FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE
IiSTAJiLlSIIEl ) JUNE no , 1871. OiMAIIA , JT1UDAY MOIIN'TNO , AUGUST 0 , 181)7. ) SINGLE COL'V IPIVH CENTS.
READY TO MOVE ON
Etrlkors Will Make Their Next Haiti on
Westmoreland.
AIM TO SHUT OFF ALL COAL SUPPLY
Have About Accomplished Their Object at
Do Araitt's. '
MEN GRADUALLY JOINING STRIKERS
Output is Now Daly a Fraction of the Usual
Amount.
STORM GIVES CAMPERS A BIG SCARE
SlrlUr * a Tree tliulop
\iinilxT llnil Tiikcu
mill Tito Mt-ii Are
rnlnll > Injured.
PITTSnURd , Aug. n Out of the 2 000
ntrlktrs who tamptd at Turtle Creek last
Saturday baiely 300 now icinaln nt Camp j
determination In addition to Iho largo
number turned cut ot the tamp and cut off
from the fieo lunch distribution , jcstcrday ,
many were dialled to Plum Creek , where
the great struggle for supremacy between
the strikers and the New York and Cleve
land fins and Coal company will be can led
on. At Tuitlo and Sandy Creeks , the
strikers have practically won. Turtle Creek
mine , known as No. ) , Is closed down aa
tight as the strikers can ever hope to clcso
It bj thtlr present peaceful mtunu of agi
tation. It Is true that a few men. are still
at woik In the pit , but they are not putting
out any ccal. The tame holds good at
Sandy Creek. Reports from Plum Creek
nrc complicated. Superintendent De Armitt |
afctcrtj that Lu."i men are still working ,
while the strikers baj they counted but
thlitj going Into the pit this moinlng ,
The deputies at Plum Creek are having a
hard time , mauj are complaining and ft
number have resigned. There Is no such
thing an unlntcriuptcd rtat for the deputies
They are up from before daj light until long
after the sun has set. They are under a
constant strain. All the miners aie con
nected by private tclcgraphre and telephone
vvlies and every sti anger cu bodj of bit angers i
moving along the hlghwajs Is immedi
ately reported to the nearest office 1)y scouts
and the foremen or managers ot all the pits
get neil e. At the point upon which any
inarch thus leportcd seems to be directed
thcro ia a etlr among the deputies. As
these inarches are matters of almost dally
occuiicute , day and night. In all directions ,
the deputies uic In a state of apprehension
and activltj' . The fouling and lodging facil
ities aie limited , and are not adequate to
the demands made upon them ; and what
adds to the deputies' dlscomfoit Is the fact
that none ot them are ustd to hardships.
There are sevcntj'-fivc dtputlca on duty here ,
and It was stated that this number will
not be decreased for the present.
MARCHRRS KKRP RIGHT ON.
TJarly this morning Superintendent Samuel
TJcArmttt had a brush with the marchers.
They were ou the march and as they approached
preached they opened ranks for him to p ea
through When they neaied the end of the
road leading Into the Murrajsvlllo road ho
stopped them , saying the load was the pil-
vate propertj of the Now York and Cleveland
Gas and Coal company The men held a con
sultation and concluded to march on , which
they did. UcArmltt marched with them ,
thieatcnlng them with antet , but no arrests
weio made.
It btcamo rumored about among the
campeia today that President W. P. Do
Aimltt had made arrangements to bring 300
colored men to the mines from Virginia and
thej would be here en Saturday. The officers I
of the company , when been , dented the rumor 1 i
and bald that nothing of the" kind was con
templated.
Citizens ot the south sldp who are In sym
pathy with the striking coal miners , under
took In a novel way today to secure < on-
trlbutlcnu of provisions from the merchants
of the south side , to be sent to the com-
mlssaij department of the miners' camps \
local I aid was engaged , together with several
largo f\p eaa wagons , and a procession
headed by a stand of the national colois
was formed. The band plajed patriotic
music and slowly moved up Carson street ,
stopping at each coiner. The merchants all
along the route came forward with liberal
contributions ot everything needed , and soon ,
the wagons weie filled At the South Side 1 ,
inarkit liberal contributions of vegetables , i !
were placid on the wagons. | I
A large mass meeting of the miners of
the Monongahela valley was held at Rot > -1 I
coo this afternoon to devise means for car-1 I 1
tying on the strike and to induce the men
ut the mines at niUabeth , Hunott and Web- I
Bter to come out. It was de-clded to organ-1 I
Izo a matching party and this will bo done | i
In a few daja
The miners' families along the Mononga-
licla liver are repo ted to be wanting the ! | l
necflBltles of life Dratltutlon Is prevalent |
nt every mining hamlet and hundreds of | i
families have not had enough to tat for sev-1
cral days At Monongahtla City a soup' | '
lioiuo has been stalled and a committee ap-
polntc-d to bollclt provisions ,
STORM CAUSnS CONSTRRNATION.
PIITSUURG. Aug. C. Consternation was [ i
caused In the minors' camp last evening by I
a tcnlllc wind and electrical storm which I
passe 1 over the Turtle Creek valley , doing a I
great deal of damage. At Sandy Creek u tice I
In the jard of the Jefferson school house ,
under which was a group of the striking
miners who nro In ramp at that place keepIng - I
Ing watch at the Do Aimltt mines , was struck !
by a bolt and shattered Into matchwood.
Two of the men , % 'incent Collie find George
Stdgwlck , were shocked Into Insensibility
nnd their condition is critical. Six others
more also shocked. The occnrienro caused
the wildest excitement among the striking
miners. The storm came upon them without
warning and there was a wild scurry for
ehelter , of which there was none except that
affoided by the small tents and trees. As
soon rs It wab seen that two of the men were
In a serious condition several of their com- !
radcs were dispatched for assistance while ! .
othcis carried the men Into a nearby farm I I
house ,
When the storm came up many of the I
Etilkcrb , forgetting that they were going on
company property , took rcluga In Do ;
Ai milt's stabli-s where the depUtlm are ( i I
quartered , They were not discovered until
the utoriu had petted and they weio Imme
diately ordered away ,
The strikers are preparing to march on
thu mines operating li > Wtxtniorelaud county
and central Pennsjlvanla , Tnu advance
guard will probably start for Irwln today ,
vvlirro n crmp will bo established. Other
liodleti will follow them tomorrow and Satur
day , the advance guard simply being a
Bllent notification that the men are coming.
Hy the tlat ot next week , when the strike
leadera saj they expect lo have all ttio New
York ami Cleveland companj's mined closed
tight , the strikers at Turtle Creek , Plum
Cieek nnd Sandy Creek will move on Into
the Westmoreland field , All of the West
moreland mines are running and It In to stop
the putting of coal Into Plttsburg from
thcro that the move la contemplated The
managers of the Westmoreland Coal com
pany elate tlat they will not enjoliv the
strikers , but are ready for them. They will
be treated as trespaiuers. The men ut
vork for the Pennsjlvanla Gas Coal com
pany are in the wine position , and the
company will pursue thu eamo tactics
There Is an agreement between the De
lAniiltt and \\Yttiuorcluud company and
the former ships west only and the latter
cast
If the strikers are euccofoful In causing1 a
suspension of work at the Westmoreland
mints , the march to the central Pcnn yl-
vanla fields will be taken up The- miners
In this district are In sympathy with the
movement and a convention of Clearflold
ami Jefferson county miners were held yes
terday The strike leader * were requested
u glvp some attention to central Penn
sylvania ! with a view to holding a general
convention of all miners shipping coal to
the eastern seaboard
STRIKERS ARR JUHILANT.
