THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
Vf. W. SANDKKH, 1'ublUliar.
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THE WOULD AT LARGE,
Summary of tho Dally Nowb,
WASHINGTON NOT1CH.
Tin', treasury department Iiiih lilt
upon tho device of printing a circular
!ontuining in succinct form statements
relutivo to coinage, bullion production,
circulation per capita in various coun
tries unci such like information to meet
the needs of the iiimiy persons seeking
fnets on which to huso conclusions re
flecting the issues of the campaign.
GitKAT demand was being made at
the headquarters of till parties at
Washington for literature to ho used
in tho campaign.
POBTMAHTlClt-GKNKItAL WlLHON litis ls-
Kuod an order to all railway mail
tjlcrks directing them not to tulce an
aetivo interest in the political cam
paign, such ns attending conventions
uh delegates, and so on. It was ex
pressly stilted that there was nodesiro
to control their political opinions.
A iiki'oiit was in circulation at Wash
ington on the until that President
Clevelund had taken the preliminary
Htcps toward convening congress in
September on account of a communica
tion reeolved from Consul-Gcnoral Fitz
hugh Loo upon the conduct of the
Woylor campaign in Cuba.
Phkhidknt G'lkvkland has issued
another proclamation commanding
United States citizens to observo neu
trality towards Cuba.
Tub commissioner of internal reve
nue has submitted o Secretary Carlislo
a preliminary report of tho operations
of his bureau during tho fiscal your
ended .Tunc 30. It shows that tho re
ceipts aggregated 8140,8:10,01.1, an in
crease of $3,584,537 vcr thoso of the
preceding ilscal year. Tho expenses
approximated 51,044,3.11.
Tiik national committee of tho peo
ple's party has decided to make Wash
ington tho headquarters of the organ
ization. An insurance company recently sc'it
a circular to its policy holders and said
in case free silver was adopted it would
have to pay ull claims in depreciated
silver coin. Secretary Carlisle was
asked for his opinion on the matter,
mid hu stated that if free silver was
adopted tho dollars would bo coined on
privato account and tho government
would bo under no obligation to keep
them equal to gold and that our cur
rency would sink at once to a silver
basis.
Tub United States treasury deficit for
July in round numbers is $12,800,000.
Receipts foil the month were 20,400,000
and tho oxponses 542,200,000.
C.KNKUAI, NKWS.
Mus. Hknuy Wkiistkk, tho wife of a
prominent county official, was fatally
shot by John Wobstor, her oldest son,
nt La Porte, I ml., on tho JUst. Tho
deed was committed because Mrs. Web
ster refused to glvo her son money that
hu demanded.
Tub executive committee of the na
tional irrigation congress mot at Den
ver, Col., on tho 31st and fixed tho time
for tho fifth national mooting, which is
to bo held at Phojnix, A. T., for De
cember 15, 10 and 17.
Hknmktta Wimii, colored, was ar
rested near Tyler, Tex., for beating
her two children to death. Tho
mother showed evidences of insanity.
Eioiit persons were more or less in
jured by tho crashing together of two
trolley cars near Rultlmorc, Md., on
the 81st, Tho ears were wrecked.
Aftku six weeks' trial at Agram,
Austria, of tho Stenjevo bund, number
ing 30 persons, charged with 18 niur
murders and robberies, 15) members of
the band, including two women, have
been condemned to death, nlno others
have been sentenced to periods of ono
to 20 years' penal servitude and eight
were acquitted.
Disi'ATcnr.s from Mellette and other
points in South Dakota stated that a
terrible hailstorm swept over a btrotch
of country 00 miles long and flvo or six
wide, beating tho shocked grain to tho
ground and In many villnges breaking
all tho windows on the side toward the
storm.
A imhk stnrted in Port nu Prince,
Jamaica, and burned until more than
100 houses wero destroyed. Tho loss
reached SI, 000,000.
Tub board of regents of tho agricul
tural college, tho governor of Okla
homa and tho territory veterinarian
have declared that Texas fovor exists
in Oklahoma and have ordered certain
jtuuwima vi uiu ii-rruurv uuuruuuucu. I
A TKntmiLR firo was reported raging
in Lilian, Russia, on the .'(1st. Several
streets were in ilamcs and the firemen
were unable to cope with the situation.
