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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1896.
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PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
The foLowing proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State of ISe
'braska, s hereinafter set forth in full,
aro 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 six (6) of the Constitu
tion of the State of Nebraska, relating
to number of judges of the supreme
' court and their term of office.
Beit resolved and enacted by the Legis
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Corllnn 1 That KfrtinTl tWO (2) Of article
six (6) of 'the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska be amenuea so as 10 teau u iui-
1
Sections. The supreme court shall until
otherwise provided Dy law, consist uiuve
5 indues, a maioritv of whom shall be
-necessary to form a quorum or to pro
nounce a decision, it snau nave ougmai
itiHufHrMnn in rases relatintr to revenue.
civil cases in which the state shall be a
party, mandamus, quo warranto, naoeas
corpus, and such appellate jurisdiction as
maybe provided by law. .
Section 2. That section four ( 1) of article
six (6) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, be amended so as to read as fol
lows: Sfrt?on 4 Tho isidires of the SUOrcme
court shall be elected by the electors of
the state at large, and tneir term oi omce,
except as hereinafter provided, shall be
iora periou or not less man uve io coxa
as the lecislature mav 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 1896. there shall be 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 or five
- (5) vears, unless otherwise provided by
law; Provided. That the judges 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 they were respectively commis
sioned.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section thirteen (13) of
article sis (6) of tho Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relating to com
pensation of supreme and district court
judges.
Be It resolved by the Legislature of the
State of Nebraska;
Section J. 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
Yices 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 (2i) of article
live (5) of tho Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, relating to compensation
of tho 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 be amended to read as
follows:
Section 24- The officers of the executive
department of the state government shall
receive for their services a compensation
'tone established by law, which shall be
neither increased nor diminished during
the term for which they shall have been
commissioned and they" shall not receive
to their own use anv fees, costs, Interests,
upon public moneys "in their hands or un
der their control, perquisites of office or
other compensation and all fees that may
hereafter be payable by law for services
performed by an officer provided for in
this article shall be "naid fn advance into
t the sate treasury. The legislature shall
at its nrst session, alter tne adoption or
this amendment, three-fifths of the mem
bers 'elected to each house of the legis
lature concurring, establish the salaries
of the officers named in this article. The
compensation so established 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 29, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section one (1) of article six (6) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska,
relating to judicial power.
Be it resolved and enacted br the Legisla
ture of the State of 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 1. That section eleven Ml) 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 therein, 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 tne judicial districts of the
state. Such districts shall be formed of
compact territory, and bounded by county
lines; and such "increase, or any change In
. the boundaries of a district, shall not vacate
the office of any judge.
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 6. The right of trial by jury shall
remain ihviolate. but the legislature may
provide that in civil actions live-sixths of
.the jury- may render a verdict, and the leg
islature may also authorize trial by a jury
oa lass number than twelve men, in courts
inferior to the district court.
Approved March 9, A. D. 1695.
'A joint resolution proposing to
amend section one (1) of article five (5)
of the Constitution pf Nebraska, relat
ing to officers of tne executive depart
ment. Be it resolved dad enacted by the legislature
of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section one (1) of article
five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The executive department -shall
consist of a governor, lieutenant-governor,
secretary of state, auditor of public accounts,
treasurer, superintendent of public instruc
tion, attorney-jrencral, commissioner of public
lands and buildings, and three railroad com
missioners, each of whom, except the said rail
road commissioners, shall hold his office Iora
term of two years, from the first Thursday
after the first Tuesday in January, after his
election, and until his successor is elected and
qualified. - Each-railroad commissioner shall
hold h;s office for a term of three years, be
trianintr on the first Thursday after the" first
Tuesday in January .after his election, and an-
mi uis successor is elected ana quaiinea, rw
vided, however. That at the first general elec
tion held after the adoption of this amendment
there shall be elected three, railroad comniis
sioners; one for the period of one year, one for
inc period oi iwo years, ana one iuc iuc jkuuu
of three years. The governor, secretary of
state, auditor of public accounts and treasurer
shall reside at the capital during their terra of
office; they shall keep the public records,
dooks ana papers tnere and snail perioral sncn
uuues as may oe required oy law.
