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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, Fit I DAY MOK'ING, JUNE 20, 1902-TEN PACJES.
SIN (ILL COPY FIVE CENTS.
SILK MILLS CLOSE
.About Ten Thousand Hands Are Conse
quently Out of Employment Now.
NUMBER WILL PROBABLY REACH 13,000
ilk Manufacturers on Hudson Fear Out
break Similar to Paterson.
MOB SCATTERED BY STREAMS OF WATER
Trouble Came Late in Afternoon and Police
Had Trouble Keeping Crowd Away.
MAYOR NOW IN COMMAND AT PATERSON
Police Are Instructed to He Arr
tiir from Start and If Clubs
I'rovr litaaftlrlrnt to I Be
llevolvr rs.
NEW YORK, June 19. All but three of
the silk mills in Hudson county. New Jer
sey, have closed down. About 10.000 hand
are consequently out o( employment and
within the next twenty-four hours the num
ber will rrobably reach 13.000. The imme
diate raiiRO of the abutting down of the
mills was the dyers' strike riot in Taterson.
The Bilk manufacturers In Hudson, fear
ing an outbreak there, decided to clcoe
down Indefinitely. The expected trouble
came late in the afternoon, when a mob
of roo men and women gathered at Simon's
jnlll in I'nlon Hill. Police Captain Knight
end liia Ave men, with a few citizens, kept
the mob In check until the fire department
was called out. The firemen turned eight
Streams of water on the crowd and scattered
It. Seventeen people were arrested. The
mob mentioned formed In West Hoboken
and with a band at the bead marched to
Cnlon Hill. Postmaster Armbruster
knocked senseless with his his fist one
rnan of tbe mob and Immediately stones
began to fly. Three of the police were
lightly hurt. The rioters made a rush
lut Captain Knight and his five men laid
fourteen of them low with their clubs. Then
the fire department was railed out and dis
persed the mob with streams from the hoBe.
Major In Command.
PATERSON, N. J., June 19. Mayor
Jllnchcllffe took personal command of the
police of this city today. He was much
displeased that the meeting of strikers
Tuesday night was not broken up. It was at
this meeting that speeches were made,
which, It is believed, led to the disorders
of yesterday. The mayor went to police
headquarters today and had all the men of
the reserves lined up in front of him. Then
lie said to them; "Men, If your clubs
prove useless, you know what to do. Be
aggressive from the start."
The reserves, who looked as If they ap
proved the command as to aggressiveness,
were then dismissed to await tbe call to
action. In addition to the regular force of
reserves thero were sworn In twenty-three
constables, twenty-five deputies and fif
teen firemen who are to do duty aa police
men. All these men were at once armed
with revolvers and heavy nightsticks.
Ten silk manufacturing firms opened for
work this morning. These firms have theli
plants In the Hope, Harmony and Todd
mills. Each employs about twenty-five
men. In each of these plants every em
ploye was armed today with a revolver.
The weapons were supplied by the men's
employers with the approval of Mayor
Hlnchcllffe. Before taking this step th?
mayor bad been consulted by the manufac
turers and he expressed the opinion that
tbe employers were fully Justified in arming
their men and that It was a necessary pre
caution In view of yesterday's riots.
Employes Are Armed.
When the employes of the Pelgram and
Meyer mills, on Matlock street, reported
(or work this morning every fourth man
was provided by th" management with a
gun. During the night shotguns, Winches
ters and revolvers, comprising a small but
formidable arsenal, were carried Into tbe
mill. Accompanying the weapons were
thirty rounds of ammunition for each
piece. With the arrival of the men work
ers the firearms were distributed and the
employes went armed to their looms. Not
' one dye shop started up this morning, al
though several were opened.
The dye house owners were willing to
start operations, but the men refused to
go to work, aa th?y feared violence at the
hands of the strikers.
Tbs police had a slight encounter with
a body of strikers and their sympathisers
today. About 400 Italian strikers gathered
tn the quarter of the city where the larger
part of the Italian colony lives, and form
ing In procession started to march to Turn
hall. The hall Is only about a block from
the police headquarters. It is said that the
proposed meeting there today was ar
ranged for a meeting of anarchists last
titght.
The police had been keeping a sharp
watch on the movements of the strikers
and the procerslon had barely got under
way when tho reserves charged the
paraders. Thero was a quick scattering
In all directions by the men In Una ami
la a remarkably short time there was not
a parader to be seen In the neighborhood.
Condition of the Wounded.
At the hrspltals and the county jail the
Condition of thoso who were wounded tn
yesterday's disturbances was reported to
be unchanged. Harry Harris, the reporter
who was knocked down, beaten and finally
shot with his own revolver by the mob,
was very low today, but hope of his re
covery is entertained.
Mayor Hlnchcllffe announced today that
only the executive committee of the Dyers'
Helpers' union would be permitted to hold
meetings for the present, and that If at
any of these sessions one word was uttered
that tended to Incite violence the violator
would be Instantly arrested. The mayor
requested that representatives of the com
panies be prekent at the meeting of the
s'rlkers' executive committee this after
Coon. He says that If the proceedings are
obnoxious ail the members of the commit
tee will be liable to arrest.
