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    THE OMAHA ILY
'TWENTIETH ' YEAH. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , JANUARY 17 , 1891. NUMBER 213.
GEN JULES'WHITE ' ELEPHANT ,
J "With tlio Indiaps All in Ho Evidently Don't
Know What to Do.
' A FEW ; MORE GUNS SURRENDERED ,
IluiulrcdH ( A ther Arms llcllcvcd to
Uo Concealed by the Crnfty
llofctilrr ) How to Uunriu
'Xhciii tlio Question ,
Pisn ninon AOEXCV , S. D. , ( via Itushvillo ,
Neb. , ) Jan. 10. [ Special Telegram to TUB
Uiii.J : The question which seems uppermost
In the mlntl of everybody nround the agency
today Is whether or not General Miles will
insist upon the complete disarming of the In
dians. It is u question to which no answer
can bo obtained. This morning It was as
serted on good nuthor'ty ' that General Miles
liad ordered civilians out of the hostile camp
: so ho intended to disarm the Indians If
lie had to shell their camp to accomplish his
purpose. The general could not bo seen to
vtrlf.y the statement.
Adjutant General Corbln was asked If Gen
eral Allies had issued such an order , but ho
would neither admit nor deny that such a de
termination bad been decided upon. So long ,
ho claimed , ns the arms were bolng delivered
by tno Indians , there wns no necessity to
liso force to compel n more speedy giving
up of the weapons. It was the patient
general who accomplished the most nnd Gen
eral Miles was supposed to bo patlcntso long
r.s the Indians seemed disposed to comply
with his demands.
This inonilnK about twenty Indians cnmo
into the agency under Little Ilnwk , n dilapi
dated looking sport In a battered
white lint and surrounded by thlrty-ono
guns , some Winchesters nnd seine ns old hs
the Hood. The weapons were received In the
name nf General Miles nnd turned ever to
Agent Pierce nnd tagged with the owners' '
nnd chief's nnmo for safe keeping. The
delegation wns ns motlo.v n crowd
of crafty warriors as mortal over
gazed upon. They would not hesitate to re-
peit the treachery of Wounded Knee nnd
Agent Pierce wisely prevented all civilians
fiom standing around them during the sur
render , They Itcpt their eyes steadily llxod
upon General Miles' headquarters and
seemed disappointed because ho did
not appear. Their clothing xvas not
( searched nnd no ono doubted that they bore
hidden nrms which they would not hesitate
to use In case of emergency. Thus farllfty
one guns have been turned over so fur out of
nt lonit 1.500 , which the hostllcs are belloved
tO I1O9SC8S.
Kx-Agont Uoyer returned today niter an
absence of several days.
THE AFTllitMWX COVXCIL.
Wnny SpceqJjp , * Mmlo nnrt Much Good
\ f - K'xrirrfc' d to Ilcnult.
rtfr. Rinm : , S. D. ( via Hushvlllo , Nob. } ,
Oan. 1C. [ SpecialTelegram to Tin : Bui : . ]
This r.ftcrnoou ono of the most significant
efforts to promote hntnony omoiiK the Indians
was made in the council to which reference
was mndo in this morning's ' telegrams. The
gathering took place at the instance of the
Ogallalas , nnd was hold In what Is
known as "Loafer's camp , " in the vlclnltj
of the frlcndllcs. Six hundred Brules were
present. The former had prepared a feast ol
hot coffee amVboltod doc. The braves squat-
ir f y 'trL. . .ffiv7jr V nr.f" < --.tOK'r . . ' t > _ - ,
the Viands. The only wlilto man prcson' '
wns Lloulonnnt Taylor , Ninth cavalry
commander of tbo famous Ogallala
scouts. Among the Ognllalas present wcro
Chiefs Standing Soldier , American Horse
Standing Bear , Fast Thunder , Spotted Horse
White Brrd and Bud Wound. Aincng
Brulcj wcro Chiefs Short Bull , Kicking
Boar , High Pipe , Iron Bull , Turning Bear
nnd Two Strike.
Amotlcnn Horse reviewed the circum-
ttnnccs which had led up to th
present difficulty nnd hnd Impelled Genera
Miles to issue bis order disarming the Indl
IUIH. Ho said the order ought to bo compiled
und that they should return to the !
homes and bring their young men torespcc
their coed white friends ; dissuade them from
violence and compel their children to rcturi
i school.
Short Bull said that ho had bcon In troubl
with thu whites before , but that ho hai
signed a treaty which always prompted him
to bo a good friend of the whit
'man. ' A great many of the Koso
bud Indians wanted to como to Pin
Uidgo agency because they knew they wouli
bo treated bojttcr thero. Itosobucl was In . :
hole , They were starved there sometimes
Thov wanted to leave it and llvo with thel
brothers In ono place. People carried lie
about the Indians when they wcro separated
They wanted to llvo In ono family and then
everything would bo all right.
Illph Plpo nnd Two Strike also spoko.
They wcro followed by Standing Soldier , i
fine young man of the Taylor scouts. II
said that some hnd come to the agency t
make trouble and had Killed friendly Indians
that they had caused the soldiers to bo sen
ngnlnst them and mndo General Mlles con1
niaiul them to lay down their nrms. Ho hopc (
nil of them would , comply with the
order , because it would brine pcaco
ngnhi. A short time ngo ho had
brought to Whlto Hat ( Lloutenant Taylor )
n good many of Sitting Bull's ' men. They
were no win the camp of the scouts. "Wucii
they were brought In they had given un
their arms and were to remain nnd
had been well treated and their
nonlcs Imd been fed with grain
niid hny. If Big Foot nnd his
band hnd como In , they would have been
treated In the same manner. The trouble
which killed him and his people was brought
on him by his own people. If they were hero
now , they would tell them something.
Dr. McGilllcudily then gave them
a talk in which ho pointed out
the errors which they had inndo In the
pAst ; the bad leaders they had followed and
the result which had followed them. Ho gave
thorn good advice nnd encouraged them to
oboytho regulations In the future.
