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THE OMAHA ! DAILY yuutl- ESTABLISHED JUKE 39 , 1871 , OMAHA , SATURDAY , ApfClL 3 , 1897 TWELVE PAGES. COL'Y PIV13 CENTS. SITUATION CRITICAL Additional Danger Threatens Dwellers Near Lower Mississippi. MORE BREAKS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN LEVEES Alarming Telegrams Sent Out from the Vicinity of Austin. LABORERS AT WORK ON EMBANKMENTS Great Amount of Water Being Discharged by Upper Tributaries , MISSISSIPPI OUT OF BDUNDS AT ST. PAUL FlntN Covered with the Overflow nml Many Fiitnillex Driven Out Witter Xenrly MM an in 1S81. MEMPHIS , Tcnn. , April 2. The flood Bit uatlon has once moro become acute from n point a few miles above Austin , Miss. , as far down as the first break at Perthshire , Miss Another crevasse In this line of leveoa would not be surprising. The pressure on the levee Is brought about by the waters of the St. Francis basin , which are con gested between the levees In front of Hel ena. There Is no levee on the Arkansas down to Sans Solid , to a point above Helena , a distance of 100 miles , and It Is at Austin tile levco system on each side ot the river begins and goes to the passes below Now Orleans. The water Is nose high In the St. Francis basin that the current rushes from the west and cuts along the cast shore levee for miles , and several alarming telegrams have been received from near Austin today. Doats have been re quested to run on slow bells and laborers arc constantly strengthening the embank ments. A crevasse at Austin would Inun date a strp | of fertile country In the Tunica and Caohoma counties twenty miles wide and sixty miles long. Reports from Helena , Ark. , show that the river there Is still slowly rising , -and It Is almost miraculous that the levees at Helena have not broken. Thousands of people have been working day and night and their ener gies are eoomlnfily cxhaustlcss. The Mis souri Pacific and Cotton Delt roads have rushed traluload after tralnload of sacks ol sand Into the beleaguered city and still stand ready to help the Helena people. The lallroads have rendered great assistance to the levee boards. The Illinois Central , Mis souri Pacific and Cotton Holt railroads have devoted all their great forces to the work of saving the country , and that without charco. TOWN UNDER -WATER. Greenville Is on nn Island and Roscdale , Miss. , Is In water from five to ten feet deep. The tunds ot a. bank in Rosedale have been moved to the second story. Thousands of head of cattle are standing on the levee and many unfortunate refugees sleep there with no covering to protect them from the water-soaked winds at night. Dark of Rose- dale , and throughout the lower and middle delta countries- ? everything ! under water. In many villages communication with the outside world has been cut oft for several days. days.Tlio threatened rise at Cairo Is now a cer tainty. The Mississippi above Cairo and the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers will tend a great Ilojd Into the already tilled St. Francis and from Cairo to Memphis It Is feared that the deluge will mark a high-Water figure that will bo without precedent. At Memphis the river la falling tonight , the gauge reading 36.3 feet , a fall of one-tenth of a foot slnco last nlRb * . The calls for as- slstenco from 'numerous ' points along the river are becoming moro and moro frequent nt the headquarters of the relief committee in Memphis. The committee Is in receipt of In formation that there are some eighteen or twenty white people , principally women and children , In great distress at a point near St. Glairs landing , about fifteen miles up the river , which la some six mlles from Mound City. The people are lorated In houses the lower floors of which are overflowed , and have no food and no m ans of obtaining It. Arrangements were made to send supplies. 1II.OW UT THE RAILROAD GRADE. Greenville , MI N. , People Renort to tlu line of Dyiinmlte. JACKSON , Miss. , April 2. The Assoclatei press representative at Greenville , Mlsa. , tele , graphed at 11 o'clock a. m. as follows : All was hurry and bustle last night , and Green ville's population In the part of the cit > north exposed to the Mound crevafuo arc today suffering all the woe Incident to over flow. Sooner than was expected the water has reached hero , and at 0 o'clock this morn ing some 700 to l.OM families were sur rounded with water. There Is aomo bitter ness of feeling exprested by people living to the north ot Alexander street , through which a protective levee now runs. Ths-y do not think the lovco should have been built us It will in all probability make a higher Htngo of water In this section. YesU-rday evening cltUena In that part of the town dynamited the railroad tracks In some seven or eight places In order to let tbo water pass over Into the country luro. Tlilu haa checked the rise temporarily , but wlion the rlvej raises the rlso will begin again. Water from the Lake Leo break lu already coming up slowly to the roulh of us , and the floods have met , Punt of Greenville a nklft mall line from here to Hll/.almih , on tin * Southern railway , hac boon established. Camps of linemen are also i-stubllEhed at convenient points working to get up the tele graph wires so that communication from ( hero with the auUlde world will bo main tained for Eoveral tlajs. A fleet ot skiffs ecourlng the country nnd hoinly bringing in loads of refugees. Thousands of head of live stock are coming In. The worst features of the disaster yet to coma to thin country nro being suppressed es far as possible , but the river bulletin to day 1ms caused much additional alarm. Tim high since of water from Cairo down , to- KClhur with the continued heavy rise at St. Louis , means widespread dreliuctlon to the Delta nt all points vouth ot the Perthshire treat- Conservative thinkers , people who ere Keeping their head * , fully realize the irravlty of lh Mtn.itlon , There Is a calm ness burn , It Is true , but It U tliu lethargy of tmito despair. iS OK HUMUS'FLOODED. . I.ouland * lit Nt , I'nnl Many Feet Derji lu AVnler. ST. PAUL. April 2. Th9 Mississippi river licro has reached a ntage of 1C feet. It ii Btlll rising slowly. This la the highest vnlnt reached sluco the flood of 1SS1. Tlie