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" Tl iHE WEEKLY JOURNAL. K1RKHAM & CREEN. Publishers. PLATT3MOUTIT, NEBRASKA NEBRASKA NEWS. George Arnup. son of Mr. and Mr J. S. Arnup of Tfoumseh, had his co! larbune broken while playing footbal" About 4 o'clock in the morning Ilenrj Atkinson of Cozad paw pome boys mak Ing off with his buggy for a Halloweei lark and after warning them to desis shot a young man named William Kin In the knee, the whole charge of heavj fhot taking effect. The wound is t serious one. but no arrests have beer made. The Geneva relatives and friends ot the members of company (I. Third Ne braska volunteers, held a meeting tc consider the sending of individual box es to the hoys at the front. The prin ciral trouble will be to keep withlr bound. No one who went from thi county is to be forgotten. The merchants" carnival, given undei the auspices of the Martha Washing ton sotfety at the opera house at Wy more, was a most successful affair and was highly appreciated by those in at tendance. Over fifty young ladies- took part in the entertainment and some unique costumes were seen. Wednesday afternoon the barn of Dr. P. X. Smart of Madison burned, with all its contents, consisting of two fine horses, a buggy, a cutter and a complete set of harness, hay and grain. The fire spread to the barn of F. II. Kaul and also completely destroyed it. Dr. Smart's loss was about JiOO and F. H. Haul's loss about Jl'OO. jonn tayior, employed in the con struction of elevator of the Omaha El evator and Grain company at Elk horn, fell thirty-seven feet, alighting on his head and shoulders, and sus taining injuries that it is said will be fatal. His father was called from Val ley and accompanied the injured man to the hospital at Omaha. John Tay lor is ZZ years old, and his h;me is at Loup City. The cattle feeding business is respon sible for the filing of a large number of chattel mortgages during the month of October in Dodire county. There were Bled ninety-one of them, amounting to &j.2iC.tj; rdeas-'d, twenty-two. amount ing to $3.ot.l. Sixteen farm mortgages Bt-re recorded to the amount of 2-7.-4 ; released, eighteen, amounting to f22.1tt.o2. Of those filed over J00.0OJ was on cattle for feeding. There were seven town and city mortgages filed, to the amount of $1,754; eight were re-l-aed, amounting to $3,922.05. Some years ago V. A. Hester, a prom inent young business man, and his wife were separated and Hester has since made effcits to secure the custody ot his son. Last week, learning that Mrs Hester had left the city to visit friends, he met the boy cn the streets and took him home with him. Mrs. Hester's mother, Mrs. E. F. Fontiu.?, immediate ly swore out a warrant for Hester's ar rest, charging him with kidnaping, whereupon Hester returned the child to its grandparents. While doing so Hes ter alleges that Mrs. Pontius assaulted him, and he, in turn, swore out a war rant for her arrest. E. Sholtz. who lives nine miles south west of Broken Eow, bought, on Oc tober 24, sixty-five head of cattle of a stranger who said he was driving them through the country, and who gave his name as Wilkinson. Wednesday last he turned the cattle over to Mr. Flumer without expense, from whose range, on the Dismal, the cattle were stolen on the 22d ult. Mr. Sholtz is out J1.000 which he paid for the cattle. He admit? that he was swindled, but hopes to catch the thief. There were two men with the cattle, but one had nothing to ay and did not even give his name. People in and near Utica, fourteen miles west of Seward, are excited over two deaths whirh occurred recently in that vicinity. Mrs. Gearhart Meinners, wife of a farmer living nine miles southwest of Utica. died on October 26, unler somewhat suspicious circum stances. On 0tober 2S Fritz Doblcr, a man who had been working for the Meinners, went to Utica. v.here he was taken ill quite- suddenly. The coroner was notifif-d and held an inquest on October 2I The jury was unable to determine th cause of death, but rec ommended that a post mortem exam ination be made. The stomach was re moved and sf-nt to Lincoln for chemical analysis. Poisoning is suspected in both cases and if the analysis of the man's stomach sustains this view ar rests will probably be made. Through the agency of a matrimon ial bureau Patrick Lacy of Harrison. Neb., and Mr. Macgie Schooley of Marion. O., acpii 43 and 53 years re spectively. vre united in marriage at the home of the groom last week. After having enjoyed the companion ship of hr newly found husband two rights and one day. Mrs. Lacy tired of the matrimonial venture and Lacy has now lost hi bride, who left, to gether with her little daughter, for her Ohio home. Gross misrepresentation on the part of both parties in the case re sulted in the marriage being of a de