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    FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , THURSDAY AUGUST 1 , 1895. coi\r PEVE CENTS.
HURST HEADS THE TICKET
Generally Looked Upon as Being a Friend
of Senator Gorman ,
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CLEVELAND WING
Millionaire Mrrehniit of Ilulllinore
for ( loverniir on the
, Cheered mid lllNxed.
BALTIMORE , July 31. When the news
\vas flashed through the convention this morn-
IhK that Senator Gorman had slated the rich
dry goods merchant , John E. Hurst of this
city , for gubernatorial honors and State Sena
or B. Crothers for the attorney general hlp
In place of General Kyd Douglas , who up to
today had been conceded to be the nominee ,
a howl of surprise and disappointment went
up from many quarters , especially from Hie
counlry , where Ihe desire for Iho reassess
ment Is strong and where the friends of this
measure had supported the candidacy of
Thonns G. Hayes , a leading exponent of re
assessment. Several of Hayes' supporters
were so cmblllereAhat Ihey declared Ihelr
Intention of voting for Fisher , the avowed
opponent of Gorman. Senator Hayes , who
asserts that he had from the outset been as
sured of Gorman's support , emphatically de
clared that he would remain In the flghl , anil
charged treachery. The other candidates ,
however , excepting Judge Fisher , philosoph
ically bowed to the Inevitable. It was 12 25
when the convention was called lo order
Senalor TalLott made a lively addre's. Dur
ing It one enthusiast proposed a cheer for
John E. Hurst. The cheers und hisses , how
ever , wcro almost equal In volume. A cheer
for Senator Gorman met with better success
Mr. Talbott predicted a big democratic suc
cess this year. He closed by Introducing Mr
Bernard Carter as temporary chairman , who
made an enthusiastic speech on the demo
cratic outlook.
The committee on resolutions after an
hour's deliberation returned with a unan
Imous report. The resolullons approved Ihe
democratic platform of Ji > 02 and the demo
cratic administration of Presi'lent Cleveland
They declared against free bllver and ap
proved the Wilson tariff bill , which was
characterized as the best the counlry hai
known for thirty-five years. The admlnls
tratlon of Governor Brown was highly com
pllmented. The platform contained no reference
enco to Senators Gorman and Gibson. The
nominee , John K Hurst , although a Gormar
ndh-fent , has also been a conslslenl followe
ot thf Cleveland admlnlstrallon and wll
dojbtlcss poll Ihe bulk of the party votes.
Hattersly W. Talbot , chairman of th <
democratic stale central committee , tallei
the convention to order and mined Bernan
, Carter of Baltlmo.-o for temporary chairman
HISSES AND CHEERS.
The mention of Senator Gorman's name by
some In the crowd was greeted with mlnglcJ
hisses and cheers.
In addressing the convention Mr. Carter
said that all Indications were that the re
publicans would be united In their efforts to
elect their nominees , no matter what their
differences before Ihe primaries , and In view-
of the fact It would bo cncumbent upon the
democratic party to lay aside all personal
likes and dislikes and work solidly for the
success of the democratic nominee , whoever
_ , ho shall bo. Ho asked Maryland to set an
example to all other democratic states by
rolling up a larger democratic majority than
ever before ,
John E. HUrst was nominated for governor
on the first ballot ,
The committee on credentials reporled that
the credentials of all the delegates were
found Eatlsfaclory The lemporary officers
were also made permanent.
The icport was accepted without any op
position , Colonel T. V. Boughman of Fred-
crick county , chairman of the committee on
iPsolutlonH , read the report of his commit
tee , which was adopted unanimously after
having been read The committee on resolu
tions appiovcd the old democritlc platform
of 1S92 , and the able and patriotic adminis
tration of President Cleveland. They declare
against free silver and approve of the Wil
son tariff bill , which was characterized as
th best the country has known for thirty-
flvo years.
The administration of Governor Brown was
highly complimented. Reassessment was re
garded by tha committee as being demanded
by the people , who would exact of the lepre-
Bentallves to cirry out their wishes for a
fair and cqultablo assessment. No mention
wan made of the records of any of Mary
land's representatives in congress.
The nominations for governor were then
called fet Mr. Grason of Baltimore county
presented the name of ex-Judge William A.
Fiaher cf Baltimore City His references to
Maryland's representatives not representing
the wishes of their constituents In congress
were greeted by loud cries of "Gorman , Gor
man. "
HURST ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
Mr. Bernard Carter of the Second legisla
tive dlstr'ct of Baltimore City then prp'vntol
the name of John E Hurst , who ho said was
unpledged and uninfluenced by any one. This
statement did not coincide with the views
of the crowd , us Hurst Is regarded as the
Gorman candidate , and a scene of wild con
fusion ensued which was only quieted by a
threat to clear the galleries.
Mr Blndler of the Third district ot Balt'-
more City thoii nominated State Senator
Thonns G. Hayes , the champion of rcas = ess-
ment.
The convention then proceeded to ballot for
the nominee for governor. The result of the
first ballot was : Hurst , KG ; Fisher , 31 , giving
the nomination to John E Hurst. Jones re
ceived four votes , which wore changed for
Hurst when It was seen tint Hurst would be
the nominee. F. E. Gorrell of Hartford
county moved that Hurst's nomination bo
nindo unanimous , which was seconded and
carried.
coi.oitnn AVOMISV or AMIIUC\ .
SilliJeetH of Illterext ( o ( he Colored
Knee DlNeiiNHed h > DeleuateN ,
HUSTON , July 31. Today's session of the
colored women ot America was largely at
tended Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Rullln
presLlel. Rev. Aleva der Crunimcll of Wash-
Ingt n asserted that color prejudice In this
counlry hud been displaced by caste preju
dice. Mis. II. R. Butler spoke on the needs
of better inanhcod ami womanhood among
the colored people , and Charles Norrls of
Georgia told of the lll-trcitment ot the colored
women convicts In Georgia The convention
voted to prepare resolution ! ! condemning the
Georgia convlcl system. Resolutions were
adopted rongr.ttulatlni ; Mrs. Ida B. Wells
Darnell , the anil-lynch law agitator , on her
recent marriage.
i > n VTII or \OTII : > roi.isit IMTUIO-I
IlimNlii Once I'lneeil n KIIK'N | UIIIINIIII
on lllH lleuil.
