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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 187J. OMAHA , "WEDNESDAY MORNING3EimUAKY 12 , 18J)8 ) TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY JTIVE UENT&
EAST GETS A STORM
Elements Out Off Communication with
Now England.
BOSTON IS IN DARKNESS MANY HOURS
Telephone and Telegraph Wires Strewn
Along the Highways ,
RAILWAYS AND STREET CARS BLOCKADED
Ecrions Loss of Lifo is Believed to Have
Resulted.
SHIPPING INTERESTS ARE BADLY DAMAGED
oreMt Storm lit Tuentj-rite YrnrB
VlKllH the HiiHtrrn Seetlou of the
anil 1'roHtruteM All
of llimliiciufc , ,
BOSTON , Feb. 1. A northeast snowstorm ,
which set in yesterday and raged until this
nlternoon , completely paralyzed all branches
of Imslmsa and all street car and steam
tram roads and for a time shut off com
munication by wire from all places outside
the limits ot Iloston. The storm was the
moHt severe this city has experienced In
twenty-five years and caused the loss of sev-
ci.il lives , besides doing a money damage
of hundreds ot thousands of dollars.
illotwccn 1 and 5 o'clock this morning a
foot of heavy , wet snow settled over the
city and leveled wires In all directions
The sno\v clung to the poles and wires , nnd
aided by n fifty-mllc-an-liour wind prostrated
nil telephone and telegraph lines out of the
city. Moro than half the electric llghta of
the city went out , and In the suburban
towns the fire alarm service was crippled.
In Now ton broken wires falling across
others started firca In the electric room ot
i the residence of Cbailes J. Travclll , the
* " wealthy Plttsburg Httel manufacturer , and
In two lioura nothing remained of the lioute
but ashes. Mr. Travelll's famllj escaped
'
in tb ' night clothes without saving any-
till' ' The loss amounts to about $100,000.
< ' SHIP DASHHD ON TUB HOCKS.
A three-masted schooner , believed to be
the Charlea S. UIggs of Hath , -Me. , laden
with coal , was \vlocked oft Little Nahanl
last night. It Is believed there were eight
men on board and all aio thought to have
been drowned. The vessel Is a total wreck.
In the business district It was nearly noon
when man ) cmplojes reached their places
of employment , all suburban trolley lines
having been abandoned at midnight , and the
steam lallroads being unable to run moie
than two 01 three suburban trains during
the forenoon.
All through trains from New York and the
west , as well as those from the east , were
floiu four to sU hours late , and many did
not get In until late In the afternoon. The
Boston & Albany road started two express
tralre from Now York before noon , but It
was - o'clock bofoio they were able to pro
cced beyond Natlck , ten miles from the city
The tracks weie not only blocked with ono\v ,
but masses of broken polen and wires scat
tered over tbc road were encounteied at
many points. ( Tonight the few trains moving
are lunnlng without n telegraphic service.
The city and suburbs arc covered with
broken poles and tangled wires. Many
horses were Killed In the streets by stepping
on the ends of telephone wires which had
fallen acrobs the trolley wires. Tonight the
situation assumed such a dangerous aspect
that Mayor Qulncy ordered that none of the
electric lights bo turned on except in dis
tricts where the wires are underground ,
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF.
It will lerjulro weeks to restore the telephone -
phone nnd telegraphic service. Not a sin
gle telegraph wire out of Beaten was In oper
ation all day , and the telephone wires were
in almost us bad condition. This afternoon
a telephone service as far as Worcester vvn
established.
. The wholesale , and moat of the buslncns
* districts o'f the city , wore deserted all day.
The stock exchange was lifeless , and traus-
" actlona wcio very limited.
Shipping in the harbor waa damaged
„ greatly and It Is feared that many disas
ters to coast shipping will be reported when
- telegraphic communication is restored.
The center of the storm appeared to be
in the vicinity at .New . Bedford , and the
brunt of it fell on Boston and teriltory
within a ladlus of fifteen or twenty miles.
From meager reports received from the
middle and western part of the state the
storm there wad Icsa Eovcrc. Hcio about
> twenty Inches of snow fell.
SHIPS Diuvnx ASHORE.
QLOUCrcSTKR , Mass. , Feb. J. The moit
violent storm known hero sliico 1SQL swept
the filmic * of Capo Ann last night and early
this morning , causing losi of llfo and about
J200,000 damage. Moro than a dozen vessels
are ashore near here , at leant four more are
lost and many others damaged.
The water front of Gloucester harbor and
along the capo Is dotted with wrecks and
wreckage , schooners , sloops and other ves
sels having brim driven ashoni by tbo fierce
iale. ; Among tbo vessels which went at > huio
are the schooners John N , McICean , Senator ,
Herbert , Allco H. Arden nnd Harry Y. Rob
erts and tlin nloops Amcilcnn and Trumbull.
The schooner Mary . \ . White of HocUport ,
laden with stone , was sunk In the harbor.
The crow escaped.
Iho schooners Vctta , niecta A , Etoil and
Martha A. Bradley broke adrift and collided
with the schooners Hattlo N. Graham , Ne-
rold and Sarah I' Nlghtlngalo and all of
them went ashore on rocky banks , The
Bchounvr Bertha Nlckcrson , which arrived
heio ) cstcrday nnd anchored oft Ten Pound
Island , Is lobt. The John Cicsson of Glouce
ster and several others are ashore. The
schooner Lizzie Grltlln , which grounded this
niornliiK , is In seiious condition ,
The schooner Gcorgo Jewett Is reported
ashore and U a total loss , The crow was
eavcd. It la also reported hero that four
unknown vessels are ashore at Hough's
Keck. Many ot the vessels are going to
pieces this afternoon.
Four bodies were washed ashore at
Hough's Neck.
