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OMAHATWENTY-FIllST YEA! ? . OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING , MAY 18 , 1892. NUMBER 33o ,

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Methodists Select Men to Fill Some SoftBerths in Ohurch Work.

SCRAMBLE FOR PREFERRED POSITIONS

Bouio Charges on tlio Side Concerning tlio-

Allnlri of the Noty York HookConcern DNoimlm; thu-

JtlncT.tc } rrohlum.-

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feature of the Alothodtst contoronco-j cstcrdfty was the election of ofllccrs'.for auxil-iary

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departments of the church. Thoio-Dfllrcrs are elected every four years. Theyuro positions of honor nnd responsibility , inaddition to the fact that they command sal-

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that are not to bo nt.The tint ofllcor considered In the election

toduv was that of the two agents for theNow Yoik book concern , un institution hav-ing

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a capital ot 3OJJOJd. Dr. SanfordHunt nnd Dr. Homer K iton , who have beenthe agents during the past quadrennlum ,

wore unanimously elcctod to succeed them-selves.

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Dr. Karl Cianston was circled as otio ofthe agents of the Cincinnati hook concern ,

nncl Chaplain AlcCabo , Dr. J. O. Peck andDr. A. B. Leonard wore rc-eioctod as thethroe missionary secrotiriiu. The electionsweio not completed.-

DlHcnisIni.

; HID Itinerary rrohlutn.After the preliminary exercises Dr. Alooro ,

of the Coutiiil Christian Advocate , wantedto talto up the matter of allowing thu bishopsto select Iholr residences with loteience totheir .cniotlty. The confoionco would notdepait from the togulnrorder which was thecalling of committee icpoits.-

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commutes on Itineracy brought in n-

rcpoit iccommcnding the abolishment ofthe Ilvo-.vcar limit on appointment of pistols.The rcpoit favoicil the idea of permittingthe bisliops to appoint pastors ovurv jearwithout rofeionco to Iho place to which theminister hud been assigned thu year previous-.is

.the church law has stood for many yours

a pastor could not icvnaiu atone place longerthan live jcars In succession.-

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motion provailud to make the report thespecial order for 10 o'clock Wednesday-

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Manner ol Elections.The committee on temporal economy 10-

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adversely on the question of makinga change in thu manner of electionsAdopted-

The eider of elections was taken up Dr-Ltin than presented n resolution to llx Ihoorder in which the elections woio to bo takenup. Tba resolution piovided tint nomina-tions

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should uo made lu open conlorcnce , nndnil elections should bo made In oj.cn couit.-

Dr..

. Ciouehci moved that the election ofthe seerutnucs of tlio Fiecdmcn's Aid societybo postponed until next Thursdm becausethe commlttco was not road } to report. Dr-.Lamih.m's

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rosolutlon with Dr. Gouchei'samendment was then adopted.

The oidei of elec lions will bo as follows :

Agents of the book concein ut Now Yoik ,

ngc'iits of the book coiRorn ut Cincinnati ,

st'ciotuiics of the missionaiy societies , secru-tnrics

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of the Frcedmon's Aid and SouthernKducationnl society , cditoi ol the MethodistRi-v low , and then the editors of the Advo-cates

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nt Now Yotk , Cincinnati , Chicago andSan Francisco.

Denounced Southern Outrasot.The commlttco on the stnto of the church

brought in n rcpjit that fairlv bnstiod all-over w Itli denunciation of tlio outi iges prac-ticed

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upon thu uoloicd race in the soutn. It-cnlle.1 upon the government , the tate ofl-lcl.il'

-, Methodist churo.li and all coed olll-

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to uriso In 'heir might and abolish theiiuilptiKics and ouliages that nio heapedupon tno coloicd people , anil ull white peoplewho duio to work for thu elevation ot thecoloicd lace in tlio southern status ,

The resolution declined thiit the coloiod-jipoulo woio tii'atcd shamefully on the mil-wiij

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tiains und nt hotels and in ovc'rywiiy.They wore shot down like dos and the lawof the land was tiiiinplod .timer foot by peo-ple

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w ho despised tlio coloiod laceThe losolution stiucd up tromcndous en ¬

thusiasm.-Dr.

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. Qutnl , Dr. Pavno nncl others undovehc'incnlspccclics. culling upon the gioatMethodist chinch to sound the alarm andstand IUml } for the lights ot thu coloicd-racj. .

Dr. Miloy ml vised the conference to bo-

inudeinto lu the luimiiugo employed. "We-mo not perfect ourselvo , biothron , except-ing

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in woids , " said Di. Miloy.The repoit was adopted by n Using vote ,

cvoiv dologata lu Iho conteicnco using lo-

bis feot.-

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Itoinh thut Win NotThe order of the clav was then called. It

was the election of olllcois , unit according tothe plan adopted the election of the agentsfor the book eoneuiu ut New York was Histtaken up-

.Dr.

Miloy nominated Dr. Sanford Huntnnd Dr. Homer Haton as the agents for theNow York book ooncern. These gentlemenhave been the agents of ttmtconccin forsuv 01 ul 3 ears. The nomination * woreseconded bv a delegations.-

Air..

. Field of Phlladolplihi wanted to asksome questions. The chairman docidud thatho was oui of order. Ho uotaUtod In the de-mand

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that tie should be hc.aul on it questionofpuvilcRO. Ho w us called to order uy tno-chair. . It ho had been clvon the lloor l.owould have exploded a bomb. It was a busi-ness

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nffiilf touching the management of theNew Yoik book conrern.-

All..

. Field had licuios in his pojsosslonshowing Unit Iho giuat book concoia at NewYor.c with u capital of $J,0'JU,000' , had onlymade n not pioht of flll.UUU pur annni.i-dm ing thu past four yo trs , Air. Fieldwished to ask it that was considered goodbusiness ability. Would It not bo bolter 10Invest the money ut 0 nor cent In tlio west ,

and suciuo an income fi omit of $120,000 perannum. Another slningo fact lu thebush e'H of the book conccin , so Mr Fieldholds is that uhlhi the huusu did n businessof { ''JiM.OOJ last jour, the amount of mono} onthe books and uncollccicdjwus ?UKOOt) , ) . Inother words , two thirds of thu business ofthe year U still outstanding , The concernalso shows a debt of t.'OO.WO-

.Dr.

, Hunt su > s he could explain thismatter to the satisfaction of allreasonable men If ho had bearing.-A

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lurtio amount of the capital of theNow York book concern , ho suld , is lockedup in n building that is used by other depait-menu ot the church and brings in no lent.-Ha

.bays that the whole capital ot the concern

bus been made fiom nothing ny the concernnnd the debt does not loprejcnt any moneysunk.

Agent * iii: cleil.The first ballot for the election of agents

for tli Now Yerli concern resulted in theelection ot Uaton m.ii Hunt with piuctleally-un opposition ,

Tlio nomination1' , for agents of tlu Cincin-nati

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book coniein WPIO us follows : Dr. W-

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Halstead , Dr. Lewis C'uits , Dr i'.ailCranston , Dr. W , P. Stowo , Dr. SamuelPcmborton. Dr , J. D. ilumiaoiul. Dr. L. A.Belt , Hon. Samuel Dickey and Samuel ti.

