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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
\ TWENTIETH YEAR. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 20 , 1890. NUMBEK 1)4. )
WRECK ON THE READING ROAD
A Freight Buns Into a Goal Train and a
Passenger Follows.
EXACT NUMBER OF KILLCD NOT KNOWN ,
Bit Dcnd Hollies Alroiiily 1 niton Out
anil Thirty Itnilly Injured
Many llclioii > < l tti I o In
tlic Bclmylklll Kivcr.
READIVO , I'a. , Sept. 19. Ono of the worst
wrecks over known in tills section occurred
tonight on the Holding railroad , seventeen
miles from lieic.
Nc.ir bhocm.ikcrsvlllo thcro Is n curve
\\heto the mil toad Is about eighteen or
twenty feet higher than thuS.-liujlklll river
Hero shortly before 0 o'clock a freight
train ran Into a coil train , tin owing
several cars onto Hie opposite trick. Deloro
tbe train bands had tlmo to vviirn nny up-
pronehlng tnln of danger the Vottsv Illo ex
press , eat r } Ing about 150 passengers , came
around the curve nt the rate of forty miles nu
hour und inn Into the wrecked coal cars The
engine went down the embankment , followed
bj the cut it o tiiiln with Its human freight.
The Seno was one of gtcat horror. The
cries of the impilsoned p menders wcro
hcarti ending. Some of the passengers man
aged toci.-uvl outof their piison and moused
the neighborhood Word vvas telegraphed to
Oils cltjoand surgeons and afoicoof ! ! 00
workmen taken to the spot.
The wet h vvas slow and the dead and dying
\vcrc taken out -with great dlfllcnlty.
Up to 10 o'clock tonight six dead
nnd thirty Bounded h id been taken out. Of
tbo latter some wcio biought hcioind
others taken to tlio minors1 hospital at Ash
land.
inn DUAT )
taken out so far nio :
WILMAM SHOMO , Heading.
JOHN WHITK , engineer , Pottsvlllo.
JAMiS TEMPLIN , Urcman , Pottsvillc.
IIAHH Y LOGAN , conductor , Pottsvlllo.
DAVID AUGSi'AlH' , Wahonoy City.
1' . W. L.OUAN , baBgngcmaster , Shcnan-
doah.
IVJIIIRII.
H HUDSON HIIANI > , Philadelphia.
Jos 1.111 Souniwooi ) , Contralia.
JAMIS lj. MVIIMT : , Bethlehem.
Join TIIOIINTOV , Lcospoit.
Josuii Noi.t , , Shennndonh.
PIIAM ; B. H u t , manager of Ft auk Mnjo's
dramatic } company.
JOHN CUII.OM. , St. Clalr.
JOSLIII Asrii.it ) , Miihoncy City.
WII.IUM GIASSMvim , PoitCIlnton.
THOMAS Coovi.i , Philadelphia.
Kom UT Coi i IN ? , Pottstoivn.
SAMUIII , SiiL.M.LMiritauii , Hamburg ,
B. "W. CiTiii.nn , Glrardvllle.
JOHN COOIICK , Mount Ciumel.
W. W. JOIISSTOV , Slionnndoah.
Orouon Sixiirus Heading.
BU.NJAMI.N FiiANM.iv , Shcnaiideah.
JAMLS Bi IINIIAT , Shenandoah.
1j .JoiiN IIi" > 9 , Mahoney City ,
peso ofJ" ° - You < 1 ° i Mahoney City ,
D 'v- ' , "
. fellow JU-T- co _ < ; ) \SAIU > I : , Now Uhigoldv , . , * , , * , #
* JACCnUI.MElt , Pottsv lUoTPM ' '
Simnb Coo\in , Mahoney City.
WiLiiAMSiMON- * , Ashland ,
The wrecked tnitn is still lying nt the bottom
tom of the ilvcr , The exact numbci on tno
passenger list is not known and a icpoitcr
vho is still on tlio groiud tclothoncs that ho
believes there nio still twenty-Hvcor moio
bodies underlie ith the vvicck or who \vero
can led avay by the current.
Later , 11.JO The Associated press agent
Ins just hud direct communication -with
ntcpiosctititlvo at the wreck , who says con
servative cstimitos place the number of
killed nt forty to fifty.
It is almost impossible to estimate the exact
nuinber , and tbo horror of the situation vvlll
not bo known until a late hour.
At 11 o'clock Mail Agent Giccnawald's
body wns taken out , followed by the horribly
mangled bodies of tvvoMnhonoyCityllrcineii ,
who weio on their way homo from Chester.
Ono of tbe passengers \vlio escaped Avlth
slight Injuiioi said loan Associated Press ro-
poitcr nt midnight : "When the crash came
Ivvius Inn led from my seat Ono end of the
car splashed Into the liver ami I vvas thrown
ngalnst the side of the carwith
a foico that partially stunned mo.
1 quickly recovctcd myself and
managed to climb upon the scats on that side
of the car which lay against the embankment.
I vvas a prlsouei In tbo car , and while I was
milalug my sprained nnklo and wi 1st 1 ical-
ized that 1 was In a sccno of veritable honor.
Aioiind and about mo wcio human beings
struggling in the water , sueamlng In
flight , and some almost dragged mo
back Into tha water ngiltt. Four saved
themselves ns I did nnd tlioicmalnder strug
gled in the water mid then quickly sank out
of sight.
Prof. Mitchell of Iehl unlvcrsitjBethle
hem , Is among the Injured at the Heading
hospital.
Lawrence Banios of Philadelphia had his
nun dislocated. The body of John L Miller
of Cresson vvas taken out nt midnight.
At a o'clock this mottling JiOO men nio still
at work , but making blow progioss. Fifteen
bodies have been taken out No moro bodies
have been taken from the sccno of the dis
aster. John McDonough , .luck Nell and
\ \ llllam Johnson of Shonumtoiih nio icpoitcd
Injured , it Is still believed that twenty or
moro bodies arc beneath the wreck. Nothing
dutlmto will bo know n until tbo wreck Is
raised , which -will probably bo touionow.
No moro names can bo secured. The tele
phone onlco has closed. That was the onlv
means of petting novvs all night , The only
ropoiter to get to the scene wns one of tbo
Knglomcn , and ho telephoned down nenily
nil that was secured by the Heading pallet's.
. ; , . V.i.-A spcelnl from
Heading to the Hnqulrcr about the wreck
says Ororgo II. ICuoichcr , the eminent rail
road luv\i cr of 1'ottav llle , Is among tlio killed.
Arolilcnt on tlm lcxluan Coniral.
On v or MEXICO , Sept 10 A terrible acci
dent happened today on the Mexican railroad
near Klconadii , two passenger trains collid
ing. Ten persons wore killed and several
others Injured.
A Wreck In Arkansas.
PisnBiUHArk. . , Sept. 19. A passenger
train on the Ynlley load Jumped the track
j cstenlny north of hero. Ono man vvas killed
nnd half a dozen inoro or less scilously in
jured.
SVICIUE AT JiE.tJI.VJEi ;
Daniel Jluok or Lea von worth Takes a
Dose of Olilorofuiiu.
