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OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY MQ11NING , ALMUL 12 , .1891. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. ON ITS WAY TO OMAHA Koll/8 Army Marches Oat of Ogden Toward the Land of Plenty , BLEAK PROSPECT LIES BEFORE HIS MEN Enow-Covered Mountains and Desert Wastca Stretch Out Ahead of Them. ALL ARE THINLY CLAD AND POORLY FED rieeing from Starvation on the Ocast to Tiud It in the Wilderness. HONEST WORKINGMEN IN THE RANKS Onnun Tnlirn by tlin Chief of I'ollre of 06'lru il cH the Army n Much Hotter Complexion Tliuii Common lt - port Cim-y' * Crcnr. OGDEN. April 11. ( Special Telegram to The lice.While ) the courts , the governor , the military and the Southern Pacific com pany were entangling thcnisclvei In n net work > of legal complications this afternoon , General Kelly's Industrial army , the cause of all the contention , quietly broke camp , ECt Its face toward the national capital and marched out ot the city. In due course ot time the survivors of the weary march > ncposi the snow-covered mountains and dreary stretches of desert may be expected to reach Omaha. A moro pitiable spectacle than that pro- rented by the unfortunates cannot be de scribed. Thinly clad , half famished , many III with colds and pneumonia , without blan kets or shelter , depending for subsistence upon tlio few small settlements and ranches , these poor fellows have started out to march across a thousand miles of bleak , cold and desert country. Should they adhere to their determination , they will leave a trail of newly made graves behind them. General Kelly , the commanding officer , Is a mild mannered , soft voiced lltllu fellow , who "threw up" the foremanshlp of a San Francisco book bindery and left his wlfo and children to lead these 1,200 unkempt crusaders to Washington. His control over the men Is something remarkable. The dis cipline Is ns thorough nnd strict ns that ot the regular nrmy. When the Ogden chief of police entered the Industrial 'camp yesterday and made known his desire to take n census. In an Instant commands could bo heard all over the grounds : "Company A , fall In , " "Company II , fall In , " and within five minutes the entire 1,200 men , feome barely able to stnnd , were In line. The most trivial ' "order of the captains Iu obeyed. WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE. The result of this census showed that over halt of the men were foreign born , Irish pre dominating. Politically , a majority were populists , and a majority ot the remainder were republicans. The homes of nearly all of them are In the east , many livliiB In Iowa. They were attracted to the coast by the promise of work nt the Midwinter fair , and are fleeing from Htnrvnttun. There are mechanics , laborers , engineers , merchants , clerks , and even pro fessional men among them. One flue look'ng fellow , a physician , with n massive 'head , nnd feature * like a Greek goj , attracted universal attention. Hu wore a 1'rlnca Albert coat , frayed about the edges , and presented an air of shabby gentility. There are many such in the army. The army Is divided lute twenty-litre ? companies , each company con sisting of lifty men and a captain. They have a chaplain , a mild , shaggy looking man , and Colonel Kelly , who wears glasses and looks jlko a professor , Is a sort of factotum , while General Kelly Is In com mand. This horde will devastate the country through which It passes like a swarm of locusts. How Is It to obtain food until It reaches the laud of plenty In Nebraska ? At many place ? on the line the sltttfoiis and ranches are a day's Journey apart , and these men require " ,000 pounds of bread and 1,000 pounds of meat n day. _ . WILL SOON 11E RIDING. It Is not thought they will proceed far before capturing a freight train. Local railway k ofticlnls think ft would have been wiser and cheaper for tho. Union Pacific to have given them n train , run them through to thu Mis souri river and talked them Into walking across the bridge Into Iowa. In this way there would have been no responsibility for unloading them on any state , and this plan may yet bo adopted. The good people of Nebraska need fear no violence or disturbance or breach of peace. These men are nearly all bona ( Ulo workingmen mon and aru sworn to uphold and obey the laws. Judge Miner heard arguments today on the contempt case of Superintendent Phillips of the Southern Pacific. Governor West re ceived the following telegram from C. P. Hiintlni'ton : "You have been misinformed , as I am qultu Euro neither the police nor ofllccrs In California loaded men Into the cars , We wuro asked to haul men frde and refused , but agreed to give them reduced rates , as many of them were desirous of reaching their homes In the cast. Wo be- llove , after careful consideration , your people ple will do what they can to help them to their destination , as they have no Induce ment to return west. I * am certain their condition would bu Improved when they get Into larger fields of labor cast of the Mis sissippi river. As a matter ot common hu manity wo should help them on their way. Our company can do nothing , as It Is not organized for charity , but for business , but I personally will contribute ? 100 toward helping them. " COMPANY SPARRING FOR WIND. In the telegraphic correspondence kept up for the past two days between the Southern Pacific olllclnls hero and In San Francisco It was plain that the railroad company was only sparring for more time. The long argu ment of the parties before Judge Miner con sumed 'most of the forenoon. Tlio final de cision of the court was that the order bo BO modified that the ter ritory olllchila could use force In putting the army out of the territory , pro vided It had not moved out by 10 o'clock tomorrow. The decision was a complete vtn- * dlcatlon ot the position takeri by the ter ritorial olllclals , anil Marshal Urlghnm and his deputies were Instructed to cnforco the order ot the court. The Southern Pacific olllclals say they will bow to the decision of tlio court. In rendering Ms verbal decision , Judge i. Miner said : "This Is ono ot the most dllll- cult questions I have ever been called upon to meet. There Is but little authority di rectly Iu point , It any , It Is governed by the general principles that may bo ap plicable to this class ot cases. There nro no precedents. The court Is obliged to travel over a road that hits never been trav eled before , to my knowledge , " At 3 o'clock the army has apparently abandoned the camping ground on the Weber river. There \Vas but llttlo to do In the way ot packing up , A large number of blankets and some clothing had been donated by the citizens ana the army will carry provisions enough to last two days. At 4:30 : p. m. the Industrial army marched out , under the escort of cavalry. Hand of remain Oosry * . OAKLAND , Cal. , April 11. A female brigade ot the Industrial nrmy Is being or