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WINNERS ARE NAMED
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Douglas Ocranty BapnbUoans Saleot tha Men
They Propose to Elects
FIVE OF THEM NAMED BY ACCLAMATION
Othora Chosen bj an Overwhelming Vote of
the Delegate ! .
ENTHUSIASM A CONSPICUOUS FEATURE
Baooeiifnl Candidates Oheored While Losers
Fledga Support.
VICTORY FORECASTED BY THE SPEAKERS
They Declare Hint Till * In n Ilrnnb-
llonn Year uud the Ueleicute *
-.out ICnthunlantlcnllT- -
dorno thn Sentiment.
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Treasurer FRANK B
Judge D. M. VINSONHAIjUK
Coroner * . * * . . .N. I. o * AISOUM
County Surveyor QEOROE M'lmiDE
County Superintendent 12. j. llflDKLL
1'ollco Judge B. F. THOMAS
State BeXitor. : . . VAC MUHKSII
p This is the ticket for which the repub-
" llcann of Douglim county will wage battln
rturlng the coming campaign. It waa nomi
nated at Washington hull yesterday after
noon In a convention remarkable for the
enthusiasm that prevailed and for the In
tone Intornnt manlfeatod In the proceedings
by the rank and file of the party.
The hoJl was packed by ono of the larg
est crowds that ever attended a political
/ invention In Douglas county. The dele
gates were crowded by hundreds of specta
tors who surged through the aisles and
wedged thomsclvoa compactly In the lobby
und galleries. During the half-hour preceding -
coding the call to order the econo waa ani
mated beyond nil precedent. Hundreds of
oxcltod men. were elbowing their way
through the crush , fixing combinations ,
buttonholing uncommitted delegates and
endeavoring to supplement the strength of
favorita candidate * ! .
* The only unrepubllcan feature on the
t s program was caused by a desperate effort
ot Chairman Burlxiuk of the county commit
tee to arrogate to himself the cholco of a
.1 temporary chairman In the face of the
. overwhelming sentiment of the delegates.
This led to a spectacle of rlotoua con
fusion for a few minutes , during which a
crowd of Webster pluggers , who had been
InsTtod in the lobby , created most of the
tumult. The matter was very quickly set
tled , by the convention , however , and from
that'tlmo to the end the proceedings were
euthunlaetlo and harmonious.
Cnllrcl to Order.
The convention was called to order at
2:30 : and the ante-convention con-
fualon gradually merged Into or
der. Cluilru.an Burbank of the county
contra ! committee Introduced W. A.
DoBord of the Seventh ward as temporary
chairman. W. J. Connell rose with a pro
test nnd declared the right of the conven
tion to name its chairman.
A mob of pluggers that the
Webster jrowd had Introduced Into
the hall tried to howl Connell down ,
but ho refused to subside. DcBord at
tempted to usurp the chair , but Connell
nominated John C. Wharton and put the
motion. Wharton was elected by a decisive
majority and for tbo next few minutes all
was turmoil. DoBord continued to
proceed with the organization
end so did Wharton , J. A. Tucker was
elected temporary secretary , while the Web-
oter crowd called for George Crolgh. A com
mittee on credentials was appointed by Mr.
Wharton nnd retired to deliberate.
' 'All this tlmo the confusion con
tinued , both chairmen were talkIng -
Ing at once nnd two conven
tions were apparently doing business In the
hall. Then A. II. Kelly of South Omaha
moved that the question be nettled by a roll
If. call and both factions consented to this
agreement. The First , Second , Third and
Fourth wards voted solidly for Wbarton
The Fifth nnd Seventh wont to DoBord and
the remaining wards went to Wharton. j !
, South Omaha went for DeBord and Clontarf !
I precinct gay > Wharton another block of
tvotoj. Nearly all the country precincts went
( to Wharton and ho was declared the chair-j ;
Sman by 124 to 4014Mr. . DoBord stated that I ]
| ho recognized the good taste of the convcn-j !
| tlon and retired In fuvor of Wharton. I
Mr. Whnrton thanked tha convention for I
5 the honor and declared that tbe bis and I
i enthusiastic crowd ho saw before him was j
Vindicative of republican success. It showed
Itliat the people wore ready , to uphold the
( honor of the II.IK and endorse tbe ndmln-
llstratlon of William McKlnloy , U also
lehowoJ that the republicans of Douglas |
[ county are determined to roll up a big |
ptJinJorlty next November.
f. The original committee on credentials had
been lost night of in the preceding turmoil
Fand It was reappolntod as follows : W , J.
rOonnell , John Grant. C. C. Bunblad , C. P.
hard , George Redman , II. P. Stoddart ,
nd H. B. Berlin.
Settle the CnntrMtH.
It wan announced that the committee had
contest from the Fifth ward on Ite hands
nd a representative of each of the con-
delegations wns Called in to present
Its side of thecontroversy. . While this
yon going on an Informal recess was por-
alttnd and the delegntra resumed their
oupatlon of combination building. The
iommlUeo won out nearly nn hour. The
bport , road by W. J. Connell , recommended
hat both contenting delegations from
Blontiuf precinct be eeatod with half a
| oto each ,
, 'In the Fifth ward content the committee
ortod that the antl-Saundera delegation
bould be eeatej. Here 128 voters had
toted for uino delegated on the null-
aundera ticket and for ono ot two nnmca
bat had beou added at the bottom of tbe
Ickot. The committee held that the voter
the right to vote for ten named and
voting in the circle for nlno dele
ct did not disfranchise him from voting
the Additional Dame.
rue Clontarf recommendation was op-
bved st once , but there was seine debate
the Fifth ward proposition , but it wiw
ppted almost unanimously.
