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I DAD STATE OF AFFAIRS GRAND JURY AFTER MICHIGAN STATE OFFICIALS. Rottenness Discovered In Nearly Every Department Investiga tion May Clean Rascals Out. Lansing, Mich., Jan. 9 The Ingham county grand Jury, which created a series of sensations by bringing bills of indictment, charging several state offi cers with flagrant criminal offenses, has adjourned, the term of office of Circuit Judge Person, who summoned the Jury, having exjjred. In their final report to the court the Jurors said: "Our entire session has been devoted to Investigation of state and legislative departments. Certain offenses against the law have been discovered and Indictments found. Oth er mlsdemeansors partially examined Into have not been fully Investigated for the reason that to have done so would have required the abandonment of the cafes In hand." Judge Welst, successor to Judge Per son. In discharging the grand Jury, said: "I 4m convinced that much good would result if you might continue in session longer, but as the next term of this court opens Monday at Mann and you were called for tho Septemb-r terms at Lansing, to avoid any ques tion as to the validity of your pro ceedings, I deem It best to discharge you." As Indicating that further investiga tions will be made by a new grand Jury, Judge Welst said: "A coward has no business on the bench. A high duty devolved upon Judge, lVrson, who railed the Jury. He met It. A high duty devolved upon you. You have met It. A high duty devolves upon me. To the best of my ability I shall meet It. With the matter f cxpente- (a be tween the county and state), 1 have nothing to do. H has not been enter tained by this court and will not be for a moment. The following are the persons who have been Indicted and the off. uses al leged : Edgar J. Adams, speaker of the house of representatives, two Indict ments for bribery: William A. French, state land commissioner, offering of bribes; Charles H. Pratt, agent for a law hook concern, offering bribc;Rep. resentatlve I. Judson Hammond of Pontine, soliciting bribes; Fred A. May nard, ex-attorney general, misdemeanor In retaining part of his chief clerk's salary; Will L, White, slate quarter master general; Colonel Harold A. Hmlth, assistant quartermaster; Arthur P. Marsh, adjutant general and chair man of the republican state central committee, and Kll H. Sutton, regent of the University of Michigan and mem ber ef Governor Hngree's military staff, charged with alleged fraud and embesxlement In connection with the ale and purchase of military supplies. One or more persons besides Sutton wee Indicted, but their names are not positively known as yet. There will be arraigned on Monday. All the oth ers appeared for arraignment, excepting Oeneral White, who has departed. All the military men Indicted were ap pointees of the governor, but it Is re garded as settled that the governor has no knowledge of the alleged frauds. TOO MANY COTTON TAILS. Waco, Tex., Jan. it. Coton-tall rab bit abound to an extent rather alarm ing to fruit-growers, appearing to have multiplied amazingly within the past year. The open winter has caused a great deal of green grass to grow In alt directions, so that the bunnies have browsing ground all over the country and for the present are not raiding the nurseries. The damage they did last year, when the weather was bad, causes apprehen sion that In case a sleet and snow shall occur, they will raid the orchards and nurseries and cause a great deal of damage by chewing the bard around the roots of the trees. A party of huntsmen went out on the Bosque a few days ago and shot them in heaps and threw them into the stream as a means of ridding one district of them. The huntsmen say that after killing several hundred they still appeared fust as numerous as before the destruc tion began. One gentleman here has written to St. Louis to ascertain if there could be money made by shipping them In re frigerator cars to the north. He says an entire train could be loaded with the cotton-tall rabbits by an organized hunt, driving them to a common cen ter, after the manner In which mule eared rabbits are treated In districts where they exist In such great num ber that It Is necessary to destroy them. MORE POLO AMY AND SLAVES. Washington, D. C, Jan. 9 In view of the fact that the rule of the sultan of the Hulu archipelago extends over the Island of Blbutu. Just seized by direc tion of Rear Admiral Watson, It Is pre sumed by the authorities that polgamy Is practiced there, as It Is In other parts of the sultan's domain. While President McKlnley distinctly declined to authorize or give the con sent of this government to the exist ence of slavery In the archlpelago.there is no doubt that slaves arc held on Sl butu island. Just as they are on