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The War Secretary Suddenly
Tenders His Resignation
HEIKLEJOIIX TO ACT TKMPOIIAKIIjY
No Iiiimeriiutn Appoint mr nt Ilxprrlcil
Algnrn tailor to llo Mmle Public Willi
Mm lrrlliit Arroptnno Mlililsmi
Visit ii ii Alleged Cmno of KtrniiKAiur iit
Wasiuxoton July SO Lato yestcr
dny Secretary Alger tendered to tho
president his resignation of tho war
portfolio to become effective Aug 1
though it was tendered at tho pleasure
of tho president The president will
accept it
Gossip has hogun already as to his
successor but is entirely speculative for
notwithstanding tho reports that Mr
Alger would not long continuo at tho
head of tho war department his actual
resignation came suddenly and unex
pectedly
Formal acceptance of tho resignation
will bo mado in a letter to bo written by
tho president within tho next day or
two No official statement as to tho
cause of tho resignation was procurable
either from tho president or from Socro
tary Alger neither of whom would talk
on tho subjoct nor was tho letter of
resignation obtainable
For tho present nothing will bo mado
public concerning tho soveraiico of tho
relations of tho president and his war
minister but latter on tho official cor
respondence closing tho latters career
as chief of tho war department will
doubtless be givon to tho press
Tho belief had prevailed in Washing
ton for somo time that Secretary Alger
would resign from tho cabinet but tho
date generally sot for it was toward tho
end of tho year after ho had submitted
his annual report in which ho intended
to sum up what had been accomplished
during his briof but eventful direction
of the war department Its tender then
had been regarded as almost a foregone
conclusion in view of Mr Algers an
nouncement about a month ago that ho
had concluded to enter into competition
for tho vacancy in tho United Statos
senate to be caused by the expiration of
tho term of Senator McMillan a strong
supporter of tho administration and
that ho had enlisted in his active sup
port Governor Piiigreo to whom had
oeen attributed free criticismsof tho
policy that was supposed to be cherished
by tho president toward the Filipinos
Strained Kclutloim Hinted At
There have been many explanations
and denials of the facts in that case
but in tho end the impression was con
voyed that tho result of tho Michigan
visit of the secrotsiry had been to change
tho relations between the president and
himself to such a degree as to make tho
restoration of their former status im
possible and to render tho connection of
tho two as part of tho same official fam
ily impossible
At one time since then has there been
ground for tho belief that a rupture
might bo avoided but this belief ceased
to bo hold when tho news spread that
Vice President Hobart and Secretory
Alger wore in conference at Norman
hurst It was largely at least as a re
sult of this conference that Socrctary
Alger decided to leave tho cabinot at
this time
At tho conference there wero present
besides Secretary Alger his military
aide una close personal and political
friend and advisor Major Hopkins and
perhaps somo other persons or person
-who ulso felt a deep interest in tho
future of tho secretary There has been
no disclosure of what passed by tho sea
side but it is significant that tho return
of tho secretary to Washington was fol
lowed by prompt action
He arrived in Washington Tuesday
night too late to make any official calls
Almost before tho oxecutivo depart
ments wero opened for business Wednes
day ho called at tho white houso and vis
iting tho prcsidont in his office an
nounced that ho had concluded to re
sign his office What passed on that
point botweon himsolf and tho president
is only u matter of Hurmiso
for neither have anything to
say on this point Some routine busi
ness pertaining to tho war department
was disposed of and then Mr Alger
went to his office where ho wrote out
his formal lotter of resignation and
personally carried it over to tho White
Houso His call on this occasion was
brief and when ho roturned to tho war
department ho closed tho door of his
