Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 1, 1901, Page 1

FSTABLISH STILL IN SUSPENSE, Bieel fFtr'kers Hoar Nothing Decisive from the Conference. s CORPORATION MEN THE MOST CHEERFUL They Appear to Have Bome Hops of Good | Results, MORGAN PLAN MAY. BE ADOPTED YET It Neems to Have Potter fhow Than at Finst. SHAFFER SECRETLY BUSY AT TELEPH /., Associntion President Called Often, but Deciines to Reveal What Is Sutd—Confer: Meet Amnin Todny, o PITTSBURG, July 31.-"Hope deferred | maketh the heart sick” is expressive of tpe feolings of the majority of Pitis- bur;rl tonight outside of the inner cirole of the Amalgamated association executive beard, which has been considering the pro- poshls for a settlement of the steel strike for two days without agreement., How the mendbers of the board feel is known to no man on the outside. The second day of the exccutive board's \deliberation was notable for many rumors | In circulation and for the conspicuous | denrth of results, The ahbsence of three of | th» principal members of the board from the sesslons today gave rise to the story | that the members were divided in thelr deas of the peace proposais and that in | qrder to satisty all Secretary Willlams had fbeen sent to New York to seek modifica- | tions at the hands of Messrs. Morgan and ‘Bchwab, whila Assistant Secretary Tighe and Trustee Morgan had recelved a com- misston to visit Senator Hanna to secure ‘bis ald in bringing about an amicable ar- rangement. Nothing tangible could be learnod concerning these supposed trips, however, and all talk in relation to them must remaln mere conjecture until the | members' lips are unsealed. gy It was after 11 o'clock this forenoon when | the committee met. Three of the officlals, Secretary John Willlams, Assistant . retary M, F. Tighe and Natlonal Trustee | John Morgan, were not present. It was subscquently learned that the three ab- | sentees were out of the city and had taken thelr departure on early trains. It was sald later that they were expected to be present when the board shall be called to- gether tomorrow morning. Where they had gone and what thelr mission is could not be learned. President Shaffer was called | to a secret conference with someone, sup- | posed to be a representative of the United States Steel corporation, during the early | morning hours. At noon the ofcials adjourned for lunc They remalncd away uotll after 2 o'clock and Lol @l ook apeothe conference. President Shafter was called repeatedly to the telephone and talked long and earn- estly with someone at the other end of the line. Recesses taken at frequent intervals showed that most of the time of the meet- ing was devoted to the killing of time dur- ing the absence of the officials, who were on mysterious missions. Joseph Bishop, the secretary of the Ohlo| Board of Arbitration, was present at the discussions today. He left the headquarters late In the afternoon without making any statement. Shaffer Sti11 Mute, At 4 o'clock President Shafter and Vice President Davis Reese left the house. Pres- | {dent Shaffer informed the reporter that no | tement would be given out today. The two officlals went to the Carnegle building, where they held a brief conference with Joseph E. Schwab and Vice President Stone, who spent most of the day in the Carnegie offices. Within an hour Mossrs. Shaffor and Reese returned to the general ofices ot the association. Another hour was spent in the conference room and then the meot- ing adjourned. When President Shaffer came down to go home he was again asked for some statement as to the condition of the conference and the probability of a gettlement. Iy reply he said: “There will be no statement given out today. I expect to call another meeting of the board to- morrow at 10 o'clock. 1 will be present at this meeting and will not be out of the | city tonight.” With this statement President Shaffer left tor his home. All of the other oficials who were at the meetiug during the after- noon declined to talk strike. They hurrled away from the building to avoid meeting newspaper men. About the entrance of the hendquarters building in Seventh avenue groups of men were gathered all afternoon. Some were members of the Amalgamated association who were on strike and Inter- ested in the proceedings. Others were private detectives who watched every move made by President Shaffer and other lead- ers of the Amalgamated assoclation. Pres- {dent Shaffer sald he knew of no reason for his movements being watched, but becamo deeply interested in the state of affairs when told ol it Confidence was felt {n some olrcles today that the atrike would eventually be settled on the propositions made by Mr. Morgan The officials of the steel companies who Rave been acting for the United States Steel corporation in this matter were apparently Lopeful and lighthearted Hanna Doesn't Know of It. CLEVELAND, July 1. —Senator Hanna sald tonight that there had been no con- ference between him and representatives of | the Amalgamated association, nor did he know anything of a conference between himself and the iron workers as is quite generally reported WILL BLOW UP LANDMARK Kansas