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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 187 OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. CASIMIR-PERIER IS DEFEATED Bocialie:s Beour: a Pronounced Victory in the French Chamber of Deputie RIGHTS OF RAILROAD MEN CAUSED IT Permission Asked for Emyloyes of State Lines 1o Attend the Railro:d Congress and Denied by (he Government —Eun of the Debute. PARIS, Ma: ~The govern feated today in the Chamber of I on the question as to whether the mi of public works had the & rity to allow the employes of the state railroads to attend the congress of rallrond men. The premier M. Casimir-Perier, Gemanded the ad of the order of the day, pure and & The premier's motion was rejected by a vote b 22 M. Casimir-Perier therenpon | the Palais Bourbon and the ministe subsequ proceeded to the Elysee paluce and handed their resignations to Preside Carnot | Previous to the defeat the royalist deputy, M. Jules Guesde, moved th eight hours be constituted a legal day’s work for all work- | ing people throughout France and demanded | urgency for the motion amid loud cheers and encouraging cries from. the sociuliste, M Guesde declared the time was ripe for the seform urgently demanded by the working men. These remarks called forth violent | interruptions from the members of the center, who abused sociali The | latter replied in warm terms, and the die- | turbance became so great the president of | the Chzmber was compelled to intervene and with difficulty succeeded in restoring order Other speskers supported the motion and others still opposed it and the minister of public works, M. Jonnart, declered the ques- tion was too grave to be dealt with ofl-hand and M. Guesde's motion 1o was thereupon rejected by @ o 94 | and the original motion in he es- | tablishment of & legal of eight | hours was referred to seion on | 2sbor M. Jusrez, socialist, asked whether the minister of public works had the authority 0 allow the employes of the state railroads 10 attend the congress of railrond mes. M Jonnart replied he could not interfere with the decisione of the directors of railraads Personally he thought that permission might be granted upon the condition the service was not impaired by such ettendance. Re- ferring to the statutes of 1885, respecting trades umions, M. Jonnart said it could not be applied to state employes, adding: “If we permitted them to form unioms we should authorize them to revolt against the author ities. WHAT THE SOCIALISTS WANTED. The last remark of the minister of public works called forth violent protests from the members of the left and loud cheers from the center party. M. Jouret then declared the government’s refusal to allow the em- ployes of state raflways to take part in the congress was a singular example to private compar M. Mileraud, socialist, said the way companies always refused 1o permit their workmen 1o attend such congresse and the government directly encouras them by the attitude which it had®ussumed today, ndding: “If the bovernment refuses 1o state employes the Tight (0 organire. it is in order to encourage the big companies to Tesist the laws (Cheers from the left.) Mileraud moved as the order of the Gay the order which was accepted by the govern- ment in 1893, and at that time adopted, and which concluded with the declaration the Chamber invites the government to compel the big companies, especially the state com- panies, to respect the law of 1587 The winister of public worke said some of the railrond companies had accorded the Decessary permission to their workmen tc attend the congr (Applause from the center.) Count de Languinais, centrist, asked why the daw did not apply 1o the big companies and why, as some of the companies had granted the necessary leave of ubsemre, Lhe stete 4id not do the same. M. Deramet. rightist, then moved that the Chamber invite the government not to make any difference between state and private employes " The president thereupon said: “‘Two mo- tions have been submitted, Which shall be put first to a vote?” The question was followed by (he of: “Both motions kre the sume ARBITRARY DEMAND OF THE PREMIER At this stage Premier Casimir-Perjer in terposed, exclaiming: “The government re- Jects both motions and asks the Chumber to adopt the order of the day, pure and simple.’ This cuused @ sensation in the Cham and much whispering amoug the members gor all saw that & crisis had arrived. The gremier's motion was rejected by a vote of outcries 27 to 225 and M. Casimir-Perier immedi- stely left the Chamber, followed by the min- dsters, amid uproarious cheers of the lef and the consternation of ti nter party. Priority being grauted in favor of Mile ravd's motion, it was rejecied and Mileraud suid e womld support Deramet's motion The lutter that the two motions were not Milersud, e =dded wanted 10 & the law in favor of the railrosd employes, but, he sdded: 1 want mo Adistinction between state and private morkmen After u few excited speoches, M. De met's moticn wes adopted by a vote of 2 to 228 Count de Douville-Mailefou. me - extreme left, proposed the ho n until May 81 in order to give the t time to refiect and remodel itself. This proposal caused another wproar in the €1 ber and was rejectod. The Chamber ther sdjournsd until Mondey ; During the divisions of today 1he members of the right voted with the socialists and