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ESTABLISHED JUNE 11) ) , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOILING , JULY ( } , 185)5. ) COPY FIVE OENTS ,
FILLING H MINOR OFFICES
I Long List of Appointments Anne nncetl fo
fV the New Ministry ,
BALFOUR'S BROTHER ONE OF THE NUMBER
feucccoelg to tlm Chief "crrctnrjuh p for
Irnlunel Duke of NorteilU tlio Now
1'oitni mtir ( leiunul Sir John
Coral Itt-coKiilrcil.
LONDON , July 2. Rt. Hon. Arthur Doug-
/at / > , member of Parliament for the east divi
sion of Kent , and whip of the conservative
party , has been appointed commissioner cf
public works , and Mr. Walter Long , member
of Parliament for the west Derby division of
Liverpool , and formerly parliamentary secre
tary to the local government board under
lion , C. T. Ritchie , now president of the
noarel of Trade , has been appointed president
of the Board of Agriculture , Both Mr
Douglas j.nd Mr. Long have seats In the
cabinet.
- The duke of Norfolk ( unionist ) Imi been
appointed postmaster general In succession
to Rt. Hon. Arnold Morley , and Mr. Gerald
William Balfour , brother of Rt. Hon A
J. Balfour , has been appointed chief secretary
for Ireland. The remaining appointments
made are as follows-
Rt. Hon. Sir John Gorst , member of Parlia
ment for Cambridge university , and formerly
financial secretary to the treasury , vice presi
dent of the council
Sir William Hood Watrond , member of
Parliament for the Tlvcrton division of
Devonshire , formerly a loiel of the treasury ,
patronage secretary of the treasury.
Mr. Wlllhni Gray Rlllson McCartney ,
member of Parliament for South Antrim ,
secretary to the admiralty.
John Austen Chamberlain , elde t son of
Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain and member of
Parliament for Bast Worcestershire , civil
lord of admiralty. -
Rt Hon. Joseph H Coltlngs , member of
Parliament for the Borde ley division nf
Birmingham dadlcal unionist ) , formerly par
liamentary secretary to the local government ,
under secretary for the Home department.
Rarl of Selboiirnc , more generally known
ns the former member of Parliament for
West Bdlnbtirg , who , as VUcount Wollmer
recently upon the death of hi * father , raised
the ( iiiestloii as to whether a peer could
Bit In the House of Commons , under secretary
for the Colonlan department.
Mr T W Russell , member of Parllimcnl
for the south division of Tyrone ( liberal
unionist ) , parliamentary secretary to the local
government boatd.
Mr Joseph Powell Williams , member ol
Parliament for the zouth division of Birming
ham ( llbenil unionist ) , chairman of the execu
tive committee of the National Liberal union
financial secietary for the war office.
MAIti : A IMUTltl. DKMVI.
O.ir'a t'hystcliinn Siy Thnro In Only flo , .
ODO Hreie > pH In Vl.utlvnntixvt.
SA'N MtANCISCO. July 2 Among the ar
rivals here today were Dr. T Soml/enoff ane
Dr. N. Satrowlck of St. Petersburg , physl
cians of the Russian czar , who are bound te
Vladivostok. They s-ay for some time pas
the Russian government has been rcceivlni
telegrams that there was cholera , or at leas
Indications of It , at Nasaki and Yokohamt
and other points close to the Russian posses
sions. Thetc two have been sent to Vladl
vostock to make a study of the condition :
there.
Dr , Somlzenoft was asked as to the rcpor
received from Tacoma that 80,000 Russian sol
tilers vvero massed at Vladlvostock and tha
the harbor WJB set with torpedoes , with othe
Indications of trouble between Russia am
Japan.
"There Is no such number ns 80,000 soldier
there. That ellspjtch which I saw Is e\aggcr
ated , " ho said "There are about 00,00
troops there , but the government has ha
most ot them there for some time The
liivo been gathered from all over Siberia un
the country toworel St. Petersburg.It I
true that there are many warships there , toe
and It In true that there ar
torpedoes In the harbor. They hav
ben put there In the last two c
three months. What they hav
been placed there for , however , you will hav
to ask the czar. I don't know , neither can
tell whether It Is the object to move soul
and get an open port In towird Corel. "
Although the Russians bay cholera Is pre\
alent In Japan the presence ot that dlseas
has not yet been repoitcd there.
UKi'i.ir.o 10 Tin : niMt.TAi.M"i
Sir William Vornnii Iliirremrt Tonchea On
of 'lliclr Argument * llricll ) .
LONDON , July 2. Sir William Verne
Hareourt has written a letter In reply to tl
memorial of the Bimetallic league , In whic
he says : "I do not share In the opinion e-
pressed In your memorial , but this Is not
fitting time to enter into any argument ,
will ventuie upon one observation The nv
morlal refers to the depreciation of proper !
and the depression of Industry , particular !
ngrlcultme. and attributes all the evils to tl
action of France In abandoning the blmeta
He system , which , wlnlo It existed , you coi
sldered securenl to the rest of the world tl
advantages which you believed llowed fro
that system. You do not , however , advert
tlio fact that a depreciation and depression i
a fur more serious cluiacter occurred elurlt
the period when as you maintain , the blmeta
He system was In practical operation for I
stance , the thirty years from IS15 to IMS
when the evils to which your memorial refc
existed In far more aggiavaled foi in. If ye
compare the condition of the people of tl
urbin or agricultural districts of that epoi
with tholr condition now you will find th
the wages and employment of the worltli
clat-ses contrast most unfavorably during yo
bimetallic clyslum with their sltiittlon
these monometallic days which you deplore
: 1IISV1VK..K hr.KIOl'SI.Y II
Ex-rimnrel or of ( le-rmtny llrllevod to 1
Hilllnc lluiilillv.
FRIRDRICIISRUHR , July 2. Prlnco n
niarck Is seriously 111 and Is unable to p.
takes of food. Count Herbert Hifinarrk a
the other members of the ex-chancello
family' have arrived.
BERLIN. July 2. The Frledrlchsruhe a
respondent , who has Intimate relations w
the Bismarck family , fays that Prince II
r marck's health has been serious for the p1
week. Ho has been suffering from gri
physical depression , combined with sove
neuralgia In the face , and U only able to t.i
liquid food. _
TeirUoy U I'rlimiliy to llnlKurlii ,
SOFIA , Bulgaria , July 2. In reply to t
request ot Bulgaria that the pnrte should e
plain the orders Issued to the commander
the troops at Adrlnnople to act on his o' '
Initiative on the Bulgarian frontier , the gra
vizier 1ms declared th.it the alleged ord
have not been clven. and that the report
without foundation. He adds that Turkey
animated by the best sentiments toward II
garla. _ _
Kllle I bjr HII I.itoriiHl Murhlim.
