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NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
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-Falls Asleep at HteiEoBaatHl Allows
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Jieen Killed and a Score Hurt
Philadelphia Frank Lantel a lower
operator in the employ of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company stationed at
the entrance to the tunnel under Twenty
fifth Street jut outside of Fairmount
Park slept at his post As the result a dis
astrous rear mdfreight collision occurred
early Sunday morning in the tunnel caus
ing the death of Engineer George Loeb
and Fireman Gdorge Hinchman and it is
believed five tramps who stole a ride Fire
followed the wreck and a dozen or more
firemen were injured while fighting the
flames
Operator Lantel has disappeared An
express freight train of thirty eight cars
reached the tunnel on time and slowed
down so that some of the cars could be
shifted The second section of the same
train comprising thirty nine cars was due
about ten minutes later
Lantels duty to signal the second
section that the first had stopped in the
tunnel This Lantel did not do having
fallen asleep The second sectiou ap
proached the tunnel at a rapid rate of
speed and crashed with full force into the
first section Engineer Loeb and Fireman
Hincjimandf thesecond section were im
mediafety crushed to death and the cars
pile in an indiscriniinate heap began to
burn
Four oil cars exploded adding to the
horror of the situation and feeding the
flames The lossto the company is esti
mated a 140030 iy
FATAL STORMilN ST PAUL
Storm Kills Three Persons and Se
riously Injures Two Others
St Paul Minn Three persons were
killed and two were seriously injured
during a severe wind and rain storm
shortly after S oclock Sunday evening
The killed
FANNIE MULLEN 540 Summit
Avenue in St Lukes church
JOHN M LAND Stillwater Road
struck by lightning
PATRICK SEXTON 790 Dayton
Avenue
Injured
Miss Mary Sexton aged 6 790 Dayton
Avenue arm and head cut and bruised
Patrick Sexton jr aged ten bruised
and cut
The wind playett havoc with the tele
phone wires between this city and Minne
apolis connection between the lwo cities
only being obtained now by roundabout
circuits Sidewalks in various parts of the
jity were displaced by the wind storm and
buildings in various parts of the city suf
fered by wind and lightning The day
Jiad been extremely hot and sultry
Patrick Sexton senior member of the
iirm of Sexton and Company wholesale
cigar dealers had been at Como Park with
his four children and they were driving
home when thetorm broke Driving down
Dale StTeefribVifrdtheir home thej were
Tight in the path of the fiercest of the storm
which dislodged the sidewalk at the west
side of the street overturning it into Mr
Sextons carriage killing him almost in
stantly and more or less injuring his
daughter who was iiwtheseaOvith him
as well as his 10-year-old sonZ Both the
children will lecover -
LYNCHING MAY RESULT
Hot Chase After Two Alleged Bank
Kobbers in Kansas
Emporia Kan Hundreds of men on
oot on horseback and in all kinds of ve
hicles scoured the Neosho valley Sunday
3iight for two alleged bank robbers James
3Iurphy and E Fj Estell who Saturday
aiight added murder to their crime by kill
ing Deputy Marshal Edward Roberts of
Dunlap
On May 9 Murphy and Estell it is al
leged robbed a bank at Marysville Kan
sind since then a posse of deputies have
pursued the robbers traveling a distance
of over 150 miles About midnight Satur
day night the robberswere run into acci
dentally in the dark by Roberts and a com
panion who had become seperated from
the pursuing party Before they recog
nized the robbers one of the latter had
emptied both barrels of his shot gun into
Roberts killing him instantly
The robbeis again lied Later they stole
ex Mayor Sargents horse and buggy and
started south About G oclock Sunday
evening the robbers had been traced to
within three miles of Emporia Lynching
will surely follow their capture
Glucose Plant AY ill Close
Waukegan 111 News 4hat the big
jjlucose plant of the United States Sugar
Refining Company will close down Is con
firmed Manager Paul Morton states that
the shut down is to admit
of enlargement and repairs but the plant
ispractically now and has been running
but t few months sodtHvouId hardly need
extensive jjfiahiL Coyn is high and
otherlueosepjauts are closing soit is
fearedfbe shutcfpwn may be more serious
Joliet Strike Fails
tfoliet 111 The building trades strike
in this city inauguarated April 1 is offi
cially ended in victory for the master
