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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY ' _ } , APlUJj 14 , 1SJ)7. COl'V JFtVE CENTS
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 *