FHE OMAHA TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOUSING , APRIL 113 , 1802 , MUMHKR 264. STEWART TALKS OX SILVER His Ecmarks to tlio Senate in Advocacy of His Eesolutiou , ILLINOIS SENATORS ENGAGE IN A TILT Itesoliitloii Culling for Informa tion it * to Iteelprorlty u IIJi ( iermiiny nnd Jliiyll ARr ' d To In thn UOIIMJ Cooper Attempt * to i ; pluln. WASHINGTON , D. C. , April 12. The resolu tion olTercd by Stownrt yesterday In relation to iho purchase of silver nnd the coinage ot standard silver dollars was taken up. Alter an amendment by Sherman , Insert ing the words , "ami a detailed statement of the amount purchased each day , " Stewart addressed the senate on the subject. Previous to this the resolution offered by Morgap , calling for information ns to recip rocity with Germany und llnytl , was agreed to. Stownrt said if n gold standard was to bo maintained the silver net of IS'JJ ' must bo re pealed nnd the secretary of the treasury have to bo authorized to sell bonds to ac cumulate gold enough to ledccm the silver coin and paper money outstanding. No public man would dare to make such n mon strous proposition ; If , however , silver was to 1)0 maintained as money the silver in the bllvor dollar would have to bo made equally ns valuable as the gold in the gold dollar. That could only bo done through silver coinage on the same terms and conditions us the coinage of gold , Ho charged that the administration was unfnvorauly disposed toward sliver and thnt the sellers of silver to the government wcro given an opportunity to donress the prices. The resolution went over until to morrow , when Mr. Morgan will speak on it. Kleiition of United Slates Senators. The Joint resolution of Mr. Palmer , propos ing a constitutional amendment for Iho elec tion of United States senators by the people , was taken up and Mr. Chandler addressed the senate In opposition to It. He said thut thcro wns no demand for the change , Ho did not propose to gratify the farmers nlli- nnco uy voting for n constitutional amend ment lor which ho thought there was no occasion. Mr. Chandler spoke of the evil of Iho caucus government and of cmicus nomi nations , nnd uriiued that the present system of cloctmg senators was much less Hablo to fraud end abuse , and then turned his atten tion to Mr. Palmer and his political record , finding special fault with nn allusion in Mr. Palmer's tpcocli some time ago to the last election of General Logan to the senate by a trick. Ho thought that the senator might have allowed thnt distinguished man to rest quietly in his grave without attempting to put upon his name any taint whatever. rainier Krpllcs to CrllleUms ol IIU [ Cei-ord , Mr. Palmer disclaimed any idea ot rolled Itur on General Logan in thnt mauner , and gave a short history of the way In which General Logan hod been elected on thai oc casion a vacancy in a democratic legislative district having been filled through the sccrot candidacy ( unknown to the democratic voters ers ) of a republican named Weaver , who had KOIIO through the district as an insurance agent , nnd had been elected before the demo crats unow that there was any opposition iu the district. Ho had characterized this as n trick , but ho had not intimated that General Logon had had any knowledge ot it. Mr. Palmer also replied at considerable length to the remarks which Mr. Chandler had mudo , poraonal to himself , relating to Ills polillcal history. He brlelly related that history , and said that ho hnd loft the repub lican party when that party left its own principles and became a tariff and protec tionist party. Willie the republican party was Doing devoted to the tibcs for which it was made , no grander or no nobler party had existed. It was only after it fell into the hands of men who controlled it for the ad vancement of their own private Interests that It had become the foe to the country which it now was. Mr. Cullom had also something to say about the political incident which resulted in Gun oral Loffim's lust election to the senate. Ho did not know whether General Logan knew nnythlntr about it , but to knew thai it had I/eon known that there had been corrupt ness. Ho also criticised Mr. Palmer'd politi cal record. After the Illinois branch of Iho division had continued for an hour , Mr. Ilawloy ex pressed the opinion that what took pluco In Illinois twenty-live or thirty years ugo was of little importance now. "Let us , " said Mr. Ilnwloy , "go to the calendar. " The joint resolution for n constitutional amendment was referred to the committee on privileges ami elections , and the senate , hav ing passed a number of bills on the calendar , adjourned. IN TIM : nou.si : . Cooper llxplnlin IIU'oiincetlon with reu nion I'rniKlN Other llimlneKs. \VASiiiNfiTo : ; , D. C. . April 12. The senoto amendments to the Indian appropriation bill was non-concurred In. On motion of Hayes of Iowa the bill passed , authorizing the Illinois and Iowa Hallway nnd Terminal company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi river ut Molino. Allen of Mississippi asked thu unanimous consent of the house to the present con sideration of the Joint resolution appropriat ing .f.'jO.OOO for the purchase and distribution of subsistence btorcs to sufferers from the overflow ot tuoTomulgbeo river and tribu taries , Klliroro of Taxn % objected nud the resolu tion was referred , Cooper TiIrs to i\plalu. : Cooper of Indiana madoa personal explana tion relative to the testimony taken by the Huum Investigating committee , and proceed ing , criticised the pension ofilcc , when ho was interrupted by LI mi of Minnesota with Iho point of order that It was against llrj rules of the house to discuss an Issue which was being Investigated. Cooper wns allowed to proceed , but wns shortly nftor. In criticising Commissioner Kitum , called to order by Hopkins of Illinois. Ho niado allusion to "spies and creatures" 01 Itnur.i , and was aculn called to order ny Bur rows of Michigan , and later on by Johnson ot Indiana , llo proceeded with continued Interruption ! ) , and the speaker finally said the gentleman's renmrus were addressed more to assailing Kuum than an&worlng any charges made against himself. Mr , Cooper was finally permitted to conclude without furlhtir Interruption. Messrs. Peel , Allen and Wilson of Wash ington wcro appointed conferees on the In dian Appropriation bill. The house then wont into committee ot the whole , Mr. O'Fnrroll of Virginia In the chair , on tluiurscnt deficiency bill , Taking advantage of the si-opo given to general debate , Mr. Bland brought up the bllvor riut-siicn by sending to Iho clerk's desk ami having read thn letter of Senator Pal mer to n Chicago paper , In which ho de clared that the Blond bill is not a frco coln- ngo measure. Hu ( .Mr. Blund ) did uot fear the accusation of beins actuated by a silver ring , Tnoro were other rings in this coun try ; nnd when gentlemen declined to listen to tno vnlca of iho people and listened to ibe tickers of Wall street , they belonged to the gold ring. The silver bill was not in the in- tcrest of n silver ring , but in ibo iniere > t of the great masses of the people. Tlio committcu then rosn nnd ibo bill passed. It appropriates 1,012,030. Tito house again went Intoroi.