Nebraska Newspapers

    i;M' WRONG
BATTUE of life
fulVEN UP.
„Man of St. Joseph
Fpislirartoned nod De»
(„„l,irM Reverse* and to
I to Poison nnd
ln a Until Tab—A
Ills Own Iland«.
, Mo., Aug. 24.—J. W
client business man of
committed suicide in
he Midland hotel some
lie came to the ho
1 ck yesterday morning,
1 went directly to his
i.>■ more was seen of him
k this forenoon, when
i i o in was forced and
1 .id. From all iudica
3 ii a large dose of car
; icn shot himself be
,■ car with a 38-caliber
■ nt the foot of the bath
i : , glass and a bottle,
i, i, Mined carbolic acid,
clothes were on the floor
3 while he reposed in
, back. A pistol lay at
1. There was an ugly
ud his right ear. llis
i.ened by being burned
I'r.celer, deputy coroner,
[he hotly, gave it as his
i\ ;,ii<er first took the car
1 ihcn sliot himself,
vas a brother of 8. A.
was cashier for the
u,;; bank, which failed
ii-ago. He became trus
nster estate and was a
i linn of Steele & Wal
. .. grocers, which also
one year ago. From all
I lined Walker came to
i lay morning from Sa
iVr", where he had been
ji cuing up a mine. He
i o weeks ago in company
. Henry Walker. Young
na'd to St. Joseph last
S i his mother that his
i.o home in a few days
pr left no letters to ex
; took his own life. Ilis
•rsre are supposed to have
i.ihience in that direction.
■ said she could give no
in rash act.
LP THE REBELS.
?hclby*§ Son Organizing an
Itlcu to That Country.
. iTY. Mo. Aug. 24.—Orville
son of General Joseph
0 led the expedition to
eh) Maximilian-at the close
and who is now United
shal for the Western dis
join, is at the head of a
hero to organize an expe
11 to help the insurgents,
ad by said to-day: “'Yes, I
Cuba, and the expedition
tartly organized. I did
h it the matter would not
1 papers, but see no use iu
' about it. However, it
tore with the determina
men to go. Tlie govern
''■itainly not step in until
a tangible form, and that
a o do not propose to do.
r to Cuba, and the means
Mod for so doing.”
HAS WEAKENED.
,st s to be Allowed to Se©
1A-Cen.nl Waller.
Aug 24.—Acting Sec
ede Adee authorizes the
hint information has been
r,,:n Ambassador Eustis in
0 argent instructions cabled
three weeks ago that the
110 !,r°eeedings and evidence
■•■martial of Mr. Waller at
:s expected to reach Paris
he end of this month. Mr.
"reports that access to Mr.
■been accorded to him after
i-u urgent requests made on
ravd °rders of tlie depart
v:ue- The department not
lv"u advised whether Mr.
■al taken advantage of
al^alled for.
'-Hi! SW,..Be D,,PUced
- Be
1 has ordered the ♦*—Secretary
'ii -nt of he forwarding to
-V esper.^ "eport °f William
C1»e uf Ains y acc°untant,
rrible UbraHa?i- W
* ^omaieaded th/t ?;JD?reas,
, Amoved ^r- Spof
J6 taken and ‘hat proDer
WOMEN AS INVENTORS.
Dfujr Interesting: Facts set Forth by a
lets Patent OIBce Report.
Washixgtox, Aug. 24.—A pamphlet
published by the patent office gives a
list of the patents issued to women.
This shows that the office was estab
lished in 1730, but the first patent is
sued to a woman was in 1809 to Mary
•Kies, for a method of weaving straw
with silk or thread. Six years later
one was issued to Mary Brush
for a cirsat. It was not uu
til 1823 that more than one patent
per year was issued to women. In
18ii2 only fourteen patents were issued
to women, that being the largest in
any year up to that time. The war,
however, developed the inventive
genius of women and tho annual num
ber of patents issued to them increased
rapidly. Many of them wore for in
ventions for either fighting or nursing
dev.ces. The annual issue increased
steadily year by yea-. Jn 1ST0 it was
sixty, in 1839 over ninety-two, in 1830
over 200, and in 1833 over 300. From
1809 to 1888 women's inventions aver
aged thirty a year; from 1883 to 1802,
280 a year and since ISO.*, 280 a year.