-jjleutciinnt Taylor was asked to
speak and Bald that ho know verv
many Ognllulns and was satisfied that they
wcro friendly. He did not know tno Brules
so wall , but felt that there were many good
and bravo men among them who would listen
to reason. The trouble they had ex
perienced hnd been occasioned by a
variety of circumstances. In tlio greater
part of the Indian troubles , ho hnd observed
that the hid Inns had always good excuse for
bringing It on , Ho thought they had hud
some excuse In this instanco. The trouble
was now over and if they wished
to remain in peace , nil they
hud va do wns to comply wllli
the order of General Miles , Those who had
good sense and judgment should sot an ox-
nmplo to , nnd control the young men , of
whom lia know many , who lived lu their
tribes , They had turned in very few guns
and everybody know that they had
ninny more. It was now the
middle of winter. The Great Spirit hnd
Riven them extraordinary good weather , dif
fering * from all other winters. If a billiard
should now como up tholr children und
Women would dlo nnd they and tho' soldiers
would suffer , Ho hoped they would Immedi
ately comply with General Miles' order so that
thu soldiers could coon KO homo and ba com
fortable. If they complied with General
Miles' order , some of them would bo allowed
< to go to Washington to the great father and
Btato their grievances to him. Ho dossil by
{ dating that their rights would be recognized
by the present oftlcon who hud been placed
ever them.
Tha council closed In the bent possible
humor , aud it wan uotlced that some of tuo
Brulestmd heard arguments and facts against
their rebellious course to which they at-
tnchcd conslJcrnblo Importance. The best
result It expected of the council by the people-
at the agency. . . _
A delegation of Nebrnskans visited General -
oral Foray the today , and assured lilin that
the people of thosUito sustained him In all
lie Imd done to break up thu war.
Colonel Cody returned to Kushvllloon his
way homo this nftcmoon.
It Adds to the DlHCoiiirortfi of MTc nt
I'lno U ilgo Aiioney.
PINT RIDOE AoKNcr , S. I ) , ( via Rush-
\lllc. Nob. ) , Jan. 10. [ Special Telegram to
Tun BEE. I This afternoon a wind storm nre-
vailed In the agency , raising the dust In
clouds , and rendering It1 almost Impossible to
traverse the streets. Great activity , how
ever , prevailed. Detachments and wagon
trains for suppllos arrived from the neigh
boring camtis ; bucks and squaws fringed
the agency fences and hunt ? with patlonco
and in misery around the stores of the In
dian traders.
The most prominent arrival wns General
Carr , the veteran commander of the Sixth
cavalry , who llgured so prominently in sev
eral Indian campaigns nnd especially In that
of 1871) ) . Ho met a number of gal
lant officers who served with him at
the snmo time , the meeting being the first
which had taken place for many years , llio
general , with nine troops of cavalry , com
prising about five hundred men , Is stationed
nt the beef corral , about a mlle and a half
from this placo. They will there await
orders.
It was rumored that they would bo sent as
escort to tno Cheyenne * from this place to
Tongue river agency. This rumor , however ,
Is not credited. The regiment has done so
much jumping from post to post for the past
seventeen years that It Is likely , when " it
leaves this'place , It will return homo.
Several of the commands now In the field
re patiently awaiting orders to return homo
oforo the severe weather , which is propho-
led shall bo experienced. Thus far , hoiv-
vor , the necessary orders from Washington
mvo not arrived.
The Cheyenncs under Standing Elk nnd
ilttlo Chief which left hero this morning on
heir march to the Tongue river agency , a
Istnnce of about four hundred miles , are ac-
ompanlod by Captain Ewers who , prior to
Captntn PIcrco's arrival , had been in charge
f the Indians surrounding the agency ,
lo was formerly npont for these tribes
, nd was respected by them. They will
lave no military escort. The captain's duty ,
, mong other things , will ho to satisfy settlers
ilong the route that the Cheyenncs are
icaceablo and that no danger need bo appro-
icndcd from them. This transfer is.mado in
mrsunnco of the agreement entered into n
ow months ago by General Miles nnd Cora-
ntssioners K. D. Smalley of Vermont mid
'ohn Zophos of South Dakota. The acreo-
ncnt was made nt the request of the Choy-
inics , who could not live In peace and quiet
vlth the Sioux.
Captain Cyrus A. Earnest , G com-
) any , Eighth Infantry , who has
icon ncflng ns commlsary of
subsistence of Indian prisoners of .war , has
n charge , flfty-llvo of the survivors of Big
Foot's band of White '
, sixty-three Eyebrow's ,
.wonty-threo of Big Thunder's , seven of
Yellow Hair's and 153 Brules who remained
icro whcntho hcgelra took place. These , ho
s supplying with rations which will keep
.horn from starvation.
No arms were received this aftornoon.from
the hostile chiefs.
General Brooke , with the command men
tioned In yesterday's dispatches , atlll occu
ilos tbo old Indian camp , two miles south of
, his place , with Colonel Wheaton flanulng
the hostile * on'thb'west. * * * * * ' - ' >
Colonel Shatter of the First still commands
the troous within the agency.
THE irOVXMfKIt KSEU It.lTTLE.
Report oT FJnliio Goodale , Supervisor
of Education at I'ino Kldgo.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 1C. The commissioner
of Indian affairs has received from Elalno
Goodalc , supervisor of education at Pine
[ { Idge , a report on the battle at Wounded ,
3ho says the Indians had no intention ol
fighting ; that the first shot was fired by
voung and irresponsible Indian , and in
discriminate firing by the military followed
She thought the killing of some of the Indian
women unavoidable , but the fact that the
dead Indian bucks were found lying together
wtiilo tbo dead squaws and children wcro
found scattered about for a distance of two
miles tends to show that it was wilful.
Miss Gnodalo goes on to say that she was
not n witness of the Wounded Knee fight am'
that her information has been outalncd from
the Indians' who were engaged In It , am
from halfbreeds. The testimony of thesur
vtvors of Dig t'oot's band , she says , Is to the
effect that the Indians did not deliberately
plan resistance. The demand for their arms
was a surprise to them , but the majority o :
them chose to submit quietly. The tepee ;
had boon searched and a largo number o
guns , knives nnd hatchets confiscated , whci
the searching of the persons of the men wns
begun. The women say that they , too , were
searched , nnd tbo knives which they always
carry for domestic purposes taken
from them. 'A number of mun sur
rendered their rifles and cartridge bolts ,
whrn ono young mnii , who is described as a
good-for-nothing voung fellow , llrcd a single
shot. This called for n volley from the troops ,
nnd the tiring nnd confusion became general.
Miss Goodalei does not credit the statement
that the women carried arms and participated
In the light. "Thoro is no doubt , " she says ,
"that the malorlty of .tho women and child
ren hnd no thought of anything but fl ght.
