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\ THE OMAHA J SUNDAY BEE PHRT ONE. a PKGES1-8. I TWENTY-FIRST YKAK. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , , MIVUCH 27 , 1892-81 XT 1C EN VAGES. U 281. POLITICS IN GERMANY Ministerial Changes nnd the Effect They Will Have on Different Parties. SOME COMBINATIONS THAT MAY BE MADE Emperor William Will Prorogue the Reichs tag and Landtag Scon , PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL BILL DEFEATED it Will Not Bo Pushed to Passage by the Government. WILLIAM ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHEERED How Ho Wan ( Irccleil on III * llrtiirn by tlio llerlln People Patriotic ) Words Irom Soclullut Arrested for au Unnntiiiiil Crime , tOjjyi ) ) tiflitcil IKK di/AVio Torh Amnciateil Pr . ] Bcitu.v , March 2(5. ( The emperor means to give himself und his new ministers n period of rest from parliamentary worries by the prorogation of both the Uelclistag nnd Land tag. The former body will bo prorogued next week for nn Indefinite period. The Landtag will bo nominally prorogued until the end of October , but It will not moot ngnin for business until a new house is elected. In vinw of the suspension of parllnmontnry life It will bo futile to study how the politi cal groups will rearrange themselves under the Prussian ministerial chances. TtTo members of the center party lu the Holchs- tag an already in revolt and are ready to vote any way so ns to defeat the rjovornmont , but they nro powerless , as the roinnming business stands , to do moro than assist In the rendition ol minor items of the budget. When Count von Kulonburg , the now president of the Prussian council of min isters nnd Dr. von Bosso , the now minister of ecclesiastical aft.ilrs , public in struction nnd mcdiclnul affairs , mcot the lower house of the Prussian Diet on Monday their attitude , It can bo predicted , will bo distinctly friendly toward the conservative und tonterist groups. Count von tlulon- burg's whole record is inconsistent with any policy tending to the alliance of conserva tives with the national liberals under con ditions giving a liberal imprint to govern ment legislation. Both ho nnd Dr. von Basse are sent to find some method of recon ciling Ttio Catholics between the adjourn ment of tbo Landtag and the elections. Tbo ministers can hope to renew the compact with the clericals , and then appeal to the . , constituencies. This may so niter the bal- unco of the parties as to enable Count von Eulonburg to defy , if possible , liberal coalition. Will nUp n Combine. Count von Eulenburg's enemies say thatho has the suppleness of nn eel , nnd that ho will work Ufwin with a conservative nnd modor- nto liberal or conservative and clerical Tilll- unco. In the meantime it is ascertained that menus to try to prevent un estrangement with the clericals concerning his relations .with. Chancellor vou Cnorivi. Nothing is surer than that the latter is opposed to the appointment of Count vou Eulenburg ns his successor ns'prosldont of the coun cil , knowing , ns he did , that Count von Eulenburg ns Prussinn premier would bo a dangerous rival for tbo imperial chnncollor- ' ship. Prince Bismarck , when chancellor , found Count von Eulenburg lee astute nnd of too strong a personality. Ho picked a quarrel with him and ejected him from the ministry of the Interior in 18S1. After an in terval of some months Prince Bismarck ap pointed him president of the government of Ilosse-Nassau. The count is an nblor orator than General von Caprivl , nnd will inako a bigger figure In the Prussian Diet. Tno duration of the present provisional ar rangement after the Prussian elections Is improbable. Those best acquainted with Count von Eulonburg bacn him In assisting in ousting General Caprivl Trom the Prus sian ministry and from tbo imperial chancel ( lorship within the current year. llu U nil Ail-Around Hoforincr. The emperor selected Dr. von Bosso as being sympathetic with his social nnd rell glous reform. Ho Is pious without being n pietist , consorvntlvo but nut n reactionist. Dr. von Bosso is notable among the minis ters ns an eager supporter of the null-drum legislation. Ho Is un untl-duollst and a so cial purity man. There wus u highly interesting discusslou nt the Hoichstag today on Ilorr Htchtcr questioning Chancellor von Caprlvl regard ing the attitude of the government on the clerical view as to the probable abandonmon of the primary education bill. The chancellor replied that ho found It Im possible to carry out the policy of barter implied m the declarations ot Prlnco Bis inarck. Ho said it would bo sinning ngnlns the German empire to purchase benefits for it nt tbo o.x ponso of Prussia. The anxieties ho had endured as president of the Prussinn ministry had been the greatest of his life. It would strengthen the stability of the cm- piro to make the imperial chancellor Indepen dent of Prussian affairs. Germany , ho de clared , would conio out of tbo present crisis with renewed force arising