) n , motion of George Sablne of the Seventh
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" the temporary organization was made
1 > ratt of the Slxth ward
MIlnvcrly for county clerk , N. P. Swan-
for coroner , George McBrlde for surveyor
Henry M. Ostrrui for county commls-
ncr In the Fifth district be declared the
luoiig nominees of the convention ,
6 Berlin's amendment by adding the
( Continued on Fourth
ASTOR MAY TURN SPECULATOR
HiiRlnml nonhtft , llorrever , lie Will
Sell III * American I > tnte
\VImt Antor'n Life In.
( Copyright , 1S99. by Press Publishing Co. )
LONDON. Sept. 9. ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) Tha report of
the negotiation of tbe r.ngllah syndicate to
purchase the Now York relate of William
Waldorf Astor In generally discredited In
financial circles In London. Absolutely no
Information on the subject U to be got from
the employes of Astor , who hare been given
Imperative orders to keep their mouths
closed. City men think Astor Is too astute
to rink the Iras which would certainly follow
the placing of suoh huge sums of money In
English securities , as the markets would
rule high the Instant It became known that
the money from the ealc of Astor's American
realty was to bo placed In English securities.
At present Astor In Identified as the holder
of a considerable amount of English railway
stock which bo has been buying for yenrs ,
but any attempt on his part to bear the
market so ae to buy up larger Interests
would bo mot by large demands for the stock
by the present holders. Oreat Northern pre
ferred stock Is one of his pet securities. The
Industrial and commercial markets , espe
cially the light railway Industry , will wel
come An tor'a money. In fact there IB plenty
of scope for Its Investment In London ,
whore he haa already made largo purchases
of freehold property from the duke of Norfolk -
folk and Lord Salisbury In the district run
ning from the Strand to the Thames em
bankment. This property Astor has greatly
Improved , building now houses at Increased
, ronta. Upon It Is the Astor estate , one of the
! most perfect pieces of medieval architecture
| In London.
Astor leada a very solitary life when In
London. Ho goes down to his olllce at
11:30 : each mornJng , there he attends to
his estate and newspaper business fnr a
couple of houm , as a rule , and re
mains In his office until after 6
o'clock , not even leaving for luncheon.
Lunch Is cooked In the office , one part of
which Is fitted up with perfect cuisine ar
rangements. The chef comes from Cnrlton
llousn terrace for the purpose. Astor usu
ally lunchcts alone , except when he Is i
Joined by his daughter , but he sometimes i
Invites Sir Douglas Straight , the editor of I
the I'all Moll Gazette , Lord Frederick j
Hamilton , the editor of the Pall Mall MagI I
nz.lne , or the business manager of the pa
pers. After lunch , about 2:30 : o'clock , ho
gets the first edition of the Pall Mall Ga
zette , which ho goes over with his secre
tary , making criticisms and suggestions.
Then ho sots to his literary work and It
Is believed by his entourage that he has
some big book of reminiscences or history
on hand , at which he works regularly , con
sulting a large number of books of refer
ence and occasionally going to the British
museum , where he sees the books In thn ,
private readers' room , or consults scholars
engaged In special researches. ;
When he Is llvlnc nt Cllvedu'n. his lovely ,
place on the Thames , which he bought from
the duke of Westminster , he comes to town j i
Just the same every day except on Saturday - {
day and Sunday. Ho seldom goes out to i
dinner or entertainments of any kind and j .
sees no Americans regularly with the ex- j
ceptlon nt Ambassador Choate and First i
Secretary Henry White. | '
Astor Is morose and unpopular , and does '
not receive many vlnltors ; but on his re i
turn from his Scotch holiday next week
he 'will give a reception at Cnrlton House
terrace , where big preparations are now
being made. This Astor function Is some
what strange , as London at present Is
eoclally dead. The servants are English '
and the man on the door at Carlton House '
terrace Is Just one of those fellows a child
would call a king of men and be dlgap- ]
pointed when told the man was only Astor's , '
'flunky. j I
M Cliveden a flrm of builders Is always
In possession of some part of the estate
and alterations and additions are constantly
being made. During the last season the
house parties have been very few , and the
Astor family has not been seen so much
on the river In their steam launch. Astor
subscribes pretty largely to various clubs
and Institutions In the Maidenhead neigh- j
borhood , but ho has made It a rule not * o
bo vice president of any of them , although '
ho has been frequently Invited. His name
often appears In the Maidenhead Cottage
hospital report as the donor of fruit , poultry - ! .
try and gamo. I
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MARLBOROUGH'S NEW HOUSE
Vtirloim Fnnleaonnt Complication * In
Getting the London Hlto
Prove HlndrniiccH.