They were pursued up the ravines nnd shot
down indiscriminately by the soldiers. " The
killing of the women add children wns. in
part , unavoidable , owing to the confusion ,
but Miss Goodnlo thinks It was in many
cases deliberate. Tlio scouts who burled
the dead report eighty-four bodies of men and
bovs , forty-four women and eighteen young
children. Some wcro carried off by the hos-
tiles. A number of prisoners , chiefly womnn ,
have since died of their wounds and more
will follow. A party who visited the battle
field on January I njid broucht In seven , re
port that nearly all the bodies of the men
were lying close to Big Foot's tent , while the
women nnd children were scattered along a
distance of two inilos from the encounter.
The report concludes : "Thomain reflec
tion which occurs to mo In connection with
this most un for tuna to affair Is that the same
thing should not be allowed to happen again.
The Irresponsible action of ono hot-headed
youth should not bo * a signal for a general
and Indiscriminate slaughter of tbo unarmed
und helpless. "
HE SbEEM'S , SLEEPS.
Lilttlo Chlcr , the Chnyonne , Is Always
n Good Indian. '
Pisu Rinau AOKXCV , S. D , , ( via Kusbville ,
Neb. ) , Jan , 10. ( Special Telegram to THE
BEE. ] The correspondents who had made
preparations to leave the scat of war today
have changed their plans , In the light of
events , and will remain n few days longer.
The promlso of the hostilcs to sur
render their arms is proving as big a
fraud as the bluff inaao by them
In that direction at Wounded ICnoo. General
Mites this morning declared all show of sur
rendering their nrms , so fur , to ho a gigantic
fnreo and ho showed undisguised disappoint
ment. However , the Indians will bo given
further opportunity to como to time , but come
they must , sooner or Inter.
General Miles today mndo another request
in addition to his official orders , that no re
porters or citizens go near the camps of the
hostlles. This request was made principally
to ward against the possibility of treach
ery and to give tbo Indians no
chance to give vent to their
CONIl.SUBU ON 8UCO.SD riUK.
THE EAST OMAHA BRIDGE ,
Material Amendments Made to the B ill Be
fore Submission to the Sonata ,
IT MUST HAVE RAILROAD FACILITIES.
Trouble Kxpcrlcnooil by the internal
Hevcnuo Uuronu In Arranging
for Payliigtho Bounty oil
Maple Sugar.
WASHI.VOTOX BtniRiuTnn Ounl Dun , 1
B18 FouiiTKRNTii Smear , \
WASHINGTON , V. O. , Inn . 10. )
Scna > x > rMamlorson made material amend
ments to the Omaha low bridge bill before ho
Introduced It In the senate today. The measure -
uro ns presented In the house by Mr. Heed of
Iowa did not compel the bridge company to
construct a railway bridge , and ns It was pre
sented by Mr. Manderson the structure must
have railroad facilities beyond any question
of doubt. Senator Manderson says ho docs
not want any moro miscarriages oa a brldgo
for railroad as well as wagon and pedestrian
facilities. The title of the dill as it was in
troduced In the house ta as follows : ' 'Author
izing the construction of a dinw. street rail
way , motor and pedestrian brldgo over the
Missouri river near Omaha , Nob. " As pre
sented in the sounto today the title of the
mcasuro Is ns follows : "Authorizing the
construction of n railroad , street railway ,
motor and pedestrian brldgo over the Mis
souri river near Council Bluffs , la. "
At the end of the flrst section Senator
Mandorsou inserted the following so as to
place the question of railroad facilities beyond
yond n perndvonturo of doubt : "And all
railroads reaching tbo Missouri river near
said point shall havp unobstructed approach
to and passage over said bridge for engines ,
cars and trains at reasonable charges and
rates of toll. " At the end of the third sec
tion of the house bill is this provision :
"Provided , further , that said company may
construct a wagon , motor and foot bridge
alone , and in CMSO of the construction of a
wagon , motor and foot bridge only , the draw
may bo of the Same length as herein pro
vided , " etc. Senator Mandorson has In hi *
bill stricken out this provision , ns ho regards
it as prinrn faclo evidence that the company
proposing the construction , of this now
brlnge Is not sure that it will provide rail
road facilities , and the senator says
that if n now brldgo Is constructed
it must hrivo railroad as well as otiioi facili
ties so as to permit all railroads to enter
Omaha upon an equally just , basis. Senator
Mandorson believes that the bill can pass
congress at this session , nnd he Is determined
to make a strong pull in the senate at once.
Tin : iiou.NTr of .MAPLE SIHIAII.
The bureau of internal revenue is having a
great deal of difllculty in arranging for the
payment of the bounty on maple sugar.
Unclor the provisions of the McIClnley bill
every farmer who manufactures moro than
llvo hundred pounds of maple sugar annually
may collect a bounty of ! , & per cent upon
maple sugar that Is over 80 per cent pure ,
and 2 cents per pound upon thut which is 90
percent pure. But there are a great many
dinicultics In the way of carrying out the
law. In the first place the statute Itself Is
ambiguous regarding the time when this
bounty shall commence. , It provides in ono
place that the bounty can. bo collected upon
all sugar manufactured after April 1,1891 ,
but in another placo. where it provides for
> themoney-tcupay tbe < bounty and thorex-
po'nsos attendant thereto , the appropriation
is not made available until July 1 next , so
that it would seem impossible for the presi
dent to appoint deputy collectors before July
'
1 , 'although they must enter upon their duties
April 1. Another dilllculty in the way of
collecting the bounty Is found in making the
polarlscoplc tests. A deputy collector will
evidently bo obliged to go around with a
polariscopo in his buggy from house to house
during the sugar season and personally ex-
amlno the whole make , or the farmer will
have to bring samples to the olllco of the
nearest collector of interim ! revenue. Then ,
again , there are no provisions for protecting
the government against fraud. No man can
collect the bounty unles ho manu
factures moro than llvo hundred
, pounds a year , but there Is nothing
to prevent a neighborhood ot farmers club
bing together and pooling their sugar so as to
produce the limit Jointly In the name of ono
of their number and dividing the bounty
after it Is paid , nor is there any way to pre
vent a farmer'from buying up all the syrup
in his neighborhood and manufacturing it
into sugar. There are also a number of
other dinicultics In the way of n successful
enforcement of the law which the ofllclals of
the internal revenue bureau nro now using
all their ingenuity to overcome.
THK INDIAN nEl'IlEIUTIONS DILL.
