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THE ESTABLISHED JUNE in , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY APRIL . ISOO-TWJSLVE PAGES , S1XJLE ( COl Y FIVE CENTS. FILIPINO'S FRIENDLY find Thoj Are Well Treated bj Americans and Send Out for Their Kehtive * . REQUEST PROTECTION OF BLUECOATJ All Indications Now Point to the Speedy Oollapso of Insurrection ! NEWS FROM VISAYA MOST ENCOURAGING Deney Sends Congratulations to the Army on Its Splendid Work. COMMISSION READY TO TAKE UP ITS TASK xprcHH ( lie llcllrf Hint HontllltlcN Will Soon ll < - Conlliioit < u Ilnliltiial ItrvoltiHonlHlN firm ; rut llnrrl- noii ( irn ) OIlH Coining Home. WASHINGTON , April 3. The following Cablegram was received at the War depart ment early this morning : MANILA , April 3. Adjutant General , YV'nshlngtou ; Present Indications denote In- Burgcnt government In perilous condition , ' Its army defeated , discouraged and scattered. IiiBiirgenlH returning to their homos In cities anil villages between here and points north of Malolosi , which our rcconnolterlng parties have itachcd , and desire protection of Ameri cans. News from Vlzaynn Island more cn- rc-ursigliiB every day. OTIS. MANILA , April 3. 0:30 : p. m. The natives continue returning to their homes. They are coming In nil along the American lines ] and many of them , seeing the promises of I f good treatment are fulfilled , are Inducing | tholr relstlvea to return to their homes. Major General Elwell S. Otis , commander of the American military forces , has re ceived the following message : Hearty congratulations on the most magnificent work of the army. DEWEY. The United States Philippine commission , the last member of that body. Colonel Charles Denhy , former minister to China , having arrived here , will discuss tbo situa tion. The commissioners are hopeful of n speedy restoration of peace , believing hostilities will soon be confined to the habitual revolutionists. firlgadler General Harrison Gray Otis sails for homo on board the United States trans port Sherman today. Ho says ho believes iho insurrection has received Its deathblow. The Sherman will , also have on board the s6iiH of Colonel John Hay , secretary of state , and Senator Halo of Maine , who have wit nessed much of the fighting with the enemy , and the bodies of Colonel Harry C. Egbert of the Twenty-second Infantry , killed on March 2C , nnd other officers who have recently fallen in battle. General Wheaton has assumed command of the brigade lately commanded by General Otis. The Third and Twenty-second rogl- mciitfi of General Wheaton's command are returning lo this city. CHEEKING NEWS FROM OTIS llfllrvril nt WuHliluietoii Hint iinlilo'N Army IM Hnplilly Tlilii- iiliiK Through UrHi-rllium. WASHINGTON , April 3. War department officials were plensetl by the cheering dls- patoli from General OUe received today. It contains a great deal of encouragement for thorn and these who know General Otis well say ho Is not a man to take a roseate view cf the situation unless there Is reason for it. It Is argued tlut the FIllplncK have never boon lined to the kind of warfare that the Americans have given them and for that reason they nro now aware that It will bo Impossible for them to accomplish any thing by continued fighting. It is evident iby the reference wlilch Gen eral Otis makes to reconnoltoring parties that 'ho IB having the country thoroughly covered nnd the Information that they nro giving lilm l the < ha4a of the dl pntch re ceived today. It Is t > Ileved that desertions will soon deplete the army of Agulnaldo to llttlo or nothing. That portion of the dis patch relating to the VlsayanB refers to the operations of which Hello Is the base. The group Includes Pnuay , Bohol , Cebu , Negros nnd others of less Importance. The rebellion ngalnnt the United States authorities was not very serious In these islands. Doing stirred up hy emissaries or AguliiHldo at Hollo. The constant defeat ot Agulnaldo'e forces north of Manila has no doubt hod a depressing effect upon other In surrectionists. WOUNDED LIST FROM MANILA Caplitlii llcrpoUlic-lnu-r of tin1 - ' lr.it .NcbriiMkn In Acclilnilnlly In- Jnri-il In the Arm. WASHINGTON , April 3. Under this date Gcnoral Otis reports from Manila to Ad jutant General Corbln tha following casual ties not heretofore reported : Flrnt \ lirunUn. Wounded : HBRPOLSHEIMER , CAPTAIN MARTIN , Company D , forearm , moderate , accidental. Captain Martin HcrpoUholmer liven in Lin coln nnd was mustered in as captain of Company D of Lincoln. Private Egger , reported killed In cable ot Fobnwry 7 , IB error ; no such man , ( Private Uggor was a rocrull In the regl- mont , but was taken sick at San Francisco nnd never went to Manila. Ills homo la lu Shelby , la. , where he now Is. ) Tivi-iity-Si'Cond Infantry , Wounded , March 2fi : I'rtvntn Frlt Hortcr , Company H , wrist , moderate. l-'lrn * North Dukotn. Wounded , April 1 : Second Lieutenant Dorraan Baldwin , Com pany H , leg , severe. Corporal J. C. Bryon , Company D , fore- nrm , moderate. Private E. Morgan , Company D , eyebrow , Third Infantry. AVoundofl , April 1 : Second Lieutenant Chauncey n. Humph- lt > \foreurm , slight. GOING TO ASK FOR WAR SHIPS \ < -iv OrlrmiM Prnplf llrt'elve Wurn- Inu \notlu-i- - Outbreak lu Mearnuriia. NEW ORLEANS , April 3. Merehnnte lioro who liuvu capital Invested In Ulur- fields , Nicaragua , received news of tbo In crease In taxation and an order to collecl nguln thu duties paid to Reyes during hit l evolution. They were nUo warned Urn UIL-CO wus danger of another outbreak nn < ! that the fact might bo utpd as a pretensi to Injure Amcrlears. A meeting wits lirld today and