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WICHITA, KANSAS, THURSDAY MOENTNG, JULY 11. 1S95.
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HIE DFFERJ1EFUSED
BIG BID FOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
HEADQUARTERS.
KOHLSAAT MAKES IT
THERE'S HVE THOUSAND A YEAE
POE THEEE YEARS IN IT.
IF THEY WILL MOVE TO CHICAGO
THANES RETURNED BUT THE
KINDLY OFFEE EEJEOTED.
Pleauwliilo, tho Hie Convention is Assem
bling for its Annual Session
I'ro- endings of the Day.
Boston, July 10. The most important
-proceedings in connection with the
fourteenth annual convention of the
Young People's Society of Christian
Endeavor, which formally opens at 9:30
a. m. tomorrow, was the meeting of the
trustees of the organization at noon to
day. The session lasted all the after
noon wish a brief intermission for
lunch.
The chief business to be considered
was the offer of ,H. H. Kohlsaat of the
Chicago Times-Herald, who had agreed
to pay 55,000 a year for three years to
wards the maintenance of the society's
headquarters on condition that they be
removed from Boston to Chicago. Af
ter a committee had passed adversely
on the subject and reported, the re
port of the committee was unanimous
ly accepted and Ulie headquarters will
not be removed from Boston at pres
ent. The committee reported their appre
ciation of the generosity of Mr. Kohl
saat's offer, which they were pleased to
note indicated -that the work of the so
ciety was thereby recognized as being
of a national and international charac
ter. The work, however, is wholly one
of influence. It is not necessary that
the society should have large buildings
or Incomes. The work is successfully
carired on at a nominal expense and the
principles of the organization forbid the
headquarters being more than a bureau
of information, levyng no taxes and
seeking no authority. Therefore they
cpncluded it to be inexpendient to ac
cept this kind offer. A letter embody
ing the decision of the trustees was to
night mailed to Mr. Kohlsaat.
WHO'LL GET THE NEXT?
Besides the routine business and the
consideration of the question of remov
al to Chicago the only matter of gener
al interest was the presentation of the
claims of Dos Angeles, Oal., for the
convention of 1S97. The delegates from
southern California who presented the
claims of Les Angeles, included Leon
ard Merrill, state secretary of the so
ciety A. W. Rider and Herbert Wylle.
all of Los Angeles. Mr. Merrill made
the argument and urged as chief
among his reasons the fact that the city
. wis the only one on the Pacific coast
that had three railroads running into
It; that its climate at this time of the
year was superb and unfailing: that the
Endeavors there had already raised
considerable money in anticipation of
getting the convention and that the
business men of the place had agreed
to si inscribe enough to cover the ex
penses of the convention.
Tomorrow the claims of Portland,
Ore., San Francisco and Seattle will be
presented and the matter taken under
advisement. The trustees then accept
ed an invitation from Mayor Curtis of
Boston to go with other guests on a trip
down the harbor on the city's boat and
to visit rhe public institutions of Bos
ton. The trustees will meet tomorrow to
decide rhe matter of the 1S07 convention
and a!o to take action looking towards
the expansion of ithe society into a
world's organization.
GERMAN KrWOKTII LEAGUE.
Adoption of the MothodUt Episcopal Kp
north's rourxp of Muily Dihcusscil.
Chicago, July 10. At least 1,000 people
were in attendance today on second
day's session of the German Epworth
league. The convention was presided
over by Vice President G. E. Miller of
Covington, Ky.t and the devotional ex
ercises were conducted by Rev. Allert
of Milwaukee. The time was devoted
to addresses and remarks upon the ad
visability of introducing the course of
study used in the Epworth leagues of
the Methodist Episcopal church into the
German leagues. Among those speak
ing wre Rev. Jacob Kern of Grand Rap
Ids whose address was on "Study of
the Bible;" Professor Munse of Mount
Pleasant. Iowa, on "The Study of the
"World's History." and Rev. Otto Nied
orhuth of Gladbrook, Iowa, on "The
Study of Church History."
HARD TIMES TO CONTENO WITH.
But th ?onR of Tonipenincc Fool Unm
unlly Asrtrr"ie, Xntwltntandlng.
Cleveland. Ohio, July 10. The Fifty
first annual convention of the Nation
nl Sons of Temperance was called to
order in Army and Navy hall today
with a large attendance. The first ses
sion was principally devoted to the re
ports of the ofiicers. President Evans
report showed that the membership of
the organization had decreased about
2,500 during the past year owing to the
hard times and a failure on the part
of many to pay dues. However, the
report indicated the order to be grow
ing and broadening in all its branches
The total number of subordinate divis
ions is 1.326. the number instituted
during the year being 131. The total
membership of the order on March 31
last was 59.6S0. It has cash, on hand
and invested. $31,000.
The most important matter to come
"before the order is proposed changes in
rhe constitution and ritual. They will
be changed throughout. It is proposed
t make them aggressive, to meet the
u ancing requirements of the order.
The entire afternoon was devoted to
f5, Hussion of the proposed changes in
the constitution. The only change
sis; -ed to increases the present repre
sentation in the national division by
giving one additional delegate to each
grand division and one more for each
one t housand members over 2,000 in
each grand division.
This evening the visiting delegates
were given a reception at the First
Methodist Episcopal church at which
a number of addresses were delivered,
among the speakers being General S.
F. Carey of Cincinnati, and Most Wor
thy Patriarch Eavenson of Baltimore.
PATRIARCHAL CIRCLE IN OMAHA.
They are Welcomed totlio City anil Pro
ceed at Once to lulne.
