THE OMAHA DAILY
' TWENTIETH YEAR , OMAHA , MONDAY MOKNINGy FEBRUARY 9 , 1891. NUMBER 233.
A STORMY NEBRASKA SUNDAY ,
High Winds p.nd Heavy Snow Eoportod
From All Over the State.
*
A FAFAL ACCIDENT NEAR FALLS CITY ,
An Alliance Organ to l > c Ts m : d at
Dimlmr I'coullnr Twlnn Horn Near
Iloldi-cyo A Hoard of Ktluca-
tlon Uvcltucl ,
Oonnov , Neb. , l cb. 8. fSDcdnl Telegram
to Tim Uin.1 : The most terrible blizzard
over known In northwest Nebraska has been
raging slnco last night. People in town dare
not go more than 100 foot from thuir houses.
II. 1) . lluntlngton , ono of the business men ,
loft his homo to como tohlsstoro nnd at
tempted to return and got lost nnd wandered
nround for nbout two hours. - par
ties found him in a railroad cut about one-
I mile from town badly srarcd. But for
ttio timely arrival of aid ho would have per-
tahod. Trains on the Klkhorn , east of Long
Pine , are snoucel In. If the storm continues ,
theft o must bo great suffering among ttio set
tlers and destruction of stock.
SIDNT.T , Neb , Feb. 8. [ Special Telegram
toTm ; Hr.H.J The neoplo of Sidney awoke
this morning to llnd themselves In the em
brace of the vorst blizzard slnco the memor
able ono tn 18S1vhich It fully equals. The
nilis filled witn nn impenetrable cloud of
whirling snow. Moving about town is
clangorous ; In the country , impossible , The
velocity of the wind iu terrllllo nnd the tem
perature far below zero and still falling. Piti
ful suffering must exist in the homes of the
drstiUHo settlers , nnd scvoro losses of cattle
will mid another woeful fraturo to their
cnl.imltv. Kallroad trallo Is entirely sus ,
ponded. No triins have arrived from thowest
Hl'.co lust night , several being stalled at
Cheyenne. The train wliieh left Omaha last
ejvcnlng arrlveel this afternoon , hours Into ,
nftur n desperate run with two locomotives ,
nnd Is now tied up hero U > awnlt tlio abate
ment of the bll//unl. The snow-bound dele
V gates to the Irrigation convention are holding
religious services in thuir rooms in parties
of four. The oldest settlers aio relatinu
tales of old-timo blizzards to the crowds ol
guests who surround red-hot stoves In hotel
ofllces.
VAI.CNTINF , Neb , Feb. 8. [ Special Tole-
grain to Tin : Bii : : . ] The worst bliz/.ard In
years is raging hero. The west-bonnet pas
senger train , Conductor Summons , left Lone
Pine on tlmo last nlcht at 7:80 : but was side
tracked at Valentino and now orders have
come 10 put the ? engine in the round
houso. The east-bound passenger is snow
bound between Clmdron andKapid City. The
cold Is Intense. It is snowing hard nnd the
wind blowing n hurricane. The snow pone
trntcs double windows of the sleeping cars
The snow plow sent out from Long Pine ha ;
just arrived and can go no farthur. Fortun
ntely the train Is near the Valentino housi
imd the passengers will not sutler for fooel.
OIINSTOW.V , Neb. , FOD. 8 , [ Special Telo
to Tin : BIE. ] A blbznrd. full ;
ns bad as the ono wo had twi
years ago , Is raging here and hm
been in progress for over twentv-f our hour ;
with no signs of abating. All trains an
snow bound and nro not liable to bo nmnini
nguin for several hours. Hundreds of dollars
worth of stock will surely porlsu and man ;
families who have poor shelter and scan
supplies of fuel are liable to have a hard timi
to keep from freezing.
At 7'o'cloek tonlht5tbotth"ormomct ( rvra
18 degrees bdoxv at St. Vincent. Minn. ; . ! '
below at Mlnnedosa , 8 below nt Fort lUifon
nnd1 below nt Mnorchond , Minn. The bliz
zard did not appear In North DaVotn tonight
but is con fined to South Daltota , Nobraskn
lown , Minnesota nnd Wisconsin , being th
severest in South Dakota.
PiTTsnuiio , Pa. , Fen. 8. J. M. McCul
lough , first vice president of the Pennsyl
vanla lines west of Piltsburg , nnd a centi.i
figure In railroad management for thirt ,
yoai-s , died nt his residence in Alleghcn
City this morning of general debility. Ill
ogntols snld to bo worth over § 10,000,000. ,
IlAHTixns , Nob. . Foo. S. [ Special Tele
pram to Tin : Br.r.j A blizzard , accompanic
by a blinding snowstorm has been in prc
gross the past twelve hours anel Is stl
ij-iigim ' , . Snow has drifted from ton to twolv
ot deep.
Gunu.nvOEXTr.ii , Nob. , Fob. 8. ISpcci ;
Telegram to Ti IK BIK. ] A terrible bllz7nr
has been raging hero for the hist twelve hours
, , 'It Is Impossible to see object ! 100 foot nwai
\ The snow Is line nnd damp , and drifting.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Fob. 8 , At midnight th
thermometer rntigod nround zero , with
strong wind. The snow fall at this plnco 1
very light.
Imperial Notes.
lairatiAi , , Neb. , Feb. 8. ( Special to Tit
BIE. ] The past few days have been e-old wit
snow on the ground and stock iu many I
stances is suffering for feed.
O. P. Shellonbergor , who was ono of th
committee from this couuty to urge congrcs
to assist in tlio Irrigation of this county , n
turned the fore part of the week. He say
that wo will receive everything hi the way c
assistance that U ponnisnblo under tlio pro1-
cut law as soon ns spring comes.
AVttldn the last few days the followln
named parties have been placed under bonil
to appear at the next term of thodlstrlc
court : Dave Clary , lieu Phillips and Die
Gray. Thu charge Is soiling lutoxlcatln
Illinois without license.
XV. S. Gould , who for ttio past two ycai
has been manager of the Chase county biiii
of this place , loft for Chicago tha fore part c
the week. Mr. Could will engage In the 111
Insurance buslnoss.
> Ir. Winery Young , chairman ofthoboai
of county commissioners , took n trip to Li
coin to appear before the relief conindttc
anel to urge them that whatever assistant
Clmso county received should bo in the wn
of seed grain , so that the farmers could pi
in crops.
.Inn I ut n Kuim.
JUNIATA , Nob. , Feb. 8. [ Special to Tn
IJKB.I Dr , E. H. Watorsandwlfoof Stool
vlllo , Nob. , are guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. C
Kerr of this place ,
MUs Mary Burr Is home ) on a visit , to he
parents from the Wessloyan university nt Lli
co'n ,
Hov. O. A. lluzzoll has returned from
trii > over the famous Ivenrnoy & Black 1111
railroad.
