Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 13, 1894, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUN OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEP A TEMBER 13, 1894, AT LOVISVILLE NEXT YEAR Cricd Armny Locater Thir Next Antual * Encampment at that Place. HENRY WATTERSON PRESENTS HER CLAIMS Membership in the Order s Increased About Forty Thousand During th Past Year—Contest for Commander Growing Anlmated. PITTSBURG, Sept. 12.—The delegates to the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic got down to business this morning. While 200,000 persons have left the city since the last old soldier passed In review yesterday, there are still 200,000 strangers in town, the majority of whom will stay until Saturday, while some will remain even longer. The natlonal encampment opened this morning in the new grand opera house. The commander-in-chief and the delegates were welcomed on behalf of the citizens' executive board by Chairman Daniel C. Ripley, and also hy W. C. Quincy, chair- man of the committee on invitations and re- ception. Governor Pattison welcomed them on behalf of the state of Pennsylvania, while Mayor McKenna of Pittsburg and Mayor Kennedy of Allegheny performed the same pleasant duty on behalf of thelr respective cities. . The serious business of the encampment proper then began. The election for con mander-in-chief will not be held until to- morrow. Siice the withdrawal of Judge Charles J. Loag of Michigan, the opinion is rapidly growing that Colonel I. N. Walker of Indiana will secure the coveted honor. “Ax Pennsylvania goes &0 goes the encampment, has come to have considerable significance, and as Pennsylvania favors Walker her votes are being eagerly sought. Pennsylvania also favors Louisville for the next encampment city, and Loulsville is ex- ‘pected to have a walk-away. St. Paul hustlers are still in line and working for thelr city, and it is hinted they have been doing good work in a quiet but very effective way. Indiana is in favor of Loulsville, and of course is for Walker also Major A. P. Burchfield advanced to the front of the stage and presented the com- mander-in-chi=f with a gavel that was em- blematic and of great historic interest. It is made of wood from Fort Sumter, Appomat- tox, Gettysburg and Liberty prison, and is bound with metal from the historic cannon. It Is thus symbolic of the opening and the closing of the war. The wood from Gettys- burg was taken from near the spot where the commander-in-chief was wounded, and, as he was a prisoner in Libby, has also reminiscent assoclations. The gavel is Inscribed as fol- lows: ‘‘Presented by the citizens of Pitta- burg and Allegheny to Capta'n J. G. B. Adams, commander-in-chief. of the G. A. R. at the encampment held in Pittsburg in 1894, Commander-in-Chief Adams called the del- egates to crder. After the speakers had with- drawn, the credentials of the delegates had Dbeen examined, the annual raports of the na- tional officers were taken up and read. FIGURES OF MEMBERSHIP. Commander Adams in his address gave the figures of membership in the order, as fol- Jows:. One year ago there were 397,223 mem- bers in good standing. There have been gained dusing the yea®, by muster-in 16,752; by fransfer, 6351; by reinstatement, 14,- 036; by reinstatement from delinquent re- ports, 2519. Total gain, 39,661 436,881, There have been lost 7,283; by honorable discharge, transfer, 7,132; by suspension, 34,8 honorable discharge, 154; by delinquent re- ports, 16,671, Total loss, 67,801 Number remalaing in good standing, June 30, 189 869,084, “These figures,” proceed:d General Adams, “show that the Grand Army of the Re public has reached the beginning of the end and each succeeding year will show a gradual decr.ase in our membership. The long con- tinued depression in business has caused many suspensions and these we hope to rogain when prosperity returns, but it will Aggregate By death, 1,75 by bo impossible for us to recruit our ranks as fast as our memb.Ts are mustered out by death, “During tho year the Grand Army has not forgotten the great work of charity and has expended $203780.10 for relief. While it has lost in membership the interest in the order has mnot abated. but has grown stronger. The little bronze button was never worn with more pride than it is today and the enthusiasm of comrades In Grand Army work is dv.rywhere apparent.” After refering to the celebration of Memorial day and other holidays which gerved to keep up a spirit of patriotism among the people he referr-d (o the Woman's Relief corps as follows: *‘Born under my administration when in command of the De- partment of Myssachusetts, I have seen it growing at the headguart'vs of that de- pertment to mors thin 140,000, located Wherever a’ Grand Army of ‘dhe Republic post could be fonad, or a worthy comrade or his family required assistance’ In the name of the Grand Army sf the R puilic he returncd thimks to thevcorps for the ae- sistance it had remfered the old soldiers &nd the work dong for the children of the nation by introducfag 1§ “salute to the flag” into the public schools.w Referring to the Sons of Veterans, he cow:mended tha action of the young men in that organization and said that /it “'will carry on our work whei®we lay it down. 1 do not lelieve they should “ever become members of oursorder in any way and am of the Jpinion they do not ask or expect it 1 beligve the-Grand-Army of (h> Republic should ceass to exist and live only in history when the last comrade is mustered out, but our principles must live forever.” ON PENSIONS, On the subject of pensigns he spoke at Jergth, stating that while If was a question he of great interest and “dinliked to con- sider money matters ingonnection with our services to the governweuf, the disabled con- dition of a large nums of our comrades forces jt upon us By a vgi¥ of the last encampment a test ocase was ordered to be made in th: United States courts and as that one already bagun by Judge Long covers all the points it was getded that po other shiculd be instituted. " Replying to the message of the président, whieh stated ‘‘that thousgddg of neighbor- hoods had their well known pension frauds,' the Pension department of the order had Lunted down all reported cases. Very few frauds were discovered nd th'y were not cases wiiere soldiers had defrauded the gov- ernment, but where some dishonest agent had worked a poor, Ignorant widow and put the money thus obtained into his pocket. He complained of the policy of the