from tbo minis terial changes. Und ( 'anno Tor Krnalrinir. Herr vou Bonnlgscn next teak credit for loading the opposition to success against the education proposals , The national liberals und the members of frelslunico party heartily upplaudcd his reference to the agitation ugalnst tbo bill , Ilerr Llebneuut expressed for the social ists tholr rejoicings over the collapse of n measure whluh had monanccd religious free dom In Prussia , Ho concluded with the ratbet" irrelevant declaration that despite the strong party and political divisions , Ger many , If attacked by Franco or Hussla , would iIso as ono man to repel the invaders. General vou Cr.privi remains ns the repre sentative of the Prussian ministry in tbo Dundosralh. Tbo emperor returned to Berlin this even ing from HubortUBstocrf , He was met at the station by the empress and General von AVlttlch nnd ether olllclals. Ho wus enthusi astically cheered by tbo people on the streets as ho drove to tbo castlo. Ho looked well and showed no traces of his recent lllneis. Ills attendants state that the cold from which ho suffered only slightly affected his respira tion. He dally took bard pallops through the forest roads. Ho has not been troubled with his ear malady , the attendants say , for weeks , Tbo Dosconton Goselltcbaft , with the Rothschilds of London , are maklnir arrange ments to Issue in May au Auslrc-Hungarian gold loan of 100,000,000 llorlni. Arreitt-d turu Horrible Crime. The case of tbo Ameilcuti , W. U. Whitney , wlio wns arrested last wcok , is assuming the proportions of n most gross Rcnndnl , Long ' prior to his arrest the pollco were warned through anarchists that men addicted to un natural offenses met In a certain restaurant. The place wn watched , nnd . it was found that n company of forty-llvo men , many of whom were nttlrod in women's clothes , hnd assembled In the res taurant , whore n mock marriage ceremony wns being performed with Whitney ns the bride , dressed in whlto sntln. The bride groom wns nn ox-cavalry prlvnto. Dr. Snal , n Gorman-American , noted ( is tbo clergyman. The place was ndornod nnd nn altar hnd boon erected. The ceremony was Interrupted and stepped by the detectives. The parties concerned , however , were allowed to go. Subsequent orgies rcnwoko the authorities nnd caused the arrest of Whltnoy on the specific charge of having committed n foul offense. It is said thnt U hltney's annual Income Is $ > , OUO. Ball was refused In his case. ACTii > MKIJ A GKNTI.i.MA > . Troulilo Surgeon Urines < < ot Into mid How llu Itrudcd OIV ii Dukr. ICnmtoMcilWHuiJumts ( lordnnlemteU.l LONDON , March IT. [ New York Herald Cable Special to TUB Dec. ] bomo months go the European edition of the Herald lalled attention to ono of tbo worst cases of njustlco tbnt ever occurred , oven in the Brills war ofllco , and to the Ijcrald the Dulco f Cambridge may ascrlboono of the hardest 'aps ' ho over received ever the knuckles. In 8T5 young Surgeon Brigcs , Just 21 , entered .he army. Two years later ho was In India nd served In the A f chains tan war. Hens , vlth the Nile expedition in 1SS4 , taking part n the famous desert march for the relief of Gordon Pasha. On his return ho was promot- d to bo surgeon major for brilliant services n tbo Held , bolng put ever the heads of over 'orty surtrcons , and later was sent to India n ocoud tltno on the staff of the governor of tladrns , Lord Connomaru , who had Just been alsed to the pooraso. For two and n half years Brlggi was with yonnomara , when ttio lattor's wife , who was ho oldest daughter of the marquis of Dal- louslo , began proceedings for divorce. Con- lomara filed a counter suit implicating Briggs , who Immediately cnmo to England o llgnt the caso. That there was no foundn- lon for Couuernara's accusation is plain rom tho'fact that Briggs insisted on nnd ob- nlncd n wrltton npologv from Connomnra. Notwithstanding this the charges wore re peated. In order to bo bore when the trial came up , Briggs asked for leave , but instead ivas appointed to n far-olt Irish station with nstructions thnt no leave would be given. Its onlv course to pursue when the trial was at hand wns to place his commission in tbo director general's hands before the dulio of amdndco would permit him to coma to iondon nnd Doforo the trial came up , bo was poromtorily ordered back to India. Cam bridge was inexorable and Dr. Brlpgs was obliged to resign , although nt throb years moro would have been entitled to retire on n pension of 1 per day. When the trial was over and Connemora had lost his case. Dr. Briggs asked for rein statement. Air. Lockwood , M. P. , took up the case nnd his royal hlghnesi reinstated the surgeon , but with the loss uf pay and any allowances for ono year , with the same loss of time toward retirement and pension. Besides thirty-live olllcors being put over his bend thus , ho was deprived of tbo nd- I'nntnges gained by his bravery lu the Soudan. No man of any sol ; respect would stand this , and thus for the second time