Omaha, Julv 10. Today the members
of the Patriarchal Circle of Americans
from every part of the country gath
ered in Omaha for an annual conven
tion. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
first session opened. Mayor Bemis mak
ing the opening address and Supreme
Oracle C. H. Lovewell of Chiciso, re-
sponding. The order is a secret and
benevolent one. Business consumed
the afternoon session. This evening a
reception was given visiting members
at the Commercial club.
RETAIL CLERKS TALK INSURANCE.
Present Convention the Most Important yet
Held by Them.
St Louis, July 10. The present con
vention of the retail clerks is the .most
important yet held. The question of
establishing an insurance feature on
the mutual benefit plan with a sick ben
efit fund, will be considered. In order
to adopt it the constitution will have
to be amended. This is the main topic
for consideration at this convention.
TO FOLLOW IRON AND STEEL.
National Roofing Association will Advance
Prices of Products.
Cleveland, O., July 10. The National
Iron Rootling association met in semi
annual convention at Hollenden hotel
today. The sessions were secret.
Twenty firms were represented com
prising 90 per cent of the business in
America, with a capital of $10,000,000.
The object of the meeting is the con
sideration of prices and discounts. A
number of the special committee of
nine which has this subject under con
sideration, said that a scale would be
prepared making an advance in prices
all along the line in conformity with
the general advance in the prices of
iron and steel.
South Carolina Negro Covcntion.
St Louis, July 10. A special to the
Post Dispatch from Columbia, S. C,
says: The first negro race convention
ever held in that state met today to con
sider the condition of the race. A large
number of delegates are in attendance.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY BITES MORRILL
She Says that lie is not ih Earnest in Clos
ing the Joint.
Topeka, July 10. Susan B.Anthony,
long recognized as the chief of workers
for equal suffrage in thiscountry.pas
sed throughthe cityyesterday enroute
home from a visit to California, and
spent a few hours waitingf or the train
to Leavenworth, where she goes to visit
her brother. During her brief stay here
Miss Anthony was the guest of Mrs.
T. S. Lyon, on College avenue, where
she talked freely to callers concerning
the state administration and the suf
frage and temperance causes.
Miss Anthony is of the opinion that
Governor Morrill is playing a policy
game as regards the closing of saloons
and joints in the leading cites of the
state and that as soon as the present
temperance agitation ceases everything
will again be run wide open. In other
words. Miss Anthony professes to be
lieve that the governor has an under
standing with the violators of the pro
hibitory law and that his instructions
to the police commissioners and county
attorneys, recently made public, where
in he enjoins the enforcement of the
law to the letter, are designed, not so
much to bear down on the joint keep
ers as to create an agitation that will
allay the fears of the temperance peo
ple. "The law will not be enforced,"
she said: "I have no faith in what is
being done. Governor Morrill can't
enforce the law. He is obliged to carry
out his contract. He is not to blame.
The trouble is that he has made a bad
contract"
Miss Anthony declared that on the
evening before Governor Morrill was
nominated she called upon him at his
hotel and begged him not to surrender.
"I told him," she said, "that if he de
manded that a suffrage plank and a
temperance plank be put in the plat
form they would be put in and he would
be elected by an overwhelming ma
jority. But he did not believe me. He
said that Kansas must be redeemed
financially and that the party could
not drive away the German-American
votes by placing suffrage and prohibi
tion planks in the platform.
"I told the governor," she continued,
"that such a course would silence every
friend of suffrage in the party, while
he would let loose all the enemies and al
low them to talk as they pleased. He
promised to talk for suffrage and that
the other speakers would do the same,
but what was the result? Governor
Morrill never said a word on the sub
ject during the campaign but once and
that was at Fort Scott when he had
been requested to do so by the equal
suffragists. The newspapers ignored us
and It is surprising that the amend
ment got as many votes as it did."
Miss Anthony expressed a belief that
it is just as impossible for Governor
Morrill to close the saloons as it were
for Humphrey or Lewelling, and that
the people in the cities can't touch them
The bargain, she declared, was with
the liquor dealers in Kansas City, made
by Cy Leland, by which -ufisky was
to be allowed to pass through the state
and be taken off at the towns -while the
ofiicers close their eyes and pretend not
to see. "All this is the work of Cy
Leland." she said, " and the governor
signed the contract when he accepted
the nomination. When the people voted
for it they should expect nothing bet
ter." "I never pitied anyone as I do Mor
rill," said Miss Anthony. "He is per
sonally in favor of closing the saloons,
gambling dens, and disorderly houses,
but he tied himself, hands and feet,
when he accepted the nomination on
such a cowardly platform."
Miss Anthony expressed the opinion
that so long as women are disfranchis
ed the parties will be divided and the
condition will remain as it is now. The
party that wins must, she thinks, se
cure the Democratic vote, and as long
as they have to depend upon that vote
the state can never be redeemed mor
ally. She insisted that the amendment
would have carried if a plank to that
end had been put in the Republican
platform.
TRTING TO FREE WALLER.
Leading Colored Men of Kana are Ketir
rlngThonieies In HI HolmU.
Topeka.July 10. Leading colored men
in Kansas are raising money and tak
ing other steps, trying to secure the re
lease of ex-Consul Waller from the
French military prison where he has
been sentenced to serve a twenty years
term as a spy. It is expected that a
meeting will be held here within a few
days in Waller's behalf. Judge Guth
rie" has interested himself in Waller's
case.
MORRILL USES THE WIRE.
He Summon the Hutchinson Reformatory
Hoard to Topeka.