The strikers arc jubilant over their suc
cess at DC Armllt's milieu The total out
put yesterday was eighteen gondola cars
Superintendent Do Armitt says the Plum
Creek output Tuesdiy was thirty cars , ten
moro than the mine was given credit for by
the strlkcro.
Colonel A. H McCandlcss , stngcon-ln-
chlcf of the Pennsylvania National Guard ,
and Colonel A J Logan , quartermaster
general , were In Turtle Creek today. It Is
said the } were looking for a suitable site
for a camp In case the troops should bo
called out Colonel McCandkss refused to
nlllrm or deny that he was In the district In
connection v Ith the Inquiries being made
by the governor At the present time there
li i absolutely no need ot troops
President Dolan has announced that the
next demonstration at Camp Determination
will take place Saturday evening It will
ho : n record breaker All of the steel
workers from Homestead and Uraddock will
vt vt present Plans arc being matured tor
the strikers to march to Ilraddock and there
mret ] the visiting contingent wIth their bands
und march hack , gathering up recruits all
along the route. In this way they expect
to hi Ing In an enormous crowd At least
4,000 are expected from the two towns on
the .Monongahela
rlii- situation In and about the Do Armitt
mines han not changed materially since yes-
torJav Tlie Plum Creek mines are more
cl ie-ly gnatded b > the strikers and they
have succeeded In still further reducing the
number of diggers and slowlj but surely
decreasing the output Today it was slid
that 250 men weio at work In the Plum
Creek mine Ten diggers , two day men and
three drivers , who attended a inciting ,
agreed to join the stiike Evcrv thing la
quiet today The campers at Plum Creek
secured a dancing platform near Center this
morning and are now encamped there It
was owned bj J. Vlcsmlkl , a miner in the
employ of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal company Cofllc and Sedwlck , the two
men Injured by lightning last night , will
die Tlio others will recover.
It IB cuircntly reported bore that a sur
prising move of some kind will be made on
the stilkeis' camp nt Plum Creek tonight
It is thought that If the least disturbance Is
made toward evening the leaders of the
striking mlnes will be placed under arrest
uni'i.ins 'i < > TIII : I.VIIDII ! , iAi > iits.
\ \ lllxxlNt III ripttliiK nil Uitrlt 1 It'llr-
liiu on Iiijiiiii'ttiiii I'loccpiHims.
WASHINGTON , Aug 5 Governor Atkin
son of West Virginia has written the follow
ing ( rcplj to the labor leaders who re
cently confeired with him regarding the
miners' strike :
OHAHLnSTON. Aug 3 , 1 97 Mossrs
Compel" , Soveielgn and Ratchford , Commit
tee , etc. Gentlemen Itefeiilng to jour
visit to me iever.il dnjH ago , In which tlieie
was u fiiendlj discussion between us o
ceitaln phases of tlio labor tioublea In till1
state , and especially of the strike of the
coil miners , and to your several telegrams
recently lecelved , niul rulerilng al-o e jie
dally to jour deMrc- that I should take
steps to secure to jou and the vvorklngmei
of the state the right and privilege of hold
Ing public meetlnj-s for the discussion o
matteis conceinlng the wolf ire of the
strikers , I beg to fcnv to jou that 1 have
given the matter most Pirne t confident
tlon. In this controversy thcie ore to bi
considered both the rights of property pud
the- lights or cit7tn- ! <
In our talk > ou fapoho of a certain injunc
tlon that bar ] been itsued bv the clreul
couit of Mat Ion county against you am
other * ' , according to the terms of which , as
> oti umlerstati.t them , jou vveio piohlbltet
from holding public meetings for Uie pur
pose of discussing the benefits of organizing
the miners of the Fairmont rtglon. I
understand this injunction hn not beci
served upon jou and that jou have not beei
called ui > on to make nn > answei thereto
The circuit oourt of Mm Ion county belongs
to tile judicial department of the stat <
government which Is a separate and In
dependent depaitment from the exet utive
and It would be obviously unpropei foi mite
to e\pies < ) my opinion as to whether t il <
Injuiutlon was properly 01 imp-np rlv Iw-ued
or whether it 1 too sweeping In its chai
acter , ot too comprehensive In Its scope , am
especially as the matter has not jet beei
determined by the supreme court of thl
state , to which > ou can take an appeal , am
In which j-ou can , I have no doubt , have i
fair mid pioper hearing I have , hovvevei
lequested the attoiney general to appear In
the mattci and assist In having an earl
adjudlcitlon bj the supreme court of th
Htnte of this Injunction proceeding
RIGHTS U.N'DHR TUB CONSriTl'TION
1 have done this because the Injunction
pres-entM some new ( | iientlons and J bellev
Is tlu > ( list of the kind to be Issued In thl
slntp and because It affects the rights of i
laiRo number of the citizens of WCs
Virginia
The- bill of rights of the constitution o
this state guarantees to the people theieo
"Thp right to nsst-mb e In a peace iblc man
ner , to consult for the i-ommon good , to
instruct their representatives , or to applj
for redress of grievances. " nnd It al--o pro
% Ides that "No law abridging freedom o
rpoech or of the press Miall b pwed
'Jhese are rights vvtilth have come down.t
us from the dajs of Magna Chartn , 'Whlel
ilghtP , as long as I am governor , shall be
pio'-ervcd to the people of the state , if Ii
ins power so to do
It is tiie ilpht nnd duty o fthe leglslatur
to enact laws ; of the com Is to con"trui
them and of the executive to enfoico Uiem
No one of the e dcpirtments shou'd Interfere
fero with or usurp the functions or prero
gatlves of the othcis
1 will say , however , that I now hold am
have alwajs held that the right of frc
speech and of public an'Cinbly should ii
no wise IIP ubrldgfd , and that the wide *
possible liberty should be allowed a 1 ol ou
people I have ulwnji < maintained tha
both laboi und cipltal and the Inhercn
right to organize foi the hettui protietloi
of both tbPbt InlrrestH. provided such or
gunlzatlons nro made nnd mnininlnel wlthli
the DStrlctlona of the statutes of out stall
U Is Impropei and unlawful to UH' tin tats
force or Intimidation of any t-ort to Indue
linen to connect theniHolvea with or uecom
a p irt o fan } organized bodv of capitalist
or 'nbot ers It Is nlfo improper and tin
lawful for any bodv of men , orginUed o
unorganized , to trepna-s upon thp propertj
or premises of a rltlzen , but It n my op'n
Ion that labor organizes or capital or
ginlreis , or any other oiganlzers foi tlm
iratter. mav present their caufes In a mope
manner. In public places , to the people nn
Inducu them , by moial s < ia lon , to Conner
themselves with any mgaiilzatlon which 1
In Itftlf not unlawful In lt alms nnd pur
poses.
poses.1NSURRS
1NSURRS PROTECTION TO ALL.
