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ATI 5n t l IT. jttERE'S DEBS AGAIN. DOES NOT FAVOR COMPUL SORY ARBITRATION. le Says that It Weald Not Preye Satis f artery Tk. AericM Railway Union President ReaUd by the Arbitratloa Mtfttea Frwtdeat Gompers at the American Federation of tabor Gives the was his the Before the State Commission. CmicAeo, Aug. 2?.-4President Debs or the American Bailway Union was recalled to-day by tho strike commis sion. He stated that he did not faTor compulsory arbitration in settlement of labor troubles. He did not believe that such a method would prove uni versally satisfactory. Asked if he knew of any dissatisfaction among- the Rock Island employes previous to the strike, he said that there had been trouble among- the telegraphers of "the road and there was much dissatis faction. The statement that there were not more than 200 American Railway Union men on the Hock Is land was absurd. The fact that the road was completely tied up effectual ly disproves such a storv. Samuel Gompers, president of American Federation of Labor the next witness. He prefaced testimony by a brief outline of aims and principles of the federation and gave figures showing the mem bers of the organization. lie told of the calling of the conference of the heads of the labor organizations at the Briggs house here and said that after long deliberation the delegates decided to request President Cleve land to attempt to settle the strike. "We thought," he declared, "that if Mr. Gladstone could do so much good service in the Eng lish coal strikes such an attempt could not be beneath the dignity of the president of the United States. Accordingly a telegram was sent to Mr. Cleveland asking his aid. To that message he did not deign to reply. In fact, he took not the slightest notice of it. Mr. Debs was then called upon and gave a history of the boycott, the Pullman trouble and the railroad strike. We considered the Tnatter carefully, and finally decided that we could not order a general strike. That it would be a usurpation of power and would for many reasons be unwise. Tne delegates expressed their sympathy with the movement and soon afterwards we adjourned." Mr. Gompers explained that to ef fect a general strike all the unions participating must agree and said it would have been impossible for the Briggs house conference to have de clared a general sympathetic strike. Asked for his opinions as to methods for preventing strikes, he said: "I do not condemn strikes as heartily as do some men. I believe that so long as present conditions exist they are nec essary and I believe that all strikes do good in calling attention to the fact that laboring men will not be driven further down into poverty. I think the action of the strikers in par alyzing the railroads of the country was justifiable." Gompers was frankly uncompli mentary in his opinions regarding the strike commission. "I think this thing is rather late in the day," he said. "This examination by the com missioners is rather in the nature of anticipate great good f rom'th epfe s- Hil?TY-SEVEN KILLED. Cal An Awful Disaster la ,a Seattle Mine. Seattue, Wash., Aug. $7. A ter rible calamity occurred in breast No. 62 on the sixth level of the Franklin mine, near this city yesterday after noon. The cause was a fire in breast No. 62. Sixty-two miners were im prisoned and thirty-seven were killed. The fire was soon extinguished and the work of taking out the bodies began. All were recovered. About half of the miners were col ored men, having been brought from the East four years ago to repiace the strikers. The mine is owned by the Oregon Improvement company and produces the best coal in the state of Washington. Several men were badly bruised and one colored man was taken out with a broken neck, their wounds in dicating that they had thrown them selves against posts and timbers of the gangway in a desperate eudeavor to escape. But the majority of the bodies bear no marks at all, not even a scratch, and their features were in quiet repose, indicating that their death'had been a speedy and painless one. M. T. Story, one of the rescuers who Hvent inf rom the surface, upon reaching the sixth level north, ran along the gangway. At 1,000 feet in he found the first body, and then the rest of the miners were found scat tered along in a row. In one place eight men were lying together, and inanother one man was lying under a mule, five mules in all being dead. Story says that the men were all lying in the middle of the gangway with their faces in the mud as if they had "trieji to bury their heads com pletely and thus escape the deadly and obnoxious coal smoke. As the bodies began to arrive at the surface of the mine slope the excite nient of the wives and mothers, and, for thatfinatter, the whole populace, became uncontrollable. At 3 o'clock the last of the thirty-seven bodies was recovered and the people began to quiet down. THE TRADE SITUATION. Genera! Tread is Towaril an Improve ment in Moslntjs. New York, Aug. 27. Braustreefs cays: Serious industrial disturb ances in New England, drought in central and far western states, cur tailing nearly all staple crops, and a disposition in all lines to continue to bin' for nearby wants only, fail to "greatly influence general trade throafhoat the country, the trend of which is toward public im provement. Northwestern states east of the Missouri and the Atlantic and Galf coasts and Western states re spectively gain in volume of traffic sad tnrwad of that better feeling and cowfidemae in a larger volume of busi ness in tke fall, on which improve ment in feaainess depends. Prominent among evidences of ex pansion M reneral trade in this week's Wmk clearing's total. The $620,000, 000, a gain over last week of abuut 4 per cent, and over the like total a year ago, when clearings got down to abont low water mark, the increase is 9 per cent. But compared with tke total ia the like week two years ago th week's aggregate clearings how a decrease of 18 per cent. It is also worth noting as a sign of the VustaeaC aovement that every city's clearings total for the week is larger than a week ago. except one. CRIMINAL RECORD BROKEN. A New Xork Man Slakes a Becord WltU oat a Kaowa Parallel. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 27. Edward Folsora, aged 29, under arrest at Ham mondsport, is charged with having in the past two weeks planned three murders, tried to rob a bank three times, passed half a dozen forged notes, attempted to wreck a train, fired eleven buildings, eloped with the prettiest girl in the village and when arrested twice attempted sui cide. Folsom's companions obtained money for him on forged checks. When one was refused payment he plotted to kill the bank cashier. The scheme fell through, as the man engaged to assist lost his nerve. On Friday last he placed an iron rail on the Bath and Hammondsport track, but the obstruction was seen in time. Last Monday, five houses, four barns and a gristmill were destroyed by fire. When the officers appeared at Fol som's house the 3Toung man grabbed a butcher knife and tried to cut his own throat. He then dashed to the street and threw himself in a near-by pond. He was nearly drowned. Folsom's wife is the 17-year-old daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. The ceremony was per formed by a minister who had previ ously been adjudged insane. HAS A PULLMAN PASS. Labor Commissioner Wright Frankly Ad mits That Ho lias One. Chicago, Aug. 27. United States Labor Commissioner Carroll D.Wright, chairman of the special labor com mission appointed by President Cleve land to investigate the Pullman strike, was interviewed as to a report that he was in the habit of using a Pullman pass. lie scarcely gave the reporter time to finish his question. "Yes. I have an annual pass on all Pullman cars." said he with emphasis, "and I use it whenever t want to. The pass was given me by Mr. Pull man, who is a personal friend of mine, and I have had it for several years ever since the first Pullman investigation I made for I suppose that's what you are ariving at. I never knew Mr. Pullman until that time, and he has been a warm friend of mine ever since. He. gave me passes and invited me to ride on his cars whenever I wanted to just, as a man would invite another to take a ride in his carriage." Commissioner Wright's pass entitles him to ride free in any Pullman car at an3 time in any part of the United States. THE WHISKY- TRUST SAVED. Cash to Tar the Taxes on SC.000,000 tVorth of Liquor Provided. Chicago, Aug. 27. The Illinois trust and Savings bank of this city took possession to-day of 86,000,000 worth of the whisky of the Distillers and Cattle Feeding company, the cor porate name of the whisky trust, in store in Peoria and Pekin, by placing custodians in charge of all goods in store in the two cities. Nothing was done with the product of the trust in Chicago, as none of the whisky here will be taken out now. The trust will have until Monday afternoon to pa3r the tax, and arrangements were made for the "putting up" of the money this afternoon. THE IOLA MYSTERY". Xot the Slightest Cine to the Cnmmlnri Murder. "IOEA, anT, Ang. 27. W. A. Cum Bsings, he'leading real estate, insur-aace-jmd Joan agent of this city, who was found in his office yesterday morning with his head almost chopped to pieces with a hatchet, died last night without recovering more than partial consciousness, and the whole case is wrapped in mystery. So far there has not been found the slight est clue to the identity of the mur derer or the motive for the crime. Cuinmings recovered partial con sciousness yesterday afternoon, but when asked b3 his brother if he could tell anything about the attack on him, he merel3' said, "I don't know." Then he relapsed into a state of uncon sciousness and died at midnight. THE BLUEF1ELDS TBOUBLE. Elht American Are Put in Prison br the Xicariixuanj. Colon-, Aug 27. A schooner has ar rived here with seventj' refugees from Blucfields, Mosquito territory. The3' sa3' that the Nicaraguans have im prisoned eight American citizens and several British subjects, including the British vice consul. The country is described as being depopulated, and the business is said to have been stopped. The refugees also report that more Nicaraguan troops are arriving at Bliiefields, and that 2,000 men are due there. This displa3' of force is an nounced to be caused b3 the deter mination of the Nicaraguans to resist foreign interference in their affairs. POPULISTS OF NEBRASKA. In Convention ut Grand Inland They .Nominate a StHtc Ticket. Gkaxd Isi.axu, Xeb., Aug. 27. The Populist srate convention in session here nominated the following ticket: Governor, Silas A. Holcomb; lieuten ant governor, James R. CafRn; secre tary of state, II. W. McFadden: audi tor. John W. Wilson; treasurer, John I'. Powers; attorne3' general, D. B. Car3"; commissioner of public lands and buildings, W. J. Kent. SHOT IN HIS POOR YARD. A Choctaw Indian