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THE OMAHA ! DAILY BEE .ESTABLISHED JUN13 ] { ) , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MORNING- , JULY 28 , 1897. SINGLE COPY 1TVJ3 CENTS. SPLIT IN THE RANKS Operators Assemble to Consider Proposed Uniformity Scliime. ENCOUNTER TROUBLE AT THE OUTSET Special Ccrcmittco Recommends Adoption of Old Agreement. COL , REND SUBMITS A MINORITY REPORT Chairman Afks to Have Some Portions Eliminated. REND REFUSES AND BOLTS THE MEETING Clnlinn Hint Ho WIIM Minted an to ( In * .Nnltirc of tli < - Coiifrrt'iicf - rurthvr I'rncrtMlliiK * IlooUeU , fur Today. PITTSnURG , July 27. Eighty-nine coal companies' mines , located In the Plttsburg district , vero represented nt the coal opera tors' uniformity meeting hero today. The operators who ship by river and those own ing mines in the Westmoreland field were not prisent. Tliq river operators held a meeting at the Coal exchange thin afternoon and decided to take no part In the uniform ity movement. No attention was paid to the call by the Westmoreland people. Very lit tle was accomplished at the two sessions to day. The old uniformity agreement with the new clauses Inserted was reported on by a committee and the mcttlng tomorrow will take up the agreement by clauses for dis cussion. Where changes In the conditioner Blnco 188C warrant different provisions , com mittees will he appointed to draw up clauses that will cover the points at Issue. The only sensational incident of today's acsslono occurred when Colonel W. P. Hcnd presented a minority report on the unlfoimlty agree ment , denouncing the procedure of the meet ing In severe terms and bolting the confer ence. ORGANIZE FOR BUSINESS. W. P. Muriaj called the meeting to order at 11-30 a. in by nominating Alexander Pempa'cr for chairman. Colonel W. P. Ilend named George W. Scnleudberg , but he decllneil and Mr. Dempster was chosen to preside. General John Little was chosen vice president Ho made a short address , a > lng the numbers of the board were here nh cl'lzens and had no personal Interest In the coal business. They hoped b > conciliation to bring about u settlement betuoen the con tending factions. State lines have nothing to do with thf > question "You have the power hero to cettle this controversy. As I'ltteburg goes eo will go the other states. " After electing Marshal II. Reno secic- tary of the meeting a committee was ap pointed to taKe up the proposed uniformity agreement , revise It to suit the changed conditions since Ita first formulation and ic- port at 3 o'clock. The committee consists of W. P. Do Armltt , G. W. Schlcudhorg , Thomas 13. Young , W. P. Rend , D. P. Black , U. A. Andrews , James Armstrong and F. M. Osborne. A rscoM was then taken till 3 o'clock . At 4 o'clock the committee asked for an other hour and the meeting took a second reccsYi until 5 o'clock , when the committee reported the old uniformity agreement , with the new clauses and preamble prepared by the visiting arbitrators. The report was read and Captain Stcyttlcr moved that It be re ceived and the committee discharged. Colonel Hcnd demanded recognition for the hearing of a minority report. Ho prefaced the report with a few remarks on what be termed the bunco intention of the meeting. Colonel Rend said he had been misled by General Little as to the purpose of the meeting. Ho understood that It had been called with a view of hastening a settlement ot the strike and was assured of that at a conference with the general on Monday night. When he got to the meeting lie learned that the strike was not to be taken Into consideration or iliacus-scJ In con nection with uniformity , RENO'S RESOLUTIONS. The preamble to the resolutions recites the earnest drslrti ot the coal operator , ! of western Pennsylvania to devise honorable methods to bring the utrlKe to a termina tion , deplores the poverty and misery of the vast army of miners and their families and claims that the public has been misled by crafty and false statements as to the causes responsible for the present and past turmoil. The resolutions follow : IleRolved , Thnt we- favor the speedy ad justment of this strike and all questions and controversies connected therewith by conciliation employed in a Joint conference of miners and their employers , and thu falling by an adjudication , u tilbunal o nrhltiatoii ) , compo.scd of three United States Judges or throe other gentlemen of natlona repute , and In whom the entire countrj can repose confidence. Itesolvcd , That we fnvor the principle nml practice of uniformity In Its true am honest tense , tint we are unalterably op nosed to it In the false nml perverted sense in which It him been used to cloak shan vehement and transparent frauds. Hosolved , That vvu favor true and hones welKhts and mensurea. cash piyinentit am all other juU and equitable methods In the prosecution of the coal business. Hesolvi'd , That we denoune-e as a foil falsehood and a glaring outrage the chnrgcq and InBlmmtloiiH HO often publicly mncU thut genera ! dishonesty has been practiced in weights and mt.isures In the mining industiy of western I'entHIvnnln ! , Ilcsolvril , Tlint the effoits to fasten on the public mind these slandeioui and atro clous chinges are moral cilme , and that we denounce the guilty author of thN uci-us.i tlon IIH a moral criminal , violating ( "Joil'n Jioly oommaiulnu'iit : "Thou Bhalt not bear fulne witness against thy n'lghbor. " Ro'olvecl , That Wo are ready und vvllllnt , to advance the wages of the inlncrH , bu jlnd ourselves unable to do this to the fill < ) xtent demanded by them , viz : 23 per pen ftbovo the prices that were pilil pi lor to the Htrlke und now being paid by one o thu largest coal companies In vvestcn 1'cnntiylvnnla , and which company presents the chief obstacle to the settlement of the present conflict. REND BOLTS. After the resolutions had been read the chairman asked to have some- portions elim inated , but the colonel refused omphatlcallv to allow a single ward to bo dropped , am after a ehort contention withdrew from tlie conference. The meeting then adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Tonight General Little ami others callrc on Colonel Rend at his hotel and aakci that ho reconsider hla action and enter the connftrcnco again to Insure success of the meeting. Ho leplled that ho would cordial ! ) cmlurso and co-operate iiii any plan the con lerencu agreed upon that 60 per cent o the district operators would give their con sent to. He believes it Impossible- secure 07 per cent for uniformity , ns Mr. DeArmlt demands , and Is willing to do as 60 per cen cf thu operators with Tim new pieumble to the old unlformlt ) agreement relates thu existing condition o affair * In the Plttrtmrg district and the lack of profit there la In the coal trade , I