Approved March 30, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section twenty-six (2b) or ar
ticle five (5) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, limiting the num
ber of executive state officers.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the state nf Nebraska:
Section 1. That section twenty-six (26) of
article five (5) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows:
Section 26. No other executive state officers
exceot those named in section ouc (1) of this
article shall be created, except by an act of the
. , . 1 1 -1 A SH V. ,AOO
legislature wnicu is tuntuutu iu u ui
than three-fourths of the members elected to
each house thereof:
Provided, That any office created by an act
ot the legislature may be aboiisiied oy tne leg
islature, two -thirds of the members elected
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 oi the permanent educational
funds of the state.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That Section nine (9) of article
eight (8) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska be amended to read as loiiows:
Section 9. All funds belonging to the state
for educational purposes, the 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
United States or state securities, or registered
county bonds or registered school district
bonds of this state, and such funds, with the
interest and income thereof, are hereby sol
emnly pledjred for the purposes for which they
are Granted and set apart, and shall not be
transferred to anv other fund for other uses:
Provided, The board created bv section 1
of this article is empowered to sell from time
to time any of the securities belonging to the
permanent school lund and invest tne pro
ceeds arising therefrom in any of the securi
ties enumerated in tins section bearing a
higher rate of interest, whencvor an opportun
ity for better investment is presented;
And provided further, That wheii any war
rant upon the state treasurer recrularly issued
in pursuance jf an appropriation by the legis
lature, and secured by the le y ot a tax lor its
payment, shall be presented to the state treas
urer lor payment, and mere snau not oe any
monev 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 due on such warrant irom money's in
his bands belonging to the permanent school
fund of the statcand be shall bold said war
rant as an investment -of said permanent
school fund.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1893.
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 the
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 by 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 article a new sec
tion to be numbered section two (2) to read as
follows:
Section2. The government of any city of
the metropolitan class and the government of
the county in which it is located may be
merired whollv or in part when a proposition
so to do has been submitted by authority of
law to the voters of such city 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
n such metropolitan citv at such election.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1S95.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section six (0) of article
seven (7) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, prescribing the
manner in which votes shall be cast:
Bc'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 0. All votes shall be by ballot, or
such other method as mav be prescribed bv
law, provided the secrecy of voting be pre
served.
Approved March 29. A. D. 189o. ,
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 the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That sect;on two (2) of article
fourteen (11) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows:
Scction2. No city, county, town, precinct,
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 by
a two-thirds vote at an election by authority of
law; Provided, That such donations of a
county with the donations of such subdivis
ions in the aggregate shall not exceed ten per
cent of the assessed valuation of such county:
Provided further, That any city or county
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 of 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. 1893.
I, J. A. Piper, secretary of state of
the state of Nebraska, do hereby cer
tify that ths foregoing proposed
amendments to the Constitution of
the Stale of, Nebraska are true and
correct copies of the original enrolled
and engrossed bills as passed by the
Twenty-fourth session of the legisla
ture of the state of Nebraska,- as ap
pears from 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 day of No
vember, A. D. 1896.
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. PIPEK,
Secretary of State.
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THE WINNERS QP 1896.
NATIONAL TICKET.
For President
WM. McKINLEY, of Ohio.
For Vice President
G. A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
STATU TICKET.
For Governor
JOHNH.MacCOLL., , .
For LieutenantGovornor
ORLANDO TEFFT.
For Secretary of State
JOEL A. PIPER. .
For Auditor Public Accounts
P. O. HEDLUND.
For State Treasurer
CHARLES E. CASEY.
ForSupt. Public Instruction
HENRY R. CORBETT.1
For Com. Lands and Buildings
HENRY C. RUSSELL.
For Attorney-General
ARTHUR S. CHURCHILL.
For Supreme Judge, Long Term
ROBERT RYAN.
For Supremo Judge, Short Term -
MOSESP.KINKAID.
For Regent of State University
W.G. WHITMORE.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For Congress, Gth District
E. A. CADY.
For Senator, 30th District
J. S. HOAGLAND.
For Representative, 51 District
J. H. ABBOTT.
COUNTY TICKET.
For County Attorney,
T. C. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS.S. ROBBING.
The casual observer will notice
that the free silver craze is not
nearly so strong- in North 'Platte
as it was thirty days ago. It. will
be even less so in thirty days from
this date.
For the past few days Mr. Bryan
has been feted and dined bv the
bankers and brokers of wicked
Gotham, the men who he has de
nounced as plutocrats, parasists and
hellgratnites. It is hoped these
associations will not corrupt the
good Mr. Btyan.
Is it not a little strange that out
in Utah, where a large majority of
the people advocate free silver, all
notes are made payable in gold,
and land owners require their ten
ants to pay rentals in gold? If free
silver means a stable and non-de
preciating money why are the Utah
money lenders and land owners so
anxious to sret eroldr
o .
Many of the standard religious
papers or tne United btates are
this year for the first time in their
history, taking an interest in poli
tics, and it is gratifying to note that
all of them are for sound money.
