THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 189.6.
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS,
Tbo foLowing proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth in full,
are submitted to the electors of the
State of Nebraska, to be voted upon
at the general election to be held Tues
day, November 3, A. D. 1896:
A .joint resolution proposing to
amend sections two (2), four (4), and
five (5), of article sis (6) of the Constitu
tion of the State ot-Nebraska, relating
to number of judges of the supreme
court and theit term of office-
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legis
lature of che State ot NeDrasKa:
Sprtinn 1. That section two (2) of article
.six (6) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska be amended so as to reaa as 101-
sections. The supreme court shall until
otherwise provided by law, consist of Ave
(5) judges, a majority of whom shall be
'nenessarv to form a Quorum or to pro
nounce a decision. It shall have original
jurisdiction in cases relating to revenue,
Hvii rasps in which the state shall be a
party, mandamus, quo warranto, habeas
corpus, and such appellate jurisdiction as
may be provided by law.
Section 2. That section four (4) of article
six ffii of the constitution of the state 01
Nebraska, be amended so as to read as fol
lows: Section 4. The judges of the supreme
court shall be elected bv the electors of
the state at large, and their term of office.
except as hereinafter
provided.
shall be
for a period of not less than five to) years
as the legislature may prescribe.
Section 3. That section five 15) of article
six (C) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, be amended to read as follows:
Section 5. At the first general election to
be held in the year lKMi, tnere snau De elect
ed two (2) judges of the supreme court one
of whom shall be elected for a term of
two (2) years, one for the term of four (4)
years, and at each general election there
after, there shall be elected one judge of
the supreme court for the term of five
(5) years, unless otherwise provided by
law: Provided. That the iudees of the su
preme court whose terms have not expired
at the time of holding the general elec
tion ot 1896, shall continue to hold their
office for the remainder of the term for
which thev were respectively commis
sioned.
Approved March 9, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section thirteen (13) of
article sis (6) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relating to com
pensation of supremo and district court
judges.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the
Statft of Nebraska:
Ser.tion 1. That section thirteen (13) of
article six (6) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska be amended so as to
read as follows:
Section 13. The judges of the supreme and
district courts shall receive for their ser
vices such compensation as may be pro
vided by law, payable quarterly.
The legislature shall at its first session
after the adoption of this amendment,
three-fifths of the members elected to
each house concurring, establish their
compensation. The compensation so es
tablished shall not be changed oftener
than once in four years, and In no event
unless two-thirds of the members elected
to each house of the legislature concur
therein.
Approved March 30, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section twenty-four (24) of article
fivo (5) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, relating to compensation
of the officers of the executive depart
ment.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section twenty-four (24)
of article five (5) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska oe amenaea to reau as
follows:
Section 24. The officers of the executive
department of the state government shall
receive for their services a compensation
to be established by law. which shall be
neither increased nor diminished during
the term for which they snail nave been
commissioned and they shall not receive
to their own use any fees, costs, interests.
upon public moneys in their hands or un
der their control, perquisites of office or
other compensation and all fees that mav
hereafter be payable by law for services
performed bv an officer provided for In
this article shall be paid In advance into
the state treasury. The legislature shall
at its first session, after the adoption of
this amendment, three-fifths of the mem
bers elected to each house of the legis
lature concurring, establish tne salaries
of the officers named in this article. The
compensation so established shall not be
changed oftener than once In four 3rears
and in no event unless two-thirds of the
members elected to each house of the leg
islature concur therein.
Approved March 29. A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section one (1) of article sis (6) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska,
relating to judicial power.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture ot tne state oi .Nebraska:
Section 1. That section one (1) of article
six (6) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The judicial power of this state
shall be vested In a supreme court, dis
trict courts, county courts, justices of the
peace, police magistrates, and in such
other courts inferior to the supreme court
as may be created by law in which two
thirds of the members elected to each house
concur.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section eleven (11) of article six
(6) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, relating to increase in num
ber of supreme and district court
judges.
Beit resolved and enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Nebraska:
Section I. That section eleven (11) of ar
ticle six (6) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska be amended to read as fol
lows: Section 11. The legislature, whenever two
thirds of the members elected to each
house shall concur thertdn. may, in or
after the year one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-seven and not oftener
than once in every four years, increase the
number of judges of supreme and district
courts, and the judicial districts of the
state. Such districts shall be formed of
compact territory, and bounded bv county
lines: and such increase, or any change in
the boundariesof a district, shall not vacate
the nfllce of anv liidrp.
