THE OMAHA DAILY
'rVVEKTLETll YEAtt OMAHA , THURSDAY MOUN'IN'U , MARCH IS ) , 1801 NUMBER 271 ,
AllST SIX HUNDRED LOST.
The Anolior Line Steamship Utopia Sunk iu
Gibraltar Bay.
SHE COLLIDED WITH AVRSllP. \ ! .
Tijrrllilo HOCIIOH as ili ( Irnul Vv scl
U'cul to tin ; Itnl l mil \vllli Si'
Jliiiidri'd Italian ISinl
lraiiM mi Hoard.
Cttnii.vmit , .March IS.-It Is now believed
that ahont six hiu id red persons were
drowned In thosltildutf ot UtclTtoiiln. Sev
eral bodies have , boon washed up on Uio
Spanish shorn
.A later account of thodisiutqr attributes
It to the fait that tlio Uiltlsb war ship
Alison was drifting hcforo thu gnlo and
rammed Ilio Utopia iihnfl the rtinnel. The
Utopia win linpnlciloii the spur of the Ali
son's ' nun and almost iiinneillali.'ly sank.
K\orytlmiK. \ | ' .ssiblo was douo lj the ofll-
cersaudseamen. 1'ourBCniiien wcro washed
ovcrboun ) atiUilro\\ucil \ froinoiiu of the war
ship's steam hunches \\lillc Inking pail in
the res cue.
The sccno niter the collision was frightful.
Oiioiio slilo ol the sinking steamship were
crowded the TOO Immigrants shrieking with
terror. At the rlelit uiul left of the. sinking
vessel were Iho monitor battleships Kudtioy
nnd Alison poiirlnt'thu llghtof their power-
fill electric icllodor.-j upon the dis.ibled
stoninshlp. Hero niul tliuro wo ID the warships -
ships , small bouts , manned by blue jackets ,
who strained every nerve ns limy bout to the
om : in the heavy sen , striving gallantly to
reiu'li tlio drowning passengers.
'Iho rescued passi'iiKi'rs , estimated tonum-
bornbout twohundreil ( possibly inor's ) , were
emed for on tlio wirshlps or taken whore
and homed in government buildIIIRS.
The ofllcers and crew of 11. 1. S. Alison
state that the Utopia fouled with tlio rain of
thoAnsoii anil th us caused the-damago will eh
resulted iu the p.issonger . steamer sinking
wllhln 11 fo\v minutes after heing .struck ,
Tlio Alison's oftlecrs assert that no ultimo can
bu Attached to the war vessel.
1'ctorson , the Swedish < | uurtoriiiastcr , who
had boon steering the Utnpinn short timobc-
fore thoculllMuii , s.iys that Just before the
vessels came together ho went below. While
there ho felt the shock of tlio collision and
rushed from below , but before ho re.ichcd
the main doeli the Utopia bail gone , broad-
Bide on , upon'ho ' spur of the Alison's ram ,
Thecoinumnilcr oftbo Utopia , Captain Me-
KciiKiio , accordiiigto I'otorson , was on the
steamship's bridge until the last moment.
l"ct'rson ( adds that as the ITtopin was crushed
by Iho Alison's ram he clambered up tlio dav
its of ono of the steamship's boats anil cut
the ropes holiiiutjit. lie hail no tlinu , however -
over , t o lower the boat nwtiy , as thu hews of
the Utopia hud pa < seil beneath thuwar ship
and it was eviduit that the passenger
Htciiinor wns rapidly sMihh'g. Soon after ,
the boats of the Alison having been promptly
lowered0110 of the inan-of-wir's cutters ran
alongside Iho Utopia and Peterson
managed to jump into hor. llo savs
that while on board the Utopia
after the collision ho was in-rounded hy a
terrltilomnssof tiuinnnbeiiics , light Ing tholr
wav desperately iinil savaji'ly. regardless of
sex ov ago , towards the boats , ilcu , women
nnd children climbed over each otlior in that
liorrihlo light fora diniieo of escape from
diowniug. Ono poor woman \ vliovs \ res-
wcl hy the Alison's ' hluo Jackets went , rav
ing mad when : -.ho was convinced that her
children were drowned. There was similar
distrt'isinp , incidents by the acoro , the most
awful otuU , ocqurrinjr when tho.Utopia , with
n'fltml despcraUflurcuTsanlt with her human
Trolptht clinelnK ahout her niul drew hun
dreds of living perjoiisdown with her. Many
of these who had sprung into tlio sea as they
sa\v \ the ijtoamship could not lloat many mo
ments Ion Ror. worn then also drawn down In
tlio awful whirlpool caused by the Utopia's
disappearance. Some cnino to thoMirfnco
npiln for n few moments before iln Icing
finally In their watery tomb. Others , more
lucky , were able to cling to pieces of
vroch.ifio , lloatlnp spars , ( gratings , hatch-
v.iys , boats , life belts , etc. , and thin kept
themselves nbove water until rescued by tlio
wir ship's bunt * . lut ! ni usual hi" such
cases , the weaker succumbed moro readily.
ShrloldiifT , praying women sunk to rise 110
Hiiro with their torrilleil offspring clasped to
their breasts. Children clung to their
parents so desperately as to , In several cases ,
cause death to both wlioro they mi ht have
escaped had bolter Judgment been used.
At-1:30 : p. m. it was annonncotl that tlio
oftlcial report of the uumher of peivous on
hoard Iho Utopia showed that when she left
Naples the steamship had W ) souls on board ,
Including1 passengers and crew. Of this
nuinher only ill 1 hail beou saved. Tims Mi
of her passengers and crow are either
drowned oriiilsshijj.
The Alison's ' boats were lowered Immedi
ately after the collision , ns vrcrp ulsu boats
from other vessels of the Hritish channel
squadron , tlio Sucdislimnn-ol-wnr Fivya anil
tlio sliip Amber and the Ironclads turned
tlieir powerful electric search lights on tlio
tcenocl the disaster tonshM the rescuers.
On shore the news of the dtsastor spread
qnicUly. An onoriiious crowd soon withered
en thoparado and jreat excitement provailo.l ,
'Iho sea wns so heavy that the boats of the
rescuers could not with safety approach the
wreck , so they were compelled to lie to Ice-
ward , where they picked up people as they
were swept from the wreck. .As the Utopia's
bows settled n torilblo scene was wit
nessed from the boat * . Those still on board
the sinking steamer made a sudden rush
en mnsso to the fore-ri piiigstrnpKlliiK for
their lives and vainly keeking places of
refuge. Twenty minutes later the forecastle
wns submerged , and the largo number of per-
joiis gathered there , who had not dared to
lent ) overboard with the hope of belli ) ; picked
lip by the boats and who hud failed in their
efforts to ascend ttio rijrglnjr , were carried
nwuy by too waves. A steam pmnaco
rescued all the olbers who had tniten refngo
In t tin main ripglnp , but the last ones wcro
not taken ( iff until 11 o'clock at nij.'tit.
Whllo the steam pinnace belonging to the
HritUh Ironcladlniinortalito was engaged In
the work of rescue her screw fouled nnd she
drifted on the rocks. Two of thosailors were
drowned. The remainder wore rescued.