residents of the flats have had ample- warn ing to save tliems ° lve and their property , llotween Minneapolis and SI , Paul 1,000 families have been made homeless by the flood. They lived on 'tho flats along the rlverjlJe and In the lowlands In Won St. Pcul. The families that lived to tbo left of the Inter-urban bridge at Minneapolis bavo ben driven out nnd a vast body of water rushed over the spot where their tonics used to | > c. It has swept away many houses. On the west clJo the water Is encroaching on the Robert street bridge Only two streets In the flats are frco from water , and thrwo only tor three square * . The water Is coining up and la gradually submerging all the lowlands. Already 200 tomes are under water and moro dlsarprar With each succeeding hour Lonkiris fr..m the pier of old Broadway bridge toward the south , the west rlilc looks like an Im mense lake , with a housetop sticking above the surface hero and there to relieve the monotony. The lake Is floating full ot all sorts of household goods , barn doors , trees nnd lumber of nil descriptions. On the upper flats on the cast side of the river the inhab itant ) awoke this morning to find their yards , and , In some cases , their houses flooded. In some cases they Immediately began to move. By a sudden rise of the river at South St. Paul last night. 150 sheep were drowned. There were 8,000 sheep In the pens at that point , which were moved to other points. Millions of feet of lumber got away from the boom companies to the north and floated over the St. Anthony falls. The Mississippi & Rum River company es timated Its loss at $60,000. RIVERS RISE I.V SOUTH DAKOTA. .InmeH Will Reach UK Worxt liy Sunday day nt Vermlllloii. VKRMILL10N , S. JJ. , April 2. ( Special Telegram. ) The Jamca river here has risen two feet this morning , and tonight Is rising nn Inch an hour. A rlso of threi feet more will cover the bottom landa from bluff to bluff. Traffic over the Great Northern rail road ls now cut oft with washouts and two nnd a half feet ot water covers the tracks be tween here and Sioux Kails. The railroads throughout this section are badly demoral ized. The worst of the flood In the James river la expected here about Sunday , and the probabilities arc that the railroad bridges will suffer great dmage , If they are not washed out. CANTON , S. D. , April 2. ( Special Tele gram. ) Tlio river Is raging and the water rising four Inches an hour. The water is higher above the city than in 1881. The finest ons-mlll dam has been wrecked and flouring mills have shut down. Several bridges arc reported washed out In country districts. People arc again moving from South Canton , and several narrow escapes from drowning are reported. VBRMILL10N , S. D. . April 2. ( Special Telegram. ) The Vcrmllllon anil Mlcsourl rivers are steadily rising here. Old river men expect both rivers to overflow their banks before the end of the high water. The weather Is cold , and snow Is threatened. The estimated damage to county bridges thus far la $15,000. WOONSOCKET , S. D. , April 2. ( Special Telegram. ) This city Is eight miles from Sandy creek , but the gorge In that creek has forced a great torrent of water over the divide , and the flood reached this city last night. The Third ward Is nearly inun dated. The water has no old channel , but flows everywhere over the prairie , destroying farm property and driving more farmers out ot their homes. The water In this city Is rising an Inch an hour , and many houses that were supposed to be on high ground are now surrounded. PIERRE , S. D. , April 2. ( Special Tele gram. ) The river has fallen about two feet hero today , and the river Is entirely free from Ice. Persons from up the river re-port a gorge at Okobojl Island , twenty mlle.3 up the river , which Ifi holding Ice and water and will show -a rapid rlso here , but no danger Is anticipated. The steam ferry began Its season's operations here today , carrying across a largo number of cattle and teams which had been tied up by the Ice. HURON , S. D. , April 2. A heavy rain fell during the night , and the river Is still ris ing. Fears are entertained for the safety of the Great Northern railway bridge. No attempt Is bolus made to move trains on the west and north llneo of the Chicago & Northwestern road. Headmaster Burke fays the conditions north and west are much more serious than at first supposed. The south and cast lines are only slightly i terrupted. -III XV A HIVERS XfcAI.MOVJERFJ.OW. . Much JJnmiiRC Done to Ilnllro'iul Property. DBS MOINES , April 2. ( Special Tele gram. ) As a result of vary heavy rains in the last foity-elght hours the flood situation Is worse In Iowa than at any time this spring. Middle river Is out of Its banks and a large part of the town of Indlanola Is under water today. Meat of the town of 'Summerset ' la under water , and Wlnterset Is out off from railroad ccmifunlcatlon by n 000-foot wash out on the Rock Island road , and the town Is flooded. Twq miles of the track of the Keokuk & Western south of hero are gone owing to the overflow of Clinton crosk. Like damage is reported on tbo south branch ol the C. D. & Q. between Humcston and Shenandoah , and trains arc running around the break on other lines. The upper DCS Molnes is higher than ever and otlh rising fast. Reports from tho. northern part of the state Indicate the situation Is the worst In years. SlniulliiK < > f the ItlverM. WASHINGTON , April 2. Tlio following changes In rivers ( feet and tenths ) are repor'ed : Risen : Chattanooga , 3.5 ; Helena , Aik. , 0.2 ; Omaha , 0.8 ; St. Paul , 1.1 ; Keokuk , O.C ; St. Louis , 3.0. They are above the danger line and rising at Helena , Ark. , 34.2 ; St. Paul , 2A ; La Crosse , O.G ; New Orleans , 1.5. They are above the danger line nnd falllug : Calio , 1.5 ; Memphis , 3.3 ; Arkansas City , 8,4 ; Vlcksburg , S.4 , stationary. The following heavy precipitations ( In Inehra ) wcro reported ; Jackr.onvlllo , 1.C8 ; Montgomery , 1.70. St. I'niil Stoelc Viu-ilM Flooded. MINNEAPOLIS , April 2. At the South St. Paul stock yards the flood situation Is most serious. Forty thousand sheep have been moved from the feeding barns to higher grounds. The water has put out the flrcs under the holler rooms of the packing houses and the li'vco