Approved March 30, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section six (6) of article one (1)
of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, relating to trial by jury.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section six (6), article one
(1) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska be amended to read as follows:
Section fi. The right of trial by ju'ry shall
remain ihviolate, but the legislature may
provide that in civil actions five-sixths of
the jury may render a verdict, and the leg
islature may aiso uuiuunze inai oy a jury
a
or a less numoer ma.ii tweive men, in
inferior to the district court.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895.
courts
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section one (1) of article five (5)
of the Constitution of Nebraska, relat
ing to officers of the executive depart
ment. Beit resolved and enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section one (1) of article
five (5) ot the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. Thecxccutive department shall
consist of a governor, lieutenant-governor,
secretary of state, auditor of public accounts,
treasarer, superintendent of public instruc
tion, attorney-general, commissioner of public
lands and buildings, and three railroad com
missioners, each of whom, except the said rail
road commissioners, shall bold his office for a
term of two years, from the first Thursday
after lke first Tuesday in January, after his
election, and until his successor Is elected and
qualified. Each railroad commissioner shall
hold his office for a term of three years, be
frinninp on the first Thursday after the first
'JLuesdav in January after his election, and un
til his successor is elected and qualified; Pro
vided, however. That at the first treneral elec
tion held after the adoption of this amendment
mere snail be elected iiiree railroad commis
sioners, one for the period of one year, one for
the period of two years, and ona for the period
of three years. The coventor, secretarvof
state, auditor of public accounts and treasurer
snail reside at tne capital during' their term o
otnee; tney shall keep the public records,
uouks ana papers mere ana suali perform such
uuuca u may oe requtrea oy law.
Approvea jaarcii so, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section twenty-six (26) of ar
tide Ave (5) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, limiting the num
ber of executive state officers.
Be it resolved and enacted bv the Lezrisla
ture of the state nf Nebraska:
Section 1. That section twenty-six (20) of
article five (5) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows:
iwww.wi J i.v VIU1CI ucuuutc ouiic uiutcia
QsMfi -v: mv, t. . : re:
except those named in section one (11 of this
article shall be created, except by an act of the
i t. j , . . ,
icgmirtiuic vt nica is tonturrcu in uv uui less
than three-founhs of the members elected to
each house thereof:
Provided, That any office created by an act
of the legislature may be abolished bv the leg
islature, two-thirds of the members elected to
each house thereof concurring.
Approved March 30, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section nine (9) of article eight
(8) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, providing for the invest
ment of the permanent educational
funds of the state.
Be U resolved and enacted bv the Legisla
ture oi xne aiaic 01 Aeoraska:
Section!. That Section nine ffll of article
eight (S) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska be amended to read as follows:
Section 9. All funds belonirinir to the state
or eaucauonai purposes, tne interest and in
come whereof only are to be used, shall be
deemed trust funds held by the state, and the
state shall supply all losses thereof that may
in any manner accrue, so that the same shall
remain forever inviolate and undiminished,
and shall not be invested or loaned except on
U nited States or state securities, or registered
county bonds or registered school district
bonds of this state, and such funds, with the
interest ana income thereof, are hereby sol
emnly piedgea lor the purposes lor which they
are grantee, ana set apart, and shall not be
transferred to any other fund for other uses:
Provided, The board created bv section 1
of this article is empowered to sell from time
permanent school fund and invest the pro-
ceeas arising tuereirom in anv ot the securi
ties enumerated in this section bearinir a
higher rate of i merest, whenever an oonort un
ity ior oetter investment is presented;
Ana provided turther, That when any war
rant upon the state treasurer regularly issued
in pursuance oi an appropriation by the legis
lature, ana securea by the icy ol a tax for its
payment, shall be presented to the state treas
urer lor payment, and there shall not be an v
money in the proper fund to pay such warrant
the board created by section 1 of this article
may direct the state treasurer to pay the
amount aue on sucn warrant ironi money's in
his hands belonging to the permanent school
i una oi tne state, ana he shall hold said war
rant as an investment of said permanent
scnooi inna.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska by adding a new
section to article twelve (12) of said
constitution to be numbered section
two (2) relative to the merging ot I he
government of cities of the metropoli
tan class and the government of the
counties wherein such cities are lo
cated. Be it resolved nnd enacted bv the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That article twelve (12) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska be
amended by adding to said a rticle a new sec
tion to be numbered section two (2) to read as
follows:
Section Z The government of any city of
the metropolitan class and the government of
the county in which it is located may be
merged wholly or in part when a proposition
so to do has been submitted by authority of
law to the voters of suclrcitv and county "and
received the assent of a majority of the votes
cast in such city and also a majority of the
votes cast in the county exclusive of those cast
in such metropolitan city at such election.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section six ffi) of article
seven (7) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, prescribing the
manner in which votes shall be. cast:
Be it resolved and enacted bv the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section six (6) of article
seven (7) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska be amended to read as follows:
Section fi. All votes shall be by ballot, or
such other method as may be prescribed by
law. provided the secrecy of voting be pre
served Approved March 29, A. D. 1805.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section two (2)" of article four
teen (14) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relative to dona
tions to works of internal improve
ment and manufactories.