Topeka, Kan.. July 10. Governor Mor
rill today by wire summoned the Hutch
ison reformatory board to Topeka. The
members replied by sayinsr they would
be here tomorrow The governor says
he will ask them to resign at once and
if they do not he will removethem on
the written charges filed with him.
RIDDLE HAS THE FLACE.
Appointed Superintendent of the Inanc
Aylnm to succeed Wcntworth.
Topeka. Kas., July 10. The state
board of charities has appointed Dr. T.
C. Biddle of Emporia, superintendent
of the state insane asylum at Osawato-
mie to succeed L. F. Wentworth. who j
nas -nem over since numpnrey s aamin
istration. J- E. MeCralg from the Penn
sylvania state asylum at Danville, has
been appointed assistant superinten
dent of the asylum at Topeka.
Dawes Proceed Against Bird.
Topeka, Kac. July 10. Attorney Gen
oral Dawes today brought proceedings
in the district court against Labor
Commissioner Bird for misconduct in
office.
Roscburg. Ore.. July 10. James Poole
and John Case were today held to an
swer to the charge of robbing the Uni
ted States mail on July L They were
already under bonds for train robbery
oa the same occasion.
DRAKE WILL LEAD
IOWA REPUBLICANS NOMINATE
HIM FOE GOVERNOR.
Big Field Starts bnt the Sixth Ballot Finds
the Number Only SixNominations for
Other State Ofiicers Follow Temporary
Chairman Recognized as the Spokesman
for the Allison Policy Allison Himself
Appears and Cheers and Tears are in
Order-."How About Silver?" Still a Per
tinent Question.
Des Moines, Iowa, July 10. The Re
publican state convention today was
one of the largest and most memorable
in the history of the party in Iowa.
There were ten candidates for govern
or and six ballots were necessary to
decide the contest, resulting In the
nomination of General G. M. Drake of
Centerville, for governor. Hon. Matt
Parrott of Waterloo was nominated for
lieutenant governor on the second bal
lot and Supreme Judge Given, State
Superintendent Sabin and Railroad
Commissioner Perkins were re-nominated.
Senator Allison was present and
was received with wild enthusiastic
demonstrations when his name was
mentioned in connection with the pres
idency. The resolutions were mainly
reiterating the national platform on the
currency and tariff questions.
The campaign for gubernatorial hon
ors has been one of the most hotly con
tested ever known in Iowa and has
been unique from the fact that the can
didates have organized and conducted
the campaign on the school district
committee plan, just as the state cen
tral committee does a campaign of a
ticket. About fifteen active candidates
entered the iield for governor, Jackson
declining to run for another term last
spring. The field simmered down till
only the following remained: General
F. M. Drake, Centerville; Senator Jas.
Hardan, Mt. Pleasant; Senator Matt
Parrott, Waterloo; Senator J. B. Harsh
Cleston; Secretary of State W. McFar
land, Des Moines; Senator J. T. Kam
rar, Webster City; Colonel E. S. Orms
by, Emmettsburg. When the conven
tion convened, the chances were believ
ed to lie between the first three or four
nominations in order.
There are 1,243 delegates to the con
vention, requiring G22 votes for a choice
and several ballots were expected.
There was little interest today in the
other offices for which nominations are
to be made.
The convention was called to order
by Chairman Blithe of the state cen
tral committee. Temporary Chairman
Lane of Davenport delivered an ad
dress. HE'S A GOLD BUG.
After a few felicltuous remaks, Mr.
Lane turned his attention to the tariff
question. He charged the Demorcatlc
administration with crippling the coun
try's industries by its tariff legislation,
and said that the Republican party
stands, ready today as it has in the
past, for a protective tariff. He elicit
ed what he claimed were proofs of the
failure of the Democratic party to keep
its pledges regarding the tariff and
mentary questions and, talking of the
latter, said the Republican party has
been, and is now, in favor of a sound
money currency. He thought an adop
tion of free silver at a ratio of 1G to 1
would make America the dumping
grounds for all the world's silver, and
that it meant the degredation of our
dollar to fifty cents. The Republicans
of Iowa, he said, opposed such a plan.
The Republican party must not, he
continued, be lured aside by what
might be called an apparent craze
sweeping over the country, but must
take its position according to the very
right of this question. In his view we
should favor bimetallism, with the
largest use of silver that will not im
pair or endanger in any way the par
ity of all money in circulation, whether
metallic or paper. He favored an in
ternational monetary conference and
said that the United States should not
open its mints to the free coinage of
silver until an arrangement shall have
been made with other leading commer
cial nations, whereby they will agree
to concurrently open their mints to free
coinage at an agreed ratio.
An unexpected, but highly dramatic
and interesting feature occurred when
Senator Allison came to the. platform.
There was a pandemonium of cheer
ing, to which Senator Allison respons
ed with a bow. Later the temporary
chairman referred to him as a presi
dential possibility and the applause be
came so great that Allison had to ap
pear on the stage, blushing like a
school girl and tears of joy rolled down
his cheeks. The convention adjourn
ed till 2 p. m.
The convention proceeded to a for
mal ballot for governor. The first bal
lot resulted as followes: Drake. 3G6S-13;
Harlan, 24S3-15; Parrott, 20S4-ir; Mc
Farland, 116; Harsh, S6; Ormsby, SC:
Karmar, SO; Letts, 24; Conaway, 22;
Russell, 10.
The second ballot resulted: Drake,
423; Harlan, 305; McFarland, 39; Par
rott. 213; Harsh 79; Ormsby, 29; Kam
rar, 65; Conaway, 6; Letts, 23.