Jolo and other Islands, and they will be given the privilege, provided In th agreement between Oeneral Bates and the sultan, of purchasing their free dom. The sultan, besides receiving an an-. ' nulty from the United Slates, receives compensation from Great Britain for securing the adherence of his subjects to British rule In North Borneo. WARNER IS A BANKRUPT. New York, Jan. 9 Hulhert If. War ner.formerly a well known patent med icine manufacturer, has filed a petition In bankruptcy. Liabilities, t::i?J.W; f no assets. All the debts were contrnct- ed at Hoches'er, N. Y.. prior to 1V.I.1, When he made an assignment. There are many creditors named In the sched ule, scattered all over the United "tales The debls ate for notes, money loaned and services. There are thirty three Judgments against him. On the liabilities. $1,391 sre unsecured tr,7.7K secured snd ttW.71 notes of sther parties which he Indorsed Among Ihe secured creditors sre H. II. War ner A "C London, IWi.OoO, nnd the Bank of Monroe. Rochester. $.18,000. Among the unsecured creditors are John OrlfTIn, receiver. Hudson. N. T (JMOOOO; subscription of slock to the Seventh Star Gold Mining company, llllnm Duff, assignee of A. O. KM.WS. In Judgment; Lehigh Coal and , Iron company. West Superior, Wis IN NT on fifteen notes; Molson bank if Toronto, $73,M2, o Judgment GENERAL NEWS. ST. PAUL'S PRO-BOER MEETING. St. Paul, Minn. A largely attended meeting of sympathizers with the TransvaaJ republic In the war In South Africa was held in this city to night. Governor Lind and a number of other prominent speakers were heard and strong resolutions In support of the Boers were adopted. CANADIAN'S MOBILIZING. Halifax, N. 8. The Halifax Infantry volunteers win leave this evening to Join the Sydney artillery for the sec ond South African contingent at Truro and go thence to Quebec to mobilize. Later fhe batteries will come to Hali fax for embarkation. RHODES HAS HALLO IN HEADY. London. J:in. 9. Mr. Cecil Rhodes does not Intend to fall Into the hands of the lioers. If he can heln It not 'even If W1t.i1... el,.,. !,.... are not a little nervous on that score now, because they lack faith in Gen eral Methuen; not In his courage, but In his tactical powers. The colossus, who, like Napoleon the Great, always considers the worst which might take place In any situa tion In which he finds himself, has faced the possibility of the fall of Klmberley and tried to provide for his personal safety In that event, for he Is only too well aware that the Boers, were he to fall Into their hands, would shoot him without mercy. Mr. Rhodes' plan of escape Is sim ple. He has a first-class balloon at hand, and should Klmberley fall the balloon will be ascending, with four occupants, and sailing away. Those passengers would be the colossus, Mr. and Mrs. Mugulie and an expert aero naut, (if course, it would be awkward If a wind from the south were to drive the balloo Pretoria-ward, so it came eventually lo earth In the enemy's country. SYMPATHY FROM SOI "HI DAKOTA. Yankton. S. D.-The Yankton city council has passed resolutions sympa thizing with the Boers. TO ELIMINATE THE NEGRO. New Orleans. Jan. !t. At a confer ence of the leaders of the rcpubll'in party (sugar planters' brunch) it was resolved to tput out a straight lily white republican ticket. If the sentiment expressed can be il -pended upon, Mr. Thomas J. Wood ward of this city will be nominated for governor. The lily white state central committee met for the purpose of call ing a stale convention. ! FINANCIAL STRINGENCY. I Boston, Mass., Jan. 9. Horace Part ridge & Co,, manufacturers and dealers In athletic goods and bicycles, made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The firm Is controlled by Frank P. Partridge, who said: I "No detailed statement of the firm's condition Is expected for a few days, but It Is expected the liabilities will reach $100,000, with assets nominally the same. The direct cause of the fail ure waa the financial stringency which made It difficult to secure loans." DAIRYMEN IN CONFERENCE. Chicago, Jan. 9. Representatives of the National Dairy union met here to outline 'a campaign In the Interest of I the passage If Important food and dairy , bills now pending before congress. The iGrout bill, providing for an increase of j 10 cents a pound on colored butterlne, will be one of the measures considered. STUCK IN QUICKSAND. Cadiz, Ky., Jan. 9. Thomas Collins, a young farmer living In Rockcastle, a village ten miles west of here, mys teriously disappeared from his home December rtt$, and no trace of him could be found until yesterday, when he was found dead on the banks of a creek, standing up to his knees In quicksand. The fall of the water dis closed his body, the water being very high when he sank. I MISS THOMAS WANTS $100,000. Chicago, Jan. . Miss Etta Thomas, a niece of General "Joe" Wheeler, began suit in the superior court here against William H. Fahrnay, asking $100,000 damages for alleged breach of promise to marry. It Is alleged that Fahrnay, who Is treasurer of a large patent medicine manufactory, and reputed tn be wealthy, has been engaged to Miss Thomas for over four years, but that recently he broke off the engagement on the grounds that his parents desired him to marry another woman. Miss Thomas' father Is said to be the owner of large coal mines near aPna, 111. TRAIN FELL THROUGH BRIDGE. Chippewa Foils, Wis., Jan. 9. The Wisconsin Central Railway company suffered a loss In Friday night's wreck that Is estimated here at fully $100,000. The through freight from Chicago, con sisting of 28 cars, all loaded, and bound for the "Twin Cities." went through a bridge eighteen miles east of this city, and seventeen cars, with con tents, were totally destroyed by fire. The conductor and brakemen were not Injured. i SENATOR JONES' DENIAL. Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, chair man of the national democratic com mittee, emphatically denies the report that there Is any disagreement between himself and William J. Bryan, In the following language: "I have heard of this latest repub lican report and have been questioned by my friends and others as to Its cor rectness. I wish to say that there Is absolutely no foundation for such a re port and that no disagreement exists between Mr. Bryan and myself. The whole thing Is simply one of those periodical fabrications of the republic an press, gotten up with thexpress view of sowing the seeds of discord In the democratic party." Senator Jones declined to discuss the report that he Intended resigning the chairmanship of the national commit tee. STRANGE WILD ANIMAL. Bowling Green, Ky., Jan. 9. The people of the Barren Hlver church ! neighborhood In this county are greatly excited over the appearance In that section of an unknown sort of wild and (ferocious animal. Many of the best 'known farmers have cither seen or heard the strange beast, nnd sny that nothing like It has ever been seen In that community. It cries like a hu man being In distress, nnd gives forth such a piteous rem hs to make the stoutest heart quail with fear. The farmers say It Is a holy terror lo pigs, lambs nnd calves. Numerous efforts have been made to capture the beast, but they have thus far proved futile. The dogs have at tacked It, but In a few momenta have Invariably came back, beaten and bleeding. The negroes In that neigh borhood cannot be Induced lo come out side the house after dark under an circumstances. BRYAN CLUB BANQUET NEBRASKA TRAVELING GIVE A FEAST. MEN Over 200 Guests From All Over the State Attended Trust Ques tion Receives Attention. Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) The fourth annual banquet of the Nebraska Trav eling Men's Bryan club, held tonight, was. In iolnt of attendance, muslc.dec orative effect, menu and toast list, one of the most successful and altogether pleaaing of any ever held In Nebraska. Over 2W guests from every section of the state were present. The large din ing room of the Lincoln hotel, brill iantly lighted and richly decorated, was crowded to almost itn full capacity with leading fusion politicians of the state. The meeting of the state committees aided greatly to lend eclat to the occa sion, as a good portion of those in at tendance remained to take in the ban quet. The Nebraska Traveling Men's Bryan club does nothing by halves. It Is a power politically, it shines socially, and It gives banquets that spreads its fame to far sections of the country. Tonight, although some disappoint ment was felt over the Inability of Governor Hogg, G. M. Hitchcock and C. S. Darrow to be present, the to:ist list was ample, both In quantity and qual ity, while W. I. Oldham was an ideal toastmaster. original, piquant and en tertaining to a degree. The banquet was preceded by an In formal reception In the hotel parlois. at which Mr. Bryan, Governor Thomas of Colorado, and Cato Sells, the brilliant leader of the young democracy of Iowa, assisted. At 10 o'clock the guests repaired to the dining room, where, cheered, soothed and Invigoiati-d by the splendid music of Hagenow's or chestra, ihey leisurely disposed of the following menu: New York Counts. Olives. Celery. Con somme in cups. Fillet of Red Snapper, Sauce Genoise. Radishes. Potatoes Julienne. Braised Sweetbreads and Pctits PoU Serpentine Potatoes. Califor nia Grass Birds a la Pro vencale. Chicken Salad. Fusion Ice Cream. Assorted Cake. 