Called Out and Mur dered at Hi Home. Paris. Texas, Aug. 27. The situa tion in the ChTJctaw nation is grow ing more serious every hour. Last night a large bocK' of Indians en tered the house of Albert Jackson, in Cedar county, and dragged him from a sick bed and shot him to pieces. They then went avaj In the morning the3' surrounded two other Indians whose names have not been learned and deliberately killed them. Both parties are searching for each other and there is no quarter shown or aked. TAYLOR MUST GO. Civil Service Comm ssloners Recorauiend IIU 1'rompt lieutoraL Washington, Aujt. 27. The investi gation of C. H. J. Taylor, colored, re corder of deeds for the District of Columbia, was closed 3'esterday. The report of the civil service commission, prepared by Proctor, of Kentucky, urges the president to prompt' re move Taylor. Kawllas Strike Sympathizers Held. Cheyenn-e. Wyo., Aug. 27. City Marshal Haley, Editor J. F. Egan, and Clerke of District Court Burke, citi zens of Rawlins, charged with con tempt of court in interfering with United States deputy marshals during the recent strike, were held to-day by Judge Einer in S500 bonds each to await the action of the United otates grand jury. A1TGELD ON CO0LEY. THE GOVERNOR HOTLY' CRITI CISES THE JURIST. He Ie-lKres Ha to la Hta Detaff Thirty Years Ago He Wrote a Book aa Coastl tattoaal Law Which Dees Set See am to CelacUe With the Views Expressed la Kls Aaaericaa Bar Asseclatlea Address. A Criticises Ceeley. Springfield, III., Aug. 25. Gov. Altgeld said yesterday regarding Judge Cooley's address before the American Bar association, criticising his protest to President Cleveland against sending federal troops to Chi cago during the late strike: "Judge Cooley's reputation is likely to have an injustice done it unless the people will discriminate between the real Cooley and the later Cooley. In ad dressing the bar association he was in the position of a fashionable preacher who, if he wished to be popular with his audience, had to cater to its taste. The American Bar associa tion is a small body of men, most of whom have corporations for clients. They are shrewd and able men who know where fat fees come from. A law3rer whose clients are poor could not, afford to go to Saratoga and have a good time and attend a bar meeting. Judge Cooley's utterance there must be taken with some others recently made and the question is how much importance attaches to them simply because the3T came from Judge Cooley. Nearly thirt3r years ago when Judge Cooley was in his prime, when he was a teacher in the Ann Arbor law school, he wrote a book on con stitutional law, which was an able work and gave him a reputation. In this work he pointed out the limita tions upon the federal government and called attention to the constant danger that free institutions were in from the encroachments of a central power through the agency of a stand ing army. Among other things he said: " 'A standing army is peculiarly ob noxious to any free government and is more dreaded by the people as an instrument of oppression than a tyr annical monarch of an3 foreign power. The alternative of a standing army is a well regulwted militia.' But, after writing this book and while a member of the supreme court of the state he established a reputation of being a corporation judge and made himself so obnoxious to the people of Michigan that they arose and. put an end to his career in that state. For some years past he was out of a job. Then congress created the in terstate commerce board and Cleve land during his first term as president appointed the judge on this board on a sala of 7,000 a year and expenses, which was princeiy compared with what he had been receiving. He held on to this place until a couple of years ago, when he retired on account of his old age, feeling, as he should, very grateful to Mr. Cleveland. Recently after the president had sent troops to Chicago the judge's gratitude impelled him to rush into print in a letter greatly commending the president on his acts. Among other things in that letter he uses the following lan guage: 'I am especially gratified that a great and valuable lesson in constitutional construction has been settled for all time to come with re markably litlle bloodshed,' thus ad mitting that the constitution did not clearly give the president the power to do what he .had done and that it had been necessary for the president to give a lesson in construction in or der to do it, and the judge was grati fied that the lesson in constitutional construction had been given with so little bloodshed. Had the constitu tion clearly given the power neither a bloodshed construction, nor any other construction, would have been necessary. The world has heard of constitutional construction by means of the military before. It has happened before. The operations were sometimes brilliant, but were always fatal to the patient. When Judge Cooley was in the vigor of man hood, he expounded the constitution like a free man addressing a free peo ple. There was nothing- subservient in his utterances, and the bright repu tation he then made must not be clouded b3' utterances that are born of a grateful dotaee." GOVERNOR ROBINSON'S WILL. Kansas University the Ultimate Bene fl clary of All But a Few Thousand. Lawrence, Kan., Aug. 23. The will of the late ex-Governor Charles Robinson was filed in the probate court to-day as follows: "I give and bequeath to my wife, Sara T. D. Robinson, the use of all my real