-unittco of the whole , Mr. Shlvely in thu chulr , on the naval appropriation bill. Without notion the com- iulttci'voo and the house adjourned , \ViuIilnxlnii Nor * Notes , WASIII.SOTON , 1) . C. , April I'j. Seunr Helot Pora/a , the Venezuelan minister at Wash ington , has received the following cubic from the Venezuela minister of forulhrn affairs , dntdl Caracas , April 12 : "Ponco 1 assured. General uuuqutliiy prevails throughout tui country , " Tbo i > i'c Mout today isiuoii a proclamation opening to settlement on April 10 , 1802 , .it noon , the surplus lands of the Choycnno and Arapahoe Indian reservation in Oklahoma. The examination of Mr. hutherland of the 1 reasury department by the subcommittee ot the house appropriation committee showed that ot thu new money appropriated for the government tmlldlng nt tuo World's fair the disbursing clerk of the treasury had received $1,100 In cotnmUilons. The subcommittee ) will Inquire lute thii matter , to see whether there bo any authority of law for the pay ment of commissions to a government dis bursing ngcnt. Chief Clerk StooK of tbo Treasury department testified with reference to the treasury statement showing that a large part of the ? tl.)0J ( ( ) ( appropriated for Ibis purpose nail been expended In sending abroad about a dozen persons , who each received advances to cover expenses. COOl'KIt ON TUB .STAND. lln Kxplnlns Ills Connection with 1'ciulon Cunca. WASHINGTON' , U. C. , April 12. Cooper today made a statement baforo the pension ofllco Investigation committee in denial and In explanation of the charges made against him by Commissioner Hauin. Ho said ho would neither excuse nor Justify Horaoy'a conduct , and ho bud not the slightest respon sibility therefor. Ho suld nut of town attor neys could not learn the status of tholr cases except by colling to their aid members of congress or corroipondlng with the bureau ; that the pension oftlco Ignored the letters and complaints ot attorneys , and ho submitted letters complaining Unit the whole sys tem was workoJ for the bcnollt of Washington city. Ho said that Kaum's pol- cy In putting all the business In the hiuids of Washington attorneys , among whom was his son and the endorsers of his notes , was 11 more harmful debauchery of the public service than one who abused the conlldonco of a congressman by supplying for piy In formation about cases , still ho had no excuse to make for such persons , and that Hcrscy's conduct was without his ( Cooper's ) knowl edge or consent. On September last Horsey was abusing witness' confidence , and yet Iinttm , instead of telling him , had done everything in his power to have Horsey bribed in the hope that ho might entrap wit ness ; that ha spread a net over two or three states and called spies and informers into requisition. It was fnlso that ho told Morgan Hersoy would work for him for pay , and witness denied ho ever asked or accepted a cent for service growing out of his connec tion with public alTnirs. Cooper then referred to the charge that ho had authorized Maring & Slushcrs to print his signature on thousands of Imitation slip- and said Marlng came to htm and said ho desired to use witness' name In calling up cases of "tho boys. " Witness knew noth ing of the pension laws at that time , and on Maring's representation that it was a usual thing and tbo exhibition of n card sienrd by Senator Turple gave his consent , but with the understanding that the privilege wns to bo used only for soldiers in witness' district. Learning afterwards that Mnrimr was callIng - Ing up cases from all over the country ho wrote Tanner , expressly llmttlne the privi lege to soldiers of his district. Haum either destroyed or suppressed tho-whole of this correspondence. If it was produced , Kaum's criticism would bo answered in advance. In record to the affidavit of David L. Gltt , which Kaum submitted , to the effect that Commissioner 151ack had thrown 5,000 of witness' slips Into the waste bosket. Cooper said ho did not become a congressman until UlacU wont out of ofllre. Cooper said liunm wns guilty of a deliber ate falsehood in calling attention to Hcrsoy's use of witness' nnmo on call slips , and say- ng ho made no discovery of the use of any ther member's nnmo , when the very papers ho filed showed llvo other members' names used. Cooper said while It was stated that 40.000 slips wore printed in bis name , the printer testified that only 5,000 were printed. Witness submitted letters between himself and Con.mlssloner Tanner , showing that ho had sent a sample slip to Tanner , asking him if it was proper for him to give attorneys permission to use their. The next loiter was ono from 'Cooper , directing Mnrmg & Slasher to discontinue thn use of thu slips. When Mr. Cooper linlshed giving his testi mony the commltioo adjourned. Tallied lor thu Appropriation. WASIIIXI-.TON- C. , April 12. Tbo World's fair committee met tills morning and heard arguments in support of the bill appropriat ing ST.fiOO.OOO to aid the World's fair. John Hoyd Thatcher of Now York and Vlco Presi dent Odcll of the Chicago directory spoke in favor of the bill. 2'llEIK THA UK IS .IIUKIIKK. Arrest of Annrrlilsts In ItrooUlyii Charged with Numerous liiciMidhirlsiiii. Nnw YOIIK , April 12. The existence of a gang of Incendiaries and anarchists who have been starting iiros In tenement houses in Urooklyn since January 1st was demon strated to Jay , Two men nro under arrest and ono of the accomplices of the gang hni made n