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Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
SHOWERS COME DOWN STEADILY.
Rains that Ensure Big Corn Crop
In the SOuthern COuntIes.

HASTINGS. Aug. 5.-(Special)-At an
early hour this morning heavy downpour Of
rain commenced and II has been falling ever
since. Already an inch and a half has
fallen and from all appearances 1t will con-
tinue to rain all day. This supplies all mois-
turo necessary to every corn field in Adams
county and another phenomenal corn crop
Is assured.
HERNDON, Kan, Aug. 5,-(special Tele-
today between Orleans Neb, and st. Francis,
Kan This ensures most OF the corn between
Orleans ard Atwood. Kan,
gram)A fine rain fell all over this section
of Nebraska last night, ranging from half
an inch to three inches IN the amount OF
all absorbed by the soil and growing crops
of which has been damaged by the drouth.
Southwestern Nebraska will add an immense
corn crop TO its unequaled small grain
harvest.
LEIGH, Neb., Aug. 5.-(SpecialJ-A steady
rain set in here this forenoon, and continues
undated 1t reyiyes the dropping corn,
which was much in need OF wetting, Har-
YCst Is over and thrashlng begun An un-
usually large acreage OF wheat was har-
vested, and the yield will average about
seventeen bushels to the acre. Oats are
heavy op, Weighing about forty pounds to
ne bushel
DUNCAN. Neb., Aug. Especial )-There
nave been three successive days OF cool,
lamp weather. which is OF great beneht 70
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
LEEDY MAY DE CALLED INTO COURT.
Judge Williams Intimates He Will
stand Nv His Order,

COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 5.-Federal
Judge John A. Williams of Arkan-
sas who few days ago is
sued at Mantao sweeping in
junction in behalf of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company of New York restraining In
surance Commissioner McNall of Kansas
from preventing this Insurance company
from doing business in Kansas, said today in
regard to the report that Governor Leedy
test the order:
81 issued that order in the discharge of my
duty as a federal Judge, because | believe
that under the laws of Kansas this com
pany is entitled to transact it's business in
that state as long as 1t is shown to be In a
solvent condition. That is the principal
requisite for securing license under state
laws. II the state authorities oppose my
order the matter viii get into the federal
courts for settlement"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
FALL or A SLOW, pRrzzLING RAIN.
After Some Delay Omaha Gets Its
Precipitation.

After a prolonged delay the rain which
had been looked for for several days put
in an appearance yesterday afternoon. 1t
was a slow drizzle which kept up for a
couple Of hours, and then began again in
the evening. The register at the weather
office at o'clock last night showed that
.Oi OF an inch had fallen up to that time,
The temperature was cool all day. The
maximum was only 70 degrees three less
than on the day before AS will be noticed
from the table above, the range in tempera-
ture from o'clock yesterday morning TIL
o'clock last evening was only 8 degrees.
The sky was cloudy all day, and a fresh
northeast wind blew. The predictions for
today are that the weather will be fair and
warmer.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06

out hearing any evidence whatever, found a
no-bill. Attorney Rosentha then called on
States Attorney Kern and complained of
this treatment. Mr.. Kern presented the
matter to the next grand jury, which, after
hearing a part of the testimony, said il had
heard sufficient and brought in bill of
indictment. | court the fullest publicity of
everything | have done in connection with
this case or any other case on which |
have been employed in any capacity.
by the way / understand the World
Herald is making inquiries in Milwaukee
to connect me with some alleged butterfly
dance supposed to have fourished there at
some time. That paper has trumped up so
many lying charges against me that no one
can tell what story 1t will print next"
CROWDED FOR EXCUSES.
The editor of the World-Herald is having
considerable difficulty in explaining to his
fusion friends the change of front of that
paper as to the candidacy of eX-Chef White.
George A. Mead of Fremont of the Ans riCan
Chicory company, and who Is frequent vis-
itor in Omaha, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Mead is an old time friend of Mr..
Whites and sometime ago !ad Interested
himself in his behalf. mo one is more
surprised than l." said Mr.. Mead last night,
"at the attitude of the World-Herald. l
have had numerous ConVerSa tiOns with Mr..
Metcalf on this subject during the past few
weeks and was repeatedly assured that
NnlIG WAS not ODleCllOHaDle 10 Hlu NOt
more than ten days ago Metcalf told me that
Mr.. Hitchcock was actively at work for Mr..
White, and that his appointment would be
satisfactory to the WorldHerald as well as
to himself Today l called on him for an
explanation of his attack on my friend White
and he again assured me that he had moth
ing personal against White and that If Mr..
White were appointed chief of police there
would be nothing personal between them.
He tried to excuse himself by saying that
the contest had developed into a newspaper
fight, and when pressed for further reasons
warded off the question with a remark that
such argument would be prolltless."
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
Buying Land at San Pedro.

