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FHE YEAR. OMAHA , AEON DAY MORNING , JULY 20 , 1801. NUMBEK 32 THEY ARE ALL REPUBLICANS , Prohibition is Unpopular , but Boies is Even * Mora So. WHEELER'S ' PARTY WILL SUPPORT HIM. IVIint thn Mloux City People Hay About the Situation Recommenda tions From the Homo ol * I''armor Wheeler * . Sioux CITV , In. , July 10. [ Special to TUB BKB.JTho political situation in this city cannot bo understood without a knowledge of much more than the fact that the Woodbury county delegation In the republican slate convention at Cedar Rapids divided ton to ten on the minority report , which was to put local option into tbo platform. The fact that the delegation did divide , In connection with some other circumstances , more or loss re- irpto or assumptuous , has caused the report fiFgo abroad that there Is again a largo seces sion from the republican pirty in this locality-this year on the liquor Usuo. Careful investigation makes it possible testate state the trutli with approximate accuracy. And it Is to bo stated in advance that tlio story of republican disaffection is grossly exaggerated. Prior to the republican state convention , which was held at Cedar Rapids on Jui 1 , there was a concerted movement among ttio more pronounced anti-prohibition ropu oil cans In many localities to muster all possible .strength tn the delegations to the conven tion. Tills movement had its strength of course in the larcor cities. There was un doubtcdly somohopo entertained that sulll- clcnt strength could bo shown in tlio conven tion to profoundly impress if not to induce it 'to recede somewhat from the drastic state wide rule of pronibltlon embodied in tlio present liquor laws. There is n considerable anti-prohibition element nmong Sioux City republicans as there is among the republicans of some of the other larger cities in the state , but no movement would have been undertaken if this element had not been agitated by n few persons. Several qulot meetings , not largely attended , were hold rather to talk matters .over than to cut and dry an nnti-prohlbltlon Wof-rammo. Absolutely nothing was done Among republicans who are prohibitionists or who ncqulcsco in prohibition for the time being. Tlio county convention was held at a tlrno when most of tbo country delegates were cut off bv the floods. It had no business but to choo-io" delegates to the state conveu. tlon. These wcro chosen nftersoino triction- Krom Itolen \VIiooler. . It is the several quiet llttlo meetings prior to the countv convention which has been h/falded ns on organization among ropub- vfieans for the defeat of prohibition this year , k/wlth the implication that It was the inaug uration of a Dolt. This is an exaggeration , although there is some truth at the bottom of it. There were men in ttio conference who voted for Boles two years ago , nud there were oven men among tbo delegate- from this county who voted for Doles. Cut the Boles vote among republicans two years ago was wholly exceptional , ana while undoubt edly some' republicans who voted for him Ilion will do so again , the great majority will vote for Wheeler this year. ' This can bo positively stated upon the basis of inter views with' scores of the Boies republicans of two years ago. They wore organized tbon ; . there is ho organization now. The loaders" ! ! ! * " the Boios movement then are leaders for Wheeler now. Several notable cases couM bo named. About three hundred republicans In Sioux. City voted for Boies , but purely for the pur pose of recording displeasure with the pres ent prohibitory law , It not being then ro- pnrucd as possible that Boies could bo elected. It was u purely "off year , " too , in Iowa elections. The vote for governor two years ago in Sioux City stood thus : For Hutchison , re publican,510 ! ; for Boios , democrat , 2,4iri ( a innjorlty of 8-it ) . But in tbo state election RKiyear the vote on secretary of state stood thuS : For McFarlund , republican , 2,021 ; for Chamberlain , democrat , 2i.Ma : majority ofonlyW7. ! Two years ago the dissenting republicans voted only for thn candidate for governor on the democratic tiokot , but sup ported tuootherropubllcnu candidates. Last year they voted the republican ticket straight. This year their purpose was to make n , record in the republican convention , which they accomplished , ICvid nuo of Republican Solidity. Senator Lawrence , who headed the dele gation from this county this year , was elected four years ago. It was known at the time that personally ho did not approve of tiie prohibitory laws , but ho was elected on n state platform sustantlally the same in tbo liquor plank as this year. It shows how well republicans of all shades stood together IIQTC , since tno defection of Ilfty prohibitionists in the county would have defeated the election of Mr , Lawrence. Ho was elected on a ma jority of leas than ono hundred1 votot. Sunnier - ior Lawrence remained passive on tlio liquor issue , and in the republican convention two years ago ho was a member of the platform commlttoo which adopted the nearest approach preach to u prohibition declaration which the republican party of Iowa over made , declaring It to bo "a settled policy ot the state. " Tlioro was no minority report in that convention. At tno last session of the legislature Senator Lawrence introduced n bill providing for the abrogation of prohi bition in tlio larger cities nnd towns , hut it got no support from either the republican or the democratic members. Senator Lawrence with oiio-half of the delegates from this countv wont on record as favoring a local op tion plunk in the republican convention this year. But the situation In the last legislature when the democratic party solidly rotnscd to support the llconso bill Introduced bv n republican suggests why nntl-prohlbition republicans in Sioux City , while they may hold meetings trs < r - laii to inllucnca their own party , cannot net with the domocratio organization on this question , Senator Lawrcnco says positively that bo will not vote the democratic ticket. A. W. Krwln , Judge Wcavnp , Judge Wilson , Phil Carlln , Dick lloogo , and a largo number of other leading anti-prohibition republicans have declared as positively that they will vote against the democratic state ticket. Not n single ono