Nebraska Newspapers

    OTT OF BANKS
master sovereign
rj His ORDERS.
; :i!xir Instructed to Refoee to
Hank l'aper Money
<imi„,r 1 — f armer*' Alliance!
Asked to A»ii«t—Canetlo
„f the llanki—Obeynnce
f,l, r obligatory.
latinnal Bank Boycott.
ir,,N, duly 20-—The Times
outlines of a manifesto to
l.v Master Workman Sov
Knijlits of iiabor for the
;,li national banks. It will
, .1 to the Knights of Labor,
ers’ Alliance, the People’s
.form clubs and kindred so
.,-iting “the wrongs of the
iisands and their suffering
bands of the money making
„.,d calling for a boycott of
bank notes in all dealings be
idividuala It is to go into
itember 1.
lanifesto declares that “the
banks are responsible for the
...n of the greenbacks, thepay
the bonds in coin, the funding
1 _..notivniirm 'dl VAP ftfl H
(monetization of silver, and
Jorrupt financial legislation for
[ thirty years; that they have
ltd and discriminated against
d of money that promised re
debtor class and prosperity
pdustrial masses; that they are
brs of the most cruel and
is kind. This boycott, it con
rill precipitate the great con
_h people on one side and banks
bther, and the issues will be as
| drawn as in the struggle of
L with the old United States
I The struggle of le% must re
wietorv for the common people
Jiope of American liberty is lost,
itt the national banks,” it says
llusion.
| Sovereign emphatically says
obligatory on every knight
fthe order. “Not only that,”
Bares, “but we expect similar
Itu lie issued by the heads of all
belie organizations.”
L BRIGHT AGAIN.
Holler Ilcki'Is <m the Sign* of Pros
■juriiy Duo to Sound Policy.
H.m.u. July JO.—James C. Eckels,
Buber of eurreney, who passed
111 lii'ro yesterday on his way to
■a. ill., said: “Coming through
Hi>11 districts of Pennsylvania I
Kiunished at the activity. From
■bins'- to Pittsburg our train
Id tube running through a line
R< furnaces and steel mills, every
■ which was in active operation
lene that told stronger than any
I of industry and prosperity.
I week liradstreet’s reporied
■l.noo.oilO wage earners had haa
■Hilaries increased within the past
■pm 'lays. I attribute this won
B improvement entirely to the
Brace that exists in the financial
K' of the present administration,
•hiring of the last loan of the gov
B-iit bv the New York bankers
■ marvelous piece of financiering,
■u se things count hard for a basis
• ml money, and have pricked the
fciivrr bubble until it has about
■ hat i.s your opinion regarding the
Ignat political parties declaring
■ her in their national conven
I' lni ts that come to me from the
It linancicrs of the country, and I
li re that they ought to know, are
lit-effect that there is nothing to
Ibis free silver talk, and every day
i to prove practically, not theor
|bv, that the basis of sound money
fr °»ly one that will stand. I
ft believe" either the llepuhlican or
boeratic party will attempt to in
b" free silver, for it will be a dead
r the national conventions
Y FIGHT AT GALVESTON.
lS,11“rt ,H Considering a Proposition to
,n"s ,h<- *Hs Cio Off on an Island.
ai.i.as, Texas, July JO.—Galveston
is the t orbett-B itzsimmons glove
|tst pulled off on that island, The
ttahsts and business men of that
lave appointed a committee to
p ". 'a*'as and make a proposition
F'"° Held l p.