Tim whole number of billets past wes 47-0.Hicquiri'dSU

.to make n choice. Dr. Hail

Cranston iccehod IJJoto9 , und was theonly man elected on thollrat ballot. Theothers rocehod votes as follows ; Hiiistead ,

4(1( ; Bi'lt. 47 ; Cutts. 145 ; Dickey , U'.i' ;

Hammond 24 nncl the irst wcro scatteringAir. Knox , a coloiod in MI fiom Kentucky ,got ono vote , llo ulthdrou fiom the contestlaconically , Dr. Hammond was the othercolored man lu the race.-

Dr.

, Cranston was elected and n secondballot nas ordered to elect the second nzont ,

Tlio second ballot on the election of bookagents for tlio Cincinnati book coiic.'rn wasthen announced. It stood as follows :

Stowo , 20-1 ; Curts , liOl ; Halstcud , 39 ; Hell ,111 ; Dickoj , 10 ; the lest scattoiing. A thirdballot w us ordered as thoio was no election ,The result ol thu thhd ballot was not madeJuiown before the conference ndjouincd.

A ( tor the ballot had been tuken the confer-ence

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decided ttml when the body adjournedU mould bo to meet at 7:30: In tbo evening to

receive the fraternal delegate from theMethodist KpUcopul church south ,

Dr. Cranston reported that the manual or-doied

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hy the conference was at last ready tobo delivered.

Missionary Changes.The missionary commlttco offered n few

amendments to the rulej relating to confer-ences

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In foreign lanus In Indlrvthe church holds a central conforcncoannually , which delegates from all theother annual conferences In Tndln attend.

The missionary committee recommendedthat the missionary bUhops bo requeued toattend the annual mooting ! of the mtsslouaryboard.

Chaplain McCabe was opposed to the( bunco. He said it would ba n needles ) ex-pense.

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. 'J ho missionary board was not inneed of information with regard to the ncods-ot foreign missions. What the boardneeded was money. Information regardingthe woik was furnished In abundance. No-body

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doubted the great ncod of the workabroad but the money to accomplish thework was tbo thing that was not so easilyobtained. Ho thought It would bo n gloatwaste of tlmo and money to have the mis-sionary

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bishops coming half way around theworld every year to attend thoio meetings

Dr. Shlio. Dr Pock and others heldthut the question of oxpansa should not bopermitted to iiffoct the work. The mission-ary

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bishops should como to the meetings.Chaplain McCabe said that India was get-

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f.W.OOO a j oar , nnd ho thought that Ithad reached n point where the question of-oxpouso should begin to cut something of afigure.-

Dr..

. Parker of India held that whore somuch money was being expended It was nec-essary

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that the gonciul Hupcrlntondontsshould bo present toyivolnf01 matlon regard-inc the woik.

The recommendation of tbo missionarycommlttco with regard to the visits of tnomissionary bishops to the meetings of themissionciy board wore adopted.-

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ctliiK .Missionary Seerot.irles.Then came the election of thieo secretaries

for the missionary society. Tlio nomina-tions

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were : Dr. T. B. Noely. Chupaiin Mu-Cabo

-, Dr. J. O. Pock , Dr. A. B Lsoti.itd ,

lltlam Jones , Dr J. W. Hamilton , Dr. A.-

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. Palmer , Dr. S. L. Baldwin. The in-

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during the past qtndrannlum wcro-Dr. . J. O Pock , Ch iplain McCabe nnd Dr. A.-

B..

. Leonard It was generally conceded thatMcCabe and Pock would secure a ro olectio-n.'lhethirdplaco.lt

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wns thought , was in thenir for the man who might get It-

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resolution , Rev. John M. Rood wasmade honorarj secrotaiy of the missionarysociety.

The icsult of the ballot for missionarysecretaries was then announced. It stood asfollows Total number of votes cast , 470 , ofwhich Dr Pock got 1181 ; Dr. Loonant , U18 ;AlcCnbc , lli! ; Dr. Neelv , 7. ) ; Dr. Hamilton ,!20 , ; Dr. A. J. Palmei , 7J ; Dr. U ildwin , 1,1 ,

and the ie-,1 scattering. The colored menwere not m It. Hammond , the coiorod cnn-diduto

-, got but two votes. McCabe , Peck

and Lconaid , the socretuiioa for the pastquudronniuni , vere declared to bo elected.-

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lorin In Church Ar chltectnre.While the tellers woio out counting the

ballots on tno vutious elections the call of thecommlttco lopoits was continued Thecommittee oa church extension reported infavor of encouraging the study of churchirchitcctuie. The report stated that thechurcho- , best "-uitod for worship wore thosemat wcro built all on o 10 lloor. The com-mittee

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recommended that caioful study bogiven to the best stv lo of buildings lo secure? race und practicability of the structures.-1'huropoiL

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recommended thut provision bomade for the knot-llng of the audience in wor-ship

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It ptovuled lor good light , good vcu-tilalion

-an.I good heating.-

Dr..

. hccly declared in presenting the re-port

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that the people would kneel if the newsivete fnronoutrh aunu. Churches in those.utter jours weio being built too much lineopcia houses.-

Dr..

. Fisko uroso and sold that tha commlt-eo

-: on the icception of fraternal delegatesImd received u communication from tho"fin -teinal delegate from tba United Brothion-ohuich asking when the conference wouldreceive him. The conference derided to re-ceive

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him on Fiido.v.-

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Constitutional Ch.inires.Judge Lawrence asxoj leave to offer n-

resolution. . Ho was given the privilege ofpresenting tbo losolution. It lead as fol-low

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"Resolved , That the constitution of theMethodist Lpiscosal church can only bo-

nlioiodor chunpod by the mode authorised. "Judge Law renco spoke upon the icsolution-

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held that there was but ono way to-

umenl or alter a coiiRtilutiou. Dr. Knight ,the speaker said , had statedthc'io wcro two ways , but thisvv as rovoltitionniv. Judge Lawrnnco referredto a long lint of legal authorities showingthat n constitution could not bo legallyamended or changed oxcentlnc in the waypiovidcd in the constitution It-self.

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. Dr. K ) nett's a dmissionthat the constitution could bo amendedby a representative meeting of the people of-tlio chuich ns a legislative act was not in nc-coidancc

-with tao constitution , ho held-

.Judco.

Lawrence was not given very goodattention. His icsolution was referred to-

thocommlttoo on Judiciary.The delegates all took dinner with tbo

ladies of the church nt the armory.

Much IntciiHt felt ,

The facts given to the press by JohnFields of Philadelphia relative to misman-agement

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of the affairs of the New York bookconccni have precipitated a sensation amongthe momboii ? of the conference. The matterv. as ttio principal subject of discussion lastevening and knots of delegates congregateIn the couidors of the hotelsand expiossed tbo opinion tnatAir. Fields was all right , ovenIf ho failed to cany his point at jestcidav'ss-cislon. . Mr. Field said last night that ho-wns confident that now that the matterwas undcistood ho would have tno supportof nine-tenths of the delegates-

."B'shop.