of the prominent Boios republicans of two-years ago 1ms been found who does not refuse to vote for Bole * this year. Some IjC'lHlatlv ( ) History. By the way , the tryo inwardness of the -.Dilation of thoinst lofIslaturo can bo told now for the llrst time It wus possible to have passed local option If the democrats bad really favored it nnd had not wanted to keep the prohibition Ubiio In the politics of the . ' .nto. The house was a llo between thu republicans and tbo opposition , and the republicans had only a majority ol live or six In tbo senate. It was actually found 'that a certain sum of money would secure the change In the law , but It would bo on condition of very high license and gonulilo local option , A considerable sum of money was promptly raised In Sioux City and sent by messenger to Ics ) Molncs. But tlio democrats in the cities on the Mississppl river would not con- noiit to high license nnd local option , and re fused tu put UP their pro rata , and so tbo Bchnnia fell through. The democrats then recorded themselves in fnvor of a caucus bill , which would htivii tnrown down all the safe guards of the present prohibiting laws in the rural districts whore prohibition sentiment Is overwhelming , Tlio simple truth of the matter Is that the B-jM-proulLltlon republicans of Sluux City , jrfChilo many of thorn bocumo dissatisfied nnd s exaiportoJ nt prohibition , believing that the ' , * Interests of a town with a building boom would bo advanced by a lU'oiuo system , have DO common ground to taud on with the democratic organizations whoso bosses nro yrojtltutlug their Inue to Romtral partisan purposes nnil who hnvo bM for the votes of an clement which really dojiros low license. Wlmt u l.i'iulor Hiiyn. Tun Br.B corrospoiuloiit Inlorvlowcil a prominent anti-prohibition rupiiblicitn who was present In the little nntl-proniblilon meetings provlous to the county and stale conventions. Ho Is nn active worker In local polities. "No , I sliull not vote for Boies this voar. " ho suiil. " 1 slmll vole the straight republican - publican ticket. I am not a democrat ana never \ \ as. Wo wanted to make a record In the republican state convention this year. There were n great many anti-prohibition- Uts In the convention who did not vote for the Hlrschl local option substitute , because thev Dolloved as a mutter of prac tical politics'that the republican purty could not vet tnko up local option , t believe this , roo.'tmt Ihotipht it high thno to call the at tention of the parly to the fact that iherd is a strong and crowing clement In its ranks who want < o bo rid of a rigid rule of pro hibition. The attention of the party was called to this fact forcibly two ycuw ago In the election of Governor Boles. " "But Will not the sumo republicans vote for Boles thUyenrl" "Not at all. The situation is entirely dif ferent. Wo tire on the eve of n f residential election. Do you suppose that wo want to put a dagger In the band of the enemy { Not n bit of it.Vo don't want ix democratic leg islature to MIchlKnnlzc tbo presidential elec tors of Iowa. " "Wlmt proportion of the Boles republi cans of two yeari ago will vote for him again i" "Of course thcra may bo some , but only a few only a very few. I do not Itnow a soli tary one. My candid opinion is that there will bo a good many who may vote the democratic legislative ticket but not tbo state ticket. My judgment Is that there will bo ( i good many more , democrats In this county who will vote for Wheeler than republicans - publicans who will vote for Boles. Wheeler Is n line business man , thoroughly identlilcd with northwestern Iowa , and will certainly tnuko no such injurious breaks as Boio = did- in that Now York sneoch last winter. I ex pect Wheeler to carry this county. " Wlinl an Oiloliolt DemocMMt Says of tlit ; Karmcr < uiullilato. Onwini.T , la. , July 11) ) . { Special to THK Unii.l For the past ton days an emissary of the democratic state central committee has Deen prowling around Sac county , searching for campaign material to use against II. C. Wheeler , tbo republican candidate for gov ernor of iowa. This prowler has given a dozen aliases to a dozen different men , and thinking to escape detection has conllnod his interrogations to democrats , But one of tbo faithful , who , llko many other Iowa demo crats , Is going to vote for Wheeler , favo the amateur Hnwkstmw away ; hence repub licans have been watching for the nnult of his labors. Yesterday a lone copy of nn Omaha demo cratic paper containing the carefully prepared - pared campaign thunder reached this place. J'uc paper was passed around mid created merriment as well as indignation. Your cOrrespondent - respondent interviewed a number of busi ness mon of the town in relation to the afore- sni3 thunder. riaid a prominent democratic merchant : "This is an outrage , and I am sorry our people - plo have to get down in the mud in this stylo. Wheeler's land Is mortgaged , of course ; but ho has enough personal pro'perty on his farm to pay twice the amount of his mortgage. Like many a shrewd business man , tie has borrowed money at (1 ( per cent because ho can make it iiay 10. The fact is that when a man in bis fosition can borrow money at 0 per cent and make It pay , as wo all know tie does , It conclusively establishes the fact that there is good money in Iowa farming' . Moreover , his land is worth from $15 to So'- > per aero , so the , mbrtg3gp.1.roprcsints ! only tt ' > fractiouuof * " ' ' " " ' * " - - " tlfd farm- Value ? "As to the statements that Wheeler buys his supplies away from tiomo ; that ho is 'uppish' and carries himself above his neighbors , there is no foundation for them. Not a merchant in Odebolt , democratic or republican , will say that Wheeler docs not purchase the bulk of his supplies in Odobolt and Days liberally for thorn. His trade with mo In the courso.of a year amounts to several hundred dollars , and more with others. Wo can till bear testimony to his-public spirit and liberality. Ho lias helped to build and support every church in the vicinity. No man in Iowa is more democratic ! in his manners. His house has always been open to his friends and neighbors , and you can't llnd a man who will treat you better. " Other Odobolt business mon confirm the statements quoted. The people of this little town are for Wheeler , regardless of party. Every business man in the town joined In the ovation tendered him on his return from tbo Cedar Kaplds convention. The follow wno is doing the dirty work for the democratic state committee did not como near Odobolt , but wrote up his lake after a conference with democrats at Sac City , the county seat. Hundreds of Sao county democrats will vote for Wheeler. SI'ObE A C.