In tne senate today during the morning
hour Senator Paddock called up the Indian
depredations bill. Senator Cockrell of Mis
souri objected to Its consideration because
ho said it would occupy moro time than the
ilvo minute * allowed for debate and that it
would bo impossible to do Justice to a subject
of this importance In that timo. Senator
Paddock persisted nnd won the fight. The
bill was taken up and discussed for flvo min
utes and then went on the calendar ns un
finished business , where consideration may
be resumed nt any time ,
The committed on Indian depredation
claims was organized with the present con
gress for the purpose of considering specially
the various bills on the subject which had
been introduced from time to timo. Immedi
ately upon thu organization of the committee
the bills were taken up and discussed. It
has been generally believed that the creation
of some special commission or tribunal to in
vestigate the Indian depredation claims
would prove the surest nnd quickest way to
tnoir payment , but a bill was finally formu
lated during the last session of the senate to
impose the duty of Investigation upon the
court of claims nnd conjointly upon the fed
eral district nnd circuit courts under cer
tain limitation. In the tnoantiino the
house was considering the same sub
ject and finally passed a bill
providing for the creation of an independent
tribunal , which , when It came to the senate ,
was referred to this special committee ,
which , after considering , reported it back tc
the senate with the senate bill as an amend
ment in the nature of a substitute therefor.
Senator Paddock is not altogether satisfied ,
and although acting as chairman of the coin-
inlttco In the absence of Senator Moody , ho
had charge of the subject todav. Ho gave
notice whllo the bill was under discussion In
the committee that tie would reserve the
right to offer and vote for amendments. The
bill limits the time beyond which in the
past the courts may not go to the year
1SC7. mid no claims can bo considered whlcl
shall not hnvo been presented formally to
congress for adjudication before the passage
and approval of the bill. The senator pro
poses an amendment to this by fixing the
date for the beginning of those claims back
1S59 , and ho also proposes that ninety days
after the passage of the bill shall bo
given for claimants to lllo their Claims
Another amendment desired by Bon
ntor Paddock relates to the pay
ment of claims already adjudicated
Under the act of IBT'J the secretary of the In
tcrlor Is authorized through the Indian ofllco
and special agents to investigate depredation
claims and report the sair.q to congress
whether allowed or disallowed , Abou
15,000,000 of these claims have been reported
Senator Paddock Insisted in the committee
that Immediate provision should bo made in
Uils bill for tliObO adjudicated claims , Uo
has had a conference since the bill was con
sidered this morning with Senator Plumb ,
who will propose such an amendment ns that
outlined before each of the amOndmontts will
bo supported by Senator Paddock and other
members of the depredations claims commit
tee ot tbo senate ,
PEFIC1E.VOT ESTIMATES.
Secretary Wlndom has sent to congress
some dotlclcncy estimates , with a rcconv
mcndatlon that appropriations bo inado for
bom. Ho recommends deficiency appropria
tions as follows ! For Iowa postmasters. being
'or uncredltcd amounts : P. A. LuihvlcK.lvoi-
egg , J ; J , L. Hammer. Kcllopg , $ j ; A. J.
Draper. Lt-rov , $20 : 11. Klrby , Leroy , $ .1 ; 12.
E. Oldfrlend. Maratlmn , $121 j A. U. Campbell -
bell , Promise City , JO" .
Deficiency appropriations arorccommendcd
ns follows for Nebraska postmasters : C.V. .
Stewart , Alura9l ; Johnbchoad , Cliff. > . 4 ;
11. F. Plekcrcll , Gucrnsov , S1.VJ . ; E.V. . Har-
- - - -
kcr , Maple Creek.
811 ; W. McStuto ,
Tamoni . , S3 cents
ifrOJ.o .
-S. I O ,
For South Dakota postmasters deficiency
appropriations are recommended in follows :
T. O. bean , Uurdcllo , 810 ; O. O. Sanderson ,
Pnlrborn , WO ; J , Wadeland , Julian , $3.91 ;
[ { abort Floorman , Lnflln , 415 ; A. O. Berg ,
Sherman , 40 cents ; F. Catlo , Smlthvillo , & ! .
An appropriation of $403 for a deficiency In
llio surveyor general's ' ofllco qf Nebraska and
Iowa for services from August 1 , 18SO , to Oc
tober 15 , 1SSO , is rocom mended.
llKl'ltrSENTATlVn CAUTKItO.V ( SILVKIl.
Mr. Carter of Montana Is chairman of the
louse committee on mines nnd mining and a
firomlnont member of the toinmltteo on coin-
igo , weights nnd measures , which has charge
of the free coinage bill passed by the senate.
Ho represents 0110 of the greatest silver pro
ducing states In the un ton nnd is therefore
keenly Interested nnd well versed In the sil
ver question. Ho has not till now belloved
It was lit all likely that a free coinage bill
could pass the house , but this afternoon said
to your correspondent : "A silver bill will bo
reported from the committee on coinage.
wights and measures next , week. It will
probably not bo tlio ono passed by the senate ,
out when it is taken up In thu house it will
bo substituted by an unlimited ftuo coinage
bill. Unlimited iroo colnagt ) was only do-
defeated last session by oiru or two votes.
About twenty republicans Vqtcd for the Conger -
gor bill nnd against unlimited coinage , but
they will vote for it now. Allot those men
were defeated for re-election jlast November ,
and they ascribe their defeat largely to their
vote upon the silver question , and they noxv
want to reverse their posltlod. The bill re
ported from committee may bo substituted
by the senate bill , in which .event no confer
ence will bo necessary , hut If. a conference
should be ordered to adjust tlio differences
between the houses , the speaker nnd Vice
President Morton , not favoring free coinage ,
may appoint conferees who will force the
two houses to rccodo and accept some kind of
n compromise. " '
XOFUUEIUL AID rcm senuASKA.
If the Nebraska legislature , as reported ,
asks a SI , 000,000 appropriation from the gov
ernment to rcllovo the dUtross among set
tlers la that state , It will bb doomed to great
disappointment. Such a bill , whatever the
amount named , would most certainly fail to
secure enactment into law. During the last
year of Cleveland's administration ho vetoed
a bill calling for $10,000 fordrouth sufferers
In Texas and was sustained by congress on
the ground that the national government has
no power to make appropriations for objects
local to tbo states. There la , no possibility of
securing aid from the treasury for Nebraska
sufferers. It Is hoped that the senate agri
cultural committee amendment to tlio agricul
tural bill drafted by Senator Puddock , which
calls for nn expenditure of 'i Oi OOO , may become -
como a law when tacked into the appropria
tion bill because a veto of that Item would
mean a veto of the whole bill , but this Is the
fullest possible extent of uongiesslonal aid ,
Even this Is hold by many df tbo strongest
senators and representative to bo a decided
wrenching of the constitution in the line of a
federal interference entirely unwarranted.
