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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
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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
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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