Yesterday afternoon the Albert Harding ,
- * Sarah Janes and Jamc& llolinea were at an
chor nearby. They vvero not seen today , and
it la believed they vvero wrecked.
At Pigeon Cove five vessels were wrecked.
Antono Hnoa , Alphouti Pierce cud a Swedu
named Nelson , three of the crew of tbo
Daniel Webster , were drowned. The
schooner Clara P. Sew ell reports the loss
ot Henry Knutb , ono ot Ita crevr. It Is
feared < ttiat several missing vessels have been
| oat , together with their crovvi. The storm
did an Immense amount of damage on land
as well as oft the co.tst.
The car sheds ot the Gloucester street
rallwuy were blown down this afternoon ,
demolishing a number of cars. Wires ore
down In every direction. The first train to
leave the city today was ono which man
aged to get to 'Iloston nt 4.04 this niter-
noon ,
GOTHAM GETS A TASTG.
NKW YORK , Feb. 1. The storm which
began Sunday night swept over New York
stato-with great fury , and today was central
in the Now England ntntcs. Northern New
York Is snowbound and the extent of damage -
ago In New 'England ' cannot be approximated.
The "up the stato" residents have suf
fered from cold , which ranged as low as 20
digrees iind more below ztro. At Albany ,
Troy , Saratoga , and many other places In the
otate , as much an two and three feet of
nnow has fallen , and reports tonight are to
the effect that the blizzard Is still P-glng ,
tlio worst storm since the memorable ono of
1SSS.
Residents of this city have had to ibattlo
their way to business against a gale which
at times swept along at the rate of forty
miles an hour , and carried great sheets of
MIOW with it , i
After ycstcrJay's blow ithero was a promise
In this city of fine weather , with half a foot
ot s > now on the .ground , with clear bracing
ulr. After a few hours of sunshine , the
stoim began again with a sudden drop of
the mercury , and indloitlons that by night
Now York 'would experience the coldest
weather of the jear. Forecaster Dunn's of
ficial thermometer nt 8 o'clock tonight regis
tered 12 , and the mercury Is going down
rapidly.
Much delay was caused to the railroad
mall service That from the northern part ot
the state has been practically cut oft and
trains running on the New York Central
railroad were from four to five hours late.
l'otn 10,000 to 20,000 men have been at work
with thousands of teims on the streets , clcai-
Ing away the MIOW and jet there has been
oo appreciable decrease In the amount that
has piled up In every direction.
HARD TIMH FOR FIRRMHN.
Firemen had a bard tlmo today. There
vvero a doen or more fires In this city , n
smaller number than usual , but tlio high
wind made sonic ot them most dangerous and
hard to light. For the first time In jcara
the chiefs of battalions responded to alauns
In sleighs.
Portions of Long Island suffered almost
as much from the stotm as the towns far
up the BtatP. The cast end ot the Island
has been blocKadnd by the drifting snow
The Long Island railroad was completely
closed today. Snow plows , drlvcei by five of
the most powerful engines on the load , are
now tattling with t'.ie drifts on the eastern
section of the read , which tray be clear to
morrow.
PHILADELPHIA , Feb 1. The snow and
wind of last night rtiid today wore the mobt
severe cxpeilenoed in this section since the
bis blizzard. All trains arc > behind time and
soveaal casualties arc reported , but none of
any gravity. The storm was ecverely felt
throughout eastern Pennsylvania.
Two Reading freight trains collided ticai
Tamaqua , demolishing both engines and in
juring the fireman , brakeman acid conductor.
Traffic was delayed seven houis.
A dlEi.xitch from Stroudsburg says com-
munlwtion between that place and ot'jcr
towns nearby l.as beea cut off. At Tobj-
Lanna the gale was so violent that the ice
cutting Industry had to bo suspended , tin ow
ing COO hands out of work. The storm Is
very severe up the Delaware valley.
PROVIDENCE , R. I . Feb. 1. The Storm
hero today was cne of the worst ever known.
Telegraph and telephone wires are all down
and the city Is overwhelmed by tlnee feet
of snow , which has blown into immense
dilfts. The mllioads are blockaded in all
directions.
ROCKLAND. Me . Feb. 1. The storm has
stepped traffic < Mid no trains are moving
During the storm the fishing schooner Lena
Young of Matlnicus , tartcd Its lines from
Atlantic wharf and drifted ashore , striking
on the ledges ot the Cobb-Butler ship jards
It is now in a perilous position and may be
dashed to pieces. The cicw were icscued.
EXTENDS TO THE DOMINION.
TORONTO , Feb. 1. T'JO thermometer reg
istered 10 degiceu below zero today with the
prospect of wing lower tonight. Reports
from most places In the provinces show that
the mercury fell from 15 to 25 degrees be
low. Strong winds have been drifting tlio
snow to such an extent as to Intelfero with
railway traffic.
ST. JOHNS , N. F. , Feb. 1. A bll/zard is
raging heio today. A largo number of men
have been driven oft by an ice floe in Tiln-
Ity bay and It la feaicd there will Oo a re
petition of the disaster of seven jcars ago ,
when ftnty people perished. The thermo
meter shows 20 degrees below zero and the
cold Is EO terrible tl'at some less of life must
icsult. The government Is dispatching a TCB-
cue steamer to the endangered men.
An unidentified ttcamci , believed to bo the
Jniralca , Captoln Peterson , from New York ,
January 25 , for St. Johns , with a general
cargo , Is vlslblo In an Ice flee off Feirjland ,
thirty miles south ot this port. It is flying
distress signals and It is feared that it has
bccci seriously Injured ,
WATERVILLE , Mo. , Feb. 1. Small houses
have been burled by twenty foot drifts of
snow. The Lockwood cotton mills have been
closed , the operators being unable to reach
the factory There has been no tialna over
the Maine Central rallioad for tnenty-four
louts.