City Firemen to Remove the osttion Building ot Fair Fame. KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 81—The old exposition bullding In this city, which was erected thirty years ago at a cost of $250,- 000 and which was the scene of the big an- nual falr for Kansas and Missouri for sev- eral seasons thereafter, will be blown up with dynamite by the firemen of thi. city within the next ten days, James T. 1¢ime today sold the building with thirty acres of ground, Including the exposition ball park, to capitalists who Intend to convert the property Into a fashionable residence dis- trict. The exposition bullding wan aban- doned ten years after it was built, when the annual falr ceased to atirs visitors, and the aflapidated structure has for years been an eyosore, The base ball club will com- plete the season on the grounds, VAUSTRIAi READ??'&R TROUBLE | rrisons Althaninn Placed War Footing= Troops to the Front, on Frontler on LONDON, July 21.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Buda-Pesth says In consequ of the agitation in Albania Austria has ordered every garrison in Bosnia and Herzegovina to be immediately placed on a war footing. Additional regi- | ments leave Vienna this week for Serea jevo and Banfaluka. All the officers on | furlough have been ordered to rejoin thelr regiments | CONSTANTINOPLE, July 81.—The ex- eltement among the Albanians at Prishmina I8 becoming more acute. The Christians are reported to be in a desperate condition and the forelgn ministers hero have made renewed demands at the Yildiz Kiosk that the government protect | “a lives and property of the Christians “ON, July 81.—-Nothing has been re- ~ confirm the mews contained the Pall Mall Gazetie from Pudn-, Jide of Vienna scant attention Is pale he alleged political intrigues which are asserted to be at the bottom of the present agitation in Albanlu According to a sensational Austrian news- paper Italy and Montenegro started the Museulmans fr Albania on thelr present | anti-Christian campaign with the view of| obtaining an excuse of some kind for fn- | tervention, the object belug to checkmate | Austria’s prior claim on Albania In the | avent of fts separation from Turkey. Italy has several times denfed theae alleged de- signs on Albania. Italian papers assert | that Italy's only object to prevent (;m'-: many from using the Drefbund for the pur- pose of securing German predominance in the Balkans and to re-establish the equi- 1ibrium disturbed by tria’s supposed de- | signs on Albania. There {s no indication at | present of the Balkan question being | brought up in a serious manner in the tm- mediate future. nee o in wll g LORD ROBERTS VOTED MONEY | n Hou na Makes Fleld Marshal Big Donation, LONDON, July 31.—In the House of Com- | mons today, proposing a resolution grant- | Ing Fleld Marshal Earl Roberts £100,000 | for his services in South Africa, A. J. Bal- | four, the government leader, in the course of an eulogy of the field marshal, said there was no doubt that but for Lord Roberts’ daring and strategy and the rapidity with which his plans were carried out Kimberley and Mateking would have fallen, 11,000 Brit- Ish would have been starved into submis- slon at Ladysmith and there would have been a general rising of disloyalists in South Africn. The country was saved from this by the genlus of the man he now invites the bouse to reward by a unanimous vote, irrespective of political differences. The statement called forth protests from the Irish membe The liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, concurred in the motion. John Dillon, Irish nationalist, strongly opposed the vote. He declared Lord Roberts hod shown the greatest in-! bamadiify4in, SSush Africd’ and said he had | omployed barbarous methods and had proved himself a1 dismal failure Mr. Labouchere, radical, protested against granting gratulties to military men while nothing was given to civilians who were doing something for the benefit of their country. Mr. Keir Hardie, socialist and independ ent labor, took a similar view. He de- clared that in the opinion of experts at home and - abroad Lord Roberts' failure was primarily responsible for the continu- ance of the war. Mr. Swift MacNeil, Irish nationalist, sald he considered Lord Roberts’ operations were conducted with a maximum of cruelty and a minimum of humanity and that his | tarewell speech at Capetown was horrible hypocrisy and blasphemy. After further debate for and against the measure Mr. Balfour moved the closure, which was carried by 257 to 108 votes. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 281 to 58 GLOBE TROTTER IS AT HOME of Stelgler Retu the to Paris When Wil Be Largest. rowd PARIS, August 1—Gaston Stelgler, who has_been_ traveling around the globe under the patronage of a paper, wis ex- pected to arrive here yesterday on his re turn and a considerable crowd gatherod Auring the afternoon at the Northern sta- tion and again at 11 o'clock last night awalting his arrival. A special walting | room had been profusely decorated with the tri-color and palms and this was re- served for the reception Stelgler, however, in consequence of the White Star lner Occanic from New York being three hours late at Liverpool missed the train for London that he had planned to catch. He telegraphed that he would arrive in Paris early today, traveling by the night mail, but the paper wired him to leave London this morning and to ar- rive here at 4:45 p. m., so that an elab- orate daylight reception might be arranged. The journey will thus have beon accom- plished by Steigler in sixty-four days and four hours 50 CRISPI FIGHTS FOR BREATH Sounds of His Aganinst Deat e Stre Terrible Struggle Heard in NAPLES, July 81.