pension Mce, which he declared had, in violatlon of the Intended liberality of the act of June 27, 1890, rejected every claim about -which there was the slightest doubt, and many disabled veterans, though their claims had been proved by reliable witnesses, had been deprived of the whole or part of what they are justly entitled to receive. “‘HBy act of congress,”” he sald, “the is now made a vested right. dolug my best to find out what that does for the peusioner. As he Is examined, re examined, reduced and dropped the same as before, 1 am unable to sce of what edvantage the act is.' Commander Adams then urged the estab- lishment of a permanent headquarters for | the Grand Aruiy for the preservation of its \records. He called atteation to the fact that t Grand Army is always on the side of law and order, and its members are still 30ung enough 1o protect property and sup- mrt the constituted unthorities in enforeing oledience of laws. Wle concluded ““As our members decrease may our love grow strong: Be true to the principles of the order. Keep sacred the memory of our dead; stand loyally for the interests of the lving, and, above all, #ee \o it that the flag wa love so well and fulicyed #o long Is mot tratled in the dust. e pension I have been Place it higher and higher, until its stars mingle with those in the heavens and its stripes can be seen by all the world, telling that it is the emblem of equal rights and national unity, saved and made purer and brighter by the loyalty and devotion of iis defenders.” DETAILED REPORTS The address was accompanied by detalled reports from all the national officers of the organization. The report of James F. Meech, adjutant general, shows a decrease of 460 posts dur- ing (he past year, or at least the lack of reports from thal number of posts. The report then goes on to deal with the number of deaths, after which it treats of the money expended in charity. According to the figures given there was expended in this way for the six months ended December 31, 1863, the sum of $100,486.03, and for the six months ended June 30, 1834, $103,204.07, a total for the year of $203,780.10. The inspector general says of the posts of the Grand Army of the Republic organized in Honolulu that nearly every member is in the army of the republic of Hawail and that the posts of the order mow own property valucd at $1,018,197.50, bosides which they | have general funds aggregating $7 .16 #nd rellef funds funds aggregating $440,- 047 The chaplain-in-chief says in his report that his experience of the year reveals s very encouraging as well as some very sad facts, “That the general public is taking more and more intercst in Memorial day is very gratifying, but the fact that many of our comrades sleep in unmarked graves, while not a few are buried in Potter's fields is indeed saddening.”’ The twenty-seven de- partments reporting give the following statistios: Number of soldiers and sailors graves decorated by posts, 282,358; nunber I soldlers and sailors buried during the year ending last Memorial day, 4,622; cemetery lots owned by posts, number of soldiers and sailors buried Potter's fields, 752; unmarked by proper dstones, 10, number of posts holding wday school services, number of posts holding Memorial day exercises, 2,202; number of rades who took part exercise 106 GRAND ARMY'S FINA Quartermaster General Lewis his report states that the re- ceipts for per capita X, while showing a larger total for 1894 than for 1803, sh a slight dccrease for the six months ended December 31, 1893, to the six nionths ended June 30, 1891, in all but fiv deportments, and the fotal increase in these amounts to but $1.80, the largest increase being in the department having the largest membership, but emounting to only $1.33 The condition of the flag fund from which to furnish flags for union graves in southern teries is es follows: Balance from report, $714.95; rcecived from Mrs. in he in"the CES. Wagner in L Armilla A. Cheney, national treasurer of the Women's Relief corps, $815.19; received fro membars and posts of the Grand Army of tho Republic, $196.05; total, $1,726. Ex- penditures during the year, $1,496.64; cash balance on hand in additi‘n to fags, $230.33, It has been suggested that cash appro- pristicns for musie, transpcrtation, ete., on Memorial day should be made in addition to the issue of flags, but the forgoing finan- chal exhibit shows it 1o .be, under existing conditions, altogether impracticable. The following general financial statement is then made. Balances on hand September 8, 1893 ieneral fund, $6,069.07; Grant menument fund, $8,578.62; flag fund, $714.95; rece'ved from sale of supplies, $9,778.82; per capita tax. $3,446.79; interest on United States bonds, $590; interest on deposits, $101.68; inferest on Grant monument fund, $154.80; contributions to flag fund, $1,012.02; c'n- tributions o Sherman mcnument fund, $20450. Total to be accounted for, $36,- 651.25. Expenditures—Supplies, $7,387.27; travel- ing expenses, $1 15; salaries, $3,838.7 postoge and ineidentals, $5.687 $1,496.64; Grant monument tal, $23,081.74. 92; flag fund, fund, $3,000; to- Dal on hand, $13,569.61, to ba cved'ted as follws: To general fund 1401.26; Grant’ mecnument fund, § 42; flag fund, $220.33; Sherman monument fund, $204.59 The ‘crganizaticn has $16,000 invested in United Statcs bonds, 4 per cent, due in 1907. Judge Adyocate Gener:l Leo Rassieur, in his report, recommended some chang:s in the form of o urt-martial proceedings. MORTALITY AMONG VETERANS. Surgeon General George G reperted that only seven medical dire had sent in reports. He sald: “I made the effort to secure, by correspondence with the health authoritics of several large cities, the mor- tuary statistics of the males cver 45 yesrs of age in those cities in crder to compare them with the death rate per 1,000 of the Grand Army veterans of the same local ties Unfertunately the vital stati of the sev- eral cities were kept in such a manner that the required {nformation for comp:rizon c-uld rot be obtained. These comparative sta- tisties, If they could be had, would be of Im- mense value to the Grand Army of the Re- public common pensioners, ~ ¢ 1 be- that they would tend to the death rate per 1,000 ng the surviv'rs cf the war s very much larger than that of males of the £3mo age who were not participants in the war; and hence, that disease and disability Is far mere prevalent among the veterans than among the cther class.” The report of the committee cn legis tion, after reciting