LAWRENCE , Mass. , Feb. 1. The storm
has parali cd business and traffic. Street
car lines are tied up nnd communication
with other towns Is almost suspended. All
the mills are torlouslj affected by the alarm
Many ot the operatives are out anil some at
the mills are not runnlmat all. Tlio fort )
passengers on tlio 9:40 : train out ot Boston
last night , ttuclc fast In a snow drift between
Ballardsvlllo nnd Lowell , without food and
did not reach this city i.mll late thlt > m'Ui-
noon.
noon.MALONU.
MALONU. N. Y. , Feb. 1. About eighteen
Inches of snow has fallen in this city dur
ing the last twelve hours and snow plows
have been kept running all night on the Og-
di'iisburs & Lake Champlaln and Now York
Central railroads , The sloim Is still raging.
ALBANY , N. Y. , Feb. 1. The Btorm ,
which stalled hero yesterday afternoon , still
continues. There Is now thrco and a half
feet of snow on the level anil over public
road ! ) , and the drifts nro ten and twelve feet
high. Iho trains on all roads ore from half
an hour to two hours late. The snow Is
still falling.
WORCESTER , Mass. , Feb. 1. Not since
the memorable blizzard ot March 12 , 16SS ,
has this section been BO completely snow
bound. Business this .morning was practi
cally suspended and the streets in most parts
of the city were Impassable. There is an
average of two feet of snow on a level , but
the high winds moke huge drifts ten or
fifteen feet high , Railroad service Is at a
( Continued on Seventh
SHIP STRIKES ON ROCKS
Channel Steamer is Wrecked in a Tog Off
English Coast.
PARTICULARS ARE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN
Mnny of tlir > I'mtftciiRrr * Spelt Safety
111 tlicShip's Hint IB ntiil One
of ThcMO IN Afterward
PLYMOUTH. Feb. 1. It Is reported that
the mall steamer Channel Queen was
wrecked off the Island of Guernsey. The
captain has been saved , but thirty persons
nro supposed to have been lost.
Later In the day the owners of the Chan
nel Queen announced that out of sixty-five
persons on board when It struck only two
are known to have been drowned.
The Channel Queen , which ran between
Plymouth and the Island of Jersey , It now
appears , struck on the rocks during a fog
this morning and sank.
The rest of the people on board the Chan
nel Queen were saved In the boats which
were launched with difficulty , one of them
being swamped.
The news of the very slight losa of life ,
however , turned out to bo Incorrect , for etlll
later advices have It that forty-four lives
were lost.
The Channel Queen's engines were re
versed 'when ' , the rocks were s ° cn , but It
was then too Into. The first boatload reached
land and sought help of the fishermen , who
made gallant rescues , although the heavy
sea prevented their boat from approaching
the -wreck. The survIvors had to bo dragged
by rop.cs through 'the ' sou. to the rescuing
boats. The captain was the last to leave
the wreck.
The latest report 13 that twentj-tvvo wcro
drowned , the chief engineer , three stokers
and eighteen passengers. Including fourteen
onion sellers who were Jrowncd In their
cabins when the sea stamped the vessel.
Three of the persons reported drowned
have been found among- the rescued , reduc
ing the total loss to ulnteen.
cuisrr SI-AMIS UP roa nitnvrus.
Uiuliicnt Itiillun StiilfMiinii Talks of
( lie Celebrated CiiNe.
( Copj right , U9S , by Press Publishing : Compiny. )
UO.MU , Feb 1. ( New York World Cable
gram Special Telegram. ) Slgnor Crlspl has
Joined a band of cmhienit men In protest
against the Drcjfua trial. Speaking simply
as u lawjor , not as a foreign statesmen ,
Crlspl said : "Thero Is not a jurist or bir-
i later can approve of the manner In
which the court martial condemned Drey
fus. Never In a flee country can a prls-
orer bo condemned without being made ac
quainted with all the accusations against
him. It is undeniable and certain that doc
uments were submitted to the Judges only ,
without either Droyfus or ha ! counsel being
pctinlttcd to know their contents. What
ever may bo done , that Irregularity cannot
bo mide to disappear and the military sen
tence remains vitiated by the gravest of
vices of form sufficient to require a re
vision of the trial. I am aware there are
grave difficulties to a rehearing of the case
and to Drejfus being brought back from
Devil's island , but thobo dlfflcultles should
bo surmounted In consideration ! of an error
'having ' beem committed Is It possible to
Imagine anything more terrible than ancli
a condemnation if undeserved ? At any cost
the weight must bo taken off the ccnsclenco
of the millions of French people and foreign
ers who think an error may have been
committed. I understand It Is a delicate cf-
falr for the Trench government , especially at
the present moment , when there are so
many black clouds on the horizon , but at the
end of the nineteenth century liberty nnd
Justice must take precedence over all else.
It seems to mn that the omb'lguous declara
tion of my friend Herr von Hulovvindicates
pretty clearly that the German government ,
If It Is the Gsiman government that Is con
cerned , Is not inclined to regard tha matter
In a tragic light. "
IlECOVCHS TUB IIIUTISII DEAD.
I.iiret' Terre InlllelH I'unlHliinciit on
the TrllicNincii.
I30MIUY , Feb. 1. A dispatch from Mamgl
gives further details of the disaster on
Saturday last to the Fourth brigade of
British troops opeiating on the frontier near
Shlnkamar. General Westmacott , who lias
Just returned to Mamanl after visiting the
scene of the fighting , recovered twenty-two
bodies of the British slain and Inflicted heavy
loss upon 300 of the enemy who opposed him.
The British force lost ono man killed and
had eight men wounded In the latter engage
ment. General Sir William Lockhartwho
has Just been relieved of the command of the
frontier forces by General Sir Arthur Power
Palmer , sills for England on Saturday next.
