OPENS THE CAMPAIGN. --T PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE VATSON SPEAKS. Declares that the Populists are Going to Vote for Bryan Whether 8ewell Is Withdrawn or Not—He’s Going to Manage His Own Campaign In a Way that Is Going to Insure the Populist Tote for Mr. Bryan. -i. i Ton Watson Speak*. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8.—Thomas E Watson opened his vice presidential campaign last night with an address two hours in length, delivered before ®n audience of 3,000 people in the Trough shed used for the Moody re vival meetings several months ago. Mr. Watson appealed at the outset for a nou-partisan hearing, declaring that he spoke with bitterness to none -and in behalf of the men who held the plow, who used the hoe, who ■wielded the hammer. If God gave liim strength, he declared, he would plead the cause of these people through pens of reporters present be fore 65,000,0<’0 people in the morning. He entered into an enumeration of ■the reform demands of the Populists, indicting the government for high -crimes and misdemeanors in the grant ing of thb governmental power of making money to a special class; In “the unfair levying of taxes which laid the heavy hand of tribute upon those least able to sustain it; in closing the m?nts to the free and unlimited coin age of silver; in leaving the great public Highways of the country in "the control of grasping corporations, who levied tribute upon the people who were compelled to use them, and in the corruption of the ballot. Mr. Watson explained at length his course in leaviug the Democratic party after having been elected to Congress as a Democrat and by the machinery of the Democratic party. He said that his opponent had run as .a straight platform Democrat, while iie had made his rsee on the Alliance platform and was pledged to stand by that platform though the heavens fall. Furthermore, the national Alli ance convention had instructed those Congressmen elected on the Alliance ■platform not to go into the caucuses of cither of the two great parties Not •only had he felt bound to stand by principles rather than party, but he hadt seen then as he saw now ■that the only chance for Jeffersonian Democracy was to unite the farmers •of the South with the farmers of the West. To do that required a new party. The Southern Democrat .could mot be induced to go into the Repub lican party, nor could the Western .Republican be induced to enter the Democratic party. A common rally ing point was absolutely necessary. When Congress met in 1892 eleven Western Congressmen stepped out of "the Republican party. “Of the thirty Southern Congress men elected on the Alliance platform, Row many stepped out of the Demo cratic party?’’ exclaimed Mr. Watson. “Only one, and thank God I can say It, I was that one. He explained further that he had tallowed himself to be run for speaker simply to emphasize the South's desire to meet the West half way in the com mon batlle against the Fast. In conclusion Mr. Watson made this significant statement: “We are not .going to put up any candidate against Bryan. We are going to vote for Bryan, whether Sewall is withdrawn •or not. I’m going to manage this campaign so that W. J. Bryan gets every vote we’ve got. I see the dread evils of McKinley ism threatening us and I fear that if we are defeated in this fight McICinleyism will be en throned forever and the battle for ■freedom had just as well be given up. 1 shall tell my people to stand by ■the contract made at St. Louis. Let Bryan have every vote you can muster. Let Jones say what he likes. Let him insult you if he will. Make no answer. Pray, for your country. Work for her interests. Do your duty. Here’s what we’re go ing to do in our state convention: "We’re going to put out a fnll electoral "ticket for Bryan and Watson. We ■can’t vote for Sewall. Then we’ll empower our committee to take off a part of our electors and put ou a part ■of yours whenever the Democratic committee retires Mr. Sewall. The Democratic managers may have made -up their minds to put torn Watson •down and keep him down, but 1 thank •God the people of the South have en tered him into no such contract. Let it be known, henceforth that the -South and West will never again sit at the footstool of the North.’’ FUSION , DEnL CLOSED. Demnrr.il« fmlor*e the Pnpiiltat Nomin ations as Past as Made. Hutchinson, Kan.. Aug 7.—The Democrats of Kansas, in State con tention here, adopted the report of the conference committee which was tent, to abilcne to meet with the I’opu 'ists, and every 1‘opulist' nomination «as indorsed as fast as made. ” Kassel) Sun. an Octogenarian. New,, York, Aug. 8.—Wednesday •was Russell Sage’s 80th birthday an niversary. lie was besieged by con gratulatory friends an hour before the stock market opened. lie has thrown away his glasses, bears him. self erectly and looks as vigorous as most men at 5o. He attributes his health to methodical habits and early xisir^-. He has not had a vacation the mst decade because, so he says, he has been too busy_ ISro at Swift’. Kama. City Packing Booi.-Lon •30,000. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 6.—A fire at the Swift packing plaut in Armour •dale last night burned out one of the amoke houses. The total loss was about $'10,000, fully covered bv insur ance. Joseph Hoblawetz, the night ^ watchman at the smoke house, was - • burned to death and burled in the ruins, and eight other men were • aeriously injured. The eight men had narrow escapes from death and it was only because there was scarcely a breath of wind blowing that the fire did not spread to other buildings of the plant GOLD DEMOCRATS MEET. A Rational Convention Sure and a Third j Ticket Likely. j Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 8.—The ! provisional national committee of the ! (fold standard Demoqyats who posi- I tively refuse to accept tho Chicago I platform and ticket, began Us initial meeting here this afternoon, first con- j sidering the question of calling an other national Democratic conven tion. That a convention will be called there is almost no reason to doubt, tut whether another ticket will be called for is still an open question, for several of those present are strongly in favor of ex-Congressman Bourke Lockran’s plan of adopting an old line Democratic platform and in directly indorsing McKinley by not naming another ticket. The members of the executive committee, General Bragg of Wisconsin, ex-Minister Broad head of St. Louis, Editor Halde man of Kentucky, Mr. Bobbins of Illinois and ex-Congressman Bynum of Indiana, are all opposed to any thing but the most decisive action, though it will present letters from several men of national note in the East and South in favor of only a national sound money platform. While over two-thirds of the States have representatives here as members of the provisional national committee, there are more advisory visitors than committeemen, for the occasion is more in the nature of a general con ference of the gold standard Demo crats than that of a committee meet ing. The executive committee has re ceived the following credentials: Alabama, J. M. Falkner of Montgom ery; California, E. B. Pond of San Francisco; Connecticut, David Wells of Norwich; Florida. J. L. Gaskins of Jacksonville; Illinois, JohA M. Palmer of Springfield; Indiana, John R. Wil son of Indianapolis; Iowa, L. M. Mar tin of Marshalltown; Kansas, Eugene Hagan of Topeka; Kentucky, II. T. Tyler of Hickman; Massachusetts, Nathan Matthews, jr., of Boston; Michigan, Thomas A. Wilson of Jacksonville; Minnesota, F. W. Mc Cutoheon. There Is talk of Senator Palmer, Secretary Carlisle and General Bragg for the nominee for President, and General Buckner of Kentucky, ex Governor Francis of Missouri and ex Congressman Bynum of Indiana for second place. KANSAS POPULISTS. A Straight Ticket Nominated After an All Night Session. Abilene, Kan., Aug. 8.