Briggs was driven out of the army. The Herald hero lookup the caso. Other papers were afraid to critlciso the duke when Parliament opened. Dr. Briggs with Dull- dog pluck began to haunt the corridors of tbo house. It looked like a perfectly hopeless case until the question was 11 n ally raised in house , when Stanhopo confessed ho was unaware - aware of the facts of the cuso and said , 'Briggs ' shall not suffer loss as regards position or promotion In consequence of an act which nny gentleman is bound to per form. Briggs will therefore bo restored to tbo seniority ho hold before retiromont. " Now the papers which were previously afraid to attack the duke are coming out to day with vehement outbursts of indignation , and loudly call on the old man to retire , too. < icnuiin I'lilltU's. LONDON , March 20. The Berlin corre spondent to the Times telegraph ! ; : "Tho withdrawal of the support of tbo center party will compel the government to rely on tbo national liberals , who , if able to impose a liberal program , will recover tbo cround they lost in the last general elections. It doubtful If Von Eulonburg , the now presl dent of the Prussian council , will care to place his party under the dictation of Von Bcnnigftoo. Liberals forsco the government will direct its efforts toward the conciliation of the center party. lCiijluml mid the W-orld'ii Fair. LONDON , March 20. The Morning Post soys : "Wo hope that tbo force of public opinion will induce the treasury to increase the grant to provide for n worthy British ex hibition at Chicago. Our notion in the matter - tor contrasts very unfavorably "with that of ether countries.1 Princess Christian presided at the meeting hold today of tbo ladles com en it too of the Chicago World's fair. Ladles Salisbury , Knutsford nud Aberdeen were present , Arn'strcl Tor Inrltlnn IlliilH. LONDON , March SO. The Times' Shanghai correspondent snys that the Tslatig l Yameu ( the Chinese foreign ofllco ) urgoil by tbo foreign minister * nt Pelt In has ordered the viceroy of Chang Chi to arrest Chan Han Van , ofllcially responsible for the spreading of anti-foreign literature. , Dillon Wn Not Consulted. DUIIUS , March 20. Dillon declares bo was not consulted In regard to the amalgamation of the Freeman's Journal uud the Natlona Press aud does not think the amalgamation will attain the desired objects , Mny Indict ltiillro.nl Men. CniCAQO , 111. , March 20. The fedora grand Jury will bo convened next month , am U is hinted that District Attorney Mllchris will lay baforo tbo Invostlirators como now and startling facts calculated to get certain railroad freight agents Into trouble for dis crimination In favor of the largo shippers The indlctmeutA returned agaiimt bovcra shippers and railroad men several month ao , seem to have been of llttlo or no vnlu as a warning to others , und complaints are made that the heavy shippers aru mill got Ungbucu advantages in rules that the ! small competitors are unable to do any bust ness. This state of affniN the unfavored ones are resisting. Special Atfont Kratch m r of the interstate coiumomt coraniixsloi hus been In consultation ulth tbo district at torney for suverul days , nnd it Is supposed that Important ovidonoo is being prepared , Khouil Ororeo WnHliliiftton'a lfor o , WILMINGTON , Del. , March 20. Louis Foil , the father of fourteen children , ana who snood a horse ridden by Goorso Washington , died hero last night , ngad Oo. Ho had ooen married soventy-ono years , and his wile. aged W , survives blin. 300,000 bars Union soap sold in No brus'cu lubtinonUi. It's the lust. ( INI ) YOU HAVE READ ABOUT Yesterday's ' Storm Was a Real One of the Old-Timo Brand. DAMAGE DONE TO ALL KINDS OF WIRES TelegrnphlrnmlTelcplioiilc Commitment Ion Kntlrclv .Suspended Street Itiilhuiy Trnlllr Itlockcd nml IMcclrlc Light hcnlco Discontinued , About 7 o'clock yesterday morning tlio rnln vhlch had boutun ilown all uleht changed to now. Such usnow 1 Not ono of the line , sitting , drifting , bll/zardy sort that Mils the gutters and loaves the streets bare , bub a raal old- ashtoncd downfall of huuo feathery Hakes batdnnccd and lloatodnudcddlcu in roslluss , bewildering , limitless clouds. It banked the tracts with snowy pillows which the fodt ot Iripplng bedraggled humanity tramped Into iiclancholy sogglnoss ; It gloriflaa the trees and draped every lodge nnd roof with glls- onlng festoons ; It transformed the unsightly loins Into forests of whlto shafts nnd tbo ivorhnnglng wires Into silvery gossamer vobs , and it trnnsformcd ordinarily good mturcd humanity Into wrutchoa snow cnlglcs with depressing rlvulots trickling down tholr backs nud * footwear that went 'stjusb. " Solitary pqllconion ourrbwod into sholtcrod doorways , burled their bands n their pockets and their noses in tholr coat collars and patiently shifted from foot to foot while "tho beautiful" banked slowlup about their feet , over tholr shoulders , over their helmets and , molting- , trickled away nth spring tima gladness