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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ III # THE OMAHADAILY BEE. : EStJABLISIED JUNE 19 , 1S71 . OMAIIA , WEDNESDAY MORN4 , APRIL 15 , 1S9U. SINGLE UOY FIVE CENTS. 11 TRIBUTES TO FITZ hUGh LEE f Appointment na Cniisul General to Ouba Givc General Satisfaction , L SPANISh AUTIIORITES ! MUCH PLEASED I I ; JiiiIncnt Sniitlacriitr 1'ctiI1nrt I for tttc , 1'oItIoi In % 'Ipw nf fI'e b ; LeIsitloii , . ut use 13ti1Ed Sttte" V aIIi the INlalill. , . , ( Coprht , by I'reN l'ubUthlng Company. ) hAVANA , Cuba , April 14.-New ( York 'Works Cabliram-Speca1 Telegram.- ) Constil General \VIlllam expresses him. Edt OS clolighte0 with PreSIdent Clcvoland' choice of General Fltzhugh Lee as his ttc. cesor. " 1 am ieronalIy acciualntol with General Leo and I admire him aa a c brilitant ohllor aM a dIstinguished public J man , " said Mr.Vliitams to the Worhl cor- . rponthnt. : "We attended Miss Bate8' , cIiooI for children at Alexandria , Va. Leo afterwards Went toVet Point. lie will bring with him the friendly confidence of the south ami the respect of th north. I teal honored in being succeeded by so a flstlngutehed a man. d1 am confident that aeneral Leo wouhi I 2ot come here as consul merely to fulfill the duties of the offlcesuch as provali In times if peace. ITo will speedily grass the mlii. tary altualton anti will ho entirely qual1fie1 . * to Impart any Information that Mr. Clove- lami desirc.s. I think that the president Is already informed concerning Cuban aFfairs , 'but ' such st3tements and dcscription as Oeneral Lee will communicate will be cc- ; eqtea by everybody in the United States ' not led by sotlmentnl Influences. WILL. WELCOM1 LEF. "I am euro that. the Spanish antlioritles 1 , iil welcome General Leo and that. ho vlll 1 be granted every facility. Ho viil ascer- i tam that insurgezits hold ro seaports or in- tenor towns. It ho wishes to see the lni'ur- " gents ho will be obliged to get permission . from the govcrnment. to go outshlo the mill- tai7 lines. anti ho might have dimculty in flnling what would appear to him like an army. I presume that General 'Veylcr willie io favorably impressed by aeneral Lea anti will do all for him in lila power. There ( in nothing to prevent General Lee from going about the island by all the open. routes. QIo can visit all the ports and the interior cities. Some of the raliway linea are blocked by destroyed bridges , but most of them are open to travel. Itepeat for me that I am dellgbteti with the appointment. It shows the prcsitlcnt good sense. , I resigned in February , and have been anxiously waiting my successor. I shall return to my home anti library hi Brooklyn , but will probably travel through Europe 'A " the coming summer. I have bosn treated 4 - here with much courtesy. anti consideration I IjY General Weyicr. who has nlway shown a * tiiposItion to do what ho could for Amen- ca1s. I-jo is a very able man. " At the palace the tidingr aS tli coining of ; General Le Wcno received with marked favor. Ativices had aireatir reached her , from 'good tttithority in the United States n the subject. The general belief iii cttlciai circles is that the appointment of so distinguished a soldier means more than the mere filling of a consulate. It has been understood here that President Cleveland - land has considered tbc subject of a corn- missIon , but that lie hac not publicly mentioned - tioned the matter , the undcrstawilng being that , rozardless of how the Spanish govern- snent might view the subject , it would not be agreeable to the Spanish peDple. 1rosIdent Cleveland has tvoldcd the unpleas- : lint question in a successful and diplomatic nanner by selecting a briliiait and honorable - . able soldier , si.ich as Leo is known to be. _ t anti sending him to Havana under circurn- IJ tance8 that cannot oftcnd public sensibil- . itiISrom what I hear In olilcial : circles President - dent Cleveland imicreasod Ills prestige by liii' latest diplomatlo stroke. General Woyler would not discuw the sub- 4 cct of General Lee's appointment except in a general manner. : . WEYLEIVS ThIflUTE. 'j. , "General Leo's military anti suboaquent political caroerm said General Weyier , "vlaces hIm in an exalted lo'1tion , and it " i agreeable that President Cleveland has ; anarlo oo discriminating a selection. The L grat ropulation of General Robert E , Leo t Ii Is of course , well known to all military men in Europe , and it is natural that one so thtlmnateiy associated with him as Is PresIdent - Ident Cleveland's choice , is a subject of in- I ! terest to myself. I have no doubt thst I : shall hear front the Madrid government. Prsonaliy I will welcome General Lee and do all In my power to render lila stay agreeable. I entertaimi highly favorable im- retaione of Mr. Williams , who is a man of tact and judgment. " Marquis d ( Palnierola , the political secretary - tary of time avernmnent , expressed interest In General I . lie thought that everything would be done to make Havana pleasant for him and ( lisplays unaffected pleamuro over the appointment. Alex Goilan , consul general of Great Britain , evinced much interest in time coming : of General Lee. "To Englishmen time name of Leo is a thousolmohl word , " lie said."Lord W'olseloy auntie mo specially acquainted with time mu- : Itary greatness of the distinguished Mnenican soltilor , amid it Is natural that one so closely identified with him as his chief of cavalry should awaken many thoughts. I am pleasm.d to have so distlnruiithed a confore , but lie is coming at a bad season of Limo year. " Time consul general of Germany said be should "welcomo the omlimemit Genorai Leo , " Time consul general of China beamed benevolently - ' olontly tipoim me through Immense gold. framimed spectacles as lila mAtisfactlon over the proimminent confore about to be estub- lihed in ilavanim. The consular representa- . ; . I . tive of France anti Italy spoke 1mm tlio s.mo - \ friendly mnanner as the otimers. When time fact of the re8ignahlon of Mr. Williams became - came known , the Americans hero united in asking for a certain appointmueimt. mmevorthe- less no one is disposed to question tue wis- dcm of the preuklcnt's choice. \VILF4IAM SlIMY IIOWEN. ' , I'itAEv : % JN'1' 'l'IIISOUGJL A ' 1'ltIS'1'Lr. No Oisti [ Cilleal , IJUtIL XImHler ( pf sciIwerN Injured , NEV ORI4I'ANS , April 14.-Time 1eavy rain stornm which swept through Loulolana ' and Miiiialppi this morning was re'ponaibie for mm very enious wreck which occurred at 315 a. iii , on time Queen & Crescent road \ , timreo mitlies above Vosburg , Miss. A train , \ eonit1img of a coimibilmation baggage oar , two day coaciiem amid a sleeper plummgotl tlmrougll a trestle itt Mile 33. The suorm was at Its height at time time , anti IL Is fortunate all oim board were not injured. Aim soon a5 the news reaclcti here Superintendent - intendent Currami left ( of time scene , The Injured pamsengcr yJll lo sent to Meridian ' tom' treatima'nt. 1 o'clock this afternoon l'resldcnt r . harvey gave out time following as time list of injured ; C. U. flail , LmduIres4 unknown ; J , Petnich , Atiaimta , I ) . C , llmmtc , Siidoll , 14J. ; fl. I. . iiIlow , Mmmmiomm , diss. ; J. McCormack - Cormack , oritliaim. 