A number of the prominent minis
ters of the country have also, de
nounced the free silver craze. The
popocrats will, probably soon raise
the cry that the churches have been
bought by the 'plutocrats.
i i
Judge Scott is using his capa
cious mouth to excellent advantage
in the interests of the republican
campaign in this state. This sta te-
ment must of course be
taken inversely, because lie is
as a matter or tact ninng
a star engragrement for the
free silverites, but he has already
hoodooed the democrats and popu-
ists so badly that they would be
glad to get rid of him it they knew
how to do it. At Hastings the
other day the judge made another
of those "fool breaks" for which he
is famous, when he asserted that
or twenty years in Nebraska prices
of grain products had been highest
when crops were largest; and vice
versa, that they had been lowest
when the yield was the lightest.
Taking- this view of it, there is no
reason wh' he should not be
awarded a leather medal without
urther delaj' or ceremony. Hub.
- In June, 1874, before Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, became the
special champion of the silver mine
owners, he delivered a speech in
Congress in which he said: ,4I do
not care how much you discuss it
or how many resolutions you pass;
they do not make any difference;
you must come to the same conclu
sion that all other people have
that gold is recognized as the uni
versal standard of value. It is the
measure that must be used. It is
the measure by which your wealth
must be tested; and whether it be
pennies or millions, matters not, it
is the measure that must test all
wealth. The wealth of the United
States is tested by the same rule.
It has been and always will be the
touchstone of measurement; and
when you depart trom that and try
to figureupany other measure which
the world does not recognize, you
get into confusion. Attempting- to
reconcile them it is idle to talk
about. It is idle to talk about com
promising on any other measure of
value; the world will not accept it.
We have the experience of every
nation that has tried it; and it has
been tried in almostevery civilized
nation. - - - - uo not let us
try to deceive the American people;
do not let us try to make them be
lieve by some hocus-pocus of legis
lation that .we can give them some
thing- of real value, we can give them
a measure of value that is better
than the universal standard of
mankind. Do not deceive them in
that regard. Let them knowthe
facts now'
FACTS ABOUT COINS.
THEORIES ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT
THEY ARE NOT RELIABLE.
An Unanswerable Arcnment Against Free
Coinage Relation of SUver to Gold The
"Crime of 1873" Was Simply a Declara
tion of a Condition.
First.
always
1. Silver has
been measured
by gold.
2. That by which something else is
measured is the standard of value. The
number of ounces of silver tin ounco of
gold would buy has always been the
ratio.
3. Like all other values, the ratio of
silver to gold has been controlled by
supply and demaud.
4. When this government was found
ed, tho commercial or truo ratio was
believed to bo 15 to 1.
5, At that ratio silver was admitted
free and unlimited to the mint. Gold
dollar, 24 grains fino gold; 34xl5
equals 371 grains fine silver, the "sil
ver dollar of the daddies."
G. The intent and belief of the "dad
dies" was that 371 grains of pure sil
ver yould buy as much of anything as
24 grains of gold would buy.
7. Or that 15 ounces of fine silver
would pay as much debt as 1 ounce of
gold.
Second.
1. The ratio of 15 to 1, fixed by Jaw,
remained actually correct; but a very
short time.
2. Owing to admission of foreign
coins which wero inferior, no American
gold or silver coins circulated. Coinage
of silver dollars was suspended in 1804
and was not resumed until 1820. Then
1,000 were coined.
3. In 1834 the "dollar of the daddies"
ceased to exist Tho weight of tho sil
ver dollar was changed to 412) grains.
This altered tho ratio to 16 to 1.
4. Silver then became more profitable
to export than to coin.
5. Thus we went to the singlo gold
standard, on which we have been down
to tho present time.
6. Dropping the silver dollar legally
from coinage in 1873 was only making
a mere record of what had been actually
true from 1834. Silver declined to bo
coined during that entire period except
in small quantities.
7. The whole amount of silver coined
from the foundation of the government
to 1873 was about 8,000,000, although
its coinage was free and unlimited.
Third.
1. From 1878 to July 1, 189G, under
limited silver coinage, we coined, iu full
legal tender silver dollars, $429,289,-
91G at tho ratio of 1G to 1.
2. In the 85 years prior to 1878 the
whole amount of silver coined by the
United States under freo silver coinage
was 222,585,921.
8. In the 18 years from 1878 to 1896
the whole amount of silver coined un
der limited coinage was $471,927; 729.
4. More than $240,000,000 more of
silver was coined in 18 years of limited
coinage than during tho 85 years of free
silver coinage.
5. All the silver dollars in our cur
rency are full legal tender at 100 cents
each (except for redemption of gold cer
tificates, which are not legal tender).