CHICAGO. July 31 AugUbc S Kenkcl
the Polish count who Rhot himself Sunday
night , died tcday at Michael Reese hospital
Kenliel'a real name was Algeinon Wllhelm
DjiaHnsM , a count ot Poland. He was bom
It ! Memel , now a part ot Prussia , In 1S23
An ardent patriot , he aided his country h
Its war for Independence Ho wai selcclci
for the most Important ot dutlci anil entero
Russia as a Polish spy. After the sub
jugatlon of his country a price of CO,000
roubles was placed upon Kenkel's head b >
Ilutki.1 , but ho escaped ucrots the borders
cf Pnltnd and came to Aineilca.
Mot eiaentk of Oceilli VennelH , Jill ) ill
At Liverpool Arrived Majestic , from New
York.
At Bremen ArlrveJ WllteklnJ , from New
York
At New York Arrived Teutonic , from Liv
erpool
At Suuthampton--Arriv8d New York , from
New York
At Tronnoe. Norway Arrived Colombia , ,
frop ) Now York.
MKXICAN I.MIU&THV PHOSPUUl.VH.
'onilltlon of ( he TreiiNiiry In Alno
lletler Tlinn ( he lNllninteN.
CITY OF MEXICO , July 31. Notwlthstand-
ng the fact that the largest cotton and print
mills of the country are running overtime to
upply the domestic dcniiml , the Importations
of cotton textiles from England the first half
of the present year Increased over 7,000,000
'arils. The Increased prosperity of the coun
try and the prospects of a large crop this
year are causing augmentation of the dc-
nanil In this line.
Robbers have entered the hot/o of the Inspector
specter general of police In this city , carry
ing off property to a small amount. The
newspapers comment tcday on the auJac'ty of
the thieves.
Mexican bonds In Europe continue to rife ,
partly owing to the certainty that this gov
ernment can meet Its Interest , and the Im
proved financial condition of the treasury.
The government receipts from inlerml taxes
and customs arc likely to exceed the antici
pations of Finance Minister Llmantour , who
lias preferred to take a conservative view of
the probable receipts.
It Is beginning to be feared here that
Guatemala Is playing fast and loose with re
gard to he treaty obligations , as It Is owing
to her procrastination that the survey Is not
proceeding. Mexico Is ready , but Guatemala
says her chief engineer , named Walker , Is In
the United States , and nothing can bo done
until he returns It Is surmised Guatemala
still hopes for n Central American union ,
when her associates , the other Central Ameri
can countries , will take fie ground she had
no right to cede territory to Mexico.
Great disorganization and governmental de
moralization exists In Salvador. There Is
much probability of an outbreak there.
The price paid for the Mexican Financier
( newspaper ) by the Mexican Publishing com
pany Is reported to be the largest ever given
for any newspaper property hero. The new
company will publish thp Moxk-in Herald
early In autumn. A staff of experienced
journalists has already been engaged.
SHOT HIS swnijTiiiJAiiT I-MVIJ TMIKH
llnllelH Cuie Out or lie AVonlil Illlve
Kllleil HlniMelf.
MONTREAL , July 31 Isaac Gauthler. a
clgarmnker , 23 ypnrs old , emptied the five
chambers of his revolver Into a girl to whom
he was engaged to bo married , Cellna Con-
slgny , also 23 jears old , yesterday , shooting
her through the head , chest and arms and
Instantly killing her. The tragedy was
committed In a home at 19 Don'ecors street ,
a rendezvous which the girl end her lover
were In the habit of attending regularly.
Gauthler , after his arrest , said he bought the
revolver for the express purpose ot killing
his sweetheart. He also , he said , Intended
to take his own llfo 'nail he not used all the
bullets In the revolver In killing the girl.
H appears that he Is dying of consumption
and Is also suffering from another Incurable
disease. He and Miss Consign- were to
have been married In n week.
PUOTI2ST AttAINST Till : MOUA CLAIM
Sennlors I'rfie ' ( he Ctoverii-
ineii ( ( o Defer KM l'n > nien ( .
MADRID , July 31.Kopuhllcan and Carllst
-enators - and deputies have addressed a pro-
est to the government against the payment
af the Mora claim without the sanction of the
Cortes. The protest declaics that the gov
ernment's precipitancy in settling the claim
of the United States is unconstitutional and
lumlllatlng upon Spain , and tint the con-
luct of the United States in taking ad
vantage of the Cuban insurrection to press
his claim Is an exhibition of an unfriendly
Imposition. The goveinment has decided
o pay the Mora claim In three Installments
t Is the Intention afterward to Induce the
Jnltcd States to rccogn.ze Spanish claims
'or damages to propel ty In Florida of cltl-
; ens of that country which were Incurred
luring the civil war In America.
Tnpper mill Cliaiuherlnlii Confer.
LONDON , July 31. Sir Charles Tupper ,
lanadlan high commissioner , had a long Interview
terview- with the Ut. Hon. Joseph Chambar-
iln. secretary of state for the colonies. Sir
lurles made a number of suggestions re
garding subsidies between Canada and the
mother country and Mr. Chamberlain m-ide
counter suggestions. No decision upon the
subject under consideration wab reached. Sir
Charles Tupper Is preparing to submit his
propositions In fuller detail to the colonial
ofllce.
TnrUey AeeeptM ( he Inevitable.
LONDON , July 31. The Dally News has a
dispatch from Berlin saying word from Constantinople
stantinoplo announces that Turkey Ins ac
cepted the reforms which the European
powers demanded In Armenia.
IiiNpeelor Oencral H"rner Ieml.
SOUTHAMPTON , July 31. Lieutenant
James Kleth Frazler , C. M. G. . Inspector gen
eral of cavalry , died today on board of Mr.
Ormond's jacht In this harbor.
Mmle Him Over Into a Huron.
LONDON , July 31. Rt. Hon. B. F. For-
wood , conservative , member of Parliament
for the Oimsklrk division of southwest Lan
cashire , has been made a baron.
COVI'IIACTOIIS AU15 ( JIVIMS IV.
d-IMiiK TiillorH Vre Itnplilly ( JnlnliiK
All The > AHk.