\Sv ; * 1HA.1IOXJDS. Arrest ol'a Young Itoolcinalccr'a Clerk In Now York. N"\v YOUK , July 19. Robert Howe , n young bookmaker's clerk , has been arrested on u charge of stoalinga $10,030 case of diamonds mends from the juwo'ry establishment of Carl Warnlcko , 13 West Twenty-eighth strce. The robbery occurred on February 0 last and the police huvo boon working on the case constantly. On that duto Howe , or a mini who very closely rosotnblod him , called ut the Jewelry store wjth a handsomely dressed woman , who said she wanted to pur chase some diamonds. The couple had vis ited the store twice before and had made a taw purchases , so that every attention was paid them. Whtlo the woman wus examining some rings the man walked about the store and .finally went out for a cigar , Hu returned in llvo mlnutoa , and the woman , who had decided to make no purchase , went out with him. The tray of diamonds was immediately missed and Mr. Warnlcko remembered that the man's overcoat - coat bulged at the breast when ho went out for his clgnr. The couple hud said their names were Bofonl , but this was found to bo false , and detectives traced the man to the Motel Metropolc , where ho hail been living with the woman under the name of Howoll. Before they could inuko nu arrest the parties cleared out and It was not until Friday night that they came upon Howe on Broadway , Ho nnswore'd the ( .Inscription of the thief and they took him in. He was remanded to the custody of Inspector Byres , and now the de tective's are looking for the woman In the case. o Story or Ii > wiili llofujjee. NBW YOUK , July ! ! . Thirty immigrants , all Russian Jews , are in tbo detention bureau at the barge ofllco awaiting the decision of tuo superintendent of emigration. It is most probable that they will all bo sent back , as each one has bcon "assisted" and the law 011 assisted emigrants is Inexorable. Quo of the detained emigrants , Momlol Kogalskl , a young man of twenty , n cavpunter by trade , tells a most thril ling story of his own adventures and t > utfcrligs ! In Uussln. Ha became a suspect while working at his trade in Klga and to csrapi ) Siberia , which was unbearable , ho lied from city to city , pursued constantly. He was finally taken prisoner , beaten and treated most inhumanly ami prepared for Siberia , when bo attain mnnai'od to escape. Ho succcodo.l In roiinhlnit the frontier mid by the assistance of some of his countrymen was sent to Hamburg , Here ho was further assisted and left for America. Ho has no money , having boon robbed of His little savings of MX years when he wa taken prisoner in Russia , ana ha says If he U caught again In that country ho will DO put to death , The Jewish societies havu taken hold of his case , On Killed anil Two Injured. CiiiiUfOTiiK , Mo. , July 10 , The son of a proprietor of a saw mill was killed and two employes seriously injured by tbo explosion of the boiler yesterday. WILL BANKER KEAN GO FREE ? Depositors Who Accept Dividends Oau't ' Prosacuto Him for Embazzlemont. ALDERMAN CULLEI.TON STILL ON TOP , Not AfTcotcit by tlie Ilcport of tlio JiiK CoiutHlttoj Tlio Al- dcrinutilo Hide-Cart : r for World's Fair Jlayor. CHICAGO Omcc OP TUB BRB , I Cmcuio. July 1'J. ( The strong probabilities are that Banker S. A. Roan will go free and nil the fms and fury about prosecuting-him amount to noth ing. The creditor * seem to bo placed in n position where they are called uoon to decide whether tlioro is more satisfaction In gntting ! Jo cents on the dollar or In seeing Iveau po to the penitentiary. The Illinois law under which an insolvnnt banker nny bo prose cuted provides that if a banker slull assign and ask for a receiver within thirty days of the time ho allowed the laU deposit to bo placed in his bank it shall bo taken as prima facie evidence that he know his b.ink to bo In an Insolvent condition. But there is a further provision that tno "deposit" must by this assignment bo lost to thocroJitor. Now it is questioned by eminent legal authority whether , in the strict interpretation given by the courts to criminal statutes thh' will not bo con strued to mean that the whole of the deposit must bo lost In order to Justify a prosecution under this law and that where a banker snows a willingness to restore as much of the de posits as ho is capable of doing by declaring u dividend he will bo released from imputa tion of criminal intent. M'ltiy of tlio cred itors have signified a willingness to drop the prosecution and settle on the ! to cent basis proposed by Kean and should tills settlement bo effected Judge Loncenecker , while refus ing to commit hliiHolf in so many words , broadly intimates that the state wilt take no further action. A VHHV MIMJ "JSVBST1OATIOX. " When the committee wa appointed by the council to investigate the process by which Alderman Cullcrloti succeeded in working the Northern Pacilic ordinance deal all by himself , that shrewd veteran smiled compla cently nnd remarked that it would "amount to nothing , " and notwithst Hiding the furi ous zeal with which the committee went to work there Is every reason to believe at this writing that his prediction will bo literally fullllled. In'lho first place tbo pub lic has shown u profound indifference in the result of this quarrel , which it has looked upon all along as the falling out of what is known as the "pang" o\rcr \ a division of spoils. Whether Alderman Cullerton pot it all or whether hU colleagues received the custiimary "dlvy" is a matter of but little practical "concern to the psoplo nt largo. Then it is generally understood that. Mr. Cul- lerton's mental storehouse is entirely too well stocked with data about the errors of his fellow members for tnom to dare carry out their threat of expulsion from the coun cil. The farthest they dared to go was to declare in thi'lr report that the ordinance was introduced surreptitiously and that its passage was secured by trickery. To the typical Chicago alderman a mild rebuke of this sort is as water ilpon a duck's , back. They have all boon tuaro bjforo many a timo. NOT A SENSITIVE OKOWD. ' Justthpw little that , celebrated body , the city fajtlfor.