The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOBNjTjN'G, JULY 10. 101 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. RUSSIA IS WILLING Offere te Betnra to Old Tariff BUtai wlU thi United States. WISHES SUGAR DIFFERENTIAL VACATED Ii Beturi Wonld Give Up Dutlei Letled en American Qeodt, SECRETARY GAGE HAS TO DECLINE QiMtien li Now with Co.rte, I He On ' I JJo Hething. EXPORTS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED Iron find Steel Ware, Motor, Dyna mo, Sctt-lno; Machine nnil Ap jiarutu I,oe Opportunity to He lleatorcd to Old Soliedulc. WASHINGTON, July 3. Another Impor tant uxebange his occurred between tho Itusslun government and tho United States relative to thu tariff. The Russian mtulntcr of finance, M. DeWltte. has proposed that uu. .in ,uiii v,.niu nil of th.. nrMMntit.i dutles levied on American goods since tho Imposition of tho BU(,ar differential If tho United StntcB will vacate Its action on the ougar differential. To this Secretary dago Ii3 rnntloH hnt thn nffiT nf thn Russian government cannot bo accopted, as tho question of tho sugar differential Is now In tho hands of the court, thus precluding action by tho oxecutlvc branch. Theso ex changes, although mado nominally by tho minister of finance and Secretary Oagc, havo gone through tho medium of tho Rus elan foreign otllco and tho Stato depart went. Thn proposition of tho Russian minister of lltianco was tho direct result of Secre tary Hay's note of about two weeks ago In that note Mr. Hay pointed out that the action taken an to petroleum was not now, nor was It meant to have any connection with tho previous action of tho government on sugar. This appears to have reconciled the Russian ofllclnls lu their view that the petroleum order was only another step In tha policy previously taken respecting nugar. Accordingly, M. DoWltto's response was communicated to Washington, Count Lnmsdorf forwarding It to M. DeWollant, tho Russlun charge hore. It Is not long, but Is quite to tho point. It makes no further refcrenco to tho petroleum order. Tho citcf attention is given to Riigar and the specific offer Is made to vacate Im mediately tho Increased duties which Rus ala has levied, If the United States will vacate its action on sugar. This would amount to re-establishing tho status quo which existed before tho United States took Its Initial action relatlvo to Russia. Why It In Impnalble. Tho nusslan proposition was duly com municated to Secretary Gage, who has responded promptly that ns the sugar ques tion Is" how' b'efaro tho courts, it Is not possible for mm to avail nimseir or irw Iturslan suggestions. Thus the mattor standB. The reductions which would havo resulted under M. DoWltto's tender are thoso affoct Ing castlron wares, manufactures of Iron and steol, boiler work, tools for nrtlsans, factories and workshops, gas nnd wator meters, motors and dynamos, sewing ma chines, portablo engines, not Including throshlng machines, flro engines and other machinery of Iron and steel, also white resin, galipot, brewers' pitch and bicycles Tho Increased duties on Iron and steol goods followed nftcr tho Imposition of tho BUgar differential, whllo those on bicycles nnd rosin followed tho lncrcaso on petroleum. M. DoWltto's proposal was to take off all of tho Increased duties. In the course of his letter It Is stated that tho second retaliatory move on bicycles and rosin was not duo to tho American ac tion on petroleum, although It had so ap peared In tho original Russian note, but that It related back to tho American action on sugar This Is thought to be tho result of Secre tary dago's reply to Russia to the effect that Its notion, In Increasing the duty on American bicycles and resin, was n viola tion of the United States' treaty with that country SQUADRON F0RF0RT ROBINSON Detachment friuu Thirteenth Cnv- nlry In Ordered from Depart ment nf the Dakota. WASHINGTON, July U. Tho War depart mont has ordered tho following changes In the stations of troops: One Bquadron of tho Eleventh cavalry lo proceed from Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., to Jefferson Ilarracks, Mo. Ono squadron of tho Thirteenth cavalry from tho Department of Dakota to Fort Itoblnson, Neb, Ono squudroii of th" Fourteenth cavalry from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to tho Do partment of the Colorado. Tho headquarters, staff and band and Second battalion of tho Fourteenth In fantry, under ardors from tho division of tho Philippines, to Fort Snolllng, Minn. Companies E, G nnd II of tho Fifteenth Infantry, stationed nt Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.: Plattsburg Hitrrncks, N. v., nnd at Fort Porter, N. Y.. respectively, to Mad' lsou Ilarracks, N Y The Twenty-seventh Infantry, now In the Department of the East, to tuko station In detachments ut Plattsburg Ilarracks, Fort Ontario and Fort Montgomery. N. Y nnd Kennebec arsenal, Maine. Ono battalion of tho Twenty-ninth In fantry from Fort Sheridan, 111., to Colum bus Ilarracks, O HAY AGAIN AT THE CAPITAL Secretary Itelnrit to Co ii mi II Head of Mute Department Xcw Turk lh MlnlMer Call. WASHINGTON. July 9. Secretary Hay returned