( Copyright. 1899 , by Press Publishing Co. )
LONDON , Sept. 9. ( New York World | '
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The pur
chase of Curzon street chapel , Mayfalr , by
the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough has
not proved a success. The Idea was the
chapel should be pulled down and a new
house erected on the site , but so rouny
people have seemed horrified nt the Idea
that although the ground was never couse-
crated the duke and duchess hesitate to
carry out their plans. Having 'tiled to
obtain Lord Wharncllffo's house , just op
posite the chapel , they are trying quietly
to buy up a small house In an adjoining
street to get more ground. This Is being i
done under assumed names , lest prices be |
put up. It Is said the duchess thinks the
mere suggestion of building a now house
on the chapel alto bos brought her bad
luck.
luck.Reginald
Reginald Ward , who has just returned
from Mexico , where ho has been inspect
ing the Avlno mine , has now gone for a
short holiday to Spa. Before bo left ho
fulfilled an old engagement to May with
Lord and Lady IIowo at Gopsalltly , The
DuchFcis ot Marlborough and husband
wuro among the guests. Lady Howe made
a lot of money In Utah mines and Is in-
vostlnc heavily now in Avlnos ,
General Palmer had taken Ignhtham
Mote In Kent , but has left it abruptly , as
his daughter and several of Uio servants
contracted typhoid fever there. l < nhtharn
Mo to Is a beautltful residence , but the
general will not return and "gr < M back to
America directly his daughter IH well
onouch to travel.
PORTUGAL'S ' PLAGUE DWINDLES
Ilrltlnh Meillcnl Authority 1'oluU Out
Tlmt It Yleliln Unullly to
Sanitation ,
LONDON , Sept , 9. The bubonic plague In
Portugal shows no tendency to spread , but
rather ppenra to be dwindling. The British
Medical Journal eaya there is no need ot
alarm In regard to the disease. It asserts
that the best safeguards against tbe plague
are cleanliness and efficient sanitation and
denounces tha quarantine as "opposed to tbe
true principles of preventive medicine and
of proved useleunoso , "
The Journal also points out that "oven In
dirty Portugal the disease Is barely keep
ing alive. "
Drilled ,
PARIS , Sept. 9. A semi-official note was
Issued today emphatically denying the re
port that General de Galllfet , the minister
of war , had tendered bin resignation and
saying that proceedings would be taken
against the paper for publishing the report.
MOTOR CAR CRAZE
Demand for Horseless Oanlnpea i ;
Far Exceeds tha Supply
MANUFACTURERS SWAMPED WI
Ojclo Maker ? Art Devotin
to Building Automo ]
PETROLEUM IS USED FOR MOTIVE POWER
Exhanitivo Teats Are About to Be Made of
American Locomotives ,
TO BE USED ON GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
Will He nircn Thorough Trial Alonn-
nlilr ICiiKllxh-llnllt Engine * Intcr-
lOiprrlincnlK with
Kliiil of Armor 1'lntc.
( Copyright. IS * , by Press Publishing Co. )
LONDON , Sept. 9. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The craze
for motor car riding Is distinctly on the In
crease In this country. Manufacturers ,
either here or In France , cannot turn them
out fast enough and leading English firms
are overwhelmed with orders. It will be aa
great n craze next season In England
as It Is In France now and most of tbe cycle
makers at Coventry and Dlrmlnshnm are
experimenting on motors. Petroleum Is the
motive power used In every case. Elec
tricity Is rejected owing to the necessity for
charging stations. The duke of Westmin
ster's now motor wagonette made Its maiden
trip this week from Northampton to Lon
don ,
A test of absorbing Interest to American
and British railway locomotive builders Is
about to be tried on . the Midland railway.
The test arises out of a complaint against
the directors of the Midland and Oreat
Northern railways for sending to America
orders for goods and engines which British
firms are unable to turn out within a given
tlmo. A-J soon as all the American engines
are erected they will be placed on regular
duty In comparison with a like number of
British built engines of approximately equal
power and after a lengthened period of test
the results will be fairly and Impartially
compared.
H. A. Ivatt , locomotive superintendent of
the Great Northern railway , hag been ex-
nmlnlng American engines and says ho cannot -
not find any Important part that ought not
to last as long or nearly ns long as those of
the British engines. Charles Rousniarten ,
writing nn the subject In the Engineering
Magazine , sayo It proved that "American
builders can supply locomotives much more
quickly and somewhat more cheaply than
British makers hitherto have done. If ex-
perlence should further prove that the
American built locomotives are for all prac-
tlcal purposes as goc-d as the British built
engines It Is certainly to be expected that the
British railway companies will prefer the
makers who supply an equally uref ul cnjrlnf
and do so more speedily and cheaply. "
? f Tr Armor Pint * * .
Interesting experiments on now armor
plate for war ships have Just been con-
eluded at Shoeburynres , at the mouth of the
Thames. Tbe outer plate Is six Inches thick ,
made of the best steel , the backing consistIng -
Ing of a special composition , the nature of
which la being kept a secret. The new plates
were fired at with a 350-pound projectile at
n distance of 200 yards. When black pow
der was used the armor plate was after sev
eral shots found to be practically uninjured ,
the shot being In some Instances reduced to
powder by the force of the Impact. With
cordite It was found that the outer plate
could bo penetrated three Inches , and under
certain circumstances the shot went right
through , but the severest tests failed to
crack the plato. In naval warfare a hole
made by a ehot below the water line can
always be plugged up , but cracked and
split armor plates necessitate dry docking.
In the case of the new plates , when two
shots werfe flred simultaneously , hitting the
plato two feet apart , there were still no
signs of fracturo.
The postmaoter general , the duke of Norfolk -
folk , has shown a priflt of nearly $18.000,000
on the working of the British postofflce for
the year ending March last. The number
of postal packets of every kind delivered
during th ? year was 8,496,000,000 , London re
ceived 28 pei rent of the total of letters
poeted. The welfare of the working classes
is shown In the Increase of pnstofllco savings
bank deposits , which now stand nt $615,000-
000. There wan an Increase of C per cent
In telegrams. The staff of the p ° stofllco was
Increased by 10,000 employes during the
year and now stands at 160,000 , of whom
32,000 are females.
