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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNJJNG , APKIL 1 , 1897 , SINGFLE JTIVE COPY CENTS.
WIND'S DREAD WORK
Details Finally Obtatoable of the Destructive
Cyclone at Ohandlor.
TWENTY-SIX KILLED OR BURNED TO DEATH
Ono Hundred and Seventy Injured , of Whom
Fourteen Will Die ,
REMAINDER OF POPULATION IS HOMELESS
Bat Four Buildings in the Town Are Loft
Standing Uninjured.
SOME UNFORTUNATES GO RAVING MAD
XlKlit ot IiulcHcrllmlilc Terror
N the nlMnntor OutNltle
Alii Necilcil by TlniHU Who
Arc Left Alive.
OUTHRIE. Okl. , March 31. Chandler , an
Interior boom town , fifty miles southeast
ruins. At G
of
from Guthrlc , Is a mass
o'clock last evening a cyclone , dealing death
end destruction to everything In Its path ,
swept down on the town and almost com
pletely swept It off the face of the earth.
Of Its 1,500 Inhabitants twenty-six were
killed outright or burned to death and fully
170 were Injurjd. Of these latter It Is
thought fourteen will die. Twenty-four others
condition. The remainder
ers arc In a dangerous
mainder of the population Is homeless.
The Presbyterian church , Mitchell's hotel
all that remain
nnd two other buildings are
standing. These have been turned Into hos
pitals. The property less will aggregate
$500,000. There are not halt colllus enough
hero to bury the dead.
up from the southwest ,
± The storm came
' and ,
almost without a moment's warning ,
sweeping across the town , first demolished
low the resl-
the business district , then laid
denco portion and passing on spent Itself In
the open prairie.
The wrecks of many ot the stores build
ings took fire , and In a short time an awful
holocaust was In progress. Many of those
Injured and burled In the ruins wcro burned
could arrive. Fire
to death before help
broke out first In the ruins of the New York
- store and the Lincoln County bank and
, making it
buildings
spread to the adjoining
necessary to fight the flame * as well as res
cue , the Injured.
The people were slow to recover from the
shock of the calamity , and not till noon to
day did anything like system prevail In the
work of relief. At 11 o'clock tonight particulars
. Save one slow-
ticulars arc still meager.
working telephone wire out ot Chandler ,
telegraph wire from Guthrle.
nnd but ono
practically cut off from
the town Is.still
the outside world.
STORM BREAKS SUDDENLY.
Tha storm brolte upon the city suddenly.
The sky was clear an hour before. Shortly
of dark clouds
' mass
beloro G o'clock a
gathered In the southeast and then whirled
Into funnel-
a
developed
north. They soon
shaped monster and bore down upon the out
skirts ot the town. As the mass touched the
. The funnel
ground the roar was deafening.
the southwest border ol
split as It struck
Chandler , which. Is situated on a hill over
looking the Cow creek valley , and ono hall
wont through the town and the other turned
north. IJcforo escape was possible , the cy-
cloce had pissed through the town , tearing
through the business district and stores were
hurled right and left or lifted high In tl.c
air and tctscd In every direction. Chief
Justice Dale of the Oklahoma supreme court
was holding court In the court house , which
was crowded. Ho ran with his wife to a
hollow and the two were protected by a
large boulder and were unhurt. Others In
well. A .mo
the couit bonce did not faro so
ment later the structure wns twisted arounl
nnd Icirled Into the street a complete wreck.
One of the occupants was killed outright and
a dozen others Injuicd.
Further down Main street , the Lincoln
County bank building was toppled over and
_ -was soon cnvclctjcd In flames. Here , before
aid could reach them , five unfortunates were
burned to death , pinioned down by heavy
timbers. Still further down the street three
children suffered a like fate. A mass ot In
jured people , dead and Injured hoiees ,
wrecked wagons and bugKles and debris of
all klnUs from life buildings transformed
Main street Into a funeral pyre.
Pushing on Into the residence district , the
cyclone toppled over dwelling after dwelling ,
i turned houses on their tops and made the
streets unrecognizable , piling them high with
dobrls. A 2-days-old babe was carried four
blocks and not Injured , while the mother
waa crushed In her bed.
WRUCK AND RUIN.
The trail the storm left was one of wreck
and ruin most complete. With the flrht
realisation of their predicament over , the
Injured nnd ablcbodled found themselves
from fright and confusion well nigh as help
less to render aid as their moro unfortunate
neighbors. Finally , when nn effort to send
for outsldo aid was made , It wail found that
nil couvnuuik-atlon with ! 1 ) outside world
had been cut off , Iho telephone ofllro being
among the buildings destroyed. H was eov-
er.il hours before communleatlon with
Guthrlo was Eccurcd , A brief Idea ot the
tiaturo of the devastation wrought , together
with an appeal for aid , Imd been sent to the
neighboring city , when the wire snapped and
Chandler was again flint off. In the mean
time , however , a tralu bearing physicians
nnd others left for the scene. The wire came
up later and final appeals for aid met prompt
response and additional rescuing parties were
sent out as tbo extent of tin damage became
known ,
Tlio night In Chandler was ono of Inde
scribable terror. With many of Us Inluili.
Itants dead or dying , and tbo remainder too
badly Injured or unable from fright or be
cause ot the darknces to render assistance ,
no order prevailed. Rain poured down In
torrents. Thu Injured In many cases un-
nvaillngly cried for help and lay In the
wrecks of their homes till daylight made It
lK > u lble for them to help themselves or
when aid from surrounding towns arrived ,
TWENTY BODIES RECOVERED.
Ily midnight some vlmw of pjetcmatlc res
cue had been perfected , and the dead and
dying were being released from Iho ruins.
Improvised hospitals \\vro erected and the
unfortunates cared for the best that was possl ,
ble. At 1 o'clock twenty dead bodlea had
been taken from the ruins , while dozens more
or lit * badly Injured bad been icniovcd to
I places of safety.
[ Hut ono of Chandler'i physicians escaped
v Injury , And even after old from Gulhrle ar-
Hvcd , there was a scarcity of eurgcocs. Only
two wern able lo do anything lait nlHht , and
one of thcss , Ur , Wilcolt , with blood stream.
Ing ftom a sightless eye , worked until he
fainted.
Daylight brought hundreds of people from
surrounding tow re , and many women one
children nealstcd In caring for the Injured
Little progress was made , however , and I
was not till noon that an organized system
of alleviating suffering was effected.
The four remaining buildings were turner
Into hopltnlp , and , directed by Mayor A. D
Klnney , the work proceeded as swiftly n
pceelblc.