Is tlueatcned. If this goes It Is feared thi > whole oxtcns > fvn plant may be undermined , and pcrharo swept away. The locomotives which have been at work haulIng - Ing awny stored products Imvo been forced by the deep v.ntcr to give up the attempt. Small Sti-enniH Are IloomliiKr. ST. LOUIS , April 2. Tlie heavy rains of the past two days are having an effect on the Htrenms tributary to the Mississippi and Missouri rivers In Iowa , Illinois , Mlrsourl nnd Kantns. As a result , they are pouring toircntft Into these mighty rivers and floodIng - Ing the lowlands through which they flow , causing considerable damage , but , as far as known , no cnetultles , Levee llrraUx lit Hiii-eland. RACELANO , La. , April 2. During the night the levee lu front of the Lo Diane property , foui miles below Lockport , on the loft bank of Dayou la Kourcnc , gave way and the crev.isso IB now 100 feet In width , Tlio strain nil along the bayou has been relaxed to a gcat extent by this crevasse. The fall here h-is been ono foot slnco Us occurrence. Mnny IIIIKH GII Dunn Stream. ANOKA. Minn , , April 2. Thousands of foot of logs went through on the Mississippi laft night and are tunning fast and thick today. The dam Jntt abnvo Champlaln flouring mill. In Hennepln county , went out , vanning the flume nnd other woodwork , let- ling i pre/it / dclugo Into the river , Trains are delayed and QUO or two arc not ac counted for. MlHNonrl Illurh ill I.euveiMvorlli. LKAVBNWOllTIt , Kan. , April 2. ThoMi. ! twurl rlvtr at Oils point rw.o six leches In twelve hours. Reports from the north are causing much iine-isltifts among ( he fnrnirr * in the Missouri lowl.tndii. At rnldn'taht llo gauges Hhowod a rtao ol 0,2 IIIC'.KYI lu the twenty-four lioura. Above DiuiKer Mile lit Alton. ALTON , 111. , April 2. The Ml" river has rltcn twenly-boven Ini'hrfi during the past twenty-four hours , and li now above thr danger line. River men predict a furllwr rise of live feet , which wciild cauao great damage , I.pvec IlronU * Five TlmeH. HELENA. Ark. , April 2--Uleht rullck be low Helena , at I ho Hubbard place , tlie levco x I veil way five different times , und been rej.aired n.t often l > ) desperate cffortii. ROBBERS HOLD UP MESSENGER Bold Act of Highwaymen on the Streets of Chicago. ONE OF THEM A TRUSTED EMPLOYE Hey Who Wn * on Ilia AVny to the Ilnnlc llnifnlly Ilvnteii niul $ : t,500 Tnlicn from. Him Hnlilicrn Mnkc Their Kiicniic. CHICAGO , April 2. A daring robbery was committed in the business district today. A messenger employed by the wholesale firm of Kuh , Nathan & Fisher was robbed of $3,500 after being beaten Into Insensibility by two men , ons of whom had been sent with the boy to protect him and the firm's money. Detectives are searching for the robbers. The messenger Is In the hospital at the point of death. Ho Is Chris Schultz , a 17-year-old lad , who was ths trusted messen ger of the firm. One ot the robbers was Edward Wilson , employed by the firm as a teamster. The other assailant Is not known , llotli Schultz and Wilson have been In the employ of Kuh , Nathan & Fisher for several years , and were always sent to the banks together , sometimes with thousands of dollars lars at a time. Schultz and Wilson wcro sent to the Metropolitan National bank to collect $3,500. Taking a light delivery wagon the two drove to the bank , where Schultz procured the i money , which ho put In a small satchel. The two then started back. In front of the tlock Island depot , at Pacific and VanUuren streets. a stranger called , and with n few words of greeting got Into the covered wagon , taking n position directly behind Schultz , who was on the seat with Wilson. Suddenly Schultz wao struck a blow on the head. Deforc be could cry out he was struck a second and third time , and ho fell back unconscious Into the wagon. The two men then tied his wrists and feet , placed n gag In his mouth and tteit a gunnysack over his head. They then drove rapidly to Twelfth street , where they stopped , anl ( taking the satchel containing the money disappeared. It was over an hour afterward that some Inquisitive persons discovered the unconscious boy In the wagon. REPORTS FORM ALONG THE RIVER. in IICVPCM Relieve 1'renHiire nt Oilier I'oltitx. WASHINGTON , April 2. The following re ports have been received from weather bu reau officials : St. Louis : Mississippi rising slowly and stages close to danger Hue Indicated from Keokuk to Alton by Saturday night or Sun day morning. All bottom lands now cov ered. Twenty-eight feet Indicated at St. Louis Saturday morning and about twenty- nlno Monday morning. With water now in sight will not reach danger line within flvo i or six days. General warnings sent above and local warnings to those attested by the stages u'nder thirty feet. Cairo , 111. : River falling very slightly this morning ; will remain nearly stationary or rise sMghtly tonight and Saturday. Deepwater - water at Cairo has risen about two Inches since yesterday morning. Leveas at Cairo and Mound City , III. , continue In good con dition. Memphis : No breaks have occurred and | ndno arc probable north of Vlcksburg. The delta Is fast filling up and Rosedale. is re ported under ' -water. Upon'"the"rwholo1he situation Is no worse. There Is no change In the condition of flood at this plajo. Helena : Illvcr did not rise from 12 to 10 a. m. No breaks on this side since jes- tcrday. Vlcksburg : No new crovassns In levees re ported. The priiK'lpal work traaEforrtd to the levees , below Vlcksburg , crevasses above having relieved pressure In that ieotlor. . whllo river at Newport , Ark. , rose over end foot slnco yesterday morning. River at Vlcksburg about stationary , but will prob ably rise about two feet from water from Yazoo later. Stock Is lining reealv ; * ! here from threatened districts. New Orleans : Slight rlso continues from Natchez south. Levees Intact and strong fight being made all along the line to hold them. Plucky fight belr.g inado t3 hold t'jo nayou la Forche levees The Tennessee , Cumberland , Arkansas anii Red rivers have risen and the Ohio fallen. 