1dims , ; Mrs. Jamimea Simell r anti child Eu'lani1 ; J. Iseacs , liiiiw'ii , Miss. ; t ; . I : ! . ierguson , Cincinnati ; Mrs. John I Pymnoid , Nc Orleans ; A. U , Avery , Ifatties- k burg , diss , % 'flhIii'u lilly. , Curried * It. limmy. P11'TSIIUBG , Pa , , April 14.-Time question of the admission of wonmen delegatea to the pnarai conference of time Methodist Episcopal I -4 , church hams been practically settled in their i \ - ' favor. A letter received by Rev , C. W. 7- imnith , D. D , , editor of time Plttsburg Christian I \dvocate , from Rev. fl. 5 , Monroe , 0. 1) . , of I Altoona , secretary of the general conference , etstsI that the constItutional amendnient which carries with it time fate of the lmropoet1 'oxmIan delegatej use Eeceytj $ snore luau the requisite three-fourths Tote of tmose present and yotiug In the annua' ' conference , MA lIAiPtlt COSUb G lIlLAI. LFE. Simnimisli AntimorldleslIkcly to Circitmim- entbt II Isctlun mit Ilnyuimn. ' , i'ubmlhIng C-'an7. ) ( Copyright , mice , by I'rei MADIIID , April 14.-New ( York World Ca- bicgrani-Speciai Teiegram.-The ) Spaniards are m much engrossed in their elections that only mm few papers have commented upon the appointment of General Fltzhugh Lee as consul general to Havana , El Imparcial alone , in a telegram from Washington , thai- icngeo the expediencyl of the eciection of such a ieprovcntativo by Prceldent Cieelanmi , The Worti correspondent Is able to nate , however - ever , that General Lee will certainly be granted the ordinary consular exequatur by tue Madrid government , unless time Spanish minister at Waslilngtor finds grounds to object - ject to lila appointment. The colonial au- thonitics in Cuba. will also afford General Leo all time facilities usually granted to for- cign conouls , witiiia the curtomary limits of their consular missions anti duties. General Weyior alone can determine how far the new American consul general can be allowed to go over Cuba or report on time situation. In any event , General Leo will probably not be allowed to visit time insurgent lines. Ills predecessor , Consul Williams , has been often bitterly criticised In the Madrid press for havirmg exceeded the instructions of the Americaim government to claim indemnities for American citizens and to insist upomm an exact fulfillment of the convention of 1877 , which expressly stipulated that Americans would never be tried by courts martial , but always by the civil courts , with the as- sirtanco of civil counsel , even for alleged complicity in the present civil war. Many of time Madrid papers , today asked that tue Cuban and Porto Rico elections be simnulied , but tue government is not. in the least likely to listen to it. The liberals anti time republicans and the ministerial press again deny that President Cleveland has taken any steps , by note or otherwise , to eound the Spanich government about Cuba. When time World correaoontlent asked time American minister , Mr. Taylor , tonight if tim Spanish government bami intimated to him that objections would lie made to grantIng - Ing an ctxcquctcr to General Lee , lie proimiptiy replied , "No , " adding , with emphasis , that lie could not Imagine how many human be. logs could object to time appointment of oneS of the Imobiest anti most distlnguiszied citizens of the United States. "l have known General Leo for twenty years , " said Mr. Taylor , "smntl I rcgard him as the Chevalier Thmyard of my cauntry. Ho is a man of perfect etlmication , of wide cx- parience in lUbhlC affairs , a model of courtesy and time soul of honor. He was one. of the heroes of the civil war , anti since then ho has been governor of the great state of Vir- ginia. I shall fel honored to have the assistance - sistanco of sucim a cdlleague in my diplomatic iaboro. If any ill-advised nbjection is raiseJ against the appointment of , General Lee , I am euro I can remove it in a moment. " lIL&ODSIIED CO'1'IXUIS as cuii. ItcoiiInrs nud fleijeiM CIZiMIL In I'Iiiaj- , lI'i Silo I'rOvIliee. ( Copyrigmit , 1590 , by Press Publishing Company. ) lA\7ANA , Cuba , April 14.-New ( York World Cablegram-Special Teiegram-Tiio ) long dearth o news from Piar del Rio , bc yond time military trocha , has teen broken by a report of an affair near Manlel , on the north coast. Colonel Devos , with about 700 men of the Alfcnso XIII battalion , went on mu reconniancc from Maniel towards Lechuza. When near Manueiita they came upcn 200 mounted insurgents - surgents , and the latter retired upon Lechuza. Colonel Devos pressed forward anti occupied time town. The insurgents in large force , said to be more than 5,000 men , under the Immediate command of Maceo , occupied the hula in the vicinity , and they soon en- ileavored to surround time small Spanish force. Colcnel Devos avoided beng outflanked by falling back to San Auguetin sugr estate. Macco followed , and Devos moved on toward - ward Port San Ciaudio , where he was joined by reinforcements furnished by Generalo Suarez and Ynclmmn. Maceu pushed. his im- menoly superior' ' force cloro to the fortifica- tione , and was shelled by a gunboat in the harbor. Maceo's people were cn foot , thus provig ! : previous assertions I have made , con- conning time great iom. of animals by the in- surgents. Colonel Devos was out solely for the pun- pose of reconnoitering , and he engagoi the rebels only becauro ho was pressed by them , His battalicam loot eighteen killed and wounded. Macco's large force suffered a greater loss , the extent of which Is , of course , miiknown , Maceo fell back fiUo the hhll when the reinforcements appeared and is now close to the northern line of time trocima , with the evident intention of forcing his i way through , if possible. I learn on good ammthority that the southern portion of the military Esmo is too strong to be op. preached , and Maeeo has evidently selectei 801110 point north of Guanajay for the at- tempt. El Diario do Ia Marina has been clamoring on General Weyler to display greater coverity toward the rebeLs. Becoming annoyed , Weyier sent work by an aide-do.camp that lie would forward a list of people who dererved punirh- mont to the editor of El Dlario and authorized him to sign their death warrants , The effect of timis sharp sarcasm will probably - ably ho to muzzle the bloodthirsty journal. let. let.A A certain clement hero is showing toward Weyior time same epinit of criticism that it dlrplayed toward Martinez Campoe. They tlieapprovo \Veylers moderation and wish him to be sanguinary. General Weyler has done no moro killing that Campos dhl , except in open fights. I learn from Matan- zas that many insurgents are preeant1.g tlmeniselves in accordance with Guloral Weyler'a proclarnatiomm. W'ILLiAM SUMV BOWEN. lIOUXl ) TO 1'1l ) CON'i'ILtim/tNi ) C.OODt , Culniimhinmm Oiistoimis ogmlt't'rs Ititend Si'nreiilmir lime \'lltforl .tgm.In , ( Copyright , i5C , hy Vices Publisiming