NEWARK. N. J.. June 20. Governor
Murphy at raidnlgnt ordered a part of tho
rim regiment of Infantry and the entire
First troop of cavalry to Paterson to pre
serve ord.f. General Campbell, command
lug the First brigade, has taken command
and U assembling the troops and arranging
for transportation. The Erie railroad has
been ordered to send trains here at once.
The members of both commands began to
aspniDie at i a. m.
The troops will be put on guard duty
at the mills before they open at 7 o'clock
this morulng.
New Frestdeat Fleeted.
i LITTLE ROCK. Ark . June It -The board
Of trimle lha I 'nli'.r.lii' A - L, u . ..
have elected Harrison Randolph of Vlr-
t:.u iTf.iafni or tnat luatliuuon, vie Vr,
Johu I, Um Italian, rcslgucd.
ORINOCO IS STILL OPEN
Province Fall Into Hands nf Itevoln
tlonlsts, bnt Rler ot
Blockaded.
WILLIEMSTAD, Curacoa, Monday. June
16. San Felipe, captal of the province of
Yaracuy, Venezuela, has been captured by
the Venezuelan revolutionists under Gen
eral Aular, and Yarltagua, provlnr of
I-ara, has fallen Into the hands lf
revolutionists under General Solagc ,. '
At Valencia, capital of the a.
Carnbobo, a fight took place Saturday mn
June 14, In the heart of the city.
The decomposition of President Castro's
government progresses dally. Cable and
land telegraphic communication with Mar
alcabo, capital of the state of Zulla, and
other points In that part of the country,
has been Interrupted by the revolutionists.
WASHINGTON, June 19. The State de
partment has received a cablegram from
Minister Bowen, dated Caracas, June 16, re
porting on the authority of the Venezuelan
minister for foreign affairs that the revo
lutionists are in possession of Cludad,
Bolivar, but that there is no blockade of
the Orinoco river.
OUGHT TO AID CUNARD LINE
Opinion F.sprrssed by Lord nrassey,
Former Civil Lord of
Hah Admiralty.
LONDON. June 19. Testifying befor the
House of Commons committee on steamship
subcidies today. Lord Dmescy, firmer civil
lord of the admiralty, a, id at one time Its
secretary, said he favirod the policy of
subsidizing ocean liners for use as armed
cruisers. Undoubtedly it would be to the
public advantage to have a number of aux
iliary war vessels, but It could not bo ac
complished without subsidies.
The owners of the Cunard line no-v re
main as the British champions In tbe
Atlantic traffic, and It would be a na
tional disaster If the line was transferred
to a foreign flag. If the Cunard line could
not hold Its own unassisted the government
ought, from patriotic motives, to render the
assistance necessary to retain the company
under the British flag.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF PELEE
Basse Point Enveloped tn Column of
Slime from the
Volcano.
FORT DE FRANCE. Island of Mar
tinique. Wednesday, June 18. A column of
slime 100 metres high has been ejected
from the volcano of Mont Price and has
fallen on Basse point, enveloping the lower
portion of the town and completely razing
twenty-two houses. No loss of life has
been reported.
The volcano continues to throw forth
cinders on the northern part of the Island,
which has been rendered uninhabitable.
Previous to the falling of the mass of slime,
or mud, on Basse Pointe, that place and
Lorraine had been Inundated by torrential
rains. The part of Basse Pointe which
suffered most is now covered to the thick
ness of about' five metres with slimy mud.
Le Preucher also suffered from this latest
eruption of Mont Peloe.
CLAIMS WILL ALL ' BE PAID
Chamberlain Announces that De
mands of Loyalists Will Be Set
tled Oat of Transvaal Fund.
LONDON, June 19. Joseph Chamberlain
announced In the House of Commons today
that tho loyalist claims for compensation
In Cape Colony and Natal would be pro
vided for out of the Transvaal fund and out
of the first loan raised.'
Mr. Chamberlain said, however, that ex
ception would be made in the matter of
damages wrought In Cape Colony by rebels
or natives. This compensation fell on the
Cape government. The total amount to be
paid to the two colonies will exceed, ac
cording to estimates, 2,000,000. The grant
of 8,000,000 mentioned In the terms of
surrender la not applicable to Cape Colony
and Natal.
Americans Work Swindle.
NEW YORK, June 19. Reports are In
circulation, says a London dispatch to the
Tribune, of a successful swindle. In con
nection with the booking of. the grandstand
seats . for the coronation procession, by
which a couple of astute Americans are
said to have made a considerable haul at
the expense of the British public.
Lsnrh at American College in Rome.
ROME, June 19. Judge Tatt, civil gov
ernor of the Philippines, and the Ameri
cans who are with him, lunched at the
American college today. The Judge toasted
the pope and President Roosevelt. Tbe
rector. Rev. Dr. Thomss F. Kennedy, and
tbe students responded with hearty cheers.
Kins Designates a Representative.
DRESDEN. Saxony, June 19. King Al
bert, because of his Illness, has designated
his eldest brother. Prince George, to be
his representative In the affairs of state.
Tbe king of Saxony haa no children, conse
quently Prince George, his eldest brother,
la heir to the throne of Saxony.
Edward Postpones Visit.
LONDON, Juno 19. King Edward's pro
jected visit to Eton Saturday, June 21. has
been postponed, with bis other engage
ments. Their majesties were going to tbe
college in the old royal barge built for
George II. King Edward recently ordered
the barge made seaworthy.