The total number of lives lost Is now
placcil at MO.
Ofllcers of the Utopia , in talking nbout the
cataMrophe , say they will never forget the
scenes that followed the collision. The Ital
ians wcro thrown into a state of complete nnd
cowardly panic. They yelled frantically and
foupht mnJly to reach the forecastle. A few
of the married men brought their wives with
them , but the majority of tholtalians acted
more llko beasts than men. The forecastle
and rlgKiiiB were soon crowdedaiultlio ves
sel began to settle down. Presently an ex
plosion with deafening report occurred iiitho
forecastle , killing many nnd throwing others
lute the -sea. Luckily , thomasts hold and ro-
malnetl some yard * above water as tlio vessel
touched the bottom. From forty to fifty per
sons-wore rescued from the musts.
AinotiK Iho nets of valor at the height of
the plo wus th.it of the Irish middy , who
put offalono Ina dlnpy for the purposeof
rendcrhiK assistance to persons clinging to
the wreck. Another hero was a seaman on
tl.o Ironclad J Jodiioy.who boldly plunged Into
the sea , and after a desperate btrugplo snc-
cocdeii in saviiicouoof the women lloatiiiK
in ttio water.
Divers who went down today report that
there are hundreds of bodies in thosteeraRO
and between decks. . .Many bod'cs ' ctune
ashore today.
Over Mio Disaster.
NE\V \ VOIIK. March IS. The news of the
disaster nttiibraltarhas cuuscJ a Krcntcoin-
motion in the Italian colony here , About
lour thousand Italians-men nnd women
fathered about the door of the information
bureau at the bargooftlceand ( iroatdlfltculty
was experienced by the pollcolu keeping the
crowd In check.
Noiweulnti IlixikVrcukrd. .
a.vN'Fwxeisco , Marcu 18. The Merchants'
advices that the Norwegian
> nrktmpomtor win wrcckrvl cast of the
'ajH' Wnlo Islands uiul twelve nftho crow
rowned ,
. fitrf ; i./fTsiMi'.s' / C-ASK.
likely In llo.k Mil lrp I'm'Iwonty Vcarw
I'l'IMII Cllll'MJill ,
C'nirvr.o , March K | Spt elil Telegram to
'm Ilrr.--Tho have been
: ] - - nollce not jot
unllled by the Omaha authorities whether
hey wnnt the notorioiu thief .Mlko Silk
trought back to that city test ami trial for
hi ; murder , lad May , of Laundry man Poor ,
t li likely thu Silk will bo "sent up" for
wenty years inulei the habitual criminal net
f he Is tiled in Cook county.
Ji'lTOSiIVlll. \ . CUX'Il'.HY.
\VillOlnlm Tlial Ititjd IM Not ( lov-
< nun * nl' Nrlii'jiska.
MII.W u uirVis. . , March H.-.I , H. Mcln-
osli , tlieOmalia real estate dealer , arrested
icre forcmbcwleiut'iit , will make a contest
apilnst cxtiMditton , and the same contro-
vony th.it . urcAo between Oovornor Hill of
* ? Vork ainKJovcriiorUulkloy of Connect-
out Is HlicU to bo repeated , the rl.llm hi.'ing
nado tliat I tovernor Tloyd , who issued the
extradition papers , U not loyally governor.
One Man Klll il , Two I'atnlly Hurt
and SIY 01 lirrs Injured ,
I'liTsiirnnI'll. March . Tele-
, , 18.-Spiclul [ ? -
pram to Tin ; On : . ] An explosion nt the
Crescent steel works on Fifty-Ural street nt
0 : ! ! 0 this morning killed ono workman , fatally
injured two moro and slightly hurt six others.
The names of the killed and fatally hurt are :
n r. MI.
niKimmCK HONXUUNT , ngc-d forty
years , married , *
Ihxs \ VITTM.Saged tlilrty-Ave years ,
buck burned , ribs broken and Injured Inter-
nnlly ; will dio.
JmiN ( IrsT.iv.sox , badly burned about tlio
legs and trunk ; will die.
Six otlior workiiion were burned and cut
V > y bolus lilt hy hot slatf ami Hying bricks.
1'lielr injnrios nro not serious. The ex
plosion was caused hy hot slafj falling from
the furnace Into n pool of water. Vuryllttlo
dnma ewas doao to the mill.
'Ihi'ce I'nsmMigei's Initially Injured.
Wmm.iv , Ind. , March 18. In a collision
between two freight trains today near here
three passengers In n caboose were fatally
injured-Simon ( ialian of Itonliestor , Ind. ;
.Inmes N'lcholls of Klnsoy , Ind. , and A. O ,
IVlasserof Three Klvurs , Midi.
Flit il I'oiviler IO.\I | | ( > HIIII. |
ASIIMN'I > , I'a. , March 18. Throe men were
probably fatally lnured | by an explosion of
powder In the Central colliery today.
'J'lIK
Oreotcd willi tin ; Ailvlco to Ilrtiirn
to Their Homes.
IHi.TiMonr , Md. , M-irch IS. | SpocialTole.
gram to Tin : Hi : ! : . ] Very Jiuv. I' , J.Dona
hue , chancellor of the arch diocwo of Haiti-
more , in his St. Patrick's day address , speak-
tlio "CruelOrisU" Ireland
ingof now upon ,
said : "Often mid often we have hoi pod her
with our means , wo can now host aid lior hy
\vlthholdltigour moans , lloimest has boon
made across the Atlantic for mow funds , to
bo followed up throughout the land by a per-
kWKil appeal , I bclievi ) I voice the vio\va
and fcollogi of a v.nt majority of Irish-
Americans when I say thoirlovo of Ireland
is too great ; their love for peace too great ;
their conimon'sonso ' too1 grftat- < j"oncourngo
the embassy ] ust arrived upon our shores.
Itacu with them ! and settle the quarrel
where it belongs. "
Hishop Keene , president of the Catholic
university at Washington , in his St. Patrick's '
day address iu this city said : "Ireland's
banner will trail In the dust till do-in hands
raise it aloft acrnin. A land of purity of life
doinaiuls menofpuro lifo to say to her mill
ions follow mo. "
noes *
'lh roe I'coplo lluim-tl to Death find
( Others In.j urecl.
KKVoim , March IS. A hrlek tenement
burned this mornlnp and three members of
the .Tarter family , father and two daughters ,
perishej in the flumes. A number of other
occupants of the building were tudly burned
and injured , The pecuniary loss is small.
The 11 ro hrolio out at ifwhen : ! every
member of the ton families in the building
was fast nsloi'p. J eforo the firemen could
cct to work the flames had enveloped tlio
house from top to bottom. The tenants , He
brew tailors with their families , swarmed
down the tire escapes on both hides of tlio
bulldlni. ' . When the llroincn cnteivit It was
reported that ten people were missing , hut
the bodies of only three could bo found. U'ho
iiolico believe the place was burned hy Incen
diaries.
Another hod v was recovered tils evening ,
that of Philip Klchlskvu , n taller.
The linn Is well insured , \Vhon the lire
broke out there wcro In the works about live
hundred operators , mostly girls , nnd a ureat
panic ensued. All escaped without injury ,
however.
iIolirl'H O'mrn | House Ihirncd.
