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OMAHA I DAILY BEE L ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY ' _ } , APlUJj 14 , 1SJ)7. COl'V JFtVE CENTS < I HAY BE COMPROMISE 1 Greece and Turkey Likely to Settle Their Differences Peaceably. ALL READY TO MEET ON COMMON GROUND if Loft Alone They Can Agree in a Few Days , ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR AT BALTINO Greeks Leave Two Thousand Dead or Dying on the Held. t _ TURKISH MINISTERS TAKING COUNSEL Wlmt Action to Take Ht'fvrcuee to the Hi-rent Inciirxlon Into MOH- lem Terrltiirj. LONDON , April 13. The Athens corre- epcndout of the Dally Chronicle says thnt a compromise Is evidently In the air. Turkey Is showing herself exceptionally friendly to Greece , and It Is believed In diplomatic cir cles that the two parties , It left alone , would ecttlo the affair In a few days. A dispatch to the Dally News from Con stntitlnoplo sa > s that the Turkish version o tbo fighting at Baltlno has been publlsheel In the newspaper Ikdam , which utntcs tha 5,000 Greek tioops were allowed to attack the place. Their retreat was then cut oft and the Greeks were finally worsted , leaving 2,000 dead and dying upon the field. CONSTANTINOPLE , April 13 Another council of minister * Is now In progress ut the Yildlz Kiosk , and It Is expected that It wll' lemilt In an Important decision with icspeci to the recent Incursion upon Turkish teirl tory. Additional battalions are being d'ei ' patched fron Anatolia to rclnfoice the Tuik- , fifty Turkish - POIUILTS were landing to reinforce the forts nt Kbteumo the Greeks fired on the boats Several shots struck the Austrian boat , vvnlcl was assisting , whereupon two Austrian and one Turkish gunboat icpulaed the Giceks H Is said that the Cretans recently Inipakf outside the fort a Turkish commissioned olll- cor whom the-y had captured Today the Turks fired on the Insurgents at Akrotlil , but the fusllade was stopped by the Intervention of the foreign wni ships TIUKALLA April 13.10 p. m The Insur gent bands have ictuined to Greek terrltpry with Hie exception of. one or two , which tire competed of only a binall uumboi. IT IS Ari'HOACIIIMJ Cltlhlh Situation In theKiiMt l > nlly Grim * JloriCritical. . ATHENS , Api II 3. The frontier situation Is developing slowly , for two reasons. Ir tbo first place bad weather bnows , rain and bitterly cold winds have made campaigning In the mountainous dlstrietB anj thing but a Iilcnlc and have retarded all movements. In the se-coml place. IntcnUoual or otherwise , " ' ousldcrably delayed all dlapatohes "aro being layed , a not unusual occutrenee slnco the be ginning of the present crisis. But if tbo development Is Blow , It Is none the less menacing , and an open uutbioak ol hostili ties or a backdown upon the flint of ono or tbo other or both of the countries most liv terestod cannot be much longer delayed , as tbo strain of maintaining armies of about 306.000 men each In iho Held In being felt vlth steadily Increasing ac\erlt > by both Tur- ko > and Greece , so that a declaration of vvai- would be welcomed by either side with a feeling of rollef Heio and at Constantinople there are daily prolonged meetings of the councils of mlnls- tets , and it Is generally reeognizcd that tbeie must be u decided ehangt before long. Both Grceco and Turkey are trjing to avoid , if ] Kinlble , being classed as the aggressor In tbo eonlllct which Is apparently Impending , and foi this reason they arc acting wltb the greatest caution Iho Ori-ik National league , or Ethnlko Hetalrli , Is no paity to this attitude of the governments , and ban alieady pushed foi- ward a foico of 3,000 "irregulan , " well aimed , suppplk-d and equipped , accompanied by an ample eommlss.irlat eompanj , tbrougl1 the Turkish lined , wltb rhe two-fold object of cutting off communication between the Turkish headquarters In Miccdoula nt Rlas- Bonn , wberf IMIiem Pasha M in command , and tha Tinkled headquaitcrs In Albania , at Janlua , where Hakki Pasha Is In command , and of getting In the rear of the Tuiks , ral - ing Macedonia against the rule of the sul tan and fanning bands of luegularu who will harass thij Turkish real , whllo the regular Gieek armj does tbo leal lighting In front. In M'llc of all olllclal denials , noboly doubts thai the Gieek ofllelals < * erc fully cognl/ant of the movement of the Ktbnlko Hetalrli , wblcb has lii'cn openly picparcd for and freely dltcussed for a long time. It la an open seerot here that b > the end of the present week at least 10,000 Greek "Irregulars" will bo In Macedonia , Albania and I'plius , having been sent under the pro- triifo of nialnlnlnliiR tbo .status quo in obe dience to the representations of the powers , The Turkish minister at Athens yesterday railed tbo attention of M SkourcK , the Greek minister for foreign affairs , to the departure fiom Greece of further "Irregulai" forces Into Macedonia , enmplalnlng of their being nble to "evade" the Greek tioops. The reply uhlih was reeelved was slmllni to- the one piuvloiibly made by the Greek premlci , M. Dcljannls , namel > , ( hat Greece might make the tame complaint aa to the vlgllanco of the Turkish troops , "unlesx tbcie was a cugge'stlon of connivance between the two armies " Tlio next Important move which will he beard will be from the ( Jicck headquarters at Arts , whrro the lnnkn and principal ( itorcx , etc , , aru cloalng and removing Into thn Interior , and every other preparation poeiilbla is bring madti to get e > ut of barm's wuy liefoio dm war begins In earnest. At Arta , it Is well Itiinwn here , a foico of about Ii 0(10 ( men , organlrod by the Hthnlku Hotatrla , bus either stalled for Turkish terri tory or i making tlm llnal imparations force co doing This boly will bo divided into fix separate dotaehmcnts , each ably dlroeted and having n n'parato destination , \vlth tbo view of raising the Hag of the cross In a certain locally. Increasing lt& numbers as miKli as pObslblo and harassing the rear of ( do Turkish force , whUfi will bo directed fioni Junlna apilnst the Greek regulars , who will ope-rate against thn Turks from Arta Tbo ( Jrerlc goveinment has given "strict orders" to stop the departure of this furco of "Irregulars , " hut It Is ceml-omclally ex plained tbo Greek coiwuiindcr at Arta , Pol- onel Mane , U "unable to spare men to In- teroept them. " NoboJy even rxpecti-d he J would bo able to "spare nun" lo do EO Tbo Klhnlko Iletalrla probably counts htm aniQiig Jig devoted members , aa It does nearly all the olllclals In the Greek army , and the colont > l cau bo counted on not ( o Interfere with tdu caffull > prepared plans of the national Iraguo , v.hleb will muke