oflico to most of tho many callers who
wero in waiting and had a long confer
ence with Adjutant General Corbin
To the uewspapor meu who sought to
secure somo expression from him the
secretary was courteous but firm At
his residonco in tho oveniug tho secro
tary was equally uncommunicative and
positively declined to assign any reason
for the action he had taken
Mnlklejolin to Take Charge
His plans for tho future havo already
been defined Mr Moiklejohn tho as
sistant secretary of war is at present
supposed to be in Wisconsin He has
been notified of what has happened and
is expected to return to Washington to
assume charge of the war department
until such time as the president may
name a permanent secretary Probably
that will bo by tho end of tho present
mouth
Secretary Alger is much wearied by
the weight of responsibility he has
borne for nearly two years and a half
und has aged many years in the opinion
of his peraouul friends and is in need of
rest He proposes to depart for the
northwest and sneud some timo in the
lumber camps belonging to him and
then to pay visits to his children Those
will occupy his timo until woll along
into next fall About political matters
tho secretary does not speak now but it
may be fairly surmised that ho will be
ready to take such part in the Miehigau
senatorial contest as conditions at tho
time will warrant
Tho closest inquiry falls to elicit any
details as to tho intentions of tho presi
dent respecting tho appointment of a
successor Tho tuemlwrs of tho cabinot
were all dlsinclinod to talk about tho
succession though ono did remark that
tho president had mado no mention of a
nnino to him and ho bolieved that no
decision had yot boon reached Ho also
convoyed tho impression that no ap
pointment would bo mado immediately
but that Mr Meiklojohn would bu al
lowed to dlroot affairs for somo timo to
como
Among the names whioh havo boon
montioned from timo to time aro those
of General Horace Porter of Now York
now ambassador to Franco Governor
Iloosovolt of Now York General Harri
son Gray Otis and Assistant Secretary
Meiklojohn Tho name of General
Corbin has beon mentioned in connec
tion with an ad interim appointment
pending the selection of a permanent
occupant of tho ofileo This gossip also
included questions of locality and tho
opinion was expressed in somo well
posted quarters that tho selection would
be mado from tho west All this how
ever is more speculation and it seems
probable from the fact tho prcsidont has
not yet had timo to canvass tho situa
tion and mako a selection
At tho Whito Houso there was no evi
dence throughout tho evening that any
unusual ovent had occurred Tho pres
ident wont for a drivo with his niece
Miss Duncan late in tho aftoruoon
handling the reins himsolf About
oclock Secretary Hay accompanied by
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana came
over for a talk on tho subject Secre
tary Hitchcock and Comptroller Dawes
called socially for a few minutes Thero
was no evidence of a cabinet confirenco
and no suggestion of any progress in
that line
History of Cabinet Cliimce
Secretary Algers departure from tho
cabinet will loavo in it only three of
those members who entered it at tho bo
ginning of tho administration namely
Messrs Gage Long and Wilson Tho
number of changes that havo occurred
in the two and a half years of its life
has been very unusual Six cabinet of
ficers in all havo resigned their port
folios either to retire to private lifo or
to accept other positions of honor and
trust at the hands of the president
Thepe include Secretaries of State Slier
man who went out because of ill health
and advanced ago and Day who ac
cepted a United States judgeship At
torney General McKonna who accepted
a position on the supremo court bench
of the United Statos Postmaster Gen
eral Gary who retired because of ill
health and Secretary Bliss of tho in
terior department who returned to Now
York and resumed activo connection
with business affairs
EPWORTH LEAGUERS MEET
Fourth lllennlal Convention HegiiiR nt
Indianapolis Tills Afternoon
Indianapolis July 20 All prepara
