THE JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. PliATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. OVER THE STATE. Tuk farm residence of Sol worden, ear Petersburg-, was destroyed by fire. William Huse, editor of the Ponca Journal, has completed his history of Dixon county. Them was quite a damaging- firs in Fremont, two stories of the Biles block being- burned. Mrs. Fuchs of Fremont took a dose Jf carbolic acid and died soon fetter. It h regarded as a pure case of suicide. The building- formerly used as the Southern hotel in Talmage was des troyed by fire, the origin of which is unknown. The teachers of the German Luther an parochial schools of the state will hold their next annual meeting- in Fre mont, April 8 and 9. Aftf.k April 1st it is probable that men in the Union Pacific shops at Omaha will work five days a week. seven hours a day. The postoffice at Palmer was bur glarized last week, the safe being- blown open and 25 in silver and 8- worth of stamps and one registered let ter stolen. Two tramps are suspected of having- done the job. The southeastern Nebraska encamp ment of the G. A. R. will be held at Falls City five days, beginning- July 20, 1895. Both northeastern Kansas and a convenient section have been invited to join in this encampment. John Hawlev, an old-time resident of North Platte, was found dead in field where he had been plowing-, near Sutherland. Mr. Hawlev was state officer of the Ancient Order United Workman and a prominent secret so ciety man. A controversy has arisen between the residents of Nemaha county, this state, and those of Atchison county. Missouri, regarding- the ownership of about SI, 500 acres of land which was originally, and probably now is, a por tion of the state of Nebraska. Christ Uuckelmax, a farmer living- three miles northwest of 1.1m wood, while running- a race with a team and wag-on against a man on horseback while turning- a corner overturned his wag-on, breaking- his arm and shoulder blade, lie is in a critical condition. William Swan, Charles Burnett ana George Dales of Wahoo started last week for an extended trip in the south. The principal place of interest to be visited is Venezuela. They will go V New Orleans and cross from there to Venezuela. They expect to be gone one year. There was a horse buyer at Wake field recently who wanted wornout horses. The only requirements were that they should be fat and halter broke. He got twenty-four head. They were shipped to St. Louis. There must, says the Ponca Journal, be a sausage factory in the neighborhood of St. Louis. Mrs. D. S. Kopp. who resided ten miles northeast of Broken Bow, was thrown from a wagon last Sunday morning- as she was starting- to church. and instantly killed. She was sitting in a chair in the wagon, and by a sud den start of the team she was thrown out and the wag-on passed over her body. The canvass of the vote of Greeley Center on the election to vote funding bonds was completed last week. The proposition was to vote 530,000 funding- bonds, payable in twenty years, bear ing- per cent interest. This vote was the lightest cast in ten years, yet the proposition carried by more than four- fifths majority. x he people in ureeley county are keeping- clear of contracts with the beet sugar factories this year. Greeley county had contracts for over 300 acres of sugar beets last year and the great er part of the men who were unfortn nate enough to have contracts lost their summer's work, and this from no failure on their part, but because of the refusal of the factories to buy the beets as they had agreed. . Dr. G. W. Johnson, late superinten dent of the hospital for the insane at Hastings, who has been a resident of Joplin, Ma, for several months, was at Lincoln last week. Dr. Johnson says that he thinks Nebraska about as good a state for a democrat or anyone-else as can be found, and the probabilities are that he will soon 7 return to live in the state where he spent twenty-three of the best years of his life. Salt Lake dispatch: Some of the leading- citizens of Omaha, who are here in the interest of the Trans-Mississippi exposition to be held at Omaha, had a conference in the governor's office to day with the leading members - of the legislature. Several speeches . . were made, and the moral support of Utah was pledged - to the" enterprise. It is believed that the next legislature 'will pass an appropriation sufficient to ena ble Utah to take part in the exposi tion. ' ' II. IL WiLLEY, an old resident of Bertrand, was warned to leave town an account of having- made indecent proposals to the 7-year-old daughter of A. M. HilL While preparing to leave Willey was arrested, and . while in charge of Constable Clayton a