In other words , I claim the right for mv
self aw a citizen of West Virginia to dfr
cuss politics , rtllglon , K'lcnce , labor orgar
Iritlon , or any other subject I may thoos
to dlsciiBd In public halls or on public htgh-
Iwajft. provided nhvajs , that I conllnc myself -
self to the requirements of the law , which
inhibits me finm trespassing upon the prop-
ititj and vested rights of other citizens
1 mean to pav that the bill of rights nf our
constitution ulows me those privilege nnd
that no court can Impilr thete lights , If I
eontlno iniFolf to mor.il suasion and do not
Incite the people to ilotous conduct or other
unlawful uets .
So long as the woiklngmen of this ntnto
eonduet their iuuae in a lawful nnd peaceful
iimiuur It will Inmy duty , as It will Itu my
pleaisure. to protect them , but If they should
In an lll-advl ed hour violate the law by
Interfering with the rights or property of
otlieis It will be my sworn duty tu icpretis
tncrKt'dcully and upeedlly all lawlessiiebs
and to i > eu that thu public pence Is niiiln-
tulned ut all harardii und that the property
of our people In protected , for WP must nil ,
whether rich or poor , emilojer or cmplojp ,
high or low. respect nnd obej the law.
Very Ile pectfully Yourn
aionai : w ATKINSON
Cllllt Vlltlllll ( if IIIIlllllH
SPRINGPIELD , III , Aug 5. About 300
miners were In attendance today at the open
ing session of the ctato convention. The
object of the meeting Is to decide upon a
uniform wage scale all over the state on
machine And hand Ubor. Of ( he 300 at
tending about 150 arc delegates , the rep
resentation being OIK man to every 100
miners , President Janice M Can no of
OTullon presided Thr prt ldcni appointed
a committee on credentials composed of nlnu
( Continued on Second Page. )
VICAR GENERAL IS FINED
Jontrov rsy Among the Catholics at
Tecumroh Breaks Out Anew.
IVvTIG ARRESTED FOR HOUSEBREAKING
of the Cliurcti Drim 111 nti
Will i-li TinAuk
lloiiiiouni lo
Their OrKiinlralloii.
J'.l , Neb , Aug. G. ( Special Tele
gram ) The Indications were that the con
troversy between the two factions ot St.
Ar-drew's Roman Catholic church hero was
ended , but such does not seem to be the
case Bishop Ilonacum of Lincoln and Vicar
General Umanucl Hartlg of Nebraska City
were here last evening to Install rather
Corcoran , the newly appoln'cd priest , In the
priests house , but they did not nceom-
pllsh their desired end.
The old members of the church by mutual
consent , have Instructed the trustees ot the
church to compel Ulshop Ilonacum to en-
lorso an agreement between hlm elf and the
church before either the bl hop or the new
nlest can assume' charge , of the parish here
ir In any wise bo connected with the
church's affair. This step is apparently
aken to guard against anj possibility of the
jlshop getting absolute pcsseislon of the
irrpcrtj , as some seem to ftar. The arti
cles are as follows
Wlieieaw , St Andrew's Catholic- church of
Tt'cuni ch , Neb , has been dulj nnd regn
al ! v organized nnd Incoiporated according
to la v , and
WhPicasI'nder nld Incorporation and In
ittrsuanee thereof , Michael Shnughne j , M.
11 iMurphy and the priest In chargeof raid
? huich ire- named and constituted us the
local tiustces thereof , nnd
Whrreas , Hj reason of certain threatened
liFagrcemc'nts a portion of the membersalp
of said church afterward- * attempted to re-
oiganlze said church , nnd In doing so
pleoted , 01 attempted to eleil , certain othei
membeiit ai local trustees , the said portion
of the membership of said church attempt
ing said rcorgiinlztlon vvus In fact only a
Hm ill mlnorltj of wild membership , and said
rcorganl7atlon was unauthorized , unnece -
snij and Invalid , and
Whereas , Said church ns first organized
nnd Incorporated , as above stated , with snld
Slinughnesoj , Murphj and the local priest
In charge as the trii"lees theieof , has
nlwins been an 1 now Is loval to the doc-
tilnes and policy of the < _ 'ithollc c'lun-h ' ,
and hcrebj renews and declares Its 'ojultj-
to said doctrines und polle-j' und dec ares its
obedience to the lavvfullv constituted author
ity In said t'hutch and agrees to be gov-
trmnl bj the lavvfullv contsltuted authority
of said church and the lawful exercise there
of bj- the bishop of Lincoln and the ° e lavv
fullv authorized by him for that puipo e.
Now , there , I , ' 1 homa" A Honaeuni ,
lilsiop of Llnco'n , nieeptlng thp above statp-
ments und declarations of lojnlty fnm said
church , < 3o hercbj- und now lecognlze thp
organlzitlon and Incorporation of ald
churcli as llrst above stated , vvlth Michael
Shaughnessv M D Murphy and the priest
In charge of said chuich ns the local trustee -
tee theieof , to be the onlv hi > v fill and
recognl/ed organization of said church , and
assure "aid church that In the lawful gov-
cmment thereof so far ns the same may IIP
directed and controlled bv the undersigned
bishop of Lincoln , ald organization llrst
above mentioned and said trustees nbove
named vvll' be recognized nnd treated as the
onlj lawful oiganl atlon and the onlj lawful
turstees of said chuieh.
Now the bishop did not como to Tecumseh
for the purpo-K ! of signing any such articles ,
rather he called a meeting of a number of
the Catholics that have stood by him through
thick and thin and proceeded to name ConK-
lln McAullft and William Carr to succeed
the piesent church trustee' . According to
the laws of the church these men. could not
servo for they have been disconnected from
the church for two years The ne\t move
of the bishop was to proceed to take charge
of the church property. father llartlg ,
rather Corcoran and his housekeeper went
up to the parsonage , rinding It locked nnd
not possessing the kejs , rather Hartig , ac
cording to testimony of witnesses In the
trial that followed , removed the window , en
tered the house and removed a bolt on the
inside ot the door and let his companions In
They had gained possession at last , but did
not long retain It Trustee Shiughnoaiy
with an officer who was armed with a com
plaint against Father Haitlg for Illcgallj
forcing an entrance to a icsldence , soon
appeared Hartlg was arrested and taken
to the county court and later Corcoran went
down town and the housekeeper left the
building for a moment Right here Is where
Trustee Shaughneriy scored a point Kind-
Ing the house } again vacan'j ho removed the
Intruders' valises , etc , securelv locked the
building from cellar to garret nnd was again
in victoilnus possession A d raj man drove
up w itli some of th ° new priest's household
effects , but was not allowed to unload them
In county court this morning , after giving
the case a ilgld examination , Judge Hrandon
found the vtcai general guilty of the offense
an charged and fined him in the sum of $25
and costs , rather Hnrtlg appeared much
humiliated , but paid the tine. Father Coi-
coran , through consent of thd trustees held
mass In the church last Sumlaj , but these
same trustees and the general mcmb-rshlp
say ho will enjoy no moro such piIvlieges
until the bishop agree * to the tcims named
bj tlio church ,
IMIIKNVVrT TH13 OOVnitNOH.