Tadicals. Ou Teuving the Chamber of Deputios the ministers passed before the benches on the Buenok Ayres dispatch says: Information smes today from Montevideo that it s con fdently asserted ther: that ex-Admiral da na, whose intended vieit to Spain has been announced, hopes to hold & conference while in Europe wit most pow - rful persons who favor a monarchy in Brasil Hix purpoee is to organize a movement 1oo o the re-establishmer empire will propose to make Ric o Sul named ue chief jonary party Congs F dispateh boli These sailing. tenced 1t he sch finall oner. Yamaugut right Four ey Tests locomotiv American 0. R.T. vention. The commttee two the prefe 110 delegat majority of the delegates to whom the CAUSED BY A SIMPLE QUESTION. Belgium and England. NEW YORK, May 2 sels dispatch says State tween King Leopold and the British ree says The volcanic peak of Str on one of the Sipari islands I¥ing to the — e FROM THE ORIENT. o four Iy did, the B Miss Simmboff, instructress Jupan, was stoned while attempt- crowd ing to address a e was Tokio T vessels The British C., months’ left Hong Kong April 24 missing vessels Moraryehire and Blair Athol sailed from Java months ago with sugar for Vancouver and | neither has been Yokohama from Siberia gave him every opportunity to e getting mma. destra hapers were _recently es. 0 engines, in the future enc The res and heard of s Captain Hensen of the Flyl who was captured by the Rus imprisonment away M violation of the sealing laws. ay Singular Exp of the Fall of the Freneh Ministry. LONDON, May 22.—The eorrespondent of fallen so unexpectedly and under su cumstances ere it a gener n he resigned has, whether President Carnot hes u his resigna! ry of yest uy's debate e the less An almost unknown deputy, M. Salis tion: The fo nusl nEress of the Railway Work en's federation ol yesterday morning #n & {pitiable tate. Scarcely anybody was j t, 2¢ o general leave was given to the men by the vurious companies to quit work in order t attend the congress. It would seem th for some time past there has been a great deal of discussion between the minister and certain deputies, not merely kocialists, as to what should be done this vear with to granting such permission. 1f one may believe the asert d the lobby, M Jonnart half did and hal t | intervene with the companies t » give the workingmen leave of However this muy be, the question before the house yesterday was of Do grester im- portance than to learn whether the minister had done or would do s doubt questions are dange he Prench Chamber, but this one Salis seems eingularly simple. 1t contained a guestion of principle upon which Premier Casimir- Perier made no move to declare himself Indeed, he did not open his mouth during the debate. The result came quite sudden— 2s If M. Casimir-Perier had been ‘riding for a fall T COVERS THE CONGO FREE STATE Effcct of & Treaty Just Concluded Between —The Herald's Brus- A treaty concerning the hes been concluded be- er to Belglum. The king abundons to England 2 small strip of terrilory in the region of the upper Congo, thus giving England nc- ce:s northward to the Nile. In excha ngland grante the king until the end of his reign the left bank of the Nile up to the seventeenth degree. This is considered the most important African trgaty concluded for meny years and is a master stroke of @iplomacy on the part of the king, as it shuts out France from the Nile basin and places the Congo Free State under the ubli- gation of fighting the Soudan dervishes. Stromboli in a Stute of Erupt . W YORK, Ma e Herald's Rome | north of Sicily, is showing great activit The eruption i€ increasing in violenc there are frequent earthquakes. Th ple living o the island have left their houses in terrar., Steamer Empress of India Brings Interesting Information from Foreign Lands. VANCOUVER, B. steamer Empress of India arrived from the Orient teday. —The cruiser Pallus b search e of the six day of Dutchman, ians and sen- for has_reached The Russians cape, which with in a school of The sight el t have b mude w as they L s RAMSAY IS QUITE STRON of her n susprnded for publishing violent anti-foreign articles. in Japan of favorable tc will be given Delegutes Making Slow Progress ai the Denver Convention. DENVER, May 2 The an nd re refused seats for seats in committee »d forty contestants re-election of Grand Chief vote on the contests will indicate sguinst Grand Chief Rumsay Rawnsay his strength -d waged, but the election 5 late dute thst reliable forecast as result can be made. The strongest tion candidate is W. V. Powell BLOODT LIOT IN ABKANSAS —The Order of Ruilway Telegraphers is consideriug in executive ses- sion toduy the conte: credentials e con- sented to nd the the in_the convention The delegates are making slow progre enly sbout 125 delegatos having been pr nounced entitled scats. About twenty Aclegates were seated tod: hoth the Ram { suy and the opposition ctions claimin 10 have profited thereby. The fight for and being warm!y for such 4 10 the opposi- of Wichita Kan. The main pol uguingt Ramsay i extravagence in funds of thi order. There is no intimation of dishon able eanduct. e —— extreme left und were greeted with loud i cries of: “Vive Iz republigue soclale “Vive Aleged White Caps Kill & Detective Who & commune. Caused Their Arrest The ministers on reaching the pal of LITTLE ROCK, May 22—Ncws has just B e renched here of a bloody rot which