Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
, , , \ ' NUMBER 48.
TWJENTV-FIHST YEAK. OMAHA , THURSDAY MOMlNG AUGUST 0 1801
STRIKE SLOWLY SPREADING ,
Follow ihe Ex'
f Other Tra'lo Organizations
m ample of tbo Men Already Out.
SMELTERS FORMULATE THEIR DEMANDS.
Tliry AVnnl IClKht Hours with Fair I'ny
Hrloklnyoi-H and llor.-cshoers
\ \ nlk Out Printer * ' Troubles
In I'rourc , H.
Disaffection H rapidly gaming ground In
the ranks of Omaha workmen * nd In nearly
every .labor organization there Is a feeling
action with the
favorable to sympathetic
locked out smelters and Job printers and
many laborers have already declared In favor
of eight hours' work with the nine-hour scale
of wages or hotter.
Smelter workmen have formed an organ
ization and have formulated a demand for the
liotirs and scale of wages wanted. These men
were paid at. the smelter yesterday for thu
full tlmo duo them anil given to understand
that the wonts had been closed down for an
Indefinite period.
The bricklayers have demanded an eight-
hour day , which they have had , and a seven-
hour day on Saturday with eight hours' pay.
This the Ixmcs have refused and the work
men are practically all out. The brick yards
will be closed unless there Is an Immediate
adjustment of the existing dlfllcultlcs and
1,00'J moro men wilt bo thrown out of em
ployment.
Carpenters uro considering the advisability
of asking right hours' pay for seven hours'
work on Saturday and several other organ
izations are ready to add further complica
tions to the situation.
Members of the Central Labor union are
making every effort to adjust the present
dlflk-ultles with some show of success if ad
ditional strikes are not precipitated.
The Loi-krd Out Workmen Unrolled
in u New Order.
The striking smelters mot in supposed secret
session at Met/ hall at , 0 o'clock yesterday
morning. They were out in force , there
being probably three hundred ot them in thu
body , mid from their stern countenances it
looked the mect-
was evident that they upon
Ing as one of no Httlo moment.
/ An hour before order Was. called the hall ,
. garden and beer saloon were crowded with
the brawny sons of toll , Bohemian , Poles ,
Germans and a sprinkling of Irish and Amer
icans , and there didn't seem to bo an Idle
man In the entire assemblage. One. and all
were equally Interested , and .every knot of
four or llvo or a dozen men , had its spokes
man , who was improving their time by laying
down to _ the man Just what the situation was
md what was expected of thorn ,
rffho universal sentiment was that they
were a much abused community and were to
stand linn and unflinching In the demand
that Justice , should bo donu them , .
At 0:15 : Jim Bacon calloJ the mooting to
order , and an instant hush fell over the grim
audience :
Blr. Ilacon Spunks.
"My Fellow-Workmen : Last night I wa *
sent for by you to como down to the works ,
and I went there with u committee of us.
Wo btald there until well along in the morn-
Ing. Wo patroled the works that Is , wo
k mndu our rounds of inspection and wo dis
covered that the works were not entirely
Mint down. When I got there tbo nleht
watchman came out to sec mo and he told mo
vohat the works were nil shutdown ; that no
work was being done in nny of the depart
ments. But I wouldn't tnko his word and
sent In for Superintendent 1'ago. He came
out and told uio that everything was shut
down but 0110 small furnace In the silver
top ; that they had a little silver to run out
mid would then shut down. I told him that
was nil right , but wo didn't want any moro
bluffs , nor wo don't. Our men. posted on a
fcliox car , saw two men at work in the silver
hop , and lilontilled them.
A SiiHpcut. Vindicated.
Ono of them Is In tno hall now. Ho has been
fully Identified , but ho claims ho was
not there. Now , that man Is
among you and I am going to call him on the
stage , and If there is any man in the liouso
that saw him any whcro about the city last
night between the hours of 7 and 11 o'cloclt ,
I want him to step forward and say so. If
the man was there wo haint n-goin' to bung
him or Injure a hair of his head , but we want
to know who they are that , will worlc when
Iho rest of us are out and demanding Justice. "
After these remarks had boon Interpreted
Into German , Bohomln'n and 1'olhh , Bacon
stepped to the edge of thu stage , and pointing
his linger nt a man in the third row , asked
him to stop on lha stage. He did so prompt
ly , taking his position , hat In hand , near the
center ot the stage , proclaiming In Bohemian
"that ho was the wrong man. "
"Did any of you moil sco this man last
night I" nslfud Chairman Baron.
Ono Individual sitting ut the table on the
itagu nroso and said he had.
"Whorol" asked Bacon.
"In this irardon , " ho replied.
' When I" from Bacon.
"At Ute ; last night. "
" 1 don't sou how that could bo , " said
Bacon , "for ho claims that ho was at Ko -
lor's garden , and couldn't have been ut both
places at once. "
Tbim another man , and another , and still
another , until half a score had risen lu their
seats , all of whom said they had seen him
- Itibro at Mutz'H garden drinking beer. This
was overwhelming evidence that the suspect
was renllv the wrong manas ho had churned ,
nnn convinced of this , Bacon turned to him
and told him that ho hail boon fully idonti-
lied , and that they would taku It all back.
Ho WIIH t\iiKi-atnliiti' < l.
"But I am glad. " added Bacon , as the man
turned to leave the ' -that
stagothat you were
here drinking boer Instead of bolngat work. "
After u Huh ) parley among thu moguls on
the singe , Bacon resumed :
"Now. men. I'll toll you what Is best for us
to do. vt'ii want U > appoint a committee to
watt on Mr. Barton and got his word for It.
Wo want to know boyoml any sort of doubt
thnt the works , have been shut down. Wo
iton't want them to run one Httlo turnnco in
the silver shop today , and then start one a Ht
tlo bigger tomorrow , and so on until they gat
the whole shebang to running again with
DOW nieu.
Kl iillloitttVordH. .
If Mr. Barton don't shut down in this sil
ver shop nftur ho gets thu little silver run
out thtit ho H pea us of , It Is time wu taku some
action to see that ho doe * I"
1 Those nloslng pyrotechnics were greeted
9 by tumultuous upphuiMi , thu clnpplng of
( B hcuds and stumping of fcot , bythosowho
* _ umU'iMtoit thorn , us they were when In turn
UF" converted Into Bohemian , Pol Mi uinl Uor-
mr num.
B What llauon DcmniuU.
I After another short pauno Mr. lla-jou ro-
1 Biimod his oratory. Ho said that the men
wanted for the eight hours service Just wlmt
they were getting , &s thu law prescribed , and
i ho expected the men tn stand tlnn. Thou ho
' -JiiTited all those proient who hadn't signed
1 .r tholr names to the now labor organization in
process of formation to lop forward and bo
uiir enrolled , and u Inrg-i number went forward
MT.and put down tholr names. ThU ilatnpedo
\ ilio occurred when tha different Interpreter *
| x bad extouded a Hko Invitation to their ro-
pocUyo couutrywou until emr uinn in the
I
gathering who had not already signed , had
been up nml enrolled.