that the Grand Army of the Republic endeavored to urge upon the Fifty-third congress the duty incumbent on this great nstion to gve preference in every publie employment to the surviving roldiers of the war for the union by the enactment of a law which would, though tardily, carry out the promises made these men in sections 1,754 and 1,755, revised utes, passed March 9, 1865, says: Jut, ales, as the war days recede fur ther from the remembrance of the people of the generation of _whiech we formed a part, and the sacrific and sufferings of those days are unknown, except by tradition, to those who hava since been born, the greatest in- difference seems to be shown on the part cf our naticnal law makers toward those who fcught the battles of the union and still su vi In consequence, but scint paid to appeals forjustice to And this will continue t> be s for our comrades to profit we, as members of the Grand Army of the epublic, become more closely united (n a ‘draternity’ which ‘means something' as a cardinal principle and the motio of our crder is regorded as mcre than a figure of speech smong curselves. “Besides this, there Is great need that those charged with the law making power in the nat'onal congress shall attain a higher and broader patriotism than they now seem possessed of. This can hardly be wondered at when we reflect that men who fought to attention Is these men untl too late thereby—unless destroy the unin ncw dominate and con- trol in both legislative branches of the na- tional government.” The Committee further reports that there is no law through which preference is given the veteran, and every changs in the gov- ernmental administration hus afected him in public service to his detriment. The committee recommends that the naticnal en- campment direct the commander-in-chief to premulgate the text of house roll and urge upon the comrades to Interview or write the senators from Uheir several states and reprosentatives in congress from the.r home districts urgiug favorable action upon tie hill at the seccud session of the Fifty- third cougress (0 meet December next. LAST OF THE PARADRS. The last parade of the encampment curred this afterncon when the \nion prisoners of war turned out, 1,000 stron every state in the union having one or more ce- X- representatives fn the ranks. John 11 Hay- cock was marshal, James o1l adjutant genel nd William MeKelvie :hief of staff. | The ex-prisoners were escorted by the Eight- oenth and Fourtesnth regiments, Naticral Guards of Pennsylvania, with 1.000 men and ofcers. The boys' brigades, numbering 400, were also in line. General Daniel B. Sickles was ten reception in the First Methodist church by the members of his id rorps, the Third. General Charles H. T. Coling of New York created a sensation in the brief speech he made. He sald it was the duiy of the ered a Episcepal (Coutinued om Second Page) IN HIS LAST RESTING PLACE Comte de Faris Furied with All the Honors of Royalty, HIS SUCCESSOR ISSUES A MANIFESTO Thanks French oyalists tor Thelr Words of Uheer and Fromises to Filli His Mission Wit Faltering. LONDON, Sept. 12.—Crowds of people from daybreak this morning commenced werding their way from Dalford, Bucking- ham and other places to Stowo honse, the Ernglish residence of the late comte de Paris, in order to make an attempt to view the casket containing the remains. The latter riposed in state in the handsome marble hall of the home of the exiled head of the royal house of Orleans and a large number of people passed silently and uncovered be- fore the bier from the earliest morning hours until the signal was given to clear the hall and prepare for the removal of the bedy to the railroad station. The throngs which passed up and down the splendid avenue of trees lcading to Stowe house were of all classes and de- gre:s, of nearly all nationalities and creeds. French and English mingled with Germans and Americans; rich and poor elbowed each other; the deeply subdued royalists of France followed behind the tourist of many Kinds, all bent upon rcaching tho same goal—the marble hall, draped with violet velvet, in which rested toe mortal remains of the descendent of a long line of kings of France. The arrangements for the funeral were completed when, shortly after sunrise, a hearse drawn by six superb Flemish horses arrived from London and was slowly driven to the secluded portion of the grounds, thers to wait until summoned to the entrance of Stowe house, in order to convey the body of the comte de Paris on its way toward Weybridge. The early trains from London also brought many notable people and a great number of people was attracted to Stowe house out of curiosity or by the desire to pay a tribute of respect to the illustrious dead. The notabilitics who went to Stowe house this morning included official or unofficial representatives of nearly all the nations of the world and gathered there during the day were princes and princesses represent nearly every reigning family in Europe. From Lendon, some time previously, handsome funeral train arrived draped inside and out, darkly imprissive. With it came-a detachment of troops to line the roi from Stowe house, and at 5:15 a. m. a small army of sightscers had as semrbled in the neighborhood. These crowds were constantly augmented until 7 o'clock when the hearse and ten mourning conches were drawn up in front of the right wing of tho residence of the Orleans family, The hears: bore six hatchments of fleur de lis and was heavy with bowing plumes. FLORAL WREATHS IN PROFUSION An almost countless number of floral wreaths arrived at Stowe house this morning, many being conveyed there by special mes- sengers from Paris and other parts of France, Among the latter was wreath, eight feet in diameter and composed of lilies, roses and orchids, attached to which a somberly was a tricolor bow sent by Baron Alphonse de | Rothschild, Another very handsome tribute of flowers was sent by Mrs. George B. Me- Clellan, the widow of General McClellan, upon whose staff the comte de Paris served for a timo during the civii war in the United States. The family of the comte de Parls assem- bled around the bier about 6:30 a. m., and at 7 a. m. the bell of the chapel was tolled, calling the relatives of the dead man to at- tend mass, which was celebrated by Fath Cafferata, a personal friend of the de- ceased. At 7:45 a. m. the casket covered with a pall of violet velvet, over which was the tr color flag of France was removed fron the marble hall to the hearse. The