being killed and twenty Injured. Among the latter was Miss Thurson , She was thrown against the steve and held tncro by the other passen gers until burned in such a horrible manner tnnt her hfo was for u long time despaired of. For two months she lay 111 nt the hotel Kyim and her lawyers brought suit for $20,000. She was given a verdict of $ Sf , > 00 and the case ap pealed to the supreme court. Today the rail way company withdrew the appeal und paid the full amount of the verdict. A Heavy Kiitlnro In Minnesota. ST. PAUL , Minn. , Juno ! ) . [ Special Tele gram to TIII ; Bin.j : The heaviest failure In Minnesota , outside of the twin cities , In many years occurred today at Now Prague , Scott county , whore Michael Summer , n merchant and operator of n largo mill , made nn assign ment to Julius H. Ackcrman of Shakopeo. The liabilities nro $110,000 and the assets are estimated at $100,000. The Inability to dis pose of the flour on hand Is given as the cause of the assignment. The debts , which are largo , are mostly to Minneapolis and Chicago business men. Training Stables Itnrned. FIIANKMN , Pa. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tin : UIJB.J The training stable on Miller & Slbloy's stock farm , adjoining this city , was completely destroyed by llro shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon. All the animals , comprising twenty head of trotting horses , valued tit fJ.'iO.OOO , wore gotten out unharmed through the superior discipline and hcroio ef forts of the employes , Ono employe was seri ously but not dangerously trampled on. The origin of the llro Is unknown. The total loss is about $7,500. A Praiseworthy Ordinance 1'nsncd. Lmcoi.N , Nob. , Juno a. [ Special to TUB BEE. ] The eight hour ordinance has unani mously passed the council , and hereafter all city employes will have to work but eight hours a day , The ordinance was introduced by Mr. Pace , but there has been considerable filibus tering In regard to It , and an effort was made to pocket und thereby squelch it. The Knights of Labor met last Sunday and passed resolutions favoring it und appointed a com mittee to louli uftur It. This has had thu effect of bringing It uot only to u vuto but tea a unanimous passage , MEETING OF IOWA MASONS , A Enrgo Attcmlnnco nt the Opening of tha Grand Lodge , THE SCOTTISH RITE QUESTION. Grand Master Gamble Deliver * III * Annual Address Tim DOS 3Iolnrs Itivcr Land Hulls on Trial llnwkeyo News. OTTUMWA , la. , Juno 3. [ Special Telegram to Tun UKU. ] The opening day of the grand lodge was largely attended. The chief inter est centers In the Scottish rlto controversy. Grand Master Gamble in his annual address reviewed at length the troubles in the lodges and courts growing out of the attempt to crush Cernauism. IIo declared that the Cer- nau and York rlto masonry cannot peacefully and harmoniously occupy the same territory and each maintain their Independence. The tlmo has arrived for definite , specific and ef fectual legislation , to the end that this annoy ing clement of discord may bo effectually and briefly eliminated from our midst. The committee on Jurisprudence reported amendments to the law so ns to glvo Ccrnau Masons until August 1 to tnko demits from n blue lodge or else renounce consistories , otherwise to bo subject to trial and expulsion by the grand lodge. This was made a s ] > cclaf order for Wednesday morning , when a healed dis cussion Is expected. The grand secretary criticised the report of Representative Robbins and the action of the Illinois grand lodge , which rebuked Iowa for mixing in the controversy. The grand secre tary's reflections on Robbins , who has repre sented Iowa for years , and is very prominent , called forth a protest and the matter was re ferred to a committee to report tomorrow. Most of tlio talk in and out of the lodge Is the Scottish Kilo controversy. The grand officers are evidently bound to crush t'ornenu- Ism , but sentiment Is strengthening that the grand lodge has nothing whatever to do with the controversy , and the Ccrneauitcs are very hopeful. Town Supreme Court. DES AIoiNEs , la. , Juno a. [ Special Tele gram to Tun Bnn. ] The following decis ions wcro rendered by the supreme court to day : William Winter vs the Central Iowa rail road company , appellant ; Ccrro Gordo dis trict ; alllrnicd. H. It. Grotto vs John U. Schmidt , appel lant ; Carroll district ; afllrnied. W. S. Mnyro , assignee of Cocko & Morgan , appellant vs Council Bluffs savings bank ; Puttawattamie district ; iilllrmcd. Carleton S. Miller , appellant vs Joseph Bcardslcy : Fremont district ; reversed. W. W. Wilkins vs Frank B. Severance