DUBLIN. July 2 A man named Pitr
Redmond found a tin canister containing
Infernal machine on Boync street today. R
mond. In attempting to open the canlst
caused the machine to explode , which kll
him on the > ot
_
CMimelluu Itlllo leum Arr v- >
LIVERPOOL , July 2. The Canadian r
ti-am , which Is to compete at the com
Dlsley meeting , arrived here today fr
Canada , _ _ _ _ _ _ _
( ruiicu * un i i tuui in Sulift.
K1BL , July 2.Tae United States urul
Bin Prtmcljco sailed ( rorn this port today.
cuu.t * JMr ; or.s nuri'.rui. .
Condition * on th Nhiitel Are All that
Lonld Ho Dmlrcil ,
PHILADELPHIA , July 2 Bernardo J.
Bunco , a member of tlio banking firm of J.
Bueno & Co. of St. Jago , Cuba , and a captain
In the Cuban army , has Just arrived In thla
city. In speaking of the Cuban revolution he
said. " 1 left St. Jago on May 1 with a
group of young revoutlonlsts In response tea
a snerer from the Spanish ofllclals that the
struggle was one between negroes and whites ,
meaning 'to convey the Impression that the
ranks of tlie Insurgents were composed of
blacks. We Joined the revolutionary army
under Brigaeller General P. \ . Peres , being
appointed on the latter's staff with the rank
of captain. "
Ho says the hospitals are filled with Span
ish soldiers who are suffering from yellow
fever.
"Wo have more than wo need for fighting
purposes , " continued Senor Bueno. "The
Cubans all over the Island sympathize with
the revolutionists 1 have gcon foot
thioilgh nil parts of t'ue prov Inc : ot St , Jago
le Cuba with the revolutionary troops and
wherever wo have been we were re-celveel
with open arms. Jn the last war the Spanish
troops used to chase us around from place
to place ; now It is the reverse ; we have to
look for them , for they are not Incllneel to
show much fighting.
"The Spanish troops are already somewhat
demoralized. In tlio province of St. Jago
alone there are about 12,000 revolutionists.
U Is not men but arms and ammunition
that ate needed "
Mr. Bueno declares that most of the official
reports Issued by the Spanish government are
false. "I have known of encounters , " he
said , "where the loss on the Spanish side
was 200 , when they only acknowledged In
their re | rts a loss ot eighteen or twenty , as
for Instance at tile encounter at Joblta , where
Colonel Ross of the Spaniards was killed
Our lo"s at Joblta was one dead and thirty-
two wounded. The Spaniards reported our
loss from dead anel wounded at 300.
"While It Is undoubtedly true that Jcse
Marti Is dead , " Mr. Hueno said , "the reports
circulated by the Spaniards that General
Maximo Gomez had been wounded are utterly
false" While In the bush Mr Bueno was
taken III , and has como to this country for
rest and the benefit of his health.
CALLS IT AN IMI'OKIKD ItCltKl
Mayor of Iliiv.tiiu Mul < c > Light of thu
I'lihiin Iiimirrnctlnn ,
NEW YORK , July 2. The mayor of
Havana , or alcalde municipal , Senor Segunda
Alvaiez , arrived from Havana yesterday on
the Ward line steamer Orizaba. He was ac
companied by fits wife , one son , two
daughters and his son-in-law , Dr. F. Durnas ,
the director of the municipal hospital ,
Aldecoa , In Havana. In his party v , ere also
Helen Garcia and two children , and Mrs.
Plnon , the wife of one of Havana's richest
bankers , with her daughters and son. The
party expects to spend the greater part of
Us time at Saratoga.
Senor Alvarez made a noncommittal reply
when seen at the Union Square hotel anel
asked If the situation on the Hand from
the standpoint of the government of Spain
was critical. He laid emphasis on his char
acterization of the Insurrection as an Im-
poiteel article. "It Is hard to estimate the
number In the field , " he said. "The revolu
tionists are confined to the mall eastern
end of the Island. They cannot , therefore , be
alarmingly numerous. The number under
arms Is certainly not over 4.000 It Is true
that they are sufficient to make a great eleal
of trouble , but they can never achieve the
Independence of the Island. Their support
from the country at large is far too In
significant 'for that. "
As to annexation to the United States , he
said that the generality of the people have
no conception , while the 200,000 or more
Europeans anel their descendants on the
Island are decidedly opposed to It.
"I do not blame the government of the
United States for the revolution , " he con
tinued , "but the fact remains that the revolu-
t'on had Its origin and has In the main Its
I solo support here. "
IVVII111 111
HAVANA. July 2 Captain Hernando ol
the civil guards and Captain Mllla , at th ;
head of their detachments , have engaged tin
Insurgent forces twice at Cagulran , Santlagi
do Cuba. The Insurgents were commanded b ;
Aldana and Sabo and lost eight killed. li
addition there were more than eight Insur
gents wounded. Including Chiefs Aldana ane
Juan Leon The same opposing forces hae
another skirmish yesterday and the Insurgent ;
were dispersed , after losing two more killed
Ten members of the Insurgent band com
manded by Pine have surrendered at Carta
gena , province of Santa Claia.
untn
liibrriil rniiipnlKii to lie ' onceiitrntei
.Ai.-iiln t the Home' of I.orcK
LONDON , July 2 Lord Rosebery , the re
tiring prime minister , In addressing th
Eighty club this evening , stld that th
liberals were defeated , but were not ells
com filed and not disgraced. He did nc
pretend to lament their position , for to hit
there was no comparison between the part
united and facing the constituencies fret
which alone it could draw Its power , an
the position of a party engaged In the ardt :
oits If not Impossible task of forcing throug
n reluctant Ileuse of Commons , with a nai
row majority , measuies which It woul
have to force across the Impassable ram pa i
that faced all great measures. He had neve
tasted the sweets of place with power , bi ;
his experience of place without power wa
a purgatory , If not a hell The gieat fe.i
ture of the situation , he said was the fin ;
disappearance of so-called liberals , who o [
poseel liberal measure1 * The cons rvatlv
party had absorbed the liberal-unionist !
Henceforth there woulel be only two gret
parlle the lories and liberals The lesso
to be learned was the necessity for concer
If they only obtained a sma
majotlty they must be content with sma
tlili.R * . The subject upon which they mm
concentrate was the House of Lords questloi
Personally , he would fight the election c
that question. That did not mean an abai
dnmnent of other reforms , but that they mu
deal with one thing at a time.