Lilian is a seaport town of Russia on
the Itultic. IU population is between
25,000 and 30,000.
William F. Haihiitv, until recently
the chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, made the announce
ment at Philadelphia oti the .'llat that
he had retired from politics.
Turkic were four suicides in Chicago
on tho 31st.
AiiDMonK, Ok., received its first bale
of cotton on the 30th and it sold for
seven cents. , A premium of S20 was
paid the owner for his enterprise.
Two men wero fatally injured and
three others severely burned by the
explosion of a tank at the Standard
Oil Ca's works at Cravens Point, Jer
sey City, N. J.
Failuuks for tho weekended the Hist
(Dun's report) in the United States
have been 261, against 201 last year,
and 40 in Canada, against 28 last year.
A itUMOit that Queen Victoria Intend
ed to abdicate in favor of tho prince of
Wales is current in London.
Aw cxplbslon of gun cotton In the
chemical works at Mans & Waldstoin
at Ntfwurk, N. J., did considerable dam
age to buildings. Fortunately, tho ex
plosion did not occur during working
hours, so there was no loss of life.
Lightning set fire to tho barn on the
dairy farm of William McGregor, west
of Findlay, 0., and tho structure was
destroyed. It contained 25 fine Jersey
cows, and all efforts to save tho ani
mals wore unavailing and they were
cremated.
Oiconorc Wilson was executed by tho
federal authorities in tho jail yard at
Fort Smith, Ark., for the murder of
Zachary Hatch. He protested his in
nocense to the last
Lr.vi Sanco.mii, aged 12, and Nellie
Ituchy, aged 18, were crossing tho rail
road tracks near Chatoaugny, N. Y., in
a wagon when it was struck by an ex
press train and both of them, together
with tho horse, wore killed.
I. N. Coim'bk, president of the state
board of pharmncy, was stabbed and
killed by Dr. Crabtrco, a prominent
druggist at Cairo, 111., in front of tho
hitter's store. No reason has yet been
assigned for the nssussination.
A nonv of striking miners went to
tho Hymera initio at Sullivan, I ml., set
llro to tho plunt and then burned tho
mine below. The loss was estimated
at 850,000.
Ill' an explosion of gas at the Rear
Ridge colliery, at Pottsville, Pa., on the
27th Michael Rrazil, Preston Hill and
Wlllium Kinne, firo bosses of Connor's
Patch, wero killed and James Ma
haney, of Girardvillc. wus injured, per
haps fatally.
A cyclonb struck Roulan picnic
grounds at Cleveland, O., recently,
completely destroying eight or nine
houses, a largo tabernacle and other
valuable proper.ty. The loss was esti
mated at many thousands of dollars.
Tub Ous Genu ins, a towboat, sprung
a leak near EvansvWle, Ind., und sunk.
She will bo a total loss.
A cLoumumsr occurred near Steu
benvlllc, 0., on tho 30th and 200 people
were rendered homeless, tho water
rushing down the valloy and carrying
everything beforo it. Tho damage
will aggregate 200,000.
Thomas Watson is out in a strong
editorial in his paper at Atlanta, Ga.,
stating his grounds for accepting tho
populist nomination for vice president.
It is regarded as an ultimatum that ho
will not withdraw.
Tub olllcial stenographer of tho
democratic national convention at
Chicago declares that Senator Hill's
amendment to tho currency plank was
ndopted, although the senator believed
tho contract clause was defeated.
A Romb dispatch of tho 30th stated
thuttFuthor Martinelli, prior-general
of the Augustinians. has boon appoint
ed successor to Mgr. Satolll us papal
ablegate to tho Roman Catholic church
in tho United States.
W. E. Rukt, of Austin, Tex., killed
his wife and two children and placed
thoir bodies in a cistern and thou dis
appeared. Tho foul smell caused the
crime to bo discovered.
Ahthuh Sbwall, tho democratic nom
inee for vice president, was inter
viewed at Hath, Me., on tho 30th and
said that ho did not intend to resign in
favor of Watson.