to Washington this morning from his New Hnmpthlin home. Ho was driven directly to the State department and was closeted for some time with Acting Secro' tary Hill and Assistant Secretary Adce. Tho new Turkish mlnlstor, Chlkeb Hoy, called, In company with All Ferrouh Bey, tho retiring minister. The new minister must await until n Inter date to be pre sented at the White House, owing to tho president's nbtencc, but he will from now on exercise all tho functions of a mlnlstor nB a matter of courtesy. This cilurio Is necessary because All Ferrouh Hey Is re turning to Europe almost Immediately, It 1b bolloved thut the business which calls Secrctnry Hay to Washington Is prln clpally persouul in character and that he will not bu obliged to remain hero beyond this nock. LIBERALS SUSTAIN OLD LEADER Cninpbrll-Itnnnrrninn necelrea Vote of Confidence of III Party. LONDON, July 9. The much discussed meeting of liberals called by Sir Henry Campboll-Danncrman, tho liberal leader In tho House of Commons, with tho object of ascertaining whether tr -a 1 1 11 retains th rinfliiftnrn tt thn nur 'v held at th, ne'orm club today an n tho voto of coi. the leader of tho opposition. Ah ' ,. 'f Hhfirnln nttenrlprl. Thn llhnrfll-fti. ' headed by H. II. Asmilth. were tbcri. to a man, but Sir Henry Campbell, .in nerman and Sir William Vernon Harcourt were the only two who received any " recognition on entering. Tho crowd tt'itipfilntr thn nrrtvitla rrtnfvl tnotn Willi with i " v... ... o v..v, n cries of "How's your friend, Kruger?" 8lr Henry mado a conciliatory speech. The Imperialists showed that they would not bo associated with any antl-nat'onnl policy, but, tho gathering was harmonious nnd seems to havo resulted In a temporary clearing of the air. In tho course of his speech Sir Henry Campbcll-Ranncrmnn mot tho Imperialists so far as to say tho war must bo brought to a victorious conclusion, but ho thought tuc llbernls ourht to Insist on amnesty In tho settlement. While tho country had tho sword In ono hand, It ought to have thn ollvo branch In tho other and show a dis position to como to term with an enemy that had fought so bravely. Ml. Asqulth expressed the highest appreciation of tho qualities of Sir Henry Campbell-Banncr- ninn. but at thu samo time ho regretted that tho liberal leader In tho House had not been raoro outspoken in a policy of honest difference rather than In nn Impossible at- tempt to reconcile differences. Ho said that those taking tho view that he himself held should bo free to express their opinions within tho palo of tho party. Mr. Asqulth then supported tho resolution of confidence In Sir Henry Campbcll-Hannerraan. AMBASSADOR WHITE RESIGNS Drclxlon Mnilr Ilcfnre New nf III .Sun's Drntli Henche III in Orcntl' Shocked. BERLIN, July 9. Although tho United States ambassador, Androw D. White, qulto recently denied to tho correspondent of tho Associated Press that he intends to resign, the correspondent now learns from a closo personal friend of Mr. Whlto that ho will resign next year, upon reaching hlB seven tieth year. Mr White's decision to resign was made beforo tho news of his son's suicide reached hero Mr. Whlto Is at present staying nt Sassnltz, Island of Rougcn, In tho Baltic. Therefore, ho was personally Inaccessible to tho correspondent of tho Associated ProHs. Horaco White of Syracuso cabled to Secretary Jackson, early this morning, tho news of tho death of Frederick D. White, but did not say he committed suicide. Tho correspondent, after receiving details of tho death, wired Ambassador Whlto at 9 o'clock this morning and has Just received a reply from Mrs. White, saying? 'Your telegram, fortunately, has not reached Mr. White. We have no details aa yet." The correspondent understands that Mr. Whlto Is greatly shocked and nervously de pressed at the death of his son. Mrs. White, therefore, fearing tho result upon her husband, has thus far withheld tho news of their son's suicide, Intending to gently break It to Mr. White. TclegraniB of sympathy nro bolng sent from Berlin to Sassnltz, ono of tho first being from Baron von Rlchthoffen, the German foreign minister. JAPANESE BEAT UNION MEN Orlciitul Have Control nf Frnaer Illvcr Overawe White hy Force of Numhcr. VANCOUVER, D. C. July 9. Tho Japa nese are lu control of Fraser river. They won the fight during tho night through their clover tactics. About 3,000 Japaneso spent tho night In fishing. Tho union men organlzud n patrol of boats manned by armed whites. Tho Japanese, however, had a good patrol and secured control of a largo number of boats, Including the larg est and widest fishing boats In tho river, whllo the union boats had each only half that number. Whenever n union patrol boat went near tho Ashing grounds soveral of tho Japanese patrol approached It, surrounded it and Blmply overawed tho strikers by forco of numbers. STEAMER MAY BE WRECKED Haytl HckIii to Fear Further III. aler a IteMiilt nf lU-uent llnrd Storm. PORT AU PRINCE, Haytl, July 0. (Via Haytlen Cable.) Owing to tho non-arrival of the regular French mall steamer duo hero today from Santo Domingo, exact de tails of the havoc wrought by tho storm which for