full confession. Tlio pmn was to arrange with dwellers In tenement hous'os who were over Insured to burn property fern n percentage of the insurance money. The incendiary lire which led to the arrest ot the two men now in jail was started iU the rooms of Gottlieb Stein bronncr on March 2' ' ) . The ( lames were checked before they had done much damage. After the lira had been put ojt Kiro Marshal Lewis found in thu rooms thrco bladders tilled with strange comnustiblcs. Most of tlio furniture had boon taken away. What was loft was not worth more than 10. Stelnbrenner was in sured for SlOtl In the Guurdian company. Steinbromicr was arrested and confessed thnt the residence was set on lire bv a volatile tile combustible held In n kind of bladder with a fuse attached. Hu namcu Herman Alnrccbt as the prime mover in the con spiracj. ns thu person who nupplled the material for causing tbo lire and who was to rccuivo f " > 0 when Stombrenncr collected his insurance' . Albrccht was also arrested. Ho denies having fired th tenement mont nimsolf. Ho soys that a Pomr gue.so nmirchlst wont with him to the place and after ho ( Albrccht ) hnd unlocked the door the Portuguese wont in and lighted ono of the fuses , John Schcibol and Bertha Sdieiuol and their four lltlln children occu pied the rooms directly back of Stolnbron- ncr'.s. Had the explosion occurred as do- Mgncd all would 1m vo probably been killed. There were about twenty tenants in tbo building , which was 11 thrcc-itory brick structure , when the iStolnbronner teuomonl was fired. Albrechtri an anarchist well known to tbo pollco of Brooklyn. Ho has a delimit man ner. Ho told Doloctivo Campbell ho met the Portuguese In this city ami planned to burn , kill and pillage in nccoraiinco with an- archlst Ucas , Ho pretends not to know the Portuguese's name. The p dice ar.i looking for lilti ) . ami if ha has not already cscupou they expect to put him In n few tln.vs , Aibrccht It a louder In the Wllluimsh anarchist colony , to whom the murder of Mri , llesclunsky and her son lust , December were traced , Albrccht's Portucucso nccoin pllce , Iho pollco say , U uu vxpevloncoil nn nrchlst. iii ; : thriml.i | ) Hliorlis In XCMV Voile , A MI A NY , N. Y. , April 1'J. Two cartbijuako shocks were felt In this and adjoining conn ties shortly before noon , In some places tbo bhoeks were so snrero as to ratlla crockery , throw down p'.aator and send people in panto Into the atrcutu. U'lii'A , N. Y , . April 13. Tv.-o quite severe carthquHKo thocks WCM felt ID this rit > about noon , both niTornpni.icd by n rumbling noise. KoporU Irom adjacent towns give similar leports. Foxm , N. Y. , April I'--Tho Inhabitants of the Mohawk valley wore startled at abnu noon today by shocks of earthquake. Tl.o vibration lasted but a second or two. It was full about the valley and Mercer county , ] i some instances tbo Uishcs rattled on pantry shelve ! ) . Hitoii ) Ai.my , N. Y , , April 12. There woru two distinct earthquakes felt in thl locality at lllJ : ( a.m. today. The poopl were much alnrmed and ran from thol houses , Tbo shock ramo from tbo north west. They were much tnoro severe ut polut toutbof hero , ORGANIZING FOR THE STRIFE lopublicans Throughout the Country Fro- paring for the National Campaign. POLITICAL NEWS FROM MANY PLACES Jaiinrc-tlcnt Uriiiocruts Cnnnot Agrcn t'pnn n I'roHlilvntlnl Cnmllilntr ( jlpxt'lnml n 1'uvorltu In Missouri llolmuii Itc- nunilimtuil In 1 ml In nn. HOT Sfinxos , Ark. , April 12. J. S. Clark- BOH , president ot the liopubllcan National League , soul that the leaeuo convention would probably bo held nt Uuffalo the lust week In June , bringing It In session ut the same tlino ns the democratic convention. Ho sala It would have been in March or April except that the last notional convention per emptorily directed It. should not bo called earlier than two weeks nftor the republican national convention. Therefore the league will meet In Buffalo In the Einpiro state , tbo Dattlo ground of IV.t' , the last of Juno to iiold a ratification meeting and to arraniro tbo program for the campaign , Air. Clarkson added : "Tbo number of ioaguo clubs has increased nearly -1,000 In the lust year and nearly 4J3UOO in membership. There are now nuout U,0K ( ) clubs with n membership of 1,000,0 JO , n compact , organ ized and active force , ready for the cam paign , made up largely of the young blood of the part- . The attendance at Buffalo will bo the largest In the history of thu league. Many marching clubs will attend In uniform , including clubs from colleges und high schools , several hundred of which have boon organized In the last six months , embracing among others n club of 1,200 in Harvard college - logo and one of llOU In the University of Michigan. Wo expect to have Blnlne , Fred Douglass , Melvinloy , Koid , Fassott , Hur- rows.Ucllivcr , Tburstonnnd others ns speak ers nt Uuiralo , as well as many of the young orators of the luuguo , and we intend to have 17,000 or 18.00J clubs and 2,000,00 ; ) members this summer. " _ Trxim "Wlilto Kcpulilli-itns" Orgnnl/.r. Ni\v : OIU.IAN : : , La. , April 12. The Times- Democrat's Dallas , Tox. , special says : The lirst republican convention without n "nig ger" in U that over assembled in the south mot In this city this afternoon. There wore .HiO delegates , sober and above tbo ordinary In such gatherings in persona ! apnonrnnce. In calling the convention to order Judge A. D. Orton particularly called them Jefferson republicans , iu favor of Iho freedom of all r.ices , with the while man In the load or on top.Colonel Colonel Whltohead , n blue-stocking demo crat , on behalf of the mayor eloquently wel comed the delegates to Dallas , intimating that if they proposed associating with Af ricans they were entitled to the respect of white people. i1. F. Nuwcomb happily responded. The usual committees upon organization , platform and address wore appointed , when Judge Cline of Houston took ino platform in response to the loud calls. Ho stated the objects to bo accomplished by the white re publican organization of Texas. A state league will bo organized and then the con vention will I'Oinh'o into a mass mooting and perhaps nominate n sta'o ticket , and also send a contesting delegation to Minneapolis. Thinks There's u lilt ; Conililnr. ST. PACI , Minn. , April 12.lion E. J. Moore , the alliance member of the legisla