.kIdalio- July 20. — Two
steer-," 'f d UI> a faro bank in
The bnnia t°"i ?0sterday morn
l"'"]"-ietor \.v'ad JUf. elosed aDd
i masked mo dS casblnfT up when
ordered all ",..!;I1|tered tlle saloon
’■hen ton! "?■ Tt>e rob
• «-,!'■ tae money, about
Mired after nT' «eTeral Shots
■ ^ hMhe_dalu®:ssbnt th®y dis*
lKrX? TTy
eonfc-sa,! Vh '° ~1*d Ander;on,
June 5, wasnfPdePl°f .*W“n
1-r in the first gn,rt-v of
in
V emiilovcl’at {.I,V 2''—The 200
•'h'xie.,, v- , ‘ (oi'roueloro, state
:;!;st. their’em,^°'Se in revolt
/ e m a nci,Ti,|‘ '!■ ors- an<l tuking '
r;fv,-vcs ami 1.,. " town fortified
cities. Tim,. now defying the
e. manager of the mine
v ' ^a'ilap lifi- *
^t:v-U,A, y; to Thousands.
n|' a Private nati i f*’—William i
:‘'e,le- from SnKat State asJ-1
’• uere, fr, m !nt.at *t»te asy
lehnevlleir u> a fal?e c°unty,
L \s be«u an iJ°Itun« of WO,,
°*boa^U ye‘n^ateof
MORGAN IS FOR SILVER.
The Alabama Senator Delivers a White
Metal Address.
Griffin, Ga., July 20. —The streets
of this little city were thronged at an
sarly hour yesterday morning by
crowds from the country and sur
rounding towns All came to attend
the bimetallic state convention, called
by the Spalding County Silver league,
and to hear Senator John T. Morgan
of Alabama speak. United States Sen
ator Patrick Walsh' of Augusta was
made permanent chairman of the
convention.
Senator Morgan began by saying
that he came to the meeting as a Dem
ocrat, in Democratic harness, and by
the authority of the settled creed, to
advocate Democratic principles as old
and as sound as the great national
party. Then he went on to extol sil
ver, arguing for its restoration, and
closed with a tirade against the
“sound money” men.
“I am here,” he went on, “as a disci,
pie of Jefferson, Madison and Jackson
and many others of the consecrated
fathers, to speak in defense of an act
of congress that was approved by
George Washington in 1793 for the free
coinage of silver; which was re-enacted
in 1837, and was approved by Andrew
lackson, president of the United
States, and was stabbed below the fifth
rib by John Sherman in 1873, and was
left tor dead."
Continuing, he said that Mr. Sher
man’s law of 1873 was such a death
blow to silver as a money metal that it
seems marvelous that silver has in it
enough life left to take up its bed and
walk. “But,” he said, “it is moving to
the front with uplifted head and vigor
ous step again, in union, if not in full
harmony, with gold, and the parade is
so inspiriting that even Great Britain
is keeping step to the music of the
union.”
Kererring to me recora ox me vote ox
Senator Hill of New York for free
coinage at the ratio of 10 to 1, Senator
Morgan said the vote was cast in a
Pickwickian sense. “Such a way of
voting," he said, “may be in vogue in a
state where the Democratic party is
divided into ‘snapper’ and ‘anti-snap
per’ factions; where one leader ‘snaps’
and the other leader ‘anti-snaps,’ and
between the two the party is consigned
to Jonah's quarter's in the belly of the
Republican whale. If Mr. 11 ill was
forced into such a voyage by the anti
snappers in 1892, it may be safely cal
culated that he will kick himself on
shore again in due season.”
Speaking of Secretary Carlisle, the
senator said he was not chosen as a
cabinet officer until he had changed
front on the silver question. “His
conversion was not like that of Paul,
who espoused error, was made blind,
and then saw the truth and embraced
it; but like that of Aaron, who saw
the truth and became blinded to it
and espoused the darkness of Egypt
typified in a golden calf.”
Mr. Morgan combatted what he
termed “the false issue invented by
Mr. Sherman and adopted by Mr.
Cleveland;” that it is the duty of the
government to preserve the parity be
tween the metals by adjusting their
coinage to meet the fluctuations in
their commercial value. “England,”
he said, ■** wanted gold because she was
the largest creditor nation and killed
silver to get rid of this p rity issue.”