four days past has swept Haytl and San Domingo are still lacking. Fears are entertained for the safety of tho French steamer. Telegraphic communication through the country has not yet been re-estnbllshed tho roadways still romalnlng Impassable. The ontiro loss or tno hanana and corn crops Is reported from tho southern part of Haytl. FIGHT GENDARMES IN SEVILLE Urottil of Men nnd Women diarize the Police Tilth Stiine. SEVILLE, Spain, July 9. There was i serious conflict In ;t stveet litre today be twoen workmen and gendarmes. Owing to tho refusal of groups of the former to dts perse, the gendarmes arrested a workman The latter's comrades dug up cobblestones and threw them nt the police, Injuring live, mo gendarmes men cnargeu, snots were exchanged and several persons were hit, Women nctlvely participated In tho dl turbance. The prefect, who Intervened, wa3 stoned. Finally a forco of cavalry dls persed tho rioters, NEBRASKA'S FRUIT HEALTHIER .iircrynirii In Conference Find One State with a Crop lln iiKiially Well, KANSAS CITY, July 9. Frultmen of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma Iowa and Arkansas are hero In atteudanc upon tho semi-annual meeting of the West em Association of Nurserymen. Missouri and Kansas delegates report that the fruit crop will not bo up to the average. On the other hand, Nebraska's fruit crop proves unusually well, A:les, peaches and crapes are lu fine condition. CHINESE AGAINST UNCLE SAM Emperer'i Oereriment OUimi Haifa Mil lien Dollars. OUTRAGES LIKE THOSE OF BOXERS Ilntte thr Scent of Aliened Cruel nnd Oppressive Trentmcnt City Coun cil Snltl tii Uphold tho ltlotcra. WASHINGTON. July 9. The Chinese gov ernment, through Minister Wu Tingtang, has filed a clulm for Indemnity to mo amount of n half million dollars, on ac count of alleged outrageous treatment of Chinese at Butte, Mont. There Is a sug gestion of Boxer outrages reversed In tho presentation of tho case to tho State de partment, tho treatment Inflicted upon the Chinese at Uutto being claimed to havo been cruol and oppressive. It Is charged that some of them wcro killed, that others lost their property, that nearly all woro ruined In business and that many of them were driven out. Tho claimants number several hundred. Tho outrages date back to 1SSC and tt Is declared that the city council of nutto up held tho rioters and tho boycotters; that tho stato courts, unon anneal, decided In language so unjudicial as to be Itself a subject of complaint Uiat the city council was right and finally that relief could bo obtained only measurably through on ap peal to the United States circuit court. The claim raises sorao novel and some extremely Interesting points of International law. PROF. MEAD IS MUCH BETTER Hopes In Slnkr III Deferred Trip til Italy Later In the Sum mer. WASHINGTON, July 9. (Special Telo gram.) Prof. Blwood Mead expects to leavo tho Emergency hospital Saturday for Ava ton, N. J., where ho hopes to regain his strength, which has been severely taxed by his long confinement. Should ho re cover in time he still hopes to mako his proposed trip to Italy later In the summer, At tho Des Moines postofflce tho recolpts for Juno were 126,482, against $25,153 last year, an lncrcaso of $1,329. Iowa postmasters appointed: Mlltonvlllo, Worth county, C. G. Gundcr son; Nanscn, Chickasaw county, Mark La valle. Rural frco delivery has been ordored es tablished September 2 at Charter Oak Crawford county, In. Tho routo embraces 112 square miles and contains a population of 1,500. Arthur Jones, J. F. Dohan aud G. M. Deter aro appointed carriers. Tho .proposition of tho Hearst Mercantile company to equip with heat, light, free delivery and furniture, when necessary, the proscnt premises now occupied by tho Lead (S. D.) postofflce for five years from July at $600 per nnnum, has been accepted. Mrs. L. P. Kennedy of North Topoka Kan., has boen appointed seamstress at the Indian school at Winnebago, Neb. The comptroller of the currency today authorized the First National bank of Salem, S. D., to begin business with $26,- 000 capital. The postofflce at Shamrock, Hand county, S. D., Is discontinued; mall to Cedar. Colonel John S. Mosby, an ex-confederate officer, was today appointed a special land agent for the stato of Nebraska. R0M0TI0NS IN THE ARMY resident liaise (5 rail e of Severn.! Olllcer Cunnl Kewly Appointed. WASHINGTON. July 9. The president has mado tho following appointments: Colonel of Infantry, John W. Dobb. Lieu tenant colonel of Infantry, John J. O'Con ncll, John W. Hannay. Major of Infantry, Wllllum A. Mann, Millard F. Waltz, Edwin Glenn, Georgo R. Cecil, John H. II Pcshlno. Captain of Infantry, Isaao Newell Georgo H. Shulton, Herschel Tupes, Celwyn E. Hampton, Harry F. Rothcrs, William B Cochran. Alga P. Berry. Captain of cavalry Herbert A. White Harry L. T Cavenaugh, Nathan K. Averlll Paymaster, rank of major, Thomas C, Goodman, James II. Houston. Major engineer corps, James O. Warren, Captain engineer corps, Georgo P. Howell Captain artlllory corps, Samuel A. Kep hart. Second lieutenant artillery (transfer from cavalry), Rawson Warren. Chaplain, Joseph Clemens Timothy