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-NOETH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,. TUESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 20, 189,6.
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MO. So.
Slaughter! Slaughter!
We have got to
immense line of Pall Goods and for that
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reason will sell all of our goods at marvel
ous low prices lower
Western Nebraska.
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imdersell us. Comparison solicited. G-oods
-freely shown.
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If you are posted vou can riot be deceived. "We write
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A. L. DAY
Full Line of ACOEN STQYES AND EANGES, STOYE
PIPE, ELBOWS, COAL HODS, ZINC BOARDS,
etcM at Lowest Prices on Record.
NORTH PLATTE, - - - NEBRASKA.
WEST SAMPLE ROOM
ia invited to call and see us, insuring courteous treatment.
Finest Yines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar.
1 Qur billiard' hall is supplied with the best make o tables
and competent attendants will supply all your wants.
KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE
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H.S. White, - - - President.
A. White,-.-, Vice-Pres't.
A general puking mm W
transacted.
You can't rind in these
United States the Equal
of the Genuine
Beckwitii
Mound Oak,
You may try; you'll get
left. Remember, it's the
combination of good points
that makes the Perfect
Stove. That's where we
set the IMITATIONS.
They can't steal the whole
stove, They steal- one
thing and think they have
it all, but it FAILS. They
build another. It fails.
Still they keen on orvine:
good as the BOUND
OAK. Some peculiar
merchants say they have
i-l 1 TriUH lAm rt v
use!
The Great and Only Hardware Man
IL in Lincoln Go. that no one Owes.
IN NORTH PLATTE
x'BE UNION PACIFIC BEPOT
-NICHOLS NEWS.
Our farmers are busy this week
harvesting- their potato crop, which
is proving" somewhat lighter than
last year. .
Rev. Coslet preached to a fair
sized audience at the school house
on Sunday morning" last.
Miss1 Nellie Lonerg-an returned
Sunday evening" from her home in
North Platte, and resumed her
duties in the -school room yesterday
morning".
Chas. Wescott, of Custer county,
visited relatives here a few days
last week.
Miss BessieLeecb, of Sunshine,
is at present the guest of Miss Mc
Williams. The dauce held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. Gibbons on last
Friday evening" was well attended
and a delightful time is reported
by.those participating".
-Masters Bruce and Wray Stuart
visited with their, grandma, Mrs.
M. C. Brown, several davs last
week.
The Hers hey Review is the
authority that several wedding's
will soontake place among us.
The Nichols dramatic club will
soon, so we are lniorinea, oe re
organized. Quite a number of our farmers
received fruit trees from a nursery
at Fremont last Saturday. Thej'
were delivered at North Platte.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Calhoun re
turned from a several days', visit at
North Platte Saturday.
We understand some ladies pre
fer sealing wax to .. chocolate in
ahing" carmel. cake when they
wish excellent success.
Mr. and Mrs. John Toilhon will
entertain a dancing party next
Fridu evening at their home.
As election draws near politics
become very warm and the farmers
never rem too busy to .stop and
talk over the. situation, seeming" to
feel that the coming election re
turns mean ujore to them than their
crops, which are of little value com
pared to four years more without
protection." Anon.
MYSTLS NEWS,
The republicans of this precinct
held their primary Oct. 6th, at
Myrtle school house." The follow
ing" names were placed on.thc ticket:
Assessor, J. S. Combs; road over
seer, Wm. Macrander; justice of the
peace, A. E. Moore: constable,
'Henry pollct; judges of ejection, J.
L. MeGrew, W. Combs, Wm. Ma
crander; clerks .of election, A. E.
Moore and N. G. Wiberg".
A 'couple of agents for Bell's
school chart have been canvassing"
this vici'nitv the last week.
Many of our citizens are indig-.
nant to think hojy easily they have
been swindled out of board bills,' it
being- a" cusfom-6f the men to leave
without paying" lor their board.
However, "the' succeeded in selling"
a few charts, but we are reliabh'
informed that hardly Que. district
paid the same price for them.
The schools in this vicinity were
closed Monday to. give the teachers
and pupils an opportunity to attend
Col. Cody's show and the fair.