Speaking of the 8!00,o00,0u0 gold re
serve, he said: “It was a sort of ‘jack
pot’ put up by Mr. Sherman that has
kept up the gambling in our money.
’It was never needed to give strength
to the United States. A country that
has paid in debts and interest more
than 83,000,000,000 in thirty years could
not need the support of 8100,000,000
deposited in the treasury to support its
credit.’’ _
RAIN DAMAGE IN IOWA.
A Cloud Burst Near Iowa City Causes a
Flood and a Train IVreck.
Iowa City, Iowa, July 20.—Four and
one-half inches of water from a cloud
burst north of this city last night
caused great damage to crops. Five
hundred feet of the Burlington, Cedar
llapids and Northern track were
washed out.
Ralston creek went out of its banks
and carried off bridges, sidewalks and
fences. Several families waded out of
their houses in four feet of water.
The Rocky Mountain flyer from the
west, on the Rock Island, was ditched
three blocks west of the Iowa river,
and one of the fireman’s legs was
broken. The passengers were badly
shaken up. The rails are washed out
between Iowa City and Downey.
There are no trains from the east or
west. _
Ingalls Loses a Farm.
Atchison,. Kan., July 20—John J.
Ingalls has lost a farm. He owned one
near Kiekapoo, and recently had a
chance to dispose of it. He took the
buyer down to see it, expatiating upon
its desirable qualities, and when he
got there he couldn't find the farm. It
had been washed into the river five
years ago. And all during that five
years he had been paying taxes on it.
Nine Iron Miners Entombed.
Iron Mountain, Mich., July 19.—
Nine miners were entombed in the
Pewabie mine near here last night and
there is little hope of their rescue, for
slow progress is being made by the
rescuers. The cave-in occurred just
as the men were quitting work, the
timbers and ore pillars on the first
level giving way
A Condemned Murderer Kills Himself.
Si'okane, Wash., July 20.—II. D.
Smith, a condemned murderer, made
an effort to escape from jail last night.
A number of people joined Jailer
Thompson in the pursuit, when Smith,
jumping into the river, sought to cross,
but the rapid current carried him back
to the shore. He was seized by one of
his pursuers, when he suddenly drew
out a razor and almost severed his own
head from his body, dying instantly.
A Denver Ex-omclal Suicides.
Denver, Col., July 20.—David J.
M.i 'tin, ex-member of the fire and po
lice beard, committed suicide to-day
by shooting himself in the head. lie
was about CO years old and was
formerly in the real estate business,
lie was one of the commissioners whom
Governor A\ aite attempted to remove
and who insisted Uj'-on holding their
offices until a decision had been ob
tained in the courts sustaining the
governor's . action, thereby precipi
tating the city hall warfare last year.
Financial reverses and 111 health were
the causes.
MRS. PEITZEL’S STQRT
EASILY MISLED BY INSURANCE
SWINDLER HOLMES.
Wrongs to Which She wftl Subjected—
The Three children Token From Their
Mother to be Educated by the (fneeru*
loue Criminal—The Woman’* reeling!
Mach Worked On—Lives to Identify
the Bodies.
The Pletsel Tragedy.
Chicago, July 19.—Mrs. Carrie Piet
tel left late last night for Toronto to
identify the bodies of the two little
girls found Monday in the cellar of a
house there. The children, it is be
lieved are her own, and it is supposed
they were murdered by Berman
Mudgett or H. H. Holmes, formerly of
Chicago, now in jail in Philadelphia
for insurance fraud.