Compan' . ) COLON , Colombia , April 1 1--New ( York Wont ! Cablegram-Special Telegram- ) Twenty psLom officers will search the Amer-I icon schooner \Vhitferd tomorrow for eon- trabanmi goods. Six of 111cm were unabip to find anything yesterday. The American coim- sill protests against the search , The eteamissl'ip Foxhall vIlI nii tomorromv for New Orleans with part of ( hb crow anti passengers of the ill-fated City of Dallas , TIme Foxhall will call at Verauas for the mmienmbers of limo crew mind time passcmmgcrm' who were landed there , house irmCimmtlitimiiis S.NI.iumI. OTTAW'A , Ont. , April 14-Time unties of Ccmmons tins been sitting incc yesterday anti will sit right timnough to Thursday at least , amid probably until Satuftiny night. lint even then it will not reach the end of time remedial bill , . Sir Mackenzie flowehl has received the following telegram from Men- meal : "In time came of the Catholic minor- ity. ' 1mIcim I represent oflicialiy , I ask time iiotmso of Commons to pass the whole no- imsedial ac 05 it Is now amenleml ( , it % ill be satisfacicry to said Catholic mimmority , who viii arcept i as a final settlement of time whole question. "AltClIIlISlIOjb LANGE'IN , " . ilegiminfloit ' % &hi 'Cnipe liciny , LONDON , April 14.-Patrick O'Brien has aiied the attention of the poatmmmaetor to time ieia ) ' and incomivenhenco which are likely to Le caused by tlu new regulation of time 'ashiington postomce that all ncrspapers utah be forwarded to Great Britain In Amno. can elmipe , unless specified otherwise. lI'vult ( if lime SjiiimIelm Eleutium , , . MADRID , April 14-Th m ciectiomme are ox- eeted to result In time return of 803 sup- ortere of the goyernmnent , ten diasimlemmt onsers'mmtivee , ninety-eight llber4j , ten C.al- ten independept. and timreo republicans , Including Casteiar. Shut ( Out time Jnmnncse. SIIANGIIM , Apmil 14-It is stated here limat the Jaimaneso governnent : has peremptorily - rily forbidden time propoeml Japanese lmmdus trial undertaking In and about this city , \I'ILL \ ' NOT AD VANCE \VI1EkT \ Shortigo of' the Crop In the Argentine Fully Diseounteti. LONDON TRADERS WELL PREPARED Grain lteNersCN So Lnrge tlmnt Vrice Cniiimot lie ltrlicr AijmreelItlmly Itnl,40d ViINM the Vncx- iectetl llnppcmis. ( Copyright , itse , by Press Pubilahing Compan7. LONDON , April 14.-Now ( York World Cabiegram--Special Tclegram.-Tho ) reported - ported failure of tli wheat crop in the Argentina itcpujjhic , wlmatever may be the speculation over time report in Chicago , tins excited no movemnent hero , Answering an inquiry , Samuel Wood , tue editor of Dombmmsch's Circular and rccognizel as among the Most expert authoTities in Lon. don , said to the World correspondent today "London has felt no effect from time bull operations in Chicago. We have known for rome time that timere will be a shortage of about 30 per cent in tim Argentine wheat crop , imich shortage has boom fully die- counted. Anyhow the grain reserves are so large that the prices cannot be fumtimor appreciably raised. The shortage , according - ing to my correspondents in Argentine , is duo to several causes , not simply to failure - uro of the crop. There are very large stocky in local hands whIch bad weather has prevented from being brought dawn the country' as yet , but which viil be coming on flaw. flaw."The reduction in the premium on gold timw also contributed to induce farmers to holmi their wheat until the premium rites. ilut , of course , they cannot continue to do that , and all my informatlons point to a con- elderablo increase in the rate of shipment shortly. The action of time Chicago epor- ators must be merely speu1atlve , They are entirely unjustified as far as the wheat prospects here arc , concerned. There is no likelihood that pricea hero can be affected by the Argtmtine output , ttieextent , , of which has now bean forecast with practicil ac- curacy. " BALLARD SMITH. PJOARS 01 ? A ItISING SN 'rJtANs't'A.tb. Simomalti It ( Sittijitlimim ut IiIuvimro'oIIi.l lie Critlcnl. CAPETOWN , April 14.-News has been re- cciveI here that the natives arc preparing to rise along the Transvaal border. A rising in northern Tr nevcal itself is also reported - ported to ho imminent. Thire hi coinetiming of a panic manifest aniong the burghers , vlio have appealed for arma vith which to protect thenms1ves. The threatened spread of the disturbance along the Transvaal border - dor makea time situation at Buiuwayo amid in Matabelo much more serious , The flu- thorithes have felt that I3uluwayo was rca- sonably safe if time food supply omould hold out , but the danger has been timat. the Matabele woulti stop the wagon roads timrough the' Matopopa hillm , and to the acuth and hUs prevent supplies from getting thrommgh from' Mafeking. It is believed that time white sctticrp scattered through Matabeleland are in places of safety by thin time , in Iiuluwayo or Gweio , and time mirahonanie do riot feel that they run any risk from the natives to whom they are known , timbugh there might be danger from strange wandering bands. Only a part of the OO reinforcemants desIgned - sIgned for Buluwayo have been dispatched from Mafeking , time nearert point available for that purpose. It takes four weeks imard traveling by Ox wagons to reach Bmmlmnvayo from there , and it is said the' journey cannot be done in that time , except''with very 11gb ? ioad. Transportation of stippliss of ammu- miltion , which are needed at thitimo inMth- bciel nd , mist , 'therefore , be slow , artd tha new tievclopmnents In the situation threaten to cut off , or at least to interrupt. communl- cation between I3uluwayo anti the on'y scurce to which it can look for a renewal of its sup- plies. BULUWAYO , April 14.-It ham , been die- ' covered that some of thmo Matabelo who are employed as servants here have been acting as spies and conveying Information of the movements of expeditions to their friends In outlying districts. One of these t'rait rous natives was eliot foday , , IOM1FItoRs ATTEND TilE oI'EILi. Inpertnl I'sirty Cheered us TileI'zm,4 rIiroh , time Strcet. . VIENNA , April 14.