—Yesterday afternoon the Populists in state con vention, after a bitter attack had been made on Cliggitty the Democratic nominee for presidential elector in the first district, because of charges that he had carried a gun against the striking miners of Cherokee county in 18113, adopted the fusion agreement offered by the Democrats with the understanding that if the Cliggitt charge should be proved true his name would be dropped. Following is the ticket complete: For Governor—John VV. Leedy of Coffey county. , For Chief Justice—Frank Doster of Clarion county. For Congressman-at-Large — Key. Jerry Botkin of Wilson county. For Lieutenant Governor—A. M. llarvey of Shawnee county. For Attorney General—L. C, Boyle of Bourbon county. For Secretary of State—William E. Bush of Jewell' county. For State Treasurer—D. H. Heffle bower of Miami county. For State Auditor—W. H. Morris of Crawford county. For Superintendent of Public In struction—W. D. Stryker of Barton county. The State central committee was named as follows: First district, G. W. Herrington and J. L. Simpson; Second, Chris Ritter and H. S. Clark; Third, J. M. Allen and M. L. Walters; Fourth, Taylor Riddle and William Tipton; Fifth, P. H. Dolan and D. E. Ballard; Sixth, F. E. Johnson and U M. Ross; Seventh, E. J. Westgate and Rufe Cone. WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN& A Candidate for Governor Named on th« Sixth Ballot—Thurston’s Prediction. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 8.—The Re publican State convention nominated Major Edward Schofield, of Oconto, for Governor on the sixth ballot. The result is a victorv for the Philetus oawyer lacuon oi tne party and a cor responding defeat for ex-Governor Heard and his followera United States Senator Thurston ad dressed the convention, saying, among other things: “I received word to day from a trusted friend in my state confirming what I already knew, that William J. Bryan, great as he may appear to other parts of the country, On election day in November next, will be defeated in his ward, in his city, in his county, in his congres sional district and in the state where he lives.” NO ADVICE BY CLEVELAND. The Prescient Denies Having Exprewed Any Gold Ticket Opinion. New York, Aug. 8.—In answer to an inquiry as to the truth of a report published in this city yesterday that President Cleveland had made known his disapproval of the proposed gold standard ticket project, the President telegraphs as follows to the Evening Post; “Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., Aug. 8.—It is abolutely untrue that I have given any advice touching the course of the Indianapolis conference. “Grover Ckevkland. ” Discouraged and Committed Suicide. Kansas City, Ma, Aug. 8. — Dis couraged because of his poverty, un able to secure employment and phys ically almost a wreck, T. P. Witten, formerly a clerk in the city treasur er’s office, committed suicide at the boarding house kept by Mrs. Nichols at Vi3l Cherry street this afternoon. 106 at Little Rock. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 8.—The heat hereabouts was almost unbeara ble to-day, the thermometer reaching 10d degrees, the highest recorded! since 1872. MANY MILLIONS LOST, STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED TO PREVENT A PANIC. ' “2T— Th« Bunting of l*v. Big Babble.—Bot tom Drops Oat of tbe Diamond Match and New York Ulecalt Speculations— Biggest Deal of the Kind la History— The Losses Great—Moore Brothers the Principal Victims. A Stupendous Collapse. Chicago, Aug. 3.—The speculates 4eal in Diamond Match and New York Biscuit stock has come to an end. The 1 Moore Bros, have failed. Tbe great est speculation ever known in Chicago has culminated in the failure of the people who were behind the deaL The Chicago stock exchange, ad journed at 10 o’clock this morning for an indefinite period. This action was decided upon at a meeting held last evening at which were present the members of the stock exchange, gov erning committee and a number of prominent capitalists The speculative deal of which the failure is the culmination is by all odds the most Important in the history of Chicago stock exchange affairs It began early in this year. The stock of the Diamond Match Company had been selling along ISO for quite a time and there had been no special activity in the market. Just prior to the Ven ezuela incident, the tip had got out in inside circles that there were to be some important European develop ments in connection with Diamond Match affairs and the buying of tho stocks commenced by strong people. The Venezuelan panic interfered with the speculation and the stock dropped during the general decline at that time to 115. From there the rise started which is the most remarkable in the history of