NEW YORK , July 31. The principal feat
ure today In the tailors' strike situation was
the issuing of bonded agreements to con
tractors. Of these 110. representing over
eighty shops , furnished the required securitj
and It Is expected that 2,000 coatmakers wll
resume work tomorrow. The strike , thougl
somewhat abated , Is still on and the strikers
declare they will .fight until the contractors
have all fallen In line and acknowledged their
defeat by signing the new agreement.
About 100 cloakmakcrs from the factory
of H. Gerschel & Son today quit work be
cause the proprietors charged the workers
with using cotton instead of silk threads in
making garments. This the cloakmakers
denied and made a demand for an Increjs0
of 60 cents n day In the scale of wages , which
was refused , and a strike Immediately fol
lowed. The strikers were received will
shouts of applause when they presented them
selves at the general headquarters at Wai
halh hall.
The headquarters of the arbitrators was
thronged In the afternoon with contractors
and their bandsmen anxious to file papers o
agreement and set the machinery In the !
shops humming once again. The contractor
were In executive session all the afternoon
They try to dlscrellt the statements that the
contractors ore yielding to the demands o
the strikers and threitcn to boycott all those
who may yield so that It would appear fron
the altitude of the contractors that they pro
pose prolonging the existence of the strike
Meyer Schoefeldt , however , said the tangl
would not be straightened out for at leas
ten Jays more , as some of the belllgeren
tonlrac'ors would have to be brought to thel
knees and forced to recognUe the power o
the Brotherhood of Tailors. It Is cxpecte
the major portion of the strikers will b
working before the end of the week.
MMP1.Y DltOPPmi 01 T OP SIKIIT
MNerliiiiN ( DlNiippeiiriinee of u Prom
Inent Itnllronil Man.
SAN FRANCISCO , July 31. James D
Cook , who for many yearn has oc
cupled a prominent position In th
olllcei of the geneml passenger am
ticket agent ot thu Southern Pa
cilia company , has disappeared , and Genera
Pnbsenger Agent T H. Goodman um
thoke undiT him are very much concerned ate
to his wlierrnbnulv. Cook has nut been see
by uny of the attaches of the passenger department
partment ulncu lakt Monday , when lie lei
I the general passenger oilierat the concluslo
I of his day's labor. Careful Inquiry has bee
made for him eve.- since , but the only Infer
I niatlon obtainable Is to the effect that Coo
i was keen at Sncramcnto on Tuesday of Us
I week and later on In Ogden Cook handlei
; nil the im-uy uf the Ke rrul passenger office
I The. rallrmj cfllc'als ' say hU amounts are a
right and ure at a less to account tor Ul
disappearance.
INDIANS WANT MORE FOOD
Demand to Bo Made on the Government for
Increased Rations ,
OUTCOME OF THE GREAT BANNOCK WAR
.NoVlil < < - Men Kllleil mill
Mkelj to HiIf the lied 'Mini's
. HuiiKer IH Appended at Pnh-
llc IJvpeiiHe.
LANDER , Wyo. , July 3t. ( Special Tele
gram. ) There is little or no Indian news
liero today. The latest dates from Jackson's
Hole are yesterday morning. This came
through the special correspondent of the New
York Herald , who has arrived here. In
answer to questions he would only pay that
no white persons have as > et been killed In
Jackson's Hole. This Is a great relict to
lany hero who had friends and relatives
vlng at that place.
The Indldns tonight are encamped near
regon Duties. The people of Dubols are
till keeping a shai / lookout. It was talked
oudly today among the Shoshones that they
ere starving and that they would rather
le lighting soldiers than live and starve to
eath. There Is an agreement among the
lannocks , Utes , Lemhls and Shoshones that
t the proper time the government will be
nformi-d that peace can bo secured only by
ncreaslng their rations.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , July 31. ( Special Tel--
ram ) No news of Importance has been re-
elved at the governor's ofllce from the Jaclc-
on's Hole country today. The following
espatch was sent by Governor Richards to
lie commissioner of Indian affairs tonight
"I have reliable Information that 200 In-
lans. supposed to be Utes , were seen jester-
ay near South Pass , Fremont county ; also
arty of seven Sioux on lUd Water creek ,
ame county. All were mounted , armed and
vlthout women and children. The people of
"remont countj are under arms , and wire
ne for assistance. Cannot these , and all In-
luns In Wyoming , be called to their rcspec-
Ive reservations' "
MARKET LAKE , Idaho. , July SI. ( Special
"elegram ) A number of disquieting re
torts were received here today that show-
he traveling bands heading toward the Hole
ountry are becoming more annoying to the
ettlers along the trails Lieutenant Ptnn
f the Second Infantry , who Is stationed here
received a telegram today from Idaho Falls
nformlng him that the settlers In Swan
Valley , eighty miles southeast of here , on the
last sUe of the South fork of the Snake
Iver , had massed themsehes In a stockade
or safety and s"nt an urgent appeal for
roops.
SALT LAKE , July 31 A special from
'ocitello , Idaho , to the Tribune says :
courier is expected at Sodi Springs with Im-
> orlant news of Indian troubles. About fort )
amllles pa sed through Soda Springs after
lark , and they are still coming. A number
of tourists arc leaving Soda Springs tonight
jellovlns It safer at other places All settlers
n Star valley have flcJ to the upper part o
ho valley and are fortifying themselves a
\fton , Wyo. This leaves all their property
at the mercy of the Indians.
SETTLERS NOT ALARMED.
CHICAGO , July 31 The Record's corre
spondent with the troops on the way to Jack
son's Hole wires tonight that very few of
the settlers In the upper Teton basin , the part
of the country through which todiy's marcl
las been , have been frightened. One house
at the entrance to the Moose creek canyon
was barricaded with a high fence of corra
poles and during the period when exciting
reports were being brought out from Jack
son's Hole the neighboring ranchm n am
their families spent the night at this house
This precaution , however , has been aban
doned since Sunday , when news was recel\ec
that troops were coming. Other ranchmen
In the locality were not alarmed at any time
Seven of the twenty-five Jackson's Hole
nen forming the guard which kllle I the Dan
lock Indians who tried to escape while being
taken to Marys\ale for a hearing before th
local Justice of the peace , have left th
Jackson's Hole country for Montana ant
the others are now anliclp-itlng prosecution
The representative of the Chicago Recorc
was put In charge of the Indian scouts to
day They will go Into the mountains soutl
of Marysvale when the troops reach Jackson'
Hole , and If there are any Indians In lh
region will hold a conference with them
The officers of the command ore con\lncei
that no Indians will be found. Several o
them who 1me considerable experience In
dealing with the Indians , say that the dif
ference must be settled at once or a borde
warfare fatal to both settlers and Indian
will be Inaugurated.
