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THE OMAHA . DAILY BEE. ' 4 - * 1 _ _ _ = , f ESTA33LISIIED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , ITIUDAY AP1HL L , 1807. COPY" EIVE CENTS. ACRES UNDER WATER Ecrath Dakota is Suffering from Severe Hydropathic Treatment NORTH HALF OF THE STATE INUNDATED Aberdeen Easements Are Pilled with Water acd Tires Are Out. WATER FILLS STREETS AT WESTPORT * t All Eivers Are Over Their Banks and Hooding the Fields. RAILROAD TRAFFIC AT A STANDSTILL IIlRli AViiU-r Murk of 1SS1 In Alrcuily i : ! lltMed anil Ruin Still I-'nllH Much 1'rolicrtjIn Dimm cd. filOUX FALLS , 9. D. , April l.Spcclnl Telegram. ) The greatest flood since 1SSI now prevails ovtn this state , Reports from Aber deen state tl.at the entire north half of the Btato In practically Inundated. All streams are over their banks , while the James and Sioux rivers , In places , have rlten a wcore of feet and stretch out for a mile or more , During the past two days nearly two Inches of rain has fallen throughout the state and tht. ( .nrfaci . ? of the earth la covered with streams. The two feet of damp snow which rested on the ground three days ago In the north part haa all dissolved and the resulting water la flowing In hugo floods. All trains throughout that section are abandoned and . lu many parts long stretches of embankment and scores of bridges have gone out. Base ments lu Aberdeen are filled with water , i putting out all fires , and In several Instances ' the water stands a loot or two deep ou the first lloor. At Wrsiport the water stands from two to sis feet deep lu the streets and the mer chants are carrying on their business from the second story. At Faulkton a house was washed away dur ing the night and George Pcclc , who In habited It , was drowned. At Huron It Is allll raining and the flood has reached a higher point than In the great flood of 1SS1. So far Ice gorges have been blasted out as fast as formed and the bridges are safe , but the James Is full of wreckage fiom Iho bridges which have washed out above. At Mitchell the river lias risen three feet , and 1/200 feet of the Chicago , Milwaukee SI. Paul railway track has been washed out near the m-ldgo. The same condition prevails along thu lilg Sioux. LAKE KAMPESKA RISKS. Lake Kampcska , at Its head , has risen five feet and lu still rising. At Castlewoed , the water Is the highest over known and the valley and low lands are flooded. At Brooklngs the floods were somewhat checked by the sudden cold and the turning of tlio ra'ln to snovf , but the bottom lands ard covered and damage Is threatened. At Egan tliu water Is riling and Is now within fit teen , inches of the highest ever known. At Sioux Falls the water hai risen two feet and has driven some warehousemen out. It Is now within a foot of putting out tbo flrc.s In the Blictrlc Light and Power woika. aud Is rising. Thu big , broad flat above thu city la an open sea and some trouble Is feared. No more bridges have gone , but the water la even with the tops of the abutments and Is gaining. Every preparation Is being made for a big washout when the heavy snow water fiom the north reaches here , which will bo about Sunday. So far about $50,000 worth of bridges have been lost In this county. YANKTON , S. D. , April 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) The weather station here was noti fied this afternoon that Die James river In the neighborhood of Huron was still rising and that the water was now ubovo the high water-jnark of 1881. The James at this point is rising , but no great amount has yet ar- -p rived , although It Is expected hourly. Train men hero are wutcning die railroad bridges closely , as trafllc will probably bo cut short when the flood comes. A great deal of rain has fallen In this section In tbo last twenty- four hours , and the probabilities tire that It extended far up the James river valley. VERY HIGH AT HURON. HURON , S. D. , April 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) An Ice goige north has kept the ' , James liver here stationary. Slnco 3 o'clock - " * ° t'roat ' Northern embankment near the -rtiiP bridge Is reported washing out , but tha : bridge Is In no danger. The Chicago & , ' Northwestern tracks are under water mid the roadbed badly washed out at many points west and noith. No trains uero sent out in tlioso directions yesterday or today. It will ho several days before repairs can bo made after the water goes down. The high water mark of 1SS1 Is several Inches below the surface of the water In the James river tonight. Thu total risa at this point lu the pant forty-fight hour : ) Is five feel , seven litchtt. PII3RRK. S. D. , April 1. ( Spoclal Tele- gram.-8ucit ) ! Tuesd.iy two and n half Inches of rain and wet snow liavo fallen here with . ' n temperature ranging from 33 to 46 , and a . . strong north'tjbt wind. It Is one of the 1 Kind of etorm.j which btockmen dread , as It will be very stveio on their cattle and calves mid will cause Kt-verv losses. The vlvir lias riien four feet , but no Ice Is coming duwD , which nonlrt Indicate that It la ypt holding or gorged ubovo here. There liavo been no trains In hciMure Monday , and the wires have been down most of the time , A bad without h reported at Canning , [ c.mt sf hero. The bridge ncioss Bad river ' < U Fort Pierre Is reported In bad shape and likely to go dan 11 r.t any time. TRACK WASHED AWAY. MITCHELL , S. n. , April l.-Speclal ( Tele- gram. ) Over 1,200 feet of the track of the 'Chlc.ifio , Milwaukee & fit. Paul , two miles ( Hit of here , wat waiOied out this morning , f leaving the bridge Intact , but lu danger of jf lelnK carried away , L _ ' * " The James river 'Ma rlaen fully three feet alucti jritcrday Afternoon , and It fully c rnllo ' " ' In width in plaroa. The Chicago , Mlltvau- j ? fceo & St. Paul road lu shut off from reach- s ing hero ou 1U can line , W&scr U now ; , eighteen Incbnv lower thxn It was In 1881 , f" the time of the high water. The CulcHgo , St. Paul , Minneapolis & , Omaha road 1 : lu an equally b.