6. Subsidiary silver (half dollars,
qnarter dollars and dimes)"" are legal
tender to the amount of $10 in any one
transaction.
7. Tho total limited legal tender sil
ver coined is $179,506,288.60.
8. Total silver coined by the United
States down to July 1, 1896, $696,464,
343. 10.
1 Fonrth.
1. The reasou a new demaud for free
coinage of silver by the United States
has arisen is that, owing to increased
production, caused chiefly by improved
methods of mining and better facilities
for transportation, tho output of silver
became so largo as to diminish its value
in relation to gold.
2. Down to 1873 silver was more prof
itable to export than to coin, and that
jrear only $293,600 was offered for coin
age in tho United Statps.
3. In 1856 the world's production of
silver was 31,400,000 ounces; real ratio
to gold, 15.38 to 1.
4. Iu 1876 the world's production of
silver was 67,753,000 ounces, or more
than double; ratio to gold, 17.88.
5. Iu 1886 the world's production of
silver was 93,276,000 ounces, trebling
that of 1856; real ratio to gold, 20.78.
6. In 1895 the world's production of
silver was 165,000,000 ounces, or more
than five times what it was in 1856;
r;al ratio to gold, 31.56.
7. That is to say, an ounce of gold is
worth today nearly 32 ounces of silver,
8. Yet owners of uncoined silver
want us to accept it for freo and un
limited coinage at the proportion of 16
ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold.
Fifth.
i. The effect would bo to flood the
country with silver dollars worth 52
cents to 53 cents.
2
When the government was found-1
lie "daddies" believed and intebd-1
ed, the
ed that 15 ounces of silver would pur
chase as much as one ounce of gold, or
that 15 ounces of silver would discharge
a debt which 1 ounce of gold would dis
charge. 3. Tod3y 1 ounce of gold will pur
chase as much as 32 ounces of silver. If
we coined silver at 16 to 1, therefore
we. would bo forcing on ourselves a dol
lar of a purchasing power or debt pay
ing power of only one-half tho present
dollar of our "currency, all its dollars
being kept up to a value of 100 cents
each by the existing gold standard.
4. Free coinage of silver would put
us on tho silver standard with China,
Japan and other countries in which
labor is in practical serfage and civi
lization is scarcelv besun.
5. There is not m the world today a if
first class nation that opens its mints to
the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver. Chicago Times-Herald.
Every rota 'or free silver Is a vote to
enrich pc)t of millionaire mine owners.
BETAN IS NOTIFIED,
GOVERNCR STONE TELLS HIM OF HIS
v NOMINATION.
Intense Heat Does Not Interfere With the
Enthusiasm Remarkable Climax to the
Tonr of the Presidential Candidate Half
Across the Continent.
New York, Ang. 13. -William Jen
nings Bryan of Nebraska and Arthur
Sewall of Maine were "Wednesday night
formally notified of their nomination by
the Democratic party for the "offices of
president aud vice president at a meet
ing in the big Madison Sqnare garden,
which 'was a notable political event and
a remar :able climax to the remarkable
tour of the presidential candidate across
half the continent. An army of unnum
bered thour-ands filled tho streets for
several squares about the building in
vain hope of securing admission. In tho
hall, which was a fiery furnace, Mr.
Bryan spoke to 20,000 ticket holdera for
nearly two hpurs. His address dealt
almost entirely "with the financial ques
tion, was more argumentative aud less
eloquent than his historic Chicago
speech, and only in a closing appeal to
the citizens of New York did ho speak
iu the straiu in which he had captured
the Chicago conventien. He was sur
rounded by many of the silver leaders.
The Democratic leaders of New York,
with the exception of the former state
treasurer, Elliott Danforth, who pre
sided over tho meeting, and Congress
man William Snlser, who organized the
first Bryan club in the state, were not
present. Mr. SewalT spoke briefly after
Mr. Bryan and was heartily . cheered.
Governor Stone of Missouri delivered
the notification speech, which declared
that the work of the Chicago conven
tion had been the work of the plain
people and that Bryan was their candi
date. After the notification meeting Mr.
Bryan was driven to the Hotel Bar
tholdi facing Madison Square gardou,
where ho spoke again, standing on a
balcony with Mr. Sewall and Mrs.
Bryan, who shared with her husband
all the honors and attention of the day.
