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And Followed the Westward
March of Progress to the
Pacific Coast.
CONDUCTED VARIOUS LINES.
But He Resisted the Encroachment of
Railroads and Predicted Their
Failure.

OMAHA, NEBR., June 5.-Colonel E. f.
Hooker oied this morning in his rooms at
the Paxton Hotel, at an advanced age.
Colonel Hooker was, years ago, the su-
perintendent of the old National Stage
line, with headquarters at Columbus, Ohio.
He followed the stages west and became
su perintendent of the Western Stage line,
with headquarters in Iowa City and Des
Moines. He went to Iowa City in the fall
of 1856. Colonel Hooker left there and
went to the Pacific Coast, where he be-
came the superintendent of the Shasta
stage line from Sacramento and San
Francisco to Portland, and with dozen
branch lines. He left California, going to
Salt Lake, thence to Cheyenne, and later
came to Omaha as the livestock agent of
the Rock Island Railroad. There was no
man in the West better known among
stockmen than he. His advanced age,
coupled with his service, earned for him
a retirement about seven years ago.
The remains were taken on the after
noon Rock Island train to Des Moines.
where the interment will take place to-
morrow.
Colonel Hooker was known to many of
the old timers in California, but his posi-
ton on this coast was not so conspicuous
as it had been in the Middle West. George
T. Bromley and "Baldy" Hamilton knew
him at Sacramento when he was connected
with the Shasta stages.
At Council Bluffs D. w. Hitchcock, now
of the Union Pacific, knew Colonel Hooker
for seven years prior to 1860. Hooker
was then the general superintendent of
the Western Stage Company, with the
terminal station at the Missouri River.
Colonel Hitchcock was at that time the
agent of the Hannibal and st. Joseph Rail
road and the connecting line of Missouri
River steamers. He offered to thespublic
a route to the East which involved no rid
ing in the stagecoach, and of course took
many of the passengers from Hooker's
stagecoaches.
Colonel Hooker's retreat before the iron
horse was not agreeable to his rugged ma
ture. He was a firm believer in the des-
tiny of the four-legged horse, and regarded
the stagecoach as a sacred institution
which in the end could not be displaced
by the new-fangled notion of rail and
steam. When the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad was opened to Wheeling, on the
Ohio, in 1852, thus connecting directly the
Chesapeake with one of the great tribu-
taries OF the Mississippi, Colonel Hooker
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INSURGENTS NOW
HAVE FULL SWAY
Diseases Again Aid in the
determination of the
Spanish.
SMALLPOX AND FEVER.
Regular Troops Cooped Up in
Towns in the Interior of
Cuba.
THE TRoCHA IS OVERLOOKED
Patriots Who Fight Desperately for
Freedom Are Surely in Crontrol
of the Island.

HAVANA, CUBA. June (via Tampa
Fla, June 5).-The dry season of the year
can be considered practically closed By
this time. Ever since the last fifteen
days it has been raining fearfully. In
Havana the rains have been periodical for
the last week, beginning at about P. NJ.
and lasting until or P. NJ. In the coun-
try, from reports received all around, the
rainfall has been considerable. 1t is said
that the Majana swamp forming the
southern section of the trocha line from
Mariel has overfowed and that the
trenches and bitches which had been made
have all disappeared.
In consequence of this state of things
the military operations at the east on the
Spanish side have come to a standstill.
All the troops are cooped up in the
towns in the interior untouched by the
rebels and the fortified cities on the coast
Not so with the insurgents, for this is the
appropriate season for them, as it permits
them to rove unmolested through the
country, thus justifying their boast that
they are masters of the field.
As result of the climatic change that
terrible scourge, yellow fever, has made it's
appearance and, it is said, is playing
havoc to an alarming extent, particularly
with the troops.
The Government tries to hide the truth,
but somehow it manages to leak out, al
though no accurate data can be obtained,
for no statistics are allowed to be pub
lished, still it is known that the malady
has extended all over the island, and the
death rate is very great. In some places
as for instance. the military line, it is
known that there are hundreds attacked
with this terrible disease, and that it is in
creasing daily in alarming proportions.
Smallpox has also made its appearance
in many towns and cities, especially in
Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos, in which
latter place ninety-six deaths occurred
last month, there being 1876 cases now on
record.
That Weyler has failed in his Cuban
campaign is admitted by everybody, even
by the rabid Spaniards. His untitness to
cope with the insurgents is manifested
daily. No outward demonstrations have
been made yet, but in private converse
tions denunciations are made OF his ina
bility to quell the revolution.
Spaniards are getting despondent. and
the emigration of their prominent leaders,
including Santos Guzman, is significant,
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mckinley MEN ARE ALARMED

