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The Omaha Daily Bee vol. xxxvi-m 30. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1W6. SINGLE COPY Til RLE CENTS. f V EVENTS OF THE WEEK ncipal Interest Centers in vth Political Situation in Bnttia. PANAMERlCAN CONGRESS BEGINS WORK Many Important Subject Will Dome Before the Meetiue in Eio. INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION ALSO MEETS Qneition of Creating Permanent Interna tional Court to Be Considered. CONGRESSMEN TO CONSULT ROOSEVELT Committee la (am pa lea drat Char of the Tall Will Mrtl Presl at ttiiatri Hill. WASHINGTON. July 22.-The at on ot ti.u world probably will b cen 1 this week on th political situation In ,' bu' g. whlcn appears to have hed a crisis. Th dissolution of Par' ?nt by ln:tirlal ukase resulting In OorJ .In sur- lendeting the premiership and Ion of Slolypln, minister of th tht post; the massing of tr capital city and the belief th succes prlor, to ' In the that The effect hip Is Inevitable all make it an armed conflict Is Impending. of the address to the country to be Issued by the socialists and the group of toll will j lio awaited with . Interest. The temper In which the masses of the Russian people will take the summary dismissal of the nation's elected representatives will be ona of ths most Important developments of the week. The views of those who support the autoc racy nre shown In an Interview given to ?. the Associated Press correspondent on Sat - Sll ii ''day by a cabinet minister, who said the kiveinment must hold on until a stable I leglme is assured or anarchy will super- vene. I The Panamerlcan congress which will begin Its sittings tomorrow In Rio Janeiro ; may be expected to hnvo Important results !, particularly In establishing the relations of, the sm.tller South and Central American T republics upon a basis of comity which -t ywlll tend to lessen the danger of war be- f .. ..I torn nf 1,1. lf iween monu cuunw ir. unr6ir.. i.r the governments of the American contl l ivnt. Including Mexico and the I'll. ted States , V' are present, Venezuela is the one prominent exception. The conference of the Interparliamentary union will convene In London today to pass upon the reports filed In June by the two commissions appointed at the Brussels con vention In August last. The most important subject for discussion will be the proposal for the conversion of the second Hague conference Into a. permanent body. Next In Importance Is the report of the commis sion on a model arbitration treaty, which commission Is under the presidency of Ernst Von Plenr, the former commerce minister of Austria. The American delega tion la headed by Congressman Bartholdt. i ' A' lem-t'Mng--otlhe American-. . insti tute of mining-engineers and of the British Iron and. steel Institute will be held at the 1 Institution of civil engineers July In clusive. Addresses are to be delivered by B. A. Hsdfleld and Robert W. Hunt, re spectively, presldnt of the British and ' American Institutes. The week following the London conference is to be devoted to a tour or tne American vuuon iu Newcastle-On-Tyne and Edlnburg. Coming' Congressional Campaign. An Important meeting to discuss plans for the turning congressional campaign wilt be held nt Oyster Hay today. President Roosevelt has Invited Speaker Cannon, Chairman Sherman of the republican con gressional campaign committee and Secre-ia-v l.oudenslaaer and Treasurer McKinley VI ? ( of that committee to luncheon at Saga- ' more Hill. The campaign will be outlined - L ......hi., tvtm nwAtln the lint nt avaII- ' '. able prukers will be taken up and the Jj arguments to be put forward most prom fJt ineiuly will be decided upon. p The nat'.cnnl convention of the Order of ! Good Templars will begin Its sessions in 4 Boston on Thursday and on Saturday the 4: delegates to the national convention ot )' the American Federation of Catholic socie- ). J ties will assemble at Buffalo. HARD COAL MINERS BUSY Operators May Prodnctlon for Jane is Srnrly I p to .ormal. NEW YORK. July :2.-For the purpose ot showihg thii condition of the anthracite rosl fields two months after the close of the recent suspension, the following state ment was authorised today on behalf of the snlhraclte coal operatora: The labor situation in the anthrcoite re gion la today one of profound peace In all lii active collieries mining is progressing sitls factorlly. Fully 90 per ren of the workers who absented themselves, as s re sult of the suspension ordered by President Mitchell on April 1 and discontinued on May S by agreement with the operators, '- returned or been replaced. The out put of anthracite for June was 6.63.ul8 tons, mih slightly below the output for June. The agreement extending the operation of t r award of the anthracite strike com. mission until April I, Wi. has been accepted in entire good faith. Merchants who fur nish household anu oiner supplies to tne i miners are again carrying full stocks snd I operators are making plans for extensive j improvements to meet the increasing phy- ! !cnl difficulties in producing coal. J The board of conciliation nas actively re newed Its work of adjusting the grievances of the mine workers. I Hiring the three hsve been In the main well received by t.oth sides. Through the action the petty :riVecrw its rules so as to reach a speedy determlna- tion of all complaints presented and now sits practically