Be it resolved and enacted bv this Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That sect:oii two (2) of nriirln
fourteen (11) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows:
Section 2. AO Cltv. county, town, urerinrt.
municipality, or other subdivision of the state.
shall ever make donations to any works of in
ternal improvement or manufactory unless a
proposition so to do shall have been first sub
mitted to the qualified electors and ratified hr
a two-thirds vote at an election by authority o'f
law; Provided, That such donations of a
county with the donations of such subdivis
ions in the aggregate shall not exceed ten r
.cuim iuc aawsscu valuation oi sucn countv:
a f ,. 1 , r .
Provided further. That any city or comity
may, by a three-fourths vote, increase such in
debtedness five per cent, in addition to such
ten per cent and no bonds or evidences nf in
debtedness so issued shall be valid unless the
same shall have endorsed thereon a certificate
signed by the secretary and auditor of state,
showing that the same is issued pursuant to
law.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895.
I, J. A. Piper, secretary of state of
the state of Nebraska, do hereby cer-
oiry mat tns foregoing preposed
amenaments io uie const tut on of
the Stale of Nebraska are true and
correct copies of the original enrolled
and engrossed bills as i assed by the
I Twenty-fourth Session of the lepiql.i.
I. wo,0,
ume ui tuc slulu oi -ixeorasKa, as ap
pears trom said original bills on file in
this office, and that all and each of
said proposed amendments are sub
mitted to the qualified voters of the
state of Nebraska for their adoption
or rejection at the general election to
be held on Tuesday the 3rd clay of No
vember, A. D. 1S96.
In testimony whereof". I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
great seal of the state of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln this 17th day of
July in the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety
Six, of the Independence of the
United States the One Hundred and
Twenty-First, and of this state the
Thirtieth.
SEAL J. A. PIPER,
Secretary of State.
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THE WINNERS OF 1896.
NATIONAL TICKET.
For President
WM. McKINLEY, of Ohio.
For Vice President
G: A. 110BART. of New Jersey.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor
JOHN H. MacCOLL.
For Lieutenant-Governor
ORLANDO TEFFT.
For Secretary of State
JOEL A. PIPER.
For Auditor Public Accounts
P. O. HEDLTJND.
For State Treasurer
CHARLES E. CASEY.
For Supt. Public Instruction u$-
HENRY R. CORBETT.
For Com. Lands and Buildings
henry c. Russell.
For Attorney-Genera!
ARTHUR S. CHURCHILL.
For Supreme Judge, Long Term
ROBERT RYAN.
For Supremo Judge, Short Term
MOSES P. KINK AID.
For Regent of State Uuiversity
W. G. WHITMORE.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For Congress, Gth District
E.A. CADY,
For Senator, 30th District
J.S.HOAGLAND.
For Representative, 54 District-
J. H. ABBOTT.
COUNTY TICKET.
For County Attorney,
T. C. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
J AS. S. ROBBING.
In these days ot fanciful figuring"
upon the possible outcome of the
great quadrennial peaceful revolu
tion in the United States known as
a presidential election, here are a
few figures that will perhaps cheer
faint hearted or timorous republi
cans: We hear
much vaunted
boasts of the great disaffection in
the republican party on accoumt of
the silver sophistries, yet the sec
retary of the bimetallic silver
league in St. Louis last week as
serted that his organization would
poll 500,000 votes. Who ever
knew an enthusiastic party leader
to claim less than he expected to re
ceive? It is a fair presumption
that the most of this strength will
be in the trans-Misssippi region.
Assuming that his estimate is cor
rect, what percentage is it of the
entire republican vote of the coun-
try? But about eight or. ten per
cent. Now compare this -with the
plainly expressed disaffection
which exists in the democratic
party. Here iu Nebraska this line
of demarcation has -been plainly
drawn for the past two years, since
he phasepilfering plagiarist ot the
Platte and his allies indorsed a
populist state ticket. The flood
tide of democracy in Nebraska was
when for the first time in its his
tory it elected James E. Boyd as
governor, with a vote of 71,331.
ast year T. J. Mahoney; candi
date of the old guard of democracy
or supreme judge, upon a sound
money platform, received a vote of
18,636; this, too, without a speech
laving been made in his favor, not
a dollar expended in the canvass.
ana witu out one oilier nominee
upon the state ticket. This repre
sents about twenty-five per cent of
a disaffection of the votes trom the
time when Nebraska' democracy
was triumphant. It is evident to
the most way fariug man, even of
but feeble intellect that the farther
east one will travel he will find the
republican disaffection grows less,
while in an inverse ratio that of
democracy increases. Proportionate
ly to the vote of Nebraska, which is
as fair a guage as; that of any other
state, does tins indicate that little
Billee Bryan is even a presidential
possibility?
Never before in the history of Ne
braska politics has campaign work
been begun so early in the year.
Republicans have nothing to fear
with respect to the state ticket,
but they realize the demo-pop fusion
in presidential ejectors must be met
by a solid phalanx of republican
votes. The vim and enthusiasm
which characterizes the work is but
the precursor of victory. Every
voter is to be canvassed and every
precinct will have its organization.