Gr.ouoic Guamata, a 12-yeur-old boy
was literally roasted ulivo at Midvale,
l'a., by tho explosion of a kerosene
lump, the blazing oil being scattered
over his clothing.
Tun arbitration committee appointed
by tho Kentucky Distilling association
has accomplished its end and all but
two of the largest distillers will sus
pend for 18 months. Tho purpose is
to allow a production of 12 por cent,
to fill existing contracts.
Dviii'QUi:, la., was greatly damaged
by a heavy rainstorm on tho 27th.
Tub hot weather on tho 28th pros
trated more than 00 militiamen at
Camp Lincoln, near Springfield, 111.
Tub Grindelwald conference opened
at Heme, Switzerland, on tho 28th with
a long address by Dr. Lyman Abbott,
of Hrooklyn.upon the subject of Anglo
American arbitration.
A wild woman was captured in the
swamps near Pulinor, Tex., by Deputy
Sheriff Vostol and another man. Sho
was a giant in stature and hor hands
and feet were twice tho size of a mini's.
A dispatch from Cheo Koo stated
that tho German gunboat litis was lost
in a typhoon on tho China coast. Only
ton of hor crew wero saved. The ves
sel mounted 25 guns.
Tun political campaign of 1890 was
opened at Madison, Wis , on tho 31st
in tho presence of 8,000 people, Senator
John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, mid
Clarence H. Darrow, of Chicago, pre
senting tho respective sides of tho cur
rency question.
TwKXTY-riVB houses and business
promises wero totally destroyed and
12 others partially destroyed by a firo
at Grass Valley, Cal. Loss 3150,000.
The fire was believed to have been of
Incendiary origin.
Tub Atlnnta (Ga.) Constitution pul
llshed a telegram from Senator James
K. Jones on the 31st that he could not
consider any proposition for tho with
drawal of Hawaii, but would entertain
any fair propotition for fusion on elect
oral ticket.
Godfhky Gom.D, colored, was lynched
at Clarendon, Ark., on tho 31st by a
party of 150 men for an assault upon a
white woman.
Tub intense heat still continued on
tho 30th in St. Louis, Cincinnati and
Indianapolis. In St. Louis there wero
fully 50 prostrations, ten of them be
ing fatal, with prospects of several
more proving so. In Cincinnati 2!)
prostrations wero reported, live of
them being fatal. Iu Indianapolis two
deaths were reported. Dispatches from
many other cities indicated much tho
same condition.
An awful railroad accident occurred
on the evening of the 30th near At
lantic City, N. J., where two railroad
tracks cross ono another. An express
train crashed into an excursion train
broadsido and plowed through, liter
ally cleaving it in twain. A rough
estimate placed the number of killed
and injured at 100, but it wns hoped
that this might be an exaggeration.
Tho number, however, was undoubt
edly more than 50.
Sl-BAKBii Thomas H. Rkbd opened
the republican national campaign of
1800 at Alfred, Me., on the 20th, on his
renomination to congress. Mr. Reed
discussed tho currency question from
the standpoint of the republican plat
form. At Huntington, Ind., a tornado dam
aged many dwellings, twisted oir trees
and rendered worthless many fields of
corn and oats. It was accompanied
by a deluging rain.
Dispatch bb on the 29th from St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago
and other places told of the extreme
heat and many deaths from prostration
were reported.
Rkiit Gilcbx, colored, convicted of
tho murder of Miles P. Mitchell, in De
cember last, was hanged at Jackson,
Tenn.,ontho 29th. Ho protested lug
innocence to the last.
S. D. Woiidbn, the railroad striker
charged with wrecking the railroad
bridge near Sacramento two rears ago
and thereby causing the death of En
gineer Clark and three United States
soldiers, must hang, tho supreme court
having ailirmed tho judgment of tho
lower court, which convicted him.
John Clakic RuiPATii.df Greencastle,
Ind., the historian, was nominated for
congress on the 29th by acclamation by
the democrats of tho Fifth Indiauu district.
ADDITIONAL DISI'ATCIIKS.
A tidal wave recently inundated the
coast of Ilnl-Chu, China. Many villages
were destroyed and it was estimated
that at least 4,000 people wero drowned.