—The tonight regarding Signo: announces that he has and is weaker. His terrible struggle for heard even in the roadway of the strect where his residence stands. The members of his family and his two secretaries are at the deathbed The last words pronounced by Signor Crispl before he became so feeble were, on hearing the telegrams from King Victor Emmanuel and Dowager Queen Margherita, “Oh, good king, good queen.’” EMPEROR ORDERS PROMOTION oned OMc: n Soldiers in ekin, bulletin fssued Francesco Crispi N suffered a relapse breath can be Wil Make N e of 'Thos Stege of BERLIN, July 31.—Emperor Willlam has ordered that all the German soldiers who were in Pekin during the siege are to be promoted to the rank of noncommis- sloned offcers, CONSTA July | 81.—=Cherif Safda Pasha, who was recently arrested in his house, together with twenty-six guests all of whom were accused of an extensive conspiracy agalnst the sultan, was, with thirteen other Mussulmans, dispatched into extle yesterday, | steamer | the harbor s one of inactlvity. | terence with both sides to the controversy | The action of the men was a surprise to| | union since the Homestead strike in 1802, | MAY CARRY ARMS 1N 'FRISCO Hundred Nomunion Men Granted Privilege by Police Cemmissio BAGGAGE WAGON DRIVERS CALLED OUT Hotel Guests Are (o Feel Effect of the Strike—sand Teamsters Also Su i A Bullding Cheek-d, BAN FRANCISCO, commissioners have July 31.—The police granted about 100 per- mits to nonunion men to carry concealed weapons for the purpose of self-defense Mayor Phelan still hopes that a compro- mise of the trouble may be effected. There were but few changes in the local labor situation today. Both employers and em- ployes are standing firm and each side claims confidence in winning out without drawing on its reserves. No serious dis turbance of the peace occurred today. The strikers are strictly dhserving the injunc tion to abstain from violence. he employers hold out no hope for a rdy settlement of the trouble, and say » 18 nothing in sight but a hard bat- Two of the big steamship companies @ssert that they are getting nonunion men to flll the places of some of the strikers and belleve they can, within a short time secure all the men needed to operate their beats. An Intimation was made that the steamship companies would, if necossary, bring men to San Franclsco from suer points in the United States. A few nonunion men were employed as longshoremen on the docks of the Oceanis company and the Pacific Ccast Steamship company. On the former a gang worked halt the night putting cargo aboard the Sterra, which is due to sail for Australia tomorrow. Arriving vessels to- day were deserted by their crews, who im mediately reported at the headquarters of | the sailors’ union. Several foreign vessels are being loaded by their own crews, who have no conncction with local labor unio The drivers for the Pacific Transfer company were called out today. This will Eave a serious effect on the handling of baggage. The sand teamsters were also ordered out. 'This new development may put a stop to building operations through- | out the city. | no kicking over the traces. | of appeals. | held M nly Dependent on Conl Supp By the best informed students of situation it is declared that of the contention is mainly dependent upon | the coal supply. Only one large bunker | was In operation this morning and it is | sald there s not enough coal in the city to meet the demand longer than two weeks. A scarcity of fuel will not only cripple the manufacluring interests, but every houschold in the city will feel it From remarks dropped by some of the federation leaders this morning, it is ap- parent that the importance of preventing the unloading of coal is fully realized by them and that special effort will be made to keep the embargo intact, The City Front federation granted per- mission this morning to a number of teams to haul coal to the lighthouse tender, so there will be no stoppage of the light- Louse servicr. Peftni; mpfln Been graaced al8o to the charitable institutions and hos pitals to receive supplies hauled by unlon teamsters. While five steamers are being | loaded today the general appearance of There are scores of vessels awalting cargo, which fs ready to be put aboard when men are found to handle it. Mayor Phelan held a con- the | the outcome | today. Although no definite result was accomplished, the mayor said “The situation looks better than it did yesterday. The employers seem willing to reinstate the strikers if the latter will agree not to engage in sympathetic strikes and not attempt to force their fellow- workers ino the union.' SETTLE A STRIKE IN A HURRY Amalgamated Men Make Unexpected | Showing One of the Carnegle Mills. in PITTSBURG, July 31.