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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY. TRIBOTE: FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1895.
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Entered attheNorihIlatte(Nebra8ka)poeiofflceas
second-class matter.
Judge Maxwell, though a parti
san nominee, is announced as a non
partisan candidate. "Viewed in this
light we presume Holcomb is a non-1
partisan governor.
Down in the south part of the
county there is considerable feeling
nrrnncf ronnminti AfMpccrc
Buchanan, Burritt and Miller, but
the malcontents will probably be
whipped into line by the fellows
who handle the lash.
Uncle Sam may not want to
annex Hawaii to the United States,
but should the royalists undertake
to turn the island over to Fusrland
they would heara noise that would
echo around the world, and Cleve
land could not stop it. The United
States people would speak.
The order preventing the Na
tional Guard from participating in
the sham battle at Hastings last
week is' said to have emanated from
Maj. Fechet, who is not supposed
,1?Lalth!yo-e-th-lt,at?
militia. The general opinion is that
Maj. Fechet is entirely too "fresh".
The district court at Fremont
decided on Saturday last that the
board of supervisors must divide
. . ... .
cue county into seven supervisor
districts, in accordance with the!
Burns law. The pop members of j
Dodsre county "decided" the law
unconstitutional," and refused to!
o"bey it.
Some of the free-silver democrats
of this city are making a move to
calling a meeting and nominating a
full county ticket. Whether this is
a smooth scheme to dragoon sound
money democrts into a convention
that will endorse the populist ticket
the same as was done in the state
campaign last fall has not yet de-
yeloped. If this is the program it
ia uuimia tu uuuguuuus llla.t tile
yellow boys baulk.
When the drunken crowd of
Kentucky democrats refused to let
Col. Bradlej', the republican candi
date for governor of Kentucky,
speak at Eminence, on Friday last,
they called loudly for Col. Hardin,
the democratic candidate, who got
up and refused to speak after the
treatment Col. Bradley had received,
and said he hoped he would never
be called upon to witness such dis
graceful scenes again.
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"Wong Mow was arrested in
Spokane, Was., recently, and as he
produced, no certificate, was .ordered
to be deported to China. After the
vessel on which he was hadsailedit
was discovered that Wog Mow had
the certificate all right, but that he
failed to produce it for he wanted
to return to China, and at the
expense of the United States
that this wily Chinaman had act
ually conspired to have himself ar
rested on the charge for which he.
was deported
The democratic squabbles in
Kentucky. Maryland and New York-
will show, when the election returns
next November are all in, that the
republican tide in those states has
not fallen since last year. The
moral effects of these elections will
be felt throughout the canvass of
1896, and seriously impede the
democracy. With Kentucky, Mary
land and New York in the column
with the normally republican states,
all the electoral vote that will be
lefr to the democratic candidate
will not be worth counting-.
Although things are in better
condition than they were twelve!
months ago, they are far from being
in as good condition as they were i
three years ago. No candid and
intelligent person will claim that
the times are as good under Cleve
land and the Wilson tariff as they
were. under Harrison and the Mc-
Kinley tariff. Even that dyed-in-
the-wool democrat Governor Alt-
that the democratic party, under the
lead of Cleveland, had proved itself
the enemy, instead of the iriend, of
thcworkinirman. Inter Ocean.
Reports received by the state
board of irrigation show that there
are m .Nebraska 372 irrigation
canals either constructed or under
construction, in the state at the
present time, with a total length of
are completed. These canals, when
ri'''f - ,915'3
l ui wuivu (iiuuuui hi,(x,ouo nas ill-
readv been exoended. The num.
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jber of acres under ditch will be
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860'180- whlcU 43'i5l were in
crops unaerjrngauon in loy-t, ana
i2 ononrpinrrnn thUvr Thoc
Lotion canals cost, a r
It is given out that ex-Postmast
er General Bissell has been tendered
a seat on the supreme bench of the
nation and that he has refused it.