ICcuiN-hV , Neb. , Sept , 10. [ Special to
TUB HUE. ] Daniel Iluclt , who came hero
froniLeavcnvvorth , ICtin. , a few days 1150 to
v islt a s.o'i , committed suicide last night. For
yean ho bad been n sufferer from nsthmn ,
and was in the habit of using chloroform to
nlluy the distress. Ills son purchased a two
ounce bottle of the drug last oveniiiff , and at
Q o'clock this morning found the old man
dead , with the empty bottle nt his side. Ill-
health and poverty is nttilbutcd as tlio cause
of tbo suludal act.
A Crnnk'H IVoakH.
Neb. , Sept. 10. [ Spcchl Telo-
grnra to Tua UBE , ] At on early hour this
inorulng. uu unknown Individual attempted to
break Into the i-csldenco of A. II. Cramer ,
The man was evidently either crazy or drunk ,
ns Mr , Cnuncr threatened him , but to no pur
pose. Ho then disrobed himself on tbo front
pli7za ; while n biting wind prevailed , nnd re
mained twenty or thirty minutes in n nude
'
condition nnd then dls'npticai cd Noilucto
the man's Identity can boobtuinrd except the
Initials "P. P. " o'n tbo colar nnd shiit front.
'Jlio police failed to Hnd the num.
1 lie AV.ij IIP Conference.
Wmr , Xcb.Sept is. [ Sped il Telegram
to Tin. HniJ At the Methodist confcremo
this mornliiK Dr J. C W. Cox , secretary of
the Methodist Sunday school society vas
given the privilege of addressing the confci-
enco , nnd slid : " 1 nm glad to sny to jou that
this department of our woik never bud such
success us in tbo past yc.u.Vo nio not
ashamed of either tbo quality or quantity of
the v\om performed l'or Instance ,
$ U5.XH ( ) In cash .mil had but tluco men nt
work besides tbo pastois , nnd added 1,200
new schools dining the year , avenimug 100
per month Out of our schools thcro wcro
Itn.oooconversions inthojcar 1M ) , and for
each of the p ist ten JCIIM UK(1 ) ( ( 0. Anew
fcatuioof our woik is the Upunith Ic.nrue
Slvtoen months BRO this \vas oigunlzcd , and
all c.idy has ' 1,500 chapters and ! .U,000 niein-
bers. We have the liest Suiutuy school lit-
cmtuio In the \\oild , and It Is p'ltronlzed by
other dciiomlnntlons nnd Is gcncially held In
the tilgbcstestltnatlon "
Ur. C'reif'bton , ehnticullorof the Nebraska
Woslejan university nt I.liuoln made an in
teresting address in the interests of the insti
tution w hich ho serves.
PMLMOVT , N'eb , Sept. 19. [ Special to THE
Due. ] CongiCbsnmu Ooracy , having suc
ceeded In securing his icnomination , left this
afternoon on his toturn to Washington , nud
will boln bis seat nguln ready for business
Monday. Mrs. Uorscv , who came homo \\lth
him , will icmnin here. Mr. Dorsoy said to-
diy , just befoio taking tbo tiain , thut ho
would lemiln nt Washington until the ad-
jouinnientof conRicss'but , that lust now ho
h is no ide-n vv hen that will be. Ho nlso said
that his nbicnco from the state would not
piovent a vigorous campaign in tbo Thild dls-
tiict. The central e'oiiimlttco has about com-
ploted the details of a plan for nn ngcrcsslv o
i imp ilgn , and the banner of icpuulie.inlsm
will becniriid into the icmotcst camel's of
the big distiict.
Tun Klllmoio County Pair.
GKSKVA , Neb , Sept. 10 [ Special Tele
gram to THE Biu.J Thcro was nn attend-
mice of about four thousand people on this
the last dnv of the fair not so hrgo as jcs-
tcrday , but satisfactory , 'lliishas been the
most successful fair ever held in Tillmoro
county. N V. Hni Inn addressed the people
on the Issues of the day and made n good Im
pression.
Mclfeiglnn ind n private confercndewith
loading democrats this morning before ho
left.
The Crnlc IvMiti'oti.
CHUO , Neb , Sept , 19. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : Bi e ] The cxciclses nt the reunion
grounds today wcio cnriied out in full ex
cepting the sham battle. Commnv H fulled
to maturinllze. It was a perfect day and a
vustctowd was In nttoiulani-e. Among the
speakers fiom nbioad wcio Mis Hoffman of
Missouii and Tom Majors of Nenribacounty.
In tno bull game Craig Avon over Lyons by a
si ere of T to 0.
Colfax Count ) l'"nlr.
Scntri.ui , Xcb , Sept. 19. [ Spechl Tclc-
giiinitoTiiBBir. ] The second day of the
Col fax county lair , held today on account of
rain jcstcidav , vvas a success. About two
thousand iwoplovvcro in attendance Good
racing was ono of the fontuics of the day. At
,2 oU.-lockt.Hon. W..H. Thoaipsonrdcmocrntlo
nominee for consross In the Third district ,
delivered an address which lusted for neaily
an liour.
Tlio 3Iollo8 Aciiittcd. |
Wuioo , Neb , Sopt. 10 [ Special to THU
BII : : . ] VcsterUny was concluded the tnrro
days' ' prellminniy cxninlnition of the Mnlloy
family , clniged with assault \\lth intent to
hill on the pcraons of Mlko DcUiuoy , John
SVMIII nnd William Finds , coimnfttcd at
JIoiso Bluffs on August ili. The defendants
wcro all acquitted.
Took In v Uo ii'i Chock.
Dimmer , Xeb , Sept. 19. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun UnE. ] Rudolph Clausscn , a
riftli stiect shoo dealer , was today \ ictiin-
izcd by a bogus cheek to the tune of J-5 bv a
man clvlng the name of Hill Wilson. Wil
son has disappeared. Wilson pcipetrntcd
another foigciy a few days ago for a small
amount.
Injuries ol'a Jtunnvvay.
Puvxni.Cm , Neb , Sept. 19. [ Special Tcl-
grani to Tin : Hrr. ] The mother and chll-
dicn of L.V. . Leonard , coming to the fair
this morning , had a runaway and wcio thrown
out. The old lady's nun was biokcn nnd
MubclLeonaidhau twoilbs fractuied. While
seiious tbo accident is not eonsidcicd danger
ous.
McKclghnn nt nit Alliance I'lonic.
Fim vi ) , Neb. , Sept. 19. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Brr.l An alllanco picnic was
held here today in which tbo farmers made a
Imndsomodlsplav of Nobiaska cereals. At 2
o'clock Judge Mi'lCclRhan made an addicss
to an audience of two thousand , at the fair
grounds , on tbo Issue of the day.
riatpy County Fair.
P VHT.I.TOV , Neb , Sopt. 10. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Bcr. ] Over two thousand people
ple attended the Sarpy county fait today.
JohnBcadlo's jcarllng llllv won thojeailing
colt nice , one-half mile , on a heavy t reck.
Time 1W. Considerable money changed
hands.
Aio Night Slindo I'm It.
