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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TWENTY-SKCOX 0 YEA R , 0 MAHA. SATURDAY MCWtfJXO , APRIL 8. 2.03. TOM mm CAUGHT Impeaclmont Dra ? Net Brings ths Er- Anditor Before tie Supreme Court s WORK OF LAST NIGHTS JOINT CONVENTION utian and Artsolw of Imp ohmont AgaauBt Bsnton Qnictly Adopted. HE WILL BE TRIED WIFH THE OTHERS His Otiss Ebferred to the Commit * eo Namnd to Manage the StAte't ORSB. DID NOT MAKE IT STICK ON LEESE MrmlKTB Ili-fni-r to Vote to Itnpentili tlir JuxVtlnriifj Cleni-ril on thu Unsup. | iirtcil Word ut u ' i-imtor Coin- iiilttux to T 1. 11 Livroi N Neh , April 7 [ Special Tele- prau in Tun Her. ] When the Joint couven- tMi > met ut * o'clock the roll call showed the pri-si'ii'T of thirty-two sanutors and spvonty- rl 'bt uii'inticrs of the tinuse i'he president fl > i arcd tin ubjact of c.inventioa to be tbo < mnsi leratiou of a rosalutltm of imp.iacii- uii'iit ag.nmt : Thofnus H Bentnn. The read- in ? uf tin r * Button was callei lor. As sonn us the resolution und report of the impeachment wore read Keukley usKed to hoar tin r. . . ' I'tiug if the evidence. Wuts in said it did not soein to be custom- tirv to read evidence in impeachment cases Keikle.\ said that the evidence in the 01 h"i c.is > , was published at least twice , una uas on file in the house a month before i < up"a < lim-ut proo3eJius were instituted so thut all the members had an oppjrtanlty to IIP'imc familiar with It. Darner moved the adoption of the resolu tion li'iiM-nV I'laliitlvc Protest. . Jensen protested against any further im- 1" .i'hmrnts He insisted that the logi lu- ture and the paoplp of the state were going daft and ho thought it time to get bid ; to h -MSI und reason He objected to burdening tb' supreme court with work that would tie Us hunUs"for a year to come. Biirr.v suid that th < " committee h'i3 care- fu'.v gone over the evidence and Imew what it was ub ut A synopsis of the evidence vas bre submitted and wus opin to insp. " - tiun. He asked thut the resolution bo voted tip or down and the committee would quietl.v - - - lu-i-i-pt Nnrin bucked up the position taken by .Icnsen and defended Bcnton as a eompetent , o iliL-inir and honest ell ! 'ial Porter admitted thut Bentan was obliging. In fact was altogether ton obligiu ; when he c luipulled crediuirs of the state to "whack up" lu ord' r to got their money. He Insisted that no guilty man b ° allowed to escape. He Riid that he p rsitriily knew Of enough of the evidence to justify impeachment pro ceedings Muniof tlin l'\ili'iic . The testimony of H. M Waring against Hc-ntou as ordered read , showing that the ex nuuiior had hold up the firm of Waring. Potter X Bo.v les for f 70U as the price of issu iiiT u war-aut tor ? Ti.Oj ; ) to the firm after it h id bi'cn allowed by the legislature , for fit m jg rapine services in the Powers contest cases It set forth all the details , and also gave n con verti.ition between the witnesses und Bunion after the wipaaehuiunt procead ings had hnmi iuslitutod , in which Bt'uton nj"gostea that they get togflthar an 3 llx up the stories that they would tell HIP tnvostitratitig committee when called to the wiiucsi stand. Wathtiu Anxious lir ( A < ihttrAito < i Wats m intermitted the reading to say th'it he did not believe that the ox-oOicials , coald bo iintieached , no mitter what the I evidence miirtit be. He moved that before the Bentou uud Li'ese cases wore acted on the attorneys employed bj the committee be usUod as to whether impaachment would lie Porter asked if Watson thought the at torneys would have gone to the work of preparing - paring articles if they had not thought that thej would hold. Watson replied that eminent lawyers Boineuines made mistakes in instituting law- salts Porter asked if it was not u fact that the constitution was not broad enough to cover ai points in the law , and that no law was un institutional unless it directly eonilictol with tin constitution Watson evaded the question and good nxuiredl.v replied that the gentleman from Merrit U was a hotter constitutional lawyer than In1 was and ought to be able to decide ii himsftr U'utson moved to delay action imui tomorrow in order to get the opinion of tli utt irnc.v s as to whether ex-officials could In ii penciled \ntnl to Impeach lltuitim. IKISV s ml he did not pretend to be a con- FtautMiiul lawyer , but he had it from the lust Uiu\Ts in the state , und they were luuiiunious tu the effect thut imppuuhmeut V Uulll 111' The previous question was ordered and "U utsou s substitute defeated Roll cull was then iirUered ou the resolution of impeach ment The resolution was adopted by n vote I ) ' V to III Porter asked if articles of impeachment nguiust Bcnton had been prepared I'hiurmun Locktier of the impeachment roiLiiiutee stilted that in view of the short- ii > sof the time to elapse before the close ol tini issi m the committee hud prepared nrtuU'h fur the consideration of the Joint rt ini'iitMn in case thej might be called for Thejrc sent up and ordered rcart. Xrtlclfo Ui'tttl untl Ailopti'il. Ttu-ri' cre three of the articles , the first relating to stuffed vouchers and consisting of eighteen spiicificatioiiR. setting forth the cell house vouchers , the coal und flour vo i'hers from the insane us.iluui , and the TaUor x-oucher The second contained one specification , c-tsargitip that Bi'iiiuu willfully nud corruptly dimanded and recoivwl bribes. Tin- third chiirgwl tht > extortion of money U' 1w false prntens 6 The urticlit. were adopttni on roll call by a rou t'f ' "i-1 to U. U.Hid Hid Nut rlllfh l.l-fkr. Mattes moved the adoption of the impaaoh- Dieni icsulutiou ugRitiBt ex-Attorney Qun- frut 1-eese Porter wanted at lna t a little of the cvi- ( Unco n-ad Popr saul there WBB no twtimony at hmid. uiul then prtH-twded tochurpt' the iix-Htt irnt\\ pencral w ith employini ; IKirRHii on divei-s oiiasions to CUITJ ou worn ordm-tul b\ the stall und thut while utuirnp.v general of t -f stair he gave uu opinion as to the 1 < gai t.and . validity of the puniteutiurv i iu > tract , und that he hud lotiliittd to swure M ' xti'nsuui of the cnntrucl , > et uu < ipmi m was now uu file in the house in which the i x an'vn