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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE ] 9 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MO11NING , JUNE ' 2 * , 1894-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SENATORS WERE EOT Temperature of the Chamber Had nn Irritat ing Effect on Their Tempers. ALLEN AND WALSH START THE BALL Walth Drops Oat and Hill Takes a Hand in the Pray , HILL REQUESTS AN ADJOURNMENT Harris' Refusal Wakes the New Yorker Up in Earnest , COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHERS MANNERS Fntton nnd Jnr\I Mnlco Their Maiden Kt * forts In tlio Senate. Harris Will Ask tlio eenuto to Complete the Hill Iteforo Adjournment Today. WASHINGTON , June .22. Quite a number ot bills were passed before the consideration of the tariff bill was resumed by the senate today. The house bill to Incorporate the supreme lodge , Knights of Pythias , was reported favorably by Senator Faulkner and was Immediately passed. The following bills were also passed : Sen. ate bill for the relief of Charles College , Missouri ( being n payment for the use of property during the war ) ; senate bill ap. proprlatlng $10,000 for the Investigation and tests of American timber by the forestry division of the Agricultural department ; Bcnate bill making the first Monday In Sep. tembcr of each year ( Labor day ) a legal holiday ; house bill granting to citizens ot Sacellto , Col. , certain rights over Lime Point military reservation. Mr. Kyle then took the floor. He made a general argument favoring the Income tax dwelling -on the decline In farm values In the west and the gradual concentration of wealth In the bands of the few. At the conclusion of Mr. Kyle's speech Mr. Vest offered four additional amendments to the Income tax sections. The most Im portant was one to reduce the exemption from $4,000 to $3,000 ; another exempted from the operation of the tax building and loan associations making loans only to their shareholders ; another provides th t In reck oning the profits of corporations for taxation actual operating expenses , losses and Inter est on fixed Indebtedness shall be excluded. The other amendment was as follows : In section CO strike out the following amendment : " ( ProvUed that mutual life Insurance companies shall not be required to pay an Income tax upon the sums repaid to their policy holders as dividends or Inter est upon the surplus premiums held by such companies. ) " The following Is added to the exemption Clause of the same section : EXEMPTIONS TO THE TAX. K Providing that charitable , beneficial and other societies shall not be subject to the operations of the tax , nor any Insurance company or association which conducts Us business solely upon the mutual plan and only for the benefit of policy holders or members and having no capital stock and no stock or shareholders , and holding all its property In trust and In reserve for Its policy holders or membeia , nor to that part of the business of any.Insurance company having a capital stock nnd shareholders which Is conducted on the mutual plan , separate from Its stock plan of insurance and solely for the benefit of Its policy hold- era of and members Insured In Haiti mutual plan , and holding nil the property Itclons- ing to nnd derived from said mutual part of Its business In trust and reserved for the benefit of Its policy holders and mem bers Insured on said mutual plan. Mr. Teller quoted from the utterances of some ot the leaders of the republican party , past and present , who had advocated the Income tax In the past. Oliver Porter had characterized It as the most just and equita ble of all taxes. Senator Sherman had also culogzcd : It , as had Senator Morrlll. "That was during the war , " Interrupted Mr. Morrlll. "U was proposed as a war measure. " " . President " Mr. Teller "Oh , Mr. , replied , "I don't think an unjust and Inequitable tax wa > proposed nor defended even as a war tax. " Mr. Sherman followed Mr. Teller In oppo sition to the Income tax. Mr. Patton , republican of Michigan , de livered his maiden speech in the senate today. It dealt generally with the subject of the tariff. Ho spoke on the Income tax features In particular. Ho argued that the Income tax levied during the year had proved a failure. The democratic party , he said , In its long minority opposition without respon sibility , had attracted to its side many de structive theories. Now. that It had attained power It was plagued with these , and had been compelled to Incorporate many of them In the bill. The discrimination against the farmer and the wool grower In tha tariff bill , ho said , bore with special severity cs Michi gan. The bill was covered with the stain of a great scandal , by which the Sugar trust gets $30,000,000 , and It represented a score of bargains unequalled In American politics. Ho depicted the tariff bill as a whole as being sectional In the extreme and , referring to Its approval by democratic senators who yet gave It their support , said : "I recall , and I refer the senators on the other side to the example of one who was as great as he was patriotic , and who be lieved In the principle of protection and commercial Independence. Compare for one moment the utterances of these later day statesmen with those of Grorgc Washington In the constitutional convention at Phila delphia when ho said : 'It wo offer to the people what wo ourselves disapprove , how- can wo afterwards defend our work ? Let us ralso a standard to which the wise and honest can repair ; the event Is In the hands of Ood. " ' Mr. Allen repelled the Idea covertly ot' openly advanced by the opponents of th Income tax that the populists had no regard * for property. He declared vehemently -that congress was In th0 hands of the money power. By the legislation forced by moneyed Influence , fdhuliious and dishonest fortune * had been built up In this country. For weeks a railroad magnate had jiat In a com. mlttee room at the other end of the capital trying to shape Important legislation. "If you want proof of that I will glvo It tb you. " ho shouted dramatically. "Name him , " said Mr. Walsh. "I will name him to a committee