ftattu that uniformity if prrperly am jnomptly availed of will settle thine differ ence * to a large extent and correct the abvurn to a degrco < not hitherto attainable TAKKS HIM'OKT WITH HIM. Colonel Rend took the minority report wit ) litm when he left the meeting and Chairman [ Dempster decided U Mag not part of the rec- . /rd of the utttilon and coulil not be ni/tec upon. upon.W. P. Da Armltt eald ho wanted It ds- ! t.tictly understood that the call to adopt mil- iurralty did not have anything to do with the ftrlUo. an ho did not propose to arbitrate * n > thing while under fire , nor admit that the operators were cowards Dr , Anderson advised that the report of the committee be taken up ad eerlatum. An ef fort WAR made then to do this , but the operators did not sce-m to grasp the text of the agreement , so J. B. Zcrlic moved that copies of the agreement he printed over and : ho copy be placed In the hands of each operator In the morning. This was carried unanimously. Tonight General Little and Judge Owona ere In secret conference at the Duquranc club with Secretary Warner and Organbcr aincron Miller. Nothing definite can be earned as to the mtbjcct under discussion , ) in It Is believed it has reference to having Lho mlncra represented at the conference tomorrow , an there seems to bo considerable dlMatlafActlon with Mr. DC Annltt's an nouncement today that the conference has no connection with the strike and met merely for the purpose of establishing uni formity Many of the operators think , with Colonel Rend , that the meeting should dc- vlso fiotno means to settle the strike as well as to provide for uniformity. Reports to the miners' ofllctals from throughout the district show everything quiet All plans arc being held In abevanco. pending the action of the conference. M\VS rue oTur.it IOO\IITIIS. SIrlUcrN In IllltiiilM Promptly Ar- ri'Mli'il li > tinAtitliorltlvK. . ST. LOUIS , July 27. A special from Du Quoin , III , says : About forty ot Bradley'a men from Dellevlllo arrived hero today to Influence the miners to strike. They were ordered out of town by the city marshal. All the mtnea here arc working. When the ctrlklng miners at Ilellevlllo learned of the reception received by thefr follows at Du Quoin , they expressed a de termination to go to the latter city and drive out the working miners There arc about 800 miners la Du Quoin. If they per sist in working an equal number of btrlkcm will Invailo the place from Belleville and other points. Just beyond Du Quoin Is Garten Hie , when the mlnurs are still working and say they will not quit. Old miners , who have watched strike troubles develop before , say that un- le a the Du Quoin , Centerville and Murphjo- bore men conic to tcims trouble Is fcure to break out. The Illinois Central detachment of striking miners Intends to get reinforce ments ut FiccbUrg and after pulling the men out at Lcnrburg and Marlssa , push onto Du Quoin. The Louhvlllc & Nashville detach ment will cross over from Mount Vcrnon. Thirty-seven Staunton and Mount Olive men took possession of a Louisville & Nash ville freight tialn at Belleville. The police were called on and the men sullenly sur rendered. CANONSnURG , Pa. , July 27. The Benne mine Is fitlll closed waiting a settlement ot the picscnt trouble. The Enterprise mine Is ala.i closed. The mine of Cook & Sons at McGovcrn IB closed today. The shutdown Is only temporary , but no effort will be made to opciatc the mine until the Injunction no tices have been jully eervod on the leaders of the encamped strikers. About 100 of the rtrlkera camping at the mine returned to their homes this morning. About 100 still lemaln on the scene. The stilkcis are ot the Imprecslon that they have about succeeded In gaining the object of their mlttjlou here COLUMIJUS , July 27 The editor ot the United States Mine Workeia' Journal said todaj that the miners' cause Is to be carried Into central and northeast Pennsylvania , In volving the antlnaclto and bituminous dis tricts whoso output is shipped to the At lantic seaboard. KANSAS CITY , July 27. A special to the Star from Sedalla , Mo. , BavsUp to noon the towns of Bevler , Hlgbec , Dlllott and lluntsvlllo are the only ones represented at the state miners' conference , but delegates are expected later from Rich Hill , Lexing ton , Hlgginsvllle and other points. The con- fcienco will not be called to order until 2 o'clock , and It is believed the session will bo of short duration. A delegate from Hlg- bee stated this morning that ho did not ex pect the mlnco of Missouri to be shut down but such a step might be taken If no other method could be devised for preventing the shipment of coal Into the districts where the men are now on strike. CLEVELAND , July 27. Thomas Young , representing M. A. Iliuna , has gone to Plttsburg with Instructions to use every ef fort to bring about a epeedy settlement of tli3 .strike. AH the Cleveland operators are hope ful that the conference will result In some satk'factcry adjustment. MOWCQUA. 111. , July 27. Last night a largp body of Pana and Mowen.ua miners , headed by a drum and fife corps , marched on the Assumption shaft and foiced the men who were loading coal for the local trade and threshers to cease work. This morning whsn the whUtle blew not a miner went to work. The farmers are very bitter In their denunciation of the mlneis , Inasmuch ns the farming community has contilbutcd to the mlneis' cause very liberally. ROCK ISLAND , 111. . July 27 As a rcoult of the visit of committees from the Spring Valley and other striking miners , 100 men employed In the mines near Coal Valley , this county , struck today. AITOONA , Pa. . July 27. rive hundred or more miners at Hastings have gone put on a strike because of dissatisfaction with their superintendent. COTTDALU , Pa. , July 27. All Indica tions point to a long and bitter struggle botYvecn the Scottdalc Iron und Steel com pany and lt cmplojcs , who are out on a strike. The company claims It will have enough men by tomorrow to start the mill. The crowds arc quiet and ordeily and no demonstration of any kind has so for been made , but when the attempt Is made to start the mill with the new men it U generally feared thcro will be trouble. CLARKSBURG , W. Va. , July 27. The In junction granted the operators at Falmont prohibiting meetings has nelpcd the miners' cause. PEORIA , 111. , July 27. The miners of the Pcorla district met today and adopted a new scale , making an advance of about -10 per ri-ut In wages , not to be operative until a general settlement Is effected. The opera tors also met and called another meeting to consider tbo scale. \v.t.vnn : A LOOK AT IIRH niv.vi , . WitiH . ! It'll Now on Trial Murilpr. GUTHRIE , Oki. , July 27. Miss Grace Allen , who la undergoing a prcllmlnary trlal at Chandler for poisoning