The pamphlet gives a classification
of women’s inventions. This shows
that wearing apparel loads the list
with 100 different patents in thirty
months. Then comuscooking utensils
with 100 inventions, furniture with
fifly-flve, heating and washing or
cleaning apparatus with forty odd
each, sewing and spinning devices and
building apparatvs with about
thirty each, educational, medical
apparatus, toys and trunks, about
twenty each. Women have tried
their inventive faculties also on baby
carriages, barrel and bicycle attach
ments, printing and bottling appar
atus,boxes and baskets, clocks, flowers,
horseshoes, motors, musical instru
ments, plumbing and preserving do
vices, screens, stationery, theatrical
apparatus, toilet articles and type
writer attachments. Few of the patents
issued to women were for entirely new
creations. Excluding those especially
concerning women’s work, nearly ail
the other patents were for attach
ments to some previously existing de
vice.
WAR OF EXTERMINATION.
Spat-laris Accused of Atrocities and In
surgents Bitter.
Key West, Fla., Aug.. 24.—Reliable
advices from Cuba indicate that the
Spaniards in their efforts to suppress
the rebellion are perpetrating atroci
ties almost as terrible as those at
tributed to the Kurds in Armenia. A
few days ago Captain Garrido, a
Spaniard operating with 200 men in
the province of Santiago de Cuba,
found a hospital in which nearly 100
wounded insurgents had taken refuge.
He ordered the helpless men to be jmt
to death in the most cruel manner. He
refused to allow them to be shot, but
made his soldiers chop up the victims
with swords. This, with the killing of
Captain Domingo Mugica at Matanzas
July 20, has greatly inflamed the peo
ple against the Spaniards and many
leading Cubans heretofore loyal to
Spain are now joining the insurgents.
The insurgent leaders, it is said,
have resolved to retaliate for these
butcheries, and will put to death all
Spanish prisoners and order that no
prisoners be taken hereafter. They
think that the putting to death of
Mugica indicates Spain has resolved on
a "no quarter" campaign. Mugica was
captured about three miles north of
Jovellanos, and was shot as a traitor
to Spain. He was about 28 years old
and came of one of the best families in
Matanzas. A private dispatch re
ceived here states that he died like a
hero shouting "Vive Cuba Libre*’ as
the Spanish soldiers fired.
The insurgents are now in possession
of that part of Cuba lying between
Colon and Cape Maysi. The town of
Santu Spiritu is almost completely de
serted, every able-bodied man having
joined the insurgents under Koloff and
Sanchez.
Prussic Add Ends Unhappiness.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 24.—After
writing a note, in which she said that
she waS tired of living in darkness and
without friends, Miss Charlotte Field,
stenographer for the Tilden Chemical
company, swallowed prussic acid Wed
nesday night and was dead when found
yesterday. She was a leading bicycle
enthusiast and was well liked in soci
ety. She tried to kill herself in May,
1604, but failed.
Fleeing From Huge Fires.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 24.—Rail
which fell on Tuesday and Wednesday
temporarily checked the forest fires,
but yesterday the flames broke out
afresh. Many campers and prospect
ors who have been out in the forests
are arriving here. All tell of being
overtaken by the fierce rush of flames
and compelled to flee for safety.
General Fry Not Dead.
TorEKA, Kan., Aug. 24.—Word was
received from St. Louis yesterday that
“General” Fry was iD St. Louis and
that he had been married on Wednes
day. The barber liullier, however,
still sticks to his assertion that the
man killed on the Rock Island, whose
body is at the morgue, was the Coxey
army leader.
Killed by Bandits.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 2».—De
tective George W. Powers was shot
and killed this morning on a Lake
Shore train, by two men whom he was
attempting to arrest on suspicion of
being the Fennville train robbers.
The bandits jumped off and made their
escape.
Scotch Manuracturcra Will Fight.
Dundee, Aug. 24.—It is estimated
that 25,000 millworkers are out on a
st; ike. The manufacturers met this
afternoon and signed an agreement
not to advance wages under the penalty
of 82,500 for a violation of this agree
ment. __ B
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Since cholera has appeared in Japan
18.000 deaths from the disease have oo*
curred.
Postoffice receipts for the thirty
largest cities for July show an increase
Of 9348,000.
TWAS AIL ONE WAT.
CONVENTION OF NEBRASKA’S
SILVER DEMOCRATS.
Few Present to Dlatnrb the Harmony of
the Situation—-C. J. Phelpa for the
Supreme Court and Dr. Rlnckbnrn of
Molt County and Robert Kittle for
Regents—-None of Bolting Fame Given
n Seat—The Administration Sat Upon
—What the Platform Sets Forth.