ot the enato If you want It.'i said Mr. Allen. HILL AND ALLEN THIS TIME. "Yon talk of relieving the burdens of ttu people. " Interrupted Mr. Hill , "why did you grata against free sugar ? " I "If that question were asked In a court room , " replied Mr , Allen , "It would be called pettifogging. " "Whether It Is pettifogging or not , th * poor must buy augur. " said Mr. Hill. "The poor cannot live entirely on sugar , " Bald Mr. Allen , "why talk of U ? " "Because It Is one of the necessaries ot life. " said Mr. Hill. Mr. Allen said he had voted for a duty on ugar because Mr. Harrison left a bankrupt treasury when he left the white house. At the conclusion of Mr. Allen's remarks , Mr. Jarvls , Senator Vance's successor from North Carolina , made hU maiden speech In upport of the Income tax. It was 6 o'clock when Mr. Jarvls finished , end Mr. Hill , though desiring to reply to come ot the remarks today , asked Mr. Harris , In charge ot the bill , to yield to an adjournment , aa the senate bad been sitting eight hours at a temperature In the chamber ot 85. Mr. Ilirrls said he regretted that he could not comply with the request. The wuntrr bad some rights t well u taa nmjtori. The country was entitled to know at the earliest possible moment what the fate of this bill was to be. Let pcnators proceed now. Let them exhibit their learning and their rhetoric , he said , bitterly. "I will not move to adjourn on long as I can hold a quorum or as long as thcro Is any means of obtaining a quorum. Let us stay here , " ho said , with a uavo of hand and a shake of his head , . "not always , not all night , but for a reason able time. " Mr. Hill called attention to the fact that this won the ilrat time this privilege had been refused. The senator from Tennessee had kept a patient temper until he ( Hill ) submitted the request. It had been exer cised against him because he saw fit to an tagonize thin pet scheme that was so odious to him and the state he represented. Mr. Harris Interrupted to say that If pro gress had been made today ho would have yielded to an adjournment. "The senator says the time has been wasted , " said Mr. Hill. "It has , " said Mr. Harris , gruffly , from his scat. PROGRESS , OF THE MEASURE. "Who Is the Judge. " said Mr. Hill , "I say It has not been wasted. Yesterday $4,000 was fixed aa the exemption of this bill. 1 argued yesterday that every $1,000 exempted made It more Indefensible. Yesterday the democratic supporters of the Income tax stood readto vole for $4,000. Today the finance committee brought In an amendment to reduce the exemption to $3,000. Wns that time wasted ? Yesterday I argued for abso. lute exemption of savings banks. Today an amendment Is brought in for that exemption. I think we ore making very satisfactory pro. gress. I think It cruel , unjust and unworthv of the senator from Tennessee that he should seek lo crowd me tonight when I desire to reply to arguments made today. " "I accept the responsibility most cheer fully , " said Mr. Harris , In a disgusted tone. "I will make the senator accept other responsibilities , " said Mr. Hill , his eyes flashing. The New York senator was evi dently thoroughly aroused. "Proceed , " ejaculated Mr. Harris , without rising from his seat. "I will not be ordered by you , " and h % turned upon th ; senator from Tennessee fiercely. "I will have none of your plantation manners exhibited toward me. " "Neither do I care for an exhibition of the manners of the slums of New York , re. torted Mr. Harris , hotly , rising to his feet. "They are better than those of the planta. tlons of Tennessee , " said Mr. Hill. Mr. Harris made no reply and Mr. Hill proceeded to call attention to the fact that he was In no was responsible for the lorifi delay on this bill. If anybody was respon- slble for the delay on this bill , he said , It was the committee on rules and the demo- cratlc majority which had refused to amend the rules so they could control legislation. Mr. Hill was proceeding to discuss the ques tion of changing the rules at length , when Mr. Harris , realizing that he could not force the New York senator against his will , maneuvered so a vote was had upon an Im portant verbal amendment , and this dis closing the absence of a quorum , he moved an adjournment. In doing so he gave notice that tomorrow he should ask the senate to sit until the tariff bill was finally completed In the committee of the whole and reported tt. the senate. At 7:10 : the senate adjourned. I > CAPKD DKFCXT. Anti-Option Hill Very Nearly 'Meets n DIs- nBtrout Check. WASHINGTON , June 22. Immediately on convening today the house went Into com mittee of the whole on the anti-option-bill. Mr. Aldrich offered the first amendment In serting "flour" In the list of agricultural products affected by the bill. . The amendment of Mr. Aldrlch was adopted on a division 93 to 33. An amendment offered by Representative C. W. Stone of Pennsylvania to 'the anti- option bill , exempting thirty-day options from the provisions of the bill , was adopted by S7 to 74. This was an unexpected defeat. Mr. Hatch and others , amid great confusion , raised the point of no quorum. Mr. Hatch says the amendment , If adopted , will destroy the bill. On a demand for tellers , the vote on the Stone amendment was 92 to 92 , and It was thereby lost by a tie. An amendment was offered by Mr. Lacey ot Iowa providing that In case a seller de scribed In this act shall , In fact , bo the owner of the property contracted to be sold at the timeof the sale , failure to deliver at the time fixed In the contract , when caused by delay In transportation or the fault of the carriers , shall be sulilclent excuse for the nonpayment of the final stamp tax provided for In this act. Adopted. Mr. Hatch was then recognized and was given an hour to close the debate on the bill. The committee having risen , the first yea and nay vote was on Mr. Cox's amend ment as amended by Mr. lloatner's amend ment , permitting future delivery sales In the course of business , which was disagreed to , 11 to 129. Mr. Hartner of Montana offered a resolu tion to recommit the bill witli iuHtructlons to report It back with an amendment for the