TUo organization nt 11 o'clock had been
swelled from two hundred and fifty to nearly
six hundred ntid hv (1 ( o'clock this evening
It Is qullo likely that every
smelter in tlio city will have become n mem
ber. The organization hasn't received a
tmmo yet , but It U understood that Ills to bo
a permanent body.
Heforo leavinsr the hall the reporter had a
Httlo tulle with Jnmot Welch , the Intelligent
and plcusnnt vlco president of the now or
ganization. Ho said that ho wanted to cor
rect Chairman Hncon In hU assertion as to
the wants of the man. He said :
The Kunlo Donnmiletl.
"We do not ask what wo have been getting
for thoelghthours.but have drafted u regular
graduated schedule of wages Instead , ant
that was that the furnace men , who hnd
been getting S'J per dav , wanted $1.75 ; the
tappers who had boon getting W.'W wanted
( ! , and Hi" pot-puddleM , Who had
been getting Jl.Tii wantnd J1.0T > . and so 01
through tbo whole roster of grades of the dif
ferent forcos. "
Mr. Welch also said that ho would combat
any move to appoint a committee to wait on
Mr. Ilarton. They had had enough of that
sort , of thing , and had received no sntlsfac
tlon. Ho didn't believe In catering to the
bosses any moro. That all future overture-
.should cotno from tncm ; that the men wantoi
nothing but what was right aid Just , and in
tbo end that must come.
/ .ir/.v TIII : J/K.V.
An Iniportniil U'orlc Auoonipllshcd
Without \ny Dllllunlty.
The smelling works oompiny boaan piving
off tliolr men at nooii yesterday. It was the
regular monthly pay dav. but Instead of payIng -
Ing only to the llrst or the month as is
s ually thu case the man were paid up to
dato.
dato.Most of thorn had worked the first two
days in August , and they wuro all paid .in
full. This was to avoid any dillicultv with
nny of the men who might otherwise have
kicked because all of their money , was not
forthcoming.
It was intended to begin paying at 10:30 :
o'elock but tboro was some delay In com
pleting the payroll , and it was almost 1
o'elock when thellrst man received his
money through thu little window in the time
keeper's olllco. The men entered in line ui
the south entrance , passing through the
timekeeper's ofllco thence up along the
tracks the full length of the works and out
at the north end.'This arrangement was
made at the request of a number ot the men ,
who stated that they did not want to go bacli
Into the crowd ol loafers who wore gathered
under the undue , us they worn nfraiil
that they might bo induced to spend for
liquor 'tho money that they wanted to tnko
homo for the oenelit of their families.
Policemen were stationed at intervals tc
keep thu men In line and sea that they did
not scatter over the grounds or cuter the
various shops. The very best of order pre-
vaileil , and there was much loss noise and
confusion than on an ordinary pay day.
The payroll aggregated about 3'37tJO , and
It took nearly three hours for the company to
suaro ( their accounts with the men. They
appeared in croups of two or thrco or oven a
dozen , and came along just fast , enough to
Ueep about fifteen or twenty men in line all
the time. They were paid in golduud silver ,
thus avoiding confusion at a bank.
A BKI : reporter made a complete tour of
the wonts iu the moining , but the only men
found at worlc wore two in the silver
shop , who wore apparently proceeding as
usuul. A lone llremim was keeping up steam
to run the elcctrio lighting machin
ery. A force of painters was at
work on the ofllco buildings ,
but the repairing forces had not boirun opera
tions. The weigher was taking advantage of
the quiet stute of affairs to give his Httlo
room a new coat of paint. The foremen
were sitting uround in the shacio reading the
morning papers.
Manager Nnsh was In his ofllco
attending to his private correspon
dence when a BKI : man dropped
in to learn If the company hnu received any
overtures from the men. Ho said that non'o
had boon received ami that the company was
not looking for any. Ho staled that letters
had been received from the Denver olllcials
of the company , who had boon apprised
of the state of affairs here by tolo-
grapli , advising that the works be
closed until the llrst of February.
"Then , " wrote one of them , ' 'when you have
completed the January overhauling perhaps
you will bo able to start up the works with
out ain further trouble "
lu discussing the present troubleMr. Nush
remarked that it was very different from the
strike of 1STU. x"Wo have an altogether
different lot of men , " ho said.
"Thoy are quiet , peaceable men ,
whereas the others were very ugly. At that
time my lifo was threatened frequently , and
I was personally assaulted several times ,
while other collisions were frequent , but
there is none of that now. There Isn't u man
ttmt I wouldn't sit down and talk with , but
twelve yuars ago 1 hnd to keep my eyes open.
I 'don't blame thu men for wanting as few
hours and us much pay as they can get. I
would and so would you. When they asked
for Kansas City rules wo ottered to grant
them , but not the three oight-uourshifts. Wo
can't do it , so wo will keupqulot fora while. "
Suppose that the men should offer to return
to work and sign the contracts ; what would
the company say I"
' I don't know. Prob.ioly that the works
were shut down , but that when they started
up the old men would bo notltled in ample
time und given llrst ilhancn. If they were on
hand , all well and good , but of course if not ,
other men would uo hired. That would bo
heroic treatment , but no 0110 could complain.
If all the old men ottered to coma back , I
don't know when the works would start.
"I understand that It is stated thatsomn of
the men have received letters from the com
pany asking them to conu back to work. Is
it reasonable that anything of that kind
would bo sent out to be shown around among
tun men ) It Is generally possible to hoar al
most anvthtno. As for the present outlook , 1
sec nothing now lu tnu situation. Thu works
are shut down and everything is quiet , "
Ilartnn Kofnsr-s to Trout With ttiu Con
tra I Labor Kin-M-iCunuy I'otnmittne.
Lust night , for the llrst time , the 700 mcr
who were employed at the Omaha-Gram
smeller fully realized that they had killed ttu
goose that laid the golden egg , They hai
ho.-ird the reports that the smelter would shin
down for an luduilnlto period , but they Inughei
at the Idea and argued that It was a bluil
upon Mr. Harton's part to luduca them to return
turn to thu sumo hours and wages.
Now they understand that Mr. Barton's
words were too true ; that It may bo month !
before the .smelter Ih-e.i again burn und thai
It may bo never.
Attl o'clock yesterday afternoon the emer
gency committee ) of thu Central Labor union ,
together with a oommlttoo of smelter work
men , mot In Unto City hall , whcro for an
hour they dUcnssud the situation. It was
agreed that If the smelter company would
put on three shlfu of eight hours o.ich the
iiiun would return to their old places. Thin
was salts factory to alt parties present , and a
inembO"- the emergency cominltteu was
delegated to notify and ask for a conference
with Mr. Hartun. Ho was called up by telephone -
phone and Informed that the committee was
ready to arbitrate on the labor troubles.