over the spots that wore warmest. Motors ( Jiive. It up I'arly. Foratimotho motor trains , with spite fully Hashing trolleys , struggled and groaned at the slippery grades , but by 10 o'clock ravel on all except the Hanscom park line lad been entirely suspended. The South Omaha and Sherman avenue street car line became blocked about 10 o'clock. The sweeper bad not boon over tbo Ino , and a north-bound car found the snow so heavy as to bo unable to pass Williams. Other following , trains tried to force a pas sage , but several motors wore burned out In the attempt , nud at noon fourteen oars lay there dead in line and there they still re main , while single trains nro stranded at irregular intervals over all the lines und in all parts of the city. The cable demonstrated its superiority for stormy weather service and kept running , though all tbo other lines were shut down and the current turned off. An unexpected accident , however. Interrupted cable travel fora tlmo justas completely an tboueh the storm had gotten in its work directly. Owing to the heavy track and tbo clogging and binding of tbo grip in the cable slot , the In creased strain caused a partial parting of tbo rablo. Several of the strands broke , but before - fore the wreck was complete tbo power was shut down , The rope was cut in the power bouse and some 200 foot of the woatt portion taken out. A now section was spliced in and in three hourj the line was ugaln In op eration. jii : > c-trlt ) CurrmiU Shut On" . The motor systems were not "knocked out , " as it would hava boon possible to have kept them In operation for some time after they w ro shut down , but the current was turned off lit the urgent request of tbo telephone - phone nnd telegraph companies , which were apprehensive of great damage to their switchboards and instruments from the heavier current , which was llnblo at anv minute to bo cut into their ofllces through the brouen wires that were dangling and swinging in all directions. 'I be sumo request was in ado of the olnctrlo light company and It was oollelnglv com plied with , so that after 10 : ! )0 ) o'clock there was not u "live" wira of high potential cur- rani in tbo city , But for this tires and fatalities would undoubtcdlv hava been numerous , and there was a variety of reports aa it was. All sorts of rumors of dead men and horses wore afloat , which could bo noiibur confirmed nor denied for lack ot moans of communica tion. tion.Thoro There was consternation In the telephone exchange. Tbo netuork of wires all over tbo cltv , strained by the weight of snow , snapped llbe spider webs , and bells tinkled and numbers dropped in bewildering con fusion , Now uud then a Homing shred of wire would lettlo down over some of the motor company's "hot" trollay wires , when there would folio win the exchange ullosb , a shriek and ODD of the hello girls would promptly throw up her lob. By 10 o'clock all work over the wires bad ceased. Telephone JVoiIo | I.inu lieuly , Atuoon loss tbau 100 of tb .11,80 tola- phones in the -titv w rB working nnd the company had aiMtnlnad , MI estimated loss of nearly if not quite M0,00 * . Not an outside connection could bo tecured , ns ono bv ono the wires irom ether towns had yielded to the fury of the stornu f The snapping Of Pfles from inability to boar the tremendous tbxtrn weight thrown upon them became familiar sound during the morning hours. From reports ot the llnainnn , which aru bv po moans complete , it was learned that there were thirty broken poles on Lcavonworth street , eighteen on St. Mary's nvcnuo nnd twenty-two on Curalng street , whllo tbo wires on Farnom street were tangled nnd twisted in almost inextric able confusion. All over the cltv poles nro broken nnd the wlroi twisted. The company's linemen were at work all day , but oven after the storm ceased ntU o'clock , they could do little toward repairing the damage , as their whole attention was directed toward getting their wires clcnrca from these of the motor nnd electric light companies , nnd oven in this di rection tbov had hardly made more than a fair start when the mantle of night foil over the cltv. It will bo at least three days before - fore anything llko ordinary work can bo done nt the central oftlce , nnd much longer than that before tbo service is restored to its former high degree of pltlcioaoy. humpies of the HIM or. Both telephone and motor-wires onVcst Lcavonworth street nro badly domorallrcdi Nearly every ether polo for from four to live blocks cast of Park avenue Is prostrate , whllo others are tottering aud will have to bo replaced. At 'ho corner of Lcnv- cuworth nnd Park nvenuo there 1 ; sad havoc. A * Inrgo polo carrying not less than 100 telephone wires broke under the extraordinary wclzht nnd tell over upon the motor wires , not only breaking every metallic circuit but completely blockading thostrootuntll 5o'clocirwbeii ' ; thollncmcn had cut away the wires to unable pedestrians to nass. On the cast'sldo of Pork avenue and in front