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Entered at the North Platte (Nebraska) postofflce as
b econd-clRMaatter.
That Indian "war" in Wyoming
came to a close without a single
white man receiving even a scratch.
It was a "mass'acree" with a ven
geance. The republican county central
committee will meet at the court
house on Saturday next. Each
precinct committee man should
make it a point to be preset.
The republican state convention
will be held at Lincoln October 2d,
at two o'clock p. m. The date, is
rather late, but it insures a vigor
ous campaign. Lincoln county is
entitled to eleven delegates in the
convention.
State conventions of therepubli
can and democratic parties so far
held in the west show that the 16
to 1 silver men are greatly in the
minority. Free silver seems to be
fast losing ground in sections where
it was supposed to be the strongest,
jnow that tne JUra has been con?
vinced that Rev. Derreberry is not
a populist, it will have nothing of a
complimentary nature tosay.of that
gentleman. The- Era is so hide
bound that it assumes that ail pop
ulists are angels and all republicans
the reverse.
. That wearied and careworn look
which the trio of pop officials are
carrying on their faces, is an indi
cation of the coming political storm
which will blow them out ot office.
The thought of losing a fat salary
these times is sufficient to make
almost any one look haggard.
On Saturday last Judge Hopewell
rendered a decision denying the re
quest for an order to enjoin the new
OmaTia police boajd from interfer
ing with the old police commission,
The members of the new board now
become plaintiffs in quo warranto
proceedings.
Chancellor Vincent has aroused
severecnticisms,f rom-his denomi
national associated bycsenting
to have, a Catholic chapel erected
on the assembly grounds at Chau
tauqua, New York. The Chancellor
claims that such liberality1- is in
line with the full developed Chau
tauqua idea - -
After elven months' work, the
New York tailors have succeeded
in abolishing the sweating system.
The New York legislature worked
on this question for ten years with
-but little progress. The result of
the. tailors shows what can be ac
complished by the wage workers
when they hang together and are
wise in their counsels.
"Brother Bare" is not uneasy
over H. M. Grime's candidacy for
the nomination for district judge,
for he believes that Mr. Grimes will
receive the nomination and that
his election by a good round ma
jority will follow. Colonel :Elling
ham does not want Grimes nomi
nated, for he knows that he is by
far the strongest candidate that
could be selected by the republi
cans. Should the republicans nomi
nate any other attorney, the Colonel
might hope for Neville's re-election.
Nothing that the Era may say,
however, will lessen Mr. Grimes'
chance for receiving the nomina
tion. It is only here and there that
there is any complaint among farm
ers of inadequate rainfall that is
injuring crops. Reports from nearly
every section of Nebraska are to
the effect that the outlook was
never better. A good harvest
means the immediate commence
ment of business revival and re
stored prosperity. The farmer
feels the latter first, but the in
fluence is soon felt by all classes
who have business relations with
the farmers, and ultimately by the
entire community. The prosperity
of the farmer is the prosperity of
all. Bee.
Although our list has been com
piled with care and" with due atten
tion to all available sources of in
formation, we think that if our
total of 514,000 be enlarged by 50
per cent it will not exceed then, the
full number of employes whose
wages have been increased. We
suppose, also, that the resumption
of workjn factories that had been
idle, the enlargement of works that
were active, and the increase of
forces employed, have increased the
number of employes at work by not
less than 200,000. Indeed, a careful
inquiry would probably show that
this is too conservative an estimate.
It seems surely within bounds to
saj' that at least 1,000,000 employes
have been benefited either by new
work at the manufacturing plants
or by an increase of their wages.
Boston Post.
A New Jersey man applied to
the courts the other day for an in
junction to restrain- his wife from
wearing bright-red bloomers of an
objectional pattern, but the court
refused to grant it.
Governor TTot.comb's scheme of
delivering the populist party over
to the tender mercies of Rosewater
is, according to the Journal, not ap
preciated by the pop brethren.