free colnago of silver at the ratio of 1C to 1 ; ruled out on a point of orJcr. The bill then passed , 149 to S7. Immediately after the passage of the hill the general deficiency appropriation bill was taken up. After a few minutes spent In ex planation of the bill by Mr. Sayres , who Is In charge of It In place of Breckinridge , the committee rose , and at 5 o'clock a recess was taken until S o'clock , the night session to bo devoted to private pension bills. OLD QUKbTlON UP AGAIN. Amer ran Government' * Position on Question of Itlcht of Asylum to le Settled. WASHINGTON. June 22. There are In dications that the Ezeta case will become as celebrated In diplomatic history as the Barrundl affair , and there Is reason to be lieve that It will result In causing our gov ernment to assume n definite position In the matter of the right of asylum. Although the sUtu quo Is maintained In La Llbertad and the Salvadorean refugees v , 1th one ex ception are on the United States Bennlng- ton , there Is the best authority for the state ment that the Salvadorean provisional gov ernment has determined to press Its demands for the surrender of General Ezeta , the vice president of the lite government. It Is likely that the other refugees will not be Included In the demand. So far the nego tiations between the two governments have been conducted.with much difficulty through our consul at La Libsrtad and Captain Thomas of the Bennlngton , but the case has assumed sued Importance that , according to reliable advices , the Salvadorean Govern ment has requested Dr , Guzman to assume the position ot Salvadorean minister at Washington , and to conduct the negotiations with the State department relative to the Ezeta case. Dr. Guzman Is at present the minister resident of Nicaragua hero .and the tender from the Salvadorean government Is a recognition of the high diplomatic abil ity he has hewn ID conducting successful/ ) the delicate and complicated negotiations which have characterized the relations be tween the United States and Nicaragua la recent years. All cf the oM diplomatic rej > - rescntatlves of Cenlrsl and South American countries are deeply Interested In th outcome - come of the EzcU case as having a future application to their own countries , and there fore they are gratified at the action of the Salvadorean government In taking steps In having their caee properly presented to the United State * . Dr. Guzman , it Is under stood , has replied to the offer that he will accept the position , provided his own gov ernment will give Its consent. General Ileniiett ilituccrouily 111. WASHINGTON. June 22-Gcneral Slcphtn V. D. Benpett , formerly chief of the ordnanit bureau ot the army , but now on the retired list , has been dangerously 111 at hU residence In this city from the effects ot a paralytic stroke he suffered on Sunday. He Is re ported to be somewhat better today , but his advanced age mtkea his permanent restoration to health very doubtful FOUR YEARS TO TRACE HIM Prominent German Official Tries His Hand at Lttter Writing. SCANDAL IN GERMAN COURT CIRCLES Master of Ceremonies In the Knlicr'n Court Count \on Kotre , Arrrnteil for n Vile. O Heine Abominable Anony mous Letters. BERLIN , Juno 22. The Cologne Gazette has caused a sensation In court and other Circles by announcing today that Count von Kotze , one of the masters of ceremonies of the Imperial court , was arrested on Sunday last on a most extraordinary charge. The arrest , of Count von Kotzo Is the result of four years' of patient police In vestigation. During all that period mem bers of the highest aristocracy of Germany have been In receipt of anonymous letters and postal cards. These missives In most cases were used by the anonymous writer to make the most Indecent personal accusa tions either against the persons to whom they were addressed or against their Inti mate friends of dearest relatives. Nothing seemed too vile for the anonymous writer to Intimate of the objects of his venomous attacks , and the result was that very bitter feelings were caused In many worthy families. . In some Instances , however , the persons who received these scandalous communica tions placed them In the hands of the police. After long and patient work they dis covered the source of these despicable com munications. On Sunday last Count von Kotze , return ing from a visit to Schrolbershan , Prussia , was arrested In this city by General von Hahnke , chief of the emperor's military cabinet and aide-de-camp to his majesty , charged with being the author of these long series of anonymous slanders. Shortly after the arrest , upon the sugges tion of General von Hahnke , who personally examined the prisoner , physicians were sent- for In order that von Kotze's mental con dition might be determined. The Local Anzelgcr says the prisoner pro tests his Innocence , In spite of the over whelming proof against him. It Is thought possible the case will ocme before the law- courts , owing to > the general belief that the master of ceremonies Is insane. Von Kotz was formerly a captain In a Uhlan regiment. He retired from the army In 1884 , but Is still a member of the army reserves and was very popular In society. The Klelne Journal says that since Von Kotz' arrest four letters have been received by different aristocrats , written In the same tenor as those which Von Kotz Is charged with writing. The signature Is also the same. Under the circumstances It Is Impossible that Von Kotz could have been the author of these letters * . U.