ganized hero. Two hundred names are now on the list. Arrangements arc being made < * * ' for their transportation east. Frank Cnrller was this morning elected colonel. This > Afternoon the first drill was had. Iteneued III * Allcclance , D13NVKR , Colo. , April 11 , Captain W , L. Gruysou , who started out with Bert Hum- llton'H legion and deserted In disgust , Is or ganizing an nrmy hero to Join the California crowd , The captain , who served In the Drltlsh nrmy , Is convinced that the Coxey movement , If backed by honest worklngmcn , will be productive of good. Ho says a wealthy populist has offered to give $10,000 to the travelers ns soon as Kelly's nrmy nrrlvca trom Utah. ooviitNou : WIST : CUITICIHRD. Inglorious Kiidlng of llh Cnmpnlgn the Ob ject of I'lihlle It dlenle. SALT LAKK , April 11. ( Special Telegram to Tlio Dee. ) Governor West's Inglorious campaign against General Kelly's tattered legion Is gcncraly ridiculed and condemned by public sentiment In this city. When his excellency learned last Saturday that 1,200 of California's unemployed worn marching on Washington by way of Utah ho brought down his fist with a great Kentucky oath and _ vowed they should go back. When the famished , miserable wretches arrived they were Immediately surrounded by the mili tary and for three days were treated as pris oners of war , notwithstanding they were peaceable , orderly and us nubmlsslvc ns sheep , and their only demand was a square meal and permission to pro ceed , on foot If necessary. Governor Wc t proclaimed that they intuit go back to Cali fornia In the Haino cnttlo cars that brought them here , and fortified himself with n mandate from the court. Expressions of In dignation arc heard on all sides at such treatment ot men who are not accused of violating any law or committing any offense , and whose solo desire was to leave the territory. Hut his cxcnllency Is n demo crat , holding ofllce by thu grace of the great nnd good Grover , and frowns upon any dem onstration ngalnst the administration at the national capital. LOCAL MEN WERE WILLING TO HELP. Ono thousand of the unemployed workingmen - men of this city held themselves In readiness today to depart for Orgeon nt n moment's notice to asslut tlio Industrial army to resume Its eastern journey. The arrangements were perfected very quietly , It being presumed that an effort would be made this evening or tomorrow morning to turn tlio army westward , by force , if It could not be done otherwise , nnd the Knit Lake men Intended to array themselves upon the side of their unfortunate western brethren and resist the move by every moans within their power. To the few that were aware of this resolve outside of ranks of unemployed In this city It was cheering news that reached here late this afternoon to the effect that the army had resumed Its march toward Washington , ns the unemployed hero nru In desperate strait ] themselves , and had they gone to Ogden a bloody riot might have been easily precipitated. cuossixc : THI : AMGHAMIS. Coioy's Army Starts from I'nlontoivn for thu 'Mountain Trip. UN10NTOWN , Pa. , April 11. The depart ure of the Commonweal for the mountain trip was made at noon. The line was well formed and a noticeable feature , was the fact that seven of the men who deserted Tuesday night rejoined the columns. The weather deterred many from viewing the departure. The stop tonight will bo near Chalk Hill , eight miles. MIXMtti IH : < Jlt > K TO STH1KK. April 41 the Digging of Dnsliy Diamonds Will Stop. COLI'MHUS , O. , April 11. The United Mine Workers of America have ordered a general strike April 21. The resolution referred to above provides that In case the first general suspension of mining falls to bring the desired results the executive board Is to authorize an other BUMpenslou during the year nt any time that might be deemed advisable. It Is understqpd that the Indiana miners. In joining iho movement In the face of their contract to mine until May 1 , did so upon the ground that they were compelled under thu circumstances to enter upon the suspen sion , claiming that the operators in one district had first violated the agreement and placed colored men In their places , which made It optional with the miners to soy whether the contract should be continued. Another Important work will be the ar rangement of a scale for the various states. This has been placed In the hands of the following committee : W ; 13. Wilson , Penn sylvania ; M. Mahy , Indianapolis ; John Nu gent , Ohio ; Thomas Farry , West Virginia ; W. C. Webb , Kentucky , and Thomas Mc Gregor , Missouri. John Mcllrlde was reelected - elected president , P. H. Penn vice president and Patrick McHrlde secretary-treasurer. W. II. Wilson ot Pennsylvania , W. C. Webb of Kentucky , Aaron Miller of Ohio and J. A. Crawford of Indiana were elected mem bers of tiie executive board , two more to be elected tomorrow. Wilson Is the only new man chosen , No Union .Mon Mccul Apply. CHICAGO , April 11. Pursuant to the deci sion of the Central Hulldlng league and a majority of the lending builders of Chicago the lockout of all employes engaged In the building trades begins tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock. No man afllllatlng with trades unions will be taken buck to work until a general agreement Is reached that they will consent to an arbitration of all differences growing out of thu schedules which the bosses have refused to sign. Hepresentatlves of both sides say that a long tight and one Iu which thu building trades and allied In dustries will remain perfectly at a stand still , Is Imminent. Colorado Coal Mlnrrx Will Strike. DUNVKR , April ll.-Stutc Coal Mine Inspector specter Iteeil endorses the general strike of coal miners ordered today by the t'nlted Mine Workers of America. Colorado miners , he says , fire starving. Their average wages for lust year amounted to only $1.06 per day , nnd some of. the miners are thrcu to six months behind In their pay. nvnxnn WITH MOI.TKS MKT.IK. liiimtliig of a Steel Converter with I'atiil IteKiillH. ' I'OMEROY. O. . April 11. A hydraulic plunger on a converter ut the Mlddlcport steel plant broke today , precipitating S.WO pounds of while hot metal among sixty workmen , from a distance of fifteen feet. Ten were burned , four fatally. Those who will surely die are : JACK HAYDKN , burned about the head and shoulders. OULANUO Gll.VDY , boy , breast and neck burned. WILLIAM CO/.UNS , colored , arms burnetl off. BTHl'HHN WHISKS , eyes burned out. The other In lured , who It IB thought will recover , are : George Phillip.