Nebraska Newspapers

    THE DAILY BEE
TWENTY-SECON D YEA R. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOHN1NG , MARCH 15 , 1893. NUMBER 267.
I NOT THE GOVERNORS
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Mombcrs of tlio Legislature Unwilling to
Censure the Ex-Executives.
LIVELY EVENING SESSION OF THE HOUSE
Qrent Crowd Attends to Hear the Cell House
Comraitteo's ' Report Discussod.
PECULIAR REASONS OF THE OPPOSITION
Varied Pleas Sot Up for Dalaying the Blow
that is Sure to Fall ,
THOMAS D. CRANE FIRMLY SAT UPON
Hsivlr * ( lives tlin DmiKlni County Oentle-
mitn Srunpln Scorching Itc-port Cnn.
cernliiK tin ) Hoard of Pnhllc I.uniU
und lltillillngH Adopted ,
LINCOLN , Nob. , March 14. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun UiE. ] I'nblic Interest In the
action of the house on the report of the ceil
house Investigating committee and curiosity
to know what tbo result would bo served to
pack representative hall this evening at the
special session as It has not been packed
before or since the close of the senatorial
fight.
It was known In advance that the friends
of the two ex-governors would make n bitter
light to have the elauso censuring them
stricken from the rciwrt , nnd It was also
known that the censured members of the
Board ofPubllo Lands and Buildings had
been working to prevent the full report from
being adopted and going upon the records.
The members ot the board , howowr , had
given up the light early In the after
noon , a careful canvass of the situation
revealing to them that they had no chance
of warding off the impending action , as
members of all parties were determined that
the prominence of the censured parties
should not prevent blame from resting
wliero It belonged , and that the official en
dorsement of the Icelslatcro should bo added
to tlio strictures passed by the committee.
This was what the people turned out to
sco , nnd they were not disappointed , as the
report was adopted In its entirety after
tbo governor's elauso had been wiped nut ,
and the report was then ordered spread upon
the records.
It Is given out tonight on good authority
that impeachment proceedings will follow
the action of tfio ijouso and that the guilty
officials will soon have their actions passed
upon by the Jolit convention of the two
bodies In the manner by the constitution sot
sot forth nnd provided.
Thus endeth the first lesson.
St'irted the Hull Itolllng.
At the conclusion of tlio roll call the
speaker stated the object rf the meeting.
) . Felton Introduced a resolution extending
the time of the .asylum investigating com
mittee so that It could go ahead with Its
, work and investigate the state of affairs in
connection with the Hastings asylum.
The resolution was adopted.
The first report that came up for consider
ation was that of the committee appointed to
investigate into the death of Convict Powell
and the charges of cruelty In connection
with the treatment of convicts at Iho state
penitentiary. Tliero was a majority and a
minority report , the only difference being in
the amount recommended for new quartets
for the fomnlo convicts. The majority re
port recommended § 15,000 for a now building
and the other Insisted that the work coulir
bo done with $ . * > 00 by setting off a portion ol
the now cell house for the female convicts
Tlio minority report was adopted and the
majority report as thus amended was then
adopted.
Tackled the Censure Itcpnrt.
The report of the cell house Investigating
committee was then taken up , and Wntsoi
offered a resolution providing that tlio portion
tion censuring ex-Governor Boyd and ex
Governor Thayer bo'stricken out.
Keckley called attention to the fact that
the report was In accordance with the evl
dcnce , nnd that Iho committee considered II
Its duty to pass some strictures on the ex
ofllciais named , because ' there had been gross
neglect on the 'part of appointees of these
ex-governors In the matter of keeping the
cell house in order , and In caring for blan
kets , which were washed only once or twice
a'year. IIo wanted the evldenco examined ,
and ho was willing to abide by the result.
Oakley moved that tbo evidence relating
* c the condition of the cell-house bo read.
Ames , who had , Just returned from Wash
I . * * : JVjton , buttoned bis I'rinco Albert , clo o u |
I' to his chin nnd expressed the opinion that
' tlio eensuro of ox-governors was highly 1m
proper.
Woods thought the house was able to vote
on the question.
Goss wanted to know how Iho gcntlemin
from Sheridan could act Intelligently unless
ho had read tbo report.
Woods stated that It was enough for bin.
that there was a unanimous report on the
matter , nnd ho thought It came with pool
praco for a lot of men who had not read the
teport tos > ot up their opinions against these
who had heard it nil given and were familial
with the facts.
Goss said ho was not In search of any more
Information.
Consulency Hardly Apparent.
Casper called attention to the fact that
during the afternoon many of the members
wcro talking of the sanctity of Human life
nnd the grand civilization which wo nou
enjoy. Ho thought them was a lack of con
Blstcney on the part of the members , who
now seemed willing that iinfortunates.siiouli
bo locked up in cells to bo eaten up by bet
bugs and otherwise suffer torments in this
life rather than that curtain officials sliouli
be censured for neglect of duty.
Cornish asked him luiw the ex-governor. "
would have Improved tlio sewerage , am
Casper demanded to know in reply what tha
had to do with bed bugs.
JJnrns nnd Carpenter also straddled the
Butler count } statesman , but were dutnpe
in the ditch when they attempted to ride.
Cornish defended General Thayer becau ?
of his war record and thu kind words spokei
ot him by General Grant , and Insisted tha
ho was too gieat a man to bo thus censured
1'Ylton wanted to know what connectloi
tliero was between tlio ex-governor's war
record and thocockuuclirs , and the genera
stiUo of affails existing at the p-iUo.Ular\ :
under lib administration
Cornish maintained I hat both Thayer am
Boyd were kind-hearted men and would no
have allowed the convicts to suffer had thei
known of the. situation.
Corked Colonel Slii--liliin.
Sheridan declared in behalf of the Watscn
resolution He said ho hrld the evldenci
sufficient to censure thy ix-govcrnors an :
detailed some of tbo worlc of tin
. committee. IIo
spnko of the wai
record of Governor 'Ibayer and sail
that ho unilcr.stood that Hosowat-r hau
. helped Kcvkloy write th rojwrt. Ho kne\
thin additional evidence had boon taken a
the close of the investigation proper , mor <
fullv showing up the lilthy condition of tin
pcnU.mttary , but ho was not willing to g <
on record : is censuring parties whose r.time :
had butter bo Uopt out of Iho report.