The second audience standing in the
street seemed to bo composed mostly of
workingmen and Mr. Bryan exhorted
them to support the cause of free silver
with one of the most effective and open
speeches which he has made in the cam
paign. Lesser lights of the party and
single tax men held six overflow meet
ings on the streets around Madison
square and made speeches during the
garden meeting and the opening of the
Democratic campaign in this city made
an exceedingly lively night. The police
lines were formed about 5 o'clock by
1,000 picked men. As the hours rolled
on the crowd increased so rapidly that
this large force was almost powerless to
handle it. Twice the 40,000 men,
-svomen and children who were cheering
and surging to get closer to the garden
broke through the ranks and with diffi
culty were driven back. Only one
person was reported injured a marvel
ous fact, as the enormous crowd jammed
the streets for many blocks.
Called to Order by Jones.
It was 8:20 when Senator Jones
stepped to the front of the box and
lifted his haud for order. The response
came in the form of calls for Bryan,
After a moment the senator was able to
Iiear himself introduce Mr. Danforth as
the chairman of the meeting.
Mr. Danforth in his turn pounded
with a gavel on the rail aud in his 'turn
was showered Avith calls for Bryan. Mr.
Danforth's speech was a brief one, a
formal iutroductiou of Governor Stone.
Governor Stone read his notification
from printed slips, but his voicrt carried
to almost the ends of the hall. His
statement that the last national conven
tion was convened under the call of the
Democratic national committee, and
was a truly democratic convention, and
evolved a platform of Democratic prin
ciples were received with applause, whilo
lii s reference to the Republican plat
form as an upholder of foreign policy
called forth hisses. Turning to the
presidential candidate who sat at his
elbow as he finished his speech, with the
formal address to Mr. Bryan, the Mis-
1 sonri governor placed in the Nebraskau's
.hand a roll of parchment bearing the
aiotiScation proper.
Ten minutes of chaos followed. Mr.
IEr in stood alone at the front of the
:. with outstretched hand, asking
for n o, while his audience stood on
ih . ciiairs cheering fiercely and re
peatedly, and- shouting his name in
chorus. After three or four minutes of
this scene Bryan, tired of waiting for
iin opportunity to speak, sank iuto his
chair and the baud broke into' a pa
triotic air.
Then Mr. Danforth came to the res
cue with his gavel, and finally the
speech was begun. Talking from rail-a-oad
trains had told plainly upon tho
candidate's voice. Its huskiness was
apparent and it could not begin to fill
the hall until he warmed up to his
task. Unlike his Chicago speech, Mr.
Bryan read his address from the manu
script. He spoke slowly and was iuter
inpted with volleys of cheers.
Mr. Bryan spoke for one hour and 50
minutes, and the hands of the
clock
pointed to 10:35 when he finished the
eloquent peroration addressed to tho
-citizens of New York speaking with up
lifted arm and with manuscript thrown
aside. The terrific heat had made tho
upper galleries unendurable aud before
3Ir. Bryan had finished, a majority of
their occupants had filed through the
doors.
feCaudidatc Sewall Was verv heartilv
heered when he stepped forward after
t1P. with "Silvnr TMnir" rcimwi mui othpr
leaders ou the stage had grasped Mr.
Bryan's hand in congratulation. Mr.
Sewall wore a black frock coat, buttoned
about his chest tightly.
Two Girls Drowned.
Athol, Mass., Aug. 13. Lena Rivitt,
aged 16, and Cora Goauette) aged 10,
-were drowned while in bathing in Pine
dale pond.
Something to Enow
Jt may bo worth something to know
thai the very best medicine for restoring
'. ired out nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medi
j cino is purely vegetables, acts by giving
I rone to the nerve centres in the stomach
J gently stimulates the liver and kidneys,
infl niria fhp.QA nrenns in fhrnwinir nf?
5mnurities in the,blood. Electric Biitors
improves the npetite, aids digestion, and
is pronounced by those who.hsivo tried it
the very best blood puritier and nerve
tonic. Try it. Sold for 50o or 81.00 per
Jbottlo at A. F. Streitz's drug store. 2
ROBERT J. IS KING OF THE TURF.
The Fastest Foar Ceasecative Heats aad
the Greatest Heat Kver Paced er Trotted.
Coltotbus, O., Aug. 7. Robert - J
demonstrated yesterday that he is the
greasiest pacer ever harnessed to a
sulky. Frank Agan was the favorite in
the free-for-all pace, and relying upon
his remarkable performance at Cleve
lai i,nearly every horseman on the track
backed him to win. Previous to.the
second heat of the great race Robert J
had few backers in this town outside of
Hamlin and the attaches of the Village
1 Farm stables. When Robert J took
the second heat, however, by a fine
: spurt at the finish, he became a hot
I favorite. It was evident from the first
that Robert J was to be driven to -win,
and the fact that Agan was so heavily
backed made it certain the race would
I be hotly contested. Aud so it was. It
' was the crreatesfc race of the Tear, the
fastest four consecutive heats and the
greatest fourth heat ever paced or
trotted on any track being made. Ia
the first heat, paced in 2K)3, Agan
lowered his rcord half a second and
broke the track record.
