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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKNING, JULY 1, 1903-TEN PAGES.
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GATHER FOR COUNSEL!
Leaden and Rank and File of Iowa Repub
licanism All at the Convention.
NO PATRONAGE OR OFFICES TO FIGHT FOR
Present State Officers, but One, Conceded
Benomination Without a Contest.
3NLY RIPPLE IS OVER THE PLATFORM
Ho Beal Contest Over This, aa Tariff Plank
it Already AgTeed Upon.
CUMMINS PLEASED BECAUSE HE WROTE IT
Other Side la Sattafled Decease The?
ay It Embodies Tbelr Views
oa the Mnch-Ilecned
U a rat Ion,
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE8 MOINES, June 30. (Sjec!al Tele
gramsAccording to the present outlook
tha republican atate convention, which
meets here tomorrow, will be simply a gath
ering of the party lead era for cnunHel with
the representatives of the rank and file.
Nearly all of the 1,446 delegates will be
fSreeent and. Judging- by the advance guard,
will be a stronger body of men In point of
rack and ability than la usually seen at
such meetings, especially when there Is
really no patronage to divide and no Issue
to be fought out. The program1 haa been
mapped out by the big men who have con
stituted themselves the pilots of the party.
Senators Allison and Dolllver, nine of the
ten republican congressmen. National Com
mitteeman Hart, Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson, Director of the Mint Roberts, to say
nothing of leaser lights, hold the reins and
..are pulling tbem in unison. It Is perhaps
aa strong a cast as appeared at the mem
Arable Cedar Rapids convention two years
ago, but tha action of the play is sure to
be dull and heavy by contrast.
All tha state officers whose terms expire
with one exception are conceded renomlna
tlona by acclamation. The pulling and
hauling between different headquarters of
competing candidates Is entirely absent.
The bitter fights for control of committees
and representation In the party organiza
tion are not In evidence. The only ripple
on the waters is the alleged difference of
opinion as to the precise wording of the
platform declaration on tariff, trusts and
reciprocity. Even this has ( been greatly
magnified and will probably be played up
by the distinguished correspondents of east
ern newspapers who have come here all
tho way from Washington, when as a mat
ter of fact, whatever the resolutions com
mittee reports, and It will report a plat
form already drafted, will probably go
through wlthoot dissent.
Mo Disagreement Whatarct.
"Tou can say," said George D. Perkins
of Sioux City, who will preside as tempo
rary chairman of the convention, "that
there la no, disagreement whatever on the
to"'pilnt of thw blatform, that Is tosay
those planks bearing on national Issues.. It
haa been gone over carefully by all the
leader and has their approval."
The tariff plank, on which Interest cen
ter, haa been kept in strictest confidence
by thoae to whom It haa been entrusted.
Governor Cummins knows It by heart, word
for word, and rattles It off occasionally to
visitor who stand In his confidence, but he
li careful to recite It so rapidly that his
auditor will not remember the verbiage,
"The proposed tariff plank Is perfectly ac
ceptable to me." said Governor Cummins
to ma this afternoon. "It ought to be sat
isfactory because I wrote every word of it.
I wrote it on the Wth of April, just as It Is
and it will be adopted without change or
. emendation,"
Batata tor Compromise Story.
It is worthy of note that the date given
by the governor for the framing of this
clause Is Just two days prior to tha tour
'J (Of President Roosevelt through Iowa on
hla way from tho Tellowatone park to the
St. Lou's exposition. Governor Cummins
accompanied the president aoross the state
and was In close conference with him dur
ing most of the trip, and In all probability
told tha president then what had been
don In the way of formulating the plat
form along these lines. It Is probable that
th story that the president waa a party
to the compromise reaU merely on this
xounaation.
Ther I considerable talk about dissatis
faction among those who have been op
posing th "Iowa idea" with tha new
plank. I asked Congressman Lacey what
ne thought of It and he said: "It is aim
ply an adaptation of th declaration In our
last national platform, or rather the old
plank of our own platform with the shelter
clause left out. I will be satisfied with it.
although H Is riot as I would have written
It. It is not as Senator Allison would have
written It, nor even aa Governor Cummins
would have written It If left to himself,
Th same Idea waa expressed by Editor
Lafe Toung, who has been an outspoken
opponent of the "Iowa Idea" from the start
"The governor has found it necessary to
abandon th extreme position he took and
com bark to the old republican doctrine.
W certainly ahall regard It as a vindica
tion of the position we took."
From these opinions It may be gathered
that after tha platform Is promulgated both
aides will claim a victory over the other
and that each will feel free to read Into his
own version of the controversy. In thla
connection It may be Interesting to quote
another well known obacrver of public af
fairs in Iowa who naturally prefers to have
his Identity undisclosed.
Game of Dual Throwing.
This whole thing,", he declared, "is the
biggest game of dust-throwing that had
been played In many a year. The whole
fght for and against the Iowa !da has
been made on a buncombe basis, chiefly for
advertising purpose on the part of those
conspicuous in it and to divert public at
tention from state issue that come directly
home to the people. Two year ago Gov
ernor Cummins waa nominated as the re
sult of a vigorous light against the old
machine, which had come Into dlacredlt be
cause It was thoroughly oorporatlon-rldden
and subservient to the railroad bosses.