In addition an immense number of
cattle also perished. The rice fields
wore submerged and a famine is feared
in tho district during the coming fall.
A Dknvbii, Col., evening paper print
ed an extra edition on the 2d stating
ing that at a meeting of leading repub
licans in that city it was decided to de
mand tho resignation of Senator Wol
cott on account of his support to the
republican national ticket
Stbimibn Pkiilktiiick, an Italian at
Chicago, was troubled with rats and to
get rid of thorn he caught two, poured
coal oil over thorn, sot them on fire and
then let them go. His house and the
adjoining one both got burned down in
consequence and Perletrice is in trou
ble with the police, tho insurance com
panies and the humane society.
At Columbus City, Ala., Maynard
Covans and Miss Proctor and Miss
Rlshop took refuge in an old building
from a storm, when the structure col
lapsed and Mr. Covans and Miss Proc
tor wero instantly Idled and Miss
Hishop fatally injured.
A vicious hog in Ronton county.
Ark., during the temporary absence of
Mrs. Mary Smith, attacked the wom
an's infant twins and her four-year-old
boy, who wero playing iu the yard, and
killed them.
Tin: Columbus Huggy Co., of Colum
bus, O., mado an assignment on tho
1st. Tho firm had branch houses in a
dozen leading cities of thu country.
The cause of the failure was said to bo
the general business depression.
Two Choctaw Indians became in
volved iu a quarrel at Krubs, I; T.,and
they stabbed each other to death, lit
erally cutting each other to shreds.
The killing occurred in a beer joint.
On a ranch near Canyon City, Ore.,
sheepmen and cattlemen engaged in a
bloody light, resulting in the death of
11 vo men.
Two passenger trains collided on the
Illinois Central road at Hirkbeek, near
Clinton, 111., on tho 1st and two m.r.
sons were killed and ten injure.!.
I LANS liuvo been perfected for an ico
trust iu Chicago. It will ultimately
take in tho dealers of all the lnr.r,,
cities of the country.
iNat anil Tom HutleratCiimtirid.ro
Mass., broke tho world's rceord of 'tn:
for tho unpaced tniidom mile, made on
tho San Jose. Cal.. trnnk. Uv dnlno. ,
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NEW METALS FOR COINS.
I'urc Nickel for Nickel him! Aluminum for
Cent I'lccc.
Washington, Aug. 3. Experiments
with pure nickel and aluminum as
substitutes for the present nickel
pieces and ono and two cent bronzo
pieces will be made at the mints by
order of Director Preston during Sep
tember or October. A resolution was
passed by the Iioufc of representatives
autlforizing such experiments. There
is some doubt whether the actual
adoption of a new metal for tho
minor coins will bo recommended
at an early date by the treas
ury officials, even if the experiments
prove successful. Tho objection to
a change in any form of coins or notes
is tho disposition of the public to re
fuse tho old forms und insist upon hav
ing the new. This would drive into
tho mints for recoinago 814,000,000 in
nickel pieces, which are now in circu
lation, und 7,500,000 in pennies The
advantage claimed for puro nickel, in
stead of tho alloy now used in flvo
cont pieces, is its greater hardness,
durability and distinctness of impres
sion. RELIGIOUS INNOVATION.
DaptUt Church Convention of Imrn Will
Listen to it Joint Vomica! Discussion.
Dbh Moinks, la., Aug. 3. A remark
able innovation in religious meetings
has been arranged as a feature of tho
state convention of the Haptist church,
to be hold at Humboldt, August 8. It
will bo a joint debate on tho money
question. Rev. A. L. Stetson, presi
dent of Des Moines college, tho Haptist
institution of tho state, has arranged
tho matter, and it has been approved
by the leading members of the church.
Tho board invited Judge C. C. Colo, of
this city, a leading free silvcrite, to
address tho convention. Afterwards
tho local committee invited Congress
man Dolliver to address tho mooting,
and now it has been decided to have
them divide the time and make it a
joint debate.
THE BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Two or Thrco 1'crson Who Sought Shcltei
Instantly Killed.
