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PLATTSMOUTH,
NEBRASKA.
OVEB THE STATK
Mabt Borglcm wants $2,000 from
the Milwaukee road for running" oyer
and killing1 her husband.
The city council of Hastings has
passed an ordinance affecting the
salaries of various employes.
Scarlet fever has become very
troublesome at Grand Island, but the
cases so far reported are mild.
August Uahn fell down the elevator
in Rees' printing establishment in
Omaba and was instantly killed.
The Willow Springs distillery at
Omaha that has been idle for the past
two years, is again in operation.
Mrs. W. II. Mahan, for a long time
a resident of Pawnee City, died in
Denver last week of typhoid fever.
George Harney, on trial in Holt
county for cattle rustling, was con
victed. He has asked for a new trial.
From Gage county it is reported that
the late rains and recent cool weather
have tended to knock out the chinch
bugs.
W. M. Spence and Mr. Squires, of
Kearney, lost their all in the Cripple
Creek fire, even to their wearing ap
pareL Minnie Gentry, of Omaha, suicided
by jumping into the Missouri river.
The cause is said to have been a lover's
quarrel.
The June races in Omaha take place
on the 9th. 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th.
Many noted horses are expected to be
present.
Frank M. Tessier of Sutton is trav
eling to the Black Hills on his bicycle.
He expects to make the trip in about
& week.
Kearney has fixed its saloon license
at JS0O. and it is likely that there will
cot be so many of them this year in
consequence.
Mks. Foi.som, who is laboring in the
interest of the Sabetha orphan's home,
Lincoln, reports eighty-five children
within its walls.
Buy home made poods and build up
heme industries, is a good policy. Far
rell's Fire Extinguisher, made by Far
rell fc co., Omaha.
Polk county's board of insanity has
had the case of David Williams before
them and decided that he is not a fit
tubject for the asylum.
Oregon people are getting interested
in the 1S9S Omaha Trans-Mississippi
Exposition and will endeavor to make
a good showing thereat.
Gen. M anderon, though not a mem
ber of the senate, is doing all that he
can to influence Washington people in
behalf of the Trans-Mississippi exposi
tion. Robbers entered the Pawnee City
postofiice and took 8110 worth of
stamps. They failed to get into the
safe, where there were $1,000 worth of
t tamps.
The largest shipment from Wilson
ville was made last week, when cine
teen cars, ten of cattle and nine of
hogs, were pulled out for Omaha on a
through train.
The letter carriers of Omaha are go
ing to make an effort to get the
national convention in that city in 189S,
the same year that the Trans-Missis-ippi"exposition
is held.
William Dickson, ex-deputy sheriff
and city marshal of Pierce, died re
cently after an illness of three years
from enlargement of the heart and
attendant dropsy of the pericardium.
There are now seventy cases on the
docket for the spring term of district
court in Scott's Bluff county, among
them sixteen or eighteen cases involv
ing irrigation interest and six criminal
cases.
Thieves forced a window in the rear
of Fuller's hardware store at University
Place. They made a haul of pocket
knives, tine silverware, razors, revol
vers and ammunition to the amount of
about 2300.
It has been thought necessary by
the Lincoln school board to order the
destruction of all books which have
been used in one grade in the Prescott
school, where several cases of diphtheria
have occurred.
Frank T. Walton of Lincoln threw
himself in front of train No 81 on the
Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific railway
and was instantly killed. He had on
one or two occasions before attempted
to commit suicide.
Gotleib Wuethrich, of Omaha,
hanged himself from a door knob the
other day. He leaves a wife and four
children. He had been unfortunate in
v business way, and this it is thought
lead to self-destruction.
Frank M. Wolcgtt, a wealthy man
of Weeping Water, was accidentally
drowned a few days ago. It is sup
posed that while walking along the
bank of a stream he was attacked with
vertigo and fell into the water.