The secoud and third heats, in 2K)4,1e,
were considered phenomenal, but the
crowd was not prepared for the great
surprise when the fastest fourth heat
ever paced or trotted was made, the
timo being 2:02.
LOUISVILLE AND HER VISITORS.
Country Runs "Were the Feature of the
Day's Program For Wheelmen.
Louisville, Aug. 12. Louisville and
her hundreds . of League of American
Wheelman guests were awheel yester
day. Country ruus were the feature of
the day's program, aud those that at
tracted the greatest interest among the
visitors were the spins to the numerous
stock farms a few milesfrom Louisville.
Heat had no terrors for the enthusiastic
wheelmen and wheelwomeu. Fountain
Ferry park too had its throng of capped
and knickerbockered racing followers
intent upon gathering information as to
the form and relative ability of the con
testants in the events which, beginning
Thursday, will absorb all interest in the
meet. All the fast men were out, paced
by everything from singles to quints.
The crowds of League of American
Wheelmen members and visitors wero
increased by several hundreds, but the
big rush is expected to come for the
races. Mayor Todd has issued a procla
mation declaring- Thursday afternoon a
half holiday. On that afternoon tho
city hall will be closed and city em
ployes will bo" given an opportunity to
attend the races.
Matabeles Itoutcd.
Cape Town, Aug. 8. Details have
been received here of the decisive vic
tory won on Wedneday by the 700
British troops composing Colonel Plum
mer's column over a native force esti
mated to have numbered from 5,000
to 7,000. The latter fought most des
perately aud bravely, charging up
within a few yards of the British rapid
firiug guus. About 500 of the Matabeles
were slain during the engagement,
which lasted several hours, and the loss
of the British included Major Kershaw,
Lieutenant Harvey, four sergeants.about
30 soldiers killed and six officers, several
noncommissioned officers and about 50
men wounded. According to official
figures, the Matabeles and their allies'
were commanded by the big chiefs So
kombeo and Umlugulus, aud were di
vided into five impis, or regiments, each
of over 1,000 men, well supplied with
arms and ammunition.
Bloomer Girls' Canse a Riot.
Elk Point, S. D.,Aug. 11. Elk Point
was the scene of riotous proceedings for
an hour or more this afternoon. The
Boston Bloomers, so called, were ar
rested at the close of a ball game by
Deputy Carter ana his son Fred. A
mob of 400 men and boys came to the
rescue, aud they were taken from the
officers by force and hastily driven out
of . town. Deputy Fred Carter was
roughly used by some of the crowd.
Illinois Inheritance Tax Upheld.
Quixcy, Aug. 13. Judge Carl Epler
has sustained the state inheritance tax
in a long opinion in the case against the
estate of Abrani Benton, a deceased
millionaire. This is the first decision
on the tax, although it has been in Chi
cago courts for many months ou appli
cation to assess a tax against tho John
B. Drake estate.
Death of Judge Edgerton.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 11. Alonzo
G. Edgerton, judge of the United States
district court for South Dakota and
former United States senator from
Minnesota, died here of Bright's dis
ease. He was 69 years old, and had
been in failing health for a year.
Discounting American Paper Money.
Touoxto, Out., Aug. 10. The Stand
ard bank has given notice that after to
day Americau $1 bills or silver certifi
cates, will he discounted at the rate of 10
per cent. The other city banks will
adopt the same rule.
MARKETS WEAK AND DEMORALIZED.
Wheat, Corn, Onts and Provisions Closed
Lower.
Chicago, Au?. 12. All tho speculative mar
Vfifx wirn wcjilt anl demoralized with linnidn-
! tiou pari im'arly of nearby deliveries. Wheat
! for September elose.l at or ljc below
f yesterday. Corn and provisions and oats
cloied lower. Clo3lng price :
"WHEAT Sept . 54ic; Dec, SSi&oSHc.
CORN Sept., 33 ; May, 27c
OATS-Scpt., 154$15J$c;May, 18'gl8Kc.
PORK Jan., $6.0).
LARD Sept.. S3 2J.
RIBS-Sept., $23: Jan., 3.4.
Cash qnotations: No. 2 red wheat. 59c; No.
3 red, 5 51c; No. 2 spring, 56c; No. 2 corn,
22?c;No. 2 oats, 10&
South Omaha Lire Stock.
