Dakota County Herald.
Continuation of the Homer Herdd.
. weekly newspaper published at
IUI..U Uitv, Nebraska.
Ptwlniwuon ban been granted for tbe
ranamtonion of tbia paper through the
mails asVeoaxid-class matter. "
CRITICISES DEMOCRATIC PLAT
FORM.
. We copy the following from tbe
apeooh delivered ia Chicago, last Sat
or night, by William J. Bryan, in op
position to the New York Democratic
Platform :
"Aa it ia somewhat unusual for a po
litical speech to be made aa this one ia
tonight, let me preface my remarks
with an explanation. I have hired this
hall and I introduce my Bel I because I
do not care to speak under the auspices
of any clnb or organization which ia
committed to any particular aspirant
for office. My concern is not about the
name or the personality of tbe nomi
nee, tint about the principles for which
the democratic party is to fctand.
While many of the papers seem to as
anroe that tbe contest for the demo
cratic nomiuation ia necessarily be
tween Jndge Parker and Mr. Meant,
and that every democrat must either
ba for one or the other, audi a position
is illogical and without foundation.
Those who are elapsed as reorganize rs
and by that I mean those who would
carry the party back to the poition
that it oceupied tinder Mr. Clnnelund's
administration are not entirely agreed
among themselves as to the proper
candidates npon whom to concentrate
their votes, and so those who are in
sympathy with the spirit of our recent
platforms may differ as to the relative
availability f thoHe who represent the
progressive element of the party. My
own position in one of neutrality. I re
gard as available all oaudidates who
are in favor of making the demociatic
party an honest, earnest and coura
geous exponent of the rights and in
terests of the tnatmes and I 'egnrd as
unavailable all who are in sympathy
with, or obligated to, the great cor
porations that today dominates the
policy of tbe republican party and
suck, through reorganizes, to doiniuute
tho policy of the democratic party. I
have no favorites among those on our
side and no special antagonism to
those who represent the reorganize.
I believe that the lines should bedrawu
between principles, not between men,
and that men should only be consid
ered as tbey may be able to advance
or retard the progress of the de
mocracy, j
"The New York platform is a dishon
est platform, fit only for a dishonest
party. No one but an artful dodger
would stand npon it. The submission
ot such k platform to the voters of the
state h an insult to their intelligence,
for it ia intended to deceive them, and
doliberate attempt to doceive espe
cially ao clumsy au attempt as this
platform ia is a reflection upon the
brains of those to whom it is submit
ted. "This platform proves that the oppo
sition to the Kansas City platform is
not opposition to silver, but opposition
to every needed reform and opposition
to all that the masses desire.
. "I had expected that a platform pre-
ft . sT tf ii m tr -i . - r
parea vj jar. 11111 lor linage i'arKerj
would ba evasive and lacking in frank-1
. neaa, bnt I did not conceive that any
body of men calling thomselves demo
crats wonld present such a platform as
recommendation of a candidate. If we
are to take the New York platform as
an indication ot what tho next demo-
' cratio platform is to be in case tho re
organizers control tho convention, then
who will be able to deny the secret
purpose of tbe reorganizes to turn the
party over to predatory wealth? With
aucb ft platform and a candidate who
would be willing to run npon it, the
party oould secure as large a campaign
fund as the republican party has ever
seoarod, but in securing it it would, like
the republican party, secretly pledge
the administration to ft const-notion of
the platform satisfactory to the corpo
rations and tbe combinations.
"Can any one doubt that with suck
ft platform as was adopted in New
' York, and with ft oandidute whose con
science would permit him to run upon
aoi-h a platform does any one doubt
that with auoh a platform and candi
date tbe party would be mortgaged be
forehand to the corporations that are
now using the government aa a private
aeaet and plundering the ixtople at
will.
Cougress has passed and the presi
dent has signed the bill extending tub
time for the building of the Omaha
and Northern railroad across the Oma
ha and Winnebsgo reservations.
Governor Mickey bas issued ft proc
lamation, setting aside May Slat as a
day on which to celebrate the anniver
sary of the signing of the Kansas-Nebraska
bill. The bill- was signed by
President Pierce on May 30th. 1354.
