The Topeka Daily Capital from Topeka, Kansas • Page 1

Jte ffl Jl Tho Advertising- Medium of Kansas. Ay VOL. XXII. TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1900. NO.

HO. 5 NEWSPAPER Kansas. now that war has broken out we will do everything to restore peace." The proceedings terminated with unusually impressive speeches and prayers. Fifty out of a total of sixty legislators were present. Several of the absent are suffering from wounds.

KROONSTADNOW feritish After Free Stater's ST. LOUIS WALKS Nearly All Street Cars NEW SHELL TO PIERCE ARMOR. POPULISTS IN A HOT WRANGLE. WEATHER INDICATIONS. Naming Bryan's Running Mate the Issue.

A SUMMARY OF THE CAPITAL LOCAL. Forecast of the coming campaign In Kansas. P. H. Coney threatens to prosecute Cy Leiand for publishing Grinstead's letter.

Flremens" fund tax amounting to collected and apportioned to Kansas towns. New courses added to Washburn college curriculum. Many names secured to petition asking Judge Clark's- nomination. The Rev. Charles M.

Sheldon distributes (5.000 for charitable and educational pur poses. Rock Island to beautify its stations with parks. Railroads carrying many people to Hol encampment. Program of homeopathlst doctors' meet In Topeka this week. Father Hayden's silver Jubilee anni versary.

G. C. Clemens makes a defiant anti-poll tax speech. Prizes offered for baby show at street fair. Fred Jones has his foot crushed by an irun roller.

Af publican county committee. KANSAS. Millers meet in Kansas City and decide raise price of flour. Official statement regarding survey of the Arkansas river. Kansas bankers form an association for protection against cattle swindlers.

Lumber dealers to su railroads for al leged overcharges. Hutchinson's proposition to vote for library carries by one majority Hutchinson salt workers get an Increase 20 per cent in wages. Mr Ailon of Burllnirton held for trial on charge of murdering her nusbana. State encampment of the O. A.

R. opens today at Holton. NATIONAL. veStioveUon for Vice President. Lance attendance at the anti-fusion Pop ullst national convention.

American naval officer invents armor- piercing shell St. Louis street car system Ued up by strike oDnirht in clever kindle FOREIGN. Mt. Vesuvius reported to be again in eruption. Insane King Otto of Bavaria near aeatn.

ficlal closing of Boer Congress, President Kruger taiKs nopfiuiijr Ul- Belated exhibitors likely to be shut out of Farts exposition General Roberts reports continued ad vanoA of hla forces Trd Curzon reports improved conditions In two famine districts In India. DEFEAT FOR TANNER Cullom Organizes Illinois Re publican Convention. Comptroller Dawes Made Temporary Chairman Urges Legislation Against Trusts. Peorla. I1L, May 8.

The Initial test in New Capital. GLOOM AT HAFEKING. Natives and Whites Alike Are Starving Big Boer Force Invests the Place. a A.m mT-mir thorns- I and British cavalry watered tneir norses Zand river Monday, twenty-five miles I beyond Smaldeel. where Lord Roberts I nnnHnnao otA Vila tcrrxof nrtao I I The scouts who have been searching the country for miles along the stream have found no Boers south of the river.

The the north bank. Thus the British advance guard is with forty-five miles of Kroonstad. The Free Staters, in the expectation that Kroonstad will speedily become untenable are, according to information from Lorenzo Marques, preparing to transfer their government to Heithbron, a little more than fifty miles northeast. The proclamations of Lord Roberts ap pears to have little effect upon the in habitants of the Invaded districts. Every farm is found deserted except by the women ana cnnaren.

au tne men are I awuy ugniing. Correspondents at headquarters are now wiring freely concerning the incidents con- nected with the occupation of Smaldeei. Some exasperation is expressed at the I ease with which the Boers escaped with their transports before the very eyes of the British. For instance when the Brit- ish entered Smaldeel, the Boer ox wagons cooly outspanned only five miles away as if in contempt of the ability of the British to overtake them. Lord Roberts is described as rightly "unwilling to sacrifice his horses for the sake of a comparatively minor advant age." Nevertheless the waste of horse flesh in spite of all percautions, is enormous.