Debraftk* Sliver bpniocratl.
Omaha, August S3.—The state con
vention of free silver democrats was
held here yesterday. The convention
was called' '"to order by Chairman
Smythe. Hon. F. M. Davis of Beatrice
was elected as temporary chairman.
Frank J. Morgan of Cass and N. P.
Nelson of Dodge were made temporary
i secretaries,; and afterward were made
! permanent
| Some vacancies on the state central
i committee were filled as follows: R.
I G. Ilall was appointed to succeed J. D.
Carson of? York. J. C. Ivesterson of
Fairbury -jgvas relieved and George H.
Clarke of Diller named to succeed him.
C. J. Fuhrer of Clay county was left off
and his place filled by K. \V. Ilurlburt
of Aurora. J. IV. ltullard of. North
Matte was selected to succeed J. J.
McIntosh. Complaints were also made
‘against Jerry Ferrell of theTwenty
eighth.district, and the state commit
tee was authorized to name his suc
cessor. In the Lancaster delegation
Patrick McGeer was relieved and M. D.
Welch named in his stead. Frank Con
ley of Callaway was named to succed
liartlett on the committee from the
Fifteenth district.
The following .nominations were
made: Judge of the supreme court.
C. J. Phelps of Colfax. For regents of
the state university, Dr. Dlackburn of
Ilolt and Robert Kittle of Dodge.
PLATFORM OF Till: CONVENTION'.
We, the democrats of Nebraska, in
convention assembled, reaffirm our
faith in those principles written in the
Declaration of American Independence
and emphasized by Jefferson and Jack
son, namely, that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among which are life, liberty and the
pui-suit of happiness; that governments
are instituted among men to secure
their rights, and that governments de
rive their just powers from tiie consent
of the governed, and we demand that
all of the departments of the govern
ment, legislative, executive and judi
cial, shall be administered in accord
ance with these principles.
We affirm the declaration made by
the last democratic state convention
held in Nebraska on September 20, 1894.
We believe that the restoration of
the money of the constitution is now
the paramount issue before the coun
try, and insist that all parties shall
plainly state their respective positions
upon this question, in order that the
voters may intelligently express their
preference. We, therefore, declare
ourselves in favor of the immediate
restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the pres
ent legal ratio of 1G to 1, as such coin
age existed prior to 1873, without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation, such gold and silver coin to be
a full legal tender for all debts, public
and private.
We send greeting to our democratic
brethren throughout the union who
are making such a gallant fight for the
restoration of bimetalism and congrat
ulate them upon the progress made.
We deprecate and denounce as un
American and subversive of the princi
ples of free government any attempt to
control the action or policy of the
political parties of this country by se
cret cabals or organizations of any
character, and warn the people against
the danger to our institutions which
lurks under any such secret organiza
tion, whether based on religious, politi
cal or other differenees of opinion.
Recognizing that the stability of our
institutions must rest on the virtue and
intelligence of the people, we stand, as
in the past, in favor of the free com
mon school svstem of this state, and
dec&re that the same must be perpetu
ated and receive liberal financial sup
port, and that the management and
control of said school system should be
non-sectarian and non-partisan.
The democracy of Nebraska approves
and commends the declaration of Pres
ident Cleveland in the past in condemn
ing tho pernicious activity of incum
bents of federal offices under tin
government in attempting to control
the policy and nominations of their
parties, and we hereby recommend the
renewal of the policy of his first ad
ministration in that regard.'
We affirm the uncompromising oppo
sition of the democratic party to*the
fostering aid by the government, either
national or state, of chartered monopo
lies, and declare it as the policy of tin
party from the days of Jefferson and
Jackson to watch with the utmost jeal
ousy the encroachments of corporate
power, und we are in favor of such leg
islation as will insure a reasonable
control by the state, of corporations
deriving their powers and privileges
from the state, and especially the regu
lation of rates for transportation by
the railroads of the state.
This minority resolution by Mr. Ryan
of Hall county, was buried by an al
most unanimous vote:
We commend the administration of
President Cleveland as being able, pa
triotic arc! honest, and reaffirm the
platform adopted by the democratic
national convention at Chicago in 1892.
After authorizing the state central
committee to remain in power for an
other year and to till vacancies on the
ticket and on the committee, the con
vention adjourned without date.
NOT WITH TAMMANY,
Hie Executive Committee of the State
Democracy Will Keep L'p the Fight.