Prayers for Dr. Parker.
LONDON, June 19. The substitute of
Rev. Joseph Parker, minister of the City
temple, in the temple this morning, asked
for the prayers of the congregation In be
half of Dr. Parker, wbosa health la occa
sioning grave anxiety.
Mraraana Railroads Completed.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 19. All the
railroads between Corlnto, on the Pacific,
and Grande, on Lake Nicaragua, have been
completed.
COINING MILL BLOWS UP
Portion of tlautbrla Powder Plant
Destroyed and Four Work
men Are Killed.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. June 19 The coining
mill of the Cambria Powder Mills plant, a:
Seward, fifteen miles from here, blew up
this afternoon, killing three men and injur
ing five others, one of whom has aincs died.
Two others are fatally hurt.
The dead:
J. B. SMITH of Seward, aged 40, mar
ried. CHARLES DROVER of Wapwallowea,
aged 15, unmarried.
JOHN RHODES of Seward, aged 3S, mar
ried. W. r. F RACK-EN ot Seward, nurrUd.
OPENING OF TILDEN CLUB
Hill and Cleveland Meet in Harmony ia
Endeavor to Unite Party.
BRYAN INVITED, BUT DID NOT REPLY
Ex-President Asserts that a Chanae
' Mast Com. 'While Hill Prac-
'Vy, rally Ontllnes Platform
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''. - Seat Campaign.
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NEW . 19. Democratic unity
was the key .Ight of a great gather
ing of represent. IVe democrats who had
come to attend the opening of the hand
some new quarters of the Tilden club. Ad
dresses were made by prominent democrats
and afterward a collation was served in the
banquet ball to the distinguished guests of
the evening and a buffet supper was served
In the basement for the rank and file.
To the democrats the event was one of
the most memorable for many a day. Orover
Cleveland and David B. Hill met In har
mony seeking to draw the factions of their
party together. It was the first public po
litical appearance of the ex-prcsldent In
five years. He spoke first, ex-Senator Hill
spoke after him and then Governor Mon
tague, of Virginia, and Colonel TV. A.
Gaston, of Boston, delivered addresses.
Wm. J. Bryan had been Invited to attend,
though not to speak, but no reply was re
ceived from him.
Leaders lireet Faeh Other.
Mr. Ceveland arrived at the club house
accompanied by II. D. Hotchkiss. Dr. Jos
eph E. Bryant, and John C. Calhoun. He
had scarcely got Into the building when ex
Senator David B. Hill, accompanied by It.
Laflln Kellogg, came In. Mr. Hill's eye
caught Mr. Cleveland as soon as he had en
tered the spacious club foyer and a moment
later they were cordially shaking each
other's hand.
Loud and prolonged applause greeted the
two men as they entered the assembly
room. President Dowing, of tbe club, soon
began to speak, and In Introducing ex-Pres-Ident
Cleveland, said:
We have founded this clJtj to promote
the best Interests of the ric-morratlc party.
For that reason we have Invited democrats
from all parts of the country to listen to
the words of those prominent in thlr party.
We have named this club after that great
statesman, Samuel J. Tilden. and this club
stands for the political and governmental
honesty for which the name of Tilden
stands.
Wo have with us here tonight the great
est of living democrats. The first speaker
I have the honor of introducing to you is
the successful candidate of two campaigns,
ex-President Qrover Cleveland.
Applause Greets Cleveland.
There was tremendeous applause as Mr.
Cleveland asoended the small platform.
This applause wound up with three cheers
and a "tiger."
When quiet was restored the former
president began speaking. He said In part:
1 have been urged to participate tn this
occasion by those who have assured me
that this handsome structure is to be dedi
cated tonight to the rehabilitation and con
solidation of the democratic party, under
the. Inspiration of a name which during
the days of democratic strength ana
achievement was honored In every demo
cratic household. Such an assurance made
to one who followed with hearty devotion
the leadership of Samuel J. Tilden when
living, and who has since found In his
career and fame the highest Incentive to
democratic steadfastness, could hardly fail
to overcome the temptations of my con
tented retirement from political activity.
Perhaps there are those who would define
my position as one of banishment, instead
of retirement. Against this I shall not
enter a protest. It is sufficient for me In
either case that I have followed In matters
of difference within our party the teach
ings and counsel of the great democrat in
whose name party peace and harmony are
tonight Invoked. No confession of party
sin should therefore be expected of me. I
have none to make; nor do 1 crave political
absolution. 1 am here to take counsel
with others professing the same party
faith, concerning the democratic situation.
1 suppose we all are convinced that this
situation might be Improved, and some of
us may think It Is perilously undermined.
W hatever the measure of Its impairment
may be our condition as an organisation
cannot be Improved by calling each other
harsh names, nor by Inaugurating a sys
tem of arbitrary proscription and banish
ment. The members of a business llrm In
financial embarrassment should not sit
down and look in each others faces in
mute despair: neither will they regain
financial soundness or the confidence of
the business community by recrimination
and quarrel; nor will any members of the
firm aid in its restoration to solvent
strength by an angry Insistence upon a
continuation of the business methods which
have Invited Its embarrassment.
Political Capital Impaired.