- * . Arthur Wlue- gar , Kdwurd Hartley , Frank Hnrnet , George Steelu and Jesse Wilson. The hot metal ccattered fifty feet In all directions. The clothes were burned from all within reach. The fatally Injured urn single men except Cozens , who has u large family. _ Movcim'ntH nf Occun YpKHoIti * At Hamburg Arrived Steamer Itugla , from New Yolk. At New York Arrived Loch Lomond , from Rotterdam : Sluvonlu , from Stettin. At Bun Francisco Arrived Queen , from Galnesborough. Cleared Largo Law , for Port Townscnd ; Itiifus 1C. Wood , for Nanl- anio ; Schooner Mary \Vlnklemau , Departed. April W-Chlno , for Yokohama nnd Hong Kong ; U. 8. " 8. Monterey , for cruise ; Hi dalgo , for the whaling. At Departure Hay Sailed , April 11 Ra phael , for Ban Francisco. At Port Townsend Arrived April 10 Sea At 'l'ort IJIakely-Sallcd , April 10-Hnrry Morse. At New York Arrived Taurlc , from Liv erpool ; Elbe , from Hremen ; Manitoba , from At Liverpool Arrived Teutonic , from Js'cw York , Mliiourl Hiver Kiipldly ItUlng. CHAMHERLAIN , B. D. , April ll.-Speclal ( to The Uce. ) The Missouri river has risen many feet hero during the past twenty-four hours , caused , no doubt , by the breaking of the Ice gorge above HUmarck. A sec tion of the ixMUcon bridge was carried away last night , but was recovered today without dltllculty , _ Tire Continued , WASHINGTON , April ll.-The senate , In executive session today , announced the fol lowing confirmations : Hlrach Harris of Ne vada , to be inelter and rvllner at the mint at Carson. Nev. ; James A. Muny of Van couver. Wash. , to bo receiver ot public moneys ut Vancouver. WRECKED OUTSIDE HARBOR Blinding Snow Storm and Heavy Seas Made Rescue Impossible. WIND BLOWING SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR One Strong .Senman Hiram Until HI * Feet Touched I.und , hut n Hugo Wave Him Uncle anil Ho ui Drowned. NBW YORK , April 11. As severe a storm ns has been experienced for years prevailed hero today. It centered on the Now Jer sey coast , moving rapidly to the eastward. It was attended by dangerous and north easterly gales all along the New England and middle Atlantic states. The wind at 3 o'clock at Block Island was blowing sixty miles an hour. At Sandy Hook the gale was a lltle stronger. At 8 o'clock It was blowing sixty-four miles an hour and at 10:15 : It had increased to sixty-eight miles an hour. In the city , however , the wind's highest veloc ity was forty miles an hour. In this Imme diate vicinity , and south to Virginia , there was both snow and rain , which Is still con tinuing. Notice was given yesterday of the approaching storm , and signals wuro dis played last night and tortay along the coast. Accompanying the gale was a very dense fog , . which extended all along the coast , and was very dangerous to naviga tion. Fortunately the fog Old not cover the harbor , or It might have been responsi ble for an unusual amount of trouble and vexation among the vessels of every descrip tion which ply the harbor and the coast and north rivers , and probably sonm acci dents. The ferries are always more or less affected by this kind of weather , as traffic In general Is Impeded. ' The life-saving crew nt Long Branch re ported early this morning that a vessel was ashore near the Squan life-saving station and that she was In danger of going to pieces. Shortly after another vessel was re ported ashore off Highland beach. A blind ing snow storm prevailed at the time and rendered it dlfllcult to obtain the facts In either case. It Is known , however , that a vessel , buppoBEd to be a largo schooner , has been wrecked off Squan and that her crew , said to number eight men , have been drowned. The second vessel ashore Is also said to bave lost her entire crow of twelve men and both vessels have become complete wrecks , The crews of the Sandy Hook , Squan and Long Branch life saving stations put out to the assistance of the disabled vessels as soon as they were reported ashore , but It It not known that a single life has been saved , as the furious sea running and the blinding snow Is preventing any effective work upon the part of the life savers. ALL ON HOARD DROWNED. The vessel wrecked off Squan Is the Albert W. Smith , sailing from Philadelphia to Prov idence with coal. She wus driven ashore be fore daylight , the driving sleet and wind preventing the cro\v from seeing the lights. No bodies have yet been discovered , though according to a fisherman who was patrollng the beach shortly after the second schooner struck she lost both masts and several of her crew were washed overboard with them. The heavy sea and snow storm prevented any accurate view of the wreck , but It Is as serted that the men who were swept over board with the wreckage were soon after wards washed away and drowned. Six other men , according to stories told , sought rcfugo on the bowsprit , but were washed overboard and drowned. Ono of the seamen , evidently a strong and better swimmer than the rest , made a gallant at tempt to bwlin to the shore. Throwing away the upper part cf his clothing he made shore and actually obtained a foothold when the strong undertow washed him oft his feet , and In his exhausted condition the unfortunate swimmer was carried out again and drowned. Another of the seamen succeeded In swimming to the mast of the schooner which was nearest to him and ho held on to It. But eventually a wave swept the seaman from his hold on the spar and ho soon after sank out of sight. It Is supposed that the entire crew of the vessel ashore at Squan were drowned. It has been , ascertained that the vessel was the three masted schooner Kate Markee. The life-saving crews are patrolling the beach In the hope of recovering some of the bodies which It Is expected will be washed ashore this afternoon off Squan beach. Terrible damage has been done by the sea from a mile north of the bridge to Seabrlght. At the Normandlo hall there Is a building in the sea going to pieces. The whole beach from Seahrlght for three miles north Is under water. Wind has been blowing a gale from the cast and It Is thick and snowing. Telegraph poles are down north and south of the High lands on the beach. The observer at the Highland ? says that this Is the worst storm he ever saw. The ocean tug Underwriter was sunk as she wus trying to make a landing at the dock at Watson's stores , Brooklyn. She was just entering the slip when a big wave Jammed her port bow against the end of the string piece which Jutted out , and knocked a hole In her hold. The tide was high and running strong-lit the time. Captain Clifford and the crew of six men were aboard and as soon as they saw the vessel sinking , some scrambled upon the deck and others got aboard a tug lying near by. No ono was hurt. The boat sank within n few minutes after she reached the dock and now lies In about thirty feet of water. The Under writer has a register of 227 tons and was built In Philadelphia In ISM. She recently came from Boston and belongs to the Boston Tow Boat company. Several transatlantic steamers are due to arrive today. The White Star liner Majestic should have been In at an early hour this morning ; also the freighter Taurlo of the same line. Other steamers looked for are the Britannia , twenty days out from Sumler- lund ; tlio Clrc.issda , thirteen days out from Glasgow , due last Sunday ; the Croft from Dundee , twenty days