This man was somewhat surprised at the
Information that was wafted over thu tele-
plmno wire. * . Mr. liurton Informed him that
he did not care to meet uny committee ; that
ho had nothing to arbitrate , as the smelter
had been clusod , the men paid off and dis
charged.
An attempt to hold a conference was un
availing and thu cominltteu adjourned with-
oui having accomplished anything , other
than to loan * that the men who have worked
nt the furnures for years will now have to
look elsewhere for the wherewith to buy
bread uud clothing fur thctr wives and Httlo
ones ,
After tbo adjournment of the meeting a
member of the committed , cot na a labor cOl-
clal , but as a citizen , called on Mr. llartou at
ICO.NTINUED ox SECOND JMUI : . ]
THIRD PARTY CONVENTION ,
Ohio State Coloration Assembles at 'Spring
field to Nominate a Ticket
-FOUR HUNDRED DELEGATES TAKE PART.
I'rotmhlu That tin ? Clnolnnntl
lions and Platform Will Uo
Adopted A. Ijlttlo
HlNtory.
SriiiNoFtr.U ) , O. , Aug. n. The people's
party state convention was called to order
this afternoon by II. R Barnes of Tlflln ,
chairman of the state committeo. There
were about four hundred doleuatos present.
After prayer the chair re.id a letter from
George Gather , chairman of the Alabama
state committee , promising to carry that
state in ISUJ. Another from Senator Peffor ,
advising the adoption of the Cincinnati reso
lutions and plank advocating honest money
was greeted with cheers.
The chair Introduced as temporary chair
man Ilugn Cavanaugh , who said , In part :
"Too long have the farmers observed the In
junction , 'you till thu soil ind we'll manage
the public oftlcos. ' Tliey are tired of It and
that Is thu reason of the mooting
hero today. " Ho treated the finance ,
tariff and other questions In the
manner set forth in the Cincinnati
resolution j. Q Ho added : "Tills movement
jvill relorfuto John Sherman to the political
standard that Is enjoyed by his friend
Ingalls.1
11. B. Hlnchman of Urbana was chosen
temporary secretary , and committees were
appointed.
While the committees were out Kobort
Schilling , national secretary , addressed the
conucntion who was introduced by the chair
man with , "nn meeting of the labor Interests
In this country for the past thirteen years
has been considered complete without the
presence of Bob Schilling. " Mr. Schilling
recounted the history of this movement since
ho llrst organized a handful of cnou nt Co
lumbus thirteen years ago and expressed
pleasure nt the proportions to which It has
grown.
Ho advocated government control of ral
roads and offered a long list of stntlstli
showing how railroads are built for $ ,0l
per milo and then bonded for JM.OOO , an
bow foreign capital operates in great bull
against the interests of the working poop' ,
of the country. Ho prescribed the platfor
of the people's party as the panacea for u
the evils wrought by both homo anu forolf ;
capitalists. Hu advocated the loaning t
the government to farmers of money at 2 pi
cent on non-porishablu products such :
wheat , wool , etc. , in sums prouortionato 1
the security offered , for short periods i
order to tide thorn over the embarrassment !
Ho denounced the misrepresentations of tti
old party organs and said it was not the ol
jeot of the party to have unrestricted loan1
It would restrict them to the ncedy.llxing th
maximum loaned to any ono person nt $5OXK.
thus excluding such men as Jay Gould \vh
would want to como in otherwfso und pledg
his watered stock railroads for vast sums.
Ho.said the party leaders nro not crazy ye
and would regulate ttio supply of currency s
that thu country would not , bo Hooded wltl
an ovcrsupplyof "irredeemable currency" a
Is charged by the harpies of tbo old party
Ho satu the peoples' party has declared i
favor of free coinage of silver , but the mr
Jority of the members are not in favor of it
but they tolerate it as the entering wedge b.
which they hope to overturn the proseii
monetary system. Ho said they hold that !
is Just as safe for the government to loan 01
the products of the farm , taking a firs
mortgage , as it Is for it to loan gold am
silver us it is now doing when it Issues th
silver and gold cortllicates. Ho said whoi
Warner Miller of Now York , president o
the Nlcnniugua canal company , wanted t
borrow millions to dig that ditch Senate
Sherman and the other great men who op
pose tbo loaning of money to the farmer 01
good security raised their voices In favor o
the government loaning those millionaire
the enormous sum asked. Ho said if tin
pcoplo build the railroads the people shouli
own them and if the government build :
canals It ought to own them. The natlona
Banking system ho denounced as moro in
famous , if possible , than the wrongs already
Jescrlbed and said the cry "honest money'
makes him lighting mad.
Ho devoted much tlmo to n comparison o
the old parties on the tariff question am
found the difference when divided among tin
members of them amounts to just ono nm
iwo-thlrds cents a pieco. Ho congrAtulatot
: ho party on its successes In Nebraska , Kan
; as and other states and urged them t <
itrongor efforts in Ohio than were over pu
forth anywhere , promising they will surprlsi
themselves with the results.
O. W. Jones of Butler , Kansas , sang a solo
"Old Hayseed , " and another of his own com
[ losltion , much to the amusement of the dele
jates.
The chairman Introduced Congressman
Jlect J. C. Otis of Kansas , who gave a his
: ory of his campaign in Iho Fourth district o
Kansas and announced that ho had Just re
. elved a telegram announcing that his luti
republican opponent had been converted am
; * now a full-Hedged pe.iplu's party man. Hi ;
irliicipal theme was the state of affairs ii
Ivansas for the last two decades , duriui
which the farmers , who have been the priu
-ipal producers , have not beer recelvlnt
; heir share of the proceeds of their product
The Cincinnati platform , he said , is the hopi
) f Kansas for delivery Irom the forces whlcl
niive been opposing them , and they will stlcl
jy It to a man.
llort Johnson of Huron , for the committee
in credentials , reported at .1:10 p. ra. , no con
: ests. Or. Tuckcrman , Cleveland , roportoi
for committee on rules and order of business ,
.ho rules usually governing conventions 01
nominating speeches being limed to live min
lies and on questions arising to ten minutes
i modification of Hiiro's system of proper
: ionod voting to bo used when two or mori
; andidatcs are lu nomination. Miller I'nrvl-
> f Morrow , for the committee on device , re-
lorted the plan and manner , the choice ol
ilno of the committed of ton. The conven
.Ion adjourned to 8 n. m. tomorrow without
adopting the report.
Tonight liva McDonald Valosh addressee
.ho delegates.