' Bow man sat down on mo hare]

jcstorduy , " suid ho, "but I am sure thut mvnotion was just. It was only iliiut that thismatter should bo Investigated bcforo theagents wcro olccte'd. The report ot tlioagents will bo submitted some tlmo duringthe session , nnd poihups I will got a chancelo say something thon. "

Jtnv. Dr. Tlfjort Iticclved.The mass mooting nt Exposition hall last

night was devoted to the reception of Rov.John J , Tigcrt , D.D. , the fmenial doloeatofrom the Methodist ehurch South. Tlio re-ception

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of Charles J. Baker , from the Inde-pendent

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Methodist i-Iiurch was scheduled forthe sumo oveniiip , but ns Rev. Tigert occu-pied

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two houis in pmlng his respectsto the conference. Air. Baker's receptionwns po3tponod until ItiU morning , lilshopMen ill presided und Dr. Hnrtzoll presentedIho fiatenuil ciclegato , Roy , Tigort's' ait-dross wus devoted to n rather tedious recitalof ecclesiastical history and ho was en-thusiastically

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applauded wVicn ho llnlshod ,

I'm or Dr.The election of an editor for the Centra

Christian Advocate nt St. Louis Is of muclInterest to western Methodists. Dr. Croigh-ton's

-man ) friends hope to see him elected-

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Armnln.-At

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Bromorlmvon Soalo , fiom Now YorkAt Southampton Lahn , fiom Now YorkAt Rio Janeiro Enchantress , from Now

YoikAt Now York Arlosland , from AntwerpNorwegian , from Amsterdam ,At Gibraltar The Worm , from Aow YorkAt AlovilloTho Furncssia. from Now

YorkAt Southampton The Saalo , fiom Now

York-.At

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Now York The Aller , from Dromon ,

California Domuc'r.iU lu Settlon.F-IIE.SNO

., Cal. , Alay 17, The democratic

slate convention met hero at noon to choosedelegates to the national convention , then dlvide into districts and nominate congressmini , U Is expected the convention will lasthree clays. The matters of special Interes-to rome up orowhetner the delegates sbal-uo Instructed for Cleveland and whether theplutfoint shall endorse the San FranciscoTrulllc association. Tbo Hill m u in the cou-vcntlou oppose both.

AN AMERICAN REGIS FRY

Senator Chandler's Bill to Provide for theRegistration of Foreign Built Vessels.

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OPPONENTS OF AN EFFICIENT NAVY

Vila * ntirt Mill * mid Vest Itnlio Tliclr VoicesAgiilnftt thu Applopriatlon Hill 111 the

buimto A I.Uclj DUcnuslon Inthe House.-

WASHINOTOV

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, D. O , May 17. Chandlerntioduced n bill to authorize ) the rcgUtra *

Ion of certain steamships as vessels of tboJutted State * . Referred.The preamble rocltos that Austin Corbln-

f Now York and others proposed to organizen American steamship. company with a-

apltal of f 10,010,000 to construct and pur-huso

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first class steamers for tbo oceanrado and It Is to allow such vessels as may-o) puichnsou to receive an American regls *

ry that tbo bill was Introduced.-NIIMI

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! Appropriation Itlll.The nnvnl approptlatlon bill was then

aken UD , the pending question being on theirovlMon for nn Increase of the navy. Thelouse bill nrovldos for ono armored cruiser

of nbout 8,000 tons dlsplncotnont , to cost , ex-

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of armament , not less than $.1000000 ,

nd the bonato amendment provides ( In ad-lltlon

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hip of about !) , OOJ tons displacement to costlot over 1000000. also for ono harbor de-

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double turret snip of the monitor typovith n displacement of nbout 7,500 tons , to

cost not over ?,tuUU,000 ; four light draftgunboats and six torpodoboats-

Mr. . MePborsou , who had on last Fridayoffered an amendment to strike out tno Uouso-novlslon for an nimorecl ciuiscruaJ the

scinto provision for a bittloshlp , and to pro-Ido

-for tinco instead of ono harbor defense

laubio turret ships of the monitor ivpo , moil-lieu his amendment so as to confine it simply

to the striking out part of it , leaving tbolumber of monitors at ono.-

Mr..

. Hiecins made a speech favoilug thencreaso of the navy-

.Kcnnninlciil.

Mr. Vlliu.-

Mr.

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. Vilas referred to the prcsont conditionof the public treasury uiid sum that theumount of annual nppiopriations now nn-losed

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upon the country might not Improperlyjo dosciibed as appalling. Ho tuought thattbo sonata should measure the supposedlecossity for nn tncioaso of the navy appro-priation

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on a Unn business principle ana howas unable to think that tuo suimta shouldKO further under tlio pro ent circumstances.nan the house bill provided. Ho would havejcon glad to see oven that provision vvltl-iliawn

-unions theio appeared to bo n greater

ioeossitv for it than ho had yet heard sug-gested.

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Mi. Yost referred to Sherman's statement ,made some dnvs ago , that they weru con-fioutcd

-withu deficit , and suggested that the

naming would have boon moro appropriatentid Inllnltelv of moro utility If it had boonmade to the lust congress. It was now verymuch like locking tbo stable door utter theioiso was stolon. Ho would voio with themeatcst pleasure against the proposed in-

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in every shape and form.-Mr.

.. Allison , chairman of the committee on

appropriations , asked the democratic sena-Lors

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to indicate what statutes thcv would lllto.-o. tcport so us to reduce the appropriations

that were LOW u necessity.here. Vest Would Cut the lUpenses.-

Mr.

.. Vest replied that so far as ho was con-

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ho would lopoaj the sugar bounty lawana the postal subsidy law.-

Mr..

. Allison calculated the amount thatwould bo thus saved at about SS,001)OOJ) , andsaid that the country was asked to elect ademocratic piesident und a democr.Uio stin-ate in aider that the su ar bounty ana thepostal subsidy law might bo repealed.-

Mr..

. Veil That wonla bo Just a starter.-Mr.

.. Allison rofcucd to the condition of

the public: tioasuri , and among other thingssaid : "I w111 sav to the senators who nrodistressed nbout the sinking fund , that atthis tiino the sinking fund lias til.OJO.OOJ toIts ciedit , and the chances are that ooforo-tno end of the Usual jcar every dollar thatought to uo applied to It for the year (orwithin U few millions nt least ) bo ap-plied

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to It. And 1 will sav another thing :

this llseal voar ends wo will have ( In-

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of being In bankiuptcy ) 525,030,000 of-surplus. . That is the latest estimate. 1 haveno doubt that wo will keep within it, andpossibly wo will have asurplusofiO000OOJ.1 will vontuia my statement on ho JSfl.OOOO-

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. I do not mean to sav that all the moneyappropilatcd will then bo ox ponded ; woknow that that Is never tbo case. lint whatI mean to say Is that every requirement ofthe treasury will have boon satisllod and thatthere will jo $.r , OOJ,000 of a surplus on the1st o : January next.1'-

Mr. . Mills said the report of the secretaryofthotroasuiy did not coincide with Mr-.Allison's