It will be the greatest speech-making
campaign in the political his
tory of Nebraska. High-sounding
rhetoric will not go this time.
Hard facts presented in "simple form
are demanded. Bee.
The consumption of corn in the
United States in 1892 under repub
lican rule was thirty bushels per
capita; in 1895 the consumption per
capita was a little less than seven
teen bushels. This is something
the farmer of Lincoln county should
ponder over.
Candidate Bryan says he has
received seven rabbit's feet, several
specimens of four leafed clover and
a horse shoe, and that all he now
needs is votes. We are very much
inclined to believe that Mr. Bryan's
need will not be supplied.
THE WAB ON THE WAGE-EAENEE.
For twenty years the Railway
Age Tias strictly refrained from
meddling with questions of party
politics. Our province has been to
discuss the management and opera
tion of railways, to preach good
ethics to railway men, to encourage
whatever has made for righteous
cess in railway methods and to
promote the well being of railway
employes. With all of this party
politcs has had nothing to do.
iNow, however, there has arisen in
political affairs a crises which does
intimately concern every railway
man concerns him not merely as
a citizen in common with all other
citizens, but also more personally
and peculiarly as a wage earner in
the service of one of the greatest
industrial institutions of the coun
try.
The campaign for free silver is of
its essence a war on the wz
earner. The advocates of free sil
ver attempt and will continue to
attempt to obscure the truly vital
aspects of the controversy, with ar
ofuments which are based on fal
lacy. The agriculturist, to whom
the arguments are chiefly directed,
may reasonably be deceived by
them, blinded by the direct and
tempting promises of an increase in
the price of his products. "With
the wage earner the case is differ
ent. Every argument which, the
advocate of free silver addresses to
the agriculturist cuts precisely the
opposite way with him. There is
nothing to tempt the worker in the
cities, on the railways and in the
snops ana lactones, in a promise
ot higher prices for all that he has
to buy with a certainty of lower
wages with which to do the buying.
The free coinage of silver in this
country would shake our com
mercial and industrial ..fabric to
its very foundations. It would
bear with especial hardship on all
earners of wages or salaries in in
dustrial pursuits. It could not
fail to reduce the number of em
ployes in the service of the railways.
It must compel reductions in wages
At the same time (if the silver men
themselves are to be trusted) it
would increase the price of every
thing which those reduced wages
would have to buy.
- Therefore it seems to the Rail
way Age that there can be no topic
of greater interest to railway men
of all classes no subject which can
oe more rigntiv wituin our
province than the political issue
which is now dividing the country.
In spite of the precedents of twenty
years wTe believe that it is now not
only permissible fcr us, but that it
is our dutv to enter the field of
politics and to use whatever
strength we may have to prevent
railway men from being led away
to their own destruction.
We earnestly urge all railway
employes who are in any doubt as
to the rights and wrongs of the sil
ver question to address inquiries to
us. If any silver man advances an
argument which you are unable to
meet or do not know how to answer
refer to us. If there is any ques
tion of fact or of reasoning on
which you are uncertain and need
light ask the Railway Age. We
promise to meet every question
fairly and simply to give the
truth in such terms as cannot be
misunderstood.
No railway man can vote for free
silver without voting .against his
own bread and butter. If for one
moment it seems to you otherwise
it is because you have been misled
as to the facts and do not under
stand the truth. Help us to place
the truth before yourself and all
your fellows in the service and
neither ou nor any of them will
hesitate as to what is the right
course in the coming campaign.
Railway Age.
Senator Sherman has indicated
to the national committee that he
would like to make a little cam
paign -in the west himself. The
old veteran snuffs the battle afar
and would like to be in the thick of
it. There is no doubt that John
Sherman would draw an immense
crowd of populists to his meeting's
when he speaks in the habitat of
of the pop. The pops regard him
as the devil and of course will sro
farther to see and shudder at him
than they would for any mere
human being. And when John gets
an audience to hear him for anv
purpose whatever, he can interest
it. 13x.
When populists tell you that
there is no dissatisfaction in their
ranks in Nebraska, just cite to
them the following words ot Sena
tor Sprecher, editor of one the few
really able populist newspapers in
Nebraska: "Down along the Nile
river the crocodile is worshipped by
the blacks and held sacred. Many
a motuer win tnrow ner baby to
the monster, thinking they are do-
g right and will gain eternal life
by it. Just now the populipt
mother is preparing to throw her
six-year-old child to the demo
cratic crocodile."
TOLD INAFEW W0EBS
EVENTS OCCURRING IN ALL SECTIONS
SUMMARIZED.
Happenings From Homo and Abroad Re
duced From Columns to Unes .Every
thing but Facts Eliminated For Our
Headers' Convenience.
Friday, July 24.
Leonardo Gavcia Almcirn, a Mntanzas
insurgent lately court uiartialod, was shot
at that place At Liverp'ool the Seafolt
handicap wa3 won by Spinning Boy
The English house of commons discussed
tho Irish loud bill nil night, after passing
it through tho committco state E. "W.