Governor Holcomh has commute
the sentence of Arthur J. Dixon, who
was sent to the penitentiary on convic
tion of procuring an abortion, to seven
months and six days. ' This will let
Dixon out on May 7. He was sent up
from York county.
A petition is being circulated ad
dressed to Governor Holcomb, asking
for a commutation of the sentence of
Claude Hoover to life imprisonment.
Hoover is under sentence to be exe
cuted August 7 for the murder of his
brother-in-law, Sam Dubois.
H. H. Hake of the Kearney Cvcle
Manufacturing company, has sold his
interest to eastern parties and the
working capital, as well as the output,
will be considerably increased. They
have orders ahead now sufficient to
keep them busy several weeks.
Ge'. Manderson would like it under
stood that he is no longer distributing
seeds and looking after pensions. All
should address Senator Thurston.
Thieves have been at work in Au
burn. They visited the home of Mr.
Curmmel, tabing 23 in cash and notes
and goods to the amount of $400.
The Nebraska division of the Trav
elers Protective association, in session
in Lincoln, elected officers as follows:
President, Robert Binford. Lincoln;
vice presidents, C A. Wirick and C. W.
Eulaly, Lincoln; Ludley Smith and
Maurice Meyer, Omaba, and G O.
Leake, Fremont; secretary and treas
urer, IL F. Hodcrin, Omaha,
At Farnam Pat O'Brien, a section
hand, was run over by a hand car and
had two ribs broken, besides sustain
ing many bruises.
A requisition has been issued upon
the governor of Kansas for the return
of EL T. Hine, who is accused of hav
ing fraudulently converted to his own
use one organ belonging to a com
pany for which he was agent at
Hebron.
The postofiice and store of Wheeler
fc Son at Boelus, Howard county, was
broken into by burglars, the safe
cracked and 8200 in money and stamps
taken. Four strangers have been ar
rested and jailed on suspicion of being
the guilty parties
The Emerson saloon men are clamor
ing for a reduction in the saloon
license from S'.'OO to S750, which has
been refused by the village board, and
the saloon keepers threaten to close up
the saloons, which would have the
effect of closing the public schools.
The hardware store of F. S. Sing
piel at Bancroft was entered and about
875 worth of knives and razors taken.
Entrance was effected by cutting a
glass out of a window in the rear of
the store. Several suspicious charac
ters have beeu selling jewelry, knives,
watches, etc., around town but they
have now disappeared.
August Reutig. who writes from
Norfolk and gives his address as Grand
Island, has offered to save the state of
Nebraska from the effects of drouth if
the governor will send him at once
8373. Reutig explains that this is less
than Iowa or Illinois will give him,
but that he has relatives living in Ne
braska, and on this account he is will
ing to work for less here.
The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ren of Omaha
will observe the following during fes
tivity week: Civil and military pa
rade. Monday, August 31; county floats
parade, Tuesday. September 1; Ak-Sar-Ben
parade. Wednesday. September -';
grand Ak-Sar-Ben ball, Thursday. Sep
tember 3; masquerade ball, Friday,
September 4. All these affairs are to
take place in the evening.
A draft for S.",350 has been received
by the governor from the United States
treasurer in payment of the quarterly
allowance made by the general govern
ment to all states having soldiers and
sailors' homes. This amount is Sioo
per annum for each soldier in the state
homes. It is to be used in the main
tenance of the state homes.
Sheriff T. S. Hubbull of Bernalille
county, New Mexico, presented to the
governor a requisition for the return
of Judson A. Page, who is charged
with forgery committed in Albuquer
que. Page was arrested at the home
of his mother in University Place near
Lincoln. The requisition was honored
and the sheriff with his prisoner start
ed for the southwest.
August Suckstorf, a wealthy farmer
living near Pierce, also proprietor and
manager of the Suckstorf park and
pleasure resort, is in a rather precar
ious condition. While in the woods
hands became poisoned from poison
ivy. The poison was transferred to
other portions of his body, which
swelled to such an extent that he was
obliged to undergo a surgical opera
tion.