RiUMiNGHAM. Ala., Aug. 3. At Co
lumbus City Maynard Covans was es
corting MLsses Doric Proctor and Delia
Rlshop, daughters of prominent fami
lies, out for a walk when a heavy rain
and windstorm came up. The trio
stepped into an old building to keep
from getting wet The building col
lapsed and all three wero caught in
tho debris. Covans and Miss Proctor
wore instantly killed and Miss Hishop
so badly injured that death will result
COINAGE AND CIRCULATION.
ol! and .Silver Dollar Coined During July
Increase of National Hank Notes.
Washington, Aug. a. The coinugo
executed at tho United States mints
during July aggregated 2,085,200 pieces
of tho raluo of 84,031,200. Of the coin
age 2,018,200 was gold and 51,002,000
was standard silror dollars. National
bank notes outstanding August 1,
aggregated 225,042,455; an increase
during July of 29,495, und since July
31, 1805, of SI 4,000,547.
TIiIhI Wave Drowns Thousands.
Shanghai, Aug. 3. News reached
here of a tidal wave, inundating the
coast of Hai-Cha, in tho northeast of
the province of Kiang-Su, destroying
many villages and drowning 4,000
people. Immense numbers of cattle
perished, the rice Holds wore almost to
tally destroyed. Kiang-Su is ono of
the most fertile provinces of tho em
pire and exports more silk than any
other part of China.
Children Killed liy u I loir.
Faybttbvilli:, Ark., Aug. 3. In
Benton county Mrs. Mary Smith, wife
of a farmer, became alarmed at tho
absence of her ten-year-old daughter,
and started to search for her, leaving
her other children, infant twins and a
boy aged four, playing in the yard.
During her absence a vicious hog at
tacked them and killed them. The
little boy tried to drive the hog away,
and was himself fatally bitton.
llryiin Makes Denial.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3. Regarding
the rumor that ho had promised to ap
point Gov. Altgeld attorney-general,
Mr. Hryan said last night: "In order to
answer once for all rumors in regard
to places promised, I desire to say that
I have not directly or indirectly prom
ised any otllce, of any kind, to any per
son whomsover, and shall not during
the campaign promise any office of any
kind to an j' person whomsoever."
rotntoeH h Nickel h IliiHhel.
St. Louis, Aug. . Illinois and Mis
souri farmers in this ricinity, at a
meeting at Alton, voted to sell no more
potatoes until tho dealers' priep should
be incrensed. Potatoes dropped to 15
cents a bushel Tuesday, Wednesday
they broughtonly ten cents and Satur
day the middlcinou squeezed tho prico
o fire cents a bushel.
Cost of Uncle Sam's Diislnc.
Washington, Aug. 8. The compara
tive statement of the gorornment re
ceipts and expenditures, issued by tho
.casnry department Saturduy, shows
the total receipts from nil sources dur
ing July to hare been 29,029,209, and
tho expenditures J2,088,408, lcuring a
dolicit for tho month and the fiscal yuar
thus far of 18,050,249.
Hard Coal Kate Cutting.
Chicago, Aug. 3. Tho warring freight
officers of tho western roads huro
tr.rncd their attention from grain to
hard coal, und u big tumble in rates on
the latter commodity from Chicago to
tho west is threatened.
WOLCOTT'S POSITION.
Thn Colorado Senator (liven HU KcaKonn
for Supporting tho Kejiubllcan TI;kvt.Q
Dbnvkii, Col., Aug. !. Senator Ed
ward O. Wolcott has issued u signed
statement outlining his position in tho
present campaign. lie says tho silvor
question is most rital, and that while
recognizing that international bimetal
lism is the most desirable means by
which silver could bo restored as a
money metal, he firmly believes the.
United States could restore it inde
pendently of other nations. Ho main
tains that his position has always been,
during his seren years in the senate,1
tho same as that of tho other silver
senators. Tho financial plank of tho
republican platform, ho says, is far
from satisfactory, but ho holds that the.
pledge for the furtherance of interna
tional bimetallism must be taken in
good faith in view of the party's record",
on other questions. The platform is,
ho afilrms, aside from the money ques
tion, without a flaw, and the nominee
of tho party a man of highest presiden
tial qualifications.
A BIG FAILURE.