Greece a countr } woitby of Its lo- ilout fadltlous or perish biavcly atniKBlIng to th la t In Itx efforts to bring about a realization of the dreum for > vhleh Its num. uers have hwoin to surrlflco their ll\cs ar.d Bl | } Mr bclopKlui8 ! , If need be. The Greeks' positions In the vicinity of Arta are much stronger than those of the lurlts , who , owing to the ) ectnt bcav > rnlim and had roads , Mil have imu-b dllll- cully In comnmulcitliiK wltb their t > se ot uppllc at Jnnlna , evtn If tie I5u-ck "Ir regulars" are not In their roar for the mir po e of preventing them from so del s The Greeks lire able to resell Arta from Aliien U tfteaty-rour l oiir , glrJut' them u tlue base ot suppllcR. an Immense advantage In a campaign such an the one planned by the Greek leaders. The volunteers from this city have al ready reached Arta and more are on their way there. It Is the Intention of the Greeks , when all Is ready , to attack and capture Jnnlna , which , according to the treaty of Berlin , rightfully belongs to Greece. Finally another force of "Irregulars" N preparing to cut off the Turkish communi cations with Salonlra , from where the TurltB nt Klasrona derive their eupplles. If th attempt Is micces ful the three Turkish army divisions , the eastern near Salonlca , the central nt Rlnssonn and the western at Janlna , In addition to the army corps nt Grevenn , will be cut oft from communica tion with eich other. In addition the Greek fleet proposes to make things lively off Sale nlca In order to prevent the landing of any uuppllcs there. A strong fleet l off Arta , ready to r ° nlEr effective service In that dt rcctlon Another Greek licet h off the Island of Sktnthos prepared to strike nt Salonlca ; another Greek fleet Is oft the Island of Skyro , prepared to attack the Turkish Is- lando In the Aegean f-oa. When the communications of the Turk ish division at Janlna arc cut off Us posi tion will be precarious , especially In the event of n rising of the Albanians In Its rear , which Is one of the objects which the Hthnlko Hctalra ban In view , A significant fact pointing to the way the wind Is blowing Is that the Greek govern ment has telegraphed to Colonel Berthes , who has promised to bring wltb him 2,000 Italian volunteers , to hold himself In rcadl- nes to come here nt any moment. All the Greek deputies have been summoned to at tend the next meeting of the Boulc , when an Important pronouncement Is expected. ' The powers , however , are still trying to avert war , wltb llttlo prospect of success It Is stated that the Trench ambassador at Constantinople , M. Gambon , has been In structed to draft an autonomous constitu tion for the Island of Crete , allowing the Cretans to choose their own governor , and providing for a simultaneous Greek and Turkish evacuation of the Island. It is feared these ofiers will have been made too late. LONDON , April 13 \ special dispatch from Constantinople alleges that the Greek plan Is to stir up a rebellion In Macedonia , to blockade Salonlca and to attack Prevesa ( the toUn on the Turkish Hide of the entrance of the gulf of Arta ) and Smjrna by sea , as well as to endeavor to lorce the- passage of the Dardanelles wltb the torpedo division of the Greek fleet IMbem Pasha , the Turkish commandci-ln-chlct in Macedonia , ha : ic- portcd to his government , that the Greek In surgents attacked the- Turks simultaneously at nine different points but were speedily surrounded , seveial prisoners taken and the latter have been sent to Salonlca. Tlie loss of the insurgents was heavy und that of the Tuiks timing _ _ IIOMIS roirru THIII'TIMS IMUHJUMI. SpiuilNli Diplomat'Hai ' Enil of tin- CiilinnITalr Mcrlc'licil nlccl. ( O.jirlRlit | , 1S97 , b > J'rckS I'utillrhlng Coinpin } ) MADRID April 12 ( By way of nnjounc Prance , April 13 ) ( New Yoik Woild Cable gram -Special Telegram. ) Political and "dip lomatic elides are animatedly discussing the Improvement of the prospsets of Spanish rule In Cuba , In consequence , It Is said , of an ac-tve ! exchange of eonfldcntlal and unofficial communications between the United States and the Spanish government slnrc MrKtnley and Sherman took ollice. It see-ms that Span ish diplomacy has intimated at Washington that Spain cannot entertain any MiggcKtioT of American mediation to obtain the sub mission ot the Cuban Insurgent" , and that Spain aslcs onlythat- -Americas er.ocutht continue to rbcck and punish filibuster ex peditions and separatists Juntas and propa ganda whenever the Spanish legation and oonmls produce sufficient evidence of their existence , as v.a done rerentb in the case of the separatist Junta's correspondence with Instructions to fubin Insurgents Spanish diplomacy wa = authori/ed to ive un6ttlclal eonfldentlat verbal nt-suiancCH tint If the Amoriran government lld that mm-li Spain considered Itself quite equal to tin- task of shortly rcdu'Ing the rebellion to such n pass that the Madrid gcv eminent will be Justified , In. the P.VPB of public opinion In Spall- and the colonies , to earrv out West Indian homi ru'o ' In a veij liberal spirit , and , it. Its wako , e\ttn lvo tariff rcfnim that would make vcn Mby afterward n treaty of commerce between the United States , Cuba and Porto Ulco. In the simo v ay the American Stntp depart- mcnt was glve-i to understand that Spain will Jn the future deal more lonlpntlv with th f > opitntl t , nnd ( bit when homo niln Is put In force a geneial nmncstv will bf- j granted , to Include all rebels biibmlttlng j j within a cut.iln. pcilnl and nil political con1 j 1 \lcts , pilscners and -iucpeets exl'ed or trans ported to Spanish fortresses and penal set tlements. v Itbnnt trlil Only the ver > Intrnnslgoant oonsorv alive * . of the Homero Hoblodo group and the re actionary part ) of r-uba object to the con duct ot the government A majority ol Spaniards now-a-divs believe moie In the efficacy of the political diplomatic action embodied - * bodied In colonial reforms and In frlendlj understanding wllh the Ameilcnn govern ment tnan In purely mllltarv action to achieve the pacification of Piiha. The auton omist party Is said to be activclv rainasslng the poparatlits In the colony , with a view to Inducing them to submit. AllTIHJlt R HOUGHTOX. n viTi.nsmi' om : io'AGHOI M > . SIlcl.H on tinHoMoiu Willie Hnli-rl tinI > r > Dock. WASHINGTON , April 1 ? Word re ehi-d the Navy department today fiom Commander Whiting , In charge of the Puget Pound naval station , \ \ usliiiiF.ton , that the battleship Oicgon had grounded while ai > pioachlng ( he- dork Into which It was about to go to have ItH bottom KI raped and painted The ills- patch added that the vessel bad bent Ufa framed ( or ribs ) and