tive committee that has been for the past year investigatlm ? the alleged wheat com bine , who refused to sign the report that was prepared lust week by the committee , not agreeing witb.tuo findings therein , tonight nindo public nls minority report. Mr. Moore holds that there is evidence of n combine in the wheat business of the state , but is unable to locate It or give the names of persons connected therewith. Ho also thinks there Is n big wheat steal in Duluth. Ho wants the Investigation continued until the persons interested in the combine can bo discovered. _ SiicccBHrul Test ol' 11 Voting Mtclilnc. LocKi'oitT , N. Y. , April 12. The town of Lockport used Meyers' voting machine in voting at its annual election today. The voting ing was done rapldlv , the tlino occupied by each voter ranging from oieht to twelve seconds ends , while the general average throughout the day was probably twenty seconds. The polls closed ntU-IiO p. in. and llvo min utes later the result was transcribed to the return tally sheets. Among vho demon strated advantages of tbo now system nro its economy and the practical impossibility of falsifying the returns. Slightly Mlxril. New HAVEX , Conn. , April 12. All but twelve members of the damocratio state cen tral committee were present when the meetIng - Ing was called to order today. A canvass of the commltti'o showed the following presi dential preferences : Cleveland 5 , Hill 6 , no choice 5 , noncommital ! ) . Eleven are opposed to free colnago of silver nnd the majority favor the appointment of an unpledged dele gation to the national convention , The day for holding tbo state convention was lixed for May 10. Hogg AVnnts to ll i ICc-ilc : < 'loil. Niw Om.utxs , La. , April 12. The Plc- nyunv's Austin , Tex , , spasial says : The cxtrn session of the Texas legislature adjourned this nvculiig without making a congressional apportionment , and two con gressmen will have to ho olectnd this year train tbn state ut Inrco. Tno legislature ! disposed of about halt the business for which they were culled to net upon. Governor Hogg will now take the stump and make a very vigorous campaign for re-election. iloctinl ; Cliuelnnel D KANSAS CITY , Mo. , April 12. Three moro Kansas rountlcs Instructed for Cleveland today. They nro Gnrfield , Harper and Dick itison. To bo sura that their instructions would not bo violated , each of thu conven tions elected as delegates to the state conven tion , which will send delegates to tlio Chi cajo convention , men who are known to have always been loyal to Mr. Cleveland and bis political principles. Missouri rrohlliltionlsls. K \NSAsUrrr , Mo , , April 12. The Times Chtllcolho , Mo. , special says : The state pro hibltion convention met hero today and placed In nomination candidates for the stuto ofllcers , Uev. John A. Drooks , candidate for vice prcsliiant on the prohibition ticket of 1SS8 , delivered nn address this evening , Tbo attendance ) at the convention was uot largo. Iinmornit Curry Allmny , N. V. AMUNYi N. Y. , April 12. Mayor James J. Manning and the onUro democratic tlckot wore ro-ciectcd today by 15,000 majority. The democrats carry seventeen out of eigh teen words uuU have probably eighteen out of ihirty-ono supervisors. Mr. Manning is the sou of ox-Secretary of the Treasury Diinlol Manning , California Mmiu-lpul Klcotlonn. SAX FIU.NCJSCO , Cal. , April 12 , Municipal elections were held in most of the large towns of the state yesterday. Party lines were not drawn , 1'ho Australian ballot sys torn was tried for the first tlaio with uuecoss Conger li'i-liir < ' lor ilarrlnon. ClllCAno. Ill , April 12. Colonel A. L. Con ger , republican National committoouan from Ohio , who has been a stalwart lilalno man today announced himself in an Interview as for Harrison. _ Umiomlimtccl tlu < ( ircul OliJiTlor. LvivuEXcxiiuno , lad. , April 12. Congress man W. S. Holmau was ronominatod by acclamation by the democrats of the fourth congressional district. I.ultvr ! > ) Mo. , April 12 , The Mor inon elders , hi attendance upon the inter national coufcrcaco of the tlcorgaulzei Church of Latter Day Saints , again adminis tered unto the sick tdilay at the Mormonj temple by the pouring of oil and the laying on ot hnn d * . The number who desired treat ment was fully an Inrtfoas yesterday , mid the basement of the temple , where the corctnony was performed , wns crowded. At the business session ot the conference n resolution was adopted providing for a his tory of the church to bo placed on sale nt the World's fair. Vurjrllttlo business was trans acted. The conference will adjourn some Lima this week * J.Y Minn or.s//r/Jm- in. Terrible llnvoc Wrought liy High Wntcrs In tlio South .111111Mro.s Lost. Nr.w OIIMUXS , Lti. , April 12 , The Times- Democrat's Columbus , Miss , , special says : The death and dosolntlon caused by the Hood lias so demoralized the entire population that the days arc as quiet and business as idle ns any Sabbath. White business Is resumed in the northeastern part of the county , still Iho city Is wutcrbound from every other direc tion. L.ator reports rnthor unlargo than diminish the damage. A belt of country ranging from llvo to tlftocn mlles wide , run ning north and south through the county , Is ono stretch of debris , mudo up ot mini of bouses and fences and the carcasses of ani mals , and it U uoubtful whether there Is loft standing In tnnt belt a dozen houses. The pitiful scones of the pust few clays have opened the hearts of all. and public and private charity prevents the suffering ot these who were rescued. Uut the most help less time will como when the water subsides and there will bo left In this place about 1,200 negroes who have no money , credit or tomes. If there was over an occasion when people had a right to cull on the government for help thnt time is now , for these poor frccdmcn need it , and it would bo hut com mon humanity for congress to help thorn. The impoverished condition of the white people prevents them from maintaining the colored people long and It is too Into In the season to give thorn work. Even at the present stngo of the water any estimate of the loss of life is all guesswork. As yet no deaths are reported among the whites , as the low lying lands which are in undated are Inhabited almost exclusively by the negroes , and such whites ns lived there were ul wns kept well pi otectod by