Great excitement prevailed during
the announcement of the vote of Polk
county. Harlan made a gain of eight
votes. The declaration of the chair
man was called in question by the Har
lan men. who asserted that the poll
was not correctly given. Harlan's
again of eight votes in Polk county set
his friends wild.
Third ballot Drake, 500; Harlan. 3S2;
Parrott, 24S; McFarland. 2; Harsh. 34;
Ormsby, 9: Kamrar, 47; Letts, 19; Cona
way, 1.
Fourth ballot Drake. 566; Harlan.
GS4: Parrott, 221; Harsh 27; Ormsby, 9; j
Letts. I: Kamrar, 3S; Conaway, 1.
Drake's friends were delirious with I
joy at the steady and rapid gams
shown by their candidate, and it seem
ed manifest that Drake would be nom
inated on the next ballot.
Fifth ballot Drake, 597: Harlan, 330:
Parrott, 209; Kamrar, 35; Ormsbv, 7;
Harsh. 26: Letts, 1.
Before the sixth ballot was taken the
convention indulged in cheering for
favorite candidates for ten or fifteen j
minutes. Before the ballot had pro
ceeded for, Drake's nomination was as-
sured. :
The following Is the result: Drake, i
SS: Harlan. 133 2-14: Parrott, 2314-14; ,
Harsh 2; Kamrar. 2: Ormsby. 2. ;
DRAKE DECLARED NOMINATED.
AVith the announcement of the vote
Chairman Young declared General !
Drake the nominee of the convention '
for governor.
After prolonged cheering balloting
for lieutenant governor was commenc- '
ed. Matt Parrott of Waterloo was nom- '
inated on the third ballot, defeating
Lieutenant Governor Dungan of Charl
ton for re-election. In rapid succes
sion Henry Sabin was renominated for ,
superintendent of public Instruction;
George W. Perkins for railroad com
missioner and Joslah Given for judge
of the supreme court. I
During the balloting for Heutenatn
governor. General Drake reached the
convention and amid cheering made a
speech containing very happy illusions
to his competitiors before the conven
tion. He said that he was prepared to
make a vigorous campaign and that i
upon the broad national platform ad-
opted by the convention. '
SOME SAMPLE PLANKS
The platform was presented to the
convention during the balloting for !
governor. It was adopted without de- j
bate or dissent The following are the
main planks:
"We, the representatives of the Re
publican party of Iowa in convention
assembled, reaffirm our fealty to the
great principles which our national
party from its birth has steadfastly
proclaimed in the face of an ever-shifting
foe. We congratulate the people
of this country upon the evidence of
returning prosperity and rejoice in
each instance of labor re-employed,
wages restored and Industry re-established
upon a prosperous basis. In the
record of the building up of our indus
tries under Republican policy, their
paralysis under Democratic power and
their revival with the repudiation of
the Demorratic party and the dissolu
tion of the Democratic house or repre
sentatives, succeeded by one elected up
on the platform of the Republican
party, the vindication- of the policy of
protection is complete. The Democrat
ic party is convicted of obtaining pow
er in 1S92 under false pretenses. In
Its platform it declared the principle
of protection to be unconstitutional,
and in its campaign denounced the
policy as robbery. But with complete
power in its hands its law makers have
utterly failed to carry out the policy to
which they were pledged. It is a far
cical pretense for the Democratic party
to claim credit now for a measure from
which nine months ago its president
withdrew his approval and denounced
as a humiliating abandonment of their
cardinal principles. The senate bill,
substituted for the Wilson bill, is not
a measure which the Republican party
would foster; it reduces the revenue
upon the luxuries, a method of levy
more effective than any income tax; it
restores taxation to sugar; it reduces
the wage rate in many industries In
which labor is the chief element of
cost, but it maintains in many of its
parts the principles which the Demo
cratic party declares to be unconstitu
tional. To claim credit It is to claim
credit for abandoning its policy and
adopting the principles which is has
denounced."
The platform further deplores the re
vocation of reciprocity, denounces tar
iff for revenue only and declares for
American wages.
On currency the platform says: "We
afiilrm the declarations of the Repub
lican national platform of 1S92 at Min
neapolis, that 'the American people
from tradition and interest favor bi
metallism, and the Republican party
demands the use of both gold and sil
ver as standard money with such re
strictions and under such provisions,
to be determined by legislation, as will
secure the maintenance of the parity
of the two metals, that the purchasing
and debt paying power of the dollar,
whether silver, gold or paper, shall be
at all times equal. The interest of the
producers of the country, its farmers
and the workingmen demands that ev
ery dollar, paper or coin, Issued by
the government shall be as good as any
other."
"We urge that the United States ex
ert its influence to estblish with the
important commercial nations of the
world such an International agree
ment as will enable this country to re
open its mints to the free and unlimit
ed coinage of both metals without loss
of one or the other from the value of
our money."
The platform favors restriction of
immigration and pensions for all honor
ably discharged Union soldiers and
closes with the following endorsement
of Senator Allison:
"We congratulate the people upon
the. fact that the state of Iowa will be
represented In the Fifth-fiwu'th con
gress by two sena to '.ailfci4iai$a; re
presentatives who are zealous ana fear
less advocates of Republican princi
ples and whose services in the past we
heartily commend. With especial
pride do we remember the distinguish
ed services of our senior senator whose
long and honorable record as a ser
vant of the state entitles him to the ex
pression of our full confidence and our
enduring affection. We hall with sat
isfaction the universal desire of the Re
publican party of the state to continue
him on Is present field of usefulness
until called to the larger services of
the nation."
NEVER WAS MORE IN IT.