Tidings from Mafeking are gloomier than ever. Everybody there has an empty stomach and a pinched face. The natives are no longer given porridge and the whites now have nothing but a quart of that substance and a pound of -horse sausage daily. Everything else eatable has gone. Insufficient food, wet trenchea and cold nights are deadly to the of the garrison.

This information comes from reliable natives. Lady Sarah Wilson, under date of April 27, says: "The Boers now number 4,500, including Young Eloff, President Kruger's grand. son, who has sent for six more guns." BOER CONGRESS CLOSED. Kruger Expresses Confidence in Fu ture of Boer Republics Pretoria, Monday, May 7. The official closing of the 1899 Volksraad, which broke up unornciaiiy in September last, took place today.

The vacant seats of General Joubert and General DeCock and others were covered with flowers. The hall was crowded and many women were present, In the prayer of the chaplain an allusion t6 General Joubert moved many to tears After the prayer the raad adjourned to the afternoon, when the session of 1900 was inaugurated. The ceremonies were ac companied by the customary salute. Pres- ident Kruger arrived in the state carriage with the usual escort. The raadzaal was crowded to jits fullest capacity and the scene was most impres- Ive.

President Kruger, in his speech open- ing the eession, alluded feelingly to the va- cancies. Referring to General Joubert he said: "Future generations will be able to judge the work of the deceased, whose de meanor inspired the eiremy with respect. and whose humane and brave conduct gave fame and importance to the state among civilized nations." He was profoundly struck, he said, with the proof of sincere friendship given by the people of the Free State who had fulfilled their obligations to the Transvaal under the treaty. They realized that a united front was required as an attack upon the independence or tne uransvaai meant a threat against the Free State. He had implicit confidence in the future of the Afrikander nation.

After referring to the peace proposals of the presidents of both republics to Lord Salisbury, President Kruger said: 'We have proved by explanation and our dealings with Great Britain last year that it wns our desire to Dreserve peace, and C. M. SHELDON'S $5,009 i kTied Up by Strike. DAY OF RIOTING. Boy Shot by a Conductor Police Un able to Control the Situation 3,600 Men Out.

St. Louis, May 8. The employes of St. Louis Transit company, number amout 3,600 men, made good today their threat to tie up the street railway traffic of the city. In doing so they not only paralyzed the business of the company, which operates all the electric and cable roads in the city, with the excep tion of those owned by the St.

Louis and Suburban Railway company, on which a strike has been in progress for two weeks past, but brought matters to a standstill well. It was the most complete tie ud ever seen in St. Louis. Riotious proceedings began almost im mediately. When the company tried to take cars out from the various barns of the system the non-union men who un dertook the task were Immediately sur rounded and urged not to make the at tempt.

If they persisted the cars were surrounded by a howling mob. and as If magic sticks and stones filled the air. forcing tho men In charge to desert their 1 posts. During the fusilade windows in the cars would be broken while their sides would be scarred and dented by the missiles. At first the storm centers were confined to these remote points.

By and by a few cars managed to slip away from the crowd around the power houses and car barns and made their way down Then the theater of activity was transferred to Washington avenue, Lo cust street and other downtown thorough fares. The same tactics were resorted to down town that had proved so efficacious about the barns. A crowd would surround each car and while the boys and young men would shout "scab" and "cheap screw" at the motorman and conductor, from further back in the throng would come a volley of rocks and bricks bats, smash. lng the windows aud frightening the men 1 In charge from their posts. The most serious personal injuries sustained ud to nightfall were received in riots of this character which took place on Washing ton avenue, from Sixth to Eighth streets.

in one or them a boy was shot by a non-union conductor who was trying to push his car through the crowd. In the fracas further down a motorman was seriously injured by a brick thrown by some one in the crowd. A man was shot at Grand and Franklin avenues tonight, and still another man was shot at 9 o'clock tonight, near the crossing of the suburban tracks on Tay- lor avenue As the suburban car was crossing Tay lor avenue a big crowd gathered. Some one in it pulled the trolley from the wire and this action so enranged a passenger, at present unknown, that he drew a re volver and fired three shots into the crowd. Hurt Gilberth, a barkeeper, received one of the bullets in the arm and another in the lung.