KiiKlniii ! ' * Trnde InerenHca.
England's foreign trade continues to ex
pand , Returns to the Board of Trade for
August ehow Imports of nearly $18,000,000
higher than during the same month lost
year and exports up more than $10.000,000.
Exports of yarns and textile fabrics are $5-
000,000 higher end raw materials $2,000.000
higher. Taking eight months , the volume of
trade In Imports Is up $41,000,000 and exports
$65.000.000.
Ambassador Choate will return to London
from Scotland toward the end of September.
lie has greatly enjoyed bin Scotch visit.
General Sumner , United State * military at
tache , left London Monday to attend the
German military maneuvers at Carlsruhe ,
where he will be on the emperor's staff.
Tho'prince of Monaco has raised a laugh
against himself at Monte Carlo by the eup-j |
prosslon of pictorial post cards printed In
Germany as dangerous to the state. The ] !
princeIs credited with a very limited oensei i
of the ridiculous. A German , so the story I
goes , stopped at the Monte Carlo hotel and
showed one of these souvenirs In a confl- j
dontlal moment to the landlord. The lat
ter requcated him to secure for him 100 such , I
This was done by the obliging Teuton. The
affair got abroad and the state was Imme
diately down upon would-be Interferes with
the prince's legitimate business. Tbe second - ,
end offending card showed the prince riding' '
upon a black ass saddled with bags of gold'
over bodies of countless Casino victims.
Underneath are the lines , "La Supreme
Lolcest la Bourse du Hot LoIcaH. "
Horrnril ( lonlil'n Crude.
Howard Gould had a very enjoyable cruise
In Norwegian waters In his steam yacht
Niagara with a large party of friends on
board. The Niagara has returned to South
ampton and been dry-docked for cleaning.
It Is being coaled and got ready to return
across the Atlantic for the America's cup
contests. Since leaving Southampton , May
IS , the Niagara covered 12,000 miles , Hugh
C , Kelley , secretary of the Royal Ulster club ,
will sail In it to New York for the cup
races ,
Sidney Grundy has replied to the critics who
condemned the unreality and sordid char
acters In his new play. "The Dcgeneratea , "
In which Mrs. Langtry Ui now appearing at
the Haymaxkot theater. Writing to the
Dally Telegraph , Grundy gay > :
"You have done mo the honor to take a
* > *
piny of mine- called 'Tho UcggBCratcs1 ns
a text for n most admirable leipTng article.
The view expressed In the nrtlcFc&I hold BO
strongly myself that 1 oneo topttMt as the
text of a play , and 1 called thatfplay 'The
Degenerates. * It Is not the cheaply-cynical ,
smartly-sordid or cleverly-pessimistic and
Ironical which lasts. In the coilree of the
second net the clioaplycynlcajr emartly-
sordid and several other ovll and unhappy
types fade out They cannot "lost. What
la evil In life Is cured or compensated by
the ordinary process of nature , or life could
not continue. Only characters which have
In them some clement of good survive , and
It Is only what Is good In them that eur-
vlvtfl. This Is the ono and only meaning
of my play , and the pit and circle and gallery -
lory grasped It. God bless them , "
Mrs. Langtry , though pla/lng nightly at
the Haymarket , nevertheless Is living at
tha Hotel Motropolo In Brighton. She Is
doing this to escape the worry from callers
and to spend hur tlmo In the society of her
husband She cornea to town every evening
on a fast train , which Just allows her tlmo
to dress for the pcrfotmnnce. She lenves
by the List train , starting at midnight.
Langtry upends the greater part of the day
In the open air and takes great Interest In
motor car rldlnc- She devotes several hours
dally to that amusement and bos recently
ordered n tandem motor cyclo.
COMING OF A NOTED BEAUTY
Muriel \VltNon , Formerly 11 Illvnl of
Coiinnclo Yumlerlillt , In 12 n
Itonfc to Anicrlcn.
, ( Copyright. 1S93. by Presn Publishing Co. )
I LONDON , Sept. 9. ( New York World Ca-
I blegram Special Telegram. ) Muriel Wll-
EOU , the most striking figure' In English
, smart society , accompanied her brother and
j slstcr-lu-law , Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wllsou ,
. and two or three other friends on a visit to
America by the Majestic Wednesday. Miss
] Wilson Is the youngest daughter of Mr. and
: Mrs. Arthur Wilson of Tranbycroft , made
I famous by the baccarat trial nlno or ten
I j years ago , when the prince ot , Wales was a
j witness and Sir Wllriarn Gofdo'n Cummlngs
was practically prisoner at the bar , although
| as a mater of fact It was hojiwho brought
| i action for libel oecauso accused ot cheat-
i i Ing at cards. ,
| I She possesses the rarest combination of
beauty and talent aod commanding social
| charm. She Is a tall , dark , handsome girl
i with lustrous" , entrancing eyeafull red lips
and dark , wavy hear. She haa 'a .splendid
figure and hauteur of manner qjilte ol caste
'
Vere de Vere , although her fattier la only a
| wealthy shipbuilder at Hull andiher mother
Is a daughter of the postninc r' of Leeds.
Her two Bisters , Mrs. Meuzles and Mrs.
Lycett Green , strange to say , -aro , both , very
i i fair and petite with masses of palo gqlden
!
' hair.