The Burlington fast freight, west
bound, was wrecked two miles east of
Liberty and two of the trainmen lost
their lives. The train was in charge
of Conductor Douglas Wilcox, who was
in the cab with Engineer Thomas
Brennac and Fireman Harry Warden.
Brennan was killed instantly.- Wilcox
had one leg torn from his body and
lived only a few minutes after being
extricated.
The state P. E. O. society, at its re
cent meeting at Holdrege, elected offi
cers as follows: President, Mrs. Clara
B. West, Lincoln; first vice president,
Mrs. Katie J. Dutton, Hastings; second
vice president, Mrs. G. Nor burg, Hold
rege: recording secretary, Miss Ida
Wagner, Plattsmouth; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Ella I Allen, Omaha;
treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth Gomley; or
ganizer; Mrs. Laura Allen, superior.
On the 28th of this month there will
be held at Norfolk a convention of
county commissioners and supervisors
for the purpose of discussing matters
of public interest and for the adoption
of uniform methods for the transaction
of public business by the county boards
throughout the state. All railroads in
the state have made a reduced rate of
one fare and a third for the round trip.
It is expected there will be quite a
large attendance.
The supreme court has recently ren
dered a decision that is of considerable
interest to the liquor dealers. The
court holds that where intoxicating
liquors are sold in this state for the
purpose of enabling the person to re
sell them contrary to, or in violation
of, the laws of this state, and the ven
der has knowledge of the illegal traffic,
the sale is void, and no recovery can
be had for the purchase price of the
liquors thus sold.
The motion for a new trial in the
case of the State vs. William Henry,
convicted of the murder of the post
master at Bower, Jefferson county,
was denied by Judge Stull, and the
defendant was sentenced to the pen
itentiary for a term of ten years, the
minimum under the charge. Nearly
half a score of attorneys participated
in the argument on the motion and a
full half day was taken up in the talks,
which was considered able and ex
haustive. Reports of the organizers of the
Nebraska club show greatly increased
interest in the work. One of them
from the western portion of the state
reports: "All that is required is to
fully present the matter and all the
membtrs needed can be had." He
secured subscriptions to 105 shares in
three days. The director from a
southwestern county wrote the secre
tary a few days afro": 'I have endeav
ored to accomplish my end of the work,
but 'hard times' have been in my way.
I hope for better results with eight
inches of good water."
Skcretary R, H. Townlky has just
completed the report to the state bank
ing board of the condition of the state
and private banks of the state of
Nebraska as shown by the statements
made by the banks at close of business
on March 29. This report, while it
shows a decrease in the number of
banks in the state from 447 to 441
since December. 1885, is said by the
officials of the banking board to show
a better general condition' than for
several years. The legal reserve
which banks are required to carry is 15
per cent This report shows that the
average reserve at present is 32 per
cent.
. DUBOIS WILL BOLT.
THE IDAHO. SENATOR THREATENS
TO BOLT FOR FREE SILVER.
HE STANDS WITH TELLER
The Republican National Convention
Must Declare riatnly for Independent
Free Coinage or the Far North
west Statesman Will Repu
diate IU Action May
Split In Idaho.
Botsf, Idaho, May 11. The Evening
Mail printed last night parts of a long
letter written by United States Sen
ator Dubois to F. A. Fenn of Boise,
one of the leading Republicans of the
state, in which he stated: "In the
event the St. Louis convention adopts
a gold bug or straddle platform, or
nominates a gold bug or straddle can
didate, I shall bolt the convention. I
believe that I have sufficient personal
following in Idaho, added to the fol
lowing which I will get from the
other parties on the silver movement,
to defeat the Republican party in
Idaho."
