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Convention Begins Its Work
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ISSU2 IB THE VIOB PRESIDENCY
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Sioux Falls S D May 10 Tho
national convention of tho Peoples
Paxty began business ut 220 p m yes
terlay in tlio big tont wigwam on the
top of the hill on tho western side of
tho city of Sionx Falls vThcro havo
been larger crowds in atter louco upon
national conventions and possibly there
buve been questions upon which moro
enthusiasm baa boon manifested but
there haye been few similar events
which have been marked by moro ovi
dent sincerity of pnrposo or moro pro
nounced decorum of behavior Tho big
tent was arrayed in full dress array for
the reception and entertainment of its
guests and the structure proved in every
way equal to tho scrvico required of it
There were probably 500 delegates in
their seats and surrounding them was a
friugo of alternates and visitors number
ing from 000 to 800 Seats had been
provided for a much larger number but
the attendanco did not appear meagre
and it may bo tritely remarked that
what was lost in attendance was com
pensated for in enthusiasm From tho
arrival of tho Minnesota delegation bear
ing Bryan and Towno banners there
wero outbursts of applause at every cou
venient opening and upon the least
provocation
Senators Butler Allen and Heitfeld
received liberal greeting wnilo Senator
Pettigrow was overwhelmed by the cor
diality of tho welcome accorded him
There was also generous applauso when
the name of Mr Bryan was mentioned
by the speakers of the day Many
sentiments wero cheered to tho echo
and this was notably the case with Gov
ernor Leo s reference to tho Boers and
the Filipinos A liberal supply of good
music was furnished by the band of tho
Fifty first Iowa regiment and it was
also applauded
All told it was a well dressed good
mannered and thoroughly well behaved
assemblago of people By no means
the least noticeablo characteristic of tho
gathering was tho prcseneo of a number
of femalo delegates
It should be stated that Sioux Falls is
proving entirely equal to tho demand of
entertaining tho convention There
lias been no great crowding at tho ho
tels owing to tho fact that private resi
dences have been opened to visitors and
in all other respects the welfaro of
6trangcrs is properly looked after
iirnt Session of Contention
After calling tho convention to order
Chairman Butler called on Bishop
OGorman Catholic bishop of Sioux
Falls to offer prayer
After tho prayer Senator Butler an
nounced that the city of Sioux Falls
and tho state of South Dakota desired
to make in a formal maimer a tender of
that hospitality which all tho visitors to
the convention had already experienced
in so great a measure Ho then intro
duced Governor Andrew J Leo of
South Dakota who welcomed tho dele
gates in behalf of tho city and state
Governor Leo was given closo atten
tion and was frequently interrupted by
applause bis reference to tho splendid
heroism of tho South African repub
lics bringing a burst of cheers His
alluiou to W J Bryan however tho
first timo his namo had been pro
nounced brought the delegates to their
feet in a hurricane of cheers and wav
ing of flags some enthusiastic delegates
climbing on their chairs to voice their
approval
At tho conclusion of his address
Chairman Butler in a short speech in
troduced tho temporary chairman of tho
convention P M Kiugdal of Min
nesota
When Chairman Butler touched upon
tho meeting of tho middle-of-the-road
Populists in Cincinnati a voico camo
from tho body of delegates How
about MarkHQung
I am afraid ho is thero also re
plied the chairman evoiring laughter
und cheers
Mr Ringdal received a vociferous
welcome from tho convention the Min
nesota delegation in particular distin
guishing itself by lusty cheers and
blasts of tin horns
Ui oiling Senilon
The evening sessiou was devoted en
tirely to singing aud musio by the Fifty
first Iowa regiment baud Whon tem
porary Chairmau Ringdal called the
convention to order at 840 p in it
was announced tho committees on cre
dentials resolutions and permanent or
ganization wero not ready to report
Ho then introduced Rov Hatch of Iowa
who ho said has some songs of his
own production Tho minister who
is blind sang two songs which were
received with wild cheers Tho con
vention then adjourned until 0 oclock
this morning The doors wero opened
und all outsido of tho tent wero admit
ted to the concert given by tho Iowa
baud
Tho situation with reference to tho
vico presidency is still tho paramount