- ) , c.iros for public opinion ha * just boeu'liioSt ' strikingly illustrated In-tho passage - , sago of tno" Economic gas company ordinance. Evorv paper of inlluenco in the city except tno Times denounce. ! the company as a pure sand-bagcing scheme organized for the pur pose of selling out at a biij prlco to the pres- out trust , after the style of the Consumers' company which was orpraqized with a gront flourish of trumpets some time ago , and hav ing secured a franchise promptly sold out to the Chicago pas light and coke company. The Tribune denounced it as a combination to "twist the tail" of the present companies. Tno News found it dillicult to discuss with patience "so palpable a Job , " and the other papers were equally bevero going so far as to use the words "iron birs" , nnd "Jollet , " but the ordinance wont through as if it were greased , and traveled the same route again with equal celerity over the mayor's voto. It Is said that the lubricant employed on this occasion was WU.UJU In cold cash. "Bloclts of stock" in a company that nearly every alderman in tlio council honestly believes will have its ' f rnnchlsn for sale 'bcloro it lays a yard of pipe , did not prove a sufllciently weighty consideration with the "initiated. " OMITKIt Till' HISIXO SUX. The democrats ot Chicago and Cook county are said to bo taking stops to follow the advice - vice of a Dirty loader and "get together. " The only thine that divides them is Harri son's Independent candidacy for mayor last spring. Members of the Cregier clement admit that they have nothing to demand for him. They tire looking fora now leader who may continue them in power , but they are not wilting to make a complete surrender to the Harrison forces. On the other hand the latter are loyal to the "ea jlo , " and say they will insist upon him ns the party's nominee for mavor during the world's fair , nnd the probability is strong that a compromise of this nature will bo effected. In this deal the democratic state central committee Is interested , bncauio It doesn't want any further warfare In Chicago on ac count of its effect on the state ticket , A HIIU-II : : TO CUI.I.OM. That the candidacy of Senator Cullom for the presidential nomination Is 11 holy to moot 'with ' some very decided opposition in his own state is evidenced bv tbo position taken by ex-Speaker . P. Calhoiin , now editor of the Dccatur Republican , ono of the most in fluential interior dalios in the state. Ho says : "Harrison is likely to bo the nominee for president for the reason that his adminis tration has been thus far ono which is alto gether crodltablo to the republican party , and ono which tbo pirty will ba swift to endorse - dorso at its stuto aud national conventions. This is no time to push pampered pets to the front. It is a time when the party must ex- erclso a lltllo good common sense.11 F. A. lllHtmtcr to a Party of Kl lit AVIillo Seining. LOUISVILLE. Ky , , July 19. While seining In the Tennessee river near Murray yester day Ed Brown , Walter Strador , John L. Moadcr , Dick Davis nnd John T. lira in a were drowned. The party numbered oteht. They tied one end of their selno , seventy-five feet long , to the bank and stretched the netting nearly straight , out Into the river Stationed nt Intervals near the outer end tbo eight men , with only shoos , hats and coats off , swam with the scino poles toward tbo shore. None of them were well acquainted with thorlvornt that point and they swam Into n swift , cold current. Suddenly ono was seized with uramp * . A panic followed. The seine was dragged and Branu' , Brown and Strador became ontiinglod in It. Mcador and Davis \vtiro swept under by the current , while the other thrco succeeded in reaching the bank. All the mon drowned were welt known citi zens near Murray , belonging to old families in the county. Bramo moved there two years uga from near Hopklnsvlllo , 'A crowd was gathered and they searched for the drown ml men , The some when hauled in stiUhcla the three who became ontuiiL'lOii in it , Davis and Mender have not been found. "Miners' Trimbles. SUATTLK , Wash. , July 10. Sheriff Wooloy and four doputlat went to ( Jilnmti , fearing further trouble from tbo striking miners. Poputy Case came up from Gllman for more arms and tooV out a lot of repeating rifles. Tha militia and guards have all left and now only the deputy sheriffs remain. At New castle the excitement over the dynamite ex- ploilou under the minors' cabin Is subsiding. The noero minor * In the company's ' employ ' will move Into town MonJity'mil take pos session of the houso. Thu..strikers dcolaro tboy will make It not for tho'negroes. The militia is still uutlonoa at Nuvyoiitlo , fearing nn outbreak if recalloJ. Naval Commander Gralium'MiiUos Itc- inarlcs Tlint Arc N'otjjUt-llsliod. UIOIIMOSII , Vn. , July 10. Tito effort for the removal of Iho MbniUr Hoot .from its present nnohor.ii-o , three miles below Richmond , has assumed a now phase. There tire snvon monitors in the Hoot , and until tlio arrival of Commander CJrahnm , who succeeded Com mander MjCartri , tlio relations of the psoplo ot Richmond and tliQolllcc have bx'u of the most timlcablo character. ' ' Commander Graham In an interview pub lished yesterday , said : "Tho goodpaoploof Hlchmond have no iilo.i of th'o indignities and annoyances the oIlleoM anil mon on bjard tbo monitors nro subjected to , _ particularly on Sundays and holidays. Peo'plo came down the river In bait * , bUck ami white , ni.ilo and female , and though they have the whole length , of the dis- tauco between tbo monitors ami Hlchmond for their peculiar methods of on- loymo.it th'iy insist upon coming directly abreast the monitors and using the most vile and dirty language , shouting at thu top of their volcos , jeering at the mon aboard ship , some of thorn , both men and \vomou , divest ing themselves of their entlro.aults of wear ing apparel and going into tbo water in n undo condition within spanking dlsUinca of the vessels. Mon have come flown in boats nnd pulling within twenty foot of the ships have called out oflicers bv name a-.id