NUItllABKA AND IOWA POST ASTEItS.
Postmasters \yero appointed today as fol
lows :
Iowa Alrnont , CUntoiVcbunty , F. C. Helat ,
Vice M. G. Haley. " " <
Nebraska Franklin. Franklin county , J.
L. Thompson , vk-o J. A. Chltjvood , resigned ;
Myrtle , Lincoln county , Mrs , J. L. Baloy ,
viceD. Bunk , removed.f
the claim of Lewis A. Baker of Northllold ,
Nob. , for depredations committed In 1850 by
Indians , amounting to 55,330 , , to congress for
action.
There Is u great deal of amusement In the
department over a telegram from London
saying that n number of British dukes were
about to sail for the United States in order
to assist Buffalo Bill In putting down the
Indians , and tno secretary of war is of the
opinion that the knowledge of their Inten
tions must have been the cause of the Indian
surrender. Pinnr : S. HIUTH.
Ncbrnnkn People nt Chicago.
CHICAGO , Jan. 10. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : BcE.I The following Nebraska people
are in the city :
At the Grand Pacific Ei" . J. Drake , Dan B.
Honln , Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Wley of Omaha.
At the Wellington Mrs , J. H. Sanborn
and Miss Sanborn , of Omaha ; Mr. and Mrs.
II. O. Phillips of Lincoln ,
At the Tromont Mr. aijd Mrs. G.V. .
Tillotsonof Omaha.
At the Palmer Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Barnett -
nott , Mr. and Mrs. Dcinutto Smith and Max
Meyer of Omatin.
Fred Nash , general western agent of the
Chicago , Milwaukee &St. Paul , Is in the city
on business In connection vfith the threatened
strike of operators on hirqud. .
E. L. Biorbower , recently appointed re
ceiver of the Pacific Short Line , is hero In
consultation with the general attorney ot the
road on business connected with the receiver
ship. _
An Interstate Comnjurco Chansc.
'
WASIIIKOTOS , Jan. 10. I'lio 'senate com
mittee on Interstate commerce today changed
the wordlng'of the third section of the pendIng -
Ing bill to amend the Interstate commerce
law by striking out that part of the provision
relative to thuestabllshmeritof seven through
routes ever connecting rallroadg. and substi
tuting therefor the following : "Tho facili
ties to bo afforded shall include duo and rea
sonable receiving , forwarding and delivering
by ono carrier at the request of any other
common carrier , or shlwxir , or consignee of
through traflic at through rates of faro. "
Mouse BLUFF , Nob. , Jan. , 10. [ Special Tel
egram to Tim BEE.I The grain ofllco of
Morse , Rogers & Co. , of tlijs place was brok
en into last night and two safes blown to
pieces. Considerable- damage wn. done to the
building , books , etp. The burglars , however ,
failed to realize a cent frpmjthelr transaction.
They must have been amo.tcurs or they would
not have tackled a grain Jlnu-this year.
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To Manufacture ICoch'n Lymph.
WASHINGTON , Jan. -purgoon General
Hamilton states that the irquuufacturo of the
lympn , according to the K6ch method , at the
Jabratory of the New York } marine hospital
will ba begun as soon as Oil Klnccur arrives
homo from Berlin , if congress appropriates
$10,000 for the purposoialabratory will bo
erected aim the lymph wlll.bo manufactured
hero also.
Found Guilty of Imprudence.
PITTSIIUIIO , Pa. , Jan. IfJ.j Uov. J. T. Hlloy ,
a Methodist Episcopal minister of Braddock ,
Pa , whoso trial by o.churcU committee ho :
been In progress for two ) veoks , was found
guilty today of Irntirudencuand unministcria
conduct. The charges , wew preferred by W.
T. Minnlck , who alleges that Klloy alienator
the affections of his wife.
nifTeronoeH Suti Cnetoriy ; Settled.
ST. Louis , Mo , , Jan. 10. A committee of
V/ubash employes and ofllclals have made f
satisfactory battlement of their differences
Thu now schedule provides for the cqualtza
tion of wages and UOUM of labor ever all the
AVauash system.
i
1 ho Death Unll.
COPKNIIAOEX , Jan.10. . Mrs. Mills , mother
ln-law of Clurko E. ' Carr , United States mlu
ister to Deiiinnrkrdled , here today ,
A Colored Murilarer
MoxTiiOMEiiV , Ala. , Jan. 16. John John
son , colored , washaugod atOpcllku today fo
the murder of Joaklns Mooro.
ANOTHER CARD IS PLAYED ,
A Union. Pacific Order Depriving the Hook
Island of Traffic.
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR MANY OFFICIALS.
Sumo Connected with St. Paul Uomls
to Ho Imliotoil UnelosH Tnlk of
the Now Western TrnDlu
Association.
CIIICAOO , Jan. 10. fSpeclal Telegram to
TUB BEK.I The Hutchlnson & South Erlo
las abolished its divisions with the Hock
sland , taking effect Immediately. It Is not
generally known , hut the Union Pacific owns
and controls the Hutchliison& South Erlo.aud
ho notice of the discontinuance of joint rates
came from the Union Pacific general oftlccs.
riio meaning of the notice Is that
ho Union Paclilo will hereafter turn over
only consigned tralllo to the Hoc It Island.
Any trnfllo unconsigned or originating on
ho lines will be sent cast via Toledo over
ho Wabasb , or via St. Louis and Memphis ,
over the Missouri Pacltlc. In any
event the Kock Island will get
none of It. Unless the Hock Island
adopted retaliatory measures there Is noth-
ng to do but stand the loss of tralllc. No
railroad men cared to bo quoted on the sub-
cct. Not one of them could suggest u
measure for a satisfactory pool , under the
now agreement , If the Union Pacific Insisted
011 its present policy.
They Only Talked.