oc- and Indicated their intention to resign | curred mt Forrest City thie afternoon. The then proceeded to the forelgn off » | trouble was brought about over the arrest the situation was discussed 1'of certain prominent citipeay ol St Trancis Casimir-Perier presided ’n was dec | ohATROR Ath Wi et £ an. goeet tomorrow at the Elysee pulac T Febber from Sormally tender their resignations 1o the | ™ iy ‘:\;.:B;Ix ur::._" trom Mem sy was engaged 0 run the white cape P s considered that fhe fact that the | down. He went to work on the case and second yote wus taken by the Chamber in | us a consequence some thirty or forty ar- the ubsence of the mimisters precludes the | rests followed. Toduy Webber wae attucked possibility ©f @ comprc M. Cas- | in Forrest City by friends of the parties he dmir-Perier's withdrawal m the | had arres Shooting followed and Webber wernment will be irrevocable, and | was instantly killed fand |Deputy She s thought mome of his col- | Smith was seriously wounded. Frauk Gor- Seagues will consent 0 cater any Dew com- | man, & merchant of Pulestine, 15 charged Dination. for the reason the Views voiced | with doing the shootiug snd has been placed by M. Jonnart, minister of public works, in | under arrest. The town is in & state of the Chamber were asseuied the | great exc and more trouble may fo) ministers ut & council this e | dow et any efficial snnouncement of Lho Tesign of ot N the cabinet will be published in the Gazette Mississippl Fallen Four lnches. ©n Thursday MINNEAPOLIS, Miy 22—An Anoks HARD TO FIND A PRE Mion., speeisl to the Journal says: The NEW YORK, May Taris | Mississipp! river fell four inches last night Qisputcl " owin ’!" 10 | but if there are rains this week dsmage wil l";; = a0 2 Ter | result. The Rum river is backed g et st b | bigh water in the Mississippi and o SRIESNS 48 TEE 2. SN he below the dam & being wash eause of the difierences between him and keopers have had mave out President Carvot. The only avallable man | Prorele . A v al man | gs ure being undermined S8 M. Charles I and Le would prefer | umperof logs have broken out of ¢ s 20 remain pre of tme Chamber, 1t | Pl e B8 e 10 M e Dotws possible some outsider. a mew man, will | DUt he¥ bl Minncapolis oon selected to form & cabinet before any | A REIIR Of tmportince is, ot L ul"u“» k.. Holds the Ives Law Constitutiousl 8 candidate for the presidency 9 2] OTICA N Y. Mah e T s ¥ of the court in this distriet in ‘Dl(- | Qecisy case of Rellly wers Green | NEW hoids law to be const al | | | | | | { ADOPT A NEUTRAL ATTITUDE Moral Turpitude of Etatesmen Neatly Evaded by the Assembly, PRESBYTERIANS STEER CLEAR OF DANGER Question Habits from Congress Not Decided— Jeged New Definitions of Dogma o t Excloding Men of Dissolute Al- —~Home Missions Discussed. SARATOGA, N. Y. May 22.—The dev tional service at the opening of the Presby- terian ge assembly was devoted 1 ures presented a partial An overture had been received from the presbytery of New Albany asking the gen- eral assembly to memorialize congress to enact such regulations with reference to the personal life of their members as will pre- vent the presence national councils of men of imn The recomme upon vote Tk the assembly apprehensi semb! new definitions of ! expressing the view th ‘no doctrin | ment which is not explicity contained in | the confession of faith and catechisms of | the church is binding on our office bearers.” <In reply the following action was taken 'The general assembly has never under- taken to eke new definitions of dogmas either by d:iiverance or judicial d jon and ! we hope that this declaration of former as- semblies, repeated by the ge: assembly will allay the apprehensions of our wo brethren of this presbytery Dr. Lowry, chairmen of the committee on confession, got the foor, but he was unabl to accomplish the adoption of his recom- mendation, on eccount of a difference of opinions, as to the “‘best printed text of the English b The committ desir either the best English edition or the b edition of the American Bible soziety. An impetuous member wished to have the American edition of 1881-§5 adoptsd and the discussion which followed caused the whole g0 over ae unfinished business rown of Portland, chairmen of the on home missions, then sented a report on that subject. He s with phas spirit, paylng & compliment rk of the w the chu be said U church must raise 11.40 during coming year in o the present btedness of the bx enable it to prosecute its work for ihe twenty-four ubject wag a but without opposition months re os make of R saying tha the atte t i t mpt of the chester had ove oy ral and dissolute characters. dation that no action be opted by taken a emall iews with general as- During the year $586,000 have been received, while a debt of neerly $256,000 is reported, due to a falling off in legacies The women's missionary s have con- tributed $268,000. Unde e from the board are 1,821 ministers and 2,386 tenchers. The speech of the secretary, rep- resenting the board, was made by Dr. Dun- can J. McMillin of New York. Discussion by the members of assembly continued dur- ng moEt of Opposition for the which cost of near i Home and F ) 5 McDougall ¢ ordered specially assembly at 10 o'clock Saturds the rem: to the be erected ¥ $1,500.600. ! Cineinm in inder of 1 projected £n Mi new ons boards, New York at was made by Elder The subject considered by the general session. building a was IMPORTANT QUESTION SETTLED. Theological Seminary Contest SARATOGA, N. of theological in the Pres- byterian Church Defi /itely Settled. the general church of almost four to one the report of the ma- jority of the is concerned, seminary assembly matter was adopted today. The report, which was given Y., May 22.