leadership Maryland went Republican for
the tlrst time in twenty-five years"
On Wednesday the National Committee
Will meet at the Southern Hotel and will
decide upon the temporary organization
and go over the 170 contests. For tenn
porary chairman Mark Hanna of Ohio,
Governor Merriam of Minnesota, Major
Wamer of Missouri and Warner Miller OF
New York have been mentioned.
Most of the members of the National
Committee, including Chairman Carter OF
Montana, Secretary Joseph Manley OF
Maine, NJ. H. de Young of California,
General ]. S. Clarkson of Iowa, Senator
Thurston of Nebraska and Ex-Governor
Fifer of Illinois, are expected here Mon
day or Tuesday next.
Ex-Governor Merriam of Minnesota,
who has considerable backing for chair
! man of the convention, has written that
he will be here next Tuesday. He is at
the head of the Minnesota delegation and
| pronounced Mckinley man.
The hall decorations are of the most
elaborate character ever ATTEMPTED at any
convention and are almost complete.
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WILL FATOR "soUND., MONEY.
Gossip Concerning the Proposed Repub'
ticd,a Platform.


icGn Platform
NEW YORK, N. Y, June 5.-The Her
aid says this morning: The Herald has
information from the most trustworthy
source, which it cannot at this time dis
close, that the efforts of the Mckinley
managers at st. Louis, so far as the plat
form is concerned, will be exerted in the
direction of having the financial plank of
the Indiana State Convention adopted.
That is the best that can be hoped for.
This plank was drawn by G. w. Fair
banks, and was approved by Harrison, so
II is q Harrison rather than a Mckinley
utterance. The PLANK reads as follows:
eve are firm in our demand for honest
money. We believe that our money
should not be inferior to the money of
the most enlightened nations of the earth.
We are unalterably opposed to every
scheme that threatens to debase or de-
preciate our currency. We favor the use
of silver as currency, but to the extent
only and under such regulations that its
parity with gold can be maintained, and
in consequence are opposed to the free,
unlimited and independent coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to IL
The Herald correspondent at Cleveland
was told on Tuesday that there would be
strong movement to have the financial
declaration at st. Louis follow closely the
lines of the Indiana plank The informa-
ton came from friends of Mckinley. That
same day a movement to have it adopted
in sound-money centers was begun. and
yesterday it was actively under wav in
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Bos-
ton, Pittsburg and other cities.
The banker in this city wao IS engaged
in passing around the Indiana plank is
well known. The plank has been shown
to at least twenty prominent bust.
ness men of this city who are engaged in
the struggle to maintain the gold standard.
Each man has been told sonnet hing like
this: "The Republicans who will control
the convention are determined to give
some sort of sound-money plank which
will satisfy the business men of the East.
Now the question is, What is a sound
money plank?' Can the Indiana plank be
called such? We want something which
will give the maximum of confidence in
the East and the minimum of offense in
the West We naturally incline toward
sound money, but the free silver men are
developing such strength that they must
not be smashed too hard"
This statement has not been laid before
the New York business men YET, however
OF the twenty men who were seen IN this
city all but one first suggested an amend
ment which would declare against the free
coinage of silver at any ratio. They either
wanted the plank to terminate at the word
tfsiIver,i in the last sentence or to have
added at the end "Or any other ratio"
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Japanese Syndicate to Run a New
Line of Steamships to
America.
NO AGE LIMIT FOR CHILDREN.
Comparison of the Expenses of Living
in This Country and in
Japan.