Scott, clerk of Sheridan county, "Wyo.,
who confessed last week to having issued
fictitious county warrants and forged in
dorsements upon them, has been sen
tenced to three years' imprisonment
The mutilated body of an unknown man
was found on tho tracks of tho "Q" road
near Peoria Pcrcival Adams, a promi
nent St. Louis attorney, is missing and
his wife is anxious to hear of his where
abouts Frank Lea, teller in tho Iron
City National hank at Pittsburg, fell
from a window of his residence and re
ceived fatal injuries Mrs. Theresa Har-
denhilt of St. Louis tried an exDcriment
by washing clothes with a mixture of
gasoline and turnentine. She now lies in
hospital A dispatch from Lima, O.,
says that oil producers, representing ?2D,
000,000, arc organizing a combino for
mutual protection of . their interests
against tho Standard Oil company A
woman's Bryan club has been organized
in St. Louis John Ray of Lexington,
Ky., eloped with Maggie Stephens, the 16-year-old
sister of his wife. Ho left his
wife and two children in destitute cir
cumstances and carried off all her valua-hles-A
co-operative college of good citi
zenship and common school extension has
been organized at St. Louis J.W.Hart,
a retired whisky merchant at Texarkana,
Ark., was recently converted at a church
revival. Thursday he filled himself with
whisky and proceeded to strangle his
daughter aud make sausage of his son-in-law
Silver convention at St. Louis
nominated Bryan and Sewall George
Ullrich of Alton, Ills., was hit by a bullet
accideutly fired from the gun of a com
panion. He may not recover Mrs. J.
J. Coogan, wife of a New York real es
tate dealer, who is rusticating at Narra
gansett, R. I., missed $30,000 worth of
jewelry The health department of Chi
cago has passed a law compelling ice deal
ers to hang out a sign and carry on their'
wagons a card bearing the word
"Licensed" One of the children of the
late W. R. Newberger of New York in
rummaging through an old trunk discov
ered a deed to some mining property at
Gunnison, Colo., worth 500,030.
Saturday, July 25.
asylum at St. Louis, has been captured
Charles J. Kuhu of Indianapolis cut
himself with a razor and bled to death
Frank Miller was drowned while bathing
in.a pond on his uncle's farm at Peters
burg, Ills. Albert and Edward Kasser-
mau struck by lightning and killed near
Newton, Ills. Deputy Sheriff Dave
Rogers, who killed Wash Smith in a
fight at Knoxville, Tenu., was shot and
killed by a son of Smith Julius Haug
ended his life by taking poison. He was
a prominent citizen of Leavenworth,
Kau., and was an invalid During a
celebration at Hellettsville, Tex., Frank
Hazel became boisterous and Simon
Mitchell sent a bullet through his head
John Charvat was instantly killed by
the explosion of a gun which ho was
placing in a wagon ready for a hunting
trip at Wilson, Kan: Irvin Kline and
Ralph Magliouo disagreed over a horso
deal at Akron, O., raid fought. Magliouo
shot Kline in the neck, killing him, and
made Ins escape
an inmate of the
Mrs. Sarah Duncan.
Convent of the Good
Shencrd at PhiladelDhia. beenmn dn-
spondeut aud jumped from a second s-tory
. . -
window, causing tier death
-John
Heard, who murdered his wife at
ni,,j.
borne, La , was hanged Mrs. Dina
Smith, who was born at New Haven.
Conn., died aS Homer, Mich., at the ago
of 117 Joe Mitchell, a watchman, acci-
dcntly fell into tho river near Cairo, Ills.,
and was drowned Mrs. Hcnriette Ap-
pleboy, a demented woman residing at
Lexington, Term., hanged herself to a
tree The police discovered a comnleto
set of burglars' tools and considerable !
counterfelt money while searching tho
homo of Ike Brown at San Antonio
Waltcr Witty, aged 15 years, was found
with a batch of railroad tickets belongintr
to the Monou Railroad company at Put-
namville, Ind., and was arrested
Michael Azdinno. who was struck on the
head with an ax by his brother-in-law,
Joseph Kolar, died at Jcssup, Pa., from
his injuries and Kolar has been arrested
A dozen small boys wero playing on a
small bridge at Muncie, Ind., when the
pivot broke, throwing tho crowd into tho
river. All except Walter Darlington were
drowned Populist convention nomi
nated Bryan, with Watson a running
mate.
Monday, July 27.
Cholera is reported to have made its ap
pearance in South London John Pryde,
the murderer of Andrew Peterson, was
hanged at Braincrd, Minn. John Quig-
loy, an engineer at Huntington, Ind., took
moqihine in mistake for quinine and
died John Clough, late mayor of Car
roll ton, dropped dead from heart disease
at Carrollton. 111. Charles Staltzmnn
was tlrownc.'l in the Unc Hundred and
Two river near bt. Joseph, Mo. George
Anderson ha3 been sentenced to hanjr on
August 21 at Macon, Mo., for killing a
woman H. D. Smith, a coal operator I
Rockvillc, Ind., shot himself through the
heart. He was wealthy and 70 years of
age John McDonald, husband of the '
woman whom J. Conner 'Is nc-
cuscd of killing at Little Rock,
Ark., was found dead in his yard
Michael Shelly was kicked by colt at Elk
hart, Ind., and died shortly afterward
August Knhlmau was thrown from a
wagon at Houstcn, Tex., and fatally in
jured. He had recently como from St.