Queer eights greet the eye on all sides
Ten trees have a house roof hanging on each
clothing and household goods are ecattcrcc
In the streets. Dead horres , cows and othc
animals are to be ecn everywhere , while a
pile of ruins has a fine piano perched on
top of U.
Many of the citizens wander about th
streets , dazed at the calamity and almost on
the verge of Insanity at the loss of family
and homes. Two or threg have gone star !
mad. Uy nightfall tonight 10,000 people hat
flocked Into the city. Many of them came t
render aid , but the majority are morbid sight
PCCM. A great quantity of clothing , bcddln
and provisions has been sent In , and th
Gnthrb club has raised $1,500 In cosh t
send tomorrow. The city has put to use al
Its cash , about $700 , for Immediate aid. Hun
dreds of tcn s have been sent from For
Heno and Kort Guthrte and will provld
temporary shelter for the unfortunates. Al
are homeless , however , and more substantla
aid must quickly follow. Food ID scarce am
there are not half enough cofllns to bury th
dead , and practically all the town'a supply
of medicine has been destroyed.
TIIE DBAD.
ATTORNEY JOHN DAWSON.
P. U. DUMOFF.
EMMA DRESSINGHR.
UNKNOWN WOMAN.
CHILI ) , all burned to death by being
pinned down by wreck of Lincoln County
bank.
MRS. TOM SMITH , crushed.
MRS. PIIILI" JOHNSON AND CHILD.
MRS. DR. L. LEE.
A. W. KELLER AND WIFE.
UNKNOWN MAN.
THREE UNKNOWN CHILDREN , burnei
to dentil.
MRS. MITCHELL.
JAMES WOODYAKD AND WIFE of El
dorado.
MRS. DEMENT.
H. DEMAR , n barter.
D. E. JOHNSON.
EMMA R1TTENSTEIN.
MRS. E. G. JOHNSON , BAJ3E and LIT
TLK HOY.
FATALLY INJURED. '
WOOD YARD GIRL.
DR. L. LKE.
ARTHUR JEWETT.
PEGGIE JOHNSON.
MRS. FRANK M'CALL.
D. C. GOODING.
MOLLIE ULAM.
ANDREW ASHER and WIFE.
SIDNEY KENNAN.
D. C. JOHNSON and WIFE.
WILLIAM T1LGHMAN.
GEORGI3 HERNDON.
I1ADLY INJURED.
Mrs. Emery Foster and baby , the mother'
leg broken.
Mrs. Cullom.
Mrs. J. D. Lumley.
Mnggla Reeves.
Chandler Reeves.
Arch Sheppard.
Aleck Bishop , leg broken.
Mr . Colmrn.
G. L ! . Nlblack.
F. A. Nlblack.
John McCartney.
Ulam girls.
Sam Hlghtowcr.
McElhnny family.
Woodyard boy.
W. D. Herod , arm broken.
Dr. Wolcott , eye torn out.
S. D. Decker , bruised.
Tom Wilson.
Wilson child.
1' . S. Hoffman , arm crushed.
M. W. Sawyer.
C. D. Ray.
Mrs. Frank McGraiv ,
Matt Reeves.
Mrs. Sarah Glllcsple.
George Hcndrlekson.
Dozens of others received Injuries more or
less severe.
Tardy details of the Chandler cyclone con
tinue to come In , and every fresh bit ol
news furnishes further evidence of the awf.ii !
fury of thu storm. A messenger vtho ar
rived late tonight from the country south
west of Chandler reports that many farm
houses were demolished there , that two per
sons were killed and a number ot others
badly injured.
It Is reported that the little settlement
knov.'n as Parkland was comnU.ely destroyed
and that several persons wcro injured there.
ARKANSAS TOU'.V IS
C > clone Iuyn AViiNtt * 11 VIIInuo "nil
Kill * I'oneVoineii. .
ST. LOUIS. March 31. A special to the
Republic from Pine Uluff , Ark. , says :
A cyclone passed over Grndys , twenty-one
miles south of hero , this afternoon , It al
most laid waste thu wboln village , killing
four colored women and wounding several
dihers , among them the agent's wife , There
was not a house left at the elding on Hall
place , and Ibo .section bouse cannot bo found.
HallKtones v--ro so large that trainmen re
ported they had to find a place of safety.
Trains are late and wires down ,
HcveriAVIiHi Slot-in ut .Superior.
SUPERIOR , Neb. , .March 31. ( Spcchl Tolo-
gram. ) An extremely severe wind storm
struck three or four miles cast of town lust
evening. The greatest damage was done on
the Kammmnycr , Hodges , Copley , Lunt and
Catter farina. On these places tlo houses
were Injured slightly , the barns and sheds
being entirely destroyed. Others In the path
of the storm received very little Injury ,
IliiHlncxk Trimble * of n Day.
ST. LOUIS , March 31. The Charles Schmidt
Toy and Notion company , one of the oldest
limit * In the city , has assigned to the Mis
sissippi Valley Trust company for the benefit
of Itu creditors , The assets are given at
$37f'00 and consist of a stock of toys , etc.
The llabllitlrn aggregate )55,000 , of which
130,003 Is dus lo unsecured creditor ,
CHICAGO , March 31. A bill for a re
ceiver for the Ilerlln & Montclln Grariltq
company was Hied today by the Hibernian
Hanking association for $3,200. The quar
ries are at Montrllo and Waterloo , and the
company has a capital stoclc of V-'fO.OOOi the
largest stockholders being Doleso und ghcp-
ird. It U alleged the company o\\es Its
tvor'fincn fid.OOO. Liabilities are said to
: > scco$190,000 ( ; uteetB about $150,000.
I'll III 11 } ' DrOTVIUMl.
I.oriSVII.l.K. Ky. , M.ti-cn SI.V tpeclal
to Iho PuM from Kddyvllle tnyi : : NVAU was
received here today of the diownlni ; In the
pi'oiboilaiid ' river last night of Viilmm
Mick nnd his family of throe. Accoa'inj.-
Iho report Mr. KJIck W.IH tivlnK ti inovo
ils family , consisting of a wife nut i o cMI-
Iren , fiutn bin flooddl liouxo on the I'nmbi r-
< iKiiriir \ \ \ Trljfir Kurnnro In tnls county ,
The pklfT overturned and In the JurU.tba
ill were drowned.
HORRORS OF THE FLOOD
Heavy Rainfall Complicates Situation on
Lower Mississippi ,
FOUR GREAT GAPS EXIST IN THE LEVEES
Stream * of Wnfpr Unnh ThrotiKl
CreviiHirN , CoverlnK Iniiiirnnc
AretiN , mill tlic Knil
IN \ot Yet.
