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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOKNI NG , ITEBRUATir 11) , 189G. SINGLE COPY FIVTB CENTS. SPANISH OFFICERS ACTIVE Suddenly Quit Havana in Great Numbers for the Field , SOME IMPORTANT MILITARY OPERATIONS I'ori'pw Unili-r MIIOIMI nnil outer. Ili-llcvoil Utillcil Since , They A urn I ii Crowned the Line. * Sfi , ly , i'r PutillMilnR Company. ) HAVANA , Cuba , Feb. IS. ( New1 York "World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Cap tain General Wcyler wan busily engaged to day receiving reports from all the com manders of brigades and divisions In the field with their troops. Many officers ot high rank , called at the palace , and It Is evident that something ot Importance Is likely to happen In the near future. Two days ago Ha\ana was overrun by Spanish officers. Today the city Is prac tically deyorted. The ofllccrs have all re ceived Instructions to go to the field of nctlvc operations. Nothing Is specially known at present as to the whereabouts ot the Insurgent forces of Macco and Gomez , but It Is generally understood that both of the tebcl chiefs ore ctlll lingering In Havana I'rovlnce. Thee : appears to bo no doubt tbat Macco lias f.icccoded In crossing the trocha , or strong"line , to the eastward. Whether he has succeeded In Joining Gomez Is not known positively. If they have not met they are un doubtedly close to each other. H Is reported that It lu the Intention of the rebel chiefs to inovo eastward at an early day. AS TO THE TOBACCO CROP. If the Insurgents liavo vacated Plnar del Ilia province the chances are very favorable for gavlng the valuable tobacco crop , as the best part of the tobacco raised on the Island Is grown west of Havana. Tobacco has risen considerably In prlco during the laK month. The new crop Is not due for six weeks yet. Even If It can bo saved , Ameri can buyers In Havana say that this year'H c-op will be very poor , OB the farmera have been careless In looking after It , not knowing whether the rebels would destroy It bcfoie the leaf was rlpo for harvesting. I am tolii on excellent authority that the present slate of affairs , even should this year's crop be loi't , will not Interfere materially with tbo tobacco business In the United States , flnco the importers have enough on hand to last for two years. The price of tobacco has ad vanced $10 a bale so far. The American owners of sugar plantations have not > ct de cided what action they will take In regard to the demand made by the Insurgents that they pay tribute If they care to tave their property. They aiauro me that even should they consent to pay tribute , they would not know how toon' afterward other leaders of rebel bands would make similar demands. Guietul Wcyler will bo Informed In n day or two n ( the demands made by the rebels upon these planters. The property of the Matanias division of the United railwav Is being damaged by the rebels around tin town of Union , in the province ot Matanzas. The Bumracda and Bajaa tidings and the | , San Rafael bridge have beun destroyed. It la repotted that the Insurgents , under f Kl Ingleslto , entered Isabel , a small town In Mutanzas province , on the Sabanllla rail road. Detachments of regulars and civil guards occupied the block house. The rebals burned thi railroad station. It Is rumored that Muno < 5 Scpulveda , the local covernor of Havana , will be suspended from ofllce. ROEDER. S FOIl WIJYLHH'S AU.MV. Hundred KiillH < eil In Mexico ( o lie Korniirdrd to Culm. ( CJii > rlKtit , ISO , by 1'rtsi 1'ulllalilnK Compan > ) MEXICO CITY , Feb. 18. ( New York- World TelcgramO The Spanish Patr.ots' club of this rltv will send to Cap tain Gcncial Weyler 200 mules for the use of his troops In Cuba. The club will remit to Madrid $50,000 , collected hero for the Spanish cause. MRRIDA. Yucatan , Feb. IS. New York Wcild Cablegram Spec al Telegram. ) Dr Aloiuo Avlla has been appointed State com missioner to visit the United States o ! Colombia to study leprosy among the Indians there. MANAGUA , Nicaragua , Feb. 18. ( ften York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Engineer Mcnocal , author ot the original plans for the construction of the NIcarTuuan canal , pays that the report on the subject submitted by tbo American conim's&lon as military engineers to the United States gov ernment IB > Imperfect. llo declares that It would bo Impossible for the Americans to inaln a thorough study ot the work In the fifteen days occupied by them In crossing the isthmus. Mr. Mcnrcal believes that the Unltd States government will appoint another commls- plon to make a mote careful Inspection cf the matter. He- doubts , however , whether the $100,000,000 needed to finish the work will boraised. . SAN SALVADOR , Feb. 18. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) It Is rumored that Dr. Rafael Lopci , lately named Ban Sulvadoran minister to Mexico , who Is on his way thither , has been recalled to re ceive Instructions regarding thepubllshlm : of a history of the Ezotas' administration , which Is to bo dlstilbutcd throughout the world. It Is said that It will bo most sensa tional and will fully Illustrate their despotic methods. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ iini < 'oiiMiiis tir OUT ON IIAII , . Hi-lc-MHi-il but Uiiilor I'ollre SnrI'llliiniT SuuVrliiK In the Ituiiil. ( Oopjilsht , ISM , by Press Publishing Company ) CAPU TOWN , South Africa , Feb. IS. ( New- York World Cablegram Special Telegram , ) The reform committee prisoners were nil ULerated today by the Transvaal govern ment under $10,000 ball. They remain under police surveillance. The Robinson mill has shut down for lack of native labor , To a deputation representing 5,000 of the Itand unemployed Hie Transvaal govern ment has replied that It will do Its best to relieve thulr situation , Tii ) lor DeiuiindH nil Uxiilnnntlon , MADRID , Feb. 18. The Hcraldo announces f that the United Stateo minister , Mr , llaimla Taylor , lias addressed a curt note to the government , demanding explanations regardIng - Ing an uddresj delivered bofoio a goagraphl- j * , raj society by Seuor Canovas , who commended t the carnvol Santa Maria , cunt over by Spain to the Columbian exposition , giving hla Im pressions of hit visit to tbe United State ? , The- minister of marine , Admiral Jo no Maria Hunger , the Hcraldo sayt ) , resents the tone cf tlm note , which ho considers Is unjustified , as the addres * which has given the offense v\aj delivered before R private tncleiy. llndlfiil SiipiiorlH n LONDON , Feb , 18. A Ierlln dlepatch to the Tlincy rays tlmt at a general meeting ot the German Colonial association Dr. Carl Peters was elected president , displacing the founer president , Prlnco Arcnbiirg , who wan n nun ot moderate views