band of women, led by the girl's mother, order cd the office at the point of a revolver to give up the prisoner with threats to blow - his head off if resistance was made. - A rope was placed around the prisoner's ' neck, his hands were tied and covered by a revolver he was marched ont on the main street, and in full view of his wife, who is an invalid, and his children, he was thrashed until blood streamed from his hands and face. Then he was told to leave town, which he did. . :'. Jesse Ltdy, a 15-year-old boy from Alliance, -was sent to the reform school at Kearney. A complaint of incorrigi bility was filed by his mother, Mrs. D. Lu Goodwin,, at- Alliance,, but she has failed to appear against him before the civil court, and County Treasurer Miller was appointed his guardian. Two Johnson county young men, II. J. Crissey and Frank Rothell, have one to Alaska, where .they will pros pect for gold during- the coming sum mer, returning home late in the fall. They will join a party of friends at Seattle, where the company is to be fitted out with tools for mining and camping paraphernalia. AS JOE MAULEY SEES IT. REED'S MANAGER PREDICTS MAJOR M'KINLEY'S DEFEAT. MAINE MAN SURE TO WIN. Figure oat So Far That McKinley Bat ISO Delegates, While the Combined Opposition lias J810 The Blalne llayes Convention to Repeat Itself Other JLate Political News, Washington, March 30. Mr. J. II. Manley sent the following- telegram yesterday to the Massachusetts He publicans: "At the close of your convention there will have been 398 delegates elected. Governor McKinley will have 102 delegates, provided you assign to him the entire delegation from Wiscon sin. Indiana and Minnesota. Hut there should be taken from this number twelve delegates from the States, who have declared since their election in favor of Mr. Reed, and as they were not instructed they should be taken from t.ie McKinley column and placed in Mr. Reed's. This erives Governor McKinley 150 delegates, Mr. Reed 72, Governor Morton 64, Senator Allison 3S, Senator Quay 26, Senator Cullom 12; contested, 36. "You will see that this gives McKin ley l5o delegates, against 210 anti McKinley delegates. "The situation is precisely as it was twenty years ago. You will remem ber that three months before the con vention met at Cincinnati we were confident of Mr. Blaine's nomination. He stood then as the apostle of pro tection. but he had opposed to his nomination. Senator Conkling of New York, Senator Morton of Indiana, Sec retary Ilristow of Kentucky, Governor Hayes of Ohio, and Governor Hart ranft of hennsylvania. We feit so sure of Mr. Blaine's nomination that we regarded it as settled, and vet he was defeated in the convention, and the Maine man went down before the Ohio governor. "History will repeat itself at Sts Louis. Governor McKinley is, and will be, the leading candidate in the convention, but he will have opposed to him as a candidate Governor Mor ton of New York, Senator Allison of Iowa, Senator Cullom of Illinois, Sen ator Quay of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Reed of Maine. You will find that the tables will be turned, and the Governor of Ohio will go down before the man from Maine. (Signed) "J. H. Maklet.". FACTIONS IN OKLAHOMA. Reed and McKinley Dividing the Fealty of the Republican Delegate. Oklahoma Citv, Ok., March 30. Long before the Republican terri torial convention, to select six dele gates to the national convention, was called to order to-day, it was evident that the gathering wouli prove i lively one. Every county had a nom inee for national delegate. .-There were two decided factions on hand, one for McKinley, the other fa voring Reed, and whatever other fore cast of the convention's actions might be made, it seemed positive that the St. Louis delegation would not be solid for either. The New Reform Party's Call. Pittsburg, Pa., March 3 0. The pro visional national executive committee of the new national Reform party has issued a call for a national conven tion to be held in Pittsburg,' May 24. In a 'declaration of principles, the committee recommends to the plat form committee direct legislation, the issuance of all moneys, gold, silver end paper, to be legal tender- and ex changeable at par; the abolition of the liquor traffic, free or equal coin age of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, and government ownership of railroads, telegraph and telephone. Olney "Will Be a Candidate. Washington, March 30. Secretary of State Olney .will- in all . probability be a candidate before the Democratic convention at Chicago. The present understanding is that Massachusetts will present his name and send a solid delegation for him. - . OXFORD WINS. The Great English