bottom platen In the vicinity of the forward turret , but it did not In any other way Indicate' whether the dam- ugo unstained bad been seriou.s This will bo deti-imtiu-d by a thorough Investigation which .Societal y Long has oulen-d to be made by Naval Constructor Cappp , v\ho was tbo government representative ut the Union Iron works n' San rraaelsco nnd who bad b-on sent lo Puget sound with a gang of men from the Mare Island navy > ard to scrape and paint the ve i > el His onlcis are to it-port the amount of dnmage iloni- , and the estimated eost of repair. The expression at the navy > urd Is that tbo accident oc- cuned Eomo time carl ) > cbtorlaj. and that later Iho oltlctm of the vessel prahabl ) MIC- eerded In potting tl-f- vessel off tup giound tMid Insldo tin- dock The Pugpt found dock it tbo only one on tbo Pad lie roast laigo enough to aeeommudato a ship the size of the Oregon \I-MH for tin- Arm ) . WASHINGTON April IS The following assignments to regiments of otllccrs teci'titlj promoti'J from non-comiulssloncd officers are Hindi' Second Lieutenants Preston Drown In company 1C , Second Infantry , Fort Kcogh , Mont. , W D. Conrad tc rompanj 0 , Four- letn'h Infantry , Vancouver Barracks ; Ixiwls I Gross to company I , Sixth Infantry , Tort Ihomas , Ky ; Thomas Pranklln to companj , Tuiuity-thlrd Infantrv , Tort Clark , Ti-x ; H Mcel to rompany D Nineteenth In- Ifntry , Tort Wa > ne , Mich , I'liicifor iniiT ; i > ii. WASHIIHJTON , April 13. ( Spe-rlal Tele- prumRobert ) A nmerson of Nebraska has been appointed expert horticulturist In the Agricultural dtpaitmcnt at { 1,200 per annum. ' K \V.V Mi3i > irUiT\\MiMii IHSSI.VUj ) r. J. A. hi-OKK * of Kt-oKiiK linn Il - aiirarri | | fiom Mix HOIIII- , KKOKUK la , , April 13. Dr. J A SCORRS , I I member of the Iowa Board of Medical Ex aminer * nud becreUiy of tlie Kcokuk Mod- cal college , disappeared from his home uiuliy , and bus iiresent UereaUouta arc UltUllOAO. > MEETS PUBLIC APPROVAL Selections for the Monetary Commission Conceded to be Strong Ones. STEVENSON IS THE PRESIDENT'S CHOICE Senator AVol(5otf Very Hopeful of the of tlio CoimiilNilun , lttoa from an Un- Source. WASHINGTON , April 13. Tlie ramlng o threa commlosloncrs by President MrKlnley und'jr the act of the lost corgrcsp to promoti bimetnlllsni was the subject of consldcrabli discussion about the cipllol today. Almos without exception the sclectlors were com mcndad. Scrntors , regardless ot party , wen ploiscd with the selection ot ex-Vice Prcsl dent Stovcneon. It appears that this selec tlon was the president's own , no one appear li.g to urge his appointment. The prcalden desired a den ocrat who stood high In lit party and who was an earnest silver man Ho sent for Mr , Stevenson and , after talking the subject over with him , decided to maki him a men. her ot the commission , Picsldcn McKlnlcy desired that the tnibjeet of Inter national blmetall'sm should be lifted nbov party politics and that the men selectee should be those who would work In harmony toward brlrglng about an ngrcc.ueit. I was also believed by the president that tin name of Mr Stevenson would give the com mission great weight abroad Among the earnest advocates of the selec tlou of Mr. Pa > ne wcio Senators Hoar. All ! ton and Chniidlcr , all of whom talked will the president on the tmbject nnd recom mended him as a man who would materially ilia the cause of bimetallism. It has beer , generally conceded for some ti.iio past that Senator Wolcott would be ono of the commirslouer ns his hardes work since the election has been In the dlreo tlon of bringing about an International agree ment. Sectlor Wolcott Is very hopeful o success. He look ? forward to hard work but sajs from what he learned while abroai last > cir , he Is moat sanguine of results Senator Wolcott believes that In the selec tion of the commission , and especially In naming Mr. Stevenson , a allvei man , am who suppoited Mr Bryan , President McKln- Icy has convinced everybody that ho Is an earnest blmtlalllst. Bimetallism at home and abroad , he says , will be promoted bj thli selection. Opposition to the scheme for Intelnotlona blipe'alllsm bcs developed from an unex pected source. Moreton rre.-.an of Rut land , who has given a great dua ! ot attention to the subject ani who has visited this country several times In the Interest of silver. Is now oppos ing an International agreement , and declares that the monej question Is one whicli each nation must settle for Itself. Mi Krcwcn will oppose anj agreement and use bis Ih'lu- cnce ngali st the new commission when 1 pofM abroad WOLCOTT S IDEAS. Senator Wolcott enld today that gold standard countiles would oppose anj further ttnpieolation of silver and that efforts were now being made to prevent any further fall of silver In India ; also that the demand for gold by Japan In establishing a gold stand ard would cause u dialn of gold from Uurope which uonlil bo leslstcd by gold countries In tlie Unlte'd States Senator Wolcott antici pates little opposition to bimetallism. What ppposltlon , Mr. Wolrott sijs , tliete Is comes from the German bankers of New York , who nr aliendv fighting bimetallism and whoso opposition the commission will meet when H goes to Km opo. Scm-uor Wolcott further said that there ap peals to be a mistaken impression that the conunlsMon Is appointed with the purpose inview , of having It represent the United States at a conference enl > . While the com mission might be utilized In that wa > If a conference ) should be held. Its first work Ii to be if u purely diplomatic character , looking entlicly to securing European co operation The comml sion expects to leave tl.ls con n to about ( lie mlddln ot May , and upon its ai rival In Rurope will set lUelf to tint task. Whether there shall ho a con- fptcnco nt all depends OH bow the advances oi' thn mlnisteis oiu received by the prln- cl'il poweis. Iho appointments insphed little comment among the members ot the house , who were nt the cnpltol toe'nv. ' Clalrmnn Dlngley of thn ways and moans committee cald the ap- pointers weie all good men This verdict was endorsed by nil of the r--pre cntntlves , but thn lepubllean members wen-averse to mak ing any predictions a& to the- probability of success with theRinopenn powers. It was suggested that the European antagonism to a protectlvo tat HI policy on the part of the United States made the present time an unfavorable ono for thy United States to tnko the initiative to secure blmctall'sm ' h } International agreement. STRVHNSOX ACCRPTS. BLOOMINGTON , III. , April 1.1. R\-VIco President Ste-veiibon said today when ques tioned about his nppnlii'mrnt on the commis sion for the piomotton of an