While the governor may not have given
any direct pledges he was the beneficiary
of the anti-monopoly sentiment among Iowa
republloana and secured his nomination in
spite of all the railroad could do to pre
vent It. Two year ego th people of Iowa
were on the verge of a righteous outbreak
against railroad tax evasion and corpora
tion domination. The Intervening time.
however, has been cleverly utilised by tha
allroad politician to smother th burning
ember by shooting off pyrotechnic In
other direction that go up Ilka rocket
and come down aa sticks. In this gam
iCunUaued oa Fourth Fag.).
"VISIT DRAWS TO AN END
failed Saea Enrepena Bqaadroa
Mill Son Ball from
Kiel.
KIEL, June 30 -V. the United
Itates European tquan., -cl la draw-
tstates European sq
in to an end. The last
if
the Im-
(j '-illern
perlal standard were fired a
Balled for Eckernfoerde this m..
company the emperor and empress
night after the finish of the finish v
cruiser yacht race.
The emperor started for Eckernfoerde on
board Meteor at 7 a. m. The empress was
on Iduna, which also started for Eckern
foerde. The American naal officers will attend
a series of receptions on board the German
war ships this afternoon.
The fourteen-oar cutter of the German
turret ship Kaiser Wllhelm II beat
Chicago's twelve-oar cutter today In a race
over a two-mile course, covering th dis
tance in twenty-three seconds better time.
The winning German cutter on account
of having an extra pair of oars started
four seconds sfter Chirago'a boat and
finished eight seconds ahead.
Kaiser Wllhelm Ill's cutter is the cham
pion of the German squadron and won a
cup from twelve other German fourteen
oar cutters yesterday. The crew, which
was In excellent training, challenged the
beet boat of the American squadron, which
was Chicago's, the winner of several
competition In Mediterranean porta this
spring.
After about a mile and a quarter of the
course had been covered the nose of the
German boat drew level with the stern of
Chicago's boat and evenutally Inch by
Inch passed the latter and pulled away.
The Americans kept up a losing race most
manfully, but they continued to lose ground
until the finish.
The United States squadron sailed t
6 p. m., today from Kiel, all the German
ships saluting and the American' replying.
The flagship, Kearsarge, Chicago and
San Francisco will go through the Cattegat,
stopping at Kallundborg, Demark, for two
days. Machlas will go by way of the Kiel
canal to Brunsbuttel, and thence will
rendexevoua with the other American ships
south of Bplthead. The squadron will
arrive at Portsmouth July T.
NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION
Russia Not Yet Inform of the Note
to Be Bent I'ncl of Csar Ei
preaaea Views.
8T. PETERSBURG, Jun M.-The follow
ing semi-official statement was issued
today: There have been no negotiations
between Russia and the United States in
regard to the president' intention to for
ward to the Russian government a petition
from the American Jews concerning the
events at Kluhineft, and no communication
has been made to Russia by the United
States on this subject. . But had such been
received Russia would naturally have
known what to rely to such an attempt at
Interference In Its Internal affairs.
Th foregoing note was Issued by th
semi-official news agency.
Aa a result of the petition presented by
th deputation from the Mercantile com
munity of Kiebjnefl i whkiU waited oa
Finance Minister Witt,' . June K, ' asking
for a moratorium for bill of exchange
and other facilities to rehabilitate the credit
of those who suffered from the recent
events, th Stat bank at Kiahlnefl haa
been authorised to discount bills of Klshl
neft firms which were protested during
NEW YORK, June 80. A special dispatch
to th World from Hamburg, Germany,
report an Interview with the Grand Duke
Vladimir, uncle of the cxar, on the Jewish
question In Russia. Th grand duke said:
The Jewish agitation Is chiefly instigated
by influential Jews outside of Russia, such
as the members of the society in New
York, which has presented a petition, and
by powerful Jews In Berlin.
I do not in the least condone the civil
administration. The governor (of Kishl
nefT) although an old officer, decorated for
bravery, appears to have lost his head.
But directly application waa made to the
military authorities who cannot Intervene
without being requested to do so the crisis
waa ended In two or three hours. Military
assistance waa summoned too late and the
governor ha since been removed,
The grand duke waa naked what recep
tion would be given the American petition
on Russia, He replied:
There can be no question of intervention
by America In the purely internal affairs
of Russia. Nevertheless, I am aware that
the relations between Kusala and America
have alwaya been very cordial, and par
ticularly alnce 1849, when a Russian fleet
visited New York.
PEOPLE ARE J0 HAVE A SAY
New Election to Be Held in Septem
ber Is Called la
gervia.
BELGRADE, June SO. At the meeting of
the Bkupahtina today Premier Avakumo
vtoa read a ukase closing the session
specially summoned by the provisional gov
ernment June 11.
After reading th ukas th premier
thanked the Bkupahtina In behalf of the
government for the reception of King Peter
and added that the government had con
cluded that It wa better to postpone all
legislation until the new Bkupahtina was
elected.
The premier pledged th government to
e that the election were carrid out with
perfect freedom, that the result may truly
represent public opinion.
The elections are expected to take place
the middle of September and will undoubt
edly result In an Increase in the number of
extreme radicals In the house.
The king haa already promised that the
new cabinet shall be composed In accord
ance with th reaulta of the election.