University Contest Not Decided Until the Very End. Putney, March 30. The - Oxford crew, to the surprise of . almost every body ashore and afloat, to-day won the fifty-third boat race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge by about a third of a length after a most exciting contest. Thus Oxford has won thirty races of the series to twenty-two won by Cambridge, the dead heat of 1877 making the total number of races pulled. This is the seventh year in succession that Oxford has defeated Cambridge. The time was 20:04 and the course was the usual one from Putney bridge to the win ning- post above the Shin Inn at MorV lake, distance about 4) miles. An Ex-Alderman Marderer Escapes. Fort Worth, Texas, March 30. Ex- Alderman McGrath, convicted of the murder of James Rushing and sen tenced to nine years in the peniten tiary, escaped from the. county jail yesterday and is still at large. The escape, it is said, was due to the care- essness of the 'jailer, who has been removed by the sheriff. Several posses are in search of the fugitive. Work men Object te Checks. . West Bay Crrr, Mich., March 30. Fourteen hundred 'men employed', in the ship yard of Wheeler & Co., struck this morning against the check system of payment. The firm gave as its reason for adopting the system the inconvenience and danger of trans porting $20,0'J0 every pay day. SCORED BY ROSEBERY. l.or.l Salisbury's Foreign Policy Denounc ed by the Liberal Leader. London, Marcn 30. The Earl of lloseberry, leader of the Liberal party, made an. important speech last night before the National Liberal federation, charging the government with a deplorable want of continuity in the foreign policy, lie pointed out that within six months they had been on the verge of war with the United States, and then with Germany, and now they were embarking on a war with no particular enemy, lie passed over the black and bloody page of Armenia, he said, which English men would all look back to with shame and remorse. Lord Salis bury, up to the end of December, had displayed leanings to the Drei bund. By the beginning of January liis continuous policy had landed Ureat Britain in the arms of France, whose aiTections it was intended to gain by the monstrous Siam conven tion. That state had lasted about six weeks, and then Lord Salisbury embarked in a march to the Soudan, which outrages France and throws (Ireat Britain back into the arms of the Dreibund. Lord Rosebery pro ceeded in detail to very strongly criti cise the Nile expedition. Continuing, Lord Rosebery coir plained of the indeefsion and failure of the government to take the country into its confidence. He greatly feared that the government was fooling it self as well as the country. "Was it the time," he asked, "when we were menaced with complications in all quarters of the worldj to scatter our forces in the deserts of the Soudan in awar which nobody could foresee the end of. and to waste the money which Egypt needed for great irrigation woiks?" The remainder of his speech was devoted to home polities. TEXAS FUSION SCHEME. It Is Said That Republicans and Popu lists Will Combine. Austin, Tex., March 30. A report is current here, and it has appeared in some of the Texas papers, that the leaders of the Republicans and the Populists have a scheme to fuse, the Republicans to vote for the Populist nominees for State officers, and the Populists to put Republican electors on their ballots. If this fusion is accomplished it certainly will en danger Texas as a Democratic state this year. Two years ago the Demo cratic vote for Culberson was 207,167: Fopulist vote, 152,731; "black and tan" Republicans, 54,520: "lily white" Re publican, 5,026. The figures show that the combined opposition two years ago had a majority of over 5,000, and this has been greatly increased since by defections from the Demo cratic ranks. Illinois Pan tors Indicted. Champaign, 111., March 30. The Champaign county grand jury, which indicted John P. Altgeld, governor of the State of Illinois, and the other members of the board of trustees of the Illinois University, for non-compliance with the law requiring the United States flag to be floated over all public school - buildings, also brought in indictments against Rev. Father Wajrner, pastor of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and Rev. Fred Verehahan, pastor of St. Peter's German Lutheran Church, lor failure to comply with the law in not main taining the United States flag oven their respective parochial schools. PoatoOlce Kobbers Convicted. Jf.ffekson City. March 30. Pat Clifford, Mike Ryan. James Carter and Barney Burns, four of the men on trial in the United States court before Judge Adams, for robbing the post office at California, were found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years each. Young Adams was also convicted, but Judge Adams, who is inclined to be merciful in his be half, has not yet passed sentence upon him. Disagreement in the Todd Mnrder Case. New London, Mo., March 30. The case ot Mrs. Todd, . on trial lor mur dering her daughter, sent here on change of venue from' Hannibal.' Mo., was given to the jury last night. After deliberating' all night and until noon the jury decided they could not agree and were discharged. The ballot from first to last stood nine for murder in ths first degree and three for acquittal. 