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statement as to tlio surplus.Kind t Vessels Needed In the Navy-

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, Ilawloy said that none of our warshipswere ships that could go out to open sea fora battle. They woio splendid chasers andprobably splendid runners , but what waswanted was u few , at least , of the old kindof 18"i to 15(50( , that could walkout into , themiddle of tlio ocean and say : "Hero I amwith the stars and stiipos. "

Air. lllscock expressed the nollof that If-

Mr. . Gorman or Mr. Palmer would bo thenext president and ho would advocate an cn-laigomont

-of the navy the senator * from Mis-

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and Wisconsin ( Atossrj. Vosc andVilas ) would sustain their admluisttation orelse sit silent in iholr seats ,

rinnlly the vote wus taken on Mr. Alr-Pboison's

-amendment as modified , and it

was rejected yeas , 18 ; nays , ! !0 ; as fol-low

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Yeas Messrs. Berry , Biodgott , Carlisle ,Cockroll , Coke. Faulkner , Hill , ICylo , Me-Phurson

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, Mills. Palmer , Puscoo , Porter ,Pottigtow , Pugb , Tnrplo , Vilas nud Voor-hcos

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.Nays.

Messrs. Allen , Allison , Butler ,C'usoy.Chundinr , Davis , Davos , DuboU , Ful-ton

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, Frjo , Oaliingor , Halo , Hansbrough ,Ilawloy , Hlggius , Hisc-ock. Mundorson ,Mlteholl , Morgan , Paldoek , Perkins , Proo-tor

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, Quav , Hansom , Sandois , Sawjer , Shoup ,

Stanford , Teller , Wilson It'' ) .

Mr. Morgan offered an amendment provid-ing

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that if l'io harbor defense ship be put onthe Pacific coast an uttowanco of 3 per cunt-mav bn mudo on its cost to the contractor inaddition to ttio contract price to cover thecost of transportation of material.

The amendment was ugiood to without adivision ,

The question recurred on the amendmentreported bv the committee on appropriations.-

Mr..

. Cockroll opposed It on tbo groundsthat there was no absolute ncod of the vesselscontemplated and that the condition of thetreasury did not Justify such an expenditure.-

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coming to a vote on the questionthe sonata adjourned.-

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Till ? 1IOUSK.

Members KiiRiigo In u Noisy ControversyO > r ilioSiimlr ) Clilllllll.W-

ASIIISQTOV.

, D. C , , May 17. Even theprospects of a lively skirmish. If not a battletoday did not have tno effect of bringing a-

lurgo attendance to tUo house this morningand ttioro wore not 100 members In whoa thehour of noon arrived. The sundiy civil bilwas discussed anil the clause relative to dep-redations

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on public timber gave rise to agood deal of merriment.-

Mr..

. Otu of Kansas , Mr , Wilson of WashInglon , Mr , Bowers of California and Mr-Suodgrass engaged In u noisy controversy as-

to whether or not the law was efficientlyexecuted. They all spoke In an excitedmanner, but what they laid was unintellig-ible

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owing to the fact that thov all talked at-on co , regardless of tbo speaker's gavel andregardless of the laughter of tbolr col-leagues. .

Mr. flowers and Mr, Snodgra had a dlf-forenco at to some remark that bad beenmade by tbo former, or which Mr,

m l understood him to make : and althoughho Ho was not pissed , the ' 'I did not" style

of argument was IndulijpU in to the amuse-nent

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of the members-.Iteportod

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iiud I'lncecl pn thn Calendar.After some oppnsltloU the Journal wan np.

proved and the following bills wore loporledand placed cm the cnlaaOar :

To provldo for additional assoclnto Justicesof the supreme court ch OUahomi ; for thesurvov of n road ; for pip canal to connectLike Krlo and the Ohldjrfver.-

Mr..

. Ilolman Of Indiana wished to proceedvlth thu tun dry civil bill , but ho was stoppedy Mr. vVutson's demand for the "regular

order ," which the spoalror stated to bo theWalker expunging resolution.-

Mr..

. Walker himself asked that the ootlsld-irntion

-of the resolution bo postponed , but

ilr. W.ttsou was nilamunt and ronowcd hisdomntul. i

The house then wont Into committee ot the( Mr. Lsstcr of Ueorglu in the chair ) ,

on the sundry civil bllln-Mr. . Plcklor uf South Dakota moved to In-

crease¬

, from $120,000, toj $240,000 , the nppro-irlatlon

-to moot the expenses of protecting

.linbor of the public lahds. Lo t-

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was during the discussion of this motion.hat the scene alluded to above took place-.'omUif

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actlou on the bill the commlttoo-nioso and the house adjourned.-

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SUA AIUIITIt.YTlOX.

Some of thn Term :! 6f tlio AgroomeiitWashington Nans Notes ,

WASIUNOIOV , D. O.J May 17. Uy theerms uf the agreement between QriM-

tiirltain and the United States , under whichho aibitration procootilng in the Boringioa matter are to bn conducted , nlnoty duvs-s allowed each govc ramotit after the

exchange of ratification , tu which to pra-are Its ciso and stnto II-

osl310 briefs on which it-

controversy.Its position In the . ThoserioXs , as they may not1 properly bo stvlod ,

are then to bo exchanged and an additionalicriod of nlnoty tlavs is given thc

repicsontativcs of each , nation In whicho prepare any matter to rebut and

controvert facts and claims nndo by theother side. The agents of the two govern-ments

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arc now cngagea on tnls ptolltuluarvwork , and it will not It is completedthat the active 1 ibors ofj the arbitiatlon com-nlsston

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will begin , though the arbitrators Inthe moan time naturally will inform them-selves

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, as far as possible , on all the facts andquestions bearing upon the dispute. Uwill-hus: bo seen that It will bo next autumn nt-ho earliest before the * commission assem-

bles¬

, und how long it wilt then talto tn con-clude

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settlomcut of the controversy is-

Droblornailcal. . It is reasonably certain ,

10 n over, that Justlco Marian will bo awayFrom the supreme court , a considerable part ,

if not , all of next term. Foitunately thegreat number of unusually Important casesdecided at the term ot the court Just cnacdwill make his temporal fruin the bunchess keenly felt than would have been theaso nad the abseflcpjoccurrod during theiast terra. *

Itrjun'a 1'rey tjumhor Itlll.Representative Bryan of Nooraaki today

introaucod a bill placing; ron jh lumber on thefree list and Imposing duties as follows onpartly or entirely fininhcd lumber : Lumoer ,3ich side planed or , 50 cents per1OUJ feet ; planed on ouo side and tongucdand grooved , SI par l,000jfeet , and planed on-Lwo siucs and tonirubd and grooved , 1.53 per1,000 foot. The bill was not intioduced asthe result of an agreement on a lumber billby the democratic majority of the ways andmeans commlttoo , .Jjut It indicates Mr Bvy-nn's

-purpose to uigo that the committee

scttlo the Lumber auction , ono Which hadbeen before ft lor , bvjrflporting ubill on olherillncs. ', "jf '

Iiitoruatloiuil"sll JOT Conference.-At

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the rcquo'st of th'pHc, >cretary of the treas-ury

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the secretary otstoto hab instructed theUi ited States ministers in all the Europeancountries invited to participate in the pro-posed

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intei national silver conference tocablo-as soon as known the action of tbo r.'sp.c-tivo

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governments in the mattor.The formal inflations have been received

at all the capitals und it is decided to Inuothe result by telegraph BO fur as possible.and await the receipts bw mail of the formalresponses. Uioat Britain , Italy and Austro-Hungarv

-have already accepted the invita-

tion¬

, and it is understood that asiuianccsHave been received of fatorablo action on-tno piit of Prance. Switzerland and othsrEuropean countries.