and personal estate during her natural life, after which it is to be disposed of as follows: To each of my nieces, Emilie H. Mason and May L. Robinson, 5,000; to my niece, Belle R. Fellows, the use of 85,000 during her natural life; to my niece. Phoebe A. Beeman, Sl,000;tothe children of my late niece, Nettie R. HilL 81.000; to Frank R. Lawrence of Boston, $5,000; also to the same the use of $5,000 additional during his natural life; and the re mainder of my estate, both real and personal, including that the use of which is given to Bella R. Fellows and F. B. Lawrence during their lives, is hereby given and bequeathed to the Kansas state universitj." The will was signed April 12, 1893. W. H. Sears, Charles Chadwick and Mrs. Robinson are named as ex ecutors. The estate is estimated to be worth 200,000. UNION PACIFIC EMPLOYES. General Manager Dickinson Flooded With Petitions for their Kelnstatement. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 25. General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pa cific is daily receiving hundreds of petitions for the reinstatement of old employes who went out on strike. These letters do not come from the men themselves, but from merchants, bankers, real estate agents, board of trade associations and others. The3' are all of the same tenor, asking that work be resumed in the shops, and that old employes be given prefer ence over imported help. So urgent are some of the 'demands that Mr. IMckinson ha decided to go west and personally interview the business men of the communities clamoring for re lief and asking lor the, reinstatement of the men. The petitions declare that many of 'the mtn's families are in absolute want A, f. A. ana tne Jiuitia. Kansas Crrr,, Mo., Aug. 25. Steps have been taken within the past two weeks by members of the A. P. A and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, a kindred organization, to form a company of militia and ask admission to the Third regiment. A similar movement has recently been started by certain members of Catho lic organizations. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Mr. McMUlla Sets Forth la the "Record" the IjcUltIoa AecoaspUshed. Washington', Aug4 25. Representa tive McMillin, Democrat of Tennes see has incorporated in the Congress ional Record a speech intended as a summary of what this congress has accomplished. His associates, have de ferred to him in preparlnftr this state ment and it is a semi-official showing;. from a political standpoint, of what the majority has done. After review- lilt-' ttz- :. li.MtnfnH lllg WXiaif vlikwa Ik uma ubiw.wi IramaVf tip Rivs r- I come to a few things it bas"dorie durincr this administration. It has re pealed all force laws and left elections free. It has repealed the law authorizing the president to levy and remit taxes. I cannot conceive of a surrender of a greater prerogative, more dangerous and unpardonable than this, we de nounced it at the time in this haU. We went forth to the people and de nounced it. W e pledged them in our platform that if intrusted with power we would take this ancient right from the president and give it back to the people's representatives. We have now kept the promise. This consrress has also authorized the states to tax greenbacks and other United States currenc3. For years the exemption of these has been a crying ill. The law authorizing the issue of greenbacks and the treasury warrants under the Sherman act ex empted from the state, county and municipal taxation. Hundreds of millions thereby escaped all taxation Individuals escaped it b3' having their funds in bank nominall3r invested in greenbacks or treasur3' warrants on the day for assessment, iianks ac complished the same object in the same way. No doubt can exist that in some banks the United' States war rants ivere placed to the credit of more individuals on the day for assessment to escape municipal and state taxes. It is also charged that certain banks would aid each other in different states b3' changing their treasury warrant deposits from one to the other to suit the different da3s for assessment existing in differ ent states. All this is stopped now. Under the bill introduced and passed by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Cooper) all United States currencj" heretofore escaping, taxation will be reached by the tax gatherer. United States treasury warrants known as Greenbacks and the bills issued under the Sherman bill amount to about 500,000,000 and the country owes a debt of gratitude for his patriotic ex ertion. Mr. McMillin reviews the reductions of appropriations heretofore set forth by Representative Sa3ers of the appro priations committee and continues: It has passed the most stringent laws against trusts ever enacted in this country. At the same time the attorney general has instituted pro ceedings in the courts to try to dis solve illegal trusts. The amendment offered by the senator from Alabama, Mr. Morgan, carries into law the most effective means ever yet devised for controlling and curbing the power of trusts. A law against them was passed last congress, but it dealt-with the question in a way so mild and gingerly that the Democratic party finds that it has not been sufficient to crush the combinations that have been fostered under protection. The Democratic pait3' was pledged to more stringent legislation against trusts. It has kept this pledge. It has inaugurated an income tax. thereby takisg taxes oM of want and putting then on