WAS A siu < ; iiTiit : OP ixvocnvrs.
Amerleiiii MlNKlonitr > Society Tnke
I'll tin- Cause of the lliuinocl.M.
NEW YORK , July 31. Secretary Ryder of
the Indian department of the American Mis
sionary association has been In correspondence
with the Interior department concerning th'
Ilannock Indian uprising. As a lesult of his
Investigation of the matter he says"If
ever in the history of our country a protest
ought to bo raised by Christian peopl >
against tin slaughter of the Indian. It Is now.
The Hannocks , under the laws of the gov
ernment , are allowed to hunt. The game
laws of Wyoming forbid this. A party of
HannocKs killed a lot of game in Wyoming
They were airested and while being taken to
Jail sixteen or seventeen were shot down In
ihMr tracks , unarmed. Those of us who
know of the biutal chaiac'er of many of
iho whlto men who live In the western ter
ritory , and their Intense hostility to the In
dians , luxe grave suspicions that this was
iilanned In ord r to kill the Indians. General
M'lcs ' has given his testimony that the Han
nocks are among the most peaceful , and on
the whole one of the best tribes on the
pralile.
"Governor Richards of Wyoming should at
once enforce the laws against the white men
that were the first aggressors and then bring
the legal matter Into the courts.
"If the slayers of Indians are promptly ar
rested , and th' Bannocks know that they will
bo Impartially tried and Beverly punished , If
found guilty , the uprising will at once be at
an end "
Secretary Ryder says he has received as-
suiances from the Department of the Interior
that his opinion Is correct as to the liwleib
outrage upon the Indians , and that this b'lng
the case there need ba no apprehension that
the troops there will use harsh meai > uies
against the Indians. No means within tin
reach of the Department of the Interior , he
says , will be spared to bring the guilty
parties to Justice.
.SA\S wnrrns AIM : LAW AIIIIMM ; .
( li crniir IlleliiirilH IefcndH ( lie S'el-
llerx In the JneUNon Hole Country.
CHICAGO. July 31. Governor Richards
docs not interpret the treaty with the Shoshones
shones and the Bannocks In the same light
ja Agent Teter. "If any right was granted.
It was to hunt upon unoccupUd land ? In the
United States , " said the governor. "The
lands In Jackson's Hole and vicinity are not
occupied , as contemplated by the treaty. "
Moreover , aa peace does not exlrt between
the vlilies and the Indians , the Indians can
not hunt there under the treaty "
The governor says that he Is personally
acquainted with a very large majority of the
people of Jackson's Hole , and knows them
to be Industrious , Intelligent , lawabld'ng
cltizenx. inch as are needed to build up a
new state.
_
Set ANlile the Ktiiditex.
ST. LOUIS. July 31. Judge David Murphy
of the court of criminal correction gave Wil
liam Coleman , colored , three months In the
work houie for matching a pocketbook from
a woman on the street. Under the statutes
of Missouri the offense Is a felony pun'sh-
able by five years In the pen't-ntlary , Judgi
Murphy decides Coleman'a offense Is petit
Urcenjr.
AVipnn OUT Tim i.tnmnttVAIIDS. .
leiioinltiee , AVIx. . Compelled to Auk
A 1.1 of > elKhltnrlii Cltlex.
MENOMINEE. WIs. . July 3j. The most tie-
tructlve flro which every visited this town
ommenced at 3 30 o'clock this afternoon and
s still burning , although under control. It
tartcd In a pile of lath In the yard of A.
pics. As the bunches of lath burned their
wine bands broke and the bitches spreading
pen caused an Intensa heat. The fire dc-
jartment was promptly on the ground , but
he lumber contiguous to the burning lath
ad caught , and although many streams of
\atcr were playing on the ijilles the flames
nade rapid progress and In less than an hour
he extcnsl\o lumber dlstrlctloccupied by the
Mills of A. Spies , the Qlraftl Lumber com
pany and the Hay State L iniber company
sas all a sheet of flame. A' brisk northerly
vlnd fanned the ( lames and at one time It
ookcd as though the whole length of Main
trect would be swept. ! lesldes the cx-
client home department , pi empt assistance
'amo ' from Marlnette , Green Hay and
Oshkosh 1
The mills of the companies named will
irobably be saved , which lt > almost In the
lature of a miracle considering the huge
tiles of flaming lumber by Kvhlch they are
mrioumlcd. Conservative { estimates place
.ho amoui t of lumber burtird at 3,000,000
eel , valued at $100,000. Birns. offices and
other biuldlngs and properlj } destroyed will
easily swell the total to $ .100,000. A Spies
ins no Insurance , but the Snare and Glrard
companies are Insured up lo four-fifths of
he actual value. For two or three hours
he Inhabitants of upper Jtaln street , near
he burning locality , were hi a state border-
ng on panAll ! the available drays and
wagons of the town were procured to sa\c
lousehold effects from threatened destruction.
At 8 o'clock the danger of a further spread
of the flames was a\cited.
MAIM : A IIAKD in \ rou MIIHHTY.
Desperate Thief TlirtMi Three Men
Out of n Window.
CLEVELAND , July 31. Two men made a
bold attempt to rob the safe at the Bar
tholomew Brewing company on Michigan
stre2t today. One of the men engaged the
bookkeeper In convertallon whllo the other
quietly slipped Into the rear of the office and
when discovered by the bookkeeper was
busily at work on the safe. An alarm was
Immediately raised and both thieves started
down the street with a crowd behind them
yelling "Stop thief. " A policeman soon over
took one of the men , who drew a revolver
and after a short struggle broke away with
a pair of handcuffs dangling to one of his
wrists. The fugitive ran a short distance
and then turned and deliberately fired several
shots at the policeman , who' promptly re
turned the fire. None of the shots hit any
one The thief again ran and dashed Into
the building occupied by the Shsrwin-Wll-
llnms company and up several flights ol
stairs. The thief reached the fourth floor and
then he was cornered at the window by sev
eral of the employes. A fight took place. The
fellow was desperate. He knocked down
several men and threw three out of the
window. There was a roof of a lower build
ing Just below the window and the men
falling upon this escaped Injury. A police
man arrived at this point and with a blow
of his flst laid the fellow low. The hand
cuffs were quickly snapped Into place and the
policemen then hustled their prisoner to the
central station He gave the name of Joseph
Raw son and said he was 28 years old. The
second thief was not captured.