contractors The strike affected between
00 and S00 men and tied upall buildings
in Joliet for several weeks
Michigan Bank Fails
Grand Rapids Mich jFrankL Fuller
of the private Bank of Rockford filed a
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Burlington Car Inspector at Lincoln
Struck and Killed by lightning
Body Found on a Freight Car at
Paciiic Junction
Paul Kovalt 28 years of age a car in
spector for the Burlinglon at Lincoln was
found dead on a freight car at Pacific
Junction Iowa The car had been set out
from what is known as the California
Orange Train which left Lincoln about
920 p m It is supposed that he was
struck by lightning and instantly killed
while on the car at Lincoln where his hat
was found The small steel bar was in
one hand and his lantern by his side
partially covered by his rubber coat His
rubber boots were non conductors and his
feet were literally roasted He resided in
Lincoln with his mother His brother
Natthew Kovalt came down from Schuy
ler and identified the body
STOCK GROWERS MEET
Several -Hundred Gather at Alliance
in Annual Convention
The sixth annual meeting of the West
ern Nebraska Stock Growers Association
was held at Alliance several hundred cat
tlemen and visitors representing all parts
of the west being in attendance Secre
tary Van Boskirks report was an array of
figures of which the organization may well
feel proud Under the head of resolutions
Gov Poynter was censured for pardoning
thieves convicted by the association as
were also all courts and attorneys who
seek to defend such despoilers of the
range demanding the passage of senate
file 1439 relative to the interstate commerce
commission appointment of a competent
state veterinarian favoring the Tawney
oleobill that the time i3 not ripe to agi
tate state land leases Question of inter
est in all cattle alfairs were discussed pro
fusely Officers for the eusuing year were
elected
THIEVES PLUNDER RECOVERED
Goods Stolen at Diller Found Along
the Kansas Iiine
A sheriffs posse from Diller recovered
most of the goods stolen from the mer
chandise store of Lightner Hutchinson
there along the state line near the town of
Lanham The house of Herman Miller
who lives on the Nebraska side of the line
was searched and about 23 worth of the
stolen dress goods recovered Miller stated
that be bought the stuff from tramps pass
ing through The robbers were traced
across the line into Kansas and other goods
were found at the house of Millers father
which was searched Four tramps were
arrested on suspicion but could not be
identified The posse were informed that
the men wanted were at Grandy and they
went there but word had evidently pre
ceded them and the men were not found
Couldnt Find Porter
A summons was issued by District Judge
Frost at Lincoln citing Secretary of State
Porter to appear and defend himself
against a charge of contempt of court
Secretary Porter could not be found and it
was learned that he had gone to Sioux
Falls The contention consists of his al
leged refusal to indorse and approve cer
tain vouchers of the state payable to Mrs
A M Davis president of the society of
the Home of the Friendless as ordered by
the court The case grows out of the con
trovers for the control of this institution
Lightning Kills Cattle
During a recent storm James A Wilson
wealthy farmer living seven miles north
east of Aurora had three cattle killed by
lightning The same evening the large
barn of Daniel Krabiel who lives south
west of Aurora was struck by lightning
and burned Mr Krabiel lost fourteen
head of horses out of the eighteen which
were in the barn at the time it was struck
He also lost besides harness and farm ma
chinery 2000 bushels of wheat His en
tire loss is estimated to be about 3500
Seek to Capture Reunions
The Union Commercial Club of Lincoln
has plans laid for securing the location of
the Grand Army reunion for the next five
years The annual encampment of the
Nebraska department whl be held in
Beatrice in June and at that meeting a
location for the reunion will be decided
upon As all Grand Army reunions have
beon held in Lincoln for the last five years
there is a disposition to favor some other
town either Omaha Nebraska City or
Beatrice
Charged with Attempted Poisoning
Charles Sampeck a Pole was bound
over to the district court on a charge of at
tempting to poison some children The
evidence disclosed that he threw a piece of
cooked meat into the yard which tlie
physicians testified contained arsenic
enough to kill a dozen adults Sampeck is
about CO years old He furnished bond
for appearance at the district court where