—The que control, of the is settled. n 80 far as Presbyterian By a vote committee that considered the Friday night last in the account of the pro- ceedings Associated press, of the assembly sent in full on out by the the provides for gaining power and right to approve the appointments of professors and direciors and asks the i- Tectors of the seminaries to declare a trust in favor of the Presbyterian church, which the general assembly may enforce in the civil courts. At the same time a commit- tee is provided which shall confer and ad- vise with the semina end seek to gain their consent to the proposed plan. The report was put through the assembly 1 £pite of the uigent requests for delay, and in the face of protests from those who de- sired that the church and the institution affected might be consulted. Earnest ad- vocates of the majority report volunteered suggestions 1o the assembly as to what it should do to accomplish a given purpose without the formality of addressing the moderator. At e point the moderator prot “with twenty te ed th hat b was a difficuit { you fellows calling to me at position once The scenes of confusion were not equal to those of yesterday, but they were marked An episode, during which he was accused of foreshadowing the action which he de~ sired the assembly to'teke. was concluded by an expl ou that failed to explain. The speaker said in closing that be gave notice of a protest against the action of the Out of order. No action tus been taken The 1 r remarked: “Hell be in order pre and explained afterwards that he meant thai the speaker would have taken his seat and so be in order The fact was elicited that the boards of the direciors of the seminarics at Prince- ton and Alleghuny had expressed the desire het no changes be m: This fell upon unwiliing ears and Lad small effect upon the vote. McCormick's seminary at Clicag and Danville semimary are already upon the proposed basis and will have to make no change in their chariers. The separation of Union seminary from the assembly was de- plared by the spesker, who accused ber di- Tectors of stealing the seminary Thus cnds the present chapter of the contest over semimary control. The con mitiee 1o be appointed by the moderator will be 8 unit in favor of the changes. Probsbly a number of the mittee will be renominsted. This was devoted to & interests of hor snce was large a number of speak ng phases of work—Dr. Bro the extreme northwest; Mr. Chapman, the Pacific coast Dr. Hillis, the central w and Dr. L of Texas, the southwest. AGAINST ORDAINING WOME N, No Femule Preachers Desired by the Cum.- berland Presbyterian Assembly. ourd was read. Rev. 8 S Hatt of nm:_v} rend an able and e¥haustive paper | “Right of the State to Blucat He spoke | agninst appropristiénd for any se | schools. Rev. Dr. Wityland Hoyle of | neapolis spoke on the “F Plax Its Fuilure 1 SALVATION OF THE NEC It Can Be Most Effectively Achieved in a Separate ¢ hurch NASHVILLE, May 22—At today's session of the outhern Presbyterian church the ex ecutive o ttee on colored evangelizat i presented fts report. The report reafirms the ecta and meintenance of sep rate Afric hes s offering the m effective salvation of the negroes. 1t urges liberal support of this work and asks $15,000 be raised for this purpose. The re- port will be considered tomorrow Judge Lapsiey presented a rep on the resolution offered by Rev. Dr. Woods of | Baltimore ye-terday, conc:ruing the memorial on the Breckinridge case. The com | bhed amended the resclution and bro | back with the recommendation that | adopted. As returped the resolution says that “as the supreme judiciary of our church it would manifestly be highly improper for the assembly to exprese an opinion in a case | which is before a lower t | The resolution closes by saving | | assembly *‘does now, and alwave us done, ‘ desire and intend 4n all orderly waye to | promote aintain and require in its people | that nal puwity which is common | foundation of the home, the cb and the state tion having, last mmending that | e guestion of report will be dis- | y Rev. G. E | L s e JOW. L TOWN BURNED OUT. Loss of Fifteen Thousand All Falling on 1 One Firm. | SIOUX CITY, Muy 22-—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—The br & portion of the | town of Luton, la., fifteen miles east of here | Milwaukee road, was destr by fire | | s morning. Fire start drews’ general merchan store. is $2,500; on R. H s mercha | ock, $2.500, total Jose e, loss not | known; J. H. Van Aken. loss on stock $500; | Strange Bros'. hay camp, Joss $8.000. All | the buildings belongsd to Strange Bros. of | this eit whose total loss is $15,000. Al - sured but Strange Brog'. har. Ridputh's Murderers Not Located. DES MOINES, May 22.