MEMPHIS , Tcnn. , March 31. A heavy
rainfall , accompanied by a strong gale from
the west , Is adding to the horrors of the
flood situation. Ono hundred and fifty miles
below Memphis , In Ihb Mississippi delta
there arc four breaks nnd each la letting In
a stream as largo as the Ohio river at Cln
clnnat'l or the Hudson at Albany , and thl
tremendous outflow has caused a fall of only
one-tenth of a foot at Vlcksburg , Immediately
below ( ho last crevasse. The wind will prob
ably cause more breaks. The river Is no\\
llko nn Inland sea , and this afternoon , a tel
egram from a point below Hosedale , Mlas.
announced that great waves Were pounding
against the levee and that at frequent Inter
vala the water tore Itself loose from the
main channel and dashed over the embank
mcnt. This being true , there will In al
probability be moro crevasses before morn
Ing. All the- forces ot nature are against the
people. The rainfall increases and the wind
Intensifies tbo danger.
On the Arkansas elde the levee fron
Helena to Arkansas City tonight la as full o
holes as the outer wall of a fortlficatloi
after a siege. There Is a break at West
over , which occurred at an early hour tlds
morning. A thousand men were at woH
on the levees when the crash came. For a
moment a thin thread of water began to
trlcklo from the Inner wall of the embank
ment. Experlencedi levee men saw the dan
per and cried out a word of warning and the
laborers rushed back , bt't. In five minutes a
gap fifty feet wldo and six feet deep was
torn in the wall of earth. The break grow
until It Is now several hundred feet wide
This crevasse 'Is ten miles below Helena am
the water rushing through It will destroy a
dozen splendid plantations , and may break
up Helena.
The Laconla circle country , a few miles
below Westovcr , Is under water. Tha ! circle
Is surrounded by a levee. The levee In the
rear went to pieces at a late hour en Mon
day and the water rushed In and spreat
Itself over 30,000 acres of the most fertile lam
in Arkansas , cut up Into plantations , giving
support to no less than 5,000 people.
LOSS IS ENORMOUS.
Tonight Gunnlfion , Roedalo and other
email towns are under water. The whole
country , as predicted last night , will be In
undated. The water Is spreading over the
territory from Perthshire , Miss. , to a point
ten miles north of Vlckaburg and back from
the river thirty or forty miles. Already the
loss of cattle has been .enormous. The corn
that was planted and growing Is under the
w.iter and the preparations for cotton plantIng -
Ing wcro well undr way. The ploughs ani ]
earth will be swept Into the Yazoo anil
thence Into the Mississippi. It la dlfllcull
to estimate the loss. A thickly eettleil
country containing an area of about 4.000
square miles , settUd with farm houses , negro
cabins and small villages , will be flooded ,
Labor will become demoralized and negroes
cannot be secured In sufficient numbers to
cultivate the crops when the water aubsldcrj.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad
will have 1DO miles of track under water be
fore the ( loo.l Is over. The loss ot human
life so far has been small. Not a half dozen
people have been drowned In the delta anil
probably a dozen on the Arkansas side couth
of Helena. The upper floods , which have
prevailed In the St. Franc's basin for two
weeks , claimed probably no more than fifty
vlctlira. all colored.
Gitsnvllle , Miss. , Is mill safe. Water is
In Hos-ednle. coming from the Perthshire
break , while Gunnlson Is badly flooded.
Tonight , with the wind and rain , may , how
ever , bring forth the supreme catastrophe
the breaking of a levee Immediately In front
of a town. Thc-3e directly In front of levees
are Helena , Friars Point , Rosedale anil
Greenville. A slight rise In the river at
Memphis Is announced by the official bulle
tin I&s-ued by the local office of the United
States weather bureau. This Is not consid
ered as significant of any Increase In the
volume of water to bo expected here. The
bureau predicts no continuation of this rise ,
but a stationary condition for the next twen
ty-four hours.
LEVEES SAFE AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS , March 31. In the vicin
ity of this cty ! the levees are In good con
dition , the weak places having been strength
ened. The email break reported opposite
Chalmcll was promptly closed and no fur
ther trouble Is apprehended at that point.
A rain storm prevails this morning , accom
panied by high wind. The trouble reported
In the levee at Bayou Thlbadeu , forty miles
below Thlbodeaux , will do but llttlo damage ,
as the 'water will How Into the lake after
passing over1 a few small farms. The river
at Lake Provldejce Monday morning marked
11.10 on the gauge , which was
two and one-half feet higher than
ever known before. Yesterday the
water began to recede and has fallen 0.6 all
along Lake Providence. The fall was caused
by the crevasses on the Mississippi side of-
the river.
NATCHEZ , Miss. , March 31. The critical
tlmo with the levees In this locality Is now
coming rapidly. For the last two weeks the
ivater has been rising steadily at the rate of
half a foot dally until the stage now Is 4G.B ,
! ' / feet above the danger line , and has
shown but little perceptible decrease. The
water has gotten over tbo banks all along the
Louisiana fiont and IK coming up high
against the levees. The citizens of Concord
ind Teases parishes appear to have confidence
In the. strength of their big line of embank
ment , and feel that wlti ! the attention It Is
now receiving it will withstand the pressure
successfully. The fifth district levco board
las ordered several thousand sacks to bo
listrlbuted along the front for the purpose
) f topping the levee In case the water begins
: o run over it , or to bo used In strengthening
: ho embankment If necessary.
ST. LOUIS , March 31 A bpeclal to the
Post-Dispatch from Helena , Ark. , sayn : All
[ orcea on the lower leve-j were concentrated
lost night at tlw point three mllw belo.v
IVcstovcr. At midnight a steady wind was
lolng some damage , and at .daylight the *
ovea was reported Intact , though In bad
: oiiJHIon. It la the weak spot In the
itream , and while every attempt will bo
nade to hold It , It Is feared that It will
eventually go. It Is feared hero that the
Laconla circle was about going to pieces ,
ho water pouring over the top of the levee
it I ho back of the circle.
The goveinment itscuo boat Titian , duo
icru early last night , Is not yet In. It la
eportcd that It has tinned back to Laconla
ifter anchoring five barges of refugee ? taken
rom levees at Knowltons and Helllis. No
oiillrmatlou of thla report Is had , but It IB
jcllevc-d to be true ,
< I > MMNT. OUT STOHM WAHMXOS.
IlllnoU mill MlNHOiu-l l.lUvly
lo II.VUllcil. .