Cmcuao , Jan. 10. fSpeclal Telegram to
TUB BEE. ! rhotrafllc managers of all lines
except the Great Northern In the now West
ern Trafllo association mot today , Tbo moot-
ng was called primarily to delluo the boun
daries of the territory over which the com
mission shall have jurisdiction , but so many
other subjects came up that the main
question was not reached. It was
also deemed unwise to take any
> osltlvo action without the concurrence of
ho Great Northern , as It is known that I'res-
dcnt Hill is dissatisfied with the change by
which Mr. Vluing takes Mr. Smith's place as
commissioner of the transcontinental assocla-
lon. Tbo chungo was made at the
nstlgatlon of President Huntington -
ton , Gould and Manual , and the
northern lines are suspicious that they will
come out behind In the prospective division
of traflic. After the meeting ono of the
radio managers said :
' The now association has the main dlfil-
cultles to conquer , as the pooling of tlio busi
ness is the ono thing lacking In the old as
veil us the now. It was understood in Now
York that the whole business was to bo a
jlind pool in the bands of the commissioners. '
. ' don't belie vo their decision will bo satls-
'actory to n solitary lino. Then there are _ a
lu nd red or more lines In the territory of the
association and only fourteen have signed
.ho agreement. Perhaps wo may Uo some
thing tomorrow , but today wo did nothing
buttalk. . "
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Trouble for the St. Paul Oflloinls.
CHICAGO , Jan. 10. [ Special Telegram to
Tun Ben. ] Chairman Finloy of the Western
Passenger association Is' still in St. 'Paul ,
under n great lira of questions from the
United States grand jury about manipulated
passenger rates. So for , the only testimony
ngnlust the Chicago , St. Paul & Kansas City
and the Albert Lea line has been heard.
Witnesses dooiara that at least four indict-
mdrits'n-Hl ba found against officials of as
An Air Line to tlio Gulf.
KANSAS CITT , Mo. , Jan. 10. A capitalist of
this city says the plans nre almost completed
for tbo formation of a company to build an airline -
line railroad from Kansas City to Galvcston ,
there to connect with the Pan-American
steamship lino. The proposed line will ho 20U
miles shorter than any other road to the
Gulf.
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THE OVER A 1t US' STItllfE.
Milwaukee Officials Claim Only Sev
enty-Two Bleu Are Out.
Mu.wAUKnii , Wis. , Jan. 10 , Just seventy-
two operators and station agents employed
on the lines of thu Chicago , Milwaukee & St.
Paul system quit work today. General Man
ager Enrllng says the road Is prepared
for any emergency , and nt every station
where an operator quit work another
is ready to take his place , so that the tele
graphic business of the road suffered no de
lay. Earllng also says that of the men out
nine nre employed in Illinois , sixteen in Min
nesota , ono In Dakota and forty-six in Iowa.
In Wisconsin not a single man stopped work ,
atid moro than half of those who did are em
ployed on the divisions in Iowa. The mon
involved in this affair really had
no grievances and were deceived by
the order of railway telegraphers. There has
boon no reduction in salaries , but simply an
equalization. It is stated that of the forty-
six Iowa men who went , out , thirty-four were
employed on the Council Bluils division. At
some of the lowastatlons thu wires have been
tampered with and switches loft open , but 110
serious delay lias-resulted from this.
It Is claimed by the representatives of the
operators that ono of the ofllclals' clerks sid
ing with the strikers carried a telegram to
the strikers' headquarters this mornlnir on
the sly which announced a largo number
qulttlntr.
A dlsnatch from Kansas City says the St.
Paul railroad ofllclals there say they have
received no word of operators having re
signed. The Kansas City division Is work
ing all right. The local operators are work-
Ingns usual this morning.
Tlio Strikers Confident.
Cniotao. Jan. 10. Grand Chief Thurston
of the Order of Hallway Telegraphers and
the grievance commltteoof station agents and
telegraph operators on the lines of the St ,
Paul road are In conference in this city. Ac
cording to their statement the road is seri
ously crippled by the strike. They claim to
have advices that 400 of the 450
mon on the line nro out and that addl
tional resignations are constantly being
received by telegraph and mall , making the
Knock-off practically unanimous. Tfio fol
lowing list is furnished by Chief Thurston of
men going out by divisions : Prairie du
Chion , 20 ; llubuquo , 80 ; Milwaukee &
Northern , 10 : Green Day , ao ; Council Bluffs ,
50 ; Illinois & Minnesota , 25 ; Hastings &
Dakota. HO ; Kansas City , 50 ; Chicago &
Council Bluffs , 125 ; miscellaneous , llfl. The
committee also expressed its belief that more
men will resign. _
The Situation nt Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Jan. 10. Assistant
General Superintendent Williams soys that
of about five hundred telegraph operators on
the divisions under him tbo resignations of
Just twenty hare been received , tie stated
that business was not Interrupted In thu least ,
as there were plenty of men to bo had. None
of the men have gouo out hero.
On town and Dakota Division.
MABOM CITT , la. , Jan. 10. A numoer of
telegraph operators on the Iowa and Dakota
division have struck. Superintendent Co *
grove apprehends no serious difficulty , The
places will bo filled as fast as they are va
cated ,
A Sail Dentil.
CHICAGO , Jan. 10. Miss Lillian Owen of
Sol Smith Husscll'1 company , who was jour
ney lug- eastward from San Francisco to wcil
Mr , Charles Kent Of Stuart Uobson's com1
pony , died hero today after u short lllne s
from pneumonia. _
Tlio 1'olioy Jlolilers Saff.
New tfoiiK , Jan. 10. The state Insurance
department Investigated the Fidelity urn
Casualty company of Now York mid reports
hat If the company was to wind up Ita busl-
less tomorrow all policy holders would re
culvo HXl cents on the dollar and nil
other clnlins would bo similarly
net. The only lows on nccount of
ho Impairment would bo the stockholders ,
vho , Instead of having the full capital of
iW.OlK ) returned to them , would each receive
only a pro rnta shnro of thu cnullnl minus the
imount of the Impilrmcnt , viz : W..llO. '
xtxn
Terrible Accident on tlio C. M. & St.
I * . Near Olntd , In.
Guim , la , , Jan. 10. A wost-bound pas-
cnger train on the Chicago , Milwaukee &
St. Paul road collided with n freight near
icro tonight , Nine persons were killed and
hreo fatally Injured. The accident was
caused by tlio operator falling to deliver a
rain order.
UEKIEl ) HV COMPANY tirriCIAl. " .
CHICAGO , Jon. 17. The superintendent's
ofllco of the St. Paul road In this city , at
o'clock this morning , reports that after
invlng inquired over the company's wires to
nrlous division headquarters that there has
been no wreck anywhere on the road. The
opinion was expressed that the story of the
vrcck originated with the striking station
agents. <
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It 10 FMKK IX
Mammoth Carpet Mills Destroyed
The IJOHS $700,000.