RUSSIA STILL OPPOSES PACT
Maseovlte Attltnde Prevcat China
From Blaming Treaty with
America.
PEKINO. Jun ?. Prlnc Ching, pre!
dent of th Foreign office, returned today
from the summer palac In order to hold a
cenference with Minister Conger on the
commercial treaty between China and the
United States. It 1 understood th Rus
sian opposition, which th Chines Foreign
office insists prevents its signature. Is un
changed, though friends of the treaty pro
fee th belief that th protocol th Rus
sian minister to China is to sign at Port
Arthur will result In th removal of th
opposition.
Rnaalaa Miller Form Association.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jun SO. -The con
greaa of Ruaalan miller, which ha been
In session here fcr aom day a. ha resulted
In the formation of an association to pro
mot the flour export trade. Ten of the
larger firm have thu far Joined th aaao
elailon. George Meredith Improving.
LONDON. Jun to. George Meredith, th
novelist, whose condition yeaterday wa an
nounced to b critical, is better today.
MATHEWSON KEEPS PLACE
Out at Agent, Remains as Superintendent
on Omaha and Winnebago Reserve.
CHARGES AGAINST HIM ARE IGNORED
Charter are Granted for Two Now
National Banks, One In Kebrnaka
) and One In town Rontlno
of Department.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June 30. (Special Tele
gram.) Secretary Hitchcock today named
and the Civil Service commission confirmed
the selection of C. P. Mathewson to be
bonded school superintendent at the Omaha
and Winnebago Indian reservation. Mr.
Mathewson has been for some years agent
upon this reservation, but the last congress,
following th plan outlined by Indian Com
missioner Jones, who advocated the dis
continuance of Indian agents wherever It
were possible, did not appropriate money
to pay the salary of an Indian agent upon
thin reservation. Thus Mr. Mathewson was
legislated out of a Job and had he not been
today appointed and confirmed bonded su
perintendent of schools he would have been
a statesman out of employment. A num
ber of protests against the retention of
Mr. Mathewson in the service were laid be
fore the president and secretary of tha In
terior. Mr. Mathewson was today In
structed to prepare and forward his bond
at the earliest possible moment. In the In
terim a special agent of the Indian office
will take charge of the office.
Two Bank Chartered.
The comptroller of the currency today
approved the application of F. McGov
era of ' Fremont, Henry Bchnack, Louis
Groeteke, C. T. Horton, John Haun and
Otto H. Schurman to organize the First
National bank of Scrlbner, Neb., with $25,
000 capital; also the application of Grant
W. Blgelow, John Sandusky, John W. Dick
man, Tim Donovan and A. E. Blgelow to
organise the First National bank of Fay
ette, la., with $25,000 capital.
Phil R. and A. W. Wilkinson of Winter
set, la., were today admitted to practice
before the Interior department.
Lee F. Cook waa today appointed regular
and Ray Quinn substitute rural letter car
riers at Elkader, la.
A postofflce has been ordered established
at EngUs, Holt county. Neb., and Walter
N. Stewart commissioned postmaster.
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska Lu
clnda G. Wlnslow, Badger, Holt county, vie
W. 8. Plckler, resigned. Iowa James
Welch, Elwell, Story county, vice E. D.
Fllckenger, resigned.
National Balance Decreased.
Assistant Secretary of the Treaspry Keep
has made a summarized statement of "the
principal financial operations of the govern
ment for the fiscal year closed today. The
revenues from all sources were $063,887,!26.
The sources of revenue were aa follows:
(1) Customs. 1283,981,719:
(2) Internal revenue, $230,n5.2T;
(3) Miscellaneous sources, J44.fH0.Kl.
The expenditures for the year were $608,
178.590, as follows:
m rAvll an mlscetlnnonuar frit J)1:
m War (including river and harbor),
mis rj oe.
(S) Navy, $8I.t.Sn8:
(4)
Indians. S12.931.066:
(6) Pensions, $138,425,611:
(6) Interest, $28,666,618.
The surplus for the year Is $52,710,936.
In comparison with the fiscal year ended
June SO, 1902, the revenue shows a decrease
of $3,500,707 and expenditures an increase of
$34,936,732. The surplus shows a decrease
Of $38.67,439.
The revenues from customs Increased $29,
47,010. The internal revenue receipts de
creased $41,764,866, owing principally to the
war time repeal act. The miscellaneous
receipts Increased $8,727,148. More than half
of this Increase is due to larger sales of
public lands. The surplus for 1903 Is $9,710,
936 greater than was estimated.
These figures do not Include the revenue
and expenditure of the postal service.
The available cash In the treasury on
June SO. 1903, was $231,645,021, an Increase of
$19,357,661 over the corresponding date In
1902. The total amount of gold In the
treasury on June SO. 1903. was $631,639,898, an
Increase of $71,439,698 over 190i.
The outstanding gold certificates, less the
amount of same In the treasury on June
SO. 1903, were $379,356,789, an Increase of
$72,967,780 over the net amount In circulation
at th beginning of the year.
The treasury notes of 1R90, which
amounted to $30,000,000 at the beginning of
the fiscal year, have by the coinage of sil
ver bullion Into standard sliver dollars and
subsidiary silver been reduced to $19,243,000.