I Muriel Wilson fills now the unlquo'-po-
1 sltlon In English society occupied by 'Mar- '
! j got Tenuant before her marriage with Her
bert Asqulth , but while wl'.hout Margot's
I cultivated eccentricities , .she is Incomparably -
! j ably handsomer and has displayed histrionic
talents of n rare order. As quite a child
she evinced great taste for dtuiclngj and
acting and used to delight hoc friends -by
! i
| , graceful skirt dancing. Sjm Is the 'most ac-
i I complished amateur actress in Englun < f.and
| ; has played on several , oc wilons at Cjiats.- ' '
j j worth at the duke afifK , ' * oT Devon-
1 . hlre's theatrical en'tertalumonts. H"er orl-
j I cntal type of beauty lands Itself to succesa-
1 ful representation of eastern characters and
she bos taken part in tableaux vlvants , ap
pearing oa Vashtl , Ruth or Cleopatra.
Miss Wilson pays great attention to her
dress and at present shows predilection for
black gowns , which are generally admitted
to bo rather too old for her. When she-
first came out she created qulto a sensa
tion , being very picturesquely dressed In
pearl white satin , not mode In ordinary
dressmaker's style , but rather draped
, around her figure In rich creases , fastened
with diamond buttons at the waist. Be
hind her long train of chiffon , with soft ,
, foamy flounces , fell around her like a cloud.
She wears her hair dressed loosely somo-
tlmcs with a snood of blue ribbon or whlto
tulle and sometimes a crimson rose tucked
carelessly behind the ear. She has had a
thorough French education and speaks the
language like a native.
When at Tranbycroft Muriel Wilson generally -
' orally was to be seen with her father nt
all meets of hounds and Is Invariably In
I
. ' the foremost flight in the field , a bold and
fearless rldor. with admiration of the hunt , ! |
fond of animals and especially of dogs. When | j
at Tranby she Is always accompanied by a
favorite phcep dog Peter , and fox terrier ,
Although ono of the most popular girls In
the smartest of smart sets , she Is equally .
beloved In the country .around about Tranby- ! i
croft. She und her mother do not neglect '
their poorer neighbors and at Christmas
tlmo nobody on the estate Is forgotten.
Miss Wilson might have married almost
anyone sbo choso. At one time to all In
tents and purposes she was engaged to the
' I young duke of Marlborough , but the mar-
rlago could not come off , as her income
was not sufficient to sot right the embar
rassed Blonholm estates. Then she became
engaged to Lord Wllloughby Deresby , oldest
son and holr of the earl of Lancaster , but
, this engagement she broke off , as she found
she did not love him well enough to marry
him and was not to bo tempted by hie posi
tion and immense wealth. She Is a very
warmhearted girl , full of fun , and la the
life and soul of Tranbycroft parties , whore
not only gambling but nil sorts of romping
gamee are In vogue. Oliver Wilson , her
good looking younger brother , was onca a
great admirer of Miss DUCT , now Mrs. Clarence -
enco Mackey.
fit. I.ouU Merchant ! ) ImllRnant.
ST. LOUIS , Sept. 0. An informal meetIng -
Ing of the most prominent merchants In
St. Louis was held this afternoon shortly
after the Dreyfus decision became known
and It was unanimously agreed that not
ono of thorn would attend the Parts oxpo-
sltlon or make an exhibit. It was also
agreed that they would use their Influence
to deter others from attending or making
exhibit * .
Snvoil by CUnnlm * to Hcer Kejc.
QUINCY. III. , Sept. 9. The government
Bte-araer Ramona last night at midnight
struck a skiff containing six belated mor-
rymakcrs in Quincy bay. All were thrown .
Into tbe water and three drowned. DoaJ |
are : John E. Welikamp. Lulu Uroy , Mary
McCarthy. The other three , George Lam- I I
bur and Thomas Dowd of Quincy nnd
Jaratw Drlscoll of St. Louis were saved by
clinging to a beer keg from the overturned
boat.
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Movement * of Oornn V ' i-l , Sept. 0.
At Now York Arrived Thlngvalla , from
Stettin.
At Hong Kong Arrived Previously ,
Gaelic , from San Francisco.
At Antwerp Arrived Frlesland , from
New York.
At Liverpool Arrived Taurlc , from New
York.
At Boston arrived Pavonla. from Liv
erpool ; Derbyshire , from Liverpool.
At New York Sailed Palatla. for Ham
burg : Campania , for Liverpool ; Manltou ,
for London ; La Champagne , for Havre ;
Standam , for Rotterdam via Boulogne ; Ems , '
for Naples' City of Rome , for Glasgow.
At Quoenatown Arrived Etrurla , from
New York for Llverpoof ,
At Now York Arrived Urabrla , from
Liverpool.
PARIS ON A VOLCANO
Slumbering Tires Likely to Precipitate
Serious Trouble at Any Moment.
WHOLE CITY STUNNED BY DREYFUS VERDICT
Boulevards Thronged with Surging Masses
Who Eagerly Read the Papars.
TROOPS ARE IN READINESS FOR SERVICE
Grand Opera Filled with Soldiery Who
Bivonao for the Night.
PRINCIPAL STREETS FULLY GARRISONED
UrcyfnnnrilH Prououc to Carry Their
Cnnc Up to ( he I'rcnlilcnt Ilnnil
lit Their nrinnndn for n
llrvlnlon.