Joi.inr , 111. , March IS. I'lro broke out In
the opera house this morning ahoiH S o'clock ,
causing the loss of the structure nud Iho
stocks of the various firms occupying It. The
losses are as follows : Opera housebuilding
and lUtums-r.O.UOO , insurnnce S'JO.UOi ) ; iluyca
Si Co. jii.OOO , insurance ( lUOfl ; Jack
son furniture company $ ) , ( HK > , insurance
fl , . " > ( Kl , Tlirco Indies hi the third story lo < t
all their tlxtui-csand paraphernalia , and the
clctant npartnient of'tJie Union club is a
total loss. Crcat indignation is expressed
iipninst tlio management of thu city lire de
partment.
CordiifjoVnrkH Destroyed ,
Ki.lZAiiETiii'oiiT , K. .T. , March IS. The
Klizabothnort steam rordn o works burued
this nftcrnoou. I c
Scotch I > lnen Woi-ks De-lj-djed.
I3t'N'iiir , March IS. VIIHos' linen works
at Klrricinuir burned lust night , Loss ,
-
ItLAJIKtiTJIE tIHillt .Tlf..V.
The Clilenuo l.evcr IlaH Another
Canst ? tor Knitting ,
Cnirvoo , lnrch IS. The Lever , the organ
of the temperance pee plo in Chicago , in Its
issue of this week , claims that Thomas L > .
Tapgcrt of l yens , Iu. , onmo to his death by
foul piny at tlio hands of saloon men. Ho
wns watihinnn of the foundry of Taylor
Hrotl'crs ' and March Ot he place was destroyed
by tire , 'Jaggort perishing la the llanos. Ho
was the Drohiblllon candidate for conirress in
that district last fall , and it Is claimed that
ho incurred the enmity of tlio liquor men.
The Lever has a dispatch from State Chair
man Cook of Iowa ti.ing the dead body of
ttio wutcliman had a bullet hole in it.
"WcKtorn I'c'iipleln Clilungo.
CHICAGO , March li ( Special Telegram to
TIIK HUE. ) .Among the western people in
Chicago today were the following :
At the Auditor ! u mCK. . titles , Council
muffs ; Mr. and Mrs.Vlllintn Wallace , Jr. ,
Omaha.
.At the Palmer Mr. and Mrs. A. Kelstor ,
Council HliifTs ; William .Movers. Choycnno.
At tUo Sherman -Mrs. T. A , Rent , Chey
enne ,
_ _
irv.i TIIKMI run EVA T ,
Fur Omaha awl i'ltliilti/-Fcilr ;
J'V Aibrailta Fair ; uurtmr ; tuutlxrlu
M-illlll.
I'vr lotea 1'iifr r/inrJiiu / ; vartixr , ulnilo
For > "cul/ / Dakota Fair ; illylittv tftiimc *
IM'lir'III T I I'THMMl HHIPHO
DlillELlCl LMlEll CtVHRlLllS ,
Pos'.mastcr General Wciiumnker After Thorn
" \Vith \ a Sharp Stick.
REFORM COMMENCED IN WASHINGTON ,
I' oiir DlHiiiMod and Fourteen Sun-
pjiiilcd , anil tlio Priihablllty IM
'Hint ' \VIIIFnllii\v-Suiin- -
lor I'fiildniik liullgnniit.
u Tin : HUB ,
Mil Foriiriixrn : Srniir : ,
WIIISOTOV , D. U. , March IS.
I'ostninstordi'iieralVanainaker's raid upon
derelict letter carriers In this city la but an
earnest of his Intention * with respect to vari
ous cities throughout the country. Out
of a list of : about one hnudrod and forty
carriers fcnr hnvo been dismissed In this
city and fourteen suspended. It was found
that unlto n nuinhor of the carriers wcro
in the habit of "lonlliiR" around restau
rants nud on the streets so ns to "kill
tiyio" niul make returns for extra service , ns
carriers who nro kept out over eight hours n
day now on account of extra , scrvUws uro
paid c.\tra. Others word In the hahlt
ofvalkitiK when they were reported
to have ridden on street cars , and to
hnvo "knocked doivn" the streetcar tickets
furnished them. Others wcro In the habit of
passingtho streotlettcr boxes without tnlt-
Ing up tlio tiiiid. Sdll others loitered around
saloons and toolc intoxicants when they sup
posed their action would not bo detected by
tholr superior olllccrs. The postmaster
would not recommend the dismissal or sus
pension of the offenders , and so the nostmas-
tcr general upon the mlvieo of citizens , took
the olTenso in his own hands , made h b Inves
tigations and directed the iiunlshmont. The
postmaster general says ho intends to tnko
similar act inn wherever the carriers nro dishonest -
honest and derelict of duty , llebelioves the
postmasters arc In mniiy eases to blame for
the ttiofllcicnt service of cnrriors , and when
ever serious charges nro made by private cit
izens ) nnd they properly authenticated or cer-
tlliod the postoHlco department will cause In
vestigations to bo made hy special agents
nnJ action -will bo taken over the heads of
pMtmnttors , This makes It almost useless
for carriers to "stand In" with the postmas
ters. After all the carrion have to account
to the patrons of tholr ofllces.
BUNITOU I'.mnonc ISIUOXVNT ,
Senator 1'aOdock wiissomowhat Indignant
this forenoon over an Associated press dis
patch which appeared in all the eastern
papersstating , lhat the recommendation of
JmlKuCobh as Judge CJreff's successor ns
land commissioner was part of a political
seliemeto prevent action In the Nebraska
governorship contest. Senator Paddock said
today : "Of all the absurd reports ever con
ceived , this Is the most ridiculous , 1 recom
mended .Hidgo Cobb to the president nlono
nnd inSenator Mmdcrson'sabsence , subject
tif course to his concurrence. The Nebraska
gubernatorial contest never entered my mind
in connect Ion \vlth the vacancy la the land
office. 1 have had qulto enough to attend to
without Interfering with that knotty
problem , cither directly or indirectly ,
lain frank to say thnt I Uon't ' know how I
thould votoon it. Tlicro nro equities to bo
considered. What.Iudgo Cobb's ' views uro I
ilon't know and don't caro. I suggested his
naino because 1 wanted Nebraska to retain
tlio ofllce and believed Judge Cohb , with his
war record , his record of excellent coiifjies-
bloual service andhis , admlrablucarcoi' ou the
bench and his stronp Wisconsin connections ,
would bo the easiest man to make. Tlicro
are a scoVoof prominent men mentioned In
connection with the ofllco. Kx-conprcss-
men of note wcro never so many ns now
whom the administration would like to tnno
care of hi positions of usefulness. It was
manifest that If Nebraska was to rim any
chance wo should have to present a name of
something more than ordinary strength.
JndfjoCobb's at oiieo presented itself to mo
and I hanilcil it in. It is not improbable that
this senseless report of a local political
motive may seriously Injure .ludpro Cobli's
candidacy with the president , who is properly
sensitive to rumors and reports affecting
Miprfjested nominees , for tills reason , and
this alone , I regret very much the fabrication
of the story. "
Thoassistant secretary of the Interior de
partment today reversed the decision of the
commission of the general land olllce , holding
for cancellation the pre-emption cash cnti-y
of U.iviil Shanks for the southwest one-
fourth of section ill , township US north ,
raiifio 5'J west , AVatortowu , S. I ) . Ho
afllniicil the decision in favor of the con
testant in the cnsoof . .MilanV. . Quick vs.