Hi-lio of Hit * Hofciit I < ) iicliIiiK nl
I rliniui , O.
CINCINNATI , Aug. 5. A dispatch from
Urbarm O , says the feeling there Is EO strong
against Ooveinor Buslinel ! for attempting to
oubt Mayor Ganfeon and Sheriff McLaln that
there It gnrlous talk of Instituting counter
proceedings to oust Governor Huihnell on
the ground that he failed In his duty to
furnish the necessary militia force to sup
pica , the mob Whatever has he"n done In
tins dlicctlon has not been made public but
tlirro Is no doubt of deep feeling In the matter -
tor that may take thla form of expression.
ma I'AHUir OK TIIIJ vimjiiAN
Ovrr 1'lflj 'I lioiiNtiiiil i\lirclfil lo
Mlircli lit Mil ( Til I u.
BUFFALO , N Y , * ug D Fiom Information
received by Secietary Turner of tlm citizens'
Grand Army of the Republic committee , 53-
G29 veteiai < s will pirtlclpate In ( ho parade
during Iho national encampment. New York
heads the list with 15,000 veterans , PennsjI-
vanla follows with 8,000 while Illinois , Ohio
and Mussachuhctts will liavo 0000 each Tlio
btatc divisions will march In the order of
their organization , with the exception that
New Yoik will bring up the rear out of cour-
tesj to the visitors.
Trt'iiKiirt'r IK MlNMliitf ,
IliumNO , Cnl. Aug -John Madden ,
treusinpi of tMoifop coiintj , dlsappeaied tvso
weeks ago , nnd District Attornej Hakcr ,
be lev Ing Madden to be n defaulter for ut
knst g.ij.ooo , has uskL-il the Doiiid of Super
visors to declare the olllco vacant and ap
point u new treasurer Thp funds of the
count j were depo ted in the California
State bank , Sncramcnto , and checks , drawn
In pajment of county win runts , huve been
retuined unpaid for luck of funds
VInfiiicnlx of Ore-mi S It-inn ITU , AUK. CS.
At New Yoik Aillved ( ierimuila , fron
Llvtrpool ; llrcuun , from Hrenien. galled
Normannlu , lei Hambuig
At Queenstown-Siilltd WueFland , for
Philadelphia , Teutonic foi New York
Airlvcd Hrltnnnlc , from New York for
Liverpool ; Kms , fiom Uenoa.
At liouluMie Ai rived Sparndam , from
New York fnj Ttotterdam.
At Uremen Arrived Lalin , from New
York \la Plymouth and fheibourg
At Naples Arrived Kaiser Wilhelm II
from New York
At Genoa Sailed Fuldu foi New York
At Liverpool Arrived Hhjnland fron
Phllttdflphla. Sailed I'uvonl i , for Huston
At l ondon- Sailed Mclnwk. for New
York.
At Hiintburg-Arrived Putrla , fiun New
York ,
At San I'Yanclsco Bulled Nojo , for
Juneau ; China , for Hone Kong unct Yoke
humu , via Honolulu.
*
11,1211 .NOT IV THij COVIIIIM : .
llt-nil of Willow ' -prinwK Coiiiiitii )
UIII fo It Alone- .
CHICAGO , Aug. B. The jcfforts of leading
distillers and distributers to form a com
bination to control tlio production and pileo
ot spirits , It Is announced , imvr at last been
successful The conibjiiatlon U on the per
centage allotment pHn , vvlth special rule : ,
rcgulitlons and forfeitures Impceed on dh-
trlhuters Until distiller producing more thin
CO per cent allotment pajs monthly Into th < >
pool a certain sum on the surplus Each
distiller producing lcn than his allotment
draws out a similar sum for each gallon short
of the allotment The executive committee
consists of Samuel Rice ot New York presi
dent of the American Manufacturing tom-
pany ; Frank Curtis of New York , P J Hen-
ncssy ot Chicago , Jacob Ross of St. Louis ,
Franklin T. Corning of Peorla , Henry 0
Hergct of Pekln. HI , , and George Hubbell ,
William N Hobart and J T McIIugh if Cin
cinnati ' The atbltratlon committee Is om-
pcsed of Samuel Woolncr , Peorla ; Jacob P
Hallos , Now York ; N. J. Walsh and J. W
Freiberg , Cincinnati , and P. n. Her , Omaha
When ths dispatch relative to the alleged
successful ' rcorganl7.itlon of the trust was
shov.n to P. U. llcr'he was disposed to
regard It as n rather' good Joke He em
phatically stated that no such combination
had been effected and nouo could bo on the
basis Indicated Mr Her suggested that
there was no question hut that some of the
distillers who were behind the movement
would bp veiy much pleased to ECO -web
an nrganl/atlon effected The field of the
d'etllllng business had now moved to the
centers of the gialn producing belts The
eastern dl'tlllcrs naturallv vveie nveiso to
losing their big plants ami they would like
to get the western distillers Into a com
bination whcio they could control them and
secure protection for tlielr own Interests
The western men had refused to be beguiled
and auy statement that the combination had
) een formed on the lines Indicated was ab-
olutely untrue. It wad true that ceitaln
llstlllcrs had been working toward that
"ml , but they were no nearer bringing It
about than they were In the first place
Mr Her said that sometime ago ho had
ccelvcd a notification tq the effect that IIP
iad bceiii appointed a member ot the arbt-
ratlon committee , but he had promptly ro-
urncd his cmnhttlc refusal to have any-
hlng to do with It.
_
ClinciC ITHU ItlbE OK WIIU VT.
Siit't'iilnloiN TnKtVilinnliiKc of Hvi-rj
OPIIOI liinll ) to Itt-ullri- .
CHICAGO , Aug. 5. The steady rl c It ,
wheat for several davs past was checked to-
daj. September opened and closed at a
net decline of 3 cents The decline of lf
1'id at Liverpool was the prlnrlpil reasin
advanced for disposing' of holdlngb Re
celpts were In t.\ceps of last jcai's , but ex
porters sold 395000 bushela lieio nnd about
Ighty-flvc boat loads at the seaboard No
2 apt Ing wheat brought 2@2'i cents premium
over the September option. Large
speculative lines were dumped on the
maket at every rallj , nnd the final prices
were about the lowest of the setslon
NUW YORK , Aug 5 Amid great ex
citement wheat prices Ebld off about 3 cents
a 1 ushel this morning The crowd fullj P\-
ptotcd a repetition of recent hull conditions
ahioad , but were staggered at finding a de
cline of VA.il In Liverpool futures after a
slight opening advance. Hacking this up
weio foreign celling orders and a } marks
decline In the Berlin market. A stream of
long wheat at once began to pour Into the
local pit , Increasing net ordero 'from outside
speculators swelled the selling movement
Iho llrst sales were practically 3 cents/a
/
'ntehcl ' under last nlght.'Sdptembcr selling at
S1 < { , cents , a sheer drop of 2'i cents
from jesterday's top notch : From this point
valurs pnllod up to ! { rents on nlniors of
frc h 'export business tojbo added to the
1,500,000 bushels worked yesterday.