Vtrvxv , Sept , 19. Eight persons , consist
ing of father , mother and six chlldicn , wcro
killed atl'icnling by ignorantly eating the
fruit of tbo night shade.
THE lltlSIl AUMIV.HTS ,
VaiiouaOpinloiiHoii the Object of Ual-
luur's Latest Break.
LoNno.v , Sept. 10. The arrest of the
Irish leaders yesterday fills a con
spicuous place la the newspapers
throughout the United Kingdom ,
this morning , Vnilous explanations are
promised to account for Balfour's stroke.
The commonest ono on the liberal press is
that its object was to piovent Dil
lon nnd O'lUlcn fiom going to Amer
ica. The conservatives , however , scout
this Idea. They sco la bis present policy a
laudable effort to piovcut the iccuncncoof
disorder In Ireland.
O'Unon said this mornlne that ho could
not Imagine \\hnt mfatuitlon had driven the
government to make the arrest. It Is easy to
see , ho thought , what they nro driv
ing nt. They are making nn effort
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to" crush out the organization'
tenants for concerted action , This thcv ex
pect to ticcompllsh , bo thought , by simulta
neous clearances on estates wlicio tlio plan of
campaign has been adopted. The evicted
tenants they calculate on having helpless nt
their feet ,
Hut can such ft policy bo successful ! "
O'llrlen was nsUed ,
"No. " ho replied. "Ills a piece of incon
ceivable folly.'r
"It Is held by many correspondents that ,
the main purpose of Balfour In miking the
arrests nt tHia tlmo Is to prevent joufrotu
making jour trip to America. "
"llmt docs not seem a probable theory tome
mo , " replied O'Hricn. "Hut If it Is true , a
more absurd calculation was never made ,
oven by the i resent chief secretary for Ire
land. Fur from preventing our appeal to
Ainctlca , bo bos made ono for us in a most
sti Iking way. "
limi iv. Sept , 10. John Culllnan and
Michael U.ilton , members of the National
league , have been arrested. Sullivan will
probably make a tour ol America ,
A GIGANTIC RAILROAD DEAL ,
The Southern Pacific , Missouri Pacific nnd
Atchison Combination.
A DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE ALLIANCE.
President Mnnvcl of the Atchtson
Denies ( he Purchase of tlio lUo
Grnndo AVost > rii Tha South
western Association.
Ciiicvoo , Sept. lO.-fSpcclal Telegram to
THU Ilri'.l The railway news bureau sajs
that little by little tbo details of ono of the
most gigantic railroad deals in history are
coining to light. It seems Impossible to got
all the particulars , as they aio fully known
only to a few railroad presidents and such
binklng llrms as Kidder , Pcabody ft Co. ,
Drcxc' ' , Morpnn & Co , and Baring Brothrrs.
Tlio known facts nro timt the Southern Pa
cific , Missouri I'.riflc and Atchison systems
h ivc come to such a close undctstanding that
they nro to all intents and pur
poses under ono imnngcmont. Iho
nllianco is not only defensive ,
but offensive. It isn perfectly open senct
that the Southern Politic holds the most cor-
dlid hatred tow ird the Union Pnclllc and
never turns over to that reid a pound of un-
conslgncd ficight. The Atchison has of late
conio to hate the Hock Island as coidiully ,
and the bold coup of bujlng theCiiloiado
Midland completely blocks the Hock Island
from tbo formation of Its contemplated trans
continental line On top of all this iflines an
alleged Interview willi Hlo Grande Western
ollleials tint the Atehsson hns bought their
load. Piesidcnt Mnnvel of tlio Atchison
emphatically denied this report to
day , bowcvci , though acknowledging
tbo t purchase of tbo Coloindo Mid land. He
admitted the inconsistency also of the AUhl-
son buying the Coloiado Midland without a
thorough understanding the HloGrn ida
Western people That tills understanding
exists was teamed later , it appears that be
fore n rail of the Coloiado Midland was laid
a cast-iron perpetual contiact was drawn up
giving the Coloiado Midland mileage lights
fiom Its junction to Ogden This contract la
binding , no matter who owns the Coloiado
Midland , and , as a consequence , it is per
! fectly unnecessary for the Atchison
to spend n dollar for lilo Grande
Westcm sccuuties , let nlono bujing
a controlling intcicst In its f 100,000,000 of so-
cuiitlcs. 'Iho fact Is plain thut the Atchison
now has two transcontinental lines conncct-
intr utMoJavo and Ogden with tbo Southern
Pacific.
The full list of members of the Southwest-
nrn Hailroul uud Stounship association was
today IcnineJ for tlio Hist time. They at o
the Southern Pacillc : Missouri Paullc ; St.
Louis & Iron Mountain and Southcin Texas
1'acilic ; Missouri , ICuusas & Texas ; St.
Louis , Arkinsas Ac Texas , Kansas City , I't.
Scott & Memphis : Atchison system ; Den
ver , Texas As 1't. Worth , Mallory line of
steamers ; Motg.m's Louisiana & Texas i ill-
way ; Morgan's line of steamers , and Crom
well's ' line of steamers All the above aio
ruled absolutely , in iatc nutters , by n major
ity of the live inembcrs of the executive com
mittee. Three of this executive committee
nio tlio inmicdiito rcpiescntatiues of C. 1 * .
Huntington , Jav Gould and Allen Mauvel.
An Uneasy Feeling in Denver.
DENVIH , Cole , Sept. 19. [ Special Tele
gram to TiiB'T5tc. ] There is n'vcry uneasy
feeling In Den\er & Hlo Grande circles over
the iccent Santa Fo purchase of the Midland
and Hio Giiindo Westein option. President
Moffatt returned from a ten dajs' trip over
the 1 line today and at once went Into sciret
consultation ( with General Munnger Smith.
Ho ] declines to see any icporters.
The air is full of rumors about the Denver &
Hlo ] gran do building n line of its own fiom
Glenvvood I to Ogden , but they are as je't
wholly biselcss. The Huilington , Rook
Island ] and Missouri Pacific are equally in-
tetested I with the Hlo Grande in getting an
other ' line to Ogden. The now deal most uu
e\pcctcdly upsets imny well laid plans.
Will OlH-y tlio Order.
Cmc VGO , 111. , Sept. 19. The reduced rates
oidcrcd by the Interstate commerce coinmis
sion will bo put into effect by the KockIsland
road at all points on its sjstcm towhich the
older applies October 1. President Cable
says this will bo done notwithstanding tlic
mlingof Cliaiunan rinlov that rates cannot
bo changed west of the Missouii river 011 that
datowitnout violating the provisions of tbo
agreement of the Tnns-Missouii association.
The itock Island's position is that the law
must bo obeved whether it conilicts with
association obligations or not.
Didn't Want the Midland.
CIIICVGO , Sept 10. President Cubic of the
Hock Island Road slid that not a dollar ol
Colorado Midland stock was ever owned by
bun or any ono connected with the Hock
Island road. They had several oppoitumtie
to buy the Midland , but didn't want It. It
the Atchison should secuio contiol of the Hlo
Uio ( Jrando Western ho was of tboopinloi
that the Denver & lilo ( Jiaudo w ould parallel
It to Salt Lake.