South Omaha.Aus. 12. CATTLE Receipts,
1,800; active, steady; native beet steers, jaio
455; western steers. $a00.eca.7J: Texas steers,
$2.U03 00; cows and heifers. 2.003.00: can
ners, Jl.2ia2.OJ; stockers and feeders, f 2.75(3,
!lft: calves, ?a00(S5.23; bulls, stags, eta, J1.75
2.75.
HOGS Receipts, 3.2X; steady : heavy. $2.70&
2.85;mixed. t2.7532.8J; light, tt.S52.93; balk
of sales, 1 2.75 2.85.
SHEEP Roceipts.none; steady ; fair to choice
natives, i2.5,J3.00; fair to choice westerns,
12.2532.75 ; common and stock sheep,f2.0020;
lambs. $3.(835.25.
Prof. Herbert Newton Dead.
New Ha vex, Conn., Aug. 13. Prof.
Herbert Newton, head of the Mathe
matical department of Yale aud the
oldest professor in active service, died
at his home on Prospect street from a
chronic internal trouble. He was aged
CO years.
Cooler at Teoria.
Peoria, Aug. 13. It is much cooler
today. Mrs. Friedman was prostrated
yesterday and was found dead in her
bed this morning.
TOLD INAPEW WORDS
EVENTS OCCURRING IN ALL SECTIONS
- SUMMARIZED.
Happenings From Home aad Abread Ke
daced From Columns te LIhcI Every
thlHS bat Facts Eliminated For Oar
Headers' Convenience.
Monday, Aar. 10.
Judge Edgerton, United States judge for
South Dakota, died at Sioux Palls The
Republican speakers' bureau has assigned
Senator. Thurston to speak at Ottnmwa,
Aug. 15 William J. Gllmorc, one of tho
ablest and best known lawyers at the Ohio
bar, died at Columbus Trailing men
of Ottumwa, In., organized a McKinlcy
club to participate in i he Thurston dem-
stration Aug. 13 The earl of Limerick
died iu London J. W. Grubbs of Sfc,
Joicpli, Mo., was attacked by a highway
man nnd fatally beaten and cut with a
knife The 3 jcar-old son of S. A. Jones
tumbled head foremost; into a bath tiibat
RLson, Ark., and was, drowned Hiroiu
Flynger, a farmer, wile mowing grass in
Mercer county. Pa., fell in front of a ma
chine and was mangled to death Ex-
Pos faster VT. R. Carpenter of George
town, Mo., was thrown from a bujrgy and
died from his .iuju ies A. D. White,
nged 7G year?, cngngctUn the grocery bus
iness at San A.ngelo, Tex., fell
from dulivory wagon and was run
over. He expired soon after
Archer Robinson disagreed with his
father-in-law, Albert Henderson, at Waco,
Tex., nnd shots -were exchange.!. Robin
son died from a wound in his neck
Irving Marks, an inmate of the Kingston
jail, made a confc sion that lie, with A.
Benton, stole $25,000 worth of diamonds
from J. J. Cooper at Narragausett, R. I.
Major O. A. Rrummel and Morgan R.
"Wise of Washington, D. C, have organ
ized a company to coa truce an cxtou-ivo
irrigation system in tlio valley of the
Santa Ciuz live, along the Mexican
bounda-y The body of John H. Greg
ory, ngcil 19 year?, wa? found in an unoc
cupied house at Providence. R. I. The
police were attracted to the building by a
... f - f'r-orw-ir-v-'c fnf.hf'l
SlIUU VJMU. tio .w.j "
killed him elf in tho same hou.-c by tho
fame meau
Tne.d iy, Aujr. 11.