Not Alii the Flood Sullcrcrg.Representative Catchings of Mississippi a

few days ago , on tbo leteiptof letters fromWarren county , Mississippi , calling attentionto the fact that a largo number of the inhab-itants

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of the county had been driven fromtheir homos by the floods In the Mississippiriver and several thousand negroes rendereddestitute , introduced a resolution appropiinl-Ing

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J.10000 for the relief of the destituteuntil the high water bad receded , the land-lords

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being unable to aid the snffeicrs , asthis was tbo second year in, which their landshad been submerged.

Today Representative Brecklnndgo ofKentucky reported tbfc resolution Irom theappropriations committee with an adverserecommendation. Tbo report says that thefacts hnvo excltod the warmest sympathy ofthe committee and they would gladly reportthe resolution favorably if tlioro wore noother question Involved than tnat of givingsuccor to persons In distress. But they donot think the case Is ono which would Justifycougross In mnklng the appropriation asked.-

Noton..

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The remains of Ssnator Barbour , accom-panied

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by tbo congressional committee- , , hisimmediate relatives und a few personalfriends , all in charge of Sergeant-at armsValentino , wcro takoc from bis icsldoncothis morning and convovod to Poplar Hill ,Mo , where they woroJntorrod bcsldo thoseof his wlfo.

Adverse action was taiten by the houseJudiciary committee today on the scnnto billto extend tbo Jurisdiction of the supremecourt of the United States to Include theJudgments and decree of the highest courtsof the Cherokee , Semlnolo , Chootaw ami-Chlckasaw tribes of Indians.-

Tbo.

bill to provldo for the examination andclassification of mineral lands In Montanaand Idaho was today reported to tbo housefrom the commlttoo on public lands. Theobject of the bill ii to prevent the acquisi-tion

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of lauds said to t7cirich, in miuoiaU bythe Union Pncllio Railroad company underits land grant. '

Pho total collections (of Internal revenueduring the liva months of the fiscal yearending Juno iiO , 1SU2, wcro lB2r 8°.0<ll. anIncrease of { .r , ( .0J8U , J compared with thecollections during tha corresponding periodof tbo piovious fiscal ;MT.

Secretary Foster- ; has Informed Mr.Walker of the '

,f ir directory tint howill do what ho can to-cocuro favorabln leg ¬

islation on the proposition for the coinage ol10000.0JO 50-cont pleoc for the use of souve-nirs

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for the World's loir.-

Mion

.Cnngroa 1VHI Adjourn ,

WASHIXQTOV , D. O. , May 17. There ap-

pears¬

to DO a decided -illfrcicnco of opinionamong congressmen as ; to the tlmo wbon thework of the present eossioa will bo con-

cluded¬

, Some domocj'ratlo roprosontatlvosexpress the boliuf thit tbo adjournment willbo early , bpeakor Criip aavs the woik oughtto bo completed by the middle of July. i'lr.-

Ilolman.

says that August 1 i * tbo latest datathat ouht to ba fixed upon. Ho believesthat nil the Important measures will haveboon considered by that tlmo. Mr, McMillIn-duin.( . ) SBJS the house should adjourn

JulvlO. 'Mr. Cockran (dcm ) said bo did not bc-

Uovo-

the work would be completed in tlmo-to onauio the members to got away bofoioAugust 1 ,

In tbo eonnto the Idea of aa early adjourn-ment

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does not appear to have much support ,even among tlio democrats.-

Mr..

. Mundcrsoa thought August 1 wouldbo tbo date.

Other republicans said that Mr , Fryo wascntliely out of hl reckoning. Thoao repub-lican

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senators who do not bollovo bat ad-journment

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will bo very early layt. at poli-tics

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will cut no figure in tha matter ut all-."Wo

.have every reason to dmlro to gel

away as early as our domcoratiu friends wishto , " was the woy oao toaalbr put It.

CLOUD BURST AT IIART1NCTOX

Part of the Town Imndntoil , BridgesSwept Away and Crops Ruined.

SEVERAL WASHOUTS ON THE RAILROADS

Ilc.itrlco Cltlrcnn SiUlctlng from tlio HighMuter tire it Oiunigo Mono lit'.io

Hi it } ItnliiH In Other I'arts-ol the btnto.I-

IUITIXOTOV

.

, Neb , May 17. [ SpoclilTelegram to TUB Bun. ] A cloud burst inthis section of the c-ountry list night lostcdfrom half past 0 until 7 o'cloc , doing a greitdeal of damapo to Holds of grain. According; o Observer Watson's rain gnugo , over thrcoinches of water fell in loss than ihhty min ¬

utes. Many bridges along the country roidswere swept nwav. The main Bow ciock ,

south of town , rose over flfteon foot In lossthan an hour. Basements and cellars wcro-llllcd from thrco to flvo foot. J.U. Bestco&Co.and Charles E. McChcsuoy will lose heavilyon drugs which were stoiod away In thebasement and rulnod by water. The lowerpm of town was Hooded to such an extent:hat houses wore llo.itlng and the familieswoio compelled to como up town anti put up-

nt the hotels. Tho'bus line was put Intouae , convoying families from the lower partof the town to the city. The inllioad trackis wnshcJ out , in thrco places between thisplace and Colorldgo , which will delay tiainsfor a day or two.-

1)A"1AGI2

.

* AT UKATIllCi :.

Monday Mght'g Itulti riomlcil n Portion of-

Che Clt > .

BiUTiticr , Neb , Mav 17. [ Special Tele-gram to TIIL BLL.J Another heavy rain felliiero last i ight. The total amount of waterfulling was two and slxtcenhundrodthsi-nches. . Much damage icsultcc ] In the noith-cast and southeast parts of the city. The

storm sewer buist and Hooded n bigsection. Outhouses and sidownlus wcrowashed awav anil ccllaisandllrst iloors worebadlv Hooded In the Inundated distucts. Atorrent flowed down Court street fiom Ninthto Seventh , Hooding business house cellarsand even the ofllco of the Becklj house at-

bovcntti and Court.-A

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largo slice ot the Barlington embank-ment

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was washed out ut Ninth strost andJOO or 100 feet of tracic shifted several feet onthe same line two miics northwest of thecity. The Union P-iullo had a bad washouttwo miles southeast of town , near the papermill , and another near Pickioll. The Bur-lington

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rot, into running order late this after ¬

noon. No effort is being made to opciato theUnion Pncillc trains this evening.