international nfii cement "I appreciate the c-ompllmeiit paid to me by the pirsldent ami will cheerfully render what assistance- 1 ran to areumpllsh the- ob ject ot Hir rommtsflon. "I am u blmetallHt. I regard the restora tion of silver to Its pioper money function as the supreme question In our own country inel throughout the woiId. The- Importance of the iji'pBtlon rniinot bo overstated. In this country the liareaae Ip th ° volume of buslneRH Is bcvoncl computation In the light of thrso factb the rehabilitation of sil ver Is a pilme ncieshlly. Should HH demon etisation become the settled pollc > the c\II davs upon which we have fallen hut dimly foreshadow ron 'qucuces yet to comeWhnt - evci our \iewh may be an to thn ability of our government to maintain the fiiu and unlimited comagp of ullver without tbo co- opciatlon of Uiu leading countries of Ku- rope , it may he tafely o&auracel that every friend of tdlvri In our country will welcome International bimetallism "As to the piobabllity of huccca of this commission It Is known that the trend of public sentiment. In Kuropc-an countries , as weill as our eAut , is undoubtedlyfavoiablo to bimetallism Many of the publicists of Rngland nnd Get many are In earliest accord with our govpinmiMit upon this question bhould public Feiitlnient in those countries justlf } an International conference , ono would undoubtedly be- called and action tal.cu that would be eleemed proper" Tti ftM r. HI'i'iit OM : MOHI : CIIANCI : fiolll Dt-inillTUtS SlIJ 'l'lll- > ' \ \ lllNNlNt la VIii1.1 UK a eiiiiiriiin. rilANKrORT. Ky , April 13. Conunon- we-alth'u Attorney John U. Smith was called to assist In the preparing of Indictments ( or the grand Jury. The grand Jury was In ne clou this morning working en Iho Indict ments Te > daj 's session for senatorial balloting wao spiritless at tlm bt-glnnlng The demo at crats of both factions and the anti-Hunter republicans nil refiallied fiom answering e-lther to the preliminary roll rail or to tliat for a ballot , the result b ° IiiK exactly the Eamc ns on j c tei dp.y. except as to tbo num- bei of vottb received by Hunter , whicli wrt R7Mi Mi , Jonrs moved to adjourn , but the repub licans liiflsted and by n vote of fi7 nays tone no > eas , the aftcmlily refused to adjourn , llje president ruled a vail of tlie bouee WEB life' enl > thing Ii order , except tuo motion toradjouin I'lnally the rcpuhllcans askcc ] the rail of the house and the gold demociata moved to adjourn , The lattei prevailed. The gold democrats iuy that Blackburn has re- used to do an > thing for Mai tin and tomorrow they will make a quorum and give Hunter ono more chance. Circuit court adjourned for the day before any report by the grand Jury had tern made- . Tlie gol4 democrat * , t n caucus held to night , decided to brdnk no niorc quorums In the balloting for United Statis { ienntor. Th-j admit that Hunter Is liafcla to be electei now , but they say that the ( Blackburn men who refuse to support Martin' will be re sponslblo for the rtcult. ' 1C Hunter Is no elected after n few'Ttrlala they will domain that he retire. Tnqy Arc ejctcrmtncd tlm If they cannot electft gold ] democrat they will help eject a Kofjl republican. The grand Jury Irtrio. reado ( report. Th stnta executive eomnHltce ; of ( he silver de mocrncy today callrefi a state convention to bo held In this city Jtmo 2 for the nomlnn tlon of n clerk ot Iho court of appeals. Th < committee reiterates UK Approval of the na llonnl platform adoptrel at Chicago , but I moro llbertl In the ( provisions of th9 cnl with refsrence to who shall participate It coifnty nnd state conventions. HO.MMl TO TIUniTs JIM'PP.HSOX ncinocratlc Clul > * ? Slt at Table at til .Niilloiinl faiillal , WASHINGTON , April J3. The 15 < th an nlvoreiry of JefferBon' * hlrlluhy was celc bratcd tonight at the Metropolitan hotel b ; a subscription dinner Riven under th auspices of the National As'oclatlon ot Dem ocratlo clubs. The , flr-a celebration of th anniversary ot Jefferson's birth occurred n the same hostelry , then known as the Indian QUcen. Jackson wfts the | ; ucst of honor am' the occasion was made memorable by th presence of Vice Presldl-nl John C. Calhoui and other democratic loaders of that day Tonight W. J. Brjon was the guest of honor Senators , representatives and others con splcuous In the councils , of the democrat ! party \vcro present. Many of them w r from n distance. Qovris were laid for 20 and many were denied ( eats for want o space at the tables , The decorations of the room were simple The columns were tw ncd with southen smllax and a full-length portrait of Jefferson drnpeel with American flags , was hung behlne the sent ot Governor Channcey r Black o Pejiiibylvanln. the president of the as ocla tlon Upon his right wr-re Mr. Brjnn , Re-pre entatlve McMHIIn , who acted as toastmas ( tcr , and on the left Seinetor Jones of Arkan sas , Hcprcsentatlvc Bland ot Missouri , Itcprc sontntlve IxMitz of Ohio and et-Hepresenta live Slblevt of Pennsylvania The dishes were all American creation and each course , as far as possible , repre scnted one scctlcn of the country The din nei began promptly at Jt o'clock , and orches tra ptajlng national alrt , blended with South crn melodies. The order of the set toast was as follows : "Thomnfl JefTfrpotUVe Celebrate the Annlvcrsiry of Ills Uirlh , not In the Spirit of Personal IdoCtitrv- , but from He ; g-urd and Ileve-rpnce for Ills I'ollticnl Priiv | ) Ios , " Wllllnm J Brjnn of Nebraska "The Diffusion of Inforthatlon nnd Ar- rnlKiiment of All AbllS K t-t the H.ir o ! I'ubllo Opinion , " ( fciin | JefferHon's In .nigurnl address ) , , Iim : , t K. Jones of Ar knnsns "Hqual nnd Iljtact Justice to AI Men of Whatever Stntt or 3'ersunMon , He HeloiiH or Polltlcnl,1' Itrch tra P Bland ol Missouri. "The DeclniutlOn or Imlepend cncu. An Rndnrlng Monument of thnt Ue \otlon to Liberty nnd Abhorrence of T > r- nniiv whicli Ptnmp thes Chnrncter am" Mnrk of the Whole rouVst } tt the Life o dress ) , John J. Lents of Ohio. "An Ails tocrncy of Wealth ig r More Harnj"iliui Danger thnn Hencfit to b'oclotv , " ( Jeffe-r- don's ) , Andrew J. Llsooml ) of Virginia. "A Je-aloiiB Cnre of tbe > lUglit" of Actions 111 thp Peoplo. A Mild , and S.lfeCorrective of Those Abuses Whjtlt are topped bv the Sword or He-volutlon In Countries Whe-ip Pencenble Hemedles' ' , . Are , Uhprovldrd ' ( from Jeffcrdon's inaugural addrexs ) , AVil- llam , Sulzer-ef Newi Yoik. Mr. Bryan said , In'piitj , ' * The democrntic p.irt ; ' Ts strong just It propottlon ns It proves true to the tene-hlnp' of its grent founder , -it la the mission of the elemQcr.itlc pnrtj tot crvstalllze Into le filiation tb - prlne'IrHcl , * nich IIP taught. The party applies dumorrntlc principles to th < - Issues which arise frnm time to time Tor many > car the tnrjrr question vvns the pTr.imoutit issue nhdj the party took n. moro nelv.inced position , inuh yenr ntl U1A when It declared itsulf In f.ivor of n policy ivhlch meant hubstnntially , a Xnrlfr for revenue only Hut tue'icMdunt elected tit thnt tltnp. Instead , qf proceedlnir to carry out thnt portion of theplutforni fou-ed upon public attention n Issue vvhleh hail up tn thnt time Dcen conslel roil ser- oiiditrj .Mr ClevplinelJ moretlmn .un other one pe-icnn In thlft nation , Is lebpon- "Ililp for the- prominent position which the money question now "occupies. It was hlj dctcrmlnntlon to complete the di monetlyn- tlnn of silver and mi.lof the gold statidnrd perpetuil th.it aroused the rmssf of Ih * rtilte-d States to aclHo replctitnce The striiRslp for Hitpremnev beivreen thp golil standard and blmctntllsU vvns re-e-ognl/eel ns a r.ontest between th6hioney power nnd the common people. , / The p-cpllelt ikrmintldntln favor of f re o ami unlimited eolnagp.SitflC to 1 w t-ojt waiting tor the aid or.cpiisent of any other nation , vvns made neeefsi.iry by the- attempt of certain publle- men tbNivbli ] the preceil- Ing plitform.s. The if.irty strufepliwhich culminated In the Chicago convention of necesHlfv nllcnnfpd a portion of the partv 'I In- I'nrtyvah placed In the position wlie-ri It was eompelled to emlevie the financial jiollev of the presldeiit/ udtipre lo the- eloctrlne.s and tridlt'onsCof the party Tlm position taken by th"f democratic pirtv in ISM will not be surrtnncree ] If jou doubt tiio'pornwinenoy of the Chl- rage iibitform. ns n party crped , go among the rank and Hie of th > - party and mewire the zeal and enthuslftsm-whlch that plat form tins armi ed. nnel yrtu realize theIm - posHlblilly of Inking n backward stpj ) . Trup the pnse-nt ndmlnH'.ratlon Is Heeklng to turn public attention toitttp tariff question. but If our reasoning IM well founelpd nn In- oreihcof tnxes cannot restore prosperity to tiniirodueer or wPilth .If the DInKley bill brings general rfiifl ipermnncnt pros perity I ( he ele-mocrntlc party will Tiot be In a position to win a. route st by opposing It. i ir , on thp other hiindi the Ulnglev bill pioves a elKippolntnujnt to thoseVMIO ad vocate ) It , our position of IMS vvlll lie strengthened nnd publlo' attention will IK- rlvpte d on thci fnct that the * equine of llmui- eilnl depression Is to be found In our mone tary > stem * There is much In recen.tcvents to rncour- apet tlio followers or ThonwiH Jefferson The spring elections Indicate a growing senti ment nlong the llnta of ihe Chle.iKo plat form In fje-t tha cje-etlons vhie h h ive- tiikcn nlnco mow so great a gnln that HIP rcviihllcun inirtywill now bo ronsldpred i minority party. It IIIIH but one hope of pHcnpe from the vvnitli to come , nnd thnt IK to secure bimetallism , by International agreement. In-foro the pedplp of the nation have another opportunity to speak at HIP polls While wo whobpllcve ' In Inde- ; ) cndrnt bimi'tnlllttn-fcpivrnlly regnrel nn nternatlon.il ngre-cnifcnt ( is neither IICCCB- nary nor possible , we , may -w HI hope for SUCCCHS to any who rt jy piake the- attempt to fiee-uro foreign niai.-ttuiiw if our cp- lonentH suepeeil in oneillnp , the mints of other nntlons ns vvedl HK plir own mints wo mnll rejolre. becaufejtlie conilltloiiH of : lie projjp vvlll IHI Improved ami they will e ptiabled to proceed wlin other remedhl eglslntlon HowejY r. If tjie republlran iiirty , after pledglniaiuler.j , ) > Inttrn.itlonul ilmetnlllsm , llnds if topoMlblei to fulilll thnt pledge Its exprfs.se ; I pre-fereneo for a loulilo standard vvlll risf ur > to condemn t , if It attempts to I'ontlnue longer the evils of the gold Htniiitard. vi'i'i\i < TO riiij ii jii < i3'5 IMHTV. _ . < I'oiiullNt ' ' Ainl ' Se'iialoi'N ( 'oiiKrcHHiiii-ii Aelilri-NK thr I'l/llllf. / WASHINGTON , April T3. An address on The Situation and CourseThai. . Duty Points , " las been Issued bya Joint caucus of popu- 1st senators and congrpssfncn. The address Icclares that never In ; t1ie _ history of the mrty has there bevn 'such cause for hcpo m the part of those who ivere seeking re , orms along financial &pd Industrial lines as tbo present time * , t'To the people' * larty , " It Is asserted. "Is duo the creellt for he bolt of the republican convention at St , xiuls , and the revoU In Iho democratic mrty hat rescued ho Chicago convention from he clutches of the bondholders and bank- ng combine , " Is "JIad Mr Bryan been elected president vlth congress In sympathy with him , " the address continues , ' . 'the money question vould have been speeellly settled , and with orty or moro trusted leaders of our party In ongress and thu state governments of sev eral states In uiir hauJs the trantportatlon luestlon and other vital Issues presented b > our platform would hate at once become the enter of political dlecurilon , and tbo pc-o. lie's party would soon" dce ulre second , If not first , place In the politic ? of our country. " Clnird-r I'lmNCM Oi t-r tlie Vt-to. ALBANY , April IS The Greater Neiv fork charter bill has 4 > astcd | the senate over Mayor Strong's veto by a vote of 31 to 10 , GETTING AFTER BOODLERS Investigating Oommlttco at Topeka luVtes Sorao Iloidwayi GRADUALLY UNCOVERS GOOD HARD FACTS Additional l'\ liliuciof Corruiilloi IlroiiKlit Out lij the * tjMiiiiliiatlou Of AVItllCMI IKl I llltle 1'iiKt * ItraelN u IXutu. TOPI2ICA , Kan , April 13 Much nddl tlcnal evidence of booelllng was developed m todaj's session of the leglslatlvo bribery In vcstlgatlon committee. A law giving the committee power to Imprison witnesses who refused to answer questions was unenrthce and used with effect. C Wcllcp , chairman of the fusion cnu cus during the legislature nnd speaker pro tein , was the first witness At his hotel lip had noticed several members going up to the second floor , and there was a good deal o gossip about what was going on , He ac costed Divls ot Wl'son county ns he asccndei the stairs ono dny , and Wilson told him he hnd been Invited to support the Hackney amendment , nnd that If he should do BO them was some money In It for him. Davh enl-1 be had declined the offer Davis sale that Prank Strickland of Wjandotte had come nfter him. Strickland , witness said was reputed to be "handled" by P B Wag' goner , who had rooms nti the serond floo1- nbrn McCarthy , a houno page , said thai lip had cairled notes and packages from ni'-mbi-rs of th house to a n'an named Wil son. He thought the packages contains hou'o r.nd tenate bills. He carried sucl packages or notes to Brown of Greeley , Larl iner