princes, all in evening dress, took places according to their rank, bzhind the Duc d'Orleans, eldest son of the dead man, who acted as chief mourner. Behind the prince followed a mourning carriage con- taining the comtesse de Paris, the queen of Portugal (her eldest daughter), Princess Helen of Orleans, and the Duchess de Mor er. After this carriage followed others in which were other ladies of the royal house of France. Behind the vehicles we riages, with shades down, of many notable families of England, and after them marched a_procession of villagers and dependents. The casket was placed in the funeral train amid profound silence. The fueral train reached Weybridge at noon, and the pro- cession marched from the railway station to the old church, where are the remains of the Duchess de Mours, aunt of the comte de Paris. The body was met at the door by the bishop of Southwark, in violet canonicals, at- tended by the minor clergy. The religious ceremonies were very solemn and impressive, and after they had been concluded the cas. ket was borne round to the rear of the build- ing, where it was deposited in a vault, 1t is still believed that after a proper time has elapsed the remains of the comte, by permission of the French government, will be transferred to Dreux, where rests the re- mains of Louis Philippe and wife. After the vault was closed th> carriage returned to Stowe house and the Due d'Or- l:ans, accompanied by a number of friends, went to Lond:n, where he held a reception at the Grosvenor hotel, which was altended by all the visiting royalists. The reception comn vunctually at 5 o'clock, and it was estimated that the young duke received fully 1,000 Frenchmen. When the assemblage was ¢ mplete the Due d'Orlenas addressed the royalists in a firm, solemin volce, saying: “It 18 with sorrowful emotion that I receiva the h:mage of your devotion, and I thank you fo Your presence not only testifies your re- spect and attachment t> him we bave lost, but it also proves your fidelity to the prin- ciple of a national and traditional monarehy of which I am the representative, whereol he transmitted to me the heritage. Fortified by your aid and by that of absent friends who, from all parts of France, have already s:nt me the expression cf thelr devotion, and making appeal to all men of heart, T will fill without faltering the mission which falls to me."" At the conclusion of Duc' 'Orleans cordially t his father's counselors ai this manifesto the nked and kissed addressed a few words of thanks and sympathy to mearly every individual member of the royalist gath- ering. NINA REAC STOW Remarkably Quick Time Over the Ocean in a Cockleshell, QUEENSTOWN ept. 12.—The schooner Nina, Captain Frictsch, today from New York the only man on board. The Nina salled from New York little arrived Frietsch was here on § day, August 5. She thus made the trip | across the Atlantic in thirty-cight days, re- markable time for such a ecraft, and only nine da behind the time made by the yacht Valkyrie when she returned to England from New York. The Nina is a schooner rigged sharple, foriy-scven feet over all. In ship- ping circles considerable doubt was expressed | as to the ability of the cross the ocean safely. lttle cockleshell to Captain Freitsch reports that when he was four days cut from New York the Nina sprung a leak and he was compelled to build and rig a new pump before he was able to git the water under control. Off the banks of Newfousdland on August 14 the Nina encountered a gale of wind and was hove to for thirty-eight hours. He hen found that the little schooner’s rudder was sprung so that he had to lower him- self over the stern in order to partly repair gl | 1 a magnificent floral | | splindia it. He was not able to repalr the rudder sufficlently for it to ‘be wsed, and he was forced to steer her over 2000 miles with a rope gearing towed msters, He lost his reckoning some time afterwards and went for days without knowing his whereabouts. Eventually he spoke the steamer Memantic and got his position. The Nina was then headed straight for Queenstown. CZAR WANKS PEACE. In Spite of Throats, Rassia's Ruler Has Never Thought of War. BERLIN, Sept. 12—The Interviews which M. De Witt, the Russian m nister of finance, accorded to representatives of the German and Austrian press st Abdazzla, Is causing a sensation in Europe. The utterances of the Russian minister are regarded as a hopeful sign of peace. In the latest inter- view, published in the Neufrie Press, M. De Witt declared that it was never Russia’s intenticn to transform Bulgaris into a Rus- sian province and ho dwelt apon the pacific intentions of the czar, saylng: “During the past six years (he danger of war has fre- quently arisen, but the czar's will alone meintained peac During these years he has not delvered a single speech or made a single remark which ailuded in any way to the poseibility of war. On the other hand, the bellicose speeches of cther mon- archs must be remembered. How often has Russia heard warlike threats? But the czar never snswered. He s his own mas- ter, and his will is abstlute. He has to reckon with no parliament. But never since 1870 has peace been so gecure and Burcpean situation so reassuring as at pres- ent. I see no possible danger of complica- tions, De Witt said thst since the e:nclusion of the German-Russian commerclal trealy the situation of affairs in Russia had materially improved and peace was assured. JUST LISH PALATES, Londoners € 5 of California ¥eaits. LONDON, Sept. 12.—There was great an- noyance felt by the fruit dealers in Covent garden today because of the fact that Cali- fornia fruit is not arriving. The first ship- ¥ Steady Shipments ments here made the reputation of the fruits, and hundreds of small dealers, finding that the public cordially welcomed the fruit, began arranging for a regular supply. Suddenly the shipments stopped, and now no fruit from Celifornia is expected to ar- rive before September 25. There are plums or pears in the market, and if a supply of California fruit was in the market it would command high prices. The taste, color and quality of the previous shipments were highly approv Much of the fruit was repacked in small baskets and sold as English grown, a trick that will be always possible unless a quantity ‘of the California product Is regularly sent. That there would be some loss at the outset of such an im- portant fruit movement should have been expected. The early shipments were only advertisements. If the shippers fall now to forward fruit regularly they will undo all that has been done. W. N. White & Co. today received samples of California sun-dried fruits, for which there will un- doubtedly be a demand at the best prices. Way to Free Trade Opening. LONDON, Sept. 12.