Nebraska Newspapers

    YEAH. OMAHA , MONDAY MOKNJ G , AUGUST 3 , 1891 , NUMBER 40.
M Mi
ITS FIRES ARE DEAD ,
ana" Grant Smelting Company's '
Works Entirely Shut DOWJ ,
STRIKE VMS INAUGURATED YESTERDAY ,
Not a Man of the Great Fcro3 Left to
Watch tha Plant.
POLICE ARE GUARDING THE' WORKS.
No Violence Offsred tlio Company's ' Em
ployes or Its Property ,
SOME SPEECHES AT AN OPEN MEETING.
mill K carncy Qtilnn Urjccl Iho
Mrn to "liiuinler ! ! Chicago"
Story ol' an I- '
Smul.ty Night.
I .nit night when tno sun was sinking be
hind ? ho city two urcat clouds of yellow
smoke floated nwny from life tall chimneys
of Hie prcat blast furnaces at the north end
of Hie Omaha and Grant smcl'.lng works. As
the done masses rolled along on the gentle
evening brec/uthcy formed a sombre "treamer
Unit slrotchud out over the city ,
pivmrmltory of the flro that was so soui to
break thro-igh the thin crust tint covered it.
W ii..o thousands of contented workmen wore
Vjirm-i-fully cnioylng the tranquil close of a
culm and quiet summer Sabuuth day , some
-In mlrcds were restlessly surging about tbo
outer gates that guard the -limits to the
grounds whcro foryearu many hi vo sweat in
arduous toil to cnrn that which suQlced to
keep soul and body together.
Many eyes turned toward the great plant
of tin smelting company , attracted thither
by the hugo clouds of smoke which swept
-rftmly n way from the chimneys , and nny
minds wondered If the smelter handj would
B'rike.
During the afternoon conferences between
jinen and managers had been hold , and hud
como to naught. So whllo the yellow smoke
from ttio furnaco-i indicated that tbo tires
wore burning without the blast ,
the sullen muttering ! ) outsldo the
grounds told of llcrco flames of
'cermlncd passion , fanned by a sense of
flight long wronged , that were springing
white hot above the orust of quiet , stolid
submission that had long marked the
daily coin-so of the workmen. The
lite In the furnace was dying that the llro
in the heart might , glow , nnd while the yel
low smoke hunnur still hid the sunset's
glory from the men who hud worked in thu
gicnt institution , the fumes from their pas
sion's heat blinded them to all but the ono
lifoa eight hours work at their old pay !
So the fires In tbo furnace wentout..with
the men and the strike bopun.
SrillKK T THIS HMKKTJiK.
AVorkiiinii Tired ol' InucKsnut Toil nnd
Insist on a Change.
A committee of llvo smelter workers called
on President Burton yesterday morning and
iisked the company to adopt the eight hour
law and to work three shifts of men. The
president in reply said that if there was any
way to do It the company would bo dud to
iiccedo to the request , especially among the
men , where the bout is Intense.
Niion said that in Kansas City
Denver thu smelters worked
eight hour shifts nnd they wanted
the sumo hero. After Komo talk the com
pany agreed to send ono of the strikers to
Kansas City as n committee Jo investigate
tno system there nnd report upon the matter.
All uxponses of this man will bo paid , anil
letters furnished him f.sking the Kansas City
people to show him every attention. Whatever
_ j/hni.'c m cuts that uro in force there were to
be carried out hero , oven to tlio matter of
\ \ aces.
' This agreement was to bo nindo providing
the men remained nttticlr posts and did not let
thn furnaces die out until tlio Kansas City
committee returned and inado n report. Uo-
fore this three shift system was commenced
the men were to gtvo the company n reason
able time to nrrango tbo crews and employ
the ! ! 0l ) extra mon who would bo necessary to
carry out the scheme.
The committee refused to aareo to this and
objected to signing thn following contract.
Tuiill Knipliiyeaof the Otnuhu and Grant
HmoHliiKiuul Kullnlni ; Company 1'i-om undln-
cltidliij AiiL'nst 1 , 1MH , nil employes of tills
company will he employed nnd paid by Dm
hour , for tlio number of hours they work , at
the S'ime ratu of wujjes now paid , and not by
thu day.
Any oiiip'oyo who Is wllllm : to work the
fiiinio number of hours as hurutofero , at lliu
MImi > rate of wages heretofore paid him , will
ri'i ort In writing at once to thu undurxigno , ! .
WAI.TKH T. I'AIU : , ( it : mini I tSnporlntondcnt.
Heco.pt of thu ul'ovo ui'o and i-uirulation Is
hereby iii'Unmvlwlsed. I inn winlnc to con
tinue In the company' * burvleo subject to thu
fcilUIU.
Dined 180 , .
llt-Holvcd to Strike.
After refusing to accept the proposition
made by Iho company's managers the cotn-
mitteo left and held a meeting at Mali's hall
on South Thirteenth street In the afternoon ,
nt which a couple of hundred or more dUcon-
tented onus wwo present , Tbo SOIISR of the
Hicollng wus boiled down to the following
resolutions :
Wnoioas. The eight-hour law tint gene Into
enVoi on the Ilistdiiy of August 1W1I , iind
Whereas , Tnu Unniha and Grant mnnltlng
nnd running company mivo requested thtilr
jiien to violate the Htiuci mw nnd sign u con
tract tn that uu"ect , thort'foro be It
I'i'solvod. lly HIM imiloye | ) of the smelting
worUs that wo. us free Anierlcnn's nnd Inw-
ithldlni : uithrens plcdj-uoursulvc.H to stand ny
the inw and do nil In our power to Induce our
follow worUinuii to do the bumo and bo It
further
Itet-olvcd , Tluit wo do not return to work
until said conipnnv compiles with the Inw.
A commlttco returned to the works about
fi o'clock nnd him another Interview with
President Burton. The resolutions were pro
duced and read. Mr. Burton told the men
that thorn was no definite proposition In the
resolutions , aim that to slart three shifts of
mon to work lit once was nn utter Impossi
bility. This the committee admitted , but
still hold cut for the original plan.
All the way from six hundred and fifty to
seven hundred men nro employed at thu
works and about three hundred now men
would have to bo ongnRod to run the furnaces
under the now order of things. Furnnco
men uro paid fJ. ' . ' . ' ) pur day , tappers $ i and
iielp < : rs $1.78 and are wonted In twelve hour
shifts. On account of the heavy work and
the buat each man Is allowed two days a
month otf with full pay.
