Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 4, 1894, Page 1

" ESTABLISHED DAY MORNING, EPTEMBER 4, 1891, HALF NOT YET TOLD THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR DEAD Work of Gathering Remairs frcm Outside Points Leing Rapidly Prosecuted. SCENES THAT MADE STOUT H:ARTS FAIL Many More of the Decd at Hirck'ey Have Been Identified. PROMPT 'ACTION OF A YARDMASTLR Did Not Wait for Orde Relief Train and Kescue of the Sufferers—Hain Checks but Made Up a the March of the Flames, Later detalls simply confirm the reports received yesterday as the magnitude of the Hinckley, conservative estimate of towns of Pine county is 362, and from that figures go up to 1,000. number of dead will never be known, enough deaths in the six is known to make this one of the most ap- palling disasters in American history have perished, but never so many In so ter- tible a manner. As to the propery loss thoughts have been of death, and few could be made to talk about 1t is probable the loss at and around Hinck- Jey will exceed $2,000,000, although no care- thelr business losses. nor can they be made where all papers and records have gone in the same flames houses, the vegetation and almost the land a large secticn of Pine county. Rains yester- day cleared the air somewhat from smoke, heavy enough quench *he fires, which would break out on elight provocation if they had aught to feed kuown, but there has been no lcss of life re- ported and it Is hoped that it is over. withstanding yesterday's showers, the ground is dry and parched and all vege- tation is so dry it would ignite easily and burn with horrible rapidity. DISASTER GROWS IN DREAD, Details of the Terrible Calimity Add to the Horror of Previous Statements. Sept. 3.—A Pine City special to the Ploneer Press says: tell the story of death and destruction that to the traveler in the St. from Mission Creek Words cannot and Duluth relief train to two miles above the little town of Miller or Sandstone Junction, The awfulness strikes upon the desolation which ye of the observer as he reaches the camp which was once the town of Hinckley is still more strongly impressed he journeys This morning the smoke had lifted, revealing a landscape bare and black, the few stand- ing trees being charred to a height of forty | feet, while the ground was of tha sand mixed with gunpowder, for the grass had been burned even to the tint of brown And here and there in the bleak and dreary stretches of country, in what is now was seen the body deer, whose fleet. feet had not been able to outrun the flames, or of a human being, who had been absolutely powerle: grim destroyer. A Ploneer Press man accompanied Judge Nethaway of Stillwater and the members of a rellef party, which started on a hand car s to relleve the pecple s against the loaded with provisi of Sandstone, groat distress. they found who were reported t Two miles above Hinckley the trunk of a the body of a man, which was evidently that of a lumberman. The relief party proceeded as far as Skunk found Engineer Willlams in charge of a gang of men rebuilding the burned bridge. from Pine City SEARCHING one of search for bodies of victims The house of John Robinson was near Skunk lake, In the edge of the wocds, the family sought refuge in the czllar. There was no escape from the fire, and the party found the body cf John Robinscn and thelr eldest and two small ¢ was burned from the bodles, but the victims The hands of the Qaughter were together, In an attitude of prayer. 600 yards of the spot where Engineer Root stopped his train was a long trench of water which proved a place of safety for the passengers on the limited Following along this trench the party cime clothed body of a man corresponded assenger and to the description of G Freight Agent Rowley of the Duluth & W nepeg raiiroad. dead man's shirt 0. Rowley, enger of the limited, and in taking to the diteh expected to reach the lake. Other bodies found by the party were those examination Is supposed of a man and a woman who had evidently fled from a farm bodles of two men, who are supposed to have gers on the burned train. The latest verified reports of the uumber of dead do not materially aler former esti- In fact, that estimate is proving re- markably exact, considerlng the contusion of the first day. One element that makes close figuring very difficult is the fact that bodies scen In the woods and along the track are not infrequently reported to two points and sent out from each as among its dead. Then too, the tendency of the occasion, bad as it is, Is toward exaggeration. However, elimi nating those doubtful el po Press is convinced the total Is as nearly ents as far as sibla from its approximation, the Ploneer exact as possible, NUMBER OF The number of de at 200. The Ploneer Press correspondent has I D. 1 at Hinckley fs placed actually counted 194 of these and the mar- gin allowed Is about all that is ne The figures are as follows: Hinckley, 