Mica Phronlc Eckos , her rival , and her mother , Is attract ing big crowds , MUw Allen , who is a handsome woman about 21 years old , has been made an ob ject of much lntere. t. She Is a Eehool teacher in Wilson county , KaiMin , and she was attending the county normal , When It cln3cd July 2 , Instead of going home filio CJine to this tenltory , as rfho admits to aoo Mlsa Eckes at the tcnltorlal normal at Ed- mond. Not finding her there she went to the family home near Baker , where the poisoning followed , flint the daughter , then the mother partaking of the poU'oned food Mlsa Allen says elie learned while In Kansay that W , U. Smith , with whom both the women are in love , was writing to Mtes Eckm , Sh was going to Texas , she Mates , and savs that nieicly out of curiosity fhe stopped off at Kdraond "Jiut to we what Kind of a girl MUs EcKui was. " Mlsa Phronla Eckes was graduated at the territorial normal at Edmcnd latt June and was valedictorian of her class. She alpo won the medal in the territorial oratorical contest in the came month. W. 0. Smith U a former school teach r liv ing near .Mtoona , Ho Is 2& > ear old and 1 quite prominent. On nil ninlicxrlcr'M TrnuU , BEDALIA , Mo , July 27-John Mulcahey , a former Scdallan , now a pollcpinan ut San Francisco , In a letter to a friend heie stated that he saw James Thompson , the fugitive cashier of the defunct Flrbt National bank of St-dollii. on the street there during the recent Clulstlan Endeavor convention. It U thought that Thompson has left the city of Mexico for the AlasUa sold tlelds. Thompson stole over J100.000 from Hie now defnnu First National bank about four years ago Cool nl NIMV York. NHW YORK , July 27Thla la the coldest July 27th on ( he records of the weather uuserur rhe minimum temperature wut GO at S und 4 o'clock this moinlng. APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE Prominent Labor Loaders Take Up Oudgols in Behalf of Minors. ISSUE STIRRING ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC of ItrniN of IlinVrrtit I.ntior nUmiH of tlie Country nt \\licclliii ? AxK.it ( lie I'conlc to Alii. WHEELING , W. Va. , July 27. What \s \ declared to be the most Important und largest gathering of the heads of labor organiza tions of America over held Is now In Bctslon In this city. It Is the conference ot labor leaders called last week by President M. D. Ratchford ot the United Mlno Workers and approved by President Compers ot tbc American Federation of Labor , of vvhlcn the miners organizations is a part. The purpose of the conference is to old In a speedy and biicccfaful termination of the great uoal strike. Sessions of the conference - once were held during the day and tonight , but until the night session was held little had been accomplished. The following labor leaders are present : Simuol Gompers of New York. prcMilent of the American Federation of Labor ; 1 ranis Morrison of Chicago , secretary of the ted- eratlon ; M. D. llatchfonl of Columbus , president of the United Mine \\oikers of America ; W. C. Pears of Columbus , \ccru- ' - P,11. , tnry of the miners' organlz-itlon ; Monlssey of Peorla. III. , grand master of the Jtrotherhood of Hallway Trainmen ; W. 13. Mnhon of Detroit , president of the Sticet Hallway union ; James Jt. Sovcielgn. presi dent of the Knights of Labor ; Jamet > H. Sullivan ot Baltimore , president of the In ternational Association of Decorators and Palntor ; J B. London of llloqmlngton , HI. , president of the Custom Tailors' union ; J Mulholland of Toledo , pro-Idem of the International Union of IJlcycle 'Workers ; Jetse Johnton of 'Nashville. Tenn , president of the International Printing Pressmen's union ; Theodore Perry of Nashville , vice president ot the International Tvpographlcal union , Uobert Asko.v of Iw.pemlng , Mich. , secretary of the Northcin Mineral Mine Workers ; William 'McKlnney ' ot Lafa > ette. Ind , president of the Painters' union rJ. W. Hbea of Chicago , president of the Painters. ' anil Decorators' union ; G W. Perkins of Chlcigo. president of the International To bacco Workers' union ; Patrick Dolin.of Plttsburg , president ot the PHtrbur DlP- trlct Miners ; M. M. Garland of Pittsbtirtr. president of the Amalgamated Association of lion , Steel and Tin Woikers ; C. H.VI1 - klns ot Chicago , assistant general chief of the Order of Hallway Conductors ; F. P. Su--ent of Pcorla , 111 , grand master of the Hrolherhood of llallroad Firemen ; Vnl Fltz- pitrlck of Columbus , third vice president of the Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen ; T. L Lewl > of Bridgeport , O. , secretary of the Ohio Miners' organization ; K. V. Debs of Chicago , former heaiof the Amerlrnn Hallway union ; J Kunzeler of Pitts-burs , secretary of the American Flint Glass Workers' union ; W. H. Hlley of Wheeling , president of the National Sloijle Workers , ' league , M P Carrlck of Pittsburg , .secretary of the Painters' organization ; J. P. F. Counnaghnn of Plttsburg- , secretary and treasurer of the National Plumbers' and Gas Fitters' union. OPENING SESSION. The first session of the conference was held at i'o'clock on the arrival of Messrs. Ralchford and Pears from Columbus. On motion of Mr. Sovereign , Samuel Gotnpera was chosen to preside and Secretary Morii- son , also of the federation , was made secre tary. Chairman Gompers then called upon the miners' representatives to detail the cltuntlon. They were also asked to suggest In what manner the other labor organiza tions could give their aid. President Ratchford of the miners ad dressed the conference nt some length , stat ing fully the causes that had led to the suspension of work in- the bituminous re gions and picscnted the condition of the miners who are taking part In the strike. Ho did not ptoposo anything In the way of recommendations as to what organized labor of the country should do In aid of the strike , prefenlng that Important subject to be left to the consideration of the conference. An appeal for aid was made in a general way. W. C. Pears , Patrick Dolan and T. L Lewis also addressed the conference , spenk- Ing In the same strain. In the course of their icmarlis It was brought out that the mlneis bcllevo that the hardest fight should bo made at the works of the Cleveland and Plttsburg Coal Gas company ( Do , Armltt's mines ) , In the PlttBburg district. This was considered fully aa Important a point as the West Vliglnla district. At this point a re cess was taken for dinner. Upon reassembling at 2:30 : o'clock the con ference again took up the strike question. Messrs. Mahon Rhea and Debs , who have been at work In the Fairmont district ; Mr , Askew , who is fresh from the Norfolk & Western territory , and Mr. Sovereign nrt- diessed the meeting , the latter speaking nt borne length. The conference was held be hind closed