—(Special Telegram | toThe Bee)—The location of the three murderers Conductor Ridpatn sull re- | a mystery. It hmr been deter { that they are not in the Polk | county jail, and word was received from | Winterset today saying they had not been | { { of ined brought there. There is a suspicion that they &re concealed somewhere in this It is said ght thet Weems bas con- fessed, saying that he struck Ridpath blow the head tat maggered him, that Hammel fired the fatal shot, while Krout was standing across {he street. The zu- thorities are making &rrangem for an tmmediste triel of the cas | city a Nickel-iu-the-Slot Mach nes Must Go. | —(Special | P. Dun- owners | CEDAR RAPIDS, Iz, May legram to The Bee)—Mayor W iels has issued an order giving the e Oleson, cial Telegram to The Hee.)— of the penny and mvkel-in-the-slot machines | until Fridey to take them out. There are | sbout 100 of ihese machines in operation | here, and all have been doing an immense | business for the past two or three months ‘ EILLLD BY 4 VIC10US HORSE. ’ South Dakota Cowboy Loses His Life lu the Roundup. | CHAMEBERLAIN, §. D., May 22—(Spe- | | { cowboy employed in the roundup west of the Missouri, was killed vesterday near Hutch City by his horse throwing itself backward upon him. He arrived in the country only a few months ago from some | point in Jowa. Particulars concerning the dead man or hie relatives are r. | The horse that killed him is ve) us | and has the reputation of having killed tw other men Will Try Him on Another Charge. SIOUX FALLS, § D., May 22—(Special to The Bee)—Dave Jones, who was dicted for aiding Postoffice Robbers Burke and Randall to escape from the county J was released on 1hat count yesterday, but immediately_rearrested under another in- | dictment. “The firet Indiciment was 1 murred to on the ground that the n who escaped were United States prisofers and the ftate had no right 1o meddle in r. The indictment was therefore Jones was at once an indictment for aiding Joe Mc robbed a hardware store at Sherman, 10 es- cape from jail here. At the time the pris- oners got Gut there were six, but all w recaptured except Burke and Randall Jones will plead to this latter indictmen tomorrow. About twent -five jurors were examined before a jury was empuneled in the second | trial of Dr. A M. ver for the murder | of Minnie Olson | Enights of Pythins Entertain. | SIOUX FALLS, S, D, May 22.—(Special 10 The Bee)—Thig afternoon Major Gen- eral James R. Carnahan of Uniform Rank, Knights of Prihias, in this | city. He was met by the local Uniform Rank knights in_full uniform und members of the regular Knights of Pythias lodge. | He ‘wus escorted from the de the hall, where he talked with the officers of the 'local order relative to forming two | regiments of Uniform Rank knights in this state. The First regiment have head- quarters here and the Second regiment at | some in the Black Hills, probably | De Tonight the major seneral was | ter reception, bull &nd banquet in the largest hall here The event was in eclat the equal of the r tendered | Governor Sheldon on| W on's birth- day by the military for which | was considered the gwelle: of the yeur. | TAYLORS STILL AT LIRERTY. i e | Ofcers Temporarily Wbsndon the Pursult | of the M Murderers. MILAN, Mo., May#2—The hunt for the Taylor brothers, whal murdered the Meeks family near Browniflg, May 10, hus been | temporarily abandos in the Chariton river brakes and ShEEMfs Niblo and Win- tere returned home United States Dep- Marshal W. J, feeman of St Louls Freeman - ) doubt bLut the fugitives have been € in the river brakes, but think o thelr friends huve been with the who &re huntir them, and keep them! 1 ab every move of the officers, and hey evaded their pursuers Saturday and made their Way back near thelr fatber's home." Mr. Freeman hag gove 1o Lrowr where he &nd officers will gul Jfovem ‘more United Sthtes the Taylors for & | | the heuses of friends of | o I [ [ WomeniWon't Listen to Breckiuridge. EUGENE, Ore, May 22.—This has been | LEXINGTON, May 22-Mr. Owens will the most exciting day of the Cumberland | SPeak here on Monday afternoon, June 11 Presbyterian asscmbly. The report of the | THE Will be his Sret wupearance here since Judicial commit which made both ma- | plans are ‘on Tebt 16 ke L oR e jority and minority reporis, was tken w. | demonsiration The Gwens cub loday de- | R e sether 8 womag | ©ided_to send imvitations to Breckinridge | The question st issue was whether & woman | Slded_to, sen Tehons 1o Brecignridge | shall be ordained to prefth. The particu- | A complication has urisen as the women of lar case in point is that of Mrs. Woolery. | Lexington had been invited to attend the | The minority report favoriug ordiation was | Beeling, and had siguified their intention | The SIRSLY. T JETa. a of turning out in large numbers. They now ot ‘d‘ 6. ¥ ; . :“3 e 2 TEPOrt WaS | guy that if Owens and Settle debate they | carrie A motion was made for & recon- | will giadly attend, but if Breckinridge ac- sideration ut the moti was tubled and | cepts the invitation they will have nothing | Uie matter rests, for the preseut, et least. | 10do with the meeing. It I possible the is probuble the matier will fnally be ywens clul reconsider its action tak turned 1o and after today . action be t r S gp—— sembly an Ched Them Too Koughly. | . rank Ot charge o n's bl Lo 1% Autgon. o) empies car, Wis &rrested at the Webster street AR . N ay 8 Qepot last evening for esssulting two_boys ican Baptist Educational socie 2 | who ha B some posters from the oar the sixth sunual meeting in the convention | His treatment of the lads WaS 80 severe Lk ball tonight. The Teport of ine exccutive | & crowd interfered sud called un sfcer | Q 'TEN U | from which egates con The party “’( R '[‘ l‘ w \ OMAHA GETS THE CONVENTION | funahu s fesesss JRST OF THE FLOOD OVER vote in Douglas county = had Jouke W 1 e——— ticket. T 11 Name Tk Ivania Rivers Have Bpent The P € is City Angust 22, and Are Now Receding, MEETING OF STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE NEW HIGH WATER MARKS ESTABLISHED | “li,llnhf no-;-rvu‘-x;!:nhm Will Make Number Schuylkill and I'cl ware Both Put the Line o elegates most A Thousand - Inno- High Thau Ever Willlamsport's vation in Platform Making - Gose Desolate Conditic New \n.rk p About Candidates. Towns Suffer Greatly. The next republican s n will { ¥ 22.