200; ndstone, 62; Miller, 12; between Skunk Lake and Miller, 12; Pokegama, 28; in lum ber camps and scattering, estimate, B total ssary The following is the list of the known dead at Hinckley, pariially identified, so far as known at a late hour tonight: MR. AND MRS. ABBEY AND TWO CHIL- DREN, MRS. DAN DONAHOE AND THREE CHILDREN. JOHN WESLUND AND CHILD, MR. AND MRS, JOHN ROGERS AND THREE CHILDREN. MRS. MIKE CURRY A —— SHERMAN. PAUL LESKE, MRS. M'IVER AND FOUR CHILDREN. THOMAS DUN) MRS. BLANCHARD AND TWO CHIL- DREN. MRS. MARTIN MARTINSON AND FOUR CHILDREN. AXEL HANDSON AND MOTHER. MRS. CATHARINE GRISS B. CULLIE GRISSINGER, aged 6. MABEL GRISSINGER, aged 3. MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM GINDER AND TWO BOYS. WINIFRED GINDER, aged 6. C. G. ANDERSON. MRS, HAN3 PAUL CHILDREN. i MR. AND MRS. CHAMBERS AND TWO CHILDREN. HENRY HANSON, EMILY ANDERSO! NELS ROBERTSON, CHILDREN. MARY ROBINSON. OTTO ROWLEY of Duluth, ISRAEL SCHURMSKI of Chicago. E. "RIKKETSON of Minneapolis. DAVID KANE of Rock Creek. MR. AND MRS, JOHN BEST. GEORGE BEST, aged 25. FRED BEST, aged 23. WILL BEST, aged 21. BERTHA BEST, aged 17, VICTOR BEST, aged 8. MRS. ANTHONY WEIGEL. MINNIE WEIGEL, aged 3. MISS ANNIE TRUTTMAN, aged 26, of Diamond Bluff, Wis. DR. KELCY of New Brighton. M. X. LAMBESON. WILLIAM NESBITT. MR. AND MRS. JOHN BURKE AND TWO CHILDREN, MR. AND MRS. REYNOLDS AND TWO CHILDREN. JIM BEAN. HANS MATTISOM SANDY HENDERSON of Pine City. JOHNNY HENDERSIN of Pine City. THOMAS JO CHARLES HANSO DENNIS RILEY. JOHN ANDERSON, WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, - PETER ROBERTSON, LOUIS NELSON. EMMA DOLAN, BELLE O'BRIEN. ANNIE WALLAC MRS. COSTIG AND THREE CHILDREN, WILLIAM PINNOR. PATRICK MURPHY. HENRY HOFFMAN AND WIFE .f Sand- eton, MRS. JOHN *M'NAMARA AND ONRE CHILD. WILLIAMS WAS A HERO. Yardmaster Dave Williams of Duluth has proved himself a hero. He Is the man who ND BOY. SON AND FOUR WIFE AND TWO grasped the situation, acted on his knowl edge, and promptly relieved the people of Sandstone, He received a message from Mil- ler last nlght which said: “There are 130 people at ndstone without food or shelter. For God's sake get them out of ther Within an incredible short time an en- give in charge of Yardmaster Willlams was on the way to Sandstone. The entire road, v the burned district was reached, was patrolled, and the engine kept up a continual whistling, so any person who might be near the raflway would come at once to the track When the traln arrived at Sandstone Junc- tion, or Miller, as It is generally called, it was rnet by nearly the entire population. The depot platform at Miller had been burned, and there was not a house left standing anywhere in view. About 170 peo ple were taken aboard, and a messenger was sent to Sandstone, who informed the people of the arrival of relief. Very few remained, and they wer those with loved ones lying dead. No one was burned seriously who was not fatally injured There was no attempt to care for the dead who were scattered through the streets of the town. Everything inflammable at Sand- stone was destroyed and today's investiga- tion brought the number of dead at that place up to sixty-two, with twenty-one ple missing. Mr. Webster, the father of Mayor Lee Webster of this town was among the dea and this afternoon Mr. Webster went to S tone to bury his father and mother. Th scene at Sandstone, as dis covered by Mr. Webster, was heartrending The streets of the town were only lines of sand between heaps of ashes. Within these lines lay forty bodles, scatt d at v o, and twenty-two more were found afterwards in the outskirts of the town and along the hollows and marshes towards the river bank. The bodies were lying exposed to the sun and rain alike and were ripadly decomposing. They were identifled, as far as possible, and will be buried tomorrow. The Duluth people are looking after the care and the relie of the people on the line nortk of Hinckley, They are doing their work well and will see that no one of the living 1s allowed to suffer for food or cloth- ing. One of the marvelous circumstances of the occasion s the escape of £0 many cattle and horses. Many were abrolutely unscathed, though no one can tell how they escaped the ordeal of fire, Others were pitifully burned and steps are tardily being taken to put them out of their misery. A squad of militiamen went out and killed an ox this afternoon The animals were without food until late this afterncon, when the relief train brought up tome hay. The cows were in great suffer- ing, not having been milked for two days Tomorrow morning the carcasses of the dead animals, which are becming offensive, will be put out of the way by burial or burning. STARTED UP AGAIN. Tn the afternoon, following the rain, a strong breeze swept up from the south, and #0 the flames, which had been quenched to =ome smouldering cc by the showers, were again fanned to a blaze and hundreds of columns of smoke began to