—A strike of thirty men, members of the Amalgamated associa- | tion employed at the Twenty-ninth street | mill of the Carnegie Stecl company, last night because of the discharge of one man, | Patrick Frey, a rougher, was settled today | by the reinstatement of Frey and the strik- | ers returned to work., Frey had been ac- tive In organizing the men in the mill and when the officials discovered Frey's work ne was discharged. The members of the asso- clation at once quit work and the company | was forced to close down two guide mills. | the mill managers, as it was not that the Amalgamated association had gained a foothold in the plant. The mill employs about 1,500 men and has been non- known NEW YORK, July 81.—President Schwab | and Chalrman Gary of the Unfted States Steel corporation were in conference with Charles Steele of J. P. Morgan & Co. LABOR THREATENS SEATTLE Institnte Help May Gene Walkout inists in Their Strike, to SEATTLE, Wash., July widespread rumor in organized labor | circles, a general strike of all unlons, which will be as fatal to business in this clty as in San Francisco, {s imminent in Seattle. It s stated on good authority that the proposition is being considered carnestly of all workingmen belonging to labor unions walking out simultaneou: in sympathy with the machinists’ union. The reason is given by the men readily They state that the members of the Metal Trades' association have taken a stand that will not allow their former employes to return to their work on any kind of reasonable basis and have simply gone this to destroy the benefits of nnfonism. HURRICANE NEAR TOPEKA Tornn Kilmer Unroofs Destroys Orchar Windmills and Outhouses, According to a o Around Bulldings, TOPEKA, Kan,, July 31.—A lively tornado around Kilmer, ten miles northeast of Topeka, did much damage last night. Sev- eral buildings were unroofed, windmills de- stroyed and one farmer's buggy was carried through the air 200 yards and landed upside down upon a wire fence Farmer Weldling suffered His fine two-story house was completely unroofed and wrecked by the wind and flood of water that deluged the unprotected rooms. Orchards and crops suffered so- verely, People In the path of the storm rushed to their caves and cellars and escaped injury. After the wind two and ome-half inches of raln fell the most lass. | | tickets this fall, so as to have a majority | in |PROF. HERRON'S SUBSTITUTE | the national | sented. | glves | tablished. VITAL TO EX-SENATOR GORMAN A Demo r:::l onven n W torm that Means His Maryl Frame Pl Victory or Defeat. BALTIMORE, July 31.—The democratic state convention, which will meet at Ford's opera house, this city, at nson tomorrow promises to be thoroughly harmonious. In the primaries, which closed yesterda no bitterness has been developed, except in Montgomery county, where the fricnds of Senator Boule are sore over his defeat by Spencer Jones, the administration candi- date. The delegates to the coming conven- tion, with unusually few exceptious, are strict organization men and there will be The only nom inations to be made tomorrow are candi- dates for controller and clerk of the court At this time there seems no reason to doubt that Dr. Joshua W. King will be nominated for controller and that J. Frank Turner will get the other place on the ticket. As to the declaration of principics seems clear that no mention will be made of national {ssues. Nothing will be said about the currency, the tariff, imperialism or anything of that sort, but every plank in the platform will be confined strictly to state issues. Prominent among these will be the negro voter problem. the leaders will not admit it, there is every reason for beMeving that a strong declaration will be made vpon this subject, following closely along the lines laid down by the democrats at their recent conven- tion in Frederick county, the home of Colonel L. Victor Baughm: one of former Senator Gorman's lleutenants, in which It was decided that the danger of the negroes ultimately holding the balance of power in Maryland is imminent unleas something Is done to check their right fo vote The course of the state administration in convening the general assembly in spe- cial session last spring for the purpose of passing laws to disqualify fliterate voter and the taking of state census will be up- The platform Is being caretully dratted with a view of gelting every vote possible for the democratic nominees for the legislature. Mr. Gorman has taken part in many conferences upon this subject and the list of nominces in the various | counties has been carefully scrutinized and revised by his frionds, it belng a recog- nized fact that upon the success or failure of the party to carry their legislative 58 it it 1a understood, Although the coming legislature, will depend Mr, Gorman's future career as a politician in 8o far as the state of Maryland s con cerned. That he will be chosen to succ Senator Wellington in the event of demos cratic succees is regarded as certain. 