rontlnuotisly from day to day whenever Its calendar requires. ROCKEFELLER COMING TO OHIO OH Magnate Will Spend the gammer at His Home In rievelaad. CLBVFLAND. O.. July 12. Unless his present plans are changed John D. Rocks feller Is coming to Cleveland to spend ths latter part of the summer. Accompanied by his physician. Dr. H. P. Bigger, Mr. Rockefeller is expected to ar rive In Cleveland some time Saturday, July t. The announcement la definitely made that he will return to Ohio at the end of this week and take up his ususl residence here for the summer season. The entire outfit of horses and automo biles waa shipped to Cleveland some weeks ago, upon Mr. Rockefeller's departure for j Durope. It U said by his friends that he will remain In Cleveland, according to his present plans, until hia usual Una far de- farture la Je JJaJJ. LABOR UNI0NSIN POLITICS Ezeeattve Coanrll of the American Fedcratloa laanea Its (! palaa Program. WASHINGTON, IX C July 21-The executive council of the American Federa tion of Labor today made good Its deci sion of several months sgo to enter the field of politics In the Interest of trade union movement snd to exhort all mem bers and friends of organised labor to work for the election to political office of men known to be favorable to labor's cause. From the headquarters of the federation ; the council today Issued Its "campaign pro- . . I grain addressed "to all organir.ea laoor and friends in the United States." It sets out that the union movement has kept and proposes to keep pace with the rapid change In industrial affairs, and that the working people cannot hope to maintain their rights or a progressive position In the varying phases of modern society unless they organize, exercise all those functions which, as worklngmon snd cltlsens. It is their privilege and their duty to exercise. It Is declared that labor makes no demand upon government or society which Is not equally accorded to all the people of this country, and that "It can and will be satis fied with nothing less." The proposed campaign Is based upon the allegation that little attention has been paid to the enactment of laws prepared by organised labor and presented to congress "for the relief of those wrongs and the at tainment of those rights to which labor and the common people are Justly entitled and which are essentially necessary for their welfare." The council Issues a word of caution that the movement must not degenerate into a scramble for office, but "It should be a determined effort, free, absolutely, from partisanship of every name and chnracter to secure the legislation we deem necessary and essential to the welfare and .happiness of all our people." It la expressly stated that "where a con gressman or state legislator has proven himself a true friend to the rights of labor he should be supported and no can didate nominated against him." MR. ROOT AT PERNAMBUCO Secretary of State Receives Popular Ovation at Brnslllan ' . Port. PERNAMBUCO. Brazil, July 22. The United States cruiser Charleston, bearing Secretary Root and his party to the Pan American conference at Rio Janeiro, which arrived here July 20, lies anchored out in the roadstead. The sea is rough snd the secretary was the only member of the party to come ashore in the launch today. Mr. Root received a popular ova tion here. His speech, made to a large assemblage, was helpful to the friendship between the United States and Brazil. He made a comparison between the his tories of the two countries, referring to the struggles of each with Indians and enemies from the old world. The Charleston will leave here for Bahla, where It will make a short stop, and thence to Rio Janeiro, where it is due about July 28. The congress will be opened 'Monday, July 3. -At 3 ocioclt In the afternoon there will be a to dsum In the cathedral. The reception to the delegates by the president of Brazil will take place at 4 p. m. and the congress will be formally opened at 8 p. m. Baron Rio Beanco, the Brazilian minister of foreign affairs, will deliver the address of welcome. The response for the dele gates will be made by General Esqulval, ex-presldent of Costa Rica. EXPORTS OF CANNED MEATS Decrease Dne In Moat Part to Redac tion of Shipments for Japanese Army. WASHINGTON. July a.-Completed figures of the exports of American canned meats for the last fiscal year are shown today In a statement issued by the De partment of Commerce and Labor. The value of canned meats exported from the United States in June, 1006, was il,100. as against $797.1:7 in June, 1WA, and In the fiscal year 190i I9.2X.410. as against $9,577,046 In l'i6. The figures for the fiscal year 1906 Include canned beef, W,4:,440; canned pork, 91,15.857; other canned meats, 1,M7,107. The ' quantity of canned beef exported In the fiscal year was 64.5J3.Si9 pounds, as against iirt.iiMi.o6S pounds In 1W6. The reduction In exports occurred almost exclusively In the shipments to Japan which country took largely of American canned beef during the war, but greatly reduced its Imnortatlon on the dLahutid. , n)ent of the B These exports of canned beef to Japan In the fiscal year were 2.3U6.5S3 pounds, as against 14,687,1H6 pounds In 1905. and In the montu of Juns, 190S, were 34.412 pounds, as against S.SH.S8S la June, m. The I nrted Kingdom wag the greatest buyer of canned beef, exports to that country Increasing 4,673. 