'Yulls. Edam and Cream Cheese. Wafers. Coffee. Cigars. LI ST OF TOASTS. The toast list, as printed, here fol lows: Toastmaster, W. I). Oldham. "Traveling Men," Hon. Ed. P. Smith: "We Join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the union," letter to the whig convention. "Nebraska." Governor Poynter; "The land of scholars and the nurse of arms." The Traveler. "Trusts," Hon. Fred Shepherd; "O, yet we trust that somehow good will be the final goal of 111." Ibid. "Missouri," Hon. Jas. A. Reed; "A land flowing with milk and honey." Exodus 111:8. "Government by Injunction," Hon. T. J. Doyle; "A long train of these prac tices has at length unwittingly con vinced me that there Is something be hind the throne greater than the king himself." William Pitts' speech, Mar. 2, 1770. "The Press." Hon. Gilbert M. Hitch cock; "Here shall the press and the peo ple's rights maintain, unawed by In fluence and unbribebd by gain; here patriot truth her glorious precepts draw, pledged to religion, liberty and law." Life of Storey. "Army and Navy," Hon. C. A. Dar row; "E for war, I call It murder, there you have It plain and flat; I don't want to go no furder than my testament for that." Blgelow Papers. "Currency Bill," Governor Thomas; "A thing devised by the enemy." Ibid. "The Unveiling of a Parallel," Hon. Cato Sells. "Democracy," ex-Governor Hogg; "Ye are the salt of the earth: but If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall It be salted." Matthew v:13. ' ," W. J. Bryan; "I'm armed with more than complete steel, the Justice of my quarrel." Ibid. THE SPBECHMAKINO. After midnight, In a haze of tobacco smoke, through which peered from the walls the faces of Washington, Lincoln and Bryan on the one side, and Presi dent Patterson and ex-Presidents Whiting and Larsch, of the club, on the other, the speechmaklng began. President Patterson opened the ball by a felicitous little address of welcome on behalf of the Traveling Men's Bryan club. He stirred up the banqueters by alluding to Mr. Bryan as the king of all traveling men. He told how three years ago the traveling men, went ev erywhere whooping things up for the gold standard. The republican party had reciprocated by throwing 80.000 of them out of work through the opera tion of the trusts. The traveling men who went to Canton, O., In delegations In 1896, he declared, are sorry for it now, and every member of the club applauded with a vehemence that evi denced the depth of feeling of commer cial travelers against commercial and Industrial combinations. Mr. Patterson concluded by introducing "Mr. Oldham, from Mlsaolrl," as toastmaster, and the gentleman from "Missouri" was recelv edd with a flattering round of applause. Mr. Oldham said that when the com mercial traveler adds to a sound line of goods a side line of democratic prin ciples he becomes a public benefactor. The mention, of principles led Mr. Old ham to declare that this year the dem ocratic platform of 1896 will be reaf firmed. DEMOCRACY DEFINED. "We will distinguish, and we will teach our people to distinguish, be tween democratic expansion and repub publlcan Imperialism, (Cheers.) Demo cratic expansion Is hounded on the north by the constitution; on the south by the Monroe doctrine; on the east by the Declaration of Independence, and on the west by the ten commandments. This definition was so vociferously applaude das to almost compel an en core. Mr. Oldham's reference to Chap lain Mallley as "A bleached and pie bald political mountebank, a theoretical citizen and renegade populist," as a new face In the republican strategy board, against brought down the house. Ed P. Smith, the first speaker, was then Introduced as "A hero of Ihe dark days of '94 and '9.1, when the democ racy, between the rocks of gold mono metallism and down-east mugwump ery, was struggling for the control of its own organization, Mr. Smith, who responded to the toait, "The Nebraska Traveling Men's Bryan Club," complimented the organ ization by the statement that no agen cy had been more potent In building up the stele than had the drummers. He was pleased to notice that they were becoming as much a factor In the po litical as In the commercial world. Mr. Smith told of a drummer who heard Mm speak In IH96. and said afterwards that he always thought the democrats were blankety blank fools, and now be I I lew It. "But that traveling man's hwse Joined the trust since then," con c idd the orator, and now he Is out of a Job and as a big a blankety blank f'Ol democrat as any of us." (Cheers aid laughter) Secretary Gage waf branded as "The Second Nick Biddle, " lo paves the way for the second Andrew Jackson, William J. Bryan of Nebraska." Mr. Smith concluded amid li-ud cheers. GOVERNOR POYNTER'S TOAST. Governor Poynter responded to the toast "Nebraska." The governor cata logued the many virtues and advan tages of the state, not least among which he classed its recuperative pow ers. He told how Nebraska has risen superior to drouth, famine and hard t ines, to t-end food to