\d fix , at 100 feet of approach to the big brldgi on tba , we t sIJo , nd 100 feet on the eaiu ildo , arc doomed ted will so out with the flood to- night. The river U expected to rlss higher to- ruorrow , when the big flood Et down from the Dorlb. Severn ! farm lioutte * In the 'Jsmee river bottom are nor.1 nearly covered with water. Fully two and a half Inches of water fell yesterday and last night. JEFFERSON , la. , April 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) The track of the Des Molnca , North ern & Western railroad , four miles north of ihls city , was washed out by the heavy rains last night. No trains arc running. CRE3TON , la. , April 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) The Crcston Water Works company's dam at Summit lake Is In a dangerous condi tion and liable to give way nt any moment. Already $10,000 damage has been done. If the dam glyca way It will leave Crcston ami the llurllngton route with an Inadequate water supply. The situation Is critical. The destruction of thr dam will be a great calamity to the city. Farmers living In the bottoms below the dam have been warned , SOUTllKH.N 1 < ' 1 < OOI ) SITUATION , Conditions Are Improving Soim-\liut mi fjowir .MMNNMM | | | | > | . MEMPHIS , Tenn. , April 1. The flood tltu ntlon In the Mlcslsslppl delta above Green- vlllc Is decidedly better tonight , as to threat ened loss of life and further destruction of lovecs. The half'dozon crevasses on the Ar Kansas and Mississippi shores between Helena and Greenville liavo drawn an 1m- nistiao volume of water out of the main chan nel , \\hlch Is spreading Iteclf over the low lands , but not with that degree ot rapidity that cuts off escape by the Inhabitants ol low countries. The river shons n decline 'from n point below Helena to ths Waysldo crcvasye. The decline above Greenville In many places Is as great as ten Inches. llfow- ever , Helena , Ark. , Is not out of danger , for tha waters from the St. Francis basin In Arkansas are still swelling the channel of the main river from the month of the St. Fran cis lo a point south of Helena , us no break occurs until Wcstover Is reached , ten miles below that city. The \\oret at Helena wll bo ovsr by Sunday. The ilimage to the farming country In the delta cannot bo exaggerated. Five counties will be for the most part under water for thirty daja , and the main line and branch lines of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley roai will have more thun 100 miles of track In undated. Opposite Perthshire , the upper crovatua , a mile of track has been complete ! } washed away. Probably twenty railroad sta lions and email towns arc flooded tonight among them being Gunnisou , Hoscdalc Perthshire , Torrlne , Ulverton. Dahomey Storm , Hcnoll , Uculah , Wayside , Longwood Refuge , Swlftwater , Doerxou and Australia. The greatest danger now Is to the soul ) of Greenville , as the levees from W.aysld' to the mouth of the river must begin to fee the pressure of the movement of water back Into the chann ? ) from the delta , the White river country and the iSt. Francis basin. From Memphis tn Crawlcy's Ridge the river Is now forty miles wide. A line cast and west on the wntcr across Hoscdale would probably bo fifty miles long. All o thla water must pass out between two walls of levee. In many places but a few miles distant one from the other. Another rlsw of one-tenth of a foot In the river at Memphis Is shown by the officla bulletin from the office ot tha weather bureau. The gauge tonight registers 3C.4 feet. At Cairo an encouraging fall In the river Is shown , while Paducah ceports a fal of sevcmtenths of a foot. At Vlcksburg tin river Is stationary. Shrevsport and other points below Vlcktburg report a continual rise. The Laulsvlllo & Nashville and Chat tanooga & St. Louie railroads resumed direct traffic communication with Nashvlllo tonight after a cessation of two weeks , due to the high water of the Tennessee river. The local relief committee this morning sent a steamboat to the St. Francis rlvei country to bring out watcrbound people , an : carry supplies and food to man and beast It Is said the destitution In the territory to be covered Is fearful , but. the news did nol reach Memphis till today. TO SAVK TIIK" IJHIDRES Dj-iinmHe HcliiR IillxTally Usi-il at \Vnlipctoii , N. I ) . MINNEAPOLIS. April 1. A special to the Journal from Wahpcton , N. D. , says : The water In the Red and Uolse de Sioux rivers Is two feet above the danger mark , ant about the highest ever known. The Ice has rlfcn with the water , and Is threatening all the bridges on the line of those rivers. Strenuous efforts are being made to save the Northern Pacific , Great Northern anc the wagon bridges at this place. Continu ously since yesterday morning dynamite haa been u&ed In breaking the Ice , both above below and between the bridges , and there are TO me hopes now of saving the railroad bridges , but the wagon bridge , which con nects this city and Drecklnrldge , seems to bo doomed. A few Inches moro rise and the Ice will lodge egalnfit the bridges and force them from their foundations. A special to the Journal from Fargo , N. D. , says : Tha situation hero from the Red river flood Id growing more serious. The river Is steadily rising about four Inches per hour , or twleo as rapidly as yesterday , notwith standing the much Increased breadth of the stream. The water will bo In the pumping station by tonight and a number of famlllea have bsen compelled to move. All Indlea tlons point to the highest water In. the his tory of this country , evc'n ' exceeding the flood of 1881. West of Fargo and south of the Northern Pacific tracks , the water averages about two feet d < n > p , and Is higher ( n the Dig Coulee , west of this city , than has ever been known. The high water at Wahpc- lon and Drecklnrldgc will bo a terrlblo flood when It reaches here , as it will bo added to the Immense quantity now here and going northward , There has been no train over the reat Northern since Tuesday noon. No. 1 on tha Northern Pacific was sant out today and will reach East Grand Forks and Crookston. SlIDDKN UISK AT .MI.VVKAl'OMS. f mi Ic-c Oornc Driven People ple from Tlit'lr lloiucx , MINNEAPOLIS , April 1. The Mississippi went on a tear late last night and dwellers along the flats moved out In a hurry , A : hugu Ice jam , which had formed in the river at Forty-second avenue , north , broke late yesterday afternoon , and an Immense volume of water , with big cake * of lei- and thousands of feet of logs , went teal Ing down the river and roaring 'over St. Anthony falls. The water rose two feet lnt > ldc of halt in hour , edging Its way up the river bunkh until the floors ot many of the IIOUECJ WPIC well under wcter. When the Ice jam at I'city-secoud avenue- north brnko the water and Icetsro away pieces ot logs and ( illlnc. One mil ! man > stlmated that 2r.,000,000 fret of Ings Lid iieon swept away , Until Iho brldgrc at