He was taken to the city hospital, where his wounds were pro nounced mortal. The police were powerless today, in the face of the mob, which was augmented at noon by thousands of clerks from bus! ness houses and workmen from the fac tories. Many women also gathered with the crowds. Vehicles of all sorts were pressed Into service today by the citizens of the town In getting to and from business Chairman Samuel W. Lee of the na tional executive board, the man who is conducting this strike, said today that the union was satisfied with the results or tne strike.

The salient features of the men's de mands, which the Transit company refused to grant, are briefly as follows: That all conductors, motormen. gripmen and all men employed in the sheds shall be compelled to be members of the union. That the officers of the union, together with the officers of the company, shall nave full power to adjust all differences that may arise, and that in the event of their falling to agree, shall, if mutually agreed to, place the case before three arbitrators. That any member suspended by the union shall be suspended by the company, without pay, until such time as the union requests his reinstatement. That anv man elected to an office In the union requiring his absence for not more than a year shall, upon his retirement from such office, have his old place with the comDanv.

Employed on cars and In the sheds the St, Louis Transit company naa men, most of whom belonged to the Amalgamated Association of Street Car Employes. All except 275 of these, it Is estimated, are out. Glasgow, Edinboro, Manchester, Leeds, Galnsboro, etc. At Edinboro he will attend the World's Temperance union on June 24, where Lady Somerset will preside. On his return to America, Mr.

Sheldon will be 'wholly in the hands of the Christian Endeavor society. Secretary Baer has arranged for him to speak at as many state Endeavor societies aa possible. The first of these will be at Eastport, September then at New Bedford, October 14. Four topics will be particularly consid ered by Mr. Sheldon In the course of all his addresses.

They are: Church Feder ation; Christian Stewardship; the New Journalism and Temperance Facts. In Christian Stewardship his main object will be to call the attention of men of wealth to their responsibilities to society In the conventions and on the -platform he will endeavor to use the locratic sys tem of discussion by means of a question box, whereby questions can be asked by his audience, to which he will give answers as best he can. One of the talks which Mr. Sheldon has In mind of giving will be on the general topic. "Putting One's-Self In the Other Man's Place." The talk on the New Journalism, he believes, will provoke much talk and possibly lead to material results.

In this connection he said last night that on the whole his idea of news and the handling of news for the first page of a dally news paper had not changed In the least since that eventful week In March. Mr. Sheldon will be" gone until January 1 next. He will then return to Topeka and resume his pastoral duties at the Central church, for ton ing to of the Republican state convention tooay reff renc0 Qf the whole question to a com-oroved a defeat for the Tanner-Hanecy mittea of one from each state to be ap- REPORT FROM ROBERTS. British Leader Tells of the Advance of His Forces.

London, May 8. The War office has issued the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Smaldeel, May 8: "General Hutton, with mounted Infan try, reconnoitered yesterday to Zand river and found the enemy in considerable force. General Broadwood's brigade of cavalry, with General Ian Hamilton's force, performed the same operation with much the same result. General Hunter reports that he oc cupied Fourteen Streams yesterday with out opposition owing in a great measure "la uy general Padtret on the left bank of the Vaal Hver at Warrenton where his artillery fire rendered the enemy's position practically untenable. A six inch gun was found most liic oia in auu nail.

ui i iih irin Ci.il. tlAl. 11 of infantry advanced under cover of the artillery, the enemy retired preepltitately, abandoning their clothing, TO FIGHT OLEO. HOUSe Calls Oil Treasury for Information. Members Want to Snow What Ma terials Are Used in Making Oleo To Renew Fight for Grout BilL iav sTHa TTnnoa int.