4 . James Whitconob Klley I1L Iadianapolis, Ind., March 30 James Whitcomb Riley was prostrated yesterday by an acute attack of brain fever. For several hours it was feared his illness. would result fatally. but reports from the sick chamber last night show the crisis has passed and that there is a reasonably fair chance of recovery. Convicted of Embezzlement. Jefferson City, Mo., March 30. Hamilton E. Baker, ex-postmaster of Roll a. was convicted yesterday of em bezzlement, the jury finding him to be indebted to the government in the sum of $275. - Judge Adams sentenced him to the United States prison at Leavenworth for two years. A Chicago Clnb Abolishes the Color X.loe- Chicago, -March 30. The Hamilton club has adde'd the name of a colored man to the list of. its members. It is the first of the leading man's organi zations in Chicago to abolish the color line. This especial honor was con ferred upon Adelbert II. Roberts, a lawver. i Manderson Made No Contest. Omaha, Neb. , March 30. The Re publican primaries to select delegates to the countv convention occurred yesterday. There was no contest. This is the first substantial evidence that the Manderson-McRinley com promise is effective. Bob Kneebs Set. Free. Leipsic, March 3U The Imperial court has quashed the conviction of liobert F. Kneebs, the American horseman who was recently on trial . m t e on tne charge or trotting nis mare Bethel under the name of Nellie Kneebs. WARM WORDS SPOKEN HILL UPBRAIDS ELKINS WEST VIRGINIA. OF The New Yorker Denounces the Proposed Change In the New Mexico Legislature's Meeting; Time, and a Lively Exchange of Words Follows The Federal Fees Bill Passed. I Work In the Senate. ' Washington, March 28. When the Senate met to-day the legislative ap propriation bill was then taken up, the pending question being on the motion of Mr. Sherman to strike out all provisions relating to the change of compensation from fees to salaries for United States district attorneys and marshals. Mr. Allison spoke against the prac tice of placing "riders' on appropria tion bills, but he regarded this reform as exceptionable and desirable. "This position of the Senator from Iowa" (Allison), said Mr. Hoar, "re minds me of the Scotch lassie who said she had found the best way to get rid of a temptation was to yield to it." At tne close oi the discussion an amendment by Mr. Vilas was defeated on a viva voce vote. A roll call fol lowed on Mr. Sherman's amendment and it was defeated 18 to 20. This was accepted as a test indicating the adoption of the proposed change from the fee to the salary system for dis trict attorneys and marshals. Mr. Bill moved to strike out the provision that the legislative assembly oLNew Mexico should meet in May. "This is a small, mean, contemptible. political trick," he exclaimed with great vigor. "It is a provision sneaked into this appropriation bill to force the approval of the President." The Senator explained that the pres ent Legislature, which was Demo cratic, would meet in December, but it was attempted by this amendment to put otf the meeting- of the Legislature till May iu the hope that a Republican president might be inaugurated in the meantime. It was a contemptible trick, to 'sneak iu" a political advan tage. "What right have you to say 'sneak ed in?' '' interrupted Mr." Elkins. What authority have vou for such a statement?" "Ah," responded Mr. Hill with unc tion, thought I'd stir up the sena tor from New Mexico. 