Louis While Perry Webb was prepar
ing a shot in the Western ccal mine near
Pittsburg, Kan., it suddenly exploded,
killing him instantly Thomas Garry
has been arrested at Danville, ll!s., and
the police think they havo the murderer
of Pat Keefc, who was killed theio 12
months ago A Little Rock aud Mem
phis train was thrown from the track at
Little Rock by striking a mule. Euginci.t
Moore and Fireman Horn were badly in
jured A large pralrio wolf seized a
child belonging ro A. Ryan at Allen, L
TM and was making away with it when :
observed. Ryan firol affcar the aaima1 j
The Discovery Saved His Life-
Mr. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers
villo 111., says: "To Dr. King's New
Discovery I owe my life. Was taken !
with la grippe and tried all the physi- j
cians for miles about, but of no avail
and was given up and told I could not '
live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery
in ray store I sent for a bottle and be-
gan its uso and, from the first dose be-
throA 1
bottles 'was up and about again. It is
worth its weight in gold. We wont keep
store or house without it." Get a free
trial at A. F. Steitzs drug store. -L!
burden, leaving the
Tuesday, July S3.
Otto Zimmerman, a prominent citizen
of "Wichita, Kan., shot and killed himself
During a quarrel a Union City, Ills.,
George Bcnsley killed Dr. Marshall Rob
erts William Pope, whilo hunting
squirrels at Triniiy, Tex., fell from a tree
and broke his back While lighting a
gasoline stovo at Coatcs, Kan., an explo
sion occurred and th? clothes of Mrs. CO.
Hill caught lire and she was fatally
burned Tho jury in the Dr. J. C.
Hcarne libel suit against the San Fran
cisco Chronicle returned a verdict for the
plaintiff, assessing tho damages at 10,000
While Oscar ui'ichrist was wa'ching a
game of baseball at Youngstown, O., ho
was struck In tho cyo by tho ball. The
blow burst the eyeball and it fell to tho
eround While a deep a screw fly dc-
i posited i s larvo into the nose of James
Hughco at Albuquerquo, N. M., and oo
foro awaking the maggots had entered
his head and he has since died August
Wendt, a Gcrmau, aged 55 years, residing
at College View, noar Lincoln, Neb.,
committed suicide by hanging himself
during a temporary spell of in anity. Ho
wa3 wealthy Tho board of trade atLon-
don decided that the steamer Drummond
Castle, which Avas lost off Usbanfc, June
1G, resulting in tho drowning of 250 pas
sengers and crew, was duo lo the negli
gence of thoso in command The bill
i providiug for
traveling law library
ol Iowa has passed
for the stato
the ceneral assembly. It is intended to
purcha-o about $4,000 worth of legal work
aud send thorn to tho various libraries for
a pcried of three months each
E. W. Hu chins, a prominent business
man at Cincinnati, O.. died suddenly on a
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton train
near Toledo While dcllvoilng a lecture
at San Antonio, Cal., Miss Jane Schoficld
dropped dead as a result of an attack of
heart trouble Lem J. Stanleyfwcntlnto
a restaurant at Harlan, la., and, drawing
a large revolver, blew out his brains.
Stanley was well connected Levi San
comb and Miss Nellie Busky wero struck
and instantly killed by a Central Ver
mont train while crossing tho tracks at
Chateaugay, N. Y.
Wednesday, July 20.
A broken rail wrecked a freight train
on the Baltimore and Ohio near Salem,
Ills., and two tramps were killed Alex
Bell, horse thief, and Sim Biyant, burg
lar, overpowered Jailer Hull at Colum
bus, Intl., and escaped H. G. Crlssey
and F. D. Rothell of Crab Orchard, Neb.,
have returned from Alaska, after a fruit
less search for gold George Morgan was
found dead in a house near Dallas, Tex..