1t Is Admitted as Porct form f Thelr the Soelnlixts nt Indinnapolis, INDIANAPOLIS, July 31 After the election this forenoon of Max 3. Hayes of Cleveland, O., as chairman for the day, the national soclalist convention voted on the question whether “immediate dJdemands’ shonld bg eliminaten ro vlattorm © ported yesterday. ‘The vete resul'ed i & decision to retain the words in the plat- form. The substitute offered by Prof. Herron then came up. On vote it was ad- mitted as a part of the platform. Prof. Herron's substitute embodies: ‘1. The public ownership of all means | of transportation and communieation ar? all ather public utilities, as well as all industries controlled by monopolies, trisis and combines. “2. The progressive reduction of the hours of labor and the increase of wages. | 3. State or national insurance of work- ing people in of accidents, lack of employment, sickness and want in old | age. ‘4. The inauguration of a system of pub- | lte industries, public credit case to be used for | | that purpose in order that the workers be secured the full product of their labor." The Springficld anti-Debs faction scored another victory at tonight's session. The | argument of the day hinged on the ques- tion of state autonomy in party affairs. This came up when the constitution for | party organization was pre- After a long and heated debate | the autonomy clause was finally ordered insorted. It detracts from the powers of the national exccutive committee and the contral of state affairs exclu- sively into the hands of the state central committees. There was little discussion on the matter | of selecting a new name for the organiza- | tion. Hereafter it will be known as the | socialist party. It was practically assured | tonight that the national headquarters would be taken to Chicago, where the na- tional committee and secretary will be es- | ANOTHER FOSBURGH REWARD Father of Murdered ¢ Fifteen Hu Amount 1 Now Makes Dollars of Offer. red PITTSFIELD, Mass., July 31.—R. L. burgh, the father of May Fosburgh, who was thot and killed August 20, 1900, today withdrew all rewards previously offered and substituted one of $1,500 for the arrest and conviction of the guilty NEW YORK, July 21.—Willlam Lewls Gray, the Fosburgh murder suspect, was set free today. Captain of Detectives Titus de- cided that he was innocent of any connec- tion with the crime. REVOLUTIONISTS AGGRESSIVE Are Reported to Fos- fuve Attacked % Killed, Cap- a. lombinn Tow tured and Loot NEW YORK, July 81.—A dispatch from Colon, Colombin, says that on Friday night the revolutionists attacked the towns of Bohio, Galun and Paraiso, took the town officials prisoners and captured the public funds. The dispatch says that the revolutionists killed a woman and sacked the Chinese stores, also Movements of ¢ At Liverpool Philadelphia; Salled—Wie Philadelphia At sgow—Arrived New York At Rotterdam—Arrived W York London—Arrived cun Vessels, July 81, Arrived-—Noordl Oceanie, from N id, for' Queenstown Furnessia, from Maasdam, from Manitou, from New Yokohama Balled Kalsito, for rk—Arrived—Barbaros men. Salled—Mongolian, for Gl utonie, for Liverpool; Southwark Antwerp At Naples—Arri york, via Gibral ceeded At Hong Kong Franciseo, via He skl and anghi Vancouver sakl und 0, from ania from SKOW for d ur ave, from Genoa, and w for pro- Arrive nolula China, from Kohama, N Apress of 1a Yokohama, Shanghai; K portland, Ore., n China K ight O, Via oko- | Kansas | Governor, Dr. Rudolph Reemlin NG, AUGUST 1, 1901—-TWELVE PAGES, FEW SILVER MEN APPEAR Greot's Private Roem Accemmodates Ohio Btate Comventien, DEMOCRATS ARE DECLARED NON-EXISTENT e Thing Much of It=lts Are Alrendy Backing Out, COLUMBUS, 0, August 1.—It is custo- mary for conventions always fn Oblo to authorize their state committee to fill va- cancles, but this was not done yesterday. After Chalrman Groot and others left last night Dr. Reemlin positively declined the nomination for governor and It Was re- ported that others would not accept . July 31.—"The progres sive democratic party” was organized here today. The attendance was so small that many doubted up to 2 p. m. whether any attempt would be made to hold a state cou- vention During democratic was held at COLUMBUE, O the week following state convention conference Clevelund and a protest Iseued agalnst the action of the democratic convention In ignoring Bryan, free silver and other issues, and in not reafirming either of the national platforms on which Bryan made his contest for president At that conference 11 was issued [ state convention of “Bryan democrats’” and others opposed to both the democratic and the republican platforms, to meet here to day Circulars containing copies of the call and the platform of the proposed new party were sent out by mail and were widely published. However, less than a dozen persons responded today to particis pate in the christening of the new party George A. Groot, who called the confer- ence at Cleveland and presided over it July 17, was both temporary and permanent chairman today and was made chairman of the state committee of the new party Hie name was presented for governor, but he sald he did not want any