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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1896)
g7-" ',.' J v NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. Am.ianck and Hemingford urn en gaged In tho county sent war. Tun North Nobraska Teachers' anso elation met at Kroiuout on tlio at with a largo uttendancc. Jami:s 1C. Hunt, an old and wealthy oltl7.cn of Syracuse has becomo insane and sent to an asylum. Tiik contract books of the Norfolk licet Sugar Co., for the season of 189fS, have been cloned, with HUlllcient. acre age secured to Insure a longer run than any previous year. No more con tracts for tho Norfolk factory will bo taken for tho present season. lticiiAitl) RiNonit, a merchant of Friend, who was bitten by a dog Nov oral months ago, was attaclcod recent ly with what was supposed to bo a se vere caso of crip. Later physicians uirrced that it was a caso of hydro phobia, when tho victim seized a razor and almost severed his head from his body, dying at once. MaxkvCoiiii, county treasurer, dis appeared from Lincoln a few days ago and two days later his body was found dead near town. Ho had taken morphine. Financial rovcrsos caused him to commit suicide. Rccontly ho had settled a nhnrtago of several thou imd, growing out of tho fail tiro of a hank in which ho had placod tho funds. Liza, tho sovoti-yenr-old daughter of II. L. Townley, secretary of tho state banking board, loft tho family resi dence at Lincoln tho other day to go lo tho state house on an errand, and while walking on tho street railway track was struck by a car and instantly killed. Tho mother who was watching tho child from tho door witnessed tho accident. lti:oi:Nir.Y there was shipped from Seward by a local stockraiser a train load of fat cattlo to England. The train consisted of It cars, 12 containing oaltlc, one draft horses and ono feed. Tlioro were also shipped eight thoroughbred trotters in tho bamo train. Tho train was elaborately dec orated with banners, advertising Howard and Howard county. A I'AltTY of eastern capitalists pro poso to erect a distillery at Fremont with n capacity of 2,000 bushels a day upon condUion that they bo givon t mtitablo plant convenient to both rail roads, and ont of loss than 1ft ncros.and a ljoiuiH of S3O.O00. They also agreo that in caso tho distillery goes into thn( hands of tho trust to return the amount of tho bonus and tho valuo of tho land on which tho buildings aro to ba erected. Lincoln letter carrlors aro repre sented to bu jubilant over tho iigurox givon out by tho Unltod States com missioner, who has beon examining fiu claims for overtime slnco 189C, when tho eight-hour law went Into effect. It Is stated that tho commissioner es timates that tho employes in tho Lin coln olllco will recolvo nearly So, 000. Soma of tho carriers will got as much ns SCOO, whilo other claims rango from .300 to SIM). Mas. Baiuiictt Scott lately (lied suit nt O'Nolll against tho Ancient Order of United Workmon for 52,000, tho amount of u policy held in that organization by hor husband, tho lato Barrett Scott, and 8100 intoro3t. Scott, prior to his alight to Mexico in 1803, was a momber In good standing of tlto O'Neill lodge, .Ancient Order of United Workmen. After his flight ho was expelled from tho order and after his return mado no unovo to get reinstatement Tiik Nobraska Southeastern F.duca llonal association at Lincoln elected tho following ofllcors: President, S. 1. Arnot, Sterling; vlco president, (. 1). Hopkins, Friend; secretary, Miss Anna llowlaud, Lincoln; treasurer, 12. A. Morgan, Nebraska City. J. V. Dins moro.of Uumlioldt,tind Superintendent Jleolcr, of Beatrice, wero elected mem bers of tho executive committee. The inatter of tho place of holding tho next .session was left to tho exooutlvo com unit toe. John Wiooinb, a respected and wealthy farmer living a few miles west of St. Helena, near llarlingtou, was found dead tho other night on tho hank o, tho Missouri river, about a mile from hir, home, with a bullet wound in his head and a rovolver lying close by. Mr. Wiggins 'm a half dressed condition wandered from his homo to tho river tho day before. There ho bhot himself. IiiMiuity is thought to bo tho cause of tho suicide, as ho was recently pronounced Insane. Mauch did not go out like a lamb In Nebraska by any mcaiib. On tho last ny of tho month tho lamb would havo found himself overwhelmed by a bliz jsard had ho beon strolling around. Jit llartingtou tho worst blizzard for years prevailed, and at llnrrisou tho heaviest snow of thu winter foil. Tho Kama was truo of Iiyaunis, Fierce, O'Neill, North l'latto, Crelghton, Stan ton, Ilcmlngford and other points. 