( Copyright , 1S99. by Press Publishing Co. )
PARIS , Sept. 8. ( New York World Cablegram -
gram Special Telegram. ) Paris Is stunned
and though Immense crowds throng the boul-
ovnrds , there are no violent commotions ,
, The news was known ton minutes after five
\ , when the vendors began selling edition after'
edition on foot and from fiacres. The Drey-
fusard Journals put up their shutters and the
antl-Dreyfusards displayed flags and Illum
inated Chinese lanterns.
The garrison of Paris U confined to the
barracks , but the police and republican
guard are In evidence or concealment all
over the city. As there Is no performance
at the opera , that building Is filled Inside
with troops In readiness for service. The
preclncta of the Bourse , Ma'lelelne Marie
, and Rue Drurot are similarly garrisoned.
The men are bivouacked for the night. j
The Dreyfusltre are generally not astonIshed - I '
Ished at the verdict , knowing that the esprit
de corps and the Influence of the military
chiefs would carry the day. At the same
tlmo they proclaim their determination to
carry on the struggle , first by an appeal to
the military council for a revision and next
by forcing tbe president and Senate to convoke -
voke the Chamber before the usual date of
reassembly In October , The military Justice
being separate from civil Justice In Franco
the court of cassation cannot finally try the
case.
DREYFUS HAS TWO FRIENDS
Colonel tie Ilreoii nnd Cni-
tulii Ilriiuvnln Vote to Aciiilt
the AoeiiNed O 111 cor.
( Copyright. 1S99 , by Pres ? Publishing Co. )
RENNES , Sept. D. ( New' Yor c World
;
'
'Cablegram Special T-alpgramO Two offi
cers voted for acquittal , Lieutenant Colonel'
de Brcon and Captain Beauvals. Major
Profllet , whose eyes filled with tears three
times while Demange spoke , finally voted
against Dreyfus.
Beauvals and De Breon showed by their
attitude an Indignant disapproval of tha
verdict. When the court-martial stood
back of the long table for the rending of
the decree , De Breon drew a step backward '
and clenched his white-gloved hand. Beau
vals stood quite separately from the others
whllo Jouaust read. The conclusion of the
ceremony waa the communicating of the j
verdict to the accused. As the members I
of the court-martial were leaving the Lycee
Jouaust stepped toward the two officers
with both hands extended , paying.
"Now , none of this bct'veen us , gentle
men. Each of us has done what his con
science dictated. Let not a difference of
opinion part us. "
Boauvals took the proffered hand , while
Do Breon simply bowed. Later , outside
the Lycco , Jouaust Insisted more strongly
on an Immediate reconciliation and Invited
the two officers to his carriage. They de- j i
|
cllned nnd walked away together , talking !
j
and looking sad. Near the bridge they
,
parted. De Breon went straightway to tbe j
cathedral and there remained , kneeling and
praying over an hour. Beauvals bad his
horse saddled and rode off Into the coun
try * Inquiry at his house elicited the la-
formation that he had not returned at 9
o'clock.
OPINIONS ON THE VERDICT
Prominent Frenchmen Ilrrend the Itc-
ult nn nn Outrnjre Committed
AKufn.it Humanity.
( Copyright , 1839 , by Press Publishing- . )
RENNES , Sept. 9. ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) Nordau says :
"No worda would fitly express my Indigna
tion. "
Jnurca eaye : "Military tribunals must be
abolished and will be. They are eorvtlo and |
mediaeval In their prejudices. All citl- j |
zcna must bo equal before the luw. The j
danger of allowing one caste to consider j
Itself separate from the rest of the na- |
tlon and above the common law Is vividly j
exemplified In today's monstrous decision. "
Octave Merbeau saya ; "This marks the
beginning of a protracted political convul
sion. Either we shall rink to the Insignifi
cance ot Spain or rid our country of the
clerical obscuratlsm which does not per
vade the army alone , hut a large portion of
our people. "
Demange seems exhausted to the point of
collapse and cannot speak above a whisper ,
Ho says : "It IB terrible , unbelievable. It
is the most awful shock received in ray life.
I am trying to put myself in these men's
places and view the problem as they did.
Try aa I may I cannot grnap how they
reasoned out that they had to do this. "
Labori says : "It is as I expected. I was
convinced from the first that I was dealing
with an unconscionable cct and handled
them accordingly. My views were not fully
supported , so I consented to yield. Now
'tis not for me to speak. The fight was
not carried on as It would have been If I
had been fully In charge. Now wo must
bend all our energies to secure a reversal
and obtain a new revision. I em leaving
with Demange at 12 tonight to present an
appeal at Paris. Monlra alone stays here
to get the signature of Dreyfus on the pa
pers. " ,
I found Severlno weeping as a bo wrote her
artlcte for tomorrow's Fronde. She gays :
"I have juat returned from Madame Drey
fus. In this turmoil of political patwloca
the poor woman Is quite forgotten. She
was surrounded by her relatives. Her eye
was dry and ehe was abnormally calm and
eilenu When she aaw me oh ethrew herself ,
THE BEE BULLETIN ,
Forecast for Nebraska
Fair and Cool ; Northerly Winds.
Page.
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SiipiirenNed i\clleini-itt : In 1'nrlx ,
C'niilnlii Urcyfn * fiinvleteil.
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Ci. A. H. A n linn I Iteiinliin ,
I Situation In tlii > TraiiNViial.
\IM > M from tinriilllitln | | 'N ,
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Sanitarium for Soldiers ,
0 I.ntVceU In Onuilm Soelrtj- .
Mnilcal HovliMv of tinWeolt. .
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11 Iliiem * StriiKltlo for l.llierly.
With the Wheel * mill Wheelmen.