mast 0f todav to the consideration of private bills recommended from the com mittee on claims and ten bills were passed, The most Important one was one to remit the penalties imposed bv the arovernment on the Union Iron works of San Francisco, the builders of the monitor Monterey, for her failure to make contract speed. Before the consideration of these bills was entered upon the House disapproved the action of the ways and means committee in reporting against a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for information regarding the materials used in the manufacture of oleomargarine, which is on file in the Internal revenue office. The majority of the committee con tended that this information could not be furniished under the revised statutes, that it would betray trade secrets but the resolution was adopted. This is preliminary to the reopening of the fight for the Grout bill in the committee on agriculture. The resolution is as follows: "Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury and he is hereby requested to furnish the House of Representatives information concerning ths amount and character of the material used in the manufacture of oleomargarine by the several manufacturers as shown by the monthly duplicates of pages one and two of form 216 for the fiscal year ending June 30.

1S99, also for the month of December of the eame year, as returnee; oy tne various manufacturers of oleomargarine through- out the United States for, the above periods." ONION PACIFIC WRECK. Five Persons Reported Killed in a Disaster in Utah. Omaha, May( 8. A special to the Bee from Cheyenne, says: One of the worst wrecks which has oc curred in Wyoming in recent years took place on O'Neill side track, sixteen miles west of Rawlins on the Union Pacific to- l. dk troin arawn Dy lwo an open swith and down a nign emDanK- ment The dead are: Louis Banta, fireman, Rawlins.

James J. Johnson, fireman; Rawlins. Two boys, aged about 8 years, who were stealing a ride, names unknown. Injured: Engineers Frank Rehemyer and Andy Sholer. Both will recover.

Engineers Rhemyer and Sholer jumped from their engines before the end of the siding was reached and escaped with a few injuries. Blow to St. Louis Wine Booms. Jefferson City, May 8. In the case of Higgins vs.

Talty, Judge Burgess, in the court of banc, this morning held that full power is vested In the excise commis sioner of St. Louis to revoke a license. That is in a matter fully provided) for by law and is not judicial in its nature. This is a victory for Higgins in his crusade against the wine room of St. Louis.

a contagious disease ward Is conditioned upon a like amount being raised by the Episcopal church, a condition which Dean Sykes says will be fuUled. Of the im given to Washburn college, $j00 Is to be used as an endowment fund for a social sciense department, and $100 for a social science library. Dr. Fisk of the First Congregational church' has been retained to deliver a course of lectures on that subject next falL The drinking fountain will be erected at the transfer station. It will be of cut stone and iron, more or less ornamental and is intended as a permanent monument of Sheldon week.

Mayor Drew and the city officials, are favorable to the idea of locating the fountain at busy corner, and it Is Mr. Sheldon's hope that ice cold water may always be procured at that fountain. In order to secure that, the fountain will be so built that the water pipes can be encased- Hi ice at all times, the ice to be furnished by the Christian Endeavors and other young Christian workers of this city. The smaller sums given other institu tions are for much needed Improvements In their respective fines. Mr.

Sheldon's trip to England and Scotland' will last until August His first engagement will be at Dr. C. F. Haked's church ia Liverpool. Other engagements already arranged are for addresses In A the ing by Startling Invention by American Naval Officer.

SECRET CAREFULLY KEPT. Inkling Given the Senate in Executive Ses-sion. BEST ARMOR UNRESISTING. Even Krupp Plate Said to Have Failed Some Remarkable Tests Conducted at Indian Head. Washington, May 8.

Some facts almost startling; in their importance were laid before the Senate today in secret legislative session at the conclusion of the reg-ular open session. They related, it is understood, to the invention of a shell by a prominent officer of the United States navy, a shell superior in every essential quality to any now in use either by this or by any other government. The quality of penetration possessed by the shell is said to been so great that no armor now manufactured in the United States or abroad has sufficient resistance to withstand it. The facts, which were in possession of only a few Senators, were deemed so important that the- Senate decided to consider them In secret session. Today after the naval bill had been laid aside for the day Mr.