'Tho Mississippi has risen throughout Its entire - tire length , except a slight fall at Memphis and In the vicinity of the crevasses In Missis sippi. About O.C of an inch , of rain fell yes terday In the basins of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and about 0.2 In the basin of the upper Mississippi. WILLIS L. MOOIin , Chief of Weather Bureau. Hip : Flood lu ST. LOUIS , April 2. Notwithstanding the estimates of the weather bureau officials that' ' tbo Mississippi river at this point might reach a stage of 28.G by Sunday morning next , the rher at 5 o'clock was up to 27.7 , and at 11 o'clock the gauge showed 28.-1. River men declare that the woter will bo over the levee by Saturday night , and all alorg the water front preparations are mak ing for a flood. Tonight the river boats have th * appearance of rocstlng on the top of the levee. Hundreds of laborers are en- paged tonight transferring merchandise from the levee stores to places of safety. The bottom tom lands on both side ; of the river , north and south , nre already under water. The tltu atlon In East St. Louis Is most threatening. A very slight rlso and the water will be up to the railroad tracks , from which poljit It would flow over the whole Island , as the country slopes downward from tbo tracks. Hackwater from the bottom lands above and below the city Is also greatly learcd. SEXSATIOX I.V I. . A. W. POLITICS. Attempt to DlKrlpIlm- ClileiiK < > nn fur iHNiilnir n Circular , CHICAGO. April 2. Chief Consul Fred Patco of the Illinois division , League of American Wheelmen , has demanded of Presi dent Potter that George K. Darrott , who got out a political circular Intended to pledge the wheelmen's vote to Carter Harrison for mayor of Chicago , bo suspended from the league. ' Members of the Joint League of American Wheelmen and American Cycle Club committee , who have been working for the Interests of the bicycle baggage trill , sent a telegram to Mr. Potter In New York , sustaining Consul Patec In hU request. The Evening Peat requested of President Potter today that he define the attitude ho would take In dlsclpllnli.fr Chicago members for getting out the circular. The following Is Mr. Potter's telegraphic reply : "A mem ber of the league may be disciplined or ex pelled only when guilty of conduct prejudicial to the Interests of the organization. The railroads of Illinois and other states , cast and west , have mulcted the wheelmen to Uio extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars by unlawful charges , and by sundry frugal methods have debauched and perverted legU. lattnn In their efforts to defeat tlio wheel men and servo their own ends. The wheel men of : Illinois arc seeking to elect public : officers who will knot bo. corrupted by rail road Influences , and as I understand the situation they have gone Into politics for that purpo e. If they find Illinois politics to bo unworthy of the organization they are moro unfortunate than sinful. The League of American Wheelmen will support tbo oyclUitx of. Illinois , arid will look to them to set n'n ' example In their efforts for wheel men's right : and better roads , which other states may profitably emulate. " Late tula afternoon the League ot Ameri can Wheelmen leaders In this city went Into executive tension , llarrett was present and the meeting wan stormy. Many of the wheel men present repudiated the Darrett circular end the meeting Issued a counter circular , which Is virtually an endorsement ot the republican candidate for mayor. sxenv I.IBS DKHP'IM WYOMING. Sheepmen I'cnr the Storm ? ' < CASPER , Wyo. , Aprfr i ( Spoclal Tele gram. ) The greatest dvcTa&o * depth of snow ever eccn In this country * ls now on the ground. H commenced to enow last Tues day from the northeasT'and has kept It Up and at this writing Is Btlll snowing. In ( own the enow is about two feet on the level. So far as heard fronv no great lots of sheep has occurred , but It the weather does not change In the next twenty-four hours the lots will be considerable. The present storm Is without wind. This la an unheard of thing In this country. A report has Just reached hero that an Inexperienced sheep herder , In the employ of John Thorn ft Co. , Is lost. Ho has not been seen since lust Tuesday. The storm eeerris to bo general. Every sheep owner le Anxious and unless there Is n change BOOH- the range loss will bo fearful. OELR1CHS , S. D. , April 2. ( Special. ) About eight Inches of * now has fallen In the past twenty-four hours , but as It Is damp the larger part 1ms incited. The snow of the previous night nil melted yesterday. If the storm continues -nncl should It turn cold a largo loss of cattle will follow , especially among the range stock. Most of the resident ranchers , nre. how feeding and coring for their poor and thin stock , which cannot stand bad stormd. t IVOIIIC AT THE CillA ijU ENCAMPMENT , , , D. Mining Conumny Ilcrnincn Owner of Wliitirih'H" Property. RAWLINS , Wyo. , April 2. ( Special Tele gram. ) Notwithstanding deep snow , Interest In the Grand Encampntsnt mlnps Is un abated. An Important Heal was consum- mated yesterday by wWch the Peggy D. Mining 'company became the owner ot the. 'Wtnona ' company's property , consisting of mlno choice claims. Thn Peggy D. now owns twenty-four claims , on one of which Is a shaft seventy feet deep. It Intends to , at once , begin cross-cuttlnt\ company Is Incorporated , the capital stock being placed at $210,000. par value $1 per share. Twcnty- flvo thousand dollars' worth of stock was placed on the market yesterday at G cents per eharo to ralso mtfnSy to prosecute development / velopment work , nearly , all ot which was taken today. The officers are all "well known local business men. Frank HInraan , a prac tical and experienced Colorado mining man. has been selected as superintendent and will have full charge of thodevelopment. . The snow Is rapidly disappearing , but Is from three to seven feet deep at the camp now. INTO TRANSVAAI , RAID. Time CinHiil I > y the Com- . . of Henry llmliouchere. LONDON , April 2. 