Los ANGELES, cal. Aug. 5--The Pacific
Improvement company, representing the
Southern Pacific Railroad company. has
bought 40 acres of .and overlooking the
new purchase by the Improvement company
Is a rifle less than a quarter of a trace
held by the San Pedro and Arbor Docl;
company BY the purchase of this land
the Southern Pacific win have splendid IA
cilities for docks, as II Is close 10 one a
the proposed entrances to the breakwater
This deal would indicate that favorable ac-
iion on the San Pedro haTbor by congress
10 anticipated.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 5-Henry A.
Rucker, the negro recently appointed col
lector of internal revenue for the district
of Georgia, will take the oath and assume
charge of the office this afternoon, Collector
men men In the collectors department an
nounced that they would go cut Of office
with Mr. TTammel, declining TO serve under
deputy collector at Atlanta; r. H. Whitsell,
deputy collector at Blue Ridge; J. Il. XII
NJ N. j. OTIS deputy tO Collector % at I coumbsas: INDUS
j. w. Glass, storekeeper and gauger at Can
ton, and W, c. McCiain storekeeper and
gauger at Jasper.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
the former ships west only and the latter

the former ships west only ard the latter
east.
II the strikers are successful in causing a
suspension OF work at the Westmoreland
mines the march TO the central Pennsyl-
vania fields will be taken up. The miners
in this district are In sympathy with the
movement and convention OF Clearheld
and Jefferson county miners were held yes
terday The strike leaders were requested
TO give some attention to central Penn
sylvania with a view to holding a general
convention Of all miners shipping coal to
the eastern seaboard
STRIKERS ARE JuBTLANT.
The strikers are jubilant over their sue
cess at De Armitt's mines. The total out
put yesterday was eighteen gondola cars,
superintendent DE Armitt says the Plum
Creek output Tuesday was thirty cars, ten
more than the mine was given credit for by
the strikers.
Colonel A. E. McCandless. surgeon-in-
chief Of the Pennsylvania National Guard,
and Colonel a, j. Logan, quartermaste ter
general, were in Turtle Creek today. 1t is
said they were looking for a suitable site
for a camp in case the troops should be
called out. Colonel McCandless refused to
affirm or deny that he was in the district in
connection With the inquiries being made
by the governor. At the present time there
10 absolutely no need OF troops.
President Dolan has announced that the
next demonstration at Camp Determination
VIII take place saturday evening. 1t VIII
be a record breaker. All OF the steel
workers from Homestead and Braddock will
be present. Plans are being matured for
the strikers to march to Braddock and there
meet the visiting contingent with their bands
and march back gathering up recruits all
along the route. In this way they expect
to bring in an enormous crowd At least
1000 are expected from the two towns on
the Monongahela.
The situation in and about the De Armtt
mines has not changed materially since yes
terdny. The Plum Creek mines are more
closely guarded by the strikers and they
have succeeded in still further reducing the
number of diggerS and slowly but surely
decreasing the output. Today it was said
1 that $50 men were at work in the Plum
Greek mine. Ten diggers, two day men and
three drivers, who attended a meeting
agreed to join the strike. Everything IL
quiet today The campers at Plum Greek
secured a dancing platform near Center this
morning and are now encamped there. II
was owned by ]. Viesmiki, a miner in the
employ of the New York and Cleveland Gas
Coal company Coflc and Sedwick, the two
men injured by lightning last night, will
die. The others will recover.
1t is currently reported here that sur
prisng move of some kind will be made or
the strikers camp at Plum Creek tonight
! 1t is thought that If the least disturbance is
made toward evening the leaders of the
striking miners will be placed under arrest
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
nIG PARADE OF THE VETERANS.
Over Fifty Thousand Expected to
March at Buffalo.