y gcnerul us n privuii cin/i'ti hail rcce.i\ ! declared thut throi tract had urver been legal ami wub , therefore it ti. ! . jiresoiit time uuU und void Porttr sold u tmre assertion w i not cirnt ground for Itniieachmpiit. mid tipI I tnund < d that hDMarit * of the pn tor from I Snlitif or of other parties be offered in evidence. Ucmliln't TnUf 1'iipi'V U'urd. After ronBldernble qwstionlne. cros - qucwtlonlnratid ntwrrinr botwonn Pnt and Porter , the former offeitid substitute r o- lutioti calling upon the Attorneys heretofore employed to draw articles of impeachment against Loose and report at ID o'clock to morrow. H wn amended so as to require the arti cled to b" presented il the uttorne.vs > deemed the evidence to sufficient Oa this reso lution Hi * null call was ordered It resulted in the adoption of the resolution by a vole ol H7 toR The chair appointed a committee consist ing of Pojie , McKt'sfeon mid Uruse to present evidence to the attorney * Tne Bnntou ease was placed in thr hinds of the board of impeachment managers ap pointed to act in the other cases. On motion of GOBS each member of the board was allowed tSSO for per diem and ex penses The Joint convention thnn took n recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. " * Irlnl Itrirlim oil Monilnj. The followtntr order was received this evening by Clerk Campbell of the supreme court. . Xeb. April 7 , 1R93 Whfrnas , No tice of thp Uiipoacliuicnt by a joint convention of the HCiiate and house < it i-epresi-itutlveK of tinNtnle of NftiriisUu. of Auru-Ui It. Ilumphrev. . ] < ilin I . Allen , Ufifgc II. lliislinc" ami Joli n H lllllhaR bm-n duly srrved upon me. together with the articles of linpcuch- mi'iit. by the flrxl UHslstant Nt'CM'tary of the senate , now tliTt-fori' 1 hereby cull u sewlon of the KUprrnif court to meet ut the lupreuie court loom lu ilir cupltnl at Lincoln on Mon day April in , INKS , at Vto'clodj n in. to try suld Inipcarlinionts The clerk will forthwith serve persnnul notice npm all parties Inter ested of thu above order. SAJirr.i , MASWIII , . Chief Justice of the supreme ( . 'oun of Ne braska. 4 _ : A AIX < T HEXTOX. s of thw Teatlui my unVlilch liu- prllfllllll'llt Is UlSDCl. Lisroi.s , Neb . April" [ SpeciilTelegram to THE BCE ] Followins is a bn f s > nopsis of the evidence lutrodn'ed against Bon urn. Auditor Moore testlfle3 that the insurance companies doing business in Nebraska pay into the auditor's olfice aun.rally from S-1S.OM to $55.0ti : ) , and that { his nvmey is turned into the state treasury every sis months. \Vhile he had made no dBtaile.1 examination of the haoks lu the treasurer's oBje ho had obtained from that office tne total amount turned into the treasury lust yea" from this source , and the amount was i 1CHI.UUO. He also testified thut in looking over the vouchers ou file In his ofllce he hud discovered that mnni of them seemed to huvc b.'en issjci in a vcrj irregular manner , espaciully those from the Institute for the Feeble Minded at Beatrice Out of 700 so examined ubout 1100 were improperly signed or damaged in some way Many of them wore evidently written or signed by the same penmanship On the \ % hole he considered thut the vouchers that had passed through the auditor's ofilcc had boon carelessly and impropjrlv handled. P. O. Iledlund. the present deputy auditor , testified along the line of evidence given by Mr Moore He admitted that it would be possible for the auditor to hold back the monej received from insurance companies , but did not know that it had Dt-eti done. Auditor Moore was recalled and testified that the blotter in'which the names of in surance companies registered in the office bile Bentou was auditor was missing from the records. Oiintrui-tiir Howard Ilnld Up. D B. Howard , the contractor who built the two wines of the Norfolk insane asylum , testified that when he finisheJ that building he had a claim In-fore the legislature for J'.I.MK ) for extras The' legislature allowed the claim , and he assumed it to ,1 M Stew art and General Ixese When these gentle men gave him a check for the amount , they reserved f 1UU. which went to Beuton lor serv ices ulleged to have been performed by him. Beuton claimed that the money was to go to Judge 'Mason , but he never knew whether Mas-on got the money or not. .1 M Stewart , the man referred to in the above testimony , was called to the stand He denied that the moue.\ was paid to Benton - ton , but that it was pain to a man named Morrell. He said that he went to see Beuton uboul the matter , and found him with Speaker Elder and a man named Dobson Ho claimed that all of the three were pretty well filled up on whisky , and that Elder ivns "nulling Bentou s leg" for a place on the State Board of Transportation Elder in sisted , he said , on having a place on the bnard atid "was pretty well filled up nnd stacgering around considerably " H M. \ \ urine , nn Omaha stenographer who took the testimony for the independent candidates for state officers in Xtu > contest two years ugo. testified that when the legis lature tillowed their claim of $ r . ( KK ) thej as- sicnod it to the Commercial National bank at Omaha und that before they could do so Benton demanded and re-vived ? 700 before he would draw the warrant. Turin'un liluplii.MV 1'ny. M. M. White , a bookkeeper in the auditor's oftice under Benton. testified that he had been employed , in addition to his other duties , in checking up the hnuks of various insurance companies in the state. That he received $10 per dux , but that he was com pelled b. > Benton to give up one-third of that amount Ho did four mouths work in Beat rice for the county commissioners and re ceived therefor fSIlO Boiituu required him to give up 10 per cent of ibis money. He at first refused , nud then Buutou said thut If he would make him a present of a diamonJ ring lie could ko p the money he made ut Beatrice without losing his job in lb < ' ofllec He thought the matter over for several days and fiuull.v decided thut m order to keep his position hev ould buy Benton the ring He did so , paying ? 7. > for it When he offered it to Bunion the latter said be had concluded to bu.