tions have beon completed the tout
raised ami the city decorated and every
thing is in readiness for tho opening
session this afternoon of tho fourth bi
ennial international couvontiou of the
Epworth leaguo of tho Methodist Epis
copal church tho Methodist Episcopal
Church South and tho Canadian Metho
dist church
Owing to objections raised against
the proposition to erect the Epworth
tent on tho state houso lawn the court
house lawn was brought into service
and tho mammoth tout raised Across
the street from tho tent is located Tom
liuson hall and tho opening session of
tho league will bo hold in tho tout and
Tomlinson hall simultaneously Fri
day tho leaguo meetings will bo cx
tended to the English opora houso and
thereafter sessions will bo conducted iu
tho threo places at tho saino timo
Delegates began thronging tho city
about noon yestorday The estimate
of tho various officials placo tho numbei
of dolegatos at from 12000 to 15000
Thero will bo at least 500 colored dolo
gates from southern statos Probablj
tho only business that will como up will
bo tho selection of tho placo of mooting
in 1001 Los Angeles and San Francisco
aro both in tho race
Fivo packages of literaturo against
the seating of Congressman Robortl
have arrived directed to Rev T O
Iliff of Salt Lako who will attempt u
movement among tho Epworths against
the Mormon congressman Souatoi
Fairbanks who was to have delivered
tho address of welcome iu Tomlinson
hall is iu Washington
HIT BY A TRAMPS BULLET
Watchman Ilunjuinln Stump Probably
Murdered at Palls City bjr a Vttgraut
Falls City Nob July 20 Yester
day morniug about 2 oclock as Polico
muu Ben Stump was making his rounds
of tho Missouri Pacific yards he ap
proached a boxcar aud flashed his light
and a man iusido supposed to be a
tramp fired at him the bullot outoriug
at tho top of Stumps forehead and
ranging downward Tho tramp made
his escape but bloodhounds from
Beatrice will bo put ou his track Tho
wounded officor is iu a serious condition
llld on a Court llotue
Junction City Kan July 20 The
county commissioners opened bids this
afternoon foi tho proposed now 15000
court house and jail Zeigler Daltou
of Junction City wjro tha lowest bid
ders at J 1335
NORFOLK NEBRASKA THURSDAY JULY 20 1899
KRW YORK FOR BRYAN
Her Chicago Delegation De
clares This In a Manifesto
LOYALTY OlTAMMANY lMlLACHKl
National Donnx ralln Comniltti n In
Inn In Chit ago Willi Altcnld as n troiy
Mumlinr Local Olirornurtx of Now
York mill Chicago May Hn Ignored
Chicago July 20 Representatives of
tho Chicago platform Democrats of the
state of New York last night issued an
address to the moiubcrs of tho Demo
cratic national committee ami to tho
voters of tho United States concerning
the situation in tho stato of Now York
It was assorted in tho address that an
overwhelming majority of tho voters iu
tho Doinooratio party in tho stato of
Now York are enthusiastically in favor
of tho principles laid down in tho Chi
cago platform of 18 I and demand tho
nomination of the man who most thor
oughly stands for those principles
It was declared that tho small group
of men who havo seized upon tho ma
chinery of tho Democratic party in tho
stato of Now York are absolutely op
posed oponly or covertly to all that tho
Chicago platform stands for and tho
nomination of any man holding those
principles The electoral machinory in
tho stato of New York it was also
stated was such that any attempt to
oust tho men now in control of the
Tammany organization by work within
that body would bo fruitless The ad
dress concluded with an impeachment
of Tammanys loyalty
Acting Chairman William J Stono of
Missouri will call the Democratic na
tional committee to order today in tho
Sherman House William Jennings
Bryan will probably sit as a committee
man arrangements having been made
to furnish him with a proxy John P
Altgeld holds tho proxy of William II
Whito of Washington His presence iu
tho committee may causo trouble for it
is believed that Thomas Gahau mem
ber of the comniittoo from Illinois may
question Mr Alt golds right to repre
sent a Democratic committeeman