) THOUGHT OP
Colonial IllNliopM us Mm-li O | i ost-il lo
It IIN AtiH-rtomi.
NEW YORK , Aug 5-inishop Henry C
Potter of New Yo-k airived on the Germanic
today fiom Liverpool. When a ked if ho hai
como over prepared to arbitrate the tioublcs
of the striking coalers- "
'I have not bet'n ask6d ( o arbltrato In th'n
matte1- " '
"Will vou If jou are requested to do so' '
he was asked. ' '
'I must watt until I havp been requested
to do so befo-o I can answer that question , '
it-piled the blnhop /
In speaking ot the conference- bhhort
held at Lambeth Bishop Votter raid he
greatlv Impressed by the'Independence ' am
high spirit shown hy thq colon'al ' blshoi i
The remaik was brought out by a questlor
as to the reported movement to amalgamate
the organizations ot bishops. England , Ameri
can , Indian and colonial Bishop Potter salt
ho had never heard of such a movement ,
do not think thp plan would succeed , "
the bishop. I know tlat the feeling of the
bishops Is decidedly against anything of tin
sort. I was surprised to see the strong feel
Ing of freedom shown , by tlio colonial b'sh '
ops. Surprising as It may seem , there were
moro aggressive , independent and outspokct
in their vlowa than rven the Amei leans sm
they would be the first , to resent anything
that would In any way curtail their liberty
and freedom , "
, IIDY : : MY in : CAia.ni ) i.vro COURT ,
JiulKC WllllnniN I n II ma I t-N litWill
Miuiil l > > HIM Orili-r.
COLORADO SPRINGS , Aug. n. Federal
JuJgo John A , Williams of Arkan
sas , who a few dajs ago Is
sued at Manltno n sweeping In
junction In behalf of tha Mutual Life Insur
ance company of New York , restialnlng In
surance Commissioner McNall of Kansah
from preventing UlU { insurance compinj
from doing biMiness In Ifnnsas , said today In
regard to the report t&at Governor Leedj
and the state administration proposed to con
test the order- \
"I Issued that order In'tho discharge of my
duty as a federal Judge , because I believe
that under the laws ot 'Kansas this com
pany Is entitled to transact Its business In
that state as long as It Is shown to be In a
solvent condition , That Is the principal
requisite for securing a license under state
laws. If tlio stnln authorities oppose my
order the matter will got Into the federal
courts for settlement , "
DINVIU : GITS A TASTI : or n.oou
Two VIi-n Iromit' < t liiCln-rr > Creek
Muni HrlilKiuivVuKlnil Out.
DKNViR. Aug C. The heavy rains vvlilcl
have fallen every day tills -week have causci
many thouranda of dollara damage In an
about this city , Several bridges across Cherr ;
creek have been wostfed away Patrlci
Murray , a laborer , was thrpwn Into the cieel
by the caving of a bank on which ho wa
standing and was drowned. An unknowi
man who attempted to ford the creek 01
horn-back wan also awept' ' away Tialns a-
much delaved on acounr , of 'the damage t
roadbeds , bildgea and culverts.
Waul No I'oiiHtltiitflmitl Coin t-nlloii
NASHVILLn , Tenn , Aug C.-A genera
election was held In tht | > state today t
decide whether or not u constitutional con
ventlon thrill lid held , Jtctiirim from al
pal to of the utatu t > how that the calling o
a convention has been overwhelmingly de
foaled A light vote was palled , but llttl
Internet being shown , and In home votlni
districts polls were iut opencl In thl
cltjvvlth a voting population of 15,90) . th
total vote cast was less than 1IVO , ami Ir
miinj town the name indifference wu
shown _
Ohio liolil llt-iiiot-riillit Coiiti-iiliou ,
COLt'MHUH , Q , Aug. p At the meetln.
of the Main central committee of the nu
tlonal democrats today U wan derided t
call n Ktutc convention In this city Sep
umber S mid U to nominate a btute tlcke-t
The temporary organization for the conven
lion und other details will 1 looked afte
by Hie state exc-i-utlvu iommltt < v , Ther
v 111 In one delrgate fur each 1.003 votes un
fraction ovtr W cast for Cleveland in US.
and the convention la expscted to be
large one.
CHIEF SICWART STEPS OUT
His Unconditional Resignation Tendered to
the Police Beard and Accepted.
ETS 1WENTY DAYS VACATICN WITH PAY
'iiplnln llnrv Dcslmuilcil lo \ < -l UN
Chief In tinInlcrliu Ciiiilalit
1 Oflt-rN | | lli-NlKlinlloii )
U hlc-li IH AciTl.tiMl. '
The result of lest night's meeting of the
) oard of Fire and Police Commlrsloncrs Is
he acceptance of the unconditional reslg-
latlon of Chief Slgwart , to take effect Sep-
ember 1 , the acceptance of the resignation
of Captain King for a senior sergeancj , to
ako effect September I. the granting to
Chief Slgwart of a twenty dajs' leave of
absence without pay Just pi lor to hla rc-
Irtmcnt ; the designation of Captain Haze
as acting chief du Ing Sign art's vacation ,
and an order of an Investigation Into the
hargts that money had been offered for
the vote of one of the members of the com
mission.
Thto apparent ! ) unexpected outcome of the
mtetlng feems to have been worked out
by a number of caucuses and coiifaultatlona
luring the day. eje
At the meeting of the board last Monday
Ight Chief Slwart had replied to HIP
request for his resignation vvlth the following
communication :
OMAHA , Aug " To the llonorablp Hoard
of Fire and Police Comml-jsloncis nentlr > -
mpii In leplj to join communication of
Julv 'il , 1S)7 ! ) , permit me to Hay after full
and due consideration of the sump that 1
must decline to comply with jour request
to tpudei my resignation as- thief of police
of the cltj of Omaha. In this I am 1011-
stiallied , not by Inclination , but lathei by
a , sen e of consistent duty lo the service ,
to which I have given llfteen jpars of faith
ful effort That no cau = e e\lsN for such
leque-st or resignation Is evident by the
fact that not later than July 20 jour honor
able body nvv lit to tender me the position
of t-aptiiln of police , which In dlgnltj and
rtsponslbllltv ranks next to that nf chlpf
ot polite This jou would not Invn done
If the real good of the Kervlco necessitated
my icinoval or dl ml sal
I am , therefore , eonstrnlmd to siv that In
justice to myself and friends and the gooil
oC the "ervlcf nnd the worthj- citizens who
have given me their1 support und confidence ,
I cannot In the mannei desired n tire from
the force. 1 am , gentlemen , vour obedient
servant , A. T SIGWAUT ,
Chief ot Police.