ascend from the woods. The fire will not be out for many days unless there are heavy rains, but there is no danger, as the underbrush is burned clean and there is no possibility of any spread. The intensity and insatiability of the fire can be seen from the fact that corduroy fills where the logs were buried under sev- eral feet of earth are entirely eaten out, the fire eating its way through under the en- tire width of clay. Norne of the citizens of Pine City who vol- unteered their aid did more than F. G Weber, He took entire charge of the work at the cemetery and kept at the hideous work until all that could be done had been accomplished. Not until nightfall were ! labors over, and during that time he had a succession of relays under him, for many sickened and had to give it up. The work progressed slower than need have been the case had Mr. Weber's working force been adequate. As it was, sixty-five unidentified dead were interred in the trenches; fifty- six more were put in boxes and fiftcen were buried by their friends, making a total of 134 bodies handled at the cemetery. Mr. Weber s he has reports of fifty-one bodies all ready for burfal tomorrow, and this num- ber will grow ever hour. The bodles after tomorrow must be buried where found. It will be impossible to move them, as they are literally falling to pieces. The first thought of the officials of the St. Paul & Duluth railroad company was to care for the un- fortunate people along its line who had lost everything they owned; the second was to restore the operation of through service be- tween St. Paul and Duluth. GETTING THE LINE OPEN. The first task well under way and its com- pletion placed In the hands of a compitent committee, the company at once set to work upon the hercu task of opening its line between Mission Creck and Miller. B, L. Brown, master of transportation, has been busy since the fire in handling the relief trains from St. Paul and between Pine City and Hinckley. He now began a systematic tempt to straighten out the crooked rails, build bridges, repair culverts and replace the burned ties, of which there were literally no track. With a stock train and an efficient crew Mr. Brown rebuilt the bridge over the Grindstone river at Hinckley, put in new ties and repaired the line gradually north. In the meantime, Yardmaster Williams of the Duluth yards had a work train pushing its way down toward the center of the diffi- culty, which was at the spot where Engineer Root stopped the Duluth limited on Saturday night. By noon the crew of Yardmaster Williams, the man who relieved the sufferers at Sandstone, had pushed down to this point and had in working order to the bridge which was burned. The force was a large one, and In a couple of hours the bridge was built, and the big engine of the limited which had been left on the track was pushed down to Hinckley. The tinder o the limited engine was tipped off the track, as It was wrecked beyond repalr. At the two avork trains met, and at 6 o'clock tonight the linewas open from St. Paul to Duluth, the regular Duluth train passing Hinckley about 7 o'clock, somewhat behind time, but running through without mishap. During the afternoon at Pine City the ar- rangements for systematic ald were taken in hand by H. H. Hart of the board of correc- tions and sharities. On the aternoon train arrived the committee appointed by the cit- izens of Minneapolis. A report was sub- mitted to the gentlemen for their approval The report contains an estimate of the popu- lation of the burned towns as follows: POPULATION OF THE TOWNS. Hinckley, 1,000; Sandstone, 300; Mission Creek, 183; Brook Park, or Pokegama, 113; Partridge, 100. From this number about 400 are to be deducted as dead, and with a fur- ther deduction of those able to help them- selves, leaves about 800 to be relieved in various ways. Contributions of tramsporta- tion, money, clothing and houschold utensils and lumber are wante. The latter should be of all grades, from rough lumber to sash and doors. A general contribution will be recommended in all the churches next Sun- day. No particular effort to force a large subscription, but the generosity of the people will be allowed to show itself in natural channels. The following physiciar Minncapolis party: Drs. C. G. Higbee, Fitz gerald, Moore, McDonald, Leepert and ton of Minneapolis, and Perkins of Excelsior. Their services were in great demand, and the hespital patients received the es for which many of them were sadly suffering It is the intention in the morhing to start out searching parties in all directions to find the scattered dead, and the physicians or- will accompany them. The committee proper will leave for Minneapolis on the early morn- ng train, and a citizens' meeting will be called at 8 o'clock In fthe afternoon at which they will report. HINCKLEY'S AWFUL ¥ ITATION, Terrible Scenes Witnessed as the Waves of Fire Rolled Over the Town. HINCKLEY, Minn, Sept. 3.