Kri-liloy replied tn Shonrtan aim said Ilia
ho had not talk"d with Uusewatcr almut tin
matter for nix -vccl.-s before the Invostlga
tlois-wus competed untIN after the rcpor
win vibmlUcd. He limmed that the ovl
aenco was amply sufficient to corrolwrat
every part of the report , and ho would Hki
to bate every member read thecvldciie
rotn beginning to end. Ho said he had
alked today anout the matter with the
-ommittco and they wcro fully satisfied with
ho rcp.irt and their action. IIo had talked
vlth them all but Sheridan , "nnd , " ho do-
tared , "I had good reasons for not talking
vlth him. "
Sheridan colored deeply and dropped down
jchlnd his desk , while the lobby and gallery
Istened eagerly for a retort from hlmj but It
lid not como.
Keckley said further that so far ns the ro-
Hirt was concerned It was wrlttcd by Mr.
aiiell , the ex-county attorney of Lancaster
oiinty , who had acted during the luvestlga-
lon as the Attorney for the committee.
Alni'H AniioiinrrN lloyd'n I'odtlon.
Ames buttoned up his coat again and said
10 did not know why much time should bo
vasted over such a trivial matter. Ho had
.ho authority to state that Boyd did not care
f ho was censured or not. IIo
could not understand why the light was
> cing mado'and ' insisted that it was all a
i.artlsan matter on the part of ICcekley ,
who , ho declared , was the most partisan man
'ie had mot in the houso.
Crane said that committee asked the
liouso to voto' a blot upon the lives of two of
; ho foremost citizens of the state on the
testimony of felons , convicts and outlaws.
Keckley demanded to know if tno gentle
man from Douglas had read the evidence ,
nnd when ho replied that ho had not Keck-
loy declared that Crane had not done his
luty and was making charges of the truth of
which ho know absolutely nothing.
C'riinu'M ImtUVctuul Illiirney.
The gentleman from Douglas then took anew
now tack and attempted to taffy the indo-
liendents , telling how deeply ho was in love
with them and how far they hail surpassed
Ills expectations. IIo expressed regret that
they should have taken such a course in this
matter and asked them to demist from It ,
when Horst called to him and demanded to
know by owliat authority ho charged the
whole action of the committee to the inde
pendents , when some of the best republicans
in the house had boon as instrumental ns
any one in pushing the investigation.
Crane insisted that the committee had re
fused to give the report to the press and
then subsided.
Casper asked If It was the object of the
opposition to excuse the ex-governors first
and the other censured parties after
wards by piecemeal. He said tliero
was a great teal of pretty talk about the
grand service and the magnificence of
Governor Thavcr , but It seemed that the op
position wanted to make buncombe of the
entire report and were making a sentimen
tal light ostensibly In behalf of one old man
in order that the entire report might after
wards bo tliiown out.
Bti'iis road from tlio house Journal of two
years ago u portion of ttio report of the pen
itentiary committee as to the healthy condi
tion existing at tlio prison.
Ilorst AKiiinltH the I'en.
Horst called attention to the fact that the
committee took additional testimony in
order that Its report might not bo based
upon insunicient evidence , and ho declared
that the condition of affairs there
found was a burning disgrace to the
state of Nebraska. Ho was not sur
prised that Mo.ilier's friends were working
hard to keep him from going there , anJ ho
did not blame them for It. As to the find
ings of tlin committee , ho was sure that no
one was censured unjustly.
Carpenter wanted to know If Ilorst main
tained that tlio report submitted by the in
dependents committee two years ago was
not true , to which the latter replied that
none of the members of that committee were
returned to the legislature this year by the
people of the state.
Cooley moved the previous question , and a
stop was put to further debute.
j\l > hlliilnc Thnir Votrn.
In voting on the motion to strike out the
names of Iho ox-governors sovcral of the
members explained their votes and some
sent them up in writing so bo mudo-a part of
the record. Goss of Douglas took Davies to
task because of the remarks ho had
made in submitting the report , to which the
latter replied that lie had s5id nothing that
was not borne out by tbo evidence , and that
If it were not so and if ho had said anything
wrong or that was overdrawn , ho would
have been ono of tbo first to apologize for it.
IIo know , however , that the statements
were not too strongly drawn and that the
evidence was ample foundation on which to
base every assertion that hu had made.
Porter nailed Sheridan down and asked
bow it happened that ho was the only ono of
tbo committee who was now unwilling to
sustain the report , and why lie had not dis
covered that tbo proper thing for him to do
was to oppose the report until tlioso inter
ested in tlio penitentiary contracts had de
clared their position.
lilckctts in liis explanation indulge. ! tn a
dissertation on septic and antiseptic condi
tions and crysipclatous inflammations and
wound up by voting "aye. "
Sheridan AV n Very Sorry.
Sheridan told how sorry ho was when ho
signed the report and said that ho begun to
bo sorry when ho found out that Keckley
and Kosowater wrote it , and ICcekley had
turned it over to THE BEE reporter to be
published.
Iho roll call proceeded while the gentle
man from Ked Willow was wondering what
to say in reply to the pertinent question.
Several members declined to vote , nnd at
the conclusion of thu call tbo vote stood ; ! Ute
to : ; .
Keckley Insisted that all members present
vote on the question and go on record either
ono way or tlio other. That changed the
vote to13 to ! iO. Dobson stated , when forced to
vote on ttio question , that his conscience
belonged to himself nnd not to his party ,
and that us ho had not read the u\ulcnco , he
would not vote to condemn the ox-governors
until heard , and therofoforo voted yea. The
half dozen other nonvotors followed suit.
Kolton moved that the report of the committee -
mitteo be adopted.
Crane immediately offered a resolution
calling for the reading of all the evidence.
Tills palpable attempt to filibuster and pre
vent the hous'o from expressing itself regard
ing tlio derelict ofllciais mot with decided
opposition.
l > avln Scorc.iied Crane.
Goss opposed it , and when Chance at
tempted to talk In behalf of his resolution
ho unwittingly put his foot In It as soon as
ho opened his mouth. IIo had Just started
to toll the members what their duty was ,
and how the committee had failed in ita
duty , when Davies took the floor and
said : "If the gentleman from Douglas had
been half as attentive to his duty as a mem
ber of this legislature heretofore as ho
claims to bo tonight , ho would have been in
formed as to the evidence submitted before
this committee , and would not have used
that as an excuse for asking that
action on this report bo now postponed.