CHICAGO , March 31. Prof. Garrlott , chief
if the Weather bureau , says ; Southern 1111-
lols and the state of Mlesourl will liavo
bunder storms of a very nevere nature * to-
ilght In Illinois the chances do not ap-
icjr fjulto o dangerous , but the predictions
or Missouri , and especially the toutheni
lorllon of the state , arc alarming. A tor-
iaco la expected In that section and danger
ilgnals have been ordered out In all of the
o-Ajifl west of St. Louis , The lake regions ,
iceordliig to Prof. Garrlott , are safe on ac-
ount of a cold wind blauliiK from the lako.
n the southern part of Illinois , however ,
vbere the Iak winds are not felt , there U
conrtdtrabto danger of dralruetion of prop
crty by storms. - 1
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HA DNS cAiisia "sisniqui FIXMUIS
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Hirer * In South Dnkntp-'ilre All On
of Tliclr IlnHkM Altnlii.
WOONSOCKET , S. D.iJ Mftrcjj 31. ( Specla
Telegram. ) Sand creek'Just ) north ot hero
Is two miles wldo and the railroad Is undc
water for over a mile , Trains' cannot crorc
on the Southern Mlnn'ripU division. Th
flood In James river has taken out part o
the railroad bridge and carried away th
grade on the bottom. The depot at Forest
burg will probably be ivaihed away. Th
family In the upper elory has Just move
out to higher ground. Heavy rain has bee
falling all day. The water In the river I
rising at the rate of clljbtcen Indies a
hour. No trains arc running east or nort
from here. Trains from Sioux City sto
here. Unlera the rain cc&acft soon man
fcimlllcs near the creeks and river will hav
to bo rescued In boats.
HURON , S. D. , March ,31. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The floods continue to grow mor
Eerlous. Rain has been /tiling all day an
the river has risen two feet.Many bridge
have been carried Away and much iiropsrt
destroyed. The Great Northern and the Ch
cage & Northwottorni bridges'have not bee
disturbed. At Frankfort anil points nort
the flood Is reported ve'ry 'disastrous. Tim
her creek , east of Frankfort , Is a raging tor
rent. Nine wagon bridges and the Chtcag
& Northwestern bridge have gone out. Train
west and north are held hero today , becaus
ot washouts.
VERMILLION , S. D. , March 31. ( Spoclt
Telegram. ) The Missouri rose three fee
last night and the VrrralUlon ono foot. Thcr
has been a very' heavy rain here today am
It Is general througtodt the , southern par
of the state. Considerable anxiety Is fel
by the people on the bottotns.
MITCHELL. S. D. , March 31. ( Specla
Telegram. ) The James river ' , two mllca ons
of here , has been rising 'fast all day an
cjmo fears are entertained by railroad me
that tli. ' Milwaukee and Omaha bridges wl !
go out tonight. Forces of men have been a
work on bath roads todayVnaklng a break
water to keep the approaches to the bridge
firm , but the water has -uveri got. over these
Superintendent Cossrove'Qf the Mllwauke
and Superintendent Pyenccr of the Omali
road are both here looking after the bridges
Trains passed over the bridges as late oa
o'clock today. Rain began fairing last nigh
and has fallen steadily all day.
CANTON. S. D. , March.31.T-Spcclal ( Tele
gram. ) Two dajs" rain with high watc
from above caused the Blotuc river to rise
hero today. Higher water than ever Is ex
pectcd. . . * '
DEADWOOD. S. D. , Marh 31. ( Specla
Telegram. ) The soft weatherof , the past few
days has so swollen tbo Belle Fourche rive
and Its tributaries thal.lt Is almost tmpos
alble to cress them. All iwe streams nrc
gorged with Ice , and at.'tho town of I3ellc
Fourche , an Ice gorge extends for ten miles
up the river , and threatens tire town and sur
rounding country with a disastrous flood. Ai
attempt was made to bre k ( the gorge thl
afternoon with dynamite , btit without sue
cess. The Elkhorn railroad bridge acrost
the river has been carried mt , the bottom
lands have been flooded and considerable
damage done to farm b'ulldl iga on the low-
The recent snow' ' ' ' will add to the
seriousness of the situation should warn
weather prevail , and In such a case the dcr.i
ago will bo very great. ,
SIOUX qiTY. March.-Sl.-HSpecIal Tele
gram. ) .Rain has been falling in Sioux Cltv
all day arid late thlr , evening It Is still fall *
Ing. The wate'r Is flowing In the streets In
torrents and the creeks are rilled with water
Unless the ralr- stop scoa nhere will be a
t-potltlon of \ -hlgh watar of two weetf
ago. - , / . .
WIND UAMAGJ3 -ii.VXSAS TOWXS
So LlrcN Lent , but CiiiiNlileralile Prop
erty n < - Htrocil. .
KANSAS CITY ) March 3i. The taste o
the wind stoim , which "in saAc places scomc :
to be of a cyclonic nature ; was felt In cen
tral and southern Kansas 'last night. It
wao doubtless the end of the twister whicl
destroyed Chandler , and leads local men to
believe that the loss of property Is heavy.
As far as known no fatalities occurred. The
storm was most severeIn , Harvey , Sedge-
wick , McPherson and Marlon counties.
At Florence the entire roof of the round
house was blown away aid the building
badly wrecked. Ther ? waft heavy damage
also to other property in .the town. Men
coming from Burton , Harvey county , bring
the icport that a number' of cars standing
on the oldlng at that point were blown ofl
the track end unroofed and otherwise dam
aged , while a great many of the smaller
buildings In the town worA unroofed and In
some places completely wrecked :
As to the extent of the storm In McPher-
eon county , no news hue been received , al
though McPherson City l said to bo the
moat affected. The wind In nearly all
cases seems to have come "from the south
west and to have been la'den with cyclonic
symptoms. , .
Great Bend reports. , a very heavy wind
storm , accompanied by liall and rain.
Wichita reports the heavlfat , rain over ex
perienced there , accompanied by wind and
hall. At Haverhlll saveri'cara were blown
from the railroad tracks. Barton reports
a very heavy wind , which wrecked several
small buildings and Jilew cars from the
tracks. Telegraph service , throughout the
state U badly crippled.
CIIIPI'EWA ItlVKIl AttAlX OX A IIOOM.
Almost Tin to iliu Pl ! > oil I'olnt of I.iirtt
Dccumbur.
DURAND , Wit' . , March 31. The Ice in the
Chlppcwa abpvc this point , v.cut out and has
formed a gorge nt Round' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! , three miles
below Durand , and has forced back the water
over the west sldo bottoms and the lower
strccto of the city. The water Is within
( ( leven Inches of the highest mark In tin
great flood of last December and lo slowly
rising. The colder weather may hold the
lam , The trains ore running on the main
Inc. but can only reach Downsvlllo on ths
Red Cedar branch. 'Blaclti river Is gorged
above Nelllsvlllo , and.tho bridge at that
lolnt will undoubtedly'bqfsw.ept away. At
La Crosse Ice carried , away two bents of
the pontoon bridge. , Th ? nfprth wing of the
flam at Hudson , owned b.ytho 6t. Paul flah-
ng syndicate , gaveway' last .night and let
Qiit all the fish , Tho-wtte also flooded the
Ush hatchery of GravesA ; Carey , and carried
iway all their trout. 'i
I'UUKV CRT.S A TOUCH OP STOIIM.