doors. At Us close it was given out that a committee ot five had been ap pointed to devise a plan for aiding the miners , which would be reported at the night session. Telegrams pledging financial aid for the miners were received from nearly all the heads of organiratlons that bad been unublo to attend on account of the short notice. Mr. Morrison says the chief aim of the confcr- cnco will be to effect a suspension of work In West Virginia and at the le Armltt mines. The conference , lias not jet conic to the point of believing it necersary to ask the firemen , conductors and brakemen to refuse - fuse to haul West Virginia coal , APPEAL TO THK PUBLIC. The night session of the conference was still In session at midnight. The report of the special committee to dovlee wavs and means to aid the miners made KB report. The report Is an appeal to the country to assist the miners and Its full text U as fol lows ; A wall of anguish , mingled with dospern- tlon , atiEes from the bowels of the earth and the rnlnera cry for lellef , for sonn > dceice of Justice , touches the responsive rhoid In thu hearts ami consciences of the whole people diudgliii ? at wagiH when ctn- ploveil which aie Inadequate and portend mlery , starvation and slaveiy , the miners are confronted with a condition by which their Bcant earnings are denied them , ex cept throuch the company "pluck-mo BtoteV which out-shylock the worst feat ures of the nefnrlouc system , Is a stigma , on the escutcheon of our country ami n blot on our civilization. We , the repre- bentutlvcf ) of the trades unions and of all organized labor of the United States , in convention assembled to consider the pend ing tUrupglo of the mlneis for wages Buf- ( Icltnt to enable them to live and to enjoy nt least some degree of the ne-essltiesi of life , arc determined to foiever put a stop to the Mate of starvation In which they are now ensulfHl The deplorable condition of the miners Is well known to all our people. They live In howls , are unable to buy sutllelcnt bread to ward off staivatlon , in many cases not milllclently clothed to cover melr nakedness und their children unfit to attend school because of lack of food and clothing , male- Intf them a danger to the future btablllty of our lepubllc. Wo feel assured that all men and women who love their families or who have ono spark of human sympathy for their fellow M cannot fall to give all the aid In their power to enable the mlneni to win their pres-ent kittle. The ri'jire- ! * MitMlvc'H of the mlneri have been re strained by Injunction when exerclslnsr their fundamental right of public assembly and free speech to preuent to the world theli grievances. We , aa American citizens , re- 8 nt this lnterfercn"e with the rights guar anteed to us under the constitution. In the ordinary attain * of life all enjoy privileges and rights which constitutions neither con fer nor deny , but the guaranty of the right of public axsemhly und free bpecch was Intended to glvo opportunity to the people or any portion of them to present the grievances from which they suffer und which the } aim to redress. Wo denounce tlin Issuance of Injunction by the Judges of West Virginia. Pennsyl vania and other statea aa wholly unjusti fied , unwarranted and unprecedented , more especially In the abtenee of any exhibitioner or manifestation of force on the pa it of the outraKed inlnerx. We call on the gov ernor of West Virginia and upon the v crnor.i of all other states and on all public officials for full and ample pntfctlon In the exorcise of our rights of free imec h and public UKacmb'ave. We havu no des're to trerpats upon the rlghtu of any one. and we demand protection In the exercise of those rights handed .down to nt by the founders ot the republic , we recommend that Indignation mass meectlnga be held throughout the entire country to give ex pression to the cortdemna'ijn1 of the un- wai ranted Injunction In Interfering with the free rights of free n emlilTRe and free speed ) , and we also extend' s > j mpithy and suppjit to the mine workers to the utmost extent. i We hereby call upon each hitlnnal and Intel national organization ot labor to * end representatives to act for and by the direc tion of the United vvorRfrs an orpanlzerti In West Vlrnlnla , Pennsylvania and such otlur stales as may be neces ary. Fully Imbued with the- heroic slruFfrto which the miners are making for pure womanhoood and Inno cent uhlldhood , for decency , for mnnhocd and for civilization , and for the con clous- ness of the Justice of their cnu e and of the responsibility of Ilirlr actions , we call upon the vvorkltiKmen of our country to lend ail possible nsil-tancc to nut suffering , fdlow vvoi leers of the mlnci nml to unite In defense of our homes , our rights , our citizenship and our country. MASS MEETING AUGUST G. The conference adjourned just as the capltol clock struck the midnight hour. H was decided that President Gompers should act as a committee of one In arranging for sympathetic mass meetings all over the country on August G. Officers of the Amer ican Federation of Labor were requested to communicate with union organlzntlons as to what shall ho done to filrther thr- plan out lined in tonight's appeal. Officers of the United Mine Workers arc to arrange for the sjstcmatlc woik of 100 labor organisers in West Virginia , In which state and In Penn- sjlvanla renewed cffortstto make the strike general will be made. The railway brother hoods , except the engineers , are In hearty sjmpathy with the movement to make the strike effective. MMHvS TO KM ) HIS TUOtIM.S. ) ! ClriifrnI JuintpNoit Tnkcn u I.nrRe * Dose of Clilontl. KANSAS CITY , July 27 , A special to the Star from Guthrle , Old. , says General John C. Jamleson attempted to commit sulcldo at the Oklahoma hotel early this morning , swallowing 100 groins of chlorui. After sev eral hours' treatment thd physicians said ' that ho wculd recover. He had been drinkIng - Ing for several da > s and passed a sleepless night. General J. C. Jamleson Is 70 years old , and despondent over financial matters. During the administration of Governor Rcntrow ho was adjutant general ot the Oklahoma Na tional guard , and was adjutant general of M'fisourl utder Governor 'Marmadukc. ' He distinguished himself by his rervlces In the confederate army and was captain under Walker , the filibuster , In the war in Nica ragua , where he became prominent for his bravery and ability nu a leader. Ho liars been prominent In democvatlc politics In Missouri and Oklahoma. Ho left a sealed letter addressed to his wife ; 1IOVU TO UKDUC12 C\l'ITAL STOCK. Uiinblc in Kuril Dividend * ' on Prcxcnt IIiiMls of Cnpltnlirntlon. DETROIT , July 27. Holders of preferred stock In the Michigan Peninsula Car com pany arc anxious on account of a threatened reduction of the capital stock of the big car building concern. The corporation , which was formed In 1892 by consolidation of five car building and iron works , has been doing llttlo business the past three jcars in pro portion to Its capital stock , which consists of $3,000,000 common and ? 