S. Stem Imrdt , K. U. Merrlrk and Julius Fried lander appointed a rommlttec to go U Washington and urge the tending of a wai uhlp. The delegation left tonight. BETTER WAGES AND HOURS Hevernl Minor Slrlke * Are Innti- Kiiraleil by Workmen Miner * ' Trouble * ) . CLEVELAND , O. . April .1. About 1.000 enrpcnters went on strike In this city today and U Is stated that these figures will bo .greatly swelled unless the contractors nc- Ihdo to the demands of the men for nn Rwhihour ilny and HO cents nn hour. A mim- ftVjpfiSifcspntrnf-tors , It Is said , have agreed Sl&tt of the men. > lJKg5AVI3. HI- April n. The hoistIng - Ing eiSv Jj ttht1 Consolidated Coal com pany arS jBHHBttlko for an Increase of wages and JH fcs. They have given thnlr r < > mpinl9Hcp ! that unless their de mands are ronce'SW u general strike will bo Inaugurated. The mines are all Idle today. aiAUQUBTTK. Mich. . April n. The Iron mining companies of Ishpemlng and NeRau- nco Issued bulletins this afternoon , saying they will 'begin ' hiring men tomorrow mornIng - Ing , but the men who 'participated In the demonstration Saturday to force nonunlon- Ists Into the union will not 'bo hired. This precipitates the threatened strike of the Marquette range. Involving 2,000 men , but not over a thousand are expected to resist the companies. The men want the com panion to recognize their union. The ques tion of wages Is secondary. I'lTTSIIUIlO , PA. , April . The Btrlko of unskilled window nlas > s workers Is practi cally at an end. A majority of the Lehr lenders and shove boys have agreed to go back to work at the old wages In two largo factories and this break will probably cud In ii general resumption. I'lTTSUUUG. 1'a. , April 8. All the mines In thu Plttsburg district were In operation today , under the new Interstate agreement adopted last January. The men were or dered -to continue at work In the thick vein mines pending the result of the movement to arbitrate the question. CINCINNATI , O. , April 3. A special to the Commercial-Tribune from Brazil , Ind. , says : A committee meeting of machine miners and operators mot hero today to arrange a scale. The leaders demanded 38 cents for loading coal. At present they are being paid 30 cents. The miners' de mand was for $2.25 to $2.35 ; helpers from $2 to $2.11. 'After a lengthy session the conference adjourned without rcactilng an agreement. National Vice President Davis Is here aiding the miners In securing a set tlement. The mines will be closed down till a settlement Is reached. ( PHILADELPHIA , April 3. At a confer ence today between the glass manufacturers of South Jersey and the officers of the Green Glass Blowers' union the proposition of the manufacturers was rejected and a strike is now said to be Inevitable. A statement from the employers was read asking that the difficulties be submitted to arbitration. A strike will affect over 0,100 men and boys. All Indications tonight point to the com mencement of a strike on Friday utter a mass meeting of the men Thursday night. COLUMBIA , Pa. , April 3. The rolling mills here today posted notice that begin ning May 1 the price tor puddling will be raised from $2.75 to $3 , and that a general readjustment of the wages of the mill hands will be made. MILWAUKEE , 'April ' 3. 'A general in- creaeo In wages averaging about 10 per cent wan announce I today 'by the Western Limo and Cement company. Ttfd advance atfects about COO men. SURPRISE FOR CAPTAIN EVANS Crew of lli l ' Iil | lown I'l-rxcnlM Htm with Aiiroirlut liiNcrllidl Sword. SAN FRANCISCO , April 3. The orew of the battleship Iowa , now lying at this port , has presented Captain llobley D. Evans , who commanded the Iowa In Cuban waters during the war with Spain , with a hand some sword , accompanied by a fitting letter. The sword bears the Inscription , "Prc- jnted to Captain Robley D. Evans , U. S. N. , y the crow of the U. S. S. Iowa. " On the everso side are the words , ' 'To our here oo just to take a fallen too we glvo this word Instead. " These words refer to Captain Evans' ac- lon In declining to accept a Spanish cap- aln'B sword wlifti it was offered to him by he corfmandcr who was brought on board ho Iowa after the battle off Santiago. Captain Evans has acknowledged the re- elpt of the sword by the following letter : Mojnbors of the Iowa , My Old Shipmates : 'our letter ot February H , with the beuutl- ul sword , came to mo this morning as a orfect surprise. That I had the respect nnd onlldence of the bravo crew of the Iowa felt assured. Your conduct In action iroved that. Dut the feeling of personal _ ffccton ! that you have expressed moved mo most deeply. Accept from mo , pleoao , every member ot he old Kanu , my sincere thanks. God blesi uch and weryono and give you long life n the defense ot your .country. . Your faith- ill friend , R. D. EVANS , "Captain U. S. N. THREE KILLED IN BIG CAVE-IN Trio of Ai-uldi'iilH nt .Toplln , Mo. Horrible Death or Hnlf- Iliirleil Workmen. JOTLIN , Mo. , AprH 3. Five men were clllod In three accidents here today ; The following three were killed In a newer cavo-4n : WILLIAM MINOIIB. MAUION NEIGHlUnGER. WALTER BUNN. colored. At 'the "Old Shoo" mlno Dan Carmln * WIIB knocked down the 120-foot shaft and died soon after. At the Missouri Lead and Xlne company's mlna John Smith , n minor , was killed by u falling boulder. The three men working In the Bewer wore entombed by the caving In of the btiwcr wnllK without warning. Mliicho and Ilium were burled under nlneleen feet of earth and killed outright. Nelghbarger was pinned against the uowor wall with head and shoulders exposed. Ho retained con sciousness for some tlmo and talked with his futlior