BUFFALO, NY. Aug, From information
received by Secretary Turner of the citizens
Grand Army of the Republic committee, 53-
529 veterans will participate in the parade
during the national encampment, New York
heads the list with 10 900 veterans. Pennsyl-
vana follows with 5000 while Illinois, Ohio
and Massachusetts, will have 900 each The
state divisions will march in the order of
their organization, with the exception that
New York will bring up the rear out of cour-
tesy to the visitors.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
HEADS OFF A KLoNDYKE SCHEME
Companies which Proposed TO Spccu-
Int on Life Insmrnnce.

late Oh Life Insurance.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 5.-The de-
termination of the leading life insurance
companies to carry no risks on Klondyke
explorers has fallen with dampening effect
on the cooperative companies which were
forming in this city and upon number of
men who are preparing to start for Alaska
during the coming winter. One of these
companies intended sending ten representa-
tives, each insured for $4,000, giving each
man $1,000, besides money for contingent
expenses all of them to cooperate in the
search for gold. dividing equally with the
company and in case of death the insur-
ance money to be paid to the company. BY
each death the company stood to win $S 500
on the basis that not more than 81 500 would
be spent on each representative Another
company simply designed TO carry sufficient
insurance to reimburse 1t for actual outlay.
1t Is not thought that any of these COM
panies will proceed further with the Or
ganization.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
want No Constitutional Convention,

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug 5.-A general
election was held in this state today to
decide whether or not constitutional con
vention shall be held. Returns from all
conyention has been overwhelmingly de-
feated. light vote was polled, but little
districts polls were not opened In this
city, with a voting population Of 1900, the
total vote cast was less than 900, and in
many towns the same Indifference was
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
BIG BREAK IN PRICE OF SILVER.
Greatest slump which Has Occurred
Since June, 1S93.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Silver bullion eX
perienced to6ay the most violent break Of
the entire seasons decline. In London the
price dropped one-half penny per ounce from
yesterdays price, selling at 25A pence per
ounce, against 271a pence a month ago
The New York price fell to 55h cents bid
a break of IA cents an ounce from yester-
day, and of Az cents within a month. AT
this price the bullion value of the silver
dollar Is a trile more than 43 cents.
London dispatches ascribed today's great
weakness in silver to liquidation by New
York holders of the metal. No such decline
as todays has been witnessed since June
1898. The Indian mints were closed to free
silver coinage June 26 Of that year. On the
news silver bullion fell in London from
3712d per ounce to a price below sod, but
it rallied sharply later.
prominent New York exchange house
today received this cable from abroad: "Nc
market; name price at which you will sell. -
This message came in response to a request
asking London quotations.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06

At New -ArTiVed-Germana, from
Liverpool; Bremen, from Bremen Sailed
Normanna, for Hamburg.
Phiadephi9 Teut6nc for atStaHo New yorR IGr
Arriyed-Britannic, from New York for
Liverpool; Fms, from Genoa.
AT Boul0sne-ArriVed-S Sparndam, from
New York for Rotterdam.
AT Bremen-Arrived-Ia from New
York via Plymouth and Chcrbourg.
At Naplcs-Arrived-K Wilhelm II,
from New York.
At Genoa -Saied-Fuda. for New York
At Liverpool-Arrived-- -Rhynland from
Philadelphia. Sailed-Fayonia. for Roston.
At London -Saied-Mohawk. for New
York.
At Hamburg --Arrived-Patria. from New
York.
Al San Francisco Sailed -- Noyo. for
Juneau; China, for Hong Kong ana Yoke
hama, via Honolulu.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
Trensurcr is uissiuu

REDDING, CAT, Aug, 5--John Madden,
treasurer of Modoc county, disappeared two
weeks ago, and District Attorney Baker,
believing Madden to be defaulter for at
least $4,000, mas asked the Board of Super
visors to declare the office vacant and APP
county were deposited in the California
State bank, Sacramento, and checks drawn
In payment Of county warrants, have been
returned unpaid for lack of funds
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06

Echo of the Recent LynchinE at
Urbnna. o.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 5.-A dispatch from
Urbana o. says the feeling there is so strong
against Governor Bushnell for attempting to
Gust Mayor Ganson and Sheriff McLain that
there IL serious talk of instituting counter
proceedings to oust Governor BuGhnell on
the ground that he failed in his duty to
furnish the necessary militia force to sup
press the mob, Whatever has been done in
this direction has not been made public, but
there is no doubt of deep feeling in the mat
ter that may take this form of expression.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
Ohio cold Democratie Convention.