The amount of public moneys held by
national bank depositories on ,June SO, 1902,
was $123,983,067 and on June SO, 1903, $151,724.
431 an, Increase for the year of $27,741,365.
The number of depositories on June 30, 193,
is 710, an increase of 136 for the year.
Under the provlslona of the secretary's
offer of March 26, 1903. the amount of bonds
refunded to June SO. 1903. was $74,202,400. In
effecting this exchange the government has
paid out $3,221,024 In cash for adjustment
of premiums and accrued Interests, and
the annual Interest charge on the Interest
bearing debt of the United States has been
reduced $1,339,962. Bonds to the amount of
$16,629,600 have been purchased during the
year for the sinking fund, reducing the
annual Interest charge by $661,437.
The total circulation of national banks
on June SO. 1903. wss $413,670,650. The In
crease for the year was Sr6,993,559.
The comptroller of the currency reports
that during the fiscal yenr Just closed 637
new national banks have been organised.
Of these new banks 339 have capital of $25,-
000 each approximately, and have been or
ganised In places having a population of
less than S.ono. Of theae new $25,000 banks
about 42 per cent are not strictly new
financial Institutions, but are conversions
or reorganisation under the national bank
law of state and private hanks already In
existence. Five national banks have failed
during the last twelve months and seventy
two have gone Into voluntary lintildatlon.
During the vear ended June 30, 1902, three
banks failed and sixty-eight went into
voluntary liquidation. Th consolidation
and absorption of smaller and weeker
hanks by lnrger Institutions Is reflected In
a number of voluntary liquidations.
Food Experiments Snapended.
The first of the series of experiments' to
test the effects of preservative chemical
used upon foods, which the secretary of
agriculture waa authorised to conduct by
act of congress, concluded with a dinner
today.
The experiments began last December and
have proceeded continuously under the per
sonal direction of Dr. Wiley, chief of the
chemical bureau, who, during the entire
tlm. haa spent twelve hour a day at the
bureau headquarter, where three meal a
day have been served. He ha taken hi
own meal with the boarders, but has not
experimented on himself with the chemicals
used. The preservatives thus far used are
borax and boric acid, and while it is the
Intention to continue the Investigation after
(Continued do Second Page.)
SAY BROWN WAS POISONED
Expert Declare Nebraakan'a Pitts
bars; Brother Died From Com
bleed Drags.
PITTSBURG, June 10. Th Inquest on
the remains 'of the kite Recorder J. C.
Brown was resumed todny and expert ts
tlfled that poisons wrr found In th
stomach and intestines.
Ellas J. John, a nephew of th deceased,
said his uncle was nefvous on March IS.
the day of his death, that he told witness
he was troubled over politics, that when
he called to see hla uncle on March IS
he waa told he had taken trlonal powder.
R. 8. Kcles, chemist, who made the analy
sis of the organs, said he found In the
stomach and liver arsenic, antimony and
sulphonal. The brain ( was In a healthy
condition. The case wa adjourned until
July S.
Yesterday Walter A.' Black, nephew of
the diad recorder, snid Just previous to
his uncle's death he found a box of cap
sules which Dr. Wllllart H. McKelvey, Mr.
Brown's physician ordered destroyed. In
an Interview today I'E. McKelvey Said:
"If Joseph O. Brow took any of the
medicine In the box which wa found It
would have killed hint."
The box referred to S said to have con
tained cyanide of . potash.
"Did you prescribe thf medicine found In
the box which was destroyed?" was asked.
"No, sir, I did not, jhelther did any of
the doctors who were wjth me In the cae."
was the quick answer.
Mr. Black also said h did not know what
kind of medicine waa In the box h de
stroyed and that the doctors had told him
the certificate of death due to natural
causes was given at the direction of the
coroner.
Coroner Jesse M. MeGreary said today:
I am not in a position to discuss the
case because I am here only In an official
capacity. I will say that when I directed
the physicians to make -out a certificate of
death due ,,to natural icauses I was de
MASSACRE DUE TO CRITICS
Rabbl Declares Klshjlnelf Horror Re-
tlsr-,1
Hernia
salt of German I tter-
DETROIT, June SO. A PPr on "Assyrt
ology and the Bible." an answer to Del
Itxsch In "Babel and able," by RabW H.
Kohler, Ph. D., of Cincinnati, was th fea
ture of the forenoon session of the confer
ence of American rabbis at the Tempi
Bethel. Before Rabbi Kohler read his pa
per reports were made by the sevretary and
treasurer and the commitees on the Jewish-American
historical exhibit.
Rabbi Kohler, who Is president-elect of
the Hebrew Union collage - of CJnclnnatt,
fellvered an address, saying:
We live in on age of strange contrasts,
a bold striving for new truths and a revival
of old falsehoods. Suchlan impression waa
created by the two lectures delivered a
year ago by Delltxsch before tlu German
emperor and empress. Instead of simply
showing the new Ugh that Babylonian
monuments have caat on the scriptures and
how the Chaldean civilisation furnished
the Hebrews with all the materials for
formins- their communities and their be
liefs and the customs of the time, he made
a most unwarranted attack upon tne Ola
Testament, He mad Iris second lecture,
especially. . the occastow) for .twlling U
OW 'Vesttcmelit; Its pee:er oe.-.