of Shuwnce. Cubblson ot Wyandotte Kalrehlld of Klngman and others. Ho ree two of the notes Ono wns to Representitlve Poley , in which witness declared Wilson asKc I Polcy not to mipport the text bill Ii a notf to Cuhblson was written "Keep join foices In line. Whnt nbout Hothwcllci A. W. Mead of Paola said that C H Wal ters of Labette county told him he had re ceived $100 for opposing a certain bill am that he was to receive $500 more. At the elcsc of the session he exhibited $1,000 whicli ho said ho had mode during the session Walters said to witness that It was easy for a main of ordinary Intelligence to make money. "Who gave Walters this monej' ' " "Well he said the $100 had come from a man who wzs rcprrhcntlng the American Hook company He eald he hod posted S. U Boyd ho v to make tpmo money ami gav c mo to underbtand that Boyd was working for him Bojd was gone for two or three days once and , upon his return , he said he had made a deal with the Stock Yards com pany. His duty win to find out what mem- bcis could bo bought ; somebody else was to do the buying. " J M. Doylei of Republican county testified that he was npproacned by a stranger before the house hal voted on the stock jards bll ! and asked how he stood on the measure Witness replied that he was for the bill thereupon the man said"If you were against It , lbore would bo some money In It for you. " Dojio said thnt when the text book bill was recommended for passage a teacher In Republican county warned him to beware of the bill , stating that State Superintendent Stryker had n scheme to sell some worthless booj : nian.i3crlt | to the state. For a long tim Doyle refused to divulge * the name ol tbo teacher , but when reminded ot- the la * compelling witnesses to ta-swer questions promptly replied , "Mr. Nichols. " Ho die ! not know his Initials Wellep was recalled and told of visiting Waggoner's rooms at the latt < ; r's Instigation. He told Waggoner that he had offered n com promise to the Brown railroad bill , and Wap- soner said thnt It the populists would be * les severe on the railroads , they would help the party In future campaigns. Representative Paul Rusfioll said S. R Bo > d had offered him M.OGO if he would In fluence Senator Crossnn to vote for the Ilnnna substitute to the stock yards bill. oi'OM.Nt ; JIIHUM ; SUA aii'irni l.ouiloii I'api-i-M Talt < - a I'I-NN Vlciv of tin.Situation. . LONDON , April 13. A representative ot the Assojlated press has learned that com munications are patslng between Washington and London with reference to the Bering sea. The greatest becrecy Is observed hero m the subject. The Pall Mall Gazette refers to the re opening of this question as another "Lesson of the weakness of arbitration , " and says It eloc-s not see how Great Britain can be expected to antedate a division of awards , adding that they can be tossed aside , "be cause one party does not get Its full de mands. " The St. Jamca Gazette says : "Tho United States has inflicted another blow on the be lievers In arbitration. It may be possible this matter may become ns serious as thn Venezuelan dispute We are bound to sup port the r'auadlans' leosonablo claim , and the result might make us regret the failure of the ( joneral arbitration treaty did It not she * . non small respect Washington feels for arbitration. " A representative of the Associated press has hod Interviews on the subject with the heads of the sealing Industry here. The Im porters of London hall with satisfaction the prospect that It will diminish or stop pelagic scaling nnd urge an extension of the close tlmo of pelagic scaling to the end of August and the close of the zone to 200 miles from the PrlbjlofT Islands. They complain that Canada Is ruining the future of the trade , that prices are so low that fewer expedi tions are being fitted out , and they hope the United States will carry out Its Intention to exclude ell the northwestern female skin ? , ; adding that It Canada would only consent , some arrangement might bo made to resume pelagic scaling a few years hence , when seals are moro plentiful. The Glebe remarks that there Is no doubt Lord Salisbury will refuse to reopen tbo ' Bering sea question until the stipulated date and until Canada's claims are satisfied. Henry White , tbo United States charge d1 . affaires , has hael a conference with the for eign office 911 the subject WILL < ! ( ) TO KANSAS CITV. Oiniilin Firm to Take Chargeof tilt * I.e-iiilliiK Tlii-ati-i- Aiiolbi-r Tovtn. KANSAS CITV , April 13. ( Special Tele . gram. ) A deal was completed tonight by which Paxton & Burgess nre to control Kansas City's leading theater , the Audi torium , under a lease for a term of years , dating from May 1 , 1897 , Mr. Burgess , who closed the deal with the owner of the theater , Alexander Kiazer , will remove his w family to Kansas City and be the local rrp- Ii rcscntatlvo of the management. He will n go to Now York at once to make the bookIngs - Ings for the- coming season It IB the Intcn- of tlon , sa > s Mr Burgess , to keep up the a present policy of strictly first class attracp tlons and first class house service for which of the present manager , John P Slocum , has h made the house famous Moro than $50,000 w was expended on the theater just before the present season , although It was already In line condition , BO that Its present condition superb , Mot -iiie-iitH of Ore-nil VPMHI-IN , April in. . At Ne-vv York Arrived Tfiurlc , from Llv- erpool ; Havel , from Hremrn ; Pennsylvania , rein Hamburg ; iil ; la , from Kiiples , At Rotterdam Arrived bpaurnduin , from Now York. At Southampton Arrived Berlin , from Antwerp , for New York it At Quee-nstovvn Arrived Waesland , from 'hlladelphla. At Yokohama Arrived KmprcsB of India , rom Vnn < ouver. At Sydney Sailed Mlow era , for Van couver * At Movllle Arrlvi-d Anchorla , from New York , for Ola Ko\v. nnd nropetded At Cfpenftinsen-ArrUeJ-llec a , fro-n New York. imivr.s Item-lie tlio IllKlu-il I'i ' " 'Unit ; Ai'iirn anil CIIUNCN MnBHg roll III PLATT3MOUT1I. Neb. , AfHBs ( Special Telegram. ) The river nt | | | tins been rising rapidly for the lia-Jjaffr days and eerlous apprehensions are ci PBlnod for the tafcty of the resldenU of the Iowa bottoms , Immediately opposite tilts city. The river lias overflowed Us bnnk on the Iowa side ami fields are covered with water , locomotion being furnished by boai. Two houses ore almost nfloat , the water standing two feet deep In the fields adjoining The residents ars all prepared to move at a moment's no tice and If the river rises another foot the whole country will be flooded The Burling ton built a tpur from the main line two miles long down to Ilif rlvcr'o edge last