Twentieth avenue north and at Plymouth avenue , are reported it ; dunger. The may reach } 100.000. DUIIKCT tit St. I'aiil. ST. PAUL , Minn. , April \-Tho Mlmls- elppl river Is rapidly approaching tUo lilel ; water mark of 1SS1 , and tlaugei lurks aloiiK Its path. It reached a etnge of 1V.7 In 'Si and late thli afternoon the gauge showed 15.7 and still rising. Yesterday moriilng nt f o'clock the river showed n height of 13.5 and this morning It showed 15.3 , n r ! c of ! - inont two feet In twenty-four bourn. The danger point Is 14 , to that the river IK now nearly two feet bejond ih t , en-l this KUV- crnmcnt engineer , thu weather man aud thr. river men unlto In the belief the I ib'rn f. still much morr to come. It lockg lhrc- 'ore , as If the flood of 'SI may be repeated. riiliieitn | | Itlvcr l-'ullx. MILWAUKEE , WIs. . April L A ipcclsl roiii Durand , WIs. , tnys the Round hill ! ( o ; orgu broke last evening and the Chlnpeun : ias fallen several feet at Durand. The : ergo nt Maxvlllr has ovcrfloxvcd the rail road track * and waehcd out part of the ilecf louKh bihlKu am ] several hundred KH of rack , cutting eft the trains botwccu hcrv r.ud Wabmha. % SENATE TALKS OF CUBA Most of the Open Session Davotad to Discussing that Topic. FOUR RESOLUTIONS ARE INTRODUCED Mont Important In One by Mr. Mnrtrntt IlrlllKercncy of In- unit IleclnrliiK United Sdite-i Neutral. WASHINGTON , April 1. The Cuban ques tion was revived In the senate today , after a long period of comparative calm. Four distinct Cuban resolutions were brought for ward In rapid succession. The last and most Important ono came from Senator Morgan ot Alabama , It declares that a state ot war exists in Cuba and announces the policy ot the United States to maintain a strict neutrality as between both parties to the con- filet , with full recognition ot the Insurgents as belligerents. Mr. Morgan gave notice that ho would call up the resolution at the next meeting of thu senate , with the expecta tion ot securing final action. Ot the other resolutions , two were agreed to. One ot these , by Mr. Morgan , calls on the president for the Idlers of General Gomez to himself and Mr. Cleveland and for other Information on Cuban affairs. The other , by Mr. Mills of Texas , Instructs the ctflnmltteo on foreign relations to report what obligations the United States has assumed by compelling Cuba to remain subject to Spain. Still an other resolution came from Mr. Allen of Nebraska , and proposed a protest against the reported purpose of the Spanish authorities to try General Ruiz Rivera , the Cuban of ficer , by military drumhead court-martial. This led to an animated controversy between Mr. Allen and Mr. Hoar. The resolution went over , to come up with Iho resolution for the recognition of Cuban belligerency at the next meeting. The tariff bill passed by the house yester day was received by the senate today and re ferred to the committee- finance. Halo secured Immediate consideration for a joint resolution directing the secretary of the navy to use a government veruel or char ter a private vessel for the transportation of contributions of grain , etc. , to the famine- stricken people of India. The resolution , after debate , was agreed to without divi sion. sion.Tho The seriate , at 12:53 : p. m. , went Into executive session , and at 5:20 : adjourned until Monday. A SIC IXC FOR AX KAIII.V IIEAUI.VGi. .Supreme Court Petitioned lo Advance .lo I nt 'I'm ( lie CIINC. WASHINGTON. April 1. In the United States supreme court Solicitor General Con rad for tha government entered a motion td advance on the docket the suit against the Joint Trafllc association , comprising the principal trunk lines of the country. In ad dition to setting forth the history of the proceedings In the court below the action gives the reason for asking for advancement as follows : "The * association Is asserted by the United States lo violate by Ita agreement of assocla ; tlon the first and second sections of the so' called anti-trust law of July , 1S90 , as well as the fifth section of the so-called Interstate commerce act of February 4 , 18S7 , and also to be an unlawful Interference with Interstate commerce .Irrespective of any statutory provision. * \ [ " " "Tho agreement Is believed to bo Illegal under the principle of the United States versus the Transmlssourl Freight associa tion , decided by this court , March 22 , 1897 ; that this Is contested by the defendants , or by some of them , and that they will continue to operate under their agreement until the decision "ot this court In this case. "The case Is one of great public Importance , 'nvolvlng ' the right of competing railroad companies to combine for the purpose of maintaining rates and pooling traffic , and I respectfully move this court for an advance ment of the case to bo heard af the present term. " Mr. Conrad contented himself with a formal presentation of the motion , suggesting the 23d Inst. as the date for , the arguments , Mr. James Carter appeared for the traffic afRoclntlon. Ho announced concurrence in the motion to advance , saying that hlu clients were very anxious to have the case heard before adjournment for the summer. The court announced , through the chief justice , that the motion would bo taken under advisement. AOUHU OX SUNDRY CIVITi IIIM MciiNiire t He Reported tu Semite IIH It On me from the HoilMe. WASHINGTON , April 1. The senate com- mltteo on appropriations today agreed to re port the sundry civil and Indian appropria tion bills practically ns they were agreed to before the adjournment of the last session of congress. A few verbal changes were found to be advisable , and an Important change was made In the provisions In regard to the opening of the Uncompahgro Indian reserva tion In Utah. This provision was presented as a senate amendment In the last session and was agreed to by the hous The house struck It out when It passed the bill at the beginning of the present session. The senate committee again recommends the Inclusion of the provision , but It reduces the number from four , as originally provided , to two. A changQ was provided also In the matter of inheritance of children born of whlto fathers and Indian mothers so as to provide that the mother shall belong to her trlbo "by blood. " The original provision made It "by blood or detcent. " The bills probably will not bo reported until next week. The deficiency bill was not considered. The sundry civil bill carries $200.000 for the Transmleslsslppl Exposition , $125,000 for the Omaha poitoffico building and $75,000 for the South Oiraha postofilco. STATHMEXT OK 1'UIII IO DI3IIT. FlKiirt-H RIvliiK ImlelitediiexH of Coun try nt Clone of Mnreh. WASHINGTON , April 1. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business yesterday the debt , less cash In the treasury , amounted to $1- 003,002,200 , a decrease for the month of $8- $ 038,251 , This decrease U accounted for by a corresponding Increase In the amount of cash on hand. The Ueb . la recapitulated , as f ] Interest bearing debt , $847,301,950 ; debt on which Interest has ceaied since maturity , (1.355.7GO ( ; debt bearing no Interest , $377- 2S7.090 ; total , $1.220,007,800. This , 'however ' , does not Include $607,702- 473 In certificates and treasury notes out standing a'nd ' offset by an equal amount ot cash in the treasury. The cash In the treasury Is classified as 'ollows ; Gold , $189,242,803 ; silver , $517,048- 211 ; paper , $151,057,504 , ; bonds , dlsburulng officers' balances , etc. , $17,891.239 ; total , $873- ! .19,759 , against which there are demand labilities amounting to $653,194,153 , which e/ivi's a cash balance In tbo treasury of $222,045.600. CoiillriiintloiiN , WASHINGTON , April 1. The senate In ex- ceullvo station today confirmed Charmagne Towftr uf Pennsylvania to be mlirlster to \uilro-llungary ; William S. Sballenberger to ic eccond assistant postmaster general ; Pen. rcjrt A. McClaln of Pennsylvania to be col- oc'.or of Internal revenue for the First dis trict of Pennsylvania ; Alexander Montgom ery Tbcckcra of Pennsylvania to bo consul at lUvru , KrAice , and several positions In the army and ; : i rlne corps of the navy , Sui-e IVlM-iiton Will Uot flit * 1'liiee. WASHINGTON , April 1. It Is expected bat the nomination of a major general to succeed to tu& vacancy to be caused by the retirement of Major GeneralRoger , will bo sent to the senate coon. Army officers are agreed In the belief that thc-chbiee will fall upon General Wheatoir And that Colonel Shatter of the First Ittfantfy will Ret the brigadier generalship * canecd by General Whcaton's promotion. Colonel Shatter Is on his way to Washington1rom ? San Francisco , but his nomination will not go to the turn- ate until action hns been had upon that of General Wheaton , a precaution made neces sary by the feet that th.cro will be no actual vacancy uttll that tlinci. ' , ' XATIOXAI. HANKS/'OF MJ1IHAS1CA. Comptroller ISckclN Inmen nn Alixlrnct nf Their Lntent Ropiirtx. WASHINGTON , April 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) Comptroller EcXela today gave out abstract of reports ot the condition , March 9 of ninety national banks In Nebraska , ex clusive of Omaha and LAntoln , The principal Items are : Loans and dlGcounts , $11,049,817 ; duo from banks , 'national andjitato , $289,494 ; reserve In banks and deposited with reserve agents , $2,598,148 , of which $532,190 was In gold ; total resources , JIR.60S.8.10 ; liabilities , capital clock , $6,275,000 ; surplus fund and undivided profits , $1GGO,778 : < duo to banks , national and state , . $5SO,323 ; deposits , $ $ , - 113,570. The average reaervo held was 32.11 per cent. Secretary miss today rendered decisions In the following land cases : Nebraska In re lation Peter Nlsson , Valentine district. Com- nvisstoners decision affirmed ; NIssen's appli cation to make honlestcad entry rejected. South Dakota In relation Pauline Kelly , formerly Koch , Pierre district. Decision re versed ; claimants timber culture proof ac cepted. Today Congressman Stark submitted to the commissioner of pensions the rules and regu lations of the Nebraska National guard and pointed out section 367 , which gives -the serv ices ot the adjutant general's office without fee or reward to any pension-applicant within the state ot Nebraska. Mr. Murphy , commis sioner of pensions , thought the section was In good form and helpful to all deserving applicants , and filed the book with other authorities tn his office. Senator Thureton appeared In supreme court yesterday and today in the case of the St. Joe & Grand Island against R. M. Stcole. Eherlff. The case was submitted this after noon. U Involves the question ot the right of township officers ot1 railroad commis sioners of the state of Mlcssurl to tax the bridge at St. Joseph. Senator Thurston con tended that Iho right existed In the railroad commissioners and not } i the township ofll- cors having Jurisdiction over the west end of the St. Joreph bridge. ' It Is expected that Leopold Halm will be confirmed as pcatmastcr'at Hastings early next week. , I'RISSIUEXT XA.MKS AMUASSADOUS. Andrew D. White po < - to Cerimuiy nnd Wllllniu K. Ilrnpcr tn Itnly. WASHINGTON. April , 1. The prssldcnt today sent the following ; nominations to the senate : Andrew D. White ot , New York to bo ambassador and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to' Germany ; Wlll.'am F , Draper of Massachusetts' , to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary ot ( he United 'States to Italy ; Chandler Hale of Maln < 5 , to' be secretary ; of the embaEty o ( the Unltckl States at Rome , Italy ; Samuel L. Gracey of Massachusetts , consul at Fuchal , China ; Anson Hurlingajiio Johiunn of Colorado rado , consul at Amoy , China. ( The nomina tion of Alison Uurllngame Johnson to bo con sul at Fuchal ; China , Is withdrawn ) ; Major Benjamin .Butterworth of Ohio , to bo com- mlrsloucr of patents ; Oliver L. Spauldlug ot Michigan , to bo assistant.socretaryp.f _ _ thj treasury ; William B. Hgwol ! of New JerseyT to be assistant secretary-Tot the treasury ; Captain Robert Drake , signal corps , to be major. , XOIVH for tht : Army. WASHINGTON , April 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) The following Officers have been ori dered to Fort Leavenworth for examination for promotion : First Lieutenant Daniel L. Howell , Seventh infantry : , Second Lieuten ants Joseph C. Fox , Thirteenth Infantry ; Vernon A.'Caldwell , Twenty-fifth Infantry ; Edmund L. Butts , Twenty-first Infantry ; Henry J. Hunt , Fifteenth Infantry ; Jules G. Ord , Eighteenth Infantry ; * Albert D. NIs- kern , Twentieth Infantry } Truman O. Mur phy , Nineteenth infantry ; Francis II. Schoet- fcl , Ninth infantry ; William II. Bertsch , Fifteenth Infantry , and Charles Miller , Eleventh infantry. Second Lieutenants John R. Seyburn , Twenty-fourth Infantry , and Ross L. Bush , Fifteenth Infantry , have { been ordered to San Francisco for examination for promo tion. tion.Captain Captain Daniel T. Wclls ( Eighth Infantry , having been found unfitted for promotion. Is directed to proceed to lils home to await retirement. Colonel George E. Glenn , assistant pay master general , has beeniwdered from the Department of Dakota to'Governor's Island , New York , as chief paymaster , Department of the East. Lieutenant ' Colonel Asa B. Carey has been ordered from the Depart ment ot the East to the Department of Da kota. kota.Flrot Flrot Lieutenant John S.