In an Interview ho expressed the opinion that
a spring campaign against the tribesmen will
bo necessary.
ScxiTHl MooI-M Are ICIlleil.
LONDON , Feb. 1. Additional advices
from Tangier confirm the first reports of the
fighting between the British Hteamer Tour-
mallno and the Morrocoan steamer Hassanl
In the Sas coast. It appears that G.OOO
Moorish troops were sent In conjunction
with the HassanI to prevent the Tourmaline
landing its cargo. Several Moors vvero
killed by the Tourmaline's fire. It Is re
ported that the Tourmaline carried -1,000
rilles and 4,000 cartridges , with a view of
arming the friendly natives
PI nil a .Ne v ( i < > lifI < -ilil.
WINNIPEG , Man. , Fob. 1. News has
reached Iteglna that 'tho first party of per
sons bound for the Yukon by the Prlneo
Albert route have found gold In largo
quantities In the Hay , Buffalo and other
rivers running Into Great Slave lake , TOO
miles from Prlneo Albert. The news comes
through Bishop Pascal and Is considered re
liable.
Are ArreHleil for Trrnxon.
VIHNNA , Feb. 2. A dispatch frotn Con-
stautinoplo to the Neue Frclo Press reports
the arrest of the sultan's secretary and
favorite eon on , a charge of high treason.
The secretary has long been under suspi
cion on account ot his son's connection with
the young Turkey party , The eon escaped
across the frontier , taking Important state
documents ,
SjUe fletH n ItfHlraliilnir Order.
LONDON , Feb. I. On application of Sir
Tatton Sykes an Injunction was granted In
the chancery court today restraining Lady
Tattou Sjkw and a pawn broker from selling
family heirlooms which Lady Sykes bad
pawned , and which are catalogued to bo
cold February 3 ,
Co in oi with u Mluuloii of 1'cncp ,
CAItTAGDN'A , Feb. 1. Prior to the sailIng -
Ing ot the first class armored cruiser Viz-
caya for the United States the admiral made
o speech to the crew , during which lie said :
"You are charged with a mission of peace. "
This announcement was greeted with cheer
ing and the other ships in the harbor and
the crowds of people on the quay also
cheered ior Spain.
I > SISTS ON co.vnioij "or CUSTOMS ,
Critical 1'olnt lit Chlncnc I.otin
\CRotlntlonn
LONDON , Feb. 1. According to a spe
cial dispatch from Shanghai the critical
point of the Chinese loan negotiations wus
Great Britain's insistence that tbc British
should ah\a > s remain at the head of the
Yang Tso Klang valley customs and cs-
sumc their full administration In case o (
default. The dispatch adds that several
thousand Tluwlan troops , which have been
guarding the transslbcrlan railroad , have
entered Manchuria with the consent of the
Pckln authorities.
tttniirrnr 'tt'llllum ' Itetiirnn TlmiikN.
BRULIN , Feb. 1. The lUchsanzclger today
publishes a rescript In whlrti Emperor Wil
liam , after expressing thanks for the con
gratulations which ho received cu the oc
casion of his birthday , saja : "J have noted
with much satisfaction from the cnthuslatlc
demonstrations of lojalty , what n Jojful echo
the recent successes of Germany's efforts to
secure the protection and development of
German Interests abroad , as well as at homo ,
ha\e found In t'ao hearts of patriots , partlcu-
uarly of Germans abrcad. "
( ii-ts More Uoiiec
PEKING , Feb. 1. Germany has been of
fered concessions In the shape of railroads
In the Shan Tung peninsula as compensation
for the assassination of sailor Schultz , who
was murdered by a Chinese mob while on
sentry duty.
Storm ItuliiN Property.
COMO , Lombardy , Feb. 1. Heavy storms
have visited this city and vicinity. A spin
ning mill nt Ogglono , thirteen miles from
this place has collapsed , killing eight per
sons and burjlng eight others in the ruins.
nieetx n 1'ri'xldotit To tiny.
COLON , Colombia , Feb. 1. The presiden
tial election will be held tomorrow- through
out Colombia. It is the opinion that Di.
Sanclemento , the nationalist candidate , will
bo re-elected.
Cabinet Preparing : for Parliament.
LONDON. Fob , 1. The cabinet met today
In order to 'Complete ' the queen's speech on
the reassembling of Parliament.
rtre IJ.-MrojN n Village.
BDRNE , Feb. 1. The village of Wnis en-
bcrgbad , In the Bernese oberland , 'nas been
detrojed by fire. (
MISSOURI AM ) THIS EAl > ObITIO\ .
"State I'lilierxlty Preitnrtiif ; to
tin i-vlill > l < .
KANSAS CITY , Feb. 1. ( Special Tele
gram ) The Missouri State university , which
is located at Columbia , will have an exhibit
at the Transmisslsslppl exposition. The fac
ulty has appointed a committee consisting
of Dr. John Plckard , H. J. Waters and F. C.
Hicks to arrange the , details. It is pro
posed to exhibit models ot the grounds and
agricultural experimental plats , specimens
from the mrrniul training school , photo
graphs of buildings and vvork rooms and ed
ucational work In all departments.
Kansas City will be represented at the
military encampment on Juno 1 , cither by
the crack Third regiment or by the High
School Cadets , probably the latter. It Is
proposed to send three companies of 120 men.
CHEYENNE , Feb. 1. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Governor Hlchards returned today
from Omaha , where ho had a conference
with the Transmlssisslppl commissioners In
reference to the Womlng exhibit. The
commissioners vvcro Inclined to accede to
every reasonable demand and the Wyoming
executive committee now advises the coun
ties of the state to go ahead and raise their
quota of the fund required for a state ex
hibit , and this will bo done.
.Sail FrnnetHCO ( letn In Action.