This sounds a little fishy. Who
ever heard of a democrat refusing- a i
position of that kind especially a
lawyor, who wouldn't be willing to
sit as a member of the greatest
tribunal on earth with a, life pen
sion.'' The Bissell loke needs a
diagram. Fremont Tribune.
The advent of cholera in the
Sandwich Islands and the possi
bility of its reaching San Francisco.
present a new danger to be guarded
acrainst bv this trovernment. It is
katdly probable that there will be
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anv serious tnreat irom tnis
dreaded disease this year, but
should it gain' :a foothold in the
-Sandwich Islands the mild climate
there would allow it to continue
and the mild winters in California
would not be a bar to its
our Pacific coast between now and
sprinsr, ready to travel across the
continent next year. This is said
to be the first time the cholera has
ever reached thfe Sandwich Islands,
or that we have been in
from it cominir from the Orient
across the Pacific to our western
border. It lias always come from
the other direction.
A prominent railroad official is J
quoted as saying that the freight
car equipment of the western roads
will be totally inadequate for mov
ing the immense corn crop this
3Tear. Such an announcement is
not surprising. A
freight
car fa
mine is no new experience for west
ern shippers-. Kansas farmers have
more than once had to wait impa
tiently till the roads could handle
their grain. In fact,- a full crop in
this part of the country is such an
enormous thing that an; ordinary
provision tor transportation is in
sufficient. And possibly it is just
as well that cars are not too plenty
ful. The crops are forced into mar
ket too fast as it is for the rood of
the producer. The over abundant
supply exceeds the temporary de
mand and demoralization of prices
unavoidably results. A car famine
although unsatisfactory both to the
shi and the railroad
s, may not
improbably be a blessinc: in dis
guise. Kansas Citv Journal.
PUT TJP GOOD MEH.
Willarp, Sept. 1st, 1395.
Ed. Tribune: Politically there
is no other question which should
have the attention of the republi
cans of Lincoln county more than
that of selecting good" men to fill
our county ofifces. The party's
call should be for men of ability and
courtesy. Upon our selection large
ly depends the success ot the party.
Among my acquaintances over the
eastern part of the county there are
several independent voters who are
going to vote the' republican ticket
this year and-1 think there are men
in ali other parts of the county who
would again like the chance of vot
ing for men of ability and men whc
will be ready to do the official busi
ness of the county in a courteous
manner.
I have yet to hear of one republi
can turning his back to his party
and going to the independent ranks.
.
rour years ago tne country .was
full of the "keep in the middle of
the road" fellows, always ready to
talk politics from United States
foreign policy through finances
down t0 precinct aifairs.
To understand-these things is!
all ng-ht, of course. But when these
questions were discussed by office
seekers who based their policies and
politics on the calamity which had
befallen our common state, free and
independent thinkers of the inde
pendent party besran to see where
they were being led and they will
to-day be glad to vote for clean,
able and courteous men. Many of
our citizens have left the middle of
the road and taken to the cultivated
fields and irrigated lands. While
this years crop is not in all sections
abundant voters see that -a party
built up and advanced on the mere
misfortune of the country is the
worst of political slush.
September 14th between the hours
ot 4 p. m. and 7 p. m. at the usual
voting places is the time and place
announced by the republican county
central committee to hold, our pre
cinct caucusses. At that time
public sentiment will be and should
sei to meetinan,ventioii at ITorth
be iriven to the delegates who are
Platte, aept.1, at 10 a. m.
Among the republicans there is at
present irreat enthusiasm. The
opportunity to carry the republican
party to victory is ours. Shall we
accept it? One word more. To
give strength let us distribute the
offices we are about to confer to
men in different parts of the county
to tnus build uo our cause on a-
basis of fairness.
W. A. Gregg.
Homeseokers Excursions.
Ou August 29th, September 10th
and . 24th, 1895. the Union Pacific
system will sell tickets from Mis
souri river points and stations in
Kansas and Nebraska, to all points
in laano, at rate ot one class stand
ard fare for the round trip. See
your nearest Union Pacific ticket
agent. E. Ia. Lomax. Gen'l Pass,.
aha Ticket Agent, Omaha, 2Teb. I
l.FRAKI
IDENTIFIED
Insurance Swindler Recognized by a
Score of People,
MAY BE TELED IN OGTOBEB.