H. H. Savory has gone to Unlonvlllo , Neb
to work for the Leavenwarth bridge con
pany.
A boy , Dig nnd hearty , arrived at the lion :
of tbo popular druggist , M. B. Hardln , lai
Friday morning.
A "Konilcal IContost" Is the next ento
tnlnmont which will ho glvon by the cltirei
poon. U Is somewhat similar to ttio "Dec
tricl Skulo. "
t
Notes From Ord.
Oiti > , Nob. , Fob. S-Special [ to THE BEF
? l'ho lute heavy fall of snow has causi
the B. & M , n good deal of troubl
the snow plow having been seetupthr
times during ttio part week. Saturday eve
ing's train did not get In until Sunday nee
H. K. Hnbcock of the law * linn of Hobbi :
& Dabcwk , who has lie-on suffering from ii
paired eyesight , has gene to Lincoln f
treatment.
Gcorgo A. Porclynl , formerly cashier
the First National bank , is visiting his o
xriUmlntunecb. Ho has boon on n visit to h
old homo in Michigan , and is on his \\ny
Ogelcn , where ho Is at present located.
lloyd's Appointments.
Liseot.v , Nob. , Fob. 8.-Special [ to Ti
BrE.lHoyd , It U announced , will not ma
any appointment. * for nt least three weeks.
U is stated , presumably on good authorll
thntPhllln Andres Is to succeed John Jen
kins as deputy commissioner of labor nnd
that Jim Craudock , state secretary of the
Knights of Labor , will take Andres' place.
Lech ) nays there Is no more reliability In
the storv today of his dismissing the contest
against'iill thu executive ofilcers save Hoyd
than there was when tbo story wns first cir
culated.
Such n scheme would suit Burrows , because -
cause ho would then hive only Powers to
manipulate. If Powers should get In under
Uurrowu' manipulation. Powers would bo n
de-ail man politically. For these reasons , and
others too , the contest will not bo dismissed.
At least Pcch and Wilght say they will
know something about the matter , which
they claim they dn not now.
llurrows' bantling , the Dally People , has
turned up Its toes.
A Kufal Accident.
FALLS C ITT , Neb , Feb. 8.-Six miles north
ot Tails City a small boy passing n5on tbo
highway discovered the bony of Henry
Crltchllcld dead near his own houso. His
feet were entangled in the barb wire fence
and tbo whole top of his head blown off by
the discharge of ono barrel of his gun , which
rested oil his dead body , In attempting to
got through the fence the accident happened.
All the surroundings indicate this. Crltch-
Held was a bachelor , forty-nine year ? old , nn
old soldier and well-to-do farmer living nlouo
on Ids farm.
Several years ago an attempt was made to
rob him ono night , as ho was known to keep
money In his houso. Ttio robbers bent hi in
into insensibility , but fnllcJ to llnd § 500
which was then in the house. Recently ho
secured a lar o back pension and many wore
inclined to suspect foul piny , but ho wai scon
about the house until noou and was found
several hours afterward.
Board of Pardons.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Feb. 8. [ Special to TUB
Bu.J : Mr. Oakley of Lancaster has Intro
duced n bill In the house to establish a board
of pardons. The bill provides Unit the board
shall consist of three persons who shall servo
without salary , their actual expenses being
homo by the state , unit who shall Investigate
the merits of all petitions for pardons
that are iirosen ted and report their findings.
It Is the intention of tbo bill , snja Air. Oak
ley , to relieve the governor from serious an
noyance occasioned bvtho numerous mid per
sistent appeals for pardons that nro being
made and which occupy so tnnch of his time
nnd attention as to materially Interfere with
the business of the executive onlco. No re
port on this bill has yet been made by the
committee to which it wns refcrreel ,
A Nebraska Tulii Monstrosity. '
Hoi.uunpr , Nob. Fob. 3. On last Tuesday
morning a double monstrosity was born to fl
family about four mllcj south of Holdrcgo ,
Jt consisted of joined twins. Two bodies arc
joincel at the hips forming one body with
ono navel and perfect head and upper ox-
tremeties on either end of the body. On one
side nro two individual legs. On the othci
side but ono leg appear ? , clcaily showing
however , that thu ono comprised two in it'
genesis , forming the class of twins known te
physicians as ischloplinims.- of thcM
twins lived about four hours after birth
They have been on public exhibition in thi
city mid a largo number of people called U
see the sight.
i 1'celaueigucH in Trouble.
1 NuinivsKi CITY , No ! ) . , Feb. 8. [ Spocla
' Telegram to Tut : Br.u. ) The board o
education held an exciting mcotlni
last night to investigate the schoo
troubles. County SuDorintcndont Clari
throw a bomb Into the meeting b ;
showing that Superintendent Ostrom
not quallllod UKtcuch , . ! ! ! theclty.ns he hni
"f
law nnd the snino charge was made against i
number of teachers. The case against Prin
clpal Subletto was also investigated and at
o'clock this morning the board had failed t
reach a verdict and adjourned until Manila'
night , _
An Alliance
v Cm. Neb. , Feb. . [ Special t
Tun linn. ] Tlio farmers' alliance of Oto
county has concluded to start an ofllchd oi
gan at Dunbir , this county , the llrst Issue t
mnko its appearance next week. Duiiuu
has u population of about -100.
I.V SIlttX < lFXEllt ,
The ICiinsns Coiigrcssintui-lSIe'ot Visit
tlio Illlnoin
III. , Feb. S. Congressmai
elect Jorrv Simpson of Kansas , familiar ]
known to fume as tbo "sockless statesman ,
and who is ono of the eccentric development
of the recent ngnrinn movement in the stat
of Kansas , arrived in this city today to confe
0 with the farmers in the Illinois lei
Mature in regard to the senatorial si
nation. Simpson is unusually coy in accoun
Ing for hU presence In the city and modest !
denies that ho has any ambition to contn
the outcome of the senatorial complication :
Ho was greeted as a brother , however , by tb
Farmers' Mutual Benefit association ropn
sontativcs and has boon In conference wit
Uopicsontatlves Moore and Cockrcll all dn
upon the duty of the farmers In this erne
goncy.
"I am wearing socks now , " was the Joouh
salutation volunteered by the congressmai
elect on nmotliiR the reporters. Speaking <
the contest here for United States senate
ho snld : "I would very much rather , in cas
the Farmers' Mutual Benefit association me
have to combine with either party , to hav
the combination be with the democrats. Thi
Is , i would rather have a senator elected wl
has democratic affiliations than one wl
Is n republican. I am in favor of fioe trae :
in nil things nnd think that the man elcctc
should bo ono who is against protection.