'Tho blizzard extended to Omaha, but was not us severe us at muny other .points. A MOVicsiBNT haR developed in No 'braska to contest tho right of tho gov crnmont to rogulnto tho liquor tniflic .of tho forts In this state. At every jpost tho canteen, operated by privates, is conducted without state or county interference. At Fort Robinson sov oral days ago county authorities issued warrants against tho canteen owners Belling liquor without a license and wrlts to conliscato tho "wet" property. 'Tho military authorities refused to iperinlt tho shcriif to servo his war rants, and that oillcor has appealed to the secretary of war. A LETTER FROM CARLISLE. Tlio Nonrotary of tho Treasury Olves Ilia Views on tho 1'rnsldonoy. Washington, April 0. Secretary Carlisle has written tho following lot tor on tho subject of his candidacy for tho presidential nomination at the Chicago convention: Washington, n. a, April t, 1891. Charles It. Long, Chiilrmiui Dumocratlo Sliito Contnil C'ommlttoo. Ky. Dour Kir: Your fnvor of March 3), In which you nay In substanro that many of my friends In Kentucky nml olsowhcro tloslro mo to be come ncunillUnto boforo tho approaching na tional itumocrntlo convention for nomlnntlon to tho oftlco of president, mill requesting mo togivo some nuthorltatlvo or dollnlte express ion upon tliu suhjuct. has heon inulerlsilly con Hldorcd, Mnny communications upon tho same subject snd Rlmllur Import li.ivo boon received from frlenUH In different parts of tho country, und wlillo very grateful for tlicso numerous ox presslons of oonlldetico find ostccin upon tho pirtof my domocrntlo fellow citizens, I havo not been nolo to roach tho conclusion that tho existing conditions require mo to comply with their requests by nuthorlzlng them to iin nounco mo ns n candidate for tho providential nomlnntlon. While I fcol n profound Interest In tlio wel fare of my party, I am tnttoli moro concorned iiboiit Its declaration of principles thin Its selection of candidates, because In my opinion, Its failure or success tit tho "lection, ns well na itscapiclty for useful service In tho country in tho future, depends upon tho position It tokos or omits to tuko upon tho public ques tions now nngnglng the intention of tho people, und especially tho questions ufforttni; tho monetary system of the country und tho char acter und amount of taxation to bo Imposed upon our citizens. Its position upon those und other subjects having boon ngrcod upon, und clearly und distinctly announced, tho conven tion ought to h-ivo no dllllculty In selecting an acceptable candidate who will fairly repre sent Its vlows, und In order that Its delibera tions may bo cmbarrnsso 1 as Httlo as posslblo by tho contentions of rival aspirants mid their friends, I think mv duty to tho pirtv will bo best performed by declining to participate In a contest for tho nomlmtlon. Tho obligations assumed when I ncroptod my present olllclnl position require mo to devote my onttro tlmo und attention to tho public In terests eommltto I to my charge and I shall roifctnuotodlKclnrgo tho duties Imposod upon ma to tiio best of my ability, and In such man ner ns will, In my judgment, most certainly promoto tho truo Interest of tho country: und If, In tho opinion of my follow dotnocrats of Kentucky, my service ontitlo mo to their com mendntloii and approval, I would regard their Indorsement of my public course as an ample reward for tho Httlo I havo been nblo to no compllshod In behalf of honest administration mid n sound financial policy. With many thanks for your kind letter, lam, very truly yours, J. G. Oaiu.isle. FIRE IN A MUSEUM. Wild Confnslon A mo til- tho Freaks nml Performers In n Chicago Playhouse. Chicaoo, April 0. A ilro which boro a very threatening aspect for a time and crcatod a panic, broko out yester afternoon in a Clark street dime museum. It being Easter Sunday tho two small theaters in tho building wero entertaining audiences of moro than tho usual proportion, at least 1, C00 persons, who occupied every avail able inch of space, being present. Tlio audiences at once mado a rush for tho door and for a time pandomonium roigncd. Tho wildest confusion pre vailed among the freaks and perform ers, but all escaped without injury, many of tho uctors running into tho streets in thoir stngo attire. On tho third lloor tlio collection of huge snakes was on exhibition. Among this collection was a boa constrictor 20 feet in length. A