Apparently Mr Altgeld is desirous
of avoiding trouble If nny of the mem
bcrs resent his presence ho will tole
graph Mr White suggesting some other
proxy bo named then if Mr White in
sists that he reprcsout him ho will do so
If Acting Chairman Stones wishes
aro carried out and apparently most of
tho committeemen tiro with him the
factional differences local to Chicago
and New York will not bo brought be
fore tho committco in any form
According to tho plan of action given
out thero will bo two subsidiary com
mitteos named tho financial committee
which will tako tho placo of tho com
mittee ou ways and means aud the
executive comniittoo which iu addition
to its other duties will tako chargo of
tho press bureau It is predicted that
if a subcommittee of tho finauco com
mittee is named to do tho work which
has beou dono by tho ways and means
committee Uroy Woodson of Kentucky
and Judge Johnson of Kansas will bo
two of its members and Samuel Book
of Missouri will bo mado superintend
ent
It is intimated tho resignations of
Senators Teller aud Allen aud ex-Governor
Stono as mombors of tho auxiliary
or ways and meaus committee will bo
handed iu Sonator Jones absence iu
Europo will leave Mr Altgeld tho only
remaining member of this committee
and au attempt may bo mado to forco
him out and rcorganizo the comniittoo
with only Domocrats as members leav
ing out tho Populists and Silver Repub
licans
It is expected Mr Bryan will arrivo
iu Chicago today aud will then announce
whothor or uot he will speak at tho
Auditorium meeting tonight
DEWEY INSTEAD OF BRYAN
W C Whitney Hope to Make the Ail
in Ira I u Canilhluto
Chicago July 20 Oliver H P Bel
mont of Now York was asked last night
if William C Whitnoya suddon depart
ure for Europo was in tho nature of a
mission Ho said ho understood Mr
Whitney meant to boo Admiral Dowoy
aud porsuado tho seaman to lot his
namo bo presented to tho national con
voutiou as a caudiduto for tho nomina
tion
Not that I boliovo Mr Whitnoy will
succeed iu his object continued Mr
Belmont I do not think tho admiral
would consont to become a candidate
Do you think Mr Belmont that if
tho admiral wore brought to consent ho
could boat Mr Bryan in tho convention
Could ho stampede tho convention
Candidly ropliod Mr Belmont I
dont think he could Mr Bryan so
far as I cau fathom seoms tho well
nigh unanimous ohoico of the whole
party Assuredly ho is tho uatural and
logical caudiduto aud today at least he
is invincible
Made Innuiio by a Dream
Sedalia Mo July 20 Mrs John
Williams has become mentally deranged
and is in a critical condition us a result
of a dream that sho saw her husbauds
traiu wrecked and himself ground to
pieces Mrs Williams and nor hus
band who is u brakeman aro both be
lievers in Uhristian Science and she is
being treated by the absent method
To TextUho Ileer Law
Jkiteksov City Mo July 20 E O
Kelir a prominent St Louis attornoy
is tracing the passage of the beer in
spection bill through tho two houses for
the tit- Louis tin wrs association pre-
I Umiiuiy U a test of the law
PLAGUE STEAMER IN PORT
Tim Aiutnlt n Main Mall mid lmr iiHUM
ljiiit nittlm il ill San liaiiclco
Sax FiuMisco July 20 The steamer
America Marti from Hong lvtng and
Yokohama anchored in the stream lias
been ordered into quarantine Passen
gers will not be released until tomor
row at the earliest No mail matter has
yet beon landed i
The steamer on entering port did not
fly tho yellow Hag and it Is understood
that she was sent to tho quarantine sta
tion chielly because sho had been placed
in quarantine at Nagasaki by the Jap
anese oMlclaln u suspicious death at
tributed to the bubonic plague having
oocurred on the voyage from Hong Kong
THE SHAMROCK AGROUND
All Accident ItnnillA Ihn OhallaiiRer III
Niiiiliitiiint at Her Iorforinanco
Portsmouth Fug July 20 The
Shamrock grounded on Sandy Bottom
yesterday but was not hurt Sho will
probably be examined by divers today
before starting for Belfast
London July JO Tho morning papers
express regret at tho abortive ending of
yesterdays trial race between the Sham
rock and Britannia which they concur