Mlg > > i l < > of lliillvi. < > ' i
KNOXV1LLE. Tenn. , July 2 Special Mi
ter ChlUress told here todiy the sccu itles
is _ the Cincinnati , Neiw Orleans & Texas Pac'l
railway which were given as ccl a'eral for tl
" Cincinnati extension bonds. The secarltl
nd were bought by President Samuel Spencer
r's the Southern Railway company for $1 500
uno. The sale carries the controlling intere
In bo.h the Cincinnati Southern anel Alaban
thIs Great Southern railway Preildsm Sjenc
Is- says the Queen & Crescent system w U n
ist bo brought Into tin- big Southern Rallw :
-at combine , but will be op 'ated separately.
ire
ke ijvvt t n t tin1 1 ! IM It einil.
TOPEKA , Kan. , July 2 Judsre Haz
today refused to grant the order asked f
he by E. II. Snow to restrain J. K. Hu'si
from assuming the olllce and performing tl
duties of ctate printer. This was a pr
of
llmlnary case , and It Is understood It w
vn now go to the supreme court to be ilecld d i
nd Its merit ? Snow claims that Hudson w
> rs not legally elected. Snow virtually almltt
Is that his own election was not legal , ns 1
13 teglgned last winter and waf Immediate'
Ul- appointed by the governor to fill the place.
l.tnrli'd ! < > llnrruIhlrvix ,
ck GUTHRIR. Okl. . July 2. At Pine Hoik
on the line cf the Creek retervatlon , l\
an
unknown men were found hinging to a trt
idled -
Pit ued across their breasts was a placa
reading"So perish all horse thieves
led Scores of horses have betn stolen In th
neighborhood and It Is supposed the farme
caught the men and lynched them an a. war
, nu Ing to Qthcrg.
llg i | p i-'uni | V\illr u I rlli < Hi 'Hitiumiif ,
uiu NEW YORK , July 2.-A letter from 1're
lUent Cleveland will be read at the Tin
I many eec lefty's Fouith of July celebrntr
-I It U Meld ttint In this letter I ho pi-side
" ' touri.ey briefly upon thf financial and pol
teal condition the cguntry. ,
CLASIlfcD WITH HIS CHIEF
Pro' ' ' , Harrington Removed an Head of the
Westher Bureau.
END OF A LONG STANDII G DIFFICULTY
notations ultli Secretary Murtan llnvo
Hccn btritlncel liver Slncu Shortly
After tlia I'rc'ent AiliiilnUtni-
tltiu luiuo Into I'oui-r ,
WASHINGTON , July 2. I'rof. Mark F.
Harrington , chief of the weather bureau , has
been relieved from duty , owing to a disagree
ment with Secretary Morton. A call was
made on June 19 for I'rof. Harrington's resig
nation. Ho declined to resign and subse
quently was removed by the president , to
take effect July 1. James F. Cook , chief
clerk of the weather bureau , is acting as
head of the bureau until a successor Is ap
pointed. The relations between Secretary
Morton and I'rof. Harrlngtou have been
strained for many months , and correspond
ence between them has been carried on only
In the most formal language.
Soon after the change In administration
Secretary Morton Instituted an Investigation
of the business affairs of the bureau. The
results did not Implicate Prof. Harrington In
any way , but tended to Increase the strained
relations between the secretary and himself.
Tor some time I'rof. Harrington "MS had
practically nothing to do with the routine
management"of the office. The trouble came
to a climax on June 15 , with a call for the
professor's resignation. The pro Ide-it had
had the matter under advisement for some
time and had been urged several times to
make the foimal request , but he delajed on
the ground It Is thought , that I'rof. Harring
ton should be left to settle the matter by
voluntarily stepping out. After he was nt
Gray Gables , however , the president de
cided to request the resignation.
DECLINED TO RESIGN.
I'rof Harrington replied to the president
declining to resign , saying ho considered
he had done nothing to warrant the presi
dent's action. Then the president sent a
letter briefly stating that Prof Harrington
was removed from the olllce , the removal to
take effect July 1. Monday morning Secre
tary Morton formally designated James F.
Cook , the chief cleik , to act as chief of the
bureau pending the selection of a successor
to Prof Harrington. This was done under
an existing statute that provides for such a
contingency. Under ordinary circumstances
the assistant chief of such a bureau would
be designated to act. but In the present case
this position Is filled by Major II C. Dun-
woody , U. S. A . and It is doubtful If he
could act ns chief In the present emergency
The greatest secrecy Is observed by all the
ofllclals regarding this removal Secretary
Morton would not talk. "That Is a matter , "
he said , "that belongs properly to the white
house. I'rof. Harrington's commission bears
the naiiio of the president of the United
States and not of the secretary of agriculture ,
and If there Is anything to be stated In re
gard to this position It must come from the
white house. Until some official announce
ment Is made from the white house I have
no communication to make. Mr. Cook Is
acting chief under the law. "
At the white house no positive Inforrmtlon
could be obtained. Mr. Prmlen , the acting
private secretary , said he had no authority
to make any statement whatever and that
until he had some authorization from the
secretary of agriculture or the president , he
could not say anything whatever.
HAURINGTON'S STORY.
Prof Harrington himself said today "On
the 19th of June the president asked for
my resignation because of personal Interests.
I declined to give It on the score of public
Interests and my removal followed , to take
effect July 1 The personal Interests Involved
were discussed by me In my letter > o the
president and I feel I have not received
just treatment.
"Among the public interests which I have
had steadily In view were the preservation
of the scientific corps and the protection ol
that bureau for spoilsmen. When n scien
tific bureau descends to the four-year olllcf
I holding plan , It at once lo = es prestige um
I ceases to be a desirable post for competent
"
men
I'rof. Harrington was appointed fron
Michigan because of his long acquaintance
of meteotologlcal subjects , he for many yean
having been the editor of a journal devotee
to that science. He was a meai'jr tit tin
faculty of Ann Arbor university. It Is sail
that although there Is some pressure fpr thi
succession to Prof Harrington's poMtlon , m
civilian will bo appointed to that post , as I
has long been the desire of Secretary Mortoi
that Major Dunwoody , who Is thorough ! ;
acquainted with .ill the details of the weathe
bureau work , and in whom he has great con
fidence , should bo placed In charge Thi
would require a special order from th < 3 secre
tary of war and a designation from th
president , and might also necessitate th
appointment and confirmation by the senate
although It Is known that Major Dunwool ;
would not relinquish his commission In th
army for this preferment , which would meai
no Increase of pay for him.