wealth; it is true that the senate asseaaicnts have bill and have relMsed soase that ought to be taxed; stilJfit reinaiss) a-great i r a l a a : LI oenent to iiib American peujjie. It found the treasur3 bankrupt and by the tariff bill is not onH' replenish ing it but at the same time producing taxes. Mr. McMillin then reviews the re peal of the Sherman silver law and closes with an elaborate summary of the tariff lejrislation. WOOL IN BON U. Secretary Carlisle-Explains the Tariff Bill to a 1 hlladelphlan. Washington, Aug, 25. James W. Tattersfield of Miller & Tattersfield, importers and dealers in wool in Phil adelphia, had an interview with Sec retary Carlisle regaraing the con struction to be placed on the new tar iff bill as to goods in bond. The par ticular question which Mr. Tattey- field desired to have settled was whether wool now in bond could be withdrawn without payment of duty when the tariff act placing it on the free list became a law. Mr. Carlisle explained the wording of the enacting clause of the new tariff bill was such that there could be but one construc tion placed upon it, and that was that, all wool while in bond to avoid the pa3-ment of duty, would have to' be exported and again imported. A statement prepared at the bureau of statistics shows that on July 1, 1894, there were approximately 63,799,321 pounds of wool in bond, valued at S7. 519.022. a aiotner sens at cnud. Wabash, Ind., Aug. 25. Mrs. Wil liam Carver, whose relatives live in the southern part of this county, and her husband quarreled and separated a month ago and since then a contro versy for the possession of their sec ond child had progressed. Yester-1 day the woman consented to sur render all claims for SG, which was paid and the child was turned over to the husband. A Prominent Kauisu Dean. Emporia, Kan., Aug. 23. J. K. Fin iey, capitalist and one of the most prominent men of this city, died early this morning of Bright's disease. He was chief promoter of and an exten sive stockholder in the enterprise, cf building the Howard branch of the Santa Fe from here to Moline. Buck" Kllsore to Be Kettred. Daixas, Texas, Aug. 25. Judge C H. Yoakum was nominated for con gress by the Democrats of the Third district at Mineola to succeed "Buck" Kilgore. Harvest Excursions. St Paul, Minn.. Ang. 27th. Harvest Excursions at largely reduced rates for the round trip to Minnesota, Dakota and Montana points are announced by the Great Northern Railway, for Sept 11th, and 25th, and Oct 9th. Indian Territory Waaia the .Fight. Pabsons, Kan., Aug. 25. A purse of $25,000 was offered by Kansas, Indian territory and Texas citizens for the Jackson-Corbett fight to take place at Wagoner, L T., where there are no laWs to prevent such a contest. Rich ard K. Fox telegraphed Jackson's and Corbet t's acceptance of the offer, providing the money was deposited in New York. The money was guar anteed and will be "forwarded Monday. i - A TICKET IS NAMED. STATE CONVENTION OF NE BRASKA REPUBLICANS. Itoat. Gov. Majors, of Ken aha Coast?. Nominated for Gereraer ea the First Ballet R. K. Meere Will Make the Kae far Ideateaaat. Governor The Flatfersa Upon Which BepahHeaas at Nehraska Will Go Before the People te . fttaad er Fall as the Vetera May Elect. Nebraska State Repablicaa Ceaveatloa. GOVERNOR THOMAS J. MAJORS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OT, R. E. MOORE SECRETARY OF STATE J. J. PIPER AUDITOR OF STATE. ...EUGENE MOORE TREASURER J. S. HARTLEY ATTORNEY GE.NEKAL A. S. CHURCHILL SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN STRUCTION H. R. CORBETT COMMISSIONER PUBLIC LANDS AND UU1LDINGS II. C RUSSELL Omaha, August 24. The republican state convention in session in this city yesterday, placed .in nomination the ticket above given. Thomas J. Majors, for governor, was nominated on the first ballot, the result standing Majors 552, McColl 401, Crounse 0, Cady 1. THK PLATFORM. The republicans of Nebraska in con vention assembled deplore the disas trous result of the "change" in the pol icies of the national government, de creed by the people at a time when the mental balance of the country was temporarily disturbed by the exhilara tion of a long course of peace, progress and material prosperity, and the clam or of demagogues and political quacks, and confidently appeal to the people of the state for a return to the conditions that existed prior to the elections of 1892. Dismayed by the financial revulsions that paralyzed the business centres of the country, when the results of the national and state elections made it certain that the policy of protection of home industries and the guarantee of public credit and a sound currency were about to be overthrown by a dem ocratic president and a congress demo cratic iu both branches, the leaders of the party, wholly in power for the first time-in thirty years, have had neither the courage to embody the principles set forth in theirnational convention at Chicago in legislation, or the wisdom to abandon their threatened raid on the industries of the country. But they have kept the business interests of the people in suspense and uncertainty du ring twelve months of unprofitable de bate over, the work of framing a reve nue bill founded on no definite or rec ognizable commercial system, .corrupt on its face, discriminating against northern industries for the benefit of the south, openly denounced by a ma jority of those whose votes carried it to its passage, and not only fraught with disaster to the