Ex-Superintendent of Census Hon. Rob-
ert P Porter returned from Japan on the
steamer Peru yesterday. Mr.. Porter was
some three months ago. He is close
friend of Major Mckinley, and came to
San Francisco in the interest of his can
didacy for the Republican Presidential
nomination as McKinley's personal repre-
sentative.
His tip to the coast at that time had
great effect in encouraging the Mckinley
workers here and crystallizing the move
ment in behalf of Major Mckinley
throughout the Pacific Coast.
Porter's fame as a statistician and an
advocate of the American protective tariff
system is worldwide. He was one of
Blaine closest friends during his lifetime.
To him is largely due the credit for the
organization of the American Protective
Tariff League, he being the chief origi-
nator OF the idea and the most active
worker in perfecting that association.
Pcrter's trip to England prior to the
Plaine campaign and his personal investi-
cation of the condition of the iron and
steel workers of England and other Eng
lish industries v!.h relation to their bear
ing upon the condition of American labor
and American industries gave him more
intimate practical knowledge of the opera
tions of the tariff system than any other
tariff writer in this country.
His recent trip to Japan to investigate
the industrial conditions of that country
with regard to the effect of Japanese COM
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if the Government would communic cate
with the Government of the United States
in relation to the change IN the status OF
Madagascar, through the annexation OF
that island by France.
Mr.. Curzon replied: II think it is not
unlikely that we shall shortly be in posses
sion of the views of the United States Gov
ernment upon this subject" "
NJ. Labouchere moved that the House
adjourn in order to force the Government
to explain its policy in the Soudan. The
entire opposition, With the exception of
those who were mem bers of the late Rose
berry Cabinet, stood by and supported M.
Labouchere and a spirited debate ensued.
M Labouchere's motion was defeated
without division being taken.
A. ]. Balfour, First Lord of the Treas
ury and Government leader in the House,
denied that there had been any conceal
ment of the reasons for the Soudan expe-
dition. On the contrary, the Government,
he said, had been very frank in the mat.
ter of disclosing their motives.
The suppression of dispatches in regard
to the expedition in the Italian green book
was exceptional, but no doubt an excuse
for it could be found in the special circum-
stances with which the recent Italian ad-
ministration was confronted. No conf
Dental communications could proceed be-
tween the powers, he declared, unless a
greater degree OF discretion was observed
than that shown by the Italian Govern
Government would not follow their ex-
annie.
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D1SrR1B UrIoN OF TICKETS.
HOtV Seats Viii Be Occupied at the st
LOsGis Contention.


LOsSis Convention.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, June 5.-Sergeant-at-
Arms Byrnes has been busy all day trying
to get in order the deluge of mail and tele-
graphic applications for doorkeeper,
ushers, assistants and messengers under
his control. Mr.. Byrnes has provisional
list made up of the 600 to be appointed,
but the final selections will be made after
the committee meets here. Each National
Committeeman will receive twenty
tickets, the delegates three and the alter
mates two. The Grand Army of. the Re-
public will also receive several hundred
tickets. The seating capacity of the hall
is about 1000 and there will be ticket
fer every seat.
Arrangements have been made for the
seating of the press representatives, the
418 seats in the press stand being allotted
United States. The United Press and the
among the metropolitan newspapers of the
Chicago Associated Press have been allotted
six seats each on either side of the chair
mans desk. The papers of New York,
Chicago and st. Louis will get the greatest
number of seats each. The papers of the
principal interior cities are also taken care
of on the basis of one to two seats accord
ing to the size of the city and importance
OF the paper. Each ST. Louis paper will
be allowed six seats in the, press stand,
but as a matter of courtesy they will
occupy the seats farthest removed from
the chairman's table. Country papers will
not find room in the press stand, owing to
the great demand made upon accommo-
dations by the metropolitan papers.
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regarded with minded feelings OF surprise