Dubois's friends here are much ex
ercised over the declaration. Straight
up Republicans who are expected to
go to the Pocatello convention next
Saturday say that under such a declar
ation they will bolt the convention
there if Dubois's friends succeed in
securing the adoption of a resolution
indorsing the action of the senator in
the Senate. The bolters will elect a
set of delerates and send them to St,
Louis, as a straight Republican dele
gation for McKinley. The Ada county
convention here to-day will instruct
for McKinley.
What Olrla Wish to Do.
Columbia, Mo., May 12. The girls
of this year's graduating class at
Christian college here were requested
by the president to write their respec
tive purposes in life. Ten of the girls
said they desired further education,
especially in music and art; three pre
ferred to remain at home and make
pleasant the declining years of their
parents; one aspired to be a ph3'sician,
another a nurse, and still another a
missionary. One admitted that mar
riage was her object.
Antl-Fllley Mane Meeting in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., May 12. Early this
afternoon fully 5,;X0 people, Filley
ites, anti-Filleyites and Democrats,
gathered at the court house to partici
pate in the mass meeting called by
the protesting Republicans to elect 108
delegates to the St. Joseph conven
tion. This was the first mass meeting
held at the court house since I8G0,
when the Douglas and Lincoln fac
tions had separate meetings.
Disston's Death a Surprise.
Pittsburg, Pa., -May H. A few
weeks before his sudden death, while
in good health apparently, Hamilton
Disston, the Philadelphia saw manu
facturer, increased his life insurance
8&00.O00. He passed the physical ex
amination, but an autopsy revealed
that he had been afflicted with heart
disease for some time. Insurance men
were surprised at Disston's death.
Japan Negolir t luc With Kussla.
Yokohama, May 11. Negotiations
are in progress between Japan and
Russia looking to a joint action in
Corea. The chief points under discus
sion are the return of the king to the
palace from the Russian embassy,
Japan to have the disposal of the
troops about the pala.ee, and the plac
ing of the Corean telegraph system in
the hands of the Japanese.
Minister Killed In a Iturawr.iy.
Oakland City, Ind., May 11. As
Rev. George Whitman and wife were
leaving town for ;heir home, their
team became fright sued and an off,
throwing the aged couple from the
wagon, which passed over their
bodies. The former died within a
few minutes, and the latter sustained
a broken ankle and other iig..ies.
Six Babies at a Birth.
Fowler, Ind., May 11. Mrs, Fritz
Heinsnit, wife of a farmer living one
mile from this city, gave birth to six
babies Thursday night. The physi
cian declares that Mrs. Heinsnit will
be all right in a few days, while the
babies, three boys and three girls, are
as bright and well developed as the
verage children.
A Rejected Lor's Revenge.
WiLLiAMsroRT, Ind., May II.
Charles Harrison, a young farmer liv
ing in the northeru part of this coun
ty, yesterday si,., Ida Welch and
Harry Smith and the; killed himself.
The shooting took place in the home
of Miss Welch. Harrison and Smith
were rival suitors, but Miss Welch ac
cepted Smith.
Rains In Central Kansas.
Kansas City, May li. Rain was
falling this morning over the entire
western half of the state of Kansas,
and the prospects are that before to
morrow night all cf Kansas, Oklaho
ma and western Missouri will receive
good rains.
Voted nn Choice for Governor.
Bkvier, Mo., May 11. Hugh Mc
Donald, an old-time Republican of
this city, held an election to test the
stiength of the candidates for gov
ernor of Missouri. Out of 116 votes
cast, Davis received 45; Walbridge, 42;
Warner, '21; Pettijohn, 2.
Chinch Bugs at Work In Missouri. -Columbia,
Mo., May 11. Reports
received here at the Missouri experi
mental station frcui all sections of
the State show that chinch bugs sur
vived the winter and are now serious
ly threatening the grain crops.
MR
DICKINSON ANSWERS VEST
Charges Concerning Michigan Made in
the Senate Strongly Denounced.