1'hV 'parliamentary committee which Is Investigating the Trans vaal raid had another fcesSlon today in the committee room ot Westminster hall. Sir ; John Wllloughby , the military leader of the raid , waa released from -"Holloway Jail on Wednesday last , where hp liad been serving a sentence of ten monthsVlm.prlsonment for violating the foreign enlistment act. Ho was examined today. Considerable excitement -.was caused by the remark ot Henry LVjouchere , the well known radical nnd editor of Truth , who , on the refusal of the witness ( in which ho was upheld by the chairman ) ; to'divulgo the na ture ot a confidential communication made ' to the war office , saldj : frif- ' "It wo cannot have tMa Information , this Inquiry is a farce : " " . ? JR-1. ' This remark drew forjh cries of "Order , " but Mr. Labouchero ctfaiMiied- Is hushIng - Ing everybody .up. J sii'-Jso pu.bl ly. It . Is a waste of time" conf'iulaj ; thq > commlt- ' The committee held a. private session , after tin public session , to consider whether an article recently published In Truth , com menting on the proce < ; dlnKS ot the committee tee- , should bo brought before the House of Commons aa a''breach of privilege. Mr. Labouchero retorted with a menacing counter motion to the effect that Mr. Chamberlain's cross-examination ot AV. P. Schreiner , ex- attorney general ot Capo Colony , who has been before the committee as a witness , was calculated to bring about a conflict between the Dutch and English races ) at the Cape. Tli3 matter was finally seUled on Mr. Labouchero's promise not to make further comments on the subject In Truth. The committee dlscussol also the proposal of Mr. Labouchero to compel Sir John Wllloughby to produce the letter from the Drltish war office which. It was allecsd , he had said he and other officers Interpreted to be the sanc tion of the Imperial authorities , civil and military , -to tl undertaking of the raid. It 'a understood that this letter will be pro duced at the next session of the commit tee. SimnlNli SueueHH In IMillInnliieM. MADRID , April 2. The queen regent was attending a concert yesterday , when a tele gram was handed her announcing the sue cess of the forces of the Spanish troops In the Philippine Islands. Her .majesty caused the dispatch to bo read to the crowd , which aroused the greatest enthusiasm. Thci orchfHtra played the national hymn. Ad- ditlonal advices from Manilla say that the Spaniards Inflicted an entire defeat on the Insurgents , killing ; 200 of the enemy. RiuiiNey'H Koiiteiiee Mltlfnteil LIMA , Peru , April 2. The superior court of appeals sat In eeeret session for three hours with reference to the case of Ramsey , the American sailor , who was arrested at Callao In the early part of the year on a charge of disorderly conduct and sentenced to a year's Imprisonment without the formality of a trial. The court altered the sentence to Imprisonment for four months from January 12 last. MARRY AFTER LEAVING THE JAII. TITO YOIIIIK I'eonte 1'nt OH the Cere mony for LiieU or FiimlN ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , April 2. ( Special. ) William' Daker and Phoebe Pasco , the two young people who came hero several months ago fro-n Nebraska and wcro sent to Jail for living together without the formality of a wedding ceremony , have been released and have , complied with the Jaw by marrying. The girl served thirty days and Daker was kept In Jail two months. Miss Pasco waited for him , and they were miirrled the day ho was released. When they ran away from homo several months ago they Intondedifo get married nt once , but there were dlfilc.Ultles which they could not overcome. Ilaker had very llttlo money , and It looked , to them like a waste , they said , to pay It out for a llcenso and a wedding ceremony. So they rented a room and moved Into It , Intending , to get married as soon as they had'earned enough money. Deforo they succeeded the police hunted thcm down , and they wore' ent to Jail. Doth Daker and the glr | testified that he had slept every night on pallet In ono corner of the room , but the- police did not believe It , and the judge betoro whom they were tried shook hta head apd smiled. The girl said , with tears In heif eyes , that It wr.n true , and she did not carw what they said about human nature.VJien she was re leased from jail she went to work as a servant In a family whcrj her history was not known , and earned enough to pay for the llcenso and the services of a preacher before Daker was released from jail. There was never a happier brldi In the world than she when she left the court hoube with the marriage certificate In her pocket. Hhootlnir nt IClllUllH City. KANSAS CITY , April 2.-Frank J , Jack son , a prosperous laundryman , was shot und killed tonight by Jefferson D , God- dard , ft druggist and -physician of 601 Inde pendence avenue , The tragedy occurred at the Woodland hotel , where Mrs. Jackson , who luul become estranged from her husband. waa living with her daughter , doddard had been attend is ing Jlrn , JnckHon us her physician. Jackson attacked aoddard earlier In the evening , but was disarmed , und when he appeared at the hotel and renewed the at tack Qoddard killed him. Q6ddard wuu ar rested. COURT MARTIAL FOR RIVERA Madrid Government Directs that Ho Bo Tried at Havana. HE MAY ESCAPE THE DEATH PENALTY Cnlirtn PoIKIclniinVllllnp : to Ahnmloti the Hclicllloii If nlven AxHiiruiice of AmtiPnty Alonir nidi Lim ited Autonomy. ( Copyright , 1697 , by Trem PiibllMilnp Company. ) MADRID , Spain , April 2. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Gen eral Ruts Rivera and Colonel Uncallao , his chief ot staff , will bo taken to Havana for trial before an ordinary court-martial , The government so directed , H Is not at nil likely that the c'eath penalty will bo Im posed upon cither. Official a'hd private dispatches from Amer ica and' the West Indies lead the Spanish government to bcllevo that Important ele ments among the Cuban separatists In the 'United States and In. the rebel ranks would use-their Influence to hasten It not to bring about Immediately a direct understanding between Spain and the Insurgents , or at least the prompt submission of the rebels on a large scale , If tho-Madrld government would offer sweeping amnesty simultane ously with putting lu force the Canovas scheme of reforms. As a means of encour aging such a step , tlio government Is said to I bo willing to Insist that General Weylcr ccaso his severity and to Instruct him to show ] clemency to prisoners taken on the 'field. General Sangullly In the United States and Influential refugees , alleged to bo with the moderate separatists and au