cidedly unhappy nature, and Lacy does not regret his wife's early departure. It is Mated that Lacy represented to Mrs. Schooley that he was a wealthy cattle ranchman, owning a large ranch In Sioux county, but when she arrived on the scene she discovered her In tended to be a day laborer with small means. Lacy, in turn, discovered that the woman, who had claimed to have several thousand dollars in her own Tight, had barely enough money in her possession to purchase a ticket home, so the match was broken with but lit tle sorrow on the part cf the two in terested parties. ; Bicycle Girls Looks Far Ahead. "In about two hundred and eighty years." said the scientist, "when the world's population exceeds 6,594.000.000, the earth will be unable to furnish nourishment for her people, and they wlll be forced either to cannibalism or starvation." "And Just think, papa," said the daughter, "what trouble there'll be for us to get through the crowds on our bicycles!" It Is sometimes better to climb over , monUlr than to rcmort It- PAYING UP STOCKHOLDERS EXPOSITION STOCKHOLDERS GET BACK THEIR MONEY. The Exposition was Also a Flnan clal Success Talk or uomg It Over Again. Omaha, Nov. 9. Holders of paid up stock In the exposition were registering at the Merchant's National bank to re celve back 75 per cent of the amount of their subscriptions. a refund at this rate was decided on at the meeting of the board of directors Friday afternoon. was decided at the same time that the secretary at once cease to receive pay ments on partially paid up stock and that all suits for subscription balances should be dropped. The action of the directory was taken after a full discussion of the condition of the finances and of the rights of all parties. Secretary Wakefield stated that the amount in the hands of the treasurer was $355,000, and this represented the present assets of the exposition less the bills for the month of October, which would amount to about $30,000. The amount of paid up stock was $300,000 and of stock partially paid about $20.- 400. Donations had aggregated xiw, 300. While the question as to whether those who had only partly paid their subscriptions should receive a percent age back was not definitely passed on it was apparently the sentiment of a majority that they should receive nothing. It was determined that this question should be left for after con- ideration, and It was believed that enough was being left In the treasury to rr all this back, even dollar for dollar and besides satisfy any Just claims of whatever sort against the ex position. The sum to be paid out to stockholders was $225,000. and this would still leave in the treasury $130.- ?00. It was generally agreed that the dis tribution should be made as soon as rcssible. for there was no objection to the suggestion that so large a sum in the treasury wouPI be an induce mer.t to parties w ith any shadow of ex cuse to make claims ana institute liti gation in the hope of getting part of the money. Attention was called to the danger that should the action of the directory become known injunction suits might be brought Friday rcght or Saturday morning, and the money be tied up for an indefinite length cf time. To pet around this difficulty as well as pcssl b'e Frank Murphy was selected as trustee for the stockholders of the $225 000. and directed to pay the money out on the presentation cf the certifi cates of stock Mr. Kountze. as treas urer of the exposition, was authorized by voucher to at onre turn the money over to Mr. Murphy. This he did Friday night, and the distribution was be gun at Mr. Murphy's bank Saturday. This was done simply to get ahead of any rarties who might seek to enjoin the paying out cf the money. Should they obtain an injunction against the secretary or Mr. Kountze. It would avail nothing, and it was not supposed that the selection of a trustee would become knewn until late Saturday by which tirr.i it was the expectation that the money would have been mostly dis tributed Secretary "Wakefield stated at the meeting that there was a rush on the part of delinquents to pay up their stock since it had become plain that he corporation would be able to pay dollar for dollar. No more money will now be received. WOULD REFUND ALSO TO PARTLY PAID. Among those at the meeting who speke in favor of refunding a propor- ior.ate share to all subscribers. whether fully paid up or not, were Mr. Kiipatrick and Mr. Brandels. They be lieved that this plan would save a vast deal of annoyance on account of litigation, and would be the fairer and more equitable process in all respects. Attention was called to the fact that many a poor man had subscribed and had paid as much as he could, even to the hardship of himself and family. He had contributed to a public enter prise which had been successful