The Blue men is now lit ilh highest stagesince ISbJ , and has noaily reached that stage ,

iho bisemcnt of the Dempster mill is Hoodedto a depth of thrco feet und the liver is htill-rising. . West Bcattica south ofCouitundcast of Center street to the liver is a foam-ing

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sea of surcing waters. Numerous build-ings

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aio completely mocked und many fam-ilies

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have been dihcn fiom their homes bythe rising waters. Much live stock has beenlost In the flood. Indian creek hab reachedits high water stage and that section isHooded and many bouses wrecked. A bigforce of mori , including the pallia and tiredepartment , has been ongazod all day rescu-ing

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women und children from the inundateddistricts. Glonover suburb is almost com-pletely

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cut off from the main part of the cityby the Indian cieok Hood. The only moansof reaching it is by the Burlington lailwav-bridge. .

'Iho electric light plant is so Hooded as toprevent the use of the dynamos tonight , andthe city is in darkness. U'ho watciworksplant is also barth Hooded , and the onlicll -anoo in case of lire is the inadequate Pud-doclc

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pasture waterworks plant. A latgosection of the south foundation wall of-Black's mill gave way this afternoon-

.It.

is raining agun tonight and seriousfcais aio cntcitained of gi cater damn go to-

follow. .

msiti : ix 1111 : STATU.-

.Much

.

Minor nncl Some Seilons D.tmngoDone liy thu lEiiln.-

STFKI.E.

, CITV , Neb , May 17. [ SpeotilTelegram toTiic BUL.J A terrliio rain stormstruck this place last night about 10 o'clock ,

deluging the cntiio country. Snnll streamswore entirely inadequate to cnrrv the wateroff. The St. Joe & Giand Island passengertrain was held until morning nbout thieomiles west of hero on account of appro ichosbeing washed away from a small bridge , i'boLittle Blue Is Higher than for ton .tears andthreatens to overflow about half the town.The damngo to country bridges will icachinto the thousands. It is Imposbiblo to formany estimate of the damage to persons livingon the bottoms , but it Is enormous.-

SiicAtosK.

, Nob. , May 17. | Special to TncB-

UB. . ] Yesterday fanners wcro In the Holdsplanting corn but last night the giound wasagain Hooded by a heavy lain , followed by a-

spiinklo of hail.Some corn Is up and looks Hue , except on

the Hat lands , whoio it is drowned out. Oatsis looking line and winter whont Is the bestover seen hero nt this season of the year-

.WArunoo.

, Neb , May 17. [ Special to-TIIK Bi'.c.J The Elkhoin liver is agnln onthe rlso , being out of its banks , and a riseof nbout ono foot moro will bring it up Intown , The farmers are oil at a standstill.Some of thorn were unfoi tunato cnouuh togut their corn in Loforo the lain and willhave to replant , onions being the only thingtint seems to thrho in thib woitber and aregetting a pro.it stui t ahead of the woods ,

homo of the oldest farmers hero seem tothink if the rain will only stop and they cangot to work planting by the H t ot Junothey will got an average crop

LINCOLN , Nub. , May 17. iSpecIal to TimBrr.J Trains on the D. & M. from Beatricewore delajod this forenoon by extouslvo-washouts. . No. 0.2 was unable to limit a therun from lioattico to this city on account ofdamage to truek near Wymoro , a hulf mllooftrack being badly washed out. A stub tialnwas run from Lincoln to Omaha to accom-modate

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passengers desiring to malio closeconnections. Trains on the Union Pacifichnva been hold hero ull day by a washoutbetween thU city and Beatilco ,

Hi.nuov , Neb , May 17. [Special to TnB-Bi'E.l Last nlcht's rain was the Hrst to doany damage In liobron. For tlvo hours theheavy rain continued , Hooding cellar * of pu-vato

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residences and business houses. TheLittle Blue Is out of its uanlu , but no seri-ous

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damage has occuneil ,

PAi'iifiox , Neb , , May 17. [ Special Tele-gram

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to TIIG Bni : I The Popple creek is outof its banks and Hooding the bottom and thelower part of town , No dumago will bo-

douo at this, piano except from sidewalksbeing curried away , A further ilso Isexpected before morning.-

I'AiniiiMiv.

, Nob. , May 17. [ Special Tolo-pram to Tun Bri : ] The heaviest rain ofthe season foil during last night , two andthree-fourths Inches of rain falling withinthieo hours , ThoBtioots wore Hoodoii , tldo-walus

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washed awny , nud groin damage clone.roads. The railroads wore badly clira-

aged.-

. The St. Joe & Grand Island Imdwashouts cast and west , but trains tire nownearly on tlmo. 'Iho Rock Island bus abad washout east of here , but got a trainout thib afternoon on the Nelson branch ,

The passengers ana mails wcro transferredat n break a milo west of town. It will bothroe to live days before the farmers cau getat work planting. It Is etlll raining.-

YOIIIJ.

, Neb , May 17. [ Special to TUBBKU , ] Sunday was a bright , warm day heroand put the giound In a good condition , othat yeitciday corn planters wore at workull day. While It has boon raining bore fortbo last three weeks everything looks nicely.Small grain was hover in bolter conditionthan now , A few days of ntco weather andthb farmers will have their corn planted andtbo outlook for York county will bo vo rybright ,

LOUICm , Nob. , May 17. JBpoclnl Tcio-

pram to Tnr. Brii 1 Th-ver

viost rain fallknown In tills part Mute occin red

lore last evening , Rain-.o'clock

n falling at ((1-

idami In ono hour t's tluco qunr-irlng

-er * inches bad fallen , air* the nmhl-

jtioro was a total full o2-cnllro

Inches. I'ho-intown waiHooded-

laitthe butine-

isnearly encrv tell tilled Ihotartlcs sustaining the losses wcio-

I'tlpcrno ccncial merchants , ' , R Tny-Igeior and Charles UnstojeiJ-

.uOOhad about

bii'hel * of potato cvcral hundredlushcls of onions , bosid. his stock o-

fsiups , vliu'p.lrs. olc , lilfiisjc.ellar, niul hU-nss will bcjprottv hcavj All the bridges on-ho Mnnll streams nio cither cniricd nwav or-.willy damaged. The grade of Iho B v Mnickel the water up tu the loworpartotown and caused families to vacate

their homo ) for the night ,

VMIIIU.IM ! UIMISOr UPATM.

One of 'lexi * ' rrrtllp Vnllrs VUllect l y n-

UcMti nctUo O} c lone-

.GuvKsMii.r.

, Tex. , Mav 17 News hasleached hcto of n tcirlulo uH'lono in Turkeyvnllov In liicen county. It swept frosn onoend of tint fertile spot to the other , literallydemolishing everything in Hi path.dugouts wore unroofed and pcoplo lifted outuf them. The extent of the loss of llfo can-lot jot bo ascertained , Tivo are known to-

m o boon killed and ten prob ibly fatallyuirt. Hardly a person in the valley es-

caped¬

without Injury of some Kind.