on colonial ex- pansli i , 'while tbo Times porrei oudcnt wjs Dr , Peters la a fantlcal advocate of the greater Germany project and U enthusiastic for a big navy. Murnil lli-y Sentenced to Drnth , CONSTANTINOPLE , Feb. 18. Murad Bey , formerly Imperial commUsloner of the- coun cil on the public debt , has taken refuge tn Cairo and has been condemned to death for alleged treason. Murad was reported , In December to have fled front Constantinople en n RUBiIau tblpor lomo Russian port , SITl/ATIO.V IX KIlAltCn CUITICAI. . of S'riiHiillonnl K on < lie- fore the Clone of the Week. PARIS , Feb. 18. The political crisis Is not solved. The friends of the government say that the moderate senators desire a settlement of the disputes , and. according to the Rappel , the radical deputies will not raise a debate on tbo subject when the Chamber meets on Thursday , but , It Is added , the moderates will do so and the members of the extreme left Intend to stump the country In protest against the attitude of the Senate. LONDON , Feb. IS. The Paris corre spondent of the Pall Mall Gazctto telegraphs that the political situation In France la grow ing more pcrlouq. "Those best Informed , " this correspondent write ? , "consider that the cabinet has a card up Its sleeve which will cause conoldcrable siiprlse. It Is certain that the ministry means to stop where It Is and there Is a pOMlbtlllty of a coup d' ctat. The govern ment may declare Its Intention to govern without the Senate. A statesman tells mo that the obstacle Is General Sausslcr , the governor of Paris and generalissimo In case of war. Sausslcr In old , opposed to a change and prepared to march against a revolutionary movement with the utmost vigor. A tew months ago he said to one of the moderate ministers tn poner : "Keep me a 'i long as you possibly can. You will need mo nnd my regiments to master the Parisian populace nnd , with Sausslcr , the solldero obey their chief. "Henri Rochcfort remarked to mo yester day : 'Seven years ago two lines In the In- translgeant ( Rochofort's newspaper ) headed "Down With the Senate , " would have suf ficed for 200,000 men to have ImineJIntely marched upon the Luxembourg ( the building formerly a palace of royally and also used by Napoleon , wh'ch In 1870 was named the palace of the ecnate. That body now occu pies It during Its kesston. ) Now there Is such lassitude that a column would not call a dozen men to arms. ' "A radical leader said to me today : 'If a pretender Is willing to risk his life ha would now have a chance of winning Uic sanin. ' "The radicals prove that they regard the situation as revolutionary by deciding that the parliamentary bureau shall sit en pcrma- menpo. This Is an echo of the great revo lution. "The latest Information Is that the Senste hopes on Friday to pass a vote of censure agaln t the government by even a more criishlnz majority than on Saturday. " M. Burgeob , the premier , has Informed the members of the Left that the government does not desire to again raise the question of confidence In the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday next , preferring to wait for further action on the part of the Senate. The Times correspondent at Paris r > ays : "Tho cabinet council today made future ar rangements ) as though no crisis existed. " A Paris dispatch to the Dally News says : "M. Bourgeois makes no t-ecret of his opin ion that the tlmo has arrived to brave the Senate nnd appeal to public opinion against It. Ho will not resign If the majority ro- malmi constant. Should It fall away , he will como forward to head a radical agitation against the Senate , and taking his stand on the securffy of the wage-eirner'o Investment , ho will have powerful popular support. "One of the Immediate effects of the crisis Is the movement for banquets throughout the country In celebration of the anniversary of February 21 , 1848 , the year universal suf frage wast proclaimed. SI. Bourgeois will at tend the banquet In Paris and the committee which Is organising It makes no wcret of Us Intention to make It a demonstration against the Senate. " CHRISTIANIA. Feb. IS. Dr. Nanscn's secretary , Chilstoferscn , replying to the re marks of Dr. Otto Nordcnsltjold on the prospects of Dr. Nans > en having reached the polo. In which the latter expressed the opinion that It was hardly likely that the Norwegian exploter had been carried with the drift as far as 78 degiees north latitude and had afterward reached the polo with sledges , says that In his opinion it Is quite possible tbat Dr. Nansen reached 83 degrees north latitude with the Fram nnd that he then succeeded In reaching the pole on sledges. Cluktofcrscn claims that the con- Jltlon of the Ice there In 1803 was favorable for such nn undertaking and points to the rapid advance of the Weyprecht-Paycr ex pedition. _ Glnrii Ilnrtoii nt CnnHtiiiitlnniilc. CONSTANTINOPLE , Feb. IS. Miss Clara Barton , president of the American Red Cross : > ocletyt has arrived here and Is organizing a B ) stem of relief for the suffering Armenians. It has been decided that Rev. George P. Knapp , the American nils- sloi'ary at Bltlis , accompanied by his family , Is to come to this city In order to be ex amined by Unltefl States Minister Terrell In regard to the charge of seJItlon brought against him by the authorities of that place. ItiiNHliin IntrlRiie In Corcn. LONDON. Feb. 18. A special dispatch from Shanghai this evening says Information Is received there from Corea that a Russian forcj supported the king of Corea In killing the Crocan ministers. The new cabinet offi cers of Corea , It Is added , are wholly puppets In the pay of Russia and It Is not doubted In certain circles that the < whole coup was di rected from St. Petersburg. CM nil ill a ii Hunker Under Arri-Ht. LONDON , Feb. 18. Andrew Boyd of Montreal , Canada , was charged at Bow stret police station this morning with having cairmltted forgery and arson within the jurisdiction ot the government of the Dominion , lie was remanded pending the ai rival ot a Canadian police officer and the documents necessary to bring about his ex tradition. _ Culled tn IIU Moor nnd Killed. BARRIB , Ont. , Feb. IS. J. B. Strathle , manager of the Bank of Commerce In this town for the labt fifteen years , was shot and fatally wounded today by an unknown man who called at his bouse , and upon Strath'o's appearance drew a revolver nnd shot him. The assassin fled. Strathle Is ono of the most popular and well known bankers In the- province. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Iteoneiied the Insurance CHUCK. BERLIN , Feb. 18. The Nerd Deutecher Algcmeliio Zeltung says ; "Germany has consented to reopen the question of restric tions on American Insurance companies , be cause tbo two companies In question en deavored , by producing further material , to show that the Pruss'an regulations do not correspond with the requirements ot the case. _ Dillon Illcetcd Chairman. LONDON , Fob. 18 , The members of the Irti'h parliamentary party held another sitting In the House of Commons today for the purpose of electing a now chairman In suc- cewlon to Mr. Justin McCarthy. Among those present were Messrs1. Heily and DIN Ion , The latter was elected chairman by a vote of 37 to 1. All lint KiiKlimd IliuiAlirrccil , LONDON , Feb. 18 , A dlspatch to the Tlmeu from Constantinople says nil the powers except England have a entel to the lulUn'a proposal to recognize Prlnco Fer dinand of Bulgaria. Kiirlli < | iinl > lit Culm , SANTIAGO DE CUBA , Feb , 18. An cirth- quake shock which was preceded by deep rumbling nolte , has been experienced here. The inhabitants were terror t-trlcken until the nolso ceased. Ckaiulier' I.IUely til Ilt'ccde. LONDON. Feb. IS. The Paris correspond ent ot the Times sayu he does not believe the Chamber of Deputies will cjntlnuu lo defy the Scnato In Its refusal to grant a vote to the ministry. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Olllver * Will lie Court .Mnrilnlcd. LONDON , Feb. 17. The Times says there Is rcuton to believe tbat all the officers holdIng - Ing the queen's commission , who were con cerned In the Jameson raid will be court- initialed. DAVIS SHOCKS THE BRITONS Extravagant Statements Made in the Sen ate Amaze Members of Parliament. DECLINE TO ACCEPT THEM AS TRUE Iteration of the Cliarnc tlmt InleiidM Scl/hiK Cnliaii CnMoniN Cniiven .More Thrn Wonder lit London. ( CopjrlRht , U96 , ty 1'rcss TubllchlnB Company. ) LONDON , Feb. 18. ( New York World Cable Special Telegram. ) When the report was first cabllcd hero from New York as being current there that England was con templating the seizure of the Cuban cus toms to secure the payment of that part of the Spanish loan due to her Investors , 1 telegraphed you that the Idea was simply preposterous. It appears , however , that Senator Davis yesterday gravely repeated the report as an argument In favor of his Venezuelan resolution. If this Iteration of the report In the senate gives It nny weight I may assure your readers that the publi cation hero today of the senator's ppcech , containing this allusion , was received with amazed Incredulity. Influential members of both parties In Parliament asked If It was possible that It could have been made seriously , and It a tMnator of the United States could poaalbly bo so Ignorant of all the rules of Interna tional law as lo believe that Great Britain would commit such nn act. thus subjecting herself to the hostile alliance of the whole civilized world against one International out rage. The Irish party has decided not to raise the Venezuelan arbitration question again In Par liament for the preccnt , at nny rate. They consider that they can beat serve the cause cf arbitration by awaiting tbe action of the government nt thlo Juncture , but they will not hesitate to Intervene nt any moment tihojld circumstances arise to make It desir able for them to declare their sympathy with the United States on this question. BALLARD SMITH. TWO imUULLIOXS IX Tlin OUIB.NT. Coren and Foriuoxu Illicit I.title Coiilllet. SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. IS. The steamer Pekln , from Mokohama , arrived this morn ing. Another rebellion has broken out In Corea. The govcnor of tbe Tan-Yang dis trict has been taken prisoner by the rebels. The Corcan troops defeated the rebels In two engagements , but the rebela are not yet subdued. The Insurrection was caused by n royal proclamation icquinng tne Coreans to sacrlfilce their ques nnd wear their hair In western fashion. Several Japanese papers condemn the re lease ot Viscount Mlura , charged with In stigating the murder of tlio Corcan queen , as a grosa miscarriage of Justice. Miura was Japanese minister at the Corean court , nnd after a brief preliminary examination at Hiroshima , be was allowed to depart. The judge said he was convinced Mlura Incited the murder of the queen , of his connection with her death was not even closer , but as the evidence might not convict Mlura at a trial , the preliminary examination did not hold him. The lower house of the Japaness Parlia ment has passed a newspaper bill , rescinding the power of the government to suspend newspapers. The warlike opposition to the Japanese In Formosa has moderated , except In the moun tain districts. All north Formosa Is under military rule. It Is expected Japanese re inforcements will proceed against the rebel army now In the mountains. III.IO.TIlAMih HIS ASSOCIATES. I'roiulxcNto Heilre Should Sexton Content to I/ciil. LONDON , Feb. 18. The Times says : "At yesterday's Irish meeting Mr. Hcaly dis claimed any personal animosity toward John Dillon and ho admitted his right to a promi nent voice In. the affairs of the party ; bill he spoke very plainly In giving the reasons for Mr. Dillon's unfltncss for the leader ship. He declared that the difficulties sur rounding the party were largely the outcome of Mr. Dillon's mistakes and that Mr. DI1- . Ion's personal ambition was the real cause of the dissensions. "It was remarked In the lobbythat Mr. Dillon may be the leader In * the committee room , but Mr. Healy will undoubtedly bs the leader on the IKor of the Commons. " Tho. Standard understands that In returnIng - Ing thanks for his election John Dillon prom ised to retire at any moment should Thomas Sexton desire to return to public life. After the election several members , who voted against Mr. Dillon , promised to support him In his new position. It la believed , says the Standard , that very few members would sup port Mr. Healy should he attempt to assail Mr. Dillon. LONDON. Feb. IS. Mr. Thomas Sexton , antl-Parnelllte , has resigned his scat in par liament. Iteeelved by the CinpreiiN. BERLIN , Feb. 18. The empress of Ger many today received Mrs. Runyon , widow of the late United States ambassador , in an audience of condolence , ITiienrthed : i Stock of Jewelry. ' TACOMA , Wash , , Feb. IS. Heneath Fomo charcoal pits In the woods flve miles [ south east of the city some lawyers , a receiver nnd a deputy thorlff this nfternoon found thirteen sacks of gold and silverware and jev\cliy. Their value Is estimated nt from JI.OOO to $5,000. Deputy sheriffs have gone tonight after three pucks und two bo\cs more , wh'ch nre fctored in a house there. Tl.o tacks belonged to I. J. Shurrlck , n Jeweler , who suddenly disappeared Junii- nry 20 , his stock vanishing -with him. Why be should have bidden hta clock does not yet appear , for nn Investigation Indicate ? tlmt bills ngnlnFt him amount to only $1,000. John Hnfer , owner of the charcoal pits , claims the property under. : i bill cf sale , Millie Money on < liC.Loan. _ SIOUX FALLS , B. D. . Feb. 18.