Nearly everybody in this precinct
and surrounding county visited the'
Wild West,
An Armenian M. E. preacher,
-returning from conference, stopped
at the post office over nigiit and
caused considerable. L for a
youug" man n this precinct.
Chas. A. Moore left fgr Maxwell
Wednesday where he will work for
awhile.
Don't forget the speaking" by
Grimes and Pattcrfon, to be at
the Myrtle school house, Oct. 21.
Let everybody turn out "and give
these men a heart welcome.
A number of the farmers have
commenced to husk corn in this
vicinity. Hayseed.
The hop crop in Oregon and
Washintbn is not as large as usual,
but is reported as more than us
ually excellent .in quality. With
the improved times that "will come
with McKinleT's election, the crop
will pay better than last j-ear.
Popust Butler has come out in
card and announced the election of
Bryan, and the rank and file are
amazed that republicans are goi ng
right ou with the campaign, just
if nothing had happened,
Your Boy Wont Live a Month.
So Mr. Gilman Brown, ot 31 Mill St.,
South Gardner, Mass., was told by the
doctor. His son had lung trouble, fol
lowing typhoid malaria, and ho spent
three hundred and seventy-five dollars
with doctors, who finally gave him up
saying: "Your boy wont live a month."
Ho tried Dr. Kings New Discovery and
a few bottles restored him to health and
enabled him to go" to work a perfectly
well man. Ho says he owes his present
good hpalth to use of Dr. Kings New
Discovery, and knows it to be. tho best
in tho world for lung trouble. Trial
bottles freo at A. F. Streitz's drug store.
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AN I2EE3ISTIBLE AEGUJESNT.
December wheat closed in Chicago
yesterday at 75j4 cents per bushel.
On July 9, the day before the Chi
cago ticket was nominated, wheat
was 63 s cents per bushel. Yester
day's quotation for silver was 654
cents per ounce. On July 9 it was
GSji cents per ounce. Wheat, has
advanced, silver has declined. The
theory, therefore that the course of
the price of silver has ever had any
thing to do with regulating the price
of wheat is completely exploded.,
It is indisputably shown that so far
as the market is concerned there is
absolutely no relation whatever be
tween the two commodities. Each
is governed by the law of supply
and demand, which opefates upon
one without the slightest reference
to the other. Mr. Bryan and other
free silver advocates have urged that
depreciating prices are clue to de
preciated silver and appreciated
gold. The course of wheat and sil
ver during the last thirty days con
futes this and takes from the free
silverites one of the props to their
scheme upon which they have chief
ly depended for deluding the agri
cultural producers.
Everybody knows wheat has ad
vanced. There is a heavy shortage
in the world's crop. Exhaustive
statistics ot the world's wheat har
vest in 1896 show that the world's
crop was less by oyer 185,000,0000
bushels than it was in the preced
ing yearl In the United State?,
Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Chili,
Austria and the Bast Indies the de
crease was 165,000,000 bushels.
Russia shows a decrease of 56,000
000 bushels and Spain and Portugal
have bad crops. France about held
her own, while England and Italy
had increased crops. The increased
production of the consuming coun
tries was 37.OUD.000 bushels. There
was also a decrease in the world's
production of rye, oats aud barley.
There is famine in a portion of India
and American wheat will be re
quired to meet the demand, so that
we have not yet roached the high
est price that grain wjll command.
Aiiiericanwlieat growers will oe
richer to the extent of not less than
$100,000,000 by reason of the short
age in the world's crops.
What is the situation iu regard to
silver? The supply exceeds the de
mand. China and Japan, Ijeing the
ultimate cQUsnniers of most of the
white metal produced, are not in
creasing their supply of silver. The
commerce of those countries is not
so active as it was a shorttiire ago
and this of course decreases the de
mand for silver. India having no
wheat to export is not able to bu
silver. There is no speculation in
the white metal to hold up the price
and obeying the law of supply and
demand it has declined. Perhaps
it has touched the lowest point to
which it will go and there may be a
slight recovery, but it is not likely
to be material. Can auy rational
man believe, with this object lesson
before him, that the United States
alone could by free coinage raise
the price of silver to SI. 29 an ounce?
The assertion that it could do so is
manifestly nreposteroup.
Mr. Bryau has made uo reference
to the advance in the price of wheat
and the decline in the price of silver,
although, he must be aware of it.