—Advices be held in Omaha and f the | tricts an 'm.:. ring has been fixed at N | ver 1 .“ o g on August with the parti | PR ol Lo / | { weeks may pase metter was settled at the | e s g state central comm fast night | € waters ure receding rape Slaughter ‘ 18 no apparent danger : Slanghter Deluware and Schuylkill 8 | were greate ver st high water today. botel, and & | Places o s | + ed by the waters ee of Omaha citizens, filed int | s S to announce that the council chamber was | el i sevics ot i et ¢ uylkill, but U0 kR sty o Deluware front also suffered . hearty welcome 1o committes o 1 e Schuylkill rose that the g would adj sl 8 roon - s of the high flood u \]'.I chamber Lz V" ‘H 2 = s on t cast bank allahan moved th ; tee | DOMminALe ould be w st foor. The water the invi and adj g u oA L houses ou ¢ S ,‘\‘r:,L‘r\ bty ‘:‘ uts are iu the should preva m tendered ahER Wissalickon the river reached such an there was ev £ b teane wn possessed | & femilies had to be :;'- :‘rlf .»p’m ess, besides was ax R ‘I'] ul o removed to places T the deliberations hat the time hnd come | JOHNS A statement Watson appreciated lantry &b d 1 e | Tosses od which was ughit that mitiee a west, Om | given out today is follows: Fenusyl- work withou ne 2wice 1n success had | vunia railroad, $500.000; Woodvale property, n defeat. He 6,000, pottery Swank & Son, $3,000; of e r Coxey: wha | Cumr ron company, $0.000; business toiaaion il | 2 the boys u little en R und property owners in Johnstown, once the members of 1 work that they had b | 16,000, Pennzvivania Traffic company, $10.- comm ok up the line RS e 1 there was a hall W0 the city, $10,000 ughey estate, reasiembling, ex-Governor Tha and | © dute §,000 people, and § other losse 000, Mayor Bemis were in | ities were ample for caring for u The water either side of the ch | number. The convention wae & small thing | nty radford's etreets that the o ittee | for Omaha ask when the work thut she | veral s recedng, and purpose of fixing th for | hed done for the republican party was taken | oo spent, 158 ol bolding the next republi { into consideraty In replying to Bushnel T r here i€ at lemct $12,000. ticn. | Mr. Daugherts said that he blushed to think | There was no of life, but rumerous Upon calling the roll, the following mem- | thst L 1 was trying to save B TEmidhn: 2 el bars Tenponded B ren SIx it me time was doiug tribute a | nient port that the water works Tom M. Cooke, secretary; F senatorial | POY ayor st g IR RIAOs A district, W. H. Wilson, Table Rock. proxs to | B. H. Robinson of Omala reviewed | the wildest excitement prevailed until the Tom Benton; Stcond, T. J. Majors, Peru; | Situation and holding of the | rumor was to b ue. The Buf- Third, J. C. Watsen, Nebraska City: Fourth, | ven was followed by | falo, Rach Pittsburg tracks have A. L. Trimblin, Weeping Water; Fifin, H | e om T. K. Sudborough, who stated | wash east of here, and traing th, W. A. Saunders and | that the republicans of Douglas county | huve not running. ’ of Omeha, J. H. Van Dugen, | Would welcome the delegate he conven- | 2.—The rivers reached ; Seventh W. McDonald, | Hon and make iheir siay a5 pleasant as g € and a hulf feet in n Eighth, John Spencer. Dakota l‘ saible 5 | i pge “;’,’2' ity, proxy to E. A. Barnes; Ninth. John | The o A na A e the Casterine mana Peters, Albion; Tenth, Perry Selden, Blair; | Ligodin, 2 | e Eleventh, E. C. Dimm'ck, Greston: Tweltth } was greeted with a cheer and | ks of the streams, no serious dumege TR0 PO Cal b Thi e s i g was at was done by the high water. The weather Trommerhouser, Ewing; Fourtesnth, George | _The basis 4 | e Ry e D A. Eckles, Chadron, proxy to, James Morris: | Wil méke ! L) Tha iyeas aie aportel et g Fifteenth, J. H. Chapman, Ansley | convention 438 ke il : J. T. Mallalien, Kearney, proxy { {R. THURSTON'S ADDRESS Soln SONNILE, angaged AC P L iqn th; Seventeenth, J. H. Thumm 1 Hon. “Jaln M. Thur was mighted i into the river and was drowned. sland; Eighteenth, J. W. McClelland, Ful- | the audience and was called on for & spee ;{:;n e V. Hascall; Nincteeuth, | and as he walked to the front he was given gt i e homas Carr, Staplehurst eth { a perfe B e heered 10 the o0 X as Carr, Staplehur feth, L. L. | a p t ovation, being cheered Iointers Avout the Effects of the Dis= Lincoln, and J. J en, Hick- | Mr. Thurston said that it eeemed 1 i i y-first, 1. W. Funk, Beatrice: | American people must their e T P Twenty-second, T. C. Callahan, Friend: | knoviedge and wisdom e’ mistakes YW EORE, ) tspaichsk i rAhind, . L Richurds, Hebron: | of ewch new generaiio ththis siaie- | and western New York points re- 3 S Ler, Pairmont: | ment he said that the democrats were in d by the Associnled press report that n{Ih‘ ,g— W. Borus, Genville; | camp