-.Sewcll , Engineer corps , has been transferred from th's city to Boston. Leaves of absence : Second Lieutenant Oliver Edwards , Eleventh Infantry , and First Lieutenant Frederick S. Foltz , First cavalry , four months ; Major Wells Wlllard , commissary , one month ; First Lieutenant William J , D. Homo ; Ninth cavalry , two months ; Second Lleutenant'Charka F. Grain , Nineteenth Infantry , two months , with per mission to go abroad. Amendment * to tlio Tronty. WASHINGTON , April 1. The seuate today I'n executive session concluded Its considera tion of all amendments lo the arbitration treaty. The voting on additional amend menu began at 4 o'clock ; after three hours of general debate , and in the hour and. a halt which followed about a dozen propositions were passed upon. TWO only wcro adopted , except some making Terbal changes. Of those adopted one , offered by Senator Bacon , exempts Iho claims apalnet southern states from the operations of the treaty and tbo other Introduced by 'Saiator-jMorgan , elim inates article vlll of they treaty. I'atentH fur Wr l rn UnveiitorN. WASHINGTON , Apjjl l-rBpoclal ( , ) Pat ents have been lisuedjfollows' : Nebraska Jacob H&userpian , Eustls , barb wire reeling machlnj * . ' ' * Iowa James F. Elliott , Mwison , self-reg ulating water ( rough ; Johot.Il. Hartman , Davenport ; washlng-'niachlne ; Silas P. Old- field , Mltchellvllle , liftingsprlng ; for culti vators ; Romulus R , . Richmond , Charlton , burial device ; James M. 'Bturr , Crcaton , fas tener , t South Dakota Samuel M , JTOttcn , Vermll- lion , bier. ' HIilN fur Iiidlntm WASHINGTON , April J.-r-The secretory of the Interior today aulhotlred'the Indian bu reau to call for bids for ; furnishing all sup plies for the Indtim service dur ing the fiscal year beginning July 1 next , Dlds will be opened on May 4 In Chicago cage , and May 25 In New York. The con tracts to be Ipt then at' those places will aggregate in value over $2,225,000. Over two- thirds ol ( ho supplies' ' will be contracted for at Chicago. DeelileK on AiHlHlillit SecretiirleK. WASHINGTON. April J. It U officially announced that 0. L. paldlng of Michigan and W. B , Howell of New Jersey hdvp been decided on for assistant lecretarltB of the Treasury department. Their .nominations probably will be sent ( o the esiiato today. Both are experts In custom matters. Dully . . WASHINGTON , April 1. Today1 * rtatt ment of the condition of the treasury ( shows : Available cash balance , $222,046.COG ; gold re serve , $151,7S0.444. BRIDE'S ' SUICIDE ON A TRAIN Miss Lottio Merrill Takes Poison While Travaling with Her Lover , ENROUTE TO LINCOLN TO BI MARRIED I > ONC of Sloriililiu- MIA allowed AVItli- oiit Her liitctKlril KiinxtliiK < if Her liitriitloim Ileiiiiilnn Sent Ilnck to Denver. HASTINGS , Neb. , April 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) The Burlington flyer this morning brought In the remains of Miss Lottio Mer rill of Denver , who committed suicide at elate late hour last night while en route from Denver to Lincoln , where she was going with her lover to bo married. Therj Is n great mystery surrounding the whole affair , as the young woman aud her Intended husband.Frank B. Massey of Den ver , had known each other for years , during which tlmo Miss Merrill's parents had lookei upon Mr. Matscy as one ot the family. Mr. Massey was seen hero today and said that they did not elope , but had decided to gc to Lincoln and bo married. He said he could think of no reason why the girl committee suicide and ho appeared to bo greatly grlevcil over the act. However , the girl had made up her mind before she left Denver that sht would kill herself , as she wrote a letter to her mother while at the union depot In Den ver , stating that she Intended taking her own life. This fact was confirmed today bj a telegram from Mrs. S. M. Forrest , her mother , but the strange part of it Is that her Intended husband knew nothing about the girl's Intentions. It Is said that shortly after the train let Denver tlio young woman began to attrac considerable attention In the car by occa slonilly burotlng out In tears and appcarei to bo In distress. The last time anyone saw her baforo she committed thu rash ac was nt a late hour last night , when she went to the ladles' saloon In the sleeping car just before retiring. Mr. Massey occ.i pled tljj berth Just above the ono occuplei by Miss Merrill. When the train arrive-1 at Oxford , Dr. Brady was summoned , as the girl was found to bo In great agony. Aftet an examination. It was found that she IKK taken a dose of morphine , and It was Impos sible to save her life. She iiad taken the poison when she went to the saloon , as a bottle containing morphine was found there When the remains reached Hastings this morning they were taken to Undertaker Reed's , where a coroner's iiuuct | > t was held. The Jury found that she had como to her death by a dose ot morphine , which was administered by her own hand with sui cidal Intent. Mr. Massey had the remains embalmed and sent back ! to Denver tonight , where ho will arrive with them tomorrow. Lottio Merrill was quite a pretty semi- blonde of about medium height and 21 years old. Her home was at 4007 Champa street Denver. Frank B. Massey Is a middle-aged mnn , who has been in the mining business In Colorado for sonic time , and has several friends In Hastings. STOl'S AM , IIUSIM2SS AT LARA.MIK. Storm Fatal to SloeU nnd FVnr.s C tei-tnliied for Hunting 1'artles. LAHAMIE , Wyo. , April 1. The most se vere snow storm In twenty years has struck this-section , doing Immense damage to cat tle * and sheep. Business here Is jjractlcally suspended and yesterday oven the dally pa pers were not Issued. On the main streets the snow In places Is ten feet deep , while residences on the outskirts of the city are In some Instances completely burled by drifts. Several buildings collapsed In con sequence of the weight of the snow which covered their roofs. 