Joe Blackbnrn Declares Hinnelf Still in
the Senatorial Race.
Louisville. Ky., July 10. A special to
the Times fom Versailles, Ky., says:
Senator Blackburn laughed when
shown a telegram today from the New
York Herald saying it was reported in
the east that he had withdrawn from
the senatorial race.
"I was never more In a race than I
am now," said foe. "and never felt more
centaiin of success."
When asked about reports that he
had been requested by the chairman of
the state committee to not make any
more silver speeches he said: "The
committee had made no request of me
to ignore the currency issue. The late
convention by a very decided majority
refused to put a free silver plank in the
platform by very much more decided
majority dt refused to Indorse a single
gold standard. Its only utterance on
the currency question was a rfcafirma
tion of the national platform of 1S92.
leaving the party of Kentucky so far as
this issue is concerned, precisely where
it lias been for the last three years.
"My views upon this subject are well
known and of long standing They have
not been changed or modified to any ex
tent whatever."
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MAINE TALKING OF TOM REED.
Czar Is Arranging the Advance Guard of
His Hosts in His Own State.
Augusta, Me.. July 1.0 The Republi
cans in Mr. Reed's own state of Maine
are beglning to talk about delegates to
the national convention. The state and
listrict conventions in Maine will not be
held until early next spring, but it is
sure that Maine cannot send any dele
gation to the national convention who
will not earnestly and emphatically
urge upon the Republicans of the coun
try the nomination of their own fellow
statesman. Thomas B. Reed. There is
absolute unanimity In Maine as to the
nominee of the party for the campaign
of 1595. and Mr. Reed will be supported
with an earnestness and enthusiasm
equal to the support given in the old
days to Mr. Blaine.
Maine has four delegates at large In
the national convention, and those
most talked of as being likely to be
elected are E. C Burleigh of Augusta,
ex-governor of the state, Charles E.
Littlenld of Rockland. Harrison Hume
of Robbinston, a member of the present
senate of Maine, and George M. Seiders.
the present president of the Maine sen
ate. Mr. Littlefield wHl probably be
made the chairman of the delegation,
and he will present Mr. Reed's name to
the national convention.
Mr LtrtlefieW has always been a
warm personal friend and admirer of
ex-Speaker Reed, and no man in Maine
could better perform the task of lead
ing the Maine delegation a: the next
national convention in the contest
which they will make to place Mr.
Reed's name at the head of the ticket
f-r the great campaign of is&S Mr.
Sidrs was the law partner of Mr
Reed and has been hi? steadfast friend
for many years. The ex-speaker o f Che
house of representatives has no warra
pt friend anywhere than ex-Goveroor
Burleigh, and Harrison Hume has on
many occasions declared that Mr. Reed
was the foremost man now in public
life in the United States, and in his
judgment he was the ideal candidate
Maine will have eight dLstrict dele
gates, and the whole delegation of
twelve will b earse and enthusiajrtic
Reed men. The state of Maine will
have twelve delegates ind twelve alter
nates at the next rational convention,
and all of them tpIH support Mr. Rfrtd
to che utraoJC
FLED TO THE SOUTH
BOND BROKER LEWIS GETS HTM
SELP OUr OP HARM'S WAY.
HIh Forserie Amount to at Least One
Handred Thousand Dollars and Esti
mates Reach Doable that Amount
Made a Specialty of School Bonds which
were Not Well Done bat. Using Them
Only as Collateral, He Kept the Game
in His Own Hands Partial List of Vic
timsCriminal News in General.
Urbana, O., July 10. More puclar
tions of Z. T. Lewis, the bond broker,
contines to come to light hourly. The
total amount of faulty bonds so far
known to have been hypothecated by
Louis aggregates $100,000, and may
reach double that amount. Great ex
citement prevails and the people here
talk of nothing else. Lewis left here
Monday and went first to Michigan,
where his family is spending the sum
mer. From there he went to South
America to get beyond the reach of
the law, but there is no clue to his
route.
The stories of his forgeries are cumu
lative. First came from Dayton, O.,
mortgages of $50,000. Then from the
Farmers bank of Mechanlcsburg, news
of bonds amounting to $15,000. Then
came the story of $12,000 bonds held by
the Michigan Mutual. Tonight infor
mation reaches here of $20,000 held by
the German National bank of Cincin
nati as collateral for a loan of $15,000.
It is supposed that the German Nation
al holds spurious bonds. It Is known
that the other bonds mentioned are
spurious.
George Mock, a Columbus broker, has
just turned up with $10,000 bonds. Five
thousand are Adams county bonds, and
$5,000 Tippecanoe city school bonds
that are fraudulent Boston bankers
have a batch of forged Mechanlcsburg
school bonds. They are rank forger
ies, having lltographed signatures of
officials In place of written signatures.
They also have the name of John J.
Morris signed as clerk of the school
board, when the correct name John J.
Mauk. Similar bonds are held bv
Springfield parties. It Is believed here
that the forgeries will aggregate over
$200,000. The liens on the property of
Lewis In this county amount to $9S,000.
while the property is valued at about
$60,000. ,
Judge Helserman appointed Sheriff
Miller as receiver of the property of
Lewis this evening.
FIGURED IN POLITICS.
Z. T. Lewis was at one time a can
didate for state treasurer before the
Republican convention. He has also
tried for the nomination as a repdesen
tative from Champaign county. He at
one time was proprietor of the Daily
Citizen. He organized the Home Sav
ings bank In Urbana, and established
banks at Piatt Cityfi Forest, Ansonla
and Anna. In all his transactions he
never sold forged bonds outright, but
kept them for use as collateral secur
ity, controlling them and covering up
his tracks. He had most of his Ht
graphing and printing done In Cincin
nati. Indianapolis. Ind., July 10. E. B.