126 pounds for the fiscal year, but decreasing for the month of June, 190S. BABY ONLY ONE TO ESCAPE t'nnanal Incident Saves Life of Infant When Its Parents Are Drowned. PORTSMOUTH, R. I July 22.-By the capsizing of a sailing skiff today Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Anthony of Portsmouth and their daughter, aged 4. were drowned. Their j i., a,j , ho waa the only other oceu Pnt of the boat, waa saved. The baby was : strapped in a small go-cart, and before placed, probably by accident, so that It was wedged between the axles and body of the go-cart. When the accident occurred the baby floated securely In the go-cart, sustained by the oar, and drifted over to the ledge where Prudence lighthouse stands. The lighthouse keeper and his wife rescued the child. DOWIE SPEAKSJN TABERNACLE He Sara He Expects to Take Pall Charge of Eloa Cltr Sext Wednesday. CHICAGO. July 22-John Alexander Dowle held his first meeting In ths taber nacle at Zlon Ctty today since the meeting which broke up In riot six weeks ago. Dowte's physical condition was such that he had to be lifted Upon the platform by his two negro attendants. He spoke less than ten minutes and apparently was under the greatest physical strain, being unable to rise from his chair without help. la concluding his brief address Dowle said: "I expect to take full chargs of Zlua xjCltjr as4l j4asgaajr nljnV RUSSELL SAGE DIES SUDDENLY Financier 8aocnmb to Com plication of Dis eases Incident to Old Aee, POWER IN WALL STREET FIFTY YEARS He Amassed aa Enormous Fortaae nad Was an Officer or Director la Twenty-FlTO Big ' Corporations NEW YORK. July 22.-Ri.sm11 Sage died In il.l nn 1 w Uim ..n.m.rv hmne. C - .... , darcroft," at Lawrence, L. I. The Imme diate cause of death was heart failure, resulting from a complication of diseases Incident to old age. The veteran financier would have celebrated his ninetieth birth day anniversary on August 4. Mr. Sage had been :n exceptionally good health since his arrival at his summer home about six months ago. At noon today he was seized with a sinking spell and col lapsed, falling Into unconsciousness about two hours before his death, which occurred at 4:30 o'clock. There were present at the end Mrs. Sage, her brother. Colonel J. J. Blocum; the Rev. Dr. Robert Leetch, Dr. Theodore 8. Janeway of New York, Dr. J. Carl 8chmuck, a local physician, and Dr. John I'. Munn, for many years Mr. Sage's family physic, nn, who was summoned from New York when the first alarming symp toms were manifest. Fancral Services Wednesday. The funeral services will le held on Wednesday at the West Presbyterian church on West Forty-second street, of which Mr. Sage had been a member for many years. The interment will take place In Troy on Thursday. Mrs. Rage and her brother, Colonel Blo cum, are named as the executors of Mr. Sage's will. It Is generally believed that Mr. Sage's vast Interests will not be seriously affected by his death. Several times within the last few years rumors have been set afloat of Mr. 8age's death. On one such occasion, in June 1S99. Mr. Sage said: "I suppose somebody wanted to maks a little money by affecting stock values, and they hit on this old trick." Asked if stocks had been much affected, he answered: "I understand not. The properties In which I am interested cannot be seriously affected by my death." Sketch of His Career. Russell Sage, multimillionaire and nestor of American financiers, was born on August 4, 1816, in Verona, Oneida county, New York, where his parents, Ellsha and Pru dence Sage, members of a little company of pioneers from Connecticut, had halted while on their westward march In quest of a homestead. At the age of 12 years Rus sell began his career as an errand boy In the grocery store of his brother Henry In Troy. At the age of 22 he established a wholesale grocery of his own In that place. In 1157 the young merchant had acquired a fortune estimated at almost half a mil lion dollars, a vast amount for those days, and deterriilned to retire from active bus iness life. He had. however, already be come Interested In railroads, his first trans action of this character being a loan to the LaCmsse Railroad company, which led tj furtfier transactions .resulting li his a-qufr- ing large Interests in the roads now form ing the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul sys tem, of which he became vice president. This determined Mr. Sage to devote his future energies to operations In Wall street and In IS63 he opened his first office In New York. Inventor of Pnts and Calls. About this time he formed an association with Jay Gould which continued for many years. About 1872 Mr. Sage originated the system of trading In "puts," "calls" and straddles," In which he continued to deal thereafter on a colossal scale. While he purchased a seat on the New York' Stock exchange In 1874 It is believed that he never appeared on the floor of the exchange. Only once. It Is said, did Mr. Sage ex perience a tremendous reverse, which would have crushed most men, but from which ho emerged with courage and confidence unshaken. This waa on the memorable day In 1884 when the great failure of Grant & Ward was announced, resulting In the loss to Mr. Sage of about W, 000,000 on a long line of "puts.1 HI3 operations necessitated the posses sion of a vast amount of ready capital and Mr. Sage always kept his resources so well In hand that in any emergency he wus able to command almost