\liiit-5 U.NDKU UUAKD. Ilrei < l Made In Lisbon Under the Hayonet A Strange Strike. LONDON , June 22. The Times prints to day a dispatch from Lisbon saying that the encampment of the fi.OOO bakers of that city who struck against a municipal regulation requiring the master bakers to deposit 8,000 rels as a guaranty that they will sell bread of a proper weight , was surrounded by a strong force of military and police early today and escorted Into Lisbon , where they will be compelled to resume work under military and police surveillance. As many of the strikers are Spaniards who are be lieved to bo the leaders of the strike they will be Immediately expelled from Portugal. During the two days which the bakers have passed In the camp outside of Lisbon soldiers have been employed to bake bread enough to supply the demands of the citizens. A later dispatch to the Times from Lisbon says : Most of the strikers escaped after they were brought 'here and crossed the Tagus In lighters. Five hundred municipal guards have been sent In pursuit of them. Three hundred of the Spanish strikers have been arrested and will be sent to Cadiz In the morning In a military transport. TAX AXH HltK.U ) ItlOTS IN SPAIN. Three Peasants Killed In a Conflict with the ( ieiuhirmes. MADRID , June 22. The province of Pon- tevedra Is In a greatly disturbed state owing to opposition upon the part of the peasantry to the collection of taxes. Serious rioting has already occurred and more trouble Is an ticipated. During the conflicts which have taken place between the gendarmes , who are pro tecting the collectors , and the peasantry , three peasants have been killed and a large number have been more or less severely In jured. Many of the gendarmes have been Injured , and the authorities are sending rein forcements of police In all directions. In the Bilbao district great distress pre vails and bread riots are feared. To make matters worse several mines and factories have closed , thus throwing an additional largo number of people out of employment. UIUiKS A FHA.NCO-GKIt.MAN ALLIANCE. Do Arnelt's Suggestion to Keep England tinder Control In Africa. PARIS , June 22. The Matin prints an In- tcrvlew will ; Dr. Arnelt , the famous bimetallist - list and member of the Prussian Diet , In which he urges a Franco-German .alliance lt Africa as the only way to keep England In her place. England's possession of the Nllo valley , he declares , IB much gloomier fo > France than the fact that Germany has re taken her former possession , the Relchs- land. England's Imprudence In showing her hand In the Delglan agrement In regard to the Congo , he believes , has given an oppor tunity fer the Franco-German alliance which he suggests. I'tOT TO KILL Till : CZ.Ul. Nihilists Hait n Mine. I'rcpurcil on tlio Hall- road Thu Journey Abandoned. BERLIN , June 22. The Klein Journal publishes a dispatch from St. Petersburg today saying that the Russian police have discovered a mine which It was Intended to explode beneath the train conveying the czar to the army maneuvers In Centra ) Russia , The mine was on the line of the Orle- Wltebsk railroad. The reglcldal plot Is sold to be the work of nihilists. In consequence of the discovery the czar , It Is asserted , has decided to abandon his Intention of attccd- lug the opening of the memorial church at Borkl. ritANCE WANTS JTOUT DACPHIN. jUalagaiy Chlcftnln Ordered to Construct a I-amtlnc Station Ho Refused , ANTANANARIVO , Madagascar. Juno 22. The commander of tha French man-of-war Hugo recently ordered the native governor at Fort Dauphin to construct a landing itstlon there and threatened to make him a prisoner If he refused to obey. The French residents backed the commander's demand and rcfusod to notice the protest of the Hova government. Much uneasiness pre vails and It Is believed that U la the Inten tion of France to sel.te Fort Dauphin and nso U as a naval station. Arclibltliop Tache It Dead. MONTREAL , June 22. A special dispatch trum Winnipeg says ; Archbishop Tache suffered a relapse during the night and died at 6:30 : o'clock this morning' Prof. Zimmerman AVuu III > Flrit Itacr. FLORENCE , Jun 22 , Arthur Zlmmer- taar the American rider , won the Interna bicycle race here today. U was Zim merman's first race as a professional. Harry Wheeler , the othtr Atnerlcan rider , wa * second end , It was Zimmerman's Intention to al low Wheeler to reprettnt America. ratal KnrtluiuakA In > ln | > un. YOKOHAMA , June122. A great amount of damage was done lo property by yester day's earthquake at Toklo. Several natives were kllUd and Injured by falling houses. The German legation here was wrecked Wednesday afternoon by the earthquake. The occupants escaped. Moore * ( iunnl Kuropeitti'ft Home. TANGIER , June 22. The sultan's brother. Mult Usmall , from whom trouble was ex pected , has announced his submission to the now sultan. The houses of Europeans arc guarded by troops. The sultan's forces have repressed a revolt of the Mtttloussl tribe. Large numbers of tribesmen were killed. CanocUt llomird Mildly Itcnten. LONDON , June 22. W. W. Howard , the American canoeist ) was hopelessly beaten In two races at Bourne End today. Cutlo I'huhe * . Baron Forester ( Rev. Orlando Walklnweld Forester ) , canon resident of York , Is dead. Baron Forester was ' born In April , 1S13 , and had the privilege 'of wearing his hat In the presence of the king , dating from a grant given to an ancestor of the time of Henry VII. VII.The The remains of the .late Chief Justice Cole ridge , who died June 14. were conveyed today to Westminster Abbtjy In an open hearse , covered with floral wreaths sent from the aristocratic legal .world. 'After the funeral services In the abbey the remains were taken to Ottery St. Mary , county of Devon , for burial. JX Till ! A'.mo.V.IPARK. . General ! . Vf. Moldrum Appointed Com- iiiln toiier ot that Territory. CHEYKNNB , Vv'yo. , June 22. ( Spectnl to The Ilee. ) General J. W. Meldrum was yen- terday appointed commissioner of the United States court-of the district of Wyoming , with jurisdiction within the Yel low-atone National , park. The appointment was made by Judge nincr of the United States court under the act of congress ap proved May , 1894 , entitled nn act to protect animals and punish offenses committed within the park. The oommlssloner shall reside In the park , and Is authorized to hear and act on complaints made of violations lations of the law. H has power to Issue processes , lmposi "punlshment nnd adjudge forfeitures na prescribed by law. Appeals from his decision mn.v be made to the United States court for the district of Wyoming , which shall hold at least one session annunlly < in the city of Sheridan. The salary of the commissioner is fixed nt $1,000 per year , together with the fees of the oflice , which 'Will aggregate about Jl.OlX ) per annum. The act also directs that a jail and oflice for the commissioner be erected within the park at a cost not to exceed K.OOO. The United States w.nrfhal Is also directed to appoint a depgty for scrvlcn In the park. General Meldrum expects to leave for bis new post of duty tshortly after July 1. MethmllMI In. Conference. CHEYENNE , June.22. ( Special Telegram to The Ilee. ) Tne time of the Methodist conference-today , waa occupied with an ad dress by Dr. J. W. 