—A gentle rain is falling today and quenching the burnitg embers of the immense forest fires that Qid so much damage in this city Sat- urday afternoon and night. The blackened ruins of two or three brick buildings is all that remains standing of the once prosperous town of Hinckley, with its 1 people and its busy railroad and lumbering interests The town is the junction point for the St Paul & Duluth and the Bastern Rallway of Minuesota and both those roads have suf- fared immense losses that cannot be esti- mated. The loss o the timber interests fs something beyond computation. This Is to- day a place of mourning and the burial of the charred and unrecognizabl hundreds of vietims has saddencd the sur- vivors even more than the disaster itself. The fire was so overwhelming in its im mensity that non uld in the first terror of the moment realize how great was th:ir loss. Each was so intent on saving his own life that litue thought was given to the dis- aster in general by most, although many accompanied the bodles of the | cases of unselfish herolsm have been re- ported Bodies thus far recovered have been placed in rough pine boxes for burial and the ma- jority of them have been burfed without any knowledge of their identity. The wires that were down this side of Pide City have been far put in shape that thé Assoclated press operator is able to send his report as he sits on an empty keg (n the open air, there being 1o shelter of any kind W the town. Most of the survivors went to Pine City yesterday tor food and shelter &nd‘ thés women and children e still there, but many of the mer have returned to their suined fomes to see it by any possibility anything remains. STORY OF HERO ROOT The train, which left Duluth at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, had an experience that will place the entire crew on the roll of heroes for all time. The train came to within_a mile and ome-half of this place through the smcke, although Engineer Root could not see 100 feet away, and the going forward was a good deal of guess work. The fires were bearing down on them from every side and there seemed mo chance for their lives but to go ahead. The number of fleeing homesteaders and residents cf this place along the track was so great that finally the engine was stopped and as many as could get aboerd the' tra'nm, some 125, were taken on. In the meantime the en- gineer's clothes caught fire, as aid also those of his fireman, and both men sesmed likely to be overcome by the fury cf the flames which had seized on the engine. Fireman McGowan put out the fire cn his own cloth- ing by jumping into the water tank and then threw water on Engineer Root, who stayed at his post holding the t ttle and nerving bimself to stand t) his duly though he perished. There seeming to be no chance ahead, the train was backed at full speed as soon as the refugees were aboard, until a swamp near Skunk lak 8ix miles north, was reached, where the passengers and over 250 residents of Hinckley who had boarded he train buried themselves in the mud. ey remained there through the night and early in the morning were brought on down the road, many of them burned and much shattered by their experienc CRAZBD WITH THEIR CONDITION. Windows on the coaches were burst by the heat and a number of men became crazed by the excitement and terror, and threw them- elves ont of the windows to their death he cars were all cn fire before the swamp was reached and the entire train was soon in ashes, even the tender being burned. Engineer Rcot was taken to his home at White Bear. Physicians hope he may re- cover, although the inhaling of the hot fumes of smoke and air may prove too much for him, The glass in the cab windows broke and he was badly cut about the head,, while his clothes were nearly burned from his body. One plece of glass laid bare his jugular and it seems miraculous that he escaped alive. His only thought was for'the safety of his passengers and he said in réply to a remark that he had become the hero of the country, “I only did my duty.” The people who remained in _Hinckley fared the best of all. The Bastern Minnesota tracks mark the eastern edge of the city proper. Just beyond the rosd was a tract <f land probably cmbracing at least ten acres, The whole area had been ex- cavated to a depth of thirty or forty feet, and in its center was a stagnant pool of rain water three feet deep. To it fled 100 citizens, who were willing to trust to its friendly depths. There they remained four hours, while the smke and flames rolled over their heads. They dashed water over each other and covered their heads with wet cloths to prevent suffocation and all were saved. Others of the citizens sought refuge in Grindstone river under the abutments of the two railway bridges and 4t the foot bridge. The exact number cannot, be known. That many escaped and seme’ were drowned is known. Mrs. Martin Martinson and ber four little babies were