question among tho delegates aud tho
solution of tho problem is apparently us
far off as it was when tho dolegitos be
gan to arrive It looks as if tho ques
tion will be precipitated upou tho con
vention by a minority report from tho
committee on credentials agaiust al
lowing a full vote to the Texas delega
tion tins delegation is entitled under
tho rules to 120 delegates but thcro are
present ouly a Binall number compara
tively They favor nominating and
theiu may bo an effort to reduco their
voting strength to conform to the actual
number nreseiit Tho Minnesota dele
gation hold a mooting during tho even
ing but did not commit its position in
Townos behalf Thero is little doub
that there is a clear majority in tho
convention favorable to nominating ond
of thei Towno is said to now control n
ninjortry The present outlook is favor
ublo to him but his opponents aro vory
active
Tho fight is now narrowed tlovra until
thero aro practically but two proposi
tions being considered Onois that tho
convention nominate a vico president
Tho other proposition is that tho whole
matter bo delegated to a committee- em
powered to act at Kansas City Tho
Nebraska delegation agreed to tho latter
plan by n vote of HO to 13
Thomas M Patterson of Colorado
was selected for permanent chairman of
tho convention by tho committoo on
permanent organization J H Curran
of Kansas Leo Vincent of Colorado and
William M DeiBher of Pennsylvania
who served as temporary secretaries at
tho afternoon session wero named as
permanent secretaries
MID ROAD CONVENTION
Howard Almost Certnln to Henri Ticket
Denver Decline Seconil lluce
Cincinnati May 10 Yosterday at
130 p m tho Popu
list national convention was called to
order at Robinsons opera house
Thero wero 470 persons in tho dele
gates chairs and 7o in tho galleries
when National Chairman Deaver rapped
for order
Mayor Tufel welcomed tho delegates
toCiuciinati in a brief bpeech
On tho part of tho delegates Professor
J A Boise of Nebraska City thanked
tho mayor for his words of welcome
Committees wero appointed and re
tired to their halls Ignatius Donnelly
delivered an impassioned address in
which he declared that tho
must stand together and
save mankind
At the evening session tho credentials
committee roported and precipitated tho
first struggle of tho convention It
arose over tho votes to bo allowed tho
delegations which wero not fully rep
resented It was finally voted to amend
tho report in accordance with tho call
for tho convention and allow tho dele
gates to cast tho full voto of their re
spective states For instance the two
delegates from Kansas will havo 43
votes apiece
Permanent organization was effected
by tho selection o Cfolonol W L Peek
of Georgia for chairmau and former
Governor Waito of Colorado for vico
chairman
Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania
whoso presidential boom appear to huvo
been effectually punctured addressed
tho convention
At 1115 p in tho convention ad
journed until 8 a m It is tho inten
tion to wind up business today without
taking a recess
It appears almost certain that former
Congressman Howard of Alabama will
head tho ticket His probablo mato is
problematical Deaver has declined to
accopt the nomination for tho vico pres
idency and it possibly will go to Igna
tius Donnelly The latter appears per
fectly content to abido by tho wishes of
tho convention
From tho resolution committeos pro
gress it appears that tho declaration of
principles to bo placed before the coun
try will be of such a naturo as to prac
tically establish anow tho greenback
question That plank will probably
call for an unlimited issuo of govern
ment paper currency Silver is likely
to bo dropped Tho other leading planks
will demand direct legislation and gov
ernment ownership of railroads aud
telegraphs
IlnrRlieri Hetreut to Viinl
Smalueel May 8 It is reported that
the federals are quitting Zand river and
it is variously stated that they aro re
treating toward tho Vnal and aro taking
up their position at Boshraud south ot
Krooustadt
lELEGRAHHIC BKIEFS
Tho property loss resulting from the
forest fires at Corbett Pa and vicinity
is about 200000
The Rhino aud Hessian farmers havo
begun tho importation of Hungarian
rurul workmen on a largo scale
Miss Lily McKonzio of Chicago was
drowned Wednesday at La Jolla a
pleasure resort near San Diego Cal
Colonel Leandor Dyer a prominent
member of tho G A R died at Bloom
ington Ills Wednesday aged 58 years
Tho Great Northern railway in ac
cordance with its promise has placed
lOOOO shares of its stook on sale at par
for its employes
Tho funeral of Muukacsy tho cele