regarded with mingled feelings of surprise
and remonstrance the vast demonstration
of the populace in honor of the event. lie
was not, however, convinced that the day
of the stagecoach was passing, but on the
contrary declared to number of his old
friends that the day would come wher
every rail would be torn up and made into
horseshoes. The advance of the railroad
pushed him further and further west until
he reached Iowa City.
For season activity in railway extern
sion was suspended. The railroad which
was in operation to Iowa City in 1856 was
not extended to Des Moines until after the
war closed, so Colonel Hooker had some
years of peace and influence.
1t is related of Colonel Hooker that he
kept fairly good watch on the drivers
who would collect fares between stations
and frequently KNOCK down" a dollar.
Once he overheard driver behind the
barn at Council Bluffs counting out
money.
The man was saying, ''This dollar is for
the company; this dollar is mine"
Finally, after an equal division Of Sc was
made, there remained 81. The colonel was
particularly anxious to see how the driver
would dispose of it, and when the latter
appropriated it to himself the veteran
manager discharged the employe for not
giving the company fair deal.
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Claims That Schemes Are Being
Arranged to Shut Out Certain
Pledged Delegates.
PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION
Leaders Daily Arriving at st. Louis
and Preparing for the Great
Battle.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 5.-Colonel Perry
Heath, ex-iournalist of Cincinnati and just
now avant courier of the Mckinley in
vasion of st. Louis, is in deep anxiety to-
night over what he forcibly denominates
an underhand attempt to defeat the
Ohioan's nomination. He names Hon.
Thomas G. Platt of New York as director
of the anti-McKinley movement. He says
Platt has given out the information pub
licly that he will not be in st. Louis until
next Wednesday, when all the other big
wigs are expected here, but that privately
he has notified all those members of the
committee who are supposed TO be opposed
to Mckinley that he Will be here Monday
morning and would like to meet them in
private conference for the discussion of
business of very vital importance to the
party"
One of the committeeman thus written
to has communicated with Heath, who
does not know exactly which of the COM
mitteemen are now so set against Nc
Kinley, but he names among the prob
abilities Clarkson, Manley and certain
members from New England, with Wright
Cuney of Texas and A. II. Leonard of
Louisiana.
1.-THE method to be used TO defeat the
Ohioan," " said Colonel Heath, sis despsr-
ate one, but it will be tried. As is we'll
known, the National Committee is to meet
at the Southern Hotel at noon Wednes-
day to begin the work of making up the
temporary roll of the convention, which
assemblies the following Tuesday.
Ever since the opposition TO Major Nc
Kinley has realized that the 0hioan's boom
could not be checked by ordinary meth
ods il has schemed- to Use the advantages
given it in the control of the National
Committee to defeat Mckinley if possible.
BY recognizing all the anti Mckinley con-
testing delegates who could show the
slightest claim, and giving them the seats
in the convention with the expectation
that they would force men of their own
selection on the credentials committee,
and thus secure a firm footing in the per-
manent organization of the convention.
This talk about Governor Mckinley
having ruthIessly invaded the States of
favorite sons and on which allegations the
opposition to him bases its strongest
ground is the utmost folly. Why, from
the inception of his campaign Governor
Mckinley has stubbornIy refused TO en-
courage any movement for him in States
that have or were liable to have candi-
dates of their own"
Colonel Heath will be joined Monday by
Judge A. G. Thompson of Gallipolis, a
leading member of the Ohio delegation
and one of the Mckinley managers. Gen
eral Grosvenor will also come on that date
if Congress adiourns Saturday.
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MADAGASCAR CONVERSION
Questions Relating to the New
French Colony Asked in
the Commons.
Views of the United States Are
Awaited by the English
Statesmen.

LONDON, Eng, June 5.--In the House
of Commons to-day Sir Charles Dixie
asked if her Msjesty's Government ana
the Government of the United States
would give their assent to the view that
the mere conversion of the island of NADIA
gascar from a French protectorate into a
French colony puts an end to commercial
and other engagements between Great
Britain and the United States and NADIA
gascar.
Right Hon. George N. Curzon, Parlia-
mentary Secretary to the Foreign Office,
replied that Great Britain would give at
tentive consideration to the question.
'sWe are not informed of the Government
of the United States" he said, 'since the
annexation OF Madagascar by France"
Thomas G.. Bowles, Conservative, asked
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PROCTOR, IND NOT HEED.
Mckinley Selects the E1-SeoretarY of
Var for His RWnnisa0 Mate.

