The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTAHUSITED JUKE K), 1871.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MOHXCSG, MAY 11, 1900-TWJ3LVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
ZAND RIVER CROSSED
EobirU Announcss That the. Bnsn Aro In
lull Retreat.
BETS BEING MADE ON PrUTOHIVS FALL
Membiri of Parliament Waeer it Will
Ocoor in Two Month?,
STEYN'S TROOPS READY TO GIVE BATTLE
Adfance Torca of General) Rundla and
Brabant Fired On,
PRETORIA AUDIENC . COMMANDEERED
All the .Men Who Allnul n llenclll
Performance tin do In Join
the Arni Home
All Tn U I-ii,
LONDON, May 11. The war office fans re
ceived tho following dlspntch from Lord
Roberts;
"Cable Cart, Zand Illver, May 10. Tho
..v , . , ,,, reireiu. i ney occupia-i a drawing room. Her majesty nppeared to
position wenty miles In length. Ours watt J be ,n excellent health lind evinced keen
uccersarlly longer. With tho widely scat- picasuto at the warmth of the popular greet
tciod force It will take some tlm- to lean lm? whlch ho roPPlvcd along the whole
"-". "ii m pe.ui we nave not
-.vivi, jiiutii, i ne uuvuiry nnu norsc ar
tillery am pursuing tho Ilocri by thrco dif
ferent roads."
A nhort t mo afterward this message was
received: ( ablo Cart Headquarters, at tho
Iront, May 10 (2:10 a. m.).-Wc aro now
cross tho Zand river. The enemy aro mill
Iioldlng a ntrong position, but we are gradu
ally pushing them back."
Tho crossing of tho Zand river by the
British npponrs to have been effected sooner
than cvn tho meat bangulno expected and
thin morning Lord Roberts' temporary head
quarters is established In a cablo cart on
tho north bank of the river.
llellliiK on Pretoria' full.
Members of tho Houso of Commons were
Iroely hotting In tho lobbies Innt evening that
liord Roberts would bo In Pretoria In two
months. Tho ministerialists are building
confident, hopes upon tho comprehensive
jduiin ho had communicated to tho war of
Jlco. Predictions nro definitely made that ho will
bo In Kroonstnd next Monday and It Is be
lieved that his advance force In already
troconnoltorlng in tho vicinity of Ventors,
whero tho hilly country begins again.
Beyond Kroonstad In an Intricate and dlf
llcult country nnd If tho Boere should olect
o fight, R Is pcwnlblo they could check tho
progress of tho British until the cavalry
Jiavt. had time to rido around their Hank
nnd threaten tholr rear.
From lli.000 to 20,000 In the highest ostl
niato of tho Boers under General Botha, who
U said to havo forty-six guiiH. Botha and
(Scneral Do Wot aro reported to have quar
reled Iord Robert In pressing hard after this
foreoVlth fc.ooO'moa und HO gunn and 20,
000 inoro men aro easily available. Lord
Itoborts' nuinmarlca of rcnultH aro not fol
lowod by any up-to-dato pres tolegrams.
Tho correspondents aro confined to events
two or thrco dajii old, o far aa Lord Rob
erta lu conrernod.
Meyn to (Jive llnttle.
President Steyn with 10,000 men In ro
jKrted to havo been cast of Thaba N'Chu
yesterday (Thurwday) noon and a battle was
then Imminent. Tho ndvanco troops of Gen
eral Rundlo and General Brubrant were bo
iug llred on.
According to advices from Durban, dated
Thursduy, General Bullcr'n army In "rihow
Ing activity," but a complcto embargo Is
l)laced on iiowb from him. Now Zealand
ncouts burned tho homestead of a farmer
named Grcyllng, In whoso houso arms were
found at Dcorlng.
During a concert for tho sufferers from
tho Bcgblo worka oxplotdon, given Saturday
veiling at Protorla In tho Gaiety theater,
tho doors, woro suddenly closed and every
innn In tho nmllcnco was commandeered. All
tho horses wero taken from tho convey
uncrn outside.
President Kruger has released tho Dally
Mall corrcspoudentti, Hallowoll nnd Hof
tnclor. Half tho foreign morchantH at Loronzo
Marques held an Indignation meeting to pro
test against tho new regulations, whereby
blankets, clothing and "bully boef" wan de
clared contraband. Twelve thousand cases
ro In bond there.
Two Preach vessels carrying goods con-
elgnod to Lydcnburg have been slopped.
Doi'M .Siillnliiiry I'enr I'rnneef
The alarmist lone of Lord Salisbury's j
Bpcccn weiinranuy has created tho Impioi- ,
ton that tho apprehension of the premier
oro oven inoro sorlous than ho exprenscd.
111m utterance aro Hscrtbcd lo Ihn recent
MU'crsm of tho nationalists In France, hatted
of England being ono of the weapons of tha
campaign. The revival of military glory,
one of tho Ideals set up In France, Is re
garded as dangnrnus lo Kngaud.
Thn Times publshes a otter from Boem
fonteln describing tho Koorn Spruit disaster.
Tho writer saya that was due to a criminal
neglect of thn most primitive precautions In
wnr aud ho asserts that an advance guaid
of a slnglo troop would have averttM tho
mishap.
The Standard publishes the following,
dated May 9, from Wolgelegeti:
"Tho engagement ou tho Vet river caused
tho Dopm to bo dissatisfied with their lead
ers. I learn from Protorla that the Boers
ininn.i rn 4 i .....v,
ih,rforolgn nicrceaHcs tho Bia k oPd - ! TRhao,nSmcr.0can,,t,:,.sC!,0a, l' C 8trn"
fending Johanuoshurg and Pretoria. Tbo T,hf T .1 .r'r'VateS klUeJ
foreign mercenaries are now -dvocnt nB "o 'Z'm U l08t
1, ,, , i.7. 'I. '"
operations on large scale, but the Boers
ro net dashing enough for that kind of j
work, , ha ever happem at Krooastad.
mm is n. wuuui mai mo irontler win
so strongly contcst.d."