Simpson also said ho expected to moot Gei
oral Palmer tomorrow , but added : "If ho
in favor of hard money I do not want hi
-1 elected. "
" Kx-Gorcrnnr Palmer said tonight that V
" wns not woi rylng about the Morrison lotto
that ho believed the democracy of Illlno
would stand by him , and that ho wns
ready to withdraw and did not behove that
was the wisli of the people of this state th
ho should , and that they had declared thoi
selves for him at the polls hist fall.
A Hitter Content iu I'roHpout ,
MiLWAUKKr , Wls , , Feb. 8. The organiz
tlon bore of an American Cuthnlio Cleric
union , composed of the English siieaklr
priests of the Milwaukee province , Is lute
protcd ns the llrst stop In what- may bo a bl
tor contest against Gorman supremacy. F
years the archbishop nnd the three bishops
the province huvo been Germans , and tl
German priests outnumber the Englh
speaking priests three to one , although , n
morlcully , the Kugllsh speaking Inlty is ful
us strong as the German. The recent n
pomtmcnt of litsHnn Kut/or ns archbislu
wns a pront disappointment to the Englh
clergy , who have now formed an organlzath
witn n vlnw of securing proper recognltlo
and they will appeal direct to Homo for tl
appointment , of an American to succci
Bishop Katzor. _
.J A WiirnliiK FiHim the Church.
: .Jd Dt'iu.ix , Fob , S. A pastoral letter from t
e. Cuthollo primates was read In the Cathol
churches throughout Ireland today , cc
detailing Pnrnoll's ' conduct and warnli
thoMi engaged in the Iloulogno ncgotlatloi
to take care that the compromise reached
isn definite , as the country will have the In
n- woid to say on their Issuo.
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Captain and Ten Seamen lrn\\uo
Id LONHOX , Fob. 8. Steamer . ChUwic
Is bound from Cardiff to St. Nnlsaro with
to cargo of cool , struck n sand bank off Sell
islanel Thursday and sank. ' 1 ho captain ai
ton seaman wcro drowned.
IK Tlio Now Italian Cabinet.
Lo HOMI : , Feb. 8. The following cabinet w
bo officially nniiounccd tomorrow , with t
probable addition of Vlllard as mluUtor
education : Marquis dl Hudlnl , premier ,
minister of foreign affairs , ad Interim , mul
minister of marine ; Slgnor Colombo , minis
ter of llnnnro ; Nocotcra , Interior * , Luzzntl ,
treasury ; Pelloux , war ; Branca , public
works , ad interim , and posts nnd telegraphs ;
Fcirois , justice.
oKa.ixtz.Ki ) L.tiiiura i > itoTt > T.
Union Me < ii Mitnt be Employcel on
WorlU'fi Fair JlulldhiKH.
CIIICAOO , Feb. 8. Organized labor of Chicago
cage hotly n scrtcd itself today regarding
the world's fair. It was at a regular meet
ing of the trade and labor assembly , a body
snld to represent 47,000 workingmen , and ono
of whoso members was given a seat in the
world's ' fair directory In recognition of the
$300,000 subscribed by worklngnu-u to the
gunrnnteo fund of the fair. Intense Interest
was manifested in the subject , ns there had
been much discussion beforehand in the
meetings of the Individual unions , The
excitement began when James O'Con-
nell , president of the assembly , offered
resolutions tunt whoa It was Hist proposed to
hold the World's ' Columbian exposition in
Chicago , organized labor \u * appealed to by
the promoters of that institution to assist
them In securing the needed legislation In
favor of Chicago ; that the members of the
various trade unions nnd labor organizations
of Chicago subscribed liberally to the stock ,
that Implied inducements were held out by
the promoters to the working people of Chicago
cage that in all work done on the buildings
union labor should bo recognized nnd have
Difference over scab labor , and that the pies-
cut world's ' fair directory not only refuse to
recognize union labor , but threaten to employ
indiscriminately non-union labor , thereby
flooding the labor market of Chicago , with
ultimate design of destroying trade unions ,
therefore bo it
Itosolvccl , Th.it we , us union men protest
ngiil list this treacherous notion M the world's
fair directors , and unless Immediate action Is
tuUen by tlnit body to redeem tlitdr Implied
pledges , Rlvi-n In rejsntd to union labor , that
wu shall deem It our duty to oppose In every
way any further loxWntion , either mimlelnal.
state or national , In favor of snld exposition ,
nndo hcrnby recommend all wdrKlngiiien
who snbscilbeU for .stock todoollno to pay any
further assessments until proper assurances
nro gl\tm that thu Implied pledges will bo
Kupti and bo It further
Uosolved , That unless satisfactory nssur-
iineesaro given tnr the dlrcotois thattholr In
dicated action \ \ \ \ \ lie-changed we shall deem
It our duly to ask the co-operation of organ
ized labor throughout the country to assist us
In making our protest emphatic.
In an Instant n do/en men were on the
floor , nnd peppery speeches , containing some
pointed personalities , followed. O'Counell '
saiilVo : will make the directory put a
regiment of soldiers around the grounds if
they employ scab labor. The day has passed
when organized labor can bo ignored iu great
public enterprises of this kind. "
The resolutions carried without opposition.
A committee was appointed to work in con
junction with the committees appointed by
the Central Labor union and carpenters'
council , nnd these committees , it is under
stood , will wait on the mayor and ask him to
issue a nuilnfcsto showing the number and
condition of tbo laboring men in Chicago.
They will also go before the world's ' fair di
rectory with the above resolution and nsn
further that eight hours constitute a day's
work iu the construction of the world's fair
buildings.
The Great Davis AVI1I Case Up foi
Trial in liuttc.
BtiTTK , Mont. , Feb.8. . [ Special to Tin
Bii.J The great Davis will case will prob
ably bo called In court tomorrqw. Counsel
Bob Ingorsoll is here as ate a number ol
-oxpcrt873&Thlflght IsibclngiriddeHo rsoouw
possession of the estate loft by A. J. Davis ,
his death occurring March llth , last. At
the time of his death the cstnto was estimatet
to no worth about $ ,0'0,000 ' , but it
has since grown In value until $12,000- -
000 would hardly cover it. Foi
some tlmo previous to his death it was knowi
that Davis was not in n condition to make i
letr.il will. As soon ns ho was dead hi ;
brother applied for and wns granted letter :
of administration.