. Th otiestlon to us is bow a man like
Deiltasch can be so carried away by preju
dice and passion as to drag the book of
books in the dust and Impute to the God of
Israel an unrighteousness nay, assign to
him horns and a sexual dualism. It Is the
characteristic slam of the time that any
professor or writer In Germany that craves
popularity today needs but to blow the horn
of antl-semltism to receive the favor of
high and low. And the Innocent blood that
ran the streets of Klshlneff may be traced
to such German sham utterances. There
Is little doubt In my mind that ultra con
servative training of Delltzsch made him
the despiser, the mocker of the Old Testa
ment. The report of a committee recommending
that the marriage ceremony be published
In pamphlet form, as Indorsed by the late
Moses Mleltsoner of Cincinnati, was
adapted.
ADMITS KNAPP CONFESSIONS
Indue Allow Bluebeard's tory of
HI Alleged Crime to Go
to the Jnry.
HAMILTON. O., June" SO. In the Knapp
murder trial today, A. Moore, a Junk dealer,
said he sold Knapp a box similar to the one
In which Knapp's wife's body Is said to
have been placed on December 22.
Mayor Bosche was called and was about
to tell of Knapp's confession when the de
fense objected.
Counsel argued that the state had not
proved Knapp a murderer and Insinuated
that the police procured the confessions
Improperly, but Judge Belden finally ruled
to admit th confessions.
Another legal fight followed late this
evening when Sheriff Bladorff was put on
the stand and was asked to read Knapp's
second confession, which had been read In
the morning and identified, but not offered
in evidence. Counsel protested, but Judge
Belden allowed that rart of the confession
relating to Hannah Knapp's murder to go
to the Jury. He permitted the rest of the
confession to be read, but not offered In
evidence.
Several witnesses from New Albany, Ind.,
where the body of Hannah Knapp was found
floating In the Ohio, were called this aft
ernoon. Undertaker Edward M. Schader
said there was no w.'iter In the lungs or
stomach of the corpse.
The state will close Its case tomorrow.
TORTURES WOMAN FOR CASH
Robber Barn Victim's Feet, Forcing
Her to Disclose Hnabnnd'
Hiding Place for Money.
CLEARFIELD, la., Jun 30. Details of a
robbery, with torture, reached here today.
While Mrs. Miles O'Rourke's husband, of
Woodward township, was absent a stranger
called at the house and asked her for some
thing to eat. She gave him some buns and
was preparing coffee on the stove when the
man struck her on the back of the head,
leaving her semi-conscious. He then bound
her in a chair and asked where the family
kept the money.
At first she refused to divulge the hiding
place. The man lighted, a lamp and ap
plied the flume to her feet. The pain caused
I her to point out the place where the money
was hidden. The sum was a trifle over
$2,000. The robber escaped and the au
thorities have offered a reward of $500 for
Information that will lead to hi arrest.
ST. JOSEPH FREIGHT MEN WIN
Barllna-ton Stavee OB Strike, bat
Agrees to Give Advance
Others Concede.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., June 80. The railway
today gave In to the striking (might hand
lere and agreed to advance the scale 15
per cent for a day's work of eight hours.
The Burlington employe refuseed to
atrike, but will receive th advano pay.
BAR ASSOCIATION NOMINATES
Names Seven Candidates for Judges of the
District Court.
OVER FORTY LAWYERS BOLT THE MEETING
Ballot Reached After Strennone Pro
teat by Those Who Wanted tha
Meeting to Adjonra Without
Naming Cnadldat.
For Dlatrlet Jadgea.
GEORGE A. DAT Republican
CHAItLKa T. DICKINSON Republican
E. C 1'AOK Democrat
HERMAN AYE Republican
LKK S. ESTKLLE Republican
UL'Y R. C. RKAL Republican
IRVING F. BAXTER Republican
Seventy-seven members of the Douglas
county bar nominated seven candidates for
Judges of the district court yesterday after
noon at a meeting which was stormy and
almost equally divided a to th wisdom
of making th nominations. Before nom
inations were mad nearly half of thoae
who took part In th early deliberations
withdrew, while a number who remained
took no part In the vote.
The candidates nominated were: George
A. Day, republican; C. T. Dickinson, repub
lican; E. C. Page, democrat; Herman Aye,
republican; Lee 8. Estelle, republican; Guy
R. C. Read, republican, and I. F. Baxter.
republican. These name will b ubmlttedi
to both republican and democratic con
ventions by a committee to be appointed
by the chairman of th meeting.
John L. Kennedy called th meeting to
order and wa chosen chairman and W. B.
Ten Eyck waa elected secretary, Th chair
man said th meeting had been called at
request of the executive committee for the
purpose of deciding a to action in regard
to nominating or recommending candidates
for Judges of tha district court.
John C. Wharton moved that no action
be taken. This wa seconded by a number
of voices. I. J. Dunn opposed the motion
and asked some member of the executive
committee to explain tha reason for th
call, and then have the members express
their views. W. F. Gurley, a member of
that committee, ld the call had- been
made after conference with a number of
the member of the bar, and he believed the
bar should make nominations In order to
keep the Judiciary out of politics.
Wright Favored Nominations.