tonomists In Cuba , are reported to be the promoters of this new plan of restoring peace. I Trustworthy Information shows that largo numbers of Insurgents nre disposed to sub mit directly they are assured officially of protection against coercion and repression. .According to report the refugees and sepa ratists both begin to realize that they are 'playing a losing game , and that It would bo moro advantageous to co-opcruto In the establishment of homo rule In Cuba than to let Its execution bo put In the hands of the Spanish party alone. Military men and the Cuban representatives In the Cortes tell mo that they notice many Indications that the present drift In Cuban affairs Is In the same direction as In the last stage of the previous rising , when Marshal Campos skill fully did moro by parleying and fair prom ises than had been accomplished by war and repression. ARTHUR E. HOUGHTON. GOMEZ WISHES HE HAD HANGED HIM Culinii Lender AVrlteM n Letter to n Spa n I HI Correspondent. HAVANA , April 2. The Dlarlo do la Marina says editorially that the policy of President McKlnley and his cabinet Is al- togcthpr hostile to 'the plans of the In surgents. It prints also a letter .from General Maximo Goni'ez to Scnor Morote , correspondent ot El 'Liberal of Madrid , which runs as follows : "Upon your leaving ray presence , I owe 'you an explanation , especially as you write for tbo newspaper which calls upon Spain to drown In bloodMour Just - -ae'plnttlons. .cannot bo sanguinary , but I feel sorry that under the special circumstances you were 'hot sentenced to deathovhllo In my cajnp. Jit fa1 "burnataral' that-we'-should-ffesl that there must bo much shedding of Spanish blood to heal the pain caused by the blood shed nt Punta Drava. The machete blow- that killed Francisco Gomez will never be forgotten In Cuba. The machete strokes dealt when -heroes fell at Punta Drava cannot bo forgotten by one who has pardoned thousands of Spanish prisoners and cured hundreds of Spanish wounds. Meanwhile go your way to Spain , pleased at the thought that you have been a witness to the ruin of poor Cuba i > nd have plunged your feet In the blood of Innocent Cubans. Do not for got we shall continue fighting for liberty. Do not forget that Justice will descend from above and will end the struggle now sus tained by Spain , to her dishonor and disaster. M. GOMEZ. " CUIIAN SOLDIEItS SUnilEXIJEU. Four OlIleei-H nnil Fourteen 1'rlvnU-H Give TlieniMelveH I'll. HAVANA , April 2. General Velasco re ports that after the fight with the Insurgents , during which General Rivera was captured , ho pursued the enemy to the heights of Brujo , where tbo latter occupied a strong position , but wore itiutcd , leaving six deaden on the field. The Spanish loss was one man killed and eight men wounded. A dispatch from Matanzas announces the surrender ' there of Major Valllna , Captain Darroto ' , Prefect Captain Saldlna , Lieutenant ValJIna and fourteen privates of the in surgent ' feces , composing ths remains of what ' the Spaniards term the "Darroto band. " The queen regent has cabled her con gratulations to Captain General Weyler en the capture of General Ruiz Rivera and the success of the operations against tbo In surgents. 11LI.1I Oil THAT GOME'AVAXTS PEACE , GnliiN Currency In tlie Spanish Cliaiii- Iier of Heimtlex. MADRID , April 2. A rumor was circulated . lated In tin Chamber of Deputies today to the effect ( that General Maximo Gomez , the Com mander-in-chief of the Cuban army , Is suing for peace. Lef'n Family IteliiriiM from Culm. HAVANA , April 2. The family of Consul General Leo left for Now York City on the City of Washington this evening , The tug boat Alvord accompanied the Washington eomo distance. Cheers wcro raised for the stars and stripes and for General Leo and his family by those on board the tug and the passengeru on tbo Washington responded with enthusiasm , It is reported that Consul General Leo said this afternoon that ho would coon sail to rejoin his family. CAIIINET IS VOUCKU TO HEHIGX. AUHtrlnii MlnlHtern Uiuilile to Secure u PiirlliimeiitiiryMajority. . VIENNA , April 2. The Neuc Frele Presse says the cabinet has resigned , owing to Its failure to negotiate with the progressist groups , with the object of forming a coa lition majority , It Is expected that Count Daden , tha president ot the Council of Min isters and minister for ttie Interior , will bo entrusted with the task of reconstructing tha cabinet. OntliH lii German CoiirtN , BERLIN , April 2. After an animated de bate today , the Reichstag adopted a motion to relntroduce In the courts the administering of the oath according to the different religious denominations. The conservatives , Imperial- UK , reform party and centrists , supported the motion , The Imperial chancellor , Prince Hohentobe , voted with the minority. A centrist motion In favor of the complete abrogation of the Jeault exclusion law was rvHly deba'.ed and Hnallly adopted , the Poles , Fresilnges , social democrats and some con servatives supporting It. Six Killed In u .Mine ExplOMlon , DRESLAU , April 2. Six persons , Includ ing tbo chief chemist of the mine , were klllinl yesterday In a fire damp explosion at lha Dorilg colliery , neai < Sqabrlz. The mlue itlll burning. Defeiiteil. MONTEVIDEO , Uruguay , April 2. The nu- tlonal troops have defeated the Insurgents , with heavy losses. E BEE BULLETIN. const for Nel > rn kn Partly Cloudy ; Local Showers. up Flood Sltuiitlon. oldnp on ClilrnRO Strorts. Klicr.-t to lie Court-Mnrtlntcd. ilratiltfl of I.nriit I'rlmnrlon. 3. Tenclim In SfMlan nt ( Ir.tnil IMnnd. 3 , Nrlirnulm Srimto 1'rcpnre * to yult. York Hrpulillrnni Are Itousod. 4. IMItorlnl nml Comment , D. Omiilm to Hnva nn Inillun Supply Depot. Ciihltict C'omlilcTt Fnrcitry Hc orvca. 0. Council ItlufTn Lonil Mntter * . Inwa I.pRltlntUo Nniv * . Otforil-L'nmbrUlgo Truck Tournament , 7. Commercial nml rinuticliil News. 11. In the Mel.I of itcctrlclt.r. : U. IIend llnntcrr.Ink Stood Well. Why Wniilftt ! | Wn Hrmovpil. 1C. O. I * . * G. IMnlilMtPi Omiilm Olllccs , Injunction Agulint A < ocliUrcl 1'rcsi. Ifl , Itltn of IVnilnlno ( ! OM | | > . Note * on Current Literature. 11. C'o-Opprntlvo Homo Hulldltif ; 1'roRreRn , I'rco Tort of Copenhagen. 