and profitable". His money, what he had actually paid in. had helped to make it so, and he should be reimbursed, as well as those whose more profitable circumstances permitted them to pay in full. QUESTION THEIR. RIGHTS. Several questions were asked as to the legal points in the case, but Mr. Webster said he was not prepared to answer except off hand. His Impres sion was. however, that the man who had not fully paid up his subscription had no legal right to any dividends, for it was a rule of the corporation that no certificates should Issue until the full amount subscribed in each case was paid. Secretary Wakefield and his clerks were busy until late Friday night send ing to the stockholders notices of the distribution and the doors of the Mer chant's National bank were scarcely opened yesterday when the rush for cash, which a ear ago was not ex pected, began. For a time the attempt was made to write out and deliver checks, but the applicants soon were too many for that, and the plan of registering them simply was adopted. A few of the first comers, however, got their checks and their money. The rush has continued all day. It was stated at the Merchant's Na tional bank that there was no fear whatever of any litigant enjoining pay ment of these checks because enough money had been left In the hands of Mr. Kountze to cover all claims, what ever the outcome of the litigation. One of the attorneys who was sus pected of having designs In the nature of an Injunction to restrain the pay ment of dividends stated yesterday aft ernoon that he had no Idea of begin ning any such proceeding. He said the fund held In' reserve by the exposition he regarded as ample to cover any liabilities arising from damage suit and that no other reason would war rant the bringing of a suit such as referred to. HOW PRIVATE VAUGHN DIED -omradea Declare He Was Cruel' Neglected. Omaha. Neb.. Nov. 9. In the lis . f soldiers dying at Man.la pub :shed some time ago appeared th-. came of Elmer E. Vaugnan. fron Stanton. Neb, where hie parents live while he also had a rumber'of rem lives In Omaha. He was born in B'air Xcb . Ju'.y 3. Ifc74 ard died in the arm hospital at Manila September 4. 1SSS being burled with rr.il.tary honors in Peco cemetery. When war was de clared he was In San Francisco end there enlisted in company B of the Twenty-third Infantry. Two weeks ago his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Vaughan. first heard any details of his death. A brief letter from x lieutenant cf his company stated that he had been sick five das. but a letter from a comrade gave more details, which added to the sorrow of his par ents and caused Mr. Vaughan to come to Omaha to meet Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn and start an investi gation. According to the letter Elmer Vaughan was sick a number of days, being a very sick man in the opinion of the others, before he was allowed to go to the hospital. He could not eat the regular rations or obtain any rest and quiet in the barracks.' One day when he applied to be sent to the hospital he was marked "duty" and that day fainted three times. On Friday he was too ill to answer sick call and so was carried on a stretcher to the doctor. When the latter saw him he rebuked the corporal for bringing him, saying that he was not sick, but jiven In a suit brought by William Crawford, representing the Merchants' association, against W. L. Hubbell of the Adams Express com pany. RAPIDLY PASSING AWAY. Beauty of the Exposition a Thing of the Past. Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 9. Less than ten days of hard work have demolished what it required months to put in place and now little bute the empty buildings remains where only a few days ago the exposition was in the full ness of its beauty. To walk through he now littered and forsaken avenue? teems like passing through "some ban quet hall deserted." The life and move ment and color are gone and only the jaunt perspective of wail and colonade remains. To those who have seen the (teat enterprise grow Into perfection md ripen into matchless beauty the scene Inspires a sentiment cf regret. In the main court itself the change is east perceptible. The buildings are jmpty. but undisturbed, and cne al- -r.cst expects to see the people come rowding through the gates as they did week ago. Nothing is missing here jut the flowers, and even at this late eason the turf retains Its green ves- ure to a remarkable extent. But once inside one of the buildings he change is impressive. The hundreds it pretty designs that converted the Dare walls and galleries Into the mcst beautiful effects have been utterly de stroyed, and are succeeded by the nak- d ugliness of rough lumber and a vast xtent of flooring that is littered with Jiscarded refuse. The silence is op