fcmalo sunko charm er had charge of the reptiles, and when tho firo broke out sho attempted to plaeo thorn in a box. Calling for assistance, a stranger climbed into tho cage and offered to help capture tho Bnakes. Ho piclced tho largest ono up by tho neck and no sooner had ho done bo than tho snake, recognizing it was In the hands of u stranger, coiled its huge form about the man's arm. Tho htiako charmer, realizing tho man's danger, told him to keep a firm grip on tho snako's neck. A terrific struggle then ensuod, but by tho combined ef forts of tho fair snake charmer and tho obliging .stranger, the boa constrictor was finally jammed into a box and se cured. A TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATION. I'mir TluiiiHuiiit IIoi'Him Hufuril nnd 30,000 People Mitilt) Itiimnlrm. MADitiD, April (I. A terrible firo has occurred at Mauiln, In tho Philippine Islands, by which -1,000 houses wcru de stroyed and 30,000 people loft homeless. Manila is the capital of tho Philippine islands, an t has a population of 100,000, or, with tho surburbs, 100,000. It is ono of tho great emporiums of tho oast. Tlio principal buildings aro tho cathedral, tho palaces of tho governor and tho archbishop, a beautiful town house, ten churches of different reli gious orders, beveral monasteries and convents, tho arsonal, three colleges for young men and two for young women, a supremo court, prison, civil hospital, university, a mnrino and a commercial school, a largo theater, a custom house and a barracks. It has frequently been visited by sovero and destructive earthquakes. HOLMES CONFESSES ALL. The Arch-rrlmlunl Preparing tho Htory of Twenty Murders 1 oiumltteil ly Him. Pmi,Ai)i:i.iniA, April 0. H. II. Holmes, tho convicted murderer, has .nude a confession in which ho tolls how and why ho put to death no less than 20 men, women and children. He writes as calmly and remorselessly as ho murdered, neglecting no detail. Ho even gives an account of six mur ders which ho planned, but was pre vented from carrying out It was well known that, Holmes put 11 per sons out of the world. So when his confession is printed there will bo ac counts of tho violent deaths of nino people whose absence from their homes and thoir frloudo has hitherto beon unexplained. A. P. A. AND POLITICS. flnpremn President 'I riiynur bnys IN Order Will Urclde tho Next Presidential 'Con tent. DnmoiT, Mich., April !. W. II. J. Tray nor, supremo president of tho American Protective association, has issued a circular to tlio order at largo upon tho political situation. President Traynor declares that tho A. P. A. has a cinch upon tho presidential situation, nnd presents an exhaustive plan for tho complete political organization of tho order, from tho primaries up. Ho urges tho various state councils to send their rcprosentntlvcs to the supremo coun cil, which meets next month at Wash ington, pledged to such reforms as tho subordinate members of tho order most desire, thus avoiding tho danger of strong partisans from using tho order for their own ends. Ho makes a strong protest against tho Mnrquotlo statue and csqccially warns tho order to op poso tho resolution of Congressman Morse, of Massachusetts, "Ac knowledging Almighty Ood ns tho source of all power and authority in civil government, our Lord Jesus Christ ns tho ruler of nations and His revealed will as tho supremo authority in civil uiTnlrs." This, ho says, is a remarkable and dan gerous proposal to plnco tho affairs of stato in tlio hands of tho church. Tho writer concludes with tho declaration that the Venezuelan war scare was a misleading campaign dodgo und that the Cuban and Armenian agitations wlillo advocated by those who wero sincere, wero moro subterfuges to kill time until after tho presidential elec tions und distract tlio attention of tlio pcoplo from proposed and much need ed national measures of reform. H EAVY FAILURES. Tim 1.1st for thn I.nst Quarter I.irtrer Than Kcr Ueported fnrn l.llco Period. Nkw Yoni:. April !. According to Ilradstrcet's Financial Review tho first quarter of 1890 presents tlio largest list of actual commercial and indus trial failures in business in the United States, those in which liabilities ex ceed assets, ever reported for a like period. Tho total (including financial institutions) is 4,512, or 700 moro than in a like portion of 1895; ft 13 more than In 1891, and 1,443 moro than In the first quarter of 1893, increases of 18.11 and 47 per ceqt. respectively. The largest preceding liko total, 4,050, was report ed in 1885. Liabilities