O'Keefe. Surgeon of volunteers, rank of major. Robert Hums, Ralph S. Porter. Assistant surgeon of volunteers, rank of captain Georgo II. Calkins. Assistant surgeons rank of first lieutenant, Charles C. Gecr Patrick H. McAndrew. Gideon MoD. Van Poole, Henry II. Rutherford, Ernst L. Ruff ncr. William II. urooas, jtiauncw a. ue laajy, Hcraco D. Hloombergh, Comptora Wilson, John A. Murtagh, Eugeno R. Whit more. Charles Y. Drownlco, Irvine W. Pat ten, William W. Reno, Robert U. Petterson Carroll D. Buck. Georgo II. R. Gorman Conrad B. Kocrpcr, John II. Allen, Rodcrlc P. O'Connor, William Roberts, Georgo P. Heard, Robert E. Noble, Jnmes W. Van Dusen. Roger Urooke, Jr., Wallaco DoWItt, Albert B. Henderson, Robert M. Thornburg, Arthur M. Line, Paul S. Halleran, Robert G. Shaw, Clement C. Whltcomb, Robert H. Grubbs, Edmund D. ShortJIdge, Verge Swnzey, John R. Dcvcraux, Kent Nelson, Peter C. Field, Lloyd Loll. Krebs, Rohert Smart, Louis Brechmln, jr., wminm i'. Woodall, Charles N. Barney, Milton E. Lanlo, Georgo M. Ekwurzel. Thomas R. Wallace of Iowa, United States consul at Crcfeld, Germany; Plotro Cuneo of Ohio, United States consul at Turin. Italy. Oirr Philippines' I'natufllee. WASHINGTON. July 9. Postmaster Gen- eral Smith and Secretary Root had a con ference today regarding postal affairs In tho Philippines, as a result of which the postmaster general will Ibsuo an order to morrow making tho director general of posts on the Islands responsible to the gov ernor general, although the postmaster general will preserve a general supervision over him. SlKhee' lllne .Vnt Serloua. WASHINGTON. July 9. A letter re celved at the Navy department stntes that Captain Charles D Slgsbee, chief Intelli gence officer of the navy, who Is suffering with eryslpelss of the face at Hempstead, L. L, Is not regarded as being In a danger ous condition. l.lKhtniiiK Kill PrUute Prime. WASHINGTON, July 9. A cable mes sage was received at the Navy department today from Admiral Kempff at Cavlte say ing that Private F. E. Pease, United States marlno corps, was .truck by lightning at Cnvlte July 7 and Instantly killed. ENDOWMENT RANK DEFICIT Amounts to Over Tiro II nn it red nnd Twenty-Five Thonsnnd Dollar. CHICAGO, July 9. Tho Endowment rank of the Knights of Pythias bis a dcllclt of $225,247. This announcement was made by Supremo Commander Ogden H. Fethcrs today to the supreme lodge of tho order which has been assembled In this city for tho purpose of looklug Into the aftalrs of tho rank. Mr. Fethers' announcement was based en the official reports of the Insurance com missioners of Illinois, Connecticut and Kansas, wilt mado an cxhaustlva examina tion of the order, and copies of these re ports were placed In the hands of the rep resentatives. Before tho rank enn legally continue dol.ig business as an Insurance Institution this deficiency must be mado good and the question of how this Is to be done and tho greater one of how tho funds of tho asso ciation aro to be safeguarded In the futuro occupied tho attention of tho olhccrs and representatives today and far Into tho night. There has been misappropriation of tho funds of the organization by past offlccrs of tho endowment rank and It wos freely charged In the reports as well as In tho meetings today, and thero was said to bo llttlo doubt that after the supremo lodge had finished dealing with those thought to be responsible tho evidence will be laid before tho stato's attorney with n request that it be submitted to tho grand Jury. At tho session tonight a motion was made to expel John A. Hlnsoy, who was president of the endowment rank during tho period In which some of the funds of tho organiza tion nro said to have disappeared and others to havo been Invested in poor se curities, but tho motion was laid on th table when it was represented to tho meet ing that Mr. Hlnsey had expressed his at tention of appearing beforo the supremo lodgo at its meeting tomorrow for tho purpose of defending himself against nuy charge that may bo made of misappro priation of funds or of having made Invest ments which he had not previously assured himself wcro eafe and amply secured. EL RENO FEARS THE CROWDS Think Ilumeneckcrn Will Overtax the IlcKlstrntlon OfTIce There. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 9. Nearly 1,000 pcoplo left this city tonight to go to El Reno to rcgUter. Only ono train left hero this afternoon for that placo and tho coaches were crowded to their utmost capacity. Several hundred pcoplo waited at the station until the train came In, when a wild scramble ensued for seats. Women, as well as men, wero boosted through the windows of tho conches, which were filled almost as soon as the train had stopped Others stood on the platforms or climbed to tho top of the coaches. Nearly every one carried a blanket and provisions, Can teens and Jugs were taken along to guard against water famine. The hotels at El Reno being already filled hundreds of people will bo compelled to sleep In the streets. TCANSAS CITY. JulylO.