Aa this date falls on Memorial Day,
the following day was selected by the
governor for the celobration of these
bi-oenteoiulof Nebraska's birth. The
proclamation suggesta that on the Fri
day proceeding, exercises be held in
all the schools and colleges, and that
on the Sabbath proceeding, the pastors
make mention of the event.
Last Thursday-was the birthday of
General Grant. It was the 82nd. It
was also the birthday of Chancellor
Huntington of the Nebraska Wesley j
University. We notice by the Liuooln
Journal that on that day the Grand
'Army post presented ft flag to the Wen
leyan Univerwity, Rov. D. Marquet,
an old Dakota City pastor, and later
(the preeioirig elder of this district, and
ft pioneer preacher of the state, made
the presentation speech. Governor
Mickey, aa president of the U ard of
.trustees of the institution, accepted
Ui same in some fitting remarks.
, Wm. Cartels baa taken hia of w'e to
tbe tipencer & Morgan pasture on the
reservation.
From JohnL. McKean
Tacoma, Wash., April 19, 1004.
Hon. John T. Spencer;
Dear Sir and Friend : Last even
ing, while clearing up my correspon
dence, I came across your letter, ask
ing about the welfare of myself and
babies, and why I had not written, as
I promised, about my trip, and the
country out here. I resolved that
promise should not be as pie-crust, so
here goes.
Tbe trip out here was devoid of
much interest, except the scenery and
general characteristics of the country,
which are ft continual source of wonder
to one raised on the plaias. Tbe coun
try in western South Dakota. Wyom
ing. Montana, Idaho and eastern Wash
ington, (o very rough, and seems like
the saying of the writer, who said :
"It is a country on whicli some angry
god has p aced his seal." It is a bar
ren, bleak, untillable waste, good for
nothing but mining; but the scenery
is magniflnent. The sunrises and
sunsets of that region remind one of
the descriptions of the mountainous
regions of the Tyrol in Europe.
From the Black Hills to the Yakima
valley in , central Washington, the
country is such that one wonders how
the people exist. At Yakima the ir
rigated section begins, and land is
very valuable. Along the Oreen river
which is green in fact, as well as in
name the railroad runs in a deep
canon, and the devious twists and
curves of the stream allow tha pas
sengers splendid views of very brauti-
rul scenery.
Bnt the country is one vast forest.
Great trers, hundreds of feot in bight
and from one to five feet in diameter,
are so closely woven together that the
daylight never pent! (rat as their gloom.
A hundred feet in the forest, and
one is in pitchy darkness. The ground
is always wet, as the rainfall is very
great here, rain falling almost every
ilay from October to April.
Tacoma is built on a bill rifting from
I'ligi-t sound. It is about ns high from
tie sound ns four bills west of Homer,
one on another. Tho business iiart of
the city is about fifty feet above the
sound, and the best residence portion
of the city is about ten blocks up the
hill, which is rcachod by a cable line.
The city is very pretty now, as spriug
is just opening the buds and the trees
fcro beginning to put on a verdure of
green. All fall the wenther was so
dump that a view to any distance was
impossible. When it was not raining
it was foggy, but now the atmosphere
is beginning to clear and good views
of Alt. Tacoma are to be bad almost
every day. This famous mou.Uaio is
sixty miles from Taooma, yet it 'lands
so high that it looks as if it were just
on tho outskirts of town. ItV a won
derful example of eye-deception.
' As to the weather out here, I am not
disposed to say that it surpasses Ne
braska. It is not so cold, but it is
chilly and what we call in Nebraska,
"raw," in the winter, and they say the
summers are very dry. It is cool
enough for an ovorcoat in the early
morning, aad at noon warm enough to
go clad in ft "Texas suit." Along
about five o'clock it begins to gat cool
again. There is a cool sea breezo
blowing nearly all the time. One does
not catch cold here very often, but
when he does he has to be careful of
pneumonia the great scourge of this
country, along with typhoid fjver.
I promised to let my friends know of
the prospects here. If any of you peo
ple in Nebraska have any idea of com
ing here to make your 'pile," my
advice is, DON'T. If you have your
pile made, all right, come ahead. The
streets are filled with people who were
brought here by the railroads, and I
will venture to say that there are 20,
01)0 men in Seattle and 10,000 in Ta
ooma, out of a job. Conditions must
be understood. First, this in a grand
agricultural country for small fruit,
etc., but the land has to bo cleared.