The democratic party is very far from
political insolvency, but no one here should
be offended by the suggestion that its
capital and prospects have suffered serious
Injury since Mr. Tilden waa elected presi
dent. Then and afterward northern demo
cratic states were not rare curiosities;
northern democratic senators, now prac
tically extinct, were quite numerous, and
northern democratic governors, now almost
never seen, were frequently encountered.
Those of us less prominent in the parly
the rank and file are longing to be led
through old democratic ways to old demo
cratic victories. We were never more
ready to do enthusiastic battle than now.
if we can only be marshalled outside the
shadow of predestined defeat. Is it too
much to ask our leaders to avoid paths
that are known to lead to disaster? la ic
too much to ask that proven errors be
abandoned and that we be delivered from
a body of death and relieved from the bur
den of issues which have been killed by
the decrees of the American people? Ought
we not to be fed upon something better
than the husks of defeat? If these ques
tions are met in an honest, manly fashion,
1 believe ll will be productive of the best
Kind of democratic harmony.
Let us not forget, however, that It Is not
In the search of new and gaudy Issues,
nor in the interpretation of strange visions
that a strong and healthy democracy dis
plays its bplentlid power. Another party
may thrive on the ever-shifting treatment
of the ever-shifting moods of popular rest
lessness, or by an Insincere play upon un
reasoning prejudice anil selttbh anticipa
tion, but the democratic party never.
Must Be Done Openly.
If we are to have a rehabilitation and re
alignment of our party in the sense sug
gested, ll is important that It be done
openly and with no mystery or double
meaning. 'ur people are too much on th?
alert to accept political deliverances they
ilo not understand, and the enthusiasm of
the democratic rank and file does not
thrive on mystery.
The democratic harmony of which we
hear so much cannot Lie effectively con
structed by mathematical rale nor by a
formal agreement on the part of those
who have been divided that there shall be
harmony.
My days of political activity are past,
ami I shall not hereafter assume to par
ticipate in party councils. 1 am absolutely
content with retirement, but I still have
one burning, anxious political aspiration
1 want to see before I die the restoration
to perfect health and supremacy of that
democracy wiiot-e mission it la to bless the
people a democracy true to Itself, un
tempted by clamor, unmoved by the gui-'s
of popular passion and uncurrupted by
offers of strange alliance the democracy
of patriotism, the democracy nf safety, the
democracy of Tilden and the democracy
that deserves and wins success.
Hill Ontllnes Pisiform.
Senator David B. Hill, who spoke next
was received almost as enthusiastically aa
Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Dowing. in introducing
him said Mr. Hill Is today the recognized
leader of hla party In New York state and
under his guidance and leadership we aj
confident of victory.
Mr. Hill referred to the recent speech of
Mr. Hear in the senate unon the Philippine
question aud said that It had made a laat-
(Continued tin. Secoul Fags.)
COOPER MAKES LONG SPEECH
Contends In the House that Problem
of Philippines Shonld Xot Be
Partr Qaeatlon.
WASHINGTON, June IX The opening
day of the week's debate on the Philippine
government bill In the houses was signal
ized by a remarkably strong, exhaustive
speech by Mr. Cooper (Wis.), chairman of
the committee on insular affairs. He spoke
for almost three hours and was given close
attention by both sides of the house. Much
of the speech was a general defense of the
policy pursued by the administration and
drew repeated applause from his sido of the
bouse. He contended that the problem of
the Philippines should not be a party
question; that both political parties brought
on the war with Spain a-d the votes of
members of both parties ratified the treaty
which made the islands American territory.
The most telling portion of his speech was
the parallel he drew betwoen the present
attitude of the opposition and the attitude
of the opposition during and immediately
succeeding the Civil war.
Mr. Jones (Va.). the ranking member of
the minority of the committee, made an
able presentation of the democratic position
but he yielded the floor after speaking
about an hour and will resume tomorrow
morning.
Those were the only spechea made today.
Tho order under which the house Is operat
ing provides for night sessions until
Wednesday for debate only, but as no one
was prepared to speak tonight the order
for the session this evening was vacated.
The attendance both upon the floor and
In the galleries of the house today was
larger than usual, In anticipation of the
opening of debate upon the Philippine
civil bill.
Some routine business was transacted
before the regular order was demanded.
Bills were passed to authorise the ap
pointment aud retirement of James W.
Long as captain of Infantry; to declare
the Oeage river above Benton and St.
Clair counties, Missouri, to be not a nav
igable stream: to fix the salaries of dis
trict superintendents in the life-saving
service at $2,000 per annum, and to au
thorize the secretary of war to furnish
condemned cannon for an equestrian statue
of the late General William J. Sewell. A
number of conference reports were
adopted. The senate amendments to tbe
bill to refund taxes upon legacies, etc.,
were concurred In.
The regular order then was demanded.
It was upon an amendment to a bill to
amend an act for the relief and civiliza
tion of the Chippewa Indians or Minnesota,
which was under consideration when the
house adjourned last night.
The Eddy amendment was lost 9 to 87.
The bill tnen was passed.
At 1 o'clock tbe routine business had
been disposed ot, and In pursuance of an
agreement the house went Into committee
of the whole to consider the bill establish
ing civil government In the Philippines
with Mr. Glllett of Massachusetts In the
chair.
SENDS MANY NOMINATIONS
Loner List of Appointments Sent by
President Roosevelt to the
Senate (or Con rraatlon.