PrcMdunt llurton issued n order that nil
the employes would hnvo to sign the con
tract and no declined to revoke the order
when the com mittens waited upon him ,
< > athcrlnt ; ol'tho Throng.
About 8U ; ! ) o'clock last evening two or
three hundred muu guthurcd about the south
pates of the works to see thu day num leave
ruu lho nlijht crow go on. Iu accordance
* < ith the resolution adopted nt thu afternoon
mooting the strikers talked with the men
coming to nnd going from weak ,
Ju t before rt o'clock Sergeant Ormsbv *
Irovaupln thnpntrol wn'iron with a load o'f
polleo. who hud boon Uilophouud lor bv thu
uunagonioat , Usfore distributing his mtm
Ormsby told them they were to protect the
company's property. That nfl strikers were
to bo kept outsldo the gates , nnd that nny
man founu inside who was not working waste
to bo arrested for trc.spa.sn. The sergeant
specially cautioned his men to use good
Judgment and to talk to the laborers , try to
Induce thorn to disperse , to leave the com
pany's property and not to make an arrest
unless absolutely necessary. When thn nluo
coat showed up In front of the gates and
in omul the time-keeper' ! ! onleo a few hoots
and shouts went up out the crowd ns a rule
were exceptionally well behaved.
Butween ( i and 7 o'clock the day force
quietly loft their work and Joined the crowds
In front of the irntes or repaired to their
homes. At TU : ; ( o'clock thorn were thirty
men worklni- the refining and silver do
partmunt. thirty men around the blast fur
naces and about 'UK-en around the boilers
SVitb this force mo. t of the furnunccs were
Kept hot. All but about ono hundred men
hud signed the contract , but after the Mutz
hull mooting thev wont back on their word.
James Bacon is thu leader ot the discon
tented men , and ho is particularly sere at
Tin : HiA : : reporter of Tin : Urn asked
Mr. B.icon fora statement of his grievance
for publication. This the loader refused to
inuuo , but ho did muka two or three rush
statements which bis Jmlir.'ncnt prevented
him from carrying into effect.
.lust before 8 o'clock most of the crowd
dispersed to moot nt Mot ? ; hall am ! continue
the iscuKslon of the trouble. Captain Cor-
mack with n detail of police arrived about
this tlmo and will guard the works all night.
Meeting at MotHall. .
The meeting at Metz hall was attended by
fullv lll)0 ( ) laborers. It wn ? Impossible for
half of the crowd to get Into the hall , nnd
these who had the meeting in charge decided
to adjourn to the garden by ttio side of the
bulldlnir. In n few moments the on-
closnru was almost jlllcd with an
anxious throng. The s'peclnl committee
from the Central labor union held n hurried
consultat ; MI , and decided Unit the mooting
should be open to everybody. The men were
vcrv orderly , but tlio.v wanio I to hear xomo
spo.ilcmir , and they soon began to cad for
various labor orator. * , who were supposed to
bo In the throne.
Mr. Georcc Kinney , n prominent member
of the Central labor union. was
the first speaker. Ho took up
the eight-hour question and
gave the crowd a brief history of the law as
enacted by tlio Nebraska legislature. Mr.
Klnncy claimed that ho had done n pretty
good shuro of the hustling that secured the
passage of the net. When he said this the
crowd cheered him lustily. lie believed the
passace of thn eight hour law and the
adoption ot tlio Australian ballot sys
tem \vero the two most important
bills passed by the last legislature , tin advised -
vised the workmen who hail bren employed
at the Smelting works to proceed calmly nnd
in an orderly manner , but to stand up for
their rights'nnd they would merit the cor.-
lldcncn , respect and assistance of all the
laboring men In Omaha nnd in the stato.
"You have not violated thu law , " said Mr.
Kinney , "but the men who are trying to
induce you to sign these contracts are violat
ing the law and they know it. These con
tracts are not worth the paper they are
written on. They vvill not stand tlio tost. "
to Ho KlRiidt'iiHt.
Ho declared that the Smelting wonts com-
panv had hired special policemen to intimidate -
date the workmen so that thev would sign
the contracts. Uo complimented the WOI-K-
men upon the fact that they had been iiuiot
and ordcrlv. After presenting the advan
tages that ho believed would spring from the
adoption of the eight hour law Mr. Kinney
said : "You have Rene out because
vour employers wish you to sign your rights
away , to violate tlio law. Now will you stay
out till you bring them to timei"
"Yes , yes , " roared the crowd.
Mr. 'IV C. Kelsey was then introduced nnd
spoke in R similar strain for twenty minutes.
llo said that the sympathy of all The laborers
was wltn the men who worked in the
smoltort. The work was very severe , and If
anybody was to bo benefited by the eight
hour law ho thought the smelting works
laborers should have n good share of the
beneilt. Ho advised ttio mon to stand firm
and to avoid anything like a riot if possible.
The next , speaker was a Bo-
hominti orator named Kcrsh-
rnoycr. . Ho spoke very earnestly and
was frequently annlaudod. llo urged his
hearers to stand firm for for the enforcement
of the oiaht hour law and i ( any
nttomnts nt intimidation should bo
Introduced ny moans of special
police ho thoiiirht the laborers should simply
touch thu police to stand out of the way.
Dennis Kc.irnoy Qiiino.
Then Mr. John II. Quinn , the Dennis
Kearney of Omaha , was boosted upon tbo
beer table which formed thu speaker's stand.
Mr. Quinn was evidently delighted with the
opportunity to spread himself , nnd he cut
loose in earnest , llo pictured the tyrnny
of capital nnd thu downtrodden
condition ol the laboring classes in his own
forcible and fetching mn-nior. Then ho gave
the police force a wnirl and said :
"Never mind the police , no matter how
many special hirelings they put on to intim-
iduto or shoot you down. Do your duty ,
stand for your rights. You remember n
meeting in Chioigo n few yours ago that
the police undertook to break up. Well.
it wont pretty Ivird with the police who tried
it nnd I am .sorry to say itvcnt hard with
sotno ether poor fellows a few montns
lutor. They were hanged , but , boys ,
roinomber that they died for us. "
Started Witli a Whoop.