'I'he storm extends from Medicine Bow to Pine Bluffs , Wyo. , a dis tance of 175 miles. Laramle and Sherman hill appear to be the very center of the storm belt. All freight trains on the Union Pacific have been abandoned for the past forty-eight hours and officers are making a strenuous but apparently futile effort to keep passenger trains moving. Trainmaster Culross of the Union Pacific hopes to have trains moving some time today. On Sherman hill the big rotary snow plow has been kept moving all day , ploughing through drifts fully twenty feet high In numerous places. Several snow plows are working west of here , making an endeavor to keep the main line open. Fears are entertained for the safety of 'several hunting parties lu this section. Sheep are scarcely expected to survive on the plains and the loss may reach thousands. Several herders reached town , having deserted their herds and only with the greatest dllllculty escaping from being frozen to death. It I. ! feared that the driver of the North park stage has perished , al though there is a chance that he made nome ranch before the storm reached the height of Its fury , The latest reports along the line ot the Union Pacific say the storm has apparently expended Its force and the trains will commence moving today. Hull Nloriu DiieN Mnuli MT. VEUNON , III. , April 1. This vicinity was visited by the meat terrific and de structive hall storm ever witnessed here. Hall stonea weighing ten to twelve ounces fell In great profusion and with such force and rapidity that not a house In the com munity escaped moro or leas Injury , The churches' , mills , etc. , sustained heavy losses. Not only -uere shingle roofs damaged , but the heavy Iron roofs of the flouring and planing mills were rendered useless. IlenrdNlef Ordered to Honolulu. SAN DIBGO , Cal. , April 1. Hear Admiral Beardslee received orders from Washington today to proceed at once with the flagship Philadelphia to Honolulu. The order was followed by a number of other cipher dis patches which kept the flag secretary busy translating. The greaKst oxdtenemt prevails - vails on board , as Intimations have been given that trouble- expected between the American : ! and Japanese , The Philadelphia will load all the coal possible , making bunk ers on the deck for the purpose and 'will get away about next Wednesday. Nona of the other vessels hero will go. Dentlix of 11 Day. NEimAfiKA CITY , Ap/11 1. ( Special. ) Patsy Clifford , an old resident of this city , died today , aged 43 years , after a long Ill ness ot typhoid fever. Ho was born In Dub lin , Ireland , and came to Nebraska City when a young man , where ho has ulnco re sided. DUOWNVILLB , Neb. , April 1. ( Special Telegram. ) Mrs , Mary E. Furnas , wife of ex-Governor Ilobert W , Furnas , dlod at her home In this city today , Mrs , Furnas has for years been an Invalid , but her death at this tlmo was sudden and unexpected. Steamer , . . . . - . COLUMBUS , Go. , April 1. A tclcgrum lias been received hero telling of the blnlt- Ing of the steamer City of Columbus , which' left here a few days ago , at Smith's bei.d near Columbia , Ala. There were lew pas sengers on board and none were drowned , though several had narrow escapes. The boat , which cost $10,000 , Is a total loss , CM la also the cargo , TUe City of Columbus wag owned by the Queen and Crescent com pany ot this city and was In charge of Cap- lain If. B. Pryor when she went down. .Siiiillrn Are All Flood-Hound. PIERRE , S. D. , April 1. ( Special Telo- gram. ) Land Commissioner Lockhart had set next Tuesday , April C , at the date for leasing lands all over the state , but all ( he lease supplies are tied up In the exprctu ollico here on account \vaihout0 , aud It will bo neceuary In most , If not all caica , 'or ' the county authorities to adjourn the date ot leasing. DISCUSS TRAKPIC H OreKiin Short l.lne MSiW" * " " 1'ncllle Olllclnln In < CHUYRNNn , Wyo. , AB-jl ( Special Tele gram , ) An Important cHBtlco ] ot tllc Kcn era ! ofilccrs of the Orj Hphort Line and Union Pacific railways V Held here tonight , The Short Line parly j Hsted ot General Manager Bftiroft , Atd H Williams , Gen eral Patsingcr Agent uA Hl Traffic Manager F.cclcn and Auditor lUInffll ! the Union Pa cific of General Manager Dickinson , Solicitor Kelly , General Passenger Agent Ixinnx , Tralllc Manager Wood nnd Auditor Young. The conference lasted four hours. In answer to liuiulrles , Managers Bancroft and Dlckln ( .on said that no definite details had been de cided upon at the conference , but admitted that traffic and passenger arrangements whleh would be mutually satisfactory to both raids had been considered aud that the con ference had bten satisfactory to both parties. General Attorney Williams ot the Short Line- said that another conference would bo held In Salt Lake City In about two weeks. An- othrr member of the parly stated that a definite and close traffic arrangement hail been agreed upon , the- details of which will bo decided upon nt the Salt Lake City meet ing. The Short Line party returned west al 11 o'clock and the Union Pacific people will return to Omaha In the morning , COSTS OXH THOUSAXU 1M3R DAY. of n Si-jiiitiir In Kentucky ill HIIIMIN I vt > Proceed I UK' . LOUISVILLE , April 1. A special to the Evening Post from Frankfort says : Tension Is still high In , the senatorial struggle and all realize that the present conditions can not last much longer. The deadlock Is cost1 Ing the state , already In bankruptcy , over $1,000 a day. The deadlock last winter cost the state In the neighborhood of $100,000. Fourteen Hunter men have signified their willingness to sign a call for a new caucus and a now nominee. The bolting republicans have so far declined 'to go Into any such scheme. The silver men are still dickering with the sound money iinon In an effort U combine on. State Senators Gocbcl or Martin or Hon. II. P. Jacobs of Danville. Ph ? silver men found themselves ono vote short today on account of the absence of Representative Dougherty , who had gone home under the Impression that ho was paired with Representative Dodson. The latter , a Hunter man from Louisville , de nied the pair , but when Senator Ilronstou , on behalf of the silver men , threatened to break a quorum If he did not rtand by his pair , Mr. Dodaon said he would not vote. The roll call for the nineteenth ballot re sulted In a gain of one vet for. Boyle , a sound money democrat voting for him In stead of Davle. The vote stood : Hunter , 58 ; Blackburn , 43 ; Davlc , 11 ; Boyle , 7 ; Stone , 1. FRANKFORT , April 1. At the