LONDON, May 10. The Wnr office has ,
received from Lord Roberta a dispatch dated 1
Zand River Camp, May 9, saying: "i havo
recoiveu a mom rneery telegram from
Baden-Powell, datod April 27,
WOMEN ARE READY TO FIGHT
Offrr to Torin n Corim for Trnimviinl
Army In llefenur of
, Their Country.
PRETORIA. Wednesday. May 9. President
Krugcr has received a telegram from a
tmrghorcss asking If the time haj not arrived
for tho formation of a corp3 of women, ad
ding that she Is prepared, with a body of
women volunteers, to take up anna in de
fcnie of tho Independence of the Traiuvnnl.
No ('iiiillriiint Ion of llnnior.
LONDON, May 10. The colonial otllce has
no Information confirming the rumor current
In Accra that Kumnssi had fallen.
I plilcES WILLI1MAIN STEADV
tire it 'nriiruli' 'I'll 1 n U n Demitm! for
Iron Product on tin;
Inereme.
Andrew Carnegie was
present tonMturllldlnz sefolon of
the Iron and 'VHPn meeting. lie
briefly addressed nKesatos, thanking
them for tho reception ifrnnted him. In an
Interview with the Associated Preas he said:
"Having only arrived thin morning 1 have
had no time, to leern what uhnngo has oc
curred while I was on tho Atlantic, but
basing my oplnl n on the conditions which
existed when I left, I can say 1 do not be
llovo any serious reduction In prices will
occur In tho Iron and steel market. The
world's domand shows nlgns of Increasing
rather than decreasing. The recent drop
In America wan merely a 'ransltlsn from
fictitious to real values. Such famine prices
an had boon reached were Impossible to
prove lasting. Naturally, If the American
Steel and Wlro company Insists on refusing
to take material for which It contracted n
depressing Influence muit bo felt. Hut I
regard thin action and the shutting down of
tho mills as comparatively unimportant
factors, of merely temporary effect and not
In the least likely to remit In any serious
diminution of price or In tho production of
the world'n s'ool and Irrn market. I am
entirely satisfied with tho present situation."
llleen Arrlte III l.oniloii.
LONDON', May 10. Tho queen arrived In
London at noon today. She will opend
three days hero and attend tomorrow's
, rmUo , Buckingham palace. Prior to
leaving Paddlngton station, by tho qucon'n
rrqueet. the railroad dog which collect
money on bthalf of the widows and or
' pnnBi waH brought to tho royal ho
. riTge and her majenty contribute
' Oioctlng box.
saloon car
tributcd to the
collecting box
ierinnlij Denlen lleiort.
BI3RLIN. May 10. The nemi-oniclal Post
thU evening ilenlcs that Germany has par
ticipated In tho collective noto which, ac
cording to a dl.ipalch credited to a semi
official source In Pretoria, tho powers have
dollvcrod to PreHldont Krugcr Informing
him that they will hold him personally
responsible for tho nafely of the mlnon nnd
for the support of Great Britain in enforcing
compensation In tho ovont of their destruc
tion. STATUS OF WHEAT AND RYE
Monthly Report of the Aurletil tnriil
Department on Comlltloii of
AVInler Crops,
IWASHIN'OTON, LMay 10. Tho monthly re
port of tho Agricultural department Is as
follows:
Returns to tho statistician of the De
partment of Agriculture made up to May
1 show tho urea of winter wheat In culti
vation on that Onto to havo been about
2,&SG,000 acres, or 3,nfi3,oiJ decrease, or 11.8
per cent less than the area estimated to
havo been sown last fall. The reduction In
acreago In tho principal states, owing to
winter killing and the ravages of thn Hes
sian lly. Is as follows: milium, l.fjOx.ftn);
Ohio. Wtt.OilO; Michigan. .1I7.0U0; Pennsyl
vania, lM,0oo; Illinois, 137,0iO.
Kor tbu area remaining under cultivation
tho average condition on May 1 wus it.jt.
While this uverngo Ih 6.2 point abovo the
menu of the averages for the Inst ten
years ami has been exceeded only thrtu
times in fifteen yearn It must bo remem
bered that tho acreago plowed up, cut for
furngo (except In California It Is not yet
definitely ascertainable) or otherwise
abandoned, has been entirely eliminated.
The high average of condition reported
last mouth for Kansas, Missouri, Texas
and other morn or less important wheat
producing states that have escaped the
ravages of the lly have been fully main
tained and on May 1 nearly onu-hnlf of the
cntlro winter wheat acreago remaining
under cultivation reported a full normal
or still higher condition.
The average condition of winter ryo on
May 1 was Mi.f, per cent, as compared with
M.2 on May 1, l.sffil; ftl.n on May 1. isns. and
W.7, the mean of the May averages for tho
last ten years. Pennsylvania and Now
York, with 42.1 per cent of the total win
ter rye aercugo of the country, report con
dltlons 11 points and 4 points respectively
below their ten-ye.ir averages. Kansas,
which ranks third In the scale of acreage,
reports the high average condition of 1U7.
tho highest average reported on May 1 of
which there Is any record.
The averago condition of meadow mow
ing Inuds on May 1 was itfl.S percent,
against 8I.D on May 1, KW; 92.0 on Mav 1.
ISM, and 91.3, the mean of tho May aver
ages of the last ten years.
The average condition of spring pasture
was 91.3 per cent, against M.5 on May 1,
1S!0; 91.2 on May 1, Pas. and W.il, the mean
of the May averages of the last ten years
Spring plowing Is more or less late In
nlmost every state lu which Its condition
Is a matter of any especial significance.
Tho only notable exceptions are Pennsyl
vania, Kentucky. Illinois, Kansas, Mis
souri and Arkansas.
Trio work already done In tho country
nt large is estimated at tiS.4 per cent of tho
total contemplated, the proportion usually
done by May 1 being about 75 per cent of
the whole. In South Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi and Texan the work Is later
than In any year for which records aro
available.