-(8peclal. ( ) The county commissioners are happy over the outcome of the seed grain law. Under It they loaned to the farmers last Hiring J27.WO , All of this linn been paid buck except > 108 , and this U more tlmn offset bv the Interest. Hut a gieiiter train IH found In the fact that the grain raleed from this seed nolil for tOS,99 < i. This leaves a balance of flSLWO which Is the amount of money by which the county Is richer tliun It would have been but for this public loan. There Is not likely to be another > car soon In which It will bo necessary to try thin plan , but there Is no doubt but that should ono come the county will pur- hue the same course. I'our of the Trnlii Crcrv Injured , HKLLOWS FALLS , Vt. . Feb. 18 A broken rail an the Hutlana division of thti Central Vermont rullvvay caused a serious wreck nt a point about two miles north of l.udlavv elation this morning. Tbo engine cf a paeccnger train was derailed und thice cojclies were thrown down n llfty-foot oni. lurikment. About a dozen i > ciunn ucro Injure- ! , four of them perlourly. These four aiu : T , J. Hurber , Rutland , hurt Internally , probaby fatal ; D. H. Sexton , Rutland , con ductor ; n O. llaner. Rutland , express inesJi seiiBcrj Ucorge F , Fletclur , RutlHiid , mall agent. The othein who sustained Injuries wire pUHfeneerH. most of whom are not hurt be > and urulces or a severe shaking up. YOIIIIK Train Wreekern Indleted , UTICA. N , Y. , Feb. 18.-The gland Juiy In eess'on today handed up an Indictment against the youthful Rome train wrecker * . J. W. Hlldreth , Theodore Hlbbard , Herbert Plato and Fred lirlsto' , of murder In tbe llMt degree. They wrecked the fast mall on the Central Hudson read In the Homu swamp Tuesday , November 19 , Over 1UO wUneaten were examined by the grand jury , , SIIJT TO rUIlTIinit AM1IITHATION. .N MV Yorkern Join the Movement for \rtUonnl Cnnferetier , NEW YORK , Feb. IS.-'A rrUetlng of prom inent citizens of this1 city and Brooklyn was held tonight nt the residence of Mr. Wlll'am ' B. Dodge. The meeting "was called by Mayor Strong , General Brlstow , Bishop Potter , ex- Chief Justice Daly , Hon. Seth Lowe and Mr. Dcdge , for the purpcso of forming a committee ot represcntatlro citizens ol Vnw York and Brooklyn to co-operate with similar committees which have already been estab lished In Philadelphia. Chicago , Washing ton end other prominent cities In the United States , whose object Is the ralllnc of a national conference In the Interest ot Interna tional arbitration between Great Britain an.l the United States. Ex-Mayor Hewitt , at the rcqiitst of Mr. Dodge , presided , and Revcrtr.d Jotlah Stronc acted as secretary. Mr. Hewitt has ? been appointed chairman by the Chamber of Commerce of a committee ap pointed by that body for a similar purpoii' . Both Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Dodpe. In speai < Ing to the assemblage tonight asserted that during the past flve or six weeks n strong serl'lmont had developed throughout the country In favor of some wise method of permanent arbitration between Great Britain nr.d the United States. He read letters In sympathy with the movement from Bishop Potter , J. C. Cadwalladcr , Bishop Andrews , Cornelius Vnnderbllt , Mayor Wurster ol Brooklyn , Mayor Strong of this city and ex-Governor Russel of Massachusetts. On irot'on ' of Clmuncey M. Dcpevv , seconded by George L. Rhcs , the meeting adopted the following preamble nnd resolutions : Whereas ? , The "true grandeur of nations" means the arts of civilization Justice secured - cured by statute and magnanimity inspired by ptiod will , which fundamental conditions ure nlwnjn mnrreil by the wasteful , bitter violence of war ; nnd , Whcieas , The United States nnd Orcat Britain , akin In language , jurlpprudcncc and lejrnl method" , nre nlrcady accustomed to ntbltrntc their disagreements .and have cm- phntlcn ly declared tliem ° elves In favor of Fuch arbitration congiess by the action ot both houses In 1892 nnd tha ilouse of Com- irTn * by Its vote In 1833 therefore. Resolved , That we earnestly , desire such action by our natlonnl legislature and the executive ns shall make peimunent pro vision for porno wise method of itibltrallon between the two countiles. It being our hope that fcuch n step will ultimately lend to international nrbltiatlon throughout the civilized wor'd. Resolved , Accordingly , that measures be tnken In the Interest of such arbitration nnd In concert with like committees from other cities for the convening In the c'ly of Wu b- Ington at the earliest practicable date of a conference of citizens representing every portion of tbe country wllnout distinction of party or creed. ' Resolved. That we gratefully recognize the action already taken In. this direction by representative citizens of Chicago. Phila delphia nnd other cities and that we I eb on their vigorous co-operation In promoting tbo success of the proposed notional con ference. Mr. Depew discussed the question In a brief speech , referring to Uio Jay treaty of over 100 years ago , which provided that dlo- putca should ba settled by arbitration , but which did not prevent thorwar of 1SI2. Ho also spoke"of the benefits ot the Geneva treaty , under the late President Grant , and referred to the many question that have been settled by arbitration since 1S12. He thought that International arbitration , embracing all the nations of Europe , wasjmposslble al this time , but he claimed that between Great Britain and the United States It was not 8,0. In conclusion. Mr. Dspew said : "In our own country , I think , as this movement progress It will devejop most perfect unanimity on this subject , and , before long the universal peace. whlch.Vlhe church has been prajlng for for 2,000years , wHl be ' " realized. On motion of General Brlrtow , Bishop Potter. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew , J. C. Ca-lwallader , Henry E. How land and W. E. Dodio v.ere appointed as delceate to a meeting in favor of arbitration , to tike place In Independence hall. Philadelphia , on Wash ington's birthday , "with power to add to their number. , NO FOUNDATION FOR FKAIIS. Itoll Call SIlonNo Additional Vle- tl"iM of the Troj-'Klre. TROY , Tel ) . 