Word has been sent alorig the line
to the effect that the next pop state
convention vHll eive Holcomb a
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black eye.
San Francisco is very anxious to
secure tne repuoncan national con
vention, but the Pacific coast is a
long way off from the center of this
country, and the additional cost of
holding the convention there would
be a couple hundred thousand dol
lars. Chicago seems to be the
choice of a large majority of the
leading republicans and will prob
ably be selected by the national
committee.
The contracting syndicate that
in consideration of the sixty million j
loan agreed to see to it that ex
change should be kept down to a
point in New York to prevent the
export of gold until the 1st of Oc-1
tober, appears to have slipped a
cog, and considerable gold has been
taken from the treasury during the
last week and some millions have
been exported. What will happen
to the syndicate in case it does not
keep its contract is difficult to pre
dict. There seems to be no good
way to compel it to keep down ex
change by selling it upon the open
4 f i
inarKet at a low price, or giving
drafts direct on its London houses,
for those in pursuit of something
handy with which to settle balances
in Europe. The treasury officials
ciaim xo oeneve tnat it is only a
flurry caused by some balances com
ing due over the water, but still it
seems to be quite a large operation
and gold has been going out with
considerable .rapidity. Journal.
Scissored Scintillations.
Think of the happiness a nickel
can purchase! You can buy two
watermelons for it in Georgia, and
the man who sells them to you will
lend you a knife to boot! Atlanta
Constitution.
The spearing of women and child
crenhehinei
will occasion?mori
atJKu-Cbeng-
lessFregret
ial empire did
not come into thehands of the Jap
anese. StT Louis Post-Dispatch.
It is just as well to take a cheer
ful view. If the world comes to an
end in ten days, as the Iowa "Holi
ness" people predict, the country
will be"l5av.ed a year and a halt of
Clevelandism Kansas City Jour
nal. When the fact is brought to light
that a Wisconsin girl caught mas
querading as a man had a curling-
iron in her pistol pocket, there is
little need to fear that the new
woman will lose her feminine traits.
Washington Star.
The number of cats kept in the
vaults of the United States treas
ury is put down at 500. As to fleas
you can put them at 500 to each cat
There is a bigger surplus of cats
and fleas than of money under a
democratic'administration.
Judc-e Tourgee, editor of the
Basis, predicts that H. Clay Evans,
governor-elect of Tennessee, will be
the republican candidate tor vice
president. If Tennessee should
again vote right, and Kentucky
should fall into line, it would
strengthen Evans' chances very
much.
Last year we heard a good deal
about farmers "moving away from
drouth-stricken Nebraska." We
note with pleasure that enough
farmers stayed in the state to this
year fatten their pockets with a
round $100,000,000 for the grand
crops of every kind in all parts of
the state. A year of disaster occa
sionally comes to the most favored
sections of the world. Inter Ocean.
It is alleged that England has
ordered the construction of two
gigantic sea monsters, tlie "Power
ful" and the "Terrible" as an an
swer to the challenge of our two
nimble heeled cruisers, the Colum
bia and the Minneapolis, and is
going to make them of tremendous
tonnage and arm them to the teeth
to blow our little1 fellows out of the
water in case of a war. But it
seems that the British cruisers are
not going ta be so fast as ours
That -lets 'em out
first. Journal.
Got to catch us
A comoanv of solid farmers down
in Rock Bluffs have joined together
for the nurnose of investigating the
coal lands in that vicinity, They
nave put up tlie money ana seenrea
a drill irom St Joe and the neces
sary machinery to go down two
hundred feet The drill is now on
the ground ready for business and
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WOrK Will Degin lu a icw Uciys, wucu
the long-mooted question as to
wWtipr "Rork Bluffs has coal in
navinrr ouantities.or not will soon
be settled. The News hopes their
efforts mav be .crowned with suc
cess, and we confess that we have
great cqnfideethat they -will.