Hutchinson, of the claims department
of the Pennsylvania Railroad company
here, holds $1,000 worth of the bogus
bonds put on the market by Z. T. Lewis
of Urbana, .O. They are school bonds
supposed to have been Issued by the
town of Tippecanoe, O. Lewis offered
to take them up about a week ago but
Hutchinson refused to surrender them,
thinking they were gilt-edged securi
ties. Some time ago Hutchinson loan
ed Lewis a sum of money belonging to
a relative, taking bonds as collateral.
Hutchinson surrendered the bonds a
short time ago and the money was paid
without delay.
BLED HIS OWN BROTHERS
Cincinnati, July 10. Broker W. E.
Hutton of this city admits that he lost
$9,500 by Z. T. Lewis' swindling opera
tions. Mr. Hutton says he knows thirty-one
others were touched for large
sums by Lewis. He declines to give
names.
The German National bank of this
city denies that it Is a victim of Lewis'
machinations, but declines to talk fur
ther on the subject.
The Commercial Gazette's special
from Urbana says: Lewis did not
spare his own brothes In his swindling
He received $9,000 from one brother for
a farm, failed to deliver the deed, then
mortgaged the farm for Its full value
Today T. J. Lewis, another brother, dis
covered that Z. T. Lewis, the forger
had forged a mortgage on his, T. J.
Lewis' farm and obtained money on It
The president of the school board at
Mechanlcsburg received by mall today
from the president of the National
bank of Redemption of Boston, a letter
enclosing a $1,000 bogus Mechanlcsburg
school bond with the query "what Is
this bondTvurth?"
The city of Springfield. Ohio, reports
that the only loser by Lewis In that
city Is the First National bank, which
loaned him $2,000 on spurious bonds,
also the report that Druggist Troupe' of
that city lost $10,000 is false.
The Farmers' National bank holds
ample securities for its $15,000 loss.
FIVE ARE AT THE MORGUE.
Livery Mable Employe Hnrned to Death
in Ilrtroot.
Detroit, Mich., July 10. At 2 o'clock
this morning fire w-as discovered in the
livery stables of G. F. Case. 41 West
Congres street, a big four-story brick
structure. All of the employes were
lodged and fed in the building. On the
fourth floor were sleeping accommoda
tions for twenty-five men. How many
occupied beds last night is hot definite
ly known, but five horribly burned and
charred bodies are now at the morgue
awaiting bursal, and one other person
is missing. There were many narrow
escapes, and heroic rescues by firemen
and police. Following are the victims:
JOHN SHAW.
JOHN BOWMAN.
THOMAS WEBB.
EDWARD HUGHES.
JAMES R. SHAW.
Charles Davis is missing.
The total loss will reach J40.000, part
ly insured.
HE OWNED THREE GUNS.
Testimony Tendlnc to Impeach Dr. Ed
menn ! Introduced.
Toledo, July 10. The Bowling Green
court bouse W35 packed to the doors
end hundreds failed to gala admiiion
to the Edmonn trial tclay. Mrs. Stev
ens, testified that on the night of th
murder she heard Nellie Hart Billing
on Edmonn's porch, say. "Some one is
quarreling nar the bam and "Some
cne is shooting. She hard Dr El
nvnn say he had thre revolvers hi h
store. Since the murder he ha denied
owning any Dr Collins, Jacob Miner.
Earl Cass, Dr. CanfleM. Jchn Huston
and Peter Van Valkenburg also testi
fied Urbana. O., July 10. More pecula
tions of Z T. Lewis, bond broker, con
tinue to come to light hourly. The to
tal amount of fraudulent bonds so far
known to have been hypothecated by
Lowis aggrejrate.3 $100,000 and theytnsy
reach double- tbax account. Great ex
citenetit preraSs and people here a!k
of notblnsr else. Lewis left here Mon
day ad -ent first to Michigan where !
his faintly is apendiasj &e sumHier. t
From there-.he went So South America I
to get beyond tb reach, of the law but
there is no cSue to his route. He was a
bond broker and fprgaj aad hypothe
cated fraadoieat bend.
BULLETIN O-
?TIjc efflidjita lailg (Sagle.
Wichita, Thursday, July 11 . 1895
Weather for Wichita today:
Fair; warmer: variable wlads.
Snn-BlMS 4:47; seta, 7:23.
Moon Wanlug; rUes, 10:08.
INDEXOFTQDAY'SIMPQRTANTNEWS
r"aces.
1. EndeaTorers Decline Koblsaat's Offer
Iowa Republican Nominate Drake
Ilond Forger Lewis' Victims Show Cb
Elks Meet with a Catastrophe
S. Wllkon Surprises the Kansas CityanS
Worse Lack Overtakes the Cornell Crew
National Educational Association
3. Colonels Play the Beaneatcrs Hot Ball
Grovel's Bane to be Named Jane
Wheat Gains Strength During the Night
Grangers Purchased on Crop Reports
5. TVhlttaker Secures Bis Sum of Money
Bicycle Rider and Women at War
How Mr. Bade it Made Money Fast
6. Full Assessed Valuation of Oklahoma
lion- the Faulc was Made to Order
7. Whitey, Game Little English Sparrow
8. Alpaca's Strong Hold on Public Favor
How a Stupid Conductor Played Cupid
HIGHER AND STILL RISING.