unlimited funds. At the time of his death, Mr. Sage was sn officer and director In twenty-five great railway and telegraph corporations, forcrnss Humb lacldcnt. An incident which s'.urtled the whole country occurred In Mr. Sage's office, in the old Arcade building, No. 71 Broadway, on December 4, 1891. On that day he was visited by itenry r. xorcross or Boston, a man of unbalanced mind, who demanded an immediate gift ot 11,00,000. When the de mana was reiusea isorcross aropped a dynamite bomb upon the floor, the explosion ot which decapitated Norcross, killed one of the clerks and wrecked the whole office. Mr. Bage was only slightly hurt by ths explosion. For many years Mr. Sags occupied during the winter an old-fashioned brown-stone mansion at 60S Fifth avenue, from which he was reluctantly compelled to move about four years ago, owing to the Invasion of retail stores to No. 632 Fifth avenue. His summers were spent at his country place at Lawrence, where he died. Mr. Sage was married twloe, first In 1841 to Miss Maya Wlnne, daughter of Moses I. Wlnne of Troy. His wife died in New York City in 1867, aid two years later he married Margaret Olivia, daughter of Joseph Blocum of Syracuse, N. Y BIG DECREASE IN INSURANCE Statistics Complied la Nevr York Show Largo Falling Off la Baslaess. ALBAjNT. N. T.. July J2.-The disastrous effects upon the life insurance business of the sensational disclosures msde during the Investigation of that business last fall by the special legislative committee is shown in the annual report of the state Insurance department on life, casualty, credit and martgage guarantee insurance, mads public tonight by Superintendent Otto Kelsey of thst department. According to the report the companies doing business In this state Issued a3,386 fewer policies In 1806 than in lVt, the amount of Insurance written last year showing a decrease of HM.Ti4.K4. Moreover, 7(.8M more policies terminated In IMS than In 19u4, and Ih8.MS.T64 more insurance. "The New York state companies." says Superintendent Kelsey, "issued 681,379 poli cies. Insuring we8ts.fci and terminated 4.S policies, insuring S785.fc,Ka. The companies of other states Issued UO.tai policies. Insuring fTM.22.61t and terminated jKjUc)est Uxsurlng HlOlstlt REIGN OF LAW IN SMOSHONI Prompt Action by Officials Bad Cltlsens Drives Crooks from Sew Settlement. SHOSHONI. Wyo., July 22 (Special Tel egram.) Prompt action by the authorities with the loyal assistance of the citizens generally has put an end to the reign of lawlessness which reached Its climax with the murder of Warren Moody, town's at torney, and of Frank Anderson, a home seeker. Peremtory orders were Issued that every crook should leave the town within twenty-four hours, and most of them have accepted the situation. A large number left on last night's train and an other contingent followed this morning. Today the Jail is crowded to Its capacity, but the town is secured. On Saturday night there were two more holdups, but both men were promptly ar rested. With the sld of n outside con federate one of them . escaped, but the escaped prisoner snd ths confederate were rearrested In a hop Joint run by Ah Wing, who came here from Omaha. The officers also captured five other crooks In the same Joint, Including "Dopy Lis," notorious on the Pacific coast. The tent was raided and a complete outfit of burglars' tools and re volvers was confiscated. Despite the warnings. It Is believed there are still a number of crooks and confidence men left In the town. Twenty additional police officers have been sworn In. and the local force has the assistance ot the ten detectives of the Northwestern rail road. It is rumored that threats have been made to the officials that a fate similnr to Moody's awaits them if the stringent regulations are not relaxed. This afternoon a small fire was discovered near a saloon, which Is charged to Incen diarism, and as a consequence six yegg men who were seen In the vicinity are being shadowed until the train leaves In the morning. If 'they do not leave they will be arrested .and taken to the Casper Jail, as the local Jail will not hold any more. Sheriff Stough arrived this morning from Lander, and has taken personal charge of the murder cases Jt has been learned that the bloodhounds followed the trail east of town for several miles to where a horse had been tied. The sheriff had a lengthy consultation with the police and then left town, following this clue. The registered mall taken frjm the post office when It was robbed on Friday night was found near the. town. Every package had been opened and rifled. A secret meeting of citizens was held to night to organize for the protection of the town against crooks. No intimation has been given of their plan of operation. Charges of grand larceny and other high crimes will be preferred tomorrow morning against several of the ye.gg men arrested last night and they will be vigorously prose cuted. In railroad quarters It Is learned tonight that large numbers of home-seekers are on the way, or are preparing to start, and it Is now certain that large crowds will be here during this week. The registra tions close July t. APPEAL FOR CAMPAIGN FUNDS Congressional Committee Asks AH Hcpnbllcaaa to Contrlbate ' One DollaYCsrck.' ' NEW TORK. July .