\ his wife a diamond mend 1 rooch. to coat flftu. and thut hi' woul 1 rather witness would pu\ half of thut amount Witness declined to tto this and sold the ring buck to the jew cler from whom he hud puivhu.ied it He suid tu the com mittee thut he heard Beuuiu assert tu friends thut he would come out of the oUlou with f 10.000 to f 12.0110 a year und thut he was not in the office for his health C B Allen , a former clerk tu the auditor's office , testified that he had paiJ Beut3U KI for 11 desk which belonged to the suite. J M Gannett , a member of the legislature from York countx two yeare ago was one of the witnesses He te .Unod us tollows con cerning u visit he paid to the "oil room" in Bentoi.'s office while the Nt vrberr.x bill was pending He suid : " 1 just happened to drop in tu talK with him the morning the bill was to come from the governor While 1 was in there O W Holdrege and W H. Dorgau came in The three insisted on m.siuyiiiglhurc. . and not to vote ou that bill und not to be recorded ou thut bill that is. at. against the governor's veto. Mr. Holdrege siiid they could not pass the hill over the governor's veto without my vote. He said the.\ were funning some very stitmg comhiuat'uus. if ] wanted auj thing nil 1 had to do was to ask for it. "Benton spoke up and said. 'Gannett , if you want anything , here is the cnance of your life , you need not be bashful about ask ing fur it' He snid whatever 1 wanted 1 could have , lloltlrcgc was in a position to snake me comfortable for life Jt was the clmnce of my life. I told htm there was one thing that 1 wanted nud one thin ? 1 would have. That was to have n\ . name recorded on the journal voting for the lussuge of that WU over the governor's vt to " To Cxtiutil the ClMiorn. Guss HOCK , Wvo , April 7. | Special 'Jolt > - grum to THE BBK j On the \\esthound train tonight arrived ton Hurre.uirs They ar1 iwrt of a surveying outfit that i * so in to bi > put in the fluid tu cniM-itectioii the old aurve.of . the IHuh and \Vy.iaiin ? Central ruilw.iv from Caspar west I'MS UKUCS us if Hie Klkhoru shurlly eon'ruipl ites m iving west from Casper PuupUfioin all sections , are fiui king to < 'aspi'i 1 > > ti t > hub a | Mpu Juti m of i mi" I'lar'neii i.u-s of sTe.'i rails ur at Chudran supposed to be lutcudea for immediate ue went of Casper EXPIRED IN7 THE BATH TUB } Mrs. 01&US Frahm of Hastings Meets Ds&th in a Peculiar Way. DAMAGING NEBRASKA PRAIRIE FIRES nniin Countj ( inept by I'lnliii-n ( Mlier 1'iirtK uf the Muli' Thre.iteliud tuliili J'uciile l'ii i.fiiipr I ruin IVrvoked S. Nob. , April ' . [ Special Telo- p.tam toTuc BEE 1 This aft ruoon one of the most distressing casualties that has ever taken place in Hastings rasultod from u very trivial lire Mrs. Claus Frahm , the victim , was one of the most talented and popular society leaders in this city For some time past she has been an invalid , suf fering with the same disease of the heart that resulted fatally with ex-President Har rison's wife. Ail winter she has been In New York receiving medical attention Sev eral times her life has been despaired of and her constant wish has uoen thut she might reach her home to die About a week ago she was brought to Hastings. This noun her husband loft her to obtain u plivsiciun. The son-ant girl was away nud Airs Frahm was entirely alone When the girl returned she noticed slsns of fire und turned In an alarm The blare was soon extinguished , the loss belli : : almost nothing , und the damage confined to Mrs. Frahm's bedroom. Mrs Fruhtn was missed and u search was instituted v.hich resulted in her bolus found lu the tub of the bath room covered by u foot of water , her dress from the feet up to the waist was burned in ptuces und her aodomen was charred by the fire. fire.It It is supposed that the bed on which she was lying in some way became icuitod , the flames communicating to her wrapper. She immediately ran to the bath room udjoii.mg , and turning on the water trieu thus to ex tinguish the flames. Then she either faint-id nnd was drowned , or else the shock of the cold water immediately killed bur. the long feared fatal excitement stopping the action of her heart. When Mr. Frahm returned he was prostrated b.his . sudden bereavement Coroner Irwin decided that no inquest was necessary. iiisnor i ONAcrjri TKIAU Chiirg < > t > iir * < f\iiril .Vitliruslcu I'rleiits to U lll\C3tlElltllI. : LINCOLN , Neb. , April 7 [ Special to THE Bcc ] It hus been definitely decided that Mgr. Satolli will be in Lincoln nn Sat urday of next week to take up several inter esting cases in connection with Bishop Bon- ncum's management of the Lincoln diocese Uooms for himself an J two secretaries have been secured at the Lincoln hotel , and the evidence in the mutters will lie heard there Nothing is known definitely of the charges that will be heard against the bishop , but it is pretti definitely known thui his removal to the diocese of Cheyenu" is asked for on the ground of his autocratic treatment of sev eral of his priests The instances cited are in the cases ol Father Walsh , whom he suspenaed for five years for what the priest's friends claim was without just prov ocation und done in n fit ef temper , and Fathers Crowley and Corhott , to wlnm his bearing and manner has been harsh and autocratic , as the priests alien1 The uishop is something of a fighter himself and his friends have been husj for several days searching newspaper files and interviewing piomincut Catholics after evidence Father Walsh is equally active und the hearing promises to be a very brew one The case will be partially heard on documentary evi dence and bath sides have been notified to prepare us much of their case as it is possi ble m that muuner for submission. \ritit'Kii > m A VARIANT CAK. rnliiii I'urlllr I'tiShenger Trnlu Dltrhrd Near I.vxlnirtoli , hut Nu l.Itt-h I.tt LEXINGTON , Neb , April 7. [ Special Tele gram to Tut BEE ] Westbound passenger train No 7 ou the Union Pacific was wrecked one mile west of Lexington at a this morniing. An empty coal car blew onto the main line ut Coznd and traveled eastward in tht heavy wind at terrific speed , coming into collision with the passenger here , mukiiic a totai wreck of the entriue , turning the baggage and smoking cars on their side iu the ditch.and converting the