Ho has not sought to Inform himself , but has
repeatedly absented himself from tbo house ,
when matters of great importance were un
der consideration , matters as Important us
that of railroad legislation on which ho was
not willing tliat his vote should goon record. "
Then turning to ittio dumfounded gentle
man from Douglas , ho said : "Are you Inter
ested in purifying politics in this state ?
Are yon Interested in honest government ?
Are you Interested in seeing that
equal rights are accorded to all
men ? Aroyounwaro tliat the unfortunates
confined in prison cells are conceded rights
which nmie may gainsav ? If so , why did
you not take pains to Inform yoursclt ns to
the contents of that report during the three
da\s It has been on Hie with the clerk of
this house ?
1IU llrrnthVm dune.
Crane gasped a few couple of times In an
unsuccessful effort to catch his breath , while
the lobby and galleries joined with two-
thirds uf the members on the floor in a wild
outburst of applause over the scathing
rnbuUn that had been administered , nnd
then said that if ho found the evidence
sufficient to corroborate the report he would
vote for It.
"Will you bo herut" demanded Davies.
The loud shout of applause that followed
this final thrust extended over HO much tlmo
that Crane fount ! in U an excuse fur neglect
ing to answer.
The roll call was then ordered on the mo
tion to adopt the rcK | > rt.
In explaining his vote Kyuer declared that
ICO.NTIMUSB ox BECO.NU
HONDURAS REBELS BATTLE
Leaders of the Counter Revolutions Maintain
Thsir Position.
VASQDEZ IS STRONGLY ENTRENCHED
Kx-l'rrftlilcnt IJosrmn'n INiHnwpm Ht-pmll-
ate the < ; ommiticlrr : oftlio Government
ForcL-M In thu Field nnil I'rocliilm
Ncrvu 1'reshlent.
| Ci > p-f7ifrit | ; : IXHIiiiJamu Ctnrtlnncmiett.1
PANAMA , Colombia ( via Gnlveston , Tex. ) ,
March 14. [ By Mexican Cable to the New
York Herald Snccial to Tin : Br.u.l Ruiz
Sandoval , who was enrouto to Tegucigalpa ,
Honduras , was captured by a detachment of
forces under General Vnsquoz and brought a
prisoner to Amaipa. On arriving there a
Judgment of expatriation was decreed and
ho was ordered to leave Honduras imme
diately. Ho was then taken aboard the
Pacific mail steamship Costa Rica , which
arrived hero today. Ho Is now the guest ,
with ex-President Perola of Peru , of n
prominent Colombian liberal. Ho refused
to bo Interviewed when I called on him this
evening.
Advices received hero from Monaqua state
that Barrios has sent agents to President
Sacasa of Nicaragua , and to Goniral Bon-
llla , leader of the revolutionary movement
in Honduras , proposing a triple alliance
against Salvador. The parties to the agrco-
mcnt will bo Guatemala , Nicaragua and the
liberals of Honduras.
From Tegucigalpa word has boon received
of a bloody battle near Comayagua , where
Yasqucz is strongly entrenched. The leader
of the government forces maintains his po
sition.
Advices from San Bernardo state that ex-
President Bogram's followers ar" displeased
at the eoursa pursued by Vasquez. They
believe ho Is endeavoring ! to > play into the
hands of Salvador. They have repudiated
him and again proclaimed Serva president.
Word has been received that a strong Costa
Rica force is marching from Guanacosta
toward the Nicaragua ! ! frontier.
Tlll'.Y STUl.lt
F.utlro Karen afSlnux City Street Cnr Mm.
ploycrt DUnhiirKeil.
Sioux CITV , Iu. , March 14. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bni : . ] Tonight every street
car operative employed by the Sioux City
Street Railway company , with the exception
of a possible half dozen , was discharged
and new men who were in waiting put on In
their places. The company charges all the
men discli irged with dishonesty , and Its
action is the result of tlio employment of
spotters , who have been watching the men
for a month past. It' is claimed that the
company has been robbed of as high as { 11,000
a month , and that many employes have
taken from $50 to $70 a month in addition to
their salaries.
Onsjmoof the lines whcro bobtail cars
are run it is charged that the men used
feathers with pitch on them to. extract faro
chips from the slot and turned the chips
over to confederates , who sold them.
The robbery has baen going on for years ,
It is thought , as many of the men discharged
have worked for the compiiiy since the line
was built ten years ago. The company's of
ficials have no idea of the exact amount of
tlio steal , but bellovo that in thopist , ten
years they have averaged nt least $2,500 a
year. _
Favciri'il the Woim-n.
Four Doimn , In. , March 14. [ Special Tel
egram to Tim BBC. ] Mrs. J. W. Thomas
and Miss Edith Train were elected school
directors hero on a woman's ticket. There
were two masculine candidates in the Held.
The two feminine candidates accompanied
by some friends toolc up their stand near the
polling place and made votes almost as rap
idly as they could pass out the tickets. The
contest was the warmest over seen hero.
Interfered With the School.
Four Donon , la. March 14. [ Special Tele
gram to TUG BEE. ] Sevcnty-flvo pupils of
the State Normal school at Cedar Falls have
been suffering from a mild typo of la grippe.
The malady has been so ucnoral as to inter
fere with the workings of the school for the
past week. Several other Iowa schools are
troubled in the same way.
I ) -s .Moiiies Must I'oy Up.
DBS MOINBS , la. , March 14. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BEE. ] The suit of tlio Capital
City Gas Lip lit company against the city of
DCS Moines for damages resulting from the
city substituting " electric for gas light ended
this morning ln"a verdict for the company for
$8.000. Other suits on the same grounds will
follow.
_
Used Ciiiieeli'd Mump * .
CEIUU RAPIDS , la. , March 14. [ Special
Telegram to Tun BEE. ] J. A. Baxter of
Toledo was taken before United States
Commissioner Frances today , charged with
using stamps that had been canceled. Ho
pleaded guilty and was bound over to ap
pear at the next term of the United States
court.
_ j
Fuel ii | ; u ScrloilR Clmrgu.