taken, drowned, from the water this morning. In the meantime Hinckley burning with the utmost concervable rapidity and in a few hours ncthing was left but blackene ruins. The total logs to the city will exceed $1,000,000, with a comparatively light in- surance. It is not thought any other trains h been caught in the flames. None are run- ning today. Al bridges have been de- stroyed, and in some places the track is ab- solutely useless, being twisted out of shape and ties burned. Only one additional dead body has been found at this place this morning and it is likely that the dead here will not exceed 200, the figure given last night. All the bodies will be buried today, as it will be im- possible to keep them longer. A call has been sent to the Twin Cities for more shovels and more money to bury. the dead and they will get here on relfel trains during the afternoon, SENDING SUCCOR TO 1B SU ERING. What the Rescuing Parties from Pine City ound at Hinckley Toduy. PINE CITY, Minn., Sept. 3.—After the deluge the reaction has come at Hinckley. the excitement which has buoyed up so many of the survivors, even In the face of the fact that so many relatives and friends had perished in the flery flood, has passed away, and dull lethargic grief has taken its place. The uninjured refugees at Pine City, and there are several hundreds of them, stand around about the street corners in little knots and discuss the insidents of the catas- trophe in awe-stricken tomes. The proba- ble death of this one or this family and the news of the scape of another who was at first supposed to have perished are all dis- cussed, the same benumbed air expressing cither sorrow and despair In the one cas or_elation and joy in the other. The night was a glcomy one. The hos- pital patients demanded the attention of the physiclans all night, an@l the only druggist in Pine City was Kept busy until daylight filling prescriptions and supplying lotions, for most of the injurfes were burns, more or less serious. By morning all were:in a state of com- parative comfort, and there were none whose hurts were deemed fatal. Among the good citizens of Pine City who had opened their homes and public biildings to their stricken neighbors all.was bustle and activity. The town hall was kept epen all night, and coffee and plain {gre, served to all comers. The court house, the schod) house and many private homes were thrown open. Every blanket in town was galled into service. The women and children were given the better quarters, and the men strétched out in rows on the flcors of the twa public buildings. Before daylight the town was astir. The arrangements for the relisf cf the destitute further up the line, Wher¢ hundreds of men, women and children arg hot only homeless, but absolutely without a scrap of food or bedding or extra rlp:rflfij, were taken up where they were dropped last night. The appointed - commitfees ‘mét and got their work well in hand. ' SENT OUT A RELIEF TRAIN, Before 8 o'cloek id the morning the con- struction train loade with bridge material for the repair of the grhlsr across the Grindstone river at HipeRley came up from Rush City. A couple sof hundred loaves of placed bread and other light pradisions we <n noard in charge of Judge J. G of Stillwater, representing the rellsf mittee. A party of labor:rs to dig graves and inter the bodies was collected and th train proceeded into the burned country. At Hinckley the provisions were loaded onto a handear mann:d by Julge Nethaway and a volunteer crew and a stsrt was made across the shaky bridgs to Miller, nine miles fur- ther north, where are reported a dozen or more dead and threé or four times as many hungry and homeless, From Milisr they expect vork east t) Sandsiore, about five miles across the countiy on the Eastanm finnesota railrcad, where there are bitween forty-five and fitty dead and a couple of hundred living who were saved in Kettle river and the griat Szndstone guarries About 11 o'clock the bridee was sufficiently repaired 1o admit the passage of a train and an engine, frefght cir and caboose, with a plentiful supply of focd and a meager storce " (Contlnued on Fifth Page,) FINED 0N REGENT MORRILL Chaiman of tke State Republican Com- mittee Oliosen After Much Consultation, RICHARDS WAS NOT THE PROPER MAN Sedgwick of York Will Be S Help—Omuha to Have ilend LINCOLN, Sept evening the corridors of hotels re days of state conventi the raflroads had taken off ticlans, candidates an in profusion, and it of handshaking, button-holing and fm- railroad workers were was the same central committee, which is compo; Ithaca; H. H. Boyles, Frank Burman, mal; John D. Haskell, Wakefield; ford Parker, Butler; George Osczola; W. H. Linwood; J Hayes, Beatrice; John Heasty Van Duyn, Wil- Fairbury; €. A. McCloud, Red Cloud; Stuart, Axtell; The last named are members by virtue of their holding the ehairm congress'onal ting, Kearney committees, Omaha are memebrs by reason of their being