Not SntUliiHory to the Men.
CIIIC\GO , 111 , Sopt. 10. A committee icp-
icscnting tbo trainmen employed on the
Illinois Central railioad hold a confcienco
with the geneial manager todnj about tbo in
creased airdo of wages asked scvct.il weeks
ago. Tbo result of today's confeicnte , It i <
undei stood , was not satisfactory to the men
The ) will meet again tomouow.
National Capital
WASHINGTON , Sept. 19. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BIE. : ] KeprcsentotUo JTnru
quhar , who has chaigo of the shipping bill in
the bouse , says ho has about abmdoncd hope
of getting the subsidy bills through this ses
sion. These bills have passed the senate niu
they are among the most Important ones
pending before tlio house , Mr. Mason's 10
tlrcment of the option bill nnd Mr. iTaiu
quhar's abandonment of the subsidy bill dis
poses of about nil tbo important work which
the house bus on hniul.
By a threat to repeat his filibustering tac
tics against the compound lard bill Hepru-
scntatlvo Mason cf Chicago today induccc
the committee on rules to lojett the petitioi
of o\er llfty members of the house for a rule
for the consideration of the Buttcrwoitl
nut ! option bill. It now goes over until the
next session , and it Is said that with tha
postponement goes most of the support it had
in the houso. Its advocates wanted to cnjo ;
the usufruct from its passage In this fall' *
campaign ,
Mr , Dorsoy has recommended the appoint
mcnt of Charles C. Griffith as postmaster a
Mtlldalejnlso John A. Hooso nt Grccndalo.
G , Garrison was today appointed post
master ut AValworths , Custtr county , Nc
braskulcoMr , B. A. Piednioro , resigned
It Is expected that President Harilson wil
return next week ,
Colorado's Jlrpubllcan Ticket.
DBNVI.H , Cole , Sept. 19. The republican
state convention today nominated thb follow
Ing ticket : Governor , John L. Koutt , lieu
tenant governor , William Storey ; state treas
urcr , John H , Fcsslcr ; secretary of state
13. J. Eaton : auditor , John H. Henderson
attorney general. Simuel W.Jones ; super
lutendent of public instruction , Fred Deck
A Horrible Case.
, Sept. lO.-Tho body of n woman
wns exhumed nt Szegcdin today for nr
autopsy. It was found that the -woman had
bpen buried allvo and had given bhthton
child in the coflln. ,
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Nicaragua > fay Fight Honduras , I
Si.v Ji'iN DEL Sin , KICAIUGU , Sept. 19. I
S peclal Telegram to iTui : lUK-Tbo ] largo
lUrcliaso of nrtnsnndamniiinitlon bythoNlc-
iragunn government in' New York is believed
icro to Indicate au oarlv % vnr with Honduras.
Iho relations bctwconthu two republics hn\o
iccn strained Tor some tlmo and the feeling
ins been intensified b } tha Into war between
Salvador nnd Guatemala. It is n notoi iotis
net that many towns in Honduras uro en-
leavorlng to anndx themselves to Nicaragua.
fho govcriinicnl of Sicas.iU looked upon ns
nil that can be desired and no revolution Is
eared in Nicaragua.
Tlio Task Proves a OHllunlt Ono 1'or
Sponkcr Itc-ed.
WASIUXOTOV , Sept , 10.Spcchl [ Telegram
oTiinBir ] It was with much diniculty
and under trying circumstances that Speaker
Jccd was enabled to count a quorum on two
or tlirco occasions during toJaj's ' session of
bo house , and when counted almost Immedi
ately vanished , so that nosubstintial prog-
ess was imdo in tbo consideration of matters
icforo that body. After the expeilcnco
of jcsterday the .domocuits seemed to
jo afraid thtit if they came In the
louse at all they would llnd thcinschcs bo-
lind iloora of such stiength that they could
not lift nor kick tluMr ay through them
nto the freedom beyond , nnd therefore they
studiously remained putsido of the picclncts
of the house the cntiie day. At no t imo wcio
hero moio than n half doen or eight demo
crats \\itbln sk'ht ijf tbo speaker or the
sound of his gavel. Some cf the
elTorts made by the democrats to cs-
npo the scrutiny of the speikcr were
aughable. Ijiirlv in the session half a do/en
or so of them \\tio seen eiotichlng clown on
.ho steps of the gallery o\cr the head and nt
the ic.ir of the speaker , \\heie bo could by no
lossiblo means c itch n glimpse of them , but
they weio taking no chances and kept tliom-
sclvcs as fir lomovod from the gilloiy mil ns
losslbloChilis ciiticlslng cvcri ruling of the
speaker und protesting against the
accuracy of his counts. The
orildorscie filled with democratic
congicssmcn , i\ho , fliuhng themselves In view
of tlio interior of the house through the -\\ln
clowf , huiuc'dly moved aside In order , ns ono
of them said , to piovont the speaker fiom
counting them there , When Mr. Ciisp of
Geoigiii challnngcd the corieetucss of the
speaker's count of n quorum early in the day
and ho appointed tellers tocilfy its tor-
loctncss , Uopicscntatlvo Ilolman of In-
dinnn , who wns on the lloor , nt-
ittemptcd to make a sneak. If ho
: ind succeed it would have shown , of course ,
that the speaker was In eiror. so the speaker
stopped him as ho was going through tl.o
door and oidcrcd him to return and piss out
llirougli the tellers. This ho did In n shameFaced -
Faced way amid the npplausc of the repub
licans. At one thnn in the afternoon lfi& ic-
[ mbliciin repiescntatlvcscro counted
3n the lloor and bud they icmalncd In
thch places for fifteen minutes moio Ycnnblo
would luuo been voted out nnd Prof. Lang-
stoninonavUn voce vote , because thcio
wcro enough democratic members on the
lloor to order njca and nny vote , but their
carelcsness lost the republicans the oppor
tunity of the day and 5 o'clock was icached
without another such chance. It was stated
during the day that a number of democratic
represent itivcs bad become tired of this use
less flllbustciiiigandnoiild take thclrscats , but
Mr. liuckalow of Pennsylvania , who refused
to join his associates In filibustering on the
election bill , was the only one to mateiinll70.
The democrats say tbo speaker counted door
keepers and piges iln jinking his quorum ,
nnd ono story frequent today was that ho
sent a page out into the corridors to hunt up
democrats. 'Tho boy returned and repotted
no ono insight.
"Didn't jou sec the tracks of any ! " asked
the sneaker. ,
"well , I saw ctiOrti''t , " rc3pondcd..tho ,
bov. ' V , " *
"Whoso wns iti" asked the speaker.
"I don't know , but it wis about so long , "
measuring- off a , distunco of sixteen or
eighteen inches with bis hands.
"Oh , " s-iid the bpcakcr , "that is Buck Kll-
goro. Count blm , Air. Clerk ,
THE ci'txo.v/
Later Reports Concerning Thursday's
Storm In Northern lown.