SAN FRANCISCO , Fob. 1. A conference
committee representing the Chamber of
Commerce , Boaid of Trade , Merchants' , Man
ufacturers' and Miners' associations and kin
dred bodies , mot today at the San Francisco
Board of Trade rooms , with Mayor Phelan
nnd A. C. McCauslin of Omaha to take
formal steps for the proper representation
of California at the Trahsmlsslssippl and
International Exposition at Omaha. After
discussing the proper course to pursue a
committee was appointed to make prelimi
nary arrangements nnd to consult with the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
VKG'HO ' IIULim nil TOHE LYNCHED.
CoiiHlilernlile MjNtery StirronmlM ( lie
WherealiniitH of u 'Murderer ,
GALENA , KanFob. . 1. The belief Is
growing hero that Illchard Ward , the negro
murderer , has been lynched. Since early
yesterday morning , when a mob of masked
men attempted to take the negro from Con
stable Roe , who had him In custody , noth
ing has been heard of the negro. The hherllt
was hero fiom Columbus today and gave as
surance that Ward had not been returned
to the county jail.
Many believe the negro escaped when the
constable allowed him to run liack into the
car when they vvero cloaa pressed by the
masked men and that ho afterwards fell Into
the han'Js ' ot the mob. It Is possible that
the negro's body will be found at tbo bottom
tom of Homo abandoned mlno'shaft. Ho was
handcuffed and his cscapo would have been
difficult. r > .
ni < iCT A MJW STATUS
Indiana IlepuliIleaiiN Heet .Next TIICN-
iln to Omii il/e.
INDIANAPOLIS , Feb. ll The republicans
of Indiana , through their Representatives in
district conventions , elcited a new state
committee this afternoon , ( The committee
chosen will servo until January , 1000. Tlio
new committee will meet hero- next Tuesday
to elect a chairman and make plans for the
coming state campaign , fn several of the
districts there vvcro rnaea meetings IJBI
night to arouse the party "workers. " In
many of the districts today resolutions were
adopted reaffirming the party's allegiance to
the St. Louis platform , and In the Ninth
district General Lew Wallace was endorsed
for United Statrti senator.
JURV IN ( il , VSV MUltDKIl THIAI *
FnnioiiN CIIHU JV TV In 1'rojrrexw at
-Milan , .Mo.
MILAN , Mo , Feb. 1. ( Special Telegram. )
The ( special venire In the Glass murder
case was returned today at 1 o'clock. A
rigid examination was IidulgoJ In by bo til
sides anul not ono of the entire forty dis
qualified , something unpreejJsnjed In mur
der trials In this county , The state re
turned Its challenges early IhU evening and
the defense will jlkcly make return by 8
o'clock tomorrow morning. Prosecuting At
torney Irwln is being assisted by Davll
McCanaghy Wilson , the best criminal lawjr
In north Missouri. The defense Ja repre
sented by John M. Swallow of thla city onj
Major A , W. Mulling of Llnncus ,
COMMERCIAL CLUB DINNER
One of tbo Beat in tbo History of tbo
Organization.
HERBERT MYRICK DISCUSSES ANNEXATION
Pnclfl nnil riKiircd in Slum Unit
It "Would He Poor Policy to
Tacit on the Hawaiian.
Moro than 1RO members ot the Commer
cial club attended the dinner nnd monthly
meeting of that organization last night. In
many respects 11 proved to bo among tbo
most eujojablo gatherings In the history ot
the club. The guest of honor was Hon. Her
bert Jljrlck of New York , president of the
Orange Judd company and editor of the
American Agriculturist and the Orange
Judd r. rmer , the latter a Chicago weekly
publication. Both ot thc"so papers iftiik
foremost among the agricultural publica
tions of the country.
After dinner , about 8 o'clock , a series of
' "e\posltlon" toasts were responded lo , ac
cording to program. The toistnustir wac
W. II Alexander and he first Introduced lethe
the gathering J. 13. Bauru , presldnn * of tl-u
club , whoso sabjcct was "The Co.nmerclil
Club. "
Mr. Baum paid that to his regret there ap
peared to bo In Omaha a set of mem who
lacked lovalty to the city of their adoption
and their successes. They were to bo found
everywhere , even among the members ot tbo
Commercial club. To every public move
ment for common good they wcro dlslojal
and as an Illustration of this Hie speaker
cited Instances In connection with the Trana-
mlsslsslri > l Exposition , where some of the
very pecyle who should come to the front
and help to mnko the fair a success , had
from its Inception withheld their financial
assistance and tried to deride the enterprise
abroad. He said that It behooved tbc people
to bo loyal to themselves end to their city
on all occasions where their lojalty was
needed to bring to n successful Issue pro
gressive movements of a public nature.
ADVERTISING THE EXPOSITION.
"Publicity" was the next least , to which
n. lloscwatcr responded as the manager of
the Department ot Publicity ot the exposi
tion. Ho showed how extensively the fair
had thus far been advertised and what the
department Intended to do in the way of nd-
vcrtlslng the exposition until tbc
opening. Thus for the department had
circulated 150,000 pamphlets and dodg
ers and 10,000 posters giving a
bird's-eyo view of the fair. Pamphlets
had been placed In every railroad ofllco In
the northwest and periodical publications ,
both In this country and abroad , had de
voted pages to the show. Today all of the
twenty states and territories In the trans-
mlssisslppi country'with the exception of
Oregon and Washington , had arranged for
exhibits at the fair , and nine other states
outsldo of this section had declared their
Intention to be represented. Pennsylvania ,
New York and Massachusetts had signified
their intention to appoint commissions to
look after their Interests , and the speaker
predicted that fully thirty-five states would
bo represented , which Included about four-
flftlrs of the population of the country. For
eign exhibits would bo numerous , and it
was apparent that at least four more build
ings than were originally planned and much
larger than any of those now In course of
construction would bo required to accommo
date all of the demands for space. Mr. llose-
watcr felt assured that it would bo an ex
position of the first magnitude.