wander ing nox car into kindling wood Charles Heed , the fireman. jumpcQ and oscupod with u sprained ankle. Emriuecr Jack Sullivan remained ou his engine and iu an almost miraculous manner escaped without a scratch. A tramp , who was ridimr the blind bac- gage , had his shoulder dislocated and was injured internally , but none of the passen gers suffered any injuries beyond a few scratches und u little shaking up. A temporary track is being built around the wreck. _ JiiilKC Kliifuid' * < ! iiul : Workt RtfeUviLLC Nob. 7 Telegram , , April -Special [ gram to THE BEE ] District court ad- juurned this evening Judge ICincaid has kept everything on the move und disposed of. a large number of cases Ss-ssions have been held every evening during the term. Four important criminal cases were tried . The stute against Bo.vd. selling liquor to In dians ; Nuwotnc.v . embezzlement of school dis trict funds ; Williumsim , horse stealing , and Baker , assault with intent to commit mur der In the two first convictions were se cured and iu the tw. ) lust verdicts of ucquit- til ; wore ronJ'iivJ B.iyd was sentenced to two years and nine nim'bs in th > peniten tiary In passing situteuuc ou this cas ? the noun toolf o vasiou to observe thut it was the most important conviction ever obtained in the Fifteenth judicial district , the offense charged beiug one of the gravest in UB possi bilities for "evil Nowotney was charged with embezzling $171. "S of school uiuueA while treasurer of u countr.v district He w.is sen tenced to one year in the penitcrtiarj und to paj double the am-unl embszzlod. rifiiiolU' " New Industry. FUE.MONI. Neb , Anril 7 [ Special to THE Bun ] Captain E Anderson , and messrs A. C Johnson uul Peter A Nelsau , with their families , household roads and several car loads of machinery from HncineVis. . . ar rived in this city toduj to permanently reside and manufacture upholstered gooas They will temporarily occupy the Harms building until they can have some large onus of their own erected in the manufacturing district oX the city. Ot'Hth ol Mrit. siisiut Alf \uuilrr * STtiACfbC. Neb. , April 7 [ Special Tele gram toTiiuBcEj- Kusan M Alexan der , wife of llev G S Alexander , editor of the Syracuse Journal , died this morning after a lingering illntisb Mrs Alexander was u prominent woman and state officer iu the Society of the Home for the Friendless. Funeral services will he held ut the Mothodiftt EpisM.pil chuivh at this pitiro Sunday afternooa ut 'J Intrrentnil the Tnunlier * . BrsiiAU , Neb. . April 7 | SH | > cial Telesrura to THE BBC J At thr Cumberland Pit * .by- torlun church this evening Prof A.V Nor- i tun president of the Nebraska State Normal school , delivered a livuuv on the "Element I Lacking iu Our PubiiSclwolg" to the Otoe I Count ) TeucliJTs aks -iatiun. i . whi'hisnow 111 st'SaUU Ut tlllh plain- Neu } iirk l.lrliuiiff Olicitutliius. Y'liiK April 7- SJK'.i. | . Tclt'gi.UJ ] to THE Bcr. Lxchuuge wus quoted us follows - lows lodu. ) Chicago , 70 cents premium , Boston , fi to lf > cent * , premium , St Louis , W ) cento premium rjr > j : OF TIIK r.j/.ria NurthweMrrn Sfitr II.ink ot Slhlry Cnrtieil Ton Murlt I'oor I'nper Suirx CITT. la. , April 7. i"Spaci l Tele gram to Tun BKB. ] The cause of the fiiilurc of the Northwestern State Imnk at Sibley was that It carriefl A W Harris , u grain spicolutiir who has failed Today he gave n bill of sale to the bank of elevators ut Sibley , Ochlodkn' iin-l Air her Grove to secure an IndehteflS&sS of fifi.OOO. The proi > erty is worth nlu8h"iltSH The ass U ol the bank are reported ns fol lows b.\ the assignees Bills recoivable. f210- ( Kl.l : Sibley town property , f7f > , OiK ) ; farm lands , flO.tKKi ; storks , bonds and cash on liand only. SlX.OUi ) . Depositors' credits aeerogate firfl.OOO , Os- I'eola couut.\ has f IH.IKIO on deposit with the hank Much of the property will be hard to realize ou. and it is ruiorted | that a great deal of paper held by the hank Is poor , and as a consequence the assignee will fail to realize anywhere near the luce value of as sets , w Inch is $ ' > 0,0Kl ! The assignee stated toda ; that the depositors will be paid first and other creditors afterward. lU'ftiKf to MnUe n U'tntif ; . CCDAII KAPitix. la. . April 7. [ Spcial Tele gram to THE BEE j Application was made to Judge Preston in the district court at Marion tuday askinc for the dissolution or modification of the injunction issued Wednes day ncuiust the DUbhs faction of the DCS Moines Evangelical conference in session at Ceuterpoiut , restraining them from further deliberations under the name of "les Moines Conference. " Although the defend ants strenuously insisted that the ? injunction he removed or ut least mouitled to the ex tent thut the Dubbs element might be al lowed to organize without transacting an } business of the les Moines annual confer ence. Judge Preston r6fufied to cither dis solve or modify it. This praoticalh dlspo-os of the .natter und the ministers will return to their homes uud make uo attempt to hold a conference. Mu t I'ny on uelhcry. ES MniNO , la , April 7. ( Special Tele gram to Tun BEE ] Every railroad freight ugimt uud cashier in Dee Moiues Is now hound by ironclad rules to collect freight charges on delivery of goals They have formed an ussociutiou called the Local Aponts uud Cashiers association It is for self-pix > tection asrfl at for the interests of the railroad companies Heretofore agents nud cashiers , who liave to stand irood lor all charces have lost 'considerable from neglect to pu.i Uecentlj * one agent had to ) iu : j."i > 0 and nud another 'KK ) out of their individual pockets It was , this that pre cipitated the organization. t lentil til u Well-Known Tullnr. Dc MOINES , la , April 7. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE j O G Buttkereit , n weli-kuowu merchant tailor of this citj , was found dead m his room at an earl.