Mrs. Pietzel believes that the two
bodies found in Toronto are those of
her missing daughters and that Holmes
murdered them. She further believes
that the children were in Toronto
when she was there searching for
them last winter. She is broken in
health and mind, the victim, she be
lieves, of a hypnotic influence exerted
by Holmea
“Holmes, whom I had never met,”
said Mrs. Pietzel, “but once before the
death of my husband, seemed from the
time he asked me for the care of the
children until his final arrest to have a
peculiar influence over me. 1 felt con
trolled by him. He had a sway over
me that I thought natural, alnoe he
had been the intimate friend of my
husband. Besides my husband had
repeatedly told me that 1 could trust
him, that he was a good man, and that
he would always be true to us. The
children idolized him. There was
nothing that he could not do with
them. Again and again my husband
told me how much he thought of
Holmes and how honorable he was
until 1 came to the same opinion my
self, although at first 1 did not like
the man and told my husband so and
begged him to have nothing to do
with him.
"i saw my Husband last on August
24, 1894. Ue had gone to St. Louis.
He was then heavily interested with
Holmes in whatever the enterprises
were they had on together, and I was
lying sick with my baby. I was very
sick. I could not go to Philadelphia to
identify the body which they suspected
to be that of iny husband. I could not
be moved. Holmes came to me and
Alice was taken East and she identi
fied the body. It was after that that
Holmes told me that the body
was not that of my husband;
that it was a bogus body made up
to look like him, and that if 1
or the children said anything abont it
the insurance company would get hold
of us and we would be punished se
verely. I was very sick, and I be
lieved Holmes. He talked kindly and
offered to take Alice, Nellie and How
ard away from me and educate them.
He said that he would put them to
school and pay all of their expenses.
The children loved him, and 1 was
alone in the world and poor. I let
him take them, and they went away.
At this time and all other times
Holmes acted to me like a gentleman.
He constantly kept me under
the impression, though, that I and the
children were to be mixed up with the
bogus body which he said was found
in Philadelphia. He said Pietzel was
still alive, and that I would see him
agaiD when this trouble was over. He
wished, though, to save us from ar
rest. After the three children were
gone I moved about the country. I
began to worry about the children. I
wanted to see them and wished to
know where they were. Holmes
always put me off with the story that
I must keep quiet until the detectives
stopned their work.
“When he took me to Detroit it was
he who registered me there as Mrs.
Adams. He told me so when he came
up to the room where Dessie, my oldest
daughter, and I were. I told him he
did wrong to put my name down
wrong, but he explained that the de
tectives must be kept off of the track
and that I was protecting my
husband by this. I finally
heard the children were at To
ronto, and Dessie, I and the baby
went there alone to search, but without
success. Since then I have been work
ing for the location of the children
with District Attorney Graham of
Philadelphia, Mr. Geyer, the detective,
of Philadelphia, and the officers of the
life insurance company have done all
in their power to aid me. You must
understand that when my children
were first really missing I was locked
up and could not communicate with
any one. I was not allowed to see the
newspapers nor receive mail. In
Holmes’ trunk there was found a letter
from my daughter Alice to me, which
never reached me, showing that my
mail was intercepted. Since 1 have
had my freedom the Philadelphia am
thorities and the insurance company
have wrorked to bring my children
back to me, and 1 have aided them so
far as 1 could.
. “When I gave the children up to
Holmes in St. Louis I was too sick and
trusted him too much to pay careful
attention to what I did. He told me
to go home to Galva. to recruit there
with my parents and ho would keep
the three in school. When he took me
to Detroit, and 1 supposed we were be
ing hounded by detectives. Holmes
paid most of the bills. Sometimes 1
was compelled to pay my own ex
penses. I believe Holmes intended to
kill me. 1 think he meant to kill me
in llurlington, Vt, but he must have
lost his nerve, or he still had the chil
dren on his hands, and he hesitated. 1
cannot give any other explanation of
why he spared my life. lie intended
to kill my entire ferni 1 v.’’
General Campos Wins a Victory.
Madkiu, July 19.—Captain General
Martinez de Campos has cabled to the
home government that the insurgents
in the uistrict of liayamo, province of
Santiago de Cuba, have been scattered
after suffering severe loss. Many of
the insurgents were killed and
wounded. General Ganto Ciides was
killed and three officers wounded.