the hungry in other lands, and to see its obligations, though diawirig reduced rater, of inter est, rise above par. He extolled th. truths of the Omaha populist plat form and declared that its policies are coming to the front. Government own- leiship, he presented as the only sat isfactory solution of the great prub jii'ui of transportation and transporta , .ion rates. The populists, he said, were , ready to reafllrm those principles, and with them again indorse the standard I harer of IS16. I In Introducing Frederick Shepherd to 1 discuss "Trusts," the toastmaster re marked: "Jn God we truf.'and there we draw the line on the trust business." Mr. Shepherd declared that the re publican party had done nothing un der the present administration to earn the trust of the people. It had aban doned the money of the constitution, raised the old Mag over the abhorrent doctrine of slavery, reremped the old century doctrine that the end Justified i lie means, followed old England in wars of aggression, rewarded incompe tency and forgotten even the A B C of the great principles of the United States. RAVAGES OF THE TRUST. "It has come to lie a general obser vation among the people of this coun try," said the speaker, "that whatever the reign of William McKlnley may be, it is not a reign of law. For the trusts are not only opposed to the spirit of our Institutions, but to the Idler of our laws, as well. Yet they are grow ing and waxing mighty, fostered and einouraged by the administration." The trust, he showed, prevents com petition, conduces consolidation. It goes into the shops and discharges worklngmen; II goes into the counting loom and discharges bookkeeiicrs;' it goes out on the road and lays off traveling men. It saves enough money In this way to lower; but Instead of selling cheaper it sells dearer. (Ap plause.) "Where an article of established use is under the control of a trust It is safe to say the trust will use its power for private gain." Rev. Mr. Burgess of Plattsmouth was next requested to tell the banqueter? whv he Is a democrat. "I was born under the stars and stripes," responded Mr. Burgess slowly and Impressively. "Being born under the stars and stripes Is enough o make any man a democrat." The sentiment evoked loud and pro longed cheering. He then touchlngly enumerated the great basic principles of democracy, telling how they appeal to the down-trodden and oppressed and declaring that those principles should always be kept living, a hope and an inspiration to those struggling toward the light. The reverend gentleman oc casioned some hilarity by his ability to dig up reasons almost without number to account for his democracy. When he concluded there was not a man pres ent but felt convinced that there were plenty of reasons why every man, wo man and child In the civilized world should be a democrat. GOVERNOR THOMAS' TOAST. In introducing Governor Thomas of Colorado, the toastmaster glowingly eulogized the great "Centennial state." Governor Thomas was characterized as a "great, old democratic war wolf, a monument to the state of Colorado; greater even than the sun-kissed and cloud-enshrined Pike's peak." Governor Thomas received a genuine ovation, the audience rising to Its feet with shouts and waving handkerchiefs as Colorado's executive arose to re spond to the toast, "The Currency Bill.' The currency bill now pending before congress Governor Thomas character ized as the last step toward a goal long striven for by the financial highway men of the world- Governor Thomas strikingly recount ed, step by step, the onward march of the finaclal conspiracy that ever since the resumption of specie payment has lieen making for the bondage and en slavement of the people of the United States. He told of the cunning, the perseverance, the craft and unwavering energy with which the congplratort have been plotting to rob the govern ment of the power to issue and con trol the money volume and transfer this attribute of sovereignty to the money changers of the country. The present currency bill, he denounc. ed as "an Invention of the common en emy of this country, containing within Itself even greater evils than the de monetization act of 1873." He told of the professed republican desire for "flexi bility" In the currency. "Flexibility and contraction," be said, "are synonmous terms In the republican financial vo cabulary." (Cheers.) He pointed out that the only method In which, under the bill, the currency could expand, would be by an Increase of the na tional debt, as the greenbacks are to be replaced by bank notef based on government bonds. "The day that this government sur renders Its power to the national banks is the day from which shall date the decadence of this great republic," he declared, "unless the people right In righteous wrath to scourge