jcni and up to > csterdiy It was filled with empty earn , but the track Inn been cleared and a force of men engaged to protect the line , which Is In the greatest danger of belni , swept aw a ) . CALHOUN , Neb , April 13 ( Special ) - The Missouri river is the highest at this place It has been for some jcars The river Is out of Its banks nnd flooding the bottom lands Settlers along the river worked all night moving their things to higher lands. Sotmi did not have tlmo to get their stock all out When ono settler was reached he was standing on a box In the house , with the water a foot deep around him Stuee > CKterdaj at noon the river his rlse'ii n foot If the liver rises much moie It will llood the whole bottom lands It has been raining hero for two da > s. TKKAMAH , Neb , April 13. ( Special. ) The Mlbsonrl along the Hurt county river front has been \erj high during the past few da > s , flooding nil the sloughs and low lands Lake Qulnnelnug has been filled tip to within a few Inches of the top of the bank , which at thp usual stage of the water Is ten to twelve feet Jilgh If It rises buf- llelcntly to coma over tlie lake liank It will flood a large amount of good farming 1 md and ciusc considerable damage The lake continues to wash the banks by the action of the waves caused by the hlijh winds OAKLAND , Neb , April 13.- ( Special ) - Water In the Logan valley , which has been from a mlle to two miles wide for a month , Is going down and the big roller mills here , which have been Inactive on account of high water , are prepailng to resume opera tions HAMBURG , la. , April 13 ( ? p ° clal ) The Missouri river broke through the levee about flvo m'lcs ' west of thla city bit night and the bottom lands are flooded The Kam > as City , St Joseph & Council Bluffs railroad Is under water and all tiafilc Is abandoned north of the cltj. The water is still rising and It is fear ° d that South Hamburg will bo Inundated before morning The slough that rims through the town Is now a rushing ilver and If the water ri'va eight or ten Inches moro It will be over the levee a'ld all residents of South [ umbuig will be obliged to &cek higher land L ind Is now flooded that w.is not covered with watei in the gieat flood of 1SS1 , and as the watei comes with cuch a rush many farmers are at their homes s > urround ° d with the water VCKMILL1ON S D , April IT ( Spec ! il Te-legiam ) There was another rise of t'o feet in the Missouri river todav. The water on the bottoms Is giaduallj receding and the land drying out. The Vermllllon river Is rising rapidly this evening PICRRn , S. D , April 13.-Speelal ( Tele gram ) The rlvsr reaehed Its highest stage hero last night for flvo jcars , going to twelve and a bait feet It has been falling slowly all day and considerable luc has conic down STIIr < HOI-DIMf. .C'ontlniK'it , Y. JJiiiinc IvoepM. Nlpi'l Il\vr AVlthlii ItouiulH. NEW ORLEANS , Aprl ) 13. Yesterday was full of alarms , but the night came wlthoiit a. single break hi the Louisiana lino. The , river is rising steadily , and the weak spots In the leveca are developing with greater rapidity. The Pecan Grove levee In St. Ber nard has been found full of erawflsh holes , and while It may be held thli reason , It will have to bo rebuilt. A number of levees across the river have been found defective , but an army of men and a nuibs of mati rial arc holding them. Up the stream , on the New Orleans eld ? of the river , danger spots have developed , but prompt work Is telling there The planters along Bajou La Tourehe are camping on the banks and marshalling their forces for protection , and a weak levee line has be ° n held against what seemed ceitaln ruin. The great lesson hzti been to build the levees higher and stronger and trust le'fu to the last moment , and the iciult will bo the oiganlzatlon of new lcv > e boards and greater activity In the future Still a greater lc non has been that even the strong est leveca are Insufficient unl ° es the banks are properly declined. Ditches are now dug wherever the water stands' In the roads or cornea through the levees , but the drainage s > i'em ! will bo general and vastly improved before the next high water The people behind the levcctt are learning the lessons with full Intent to profit by them , but are working hard to prevent the newly acquired knowledge proving too costly before It can be put to use. It will be several day lieforo the highest water reaches hero , and by the end of the week the crisis should bo past , but adverse windy on the gulf may back thn water up ami delay tlio prajed-for relief The rlve-r washed over a number of the New Orleans levees yesterday , but there Is neither great danger nor ' damage HIVIK Still ContliiiieN to CnrijAmi ) \ alualilc * l'roirrt > . ST. PAUL , April 13 A Grand Perks , N , D , special to the Dispatch says : The great flood of 1897 Is slowly but surely subsiding. The waters bnvo icceded twcnty-fcur Inches since Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock , and it ioon today stood 44 0 feet above the low water mark , Some danger still exists and hero tray yet bo trouble from Rod lake river. The Meelianidam at Thief river has been car- led away and with It over 4,000,000 foot of ogs , which are cnrouto to Crookston ami 3rand Forks. Reports are coming In of damages done by the floods and of much euf- 'eilng up in the Snake river country Dob- mler's largo Ice house , containing 1,500 tons of lee , left IU foundation and hay gone down .he stream , A portion of Cliallle'n Ice hoiiko went down the stream yesterday. Largo limntltlua of cord wood are floating down the river The Great Northern road has suc ceeded In closing Its draw , since which pas- tenger and freight trains have been passing both ways all the forenoon. Affairs In. thla city are looking brighter an.l residents of the loodel districts are preparing to return to .heir homes , iHlllllll IIMtC UrCllkN , ASHWOOD , La , ( via Tallula , La. ) , April 13 The levee around Davis Island gave way at 11 a. m. today. The inland will be en tirely submerged1 In a few moro hours The water lias fallen here one and a half Inches , n consequeneo of the break Stock Is being shipped off now by boats Davis Island , commonly known as Davis bend , Is a part Warren county , Mississippi , containing about 13,000 acres of land , of which u large mrt Is In cultivation It IB entirely outuldo any levee sjBtcm but the planters theio lave for > ears maintained one of tlalr own a wltb great miccoss , , , , , , , , , a ItlM-r ItUi'N South of VlrkNltursr. MIIMPHIS , Tenn. , April 13 , The river continues to rise south of Vieksburg and the wlft current Is thiowlng the water all over ho levees , with