NEWS IN BRIEP.
Five have died and two of the con
gressmen elected last fall have re
signed.
NEBRASKA WILL BE THERE.
An Appeal From Coromlsslooere to the
Atlanta Exposition to County Hoards.
Lincoj.n, j«iy lo.—The Nebraska
commissioners to the Cotten States and
Industrial exposition are not disposed
to lie down under any adverse decisions
of the attorney general or county at
torneys in regard to the right legally
of counties to make appropriations for
a state exhibit at the exposition. It is
argued that counties have the right to
make a county exhibit anywhere in the
United States. All that is necessary is
to label the exhibit with the name Of
the county. A group of these counties
would make a splendid showing at At
lanta next September. With this end
in view the commissioners have issued
a circular addressed to the commission
ers of each county in the state, setting
’ forth the objects of the exposition and
the advantages that will accrue to Ne
braska from representation at the
show. In reference to money the cir
cular says:
“No appropriation for defraying the
expenses of making such an exhibit
having been been made by the legisla
ture, it will be nessary to appeal to the
patriotism and business judgment of
the several county organizations for
such funds, by an appropriation of a
sufficient amount to have their coun
ties properly represented at Atlanta.
We therefore respectfully ask and so
licit your honorablo body to appropri
ate from your county funds, for the
purpose above set forth, an amount not
to exceed 1 cent per capita of the popu
lation of your county, or any such
other amount as in your judgment may
seem best. The amount so appropriat
ed will be used only for the actual ex
penses necessary to collect, maintain
and properly display the products of
the state, and any person having con
trol of these funds or their expen
diture will be required to furnish a
good and sufficient bond, and also to
report to the governor for approval and
publication un accurate, itemized ac
count of all expenditures with proper
vouchers to cover the same. For
Nebraska to make and maintain a
proper exhibit will require tho expend
iture of about $10,000. We respectfully
urge you to take prompt action in this
matter, as the time is short in which to
gather and arrange an exhibit which
will do justice to the state. All money
appropriated or contributed should be
made payable to and forwarded to Gov
ernor S. A. Ilolcomb, Lincoln, Neb.
Communications should be addressed to
H. y. Hotchkiss, secretary, Lincoln,'
NeU
HORR-HARVEY DEBATE,
Mr. llarrry Charges Corruption In the
Passage of the Lav of 1873.
Chicago, July 19.—The Horr-Harvey
debate to-day opened at 11 o'clock in
stead of 3 o'clock ns heretofore. The
subject under discussion was what Mr.
Harvey had characterized in his book
as the “crime of 1873”—the demoneti
zation of silver.
After some miscellaneous sparring',
Mr. Harvey charged corruption in the
passage of the act for the demonetiza
tion of silver, and Mr. Horr repudiated
the inference that the citizens of the
United States were all corrupt. He
declared that it was not true that every
man had his price. Members of con
gress were as honest as the average
American citizen. He knew whereof
ho spoke, for he had been a member of
that body himself.
Mr. Horr then took up the history of
the demonetization act, showed the
stages through which it had passed
and declared that its final enactment
was not until after it had bean before
congress for nearly three years.
Mr. Harvey then returned to the
attack upon the honesty of legislators
throughout . the count™, including
members of congress and of the Illin
ois end Colorado legislatures. This
venality was sapping tlie foundations
of the government as it had sapped
the foundations of and destroyed
every republic of the past.
Mr. Horr again returned to the de
fense of the honesty of the American
people.
Mr. Horr then spoke of the demoni
tization of silver in 1810 as the result
of experience in the use of the double
standard. In 1871 Germany adopted
the gold standard and threw on the
market 8300,000,000 in silver. It was
this that set the world to considering
the silver question—not any gold bug
conspiracy. The financial policy of no'
great nation was ever dominated by a
conspiracy.
This closed the debate for the day,
except the answering of questions by
the disputants propounded by members
of the audience. The attendance was
not large, but was appreciative and
generous and impartial in its recogni
tion of telling points.