Sioux CITY , la. , March 14. [ Spec'al Tele
gram to Tnr. Bun. ] Simon Adolsheim , a
prominent boot and shoo merchant , was ar
rested .today on complaint of a domestic em
ployed by him named Lena Zinlco and ac
cused of criminal assault. Adclshelm was
placed under $2,000 bonds.
Trial uf lowix Onivo Kolihorx.
DES MOINM. la. , March 14. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BEE. ] The cast ) of tlio state
against the DCS Molncs grave robbers was
begun in the district court this morning.
Separate trials were granted and a jury em
paneled in the case against J. W. Shufcr.
Jf.lT.tL
Nine 31(111 Killed nnd Several Diu
Hurt In Iiiillun Territory.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , March 14. A special
from McAlIstor , I. T. , says the mine of the
Choctaw Coal company at Anderson is re
ported to have suffered from an explosion
this morning. Nine men were killed and
several dangerously Injured.
o
Movements ofOee.iii Steamer * Miircli 14 ,
At Naples Arrived Augusta Victoria ,
from Now York.
At Scilly Passed Scandla , from New
York.
At Fastnct Passed Teutonic , from New
York.
At Southampton Arrived Chester , from
Now York.
At Gibraltar Arrived Kaiser Wllhelm
II. , from New York.
At New York Arrived Devon la , from
Glasgow.
An Inhuman Mother.
ST. Louis , Mo. , March 14. Alice Potts , n
colored woman arrested for child desertion ,
nuuio n horrible confession in court today.
She stated on tha witness stand that a baby
found on the ice In the river last Junuarv
was hers.
"I did not want the brat. " she said , "so1
choked the life out of it and threw it out on
the Ice , "
She was locked up , charged with murder.
Ololiratoil llumhert' * lllrthdiy. :
WASHINGTON , D. C. , March 14. Today
being Iho anniversary of the birth of the
king of Italy , Damn F.ava , the Italian min
ister , gave n diplomatic dinner In honor of
the event. The guests wcro the vice presi
dent of the United Status , the secretary of
state , the secretary of the treasury. Senator
Brlce. the ministers of England , Germany ,
France. Spain , Austria , Itolglum , Switzer
land , Denmark , Turkey. Mexico , Japan ,
Nicaragua , Peru , Hon. II H. Brlstow , ex-
secretary of the treasury , and the members
of the Italian legation ,
The secretary of state drank to the health
of the king of Italy nnd Baron Fava re
sponded , giving a toast tn the health of the
president ot the .United States nnd the
healths of the heads of the nations whoso
representatives wuty present.
ixa.ti.ij > ' > .i.wi ut.usiit ) .
Shutting Io\Vn of thu KniHim Trust nnd
Hanking ( 'uiiiituiy :
ATCIIISON , Kan. , March 14. The Kansas
Trust and Banking company , of which Sena
tor Ingalls is president , closed Its doors late
last night. The liabilities of the concern are
estimated at $80,1,000 and the assuts will
probably reach $700,030. The company owns
l > 00,000 acres of land In Kansas and about
$00,000 worth of property in this city. R. M.
Mauley , general manager , loses $ 'jr > 0,000.
Freelnnd Tufts of Kansas Citv was up
pointed receiver by Judge Foster In the
United States court at Topeka. Senator
Ingalls loses only about $10M ( ( ) . The con
cern loaned considerable money on Kansas
property at boom figures and was compelled
to take It In and was unable to realize as
much as had been advance : ! .
The company was organized In W ! with a
capital of S100.000. Ex-Senator John J.
Ingalls is president of the concern , R. M.
Mauley , vice president , and E. G. Armsby.
cashier. Tlio principal part of the
capital was furnished by Mauley
and family and Ingalls. The
liabilities are SSOO.OOO. The assets ,
it is believed , if prudently managed , will pay
in full. Residents of AtchUon have $1L'OIH )
Invested in tlio concern secured by deben
ture bonds of conjectural value. It Is be
lieved that the decision of Armsby to with
draw hastened the crash. Mauley is practi
cally bankrupt.
Tlio application for n receiver was made
by L. F. Balrd of Kansas City in the Unite.l
States court at Topeka. F. M. Manley was
present and confessed Judgment for iAS.OOi ) ,
Including $78,00. ) to the estate of George
Manley. fofan advance In which tie became
p 'rsonally responsible. No other concern
was involved in the crash. It is believed
that nobody except the stockholders will
lose anything.
Tlio trouble is partly duo to the embarrass
ments of two years ago , when many loan
companies went to the wall , and this one
was saved by borrowingltcavlly. No money
was on deposit , as the company did not do a
general banking business.
R. M. Manley said this afternoon that ho
was financially ruined unless a reorganiza
tion of the company could bo effected. Ho
said the crash was produced by the de
pression of three years ago. There was no
money on deposit , us tlio company has not
done a general b.inkl ig business for over a
year. The creditors iu Atchison are not
complaining , as they regard their securities
us good.
IngnlU Will .Not lx.t > Anything.
KANSAS CITY , Mo , March M. Ex-Senator
John J. Ingalls declined to discuss the bank
failure , beyond saying that ho had got his
money out before the crisis came nnd lost
nothing.
Muii > uiti-i ) TliK'iricoxa .ir.i.v.
Itlcluinl Heath of Fresno , Cnl. , Arrest ml for
it Coli ! IlltHidml Crime.
SAN FiiAXctsco , Cai { , March 14. Richard
Heath , son Of tho.late General Heath , has
boon arrested for the murder of Louis B.
MeWhirter In Fresno last. August.- Fred W.
Polly is in jail at Fresno for vagrancy ,
charged with the same crime.
MuWhlrtor look u prominent part in
Fresno politics iin'J made many enemies.
His life was threatened and ho took $1)0,000
life insurance. On the niht of August 139
MeWhirter was aroused by a noise
in his bapk yard. Ho went , partially
dressed , revolver in hand to Investigate. A
succession of pistol shots followed and
McWhirtor was found in the yard with n
bullet in his heart. Two heavy clubs Indi
cated that there were two assassins. The
insurance companies believed bo committed
suicide and refused to pay the policies. The
tragedy created a sensation throughout the
state.