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Americans in China Catle for Im
mediate Intervention,
MUST SEND AH" ULTIMATUM.
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(Copyrighted, 1865, by th Associated Pres.)
Tien Tsm, China, Aug. 13. A meet
ing of the foreign residents of this city
was hsld here today. It was decided to
communicate by cable the necessity of
immediate intervention in China npon
behalf of the United States and British
governraenk and the following telegram
was. according to a resolution by the
meeting, addressed to the Associated
Press, as an expression of the sentiments
of the foreign residents of Tien Tsin as.
an appeal to the people of the United
States lor assistance, siened by Chair
man Dickenson:
"The foreign community of Tien Tsin
expiesees sympathy with the friends of
the Ku Cheng victims. They consider
the Chinese officials sruilty and the
British and Americans blame the con
tinued apathy of their governments for
the situation. They regard England's
demand for an inquiry into the Kn.l
Cheng massacre to be useless, for as be
fore the officials will bny innocent heads
as substitutes for the actual criminals.
They protest that the Szechuen com
mission implicated the officials of that
province. Euc-land and America must
send an ultimatum threatening reprisals.
Diplomacy is useless. We implore at
tention." New York, Aug. 12. Inquires made
at the offices of the Hong Kong 'and
Shanghai banking corooration of this
city as to the identity of the chairman
of the meeting which cabled an appeal
to the United States through the Associ
ated Press, regarding the recent massa
cres in China, show tlict the sinner of
the appeal is probably W. W. Dicken
son, chairman ot the municipal council
of Tien Tsin.
At the State Department.
Washington, Aug. 12. Achnsr Sec
retary Adee, of the state department,
wa3 very busy today. He has closoly
scanned the Associated Press cables
from Tien Tsin and, after saying noth
ing of the land had been received at the
state department, announced that he
had nothing to say further than was
contained in the following statement,
which was furnished the press: "The
state department has received a reply
from Minister Denby to the instruction
cabled him on the 7th inst, relative to
the reputed looting of American mis
sionary property at Ynng Pnh, near
Foo Chow. Mr. Denby urgently repre
sented the facts to the yamon ou the
10th 2and obtained instant promise
protection and rodress."
Acting Senrofary AfcAdoo read the
dispatch with a great deal of interest,
and to show that the navy department-
was doing all it possibly could to co-op
erate with tha state dennrtmeut and to
place American warships iu Chinese
waters, where they would bo available
for the protection of American intr
estF, he dictated the following: "The
navy department received this mornius
from Admiral Uarp3utr a cablegram
announcing that he hal dispatched the
Detroit to Poo Chow, which is the near
est point for that vessel to reach ths
;euo of the recent disturbances."
A high offici a! o? the navy said today
that it would not be right for th Uuic-
ed Sfatos war vessels to begin bombard
iuK umnese towns ana jemm" unme
people who are entirely innocent, be
cause these riofs have taken place iu the
interior; especially when the Chinese
crovornmeut has already nssnrcd onr
minister that everything possible is be
ing done to prevent further trouble and
to bring the offenders to nustice.
Insurgents Compelled to lie tiro.
Havana, Aug. Hi. The iusnrgent
band commanded by Rogo recently !
sieged the town of Ingavalie in the
province of Santa Clara and sent a re
quest to surrender to the detachment of
Spanish troops detailed, to defend
that place. The garrison, how
ever, refused to surrender and
insurgents Durneu a nouse in
the immediate vicinity of the barracks.
The soldiers make a gallant defense and
eventually compelled the insurgents to
retire with a loss of five killed and leav
ing 10 wounded behind them.
Assembling: of the Commons.
London, Aug. 12. The preparations
for the assembling of the house of com
mons commenced at an early hour. One
member arrived at 5 o'clock in the
morning and waited outside until the
house was opened at 6 o'olock in order
to win the distinction of being the first
member to enter. The other mombers
came in later. Until 10 a. m. HO places
were secured on the government side,
while only 80 seats had been taken on
the opposition.