pressive and even the lightest step on he bare floors rings out with startling Jlstinctness. One misses the noisy cn- reaties of the hucksters, the hum of the r.achinery and the audible movement f the bustling crowds. Even the few uards that remain to stalk tack and forth In the desolated structures only mphasize the loneliness. li ether parts of the grounds the dis- olutlon is further advanced. The itreets are covered with all scrts of lebrls, and here and there ugly va- ancies Indicate where pretty buildings lave been torn down and carted away. few concessionaires still remain In he international building to close out he remains of their stocks, but these ire rapidly disappearing and in anoth- r day or two this will also be deserted. Lynching in Alabama. Selma. Ala. .Nov. S. News of a lynch- ng in Angtaga county has reached here. Mrs. Stridler. wife cf a merchant nd Justice of the peace at Jones' witch, while preparing to retire last night, discovered a negro under her bed. While screaming for help the man sprang for the door, making his scape and leaving behind a strip of bar iron, with which he Intended to do his murderous work. A negro section man named James Williams, living near, was suspected and placed under rrest. He was tried and committed o jail, (jonstaoie cjueen started to Pratville with him, and when about a mile from Jones' Switch was met by a rowd, who took the negro and swung him to a tree. The negro admitted hat the Iron bar and some clothing found in Mrs. Stridler's room were his property. Occupy Cuba December 1. Madrid. Nov. 8. The government has eceived a new dispatch from the Span- sh peace commissioners at Paris. M. Patenotre. the French ambassador to Madrid and Premier Sagasta later held long conference. General Blanco will embark at Ha ana on November 15. The American iccupation of Cuba will, be in Decem- rr 1. The United States insists that be island shall be evacuated by the raniards by December 31. A telegram from Iloiio says that the 'tanus has been sent to the Caroline stands with supplies and ammunition. Tl e government attaches no impor- ance to the nationalist movement in atalonia and the Basque provinces. National Bank Quits. Flushing. O.. Nov. 8. The First Na- ional bank of this place has posted no te that It would receive no more de- units, as it had decided to quit business r.d go into liquidation. Will See If He is Alive. Seattle. Wash.. Nov. 8. The Japanese government i taking steps to deter mine for a certainty whether or not the emperor of China is alive. Ac cording to advices received here by the Japanese mail steamer Rio Jun Maru, Minister Tano has been dispatched to Pekln with Instructions to demand a personal interview with the emperor. If refused the Japanese government will consider Kaung dead. That the re form movement may be given backing. :he Jaranese are going to assemble a leet of war vessels at Pekln as soon as possible. STILL ANOTHER BAD WRECK UNION PACIFIC FREIGHT RUN' INTO A PASSENGER. One Man Killed and a Number - Seriously Injured-Others Had Miraculous Escapes. Omaha, Nov. 8. An extra Union Pa clflt freight collided with the Omaha & St. Louis passenger At the transfer junction in Council Bluffs shortly le fort 9 o'clock Saturday evening. One man was killed and two ethers were dangerously, perhaps fatally, injured The dead : J ' W. B. HOWARD, Omaha. The injured: Maurice Peterson, Council Bluffs, ler broken and cut about the head. Louis Jacobson, Council Bluffs, both legs and an arm broken. The passenger train on the Port At thur route left the Union depot in thi city at 8:30 Saturday evening, crossinc the bridge and proceeding toward th transfer in Council Bluffs on the soutl track. As it neared the Junction the freight approached at an angle from the south. The freight had the right ct way and was to cross over to the north track. It was said last night that this was fully understood by the crew of the passenger train. At all events, the air brakes on the passenger were set but did not operate, and the engine with Engineer "Burnley .d Fireman Hughes aboard, passed the crossing di rectly in front of the fi eight, which struck the tender and shattered the baggage car into splinters. LEAP TO SAFETY. Both the fireman and engineer cf the passenger leaped to the ground and were not seriously hurt. But the party of men. in the baggage car were not ail as fortunate. William Howard, a fire man who has teen twelve years in the service, who was cn his way to the transfer so that he might get aboard Union Pacific No. 5. was caught In the wreckage and bad his life crushed out in" a twinkle. Petersen and Jacobson who were near him. escaped with their lives, but not without injuries of a des perate character. Bert Hotchkiss and Robert Heath, employes of the Wells Fargo Express company, were in