Detroit, Mich., May 1 1. Ex-Postmaster
General Don M. Diek.nson,
replying to the strictures of Senator
Vest and other free silver men as to
the alleged corruption of the late
Democratic State convention by office
holders, denies that Mr Stevenson
(Dickson's law partner) or any
body else issued a circular to
officeholders in connection with
the convention. Through free silver
congressmen, he says, free silver men
were put in all the offices of their dis
tricts, and in both county and state
conventions outnumbered the others
two to one. According to the laiv the
places of delegates could not be tilled
by proxies, as stated by Mr. Vest.
The 10 to 1 men never had a majority
of the delegates elected and the talk
of the use" of money by the sound
mone3' men is "pure and unadulter
ated slander und libel." If any money
was used, it was in behalf of a free
silver syndicate, organized and ex
isting outside of this state
and furnishing money to carry on
the campaign in this state. In
conclusion, he says: "I am proud
to say the party in this State is prop
erly represented by its delegation to
Chicago and in favor, by an over
whelming majority, of maintaining
the pledges of Congress on this ques
tion whenever there has been silver
legislation since '73, that the policy of
this government is to maintain the
parity of the metals. Our party will
not favor repudiation in any form, or
take any chances of favorincr a policy
that by any possibility would lead to
repudiation. The Chicacro convention
will not favor the policy of free coin
age at the ratio of 10 to 1."
FIRST MISSOURI TICKET.
Prohibitionist Nominate State Officers
II. P. Farls for Governor.
Skdalia, Mo., May 11. The Mis
souri Prohibition convention con
cluded its work last evening. The fol
lowing State ticket was nominated:
For Governor H. P. Paris, of Henry
county.
For Lieutenant Governor J. M.
Ritchie, Newton.
For Secretary of State K. E. Mc
Clelland, Pettis
For Auditor John O. Roulf, St.
Louis.
For Treasurer Rev. Mr. Hull,
Greene.
For Attorney General J. C. Hughes,
Richmond.
For Judge of Supreme Court Louis
Adams. McDonald.
For Railroad Commissioner W. E.
Sullivan, Buchanan.
Sea brook es Tale of Woe.
Nkw York, May 11. Thomas Q.
Seabroolce, the actor, who appeared
in the Supreme court yesterday to
oppose the motion of his wife. Eivia
Croix, tho noted actress, for alimony
pending the trial of her divorce suit,
told Judge Pry or that he had
tried to live amicably with his wife,
but her finances for drink had made
it impossible.
Three More Victim of Apches
ToJdESTOXK, Ar'.z.. May ll. Accord
ing to a report from the vicinity of
Wilcox, three men were killed near
theMexican line Tnday by Apaches.,
They were S. B. Rcid, a prominent
cattle raiser: his foreman. Gus Wisncr
and a young man named Hand. brother
of the herder killed a few weeks ago.
Iowa Wilt Instruct for Boies.
Ottumwa, Iowa, May 1 1. There is
now no question but that. Iowa Demo
crats will declare for silver and lioies
for President Thirty-three out of OP
counties have selected 23$ silver and $3
gold delegates, nearly all instructed.
The same counties last year sent IC2
silver and "04 gold delegates.
lnetT-ine Marries Fifty-Seven.
Knoxvii.i.e. Ten::., May 11. Michael
Farmer, aged 09 years, and Angeline
Uopshaw, aged oT, are receiving the
felicitations of their friends. They
were married a few davs ago at Thorn
Hill, ;r;vinger cou:ity. and are spend
ing the honeymoon with relatives of
the grocra near th:s city.
Tracy for V:ce President.
New York. M;y U. General Benja
min t. Trac3r is the latest possibility
for the Vice Presidential nomination
on the McKinley ticket. The friends
of Mr. Tracy say he would be just the
man for the place, and that his candi
dacy will be urged at St. Louis.
Dawson Convicted of Murder.