It is one of those stubborn facts,
however, which like the record of
the democratic tariff he finds it con
venient to ignore. If he under
stands how completely it knocks the
chief prop from under the free silver
heresy he will not confess it. It is
pretty safe to say that Mr. Bryan
will not allude to the parting of
wheat and silver, bu.t will go. right
on appealing to, passion and preju
dice as. f no such a thing had happened-.
The intelligent producers
of the country, however, will not be
blind or indifferent to the plain and
irresistable argument presented in
the rise and tall of silver. It ought
to be safe to say that it will con
vince thousands ot them, whose
minds are still open to conviction,
of the fallacy of the whole free sil
ver contention, for when it has been
demonstrated that its chief claim is
false there has been no reason for
continuing confidence intheotlur
claims.--Omaha Bee.
HOW'S THIS?
Wo offer One Hendrod lioUars Reward fcr any
rcasoof Gatarrh that cannot be cored by Dal l"d
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHEX-gY fa CO.. Proip., Tolodo, O.
We the undersigned, have known l- J. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and tlnanc'
nltyaljlo to carry ont any obligations made by
their Gnu,
Wekt k Tsuax, vrholowlo Dragt', Toledn, o.
- Waldino, Kinsak fa "SrAKVix, Wholesale Draj
gists, Toledo, O.
UaU's Catarrh Co.ro 5s taken iuterual.Sy, seeing
directly upon the biond and mucins' surface of the
sysrem. Pri?o 75e. per bottle. SjWI by nit Drug
gists. Testimonials free
Halt's Family Tills aro the l est.
BADLY BURNED.
Eos .Angeles Visited by a Very "Disastrous
Conflagration.
Los Angeles, Oct. 19. The largest
fire that has occurred in this city in
years started late Saturday night in the
Fowlor paper bos factory and before it
wa3 subdued over 100,000 worth of
property had been consnmed. The
building, which was a three story brick,
was owned by R. H. Howell, the first
floor being ocenpied by J. D. Hooker,
dealer in plumbing supplies, the third
floor by the Fowler paper box factory,
where the lire originated. The flames
communicated rapidly to the floors
below and before tho fire department
arrived tho building was doomed. Sev
eral of the fifemon were painfully in
jured hy the falling timbers and Thomas
Meredith, a spectator, was srrnck on tho
head by a falling cornice, which inflicted
a ..dangerous wound. J. D, Hooker's
loss was about 55,001); iusurrnco, $25,
000. Van Storage compauy, loss,
$20,000;. insurance unknown. R. H.
Howell, owner of the buildiug, loss,
$35,000; insurance unknown. Tho
Simson-Hack Fruit company, occupying
an atl joining building, sustained $1,000.
damago by water. The cause of the
fire is not known.
DO NOT AGREE,
Mr. Kosello Says "Watson Hid fot Object to
Fusion in Missouri,
Sr. Louis, Oct. 19. Chairman Ros
selle of the Populist committee has had
his attention called to the recently pub
lished statement of Hon. Thomas E.
Watson, Popniist candidate for vico
president, wherein that gentleman
denies a statement in the Lamar Leader,
Roselle's paper, that he, "Watson, fav
ored the electoral f nsion in this state.
Last hight Mr. Roselle gave out a signed
statement in which he . declares most
emphatically that Mr. "Watson, at his
recent meeting in this qity in the pres
ence of National Committeemen Wash
burn, Rankiu, Reed aud General Yan-deryc-ort
and J. G. Fallett, did say that
tho fusion as arranged "was perhaps
the best-that could be done," aud also
that ho had no objection to fusion on
electors giving him and the party ade
quate recognition."
SUNDAY AT CANTON.
Tho Canip.iigningr Veterans Attend Church
With McKiuley.
Cantos, 0 Oct. 19. Major McKin
loy shows no sign of fatiguo from his
last week's work and is apparently as
Strong and robust as when the cam
paign opened. Ho was up yesterday
morning and went to church with a
number of guests. He entertained com
pany tho greater part of the day. The
campaigning party of generals and vot
eraus were here yesterday, and the
greater part of the day were Major Mc
Kiuley's guests. Their special train ar
rived early in the moruing and the
party was at tho McKinley home in
ime" to go to the morning service at
the major's church, the First Methodist.