the baggage car on their way to work in Council Bluff?. They were in the reat portion of the car with Express Mea senger Hc'mes. A few feet of the cai at the" rear end was cut away as if with an Immerse kr.ife, but its structure wa not dlsturtcd. In this way all three men missed death hy a few inches. AT WORK ON THE WRECK. A few minutes after the disaster had occurred the crews of both trains set to work with a will Howard was dead when removed from the wreckage. Ja cobson had both legs and an arm bro ken and was cut about the head. Pe terson had a leg broken, was cut about the head and severely bruised about the body. The body of Howard was taken to Council Bluffs and placed in the un dertaking establishment of W. C. Estep Jacobson and Peteison were carried In an ambulance to the W. C. A. hos pital, where they were attended by Dr. Lacey, who said that injuries, while of a dangerous character, were not neces sarily fatal, and he thought that as soon as the shock to their systems had passed away that they would begin to mend rapidly. William B. Howard lived at Twelfth and Capitol avenue in this city, with his sister. Mrs. Robert O'Neil, wife of the Union Pacific yardmaster atH the shops here. Maurice Peterson lives at ISIS South Seventh street. Council Bluffs. Louis Jacobson resides on South Eleventh street. Council Bluffs. Both men were employed in South Omaha and were on their way home. Two coaches and a sleeper were the other cars on the passenger train They were rather roughly shaken by the col lision, but none of the passengers were Injured. The engine attached to the passenger was derailed and completely overturned. No damage was done to the freight and none of her crew' was hurt. SAVED. BUT LOST." Infanta Maria Teresa Sinks In the Ocean Near San Salvador. Washington, D. C. Nov. 8. The cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa, which was sunk by the Americans while in Spanish hands off the southern coast of Cuba; which was raised by persist ent efforts of Naval Constructor Hob son, and sent on its northern journey last Tuesday, is now. according to the best accounts, lying at the bottom of the ocean. The 6hlp was abandoned November 1. thirty miles north of San Salvador.- during a heavy gale. Its crew has arrived at Charleston, S. C. A thrilling story of the less of the cruiser Maria Teresa is given in thc ofnclal report of Lieutenant Com mander Harris to the secretary of the navy, received by. telegraph at th navy department late this afternoon. It is dated cn board the wrecking steamer Merritt. ffty miles off Charleston. Pavloff Is Detained. London. Nov.' 8. A dispatch from Pekln rays that a dispatch from Tien Tsin says that forty Russian sailors. one admiral and M. Pavloff, the Ri-' slan charge d'affaires in China. nnr6 been detained there, permission to pro ceed to Pekin not being forthcoming. and there Is strong official opposition to their gaing to the capital. The admiral and M. Pavloff, accord ing to these advices declare that if the train attempted to leave without the sailors being on board they would stand In front of the engine. This, it is stated, is a forerunner of a probable affront to Russia. Schley Starts Home. San Juan de Porto .Rico, Nov. 8. Commander A. S. Snow and his aide. Ensign Gherardi. .with forty marines arrived on board the Solace to take charge of the naval fetation here. Admiral Schley and his staff will re turn to the United States on the cruiser Newark, which , will tall tomorrow morning, and will be due in New York Friday next.' Judge Russell will also sail on the Newark. Admiral Schley bears with him the full report of tht American evacuation cemmissioo. AWARDS AT EXPOSITION, Merit of Agriculture? Exhibits Measured by the Judges. Omaha. Neb.. Nov. S.-The followif. ire the official returns from the depa-t ment of exhibits showing the distribu tion of awards for agricultural di Plays by counties, states and individua exhibits at the Apricuitmal building NEBRASKA. Washington County Agricultural sr olety, red spring wheat, honorable men lion. J. P. Anderson. Oakland, white catr red spring wheat, bioti.,. m,ii v-ine iiJiiiR, rete, model honorable mention. , . .. .. - - - of mills Victor Colsun, corn, diploma. Oakland, early ros George Close. Herman. Alsike clover diploma. F. F. Davit. Cuming (ounty yellov corn, calico corn, bronze liif.lai C. E Drake. Albion, pyramid of grah collective forage plants, bronze. J. D. Ellinphius.-r, Cuming county mammoth white corn, honiritle men tion. C. Farnham. Blair. s.v.-n-htadef wh.