Keaarrists Forced to March.
Madrid, Aug. 12. The mobilizing of
the army reserve continues, in many
cases against the will of the reservists.
At Matara, near Barcelona, for instance,
the reservists refused to march when
called upon to do so until tho gendarmes
fired in the air, and thus forced disci
pline.
Ezeta Ksaes Another Proclamation.
Saw Francisco, Aug. 12. General
Antonio Ezeta has issued another proc
lamation to the citizens of Salvador, in
which he says he will soon return to
the country to lead a revolt against the
government.
Gaily Be-Eleeted Speaker.
London, Aug. 12. Mr. William C.
Gully, member of parliament for Car
lisle, was re-elected speaker of the house
of commons without opposition.
Deal Traredy at WUaiot.
WlLVOT, S. D., Aug. 12. Dr. J. H.
WBiteford, while laboring under tem
porary aberration of the mind, shot and
killed bis wife, afterwards committing
suicide.
Fatally Shot by XI Ssa-Ia-Lair.
Detsoit, Aug. M. Miohael Krieg
was shot and probably fatally wounded
srr&ls son-in-law, William Haas.
XniadaaUalcaswa Barlar.
PrrTSBUXS, Aug. 12. George Glass
Ibct and killed an unknown colored
farglff it his fcosH in Crsf ton.
NCiSSMTOICT.
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QUAKERTOWN
AGAIN VISITED.
Another Severe Electrical Storm Terror
ize Its Gltlxeas.
Philadelphia. Aujr. 12. The terror
stricken people of Quakertown, the
scene of Sunday's awful work by light
nine, were aeain visited by a terrific
thunder storm last evening. It was
more severe than the one a week ago.
bat the damage is much less. Tremend
ous balls of fire were seen in midair,
bursting several at a time. Lightning
struck the country residence of Captain
Bamnel Everitt, demolishing the two
top floors and destrovinir all the furn
iture. The family on the first floor was
uninjured, as was also the furniture.
Floors were torn up and huge rafters
were wrenched from their places and
stood upright, penetrating the xoof.
COURTS MAT SETTLE IT.
Prospect of a Peaceful flotation of Omaha's
Police Problem.
Omaha, Aug. IS. There now appears
to be a fair prospect that the fire and
police board muddle will be amicably
settled in the courts, as suggested by
Governor Holcomb at the inception of
the trouble. The injunction case de
cided Saturday settled none of the issues
involved and in passing upon the petition
for an injunction the judge intimated
that the proper procedure would be for
the claimants under the Churchill-Rus
sell appointment to bring quo warranto
proceedings against the old board.
While no agreement to this effect has
yet been arrived at, one probably will
be within the next 24 hours.
SHOT HER LOVER AND HERSELF.
Former It ebraska Girl the Principal la a
Pueblo Tragedy.
Pueblo, Aug. 12. Isa Dooley lies at
the morgue with a gaping bullet wound
in her chest and her lover, James Doyle,
is at the county jail with a bullet in his
left shoulder, both wounds inflicted by
the woman when told that he could
not take her with him to Denver, where
he intended going in a few days. Isa
Dooley came here a year ago from Ne
braska. Working- For Bercman's Fardoa.
Pittsburg, Aug. 12. Emma Des
mond of New York, an anarchist of in
ternational notoriety, is in this locality.
The main object of her visit, as far as
could be learned, was to help a move
ment to secure the pardon of Alexander
Bergman, now serving a term of 23
years in the Western penitentiary for
the attempted murder of EL C. Prick.
She is an intimnto friend of Emma
Goldman of New York. It is not their
intention to ask for Bergman's pardon
now, sho said, but to first arouse senti
ment in his favor. It was likely, she
said, Mr. Frick would be asked to sign
the petition for Bergman's pardon.
Italian Rioters Arrested.