the exchange. A strong group of speculators, headed by John H. Moore and Will iam H. Moore, began buying the stock. It, moved up with scarcely a halt. The bears occasionally endeav ored to interfere with the rise, but cauu «iiuio iuuuu biiu.b mere was both speculative genius anti financial strength behind the market, which was unlike anything in local specula tive affairs. The rise went on for a considerable time before the general public had any intimation of what was really behind the advance. When the decline in stock markets generally came, following the Demo cratic convention, the stock was sell ing at 224 The values of other se curities tumbled day after day, but Match was held steadily without so much as a fractional decline. The Moores bought the stock with con fidence that inspired confidence in others. The people who had the best information about the company’s prospects seemed to feel absolutely certain of the value of the security, and prices were held through all the sharp fluctuations in other stocks— fluctuations which carried West Chi cago to the lowest point in its history, and marked startling declines in all other securities. Yesterday the stock was held with hardly a waver at 222, but there was an outpouring of long stock which led the keen observer of the market to fear that the load might become too heavy, and the events later in the afternoon proved that those fears were correct The deal in Diamond Match was only part of this great speculative op eration. The Moore Bros, had organ ized the New York Biscuit company several years ago, after the first great success of the Diamond Match com pany. The panic of 1893 had hit the biscuit company severely as it did all the other industries and the stock was far bplow par.' The success which was met with in a speculative manip ulation of Diamond Match led to a desire to see what could be done with New York Biscuit and that stock was taken several months ago and ad vanced from 70 to 108. From that it dropped back to 92,and for weeks was held close about that figure, in spite of the sharpdecMnes in other securities. Enormous quantities of this stock were also poured upon the market, but they were taken with the same steadiness which marked the action of Diamond match. The accum ulations, however, represented a great sum in time, and the operations in the stock will add largely to the total of the amount involved. It is not at the present time possible to make any estimate of what the figuru is. The Moore’s have unques tionably purchased an enormous line of New York Biscuit and Diamond Match. The high price at which Match has been selling makes the sum involved extremely large. The capital stock of the Diamond Match Company is $11,000,000, ar the stage to nominate J. W. Leedy, >f Coffey county. Harry Landis was tlso loudly applauded when he sec puded the same nomination. George M. Munger of Greenwaod vas launched by V. Gleeson of the lame county, and Napoleon Breckin ■idge McCormick of Phillies county uaae the seconding speech. When A. E. Helm of Wichita arose to nominate L D. Lewelling-,.he re ceived the greatest reception accorded any speaker, and when he mentioned the name of hts candidate, the friends • of the ex-goTernor tried their best to raise the roof. The seconding speech for Governor Lewelling was maee by S. W. Case of Franklin county. The Balloting Began. A motion to permit eaeh candidate to address the convention tor five minutes was voted down and the roll was called for the first ballot, which resulted as follows: Harris, zOSKi Lewelling, IS'.X; King, 120; Leedy, 00; Munger. 