'Hamilton , correspond ing secretary of -Free'dmen'a Aid nnd Southern Educational isoclety. He said that "the Methodist church had fifty col leges In the south'for , the education of the whites nnd blacks , * but 73 per cent of the money Riven thq society was expended for the education of 'tHe' latter. The doctor spoke at length qf tiie dUIlculties encoun tered In this ) worlca-w aeyounr -prejuf dices prevailing. atn'ciosp < l with a plea Tor more liberal'snf > port. ) The. .educational committee submitted n. report complimentIng - Ing the hlBh grade jvork of the Wyoming university nt tlaramle and- also that at the Denver'university. Found UncoiKclonK on-the. Prairie. LUSK , Wyo. , June 22 , ( Special Telegram to The'nee. ) This morning B.SI. Palmer was ( o'und lying ; alone on the prairie near Lusk unconscious from the effect of n blow on his right temple. His right shoul der was dislocated nnd one linger broken. Yesterday Palmer quarreled ' about the ranfc'e with Dave Rogers , who was herding sheep near a meadow rented hy Palmer. It Is supposed tltat-the event of today grew out of the dlflictilty which began yester day. Palmer Is still unconscious , nnd thq physician says his recovery Is Impossible. Rogers , who Is now under arrest , has a wife and four small children. Palmer Is unmarried. AV.vomlne Woodmen Moet. LARAMIE. Wyo , . June 22. ( Special to The Bee. ) The Woodmen of the World for the district of Wyoming held a conven tion hero yesterday for the purpose ot choosing n delegate to represent the district In the convention of the Pacific : jurisdic tion to be held nt Portland ne\t month. Colonel J. C. Hulrd o'f Cheyenne was elected and Dr. E. P. Rohrbaugh of the same place chosen as the alternate. Antpthon Indhinx Arrested. CHEYENNE. Wyo. , June 22. Four lodges of Arapahoc Indians , under charge of citi zens , were arrested on New Fork river , Fremont county , .today . , charged with killIng - Ing cattle and game. There Is great ex citement over the matter among the In dians on the Shoshone reservation , and only wise action on the .part of Indian Agent Ray will avert serious trouble. PXKCJ/UT' . * TOOIIX'ASIU.VT OIMSEIt. Atlantic nnd Vlnton.L'aeh Capture a Closely Contested jltacc. IOWA CITY , la. , June 22. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) The Iowa firemen's tournament closed , the most successful tournament In Its history here today. At lantic won In the hook and ladder contest and Vlnton In the coupling contest. The board of control of the association elected officers today : President , Frank Cain of Atlantic : vice , presidents , F. A. Wood of Truer , T.Ashfon of Lyons and C. S , Warren of Harlan ; secretary , W. A. Brown of Atlantic.financial ; secretary , F , II. Gondore of thin , city ; treasurer , J. II. Johnson of Mar.shaUtuwn. Drowned In the AVjipsleplnlcon. CEDAR RAPIDS , la , , June 22. ( Special Telegram to ThS Bee. ) Willie Dunbnr , a 16- year-old boy of St. Louis , visiting at the home of Mr. H. J , Henry at McCausland , while In swimming In the \Vapslc rlvor , got beyond his lepth and sank. William Trenton jumped Into the water , and , in an attempt to save the boy. drturnrd himself. The bodies of both were recovered In about thirty min utes , but Ufa waajextliict. Itesult , of aj\Vpnian' Spree. CEDAU RAPIDS , jla , . June 22. ( Special Telegram toThe Uff > ) A few months ago Mrs. Lizzie Norton , awhile under the In fluence of liquor upmost , murdered her 10- year-old adopteuJ > oy.for which she Is now under Indictment ( or jthsault with Intent to kill. Today sChaile Norton , her hus band , brought fiilt , ' against Brown & Co. , druggists , for JUOUOi damages lor selling his wife liquor. hnmllixji nt C . < l' r ItuphU. CEDAU RAPIDS. la. . June 22.-SpcclaI ( Telegram to The Uee ) GrlflUbIughes , a stockman at Vlnton , who returned from Chicago about ten days ago and who has been sick- for the past week Is said by his physicians to have .cmallpox. A great many have been exposed and there la great excitement there. Determined to pie. FORT DODGE , la. , June 22. ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) Charles Elliott , a young man 20 years old of Lake City committed sulcldo yesterday by shooting himself In the side and then In the head. No cause Is known. Pntal Electric Slprm. CRESTON. la. , Juno 22i-Speclal ( Tele gram to The Bee. ) During an electric storm this afternoon Oscar Watson , aged 17. was Instantly killed by being struck by lightning while planing corn in the field near bis home. Acrobatic IVut of it Homo. CRESTON , la. , June22.(8peclal ( Tele gram to The Bee.- runaway horse this evening fell down a lUuhi of stairs Into a saloon , and suuc-cdfd unaided In again climbing the steps uninjured. TRIAL OF WEALERS AT SIDNEY They Hope to Establish an Alibi Without Trouble. POSITION OF THE ACCUSED COXEYITES Mujorlty Were Duly Trying to ( let Knit , but Arc Construed to He Guilty us n lloult of Their Vicious AsMieluten. SIDNEY , Neb. , Juno 22. ( Special Tele gram to The Dec. ) The trial of the seven teen Coxeyltes for contempt of court has occupied the entire day and at adjournment tonight the case had not been concluded. There were twenty-eight witnesses examined today and tomorrow twenty more will tes tify. Lincoln C. Stockton , editor of the People's Poniard , the populist newspaper here , was appointed by the court to defend them and Is making a vigorous fight trying to prove by his witnesses an alibi. The evidence today showed conclusively that the men were at Julesburg the night the engine was taken out nf the round house , but these particular seventeen had no hand In It. The ruling of Judge Dundy , however , will probably make them accessories after the fact , as