When taken into custody Heath intimated
that ho expected it , but declared ho could
prove an alibi that ho went to bed at the
Grand Central hotel in Fresno at U o'clock
on the night of the murder , and
was asleep nt the time it oc
curred. IIo declares ho was MeWhlrtor's
friend and holds tho'theory that MeWhirter
was killed by mistake.
During tlio campaign MeWhirter brought
Joseph E. Baker , a well known newspaper
writer , to Fresno to conduct a newspaper in
the Interests of the MeWhirter faction ot the
democractlc party. Baker , by his writings ,
incurred Heath's enmity , and Heath went
around with a revolver to kill him ,
MeWhirtcr and his family went to the
mountains , leaving Baiter in his house , re
turning n few days before the murder. The
theory is that Heath , not knowing of the re
turn'went to McWhirter's house to kill
Baker , but instead killed MeWhirter.
The fact that Heath had boon arrested
hero was not generally known until this
morning , as Heath was taken Immediately
over to Oakland and put on n train for
Fresno , where ho arrived last night. Heath
had Just come to the city from Los Gales ,
wliero ho has been taking the Kecly cure.
Ho Is well known ill San Francisco , whcro
ho has friends an 1 relatives of high stand-
in- . ' .
FIIBSXO , Cal. , March' 14. The city is
greatly excited over the news of the arrest
of McWhirter's murderers. Tlio arrest of
Heath in San Francisco was a great sur
prise , though ho had long been suspected.
Tlio grand Jury is now in session hero and
It is understood will return indictments
against Heath and Policy , It is believed
Heath will plead insanity as a defense. The
name of a third man to bo arrested Is not
known , but It is stated ho will bo caught before -
fore morning.
I'KltlSllKli I.V.I I'lt.llHIK FIKK.
Hurrlliln Futo Whleli Overtook u 1'nrty of
Itanium Farmer * .
SU.INA , Kan. , March 14 , Only meagre re
ports can bo secured from the prairie fires
which have been raging in western Kansas
for the past two days. Today news was re
ceived from Russell county that seven per
sons were caught between two fires yester
day and perished. - Tiioir names are :
WILLIAM IIAILEV- '
IIAVK IIUTC'HINHO.N.
ALIIKItT MUUltl- ; .
A. McDUNAMI.
MIS. ! I.Ar'EVKUK.
TWO UNKNOWN PERSONS.
Bailey was fearfully burned about the ab
domen and breast uml'dlod ' in awful agony.
The men wereall. . fanners and wcro out
feeding their stock. 'Iho pralrio lire had
been discerned approaching In the distance
and the unfortunates "had tnade for an open
space , where they hoped they might bo ena
bled to light oT ! the lire. Quickly getting
to work , they cleared the jrround for several
yards around , then as best they could dug a
trench around the space , Their efforts , however -
over , , were futile , for as the enemy approached
preached , the wind rose and changing Just as
it readied their frail cordon , whirled around
In ono awful tumult and lapped the poor
victims' lives out before they had liard'y '
realized their danger.
Their bodies were found this morning , all
but Bailey having died soon after having
bocn struck by the gjlo of HrdT
Reports of further damage with loss of
life arg rife , but confirmation of them to
night is tmi > osslble.
I.Ittlo llumobuck Itlilr.
ST. PcTCitsiiuiui , March 14. Major Funku-
shlma has arrived at Vladivostok , having
ridden on horsuback across European and
Asiatic Russia.
i
Nleo 1'ot fur the I'ape.
ROME , March 14. tie papal Jubilee has
added to the Vatican ooffers in money , plate
and Jewels $3,500,000.
SURROUNDED BY A TORRENT
Homo of a Docile County Man Flooded
by the PlatU
NARROW ESCAPE OF HS | FAMILY
Driven to tlio Hoof of tlin liutMIng to
Avoid IliMtli In till ! Klilng U'atorft
Upmuil to M-vurc ! Weather
All Night.
Neb. , March U. [ Special to
Tin : Her. . ] Ten sp.ins of the Platte river
bridge at tills place accompanied the thick
ice down the river , cutting off travel between
this city and Saunders county.
The Klkhnrn bridge across the Platte
river abaut live miles west of this city stood
as solid as a rock ,
John A. Carlson , who lives east of this
city and south of the Union 1'aeillo track ,
was up nearly nil night Saturday night
watching the Platte river , but near morning
ho retired and was sleeping sjunlly when
ho was awakened by the ice and water
crashing against his door with terrillo
force. Ho braeod the door and with the
assistance of the hired man succeeded
in getting his wlfo and children up through
the garret and onto the roof , through which
they had chopped a hole , " 'hero they sat
huddled together for twelve hours , exposed
to the cold wind and without food , until It
was possible for the neighbors to como to
their rescue.
Ho had three horses , one mule , two cows
and ono calf drowned. A stack of millet
near the house was carried a long distance
by the Hood , hut was left rivrht side up , with
the hay knife sticking in the top of the
stack.
CUT. Neb. , March H. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Ur.K. ] Tim river lias been
rising hero during the past thirty. six hours
and still continues full of heavy ice. It Is
cutting banks badly and fears are enter
tained that tlio b.inics on tlio east side will
bo overflowed. Tlio railroads are protecting
their tracks an'l preparing for high water.
A cable ferry b3.it was torn loose by ice last
night and lloatod down tlio river.
SIOL-X Cirv. la. , March 11. ( Special Tele
gram to Tin : 15in J Floods on the Nebraska
side of tlio Missouri have done much damage
to the Ponca division of the Omaha road ,
washing out bridges and embankments. A
sharp fall of the thermometer and a freeze-up
last nteht has averted further damage.
KBOKCK. la. , March M. Reports have
reached hero of the breaking of the levee
protecting the Illinois lowlands on the Mis
sissippi opposite Castor. Mo. The river is
high and full of lloating ice. but the prevail
ing cold lessens tlio danger of a disastrous
Hood.
_
NHirnnka 'M illiiripil ; Contests.