The sneaker continued In this strain for
some tlmo , nnd then Mr , Kcrshmoyer spoke
again in Gemma. Ho covered about the
same points ? in his Oiofmun speech as ho had
previously brought out in Bohemian. It
was then decided that the committee and
workmen should go directly to the smelting
works and demand that all the men found
working should quit nt once.
With n whoop and u shout the crowd be
gan to pour out of tlio beer garden and lilo
down Thirteenth street , headed by the
special committee nnd several of the more
excitable leaders in the demonstration. Not
moro than u third of ttio crowd gathered at
Motz's garden followed these who started for
the smelting works , but after the procession
reached . i aokson street the throng kept in
creasing , nnd when the procession passed
thu corner of Eleventh and Capitol avenue
there must have been nearly ono thousand
men In line.
The crowd walked rapidly , nnd in
a very few mlnutos thu long line
of pedestrians , composed of all sorts
and conditions of men , tlio larger portion
tion of them simply going down to see
what was going to happen , passed over the
switch tracks of the Union Pacific and approached
preached the north end of thu main building
at the smelting works.
At the Smelter.
When Urn head of the procession reached
the end of the building and was about to pass
In Sergeant Whalen stepped forward and
asked the man what they wanted.
"Wo want thosu mon to quit work , "
eamo a chorus of voices In reply. "Thoro
uru only n few men here , simply watching
thu tires to see ttiat they die out without
doing any damage , " said tbo sergeant
' \Vo wnnt the thing shut down nnd every
body to mitt , " tlio loader again demanded.
By this time tlio crowd was becoming im
mense. , Just back of the committee , nnd
half n dozen voices yelled : "Go uhe.ul ! Cio
right In ! " And they wont.
There woru about sixty men at work when
Hio prueusiloii reached the smolt-
ng works but most of the
men snatched their hats and jackets from thu
posts near by mid In the twinkling of nn eye
it looked M though there were no moro men
at work.
Into the ItiiUdinu'-
Sergeant Wbalon , seeing that the men did
not mean to damage the property , told them
that they nut-lit pass all though
and bo thoroughly convinced that
the worus weru shut down. The crowd
rushed forward with a yell , und soon passed
the blast furnaces whore the men had nil
quit.
In the boiler houses they found sovciral
men who were still ut worn , nnd In
R very short tlmo they were persuaded that
it would bu advisable to take their hats and
dinner buckets and Join the strikers ,
Three men were found et work tilling the
fiiriiftcos with coko. They obeyed the niau-
COM1NUU1J O.S SICOXD I'AUK.J
MARCHING AGAINSF DETROIT ,
Grand Army Man GaUmm * iu Number-
tboOity of the Straits ,
ROYAL WELCOME EXTENDED TO THEM ,
Twcnty-KlrHi National Reunion AVlll
IJo thu Gr.inilost Koview of OU1
Soidlur.4 Slnou the CloHO
of lliu War.
DKTIIOIT , Mich. , Aug. ! 2. If "hoirt < - makes
lioinos" no votor.in nuoil fool himself n
stranger In Detroit for thU wooic for the
whole population is putting forth every olTort
toninko each old aolilior romotnber tlioCltyof
the Straits with pleasure throughout hli ro-
tnalning years. Not only linvo the outer pules
of the city boon thrown onen , but the cltlzuns
have their doors ajar and e.ich guo-it of the
city must fool ttuu ho comoj hi the broadest
sense of the word a guest.
The city will have o > > umla day appearance
to welcome thorn. Quarters are awaiting oe-
cupantn to the number of ninny thousands ,
extraordinary precautions have been taken to
Insure a sutticiont quantity of food anil a pro
vision luii been imulo for n grand reception
nnd ontortalntnont of the boys of ISIlI.
Nothing Is lacking that could bo uddcd to
their comforts. The veterans b.'gan to ar
rive Saturday and all day toJay Uoats and
trains brought hundreds of thorn. The
streats are crowded with men In blue coats
nmlstlll those are only adrop inVhu bucket as
compared to Iho number who will pour into
the city in the next twenty-four hours. All
tilings considered , there seems to bo every
reason to believe that the silver encampment
will bo Just what , has boon prophesied and in
tended the ereutojt gathering of voler.ins
since the praml review at the national capi
tal at the close of the war In 1S05.
The ( irmul Army now is at the .zenith of
its glory. It has" grown gradually to its
present dimensions and in a few years will
come the tlmo when the iiutnhcr of recruits
can no loneor equal the number of comrades
"mustered out" and the Twenty-fifth
national encampment is likely to go down to
posterity as the binncr encampment in the
history of the organisation.
The reception committee haVe had their
hands full all clay receiving the fast arriving
posts anil getting them comfortably domi
ciled in their camps and starting thorn on
their rounds of pleasure. At Ci'M : o'clock a
special pulled iifto the depot bringing the
Pittsburg posts. These Included Alexander
Ilaynes post No. ! ! and Charles post No. - ! ! .
This delegation was followed by the post
b.md of thirty pinco ? of 1'ittsburg. Another
delegation of the Pii.t-.burg veterans arrived
at 7 o'clock. Those included . .1.V. . Patterson
peat No. 175 , J. C. Null post No. ir > 7and
Moody post No. 155. These posts aggregated
MOD men and were accompanied by a larco
number of ladies and visitors and Frank's
band of twenty pieces.
At ( > : ! 10 o'clock .McCoy post. No. 1 Df Colum
bus yilO stronsr , eamo in and the spcciui train
bearing Benedict post , No. 120 , arrived from
Pottsvillo. Hunter post of Ohiowa , Nob. ,
arrived at noon. The Blair post of St. Louis ,
800 strong , nrrltcd by u Wabash train at 1) )
o'clock this morning. A special arrived at
Sl.r : > this evening bringing Ni'udlmm post.No.
HO , of Lawrence , Mass. , and IIowo post , No.
47 , of Haverhlll , Muss. , each numbering
about one hundred men.
At 0yo : o'clock tonight Post Major Ander-
Br > n of Indianapolis wlt.'i ' a drun corps a'r
rived , and took up its quarters at Camp Ous
ter. Lieutenant 10. Gray , post No. ail' . ' , of
Philadelphia , accompanied by a band of six
teen pieces arrived on the steamer City of
Detroit this evening. The City of Detroit
also brought a largo crowd of passensers ,
about llfleen hundred being mcmbors of the
different Ohio and Pennsylvania posts. The
Florida delegation also arrived during the
day , as well as that of West Virginia and the
department of Wisconsin.