1-1 In the DonuiIn of Woman ,
in In the Wnr. . . of Amusement.
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IT "Drolleries of DoileRlll. "
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In euy arms , sobbed long and then told mo
about her Interview with her husband after
the verdict. What an awful thing. These i
two. after all this hope , find themselves !
torn apart again. Plans have been made
for the children to be moved to n secret' '
country place , where Itas Intended Drey
fus and his family nhould rive for a few
months. They had told thulr papa about
his return. And now the prison again ; dls -
honor again ; the same vicious pang await
ing them all each morning at awakening.
The men who today sacrlllccd these Inno
cent lives on the altar of their clannish
hatreds must over bo haunted by distracting
rerooree , else we shal doubt Divine Justice. "
Kola telegraphed the following to Labori :
| "You were right , wo wrong. Your plan o (
| making this crime Impossible by dlsqu.il-
i ! ifylng thoroughly nil military wltncosce
shows you have penetrated them niovo
tbnn we. Henceforth count mo ns the
most determined partisan of a vigorous
fight and no mercy to the foe when wo
have him down. From this day I re-enter
the arena never again to leave It. "
Clemencenu telegraphed Labori : "Con
gratulations. Nevertheless you know what
1 think and how J feel. Now we muHt
never rest until these flvo men now branded
before an offended world anr securely
lodged In the penitentiary for wilful abuse
of the sacred laws trusted to their hands. "
Under the tltlo "Now Between Them
and Ourselves , " Henri Turot , the celebrated
' Parisian , Journalist and prwput lieutenant
of Jean Jaurca , haa written n statement
which representH accurately the tone of the
article sent from Ronncs to Paris tonlngt
by nil the Dreyfusard Journalists.
M. Turot Is well known In the United
i States because of his numerous duels. One
or two years ago ho fought with Anna
Gould's husband , Count Bonl do Castellano.
M. Turot recently returned from the Phll-
Ipplnes , where ho was delegated by the
French Society of Political Economy to study
American operations and prospects. Follow
ing Is his statesmen ! :
"Tho nationalists had sought to put this
problem before the Hennes court-martial ,
'Mercler or Dreyfus ? '
"Tho abominable tactics has been suc
cessful and flvo criminals , flvo wretches
usurping the uniform of French olllrers
have again condemned the Innocent captain
to save the general who was convicted as
a liar and forger.
"And yet. In order to avoid giving any
pretext for this monstrous conception of a
purely Judicial role , Labori , with sublime
abrogation , had renounced his privilege to
expose the corruption of the high staff.
"Now , the folly of this sparring Is far
seen. The era of prudent attenuations has
closed between this ferocious militarism '
and the friends of progress. The war will j
continue between the facts now without '
mrcy and without poEfilblo end save their
destruction or ours.
"Honiombor , brothers of the great Ameri
can republic , you must not Judge France on
this verdict a largo body of th cnatlon
clairaors for truth und Justice and BO longc
as alnglo cne of us shall have a hand to
wrlto with and a voice to cry with the In
famy of these flvo men will bo proclaimed
dally to the civilized world. And they will
never find enough gags and enough hand
cuffs to smother our anger or coerce our
revolt. HENRI TUROT. "
LANGTRY ON "DEGENERATES. "
She Ilke < he Character of Mm , Tre-
relyuii In the IMny anil Ile-
llcrcM It True to Life.
( Copyright , 1SW , by Press Publishing Co. )
LONDON. Sept. 9. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) I > Interviewed -
viewed 'Mrs. ' Langtry at Haymarket theater
tonight , but considering that she travels
to end from Brighton cneh day to the
theater , It U not surprising , remembering
the small amount of tlmo at her disposal
and the nuinhcrn she had to sen between
actu , that the Interview wno of the briefest.
I began by complimenting hcr on the fact
that the Prince of Wales , who only landed
In London at 4:30 : yesterday afternoon , had
been to sec her the same evening.
"And now as to the moral of 'The De
generates , ' " said Mrs. Langtry , "the moral
couldn't bo bettor , I should think. I am
n widow who skatra more or lefa on thin
Ice and seem to bo a great deal worse than
I am , but when m ? daughter returns It pulls
mo up , eo to speak , and brings out all the
good Unit is In me. "
"Hut do mothers bate their daughters for
making thorn look old , " I aald.
"No woman llko Mrs. Trevelyan , living
In a fast set that BIO ! docs , would wel
come a daughter of 1C when nho herself
Is only 33 , Hut women do fear old a o ,
they dUllke to bo thought anything but
young at 33. and the mother who mixes In
a vortex of pleasure as does Mrs. Trev-
elj-an could not honestly bo pleased at the
return of her grown-up daughter. Plenty
of mothers might not bo honest enough to
say so , but they would dislike evidence of
ago none the lees. Mrs. Trevelyan Is Ini-
pulslvo and says what sbo thinks on the
epur of the moment. "
"You like the character ? "
"It suits mo admirably , and , judged by
tbe applause , It suits the public also Jt
Is a good auccewi. The 'Degenerates' could
not be more no "
"Aro you going to take the plere to
Ameri < a later i n' "
"PoH.-bly-- | . a moment -I an trying to
arrange for another Jxiivlon thc-ier , as my
stay hero is only for eU wce * . "
DREYFUS CONDEMNED
Expected Happens and Unfortunate Captain
it Again Branded a Traitor ,
VOTE STANDS FIVE TO TWO AGAINST HIM
Punishment Motcd Out bj tha Judgts is
Ten Years' ' Iirprisonmont.