brated painter who died in an asylum
at Bonn took placo at Buda Pest
Wednesday and was attended with
much pomp
Bishop Thomas OGorman during
his recent visit to tho Rosebud Indian
agency baptised into tho Catholic faith
tho fierce old Sioux chief Two Strikes
Ho is 81 years old aud in his day scalped
many a whito man
Bei t Woodford of Dixon Ills was
the successful contestant in tho shoot
for the board of trade diamond badge
emblematic of the state championship
at live birds at tho Illinois State Sports
mans association at Chicago Wednes
day
Rudolph and Adolph Bartosk broth
ers living 111 Orange Wvis quurroled
Wednesday while intoxicated Ru
dolph shot his brother below tho heart
und then turued tho weapon on him
self uud almost blew the top of his head
off Adolph is Uyimr
NORFOLK NEBRASKA TIUKSDAY MAY IJHK
MRS CHECK IIDTTON
His Command Has Narrow Es
cape From Being Cut Off
MANY HIT BY BURGHER SHELLS
Hrllili Ioreeil In lletlro Imler Hot Tiro
From Ten liitmt Aihlertt Ilom
tlio Front Slum Itorrn lo tin All tiling
but Inntrlty
Smaldkkl May Yesterday Gen
eral Hutton attempted to seize a Boer
convoy attempting to leave tho river
Ho advanced to tho river with mounted
infantry including tho Canadians A
long lino of wagons was plainly visible
On becoming awaro of General lluttous
object tho Boers stopped their retreat
and opened tiro with 10 guns They
seemed in force and threatened Hut
tons flank Presently mounted Boers
wero seen crossing tho dry bed of tho
rivur They circled to tho right and be
gan to enfiludo tho West Australians
whilo many of tho British wero hit by
Boer shells Tho position became seri
ous Tho Boers sent up reinforcements
placing the Australians in danger of be
ing cut off Thereupon General Hutton
ordered a retirement to Wolgolegon
where ho had left his own convoy A
portion of tho forces advanced and en
gaged tho Boers to cover his retreat
which was successfully accomplished
Tho Boers continued to shell tho retir
ing troops but showed no desiro to press
tho attack further Meanwhile tho
Boer trains steamed away northward
blowing up tho culverts as they went
Drlio llrltlnh llucli
London May 10 General Huttons
mounted infantry brigade including
tho Canadians with a part of General
Frenchs cavalry crossed tho Zand river
Tuesday anil began to work its way
cuutiously along tho railway northward
in tho track of tho rotiring Boers
About 8000 horsemen wero probably
engaged in this advanco General Hut
ton before ho was joined by a part of
General Frenchs forco had a sharp
fight General Hutton fell back sev
eral miles tho Boers following until
other British cavalry reinforced Hutton
During the night tho Boers retreated
not further contesting tho crossing
The Boer attack on General Hutton
does not indicato any such panicky con
ditions as havo been alleged to exist
among thorn Nevertheless tho British
advance rolls on steadily General
Broad wood and General Bruco Hamil
ton havo penetrated 15 miles beyond
Winburg
According to Boer advices sharp
skirmishes are of daily occurrewo and
thero was a busk rifle engagement out
side Winburg 011 Saturday
From Boer sources comes 11K0 tho re
port that in a skirmish outsido Mafo
king May 5 Colonel Baden Powell was
slightly worsted
Tho Transvaal volksraad adopted
on Tuesday exptessing indigna
tion nt tho British for not conducting
tho war in a civilized manner for kill
ing wounded Boers with lances lor
using armed Kaffirs under British of
ficers and for ill treating prisoners
Ilepnlra to Itnllmiy Delays Hubert
London May 10 A dispatch to the
Times from Smaldecl dated May 8
says Lord Roberts has halted hero tc
completo tho railway and allow time
for the cavalry now returning from
Thaba NChu to tako tho placo de
signed for them in tho original scheme
of advance
General Hamilton last week was con
tinually m touch with General Bothut
rear guard Tho enemy maneuvered
field guns skillfully to check General
Hamiltons advance On one occasion
thoy masked their position so well as to
jeopardize tho British convoy which
was saved by tho timely arrival of th
Highland brigade with naval guns
Three 1iitnlly Humeri
Chicago May 10 Mrs Anna Gra
bent in an effort to end tho lives of her
two step children Emma aged 11 and
Mary aged 8 and herself last night set
firo to her homo 1300 Hpnian avenue
after saturating tho clothing of the clnl
dren with kero ene Tho threo wen
rescued by neighbors beforo thoy had
been burned to death but at tho lios
pital where hey were taken it is said
they cannot recover
Shout 1ioiiiUen to Kutiirn
San FitANCisco May 10 Elmer L
Sheotz wanted in St Louis to answer