Tillman asked for a secret session in order that he might explain to the Senate why he desired the armor plate matter to be discussed in secret. When the doors were closed, he explained that several days ago he had offered a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Navy to send to the Senate for its information the details of tests made by the department officials of armor plate at Indian Head. No answer to that Inquiry had been received and In all hu man probability none will be received It seems that Mr. Tillman called at tbe Navy department and was informed that it would be unwise at this time to make public the details of the tests he had asked for, as it would place in the hands, not only of the Senate, but of representatives of foreign governments, information that properly belonged exclusively to United States. He was Informed that Admiral O'Neil, chief of the bureau of ordnance had been conducting for several months a series of armor tests at Indian Head, the results of which were very remarkable.

A prom- inent official of the Navy department said, it is understood, that the tests of all nH nf nrmor. including the Krupp ar- mor had been made with a view of ascer- taining their effectiveness against a new shell that had been invented by an offi- cer of the navy. No piece of armor sub- mittPfi to the test, it is understood, was nhia to withstand tb test. The shell fired from high power guns, penetrated vr.Tnnrpncon rine would penetrate green wood, the difference being that the armor plates split from the point of im- nact It is said this was true of the Vrnnn nrmnr ns well as of the other ar- "F1 The shell which was so effective was not described; indeed the Navy department Is guarding Jealously all details concerning i Iis fruit I i xne argument oi mr. iuiu.iu w.i rUVi a nrolPotllA In the noasesslon of mt the government the details of wWth sooner or later will become known to other governments, woum not oe mc part of wisdom for Congress to enter into contracts to purcnase tne nign pricer ar- mor unless it cuuiu ue tu unpruvtm as to resist projectiles of the kina used at in- dian Heaa.

reeling mat more or less or the matter concerning the tests recently made Dy tne government wuuiu ue usea in me utuaic Mr. Tillman suggested tnat it would oe desirable to consider the subject In secret, The Senate agreed with him and tomor- row the armor plate matter will be dis cussed benma ciosea aoors. INDIA'S FAMINE. Improved Condition in Two Districts and Worse in mho London, May 8. The Secrtary for State for India, Lord George Hamilton has re oiraA th following messace from the Viceroy, Lord curzon, ot iveaciieston: "The conditions have materially improved in Madras and Mysore, in consequence th recent rains.

In the remaining of the Affected tracts the distress is increasing in intensity owing to the want of fodder and water and the Increasing heat. The number of persons now in receipt of relief 13 5.B1J.UW. INSANE KING OTTO DYING. Bavaria's Mad Ruler Said to Be Near His Lna. Berlin May neaim oi nine otto of Bavaria" is completely broken and the end is expected soon.

The Insane King vnAwi in iuerstenreid castle. He has ao vuumuv- been ruler for fourteen years, but has not knewn that he is Otto is the son of King Maximillian and the Princess Maria of Prussia. is 52 years old and has been insane thirty years." He succeeded nominally the throne in 1S86, when his brother, King Ludwig II drowned himself on the lake of Stornberg three aays arter being I I I I I i of II Te fori to Washington. May 8 Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday for Kansas: Fair Wednesday and Thursday, east to south winds. CONTENTS OFTO-D AY'S PAPER.

Wednesday, Slay 9, 1900. PAGES 1. Populists at Sioux Falls. C. BL Sheldon's $5,000 Gifts.

New Armor Piercing Shell. St Louis Street Car Strike. British Move Forward. Tanner Defeated in Illinois. 2.

British Defense of Boers. Sporting News. 3. G. A.

R. Convention at Holton. Flour Prices Go Up. Firemen's Fund. Insurance News.

4. Editorial. 5. Republican Prospects in Kansas, Baby Show at Street Fair. New Courses at Washburn.

G. Clements on Poll Tax. Many Citizens Endorse Clark. 6. News of the Railroads.

North Topeka News. Short Story of the Day. 7. Markets. 8.

Meeting of Homeopaths. History of J. P. Davis. News of Society.