of the brick bloc'that ! fronts on Leavcnworth street another heavy polo had fallen , completely obstructing the sidewalk nnd entrance ways iilto the stoic-iooms. From this point east to Gcbrftla avenue the wires and poles were all down upon the ground. Across Ueorgla nvenuo"tho wires formed n. fence , totally shutting out nil vehicles nnd rendering It'dlfllcult for pedestrians to pass. Worked from Council mulls. The telegraph companies woroalsonotonly seriously inconvenienced butsustaincd heavy losse ? oa account of the storm. Every ono of the eighty wires leading to theofllro of the Western Union company were useless. Tlio company's ' wires wcro working from the Bluff s east , however , and MunngorUnistcdscntovcr a largo force of operators mid arranged nt once for a continuous tnotscnaor service be tween the Bluffs and tno Omaha ofllco , so that the more Important business of the day was taken care of. As , the bridge motor sery- ice was abandoned early in the day a line of livery buggies was put on to carry the mes sengers back nnd lortfi , nnd even when the storm was at Its height ; the blue coatrd lads and their drivers \yQro.cndenvorlng to make time on tholr unptooaHut , trips. So severe was the storm and so strong \\cro the 'gusts thnt drove the bllndinrf flakes that together with the slippery and neavy footinir. n slngm round trip was sufficient to o mpl rly exhaust n pair of horaps even though tho'r load was only a llsht , bugiry and two pasbot.- gors , ono of whom was , a boy. bo confined to a torrltorv within n radius of thirty to tlftv miles of Omaha. A mounted messenger service wus aUo maintained be tween this city and South Omaha during the afternoon nnd night to attend to the business of the packing houses nnd stock yards. The poles of the Postal Telegraph com pany seemed to Mnnd the storm bettor , ns there were fewer wires , nnd therefore loss weight on thorn. Communication wns en tirely cut off for n time , however , nnd last night there wns not n wire , either telegrapher or telephone , working out of the city in nny direction. I'ulso I'lro AtnruiR l'rriiirnt. | The flro department horse * cnnio in for tholr shnro of excitement. The crossing nnd recrossliig of the many currents nnd wires kept sending in nlnrm nftcr alarm till the an imals became nearly frantic. Last night there were hardly nny ot the tire alarm boxes working us the poles on some of the circuits were down for blocks. Superintendent Coulton of the flro and pollco alarm worked with several gangs of linemen during the en tire afternoon nnd night to get the wires raised temporarily nnd In something -llko wonting order. Acting Chief Sailor , with Assistants Barnes nnd Graves remained at headquarters all night. The central flro station wns cut off from telephonic communication with nil of the otbor engine houses except Nos , 'J , 0 nnd II. Chief Salter ordered the firemen nt every house to patrol tbo blocks in which tbo house was situated all night to detect possible tires and to bo ready for any alarms that might conn In any manner whatever. Temporary poles for the flro alarm wires will bo put up today , but it will take some time to thoroughly ropalr thq damage , as there nro loU miles of flro and police line , and all of it is in trouble. Only llvo of the pollco patrol boxes were working last evening. The night patrolmen were instructed at roll cnll to at ouco pull the box on their boats in case of lire , then to tclophono to the station , nnd if neither call seemed to ivork satisfactorily , to run at. once to the uoarost onglno house. Itiillronits Snllcr Also , L. H. ICorty , superintendent of telegraph of the Union Pacific , was ono of the busiest men In town during tno day. Ho said that every lineman available had been put to work rebuilding the prostrate wires. The train dispatchers were sent outto t'apiltlon early in the dav , where the trains worn dispatched wlthoqt Interruption , wires west of thnt point being in fair condition , i'ho wires of nil the railroad companies suffered greatly throughout the city. At ( i o'clock only two railroad wires were working east from Council Ulufls , nnd they were occupied constantly. No press or commercial busi ness could bo handled up to that timo. All telegraphic communication to the south and west was cut off save ono railroad wire on the Union Pacilic. Before communication wus cutoff a heavy stortn in Colorado was reported but particular- ) could not be learned. On the Union Paclllo no freight trains vvcro started out , the track being hold open exclusively for passcncer trafllc. There wns no very grant delay reported to passenger trains. , Toward noon the temperature dropped several decrees and the rising wind drove the snow in stringing hori/ontnl line * , which soon cleared the streets of all except these who were compelled to bo out. Some fears were expressed that lifo may bo lost ir. the country. Though the day was cpt wire burned the animal's sldo In a horrl' < lo manner lllKh Wlml on tlir