HASTINGS , Neb. , March 14. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Hcc. ] Tlio republicans of the
city of Hastings met in Dutton's nail and
crowded It to the door tonight. W. P. Mo-
Creary was chosen chairman and Harry Hnv-
erly secretary. For police Judge U. S. Uolirer
was nominated over 11. H. Morledge , the
present incumbent. For councilmen Swin
.lohnson wasr.amcd.in the First , J. 13. IJruco
in the Second , W. M. Lawman in the Third
and Mark Levy in the Fourth. Members of
the school board. Dr. I. A. George , J. C. Par
sons. E. E. Ferris , II. J. Irvin , J. A. Costo
and J. N. Clarke. John A. Costo has the
ontfyear term. The convention wan entirely
harmonious , nnd thu prospects are that the
entire ticket will bo elected.
Sp.w.viti ) , Neb. , March M. fSpeclal to Tin :
Ur.E. ] Thcro will bo two tickets in tlio Held
at the municipal election tills spring the
republican and citizens. C. E. Holland is
the republican candidate and J. II. Er/ord
the citizens. The question of lieemo will be
left to a vote of the people , a resolution to
that effect having been passed by both
caucuses ,
Br.ATinci : , Nob. , March H , [ Special Tele
gram to Tire BKC.J Tno citizens party ward
caucuses occurred this evening. Owing to
the cold weather they were not very largely
attended. The delegations are about equally
divided between Sliultz and Wheclock for
mayor. The citizens city convention will
meet at the Auditorium tomorrow.
. Interesting Lo il CIISCK.
HASTIXOS , Neb , March M. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun BGC. ) District court assem
bled hero today , Judge F. U.iBoall presiding.
For a week equity cases will bo tried , and on
the 21st the jury will bo called. A lar o
number of important cases will-bo called up
for adjudication , among-them being Edward
W. Mason's. Mason is charged with the
murder of Dolavan S. Cole last August. It
will bo remembered that his wlfo In last Jan-
nary made a statement to thocourt detailing
how she murdered Cole. Pleading guilty to
manslaughter , she was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary.
The old county treasury deficit is recalled
by u couple of eases iu which the bonds
men who advanced the money to settle
the shortage incurred in tlio last adminis
tration seek to recover from these fellow
bondsmen who shirked payment. Hobcrt
Trospersues for 20,000 damages for n
broken limb , which lie claims has crippled
him for life. Malpractice on the part ot tlio
company's surgeon is alleged.
Another interesting question to bo settled
by the court is which of John Balm's two
wives is to bo recognized in law. Ho mar
ried sonio thirty or forty years ago , became
Insane from an injury received at Pittsburgh
Landing , left homo and married again. Ho
Is now In tlio Hastings asylum. In addition
the usual batch of routine cases will make
the March term a very liusy one.
Coniinltlru ut Itcatrlre.
BUATHICE , Neb. , Maich -Special [ Tele
gram to THE Buti.j Tlio legislative investi
gating committee , consisting of Representa
tives Scott of Buffalo and Ellis of Dlxon. ar
rived in the city yesterday noon ami is
investigating the affairs of the Asylum for
Imbeciles. Mr. Laur of Omaha Is clerk nnd
K. H. Pollock of Beatrice stenographer for
the committee. Tlio contract for the now
dormitory will bo looked Into as well as the
contracts for supplies. Representative
Llngcnfcltcr , the third mcmbar is the com
mittee , is not present. Tlio committee ex
pects to bo engaged three or four days.
Fire ut ( ii-anil Islam ! .
GIIASD ISLAND , Nob. , March 14. [ Special
Telegram to Tin : Ben. ] At ! i o'clock this
afternoon lire liro'.ca out In H. D. Buydon's
pharmacy , originating in the basement
among the oils and paints. Th-s lire depart
ment in twenty minutes Irul the Humes ex
tinguished. The proprietor. Mayor Hoyden.
was absent. In Omaha. The loss Is about
J.r > 00 , covered by insurance. Origin of the fire-
is said to have been spontaneous combustion.
A report was also circulated that a clerk ,
while in the basement struck a mntch.whieh
was immediately followed by an explosion.
I'crull.ir C.iso ol u fariurr.
SBWAIIII , Neb. , March 14. [ Special to Tun
UP.K. ] Last night about half p.ist 0 o'clock
Daniel Topham foun 1 Martin Feary , a well-
to-do farmer of B township , lying on ,1 load
of brick at the side of the road four miles
north of town In an unconscious condition.
Ho brought him back to town and took him
to the Commercial hotel. Ho is still uncon-
s.-ou.-i , but resting quietly , nnd may bo able
to tell how ho receive 1 his Injuries when ho
regains later. Many suspect foul play.
Improtlii : ; tlio hrrvk-r.
FIICMONT , Neb. , March 14. ] SpecIal to
TUB BEE. ] Com.ncncing next Monday there
will bo n dally mall line establlshtU between
this city mid Bang , Maple Creek and Ev
erett.
Found Drail In Her IScil ,
FHANKUN , Neb. , March -Special [ Tele
gram to THE BCB. ] MUs Blackburn , & mil
liner , who came hero several months ago
from St. Joseph , Mo. , was found dead in her
l > ed this morning. Her money and valuables
were undisturbed , and death Is supposed to
have resulted from heart trouble , as there
were no marks of violence on her person.
it is not known that she has any relatives.
She was living alone ami her store was not
open yesterday. _
Home Tlilr < tit Ki'iirnr.v.
, Neb. , March 14. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BUK. ] L. G. Korcek had n
co'.iplo of horses stolen from his barn last
night. The barn Is In the rear of his store
on Central avenue , in the Imsinesp part of
the town , and the animals were taken about
11 o'clock , as lie went out soon after that
hour tu lock the barn door. No traeo of them
has yet been found.
. I'liUnl to Si'Oim- l.lri'tur.
KIAUNIY : : , Neb. , Maivh 14. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bii.j : : Ludwig Korcek was nr-
rested yesterday aftornoun and taken to
Omaha last night by Deputy United States
Marshal Harris for selling liquor without u
license. Ho has be on shadowed for some
time and was suiting tlio liquor under the
name of hop tea.
OgiliMi , V. T. , Itcccln-t u Scorching Otlu-r
Itlnrr * .
Oonr.x , U. T. , March II. Tlio most disas
trous lire that has ever visited Ogden re
sulted in the almost complete destruction of
the Utah Ixian & Trust company's building.