to a chargo of grand larceny has finally
consented to accompany Captain of De
tectives Desmond to his former home
On tho promise that ho and his wife be
allowed to travel in a drawingroom car
and that tho trip bo mado as pleasant as
possiblo ho decided to stop all habeas
corpus proceedings
Tapaurnti liumluruiiU Liunl
San Fhancisuo May 10 Ouo huu
dred and fifty seven Japaueso immi
grants havo just been landed in this
city Of this number 75 wero admitted
ou certificates of landing signed by the
United States immigration cOmmis
sioner at Vuncouver and 95 ou certifi
cates from tho commissioner at Seattle
Senate Confirm Hawaiian Nomination
Washington May 10 Tho scnat
has confirmed tho following nomina
tions S B Dolo to bo governor of and
Henry E Cooper to bo seeietury of
Hawaii II E Bellows of Washington
to bo consul general at Yokohama
J M OU to bo postmaster at Honolulu
Collins Slabs Ills llrotliur
Maiiyyilli Mo May 10 Georgo
Collins cut his brother John soven times
with a pocketkinfo yesterday inflicting
probably fatal wounds
KNEELING NOT AN EXACTION
Metliiiilll Cnnlf ri m t loir Hum n n ltri
I11II011 lot tlw niliiil ttiliini
Cllli Mit Mav 10 Kiierllng its in the
attitude of pi r has censed to be ex
action in the MelhuliM cluiteh Tin
honk of dlsctplti n 0guii tho hrnil
iug of tho knee but the city chin Hies
have gradually been diiftlng 1ito the
mole unconventional bowing ol Hit
head The custom of Wesley pievails
lor the most pint only in tho country
Delegate Tyndall of Nobiaska is a be
ltcver in the devout kneeling foi in and
yestenlny sought to correct the tendency
of the latter day Methodists in tlepuit
ing ftoin the ancient custom by intro
ducing 11 lesolution in tho gencinl con
feienco cniplnsiing Iho direction in the
discipline The conference refused to
decline we areas much as ever in favor
of observing the kneeling attlilude
The effective argument was presented
by a city minister who said We
would have to rebuild our churches
Pew space is too contracted to permit of
kneeling
Tho Nebraska preacher roso to nrgo
tho adoption of his views but tho con
ference clamored for a vote and the
more easy leaning of tho body toward
tho back of tho pow was adopted
Tronblo For Tramp Tourist
Drs Moinim May 10 Tho fodoral
grand jury ol tlio southern district of
Iowa 111 session hero ih of tho opinion
that it is 11 crime under tho federal
statutes lor 11 tramp to steal a rido on 1
passenger train carrying mails Henry
B Miller anil C H Cleary of Lucas
county woio yesterday indicted for de
laying the United States mail Tho in
dictments statu that they located on the
trucks of near on a Chicago Bui ling
ton and Quincy mail train and that it
was necessary to stop tho train to put
them oil
Worlt Tor lovra ltiiinlillrans
Dns Moines May 10 Tho Iowa
Republican state convention meets here
today Tho convention will namo 5M
district delegates and four delegates-lit-large
to the -Philadelphia national con
vention The platform will it is gen
erally asserted indorse tho present ad
ministration tho St Louis platform and
the expansion policy and declare for
some kind of governmental control of
such trusts and combinations as aro in
juiious to tho welfare of tho general
public
1iiiniiia llnum Feml
BiATitin Neb May 10 A regular
pitched bat tlo was fought last evening
a few miles northwest of tho city be
tween Nicholas anil his son
Frank on tho onosido and Charles Doane
and Seba Doane A dispute uroso over
somo lented land and fists clubs aud
boots wero resorted to to set tlo tho dis
pute Mr Borgor had threo ribs broken
and is otherwise badly bruised His son
is also badly used up Both tho Domes
ore badly hurt
JHIIIrr Appoint mi Anent
Kansas Cirv May 10 Tho K11ns11
Millers association appointed nn agent
who will mnko it Ins business to soil for
export or to eastern tnulo tho surplus
piodiiet held by the nulls represented in
the association Their inability hereto
fore to dispose of this sui plus has caused
u demoralization in prices which they
now seek to overcome
Fmitin Captured In SI Louis
Ottlmwa la May 10 Sheriff Frank
Slutts received a telegram from St
Louis yesterday stating that Con Staf
ford who broko jail 111 this city two
weeks ago has been captured Staf
ford was convicted on tho chargo of
robbery and was being held to await
sentence Sheriff Slutts went to St
Ixniu for him last evening
Appeal Irom Ieai o Society
The Hauue May 10 Tho Nether
liutls Peuco society has adtlressed an
appeal to President McKinley begging
him to futthcr tho peaceful object of
tho Boer mission to investigate their
case to bring about arbitiatiou uud put