John P. Kyle , Involving a homestead entry
made by the latter for the northeast quarter
of section ! W , township 0 , ramo i'J ! , .MeCook
district of Nebraska.
MK . OWKN'S ' CONDITION .
Thowifoof ex-Keprosentntivo Owen of In
diana Is still in a critical londition. She may
recover , yet her death at any time would
create no surprise to these who nro ac
quainted with the serious complication of
her illness. Her family relatives from
Logan , la. , are momentarily expected to ur
nvn.
( J.V. . Swain was today appointed post
master at Imnnn , Holt county , and A. .1.
Illllerbeek at Osmond , I'ioreo county. \ \ .
M. Krusowns appointed postmaster at Iliun-
boldt , Mmnehalia county , H. D. , and Li.
Knni | | ) nt.\Ionteith , Outhrlo county , la.
Senator I'uddock will go to Now Yont to
morrow fora few days.
( .Governor Mellctto of South Dakota and
Joc > Ilallcv , jr. , the Sioux Falls banker , ar
rived tonight.
Senator 1'etticrow of South Dakota , who
has bcoii In Boston on business for several
davs , will bo at the Fifth Avuiiuo hotel. New
Vork , tomorrow and some clays thereafter.
Ho Is working In the interest of his-stato by
attracting capital for investment thero.
l x-Sonntor Aioody's ' inline will probably ho
pre.sented for United States circuit Judge for
the district in which Is South Dakota.
lieutenant ( Turlington of the Seventh cav
alry Is at Iho Kbbltt.
it Is believed that the oversight of con
gress In falling to plnco machinery tor sugar
rollnhifr on the free list us well as machinery
for produclnpr raw sugar was a great mistake ,
as H will worK In the interest of a monopoly
on sugar refining , whereas , the cost of relln-
mp suirariniKht hnvo been greatly reduced
by competition If nnohincry for the purpose
was made cheaper. I'r.nuv S. HEATH.
An Acquisition to the "Fair.
\VISIHXUTON , March 18. T.leutonant Lorn-
ley of the United States army , special com
missioner to the republic of Columbia in the
Interest of the world's Columbian exposi
tion , reports that ho has secured for the ox-
hlbltion a most reiuarkablo collodion of an
tiquities , which has been gathered by n
famous collector of that country during In.
vostlgntlons for the last thirty-live or forty
yean. 'J'ho collection includes many articles
of cold nnd silver. The whole collection is
estimated to bo worth < 1 ) , COO. Included in
the collection nro a number of very curiously
hand worked gold articles , found when some
weeks nvo two ancient towns of the Uuaca
Indians wcro unearthed ,
Nobmskn and luwii Pensions.
AV.iMiisoTo.v , March 18.--Special [ Tolo-
grnm to Tin : Ilii : : . I-Pensions were granted
today to the following .N'ebrasknns : Orlg.
Innl-'vVilllum W. Haor , licnjamin M.
Squires , David Thompson , Moses Toot ,
Samuel S. TblrwJnchor , Jesse N. Woodward ,
Minor iWalt , Aaron Mclllckaincs
Scnscney , James P. Stewart , Samuel II ,
Uoed , 'Illlam 1C. Swmcart. Helssuo Arthur
Draucher. Orlglmil widows , etc.-I2lllo C , ,
widow of Washington Ilaney : SawU \ ,
Scott , former witiow of Jesse N , U'oodardj
minors of Jesse N. Woodward ,
lowtt ; Original-Joseph Stornics ; Alouzo
'rumor , Irnneus L. Smlth ( John N. I.ytton ,
\Vllliam.I. Stewart , D.uilul B. v\vigio. Additional
ditional- . H. Novos Inrruntojovl V.
Ilimt7.lnger , John M. Haniott. Uelssuo-
Mlcklans SchnollTer. Orlglnul widows , etc.
father .1. , widow of I'lilhimlcr Itynn ;
Is'ancy .1. , widow of John I' . Drown ; Ian-
bclla , widow of Samuel Uoak ; Minerva O. ,
wlilow of Jackson Hlloy ; Maria , widow 01
IVter Her her ; Mary A. , widow of Wllllain
H.irlngor ; Kllm T. , widow of ilames T. New-
lln.
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AVt'itOI'in.t TIOXS.
Comparative SlntcmiMilN for tlio IntHt
Two ( " "ongrt'Mm'M.
W viiiixoTov , March is.Messrs. . Allison
nnd Cannon , chairmen respectively of the
senntn nnd house commit tees on appropria
tions , have prepared statements making n
comparison of the appropriations of tlio Fifty-
first with the FifUcth congress. The Mate-
incut of Cannon shows thnt during the Kit-
leth congress , covering tliosalntlos of I'SS'.l- '
H ) , the total appropriations , Including
lellcienccs , v. ere SSli"lH5il ; > .V. > . The appro
bations of the rifty-llrst congress , cmbrne-
ng the llscal years IS'.H ' ihl , nmoiint to
; [ > S.til , 12' ) , a net apparent Increase of $170- , *
IMVJiW. Cannon says there should bo nddcd
to the nniiroprliitrbns of the Fiftieth
ind deducted from the 1'Mfty-llrst con-
cress SiVWU'OT ' to meet known dollclenclos
'or pensions In the appropriations of the for-
nor congress. Cannon argues against In
creasing the number of cominitttees having
charge of appropriation bills , mid snya the
system of distributing them among various
committees Is vicious mid tends to oxtrava-
'nnco. I lo thinks ono committee of. the
muse should bo charged with the preparation
of the many hills for IU consideration.
Senator Allison in his statement gives In
letail the reasons which operated In several
ippropriatlou nets to Increase the expend-
lure by the present. congress over these of
Is predecessors , llo says the increase of
M , HI , 17. ! under the agricultural appropriation
net was caused by the establishment of
tgriculturnl experiment stations and the
transfer of the weather bureau from the war
department. Under the fortification hill
llicro was nn Increase of f HO-.OOO for con-
: inulng the construction of batteries for the
lefonso of various harbors. In the Indian
bill an increase of J7iTUOO : ! ) was made to
carry Into effect the recent treaties negotiated
with various Indian tribes. An increase -
crease of $ lir , > 0.KO ( wns mndo for
clerical force in the various ilepiirtincnts ,
mainly in the pension oillcc. Navy appropri
ations show an Increase of ? 14 , 000,000 for new
ships , improvement of , navy yard plants , etc.
1'nnslons show nif incieasc of * lllil'J,000. ! : In
cluding deficiencies. The Increase of ? ' . ' ' . ' , -
Ois,000 ! under the postolllcc bill Is duo to the
growth of the semcotbroughoutthe country.
An Increase for suinlr.V civil expenses of
$ ir > , OUOOUOwas for river and harbor improve
ments , census expenses , public buildings , the
llfo saving service , etc , The deficiency ap
propriations , exclusive of pensions , wcro
< l,7'Jl,0 ( , ( > 0 less than these of the Fiftieth con
gress , although SI , Ml , ooo for the French
spoliation clniins arc Included.