used most vile and outrageously abusive languaifo to ibom , whicn is unlit for publication. The passengers on the night excursion barges from the city to Warwick pant have , when they arrived opposite the monitors , umubod themselves by hooting nnd yelling at the psoplo on board the Hoot , in jeering nnd insulting tones , going s o fur as to call mo out by natno and make Insulting roirarks to mo. , ' I think that the foundation for whatever fooling tbcro maybe bo ndvorso to mo among a certain portion of the citizens of Hlchmond is : simply owing to the fact that I have never considered it my duty to permit the monitors to bo u-io.l as a public museum or sort of ft Coney Island pleasure resort , as I think it would bo sub versive to the good orderof the vessels which I command to throw them opbh to the ( ronor.il public. Still I omphntlcully leny that I have over refused admission to any peonlo that I considered of the pronor character to como on board. " 7 The expressions of the .commander have created a big sensation in this city and there is every indication that a lively war will bo waged , both socially and oftlcfaily. CiCOXl.SlUltltElt ItEt'It'KD. New York Paper Prints a Story tit Coni3UtionVlth : , It. NRW Yomf , July 10. The Morning Adver tiser prints a rather flsb story about the man who is suppoind to have driven the wlilM horse which took Dr. CrqnUji to his doitb. The story in part Is ns follows : "Immedi ately after the conviction of ttu prisoners an Irishman who called himself Peter Dsan and who lived In LakoViow , not far from the Carlson cotlngo , qulqtly left Chicago and went to Canada. Daan was a dog fancier and dealer In birds.Ho was a quiet , reserved man and apparently parentlytoolc no .greater Interest in the Oronln mystery thail < 54d his neigh bors. Ho attended to his''easiness every' ' day , and when in December1360 , ho shut up hls.shrp-a.nd dlsappcareilVjoHlKirtlcular curi osity was arrousod. It was not Itnown to the people of Lake View , however , that Dean had bcon in daily communication with a prominent memberof the Clan-na-Gnel ever since the trial began , nor w'us It known that this saino prominent member paid Dann's ' ex penses to Canada and that * Dean there Joined the Starltey's , who wcrosuspecUd of a guilty knowledge of Dr. Cronin's death. The dog fancier remained in retirement for nearly n year and then wofit back to Chicago. From Chicago ho was ordered to go to New Yock. Upon his arrival there lie wont to an obscure - scuro hotel on the east side nnd remained until ho was notified to meet the man who was directing his movements. "When this nicotine took place the sum of $2,000 was paid to Dean with thu understand ing that ho would never relate thp fact that ho had driver : the horse from the Carlson cottugo to the catch basin and' that ho know what" the trunk whir.h ho put in the wagon contained when ho helped lift it in and when ho heipod lift it out. Dean promised and then signed a receipt for the monev. The next day ho loft Now YorK to po to Canada. Ho never wont. Ho did not return to Chicago. The man's personality was so marked that ho could not bo swallowed up oven in a city like Now York. The rccjipt that ho signed his bcon shown to a gontle- mun in New York. The holder of it ex presses the bullet that ho wW never bo called on to pay another dollar. Whether Peter Dean U dead or alive only this quo man knows and this ono man Is safer with Dean dead than alive. " -K.VJACMIMTIO.V IX ItK.lXlL. It Ilcsults ill tlio Demoralization of Agricultural I/.ibnr. WASIIIXOTOX , July 10. A letter to the bureau of American republjcs says : Slnco the emancipation of the slaves in Brazil the domestic service as well as tbo agricultural labor of the republic has boon greatly demoralized - moralized , and many famlllosllnd thoimolvos entirely without servants , the colored people - plo the former slaves ref using to work for love or money. The city council of Rio do Janeiro attempted to regulate the do mestic service by an ordinance which pro hibited u .servant from leaving u house hold without thirty dtivs notice and had several other equally rlgorpivs provisions , but the measure has bcon disapproved by the minister of iho Interior wnoso sanction is necessary to carry into offeqt any municipal regulation. -v The ofllclat papers of R'.o ' 'do Janolrt , an- noutico that the minister ct agriculture has asked the minister of llnancoto , give him a credit of $17,003 on account jOf .tho quota of Brazil in the expense of thoj intercontinental * railway survey , According to ofllcl'U ' statistics tbo Imports of the Argentine Republic foii.the first thrco months of the present nse41 ' ar wero'flO- TnS.'JOn , against ( I JU.V. ) , < JIS : during iho same period of tbo preceding your. The exports were IO,20 : > ,510 , , against ffo.521,002 the preceding - ceding year. _ ' HIM Uttinr Wife wua .Tlioro. Nt\v : YOUK , July 10. A' man clvlng the name of Louis Centroaux . was among the steerage passengers who . iirrlvt'd on La Bourgogno.from Havre today. ' . Ho hud with him a pretty little woman , whom ho Intro- ducoJ as his wlfo , but n fowrminutos later his statement was found , to kbo false. As soon as ho landed an angry , woman met him nnd began belaboring hinvwlih nnumbrclla. It proved to bo his wife , whom ho had deserted - sorted In Purls two \vo jknuro. . She followed him to lluvro and took passage on the same stoaracr. but could not llnd him on board. The couple made u timid won V away together , whllo wlfo No , - disappeared. Controaux had two tickets for St. Louis and it is sup posed that bo wont Supposed .Mimleror Arrested. HUOTOIIM , Vt. , July 19. This afternoon Detectives II. H. Pock , John Hutcblnson , Davis D. Unsound Sbcrlnaa Huso arrested nt tbo Hartford wool company's hotel a man nr.swcring the description ot Frank Almy , tbo murderer of Mi-is Christie Warden of Hanover , N , H. Tbo man appeared hereabout about 8 o'clock last night and was in bed when arrested , Peck and Hutcblnson huvo taken tbo prisoner to Hanover , ho volunteer ing to accompany thoui without requisition papers , saying ho vvhbud to clear hlmielf us soon as possible. POSTAL SERVICE FEASIBLE Result of Mr. Eosewater's Investigation of European Telosnph Systems. EMPLOYES' ' POL'TiCS ' NOT QUISTmED In Opposition to Govern * in ut Oiviictvtilp