enormous force. Several teak -spots have developed In tbo Southern evee and th < > people In that noctlon are mak- UK heroic struggles to tave their property Tonight the back water In the flooded Mis- Itslppl delta Is about stationary , The river Memphis continues to fall slowly. At lelena , the river It ) declining at the rate of wo tuntbs of n foot dally , The refugees arc necking Into Helena toy every boat. Son lu llooOi-TiioUrr. WASHINGTON. April -The wife of Commander liootli-Tueker oC the B.ilv.illon army gave birth to u BOH today. FLOODSNORTHOMAHA River is Out of Its Bonks and Threaten ) Great Danger to Property , OLD MISSOURI BREAKS DOWN AIL BARRIERS Leaves Its Channel and Sweeps Over Nortb Omaha Bottoms. TURNS ITS WATERS INTO FLORENCE LAKE Country North of Gut-Off Lake Completely Inundated. DRIVES MANYSETRERS FROM THEIR HOMES Stream of Wulvr TlKiiiMtinilH of Pcut AVlilo Snce-plui ; In TOM aril , Hunt Oiualia. Carr > tnir All Ili-forc It. A flood , second only to the terrible visita tion of water In ISM , although It 1ms no far boon fuc ; less disastrous , swept over the low lands of northern Omaha ami the noithcrn portion of Hast Omaha on Momlaj night , jcs- tcrtlii } und last night , lca\lng behind It a scene of desolation , devastation and waste. Uy herculean efforts , together with the fact that the river rested after Its outburst at.il rcinnlncd practically stationary , the water s In a measure restrained jcstc-rdav after noon anil the clinger was Inrgcll avtrtcj. Hut the end may not be jet. Yesterday's gloomy dawn was a fitting set ting for the watery wa to upon which 1C lowered In all that portion of Hast Omaha that lies to the north of Out Off lal < e The Eectlon appeared to be one \nst sea with Isles dotting Its .surface. This Impression vvnsj speedily dispelled , liowevct , b > the evidences of Hood tint the scene afforded Houses and bains and sheds blood In water that ranged In depth from one to five feet. Tops of fence posts extended along the water } surface HKo strings of beads. Submerged trees showed but their bra'ches and tops above the water. The sccno was fashioned In what could bo termed a twinkling of an cjc. At 1 o'clock on Monday afternoon Hast Omaha was dry land At 5 o'clock the people In niiny of the houses on the Island were fleeing from their homes. Yesterday morning almost the entlro northern portion of the Hand was from ono to five Icot under watei The beginning of the flood occurred several dajs ago Tor weeks paht the ri\er has been rising gradually and rapidly. Dtlt It vvaa thought that there was no danger. It was b.M'cvod ' that the levees would hold. They did hold until the mighty volume of water , that vvati rushing down the stream could V > 6 , 'ostralned by neltLer natural nor artificial bounds. WI1RN THT3 nnUAK BEGAN. Three days ago the water" crept over the top of the bank In the bend of tlifc riven Justj below Florence. It came , , elowlyat ( list , but It found taster pibaagc as time went by. Early yesterday afternoon the force became resistless. A great hole was dug In the shore. A fisherman's hut , that appeared to block the way , was torn out bodily and swallowed up by the river. The watci , hav ing cho en und made Its path , poured along It onto the- bottoms to thibo.ith. . The spread of tlm flood was rapid The break In the river bank oecurre.1 almost at the point where Sherman a\onue would enter the river This It some dlhtance below Florence. The water was yesterday mornirg rushing from this point upon the lowlands through a elnnncl which was estimated to bo 2,000 , feet n width. The channel Is not being enlarged , because the river is not ilblng at present ] to any extent. The watei is sweeping along the channel almost directly/southwest lo a point that would Infisect Twentieth stiret If that thoroughfare weio extruded Then It switches toward the southeast and buck to Sheiman avonue. 'Ihls Is about a niilp south of wJieio the liver broke through Hero iho Hood ban dlvldi-d One branch Is sweep- UK Into Florence lake to the east. The other Is rushing southward almost parallel with Sherman avenue and IB pouring Into Cut Off lake. The latter streim has to far proved to bo the most disastrous It Is In length about a nillo and In width several bundled feet. It ] fiwept over plowed and planted fluids. It drove residents along the eastern skirt of North Omaha from their homes It Is tcailng up fences and Is tlncatenlng to sweep a considerable number of bouses , from their foundations. KoucRS rAMiins : TO rui : . The stream began to drop southward about 4 o'clock In the morning and In a short time presented alarming pioporllons. In an hour It had foieed foity or fifty fam ilies to fly from their houses to places of cafdt ) .It first diovi > out of tliulr homca and from thdlr promises thrco milkmen , Rrlkson , parson and Millions ? It swept a. quarter of a mile fuithor south and there- took within HH bononi n do/en eottuges , The Hlleys , thn Poterboni , the Johnsons , tha Sehaofers , the Knapps , the Claiks and sev eral other families decamped about f. o'clock. All these arc residents of the oaetorn part of Noith Omaha. f Tin ) stream then went oir further south a. distance of half a mlle and Mruck another llttlo eottleinent. The lesldpnts hero at ( J o'clock began to ino\o , Among those who had to vacate were thn families of Thomas * I'luminer , Milton Illlby , George Skinner , Frank Hum ell , Chnrlcn Krager , Rrlck Peter son , Ovaries Hutehcr , Knqueut and Murphy. All tlicjc people lived north of the road which leads over Cut Off lake to Courtland beach The lust families uero not com pelled to move as soon as the others , bo- uauae a railroad traek , heavily ballasted and somewhat raised from the level , formed a dam against the ciush nt the Mood lieforo nightfall , however , the water swept over the tracks , and jestciday nioniliiK they were burle-d from view for a. dlulanco of 300 feet. Prom hero 'the ' water tinned toward the lake and all day yesterday i nulled Into It through channel twe-ntj-flve fcot In width. It Is along till * dtrcam that Iho most dim- ago has been done A heavy , strong current la sweeping down the courno. n It ) o swift that It IB canning 1'lg eddies , It I * awlrllna about tblrty-flvo or forty bouie * . If the water continues to retain Its pant force It will sweep eomo of these from their founda tions. DWVKN 1'iioM Tiinm BCDS. This portion of the flood came no nud- deil : > that the occiipaiitu of the houses wcr unable to do more than uavo tbenuelvc * . They left all thrlr furniture and possessions In Imd Nielli In their houses In the hope that they would bo able to recover them In tUo ir-jn.'nR , Whcu the morning dawned *