the matter will be thoroughly investigated
Ribs Broken
in a Fight
Nicholas Berger and his son Frank en
gaged in a dispute with Charles and Ziba
Doane over some land matters seven
miles northeast of Beatrice A fight en
sued in which clubs fists and feet were
freely used resulting in three broken ribs
for Nicholas Berger and a badly fractured
arm for Charles Doane All three were
badly beaten up All ttie parties are prom
inent residents of the county and wealthy
farmers
Fire Loss by Lightning
During a heavy rainstorm lightning
struck the barn of Eli Shotwell three
miles northwest of David City setting fire
to Some hay and straw Mr Shotwell
with the assistance of his neighbors suc
ceeded in extinguishing the lire before any
great damage was done
Child Drinks Ammonia
The little 4-year-old son of DH
Blakeney a livery mau of Humboldt got
hold of a bottle of ammonia and drank
quite an amount but prompt medical aid
prevented serious results
Lightning Injuries Women
While standing on the porch at her home
three miles south of Overtown Mrs Lee
Holstein was struck by lightning ner
daughter who was standing with her was
also injured A large hole was made in
the end of the house which caught fire but
thoblaze was extinguished before much
damago was done
To Vote on New School
A nHAAinl nnf in 1 r r lmna nrt 1 1 i 1 t 4-
rnefmnrtonerp fnr Sif MO rnnninrr tn I FWHu wwwiwu trait auu at
- w Plainview to vote honds to erect a new
Michigan Trust Company Hundreds of Behool house as present facilities are in
farmers and citizens axe affected j adequate
STATE ENCAMPMENT
Nebraska G A JR Elects New
cers for Ensuing Year
The following officers were elected by
the G A R at the annual encampment at
Beatrice last week
John Reese department commander
Broken Bow R S Wilcox senior vice
commander Omaha C F Steele junior
vice commander Fairbury Dr Ferdinand
Brothers medical director Beatrice Har
mon Bross chaplain Lincoln council of
administration Jack Hortou Stanton 5
Porter Hedges Lincoln Smith Caldwell
Edgar S D Davis Wilber A W Pierce
Waverly
Delegates to the national encampment
B R Ball Omaha Joseph Rewey Wis
ner Patrick RuddyNorth Platte J W
Hughes Hebron John Skirving ONeill
W E Majors Peru J II Ager Ord J
Rock Williams Humboldt
Alternates James Stephenson L D
Pine Jesse Chappell W D Pruitt Adam
RaffertyJohn Driesback W n Smith
A D Pierce
Delegate at Large Jacob Drew Te
cumseh Alternate Lee Estelle oi
Omaha
The next encampment will be held at
Plattsmouth Hastings was chosen as the
location for holding the state reunion for
1901 1902 and 1903
HOETFELKER BEFORE JUSTICE
Dodge County Embezzler Pleads
Not Guilty
Henry Hoetfelker was arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Dame at Fremont on
the charge of embezzlement of 2150 from
Dodge County in his capacity as treasurer
of Webster Township He pleaded not
guilty waived examination and in default
of bail was committed to the county jail
for trial at the next term of the district
court
Hoetfelker had recovered his usual good
humor and entered the court room in a
nonchalant manner and listened to the
reading of the complaint as though very
much bored by the proceeding No com
plaints have yet been filed against him for
embezzling the money of the school dis
trict of Dodge or Webster township The
total amount of his defalcations it is re
ported will amount to about 7000
McMullen Stabbed by Tramp
Robert McMullen employed in one ol
McShanes grading camps got into an
altercation with an unknown tramp at the
Union Pacific stock yards in Sidney and
the latter stabbed McMullen in the right
lung County Attorney Capen has taken
an antiniortem statement and the descrip
tion tallies with a fellow who had been
about town several days and the authori
ties think he is the same man responsible
for some of the recent holdups A search
has been instituted but no arrests have
yet been made
lieffc in a Hurry
A traveling man by the name of W C
Henry who has been representing a St
Louis buggy house left Hastings in a
hurry recently It is alleged that he has
been doing some crooked work and the
company became acquainted with the mat
ter and sent a man to investigate Henry
it is said got wind of it and flew the coop
after having borrowed the last 2 in his
wifes possession leaving her absolutely
penniless
Armour Pays Big Feesl
Armour Co enriched the state treasr
ury by paying a fee of 2002 for filing arti
cles of incorporation with the secretary of
state last week The capital stock of the
company is 20000000 The chief office is
in Chicago a branch office being located
at Omaha The incorporators were J