MiNxivo , In , Sept. 10. [ Special Tele
gram to TncBKc. ] About lii 30 jcsteidiy
afternoon a largo black cloud \\.is seen to ilso
from the southwest , and a few minutes later
the storm burst in tciriflc force , striking the
house of William Furray , two miles south
east of Minilla Mi Tumiy was standing in
the door , while bis wife was upstairs closing
tUo window "J. This was the last Mrs. Funay
know until she came to , when she saw the
house blown to atoms and her husband's
body nil bruised and mangled and his sUull
crushed.
The children had been playing close by the
house , nnd on nppioich of the storm had
taken shelter in a giatmry , which -was blown
do\ui , but not one of them was hint in the
least
The storm passed to the southeast of Wan
ning , where it dipped down nnd destioyed c
barn on E. A. 1'icliCtt's farm ; also several
stacks of hay.
Several Iliill < lln H HUnvii Down.
Etnoiu , la , Sept 10. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BER. ] A. severe wind and rain storm
extended over Hardin and Grundy counties
yesterday , doing much dnmago. Peter
Oleson , living n mile northeast , had a , leg
biokcn bj living tiinbera. The exercises o :
the Giundy county fair at Guindy Ccntci
weio summaiilv ended , nnU tbo line house
and other buildiiiKi bloiva down. Several
pel-sons were Injured , but none seriously.
The Uc'd Oak Fair.
Hn > OIK , In , Sept 19. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : BFI : . ] The fair association ofllcials
aio feeling good this evening , They had a
gicitdaj today nnd tlio financial success o
the fair Isassuied. The rain of Thursdaj
ptevcntcdtho laces of that day , and thoj
weio given this nftcinoon on a heavy tiack
The tlmo was slow , but the contests spliited
A Child IluriHMl to Dentil.
NEW SHAIIOV , lr. , Sept 10. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun DFE. ] Thotwo-jcar-old daugh
ter nf Gcorgo Patterson vas burned to deatl
this afternoon vvhllo plajing with a four
year old sister in an 'upper loom of their
home. It is supposed that they weio playing
with matches. In trying to save the chile
the mother's hands were bidly burned.
ehilstlati Church Conference.
Missouu VALLEY , In. , Sept. 13. [ Special
to Tun Dnc.l The .Christian churches of
Hnirlson county nro holding the annual
county meeting ut Lpjrau ; which began today
and will last over Sunday. A number of
noted local speakers anu others from abroad
aio present , A vciy lajgo attendance is an
ticipated , . .
An Klevatcir , ] > estroycil.
Mtusiuu.TOWK , Ia.f opt , 19. [ Special
Telegram to Tim IlHE.J Ucnson's ilouring
mill at union , ono of thd .largest in the state ,
was struck by lightning last night and en
tirely dcstroi ed with 'J.OOO bushels ofhcat
and consldeiablo Hour. Loss , $50,000 ; insur
ance , $10,000. ,
ItUcr nnd Ilnrhor Hill Sigurd.
Ciicssox Sraisos , Pa. , Sept. 10. Ibo pres
ident today ibsued a proclamation extending
the time for removinc cnttlo from the Cher
okee strip to November 1 , Mr. Tibbott of
the w hlto house foivo arrived this morning nt
9 o'clock with the river and harbor appropria
tion bill , -which the president attached tils
signature , so thut it is now a law.
Only nn African Cunnrd.
DEW iv , Sept. 19. Schmidt telegraphs
onicially from Zanzibar thatnelthornt Dares-
salaam nor Bagamoyo has any proclamation
with reference to slave trading been issued ;
that no llccns.es hnvo been granted dealers ;
that no actions against f iced slaves have ever
occurred on the const , and that the statement
that Zanzibar dealers have gene to the coast
to engage in the a\n\c \ trade is unfounded ,
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
) emocrats in the House Still Ooatinuo
Their Filibustering Tactics ,
A DAY DEVOTED TO ROLL CALLS.
Voorliocs Introduces a Joint Hcsolu-
tioiilntlio Senate IiookliiK to un
L'HIiiTo Iiii'icaso in
SIU cr Mouoy.
, Sept If. In tlio house it was
another it uy of loll culls niul Hllhistcrlng1.
Mr Crisp motcd tint jcstoulay's jouinal
boconcctcJ. 'Ibis was lull on the table
jeas , HO ; nays , 2 but ISh. Crisp raised n
lolntof noquoium.
The speaker counted 104 meinScr' ? present
11 fuoriun
Air Ciisp challenged tbo correctness of the
count , and the spcikcr siid that , ImUng
tiken great pains , ho had no doubt of his lor-
rectnc's. Ho was Informed by the ttoor-
teepcra that there were n doen democrats in
the lobby.
Mr Ciisp's rns'ion wns laid on the tnblo ,
Imt the gcntlctnan fwm Georgia still pie
tested that tcllois should bo appointed.
The speaker stated that the question was
m the approval of the journal , uud a.oto
being taken resulted-102 to 2.
Mr Ciisp lalsed n point of non.uoiiiin.
Tlio spea'tcr ' iep.licdth.it MrDeluvonof
jalifornhi was present , but hid not voted.
He , together \\ith the sneaker , inulo 1(10 (
notnbors picsent , although tbo spcilter was
of tlio opinion that 101 members loiibtitutcd u
juotiini.
Mr CJiIsp again challenged the coircctness
of the count , and the speaker salii that no
natter what the conductor the pentlemen
who wore obstructing legislation might bo , it
, \as dcsirablo that no mist ikc > ho made , anil
.herefoio ouloied tellers , appointing Messrs.
McKlnloy and Ciisp
Mr Holmes of Indiana was nhout to leivo
the hall \\hcn the speaker spied him aiulor-
Imed tlio tellers to toimt him. Mr Holmes
.hen , atniii muth laughter , passed between
tlio tellers , w ho llnallj announced tUo pus-
cncoof Kilinonibcrs.
Mr Crisp made the point of eider that not
withstanding tbo foui viuiucics existing In
the inoinbtiship of the house by reason of
deaths , 1O1 members did not constltuto a quo
in m.
This point wns discussed nt much length.
1 ho speaker promised a decision , with the
icscMiitlontlmtlf. after caicfulexamination ,
: io should llnd pivcodcntltiUiooppoaitioiito
it ho would not ndhcio to it. lledeclJed
to adhere to the lulo that NU members
constituted a riuoruni. A call of tbo house
wns thciefoie ordered , mid as n fciv tlcmo-
eiatscntcicd the chamber the piesoiico oflTO
inenibers w.is disclosed.
The speaker announced the question to bo
on tlio approval of tbo journal , and it was ap
proved.
The question iccurrcd on oicleriup ; the pre
vious question on the Lnnpiton-Vonabla cue.
Most of the doinociats again retired , bub tbo
[ uovlous question was oidcrcd jcas , 14" ;
iiiiys , 7 the clcik noting a quorum.
Messrs. Chcndlo of Iiulnua and Colonmn of
Loulshma , lopubllcans , voted in the negatUe.
Mr. Cheadlo moved to iccommit the case.
Lost-7 to 143.