again proved th Shamrock much faster
than the Britannia to windward but
only a trifle better before tho wind
mi lima Vntnrnu
Wahiiinuton July -JO Colonel Will
iam C Birkheinier assigned to the new
Twenty eighth regiment at Camp
Meade Pa was born In Ohio and
served as a private in company M of the
Fourth Iowa cavalry from March 1811
to August 1805 He entered West
Point u year later and after graduation
in 1870 served with the Third artillery
on eastern and southern stations Hu
was also instructor at West Point He
has been with his regiment iu tho Phil
ippines since June 1818 und was espe
cially recommended for promotion by
Major General Lawton for gallantry
litunS Crop Siiiiniiiiry
TW lnlVMV lllir Oil fltVll fWMtfll
rtions in Iowa are hiunniiirized us fol
lows A good deal of hay has beon in
jured by frequent rains and lack of sun
shine in the drier districts fair progress
has been made in haying and harvesting
ri n 1iii lv smvii nuts and burluv Willi
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favorable conditions harvesting spring
Ln nin uroiis will bu lcuoral within ten
days Corn has mado very good pro
gress Prospects for this crop as a whole
are steadily improving Oats and other
small grain crops aro standing up fairly
well under adverse conditions
Klxnliitf Hug lit Oimihii
Omaha July 20 Tho dread kissing
bug lias made its appearance in Omaha
Threo cases of people suffering from tho
insects venomous sting havo been re
ported The bug corresponds exactly
with the description givon in tho Phila
delphia Medical News It was an inch
in length dark brownish red color with
long antennae or whiskers and has
six legs Its generic name is opiscao
tus and it is said to bo a parasite spe
cies of bedbug
KanfttiH City Lockout Still Uiulmtigml
Kansas City July 20 Very little if
any change has taken place in the situ
ation at tho lockout of the Schwarzchild
Sulzberger packing houso ilio com
panys officials assert that additional
signatures to their agreemont havo been
secured siuco yesterday Thero is no
iminediato prospect of a reopening
howovor All of tho employes were
paid off during tho day
Hvrept Away hy h Cloiiilhiimt
Tekamah Neb July 20 In north
western Iowa near tho Minnesota lino
ou Monday night A W Blades his
wife and eight children wero drowned
while enrouto to Minnesota iu nn emi
grant wagon Tho family was en
cam pod on u creek when a cloudburst
raised the creek 15 feet and tho family
team and wagon were swept away
A National Christian Ticket
Des Moinks July 20 A cull has
beon issued by W R Wonkert of Da
vonport la for a national convention
of tho Uuited Christian party to bo hold
at Chicago Dec 24 1800 and to remain
in sossion a wool when ou Jan 1 1900
it is proposed to uominato a national
ticket for which all God fearing men
and women can vote
Hurried to Death hy Ouiiolliie
Council Blukks July 20 Mrs
TTnnrv Anutin wtnv wirli her hiiftlinml
ur - - -v
aud two ohildren havo beon living in u
covcreu wagon a row nines ease oi mis
ft wnd faf ilfte hiirnnrl vncfntvlnv
while attempting to pour gasoline into
tho tank of a stovo while it was lighted
Shot Ueuil hy Her Niftier
Gkeenvillk Mo July 20 Miss
Anna Weston was accidentally shot to
death by hor sister Tuba Weston while
out driving with Sam Bouo a farm
bund Bono permittod tho young
women to amuse themselves with his
rovolvor
Many ItalloU for Senator
Emmettsbuiui la July 20 Over
2000 ballots have been taken without
result in tho Ropubllcuu senatorial con
vention Tho contest for Senator Gears
seat is the overshadowing featur
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New Yorks Trolley Strike Is
Assuming Serious Phases
SCOKHS 01 ILltSONS AUK IN111KKI
A llmitlnu Mnh llll Srnoiiil Avmmn nml
ThmnAie Mirny Plnrun HIiiiKitlm Willi
the Inllco Slrlkn Irowliiu on Until
Hid or the Itlicl
Nuw Youk July 20 The Now York
trolley inon have joined the Brooklyn
strikers in their big strike The confer
of operations in New York city Is tin
Second avenue tho excitement In Brook
lyn is centered in tho vicinity of Thirty
sixth street and Fifth avenue where
early yesterday morning dynamite was