Tho telegraph still brings communica
tions concerning delegations to, visit
Major McKinley and to b.3 reviewed,
the prospects aro for n week very much
the sam.. as tho one closing last Satur
day, Codferriofr With "Watson.
TnoiisoN', Ga., Oct. 19. H. W. Reed,
treasurer of the Populist national com
mit teo, Mr. Watson's personal repre
sentative at the recent Populist meeting
at Chicago, aud National Committee
man Washburn of Massachusetts ar
rived in Thomson, the homo of the vice
presidential candidate, yesterday from
Atlanta. They were met at the depot
by Mr. Wat3on's son a.ud driven to the
homo of the nominee. The thrco have
been in continual conference since,
stopping" only for meals. The greatest
possible interest is shown by Mr. Wat
sou's personal aud political friends in
the conference now going on. Promi
nent local Popniists, ordinarily iu the
confidence of the nominee, have called
only to find that their leader begged to
be excused. Mr, Watson received the
reporter o,f tho press. He politely but
Urndy refused to say anything regard
ing the political situation or his letter.
Badenoch WIJI Not Ilccedc.
Chicago, Oct. 19. The Democratic
silver managers declaro no permit is
necessary for their parade on Oct. 31,
and are determined to parade without
one. Chief of Poiice Badeuoch dees not
show any sign of receding from tho
position he took when tho Democratic
leaders asked him to give theii parade
preference over the McKinley Work
iugmens clubs parade, announced for
tho same night, Oct. 31. "I do not in
tend that any parade shall take place
without permit," he said. "It is plain
on the face of it that in the present ex
cited state of the public mind two par
ades oanuot go over the same ground
with a brief space between them and
leave us safe in the consciousness that
trouble will not result."
Will Advise Acceptance.
C01.UMEOS, O., Oct. 19. President
Ratchford aud Secretary Lewis of the
Ohio miners in this city has partially
completed the count-of the voto of the
miners of the state on a proposition for
a reduction to 45 cents in the mining
rate. The vote of about 100 locals was
cast, representing over 20,000 miners,
and the proposition is defeated by about
rix to one. President Ratchford will
issuo a circular to tho miners of the
state, in wbicli "they will bo urged to
accept tho proposed reduction and con
tinue at work.
llroko the ltoad Ilccoril.
San Jose, Cal., Oct. 19. Local
wheelmen claim that C. M. Smith
broke the world's record for five mile
road time. He covered the Milpitas
and San Jose five mile courso in 10:20
flat. He was paced by a tandem two
miles aud by another tandein for the
last throe miles. The previous record
for five miles was 11:12 2-5, held by
George Hamlin of the San Francisco
road club. Smith had an oflsci-al sanc
tion to go for the record.
A TERRIFIC sg,
UPSETTING OF P
A bold, determined
week the busiest
. , ixeyer were we so bountifully supplied .with.. bargain
'ammunition. Now is the time to buy. when yquca'n
choose from hundreds of special purchases .too good to
last long. ' Not in our 6 years' experience have such, all
around low prices prevailed. . '
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT.
Our shelves in this departinentare overloaded with Dress Goods,
Flannels, Ginghams, Prints, Sateens, Muslins, Table Linens, Towels,
Handkerchiefs and Sundry Notions.
OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT. .
Everybody knows that this department is the largest- and: best as
sorted of any in the city. We are receiving new and up-to-date styles
vtjr uo . v,uu mm sec uiem.
- ' CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
TiiiJs department is filled to
Cloaksln all sizes and prices.
TRUNK DEPARTMENT.
We have one of the largest line
Lowestprices.
A fine line of Clothing, Shirts, Neck-wear, Overalls, Blouses.
Suspenders, etc. v .
Give us a call. Ask to see in all departments, and do not be;
afraid to ask prices. .
Yours for business,
" THE FAIR, :
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TURKISH ATROCITIES.
Sickening- Story of the Mnssncru of Armec
Ian In Constantinople.
New York. Oct. 19. Madji Rahsiau
is a Christian Turk who was ono of tho
passengers on board the Lngascogiie
which arrived Snuday. He coines to
this couufcry on a business trip.