out ; the Pontlac. Handel and Kolga , out sixteen , twenty and twenty ono days rtip ctlvely , from Gibraltar ; the Lydlan .Monarch from London , eighteen days out ; the Mttrle.Ho , seventeen days , from Hull , and the Red Sea , from Barry , twenty- two days out. All thcuu steamer * will no doubt put In an appearance as soon us the storm abates , HIGHEST TIDR IN MANY YEARS. The tide reached the highest mark today known In New York harbor for many years. At 10:45 : o'clock the water hatl risen to within two feet of the edge of the barge olllco peer at tlio Battery , The storm haa done much damage to tele phones through New Jersey. Wires are down between Jersey City and Patcrson , Plalullcld , Seabrlght , Long Branch , Ashbtiry Park and New Brunxwlck. Communication by telephone with these towns Is , cut nff. All efforts to reach them are futile. The telegraph wires are also damaged and mes sages to these points are accepted subject to delay. The steamer Puritan on the Fall River line parted a hawser while lying at her dock , and the recoil of the great rope so Injured four men , Including Second Mate Thomas Kelly , that they had to bo taken to the Chambers street hospital. The Kate Markeo went ashore on what Is known as the outer bay , directly opposite the Highlands beach life-saving station. She began to break up almoMt ( mediately. Tlio life boa la from the two nearest sta tions to the spot were unable to launch their boats on account of the awful sea which was running. The captains of these sta tions , however , did everything possible to rescue the crew , The rocket apparatus was used In the attempt at rescue. Several shots were IIred In the direction of the schooner , but each time the line fell short , and the sea mcu washed from the stranded schooner were drowned within a comparatively short distance of the shore ; . . A special to Ihtf * Brooklyn Eagle from Grcenport , L. I. , say . ftho fiercest storm experienced hero In.yea'rn Is raging. The wind Is blowing at the velocity of over forty miles an hour , nn.'i jt U'mowing nml min ing alternately. Tho/'V Is great damage to shipping. The now oyster schooner Ne vada has been tlrlven asliore. She Is heavily loaded with seed oysters , and without a doubt will become a'.tntfll wreck , ns she Is pounding to pieces oil the rocks. The lum ber sloop John Morgan parted her cables and In less than ton minutes was a total wreck. Unless the wlnj nhntca soon great damage must fodow.io * ninny vessels , both largo and small , arc teen to bo dragging their anchors. All Um bathing houses be longing to the Oceanic Iiotcl are torn down. Many large trees arc uprooted Indifferent parts of the village. . The crew of the schooner Albert W. Smith , reported lost at Squan , consisted of Mate P. S. Barber of Narragansott Pier , Cook aeorgo Lopez , Seaman Manuel Silver , Peter Pine , Andrew Delorutfi , Amlcltl Darogucs and a boy named Gomez. Captain Berry has a wife and two children In this city. Incoming steamers * this afternoon report that n tremendous gale has been blowing outside Sandy Hook for tlio past twenty-four hours. The winds cnmo from cast-north east , quickly shifting and blowing with hur ricane force. The waves were high and were accompanied by'heavy ' snow and hall. There Is every prospect of a continued blow , which may last nil night. The weather at C o'clock p. m. was .very thick and dirty ami n heavy sea running with the ebb tide. No other vessels will probably venture up this evening. TKI.KGIIAI'II LINKS I'ltOSTItATIID. Tlio .Storm In tlin 1'nst I'luys Havoc wlili the Wires. NEW YORK , April Jl. Among the great sufferers by the tcrrlflc.storni which has held New York and altuos | the entire country cast of the AHegliane ! In Its clutches for the past twenty-four hours were the tele graph companies. The \vre ) reports of super intendents of the two companies this morn ing from nearly every direction Indicated an almost complete prostration of the tele graphic service. Few people , therefore , real ize * the extremities that were resorted to to obtain Information ns. 1o the effects of the storm as well as the general news of the day. Throughout New .England the task was not difficult owing to the superb construction of the postal company's network of wires In that 1-ocallty. The same company early In the day furnished the Associated press with a wire to Chicago , while the Western Union Telegraph company performed a like service by way of Washington and Plttsburg , tapping the various cities In the vast system of the Associated press. It Is by this system that the entire country Is familiar with the de tails of the hurricane \yliich has thus far caused the loss of many lives on llm Jersey coast and of thousands nf dollars' worth of property on land and nea. On routes that ordinarily contain fifty-to 100 wires possibly two or three were workable. This was espe cially the case with the Western Union between this city ami Washington to the south and Plttsburg to the west. The Postal suffered more on the southern routes , which lay through New Jersey , and It Is this sec tion of the Atlantic coast which felt the worst effects of the 'storm's fury. Despite those tremendous odds- the telegraph conip.i- nlcB co-operated so effectively with the As sociated press that HO far as the news-gath ering service Is concerned the public has experienced no Inconvenience , and was throughout the day provded ( with the news nearly as fully ns unilelthe most advan tageous circumstances' , Tonight the circuits are still hampered. . , Kiuirr MOIU : I Schooner Albert M' . , Sniltli Wrecked OlT rnllailclpiilu. ' " PHILADELPHIA , "Pa. , April 11. The schooner Albert W. Smith , from Philadelphia for Providence , was driven ashore during the storm. Eight men were drowned. A snow and wind , storm has been raging for . .twenty-four hours.Telegraph and tele phone wires generally are useless nnd nil railroad trains are much delayed. Reports from the mountain regions state that snow has fallen to the depth of about eighteen Inches and all trains are badly delayed. BUFFALO , April 11. Snow has been fall ing without cessation for nearly twenty- four hours. It Is wet ami heavy nnd now about ten Inches 'deep , loading .trees . and wires as heavy as tli'ey will hold. All com munication by wire Is MlQlkult. Telegraph , telephone , electric llgljt and police signal wires above ground'are more or less broken or logged and cros ed. It Is Impossible to learn how great is the extent of the storm In this territory , but from scattering services at hand the snowfall seems to bo general at this end of the state and to extend beyond Rochester. There Is no Indication of u let up yet. The storm has brought employ ment to hundreds of men ut clearing streets and railroads. WARSAW N. Y. , 'April 11. Snow has fallen to the depth of twenty-four to thirty Inches on the leve ) , grfatly Impeding rail way tratllc. LMIRA. N. Y. , April 11. Eight Inches r- snow has fallen here and It Is