of those failing this year amount to 02,513,000, an in crease of 30 per cent., as compared with a year ago; 27 per cent, as com pared with tlio first quarter of 1894, and 00 per cent, as contrasted with three years ago. Business failures in Canada number 781 for the past quarter, against 581 in tho first quarter of 1895; with total liabilities of 5,573,000, against St,23a( 000 last year. A .MADMAN'S ACT. Kills Ills Wlfn nml Mother-ln-I.nw Then Attempts Sululde. Clinton, 111.. April 4. At 4:30 yes terday afternoon this city was thrown into tho wildest excitement by u double murder and attempted suicido. Ed Polon, formerly employed at tho Illinois Central railroad in this city, murdered his wife, formerly Miss Myrtle Green, and his mother-in-law Mrs. McMullen, and then attempted suicido by throwing himself in front of an eastbound freight train. Jeal ousy Is given as his reason for commit ting the horrible deed. Last night a great crowd of excited citizens as sembled in front of the jail, but Mayor McOill addressed them and said Polen would die of his injuries, and tho crowd finally dispersed. It was rumored late at night that Polen was taken to Decatur for safo keeping. The jail is heavily guarded and no re porters are allowed near it, however. A GRAND MONUMENT. Hill Introduced to oinmemnriito tho Kerr. 'Icci of Private .Soldiers. Washinoton, April 4. Congressman Watson, of Ohio, introduced a bill in congress yesterday appropriating 250, 000 for a monument to bo erected in Washington to commemorate tho serv ices and achievements of private sol diers and non-commissioned ofllcors and enlisted men of tho navy during tho lato war. "There aro many monu ments in Washington erected to tho memory of union olllcers of tho army and navy distinguished in tho late war of tho rebellion, " said Mr. Watson, "but there is no monument erected to tho memory of private soldiors and non-commissioned olllcers of the army, or enlisted men in tho nuvy, who served In tho causo of tho union dur ing tho war. There is a so-called peace monument here, but that is not commemorative of tho deeds of tho common soldiors of tho war." TO HONOR AMERICANS. Venezuela Will Kri-it ii Third htitttiu to (Shim of Undo Hum Washing-ion, April 4. President Crespo, of Venozuela, has taken an other step toward tho conspicuous honoring of American citizens by issu ing a decree directing tlio erection of a bronze column in honor of tho citi zens of tlio United States who aided Venezuela in tho first struggle for In dependence. Tho decree has just boon received at tho Venezuelan legation here. Venezuela litis honored this government heretofore by erecting a statue of Washington and projecting another statue to President Monroe commemorative of tho Monroe doc trine, so that tho erection of thin bronze column Is a further ovidonco of tho friendly fooling oxlstlug. A TRAIN HELD UP. Tliren Men Itob tlm ( ntinnn Ilnll Krpren on tho 'i'rlsco Itoncl. LKnANON, Mo., April 2. Tho cast bound cannon ball train, No. 0, on tho St Louis & San Francisco railroad, wan held up throo miles oast of hero early yesterday morning by three masked men, and the safo blown open and robbed. Tho robbers boarded tho train at this place and, after reaching tho sccno of tho robbery, hold up tlio engineer and fireman and stopped tho train and, with tho engineer in front of them, marched to the express car. Tho messenger refusing to open tho door, it was blown open with dynn mito and tho safe cracked and its con tents removed. Several packages of valuablo papers wore found this morn ing beside the track with somo money which hud been overlooked in the hur ry of departure The passengers wero not molested. The engine was de tached nnd run by tho robbers to Sleeper, whoro it was abandoned. A brnkoman hurried back to tho city and started Sheriff Jones and a posso on tho track of the robbers. Tho Wclls-Fargo & Co. express offi cials say the amount of money secured by tho robbers was only i,277. About 100 mounted men aro In pursuit of tho robbers. Ilond Agent Ilradwoy is in Lebanon superintending tho hunt Bloodhounds will be put on tho trail, and every means known to railroad and express secret service, ns well as tho local authorities, will bo used to capture tho outlaws. VENEZUELA FIRM AS EVER. Itoport That Indemnity for Urtuiti ArroiU Will lln I'uld la Donliul. Cahacas, Venezuela, April 2. A re port roaches hero from New York that tho Venezuelan government hero has agreed to pay Great Britain 5,000 in demnity for tho arrests in Uruan. It is claimed from tho