The body of the dead millionaire was
taken to Massachusetts and 'hero intcrroi
with great ceremony and pomp. As soot
as the services were over n meeting of the
heirs was held in the Massasolt House it
Boston , and tt was not noted for any display
of brotherly love among the relatives
Each charged the other with fraud , mid tin
result wns it broke up in a big row. Thi
eastern heirs , however , finally settled that i
nephew of Davis , Henry A. Hoot , shouli
malm their light , and to that end Nathanlo
Meyer of Now York was engaged to carry ot
their cose.
When the petition of John A. Davis foi
letters of administration came up for hear
ing , It was met by n most bitter opposittoi
on the part of Henry A. Hoot. It wn :
claimed that the applicant was dis
qimlltled because of dishonesty , drunkonnesi
and incapacity , nnd all of these charge :
were pushed to the limit , but the lower court
however , appointed Mr. Davis , and aftei
another hard light the appointment was con
firmed by the supreme court.
Pending this action James A. Talbott , nr
old-tlmo partner of the decanal , was ap
pointed temporary administrator , bolni
obliged to give bonds In tho'sum of $3,000,000
lie still has the estate In charge.
Lust August the heirs were startled b'
the announcement that n will had boei
found , It was an aged document , purport
ing to have been drawn in 18IW ) before th
testator loft Iowa. By Its terms all of th
estate save a small lifo annuity to tholowi
wlfo and her children was to go to John A
Davis. This was nt once pronounced
forgery by the ether heirs , and they begai
to prepare for the first great battle in th
campaign for millions.
XKir FOK THE TllKA.SVIl\\
IndlcntloiiH that He will Succeed Sec
retnry AVIiitlom.
NEW VOIIK , Fob. 8. A gentleman of inor
than local prominence , who has been Ion
idontilicd with public affairs nnd is repute
to bo thoroughly informed regarding th
inside- workings of the present ad in in I ;
tr.ition , nnd who has Just returned fror
Washington , said today : "Thursday aftei
noon last President Harrison cabled Genera
New , consul general at London , to como t
Washington at onco. It will bo romembere
that when Harrison wns making up his cat
inet Now was anxious to ho appolutcd seen
tary of the treasury , but his friend
urged upon nlm that ho coul
not then afford to sacrifice the const
generalship for secretary of the trcasurv
The consul generalship would certainly yiel
him $25,000 annually , and , besides , woul
give many legitimate opportunities of Ir
creasing that sum. Unless Now decides tha
ttio handsome iucomo from the consul genera !
ship with Its freedom from care is bettc
than the secretaryship with its perplexities
leaving out the Impulses of ambition , ho wi
probablv ba the next secretary of the tret
bury. It is known that Now has studied th
whole UritUh question thoroughly from a
international standpoint. As ho Is a man c
great discretion and caution , beside
thoroughly American , his views will hoc
the greatest Importance to President Hnrr
son. This fact alone makes Now th
strongest possible candidate for secretary c
the treasury. "
The Woatlinr'Foroonst.
For Omaha and vicinity Fair ; colder.
For Nebraska Snow , followed by fa !
Monday ; northwesterly winds ; slight !
warmer by Tm day.
For lowu Threatening weather nnd ral
or snow ; decidedly colder * , northwestcrl
winds , with cold wnvo and severe winds.
For Dakota Fair Monday ; northwester !
winds ; warmer Tuesday.
The Flro Uccnrel.
111 OTTAWA , Ont. , Feb. 8 , The sawmll
10 owped by James MuLaron ut Nov Edh
Ot burgh buruod today. Loss , f l'-5,000. !
THE -MONETARY CONGRUENCE ,
Bepresentatives of American Bepublics Now
in Session In Washington.
FORMER AFFAIRS HAVE BEEN FRUITLESS ,
A Summary of the Production of
Heet Sugar lit thu United
State's Uitrlnfftlio Past
Sixty yearn.
WASHINGTON Btmtuu TUB Bun , 1
513 FotmrenxTii BTIIERT . }
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Fob . 8. )
The monetary conference , of the United
States nnfl of the remaining American ro-
publlcs is now in session. It has elected
SonorHomcro , the Mexican minister , ns the
presiding ofllcor and Its committees on pro
gramme and on organization have forjnulutod
their reports , so that the conference Is about
ready to get to work ,
Without wasting any time on details , it is
generally understood hero * that the principal
business of the delegates is to try to devise
some uniform cola standard of money which
will bo legal tondcr iu all the American
republics. It goes without saying , too , that
the friends of silver will do nil in
their power to Influence the confer
ence to como out squarely for bi-inctullsm.
The probabilities are that I this conference
will accomplish nothing. The United States
has taken part in three previous monetary
conferences with European , nations , which
resulted m absolutely nothing , uuu the pros
pect for the present conference Is about the
same. It may not bo without Interest to
glance briefly nt thu obocU ] of the three
European conferences. Thorusultwas In each
case the same nothing , save that gold mono-
motallsm was moro llrmly established than
over before.
The conference of 180 $ , held at Paris , had
for Its object the inauguration of a uniformity
of coinage , which , ns was staled in the open
ing address , was to consist in the substitution
of metallic coins , struck in accordance with
uniform regulations , In the place of the var
iety ot monetary typos nctually In use. The
question as to the ractnl of the coin , whether
of gold or of silver , or of both simultane
ously , was to bo discussed - nt the confer
ence. The Jriends of 'sHyer made u
gallant light for blmetallsraThoy wcro nu
merically In the advantage , for of the twenty
states represented at the conference there
were only two from gold standard countries.
But with a unanimity , which was all the
moro remarkable on account of the prepon
derance of double standard uolegates , the
conference reached the conclusion that "a
basis for the monetary unification of the
future should bo sought la thu gold standard ,
with silver , if need bo , as n temporary com
panion. " '
The programmo In nil its features wns
ndoptcjj by the German states tn 1871. to wit :
Stoppage of the mintage of silver nud de
monetization of the old silver coinugo to make
way for gold mono-metallsm. Scnndlvnvinn
states diet the same ; Holland and the Latin
Union , as n precautionary measure , closed
their mints against silver , ' ( led gold tdono bad
the right of unlimtcd coinage ) .
Under the circumstances ti faH of silver
the United States fnimediu.9ly sot to work.
In August , 1670 , congress appointed a mone
tary commission , composed of senators and
representatives , with instructions to inquire
not onlv into the causes underlying the
change in the relative value of gold nnd sil
ver , but also to examine Into the advisability
of the adoption of bl-motallsln. The follow
ing month this commission made its rcuort.