still snowing. Railroad fralllc is considerably delayed and some of the electric surface railroads are blockaded and others badly crippled. LANCASTER'Pa. , April U. Yesterday's and today's snow storm Is. ( ho worst of the season , about eighteen , Inches of snow having fallen. Wires are all' dfwn and reports of horses being shocked' by trampling on the prostrated wires are numerous , Worst In Klnlcit Years , SEABRIGHT , N. J. , April 11. The storm raging ut this place Is the worst that has visited here In eleven years. Three thou sand feet of the New Jersey Southern rail road between this place' aid | Highland beach has been washed out. The waves were so strong that the Iron rails , were twisted out of shape. The 'sand lids been washed over the tracks for nearly half a mile. Travel on the road has conic ! to'a standstill ; no trains are running further' north than this place. A cut Is reported from the ocean to Shrewsbury river , near ' Oalllleo , which com pletely shuts off travel 'to the north or south from Seabrlght. J.It tic Trouble Inland. JAMESTOWN , N. . Y , , April II. Last night's storm , whllo unusually severe for this time of the season , has done compara tively little damage hereNo trouble had been experienced wltli local telegraph and telephones. Snow fell"to u depth of seven Inches. 4 NO Timr n'iii. sonm M.nniiKn. Hotvuril ( Initld Huya ll'n All Oicr Now with MlHS OdetteTyler. NEW YOniC , April 11-rHoward Gould and Miss Odette Tyler , the actress , whoso engagement wan formally announced on March 27 , are not to bu married after nil , Mr. Gould himself made public today the fact that the engagement had been annulled with the consent of both parties. When the announcement of the engagement was made the fact waa revested that Mr. Gould's relatives were opposed to the prospective union , but It seemed , that Mr. Gould was determined to marry In spite of the family dissatisfaction. Howard Gould IH au thority for the statement that the wUheB of Ills brother George and others of the family have been effective In causing the can cellation of the engagement. He was seen nt the Hotel Waldorf tonight Just before his departure for LaketvooU ana admitted the report. Jury 1'nllml to Agree. FItESNO , Cal.i April 11. The sensational Bfcond trial of Rlclianl N , Heath for the mUrder _ of li. D , McNVhlrter , lawyer anil politician , ended today , the jury being ills- charged after their failure to agree. The jury stood ten for conviction ana two far acquittal , and was out eight houiu. The trial has been sensational In the extreme. Superior Judge M. } C- Harris and Jt. U. Terry , ex-prosecuting attorney , both bitter political enemies of McWhlrter , Ivavlng been drawn In ami accused by witnesses of couiullclty In the crlm& . PRIESTS READY TO PROTEST Bishop Bouacum Oaso to Cotno Dp iu Omalia Today. WILL PROBABLY BE AN INVESTIGATION In Unit Kvoiit tlin Cninpliilnlug I'ncdts Will Ohjrct mill .111(1(1' an irfort : to Secure u Formal Tmil , in I'rctlmiftly Dcnnitulcil , Tlio hearing on tlio charges preferred against lit. llov. Thomas Donacum , bishop of Lincoln , by priests of his dloceso , will begin at 10 o'clock this morning at tlio residence of the bishop of Omalui , Park I'laco. Most Rev. John Hennessy , nrchblshop of Dubiiquc , will preside. The proceedings are In Iho na- tnro of an Investigation. The plaintiffs and defendant arc to bo allowed counsel , and minutes will be taken by secretaries ap pointed for Hint purpose , hut no secular per son , It IH understood , .will be permitted to bo present. The greatest secrecy Is to bo ob served with regard to the proceedings. Bishop Donacmn arrived last evening from Lincoln and wag driven to Crolghton college , which will bo his headquarters dur ing the Investigation. The complainants In the case , to the num ber of twelve , arrived In the city and are quartered at the Dcllono hotel. They arc : Father M. J. Corbett of Palmyra. Father Murphy of Tecumsch , Father Kngllsh of Hastings. Father Fitzgerald of Auburn , Father Crowley of Davey , Father SchuilII of York , Father Torgeon of Colon , Father F. Loughran of Sutton , Father J. Loushrun of Mlndcn , Father Dunphy of Aurora , Father Kuppenbemler of Kosclund. Father CJtilnn of Red Cloud and Father Ilansen of Lawrence. Four others will arrlvooday. / . These clergy men will appear In support at the charges. Several others are ready to attend and give testimony , If sent for by the archbishop. PRIESTS HOLD A MEETING. The complainants , all members of St. Bernard's union , held a meeting last evening to determine upon n plan of action. They were all at sea as to whether the proceed ings were to bo a formal or summary trial , as demanded and promised by Mgr. Sutolll , or an Investigation. Neither the archbishop or the papal delegate made answer to the protests sent to them , copies of which were published In The Sunday Bee. The belief prevailed that It was to be an Investigation merely. In event of that being determined ofllclally , this morning the priests decided to enter a protest In a body. It Is probable a demand will also be made for an adjourn ment to Lincoln , The sentiments of the com plainants arc Ftrougly and firmly for a trial , and nothing less will be satisfactory. They will Insist on a stenographic report of the testimony , In any event. "If the archbishop desires to get at the bottom facts , " said one of the speakers , "then we will ask that ho subpoena witnesses both for the prosecu tion and the defense , and wo will produce 1I > 0 witnesses to establish the truth of every charge and specification. "Mark you , " he continued , "wo have no personal feeling In this matter. We are ani mated solely by a desire to promote peace and harmony and religion In the diocese. We are even willing to give the bishop the benefit of every doubt and accord him every advantage. All wo desire Is a fair , open opportunity to establish the truth of our accusations. " Hev. I ) . S. Phelan. editor of the Western Watchman- St. Louis , attorney for the complainants , Informed them by letter' that ho had advices to the effect that It was an ordinary Investigation and therefore would not 'require ' his , attendance , as attorney. Mr. Watson of New York City will conduct the case for the complainants If an attorney Is allowed them. ARCHBISHOP HENNESSY. Most llev. John Hennessy , nrehblchop of Dubuque. is a man of herculean build , on orator of considerable prominence In the ehiirvh anil a zealous churchman. He was born August 20 , 1825. His early studies were had at his home In Limerick. Ireland , graduating nt Caromlelut , nciir St. LoulB. In 185U. January 20. 