Ct at , appellants ; Sioux district ; reversed. Mary J. Homer vs city council of the city of Burlington , acting us a board of equaliza tion , appellants ; DCS Molncs district ; af firmed. Albert B. Turner vs A. J. Hnrdln et ul , ap pellants ; Lee district ; affirmed. M. W. Matthews , appellant , vs the city of Cedar Rapids and L. W.Mansfield ; Llnu dis trict ; reversed State vs Clans Voss. Henry Kuhler , Thora Boo , George Tallin and Edward Conory , pro ceeding by ccrtlorari originally cominoncuil the supreme court ; judgment for plaintiff. William II. Dent , appellant , vs W. K Pow ell ot nl. Woodbury district , reversed. State vs Orbit Thorp , appellant ; Appanooso- district ; afllrmcd. The Aultnian Taylor Company vs F II. Trainer , appellant ; Ida district ; reversed William Miller vs T. M. Terkeldson and others , appellants ; Jasper district ; alllrmi'd. J. C. Swift vsV. . II. Ward , appellant ; Polk district ; reversed , Beck dissenting. Skipped with the Xow I/ovc. Dr.s MOINHS , In. , Juno a. [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Br.i : . ] A rumor is current about the city to the effect that ex Deputy County Auditor 0. B. Kaufman has skipped , leaving his wife and family and running oft with Mrs. Nellie Blair , a pretty dressmaker , the divorced wife of William Blair. Mr. Kaufman resigned his position In the uudl tor's olllco about a month ago to take a posi tion with a mortgage company , and it was thought that ho had gene cast on business , but it is said that ho went away with the woman on Saturday last. Severe Hlcctrlcnl Storms. Ciiiun RAPIDS , la. , Juno a. [ Special Tele gram to Tin ; Bin. : ] Severe electrical storms prevailed tonight and today. Last evening lightning struck the butcher shop of J. B. Hawkins , and an employe named Bennett was seriously Injured. Uiver FOIIT DODOK , la , , Juno .1. [ Special Tele gram to Tin ; Ben. ] The famous suit of the United States against the DCS Moines river land company came up before the United States court hero today. The suit Is brought to settle the question of the ownership of 110,000 acres of land valued -,000,000. . This Is the hind from which hundreds of settlers were evicted by the river land company in the fall of 1BSS. The suit will settle the title- for good. JUS SCHEJIH FAlhEI > TO H'OItlC. A Swindler Tries to Make People * Bo- llcvo IIo Has Boon Drowned. LooANSi'OUT , Ind. , Juno a. [ Special Tele gram to Tun BBI : . ] James Christie , n well known young farmer living near Fletcher's lake , eumo to this city last week and obtained fSOO from the banks on notes to which were forged the names of farmers living in his neighborhood. Christie then called on nn insurance - suranco agent and took out a policy of $5,000 on his life. While the policy was being writ ten up Chrlstio purchased u suit of clothes , shoes and hat. Going homo ho gave the pol loy to lib wife and ate hlH supner. About 8 o'clock a neighbor called and the two went swimming In the lake near by. Chrlstio swam out into deep water before his companion undressed. In n few moments Chrlstio called to his friend on the hank , saying that lie had cramps , and to got a boat near by and coino to his rescue. The boat was secured but Chrlstio hod disappeared. The hike- was dragged for two days and nights In search of Christie. Ills clothes on the bank were found where ho took thorn off , and tracks wore discovered yesterday of a barefooted man colng towards Chrlstio'H house from tlio hike. A peculiar shaped too , which marliod itself In tlio foot prints and which tallies with Christie's foot , bottles the fact In tlio minds of the neighbors that Chrlstio made his way homeward while fits friend was getting the boat , und donning the new outfit which ho purchased loft the country. C'tiriatio was heavily in debt. To Soil to the Hi ; , ' Konr. ST. Lot'is , Mo. , Juno a. At the annual meeting of the St. Louis , Alton Xurro Iluuto railroad company held here yesterday , It was decided to glv * sixty days' notice of & special meeting to be held for the purpose of voting upon a proposition to sell the mam line to the "Big Four" for f 10,000,000. The re port for Ibs'J showed the gross ourningB amounted to (1,110.000 , an Increase of f 101,000 over the preceding year. The operating ex penses wcro iOI'J.OOO , an Increase of 1100,000. Catholic Order of Fo ran torn. CIIICAIIO , Juno a , The annual convention of the Catholic Order of Foroaters met hero today. Of the delegates oubildu the st.itu thu inulority were from Ohio , Indiana. WibcoiiHla and ( 'unada. Nothing but oivunlzatluu wui iii.umplhUi-d ultuday's bossiou. Thu cou > vt.-i.iiuu win lusi ilirco duya.