nomination He was afterward put on the ticket for su- preme judge, but declined to accept the nomination. The convention was held in his room at the Great Southern hotel and In that small room he delivered his key- note speech, holding the floor half an hour. Those who met with Chalrman Groot were: J. W. Lindsay of Delaware, Dr. Abner L. Davis of Findlay, Bernard Hubart of To- ledo, Richard Inglis of Youngstown, R. B Connell of Columbus, George W. Moore of Greenville and H. M. Huber of New Rich- mond Even the promoters of the movement did not disguise their disappointment over the small attendance. It s sald that a few other persons who came to Columbus In re- sponse to the call were unable to find the meeting place. the recent a a was a for on More Reporters Than Delegntes, The reporters. who were perched on and about the bed, outnumbered the delegates two to one. A few epectators stood at the onon door. The total attendanen ald not | €ivted chirty, though the formalities of a state convention were carried out between the hours of 2 and 4 p. m. Bernard Hubart called the convention to order and at once announced George A. Groot as temporary chairman. Order was restored at once and Groot was introduced and spoke. When Chairman Groot had concluded it was announced that the platform sent out from Cleveland on July 17 in circulars and published at the time in the newspapers had already been adopted on the referen- dum system by many subscribing to the same. The features of this platform are lauda- tion of Bryan ard reafirmation of the City platform. Planks were also inserted calling for the public ownership of all public utilities; that all money of what- over kind hall be issued by the govern- ment without the intervention of banks that the “money trust, the parent of all trusts,” should be destroyed, for “without a money aristocracy there can be no im- perialism.” The destruction of all trusts is demanded. Such democrats as approve a gold standard and who supported McKin- ley for president are invited henceforth to affiliate with the republican party. ™ For governor the names of Dr. Rudolph Reemlin of Cincinnati and of George A. Groot of Cleveland were presented, but be- fore a ballot was taken Messrs. Inglis, Davis and Moore were appointed a commit- tee on nomiuations, and with the adoption of their report this ticket was nominated: lieutenant governor, Henry C. Cordery; supreme judge, Rial M. Smith; state treasurer, J. C. Shepard; attorney general, S. L. Clark; ket is Nominnted, clerk of supremescourt, Charles Bonsall: | member of the Board of Public Works, B R. Connell. The only one of the nominees in attendance at the conventfon was Dr. Connell, who lives in Columbus, It was decided to call the new organiza- tion the progressive democratic party. J W. Lindsay, who met with three other pop- ullsts in the state conference last night, wanted to call the organizatlon the inde- pendent party, 80 as to include all “who were opposed to Hannaism.” He insisted that the democratic state convention In Ohio “had veered around into Hanna's lines." When Chairman Groot announced that the convention had voted to name the or ganization the progressive democratie party Lindsay said that he would not operate any further. Lindsay wanted populiste and the convention toda port Mayor Jones of Toledo for governor on such independent lines as in the campaign two yoars ago. 1t was decided to have committee of one from district. A executive committes nine members was selected, with George A Groot as chairman and Bernard Hubert as secretary, and this committee spent the evening in arranging for campaign work 1t is understood that it will pay special at- tention to the counties where it may be felt in the election of legislators and therefore have some bearing in the election for the United States senate Dr. Reemlin, who heads the beeu a life-long democrat and silver man. He is president of the Bimetallic league of Hamilton county and entertained Bryan during the campaign last year. MUST CLOSE NEXT SUNDAY f Honrd Midway Shows Respect Subb, co- the to sup- a state central h congressional stute ticket, has a a radical free on Directors De- Must BUFFALO, July 31.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the Pan-American ex- | and captured John Wtlliams, an accomplice The bootleggers are hoth officers much position held last evening it was decided that the Midway at the exposition should be closed tight next Sunday. of| recast riday; braska -1 wi tor Southerly Temperature at Omahn Vesterdny: Dew. Dew o (34 (3] T4 T4 ™ st ! Py ~5 st w7 PROF. J. M. HOWIE IS SHOT Instructor Wo Nebraskn State Normal ded by w Gambler's R, July 31.