M > T I.IICHLV TO iin A.STIIIICU.
MliierM mill Operators Doth In n Mo oil
for Settlement *
COLUMHUS , O , . July l- The mlnors Of
Nelsonville fiver continuing work. The
miners of Jobs went to work today and wll
hold a meeting lor the purpose of appoint
ing a wcighman. The miners along the
C. II. V. & T. . the Baltimore & Ohio and the
C. S. & II. railroads have all expressed an
opinion In favor of continuing work at the
prices now being paid. The railway officials
are under the Impression that the mining
sltuitlon will not be disturbed unless some
seilous matters dsvelop In the future.
I'lTTSUfRO , July 31. Vice President
Chirles T. Chapman and Directors
G W. Schleudcrberg and Alexander
Dempster of the Coal Operators'
abscclatlon have been appointed a
committee to meet the miners. In a conferenc"
on the wage question this afternoon. It is
helle\ert some arrangement will be effected
at this meeting by which a strike will be
averted. Vice President Chapman said that
thcie are many mines In the district that
will pay the rate demanded temporarily.
This rate of 69 cents per ton with
company store : ] , and C4 cents without them.
A number of operators have contracts on
hand that will compel them to pay the rate
In order to keep the'r ' mines running. The
Plttsburg and Youghlgueny Gas and Coal
company have alredy made the concession
and will pay Cl cents.
IIOMUSTHAIJS IXVOLVUD.
Ownership of the Ton unite of I'oiicn
( ' ! ( > 1'iiMNeil I'poii.
PERRY. Okl. , July 31. A decision Involv
ing a portion of the town of Ponca City
was rendered In the locil land office here
this morning , giving the land on which arc
the Santa Fo depot and many of the best
buildings of the town to Andrew M. Waugh ,
a homesteader. During the hearing It was
developed that one of the claimants obtained
n booth cerllflcile at Arkansas City , and as
there was no authority for a booth at that
place It was held lint Ih'e certificate was
no good and the holder wis not entitled to
hold land In the Cherokee Istrlp. This deci
sion , If sustained in the I department , will
knock thousands cf men out of claims they
aio now holding. The department , pt the
opening of the Cherokee strip , only made
provisions for eight booths , " to be located on
a hundred feet strip urrnijndlng the land to
bo opened The crowd wa so great around
the booth four miles south of Arkansas City
that some enterprising man , whoso name hat
never ben known , procured 4,000 blank
certificates and opened a booth In the heart
of Arkansas City and Istued nearly 3,000
before his phce was torn * down by ciders
from th0 secretary. All pr ple holding these
certificates under this decision are lliblo to
lose their lands , }
HISCIII A ms vitujn cuoo\iii.
( Inlek Work of n Mfe'Sni lute Station
oil l.lll.e IJrle.
CLEVELAND. July 31.4-Wpnl was re
ceived at the life saving fetation here shortly
after midnight last night that a schooner
was flying signals of Distress and drifting
toward the rocks Willoughby , sixteen
miles down the lake. The Crow and surf boat
was at once started for the scene on a tug
The schooner was found to bo the Uertlia
Winnie of this port. She bad lost her sails
and was leaking badly. She was dragging
both of her anchors In the heavy sea and
would have been In the racks'-within ' a very
short time. After much trouble a line was
secured to the vessel andusho was towed to
Cleveland , |
lleterxeH Iro\ IirSv. to Suicide.
MOHERLY , July 31. Dr , A. E. Robinson ,
manager of the gold cu re Institute here ,
rut his throat this morning and died soon
afterward. It is generally'supposed that the
act was suicidal. Robinson wau formerly a
law > cr In good circumstances and married
the daughter of General Weaver of Iowa
Robinson recently suffered heavy money
losses.
Conlet W'nlltM Auuy.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D. , 'July 31. ( Special
Telegram J Leonard Halonen , a "trusty. " es
caped front the penitentiary last night. He
had eight months more to serve of a two
and a half years' tentencq' for grand larceny
committed In Lawrence county.
SMIII I u I"e ShopN I'ut oil 1'nll Time.
TOPEKA , July 31 The Santa Fa Hall-
read rrmpiny has p > u Its entire force In the
ra > lr ad sh rs here on full time f ten hours
a day There ar be'ween 1 200 and 1 300
men at wrrk Up t ih" p'-e-ent ' cnlabrut
SOO men vure wrkiug lull time
GIVE THE COURT A CHANCE
Members of the Tire and Police Commission
Ask for Peaceable Settlomentf
BUSY PERFECTING THEIR PLANS
ler\lNhcN Spend ( lie
In ArruiiKliiK ( he Program for
Totlaj Knrlher Oltlelal Cor-
reNpoiidence Il\chunked.
The following has been given out for publi
cation by the members of the Flro and Police
Commission :
In view ot the fact that Inflammatory pub
lications have been circulated In Omaha
respecting anticipated comnllcatlons and con
flict between the present Board of Tire and
1'ollce Commissioners and the one In which It
Is claimed will be appointed shortly after the
first prox. , and In further consideration of
the fact that many believe that after the first
day of the ensuing month there will be two
Boards of Fire and Police Commissioners
and two organized police forces In the city
receiving orders from two different sources ,
with n tendency to violent collision , the ui-
dirslgned feel constrained to make- the fol
low Inc statement :
The present board of commissioners Is a
legally established body In full , complete an I
absolute possession of Its respective offices
and Intends to assert and maintain such po -
sesslon until Its right to Its public trust le
determined by the supreme court of the state
It proposes to exercite the right of Its olllco
In a lawful manner only , with considerateness -
ness but with flrnniPfs.
The question , after the 1st of August en
suing , If another Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners Is appointed , will b ? Whicii
Is the legal board ? The creation 61 another
body of police will not , cannot change the
above auestlon.