BOTH SIDES READY.
The Celebrated Taylor Case Will lie
Called Some Time Next TVeek.
Cahroi.j.ton, Mo., July 19.—At 6:30
p. m. the Taylor brothers were brought
into court, and Mr. Bresnehan said the
state was ready for trial. Colonel
Hale, for the defense, said they did
not want a continuance, but that they
had three or four witnesses in I.inn
and Sullivan counties who were sick,
and that they wanted an order from
the court to take their depositions.
The court granted the order and the
defense answered ready for trial. The
court ordered a special venire of 300
men from which to select a panel of
forty, and the sheriff was instructed
to have them in court Monday next at
1 o’clock. The court also instructed
the sheriff to allow no one to assist in
getting the venire except regularly
cworn deputy sheriffs. This will make
the case come up for trial about Thurs
day.
Sash and Iloor Prices liaised.
Oshkosh, July 19.—The National
Manufacturing association and the
Northwestern Sash and Door associa
tion, at a meeting held here last night,
decided to raise prices 20 per cent to
partly compensate for the advance in
glass.
Police Reform In Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., July 19.—Twenty-five
political and sectarian policemen agi
tators have been discharged, and the
edict has been issued that policemen
must not let political and religious af
fairs interfere with tbeir duty as
officers.
THIS FOE SOLDIERS
THREE IMPORTANT DECISIONS
HANDED DOWN.
Tlia U* Forbidding tho Pomlon Com*
mlMlonor to Rtdnra Pomlon* Don* Mot
Apply to Cases Anted on lleforo It*
Pawnge—A* to the Thirty Day* NotlM
—Tho Pensioning of Children.
Lata Pension Decision*.
Washington, July 18.— Assistant
Secretary Reynold* has rendered three
decisions In pension appeal eases. In
the first he holds that while the com
missioner of pensions is forbidden by
law to suspend payment of a pension
pending1 proceeding! to annul or re
duoe it, nevertheless, in case such pen
sion is annulled, all unpaid pensions
apparently accrued at the date of the
annulment becomes illegal and must
not be paid.
In the second case the secretary
holds that the law forbidding the com
missioner to reduoe pensions without
thirty days notice does not apply to
cases acted on before its passage.
In the third ease it is held that as
the act pensioning the children of a
sailor who are under Id years of age
expressly provides that the pensions
shall begin from the date of the filing
of the application for tho pension, a
claimant who was over It) years old
when the aot was passed has no claim
for pension at all.
BLOW TO FAVORITISM.
President Cleveland Knkee an Important
Ruling Regarding Promotions.
Washington, July li.—The presi
dent has Just promulgated a new rulo
modifying the old customs rule of the
civil service, the effect of which Is to
greatly limit the number of promo
tions in classified customs districts,
except after appropriate examinations.
The necessity for the change in the
rules arises from the fact the exten
sion of the classification in the cus
toms service on November 2, last, over
positions paying salaries of less than
8'JOO opened the doors for promotion of
many persons who had entered the
service through personal political
favoritism. The old rule would per
mit these persons after they were
brought into the classified service to
be advanced to many of the best pay
ing positions in the office without ex
amination. Under tlio now rule pro
motions can bo made only to a limited
extent without examination, and no
promotions can be made from one
grade to another without an appropri
ate examination.
CROP CONDITIONS.
Report of the Weather Uureau for the
Week Ended July 10.
Washington, July 18.—The weather
bureau, in its report of crop condi
tions for the week ended July 10, says:
Drouth has been broken in Iowa and
partly relieved in Wisconsin and South
ern Minnesota, but continues in Ohio
and with great severity over the South
ern half of Michigan. Kxcessive rains
have delayed threshing in Missouri,
Kansas, Northern Texas, Kentucky
and Tennessee, and caused grain in
shock to sprout.