kcoplng good boats. The old mound builders built wiser than they knew , as these old Indian relics snvoil the lives of hundreds of negroes , besides countless numbers ot stock. A mass meeting of citizens was hold nt the city hall this afternoon. The mayor was authorized to ask the federal government for the loan of 1,000 tents to give shelter to the homeless sufferer * . The students of the State Industrial institute at this place , true to their woman's nature , gladly joined the citizens in making such contributions an they could. Hy common consent they agreed to go without their dinner last Sunday that it might bo given to suircrers. NASIIVIM.E , Tcnn. , April 12. The appalling character of tbo Hoods in northern Missis sippi are just beginning to bo realized. Hun dreds of lives have been lost. Last night ono man rowed several miles on n raft in the dark with twenty-six bodies ho had picked up. The Hood camn so suddenly that none wore prepared. All sorts of crafts are being improvised logo to the rescue of the sur vivors , who nro perched on the highest ground without food or shelter. The loss of property Is over $1,000,000. Nuw OIU.RAX ? , La. , April 12. The reported loss of Itfo and property by Hoods on the Tombigbco river ls confirmed. Citizens of Lowndos county. Mississippi , have peti tioned Congressman Alien to ml : for govern ment aid , ns their owii meuna are inadequate. The loss of llfo is variously estimated at from HttytdSOO. The ' loss pf llvo stock Is beyond computation but'musUbo enormous. THK yiHXICfUf' .Jl.lTXl.lS XV..I . The Proposal to , ltctnrii Them Unpopular -wltUjAVJiiy OOCCM. New Yonic , April 12. The Herald's Wash ington correspondent says : Tha proposition to return to Mexico the twanty-ono battle flags captured by our troops in the war of 1S40 , now preserved at Woit Point , is un popular with the army olllcors , and its pas sage uy iho housa will bo vigorously opposed by many old veterans in the regular army ro- sldlng In this city. Speaking of the matter , a brigadier general on duty at the War de partment said ho could not understand what the military men in the semilo moaut when they allowed such n measure to pass without n word. Ho could not understand how any soldier can wish to have rastoroi Hugs taken from him in battle. They can bo of no value unless recovered In the way they were lost , and in the opinion of , army officers It Is sim ply calling tbo ultcmtion of Mexico to its hours of humiliation ( ovcn to suggest the re turn of the war trophjos at this or any other timo. Speaking further , this olllcor said wo might Just as well talk of restoring to Mexico the territory wo tool : from hsr oy the treaty of Guadeloupe , and after the old war men in the senate had volotl in the senate for the battle Han proposition , ho wouldn't ba sur prised at oven such a movement. 7/M WIFE GOT HIM 2.VTO TKOUIir.B. Impulsion of n ItnfMaii Merchant by thn Moscow Police. New YOIIK , April 12 , As Immigration Commissioner Wobbar stood In the registry baroau ut Ellis Islind yoatorday ho rooog- nizcu n man and a Woman , n Hussian couple , whom ho had soon in Russia. Tnoy were Mr. and Mrs. Uafol M. Tress , steerage pass engers on the CunBM line , and had with them tbolr four chlHron. In Moscow they lived near the etapa prison in the suburbs. Hafcl assisted bis brother , a mo-chant who had the privilege of doing business for Hvo years In the city dud for fifteen years moro In the suburbs , K-ifcl , ns his brother's as sistant , cnjoyou a llko privilege. Mrs. Tress was accustomed to pass in food and dainties to the prisoners In the Etopo prison surrep titiously. Colonel Webber , on his visit , warned her that she would got herself and family into trouble , and so it proved , liafol was notified by tlio chief of pallco to leave the city InsIUo of six months. Ho showed his official papers granting him permission to remain , nud oven sent another message to the Grand Duke Alexis , but in vain. Ho sold his property fur ID pur cant of what it was worth , loft and.catno to A nor lea. niSTUIlliKHAT A HOUKlttT.K FKAST , Hungry Deign Une'arUi Iho lluiiinlns of n Murdered Ituliv. USIOXTOWN , Pa. , A'prlH2. ' 1 ho little town ot Port Marion , on the northern border of Iho county U wildly excited over what is believed to have bcon n murderer. Yester day Mrs. T. J. KeU'or discovered a dog drag ging tbo lower part1 of the body of a small child. She drove the dog uway from his human feast und ( .notified the neighbors of her discovery. A search revealed - vealed the gravp of tno child , which was directly in a footpath near ilia town. It is thought to have been the work of u woman , as the grave was uut a llttlo moro than six inches deep. After another search , another dog was found with aii arm in his mouth , The head , trunk and other arm could not bo found and it is supposed the dogs devoured them. A nowspaper'vas the only shroud the body hod. No clew has oeon found. Coroner Holbrook is holding an inquest today , ' TUKXIW .1 snirvn. As a CoiiHiMiucnce an Klectrlo I.lj.1't Met IIU Dcutli. BOSTO.V , Mass , M arch 12. James Hayes , a trimmer for the Bos. ton Electric Light com pany , was found banging lifeless fram the crossbar of ouo of tbo poles in Dover street , The leather straps that bound him to the crossbar prevented him from fulling. , ' No ono seemed to know whence came ( he current that caused bis death , The iwltch was found turned off , as ho bud thrown It before beginning his work. At that hour there should have been no cur rent ou any of thouiroi. The company's ofllcers uro of the opinion that the trouble was caused by some ouo at. the central station throwing n currcut over tbo wires carelessly , aad without civlag proper warning , KILLED AND BURNED Nick Roy Shot and His Body Destroyed by Fire , DETERMINED FIGHTING IN WYOMING Nato Champion's ' Ecsidonca Surrounded and Riddled with Bullots. TERRIBLE FATE OF ITS DEFENDERS Invading Army Meeting with a Very Warm Reception , WORK OF DESTRUCTION AT T A RANCH rifly Ciilllcinrii Cornorril l > y Hustlers nt Iho T A < Itiincli HIM ! Four Shot In Death Troops I n- roulo to thu .Scene. Wyo. , April 12.