president and secretary of the state league of republican clubs. The committeemen were slow in arriving, shown up at the headquarters at the Lincoln o Burman, Bushnell, Bobin- and insisted that as the convention had delegated that they would not embarrass them in their se- DISCUSSED RICHARD'S CLAIMS, me wes sprung early In nd it furnished the theme for sev- publicans insisted that if Richards nated it would be regarded as a dire sonal affront to Rosewater, and it would un- doubtedly make the fight against Majors had become a mania with him, and if he were named the campaign would as a_vindication Richards—as a fight against Rose: than a fight for the republi Tom Majors down was Dbrought J. H. MeClay of Lincoln forward as a -candidut button-holing his friends W the position Haskell of Stroms- air haired of his valise 10 & liboy than he hustling for having himself talked Still another candidate was T n was a very For secretary, Charles M. Rigg Sedgwick of York Barber said that was in the rac or Ager cared for by glving them the secretaryship, but had a word to say in favor of Richards loudly Some of his fri emphatically in favor man, but while it is customary for the other head of the ticket to select the chairmanship, Richards will not ss the others are compelled s for chair- candidates to pe be swallowed un lead the hosts to victory, but e was switched off later to the treasurership. CONFERRED IN MAJORS' ROOMS. A confernece of the andidates and their held about 3 o'clock at Majors' apartments ds of Mr. Richards pre- sented a number of arguments to show that was the proper cussed and the frie be selected Others contended that his se tion would be poor politics, and before the upon to name Judge M. L. Hayw braska City as chairman. known there kick from the workers of the party, who cluimed that his ill-advised one, was again ta would doubtless for private rwasons, principal of which, it is undoubtedly and formerly part- nor Nance In Polk county, but of the university, ner of Gove at present a resident little discussion Morrill wes selected as adilit'es as an organizer were v TIM SEDGWICK FOR The name of had been brought forward as a candidate for secretary, but upon the selection of a Lincoln man as chairm:n he withdrew from th and Tim Sedgwick of Y the aspirants fr the chalrmanship, H. Austin of , who was one was unanimously named as treasur It was then nearly 8 journed to the Linc: ntral committeemen sult of the candidate Slaughter called the meeting f speech impressed committze the necessity of msking a winning He declared of Nebraska made it neccssary downed, and United Stat The roll call showed that bers of the commilte were d the crowd ad- awaiting the re- | stance of his parents, who reside at three mem- ford Parker of Butler did not show McCla ymoved that C. an_election the selections of the eandidates teo to find the newly elected officers and es- McClay attempted to expedite bus moving that the headquarters be lo- | Robison of Omaha that no aeti matter under | organization, The point was declared well | cated at Lin ralsed the point of or. SINGLE COPY F taken and the committee took a recess until the officers elect could be found. HEADQUARTERS COME TO OMAHA. After a five-minute intermission Mr. Mor- vill was Introduced as the newly elected chair- man and delivered an address expressing his confid:nce in the ultimate success of the ticket. Then the question of the commmit- tee’s headquarters came up and a rising vote was taken, resulting in one ember declar- Ing himself in favor of Omaha A doz:n or more motlons and emendments were made and the fringe of people on the outside ex- pressed thems lves as freely as they could on the turn-down given to Lincoln and Lancas- ter county, but it had to go. An rt was made to have a vice chair- man appointed and a branch office estab- lished in Lincoin, and in the midst of a del- uge of motions and am ndments the meeting took another adjournment of five minutes Out of the chaos of resolutions one pre vailed, and that was to authorize the chair- man to name his own executive commit tox. C. M. Riggs was elcted a nt and Charles Trognitz of Cheyenne county was named as additional committeeman from the Thilticth district, owing to its great size. On motion the chairman af various ¢ gressional committees were mad: ex-officio members of the executive committee. The chalrman was authorized to call the commit- tee tog ther at his convenienc Then sor- rowfully, one by one, the Lincoln c flicd out of the hotel, while the propr of hotels and restaurants in the lobbies pre dicted the d:feat of Mr. Majors. FIRST DISTRICT COMMITTEE. The republican congessional committ the First disirict met at the Lincoln hotel at 4:30 this afternoon. H. M. Bushnel of Linecoln had previously b named as c r- man,and the organization was completed by the election of F. Kaufman of Lancaster as secretary. Each counly in the district was represented and a plan of campalgn was agreed upon. It was determined to open it at Plattsmouth on September 17, Judge trode is much improved in health and will ake the stump as much us his health wi permit, ror STS GATHER AT THE CAPITAL, Party Men Preparing for au Enthusiastic Convention. DES MOINES, Sept. 3.