13. "Tho I'lnttlni ; of tlio Slinli. " IIUITO.VS COMMI'ITIXG OUTU.USES , Qiieen'H SoliIlerH Sac Id nnil Iliirn HOIINCN of CretniiH. LONDON , April 2. The Dally Chronicle's Canea correspondent will say tomorrow : "Here are some of the deeds to which England is setting her. bands today. Dur ing the 'Week an expedition of llrlllsh ma rines , accompanied by cMinon , went to Trl- petc , In Spakla , and examined houses In search of provisions. They destroyed all they found , lest the Insurgents should get them , A day or so later another expedition of British marines was sent to a village near Sollna with the object of finding flour and grain. Later two 'warships , one a Drltlsh vessel , dispatched boats tilted with cannon to Columbia river , with Instructions to selzo the small mercantile craft. The peasants refused to surrender th m. The European force threatened to destroy the village , whereupon the boats were given up. "A Drltish detachment was scut to Kas- tclll , where It proceeded to destroy the Cretan houses. Chains were thrown around them and fastened to ships , which pulled till the houses collapsed. "Another Instance of Dritlsh measures waa where a company of Dashl Dazouks attacked the Greek lines at Vlgla , the Turkish ships supporting the attack with cannon. After the engagement was well under way the European fleet , Including the Ilrltlsh ves sels , opened flro upon the small force of Cretans ? , who were compelled to retreat. The Turks then entered the village , and began to 'burn the houses , the church and the monastery. " LAllOUCHEItTi WOULD CEXSL'HE. DlMipprovoN Conrxe of EiiKlnml oil the Cretan ( Im-Ntlon. LONDON , April 2. In the Commons to day , Mr. Labouchere ( radical ) moved that the house disapprove the advice of the Marquis of Salisbury to the queen to use the Drltish forces against the Cretans or the Greek nation. He made a long and violent speech , denouncing the policy of the gov ernment , which ho characterized as a policy "fostering a perfect nest of anarchy and slaughter. " He ; said he , believed that a vote of censure would be proposed before the Easter recess. Mr. Dalfour , first lord of the itrsasury , replying on behalf of the govern- meiit sald that ho would welcome- the mo tion of censure. It would give the govern ment an opportunity to defend Its policy. .He-Vtohed . to relteratn that the great powers were not siding with Turkey , but were only [ defending the lives of Mohammedan CretanH against those who were not Mohammedans and their allies. The policy of the Drltish government was to give the Cretans slf government. TURKS HEAUV TO TAKE A HAM * . niNNiitlxfteil wltli the Action of the 1'owcrM 111 Crete. CONSTANTINOPLE , April 2. The fight ing between the Christians and Mussulmans , which Is dally reported from the Island of Crete , Is creating a very bad impression here and It Is believed the Turkish government will soon propose to the powers that Turkey Itself bo permitted to take action against the Insurgents. TUHKEV'S IIEI'LY TO THE 1'OWEHS. IiihlNtH tlmt Grcelt TroopH SIiilll lie XVllIiilriiivii from Crete Klrxt. CONSTANTINOPLE , April 2. It Is under stood that the Porte , replying lo the re quest of the powers for the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Crete , declares that Turkey will only comply with the request In case the Greek troops are withdrawn first. ' THOOl'S. FIRE OX I.Vl'EKXATIOXAL Italian GIIIIN ItoHponil to ( he In- Hiiriveiit AttneU. CANEA , April 2. A body of Insurgents today fired bcveral rounds at the Dulsunarla blockhouse , which Is occupied by the Inter national trocps. The Italian guns returned the fire. _ Greece Jff.l In JVeeil of VolnntecrN. ROME , April 2. Italian volunteers who have returned hero from Greece are com pletely disillusioned. They are convinced that the Greek government has never had the slightest Intention of declaring wjr against Turkey. Tbay say that Colonel Metaxas , the Greek minister of war , to whom they offered their services , announced after a fortnight's delay that the govern ment doubted whether after all thcro woull bo a war and was consequently unwilling to Incur the expense of equipping volunteers who might not bo employed. The Italians In question , therefore , advUo their country men not to put themselves to the expense end Inconvenience of a Journey to Athens , More MiiNxnereH Looked For. CONSTANTINOPLE , April 2. According to a telegram received by the Turkish gov ernment , the Armenian revolutionists abroad intend to cause the resumption of rioting In Anatolia , about the middle of April , when the snows are melted. This Is an Intimation that further massacres may bo looked for at about the same time , . IlloeUiule of Greek : I'orlH. ATHENS , April 2. It Is reported here to night that the Greek government has been notified e-sinl-ofilclally that a blockade of the Greek ports will bo forced within three or four days. _ VnctorleH to Htni-t Up. PHILADELPHIA. April 2. Owing to the strong condition of the refined HUgnr mar ket , by Monday every refinery In the city will be running with n full force on reg ular time , which mentis the employment of about 2,000 persons. Nearly half a mil lion tons or raw sugar are now rn route by vesselti from Germany , the Kust Indies , Egypt , South America and the West In- dlun Islands , _ MovciiicntN of Ocenii VeioielH , April : i. At New Vork Arrived HurKundla , from Marseilles. . . . . At London-Arrlvcd-Munltoba , from New At 'Movllle Snllcd-Ethlopln. At Sun Francisco Arrived Schooner J. a. Wail , from Murla ; steamer Kurulon , from Yiujulnul ) l"iy. Balled Hnikentlne Fremont , for Ungu ; ship M. P. Clruee , for Now York ; l > ark CJ. D. Hryant , for lioiio- lulu ; bark Elliott , for iQUltiue ; burkentlne Arced , for Honolulu. Cleared Ship Swim- hllda , for QurciiHtown ; ship Grenada , for Liverpool , At Astoria Sailed Monmouthshire , for Yokohama. At Copenhagen Balled Norgo , for New ' At Liverpool Sailed Cevlc , for New ' At Queenstown Sailed Catalonia , for liontori Arrived Cumpanlu , from New ' At Rotterdam Arrlvcd-Obdam , from Now York. BROATCH BOOM BURST After Using Most Unscrupulous Method * Mayor Fails of a Majority. STUFFED EMPLOYMENT ROLL OUTRAGES Gangs of Street Gleaners Voted in Doubtful Wards by His Heelers. ROUT IS COMPLETE IN HIS HOME WARD Business Men ns a Rule