The fall of silver , tt said , had not been
drought about by natural events , but solely
by legislative action. It was necessary ,
therefore , to bring about n satisfactory con-
elitlon of things , from the silver men's point
of view , to confer the same monetary right
upon silver as then existed upon gold. This
could only bo done by establishing under
international agreement i ; uniform pro
portion of weight between coins of
gold nnd silver. The result was that the
United States summoned the International
conference of 187S , which , llkotho conference
of 1808 , was held In Paris. Two propositions
were presented by the Unlteid States dele
gates. The llrst advanced tbadosirability of
unrestricted coin ago of silver and Its use as
money of unlimited legal tender. Thosecond
proposition practically a 'corollary ' of the
lirst , in providing for the adoption of the use
of both gold and silver us unlimited legal ton
dcr money by eeiuallilng them nt a relation
to be fixed by international agreement and
by granting to each metal equal terms
of coinage at the relation fixed. The propo
sitions wcro debated and discussed for
weeks and weeks bv the ablest financiers in
Europe nnd the United States , but they
never came to a vote. The English and
Fionch delegates prepared nn answer which
us finally adopted bv tne conference , loft the
ontlro subject practfcaUy where it had boon
before. They declared thqt the selection of
'
either standard , or of both' simultaneously ,
should bo governed by each state ; the same
was true of tbo restriction ot silver coinage ,
nnd It was decided that It was impossible to fix
on n common ratio between gold nnd silver.
This was colel comfort for the bl-metal'sts '
of the United States. Hut , nothing daunted ,
the silver men of the United States again sot
to work , and In 1831 the United States again
invited the European powers to moot in Paris
nt a third monetary conference , the purpose
being to again try and nrrungo for interna
tional bl-mctnllsm. Fifteen governments
were represented. At the second session the
representative of Germany announced In ad
vance that his government' would not aceodo
to the free coinage of silver. Great Britain's
representative announced that no could tuko
m > part in n conference , which , as did the
present , anticipated the cstablishmont of bl-
metullsm. Denmark's delegate announced
that ho hud been instructed to abstain from
all discussion of the mnnnojr by which bl-
inotallsm could bo regulated * The eielogato
from Portugal announced that the Portu
guese monetary system conjd not allow its
entry Into the bi-metalllo uulon proposed by
the United States , imd Frjinco , Persia
nnd Urcoco followed In the same
strain. Thirteen sesslqnp were hold ,
but on the lost day .tie delegates
from Germany and Great Jlritjiln announced
that their respective governments had not
changed the positions unnejuntjee ) by them In
their declaration of tliosoexmd Cession. As-it
was absolutely essential tljat those two gov
ernments bo in sympathy ivlth the United
States and Franco in any t\wAy for bl-mctul-
Ism , the conference practlcjillyjabandoned its
work , and so international1 bi-motallsm be
tween Europe and tha UnUad States still re
mains n pleasant dream of the future.
Therefore , In the light of tjieioexperiences ,
it will bo very unprofitable ) < to expect any
practical result from the Auei-Icun monotar.v
conference now In session.
IIEUT SUQAII rnoncCTioM.
After April 1 the prices of sugar , both raw
and refined , will drop on the average froit
IK to a cents per pound by virtue of the
operation of the suirar feature in the MciCin-
ler tariff law , and it wilt make a very per
coptlblo difference in.tho living expenses ol
the people , slnco tho.estimate. * show that the
overage per capita consdmUon | ! ot sugar Is
inoro than tl a head. Nebraska will have
about $1,000,000 a year. All of thosugat
which will have to pay1 a duty nftoi
April 1 Is of the lowest grade and tariff experts
ports say the reduction in prieo will bo general
oral for consumers. The combined bounties
of the federal and state governments wil
give much less encouragement to tie develop
ment of tho.be t atfgaf Industry in Nebraskt
than the duty at present would afford. Th <
beet sugar manufacturers In Nebraska re
port here that they would prefer to have one
naif of the present dutlcvt maintained than t <
secure both the state and federal bountlc
continuously. Now tiat ) tha Unltci
States seem to bo started on th
direct road to supplying their owi
consumption of sugar under the bcn flclont
Inllucnco of the new tariff bill , it nmj bo in
teresting to note that boot sugar inaltlnc Is
by no mentis n now Industry with our people.
Hero Is n summary of the production of beet
sugar hi the United States since ISiO : IS.'W , n
fewhunured pounds ; 'lb.'lUI , " > , none ; 1838-aO ,
1,800 pounds ; 1810-0'J , none ; 1SC3-71 , average
400 tons year ; IS"- ' , WO tons ; 1S73 , 700 tons ;
1874-77 , under 100 tons a year ; 1S78 , 200 tons ;
1871) ) , 1,200 tons ; 1SSO. 500 tons ; 1831-8'J , less
than 600 tons ; 18S'I , Mi tons ; IbSI , O.M tons ;
1885 , COO tons ; 188(1 ( , SO ) tons ; 1837 , 855 tons ;
1888,1,010 tons ; 1880 , 2,000 tons ; 189J , esti
mated , 10.000 tons.
coxniicss MUST ntmt.E.
After this week the session of congress
will bo pratlcally continuous until the close ,
nt noon on March , three weeks from next
Wednesday. The seinto will Immediately
begin night sessions , and It is expected that
the house will follow the example. During
the lost week of the session the work will bo
continuous unions there Is greater facility
given the work than heretofore. It has boon
customary to hold the session of the lust week
right through bundny nnd during nil of
the days and nights without the Intermission
of moro than a few minutes each day for ad
journment In order to nmko the journal show
Icglslatlvo days. The nnproortatloti bills are
reported as well up' to" date , as In past ses
sions ) , but the fact stands nevertheless that It
will take about two weeks of solid work to
complete the napproprlatlon bills nlonc , nnd
If there is to bo any thing done In the way of
gcikcral legislation it will bo seeu that almost
continuous sessions must bo held.
The great waste of tlmo upon closure5
"
and the elections bill in "tlio senate
has thrown the work far behind in that body ,
but If there are no political propositions put
forxvard which will load the democrats to
filibuster the senate can do 11 vo times as
much work as the house. It Is conceded ,
however , that the republicans in both houses
are practically at the mercy of the democrats
and can accomplish llttlo without the consent
of the minority ,
1NCIAI.I.3 WIl.t , NOT STUIVE.
It U stated that Senator Ingalls , after all ,
will not suffer for want of subsistence ,
whether bo labors with touguo or pen or re
fuses to laoor nt all. Ho Is reported by his
colleagues to bo worth about $ j : > 0,000 in real
estate , cash ami securities of various kinds.
Just now therosooms to bo as much Interest
nnd even anxiety here as to what Mr. Ingalls
will do when ho retires from the senate as
there is about the ordinary man when ho
llrst steps into a place of unusual powor.