More DiiiuiiKr Dime" lijr'Jlaln niul Hnll
TluiiL fcy WluU
KANSAS CITY , March 31-A special to tbo
Star from Perry , 'Okl.Bys : Yesterday
uvcnlng and last nl bt'Uilr | county was vl -
ted by a fierce storm of r-ln , Avlnd and hall ,
3reeks are out of tholr lianjm .and low farm-
ng lands are under "waler. " Several out-
muses \\ero blown down nd ono dwelling ,
situated between here * ud Stlllwater , was
ilomollshed. The Inmate had escaped to a
cave and were not Injured. , Near Whlto
5aglc , north of here , bcv oral houues were
ilown down , but whether or not any ono wu
njured Is not known.- Hall did some * dam-
> ge. Telegraph wires were badly damaged
ind all trains ore late.
lloni'j- for Flood SutterrrN Available.
WASHINGTON , March 31. Tbo president
las ulgned the sena n Jplttt resolution making
in appropriation of $250,000 Immediately
tvallable for the protection of life and
iroperty from tbo Hoods In the Mississippi
Ivcr.
A telegram camel to General Wilson , chief
f engineers , this morning from Colonel
illlesplo , preildent of the MUiUelppI lllver
ornmlsslon , stating that the commission wat
t New Orleans waiting the Approval of the
olnt rosolutlon In order ( o proceed at once
vlth the work of protecting levees and
iroperty along the river. When this state of
iffatri was nvide known at tli > white house
ho resolution , which bail been .pro forma re-
erred to the Treasury .department for ex-
initiation , was secured ut once by Secretary
'orter and laid before the president.- who
topped the line of vltltort long enough to
( Continued on Third Page. )
Woylor's ' Peace Envoy is Suspected o :
Acting as a Spy.
CUBANS IN HAVANA GREATLY EXCITED
PrlNoncr * AVI11 I'rolmMr lit * Shot
tlip SpnttlitrilN Very Soon < ! cii-
crnt llololt ( lie \ < MV Inniir-
I.oiulcr.
( Copyright , 1897 , by Trefs I'liblUhlnp Compnny. ]
HAVANA ( via Key West ) . March 31.-
( No\v York World Cablegram Special Tele-
gi am. ) Treachery Is charged In the capture
of General Hula Rivera , Colonel Bacallao , hit
chief of staff , and Lieutenant Terry , also ol
his staff. The suspected betrayer Is Gonzalt
Jorrln , a lawyer of Havana.t
Scnors Jorrln , Emllo Cunz t and Jose Marl.i
Paz were sent by General Wcylcr not verj
long ago ta see ' \ ( General , Rivera would ac
cept the Canovas scheme of reforms. Gi/iv
oral Gomez had ordered all his chiefs not tc
receive such commissioners , but General
Rlvcrr. let this end go Into his camp on the
toot hills incar San Cr' ' to. It Is asserted
now that Seno ? Jorrln disclosed the location
of the camp ami Its approaches , but ho de
nies treachery.
The Cubans are so excited that the au
thorities arc guaivllng Senor Jorrln's house
on Corro street.
The Spanish say General Rivera foollshlj
icmalne.1 In the salne camp six weeks , had
no outposts and was surprised.
Some Cubans suspect the rebel chief Perlcc
del Gado , who was angry because General
Rivera and not ho succeeded Maceo. It Is
Impossible to get at the exact truth of the
capture.
The Spanish report that General Rivera hai'
only 103 men. The number of Spanish troops
Is not given , but It Is said that 4,500 , will :
javalry and two pieces ot artlllary , sur
rounded the camp and shelled It. The ofllclal
. rport only gives ten rebels as kllleJ and
jno Spanish soldier , altlough the flghl
lasted hours. U Is believed that General
Rivera had 2,000 men and that the hates
were much hoavler on both sides than the
Spanish report. It Is said that they only
credited General Rivera with 100 men be
cause General Weyler has officially declared
the province pacified and the absurdity of
the statement would be shown if Gcner.il
Rivera's full strength were make known.
RIVERA AN AMERICAN.
General Rivera Is said to bi an American
citizen , but he Is not registered at the con
sulate. Lieutenant Terry , who dted , Is eald
lo have been an American citizen aloo. Gen
eral Rivera probably w 111 be shot coon , as
General Weyler has given orders that he be
trhd by court martial on the spot Imme
diately. He may be put to death Saturday
In spite cf his wounds , or the Spanish may
cure him and then t'lioot him. The certain
execution of thlo brave , wounded prisoner ol
war cxcltea Indignation anil d'sguat ' here
No other alleged civilized nation Is capable
of such an act. Colonel Bacallao. who tried
to carry off hla wounded commander on his
back , although himself wounded , will dlr
with him. It Is predicted that these execu
tions will provoke General Gomez to shoot
all Spanish prisoners hereafter Instead ot
relenting them.
The Cubans ore not disheartened at tbi
Icea of General Rivera' . They aay General
Holofi Is In 1'limr del Hlo and-will become
second In command of th ; whole army. ' In
surgents In nrcat nuinberd are .coming from
the ecat and concentrating In Havana prov
ince. They have plenty of ammunition and
good cavalry. A World courier from Santa
Clara reports seeing ono column of 1,500 well-
mounted , well-armed Insurgents passing west
toward Matnnzna. This ? name courier saya a
very large expedition has landed near Reme
dies and that most of the arms are for the
wcatern provinces.
General Weyler remains In Clenfuegos
He Is better , but still sick and Is doing noth
ing effective.
The Cubans are very active around Ha
vana. At Punta Bravn , ( seventeen miles
away , Baldomcro Acosta attacked on Sat
urday Captain RIuz and the Third company
of San Quantln battalion. Twenty-five of
the severity Spanish aoldlero were killed In
a machete charge and all but live of the
rest w-fre wounded. The captain lost one
hand , which was cut off. Thla was the
company that killed General Maceo.
At Madruega , near hero , some guerrilla. !
iolng to Naranjlto for provisions were at
larked by Alejandro RoJrlgucz. Three
guerrillas were killed , eight wounded and
the rest fled. On Monday the rebel chiefs ,
Castillo and DcJgado , attacked Colonel 55a-
lialza and the Villa Vlolosa regiment near
San Felipe. The rebels wore badly whipped ,
loalng many men , rifles and horses.
CROSBY IS DECENTLY BURIED.