PmsBUEO, Aug. 12 One hundred
Italian laborers, formerly employed by
Booth & Flynu on street improvements,
but who are now on a strike for an ad
vance of 25 cents per day, attacked a
party of workmen on Squirrel hill. The
workmen made a strong resistance, and
several were injured in both crowds,
but none fatally. The police charged
the mob and captured 21 of the rioters,
who had marched into the melee under
a red flag. Work is being carried on
under police guard.
Erie Reorganization.
New York, Aug. 12. Tho reorgan
izes of the Erie railway are awaiting
further responses from foreign security
holders before making official announce
ment of the plan of reorganization. It
is semi-officially stated that the plan
will provide for the issue of $140,000,000
general lien bonds and $35,00l,000 prior
lien bonds to cover the entire property
of the road.
Death List Runs Up to Fourteen.
New York, Aug. 12. Tho body of
another victim of the West Broadway
disaster, the 14th this far, was partly
unearthed from the debris near the
north wall of the building today. There
was a great iron girder resting on the
remains. Tho body of the lath victim,
which was found yesterday in the ruins,
was identified today as John Murphy,
laborer, of Brooklyn.
Suicide of an Old Soldier.
Camp Douglas, Wis., Aug. 13.
Philip Spinner, of troop E, Seventh
United States cavalry, who has been in
the service 29 years, committed suicide
in camp by shooting himself through
the heart. The body was shipped to
Fort Sheridan. Spinner served under
General Morritt in the 4 'Fighting Fifth"
during the Indian wars in the west.
BaflUlo meeting a Failure.
Buffalo, Aug. 12. The Buffalo
grand circuit meeting has progressed
just far enough according to racing au
thorities, to convince those most in
terested in it financially that light
harness racing without pools cannot be
carried on successfully in this state.
Fatal Quarrel Between Brothers.
Pittsburg, Aug. 12. At Willow-
Grove Patrick and Donnis Morgan,
brothers, quarreled while intoxicated
and attacked each other with penknives.
Patrick was killed and Dennis Is dying.
Both men were frightfully cut.
Sealers la TMager of Seizure.
San Francisco, Aug. 12. The
schooner Uranus brings news that the
sealers have reached Bering eea and are
In imminent danger of seizure by the
revenue cutters.
LINCOLN'S POLITICAL HOW.
Las cuter Republleaas Fl ght Far the Best
Seats.
Lincoln, Aug. 13. The Republican
county convention opened with a row
of over an hour's duration over seats.
At 12 o'clock a semblance of order was
restored, secretaries elected and a vote
taken for temporary chairman. Paul
Clark nominated Senator McKesson and
Jbo Barns, George Woods. The latter
won by a vote of 869 to 189. This fore
shadows the nomination of Stephenson
far clerk of the dltrioS court.
STORM IN NEIHA.
Platte
and Colfax Counties Suffer
Severely From Hail,
MMY WINDOWS SMASHED.
Cera aa& Gardca Tsuck Wlaed Oat Over
Narrow Strip Qrawford Maa KWedl
lay the Cars .Sam Backmlnlstcr
Admitted to BalL
Duncan, Neb., Aug. 12. This satire
county was swept by a severe electrical
storm and much damage was done. The
high wind was accompanied by hail and
rain. The storm was especially severs
in Colfax and Platte counties, while ad
jacent counties suffered severely. The
most disastrous results followed in the
vicinity of Schuyler. All the glass is
the buildings exposed to the storm were
broken. Much damage was done to"
corn and garden truck.
Glgaatlc Irrigatloa Scheme.
Ord, Neb., Aug. 12. State Senator
Gray and other prominent farmers oi
Myra Yalley are circulating a petitdoa
to have this valley organized into ast.ir-
ligation district. It will include some
90,000 acres, of which about 60,000 can
be irrigated. The plan so far is to tap
tho Middle Loup. They calculate the
water will hare to be carried 20 milee
before it can be used for irrigation pur
poses. The estimated cost wiu be
$300,000.