Corn needs rain in Ohio, Northern
Indiana, (Southern Micliignn, Wiscon
sin and South Dakota, and would be
improved by rain in Nebraska, where
the blades are beginning to roll. In
the Southern states the finest crop of
corn for years is promised. Frost on
Tuesday morning caused slight dam
age in Wisconsin.
OKLAHOMA VIGILANTES.
People of Pottawatomie County Forced
to Form Protective Leagues.
Perry, Ok., July 18.—-A call has been
made by 100 citizens of Pottawatomie
county for the lawabiding citizens in
each township to meet and form law
and order leagues to protect the people
from thieving, which has become ex
tremely great in the county, which is
located in the southeastern part of Ok
lahoma, and is nearly surrounded by
the Indian territory. The people are
very much aroused, and twenty law
and order leagues were organized,
whose object is to thoroughly rid the
county of horse and other thieves.
A TRAITOR'S END.
Suicide In I’ubllc follow* tbe Betrayal
of Fort Arthur.
San Francisco, July 18.—The ease
with which the Japanese captured
Port Arthur during the recent war
with China is explained to some ex
tent by an article in the Japan Gazette,
which arrived on the last steamer
According to this tlie commander of
the Chinese forts was a native of
Japan, who had acquired favor in
Chinese councils through a long resi
dence in the flowery kingdom. lie in
tentionally caused the shots from the
guns to be misdirected so they would
fall short of the Japanese warships.
Having betrayed his adopted land for
the land of his birth, the disgraced
commander appeared before the victo
rious Japanese and acknowledged his
treason and committed suicide in their
presence._
Missouri and Kansas Naval Cadets.
Washington, July 18.—The follow
ing persons have been appointed ea
dets at the Naval academy: L. C.
Broughton, Marysville, Kan.; Frank E.
Rockwell, alternate, Junction City,
Kan.; C. P. Huff, Butler. Mo.; R H.
Larrimer, Wichita, Kan.; E. J. Sadler,
alternate, Sedan, Kan.; li. D. Scott,
alternate, Marysville, Kan.
Blackburn's Candidate Nominated.
Lexington, Ky., July 18. —Senator
Blackburn, after a sharp tight, secured
the nomination by the Democrats of
this county, of three staunch support
ers of himself for candidates for the
legislature. Blackburn was greatly
elated over his complete victory.
Twenty-Five Years In Office.
St. Louis, Mo., July 18 — Philip II.
i£epp, one of the best known poli
ticians in St. Louis, died at his home
this morning of paralysis. He had
been continuously in public service for
over a quarter of a century.
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A MAN OP RESOURCES.
The Dentist Strained • Point to Serve •
flood Customer.
The dentist didn’t want to talk shop,
he said, but he thought the story worth
telling so he told It: "Not long ago,"
ho said, "a Western railroad president
came to New York and one night waa
Invited to dine with some of his friends
here,” says the New York Trl
bune. “The dinner was a par
ticularly jolly affair, and when
the western man reached his
hotel he was In a merry mood. It was
his custom to place his set of falsa
teeth under the pillow every night just
before going to bed, and he was cer
tain he had done so on this particular
evening. Nevertheless, In the morning
he was unable to And them. Searching
high and low In the room was of no
avail, and finally he came to me for n
new set.
” ’ How long will It take you to make
them?’ he asked. I told him four or
five days. ‘Can’t listen to anything
like that,’ he replied. Til give yon
triple money to make them In twenty
four hours.’ You see people from Chi
cago think that money laughs at every
thing, even time.
“All my arguing with the old fellow
did no good, so I set to work on his
teoth. In the meantime, however, I
told my assistant to hasten around to
the old man’s hotel and make a scien
tific search of the room. The westerner
Insisted that he had drunk no mors
wine than usual at the dinner, but I
was satisfied that he was deceiving
himself. I had not been long at ths
preliminary measurements when my
assistant called me out and handed ms
the teeth. He had found them in ths
pillow case, where the owner had put
them instead of under the pillow.