C. C. Wright moved as an amendment
to nominate, seven candidates for Judges
of the district .court to be voted for this
fall. W. A. Saunders wanted th amend
ment tabled, but withdrew his motion to
permit debate.
H. H. Baldrig wanted action deferred
until after party nominations, as the people
elected are usually the regular nominee
of some party. "The lawyer may know
the candidate better than the people do,"
he said, "but the people do th voting."
R. W. Breckenrldge said he agreed, gen
erally, with Mr. Gurley, but at the present
time agreed practically with Mr. Baldrig,
aa ther might b aome danger by tha re
fusal of the parties to nominate th noml-
Lne.of the Oat. tV W. (Slweral. wanted to
take a middle course ana movea an amena
ment providing that the meeting submit th
name of the candidate to the convention.
W. D. McHugh said on should look be
yond the tffect upon th conventions, the
bar should ignore all political organisa
tions and name good men. C. C. Wright
echoed the sentiments and said if seven
republicans should be nominated ha would
work for the election of all. C. J. Smyth
made a strong talk along the same line and
aald he would endeavor to have the demo
cratic convention endorse the nominees of
tho bar association. He said this would
stop political trudes and ward dealing.
J. W. Eller wanted to wait, and said so
In a long talk. J. J. O'Connor and T. J.
Mahoney called up some past history, show
ing how candidates nominated by the bar
had been elected over regular party nomi
nees. F. L. Fleharty of South Omaha said
he hoped to see the bar keep out of the
matter, as he thought the people should be
trusted to manage their own affairs. Mr.
Mahoney said that the trust should be mu
tual. If the lawyers should trust the people
the people have shown heretofore that they
trust the members of the bar, and the peo
ple were never more ready to trust th bar
than now.
Webster Urge "Waiting.
John L. Webster said he felt surprised at
some of the arguments advanced by those
who wanted the association to name Judges
one that the nominations had been made
In a scandalous manner and he asked when
this had been done. "There are now seven
Judges on the bench and I do not believe
that seven better could be secured. I be
lieve the nominees will be as good. Wait
and see. We must not foget, that as mem
bers of the bar we are not trying our own
cases, but the cases of the people, and our
clients are at least as deeply Interested as
w are. I am perfectly willing to leave the
nomination to the people who have the
law suits. What we would do would be
advisory. Ha any convention asked ad
vice? Are we not, therefore, too fast In
projecting our advice where It has not been
asked? For one I feel proud of the bar of
Douglas county and the supreme court of
the state and for the same money I do not
believe that you could get better men than
are on the district and supreme bench."
Howard Kennedy, Jr., wanted to, have a
recommendation or nomination. J. H. Van
Dusen favored the plan proposed by Mr.
Slmeral and said th people take little In
terest In the Judicial primaries. He feared
the nomination of Incompetent men by th
republican convention. John O. Yelser said
the best way to get a nonpartisan Judiciary
was to have the nominations taken from
the men who practice before the Judge. He
added that threats had been made against
Judges now upon th bench.
Judge W. C. Walton of Washington
county opposed nomination or recommenda
tion, saying th people should ba taken
into consideration. "Personally I favor
a nonpartisan judiciary," h aald, "but w
must nominate men we can elect," and he
called attention to th tlm Bar associa
tion nominees had been defeated.
Me-tlag Votes to Romlaate.
The Slmeral amendment was defeated
without a count of the negative vote. The
Wright amendment prevailed by a vote of
03 to 59. As the result was announced a
large number of persons left the room.
T. W. Blackburn moved to adjourn and
was ruled out of order. After a vote he
renewed his motion to adjourn. John L.
Webster appealed to the members to ad
journ, as a large number of the members
would withdraw from the meeting. Mr.
Blackburn said he would withdraw his mo
tion; that seventy-five persona would make
the nomination and put a handicap upon
the men they favor, as there are fifteen
republican candidates for seven offices and
those ignored would certainly put up a
fight. John L. Wrbater renewed the mo
tion to adjourn. Tha motion to adjourn
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PROSTRATED BY THE HEAT
Manager Lighten of the Anchor Fence
Company Overcom While
at Work.
L. H. Tighton. manager of the Western
Anchor Fence company, wa th first heat
victim of thV season. Mr. Lighten was
prostrated yesterday afternoon and I now
at hla home, S646 California street. In a pre
carlou condition. If is suffering also from
the ffects of a dislocation of his left shoul
der, th result of a fall when he becam
prostrated.
Mr. Lighton wa at hi place of business,
205 North Seventeenth street, when h wa
stricken. He suddenly became dlixy and
fell headlong to the floor unconscious. The
fall dislocated hla shoulder. Parties In the
stor called Dr. W. H. Hanchett and Dr.
Rudolph Rlx, who after restoring Mr.
Lighton to consciousness, had him taken to
his horn. For several hours Mr. Lighton
had been hard at work and Just before he
fell to th floor remarked to on of his em
ployes that th heat felt very oppressive.
A he finished speaking he fell to the floor.
OHIO COLLISION SLAYS ONE
Three are Fatally " Injured
Other Hart In Baltimore
Wreck,
and
WHEELING. W. Va., June 30 -One man
was killed nnd three fatally Injured In a
head-on freight collision at Maynard, O., on
tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad tonight.