WASHINGTON. June 19. The president
today sent tbe following nominations to the
senate:
Navy Captains to be rear admirals:
Yates Stirling and William C. Wise.
Promotions Commanders to be captains:
Richard Clover, John V. B. Bleecher. An
drew Dunlap, John A Smith, lid ward H.
Green. Wells L. Field.
Lieutenant commanders to be command
ers: John C. Fremont, Albert Merta, Rog
ers: John E. Holler, John C. Fremont,
Albert Mertz, Rogers O. Oalt, Vincendon
L. Cottrnan, Frank B. Sawyer, Thomas
Howard, Austin M. Knight.
Lieutenants to be lieutenant commanders:
Thomas W. Ryan, F. C. Bowers, Geo. B.
Salisbury, John L. Purcell. Frank W. Kel
logg, Reuben O. Butler, Samuel H. Leon
ard. Harry Phelps, H. C. Poundstone. Al
bert A. Ackerman. Leo D. Miner.
Lieutenants (Junior grade) to be lieuten
ants: William S. Whltten, R. H. Osborn
Clarence England. Kilwin H. ' Delaney
Frank H. Hrumby, Charles K. Mallory,
James P. Morton, Frank P. Baldwin, Wil
liam C. Davidson. Newton Mansfield.
Fen 8. Hlldreth, register of the land
office, Prescott. Aria.; J. M. W. Moore,
receiver of public moneys, Prescott. Aria.
Postmasters California: Alice A. Hanna,
Oakdale.
Illinois: Louis J. Appel, Highland; "Wil
liam H. Halnlln, Macomb; Charles 8.
Neeld. Normal.
Iowa: Charles C. Bender, Spencer.
Kansas: James M. Chlsham. Atchison;
Theodore Griffith, Great Bend; William F
Mencher, Lincoln; James N. Titus. Medi
cine Lodge; Samuel B. Peters, Newton;
Herbert J. Cornwell, P. John.
Missouri: Thomas B. Tuttle, Carthage:
John G. Richmond, Lallelle.
Wyoming: Wilbur P. Keaya, Bjftalo.
DISBURSING-OFFICER SHORT
Makes Confession and is Placed I'nder
Arrest for Misappropriat
ing; Funds.
WASHINGTON, June 19. Henry Rech
tln, disbursing officer of tbe Department of
Justice, today was arrested on the charge
of misappropriating $7,600 of government
funds. He confessed the shortage. Rech
tln Is from Cincinnati.
Information received by Attorney Gen
eral Knox some time ago led to a suspicion
that something was wrong with Rechtln's
books and the arrest followed an examina
tion of the books, under the direction of
Comptroller of the Currency Trace ell.
Recbtln attributes hla troubles tn hlirh
living and speculation. The shortage Is
lully covered by his bond of $30,000. Twn
experts from the comptroller's office were
going over his books this mornlns: when
he arrived at the office. When he saw them
at work, he turned pale and then went to
me attorney general to whom he
made a full confession. This revealed that
tbe shortage had existed for six years.
He had concealed It by borrowing money
from friends Just before his books were m
be examined and returning It after the ex
amination was over. He said he came here
in 18So in debt and had borrowed from th
government funds to pay these, hoping
eventually to make up the shortage, and get
bis accounts straight. Rechtln came here
with Attoney General Harmon and was for
merly clerk in one'of the Cincinnati courts.
He Is a bachelor, about to years old and
had an Income of about $2,300 annually.
The warrant for ills arrest was sworn out
by United States District Attorney Gould.
Confirmations of tbe Senate.
WASHINGTON. June 19 Confirmations
by the senate:
August C. Wolff, consul at Warsaw
Russia; W. H. Atwell, attorney for the
northern district of Texas; Henry Terrell
attorney western district of Texas.
Postmasters: tikluhoma-G. W. Wal
brlght, Stroud. Nebraska E. N Allen
Arapahoe; C. A. Long, North Bend. Cali
fornia W. M Tlsdale. Redlands: M B
Towne. Orange. Wyomln-H. Springer'
t ambria. Iowa A. K llazelton. Council
Bluffs. Missouri M. Mann, Slater- 1 R
Hoggins. Palmyra, Kansas J. A. Schralti'
Ellsworth. '
Rednellon in Hrlits Bnaar.
NEW YORK. June 19. -The following re
ductions were made In refined sjgar today:
Grades ft. and I. lu ouiuta: n .v,.-
Jaiadss. tolais.
NO PLACE FOR DARK HORSES
Republican State Convention Not One to Be
Easily Stampeded.
DOUGLAS COUNTY'S PART IN THE AFFAIR
Delegates Arted Harmoniously and as
a. Inlt After the second Ballot
In plte of Outside In
terference.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. June 19. (Special.) In the
aftermath of the state convention a number
of minor occurrences, which were overshad
owed by the larger movements In the strug
gle, deserve a place In that sure to be
memorable contest. First and foremost to
be noted waa the decided antipathy of the
convention to dark horse experiments. At
several points In the balloting a vote or
two. and sometimes a whole delegation was
thrown out to a name not formally entered
In the lists but received no encouragement
whatever. On one ballot thirteen votes
from Phelps were recorded for Dean for
governor, ex-Governor Crounse received a
couple of votes at one time and so did Sen
ator Steele and State Chairman Lindsay,
but the nest egg did not draw. During the
recess there was considerable talk of
springing a new man, the most frequently
named being Norrls Brown of Buffalo, who
had made such a good impression by his
speech in the afternoon as temporary chair
man, but It was soon learned that votes
riveted to regular candidates could not be
transferred outside of those already In the
field. In a word, the delegates were In no
mood for dark horses, but on the contrary
decidedly adverse to them In the recollec
tion of disappointment that had followed
previous rallys to men who had snatched
prizes without coming out In the open to
work for them.
fttnek to Old "oldlers.