2. T. Lindsay spoke on "Wa > s nnd
Means. " Ho said that more than $100,000
was yet needed to erect the large buildings.
Most ot t'he business men had been liberal
In their financial support of the enterprise ,
but the speaker could name 100 citizens who
were not loyal -to the exposition and who , al
though they were amply able , had not given
a dollar toward the enterprise. He oiid
that If these men would put their shoulders
Jo tbo wheel and como forward with the
financial aid that they were in duty bound
to give as citizens , the necessary money
would peen bo forthcoming. The exposition
was assjrcd anyway , but tbo grand final re
sult could bo accomplished more easily if
thcso backward citizens would do their duty
as citizens and join the others In the expo
sition movement.
MORE SPACD NEEDED.
"Construction" was P. P. Klrkendall's
subject. Ho gave a history of the con
struction of the exposition up to date ,
which proved Interesting. Ho was followed
by Prof. P. W. Taylor , who responded to
the toast , "Tho Exhibits , " in the absence
ot E. T3. Bruce , who could not bo present
on account of a slight Indisposition. Prof.
Taylor said that there vvero now practically
on file In Mr. Bruco's department applica
tions for more exhibit space than all ot the
buildings of the fair could furnish. He
thought that the general character of the
exhibits would bo equal and in many re
spects superior to those of the World's fair.
Thirteen states had applied for space and
others were soon to como In. The professor
said that tbo forestry , agricultural and horticultural
ticultural dUplajs would bo very largo and
complete and the finest that over had been
made In this country.
The subject of "Transportation" was dis
cussed by W. N. Babcock , who said that all
of the transportation companies of the
United States and most at the ocean steam
ship lines had agreed to give reduced rates
to the exposition.
President Wattles , of the exposition as
sociation , responded to the toast , "Tlio Ex
position , " In the absente of Hon. C. J.
flreenf. Ho said it was his conviction that
no less than 15,000,000 people would visit
the exposition during the summer.
MR. MYRICIC'S ADDRESS ,
Mr. Myrlck was the last speaker of the
evening and 'his ' subject was "Tho New Bi
metallism : Gold From .Corn ; Silver l H
Sunshine , " The first half of his address
was aa exposition of the wonderful revolu
tion which ho thought was about to como
about In the use of conn By his agitation
of this question ho hopes to bring about an
international effort to lift the prlco of corn.
His Idea is1 that the national and state de
partments of agriculture , railroads , farm
ers , dairy Interests , packing Industries and
other Influences should unite In a grand
American maize exposition. Ills Idea Is to
tiold a grand corn exposition In Omaha this
fall in connection with the Transmlsslsslpp !
Exposition , then to exhibit at the Pars-
amerlcan Exposition at Buffalo next year
and afterwards at the Paris Exposition In
1900. With this gigantlo project in view ,
Mr , Mjrlck announced that a conference of
the various parties Interested would bo held
in Chicago on February 1C , to take steps
toward the formation of ttio proponed cor
poration or society to take charge ot the
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Wc/ither / forecast for Nebraska
Light SnoH j Variable
1 , Terrific Morm on Atlantic Cuittt.
Ship Wreck * il In tlio nnglUli Clmnncl.
Coiiiinrrrlnl CliiU'n Monthly Dinner ,
City Council Flic tlio T.it I.eny ,
3. Old "Pop" AMMUI H Urtlrcil.
Six I.Ues I , rut lit 11 rire.
3 , Qurrr AVinf Xehrimkn I'opullstl. ,
liirlry l Itn-olcrtnl Senator.
SlirrlfT .Martin IMncoil nil Irliil.
4. IMItorlnl nail Comment.
R. Cliirk nf W joining Defend *
Tlinrstoii I1IU Dolu \Vlmoli
0. Council lllulTK r.ncnl Mnttrr
Work of IteilUtrtrtlnp lovva >
7. Orncrnl N n of tlio 1'nrtlipfi
Klondike Starting to Drnj [
8. Moro Chinee * In the Unlnnj
Srtiemn for Settling I'
1) . HetlnuH of Current 1'nlillcJ
Ko.vmir I.elH Hitchcock ! ) < /
1,1 fo Saver * at the ICt
Tlirco Men Scnruhrd l
11. Commercial ami rin.iiicv
12 , " .Iiiplter Jenkins , Scliotli
TlirlllliiK Ailventitrn on tlio Plains.
.iiovcment. Aftei this explamtlon Mr. Mj
rlck said :
I believe that tlie proposed exposition * In
this country nnd tlie one nt Paris , with a
cookltifi school attachment , propeily adver
tised and brought before the people , would
Immediately Increase tlio dcmniiil for
American mnlze. We want to curry this
campaign Into every 12rrtopc.m city nnd
eventually Into China , Indlv nnd .Tnpan , The
millions In the orient subsist chiefly upon
rice. Once net these people used to eating
corn nnd Its cheapness nnd excellence will
lend lo nn Immense oriental demand. It
would mean that with a low freight r.ito
westward to the Pacific wo would lia\e a
new and profitable market for our maizes.
Wo would then ha\o two strings to our
bow , or three when the Port Arthur route
Is opened. By one we could ship to Chicago ,
as at present , and by tlio other two to IJu-
rope ; by all three to tlio orient. Today Ne
braska jlelds 300,000,000 bushels of corn , but
did > ou ever stop to think tint there lire
1,000 different vvajs to dispose of this grain
at a profit to th& grower ?
USING Tim STALKS.