people, but confes sedly stamped with "party perfidy and party dishonor, "as an abandonment of the cause of a "tariff for revenue only," and(tbJe prifcciple&and pledges upon which they were placed in power. "How can they face the people after indulging in such outrageous discrim ination and violation of principles" as are found in almost every paragraph of the sugar trust tariff bill? In view of the practical results of a year and a half of democratic rule, we reaffirm with renewed faith and fervor the platform of the national republican convention at Minneapolis. We de mand the restoration of the American policy of protection and commercial re ciprocity with our sister republics of Mexico, Central and South America and the governments of the West India Islands. The republican party of Nebraska has always been the consistent friend and aggressive champion of honest money and it now takes no step back ward. While we favor bimetallism and demand the use of both gold and silver standard money, we insist that the par ity of the value of the two metals be maintained, so that ever3' dollar, paper or coin, issued by the government, shall be as good as any other. We adhere to the doctrine that all railway lines are subject to regulation and control by the state, and we de mand the regulation of railway and transportation lines to such extent and in such manner as will insure fair and reasonable rates to the producers and consumers of the country. To that end we .insist that laws shall be enforced forbidding the fictitious capitalization of such corporations and that the con stitution of the state shall be rigidly enforced wherein it is provided: "No railroad corporation shall issue any stock or bonds except for money, labor or property actual' received and ap plied to the purpose for which such cor poration was created, and all stock dividends and other fictitious increase pof the capital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation shall be void." Ve,are in favor of the enforcement of all laws, whether they affect the in dividual or the corporation, und we therefore demand the enforcement of the maximum rate bill passed by the last legislature until the same is de clared void by the courts or is repealed. We are in favor of the enactment of laws by congress that will provide for the supervision, regulation and control of corporations engaged in interstate commerce, with a view to preventing the fictitious capitalization and exces sive bonding of such-corporations. We denounce all combinations of cap ital organized in trusts, or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the conditions of trade, and arraign as criminal legisla tion the manifest concessions of-? the tariff bill now in the hands of the pres ident ip the sugar and whisky trusts. We recognize the rights of laborers to organize, using all honorable meas ures tor. the purpose of dignifying their condition and placing them on an equal looung wun capital, to the end that they may both fully understand that they are necessarv to the nrosneritv of the country. Arbitration should take the place of strikes and lockouts for settling labor disputes. lne extirpation of anarch v is essen tial to the self-preservation of the na tion, and we therefore favor the pend ing bill in congress for the exclusion of anarchists. We recommend that the ensuing leg islature submit an amendment to the constitution, to be voted on by the peo ple at the next general election, pro- viaing lor tne investment ot tne per manent school fund in state, county and school district bonds. We believe that the industries of our state should be diversified, to relieve the masses of the people from depend ence upon one class of agricultural pro ducts subject to crop failures, and it being demonstrated that the soil of this state is adapted to the production of sugar beets, even in dry seasons, a source of incalculable wealth, we favor legislation that shall bring to our peo ple its full realization. Jiiver mindful of the services and sac rifices of the men who saved the life of the nation, we protest against the illib eral and unjust policy of the pension department under the present adminis tration, and pledge anew to the veteran soldiers of the republic a recognition of their just claims-uM a 'gratefal 'ao- '1 committee Bsen is as pie. SEW STATE The list of state follows, by districts: First A. R. Keim, Falls City. Second M. II. Christy, Sterling. Third J.'R. McKee Palmyra. Fourth George Sheldon, Nehawka. Fifth H. M. Clark, Ithica. ' Sixth H. H. Boyles, Frank Suratan, Peter Schwenck. Seventh J. R. Sutherland, Teka mah. Eighth John D. (Haskel, Wakefield. Ninth J. F. Boyd. Oakdale. Tenth R. B. Snyakr, Fremont Eleventh J. M. Aldsa, Pierce Twelfth EL T. Hodsdon, Schuyler. Thirteenth Sanford Parker, Butler. Fourteenth George A. Eckles, Chad ron. Fifteenth M. E. Getter, Ord. Sixteenth Aaron Wall, Loup City. Seventeenth F. W. Crew, St Paul Eighteenth J. H. Mickey, Osceola. Nineteenth W. 1L Husematter, Lin wood. Twentieth J. H. Clay, Lincoln, and J. J. Trompen, Hickman. Twenty-first-J. E. Hays, Beatrice. Twenty-second J. N. Van Duyn, Wilber. Twenty-third John Ilessty, Fair bury. Twenty-fourth C A. McCloud.York. Twenty-fifth Twenty, sixth n. Galusha, Red Cloud. Twenty-seventh C. F. McGrew, Has tings. Twenty-eighth S. C. Stuart, AxteL Twenty-ninth C D. Fuller, Impe rial. Thirtieth A. E. Allyn, Cozad. The following are ex-officio members of the committee, the first six being the chairmen of