Another point was the fixed determination
of a large proportion of the delegates to
confine their choice to one of the old sold
ier candidates. The old soldiers In the race
were Dlnsmore, Robertson and Mickey, and
that Is what made the concentration on
Mickey of the delegates who had given their
first preference to one of tbe other two
possible after efforts to transfer votes to
other candidates had failed. It was not dis
guised that tho managers behind Robertson
were exerting at the time of the recess all
of their Influence to carry their vote to
Jeseen, and that it was this snag alone
that obstructed them In their course.
Governor Savage figured In the balloting
by only two votes for each of the first two
ballots. The delegates without exception
took him at bis word when he declared that
In deference to the interests of the party
be would not be a candidate for renomlna
tlon. The governor sat upon the platform
throughout most of the session, but simply
as a spectator, taking no part In the pro
ceedings. The Custer county . delegation
at its caucus this morning bad practically
agreed to cast its entire vote on the first
ballot for Governor Savage aa a compliment
from his home county, but on serious con
sideration in which one member recalled the
motto recently promulgated by Senator
Hanna, "Keep on letting well enough
alone," they concluded to drop the sug
gestion at once and follow the Ohio states
man's advice.
Douglas County's Attitude.
The Douglas delegation with Its ninety
five votes naturally held the center of at
tention, not only because of the strength
It commanded, but also because Its purpose
had been systematically misrepresented by
the runners and spokesmen of those who
thought they could gain advantage by fo
menting factional strife. It had been an
nounced In advance that the Douglas dele
gation would bring with It an Internal tur
moil and that so far as It followed the ad
vice of Mr. Rosewater It would be used to
turn down not only Treasurer Stuefer. but
Attorney General Prout and Auditor Wes
ton. The design of this concoction was,
of course, to force all tbe officers seeking
renomlnation to take up Mr. S'.uefer's cause
and carry him on their backs. Tbe ab
surdity of the statements, however, was
to plain that they defeated themselves.
Another scheme to weaken the position of
Douglas county waa to be found in the as
sertion that it waa hopelessly divided and
could not be consolidated for any purpose.
The reputed claims of Mr. Van Dusen to a
control of the delegation was the foundation
ror these assertions. On the evening before
the convention Van Dusen gave out a
statement to the effect that he had exactly
forty-alx delegates in Douglas county
whose votes he waa entitled to have, and
would have for a promotion of bla candi
dacy. When It came to a count of heads,
however. It was discovered that there were
Just twenty-two men on the delegation who
wanted to vote for Van Dusen, Including
Van Dusen himself, who had been admitted
by courtesy. To be perfectly fair, however,
to Mr. Van Dusen'a aspirations he waa
given on the first ballot the votes of all the
absentees, making him thirty-five In all out
of hla home county, but when the column
waa added up his total was only fifty-four,
indicating that he had received Just nine
teen votes outside of Douglas county. In
stead of the much boasted strength that waa
to come to him from out In the state
these nineteen votes practically disap
peared on the second ballot and his grace
ful withdrawal was the only thing left.
Voted aa a Inlt.
After Van Dusen'a name waa taken off
the ballot the Douglaa delegation reaolved
Itself Into a practical unit. The little
commotion caused by Mr. Goes when he
questioned the return of a chairman and
sought to achieve notoriety by breaking
the delegation ahowed that only four of
the Douglas county delegates had any In
clination to cast their votes Independent
and on the next ballot, seeing that they had
no following among the delegation, they
became tractable and came In with the reBt.
The story printed in one Omaha paper to
the effect that the lie was passed by Mr.
Goss Is Incorrect. That Incident occurred
lu the Custer delegation, when one of the
delegates demanding a poll, cried out In
answer to the retort of the chairman,
"That Is not true." Every one thought
that meant fight and all eyes were turned
In the direction of the Custer county stand
ard. Peacemakers intervened at once and
a truce was declared without recourse to
tbe prize ring.
ot In Any Combination.
So far a tbe distribution of the Douglas
county vote waa concerned it was not by
any combination, agreement or slate. Tbe
majority of the votes were given to 8ears
because he was most closely Identified with
Omaha and Douglaa county and the Sears
men would gladly have stayed with him and
had any disposition been shown by outside
counties to come in. Jessen had friends on
the delegation who would have voted for
him and their votes would have been of
service to him but a number of the 8outh
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MURDERED BY TWO TRAMPS
Crime Committed In lloicar Attached
to a Movlna: Freight
Train.
BRIPGEMAN, Mich., June 19. A reign
of crime prevails throughout the county,
caused by the Invasion of tramps. As a re
sult the life of Charles Parks of Troy, N. Y..
a papcrmaker by trade, was taken late last
night.