u stop to the pernicious war 111 South
Africa
lima deration 01 iitoor
Dks Moines May 10 Tho Stato Fed
eration of Labor opened its mutual ses
sion hero yesterday with some 75 dole
gates present Committees wero named
but no important business was trans
acted Officers will probably bo elected
today
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
The navy department has mado an
adverso roport upon tho Gnthmanu gun
Representative McClellan of New
York Wednesday introduced 11 bill re
pealing tho war revenuo tux on beer
Tho Missouri Dcmocratio suite com
mittee decided to hold tho stato nomi
nating convention 111 Kansas City 011
June 5
General Edwanl S Bragg com
mander of tho famous iron brigudo was
thrown from his horso at Fond Du Lac
Wis Friday and his right leg broken
in two places
Robert Wetzel a middlo aged man
jumped from tho Brooklyn bridge
Wednesday Ho may die Ho is the
thud jerson who has jumped from tho
budgo 111 the lust threo weeks
Dainuging gales aro reported from
German coist Near Loba four vessels
have been lost and all on board drowned
From Bremen Kiel and Rensburg come
the repoits of loss of fishing smacks
with a number of lives
Magistrate Zoller of Now York
Wednesday gave out his decision dis
missing tho complaints against Chair
man Gates of the American Steel and
Who company und discharging the de
fendant
Captain dishing of tho revenuo cut
ter Rush which has sailed for the Arc
tic will tako a census of tlio inhabitants
of the Aleutian islands utter which he
will devote his attention to tbu Bering
tea bcal vouchers
THESE
FOUR
HATS
ARE
Workmen hrlert Mitrnlnilltnwn
CitKfirov In May 10 Marshalltown
secures tho next meeting of the grand
lodge Ancient Order of United Work
men defeating Algona for tho conven
tion Tho election of officers resulted
ok follows Grand master woikmnn
Will M Narvis of Muscatine grand
foreman W II Berry Indianola grand
recorder B F Rehkopf Des Moines
grand trustee P 11 Summci field Du
buque
uiiieit 1lnjeil entenlujr
Denver Omuhii 10
Dit Molnm 10 Sioux City 0
lnrblo 10 St Jo ijh 0
ltuftlllo Si MilllllllpoliH 10
Clevelnnil i Milumikrc 7
Darolt 0 Kniihas City A
lumen Toilny
Western Ieatftu OinuUa nt Pueblo Dcs
Molmsi nt Bliiux City ht Joseph ut Dinvtr
National LtaBUu Chicngo at Pituburf
American Leauue Minneapolis at Huffnlo
KutihOH City at in troit Milwaukee at Clec
bind Chic uKO ut ImllanapoliH
RoVal
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum baking powefcrs arc the greatest
menacers to health of the present day
ROYAL 0AKIIa POVDfR CO MW rOKK
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INSKEEPS
ST LOUIS BIG CAR STRIKE
ttvery Iluo In the llty ICiirpt One Is
lleil lip
St Lotus May 10 Tho second day
of the gteat street railway strike was as
quiet and uneventful as the first was
turbulent nnd riotous The St Iouis
Transit company mado no effoit to run
its cms and tho Suburban madia none
until late 111 the uftci noon when with
IMihco mas ed along the line and a de
tachment on each carit succeeded in
getting ii number through Far ft out
relieving the situation hoveer the
dcuiriiisliutiou had no fuither oiled
than to show that by massing their
forces ou 11 single line tlio police could
keep that line open
At tlio Iliwi of the day of armed inac
tivity both sides cjkpiimd lull confi
dence 111 tlio outcome The strikers ae
ceptnl the abandoned car hacks and
silent powri house s as 111 11nl1c1t ton that
the company was ui alciiiing The offi
cials of tlio latter evidently looked upou
their want of success in Tuesdays nu
merous engiigeini nts as only 11 tempo
rary setback Seciet confidences wero
held by tho leadeis of both sides and
the air of secrecy prevailing atound tho
two heailquai lets pi unused develop
ments ol 1111 important character
A dynamite caitiidgu ixploded under
a car of the Mciainec Highlands divi 1011
of the Suburban lino with gieit loico
at 1111 early hour this morning Tho
car was occupied by a dozen workmen
of the county Succeeding tho explosion
a number of shots wero Hied in quick
succession but tho persons who did tho
firing wero not seen owing to the dark
ness and nobody on the car was struck
by a bullet As a Suburban car ou
route to tho companys sheds in tho
western part of tho city was passing tho
Baptist sanitarium a number of men
gathered in thu grounds of tho institu
tion und threw rocks at tho car Somo
one on tho car fiied u shot at tho crowd
tho bullet finding lodgment in the
breast of Frank L brecht Tho wounded
mau attempted to cuter the sanitarium
but fell dead on reaching tho door
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