18 , What seems almost n mlraclo In connection with the disastrous conflagration In Troy last night Is the fact made evident tonight that the loss of life Is no greater than was accurately detailed last night. The list of three killed and fifteen wounded , Is verified tonight and the mlraclo appears in the fact that those noted a ! ) missing have reported,1 and that out of the GOO human beings who crushed and strug gled for lift' In the burning building last night , but three fatal endings came. The names of those who were killed and wounded were correctly given last night. The dramatic incident of the day occurred about noon , when at 101 River street , a member of the firm of Stetthclmcr , & Co. , began callIng - Ing the rrll of the cmployes o find the mls- flng. Pale faced women , nervous with the shock of last night , stoad/ln rows before the caller of the roll. As life call proceeded the answers came readily , 'VVhcn the names of the dead women were reached , Mrs. Cnr- rol , Mrs. Carr and Mrs. FoJey , there weie sobs and tears. { \ When the call was completed , seven ab- Bcntees were noted , and emissaries were sent out to find them , the apprehension In the meantime growing Into settled belief that they were In the building. By 5 o'clock tonight all bad been located and police and firemen were allkei In their wonder as to how the great mass of humanity escaped. In surance men limit the Iocs on the building and contents at more than $100,000. Where stood once one of the finest business blocks in the city loom up only shattered brick walls coated with Ice , a street strewn wllh fallen bricks , an almost Impenetrable network ot tel phone , telegraph dml electric wlreo and sidewalks covered with Ice as If n river of water had flowed throngh4 the streets. Secured r. Dnkotn Ulvorcc. FARGO , N. D , , Feb , IS. Mrs. Alberta C. Tul'.y , who has been ri resident of Fargo for Fomo time , v as today .granted nn nb- sclutc divorce from her husbnml. C. M. 'Fully of Salt Lake , bv the district court of Cass county. Mrs. 'fully Js the daugh ter of the late Joseph Hi Hutfcett , who wan n pi eminent oil broker-in Wall street , nnd IH very hlghlv connected. Sirs. Tul'y anil her luifbaiid liavo not Mslded together for geveial years. 4. ' - I'rlneeton Profexo * * , o n Tour. PRINCETON , Feb. 18-.ypresldent Pntton and Prof. West have left 'oil an extended tour of the principal cltlqs f > ! the west , where thev will attend tbe alumni illnnera of the Princeton clubs , 'fliey will sneak at the following bannuctst Riven in their honor before tliejr ruturnii .Chicago. Feb- iimry 21 : St. I'niil , February 22 ; Minnea polis Felmimy 23 ; St. lint In. February 26 ; LoiiUvl'le , February-ii > , nnd Cincinnati , Feb ruary 29. FolHiini'M Shortage Gronlnir. EPP1NCJ. N. H. , Feb. It Developments now Indicate that the amount of the late Senator FolEoin'a defalcation ; will reach $20- ( > GO. The sum him been growing since last Friday , when Folslm's death waa an nounced. Word is coming /rum many of the Kuiroundlng towns to ehovv that residents there nre victlnin of tjio Foltom crooked ness , nmong them teyeral widows whom bu mu'ctid out of all the money they bad. KrrirehliiK fur , Mr * . Cody. MEMPHIS Feb , 18. An afternoon paper oa > 8 that Mis. Cody , who disappeared from the home of her parents tn Tacoma , Wash. , iitoui two weeks aso rind for whom her huibtiri ) , Aithur B Cody , u Chicago uttor- nev , ban offered a largo reward , Is thought ta be In Memphis and detectives arc searchIng - Ing for her A prom nent Memphis man apem tbat bo Is , n most certain be saw Mib. Cody on u street car yesterday , llni'iied to Death In Her D\vellliiK. STAMFORD , Conn. . Feb. IS-Eirly today flrt > destroyed the farm house of Charles fiUleimelMer ot Uuxton place , -iHverton. Mrs. OlldermelfctcrafUr she bad been taken out with her chi dren , returned to the bouse for bomo valuable paiiem and money and wns buined to deuh. | Mr Clllderrnelster was ep baOy ! Injured In trying to rctcuo Ills wife that ho can scarcely recover , MINERS ARE PAST ALL HELP Most Disastrous Explosion Ever Known in the Newcastle Damp. VOLUME OF GAS DRIVES BACK RESCUERS Nntitp * of All ( lie Imprisoned .Men Not Olil ill iiuliH i\iihiNlon SnpiioMed tn HIM c Originated from Ijndcruroiinil I'lrcx. DENVER , Colo. , Feb. IS. A special to the News from Newcastle , Colo. , says. An explo sion occurred at the Vulcan mine at 11:20 : this morning which was the most disastrous over known In the history of this camp. To night dozens of homes , In our little city arc desolate because of some loved one , father , husband , brother OP son who this morning left their homes with not a thought of dan ger or the awful death that so surely awaited them and arc now lying lifeless at the bottom tom of the Vulcan Aslope. All business Is practically suspended ; everyone Is dazed at the aw fulness of the Hidden disaster. No warning was given the peaceful \11- lagers until a sudden report , as from n hundred cannon , resounded throughout the valley , making the'earth tremble. People rushed out of homes and placcM of business to see what had happened and one look toward the Vulcan mlno was sufficient , for n dense cloud of synohc. Issuing from the mouth of the slope , met the eyes of the gaz ers and told the tale. A throng of spectators was soon at the ccene of the disaster , a dis tance of two miles from Newcastle. A glance was enough to dissipate nny hope for the lives of the entombed men. The force of the explosion had caused a ca\cln and the tunnel and air course was filled with the fallen rocks , earth and timbers. Moth fan houses were wrecked and the slope and vicin ity weie so full of debris , and the gas was so bid that It was hard and dangerous work to begin the rescue. Nevertheless , willing bands were soon at work and flve men went down as far as possible to ascertain the con dition of the slope and found it such that it will require much laboi to reach the miners. The gas was EO bad that after the party had gotten 200 feet they were compelled to re turn. The party consisted of Superintendent Hcrrlck of the Vulcan and John Evans , Will- lam Heese , Sam Hills and Robert Temple- man from the Consolidated mine. The last named mine shut down Immediately upon hearing of the disaster and sent their en tire force of 150 men to- help icscuc the un fortunate ones. REBUILDING THE FAN HOUSE. The construction of a temporary fan house was commenced at once and the work of pumping frei'li air Into the mine will soon begin. It Is hardly possible that nn > of the miners are still nllvc , but the starting of the f.inb will be made as soon as possible- the hope that IT any have suivlved they may be- kept alUc till help reaches them. The only man who got out of the mines at the time of the explosion was Edward Walsh , who wns near the month ot the tunnel and was blown out , his skull was fractured , arm broken , the face badly rut and burncil and all the hair burned from his head ! Ho wag breathing when found , but expired shortly after , without show ing consciousness. Two young miners , Tom 'Connelly and .tomes Petrlc , met with nar row escape ? , their eyes becoming snre they quit work In the mines and had just emerged from the tunnel when the explosion oc curred. * The following are all the names of mlneit known to bo at