It was learned later that Prof Harrington'
successor has been chosen , and the appoint
ment Is very likely to be announced tomor
row * . His name has not so far been devel
oped , but It Is known that a local forecaste
( not Major Dunwoody ) . who has been In tli
service many years , has been selected Con
cernlng the appointment , Secretary Morto
slid tonight : "The sole consideration In mak
Ing the appointment will be to Improve th
efficiency of the forecasting work of the bu
reau. The new chief of the bureau has
high reputation as a meteorologist and Is nc
a graduate of any of the great colleges. II
has never been recommended for the place b
a single human being , and never knew h
was to be called until actually notified. "
itI. N.nil Triul nf tlm t.
n WASHINGTON , July 2-Comman'er Brae
ford and Lieutenant Mllllgan are makin
! l
prepiratlons for the trial of the St Louis , I
fie Is she will come within the terms of tli
subsidy act as a naval vessel. Ti's vessel wl
be docked at Southampton and made reJdy fe
a swift trial She will bo given much
same trial as Is given warship9. She ha * a
ready made the required speeJ , but not wit
otllcers on board to report It to the Navy di
partment The law requires the e ship * mui
bo capable of making twenty knots an hoi
In ordinary weather. The regulations of tl
department , unJer which Commander Brae
fo.d will act , will require the ship to mal
twenty knots an hour for four con'ocutlv
Dt hours. She will be run over a course i
fo-ty knots and return.
No Morn Free * SPOR
W \SHINGTON , July 2 The usual pe'
e-'l -eel distribution by the Agricultural di
partment will not take place next jear. S-i
retaiy Morton has always opposed the gei
cral fee distribution , which has become o-
of the regular duties of the Agricultural di
partment or congressmen , and , unler .he ai
thorlty of the atto-ney pcne-al s ciplnlo-i , du
Ing the fiscal jear he will Inaugurate a r
form anJ supply no feeds save for sclentll
purposes.
iy NHtloniil Miinlr Tturlier. ' Coiivi'lltlnn.
ST. LOUIS. July -The seventeenth ni
nual convention of the Music Teachers' Ni
tlonal association mot nt 2 30 this afternoe
with a large number of prominent mm
clans pies-ent from various parts of tl
country. Actlns Mnvor Nnsel welcome
the elelcsates In an appropriate manner , ni
the convention proceeeled to business. Se
eral papers were read and un aeldre s by tl
national president. A A Stanley of Ai
Arlur. Mich , was reael by another In h
nboence After the transition of bon
routine business the convention ndjourni
and went on an excursion on the river Tl
convention will bo In session gcvera ! dnya
t-nllei'rlii t \ \ \ HH l'i hr'i I oottrM > ii (
WARREN O , Tul > 2-Jamen A Garllel
son of the late president , was nominated f
ut state senator today by acclamation In tl
Twenty-fourth ana Twenty-sixth joint ill
trlst
VVT YJV.N.M/irj ; O.V T11K Tlt.lVIC
lldlil ) r Adopt nil KfTi-ctrml .Method of
Mopping n Tniln.
GUANTS PASS , Ore , , July 2. The South
ern Pacific overland tralii , northbound , was
stopped last night at 10.15 p. m. by three
highwaymen near Riddles , about thirty miles
south of Hoseburg , and robbed. Sticks of
dynamite were laid on the rails , which dis
abled the engine by blowing the flanges off
the pony trucks and brought the train to a
stop.
stop.Taking
Taking the fireman , two of the highwaymen
proceeded to go through the train and every
car from the express car to the rear Pullman
was searched. Nothing was obtained from
the express car , for there was no treasure on
board. In the mall car better success was
met and the Portland , Tacoma , Seattle
and Victoria registered sacks were rifled.
The passengers were alpo searched pretty
thoroughly , but just what success was , met
vslth Is not known. One highwayman took a
liasty shot at Conductor Kearney , who was In
charge of HIP train , but no damage resulted.
A description of the men or rather one of
them In particular , Is given as height li
feet , 11 Inches , light complexion , light
mustache , projecting upper jaw , very heavy
pointed chin , two upper front teeth project
ing and high cheek bones. He wore about a
No. 8 shoe , with tacks In the bottoms. He
had on blue overalls. The description of
another Is that of a man about B feet , 8
Inches In height , but as he kept In the back
ground a definite description could not be
had.
Superintendent Plelds of the Southern Pa
cific an hour after the holdup had parties on
the way to the scene of the holdup. The
posse was hastily made up In Rosebud and
started at once and a couple of mountaineers
started from here. Every effort will be made
to capture the robbers. The men of the
party starting from here are thoroughly
familiar with every foot of the ground In the
neighborhood of the robbery and pretty good
hopes are entertained of capturing the rob
bers The train was delayed several hours ,
having been compelled to turn the engine
around and go Into Rosebud backward.
The train was held up las-t night at the
north end of a canon , just south of Riddle
station When the dynamite explosion brought
the train to a standstill Conductor T. J Kear
ney , who was In charge of the train , ran out ,
but was met by one of the bandits , who fired
at him with a pistol , the bullet grazing the
conductor's head. The bandit then ordered
the conductor to get Inside and s'ay there ,
an order that Conductor Kearney was not
tlovv In obeying , hiding himself In a Pullman
closet , from where he saw men patrolling the
bank which overlooked the train.
Another bindlt made engineer Walte and
Fireman Gray get off the engine and go to
the express car and ordered'it opened. Ex
press Messenger Donahue had taken out his
way treasure at the first alarm and relocked
his box. This he reopenel at the order of the
obbers. They then ordered the engineer ,
reman and express- messenger to enter the
lall car. Postal Clerk Herman gave up all
registered pouches , which the robbers 01-
ered the men to cut open. He then ordered
le railway employes to go to the passenger
oaches and assist him In relieving the pas-
engers of their valuables. They passed all
ho had the appearance of vvorklngmen , hut
lade the others hold up their hands while
ley went through their pockets , the robber
: andlug over them with a pistol.
The sheriff of Klamath county was on board
Ith a prisoner. The robbers appropriated
le sheriff's pistol None of the ladles In the
ar were molested. During the time the train
as held , which was one hour and forty-five
minutes , the robbers outslda kept firing sticks
f dynamite to Intlmiilata the passengers-
\fter the chief robber haelS > ecareJ his booty
e ordered the engineer to proceeel 'north.
Jo then .shot out the headlight , and , firing
.ve additional shots as a signal to his com-
lanlons. disappeared In the darkness ,
r Plother , a Western Union lineman who
vas on the train , had $50 In his pocket , but
e talked the robber out of searching him
le describes the robber who went through
he car as a slender man a out six feet tall
le wore a white silk handkerchief as i
naak , blue overalls and a jumper He had
large bag slung over his shoulder and dr
ied a common sack In his hand His hands
sere rough and cracked. He had a deep
oarse voice , which could be easily recognlzee
f heard again It was too dark to see the
ither robbers The engine was to badly ells
bled that It took three hours to reach Rid
lie , four miles distant.
PORTLAND , Ore. , July 2. Immediate ! )
ipon the receipt here of the news of the trail
robbery the Southern Pacific sent three de
ectlves to the scene. These , with the posse :
hat went out from Roseburg and Grant !