Vliitlurl. The tnll poles thnt carry the wires over the Tenth street vinduct succumbed to tlio im mense weight thrown upon thorn nnd gnvo way , seriously Interfering with viaduct travel , Hnlf rtdoyon ot the tnlloUot the tolophonn poles on l-'nrnam and Fifteenth streets were snapped off at the top nnd only hold In posi tion by tin wires. The plan recently put Into effect of splicing out poles with iron arm extensions proved to bo impracticable , as the metal collapsed under the strain nnd bent almost double throwing the wires over against ndlncent building * . Linemen were In great demand among nil the wira companies nnd comparatively new men commanded Ki n day with no oinbnrrns- sinir questions nskjd ns to competency or ex perience. I'romnn nillrl it Standpoint. , Observer Bnsslor had much dlfllculty In obtaining reports from outside points , but innrncd that tbo storm center wus in Iowa nnd Northern Missouri. Yestordnv's temperature ns showed at the local forecast station was us follows : Tn. m. , : io = : 10 n. m. , : M = ; 1 p. m. , 3(5 ( = . His report last evening was ns follows ! Onlnit to the rcmuikiiblo storm iitovnlllni ; during the diiy tin tolivraphlo tepurts liavo been recohetl this evonlnc , mid no fotucnst for Snmlnv based upon tbo latest reports can therefore be made. Ilul jmlulns : from this morning's icportsiind purely local Indications It IS still thniiRlit tlntt dealing tu fair nnd MMiiowlmt colder weather will prevail in this vicinity Sunday. Thosnownml inln amounted to 1.07 Inch , which puts the proclnltatiun sin to January 1 nearly u quarter of an Inch In ex cess of the normal. ' Motors Will Mo\r Toil'iy. It wns supposed thnt the motors would bo in operation last evening , but Mayor Bomls requested thnt no current bo turned on until the overhanging wires had boon so removed ns to obvlnto the danger thnt threatened from the position they were In. For that reason the cars were not started , but Secre tary Goodrich stilted during the evening thnt ho thought vigorous work on the part of the employes of other electric companies would put them in shape to turn their wheels us usual today. In the main , the city wns dark Inst night , ns the electric light company turned the cur rent on only two of their nrc-llght circuits , and these were for the nccommodatlon of some of the business houses. Not a street nrc light was burning , nnd the streets were oven morn desolnto on that account. Several of the incandescent circuits were in opera tion , but the effect of the temporary shut down of the major portion of the electric lighilng plant was outwardly visible in nil parts of the city , nud will undoubtedly very materially affect the monthly leading of the meters of , lho gas company. Strange ns it may seem the hotels were crowded last night with the traveling public. One or fvo of the principal nouses were obliged to turn people away for want of ac commodations. This may bo accounted for by the fnct that many traveling men who In tended leaving the citv yostcrdnv'moi'ning were prevented from dolns so , whllo many who were oirrouto stopped off In Omaha to keep out of u probable blockade on the road. Strangers from all parts of the country are in the city nnd tnoy sny generally thnt It wns * " J--1-- -M- * * - * * - - - * -f - . -C"Jyi - - . -gy * * - j ; - _ L-S---1 - - - 4 BETWIXT THE RIVAL. WAVES. When the snow fall ceased the motor com pany cleared Its tracks' and again got its cars in operation , though ; It van them west only ns far as Tenth street , being uuablo to run around the loop , tba , power for which Is lur- ulshod * by the Omatm-Streel Hallway com pany. As soon as the cars re in mod opera tions , the Wostctn Unjoa's livery line wus dlscontlnued.and ovur.Y cnrdurlng the whole afternoon and up to midnight carried a tele graph messenger. Afver.that hour , when the cars stopped runntag.jvinounted messenger service was put on. i THftfruplilnciUaiUir Ullllriiltlen , The Wcsloru Union , * ynpany had.t > vclvo wires warning to Chicago , two to St. Louis and live to Kansas Uittr ; but not a wire was \vorltlniroutofOmaboj TUB Br.u's specials and press report , woriu.received ut Council Bluffs and transfernjd'mcross' ' the river by messengers us rapldljrr&s possible to the edi torial rooms. t The bulk of the day ; * commercial business was not handled until.nearly night , and lat > t evening ever 5' > J business messages , had ac cumulated at the telegraph oftlccs waiting to DO delivered todayi j The wires of the .company were sadly tan gled on this sldo of tbo river , both on Kar- nam street und near the corner of Nintti and Jono3 , but the really serious trouble was on the Iowa -shore , as'the wires were almost completely prostrated from the rlvor to tbo transfer. tt'orfy-elL'h.t poles were biiapped lu twain aud lay hall pUnod in the snow , whllo there was any T amount of chaos and disorder betweeu ih ? transfer ami tbo Bluffs uptown ofllco. Tiid company put twenty-aye linemen to work yesterday afternoon to btralghtoa out the tangle , und llvo moro gancs are now outbuyav Jiero from Chi cago. They wiirtrrlvo this nioruin ? , and today the company \vlll liavo seventy-live men atvorlt crueling two sets of short poles , upon which to temporarily tiring the pioi- trato wires. I iftaenjD ( the Oinauu operates ; were kept atcdrk , all night in Council Bluffe. und thq working tyfroi were kept hot. The trouble from the utonu seemed to cold , tbo immense fall of snow has been driven ever the open prairies with such blinding fury that travel must DO almost im possible. Turned Into Itilln. 