All Doubts as to the Identity of the Mas
' Now Under Arrest For Defrauding
Ufa lasarsBce Companies
Cleared Away.
Richmond, Mo., Sept. 5. Dr. Fraker,
who is in jail here on the charge of at
tempting to defraud insurance com
panies, was recognized today by a score
f P$t"
T. J3IKer CJUHUB wsvoiui uj '
conversing with them.
The information leading to the arrest
and incarceration of Dr. Fraker has
been filed before Justice McCurstonin
this city. There are five counts in the
information, the aggregate penalty
being 85 years in the penitentiary. It
is believed that the defense will waive
examination and allow the doctor to be
bond over to await the action of the
grand jury which meeta in October.
In case the doctor is released on
bail, the amount of his bond it is
said, will be heavy, at least $20,000. If
an indictment should be found, the
trial may come off at the October term
of the Ray county circuit court.
Kansas City, Sept. 5. A special to
The Star from Liberty, Mo., says: As
tounding developments, it is rumored
here, may be developed in tho Dr. Fra
ker insurance case before another 24
hours elapse. An official of one of the
defrauded insurance companies, who is
here working on the case, it is said, on
good authority, makes the statement
that the much-talked-of prisoner is not
the doctor.
Made Civil Service Examination Easy.
Washington, Sept. 5. The oivil serv
ice commission has been notified of the
arrest at Erie of William C. Ebisch,
chief mailing clerk; Edward J. Liebel,
substitute letter carrier, and William J.
Bruce, formerly general utility clerk in
that office, on tho charge of general con
spiracy and violation of the provisions
of the civil service act. Ebisch wa3 the
secretary of the board of- civil service
examiners for the Erie office and it is
alleged that Bruce and Ebisch furnished
Liebel a copy of the questions to be
asked in letter carriers' examination
and a complete set of answers.
Had & Rough Toyage.
San Fbanoisco, Sept. 5. The British
ship Mackrihanisu arrived from Swan
sea. Nearly every vessel which has
reached here in the past week has had a
thrilling story to tell of battles with the
elements, but the experiences of the
Mackrihanisu were the worst. She was
hove to for five days off the Horn, dur
ing which the heavy seas swept her
from stem to stern. A tidal wave bu
riod the vessel at one time, filling her
decks, and at another time a blizzard
froze her rigging and running gear so
that the shin wa3 unmanageable.
Lieutenant Helm Testifies. -
Brooklyn, Sept. o.-r-The mombors of
the naval court martial ordered to try
e charges preferred against Captain
G. W. Sumner in reference to the in
juries sustained by cue united states
cruiser Columbia while being docked in
Southampton two months ago reas
sembled today. Lieutenant J. M. Helni,
who was formerly attached to the
cruiser Columbia, was the first witness
called today.
"Withdrew the Charges.
Westfield, Mass., Sept. 5. W. F.
Gill of New York, who recently insti
tuted divorce proceedings against Mrs.
E. O.' Gill, a sister of Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, and who is at the Gill sum
mer house in Granville, has given Law
yer Kniel of this city a signed state
ment withdrawing the charges made
by him against his wife.
Cholera Precautions at San Francisco.
San FRANCisco.Sopt. 5. With cholera
raging In Japan and Honolulu the local
board of health has determined to take
very precaution to prevent the disease
from obtaining a foothold in this city,
and to that end Chinatown will be sub
jected to a rigid examination..
Ses Moines' Population.
Des Moines, Sept. 5. According to
the authorized census made by the state
Des Moines contains 50,110 people. The
Commercial Exchange wants a new
count made of the city, and estimates
that the assessors missed 11 per cent of
the people.
Price of Broom Corn Advanced.
Amsterdam, N. Y., Sept. 5. The
American Broom and Brush company,
having factories at Amsterdam, Fort
Hunter and i! ultonville, ss. Y., and
Dallas, Pa., has raised the price of
broom corn averaging 12 to 25 cents
per dozen.