-A' gala dinner was given tonight at the Ilofburg 1mm honor of the visiting emperor and empress of Germany , at which 110 royal , noble and other distin gulshed personages eat dawn. Time dinner was marked by animated conversation between time two emperors and time other guests , After the dinner had been concluded the im- 'penal party were taken to the opera house , where they heard "Das llelmchenn am Herd" ( The Cricket on the Hearth ) , As the imperial party passed through the streets they were cheered by dense crowds. At the theater Eniperor William sat in the imicnial box. Empress Auguata sitting at his right and time Emperor Francis Joseph at his left. In honor of the visit Emperor Francis Joseph has appointed the German Crown Pninco William a lieuten.ant in the Seventh bussars , while time iittho Prlnco Eitel Fred- erck , Emperor William's second son , has been appointed a lieutenant In time Thirty- fourth infantry. Emperor William has been 'mnamlo a member of time Second regiment , iNAI'1' viii : NOT IIC EXI'ELLHI , IJNNiohmtrIes Nt'eil AntIclmnte No Fim-- timer Isiterferemmee fran , lime ttiilii , . CONSTANTINOPLE , April 14-Time thorough ventilation vimich the action of time sultan toward time protestant and Catholic mnissiomiarlCs in Asia Minor has received tirougim the Associated press has bad a decidedly beneficial effect , The United States charge ml' affaires , Mr. John W. Riddle , imas received a written assurance from the Turkish government that 11ev. George p. iCtmapp , the Amnorican miasionary recently expelled from l3itilis , will be delivered to the United States consul at Alexandria. It is further stated that the sultan's irade providing for the expulsion of time other nmisslonariee front Asia Minor has been cc- pealeml , amid , for the pres-ent at least , the miasionanica riced not anticipate any further trouble. It is understood that in 'both these cases the sultan lies acted upon the advice of time Rmmssieum ambassador. Comnmimeoit on time Irish Laud 11111. lUULIN , .m'prih 14.-Oommentiii upon ( he new Irish lanmi hdul introduced yesterday in the House of Comnions by the chief sacretary for Ireland , Mr. Gerald Unifour , time Freeman's Journal says that "it should be ammiended and not rejocted. " The Izmdopemident says : "It im , a duitinct advance upon any scheme yet liroposed , " To time Express it is clear that the governmmmcnt he guided by a generous and vtatt'sinanhike comiception cf the problems. " hiecri , smimmitfmm I'ruui'ciiImgM IrneiJ. LONDON , April 14Tbeproeeedilm8e ha rccrinmimmatcry vroceeduI1. brought by Mr. U. 11 , Mark. , member of Parliament for t , Geargo' division , against Mn , J. Williams llenn , amid all other proceditmgu of this now famous eleotlomi cao. have been dropped. Me , Ilena withrirawa his plea fur a scrutiny of the Votes and pays Mr Maiks , who ge fonmmmerly a New York newspaper man , 1,000 for s'atiefactloim mmmmmi costs , iLemmovni Ut tile IJrt'lsummii I'ostimommel , LONDON , April l4.-A Roimmo correspond. oat of the Daily News says that be leane positively that as a result of tIme immeeting between Emmiperci' William anti Icing hum' bert at Venice it has been decided td post. I pace the rcacwai of the Dreibumi until May , STVUYING VENHZtJELA' liOV'NDAItY. I'resllcit Cltsclnnl' ConmImiNstomm still liaril met ' , 'orIt. ' WAShINGTON , April l4-Th : Venezuelan commnheaon ! met today atte ? . two days' recess with all the mernberi rent. The time Was consumed In rthi ing of reports from time individual membcrspupen the prog- rose they are making wih ( the particular matters of investigation entrusted to them. Mr. Scrtmggs , the counsel for the Venezuelan government , 1mM subunitted a bill for maps anti charts , which are recqving considerable - able attention. lb haa silo presented a tow translations of documents nclmmded in the amass of evidence prepared t Caracas nail traimsumitted to the commission through Mimi- later Anmiratle. There he' much more of lisle imsattor in time isantle of time tfanslators and it is expected that at least two weeks' time will ho consumed in the work of preparing it for the imso of the commission. This matter is said to be very acceptable. just now , promising - ising as it tioes to abridge consitlorably the vark of making transcripts of original doe- urnente. Ilcing all certified copies of time records , time evidence is of list. highest. ortler legally anti is calculated to Prove valmmabla also as affording a mncans of chmeekimig errors - rors in the translations and excerpts as eat out in time flnltieh blue book devoted to the presentation of the British case. It appearo that time Venezuelan government has been engagemi in the preparation of thls ovidcmico for several years , anti to that end has had agents at work on original tlocu- meats and records in Loption , Madrid , The Hague and in time vatican , The result of its presentation v1il be to reduce largely the work before the comnmision. \Vortl has come from Liiddn to the effect ttmat limo l3nitislm go'ernqmemmt Is preparing a supplement to time lsluo book , containing translattons of moctmmonts generally referred to in time first volume , which is expected to reach Washington very soon , but , saving time preseiitaton of the blue back , ( and oven tbl came indirect ) , time I3rlLishgovernmnent lia so far failed to follow ' htq example set by Venezuela amid submIt a Icrmal case to the commission and to accept tim ? avtation ! to be repretented by coimneel. , suitcsr.&sn UOlLF IttTTIiPiRiflS CoImgrcM'i icides to . 'i'IIe tu alone hlisloric troimnl , , . \VASIIINGTQN , Apil 14-rhma. house corn- mnittee on military affairs today deciied to report favorably the plasi fostered by the Maumnee Valley Monumental asoc'ntion and other organizations for timqpurchaso of battlefields - tlefields ef Limo Mammmee valley. A bill in- traduced by Mr. Soutimard 'vqitlm aim appropnia- Lion of $15,000 for beglnn'ng Usa work will be reported. Time plan contepmplates time ac- quirenient by time goVernmient of Fort In- tiustry , Fcrt Meigs , Fort'Mlami , Fort Defiance - fiance , Fort Wayne , the htttteeid of Fallen Timber and th plec f iropiid at Put-ui- flay cn Lake Ere ! , wlmoresohhinnd , sailors .0 ! the war of 1812 are 'biml'Ied. Under time b II , the secretary of war is authorized to enclose the pieces , of group acquired anti erect nmcnumemstd to the m rnory of those buried there. 111'oyiilCM for n Direetoi-In-ClmIef. WASHINGTON , April 14-Senator Proc- tar , , chairman of 'tho committee on agni- culture , vs today auttorzd by that coin- mnitteo to make a favorbio report on a bilL to provide for a dIrector-ui-chief of time sd- ontlfie bureaus of time agricultural depart- mont. Time question has 'been' ' before the cdmnmitteo for some time anti the propriety of the change has been urged by ainmost all thesgricim1tural colleges intba country , as well as by ether Institutions of loarnng. The bureaUs which asommld'1e' placed under the charge of Thu propose4 dir ctor include the weather bureau , thotlueeziu or anlnmi industry amid about fltte rt'tdivislona cf the. aepartment engaged in. tterilflflI an'tl cien- tific Investigations. Under the present aye- tern , the general charge' 't ' this vork' hi.as been canfided to the 'aOI'tant ' secretary. It is ti understanding ip 1ie dommmmlttee that th bill will not bo pressetiHor considera- ioh at the present cssion. ARItANGISG TO SPiFE'EN PRICES. ' Irosi , Steel nn.l Tin Mzmmfneturers flINcimMNilmg W'SIN ; tiitl Metuims. PITTSJ3URG , April 14.The emieral com- mlttee of the' Association. of Sheet Iron and Steel Manufacturers is in , seen hero. The object I to discuss the' condition of trade and the result the new prices of the steel pool will have on the mnmtnufacturcrs of sheet iron. No action had boemm taken when the meeting adjourned f9r lunch A meeting - ing may ho called' ' to eonslder prices later. Time tin plate industryjs. also affected by tIme advanced rates put on tii plato bars by the conmblnation. Time oxegjtive committee of time Tin Plato associatioit lll meet tomorrow - morrow and a general meeting of manu- lecturers will be held onTiursday. Secretary Jarrett eaye he has invited manufacturers who are not members of the association to attend the 'meeting , Mr. Jarrett says it is not for time purpose of , forming - ing a pool , but to arrange fort stiffening prIces whIch have been unnecessarily cut in tiio . past. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Troubles iii time' flimsiness World , BOSTON , April 14-The tockholders of the Lawrence Manufacturing company of Lowell today voted to moduce time capital stock of the company from $1,500,000 to $7LO,00O and the number' f shares From 15- 000 ( par $100) ) to 7,500 alienee , with the same par value. Time reason Jar ( his step is timat the company is not able' to manufacture time grade cZ clotim which it imaa been making at a profit and meet the competition Of southern manufacturers. CL1VELAND , April ' 14.-Arthur D. Coo , one of the extensive piano dealers in north- erzm Cub , made an assignmeimt today to Mrs. Antoinette Muimlhauser. The assets are ems- timnated at about $78,000 , ahd liabilities at $120,000 , principally du. to Smnitim & Nixon of Cincinnati , Glldermmmnter & Kroegcr of New York , Coloni Colbyc & Co. of ErIe , Pa. , Kurtsmann & Co. of Buffalo , Brown & Simpson ofVorcester , Mams , , and Steinway & Sons of New York. HAMMOND , md. . April ' 14.-In Limo su- penlor court today Ed P , Apia was appointed receiver for time East Chmtago'Ironnd Steel company of East Chicago. Time appointment 'vita made on an application tiled by attorneys who represent a number of large cred. itors. The total amount of liabilities is unknown - known , but it iii uiald vilirount to $150,000 , The plant is valued at $ OD,00O LEXINGTON , Ky. , ' .April 14.-James E. Popper , the well known dItihher , mantle a personal csrignment this Aftwnoon. Assets between $200,000 arid $30r ' 00 iabiiItles , Un- kimown. The failure doi.j 1n t involyc the firma of J. II. Pepper & Qo. ST. PAUL , Aprl I4q-AIlph ICalmams , tIme wlmolosaie mimhiliner who recently made an assignment , , has flied chmedui s of Insolvency in time district court. Thpj total assets are given at $142,530 ; ilailItles' ' 103,4i8 , LITTLE ROCK , 4rk , JpnjI 14-W. T. & H , J. Wilson , .vboleesIq grocers of tlii' city , assigned tonight , LbIiitis , $60,000 ; needy , $75,000. BOSTON , April I4.-Splding & Towkce- bury , wholesale dealers lnm'slraw and leather board , with branches in'onimrmy of time Imnin- cipsi cities In time unIor1 , assigned today , IAabihitiee , $150,000 , ant nominal aseate , 200 , 000 , * - ' Cimjmtmre.l ii I'ugiI'o limtsmker. SAN DIEGO , April U.-Jqlmn Cupp , a banker of La CroesVIe , , charged with feloniously receivlmsi' moiey , was caimtUred last night by Gimlet .I3r sj lng , acting with Sheriff Gunderaon of' J Croate. The elmeniff started \Vrsonsin pt once with liii prisoner. Cupp' faniIly1t here. . . , , - lttmstlni miii imimmi ' .Vlte ! fs ; tally liiirmmuml , ICANSIIS CiTY , April 14.-A special to time Star fronm Gthnio , pki. , says ; George Gihxmiore and wi(6 were fatally burno last smight in Woods county ) . ( ho explosan of t bottle of carbon purchased by Gllrnoro to' kill praire dogs. . Ii ) immt ii 'I'rimmmmlul's Commilit ion. CHICAGO , April 14.-Lyman Trumbull is expected to be out of bed within a week , Unless - less some uniooketl.for complication should follow the surgical operation erfonmncd upon bim yesterday. IANY HANDS PUSH TIlE BILL Oniaba Exposition Measure Assured of' Strong Support in the House , WATTLES ASKS ADVICE FROM OMAHA Fimmal Choice of Two 1ilil Deterred Ummili " . ' . 'orml Comm Ito ltii.i frummi the Local ilnmmsmgers of time I'rojcet , WASIHNGTON , April 14.-Special ( Tele- gramn.PresimientVattlcs ) , after consultation with , Chairnsan Dingley of time ways anti means eomnnsittee , Representatives Dolliver of Iowa , and Mercer , ilaimser and Meikle- john of Nebraska , this afternoon wiret Scare- tary Wakefield of tIme Exposition amsociattomi to ascertain of time leaders in the movement as to their judgment en time pendimmg senate and imouso bile. Ito stated that the con sensus of opinion hero was tlmat the. senate bill simouhi be Accepted , but desired advice from Omaha people that there mmmigimt not be' any discrimnination simouid one or other of the bills have to be dropped. lIe wanted to know if the ccposltlon managers desired to take chances on time house bill , or whether they woulti accept time senate bill with a view of increasIng time appropriation it carries later on , Mr. Wattles hind a long coimferenco with Mr. Dingicy today in whicm ! tIme chainmmian of ways and means stated that his committee voulmI report the SCnatc , bill without nnmentl- mont , or if the exposition people desire to take chances , ho woultl attc.nmpt to have the Imcuuo bill reparted , carrying $500,000 nppro- priation surrounded by the safeguards lie prcpoued yertertlay , nam'.ly , that $2S0,000 should be subscribed as capital stock certified by the secretary of the treasury , before tIme nmotmey of the governnment should Issue. While Mr. Mercnr believes ime cams pass tue lmoue bill , time uncertainty attaching to 'time senate's action mnalcc.3 him hemltato to push time mucastiro and lie lmaa thrown time whoio matter on the peaple of Omaha to say what they want. Iii view of time short time remaining of the session time' best opinion seems to be that time senate bill had better be taken and that if the states conic forward next winter ao expected in the way of up- proprlationr' , It vill he tir.o cnoulm to attempt - tempt an additional approniation from tIme government. DOLLIVER IS VERY ACTIVE. Repreommtativo D3lIIver , who is onthmusiams- tically in favor of time bill , will have a con- fercnco with Senator Ailison with a view of ascertaining the possibility of increasing the appropriation , everybody conceding that 500- 000 is absolutely needed to make the oxpoal- tion Internatiommal in its character anti reflective - flectivo of time great country which it will exploit. Dolilver , however , is not hopeful of securing Senator Allison's arnctlon for time increaec. . . here ii , where time whole matter will stand till Mr.Vattlea can hear roni Omaha as to the wishes othis people. Whatever they tie- cltI upon he viiI go in to accomplish and in this lie will have the support of the whole northwest section. Uingley wanted to report th senatp bill tomorrow ; but ho 'was asked to hold off until Friday , at least until Mr. Wattles might become acquainted with the det'ros ' o the managers in Ommilma , and at tb amne timue satlafyhimself that- whatever ; caa lone would ho toUme best Interests of the cxpoitIon. RepresentativeCannon 'today 'paid a 1qw- ing tnibdte to Reproaentative Hain and the fortification bilL Ho statbd that It snakes and places as many gun end does as much work for tIme fortifications no all the bIlls of like nature enacted since 1SS. to the present tme. : The rapidity with which leg'slatlon is sometimes - times enacted was exemplified today. Senator - ator Pettigrew yesterday introduced a huh to give