Permission asked for Mr. Marrlot , a colleague -
league of Mr. Crcaby , the correspondent of
: ho Chicago Record killed In the field , to go
to secure the body and effects hao been
-efuEttd by the authorities. Minister deL
L omo wired the request. General Leo seconded
ended It. Mr. Marrlol took General Loo's
otter to the palace , but General Ahumadii
reused to eeo him , saying that the request
I'ulil not be granted. It Is learned that
Mr. Crosby was shot In the head March 9
jy a chance bullet in an engagement at
Juan Crlollal , ono league from Arroyo
llanca , and Instantly Idlled. He was watch-
ng the fight at ( oo clcco range. Ilia body
ias been decently burled and hln grave )
narked. Ho had left $ ,00 and valuable cf-
'ects with Gt'neral ' Gomez , who says ho will
glvo them up on an order from Consul Gcn-
> ral Leo. Friends will continue- the effort
o get tbo body and th > ; whole story of his
death.
The American giving the name cf Kelly
and hailing from Philadelphia , who walked
out of Havana to join the rebels , Is In
Aranguren's camp. A.rangurcn suspected
ilm and sent word that hq would hang him
f ho wcro not vouched for. No ono hero
can vouch for him , but steps have been
aken to save his life. It Is suspected that
'Kelly" may bu Robert Emmett Scully , a
lamented youth who IB being scajrched for
) y his parents of Somervllle , N. J , Two al-
nest heartbroken mothers , Mrs. W. W. A ,
lolland of 926 Eighth street , Washington ,
and Mrs. Fannie 8. Jackson of Charlotte-
vllle , Va. , write to General Leo that their
IOJB have run away and It Is supposed that
hey ore In Cuba. They beg that bo will
search for them , General Leo has no
knowledge of cither.
THOMAS O. ALVORD , JR.
HMAM.I'O.Y IN' 1MNAH 1)101 , HIO.
Uiiiiicliml AiilhorltloK Afford Honii-
Holler for ( hi ; .Stiffen.- .
HAVANA , March 31. Great misery ls bo
ng "experienced at San Cristobal and else-
vlwre In the province of Plnar del Rio , owing
o the prevalanco of smallpox , The mortal
ly Is great. The municipal authorities are
Istrlbutlng relief when they are able to dee
o , that la to say when the troops bucceeil In
riving In the cattle from the surrounding
-ountry.
ClenfugoB , the bouthern port of the
irovlnco of Santa Clara , where Captain
Jcneral Weyler rccclyed the news of the
apturo of General Rivera , was Illuminated
ait night. There were also patriotic dem-
nitrations In toner of the captain general ,
The F'.ianUh authorities today embarked
,3CO prisoner * for the Clnfarlne Islands ,
mong them twelve female nanlgocs ,
I'rt'Mlilfiit Dill .Not Uvuvlve II.
WASHINGTON , March 31. It U said at
he white house that President McKlnley has
ever received the letter written to him by
General Gomez of the Cuban army , appeal-
ng to him for support , and which wai
ubllibd In a Chicago paper last night. In
bo absence of Hi reception the president
as nothing to Bay on the subject.
Culiiiu Iteforiim KITvcllvc lit April.
MADRID , Marcb 31. Jt 1 eml-offlcially
announcciflt { the scheme for Cuban re
trodiiccd In April.
ox rm ISLAND
of Ilio riMvcrn Slirll Hx
i I'orcrM Out.
March 31. 5 p. m. Th
Insurgent Br a boU stroke , occupied th
hill on tf Rith side of Suda bay last evenIng
Ing , Tli Berc promptly shelled by th
British , HfrWian and Russian war ships. A
daybreak today the firing was resumed , ant
the Cretans were driven from their positions
As coon as the firing ceased , they made an
other nttcitijt to recover the ground and th
war ships promptly resumed the firing , whicl
was very heavy for several hours. Durlnt
the connonadc three- Turks were killed an.
five wounded. The Russian consul at Rctlm
j'cporls that when ho communicated to th
Cretans at Slpholos the proclamation of tin
admirals , Inviting them In lay down tlicl
arms , the Cretans replied that the only boot
they would accept from the powers wai
political union with Greece.
LONDON. March 31. At n banquet glvci
In hid honor this evening at the Natlona
Liberal club , Lord Klmbcrly , leader of thi
liberal party In the House of Lords , eeverelj
arraigned the powers tor tholr systctimtli
proclamation In dealing with the. Greece
Cretan affair. He complained that cvsry.nc
tlon wau taken tor * late to accomplish th <
end designed. "Tho eultan , " he said , "shouli
bo required to move his troops from the
Island of Crete Instnntcr , and If be rcfuuci
then the powers ought to icniove them. Th <
feeling In this country Is that the wholi
weight of Great Britain should bo uscc
promptly and effectually for the freedom o
Greece. "
BERLIN , March 31. It Is Bcml-offlclallj
announcid here this ovenlng that the pow
ers have arrived at the conviction that the
situation lu Crete and on the ThKvsallai
frontier must not be allowed to continue am
that itcru must forthwith bo taken to stor
the aggressive attitude of Grooce. Their de
clslon wad hastened by the action of Colone
Vcssos In aiding the Insurgents In hostlllllc :
against the powers. The blockade of Greece
baa therefore been decided upon by all the
powers and will be enforced at an cnrl }
date.
ATHENS. March 31. Colonel Veasos , com.
mander of the Greek forces In Crete , has
hcllographcd the following message to * Klnfi
George :
"Contrary to their promises , the admirals
have permitted 'bands ' of armed Mussulmans
at Candalmo to pillage a'nd ' burn houses out
sldo the town , while every act of defense on
the part ot Christians provokes bombardmcnl
by the foreign war ( > hls. | The admirals ECIH !
their governments false dispatches , declar
ing that I am guilty of cruelties , that 1
have massacred the prlfconers taken at Ma-
luxa and that , dcsplto my solemn declaration
to the contrary , I Intend to attack Caiiea. I
shall address to the admirals an energetic
protest. "
1M3UU D12KIICS TUI3 I MTI3I1 STATUS
ItcfiiMi'N to Sol lit I.lliiM'ty nn American
SnllorVluu Told To.
LIMA , Peru , March 31. The hsut : raised
between Peru and the United Stales with
respect to tbo Impilsomuont of Ramsay , the
American sailor , Is becoming a serious
matter. The Peruvian government refuses
to concede the demand of United States
Minister McKenzlc to set Ramsay nt llbcrt >
Immediately.