- A ipcr,ial Jo the Star from El Reno, Okl., way's. Tho fall tire of the president's proclamation to per mit registration nt all lanu omcos in uwa homa has provoked much complaint 'and, acting upon the request of Oklahoma City, Perry. Guthrie, and other land olflco towns Delegato Dennis. Flynn has appealed by telegraph to tbo Interior department nt Washington asking that all land offices be given authority to accept registration. His request will bo supplemented by telegrams from citizens in tho different towns. Aa tho matter stands now El Reno will be practically tho only land oftlce whero homescckers will assemble, as Lawton, the other town named. Is twenty-five miles from a railroad. El Reno Is wholly lacking In facilities for caring for such a crowd ua will come here if other points arc not designated as places of registration. Flvo thousand strangers would overtax Its accommodations and 20,000 people nro expected In tho event that other towns are not named. W. A. Richards, assistant commissions of tho United States general land office with a corps of about thlrty-llvo exper ienced clerks, will reach hero at raid night nnd registration will begin toraor row morning. Six registration booths have been pro vlded to prevent the assembling of an lm mensc crowd at one place. WASHINGTON. July 9. Secretary Hitch cock said today he anticipated no serious trouble with "soo.iors" at tho opening o the Oklnhoma lands In August. Ho said there might bo several thousand pcoplo now on the lands, but thero was no reason to believe that thoy would not bo gotten off easily. If they mako trouble thero would bo means of hnndllng them. ALLEN NAMES SAILING DATE I'nrtn lllcn Coventor nnd Wife Start to United State July lil Hol lander Also Alisiwit. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. July 9. Governor Allen, who will hand to President McKlnley for tho Porto Rlcnn nrsembly the rcqu st that free trade be established between that country and the United States, will leave hero July 13 on the Mayflower, He will be accompanied by Mrs, Allen, J. H. Hollander, treasurer of Torto Rico, left hero today on the steamer San Juan for New York. William Hunt, tho Insular secretary, says Mr. Hollander will not ro turn to Porto Rico and Mr. Hollander, when questioned on tho matter, remained silent. It Is reported hero that Mr. Hol lander has resigned his position of treas urer that ho may go to Manila, there to draw up tax laws similar to those he has drafted for Porto Rico. CUBANS TURN DOWN THE PLAN Convention llejeet C'nmnilRNlun'a Project for .New Klcctnrnl Law with MnJnrlty of One. HAVANA, July 9. The Cuban constitu tional convention this afternoon rejected tho commission's project far the electoral law by a vote of 13 to 12. The conservatives claimed that tho law as proposed was too radical, Inasmuch as It provided that thero should bo no Interfer ence with tho elections by the central gov ernment nnd because the last elections showed It to bo Impossible to conduct elec tions honestly without some restraining power. A now commission will bo ap pointed tomorrow. The conicrvatlvcs claim a mnjority In favor of the plural vote, based on tho Belgian law. Srcrrtnry C.hko Iluy lloiiiU. WASHINGTON, July 9.-Tne secretary of the treasury today pur(haed $200,000 3 per cent short term bonrp at 109.0162 $150,000 5s at 109 and $12,500 U at 112,9773. 10LDS OHIO DEMOCRACY VcLian-Kilbonrne Element Eecursi Contrel of 111 Committees. SO STRONG THERE IS LITTLE FRICTION Jnlinnnn Men Are Up Attain! Cool hut Firm Courtey Verhnl ! ro tccltnlcn 1 All That I Left fnr Them, COLUMBUS, O., July 9. Tho McLean- Kllbourne clement at the district meetlngt this nflcrnoon secured control of all tho committees aud will accordingly havo everything tholr own way at tho democratic stato convention tomorrow. They wcro so strongly In the majority that there was no friction. In thu Twentieth nnd Twenty-first districts, which Include Cleveland, tho Johnson men had things their way as much ns tho McLean men lu tho First and Sec ond districts, which Include Cincinnati. But lu the rural districts tho latter ele ment got almost everything. Tho con trolling clement did not "ride rough shod over minorities" In any of tho districts, but when names wcro proposed tor places on the committees there wero Inquiries as to how they Htood and If tho replies wero not satisfactory they wero "excised," In some cases ns quickly as Jurors nnd in others with ballots, Tho McLean-Kllbourne clement, whllo unusually courteous, made no concessions. The old state committee mot previous to tho district meetings and gava the tickets to the McLean-KUbnurno men where thero wero contesting delegations and they took all tho districts except thoso which In elude Cleveland In which, under tho unit rule, they could not control a vote. But tho Johnson men aftor the result of tho First district meetings simply announced that they would carry tho fight Into the com mlttco on resolutions nnd then Into the convention tomorrow "for n finish." They hnvo two strong men and vigorous speak era in Hctslcy and Baker, both members of Mayor Johnson's cabinet at Clevoland, on tho committee on resolutions. It Is predicted that the convention will not roach the order of nominations until lato tomorrow afternoon and that tho pro