fifteen miles from God and thut : sams are higher than they have been at et e ’f e stoud convicted on the charge of H time since the great flood of 1884, Rain enth, E. ebs 0 norear A 1 Jretenses | inned Tall t e o Twenty-eighth, Andrew Ric R il st o o8 | ms continued 1o fail for wearly forty-eight ninth, J. E. Kelly, Me! e O s Hhie rakit ot iours, but at man: its it hae cease C. Allen; Thirtieth, W. T. R as Bas o ? pbtind | and speedy dinimution of the floods are an- was that the fires had died cut in the f ticipated. Much e s Platte; ex-officio members | 3 SEER 25 ATl Mt uing land has been LRIbeL tories in the east und the locomOtives Were | ouogocia png e r Boges, Lincoln, proxy to Ton tanding idle b tbe travks of the Wesbern | she ne ety o raius of T Ans o (i T e ] Sl standing idle on the tracks of the e | the pggresate yulue of hundreds of thousands SPH. Stesl. Davia O e { roads. When Grover Cleveland wae elected | of" qiliars have been destroyed. Raflwas i e et Citys f'l:._'n;i;: heeley, | the promise had been given out that ther | trafic is mucl interrupted and ob a num- BASIS OF REPRESE L H be no more 70-cent wheat, and the § her of reads entirely sucpended. Bridges SIS ENTATION had Dbeen kept to such &% | have been carried away in many places, To tle the question of apportionm P that it was apparent_ that | culverts washed out and embankments dum- L. Lindsey of Lincoln moved that each would be mo ore zcd. Two or three Dersous have been county be entitled to one délegate in the while he was in the white house. | drowned convention for each 100 votes or major frac- refathere of this untry. he i SVILLE, N. Y. Meay 22.—Roadwaya ;:”r’n 1”‘}2‘"‘“ st at the last state election | had beer \-r‘x:-l with dn‘rl\ e bu 'mw | in the Genes valley have been injured . M. Raymond, candidate for rege no grester than those that were no more by 1he ent flood than by any since and one delegate at large. Afier some dis. | Uling the American people t | 18%6. The rush of water down the hillsides cussion this was agreed upon and the gues- | for the 111ru\-lw"nn party to bring b inflicted almost a uch loss in this respect “fl“_ of proxies was taken up and discussed, | €r# Of prosperi nnz it ‘could do it. ‘for as has been dome by the overfiow of farm As a result of the discussion the committes | Members of the organizetion had Dever | yungs. The aggregaie loss will be very large. agreed to recommend 1o the conventiu « | undertaken a task that had not been ac- | “DUNKIRK, N. V.. May 22.—A G-year-ad Do proxies be allowed, but that delegutes plisned; aines the only party that ha son_of Henry Tilley, living & few miles east present be instructed to cast the full vote | €V€r originated a policy; it was the pa of Dunkirk was caught by the high water o'c”":"' q, Ll\’e{ a‘:}emum.; :A‘h“n ': N:'\\ :,fl “x"' i.y‘:(xm"\ufh?\" und drowned. The body hus not been re- 5 McNigh of Wisner favored the plan | 1000 by S R e B j covered of allowing the central committee 10 name "t x.wlkl vlf lh“‘ present u‘{l’r"-“-m] hl» CORNING, N. Y., May 22.—The heavy the temporary officers of the convention, b T ”';”{’fl:" L PATIR A raine since Friday have inunduted all the met with opposition from George A. Thum. | Mained al the Lelm of the ship of stte. Iow lands. Great damage has been reported. mel of Grend Island, who said that such g | 2P9 s ,‘: ul | ‘é‘ puve swepl over 1M | Fanl Brook Railway company’s track between course smacked too much of machine § ‘T“- it il Ll e M0, FpAY William Pa., is covered with ce. He had no doubt but that the com- 18 COn QLIRS CUPIILY. BN, 0% bl o | r and lands & traffic is abandonsd. mittee would wisely, th e propar §j00m0 SAR0, 20, Ahe (imeAok) &ndos *| BUFFALO, Ma ~Reports from all thing wae to leave the selection of the RYAIRONE, (RIMLy 28D PRy AL AR NOLEANS ] ey western k show 1tk Miller of Fairmont agreed that the | Low to munage affairs that all laborine men | led'wiee the Julmm flood< S SRR plan was in the line of ne politics, but | . b ; , b In the suburbs of Buffalo thousands of del- 5aid that such & course had boen followed | Sa e e the rpoy S 43T, wages | lure worth of market gardens have beem for years, and as a result seved the oc Salidta o o per said that the § ropndored almost worthiess. The crops en vention from two to three hours' hard works, | CCURLTY stood face to face with & crisis as ! o\ 15,ds have been washed out. Thus Sar Matt Danghorts of Oeaionrs lard work. | serious as that of 1861, and what was nee 1 P suffered snaively: ft Daugherty of Ogalalln urged that | wae dovelty fo the Amverivan | railroads have not suffered extensively. allowing the committee 10 name the tempo- | Americun flag, he sald, he wanted t OLEAN, N. ¥, May 2—A large number rary oficers was taking away the rights of | waved from the top of every school house in | O NCUSCS Were yewept sway during -the the delegates, u thing that was unrepub- | the United Stutes; the constitution he | LSHL Lumber was carvied away in pies. lican. wanted 1o see tavught in the Ameriosn The bridges ”'hb Western road were car- T. C. Callahan of Friend insisted that a | schools, with the bistory of evers bait)s | Fied out and 21l stores and the Postal Tele- dozen of the states were following out such | field a ‘text for every American child, He { ETaph office are under water, The water sy & Plan, and If the convention was not sl- | did not care whether the chld was hushed to | Sriven sccres of people from thelr homes isfled with the selection of the commitiee it | sleep by the entrancing sounds of ““Vank s thelr. Dionselicld’ goolel | Mo SHENE Was an easy matter to make the change | Doodls" or the straius of “Dixie.” it shou'd lost, but crops in the valley are “(7; ('I]v!yuh-‘v\l:v; ;:.