from the temple the party guilty of their be- trayel. (Cheers.) Secretary Gage came In for a scath ing excoriation for his subserviency to the money trust and for his favorit ism. In defiance of the constitution, to ward "the Standard Oil City National bank" of New York. Governor Thomas eulogized the patri otism of the rank and file of all par ties, and predicted that the American spirit would yet come to the rescue of American Institutions. Ills promise of a 75.000 majority for Bryan In Colo rado next fall, brought the cheering audience to Its feel. He concluded with a thrllllngly elo quent peroration, arnld frantic cheers that fairly drowned the strains of "Anierha" coming from the orchestra. "Three cheers for Governor Thomas," proposed General Vlfqualn, nnd they wire given with a will nnd a tiger. CATO SELUS A NOBLE DEMOCRAT, Cato Sells of Iowa was Introduced ns living proof that some good can come from a stale Joined to Its republican Idols, and 11s a brave and noble demo crat who believed In the Infallibility of the democratic cause. Mr. Srlls pre fared his speech with the declaration that the democracy of Nebraska Is en titled to the highest honors that could be- paid to that of any state In the un ion, that It was the best example extant of Inviolate Jeffersonlnn democracy. His subject was "The Unveiling of a Parallel,"and wns based on th likeness of modern conditions 10 Aesop iauis m ths monkey, the cat and the cheBtnuts. Mr. Sells' speech was a maBterly and logical exposition of the contest be tween the classes and the masses and the cunning with' which the former strive and too frequently succeed lu deluding the latter. MR. BRYAN CLOSES IT. At 2 o'clock this (Saturday) morning. Mr. Bryan, the last speaker on thii toast list, was Introduced and was re ceived with prolonged and repeated cheers. Mr. Bryan said in part: "We are now near enough to the na tional convention to leel that there will be no considerable opposition to the re affirmation of the Chicago platform. Ihe late elections destroyed the last hepe of those who sought to modify or subtract from the creed enunciated at Chicago in 1VJ0. The republican par ly har been driven under the lash of tht financiers to the open espousal of the gold standard and, spurred on by the national bank corporations, it has avowed its purpose to drive the green backs out of circulation and substitute a bank note issued and controlled by the national banks. "The democratic party still contends for the restoration of bimetallism at the ratio of 16 to I, the only ratio ad vocated by those who believe In the double standard; it also contends for the greenback as against the bank note. 'The members of this club were op posed to the money trust in 1896, and Ihey are not surprised that the vicious trust principle has been extended to industrial combinations which have in three years thrown out of employment large numbers of commercial travelers. The democratic party will deal with the trust question, not in glittering gener alities, bin in specific terms, and will invite the support of all those who are oj posed to the domination of private monopolies." Mr, Bryan discussed the trust ques tion at some length, and then, taking up the subject of imperialism, said: 'Commercial travelers who sought the extension of trade by peaceful and legitimate means' will not lend their support to the Imperialistic methods employed in the furtherance of con quest. The commercial travelers have been eminently successful as a per suader. He will not substitute violence for reason. "The questions now before the peoplt are but different manifestations of a vicious principle which pervades all republican policies, namely, that the dollar is all-Important and that strug gling humanity deserves no consider. ition. THREE PARTIES AGREE TO IT. Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) The demo cratic state central committee this af ternoon decided that the delegate econ veiition for the purpose of electing delegates to the national conveentlon be held In Lincoln on March 1!), next, the basis of representation to be the same as before. The meeting was oie of the most fully attended and enthusiastic of any held In years, every member of the committee but two being present, either in person or by proxy. The committee by unanimous vote and with great em phasis declared Its conviction that Lee Herdman, a democrat and an efficient and faithful worker in the cause which the fusion parties are seeking to ad vance, should be the next clerk of the supreme court, and instructed Chair man Jamesi C. Dahlman and Edgai Howard lo wait, on Judges Sullivan and Holcomb and express to them the wish of the committee and of the democracy of the state. The following resolutions, which wei offered by Edgar Howard, were adopt ed by a vote