Ogden Armour P Anderson Armour and
Louis C Krauthoff
Before the Supreme Court
The attorneys for the Standard Oil Com
pany have filed a brief in the supreme
court in the case brought by the attorney
general to debar the company from doing
business in this state In opening the
brief pleads that the company is a victim
of popular clamor against trusts and says
it has been forced into court as a result of
the agitation
Smallpox Among Graders
William OBrien a Union Pacific
grader camped near Richland taken fsick
several days ago was found by Dr L C
Voss of Columbus to have a well devel
oped case of smallpox Quarantine has
been established including men sleeping
m the same tent with OBrien A number
of other graders have left in alarm
A Postollice Burglarized
The postoflice at Bancroft was robbed
May 9 The safe door was blown across
the room and almost through the opposite
wall The money order books and one
registered letter were stolen There were
also about 90 in stamps and moiiey taken
An entrance was made by breaking the
locks on the rear door
State Fair Arrangements
The State Board of Agriculture met in
Lincoln to formulate plans for the annual
state fair It was estimated that it would
cost 5000 to put the old fair grounds and
buildings in shape naif of this expense
will be borne by the city The board ar
ranged to have the work begun as soon as
possible
Nebraska Short Notes
Au Odd Fellows lodge has been organ
ized at Chambers
The acreage of flax in Dixon County
will be largely increased this year
The new Methodist Church at Murdock
has been dedicated free of debt
The April rainfall in the western p irt
of the state has been the heaviest ever
known
v
Anninusually large number or cattle are
being driven into tile sandhill country tliis
spring for summer pasturage
A named Johnson o
Sawyer got his arm fast in the shafting of
an elevator and it was almost torn Irom
the socket
Jesse Reaves a 15-year-old Madison
boy was sitting on the creek bank fishing
when some unknown person shot him in
the leg inflicting a flesh wound
The difficulty between the seniorclass of
the Fremont high school and the superin
tendent has been adjusted
The new curfew bell which will be used
by the town authorities of Shelion has ar
rived and small boys hereafter will be
warned off the streets promptly at 9
oclock
In a row over a line fence at Stockham
Henry Ross struck a boy named Chaffee
with a hammer It was feared the victim
would Tlie but he recovered consciousness
in a few hours
Frank Gerlaw of Nemaha Count can
not understand what affinity lightning
should have for his property During a
recent storm his house and barn weie both
struck and slightly damaged
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STAGE OF THE GREAT
CONFLICT BEGINS
Lord Roberts Army Now Advancing
Toward Pretoria Boers Fight Stub-
bornJy but Are Gradually Forced
Back President Steyn in the Ficld
The thiiH great stage df the South Af
rican war began when Lord -Roberts be
gan his ajhanee from Bloeinfouteih to
Pretoria The first stage may be said
to extend from -the beginning of the Avar
last October to the arrival of Lord Rob
erts in South Africa The second in
cludes the relief of Kimborlej the cap
ture of Cronie and the occupation of
Bloemfonteiu And now after a long
rest at the Free State capital Lord Rob-
qrts has entered upon his third stage
which has as its goal the capture of Pre
toria the capital of the Transvaal
Before the present British advance the
Boers are falling back in good order to
some point where tlie nature of the
ground will enable them to oppose their
forces to greater advantage to the army
of Gen Roberts Just whore the Boors
have ejected to make their stand is un
known but it is practically certain that
from that point on to Pretoria they will
dispute every inch of the way with Lord
Roberts Meantime there is no news
from Natal Gen Bulfer might as well
be in India or England so far as active
operations are concerned but- doubtless
he is passive by Lord Roberts wish and
will wage an aggressive campaign when
tlie proper time comes The situation at
Mafeking is unchanged apparently The
Boers are still besieging it while the
plucky garrison still holds out
The rrnssitir of tho Znnd rivrr hv the
British appears to have been effected
sooner thau even the most sanguine ex
pected Lord Roberts advance force
consisting of from 10000 to 12000
mounted men besides infantry artillery
and tlie naval contingent appears to be
sufliciently powerful to overwhelm any
opposition the burghers can offer
London finds pleasant reading in the
details of tlicV forcing of the Zand and the