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—The populists are gathering in the city tonight for their convention f{o- morrow. The outlook is for a rather large attendance, due to the state fair, which al- ways attracts many farmers, who would not come fcr a convention alone. There is Lt- tle to be gathered from the delegates as t the probable action of the convention, as no one seems to be informed. One of the most prominent workers said there ware no plans, but that they would do what would scom best to the delegites when assembled From others it was learned that there is considerable opposition to fusion unless the democrats will accept free silver and other doctrines of popul sm. “The trouble with fusio these men, ‘Is that the democrats have already adopted a state platform upon which we cannot stind. Their state platform was adopted under dictation of Clevelanc office holders and endorsed Cleveland's money poli 1f _the democratic pa bzen left to itself it would have ugreed with us on_ silver. Th alt is many democrats will vote with us.' Tho same man safd that fus'on was pos- sible in the congressional dist becaus the populists were able to dictate the plat forms, with which the state platform of the democrats conld not interfere. The demo- crats here do not care whether the populists endorse them or nct, for they ds not expect thelr state ticket to be elected in any event Thelr ticket, one of them admitted, was matter of form to keep the party together. Towa Th sald one of BRYAN AND BOYD. Will Be Backed in Thelr Aspirations by the Samoset Assoclat Bryan fr senator and Boyd for congress were pledgad the support of the Samoset as s-clation last night. The endorsement of Boyd was given by the passage of the fol lowing resolution without dissent: Whereas, Ex-Governor James 1. Boyd has received unanimously the democratic nomination for congress in this district, and Whereas, All democrats should give him hearty support, Resolved. That Samoset assoclation d most earncetly endorse safd nomination and pledges it members to vigorously work t secure the election of James 1. Boyd The Bryan resolution was adopted with the same unanimity and read Whereas, We belleve that the tariff is one of the paramount fssues before the Amer. ican peonle, and that opposition to the publican_ddctrine of protection is the test of_ demoeracy, and Whereas, We cognize in Hon, W. I Bryan a brilliant and fearless champion of “tariff reform, a_vallant and inveteratc foe to monopolies and trusts, be it Resolved, That ‘we do here commend him for his efforts in behalf of m and for his loyalty to the | terests of the people of Nebraska, and heartily endorse him for the position of United States senator from Nebraska. arnestly ABVINE DIVORCE SUIT AGAIN. Motion for a New Trial He Salt Lake. SALT LAKE, Sept. &—(Special Telegram to The Bee.)—Arguments upon the pla ntiff’ motion for & new trial in the famous di vorce case of W. H. Irvine against Adelin M. Irvine were begun before Judge Merritt in the Third district court this morning, Judge O. W. Powers and W. H. Dickscn appearing for the motion and John M. Zane John Murshall and Judge C. W. Bennett against it. Judge Powers made the open ing argument in support of the motion, stat ing that tkey urged it on thr grounds viz.: Errors occurring at the trial on the admission and rejection of evidence, the in sufficlency of the evidence t Justify b verdict, newly discovered evidence sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to a new trial, After reading the affidavits for and against the motion Judge Powers stated that he d not understand how the judge before whom the case was heard could ever have arrived at the conclusion reached unless Influenced by passion or prejudice or a failure to under stand the evidence. During the course of his argument e also declared thal the charges of cr ade by Mrs. Irvine against her husband, it proven, had been condoned; that the charge cf adultery made against Mr Irvine was clesrly sustained by the evidence, and that the smount of alimony, $30,000, awarded Mrs. Irvine was monstrous and without precedent in a case of like character. Judge Powers concluded his argument at § o'cloek this afternoon and court adjourned until 10 o'cl:ck tomorrow, when one of the attorneys for the defendant will be heard Argued at t, Thomas Roth, a young man about 20 years of age, was arrested last night at the in- rih Sixteenth street, Thomas Is charged with disturbing the peace by threatening to shoot his parents. He had been away from homo for some time and last night he went into the house and raised a row, after which it is alleged that he threatencd to shoot both his father and mother, Will Try Vou Kotze After A BERLIN, Sept. 3.