Thu committee on resolutions tins beet ;
.vrestllng . with the platform since it p. m. ami
it 10 adjourned till tomorrow morning
.vlthout . having reached n conclusion. The
ticking parts are prohibition , land tax anil
'arm product loan features. Thu prospocu
irn that the commltteo's report will ho torn
o pieces by Iho convention. The city ills-
rlcts Insist that the prohibition plank would
'ost ' the party thousands of votes and thuv
vill light It to thu hitter end.
Regarding a ticket everything Is chaos.
Therenro a dozen stales and their respective
nlvocntes niv not sanguine. There Is
loneuth thu surfncn considerably feeling
lotwi'cn the federation of labor men mid the
Cnlghts of Labor which causes the formci
lumciit to suspect both.
.V.Y.IKK .I.VII .1 IHU.lfiilO.V. '
ronilnnnt KaimiiH I'rolilliltlonlHt De
clares the Law a I'\illure.
TOI'KKA , Kan. , Aug. 5. [ Special Telegram
iTniUtiK.J-A letter from William Hlg-
Ins. secretary of state , to Hov. D. C. Miler -
or , of Manhattan , declaring that prohlbl-
lou 1s a dead Issue In Kansas , and warning
lie republican party against It , was pub-
, shcd hero today , and has created a sonsa-
Ion. Mr. Illgulns has bean for tbo pan six
ears the acknowledged leader of the old
rowd republicans who have conducted the
ampalgu oa the prohibition issue.
Mr , HlKvln'i letter U iu responseto ono
published some tlmo ago In Iho Topcka Capi
tal denouncing the practical politician * In tno
republican party.
Ho says : " 1 will frankly ay that lam
now and have been for the last live years op
posed to the idea of makliip prohibition a
party ISMIU and giving It political endorse
merit. My only reason buing an earncit ant
honest belief that such ucllon weakens pro
hibition and endangers republican success
giving three or four Molly Lc.Kbi within the
republican party nn .opportunity to tiocomo
politicians and unwise party loader * . I have
doubted the policy and political wisdom
of dragging prohibition into every
campaign and I honestly bcllevo
that It would bo better for thu cause If It win
completely Ignored by political parties
While this tun been my sincere opinion :
have always bowed to the Judgment of the
majority of the republicans of Kansas and
should they , in lha future , atraln endorse
prohibition in convention and continue ti
Malto it a political Issue , such action will not
Orivo mo out of the party.
"I nm n republican and have my llrst ucmo
crat to vote for or my first ticket to scratcl
mid shall continue to bo faithful to mj
principles regardless of any political blunders
th.it may bo forced upon the party. 1 am op
posed to further political endorsement of pro
hibition , mid shall use my feeble efforts
to prevent It because It Is wrecking
prohibition ami endangering republican suc
cess at every general election. I would
rather have republican principles win at the
polls without the endorsement of prohibition
than to have thu party defeated with it
You may sneer at the politician and say ho
l weak and trimming but had It not been foi
the nctlvci and loyal politicians of Kansas
prohibition would have suffered while yet In
Its short dress aim pantalettes and every
fair minded man will civo the politician this
credit. Thu loyalty of the republican poll
ticlan to prohibition has been as llrin as that
of tho-io who now sneer nt their benefactors ,
for such have boon the republican politi
clans of Kansas to tbo temperance
pcoplo of the stnto. The active
clear-headed politician ha.i never forced dan
gcr upon his party and Uien pouted In his
tent or scratched his ticket on election day
because bis single views were not adopted by
n convention of his peers , but wo can llni
others who Imvo insisted that the party en
dorse their fanatic whims and then at every
opportunity that is offered them , are found
voting for and supporting some democrat for
mayor and councilman whom the rciubm'.s-
sionists want elei-tod.
"If you could havdtbcon hero Sunday at
the temperance rally I could have pointed
out to you In that gathering of : i. " > 0 people two
hundred men and women who , at the last
sprinc election , joined hands with tbo one-
miles of temperance and worked and voted to
elect a democrat us mayor of this city , a man
who never had and never will have sympathy
for prohibition or temperance , but on the
contrary , is theoretically and practically op
posed thereto , and this support was given
him as against a republican who had al
ways supported prohibition and who
was the choice of his party.
This Is the class . of men and
women who Insist that thvrepublican party
must stand by and endorse prohibition while
they are allowed to go out and cut its throat.
This same spirit of treachery is displayed in
a certain class of prohibitionists in every city
and couutv of the state at each city r.nd olT
year election , and it is becoming very
tiresome to loyal republicans who have
Jjocn faithful to those who have demanded so
much and done so little for party success.
The fact Is becoming very apparent that the
average political prohibitionist has a stronger
desire to smash the republican party than to
secure prohibition. I have supported prohibi
tion from the time It was submitted to the
people and when the suppnrt of it cost mo
every dollar I had on earth , besides losing
mo political and personal friendship that I
have never ceased regretting. I am as
earnest and zealous for Jhoiuocoss of the law
as any one can be , regardless of the sneers at
politicians. .lam ono-l" a'mlnor Uecrrco mid
proud of the fncl , dnly regrfttting
that my political strength and Influ
ence are not greater. I am not aihamcd
that I nm a republican and a politician or
that I am opposed to nny political endorse
ment of prohibition. I wish to see it a suc
cess , hand in hand with republican victory ,
but If ono must go down to defeat I do ngt
wish that ono to be my partv. I trust that
you will not consider mo impertinent in
writing you my opinion. I am honest in
what , I snv , satisfied that In the near future ,
you and others who are now urging prohibi
tion as a political measure , will sec that Its
lifo and success depends upon removing It
from politics , f make tbo "prediction now
that none of the parties in this stale will
again endorse prohibition. "
iritKUItlMS .IT 11'OItK.
Train Thrown Irom the Truc'c and
Several I'eolo ] Injured.
KAMMIZOO , Mich. , Aug. 5. The Grand
Rapids it Indiana express bound south was
wrecked three mlles north of this place this
noon , evidently by train wreckers , as spikes ,
bolts and nuts were found withdrawn from
the rails. The bacgage and express car , day
coach and sleeper wnro thrown from the
track and rolled down the embankment , thu
sleeper turning completely over and was
badly wrecked. Nearly all the injured ,
twelve in number , were taken from the
sleeper , nonu of whom are fatally hurt , how
ever.
The list of the injured uro as follows : Mrs.
Myra Klpton , ICnlqtnnzoo ; W. S. Bratt ,
Drain ! Rapids ; Luther Waterman , Lowell ;
T. C. Philips , homo ui&nowu ; Henry G.
Derkhouso , Grand Rapids ; A. C. Con way ,
Fort Wtivnn. Ind. ; i\liss Maim Huvner ,
i'lalnwell , " Mich. ; M. B. Williamson , tronl
: on , N. J. ; Mrs. J. J. Karle , Grand Rapids ;
C. L. Holmes , Appleton , Wis. ; II. S. Smith.
Mackinaw , Mich. ; C. A. Shcllman , BaltP
Several am seriously Injured ami ono or
; wo may die. The injured are being cared
for at Borger's hospital in this city. The
engineer says that the rail appeared like nn
open switch. He immediately applied the
drakes but too lain. The section foreman
bad inspected tbo iracK but an hour bcforo
and fcund everything nil right.
i/.wo.v I'.IOIPIU iriticK.