1831 , he was nsslgneJ to the mission of New Madrid , Mo. , wlilcii embraced 0,000 square miles , without u mile of railroad. Often he was obliged to go 100 mlleH on a sick cull , fording rivers and pen etrating the wilderness to reach his destina tion. Four months after being assigned to this mission he was attacked by what seemed a fatal sickness , and was removed to St. Louis. He recovered to become pas tor of St. Peter's church. Gravels , Mo. , twelve mllps from St , Louis , where be re mained until isril. Ho wus then transferred to Ciirondelet seminary aw vice president and professor of dogmatic theology anil ecclesiastical history. Simultaneously the present Archbishop Fechan of Chlcngo be came president of the seminary , and when in 18,77 be obtained n greater dlgnlty'Futher Hennessy succeeded him as president. In this position he remained until 18.VJ , when ho went to Home as the representative of Archbishop Kcnrlck. He remained In the Kternal City one year , returning to St. Louis In September , 18.19. Ho remained one year at the Bt. Louis cathedral , sharing the pulpit with the present Archbishop Kenrlok , Archbishop Ilviin and Arohblshop Fuehnn. January 12 , 1SGO , ho bsonmo pastor of St. Joseph's church at St. Joseph , Mo. Here lie remained six years , displaying n. degree of ability which brought hlnl to the attention of the hierarchy , and determined his selection for the vacant see of Dubuque. He was elected April 21 , 1SW , unil was con- serrated by Archbishop Kenrlclc Septem ber 30 , ISM. He was consecrated archbishop September 17 , Ib'J'J. The present archdiocese consists of five sees heretofore suffragans of the province of St. Louis , Dubuque , Davenport , Omaha , Lincoln and Cheyenne. Plenly ofViiler for tlin Canil. BT. PAUL , April 11. The committee of the Chamber of Commerce having In charge the matter of the proposed ship canal be tween Lake Superior and the Mississippi called on 1'rof. Winched , Slate geologist , for Information on the water supply for the eastern end of the ship canal , the congres sional committee on ciuinls being doubtful of the sulllclency of the water miimly. A letter Just received from I'rof. Wluehell , addressed to Washington , states that the probable route of the canal Is a tract of lake country of ten square miles and con venient for use , which has water "abund antly suttlclent to feed the canal on the divide nml nt nil lower stations of course there Is still more water available from the larger streams. " The house committee ex pects to report tomorrow on the bill for n survey of the proposed canal. irl Crop Iteport. COLUMBIA , Mo. , Arcll 11 , The Missouri Board of Agriculture report for the week ending Tuesday says that crops show no material advancement. Much of the oat crop was killed by the severe fieeze of last week , but that sown lute wan not Injured. Corn has been sown In pome localities to take the place of the oats destroyed. Wheat has been damaged bv frost and wind and young clover and timothy slightly Injured. In some counties clover has been killed and potatoes must bo replanted. Pastures arc backward. Fruit IH not an badly unmnitctt an nt first reported. Prospects are good for fair crops , except for peaches , which arc euncrully killed. _ _ Will Ilnvn Mm President's Knr. CHICAGO , April 11. President Cleveland from the white house and Postmaster Heslng from the Chicago postolllco will nay nice things to each other at 4 o'clock to morrow afternoon In a long distance con versation. The event will mark the comple tion of a new private postotllcc telephone system , which connects the Chicago main olllcc with all substations. The. private line will tomorrow be connected with the long distance sytitem and Mr. Heslng will make a little speech to the president , who has promised to reply. Many prominent people will be at cither end of the line dining Its use. _ _ Anil-Trust Whliky. TBRRK HAUTE. Ind. , April ll.-The Qeorgo Wolslcy anti-trust distillery being construqtcd hero will bo operated by the Indiana Distilling company. Articles of In- corpoialloii were lllc.il hero today. Mr. Wolsley IH at the head of the company anil with him are associated Fred li. Smith , Charles Vincent , the latter of Nebraska City , and others whose names do not ap pear , Tlio cupliul of the company la } SW- 000. Messrs. W\e \ , ' , , Smith and Vincent are directors foil tlrct year. Mr. Wols lcy states posltli rtrSnt the distillery will be completed ami ? l by the company. ifvo.Mt.\t's to Takes Ocrmloii to \.rf \ jd Moiituim'x Chief ot " ? ow Thing * . CHEYENNE , Wyfr. , April ll.-Spcclal ( to The Bee. ) Governor O.'borne yesterday re fused to honor n requisition Issued by Gov ernor Klckanls of Montana for Thomaii J. Wherry , charged with assault with Intent to kill , on the ground that Mr. Garland , the agent of Montana who made application for the requisition was one of the sureties on the bond of Wherry , who It appears left that state before his trial and forfeited his bond , and because of other Irregularities In the papers. In refusing the requisition Governor Osborne has the pleasure of send ing a curt letter to the governor of Mon tana. Governor Hlckards refused to honor a requisition for John T. Wlckhnm , the murderer of the constables , Bach nml Bed ford , In the Big Horn basin last fall , on the alleged Ecound that no assurance had been given by the governor of Wyoming that the prisoner would not be lynched before lie was given a trial. Said the governor of Wyoming to the governor of Montana : "I am Inclined to think that If the precedent established by yon at the time a requisition went forth from this olllcc for the delivery of a notori ous murderer ( \Vlckhiun ) , who had taken refuge In your state , to a Wyoming olllcer , were to govern my action In this Instance , you would li' asked to assure this otllce that this prisoner , If delivered to your agent , would have safe conduct through your state to the place of trial , and that he would not be overhauled by u mob. "I would also proclaim through the press that the people of Montana were lawless nml that the sheriffs and other olllrers were unable to maintain the peace and dig nity of the state. "U'e , however , do not propose to adopt any such precedent. The executive depart ment of Wyoming will not be so pre sumptuous as to cliatge the citizens of n sister state with lawlessness. On- the contrary , we broad-minded enough to believe your people are as law-abiding citi zens as are In Wyoming , but no more so. " Curing for WjomliigN Wont Crop. CASI'KH , Wyo. , April 11. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) Last night the wool groweis of central Wyoming had a meet ing here mid organized the Wool Growers association. All the prominent nheep men of this part of the state were present. Lu ther C. Morrison of this place , one of the largest flock owners In "the state , was elected president anil William F. Dunn , a n local sheep man of prominence , secretary. U was agreed to pay for shearing 7 cents per head and the shearers board them selves. There are lee visiting shearers bore at this time. Shearing will commence at both shearing pens loinorow. The capacity of the two pens Is 3,000 per day. The steam shearing pens are about ready for use and the machinery will be put In this week. It will be the largest steam shearing pen In tlio I'ldted Slates. About 3.VlVOO sheep will be sheared here this season. Itleli < iolil Find. HOCK SPIHNGS , Wyo. , April -Special ( to The Bee. ) The report comes from the Lcwlston district that Arthur Gatult and Jack Pierce , two Atlantic City miners , have Just discovered some of the richest placer ground ever found In that district. They refuse to make known the locality of their find , but have shown many nuggets of good size and the dust shows that the Held Is full of coarse gold. It Is believed that the nCw discovery Is directly south of Atlantic and along the new stage route from llock Springs to Lander. Ciittlu l.iiMt Not Heavy , CI1EYKNNU , Wyo. , April ll. ( Spcclal to The Dee. ) Kx-Senutor A. C. Beckwlth came down from his home at Evitnslon yes terday morning , lleplylng to an Inquiry conceinlng the outlook for cattle In Dlnti. county , he said that the. loss would be cOlnpainUvel'liolhlng. $ That section of the state has escaped the two sevcro blizzards that swept over the northern anil eastern portions 01" the state. IHil Not fight tint Sheriff. CASPEU , AVyo. , April ll.-Speclal ( Tele gram to The Bee. ) The report that Sheriff Itlce had a fight with escaped prisoners , Bailey and Burman , Is false. The sheriff arrived In town with the two prisoners today. They were captured seventy-five miles southeast of here. TO UUSr t'OIl NK.lt. I'OAGllKIOi. Details Made and Orders Prepared for the t'nlleil States 1'atrol. WASHINGTON. April II. The president has directed Captain Shepard , chief of the revenue marine service to Instruct the com manding olllccrs of such revenue vessels OB are available for patrol In Bering sea to report to the secretary of the navy for such duty as be may assign them. The three vessels which will be ordered north are the Bear , Hush and Corwln , all of which are now undergoing repairs. The Bear Is ex pected to be i vady for sea 'duty in about ten days , the Corwln about May 1 and the Rush about the 10th of May. The sailing orders and instructions of the commanders of the ships of the. seal patrol were completed by the Navy department today and submitted to the secretary of state for Ids approval , Ho fur they are kept secret , but the general tenor of the Instructions , It Is understood , require the naval olllcers to seize any vessel found en gaged in sealing north of the thirty-fifth degree of latitude after May 1 and before August 1. The presence on board of seal ing apparatus will be regarded as sultlclent proof of the character of the ves sel to warrant her Felure. : The seized ves sels , If currying 1'nlted States flags , will be sent to the nearest Cnlted States port and delivered to the Judicial oltlcers there to await trial. It' a British vessel , It will be turned over to the British naval olllcers , who will return her to Victoria. The sail ing orders will also bo kept secret , so as not to defeat the purpose of so disposing of the vessels of the licet as to make It probable that no sealing craft can venture far Into the sealing waters without a rea sonable certainty of capture. Some of the naval vessels will lie In wait In the neigh borhood of Sun Point and at the mouth of the passes between the Aleutian Islands , through which sealers would puss from the northern Pacific Into Bering sea. A con tingent of the licet will cruise olT the coast of British Columbia and Southern Alaska , following the seal herds. The fact that a vessel , Pulled States or British , has cleared from port before the promulgation of the lawn will not million to save her from seiz ure. Her cruise will be cut short and she will be returned to port to be dealt with. Democrat ! ) Will 1'rrnn the TurlfT Hill , WASHINGTON. April 11. The truce en tered Into by the opposing forces In the senate , whereby It was agreed for the present week the debate on the tariff should he confined to the hours between 1 and E o'clock each day and during that time there should be no Interruption by roll calls or for any other cause , was the result of an under standing first among the democratic leaders and secondly among the republicans and democrats. The general Impression about the senate Is that the agicemunt entered Into will probably continue .about a fort night , hut Senator Harils had not extended the time beyond a week , for the reason that he did not wish to be bound down when It became apparent that legitimate debate Is exhausted , "Wo may , " he said , "wish to extend the hours at any time , at first to ti , then possibly to 7 , 8 , 9 and 12 o'clock , and after thu' nil jiljjht and to provide for sitting eonlimTThiHly. I cannot say , " ho added , "when we shall under take to make the change. When It Is evi dent legitimate debate Is concluded , wo shall press the consideration with all the means at our conmnil milder the rules of the senate. " _ The HOIIKO 111 n Tuiigle , WASHINGTON , April ll.-The prospects are not bright , according to the opinion of prominent democrats in the house , that a voting quorum will be secured tomorrow on the motion to vacate the order to arrest absentees , which WIIH the causu of today's trouble In the house. According to one of the leaders , who wus questioned , It may bo necessary , In order to secure a quorum , to vacate this order to renew the order Itsulf. _ Nchriiitliii ro lolllccn. WASHINGTON , April ll.-Bpcclnl ( Tele- eram to The Bee. ) A postolllco was estab lished today at Meadow , Sarpy county , and William A. Kltkpatrlck commissioned pout- master. The following Nebraska postmasters were coniinl ? loned today ; Urlnton F. tlarbaugh , Miller ; JI-HSO S. Walker , Page. iievutor ; fell hincral Htorlc * . PROVIDENCE , API II 11. An elevator In the Industrial Trust company's building dropped several stories this morning , In juring u number of women , DOM Opportunity to Eopel an Insult Which ITo Says Ho Will Improve. RESENTS HIS TREATMENT BY CALDWELL- Declares Ho Was Ignored in a Manner hy No Menus Decent , PROPOSESTO DEFEND HIS REVERSED ORDER Complains that Ho Was Not. Permitted to J3o Heard , WILL GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AFFAIR .Salaried .Mm for KrMitratlon of Wugcn Unit Their llcurltig Yenterilay KcceUcr.lolii Tlictn-DerMoii Will lie An nounced Tomorrow. At the conclusion of the hearing hcforo Judge Dnndy yesterday on the petition of thti members of the American Railway union and other salaried employes of the Union Pnclllc to have their wages restored to the standard that existed prior to the cut of August L'li last , Judge Dundy said : I suppose It Is pretty well inuleriitood by the attorneys representing both sides what will be the outcome eventually. Now , I propose to take this testimony and look at It fully and carefully , and see what I ought to do In the premises. 