It Is notable when Air. lugulls ivtinned from
iCnnsas the ether day and made Ids tlrst appearance -
poaranco In the sonnto after his dofcat for re
election that ho was greeted with great
warmth by his colleagues , who shook his
bund and smiled effusively oti-hlm , as if ho
bad just como into a new inheritance of
power. It dooj not scorn likely that these
manifestations wcro wholly d'uo to warm
personal regard for the cyulcal and koon-
tongued gentleman from Kansas. It has
been suggested that they wore caused by re
ports that when ho steps out of' the
senate ho will step on to the lecture
platform or into the newspaper arena. If ho
should tnko either of these courses it is
probable ho will deal in his lectures or letters
with his experiences in public lifo and have
an opportunity to pay oil all old scores.
TO SHCUIIE NKW MAUKUTS I.V UIIIX.IL.
The leading manufacturing cities are be
ginning to take steps towards securing now
markets In Brazil as a result of the favorable
agreement with that country Just concluded
by Secretary Ulnino. A delegation of
Cincinnati men , headed by A. D , Vorheos
nnd William Italms , two of the wealthiest
men of that place , are here for the purpose of
ascertaining how Cincinnati may improve
her markets in Brazil and other southern
countries They called upon the president
yesterday and discussed the subject in a gen
eral way. They have an appointment with
Secretary Blalno , when the matter will bo
moro fully gone Into. Otlior manufacturing
"oddities' are expected * to take similar action ,
'or"nowrth'attho'trOutywltli ; tfra2ll opoas
; ho doors to many of the products of this
country , the merchants and manufacturers
ire expected to quickly avail themselves of
, he now markets. Delegations froiff Clovo-
and , Boston and ether points are expcctod
vlthin a few days.
.YMILi ; WILL EXrCTUTE TENSION'S.
Secretary Noblo's announcement the ether
day that ho intended to tuko steps toward an
early adjudication of all pension claims , is
received with good favor everywhere. It is
a lamentable fact that there aio pending in
the pension oftico , claims , many of which have
good bases : but tl Ware not cotnulotod for ono
cause or another , nnd tbo claimants are kept
out of their Just dues for v < ry manv years.
Everyone who understands tuo routine of the
pension ollico knows that there are thousands
and thousands of honest claimants who will
: iot bo educated us to the procedure they
should tuko In order to got pensions. When
they muko up their cases and send them hero
and are advised that there are links out of
the chain of evidence and that certain things
must ho done before their claims can bo ad
judicated , they seem to think they are being
trilled wit ti and that they know more about
how to complete u pension case than the of
ficers of the pension bureau. Some of thorn
furnish part of the required testimony , and
then rest upon their laurels. The pension
ofllco cannot undertake to keep up a running
correspondence with every claimant ,
when it is known that there
are nearly ono hundred thousand
claims ponding. It is the policy of the pen
sion oftico to make as little work as possible
to complete a pension case. Thus It happens
very frequently that a case Is nlmost com
pleted , but the claimant Is neglectful of the
completing Hale.
By ItaKing up nil of the old claims and
pushing them to the point of completion , the
many persons who are ignorant of What thov
should have done In the llrst instance will
get Justice. Unquestionably the original
claimants who bavo had pending so long
their cases are the most nocdv. Of course u
claimant never asks for a pension until he or
she needs It. .Secretary Noble has como to
this conclusion , and is therefore detoiinlnod
to give to those who have had their claims
pending the longest period the llrst hearing.
The suggestion made In these dlspitchus
some tlmo ago that the pension bureau should
bo transferred to the war department and
provisions made for the adjudication of every
claim within twelve months thereafter , is
potting a foothold In congress , and it Is safe
to say that if this were the first instead ol
the second or last session , tuch a transfer
nnd such n , provision for cleaning up all ol
the flies of the pension olllco would bo made
before adjournment.
It is conceded since the discussion begun
that the pension bureau rightfully belongs
with the war department ; and it Is further
acknowledged that the pension business can
bo cleaned up within twelve months at u lesa
expense than to prolong tt indefinitely. It Is m :
old maxim with contractors that money can
only bo made by rushing a piece of work to u
finish , and that losses in variably occur whore
there are delays In work. With the pension
olllco in the war department thousands ol
clerks would no available for the work with'
out extra expense to the government and Ihf
machines of the $ J,000,000 buslnoss would b <
placed together , as nearly all of the tcstl
mony must como from the various branches'
of the war department In any event.
Just at this tlmo when the flies of tin
pension oureau are so greatly encumborec
nnd there is so muca talk about the manage
raentof the pension bureau , it is believed bj
the best informed men in congress that tin
transfer could DO most cosily made.
EXT1U HUSSION TALK.
Two weeks ago there was a great deal sail
by the democrats about an extra session o
the Fifty-second congress. A month ago th
democrats In the house said an extra , scssloi
wns Imperatively necessary. It Is improb
able that with dog nnd gun there could b
hunted down a democrat in either branch o
congress now who bclioyes that there Is tin
least likelihood of an extra session. Then
Is a causa for thl ? change of soiitlinont. Th
democrats have como to understand that I
they force an extra session upon the prnsl
dent they would have to defend It , nnd there
fore would bo placed constantly In the pos !
tlon of having to show that th
work of an extra session proved th
wisdom of its existence. There has nc
been very much trepidation on the part o
the republicans about the prospects of n
extra session Should ono bo forced by th
democrats the republicans could well s
down and content themselves by asking th
democrats : "Now that you have an uxtt
session , what are you going to do with ill
Certainly the primary aim of the democrat
n forcing an extra session would bo to thrust
upon President Harrison an unllmltf1 rco
silver coinage bill , It U wall known to . ui-
limited coinage would rnpldlv pass the * * teat
at any time. The probabilities ore 5-
gether that the house coinmUtoo on co\ \ " " \
weights and measures will bo organize ? .
unlimited coinage , and therefore it wi
promptly report such a measure. The di ,
crats bcllcvo that it would bo n race bctw 1 ,
the two houses ns to which would produce1 * ,
"
unlimited coinage measure llrst. The pro , .
dent has never committed himself upon tl
question of unlimited coinage , but it Is vcr
safe to say that the ilemocn'Us would malone
no capital out ot their prccodings. . ThU
they have come to undorsti'.iJ , and the lasn ,
prop that could bring tin t > n excuse for nn
extra session Is knocked Irom under them.
N. I' . Fell , business muni'jjui'of Tun Bnn
arrived In the city this afternoon on his way
to New York , where ho will nttciu. ' a meet
ing of the national newspaper publishers.
Andrew Uoiowutor arrived from Omaha
this afternoon and will lemaln hero for a
month in connection with his federal duties
for the District of ColumbK-
By direction of the secretary of war Hos
pital Steward Alfred Uauor will bo relieved
from duty with the medical director , depait-
muntoftho Platte , Omaha , and will report
In person to the commanding ofllcerat Fort
Logan , Colo. , for duty.