Parks, accompanied by M. Kclley and
John .Mays, boarded a southbounl freight
train. Fearing riln, they sought shelter In
an open box car, which, was occupied by
two negroes. No sooner had the white men
been seated in the car when the negroes
drew revolvers and demande d their money.
Kelley and Mays were soou relieved of their
cash, amounting to lets thun 15.
An Instant later the negroes walked over
to where Parks was standing, near the open
door. He had thrown up both hands, but
the colored highwaymen began shooting
and Tarks sank to the floor dpad. They
then rifled the deai man's pockets, secur
ing less than a dollar.
The murder was committed while the
train was Journeying from St. Joseph to
Livingston, where the murderers leaped
from the moving train and escaped. Two
men were later arrested near New Buffalo
who are suspected of tbe crime.
ASKS PARDON FOR HIS WIFE
tieorue narrow Says He Forced Mrs.
Barrow to Commit C rime
of Kidnaping.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., June 19. George
B. Barrow, who Is serving a sentence at
Dannemora prison for the kidnaping of
Marion eiark In New York, has Just written
a long letter to Mayor Hook of Goshen,
entreating him to exert all possible Influ
ence to secure the pardon of Mrs. Barrow,
his wife, who ia serving a sentence in Au
burn prison for the same crime. Barrow,
who Is the son of Judge C. Barrow of Lit
tle Rock. Ark., declared he forced his wife
to commit the crime, which he planned for
the purpose of covering the New York po
lice department with ridicule and Ignominy
and that he did not desire a ransom. He
says he was an admirer of John McCullagh,
who. Barrow says, had been unjustly re
tired by Tammany Influence and that he ex
pected after the commission of the crime
to put McCullagh in a position to recover
the child. Governor Odell will soon be
asked to pardon Mrs. Barrow.
ENGLISH MUCH DISTURBED
French Pstck we a Promontory Near
Hons; Honor and May
Fortify It.
CHICAGO, June 19. A special to the
Chronicle from Tacoma, Wash., says that
telegrams received at Yokohama Just be
fore Victoria sailed announce that the
French have purchased the promontory of
Katal near Macao, a Portuguese settlement,
In the vicinity of Hong Kong.
The point was secured for $120,000 for
the ostensible purpose of establishing a
naval hospital for the uee of the French
fleet In Oriental waters. This promontory
commands the approach to Linton bay and
part of Hong Kong harbor.
The English at Hong Kong arc much
disturbed and have protested to the Pekln
government that the sale should not have
been made. It is feared that France will
fortify Katal, as the French have lost no
opportunity during the last three years of
strengthening their position in southern
China.
HEAVY SUITS AGAINST LEIGH
Former Treasurer of St. Lonls Hrake
Beam Company Alleged to
Have Many Debts.
FT. LOCIS. June 19. Eight sul's, aggre
gating $100,000, were filed In the circuit
court today by the National Hollow Brake
Beam company of Chicago against Edward
Leigh, former vice president and treas
urer of tbe corporation, who now lives in
St. Louis. Failure to pay promissory notes,
contracting debts without notifying the
executive committee, neglecting to turn over
certain collateral security to the company
and drawing on the corporation's funds
without authority are the chief allegations
set forth aa a ccuso of action.
Mr. Leigh was treasurer of the National
Hollow Brake Beam company from January,
1882. to May of this year, when he resigned.
He waa also for a time vice president and
member of the company's finance com
mittee. FIGHT FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Republicans In Vermont Have Stormy
State Convention, but Nom
inate McCullouah.
MONTPELIER, Vt., June 19. Amidst
scenes of marked disorder and turbulence,
the republican state convention today nom
inated Judge J. G. McCulIougb of Bennlug
ton for governor on the third ballot. Tbe
delegates who had supported P. W. Clement
of Rutland, the high license candidate,
n arched out of the ball as a protest
against the action of the majority. The
bolting delegate), afterwards nominated
Mr. Clement for governor on an Independ
ent ticket, but later developments Indicate
that tbe high license men would devote
some time to a conslderat.on of the politi
cal outlook before placing an Independent
ticket in the field. L. 8. Stanton of Rox
bury was nominated for lieutenant gov
ernor. INVESTIGATE PECOR DEATH
Oklahoma Authorities Kadravur to
Flad Oat About an Alleged
Water Cure" Case.
C.l'THRIE. Okla.. June The authori
ties of Pottawatomie county are investigat
ing tbe death of Arthur P. Pecor, aged 14,
near Shawnee, whose death is allaged to
have resulted from attempts of several
companions to treat blia with the "water
cure."
He was submerged in the Canadian river
until his lungs and stomach were filled with
water, resulting a few days later In bis
death.
PRESIDENT PLEASED
Action of Nebraska Republicans Gratifying
to the Chief Executive.
TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT CAPITAL
Sar Comments on Position of Two Senators
from this 8ute.
ROOSEVELT ALSO REMINDS THEM OF IT
Senator Dietrich Explains His Position on
Cuban Reciprocity.
LITTLE HOPE FOR THE ROSEBUD BILL
Slse of Appropriation Already Mad
stud Amount terrled by
This Mrsanrr Militates
Aanslimt It.