within one of being unan imous, after a debate which at times verged on the acrimonious: "The state committee of the Nebras ka democracy, voicing the sentiemenl of its authority, views with admira tion the remarkable and so far hap pily successful efforts of the people of the Boer republics to repel the inva sion of their country by the British forces, and to that brave people, strug gling for the right to govern them selves, and preserve their republic, w extend sincere sympathy." This resolution was bitterly opposed by J. H. Harley of Lincoln. Mr. Har-t ley thought the resolution would an tagonize 5,000 Canadian-born resident! of Nebraska. He thought it was cow ardly, because it did not also eexpres? sympathy for the Filipinos. He de clared thaet there were two sides tf this Boer question anyhow. Mr. Harley's speech eoccasloned 11 storm of protests. J. J. O'Connor ol Omaha said he was one of thee 5,00( Canadians In Nebraska, and the reso ution could not bee made too strong for Vm. He believed that 4,999 out of th 5,000 were In sympathy with the Boers Judge Howard, Mahoney of Greele and several others then engaged In a running debate with Mr. Harley, whe valiantly defended his position, and re corded a resounding "no" when tht resolution was put to a vote. T. J. Nolan of Douglas county wai unanimously selected as the choice ol the committee for temporary chairman of the convention to be held In March SESSION OF THE POPULISTS. Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) The popullsi state committee In session this after noon decided to hold their state con vention for the election of delegates to the national convention on March 19, this action being taken after consulta tion between committees representing the two leading fusion parties, and acquiesced in by the silver republic ans. Secretary Nelson gave to the press the following transcript of the action! of the committee: "Conference of the members of thf populist state central committee, for discussion of matters of Interest to the party and to fix time and place of hold ing state convention for naming dele gates to the national convention. "Decided to hold convention at new auditorium, Lincoln, March 19, begin ning at 6 p. m. Basis of representation to be same as used for convention In August, 1SH9." The following resolutions were passed during the course of the meeting: "Resolved. That the name "The Peo ple Independent Party' of Nebraska be changed to 'The People's aPrty.' "Resolved, That the foregoing resolu tion be brought before the next conven tion of the people's- party for ratifica tion or rejection. (This Is to have the party name In Nebraska conform tc the name used by the party In all oth er states.) "Resolved, That It Is the sense of thf populist state central committee of Ne braska, In conference assembled, thai the Idea of holding the. populist na tional convention thirty days prior tc, the democratic nnd silver republican conventions Is unwise snd would result In producing discord nnd lnliiirmnnlou action in the reform ranks of the na tion, and that we disapprove of such n proposed course and declare thnt we are In favor of holding the populist na tional convention tit the same time and uliice as the remocrntlc nnd silver re publicans, and nre in favor of united ictlon against the party of Imperial ism and the gold standard." Unanim ously carried. BEG FOR GUP OF 'WATER rERRlBLE SUFFERING OF BRIT SH SOLDIERS. Belated Letters Tell of Condition as They Exist In South Africa Scarcity of Water. London. (Special.) The men were :rowding around the engines In line, jffering the drivers fabulous prices tor 1 cup of water, writes the Globe cor respondent, at the cUjse of the battle jf Enslln, but it was useless. The. irivers had been threatened with ;ourt-martial If thev supplied any, a there was great difficulty in keeping sufficient supply for the engines. 1 saw one soldier lying flat on the line juder an engine latching a few drops n his mouth from a steampipe. Such extracts as this from the mailed jesc-riptions of the fighting In South. Africa give some faint idea of the con ditions under which It is being carried cm. Belated as these letters are by :he time they appear in English papers :hey throw much needed light upon .he campaign, so barrenly reported over :he censored cables. The heat that drove British soldiers to drink gratefully from the exhaust pipe of an engine after seven hours lighting at Enslin, where they lost 17 killed and wounded, has proved a serl jus factor in the care of the wounded. Surgeon Makins, formerly Of St. Thom as' hospital, writes under date of the 'ield hospital at Orange river: "During an eight days' stay some G00 vvounded men have passed through th& hands of the Royal Army medieat ::orps here. One night alone 300 pa tients arrived from