GcncM'al .lo-i-ph ilolmston Itctler.
WASHINGTON , March is The condition of
( iciicral Joseph B. Johnston , who has been
liiito 111 for the past week , 13 reported by his
[ diysiciim to bo itnpiovcd today nud no im-
nediiito tlanger is appraheiided.
C"onKrrNSiirin Kpringer Iniprnvotl.
\VISIIIXOTON , Maroh IS. Congressman
Springer is slightly hotter tonight , but Ids
: irogress toward recovery la very slow.
junrx TJIK JIOCA'/.II.V si in : .
Terrible Accident IOTI Party
I'oople In Colorado.
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OEOIIOKTOWX , Colo. , Mnrch 18. A fright
ful accident occurred t'ds , morning. nearly opposite - .
posito the famous Bridal Veil falls , above
Georgetown. A party of sixteen young people
ple engaged a team and bandwagon to bring
them homo from the St. Patrick's ' hall at Sil-
vnr I'liime. At the point named the team
became unmanageable nnd turned the party
down the mountain side upon the rocks be
low. Those that oscnped Injury from the fall
suffered from the kicks and plunges of the
horses , so that but ono of the sixteen escaped
Injury. It is feared that several of them
will tile.
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JIOLII\(1 ( ittltlt It A tlH.
DisciiHslon of the Xcw 1'olley ol' the ;
Treasury.
Nnw'OIIK , March 18. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : llii : : . | The Evening Post , in Its
financial article , says : 'Tho refusal of the
treasury to furnish gold 'bars for export bus
caused n great ilc.11 ot comment as a new
departure in the poilcy of the treasury , anil
some people are ready to nrguo that the
apparent uostro to prevent the export of gold
would only increase the desire on the other
side to have it. The now policy , however , is
only la accordance with that ot the Bank of
England , which would not furnish anything
but sovereigns when $ . 1,000,000 was wanted
from London for this country in December. "
Cold for iJ-rlln.
Is'r.w YOIIK , March 18 , Two firms hero
have taken $ SO)00 ( ( ) cnch in gold coin for
shipment to llerlin today.
JIAXK \\tl4UKE \ IX TtH'KK.i.
Tlio Unlte l Stales Savings l orciod to
CIoso Its llooi'.s.
Tornici , Kan. , March IS. The United
States savings bank of this city closed its
doors this inornlne and made nn assignment
to the president of the Kansas National bank.
The failure of the bank was caused by the
failure recently of thrt father ofV. . C. Knox ,
president of the baulr. The liabilities and
assets cannot bo learned , but the latter will
pay In full all liabilities. The capital stoclc
of the bank was S-iOI.OOO.
Heel and Shoe DealerH Kail ,
Cixf'iNxiTi , O. , March IS. J. & A. Slmp-
kinson. boot and shoo linn , has failed for
f 100,000.
Profound sympathy Is expressed In nil
business circles In the city today at the an
nouncement of the failure of the oldr boot an d
shoo linn. Yesterday dwds and mortgages
by the members of thcj firm to the amount
of $150,1100 wcro tiled. The liabilities nro es
timated at S-100,000 and fbo assets at $ < < 00,000 .
The assignment Inuoa the mon absolutely
penniless , their elegant residences having
been turned over to thjolr creditors ,
Ml\MXti NJl.lJtt.N KXClTKlt.
Old Tlino HfcncH AVItin > n ed on Hie
' ( ' 'i-lsco 'Chniige.
Six Fiuxnsc'o , Cat , , "March 18.-Tho last
few days have wltncfUod tlio nearest approach
preach on the mining stock board to the old
tlmo scenes of excitement that has been wit
nessed in several years. At this mon.hiK's
session transfers of ! 3JOO ( ( shares wcro mado.
Tl.u excitement is ascribed to current reports
about now developments of war in tlio
southern part of the Consolidated Cali
fornia & Virginia claims. Comstock se
curities nro going rapidly upward.
Consolidated California & Virginia reached
$ ii.r : > 0 ou 'change this morning , an advance
of } i a share over yesterday's lowest price.
Host &Ilolchcr , owiugto the report tiiat a
drift had been started toward the newly ills-
covered body , wont up $ ) a bharo , as against
tlio opening- price of { . J/.TI. Mexican , ( iouhl
& Hurry , Savage , Potaal , Yellow Jacket and
other "nortli-oiiaor.s" nl&o felt the influence
of the advance and wont up several points.
Tluj quotations , hotvovcr , dropped somewhat
before the close , when Consolidated Cali
fornia Virginia stocjd at fl'J.'JS asked.
Over MiiKnru I'allH ,
NIAGAIU FU.IJI , N. Y. , March 18. A man
lumped over Niagara Falls nt 1'rospoct Point
this morning , tlo came from the west this
morning and hud a ticket for Now York via
the West Shore railroad , Ho was about
twenty-four yours of ago , good icoUIng uiul
well dressed.
BERLINKRS EATING OUR BEEF ,
Minister PhclpV Solicnn to Have the Rn-
strictlous on Chttlo Romovcil.
THEY CAN NOW LAND AT HAMBURG ,
An lOnnllsli Sclionie to AsMlnt
to America llorrlblo
Clime of a .lealoim
niiu.tv : , March K Owing to the nntlrliiB
efforts of Air. 1'liolps , Unlti'J Stuto * minister
hero , C'hiiiHvllor Von Caprivl hnn roniuvnl
thu embargo placed on Aniurlcan wit tin
landed at llainliurK , and It is Ilkuly that
Phi'lps will lie able to-oblatn the removal of
tlio restrictions placed upon the Importation
of the American hoj . Already ! IOO Atnorlcan
hoc veslmvo been laiuleil at Hainbnrc us nn
cxporiinent. Phelps ? , nt a series of dinners
which ho lini Ivi'ii at his resliloiu'o here ,
has Blvcn his unests American hoof mid has
thus Introduced Its nso In the families
of ninny distinguished niuinbors of fnshlonti-
bio circles In Berlin. In turn , JliunhurK lo
cal officials arc niaklnu costly pcrninncnt im-
provoincnta In the landiiiB facilities now nt
tlio disposal of thn importers of American
cattle. The object of the Hamburg olllclnls
In mnldiiR tlio improvements refer rod to is to
eiu'ourajfo nnd develop the trauo In Aniorican
cattle. Chancellor Von Cnprivi Is now con
sidering the point mmlo hy Minister 1'liolps ,
who nsus that American hops bo allowed to
land in the same manner anil under tlio snmo
inspection as American cattle. The inter
view with Secretary Ituslc ot the United
States department of iiKrlcnlturo , in which
ho Is quoted as saying that the United Stntui
"does nnt nsjc hut demands the repeal of tlio
IIOR restrictions , " Is largely quoted in the
hostile press and may ilcluy matters ,
( irc-at Spoeeli.
LONDON , March 18. [ Special Cablegram to
THU Hir.-Tho ] I'arnollitos interpret Mr.