In consequence of the almost If not en
tirely unprecedelited backwardness of the
season the statistician Is unnhln tn tnnkn
me usual preliminary esumato of tno new
acreage of'cotton
REPORT FROM PHILIPPINES
llrlKiuller Cenernl Wlieillon SemU ,e-
il of (Iperntloiis l.eil l-
1 1 1 nt In .linuinry.
WASHINGTON, May lO.-The War de
partment has mndo public a report from
Brigadier General Whcaton, U. S. V., con
cerning tho operations of an expedition led
by him early in January into tho country
south from Manila to Lake Taal. Ills forces,
consisting of tho Fourteenth, Twenty-clghth,
Thirty-eighth, Forty-fifth and Companies D
and 11, Thirty-seventh Infantry, nnd detach
ments of tho Thirty-ninth and Fortieth In
fantry, concentrated at imus and about ono
mllo south of that point on January 7 tho
first engagement of tho expedition occurred
in wnicn Lieutenant ward Cheney was mor-
woumled whllo leadinc u t otachmnnt
of Twenty-elgntl, Infantry, nnd Captain
Uolllv ln command of a section of the Fifth
artlllory. engaged tho enemy at Putol. where
the insurgents, after making a determined '
stand, wero rcutod with groat slaughter
BCvcnty-four dead bodies being counted in
one portion of the battlefield. Our loss wns
eleven men wounded.
Still onothor sharp engagement occurred
on tho 7th, when Major E. Y. Taggart, with
tho Second and Third battalions of the
Twenty-eighth Infantry, attack?! a forco
of Insurgents estimated at 1,000 strong on
the Das Marinas road near Imus, driving
them from tho field, killing sixty and
wounding .more than eighty. Major Tag
gart had ono man killed and six wounded.
Okliiliomii Republican l)eleunle,
ENID, O. T.. May 10. Tho republican
torrltorlut rnnv.mtlnn tn nlnet rtplcriitsw tn
tho niitlonul convention met In this cliy
j today. Resolutions endorsing the national
' administration were adopted but th terrl-
! tOrllll llflmlnljOrjlHnn wta nnt m.lli f Inn.tel
Thfae delegates wero elected: W. .1. West of
Woods county, C. H. Thompson of Garfield,
J. W. MoNeal of Guthrie, J. C. rinyey of
Lincoln, John Tate of Kay and U. Hkcr of
Oklahoma.
GET BACK TO THE OLD PARI Y
Colorado Rspublictng Line Up Once Mora
Undei the Prosperity Banner.
SOLID FRONT AGAINST BRYANARCHY
.lieu Who I.eM to I'ollntv Sllirr In I.MMl
Are Wrlooniril llnrU Uy 'I'liimv
Who Were l.uyitl Amid
.Much I : it I li ti m I ii.i in .
DENVER, .May 10. (Special Telegram.)
.Many men who have until recently been
leaders In the silver republican party today
took part In tho state republican conven
tion In Denver. Out cf nearly "00 delegates
Z, h,, ; i, , M,n';lwf w, ich of the bu",csB "c,j815n' as "'shop
n o n than half have been outside the ranks I PoM wag anxloM , h the , 1
o t vXT, luT!.y JUr' "1 n8t fou,Mntroduclng hi, old friend. Bishop Thoburn
th , C r ' " V.,eom.0. back f.or K00,1; 'nnd consequently retired from the chair.
'This looks like old times," was the usual
salutation as tho members of the reunited
est rln 1 ,n , , nU.lt1wn8 lh0 Krent I On motion of Delegate Charles Ott of tho
h i n ., , Co,n,,lo'n m:,ny a ycnr I West German conference the board of
and points to tho redemption of tho state blBhopH wa8 ,roctcd l0 a,polnl tw0
Mnil.J'n. n . , 1 '"'tcrnal delegates to attend the next general
r n in .? ,T T , CV?ry 1 n'w ' "o M.lhwllit church. South,
county In tho tate and a full delegation , nm, ono to lu ll!Xt collfercnce of th Can-
from each county. This Is something th.R nillnn Methodist church. '
ml'T.nT" Co!?r"'0 r.P,,I,b1!"''? p01: 1 Delwat" Thomas of Washington had
les since the split In the party in 1896. and pnMed a rwoll,on flx,R Monday. May 21.
It enmo as n surprise to republicans as well M thn llmo for lntroduclng ministers of
as democrats. Tho enthusiasm of the dele- I ollcr denominations.
gates, which at times rose to the highest! Tho report of the special committee on a
pitch, was contagious. It spread tq the revision of tho organic law of the church
spec a nrs and reached Into tho corridors. wns lbcn t3l(.n p as n ()n,or
latriollc nirs brought tho delegates to tbclr . Article 3. defining membership In tho gen
feet and the "Star Spangled Banner" was , eri conference, was read by the secretary,
cheered to the echo. " Thig rngP( ,ho quc-Mon Sf , a.lmlsslon
The plan of the republicans this year In ' o( womrI1 t0 tho collferenco as members and
(.dorado Is to choose as candidates the very ,mich dlscuwlon followed, but nothing
best men In the party. A beginning was definite came out of the contusion, tho" sub
nado today in thn selection of delegatcs-at- I ject being deferred to make way for tho
largo to the national convention. Tho men J ordor of Ul( ,,,1V( ,,, qailrp,in,H, roportl,
ehmen nro: Senator Kdward O. Wolcott, , 0f the missionary bishops from India nnd
David H. Moffat t, Winflcld S. Stratton und
D. R. C. Brown.
Wiileott'N Timely Words.
Senator Wolcott vnu received with tre
mendous cheering. In addressing the con
vention, he said: "A wave swept over this
state a few years ago thnt took from Its
moorings the best blood of the state. Wo
all sought what wo believed to be tho best
for tho welfare of tho country. We have
como together again never to separate. (Ap
plause.)
"Tho boys In the Philippines and pros
perity nt home have done that which Bry
anlsm cannot undo; that. In my opinion,
thero Is but ono tcBt for republicanism in
Colorado, and that Is from now and hence
forth to support republican principles aud
republican tickets.