\ hour this morning The cause of his death was heart " disease" He was liii \ ears old and was horn in East Prussia and cume to this country ut un early are He lived for tweutj , \ ears at Toledo , la. , coming to Des sMoiues in 1S75 He leaves a wife and daughter. Arrrhtt'tl uu Kiitltt ) i'amlU * ALOONA , In , April 7. Emma Finn is in jail with her 10-day-old naby and her hus band , charged with burglury The man and woman are accused of hu-ritig robbed the depot at Luvurue and ttie safe ortuerAmcr- icnn Express company.JA detective pressed them pretty close , whun Mrs. Finn broke down and confessed she uud her husbat.ddld the job Most of the valuables taken were turned over to the offiucn , . OtMitiiwii Mirlmio tu xHHlnu. OrrruwA. la , April 7. [ Special Telegram to THE BEI. J To the Kaaha Temple. Order of the Aljstic Shrine , this was u gala day here. There were " 08 visi ting shrmors , who initialed a class of fifty. A new fea ture was u big street parade with a drome dary , ridden by tue Illustrious potentate , his followers costumed in the most approved style A sumptuous banquet was served tonight. Io\\u Mivrp Urt'tuliTi. Mont. AMES , la. , April 7. [ Spacial Telegram to THE Buc.j The Iowa Sheep Breeders as sociation has just closed u two da > 's meeting at the State Agricultural college here , iu which wus included u sheep shearing con test Several interesting papers on sboep breeding were read and discussed. The ro- fult of the shearing contest is not yet de termined Work ( iTKxpurt Cr.irlismim , Four MAHISU.V la. . April 7. The county treasurer's office in jthe court house was robbed last nlrht hfV expert cracksmen Three iron doors wore .drilled through and a Hall safe opened by manipulating the com bination Treasurer [ Montundon estimates his loss in cash at uibout $100. There is no clew 40 the perpetrators. I.lti-il t Jteiich lliiiiii * . CEHAU lUi'iiis. In. , April 7 [ Special Tele gram to Tin : Bnr. ] Mrs J H. Ruthrock. wife of Judge Kothrock of the lo\va su preme court , a few weeks ago was stricken with paralysis while in California. She was brought home , hut gradually failed , aying this af ternoou at ! ! o'clock. Kt'iliict'tl thu Amount. OEIIAU RAPIDS , la. , April 7 [ Special to Tur BEE j fa the case ol E H Prescott against the Chicago & Nor.hwestern for Slfi.UUt ) damages for personal Injuries , tried in the fe Jerul court , the Jury returned a ver dict giving him $ lf > 00. Criixlifil hj railing Itoul ; . Biiiixr. . In . April 0 [ Siecial ) Telegram to THE BEF. I Thomas Hamilton , n miner in McBernie's coal mine near here was crushed b.\ rock falling from the roof ol the mine this morning .Several banes wore broken. He ma.\ not recover. l > rinn il iu thr Cellar. CEUAII RAPIDS , la. , April 0 [ Special Tnle- gram to Tue BEE ] An unknown about GO years old fell into the Cedar river from the Third avenue bridge this uflcrnoan and was drowned. ' II JA II .IMl JTUKUU * J.vM. t'tuli VlHlteil b } u Iilsndtrnii'i Storm scrvlcri. In tliu Mtiriiinn Tmupltu SALT LAKE CITT , U T. , April 7. Accounts of the wind storm Just oVer.show u to he one of the most wide spread and severe in this region Trocs were blorrn down in great numbers and fences , signs , etc . strewn to the winds. At Eureka a railroad trestle was blown down , and everywhere more or less damage done No lives wore lo ! t. The wind attained n velocity of sixty miles nn hour Governor Thomas , present incumbent. siKsuking of tht > roappolntment of Governor west , cuid today " 1 think the appointment the best that could have possible boon made 1 Know this from my official intercourse with him while 1 was secretary of the territory and he was the governor , he is a superior man for the place and I think his executive nuiluis , reeojrnlwd " In the" temple dedication bervicee this morning the same exercises ut. were previ ous ! } observed wore cunc through with . - 15 ! ! of the faithful from Mexico. Idaho and San Pete were admitted In afternoon Utah stakes of Cache. Wubatch , Tooole , Juan , Beaver und the Sun Pete choir were the undUmce. a. 'lO iu uuuilun' This evening extra dedicatory sirviuet the same us the others , to uucommoJnte Hcuttvring settle- inenu from Mfxi.'O ArUoua. Idaln und cthei I'luh SUKI not tr'mlofore biiRlcieutl } proM4ed for urc bwlnp hwld No uutiap- ti 'd children that u children undci h > eurs of age uru udiuuloJ at liiii of tUt ; e cere lUOIUti. SWEPT BY PRAIRIE FIRES Many Nebraska Farmers Driven from Their Homes by the Flamas. KEYSTONE RANCH TOTALLY DESTROYED Iliuiilrcilii t > riltni i-s In llu' 1'nth of the I'lrn reur * KntiTtiillllul thai the Villagr of Akhtoril M-.i } Miner HAIIIUSHOIW. K b , April 7. [ Special Tele gram to TUE BBS. ] Early this morning while the wind was blowing a perfect gale a prairie lire originated about two miles west of this place and at present a destructive fire is raging throughout the central part of the country , varying in width from a half to three miles. A party left this place early in the morn ing to assist in fighting the flames , but as yet no definite reports have been received. The wind is blowing a terrible gale , uud al though no reports of serious destruction have been received , it Is feared that many farm ers have been burned out and considerable loss of hay , grain and stack has been sus tained. The Goring stage driver , who crjssad the track of the fire , reports having seen sev eral houses in danger uud people manfully fighting the fire which was burning with terrible rible rapidity Serious fears are enter tained thut the village of As U ford , eight miles northeast , will suffer damage. It will he a nizht of anxiety for many p.'ople In this county , as side fires are spreading over a large area I'xrlit'inent lit .North I'lHtttt. NOIITD PLATTE. Neb , April 7. [ Special Telegram to THE BKE ] It is blowing u hur ricane and a great volume of smoke is set tling over the town fi\.m the west uud south west The shops have shut down und the men have gone to the west unJ of lue cit.to . light fire It is reported that several houses and burns have been consumed. The utmost excitement prevails. Three houses north of the flouring mill , five in the southern part of town and one in the west end are burning. If the fire reaches the thickly settled part of the citv nothing can save it. Most of the citireus of the town are squirting wuter from their hydrants onto their houses , thus disabling the water works and rendering the hose companies powerless At 4 o'clock the wind has subsided und the firemen and citizens have the several burnine