( ilndstono's speech nt llasthiKsas testimony
to the roturniin ; prominence and power of
I'arncll. Timothy Harrincton expressed
himself delighted with I'nnioll's opponents In
the Knglish liberal party. They had been
driven at length to come out from tholr secret -
crot nnd covert methods of attack and talto
up the challenge thrown down to them. Mr.
Harrington said that Air. Gladstone evi
dently regarded Mr. 1'arnoll ns tlio only
Irish representative worth tnlltliiir about , ns
ho had not wasted many words on
anybody elso. The speech was Intended ,
Mr. Harrington said , as an answer
to Mr. 1'arncll's manifesto , and also as a
notice to the Irish people that they must depose -
pose I'nrncll ns their leader or give up all
claim on the Knghsh liberals. Mr. Glad
stone would 11 ml , however , that Irish-Ameri
cans and the Irish people wcro cnnabli ) of
getting along without Knj-'llsh mlvNo. \ \ Ith
an amazing assumption o [ autocratic power
Cilndstono gave his ultiinalum , " ( ! ivo up
I'arncll or lose linmo rule. " The Irish people
could not forget , Mr. Harrington nddcd , that
the man who said this had , when in actual
power , put their homo rule leader in prison.
Upon tlio McCarthyltos the Impres
sion produced by Mr. Gladstone's '
speech is not altogether plonsant. Tor
obvious reasons they do not care to
flguro In unfriendly criticism of the liberal
leader'but ono of too prominent McCarthylto
members of parliament has stated that ho
would much prefer that Gladstone had Ig
nored I'arnell and left him to bo dealt with
by the Irish clergy nnd other strictly Irish
elements. Thai at present any attack from a
HritUh source on Parnoll was calculated to
.strengthen him In Ireland.
Canst ; For Anxiety.
LiOMioN , March H. [ Special Cablegram to
Tin : BII : : . ] A I3orltn dispatch says tbat
should M. Herhetto , the French , and Count
Kchouvnloff , the Hnssian ambassador , both
Do recalled at an early date , as now scorns
probable , the situation will give cause for
grave anxiety. Hoth those ambassadors'
friends of peace , and M. Herbette especially
lias exerted himself to create pleasant rela
tions between r'ninco and fes ! many. To this
met he owes his unpopularity which the
French government can no longer ignore.
L'ount SchnuvulofT has never boon a lavorito
with the kaiser , perhaps because ho was a
favorite with IHsinarelc. On the
other hand ho has always main
tained himself in a way to avoid any
friction between the two empires , nnd this
ho has ilono successfully. In the present
temper of the French nnd ( iermaii govern
ments it would bo easy for nn impolite am
bassador to bring a crisis. One peculiar fact
iibout Count SchouvalotI Is that ho has such
u largo household , anil there arn fierllners
unkind enough to suggest that ladles of the
household malco themselves useful In gather
ing from thoughtless associates facts of Im
portance to Kussln ,
A IcnlcniH KiriiHiinanV < " mo.
PAIIIS , March IS. [ Special Cablegram to
Tin : Bii.J : : M. Ilcrbolot of the Honlovnrdo
Courcclles , believing his wlfo to bo unfaith
ful , at a Ute hour last night , cut her throat
r.iul strangled the child which was sleeping
by her side. Ho tlieu wont to the chamber
of his wife's mother and after a struggle ,
during which the poor woman begcod plt-
consly for her life , stabbed her to the heart.
I Iu then Insanely ran into the boulevnrdo half
clothed and surrendureu hiniboll to the.1 gen
darmes , avowing the murders , and declaring
ho was glad his % -ictims were dead ,
LONDON , March IS. [ Special Cablegram to
TIIK Uii : : . | The committee of parliament ,
appointed to consider the question of stnto
aid to emigration , has mndo It llnnl report.
The committee does not advise any general
extension of the system except in the case of
congested districts of Scotland nnd Ireland ,
and suggests that the provisions of the Irish
land bill relating to congested districts bo
applied also to Scotland. The coimniltco ml-
vl - > os that the experiment of sending 10J
crofters nnd tlieir families to America bo re
peated. _
I'lunell SiM-iiros Another I'apt'r.
Dfiu.ix , March IS. | fc > nocial Cablegram to
Tun BIK. : | Mr. I'arnell 1ms obtained con
trol of the Morning News of Belfast , which
belongs to Mr. Gray , who is also proprietor
of the Freeman's Journal of this city. The
editor of the Morning News has been dls-
niNsed and an adherent of Mr , Parncll's has
been appointed to succeed him. Notwith
standing the aggressiveness of the I'nniPlllte
campaign the McCarthyitcs maintain that
I'aniellism is sinking dally to lower depths ,
GhiiIst < m 'H Narrow IC
LONDON , March IS. [ Special Cablegram to
TUB Hin.J : It has transpired that Mr. Glad
stone , after his speech at Hastings yester
day , had a narrow oscnpo from n serious acci
dent. The coachman who was driving the
carriage which took Air. Gladstone ) to the
railroad station , lost control of the horses.
The horses wcro stoppud with dlfllculty , and
the coachman was lined for drunkenness
today , the clinrgo against him having boon
preferred by the police.
Uiirinl of \Vlnilthornt. .
HANOVIII : , March -Interment of the ro-
inalns of Dr. Wimlthont , late leader of Iho
Cathollo party In ( iormany , toolc place horr.
today. Dolcgutlons from various Cathollo
associations and a largo number of members
of thu rclchstug took imrt In tlio procession.
t'i'ii 1'iuh and Iioadcin ,
, March 18. The Inaugural tclophoiio
talk between London nnd I'nrU hy tin' riw
limd ninl sutimnrlno cable line . ; Mtenlay v ni
n notable event hi the history of rapid c I-
inimlcatloiis In Ktirnpe. Mmo. Kochc , w o
nf M. Itocho. iiihdstoi1 of InduHlrlos and c -
onles , inul llui honor of uttering tin1 Hi >
words over the now lino. M. Kocho tlr
held .n conversation with Mr. Ih'iirv iVo
lliilUcs , poMmaster general of Great llntnlii
Hurl Lytton , British niuh.issador at Paris
and M. Dosc-lvcs , director general of tlid
posts and teli'gr.iph dcpartinont , also spolui
to Mr.
LtiMinv , March 18. [ Special l'nllegrain to
Tin : HIM : . ] -Maurice. Hoaloy xvrltcs that ho
accepts the challenge ) of Mr. I'uriii't ! that
they should both resign tholr seals In purlin-
nii'iil and present thi'insi-lvm for re-elect Ion
ns n test of the ponuhir hontluiont In favor of
the merits of the McC'arth.vlto and 1'aniollllo
causes. Mr. I'arnull HMI ri-piv 'iits Cork
city , wliich has two scats in parliament. In
accoptlng I'lirui'll's challi'iigo Mr. Ilcalcy 10-
quests Mr. I'.irnoll to nainn the date upm
which they nro both to resign tntilr seats In
parliiniHMit unit says ho hopes ho ( Mr. I'.ir-
ni'll ) will not resort tocomndttco room No. l"i
nor Hoiilognu tactics to u.ic.ipo thu iudgment
of the electors.
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IjllK'lllll HlH'l'H.