"I nm glad to sny, fellow citizens, I was
told yesterday that the county republican
commlttco will rcponl tho two years voting
rule boforo tho reception of one who has 'CTn National Guard, It Is allegod thst sev
strayed back into the party. 1 oral meetings purporting tn havo been hold
"Nover has thero been a time in the his- i hv th tato military board' during the prcp
tory of tho republican party when it mot "ration of Michigan troops for scrvico In tho
all over tho country with tho same hope and Spanish war wero not actually so held and
encouragement as it does today. With the tnHt tno records of tho board in that re
close of the first half of President McKtn-' "Ppct ,lrp fictitious.
ley's administration we came beforo vou Tllls "Hogcd revelation follows tho ovl-
conlldcnt, with the country prosperous, with
every pledge kept. Thero is but ono hope In
our hearts today, fellow citizens, that tho I
republicans of Colorado, by tholr delegates, j
wlll sond to our beloved prrlden( a cordial
mcssago nnd greeting of loyal support."
(Applause.)
Tho kevnoto of tho convontlnn was thn i
cordinl reunion of tho silver and gold wings
of tho party. As Colorado Is normally ro- .
publican, confidence is expresaed by many '
that tho tremendous majority for Bryan In j
1SUS may this year be overcome,
Kmlurne Woleott mill .MeKlnley.
DI3NVBU, Colo., May 10. Tho republican
stato convention mot at the Broadway
theater at 11 o'clock today. State Chair
man A. B. Seaman called the convention to
order and presented United States Senator
E. O. Wollcott for temporary chairman,
CharlcH Hartzell of Denver was made per
manent chairman. The following delegates
nnd alternates were chosen: !
Delegates, Senator K. O. Wolcott and D.
H. Moffatt of Denver. W. S. Stratton of
Colorado Springs, David R. C. Brown of As
pen. Alternates, H. R. Churchill of GreeJcy,
Karl B. Coo of Denver, Crawford Hill of j
Denver and B. W. flitter of Duraugo.
Tho resolutions commlttoo mado Its report. . 7 nl . .' .
which was adopted. Tho resolution un- f' T 'i 'toB havo been oh
qualllledly endorse President McKlnley and t "'"f' Xi 1 n T 2 1
his administration, which la credited with h h 7 Th h1" C0";
. , , i. n,t. .t. fessed, but though Knocked at tho nature of
bringing prosperity. They commend tho ,W.bloo.led ewlndle, thoy aro still glad
policy pursued In the Philippine land Porto h , fc w '
Rice . and express tho hope that TresldMnt acton ,, (Uo Nw,
McKlnley will bo unanimously renominated.
Thoy declare opposition to trusts, while In
viting capital to tho stato. Tho rctolutlotiH
say:
"Wo commend In terms of unqualified
prnlso tho attitude of our Junior senator,
Kdward O. Wolcott, upon nil questions af
fecting the commercial, Industrial and fi
nancial welfare of our country. Our confi
dence In him has nover been botrayod and
we uphold and sustain him In his every offi
cial act."
No othor montlon was mado of. the finan
cial quontlon.
Tho following telegram was ordered sent
to President McKlnley after which tho con
vention adjourned sino die:
"Tho republican of Colorado in conven
tion assembled unanimously endorso your
administration and pledgo the support of a
united party to tho principles, represented
by you."
UTAH REPUBLICANS IN TRIM
McKlnley Mm In the I.nml of lormoii
Arc Up nml Coining In the
l'rcxeiit I'IkIiI.
SALT LAKE Utah, May 10. Tho npub
llcan state convention met here today to
select six delegates to the national conven
tion at Philadelphia. The convention was
called to order at 12:30 by Chairman Walton.
Tho call for tho convention waa read and
W. D. Livingston of San Pete county was
mndo temporary chairman. Ho made a brief
address, calling attention to the prosperity
of tho country.
John E. Booth of Provo was made perma
nent chairman. Ho made a brlof address
nnd tho resolutions committee then roported
tho platform, which was adopted. Tho plat
form congratulates the farmer, tho minor,
tho manufacturer, tho merchant, the wool
growor nnd above all tho laborer who de
pends upon employment for the means to
live.
Tho following delegates wero elected: G.
M. Hanson, Ogden, C. K. Ijoose, Provo;
Thomas Kearns, Park City; Georgo Suther
land, Salt Lako; Hebor M. Wells, Salt Lako;
Arthur Brown, Salt Lake.
, WIkIihiii In Poor Komi.
LONDON. May lO.-In tho llfth round
today of the nmateur golf championship
tournament, which opened at Sandwich
Tuesday. Hilton of the Roynl Liverpool Golf
club beat C. F Wblgham by ti to t: J, Gra
ham of the Itoyal Liverpool Golf club beat
Iiord Wlnehrlsea by 7 to 6; J. A. T. Bram
ston of Oxford beat C. E. Hnmbro by 2 to
1 and J. Robb of tho St. Andrew's club
beat J. B. Pease by 3 to 2. Both Whig
ham and lord Winchelsea utterly fulled to
maintain the good form they had previously
bh own.
REPORTS ON MISSION WORK
(rent Intercut MnnlfeMe 1 liy the Mem
ber of Methodist t nti
fcrciiei". CHICAGO. May 10. The chief Interest In
tho Methodist general conference today was
centered In the quadrennial reports of tho
missionary blthops, Hartzell rf Africa and
Thoburn of India. These reports, set by
special order for 11 o'ctock, were eagerly
awaited by the TOO delegates present. Illshop
Thoburn. it was nnnounced Just beforo the
presentation of his report, hart decided to
withdraw from the missionary field for at
least a year, owing to enfeabled health.
Dr. J. U. Scott, editor of the Southwestern
Christian Advocate, conducted tho devotional
exercises of tho morning, and, according to
a special arrangement made between Bishops
foss and Mallalleu, the latter then took
After tho recess Bishop Fobs resumed the
i chair
Africa.
Bishop James M. Thoburn submitted the
report on tho work In India, It was an ex
haustive review of t.-!e missionary work ac
complished there.