and sister whllo workmen strained every effort to dig him out. hut ho died , while they worked , with hundreds of people helplessly looking on. READY TO BUY CITY RAILWAYS OivniT lil | > ConiniliiNlon ol Detroit OrKimlKi'N anil In Itendy < o llri I.eiiiilly TeNleil. DETROIT , April 3. Governor Plngree and rhu other commissioners who will nego tiate for purchase by the city of the Detroit street railways executed bonds today fet 1250.000 each and took their oaths of office They ent a letter to the street railway companies stating that the commission It organized and ready for business und tht lines upon which they are willing to ne gotiate. Members of a cltUens' committee whlcl la opposing the municipal ownership plan saj that application will bo mala ti iho attor iiey general tomorrow to begin a test 01 the constitutionality of thu act authorizing the purchase and the proceedings ttiore under , SAMOA'S ' PRESIDENT ARRIVES Consults Washington Officials Concerning His New Duties. MAKES A MOST AGREEABLE IMPRESSION I'rrxlilenl mill .Hn-rolnrr liny Arc Hn- III MllllKMVlllll DllllCllH Tll > < lv nf Si-uiH'liliiu- Mini l'M fil for Smiionii CoiiimlNMloii. WiASHI'NGTO.V ' , April 3. Dr. Self , the newly appointed president of the .munici pality of Samoa , arrived hero today. Ho eamo nt the request of the Gorman amba'si- diir. Dr. von Holloben , lo talk over Sa- moun affairs nnd to bo presented to Secre tary Hay. Dr. Self carae to the State departmnt during the afternoon In company with Am bassador von Holloben , who presented him to Secretary Hay. The meeting was purely formal and then nt the Instance of the secretary - rotary Dr. Self wafi made nccp.talnted per- conally with the assistant secretary of state Ho speaks excellent English ami It was frankly confessed at the department that ho made a most agreeable Imprcsjlrn. H hns been arranged that he shall etay In Wanh- Inxton for afew days and during that time he will have an opportunity lo confer with the State department officials relative to Samoan - moan affairs. Wny Cli'iirocl for t'liili'mtntiilliuv. ' If a perfect understanding Is roaclml In advance of Dr. 'Solf's departure for his post of the exact Ideim tf each party to the tri partite government nt first hand , and as lie has already visited the British ambatsy In London , the .way appears to bo cleared fern n satisfactory agreement. It la slid hero that Admiral Kant ? Is fully sustained by the Navy department In every measure that ho hn.s taken and Inasmuch as It imust bo assumed that the admiral noted strictly In accordance with his In structions howill be upheld In taking uuch steps as were neccttiary to maintain the peace and Insure the safety of life nnd property In Samoa. It Is explained In ad- i ministration circles that the expression of j regret that a .hostile collision had occurred was simply nn expression tf -feeling that actually existed , but It does not follow that It Implied any t-ort of condemnation of the action of the admiral founded , ns the action undoubtedly was , on .1 plain necessity. The president nnd Secretary Hay have been giving consideration to the selection of a representative of the United States gov- I eminent on the Samoau commission. Ho I will not be a member of either the senate j I or house of representatives according to j present indications. Ilniiilrt'iiu'iitN ( if I'fiNltloii ISxnolIIIKT. It Is probable that the effort will be to find some person thoroughly familiar with ! the Issue likely to be presented In | the Snmonn dispute. It Is a com plex ono und has generally dropped out of public view during the last ten years , and the number of persons of the official class who are well posted on It Is extremely limited. It Is regarded by the State de partment as asscntlal that the commission I 'be ' appointed at the earliest possible mo ment. " " In the absence of an acceptance by Great Ilrltaln of the commission plan , It has not been possible to proceed to outline the In structions to be given to that commission It Is said that It does not follow by any means that because the commission Is op- pointed , It Is lo at once to overthrow the treaty of Berlin , under the terms of which the three 'governments ' have for ten years administered the affairs of Samoa. On the contrary It Is entirely possible that the commission will be able to adjust con ditions at Apia and elsewhere In the Samoan group to the terms of that treaty and It r is conceived hero that nil tliHt Is needed I for reformmlng conditions there and plac- I ing them on a basis that will Insure a i tranquil and satisfactory administration of | affairs may tie Feouroil through the adop tion of some additional articles to the Her- lln convention , not oven affecting the gen eral principle of the tripartite control , j Many cabin dispatches have been passing I between Washington and London In regard o the Snmoan settlement. The main point R In determining exactly the extent or lulliorlty which the high commission Is to IDSSCSS , Lord Salisbury desiring nil uncer- ain points first cleared up and an exact definition of wdiat the commission Is to do before committing Great Britain. IlrlllNli Coiiiiiirnil I InI'lnn. . The British government Is ni ready as Uis United States or Germany to accept the general prlnclplo of commissioners , but It wants to know In advance as to the power if the commission. The Indications are that the British au thorities will give their adherence to the agre'ement within a day or two , but It Is stated that there Is still a chance , alfhnurft a very slight one , that the agreement maj. not bo concluded The present negotiations are concentrated nn three main points , viz : First : Is the commission to report or IB It to have executive authority to ndmlnlstot as well ns to negotiate ; if so , what Is the extent of Us executive power ? Second : Will the action of the commission bo determined by a majority or will unani mous action be required ? Third : If a majority determination In ar ranged , what safeguard * are to be provided to Insure unanimous execution ? Thin last point ns between majority 01 unanimous action Is a vexing one , and Ii the same ono whlnh 'hus ' arisen bntweer the consular onVlals In Samoa and It Ii evident that Lord Salisbury hesitates tc apscnt to any agreement which may renew tl'ls ' controversy. An agreement upon Hint O car as final arbitrator would obviate t deadlock , but this , while proposed unoffi cially during the recent dlscueslona , has no been assented to officially , so that attentlor Is Ktlll centered nn the isiuo between ma. jority nnd unanimous rule. DEAD BODY HAS TWO BURIALS lnwyer In Alabama Stopn ( bo I'roeen lon to Crave lo Helmut Ilnllet from Head Muii'n Head , I1IRMINOHAM , Ala. , April 3. When thi body of Ira Goggans , the ex-policeman whi was shot In tiho Arcade saloon Saturday b ; Ollff Cahoon , a hey , was about to bo lowerei Into the grave today , P. O. Bowman , i attorney who was employed to prosecute tin charge against ilio boy. stopped the burla nnd had the body carried back to the un dertaker's , where a bullet wan taken fron the deceased's head. The second funeral with the same remain then followed. When weighed , the bulle taken from Coggan'a head was found to b nine grains heavier than the bullets froc Caliooii'a pistol. It U believed a third part ; had a liand in ' 'ho Bhootlug , notwlthstandlu , ( ic claim of to boy that ho did It all G A. Griffith , deputy city marshal nt Wood lawn , a suburb , was arrest- * today charge with murder. He was iu the eileen at th timu ot the TROUBLE IMPENDS AT CANTON ' ( niiliiro KiiuMsh Siin-rln- | leniletil iif lliinp Kotiu I'ollee mill Troops An * Ordered OIK. UONfi KONG , AfjrllI. . U is reported that the Chinese Imve ennturrl Captain Henry Francis May. superintendent of the Hong Ivong police. * Two companies of Welsh fualllors wont to Cunton Inst night on o torpedo boat dpatroyor pent there to protect British In terests iiud the tnrpoilo boM destroyer 1'allto followed at ilnybreak this morning with 200 men. The Hong KOng regiment la now under orders to proceed to Canton. rnptuln Francis Henry May , wli : > has boon superintendent of police nt Hong Kong slneo 1S93 , and superintendent of the Victoria Jail and flro brigade there ullito ISM , is the fourth son of thn late J. A. 0. May. lord chief Justleo of Ireland. Ho Is now In hla 4 ( > th year. He recelv < M special decorations for service rendered during the eoollo strike n ml the great plague of 1894. LONDON , April I. The Hong Kong correspondent - ! spondent of the Dally Mali ay : 1'lacarda j ! have been posted In the Ken lyton hintcr- | I land Inciting the people to atop the British officials from surveying there , and the offi cials huvo returned to Himg HOUR because of the threatening attitude of the Chinese. BRITISH FIRMS RESENTFUL Fuel thai rtinlrnot'ftir ilNfyro In the Souilaii "Wiis Xot IJirmlerly Comneted Kttr ; ' LONDON , April 3. Thfiro Is eontlnucd dls- j satisfaction among British contractors nt ; the fact that n Philadelphia firm has sue- j | cecdcd In obtaining thu contract to build | the bridge over the river 'at Bara. In the i Soudan , nail It Is now Insinuated that the i 1 American Ilrm had the specifications In advance - vance of Its rivals. Mr. Ulgby of III ( thy & Westwood , a leading English firm ot con tractors , In nn Interview published today , j says : | i i "I simply do not believe that any firm ' ' ' In the world can turn but a. bridge of that ' i ! size In the tlmo mentioned. We nnd other j I British firms made apeclal efforts to secure ' this particular contract. . , t-\t a meeting of i our directors , who are kll connected with largo steel mills , It wiis ngrt to divide the bupply of the requisite material nnd let other orders wait. We made a very low tender , guaranteeing to deliver the bridge j | by April .10 ; but no tenders ot British firms j 1 were even acknowledged. Of course a j bridge has undoubtedly been shipped from I Philadelphia , but 1 absolutely decline to bc- Move that the work on it was commenced on February S. The American firm either had the specifications liefore or adopted a stand ard bridge to suit the requirements of the case. No other explanation Is possible. The general feeling is that the British firms have been unjustly treated ! " FERMENT IN THE BALKANS I'coplc of ItnlKiirlii Audiwllli the Kxpcutntloii f Apjiroili-hliiM : IX3NDON , April 3. In connection -with the collision between the Bulgarian and Turkish frontier guards ot Kozyl-Agob , between Janboll nnd Adrlaiiopoln , n correspondent 111 Macedonia writu hv-'id P-vll Hall Ga zette concerning the seething condition in the Balkans. He says : "Grave consequences cannot be deferred much longer. The whole province Is armed and matters are rapidly drifting Into open revolution. The people are drilling for the I coming struggle and the country Is virtually I In a state of siege. Turkish troops have been pouring Into most of the disturbed dis- trlctB , concentrating chiefly in the north and reinforcements nro arriving dally. Dc- ! tachrnents guard the Oriental railway from Salonlca to the Servian 'border ' and the garrison risen towns are packed with soldiers. "There Is a widespread Impression 1 throughout the land that momentous events | are impending. There is a general feeling , of unrest everywhere , trade U at