Fast Mull \\yomliitf CrahlicH Into
n Op ii hu'ltcli.
CIICYKXNK , Wyo. , Aug. 5. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Br.i : . I Tha east-bound fast
mail on the Union Pact Ho narrowly escaped
n frightful accident thti morning. Three
freight , trams were slilpt , nekcd ot Red Buttus
waiting for It to go by. A careless brakomun
loft the switch open. Tno fust mall came
along at a llfty-mile-an-lio.iir.cllp.
The Instant it turned into the sidetrack
the engineer took In the situation , reversed
und set the air brakes , Theio was a colli
sion In which the locomutl'vos lost tholr cow
catchers and were othorwUo disabled , The
engineer's side of tholtclijht locomotive was
badly shattered , but fortunately the ongl.
ueer was not In it.
A passenger entering ono of the coaches at
the moment of thu colllvlou was sent Hying
down the aisle- and lunde.i tirninst the opposite
end of the couch with t'oriblderahlo violence.
Bvcr.v boay V-HS thoroughly shaken but the
only real Injury received was sustained by
Frank . I olic son HOWLS sorting letters and
was Hung so violently aguinst the side of the
car as to badly sprain one of las wrUU. The
passenger locomotive was towed lu by n
freight. _ _
| SluConiinl hljii at Work.
MIM : CITY. Mont. * Aug. 5. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : Bin. : | Chairman C. C. Pearce
of St. Louis , .ludgo Applomun of Columbus ,
O. , and George II. Harris of Washington , I ) .
C. , members of thu Sioux Indian commission ,
arrived hero today to arrange for perman
ently locaUnu the ( KM Cheyoiines , now at
Tongue river acency < on Lame Deer crook
unU thu fort Keogti , military roscrvatlon near
this city. The comfnlssiou eipecu to bo hereabout
about u week.
Shipping N'owa.
New York Arrived , Havre from Bremen.
Southampton Arrived. Worra from Now
York ,
SHOT DEAD NEAR HIS D30R ,
Cold Blooded Murder in Iowa Resulting
from Family Troubles.
AWFUL DEED OF A FRENZIED MAN ,
Ooak Gu-ynti KlllH llln llrnfticr-liMtavt
an Insult OflVrwl HlH
Mothor-OotallH ofllio
x , la. , Aug. 5. [ Special Telegram
to Tin : Bin : . | There Is great excitement In
this vicinity over the killing Monday of Lib
erty Suooks by his brothor.lr.-lnw , Dealt
Owynn , the result of a family trouble.
Snooks lived about four miles northwest of
hero and Owyini near him. A little after
noon Monday Uwynii appeared In the road
in front of Snooks' ' house ar.d called him out
and told him ho had como to kill him.
Mrs. Snooks did not want her husband to
go out , but ho did not appear to bo afraid of
Qwynn and went out to where his horses
were tied to tUo hind end of n wagon.
Ho told Qwynn to go away , that ho did
not have tlmo to fool with him
and began to untie ono of the
horses. Owynn then askud If ho had
called his mother ( Mrs. Ctwynn ) a liar , anil
Snooks said ho had , whereupon Qwynn
levelled his douolo barrelled shot gun on the
fence and told Snooks that ho had him now.
Snooks told him that when ho got ready to
shoot to Uro away , or words to that effect ,
and Gwynn pulled the trigger. At the llrst
shot Snooks was about twonty-threo feet
from Owynn. Ho put his hand up to his
side , mid turning to a boy , a nephew of his ,
who was standing near , told hint to go for a
doctor
The shot had scared the horse ho had un
tied , but hu held on to It , and when about
forty feet from Gwynn ho shot the second
time ntid Snooks fell dead. Gwynn then
shouldered his gun and wont off down the
road toward his mother's homo.
After the Inquest Monday night Owynn
walked with neighbors to Corydon , sur
rendered to the sheriff and was placed in
Jail. Snooks leaves n wife and three chil
dren.
I < Mro at ( Srinnoll.
QHIXNKI.I. , In. , Aug. 5. [ Special Tolegrati
toTiiu Bui : . ] The fair city of Urinucll wu
again visited by a severe misfortune today
This morning lire broke out at itjDO in th' '
Griiinell cart , factory and rapidly spread to i
number of oth-sr buildings. Much of the car
factory was burned with over 100 vehicle !
ready to ship. Henry's agricultural implcmen
store was badly damaged and many Implements
monts destroyed. Chamncrlaliut Cliilds los
their entire grocery stock. Grange's ston
was entirely lost. Ramoy's store buildini
burned but the goods were saved. Th' '
Broad street hotel was reduced lo ashes
Will Wullach's photograph gallery and Mrs
Probest's inilllnory establishment were ulsi
consumed with most of the contents.
The yro was of incendiary origin and wa ;
started in tha roir of the cart compiny'i
store. The tire dopirtmcnt was run iu eve :
the Rock Island from Brooklyn and tin
( lames were gotten under control after i
tierce struggle. There is no duo to who so
the lire. The loss will agnro ate at leas
? . " > 0,0t > 0 , with Insurance 'less nhan half tha
amount.
I'romlnaiit Man Dr.iwncd.
Miss-ot'in VAI.I.BY , In. , Aug. 5. [ Specla
Telegram toTuu Bun. ] A gloom ovorspro.id'
this city tonight , caused by thu drowniup
today nt Noblo's lake , eight miles south ol
this city , of Gardner Jones. Ho , with a partj
from this city , were camping there. Aboul
12 o'clock he went out nlono in a licht boat U
bathe. Ho Jumped from the boat which was
carried from him by the high wind. The
waves were running high and overcame him
Ho called for help and a boat was rapldlj
pulled to him and an oar thrown him. Hi
missed It , also the second one , and sank in
view of those on the bank. The luke \va
nraggod continuously till the body was found
at 8 o'clock this morning.
Ho was a young man of unusually high
moral standard and gentleness. Ho was the
bill clerk of the American and Wells-Farirn
oxpro.ss companies , of which his brother , R ,
W. Jones , is agent. The campers nt the lake
hove all como into the city tonight , the pleas
ure of the resort having been dispelled by
the sad accident.
IOW.I'H Criminal llccord.