—(Special Telegram.) During a street fight tonight at 6.30 o'clock, started by three gamblers, three men, all bystanders, wer shot he wounded Prof. J. M. Howle, Nebraska State Nor- mal at Peru, bullet wound in calf of left leg Nicholas Schwelger, Denver. C. R. West, Crowlle, Ind Adam Caspar, a disappolnted gambler. started the trouble by drawing his revolver and striking Barney Boyce and his brother, Sam Boyce, over the head. The Boyces drew revolvers and all three began firing They were standing at Seventeenth and Curtls and the streets were crowded, None of the men doing the shooting was in- jured. Schweiger and West were across the street from the place where the shooting occurred and Prof. Howle was three blocks awny at Seventeenth and California. Bar- ney Boyce Is manager of the gambling houses owned by Joe Gavin and 1s assisted by his brother, Sam Boyce. It I8 supposed that Caspar had been refused employment | by them and for this reason attacked them All three were at once arrestod Prof. Howle was taken to S8t. nke's bospital, where his wound was dressed. He is reported resting well and it is not be- lieved he will be long disabled. POSTMASTER IS DETECTIVE alls Letter from Evan In and Effects Cn of John Willis, July 31.—John Willis was arrested here this evening while at- tempting to have a money order cashed at a postoffice substation. Willis is said {to have escaped the custody of officers who wére taking him to the state prison at Jacksonville, Tenn., to serve a fifteen- year term It is sald that, although manacled, he leaped from the window of a train moving forty miles an hour. Willis Is charged with the abduction of a young woman whose parents are wealthy and who live at Evanston, Mo, He clalms he was en- gaged to the girl and that his conviction was procured to prevent her marrying him. The arrest is due to the detective work of the postmaster at Evanston, who discovered that a letter directed to Willis had been deposited at his office and fol- lowed the letter to Minneapolis in order to obtaln the $500 reward offered for the young man's capture, GAMBLERS TRY NEW DEFENSE Will Seek to Have New York's Laws Declared Unconstitutional, Mak- i Sentences Illegal. MINNEAPOLIS, EW YORK, July 31.—The gamblers and pool room proprietors of New York have | Instituted through their attorneys and John | R. Dos Passos, counsel, a proceeding | take the case of Charles Bennett, an alleged assoclate of “The” Allen, to the United States circuit court on the ground that | sections 343 and 351 of the penal code of this state in regard to gambling are “con- trary and repugnant to the constitution of the United States and the amendments thereto and the laws of the United States, | Mr. Dos Passos said if the United States !elrcuit court sustained the allegation that the siate laws were unconstitutional it would have the effect of making fllegal the | sentences of all the gamblers who wero | ralded and afterward convicted by the com- | mittee of fifteen and would necessitate a [ revision of the laws as they pertain to | gambling In the state of New York. This Is been taken in this state. ROOSEVELT GOES ON WEST nves Chicago for Colorado Springs After Long Breakfast with Governor Yates, CHICAGO, July 31.—Vice President Roosevelt, who arrived in Chicago last night from the east, departed for the west tonight, enroute to Colorado Springs, Colo., | where he Is to be the guest of the quarto- centennial celebration of Colorado's admis- slon to statehood. The trip, he savs, Is | to be a rest for him and he goes unaccom- panied During his stay In Chicago the vice presi- { dent met Governor Yates. In fact, they {breakfasted togother, passing one hour and | forty-five minutes at the table, and when the meal’ was finished Governor Yates had | successfully broken In on the vice presi- de visiting program and had secured | his promise to visit Camp Lincoln during the latter part of the month, to be the na tional and military guest of the National Guard of Ilinols on one of the governo; lays. WILL NOT PAY THE SHORTAGE Ca Tax M Guaranty inbiltey or Ga July 31—V, T of Floyd county Sanford, tax collect was indicted by | embezzlement It 1s alleged in the indfct- | ment that Sanford is short $34,249, $15424 | being due the state of Georgia and $18,825 | to Floyd county | Baltimore is on Mr. Sanford’s bond | $12: The bond company denles its lla- | bllity on the bond, claiming that county authorities were negligent In checking Mr. Sanford's books. not |KILLS KANSAS BOOTLEGGER { « stuble Liver ut of the B to Stay. Men- derson | BT. JOSEPH, Mo., July 81 with bootleggers at Wathena, afternoon Constable M and in the In a Kan., Livermore fight A shot bootleggers, who had been arrested { of the dead man { colored and have | trouble, glven the 4 G| to the first time a step of this character has the grand jury this afternoon on charges of A guarantee company of for the this tantly killed Lou Henderson, one of CONDITION OF THE wennsfl;'rm VTRAIV.\' ROBBER\ Thursday and !Fin Mrsked Men Halt Baltimore & Ohio | Flyer Near Chicago. w0 | BLOW UP TWO MAIL CARS BY MISTAKE o | | | Miss Express Dipartment Becauss of Its | Unusual Position, ‘ o ENGINEER COLLINS IN DANGEROUS PLACE Robbers Threaten to Take Lifs for Their Misiake. POSSES PROMPTLY BEGIN THE PURSUIT Start from Chicago Within After Ocours—Mesnenger Applenate Loses Chance for Courngeous Action. an Hour Holdup CHICAGO, July 31.