( Joiporal AnsoaV. . Stay , ordnance dctnch-
mont. on duty nt the Omaha ordnance depot ,
will bo discharged from the service ot the
United States on receipt of this order by the
commanding onicor of his sU.tion.
Dr. J. W. Bullard has bm appointed n
member of the pension examining board at
Pawnee City , Nob. I'lsuuv S. HEATH.
Forecast of Congress.
WAsmxnroN , Fob. 8. The two branches
of congress mndo rapid progress during last
week in the transaction of public business ,
but there Is n general disposition to do oven
more work daily henceforth. In the senate
the naval appropriation bill will probably bo
called tomorrow after final action is reached
on the eight-hour bill , ana Uio District of Co
lumbia mid the diplomatic and consular ap
propriation bills will be reported
irom the committee during the week.
Other measures that " probably intervene -
terveno nro the copyrl it bill , Indian
depredations bill mul tin Nicaragua canal
bill. It is wit nin the bounds of possibility
that an effort will ba made to attach a free
silver coinage rldor to ono of the appropria
tion bills , iu which case sotno delay may re
sult.
Appropriation bills will probably continue
to nusorb nearly nil the time of the hotibo for
some days to como , nnd the prospect for any
general legislation during this week is not
origlit. * The silver bill nnd the report of the
Knuin Investigation committee nro subjects
which may bo precipitated upon the house
during the weeic , but in what form Is is Im
possible to predict.
The Death lloll.
"WASHINGTON , PH. , Feb. 8. John McKcown ,
the millionaire oil producer died at his homo
this morning , aged fifty-three. He has been
troubled for months with diniculty In breath
ing , attributed to usthmn.
THE C1IAVT.IVIV.I .ISSKJIlU.r.
Extrusive Preparations licliig Mndo
Tor the Next Meeting.
L.ONO PINK , Nob. , Fob. 8. [ Special to Tnn
Bnn.1 The board of directors of the Long
Pine Chautauima have Just closed a two days'
session. The mooting wns made up of mom-
bora from here nnd abroad and was the most
enthusiastic meeting yet held , and is an as
surance that this year's assembly will bo by
far the largest and most successful of any.
and embrace a most complete"programme ,
\vith a list of the most prominent lecturers
and teachers in the state and abroad , the pro
gramme of which will bo prepared and dis
tributed in the spring. The superintont of
grounds was given directions to make now
drives nnd paths , and do whatever can bodono
to make beautiful the places , where it has
been necessary to disturbnnturo's handiwork.
Provision was mado'for.locatlnc those who
wish to erect cottages , several of , whom have
given the superintendent notice of their In
tention to Duild before the opening of this
year's session. All that is possible will bo
done to encourage the interest taken in the
bathing exorcise last year , and this year vis
itors will prepare themselves for spending n ,
good part of their tlmo splashing in the
wholesome water of the crook , from which
nothing but good can result The fuot tlut
tlio president , Dr. Joseph T. Duryoa , has de
clined to accept any extra work for this sum
mer , that ho may devote moro tlmo to the
wclmro of the Cli utnuqua. Is alone the best
Indication of Its success , The enthusiasm of
the board is contagious nnd is spreading
among those Interested In the Chautauqua ;
the directors will go ahead with such co-op-
orution as will render discouragement or fail
ure Impossible. The date llxcd for this
year's assembly is from August I to August
10 , which includes three Sundays.
Mr. M. B. Mulloy , the plor.oor lawyer of
this county , has started for the Pacific coast
to seek greater fortunes. Mr. Malloy has
been quite active in politics In western Ne
braska and has Just llnishod a term as county
attorney , and has acted for several years as
correspondent nt this place for Tin : Hin : ,
Ho will bo accompanied by u brlao who joins
him at Omaha.
Murderous
Svx FRANCISCO , Cal. , Fob. 8. As a rcsull
of the police crusade against the highbinders
the Chinese have forsaken the pistol for the
knife. The Chinese Now Year was usherot
in last night by two staboing affrays in Chi
nntown , which will probably prove fatal U
two men. Sam Blng was stabbed bv Ah Kit ,
n fellow-workman , who owed him money
Shortly after Siwn Kin was found lying cov
cred with blood In a doorway. Ho had bcci
cut In four places. None of thu assailant :
were captured. Moro trouble Is Icnrcd , a1
the New Year festivities are In full blast am
the hiimbindors are under the influence o
liquor.
A Valuable Find.
CHICAGO , Feb. 8. Henry Prentice , nn om
ployo of the Pullman car company , while in
spooling the sleeping cor Atlanta last night
which needed repairs , found two package
beneath the cushions of n , seat. One con
talnoa $ .1,000 Iu national bank notes , and tin
ether a llko sum In government , bonds. It 1
not known who the mouey belongs to , or wh
placed It there.
Humored Hooret Alliance.
CITY OP MuxiroFeb. . 8. It Is roportci
that n secret alliance has been signed be
twccn Gautomala and Honduras against Sa
Salvador.
General Sanchez , who wns fatally she
while attempting to escape , uled today. Jl
was arrested for Insubordination.
Gnutemnla is preparing for war by forlnf
ing the army up to thu standard require
by law , _ ,
Kliot Hln Bwcctticurt and Himself * .
CHICUIO , Fob. 8. A harbor named Joss
Osborn , while intoxicated tonight , shot an
'
dangerously 'wounded Mlss.Hlancho Clemen
Ho then shot himself , probably fatally. Tli
couple had been cngatrcd but quarrelled.
' The Storm in Dakota.
MirniBM , S. D. , Feb. 8 , [ Spoclal Toll
gram to TUB Bun.J Tno worst suowstori
of the winter has been raging here slnco
o'clock this morning. The fall of snow I
heavy. It will delay trains.
ArghunlHtan'H Aniccr Improving-
LONDON , Fob. , 8. Advices from Cobul ai
that the ameor of Afghanistan , who hi
been seriously 111 , Is now making stead
progress toward recovery.
\VlsMiiiaiiu lighting NutlvoH.
KAXZIIUH , Fab , 8. It U reported hero tin
Major Wlssinann Is fighting the uutlvcs
Muslndl , ncarKlllina-NJuro.
A BIG FIRE AT SIOUX CITY ,
Total Destruction of the Wholesale Grocery
House of Tolorton & Stetson ,
THE LOSS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ,
Jntloiilitctlly the AVork of a GIIIIR of
InceiidlaHeH A Gun Store Also
lliii'iictl lUa/o at
JIlll'OII.