districts under control About n dozen houses and barns and several head of horses and cows were ci iisumed The fire originated from prairie fires from the southwest. Xilini'roiiK Lotim Kepiirt < ! . OOAU.AI.A. Neb , April 7 [ Special Tele- triMmtoTuE BEE ] Prairie fires the past hreo days have laid t he country waste in all directions High winds carried the fires with fearful speed , making any efforts to cheek the fires utter\ ! , hopeless Kupoits of casualties are coming in slowly. Dick Bean reports the Keystone ranch de stroyed. including all buildings , corrals , ton horses and ten cattle Miss Ryan , living on a homestead three miles south west , lost her house and barn today Her place was burned ubout one year ago b.u . jir.iirie lire. Mr Lynch , Mm vine mile from town , lost a house -and b..rn. Nothing was saved from .tiietil i6E nuiij.MuLQan's houHU..lmrii and. wind muT were burned. Messrs Neoves and Hunsen also lost houses and barns High winds have destroyed sbme property that fires did not reach OvcuiuN. Neo . April 7 [ Special Tele gram to TiirBnr. J A prairie lire swept o\er this county from Cozad to Elm creek today , doing an immense amount of damage Over 1.000 tons of ha.\ was burned on the bottoms south of here , besides several barns and two residences. Pi NXINO. Neb , April 7. [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE 1 The worst prairie lire that was ever known in this count } raged last uicht and today There was one ex- ceptionall } heavy coat of grass , und the wind blowinc a gale from the northwest made the fire uncontrollable. The losses of stock on the ranges Is very heavy. A great many settlers have lost their homes and all their possessions Mr P. L Johnson and sons lost live fine horses and n cow , Fields Bros fifteen head ot cattJe and Mr Overman his stables His wife succeeded in petting the horses , cows and hogs out in time. Grandma Burtlelt , a laay M > years old. was slightl } burned. No lives have been lost as fur us we know The B & M. railroad bridge half a mile east of this place burned , delaying ail trains. LUXIMITON , Neb . April 7 [ Special Tele gram to THE BEE J Prairie fires are burn ing iu several directions , and it is feared wi h the heavy wind that immense damage will be done. Reports from recent fires run the damages in stock and barns burned up among the thousands II. S. White of this city sad over tlO.IKIO iu stock burned Thurs day night An immense fire is sweeping toward this place now , but ample fire breaks and the hose companies will prevent its reaching the city. Other riri'K. KEAUNET , Neb , April 7 [ Special Tele gram to THE Bin : . | The brewery south of town burned early this morning , together with surrounding buildings , und is u tolul loss It wus insured iu the Commercial Union for f-,70d It is supposed to have caught from a prairie fire GUAMI ISLAND. Neb , April 7. [ Special Telegram to THE Bnc ) At noon today fire destroyed T A Huthuway's barn A high wind prevailed at the time. It was impos sible to save u horse , m the stable Loss $ 00 : uo insurance. The fire started from a bonfire which haJ not been \vholl } extin guished. . From the same cause another fire at 2 o'clock burned three small barns m the out skirts. Total loss of latter , $10U : no insur ance HASTIXOH. Neb , April 7 [ Special Tele gram tc THE Ben ] The bridge on the Elkhorn - horn , oust of Hustings , wus buni"d todu.\ . The afternoon passenger wus obliged lo go back Ui Inland , where mull , passengers nnd bagguce were transferred to the Burhucion The damage will be repairaJ in a day or two iiMAUKAiti.i : AVIXO TOUII. south Duljotu Cltl7 n lilhturhi'il bj I'nrullur RAPID CITY. S. D. , April * . For sis hours lust night a remarkable wind storm irom the southwest swept this region As shown by the signal office the velocity was butt } -four miles pur hour. The electrical manifesta tions were so strong thut few people in the cit } wore uble to sleep Mom I'ullb MirroHlj l.Taptnl. Slot i. FALLS. S D . April 7. [ Special Tele gram to THE Ben 1 This city this afternoon narrowly escaped u most aisustroufc lire. While a gale of wind was blowing from the west the prairie west of the town cuughl fire nud the blaze swept rupidly towurd the outskirts , burning several small buildings nnd n considerate amount of gram H rukhea through a large crove with flumes und approached preached u street coutuiuiug u nuiuh.'r ol handsome houses occupied b.\ the wealthiest people in town A general alarm had been sent out uud u so 'ond one brought not only the fire compunus but several hundred citi- MWB to the siM'iic They fought desperately with water , wet hluukeU and buck fires and fiuull.t extinguished the Humes bufore groul damage was done One residence wnfc de strovad and others seorchwd The fire cov oreu a tract between two and three miles long and u miie wide und destroy ua a lmv < amount of farm prupertp. j \Miul unit Miuu Mnrin. i DEADVKKUI , S. I > April 7A terrible wim iiiul himu storai has linen pri . alUii- her * foi tin pusi fori.v-ei-'iit hours ' 1 ccrtuiimi ! ! U'lcphane wires ure prostrated Man' ' | buildiugb have been uluwii down uud othuri ! unroofed. Piedmont in mvtli lly ' All train * are tied up. Tin1 valocitv of the ' wind is seventyVlve tnites ] wr hour. The damage cannot IH > estimated I : > D or mi ; nor sriM. TerrlHo HH | ! HIM ! > tuiu storm * , Tliln nnd iiirtliiiiHt.i-s. : | CntcAOo. Ill. April 7 This was the warm est da } Chicago has seen in the mouth of April fur twenty years The morcur } stood nt 82 * and a hot wind blew from the south at the rate of thirty mile * on hour The heated spell lusted until o'clock , when it was broken by n luniv.v bail storm , which passed over th southern portion of the city. " The hull was accom panied by a high wind which laid n few tree * prostrate and materially aided the bail stones iu smashing several thousand dollaii ) worth of window plans Early in the morn- lug a strong wind coliHed with the Indiana hotel , a new structure near the World's fair grounds , nnd levelled It at the first attempt As the wrecked building fell it flat tened a one-story building. to be used us the hotel restaurant. The wind was also too much for u buildlujr which wus In tended to hold tbe panorama of the buttle of Lookout Mountain This structure bad not been sufficient ! } braced and il was turned iu'o kiualinc wood. Several jK'ojilc were badly injured by the hull stones uud a little girl cauirht up in the gale , carried some dis- and so budl ; < injured thut she will die Tidal \Vnvi' uu l.ukr Michigan. ST Josrpn. Mich . April 7 A tremendous tidal wave , the first known here for several years , swept , m over the bench from Luke Michiiran about ! > o'clock Thursday nhrlit , the wuter extending buck over the sand n dis tance of ( Mill or too fe 't. The wuter iu the river also rose to n hciirht of from four to live feet above the normal stage The big wave swept uwo } every movable thing he- fore it. 