Mckinley Selects the E1-SeoretGry OF
Var for His Rstnnir0 Mate.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, June Sit is an
open secret here tonight that Major Nc
Kiniev had given up all idea of persuading
Thomas B. Reed to be his running mate,
and as a result of several conferences with
NJ. A. Hanna and others, he has decided
to use his best efforts to prevail upon Red
field Proctor, Harr1son's Secretary of War
and at present United States Senator from
Vermont, to accept that position. Nego-
tiations with that gentleman have been
pending for some time, and as the result
Mark Hanna gave out tonight that Sena-
tor Proctor would arrive in Cleveland to-
morrow morning and go with him at once
to Canton to talk over matters concerning
the campaign with Mckinley.
While Mr.. Hanna would not admit that
it was for the purpose of talking over the
Presidential nomination, he did not
deny it, and it is certain when he starts
for st. Louis next Tuesday to open the
Mckinley headquarters that Proctor s
name will also be on his slate. As to the
declination of Reed it is learned here from
sources close to the Mckinley managers
that ne Salu 10 those VIII uABSO hl1H W
ioin fortunes with Mckinley:
.'It is impossible for me to consider the
matter. have served this country to the
best of my ability. My friends think 1
should be nominated for the Presidency.
am a candidate for that Office and for
no other. If the people do not want me l
shall retire from public life and in the
practic of my profession try to earn
living"
There has been some talk. here and at
Canton of Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee
for the Vice Presidency, but the outlook
tonight is that if Proctor says Eyes" the
Mckinley managers viii drop all other
candidates and urge Proctor as the best
man to bring the united support of New
England to the Republican party.
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CONSUL LEE TIsIrs wEYLER.
NosO There rs a Chance of Datctey Beisg
Released.

1LetSQSeUs
HAVANA, CUBA June 5.-Consul-
General Fitzhugh Lee visited Captain
General Weyler to-day. The meeting was
cordial. In the course of the conversation
General Lee touched upon the case of
Dawley, the correspondent of Harper's s
Weekly, who was arrested two days ago
and is now confined in MORO Castle.
General Weyler, it is said, promised that
a prompt investigation would be made
into the matter. 1t is believed that Daw-
ley will be soon released on condition that
he leave the island.
Two dynamite cartridges have been ex-
ploded under the Canas bridge, province
of Matanzas. The damage done the struc-
ture was slight.
Calixto Garcia, the rebel leader, who was
last reported to be near Jiguani, is now at
Victoria de las Lunas.
Engagements at Corral, Falso and
Limonar, province of Matanzas, have re-
suited in rebel defeats. The insurgents
lost forty eight killed. The troops lost one
killed and fourteen wounded.
The hotilla sent to the assistance of the
troops at Baracoa have succeeded in cap
turing the port of Maravi, which was in
possession of the rebels.
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petition upon American prosperity was q
continuation of the trips he has made to
various countries of the world in the study
of labor problems and tariff systems.
In an interview at the Palace II otel last
evening, together with Attorney General
Fitzgerald and ex-Judge Waymire, Porter
discoursed fuently and pleasantly Of his
journey and experiences in Japan. He
spoke of the bright future he believes to
be in store for that nation, and paid a
glowing tribute to the intelligence, ambi.
tion and uniform courtesy of the Japanese
people, placing them in rank as a nation
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PATTERSON MEETS MCKINLEY.
The Newspaper Man Says Reed 10 the
Coming Tice-Prestdent.

Coming Vice-Prestdent.
CANTON, ONO June 5.--Among the
distinguished callers upon Gaior McKin-
ley to-day was Hon. Robert w. Patterson
of the Chicago Tribune Mr.. Patterson,
who is gate-at-large to the ST. Louis
Republican Convention, said to a United
Press representatives: There is but one
man in the minds of the American people
for President. Illinois is for that man.
There has hitherto been some doubt as to
how many Illinois delegates will support
Mckinley. Every one of the forty-eight
will be found in line on the first ballot
'Who is your choice for Vice President ?''
''Thomas B. Reed. He will be named as
the choice of the convention unless he does
something in the meantime that will actu-
ally prevent it. This seems to be the feel
ing in the East and West"
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CLANS BEGIN TO GATHER.

There Is Already 1dlk as to WhO val
BE Chairman.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 5.-Among the
arrivals to-day was Colonel Fred Bracket
of Baltimore. Colonel Bracket is we'll
known Republican from Maryland and
will be at the convention in the capacity
Of assistant sergeant-at-arms.
'Some friends OF Governor Lloyd
Lowndes of Maryland" said Colonel
Bracket, "have been booming him for
Vice-President. While he is not an
avowed candidate he will be an excellent
choice. He is an able man, and under his
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Radical st,rer Democrats.

INDIANAPOLIS IND, June 5.-The
free silver Democrats held mass-meeting
here this evening, attended by about 500
people, considerably more than attended
the sound-money meotInC week ago.
The principal speakers weye ]. G. Shank
lin of Evansville and ex-Congressman B.
+. Shievely of South Bend. The speeches
were very radical Resolutions were
adopted indorsing the Presidential candi-
dacy of Governor NJ atthews on silver
platform.