an absolute - lute standstill and the Ottomans are preparing - paring In grim , deadly earnest , because they are convinced that Bulgaria IB at the bot- torn of the troubles In Macedonia and will certainly actively support the expected rls- Ing , encouraged by Russian Influence. It Is 'Stlmatsd ' that 100,000 men are under arms , eady for action In the immediate repression of the rebellion. " POPE HAS A FAINTING FIT K CaiinoH Alarm , but an ISITort | M .Maile to Conceal flu : I'oiiUIT'H Condition. ( Copyright , 1S99 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LONDON , April 3. ( New York World 'nblcgram Special Telegram. ) The Dolly Telegraph's Rome correspondent t eprats the insertion of the gravity of thb pope's con dition. Today tlie pontiff had n fainting fit of the gravest character , producing much . agitation nnd alarm. Every effort Is being made , especially on the part ot Cardinal Rnmpolla , to conceal the real state of the pontiff with the object of preventing the rowers from working for the next conclr e. Hut the powers are quite nwaro of the true condition of his 'holiness ' nnd nro secrelly making preparations for 'the gaUicriug. MINISTRY OF GREECE RESIGNS Ilody ItefiiNcH lo Continue In Oniuu After Unfavorable Itiillni ; of the Chamber. ATHENS , April 3. A committee of the Chamber of Deputies having declared that the election ot M. 55almls , the president of the council of ministers and minister of for eign affairs , was Invalid owing to bribery and Intimidation , the cabinet , after today's meeting , resigned. The Greek ministry , which has Just re signed , constituted on October 3 , 1607 , was . composed of the following ministers : President ot the council and minister of foreign affairs , M. Kalmls ; minister of in terior , M. Korpas ; minister of Justice , M. Toman ; minister of finance , M , Strait ; min ister of marine. Captain Hadji Kyrlacos ; minister of war , General Smolensk/ ; min ister of public Instruction , M , Panaglolopou- loa. NORWAY'S WAIII.IKI3 I'HKPAHATIO.V Mny PonNlblj- en a tbo ConiiieHl of Siveden , LONDON , April I. The Dully Mall's correspondent - respondent at Gothenburg , Sweden , refer ring to the warlike preparations of Norway nays : Tlio only possible purpose ot these preparations Is to attack Sweden , whoso de fenses and armament are Inferior and whose Infantry Is armed with obsoltto weapons. Should the Norwegian fleet attack Gothen burg the city must Inevitably fall. llnrlim lleliirim In llate. BERLIN , April 3 The minister of foreign affairs , Uaron von Duelou has curtailed 'hi1 holiday , icluruliii ; uiiexpeiielly to tha cap Ital today , and has bad a 'ogtby conference with the Drltlnh amba&sador to Germany Sir Frank Caveuduh Liasellta , eu tbo BUD- ject of Samoa. \ ' p i inn PInr > T f"n t TP PI prT-niv \L\RSKllSTSlAlhElLClIO\ \ \ Michigan's ' Political Ojmplesi on Unchanged , but Demccrnts Make Gains. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RE-ELECTED On ( trtii'riilly Ilull ! Vnlo Ili > | iti1illpnii llolil Their ( Mvu III SinnlliT Cltlfn mill Throiiulioul tin * llnrnl UlntrliMN of Stuff. DETROIT , April 3. Today's elections In Michigan Imvo not shown any marked change In the political complexion of thu state , which Is normally republican , but the lo iilt shows quite heavy democratic gains In some of the larger cities , notably so In Detroit , Grand Haplds , Snglnaw , Jackson and Kalamazoo. On a general ! ; ' light vato the tcpubllcans hold their o\\n In the smaller cities and throughout the rural districts. Of these about two-thirds of the new Judges , who are elected for six-year terms , are re publicans. The republicans ro-elect Judge Claudius H. ( iranl im justice of the supreme court by a majority of at least 20.UOO. They also elect Henry S. Dean and nil U. Button regents of .Michigan university by somewhat greater majorities. Thomas K. Harkworth , demo cratic candidate for justice , ran nearly 0,000 ahead of Judge Orant In Wayne county ( Detroit ) , and Grant only received 1,000 plurality in Kent county ( Grand llapids ) , which In recent yenrs has shown heavy republican - -publican majorities. The contest over circuit Judges In Detroit was extensively split up and resulted In the election of three democrats , George S. Hos- i nor , Henry A. Harmon and James H. Pound , and two republicans ro-elected , Wil liam L. Carpenter and Joseph W. Donlvan. It Is possible that the olllclal count may defeat Pound and re-elect Judge Robert K. Krazer. republican. Democratic candidates for judges of the Detroit recorder's court won easily , Alfred J. Murphy defeating Judge W. W. Chnpln by about 1.000 votes , and James I'helan ueatlns Henry A. Man- dell , republican , hy over 3,000. Republicans won In most of the city school Inspector ship contests. Local and personal Issues played the usual conspicuous part In the | ] spring elections throughout the state , but thu republicans were generally sucicss.ful In townships and smaller cities , in several cases 'by Increased majorities on a light vote. At Jackson Mayor Loennecker , democrat , was re-elected by about 1,000 majority , a democratic gain cf 750. The republicans carried Hattle Crock , electing all officers excepting one alderman. At Llay City the entire republican city i ticket wan elected by about 300 majority. In West Hay City the republicans elected controller and three aldermen , und the demo crats the other officers. The democrats elected mayor and three aldermen t Kalamnzoo and the republicans the city treasurer and two aldermen. Vole III ( InCllliH mill ToiriiN. COLDYVATER. Mich. , April 3. The rlty elected the entire republican ticket , except ing marshal. Clayton