-at. hulless barley, winter rye bronze. Felix (livens, Cuming county, three varieties coin, honorable mention. Nols Johnson. Cuming. Neb., fourteer narmd varieties potatoes, golden corn yellow bonanza corn, bronze. I). J. Marsh. Tekamah, honorable mention. wiritf-r rye John Mills. Geneva, silver medal. general exhibit J. hn Obetst. Tekamah. Kentucky blue grass, honorable mention. ' blue hon- .ioj,n Ocklander, spring wheat oianio mention. Henry Picotte. Bancroft, squaw corn, honorable mention. Frank Peterson. Bancroft, rroup an imal hea l? roveTd with seeds, grains, collective yieds. bronze. M. H. Smith Son. Washington county, cen'tal exhibit, silver. Throckmorton & Griffith. potatoes, honorable rr.r-ntion. Anton Tosota. corn, honorable men tion. John W. Watson, mention. corn. honorable H. Wortman;-f .-rn, honorable mention. RAILWAY EXHIBITS. Fremont. Elkhorr & Missouri YaVey Railway company, model ticket oflice gold medal.- Burlington X- Missouri River railway, beautiful pictorial display in grains gold medal. Cotton Belt route, display of products of territory, gold medal Chicago. Bock Island Pacific rail way. splendid agricultural display, goi medal. Northern Pacjfic railway, railroad ca containing exhibit, bronze. AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS. Bingham county. Idaho, bionze. Boone county. Nebraska, silver. Burt county. Nebraska, bronze. Cuming county. Nebraska, si'vrr. Dawson county. Nebraska, silver Douelas county, Nebraska. specia honorable.. Fillmore county. Nebraska, Nebraska. s-ive n-o.H Frcntkr county. f t've bronz medal . Tied Willow county, Nebraska medal. Saline count v, Nebraska, silver meflri Washington county. Nebiaka. brenz medal. CANADA AND TROYINCES. Government of Carada. gold. Frovir.re of Alberta, cold. Province ot Assiniaboia. gold. Province of Manitoba, gold. IOWA AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS J. R. Armstrong, general exhibit, sit ver medal. C. Amierson. white ccrn. honorabl mention. R H. Pailey, white corn, honorabl mention. L. G Clute & Sons, collective corn geld rredal L. G. Clute, general exhibit, g.M medalw C. A. Clute. srrlrg barley, gld medal John Ccy!e. wh.te corn, honorable mention. John Crcil. yellow corn, bronze medal Frarcis Dukev. yeKow ccrn. brcr.ze medal. J. L. Edmonds, white corn, hor.orah'e mention. John Fishell, white corn, bronze rr.ed al. Fred Hetherstraw, cats, honorable mention. James Hetherstraw, red corn, bror.ze medal. William Hoyt. wh.te rye, honorable mention. J. W. Murphy, squaw corn, bronze medal. Nirr.s Bros.. yellow corn, brenzf medal. A. L. riummer. white cats, honor able mention. S. A. Thomas, corn, honorable men tion. C. tion. R. Taylor, corn, hcr.orab!e en NEW club of MEXICO. Peccs valley. Union gold. wheat I nion club or I pccs valley, oats, rye and sugar beets, s.-Iver. NORTH CAROLINA. Experimental farm of North Carolina Horticultural society, experiments :r sod anil vegetable products, aiso tc bacco, gild. NEBRASKA SF.ErS. ETC. Ntbraska Seed company, for seed ex hibit. gold. The F. E. Sanborn company. Omaha Neb., exhibit cf stock food," gold. REPUBLIC OF HAWAII. Rice and rice starch, silver. LOS ANGELES CO.. CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles Farming and Milling company, wheat and barley, bronze. Los Angeles Co., C. A. McKnight, on ions, bronze. BINGHAM COUNTY. IDAHO. Bingham county, potatoes.oats, wheat and timothy, silver. STATE OF UTAH. Utah, cereals of seeds, cocoons, cot tons, silks. Lehi Sugar company, sugar, gold. NORTH DAKOTA, INDIVIDUALS. Agricultural College, Fargo, N. D., soils, gold. W. W. Barrett, Churche's Ferry, N. D., rye, bronze. Cass county, N. D., grains and grass es, bronze Crofts & Montgomery, Wahpeton, N. I)., barley, bronze. D. McDonald, Grand Forks, N. D., collection of vegetables, bronze. B. F. Taylor. Wahpeton. N. D.. broom corn, dent corn and potatoes, bronze. Ttinill county, N. D., yellow corn, bronze. Mrs. Van Solen, Yates, N. D., corn grow n by ' Sioux Indians, honorable mention. Oscar Will. BIsmaick. N. D.. yellow corn, outs, honorable mention. STATi'i OF GEORGIA. Georgia, grasses, lint cotton. rice wheat, rye, oats, cotton seed and prod ucts, short staple cotton, silver. STATE EXHIBITS. Hawaii, gold. Iowa, gold. Kansas, silver. Minnesota, Silver. Missouri, gold. Montana, gold. Nebraska, gold. Nevada, branze. New Mexico, silver. North Dakota, silver. Oklahoma Territory siirt' Oregon, gold, Texas, gold. Utah, silver." Georgia, ft"- IN DEFENSE OF THE PEOPLE. WAYS A KID) FuOEAIrvIS To the Friends cf Our Cause Through the action cf the National Dem ocratic committee, the undesigned have been appointed a committeee on ways and means to begin work, now, for the campaign of 1900, and desire to Issue the following address upon the work we have undertaken: Money to meet expenses !s as necessary In securing Justice for the peo ple In the trials of great political Issues before the Jury of the whole people as it is necessary In the case of a litigant securing a fair impartial hearing efore a court and jury. In the latter instance a suitor without money la unable