The politics of the Grand Army of the
lU'publiu were discussed all day and thu del
egates were being buttonholed by the
hustlers for the different candidates for com-
mander-ln-ehiof. The men were simply fool
ing the ground in advance of the grand rush
of delegates who will arrive tomorrow. No
headquarters have yet been opened by the
candidates , out tomorrow there will bo sev
eral of them in full blast.
New York is llrat on the list with three
candidates. The candidates are General II.
A. Itanium of Now York City , General John
Ilalman of Albany nnd General Hedges of
Ilavorstrnw. Ohio presents the name of
JudgoS. H. Hurst. Wisconsin has a candidate
who will coma near getting the place , and
that is General A. G. Weissort. Ho wnsono
of the lending candidates a year ago and
withdrew in favor of Coinmandor-in-Chief
Vonzuy , and it is whispered that by doing
this he secured the influence of llio com
mander's friends and the promise of the
place this year.
Since the last , cotnmander-in-chiof was
selected from the far east the Pacific states
will claim the hoijor this year , and John
Smedbury of California will eorno hero with
a loyal and enthusiastic following , and will
present the claim that in the twenty-livo
years of its existence the Pacillo coast has
never been recognized by the armv.
It is felt certain that U'nshlncton will
secure the encampment for IM.1 ) , that being
the understanding when Detroit carried elf
the prUo at Boston last year. It is also
particularly decided that In ihim the encampment -
ment will bo held in Chicago so as to t'lvo the
soldiers an opportunity to see the world's
fair.
lHSTIiO\'Ifi' < ! TIIKIIKMIMUK THKK.
lluvnRi'H > ! ' u Worm Causing the
Donruction ! of Lumber IntercstN.
Himiroup , Pa. , Aug. " . Potter county Is
alarmed and with good cause over the
ravages of a worm that is destroying the
foliage and killing off honilock timber. The
loaves turn brown as the trees die , and
becoming numerous an Investigation was sot
forth by the lumbermen and It was discov
ered that the trees were covered with
worms that were catinp the follago and
that when this disappeared they turn their
attention to the growth of smaller shrub
bery. The worms are swarming about the
iiiou by millions in the lumber camps whlln
ttioy are on all the trees about Port AHo-
ghuny. Nearly all the trees are turning
brown ,
The worm doing the damnga is called the
measuring worm , about an inch long and
barely an eighth of an inch In diameter. Hc-
norts from Glen Hazel and from the east
side of the countv state the same worm
Is in countless numbers devastating the
hemlock tree. It probably moans the total
destruction of young hemlock. A crisis con
fronts the whole population of thu ontlro
hemlock region of Pennsylvania , as tha worm
is advancing and spreading and working with
rapldltj' .
Not only the lumbermen nro concerned but
the fanners , railroad men and in fact ovcry
ono prominent In the hemlock region from
lOlmlra. N. V. , throughout Pennsylvania.
Thousands of men are being omplovud In the
bark and lumber Interests una millions of
capital Is Invested ,
O'llrlon HuoreK Salisbury.
LONDON , Aug. ' , ' . A loiter from William
O'Brien is published In which the writer ,
referring to his being a bankrupt , scores
Salisbury for taking advantage of a legal
technicality to drive unit out of public life
and then ho appeals to the house of lords. In
conclusion Mr. O'Brien offers to submit the
matter to the arbitration of three members of
the house of commons. Lord Salisbury may
select and abide by tlinlr decision.
DlHiisini- Cyi'lonc.
Cummii , I. T. , Aug. Aoyclono struck
this town last night shortly after 11 o'clock
doing many thousands of dollars damage to
growing crops and destroying several build-
lugs , The drug store of C , G. Moore U a
si.
total wreck , and Is also the tijiw throo-story
cotton Riti of Ijafnyctt Hrotliors'nnd the re < f-
donee of Peter Fnuor , andjlhb blncksmlth
nnd witcon shop of H. It. Collins. The large
Runcral store of Lafayette fJrothers hud thereof
roof damaged. Several animals were killed ,
but so f ir us repartod no persons were sorl
oualy Injured ,
l.ANf H'liKK'S Cli&llUffUS.
Gross Kvuhnn ; cs ol'tho Country IIH lie-
pnrted l > y tlio I links.
BOSTON , Mass. , Aug. 3 Following Is the
clearing house statement for the wcoit end
ing August I :
Chicago Crook \vlio Led-a Dual I.lie
Ari-ostod , - _
Ciif"\oo ! , ' Aug. 2. Louis 'IjIntzonberKor ,
a relation of ox-vico-ProsldoiiJ Thomas Ilen-
dricks was arrested at Chicago by oflicors
who were loaning for Tommy Morgan , n
Chicago burglar. The arrcsl seems to have
proved the truth of the appaiontly incredible
report that Morgan and L.bltzonbcrger were
one nnd the same person.
The prisoner was shot July 14 while at
tempting to escape fronvprrosidtmco on
Grand boulevard , which ho.v-is _ Iu the act of
looting. The wound was n't,1' ' dangerous and
Morgan or Loitzenoergor in 'aged ' nftor sev
eral days to csea&o from tM. - . 'inty hospital
10 which ho hud boon taken o'y the puiloi ) . It
was nftor his Jlight from the aospiialthat the
queer rumors ot his identity beeumo current.
Advices from Indianapolis were to the ofloct
that Lcit/.enborgor was at ono time wealthy
and commanded considerable social iulluonco.
The search hero for the mysterious burglar
was kept up till last night when the man
with the dual lifo was caught on State street
and arrested. On his person was found n
number of tools , which ho is said to have
soil In liuusjb reukiug.
B rxnniar.
Colorado Society Holding n Convcii-
tlo.i iu Itonvor.
DiNvr.nColo.Aug. 2. The opening of the
Plattdcutsoho voreeu convention yesterday
morning at JCast Turner hall was most suc
cessful , There was a good attendance of
delegates and friends. Tno visitors received
a hearty welcome and the outlook of the
society is most promising. The voroen is a
honovolcnt institution of north Germans. It
has a membership throughout the country of
over two thousand.