Tlio question recurring on the minority
resolution declaringLnngston not elected n
quorum disappeared and a call of the house
was ordered , dlsclo Jng the presence of 107
members. . TUo minority resolution was then
ic Jot ted and a vote taken on" tlio second
minority resolution , declaring Venablo duly
elected. Lost 4 to 155 , the speaker counting
the quorum.
The Hrst innjorityresolutlondeclarlng Ten
able not elected , wns next In older and agdn
tlio quoiuin disanpeired , making a
call of the house nccossnty , Ono
moro than n quorum responded "on this
call and again did tlio quorum disappcaron
the pending icsolution , tbo vote standing U'J
to4 , and once moro mis a call ordered. One
bundled and sixty-four members icspoiuled
to this call , the republican absentees being
Messrs. T , M. Biouno of Indiana , Buttor-
wortli , Council , Dorsey , EHart , Pinley ,
Flood , Ketcham , Knapp , Mllllkon , Potcra ,
Sweeney and Wilson of Kentucky.
There bolng no quorum , tlio house , by
unanimous consent , tookn rctcss , the wen-
ing session being for the consldenition of
private pension bills.
At the c\cning session the house postponed
until Wednesday next the bill grunting' pen
sions to the wido\\ of Generils ahUlellin ,
rrcmont and Crook. U'wontj-Uvo prhato
pension bills \\ero passed and the house ud-
jouincd.
Senate.
\VAsni\fi7ON , Sept. IS. In the senate today
Mr. Plumb's icsolution to commit the bank
ruptcy bill to the judlciaiy committee , with
instructions to amend it by unking it apply
to voluntary bankruptcy only , was taken up.
After discussion it was placed on the calen
dar , the mitter not to bo biought up again
this session.
Mr. Voorhccs introduced a joint resolution
for an immediate incicasoof silver money by
the purchase and coinage ol 10,000,000 , ounces
of silver atapilco belo12,020 , within the
next thirty dnjs , this purchase to bo in ad
dition to the amount icqulied by
law. Reid red to the lltnnco committee.
The senate then proceeded to consideration
of cxecutUc business.
When the doors cro reopened the scnato
passed a number of bills , Including the house
bill to discontinue the coinage of 1 and ? 1
gold pieces and the 3 ccntnickio pleco.
The house bill to reduce the amount of
United States bonds required of national
banks and to icstoro to the channels of trade
the excessive accumulations of lawful money
in the treasury having been reached on the
calendar , Mr , Sherman said its passage
would help to quiet the nrcicnt agitation in
the money market , and undoubtedly tbo ef
fect of the bill would bo not only to prolong
but encourage the national bank system.
Mr. Plumb feared the bill vtould finally 10-
sult In a contraction of the currency. 'U lillo
ho agreed that the national banking s slein
was wise and ought to bo continued , it was
plain to bo seen that itas long to bo contin
ued , It was plain to bo seen that it was not
long to bo a system having relation to the
currency , The banks tucmsultcs wanted to
got out of that business. Congress could not
atroul to let the national bank currency dis
appear without suppljlni ; a currency
in Its place , Ho believed that the
business of the country was greater
peril than for years from lack of u sulliilent
circulating medium ,
Mr. Power moved to strike out the first
section , reducing to { 1,000 deposits to ictaln
charters.
After further discussion the bill went over
till tomonow.
The senate bill for the protection of tieea
nnd other growth on the public domain fioni
destruction was passed.
The house bill to dull no and regulate the
Jurisdiction of courts of the United States ,
with an amendment of the judiciary couunit-
tco In the nature of a substitute , was taken
up as unllnishcd business , and went over
without action Adjourned.
LOST.
A Turkish Min. < > l-\Vnr Goes Down
with All on llonril.
Lovnov , Sept. U , Advice ? from Illogo
state that the man of war Hrtogioul has
foundered at sea and 500 of her crow wcia
drowned ,
The Uitogroul was a'.wooden , frigate built
structure of 2,8341 , tons displacement , She
mounted 141 fguns of small calibro and was
built in 1803. i Osman Pasha and All
Pasha , envoys of the sultan to the
emperor of Japan , wcro passengers and were
drowned.
Oirnuu Pasha , whoso \lctory over tbo Rus
sians nt Plevna pi\c lilin high rink as n
Ightlng ircncr.il , had boon on an ofllchil Uslt
to Japan , having been onti listed -with n spe
cial mission from the sultan to the mlkndo.
Tno progress of tbo Krtogrotil slnco ilioloft
3otistantlnoplo for tlio east inanv months ago
ins ken most ludicrous Lowing Turkey
shoitof inonoy , It was umlcntooil thut Mip-
> lies would bo wnt her to port' at which she
ivoiild cull , with the result tlnthci sojourn
! u those tountilesM Indefinitely molongod ,
is the oftlcers nt homo \\cic not able to keep
their primlse In thisay she lost
some of her crew , nnd her officers
i\oro in any times on the veigo of rebellion
induced bj sUiivatlon , wlillo thu go\ertiors of
the cities \lsltcd refused to rouilt tliohnhor
lues and grant other prhllcfjcs of lightduo
liur iis n Tut kith iniuofaron \ the ground
that she was not sailing In tint chuiactir , as
theio win not | > ov\ilci * enough onhouid to
cnnblo her to tlio tlioi'O ul.itloii salutes.
Alter nnny advcnttirot onlj wmtby of nn
opoi i bouffo uuvy the IMopiDiil llnully ur-
lived In . .lipiiiesuaters She wn on her
return when thodtsisteroccuucd.
Advlceifroinllioito state that the mall
steamer Musashl Miiru was lost off Cochi
niul Unit nil hci prow , with the exception of
ono Jipmieso , was ihowiinl
it tutn < ut aji.vjiit.tj , ,
It- ] > > I4 * Chosen bj I tic \VotUl * M
CIIKHOO , Sept 10 Atllio meeting of the
the nitional woild's ) fair loiinnissianers the
report of the cvecu the laniinittco w.isicad
t > y thoscuctnn as follows :
tiTliodluctoisof tlio world's ( 'olniililaii ) ov-
liosltlun liiulu ri'foiniiH'iuliMl ( loorjc ; It. lluls
For illiector-KiMiciiilnf Lboe\iioslH n , nnuUo
recDniinunil Dili guitluiuuii 10 tlio imtloiiul
COIIlllllssloil.
Aminoilty leportrccoinincmliiiK Daniel IT
Hastings wni lead b } Mi hci\ell and
signed In Willlim ,1 Scwcll of New Jcrnoy ,
A. 7 Swing of Illinois , 1 ! CKcains of Mis
souiiandP.V Itned of Mtissartiu&ctts At
Iho ieiiicstof the president thcso reports
weiolnldo\or until ttioioutlno business of
Iho morning had been transacted. I'let-ident
1'iilmcr then announced the standing loni-
inittcci *
On the flrst hillot Colonel Geoi-froR. 1MvIs
of Chicago was elected dliectoi guucral.
Q viirr ix ( > v.i rjvji.i i * t.
I'lx ! Uiuled StntcM > r Mi-ol-\Var Ijeiv jet
\e\t Week.
CITV 01 GiMTr.MUA , Sept 111.- [ Special
IVlgram to Tin liip J Uvcrjthlng is quiet
icrejust now and thcro isn ftellng of sitls-
'actlon tint the martial stutggles aio over.