woik that can be obtained up to this hour : William Hnggerty. Joseph Dorr , Abel Dorr , Will Dorr. James Harrison , Thomas Larlgan George Ward , El\\ard Welch , dilver ; John Funke and 13carold son ; Charles Merchant , Tom Addls-on , Lauls Glnottl , Fiel It. Odansltl , home In Illinois , leaven n wife and nine children ; Peter Patilclo , Dan Morris , Gn- brlel Glcece , Frank Tossln , Baptlsto Chowl- chette , Domenlc Mutteno , August Mattovc , John Scalfe , Alex Scalfe , Phillip Racha , Peter Heritor , Pied Slglmual , Antonio Patrlclo , John Pastorlo , John Coiighlln. late of Rockvale ; William Webb , Sam Jones , Frrnk McConrty , Ben Cottle , Jr. , Alex Rcmo , Frank Slmonlc , Uobe't Setlgor. Jack Jen kins , Domenlc Ozello , John Cleno. James Frae'no , Domenlc Rossettl. Peter Tappero , Andrew Rolando , Peter Magento , Antonio Maitlno , David J. Evans. An soon as the news of the explosion reached Newcastle Superintendent Paul Blount closed the mines of the- Colorado Fuel and Iron company nnd taking all his miner ? left for the Vulcan mines , where all are actively at work aiding In the attempts at reacus. Thcro arc two shafts In addition to the ono In which the explosion took place. In the upper of these two the res cuers are In about 300 feet , and It 1 ° through thly that/ air can be forced Into some of the rooms- but none of there In the mlno liavo como cut , and It l fearcJ that this la conclusive evidence that all are dead. In this main tunnel men are at work build ing a dlvl 'on ' with boards and canvare , through which air can bo forced In on the nna ndo ! nnd the foul gas driven fiom the other , but this Is slow work , and there Is no pMBlblllty of getting far enough In the mlno to recover any bodies before tomorrow morning. CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION. The cause of the explosion Is not yet known. The coal fields In which the Vulcan mlro Is located ha\o been troub' l with sublerranein flr B for ninny v ar" . tn minv placc.-i over a distance of eight to 100 miles smoke hau isiied from crevices In the rocks plnco the country was llri't knrwn to white men , and In later years more than ono val uable. coal mlno liau been destroyed by lire breaking Into the workings. A little over a year ago the mines of the Vulcan com pany had to be flooded on this account , and the old workings have never been reopened. The drift where toJay's accident occurred Is a new on ? . It Is thought that the dlfaster may have been caused by breaking Into an Immense pocket of gas > , generated by these everlartlng flres. On February 8 State Coal Minn Inspector Grlfllth Imrcoctcd the mine and pionounced It In splendid condition , and the work ID said to have been done at all times In the most careful manner , NEWCASTLE. Feb. 18. The- number of victims cannot now bo accurately stated , es- llirates running from fifty to. seventy , Tliofo best Informed think the number In vtry likely between fifty-five tand sixty. The excitement at present Is so Intense that efforts to secure a complete list U ustlcss , _ li > KlNntiiri- | ICitrn MADISON , WIs. , Feb. IS The btnte legis lature convened In oxtia pcrElon today In pccordnnce with DIP governors mil to ap portion the Htntc Into femilo nnd ncsemldy districts under the new census. Governor Uphain Mihmltted to both lioiifpa n leport of the cprc'nl iippoitlonment committee ap pointed lit the I lift t-eFHlon and with It HmendmcntH since submitted by members of tlio committee , In his message Governor I'pluim called the attent'on ' of the lepUla- tuie to the great Importance of the woik before It and Impressed upon It Its duty to enact n measure which shall com ply strictly with ronctllutlonnl rcqu re- mriitB. The report" ' ! bllv und amendments were refeired to a joint committee of twen ty-live from the senate and thirteen from the uFMemb'v , which will irport the b II which will finally be adopted , Diinuer ( if A n oilier MIINHIUTC , HOSTON , Feb. l8.-The following has been received In lloston from a resident In Mar- Fovan. eastern Turkey , under date cf Janu ary 20. 169ti : "The city has been In great danger for tlm lat few ( ! UJH und any Miark may easily discharge a rnugaz'ne , Vizier , Koopiu and ZllltJ have had awful massacres with looting , Amazla Is less badly off , and Hadji Kay neaped with the loss of UB market. In this city poveny , hunger , fear nnU bate have reached a lenlblc degree , The condition Is moat tillable. " i.r.Anri : sinx .Much ScrntoliliKT Dour lit tlio 1'lilln- ilolililn M n n I v I pill lllcctlon. PHILADELPHIA. Tcb. 18. Municipal elcc- tlons were held throughout the state today. In this city ( hero were bitter contests In many ot the wards , due particularly to a epllt In the republican ranks caused by the cltorti ot the Municipal league to select a "reform" council. The vote is so badly split up that the count cannot be completed until Into In the morning , but the returns received late at midnight Indicate the Municipal league has failed In Us efforts to elect re formers. Wencel Ilnrtmnn , president of the council , against whom the league made n bitter fight In the Eighth ward , Is re-elected by nearly 1,000 majority. James II. Anderson , whose course In the council for 3oars has dlsploaecJ the reformers , watt also re-elected by a big majority. The followers of Senator Quay , who had been expected to help the Municipal league , appear to have \oted and worked for the regular republican ticket with the result that the rcfoimcrs were mowed under. The municipal ticket was headed by John L. Klnzey and Arthur Middle , respectively republican and democratic candidates for city solicitor. Klnzcy's majoilty will prob ably exceed the total democrat vote. Reports from the smaller cities do not In dicate the lines were closaly drawn be tween the republicans and democrats. At Altoona , there were republican , democratic and populls't tickets In the field. The vote between Barr , republican and Murray , demo crat , for mayor IB % ery close. At Wll- llamsport , James Maple , prohibitionist , Is elected mayor by a plurality of 300 over the republican and democratic candidates. Harrlsburg and Lancaster both elected re publican mayors. At Erie the republicans aio believed to have elected Sador Sobel mayor over Robert Bailsman , democrat , by a small plurality. The balance of the re publican ticket was elected. P1TTSUURG , Feb. 18. A bitter political light was waged here today between the republican : ] on one hide and the fusion de mocrats-Municipal league , on the other. A ery large \ote was brought out and bal lots were so badly scr.ilched that the count Is slow nnd thci result \cry much In doubt at a late hour tonight. At 1 o'clock , 103 districts out of a total of 201 give the head of tlu republican ticket , Ift87 plurality. At this lotto