Pass , make a force of about thirty men li
pin = ult of the robbers. The country Is ver ;
i\lld and rugged and the prospects of the cap
ure of the bandits are not very favorable.
v.tits . li' nil .i rr.it unit i.\
Important De-cUlmi Handed flown by tin
AlUiemrl Minreme Court.
KANSAS CITY , July 2. The suprenn
: ourt at Jefferson City today , In affirming th
ileclslon of a lower court , has rendered an Im
nortunt decision to railroads * . The decision I
In effect that cars In tnnslt between sta'p
can be attached. Two years ago the Souther
rain company had a claim against Hatch t
Cramm and brought suit In the circuit cour
and at'ached a carload of lard owned b
Hatch & Cramm , which was made up in
freight train on the tracks of the Missour
Kansas & Texas railway. The railway coin
pany claimed that the car was I
transit and could not be attachee
b ° ciuse a railroad was a common car
rler and that after a train was made up t
set out a particular car would delay train
and b ? a violation of the interstate commerc
law. The lower court decided the car mlgl :
b ° attached and the supreme court afllrme
that decision today.
KILLED JUS JlltlllK AM ) Hl.1l.tHf.
Lett a Letter Siiylns Un Ilnel Discovert
She Die ! .Not f.ovo Him.
DALLAS , Tex , July 2. n. O. Sanden
formerly residing In Decatur , Tex. , a fe
weeks ago married Miss Anna Cobb of Foi
Worth , wunt to Mexico on a bridal tour an
came to Dallas about ten days ago and too
a roam at Captain McCoyV. At 2 o'cjoc
this morning two pistol shots were hean
but nobody could locate them. This afternoc
an examination of the room occupied by Sai
ders and wife revealed a horrible Bight. Tl
couple lay on the bed with their faces a
swollen and black , and the , bodies , the b :
and the floor deluged In ; blood. An examlni
tlon of the bodies elhelosed a bullet hole I
the right temple off each of them. Sandei
left a letter saying that the cause of his a' '
tlon In killing Anna and himself was th ;
he had discovered that eho did not love hlti
but loved another man , and ivould bring dl
grace upon his name. Tie therefore thougl
It best that both should die.
1'1'AHT.t : T1KKD Of LA II'ft Df.LA
( .mulcted Mttnleror tVlio.lluel llrcn He
piled Ti > ken Out and l.yncll < vl.
DENTON. Mel. . July 2. Marshall E. Prlc
who wajlaid , assaulted and murdered lltt
Sallle Dean while on her way to school , ar
who yesterday received a respite pending t
appeal for a new trial , was taken from Ja
tonight and hanged to a tree. Rumors reache
the guard early this evening that many stra
gers had been seen In the outskirts of tow
and that lynching was probably their objec
Price , upon learning this , bcatno great
alarmed and begged to be spirited away , b
ths guards discovered to their dismay th
every avenue of escape waa cut off and we
obliged b > overpowering numbers to give i
their prisoner. The leaders wore masks , b
several of them are known.
'imthnr Mifcp Man U Mlitlni ; ,
ALnUQUERQUE , N , M. , July 2. It w
learned last night that Pedro Lobat fatli
cf one of the sheep herders found murder
last week In this county , Is musing and
U feared that he was also foully dealt wit
Officers are looking for the supposed mu
derer , Gartra , the outlaw.
\\l\l \ THt P TP/VTIVP PPTTI P11O
I'OLICli EJECTING SE11LERS
Twenty-Five Armed Indians at This
Work on the Reservation ,
FOUR FAMILIES RENDERED HOM'.LESS
Their Ilotni'lmld ( ] e > o < U Scittlcrcel Over the
I'rulrlu nuel Alone ; the Kluhl eif
M'ujr of the Uiniili i
Line.
PHNDHR , Neb. , July 2. ( Spcchl Tele
gram. ) Twent-fhe armed Indian police wec
sent out from the agency by Captain Heck
this morning for the purpose of ejcct'ng ' those
set lers who had not made new leases ap
proved by the agent.
Up to this evening four families have been
removed from their homes and their house
hold goods scattered over the prairie and
along the right of way of the Omaha rail
way bjtwcen Flournoy anJ Kmcrson.
So soon as those who have been ejected ar-
rlvo hero and swear out complaints against
the police there will bo a posse organlzeJ for
the purpose of arresting them nnd bringing
them to Pendcr for trial.
The largo majority of the settlers will not
nake new leases with Captain Heck , as they
iavo already secured this year's rent to the
' 'lournoy company. Should they now make
esses with Heck they claim they would be
obliged to pay rent twice on the same piece
of land , which they cannot afford to do , and
iavo organised for the purpose of defeating
: ho efforts of the government to secure the
ands to the Indians.
wit.i ,
Now ArriiiiK'Muciit of Ihn Overtime ! Ito-
eclvors Miitlu 1'eihllc.
CHBYRNNR , Wjo , July 2. ( Special Tele
gram ) The superintendent of the Union
1'aclflc shops , J. R. O'Hearn , returned from
Omaha this morning , where he had been In
conference v Ith the general managers of the
road. Shortly after his return the following
was published In the shops here
Notice Receivers of the Union Pacific
Hallway company , feeling reluctant to close
the Cliejcnno shops , thereby throwing out of
employment many men , and to the
extent of their expenditures Injuring
the business of the city , and find
ing it impossible to longer continue
operation of said shops at the present scale
of wages , have decided , Instead of taking
all work in Wyoming division to other points
on the system , to operate the Cheyenne shops
at the scale of wages paid at Denver shops ;
therefore each of the employes ore notllied
that , commencing on the first day of August ,
169j , the scale of wages paid to all employes
In the bhops of'the Union Pacific Railway
company at Cheyenne will l > 2 uniform with
the scale of wages In the shops of the said
railway at Denver Colo. Hy order of the re
ceiver , G J. O'HRAIIN ,
"Superintendent of Shops. "
The new scale of wages Is satisfactory to
the men as far as heard from , and means
but a reduction of 25 cents a day In machin
ists' pay and no reduction to other clashes of
labor. Superintendent O'Hearn states that
under the new scale additional men would be
given employment at the shops as rapidly as
the reeulrements ] of the roted demand. There
Is much good feeling here over the determin
ation of the company to reopen the shops ,
which have practically been closed for nearly
a year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Itnntri * Onrntiimx Cuii'lni ; rronb'o. '
CHBYENNR , July 2 ( Special Telegram )
The cases against Messrs. Whltaker , John
C Coble and other prominent cattlemen of
the Laramle plains , were dismissed today
by Justice Hance. Hhe cattlemen were ar
rested at th"- Instance of a sheepman named
Ridker , who charged them with limning Ms
flock of sheep off the range on which they
were feeding and killing thirty lambs by over
driving them New proceedings were In
stituted and the arrest of the cattlemen on
other charges Is , expected Serious trouble Is
apparent between the sheepmen and cattle
men on the Laramle plains If the sheep
men attempt to bring their flocks on the
range.