time NashvIlle Presbyterian chmmreh cf South Dakota certain lands for church and cemnetery purposes. This morning lie received a favorable repam't from time corn- mittea and by unanimous consent the senate - ate passed the bill within an hour of its no pa rt in The house commnittee on Pacific raloads ! reported a funding bill today , failing , however - ever , to recognize time Credit Conmmnutation company of Sioux City , which has sought t have Incorporated in time hill a grant to build a line from Sioux City to North Platte or Julesburg. There has been a b'g lobby hera in tL'o interest of tlmis sclmeme and Coombs and illS followers will now try * 0 have the bill amended on time floor. Reprosentatve Ganmblo has introduced a bill to punish rape committed on Indian rca- ervatione , PROMOTED OFFICERS ASSIGNED. The following assignmnents to reginments of officers receimtly promoted are ordered : Cavalry Arm-Captain George H. Morgan ( pronmoteci from first lIeutenant , Third ccv- alr' ) to Timird cavalry , troop II , rice , Jrow , retired. First Lieutenant Edwin M. Suplee ( pramoted from second lieutenant Second cavalry ) to Third cavalry , troop D , vice Morgan , promoted ; lie is ordered to join his proper station. Jefferson Barracks , Infantry - fantry Arm-Colonel Hugh A. Thmeakor ( promoted - meted fromn lieutenant colonel Fotmrtemmtlm infantry ) to Sixteentlm Immfantry , vice Pen- rose , retired : Ito is ordered to join ims ! rci- ment. Lieutenant Colonel George 13. Itus- sell ( promoted from major , Fifth infammtry ) to Fourteenth infantry , vce Theaker , limo- moteti : he will remain on duty viLh time Fifth immtantry until further orders. Major Cimanies Porter ( promoted from captain Eighth infantry ) to Fifth infantry , vice Russell , promoted : lie Is ordered to the Do- partmcnt of the East for aralgmnmmomit to station : Captain Robert F , Ames ( pronmutemi from first lieutenant , Eighth infantry ) to Eighth infantry , company IC , vice I'orter , promoted , Captain Robert N , Getty ( pie- mnoted from. lirat lteu ( nant Twenty-second , infantry ) to Twenty-second infantp' , cciii- parmy I. vice Tlmorno , ' retireil. First' Lieutenant - tenant Frederick 11. Sargont. ( pmomnotcd lm'omn second lieutenant , , Seventim Infantry ) to Riglitim infantry , coimmpany A , vice .Amcs , promoted ; lie is 'ordered to Fort D. A itus- sell , Wyoming , First Lieutenant Harold L. Jackeomm ( promoted from second Iieutenammt , FJtcemmthi ( infantry ) to Twenty-secomid infantry - fantry , company C , vice GoRy. promot'd ; ; its is ordertl to Fort Keogh , Moat. FluaL L'.eutenant Chester Hardumg , , corps of emmgineere , is relieved erom ilisty iim'dir the imnmcdhat9 orders of Major Thomas II , iiandbng , corps of engineers. First Lieutenant Franklin 0. Joimneop , Third cavalry , will report to Ii'etmtemmolt ' , Colonel S. 8 , Summer , Sixth cavuiry , for oxaminatlon. Anna B. Maxon line been appoInted lmot' mistress at Sedan , Scott Biuffj county , Neb. - - ItseissIrm tIme tiigimt hour Qimestlom , , IfiI'IIEMING , Micim Apnib 14.-Represent- ativemi of the maine wonicers and mine owners of upper Michigan , representing all time ranges , are In secret session hero teday , ills. cimeeimmg the eight-hour questiomt It ms ufi- derstood that time Iron Mountain men favor the elgumt-rour movement , but that tue Mar. quette range delegates oppose it , The companiems are umsliiecp to accede to ammy demands by lime union. II'rmmuhii's ftlliecrs lo lie Arreste'.1. I'lLILADEiPIlIA , April 14-Warrants viere issueti front time Umii.ecl States tilstniqt attorney's otiico for the arrest of John I ) . hurt. emser of time steammier Tiermnmida , and the shin's emihicers on charges of fluisbusttu- ing. hr. Congoa ( , time Bvammislm consul , is time prpsl'cutor. ' AmuhtoiiiiL ! l'smi. 111W Iivi.1tsil. NEW VOa1K , April 1.-TIme Anacommda opppr ldining company tins dcelard a divident of G24 cent Imer share , payable May This ( lisbimrm'ernent is at time rate of 10 her cent tier animumu , Future c1ivimiepd will be tleclmanvd semi'annummliy , in April .mnmml October. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IC ilie'd Ills t"lml iii yen em mmmi Ill imisel I' , CiI1C'AOO April 11-This evening .Toimn Lehman shi t and killed lila three children and then eliot himself through to heart , . Tltl FiitliIIN A II.itl ) FIGhT. : ; - . Ihuilding Geemmimleil imy liii- r. iorters hiurmmc.i , ' : ORIC , April 14-One of the most atu roa with which the department lms - , ' ' contend recently , started In some , , vn manner tcnigimt in time boIler room five-story building at 78 Grand street , od by busIness firms , most of wlmoni it. large Rmmropean houses amiti uleal pninlpahly in alike , tlress goods anti kid gloves. The flremmmen fought the flammmes mmearly three houmrs before they were umnmler control , but rimcceedemi in keepimmg time blaze in time westerly end of time building. Time losa l estitmmated at about $100,000 , amid is covered by instmrammce. lumning thmo course of the fire two firemmien wore partIally overcome by smoke anti one of theism w.se bummed mibotmt time face anti vao also cut by falling glasu , Time primmclpai losses are : C. A. Atmffmordt & Co. , immmporters : Fmammk Mers , ( moos goods ; lingo iiommdy , kid gloves , amid Dexter 1atmibert & Ce , , silks. PROItIA , Iii. , April 14-Spontaneous corn- bumetlon anmong the oils in tIme baeemeimt of time Valton Broc. brick biock at F'alrbumry , caused a $225,000 fire today. The heaviest losers are Walton Bros. , getmeral mmmereliants ; Jay Taylor , barber ; I. 3. Rayburn , demitist : Daniel Umewer , physician : Carttmtimers & Aganil , insurance agents : C. W. Kecle , 1mm- suranco agent ; l'imrlps II. Moberly , noah estate ; Robinson & Farr , real estate ; E. M. Phillips , photographer ; Jobn Virgin , residence anti contents - tents ; \V. G. McDoyell , brick buildimig. Time fire spreati rapidly anti nothing was eavetl ai the occupants of time building hati to lice for safety. The insurance will not reach $100,000. IIUNTINGTdN , W. Va. , April 14.-Last evening timrce young chiitlren of Sheridan Macro were imumned to death in a barn ncar their hmomo , forty muilet' sauth of here. They voro playing with matches. SPENClit , Mass. April 11.