Vote Solidly Against the Machine. DARK HORSE MAY GET THE NOMINATION \ > Candidate HUN n Majority , lllnuliiini lit Hit * Second mill ChnflTee of tin * Seventh Ilolit lliiliinoe of I'ower. For Councllmen KlrstVnn1 13RNRST STUI1T Second Wiml \ V.V. . DINOIIA.U Thlnl Wnnl LOUIS imitMKSTKll Fourth \Viinl \V. F. HICCHISl. Flu. . Wnril 1) . H. CIIHIHTIH Sixth Ward M. D. KAHH Seventh Wurd D. T. MOUNT Highlit Ward T. S. UROCKIill Ninth Ward G1JORG12 M13RCKU Tlio result of one ot the most holly contested - tested republican primary elections ever held In Oinnha Is the complete break down of the Droatch boom for mayor. The fightIng - Ing began promptly at the opening of the polls at noon yesterday , and whllo every dla- repntnblo tactic was resorted to by the llroatch heelers the returns Indicate that the Uroalch delegates cannot possibly number moro than thirty-two or thirty-three , when It requires forty-one to effect a namlnatlon. Droatch's most signal defeat occurred In the Fourth ward , where ho resides , and where ho was routed horse , foot and dragoon by tbo delegates pledged to the candidacy of Frank E. .Moores. i That the Broatcli gang realized that It was lu despcrato straits was apparent In the outset. Everywhere hla lieutenants mar- Hhalled whole regiments of men who had been put on the city pay roll In order that they nvlgbt bo dtl\cn to the polls to veto under whip and tpur for llroatch delegations. The most shameles Incident of this kind oc curred In the Ninth war.liero Andy Wig gins , tliu notorious striker , marched ICO men from the street department up to the voting place and watched them deposit balluts marked for the Droatch delegates. So heavy was the vote ( n a number of the wards that the count cannot bo completed until daylight. In the Sixth ward , for. ex ample , over 1,000 'ballots ' were deposited and as not a few of them were marked for mixed delegations , the counting was much delayed. In the First ward the primary election offi cers did not begin work until nearly 9 o'clock , and this held back' tho-resuUJTfrom that ward. . : . . . ' " .Jifr ' Jfc T So * great -was the UuiercsCsln'tbc'contest over the mayoralty that the race for the other places attractcft but little attention , and It Is. probable that tbo nominees for the placet ! below the mayor will not bo definitely known until they are actually made. For tax commissioner at least a dozen names will bo presented to the con vention , but for the other city ofllces the present Incumbents will have but little op position for rcnoinlnntloli. The trading and slate making Is expected to occupy the tlmo of the politicians all day until the conven tion Is called to order at 8 o'clock this even ing. At u late hour last night the llroatch boomers were looking very down In the mouth , and while they would not publicly admit defeat , they Informed confidential friends that the Jig was up , and that they might as well accept the situation as best they could. A resume of the contests In the several wards follows : FIRST WAltD. In the First ward the Droatch pluggpra wore out In full force. There was no tun- test in the Second to amount to anything and therefore the Droatch outfit was trails- planted to the First , numbing Inspector Ycrlck was busied all afternoon In herding Second warders Into the polls. Men who had voted at < hf democratic primaries on Thursday were also roped In. The attempts at Illegal voting by the llroatch gang were the most flagrant In the Jilstory of the ward. Ernest Btuht von the place for councilman over Morris Morrison by a vote of 420 to lit ! . The total number of votes cast was OHO. Owing to a mistake on the part of the clerks the count was not begun uiitll 10 o'clock last night. S13COND WAHD. The Second ward delegation will seize upon the first opportunity in the republican con vention this evening to present the name of W. W. Ulngham us Its candldato for mayor. There wits practically hut OHO ticket In the field In this ward at the primary election , und that Is solid for lllngham. At a late hour last night It was announced that Dlnglinm's name would surely be pvo- sentcd to the convention and thut the Second end ward would work hard In order to BO- cure his nomination. As between Droatch and Moorcs , five of the delegation favor the former and four the latter , Thcro were 2fi2 votes cast In all. 13. S. Flags ran as a tenth candidate and polled a fovv votes , but his was the only content In the election of the delegation. In coun- cllmanlc preference ! ! Illimham received 2t votes , Andy Klein It 9 and Fred Hoyo 8. Kle- wlt Is already out with the statement that should lllngham bo nominated for mayor ho ( Klowlt ) must bo recanted us the repub lican nominee for councilman , as ho iccolvert more votes than any other candldato save lllngham. THIRD WAIID. The contest was waim In tha Third ward , hut there was no friction. For councilman , Lew Dwmettor had a walkaway over Cap tain O'Malley. while the vote was being counted them was moro or Icra disturbance. John T. Clarke , onu of Dro-itch's henchmen , was allowed within the room nil evening , while republicans In the wan ! who wuro candidates for dolt-Kate were shut out en tirely. Two or three different times this prejudice In favor of Clarke almost resulted In personal oncountcru. but the presence of a policeman prevented hostilities. Tbo dele gation In reported to stand flv for Moorcs and four for Hrcatch , but one of the leading republicans of the ward said that If.tho vote of the delegation would defeat Droatch It would be 20 catt. FOURTH WAIID. The moit Interesting fight of the primaries was In the Fourth ward , the homo of both Droatch and Moorcs. litre 395 votes were cast and the contest wan t-ainest and lively. Nearly a third of the voles cast wan chal lenged when the ballot * were presented. The Fourth ward , more than any other In the city , rcnretents the buslncus sentiment of the city , and that It eleclcd a straight Mooroa delegation , by a coed clean majority , l taken by many ai an Indication of thft senti ment of tha business community toward th present executive of the city , W. V , Ucc.U l bad no opposition In hli race tor the coun cil. FIFTH WAIID , In the Fifth ward ( hero wcro 837 vbten cast , llroatch will luvo isovoo member * of