C. Johnston Is elected mayor hy G72 republican majority. No change In the city politically from Insi year , except in increased majorities. TJio state ticket receives ir repuullcftn 'luiijorlty. ' MANISTER , Mich. , April 3. The demo cratic ticket Is elected by over 200 majority. Uarkworth , democrat , for supreme justice , will carry the county by 200. GRAND ' Mich. 3.The RAl'IDS. . April - re sult of the election here Is mixed and of little political Blgnlflcance. The democrats elect R. L. Kewnlmm judge of superior court , but the remainder of the ticket is Ktlll In doubt at mldnlglit. The democrats elect seven out of twelve aldermen , making the now council stand : Democrats , 17 ; re publicans , 7. LUDLN'GTON' , Mich. , April 3. Full city aturns give Cartier , republican , 137 ma- orlty for mayor. The democrats elect a ma- orlty of the city council , making the munlc- pal olHcos ktand the same politically us ast year. MENOMINEE. Mich , April 3. The ropufc- leans elected mayor , justice of the peacp , five out of seven aldermen and six super- Msora. 'The republican state and county Ickets rarrled by a large majority. SAULT STK. MARIE , Mich. , April 3. The republicans elected mayor , treasurer , comptroller , justice and four out of six aldermen. Partial leturns from the county ndlcate HOO republican majority. MARQUETTE , Mich. , April 3. The re- mbllcan state judicial ticket won In this county by about & 00 majority. Nelhardt , citizens , for mayor , was elected ( bfe. An- Irows , labor candidate , was elected In Inh- pcmlng by DOO majority. OHIO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Thirteen I' ] lira lily for lleiiublleaii 3layor In I'lnve of Democrat at MuKlnley'N Home. CINCINNATI. April 3. The elections In Ohio today were general for municipal and township officers. Whllo local issues usually control these spring elections , yet there were other influences in some places today. At Cleveland there was a decisive demo cratic victory on the head of the ticket only , but It was not duo alone to the local opposition to Mayor McKisson for a third term. 'McKlsson ' last year -was the candi date ot the bolting republicans and the democrats in the legislature against Rena- tor Hanna. At Columbus u republican mayor was elected for the firtt tlmo In twelve years. At Cincinnati the rcjmblic- tns have a plurality of 7,000 nnd the pres ent democratic mayor was elected two years ago by almost na largo a plurality. At Toledo an independent republican was elected on Pingreo Issues , assisted by fac tional complications. At Dayton the demo crats made municipal gains , hut the repub licans gained In the township , which st-onia to bo thu cuao throughout the state. Whllo the greatest change was at Cleveland - land , where the republic-ins have con trolled the city for years with Robert Mc- Klsaon ns mayor , yet what Is known as the Western Reserve maintains its usual repub lican majorities , with some gains over those of former > AprlI elections , notably at YoungHtown , Warren , Cadiz , Delaware ami other cities in northeastern Ohio. In the smaller cltlcxm , well as in the rural dis tricts , the republicans claim gains , notably at Chllllcothe , where there wax a change. Mayor Ilrown being defeated for re-election by James Wood , by 300. ( At DelUnco the democrats lost two couucllmcn and u mem ber of the Hoard of Education. At Hamil ton the democrats maintained their majori ties ; also at Lima , Newark , Clrcloville , L'ppar Sandusky , Wapakonota , Mlllorsburg and Van Wurt. 'At ' ZancBVllle und Murys- vlllo the republicans were successful and they made gains at Napoleon. An a rule , the vote wna light. A < t Canton , the home of McKlnloy , James Robertson , republican , was elected mayor by 13 plurality a chanpo from thi present dcmorrauadinimsiraii' n D\YTO.N , O. Ap"l ! 3 Local IGBUCB purely controlled in the clew ions hero today Many ' , women voted for members of the Hoard of I F-ducatlon. The vote was II-tit cod thb CONDITION OF THE WEATHER ; democrats won n. normal victory , electing Chtldg. the nominee for water works trus tee , over Cole , republican , by about SOO. Township elections show the usual balance In favor of the republicans on a county veto. veto.TOLEDO TOLEDO , 0. . April S. Returns tonight will lie slow , as Ute vote Is the heaviest In the history of the city. Mnyor S. M. Jones , who was a cnndldato on an Inde pendent tlckjt , with a platform of munici pal ownership of public utilities , has been elected by lit least fi.OOO 'plurality and prob ably u majority over nil. At 10 o'clock the Jones management had heard unolllclnlly from nearly every pro- einct In the city nnd they glvo Jones n plurality of 0,000. The union reform ticket cut little figure In the voting. The total vote cast Is about 25,000. Complete returns ilrom 10 of the CS 'proelncls ' show that Jones has carried thoFO products .by . SOO. If the rate Is kept tip , Jones will ! carry the city 'hy ' about -1,000. There la no doubt that the entire republican ticket out side of the mayor has .been elected. ' F1NDLAY , 0. , April 3. The republicans elect tholr entire city ticket by about 350 j ' majority. They also elect six out of cliht ; councllmen , with a tie In ono ward , bulns a republican gain of 2. 5CANESVILLE , 0. . April 3. Mnyor Gib son , president of the Ohio Municipal ] league , v.