DBS MOINT.S , la. , Aug. B. [ Special Tele
gram lo Tin : BiiK.l The advance shoots ol
the report of the secretary of state of the
criminal convictions for the year 1SS9-00 arc
out. The total number of persons who were
convicted during the years was 1,15'J. The
tolal amount of costs paid by the several
counties is $ r > , ' > Ol.Uo. The amount to DC
deducted from the foregoing on account ol
lines collected Is $ U , ! tltl.54. The counties
which nro In the roll of honor as having no
convictions during the year are Aduir , Au-
diibon , Dickinson , Hamilton , Howard and
Wlnnobago.
Among the oitensos for whlfih convictions
u-o the most i.umurous r.ro : Nuisance HO ,
burglary O'J , larceny W , nulsauco keeping 80 ,
selling intoxicating liquors ( Hi , assault with
ntcnt to commit great bodily Injury 00 , as
sault and buttery Bl , assault 117 , forgery HO
and larceny ( petit ) ! ! 5.
Photographers Klcut
Dr.s MOISKS , In , , Aug. B. [ Special Telegram -
gram to Tin : BRB. | The state photographers
convention today elected thu following olll-
cors. : President , G. Temple of Clinton ; first
vice-president , Mrs. Schooloy of Indlanola ;
second vice-president , T. Wales of Marshall-
town ; secretary , J. Verron of Dos Moinos.
The president , treasurer and secretary com-
lose the oxi-cutlvo comrnlttoo and they will
lecldu the date of the next convention which
will bo held In this city , the permanent homo
of the association. The committee on prizes
gave the lirst , a tine lens , to Temple of
Jilnton , thesocnmi , udnosconio backgrounds ,
o Kilborn of Cedar Rapids and the third , a
camera box , to Edlngur of Do * Moines , for
ho best general display.
Two SorloiiH A
Cmuu llti'iiift , la. , Aug. 5. ( Special Telegram -
gram to Tun BIK : | Km Taylor at Allorton'R
aiu-h , seven miles wst of hero , was badly
Hirt Internally while riding hofsobiick yes-
crday by the horse stumbling and fnllltnr
ipon him. Ho was picked up Insensible.
le complains about pains in the lungs from
ho effect of it but most likely will recover.
Jack Carter at another of Allorton's
'anchos ' , llvo miles northeast of hero , had
ils left lug broken and ilu ; nnklo dislocated
> v a norse stumbling ana falling upon him ,
his forenoon while herding cattlo. Hu was
brought to ( own und had the bone set and
mklo replaced.
WoKtorn IVopIo in ' li
Cuic.uiu , Aug. 5. ( Special Telegram to
,1111 BKK.I The following western pcoplo
are In the city :
At the flrand Pacific- . M. Wood , C.
Austin Brown , Salt Lake ; Mr. and Mrs. D.
.mdsuv , Wyoming ; John Glbaon , Cruston.
a. ; U'lHIam Mclntyre. Waturiown , S. U. ;
J. B. Ilutchins , Sioux City , la.
At the Palmer Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cald-
voll , Omaha ; Nathan Hall , Harris Fraktln ,
) eiulwood , S. I ) . ; It. L. Wood , North
lotto.
At the Wellington William Coburn ,
Omaha.
At the Lelnnd A. O. Brown , llole-ia ,
Mont.
Atttio Audltorlum Q. B. Schneider.
At thoTromont W. 1C. Green , Mr- and
Mrs , W. W. Molver. Cedar Rapids , la ;
Mrs. W. C. HuleU , Omaha ; Mr. and Mr * .
W. H. Wind-tor , DCS M i , In. ; E.I
Phcltn. Schuylor , Nub.
J. J. Harbach of Omaha is city for
few days on private business. | A A.
suci.iusr iroKinmvvTcuxtntiss ,
Deli-Kates l-'roni All Over tin * Worl
Will Attend the .Aloolln .
BiifssRi. : " , Aug. 5. Tno Brussels Intorni
tlonnl Labor congress or as It is now c.illei
ttio International Socialist Workmen's coi
gross , will assemble hero' on Sunday , tl
ItHh lust. In spite of mtsoiMblo mai
agement and Intrlcuo on the pa
of the ruling spirits In the affair , the mco
Ing will bo largely attended and Importan
Norway , Sweden , Holland , I'rance , Go
many , Austria , Switzerland. Hungar :
Spain and Italy send delegates , wlillo for 111
first time in the history of labor movement !
Poland will bo represented , and a contmgoi
from the United Status is likewise e ;
pected.
The following subjects are to bo dlscussc
nt the conirress :
I. Thu prt" > i'iit condition of tin-laws proti-i'l
liiguorkors from the national nml Intormi
llonnl point of view and tin ? moani to lie i-m
ployi-il tu rondiT siii-h lu s mnro t-nYeiivu.
- . ' . I'liv right nt coalition ; bow is It si-ouri'd
Ilio InliTimtliiiml aspect of strikes lioyi-ol
ting and thu trade union inovi-ini-tit.
II. \\liat Is posltlimandilutvuf the worl ;
Ing i-lassos with n-spivt to inllltiirNinV
4. Hie iillltiide ulileh Ihe orgaiili-il work
ersnf all iMiiiitrlux should assume with reu- in
to thu .luwlsh qiicstlon. ( I'ropoioil hyth
Aini'i-li-aii union of workers tqioaklng th
Iliilircw language. )
B. Iliiw parllami'iitlsm and universal sill
fr.iao i-iin tin utlll7i-il to mlvitnlugiHif th
wii'lMNl workers' i-ailsu. Tlu > taetli-s whli-
should tin iMiipiovvi ! so as to tiring nbniit til
uiiiiinulpatlim of tin- workers unit the mean
liy whleh this c.in bu rualueil. ( Dutch nro
pusa1. )
0. On thi ) ulllani-i' of workmen's Hoelnlis
parlies with tlio middle cluss polltlral parlies
. On thusi.iipri-xsliin of plrei > work.
5. I hillrtl of .May Intorimtlonal onlobr.it Im
tobueonsiHT'iti'il ' to I ho principal of thooljilit
hour working day and thu limjnmt iiinil NVII
lailon of labor , toKotnor with the inilvurva
iilllrnintliiii to In-made by the proletariat i
favor of the maintenance of peace union ; ; a I
nations.
U. Adoption of a. general and uniform deslu
nation lo Indli'iilo all thu labor parlies In th
world. Tliocuntr.il revolutionary i-omtnlttoi
'
of I'aris proposes the "Intornatio'nal soelallN
party. " The Hclglan workmen's party pro
pu-os "Ihu International so.-l-ilist worLinun'
party. "
10. gnrion * and prnotk-al orgiinl/iitlons ; (
Inloriiallonat correspondence between work
niunuh ) universal working class statistics
( e ) International understanding bolwooi
workers of all trades , to ho suuiirod by the
creation In oai-h nnllrii of a Hyiiilloati ) com
inltteoand of an International syndicate. 01
trade union coinniltluu ; ( ill by the rugnlai
coiininnilt-atlonof dllVerent Information inn
by means of an International soi-lalUtlo al <
niiinactranslate i In .several lan.uagoM anil
appearing annually ; ( e ) Insool.dlsl propa
ganda anil aglt-itlon In all count res.