The timber has been takon off of it,
and vast stumps, three to five feet in
diameter bavo to be Kr.ibbed out. and
when done the labor has cost 100 per
acre. There is no prairie land. Seo
ond, if one is a laboring man, it is a
vital necessity that he belong to a la
bor union before be comes bore, and
then he must go to the foot of the list
and wait for a job, with probably 200
or 300 applicants ahead of him. It is
not so bad in the printing business, as
there are fewer printers come out here,
boiug posted through their national
paper. I have had good work ever
siuoe I lauded here, with the excep
tion of two months that we were all
laid up with typhoid fever. We got
.uu per aay and worn irom H a.
to 4:30 p.m.
As soon as I can, I am going to
m.
lo-
oate in a small town near Portland,
Oregon, and publish ft paper.
wive my uesi regards to all my
m ... . ...
irienus, to tuo omens, say nothing.
Very truly,
Joun L. McKean.
DiftTMCtft arrtn bating ourco
Judge W. T. Holland of Croons
buig, La., whe is well and favorably
Known, says: "T wo years ago I auf
lured greatly from indigestion. Aftet
eating, great distress would invariably
result, lasting lor au hour or so and
my nights were rostleM, I concluded
to try Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it
curea me entirely, aow my sleep is
refreshing and digestion perfect." Sola
ly U. W. Mclieath.
CURED LUMBAGO
A B Canman, Chicago, writes March
, 1003: "Having beau troubled with
lumbago at different times and tried
one physioian after another; then dif
ferent oiutuients and linaments, gave
it up altogether. Ho I tried once more
aud got a bottle of Ballard's Snow Lin
anient, which gave me almost instant
relief. I can cheerfully recommend it,
and will add my name to your list of
former sufferers." 25o, OOo aud 11.00.
Sold by G W Mooeath.
TO CURB A COLD IN ONI nav
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature
ia on each box. 25c.
"MAKES PROPER diet;
Npleasing
HUBBARC. 5
Special Coruesposokvci:.
Blacksmith Renze is busy these
days. '
Mr. Frost has gone back to Lis po
sition at Craig.
Arthur Brinkm&n marketed a load
of hogs Thursday.
N. Anderson shipped ft car of hogs
to Sioux City Thursday.
Jas. Hartnett and wife drove to
Sioux City on Wednesday.
Roy Armour shipped two cars of
fit cattle to Omaha last Monday.
Look for that new ad next week.
Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co.
John and Will Hogen went to Em
erson Thursday to make ft short visit.
Dennis Mitchel is quite ill aud has
been taken to a hospital in Sioux City.
Agent Wilson's family has arrived
and is keeping house in the upper
rooms of the depot.
Barney Gribble of Dakota City was
here tho other day interviewing Coun
ty Surveyor Leedom.
Mrs, Mnllally is not feeling very
well but Father English says thero is
nothing serious, ho thinks.
A gang of men were driving piles
for a bridge across the ditch Thursday
ior iiuciiaei xiiaioccy, inursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Myers are very
busy Attending to the wants of their
lwarders add the traveling public.
Mrs. L. A. Smith has been taken to
a hospital in Sioux City. She aud
her husband arc living on the Cain
farm.
Now is the time to make the home
'appy aud you can do no if you buy
one of those fine ranges at Edwards &
Brudford Lumber company.
Frank I.' fling-is sawing the trees
growing in his grove into lumber. TLe
late Lawrence Erlach formerly owned
the farm aad planted the grove.
Rev. Father Burke of Emerson spent
Wodeesday night with Father English
and both gentlemen took the train for
Jackson Thursday morning to attend
the conference with the bishop and
other priests there.
Father Burke of Emerson, Father
Moriarity of Jackson. Father Crowley
of Bancroft, Father Daily of Broken
bow, formerly of Jackson, assisted
Father English at the funeral of the
late Mrs. Frost on Friday of last week.