LONUON , March -Special [ Cahlogr.im to
Tun HKK.I This was the thlnl day of tlio
Lincoln spring mcotlnu , ' 1'lie prhiclpnl uno
of the day was the rai'o for the Lhicolnshlro
handicap of 1,000 sovereigns for three-year-
olds nnd upwards , out ) mile. It was won by
Lord ( Jeorgo , by 1'oulot , out of Lady Liully.
M. liphrusso's thror-ycar-old clicstnut lllly ,
Si'rnphlne II. , by BruVo , out of Source , was
second , and llunthorpo , by Speculum or
L'liinbiallo , out of Matilda , third. There were
twenty-one starters.
Clubmen AITI-HUM ! .
Livnni'ooi. , March is. [ Special Cablegram
to Tin : Bir. : . ] The nuniorous bottlngcluliiof
this city wcro crowded today by their patrons ,
who wcro anxiously awnltlng the result of
the Lincoln races. While the bolting fra
ternity wcro awaltliiL' the result the police
made a wholesale ! raid upon thu betting clubs
and arrested scores of the proprietors , cni-
piu es nnd patrons of these establishments.
I'rinci * Napoleon ( Cnlogizcd.
KOMI : , March 18. In thn chamber of depu
ties today the president delivered n eulogy
on Prince Napoleon , moved that nn address
of condolence be bent to the relatives and a
roimnlttco appointed to attend the funeral.
This action was taken and the scnnto adopted
similar resolutions.
Tit .If./1 ! N i : < > VKL.
Fatal ShootInt ; All'ray In the Stroc'tn
ol' NIMV Orleans ,
Nr.w OKI.KANS , La. , March is. There was
a sensational and fatal shooting tonight ,
growing out of the Itnllnn cnso. Frank Wat
ers , a newspaper reporter , who was intoxi
cated , was abusing the citizens' committee
nnd those connected with the Ilcnnessoj case ,
when Captain Arthur Dunn , ono of the
counsel for the state , came by. Waters
shouted nt him , "Thoro is ono of them ,
now. Why don't Ho take It up ! " Dunn ad
vanced toward Waters , who drown , pistol and
boirnn llring. Dunn quickly drew his.
Waters fired six shot.s and Dunn live.Vaters
fell dead with ono bullet through his face nnd
another through his bend. Dunn was shot
twice in the right breast and abdomen. Ho
Is believed to be mortally wounded. The
mon have for a long time been political
enemies. Dunn has for many years been a
leading politician.
AuthoritlcN Inactive.
WASHISOTOV , March 18. Baron Fava ,
Italian minister , today received reports from
the Italian consul at Now Orleans' In regard
to the killing of the Italians there Saturday.
Thuso reports , It is said , sustain tno position
taken by Haron Fuva in bis protest to Mr.
Blnlno of March in , relating to the inaction
of the authorities of Now Orleans before and
uftor the shooting.
Grand .Jury at Work.
Niw : OIII.K t\4 , La. , March is. Tno grand
Jury today began nn Investigation of the kill
ing of tlio Itnllnn prisoners and causes which
led to the miscarriage of justice. Bribery
has been accepted as the answer to the latter
question , and Detective O'.Mailcy and the
jury came In for a largo share of the day's in
vestigation.
ti IA fiiCHKT.
Iowa Southern Alliance 'Moil Push
ing Matters Kapldly.
CiirvroN' , la , March IS. ( Special Tele
gram to TIM : Ict.J ) Today's session of the
farmers' nllinnco state convention was held
in secret. So secret , In tact , , that the grang
ers deemed it necessary to move their quar
ters from the council clm.nbcr In the city
hall to the loJgo room of a secret society ,
where the avenues of entrance arc as intri
cate as the paths leading to King Solomon's
mines.
Tin ! committee on resolutions reported re-
afllriulng the platform adopted by the south
ern alliance at Osceola , Fin. , and also passed
nnd forwarded to Governor Boies resolu
tions declaring It to be the sense of the nlli-
mice that the railroad property of the state
should bo assessed for the purpose of taxa
tion at the siimo value as Is claimed by thu
railroads for tlio purpose of revenue , nm !
that they believed that both railroad revenue
and railroad taxes should bo adjusted on a
basis of actual value.
Slate onlcer.4 will bo elected either tonight
or lomoi row morning , after which an oneii
moot ing will be held , to bo addressed b\
prominent speakers.
llccojitloii to Strnhle.
LKAItus , In. , March IS. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Uni : . | A grand reception wns
civon Hon. I. B. Strublo on his return tonigh
from Washington , after eight years In con
gross. The ( 'ennan band , military company
Grand Army of the Uopuhjic post and huii
dreds of cltlrcus of all political parties me
him at thH train. Fire works and colorct
lights added to the occasion.
lion. I. .1. McOulllu. a leading democrat
delivered the address of welromo at the
opera house , which was feelingly but olc
Hiiently res ponded to by Mr. Strublo.
A great demonstration was made .hy Lc
Mars people when Mr. Strnblo wns drs
nominateu In IsvJ. llo has constantly heli
thn conlldonco and respect of our people , a
indicated by the great ovation welcoming
him home , as a private citizen.
Ml in Mlll-iy.
FOIIT DOIKIK , la. , March is. [ Special Telegram
ogram to Tin : Bii.l : : Fred 1' . ( Calkins , on
of the loading prohibitionists of U'obsto
county , wns hanged In elllgy by antl-enforco
mcnt mon at Harmnn last evening. Tlie >
llgy was hung on a poh < in the main street o
the town , aim was riddled with bullets.
This notion was n result of the excitement
caused by the elTorts of the state temperance
alliance , aided hv local prohibitionists , to
clnso tlio saloons In Webster county. Appli
cations for injunctions ngalnst seventy-live
saloon men are now pending before the dis
trict court here.
Hanged in ICnrncHl.
( < itissii.i. : , la. , March IS. ( Special Tele
gram to Tin : BKKl-Tho body of Frank
Norton , aged twenty -eight , was found this
morning hanging to a tree about four miles
south of town , llo was last soon nllvo ye.s-
toruay afternoonand undoubtedly { committed
suicide. I to had bcc.n some time la the Insimo
hospital , hut was thought to have recuvored.
His mother lives here , and ho was employed
on a farm near where found , nud was steady
and industrious.
Itoiiiovoil by Death.
Dt'iu-Qi'H , la. , March --ColesliiioICaUcn- -
tmch , oldest postmaster In the United
States , dlod this morning aged sovonty-
ciht. ( Ho wius appointed postmaster of
1'utosl , Wls. , in ISW : bv President Franklin
I'iurco anil has UclU oflk'O coutiuuuuiiy.
iTn IM TP in tiitnivn nniii > i\
US 1'Alb ' 1SAU10SI SEALbD ,
Nowbcrry's Maximum llato Bill Qooa
Through the Smmtu in Oommittco.
SEVERAL UNSATISFACTORY SECTIONS ,
Much Debate Ou-r tlio Mcnstiro-
AmiMidiniMilM OlVi-rrd and Lost
Senator S\vll/.lc-r'H
The Klunl VcUc.
Ijtxioi.v , N'oh. , March IS..Special ( to Tun
lr.i.l : Immcdlntcly after the convening of
Im scnnto this nfti'rnoim , the body went Into
( iminltteo of the whole to consider Now-
icrry'n inmlmutii freight rate bill. Sun.Uiu *
'olllns In the chuir . All the members savu
Senator Coulter wcro present.