cccdlngs may bo protracted into tho night. With all tho efforts of tho McLean Kllbourne men for harmony there Is every Indication of unusual scenes on tho floor of tho convention over minority reports, cs peclally on credentials and resolutions. Temporary Ornnnlrn tlon Permanent. In order to expedite buslnoss tomorrow, tho commlttoo on permanent organization voted unanlmlusly tonight to mako the entire temporary organization permanent This continues Charles H. Salcn of Clcvc land as chairman and Negley D. Cochran editor of tho Toledo Bco, as secretary. Tbo committee on resolutions tonight heard expressions of opinion from each of Its twenty-ono members. The committee stood 17 to 4 against special mention of free silver In the old form In addition to endorsing tho Kansas City platform; IS to S against endorsement of tho Kansas City platform, without any further dec lautloa oh'.silvcr; li to.fi,fcraln&Urciifnrni Ing the Kansas City platform with the Johnson plank on stato taxation. There wore some who favored no reference to the Kansas City platform. No vote was taken, the tally on tho preferences being secured from tho speeches as each ono '.vas called on for his views. Tho following subcommittee was ap pointed: M. A. Daughcrty, chairman; Bar ton Smith, Judson Harman, E. M. Kennedy, E. M. Helsley. W. H. Spcnce and W. L. Flnloy. Of theso Helsley represents Johnson and Daugherty, who presents KUbourno's nnmo to the convention, favors a compromise, especially on the taxntlon plant. Tho others are claimed by tho conservatives, although some of them differ among themselves as to tho verbiage of the taxation plank. There was this morning nn unusually largo attendanco of visitors hero for tho prellmlunry meetings of tho domocratlo stato convention. Tho 050 delegates are accompanied by lance delegations support ing different candidates for the nomlna tlons for Judge nnd clork of the supreme court, attorney gcnernl, state treasurer and member of the Board of Public Works. Free-for-AH Itnce, Tho nominations for governor and lieu tenant governor nro tho only ones In which thero Is not a free-for-all race with many entries. But tho large attendanco Is due more to the rounlon of democrats who havo not been together In Ohio since 1590. Thoso who have been called "gold domo crats" are vcrj largely represented and many of them have not attended the con ventlons In Ohio for years. Nearly all tho old leaders of this class aro here now and they nro given places of prominence on committees and organization generally Whllo they consider the financial question settled, thoy are actively co-operating with thoso who are being denominated tho "con servutlves" In opposing any other so-called "Isms" that they assert will handicap tho party as It has been handicapped by cer tain alliances In tho past, Thoy are with tho McLean men as against tho Johnson men In the proposed "new departure" of tho latlor on taxation, municipal ownership, etc. They are bitterly opposed to tho in sular policy of tho national administration and tho present stato administration nnd want nil tho democrats In Ohio to get to gothcr for tho purpose of securing control of tho legislature as well as for tho uloc tion of the Htato ticket and of a United States senator. Hon. Charles P. Salon, who Is in tho cabinet of Mr. Johnson o! Cleveland, who was selected ns temporary chairman, Is expected to speak tomorrow morning on the line of what Is known as the Johnson policies, but he will be followed by a con scrvattvo as ponnancnt chairman nnd by th adoption ot wnnt is Known ns tho con scrvatlve platform. At tho conference thl morning It was evident that tho conjserv atlves would control the twenty-one con gresslonal districts nnd thcruforn have nil the committees, which meet tonight to pre pare their reports for tho convention to morrow morning. OMAHA STAMP SWINDLER Man of Many AHnne, Wnnted In Xe hrnaUn, I Taken In Phil adelphia, PHILADELPHIA, July 9. (Special Tele gram,) Henry Rosenbaum, known unde aliases of Henry Roscmont, Frank DuiT, Tom Rich, John Rose, quaker City fitamp company, Joseph Baum. Jr., nnd others was today bound over In $800 ball. Ho ha operated us a stamp nwiudler in Oraah St. Louis, Cleveland, Massachusetts an North Carolina, In all of which places Is wanted. Ho was arrested by Inspector Mebary. Ho was not only clever, but po slsteut and the volume of stamps secured from dealers on approval, It Is said, runs Into many thousand dollars. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebrusku-Purtly Cloudy Wednesday. Probnmy Showers nnil some wnnt Cooler: Thursda.s Fair. with Warmer In Western Portion; arlable Winds. Temperature at Oiiinhn Yesterdayi Hour. Dcu. 1 p. m M '2 p. m t(M) it p. at lot I p. m 1IMI r p. in 1MI lour. II in. " a. m 7 1 n, in ..... . 