Ramsay as a member ot tne crew of the
Cambrian Monarch. He v.a arrrMed af
Callao about thres .months aio for alleged
disorderly conduct and condemned to a
year's Imprisonment , without tl.o slightest
formality of legal trial. Thla action by
Peru Is In direct conflict with tbo prnvlolons
jt ) artlcJo.15.J3fiUOEPlty between Peru am'
the United States.
At the time Rumsay was arrested an
English sailor wes locked up on a similar
charge. He has been sentenced to six
months Imprisonment In a similarly arbitrary
fashion.
ICKI' < ; III iiscirii\i.s A UIIAMISON.
DlNinlKMi-H Iliin for n IlMi-C
lU'Crri'iii-r lo Uili-rii Victoria.
CAPETOWN , March 31. President Kriiger ,
It Is announced from Pretoria , has suspended
his grandson , Eloff , ftom office for making
a speech In which lie Insulted Queen Vic
toria and Great Britain. The president In
the press expresses his Mncere regret at
Eloff's Irresponsible reference.
A fight has occurred between a party of
Swazls and whites near Barberton and It lo
feared serious trouble Is Impending. The
whites have sent on urgent request for
police force , which will bo sent.
IIIJAVY HAMt K.VII.UIU IK.VGliAN'D. .
SiiNiii'iiilH rujnionlvltli MnlillKlcs of
Half n Million Stcrllni.- .
LONDON , March 31. A long established
banking house at Weymouth , one of the
eldest fltri'Clal Institutions In Dorsetshire ,
has siupcm'cd payment , with liabilities
amounting to 500,000.
In Out.
LONDON , March 31. Major John Wll-
loughby , the military commander of the
Jameson raid Into the Transvaal , who wao
sentenced to ten months Imprisonment In
Holloway jail on July 28 , for violation of
the foreign enlistment act , was released from
prUon today.
On n n ill n ii Police for tlio Yukon.
OTTAWA , Ont. , March 31. The Dominion
government bos decided to send twenty
nnuntcd policemen to tlio Yukon gold fields
They will leave for the northwest In u couple
of weeks.
DKMOCIIATS < : ITTIXO TORiyrncu.
1'rojioNiiI to Ilnllc Silver niul Son nil
.Money WliiKK In Kentucky.
FRANKFORT , Ky. , March 31. The Hist
ballot this morning for United States senator
resulted as follows : Hunter , COj'Blackburn ,
43 ; Davle , 13 ; Stone , 1. Present , 124 ; neces
sary to a choice , C3.
No motion to adjourn was made and
Speaker Worthlngton ordered a second bal
lot , which resulted as ilH HIP first.
A story Is out to the effect that the sound
money democrats have made a proposition to
the silver democrats to combine on State
Senator Henry L. Mar'ln of Woodford , It
Is probable the deal may bo consummated.
Senator Martin ls a sound money man , but
has worked and voted for Blackburn solely
for personal reasons. The third ballot
showed : -Hunter , 69 ; Blackburn. 42 ; two
members having repaired for lunch ,
Tlio fourth ballot showed Hunter , C7 ;
Blackburn , 40 ; on two moro pairs. The fifth
ballot was taken after an unsuccessful at
tempt to adjourn. The legislators had ecnt
for provisions and the assembly room looked
like a picnic ground. It resulted : Hunter , 53 ;
Blackburn , 41 ,
After the fifth ballot an adjournment was
taken at 1:25. :
o
ll.MTICI ) I'HICSS SHUTSIIP SIIOI > .
filvcM Notice Hint Service-
Will Slop April H ,
NEW YORK , March 31. Ths following
notice has been Issued by the assignee ot the
United press ; "To Whom It May Concern ;
The news service of the United prein will bo
illscontlnued after tbo night of April 7 , or
about 2 o'clock In the morning of April 8 ,
No news dispatches will be received from
: orrespondents , rcix > rtera or news agenclei ,
jr paid for , and the service or employe ? will
bo dispensed with after that time ,
' "F. Q. MASON. Assignee. "
IlliiNl n Miiiiiiuutli Illockof Slute.
BETHLEHEM , Pa. , March 31. Tim Key-
atone Slate company of Chapman's quart
rlen ban successfully blasted the Urgent
solid piece of lutu known to the Blat ? Indus.
try. The block , which wan moved at leuu
six Inches from ltn original bed , measured
J7 test In length. 14- feet deep and 13'i feel
In width , and contained 12,603 cubic feet. II
weighed 2,127,3d pounds , or nearly 1,060 lone ,
[ t will product ) 1,637 ( xjuares of looting slate
ind will require ono ueveiity-/lvo-hortu power
soglno nix w eke to boUt U from tbo quarry.
REPLY TO THURSTOH
Governor Holcomb Defends the Recount
Commission's Work ,
HAD TWO REPUBLICAN PRECEDENTS
Record of Former Legislatures Cited in
Defense of the Present.
RECOUNT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
Apparent Irregularities in the Canvass
Needed Correction.
EVERYBODY INTERESTED IN AMENDMENT
PuhllcVlfnrc DrtiiiuiilN that tlra
of the Ailniitloit ot tlio
Nciv Supreme Court I'I nil
lie
LINCOLN' , March .11. ( Special. ) Gov
ernor Holcomb this afternoon replied to the
recent utterances of Senator Thurston anent
the recount ot the ballots cast at the last
election on the constitutional amendment re
lating to judges of the supreme court. The
Interview Is as follows :
Senator Tliurstou having chosen to ally
himself with u number of itl.ccicdltud pnlltl-
cluns nnd the e who me champions nnd de
fenders of public plunderers nnd official
corruption In the iniiniKvnu : > nt of the nfTiilr.i
of state , In an unxcitipulous effort to thwtirt
the will of the people by falsehood nnd vll-
Illeatlon. and having reronli-d hlmsiOf In
favor of the Hiippresplon of the ballot , It
may not bp amiss to c.ill attention to nome
historical tnitus which the ill.itliiRtilHhi < il
gentleman has evidently overlooked In hla
nmd haste to join with the leaders
of hla party iiml Its roproxontatlven
In olllclal positions whoao Integrity
nnd olllelal honesty he has publicly
vouched for on the rostrum In almoHt
< i\i > ry county of the stnte. In an unwar
ranted denunciation of the efforts of the.
present legislature to uncertain the truth
reujcctlMK the vote of tue people upon con
stitutional amendments submitted to thorn
at the last election. Ills solicitude for the
reputation of his party In this state , In com.
mon with that of many other * who arc now
by fair or foul means determined to prevent
an honest lecount of these ballot ? , may uc-
count for bin unwarranted reflection on the
Integrity of the iiriwnt legislature. It 1 a.
matter of common knowledge that no ade
quate provisions Imve licen imide for countIng -
Ing , ciumifsliiK and u-turniiiR the voton of
the electors upon constitutional amend
ment ! ! or other similar impositions submit
ted to the people of the Hlate. and Unit the
returns of election boards of the votes on
.such piopoHilloius h.ivo a'.mo.st Invailably
been unsatHf.ietory requiring- some further
action by the legl.Mlatiue In order to ascer
tain the truth s to the will of the peoiilo
respecting these subjects.