to employ counsel of ability, take needed depositions, and make other l-gitimate preparations requiring the expenditure of money; and when thus :-;oted. ft , pposed by a wealthy adversary, he frequently falls in securing justice by being unable t0 fairly and fully present his case to the court and Jury. And while this is true of the individual in a court of Justice, on a much larger scale it is true of a great body Gf people contending for the cause of truth and liberty. Money must be raised to pay the necessary expenses, or our cause will meet with an adverse verdict in 1900. The forces opposing us have four active national committees, to whom money is supplied by those profiting by national legislation and corrupt administration of affairs. One of these committees Is the so-called demo cratic Gold Standard Committee, at the head of which Is Mr. George F. Pea body, a New York banker. Another i8 the Indianapolis Committee, the out growth of the Indianapolis gold standard commercial convention, at the head of which is H. H. Ilanna. who i8 insidiously working through commer cial bodies, seeking to frighten them into compliance with the behests of the money power. The third is the bankers' organization at 52 Williams street. New York, that Is supplying free of expense to all willing newspa pers misleading arguments In favor of the gold standard; and the fourth Is the national republican committee, of which Mark Hanna Is chairman, and to whom the trusts, monopolies and other combinations are furnishing the money for corrupting, the minds of the people and debauching the nation. If we are to combat the evil influences at work the necessary money must be raised to defray the necessary expense thereof. We appeal to the people the great common people wno have no Interest In special legisla tion and whose rights and that of the common welfare are to be protected. AM money collected will be paid t0 the national treasurer cf the com mittee, to be appointed by u in a short time. No money will be paid out except as appropriated by the comm,ttee ,n 8,8Sion deliberating upon its expenditure. We have appointed Mr. W. H. Harvey a8 the general man ager of. the work of the committee. The plan adopted and approved bv the committee is to secure a sub scription from as many persons as Possible to pay one dollar per month for each month from now till October. Jjjoo. Thug a person subscribing to the fund of the ways and means committee Jn October, 1898, will agree to pay one do'.lar per month for twenty-five months, or In all. 123. One subscrib ing in November following will agree t0 pay one dollar each month for twenty-four months, with the last Payment due October 1. 1900. A sub scription in December. 183S. means twenty-three payments, the last Octo ber, 1. 1900. and so on The number cf payments depends on the month and vear in which the subscription is made and all ending on the first day of October. 1W)0, Where one is willing ad able to pay more than SI per month the subscription will be accepted for 8uch Increased amount as the sub scriber is willing to make. Where one l8 not able. In his Judgment, to subscribe one dollar rer month, he wm be expected to get one or more to sssociate themselves with him Jointly jn lhe subscription for the one dollar per month It is the opinion cf the committee that it is only in this way that the money needed can be raisedthat it must come from the peop'e whose rights and interest? are to be Protected. The ofr.ces of the committee have been opened at room 1044. Unity building. Chicago, where a complUe set of books will be kept showing the names of all subscribers with their Postoffice address by counties and states, and the condition of each account wlti at all times appear upon these books. In no instance wUl solicitors be authorized to receive money. Anyone so liciting subscriptions will receive no money from the subscriber, but will forward the subscription rapers to the national office. The natiDnal office will notify the subscriber cf the receipt of his subscription and will forward blanks governing the details of remittances to the national treasurer. It is from the sincere advocates of our cause everywhere that subscrip tions to this fund for human liberty are expected, and. on the whole, a sum sufficient may thus be raided to properly present our cause to the Amer ican people which means success, for a Just cause is doubly strong. To those who appreciate what hangs upon the Impending struggle, the pay ment of the one dollar earn month will assume an importance equal to that of love for home and children. The fund thus collected may decide for weal or wee our own fate and that of countless millions to come after us. The selfish system of greed that has mothered the gold standard, special privileges and monopoly, is