COLUMBUS, O., Aug. Sat the meeting
of the state central committee of the ma
tional democrats today it was decided to
call a state convention in this city Sep
The temporary organization for the conven,
tion and other details will be looked after
By the state executive committee. Their
Eih b. one delegate for each 1000 votes and
fraction over 800 cast for Cleveland in 1892,
and the convention Is eXpected to be a
large one.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
Convention of Illinois Miners.

sFRINuFIELD, III, Aug. 5.-About 300
miners were in attendance today at the open
ing session of the state convention. The
object OF the meeting is to decide upon a
uniform wage scale all over the state on
machine and hand labor. OF the 300 at
tending about $50 are delegates the rep
resentation being one man to every 100
miners. President James NJ Carron OF
o'Fallon presided The president appointed
a committee on credentials composed OF nine
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
READY TO MOVE ON

Maui lU MUNE UN
strkers Will Make Their Next Raid on
Westmoreand.
AIM TO SHUT OFF ALL COAL SUPPLY
Have About Accomplished Their Object at
De Armitt's.
MEN GRADUALLY JOINING STRIKERS
Output is Now OILY Fraction of the Usual
Amount.
STORM GIVES CAMPERS A BIG SCARE
Lightning strikes Tree Under
which n Number Had Taken
Refuge and Two Men Are
Fatally Injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06
LnR NOT IN THE COMBINE
Hcnd OF willow Springs Company
Will Go it Alone.

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.--The efforts OF leading
distillers and distributors to form a COM
bination to control the production and price
Of spirits, it is announced, have at last been
successful. The combination Is on the per-
centage allotment plan, with special rules
regulations and forfeitures imposed on dis
tributers Each distiller producing more than
60 per cent allotment pays monthly into the
pool certain sum on the surplus. Each
distiller producing less than his allotment
draws out similar sum for each gallon short
of the allotment. The executive committee
consists of Samuel Rice of New York presi-
dent OF the American Manufacturing com
pany; Frank Curtis Of New York =. j. Hen
messy of Chicago, jacob Ross of St Louis
Franklin T. Corning of Peoria Henry c.
Herget of Pekin. H., and George Hubbell
William n. Hobart and j. 7. McHugh If Gin
cinnati. The arbitration committee is com
posed Of Samuel Woolner, Peoria; Jacob y
Bales, New York: n. j. Walsh and j w
Freberg, Cincinnati. and 7. Il. Her, Omaha
When the dispatch relative to the alleged
successful reorganization of the trust was
shown to =. L. Her he was disposed to
regard IL as a rather good Joke. He em-
phatically stated that no such combination
had been effected and none could be on the
basis indicated. Mr.. Her suggested that
there was no question but that some of the
dstillers who were behind the movement
would be very much pleased to see such
an organization effected. The field of the
dstilling business had now moved to the
centers Of the grain producing belts The
eastern dstillers naturally We're averse to
losing their big plants and they would like
to get the western distillers into a COM
bination where they could control them and
secure protection for their own interests.
The western men had refused to be beguied
and any statement that the combination had
been formed on the lines indicated was alb
distillers had been working toward that
end but they were no nearer bringing it
about than they were In the first place
Mr. Her said that sometime ago he had
received a notification to the effect that he
had been appointed member of the arbi
tration committee, but he had promptly re-
turned his emphatic refusal to have any
thing to do with it.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06

Continued on Second Page.l
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-06

WASHINGTON, Aug, 5.-GOVernOr AtkIn-
son OF West Virginia has written the follow
ing reply to the labor leaders. who re-
Gently conferred with him regarding the
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24