the republicans will have about 3,000 plurality. The fuslonlsts claim to have elected several councllnien. CMJVKI , V.M ) AMI A TllIUI ) Tr.IMI. InUniiitc Krleiiil SII.IH Hi- Will Soon MliKi- HNVlsluN | KIIOMII. NEW YORK , Feb. IS. The World this moinlng sfys : "Mr. E. C. Benedict , the broker and close parsonal friend of Presi dent Cleveland , said to an Interviewer : 'Mr. Cleveland will answer the third tcim ques ting very distinctly at a not distant dute. He will not kci-p the democrats waiting. " "The way In which Mr. Benedict said this seemed to Indicate thot Mr. Cleveland had a message ready for the democracv. When pressed for a more definite statement of wnat lie knew , the presidents friend said : 'I can't say more just now. ' "Of the general situation , Mr. Benedict tald : Both parties are very much unsettled as to a sound and sensible pol'cy. All the issues have faded out. In this respect the republicans are as bad off as the democrats. Rvery time there Is a heavy rainfall you have n freshet and a conslderab'e amount of dirt and debris Is washed down. The same thine IP true In the political wprld. When a political landslide occurs , a lot cf riff-raff and worthless rubbish Is brought to the front ami the country-has to suffer , while those play fantastic tricks In congress and make oven angels weep. The democrats had some- 'Mn.7 c- theliind a little over two years ago nnd the topubllcnns last Noem ber. Look at the set of men we have In this state at Albany nnd In congress. Tncro are some good ones- , but the majority are not fo much account. Two > cars ago the democrats had enough majority to make t\\o pattlcn just ns the republicans lm\p at JIICP- cut. When this happen ? , they 'know It all' and you cannot tell them or teach them anything thing- The only safety to the country Is when there In a small mat gin , say G or 10 per cent , for then each party Is put on Itr good bohivlor and Knows that it will be turned down promptly If It docs not to some thing. "Tho Idea of thle rich an.l prosperous coun try going around among the nations In the role of n bcggor with a ragged shirt Is ildiculoui' . Such things will not and connot continue long. " I ETTIGIMW wn.i. AVAHM IT ii . I'rotOHON to MuKv TliliiKH Hut for IIli Political O ) > I > OIII-II < N , SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Feb. 18. ( Special. ) There Is a big political fight on between the two factions of the republican party In thla county and In the stats. The letter of Senator Pcttlgrcw fell like a bombshell upon the republican leaders and they discussed nothing else until yesterday , whin a greater sensation was sprung. Senator Pettlgrew ar rived from the east and at once went Into conference with the managers here. An a icsult of that meeting it was decided to begin a vigorous offensive flght against the combi nation. A call was at oneo Issued for a mass ircctlng to bo held In the opera house on Wednesday evening , at which the senator will make n speech , attacking without gloves the men whom he charges with putting up a combination against him , IIj declares that he will not mince matters , that he will call a spade n spade , will name the men ho attacks and will give their political hlttory for the past fifteen years. Senator PettlErew declares that his efforts will not ho sonllneil to Mlnnelmha county or bo chlf1y cxpenled hcio , but that ho will csrjy the fleht 'nto ' exciy county In tlm stateHa ears that be cares little about tlio delecato convention , and does not rnro 'vhcthtr he goes to St. Lou's or not , but that ho Is determined that the combination bliall not control the conycht'on callc I tn nominate state ofllrcrs. , Jlls lieutenants arc already In communication with their friends In the other counties. Mr. Pettlgrew declares tlat the greatest menace to the coed ot the state lies In the control of politics by the rallroado and accuses the combination of be ing the same men who knocked out the Sioux Falls railroad bill at the last session of the legislature. He also claims that It HI being engineered In the Interest of the gold men and that the only way to tccuro this state for free Elher Is to turn It down. The county committee meets here on Wed nesday ind will call the- county convention for the middle of March. .St'iiiitorlul llnllli- , FRANKFORT , Ky. , Feb. 18. The letter of Sccretuiy Carlisle addressed to certain mem- beia of the legislature Is expected to reaeti hero tills afternoon , It In believed to con tain small comfort for Senator Illuckbuin , however , The roll call showed 1"0 niembcni present ncceetary to a choice , CO. The ballot resulted : Blackburn , CO ; Hunter , CO ; McCrcary , 3 ; Holt , 3 ; Caillile , 2j Cochran , II Bate , L Only one ballot was taken , Ol.llllionilil C.Nlllt l-lltlollH Cnlli'il. SOUTH M'ALCSTKIt , I , T. . Feb , IS.-fho territorial executive conun tteea of both the upubllcan und democratic parties were In session here today. Decision * were HMclied to hold Hiticpunllran terrlloilnl convention to Belccl dclegatpH to Ht. louls ( it Murcogee on April 25 , and to hold tlio democratic convention to se'ect de't-gntc ? to Chicago ut Vinltu on June 9 , l''oHy.SIClinrfcfM A lilt flint tin * Ciihlilrr TAt OMA , Wash. , Feb. 18--The fedcrul fr.inl Jury today returned nn Indictment agninht Cashier W , T. 1'eterH of the Colum bia National bank on fuity-il't count * it ml.-.TH violation of law In maUli' , ' rj-.iuc'u- lent entrliH In the bank'u boolcx to de ceive ( lit- bank examiner ; with falsifying' bis report to the comptroller , made on June 5 , 1Mb , by raising bin cash account 120- 000 and making other fuleo statements ; by giving money to the German American avlngs bank and paying money to Pretl- dent M. M , Taylor of the Uounl of Public Works for lila Inllucncc. ThebC are the chief choices. LAUNCH THE M'KINLEY ' BOOM Mass Meeting at Lincoln to Organize a State Olnb. THURSTON ENDORSES THE OHIO MAM SIIJH lie I * Con * Ineed tlmt NrlirnxkiV l'iiM > r Illtu , nnil Culls ( or Other Cn ml III n ION to 1'nnie Out lit tin * LINCOLN , Fob. IS. ( Special Telcgram. > At the McKlnlcy rally tonight ox-Governor John SI. Tlmycr presided nnil aliened tlio ball by asking "the stale ot Nebraska" to al come to order. Ho said that on account ot t William McKlnley'a assistance In tlio cam- pa IKII of 1S94 the people of Nebraska de manded him ns the republican candidate- for president. This meeting , ho said , hail been called for the purpose of organizing n State McKlnlcy club , and ho called upon P. W. Collins to read the proposed pre- atnblo and co'istUiitlon , The preamble- freely ndmltted that the object of the or ganization "ns to secure an instructed dele gation to St. Luiils for William McKlnlcy. . The constitution wns adoitcd | without a. dissenting voice , and a committee of