11. Proposal to bed the n-itlonal eon-'ress In
Cnluugo In l.sKlnn.l nn International demon ,
stratum In that town. dosiiMiat.lim of the dati
of tlio next International socialist wornieti : ° 9
congress.
Tlio prlovnnoo of the KnuliMi IH that , tin
labor party , or a few Individuals who mnnaui
those all'alr.s. have taken upon thumsolviu
wlthouteoiisilltlng those oOu-orned : to open
negotiations with the Marxist parly und per
suaded HID latter lo sonil delegates to llrns-
sels. To obtain thU result the committee had
to abandon the four ru os they had pled--ed
themselves to enforce when at the posilhlism
oongross. Now the llnlglatM appeal
as holding two mandates , ono from
the posslhtlstH and another from tin
Mar.xisth. Numerous protests were niadi
and llually.ho Knglish trades union
i-onsross , ropn-sonlliit ; TiiO.oiO HIIllsh
trade unionists , decided to abstain fronisond-
Itu delegates. Nor Is It likely that many In
dividual Kim'INh .soiMotlcs will ho teprosculod ,
IIH a circular Issued by thu Itrussells eoimult-
li.'o appuarH to bit worded with the express
purpose of ioupiu | : trade unionists away.
Tin ) congress Is riolimgnr uiillad the Inter
national workmen's congress , Iut , Iho International -
national Racialist workmen's congress. The
trade unionists who iiru not socialists may
therefore fool themselves no longer con-
L'ornud , nor Is there a conciliatory sentence In
Iho circular or an argument for a reabon
given ti > lniliieo trade unionists to conic.
Kr.s.vi.i.vViM.s.i.vr.s . .uo'Tins . / / ; nvv ,
Destroy Tholr llmnos and Kill
ol' Thi-ir .Vimilxr.
LONPO.V , Aug. B. Advices nave been re-
: elved hero which gives another illustration
if the bitter hostility against thu
Fuws in Russia. This las.t instance
) f the virulent feeling against
Hebrews occurred ut Elizabeth , a fortilled
own of GS.OOO inhabitants , situated on the
ingool nvor , 1UO miles north of ICherson.
\mong the inhabitants of the town are quito
i number of Jutvs who are engaged in the
isual vocation of the people of th.it natlon-
ility in Russian cities.
The intense h.itrod of the Hebrews enter-
allied by the peasant population recently
iroko out Into llnmcs and several thousand
'unit laborers , small landholders und others
> ngaged In agricultural occupations
n the country surrounding Kli/a-
'Mitligrndo ' marched Into the town ami
irocoedetl to tin * Jewish quarter. The lord-
led Jews , upon seeing tno mob approach.ig ! ,
mule frantic efforts to hldo themselves from
.heir enemies , seeking refuge in out ot the
, vny places of the Ghetto , and in every way
rytng to avoid coming Into contact
vith the members of thu mob.
\tnld cries of "Kill the Jews" the
ihousands of Yokels descended upon their
lowering victims. They attacked Ihu Jew-
sh simps and dwellings , driving Iho owners
Vein Ihom or holding them powerless to du-
'enil themselves or their property and
iliindorod thorn of everything valuable.
kVhat was considered pot worth
vhtlo stealing was wantonly destroyed ,
jomo of the braver Jews resisted Ihu looting
if their property but this only madu matters
ho wor&q for them and throu of them were
Eillud. Aany ] others who attempted In thu
east to defend tholr families or property
rom the mob wero-sot upon and severely
wounded.
The rioting In 'bn Jewish quarter contin
ued for hours , and although thu authorities
were well aware of thu outrages being com
mitted they did not take a single step to pre
vent thorn , nor in any way interfere- pro
tect the Hebrews.
u// ! > Jixn co///.s/o.v.
KvunrHlon Mci.'lH a 'Mull Train with
SoriotiH KcHitl-H.
CiUMi'i.Aiv , N. Y. , Aug. fi.--A train con
voying a Sunday school excursion from
ICllenburg and liouscs Point and Intervening
stations on thu Central Vermont railroad ran
lute u mull truln which had the right ot way ,
Just cast of this station at tiHO o'clock
tonight. The excursion train had many
persons on board und was returning from
Wellsborough Point.
William Angcll aged about seventeen
years , a HOII ot a merchant of this pKce , and
Sim Venott , a laborer of Chateuugay lake ,
were killed outright and somii twenty people
were moro or less injured. Thu most
seriously Injured aru ;
Hisin : LM\TAIN , of Champlaln , both
legs cut off below thu knees , it is thought he
will livu.
S\II. > KV Wn.i.mt Mooin : , both logs brokon.
llr.Nnv S\viir. : : of Kllunburg Cunt re , arm
fractured and body and limbs brui sod.
JOHN PvrTEiibO.v of Perry's Mills , log
broken.
Mus. Luwi.s of Mora , head und limbs
brubetl.
MI-JS A. B.VTIMAN of Perry's Mills , hip dis
located.
1) . Lr.vv of Albany , wrist broken and seri
ously bruised.
Sovural other passengers were moro or loss
slightly Injured. Th' ) excursion train hnd
orders to meet the mall hero and should have
gone on the biding u fuw rods UUCK of where
thu accident occurru , ! . The engines were
telocoped and two cars were badly smashed ,
ono on euch train ,
HoKinor lolitatH ; Tonoynk.
WoucKSTKti , Mass. , Aug. 6. The lMiier-
Tnnoyck threu-mllo race tooV place thisattur-
noon at Lime Qulnsticatnond , the former win
ning cailly In 10 mluutoi G'JV' ; seconds. Tun-
ovck came In twelve econd tutor. Ono
thousand poonlo wore proieut.
PARLIAMENT IS PROROGUED ,
Queen's ' Closing Speech Espressos Sutiafiic-
tiou With the Work of the Last Session.
WORLD'S ' FAIR COMMISSIONERS AT BERLIN.
CJornians Mnoh PU-asis.l With tlio
AriMiiLtoitioiits Mndohy the Hoard
of IHrcutort l\ir tlio Convon-
Innco of i\liililtors.
Loviinv , Aug. 5. P.irnaulont was pro
rogued today to October , The queen's
speech , eloMng 'tho season , after alluding to-
the amicable relations existing between Uroat
Hntaln and the other powers , made a brlof ruf-
erence to thu treaties th.it had beun con
cluded with 1'orttigal and Italy regarding
territory In Africa.
Continuing the speech , she said : "I have
made proposals lo the president of the
Unite , ! Status looking to the submission to.
arbitration of the dlfforoncos between Ireal !