highest authority that the report is untrue. Venezuela has refused to pay ono cent of indem nity for what is known as tho Uruan incident as long as England claims tho men wero arrested on British soil; has refused anything in tho premises to do unless England changes tho words "British soil" in hor demand to "disputed terri tory." Furthermore, Veuezuola will not pay any indemnity to Great Brit ain until after tho American commis sion on tho Venezuelan boundary makes Its report. England has not yet changed tho phrascoloey of hor demand. Public opinion is strong ngainst any payment ONE AS GOOD AS THE OTHER. Mother and Dnucfhtor Kxohnnse Uubles In voluntarily nt lllrtli. Siiamokin, Pa., April 2. Mrs. John Morton, of Irish Valley, was being de livered of a child yesterday when her daughter, Mrs. Hannah Foster, of Trevorton, who was at her mother's bedside, was taken sick suddenly, and also gave birth to a child. Both women occupied tho sumo bed, and tho attending physician mixed the babies. One of tho children is a boy and tho other a girl, but no body knows which belongs to which mother. At length Mrs. Morton said sho would take tho girl, as she had several sons already, and would really prefer another daughter, whereas Mrs. Foster wanted a boy. As tho matter stands, Mrs. Morton does not know whether she is nursing her daughter or her granddaughter, nor does Mrs. Foster know whether sho is rearing her brother or hor son. NATURAL COLORS PICTURED. A ( hlcucn Mnn'i Discovery Promises to Itavntutloiiizn thn Art. Chicago, April 2. James W. McDon ough, of Chicago, who, according to tho records in tlio United States pat ent office, was the first American to make u practical telephonic receiver nnd transmitter, has recently per fected a process by which natural col ors aro photographed. The evidences of this important fact aro actual photographs of landscapes, men, women and paiutings, taken with an ordinary camera, developed and printed by cvery-day processes, but differing from ordinary photographs in that the colors, as well as the lines, lights and shades, aro present. DIAZ ON MONROEISM. Mexico's I'ronlrinut In Sympathy with tlio Unltod States on This Proposition. City ok Mkxico, April 1. Tho Mexi can congress opened yesterday. Presi dent Diaz's message contains an ex tended referonco to tho Monroo doc trino and an emphatic declaration of sympathy therewith. Without enter ing into tho merits of tho Venezuelan controversy, ho declares that every ropublic on tho western hemisphere should announce that uny attack on tho part of a European power with a view to cxtonding territory or altering republican institutions should be con sidered by each an individual attaclc CURED OF CONSUMPTION. llrmttrkubln Recovery of a Young Woman Through Her Fnlth. Eiavood, Ind., April 2. Faith and prayer has again wrought a miracu lous cure. Consumption in its last stages hud placed its destroying murk t on Miss Bessie Dean, a young woman well known in the northeastern portion of this county. Suddenly she refusod all medical attention, doclarcd that sho would bo cured through her faith and through prayer. Sho began to grow bettor at onco, and on yesterday was able to do light housekeeping. Her euro has created intense excite 1 uicnt. REVIEW OF TRADE. Tho Improvement I'.ipoctctl With Sprlntr Wenthor ISeglurilnir. Nkw Yomc, April 4. Ii. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Roviow of Trade says: Tho Improvement expected with spring weather begins, though In some brnnches of business scarcely visible As consumers make sprlnif purchases they must lessen stocks ana compel buying. Tho stocks tnken In ndvaneo of last summer's demands havo boon distrib uted far moro slowly thun was oxpectod but months of waiting havo helped to lesson tho load which it is hoped spring buying will clear away, Tho bnckward soason has been a hin drance, ns has also been tho numbor of hands unotnployou in Important Industries, nnd the low pricos of farm products. Apprehen sion of foreign llnancinl dlfllcultlcs has hin dorcd, but is now scarcely felt Oold exports are rumored, but at this season aro so far nat ural that thoy havo no such power to causo alarm ns thoy had In winter. Tho glgantlo stcol combination Is expected to havo n groat inlluonco In sustaining markets and stimulat ing conlldouro, nnd though such operations, often miss tho success thov Reek, thoy rarely fall to klndlo speculative buying for a time. Tho woolon mnnufucturo does not gain in or dors and a largo part of tho machinery is stoppod. Prices of wool havo