"Waifs of the Street ANTI-FUSION PUNS. National Convention Meets at Cincinnati To-Day. Nearly Every State Is Represented Many Candidates for President Donnelly Leads. Cincinnati, May 8. At a protracted meeting tonight of the national commit tee of the Middle-of-the-road Populist plans were perfected for the routine business of the national convention which wiU be called to order in Robinson's opera house at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Former Congressman Howard, of Alabama, will be recommended to' the convention fpr temporary chairman. After the appointment of the credentials corn mittee, the committee swill resolve Itself into an "experience meeting." Ingnatius Donnelly's boom for the Presi dential nomination presented a rather healthy appearance this evening, but there was little mention, of a candidate for Vice President in case Mr. Donnelly should be selected for first place. Until late this evening Mr. Donnelly had not openly declared his wish to be placed at the head of the ticket, but tonight it was asserted that ne had made the definite announcement or his candidacy Another surprise was the presentation tne names or rormer Congressman M.

Howard of Alabama for President and ft vl iui vice President. This combination found a fat of favor among the various r6" uy earner ana i evemug nf thfl TVTohracVa' HoUootUr. 1 vivbuviun Hit: llI L' flntfnl tllret TnT- i. ft nuiiv Ronorts hv Kpr rv rnp nnr Ana nmmun. i 700 aeiegates have already arrived in the cIt Every th exception of Arizona, New Mexico North and South Carolina and Vermont, will be represented Secretary Parker's report in the matter 0f expenses was an astonishing it showed that the work of organizing the- middle-of-the-road convention, which i iias oeen carriea on since the split at Lincoln on February 19, has cost less than $S00.

This sum includes all the ex- penses of the convention in this city and showed the smallest outlay of any na- tionai convention of its size in the his tory of the country RECEPTIONS FOR DEWEY. The Admiral Attends Two Notable Functions at Memphis. Memphis, May 8. Two brilliant vrKi.unj luuigui, one at tne residence of General Luke Wright and the other at tne Peabody hotel, closed the list of v. wnicn were arranged by I lIJO -Aiemjinis people tor the entertain uueriun ment or Admiral and Mrs.

Dewev. At the residence of General Wrie-ht th flrt ception was given from 8 to 9" o'clock by tne umer perry chapter of the Daugh 1 iers OI ine American Revolution. ine admiral will leave for Nashville to- morrow morning. UNDONE BY A SERMON Atlanta's Mayor, Who Drinks Too Much, May Be Forced to Resien. Atlanta.

fla Mov .1 it munpil adopted a resolution last night calling I upon Mayor James G. Woodward to re- oince. ine resolution was tne culmination of a sensational sermon Sun day night by the Rev. L. G.

Broughton, I in which the minister mude a. violent at- I tack on the mayor's personal habits. The resolution calls upon the mayor to vacate ms office before the next meeting of the council, two weeks from yesterday. The mayor has been drunk publicly sev- era! times and last summer to avoid im peachment he took a pledge to drink no more during his term of of flee and prom lsed the council to resign should he violate ma wuru. ine mayor retuseu or ne wui do.

at in faction. The fight came at the very outset pointed to confer with the Democrats at of the convention on the election of tem- Kansas City, and It Is believed that Sena-porary chairman. The state central chsli- lor Allen is In accord with this sentl- HANY SCHEMES PROPOSED Bryan Leaders Want Matter Left to Conference Committee. TOWNE'S BOOM IS GROWING. Plan tn Nm Ri-r rnrtit and Democrats Choose From List Kansas-Nebraska Delegations Divided on the Issue.

Sioux Falls, S. May 8. The Increase of delegates and the approach to the time of calling the national Populist convention to order served to occcntate the difference of opinion among the delegate aa to the policy to be pursued with reference to the nomination of a candidate for the Vice Presidency. As the time goes on It bo- come more and more evident that ta prac tically the only question which the convention will have to decide and It oc cupying alike the attention of delegates visitor, so exclusively as to render the situation quite monotonous on that account. There Is an occasional reference to th platform and It Is undemtood that a few of the long headed leuders have been draw ing up plans and puggntlng proportions incorporation in the declaration of principles, but while this Is true, the great majority persons in attendance are dia- cussing the Vice Freal JentinI problem.