-Representative James S. Sherman and hia associates on the republican national congressional com mittee have decided to appeal to repub licans to contribute tl each to Its campaign fund. In pursuance of this policy the com mittee will begin tomorrow the mailing of letters to republicans In all sections of the country asking them to contribute tl each. Asked If an appeal to Individual repub licans for subscriptions had ever been sent out before Representative Sherman replied that he had never known of its being done before. "I don't think It has ever been necessary to do so before," he said. In addition to the mailing of notices to republican leaders In all sections of the country to be posted where Individuals may see them, the notice will be sent to all re publican papers with a request that it be published for several days, so that all voters favoring the return of a republican majority may forward their contribution to headquarters In this city. In its request the committee says: "The congressional campaign must be based on the administrative and legislative record of the party, and that being so, Theodore Roosevelt's personality must be a central figure and his achievements u central thought In the campaign." HUNT FOR MISSING .WHISKY Army Officiate and Grand Jnry In 'Frisco Searching for Nine Wagonloads of Liquor. SAN FRANCISCO. July 22. A military investigation and the grand Jury Inquiry have been ordered into the mystery sur rounding the disappearance of nine wagon loads of liquors dispatched from the Moulder depot warehouse to the Jefferson Park hospital store room. Major General Qreely, commanding ths Department of the Pacific, has ordered Lieutenant Colonel John P. Wlsser, Inspec tor general, to trace disposition of every bottle of liquor sent here for all purposes that passed through the army stations. The grand Jury Is as determined as the navy to solve the mystery as well as to determine the merits of the charge that someone Is guilty of having trfflcked in liquors Intended for relief purposes. Fore man J. F. Brannls says he will find out what has become of the whisky received here, even If he is compelled to go to the extremity of subpoenaeing Major General Greely, the whole United States army and every civilian connected directly or indi rectly with the distribution of relief sup plies for the fire sufferers. RATES ON WHEAT AND FLOUR Traffic Officials Will Meet la Chlcaao to Coaslder Eojaallaotloa of Tariffs. KANSAS CITY. July 21-Exeeutiv offi cers of Kansas and Missouri river railroad lines will hold a meeting in Chicago next Wednesday to consider the question of equalizing rates on export floor and wheat. Grain men say the present higher rate on the raw material than on ths product la unfair to them. Another assertion of the grain men Is that there Is not sufficient elevator or stor age capacity for the wheat . crop of tns country. A part of It Is bound to find a market outside of this country, they ssy. as it cannot be held until (he mills can convert It Into flour. For thla reason ths Kansas City Board of Trade believes a parity should ba erltblUbsd. between Qtmr acd wheat rats s. PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN Lineup of BtpnblictDi in ths Preliminary Contest in Hebraism. CONVENTION PROGRAM FOR COMING WEEK Rome Signs of Double riaylng ay the Railroad Representatives la the Different tonntles. Repnbllcan Instructions to Date. Total delegates to be elected 857 Total delegates already elected Si? total delegates still to be eleoico. ew f'Oti tfslilfiu STATES Ht.ATOR. Total Instructed on Senator i'i'i Total uninsti uctcd on senator 1 lnatrucled for Rosewater W Lninstructeu for Hosewaler lestlmated) 73 Total for Rosewater I"1 Instructed for Brown i 124 L'ninsti ucted for Brown testlmated).... JjV Total for Brown 11 Instructed for Millard Unlnstrucled, preference unknown 36 FOR GOVERNOR. Instructed for Conaway '. 1 Instructed for Rouse 14 Instructed for Wall 14 Instructed for Steele 14 Instructed for Miles I3 FOR TREASURER. Instructed for Kyd 23 Instructed for Bothwell Instructed for Brian " FOR RAILWAY COMMISSIONER. Instructed for Wlnnett Instructed for Sadilek 14 No Instructions whatever I3 Comparison of this tsble and the one printed a week ago shows the changes made by the conventions held last week. There were six of these conventions, namely. In Saunders, Saline, Gage, Lancaster, Red Willow and Cheyenne counties, thres of them being In the Fourth congressional dis trict and one each in the First, Fifth and Sixth districts, respectively. Norrls Brown secured Instructions In three of the conventions for his candidacy for senator, appealing In each of them personally and addressing the delegates In his own behalf. Two of .the counties re mained silent on the senatorshlp In order to project local favorites for other offices and one Instructed for Senator Millard with a postscript against senator nomlnstlon al together. The action of the Iiancaster and Red Willow county convention Is taken to Indi cate that the railroad opposition to Brown, or at any rate the supposed opposition of the Burlington to Brown, Is more or less fictitious. In Lancaster county it Is openly charged that a trade was made with the Burlington bosses by which Brown was to have the state delegation and the railroad machine to name the legislative ticket, and some corroboration Is found In the fact that the Journal-News organs of the Brown campaign at Lincoln, which were fierce in denouncing the legislative candidates of the Burlington crowd before the