used Iu au attempt to blow down the
olovated structure
The rioting that took place In Now
York yesterday afternoon and last night
was of a serious nature infinitely fiercer
than any that has taken place yet in the
borough across tho river Scores of peo
ple were injured and severely injured
in the Second avenue district
liUNt night that great thoroughfare
was crowded with a jeering howling
mob almost its entire length Tho great
tenements gave forth their workingmeu
residents who backed up the strikers in
many a lioivo struggle with the police
ami with the men were many women
and still greater numbers of children
They stoned every car that passed over
the tracks they hurled stones and
chunks of iron and vegetables of a vari
ety or nature from roofs ami windows
they barricaded the streets with paving
stones tore up the street iron choked
up the slots with wire and spikos and
blocked the thoroughfares They hud
many a conllict with the
i0 patrolmen that had been placed
along the line
Of the injured the exact number can
not be known Several policemen wore
removed to hospitals with broken bones
and torn scalps At least one striker or
strike sympathizer hail his skull frac
tured and a boy had his skull fractured
Innumerable passengers on tho ears ro
ceived bud wounds and it was impossi
ble for passengers on Second avenue to
go much above Fourteenth street
It was hoped by the strikers to niiiku
a deep effect by their success on Second
avenue and so far as rioting was con
cerned they made it On tho other
lines in New York the strike was uot at
any timo prominent during the day
Last night however the motormen ou
the Eighth avenue Hue to tho numbei
of 100 or more organized and declared u
strike Thoy thereupon set about to
porsuade their fellow workmen to leave
their curs and with sufficient success to
huvu curs running ou only au hourly
schedule before midnight Today thoy
declare tho Eighth uvouuo will ulso tie
tied up The officials of the Sixth ave
nue lino iniidc the stutomout last night
thut the curs nn this avenuo were mov
ing about the same us over
An attempt was mado at 1 oclock
this morning iu Brooklyn to wreck a
Park avenue car on its way to Manhat
tan A cable similar to those used to
ntruleh electric light and telophoun
wires was tied across tho street from
post to post and a foot above tho pave
ment Tho car struck it at full spood
The fonder was bent under tho car
throwing tho front trucks off tho rails
and tho motorman James Woodward of
Philadelphia was thrown over tho dash
lioard to the pavement and bruised
about tho shoulders and head Thoro
wore no passengers ou tho car Six
policemen were aboard but thoy es
caped with a shaking up Twonty two
strikers aro under arrest for Wednes
days dynamite oxplosiou
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Tho reports of recruiting Wednesday
shows 410 men wore onrollod making a
total of 2078
All tho field officers of tho now vol
unteer regiments have boon uppointod
and assigned
Tho prico of flour dropped 20 cents a
barrel Wednesday aud is now choapor
than for somo timo
An effort is being made to enlarge
the seamless stool tubing trust of the
Shelby Tube company
At a mooting of tho striking ore hand
lers at Cleveland Weduesday tho strike
begun at the Erio dock wus declared
off
Governor Bradley of Kentucky will
not call u special sossion of tho legisla
ture nor soud troops to the Clay county
battle field
Clevelands O city electrician has
found two water connections eaten off
and water mains badly damaged by
electrolysis
Captain Barker commander of tho
Oregon was a passonger ou tho stoamor
Empress of India which arrived at Vic
toria B 0 Wednesday
Senator Fairbanks chairman of too
joint high Americaii Cuuadiuu commis
sion is still confident of u resumption
of tho Alaskan boundary negotiations
John Hyde cotton export for the
United States commission to tho Paris
exposition is sondiug out circulars re
questing contributions fur the proposed
exhibit
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DRESSMAKING
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