-Fire , vhmicim broke out in Gould's box factory at Chnri- tomi , consmmmnetl $50,000 worth of property , including a grain atone hioUo antI a lumber yard. _ _ _ _ _ _ llItOOhS OVEit IMAG INtHY 't'itOL1liIE. iIen' ) Iehmmmmni , IlIis Ills i'nir Cimil- , Ireu timm.t lilimiseif. ChICAGO , April 14-While brooding over time idea that imi family would suffer from want , Jobn Lehman this evening shot and killed his children. After commumiltting time termihle ileed , Lehman attempted to end his own life by hanging , but faiiimmg in this , ho turned time revolver upon himself and sent a bullet through his heart , killimmg imimuseli instantly. The nani. of time dear arc : Jolla Lehman , 18 years oltl ; Clara Loimman , S yenro old ; Bertima Lelmimman , 3 years old ; an immfant 4 menthe old , not yet named. Fr e'eimt years Lehman tin dbeen iii the employ C ! time West ChIcago Street Railway comnpatmy and during the greater part of that time had been a driver on the Center avenue line. Lehman had saved $1,500. This imioney is depocited in one of the city banks. Thmo family lived comfortably amid wanted for nothing. Notwithstanding that fact , Lehman worried a great deal. Ho had a ' fear that some day lm' ' savings would ho swept' ' away amid imis family woulml become dependent on cimarty. He gradually grew s'rse and of late whelm at home lie talleed of nothing else. Mrs. Lehman and Henry Lehman , her young stepson , were away from home when the tragetly occurred , At 5:30 : o'clock henry Lehman returned and found thai his father hail killed all the chIldren and himself. Minnie Lehman , a daughter , who had not returned 'from school , was , be- : ido Henry , the only chIld to escape , and both womild have beemi kilicil had they been at home , for tbcr father as asking for them a short time bef re they returned afld found the bodies. All the clmiidrn were shot through the heart- arid kuiied.instantly. , One bullet did time work in every case. The body of Lehmmmami wait found lying in the bath room , upstairs. A piece of clothes line was around lmis neck , showing that he had attempted to hang hminmself. throwum's Troubles Nut Ended , BERKELEY , Cal. , April 14.-The flay cohftmcmice of the CongregatIonal orgammiza- tron met here today with fifty-tsvo mm. Istenial delegates , and almost as many : ny- mmmcmi iii attenmiance. The matter of the ministerIal standing of Rev. C. 0. Brown is time chief business of the conference. Several members have presented a. written statement to the standing coimirnittee. of the conference , recapitulatimmg the work of time council called to investigate the charges against Brown , and presentimig new charges of unmimmistemizml conduct against him. The committee mipointed to investigate the charges of unmimmisteriah conthmct lre- sented a report comiuleteiip exommerating time accumsed minister of time charge. Time report was not adopted today by time conference , but went over until next Tuesday. Cletlniii1 at Outs with Ills Chmumrt-hm. WATERTOWN , 'N. Y. , ApriL 14.-Time Presbytcry of time St. Lawrence this afternoon - noon decided to dissolve time pastoral reha- tions existing between Rev , Wilhiammi N. Cleveland of Ciiautnont , the brother or President Cleveland , and tile church , Mr. Cleveland ussemited to the action of the committee , but entered a protest. There was a warm dim'cusslon. at the cloo of which time irerbytery voted unammimously as indicateti. The presbytery has emuleav- ored for more timimmm a year to imarnionize time troubes existing , lmt without pormnanent success. Mr. Cleveland's protest contains some very spky language. anti a resolution - tion was passed , stating that the presbytery did not assent to the statements .made , Iinmmqimettt'tI time hItel Men , LOS ANGELES , Cal. , April 14.-Time dcc- tioa of officers of the hotel Men's Mutual Jkneflt association , was imod , 1mm Music ball today. George W. Lynch of the hotel Florence , San Diego was elected president : \Vnltex- Barnes of bimicugu , secretary and treasurer ; 0. II. Decker of Boston , vice president. Boston vims selected as the next Place of meetimmg. At noon today lunch was given to about 700 guests. including the hotel men , itt time home of Judge Silent. I'nivute street cams , har.tlromely decorated , carried the gmmcsts over tIme city. Dmmnap of the Imperial , New York , rind McKee of time \VmitIort , are among the vistImig hotel amen , ' - . . . . . - Stock Gromvcrs in Commvemi ( ion , RAIID , CIT.Y , S. D..ApriL 24-Specimml ( 'relegrurp.-The. Wetern South Dakotu , Stoekgrowers missocinilop is holdummg je ( annual nieeting In this city today , An mm- usually large miumber of atockmon are In attendance , besides stock yard representa- lives and conimissiomi mcmi from Chicago , Omaha. Sioux City and lansas City. Time only imusiuiegs tm'unsacted today was time' mippointment of roummil-up committees. 'I'iv , Imidiamim' I'ohleemmmemm t4lmqit. CIIAZmIflERLAIN S. D. , April 11.-Speeimmi ( Telegnmtm-.Meiiger ) reports ( rem Lower lirule agency state that hlandsonmu ilk , cmi Indian belonging at timat ogency , sht Iwo Indian policemen who web , hmresumlmmubly , trying to arrest him , Indiams (2ommism'iommer Jirowmmirjg and United States Marshal h'eeu. miller have been miotifind , rind deputy mmmm.r- . shale are expecled to imu' through hmr , ' tonight on time va' to timc eremum of the tiitlleulty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Itii'l I its H i'stmli iiumsmmsVl ii mu'I i. I ItA\VLINH , Wyo. , April ll..fflpeclal Telcgrnrn-Time ) , city electIon was holly contested today , a very full veto being palled commhitiening time burl wnther , \ heavy wet snow IImterLpumaed with ruin antI ball con- tinueti nil tIny , Etlwin T , ihurke was eioeted muyor by Hevent.fotr , ! majority , and .iohm : C. ( immnmmlmmr , trustee. 'rhis Is coiii'iilem-ad a big republican victory amid ; li repubhieans arc celebrating toniglmt , Outloufc for Gaul Mt'mm 'ot hlrisclt , ' IJTTSI3UflO , .pnil 14-At time qtmimrtem'ly meeting of the Pittai3urg flimiiroutl Coal Operators' mtsoeIatlomi , b.ld lucre today , tIme qqestiumm of uniformity was bmommiht up , but mto action takomi. A mnuuber or tIme 'orn- mittee uppoimmtcd to Imrvpure a plaim of uniformity based on the tonmnnmo stated that miotbing lied hseen done , arid the omit. look was not cmmeommm'agin , - StrIkers Simist lm' Ollicers , RICiIMONI ) , ya. , April 1-AL MUx Meizthow , Va. , night time mmerot'mt omit. pioyed at a fupnce ; struck for Imigimor vageu , Thmoy m'eeortt2 to riotOus conduct tluniimg time night imnd kept i ( up today. Con. considetimlmlt' property wits ( heNtt''ell. 'rIme ( lvii aUtimorities shot mind kilicd omit , of time strikers dlii % votintleri atiotimet' . .Ul u.s quiet there tonight. N'ICINLEY ' NEN FOR ST. LOUIS Object of the Nebritska Republican Oon- vontion Which Mooth This Evoning. WORK WILL TAKE BUT UTILE TIME Ommly Chnmmce for atm Argumimmemit Lies im Selectimig tIme Fumrii Ielegumte- nt-Immrge , mu l'nsIt lomm 1mm ' 1)cmmmnmmii , The republican state convention , withs. 