Des Moines. Iowa, May 11. Samuel
R. Dawson, who on Christmas 'Eve
hot and killed Walter Scott, his son
in-law of an hour, was found guilty
of murder in the second decree, and
his punishment will be equivalent to
life imprisonment.
Three Killed In a Fig tit.
Blukfields, W. Va., May 11. A
fight between negroes and Hungar
ians at Keystone resulted in two ne
groes and one Hungarian being killed.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The increased bank note circulation
consequent to the recent bond issue is
$18,000,000.
Irwin Ford, a necrro. arrested for
the murder of little Elsie Kreglo, has
confessed his crime.
The State bank of Marshfield. Ma,
is closed. President Salmon has been
arrested five times.
The report of the Chicago gas com
bine shows that it is carrying over
$26,O00,,OO of bonds.
Tobacco trust stock broke badly on
the report of the indictment of the
company's officials for conspiracy.
Perry Belmont has gone to Europe
to see Dick Crocker about running for
governor of New York.
The Genzberger woolen mills at
Louisiana, Mo., were destroyed by
fire.
May 18 will be field day at the Mis
souri State University.
Yale has challenged the Missouri
University eleven to a game next fall.
A match race has been arranged be
tween Dwyer's crack filley, Cleophus,
and Suisnn.
! READS THE RIO ? ACT.
VEST
TALKS OF A
CHICAGO.
BOLT IN
Will Xot Countenance Any Official Dic
tator .Mostly Iefend the Free Silver
Democratic Convention Against "Snap"
Insinuations Federal Office Holders
Not to Itun the National Convention.
The Democratic Factions.
Washington, May 9. The first fight
of the silver and gold factions of the
Democratic party for control of the
Chicago convention was the subject of
an animated debate in the Senate yes
terday. .Senator P.lmer in opposing
the Peffer bond investigation resolu
tion, referred to the inadequacies of
the platform declarations of Ie92 on
the financial question, and declared
that they were not satisfactory at the
present time, Beference was made to
the "snap" cenvetiiions held at Pertle
Springs, Mo., and Springfield, ill.,
last year at which the Democratic
party was committed to silver.
This brought Senators Vest and
Cockrell of Missouri to their feet, and
the former delivered a 6neech of char
acteristic vigor and explosiveuess. He
charged that the recent Michigan
Democratic convention which declared
for sound money, was controlled by
federal officials, who were instructed
for silver, but voted for a gold stand
ard declaration. After denouncing
the influences brought to bear on con
ventions in general Mr. Vest con
cluded with the following startling
declaration of his own position:
"I am a delegate to the national
convention,"' he said, "an unwilling
delegate, chosen by my people, and I
serve notice now that if that coven
lion at Chicago is to be made up of
office-holders to stifle and prevent the
expression of the will of the people,
then it is no Democratic convention to
me. The Democratic party is the
party of honorable expression, not of
federal patronage."
Mr Vest spoke with great earnest
ness, and his unlooked-for declaration
created much comment By some it is
interpreted to mean that if the Chica
go convention shall declare for sound
money, the Missouri Senator will not
feei bound to abide by its action. Mr.
Cockrell is also a delegate from Mis
souri, but he made
to his position.
no declaration as
UNITE TO OUST STEVENS
Retaliation on the A. P. A. Leader for
Attacking McKinley.
Kansas Citv.Mo .May 9. When the
Supreme Council of the A. P. A. meets
at Washington next Tuesday the mem
bers of that body who are friendly to
McKinley will make an effort to
depose J. II. D. Stevens, who has been
leading the fight on the Ohio candi
date for the presidency. The Western
members have organized to oust him
and unless Stevens gets support from
unexpected sources, the representa
tives from his own State expect to
come home with his official scalp.
Besides being State president for
Missouri, Stevens is chairman of the
na'jnal in$J2)$Ty board and of the
political iommitfee of the national
advisory board. He now aspires to be
national president,
TO SEEK UNCLE SAM'S AID.
Armour iteadr to Enjoin the
Threat-
ened lloycoit.