1 do not know whether any employe of the railroad company or of the receivers will over have another opportunity to comu Into court here and be beard , or not. Now , for the purpose of giving every rail road man In the employ of the I'nlon Pa- clllc railroad or the receivers an oppor tunity to have his grievance heard and ti have the necessary and the proper ordevn made after a hearing in this court , which Is thi ! first one that P have over known or heard of where the employes are author ized to do such a thing us that , so that they niljjht come in here and have their grievances redressed , 1 nitulo that order for the benellt of the men , and It has been re voked by JndKo Caldwell. 1 do not know where that leaves the matter. Hilt this much I have determined to do. and that Is that I would hear this case ami make such order us I thought was neces sary and proper In the premises , and J pro pose to do that , though the order Itself may be revoked within an hour. I do not know anything about that. Now. 1 shall write out tlie conclusions to which 1 coino In the future , and I propo.su to stand on the position that 1 then take. If It suits all , all right. If it suits none , it Is so much thu worse. Hut 1 iiropo.se to give reasons for the order that 1 expect to make , mid when I do Unit I shall dismiss the matter from further consideration. Now , It Is well known by counsel on both sides here that when I made the order that has led to this litigation 1 iitTonleil every employe of the roinl an opportunity to oomo Into court and have his complaint Investi gated , so that his wrongs , If any had been poipctruted upon him , ' might be redressed. It went further than that. U authorized trie. . . recelveis appointed by the court to adopt a schedule , Ir in their judgment they thought It was right and proper so to do. I never di rected the receivers to adopt It and put It In force , but 1 left It to them , who were supposed to know whether It was right anil proper nnd just to' the men. OO'MPLAINS JIH WAS IGNORED. Dissatisfaction arose In consequence of : making that order. The circuit court judges fixed n time for hearing tlio grievances of those who were supposed to have been wiongcd , or claimed they find been wronged. They were herb and they were heard , but before that , however , Judge Uiner of Wy oming made an order restraining the re ceivers from putting Into effect the Iden tical oriler In question , which authorized the employes to come Into court and have their wrongs adjudicated ; have them heard and then adjudicated. When Judge Palilwell came here to hour the CUKO ho sends to another state and In- vltcs another judge to come here and hear It with him , when that same Judge hail restrained the execution of the order. 1 , at my own home , having held court here for twenty-six yeara , was Ignored , so that I bad no chance , no opportunity whatever , to give any reason whatever fur the order that 1 had heretofore made , while the judgu who had restrained the execution of It was Invited here from another state , afforded every opportunity to give reasons that hu might have had for concurring or refusing to concur , as the case might be. Now , us this order , which guaranteed the right to the men to como Into court anil have their grievances Investigated him been revoked , set ut naught , 1 do not know whether they will ever have another oppor tunity to come Into court and he heard , and for that reason 1 propose to go to the bottom tom nf this whole thing , and the order that 1 will finally make In the premises will dispose of the whole question , not only so far as the American Hallway union Is con cerned , or so far as the Knights of Labor are concerned who happen to be working on thlM road , but every other person who can bo affected by It , whether or not be belongs to any of the unions or to any labor organization. I do not know , as I said before , that nny orders that 1 may make will be In force an hour ; It may be revoked In less time than Hint for aught 1 know. Hut what 1 do know and what 1 propose to do Is to imiku a Una ) , full and complete disposition of this matter before I leave It , and when I do that , if either party Is dlssatlslled , then It will have to take Its remedy hy appeal or by getting the order revoked , us the cuso may be. Now , I do not know when I can get this ready , but I rather think 1 can do It probably tomorrow , possibly not before thu next day. "THU . " WILL KKPKL 1NSPLT. It Is the only opportunity that 1 have had to iniiUo any dclcnso ; It Is the only op portunity that 1 have had to repel what 1 legunl us a gross Insult , and when thu opportunity Is presented 1 propose to avail myself of It. The only tiling about thu whole business that I really regret Is Urn necessity that Is placed upon me of making u ilefeiiKc undrr Rtieh peculiar clrcumstancoH IIH surround this entire case , and If 1 hail hail decent ticntment In connection with thu mutter I should not have thought of doing It here at tills time and In this way. Hut 1 have been Ignored , orltlilKod from the be ginning , for the opinion which has been Hied In the other case ; fault found with every single step that had been taken , and I have no other remedy left ; no other opportunity bus been afl'urded , and none Is likely to he affoided hereafter , especially if the employes of the load am to bo shut out from a hem lug In this court. Now , 1 do nut know why that was done ; 1 do not know why my order was so villain ous that It ought to have been revoked for all pnrpoM-s and to the utmost extent , because If there was a good provision In It It ought to have stood. Hut It IM all gonu and the men are gonu with It , and when this case Is disposed of they are ant of court , where they are liable to stay. Mr. Pulllo If your honor will indlcuto about what time you would have your opin ion prepared I know that the delegates who are represented hero would Ilko very much to hear It , anil If It Is not to be too long deferred they would remain hcn > . The Court I think not later than the day after tomorrow morning. 1 propose to inuka It plain enough so that a wayfaring man will understand It. If I know how , I will do BO , Mr. Dullle That Is what we want , Mr. Howe Your honor , wu arc not way faring men on this side of the case. The f'ourl I may Hiiy , with respect to ono point you were making , Mr , Howe , thu order to which 1 refer expressly hula that thu men , the employes of thu roud , having grievances , might cornu Into court ut any tlmo and have an Investigation. If they had proceeded In this way , IIH they might havu done , they would have saved two month ! ) . If yon were In such a posi tion that your wages weio Improperly re duced you would huvo had precisely thu vami ) hearing then , with thu same results exaetly , an 111 all probability you will havu now. HEARING TESTIMONY. Judge Dunily Untuned to testimony and ar guments on the petition of the employes of the nyHtcm whoso pay wan cut on the por- contugo basis lust AufjuHt , Yesterday Judge Dulllo looked after tlin InteroxtH of the em ployes , while General Bollultor ThurBton rep resented thu company. JudgeDuOlo argutd In favor of a rculor * *