Among the many new uses being" found
for the corn plant Is the Interesting and
marvelous process now belnt perfected by
the Mnrsden company. It pa > s.60 'o $1
a ton for cornstalks after the ears are
plucked. The. husks are reduced to , i llbre ,
which Is sold for $23 per ton for upholstering
purposes , and is n superior article for that
use. The leaves and tassels and joints ,
which aio carefully cut out , anil any other
ohaff , are kiln dried and ground Into fine
bran , experiments show that three-fourths
of a ton ot this blan will produce more
milk nnd get more work out of a horse than
ono ton oflhG best lidy" *
Now we have left the plain stalk In vari
ous lengths , with tne joints cut out. From
thcso pieces the pith Is extracted. The
finer pith Is used for a great variety of
purposes , while the coarser pith is uom-
pressed and used for ballast In our great
war ships. This stuff swells so rapidly when
water touches It that In case a shell corncj
through the exposed portion of a ship fie
water that follows will swell up the pitn
so quickly that It will close the hole mude
by the shell and keep the water out. This
has been so thoroughly demonstrated Ural
the United States government has adopted
corn pith cellulose for all of Its war ships.
Tine woody fiber remaining after the pith Is
removed can be manufactured Into fine print
paper. I feel that In these ways wu can
Increase tnoaluo of the corn cropi until It
will bo worth many millions of dollars to
Nebraska.
SUGAU INDUSTRY.
Our intercatli in the beet sugar Industij
cunnot bo fostered nnd advanced through
the annexation of HoAvntl , What 5s the
truth ? "Hawaii la only a little ono. She
eloesn't produce enough to affect nvcstcrn
farmers and they should not oppose her an
nexation , " is the assertion Industriously
maintained by the Hawaiian lobby at
Washington. '
Imports of Hmvallan sugar during the
calendar year Just closed ! orearly equaled
the consumption of sugar In all that vast
region Ifrom Texan ncithvvnrd to tlio Mis
souri river ami westward to the Pacific a ,
territory containing over 9,000,000 people and
about l.KO.OOO square miles , comprising over
, ' < ) per cent of the area of the United States ,
excepting Alaska. The Import of Hawaiian
sugar equaled the probable consumption of
the great central slulca of Wisconsin , Jill
nola , Indiana and 'Michigan. ' Or It would
tiavo furnl lied all the people of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. It 'was almost enough to
supply New England and New York.
Hawaii produced Jrv 1SW5 omo 227,000 tons of
sugar. This was ncurly six times as much
as all the beet ugar produced In the United
Slates , It wa ? nearly an much aa our
domestic production of cnnci sugar. During
the last year Imports Into tire United States
of sugar from the Sanlvvlch Islands equaled
CC ( per cent of tiho total domestic production
of 335,050 tons. The Islands sent ill two-
Ihlrds nn much tug-ar as thoisholo United
States produced , Hawaii's ' ingor crop Is
constantly Increasing and In 1S97 502,000,000 ,
poundU ivero thlpped to the United States.
Today these Islands are sending us nine
teen times us much sugar us they sent HF <
In 1STG.
Ono Hawaiian company paid forrr divi
dends last year amounting lo .55 per cent on
Its capital stock , besides laying by a je-
Btrvo fund of $400,000 and Its practical
bounty from the United States of 2 cents
> er pound. A bounty of over 175.000,000 has
liccn paid by the people of the United
SlatcH 'to ' Hawaiian planter * . At the pres
ent rate of duty the 2 cents per pound
bonus amounts to over $10,000,000 a year ,
which Is the stake the Hawaiian sugar
trust has In annexation. This bounty Is
the boodle , that the trust la working bo hard
to obtain ,
SIXTY FACTORIES NUKDKD ,
If Nebraska vvero to produce the 227,000
tons of sugur made In Hawaii last year
practically lall of which 'was ' shipped to the
United Stated , It would Tiavo to build nearly
sixty factories , each us large as those at
Norfolk nnd Grand Island , costing over $15-
000,000 , requiring 2,000,000 tons of beets , to
srovv iwhlch fully 1C5000 acres of land would
iio needed , tor over fXX ,000 ucrcs for a three-
crop rotation. At $ i per ton they would pay
out over $3,000,000 for beets or almost OH
much as Nebraska got for all the wheat
It raised In 3WO. All the hogs In Nebraska
, \ould nc/t / tell for enough to enable Amor-
can consumers , to pay the average prlco of
Go per pound for one-third of the Hawaiian
sugar Imported during the last year. The
Tillch cow s In Nebraska Uo not 'much ' exceed
In value half the retail value of this sugar
All Nebraska's other cattle were worth
ovtr $30,000,000 , Iso that you would have to
sell them all and raise $0,000,000 more corn
to pay for the GOO.OW.OOO pounds of Hawaiian
sugar consumed In ( thct United States ,
The rapid development of Iowa's dairy In
dustry has been ono of the marvels of her
agriculture , yet the 75,000.000 pounds of but-
( Continued on Second I'
TWENTY-FOUR
Oity Council Dooidsa on the Levy fo <
Municipal Taxes.
ORDINANCE PASSES WITHOUT DEBATS ,
Unanimous Vbto Oast Witbout Question of i
Explanation.