Mont of the delegates in attenaance neia conferences thla afternoon, but none 01 th h. not ireaay decided reached any definite conclusion. KAN3ANS ARE DIVIDED. The groat difference of opinion among the delegate from states shown In the Nebraska. Kansas, Iowa and Missouri aei cgatlons.

Nebratka delegates reel tnai they are in a peculiarly dollcate position because they are especially nnxloua to pubserve the interest of Mr. Uryan. They held two meeting! during the day but failed to reach a conclunlon and will meet again at o'clock tomorrow morn- lng fcr further consideration aa to what course to r'Jrsue. Senator Alien wno nviv he considered tho leader of the delega tion, as he is alio the epeolal cnampion oi Mr. Bryan.

Is exercising himKelf specially to secure that action which will mot oertnlnlv redound to Bryan it beneni. A wnloritv of the delegates from re- bragka nre apparently favorable to the ment. In his exhortations to the oeie- gations he has dwelt especially upon me importance of avoiding th complication u-Vth tho nnmlnntlon of Watson for President cauwd In WMi, the Inference be- ihot anv twim nation lh, wouid b. nable to cau similar complication In the coming cam- palgn. BUTLER AGAINST ALLE.VS PLAN.

un in p. ni -nr Carolina, and Senator Pettlicrew of ibl state. It may be said in tact mat ine fttntea Renatora who are present aro leading conflicting opinions upon thl all absorbing question, and It logins look as If they would carry their differences into tli convention Itself. I mn'nnt fiAoiia affair. In case they do.

the convention win Tiuimm Patterson, of the Colorado del gatlon. IS a ZeaiOU nupiMjrr vi notation to name a committee or conier- rot lo nominate a Vice Preslden- I lir In an xirlent'eii arm tactful fdna J'i'he n- much strength to tnat siae oi ine troversy caie It should opened up In th rnnvt-ntlon. Tne L.oiorann o-ubiijm. I i i n.1vniu.pinir imriv. rni i-i ni; Vlng today and unsnlmously decided for -'conference committee.

I ti. Ptttrri.w are unuUentlonn ulV exerting their of Mr Towrif, and while -ey appreciate nir ot-tarlen to over- come, they express inemivra ihti conversation a very ronimrni ihnwinr the war the wind blows Is found In a vot which was taken cm th special train romlng from Omaha this morning. Two cars slxtv-elzht delegates were tanviissed and of inm sixty-eight votes cast, fifty-eight were favorable to Town. There is. however, amonr thos who believe In the wisdom of nominating it can-ildat some opposition to Mr.

Towne. There Is a certain element led by Jneral Weaver, of Iowa, which Is advocating the nom'natlon rf a straight Populist, while there ar others still who exprens the oHnlon that If a candidate other than Populist to be ne snouia a nian of torrmUt 2vath2 make sure of his endorsement vy in Democratic convention. BOOM FOR STEVENSON. Tn this connection, some of the Illinois dlgatea have suKtested ex-Vice 1'rest- dnt Adlal E. Stevenaon.

Ther Is alio present a rentieman irons New Tork. who Is Hrr ulatlng very Indus trtously among the d1eirate In the Intsr-est of Conrr-ssmsn Hulxer. He assures them that Mr. Hulser Is In with) many of the Populist tws and eloquent- I Jy pleads the ratio of his champion. I The rnenos or ir.

mfTtnon can atten tion to in isrt mil ne naa not amy on-ii ben elected Vice President, but that th(MU, ar.u- I ments by polntin to his record as a at! I ver advocate and asrt that he waul a campaign equal to that of Uryai '''12 They are mst on this point bv the arm- ment that the Democrats would nevar se. cer him as nominee because of his Ite- VunMW Vtlon whleh hs. been TTsie. and this advorate-1 by dHes-sfes Wsshburn and Brown of Maearhoeets. Is that the eorvnMon shoutl name several nernon.