—Sir Albert Kaye Rol- lit, M. P., chairman of the Associated Cham- bers of Commerce for the United Kingdom, presded today at the autumn meeting of that b-dy. - In his address the chairman con- gratulated the members upon the improved outleok of the world’s trade, snd continued: “In Russia, Francs, Spainand in the British colonies of Vietoria and South - Wales, the bitter experienees of the effects of ex- clusive tariffs ars opening the way to free or frezr trade. The tariffs of foregn nations have been shown to hayve injured not only British trade, but their own. Retaliation has proved to be dis:strous and reciprocity has been exploded, notably by the failure of the reciprocity clauses of the McKinley law. Economic eccentvicities will not pay any nat'cn,” Dido't Ask Gladstone for Money. NEW YORK, Sept. 12—The following cablegram was recelved today from Justin McCarthy in reference to the circular sa'd to have been issued in Great Britain appeal- mg for ald to the Irish parliamentary fund and in re: to which Mr. Gladstone subscribed LONDON, Secretary's office, Irish National federation, room 26, Cooper Union, New York City.—No truth in state- ment that Irish national parly or committee, or any member of the same, sent a circular appealing for financial aid to any member of the liberal govermuent or party. JUSTIN M'CARTHY. Franz Josef Toasts the Crar. VIENNA, Sept. 12.—A dispatch from Lem- burg, the capital of Galicls, says that at a court banquet given yesterday Emperor Franz Josef toasted the ,czar, saying: *I1 drink to the health of my dear friend, Em- peror Alexander, whom God preserve.” The tonst was warmly responded to, and the band played the Russian amthem. More Trouble n the frish Party. DUBLIN, Sept. 'he Independent to- day says that Mr. Thomas Sexton, member of Parllament for North Kerry (anti- Parnellite) has accepted the position of resi- dent commissioner of the Board of Educa- tion. According to the Independent, this is a fresh element of disturbance in the Irish party. Inoculation i 1 The No Good. LONDON, Sept. 12.—The Times publishes a dispateh_from Calcutta which says that during the “recent cholera epidemic at Luck- now several soldiers who were (noculated with Dr. Haskins' virus were attacked, a tho proportion of mortality among the was the same as among ord'nary patients. Brazilian RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 1 archists are still chafing under the new form of government, and it is aid they have not yet abandoned the hope of re-estzblishing the monarchy. In faet, peports are current that they are at the present time engaged in organizing a revolitidn: Hesult of the Spanish: Electlons. MADRIR, Sept. 12.—Bhq result of the elec- tions held in the proviuces yesterday for the councils, so far as Kmown, Is as follows Gobernment liberals, 3¥1; éonservatives, 96; dissentants, 33; Carlists, 18; republicans, 32; independents, 11, » Not the Hanker Who bied. BERLIN Sept. 12.—Baroh «Erlanger, whose death was announced yesterday in a dispatch from Geneva, was Bagon WVicter Erlanger, and not Baron Emile Brigager, the head of the well known banking house of London and Paris, Sultan Has the Mump. TANGIER, Sept. 12.—The sulten of Mo- rocco is suffering from-an-aettack of mumps. Inter-tribal fighting has occurred near Mequ- inez. Over fiity of (ha combatants were killed and many were woynded. Week's Chaler Kookl in Germnay, BERLIN, Sept. 12.—Bfom noon on Se tember 3 to noon on Sepgember 10, through- out the German empire, thirty-six new cases of cholera and fittesn deaths were reported. AYE Trmasires Burn d. 12—A Qispatch from Ver- Department of Meuse, states that t town hall which contain treasures, Many PARIS, Sept Qun, ere, many art Ania BELFAST, unteer from Antwerp bas arrived here with one of the crew dead from Asiatic cholera. Spanish Duke oummits Sai MADRID, Sept. 11.-The Duke of Ban Carlos, gentleman of the bedehamber of the king of Spain, commitied suicide today, COPY FIV AT r PLOTTING T0 SAVE MAJORS The B. & M. Czar ard Stock Yards Mana- gers Will Put Up a Etraw Man, DHN A, 'SHANE FOR GZVERNOR They Confldently Expect to Hold Tweniy- Five Thousand Democrats in Line for the Decoy Duck—Koyd and Bryan to e Sluughtered and Salted Down, While Majors and his campaign managers are boasting and claiming the earth, the truth Is that they are very badly scarcd The enthusiastic reception which Judge Hol- comb received in this ¢ rporation strong- hold has given them a very severe shock. As a matter of fact the situation has looked very desperate from the outset, but the word went out to all strikers and heelers that they must shout, yell and glorify over the assured triumph of Majors, s> as to keep the rank and file which was threatening to break eway iIn line, It has been apparent all the ne that something desperate had to be done to keep democrats from endorsing Holcomb, At this time, as the landslide Is coming into sight, the chief beneficiaries that are taterested in the elec- tion of Majors and the conunuance of the rule of the old Mosher and Dorgan crowd experienced a cold chiil erawling down their spinal columns, 1t was mooted already two weeks ago that old Bill Paxton, who has a vested and in- vested interest in the tattooed man from Nemaha, would be brought out by his friends, which in this instance means the railroad crowd, as a straight democratic can- didate for governor. But Mr. Paxton would prefer another trip on the cholera steamer in and a four months sojourn on Fire Island to the ordeal that would be in store for him as a decoy candidate for pulling B. & M. chestnuts out of the fire. So Paxton after taking three whifs out of his cob pipe kicked the railroad dashboard in and de- clined in language familiar and mu Then Bill's partner in the stock ya once buckad down Tom's dearest friend maha, was appealed to. MeShane did take kindly to the idea, at first, of j hands with Johnny, Thompson and other anti-Catholic ghost dancers the pressure became t00 great (o be res It now comes from reliable sources two or more conferences have been within the past few days between Manager Holdrege of the B. & M McShane- and other leading democrats. result {s that McShane has consented to ac- cept the stralght democratic nomination for governor and stand