When the convention was called to order
Acting Mayor Mctiilvray was in
troduced und tendered the visitors n
Colorado wolcomo. Ho nld this state
contained a largo population of the
north Germans , and a butter class of eitizons
could not bo found. After the applause had
censed M > \ William Mover of Chicupo re
turned thanks on hohnlf of the delegation for
thu kindness received and promised. A com
mittee on credentials was then appointed and
they reported fifty delegates , representing
sixteen different societies , present. Then
the trc&suror nnd financial secretary handed
in their reports , which also make a very-
satisfactory showing.
Today was the cala day and consisted of a
pnradu this morning of all the German
societies in the city.
-7.i mint
For Omaha and Vicinity Fair ; slightly
warmer.
WASIIIMOTON , Aug. 2. Forecast till 8 p.
in. Monday. For Iowa , Nebraska and Kansas :
Slightly warmer ; variable winds ; generally
fair.
fair.For North and South Dakota : Continued
warm and fair weather , except local showers ;
variable winds.
For Colorado : Fair , except showers ; con
tinued warm and variable \vinda , generally
southerly.
How Chlnnnion Mliiy Itctnrn.
WASHINGTONAug. . 2 , The secretary of
the treasury has issued a circular to customs
ofllccrs promulgating the decision of the
supreme court In the case of Wan Chind and
saying that under this decision all Chinese ,
not laborers , now resident In the United
States , who may desire to vjslt China or
ether countries and rotun : i thn United
States will bo required to present to the port
oIllccM on their arrival in the United Status ,
us n condition precedent to thu landing , tlio
certlllculo provided for by boction t ) of tbo not
approved May 0 , 18S } , us amended by the act
approved July 8. 1SSI. Collectors of'customs
ut ports where Chinese arrive uro Instructed
to cancel their cprtlllcato * and register thorn
on tbo lilos of thu custom house.
11 thhl Anlmnln at Home.
UOMC , Io. , Aug. 2. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : Bei ; . ] This villana has boon thrown
into a spasm of excitement by mad dogs.
One animal attacked a llttlo boy nninod
Field nnd draggad him a considerable dis
tance. torrioly lacerating him. The brutu
next attacked Mrs. Wostfnll and bit bur In
several places. The lady left for Chicago at
once to bo treated.
A subscription was taken up to send the
boy also , lioforo tlio ( tog wus killed It bit a
largu number of horses , cows and sheep.
The greatest oxeltoinunt prevails und It Is
feared tbo epidemic will bu K
Havana Sujjur Production ,
ItVANA , Aug. a.-rCurofully prepared
statistics of the sugar Industry of thu IMund
of Cuba for the last ton years show the total
production of sugar and mohmat , In tons ,
has been as follows : IS < 1 , VH8 , T.1T ; 18S7. 7W ,
fiWJ ; lh.shis4. ! 510 ; I8SU. b-Sl. SO ; | SOO , 7IW ,
fk'iS. 'The exports from nil the ports of Cuba
of sugar and molasses during Iho name purtod
have been over 90 per ceul to the United
States.
'LONG ' PINE'S ' CIIAOTAUQDA ,
First Sunday Session of the Season a Great
WHERE NATURE MAY Us STUDIED.
Plluro" < ] iio Locution of th Camp
AmoiiK the Canyons , I'l-CMuntltif ;
an Kvur-ClmiiRlii ; ; I * norainii
Alnny Visitor. * I'rcsenu
Lnxo 1'isn , Nob. , Aug. 2. ISpechu Telegram -
gram to Tut : Bui : . ) Providence favored the
ChaittaiKiun with a most perfect day for Its
ilrst Sunday session. It was clear , calm and
beautiful. The services occupied only a
small part of the time nml were not tedious ,
Most of the day was spent in worshipping
among nature.
There Is no pluco wbcro nature Is morn dl-
vine than among those canyons , presenting
an over changing panorama of most pictur
esque scenery.
At 11 o'clock n special train of six coaches
arrived from Norfolk bearing many business
men and their families , with dinner baskets
in hand , who haJ como from all the town's
along the road to attend the Sunday services
and listen to the sermons by eminent preach
ers. The train returned at " o'clock this ovo-
Ing. Atnoon under the trees were gathered the
visitors around their dinner , spread upon the
ground. They showed that they enjoyed it
as it. was tno llrst time that u great many had
oaten under sliadn trees since coining to No-
Uraslm.
Judging from the attendance , the classes
will open tomorrow with a largo momber-.blp
Among ether societies , the Womin's Christ
Ian Temperance union is well represented
Mrs. Woodward arrived hut evening. Mrs
Helen M. Banter , president of the South
Dakota branch will deliver the address on
Temperance dnv. August ! , at 2'M : p. m. A
large attendance is expected.
/ / . / .S TlXdS ll.ll'l'i\l.\ .
I'crsonal nnd Political
Gossip of A < 1 HUM County.
II VSTIXCIS , Nob. , Aug. t ! . [ Spacinl tct Tin :
BKC.J The Adams county teachers Institute
begins Monday , August i ) . About ono
hundred and twenty-live teachers are ex
pected to bo in attendance.
On Wednesday and Thursday naxt the
Hastings ball club will combat with the
Lincoln CJlants on the college grounds.
The prevailing sentiment among the
politicians of Hastings and vieinitv is that
the independent county ticket is lamentably
weak. It is extremely doubtful If any are
elected , nnd two or three only have a lighting
chance.
A match between four marksmen among
the lawyers with the same number ol
printers has been arranged. The lawyers ,
beaten at Oasoball by the prints , are after
revenge with a shotgun.
A mooting was hold last night in the
Grand Army of the Hopubllo hall to make
arrangements for organizing u Legion of the
Dogrcu of Honor.
C. A. Heurtwell , prohibition nominee for
county surveyor , declines the honor and re
fuses to run.
It is expected that work will bocomtnencod
on the now wings of the asylum on Monday
or Tuesday.
Hev. K. N. Hanis ol Omahu preached in
the Baptist churcb today.
The boys' branch of the Omaha Young
Men's Christian association was to play ball
vith the Hastings boys' branch on Saturday ,
but they did not arrive.
J. W. Davis is moving a stock of goods into
tbo rooms lately used by Barnoi Brothers.
Misses Tilllo and Anna Ilocppnor are visit
ing friends in Now York city.
If the present warm , sunny weather ill
continue until harvesting is over an Immense
load will bo taken off the farmers' mind ,
Values Advanced.