Sioux CmIn. . , Feb. 8.-Au nlurm ot flro
wns turtir J In from the Hunt school building
at 7IO : ! p.m. , nnil n high wind piovallliiK , the
ontlt-o lire department responded , Whllo the
companies \\cro working on this lire another
alarm was turned In from the four-story
hrlck occupied by Tolorton ft Stetson , whole
sale grocoi-s , on tlio corner of Third nml
Pearl streets. The Jlrm Is ono of the Inrgojt
In Io\vn , also doing a heavy business In No-
braskn and South Dakota. Tlio stockvalued
nt 8100,000upon which was * OJ,000Insurance ,
Is n total loss.
The building , erected two yo.irs HRO at n
cost of $100,00t ) mid Insured for fSO.OOl ) , was
totally destroyed.
Whllo the flro wns raging In the grocery
house Lyons' nun store , leas tlinn two blocks
nwny , xvns discovered to bo on IIro. The
badly crippled lire department sent ono hose
team to work on the building ) but It , Doing n
two-story wooden structure , was soon burned
to tlio ground , together with Us contents.
The upper lloor was occupied by two fami
lies , and it Is reported Unit two children hnvo
boon burned to dentb , but this cunnot ba
vert tied.
The excitement wns something seldom
Unown here. These who were able to bo out
and they wora numbered by thousands >
gave the llromon valuable assistance.
The llrcs were clearly the work of incendi
aries , It Is supposed for the purpose of rob
bery. It. Is now thought by many that It Is
the saino gang that , tried to burn the llttlo
town of Covington , just across the river ,
three weeks ago.
An attempt wt i m.ulo nt It : IiO to start nn-
otlter ilro In a second hand store on Pearl
street , but the blaze wns discovered In tlma
to prevent much damage.
F1\K JHHtSKS HUlt\Kl ) .
Flro In n Ijlvory Stable nl
II iii-oii , South Dakota.
HUIIONS. . D. , Fob. 8. [ Special Telogrnm
to Tim Uni : . ] Flro destroyed Trendwny's
llvory stable during last night. Twenty-four
horses , besides carriages , mingles , harness ,
etc. , wcro consuniod. Two line blooded
stallions , ono worth $1,200 , the other fj,000 ,
were among the horses burned.
, The total loss Is $10,000 , with only small
insurance. A strong wind sent huge fit a
brands over the city , and for a , time tlio west
half wns In peril. The origin of tha Ilro Is
unknown.
The severest wind and snow storm since
the great blizzard of January 12 , 1S > S8 , has
been In progress since daylight and extends
over the whole state. Ituilroadliifi Is greatly
Interrupted. No effort was made to move
trains today.
_ _
,11 , A.JZZ4 . Kit , JtA jTMJK. A'Qtt VII WEST.
Several Plnces Hcport tlio Storm as
Very Severe.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Fob. 8. At noon today
snow began to fall In this city and there has
been promise of a blizzard during the after
noon. The storm Is pretty general In the
northwest , ulthouch North Dakota scorns to
have escaped tn u conslilor.vblo extent. In
South I.ikotn the storm that Is raging
at Unpld City extended over the
ontlro state. Aberdeen , Huron , Pierre
and ether points report a very severe bliz
zard. The Pioneer-Press correspondent at
Pierre says tlio worst bll/zurd slii'-'o 1888 has
been raging there slnco last night , with llttlo
prospects of cessation. The thermometer
went as low us 20 = below this morning and
It hiis been freshing all day. It Is doubtful If
trains will bo able to get through. The
Huron correspondent says the snow storm
tonight developed Into a gigantic blizzard ,
almost equal in fury tn that of January , 18S8 ,
the wind blowing from thlrty-llvo to forty
miles an hour. _
Allinny In DarlcncsH.
AI.IIAXT , N. Y. , Feb. 8. As a rc ult of the
storm the streets tonight are In darkness , It
being unsafe to connect cloctrlo light wires ,
and electric cars are unable to be run. Tha
tire alarm circuits and many tulcgraph and
telephone wires are down.
At Auburn , where snow fell continuously
for nine hours , great dumago was done to
orchards , and telegraph , telephone and cloc
trlo light wires uro down and the city In
darkness.
Other places report considerable dnmapo
done by htorms mid trains somewhat dolajed.
Tlio Worst Tor YPIIPH.
CiiBYr.NNLWyo. . , Fob. 8. [ Special Telo-
giam to Tun Bun. | The worst bll/znrd that
has been known In Wyoming for n number of
years has been experienced during the past
twenty-four hours. Heavy losses of range
stock are looked for if the severe cold and
high winds continue. All Union Paclllo eastbound -
bound trains are in , but no westbound have
reached hero today , The nearest train Is at
Pine Bluffs fast in a snow blockade. A train
was sent out to that point from hero tbla
evening loaded with coal and provisions.
Hovorc Coltl in Colorado.
DENVKII , Colo. , Fob. 8. The weather
throughout Colorado and Now Mexico turned
very cold last night and by this morning the
mercury bad dropped from 8 to 13 degree *
and today has boon pronounced the coldest of
the season. Snow foil In many places. A
dispatch from Albuquerque , N. M. , reports
great distress among stock and especially
sheep , which arc freezing to death ,
Heavy Snow nt Fort Dnduo.
FOUT Donos , la. , Fcb 8. [ Special Telo.
gram to TUB Um.l The heaviest snow fall
ot the winter visited this section today.
Nearly n foot of snow on a level fell between
the hours of 10 a. m. and fi p. tn. A northeast
wind is blowing and u general blockadoseemi
probuhlo. _ _ _ _ _ _
Ililz/ard at Hloiuf Oily.
Sioux Citr , la , Fob. a [ Special Tclo-
gram to TUB Ilnn.1 A llorco blizzard has
iK'Cti in progress all any. Six inches of snow
have fallen.
HtunniHlilp I'olnrla'H Hough Voyage * .
NKW YOHK , Fob. 8. The steamship Polaria ,
regarding whoso safety much anxloty was
felt , reached port tonight , live days overdue.
Her foremast was gone , the engines wor out
of order and stiopresented a battered appear-
unco generally. Captain Ooorgollusoh said
"January U7 was a parslcularly stormy day. .
In the afternoon a gigantic uuve htruck us and
tons of water cuinu rolling on the dock. Above
the dlu of surging waters a sharp crush wet
heard and the big foremast was seen banging
level with the main dock , on the starboard
side. The forward uulwailts had boon car-
rled away aid | could bo seen dancing off oa
the wave e-rests. The stairs leading from
the quarter dock to tlio intilu deck were gone ,
and ihu ( .licet iron vnd of the cabin compart
ment was burst In. 1'ortious of the brldgo
wcro missing and thu Iron guard-rail broken.
The small boat had been carried off. It was
a narrow escape from an ocean gr.avo. No
oiio. fortuuatoly , was seriously Injured. "