destroying the opportunities for the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit cf happiness! It is confiscating our home and reducing the pfop.le to tenantry! It is quartering among us the agents of English money lenders who are coming into the possession of the title to our lands and the business industries cf the nation! It is destroying hu man character and lowering the standard of morals and religion! It re spects neither sex nor age? The babe in the mother's arms, the agfd and erifeeb!ed. the boy Just budding Into manhood are. all alike, through pov erty existing or threatened, the victims cf its rapacity! Honor and patri otism, a decent self-respect ar.d lore of country demands Its overthrow! Our future and that of posterity Is Involved! Our cause appeals to the manhood and womanhood of America! The wage-earner, the clerk, the merchant, the professional man and the farmer can all give the assistance to the committee asked. One dollar per rr.or.th. or about three cents per iav. is in the reach of each, and the wives ar.d scr.s ar.d daughters who understand the vital importance of our caus will, we believe, assist the husbind and father in saving up the dollar each mcr.th that to go Into this fund, sacred to the cause cf humanity. It will provide the' money necessary for the advocacy of their cause. It will come from the many, who by their exalted example will place political leaders under obligations to the people and the voice of the latter will be come more potent In shaping the affairs of state. It will be a revolutioi of the people culminating In the struggle of 1900! A blar.k subscript !cn form. will be found herewith. We ak that each reader f.:i up the blanks ar.d send It at once to W H. HARVEY, GENER AL MANAGER, room 10H. Unity building. Chicago. 111. JAMES K JONES. Chairman National Democratic Committee. WM. J. STONE. Ex-Governor of Missouri. JOHN P. ALTGELD. Ex-Governor cf Illinois. WM. V. ALLEN. Senator from Nebraska. HENRY M TELLER. Senator from Colorado. PAY NO MONEY TO SOLICITORS. ALL MONEY IS PAYABLE TO THE TREASURER OF THE COMMIT TED ONLY. For the purpose cf promoting thecause of bimetallism and of carrying on the necessary work to overthrow the un-Arr.erlcan and corrupt gold standard domination of this country, and. Jn consideration of the fact that others are m kir.g similar subscriptions for this purpose. I hereby agree to pay to the Ways and Means Committee, composed of Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas: ex-Governor Wm. J Stone, of Missouri; ex Governor John P. Altgeld, of Illinois; Senator Wm V. Allen, of Nebraska, and Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado, and the'r successors, the follow ing sums, to wit: One dollar for the present month, and one dollar on the first day of each succeeding month to and including the first day of Octo ber. A. D. 1900; in all payments of one dollar each. This money to constitute a special fund to be paid out only on the approval and order of said committee. (Signature.) Date Postoffice ...... Street No Miss Otella Cr.imwell. a daughter of a professor In the Howard university at Washington, -vho Is a member of the freshman class of Smith's college. Mas sachusetts, is the first colored girl to ?nter that institution. She stands high n scholarship and expects to cover a our years course In two years. Mrs. Charlotte C. Gray, who hs Just Inished a course In Arabic and Hebrew t the University of Chicago, is the first woman to receive a D. B. degree. How rapidly steamship values decline illustrated in the difficulty of the government In getting $50,000 for the prize steamer Adula. which Is .but nine ears old, and which cost $150,000 in Scotland, where she was launched. A Kentucky druggist has been sued for $10,000 damages for selling poison to a young man who, made use of It to commit suicide. The suit la brought by the administrator of tht f ulclde's tt- tata. County State Politics Miss Estelle Reel. Wyoming's super intendent of public Instruction, has full charge of all the buying and selling of school lands, and has increased in this line the state's trcome from $100 to $1,000 a week. "Don't you think yei"T"a g od mamma to sprsad such e li , rs of bread with Jam for y'J:Sr-ed little Ethel's grandma. "Oh. I don't know " replied the little miss. "She'd by sight gooder if she'd let me t.d Jam myself. v m m T . A Jeremiah Curtln, the traf I most usi ci cienxie vlcz's boJj I f e best llrruisfa over a& I i; th arvard. Ht -peaka L i"' "i vm u. lit speaks X I J ' YT m ruares. r J -fTJsl Joel Chandler Harris is me r.araest umn , i in this cou-iry. -I don't ' hmiii v.. lam. "and I 1- " v.j, ' J30fr .be-Me-Go-Sbik. the leader h.ndlan uprising, la described a of in significant little old n.sn. Phvira a of ike weakest In bis txit. . t 1 ?' 1 ' I-