Bishop Hartzell. mlwdonary bishop to
Arrica, followed with his. first quadrennial
report of tho Kplscopal work In tho Dark
: '"itinent. The report thoroughly discussed
tnH African work as regards Its condition
when Bishop Hartzell
succeeded Bishop
Taylor four years ago.
RECORDS SAID TO BE FALSE
Revelation Mnile III Mllltnry t'lolhillw
Cone ('mines Ureal
Surprise.
LANSING, Mich.. May 10. According to
statements made by cx-A"dhitant General
Mtih and Adjutant General O.lso of the Mich-
denco adduced In tho trials of General MnrslJ
"'onci aimon 10 tno Direct that Ira-
Proper record was made; concerning the
mooting of tho board at -which action was
iKen oim-.insing mo .mmim'.L-rioinitig ileal.
Tho other records which Geueral Irish as-
serfs nro false purport to the minutes of
meetings of the board at tho Island liko
8t,,, 'am' ground. Both General Irish and
General Cain say they were not at these
meo,lnKH' a"hl'Kl thoy aro recorded aB
h,,vlDK bc(" Present.
j Kieub iiiiiMin:! ui i Minim were U1IUWOU
:nd orderwl paid at theso alleged meetings.
CONFESSES TO THE FRAUDS
Sinn Implicated In Culinn I'onlul
Swindle .Milken n t'lrun
llrriiMt.
HAVANA, May 10. The postal frauds
havo now reached a point whero within tho
next fow hours nrretds will probably bo
mailo and it Is believed a considerablo mini
will ho recovered at tho nainn tlrao. Ono
of the culprits has made a complete confew
slon, conditional upon being accepted a
utate's evidence. What ho says proveu con
clusively what was known beforo, that sev-
nnl nlhniu kHl.l.i ? W V 1
NASHVILLE WELCOMES DEWEY
Uiitertiilnnientii lilven tn Honor of
VI Hit of Adinlrul unit Ilia
Wife.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. May 10. Admiral
Dewey nnd Mrs. Dowoy wero entertained
In a most hospitable manner by tho citizens
of thin city today. Tho woathcr was de
lightful nnd thousands of viultors were
here. Mrs. Dewey was entertained at
breakfast by Mrs. iMcMlllln, wife
of Governor McMtUIn, Bnd tho mem
bers of tho committee In charge of tho
(lower parndo glvon during tho afternoon.
Admiral Dowey, escorted by a commlttoo
representing tbo citizens and tho commer
cial organizations, visited various polntn of
Interest ln and about tho city .
CORN FOR INDIA'S S0FFERERS
.Steamer Quito Snlls from Xrn York
to the Alii of the
StiirvliiHT.
NEW VOItK. May 10. The steamer Quito
Bulled today for Bombay with 200,000 bush
els of corn for tho famine district. This,
tho lnrgcst cargo ever carried by any ves
sel on a similar errand, comes from tha
people of nil denominations in every part of
tho United States. Tho Kansas India famine
rolief commlttco is represented by 20,000
bushels, and tho Mennonltes' committee by
8,000 bushcla. It Is expected that the voyage
will ito nado ln forty days.
GATES AND LAMBERT RESIGN
Steel nnil Wire Com puny Lose I'rcnl
drut nml Cliiilrniiiii of llnuril
of lUretitom,
v
NEW YORK, May 10 Offlcem of the
American Steel and Wlro company havo
authorized tho statement that John Lambert
has resigned the presldoncy and John W.
Gates tho chairmanship of tho board of
directors of the company.
John W. Gates sailed for Europe today on
tho Kalsor Fredrlch dor Grosso. The'nows
was given out at the olllce of tho American
Steel and Wlro company this afternoon. The
board of directors of tho company went into
scffilon behind closed doors
Vi'himIum Iteiuly In Quit.
PORTICI, Italy. May 10. Explosions
within Mount Vesuvius are Infrequent, Tho ,
volcano Is only emitting some cinders and j
the eruption 1b considered terminated. j
DARKER AND DONNELLY WIN
Cincinnati Convention Reaffirms the Action
Taken Two Yean Ago.
HOWARD OF ALABAMA STEPS ASIDE
After It Wnn 1'raetlcatl)- Cerlnln lie
Would lie .Valued He--Withdraw
-Xciv ntlonhl Commit
tee Formed,
For President
.. WHARTON UA II KB It of rennsylvanlu.
For Vlco President
..IGNATIUS DON'.VEMA' of Minnesota.
CINCINNATI, .May 10. Above Is thn ticket
placed ln tho field today by what Is com-
i inouiy cnneu mo miuuie-oi-tne-roau jopu-
list party, but which, according to leaders
, of tho movement, is tho ono aud only pco
' plo's party.
For a tlrco during today's session of the
convention It nppeared as If nothing could
prevent a complete disruption of the plann
so carefully wrought out by tho handful of
men who separated themselves onFebruary
1'J last at Lincoln, Neb., from the fusloulst
clement of tho party.
Since Tuesday, when Wharton Barker, who
bad been selected lu 1S98 by tho Initiative
nnd referendum plan lo head the party
ticket, a steady current against tho cut and
! dried cholco of Barker and Donnelly bail
almost dit'troycd tho foundation on which
that ticket stood. Former Congressman
Howard of Alabama had suddenly become
thn Idol of the delegates nnd ho clinched his
claim through his eloquent addrci?s ln as
suming the chairmanship of the convention
on Wednei-ilay.
Today as the tlmo drow near for nomina
tions It was announced thnt the Barker
followers would bolt the convention should
their lender bo turned down. Howard took
tho only courso for the restoration of har
mony. He nnnouncivt thnt ho had no nmbl
tlon lo head the ticket, bad como to Cincin
nati without tho slightest expectation of be
ing named and withdrew hi name.