Theolllccis and men of the United States
war \esscls aioprotty well tired of thciistay
and \ lew with satisfaction the eider they
iavorccci\cd \ to leivo ( hiatciinilnn slioics
riio'Ihetls lca\cs Sw Jose next week for
Kicaragun , touching at J a Union , Salvador ,
and Amoala , Honduras.flhe Hanger goes di-
rcot from hcie for Pantu Aiems , c'ota IticiX
and homtheiuo to I'utinninvhiih \ is lu i
stat on. The Aineticansh ) tliis capital , nnd
In fait all the foieign icsidents , icpret the
depaitureof those two vessels , nnd will OK-
[ icricnco asensoof in ecmityhcn \ they arc
? ono Tlio popular feeling liuro is that there
ought to bo a foreign mm-of ivnr stutionod
atsomo Gimtem ilnn poit until all the ittent
Lioubles are fully settled.
The Scnato I'lisscs a .tie.isnrc for Thut
I'urpwse.
\VASIII\OTOX , Sept 10 [ Special Telegram
to Tun Bur. ] Senator I3addoolctoda.y8uo
ccodcd In having passed in Uiascmtc his bill
tor the protection of trees and other growth
on the public domain Mm dcstiuction by
flio. Thls raeasurcuwhlch has beenstiouglj
uiffed by Commissioner Groff , and which is
to bo antagonized bj eastern senators on ac
count of the stringency of it ? provis
ions , pro\ides for the punhbinent of anj
person who shdl maliciously or negligently
sot flio to underbrush orpraiiio giass on anj
public lands of tlio "United States , 01 who
Hhall malnioush' or bv RIOSS negligence per
mit or suft'oi nti } flro which ho may have
lighted on prhnto lands to pass tliciefioin to
gublic lands to the lnjurof trees or under-
ro\\t'i ' upon such p iblic I in Is 'Clio peni Itj
In ( Ik toil Is a line of not leas thin 1 nor
moio than $1,000 , oriinpiUoninont for a teini
of not moro thin throe yoirtlio line to go
into the public school fund of the county in
which thetiees or other Kio\\tb sodcstiojod
wcrosiUnted Senitoi 1'audock has n num
ber of statistics and htateinentb from the tor-
litoues , showing the disistrous elltut of foi-
estand puiiriollrcu , and niter considciablo
contention succeeded in seeming the passage
of the bill.
JW 1\.IS \ ,1 mitt. M'MEDICTEK.
A. Pcunllnr IIIHIIKIIICO HtlicinoMiloli
Has Just , Come to IJ lit.
ICiw * Youic , Sept 10 [ Special Telegram
to Tun Hi. i : . ] TUo insuianco ciiclcs In this
cltj uro gieatly ngltatcd over recent expos
ures letntivo ton bureau of sccietlf not crim
inal information that has long existed.
Briefly blued the burctu wai ono that ga\o
mclj tUMirning to coitain substiibing llio
insurance companies that flies would occur
In ceitnln dcsigntitod buildings at ceitain
times The companies liavlng this iiifoi ma-
tlon forthwith cancelled tholi lislrs on these
buildings and left tbo burden of Insurance
loss to fall on other companies that wno nol
subscribers The "bunui" ' was cnndiictcil
byVlllntn IHtingor , who wns whit Is
known In insurance cnclcs as a pu tilic ad
juster Unit Is.ho acted for the iiiMitcilat Iho
tiinoof the flio to enable the indUldiial to ad
justhls bis. It Is stated unon authoiity thut
In ccitaln cases where Jittlngci had pre
viously given "winning" nRainst certain
buildings , when flio occui red In them , ho ap-
pc.iicd on balnlf of tholndhldiials to adjust
their losses. l > ich subscribing companj paid
Kttlnger aboutoO per jcir and received
from hiinfromthnoto tlmo a notice tint Iho
would occur at a certain place about a ccitaln
time. How -Kltlngcr inmagcd to icid the
future does not appear , hut so accurate wcro
his predictions that thocompinlci subsciib-
ing to the buicau felt that they vuro making
a plying iinestnicnt. Tlioy received hia
cautions "without asking questions" and nt
once took stops to protect them&eUea by can
celing their policies
THK Sl'EKIt Itl\a ,
DoiihloTcnniTriitting Ilccord Hroken.
PiiiiAiiKi.i'iiw , 1'a , Sept. 10. The double
team trotting record fora miloof 2:15 : , made
byMaxoyCobb nnd Js'ctU Medium in 1SSI
was btokui today. The team wns Hnmlln's '
13ello Hamlln and Justiin. Uhoy wcro dilvcn
by H.unlin himself und muko the tnllo in
2 : r > } on a second trial The performance
equds thlt of Maud S nnd Aldiiiu at Now
York in 15SJ. Thoiccord made today h dis
puted by a number of tuiTinen , who claim
that the time was S K1X 'J'ho odU Inl thno
for the ijuuitera was , 31 4' , 1 Os | < f , 1 : J , '
Tlio MoiVullirc-Slavin
[ Copyttuht IViOliii ftinm Qoiilnn Iltnntlt , ]
LONDOV , Spt. 10. | Now Yoik Herald
Cable Special to Tun HK I I have it by {
private hut suio Information that the Mo
AullTe-Slavin light uornos off at the Ormlnclo
club wilhln Unco or four days , which li
rather sooner tluin expected. Twenty pounds
is offered for a single admission , and after I
today none will bo for sale o\cn at that steep
flcuio. Blnvln will comoto London oil Satur
day nnd McAuliffo on Monday. '
- -
rranco to Supply ItnsHltv III ( lew.
TAHis , Sept 10 , Prnnco ha cntcrod into a
contract to supply the Husslan government
with an enormous number of rlllo3. Ac'cord-
ing to thotcunsof the contract f > 00,0)0 ( of tbo
weapons will bo delivered within eighteen
months.
Steamship Ari'hals ,
At New Ycrk-lho Ililttanlo ttiiil lUo Cit
of Berlin , from Llmpool.
THEPMA1IOUNTISSUE
It Is Again Discussed by Prominent Speak
ers at the Sugar Talnco.
CLAIMS OF AMENDMENT ADVOCATES.
TLey .Attempt to Provo ProMbitlcm a Sno
ccsj "Whorovor Tried.
LARRABEE ON IOWA'S ' LIQUOR LAW ,
His Arguments Promptly Refuted by tbo
High Xicenso Spsakers ,
SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS ,
> I-Hsrs. ItosGivntcr ami Welntrr I'rw
sent mi Array of Com Indue
StntUtlos In Support of
the Xrhrnskii Imu- .