of MUCH Skill fully Exploded An Intorest- Inj * Siilijcct Discussed. Gnnl i H'lmc'M ' P.VHIH , July 1 ! ) . [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tar. BKI : . | The European edi tion of the Now York Herald publishes the following : "Mr. Kdwnrd Rosewater , founder ami proprietor of Tin : OMAHA , Bni : , Is over in Paris diligently pursuing inquiries respectIng - Ing postal telegraphy. Mr. Rijowator was thirteen years in the telegraphic service hi both military and * civilian branches. Last winter ho was summoned before the committee of congress which had been formed to obtain Information respect ing tbo advisability of the government buy ing un or controlling telegraph tbo service in the United States. "Armod with ofllolnl letters to the heads of the telegraph service in England , Franco , Germany nnd Austria , Mr. Roe water has had an excellent opportunity of judging- the bene fits which the telegraph sorvluo ca-i dorlvo from being under the government control. Accordingly I called on nlm yesterday and asked him what opinions ho had formed from his Investigations. In reply , ho said that ho was more than ever continued in his opinion that the effect of government control was to produce a very superior telegraphic service. lie said that London employed no loss than three thousand persons in the telegraphic service , whereas in Now York there were only twelve hundred. To a ooject of the English government was not to make a revenue , but to give the the public the best service ut the cheapest possible rates. In every place where tlioro were 1,1500 persons there was n postal telegraph service , whereas in the UnltoJ States many towns with several thousand inhabitants had noth ing but a railroad telegraph service. The reason was , as ho understood it , that as the government already had postollicos ostnb- lisbcd everywhere , it would coat but very llttlo extra to arranco for a telegraphic service. With a private company those matters were entirely different. The com pany would have to hire promises and put on a telegraphic service only where it saw good prospects of an oflice paying expenses. Thus in Eneland , branch olllccs were compara tively infinitely more numerous than in the United State ? . "It had boon said , continued Mr. Ilosewator , that the government would bo slow in adopt- now inventions. As disproof of that , was the fact that in England there was in use an American sextuplex machine by which throe different telegrams could bo sent In opposite directions at once , while no such perfected machine was used In the United States. In London their system of pneumatic tubns was excellent , ' ' In Paris ho had found tbo Baudot machine superior to any other hohad , seen , asit printed messages directly- on a slip nnd then passed it on to the form. Hero all facilities were given to the press and tbo government would lot out wires for two or three hours daily or oven for five minutes. Furthermore in London and Purls wires were laid under ground. " 'The political question , " said Mr. Rose- water1ms been hold up in America as the great objection to to postal telegraphy. It is said that it would Increase the patrcnngo of the government nnd oacomo too largo a po litical machine. I made special inquiry on this point. The managers nud operators raters I mot were very much sur prised at the idea of any Interference with their political opinions. In one of the largest cities in England an operator said tome mo that he was a radical and voting against the government every time , but if the post- roaster or any other ofllci.il should attempt to interfere with him nntl his politics ho should soon have the question brought up In parlia ment by the radical member. In that ofllco there were ! 100 persons employed and nil were divided , there were liberals , conservatives , and radical * . Ho said they were not allowca to take a promin ent part In political gatherings , but that is all the Interference there is. " 'Moreover ' , ' said Mr. Rose water , 'tho telegraph operator requires mechanical skill. It would bo Impossible for any party in power to supplant men on account of their political principles. That idea Is all nonsense. Hero in Franco there has never been a question as to the political views of the men. Postal telograpti is n practical thing for public uso. The government can manage it bettor than anybody else. My opinion Is , the United States government should buy up all commercial wires In the country" " . Companies are trying all tbo time to make big profits at small expense - ponso , nnd then with buying up now lines at almost any prlco nnd consequent watorin , ' of stock the public suffering Is incurred. ' "Respecting ills paper , Tin : OMAHA Bun , Mr. Rosewater said that lie had founded it twenty years ago. It had never consolidated nnd had never swallowed another concern. Personally , Mr. Rosewater Is a republican , opposed to free coinage and n believer in the interstate commerce law nnd railway rogu- atlon by the government. " Clilnniniui Clitiff-oil With Ahdiiuilon. Nuw YOUK , July 10. Lizzie Sprawl , the fifteen-year-old daughter of Shoemaker Duvla C , Sprowl of Caindun , N , J. , who eloped on Juno 20 with Wing Lee , n Chinuso laundrymun , and who with her abductor was arrested in this city on Saturday night , was bronchi Into court with the Chinaman this morning. Wing Leo was hold for trial on u charge of abduction , whllo the irlrl was placed In charge of the society for the pre vention of cruelty to children. It dovolo'pod that the couple , who had not been married , wont first to Philadelphia and then came to Now York. They were discovered in squalid apartments in Poll street , living as man and wifn , and the police In arresting Wing Leo met with opposition on the part of the other Chinamen In tbo house. Shipping Nol > ranUn ( Jrnln , N , Tex. , July 11) ) . Tbo steamship Ktherby today finished loading ut Oalveston with tbo first cargo of S)50 ; ) bushels of Amor- lean wheat shipped this season to Europe nnd will clear tomorrow. It is the beginning of what Is expected to bo In the near fnt- ura a great export busman , gathering grain not only from Texas , but Missouri , Kansas , Nebraska nnd other western states. Answered tlio Allocations. AnnuDKK.v , S. 1) . , July 10-James C. Rood of Now York , the holr