5,000.000 preferred etock. The latter guarantees dividends. Senator McMlllIn and associates aic heavy holdcis of. the _ < preferred Bocuiltlca. Colonel J. P. Hecker'and Charles L. Freer are said to have gained a controlling Interest in the common stock and In tne' * 2.000,000 ot bonds issued by the company , he plant IB salfl to Inventory perhapa. , $3',600,000. \VV.\TKI ) TO bid 13 IllSr . .VICTIM DIE. John Schlt-Kol oil Trial for ( lie Killing < if Dr. IIr ri > r. KANSAS CITY. July 27. " Otto Webber , who was ui rested two vvecfks ago , charged with be'ng an accomplice with John Shlegel in the sensational Street murder of Dr. Lvman A. Berger , vval liberated today at his picllmlnary trial. Henry L Staples , who swore out the warranter Webber's ar rest , was shown to be a professional witness. The hearing of Shlegel , wtiodldthe Killing , opened In the criminal court today and at tracted a throrg of spectators Several wit nesses were examined relating Schlegel's threats. The officer who arrested Schlegel testified that when leading the murderer away ho paid : "Walt a minute ; let me tee this fellow die. He rulned my home. " AVOMA.V AM ) CHIliD KUUM ) DEAD. Vlun Ml tli Whom Thellnil Ilceii Mi llie tcriinoil of Tlirlr Murder. SPRINGFIELD , 111. , July 27. A double murder occurred hero today. James Mingle , a horse trader , Is accused of the crime. The victims are Mary Brlscoo and her Infant child. They were killed by chopping their' heads with a hatchet , 'fhe woman did not dlo until some hours afterthe deed was com mitted. The baby wcs dead when found. Mingle has been living with tbo woman for fiomo time. It is Bald , the cause of the trouble was her refupaU to live with him longer. Minnie has been arrested. Blood was found on his clothes' ' and he was going out of the city when captured. He denies the charge. The woman was 19 jears old. I'lrcx of ilr iJiiy. FAIRMONT , Neb. , July 27. ( Special. ) Sunday morning about 0 o'clock E. L. Mais- bar y , a farmer living'three miles oouthcast of here , discovered his fine1 barn was on fire. The barn , hay and grain were destroyed. The flro caught In the loft. ' It Is a mystery how It originated. The loss Is about $500 , with $200 Insuiance In the Phoenix of Hart ford. LOUISVILLE , Neb. , July 27. ( Special Tele gram ) A tenement house on the G , W. Holdrcgo farm , east of town , was burned this afternoon. The fire \Vas caused by a defective fine. Most of- the , household goods wcro saved. NEW YORK. Julyi 27.-4pi-o ! at Yonkera this afternoon destroyed two largo buildings occupied by W. A. IleeiJ & Co , , hat man ufacturers ; Rowland Bros. , hat manufactur- em ; 1'ass Bros , , silk manufacturers , and the YonKers Silk company. The loss is over T500.000. with nearly full Insurance , and SOO people are thrown out of emplo > mcnt. LOS ANGBLUS , Gal. , July 27. A flro broke nut this morning1 In the paloon of J. C , Gallagher , In U.anow | , and In less than an hour the entile business portion of the town was vvlpexl oin. The Harvey houfO nnd railroad Jiulldtngs were ravd. The origin of the fire la unknown. .Trulxll Cliiintptiiimi , ATLANTIC CITY , ' N. 3. , July 27.-The JevvlBh Chiiutauquu nes'jlon today was highly interesting , Lengjliy papers were read and dlsciihslonn heldttinon "The Jews as a Itace ; Their Progress und Ascendancy In the Commercial World. " and as "The People of God. " Hev , Dr. 1C , N. Callsh of Richmond , Vu , , cpoke uppn'Tlio Kplo of Joseph , " Ho was followed by Dr. Han In of New York on the "Muecabenn Revolt. " Owing to the Illiu-s * of Hon. Simon Wolf , the special address on painotlsm and rv was postponed "until tomorrow. Tlir.iSlorlc CnllK. NEW YORK , July 27-AJ. n largely at tended meeting of tlie New York Mining ex change today , It was decided to add an extra call of stock to the nst. In the future there will be three calls , Instead of two tlie first at 10:15 : a , in. , second at JM5 p. m. and the third and lust at 2 p m. The Klon dike gold crate was freely discussed by the members and all appeared Jubilant over the renewed feeling of interest In the minim ; world. 1 t-l- probable that in the near future Klondike and other Alucka gold xtocku will to listed on the exchange. l.ovfrii * Quarrel Ilcmillu . . ANN ARBOR , Mteh. , July 27-Nathnn Janiea , a farm hantl , today shot and fatally wounded Martha Miner , a domestic , and then killed lilms-elf. A lav era1 quarrel Is tup. posed to have been the cautc James , vvno ' about W years old , la Bald to have kept Miss. Miner stercted H hU employer's bouke f r several dny . The girl l dying. James killed himself Inntantly , HARD TO REACH KLONDYKE Means of Transportation to the Now Gold Fields is Metigor. PASSAGE IS DIFFiCULT TO OBTAIN Slt-nmer CoinimnlcN Ail\lnc fluid ScoK- i'rx ( o Sill ) AUIIJ Until .Ni'-vl 'lliitNe \\tio Mint MMV Will l.nuil \\lnti-r. . SAN FRANCISCO , Jnfy 27 The throngs about every shipping office that has even the | remotest Alaskan relations have by no mean ? | diminished It would seem thnt the only clrcumstanc3 which prevents the wholesale ' depopulation of San 1'nuc'fico U the limit In the transportation facilities Not only ' strong men whose broad backs , bronzed faces and workwotn hands tell of previous ex perience with the labor that literally sweats the brow , but clerks and profc. slonal men and women In hundreds ate seeking , ionic ot : them foi Information , but most of them for ( transportation to the Und whcio nuggets are to ho had , they think , for the picking up. Every daysccs some new scheme for over coming the difficulties In the way of reaching the Klondykc and the fleet cf steameis and schooners prcvecd Into the service Is growing steadily. The latest of the KlondyKe trans portation schemes Is being engineered by Captain Herrlmann of the firm ot Ilcirlaiann & Mills. He has been approached by a num ber of person ? anxious to go to Klondvkc. and In response to mimcrou. ) requests has mapped out a plan tor reaching the dlg ln ; o by the middle of September. He will charter a laige sailing vessel , and the paity will can- Fist of sixty men , each of whom will take one ton of provisions. No one.vlll be permitted to go unless he takes this quaulltv. Each one will be charged $225 for the trip and Captain Herrlmann thinks that for this ptim he can land them in Dawfaon City befcro Septembsr 20. The ehlp will cariy a large ] lighter and a steam launch will be used to tow the lighter from St , Michaels to the Klondike. After reaching St. Michaels ca go and passengers will bo transferred to the lighter. Captain