—The Baltimore & Ohlo passenger train from the east, which was due to arrive in the Grand Central depot, Chicago, at 8 o'clock tonight, was held up by five masked men at 8 o'clock tonight between Edgmore and Grand Cal- umet Helghts, Ind, thirty-one miles out from Chicago. One of the mail cars, no money, was wrecked with dynamite. The attempt at robbery was made after the two mall cars had been detached from the train and run a quarter of a mile ahead. The fallure of the robbers to make a rich haul was due to the fact that the express car, which contained the tral treasure, was in an unusual place. It was the third car in the train. After wreck- ing the mail car and obtaining no booty the robbers disappeared in the darkness, without attempting to rectify their mis- take. The only loot that they carried away with them as a result of their adventure was the gold watch of the engineer. The train was the New York and Wash- fngton vestibule limited. Most of the trainmen were shot at and had narrow es- capes from the bullets, No person was in- jured, either by the dynamite or firearms The place where the robbery occurred is a lonely district where houses are far be- tween. The train was running at a high rate of speed as it passed Calumet Heights and immediately after passing out of sight of the station Engineer Collins saw di- rectly in front of his engine a large fire, on which some rails had been placed. He | slowed down and as he did so three men, | wearing masks over their faces, jumped into the cab and covered Collins and his fireman, James Whipple, with revolvers. righten Passengers with Shots, Just before climbing Into the cab the three men commenced to fire with their re- volvers to frighten away all assistance. The shots produced the liveliest kind of a panic in the sleeping cars, where the pas« sengers made every effort to hide their money and valuables before the robbers could get at them. No attempt, howover, was made to rob any of the passengers. After mounting the cab of the the robbers, covering the engineer fireman with their revolvers, made them step down and go back the length of twe cars. They ordered the men to uncouple the first two cars, which was done. They then hustled the two trainmen back into the cab and, still keeping the engineer overed with revolvers, directed him to pull up some distance from the rest of | the train. Engineer Collins ran up 200 feet and was then directed to stop. He did so, and while one of the men remained to guard him the others jumped off, and hurling dynamite at | the door of the car which they judged to he [the express car, burst open the door. Hastily climbing in to get at the safe they were astonished to find that they had broken into a mail car. They threatensd the engineer with death for not telling them that the cars which he bad un- coupled were not express cars, and or- dered Lim to return at once and uncoupls the next behind the baggage cars. Climb- ing once more into his cab Collins backed his engine down, coupled onto the third car, which the fireman was made to un- couple at the rear end, and still with the muzzle of the revolver at his head Collins was ordered to run down the track as be- fore. which contained Makes Robbers Wrathy. He drew away from the balance of tho train about the same distance as on tha first occaglon and the robbers still leaving him under the charge of one of their num- ber attacked the other car. When they reached it they found to thelr great wrath that they had opened another mall car and that it contained no money. The train had been delayed now fully thirty minutes, and. fearing that if they delayed any longer, help would be coming to the train crew, the robbers gave up thefr attempt to rob the train and ran into a thicket of scrub oaks at the side of the track and disappeared. The train camo on to Chlcago and officers were at once sent after the robbers. Within an hour after the robbery a large posss was on thefr trail. Charles A. Cross. conductor of the train, brought Into the city tonight several sticks of dynamite that had been left by the rob- bers at the side of the track. Ready to Defe W. W. Applegate of Newark, 0., was tha press messenger, and was alone in his He had no Idea that a robbery was belng attempted until he heard the shoot- ing on the outside. He then selzed a Win- chester rifie and climbing on the top of the safe awaited developments, determined to make tho of the fight. He was not molested fn any way, however. He said that there was considerable gold and silver in the car and that the robbers might have mado a rich haul in his car. Local express officers refused (o say tonight how much money there was in the car It 15 estimated that $50,000 was stored in the express car and 1t is believed the rob- bers knew of the large amount of money and valuables ahoard After leaving the train the robbers turned toward Lake Michigan. It is believed they made thelr final cscape in a boat. WOUNDED Private Wright of Denver Recelves Cartridge Wad that May Cost Him car, best IN SHAM BATTLE an Arm. BOULDER, Calo, July 31.—During a sham- battle between companies of the Colorado atlonal guard here today, Private Wright of a Denver company recelved a wad from a blank cartridge in his right forearm and will probably lose his arm if not his life, Lieutenant Rice Means, who served as an officer in the Philippincs, was burned in the tace with powder.