711 a, in 75 a. in... a, in , , a. in... n. m... 711 " Ml H'-i ltl II p. 7 p. S p. I p. m til) m IH ni Ill m, lit The in n I in it in tcmpcrntiire for the ay nn HI" ileureen, reached Nhorlly tier It o'clock p, m. HOT FROM LINCOLN TO LONDON 'iicmluy lite Wnrmcxt Dny In History of .Many C'ltlr nt Home and Alii'ond. LINCOLN, July 9. Today has been ono f Intense heat all over the eastern half of Nebraska, the nvcrngo with few exceptions, being 101. In Lincoln the maximum was 103, but street thermometers went as high as 107. RL'SHVILLB. Neb., July 9. (Special.) The heat hero tho Inst three days has been crrlllc. Today nt noon It registered 100 do- grees In the shade nnd In the recorder's office, which Is the only solid brick build ing In town, It registered 90 degrees. KANSAS CITV, July 9. This was the hottest dny since the weather bureau was established, tho official thermometer re cording 103.4 degrees. Only one prostra tion was reported. The highest tcmpora- turo in Kansas yesterday was 108, at Toronto. At Donovan, Kan., a fanner died n tho harvest Mold today. DURLINGTON, la., July 9. Reports from nearby places today give a temperaturo nt arlous poluts as ranging from 104 to 108. Crops nro suffering. It was 102 in tho hade here today. DUBUQUE, la., July P. Tho government thermometer marked 101 degrees of heat hero this afternoon, a rise of 34 do greet) since G a. m. This is the highest recorded by the Borvlce here in over thirty years. SIOUX CITY, July 9. Todny was the hottest of the year, 101 degrees. OSKALOOSA, la.. July 9. Under a scorching hot wind from tho southwest tho tomperature went up hero today from 0 to 102. TOPEKA. Kan.. July 9. Tho hot weather in Kansas coutlnues with no immediate chanco of relief Some of todny's tem peratures wero: Topekn, 103; Sallna, 102; Ablleno, 107; Lnwrence, 100; Fort Scott, 108; Scdnn, 10G; Hays City and Manhattan, 105. LA CROSSE. Wis., July 9. Todny has been tho hottest day since 1894. Tho mer cury reclstercd 99. LONDON, July 9. Great heat extends throughout western Europe from Spain to Scandinavia. Heat prostrations have been numerous in Paris and there wcro twenty deaths attributed to heat In Copenhagen yesterday. Violent hailstorms have ruined the crops In tho province of Salamanca, Spain. NEBRASKA WOMAN' CONTESTS Jennie I.. MatheNon nf Fllirer Seek to Set Aside Her Itlch Father' Will. RACINE. Wis., July 9. (Special Tele gram.) In the probate court this morning Jcnnlo L. Mathcson of Pllgor, Neb., dnugh ter of the late Calvin S. Peck, appeared for tho purpose of contesting tho will of her father, who died a year ago, leaving an estate valued at $250,000. To Mrs Matheson was left $5,000, nnd to two sons Cnlvln and Ervlne, born to the second wife wero left two largo farms In Raclno county, The rest of tho estate was left to tho widow, Ida L. Peck. Mrs. Mathcson claims that the will Is not valid and not properly executed; that her father was aged and Infirm to such ii degree that he was not nblo to mako a will, and that ne was under tho Influence and control of his wife and other persons unknown to tho contestant. Tho will was executed In 1898. THEY WILL IGNORE O'CONNELL Mctnl Trade Anoclatlnn Memhern Won't l.lMten to HI Proposition, Say President Reynold. MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 9. No attention will bo paid to tho proposition for n set tlement of the machinists' strlko mado by President James O'Connell of the ma chinists, to the National Metal Trades as sociation. This wan tho statement of Edwin Reynolds, president of tho association, to day. During the day President Reynolds re celved a communication from Secretary Devens of tho association In which ho de tailed Mr. O'Connoll's proposition for i nettlcement of tho strike. Mr. Devens ln formed Mr. Reynolds that tho ndmlnlstra tlve council ot tho Metal TrndC3 association In New York Is unanimously opposed to considering the proposition ot Mr. O'Con noil. TRAIN ROBBERS CORNERED Sheriff Griffith Think He Han Them Surrounded, hut In nn Awkward Place. . MINNEAPOLIS, July 9. A special to tho Times from Qreat Falls, Mont., lays: I a deep canyon about sixty mllos south of Malta, fifteen miles east of Rocky Point and five miles north of tho Missouri river, Sheriff Griffith has at last cornered tho Great Northern train roobers. Tho canyon Is a veritable fortress, ns It Is full of caves whero tho robbers can hldo and hold at bay an army If need be. This news left tho rump of the posse at an early hour yesterday morning. EX-LIEUTENANT IN THE TOILS Old Army Olllcer AkoIii In Trniililti TlirouKh More Crooked Work. NEW YORK, July 9. Edward S. Martin, formerly lieutenant In the United States army, pleaded guilty beforo Recorder Goff today to a charge of passing a bad check for $l!i on tho Oorham Manufacturing com pany. Martin was recently dismissed from tho army on account of Irregularities in his canteen accounts. He will bo sentenced Friday. Movement of Ocenn VeMiel July II. At New York Arrived: Frlesland, from Antwerp. Suited: Steamer Nomudlc, Liver pool, At Genoa (July 8) Arrived: Hohenzol lcrn, New York, via Nnplns, At Hong Kong-Arrived:. Glcnesk. Ta coma. At Plymouh Hailed: Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, New York. ADMITS HIS GUILT Kmnoj Cennty Treaiuter Coufeiwi Short ge it Hit Far.lt. RETURNS A PORTION OF THE FUNDS tii Thinuod Seven. Hundred Dellari Paid Back to Fablic. HiS WOUNDS ARE SELF-INFLICTED Pretty gtety f Kebbery and Tire an Invention. HAD HOPED THUS TO ESCAPE DETECTION After Arreat Norlln ;iea