chase of the Boers in the direction of
Kroonstad The series of turning
ients devised by Xord Roberts seemed
o strike consternation into the hearts
of the burghers as wing after wing of
their army was shattered by the charges
of the British cavalry and mounted in
fantry The Boer line was flung twenty
miles across the country but the best
defensive execution was done by the ar
tillery section of six guns The East
Lancashire and Sussex regiments under
Gen Tucker made a dash on the Boer
artillerists and in the face of a raking
Qre from the battery compelled the burgh
ers to retire This charge completed the
rout of the Boers Their main trench
was captured and all their positions on
the ridges commanding the advance fell
into the hands of Lord Roberts men
It is said that Steyns division is at
Mequatlings nok This army has been
raised by drawing men from the north
eastern part of the state and from LTar
rismhh He is also reported to have got
men from the Ladybrand district The
Boers evidently consider it important to
check the advance of the British into
Senekal Ficksburg and Bethlehem dis
tricts
CHARLES A TOWNE
Charles A Towne nominated by the
Populists at Sioux Falls for Vice-President
on the ticket with W J Bryan was
born in Ingham Countr Michigan near
the city of Lansing forty one years ago
last October He graduated in both the
academic and law courses at the
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CHARLES A TOWXE
sity of Michigan In 1S94 he was given
the Republican congressional nomination
for the Dulutli district and was elected
by an overwhelming majority In tlie
early summer of 189G he declared him
self in favor of free silver In die fall
he was nominated by the Democrats and
Populists as their candidate f6r Congress
but was defeated In the fall of 1S9S he
was again nominated by the fusionists
and was again defeated - In the summer
of 1S9S he was chosen as national chair
man of the silver Republicans
POSTAL FRAUDS IN CUBA
Fonner Treasurer Js Held on Embez
zlement Charge
Charies F Nccley formerly treasurer
of the IVstofliee Department in Cuba and
now in custody in New York is alleged to
have embezzled 30000 of Government
funds During the last four months it
is charged the shortage in the aggregate
has never fallen below that sum and
that prior to the beginning of the year
the average was much higher
It is also charged on authority believed
to be trustworthy that since July of last
year the Government has been defrauded
of nearly 100000 on stamped paper
alone The culprit or culprits art believ
ed to have received monthly 2SO00 and
to have accounted for only 10000
The news of the arrest of Neeiey in
Rochester N Y was the lirst intimation
to the Havana public that alleged frauds
had been discovered Officials however
had been investigating for some time
through the agency of Col Burton the
inspector general The colonel found
affairs so seriously involved that he de
cided to go toAYashington at once and J
make a personal report to the Govern
ment It is believed the alleged frauds
will involve other officials in Havana and
more arcests may follow Auditors
Reeves and Reynolds have been tempora
rily suspended
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WHARTON BARKER
Wharton Barker named for President
by the Cincinnati Populist convention
was born at Philadelphia Pa May 1
1840 He is the grandson of Jacob Bar
ker who was a relative of Benjamin
Franklin He was graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1S06 and
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since 1SS0 has been a trustee of that in
stitution In 1809 he entered the bank
ing firm of Barker Bros Co of Phil
adelphia which was carried down by the
failure of Baring Bros of London Since
1S00 Mr Barker has devoted most of his
energies toward building up his Peoples
party weekly paper the American His
residence is at Wyncote twelve miles
from Philadelphia Alexander II of Rus
sia decorated him in 187S with the Order
of Stanislaus
WINTER CROPS LQOK WELL
Wheat AcreaeiTree ancka Half Mil
lions Less than in 1890
Returns to the statistician of the De
partment of Agriculture made up t May
1 show the area under winter wheat in
cultivation on Unit date to have been
about 205S5000 acres or 3503000
acres or 118 per cent less than the area
estimated to have been sowh last fall
The reduction in acreage in the principal
States owing to winter killing awl the
ravages of the Hessian lly is as follows
Indiana lG0S00O Ohio 900000 Mich
igan 317000 Pennsylvania 15S000 and
Illinois 137000 acres For the area re
maining under cultivation the average