VViiimlncr > oeiiuy e lork Seispnnileel ,
CHRYENNR , Wyo , July 2. ( Special Tele
gram ) Governor Richards today sent ar
order to the Hoard of County Commissioner !
of Natrona county suspending County Clcrl
Peter O'Mallcy from elllce pending an In
vestlgatlon of his conduct us such olllcer The
eirder was issued on the reejusst of the chair
man of the Hoard of County Commissioner ]
and was recommended by State Rvamlnei
Henderson Inattention to the duties of hi
ofllce Is the substance of the complain
against O'Malley.
\V\dmlm. Ht ( he lnt THtnti > Drill.
CIIRYRNNB. July 2. ( Special Telegram.
Governor Richards and his staff left thi
evening for St. Louis to attend the Inter
state prize drill and encampment being heh
In that city. Accompanying the governo
were Generals J. C. Ilacon , R. D. Woodruff
Colonels and Captains D H. Holllday , G
H. Roach , and F. R Schnittger of the Wyom
Ing National guards.
iiirtxu ni'.it.Kit ix COVIIT ,
ClilciiRi ) Authorities Are InvostlRittliiK An
other Onin < Iceiliulotift Oeullt.
CHICAGO , July 2 "Dr. " Alexanele
Dowle's so-called "divine healing" Instltutloi
in this city has "been Investigated by tin
coroner. At midnight last night Frank I
Bennett , who lives near the Institution , sav
a body brought from the house and put In
wagon He followed on a bicycle- and thei
notified the police. They ascertained tha
the body was that of Mis. Magdallne Bunk
of Berlin , Can. Coroner Mcllnle ordere
burial preparations stopped pending an In
quest.
A bill has been filed In the superior cour
for an Injunction to restrain "Dr. " Dowi
from maintaining "divine healing homes
and his tabernacle. The court Is asked t
decree that the tabernacle and hospitals ar
a public nuisance. The complainants1 are Le
J. Magulro and Mary C. Thomas , who llv
neir Dow It's "homes. "
Interroll' "Ito I'rolilliltlim Amorliitimi.
CLEVELAND , July 2 The third annul
convention of the Intercollegiate Prohlbltlo
association convened here today with aboi
eighty delegates present. The convention w ;
called to order by Mr. John Elliott of Yal
university. Mr. Pinney of this city dellvere
an address of welcome , to which Mr. Elllo
made an appropriate response After soir
routine business had been disposed of M
W. W. Fisher of Harvard reael a paper c
"College Prohibition 'learns. "
This evening John G. Woolsy of
will deliver an address. The convention wi
be In session for three days.
Itiiliirel nil the llrjitn Meeting.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. . July 2. At Wlnn
Davis' wigwam In this city tonight Wlllai
J , Bryan of Nebraska spoke on the monetar
question At 8 o'clock a rain storm came u
and the pooriy roofed building leaked i
rapidly that umbrellas had to bs used I
prevent discomfiture by the rain In repl
to a question from one of the audience , I
said he would leave the democratic pan
rather than support a tingle gold standai
man. 4
Movement * of eiccuu Mourner * , .lull a.
At New York Arrived Westernland , fro
Antwerp.
At Bremen Arrived Fulda , from NV
1 ( York via Southampton
At Liverpool Arrived Parisian , from Mo ;
, treal
! (1 I At Philadelphia Arrived Carthagenia
It from Glasgow and Liverpool
h At New York Arrived -Saale , from Be
rlln ; Olympic , from Naples , steamer Mlsil
alppl , ( rom Londopj Stuttgart , from JDreme
sT.t.\i > .iin > sr.t.Ls orrort'/iit'.i o .iA
Veto of Sovoriil llllln hr ( lovcrncr Altgrlel
I ho Itcinem.
CHICAGO , July 2. A special (0 ( the Times-
Herald from New York s.iys : The Standard
Oil company has sold every dollir cf Its hold
ings In the Chlcigo Gas trust. This Info ma-
tlon Is ba-cd upon olllclal authority. U ac
counts for the recent seuMttonal decline In
Chicago Gns. It Is admitted that the trans
fer of a majority of the Staiulard's holdings
was male to Norman B. Reim of the Chicago
Gaslight and Coke company , who Is supposed
to represent a eyndcito of Chicago capital
ists Henry I ) . Paine , representing the
Standard Oil compiny. hell $11,000 000 ot the
$25tX)0,000 ) worth of Chicago lias sluve . John
I ) . Rockefeller , Senator Ilrlce and other
Standard Oil magnates had a conference
upon receipt of the news that Governor Alt-
geld had vetoed some of the measures ,
which , had they become laws , would have
materially benefited the trust. Mr. Rocke
feller , It Is sail , expressed the conviction
that It was no longer good policy for the
Standarl to lnve t In outside enterprise on
account of the growing hostility of the pub
lic to such enormous aggregations of capital
and the suspicion with which th-v were re
garded by the people of Illinois. Ho there
fore decided that the Standard Oil company
had better get out of Chicago while It could
do so without loss.
KlLl.r.l ) IIY A IHIll.l.ll J.A
fittnl Acclelcnt In the llem.irel , S. 1) . , I lour
V.IIU.
SIOUX CITY. July 2. A special to the
Journal from Howard , S. D , says the boiler
In the Howard Roller mills exploded this
afternoon , completely wrecking the building ,
killing the engineer anel scrlou ly Injuring llvo
other people , three of them perhaps fatally.
The two proprietors of the mill are not ex
pected to live. The victims are :
O P. WALKRR , engineer , killed.
T. C. GULD of Lcmars , la.
J. P. LASON , proprietor of the mill , not
expected to live.
ROBRRT IiBBOLT , badly mangled and
burned ; will probibly die.
W. A. CLARK , a druggist , Injured In both
legs , one arm broken and head badly hurt ,
will survive.
C. A. LAWSON , seriously burned.
The loss on the building Is about $20,000.
jn > oMi.\a 11.MI : mil Tin : iusr. :
KntlmililHtlc. Ansel-limn ot n Alan Who
Stunel * tip fur Hill Mlltc.
NRW YORK , July 2. Anzel Oppenhcltner
of St. Paul , a prominent capitalist , railroad
and real estate man of the northwest , Is at
the Fifth Avenue hotel. Ho bays that busi
ness Is Improving In Minnesota.