lo Coriillclil with III Captor and 1)1 k Up Part of III Illicit)--People nf Mln den Thuudcratrtick. MINDEN, Neb., July 9. (Special Tele- gram.) Tho mystery surrounding tho rob bery of tho county tro.isury and nt tempt to burn tho courthousH tho night of June 27 has been solved by a confession uic treusurcr, A. B. Norlln. mado this afternoon and a return of over $S,700 ot tno money. On the night In question between 9 nnd 10 o'clock nn alarm of lire was nlvcn and the blazo wus found lo bu In the treasurer's otllco In the courthouse. Tho llatncu had not gained much headway and were cnslly rxunguisncu. it was ascertained that tho treasurer had been working lu tho ofllco on his books, preparatory to tho semi annual statement which he had to make to the county board at Its meeting the first of July. Ho was found with u black oye and a wound on tho side of his head and ho mado the statement that he had been sandbagged nnd tho safo robbed of some thing over $9,000. Ho told a story about being alone nt work In tho ofllco and going across the street after a drink of lemonade and later to a hydrant a few feet from tho court house for a drink of water. State Hxitinlucr In veatlKntrn. His wounds wcro of such a nature that ho did not return to tho office for several days nnd State Examiner Robinson wno sent for to go through the books. Ho mado the examination nnd found a discrepancy of over $10,000 between the books and tho cash and bo reported to tho stato auditor. The county board was called together tho day after the alleged robbery and a rownrd of $1,000 was offered for tho detection of tho guilty parties and tho return of the monoy. Both the sheriff and his deputy woro out of town and City Marshal I. A. Hill began work on the caso. Detectlvo Malone of Lincoln was sent tor and came out Saturday morning, arriving here at 9:30. Mr. Hill has been working on the ise. The county board 'met today In regular session and mado Its offer ot the $1,000 good nnd In less thon an hour afterward Mr. Hill had his man. C'nnfeaalnn la Sweated Out. Norlln was put In tho swoatbox and con fessed to stealing tho monoy and attempting to burn the courthouse. Ho wns Imme diately placed formally undor arrest and with the offlccrs went to his suburban home. Just north ot the town, nnd dug up In a cornfield $0,775 of tho stolen monoy. He Is a young man who had the fullest confidence of overy citizen In Kearney county and tho remark has been made that If bo could not bo trusted, thoro was not n man In the county who could. During Cleveland's first term as president ho was deputy postmaster. When tho administra tion changed ho worked around canvassing for books and doing work In ono of the banks. Whon tho populists elected tho county officers, tho man who was appointed deputy treasurer died suddenly one after noon about six months after he hnd been appointed. Norlln wns appointed In his placo and served ns deputy iu the offlco for seven years nnd a half, nnd two years ago was elected treasurer. So thorough was tbo confidence In him that tho republicans nevor havo considered his defeat as a possibility. He In well con nected, having a sister, who Is ono of tho most successful teachers In tho Mlndeu city schools. His own family consist of a wifo and llttlo boy. Ho has been prominent In church aud Sunday school nnd tomporanco work and an active member of the Knights of Pythias nnd has handled tho funds of the local camp of tho Royal Highlanders, whoso accounts nre reported to bo all right. JESSIE MORRISON IN PRISON Goea tu I.nnaliiK n llcglii Five Year' Sentence for the Cnntle Murder. ELDORADO, Kan., July 9. Jessie Mor rison was taken to tho penitentiary at Lansing todny to begin her flvo years' sen tenco for tho murder of MrB. Clnra Wiley Castle, Thero wero soveral hundred peo plo at tho railway stntlon to take a fare well look nt tho prisoner. Half of tho crowd consisted of women, Despite the ef forts of tho trainmen to keep them off, a largo number of men and women crowded Into tho train to ntnro at MIbs Morrison. Miss Morrison was so weak from trem bling that she had to hn helped to her neat. She was accompanied by her father, Judge Morrison, and her brother, Hayward, Tho brother accompanied her to lousing nnd will remain thero ns long aa tho Jnll of ficials will permit. Early In the day nt tho homo of the Morrisons a pnthetlc sccno won enacted, when tho aged father, stopmothor, brothors and sisters cried bitterly as Miss Morri son kissed them goodhy. It Is the bo lief of her relatives (hut Miss Morrison will ho released on bond by tho Kansas supreme court nnd will bo given a new trial. BROOMS ARE TO COST MORE Onlrnl Aosoclntlnit Advance Prlco Twenty-Fit e Cent Per llnneu Uetnllei'n In Itetpniid. CHICAGO, July 9. Brooms were ad vanced 25 emits a dozen In prlco today by tho Central Broom and Brush Manufactur ers' association. The higher prlco takas effect at onun and another advance of n similar amount will bo made on August 1. The retailer is expected to add at least G cents to the prlco of every broom ho sells, The scarcity of broomrorn nnd tho Increased price of the product are tho reabun assigned tor tho advance,