they all admitted belonging to the Commonweal army , having started from Denver together. They were regularly or ganized in companies , having generals , cap tains and sergeants. Colonel Sawyer has elicited the fact on cross-examination that they occupied box cars , property of the Union Pacific railway , after being told that they were Infringing on government property , and that It took the large body of deputy marshals to dis possess them. These defendants claim that they were simply trying to get east as fast us possible and that the men who took the engine are now In Denver under arrest. Some of them have the appearance of hard working men , who were so unfortunate as to be In Colorado during the time the mines were all shut down. There Is no question from the testimony but what the largest part of the brigade will be held and servo their sentences here , as no better place could bo provided. There are yet 175 Commonueaters to be tried , and from present indications Judge Dundy and Com missioner Frank will be occupied the major part of next week. Judge Kelly of the Union Pacific and Superintendents Park nnd Sutherland are giving valuable pointers lethe the prosecution. The company Is determined to break up this organized body of men , as they are fearful of depredations along the entire line should the Weal era be main tained In their action. Colonel Stockton promises to Introduce some startling evi dence tomorrow. AKMii : ) TO KKSIST INVASION. Citizens of 1'lerrc , S. D. . Itcfmo the Coni- inoniveulrrH Admittance. PIERRE , S. D. , June 22. A citizens com mittee met the Commonwealers a few miles above here yesterday evening. A larga mass meeting was held later and nearly every man In the City Is armed. Mayor Oiversland says the Industrials cannot laud. Imlimtrhil * ltuporte.il Manlng. _ jaRAND _ JU.NCTION , .Colo. . Juno 22.A few Industrials , members of tha Sin th army , - " > * " about who have-straBfilrd , JnBere ( report ISO of their comrades at Uic paint of starva tion and thirst , scattered along the desert between here and Salt Lake. The Rio Gramie Western will not carry them , and the trainmen have strict crdcrs to keep them off. General Smith Is here nnd Is en deavoring , with poor success , to send aid to them. If something Is not done many deaths may. be expected. Coxrylte * ArrcHtcil for Perjury. PERRY , Okl. , June 22. W. J. Glllett. who Is a candidate for congress on the populist ticket and who is the leader of the Coxeyltes in Oklahoma , has been arrested on a charge of perjury , under indictment from the United States grand Jury. II. J. Mills , a prominent attorney of Oklahoma City , was arrested on the same charge. Kellr ami linker . \rrctte < l UN Vagri. LOUISVILLE , Juno 22. General Kelly and his right hand man , Colonel Baker , were arrested hero as vagrants and placed under a bond of $250. Bond was furnished and the men were released. In the afternoon a hearing was had and the prisoners were discharged. KORKU' " Army Arrlxes nt I'liyre. PIERRE , S. D. , June 22. Hogan's brigade , under the comamnd of Captain Edwards , arrived here today. They number 243. Citi zens gave them two days' provision. Ed wards said that the army was composed of unemployed coal miners going to Washington In the Interest of silver legislation. .South l > lotuH Contingent. CHAMUERLAIN , S. D. , Juno 22. ( Special Telegram to The Dee. ) The Hogan contin gent of Coxeyltes arc expected here from up the river tomorrow. The authorities are fully prepared to deal summarily with any attempt at lawlessness , should the party land here and enter the town. xitut.isK.i II Many ItullilltiRS at Kxotcr Dlatroyeil and Content ! ! COIIMIIIIIM | . EXETER , Neb. . June 22. ( Special Tele gram to The Dee. ) This city was visited by a terrible lire. All of the north half of the east side of Exeter avenue was destroyed. Contents of the buildings were nearly all saved. The total Insurance on buildings , $2.050 ; on contents , 51,000 ; companies hi' terested , Springfield Fire and Marine , Com mercial Union , Phoenix and Omaha Fire. Oinului rrckkiimn llonorril. TORONTO , June 22. The International Printing Pressmen's union has taken steps to amilate with the International Typo graphical union. At today's session the fol lowing officers were elected : President , Theodore Galoskowsld , St. Louis ; vice presi dent , Fred M. Youngs , Omaha ; second vice president , S. II. Shumbrook , Toronto ; third vice president , William Guenther , St. Louis ; secretary and treasurer , James Gelson , Brooklyn. N , Y. The convention decided to meet In Philadelphia next year. Hoarder * for halo. A somewhat startling advancement ap peared lately In a Parisian paper , which Il lustrates the tendency of boarding house keepers everywhere to regard their boarders as a species of property. The advertisement was as follows : For Sale A house containing six suites of apartments , Including all the occupants tenants and boarders. An excellent oppor tunity ( or a married couple. Workmen Thrown from a Scaffold. INDIANAPOLIS , Juno 22. A scaffold stairway In the Aetna building fell today , throwing tlx workmen to the basement and burying them. The Injured were : Chris Doyle , Clelland Jutph , Emmet Kear ney , Michael Morlarty , Samuel , Hlcketts , Judoon Wbltealon , Hlcketts andt iDoylo will die. " _ Krlcmon on Ilor Way to Sen. DUDUQUE , la , , June 22. The torpedo boat Errlcson left tonight. The conitrucllon will bo completed In Rock leland In three or four days , when she will bo manned by a crew of Mississippi itcamboatmen , who will take bcr to New York. Cigarette Tax l.uvr. COLUMBUS , O. . June 22. The luprerae court today declared the cigarette tax law constitutional. THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather for Omaha anil Vicinity Generally Fain Variable Winds. I'.lffO. 1 , Senator * Wnrm Up Over Ineoine Tatcs. Germany tin * n tireiit Court Scandal. DiimlyTrylni ; Wenler * In Drove * . Wlchlln ( letting Her flood * Now. 2 , Oiimlm Set * tlio Leader * Itiick. 1'oliiter * on Derby Cnmllilite . 3. lloiiia I'rep.irliiR for thn Sugar Content. Selieino of the Sunlit IV ItrornnnUi-rn. ferret of Do\re' Hiillet-l'roof Cont. 4. Hdltorhil nml Comment. 