The dead:
FIREMAN J. WILLIAMS.
The Injured:
Noah Burke, engineer; scalded and
crushed
Benjamin Duer. brakeman; crushed about
the head. . ,
Reed Rleker, flagman: crushed about the
lower portion of body.
A number of other members of the crews
were Injured, two of them, seriously.
OREGON TRANSFER DELAYED
Clark Falls to Get Harrlmaa Rood
on Date Stipulated
For.
SALT LAKE, June SO. The formal trans
fer of th southern branches of the Ore
gon Short Lin to th San Pedro, Los An
geles A Salt Lake, which waa scheduled
to take place at midnight, ha been In
definitely postponed.
Word to this effoct was received by th
Short Lin official today, who . were ad-vUod-i'J.ttaka
na-aeth.a watll further -Instructions.
Representatives of both roads
are In New York arranging tha details for
the transfer arid 1 not believed any spe
cial significance attaches to the delay.
JACKSON LIKESTHE MILITIA
Bnslneas Men of Both Fnctlons Crge
That Troops Be Re
tained. t
JACKSON, Ky., June SO. A telegram
signed by numerous business men and of
ficials was tonight sent to Governor Beck
ham requesting him to urge General Mur
ray to remain at Jackson for the present.
General Murray knows nothing of the re
quest and has made arrangements to leave
In . the morning. The name uttached to
the petition represent element that have
heretofore been at variance. It seems to
Indicate a union of factions for good or
der. LORENZ PAIRJS COMMITTED
Toledo Conrt Send Alleged Pistol
' Crook to Washington
for Trial.
TOLEDO, June SO. United 8tate Com
missioner B. F. Brough today committed
George E, Lorens and hla wife, Martha J.
Lorens, to the jurisdiction of the United
States supreme court of the District of
Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorens nure arrested last
week on indictments Issued by the federal
grand Jury ' at Washington in connection
with the postofflce scandal. Mr. Lorenx's
bond waa raised from $5,000 to $10,000 and
that of Mrs. Lorens wa fixed at $5,000.
HILLM0N CASE IS SETTLED
Litigation Extending Over Twenty
Year 1 Finally , Termi
nated. LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. June SO.-The
fa mous Hlllmon Insutance case was taken
from the docket of the United States circuit
court by order of Judge Hook this after
noon on a stipulation that each side should
take care of Its own cost in th litigation.
The case had been on the docket for more
than twenty-four years.
AGED FATHER KILLS HIS SON
Latter While la nn Intoxicated State
Make aa Assanlt oa th
Former,
RICHMOND. Ind.. Jun 80. Bernard
Qulnn, aged 74. killed his son James M.,
aged 35. last night.
The eon had been drinking and attacked
the father, who used a small pocketknlf
In defending himself,
i He ha not been arreated.
Movement of Or aa Veaaela Jim So.
At New York An d: Kron Prim Wll
helm, from rtremen: California, f"om Na
ples; GrosaeM from-Jlreinen;
Laurentlan, ViomP tR , Moville.
Sailed: Armjnitn, I -Jvervtol.
At Liverpool A rj f-'i tmington. from
Montreal: V '( '',. n turn Boston.
Hailed: Ivernii, f"iiU-n: LkB Michi
gan, for Mov :' nla, for New
fork. '
At Ixndon Bali ' (-,: urn. for Boatoni
Livonlan, for Mn. '
At Cherbourg A, .,,e.: Xnl?r Wllhelm
II, from New Tork.
At Antwerp Arrtv Flniur-d, from New
York.
Ai Christiana Sallel l!n5, fcr New
York. I
At Oena Sailed: LlgYh, f'r N, York.
At Naples Sailed: VaicoMvir, fur H.mton.
At Hhniburg Arrived j Aii;t.-ie V , i-.rta,
from New York, via Pte'iti"i a Cher
bourg. At Rottendam Arrives: Rotti iarn, from
New York. I
At Yokohama ArrlvAJ- Ci.-.re of
Japan, from Vancouver Yr -"' "-ung-
WY0MINGJ1IMS DIE
Two Hundred and Tfcirtj-Fonr Colliers
Overwhelmed in Explosion.
LAMP IGNITES CAGED GAS FUMES
Workman Enters Condemned Entrj, Thai
Leading to Disaster.
FRANTIC WIVES SEEK TO JOIN DEAD
Undly Hands Restrain Those Who Would
Leap Into Pit
ONLY FORTY-SIX STRAGGLERS ESCAPE
Air Shaft and Tnnnela Blocked by
Debris SaSoeat Thoae Kot Killed
at Flrat or Overcome by
Afterdamp.
HANNA. Wyo., June $0. Following Is a
partial lint ot th dead:
JIM M KKNNA.
UKOHUK M KKNNA,
1UM DAVIS.
al'KKKO,
JUh.N 1IUNNKY,
WILLIAM TONKKI,
JOHN W II, HE.
JAME9 KIKI.DS.
JOt UA1TLK.
JIM MAKHI.
JOHN HALK.
ffclKH HULLET,
JOE SHKKK1KLL), .
NICK TH1K8,
U. KEK8.
JIM S 11.118. JR.,
JOHN H. COX, JR.,
JOHN COX, BR.,
JOHN BATTLK,
JAMK8 WATSON,
MATT JACOtll.