convention, has swallowed the dose without even a grimace and claim a great victory In the name of reform. Ia the Railroad Provinces. Red Willow county la also a Burlington proving an4 n candidate has ever bad Its support In recent years sxoept by the aid and consent of the railroad manipulators. Its transfer to the Norrls Brown column Is. therefore, somewhat significant, espe cially trailing In the wake of the Lancaster county state thunder. The action of the Cheyenne county con vention Is, likewise, to be read In connec tion with Its position on the political map. Cheyenne county Is Just as much a Union Pacific province as Red Willow is a Bur lington province and the Instruction for Senator Millard is regarded simply as the execution of orders from headquarters. The head of the delegation Is "Paddy" Miles, who Is the Union Pacific local attorney and political factotum, and the delegation may be expected to do exactly as he says. In Gage county the convention authorised I the appointment of a state delegation In the Interest of R. R. Kyd for state treas urer, and It Is understood the votes of Gage will be placed where they will do the most good for Mr. Kyd. Saline county likewise advanced the candidacy of F. J. Sadilek for railroad commissioner. Saunders county, on the other hand, although it suggested Representative W. J. Harmon as a candi date for railroad commissioner, ' did not Instruct for him, but gave Its instructions for Norris Brown for senator. In the Saunders county convention "St Wahoo the principal champion and spokesman for Norrls Brown was E. E. Good, the local attorney of the Northwestern railroad, Just as previously In Hamilton county the Brown forces were led by M. F. Stanley, the Northwestern local attorney at Aurora, and in Butler County by C. H. Aldrlch, the Northwestern local attorney at David City. For the coming week the republican county conventions scheduled are aa fol lows: f July 24 Antelope county, at Nellgh. July 14 Case county, at Plattsmouth. July 25 Madison county, at Battle Creek. July J Wayne county, at Wayns. . Ths remaining conventions will probably all bs called soon. Inasmuch as the Third district congressional convention has been called for August 16 at Fremont and the date of the Sixth district convention, which la the only one yet to be called,' will be fixed at the meeting of the committee to be held thla wetk. The Case county con vention will formally launch the boom of Senator Sheldon for governor find other new names may also yet be enterei into the lists. Word hss been received by officers of the state committee f;om Hon. W, E Andrews acKnowieaging ma selection to preside over the state convention acd say ing that he will arrange to b resent to wield the temporary gavel. Condactor Heir to Big Fortune. AMES. Is., July 2J.-(Special.)-Through the death of an Italian uncle, an Immense fortune, yielding an annual income of 11.500,000, has fallen into the possession of Fred R. Pike, a conductor on the east end division of the Northwestern, and he has left for the esst to meet his brothers snd settle the affairs of the estate. He will then go on to Naples and take possession of his inheritance. A cablegram from Naples brought ths news that hla uncle. Count Castelfrance Alfenslna Lagoscure Bertetto, was dead and that Fred, a nephew, waa a direct heir. The eatate amounts to enormous proportions and when It Is divided with Pike's three brothers ths conductor'a annual Income from the estate will be over ths million mark. Tbaw Speeds tale Saaday. NEW YORK. July -Harry K. Thaw spent a quiet and uneventful day In ths Tombs today. He left his cell only twlue to take his customary exercise. Contrary to his previous custom, he did not attend the religious strvlre conducted by Chap lain Wade In the morning and when asked by ona of the keepers why t dig uPd to maae aay fcuswsg. - - - v NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday and Taeaday. Temperatare at Omaka Yesterday! Hoar. Dea. Hoar. Dea. "a. m T.t 1 p. m a. m , T O p. m T T a. m T.I Hp. T ft a. m Tt 4 n. m TTt t a. m T4 14 p. m Tft 10 a. m Ttl A a m T 11 a. m TT T p. m Mm T "1 p. m t p. m TW LID IS ON IN ST. LOUIS Dry Sanday on Roth Sldea of the River and In Towns In Vicinity. ST. LOUIS. July r.-Oeneral humidity and general enforcement of the Sunday saloon closing law in St. Ixuls, East St. Louis. III. Alton. III.. Venice. 111., and throughout the suburban garden district in St. Iouls county, Missouri, Just outside the city limits, rendered the Sabbath day at least Irksome for those who thirsted but drank not. In St. Louis the saloons were closed. No arrests reported. In the St. IxmiIs county suburban gardens .the "lid" law was obeyed, but It was currently rumored that those with persistent thirsts were relieved from suffering by "speaking easy" to cer tain persons in certain places. In East St. Louis, 111., the ultimatum Is sued Saturday by Mayor Silas Cook that all suloons should be closed waa strictly enforced. The town was "dry" for the first time In years. One saloonlst, greatly Incensed by the unlocked for enforcement, decided to show that he held the prying eyes of policemen In contempt and he built up a brick wall In the doorway of hla sa loon. The brick wall is only a temporary strurture, however. At Alton, 111., a horde of river1 excur sionists from St. Ixiuls and vicinity ar rived expectantly 'and were almost over come to find the "Hd law" In the process of enforcement. Many who were well known. It is stated, were relieved from private stocks, but the majority suffered the pangs of disappointment, together with other pangs. At Madison, 111., the "Hd law" was not visible. Frank Owens, a citizen, lubri cated himself and becoming obstreperous was rebuked by Policeman Walters. A controversy ensued at Owens' home and Owens finally took the club away from the policeman, which was seized by Mrs. Owens. She belabored Policeman Walters until her spouse had made his esespe. Mr. Owens thereupon went to a saloon and gleefully told of the escapade. Another policeman overheard him and promptly ar rested him. WRECK ON SEABOARD AIR LINE Over Twenty Passengers, Mostly Ne groes. Hilled in Collision .