the republican con gressional committees and the last two the president and secretary of the Re publican State league. H. M. Bushnel, Lincoln, First dis trict; B. H. Robinson, Omaha, Second district; G C. McNish, Wisner Third district; S. H. Steele, David City, Fourth district; R. Q. Stewart, Camp bell, Fifth district; Henry Cutting, Kearney, Sixth district; Frank Collins, Lincoln; H. M. Warring, Omaha. KIND WORDS FOR RULLMAN. Witnesses Who Think the Palace Car Magnate Is All Right. Chicago, Aug. 23. Several of the witnesses examined by the strike com mission to-day gave testimony more favorable to the Pullman company than that which had previously been heard. Frank W. Glover, a real estate agent, said he considered the Pullman houses at $18 and S20 a month really cheaper than $12 a month houses in surrounding towns. The Pullman houses were well equipped and beau tifully located, he said, and rents were not, in his opinion, too high. In reply to a query of Commissioner Wright,he denied that he was in any way con nected with the Pullman company. Paul E. Hermes, a news dealer, who formerly worked in the Pullman shops, said he did not place much faith in the complaints of the men. Their trouble, he thought, was largely due to their fondness for beer. All the saloon keepers in the surrounding towns had grown rich, and a large number of Kensington beer wagons were well supported by Pullman em ployes. Of real estate values he knew little, but did not believe that Pullman rents were unusually high. L. H Johnson, a Pullman furniture dealer, testified that store room rents in the town had been cut, though no reduction had been made in the resi dence rentals. Chairman Wright announced that the commission had concluded its in quiry into the strike from the side of the employes and would now hear the statements of public officials and those of the employers who wished to testify. Mayor Hopkins, Chief of Police Brennan, Fire Chief Sweenie and other city officials have been summoned and Governor Altgeld will probably be called upon. The com missioners refuse to say whether or not Mr. Pullman will testify. A NEW RIVAL FOR AMERICA. Siberian Wheat Will Knter the World's Market With the New Road. Washington, Aug. 23. United States Consul General Jonas at St Petersburg, in a report to the de partment of state, points to the fact that the early completion of the Si berian railroad is likely to have a depressing effect upon the prices of gram throughout, the world. No re liable estimate can be formed of the probable export of Siberian grain to riiirope by this road, and one rough estimate placing it at 6,000,000 bushels for the West Siberian side is regarded as uecideuly too low. Moreover, the completion of the road is expycted to greatly stimulate the planting of grain m the blade sou belt.ianious for its ieruiity. in xoav aioeria proaucea a surplus of 30,000,000 bushels ot grain. To lessen the depressing effect upon the local-St. Petersburg market of the expected ln-rush of Siberian wheat, a new outlet is provided by a line of railroad from Verm, already con nected with Western Siberia to Kot las, on the Dvina river, offering an easy way to Archangel on the White sea. whence the wheat can be ex ported to other European countries. TESTING A SNAKE THEORY. Prof. Byer of Xew Orleans Allows a Rattlesnake to Bite Him. New Orleans, La., Aug. 23. Prof. George Byer, curator of the Tuiane university museum in this city, in or der to determine if a person could be inoculated with the venom of serpents .last week selected a young rattler that had been caught a few days ago. By teasing the snake he maddened it, and in a few minutes it drove its fangs into his little finger. He did not use any antidote and awaited develop ments. In the course of , few hours the finger became swollen to twice its normal size. The professor said that during the week he would allow himself to be bitten again. He does not think the bite will prove fatal, because a young snake cannot emit as much poison as an old one. The sensation was much like the sting of a bee; the pain be came intense and the finger became swollen. Prof. Byer's object in ex perimenting is to try and establish that by the gradual absorption of a snake venom tho system will become innoculated, and a person in that con dition can be bitten without danger. BLUE FOR BRECKINRIDGE. HOICOMB IS LEADER. NOMINATED FOR GOVERVOR ON THE FIRST BALLOT. fea Thoasand Enthaslastle Owens Mea at the Ceagreseraaa's Home. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 23. A crowd of perhaps 10,003 people gathered here to-day to attend the Owens bar becue and hear speaking at Wood land, a suburban park. The good women of the district managed things. W. C. Owens, Judge G. B. Kinkead, Jere Morton, J. C. Lockart and other leading men of the district mado speeches. No such enth'usiasm has been seen here in years. Freeeea'iBga et the Nebraska. FeaallM Stat Caaveatlea at Grand Islaad GaSte Xeaslaate by Acclamation far IJeateaaat Goveraei The Ticket Nom inate Regarded by Its Friend a Strong. One The Platform. Upon Which the.. Party Gees Before the People for Ka dorse meat. Nebraska Pepallst State Convention. Governor SILAS A. HOLCOMB Lieutenant Governor... J AMES N. GArFIN Secretary of State II. W. M'FADDEN Auditor JOHN K. WILSON Treasurer JOHN H. POWERS Attorney General D. B.; CARi. Commissioner ot Public Lands and Buildings SIDNEY J. KENT Superintendent of Public Instruction W. A. JONES Grand Island, Aug. 24. The popu