Sunntcir Shea struggled Into the hnll loolt-
ng very poorly nnd cvldontly sulVoring from
bo attack of sickness which has Incapacitated
ilm during the greater part of the session.
Iu took his seat hut wns compelled Inter to
otlro from the chaiubor , having been over-
omo by the oppressive iiliuosphoro. llo ro-
urncd , however , and voted on the bill.
On motion of Senator I'oyntoi'tho bill WAI
cad section by section. The lobby was full
f railroad men and capner.s from all parts ol
In-state. The latter had beim brought to
ndoavor to iniluuncu tliiiir ivpiMscntiitlviM
n their votes upon the bill. U'ho rending ol
ho measure , however , which comprises HH
uges of uninteresting uiulto the uninitiated ,
ntelligiblo tlgnros , proved too monotonous
or the lobby. The latter was necordlngly
everted nnd so remained till the last line of
cviatlinn had been reached.
When section ! i had been rend Senator
'oyntor moved thnt It lie adopted , and was
econded by Senator Itaiulall.
Senator Swit/ler moved to nuiond by strlk-
ng out the greater part of the section , the
natures left being innxlmuin rates on the fol-
owing commodities : Wheat. Hour , millet ,
nxseed , corn , oatu , barley and other grains ,
nill stuffs , hard and soft , lumber , laths ,
hiugles , doors , sash , blinds , suit , llmo ,
onicnt , stucco , burses , mules , cattle , hogs ,
he-op , hard and soft coal. He also moved to
nsert ns a.separate section after section H ,
mge , Ui ) ) , the following : "On all articles
lot heroin mentioned , the rate shall not ox-
cod the tarilT In existence January 1 , l 'Jl "
In support of the amendment , the senator
aid that In his county .so far as ho was in
brined , tlio people do not urge n tariff hill ,
'he last campaign had not been conducted on
lint phitfnnr. . llo was favnrnblo to the
mssago of tlio bill , and would vote for it If it
honld bo amended so fur ns ii.lsct'llaiieoiis
irticlos wcro concerned In which be did nut
limit the farmer was interested. Ho hail
also provided n section which wmild render it
mpimihlu to raise Uio rates on thiisonrtirlo.s ,
ibovo what they were on thu llrit. of the
irescnt year , ' ( 'ho amendment was voted
down by I ! ) to 1' ' .
Senator Swlt/lor then moved that ns n
lumber of senators had nut nald any niton-
ion to tlio hill , that further reading of tb i
same bo dispensed with , and the whole bn
acted upnii at once.
Sonntor Keipcr moved to lay the motion on
the table , lie denounced It us n trick , nnd
said It was imperatively necessary that the
vholo bill should bo re.id.
Senator Mattes said such was not the case ,
t was evident to everybody that all of sec
tion 2 hml not been reniJ. If the senator
wanted the whole measure to ho read , ho
would bo compelled to Insist that the cleric
again go over the second section.
The motion to lay Switzlor's motion on tha
table prevailed.
Senator Mattes thought this motion toolc
the wholu bill with it , but the chair hold to
the contrary.
Koipc-r said that his motion was not nn
imenciiiiont of Iho bill.
The chair ruled against the point of Mr.
Mattes.
Senator Collins tlion took the lloor and
offered an amendment , in elleet that all ol
section : i after the ninth line bo stricken out
and the following inserted. "That the rates
on grain , wheat , cattle , h'ogs , sheep , lumber ,
coal , .salt , coal nnd stone in carload lots shall
not exceed three-fourths of the rates on the
same artIcles on .lai.unrv 1 , IS'.M. ' nnd in all
other eases the rates shall not bo higher than
were charged on the same date. "
In support nl his measure the senator said
that thu people had demanded a maximum
freight law. From the llgures and host information -
formation which ho could obtain ho hml become -
como satisfied that thu bill raised instead of
reducing thu rates on commodities most cntn-
ir.only used by the producing , and especially
bv the agriciiltiir.il classes. The farmer
was interested In getting coal , lumber and
other urtlclcb required upon his farm. Ilehad
little Interest In the thousand and one other
things which entered into the bill. Tliorutos
nn them wcron biMiuIlt to the middle man.
The senator then read fro.n the table of com-
paintivu rates prepared by the board of trndn
ot Hentricf , showing that under tlu * proposed ,
bill the rates were much higher tlnn they are
nt the nrosciit time to a number of points of
Nebraska. He would possibly ho condemned
by n class of people who simply demanded o
maximum rate bill without knowing all that
it implied. Ho then referred lo New berry's
blunder in his llrst bill , showing that ho
simply copied ai. old Iowa measure without
undorManihng It nt all.
Senator Keipor then emoted from both
Iowa and Nebraska rates , and showed lhat
the latter under the proposed rates would bo
lower.
Senator Collins admitted that that was the
case with regard to miscellaneous articles ,
but not with stnplo commodities.
Senator Slnmrvay said that lie had exam
ined the r.ites on fifnln , lumber and sex oral
other materials to a number of iioints from
his own homo and found that they would ho
much higher under the Newburry bill than
they are now.
Senator Dysnrt said he was Hying at a com
peting point , like Senator Collins , and there
the people received the b ncllt of competi
tion in the rates. Hut the people away from
these plnee.i received no benclit. Tlio inde
pendents did not desire to leglslat-e for farm
ers only , but for the state.
Senator Mattes wanted to know If tlio sen
ator Jolt him benotitiiig the state why ho
didn't vote down the bill.
Sci.ator Haiulall showed that under the
proposed bill the rates were much lower oa
all essentials from his ulnco. llo wanted
those outside competing lines to gel the bone-
lit of low rates , such ns this bill afforded ,
Where there wns competition there were cut
prices ; where there was no competition the
rates were kept up.
Senator Collins' ' amendment was rejoe'ted
and the section was adopted.
hi'imlor Mattes moved the body rise. The
motion was lust.
On motion of Senator Moore the lloor was
cleared of outsiders.
Senator Mattes bitterly crltlci/ed section
t , winch provided that the law should not af
fect now roads tor two years after their con
struction , on the ground that it was unjust to
the roads that had como here years ago nud
beni'llted properly nnd supplied seed to farm
ers in time of want.
Sonntor Haiulall thought that now roads
could not work us well as could old ones , and ,
the section was intomled to bcnelll them.
The section was adopted.
On motion of Senator I'uyntor , It wns do-
elded that when the commlttco rose it she .Ul
report the bill back for passage. The motion
prevailed.
After the committee ) had rop.irtod. a mo
tion tnat the same bo adopted was nhniit to
bo put , when Senator Kpjjleiton moved iho
call ot the house.
This teen the independents hy surprise
Senator 1'oyntor for h.df an hour u.idravoreil
to do away with Ilia otTocUs of tbo order fpt
the call , without otl'oct.
Senators Coulter and fc'liea wcro the only
sonntoYs nh.sont. Coulter was excused and
the snrgoaiit-nt-arius was sent after Senator
Shea ,
At TtO : ! o'clock the house was still in a
dead-lock
boiiator Slmu was escorted Into the hall a )