-Near Hamlet, X. C. CHARLOTTE, N. C. July 2J.-In one of the worst railroad casualties In the history of this section, about twenty people were killed and more than that number Injured as the result of a head-on collision between a through eastbound passenger train and an extra freight near Rockingham, N. C, four miles west of Hamlet, at-: o'clock this evening. Marty" of the victims are laid to be negroes. - Up to midnight the official reports to the general offices of the Seaboard Air Line showed that nineteen dead bodies and twenty-three Injured had already been taken out of the wreck. Officials of the company say they cannot tell aa yet the exact extent of the disaster, but express the opinion that the casualties will not reach much beyond the figures already given. The officials of the road attribute the disaster to the failure of the telegraph operator' at Rockingham to1 deliver orders to the passenger train. As soon aa the news of the wreck reached Hamlet a wrecking engine was sent out and the di vision superintendent and other officials ot the road hurried to the scene and took charge of the work of relief. Advices from the wreck are mesgre. The passenger train waa No. 44, running from Florida to the north. Engineer F. B. Lewis of Hamlet and Fireman Thomas Hill of the passenger train were killed. The negro fireman of the freight is also said to have been killed, while the engineer of the freight saved himself by Jumping. Only few of the bodies extricated from the wreck have been Identified. Both trains were practically destroyed and the wreck blocked the track. In addition to the three trainmen al ready mentioned among the dead. Baggage- master H. 8. Bird also was killed. Rail road men, cltlsens and the passengers who escaped Injury Immediately set to work to recover the dead and injured Imprisoned In the wreckage, nearly all of these vic tims were found to be negroes. There are five whites and eighteen col ored In the list of injured and these will be distributed among the Charlotte hos pitals. . The special will reach Charlotte about i a. m. LIGHTNING HITS GRANDSTAND FIT Persons Instantly Killed and Fifty Staaaed by Bolt at Ma alto woe, Wis. MANITOWOC Wis., July 22,-Just before a ball game between a local team and a Plymouth (Wis.) nine a fierce electrical storm swept over the city this afternoon and a bolt ot lightning struck the grand stand where the spectators and players had sought shelter. Five persons were killed 'outright and twenty or more in jured. At least fifty more were stunned by the shock. The dead: ALBERT BKCHRA, 25 years. WALTER HADL, IS years. IRVINE WOELLERT. 2o years. ANTON KARKE. 14 years. WILLIAM KNAITZEN. 16 years. Must seriously Injure ; Harvey Kono, 10 years, limbs paralyzed. Frank Boehn. 17 years, splinter of wood forced Into breast. Walter Boehu. 12. shocked unconscious. Theodore Hurineister, 14, cripple, para lyzed, may die. When the storm came players and spec- tttAri alike souaht shelter in the ffranri stand. Ths bolt struck the roof and de- weapon wun nu 10 1 got tne govern scended among the crowd, knocking scores men: bayonets. The .nltUtlve, therefore, of people (1st. Two were found dead In naturnlly will fall to the prol-tarlat. This, the stand and the other three Just outside 1 the social democrats and the rr-iip of toll on the field. 1 'n Parliament, all nlovig have recr.gnzed, j and the most elabor.ve propsr.itiont hp.ve Movemeats of Ocean Vessels Jnlj 21. been made to repeat the ta tics of !ajt At New York Arrived: Caledonia, from I fall and paralyze tha country with a gen Olasgow. ; ral r,ke. But the plans a this time At Montreal Arrived: Ionian. from 1 . . . i.v Liverpool; Montfort. from Bristol. h' been perfeited with m.ich more dc. At Liverpool Arrived: Republic, from ; llhratlon and Involve not only the paroiyrla Boston: Celtic, from New York. of cities, telegraphs, ratlrJinlH arrt all means New ?ork. Sailed: Lucanla. for New' York. At Plymouth Arrived: at. Paul, from New York. . At Mov lie Arrived: olumbia. from New York. Sailed: Astoria, for New York. At Genoa Arrived: Romanic, from New York. Hailed : "anoplc. for Boston. At Inver Sailed : Finland. for New York: liraf Waldersee. for New York At Philadelphia Arrived: Merlon, from liverpool. At Halifax Arrived; city ot bom bay, trsm Liverpool. , - - . , ST0LYP1X IN CHARGE Bnssiaa Minister of Interior Succeeds Oorsmjkin & Premier. POLICE GUARD PARLIAMENT BUILDING Thousands of Troop March Into City snd Hundreds of ArrU Are Made, nanaanmnasas DUMA WILL ASSEMBLE IN FINLAND Member Decide to Follow Eismple of French States General in 1789. PROLETARIAT WILL LEAD THE FIGHT Battle Against the Government Will Begla with a Oeaeral Strike of Workmen and Peasaats. ST. PETERSBURG, July 21 An Imperial ukase relieves M. Gorcmykln of the pre miership and appoints M. Stolypln premier. He also retains his present post of min ister of the Interior. M. Stlchlnsky, minister ot agriculture. haa resigned. The Parliament building waa closed today and guarded by police, who re fused admission, except to ths president and the vice president of the house. Ths streets are empty and bear the usual Bun day aspect. ST. PETERSBURG, July O.