list state convention, held in this city today, made nominations as above given. Wr. L. Greene of Kearney was tem porary chairman, which was afterward made permanent. Holcomb was nominated for governor on the first formal ballot. THE PLATFORM. The following platform was adoptedi We, the people's independent party of the state of Nebraska, reaffirm the principles laid down in the national platform adopted at Omaha July 4, 1892. We emphasize the demand for free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present ratio of 16 to 1. Wre brand as treason to labor in every field, and to the best interests of the whole country, the unconditional re peal by congress of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. We demand both state and national laws for the encouragement and promotion of the irrigation of our arid and semi-arid lands. We demand that congress shall speed ily pass a law by which the federal courts will be prevented from suspend ing the operation of the state law at the dictation of corporations. We demand a liberal service pension to all honorably discharged union sol diers and sailors of the late war. We declare for municipal ownership of street cars, gas and electric light plants and waterworks. We demand compulsory arbitration of all controversies between employers and employes. We heartily approve the course of Senator William V. Allen and Congress men W. A. McKeighan and O. M. Kem for their fidelity and loyalty to our en tire interests, and we compliment Con gressman W. J. Bryan, who, though elected as a democrat, has given strong support to many of our reform meas ures. We demand a more economical ad ministration of our state government, and a more strict accountability of moneys appropriated and expended. We reiterate our demand for a max imum freight rate law or the enforce ment of the one now on our statute books. We demand the amendment of our state constitution by the adoption of what are popularly known as the initi ative and referendum. We demand the enforcement of the present law for the investment of- our permanent school fund as directed, and not through bond investment compa nies, at a loss to said fund or profit to speculators and money sharks. We demand that all officers, both state and county, be paid a reasonable salary, in accordance to the labor to be performed and the amount of skill re quired, and that all fees be turned into the general fund for state and county purposes. We commend to the favorable consid eration of the state the building of what is known as the Gulf & Interstate railroad, now under process of con struction. We demand that immpi1in.tA stone Via taken for the relief of the drouth suf ferers of our state, and that some means be devised to give them employ ment and wages. Having stated our demands we cor dially invite all persons who are in sympathy with them to co-operate with us, regardless of former party af filiations. State Central Committee. The following state central commit tee was selected: W. II. Waldron, Hastings; J. D. Hatzfield, Neligh; M. E. Shafts, Ash ton; Ezra Holloteter, Brewster; Mart Clark Olds, Hemingford; Ed L. Whit ing, Spencer; Kobert Wilber t, Chadron; IL H. Seeley, Kearney; W. A. Poynter, Albion; Frank Roth, Tekamah; Thos. K. Welsh, David City; Dr. IL C. Mad ding, Murdock; John II. Felver, Har tingion; A. M. Bickell, Imperial; G. P. Craft, Valentine; C. J. Osborne, Sidney; H. B. Funk, Clay Center; O. Nelson, Richland; Louis Dewald, Wisner; James Stockham, Broken Bow; R. A. Camp bell, Emerson; A. M. Morrissey, Chad ron; T. W. Hanna, Lexington; Jonas Coffman, Oshkosh; Warner Starr, Allen; G. G. Martin, Fremont; George W. Raworth, South Omaha; Samuel Ewing, Ives, William Waite, Geneva; J. M. Dimmick, Macon; D. L. McBride, Quick; James Cameron, Beaver City; C. E. Bush, Beatrice; Guy Lavertv, Burwell; I. B..Aeoman, Elwood; E. A. Hadley. Scotia; P. W. Francis, Wood River; F. M. Howard, Aurora; Theo dore Mahn, Alma; J. EL Hammone, Hayes Center; George W. Carter, Dyke; Ham Kautzman, O'Neill: Pete Ebison, St. Paul; A. J. Hill, Steele City; J. E. Lamaster, Tecumseh; T. G. Weaver. Minden; J.W. Sheridan, Ogalalla; John F. Carr, Springfield; A. H. Amos. Kim ball; J. G. Cruse, Quick; a W. Hoxev, Lincoln; J. K. Stockton, Brady Island; J. F. Anderson, Taylor; J. B. Donovan, Madison; Ben Wilson, Tryon; Dan Mc Clure, Archer; W. H. Barber, Fullerton; J. H. Dundas, Auburn; J. M. Bird. Nelson; W. F. Moran, Nebraska City; G. J. Plummer, Pawnee City: A. P. Wilcox, Grant; L. C. Huck, Hol drege; M. A. Bruce, Foster; John a Freeman. Columbn? .T. w rviam.,n J - - WAlXAAttU. Stromsburg; Seth J. Parsons, Bartley; Jules Shoenheit, Falls City; Wr. P. Phil lips, uasseu; i'. A. Sawyer, Western; George Becker, Bellevne; Dr. F. E. Way, Wahoo; F. M. Sand, Gering; J. Welty, Gresham; Henry Murphy.Rush ville; J. W. Heapy, Litchfield; A. P. Hublow. Crawford: .Tamos "RVsvni... Stanton; F. S. Mickey, Hebron; J. L. Claflin, Ord; C. A. Whitford, Arlington H. B. Miller. Winsido? II r. Cowles; Peter Dolstein, Ericson; D. P Smalls, York; C. D. Scliroeder, Logan; John Blanchard, Pender. The New Rifle Well Liked. Milwaukee, "Vyis., Aug. 23 During the target shooting at Camp Douglaat which ended last evening, the Krag Jorgenson rifle was given a good test at 200 yards. The sights are defective as yet, but the officers who shot with it pronounce it the coming rifle. The scores at 200 yards were: Major Har ris. 40; Captain Berkhauser, 40; Maior Edwards, 3G; General L. Auer. 3L