0. Hntelock In ! Another Mynlcry. ' 0. Council Hlurfit r.oonl .Matters. 7. NeliriMkn l pworth League In Sennlotu 8. School Hoard Drop * Three Tcachcra. Cline of tlio 1'iilillc School * . t ) . Nebm ka MIKOIIS to Iln\o Headquarter * . H.iclmmn ( letm lleiity.Sentence. Dr. Ituyllllni ; to I'u latettlgated. 10. Dun anil Hriulttreet on Trade. Young furl n'it k'r I 0 ear.'d. St. l.onU A. 1 * . A. itvi'oril * .Stolen. 11. rinnncliil nnd ( . 'oiniiii r * nl NorJ. Lite Stock Market * . Prosperity of u Nelirimkn Idea. 12. Note * of Xortlitvet ri 1'rogrcsi. WILL IIOVCOTT 1'Vf.l.MAX C.tltS. After Next Wednendiiy A. It. 11. Men Will ' . .amto Hiindlii Them. CHICAuO , June 22. Unless the omclals of the Pullman Palace Car company agree to arbitrate the differences existing between them and their men before next Tuesday the cars of the company will be boycotted In the United States , Canada and .Mexico by the American Hallway union , to take effect at noon that day. The committee which had been appointed during the morning to w.tlt upon the officers of the Pullman Palace Car company made a report Immediately upon tne opening of the afternoon session , which was behind closed doors. C. A. Timlin of Hoodhouse , 111. , chalman of the committee , reported they had been received by Vice President Wlckes of the Pullman company. They stated to Mr. Wlckes they were a committee of the Ameri can Railway union , appointed to once more ask the Pullman company to arbitrate the differences between the company and the men on a strike. Vice President Wlckes replied he had already stated the position of the company on this question and that the situation remained unchanged. He stated further that the Pullman company would not receive for consultation any com mittee of the American Hallway union. The committee thereupon notified him that unless the decision is reversed before 12 o'clock Wednesday next the American Hallway union will. declare a general boycott upon all of the dining and sleeping cars of the Pullman company. No reply was given to this and the committee left \\llhout parley. When this was made known to the con vention In executive session a motion was uninlmously adopted declaring a boycott on the Pullman , beginning at noon next Wednesday , unless rome word Is received from the Pullman company before that time. This motion was cheered to the echo and many delegates rose 'from their chairs and cheered lustily. After the discussion of tha Pullman strlkp the convention proceeded to elect directors for the ensuing year. President Uebs , Vice President -Howard , L.W. . Rogers , James Hogan , Hey Goodwin and E. W. Hums were elected directors , by acclamation. Two more , complct'ng the board , will be elected tomor row. Secretary Kellhcr wns re-elected by acclamation. - ' After adopting a resolution favoring bi metallism the convention adjourned. To Compete with ( lie I'lillinaii * . ST. JOSRPH , Mo. , June 22. The Williams Palace Car company , capitalized at $3000.- ; 000 , will. It Is announced , begin the con struction of cars In this city to compete with the Pullman and AVagner companies. There Is a large saving of weight In the Williams car , _ _ HOPJES TO SEOUKE MILLIONS. Captain Juek Crau-foril TrjhiR to Proie UN ItlglilR to the Wulhire KHtlite. Captain "Jack" Crawford , the pool scout , Is about to lay claim as one of the heirs to the $20,000,000 William Wallace estate , now heU by the state of Now York. To prove his right to a share In the property. Cap tain Crawford will Fall for Scotland about July 15 to search for a few inislng links In thec haln which establishes his relation with the deceased millionaire. Recently Captain Crawford has had several conferences with the Now York lawyers who have been workIng - Ing on the ca e , and they ar- > satisfied , as he Is , that he is a legal heir to the property. In ISfil an uncle of Captain Crawford went to Scotland for the purpose of clearing up the records and dividing up the property , only to flnJ that the evldenca which had been In the possession of a sister , Ruth Ann Wallace , all the documentary evidence there was of relationship , nnd been .burned up In nn old trunk. Since that time very little has been done on the subject until now. Captain Crawford Fays ha does not care much about the matter himself , but he Is deslruos of aiding the other members of the family. Itnlns In Io it nnd Illlnol * . ST. LOUIS , June 22. Reports received from points In Illinois , Iowa and Missouri Indicate that refreshing rains have fallen , breaking the drouth. The prospects for corn and oat ? and potatoes are better. Four miles west of Tuscola , III. , at Garret , a small cyclone blew down the large elevator of Monn & McLoughlln. WK.l'l Jlt'.lt "j-'Oltl'.C.IflT. Generally I'ulr In > el > ralia wltli South \VlmlK. WASHINGTON. June 22. The Indications for Saturday are : For Nebraska , Iowa , Mis souri und Kansab Generally fair ; iouth wnlds. For South Dakota Fair , except probably thunderstorms In the afternoon ; probably cooler In the eastern portions ; southeast winds. l.oeiil Iteeoril. Omen OFTIIB WEATiiun UURSJIU. Ouviu. Juno 22 Omaha recant of tomnoraturu nnd nilnfullcomp.ireil with corresponding day of past four years : 18'Jt , 1803. IR02. 1801. Maximum temperature 85 = H'J = 07 = 83 = Minimum temperature. 04 = & 5 = 07 = 02 = A \oruzo toniparaturc. . 74 = 08 = H2 = 7'J = Precipitation . Oil .OU .00 .00 Statomo.nl showtn ? the condition of torn- pcrcturoand precipitation at O.iuha for the day nnd slnco March 1 , 1S91 : " Normal temneraturo. . . . . 73 = i\cess : for tlm ( lay . lo Kxco slncu Mu re 1 1 1 . 40y = Normal proclpllntlon . ? 1 Inch Deficiency for the day . 'Jl Inch Deficiency since Murcu 1 . 