Upon receipt of this document the board
had ordered the mayor and the city attorney
to formulate and present charges against
Chief ot Police Slgwart at the ndjomned
meeting last night. City Attorney Council
Is away on his vacation , but charges were
drawn up by Acting City ( Attorney Kdgar II
Scott.
HHADS OFF THE CHARGES.
To head off these charges , however Chief
Slgwait seems to have concluded that the
wisest course for him to pursue was to ic-
tlrc as gracefully as possible under the cir
cumstances. Before any action was taken
with lefcrence to the proposed charges , he
sent In the following letter :
OMAHA. Aug B To the Honorable Bo-ud
of Vlre And Police Comml-vsloners : I heieby
desire to withdrawmy declination of the
request of your honored bodj' , to tender mv
resignation ns chief of police of Omaha. I
have no vvNh to embarrass and hinder jour
hoi.orublebody In choosing the chief execu
tive of the po Ice department and take this
ccbrso to allow > ou to come to an agree
ment. I therefore lespectfully tender mv
resignation as chief of police to take effect
Septcmbei 1. Ib37. I am , gentlemen , jour
obedient servant , A. T SIGWART ,
Chief of Police.
This letter , as originally written by Slg
wart , was conditioned on his appointment
to a captaincy , but the condition was
stricken out previous to Its presentation to
the boaid. Accompanying Slgwart's resig
nation , and evidently Intended to assist in
carrjlng out his design to remain on the
force as a captain , was a letter wilttcn 1. )
Slgwait'a hand , and signed by Captain King
tendering his resignation as captain , nnd
asking to bo made senior sergeant the changr
to take effect at the same time with SU
wart's resignation , Septcmbei 1.
Both of these resignations were promptlj
accepted by the boa-d , and the icsult will
be vacancies September 1 In the positions
of chief and of Junior captain. In com
pliance with Chief Slgvait's request. It wcr
o-dered tlat he should bo on active dutj
only for ono week more , and should have
the bat twenty dajs of August for leave o
absence with pa > , Captain Haze acting in
the capacity of acting chief of police during
that time
timeCALLS
CALLS FOR Tlin PROOFS.
The onlj otlip- matter ot tnteicst transacted
In HIP meeting was the adoption of a rcoolu-
tion calling upon the World-Herald to sub
stantiate thp charges of attempted corrup
tion made bv It agatust aome unknown mem-
bei of the boiirj. Tha resolution pasec-d Is
an follows :
Whereas charges nffectlng the reputation
and Integrity of members of this board have
been published alleging that u largo sum of
money , paid to be $1,090 , has been ottered
for the vote ot a member of this body In
the selection of u chief of police In thp fol
lowing extract fiom an article In the WoiId-
Herald of August 2 ;
'One of Tom Uennlson's silent paitncrs
the one who is known BH 'the silent partner'
last week went to n man who Is supposed
to have conslderablo Influence and offered
to buy his Inlluence. 'The silent partner'
sild : 'Wp want one more vote to make
Mai tin White chief and wo have $1,000 to
give for it Tnat will bp $2,000 for you and
J..COO for the vote " -
Uo It tesolved by thn Hoard of Flrp nnd
Police Commltvloneib of the city of Omaha
that an Investigation lie Instituted ut Its
next meeting Into the tiuth or fnh-liy of this
chaige und that the panics making mic-h
ilmigc bo subpoenaed to substantiate the
same
All members of the commission were pres
ent and the entire proceedings held behind
closed doors. What the program will be
with reference to the cholco of a chief to suc
ceed Slgwart wfts not given out.
The frlerds of cx-Chlef of Police White
are still firm In the support of his candi
dacy and are confident that ho will bo made
chief of police They take no stock what
ever In the bcnsatlonal taken which the
World-Herald has been launching agalntt
htm. The attack upon Chief White appear
ing In that paper this morning bears the j
car marks of a fake BO plainly that It haa i
fallen flat , even In that part of the fusion i
camp that has been lighting him.
A Hee reporter asked cx-Chlef White this
morning If there was anything In the storj
printed under a Chicago date line , about an
Impending Indictment , and Mr , White re
plied
WHITfi STATHS TUB FACTS.
"An I said Deforc , I do not want to go
Into any newspaper controversy. "
"Hut the World-Herald sajs you are about
to be indicted for conspiracy to send a
ntgro girl to the penitentiary ? "
"It sas that Lawjer Plummer of Chicago
savs so , hut I do not believe Mr. Plummer
ever said anything of the kind. "
"What are the facto In that cose' "
"That case grew out of the old Dunham-
Allyn divorce suit. In which tlio principal
Untlmony on which the divorce was granted
was that of a colored woman. That divorce
was granted four or five jears ago and I had
nothing to do vvlth Hie case Later the col
ored woman admitted to various parties that
her testimony was perjured and offered to
give Major All > n an affidavit to that effect
for $200 , Instead the Allvna hired a lawjer
to prosecute her for perjury and I was em-
pla > ed by the lawjer to locate the woman
and detail a man to go with the constable
to make the arrest. That was my only con
nection with the matter and I had nothing
whatever to do with getting the testimony
together except to take a written voluntary
signed statement from the woman In the
presence of the lieutenant of police and two
other witnesses
"Tho wtman was tried before a Justice of
the peace , held over to the grand Jury and
afterwards Indicted , Ono grand jury , with
rvi , i , or v sio\v , nin/.y.UM : HUN.
Vrtr Smutlilii > Oiniiliii ( it-lH Us
Hour. ll < - uHour. . ! > < .
R n. in . (17 1 | i , in . TU
II n. in . 117 2 Ii. in . 70
7 II. Ill . 117 . ' ! | t. Ill . 71
S u. in . IIS | | i. in . 71
! > II. ill . ( ! ! . - . p. m . 7O
1O n. in . 7O ( I | i. in . 70
It n. in . 71 7 | t. ill. . , . * . 7O
1U in . 71 ! si , , , , . ( Hi
II | l. in . ( IS
After a prolonged delay the rain which
Ind been looked for for several dajs put
In an appeiivincc jwtenlay afternoon It
was a slow drlrzlc which kept up tor a
couple of hours , and thru boiiu again In
the evening The register at the w either
olllee at 0 o'clock Inst night showed tint
01 of an Inch had fallen up to tint time
The temperature was cool oil day. The
maximum v/as onlj 72 degrees , three less
than on the day before As will be noticed
from the table above , the range In tctnpua-
ture fiom 5 o'clock je tcrday morning till
0 o'clock last evening was onlj 5 degrees
Thp kj was cloud ) all daj , and a fresh
northeast wind blew The predictions for
todaj are that the weather will he fair and
w armcr.