Killed by His Brother-In-LnTr.
Omaha, Sept. 5. Paul Miller was
Bhot and instantly killed at Sixteenth
aud Grand avenue by his brother-in-
law, August Sauerwein, while Miller
was in the act of assaulting the aged
mother of Sauerwein during a family
quarrel.
Swell Wedding nt Denver.
Denver, Sept. 5. One of the most
charming weddings of tho year in Den
ver was that of Margaret Montjoy,
daughter of Hon. and Mrs. T. M. Pat
terson, to Richard Crawford Campbell
of Wheeling, W. Va., at tho family resi
dence. All Who Fought Are Invited.
' Bockford, Sept. ,C. Commander-in-Chief
Lawler has received an invitation
for the G. A. B. to attend tho cotton
istates international exposition at At
lanta the 21st inst., blue and gray day.
A Washington Failure.
Washdjot w, Sept. 5. Silsby & Co.,
gtook brokers, made an assignment.
"WHEATLAND, WYO.
There is no finer agricultural sec
tion in all this broad western coun
try than can be found in the vicinity
of the beautiful little town of
Wheatland, Wyoming, ninety-six
miles north of Cheyenne. Immense
crops
never failing supply of water. :
rich land, and crreat agricultural
resources. Magnificent farms to be
had for little money. Reached via
the Union Pacific System.
-E. Ju. Lomax,
Genii Pass, and Ticket Agent,
Omaha, Neb.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
CHINATOWN IN A TURMOIL.
Boycott War Being Fiercely "Waged Be
twecB tke See Taps anil Sam Yaps.
San Francisco, Sept. 5. -Chinatown
is in a turmoil, and a boycott war is
fiercely waging. The Chinese Six Com
panies, which for so many yeara have
controlled matters . the Chinese quar
ter, no longer work in harmony and
will probably never be again united.
The quarrel nas spread all over the
country among Chinese from here to
New York. The trouble originated in
the murder of Chang Wai, a member of
tho Sam Yup company. Mok Tai, a
Cay See Yup man, was arrested for the
murder, but his company believed him
innocent and asked the Sam Yups to
call off the prosecution. This they re
fused to do, and the Chinese consul
sided with the Sam Yups. Then a boy
cott was declared against tho Sam Yups
by the See Yups. The Sam Yups com
prise the wealthier classes of Chinese,
who do a big business as butchers, while
the See Yups are composed of the labor
ing classes, mainly customers of the
Sam Yups. The See Yups have started
rival shops and a strict boycott is being
waged agahi3t the Sam Yups, greatly to
their discomfiture and financial loss.
RACE FOR THE AMERICA'S CU P.
Indications Aro That the Attendance W1U
Re a Record Breaker.
New York, Sept. 5. The most inter
esting topic of conversation among
yachtsmen today, in fact the one that is
absorbing about all their attention, con
cerns the measurements of Defender
and Valkyrie. There have been several
estimates made on "guess" figures, and
they grant to tne Defender a time allow
ance of anywhere from one to two
minutes. Just what it is willnot, how
ever, be made known until about noon
tomorrow, when Mr. John Hyslop will
officially take tho measures of both boats
Indications point to the largest at
tendance at a yacht race that the world
oversaw. Every idle steamboat and
tug about the harbor will be brought
into requisition on Saturday, and dozens
of regular liners will be taken off their
usual routes to carry people to see the
greai marine pictures. Parties from
Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven, New
Bedford and many other places will
come on chartered boats.
NEBRASKA BEET SUGAR.
Tield of 7,000,000 Fcands Promised This
Fall.
Norfolk, Sept. 5. There are 4,000
acres of sugar beets in the Norfolk dis
trict all "laid by" and in much better
condition thau-in any previous year.