Tbf hnHhfv.-s nsirfc nf .Tordnn. KV.. was
destroyed by fire The bodv of au un
known white man wa found in the river
as Sr. Louis Tne 24. h antmil sc.?-ion
of Hi e chiefs began at Sa't Lake This
interstate G. A. R. lcunion opened at
Superior, Neb. Miss Maggie Halpin of
G eeley Center. Neb., was drowned at
Lake Ericon Orinond nnd Pierce,
Neb., voted bonds to help m the con
struction of the Yankton and Soul Invest -
ern railroad The advance gna d of
delegates to the annual I ea:uc of Ameri-
can Wheelmen meat rcachid Louisville
Dan Wright and Ed Carter were at outs
at Troy, Mo., a nd p- ocuri ug a knife, Wrigh C
cu t Car: cr's hea l nearly off. Carter died
John Dois of Hillsboro, Tex., suspected
that James Bnrr had had imp'oper icla-
t'ous wiui Ins wre and went nuer na-r
nnd shot him dead Conductor Oram of
the Metropolitan Ei. vated road at Chicago
found a parcel near the Peo ia street sta
tion containing l lie body of a dead infant
Harry Chappcl nnd Price McGinui;
quarreled over a game of craps at St.Louis
nnd from a fistic encounter they lesortetl
to shooting. Neither was hurt While
out driving, the horse of James O'Brien of
St. Louis look fright and bolted. The rj
collided with a telegraph pole, throwing
n'Rritm out and soriouslviniurincrhim
Thomas Stapletou filled hL son-in-law,
Charles Dccrstc, full of bullets at Auder
ou IucL Decree urged Miss Stapleton to
marry him agaius her fa:hes will and
shortly after dc ertcdiior The residence
of Ainnld Pfeiffer. which was connected
wi.h a saloon at Dnla, Tex., was des
troyed by 11 1 e. Mr. Pfeiffer, and children
escaped, but his wife rushed back, think
ing her little ones s ill in dnngcrX and wa3
bu.ned to death.
Wednesday!1 Aup. 12.
S K- Martin, nmlii-millionalre-lumlier
man.'di-d at Alma. Mich. Postmaster
Gene al Wilson will not sail for Europe
until next week Oac tramp dead and
another dying is ih j result of a collision
between two sections of a Graud Trunk
freight train at Ha lett Park, Mich.
Complaint against .the Government of
ycs'.co has been filed at Washing m by a
Colorado man for refusal to rxtrndiio
two Mexicans who murderi d his brother-in-law
in New Mexico Win. Tushoug
was arrested a"; Richmond. Va , for forg
ing a check for $1.20 on the Chi go &
Fort Worth Packing conip iny. He was
r.dvertuinj ng.-ut for the conipiny.
He doc, not deny the thft .Inpunco
iu Formo a, is fs iopo:tcd. have com
pletely defoa'cd ihe na:ivc rebels F:iu
Hormanos, engaged in the cattle trade at
Rio do Janeiro, has failed, with r,3-P,C0J
mibreis (Sl,liO0,0JO). liabi ides Accord
ing to the London U::i y News a commis
sion which has been sit iug for seven
yea-s will lcport against coypulsory vac
cination in England A man who had
broken into Mvernl stores at Dunbar.
Neb., srcnunrnm I booty, was captur. d
in a pan ure near the towu The Inter
national Association of Carriage and
Wagon W kcrs, iu cs i nat Cincinnati,
is discus, ing iheadvi ability of withdraw
ing fiom the leJcraMou o Labor
Jtalian now pape-s deaounrca the lynch
ing
of Italians in 2cu
the covo.umeut at
Orleans and
Rome to so-.
cure the eo-ope at ion of
tries of Europe in a
other coun
protcst ty
the government of tho United b ntes
A. M. Doeke y was reuomina'cl for con
gress by the Dcmocia s of the Thi:d di -
trlctof Missouri Fcnator Palmer has
refused to accept a nomination f r presi
dent from the otind money Democ.ats
Illinois sound money Dcmocia's have
been .summoned to meet in stato conven
tion in Chicago Aug. 27 President
Cleveland declines to say anything about
Hoke Smith's repotted res'guation f.om
the cabinet Ex-P resident Harrison has
promised to open the campaign for Me
Klnlcy in New York City by a speech to
be delivered Aug. 2j .Alfred Ratney,
colored, aged about 10D, wa killed by tho
cars at Marshall, Mo. Tho National
Bu'ehcrs' Protective a;soda ion is in ses
sion at Denver William Wright, a
negro, who killed his Avifc with an ax, was
hanged at Xevada. Mo. Jcsjo Bluit at
Mesia, Tex., killed Davo Williams over a
debt of 30 cents, shoo Ing him with a shot
gun AnAtliuta, Ga., court has ruled
that street railway companies must pro
vide separate cars for negroes Mrs.
James Billings is in jail at Dallas, Tex.,
for stealing food for -her dying husband
and two starving children.
Wright For Governor
Atlanta, Ang. 8. The delegates- to
the Populist state convention nominated
Seaborn Wright for governor.
Come Under Civil Service Itnlc.
Washixgtox, Aug. 13. The work in
cidental to the incorporation of several
thousand federal offices in and around
New York aud Brooklyn iuto the civil
service in accordance with the -president's
recent order is practically com
pleted. President Proctor of the civil
service commission, who has been in
New York for several weeks supervis
ing the work, will return here in a few
days. A large number of inquiries a
to the status of various employes aud
other questions have been pouring iut'o
the commissioner steadily since the or
der was issued.