The lire was discovered at 5 o'clock this
morning and the lire department promptly
began work , but a strong wind was blowing.
and as the llames were dlflleult to control.
the Salt Lake department was telephoned
for.
for.Tho
The Salt Lakers nrrrlved at 10 o'clock on
a special train over the Rio Grande Western
and Union Paclllc and rendered valuable
nssistancu in checking tlio lire , which was
confined to one building.
- Fireman Frank Hurt of Salt I ake was
knocked from , i fourth-story window by a
falling radiator , but landed in a snow bank
and sustained only slight injuries.
Fireman Lewis Mclnlosh of OgJon was
struck by a stioam of water which had
come in contact with an electric wire anil
received a shock from which fatal results
are feared.
The outer walls of the building remain in-
tact. . The federal court room oil the second
floor was also saved. The building con
tained the offices of a number of attorneys
who lost their libraries.
Among the ilrms who lost by the uamago
of lire and water were : J. W. McNutt it Co. ,
drugs ; Putnam Clothing house ; Beinman
Bros. , wholesale tobacco ; Attorney . II
Smith , library. ? S,0K ( ) : Evans > t Rogers , law
library , SIO.UOJ. Tlio building originally
cost SSOO.IXX ) . Estimated loss , $123,000 ; in
surance. $ . "iKX ( ) .
ST. Lorn , Mo. , March 1 1. One-half of the
town of Arkansas City. Ark. , burned tills
morning. One fireman named C. A. King
was burned to death. Loss , about $100,000.
ST. LofH , Mo. , March 14. Fire destroyed
the factory of the St. Louis Furniture asso
ciation. 'I'vvo men barely escaped with their
lives. Fire was caused by sparks from
boiler blowing into pile of shavings. Total
loss , ? OrKX ( ) ; insurance , § : I7XK ( ) .
ISxirmt. N. H. , March 14. Fire in the
Exeter cotton mills this morning destroyed
engine room and the old part of the struc
ture. l oss , ? i'OOJ. ( ) ,
Three persons vvero injured. Two hun
dred and fifty hands were thrown out of em
ployment.
liAi.TiMonn , Md. , March 14. Tlio live-story
building occupied by Mntthal Ingrain & Co. ,
manufacturers of tin and Japanned ware ,
burned this morning. Loss , $500,000.
LivcurooL , March 14. The cotton ware
house of Deeno & Co. in Beetle , near hero ,
burned this morning. Loss , $ .VJO,000.
X Ut' ftlK WllKIT OllOl' .
ItcpnrU from the rrlnclpul Who it ( trowing
CHICAGO , 111. , March 14. The Fanners Re
view tomorrow will say : Reports from the
principal wheat growing states in the west
show tluit the crop Is at teat stage when not
much can bo told by appearances , but a few
weeks will show the true situation. In Illi
nois tlio appearances are decidedly against a
full crop , but it is probable that a few weeks
will improve the outlook. At present in
mapy Holds the tops of the wheat plants
have Decn killed , but the roots seem to be all
right. Judging by present appearances ,
almost half the reports indicate a condition
of i)0 per cent uolow an average , onu-lif th
of the reports In.licato a full average , and
the rest are. decidedly poor.
In IndUm the general condition is re-
parted fait , which means a little below an
average.
In Ohio and Michigan the present condi
tion Is much ahead of that in Illinois and
Indiana.
In Kentucky the general condition ! }
fair.
In Missouri the condition is hardly fair.
Only one-fourth report , tlio condition as a
full average. Some reports say the wheat Is
frozen out in places , and that the Holds will
have to bo plowed up. In some of the Holds
the crop cannot bo over one-half the aver
ago. Generally speaking the early sown
fields uro good. Late sown Holds are uf
doubtful condition.
In Kansas and Nebraska the condition is
fair to good. The plant in some counties Is
starting to grow and lias a good color.
In Iowa the condition is nearly an average
Snow Is going rapidly.
In Wisconsin tlio snow came early and
kept the plant covered all winter. In some
places where the snow has molted , the con-
ill tlon appeals to be fair.
' AFIER THE CORPORATIONS.
.Mr Spoclit'H I'lint to Mttkii Tluini ( inint Ito.i-
Konalilit Coiici'Hitioiifl.
Councilman Specht has set his lance in
rest and like a true knight errant has
started out on a righteous crusade against
extortionate corporations. His first combat
will bo against the telegraph , telephone ,
electric light and street ear companion , and
ho proposes to levy on them a tribute of 1
for each polo they maintain in t' o itreets.
The doughty champion from the Sixth
ward will then proceed against the Omaha
and Council Bluffs Bridge and Motor com
pany. Ho proposes to enforce a license of
$10 to $ > on each of its cars , but may bo
placated by a rcductionof the tran.imissourl
fare to 5 cents.
Ho also has in mhrl an ordinance compell
ing the Omaha Street Railway company to
sell six tickets for .l cents. Ho has sought
City Attorney Council's assistance , air I that
official will look up the law governing the
iwints at issue.
( 'ittlo l.nv : .
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , March It. In anticipa
tion of the heavy movement of southern cat
tle to Montana and this state , Governor
Osbonio has publicly announced the regula
tions uti'ler which the shipments will bo ad
mitted. There must bo careful Inspection at
tlio start : cattle must have been for ninety
days north of the infected district , as
prescribed by tlio agricultural department ,
to bo received at all ; no cattle can bo trailed
through this state all must submit to In
spection In Wyoming , if considered neces
sary , by local ofllciais. Last year n deter
mined fight was made for tlio privilege of
driving cattle through Wyoming to Montana ,
but It failed.
Ilurrlion'u Duck Hunt In On ,
HAVANA , III. , March 14. Ex-Prcsldcnt
Harrison arrived hero yesterday and took a
Uvat for the nprivor ducking grounds with
out tlio roach of any reports except these of
his own gun ami those of his party.
GluiUtonu U iiiiltliif ; ISi-ttiT.
LONDON , March 14. Gladstone's physician
says the premier's illness Is not influenza.
Gladstone slept well nnd is much butter , but
remains in bed to recuperate.
Liverpool HtocU llrnkuiv Full.