'At ; ) o'clock n cold drizzling rain was fall ing , and the strecls were In an impassable condition. Floods of water and slush cov ered the crossings nnd not more than halt a dozen vehicles could bo soon on the whole length of Parnain street. Half of the tnll telephone poles with their weight of hun dreds of snow-laden wires were twisted nnd broken nnd in some cases leaned up against adjacent buildings. Broken wires hung In loops to the sidewalks or lay in tangled masses across the street , whllo these over head were tu alniost Inextricable confusion. Line men were at work with long poles knocking off the snow and mlnlaturo avu- lanchos splashed down into the slush below or ever the devoted heads of the pedestrians continually. Knocked u To.lnl Uotui. One of the most serious accidents of t ho day happened nt the Dallono hold , A lino1 span of horses attached to a carriage belong ing to the 1'alauo livery barn happened to be standing directly under a fulling telephone wire which broke off with the weight of snow. Tno borso upon which tbo wire fell was knorited down and tbo otbor horse also lost his footing nnd full. Ttie broluin ivlro lay across nn electric 'lightlro thus giving It a heavy charge and the poor brnlo Jay at full length upon thu Instrument of torture. Tbo other IIONB received consid erable of a shock by coming in contact with fie animal touching the wire. The driver ran into tbo hotel and got n hatchet as qulcklv as possible and cut the wire. The current was not sufllclent to kill but It paralyzed the horse so that bo could not rise for some tltne. The anitral was finally potion up and led nway to the stable , but ho ap peared to bo very seriously Injured. The the severest March storm they hnd ever wit nessed. South Oiimlm Deinonillrcd , The storm played havoo generally with South Omaha yesterday morning. The flro alarm system uas temporarily wrecked , and as onlv a % few telephone ! can bo reached it would b a ulmostlmposslblo to turn In a lira uturm from most parts of tbo city , The electric light company's wires suffered most. Their wires are completely down. Flvo poles In succet- sion sro broken entirely off on Twenty- seventh street and ibo wires uro scattered nil over the street. The American District Telephone systems are dUoftforrd and no tclophono connection lias bean made with Omnhasinceycslordnv niorninir. Konunately no ono was injured by the falling poles nml wires , George Brewer wus caught in a tnnglo of falling wires at Tivontv-sevontli and N streets but was not Injured. Hit. silk umbrella was torn Into shreds , The falling snow from wires nnd roofs occasioned considerable inconvenience to pedestrians. City Treasurer Tom Doctor wus caught under nbout n wagon loud of ttoft slush which nearly smothered him , The motors stepped running at 10 o'clock but will probably bo started cgaln today. Opinion of mi J.'iiKlliIi Admiral , NEW YOUK , March 27. Admiral Selwvn of the British navy , who Is hero cnrouto to Mexico , said today : "Thoro will bo no wai between England and tbo United States , no mutter what the outlook portends. " Ho thought politics might bo played a llttlo , pending a ROttlemont of the question of sea ' llmiu' v Ills .Sentence. x , D. C. , March 2(1. ( The presi dent has mitigated the sentence of the couri marllal In the cat > o of Major Charles B Throckmortoifto suspjnilou from rank unc und duty for five joars on half pay. NflANGER OF WAR Rather Not Disturb the States' Sails. & 0tt CAUSING THE TROUBLE Her Majesty's Subjects To Not Compre hend the Situation , ANXIOUS TO SEE THE CORRESPONDENCE Nothing Official Yet Given to the English Public. DETAILS PROMISED FOR' TOMORROW lUpnxltlnn of tlio Aristocracy of ( lu'iib llrltnlii to rrotokn Strife Olftvt Ity the Ainlrublo reeling ol thu Common People , [ CnpiirtoMtil tsntiuCHUM minimi Itcnnrtl. \ LONDON , March ' . ' 0. [ Now Yorlc Herald Cable Sncolal to Tun Bnu.J The strained relations between the United States nud jront Britain on the Bering son question begin to cause n good deal of uneasiness among well informed por.soin here , but foe otno reason or oilier the Philadelphia cor- ospondent of the Times bollltlos the whole controversy day nftor day nud snys : "Tho subjont hits failed to nrouso much nterost among the American people. " This encourages the ndvocutos of the logged policy of "nosurramlor" to persevere n their conrso and con linns them in tholr lollof thnt the president nud