IliMvnril I.enils nt the .Start,
NnvortholoFH when tho roll call was com
pleted on thn Hint ballot Howard was at tho
top of tho column, only a few fhort of the
nomination. On tbo second ballot Howard's
plainly stated deslro for harmony took ef
fect and tho seventy votes which went to
Donnelly on tho first roll call wero grad
ually worked over lo tho Barker column, It
being underotood that Donnelly's namo had
been withdrawn, although the Minnesota
delegation protested.
Mlnnetotn wnn passed at its own request
nnd when tho other Htates hud voted It was
apparent that tbo forty-eight votes of Min
nesota could nettle overythlng In a har
monious manner by going to the Pennsyl
vanlan. They wero cast for Barker and gavo
him tho requisite majority over all. '
Tho generous Howard moved to mako the
selection of Barker unanlmouo, which was
dono.
Without a dissenting volco Ignatius Don
nelly wns then declared tho vlco presiden
tial nominee.
Tho next order of business was tho na
tional commlttco and a chairman for that
body.. X llgiiL -ran precipitated agaln.it .tio
Bnrkerltcs nne.w. A motion wnn mado that
the convention proceed to elect a chairman of
tho national committee instead of pursuing
tho ordinary courso of nllowlng the commlt
tco to select Its own leader. It was plainly
a light between Barker and opposition fnc
tlnns for the control of tho party machinery,
although many speakers wero In favor of tho
convention selecting a national chairman be-
causo of what, they termed tho mistakes of
tho past. After a long wrangle the motion
was withdrawn, and the selection of national
commlttco by htato delegations was com
pleted. Him'nnl'N Speech Hleetx I'nrki'r,
A motion was made by Howard that the
convention proceed to tbo election of a
national chairman. Fiery oratory flowed I
from sldo to side, whllo tho hungry delegates
Journeyed from tlmo to time to a free lunch
counter In tho vicinity. Tho motion was
carried and Milton Parks of Texan was
placed In nomination. A motion wns Just
about to provall to mako Parks' selection
unanimous, when Howard, In an eloquent
uddress, presented the namo of Jo A. Parker
of Kentucky. His praiso of Parker wan about
the strongest thing heard on tho floor and
won for that young man the unanimous se
lection for tho national chairmanship.
After having been ln session from 8:30
a. m. to 4:10 p, m. with tho exception of
twenty minutes, tho convention waB de
clared adjourned slno die.
Friends of Eugeno V. Debs for tho presi
dency received small comfort.
Tho convention waB called to order nt
8:30 p. m. with Colonel W. L. Peek of
Georgia In tho chair. Tho matter which so
disturbed luwt night's session a report from
tho credentlala committee was Immediately
reopened by R. M. Chenault of Kansas, who
moved that tho voto of his delegation be
based ou congressional districts, allowing
Kansas eleven votcn in tho placo of eighty-
six glvon them by tho credentials commlttoo
roport. This was considered as an ollvo
branch thrown out to tho faction which
mado such a strong fight at tho session of
tho preceding evening and tho motion waa
adopted unanimously.
A motion wan carrlod limiting tho first
nominating opoechos for president and vlco
president to ten minutes.
For tli Party OrKnnlsntlon,
The next order of business was a commit
tee on party organization. Tho comtnlttee'H
report was read by Chairman Zeabel of
Michigan. It recommended the following
plan:
"Tho rules of tho party In use aro ap
proved, tho dlvlnlon of tho country Into
saron dlstrlcto and sub-districts to facllltato
organizations, nil conventions for nominat
ing candidates and preparing platformB to
be abolished, Instead nominations and plat
formo and amendments thereto shall bo mado
by direct voto of tho Klltlcul BUb-dlvlnlans
affected thereby. Party organization shall
consist of:
A national commlttco of three members
from each state to bo chosen by tho state
central committee; a co :rcrsional com
mittee of thrco for each dlurlct to bo chosen
by direct voto at tho primaries, a commltteo
of three from each township or ward to bo
chosen by dlroct voto at tho primaries each
year; the national, atate, congressional and
county commltteo to perform tho samo
dutltx us heretofore. Tho unit of organiza
tion chilli bo the precinct club, of which any
oter may become a mombor by nuhscrlblng
to tho platform and rule of this organiza
tion. Any ono proposing fusion with clthor
tho republican or democratic party ohnll, on
tho vote of his club, bo deemed outside of
tho parly. The state platform may bo
changed only by direct voto of the precinct
club and tho national platform only by tho
dubn, ratified by direct voto of tho people.
No salaried ofllcern nhall be nlorfcd to uny
committee. Any chairman may be recalled
by tho Imporatlvo mandr.to of tho leaguo
clubs ef his constituents. It wns provided
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
Fair; Warmer; Southerly Winds.
Tempernture at Omnliii elerilnl
Hour. Deu. Hour. Den.
n. m ,vt I p. in Ti
a, t r,U p. n, 7
" ' :t p. in 7i
ft I p. Ill 711
! "I n p. m TS
l n. Ill lit II p. m 77
11 "I Il T i. m 7 1
1" lu (Ill s p. in 71i
1 p. Ill till
MARCHETTI COMES FROM ROME
.mv Auditor of the Pupal l.ennlliin In
Reported ArrUeil at
WimliliiKloii.
WASHINGTON. Mliv 10. Thn now ninlllor
of tho papal legntlon, Rev. Dr. Francis M.ir-
cneiu, nrriveil in tills city from Home, to
day. Archbishop Martinet!! nnd Rev. Dr.
Hooker, necretnry of tbo leuntlnn. ! fi Wn.li.
Ington today for Portland, Oro. Monslgnor
Mnrtlnelll stated that ho Is going west to
iuiiii a promise mndo by him to the new
nrchblshop of Oregon. Dr. Alexander
Christy, who deelren to receive .the pallium
or badgo of rank direct from his hands. Both
himself and Dr. Roiker wl.l be abunl from
Washington for at least three weeks, dur
ing which time Dr. Marchettl will have
charge of tho legation. He Is a native of
Rome, was born In ISC" nnd Iihh never vis
ited. America before, though ho openks Eng
lish fluently. Ho succeeds Morslgnnr Don
utus Sbnrrettl. recently nptolnted bishop of
Havana, Cubn, who wns llmt auditor of the
legation.