- [ Special Tclo- gram to Tin : Bun.J Tin : Hue special corre spondent has safely readied Buffalo , the county seat of Johnson county , by way of Glllottoand the stage line tneuco to the scene of the war. Ho telegraphs from thnt place tonight this Interesting story : BfiTAi.0 , Wyo. , April 12. When the men who pulled out of Cheyenne last Tuesday evening on a special train with everything aboard from dynamlta to a newspaper re porter and marched forth as though to u snind picnic they evidently did uot count the cost now they are in a position whcro they will have utnplo time for reflection. The party which left Chcyonuo ono week ago got to Nato Champion's ranch atI o'clock Sntur- day morning , surrouuucd the house and an almost continuous lira was kept up until after noon. Champion , Key and perhaps another man were In the houso. As the light progressed Champion , from time to limn , wrote in his memorandum book an account of it , which , after ho was dea-3 , was taken with the regu lators and rend aloud. Everything else fall ing the regulators took a load of hay and backed it against the house , thus sheltering themselves from Champion's oullots and then set lire to the bay , burning the house and Key , who had beou shot. Clmmplon .Shot Wlillu Humilng. Champion had to run , and ns ho did so ho received ten or twelve bullets. About this time Jack Flngg and step-son , who hnd In tended spending the night with Champion , ran invitingly into the regulators' arms. Ho recognized Charles Ford , who shot ut him at close quarters. Flagg was horseback and his son was driving a wagon. Flaga's sou soon cut u horse from the team und with his father escaped to llullalo. Sunday morning the regulators took break fast at the T A ranch , fourtceu miles south of Buffalo , and then started for town. Tboy were met by rustlers and citizens mid retreated back to the T A ranch. At this time there were not over twenty- five of the rustlers and citizens. By Mon- aay morning the force was much larger and closed In about the rancho. As they did so one of Iho regulutors escaped , they say. The surrounding forces continued to increase and is still increasing. The first shots exchanged between the two parties wcro fired MonJny morning by the regulators. I arrived in Buffalo Monday evening by tbo B. & M. stage. Buffalo was compara tively quiet. I wont where I pleased un armed. Others did the same and I noticed at least ouo woman on the street nlonc. Men were coining and going from the scene of action. About 10 o'clock twenty or more ranchers arrived from Hoclc Creek. At 11 , fifteen men , including myself , started for the camps , going all the way through n bad blizzard. 1 stayed In the camp until S this morning. The regulators have a'wellinch impregnable position. They have n log house built of ho'.vod logs 10x12 Inches thick. West of that 100 jords Is a barn , hay and corral. They llullt a Small Fort. Ono hundred yurJs west of the barn , whcro their horses arc , there is n small fort built of bowed logs and earthworks which they liavo built since being corralled. It is probably to bo used as a last resort in case the rustlers succeed in burning their house and stable. They have some rifle pits and pi obably some underground passages. There are about forty-fivo of them now. When 1 left Arapahoe , Brown , who runs a grist mill hero and is a leader of the citizens and rust lers , said ho had 173 men. Wo met twenty or twenty-fivo on our way in and they are still coming and include ublo bodied men , mere boys and groy-halrod fighters. Of the 1T5 mon on th3 ground , 1 should say , judglm ; from their appeiiranco nod what 1 hear , that 125 wcro ranchmen , twenty-fivo mora me chanics and workingmen who own each a piece of property , and the other twonty-flvo rustler.- ) , gamblers and mon from about town , Brown has charge , while Sheriff Angus la recruiting officer. Ono of the mon , ri. U. Snyder , is the first settler of Fort MuICIu- no.v , whom 1 know ns a psrfect gentleman and a good friend of iho wood choppers and workers about hero at that time. Quo is Hugh IJellz.all , with whom I worked in' Charley Clay's outfit in IST'J. ' Hugh was an honest , oncrgetlo young mau.'squaro us a die. I bollovo hols the same today. Frank Grouard , the scout , was with the citizens and rustlora yesterday , but I am told was declined today at Fort Me- ivinnoy. I said to a man I know : "Hello 1 Are you a ruatlbri" "No , " was the indignant answer , "nut I am fighting for my homo und property. " .Slowly Appri'iirhlni ; tlio IlegiilutorH. Speaking of the rustlers , ho soul : "Tho cattlemen taught these boys to steal , " Tbo citizens and rustlers u'ro camped at the Convention ranch , ( ino and a half miles from the regulators , but near enough to itoop them surrounded , and during all the turriblo night the Hashes of their guns could be soon from the cooiocs and hills surrounding tbo regu lators. That party worked line bcavors n ! night improving their position. At dayllghl a volley was fired ana ouo bullet throw dirt iu a clll/on'a face. They are saving tholr ammunition. The citizens are digging their ditches nearer ant nearer the evidently doomed cattlemen , ' If wo are whipped , " said Brown , "thoro will bo nothing but cattlemen loft , for wo wil all bo dead , " 'If tbo regulators wish to surrender to the militia , " I asked 'will you lot thorn do BO ) ' "Yos , " eald bo , " if the militia will agree to turn them over to the civil authorities. " There are some young mon In the party , however , who say the ' 'white caps" aboil al bo killed , The regulators ana cill zons captured thrco Arp & Haul- notid wngons , thirteen i s , ! ! ,000 ounds of ammunition , dynt , poiSon , innactiffs and two men bcsUUo . , throa o.unsters. This dies not Inclii " ho Chicago cage Herald reporter , who mir its that ho vas caught In bad company. He Is now In Fort McKitnioy. In addition to Ihcso. ouo nan , Augustus Green of Harris , Tex. , is In ho hospital mid will die tomorrow , the decors - ors sny. Ho claims to have bcoti shot acci dentally , llo soys twonty-flvo of thorn wcro hired In Texas. Cnnllrmeil from ( Illicitr , Giu.r.TTi : . Wyo , , April 12.-Special ( Tele gram to Tin : Him. I Today's stapo from Buffalo brings the following news from John son county's rustlers war : BriT.\.b ! , Wyo. , April 11.--T\vo parties of armed cattlemen nro now In the vicinity of Buffalo , estimated at about ! 