-With the Imperial ukase dissolving Parliament which was promulgated early thla morning the curtain rose upon possibly the last act in the great drama of the Rusalan revolution. The people and the government now stand face to face, and upon the army depends the Immediate Issue. Even should the gov ernment, however, succeed in restraining n outbreak of the people the victory probably will only be temporary and sim ply confine the steam for the final explo sion. No one doubts the aeverlty of the atorm which will rise In the country In re sponse to the emperor's dispersal of the men whom he welcomed two months sgo In the Winter palace as the "best men in Russia." but the die Is cast. The govern ment has elected to fight and the capital today bore eloquent tsstlmony of the pre parations made to repress the masses by force. The city waa packed with soldiers and resembled an armed ramp. During Saturday night additional troops were brought In and disposed of according to plans adopted previously. The rein forcements Include four Infantry regiments of the Chevalier guards, mounted grena diers and a battery of machine guns. The troopa occupied railroad stations and the bridges across the rivers and canals and the patrols of both police and gendarmes were everywhere doubled. Many Aaitatora Arreated. Ths work of gathering In revolutionary agitators began immediately . after the ukase placing 8U Petersburg In "a stste of extraordinary security" was promulgated and hundreds ot arrests were mads before daylight.. The rwroa conferred upon M. Von Der Launits, 'prefect ot poftcn, smd-M.' Xiao'' vteft, governor of ths province, are Hit la short of those ot petty dictators. Beurcbxa and arrests can be made without process of law, newspapers forced to suspend pub lications and persons deported by admin istrative order without trial. Public and private meetings are forbidden. Those ar rested may. If It Is desired, be tried by military court and summarily executed. The only real difference between "extrs ordinary security" and full martial law is that power Is exercised by ths ao-called civil instead of military authority. Although the news of the dissolution of Parliament spread like wild fire among the various political organisations, the masses generally are hardly awake to the mo mentous event. The news traveled fast In the country and the general expectation is that the peasantry, accepting the dispersal of Parliament as the final blow to their hopes, will rise en masse. The proletariat organizations have been preparing for ' months for Just such provocation to de clare open war. Consternation Antona Democrats. It Is impossible to describe the consterns tlon with which the constitutional demo crats learned the news. Although It hail been bruited for the last three days, the ukase was received by them In blank amazement. Even Saturday nights caucus did not believe .ho government would dnre to take the threatened step and seriously discussed the attitude to bo taken toward Minister of the Interior Stolypln when h appeared In Parliament tomorrow to answer Interpellations. The government undoubt edly calculated on catching the opposition off Its guard, but If It expected to strike terror to the hsarts of the members of Parliament It has fslled signally. Some time ago, when dissolution seemed Immi nent, the various groups of the opposition virtually agreed to follow ths example of tbetr French compatriots of the states general and meet If driven out of ths .Taurlde palace, wherever and whenever circumstances dictated until a constitution wss firmly established. After a hurried secret conference this morning It was decided on account of ths possibility of the meeting being broken up snd the members arrested, that thoy go Immediately tc Finland and decide upen the future couise to be pursue. 1 and small groups left this afternoon and evening by train. Whether word was given them t.j meet at Vlborg or Ilelslngfors Is unknown, but It seems prolsihlo that Finland In fu ture Rusnian history will become syn onymous with "the tennis court" of ths French revolution. Even f ount Heydon, the leader, and other members of the right are understood to h;tve departed. It Is quite improbable, however, that Parliament as a body will attempt to formally set up its authority ngainit that of the govern ment. Proletariat to Lead Flaat. The constitutioi.il democrats snd Intellec tuals generally recognize thst they have communication hrouKhotit tht empire. but a complete siria" or peisnts In ths country as well. They confidently bellevs I , ,. , .... . . ; ,h loyalty of lroo s ma '.eon so shaken that the military suppirt of 1 lie go'rrnment wln RivP wny -r,d that when rut to the ' ... .. , . . . . ' ; " l"" " '" " ' "rinst its.-ir A council of workman s Orputiea already haa been elected at Moscow, and frith a siruil&x council hare la cosjunotloa sjita thg .1 1 n