Kansas City, Mo., May 9. The
labor organizations of the two Kansas
City's arc considering the advisability
of declaring a universal boycott
against the products of the Armour
packing plants as a means of aiding
the striking firemen to win their fight
against the companj. The Armour
people have preparations all made to
enjoin the strikers from declaring the
boycott; they are watching every
move made by the strikers and when
the first definite step is made toward
declaring the boycott, applications for
injunctions will be tiled simultaneous
ly with United States Circuit .luJges
Foster at Topeka and Phillips at
Kansas City.
JACKSON'S CASE CLOSED.
The Last Witness Ilearit in the rear J
Ifryan Murder Trial.
Akwport, iy.. May v. me com
monwealth announced this morning
that it had no more witnesses to offer
in the Scott Jackson murder case.
During the trial the prosecution
called in chief seventy-three witnesses
and the defense eighty-two, including
deDositions. The prosecution in re
buttal called forty, and the defense
followed with one, making a total of
I9t witnesses. Arguments will be be-
crun tomorrow.
John Seward, the detective who fig
ured unpleasantly in the case, was as
saulted in the streets late last night
with eggs, thrown by a lot of young
men and bovs.
Oi-f SIX OPPOSED IT.
Peffer's Kond Investigation Resolution
Adopted by the Senate
Washington. Mav 9. By the de
cisive vote of 51 to 6, the Senate in
augurated an investigation to be con
ducted bv the Senate committee on
sr
finance into the facts and circum
stances connected with the sale of
United States bonds by the secretary
of the treasurv durinir the last three
vears. The six adverse votes were
cast by Caffery,..of . Louisiana; Faulk
neri of West Virginia; Gray, of Dela
war; 11:11, of New York; Mitchell, of
Wisconsin, and Palmer of Illinois, all
Democrats.
Republican eg-ro League.
Jefferson City, Ma, May 9. The
Remiblican Neirro League of Missouri
met here yesterday in the hall of the
House of Representatives with about
300 delegates present. Dr. J. N. R.
Crossland, of St. Joseph, was re
elected president; P. II. Murray of St.
Louis, vice president, and J. Silas
Harris of Kansas City, secretary; Dr.
J. N. R. Crossland of St. Joseph, Rev.
P. W. Dunnavant of Jefferson City,
J. Silas Harris of Kansas City and W.
M. Farmer of St. Louis were chosen
as delegates to the National racial
convention, to be held at Boston,
Mass., August 13.
AS MR. HARRISON WISHED
Ti.a Indiana Republican Convention's
Action iieia 10 o u.
Indianapolis, Ind.. May 9. F. l-
Roots, who presided during the greater
part of yesterday's convention and who
is very close to ex-President Harrison,
made to-day the following statement
regarding the significance of yester
day's action: "The question has been
frequently asked what significance
attaches to Mr. Harrison's absence
from the convention In answe it
may be said, his absence is a confirma
tion of his statement, 'There never
has been an hour 6ince I left the
White house that I desired to return to
it,' and further, frees him from the
charge that might have ben made. in
sincerity. In answer to the question
what will be the effect of the reaolc
tion instructing for McKinley, it can
be truly said it must be leneficial fori
all concerned. First, it is a truthful'
reflection of the sentiment of the
voters of Indiana concerning McKin
ley which h;, crystallized since Mr.
Harrison's letter of February last, and
if the unexpected should happen at St.
Louis, and there should bj a call for
the ex-President, he would be in a po
sition to accept such a call, and the
followers of McKinley would be the
supporters of Ueneral Harrison since
Indiana in no uncertain terms has in
structed and declared for McKinley at
her State convention."
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS.