The undersigned are anxious to have tlr
matter settled by the supreme court at .he
very earliest moment practicable. It Is for
their personal Interest that It should be , for
neither they nor any one else can afford to
hold an office to which they have no Illic
it Is our desire to be conservators of the
peace , and our energies will bs directed
toward the preservation of good order and
the protection of life and property.
Believing that the law passed by the last
legislature deprives us of the offices to which
we have been duly appointed by the governor ,
\\li6 under the constitution is alone clothed
with executive functions , and believing fur
thermore that the act b/ which the present
board Is proposed to be abolished Is null and
void , we deem It our duty to continue In the
discharge of the functions vested In us by
the charter under which the city of Omaha
Is governed. C. H BROWN ,
D. CLEM DEAVER.
COMPLETING THEIR SCHEME.
Attorney General Churchill and Land Com
missioner Russell came up from Lincoln last
evening to have a final conference with the
prospective members of the proposed now
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
This was held at the rooms of W J Broatch
who Is slatej as one of the appointees , at the
Bachelors' Quarters , and the policy to be pur
sued was once more talked over. Colonel A
C. Foster and Paul Vandcrvoort , who ara also
expected to be distinguished by apolntment ,
did not fall to bo present.
This , was not the only meeting , however ,
held In the Interest of-the Churchill-Russell
conspirators. All tha prominent participants
In the scheme were hurrying and fkurrylng
abaut the streets early In the evening , hasten
ing to meeting places of which they had pre
vious notice. Those who were belated li
falcons and cigar stores were summoned by
mossenge ; .
The discharged policemen who have been
figuring on reinstatement under the new com
mission had their meeting In ono of the
numerous rooms which they have been using
Other meetings were also held by expecl i
appointees and the leading lights of the star
chamber gang were kept busy running fron :
one assemblage to another , explaining the
situation and telling what they proposed to
do It Is known that Representative llar-
rls.on of Hall and Senator Caldwell were In
the city In conference with Senator Dick
Smith , having evidently been summoned to
help Omaha settle Its "purely local matters '
There may have baen other members of the
legislature which passed the notorious police
commission bill in the city to witness the
culmination of their brilliant pleco ot woik
AMCS rou pi\ciru < MIASIUIS
( o\ernor Holeonili ItenenN IIlHi1nio
nldoii ( o ( he Clnirelilll Ciinililne.
LINCOLN. July 31. ( Special Telegram )
This morning Governor Holcomb transmlttet
the following letter , a copy each to Attorney
General Churchill and Land Commlbbloner
Russell :
Dear Sir : Permit mo to hand you here
with a copy of n petition fiom promlnen
citizens and property owners of Omnli.i , re
ceived by special delivery carrier last even
Ing , the original of which Is In my pos
session. Allow me to it-new expre-sloi
of my de lro to have this matter , whlcl
threatens the ponce of the state'1 * metropo
Us , tnrly ndjuillcated In the fciipremo court
YOUTH very truly ,
SILAS A. HOLCOMB. Governor.
The petition Is the one published In thl
morning's Bee , signed by sixty-two of thi
prominent Omaha citizens.
In reply to the letter of Governor Holcomb
transmitting to the attorney general am
commissioner of public lands the petition o
Omaha citizens , requesting the board to delay
action under the new Churchill-Russell ac
until the supreme court shall have deoldei
upon an agreed cas > . Attorney Genera
Churchill has sent the governor another let
ter composed In the same Insulting languagi
and teeming with the same abuse as the Itt
ter which he mail" public yesterday. In thli
letter he Impugns the motives of the men
who have signed the petition in behalf of a
peaceful settlement of the controversy by
the courts and their advlco Is haughtily
spurned.
In this letter , too , the attorney general
refers to the Hay-Abbott case , but unfor
tunately gets mixed in his facts. In that case
Governor Holcomb , acting strictly within his
constitutional authority , appointed L. J Ab
bott superintendent of the asylum for tin
Insane at Lincoln and the senate , also acting
In Its constitutional authority , confirmed th °
nomination. The old superintendent , Hay ,
refused , however , to recognize the new super
intendent and retained possession of the asy
him by force. Attorney General Churchill
and Commissioner of Public Lands Ruhsll , us
members of the different state boirds , * on-
tlnued to recognize Hay and to pass upon
his vouchers long after Abbott had made
formal demand for his place. The quo war-
raito proceedings were Instltu'ed on behalf
of the rightful appointee , who was excluded
from his right and against the unlawful pos
sessor , who was holding the fort. People
conversant with the facts will therefore con
strue the reference to the Hay-Abott contro
versy by the attorney general as a fine p-ece
of sarcasm.
Mr. Churchill concludes his letter by ap
pealing to the governor to join with him In
ousting the present police commission as
speedily as possible.
RUSSELL WRITES AGAIN.
.
Laud CommUMoner Ruisell also addressed '
a similar letter to the governor , In which he
goes so far as to intimate that the signers of f
the petition will soon bo made to rcg-et their
action In bubscrlblng to It.
In addition lo llieio letters both Churchill !
and Rufsell joined In another communication
to the governor , afktng him to call a meeting
of Iho board tomorrw at 4 p. in , for the
purpose of appointing three fire and police
cominUsloners for the city of Omaha. To
this communication the governor has not
yet made a reply. He held a short consulta
tion this alternoon with the members of the
tupremo court but did not give out any In
dications of their attitude.
Tonight Land Commissioner Russell and
Mie at' rney general left on the 6 05 p. m
train f" ' Omaha , with the exp < \nathn that
tonight everyih'ng will be arranged f r lr
appolntmeit of Colonel Foitcr , W. J Broatch
ind Paul Vandervoort. It Is not expected
hat Governor Holcomb , w-no is chairman of
ho board , will call the meeting or take any
art therein.
ATTITUDE OF THE COURT.
A summary of the situation tonight Is as
allows. On Saturday last Governor Holcomb
ddresscd n letter to the supreme court ask-
ng the members If certain Issues could not
> e made up and the case presented to them
or an early decision. On Monday Judge
Norval replied to this letter that there wns
10 way to bring the matter biforo the courts
mill the members cf the pollco commission
i.nd been appointed , when proceedings could
ic begun by the attorney general In quo
varranto. The object of the governor was to
: et an adjudication before the appointment
n order to avoid trouble all around This
le urged upon the court In his letter , mid
stated that to avert disturbance and dis
aster was his only objec' In addressing
he court.