nine was appointed to select otllccrs. Every mention of the name of McKlnlcy elicited tutrultuous applause , and It appeared to- be the object ot the speakers to cell atten tion to the Ohio man at every opportunity. . C. H. Gere , editor of the State Journal , was tlio ( list speaker , nnd Inning told tha Indian story he applied It to the question of McKlnley's boom. The following were appointed a committee to name ofllccrs of the now club : James. Whltchead , C. A. Atkinson , W. H. Wooil- waid , 0. II. Qero , K. U. Slzer , W. M. Smith , W. S. Dayton , James W. Davves , IK W. Wilson. J. L. Caldwcll followed Mr. Gere , and A. dwelt for flve minutes on the benefits ot protection to American Industries. PLEDGES THE BIG SIXTH. James Whltehcad of the Sixth district pledged himself to the McKlnley cause. In his own district heaid the people en dorsed President Cleveland In his present foreign policy , but they wanted a man at II the head of the government more strongljr ln favor of protection. Peter Jensen of Geneva said that repre senting the foreign clement of the state , ho could speak for them and say that they would be found for the republican candi date , whoever ho was. But \\lth McKlnlcy for a leader , victory would be certain. A. J. Weaver , a university ( Undent wna called out , and sa'd ' that while ho did not come here to make a speech , he was ready to stand up and bo counted for William McKlnlcy. He pledged Ulchardpon county by 85 per cent of Its population , the other 15 per cent not having been heard from. Matt Dougherty said that the sand hill ? , of the western portion of the etato were alive with McKlnley supporters. A. C. Wright , state organl/or of repub lican clubs , announced hlmeclf as convinced that the party which should succeed next November would be that cnolth the best record , and that would be the republican party. Cas ? county he pledged for McKlnlcy- SOME WliOi WEalS-.THEIUS. The following were among the republican * , present at the rally : Senator John M. Thurs- ton. General John C. Cowln , Jchn L. Webster State Senator Popo. Saline county : Peter Janscn , Geneva ; Judges Hayward , Nebraska. City ; 0. H. Gere , Lincoln ; Claire Adams , . Tom Majors , Peru ; L. C. Richards , Hebron ; W. S. Summers , Lincoln ; IW. . Collins , Lin coln ; , J. C. Cleland , Fremont : Ctate Auditor Eugene Moore , John H. Janmr Jansen ; Jay IL McDowell , Folrbury ; George Crcsa , Fair- buiy ; E. L. Cllno , Falrbury ; Peter Younger , . m Geneva ; J. J. Samboin , Indlanola ; A. G- 'Kl Smith , Kearney ; L. W. DllllnKsley , W. J. Cooper , Gi'orge J. Woodu , W. S. Hamilton , Captain Jotcph Teeters , W. II. Woodward , II Dr. George II. Slmmonu , D. C. Van Duyn , Phclps Paine , Land Commissioner Russell , Attorney General Churchill , Secretary ot State Piper , Judgn A. J. Ccrnlsh , Allen W. Field , J. II. McMurtry , D. F. Johnson , Ed H. Si/or , John P. Maul , all cf Lincoln ; Judge * Howard , Nebraska City ; C. E. Waltc , Lin coln ; E , P Iloggen , Omaha ; Justice J. L. Norval , Chief Justice Post , Justice T. O. C. Harrison , Supreme Court Commissioner Hyan , Sam H. Steele. David City ; J. A. Mac- Murphy , neatrlce ; II. D. EPtabrook , E. M. IJaitlctt , n. S. Berlin , Edward Walsh , Omaha ; : J. L. Caldwcll , Lincoln ; cx-Gfvernor John M. Thayer , Captain J. E. Hill , D. A. Campbell , Lincoln ; J. H. Malllllcu , Kearney ; Jaine * Whltehead , Callaway. NO LIMIT TO THURSTON. Senator John M. Thurston was Introduced. A volco In the audience cried out "flve mln- utps don't go. " The flvc-mlnuto limit was * removed and Senator Thurslon said : "I am hero tonight upon request ot that McKlnloy club organized In Nebraska. I have had nothing to do , directly or Indirectly , , with the formation of Mr-Klnley clubs. I liavo had no other desire except to leave tho- republicans of this Dtato free U excrclsortbelr > choice ns to whom they would support for the presidential nomination. I have had rea son to believe , and I do believe , that eight out of every ten republicans In Nebraska pre fer the nomination of William MrKlnley , be lieving that ho represent ! * more truly than I any other man the o principles J vital to. the welfare and prosperity of the American people. I bollcvo that ho will be nominated * at the St. Louis convention , Nothing caa prevent his nomination except a combination of those politicians who have little regard for the popular wlnhes , and wlrse principal aim la to secuio power and prestige for them selves. "Tho great Issue In the republican national convention will bo between the people and : the politicians , The politicians defeated the. popular will In the convention of 1870. James. G. Dlnlno then was as truly the choice of the republican masses as William McKlnloy l now ; but the success of the bosses at that convention very nearly wrecked the repub lican party , and In responsible for almost all the republican dlsautcro which liavo fol lowed. Had the volco of the people been heard , had James G. Dlalno been nominated , there IK no doubt whatever that tlio repub lican party would have remained In power , and that Its policies would liavo continued to. hold the confidence of the people , WANTS EVERYBODY SATISFIED. "I have no other wish today than that the. will of the people shall bo exprcmcd. What ever man IB honestly the choice of a ma jority of the republican voters of the union will bo nominated for president. To defeat , their will Is to endanger our success. What ever man IB the choice of the. republicans or the state of Nebraska should be- voted for by the delegation from Nebraska In the next national convention. Thlfl ID all I auk ; It IB. all I desire. If I am inls.lal.cn In my ballet that the republicans cf my tuato favor the. nomination of William McKlnlcy , then let all other friends of all other candidate ! ) coma out Into the open and contest fairly and. bravely , with the pole view of abiding by- the will of the peoplo. " \Vo hoar altogether too much as to what this political boss will do with the delegation from Now Ycrk , or that political boss will do with the delegation from IVnnuylvanla. or the other political boss will do with the * delegation of his state , It Is time for thcv republican party to end tbo rule of republican bosi'ss. Dictatorship In the party of Amer ican progress must come to an end. Let the pcoplo epculr , and let no man arrogate tot hlmielf the right to misrepresent the people * or betray their own expressed wjabeu. "For many months past It ban been known that I favor the nomination of William Mc Klnley , My portion has been open my ; declarations have been candid. I have be lieved at all tlmca that In taking this po l- tlon I represent the vvl hes of the republican * of my state. I wish at all times to bo per fectly IranU and candid wlU tbo people ,