conclu sion of the first ballot Representative Hardln , a silver democrat , movoJ to adjourn. The republicans demanded a yea and nay vote , whereupon the motion to adjourn was with drawn and the necond ballot was ordered , which resulted lu no change , the forces of all candidates standing firm. The third ballot resulted In no change. An adjourn ment until tomorrow was moved by Senator SUvenson. The Hunter forces did not ob ject and the motion prevailed. TOKVADO EXCIHCM2S A TOWN. ItliMVN Dinvii IIoiiM'-N nnd Trccx on Kvei-y Hide of Star City. LITTLE ROCK , Ark. , April 1. A destruc tive. tornado , dealing devastation to every thing In Its path , which was from ouo- quarter-to out-half mile In width , described a complete circle around Star City , Lincoln county , yesterday , passing within about half a mile of the city. Rees Dunlap , n negro , and T. J. McFalla had their homes destroyed , and John Young lost his barn and stables. John C. Hendrlcks' largo plantation was badly wrccknd. On this place three persons are known to have been killed outright and a largo number are reported cerlously wounded. Largo plantations beyond Bayou Bartholomew , belonging to Alt Cogblll , W. C. L ° e and Judge Owens were destroyed. Aid Xoedcil < it Climidler. CHANDLER , Okl. , April 1. Although the tornado struck Chandler forty-eight hours ago , very little search of the ruins has yet been made , and It Is feared that the death roll may bo considerably Increased. Scores of Injured are under the care of surgeons who have como hero from all parts of Oklahoma. None of the wounded had succumbed today , though many suffer greatly and some of them cannot possibly recover. A thousand people are homeless , and half as many are without a thing In the world. Lawyer John Dawson and Edgar Demoss , the barber , who are numbered among the dead , were eating supper In Wal- luco's restaurant when the tornado came up and the building collapsed. Daw&on , who left a wife and two children at Alma , N.cb. , wan Instantly killed. KANSAS CITY , April 1. A special from Guthrlo Bays : It devclrps tonight that the loss of Ilfo in the Chandler cyclone has been gieatiy ove-rstatc'J. In the contusion and difficulty of getting news out over the long distance telephone , names became mixed , and the list of dead was made greater than It really was. Only fourteen persons , it Is now stated , are known to have met death In Chandler , and In addition to these three were killed In the country north of town. Fully 200 persons were Injured , fifty or sixty of them being seriously hurt and four or five of these will surely die. , York Ifni crn CoiiNolldate. NEW YORK , April 1. The New York Journal and the New York Advertiser have consolidated under the name of the New York Journal and Advertiser , abandoned the United press nnd will hereafter be a member of the Abfoclatcil press , W. P. Caruthers , publisher , makes the fol lowing statement , tonight : "The Morning Advertiser was today sold to the Journal , which will appear tomorrow ns the Journal and Advertiser. Till * Includes the Associated press morning franchise , The Star company owned the Morning Advertiser. Tlio Com mercial Advertiser retains the afternoon As sociated press franchUo mid will continue to bo puMUhed a an aggressive afternoon republican paper , U U owned by the Com mercial AdvertUer usKoclatlnn , The Com mercial Advertiser If > in no w.iy connected with the deal and Is nol for tsnlo. " Snirnr I < O > * H DII. PHILADHLI'HIA , April I. All hard grades of refined nugur niWancod % o to day and -the principal soft grades 1-Kc to "io. This Is the third advance that has been made rhls v.-ceU' . and Is said to be dun to the anticipated ehanga In the tariff law , Powdered , cubes nnd crown "A" arc now quoted ut C cens , whllo granulated , crystal "A. " anil diamond "A" are marked up toiy cents , These are the hlt'lieut pilce.s . .tluit have been realized for lilgh sugars for moro than u year , Hum Heller * Ilurred Out. IA CJtOSSIS , Win. , April 1. A test case to decide the right of the Order of Mod ern Wcn-tlmon - to exclude liquor sellers from mfatnbcrtdilp has been on trial In the circuit court for several days. Tonight JiMt'u Wymnn decided In favor of the or der , fully BUbtalnlng Its right to exclude nt any tlmo nny Individuals or clauses , and to be at nil times the r.ole judge of tlio quullllcatlons of the members. - MoveinciitM of OeeimVxHeln , Alirll 1. At New Vork Arrlved--Mujestlc , from Liverpool ; Nordlantl , from Antwerp ; Lalin , rtoin lire-men. Halled Bpaaindnm , for liot- tcrdum : Stuttgart , for lireinen. At London Sailed Massachusetts , for New York. At lloulogno flailed Munsdtim , for Ncsw ' At Queeimlown Sailed GermanicMe - Kinsley , from Liverpool , for New York , At Genoa Sailed Werra , for New York. At San Franelsco SaUed llrlllHli oteamer Coptic , for Hone Kone and Yokohama ; Norweiilun haik Nordlyxet , for Capetown ; ship Llewellyn , for ChlKtmk buy ; burkentlne Tropic lllra. for Tahiti ; etMoonrr Jennie Wand , for ICahulul. Cleared -Hark C. P. Hryant. for Honolulu. At Liverpool Balled Catalonia , for DOS- ton. i LAYS ON WHITEWASH" Senate Exonerates Everybody Connected with the Howell Gambling Bill , CENSURES THE BEE FOR EXPOSING IT Majority Report of the Oomraittoo Finds Only the Editor to Blanw , EVEN PIATTI ACFED IN GOOD FAITH His Pee "Was Not Duo Until the Bill Became a Law , _ _ MINORITY R-PORT IGNOR D BY SENATE Pri-iinrcil Ycrillct of tli CoiiiMilUce'n llluK < - ( Half IN TnUotk AVItlinut UmHllonvii -u 1'ro- to thu II oily. LINCOLN , April 1. ( Special Telegram.