condition on May 1 was 8S9
The high averages of condition report
ed last month for Kansas Missouri Tex
as and other more or less important
wheat producing States that have escap
ed tlie ravages of the fly have been fully
maintained and on May 1 nearly one
half of the entire winter wheat acreage
remaining under cultivation reported a
full normal or still higher condition
The average condition of winter rye on
May 1 was SS5 as compared with 852
on May 1 1S99 945 on May 1 1S9S and
S97 the mean1 of the May averages for
the last ten years The average condi
tion of meadow mowing lands on May 1
was 908 against 849 on May 1 1899
929 on May 1 1898 and 913 the mean
of the May averages of the last ten years
The average condition of spring pasture
was 913 against 835 on May 1 1899
912 on May 1 1898 and 909 the mean
of the May averages Of the last ten years
Spring plowing is more or less late in
almost every State in which its condition
is a matter of any especial significance
The only notable exceptions are Pennsyl
vania Kentucky Illinois Kansas Mis
souri and Arkansas In South Carolina
Alabama Mississippi and Texas the work
is later than in any year for which rec
ords are available
The Santa Fe will build a roundhouse
and machine shops at Port Richmond
Cal
The St Taul and Diiluth line has be
come the property of the Northern Pa
cific
The Aurora Batavia and Geneva Rail
way Company was incorporated at
Springfield -111
Net earnings of the Eastern Illinois
system for the nine mouths ending March
31 were 190090S
The Chicago and Great Western Rail
way has decided to run cheap excursjons
between Chicago and St Paul
The thirtieth annual report of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern shows a
most promising condition of the roads
business
Twenty miles have been graded on the
extension of the RqckTsland line from
Mountain View Ok west Track laying
has begun -
The new fast train of the Nickel Plate
Laekawanna roads now makes the run
between Chicago and New York in twenty-seven
hours
An effort is beingmade to get the city
of to issue 870000 in bonds to
raise- a bonustjsejcure the new Santa Fe
Railroad shops
Some railroadiofficial has conceived the
idea of trying to- make railway travel on
Sunday popular by the introduction of re
ligious services on trains
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rail
road and the Cotton Belt will inaugurate
through daily train service via Thebes
111 from Chicago to points in Arkansas
and Texas
The decision of the United States Su
preme Court that the Illinois statute re
quiring all trains to stop at county seats
is invalid will no doubt result in impor
tant changes in time tables
The Rock Islands statement for March
shows a material increase in both passen
ger and freight earnings Net earnings
were larger by 138184 than for the
same month last year
The management of the Chicago and
Northwestern road has let a coatract for
building an extension of the road from
Perkins Mich to the timber belt along
the -Whitefish river
It is reported that the Burlington com
pany has purchased ground for terminals
in Ogden and Salt Lake City Utah and
that the road will be extended from its
present Wyoming terminal to both cities
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NATIONAL POPULISTS
OPENING OF THE SIOUX FALLS
CONVENTION
Gor IJee Welcomes Delegate to tliG
State Minncsotan for Temporary
Chairman and Thos Patteiion of
Colorado for Permanent Chairman
Sioux Falls S D May 9 The na
tional convention of the Peoples party
began business at 220 oclock today in the
big tent wigwam on top of the the hill in
this city There have been larger orowds
in attendance upon national conventions
and possibly there have been questions
upon which more enthusiasm has been
manifested but there has been few similar
events which have been marked with more
evident sincerity of -purpose of more pro
nounced decorum or behavior It was
was evident that delegates were there for
a well understood purpose and whatever
that purpose it was to be carried into
effect
The big tent was arrayed in full dress
attire for the reception and entertainment
of it3 guests aud the structure proved in
every way equal to the service required
of it
Tlie interior of the tent was made re
splendent with a lavish display of the na
tional colors and bunting The uprights
of the structure bore aloft excellent black
and white portraits of Washington Jeffer
son Lincoln and Bryan
At the conclusion of a prayer by Bishop
OGorman and the reading of the call for
the convention by Secretary Edgerton
Chairman Butler introduced Gov Lee of