Hcrilmann will return 10 San Francisco In the vessel and tha party will be c-nducted to their journey's euJ by en af.rnt of the firm who Is thoroughly ac quainted with the river. The Alaska Commercial company's steamer Excelsior , which leaves here today , will not make another trip to Alaska before June of next jear. All the accommodations to bo disposed of for this trip have been sold and the fact well advertised , but the would- be passengers continue to throng the cotn- panj's office. The commercial company not only declines to tell more tickets , but Its representatives do all In their power to dis suade the applicants from making the trip until next year. Some twenty or thirty have endeavored to secure accommodations for the firn trU ) next June. The company declines to bind Itself so far ahead , although a number of the applicants were willing to put up a forfeit and agree to abide by any tcims the company might make for the next j cat's trip. DENY MOSS' STORY. Returned Yukonltea ejeny the story told bv Frank Moss of Great Falls , Mont. , to the effect that 2.000 graves at Forty-Mile post tell of the terrible sufferings of the gold seekeia. F. G. Bowknr says tl.ttt t > o far from being over 2,000 deaths on tbc Klondyke during the past three jears , there was nobody there to die until something less than a year ago , and since then there have been three deaths in that whole district , so far as known. In the grave yard at Forty-Mile post , which has served for all that section for some jears past , there are only between thirty and forty giaves. Two miners from the north came in on the City of Puebla jesterday. They aie Henry Dore ana J. E. Boucher and both tell tales of the hardest kind of experlencer. Thirty davs on flour and water and $30 taken from the ground In eight months Is but a portion of Dore's experience. Of all those who have reached the city , his tale is ono that ought to make those without ex perience think twice before plunging Into unknown dangers. J. E , Boucher left his homo In Wisconsin thre years ago , went In by Juneau and the Chlleoot to Forty-M.le and had the usual run of poor luck. He went to work fr.r $12.50 a day , but that soon gave out and he then went to prospecting. "I had no beter success at this than at work and was pretty well disgusted when I heard of a strike at Klondyke. I fctuick a good claim and cleaned up about $10,000. I am going back homo to enjoy mjeelf till next spring , when I will go back again If I do no' aell out In the meantime. " Dore brought out nearly $30,000 , but they decline to give the exact figures. The latent rumor from Alaska Is of thu discovery of wonderfully rich quartz In largo quantities on the Stewart river. Particu lars are vagus and bovond the fact that the ledge Is a largo one and that the rock aesays $300 , nothing can be learned. Thl ? , If true , will mean much for the Klondyke district. The Stewart river runs into the Yukon not for above Daw son and It lo reasonable to suppose that the placer gold now being found below may have Itj origin In tbo mountains at the head of the Stewart and neighboring rivers and creeks. SEATTLE , July 27. The Alaska Search light publishes a letter from William Moore at Fourteen Mile camp , Skagwa , Alaska , stating that the White Pass pack train to the summit of the plus was opened for travel July 1C On reaching the summit the trav eler Btep.i upon an almost level country , the grade to the lakes being twenty feet to the mile. The distance from salt water to the Too-Chl lake la thirty miles and from salt water to the head ot Lake Bennet tbo dls- tanco la frrty-fivo miles. Both routes fiom the mi mm It are through rolling country , for the most part open , with plenty of gias. } for feeding , Uock , water and mifficlcnt limber fnr all purposes. From salt water to the summit stock and pack horses can be driven through easily , Tunv HUMini ( ) YUKON MIMIIS. Thntiiin1ipr Kipfi'ti'il io Hi * Knor- inoiiNl ) Incri-iiKcil from .Vow On. FREMONT. Neb , , July 27. ( Special. ) Mr. T. A. Plambeck of this city received a let ter jesterday from Isaac Jensen , foimcrly of this city , who has been for the past tlirfo years In the employ ot the North American Transportation and Trading com pany at Fort Cudahy , N. W. T. , In the Yukon country. The letter was written May 22. Ho speaks rather disparagingly of the big strike Just reported from the Klondyke re gion , and though only forty miles from Dawson - son , ho eaja nothing definite was then Known of It at Fort Cudahy , He estimates the entire number of miners along the Yukon and its branches at 1,000 , but states that the indications are tint there will bo a great rush for the Klondvko country as soon as the river opens up , Many were ex pected over the routes by the Chllkat pass and It was thought the capacity of the Yukon river steamers would bo taxed to the utmost. One of the company's steamers win tered at Circle City , Ho says the miners In that section had a hard tlmo of it and suffered great privations and hardships. In a later letter ho says the Yukon broke up at Fort Cudahy June 15 , ono day earlier than last vear , Daw ion , he said , was then a prosperous camp and the indications were that a "big strike" bad bejn made there The trading company had just established a store there with Jensen In charge. Snl I for Mm SAN FRANCISCO , July 27. Spear street dock was the scene of more excitement thin morning , when the steamer State of Cali fornia called for the north , than has oc curred there for many years. Fully 1,200 people gathered to wltneKs the departure o ( the steamer , and the departing miner * were given an enthuilattlc farewell. The wharf was piled high with freight , although the veucl was loaded to her utmost capacity , TKMlMSIIATUHIi A TIliri.K COOI.KIt. Monilii ) MRlit'x llnln linn n lloiu-llolnl A rainfall to the extent ot .04 ot an Inch during Monday night had a very cooling effect upon tbo atmosphere vestcrday and made the day very pleasint throughout , al though It was but 1 degice lower In tem perature than on the day before. A fresh southeasterly wind prevailed during the dny , adding materially to the general comfort. The day wns partly cloudy nUo , detracting from the operations of the sun. The nnxl- mutn temperature for the day was S9 degrees , uhlch was maintained for four hours during the afternoon In a number of points In the north and northwest vcsterday 00 dc- greew were recorded. oven the hurricane deck being utilized for thu storage of canned gooila and other sap- piles. Three hundred nml forty-seven people ple embarked In the vessel , 233 of whom wcr- cabin passengers TUUOI'b W11.I , HU SK.V1TO ALASKA. Hi or > thine In Ht'iiilliicNM to Start When Order IH ( iUoii. WASHINGTON. July 27.