Before leaving Archbishop Mnrtlnelll
stilted thnt no credence should be placed In
the rumors regarding episcopal appoint
menlo. But three vacancies those at Van
couver, Savannah and Tucson have been
filled, as nnnounced by tho Associated Frewi.
Thrco other vacancies exist among Amer
ican sees, nt Dubuque. Fort Wayno nnd
Columbus, but whether Archbishop Keane,
late rector of tho Catholic university hero,
or any of the other candldutcn will bo ap
pointed Is unknown to tho papal delegate.
Monslgnor Mnrtlnelll oxprensed his sur
prlso thnt n rejiort cabled from England re
cently nnnounced the appointment of Dr.
Sbnrrettl an "nrchblshop of Havana."
Ho sayn that no such appointment has
been mndo, for one archdloceno nlrcly ex
ists ln Cuba, at Santiago, of which Arch
bishop Barnnby Is thn Incumbent. Both
Blohop Sbnrrettl of Havana and Bishop Blonk
of Porlo Rico aro his suffraRans, as tho prov
Incc of Santlngo Includes these seen nlono.
HEIR TO THE DEHAVEN CLAIM
Clinton Worn nn n lirrnt (rniiililniiKh
ler of the Pntrlot Who Helped
the Colonlen nltli ('null,
CLINTON, la.. May 10. (Special Tolo
gram.) A pleasing sequel to nn Interesting
story of revolutionnry times has Jikit como
to light hero. A Clinton woman, Mrs. Luclnda
Dlotz. who conducts a bnkery here, is the
central figure, as sho lo ono of thrco direct
heirs of, an estate valued at $3,000,000, which
has- been In litigation since Uio Revolution
ary war. but tho claim of which has Just
been allowed by the government.
The st,ory Is most Interesting, having Its
orlglu with ono of I ho wealthy patriots of
tho dark days of '78 nnd '79. When funds
woro exhausted nnd the nplrlts of tho Amer
icans wero at their lowest ebb Jacob De-
Haven, a wealthy tanner residing nt Salis
bury, Pa., loaned tho government 1,10,000.
it Is said tho money waa paid by him per
sonally to General Washington. About the
close of tho war Dellavon died beforo ho
had effected a settlement with the govern
ment. At various times prior to 1839 tho
claim was brought beforo tho government
officials, but no settlement wns effected.
Just beforo tho bronklng out of tho Civil
wnr the claim was allowed, but war came
beforo payment was made. Press of other
government bunlness took tho nttentlon of
thn olflclals for a number of yenrs nnd the
clnlm wan laid aside. Recently tho heirs
took the matter up with tho government nml
havo succeeded In having tho clnlm allowed.
Tho amount now reaches $3, 000,000.
The direct heirs nro Mrs. Dlctz of this
city, her sister, Mrn. Hoytz of Morrison, III.,
and Henry DoIIavcn. a brother who resides
at Salisbury, Pa. Besides theso members,
tho Dellaven club of Chlcngn is mado up
of dlstnnt helm, being desceudnntn of tho
brother of tho pntrlot. Tho thrco direct
holrs aro great-grandchildren of DoIIavcn.
ARCHBISHOP KEAN CONTENT
finjs He Is Not Killed u-lth Ambition
the IlriillxliiKr of Which lie
Cannot lnllueiiee.
SIOUX CITY, la., May 10. (Special Tele
gram.) Archblnhop John J. Kean of Wash
ington, D. C, now tho titular bishop of
Damascus, but practically thn unanimous
cholco of the archdiocese of Dubuquo us suc
cessor to Moat Rov. John Hennessey, panned
through Sioux City tonight enrouto to Sioux
Falls to visit with Bishop O'Gorman. In
answer to a question about thosuccessomhlp,
Archbishop Kean said nolther ho nor any
body else know anything about it, as it Is
to bo determined by authority that will tako
Info account many things with which
nobody hero can bo conversant and that un
til this authority npeaks all -will be tho
merest guesswork.
"I am, of courso, very much gratified nt
thn expressions of Indorsement so gener
ously uttered by representative churchmen
of the archdiocese," naid he, "but I havo
given myself no concern as to whether I
am or am not to bo chosen. This Is n mat
ter uttorly beyond any of ua to effect and
It Is unwise for nny man to burden himself
with ambitions In the realizing of which
ho can have nothing to do."
MISSIONARIES IN SESSION
Women' Morlrty of United Prenlij-
terlnii Church of .Vortli .nierleii I
at Puivnee City.
PAWNER CITY, Nob., May 10. Tho sov
ontaonth annual convention of tho Women's
eGneral Missionary socioty of tho Unite 1
Presbyterian church of North America bo
gan hero today with an attendanco of 210
delegates, mainly from Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois and Nebraska. Today was dovotcd
to the appointment of committers and hear
ing reports. The convention will contiuuu
until Saturday evenlngi
Deinoernl nt ViiHlivllle.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 10. Tho demo
cratlo state convention was callod to order
today by Hon. Mcigan C. Fltzpatrlck, chair- ,
man of tbo stato legislative commlttco, Hon.
Rico Ashford was made temporary chair
man and Mr. Robertson temporary necro
tary. Governor Mc.Mlllln was renominated and
tho delegates to tho national convention In
structed for Bryan.
Cur Itepnlrera Strike,
nUFFAIA N. V., May 10. Two hundred
nnd scventy-flvo tar repairers of the Lehigh
Valley railroad have struck in eympathy
with tho men already out.
BRYAN'S PLAN FAILS
Fusion PopulUts Rofnso to Head Tholr
Grent LmuVi Selfish Adrics.
SEND HIM TO KANSAS CITY TAGGED
Charley Towne Chosen to Do the Tom
Watson Act This Time.
MARION BUTLER SWINGS THE CROWD
Allen nnd Putteteon Floored bj the Senator
from North Carolina.
SIOUX FALLS CONVENTION A TURMOIL
(.'im(rini'rh) Over the A lee I'remlilen.