South Dakota who on behalf of his state
welcomed tiie convention to South Dakota
Gov Lee was given close attention and
was frequently interrupted by applause
His allusion to W J Bryan the lirst time
his name had been mentioned brought
the delegates to their feet in a hurricane of
cheers and waving of flags
I again welcome you to South Dafcota
the Kansas of the new revolution he said
in conclusion amid laughter and applause
Senator Butler responded for the con
vention When Chairman Butler touched
upon the meeting of the mid road Popu
lists in Cincinnati a voice from the body
of delegates shouted lHov about -Mark
Hanna
I am afraid he is there also replied
ie chairman evoking laughter and cheers
At the conclusion of his address Chair
man Butler introduced the temporary
chairman of the convention PM Ringdal
of Minnesota
Mr Ringdal received a vociferous wel
come from the convention As he ceased
his speech there were heard cries of Pet
tigrew Pettigrew but the senator who
sat upon the platform did not respond
The temporary secretaries announced
were R E Gray of Oklahoma Eugene
Smith of Illinois and Leo Vincent of Col
orado The temporary chairman then said
that the names for committee appoint
ments would be received
The committde on resolutions was made
up as follows
Alaska J J Chambers Colorado I D
Chamberlain District of Columbia Eva
McDonald Yalesh Idaho Henry Heitfeld
Illinois Howard S Taylor IndianaTohn
Whitehall Iowa E II Gillette Indian
Territory I D Burdick Kansas Jere
miah Simpson Kentucky Thomas S
Pettit Maine Ed Morcom Massachusetts
GFWashburn Michigan M G Loen
ecker Minnesota Francis H Clarke
Missouri W R Littell Montana T S
Hogan Nebraska William VAllen New
York George P Shibley North Carolina
Marion Butler North Dakota Canute
Nomland Ohionugo Preyor Oklahoma
Delos Walker Oregon Ernest Kroner
Pennsylvania T E Rynder South Da
kota Thomas H Avers Texas Harry
Tracey Virginia GWMcGavock Wash
ington E W Way West Virginia N Wr
Fitzgerald Wisconsin Robert Schilling
Passed on request New Hampshire and
Vermont
Not represented on committee Ala
bama Arkansas California Connecticut
Delaware Florida Georgia Louisiana
Maryland Mississippi Nevada New Jer
sey Rhode Island South Carolina Ten
nessee Utah Wyoming Arizona New
Mexico
A J Westfall of Iowa moved that Gen
Tarsney of Missouri be put on the commit
tee on resolutions as representing the
Philippine Islands since he had lately
been in that part of the world investigat
ing conditions
The motion evoked a storm of disap
proval and it was declared to be out of or
der x
The temporary chairman then suggested
that the convention adjourn to 830 p m
to allow the committees on credentials
resolutions and permanent organization
Hme to formulate their reports
When Temporary Chairman Ringdal
called the convention to order in the
evening it was announced that the com
mittees on credentials resolutions and
permanent organization were not ready- to
report and the session was devoted en
tirely to singing and mnsie by the Fifty
lirst Iowa Regiment band The conven
tion adjourned until 9 oclock Thursday
morning
Thomas Patterson of Colorado was
selected for permanent chairman of the
convention by the committee on perma
nent organization and order of business
after a session lasting for over two hours
J H Curran of Kansas Leo Vincent of
Colorado and William H Deisher of Penn
sylvania who served as temporary secre
taries at the afternoon session were named
as permanent secretarfes
The following report on permanent or
ganization and order of business was
adopted
The convention shall be governed by
Roberts rules of order The sessions shall
be hejd from 9 a m until 12 oclock noon
and from 2 p m to 530 p m and from 8
p m until 10 p m until the business of
the convention is concluded No delegate
shall speak more than once upon an prop
osition There may be but two speeches
nominating a candidate for president or
vice president of the United States
Speeches seconding nominations shall not
exceed five minutes All resolutions shall
be submitted to the committee on platform
and resolutions without debate
Order of business
Reports of committees on credentials
permanent organization rules and order
of business and platform and resolutions
Nomination of candidate for president
To take action on the nomination of a
candidate for vice president
Selection of the national committee
members thereof to be named by the state
delegates and confirmed by the convention
Cotton Mills in the South
Kiftyr seven new cotton mills have
been built in the South during the past
twelve months
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