Much DiimiiKu In lonn ,

Siorx CITla , May 17. [ Special Tele-gram

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to Tin : HKC.J The cold rains of the) ast two weeks liavo piijcd havoo with tlio-

icrns in Cediu , Knox and Holt counties ,

Nebraska , and lu northotii Iowa , and hun-ucds

-of dead cattle strew the ranges nnd-

iiituros. . Various u'ports woio cuiront ntlie stocic j ards tocliv us to the prob ihlo loss ,

nnd thn most conscivatlxo CHtlmalo placedthe numbeY at fiom 1,000 to lf, OJ head. Cit-lo

-owners Item the nconcy report their

osies us small , but siy thatlu of'ciiclor losses been lie ivy. Ono mm

is hero today to sell OJO hides from thelaugci.

'1 lieio lint been nn Immense rainfall in thistcgiou this nflernoon. A great deal of dnni-ago b.'H been caused in the cltv. The nil-i o ids are much dela > od-

.ri.

DVK ii ) , In , May 17. [ SpecialTolo-giam

-to Tnr J3tr. ] After a couple of davs-

f) sunshine thcio was another mm at noontoday and tonight it is pouting doun agilnwith no prospect of u cessation No corn lias-jeon planted in this section and farmers nrobecoming veiy much discouraged , All Kindsof ouslness is seriously ufloctod by the con-tinued

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luiny wcathrr.I-Ci

.OKUK , la , M ly 17. Both the Dos

oincs and Mississippi mcrs nro ngaln-risini; and the watct from the DCS Moinu-t Is-

pouiing tluough the bicuk In the Birgo-ovce. . Feirs uro cnlcitilnnd thut thel pytlno lovco , protecting Alexandria , Mo , ,11,000 foot of the adjoining line , will giua-wuv If the ilso continues , ns it is seriouMv-weaiiened bv deep cuts The Mississippims risen ono tenth and the Dos Alcincs sixnchos duuiiK the dav. Tarmeis are six

weeks behind with worK.-

C

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lint! us u HltMsIn ;? .

Si.v ANTONIO , Tex. , M ly 17. Southwost-orii

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Texas has been the pasttwenty four hours by hoivv t.ilns , in someplaces the lint for throe oarUiln fellnor an aiea of SJO miles squiic , fro'ii-Brownsville to El Paso und to Coipus-"hristi.-

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Drouned In Iho Kimhln ;; Witois.-BnsroNMiTC

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, Alk. , May 17. Hie iccent-ac'avy rains have put nil the circles out oftheir hanks. Silver Spiings , a sm-ill'townwest of bore , has bjen wieoked and Dr.Swallow , wife and mother diowuo-

J.mtrcic

.

or.i cmcua. Tit i.v.-

I'uur Showmen Kllle.il , I'lio Iiijnrcd niul-Tuonl } Anlni ils DrouniMl.-

ATCMISOV

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, ICnu , , May 17. The lirst sectionof Ringling Bios' , ciieus tiaiu on the Contialbranch road was ditched by the clvinir wayof a culvert near Concordm this morning.Four showmen wore killed , llvo woio badlyinjured and twenty head of stock worediowned in the stioim. Two dead bodieshave been taken fiom Iho wicck. Assistancewas given fiom hero.

The enpineci saw that the structure wasdown , but stuck to nisenirino and won *, overin safety. The other tialnmon jumped andnone of them wcro Iniuiod The killed mo :

AMinitT nri riuon , rrcoport , in ,

MUI , O'HONAU ) , Miidibon , Wls.The Injured ara :

CIIAUI i sSi'Bscr , Ottawa , Canada , smashedabout the chost-

.VimM.

MAKSIUII , Baraboo , Wls. , legbroKeu , wiist dislocated nud injured mtci-nally.

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Tiio > , Chicago , injured nboutthe head.-

FIUNK.

SMITH , Wisconsin , badly hurt aboutthe head anil face ,

Three other members of thd circus woremore or less liuit.

The accident happened on tlio Centralbranch ot the MUsourl Pacific road.

Comptroller i.ic y to Itetlre.-WASIIIVITOV

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, D. C. . May 17. Mr. E. S.Lacey , comptroller of thocutrcncv , has prac-ticaily decidoit to accept ttio presidency ofthe Bankers' National hanlc of Clncico It is-

noLlikoly , howu'.cr , that ho will relinquish Illspioscut position bcforo the 1st of July.-

OITICC

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of Wr.ATimu BUIIP. vu , 1

OMAHA , May 17. |Up to 7 o'clock this evening the rainfall

this month amounts to seven and ooventoon-bundiodths

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Inches. This H an excess offour and cighty-four-hundrudths Inches slncothe 1st of the motHi. So far duilng the cui-lent month there have boon twelve rainydajs. The average number of rainy days in-

Mav at Omaha slnco 187.1 is thirteen. Thegreatest numuor of rainy days In any MayBinco 167J was tweutv-ono , in 1877 ; the nextgreatest was twenty , in ISil. The wet MayIn H77 was follo'wed bv n wet Juno , as thereare twenty-two rainy days looorded for thatmonth. The driest May was in 16S7 , whentboro were only eight lainy days. In May ,

Ib77 , tboro wore nix rain periods , one of themcontinuous from the lOtti to the J'lth , inclu-sive

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, though the total umount of rainfall thatmonth wai only eight ami sixtvtwotiun-urodths

-Inchon. The greatest amount of

rain tha.t fell In any May at Oniiha wascloven nnd twenty-uinc-huudrodth inches , in-

IbSJ. .

The storm Is central tonight over theadjoining portion of lown and Missouri.Rainy weather prevails fiom Missouri andKansas northwest over the lower Missourivulloy beyond Minnesota. Someruins fell within the lint twenty-four houuover this stctlon of tha country. Omahahad two nnd cighty-hundrcdlhs inches in tliopast twenty-four hours , bjt Sioux City badtwo nnd oiubloen-bundrodlhi inchoi in thepast twelve hours.

The ttorm is slowly moving northeast-ward

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A proit northwest cuncntof air coveringall the region west of the Missouri issweeping east and southward. Tbo hljhbarometer of which Una northwest wind Is-

tha forerunner , U increasing In magnitude.His attended by fair weather throughoutthe western part of the country , which fairweather will reach us soon und plvo ussplendid weather during the latter part ofthe week.

For Eastern Nebraska , Omaha andVicinity Clearing ; cooler oa Wednesday ;fulr on Thursday.W-

ABIII.SUTOX.

, D. O. , May 17 Tor No-biaska Fair , preceded by showers In theeast ; slightly warmer west ; west winds ,

For Illinois Showers ; slightly cooler-southeast gales , with severe local btorins.

For Wisconsin-Showpig ; sllgutly coolerexcept stationary at Milwaukee ; southeastwinds ,

For Iowa Showers ; cooler ; southcaawinds , Ducking to northwest.

For South Dakota Fair Wcdiwdaywest wladg ,

OMAHA IS HEMMED IN

Washouts , Laud Slides nml High WaterTerm a Cordon Round tlio Oity ,

UNION PACIFIC BRIDGE ABANDONED

Approach on the IOWA Side Badly Damagedand Unsafe for Trains.