1 see beside him the author of this plan, who on the minute is here to whisper in his ear in support of it. What I mean by sneaked in' is that it is unworthy that this political trick should tried in connection with a great appropriation bill." "Rut the senator has made serious charge," persisted Mr. Elkins, ."let him continue his explanation to as sertion of 'sneaking in.' What does he ir.ean by that?" "I mean that such a political plan has no place here. It has crept in, sneaked 'in. Will the senator deny that this is a political amendment?" Mr. Elkins responded that the House of Representatives in the exer cise of its rights had introduced this proposed change. Mr. Hill reiterated that the amend ment had "crawled in." Of course the senator from West Virginia would deny it. When he denied that this was a political trick he showed his capacity for emergencies. Some senator in the rear of Mr. Hill whispered that Mr. Elkins had not made a denial. "Then if he has not denied it, he will deny it," continued Mr. Hill, "for he does not want to father this petty little political plan." The senator asserted that appropri ation bills should not be made sewers" to receive all the "scraps" every one might seek to put into them. Mr. Cullom, in charge of the bill, said that he was surprised at this out burst of excitement from the New York Senator who, he feared, "would have a spasm before he got through." "Oh, no;'- interrupted Mr. Hill, "I was never cooler in my life." Mr. Cullom explained that the amendraenPcame from the House in the regular way. He expressed the hope that there should be no personal reflection ou the delegate from New Mexico, to whom .Mr. Hill had re ferred as sitting beside Mr. Elkins. REED AGAINST M'KINLEY. The Oklahoma Republican Convention IJkety to Be Quite a Warm One Guthbie, Okla., March 28 Every thing indicates that the Republican territorial convention at Oklahoma City to-morrow will be exciting from start to finish, both the Reed and Mc Kinley factions claiming a majority. An attempt will be made to shut out Henry fi. Asp, the Reed manager, by a declaration that Guthrie having the Congressman and asking for his re nomination is entitled to nothing more. Then a move will be started to break the whole machine by having the convention elect a national com mitteeman. This will be vigorously opposed by the Reed men, as it wiil spoil the bargain they .iave made, but the McKinley men, with the assist ance of the country delegates, expect to carry it. A Rich Hill Policeman Claims Millions. Rich n ill, Mo., March 28. James Tj. McCarthy, a policeman, has been notified that be is one of the heirs to $ 30,000,000, the estate left by his grandfather, - Mordecai Price. The Property is situated in the - heart of altimore, and has been subject to' a ninety-nine year lease, which has just expired. The claims of McCarthy and other heirs will be prosecuted at law. Believed to Have . Been Murdered. Dkxteb, Mo., March 2a R. W. Thompson, probate judge of Stoddard county, is mysteriously missing and it is feared that he has been foully dealt with in Cairo, 111., as he went there Friday of last week to get a $1,200 check cashed. No Linseed Oil Trust Receiver. Chicago, March 28. Judge Gibbons this morning declined to appoint a re ceiver for the National Linseed Oil company and dismissed for. want. of equity the bill filed by Louis A. Co quard, asking for the receiver. REED'S BOOM LAUNCHED. Massachusetts Is Enthusiastic for tli Speaker. Boston, March 28. The boom of Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed for the Republican nomination for the presidency was formally 5 . launched here to-dai' by the Republican estate convention,' amid the greatest en thusiasm. The delegates ' came with only one name in their minds as their choice for the presidential nomina tion.. Consequently, any reference to the man or his sentiments was the signal for cheers and applause, and again and again the building trem bled with shouts and. handclapping, cheers and waving of hats as the dele- j gations contested with each other in , manifesting their admiration for their fiivorite. ronrrem..n iv trll rt Winchester was chosen permanent chairman.. , His .introduction was the signal for a great ovation. In his speech he devoted himself principally to laudation Of Speaker Reed and his words were cheered again and again. The resolutions which were then presented by Senator Lodge, pledge . unwavering support to the national J can.iidate; arraign the Democrats; call , for measures to. insure a surplus to provide for coast defenses- new war- ! snips anu constant reduction of the public debt; denounce the present tar iff law and call for a new one to be framed for protection and ' reci procity; denounce the . present sil ver agitation; oppose free silver coin age and call for dollars as good as all other dollars; oppose state banks and uphold the national banking system; call for strict enforcement of the civil service laws; demand restriction of immigration by strong laws; call for rigid adherence to the American prin ciple of the entire separation of church and state; demand a vigorous foreign policy, with protection of all interests on the American continents and the strict enforcement of the Monroe doc trine; express sympathy for and wish to the Cubans su ccess in their strug