J??.??10 JLS!!? 7.!? 1?Ui'lU.lVu
by his side At Quincy, His., J. O. Mc
Lean, a painter, was instantly killed by
the breaking of a scaffold, which dropped
him 35 fects Mill Morlan, 5 years old,
fell down a l(3-inch well, 80 feet deep, at
Jefferson, la., and was rescued by a 12-year-old
lad, who bravely weut down with
a rope The grocery house of J. tL
! Plmnmor cf Lead, S. D., was closed by
the slierill An explosion of giant
powder laid on the sidewalk at Victor,
Colo., caused great damage to all
property f-ituated at tho .corner
of Victor avenue and Third streets
.u.w.u umiu
hour Seven supervisors at San Fran-
' ci. co havo been indicted for reducing as-
1 sessmcnts of large corporations Ex-
i President Harrison is in New York city to
attend a cli inch meeting. Herefusejto
' discuss politics George McConnclI of
Portland, Oio.. hns gone to Canada with
about ?2,000 b. mgiug to the Knights of
Pythias A cabie train at Kan as City
'broke loose and dashed down tho Ninth
' street grade, injuring four passengers on
' the trailer A 7-year-old sou of John
Shaffncr at Shelbyvllle, Iud., wes stepped
1 upon by a horse and his heart ruptured,
' causing death About 30 miles from
' Fort Bridgcr, Wyo., was found the skele-
tou of camuel bmith.who disappeared six
ycar.s ago under strange circumstances
The thud biennial russiou of the supreme
; lodge of tho National Reserve association
I rit l. - r - - r . ,
'vvm meet next at umaha in bept ember,
isus.
Thursday, July 30.
Robert Ga rctt, ex-president of the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad, died at Dc"r
i Park, Mil. An unknown womau riding
' a bicycle ran over William Kliuk, an age.l
' butcher at Fifty-first and Morgan streo s,
Chicago, and injured him so severely that
ho died from the effecis Major William
u- oreiauti, ex-cuy artorncy ot Jfitt-
blir"' convicted of the embezzlement
or clt7 n"1". was sentenced to pay a fine
of 52bJjJ and undergo three year.-,' mipris-
onmenr A dispatch from llfracomb.
the well known bathing placcon the north
coast of Devonshire, aunounceo that half
the bu-iness portion of the place burned,
involving a loss estimated to amount to
C50J.000. There was no loss of life
Tales of death and devastation fro;.i the
awful storm which swept over western
Pennsylvania Monday night continue to
pour in. Four more drownings are re
ported, and auol her victim of the Sugar
Grove accident i ; not expected to survive
the day A syndicate of Ohio capitalists
has puiclriscd 125,000 acres of laud in Lin
coln and Keith counties, Neb. The ranch,
will be colonized and irrigated and an im
mense cattle fioJlng plant established
A herd of 40J range horses passing through
Scott's Bluff county, .Neb., was stam
peded by an accident and 150 of tho ani
mals ran into a barbed wire fence. Sovor-
ai were Kineu oucrignr. anil w so
badly injurod that they had to be shot-
Secretary J. Sterling Morton has been pe
titioned by 300 citizen of Nebraska City to
deliver
a nonpartisan address on tho
money question jNorth l'latte expects
to ontcrtaiu 25,000 visitors at the irriga-
Hon fair next September Judge M. L.
Hayward has been invited to deliver a
ded'eation aidres? at the Nebraska G. A.
R- reunion at liucoln on Aug. 24
Grand Island has been successfully worked
by a jmootli young man who sells small
package? of line salt for 5'J ccntsa paekago
by asserting its Ptipc.ior qualities as a
molh exterminator Among the pas
sengers that arrived at New York by the
steamer Caracas, from La Guayra, wa;
the sou of Jose Marco, who was killed iu
Cuba recently. He learned of his father's
death on landiug James Byers, em
ployed at Moran, Ind., as the agent of the
Vandalia railv. ay and Adams Express
company, was s iort $309 in his accouut
and killed h m.-clf Matanzas advices
cay that 20) c-panish troops defeated 1,001
in urgmts intrenched as Juguctlllo and
cansuicd Acuirre's camp, killlner six-
I teen The dead body of Mrs. Parsons
! was found near her home, three miles
! from Catlcttsburg, Ky. It is suspected
I - i . lit.
that she was muruerea oy a womau wnn
whom she had quarreled The Irish laud
bill passed its third reading In the house
of commons.
In a written examination on physical
geography one of the questions was :
What hamens when there is an
eclipse of the moon?"
A boy with rather an admirable knack
of getting out of a difficulty wrote the
following answer:
"A great many people come out to
I katit." London Answers.
. . ,
A convention that seeks repudiation
of debts by robbing thrifty people of jg
half their savings can name no man as
whom the American people will make
their nresidenfe. Buffalo Commercial. I
nnclit; droj-petl its
little one uuharnicd.
NEWS OP KEBEASKA.
Bancroft "Water Bonds Sold.
Bancroft, Neb., July 29. City bonds
to tho amount of $5,000 for waterworks
have been sold by Bancroft and work
will he speedily pushed.
Volaatccr Jfigbt Watch.
Homer, Neb., July 30. The young
men of Homer have formed a-volunteer
night watch. This action was made
necessary by the late robberies.
Brown and Johnson Win.
Hastings, Neb., July 28. Brown and
Johnson, who captured the state cham
pionship for doubles in tennis, won the
city championship in doubles last week.
Takes Poison and Dies.
Tobias, Neb., July 28. Mrs. Annie
Tesar, wife of Joseph Tesar, a Bohe
mian farmer three miles northwest of
Tobias, took a dose of poison with fatal
results.