UNDER TEN FEET OF MUD AND STONE

Burlington Track Near Gibson Buried BB-

ueath-

a Tremendous Avalanche.

BIG LAKE FORMED NEAR DEERFIELD

Water Irom the OtorlliHY ItcMiilors thaI-

.lnoft ImpiisuMo In tint Direction1 mills at the Depot Collision

lit South Om.ihn.

Four greit headlights , ranged side bv slJoabove four dotiblo lines of slippery , shiningsteel i nils over which they throw n Hood of-

Ight toward Governor Boles' hind of pro-

ilbltion- *

, wore seemingly perminont llxtutei-ast nlk'ht among the uppurtouancos-

of the Union dopot. 'I ho gloaming raysnight have loaclunl the other aide of tha-iver , but If they did it was moro than either

of the ponderous locomotive' behind thoia-londlights could do , for Jupiter Pltivlus hid

tabooed thu crossing of the Missouri.Washouts and lindslldos worj the cllroat

causes , nnd thyy offoctuallv olockcd sixgiout lines of railway. After 0 o'clock norains loft for the east, west or south.The ( list trouble was o cpjrlc.i ioil by the

1. .t M , , nnd cimo Monday night In theshape of u bi land tilde In tlu ovorn luirlur-filultnoir Gibjon stitlo i. A imsi of ciartli-velghiug many hundred tons fell across tha

roadbed , covciing all the tricks to the depthof tc.i feet. A llg) force of men woio at.once put to wont cloinng away the obstruo-ion , but their ho id way was slow and thelacks have not vet boon opened. All Bur-Ington

-tiains between O nuhi and Paclflo-

lunctloii vcstcrdai weio inn by way of the*Jnion Pacillo bridge and Council Bluffsttunsfcr , and Oniiha-PlatUmouth trainsweio compelled to cross the river twice.

List ) Cut oil.The great tiotiblo , how over , was caused

about 0 : ))0 o'clock last ovenine , when a part.-f

.tha loadbsd at the cast cud of the Union

Lucille biid ro settled and slid down towardthe ditch. It was of such a nature as to-jloci ; the p.ij-iago of tiains , nnd coming as Itdid Just bofoio the tlmo of departure of-

loaily all the ovQiiing tr.iiiu stoppiJ travelcompletely , nnd left several hundred anxiousnssengtus fuming within Iho uanow coa-Ines

-of the depot.

The last tiatn to pass over the bridge forthe west was Union Pacilic fast mall No-

.hlchc.imcovurat. ! >,

0.15 and departed forthe Pacillc co ist on tlmo.

The lasteast-bouncl train to get nver wasthe Rock Island No U, which wont over at030. Both the Rock Island and Mllwaukso-bjeked over hero as usual fiom their yardson the other side of the river about 5:30: ,

ind the Milwaukee should have followed theCock Islind Chicago ward all ) . , ! ) , but a delay

of a few minutes was occaslo led in traus-fciring

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the MilwnuUeo sloop r from theButlinston , and bofoia the ti-iin was readyLo blurt , tl.o word camu foibidding anyfuilhor travel between Omahi and tho.-U

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lulls , and the Milwaukee wui tied up-

.Whrro.

tlto Trains Arc.The B. & M , flyer No. 2 , from the

duo ut 1.1") , came in two lioius late , and bo-

foio¬

the baggngo could bo transferred thaHal had gone forth und another lot of pas-sengers

¬had been made * mismublo.

Union Pacific No , !i , duo at 0:50: , arrivedtwo hours lute and. of course , could not getacross to the transfer.

The outgoing Kansas City tr.am was readylo pull oat on time at 9lr: , but It didn't pull.The engineer couldn't Jump tuo washout ,and wouldn't if ho could.

The B. it M. train , No 7, that should haveloft tor Lincoln at 0:50: , cojldn't got overfrom the Bluffs and that settled that quest-ion.

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. It couldn't hnvo gone if it had boon onthis sldn , because of the danu'oious conditionof the road bed near Docrllcld , uhero thewater rose on botli sides of the track , untilonly the mils nnd tlio very top of the giuiloappeared above the surface ) of the newlyfoimed latce. No , ii , leaving at 4:40: , gotthrough without dilllculty and wus rcpoitod-O. . 1C. at Lincoln , although somewhat be-hind

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time.-Tlio

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Rozk Island night train for the woitdid not luavo Council Bluffs and nothingwont over tnat lead after the rojular trainnt 1:20: p in-

.No.

'JJ on that road , duo hero from thewest at" o'clockC3torday moinlnir , did notgot in until after 5 o'clock last ovoiilng , audthat , too , after an exciting cxpoilonco at Al-bilght.

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The Milwaukee officials , finding that Itwould bo Imiwsiiblo to get their train baclt-lo the Bluffs , sent their pisjongors over bymotet shortly aflci 0 o'clock , made up an-oilier tialn on tlio other side and started forChic-ago about four hours lute. Tbo samewus done with the passengers on Union Pa-cillc

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No. 'J , who were to make the North-western

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'Iho Buillngton passengers put lu scvoialhours asking questions which elicited no-delinito information and many tiua'ly' soughtthe botch and went to bed ,

VVIi it the .Siipurliitoiulnnt I.earned.-

At.

10 o'clock it was announced that tba-B. . & Al , would start no tram westward befoio-moinlng , ai.d nothing could bo told as to-

u hat would bo dope with Iho east boundtrain until the return of .Superintendent-Bignoll , who had taken an cngino and goneloDoarilold to maKe a personal examinationof the condition uf affairs there existing. Itwas stated Hut if the loadbod was In tihapo-to allow u train to pass , the tialn would bopulled Paclt to Ashland and run to Plaits-mouth via tbo cut off , but nt midnight It wasstill standing on Iho second tiuc'k at thedepot and Uignoll'a repot t of the situation at-Dcorlleld was very discouraging.-

Ho.

found the track in very bail condition ,

with water uii ovoiv hand , Ho was unwill-ing

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lo ruk the roadbed and stated that con-siderable

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lining would have to bo done to-piotci't it from the wator. Ho started atonce for bonth Omaha to make airangcmontifor the piompt delivery of several train *

loads of inunuro from the block yards to baused in dvko building at several point ) alongthe line between bouth Omaha aud Deer *

Held.The situation is not torlous , as the roads

east of tlio lilulTs are open , and passengerswill transfer by motor in cases the bridge ap *

ptoach washout proves to bo a serious one.It Is probable that In that case trains will bo-BWitched to the Chicago , St. Paul , Miuue-apolU

-& Omaha tracks and will cross at-

Allssouri Valloy-.'IlioB

.&, Al Is the heaviest sufferer , but

It has easy access to both Ilia Rook Uliud-aud Union Pacillc tracks , and In ease of awashout at Duorllcld can readily reach Lin-coln

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ovei either of Ijicm.-

VVhuro

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thu 'Iiouhlo It.The earth was washed away along tha

bridge approach thieo quarters of mllefrom the Council BlulTs transfer for a dis-tance

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of a hundred feet or moro , so that ii-vvaa unsafe for trains to pass. Another wash-out

- ,fully as bad was at tbo went tad g