serial' ) are noroly engaged In carrying out un election eering dodge. Thn statement of the Tinus correspondent Is ccrtulnly not continued by ho quotations from thu American press , vhlch some members of Parliament obtained rom friends. These clearly show that the controversy is regarded ns ono of the great est importance by the people of the United States , nnd it is a pity this/act is not put in an nuthorllnllvo manner before the British public. I have reason to believe , howovcr , thnt the government is not underrating the dls- lulc. They nro very anxious to ardvo at u settlement nnd think they would DO able to do so If it wore not for the "JlngooM'1 In anacla ns well as in the United States , 'i'liis cluss is not largely representative in Eng land , for no section of the English people worth mentioning would look upon the prob ability of wnr with the Uniled Slates without - out horror. Wlicru Cannda I'i/furos , Canadian pressure is very strong ana naturally must hava some affect upon the mtulstey > nswoli ; ns upon Parliament. There is absolutely no political advantage to bo gained for nny parly in this country by quarreling with the United States. On the contrary , the ministry which places two countries in peril of wur on such a question as ,1)10 ) seal fisheries would undoubtedly wreck itself nnd thai speedily. But much is to bo feared from the ignor ance of the gront body of the English people concerning these questions nt Issue , for they cannot bo expected to read the blue booki containing the correspondence , und they uc- ccpt the newspaper version of what is come .on. That , as a rule , represents tlio United Stales as having no case , nnd being deter mined only to forcj England Into n humiliat ing position. Mjunwhile uono of the cor respondence between the two governments has been allowed to see the light , although It has boon published In the United State ; . Wo uro all In the dark ns to tbo true nntura of tbo counter proposals made by Lord Salisbury , and as to his reasons for refusing to renew tbo modus Vivendi of last year. The whole atlolr Is represented as part of the "tnll twisting business , " which always goes on with redoubled vigor when ever a presidential election is ponding. llelluvo the : Storm Will Illower. . The question put on Friday afternoon lu the ( louse of Coii.inous will ill least have the effect of accelerating the production of tha official correspondence , In fnct it is now piomiscd for Monday , although not a woul was heard of it before. Tbo undcr-secretnry for foreign affairs aUostatcd that Lord Salis bury's reply to Ilia last note received from tlio American government is still under consid eration. . As to tbo note , nothing seams to hnvo been said at Wasulngton or lu any ot the communications made to the press thora , rather indicating that the corroapandmica had , been closed and the result had boon laid before tbo senate. Wo now learn , foriho first timo. ot the note from ' .ho president still remaining un answered , I may ado that the belief Is strong in ofliclal circles that the storm will blow over und that u fair nnd reasonable compro mise will be arrived at. Wo hear of no threatening naval prepara tions on the part of tlio American govcin- ment , and consequently it Is not generally thought that the.warlike expressions whluh Jlnd utterance In various quarters are lluoly to bo translated Into action , It must ha dis tinctly reported that no party or section of a early in this country desires to see u serious mlsundcrjtnndlng with the United States on 'any ' subject whatever. A Mr.MiiKH ol' TIII : Complete li t of ( Jlmiii ; * ' " Hi" her * ( < ( * , WABiiiNurov , J > . O. , March 20. [ Special Telegram to Tin : Bi'.n.J The following ua- blgnmonts to rogimonla of ofllcor.1 recently promoted and transferi of oflleoM are or dered : Colonel Alfred Mordocoo , ordnance do- partniont , Mill proceed fiom the SprlngllCId crmory totho Watorvloituraenal , West Troy , on publlrj business In connection with thu cquipmentof the new workshop , etc. , and upon the completion of tbo a a mo will tcturu to his stutlon. The leave of ubsonco on sur- fton's ccrtlllcalo of disability granted Cup- tain Emerson II , Ltscuiu , Nineteenth infan try , February 10 , Department of the Mis souri , is extendedotiu month on surgoon'k certificate of disability. In Concrcm YnHirnliiy. WASHINGTON. I ) , C. , March 'M. The home today proceeded to tbo consldo'ratlon of pen sion bills reported favorably from tbo com- initteo of the wholo. After passing seven teen puollo building bills business was suspended , and tbo colleagues of tbo Into Congressman Splnola pro ceeded to pay tribute and respect to M * memory , Af lor speeches Oy Cockran , Cur tis , Cutmnings , Wheeler , Balden , HooUor and Cooper , the house , ns a further mark of respect to tbo memory of the deceased , ad journed. Mr. und Mm. Held hull. lUvuii.Murch CO. Minister WhltelawUelil and Mr * . Hold sailed for the Uniled Htatea this 'nornlug on the steamer