"Give us ten days or two weeks mote of
good weather , " he said , "ind there v.ill bo
one of the most bountiful vshoat crops
the northwest has ever seen. It Is a vvurdcr-
ful outlook. If the crop comes to harvest in
accordance with present Inlicatlois 't will
tend to start business wonderfully.
"The people are In a much better frr.me of
mind. There Is lebs tajk cf Imd fines.
Firms that were shaky or ruined during the
worst of the trouble are 'jiiilJing ihemsc'ves
up again. "
MUltDKItHIlN CAVlirilVIi , IAS1HH
Ihrro of Them Were I'roinlnrnt Olllciulv
In 11 Neighboring Toirn.
DRNVRR , Colo. , July 2. A special to the
News from Nogales , Ariz. , says- Senor M ,
Mascarenas , Mexican consul here , has re
ceived word from the governor of Sonora thai
Sunday four of the five men who robbee' '
the paymaster of the > Nacarlsl copper mine
on June 1.1 , when he was on his way to tlit
mines with money to pay the men , kllllnj
the. driver and yelling $ C 200 , have btct
captuieel by the Mexican authorities , taker
to the scene of their crime nnd shot. One
was Jesus Rscalante. mayor of the town o ;
Frontieras , In Semoia , another was llober
Trlbolet , a well known resident of Blsbec
Arl ? , and the other two peons , servant !
of Rscalante. The money was recovered.
LI. iiKKi'i\ tin : iiAitnoit.
CmilrncU Signed for lilt : ImpiovriiiemtH in
ArilKHS Pllll.
SAN ANTONIO , July 2. Telegrams Imvi
hctn received here announcing that Brown t
Sons of Baltimore have signed the contrac
to furnish the money nece sary for the con
slructlon of a deep water harbor at Aransa
Pass , Tex. This Is tlio closing act of tw
years' negotiations leading up to this date
There b > great rejoicing throughout the coun
try , where the news lias been communicate
by wire Kings are flying and it Is con
cedeJ that it Is the most momentous even
in the commercial history of the southwcsl
The contract calls for twenty feet of wate
over the bar by July 22 , IS'JO , the final re
suit to be thirty feet of water at the en
trance to the harbor.
itK.ir.uiKn i.oi i.ic TOOK jtiri\
House ( ontiiliiliii ; I ° iv Women Illovvn U
with Drnnmilt' .
LAMONT , 111. , July 2. In the village e
Romeo this morning a hut containing flv
women was blown to atoms by elynamlt
placed beneath It by the rejected Io\er c
one of the women. All the Inmates wcr
Injured , three perhaps fatilly. Luke Hey I
and Tlm Holse both aspired to the hand <
Mollle Dyers , and when Hol e was chose
Hoylo stole enough dynamite from tli
elralnage- canal works to revenge himself 1
this matter. He was caught at noon.
Iron MUH | * old for n Sonir.
PITTSBURG , July 2 The Iron mills of tli
Moorhead-McLean company In this city hav
been sold by the sheriff. The plant Is wort
over $1,000,000 , but went for$11,01)0 , Jii' '
enough to cover the taxes due on the pro |
erty and the sheriff's costs. By this tr.insai
tlon the phnt of one of the oldest lion flrn
goes out of its possession for good.
Oiithnllo linmhu Mcniljcrxli |
TOL13DO , 0 , Julv 2 The supreme counc
of the Catholic Knights of Amcr ca met hei
today and installed the ollicers clecteel at
picvious meeting. It was decide ! to make
special effort for an Increase of the order I
New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana ai
Nebraska , and special committees were a
pointed for this work
OlllcluU CluirKxel vtllli Int oiniiteiicy
TOPRKA , July 2 Governor Merrill h ;
cited W J. Hurd and J. J Ilarnc ? , the peipi
list directors of the penltentlaiy , to appear b
fore him Saturday anel nhnw cau"e why I
should not remove them. The charges again
them arc Incompetency and neglect of duty.
Inelliin l.itueU Will Nut Ho Opened.
TOPRKA , July 2-Recclvei J. J. Ultt
the United States land olllce lias been notlfli
that the I'ottaw.ittamle Indian lands In Jac
ton county will not be opened for seUlcme
until further action of congress.
Senator Vest , who Is In falling health , 1
tends to take a trip to Germany.
Two hundred employes of the Canton , (
steel works have fctruck for an Incieasc
wages.
The latest estimates on 'ho amount of We
ley Davis' BVV Indies at Uosevllle , Kan , pld
them at $10.000.
Three children at Sergeant. Ky. , were 1
tally polsored by eating mulberries suppos
to have been covered with spider eggs.
M. A. Gunst. one eif the San Franclicn |
llco commissioners , Is In the east Investipt
Ing the workings of various pt/llca depai
inentj.
Vlctoi Quintans , for whom the officers ha
been searching fe > r eight yea's has bem ca
turtd In New Mexico ami will be taken
Colorado to EtanJ trial for murder
Officers came up with 'he auppoml mi
dcrers of a couple of thcep iierdcrj In
canon near AIbuiiiernue | , N M. A flKh' i
sued and the murderers finally escaped li
the mountain liitneies.
PURER LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Object of tlio Citizana' ' League Which Was
Permanently Organized Last Night ,
REFORM NEEDED IN CITY HOUSEKEEPING
lU'prrientutlvp T.npii ) ern .leiln the Move-
incut to llrliiR Alieieit n tle-nncr
Condition ot TliltiK * lit the
AtTmrft of Oiimhn.
That the tide of municipal reform ls at Hi
How In Omaha was Indicated by the nudlonco
that tilled the Hoard of Trade rooms last
night. It was the occasion of the permanent
organization of the Cltl/ens * league and sel
dom has a political purpose called together
n more representative and enthusiastic gather
ing of taxpayer Every spat In the hall was
occupied and the standing room In the lobby
was taxed to Its best capacity. The tent m nts
of the speakers were applauded with a
uiunlmlty which was the vent of a vigorous
awakening of the people to the necessity
for the purging of municipal affairs and tholr
demands for b1 tier government were received
with spontaneous approval.
H was a significant fact that there was
Marcel ) a business or profession that was not
represented. The laboring men vvero
liberally t.prlnk'ed ' through the hall.
Scores of t'ie mo ' prominent
business men of the city sat beside them
and many of the > leading low JITS and
physicians eif Omahi joined In the demand
for municipal reform.
In the absence of President Thomas Kll-
pat rlck , A. P. Tukey called the inciting to
order and brlell > Mated Its purpose Leo
Hels > cy , lib chairman of the committee on by-
lawn which was appointed at the previous
meeting , submitted the following , which were
adopted without change
DETAILS OF Till ! LEAOt'E.