Rev. Father English will hold ser
vices at 11 o'clock nt Homer next Sun
day and Father Schell will olliciate at
Hubbard. The later gentleman is in
vestigating matters on the reservation
and the Catholio poople may start a
school there.
Joe M. Leedom's tew bouse is begin
ning to show up. Lon Molntaffer of
Homer is doing the work. Burt Means
is helping him. Tom MoGee was too
busy and could not do the work. He
is now building a house for Pat Ker
win west of town.
1 GOODWIN ITEMS. $
H Spfcial Correspondence. m
Dennis Mitchell is quite sick.
J. C. Dnggan shipped a car of corn
Wednesday.
Matt Zuloff of Jackson, was doing
business here Tuesday,
Miss E. Rohan of Dixon, visited over
Sunday wUh Mits Twohig.
A very pleasant party was given Fri
day night at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Pbter Nichcls. '
Mrs. Will Dineen of Sioux City,
is visiting with her parent, Mr. and
Mrs. P. Casey.
Mrs. T. B. Jones and daughter Be
atrice returned last week from u visit
to Kiugsly, Iowa.
Mrs. J. P. Twohig came ui from
Sioux City Thursday last, to visit Mrs.
Catherine Twohig.
There is a man in this precinct who
claims relationship with the famous
Russian General kuropatkin.
Miss Agnes Welch of Hartingtou,
returned home last week from a visit
here with her mother, Mrs. John
Woleh.
Mr. Patrick O'Neill of Jackson, vis
ited during the fore part 4jf the week
with his daughter, Mrs. O. H. Duggau
and family.
Since the tho new trasoliue encino
has been put in our blacksmith shop its
a pretty uusy place, flows are boinir
brought from near and far, aud turned i
out like now. I he people know where
to get a good job done.
Thursday of last week was Mrs.
Catherine Twohig's birthday. Her
daughter, Miss Maggie, invited a num
ber of old friends to spend the day a
surprise on her mother. Many were
unable to attend on account of the
rain, bnt those present report a very
pleasaut time and hopo that Mm.
Twohig will livo to enjoy many happy
returns of April 21st.
Through speeial arrangements with
the Farmer and Breeder, published iu
Sioux City, Iowa, we are enabled to of
fer our readers that popular paper a
full year, when takon in connection
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The Farmer aud Breeder is a plain,
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REV CARLISLE P ft MARTIN, L L D,
Of Waverly, Texas, writes: "Of a
morning, wheu first arising, 1 olteu
find a troublesome collection of phlegm,
Ahieh produces a cough and is very
.tard to dislodge; but a small quautity
of Ballard's llorehound Syrup will at
once dislodge it, and the trouble is
over. I kuow of no medicine that is
equal to it, aud it is ao pleasant to
take. . I cau moat cordially recommend
it to all persons needing a medioine for
throat or luug trouble." 25o, 60o and
91. Hold by G W McBeath.
Of.'
urn
(First Publication April 16, 1904.)
MERirr-r baie.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of an order of aalo issned by Harry II.
Adair, clerk of the district court in
and for Dakota county, Nebraska, and
directed to me, II. C. Hansen, sheriff
of said county, commanding me to sell
the premises hereinafter described to
satisfy three (3; certain judgments of
the said district court of said county
and atate, obtained at the February
1904 term thereof, to-wit, on March 6,
1904, in favor of John Arensdorf Mer
cantile Co. and spainst S. A. Coates
and Geo. M. Conway, No. 1897 consol
idated, for the sum of three hundred
forty-four dollars ($344), and interest
at 8 per cent, from February 29, 1904,
first lien and John Areasdorf recov
ered ot the said S. A. Coates the sum
of three hundred forty-two dollars and
sixty cents ($342.60), and interest at
7 per cent, from February 29, 1904, the
same to be a second lien and wherein
the cross petioner Geo. M. Conway re
covered of the said S. A. Coates the
mm of eighty dollars and twenty-three
cents ($80.23), with interest at 7 per
cint. from the 13th day of Juno, 1903,
the same being a second lien on lot
twflve (12), block one hundred and
forty (140), and a third lien on the
other property besides a prior lien for
tales of eleven dollar and nine cents
($11.09), and costs of suit.