\»)n' d u'x.d i€R, upon mo- | be taught that the stars and ipes were et - on 0 McPheeley of N den, the cen- | the emblem of edom, and |} soul should § FLOODS LEAVE BUT DESOLATION, tral committee was in ted at some future | be fillsd with the constitution of the United | & :“:Lj;‘ ;;u 3. commiitee <:1 five to prepare | St Now Subsiding Rapidly, but Their Effeots » ‘P‘x‘“ , ur» N‘mm.‘}' be re " ed to i sent condition of affuir Will Be Vel for Muny & Day. nu on upon its convening. In ng |t was Dot Aue to the lack W AMSPOF p * thie he urged that heretofore the work of | as there wa oney 1n WRAZAMSEO! Pa., May S2—AlGLAND preparing the platform had fallen upon the | now than ever before, but was horrors of the disastrous fluod of 1860 have . L.v Jers of e leading republican, thus | to & leck of confidence of capital | Leen repeated end Willtamsport and sl of meking it a creature of one man'e idess. | publicen party, be sald was standing right | country arcund e swept by a He wanted the leading republicans 1o have | & e vefused | mighty river that Fpedetiegie. @ hand in the preparation of the platform god | every portion of ¢ carrying awuy with nd at the sume time be wanted an enunci- | e { it property of su tLet it is utterly atlon cf principles that would stand the | | lmpossible 1o ca the amount. The 1 | 52 | river is now going apidly and wbout I. W. Funk of Beatrice, in speaking upon | Jon | halt 1he fiooded ry is out of water. the subject of the time for holding the con nd pr H is in th the city. The lower vention, expressed the opinion that it f portions esst u re yet under water, be held as late as August 22 | and, us the rain . tinued unceas- Mautt Daugherty thought that a date a | lugly 1 riy re did not stop fall- few duys earlier would suit the prople much | ing w today er likely 1o Leep better, and suggested August 7 as the uld b | Dext t v ! me. In giving his reasons for th flag i the I conia date he ed that the republican idea was | sing & | I went out short to lead 1 not follow. The populists | o ¢ went at had agreed upon August 15 as the for the pop p g5 in e along heir cony 1, &nd it devolved upon Nebraska | thousands of feet of the re ns 10 get into the field with the { lust of them in congress | suwed uone of mills, wers best ticket that could be nominsted and at | hecome convinced thut th WaS 80me ulso swept away, and the loss of the lumber he carliest possible date e L e i | is o8 grest as it was in 1689, The Marker H. W. Clark of Ithica thought that it | sentutive. In conclusion, the speaker said reet and Maynard strect bridges, valued ut aia make much differcnce aboul when | “The republicans must not rest by the way 1,000, were carried swsy early vesterduy the populists held their conveution. The | yide, but must go rallying ar e grand Heudrig railroad bridge at Muncy, am :‘;::U ‘I“hv““fl :“-‘"l, Kf mistakes, and a old flug, = when ne Nove er rolls on structure, was swept away only thing that he cored for was that | ground, we will up ome st morning All of the woolen the convention sh be held after the | mgjorities that ever been seen. God | the neighborbood are gon holding of the congressional convention in | Liss Nebraska God biess the United | e 1 reache belght ut abaut 10 ‘Ah\f‘u]-". district, which was called for | Siares, and when we awaken from the siu ck last night when the water began to gus i s o0 R arncoatia marier 8T L SR g 0 At that hour it wus about H. M. Waring of Omaha gave §t as his | L°0 O e J,",f thirty-two bigh, which was within & opinion that en early convention would Dot | pow pos The republicans cannot ! f belng as bigh as the be s largely attended as ome held & few | pluy fast and loose this fall, for we are i . 4 days lat I the fight 1o win nova, Jerseyshore and AT OMAHA AUGUST 22 ferring 1o the laboring Mr €t were grester sufferens Captain Adams of Grand Island explained n seid, “We have the same diuner A in 1589, th of bere the damage was that if the convention was heid on August | pail brigade With us that we had years | BOL %0 Ereat 5t of Wihamapers . 22 it would mot interfere with auy of the | &go, but the dinner pafl is set a | was great destruction f the country Grand Army encampments of the ftate that | corner of the age, bu Pty roads and buildings have been swopt Jvay were slated for July and August, and by « | women weep when t uere 4nd maay of the U ILHlE GNS SR0Ne N unar vole that date was agreed nothing o put inside bt noble badge | €W have gone w great body of waier. The decks havings bee eured, everyth ! God's best nobility | The portion of the city now out of water 48 for selecting the f the When Mr. @ hurst ft the platform | ded wi Lildren. gath was & Cheer, which en with “‘Hur of them wes can or of Seward ¥ for the mext rask | be ween in the . i of the cheirman & W I I Missourl Bapdly mume of Lincoln before the comm iy i cH Spasial Suunders of Omaba said : f AW snall degree of pride w b | kT ¥ rising e of cost & ha b 3 - but mus banners, us Ly . aught L of Ax - for the 1 & b A = ' b bau uLt l‘” L o e bunk us waiee 1 the names of the c ontinued rd Pege) b