gle for independence and close: "Massachusetts Republicans have never undertaken to pledge oi bind their delegates to a national conven tion. We do not intend to do so now. But we think it fitting o declare our decided preference among the candi dates lor the Republican nomination to the presidency. We present to the national convention for nomination, as president, and we urge all our del egates to give their earnest, united and active support to a fearless leader, tried in many hard conflicts, a man of national reputation, of unblemished character, unswerving1 Republicanism and great abilities, the Hon. Thomas B. Reed of Maine." The applause was especially marked when the Cuban and gold standard planks and the section referring to the separation of church and state were read, but all previous demonstrations were not to be compared with the roar that followed the mention of Reed's name as the nominee of the Repub licans of Massachusetts for the Presi dency. Then the enthusiasm rose to a climax and round upon round of ap plause rolled up through the hall. Then. followed the . election of four delegates at large to the national con vention: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant, , W. T. Murray Crane of Dal ton, Eben S, Draper of Hopedale and Curtis Guild, jr.. of Boston all chosen by acclamation. PRIVATE BILLS FIRST. fhe Honse Lays Aside Appropriations Work to Consider Personal Claims. Washington, March 28. Mr. Hep burn, Republican,' of Iowa, in the House to-day antagonized consider ation of the sundry civil appropriation bill which Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committe, gave notice he would call up, by moving that the house proceed to the consider ation of private claims. Mr. Cannon opposed the motion, but on a rising vote he was defeated 88 to GS. Mr. Cannon demanded tellers and Mr. Grout, Republican, of Vermont called out: "Vote with the Appropria tion committee and adjourn .May 2." Again Mr. Cannon was defeated, Mr. Cannon then demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered. ' The roll call resulted 142 to 77. The announcement of the victory over the Appropriations committee was received with great jubilation by the members interested in private bills.' The House then went into com mittee of the whole for the considera tion of bills on the private calendar. MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE. The Bout Totes S35.000.OOb for Four New Ttattleshlp. Washington, March 28 The naval appropriation bill was passed yester day by the House, without substantial amendment . An effort was made by the' advocates of a larger 'increase of the navy than was authorized by the bill to increase the 'number of battle ships from four to six. This increase was supported on the floor by Messrs. Hanley, Cummmgs and Johnson, of California, .and opposed by - Messrs. .Boutelle, ehairman of the committe. and Hulick and Robinson. The House, by a large' majority. stood by the recommendation of the committee, . the . proposition for six battleships mustered but thirty-two votes, against 134. Various other amendments were offered, but all failed. . Mr. . Mahon. Republican, of Pennsylvania, caused some amusement by, moving to name the ships Quay, Reed, McKinley and Allison.. .The qui,- as passed, carries $3 1,6 J 1, - 034, ..and authorizes the construction of four battleships and fifteen torpedo boats, the total cost of which will be in the neighborhood of $35,000,000. McKinley Protection and Sound Money. Charlkqton, .W. Va., March 2ri. The Republicans of the Third con gressional district met here and chose two delegates to represent the district n the national Republican convention at St Louis. The delegates favor McKinley.protection and sound money. Free Coinage Resolution. Washinoton, March 28. Senator Allen introduced a resolution declar- ng that Congress should not adjourn without restoring the free coinage of silver and taking from the Secretary of the Treasury . the power to issue bonds ALL IS HARMONIOUS. FRIENDS OF M'KINLEY MANDERSON AGREED. ANL Resolutions Which Bet Forth the BaU . . n.lcBt to the Upon WHICH ner Republic.- National Co-ven Ion Will be Cbo-.-A. Agreement Satisfactory to the Friends ! MeM-lT Manderson. Manderson sod McKinley. - Omaha. March 24.