1,057 delegates entitled to seats , will asseni blo at time Coiisctmmn title evening at 7 o'clock to select four delcgates'at-hmmrgo anti four' altermmater to time imntional comivontion , Scarcely one-fourth of time delegates hail. arrived iii tiio city iaet rmlgimt ; but this fact. did mmot lirevomit it erms1m in the rotumida of time Millarti hotel , towarti 'lmiclm delegates , candl- datco amid aii.arotmmmd political workers gravi. tated , Time selection of at least three of the dole- gates-at-large will b but a qumestion of hutting - ting the motion to cleat by acclamation , John Ii. Vm'ebster of Dommglas eommmity , T , 1' . hCennartt of Lancaster ammtI l'eter Jamisemu of Jefferson are as good as elected at the presemmt writlmmg. There is no disposition noticeable in any qaarter to oppose their selection. As to the fourtim deIgate-at-large there is still uncertainty. Up to yeutermlay afternoomm time only apparent candidates were Matt Iammglmerty of Ogalahia and FL 11. Warner of' North Platte. But the rnlval of time lead- ens of time Olali county delegation put an entirely - tirely new phase on time situation , The Hall cotmr.ty amen imminmodlately projected George II. Thutmmniel of Granmi Isiammil immto tIme contest , antI from a smimahl bogimmmmimig , maths late in time aftermoon , thmo Thmtmmiimmiel boom haul grown to fonmmmidabio Proportiomms at mmmidnlght. At that hour all interest in time contest centered - tered upon Daugherty , Warner anti Timumnmei. ARGUMENTS FOlt EACH. Daugherty was makimig his usmmal vigorous fight. lIla friends pointed to the fact that ho had matle a gallant race for congress in tima Inst campaign , anti imad been beaten by Kent after emittIng tIme latter's majority in two. There were many delegates in time city inst night wimo did not Imesitato to say that Datmgherty's claims to recognition were baseti on substantial grounds. On time oilier hand Wormier friends did not take at all kindly to the idea of hanging up , a consolation purse in time shape of a delogateshmip for Daugherty's especial benefit , Up to mnidniglmt , and , iii fact , long after ti.o crowds begami to thin out , \'nr- ncr's friends t'ero keeping up a etlff fight. Time Daugherty men made the most of a scattering opposition to Warner , hmaving its origin iii the national republIcan convention at Minneapolis. Four years ago Warner anti A. 13. Wood of Goring were sauL to the national convention. Wood voted for Harri. son , while Warner voteti first , last and all time time for McKinley. Now Warner's , opponents - nents are endeavoring to score the point against him hmat he violated instructions In not stayIng by Harrison. Timumiiniol's catididacy com 's to the state conventiomi as a legacy from the Fifth die. tnict , conycntion , held. at Mimiden a week ago today. At that.convention Hall county asked for Thummel's election as a district delegate. For reasons clearly substantiated by a glance at a map at the Fifti 'district , Thumniel was turned ' down amid twp South Phattu& favorites turned up. Hall cOunty Is an alien 'outcast in tIme Fifth district family , It preptnly belongs to , the 'Sixth ' district. Its politicians have notlming in common with tim politicians who control time destinies of time renmaimming twetmty-flve counties of time die- trict , all located south of the Platte. And yet Hail coumxmty overturned a demo-populist mmmajority two years ago and gave Androwa a big majority. At the Minden conventi6n last week Adams county , backed by ICeamney counmty , voted for Thumntnol , but there South 'Platte gratitude reached its limit , and Hail county was politely , but none the less of- fectualiy , snubbed. The rejection of Hall county's candidate at tIme district convention has made him a formidable factor in the state convention , TIme Fifth district leaders now say they are ready to repent and as fast as the Republican valioy delegates arrive they are rushed into the Thumniol camnp. 'rhiat is time situation as it existed at mid- miight. So ninny of time delegates will not reach the city until late today that all propositions - sitions looking toward a caucus were aban- doimod. Thea will be Iaugimcrty , Warner and Timumnummel caucuses later , There is a good deal of talk about a Sixth district caucus , and , in spite of the rapidly grom'Thg Timummol semitimiment , there were many expressions last night to time 'effect that if the Sixth ilietrict would agree upon a candidate the delegates of the remaining five distrjcts would ratify the choice. It. will be difficult , imowover , to get the Sixth district into a. caucus , and the wimolo commtest will likely be settled by a roil call , perimmmis two of timem. WRIGHT HAS A ROD UP. A , C. 'Wright of Casms county is on the ground with his lightning rod up. lIe is a candidate for delegate-at-large , but is taking no particular intereet in time big contest betweca Daugherty , Warner amid Thmummol. lie its after time bertim now warmed by P. P. ICennard of Limmcoln , one of time three promlestirmed , foreordained and annointed apostles of MclCimiloyismn , whose caillzmg and eiectiomi is looked umpon as tolerably certain , Tom ICenumarti weam's time MclCummloy halo that had beemm ordered for Editor C. Ii , Gore of the Limmcoln State Journal , Gene , however , missed time hmroeemasion. lie does mnot desire to contest Kemmnard'um ciaimmm to tIme position of delegate , but Mr. Wriglmt is immado of sterner stuff anti doom , not heSitate , lie claimims time support of time Fifth district , but promniument leathers from that lrnrt of the state say that there is little likehihooti that their delegates will solidly support time Cass county nina , ultlmougti lie has a great mnany friends , Mr. Wright represomitmu time' younger ro- vubhican eionmen ( , Ho was an active worker In tile general campaign when Crounse was elected governor , and duing thiejatter's ad- aminlatration was duct clerIc in time chmief ox- ecutiye'u 0111cc , At the beginning of time presidential campaign ho wise assigmied to time position of organizer or MeKimiley clubs , and Jmo did acme eflicient work in thus ilne , Time state central committee will meet at. 2 o'cloclc this afternoon. Time contest from Thmmrston county will ho listened to beimimmul , cloeed doors. It is the only commteet before tIme convcntipmm , and time recommnoimdation of time state Ccmtrai commimittets will doubtless be accepted by time eovcnIorm , Time Thiuraton Count ) ' contest Is a Imot one , even it it ie small ; but it will have mme bearing Jmatoyor on the riroper s'orlc of time convention. in addItion to time work of decIding the cc.mtest ( rommi Tiummrston county time state con- trpl committee ' wili dccid upon the date of time c'onvcrition to bo hold at Liumcolmm for time purpose of tmoniimiating the atato ticket. Time gemieu'ai sentiment of varty immatmagers seems to fayor a date bctseemm July 20 amid August 20 , 'rho : state cermtm'ai comntumitteo will also ccc- omnmemid a temnisorary cimairumarm to presida over the prelimimiumary deliberations of the convcumtlon this evenimig , i3umt two names uvero hearil in connection with time honor , Thmesa two were W. 1' . McCreary of hkutlage mund Dr. 0.V. . Collins of Pawnee City , 'rIme Dougiaui county delegation hold a cau- 'tul at Washington bali early in limo evcnlnK , Senator 'rhumrston prceidlmmg as chairman of limo delegatien. 'i'lme ztrengthm of time dolega. tion was ecruilded to a steering coummmlttco conmpcmsd of Charles A. floes , Mel Redtieid , 1) . H. ' , 'heoier , J , iii , Glasgow miami hi , II , flaldrkige , EARLY IJLOWN BOOMS. 'rho main attraction at the Millard last evening , imcswover , was time array of states- , mcii amtmbltious to occupy places on the tatoi ticket to be named at Limmeola severul months hence. It there is a catmdltlate for a state ciflea In nebraska who was not present lsat right , it was because the train on which ho started for Omaha was delayed on tim way. by 'washout. Among the , gubornaton1