PRISONER HEARS HIS DOOM UNMOVED
Ilia Dsvoted Wife Bears Up Very Bravely
Under the Awful Blow ,
CONVICTED MAN MAY YET BE PARDONED
lltn I.nvrycrn I.ciive llrnnrn for 1'nrln
anil Will nt Once Tukc Mt'iinurc *
l.uoklna ; to n Itn > l5luu
of the Cnnc.
RENNES , Sept. 9. The expected has hap-
pi-ut'd. Dreyfus has 'been condemned , but
though n majority of these In the court
room this afternoon 'expected the verdict ,
they were completely stupclU'd when it was
given.
The silence which prevailed In the room ,
when men turned pale and caught their
breath , was more linprivslvo than any other
manifestation could have been. Maltra
Demango sank back In his chair and tears
trickled down his cheeks and Maltro La
bori turned whlto as a sheet , while all
around the court room looked at each ether
In sllcnco. Positively the only sound to bo
hoard was the rustling of papers from the
reporters' benches as each press representa
tive tried to bo first to send the news.
As the audience left the court room fully
ten or fifteen men were crying openly and
the majority of Uioso present walked quietly
down the street for more than a block
without KpcaMng a word. It was llko a
funeral procession.
DrryfiiN Hour * III * Srnionne.
Meanwhile a tragedy was being enacted In
the llttlo room off the court room , whore
Dreyfus listened to the reading of the ver
dict. Ho had been told the result by his
lawyers and had wept bitterly , but when In
the presence of the officials of the court-
martial ho listened Impaealvcly to the sen
tence.
His wife , who was waiting In torture and
suspense nt her house , 'bore the news bravely
and when visiting her husband this after
noon showed the onlookers who were In the
streets no slgr of her suffering as she walked
from her carriage to the prison.
Mathleu Droyfua was not present in oourl
this afternoon , but vlnlted .his brolhur aitef
the verdict had been rendered. Ho found
him perfectly calm and without any mani
festation of surprise at the finding of the
court. The prisoner simply shrugged his
shoulders , uttering an expressive "bah ! "
adding as he embraced his brother as tbe
latter was preparing to leave : "Console
my wlfo. "
I'arilon Looked For.
The general belief Is that Dreyfus will
bo pardoned , but this will not satisfy hla
friends , who vehemently declare that they
will refuse to accept the verdict and will
continue the battle until the judgment ia
reversed. The verdict , they say. Is directed
more against the Jews than against Droy-
fiie , and If allowed to Btand will make
their existence In Krance impossible.
Mnltre Labori and Maltro Dcmange took
the midnight train for Paris. They drove
to the station In a closed carriage , escorted
by four mounted gendarmes. The road was
practlcaHy deserted and no demonstration
occurred en route or at the station.
Maltro Domange and Maltro Labori will
tomorrow sign nn application for a revi
sion of the case , although there Is no hope
that the verdict will bo reversed. Both
are very rauoh upset , but It cannot be said
that they were surprised.
Text of the Judgment.
The text of the Judgment Is as follows :
Today , the flth of September , 1S99. the
court-martial of the Tenth Legion army
corps , deliberating behind closed doors , the
president put the following question :
"IH Alfred Droyfus , brevet captain , Four
teenth regiment of artillery , probationer on
the general staff , guilty of having In 1894 en.
tereil Into machlnatlonu or held relations
with a foreign power or ono of Its agents to
Induce It to commit hostility or undertake
against Franco or procure It the means
therefor by delivering the notes and docu
ments mentioned In tbo document * ! culled tbo
bordereau according to the decision of the
court of cassation of June 3 , 1899 ? "
The votes wore taken separately , begin
ning by the Inferior grade and youngest In
the last grade , the president having given
his opinion last. The court declares on the
question by a majority of flvo votes to two :
"Yes , thn accused la guilty. "
The majority agreed that there are ex
tenuating circumstances , In consequence of
which and on the request of the commis
sary of the government the president put
the question and received again the votes
In above mentioned form.
As Vt result the court condemns by a ma
jority of flvo volts to two Alfred Droyfus to
the punishment of ten years' detention ,
HKNNKS , Sept. 8. Tbo representative of
the Associated I'rceo hero learns on good
authority that ono of tbo members of the
cabinet told a friend that Dreyfus would
probably not Imvo to undergo further Im
prisonment and that if ha was tent to
prison hid place of confinement would
probably bo the Uland of St. Marguerite ,
near Canas , where Marelml Bazalue wiui
Incarcerated and thence he escaped ,
IIIISV.
Aiitl-Drryf UMnrda Start to 31 a roll on
lint Hotel Moilerni ! .
R.ENNES , Sept. 9. Scenes of great ex
citement occurred at Hennea tonight. The
antl-Oroyfusards broke leone and started a
domoiibtraUon which , but for prompt and
rigorous measure * ) by the police , would un
doubtedly have developed into norlouH dis
orders.
The first sign of trouble manifested Itself
Immediately after the verdict became
Ut.own. The Btreeta loading to tbo Lycoo
wcro at the time filled with crowd * of people
ple awaiting news from the court room.
The announcement of the prisoner's con
demnation was agreeable to n majority of
thic , unil chenm aud cries of "Vivo
wuro raleed The ecndarinm und
looked on without making uny nt-
tempt nt intorfwence , The terrace in front
of the C'afo Do La Pulx , the leading cafe
of Henues , was filled with the uouule talc.-