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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1898)
deep should bo located in dry , porous soil only. " Mr. Wiudmuller holds that while such precaution would lessen the danger , the only method that can absolutely destroy disease germs is cremation : "Objection to cremation by members of the medical and legal professions on the assumption that poison cannot bo detected in ashes has been generally abandoned. In suspicious cases intes tines might bo preserved before the rest of the corpse is consigned to the furnace ; but , in any case , fire would scarcely consume a mineral poison. On the other hand , when mineral poison is found in the stomach of a disinterred body which had been embalmed , it can not be considered a conclusive proof of crime , because the fluid injected into such bodies usually contains arsenic. Henry Thompson , an English authority , claims that out of 500,000 , burials , barely five have occurred which required disinterment - terment for the purpose of any investi gation. " There are a lot of carping fault-finders in the world who , if a man acquires no property , denounce him as a fool and if he does get riches the same commenta tors call him a scoundrel. Learning , like money , may bo of so base a coin as to bo utterly devoid of use ; or if sterling , may require good management to make it serve the pur pose of sense and happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson says "Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches , borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors , and a misfit from the start. " It is better to bring your son up to manhood with habits of industry , phys ical and intellectual , than it is to have the state in his maturer years teach him such habits at the penitentiary. THE CONSERVATIVE , published by J. Sterling Morton , at Nebraska City , comes to our table. It espouses the ex- secretary's well-known views politically One of the bright features is the depart ment devoted to the early days of Ne braska , which is very interesting to olc settlers. Monroe Republican. Wo have received a copy of THE CON SERVATIVE , a weekly paper edited at Nebraska City by J. Sterling Morton It is brim full of original articles on live topics , and is peculiarly Mortonian Few men have done more to advertise the wonderful resources of this state than has Mr. Morton. If wo were askcc to name three mon who have been mos prominent in their public worlcings am public titterances , in placing Nebraska iu. its true light before the world , wo would tmhesitatingly say , the trio con sists of J. Sterling Morton , Dr. Mille and Robert Furnas. Crete Vidette. We have received files of THE CON SERVATIVE , a weekly publication from Nebraska City , Nebraska , edited by J. Sterling Morton. It is not a newspaper , but is more of a maga/ino. It advocates ho gold standard and is a free lance on all subjects. The editor announces that Tin : CONSERVATIVE will publish from line to time the legends and traditions of the prairies , and one of these is before is. It is redolent with the odors of the > rairio and contains fascinating pictures of pioneer life in Nebraska. Notwith- tanding the gold standard heresy ad- 'ocated by the distinguished editor , ho nakes Tim CONSERVATIVE attractive to ill classes of readers by his pungent sentences and keen analysis. THE CON SERVATIVE is made up with three col- imns to the page and is elastic as to the mmber of pages from sixteen to . It is model of iwenty-eight. a typo graphy and is furnished at $1.50 a year , nvariably in advance. Ottumwa Daily Democrat. PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL CUR RENCY CONVENTION. To bo hold in Omaha , Nebraska , in the A\idi- torium Building on the Grounds of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. September 18 14 and 15,1898. ( Subject to slight modifications. ) FIRST DAY GOLD DAY. The convention will be called to order at 11 o'clock in the morning by J. Sterl ing Morton , of Nebraska , president of the National Sound Money League , who will preside and deliver the opening address. Addresses will follow in the following order : Horace Wliite , editor of the New York Evening Post , on "The History of the Gold Standard. " Governor Leslie M. Shaw , of Iowa , 011 "Tho Farmer's Interest in Sound Money. " H. P. Robinson , of Chicago , editor of the Railway Age , 011 "Tho Gold Standard and Railroad Interests. " Louis R. Ehrich , of Colorado Springs , Colorado. Recess at 12:45 : until 2 :30 : in the af ternoon. Addresses , mostly short , on the impor tance of maintaining the gold standard and in opposition to the free and \m- limited coinage of silver will be made by the following speakers and others : Edward Atldnson , of Boston , Mass. Hon. J. M. Carey , of Wyoming , sub ject , "The Gold Standard from the Standpoint of the Western States. " Judge M. L. Crawford , of Dallas , Texas. John P. Irish , of San Francisco , Cali fornia. In the evening there will bo a general debate in speeches of not exceeding ton minutes each in length , on the argu ments advanced during the day in ad vocacy of the gold standard. SECOND DAY SILVER DAY. The convention will bo called to order at 11 o'clock and on invitation of the regular presiding officer , Mr. Morton , Hon. Chas. A. Towno , of Du- htth , will occupy the chair. Mr. Towno will deliver the opening address on "Tho Coinage and Use of Silver as Standard Money co-ordinately with Gold. " Mr. Towno will designate other speakers to follow him on the silver side , among thorn will bo Senator James K. Jones , of Arkansas. Hon. 0. S. Hartnian , M. O. , of Mon tana. H. F. Bartine , of Washington , D. O. , editor of The National Bimetallist. Hon. Horace Boies , of Iowa , will present - sent his plan for maintaining a bimet allic system of money. Hon. 0. N. Fowler , M. C. , of New Jersey , will speak in opposition to the bimetallic double standard theory. The arguments of the silver speakers will be met also in speeches from the single gold standard point of view by able orators including the following : Hon. Platt Rogers , of Denver , Col. Hon.Edwin Burritt Smith , of Chicago. W. C. Cornwell , Buffalo. J. Adam Bode , of Duluth , Minnesota. H. L. Framing , of Ohio. The debate will bo thrown open to all speakers who desire to talk for five or ten minutes each and will bo pro longed into an evening session if the audience desires. Hon. 0. A. Towno will close the discussions. THIRD DAY PAPER MONEY DAY. The convention will assemble at 11 o'clock. The opening address will bo by Hon. A. J. Warner , of Ohio , who will' advocate a paper currency com posed exclusively of government notes. Hon. J. H. Walker , of Massachusetts , Chairman of the House of Representa tives committee on Banlcing and Cur rency , will reply. After the noon recess addresses on "What is the Best Form of Paper Money" will be delivered by Hon. C. N. Fowler , of New Jersey. L. D. Reynolds , of Chicago. William Dodsworth , editor of the New York Journal of Commerce. Geo. H. Shibley , of the American Institute of Money and Prices , and by speakers invited by the Reform Press Association , of Chicago. Hon. J. H. McCleary , of Minnesota , will explain the provisions of the cur rency bill , generally known as the McOleary Bill , reported to the House at the last session of congress by the committee on banking and currency. Arguments in favor of government paper money will bo met also by other able opponents of that system and up holders of the single gold standard. These will include George Francis Peabody , 'of Now York City. M. E. Ingalls , of Cincinnati. H. W. Peabody , of Boston. A general debate will follow on gov ernment paper money versus bank money. VJ ?