fallen 7tf per cont..tho nvcrngo of lui quotations being 13.0ic. Cotton mills still pile up goods In ndvnnco of ordors, as reduction in pricos havo failed a3 yot to stlmulato buying. Cotton contlnuos to como forward so largely that former predic tions of 0,500,003 bales aro rcmomborod with derision aud tho outlook for tho next crop con tinues good. Wheat has slightly advanced and If lato re ports of Injury from oxtcnslvo frosts nnd storms prove correct will ndvaneo more, though westorn rccolpts contlnuo nearly SO por cent larger than last year, and for llvo weeks past havo beon 13,835,110 bushols.agulnst 8,831, 37.! Inst year, wlillo Atlantic exports havo been only 0.733,13i bushols, Hour Included, against 8,415,701 last year. Corn exports aro larger and rccolpts ulso heavy, but pork has declined 75 cents por barrel. MOST FIENDISH TORTURE. Insurants Striinir Up for Days nt ii Tlmo by Cruol NpanlitrdR. Ci.Rvni.ANii, O., April 4. Tho stories than have been told concerning tho tortures inilictcd by tho Spaniards in Cuba aro moro than confirmed by Mr. F. II. Taylor, who has just arrived in this city, after a resldcnco of three years in Havana. In answer to in quiries regarding tho truth of the cir culated roports ho said: The worst has not boon told. I havo known of prlsonors being strung up by tho thumbs at Moro castlo nnd left for days at a tlmo to tho mercy of tho vicious flics, which wore attraotod In h warms by molasses, smeared upon tho vic tim's face and ohost for that purpose Many other forms of torturo uro practlcod upon tho unfor tunato robols when taken. These outrages ngainst humanity do occur, as any cltlzon of Hnvann can testify. In fact, If thoy would al low somo of thoso porsccutod wretches In tho Cuban dungeons to testify, stories of llendlsh torturo could bo unenrthed which would shock tho Christian world. EXPERT TESTIMONY. Frank James Tolls How to Proceed to Stop Train Kobblng. St. Louis, April 4. Frank James, a brother of tho famous bandit, Jesse James, when asked his opinion of the St Louis & San Francisco train rob bery, said: "When a man engages in tho truln robbing business ho is badly in need of money nnd will take desper ate chances to secure it All this talk about somo men having no senso of fear, and especially when they aro making a raid on a train, is all non sense. I have beon in some pinches and there wero times when I realized fear, but there was nothing to do but to fight my way out. I am opposed to train robbery and tho only way it will over bo stopped is to have armed guards on each train. Two or thrco would bo sufficient, but they should bo well armed and bo encased in a steel cage of somo kind." THREE INSTANTLY KILLED. A Torrlllo Kxploslon Occurs In tlio Giles Mine ut Ward, Col. Wahii, Col., April 4.- A terrific ex plosion occurred yesterday in tho Giles mine, IK miles from this city, in which three men were instantly killed and two others badly hurt. Tho dead are: James Purmort, married, Mart Branson nnd Grant Rice. Tlio injured: Jack Gallagher aqd Louis Smith. When the men went to work they took about SO pounds of giant powder down in tho mino with them, and shortly after they reached tho bottom of the shaft and went to work tho powder in somo unknown wny exploded. Pur mort and Branson were blown to shreds. This is tho fourth fatal explo sion in tho Giles mine. INDORSED GOV. STONE. Democrats nt Nevada, Mo., Want Their Chief Kxecutlvo for President. Nkvaiia, Mo., April 4. Returns from tho several democratic township con ventions in this county, to select del egates to tho county convention lo bo held here to select delegates to tho Se dalia convention, so far as heard from, have selected solid silver delegations and instructed for Gov. W. J. Stone as a dologate-at-largo to Chicago. Walk er, Harwood and Schell City, tho larg est towns in tho county outside of Ne vada, indorsed Gov. Stone for presi dent Tho county convention to-day will, without doubt, bo solidly for free coinage at sixteen to ono rutio. BOYS EIGHT DAYS ADRIFT. Their Father, n Schooner Captain, riled In Mid Atlantic, Leaving Them Alone. Cadiz, Spain, April 4. On February 18 tho schooner Robin Hood, 70 tons register, Cnpt. Dingle, left St Johns, Newfoundland for Lisbon with only thrco persons on board tho captain und his two small sons. Capt DInglo died when tho Httlo craft was in mid Atlantic and tho wero alono eight days Robin Hood with tho two children on board tho body of their father. They wero picked un and tho vessel towed to this port by tho British schooner Junning. ) ii k X