-Tho principal topic ot disci'sslon at todaj'a cabinet meetIng - Ing was the legal aspect of the proposed es tablishment of a military post In Alaska near the gold fields. In some quarters Iherp Is doubt aa to the power of the executive t3 establish a post without specific authoriza tion by congress , but weight of opinion ap peared to favor tbo exercise of such a right by the executive as an emergency measure Secretary Alger already has miJo the neces sary preparations for carrj Ing out at cnco the plans to establish the peat. The com mander of the troops will bo Captain P. H. Ray , a man well Known for his soldierly ability and with a fine reputation as a leader of expeditions , having established the Un to I States relUf station at Point Barrow , the faithtflt north In Alaska. Ho wintered at this e\poted and filgld place aim Is well acquainted with the wants of the projected expedition. Cavtaln Ray at present la at Fort 0. A. Russell In Wyoming. It .a probable that he will be accompanied In the expedition by Captain Alurcromble , who volunteered yesterday by tefegraph for such service. The latter sajs he had sixty picked men for the servlc ? and the department maj avail Itself of thwc to make up the quota of fifty men which will conctltute the garrison risen of the new post. The post Itself will be estnbllshed near Circle City. The North American Transportation and Trading company has offered to transpoi t the troops to Alaska and to land them nt their destination for $150 per man and $ SO per ton for freight. The steamer will sail from Seattle on August E , the latest date that vv-1 1 ensure the sate arrival of the party nt Circle City before the winter eeison bcgliu. The steamer will proceed to St. Michael's and there will trarsshlp to a river steamer. Or ders have been sent to San Francisco to pro vide everything necessary In the way of ample , supplies ot food and heavy vvlntci clothing and an order has been telegraphed to Philadelphia to send along a number of tents of a new description constructed to keep-out the cold Arctic winds. SEATTLE , Wash. , July 27. Captain Roy. U. S. A. , with five officers and fifty-six men , will leave Seattle for Circle City , Alaska , via St. Michaels August 5. Orders have been sent to San Francisco to ship a j ear's supply of clothing , which will include 100 woolen blankets axes and all tooU neccarary to bo used in "hutting. ' Twelve Improved conleal tents will bo shipped to Seattle to day fiom Philadelphia by express. Passage has been seemed for the United States officers and their men on the North Ameri can Truncpcrtatlon and Trading companv't * hteamer Cleveland , which leaves fieultlo August 5. Each man's fare will cest the government $150 and each ton of freight will be charged for at $ SO. The Domlnloru government Is to send elghtv-flvo additional mounted pollco to the Klondyke , there being twenty-five there. The men will leave from Victoria on a Pacific Coast Steamship company boat In a few days. They will go In from Dyea , traveling light , getting provlsloi's after they get In. SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. In icaponbe tea a telegraphic Inquliy as to whether ho could rparo a full company of Infantry for the es tablishment ot a pest at Clrclo City , Alaska , for the protection of American Interests , Gen eral Shafter , commanding the Department of California , has notified Secretary Algcr that a company could bo organized at twelve houra' notice for service In Alaska and asked for full instructions. General Shatter expectto receive final In structions and Is prepared for an-order to dlspitch bin company north Immediately in order that It may reach the Yukon before navigation closco. He expressed the opinion that the company would leave here on a special train for Portland , Ore , , and that it will probably be polncd there by a company from , the Department of tha Columbia , Thu officers ) to accompany the company will be a major , surgeon and two lieutenant ! ) , all of whom have been selected. Until final in structions arrive nnd the matter IIM been definitely ecttled officially General Shatter declines to plate what company of the Flrat regiment has been chosen or by whom It will bo commanded. OUiiniTiniiN 1,1'iMtfor AIiiNKn. OTTUMWA , la , , July 27. ( Special Tele- gram. ) iilei.ry Stocpscll , a prominent young man of this city , leavea In the morning for Seattle , where ho joins four others who will sail directly for St Michaels and up the Yukon river to the gold fields A stork company Is being formed to raise capital enough to send five men there to prospect. HIIKN for Hold Hunt. MIDDLETOWN , N , Y. , July 27. A local firm which Is engaged In manufacturing gold dust baps of sheepskin for California cus tomers Is working with double forces on account of tclcgiaphlc oidera received on account of the Klondyko discovery. COTTON MII.I.S CLOSING DOW.V. IliiHlni'H * for the IJIM ! Six MnndiH Not Priilltnlilf. WASHINGTON , July 27. Hon. T. Jeffer son Coolldge , treasurer of the big Amoskeag cottcn mills , savs of the shutting down of tha mills : "Wo have made up our accounts foi the first elx month ? of the year and find that wo have made no money and have not moved our goods , b-o I have ordered ttio mills closed for the month of August at least , The divi dends of the Anuskeag mills have been re duced during the past twelve months. " The closing ot these mllU will affect about 6,000 operatives BOSTON , July 27. The directors of the Lyman cotton mlllH of Holvoke have voted to pans the regular fcml-minual dividend of 2 per rent , which lia been declared every fix months for twelve years. Treaaure-r Partwns tinted that the business of the com pany for tha Inut xlx months hud been ex ceptionally poor. The capacity of the m 11 Is ) iOO.GOO spindk-s , of lAhlch 05000 tnlndlos have been shut down. The mllla will con tinue partially closed dotvn until there Is u better .demand. Wflll.nrn llt-lil L'ndff Honil * , BAN FKANCISCO , July 27.