( litVND I uvi > , Nd ) , Sept 19 [ Special
Tdegram to Tin : Hi u. | The prohibition ilo.
b.ito closed hero tonight 1-Yom the stand ,
point in vvb iih the sugar p il ice people were
appirenlly most Intoiesled , the nlT.iirhnj
been inoilcratcly snecoasful Thev wno in-
tcicsted for the money tlie i-o was In It , Thl *
did not ttko well with the cltl/eni of Grand
Ishtul. These foil ami wcio not HOW in sp
cvpio'vsliig themselves thit they hid contrib
uted to the suppoitot the pilaco entorprlso
b the'li nttondiiiuooii vaiioiis occasion1' , and
they did not take nt all hiiullv to thoiilcu of
pajlug four admls'.lona to heir u polltlcil do-
b.ite , even though it vva ? by able npeakcn
and upon thogrcntest issuobaforo the people
of tlio stito. This fact became apparent after
yistcril i > 's mcotinj , ' , nnil nn cffoitvns iniuio
tills inoining to h.ivo the discussions ot this
nf tern eon and evening held In the
oniui house niul free to uverv-
boily. Tbo fiicnds of high llccnso
ngiecd to puj for the hill , but the palace people
ple demurred and wanted a healthy bonus for
tbolr consent to the ihiingo. 'Iho demand
vvns coiistdcicd exoihltict und tbo meetings
wcio continued in the siiRur p ilncc , the man.
lujcmcnt sending out a boy with a banner to
fuithcriidvcrtl/o the mooting.
| j\-ioroinor Ijinraboo'M Speccli.
1'iobibly live hundred psoploero picaont
at the tiftcinoon seiiioii. Ex-Governor Will-
ianiLiiit.ibeoof Jo\v.i-was \ the flut speaker.
Ilcsaidhovas not accustomed to sponk to
stud stinll midlcncos , but would do bis best
to add bis testimony to the oaicaey of legal
piohlbitlon. Ho did not consider himself a
" /otolKiicr" In anj state of the union , and cs-
peclallj in Nebraska , vvhcio ho found so
many loiva jicoplo located. Ho said ho did
not know the situation in Nebtaskn , but ho
did know that lovu bail piospciod in the
law. IS'o portion of the earth \v ns more pro-
ductlvothan Nobr.iakn , nndhorowai a grand
opportunity for tbo building ot n gio.it sttito ,
and the importance of starting out aright
bhould bo well considered ,
A state that follows tbo advlco of Its wisest
men is the surest to prospci. Prompt
action , too , is needed In dealing
wlthe\ll3. Slavery could liavo been easily
suppressed at onotlmo , but It wns allowed to
gtovv until millions of men and inonoy wcro
required to wipe out the cnroo. So itls with
tholuiuoi tunic. It must bo handled vigor
ously in this jOUIIR stnto or It will bo beyond
your control and the evil will bo htippicssod
onlv after ti vast outlay of tlmo and money.
Material nnd intellectual advantages are not
tbo essentials of n people's gicatness. A
moial advancement is nccdid. Tins Is n pio-
(5tcssl\ocivilbatlii (
Governor Larrabeo slid bohadHvedthiily-
seven jeaisin IOVMI lie lo'ltud the histoiy
of the liquor legislation of tbo stnto since
IblO , und HhoivcilUnit Io\iliail alavvagainst
tha s.Uoof stronpdrink slnco Ibjl to tlic pis-
ango of the iiroliiwtlon law In IbSS. A law
pciinittlng the s > nlo of aio.vlne anu becrvai
insscdiu IfelS. nndr > . ( X)3 ) saloons vvuroonencd
in th.it stnto and the nntl-strotif ; drink law
was dally violated nil over the stato. In 1SVJ
the prohibition amendment , uont into elTut
on July 4. Tlio siloons nil closed , but In
iilnctvdays thoj weio ojwned ngnin. 'Xho
amen d men tw.is sufc aside by the supreme
couitandwns HRalii adopted by the legisla
ture und went into effect on July 4 , IbSI.
When the speikerwaa IniniRuraUd gov
ernor of lo\va , in January , 18yi , ho said sev
enty saloons vvoio running in DCS Molnes and
pijingu license of ilOJO a venr OnMny J ( > ,
ISiO , lie issued n pioclaiimtlon railing upon
the county olllcials to assist in the cnfoico-
inent of tno law. While ho was in ofllco over
thteo thousand saloons wcio closed In the
stito of Io\\n Ilo would not el ilin tli.it the
laww.it enforced tboiougnly , but itvviis as
vvcll cnfoiccd as was nny Imv on the statute
Ijookb , vvitb tlio exception of Council IJluffs ,
Dubuquc , Iluillnk'ton , Museitlno und Davcn-
poit.
In itcnyhif ! the st tcment that It would ruin
business to close the saloons , Governor Inr-
rabee pointed tlio IliiKcr of pride nt. yioux
City as n piospcious city without a saloon.
Dei Moincs , ho slid , hnd doubled in Business
nnd population in ton jouis , and was
piospeious. Ilooulil ntiinu tlio pro
hibition titles when the prospci cus
towns of Iowa wore named , nnd
ho would point out the dull towns when the
jihcos were named In which the piohlbitory
law -\\.is violated ,
Thc'io was but ono stale ofliclal In Iowa
vvho opposed prohibition , nnd the speaker
thought thut two jc.irs In the govornoi'ti
chair would bilnjta cbangoof bcirt In oven
Governor Uolcs. Ho reiterated his former
statement , that erlmo had decreased under
Inhibition rule In Iowa , nnd suited that bo
vvas Hrm m the belief that not one-twentieth
part of the liquor was being used In Iowa
tint thcio vas llvo jcnrs ago.
GovernorLarubee's speech uas well rc-
celv ed ,
lion , lyl\\aril KosoVMUor'H Spcooli. '
Mr. Hosonatorvviis very wai inly gieetcd.
Ilo opened by expressing liH think ? to Gov
ernor I , irrabco for his courteous nnd gcn
tlcinanly treitment of the issue. 'Hois Iho
llrst prohibition speaker , " mild Mi Hose-
valor "who has visited us vvho has not used
\itupcratlonandnlmso us the clilof factor of
his address This lusuo is too grave to bo
treated us theses piohlbition spoakcid bavo
ticutcdlt. * '
Mr. Hoseswatcr called attention to Governor
I.nirabeo's inlstalio In claiming that the pro
hibitory law vvas as well onfot cod us nny other
law on the Iowa statute books. Ho showed
that thuio aio , according to government re-
[ I i > oits , 4,000 permits in Iowa for the sale of
liquor , "Talco the number as y,0)J ) , nnd sup-
, iwso tint cadi of them sol la ton drinks a , day ,
n very low estimate , " said tlio speaker , "and
jou liavo . ' 50,033 violations of tbo law dally.
Tiy 30,000 dilly violations of tboUvv ngalnst
| pickpockets and ECU how ( illicitly a revolution
woulu follow. It Is simply fircicil for a man
to claim that the law Is as well enforced as
the law ugalnst tlio f I or any other state law
ugalnstother offenses"
Mr. Uoscwator eltcd statistics showing a
compailson of the court and cilinliml busi
ness of prohibition Iowa and hli/h-llccnso
Nebraska Ho showed that In 1'olk county ,
Iowa , In which Dca Mollies is sltuutoil , thu
expenses for criminal prosecution In IBS'J
nmonnteii to W > , ( 'M , while In Douglas
rAjia > , with moro than throe Units the POPH-