100. All are well armed and about the same number ; of rustlers. Seventy flvo armed rustlers stopped the Uurllugtoti stngo coaah yesterday and look Irom It nno man , supposed to bo ono of Fred Hesse's ' mon , The party of armed men who lottChoycnno Tuesday surrounded Note Champion's house and kept up a continual llro for several loutsontho House , killing Nuto Champion and Nick Hoy. Champion's house caught flro and burned to the ground , burning the body of 15oy. Couriers are notifying all the gaUlomcn .hroughout this region of the country and almost evnry cattleman is going to the scene to light with ono side or other. Later reports say that fifty cattlemen nro surrounded at the T. A. ranch bv rustlers and four nro reported killed. Elliott and Jnnton nro with the cattlemen. Soldiers 'rom Fort McKlnnoy are cnrouto today. MICH ItATS IX A Tll.vr. \rtcrUmiMfrT\vo Men tlio rnttlcinrn Are Hummed In In u Hanch Itiillillug. DBXvnii , Colo. , April 12. A Buffalo , Wyo. , special to the Times says : The first full mrticulars of tlio fight at the T A ranch lave just been received. The first informa tion iu Buffalo of thu Intended Invasion by the cattleman was a report received by mail ! roni Douclas to Sheriff Angus of Johnston county saving that a special train of armed ind mounted men had passed through Doug- as towards Casper. This Information was soon current among the rustlers and small cattlemen , but they had little time to prepare to defend tliem- selves , for the cattlemen arrived soon after the letter and commenced operatious nt once by attacking what is known ns tlio K C ranch , In which men suspected of being rust lers were living. Early on the morning of the tOth n ranch man named Smithy living on the north fork of the Powder river heard firing at that ranch , llo rode rapidly In that direction nnd discovered that the cattlemen had the liousc surrounded und that a despcrato fight was cotng on between them and tlio inmates. Dcncl In the Ituins ol'Thclr lluicl : > . llo nt once rode to Crazy Woman and started a half dozen men to the rescuo. after which ho got a fresh horse and came to Buf falo. Hero ho informed Sheriff Angus of the fight and iho latter immediately gathered a posse nnd started for the 1C C ranch , whcro the battle had boon fought , arriving thcro about daylight on the llth. The cattlemen had , however , done tholr worlc and loft , for when the rescuing party reached the 1C U ranch they found the house burned und the dead bodies of Inmates , who were discovered to bo Nato Champiou and Dick Hey , half burned in the ruins. On Sunday eve , while the light was In pro gress , Jack Flagg , whoso nnmo is notorious on account of his Doing n loading rustler , drove up to Iho K C ranch. Ho had been elected a delegate to the democratic state convention , nnd was on his way to Cheyenne - onne , Intending to stop at the ranch all night. Nearing the building ho nnw several mounted men about , but supposed they word a friendly cow party , and when they sud denly ordered him to throw up his hands ho jokingly replied : "Go to h 1. " In reply ono of tbo party lovolled a rifle at him and n bullet sped past his head. Flagg had a rillo In his wagon hut had no arms on his person. Springing to his wagon ho grasped his rillo and kept the party at bay , whllo n boy who accompanied him cut the traces attaching the horses to tbo wairon. Then the two leaped on the borzoi nnd fled safely through Iho fusllado , being followed a considerable way , until they reached Har ris ranch on Crazy Woman nnd started north , Joining the sheriffs posse trom Buf falo. None of tlio attacking party were in jured. Hummed In l > y tlio Itustlm's. After Flngg escaped Iho cattlemen fired his wagon , nnd running it against thu house in Indian fashion sot fira to the building and burned up the two men , Champion and Hay , who had fought them all day. The cattle men then went toward Buffalo and the rust lers organized aim wont forth to moot them , The cattlemen learned ot the rustlers com ing and took Mioltor at the T A rancb , thir teen miles from Buffalo. About 2 o'clock Monday morning the rustlers reached the ranch and surrounded the place and at day light the latter opened liru unon their bo siegers. Shots were exchanged all day long , but the number of killed und injured cannot at pres ent bo lenrnnd. The cattlemen with their horses are safely barricaded inside the ranch building , nnd this morning ono of tholr num ber escaped through the circle of the attackIng - Ing party , presumably on his way for rein forcements. The rosultof today's ' ( Tuesday1 * ) work at the T A ranch Is yet unknown. Yesterday a man giving his naino as Gus Green was brought to Buffalo badly wounded , claiming that he had accidentally shot him self , but ho Is thought to bo ono ot the cat tlemen's party who participated in iho 1C C raiich fight. Couriers are scouring the country for rein forctimonts for the rustlers mid they nro rapidly coming In. They claim they will bo 200 oriiOO stronger tonight and ublo to handle any force the Invaders CMI muster. The acting mayor cf Buffalo bus called on the governor for permission to give the nlu of the state militia at Buffalo to the Bhcriif to help quell the disturbance. .i ; SAM TAItliS A HANI ) . United Hl.'itci Tj < io | > Clrilereil In tlio Suat o [ War In ilolnimiiij County. Dis.svp.it , Colo. , April 12. A special to iho Associated press fromChoyenno , Wyo. , says : Governor Harbor of Wyoming tonight . ro ccivcd n telegram from President Harrison stating thut ho had , In compliance with iho request made by Governor Burbor for United States soldiers tq protect tbo stuto of Wyom ing Qgalusl domestic violence , ordered the secretary of war to concentrate a auRlciont number of toldior * trom Fort .McKlniioy , Wyo. , to co-oporuto with the authorities ol the state ot Wyoming In on cell rig u settle ment of tlio existing difficulties between the [ CO-NTIKL'tU ON BEfO.NIJ 1'iOE.J JEFF OGG SERIOUSLY HURT 'Well Known Lincoln Traveling Mnu Qorcd by n Miul Bull , HAY SPRINGS PEOPLE MUCH EXCITED right Hot ween Ju Saloonkeeper mill O Stranger dulses ( 'oiiliti > ritl > li < Trouble- * riutttmmitli HiirKlur * Sentenced Oilier NUHS Irinn Netiruildi Ton 119 , UxivniiMTY Pt.