out hearing any evidence whatever , found a
no-bill Attorney Rtksenthal then called on
States Attornej Kern and complained ot
this treatn cut Mr. Kern presented the
matter to thp next grand Jmv , which , after
healing a part of the trntlinmi ) said U had
heard fuilllcknt and brought In a hill of
Indictment 1 court the fullest publlcltj of
cverjthing I have done In connection with
this case or nnj- other case on which I
have been employed In any capacity
"Hj the vay , I tin lerstanil the World-
Herald Is making Inquliiea In Milwaukee
to connect me- with borne alleged butterfly
dance supposed to have flourlthod them at
bomo time That paper has trumped up HO
many lying charges against me tint no one
can tell what story It will pi hit next"
CROWDED FOR UXCUSES
The editor of the World-Hfrald Is having
considerable difficulty In explaining to his
fusion frlenJs the change of front of tint
paper as to the candldacv ot ex-Chief White
I George A. Mead of Fremont of the American
Chicory company , and who Is a frequent v ta
ilor In Omaha , was In the cltj jcstcrdaj
Mr. Mead Is an old time friend of Mi
White's and sometime ago 1'ad Interested
hlmsMf In his behalf "No one Is more
surprised than I , " said Mr Mead last light
"at the attitude of the World-Ileiald I
liavo had numerous coincisatlons with Mi
Mctcalf on this subject during the past few
weeks and wai > repeatedly assured t'int
White was not oblectlonable to him Not
more than ten dajs ago Metcalf told mo that
Mr. Hitchcock was actlvcl ) ' at work for Mr
While , and that his appointment would be
satlsfactoty to the World-Herald as well is
to himself Totlav I called on him for an
explanation of his attack on mj fri nd White
and ho again assured IUP that he- had noth
ing personal against White- , and that If Ml
White weio appointed chief of police there
would bo nothing personal between them
He tried to excuse himself by .saving that
the contest had developed Into a newspaper
fight , and when pressed for fuither reasons
warded oft the question with a icmark that
such argument would bo profitless. "
ma itiinvic IN mien or su.vnu.
GrtMitONl Sluiuii Which HUH Oueiirrutl
Mncc.Inlit - , ISICi.
NKW YORK , Aug. C Sliver bullion ex
perienced tocfay the most violent break of
the entire season's decline. In London the
prlco dropped one-halt pennv per ounce from
jcsterdaj's price , selling at 25 % pcnco per
ounce , as against 27 % ppnce a month ago
The New York pi Ice fell to 55 } cents hid ,
a break of Vi cents an ounce from j ester-
day , and of 4'4 ' cents within a month. At
this prlco the bullion value of the silver
dollar Is a trifle more than 43 cents.
London dispatches ascribed today's great
weakness In silver to liquidation by New
York holde's of the metal No such decline
as today's has been witnessed since June
1S93 The Indian mints -vcre closed to free
silver coinage June 2C of that jear. On the
news silver bullion fell In London from
37' d per ounce to a price below SOd , but
it rallied sharplj later.
A prominent New York exchange house
today iccclvpd this tahlo from abioad : "Ni
market , name price at which jou will sell "
This message came In resnonfce to a request
asking London quotations.
HIAUS err v KLOMMICH SCIIUMR.
omiiaiiliMVliicli l'rotoHnl | lo itct'
Inlton l.lfc liiNiirniit-t * .
INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , Aug B. The do-
tPimluatlon of the leading life Insuiatce
companies to carry no r'sks ' on Klomljke
exploicre has fallen with dampening effect
on the co-opcruttvo companies which weie
forming In this city and upon a number of
men who are picparlrg to start for Alaska
during the coming winter. Ono of these
companies Intended sending ten ropiesenta-
tlves , each Insured foi $10,000 , giving each
man $1,000 , besides monej for contingent
cxporfies , all of them to co-operate In the
search for gold , dividing equally with the
company , and In ease of death the Insur
ance money to be paid to the. 'company. Hy
each death the company stood to win $8,50 (
on the basis that not more than $1 COO would
bo epent on each repicicntatlve. Anothei
company simply designed to cany sufficient
Insuianco to reimburse It for actual outlaj
It Is not thought that any of theao com
panies will proceed further vvlth the or
ganization.
KIMJ WUATIIHII GltnnTS MMCI.M.nV
I3 er > tliliiK Tt-nilH lo MllKc I'ri-Nlilciit'N
Vili-nlliiil lllljnj olili- .
PIATTSBURG. N Y , Aug -Another
glorious morning with hut enough breeze
to make the day perfect greeted the Inhab
itants of the Champlaln valley , greatly to
the delight of the president and his party
The dress parade of the Twentj'-flist infantry
U , S. A. , under command of Lieutenant Col
onel McKlbben was again repeated today al
U o'clock on the lawn to the west of the Hold
Champlaln. The picaldtnt and Mrs MtKln-
ley viewed the parade from the balcony ol
tlielr own apaitmcnts and Vice Prcsldenl
Hobart and Secretary Alger and party , froir
the plare eet apart for them on the broad
piazzas , watched the troops as they matched
past at the close of the parade After the
holilicrb had dtparted from the barracks , the
band of the Twenty-first gave a concert for
an hour , which WBH gicatly enjoyed After
Hit ) concert the president and vice prcsldcnl
went for a Mroll among the pines
Not SITVI' I iult-r n > I-KI-O ,
ATLANTA , On , Aug. 5-Htniy A
Ilucker , the negro rtctntlj uppolntfd col
lector of Internal revenue for the dlftrlc
of Georgia , will take the oath and ussunu
charge of the olilco thin ufternoon , Collec-to
Paul Tiummc-1 retiring Today ulx white
men men In the collector's depaitment n
nouncrd that the ) would go cut of olll <
vvlth Mr. Trammel , declining to servo limit
a negro lollertoi They are. T W Kelly
deputy collector at Atlanta. T II Whltnell
deputj collector at Hluo Itldge ; J U Kll
e.iicl , storekeeper and gaugui ut Hluu Itldge
N J , Otla , deputy collector at Columbus
J W Class , storekeeper and gauuer ut Cun
ton , und W P , MtClaln , Bloreketpir and
ganger ut Jusptr.
llii > lnur I.niiil til Sun l > i-ilro ,
LOS ANOiLiS : , Oil , Aug --The Pticlflc
Impiovement companj icprescntlnB thl
Bouthtrn Pacific Ualllrond company ) IUH
bought 170 acres of ! and overlooking tin
pioposed breakwater at fian Pfdro Thl
new purchase by the Impiovemenl tompanj
Is u mile Ifsa than n quarter of u iitu
held by the San 1'pdro and Arbor Dot !
company Hy the purchase of this lam
the Southern puclll't will have ipltndid fa
duties for docks , un It Ix tlo u tu one t
the propored entiantes to the hrtakwat r
Thla deal would Indicate that favoiublo nc
tlon on the Han I'edro harbor by congres
la anticipated.
LIVE STOCK PRICES
lurked Advance In Vnluos of All Grades
During the Year.
PROFIT THAT GOES TO TIIE FARMERS
logs and Cattle Bring Nice Returns for
Graiu Ted Thoiu.