*
s.v\s iiriiitAvr i\s < i/run 111:11. :
\\OIIIMII lladlj AVaiitedoiv
IIM n \ \ HneNN.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 31 The chase for
ho woman whom It Is alleged was Invited
nto Emanuel church by Durrani , and to
vliom he subsequently appeared nude , still
continues. The story Is to the effect that
lurrant met the woman under an arrange-
nent to take her to a party or social gath
ering. The two met In accordance with the
agreement and as they approached the
church Durrant suddenly thought of the
> ooks he needed at the meeting lie induced
ils companion to enter the church with him ,
xnd loft her In n side room while he disap
peared Into the library. Soon , the story-
toes , he returned minus his clothing The
ady , though halt fainting from fright , kept
ler presence ot mind and by strutcyem es
caped without her hat and gloves. These ar-
Icles ho handed out of one of the front win-
lows to her with the threat of death If she
should say a word about the affair.
This story Is anonvmous and no one has
come forward to substantiate It. The ut
most efforts of the police have failed to show
that there Is a particle of truth In the ac
cusation. Men and women arc found in
abundance who say- they have heard other
iieople bay It was true , but when pressure
s brought to bear the fabric callapses. Cap
tain Lees , however , still believes that the ru
mor has foundation In fact.
Two additional jurors were secured today
to try Theodore Durrant for the murder of
Blanche L-imont. T.he third panel of seventy -
five names having been exhausted , an order
was Issued for n venlie of IfiO new nameb
The additional Jurors secured today are M
R. Dempster , a commission merchant , and
Nathan Crocker , contractor. Four Jurors In
all have so far been secured. Counsel for
both the prosecution and defense are pleased
at the character of the men thus far chosen.
Instead of being driven , as heretofore , from
the county jail to the city hall In the sheriff's
private buggy , Durrant was today conveyed
In the ordinary prison van with less notable
prisoners. He s'lll continues to be the subject - .
ject of much "hero worship. " As he was
leaving the court room a well dressed and
handsome woman rushed toward him with
endearing words and attemp'ed to embrace
him. The sheriff protected Durrani from this
admirer and also refused to deliver the quan
tities of flowers sent to his cell by strangers
Miito uioTmts i MMII AKHIST.
Xet IteNiiKM of a Melee lleueeii
\\II | | > M anil HlneUH In Alahiimii.
BIRMINGHAM , Ala. , July .11. The sheriff's
posse returned from Brookslde , the scone of
last night's rare riot , this morning , bringing
with them ten negro rioters who had been ar
rested , two having been rescued from the en
raged whlto miners after ropest had been
placed urounil their .necks preparatory to
hanging them. Half a dozen officers were
left at Brooksldo to arrest other rioters and
prevent further trouble , investigation shows
that the negroes whom Depu'les Woods and
Baxter went to arrest wcro entrenched In a
ditch , strongly reinforced. They poured n
murderous lire from their cover , shooting
down two officers at the tlrst volley. Reinforcements
inforcoments came to the whites , but the
negroes never ceased firing until their um
munition was exhausted. Then they fled
lo the woods , the whites In pursuit. Three
negroes are reported found dead and one
wounded. One woman Is among the rioters
arrested. Half a do/en women took part In
the riot. All is quiet now.
This morning Tom Bridges , one of the al
leged leaders of the negroes in the Brook-
side riot , was seen In the woods near Brook-
side and Deputies Cole and Jones pursued
him and covered him with Winchesters. He
offered little resistance and was easily taken
Lynching was talked of , but was not at
tempted. There Is but little work In Brook-
side today and the TOO or SOO whites and
blacks arc discussing lasl i.lght's affairs In
groups. A single pistol shot would preclpl-
lale more serious Irouble. All possible am-
munlllon has beencentcrcd at Brooksldo In
case of another attack. At noon everything
Is quiet.
IIKI\KIM : IHIWV TIM : AI.IIII.
Testimony liitrodueed ( o Impeaeh
( lull of ( he 'I'n j I or WltiieNNi-N
CARROLTON , Mo. , July 31. Arguments In
the Taylor murder trial will begin
row morning , the evidence In the famous
case being concluded this afternoon. This
moinlng the state succeeded in doing much
damage to the Taylor alibi , as testified to
yesterday by Miss Alpha Van Wyo. Mrs. W
B. Mcl'hetrldRp , wife of a Baptlsl preacher
was on the stand and testified that Alpha
had worked for her during the excitement
over the Mekn murders and that Alpha
had told her that the attorneys for the
Taylors had called upon her ( Alpha ) and
asked If she knew any Hun ? about the ac
cused men. Alpha had replied thai she did
not and furthermore declared thai she believed
Ilia Taylors gtilliy. George Gooch knocked
Iho props from under Ihe alibi slory of Joe
and Kalle Bailey and several oilier witnesses
who had lestlfied lo alibis for Ihe Taylorb
They were thown lo have perjured them-
selves. Afler Iho lesllmony was all In lilt
defense presented some teliutlal. At the con
clusion of the sur-rebullal court adjourned
after Instrucling the counsel to prepare iholr
Instructions As a whole the state has made
out a stronger case against the prisoneis than
on the first trml. During the trial today At
torney Conkling had a sharp setlo wllh
Judge Ruckcr. He came out badly worsted
and apologised.
TintiVTIMD uv rour.sT nuns.
Help AxUed for and .Sent ( o Them hy
I Special TraltiN ,
MANISTIQUE , Mich. , July 31 Reports
have Just reached hero from Whltedale and
Gulliver , two small towns about fifteen miles
east of here on the Sault Ste. Marie railway
that those two places ure In great danger o
destruction by forest fires , which are raging
In all sections of the counlry. Help was
wired for and thlrty-flvo men were ut once
cent there on a special train.
'
GLADSTONE. Mich . July 31. There Is
still much fire In Uils vicinity and the wlm
remains In the north. Mayweed , a pleasure
resort east of the city , was swept away by
fire this afternoon , and there Is a rumor tha
Cook's station on Die See line Is surrounde
by lire and that there Is little hope of xavlnf ,
the town. It Is believed the danpir to this
city Is passed.