\rn , Nob. , April 12. JSpo elal Telegram to Tin : Hnn. | - JcfT Qgg , n. well known tfiivolliiB innii residing nt SI1WS Jliuton street , Lincoln , was seriously cored oday by n Jersey bull owned by I. . . Crlttcn- Icn of this city. The animal has always ; con gentle , niul this throw Ogg oft Ills guard. While tying the brulo tt attacked iltn , breaking his log and Indicting sovuro ntcrnni injuries. Fortunately ho was tossed , nit or roach of the bnitu niul Help from the 10U30 soon reached htm. riiittsmoiilh Ntnvt Note * . PtTTSMorTii , Nob. , April -Special [ Telegram to TUB UHK. ] The city council cnnrassod the vote of the oloctlon last night. vlth the following result : Mnyor , Ilutlop dem. ) , .VJ'.i , Uovoy ( rep. ) , 4'j.i ; treasurer , Morgan ( ilom. ) , tU7 , Pollock ( rep.ITT ; clerk , Fox ( Uotn. ) , 071 , Urinith ( rop.110 ) ; lollco Judno , Archer ( iloin. ) , ( i.Vl , Short ( rop. ) , ' - ! ! ; school board , Cummins ( ilom. ) , Jill" , Me- Lonnan ( rop. ) , f > irVllletts ( darn. ) , 4HI , Un- uh ( rep. ) , ( WO. Joseph Hardrobn , nn omployoof the 11. & \l. \ shops , today had four lingers of hlj right mud bailly uinshoa niul lacerated by being caught in n roller. Physicians decided that imputation would bo necessary. Jasper Clausen niul Uobort Mlelicnham , ho two inon convicted ot stonllne wheat nt the lust term of court , were sentenced yester day to three years cnch In the penitentiary. Capliiri'cl an Ksoipcil Murderer. AruoitA , Nob. , April -Special ( Tele gram to Tun Bii.J : : A telegram was rc- coivod today by the Sheriff from Frcdcrlcir , Mo. , saying ; " 1 have Thomas ; como und got him. " Thomas Hill was convicted hero about two years ago for the murder of U'illtam Barrett n July , IS'.K ) , and was under sentence of death pending nu appeal to the Mipromo court. Last October ho brolio jail , Mole a , torso and cart and raado his cscupo. Sheriff MeCnnnughey and nn assistant started for Missouri today to bring him back in the event of his proving to bo the murderer. Shot HlniHoir Tlirnilcli tinIlillrt. . ' Fur-Mos-r , Nob. , April 1' ' . [ Special to Tun Bui : . ] Vinton Ballnbaugh , a llrnnma on the [ " 'rcmont , Klkhorn it Missouri Valley rail road , shot and killed himself at his room iu the Arclior block this morning about 8 o'clock , Locking himself in his room , ho placed a revolver at his breast and shot him self through the heart. What , led him to the ict Is only a matter of conjecture. Ho was i youni : man about -3 years old ami had been ill the employ of the company for about two years. A coroner'- , Inquest was held on the iiody this afternoon , a verdict Doing returned tnut ho came to his death by his own hand , with suicidal Intent. lEepiihlieaug In Comentlo : ) . F.VI.I.S CITY , Nob. , April 12. [ Special Tele , pram to THE Bnn. | The republican county convention wn * held this attornooa. Every precinct was represented notwithstanding the Inclement weather. Eleven delegates ircro elected to the Kcarnoy convention and sixteen to ino congressional convention ot Fulls City. They laver George \V. Holland , of this city for delegate to the national con vention. I.Kiln Clrl Iturnml to Dentil , Cc.vTiiAi. CTIT , Neb. , Aorll li. [ Special to TmBiu. ] While burning corn stalks iu Muad township Saturday , the clothas of a U-yotir-otd dnuRhtor of ox-Sheriff Critos caught fire ami the child was so severely burned that she died the following morning. The f.ither was in town when the accident occurred. liny Sprint ; * I'eoplu Kxclted. CIIADIIOX , Nob. , April 12. [ Special Tele gram to TUB Br.n.J Hay Sprines people nro much excited over a difficulty between n sn- loonkcopor by the name of Cnso and an un > nown traveling man. Case ha < loft the town. Tha town ma'rshal is hero mil-suing hiuV The stranger is thought to bo badly hurt. U. s. Dliitrict Court at Noi-lollc. Nonrot.K. Nob. , April 12. [ Special TclOt , gram to Tin : HUE. | Judge K. S. Dundy closed the April term of the United State * district com t Iioro today. Twonty-ono cases were disposed of in very short oruur. Court WHS held in the parlors of the Pacific hold. I'"oiien'8 MiiHluiil Normal. POXCM , Nob. , April 1'J. [ Special to Tun BKI : . ] April 1'J there will bo opened in this place a musical normal , A largo anrollmont lias already boon secured In Ponca , besides many non-rosidontn who have mudo arrange * munts to bo in attendance. Tlmy Will Servo Iliu State. OiiASD JKI.VNII , Nob. , April 12. [ Special tp Tun Br.is.J Sam Smith and Vnlnoy Cinnaif inon wore this morning sentenced to ono year each in the penitentiary , having been con victed of icceiving stolen goods. .S1V > 7'/.1I IX IIUNTO.V. ) > y tlioCoiJBresHlomil Co nun It * ti > lleiiMilmi Ilnil Stutool Alliili * . BCHTON , Mass , , April 12. Congressman Warner's commiltco opened the investiga tion into the sweating system of clothing manufacturers today , W. K , < oggswell believed the remedy for the sweat shop evil to bo the enactment of a national law to require that garments made under the sweating system ho labeled "tcno * mont made. " \ V.V. . Uarnos , a clothing cutter , told of several lllthy shops ho hud seen am ) described nno whore a inun and hit wlfd wcro making knee pants nt 01 cents a do/en and earned t < ! a week between thtun. Out of this they had to pay somu help thiitcninoln durinu' the day. Of this class of worker * thuru wrro these ho know of who worked eighteen hours a day and seven days In IhO ; wi'olc , John Cruwloy , ttiu originator of the move- liienl agaliiKt the sweating bystom , tostltlool that wii'-09 paid the mon run irom $ D to (7 a wcuk , the avorngo wagea received by tlio men tclng K > a week and that paid to won.uq' from nothing to M. ( Jcuivo II. Gilbert , a contracting tall'jr , sum the can'.o of the low wages and the sweating nyntom was to bo found In lorgo number * of Immigrants tuat como to tills country. 1' . .1. Ulloy , a clothing contractor , declared that every linn in lirmnn , but two , was tend ing its clothing to New York to bo made by contract 111 ore. - - ISogiM Ititpnru I1 rum Knrnpn. "Loxuox , April 13. Darraluinan , J'hilllpp fi Co. , grain commlisloa flrin , rumors concerning corning whoso solvency created a Hurry la wheat in the United Slate * yesterday , Is H very small concern. It has boon on the rnt-'gcd cd u for years , The liabilities would not exceed i'iOO. The grain market hero utid ; on the continent for the past two days huva beer ; btrangcly affected by bogus European news revolved by way of the United State * , Mourner ArrlvnU. At Now York Frleslond from Antwerp. At Movlllo Stoatnor Furuncsila , frctfl Now York for Glasgow , if At Fastnot Pasted , Laurlo , from NBTJ York for Liverpool , At UreinorbBven Erai , from New