'ROSPERIT * ' IN FERTILE HURT COUNTY
3rcat Crops Are Brought Forth on the
Broad Bottoms.
GOOD NEWS FROM ALL OVR NEBRASKA
un-l > ItuliiH riuoifit | li < > Corn
rut tinliiitii King : om t
lli'iu-li of Sun anil
U Ind.
Ono of thp most potent Influences working
'or tlio restoration of prosperity In the
farming districts or the west Is the great
advance in live stock values as compared
with last season. A jear ago farmers and
stock growers wcro complaining that their
ive Block was selling so low that thcro was
: io pioflt In the biis'ncES , and In many In
stances both cattle and hogs weio fed at a
positive loss. No bare Htatemcnt ot the
'net can convey an > thing llko a correct
Idea of what this advance means to the
fanners and stock growers of the west , nnd
It Is onlj when the actual llguies are com-
paied that the leal situation becomes ap-
liarcnt
A jtar ago at this time IIORU wcie Belling
in South Omaha on an average at $270 to
f2SO per 100 pounds , while at piesent
the halts average right around $350 In
other words hogs aie now belling 70 to SO
cents per 100 higher than at this time last
jear Iho aveiage weight of the hogs
coming forwaul la J70 pounds , so that the
advance In the pilco nnuunts , In round
numbers to ? 1 r > 0 to ? 2 on each hog mar
keted. Yuitirday ovei 111,000 liogs were re
ceived at South Omaha , which will glvceomo
dca of what the advance mcana to the ship
pers In the aggregate.
Cattle are Helling coisldeiahlj higher thau
a jcai ago , good coruftd steers lielng fully
40 to CO cents pel hundred higher. Goijd
lo choice feeders , such tattle as the fanneia
: ako out Into the tountiy to place on corn
teed , were quoted a jt-ai ago at $320 to
} . ( lid and tht > hamc cattle aiu now bringing
$3 UO * to $1 'JO In othci uoula , hiicli cattle
aie GO to 70 centts higher than one jear ago.
Slmilai advances have taken place on all
grades , of cattle
010 of the beat features of the situation
is the prospect that beef cattle will bring
good pi Ices all the coming jear , as there
do s iut appear to be any surplus In the
countrj' , and as tlio demand for beef will lu
all likelihood Improve as the general busi
ness becomes better. The hog market U ) a.
moro uncertain quantity , as the prlco of
hogf , depends more upon the slzo of the corn
crop and the foreign demand for product ,
but these who aio httit Informed as to the
market conditions , expreaa the opinion that
hogs will not sell materially lower than
at the present time , while theie Is a pousl-
billty of their going considerably higher.
IN 1IMIT COU.Vl'V.
\Vuiiilerlul HftiiriiN fi'oiu KnrnilllK in
( lu > I'Vrdlo rottouiH.
TEKAMAIf , Neb , Ai'g. 5 ( Special. )
Hurt -county will produ < o moio grain nnd
hay this season than evji In the hlsloiy of
the count } . Corn Is In fine ; condition and
whllo on the hill tops it IB a trlllc dry , down
on the lowlands It is EO fat advanced that
diouth cannot damage It. The cars are veil
on to maturity and are large jnd firm. The
jlcld of oats Is enoimous , while wheat goes
twenty-live bushels to tliu acre In many
fields and the berry Is laige and perfect.
There Is no end of hay giabs far more than
can bo consumed. It otands six feet high
over vast areas and If cut would make thou
sands of tons of the choicest luiy. It IB the
natural product of the famous Aiizona pre
cinct , than which there Is no more fertile
legion In the world It forms u part , of tha
broad bwccp of lowlandb between Do Sola
and Dccatur two old villages which figured
conspicuously In the early days of Nebraska ,
This land has been tilled for forty jcais ,
yet It lo apparently rich a over. There
Is one stand of r > e which is more than four
tcct high for acres upon ocies , and the yield
is very heavy. It was hcic the late Andrew
J. Poppleton pre-empted a quarter section ,
receiving a patent from the government
moio than forty years ago. Dr. Colliding ,
Judge George , W. IJoaiio and Hen rolaom , a
relative of Giovcr Cleveland , were pioneers
of this county. The county records bear
their names as having owned property here.
The llvo stock InduEtrj has assumed largo
pioportlons. Nelo Morris owns 1,000 acres ot
the most beautiful land In the world. Uo
has great feeding pins , a largo grain ele
vator , long rows of bhtds , line dwelling ! ) and
bains and every adjunct of a modern farm.
Ho fcds vast quantities of stock foi the
market. A track leads from the Chicago ,
St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha main line to
his farm and stock Is loaded right on his
premises. Judge M II llopewell , who for
ten yearo was a judgu of the district court
owns J.OOO acres of thu cholcc.it . land In the
county , most of which Ix under cultivation
this year and Is yielding an enormous quan
tity of gialn - The Judge Is also picparlng
for the manufactuie of buttti and theme on
a largo scale Manj resldcntM of Hurt
county are largo owneis of land , and
having' ample capital they ore feeding
their corn to cattle and hogs ,
and thus the live stock Industry glows from
jear to year. Hurt county's exhibit at the
State fair this jear and at the exposition
next year , It can ho safely predicted , will
bo unsurpassed.
SHO\MHS conn " < > tv > .STKAI > II V.
ItuliiH Hull lIiiHiirc u lllu' Corn Crop
III liltSoiltlK'lll Colllltll'H.
HASTINGS. Aug E ( Special ) At an
early hour this morning a heavy downpour ot
rain commenced and It has been falling cvor
slntc Already an Inch and a half has
fallen and fro-n all appearances It will con
tinue to l .Tin all day. This supplies all moU.
turo necessary to every corn field In Adame
county and another phenomenal corn crop
in ashured
IinilNDON , Kan , < Aui' C ( Special Telegram -
gram ) A heavy general tain hns fal'tn
today between Orlcais , Neb , and St I'rancls ,
Kan Thin ensures most of the torn between
Orleans and Atwood , Kan
M'COOK , Neb. , Aug C ( Special Tele
gram ) -A fine rain fpll all over this section
of Nebraska last night , ranging from half
an Inrh to three Inclu'u , in the amount of
precipitation Thu rain fell mtadlly and was
all absorbed by the soil and growing trou |
diul Is of vast value to the corn crop , little
of whlrh has been damaged by the drouth ,
SoutbnoMcrn Nebraska will add an ImmenBo
corn crop to Its uncqualed small gralu
harvest.
I.HIUII. Neb , AUR , 0. ( Special. ) A fcteaJy
rain set In hero this foicnoon , and continues
unabated. It revives the drooping corn ,
which was much In need of a wotting. Har
vest Is our and thrashing begun. An 'un
usually large acreage of wheat woe har
vested. and the yield will average about
jBventcen bushels tu the acre , Oats are a
'icavy ' c np , weighing about forty pounds to
TO buthcl
IH'NC'\N ' , Neb. , Aug. C. ( Special. ) There
iivo been three swceislvc days of cool ,
tamp weather , which U of great benefit U