22; Campbell, 13. before the second ballot coaid be called the motion was renewed to bring the candidates before the con vention and, after a wordy scrap It crrried. The first speaker was King and he was followed in turn by Caiqpbell, Leedy, Munger, Lewelling and Herrin Leedy caught the most applause. , After ttte speeches had been com pleted, the second ballot was taken, it resulted: Harris, 202%; Lewelling, 139 X; King, 104; Leedy, #7; Munger, 15; Campbell 12. After the second ballot rn effort was made to adjourn, and the chair man declared a motion to that effect carried, but a roll call was demanded and the motion voted down. On tho third ballot Harris received 184; Lew elling 132! Leedy 153; King, 94; Mun ger, t>; Campbell, 13. Another effort was made to ad journ, but it was overwhelmingly voted down. The convention was deter mined to force a nomination. As the roll call commenced for the fourth ballot it looked as though a stampede to Leedy would be made. The stam pede materialized, the ballot result ing: Leedy, 491; Harris, 81; Lewelling, 8; King, 55; Munger, 6. Then followed a great demonstra tion. Mr. Leedy’s friends carried him, big as he is, on their shoulders to the platform. He thanked the convention briefly for the honor conferred upon him. Governor Lewelling was again called forward. He congratulated the convention upon its selection, and said that the nominee would be the next governor of Kansas. Colonel Harris was also called for, but he had gone to his hotel. The other defeated candidates were called for but they did not respond. At 1:30 the convention adjourned till 9 o’clock. WJien the convention metthis morn ing Colonel Harris took the stand and pledged his hearty support to Mr. Leedy. The platform was then adopted. DROUGHT IN ARKANSAS. Th* People In • Ur(t Section of thn State Suffering from Thirst. Little Rook, Ark., Aug. A—Drought exists In a large portion of Arkansas and In some sections human beings are actually suffering from the pangs of thirst. There hare been isolated thunder showers in various parts of the State recently, but in some conn* ties no rain has fallen sineo April 13. A man who arrived here this morning from an overland trip through portions of Jefferson, Cleve land and Bradley counties says that people in some localities are hauling water for drinking purposes in bar rels a distance of twenty-five miles, and for an entire day he was unable to buy a glass of water to quench his thirst. White river is running dry and the mayor of Fayetteville has is sued a proclamation prohibiting the sprinklimr of streets, the water being needed for drinking purposes WILL SEWALL WITHDRAW? ■torjr That Both Ho and Watson Are to aivo Wag. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 7.—The Pitts bnrg Dispatch says upon the authority of County Chairman Leslie of tbs Populists, that negotiations are in progress for perfect fusion with the Democrats on the national ticket. Chairman Leslie stated to the Dispatch reporter that the Populists had made a proposition to National Chairman Jones to have Watson and So wall withdraw and then the executive com mittee will select a man acceptable tc both parties The Populists, he says, will guarantee that if Bewail will re sign Watson will do likewise. In that event, Mr. Leslie says, the Populist executive committee would support Sibley. The settlement of the vice president tangle must be made by August IS, the date when the notifica tion will occur in New York. LITE STOCK AMD PBODDCE MARKETS Quotations From Now York, Chios go, St. Louis, Omaha and hlsowhoro, OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator.. IS © 18 Butter— Fair to good country. 11 A 14 Eggs—Fresh. 8 a 854 Poultry—Live hens,per It. 1 3 Sift Spring Chickens. 10 es 11 Lemons—Choice Messina*. 4 00 © 5 00 Honey—Fancy White. 12 4* 14 Potatoes—New. 20 44 25 Oranges—Per box . 4 25 © 4 50 Hay—Upland, per ton. 4 50 © 5 00 Potatoes—New. 25 4s 00 Apples—Perbbl...... 200 ©2 50 SOUTH OMAHA 6TOGK MARKET. Hogs--Light Mixed. 2 83 Hogs—Heavy Weights.—— 2 JO Beef—Steers. 315 Bulls. 1 80 Milkers and springers.2 75 Stags...2 80 Calves. 3 7.5 Cows ... 1 50 Heifers. 2 15 Stockers and Feeders.2 80 Westerns. 2 45 Sheep—Native Welters. 2 00 Sheep—Mixed Native. 2 75 CHICAGO. Wheat—No. 2, Spring...,. 58 Corn—Per bu. 24 Oats—Per bu.. 18H Pork. 7 OO Lard. 3 92 Cattle—Native Steers. 3 25 Choice Calves. 3 25 Hogs—Averages.3 10 Sheep—Lambs. 3 00 Western Sheep—Averages.... 2 50 NEW YORK. Wheat—No. 2, red winter. 03 Corn Na 2,. 31 4 Oats—No. 2,. 2214® Pork—. 8 60 £ Lard—. . 4 10 4 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. 80m—Per bu. t2 ats—Per hu. «0 Hogs—Mixed packing. 2 90 Cattle—Native Shlp'ng Steers. 3 50 KANSAS CITY. Wheat—No. 2 hard. 50 Corn—Na 2... 21 Oats—N a 2. 20 Cattle—Stockersandfeeders.. 2 10 Hogs-Mixed. 2 80 Sheep—Lambs . 3 50 Sheep—Muttons. 2 25 835ft 315ft