Baseball Tournament.
Sterling, Neb, July 28. Local sports
are enthusiastic over the baseball tour
nament to 'be held at the park Aug.
18-20. Prizes aggregating $100 will bs
given away.
Big: Damage Suit.
Lincoln, July U7. Suit for damages
aggregating $2o,006 has been brought
against the Rock Island Railroad com
pany by property owners along the right
of way in the northeast part of this city.
Working For a Street Car Line.
Bellevue, Neb., July 29. A citizens'
meeting was held at the courthouse to
take steps to secure a motor line to
Bellevue. Dr. D. R. Kerr acted as
chairman and George Longsdorf "as sec
retary. -
Cash Account Is Short.
Harrisbdrg, Neb., July 28. Accord
ing to the report of Examiner Fodrea,
on examination of the books of Hender
son L. Graves, county treasurer of Ban
ner county, Nebraska, just completed,
he finds cash short $1,026.08.
Salem Chautauqua.
Salem, Neb., July 28. Six thousand
people were on the Salem Chautauqua
grounds Sunday to hear Sam Jones, who
preached morning and evening. Fnlly
1,500 people are encamped iu the grove,
nnmitirr frnm nil norf c nf TTViiicnc T7o
' braska and Missouri.
Belt on a Separator Breaks.
North Bend, Neb., July 27. While
threshing on the farm of J. M. Smith,
near town, the governor belt gave way,
destroying a separator valued at $800
and probably fatally injuring George
Stack, who was feeding at the time.
His face was badly cut.
County Officer Sues For Libel.
Bartlett, Neb., July 27. Suit was
commenced in the district court of
Wheeler county
against the Wheeler
County Publishing company in the sum
of $5,000. G. H. Geiseker, conn y
clerk, is the plaintiff, and brings the ac
tion for defamation of character.
Grain Fields Swept Clean.
Osmond, Neb., July 29. About 4 p.
m. a severe and heavy rain and hail
storm passed over this part of tile coun
try, doing an immeasurable amount of
damage to overripe crops of small grain.
Many fields of corn are stripped clean
and will make but one-third of a crop.
Death Warrant Is Signed.
Omaha, July 28. The death warrant
for the execution of Claude Hoover, the
murderer of his brother-in-law, Councilman-elect
Sam Dubois, was received
by Sheriff McDonald this morning. It
directs the sheriff to proceed to carry
out the mandate of the court by caus
ing Hoover to be hanged Aug. 7, be
tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m.
Would I.ynch Tho Woman.
Nebraska City, Jnly 28. This city
has been in the threes of excitement the
last 24 hours over the threats that a mob
was preparing to attack the city jail and
lynch Mrs. Anna Sopher, alias Anna
Smith, and a disrepntablc piauo player
named Spencer, the alleged murderers
of John Ricker. The sheriff has tele
phoned the governor asking that the
state militia he called out to his assist
ance. GmfifllioppcM In Nebraska.
Lincoln", July 27. Myriads of grass
hoppers, in clouds so dense as to almost
obscure the sun, passed over this section
of Nebraska Sunday about noon. Their
appearance caused apprehension amoug
farmers, but few alighted. Their course
was from west to east. The last grass
hopper scourge in Nebraska was iu the
'70s, and as they usually make their ap
pearance much earlier in the season it
is thought the present- visitation docs
not presage any serious damage to crops
in this locality.
Crawford In Oinnliu.
Omaha, July 2S. Boyd's theater will
pass into the hands of L. M. Crawford
for the ensuing five years, the contract
and all of the papers relating to the deal
having been signed and delivered. Mr.
Crawford has been endeavoring for tho
past year and a half to get a theater in
Omaha, and has had several projects m
view during that time as a means of ac
complishing that desire. It is currently
understood that L W. Miner, who was
manager of the old Grand, will be man
ager of the Boyd.
Falls Short Fonr Millions.
Lincoln, Jnly 27. State Anditor
Eugene Moore has completed the ab
stract of assessment of the state, and
gave it out to the press. In round num
bers there is a decrease in the assessed
valuation of 4,390,000 for the past fiscal
year. At the rate or assessment or. v
mills this would result in a decrease in
collections for state purposes of 307,300.
The summary shows the total valuation
of the property of tho state to be $IG7,-
078,270, as against $171,468,207 lastyear.
There has been an increase of the num
ber of acres of improved lauds of l,J5.i,
000 acres and an increase in valuo of
improved lands of uearly 1000,003.
Something to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that tho very best medicine for restoring
tired out nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medi
cine is purely vegetables, acts by giving
tone to the nerve centres in the stomach
gently stimulates the liver and kidneys,
and aids these organs in throwing off
impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters
improves tho apetito, aids digestion, and
pronounced by thore who have tried it
tho very best blood purmer and nerve
tonic. Try it. bold for ouc or 1.00 per
bottle at A.
P. Streit.'s drug store. 2