Smoky Hill Flood has Drlved Hnndreds of
People from Their Home.
Salinn, Kan. July 10. The flood which
has been raging- here Is unabated as yet
From six o'clock to eight last night the
river rose but half an Inch and from
that time on till midnight it was at a
standstill, and it was thought the high
est water had come. Shortly after mid
night, however, there was another rise
and at 10 o'clock today, the river was
three inches higher and still raising.
Five hundred people have been driv
en from their home3 In this city alone.
They have taken refuge In the school
buildings and are being cared for by
citizens. The valley of the Smokey has
been desolated beyond escriptlon. Hun
dreds of farmers and their families
have had to fly for their lives and crops
are destroyed and stock and buildings
washed away. The damage cannot bo
estimated till the water recedes. Brldg
es have been washed away In great
numbers and dams and mills greatly
damaged.
A Swede who lives ten miles up the
river went with his wife on horseback
to an elevated Island to release eonn;
cattle. While there a sudden change In
the current submerged the Island and
they only escaped from being drowned
by climbing trees. After six hours Im
prisonment they were rescued by men
in boats.
Bridge Gone Near Jfsys City.
Hays City. Kan.. July 10. High water
has washed away the county bridge
across the Smoky river at Chetelan,
the only bridge in this county across
this stream, and traffic from the south;
has been shut off.
Rain .May ioil Wheat.
Sterling. Kan.. July 10 Another rain
set In last night continuing till this
morning. The ground Is thoroughly
soaked and threshing crews aro unable
to work on the wheat, and there Is dan
ger of rain spoiling It in the stack.
Great Ilond Get tliOanir.
Great Bend, Kan., July 10. A soak
ing rain visited this section of the coun
try last night.
Walnut RUIng nt Wlndetd.
Wlnflrtd. Kan:, July 10 This sect
ion was visited by another rain of
twelve hours last night. It Is still rain
ing, with Indications of prolonged down
pour. The Walunt river is rising and
is now higher, than It has been at any
time for two years. The farmers aro
jubilant.
There Ain't Any Chinch Rag.
Sedan, Kan., July 10. A heavy rain
fell last night and this morning all
over the eastern pirt of Chautauqua
county. Middle Caney river is bank
full. A large corn crop Is now assured
and chinch hugs are a thing of th past.
Most of the farmers are plowing for fall
wheat.
BURIED A HUNDRED VEARS.
Parts or an Old Ship that Went Down Loeff
Ago U Fished Up.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 10. After ly
ing at the bottom of Delaware bay for
nearly a century the wreck of the good
ship John Is at last coming to the sur
face, reviving stories of a disaster
which caused a big sensation at the
time, and which gave its name to Ship
John Light, Just below Bombay Hook.
The latest relic of the sunken vessel
was brought up the- other day by the
grapplng tongs of the oyster schooner
Susie Rayner, and consists of the rud
der bolt and rudder Rtrop, loth of
which were made of composite metals
These weretaken possession of by Cap
tain Solomon Walls of Camden, the
master of the Rayner, and are now :n
his care- The wood which the metal
held together rotted away and disap
peared long ago.
It l.Buppo3d th'-past winter's heavy
storms washed away th sand ovr the
wreck and laid bare what remained of
It. This viw is strengthened by the
fart that a number of bottles of brandy,
which formed a considerable part of rhe
John's cargo, have bn washed ashore
on both the Dataware and New Jersy
sides during tb past fw weeks, great
ly to the dellcht of the fiabernvn and
farmers who bave been so lucky as to
find thm.
Th" phtp John afld from Havre to
Philadelphia In 1737 with a large and
valuable cargo In wme way he xis
caught fast in the ice In th Dkvware
bayand becam a ftal wreck oa De
cember 1C of that year, llr passen
gers, who were monly Cennans. es
caped to ih CumlyrUnd county shor.
on th Jersey ski', and became th- pio
nT settlors of that part of south Ner
Jersey. The John was owned in Bost -n
and was commanded by Captain I. H.
Dr5nkr.
Vr-on the sit of rhe wrc5c rh pres
ent Ship John llsrbt hue wsis built, wnt
one of the roost important guides for
marias in the Delaware bay The flsr
urehad of tb lost vessel Is now in the
possession of Captain Tbec-dore Wright.
:b- xrovemtnerit keeper of the light
bcuse
Tor a. Joss tfcn I: was thoucht rhe
wreck of xb John had entirely disap
peared, but it la zurtr beWTed tht it
was only covered with mad. whtch Is
betoc swept away by new curreotx. A
large portion of the cargo. c thlak.
roar 7t b rcerered by the ute ci
proper axpHances.
San Fraei-. CaL. July 10. The
statersent is published erctodsy to the
tfTect that D P Cheaey. chairman f
the re-arsfantxatton co:mitr of th
Santa F. and Charles fi. Gd. rent
al olcf tor. -who Uavebec3 la the city,
were bere itsr the porp-cw of invftstkrt
Irr and rrportlsj'; epos the featsibCJiy
of exteadhis th Satan la Saj Frars-eitca.
MIRTH SADLY MftRREO
ELKS AT ATLAITI0 OTIT HOLD X
SOCIAL SE3SI05.
FLOOR PROVES WEAK
PSECIPITATE3 THE ASSEMBLY TO
THE.IL00R 1EL0W.
ONE HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED
POLICE AND ITBE DEPAKTMEXTS TO
THE RESCUE.
Fraatlc Fritad Crowd About th Scaa of
the Catastrophe LUt of Tbqm
Worse Injured.