Loin- CUT , Neb. , Aug. 2. [ Special to
Tin : Bic. : ] Now that the small grain is har
vested in Sherman county , the yield is more
than doumo for any year In tbo past. Con
servative estimates place the value of all
crops in the county at over $1,0,10,000. The
weather Jor harvesting has been line and the
crops are now all secured. Wheat will average -
ago over twenty bushels to the aero , and
oats over fifty , some crops going as high as
eighty. The corn crop is simply enormous ,
nnd with warm weather from now to Sop-
tcmbor will bo unparalleled in the history of
the county. RirmoiM are all in hl.'h spirits
and land values have taken n .sudden ad
vance. Furirlng this season is more remun
erative than any other branch of business ,
and the hopes of the future brighter than
ever boforo.
Tno Loup City canal and water power
company will bo in the construction of this
valuable enterprise during the present month ,
and Loup City can soon boa t of the finest
lake and water power in the west.
'H FA I It Jl.
I'rojjreis Iloinjj Made in Chili and
Mitch Interest .MimifcHtcd.
WAMIINIITONAug. . S3. Lieutenant Charles
II , Harlow , the special commissioner of the
Latin-American departments , who is now in
Chili in the interests of the world's fair ,
writes in very encouraging terms of tbo
progress that ho is making. He says that the
revolution is not intorfwinir in any nmtorial
degree with the preparations of an exhibition
from that , country for the Chicago exposition.
The government commissioners have been
appointed nnd have organized by a dlvition
of labor. The nitrate companies have asked
for plenty of space for a largo display ;
twenty-live different wine manufacturers
have united for a joint exhibit , whllo tbo ex
hibition of minerals from that country prom
ises to bo something entirely unprecedented.
A Brazilian paper notices the appointment
by the ladles commission of the Columbian
exposition of emissaries to visit the different
countries in the Interests of the exposition.
The committee on foreign exhibits of the
World's Columbian have
exposition recom
mended the erection at Jackson park in
Chicago of an exact roproductlon of thu old
convent of La Huhida at Pales , Spain. It
will ho remembered that this convent is more
closely associated wilti the life of Columbus
than nny other building in the world. It was
Hero that he applied for bread and water for
his child , and hero ho was furnished shelter for
the two years while ho was developing bis
theory of a western passage to the Indies ,
in the llttlo chapel attached to the convent
ho attended mass on the morning ho sailed.
Hero , too , ho sought lefugo again upon his
return from thodisco/ory and hero ho always
found n hospitable rest from his voyages.
It is proposed to make thu reproduction
oxact. It will bo of the same domousions , of
thn fame material and wherever there U u
broken tile It will bo reproduced. The work
will bo done under the direction of Mr. Frank
lin Smith , who lives In the Moorish villa
Xoraydant St. Augustine. Flu , , during the
winter and in the Pompeii villa at Samtoga
during the summer. Mr. Smith has had
more experience In the roproductlon of
UMcieni architecture than nny ether man and
tenders his services without cost to the ox *
position.
Parnell Warmly U doomed ,
DCIIMN , Aug.There were triumphant
arches in thu streets of Thurl yesterday and
the butnilngs were aeckod with ( lags and
evergreens because of the Parnolilto ir.cotlng
liold lucre , which wan enthusiastic and
largely attended. Mr. Parnoll H hoarorti were ,
however , from tbo rural districts. An Mr.
Parnoll was driving to tbo place of ineoUng
tha Uorscj were dwtacboJ from ulu carriage
by the cruwds and they * , n dragged the
vehicle to the market sqii , . . . In Ins speech
Mr. Pun.oll reallirnmd bllstrust of tlio
liberals and said his pollcv w > d not change
Ho would keep Ills hands u\ ' - . U'red until it
was seen bow the huernU "i'lilllod their
pledges , y
I'l.or off ii.iiK. cnxsr.t / , ; .
More Details of ihn .Mystc M Plan
of As4issinitlon.\ : :
irnpi/rfy'il / / / ' iJnmr * tfnnlim whMfff.l
I'uii * . ' ' HernUt
, Aug. . . -Now | York
Cable Special to T i : HIK. : ] No pains have
been .spared by the author of the plot against
the lifu of Mmo. Constaim to Insure success ,
The book which was labeled "Missel do La
Villodo Paris , Pour Lannoo lsU : , " had been
cleverly manipulated. The body , with the
exception of a few pages left loose , was en
tirely cut away so us to form a c.ivlty In
which was placed u'sardino box perforated on
the top nnd bottom. It contained about a third
of n pound of fulminate of mercury mixed
with slugs and shot. Through openings were
passed fuses attached to each cover similar
to those used In llrcerackers. Had the cov
ers been forcibly raised the fuse would have
ignited and the fulminate exploded. It was
fortunate that the suspicions of Mmo.
Constans were aroused when the
boon was handed to her , and that Instead
of nttcmptlni : to open It she laid it aside till
her husband eamo. It is the impression
among the authorities tniit it was the Toulon
culprit , who was controller of the colonial
customs , Henri Vaito , who committed suicide
Friday morning nnd who had been missed
from his employment. A few months sino
ho was deoo In debt without any hopes of
being reinstated and wus supposed to enter
tain vindictive feelings against the colonial
department. This , however , would not ox-
i'aln his attempt on the lifo of Mmo. Con-
stuns.
More About the St Miindu Accident.
The terrible railway collision nt St. Mando
proves to have bjon more disastrous th.vi
was originally supposed. Monday a police
report sent to the minister of the Interior ro-
cordcd forty-throe deaths and uboiu
eighty passengers injured. The catastrophe -
tropho was so sudden and the
number of pissongurs in the train
so large that the railway olllciiils wore for a
moment stupilie.l. Three carriages were ter
ribly smashed and the cries of those impris
oned were ho.irt rending. Such wan the
consternation of the passengers injured that
they could not open the carriage doors , but
scrambled nut of the windows , thus adding
to the general confusion. The burial of
most of the victims took place Wednesday
at St. Mando. The streets around Mairio
were black with people , almost all of whom
were in mourning. The police had difllculty in
preserving order In front of Mairio Ibolf , so
numerous wore the sympathetic nnd curious
whom came to look at tha list of tiio dead
and ot such wounded as were in the hospital
Tul > croiilo 's i oiiijresH
At the tuberculosis congress which Is now
being held in Paris , Dri. Lnhba and Oudin
brought forward Wodno.ulay u highly
interesting method for curinur ammonite , re
sulting from tuberculosis , by means of th. ?
inhalations of ozone , which is pure oxygon.