ColutnhiiH Huggy Co. AlukcH an Alignment,
on Account of IIiihIiiokn Depression.
Columhus, O., Aug. 3. The Colum
bus Ruggy Co., the largest in the world,
assigned Saturday night, tho result of
general business depression. The esti
mated assets tiro 1.000,000, and tho lia
bilities are of the class known as con
tingent. It is believed that the nu
merous branch establishments operated
by tho Columbus concern will be
closed and the factory here runl
by tlits assignees. Tho crash
was not unlocked for as the
trade had fallen ofl' largely in thei
last few years, and three years ago
there was financial trouble which
threatened to force the concern to the
wall. The pay rolls carried 1,000 men,,
and there were nearly a dozen branch
houses in various cities cast und west.
The branch house at Kansas City, Mo.,,
which was reported prosperous, was
closed Saturday.
DOOLIN UNJUSTLY ACCUSED.
Tho Outlaw Did Not ltol the Stage Coach,
llettveeu Okecno and Lacy.
PKimv, Ok., Aug. 3. Several days
ago the mail stage between Okecno
and Lncy was robbed of registered let
ters containing largo sums of money,
and the report was given out that the-
mail carrier, Hempmeyer, also was
robbed of a big sum. Tho driver de
scribed the robbers as Hill Doolin
and Dynamite Dick, two of thfr
most desperate men that ever
operated in Oklahoma. Officers und
citizens went in pursuit. The actions
of Stage Driver Hempmeyer were
rather suspicious. He is only 10 years,
old, but ho handled lurgc quantities of
money. He wns arrested and placed
in jail on suspicion of being his own
robber. Ho confessed yesterday.
BIG DAMAGE BY STORMS.
Cropn In Many Iotvu Counties Literally De
stroyed by HiillHtoncH.
Sioux City, la., Aug. 3. During the
last week there have been a series of
hailstorms in northwestern Iowa and
southeastern South Dakota, covering
about a dozen counties. Insurance ad
justers, with headquarters here, have
been out over the district and report
that the damage to crops within 50
miles of this city has been not loss
than 300,000. In some counties the
path of tho hailstorms show fields ut
terly devoid of vegetation, and tho in
jury to live stock from the heavy hail
stones was also great Hailstones are
reported to have broken timbers 2x4
inches in size, and to have torn large
limbs from trees.
WATSON FOR SENATOR.
A Deal Said to Do on to Get Dim Off tho.
Vice Presidential Track.
St. Louis. Aug. 3. A sneeial to thn
Republic from Savannah, Ga., says: A
rumor reached this city that negotia
tions for the withdrawal of Tom Wat
son, tho populist candidate for vice
president, aro on. It is said that Wat
son has been promised the Georgia
senutorship to succeed Senator Gor
don. An editorial in tho Savannah
News mentions the matter. "It would
not be at all surprising," the paper
says, "to see Mr. Watson a democratic,
senator." Mr. Crisp now has a walk
over for the senutorship, and it de
pends upon him to say if tho deal with
Watson shall be made. It is suggested
that Crisp might go in the cabinet.
MAY WIN A MILLION.
A Chicago lutcutor Claim Do Can Make
Millionaire ICouhh Sen Again.
Ni:w Yoiik, Aug. 3. With a view to
cluimingtho reward of 1, 000,000 ofrcred
by Charles Rroadway Rouss for the
restoration of his sight, Walter W.
Felts, a Chicago inventor, hns been ex
perimenting upon Martin, tho substi
tute, and claims to have been so suc
cessful that tho formerly blind drug
gist can distinguish medium sized ob
jects. Felts has expressed himself us
confident of securing the rowurd.
Itupulillcan Chances In tho South.
Washington, Aug. 3. Tho republic
ans aro hopeful of carrying several
southern states for McKinloy. They
regard West Virginia, Mnryland, North
Carolina, Alabama and Georgia as good
fighting ground. Maryland they re
gard us pretty nearly a sure thing.
The situation in Georgia, as repre
sented by gold democrats, is much
more favorable to McKinloy tiuui
might naturally be supposed, even
without tho practical certainty that
tho middle-of-the-road populists will
fiht the Hrvau ticket.
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