-Some time ago Senator John M. Thurston submit ted to the friends of General Mander- son a proposition for the adjustment differences between the respective sup- I ... ,i Tri-Un and norters Of William wciviuicj rviarlo F. Manderson in Manderson in concerning the character of the delega tion to the national republican conven tion to be held in St Louis. This proposal was carefully discussed by friends of both parties and modified, reads as follows: Resolved,. That the. republicans of Nebraska favor the nomination t William McKinley or Charles K Man derson for president. Resolved, That they hope all dele gates from Nebraska to the national j convention will make every honorable 'effort to' secure the nomination of William McKinley or Charles San derson. , . , Resolved, That they hold in high es teem Hon. Charles F. Manderson, and It is their wish that the delegates to the national convention should avail themselves of any favorable opportuni ty that may arise in the national con vention to urge his nomination for president. Resolved. That the delegates to the national convention should voU for Hon. Charles F. Manderson on any and all ballots when, in their judgement, such votes so cast will . not in anywise tend to defeat the nomination of William McKinley or lessen his chances for nomination, but that they should vote for William McKinley on any and all ballots when, in their judgment, such votes would promote his interests or contribute to his nomination. Resolved, That the name of Hon. Charles F. Manderson be presented to the convention as a "candidate, unless in the judgment of the Nebraska dele gation at the assembling of the con vention, it is apparent that McKinley will be nominated for president These modifications were submitted to Senator Thurston and ileneral Man derson for consideration. Senator Thurston, in a telegram to his friends, accepted them and Senator Manderson replied as follows: "Washington, D. G, March 19. W. IL Alexander and Others: As hereto fore frequently stated, I am entirely willing to leave matters to friends, be ing especially desirous of avoiding fac tional disturbance, injurious to repub licanism in state or national elections. Any adjustment having this end in view will be satisfactory to me. Charlks F. Maniikbson." The Omaha committee friends of Wm- McKinley communicated with Hon. John C. Wharton as follows: "It was specifically stated and understood between the persons representing Hon. Charles F. Manderson and the under- . signed, acting as friends and support- ers of Hon, Wm. McKinley, and on be half of the McKinley Club, that the delegates from Nebraska to the Na- tional Convention shall be composed of that the Manderson headquarters be' i closed." I DIAVCCU UimiuaL .HtlVIUICV UJVU, U IIU AN OFFER FOR CORBETT. A London Club Proposes a Match With Mitchell The Ex-Campion's Kept. New York, March -4. The latest proposition in the fistic world was an nounced to-day in the following cable gram from George W. Atkinson of the Sporting Life, London, to Richard K. Fox: "Bolingbroke club offers Slk.OOO for Mitchell and Corbet Mitchell accepts; does Corbett? Atkinson. Cincinnati, Ohio. March 24. James J. Corbett. when shown the propositon from the Bolingbroke club of London, offering 912,000 for a fight between Mitchell and Corbett, promptly said: "Mitchell is not my man. I am after Fitzsimmons. The eyes of the world are on us and we are expected to meet I would gladly accept this offer if I were after money, because I count it easy money, but my game is Fitzsimmons, and it will not do for me to bind myself np with anybody else. Besides I have already accepted a proposition from this club to fight Fitzsimmons at 98,000. They may amend it by making the sum Sl2,uoo if they like, and send the articles over and I will sign them." FOR EQUAL PURITY. Women Organize a Clnb In Washing-to for the Protection of Members. Washington, March 24. A number of young. women of Washington have organized an Equal Standard Purity club. Their object is to establish a single code of morals, equally binding upon men and women, and to protect their members from the visits of men of impure lives. Every member is required to sign the following pledge: I solemnly promise, by the help of God, to hold the law of purity as equally binding upon men and women and to use my utmost efforts to obey the command, 'Keep thyself pure;' to discountenance all coarse language and-impurity. in dress; in language and art, and to lend a helping hand alike to men and women, giving tbe peni tent of both sexes. an equal chance to reform, so far as my assistance and in fluence can do this." Seal log Claims Discussed. Washington, March 24. The Senate committee on foreign relations to-day had Secretary Olney before it and asked him questions concerning tbe treaty for the commission to hear and adjust the claims of British sealers against the United States for seizures in Behring sea. Missouri Grand Army Petitions. Washington, March 24. Mr. Crow ther presented in the Honse petitions from thirty-seven Grand Army posts of Missouri, praying the passing of the bill restoring all discontinued or re duced pensions. i