It is stated the results obtained by the ap
plication of this method at the Charity hos
pital have been remarkably good.
Tbo general advo.tato whoso name was
connected with the nichuito affair asked the
minister of war to lot him appear before the
commission of inquiry in order that ho might
have an opportunity of completely clearing
himself of any suspicion which should bo at
tached to him after that trial. The minister
has replied to the effect that ho docs
not see any reason why the general
should undergo an examination , and that ho
must consider himself completely exonerated
by the .statement of the minister of war.
Ono of the NoiiiUy steam tramways ran
into a j-ardln wagonette TniiMilay morning.
The wagonette contained besides the driver a
lad of fourteen named Pierre Ballach. The
latter received terrible wounds in the stomach
and was taken in a dylnir condition to the
hospital , The poor llttlo fellow as soon as
placed in ono of the wards said to tlto sur
geon about to examine him : "Please send
mo to sleep nnd cut off my two logs , hay to
mother good-bye. " With this touching fare
well ho breathed his last.
Itacc Coin-He CJossip.
[ ri > ) > uillit ( ! ( ! > ! iiiumr.s ; ( Iniil i ll-ii'irtt. ]
LONDON , Aug. 2. fXow York Herald
Cable Special to Tin : Or.ij.l A whirling
rain storm spoiled ttio brilliant display of
costumes prepared for the Goodwood park
races this weelc. Not a plume waved nor a
Jewel flashed. There was nothing to bo seen
but ncruH of dripping umbrellas. It looked
like a multitude of squirting turtles. Al
though the races were a complete failure as
far ns the display in millinery was nonce mod ,
thu running was as giod as over , and tlie
duke of Westminster's two-year-old Orme
turned out to bo n most promising horao.
It is an actual fact that the prince of Wales
was the last man to leave ) the grand stand
last nitrlit. The princu and princess at
tended every day. 1'ho prince made iniinv
hots through Captain Piggott and young
Lord Hoslyn. The prince's hots have aver
aged $700 or $ iOj ( a day , although
ho won probably $11,000 on his
own horse Imp. Thu idea that the prince
makes extravagant hots on tlio races 1
ansurd. I have seen the prince knocking
about at Goodwood park among people In a
most democratic way , silting on dustv
steps nnd good naluredly chatting with anyone
ono ho chose to and nobody tried to bo fa-
ml liar or approached him. I learn that the
Dowager Duchess Montrose won & ! 0Oi , > 'J yes-
torduy on her horses , Sprlnu and Good Lako.
Her young husband won $15,0110.
it tor AT
Two NiitloiinlitloH I-'i ht Over the
Itlxht In 'I hnlrltoHpcutlvoSurvlcoH.
Ci.KVEi.iM ) , O. , Aug. 2. There were
Ivoly times nt the St. Louis Catholic church
on Corwin avunuo today. The congregation
s IP udo up of Hungarians and Sluvi about
evenly divided and there has boon n great
rivalry between the two natlonalllos. Finally
the pde.-jt , Father Maratovul , decided to hold
service fur the Slavs in tlio morning and for
the Hungarians In the afternoon.
Tills morning the Hungarians wished to
dcdlcato u binncrand the priest gave them
mif of the servlco. When ho began to speak
n Bohemian the Hungarians loft tlio church
ma created a disturbance outsldo. Thu
Slavs want out and drovti the Hungarians
'rom tha churchyard , using clubs mid paving
stones. A battle was In progress whan the
Kllco arrived und put a stop to the hostilities.
it was necessary to taku the priest to his
lomo under police escort. No one wan
njurcd , but there was great excitement
around thu church all tha uftornoon.
. Doniooruts I to' or to tlio Itllilc.
LKXINUTOV , Ky. , Aug. 3. A creat rally of
lamocruts was hold at the court house last
night. The speakers were Hon. M. C. Al-
'onl , candidate for lieutenant governor , and
Snnator Blackburn. The latter , tired from
spoaiclng nt Williamstown , was not In good
trim. Hi : touched upon the tariff and silver
questions. On the lattur he conllned hU re
marks to the republican domoniIUatl n of
sliver and cited Christ , nsu silver advocate
because ho paid tribute to C' < csur with silver
tukon from tha mouth of u JUh caught u ;
cue of bin duicljHes.
CHARGED WITH BRUTAL ACTS ,
As-ortiong that Army Officers Provoked
tbo Late Sioux Uprising ,
DR. BLAND'S ' INTERESTING LETTER ,
Indians Said to Hnvo lloon InrorinciJ
Hint They Wotilil llo It-town IVoin
llio Cniinmi'H . Month IT
Jkl'IX'llntlS.
\ \stitxoTON Hriiur ( { or Tun BKK , J
B13 FouiiTii\T'i : ; SntiiCT , >
WASIMNOTOV. I ) . C. , Atig 'J. )
Indian Commissioner Morgan has written
a loiter to Agent Wright of Uosobud Agency
In which the latter is severely reprimanded
for his arrest and expulsion from the reser
vation of Dr. T. A. Bland , secretary of the
National 1 ml Iin Defense association , on
.Inly 1.
Suys Commissioner Morgan to the agouti
"I enclose herewith a communleatioi' ro-
ceiveil from Dr. Bland , to which I ask your
special attention and upon which 1 wish a
full and explicit report from you. Allow mate
to say that with the facts now before mo I
regard your course in the matter as entirely
ruiTohonslvc. 1 don't think you had any
right , whatever to treat Dr. Bland with the
Indignities with which ho IKH boon treated. "
Dr. ntuml'it loiter to the commissioner
makes interesting roadlne , particularly for a
number of nrmy ofllecrs. Ho llrst tells of
his visit to Pine Kidgu Airoimy , where Rod
Cloud and other leading Indians assured him
they had no Intention of rebelling against
the United Stutoa. Or. Bland says the
presence of the military there Is more likely
than anything else to caii'-o trouble , as thu
Imli.ius don't , lilio to bo held under suspicion ,
and for the additional reason that the army
olllcers treat the Indians brutally and con
temptuously. This shows that , the oflleors
are not worthy to have charge of any peace
ably disposed people.