'I'he wave receded within u few moments after it came in A ivmarkable feature of the phenomenon was the ubsmcr nf hcav.\ wont tier on the lukc und there was ver } little wind. IVnrinl Hull M or tun. MEKUti.t. , Mich .April7. The severest rain nnd hail storm ever known here passed over about s.'io this evening Hail stones one and one-half inches in diameter fell. Windows were broken und telegraph wires broken down DECATUII , Mich , April 7. Tbe terrific wind storm last night did immeuse damage in the northern part of the county. Farm buildings in several of tbe townships suf fered severely and iu some sections every wind mill wus gone this morning. Many orchards were completcl } ruined DrnioiT. Mich . April 7 At 10 .SO tonight o terrible storm of wind , rain und hail broke upon the city. Hull stones un big as acorns fell iu lurge quantities and broke many windows dews throughout the citv and did other dam- ace uhich cannot be ascertained ut present The storm wus undoubted ! } general through out the southern part of the state und If it is as bud us reported much damage will result to tbe orchards. iiirihitiul.t : > In South Carolina. CUAIUXSTOS. S C. . April 7 An earth quake was felt in EdceUeld district today. Two shocks occurred at 0 und 7 u. m. No damage was done beyond frightouins people LTNCOI.XTOX , Ga. . April 7. Two uistludt shocks of earthquake were felt in this place this morning. Mm IT in Nitn York. NEW YOUK. April 7. Snow began falling here at Sl0 : ! this morning uud continued two llpu'JWrAjlviBCEiromCatt lcllls stntiulhat eTgliT TncTiesToTTfe * * . . Kns fallCii. w-lffleaf Troy and Syracuse snow lias fallen to the depth of three ini lies Boston had four inches of snow. Illfitiirlii'tl li.t tiniii'im > ntK. OrrrvwA lu . April 7. [ Special Telegram to THE BEE i A severe storm prevailed in this cit } lust nitrlit It was accompanied by so much electrical disturbance that telegraph communication wus impossible. The tele phone and electric lights were badly inter- furod with , and u great many people were unable to bleep Nrbnihl.u Will l > | irrluun > n Mnili'riitft Cold TViivti Tinlny. WASHINGTON , D C . April 7 Forecasts for Saturday For Nebraska Fair ; nortb- westerl } winds ; moderate cold wave. * For Iowa Goncrail } fair , brisk to high northwesterl } winds ; moderate cold wave Saturday and Saturday night For South Dakota Gaiie-rally fair , north- erl } winds , colder in western portions Cell ! Wave < tiMiluR. The following telegram wus received b } the n outlier bureau tonight : WASUISHTOS , D C , April 7 Observance Omaha. Neb Hoist cold wave warning Temperature will full tweutv to thirty de grees during Saturday or Saturday night. I'.rportB from Otlinr I'lilnts nt H ji , 111. 1 Indicates trnov U. E. Ill-NT. Lorul roriwurt OOlcittl. LK'll M Ah l > i ! > ! > II'1'UIXTKU. How u former Noliniiknu Narrowly MliMKl Ili'tnc Mi 1i' I tub's ( ioM'riuir. \VAHUINUTOK , D C. . April 7 [ SpecialTelo- crum to Tnc EEC. ] H C. L at of Salt Lake , formerly u well known citi/.etj of Fulls City. Neb. , cutne ner.r being upiiointed governor of Utah todu } Ex-Governor Bo } a and Secre tary Hoke Suiitn hud recommended him. and others joined in his endorsement Secrc'tary Smith wus so confident that Lett would be nominated thut he inform * d u reporter of the Associated press tbut it would he well to prepare his sketch of Lett , uud it was ready to OH sent out When the nomination of ex-Governor West of bait Luke was sent to the Minute it was u great KUI prise to Lett uud his Irirmlb. Bec- retur } Carlisle came to West's rescue at the lust moment und secured the prize for him. Wust s selection giics satisfaction It is stated thut Thomas Wlllinc Peters of Wyoming , consul nt Plauen. will likcl } bo returned b } this administration. iiiith imUutH A11 it I rs. WASHINGTON , D. C April 'i [ Special Telegram to TUE BEE j Judge Burtlott Tripp of South Dakota , who suncceds Colonel Ffcia Grunt as minister to Austrm. had un interview with I Secrotur } Givsham ut the State department t this morning in regard to the duties of the ottlce He has not yet been commibsionod Senator Kyle of South Dakota culled at the white house toati } with Judge Thomas of the Black Hilik w ho would like to he con sul at Montreal or Melbourne or be given a Judcriwhip in u milder climate than that of South Dakota Senator Kyle said thut he Will take no notice of the protest of borne South Dakotane against the recent appoint ment of Hughes EuHt of Yunkton to u divis ion cbiefship lu the weather bureau "The kickers are some disgruntled fellows , ' he suid "and then protest is not based up < m , fu 'is Mi Lus1 it. i. giKid man and link u , til.c lull.U . whi.nhi 1 ! trull ! : to HUpport. 1 I lit Has on i ii mini uf lortuiifund atwr he nist H was jir.vut. ttticrfiur } to thu lull. Ml i ' HcudrKkBof Inaiunu. " TO IMPEACH LEESE Queer Turn Given the Sensational Proceed ings at LiaoDln Yestarday , STATE SENATORS STRIKE A NEW LEAD Adopted n Resolution Atraiast the Es-At- toruuy General YTitbout Opposition. ADJOURNMENT SEEMS TO BE AFAR OFF Difforancus of Opinion as to Appropriation Bills Oauas a Serious Hitch. NEITHER SIDE WILL CONCEDE A POINT Suitntort. Acmm-il of Acting in Iliul I'ultU by .Uoiiilitir * i > ( tin' llmi < . .tlli > th llritlicliCK Clt'.irliij ; t'p Ktuitlnt' S Kiipidly. S. Neb . April 7 [ Special Telegram toTncBcr. ] The simate took n liiincl in the lmpeacb.mc.ul business on lit. own ac- i-ount this forenoon and bj unanimous vote of nil the senators voting , ttilrtj in nil u resolution impeaching VVtlliam l-ieese tx- attorney general , was entertained and tbo ttecrelur } directed to uotif.