Hal .Nomlniilli,,, llrvelnpn u Lot
of t a ml. v .Spirit Am'onn
the DclcKittCK.
For President w j nnvvM
For Vice President::::: ..." ..lVa; TOU'NIJ
SIOl'X FALLS, S. I)., May 10.-(Specinl
Telegrnm.)The fusion wing of tho populist
party ban decided not to HUrr"ender Its Iden
tity and in spite of the olTortH of Senator
Allen, Tom Pnttersou and General Weaver
who were tho profesod llemonantH 0f Bry-'
an, decided to pui up lis own candidate for
vice president and not to forego ltd rights
In that direction to tho domoracy.
During the noon reres of tile national
convention the conference of delegation
chairmen effected nothing except lo dem
onstrate that fonr-flftho of them favored a
nomination at onco and that the sentiment
was overwhelmingly for Chnrle. 'iw..
of Mlnncmila. Tho day's proceedings luvo
oiMiiuiisirniou uio truth of Chairman Butler's
donlals that ho wns n patty to tho ion
fcrenco scheme advocated by tho Bryan lieu
tenants. In fact, loth ho and Senator Pet
tlgiow havo been fighting it nn n matlor of
self-preservation, us their political futuiea
are Involved. Failure, on the part of the
convention to nominate a candidate for vlco
president, Ihey claim, would so dlngiiHt tho
populists of their respective htato that they
would no longer receive counicnanco as pon
ullals. Senator Allen has vigorously advocated
tho couference proiKwItlon. saying that ho
did it out of frlcndnhlp for Towne, as ho
waa suro that the surest way to prevent
Towno's nomination by the democrats waa to
nominate him flmt nt this convention.
Tom Pattcraon udvanced tho same argu
ment nnd held up to tho refrnctory delega
tions that It was the Judgment of Bryan
that tho democrats will not nominate Towno
at Kansas City If ho comes to them as tho
nominee of the populists. But the senti
ment, in favor of preserving tbo populist
party organization, together with tho per
sona! popularity of Towne. was so strong lis
to ovcrrldo uny wishes Ilryiin mny enter
tain ln tbo matter.
.Veliriinkn llren.li Atvny Alio,
Thj lunfldoiico thai Insptvcil the non-nomi-nators
Inbt evening began lo fade today
when It became known that several delega
tions which they had won oV(r had returned
lo tho side of tho nominators. This wns
the caso with the Illinois. Missouri and por
tions of other delegations. Even tho Nc
brnska delegation whs found wavering.
Probably half of it bad orglnnlly favored
nomlnntlng a candidate, but had yielded to
Bryan's nllegcd wishes. When It wns found
that some of the delegation woro agnln get
ting unruly a caucus wus called nt noon to
determine whether or not Its niembors wero
bound by the Harrington resolution favor
ing a conferenro nomination. It wns found
that practically the entire Fifth district
delegation favored an loimedlalo nomination,
and with them wero Dally or Nemaha and
Adorns of Kearney. After a spirited discus
sion It wns determined that tho Individual
delegates woro not bound by the Harrington
conference resolution. After tho caucus ad
jomed tho conferenco uomlnco advocates
went diligently to work In nn endeavor to
get the refrnctory ones Into line, hut with
out avail, for the afternoon proceedings In
tlio convention demonstrated that they woro
with tho majority of the convention. It
may bo Hnld that Ilnnlngton himself, nl
thotigh ho Introduced tho conference nomi
nation resolution In tho delegation caucus,
is an ardent Towno man nnd was In favor of
a nomination nt this convention. Ho wns
selected nB the Nebraska member of tho pro
posed conference commltteo ln tho faco of
his declaration thnt he would oppose tho
nomination by tho proposed conferenco of
any custom democrat.
Marlon llutler'n FIkIiI,
In tho heated discuralnn of tho question
In tho convention Marlon Butler led tho
fight for an Immediate nomination, Inylng
baro tho purposo of this proposed continua
tion of thn courso bo has bo long encouraged,
but -which had gone lo a limit lo which
ho could not follow. Ho pleaded for an Im
mediate nomination to presorvo: tho peo
ple's party organization and mako It, possi
ble to oloct Bryan. Ho declared with Intonsn
earnestness that If Uio convention should
adjourn -without nominating n vlco presi
dential candidate tho people's party dlt.
It the people's party dies, then reform dim
with It. To this a hundred derisive nnys
wn Interposed, thn most stentorian coming
from Jerry Slmpton.
Senator Allen's stolid fnco palod nnd Its
grim 8ercmlty was evidently pierced when
Butler declared: "If thero Is nny man here
who -wants to see tho people's party dlo, then
ho ha no business here. This Is a people's
party convention, and by the eternal, It will
remain a pcoplo's party convention. It la
tho voters at homo and not these delegate
hero who must elect Mr. Bryan. If yon
disband tho party hero, when I go homo
every middle-of-the-roader -will say, 'I told
you so. I told you whither Butler wns lead
ing you,' and I will have no answer to tho
charge nnd you havo nono. Groat Go1, my
fellow citizens, stop and think."
Butler declared that a failure to nominal
a vlco presidential candidate would bo mora
disastrous to Bryan's Interests than to havo
two vlco presidential candidates.
Allen's Reply n Failure.
In response to this nfilent appeal Senator
Allen's reply wan Ineffective and seemingly
fcrblo. Ho professed the utmcut affection
f r T-wne nn I aid that nothing said or done
nt the convention would ultor It. He also,
llko Butler, nppcalod to tho convention lo
sttvo tho populist party. Ho scoutod that
any action by tho convention could kill It.
Un principles nro immortal nnd tho party
cannot dlo. The conferenco plan was sim
ply u proposition to tako couusol of wla
(linn. If by It a man ennnot bo found to
represent tho principles of tho party, then
tho commlttco could name a popullnt. If hu
thought the nomination of Towno at this
tlmo would sccurn bis election he would
favor It. but If tbo convention deslrod to
kill Towno tho best way to do It wa to
placo him In nomination now.
Sontvtor Allen said be did not -want to sea