Uritain ami the United States in regard to
the seal fisheries In Uohring sea. The nego
tiations are far ndvauced , but have not yet
been concluded.
"Thu l-'ronch chambers have not yet ap
proved the agreement between myself and
the French republic with reference to the
arbitration of eortuln.dllTeroni-o which have
arisen concerning Now Found land which
airroomont was siguuj during tlio present
year.
" 1 am glad ttint you have been ablu to do-
votoa consldernblu sum to the mitigation of
the burden which the law of compulsory edu
cation has Imposed upon the poor portion of
my people.
"Tho various measures which you have
adopted in recent years to HOIMITO tlio observ
ance of the law in Ireland and to improve the
general condition of the country have ro-
sulteil in u marked abatement of agrarian
offenses , and In a considerable advance in
prosperity. The stops taken to cope with the
dlHircj * tin-outlined in Ireland have been ef
fectual tn averting famino. You have also
p.issed u bonellcont measure denllin ; per
manently with thu coiiiruMod districts of
Ireland , which It is hoped will , oy fostering
iigrioulturo and stimulating tho'llshlng in
dustry , contribute largely to the prevention
uf similar dangers in the future.
"The mi-asuros which you have passed for
Lho improvement of the land with respect to
factories , workshops and savings bunks , and.
Tor the preservation of the public health , will ,
1 nm convinced , conduce to the comfort and.
ivell being of my people. "
//.i.SK.S THIS iii-n.ti.i.\s.
Satisfied with tin ; Arrati oinoots of tlio
World's l-'alr Directors.
IlKiiMV. Aug. -Minister Phelps has boon
ooking over the Uoynl Museum and private
irt collections hero to lln.l some painting or
irticlos rohuinif to Columbus tn-.it might bo
locurod as Inturo.stlng contributions to the
ivorld'd Columbian fair. Hut except n book
irintod hero in l.W , containing a likeness of
Jolumbus , a mcdul struck in honor of Cortoz'
: oiiiiosts ( | and a few rapiers supposed to have
lelonged to Pizurros men , no relics of Colum-
Jiis or the American discoverers have been
'ound.
The commissioners lind another conference
oduy with Herr Wormutb , the German Im-
loriul commisslouor to the world's fair , in ro-
; ard to the details concerning the liorman
) xhlbits. The conference lasted three and
me-hulf hours. During the course of tha
lonfcronco Herr \Verinuth referred to tha
ipaco that would bu necessary for the use of
-ho ( Jorman exhibitors. Tlio coinmlssion
nformed him the builiilngs Hint would bo al-
otted to Germany would bo of sulllclunt size
.o allow tbo Gorman government and nmnu-
acturers all thu spacu they would need and
hat there would bu furtncr bpuco in the
lulldings should the demands of tlm uxhlb-
tors bo larger than now expected. Most all
he questions arising from Germany's doslro
o have an excellent exhibit wore discussed.
Among tlu principal points which were
'ully and vitlsfuctorily explained to the
rnpcrinl commissioner were those regarding
ho tr.importation of exhibits from the
American seaboard cities to Chicago , the In-
urunco of goods , manufactures and articles
if virtu , tbo protection that would bo given
o the holders of German putents , the en-
rugemont of employes by the exhibitors to
.item ! to their exhibits , while Iho fair h in
irogress and the rules wlilch will govern the
utail salu of liquors. C. '
The arrangements made to allow the socur-
ng of special sites for buildings of a national
huruutor wuroulsu fully uhcussod and Herr
Vermuth oxprosscd himself us thoroughly
ntisiled with the foresight displayed by the
Ireotors of the fair In providing for all pos-
iblu contiiiRuiu-les. The only point on which
-agreement was reached was in regard to
hu art exhibit but this was owing to the
oil-arrival In Dot-lln of special delegates
1-ho'uru authorities on matters of art. They
ru oxpei-t''d to reach liuro shortly and poiid-
ig their arrival thu subject was not dls-
ussed.
The commission arc still the recipients of
inch orth-liil atloption. This evening a din
er was given in their honor by | jr. Von
Incttscber , secretary of Iho imporlal homa
rtli-i ! . Among the guests who were present
1 tlio banquet were General Von Caprlvl ,
Inuii-ollor of tlio empire ; Hon. William
Valtor Phulps , the United States minister ,
nd Mr. Chnpnmu Columan , llr.it seuretury of
Ho American location.
'
A paper of this city says that ( 'hnncollor
Von Caprlvl has told Mr. Phelps , the Amer
ican minister , that lOmperor William will
perhaps visit thu world's fair at Chicago. Thlt
statement , however , lucks confirmation.
The Yostit'ho Xoitung says : "Thu Idea o (
holding a world's fair in n country bound by
McKinloylsm Is grotesque. Gorman miinu-
fiictinur's emmet hope to obtain a market
thero. Only Amorlc.m * will profit by thu ox-
periencu g.ilned In Inspecting tlio 'oxlilblts
and they will probably then Inerenso thu du
ties. " The Tagblutt expresses similar views
but In n milder to no.
H'K.ITIIKH mtitlW.tST.
For Omiihn and Vicinity Knlrj slight
changes In temperature.
WASHINGTONAug. . 5. Forecast till 8 p. m.
Thursday : For Missouri Southerly wlndi ;
fair , except scatlered showeu in western
portion ; no decided chnngu In tumpcrature ,
except warmer In northwest portion.
For Iowa and Nebrnsua Southerly wlndi
and scattered showers ; nn decided change in
temperature , except slightly warmer In
southwest Iowa ,
Kansas Continued warm and fair weath
er , Dxcopt local shuwoM und silghllv warmer
In extreme UK.sU'rn portions ; southerly
winds.
For Colorado Occasional showora ; variable
able- winds ; i-oolur by Friday.
For North mid South Dakota Local show
ers ; variable winds ; slightly cooler by Fri
day.
day.Tho bnromotor' * doprntslon In Dakota
makes no progress eastward , but should
cuusu local showers from Wisconsin to Iowa
and Nebraska , and the southerly winds with
nearly cloudless ) skv will maku the t en. per a-
turn abnormally higher ,
Conl'i'NHod lo Tlii-iM ) "Miii-derw.
MtniANs-A , ArU. , Aug. n.-Juhn Grnyxon ,
who died at LaGranuo , Ark , n few days
ago , confessed to having murdered three men
during hii lifu lima. On returning from
ihu wir hu killed a nuighbar who
hud iiiadn iiidecuiit propos.ils to bit
wife. Ho tied ihu country und nettled In Ar
kansas , where In I Ti ho wan anciniod , but
acquitted uf gin burning , ho was then tak
en In iiuitody and started for his old homt
for trial on tno charge of the murder. Ho
killed tha detective and escniiod. Four yenrt
Bgo ho killed a book Agent whom bo utituolc
for a dctoutlvo ou hli trail.