—The Vossische Ze tung says the military division judge of the Third army corps has been ordered to make an in- quiry into ths case of ex-Master of Cere- monles Von Kotze, who was arrcsted upen susplelon of being ‘the author of a series of scandalous letters and postal cards sent anonymously to many members of the highest aristocracy It is now asserted fresh evidence against Von Kotze has been discovered. sethanlidan L0 Mosements of Seagolog Vessels, Sept. 3 At Queenstown—Arrived—Pavonia, from Boston. At Ginsgow—Arrived—Loch Lomond, from Baltimore AL Bremerhaven—Arriver—gms, from New or At 'London—Arrived—Lej werp, At New York—Arrive Antwe , from Ant- Friesland, from omadic, from Liverpool. AFTER THE SILK WORNS JOB English Inventor Has a Plan to Mavufaoe ture Artifical Silk, CAN WORK CHEAPER THAN THE WORM Product Sald (o Bo Betier in Somo Respecte Damage to the Fabric. WASHINGTON, Sept the State department a report u tempts that Interesting points upon the proe ure of artificial silk. been taken out in the United States, and it Patents have The Inventor of the process is Dr. Frederick Lehmor of Zurich, Switzerland If the fond hopes of the are, realiz d Inventor,” says spinning a n artificial cos hed upon the scene, thread which spinning’ frame in operation, see the liquid contents of a pot on top of the instantaneously and one can 1k, hauwlk rchiefs, ponges, e shown to and handled by many, well capable of measuring theie general opinion brilliancy of (he cfiacts produced artificlal sl without losing its luster of its colors, It should be stated that the manufaciure experts of Bralford have no will stand w without any ers and textil cability of the new whose experlence in the trade oughit to make thelr opinfon; s valuable and they | believe the invention would not g g PEARL HARBOR A BEAUTY, Admiral Walker Suys 1t is Largo the World's Navies, WASHINGTON, Walker, who is in the city for the of laying before information trip to the Hawaiian islands, speaking today, of the affairs of the Islands, said: thing was quiet at Honolulu when I left there and there was no prospect of an new republican government d and thoroughly com= petent to take care of itself unless there s interference from where it s propased to establish the to be firmly establishe: is one of the finest harhors in the world, and s large enough to accommodate all the All it wants is the removal of its entrance. and can be casily taken out in a re id at a small expens thoroughly surveyed Max Wood, one of our officers, anexation?"* s there by , except the sent nt among the people ation to the United States appears experience there, “WIIL T take charge of th pends entirely on cir Washington ference with the secres naval academy? taries of state walian. affairs How long that p me here K shall not go to Annapoli beginning of the next te 'm, early in Octos PYTHIANS MAY SFLIT, German Lo s Say They Will less Allowed to Us WASHINGTON Knights of Pythias is sald by the memb:rs of the supreme lodge to be a possible oute the committee d:legated to consider the ques= tion of the membership of l'quor dealers has decided to report against the future admis- &lon of this class, and the committe in ow it is understood harge of the matter the question of permitt'ng lod, has decided to make an ironclad re English language only Chancellor Blackwell to be the intentfon of Pythians to make their order a patrictic one and to bond all its infly of the institutions of our government. opponents of the perpetuation United Statc It is said by Supreme nces Lo the support srman lodges say will not tend to the support of States should be Americanized The German s have been open in the avowal of their of the order on bility in case the contest went against thems, It is understood that a committee he morning today was des proposed new; session of the supreme lod, voted to the consideration of th constitution. rhen Ketires. mmanding the European ay next, and on that day h s flag from the glish waters cruiser Coicago, now will return home at Kirkland will suec of the European station SAYS THEY d him in comman@ ARE THE MEN, Iden Mics Cliftos rar les Who K John Foley, the farmer who was held up and robbed by masked highwaymen Saturdag, night at Coal Creek cut, called at the police Oakley as James Clifton pects under arre Yancy Oakley, t, as the men who robbed him, and yesterday afternoon swore out come plaints against highway robbery, worked for him during the summer, and om Oakley to him men kept close track of himy he was about ta clalms to have recogs the men ordered The police are them with that Clifton all day, and knew when nized Clifton's voice wh to hold up his hands. now looking up the records of the men. of them deny being in the vicinity of Coad Creek Saturday night, but they tell contras to their whereabouts ay They will ba dictory stories as the time the robbery occurred. arraigned today,