as a Straw man at the November election. They claim that Mc- Shane’s candidacy would attract at least 00 straight democratic votes, many of which would go to Holcomb if no democratic nomination were made. Of course no one thinks for a moment that McShane or any other democrat could be elected, but his candidacy would inure to the advantage of Majors, and Mr. Holdrege, who brought about Majors' nami- nation in the republican conventicn, {8 now forced to desperate measures to save his man from ignominious defeat. Whether his manipulation of the democratic machin: will cut as big a figure as he anticipates re- mains to be seen. ANYTHING TO BEAT HOLCOMB. In furtherance-of- this scheme a private conference of administration and railroad democrats was held in room No. 212 of the New York Life bulding last evening. The meeting was so private that there was a docrkeeper, and no one not invited was al- lowed to come within a rod of the door, and when the meeting broke up all of the parties ran off to explore the most remote parts of the werld of which the compass gave any hint with a hesitation that it would not re- quire a race track watch to compute. Dr. George L. Miller, collector of customs, said perhaps as much as anyons else, and a great deal was said, though to but one point not bining George Covell but sted. that held General xton Euclid Martin, chalrman cf the democratic state central commitiee, foilowed mext in a somewhat minor key. Henry W. Yates was not without a part in the discussion, and others who talked were James E. North, col- lector of Internal revenue; William A. Pax- ton, who, cver his corn cob pipe, swore he would not run for governor on the democratic ticket, and therefore cn no other ticket; Chairman Rush of the democratic county central committee, Frank Murphy, president <f the Stroet Rallway company, William Mc- Hugh, J. B. Sheehan, secetary of the state central committee, and last, but not least John A. McShane, whom it Is proposed to immolate, himself having full knowledge be- forehand of the immolation. Mr. Rush declared afterward that the meeting was simply to discuss “the general situation.” Buf the discussion was, in fact, more specific. Dr. Miller expressed it when he sald that what they wanted was a dem- ocratic nomines for governor who was a thoroughbred, who was popular, who em- bodicd democratic principles and who could g0 before the people on an out-and-out plat- form and contend for the principles ex- pressed therein, and hold the democratic vote. “Every true democrat,” “will vote for such a man.” Dr. Miller's proposition was not quite spe- cific and plain _enough, however, until amended by Mr. Yates and others, who de- clared that the chief thing to be sought was a nomination that would held in line old school democrats, who would otherwise vote for Judge Holcomb. When Dr. Miller state with an emphasis which ftalics and unde scoring and capitals and any other sign that could be invented in a thousand 'year that the worst thing capital in Nebraska had to fear was the election of Judge Holcombe, he seemed to express the sentiments of those ent. READY FOR THE ALTAR. said the doctor, John A. McShane, who always wears a serious expression, had on a tailor made expression last night, perhaps more solemn, determined and resigned than le ever went out on the streets with before, He was at the meeting twice. He was there early and then, perhaps from a sense of modesty, gave the clevator man an extra descending trip. Then, later, he gave him an extra ascending trip and was at the me:ting again, “Be of good cheer,” sald he to Dr. Miller, “We ehall on the 6(h of November next kindle such a fire in Nebraska as by God's grace shall never be put out.”’ He then said that, come weal or wie, he would run for governor in the hope of beat- ing Holcomb and electing Majors. After Mr. Yates had told a story, re- lating that a good democrat had said to him that as things looked at present he would vote for Holcomb, the question of controlling the county convention was dis- cussed. For some reason Holcomb and Bryan were placed in the same boat and every concelvable thing known to state, county, city or ward politics was to be done to wreck this craft. On this point no definite arrangements were made, but it was decided that the anti-silverites and administrationists should put men out at caucuses and primaries to seek to secure the e comb and Bryan. do his part tion of delegates hostile to both Hol- Mr. Rush said he would Another meeting of the coterie will be held eogn SOUTH OMAHA KICKS. The scheme to fcrce the nomination of John A. McShane for governor in the demo- orat'c convention does not suit the ma- jority of the demoerats of South Omaha. They openly assert that it is mothing but a J¢b to help out Majors, It Is preily gen- erally understoood here thst the corporation managers are for Majors. People say that he sent them soldiers by the train load dur- ing strike and when Manager Babeck of the stock yurds company was in the legis- lature he had the eir of (he tattoed candi- date at will. The etcck yards men are all for Majors. The packers are not so out- spoken, but it is predicted that they will gve him their support. Already some of the workmen in the packing houses have anncunced that Majors is the boy for them, and it is quite cert:in that Tom has sent a missionary dcwn there to build some fences in_his behall already. The strikers, however, that is, the work- men who went out a month ago, are bitter againgt the man who sent the milita there when, they say, they were not needed, and there are few of them who will cast their ballot in his favor Bven the g-vernment men wha are recognized as administraticn democrats are in favor of having Holcomb nominated outright in the state convention. They do not hesitate to express themselves openly on the matter. In fact the maj rty { the South Omaha democrits talk the same employes and the case an effort ehould be made to cct a delegation that would favor any her proyosition there will be a big racke and a double delegation g from the Magic City No sine man,” said a well known demcerat last evening, “has the slightest idea that McShane cr any other democra ould be elected with three tickets in the fleld.” More than this, some of the demo- crats ‘are unkind enough to state openly that they belleve J. E. Boyd was nomnated in the interest of Mercer. The party dowr Is badly discrganized and there is h y on one prepesition, and that is that the democratic convention nominate