I have levied upon the following de
scribed property, to-wit: Lot twelve
(12) block one hundred and forty (140)
and the wet fifty-five (5." feet of lots
fourteen and fifteen (14 and 15), block
ono hundred and forty (140), Dakota
City, Dakota county, Nebraska, all be
ing located in said Dakota coimty,
Nebraska.
And I will, on Wednesday, the 18th
day of Aiay, 1904, at 11 o'clock a. io.,
of laid day, at tho south Jront door of
the court house, iu Dako City, Da
kota county, Nebruska, proceed to sell
at public auction to the libbest and
best bidder, for cash, all of tho above
described property, or so much theieof
as may be necessary, to satisfy said
order of sale issued by Harry H. Adair,
clerk of the district court in aud for
Dakota county, Nebraska, the amount
due thereon in the agregate being the
sum of seven hundred sixty-six dollars
aTid eighty-three cents ($760.83), aud
prior tax costs amounting to $
and accruing costs.
Given nuder my hand this 13th day
of April, 1904.
H. O. Hansen,
Sheriff of Dukota county, Neb
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
, LIQUOR LICENSE.
Notice is hereby given that on the
15th day of April 1904, S. A. Coates
filed with tho Village Clerk of Dakota
City, Neraska, bis application and
petition for a license to sell malt, spirit
uous, and vinous liquors and conduct
a saloon in said Village under the laws
of the State of Nebraska, and Ordi
nances of said Village Any and all
objections to the granting of said
license should be on file with the Vil
lage clerk by the 30th day of April,
1904.
S. A. CoATEH,
Wm. P. Warner, Applicant.
Village Clerk of Dakota City, Neb.
RLCAtANT AND MOST EFFECTIVE.
T. J. Chambers, Ed. Vindicator.Lib
erty, Texas, writes Dec. 5, 1902 : "With
pleasure and nusolicited by you, I bear
testimony to the curative power of Bal
lard's Horehour.d Syrup. I have used
it in my family and cau cheerfully af
firm it is the most effective and pheas
ant remedy for coughs and colds I have
ever used." 25c, 50o and $1 Sold by
G W McBeath.
A PURGATIVE PLEASURE.
If you ever took DeWitt's Little Early
Risers for biliousness or constipation
you know what a puruative pleasure is.
These famous little pills cleanse the
liver and rid the system of all bile
without producing unpleasant effects.
They do not gripe, Bit-ken or weaken
but give tone and strength to the tis
sues and organs involved. W. H. How
ell of Houston, Texas, says: "No bet
ter pill can be used than Little Early
Risers for constipation, siok headache,
eto.M Sold by G. W. McBeath.
IMPERFECT DIGESTION
Means less nutrition and in consequence
less vitality. When thu liver fails se
crete bilo, the blood becomes loaded
with billions properties, the digestion
becomes impaired and the bowels con
stipated, llerbino will rectify this; it
gives tone to the stomach, liver and
kidneys, strengthens tne appetite, clears
and improves the complexion, infuses
new life aud vigor to the whole system
50o a bottle. Sold by G W Mclinath
THE GENUINE VS. COUNTERFEITS.
The genuine is always bettor than a
counterfeit, but the truth of this state
ment is never more forcibly realized or
more thoroughly appreciated than when
you compare the geuuiuo DoWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve with the many
counterfeits and worthless substitutes
that are on the market. W. S. Led
botter of Sbrevejort, La., soya: "After
using numerous other remedies without
benefit, one box of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cured me," For blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding piles
no remedy is equal to DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. Sold by G. W. McBeath.
THE PLEASURE CF EaTINQ.
Persons suffering from indigesttou,
dyspepsia or other stomach trouble will
find that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
what you eat und makes the stomach
sweet. This remedy is a never failing
cure for indigestiou aud dyspepsia aud
all complaints effecting tho glauds or
membranes of tho stomach or digestive
tract. When you take Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure everything you eat tjstes good
and every bit of the nutriment your
food contains is nseimuluted and ap
propriated bv the blood and tissues.
Sold by G. W. MjBeath.
WANTED Agents.
The Hawks Nursery Company.
Wauwatesa, Wis.
DRY AN IN CHICAGO.