ESTIMATES CONSIDERABLY CARVED DOWN f
Total Amount of Tax is Nearly Eigbb *
Hundred Thousand Dollars ,
PROTEST BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
( itiarillan * of Hie SolioolN Object Vl
oroiiMly to HohiM : Cul Mimu ami '
There IN Talk nf Maiiilamu
Pnnil. | VlllU Amount. '
ii-ncrai . : t.tir :
'lro . : t.77.-
I' . , < ! . niul 1'ailiiK. . . O.O JISU1 ! > 71) '
Cli-iinltiK ml , *
n m ern-
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Sn-m-r Maintaining , o : t IMU OK
Ili'iiltli . ( ) . ; i 11,1(1 I. s.1
l.ll.rai-.v . OHIM lO.7U.im
.lllilKciiiont . O.U < ! , < > 1M >
l' rk . D.I ) UO.7-1 l.nKj
Water Kent . 2.7 SlI.liaiUILl ]
i.ur.o r.iRii.tsi :
HOT. ] ( ti
TolnlM IM.OOt ) $7l > : ilSS.O7
It took the city council exactly a mlnuto
and a. half last night to make the above )
levy of municipal taxes for 1S9S. The exact1
distribution of the levy had been ! agreed on
In committee and when the engrossed or-
dimurce caruo tip on Jho third reading It was
parsed by a unanimous vote without qucs- '
tloii or explanation. This la the first tlmo
that an annual levy ordinance has over been
passed without hours ot tedious debate anil
more or less friction. The members of the
Doard of education who wore prevent wcro
decidedly dissatisfied with their share ot
tlio approprlitiou and some ot the members
of the Public Library beard wore llkevvlso
disposed to resent the manner In which thein
estimate had been sheared down by tire
council. While no definite decision baa been
reached by the Hoard ot Education In re
gard to its course , there Is a strong possi
bility that mandamus proceedings will bo
brought to compel the council to provide the
full amount asked for by the board.
In addition to tlio usuil distribution of the
levy among the various funds , the Cornell
made a fixed appropriation for each of tl'o
municipal departments for salaries and of- <
flco expense ! , . This was also agreed on la
committee and came In as a icport from ,
the finance committee. The icporl recom
mended that each department bo rigidly
limited to tlie amount sot aside for its maln-
tenanco and that In order that this rule
should bo maintained an ordinance should
bo drawn up to regulate the use of the
monry so that only the proper proportion
of the amount act aside for each particular
department could bo used each month. Ac
cording to the new- restriction the expendi
tures of the various departments will bo lim
ited to the following amounts :
Mjjor , ? 1,500 ; city council , $8,7uO : city
clerk , $ G,000 ; comptroller , $7,200 ; ta\ de
partment , $9,000 ; city treasurer , $15,000 ;
city engineer , $12,000 ; Uoard of Public Works.
$1,200 ; street department , $12,000 ; legal de
partment , $ D,000 ; city electrician , $2,000 ;
building inspector , $2.850 ; boiler luspector ,
$1COO ; plumbing Inspector , $1,300 ; gas inspector
specter , $1B50 ; license Inspector , $2,100 ; ' -
epector of weights and measures , $1,050 ;
custodian , $12,000 ; Adv aorj board , $1,000 ;
police court , $3,000.
STUHT'S ORDINANCE PILED. '
Stunt's ordinance order'ag forty ad
ditional hydrants located on the exposition
grounds was placed on flic. This was over
the protect ot Stunt , who wanted It recom
mitted to the committee. The majority con
tended that there was no money In the
lighting fund to pay for the hydrants and
that In any case this was a controversy be
tween the exposition association and the
water company with which the city had
nothing to do.
The Board of Tire and Police Commis
sioners submitted a comparatlvo statement
of the expenditures of the police department
In 1S9C and 1S97. This was accompanied by ,
a detailed recital of the facts relative to the
dismissal of the policemen who were subse
quently reinstated by Judge Scott , Doth I
documents were referred.
Major Moores vetoed the ordinance pro- I
riding for opening Hickory street , fron * p
Sovontcrinth to Eighteenth street , on ac
count of proteMt of property owners. Ho
was sustained by a uianlmoiiE vote.
Comptroller AVestberg reported the follow
ing cash In the hands of the cltj trcaaurcr
at the close of business January : il :
ChPckH for ilfK | > slt $ C.ODJCT
C'liuli In drawer j,7j | u
ItnlanccH In binku City fumlH :
KounUe llroK , Nuw loik. . . | ! 2711.f > 8
Commercial National bank. . . .iounrl :
1'lrht National Linn ! S.,103 51 , J
McrclmnlH" Nutlnnal bank . , 31,478 9' ' , t
National llnnk of Commerce U'.MI 37 J
NtbuiBka National b.mk 31.6HU f
Oinnlm National bunk 50.0T.3 21 "S1
Union National hank : i3,0' > ct <
United Mntcu National Innk . EO,2.M3
Uirman Savings bank ( certlll-
< aU ) in CO-J2S2 000 "J
Jldlumi'H In banks Kcliool funds :
Kount/n lro ) Nv Yorl > , .114,6113)
Merchants' National bank. . . . ] ( , .2.i ! 23
Union National bank 73.1IS.71 U"C,281 H
Police relief funds :
German Havlnn * bank ( certifi
cates ) . , . . . } 2,70553
Merchants' National bank . . CIO 55
Merchant.1 National bank
( ccrtlllcatis ) G31 Cl $ < ,12 71
Kpeclnl funds :
KountzB llros , New York . . $ l.OOOCO
UnlJM National bank I.OIOW-J C 60000
Total funds on liaml tTo !
Tlio contract and bond of the Omaha tias
Manufacturing company for furnishing gaa
lamps for street lighting was approved , The
bond Is signed l/y Krank Murphy and George )
. Uarker.
REPUNDINO 'BONDS.
City Attorney Council recommended that
refunding bonds bo Issued In the sum ofl
$300,000 , to toke up the floating obligations
of the city. Ho suggested that the rate ot
Interest bo fixed at 4 per cent , instead oC
4 % per cent , as originally contemplated.
The report wan adopted and the bond ordl
nanco was Introduced and referred. <
City Attorney Connell also communicated )
the proposition to ecttlo the claims of thai
Darbcr Asphalt company for $ CO,000 , a concession * -
cession of about $14,000 , or the entlra'
amount of the 1891 bills , which are thoj
principal flubjccts of dispute. The matter
wan referred to the finance committee.
City Engineer Ilogewater reported th f [