Holcomb and place his name at the head cf the ticket HOLCOM ISTURBED, Believes MeShane's Candidacy Will Prove Disappointing to Its Promoters, Judge Holcomb was asked last evening what effect, if any, he belleved the nomina- tion of John A. McShane or any other straight party democrat for governor would have on his own chances of election. He sald that In such an event he thought the admin- istration and single standard democrats would succeed, but only to a degree, in what they undertook, that is, in holding the old time democrats in line to prevent them frim vot- ing the populist ticket. *“But,” said Judge Holcomb, “the leaders, in putting up a straight democratic ticket, if they succeeded in doing so, will, I am confident, be disap- pointad in the result, for I am sure that be- fore the campaign is ended ry sensible voter in the democratic pariy will be fully aware that the tick Is nt in good faith, but simply t help Majors nd that on election day most democrats will make the clolee between Mr. Majors and myself. The move will prob ably detract some from my majority, but will not put my election in serious jeopardy. I am sincere in saying, with some knowledge of the temper of the people of the state to base my opinion on, that 1 belleve I will be elec'ed. I am certain that if I am not elected my defeat will have been brought about by ring republicanism and administration de- mocracy in thwarting by the well recog- nized methods at thelr command the real will of the people.” Judge Holcomb goes 1o to Gresham 1o speak there with Judge Stark, the populist nominee for congress in the Fourth dis- trict. He will then return to Omaha to con fer with the leaders of the campa'gn, and will probably make several specches in Omaha before the ampaign ends. NAM > Colorado Repubticans (hoose Their Leaders for the Coming Cumn Governor,....... A. W. MINTYRE Lieutenant Governor.. JUD BRUSH Secre of State..... ‘I3 M'CAFREY Treasurer. Y E. MULNI Judge of t R . LJOHN CAMPBELL DENV —The delegates to the republican state convention were late in assembl ng today and it was Dearly noon before Irving Howbert, chairman of the stato central committee, called the ccnven- tion to order, There were presemt 953 dele- gates, a fow of whom were women taking part in their first state convention under tho new equ:] suffrage law. A committee on credentials was appointed and a recess taken. The indications are that A. W. Melntyre of Alamosa will receive the momi- nation for rocr on the first ballot. enator Wolcott addressed the convention He said: “A new element has entered poli- tics and the women of the state must bear their share of the burden. There is no go-d citizen who does not thank his Maker {hat the weman will cast her ballot with him to prevent misrule, “‘Stnee Colorado became a state, there has never been an hour when its motto could carnestly be invoked as now, ‘Nothing With- out Divin Ald” There must be enough men and women in this state to save it from further misrule. I believe that the convention will nct listen to the cliims of any man for office, but will select citizens who will save the state from misrule.” At the conclugion of Senatir Weoleott's re- marks, Senator Teller took the platform. Ho gave a brief history of the fight in con- gress last winter to prevent the repeal of the Sherman bill and stated the silver cause all over the world was growing so rapidly that it was, in his opinion, but a shirt time until & free coinage law would be enacted by con- gress. He agreed with his colleague in his statement that he was willing to be with- drawn from the republican party when it ceased {0 be friendly to the cause of silver. The committee on credentials made its report, and the temporary organization was mado permanent. Nominati'ns being in crder the following wero made: Judge of the supreme court, John Campbell of Colorado Springs; gov- ernor, A. W. Melntyre of Alamosa; lieuten- ant governor, Jud Brush of Greeley, and sec- retary of state, A. B. McC:ffey of Denver; state treasurer, Harry E. Mulnix of Trigi- dad, 1t being after 8 c’clock when this nomina- tion was made and the delegates having had no dinner, an adjcurnment was tsken until tomorrow mornin Fuston Was No ¢ NORFOLK, Neb., Sept. 12,—(Special Tele- gram to The Bee)—The democrats and populists of the Eleventh senatorial district both held their conventions in this city today. An effort was made for fusion and the demo- crats announced that they would name J. M. Pyle of Wayne if the populists would endorse them, but the latter utterly re- nounced fusion and placed James Brooks of Stanton county in nomination. All but two of the entire democratic delegation cast their vote for Senator F. J. Hale on the in- formal ballot, but on his deelining to accept the nomination, J. M professor of the Wayne Normal colleg: nominated. Senatorinl { wudidutes Named. M'COOL JUNCTION, Neb, Sept. 12.— (Speclal to The Bee.)—Republican delegates representing this senatorial distriet, York and Fillmore counties, met and unanimously nominated Charles H. Sloan of Fillmore county as their candidate for senator. There was a large attendance and much en- thusiasm, Good speeches were made by | Sloan, Cherles Kuckley, Captain W. | Henry and ‘others, i The populist delegates to the senatorlal | convention representing ¥ork and counties held their convention Fillmore | here today | | and nominated Richard Dobson of Fillmore county. Szepr ¥ WEBSTER CITY, Ia, Sept. 12.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—An even hundred delcgates met in this city at the county | convention of the republican party today. George Olmstead of Stratford was selected a8 the nominee for nty attorney, Sol Derr for vecorder and_ Prof. Weaver for county superintendent No nations are considered equal to election, as this county is 800 re- publican e wed with Hryun VALPARAISO, Neb, Sept. 12.—(Special Telegram to The Bee)—Hon. W. J. Bryan spoke for w0 hours here tonight upon his well known topics. The opera house was crowded and the audience scemed W pleased. The speaker closed with an elo- quent recommendation of Judge Stark to the voters of this district Com ng Conuty Kepublieans, WEST POINT, Neb., Sept. 12.—(Speclal to ' The MBee)—The regular republican ity convention Is called to meet at Bancroft October 4, i TURNED THE TRAIN OVER Missouri Wind Storm Takes Undue Liberties with a Passenger Train, CARS LIFTED BODILY FRCM THE TRACKS Two Passengers Killod and a Number fn. Jored—Prompt Action of & Brak man Prevents a More Serlous Disaster, CHARLESTON, Mo, Sept. 12.