NEORASKAN 8CORES PLATFORM
OF NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Iteclares It Ia Dlnhoncut anil Unfair
Point Ont Its Itrfrrtn.. Hayfe He Has
No Kavorlt Candidate anil lllnta at
Park II ft rue.
In Cl.irngD, before a crowd of people
who tilled tli Swoncl roi;i inert armory
until tlie poller for snfety renxons would
i'crnnt no more to enter, illinm Jen
iinjn Itr.vsn, twice the standard-bearer
of the Di'innerntic party in national rnin
pfliKii". spoke liix disapproval of David
Bennett Hill, Judge Alton Ii. Parker am!
the recently adopted New York platform.
Mr. Brysu had said lie would not take
sides with any particular candidate for
the honor of eurrj inn the banner of Dem
ocracy in the com in if battle of national
hallotJi. but he did not nay lie would not
take sides against a particular condidate
and he did not deviate from his expressed
purpose; he did not take sides with any
one, but he most decidedly took sides
Airninst Judge I'nrker et al.
Mr. Urynn said in part:
"As It Is somewhat unusual for n po
litical speecl.,.to be made as this one is,
let me preface my remarks with an ex
planation. I have hired this hall nud I
introduce myself because I do not care
to speak under the auspices of any club
or organization which is committed to
any particular aspirant for office. My
concern is not nbout the uanie or the per
sonality of the nominee, but nboitl the
principle.! from which the Democratic
party is to stand. ,
"Now that .Mr. I'nrker seems to be t lie
leading candidate (?. though not the only
candidate Hinoiig the rcorgani.crs, I de
sire to present some reasons why he can
not be considered as available for a
Democratic nomination and I fun! these
reasons not in hi personality, but in his
position upon public institutions.
"l-'or n year he has been urged to speak
out nnd declare himself upon the impor
tant issues of the coining cnmp.-iign. but
he has remained silent. Whntever doubt
may have existed on this- subject hereto
fore, hns been dispelled b.. platform
adopted by the New Vork Slu..- conven
tion and taking this platform ns a ;o.it
1 am saiiL-uine enough to believe that !
can prove to every unbiased mind that
Judge Parker is not a lit iiihii lo be
nominated either by the Demon ' par
ty or by any other party tip i m inds
for honesty or air dealings I politics.
This platform can fairly be i . .riled ns
his declaration upon pul lie ii .turns and
what does the platform any .
"The laboring men hnv on before
tho committees of Congr'- endeavoring
to secure three importer- measures. One
is tho arbitration of di:. ences between
corporations engaged i : interstate com
merce nnd their em; yes. Both the
Chicago and Kansas City platforms de
clared In- favor of arbitration, but the
New York platform not only fails to re
fer to the arbitration plank of these plat
forms, but it fails to write a new plauk
covering this subject.
"No reference is made to the measure
now before Congress to inelt up nenrlv
(K)0,(X0,000 legal tender silver dollars
into subsidiary coin that is only n limited
legal tender. Nothing is said about the
assets currency which is a part of the
scheme of the financiers. Nor.hing.is said
about the Aldrich bill which proposes to
subsidize the bunks into opposition to tax
reduction by loaning them the sum from
the treasury. There is uo condemnation
of the corruption that such a system
would lead to. The platform does not
antagonize the proposition now b fore
Cougress to limit the amount of pape'r
money. In other words, there is not a
line In the platform that is written In
behalf of the people: not a line that will
excite criticism iu Wall street.
"The platform ignores the income tax;
it fails to indorse the election of Senator
by direct vote, and also omits the plank
of the Kansas City platform denouncing
corporate domination iu politics.
"The submission of such a plat form
to the voters of a State is an insult to
their intelligence, for it is intended to
deceive them.
"I had expected that a platform pre--pared
by Mr. Hill for Judge- I'arker
would be evasive and lucking in frank
ness, but I did not conceive that any
body of men calling themselves Demo
crats would present such a platform as
a recommendation of a candidate.