Recent rains haya benefited the beets
greatly, and with continued favorable
conditions for root development the re
sults of the harvest will exceed other
seasons, and probably will be moro than
40,000 tons, which would mean an out
put of 7,000,CC0 pounds of granulated
sugar. It is believed that tho enormous
sugar output of the state will be a fac
tor in the world's sutrar market.
MOONSHINE KS SHOT BY A MARSHAL.
oay
Roddy and Jim "Woodlcy Seriously
Wounded at Tracy City.
Nash"ville, Sept. 5. Jay Roddy and
Jim Woodley were shot and seriously
wounded at Tracy City by Deputy Unit
ed States Marshal J. M. Hall while ef
fecting the soiznre of some contraband
whisky. Woodley is dying.
NEWS FROM ABROAD.
Nihilists Again Active.
Berlin, Sept. 5. The Anzeiger's
correspondent at St.Petersburg confirms
the statement recently published that
in consequence of the activity of the
nihilists it has been found necessary to
Snara Cvar s every sicp as complete
Jl t
ly as the movements of his father Alex
ander HI were guarded by the police at
the most periicus period of his reign.
The czarina is suffering from extreme
nervousness in consequence of the dan
ger threatening the czar.
Parliament Prorojjued Until Nov. 18.
Loxdon, Sept. 5. The house of com
mons in response to a summons in the
usual form appeared in the honse of
lords todav, where tho royal assent to
tho acts passed during the session was
announced. A decree was then read
proroguing parliament until Nov. 18.
Jllore Chinese Outrages.
Lyons, Sept. o. The newspaper,
Missions Catholiqnes, publishes a state
ment today that at the beginning of
July the mission and orphanage at
Vounsy, China, were attacked by na
tives and demolished. In the riots sev
eral Christians were killed.
Ku Chens Inquiry Bearing Frnlt.
Shanghai, Sept. 5. Tke inquiry into
the massacre at Ku Cheng is proceed
ing to tho Eatisf action of the American
and British consuls. There havo been
a number of important convictions.
Among those condomued are some of
the ringleaders of the riot.
Bomb Failed to Explode.
Paris, Sept. 5. La Poste states that
a man dropped a bomb in front of the
Rothschilds bank today. The bomb
did not explode. Tho man, according
to The La Poste.whou arrested, declared
that he hadTorgottcn to attach a fuse
to the bomb.
Will A!c For an Additional CrcClt.
Paris, Sept. f. The Matin announces
today that the chambers will, upon re
assembling, bo asked for an additional
credit of 50,000,000 francs on account of
the Madagascar expedition.
Chauncoy Coming Back.
London, Sept. 5. Among the pas
sengers abn-rd tho steamship Paris,
which sails from Southampton on Sat
urday, will be the Hon. Chauncey M.
Depew.
Short Eighteen Thousand.
Paulding, 0.,.Sept. 5. Ex-County
Treasurer Finnan, whose term of office
expired Monday, is declared by the
treasury examiners to be short 18,000.
Reserve Below the Limit.
Washington, Sept. 5. Today's state
ment ot the condition of tho treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $181,
trf,7C&r; gold reserve, 127,5(57.
10GGISTS AT
mm
Proposed Plan to Prevent Cutting of
Prices Discussed.
MEDICO-LEGAL G0NGBES&
Addresses by Prominent Lawyers aad Deb
tors oa Sociology and Criminology.
Papers Read at the Meeting oCtha
Social Science Association.
Denver, Sept. 6. The national
wholesale druggists spent the forenoon
in discussing the proposed plan for the
handling and sale of proprietary arti
cles designed to prevent the cutting of
prices. The plan proposed was sub
mitted by N". M. Kline, chairman of
the committee on proprietary goods to
the Western Association of Wholesale
Druggists at a meeting in Chicago June
5, 1895, anfl was cordially approved. It
has been favorably received here, and
with slight modifications will be adopted.
The National Proprietary association
elected officers a3 follows: President,
R. E. Queen; vice presidents, Edward
G. Wells, Thomas Doliber, C. C. Voor
his and A. Cressy Morrison; secretary,
Joseph Leeming; treasurer, H. B. Hard
ing; board of control, Dr. R. T, Pierce,
Brent Good, George A Kelly. Thomas
Leeming, BL M. Sharp, Charles P.