The present are the days of darkness
and doubt, when deadly germs have
been proved to Turk on all hands in
what we eat and in what we drink.
Science has warned us off with en-
phatic voice from uncooked saveloys,
from ice-creams, from underdone pork
and from a good many other more or
loss toothsome delicacies. 1t has shown
that timed meats and stale soup often
spell poison in large letters, and that
ordinary filters are no better than SO
many death traps. In the midst of all
these disquieting dangers 1t is pleasant
TO be able to say good word on behalf
Of our old friend the English plum
pudding. Properly made and properly
cooked, It undergoes complete sterili-
Eation in the boiler, and can then be
kept for year and a day in dry
place, not only without being bit the
worse, but even with absolute advant-
age to its flavor and general attract
lveness. Indigestible it may be to the
stomachs of our weaker brethren, but
dangerous never. With confidence
then, all halesome folk, whether in
the green bud or the sere and yellow
leaf, have our sanction to indulge dis
creetly in this most sweet and season.
able dish.-Medical Press.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24
Santa Fe to San Antonio.

Beginning January 16 and every day
thereafter II through Pullman sleeper
will leave Paris at 500 p. M. Dallas
at $3.50 p. M, Cleburne at 1880 p. m.
Fort Worth at $40 p. nj.
Passengers from Fort Worth win
connect with sleeper at Cleburne, ar
riving at San Antonio $40 a. IN: via
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Re to Cam
eron, San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
10 Flatonia, Southern Pacific to san
Antonio. one change only, with direct
connections for coach passengers az
Cameron. This is absolutely the quick.
est time between North Texas and
San Antonio. w. S. KEENAN,.
G. T. A.. G.. c. & S. F. Ry.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24
Presldent and Tsnr.

President Faure, of France, has
planned to go to St. Petersburg in May
to make return visit to the Tsar. II
is unusual for president to leave the
country while in office, and the permits
sion of the two branches of the nation
has no vice-president upon whom the
executive duties could be temporarily
devolved, and it is considered probable
that the chambers will authorize an
arrangement by which the presidents
powers can be temporarily vested in
the presidents of the senate and cham.
Der of deputies,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24

Spell ferment and give its defini-
ton" requested the school teacher
"F-e-r-m-e-n-t, ferment, to work." re-
sponded the diminutiye maiden. Nov
place it in sentence, so that 1 may be
sure you understand its meaning" said
the teacher. "In the summer 1 would
rather play out of doors than ferment
in the school house." returned the small
scholar, with such decided frankness
and Unconscious humor that the teach
er found it hard to repregs SMILE
Philadelphia Tin as.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24
KIDNEY TROUBLE AND ITS EFFECTS.
THE WORD OF AN OLD GENTLEMAN OF MAT.
TOON, ILL


Mr.. William j. Winningham is a
well-kuown and venerable gardener OF
Nation, Illinois. Seventy-fve years
ago Mr.. Winningham was born in Ash
boro, North Carolina, where he resided
until 1866, when he removed to his
present residence.
When only thirty-one years OF age
the old gardener says he began to be
afflicted with nervousness and cramps,
which in latter years developed into
urinary, or perhaps kidney trouble OF
SO violent a character that it was no
uncommon thing for him to void a gal
Ion in u night, emulation through the
pores being absolutely unknown. To
Il reporter, who visited the old gentle
man, on hearing of his restoration to
health after 80 many years of suffering,
he made the following statement;
II suffered for all those long years
with intense pain in the back, nervous
ness and from the passing OF large
doubtedly form of diabetes, and so
described by my physicians Of whom |
had many. Strychnine and nitre and
many other remedies were tried, as
well as change OF climate, but nothing
did me any good. l was so horribly
nervous that could not lift drinking
vessel to my mouth If there was not a
handle attached to it, A great part OF
the time l was confined TO bed. The
commencement OF the disease was in
1916, whom l had bad attack oil
Southern foyer" in Mort Carolina
"About three years ago l read an
advertisement OF DR.. Williams Pink
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-24
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT
ELECT MCKINLEY AT WASH
INGTON, d. c., MARCH 4, 1897.

For this occasion, the Santa Fe will
make rate of one fare for the round
trip from all points ON its line in Texas
and the Indian Territory to Washing
ton, d. c., and return. Tickets will
he sold ON February 2Sth and March
LIST, only, good for continuous passage
in each direction, with final limit for
return March 10th, 1897. Tickets may
be purchased via st. Louis or New Or
leans and diverging routes.
Through Pullman Palace sleeping
cars will be operated from Galveston
and San Antonio via Paris and the Frls-
co line to st. Louis, connecting at Tn
ion depot with through trains to Wash
ington.