anv of whom would be STep Me to the Popullsla as a Vice weald-rUl eandHste snd sppoir.t a committer to confer with D-morrats ss which of them should be placed on the tlrkt. The rrpoitlon Is apparently Kalr.tng In favor, but It 1 not yt aa stmng sa e4thr the sursesitlon In Tcwne's behalf or the on to avoid any nomination whatever. WOULD ADJOURN CONVENTION. Rom the delerat" notably thre from Khraka nl Mlurt. are ad- vswclng the Idea that the eon vent Ion aa a same day that tne imocTa.uc bums (mth i el.

eg ti ti St ti til to ft ad 3 de oc sei Or pa eci ful wil PUJ wh pai is 3 man had chosen John G. Brown, of Van- dalla, a Tanner man. The Cullom-Keeves- Carter combination, executed a master r.nn-i:nr Chat-loa Dnn'M. COmu- iruucr ui uic tui i r.w. Dawes was elected by a vote of 799 to 723 for Brown.

On taking the gavel Mr. Dawes addressed the convention. Speak- lng of trusts he said: I wish to state that I do not agree with those who maintain that the question trust is not a Dolitlcal Question. It Is true that trusts have their origin In Industrial conditions for which neither poli tical party is responsible. It Is likewise true that the great masses of both poli tical cartles believe that some legislation ta nerMiarv In nrder to nrotect the nubile rrm.t i-Mult from the monopollFtic conditions of the production arH 4trVut(nn nf nm of the mnarle and comforts of life.

I believe the people are willing to recognize the benefits which mnv rnmlk in the wav or cneaoer Dnces to a community tnrougn mu per combination of capital and effort and thav a t-o nnt rt7-irwnr1 tn arv r-orrrrj Inn simply because it Is large. But when by combination competition Is suppressed and the saving wnicn combination maxes nosslble Is not only appropriated by the corporation, but In addition anunreason- able level of prices Is maintained, the people demand and shall have govern mental Interference and regulation Nothing wns accomplished In the after noon session, the credentials committee being In session. The committee proved to be controlled by the Cullom faction. There Is much speculation tonight Jin to the effect of the unexpected result of today's fight for the temporary organiza tion of the convention on the chnnres vt the varfous candidates for the nomination for Governor. The opponents of Hancy without exception declare that It will greatly weaken his support and forebodes his defeat tomorrow, MANAGER ROBINSON OUT.

QuItS HIS Position On thO St JOO Uranu ISiana rtOaa. St Joseph, May Man- axer P. Robinson, of the St. Joseph ti Grand Island railroad, tonight made the announcement that he had resigned ut and will remain In bis present position until a successor has ben appointed. Mr.

Roblnson said he had no further staU- ment to make In the matter. When ap pointed to his present position Mr. Robin son was the youngest general manager in the railway service, being but 3 years of age. The road was lolnr money when he assumed control, but he aeon had the property on a paying basis and ha maintained an excellent showing ever since. Congressman Dolliver Renominated.

Sioux City, la. May Tenth dls- trlct Republican convention at Algona to- unanimously renominated Congr xnaa Jonathan F. DoUiver. I GIFTS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. The Rev.

Charles M. Sheldon Is plan ning to leave Topeka next Monday for England. He will sail, on the Teutonic from New York May 23 and will return by the same, arriving in this country August 1 next. Before leaving Mr. Sheldon will have distributed the $5,000 given him by the Topeka Capital company profits derived from the Sheldon edition among chairt-able and reform institutions.

Yesterday the Capital management gave him a check for $4,000, making $5,000 so far paid over. Before the day was half over a large part of this money had been given away. Today Mr. Sheldon will distribute the balance. The beneficiaries of this $5,000 are as follows: India famine sufferers $1,000 For cltv detention hospital 1,000 For contagious disease ward, Christ's hospital 1,000 To- Washburn college To Topeka Y.

M. C. A For a public drinking fountain. To Kindergarten association To Y. W.

C. A To W. C. T. U.

To Ingleside home To State Temperance union To Anti-Cigarette league 600 500 300 100 100 100 100 50 Total The gift of $1,000 to Christ's hospital for deposed as insane. uo fc nniiauici, uuu wis was dementea..