PHILADELPHIA , Jan. 10. Flro broke out at
a Into hour tonight In the carpet mills of John
and James Dobson , at Falls of the Schuylklll ,
a suburb of this city. Tno carpet mill is lo
cated in the center of n group of
ix mill buildings , comprising ono
of the largest establishments of the
itnd in the United States. At 1:30 : a. m ,
ho six-story carpet and plush mills , the wool
torago house and the brusscls carpet mill
vero complctolj destroyed. Tlio fire Is still
uirnlng llercoly , but is believed to bo under
control. The losses will probably aggregate
$ TOO,000.
Sr. PAUL , Minn. , Jan. 10. The St. Paul
box factory burned late tonight. The loss is
about ? oO,000. ,
THE AX < Sii : OF VE.IVE.
It Does Not Ilovar Over the Central
American Itopulilios.
CniCAOo , Jan. 10. [ Special Telegram to
PHD Bnii.j Henry C. Hudson , a merchant
from the City of Mexico , does not think the
irospect for long continued peace in Central
America is bright. Talking hero today ho
said :
"So far as San Salvador is concerned ,
> eaco stands no likelihood of boingdlsturbod ,
jut not so with Guatemala. That nation Is
still smarting from the sting Inflicted by
Snlvador. General Barrlllns Is devoting his
entlro energy to recruiting the army and
wringing it up to a high point of excellence.
The army is in a better condition to light than
Salvador's , hut Salvador ib not likely to suf-
Tor , because , as I have good reason to bollovo ,
she will not bo compelled to go Into another
light unassisted. Jnaword , n secret treaty
is nearly completed between Snlvador and
Mexico , whereby the latter will lend any ne
cessary assistance to Snlvador to crush the
Guatemalan forces. It is too bad that this
disturbance should arise just on the eve of
another meeting of the Pan-American dele
gates , but It apparently cannot bo helped. "
OMorndo Senators Telegraph Acqul-
DENVEH , Colo. , Jan. lb. Gdvornor' Routh
today received n telegram from Senators
Teller and Wolcott saying : "A telegram
signed by yourself and others urging acqui
escence , la ox-Senator Hill's nomination as a
monetary commissioner is received. Hill's
nomination was Intended nnd Is everywhere
recognized ns an affront to the Colorado sen
ators for their course respecting silver ,
but whatever may bo our personal differ
ences , wo have concluded to request his con
firmation , being animated by a desire to
further the interests of Colorado. "Wo fo r
that If Mr. hill Is rejected some monomotnl-
list would bo appointed in his stead. " The
senators also request tbo governor and other
signers of the telegram to join in an earnest
effort to reconcile the unhappy differences ,
now existing In the Colorado house of repre
sentatives.
Sensational Developments ICxpcctcd.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Jan. 10. A special to
the Times from Topekasays sensational de
velopments In thu senatorial fight may ba ex
pected soon. The farmers' alliance in caucus
last night decided to unseat seven republican
members of the lower house and
scat seven contestant farmers' alliance
candidates. When this fact became known
to the republicans of the sonata It Is said that
they decided to adjourn the senate on the
very day that the republicans of the lower
house nro unseated. The adjournment will
be slue die nnd will prevent the balding of a
joint session to elect a senator. The choice
of senator to succeed Ingulls , will then deVolve -
Volvo upon Governor Humphreys , who , It is
said , will name Ingalls.
tlio Quarterly Dividend.
PiTTSiiuiio , Pa. , Jan. 10. At the annual
meeting of the Philadelphia gas company to
day it was decided to pass the regular quar
terly dividend for the first time in the his
tory of the company. The statement made
showed largo earnings , hut thn directors
thought It best to apply those to the com
pany's Indebtedness. The Phtlndclnnia Na
tional gas company is ono of George Wostr
inghouso's pet concerns and has a capital of
810,000,000. , _ _
To Form n National Federation.
DUIH.IN , Jan. 10. At a privatp meeting of
the national commiUco today , Hcaloy in the
chair , it was decided to form n national fed
eration and Invite branches of the national
league opposing Parnoll to aflllinto them
selves and bo controlled by a council of sixty
ono members ,
Driven to Suicide.
VIKNXI , Jan. 10. Sadullah Pasha , Turkish
ambassador hero , attempted sulcldo yester
day with Illuminating gas nnd will probably
dlo. It Is believed that family troubles were
the cnuso. ni his wife is suffering from an In
curable disease and his daughter recently
wont Insane.
Drowned llerHolT and Children.
ATOKA , I. T. , Jan. 10. Word has been re
celved hero from Lchlgh that Mrs. Mnmlo
Bradley , whoso husband was recently acci
dentally drowned , bocnmo demented and
drowned herself nnd two small children In a
deep spring near town.
Nephew of Ijoxv Wnllnoit Donil.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Jan. 10. Wallace Lctli-
ors , a nephew of General Low Wallace , was
killed by falling from his window In I yens
court this morning , but whether accidental
or the result of temporary aberration is un
known.
_
Knrthqunko shock In Now JlainpHhlrc.
NASHUA , N. II , , Jan , 10 : A severe shock
of earthquake was felt In Peppercll nnd ad
joining towns last night. The vibrations
lasted several seconds , causing much alarm.
Ill Innnbor Fniluro In Texan.
DAIXAS , Ter. , Jan. 10.A. . C. Petrlo &Co.
wholesale dealers in lumber , assigned tills
afternoon. Assets , fM 0,000 ; liabilities
1100,000.
, A MliiHtrol Shoots u
PUOIIU , III. , Jan. 10. Lewis Hobmson , a
minstrel , tonight quarrelled with Tom Dunn ,
a local pugilist , and shot him , probably fatal
riin BULLET TiiRourai HIM ,
Young Pat lord Shoots William Dovnny ,
a Walton
THE VICTIM WILL PROBABLY DIE.
A Dispute Over Credit for n Snml
\vloh IjcndH to tlio AfTr.iy
Uoth 1'artleH Taken to
tlio KtiUloii.
"I've shot a man , Ed , Take my gun anil
call a policeman. "
It was In KO. Goldsmith's lunch room nt
) H5 o'clock last night that young Pat Ford
nado the above remark to the proprietor at
the conclusion of n row that will probably re
sult In the death of ono of the participant ; ,
William Dovnuy , n waiter.