the fight at Mod der trivier. Yesterday the thermom eter registered 125 degrees Fahrenheit in some of the tents. Th journey from here to the base hospital at Wynberg, which takes twenty-eight hours, em phasizes the difficulties due to the im mense length of the. line of corrununi jation. "The large majority of the wounds have been inflicted by the Mauser or Lee-Metford bullets and a small, pro portion by Martini bullets and large projectiles. A wounded Boer referred to the Lee-Metford as a "gentlemanly bullet,' and this remark is equally ap plicable to the Mauser. The wounda made by them are small, clean and! little disposed to suppurate. These bul lets met with have been little deformed unless they have struck stone before entering, and I have, seen no single in stance which would suggest the us of either flattened or so-called explo sive bullets among the wounded here."' LION TAMERS AWFUL DEATH. Clawed to Pieces by the Flerc Beast Vienna, aJn. 6. New Year's day wa usheredi in by a terrible tragedy at the Vienna Zoological gardens. Just as the visitors began to enter the placfa there were the wildest shrieks, follow ed by horrible groans, from the lion house. These presently were drowned In the roaring of the lions and the frightened cries of every bird and beast in the gardens, making an inde scribable din. Horse Meat Butcher Kraus was the first to reach the lion house. There he found the keeper, Radowsky, lying on the floor under the claws of Sara, a full grown andi savage tempered, lioness. Kraus fearlessly rushed Into, the cage, armed with a pointed lroa rod, with which he Ineffectually, strove to drive Sara from her prey. White he was thus engaged the other keepers saw to their horror five other lions drawing around Kraus, who had barely time to get oat before they set on hlmv Several rods were now pushed Into the cage to frighten the Hone from the body of Radowsky, which they had begun tearing In all directions, his clothlnc. being qulckfy torn into ribbons. HI cries had now ceased and the unfortun ate man was already dead. While Sara furiously gored his face with her claws, the other lions greedily licked up the blood and devoured the stripe ot flesh torn from his body. All the beasts were Insensible to blows and jabs from the outside. A hoee was now turned on, but the lions crowded In a tangle of legs, heads and lashing tails around the body of their victim. It seemed Impossible to prevent then from eating the body altogether until firebrands of straw were pushed throT the bars. At the sight of these the lions drew, back roaring madly, and what remain ed of the body was dragged from the: cage. It was a revolting sight, belne a mass of blood and ragged clothes. On examination it was found that the back bone and both legs had been bro ken, showing the frightful violence ot the first attack. Radowsky had been training himself as a Hon tamer. He told his wife he had found a method of cowing lions wh!ch made him secure even with Sara. He was evidently practicing this pian with only a broom handle to pro tect himself when he met his death. He had reared the other five Hons himself. md played with them like dogs. BARBER. AN AVENGER.. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 9. The da- before Christmas, Earnest Carheart. the bar- ber of Chemung, a noted mining camp, shot and probably mortally wounded . Chris Manning, mining operator, who -had been developing properties- for a . couple of years. Last summer Man ning sold out for $50,000, received a large payment down and returned to the camp late in the fall to make some additional locations. The day he .was shot he went to be shaved. Carheart had been In the camp only a short time. He removed part ot Manning's beard. Then he went to-the back of the shop, procured a revolver, . and, returning, shot the man In his-" chair. In explaining the act, the barber said that years ago he and Manning lived In Dresden, Me. There Carheart mar ried and Manning, he charged, alien ated the affections of the wife and eloped with her. The two men did not meet again until Manning went to hint to be shaved. Both men had changed In appearance and neither knew the other whs In that locality. As Carheart removed the beard he recognized Mantling. Without saying; a word he secured his revolver. "Chris Manning, I'm going to kill you," he shouted, tiring almost In stantly. When Manning was told of Carheart's tory, he denied thnt he had ever run away with Carheart's wife, but ad mitted thnt the woman he had married iind who Is now dead, was once Car heart's sweetheart. Washington, D. C President McKln ley made the statement In nn Interview with Delegate Elynn thnt he hsd no choice for vice president. The only sua gestlon the president offered was that a. man be nominated who Is big ayinusti to be president. 1