1 The ) mime.of this ii < i ocliitlon sh.ill bo
known us the Cltl/ens' IIMKUL .
2. Tin ? adult H e > f the' rill/.oiis' leMguo shall
be conducted under the' fiUFplces of n Cen-
tiul i-luh , of wlile-b the HlKiioit of the
Doclaiiitlon of I'tlnvlplps Hball bo iiie-inbeis.
8 The eillleotM eif the Contial club shall
consist of a ploslde'iit , llvo vlco luosldoiitp.
one. societal ) , one Measurer nnd li ut'iunil
cummlttoo. lonslstlng of thirtv-lho inom-
bci" , llvo of whoi.i shall l > o fiom South
Omiihii nnd llvo fiemi the cnuntiv pieH-lncts
ut luigo The general iniiimlttoe- shall sei-
lut from Its own number , or fiom the
nunlieis lit the' Ontiul club , an oxei'iltlvo
eoniniltteo of nlno pLibons
I. The ollk'pis eif the Central club shall
bo elcotoel foi the teim of erne jenr ami
shall have such elutlos and powerx ns are *
usii.illj oonfonoil upon Mieh olllrors of po
litical oiKunlyutlemu
r > The oxooutlvo committee shall have
power anel It shnll bo its elnt ) to olgunlze >
w.uel ami pioclnrt clubs , out oil members ,
ni range' foi ptipllc niootlligs and ele-vlso
plans fen conducting thecampaign. . They
shall appoint tlnoo "uporvlseirs foi each ,
waul anel ptoclnot , with puoh poweis us
nniy be prescribe I or eonfetreel upon them ,
hv the e'xee-utlve > committee
7. .Meetings of the Central club Khali be
bold on tbes cull of thepiosldeut or of a ma
Juiitv of the executive committio
.S Thc" = e In-lawn nuij bo amondoel by the
general committee , thico-lifths of Its mem-
berH concurring
9. All vacancies In the ofllcc.s or commit
tees shall be tilled by the Keneial cotnnilt-
tee of the Central club.
The following resolution by II. W. Richard
son was also adopted-
lU"-olvoel , That n committee of seven ! > e >
appolnteel by the chair whoso duty It shall
be to report to this inictliifr u suitable
i.nine for president of this league , live-
11 mos for vice piosldeiits thereof , also ono
secretary , one tioasutor , unel the nanie.s
of thlitv-llvo member * , te > be known n the
KdH'i.il committee of the C'entiul club of
the Citizens' league , such commlttco to be >
appottlonrel as follow H Twenty-live ut
laiKC fiom the cltv of Omaha , live at large *
fiom the iltv of South Omaha and live at
large fiom the count ! ) picelncts.
The committee , as appointed by Chairman
Tukcy , consisted of 11 W. IllchanHon , I ) .
Clem Deiver , John P. Coael , Thomas Swobc , .
A T Rector , Simeon Illoom and Dr A B.
Somers ? They Immediately retlicd to tlm
committee room , and during the Intel val an
opportunity was afforded for a large number
of cltl/cns to add their names to the roster
of the league.
PROGRESS OF THE IDEA
The deliberations of the committee con
sumed tonic time , which was occupied by a
millibar of stirring speeches. Rev Gregory
I Powell , who linel recently returned from
the national convention of Municipal leagues
at Cleveland , was called for and talked
brlelly on mutters of Intercut connected with
the convention , lie s.ald that the representa
tion which composed the convention was In
dicative of the subbtaiitlal cla&s of men who-
were back of the geneial demand for mu
nicipal reform It was composed of mayors ,
eelltors aiid men of large affairs from nearly
all the large cities ? of the United States.
There was brought the > Minn complaint from
every part of the country. "We uru suffering
everywhere from bad government" It was
the universal experience that the partisan or-
ginl/atlons were In control of local affairs.
Local Interests were lost eight of because
local olllces were made to E"rvo as spoils to
servo partisan Interests In state and national
contests. Ihn corpoiatlons were getting con
trol , and their malevolent Inllucnco was
ever ) where apparent Our entire system was
wrong , and we would never have satltfactory
local government until public ownership had
succeeded private monopoly.
Rev Mr Powell tald that the convention
wis a convincing proof of the progress which
the sentiment eif reform was making all over
the country. Papcis were published In Buf
falo , New York , Philadelphia and other cities
the sole purpose of which w.is to push tills
movement. The magazines were teeming
with bt.etlstlcs and fuels which went to show
the necessity for reform , and the rising tldo
of enrnest purpose offered an Immense hope
for the future If hones * cltUens would only
remain face to face with the Issue
Mr. Tukcy made a brief but vigorous
speech , which struck a responsive note in the
sympathies of the audie-nce. He bald that the
size of the audience which had assembled
was sufllclcnt proof that the Citizens' league )
was not a one-man organization The senti
ment was In the minds of all that they
wanted better city goveimncnt. That was
exactly what the Clll/eiib' league was destined
to furnHi. H was the good fortune of the
league that It hud an organ whore editor
was In smpathy with and would voice the
ecntlmcnts ot the organization
Continuing , Mr. Tukey Bald that he was a
republican , tome of his hearers were dem
ocrats onel others pojnillMB. In joining the
Citizens' league they had not abandoned tholr
piinclple ? They only differed from others of
their party In this , that n certain number of
men had banded themselves together Into a
sectarian organl/jtlon. They were members
of the American Protective association first
and republicans or democrats or populists
afterward. Speaking for himself , ho declared
that he was not that kind of a republican.
They had seen enough of this political and
foclal ostracism and were nil In favor of al
low Ing their neighbors to worthln God a
they saw nt.
ON LIIinitTY'S ANNIVERSARY.
As Mr. Tukcy concluded MX iemark Mr.
H. Rogewatn was discovered In the audlenco ,
and repeated calls for a epeech vvero tuc-
cecelcd by prolonged applause as lie appeared
upon the rostrum. Mr Rosuwatcr caid that
about eight weeks ngo ho hud vltite'd Inde
pendence hall In Philadelphia , and ho was
now reminded that It was un July 1. . 177C ,
that Hie men who had ntak d tho'r ' lives ,
their fortune ) ! and their honor on the achieve-
mnnt of Independence had signed tlm decla
t ration that "these colonies are and ought to
be frea nnd Independent elate * " In that
hall wax n ° w depoilted the Kreat Liberty
P bell that had prcclalmed Independence to oil
to the laid anil all the InhiibiUntH thereof.
This pr tlimaiiun lied been tnadu not to on/
me c'a of Intiabitiir Is but to all clatiei ,
nut al no to men who weru born upon Amer
ican fill but to all who hud bee mo Ameri
can t' tueus. When Nehratka had engraved
ujpor Lcr iron the motto , "KuualHy Ueroro