Atlantic City . N. J., July 10.The so
cial session tendered by the Atlantic
City lodge to the visiting Elks nt the
Baltic avenue casino this evening' end
ed in a frightful disaster in which fully
100 persons were more or less Injured.
The session had Just opened and only
one of the speakers had been heard
when, without the slightest warning-.
the building, which has not been used,
for several years, collapsed and fully a
thousand persons were thrown to th
floor beneath. Many women, the wlvea
of the visiting Elks, went down in the
ruins. Fully 200 persons who were oa
the first floor of the building and imme
diately beneath the banquet hall, wero
crushed beneath the timbers and lay
helpless.
The fact that all the electric lights in
the building went out at the time tho
building gave way added to the con
fusion. An alarm was immediately
turned in and the city's force of 200 fire
men and every police officer in the city
were called to the scene as a hostpltal
corps. The police, city police ambu
lance and carriages ot every descrip
tion were utilized to convey the injured,
to the hoepMal and to their hotels.
ARRIVAL OF RESCUERS.
When the police and firemen had ar
rived on the scene t2io cxcltrment wm
so intense that hey scarcely knew
where to begin. An Immense crowd ot
people had been attracted to the placo
by the poise ot the falling building and
the groans of the unfortunates who
were pinned beneath bricks and timber.
The streets for several blocks wero
choked. The air was full of anxious
Inquiries for friends and relative who
were thought to have been la the build-.
Ing. Within a few minutes tho pollcw
succeeded In clearing the space In th
immediate neighborhood of the build
ing and placed ropes around to keen
the crowd back. In the meantime tha
firemen had set to work to extricate $t
wounded from beneatti tho mass of tim
bers, and they were aided In their work
by the hotel keepers and residents nean
the scene. Every house was thrown
open for the recptlon of tho Injured
and every available conveyance was
pressed Into service to carry them to
their hotels. Meanwhllo the phyclciana
were on th ncene and were doing every
thing in their power to aid tha unfor
tunates who had been caught in the
crah. As quickly as the unconclouif
forms of the wounded were taken out
willing bands bore them to the ncarcnc
place and everything that surgical skill
could do to alleviate their suffering
was done.
FRH3NDS WETtC FRANTIC.
The excitement amidst the assembled"
crowdB was even greater than that Irs
the Immediate neighborhood of tho
building All ;orti of rumors were rife
As it ha1 been rencraliy known that;
the social session of the order had hern
In progress in the bulhllng, and that it
would In all likelihood bo the htrgew:
mating of the session, almost every
nw arrival upon th scene was almost
frantic with griff and anxiety for soma
relative or friend. Their fears wre to
an extent quitted, however, when It
was larned from a good sourc that no
lives bad ben lost. In the xcit'nvnc
of tho disaster It was almost impossi
ble to procure accurate deJaU.
The list of rhe Injured cannot b -fully
compHM tonight but tho following ari
the more seriously injured Jam B
Arnvtrong. N-w York, both Ipr brok
en; atayor Wolfe. Atlantic City. light
house engineer, injured internaMy;
Charles W. Torwell. Camden. N. J., letc
and arm broken; Antonio Clap-worth.
Camden, Ir broken; P. Eckman. Cam
den, leg and arm broken; Frank Bolton.
clrk In Hotd Traymore of this city,
shoulder badly crushed and otherwise
Injured; Chart W. Koote of Minne
apolis. Minn.. milmM and bruised; De
tective Jams W. Doyle of Minneapolis.
Minn . badly bruised and Injured In
ternally. KKPAIHLNO TIIK WINO.HA BKEAIC
Watr ham HnblJd and Trains IU M
ICanalnc TrUlMT'
Springfield, Mo., July 10 Division Su
prlntnd'nt Hammond of the Mem
phis railroad Is at Winona superintend
ing the repairs of the Current river
branch, recently washed out. Tb wa
ters have now subsided; the streams
are in their natural channel. Th
track will b suflldently repaired by
Friday to allow trains to run over JC
The road Is open to a point six mile
east of Winona. From there th- com
pany U using wagons to haul frHjcht
and passengers. A conIdrde um
is belnff ralfM here todTy tot the suf
ferers at Winona
TUKV VAMAOK UK. BEAMAX
T-wo WltB TUfr to 0rmtot Prr
fjra4 ttj fflm.
Detroit, Mich.. July 10 Ron Ryaa
and Sadie Alton gve daznatfasr ts
thnony aglnst Dr. Seaman la the lat
trs trial for manslaughter today.
They both swore that during thJr so
journ at the Laae Jyin-lo house. 1r.
Seaman -Ttorzai crindcal operations
Mln them with Instruments. Letters
written by th ftev. Jonathan Bell fraro
Ensland to Emily Hall were rta x
hortin the girl lo underco the treat
ment which JH had Induced fer :
take and la GAsvo&t of the child lo hft
pital peopl before reluraht- to Kax
laad. LAST or THE 0A30.
CtrsAtrrtrtr Harworifa Arrt4 la -wmf
i raalj, MJrt.
Bl JoTh. Mo., Joly 1ft DptT Vai-
IkS States Marshal SaaJth Uiay arret
ed Oliver Haywerth In Stxlvry cocoty
oa a chars of couattrfffillsjc "tlay
worth is thtmsht to b at tbr !sd of
the worst ease that trr yerated 1
wis section. Tbr of lb? mmbr
were t to the pealtatiary at te last
term of the fderl court and axuither
U Is iall awaitls eotsce. Wlta ilw
err: of Hayworth the ras Im ttonxat
in hare beea brtkJ up.
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craos Irten the KTk Hors MiaUHf rJo
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