Instruct for McKinley and Adopt Money
Plank of Minneapolis Platform-
Detroit, Mich., May 9. An ani
mated fight over the money question
was the most striking feature of the
Michigan Republican convention. It
resulted in squelching both the gold
plank offered by the majority and the
6ilver plank submitted by the minori
ty of the resolutions committee and
the substitution therefor of the money
plank of the Minneapolis platform of
1892. McKinley was indorsed most
unequivocally and the delegates were
strongly instructed in his favor.
A rie-. for the Nicartf;ua Canal.
Washington, May 0. Governor
McCorckle of West Virginia appeared
before the House committee on com
merce to-day to advocate the construc
tion of the Nicaragua canal. He
spoke in behalf of the coal interests
of his own and adjacent states, de
claring that the section he represented
would be able to control the coal mar
kets of the Pacific coast of North and
South America with the shipping
facilities which would be afforded by
the canal.
KanKit lianlcrrs In Trouble.
Goodi.and, Kan.. May 9. M. B.
Tomblin, Dresident of the defunct
Sherman county bank, and also a
member of the State irrigation board,
and Presley I. Lancaster, vice president
of the same bank, were arrested yester
day afternoon on complaint of County
Commissiouer George Austin, charged
with receiving deposits after the bank
was in a failing condition. At their
preliminary trial they were bound
over 10 the district court in the sum
pf ?1,200 each.
Tried by Court Martial.
Havana, May P. The personnel of
the court martial which began the
trial to-day of the filibusters captured
on the schooner Competitor is as fol
lows: President, Ftuilio Ruiz; mem
bers, Nava' Lieutenants Saturino
Montojo, Antonio Martin, Posatilla
Antonio, Perez Hendecdon, Eduardo
Eurias, Salgado Mego, Camino 5uip
lents. Jose Sevilliano and Carlos
("amino; accuser. Mfguel Suarez.
Altgeld on Free Silver.
SrmxGKiKi.n, 111.. May 9. Governor
Altgeld, who returned from Chicago
yesterday, declared that the Demo
crats of Chicago were overwhelmingly
opposed to the sinjrle gold standard
and would send a free silver delega
tion to the State convention. He de
clared that at least fTO.OJO had b-en
raised by bankers to influence the peo
ple, but they were routed. He de
clared the priraarief- would be fair.
Mrs l!amuiotids Appeal.
London, May 9. A Pretoria dis
patch to the Dailj Telegraph, dated
Wedner.day, says: "John Hays Ham
mond's wife had a long and touching
interview with President Kruger to
night, at which she pleaded the cause
of her husband and the other prisoners.
President Kruger promised to consider
everything and hoped the matter
would be settled by the end of the
week."
Still More Protected Ktnploye.
Washington, May 9. The President
has issued an order extending the
civil service rules to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This brings
all offices in the commission here aud
outside of Washington within the
classified service, except the chief ex
ecutive ones requiring presidential
nomination and confirmation by the
Senate. The order takes elfeet im
mediately.
A Boy Kent l' for Lire.
Rome, N. Y., May 9. J. Watson
Hildreth. the boy train wrecker, was
sentenced to imprisonment' for life to
day. His companions, fiato and llib-
bard, pleaded guilty to manslaughter
in the first degree and were sentenced
to twenty years imprisonment each.
on two indictments.
Kansas Cooft-regatloiiallats Meet.
Lawrence, Kan , May a Four hun
dred CoagregatioualhUs from - all over
the state 'met here yesterday after
noon in the forty-second annual ses
sion of the Congregational society.,
meetings will close to-morrow.
Texas Lynchers Indicted.
Wichita Falls, Tex., May b.-The
grand jury, which has been investi
gating the lynching of Craw font and
Lewis, the bank robbers, who mur
dered Cashier Dorsey last February,
lias adjourned. Indictments were
found against Frank Smith, Dick
Quinn and F. M. Davis, charging them
with complicity in the lynching. They
were taken before Judee Miller, who
refused them bail, and thev urn nnw
in jaiL Citizens offer bail in anv
amount and excitement runs high over
the arrest. Trouble is feared if they
are not released.
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