It appears that young Ford , who had boon
Irliildng , went into the chop house and de-
nanded a lunch for which ho said ho could
lot pay. Dovnnoy , who was attending the
counter , refused to nccomodato Ford , who
became abusive and llnnllv applied an epithet
which Uovnnoy roscntcd by a blow.
The men clinched and several spectators nt-
ctnptod to separate them. Before this could
30 done Ford drew a revolver and , placing
the muzzle of it against Uovnny's breastfircd
and Dovnny fell.
t
Ford was placed under .arrest by Officer
iyan nnd , with his vlctlin.removod to the po-
Ice station.
IV. Gaucn was summoned to attend Do-
vnnoy. An examination showed Unit tho-
bullet a DS-cullbro had entered the
wounded man's left hroast about two Inches
above and a Ilttlo to the loft of the heart. A
H-oblng failed to locate the course of the
jail. Dr. Gapcn turned the man over
and found tlio ball lodged Just under the skin
n almost n direct line through the body from
the point of entrance.
The bullet was removed and was found to
bo badly battered , having apparently struck
n rib in passing , but the contact was not
sufficiently strong to dcllcct the course of the
jail very much.
"It is just possible , " bald Dr. Gapen , "that
the bullet may have struck a rib and gone
around vital parts , but that can only bo told
jy results. Tlio present Indications nro that
: ho bullet passed directly through Dovany's '
body , in which case there Is hardly n hope to
bo entertained of his recovery. "
When Dovany reached the station ho was
conscious and inniio a clear statement to Cap
tain Mostyn , lie said :
"Ford cnmo In last night and stood mo off
for a lunch. Ho came again tonight and
wanted me to trust him for another luncK
nnd I rofusod. Ho then became abusive nnd
finally struck mo. I returned the blow , and
ns ho rushed at me wo clinched. Then he
shot me. "
Ford was seen In his cell nnd gave his ver
sion of the affair. Ho took matters very
coolly and did not apparently realize the seri
ousness of the crime with which ho was
charged. He said :
"I went in and nskcd Dovany where Gold
smith was. Dovnny said ho did not know
nnd nskcd mo what I wanted. I sold I wanted
a lunch , nnd ho said ho would not glvo mo
ono. I said 1 would not tuko one from such
of a . . as ho was , and then bo
struck me in the taco and I struck him back.
1 was only In fun when I commenced joking
him. Ho-came from behind the counter then
nu'dkoptistriklngtinoiuthofaco > I bad my
loft'ariaffup ovorm.v'evo to'protect-nniyaulI
and with my right hand I drew my revolver
nnd ilred. "
These nro the stories of the principles In
the affray. Four other eye witnesses , Ed
Goldsmith , Emmil Mlles , J. S. Ward and J.
II. Gardner , were In the room at the time of
tno shooting nn J were all held as witnesses.
Their statements are somewhat conflicting ,
but in the main features support Dovauy's '
version of the affair.
Dovany Is a young man , perhaps twenty-
two years of nee , nnd has been In Omaba
about a year. Ills homo Is nt Gate City ,
Woodson county , Kansas. Ho has the repu
tation of being n very quiet , hnid working
young man , who made few acquaintances
and quarrelled with no one.
The report 6f the shooting created consider
able excitement on the street. Young Ford
Is well known ns tbo son of Henresentatlvo
Patrick Ford , ox-councilmnn , nnd the lender
of the Third ward democracy. The elder
Ford is now in Lincoln attend
ing the legislature. lie was apprised
of his son's deed by wlro last night nnd will
como homo on the first twin today. The boy's
mother was completely prostrated when slio
was informed of the affair.
No charge has been placed against Ford on
tha rcglbtor at the jail. Ho will bo held to
nwalt the results of Duvnny's ' Injuries.
THE JtASXIlAJ , ! . IIMK K\ltED.
Natloim' , Ainnrluui : nnd Plnycra
Format ! Into Two.ljciguPK.
Nr.w Yomc , Jan. 10. The baseball war Is
at an end and the prospects fora successful
season In Ib'Jl arc excellent. Tonight the Na
tional league , American association nnd a
remnant of the Players' league In joint ses
sion were formou Into two leagues , absorbing
the Players and admitting the West
ern association to the now national
agreement. Boston , Chicago , Pliilndelphja
( Phiyors league ) and Washington were ad
mitted to the American association m place
of Rochester , Syracuse , Toledo and Athletics.
The American association bought out Roches
ter lor &VMK ) , Toledo for $8,500 , and Syracuse
for $7 , < KX ) . The lioston American
club must churgo 50 cents admis
sion. All Players league sheep must
return to the folds where they were reserved ,
but undoubtedly many of them will bo al
lowed to stay whore they aro. Everybody
was In tlio bust of humor , The now agree
ment provided for a board of three , which
bhnll control the workings of the association.
It destroys the sales system and blacklist ,
but continues the reserve rule In
effect. Players whoso salaries nro not
paid may bocuro rcleasu from clubs which nro
( n arrears for llftuen days. Many important
changes nro made , nil looking for the eleva
tion of the gunio nnd Justice and harmony as
between players , managers and capitalists.
Will Acoopt.
i ) , 111. , Jan. 10. There was con
siderable speculation In political circles today
as to whether ox-Covernor Gglesby would
accept the the senatorial nomination. Noth
ing has been heard from him direct , but Hop-
rcscntntlvo O'Brien , an old friend of the ox *
governor , on his return from a visit to
him tonight , bald : "While I um not
authorized to say anything for Oglosby offi
cially , I may say that ho will accept the nom
ination and push the light. He suul to ma
that whllo this action meant an abandonment
of his homo surroundings and comforts for a
bovuro political campaign , yet he would take
up the cuuso of his party ana timko their
struggle his own. "
Fat id GUN Implosion.
LONDON , Jan , 10. An explosion of Illumi
nating gas In Liverpool today caused a housf
crowded with lodgers to catch lire. A panlo
followed , during which n man and boy were
fatally injured by jumping from nil upper
window. Ono child is known to have boon
burned to death and other children are re
ported missing. _
The AVcnthcr Forconse.
For Omaha nnd Vicinity Fair ; sllghtlr
warmer.
For Nebraska--Fair ; westerly wliidi ;
warmer in eastern , stationary temperature In
western portion.
For South Dakota-Fair ; westerly wJrdaj
colder Saturday nl hl.