Dr. Bland employs the novel expedient of
rcpeutlnir the conversation of Captain Bally ,
commandant of the post , and a lieutenant
which ho nvorhcarii at the table in the
hotel. Dr. Bland cuotos | as follows from his
diary : "Ono lieutenant said : 'Some tldrty-
'
llvo or thirty-six years ago an Indian ou't-
br.'iik occurred in a country over which the
Brllish Hag wnvod. At the clos.i of that llttlo
disturbance thu loaders of thu rebellion were
.sent to the happy hunting grounds or to i-oino
other plar'c by being blown from the mouths
of cannons. I told old Hod Cloud that
If he and nil the other leaders
of the Kioux had been hung at
15'irly who only .smiled his approval. ' 'Tho
d Quakers of the east , ' said another
llcute..ant , 'will visit Wounded Knee and
snivel over the bones of snmu old buck or
sijuaw who hadn't had a batch for ten ycari
but they have no tears to shod over the
graves of the poor soldiers who Ml in that
Unlit. ' Ttio fourth lieutenant responded , 'If
u lot of the dsniveling Quakers , who
meddled with Indian affiur-t were hung it
would bo n good thing for the country. '
Tills was openly apptoved by the other
lieutenants and no ono dissented from the
.statement. In contrast with the army talk
the .sentiment of the Indian was highlv clvl-
ll/.ed. While they he'd ' that their
country wus needlessly and wrongfully
invaded by the army last year , yet they re
gard it us a mistake on the part of the gov
ernment nnd they nre willing nnd anxious
that all memories of that troubl-jsomo time ba
buried in oblivion. I ncreo with Commis
sioner Harris that thosn Indians have
ibown the Christhiii virtue of forgiveness la
a high decree.1
Dr. Bland thoti describes the milliner In
which ho was placed under arrest on his
arrival at Hnsobud ugonoy by the order of
Agent Wright , and con lined in tlio , stockade
for several hours , being filially por.nltted to
go on having a team hired to takpjliim back
to Valentino. Nob. Of what occurred on
his return to Valentine , Dr. Bland
writes : "Tho trend of public opinion
there , as in the vicinity of Pine Kldgo , is
that the Indians desire peace , and them
would bo no danger of war If they could ho
under an anout whom they could trust and
whom they regarded as a friend to them , and
provided also that all intorl'iireiico with
atrency affairs by' the milltnrv was discon
tinued. At any rate it Is thu opinion of the
leading cltl/.ons of Valentine that Major
Earnest is not thu sort of n man to deal with
the Indians. Ho is by nature overbearing
and despotic. Ills manners arc coarse , of
fensive and ho is a very dissipated man.
Ills common headquarters In Valentino is
a saloon. Ho wus partially intoxicated
when I saw him and was in Iho act of drill ic
ing a ulass of whiskey. Illiad boon my pur
pose to drive out to Jtlio fort to interview
Agent Wrlgh who wus there , and Major
Hrnost in regard to my arrest , ab I had been
informed by tbo clerk nt tbo agency that In
putting mo under arrest ho was noting under
telephone orders from Agent Wright and
Major KrnoBt , I was saved the trip by the
fact the men who I desired to see eamo into
the village. Thoeclllor of thoGazottoinformcd
mo that I would find Major Krno.t in a sa
loon across the street from his olllco. 1 did
lind him there standing before the bar
with a tumbler well Illlod with
whiskey In hi * right band , mid from
Ills manner I ilrow the inference that tha
was not his llrst drinlt that da" . Approach
InL' him t said : 'Aro you Major Kruostl
'Yos ; I am Major Krnost. What do you
want of me ! ' 1 replied that I snould bo
giuitlv obliged to him if ho would inlorm mo
why I was put under arrest at Itosobud
agency the day boforo. 'Because I don't
wnnt you thoro.1 'Will you please Inform
mo why vou don't want mo therni' I per
sisted. 'Hcoaaso you are a newspaper man ,
that's enough. I don't want them around.1
"This was all said in a manner indicating
a high degree of wrath , and ttio major turned
from me and emptied bis glasrf , which , dur
ing our brief interview , ho had hold in his
hand. Later In the day , 1 met
Wright , who salil ho had concurred in the
orders lor mv arrest. I usUoil If I was
charged with uny violation of the law or
with anv Intention to violate thu law. Ha
replied that no such charge rested against
mo so fur us ho know , but that the major hud
desired to Irivu mo put under arrest and that
lie concurred In thu order. A younir man by
the numo of Cox hail been on a visit to the
agency a few davn boforn to form nn Indian
baseball club to bo carried east , and when I
mut him on thn train from Valentino going
east ho told me ho heard Major Ernest say
that ho had Dr. Bland arrested becauna ho
was u trkmd of thu Indians , P. S , II.
Pn ii-.Ymrrlcan MuttcrM.
Wu.iiiNiiTu * * , Aug. 2. The Bureau of
American republics Is informed that the oftl-
clal reception of G on oral Dominic Santo
Hamos , the uowly appointed minister from
Venozuoln to the republic of Utuguny , was
atto'ided with more than thu usual ceremony ,
as General Santos Hamos Is the llrst diplo
matic representative accredited by Vonozucla
to Monilvldco. Humes has taken a prominent
part in the history of his republic , iiml was atone
ono time n political prisoner.
The commission which Is to undortaxo the
preparation of the exhibits for the Chicago
fair has already boon orguuUod and is uc-
tlvoly at work.
The bureau also bos Information concern
ing u > now undertnkini ; called The Sugar
trading and llnanco company , \vlth u capital
of j iOUO,0X ! ) , the object of which la to buy
mid sell siitrar nnd ether iiroduco nnd to es
tablish agencies In the West Indloj for tbo
purpoio.
Thu West India-Panama telegraph com
pany have dc'clared n dividend of IS emits.
The company has declared u dividend on
stock but eight tlmo.s in twonty-onu years ,
but ttiH vo.-tr will free Itself from thu pros-
Hiiro of preferred dividend HO that holders of
common stock have u brighter outlook ,
Kt-orolnry lUniiiu Ktondlly Improving.
But lUiiiinii , Mo. , Aug. -Secretary
Blainu in steadily Improving In health.
Though -eldom soon in Iho village , ho takes
van , % dnvi-i uDoul tl ' - ' nd uuit
In > u > < t ( tvulk * .