Through an interpreter he told about
the massacres of Armenians. He was
in Constantinople duriug the three days
massacre in August last. Duriug the
three days :.it,000 Armenians, lie said
were slaughtered through the empire.
"Wagons filled with bodies were con
stantly passing through the streets of
Constantinople. Cart load after cart load
of these bodies were dumped into tho
sea. The sight was a sickening one and
what added to its horror was the fact
that in those wagons were piled the
dead and dying, and the feeble cries of
the wounded for release could be hoard
from the carts, but the appeals were
utterly unheeded. Whether killed or
wounded, all were thrown into tho sea.
Mr. Rahsian says Europeans have not
been molested up to dato. He added
they are leaving Constantinople, fearing
they may be attacked.
BRYAN IN DETf.O! .
Attends Church aud Has an Informal Re
ception After Service.
Detroit, Oct. 19. It was one of his
characteristic Sabbaths that William J.
Bryan spent iu this city. In the morn
ing, accompanied by Mrs. Bryan, ho
attended the Westminister Presbyterian
church and listened to a sermon by the
Rev. John Patterson, who is a friend of
Mr. Bryan. After the sermon the nom
inee and his wife held an informal and
unexpected reception in the isle near
the pew which they occupied. Every
person inside the edifice shook hands
with them and r. few started a faint
ripple of applause.
Although it had not been publicly
announced, it had been arranged that
Mr. Bryan should address the weekly
meeting of the Detroit Newsboys' asso
ciation. Mr. Bryan made a short,
simple address to the newsboys, advis
ing them earnestly as to tho great value
of character in all life's affairs, and of
respecting the rights of others. At the
conclusion of his remarks the little hall
rang with the boyish assurances that
Bryan was "all right," despite the ad
monition of Colonel Butler, president
of the association. Mr. Bryan looked
greatly refreshed by his Sunday rest. i
RICES
move to make Fair
week this year!-
overloading in Jackets, Capes,1 and;
' v1
of trunks in the city, all kinds1?'
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Wreck In New Hampshire.
MAXfinESTER, N". H., Oct. 19. A spe
cial to the Union soys a railroad acci
dent believed to be very extensive in
amount of damage occurred at 7 o'clock
Saturday night at a point near "Wont
worth ou the White Mountain division
of the Boston & Maino railway. An
express freight train of many cars is
said to have been almost completely
wrecked. All that could be learned defin
itely was that one brakemau was killed..
Killed In a Collision.
Oraxue, Tex., Oct. 19. Yesterday
morning a headend collision occurred at
the south end of the trestle across Little
Cypress bayou, five and a half miles
north of this place ou tho Southern
Pacific, by which John Clancy from
TJnionvillo, la., was killed and tho engi
neer, A. Toler of Houston, who was
running the west bonud train, sustained
a fracture of both thigh boues and a
dislocation of the right shoulder.
llig Tiko Steamer IJarnctl. .
Cleveland, Oct. 19. A special from
Sturgeon Bay, Wis., says tho big steamer" " "
Australiaisa, owned by James Corrigan
of this city was burned last night oar, ?
Lake Michigan, and now lies at the bot
tom of White Fish bay. Tho steamer
was loaded with a cargo of 2,000 tony
of coal for Milwaukee. Shoal water
was reached just as the life saving:
crew arrived at the vessel aud rescued
the crew.
Was IJrcvIocsly Arranged.
Lokdok, (5cf. 19. The Daily News .
says: It seems probable the entry of the
United States steamship Bancroft into
the Dardanelles was.. arranged before
she left New York. It also says Secre
tary Oluey has telegraphed to the porte
his thanks for its permission accorded
to Armenian women and children whose
husbands and fathers are in the United
States to proceed to America.
Syracuse, IT. Y., Oct. 10. A special
to the Post from Antwerp announces
thcinurder at Sommerville, by Orrin.
Eannie, of his father, Daniel Kinnie.
Orrin Kinnie afterwards committed
suicide. Ho was thought to be insane.
Shot lliiasalf.
New York, Oct. 19. Walter Louis
Lenau, who married the widow of Col
onel John A. OockeriL, shot himsolf to
day at his home at Euglewood, U.
According to Mrs. Lenau the shooting
was unintentional.