"No one can defend the Democratic
party without defending its principles,
nnd its principles ought to be so clearly
set forth as to be easily understood. The
New Y'ork platform is ambiguous, un
certain, evasive aud dishonest. It would
disgrace tho Denux-rats of the nation to
ndopt such a platform and it ought to
defeat as au aspirant for a Democratic
j nomination any man who would be will
I Ing to have it go forth ns a declaration of
j his views on public questions. The re
I organisers' scheme begins with the decep
) tlon of the rank and tile of the party. It
j is to be followed up by the debauching
J of the public with a enmpaigu fund se
cured from the corporations nud it Is to
be consummated by tho betrayal of the
party organization and of the country
j into the hands of those who nre to-day
j menacing the liberties of the country by
i their exploitation of the producers ot
wealth."
Short New Notes.
Sheriff W. C. Moore, Clinton, Teun.,
dropped dead from heart disease.
lteet sugar factory, ltiughnmton, X. Y.,
is being removed to Itlackfoot, Idaho.
Novoe Yreniya, of St. Petersburg, says
the ltritish advance iu Tibet is a bold
move against Kusslu.
The Iron Dyke Copper Mining Com
pany of South Dakota ilias Hied suit nt
Portland, Oregon, against the Iron Dyke
Hnilrond Conipauy to recover $tl,5X),tJOO,
the value of miuing properties near Ba
ker City, which are claimed to be ille
gally withheld from the plaintiffs.
Mrs. Catherine Dannbaeher, Ploum
field, N. J., scratched her hand with a
thorn. Blood poisoning developed und
she died.
The contract for the construction of
the new federal building at Lincoln,
Neb., has been awarded to the Charles
W. tiindele Cuinpany of Chicago ut
Dr. Howard Ay res has been removed
from the presidency of the I'niversity of
Cincinnati. While no formal charges
were made, it is said his ndniiniNtiatioD
has been lax since lie learued he was
to he dropped ut the end of the year.
The port Wayne nud Wabash Valley
Uailroad Company has mortgaged its
property to the North American Trust
Company of Philadelphia for $7,5lH,OUO
to secure an issue of bonds.
Henry Jamison, aged IS, white, was
Miot fatally iu au altercation v.n!i a ne
gro iu the streets of ludiaua, Pa., and in
arresting tho negro the sheriff hud to
break dowu his shanty and shoot one of
his rompanloiia.
Physicians attribute the death of MnJ.
Ilngh C. Dennis, president of the Hialte
Urals and Security Company Ht St.
Louis, to grief over the conviction of
Senator Burton for hi couuection with
the company.
MANY KILLED IN TORNADOES.
Whole Families Wiped Oat in Ptei-ms
in the Booth west.
Twenty-six persons were killed and
many Injured by tornadoes that swept
over the sections of the Southwest Mon
day. Dispatches show the following
known casualties:
Killed. Injured.
I'nirlnnd. 1. T 10 8
Pryor Creek. I. T 5
Chouteau, I. T 8 2
Tshlequah, I. T 2 .t
Nerd more. I. T 1 1
Clear Water. I. T B
Sherrill, Ark. , 2 1
Pastoria, Ark 2 0
Monett. Mo .. ' 1
Mexin, Texas ; . ... 8
Total 2tJ 3(1
Many homes and business (docks were
wrecked and In several cases whole fam
ilies were crushed to death In the ruins
or maimed so that they cannot recover.
Half a dozen business blocks were de
stroyed at I'nirlnnd, I. T., where seven
persons were killed. Farther south, in
the neighborhood of Pryor Creek, the
storm swept clean everything in Its path,
demolishing farm houses, leveling crops
nnd fees and killing stock. Residences
were razed nnd their occupants either
killed or seriously injured ot Orand
Itiver nnd Flint Mills. The storm start
ed near Chouteau, south of Pryor Creek,
nnd traveled northwest, cutting n path
from one-half to a mile wide nnd fully
twenty miles long.
In Texas the worst damage was at
Mount Vernon, where eleven houses
were destroyed and s dozen pet sous In
jured. Four residences were demolished
at Mexla, nnd nil the members of the
family of A. B. Shanks wero Injured,
one of them probably fntnlly. In Arkan
sas the towns of Pastoria nnd Sherrill
were the worst sufferers, numbers of
houses b!ng blown down nt both places.
In Pastoria two children were killed
nnd a boy nnd a woman dangerously
hurt. All points in western Missouri
nnd eastern Kansas report henvy rains
nnd high water. Inundating thousands of
acres of farm lands.