-\Vhen the case against O , M. Wellborn , the deposed collector of Internal revenue , was called for examination today hln counsel waived further tlmo and the commissioner there upon formally held the defendant to answer lo the charges of embezzlement , under bunds In the Bum of (10,000 each. Movement * of Orcnn Vrxm-ln , .Inly lit. At Boulogne Arrived Veendam , from New York , for Hot tei dam At Ne.v York Sailed Tuurlc. for Liver pool ; Luhn , fur Uicmeu , MAKINGOF A CHIEF Gang Discomfited bj Exposure of It3 Machinations by The Bco. POLICE COMMISSION DELAYS ACTIDN Donnclla is Dropped Out for the Tiuia Being , M03TYN BROUGIir OUT AS A BUND Gamblers and Their Politio.il Assoolatos Hold n Gonfcrcnoo. TRY TO D.VIDE MARTIN WHITE'S ' SUPPORT Si-liuiiic 1 Throw Unit In tlio 13 > c of till ! I'OOIlIt * h > 1'OJttllOlllllK ( llC IMvctlnn of a Chief. of Police- , i The failure of the Hoard of Tire nutl Tolled Commissioners to innlco u new chief of pollco at Its meeting Monday night Is explained by the discomfiture of the snug which hail Issued a decree for the appointment of S. A. Donnella by the rspcaure In The lleo of the disreputable methoJs that were being cm- plojed In his behalf In pursuance of their plan of anv thing to bead off ox-Clitef Martla White. The result was several hurried meet ings of the representatives of the gamblers and the political coterie thnt have been working together to control the police anil n caucus Monday afternoon of three- mem bers of the pollco board. As the outcome of these cwifoicncca the backers of Donnella agreed to let him drop for the time being and rceuino their elforla to dlvldo the support of cxChlcfVhlto by pushing to the front the name of ex-Cap tain Patrick Mostvn , who Is Mr. White's partner In the White-Most ) n Detectlvo agency. The design of the plotters was to luo Mostjn to weaken White , If possible , with the understanding that Mcstjnns later to bo gotten lid of and replaced \\ltll their real choice , Mr. Donnella. A part ot the plan also Involves the retention of Slg- \\art , Haze and all the other oinccrs who were restored to the force by the Vandcrvoort- llroatch boaid and whom the combination of gambloio , dhekecpers and gang politician * arc anxious to save. WANT THKIIl OWN SOIIT. The engineers of thlfl Echeme are the same men who have for months been trying to manipulate the loan ! In the "Inlet est of a. chief who could be depended on to strvnl ! ! with the lawless rcscrts , chief among them I'ollco Couimlsaloncr Ilobert E. Leo Herd- man and Senators Houcll and Ransom , who wcro Implicated In the boo.llo legislative , gambling bill scandal , and ex-Judge Charles Ogdeti , the gi.ldc , philosopher and friend ot the proprietors of the late Diamond gam bling establishment and attorney of the Brewers' association. Up to tlila tlmo Captain Mostyn has been emphatic In assarting' that ho was not a candidate for the position of chief of pollco and would not allow his name to be used In that connection. He has been specially ficc In stating that he could not under any circumstances crrvo with Slgwart and Haze , and pointing to the resignation which ho handed Into the Vandervooit-nrcatch board when It was piri > oed to ictaln him on the foicc along with Slgwa.it , Haze and tbo others. That resignation , which Is still on lilo with the Hoard of Fire and I'ollco Com missioners , reads as follows : OMAHA. Sept. 17. 1 r . To the Honorabla Iloanl ot rhe and Pollr-e Commissioners and A. T. SlBWart , Chief of Pollco : Gentlemen I hereby ten lei my resignation us n mem ber of the police foice of the city of Omaha , to take effect nt ( i o'clock p. in. , September 17 , IS'J. , for the following imsons , tow It : To protect my clmiuctci und reputation as & pullco ofllccrP. P. MOSTYN , Captain Police. > It IB needless to eay that Acting Chlct SIgwait declined to make any recommenda tion on this document , and that the men who want Slgwart and DoniiPlla are. taking up the name of Mostyn simply In their desper ation to defeat ex-Chief White. DEMANDS OF1 THE PEOPLE1. In the meanwhile the pcoplo arc asking how the police commissioners can Ignore the strong petitions and endorsements of bus iness men , professional men and workingmen - men that have bcn presented , asking the appointment of cx-Chlef White to bo head of the police department , particularly In tbo face of the reignof terror that ban been precipitated by the succession of burglarlcn , holdups , thetUi and crooked work of which the police- have been unable to relieve the community. As slated before In The Bee , the endoracmcntt ! of ex-Chief Whlto consist of letters and petitions on ( lie In the ofllco ot the police board. The petition re cites that there will bo more need than over during the coming year for a vigilant and efficient police force In this city. It declares Martin Whlto to bo the most experienced and most efficient chief of pollco Omaha ever had , and his appointment Is urgently re quested. The lettera are of similar Import , though In moat Instances of a stronger na ture. The letters arc from the following : Herman Kountrc. F II. Davis , W. J. Clalr , J. L. Drandels , Joseph Frenzer , T. M , Orr , J , M. Kuiney. D. Clem Oeavor , I * . H. Her. NAMES ON THE PETITION , The petition la signed by the followInjf business firms and individuals : John V. Coad , Haydcn Ilr'cs , Ilrs'on Siore , J. Inran - dclti & Sons , V , ' , It Dennett & Co , , A. Dona hue , T. P. Cartwrlght & Co. , A. Edholm. Stephens & Smith , Sherman & McConnell Drug company , C , S. Raj mom ] , Jorcph P. Frenrer , nector & Wllhrlmy company. Pcycko Bros , , n , E Bruce , Farrell & Co , , Guy 0. Barton , Deeilng Harvester company , E. O. HuRce. general agent , J , 13. Markel & Son , Millard hotel , H. F. Cady , president Cady Lumber company , F , II. Davis , Herman Kountze , Johnson Hardware company , F. J. Bugler , Philip Nathan Furniture company , Victor B. Caldncll , Edward Lytbo , Charles Shlverlck & Co. , Omaha Stove Ilrpalr Works , I , Brown , S. Sugarman , KaU , Ncylns & Co , Crane-Churchill company , W. H , Kohereon. I W. S. Poppleton , 13. 13. Edwards , Samuel Hers , M , B. Smith & Co. , Paxton & Gallagher I company , Llnlnger & Metcalf company. King , man Co , The Sharplfs company , W. II. McCord , C. E , Illdonour , A. Booth Packing company , Merchants' Express company , Phil Stlmnul , the Cndahy Packing company , the O. II , Hammond company , Wagner Bios. , Kitchen Bros. Hotel company , Frank company of Omaha , Omaha Elevator com pany , John S. Brady A , C. Drelbus , I ) , J. O'Brien , the Omrha Paper Box company , C. E. Carlton , W. A , Carney Freezer company , American Biscuit Manufacturing company , BoinU Omaha Bag company , American Typo Founder ) * ' company , King k Smcad , Moroo- Coo Shoo company , Branch & Co , Klrucli- braun & Sons , Santa Claia Manufacturing company. Q , L. Wegcivcr Bros. , J , Williams & Son , W. O. Sloan , Lro-Plarke-Andrceicn Haidware company , the People's Furniture & Carpet company , Milton Rogers & Hona , Thomas Kllpatrlck & Co. . B , B. Wood , Luther Drake , J. A , Crclghton , Gladstone- Broa. , II. Ttoscnitotk & Co , A. B. Hilhor- mann , Mrrrltt & Schlank , Arcade hotel , C J , Fucr , the limim Iron company , J , II. Millard. John 13 , Wilbur , Gocrgo B. Lake , V. A. Na h. H. II. Baldrlge D. T. Mount , Sf. H , Collins. Crelphton theater , Paxton & Rurgctti. Charles L Smith C. A. Leavny. W. T. Tucken , Charles Kllllan , Dewey & Stone Furniture compcny , H , Euwmbacb , Voegle & Dinning , H. Cartan & Co. , fharlf * II Pickers , 0 W. BctU M. F. nod- con , mnnnKcr Avcrv Planter company , Great Westf-rn S'ov company. M 0. Daxon Man- Ufa luring roinpauy , Contlucutal CUtblop