-ns defeated by L. E. Brelsford. republican , hy 162 plurality. The repub licans elect all the city ticket but civil en gineer and justice. IJRDANA , 0. , April 3. The city elections hero today resulted In overwhelming victory for the democratic ticket. Kor the Ilrst time In years they elected their officers. Ile.ith- erman , democrat , defeated Dowers , repub- llcin , by over 300 for marshal. The rc- publicans elect two councllmen and the democrats two , with Krldcr nntl Stone tie. 1ROXTON. O. . April ? . The demccraU elected Major Collctt mayor by a majority of two votirt and Grlmahaw. marshal , 1iy 200. The roptfblic-ans elected nil other city and township officers bydecreased majori ties , The normal republican majority Is 500. STKUB.KINVI.LLE . , O. . April 3. John P. 'Means ' , republican , for mayor , has 200 ma jority. The democrats elect Jcacph Klthard Justice c < the pence. Republicans elect four out of six vouncllmcn , five out of seven for Beard or Education and five out of six an- SC3SOK ! . IIIOIM'IU.ICAX .11A YOU KOIl rO Samuel .1. Swartr. IN lOlci'tod ! > y n li'- t-lNlvc Majority. COLUMBUS. O. , April 3. Samuel L. Black , democrat mayor of Columbus , was defeated for re-olectlou by Samuel .T. Swartz , republican , formerly police Judge , by u decisive majority. Mayor Ulack IB president of fie League f-AiviBrtiua tfu&.uipaJtiics : and > Jiis ' . ' ; war. used as i u argument In support of his candidacy by the party managers. The elec tion was fought on strictly party lines , however , and was oie of ttie most bitterly contested In the history of the city , the total vote cast , 27.26 . being heavier than at the gubernatorial eieullon. Judge Swartz Is the first republican elected mayor of tfie city In twelve years. The city Is normally republican by abouv 3,000 , though It has given majorities of upwards of 3,000. Heretofore local Ipsucs huvo operated against the republicans , but united action was secured today by an agreement which gave Judge Nasy , who Is candidate for the republican nomination for governor , the nolid delegation from I'ranK- lln county In the coming state convention. The vote Is as follows : Swartz , 1-1,151 ; Black , 12,758 ; Swnrtz's plurality , 1,393. \VHII3Y WIN'S AT fl.BVISLA.VU. Split In Iti'I'iil'Ilcmi Hunk * nivcn Dem ocrat In Vlcdiry. CLEVBLAX'D. O. , April 3. Jchn H. Far- loy , democrat , was elected mayor over Robert E. McKlsson , republican , the pres ent Incumbent , today l > y a plurality of about 0,500. The first returns Indicated n mtisli greater victory 'for Karley , but his plurality was cut down by later returns. The re mainder of the ropu'bllcan ticket , Including city treasurer , police judge , police prosecutor cuter , Justleo and four members of the school council elected at large 'Will ' have substantial pluralities. The republicans will control the city council. McKiPi Dli's defeat was due to the defec tion of republicans who voted against him 'because ' of hla bolt from Senator Umimi and .Ills party during the contest before the lej- Irlnttiro ft year ago latt winter. The whole ticket suffered fcmewhat on account of the | oppealtlon to MrKlasnn , 'but ' not enough to defeat any of the other candidates. The vote wn very henvy and the count was somewhat delayed , but praotlcally all the returns ore In at midnight. OKFICIAIfi l.V riKCIX.VATI. I'rnjilc of Cincinnati Vole I'llvornlily ( in I'nreliiifn- y.uolouli'al Cnrilenx , CINCINNATI , April 3. Weather condi tions were favorable to a full vote at the Oinoinnutl municipal election , yet only 44,500 votes were cast. There worn only three olllf-lalH to bo elected , judge of the superior court and two members of the Board of City Affairs. The official result Is us fol lows : RuftiB B. Smith , republican , Judge of the auperlor court , 30.432. Judge Smith had no opposition on the democratic ticket. The olllclaf vote on membois of the Board of Oity Affairs Is : William McAllister , ro- publloan , 2..041 ; Albert Klscher , republican , Uii.27 ; H. J. Ennoklng. democrat , 18,778 ; J. C. Sherlock , democrat , 14,274. Average republican majority , 0a7tl. A vote taken on authorizing Ido city to purchuBo the zoological garden for a park resulted : For the purchase , 20,180 ; against It , 11.320. The two other 'tlckrtB ' In the Held polled almost nothing. HOT TI.MK u.vpr.cTKii i.v niir.Kio. Nfri-iiKtli nn rnUmnvii I-'nc- lor In the ( 'onli-Hl. OHICAOO , April 3. The vole to ho polled by Jchn P. Altgeld In the mayoralty elec tion tomorrow 1 admitted by all parties to be a most undecided factor and yet It l the thing upon wjilch all tlirue candidate Harrison risen , democrat ; Carter , republican , and Allgi'ld. Independent dumoerat are basing thalr hopes of final succor. The Altgrlil men say lint their candidate , who IB Htancl- Ing upon the Chicago plttform. will treouro all the straight rllvor democratic vote and will certainly bo elected. They allow him 14H.OOO VC'HH lu the he : lijiiaffB of the Harrison fa- uon tonight there is t'.io greatest oonfldi-nre They eay thuro is uol the gllffhteet doubt of , f theinayor'a re-olertlon. Thuy give fain _ ( CooOcual BALKS THE BOODLERS Legislature Declines to Bo Bought on a Certain Proposition. ABOLISHES FEES OF DISTRICT CLERKS Scandalous and Disgraceful Means Employed by Interested Parties. CORRUPT LOBBY OY MUCH IN EVIDENCE All Sorts of Dicreputabit ) radices Usad to Defeat the Measure. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PLACED ON TAP Oil Itdolii Worker * Do Their AVoi-M , lull In .Spile tif All Their K\er- ( liniN I In' HIM I'MiniMy Item-he * Hit. ' < ; < n ernor. LINCOLN , April 3. ( Spcclal. ) The most scandalous and disgraceful feature uf the entire legislative session Just closed wus the brazen work of the lobby thai nearly succeeded In defeating thu bill making the position of clerk of the district court a ualarled olllce. Thousands of dullnrs were distributed by the parties Inteictitod In preventing - venting Ihls piece if legislation and itio desperation of the boodlers stopped short of nothing within the shadow of the peniten tiary. Members were bribed , committee clerks bought to pigeonhole the bill and doiporadoeasere hired lo stis-il thu bill and engrossing clerks nubsldlzed to mutilate It after Its passage. Only the most watchful cary of Its aurpoi tors kept It from harm. It Is even said that some of the money hung up for It Is still available to thu popocratii , hirelings who have undertaken to deliver a governor'u veto in the bargain. II. H. 251 , the bill to limit and regulate the fees and salarlen rf clerks of the dis trict court , had behind U all those mem bers who believed that the Income of an ( i Hlcc In this state should not bo allowed to bo so largo as lo ( become n corrupting Inlluence In local and state elections. Thu opposition WHB In the Interest of the dis trict clerks of Douglas and Lancaster counties. Even before the bill saw the light of day , Albyn Frank , In anticipation of trouble , Introduced himself with several Jugs of whisky , distributed with effect among susceptible legislators. Thu bill WUH Introduced In the house by W. J. Taylor of Custer county and on the 17th of January won referred to the com mittee on fees and salaries. One or two other hills on the same subject were Intro duced at about the same time. After a long consideration ot the bills , members of the committee unwittingly adopted the sug gestion of parties paid by the Douglas county district clerk to defeat the bill , and < lrow up a substitute iblll which was pre sented to the house on the 27th of Feb ruary. j .was nhnq t exactly .H'-o ' the Vrlglnal , except " "that Its msctlohrf wnv numbered differently , and the clerks of the court In Douglas and Lancaster counties were allowed to draw $2,500 salary Instead of $2.000 , while the clerk In Gage and Otoa counties were raised from $1.COO to $2,000 , the limit on counties In this class being 25- 000 Inhabitants. ( Ill lloom'n I liic Work. After this substitute hill had boon primed the oil room commenced Us real line work. The lobby managed It so that some senators were supplied wllll one Btylo of prlnttd copy and some' with the other , the object being 'to conftiso matters In the final wlndup 1n case the boodle failed to accom plish the death of the bill In some other way. way.When When the blfl came up for consideration In committee of the whole in 'tho ' IIOUBO th greatest opposition was made to It by a Douglas county member who maintained that n competent man could not bo Induced to 'tnko ' the olllce In ibis county If the salary were limited < o $2.600. He favored the pres ent HyS'tcm of allowing the fern of .the . office to go to the clerk. Other members Joined feebly in 'tho ' fight against the bill , hut It was finally passed with only six opposing votffi and font to the Hcmite. In 'the ' senate the lobby wan the most thoroughly organized , a syndicate bavlntt been formed to pass certain bills and de feat others according to the way th "stuff" was to come. 'To ' get ithls syndicate thor oughly In touch with the business of the session Judge llourno and Charley IllgK t Heatrlco und Rimer Thompson of Grand Island wore provided with plaoei on the cler ical ferro of the Benato , and through their Influonro and Invitation all 'tho ' oil room lobbyists were quartered In thu rooms where the clerical work was being performed and wheio they could keep tholr eyes open to the main ehnnco. Thus Tom De.nton , Krank Ilarber , Hob Druesdow and others of that Ilk were nblo to hover around over the drskx of the Ronnie nlficlahi and were nbl to keep tliowo Informed who had to stuy " ' the outside. The fciyndlcato took the con- trnet lo kill ilio district clerk bill and In cluded It In the "general II lo of the oil room. " In spltn of nil efforts to the contrary the bill came to the front of the list In the ton- ate on Friday. In the afternoon It was ready for third reading with only three blllK ahead of It. After supper , however , It had been shoved down Ida list un'tir ' It was num ber ten , und after that , by some hocus porus , It wax kept baric and fully twenty hills were put ahead of It without the knowledge of ilho Benato so fur its the record dls- cloKt-B. ICvery hour the lint of advanced hills wat > rlnngcd ellher 1n the back room or ut the behest of some Individual senator. h secretary of the benuto lining no btisUy on- guged In 'the ' niHli of nork Incident' Hie closing hours of the Ht'Bnlon to prevent or oven notice the manipulation of the lint , Clout * U'lilcli , While this wan going on Albyn Prank of Omaha , Tom llenton and the Hlggs crow I were keeping clc e In the sc retary'n olllco or uuro hanging uliout the tables where the legitimate work waa being performed. The newly appointed clerk of the court In Lan- cdBter county , flanked hy frlemlH and rela tives from other counties , kept a watohfiil vigil over the progress of the xchemo , scarce remembering the fact that Sam Low , the late clerk of the LunrarUer court , had been In hU grave loan than a dozen hour * . . Somt porsuna opposing Iho irnHnago of the bill camt * direct from the Ix > w funeral to the senate without stepping to draw a long breath. The novvs flouted around that a pot of $3,000 was thu prize for killing II. It 251 und ono member of the lobby wan heard to tell unothor that If nerensary thu bill would 1)0 uim-ndcJl by the senate ami that the printing "f the amendments would be delayed layed until tl < wan too loto to get the bill through. | On Saturday Senator Koyes oallcl for the bill five tluu-3 l > cforo ho got It up. On n I ata'umetit that anifi-lm'itB were desired | UL * ML&wliJ , MM UKi rrd ID frUl UltlW tl