“I returned the teeth and the rail- *
road man was so overjoyed that he did
not cancel the order, but told me to go
ahead with the teeth. They might
come In handy some time, he said. Ho
even unbent so far as to admit that
perhaps, after all, he had drunk a glass
of wine too much the night before, and
when I sent him my bill I received a
check for double the amount, from
him.”
PRETTY FAIR
At Btage Robl>lngt Hut No Good Ik#
Boilnesa Men.
"Yes, ‘Buck’ English was always my
friend," remarked Judge Lawler when
the Nana stage robbery and the wound*
ed desperado were under dlscuBSlon,'
says the Philadelphia Item. "He was a •
pretty fair robber, but no business man.
I remember one of his first ventures In
a business way. A couple of German#
were running a butcher shop In Lak#
county and making money hand over
fist. ‘Buck’ English and his brother
Charlie purchased the business and
soon the stock commenced to suffer.
One day a rancher met ‘Buck1 on th#
road and Inquired:
" ‘Have you seen anything of that
cow of mine?’
“ ‘What kind of a cow?’
" 'Red, with a white blalse and, out
horn gone.’
" ‘The one Sleeper raised and sold
Faught, and he sold to that carpenter
at Middletown?' asked ‘Buck.’
■' 'Yes, that's the one.’
“ ‘Say, Jim, we butchered her about
a week ago. She was the fattest beef I
ever saw. If I'd a known she wa#
yours I wouldn't have killed her with*
out lettln' you know. Good-by, Jim.' ' -
"That's all Jim ever got for his cow.
A few weeks later the English boy#
were closgd put. They had. lost every,
cent of their capital. ' 53uc'kT came tS
me and sajd: 'I can’l understand this
at all. Those Dutchmen bought all
their stock and paid their bills when
they came due and made money. Wo
stole all our stock, never paid a bill, and
still we lose. It's too much for me. I
guess I'm no business man.' I suppose
his failure in business enterprises drove
him Into questionable pursuits."
Horses and Earthquakes.
It Is a well-known fact, says the Mas*
cot, that horses can hear sounds that ar#
not perceptible to human ears. For days
previous to the great earthquake in th#
Riviera the horses of that locality
showed every symptom of fear, which
continued without change of character,
unless It was In the direction of greater
frenzy, till the fury of the great convul*
slon broke forth. Not until a few sec*
onds, however, before the earth began to
tremble did human beings hear the sub
terranean rumblings. One writer from
the scene says that In his opinion the
horses knew that the quake was on tbe
way from seventy-two to one hundred
hours before their masters heard or felt
the first Jar.
SNORTS FROM SIFTINGS.
Let us all boost, not knock, and pros
perity Is our onion.
The business of the police justice majr
be said to be a fine art.
The frog of a railroad track ought to
be happy In flood times.
The man who thinks he Is bright Is
seldom Inclined to keep it dark.
If you want to live long don't try to
live more than one day at a time.
Abuse is one of the few things a man
can get without earning or deserving It.
Next to a beau there Is nothing a girl
Is prouder of than bossing a St. Ber
nard dog.
You can always please a good man by
telling him he has a devilish twinkle In
his eye.
. When you need a friend don't pick
out the man whose dog never wants to
follow him.
The most lonesome man In town Is
the one that has made liberal loans to
his acquaintances.
When the coachman marries his em
ployer’s daughter he Is a groom. The
daughter Is foolish.
A small boy acquires an early lesson
In political trickery when he sees his
mother gerrymander a pie.
The ship of matrimony has a compan
ionway, but many are the husbands and
wives who never And It.
Ben Potter—We had a meeting of the
directors of our company last night.
Mrs. Potter—What was the limit?
When a man gets too worthless for
anything else, he Is Just worthless
enough for a sentimental woman to
make a hero of and marry.—Texas Sift
ings. • .- - *