TJnckmlnister Admitted to Ball
Rushville, Neb., Aug. 12. Sam
Backminister, who shot B. F. Faokles
in the sandhills a few days ago in a dis
pute over the ownership of a hay claim,
was arrainged in county court. He
pleaded not guilty and was admitted to
bail in the sum of $800, his trial being
set for Aug. 31. Fackler is not dead
yet, but is in a very bad condition. His
physician thinks he can live but a few
days.
Old Soldiers at Kellgh.
Neligh, Neb., Aug. 12. The old sol
diers' reunion held here during the last
three days was a grand success and was
the best attended of any in the history
of tho northeast Nebraska district.
Coal Hearer Killed.
Crawford, Neb., Aug. 12. Mike
EUinger, a coal heaver on tho Burlisg-
Lton, was-Jailed in the yards
switch engine. He leaves a
no children.
Noted Besperadoes Eeeaae,
Perry, O. T., Aug. 12. Ben
and Bill Crittenden, two noted Ui
States prisoners, broke out of fcl
erai jan nere. urittenaen is a
breed Cherckee Indian, and hi"
Craven are classed as two of the
desperate men of the territory.'
men had a preliminary hearing
Commissioner Tebbe and were
manded to jail on failure to give a$l,06f 3'
bond. A posse of 20 men has bee in '
pursuit ot tne prisoners ana news
reacnea nere tnac a posse came upo
them 20 miles west of here and Cravens
was killed.
Ball Flayers Mobbed.
Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 12. Tie
Indianapolis ball players were mobbed
here Sunday at the conclusion of the
game. After the game had been fin
ished and Indiannpolis had won, tke
crowd was frenzied. A rush was m4e
for Umpiro Sheridan, as a result of
which three of the Indianapolis men
were injured, Motz, Hogan and Fisher.
Tlie latter's ankle was sprained and
Motz and Hogan received bruises about
the face and body, though their in
juries are not serious.
Lightning Kills Twenty-Five Cattle.
Topeka, Aug. 12. Twenty-five head
of cattle were killed by lightning in a
most remarkable way in Flnnis county.
A herd of 800 were being moved to anr
other pasture and for a part of the dis
tance were driven throVgh a narrow
lane hedged in by a wire fence. While
in this narrow passage a thunder storm
overtook them and a bolt of lightning
descended and struck a fence post, fol
lowing the wire for 200 yards. Every
head of cattle that was' crowded against
the wire was killed.
Japan Preparing For War.
San Francisco, Aug. 12. Japan is
evidently preparing for another war.
The little island empire wants 20 new
warships and Irving M. Scott will sail
for Japan this week to secure the con
tracts for building some of the war
vessels. San Francisco is the nearest
port to Japan where tho ships can be
built, and as the Union Iron works have
a reputation for building first class
ships, Mr. Scott expects to return with
enough contracts to keep his company
busy for some time.
Bestrnctlre Wind Storm.
Cleveland, Aug. 12. A storm of
wind passed over Cleveland and did
considerable damage. The big car barns
of the Cleveland Electric Railway com
pany were blown down. Barns were
unroofed and several giant trees were
uprooted. The storm passed east along
the Lake Shore. At AshtabulA for
big hoisting machines on the Ore docks
were blown down, causing a loss of
$10,000.
Convict Cats Off His Fingers.
Jeffersonvtlle, Ind., Aug. 13. A
convict at the southern prison to avoid
doing his task in one of the depart- .
ments of the institution, cut off four
fingers of his right hand.
Two Boats Found.
Sydney, N. S. W., Aug. 12. Two
more old boats of the British sterner
Cathorn, which ran in the seal rocks be
tween Sydney and Brishane, have been
found bottom upwards.
Salisbury Not MaklBg Premises.
London, Aug. 12. The Times says
editorially that the queen's speech will.
contain neither promises of legislation
omcios nre of policy. u
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