OHCAR JACOUSON,
KICK M'FEEH.
ALKHKO lt.U'UOOD.
KICK iAM.
M1KK AHTtlt US,
MltiH DAVIS,
HAH k Y HA1,
OLE JACKHON,
JOHN SWAN,
ALKXANDKH MATRON,
JOHN MATHKN,
JOHN Cl.Al UB, '..
thhU Tll'HA.
CAHL KlKSKA.
HKNKY Til-l'A.
HKNKY OLAli,
HKNKY fALSii.
JOHN BWANsoK,
WILL CHAKKON.
8AM KKHK,
MATT NICHOLSON.
JOHN ULL'MMTHON,
.-HOEN1X M KKNNA.
HANNA, Wyo.. June S0.-(8peclal TeTe
gram.) Two hundred and thirty-four dead
and several others slightly Injured out ot
2S0 is the record of the most fearful disas
ter which ever struck the mining camps
around here.
Shortly after 10:30 this morning a miner
entered a closed shaft leading Into the No.
1 mine of the Union Pacific Coul company
with a naked light. Through your of Idle
ness gas had been allowed to escape and
accumulate till It needed but a spark to set
It alight and wreck the pit. This was sup
plied by the miner. Instantly there was a
roar as If of echoing thunder. Mine tim
bers, rock and Iron were torn down and
hurled athwart the entrances, completely
blocking the escape of almost S00 men em
ployed below ground. The sound of th
report echoed and re-echoed below and
r.bove the surface and brought men hurry
ing from every direction fearing they knew
not what, but knowing something untoward
had happened. Gradually survivors began
to appear, forty-six of them, ragged, dis
heveled men, with gaping wounds and
clothes torn by th explosion. From these
the first stories of the disaster and the
closed condition of the various underground
tunnels were learned. ' '
Reacoere Hnrry to Taak.,
Almost before they appeared, however,
i :cu4ia-Jvod - volunteered tor tha . task o
carrying succcr to their stricken comrade'
below ground, and headed by E. 8. Brook,
superintendent of the mine, a hundred
willing hands were speedily at work clear
ing away the debris and opening up an
avenue of escape for tha Imprisoned men
and a shaft whereby pur air might be
conveyed to them.
For a time It was feared th explosion
had bred a worse disaster and rumor ot
fire sweeping the working were bandied
about among the crowd of watchers and
workers which headed the pit mouth. For
tunately, however, these rumors proved of
false origin, and th entombed men, sur
rounded with sufficient horrors without,
were spared a holocaust.
All day long willing hands worked, whll
weeping wives and children crowded round
anxious for news of those who had gone
down In the morning full of hope and vigor
to wring a living from the black earth.
Hour after hour dragged on and apart from
a straggling survivor, each with a worse'
tale of death and disaster to tell than hie
forerunner, no news came. Gradually, too.
that Innate hope a miner' wlfa carries ever
In her heart, died out, making room for
dull, aching certainty that the man be
loved had gone to his last rest, nevermore
to return. '
Fight Hopelessly with Dead.
Still all day long the hopeless fight with
death wa kept up, the rescuers hoping
against hope that something might turn
up to assist them In their fight with death.
Every avenue of escape from the mine was,
however, so completely blocked with broken
timbers, twisted Iron, massed rock and
heaps of coal that it was a practical Im
possibility to even hop to reach tho
within before suffocation and starvation
had done their work.
Gradually this conviction waa bom In
upon the rescuers, and served to chill their
hopes while but spurring them to renewed
efforts. Meanwhile tha angutsh-strlokon
women had gathered In ever-Increasing
numbers, till hardly one remained at homo.
all being huddled ahudderlngly over th
yawning chasm which hid all they held
dear on earth.
At first they restrained themsolvc with
that stoicism born of long familiarity with
danger, but by degrees this gave way to
despair, and many would have leapt to
join their lost had not kindly hands re
strained and kindly voice counseled pa
tience. All day and far Into th night
the work of rescue went on, but when mid
night came but forty-eight bad been ac
counted for, of which two were repre
sented by dead bodies brought to the sur
face and laid tenderly by to await burial.
Within an hour of the explosion th
Union Pacific, which own th mine, ni
hurrying doctor and nurses, gangs of
workmen and supplies to aid the comfort
of th sufferers from every nearby point
on their road. Special train arrived on
after tha other from Laramie, Cheyenne
and other towns, while every servant of
tha company wa added to th miner'
rescue party and set to with a will, aiding
in the seemingly hopeless task of brluglng
some alive out of the yawning pit vf death.
The larL fore thus provided accomplished
Ihuch. and it Is expected that daylight will
see th superhuman labor of th day re
warded in part at leat by th discovery
of tha dead men and tht reacu of their
bodies. Thla 1 all that ii hoped for now,
aa It la not conceived poeatl that my
can have escaped th fore of th explo
sion, th deadly effect of th afterdamp
and tha lack of air engendered by ploaod
ventilating shafts and blocked tunnels.
Of the dead men two-third were mar
ried and leave large families. On hun
dred were Finn, fifty were colored men
and the others white American.
Union Paclflo official workad lat latt
night receiving new from th accident at
th Hanna mine. At t o'clock th latest
Information which they had rclyd waa
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