- ) . Tho' committee ) appointed by the Ronnie last Saturday to Investigate the charges made by , The Omaha lice , relative to the manner the gambling bill had been railroaded through the scnat- ! , presented majority and minority re ports at 0 o'clock this evening. The ma * Jorlty report was read by Mr. Hansom of , Douglas' Its main findings were as follows : The only testimony trinllng- show that niiy money had been raised tin charged In thu complaint WHB the testimony of Charles M. UIw nnd Ululmtd O'Malley. .Mr. ItlgB tc.stllliHl Hint Mr. O'Mnllpy gave him a bill , 'Which will bo reported with the tostlmony , and said O'MaMey Htatcil there was $ iM.O ralpeil to put the bill through. Mr. Hlj 3 rocelveil thu bill ami p ve It 'to u third per son , to liavo It Introduced , but the bill wan returned with the report that no senator would Introduce It. Mr. O'Malley tcMtldoit to glvlni * the bill to Mr. Itlgg and telling' him Micro would IMS Jl'.fiOO given when the bill was passed and became a law. There was some illspute butwoon these witnesses as to tlio amount of money railed , ono wit ness placing It nt J2.fiOO , and thi- other at $3,000. Neither of tlio witnesses km--v that any money had been rnlscJ. Mr. O'Malley , tc'stlllcd that a party by thn name of Hlb- bliin In Omaha had Mtateil to him that tha money was In K.ic hands of n certain banker In Omaha. nut there was no testimony , whatever to show1 that any money \VIIB ac tually raised or placed in the hands of uny , ( person whatover. These were thq only wit nesses who even claimed to know or to have heard that any money was r.ilseil for any such purpose. Tlio Mil , No. 331 was , as shown by tdo cvlili'iico of L. J. Plattl. drawn by him1 anil that ho procured It to bo introduced , and that he was to receive a. fee for his serv ices If the bill bernme a law. Hut he tcstl- fleil he never solicited a senator to vota for the lilll. nor spoke to u senator lu regard to the bill. Your committee finds that the charge In the complaint that "boodle" wan used to secure tlio passage of thH act anil the statement In the editorial that the bill \vn : passed by bribery was wholly anil abso lutely false and without any foundation lit fact whatever , and Is wholly unsupported by the testimony. On the other hand the testimony completely exonerates each ami cyery senator In this body from any cor rupt or dishonorable act , and 'Hhows con clusively that In voting for said bill they were wholly uninfluenced by any money , reward or other valuable thing , or any promise thereof , ami that ut the tlmo ot voting1 for Saltl bill had no knowledge ) whatever that any money hail been raised as stated in said charge nnd editorial , and your committee believes that tlio charges contained in said editorial anil the complaint tiled before this committee wcro made maliciously and without any ruiiHono/- ble or probable cause , ami were made for the purpose of Injuring Home members of this body. . Your committee further finds that tha charges made In said editorial and lu the complaints sworn to by Mr , Iloscwnter con stituted an unwarranted attack upon the integrity of the members of this senate , each and all of whom should be , and are , exonerated from any and nil corrupt or dishonorable motives whatsoever. Your committee further llnda that thcro was nothing In the context of the bill to Justify criticism of the ones who Intro duced It , or any ono who voted for It , for your committee llnds and reports that there Heems to be an honest division of opinion as to the wisdom of the present law re lating to gambling. FINDINGS OP TUB MINORITY. The nmllngs ot the minority , as reported by Senators Murphy and Talnot , were as follows : That for the puttfoso of procuring tha pasnago of the gambling bill reducing the penalty from that of a felony to that of a misdemeanor embodied In xunato Illo No. 3.11 , the gamblers of Omaha and vicinity , tin ough O.uirleH lilhhlns , raised a fund ot from J2,5CO to 1,000 , which was held for that purpose to be paid to persons not mem bers of the legislature for procuring tlio puHSage of such a bill Into law contingent upon the passaiu of Hiich an act. 2. Your committee further liivls that for the purpose of procuring the passage oC HUCI an act negotiations * wcru entered Into between Charles lilbblns , a gambler and representing 'tho gamblers of Omaha , through Itlchnrd O'Mnllpy , with C. M , Hlgg , looking to the Introduction and passage or such an act , and that and by such an ar rangement efforts were made toprocure the Introduction of a bill rmhodylug the feat ures of senate file No. 331 , which were un successful for the reason that no senator could lie found who would Introduce or champion such a bill , and wo further find that the said parlies no employed made no efforts with members of the nenate or bollclted members of thn senate to Introduce or vote for uuch a Mil with nny promlua of reward. 3. Your committee further llnds that after ward the said Charles HlbblriH negotiated with Louis J. I'lattl , clerk of Iho xenuta committee on municipal nffalrx , to procure the Introduction of nenate Illo No , 331 , and H.ald I'lattl throuihHuld employment for BUO Churlen lllbbltu ) , prepared and pro cured to he Introduced senate Illo No , 3.11. and that the uld I'lattl looked nflcr said bill In the judiciary committee and In tlio engrossing" committee. WITNESSES DISAPI'KAHIOD , 4. Your committee. Issued subpoenas for Charles Illlihlus and Hlley Goodwin at tha Instiinco of Mr. Hose water , > who preferred , the charges , for the purpose or gotUnif their evidence before the committee rcla- tlvo to the charges made , and the Hergennt- at-irms ! , after m > en < lliig a day In Omaha pcart'lilng for said wltncssex , returned nnrt reported that nu .n witnesses could not ha found , and mild JilhhliiH him left the city , and for said reason said witnesses wcra not examined by the committee. C. I'nur committee further flml.s on the evidence that no money WUH over prom ised to any senator , nor that nny senator had ny knowledge of uny money belna raised for the murpouo of procuring the amendment of thn gainhllng law , fuch an that embodied In seriate lllu No. 331 , ana that the chargca made by Mr. Uotiewuter In Tvio Omaha Dee and In hlrt written statement Ilkxl hoforo your committee , that fiennto ( llci No , 231 wan paused by the fen- ate by the Inllucnce of boodle , nuH not sustained by the evidence and IK tm- founilrd ; nnd that the feirnte , and each member thereof , Is entirely exonerated from such charge , a < l that the ovldcnca disclosed that no member of the xcnut * wau approached or spoken to by any ono to support suld senate Illo No , 331 thut WMS passed by the senate. . Wo nnd from the evidence nnd Ihereforo report ttiat the uejmle , and each member th rcof , IK freed from nny charges reflect ing on 1ho honor or Integrity of the Ken- ate or Riiy member thereof In respect to the passage of iiald Ml ) , The majority report was adopted by x strict party vote , Mr , Schaal of Barpy tliea offered a resolution censuring The Jiee , which was adopted by a vote of 23 to 7 , Merer * . Dundas and Heapy , both populist * , voting with jhn five republic-ana preient against thu resolution , Tlio vote on tha resolution of censure was ; Yean : Deal , Howe ! ! , Otborn , 'anailax , Jtrrcoal , Itannoiix. Drarlnu. Julmiu > n , llltclilr , Knrrell- I e. Kehnol , I'rlls , MrOann , Fritz , Mllltr ,