and alleged son of May I. Dayton , has tlle-1 his answer to the allegations of Lyman C. Dayton , her hus band , who contests the will , lie alleges , first , that Rood was the son and the only holr at law of tbo deceased and that the In- trumnnt offered by Reed for prooato Is tba lastwill and testament of the said decease d and was entirely written , dated and signed by the hand of the testatrix herself ; second , proponent denies that at the time of ex ecuting of the will the said May I. D.iytou was in any way Inllmiiicod or over por- simded or that said instrument did not con- tfiln the free and voluntary dis position of the pronjrty , and nl-o denies that for upward off three yotiM ho or ottwr icoiljd or sepir- utca the tes'atrlx from * 'O'ltiHtant f ; third , proponent alleges that t ; III will was duly . . . . . _ . . , . , . . - , nud executed nei\ * 1 (0 ( LllO lll\VH O * New York and South Oil > and said May I. Dayton on Juno 1.i : , iSs V ' hocitv of New i ork duly signed nnd do , " : \ the said In strument to be her lust wl i testament In tlio presence of J. Seaddai , , d Wlllliini V , Lear.v. The contestant's u\ - ' ions of tin- sound mind nro also vi ) ; ly donleil. Prosldent Ira Batno.of thi "rthwostorn National hank has bcon nppott jpecial ad- mlnlstrntor for the South Uak\ \ ijoporty. M..IST Groan Kvitiiii : > 'tM ! ol'thn Country us Ilc- ItorKMl by tin ; HitukH. BOSTO.V , Mn s. , July 1 ! ) The following tnblo , compiled from dispatches from the clearing houses named , pivoj grots clearings for last wcoit , with per cent of decrease or increase as against the amount for the cor responding week in IS'.K ' ) : * Xot Included In totnln. In comparison with the previous wcok ilio nggrc- cntUGvchUi ! o lUMV n clccrc.no of firiS7.lb < l.r > , or 10.11 per cent , whllo ontslilu Now York tuu docroaeo Is ,42U'X.'i ; , or 5 per cent. JtVT AVIint Qu-ty II'is to Say of His Hu mored Resignation. PiTTSiiimo , Pa. , July 10. In answer to n telegram sent to Hon. M. S. Quay by the correspondent of the Associated press of this city concerning tbo reports published in the morning papers that ho would resign the chairmanship of tno republican national executive committee at the coining mooting , the following was received to-niiht : ItoRlinvrKit , I'a. , July 10. It is prob-iblo but not curtain that I will ro- slsn tbo chairiiiuiishlp ot Iho oxiioutlvo com mittee on the L"Jth _ . M. S. QUAY. Continuing , ho stated that the executive committee would meet in Philadelphia on July 20. "I cannot say , " ho continued , "when tbo national convention will bo hold. A great many favor having it early in order to "escapo thu torrid boat wo have usually encountered. That will bo decided by tbo entire committee ntsomo future mooting. " "Who do you think will succaoj you pro vided you resign ) It has boon stated that letters have been sent to the dlfforont mem bers of the committee asking if they would consent to have J. B. Ularkson succeed you nnd that tboy have all replied favorably. " "Tnat Is not true , " replied Senator Quay. "No such letters have been sent with my knowledge. It Is .generally conceded , however - over , that Mr. Olnrkson will bo elected pro vided I resign , and ho Is well lilted for the position , lint thm-c is no indication of what action will bo taken from the national com mittee. " * WK I Til 23 I F. ) It KC I S T. For Omaha and vicinity Showers ; sta tionary temperature. WASHINGTON , July 10. Forecast till 8 a. m. Monday : For North Dakota Light show ers ; stationary temperature , except slightly warmer in east ; southeast winds. For South Dakota . Light .showers ; oDoler ; southeast winds , For Nebraska Showers ; stationary torn- poraturo , except sltgtuly cooler at North Plntto , southeast winds. For Iowa Fair ; winds variable : showers In west portion ; stationary temperature. For Missouri Kali- ; stationary tempera- tttro ; east winds. For Kansas Fair , except In eastern per tion. tion.For For Colorado Fair ; stationary tempera ture , except slightly cooler at Puebio ; variu- bio wind * . ( nod Cliimei'H for Test Cn CR. DANVII.I.E , Ills. , July 10. T. L. Spollmnn , president of iho tipcllman coal company and n member of Iho lower bouso of Iho Illinois legislature , was arrested Saturday for allied violation of the truck store act , which re cently became a law. Spcllman pays his men dally , they purchase from him for cash and Snollmau claim1) that ho has a right to run a store and sell for cash ; thai ho is not violat ing the now law unions ho makes store bill deductions from thu pay roll. The case will bo tried Tuesday. Michael Kelly , another coal opnrator , was arrested on thu charge of violating iliu ro- ccntly enacted gross weight law. Kelly has boon paying lib men by the day , and claims that the law applies only to operators who pay tholr men by the quantity of coal mined each day. Itiirnrd by Utah. , July 10. [ Special Tele gram to TIIK HKK.J A frightful accident occurred nt Second North and First West streets this evening. Mrs. Ocorgo Hun , whllo lighting a gasoline stove , set her clothIng - Ing on lira nnd was mimed to deutn. Her sick husband hail a narrow escape and only tlio ofl'om of neighbors navod him from u similar /ate. The wife was propurlny HOIIIO- thing for him nt the time , Acquitted or Perjury * DALLAS , Tex. , July -Attorney H. L. Slrotim , who was tout hero from Kansas City by a newspaper of soinowhtit unsavory reputation to defend its correspoudont , John- ion , charged with llbut , and who was Indlotod nnd Jailed on u charge of perjury whllo testi fying In Johnson's behalf , was today ac quitted , the lury not loavinc the box and tbo dofouso Introducing uo witnesses , SEVERE NEBRASKA STORM. Rain and Wiutl Pay North Plntto a Dis aatorolis Visit. CROPS IN TII\T VICINITY DAMNGED , Streets converted Into lllvors nnd All Streams Ilondcrcd Imp-TH-mlilc JUnny IlrldKCH HoHtroyi-d Killed nt Cordon. NoiiTii PMTTR , Nob. , July 10. ( Special Telegram to TIIR Br.R. ) A heavy rain storm came up suddenly about 0 p. in. and contin ued for about nn hour. The rain fell In shoots and converted the streets Into rivers. Tlio wind blow almost to tlio extent of n hurricane , and much damage must hnvo been done to crowing crops throughout this vi cinity. No report ns to the extent of the storm oi * thu damage done lias