Fletcher and E. L Hazelrine.
The proposition to fuse the two as
sociations will not carry.
SOCIOLOGY AND CREUINOLOQYt
Subjects Discussed by the 3redlco-Legal
Congress at New York.
New Yore, Sept. 5. Sociology and
criminology formed the subjects dis
cussed during the second day's meeting
of the Medico-Legal congress. The ses
sion opened with Hon. Moritz Ellinger"
presiding. The business opened with
five minute addresses. The chairman
in opening said there was no more Im
portant matter between the legal and
medical science than the point where
they met. This was important, especi
ally in the matters of public health,, and
moro particularly of insanity.
Dr. T. D. Crothers read a paper on
"Legal Responsibility in Inebriety."
He said that inebriety was a disease,
and that excess of alcohol paralyzed the
nerves and brain.
In. the discussion of the paper, Albert
Bach said tho courts very properly held
the inebriate responsible for crime be
cause ho knew what the effect of his '
taking alcoholic drink would be. He
admitted that a man in an alcoholic
trance was not really responsible forrhls
actions, yet it would be a dangerous
thing to permit the inebriate to escape
punishment for his crime.
Dr. Forbes Wiuslow said the only
cure for the habitual drunkard was to
lock him up. In England, however, a
man in delirium tremens, when he got
well, could bring a civil action against
the doctor who restrained him. There
should, he thoaght, bo a distinction
made in the matter of responsibility be
tween the mau who got drunk occasion
ally and tho habitual drunkard.
Dr. Crothers, in a 5-minute talk, said
criminology was in a state of chaos at x
the present time. In studying crimo
the man should be considered, and he '
believed the criminal was stamped on
the physical body.
Social Science Association.
Saratoga, Sept. 5. The opening re
marks of tho morning session of tho de
partment of jurisprudence, American
Social Science association, were made
by Professor Fraucis Wanland of New
Haven. Edward W. Reynolds of New
Haven read a paper on "The Social Ref
erendum." A conference on the pro
vision of the amended constitution of
New York concerning prison labor was
opened by Eugene Smith and contin
ued by W. J. Prentiss of New York and
others.
New York Republicans.
Binghamton, Sept. 5. The number
ot delegates present at the state Repulf
lican League convention today is large
ly in excess of last night's attendance.
Alfred Conkling of New York an
nounced that ho intended to introduce
a local option resolution. Colonel Rob
ert P. Porter of Cleveland, O., was in
troduced and addressed the convention.
Utah Democrats.
Ogden, Sept. 5. The Democratic,
hosts aro gathered for tho territorial
convention today. The possibilities for.
governor cover a wide field. It is likely
the convention will instruct fcr J. L.
Rawlius and Moses Thatcher for the
United States senate Several county
delegations have already so declared.
Democratic Societies of Pennsylvania.
LANCAST2R,Pa., Sept. o. Tho seventh
annual general assembly of the Demo
cratic Societies of Pennsylvania met in
this city today. Representatives of Dem
ocratic organizations from all parts of
the state to the number of about 000
were present. President Chauncey F.
Black called tho gathering to order.
Innovation In Yacht Itrtce Reporting
New York, Sept. 5. Tho public of
both the old and the now world are to
havo prompt and accurate information
of tho yacht raes between Defender
and Valkyrie HI as they progress
through the enterprise of the Commercial
Cable company. This company's steam
er will lay a submarino cable to thea
scene of tho yacht race.
Hint Elected Delegate.
Huntington, Sept. 5. S. N. Hirst of
Wheeling was elected supremo repre
sentative for the Knights of the Golden
Eagle to represent West Virginia at the.
Jupreme meeting at Washington.
Convention of Iowa Baptists.
Hawarden, Sept. 5. Tho 22nd an-'
nual session of tho Sioux Valley Baptiste
association is being held here with &
good attendance of members fromhorth-t
west Towa.