Mr. Tliur.ston forgot to Plate that In 1SS7.
with u , republican leglfdittuir , a republican
governor and a lopuhllciin supreme court ,
u bill for a recount of the votes on n con
stitutional amendment submitted to the
elector * at rho preceding election was
pusHt'd by the legislature similar In all
respects to the bill passed by the present
legislature , and that the liiiloin were re
counted and by .the r.unu method of proce
dure. which Is now ser lilttorly denounced ,
section I of article ill of the coiiHlllutlon
nas-nmcndc.il. and to use the . onator'a cx-
prpRAlnn , It muy ulteaily be paid , "now- you
I'uve got nnnfphy ( intiiilril Into whnt' you
call luAv , nanctloned by tlio executive and
legislative departments ot your stnte gov-
eiiiment. "
In IMC ! another constitutional amendment
was Hiiliinltted lo the pco ] > : < > ami again the
leglslnturo and tbo executive made provl-
Hnns under a similar law ami the ) ballots
cast at sold election were recounted In the
snino manner. If Mieh action In anarchy
now It cettulnly waM then , anil the senator
lias unwittingly all tin we years been nn ad
vocate and supporter of this dread term now
employed upon every available occasion by
> artls.in polltlclaim of lo and high ilegrca
In lieu of argument , and with the Intention
of poisoning the minds of unthinking pco-
ilo.
TUCfcOlTNT ABSOM'TnLY NKCESSAIIY.
It Is evident that the icturn.s m.ide on the
conHlliitlon.il fmirndnicntH do not represent
the will of tlio people , and fiat any person
with a moilleiim of honesty iiml sense of
r.ilrncKS should oblecl lo a recanvaps of
these ballots Is beyond comprehension.
There Is no question about the overwhelm *
litf election of the two pi-r.sons who would
alte their scats Intin. . event of the udop-
.lon of the amendment IncrenMni ; the num-
icr of judges of the mipremc court. Thcao
gentlemen would liecamo JudgoH In fact and
alto tne place , of thivo commlusloners with
Imltcil powers now appointed by the judgea
of the court to assist lliein In the perform
ance of their duties. The constitutionality
of the- creation of this commission has been
seriously queatloned by niny : well Infornv-il
awycra and the mode of selection of the
commlh.sli.nors Is at least not In harmony
with the anil It of our It.-.vs ami tnmitiitlona.
To sav that one of Ilieso tudne.s-oloft wns
ormeriy n Ian- partner of the executive ,
and that that Is the moving cause for n rc-
'ount of the votes , IP puerile , while , to Hay
10 Is a relative Is a di artnre from the
truth. It l.s not n nuostlon of the election
of any person. H is whether or not the
people hnvo adopted an amendment to the
organic law of Hip Htatp.
It Is suspicious , Fayn the senator that
his one amendment onlv In selected for the
purpose of H-countliiK die vote , niul yet Bio
mist or ought to know that , of the twelve
amendment * submitted at thr hint general
election , n Inrgo nmnhnr were regarded with
llHfuvor by a majority of the voter * nnd
other.f with Indifference ; and that this ono
received many thousand vote" more than
my other , and unless a recanvans showed
hat II had overwhelming' } ' carried , all nth *
ers were defeated. A recount of titmso 1ml-
ots WIIH attempted to bo had by the crea
tion of n nonpartlsan lioarl , giving to the
w-nator'H liartv equal remexentatlon with
ho other leading political n.irtli'S , being fa
ceted from tlin three imrtlcK , Of tiie two
epubllcauB one was their lalo candidate
01Htato auditor and thn other an offlce-
lobler under the prfeodlng administration
ind moat warmly endorsed by the repub-
lean candidate foi covernor at the liiHt
Uctlon. Yet Iho work of Hits commlHHlon
W.IH prevented for no oll.ur alleged reason
l.iun thedenliil of the tight of the leglsla-
.uro to follow tc pilb'.lean Dieccdcnt and by
ipeclal tut provide for inu iccount. The
OKlslatuie then took Ilm matter In UP own
lands and Is making the n.-cnunt openly and
above board. The int-lniiatlun Hint thenl !
my cotiHplraey or effort to clutnKti the nc-
ual rcHult of the vote IK wholly without
foundation nnd utterly false.
DHATII TO TIIK IU.NO.
The pollllcnl nlr Is being mirllltd , but not
ylthoiit the clapping of thunder and the
InMiIng of lightning , bringing political
leath and devastation lo n ring of polltl-
clium inoro corrupt than has pcrlmpn over
nfcwted any other state.
It wns the popullrt n-arty ili.U gave thn
people thci AiiHlrall.in liallot law. It lu to
ho prrwnt legislature that the people looker
or laws to prevent fraud at tlin election ;
o providenonpar ! Isan elcftlon boaids ; to
prevent coercion and IntlniHullon of voters :
o make It u crime to Impoi t or colonize vol.
crs In thu state , or to liil.ti the nionry ( if
tockliolders of coiporailons for it campaign
mid to corrupt mid debauch clector .
VCH , Ri'imlor. tlio pollllcal ntmoKphrra
icedfi fiuriryliii ; nnd IH r.ipldly clearlni ; In
> fr-lrasha. ruldlo defaiillei-.s will bo pun-
MNpd , honesty and Integrity In olllcl.il con-
luct required , and thn lll of the people n
xpresHed at the ballot IKK mndei effective ,
mil all this notwithstanding HIP opposition ,
vailing und gnaBliliu ; of teeth of thosn who
or nearly a quarter nf u century had con-
rol of her iiff.ilft ! . and now with a despair *
UK vyall , await -the doom tlmt IH surely Itn *
lending , thn rlglilt-oiiH coinh-innutlun of an
outraged people * .
AloiiilicrM Vnli * flotrn mi Ktfort
nt .Anicniliiieiit.
LINCOLN , March 31. ( iieclal. ) After tlio
uiual opening thla inornltiK Yclier moved
hat the rules be amended wherein u two-
birds vote Is ncccsxary to action and that
fty-ono votes bo declared sufhclcnt. Woos-
er nald this vonlil open the door for the
assaeo of a lot of bad bills , with the t-banca
f making a very lew good Uuo. He de-
la red he would vote against every bill upon
vblrh he was forced to vote without con-
Ideratlon ,
Clark of Richardson thought the motion
oo broad and moved a * a eubttl ute