—Two men were killed and a of people injured half of them fatally, in a tornado here today, during which a train was blown from the track. The killed are FREDDIE M'CLELLAND, El Dorado, Il PARMELIA DEMPSEY, Bertrand, Mo, Among the secre of injured 1owing names could be secured only tho fol- Coyle, brggage master, badly bruised; Davis, Bl Derado, Ill., leg broken; Dexter, Centertown, 0., intervally (njured; W. H. De Camp, Hamilton, O., side badly hurt; A. D. Teming, Alto Pass, 1L, fatally injured; W. H. Hester, Moorch use, Mo., shoulder dislocated; G. W. Humphrey, Leora, Mo, arm broken; Gecrge MeClendon, Joplin, Mo., arm badly hurt; Mrs. J. W. McCullom, Dex= ter, Mo, arm broken; G. H. Miller, Corning, Ark., badly bruised. 1t wis about 8 o'click this afternoon when the westbound express on the C. & O, branch of the Tron Mountain road was struck by the hurricane, and the result was cne of the most serious wrecks ever known on the system. The train, in charge of Conduct:r Jack Lower and Engincer Andy Hill, had just reached the limits of the city when passengers and crew noticed the approch of a funnel-shaped cloud that was dealing destruction to everys thing in its path, upreoting large trees and hurling mi: es before it, The train and the cyelone met and the wind lifted the en- tiro livo of corches and landed them a dis- tance of twenty feet from the track, almost turning them over. Those who were not hurt sericusly had to free themselves and rescue others less fortunate. CARS TCOK FIR Efforts were being made In this direcs tion when a new danger prescnted itself, Flames were scen in the rear of the train, and only for the heroie action of Brakeman Cartwell an even worse might have been recorded He secured a heavy plece of tmber and battered down the car door, rushed in and extingulshed the flames. arby were a woman and & little child afire, and hastily catching them up he extinguished the fire, but not till both catastrophe hastily of had been severely burncd. A little fellow 2 years old is supposed to have fallen out of the window when the train was over- turned. The child was dead, his body belng badly bruised. Among those deserving ate tention for special efforts are: Austin Black, roadmaster; Jack Lower, conductor, and J. A. Green, local agent, who were en= ergetic in relieving the sufferers. Aside from the train and its passengers, the dams- age done by the tornado, which scems to have been purely local, was slight. Its path was not over thirly yards wide, and did not extend more than a mile. TORNADO VISITS One Man Killed, Two Injured and Much Property Destroyeds MEMPHIS, Sept. 12—A portion of north Memphis was swept by a tornado this morn- ing at 11:30, destroying and damaging prop= erty to the extent of §3500 and killing a negro, Robert Cuth, and injuring two other persons slightly. The portion of the city visited is the seat of the lumber mills, and the chicf damage falls upon three of them, as follows: N. W. Speer, jr., & Co,, mills unroofed, smoke stack blown down and a large amount of lumber carried away; An= derson, Tully & Co., stacks down, factory unroofed, blacksmith shop and pump house blown down and their heading department wrecked; Harwood Lumber company, saw mill unroofed, boiler walls wricked, stacks blown down and much lumber blown away. Robert Cuth, an assistant fireman employed by the Harwood company, in his frightened effort to seek a place of safety was caught bencath a falling smoke stack and killed. One hundred yards of the Wolf river bridge of the Chesapeake, Ohlo & South- western road was picked up and thrown 100 feet away. In addition to this work of de- struction, many negroes’ huts in the neigh- borhood ‘were unroofed or wholly wrecked, and the Ebenezer colored Baplist church wes damaged. The tornado came from the south and traveled almost due morth, and it is said by the weather bureau to have been purely local, no warning having been received of its approach. Connan's cotton gin mills north of Mem= phis were partly unrcofed, and trees up- rooted as if mere pipe stems. Corn and cotton in the path of the tornado were des stroyed. MEMPHIS, i DROWNED IN CUT-OFF. Peter Valtzer and John Palmblad Go to the Lake's Bottom. Peter Baltzer, a paintr who lived near the corner of Twentieth and Dorcas siroals, and John C. Palmblad, a bricklayer, were drowned in Cut-Off lake about § o'clock yesterday afternoon. Thelr bodies were recovered about 8:30 by Coroner Maul and taken to the morgue, where an inqu:st will be held at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Yesterday afternoon these men went out to Cut-Off lake with ew companions and took a boat ride. ¢ start:d to row out toward the midd the lake where the water 1s quite deep. After watching them for a short time the men on the shore concluded that it was une + safe for them to be out in aboit as they had been drinking, and two men’‘were sint after them in another boat. Two of the men came back with the reliet boat, but Baltzer and Palmblad sald that they w:re able to take care of themselves and kept on thalr cours When opposite the ice houses on the eas bank of the lake the boat was seen rocking and suddenly it ups:t, tirowing the w.en into the water, which was about nine or ten feet in depth. The men sank and nothing more was se-n of them. Grappling hooks were sccured and a nums ber of men went out to recover the bodies. Within a half hour they had recovered that of Peter Baltzer, and taking it to the bank telephoned for the coroner. They were nob so fortunat: in' recovering the body of Palm= blad, and they procured a big seine with which they dragged the bottom of the lake until 8:30 before finding the body. The re- mains wers then reimoved (o the morgue by the coroner. All those Who witnessed the owning were summoned Lo appear at the juest. Both men are marri:d and had families. Daltzer was a member of the firm of Haltzer Bros., painters. S Chimvmen Tri OGDENSBURG, o Sneats I, Y. Sept. 12.-Five Chinamen were arrested here today while trying to evade the exclusion act by Special gent Jenking of the Treasury department. hey came across the St. Lawrence in & row boat from Prescott, Ont, and @t~ tempted to land near the ‘steamboat wharf, They are confined in jall and will be ex= amined today. e Mouey for the Fire Sufferers. NEW YORK, Bept. 12—Mayor Gliroy re- celved £300 from the Turkish minister in Washington us the sum of the subseripti to the lire sufferers. The New York '"2 besides this, amounts o §2,28. t i