Livr.iirnoi , , March 14. Big , Land &
Harvey , stock brokers operating largely In
American stocks , have Tailed. Their liabil
ities exceed
NOT DISCOURAGED BY DEFEAT
Republican National League Arranging for
Its Auuual Oouvmition ,
ITS RINGING CALL FOR THE MEETING
Preparing to Miiku ( irout right for tha
Control iif CiiiicrtxM In 1801Vorils
tluitVIII Appr.U to tlio
I'atrlotic ,
New YOIIK , March H. The call for the
nntuiiil convention of tlio Republican Nn-
tlonnl league , to meet at I/misvlllo , ICy , ,
Wednesday , May 10 , was Issuotl today. Tlio
r.itlo of representation will l > j six dolegatos-
at-larpo from each st.ito ai > 'l territory nnil
four from each congressional district and ono
from cai-li college republican club In the
United States. Tlio i.itlloiml convention of
the Aiuerlo.in Uopubllcan Collo.jo league
will bo held nt tlio same place on May 11.
The call says the members of the league
vill accept the party's defeat of 1KW as a
larger call upon thorn for renewed itovotlou
and effort in the congressional elections of
1MM , the presidential election of IS'.Kl and In
the state and local party contests of the
time intervening. It Is ready , in Its vast
membership , with ono of Its own clubs at
work In almost every neighborhood In the
United States , every day in the year , in all
the nobler efforts of party methods , through
popular effort and through popular educa
tion , to bear the burden of party worlc In
the four years to come. In this now day of
romploto democratic ascendancy in the na
tion and the restoration of sectional rule In
the government , with the conunittcos of the
United States senate being organized iu the
interest of a section compnsln ? ono-fourtli
of the states of the union , in which states
republican voters are boldly and successfully
disfranchised because tho.v are republicans ,
and when the cabinet of the now president
is made up mainly in the interests of the
great corporations of the land , there is but
added reason for increasing ardor and activ
ity on the p.irt of every true friend of human
rights , free labor and self-respecting Ameri
canism.
It Dill No.l Kml 111 IHII'J.
The struggle did not end in 189 : ) , as Abra
ham Lincoln , in the hour of previous repub
lican defeat so faithfully said , all republicans
may say with fidelity now.'The light must
go on , the cause of human liberty must not
bo surrendered at tlio end of one or even ono
hundred defeats. " It must go on until the
weak and helpless of all classes and condi
tions are protected under the laws , and until
the day shall como demanded by General
Grant , When tlio rights of no republican
shall bo as fully admitted and as fully pro
tected tit every voting place In the land as
tlio rights of a democrat. "
To this end tlio national committee ami
National Hcpubliean league cordially Invites
all eitl/ons who believe in honest elections
and the right of every America i voter to
cast ono vote and Iiavo it fairly counted ,
who believe in the dignity of free labor and
the faithful maintenance of the difference
between American an ! European wages ,
who believe in the old American policy or
protection to American industry and to
American workmen and in the now American
policy of reciprocity , who bellovo in the
fullest protection to all classes of invested
Interest and yet who are opposed to corpora
tion rule in the government of ultnur the
nation or the state , who believe in sound
money and honest gold and silver a'
money , as pledged in the national
republican platform at Minneapolis , who'
bolicvo in such improvements ami extensions
of the banking system of the country as will
brin ? the banking facilities nearer to the
pcopio of the smaller towns and communities ,
who believe In practical civil service reform ,
such as will separate tha spoils Idea from
polities and preserve the pcopio in the con
trol of public olllces and all public affairs ,
and who believe in liberal polities , and yet
In the assertion of American ideas in all
American affairs. All such pcopio , and all
who are in sympathy with other policies and
aspirations of tlio republican party of tlio
future , are invited to unite at once In mem
bership with the league clubs of their own
neighborhoods and participate In the election
of delegates to the national convention ut
Louisville.
Instinctively American ,
The republican party being nonsoctional
and instinctively American in all the better
meanings of the term , chooses to open anew
now contest with this convention hold on
southern ground , especially inviting attend
ance from all southern slates , and Imping to
make historical this republican meeting in
the state which is sacred with the traditions
of Henry Clay , Abraham Lincoln and James
G. Ulaino.
ItnTiinoil to Ohnv the Oommlnlon.
NASIIVIU.H , Tcnn. , March H , John Hulim ,
United States district attorney , filed In the
federal court hero yesterday a bill of com
plaint of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion against the Louisville & Nashville rail
road. The bill alleges that the company has
steadily refused and continues fo refuse to
obey any order made by the commission
under a decision of tlio commission relntlva
to discriminations in eo.il r.ilcs charged
shippers to Nashville over its lines.
Now Varlt livrli tii' ; ( jiiut'illonii
NIJW YOHK , Mnivli M. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : Ur.i : . ] Exchange was quoted as fol
lows : Chicago , ! W i-i r.ta premium ; IJoston ,
17 cents discount ; St. Louis , 7u cents pre
mium.
\fK.iTin.t \ in
( Icnurally Fiilr and W.iriiitr Am the No-
lirahldt Indlp itl-ini lor Ted ly.
WAMIIXOTON , 13. C. . March U. forecasts
for Wednesday : For Nebraska an 1 .South
Dakota Generally fair , winds shifting to
southeasterly and warmer.
For Iowa Fair , northerly winds , becom
ing variable ; slightly winner In western
portions.
I.oeiil Iti.'l'or.l.
OrncKoi'TUB WCVTIISIC I > iniRir , OUAII.I ,
March H. Omaha record of toinpjratnroana
r.iinfall , compared with norrespjiiding day of
past four years :
1803. 1802. 1801. IfiOO.
Maximum temperature.0 = > Ul 30 = 'JOO
Mliiliiniiiiti'iiipuriitiiru. . OS iHO ! 4C 1:10 :
Avuragn tomptfiMliilo . 1-fO < ! < ! ' 17"5 21S >
Prcclpltatlnn 01 .Oil .00 .00
Statement showing the conditbn of tom-
pcraturonnd pivcipitatlon at Omaha for tlio
day and since March I , IS'JJ :
Normal temperature Il.'i = >
Dollclency fur tbiidiiy aio
Dullclitncy Hlncu Mtiicb 1 73
Normal preolplCitlnn 01 Inch
lelli ) > lniu-v fur tboduy Oil Inch
Miiroli J 10 Inch
Itrports frcim Oilier 1'olnU ut K p. in.
tjolow tern. t ot reported.
GEonoB B. HUNT ,
Local Forecast