AI'IIMD TO WOHIC MJWSPAIT.US.
llllnolN I.t-Klxlilture HefiiHeH ( o Iilvuv
tlKiilu ClHirKPN of HooillliiKr.
SPRINGFIELD. III. , July 31. The house
today passed Challacombe's bill repealing the
libel law , which was enacted at the regular
session. The vote was S3 yeas to 34 nays.
Representative. Merrlam offered a resolution
calling on the governor , the TlmiHerald
and Evening Post of Chicago and the Prorlu
Journal to appear before the bar of the house
and substantiate their charges that
has been Indulged In by the members of the
present legislature. The resolution was lust ,
a motion to suipend the rules being declared
defeated on vva | voce vole.
Ililllroiiil Director IHex Suddenly.
NEW YORK , July 31 Edmund Sml'b o
Philadelphia , ex-director ol the Pcnnuylv ma
r ( read , died suddenly t-day ut the IluJ.n
street buse. .
SWEPT BY A FLOOD
Oaspor Mouutain Gleaned Off by a Terrible
O'oud ' Burst !
BED ROCK LAID BARE BY THE WATERS
Trees and Soil Carried Away and Deposited -
posited in tbo Valley.
CAMPERS CAUGHT BY THE AWFUL RUSH
People Sleeping in Tents Overtaken by the
Resistless ( Jataclysm.
WAVE OF WATER FORTY FEET HIGH
ninieiiNe Torrent I'mirs Over a l > opi | .
lur I' I on sure tiroiinil , Mro
.Men , Women unit Children
111 UN ConrMi * .
CASPER , Wjo. , July 31. ( Special Tele
gram ) Last evening about 8 o'clock a terrl-
blo cloudburst occurred on the northern strip
of Casper mountain near the head of Garden
creek and about sl\ miles south of the town
of Casper.
The creek Is about seven miles long from
mouth to source and Is lined with c.imncrs.
Near the head of the creek Is a summer re
sort frequented by local picnic parties and Is
credited with being one of the most beautiful
5pots In Central Wjomlng.
Just previous to the nibh of water down
the valley an eje witness says that ho no-
Iced the cloud and it looked like a great
111 biispcnded In the air with water running
ut Mo binall end. The cloud seemed to
tavc burst close to the side of the mountain ,
s the north side of Garden creek can } on la
\ushcd clean of soil and trees.
FORTY FEET HIGH.
The first thing the terrible flood reached
vas the pleasure resort at the heid of Qar-
cn creek. At this point all the buildings
vero crushed and swept away and the orle-
nal site of the hotel at this point Is burled
> cncath debris twenty or more feet deep.
From here the water followed the course ot
ho creek and demolished evcrv thing in Its
> ath. Judging from water marks a volume ot
ivatcr forty feet high and thirty rods wlie !
must have passed a narrow defile about two
nllcs from the mountain proper.
Without warning this great flood of watsr
in Its rush down the side ot the mountain
'ound many campers up and down the creek ,
either sleeping or Just about ready to retire )
lor ( be nle'it ' , , .
"
"TPRRIHLE RACE FOR LIFE.
S. New by and his family had retired for
.lie nlghf , when all at once they were sur
rounded with water and a race for life com
menced. New by says that he heard his wlfo
scream for help ; , ho grabbed for her , but
missed and In the next second he was being
carried on by a great rush of water. That
was the last ho saw of hit , wlfo and baby.
Newby grabbed the limbs of a floating tree
and after floating about forty rods was throw a
on a bank.
Mrs. Newby was found this morning be
neath a pllo of debris twenty feet high. The
boy has not been found.
Newby came to this place last spring from
Longmont , Colo. , and Is engaged In the for
warding of freight. Ills wagon outfit Is com
pletely ruined. Near the Newby camp was
camped Samuel Harrison , lately of Alliance ,
Neb. Hiitrlson'H two children were caught
In the great flood and carried away/ Tim
bodies of the children wcro recovered this
morning. Ore of the children was a boy ,
12 years old and the other a girl 1C.
AID FOR THE DESTITUTE.
The bodies of the drowned were brought
to the town lull and will be burled In the
Caster cemetery. Some Idea of the force
of the torrent can be formed from the fact
that In the first two miles of Its course five
lodges of rocks are to be found. Thcno lodges
are twenty-five feet high. In the first lodga
are boulders torn from the mountain elda
that will weigh fifty tons. Ticcs two feet In
diameter were torn up and carried down the
stream. The tents and wagons of all Uio
campers up and down the creek were de
stroyed , utid It Is noi baying too much to
assert that at least fifty persons escaped with
notnlng but their bleeping garments. Food
mid LlutMiiK ! b being Bent to the unfortunate
by the citizens of Casper today.
BUFFALO IN THE FLOOD.
I1UFFALO , Wyo. , July 31. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Yesterday afternoon a cloudburst oc
curred about two miles from Iluffalo , be
tween here ami the mountains. In fifteen
minutes after the creek had risen that many
feet , washing away five btldges In Duffalo ,
the flro department house , a number of barna
and outliulldli'K * and filling to a depth of
several feet many stores and the Occidental
hotel. TKVje were numerous narrow escapes
from drowning and several children wcro res
cued with much difficulty. The magnitude
'of the clouOlmrat wab greater than ever be
fore known In this section of the country.
The bridge across Rock creek , north of Buf
falo , Is washed out , and Dry creek. lx miles
south cf Iluflalo , which Isordinarily dry , was
filled to a depth of five feet for 150 feet In
width. As both of thefco streams empty Into
Clear creek It Is feared that lower Clean
creek will suffer from a disastrous flood , The
loss In Duff Mo will reach $5,000. Within foun
hours after tiia flood had reached Us highest
point a new foot bridge was built across the
creek on Main ttrcot , restoring communlca-
t'on ' between North and South Dun-ale. The
merchants have repaired the damages from
the cloudburst.
lilt em riooileil In MMV Mexico ,
CATSKILL , N. M. . July 31. Red rlvctf
was swollen to a higher point than It lad
r'tacbe 1 for years by the cloudburst last
night cauilng much damage. Much ot tha
track and many of the bridges of the CatiKili
branch of the Unl'u Pa title. Denver & Quit
between this place and Soprl * and alto bo-
twfjti Cat k II an ! Va quez were washed
away , nt'j It will probutly be aeverul daji