\ the housi of the fuel. fuel.The The resolution was introduced b.\ senator Muttcs nud is us follow llcMtili tt < l. That Wltlluin Loehr , e\-iiti < irney general , Is now and Is hereby Imp -ui liu for iiiNdt'iiieumii' * in olllcc , und tluu nrii u-i. of Impeachment he prepared und prt-si iitwl to tlH'MUpretne eourl of tu | . Mute fet u Isilu- mi'Uiior lu onice uRuliist the suui \ \ , Ulam liceNe , ex-uttornt y ptnierul. The independent senators had no inkling of the fact that a movement was on foot looking to the impeachment of the ex attor ney general , who is one of the leading lights in their own party , and they wen consid erably dared ut the announcement Dale tried to have the resolution Itud over until tomorrow , but the chair held that it could not be so deterred Stewart then sought to kill the resolution by moving to lay it on the table , but Pope headed him off bj a point of order ithut the senate had no power to lay a resolution of impcaehinent on the table ; and that the joint convention of the two houses w UK the only tud } that could dispose of It With this view of the ease which was sustained b.\ the chair , the independents made no further opposition , and Darner moved that the resolution bd entertained. On the roll call thlrt \ senators voted for the resolution , and Senator Lowloy asked that u record be tnudo of the fact that he was pres ent , but declined to vote Senators Moore and Tefft did not answer whuu their names were called. The cause for wliieh ex-Attorney General Loese is sought to l > impeached is the ul- leccd disi-ovcr.v that he received fcMK ) while in office for u favorable opinion on IheaHSlgu * liient and extensuiii of the prison contract from Stout to Mustier in IhST It is claimed that paxmout was niudi by check , and that the telltale piece of paper is still In ex istence. Appropriation * . > iut Mutlii. Prior to this the senate aeted very much as ii it proposed to rush throuph business tea a final adjournment some time tomorrow. After the preliminar } work this morning Senator Durucr sot the ball to rolling by moving that the senate concur in the house amendments to the general appropriation bill. bill.This This motion met with considerable oppo sition from the republic an side , and Senator Moore moved as a substitute that the senate do not recede from its amendments and that a conference committee be appointed Senator Pope supported Moore's ' substi tute , and raised the point of order that when a bill had passed the house , hud been umunded by the senate , and sent back to the house for concurrence , the hous had no legal right to make further amendments. He claimed that if that course could bo fol lowed a bill murht be sent back and forth between the two houses for an indefinite period without ever hecomiucr a law He asked the chair to rule ou this point of order before u vote was taken on the mutter IVImt Tlii.jmtelutd On. Senator Moore probably disclosuditho secret of the opposition 10 the house amendment ! ! complained ol b\ muting that the action of the house in udaintr fiVODO for the payment of the expenses in impeaching the state offi cials was illegal The chair stated that he was not able ut the present time to decide the point of order , for the reason that it wiis an entirely now question of parliamentary law lie there fore nsked the indulgence of the senate until he could look up the authorities The con sideration of the matter was therefore mudo n special order for : ' . o'clock this afternoon Darner moved that house roll No " ! M. the salary appropriation lull , he taken from UB place ou the general file and placed ou third reading at . once There was obit-cuon to this and the matter was mad" a special order for ! l o'clock this afternoon OmuliaV Churl < ir I'nimpil. The senate then put the finisuinp touches ou the Omaha charter bv concurring m the house amendments This conchiMnu way not reached without some little ditti'imsum Senator McDonald blurted ofl lv tiu-ving that all of the h-mse amendments tic con curred in except OIK- Senator Bubcoi U imped that this motion be not agreed to He HIU I the charter was Kb nearly sutibfaclor.x as it could be made Senator Clarke said that the unmndincut referred to would enable the cit \ of Omaha to ulect an entirely new Board of Public Works , something \ery much lu demand In Omuhn. Bubcock offered as a Bubstituir a motion that the hi > usr am 'tidments be e incurred in , and it was agreed to bj a vote of 1C. to 15 S'mator North made an effort U' have the house amendments U > senate file No " 10 con' ourred in , but Dale ralso'l the point < > f order that it could only ue done under the head of unfinished business The chair sustained the point of order. North then tried to have the amendments concurred in suspending th- rules , but he could not muster the necrs sarv two-thirds majority , and hiM as com pulled to drop the matter for the lime MUM itrt MtiiKlml CH ! After the roll call on the Lot-He impeach ment resolution Senator Stewart p. ngcJ the senate into a vortex of discussion that threatened for awhile to become as exciting as the one of last evening He urosu to u question of privilege , and stated that yester day afternoon lie had huen clcnr d u right which was guaranteed htm b } the constitu tion and tht laws He therefore us lend today to have tbo. fact made a matter of record , nud sent to the Bwrutary's desk a lengthy written statement u. which heauuileU U the i action of the senate last evening I The lit'uteiiuut governor bubmitu-d the 1 stalomtjul to the s-jnule und u roll rail was I ordered to determine whether or not It 1 should he kjmmd upon the record Stxtt m BHiiatorn voted no , while only ten were wl'.l ing to have the sc'vore statnment placed where It oould no read by all comers in future generations Thu following IB thu Mtaunntiiit w Inch Stewart wanted on the reconlh 1 find lljul ccrtuln ml\llcRuk arc Hirurod to tin iiiiinlH-i. of If lslutlit' tHXllfh HI nit n ( tbf-i pilNib'iitik urc uliMilute uiitlcun iK'Vfi lie aliiuli.1-U w inlt otiiui. urv uxerclbvu under Thi liri-t uiuutluuud are thoke which