0.52 Incites Koports from Other Station * nt H P. M. "T" Indicates trace. U E. HUNT , Local Foreciil Offloltl. WICHITA HAS A FLOOD Arkansas Elvr is Higher Than it IIiis Bcon at Any Time Since 1877 , ONE MAN SEEN FLOATING DOWN STREAM Lower Part of the City is Already Undo * Water. RIVER STILL CONTINUES TO RISE Small Streams in the Vicinity Are Also Oat of Their Banks. LARGE AMOUNT OF STOCK DROWNED Hrldge * In the City Aru 111 Dangernf llclng > Wmhed Atviiy I'eoplo Arc .Milking I'mutlc IIITurtH to ( let Their llc- longliiga tu Mich Urotiiut. WICHITA , Kan , , Juno 22. The Arkansai river broke Us banks licro tonight anj * portion of the city Is Hooded. There Is great alarm among the colored people near tin levee and hundreds of them arc fleeing. Thi water tonight Is higher than ( t has ever been nnd Is Etlll rising. The lower part of th city will bo Inundated before morning. A deep , swift current Is now flowing over Orls- weld | mrk and the adjoining residence per tlon of the town. The water Is rising rapIdly - Idly and another two feet will send It swoopIng - . Ing down Main street. hTo lower floors o ! many houses are already under water and many people are excitedly loading their prop erty Into boats. The great rains of yester day have swollen nil the streams of thli tectlon and most of them have broken over their banks. The farmers have already suf fered an Imeinnse loss through the destruc tion of their crops and stock. At midnight the water la higher that It has been since the great flood of 1877. The body of a man with a trunk and a valise floated under the Douglas avenue bridge k few minutes before and It Is supposed the rise caught him while he was crossing tin. stream. The body could not be rescued at that hour. Reports hnve come In from the country that many houses are under wate between here and Hutchlnson and the lost nf stock and grain Is very disastrous. On farmer six miles north of here had thirty-two fat hogs swept away and lost six head of cattle. The floating debris that Is passing through here Indicates losses to the farmers. The stock yards here are completely under water. It Is reported at 1 o'clock this (23rd ( ) morning that the water Is about to flow lntt > La-Are cc avenue , this city. Tha Seventeen ; ) * mm bridge Is In great danger and If It collapses It would probably cause the dcstruc. tlan cf eleven br.dgej below It. Reports fronx the west say another body of high water I coming down und Hlio people are greatly alarmed. . > ' * 't- - . - * rouL PLAYHINTED AT. Jtody of .Too Jlii ) IU > Iil rouiul Lying Acrotl .MIsMHirl 1'urlllu Trnrkn. The body of Joe Mayflcld , colored , was discovered lying across the Missouri Pacific tracks , near Thirteenth and Locust streets , at 9:45 : last evening. There were no marks of violence on the body save a brulso on thft lips that might hare resulted from a fall. Mayfleld lived near by and was on his way home from a saloon , where he had bought a bucket of beer. J. J. Wetmore. 1124 North Sixteenth street , was standing at the crossing at 9:30 : when two colored men approached from the direc tion In which the body was afterwards found lying and asked when the next freight train went out. They were directed to the flag man , who told them no freight would leave for several hours , when they went cost on Locust street. Wetmore says the men ap peared greatly troubled. Wctmorc then started south down the track and found Mayfield's body. It was still warm when a doctor and the police were called. Vardmastcr Cottmirc says that at 9:30 : he heard something strike the track at the place where the body \xas found , but heard nothing more than that and paid no atten tion to It. There was no evidence of a struggle at the spot. A past mortem examination will probably b ; made today. One of the pockets of the trousers vrat found turned Inside out , and , Mrs. Mayfleld says her husband had a knife and a key with him. These were not found In the p ckets , but 40 cents , what remained of 50 cents after buying beer , was. McKenna , the saloon keeper , says May- fluid left his place about it o'clock. No train had recently passed over th track where the body waa found. \vu.r. \ itKTitiK j Much HIIU Niitlnniil llan'c of KnpUl City , - . ! > . , CIICH Into Voluntary l.liiililiitlon. | IIAPID CITY. S. D. , June 22. ( Special Telegram to The Dee. ) The Hlack Hlllt National bank cf this city closed Its doon and entered upon Inundation thin morning. Liabilities are stated ut J23.000 , with nomi nal assets much In excess of this amount. The bank wan not doing a profitable busl * ness nnd the dlrcctorH decided to close It The cxitmlner la now In charge. All de positor ; ! v.Ill be iialil In full and the stock- lioldera' IOSH will not be large. Itlnck IllllH M Inert In innrerence. . RAPID CITY , S. D. , June 22.Speclal < to The Bee. ) The Methodist Episcopal mlnla- tent of the Hlack llllls conference held , their annual association hero Tuesday mid Wednesday. The seralon-i were well attended - tended und developed much Interest. Be- KldeH reports of the work from thevnrloui stations In the field a numb.T of Intcrcatlua pnpem were read , among these were one. on the "Theory of lteadinK"by Jlev. Mr. Atwater : u review of a recent work , "Men and IlookH , " by Itev. Mr. Jnmex , and one by I'rnf. Lymee upon "The Philosophy of Thelson. " lluv. H , It. ItuhhiMoii discussed "Mow to Avoid tiiu Deadline. " President Hnneher of Hot Springs college reviewed the history of that Institution , and made a stiong ! > leu fur a hearty support. Helled hy Miiitlt liuUoui rarmir. ' . CIIAMUEULAIN. S. D. , Juno 22Spcclal < Tclegrnm to The IJce.J Trouble over nn nrteslan well In Ola township , which had not yet been accepted by the authorities , the contractors having iccently placed a cup over the top or the pipe to atop tha flow until the authorities should tuko ttia well off their ham ! * , culminated In a party of fanners going1 to the well und removing the cup. Itnliiinuker'M rrivi-llgm rure.lmie.il , SIOUX KALLH. 8. I ) . , June 22.-Speclal ( Telegram to The liee. ) Prof , Jewell , thu , "rain maker , " tills morning sold material , and rights of operation to the conimUulon- crs ol McCook and Hanson counties for J700 per county. Jewell hau been at work hero Blncu Tuesday afternoon. No rain yet. Movement * of hciigalni ; Vcnicli June 23.3 At Llvoijiool Arrived Lancastrian , from Boston. At HamburB-Arrlvcd-Rhettl , from Nenr York. At New York-Arrlvcd-Augusta Victoria , from Hamburg. At Quucniitown Arrived Campania , from New York. At New York Arrlved-Rotterdatn. from. Rotterdam , At ItotUTdam-Arrlved-Loch Ettlve , fro * New York.