been received , ns slvoaiiH tire impassable. Many bridges were swept away. Drowned In tlio III no. TU.MAOK , Nob..July 10. ( Special Tolo- grnm to THK Br.i : . ] Porter Connelly , nu engineer on the Crete branch , passed through this city today onrou.to for St. Louis on a very sad mission. Alfred Hailing , a thir teen-year-old brother of Mrs. Connolly , whllo bathing yesterday afternoon with n number Of other boys in the Blue river near Crete , ventured Into deep water and being unable to swim , drowned before assistance could rcnch him. The body was recovered about 5 o'clock in the afternoon and was started toduv , ac companied by the grief-stricken relatives , for bis former homo near St. Louis. The deceased - ceased was a half brother to .hide and Will Hall , well known trainmen on tlio Missouri Pacific main lino. Itiey \ \ III Ho Tlioro. Fur.AioxT , Nob. , July 10. [ Special to Tun BII : : . ] At a meeting of the Dotlgo county prohibition convention , held in the Woman's Christian Temperance union temple July 18 , the following delegates were elected to at tend the state prohibition convention to ba bold iif Lincoln August 5 : Allen Marshall , Mrs. M. A. Hitchcock and Mrs. George A. Blue of Kromort , Attorney D. M. Strong and John Kern of North Bend. William Wright of Scrlbner , Erie Moroll of Swalmrgh , Jerry Donslow of Hooper , K. M. Tarbell of Jamestown , S. W. Peters of Nionorson. After a llailrotul. BIIOKRN How , Nob. , July ! ! . [ Special Telegram to Tun Ben. ] A quite enthusiastic mooting of citizens was held hero last night to take means to induce thu Duluth & Pueblo railroad to como this way. Broken Bow is in a direct line between Ncligh and North Platto. The surveyors nro now at Ord. A committee consisting of S. B. Thompson , 1 < \ M. Rubbo and II. M. Sullivan were appointed to po to Ord and confer with the surveyors and olliccrs of the road. Killed by a CiruiiH Train. GOUDOX , Neb. , July 10. [ Special Tclo- cram to Tin : Bti.J : : As the train with Van- Amburph show on board was coming Into town , George S. Newton , ono of the brakemen - mon lost his balance from the tcp of the car and fell botwocn the freight cars and the passenger coach. The roar cur ran over and killed him.Ho has awlfo and three children living in Chttdron , Nob. lirnkcii How Visitors. BIIOKKX How , Nob. , July 19. | SpooIal Telegram to Tin : BUE. ] Hon. G. R. Humph rey , commissioner of public lands and build- incs , nnd his deputy , A. II. Samson , oume In on tlio lust night's train and will return to Lincoln tomorrow. < iK\tilAf , S HOC/.VJD. / Ho Was Not Shot by Ono of Ilia Own Muii. Wiinr.MN'0 , W. Va. , July 10. A dispatch from Elliot City , Ma. , purports to give the llrst authentic account of Hon. General B. F. Kelly , who died Thursday , who was wounded in the battle of the war at Philllpspi. The account is wrong m several important par ticulars. In ISSII n discussion arnso among war historians growing out of a state ment that General Kully was shot by his own mon at that time , the general himself writing to a friend , Dunnington , a newspaper man in ibis city , in which hogavo his own version of how ho received the wound. The matter Is Import ant , us it is an account of tbo llrst blood by a union ofllcor in tho- war of the rebellion. General Kelly says In the letter referred tot "In reply to your question as to how I was wounded I will stuto that wo at tacked the enemy In the camp at 4 p. in. Juno i ) , ISiKI. At the south end of the villaga I observed there was a wagon train moved out on the Beverly road , protected by a strong guard. Having no cavalry with mo , 1 ordered the First Virginia regiment to charge nt a double quick and capture the train , which they did , taking both the guard and the train. In loading the chnrgo I was shot in the right breast , the ball passing through the body and lodging In my back under the lower right shoulder blade , whcro It remained four months. It was then extricated by a doctor of Wheeling , and found to bo an ounce bull , which hud evidently been fired from nn old flint lock musket , with which nust of the rebels were armed. Wo captured qulto a number of those old muskets. A rebel quartorinns- ter , not in uniform , by the name uf Slmms had halted nnd was in u vacant lot Imme diately oppusito whnra I fell , Some ono cxclulmnd that I hud been shot by tills man and that he saw thu srnoko of his pistol. Instantly a rush was made for him by some of my men. Ho would h > ivo been killed on the spot if 1 had not ordered the men to spara him. General Lander arrived at this moment , drew bis revolver and ordered the prisoner Miami. Thu extraction of the old musket ball clearly showuil that I was not wounded by u pistol shot bv Slmms ami that I was right in ordering the mon to Kparo his Ufa , Slmms was held a prisoner of war until I recovered and returned to my command , when I paroled htm snd sent nlm through the lines. His homo was In Richmond , " Now Vork'n \ \ reoUod Crow. Losnov , July 10.-Forty of the crow of the wrecked British ship Now York have or- rlvnd at Liverpool. Tboy were landed at Plymouth last night in a shocking plight. The Now York salltid from Swansea bn Feb ruary I ) last , coal laden for San Francisco. She was wrecked at Now Years Ulind , on thn Pacific , on April 20 , whim nno of tbo crow wiis drowned. The governor of 1 troop or Ktntcm Island , to whom the ship * wioelu'd men wont for nsslsliimv , was un- mirclful. Ho rofnsod to glva tlmin clothes and compelled thorn , while liaro fooled , to drag lumber over the snow. They escaped after HVQ weeks , during which they fared shamefully , to Oshoola , whcnco they oscapeu 111 llvo days to Sandy Point. The men are In a miserable condition. The ( Iriilsh consul soul thorn hcmu. I'lnto .Mill Itiirncd. Bi'iiixHi'iri.n , III. , July 10. The plato mill of the Sprlngileld Iron company burned this morning. It was leased to the Carbon Iron company of Pittsburg , and used In making stcct pluto for the nrmornd cruiser being con structed by the government nt San Fran cisco. Tbo lighter machinery was ruined , and the hoavlar machinery damaged. Tbo loss U noout f : < 0,000 ; insurance , * r..OOO , Tha tire does not Interfere with the business ot the Springfield Iron company , but throws out of umploynictit IM men employed by the Car- boil Iron company.