At St. Louis the Mississippi river Is
rising rapidly. The danger line is thirty
feet, nnd the river Monday registered
over twenty-eight feet. The high water
mark In the great flood year was thirty
eight feet. In East St. Louis Mayor
Silns Cook secured a large force of men
nnd the building of dikes was at once
begun.
A heavy wind and rain storm swept
central nnd western Kentucky Monday,
musing property loss of nearly $1'0i.OO0.
So far as known no lives were lost.
Buildings were destroyed at Pnrls, Car
lisle, Poducah nnd Owensboro, and in
the country hundreds of tobacco barns
were demolished.
MAY FORM A BIO NATION.
Possibilities of Political Union Anion
the Latin-American Republics.
The' war between Russia and Japan
may be the means of bringing nbout a
United States of South America, says
a South American dlplomnt, now sta
tioned at Washington. The mere sug
gestion that Russia nnd Japan may not
be the oaly powers Involved In the war
before !t is over has served to call nt
tentiou to the fact thnt once the United
States got into it her navy would not
be sufficient to enforce the Monroe doc
trine, and then ."Where would it be at?"
As the situation is to-dny. South Amer
ica has practically no nnvy. Without
the protecting influence of the United
States, perhaps we would long ago have
been the prey of European powers.
To-day the South Americans fear a
new alignment of the world powers.
They do not actually believe thnt the
United States will in any way beeomu
mixed up ia the eastern complications
to such au extent that she will be called
on to fight, but the mere bringing of
this possibility Into view has had its ef
fect In alarming the most public spirited
South Americans to action.
As straws pointing to this significant
change of feeling may be mentioned the
vigor-jus effort which was made by cer
tain statesmen iu the Peruvian Con
gress, recently adjourned, to nuthorize
the negotiating of a loan of several mill
ions, the purpose of which was for navnl
equipment and coast defense. The meas
ure was finally defeated.
Als-i the notable growth of friendly
feUing between republics which hereto
foio have cherished the bitterest eumity.
The settlement of the Acre dispute plac
ed two of the most powerful republics,
Brazil and Bolivia, on a footing which
thy had never dreamed of before. Chill
nnd Argentina have become positively
friendly, the two Presidents meeting re
cently on the boundary line to hold n
lov feast over the settlement of mu
tual misunderstandings. Ecuador is lin
ing hertelf up with Brar.il, and '-e whole
family of former "jangling communities,"
as Mr. Roosevelt, before he became T'res
ideitt, once called them, is now shaking
hands and "making up" In a style likely
to have results of a definite nature.
Kansas should be more careful as to
whom it sends to the Senate.
However, the Mormon Church has re
nounced polygamy on paper once or twice
before.
Doubtless Senator Burton thinks thnt
Senator Sraoot does not know what trou
ble la like.
Mr. Baer's "die ine rights" do not seem
to have made much of nn impression on
the Supreme Court.
Kiag Alfonso would better not visit
Barcelona without a horse chestnut in his
pockeC and his lingers crossed.
Now If Joseph Smith nnd the other
Mormons will practice what they preach
they viH not get into so much trouble.
Hating all the wives himself that he
cares for, President Smith thinks it
should be no hardship for Mormons of
the future to give up polygamy.
Thoe Filipinos visiting St. Louis who
nre forbidden to eat dogs may fool the
anthoi-.tlv by making discriminating pur
chases of the sausage of commerce.
Gnuvonor probably will buy up nil
the olij arithmetics he cau And so as to
get pbrty of figures with which to do
bis pttit!cal predicting as soon us the
campaign gets well under way.
That Connecticut man who has started
to give away his fabulous fortune of flo.
000 will bud when nil the applications
for aid are In that he will not need to
hire any one to help him give it away.
President Smith has been indorsed by
his church for his testimony in the Smoot
cae. Perhaps the church feels that the
same amount of advertising at comiuer
ritj rates would have cost a lot of money.
Dowle ! kept so busy dodging Aus
tralian mobs and placing his halo on
straight again that he bas time to send
only aa occasional telegram of enronr
afemeat to Zloo City.
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