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. June 19. ( Special tele
gram.) The action of the Nebraska state
convcutlou yesterday lu endorslug the ad
ministration's policy as to Cuba, divided
Interest with the final vote on the Isthmian
canal. In point of fct, It was the solo
topic of conversation on both sides of tha
capltol today and senators from Nebraska
were kept busily explaining Just "How It
I occurred." The president was very greatly
pleased over the action taken and did not
hesitate to say to those who called at the
White House during the day that Nebraska
hud emphatically placed the seal of its ap
proval upon tho course of the administra
tion. To a very close friend he said Cuban re
ciprocity must come it may not come at
this session of congress, but it Is bound to
come eventually. When asked whether ho
would send a treaty to congress contem
plating reciprocity with Cuba If the present
session failed to enact suitable legislation,
he said be would send no treaty unless he
was assured that it would be ratified. Ha
said he rould afford to wait until the sober
Judgment of the nation bad made Itaelf felt
In the halls of congress.
Mur t omuieuts on Nebraska.
The Star tonight prints the following In
its White House column:
The air or satisfaction that surrounded
ireMJent Roosevelt today and manifested
Itself in various ways to callers waa con
sidered juHtllliible by those who had read
the action of the republican state conven
tion of Nebraska yesterday in speclrtcnlly
routine mling the Cuban reciprocity ooilcy of
the chief of the republican party. The
president received with pleasure during
the day the congratulations of partv lead
ers und warm friends. He naturally' looked
upon the Nebraska resolutions as the
Mrnngest testimonial to be had of the real
feeling of the rank and file of the party.
To the president personally the action waa
gratifying because of the loyalty back
of it to him, but It was no lesa gratifying
from a party standpoint.
An interesting incident of the morning
was the call of Senator Millard of Ne
braska, one of the boldest of the repub
lican minority. The president good natur--clly
told the Nebraska senator how pleased
he was that the republicans of that elate
should have so Btronrly upheld his course.
The president's pleasantry was probaoly
not fully appreciated by his visitor, as the
Nebraska convention severely turned down
the two senators from that state.
Three of the western stales most vltallv
interested in beet sugar have now acted
on the reciprocity question. These are
Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. The
two former stood by the president out
right, while the latter did so In sptrlt.
Senators Gamble and Klttredge preventing
a more direct manner of expression. Rep
resentative Martin, who spoke In ..te South
Dakota convention In pralBe of the pres
ident's course, was applauded vigorously
in h 11 he said.
These three states have endorsed Cuban
reciprocity and the five republican senators
representing them are numbered with the
opposition. The president feels that ho
would rather be In his position than In
that of the five senators.
Senator Piatt, chairman of the committee
on Cuban relatlrns. today was an early
caller at the White House, where he had
a conference with the president on the aub
Ject of the probable fate of tbe Cuban re
ciprocity measure In tbe senate.
Senators C'ood-atarcUI ttalssed.
He decKted to make any statement con
cerning the president's views, aa expressed,
to him, but said that, speaking entirely
for himself, he would force the senator
who are holding out against reciprocity
to cast their votes either with or against
the party. "There la not a beet sugar
state," said the senator, "where. If tha
question was put before a republican con
vention, reciprocity would not be endorsed.
Where a lot of men are setting themselves
up In opposition to their party they should
be forced to go on record by their votes."
The republican senators who favor reci
procity with Cuba are uot yet ready to
acKnowledge that no'.hlng can be done.
They say that with thirty -five votes in the
caucus they do not think th.'y need aur
render to tbe nineteen who declared them
selves last night against -.be bill.
Two methods are suggested, one to ne
gotiate a treaty with Cuba and tbe other
to bring tn and pass the house bill. lh
action of the Nebraska republican conven
tion yesterday In endorsing the presllont'a
message and reciprocity with Cuba was
commented upon quite freely about tha
senate today, and tbe reciprocity aotiators
quizzed Senators Millard and Dietrich In a
good-natured way about tho manuar in
which the Nebraska platform differed from
their statements made In caucua last even
ing, when Mr. Dietrich declared that four
Nebraska congressional districts waulj go
democratic If the reciprocity bill waa
passed.
As Senator IHetrleh Sees It.
Senator Dietrich could not sse wherein hi
course had met with disapproval by the
state convention. He said the Joint letter
wblcb Senator Millard and himself had aent
to the state convention fully explained hla
pocltlou. At no time bad there been any
disposition on the part of the Nebraska
senators to put themselves In opposition to
the president; that both Senator Millard and
himself stood ready at all times to extend
aid to the people of Cuba without Inflict
ing tco great an Injury upon aiiy American
industrial Institution and that In thta tbey
were but simply following the expressed
doctrine of McKinley. He said that bs
stood with the president, but was unalter
ably opposed to certain senators who stood
sgalt at the producers of sugar in tbe United
States. He said the president thoroughly
understood the fight which was belr.g made
In behalf of American lnteresta as against
foreign production. He thought when the
platform nf the state convention waa read
as a whole. It would not be found that tha
course of tbe senators from Nebraska had
been condemned.
Senator Allison, wh?n asked tonight what
he thought of tbe Cuban situation, aald he
believed the subject dad for this session.
"Put I have no doubt as to the ultimata
outcome," he remarked, with a meaning
smile.
little Hope for Htittlitd bill.
Senator Gamble eaid tonight that a tre
mendous effort would ba uiaJe to secure