New Yoke, Aug. ”3.—At a meeting
of tlie executive committee of the state
Democracy the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
executive committee of the state Dem
ocracy that the members of this organ
ization shall not participate in any
primaries conducted or overseen by
Tammany hall inspectors or held under
the auspices of that organisation.
. COLISEUM COLLAPSED.
W»* OrMl Amuunrat Structure ■{ Chi
«■»*» Cone* Down With a Cmh.
Chicago, Aug. 23.—The Coliseum,
the large building lately erected on
the site where Buffalo Bill hud his
show during the world’s fair, collapsed
last night. The building was an im
mense affair, and was to have been
opened with the Burnurn & Baily cir
cus within a few days. It was also
intended for use during conventions.
A force of 200 men hud been working
on the building night and day, but as
the accident happened during lunch
hour, when all the men were absent,
nobody was hurt. The building is a
total wreck and the loss will reach
between SlUO.OoO and 81 Ho,000. Had
the accident happened an hour before
or a few hours later, the loss of life
would have been frightful.
UNCLE SAM ACTO.
rercmytory Demand on 7ranee for Ex*
Cniiftul Waller'i Release.
Washington, Aug. S3.—There Is
pood authority for tho statement that
u peremptory demand will be made by
the United States upon France for tho
release of ex-Consul John Waller und
that satisfactory indemnity will be re
quired for his arrest and Imprison
ment, with a probable request for a
commission to determine Waller’s
rights in Madagascar. The discussion
of the case between the French and
American diplomats has reached a
point where there is little else for the
United States to do, owing to tho fact
that repeated requests for a copy of
the charges and testimony upon which
Waller was convicted have not been
furnished by the French government.
BALFOUR’S SILVER VIEWS.
In Favor of an International Agreement
—Hut Not at All Hopeful. *
London, Aug. 23.—In tho house of
commons, to day, the first lord of the
treasury, the Right lion. A. J. Halfour,
replying to Sir John Long, Liberal,
who asked whether he would advise
the government to invite an inter
national monetary conference, said:
“I am always and have been in favor
of an international' agreement, but I
have not tho right to pledge my col
leagues and I don’t believe an inter
national agreement would result from
an international conference.”
Big Telephone War On.
Kansas Citv, Aug. 22.—A big tele
phone wur is raging in Kansas. It is
between the tremendous Hell telephone
trust, known out here as the Missouri
and Kansas telephone company, and
the Harrison Industrial telephone
company. The battlefields are princi
pally Topeka. Leavenworth, Wichita
and Salina. The bubbling cauldron of
war has even run over into St Joseph
and Carthage in Missouri. In Kan
sas City there is a hint in the air that
some of it will come this way. In
Wichita the Missouri and Kansas com
pany has just offered telephone service
at $.10 for residence and $30 for busi
ness houses for a year. In Salina telo
plone service is said to be given away.
A Minister Blubbed.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 23. —L. M.
McQueen, who claims to be a baptist
minister from Memphis, Tenn., went
to police headquarters last night to
have a deep wound in his breast sewed
up. He told the police that he was
walking along Sixth street when a
colored whom he claims he does not
know, ran up and plunged a knife in
to his breast. The woman ran down
an alley and escaped. McQueen claims
that he never saw the woman before
and does not know why she stabbed
him.
Chicago Divorce Held Void*
Chicago, Aug. 23.—Alfred Cox, a
leading Chicago photographer, left
England in 1877 and in 1894 secured a
divorce here because his wife refused
to leave England. Then he was mar
ried to Miss bullman of Detroit. Re
cently the English woman applied for
divorce, having beard of Cox’s second
murriage, and Sir Francis Jeune
granted it. declaring Cox to be a big
amist and holding the Illinois divorce
to be illegal under the English law.
Beheaded by a Train.
„ Fort Scott, Kan., Aug. 23.—James
Mitchell, the 19-year-old son of J. H.
Mitchell, a real estate agent at Hor
ton, left home Sunday and came here
from Kansas City yesterday on his way
to Memphis. Soon afterwards he was
beheaded by a train, lie had just fin
ished his trade as a machinist in the
Rock Island shops at Horton. A young
man named Penrod from Kansas City
was with him when he was killed.
Tho ScdtiUa Company tho ?lcto».
Redai.ia, Mo., Aug. 23.—So great
was the rivalry for the prize offered at
the last encampment of the Second
regiment, N. G. M., to the company
passing tho best inspection, that the
decision was reserved by Captain
O’Conner of the Eighth cavalry, U. 8.
A. A letter was received to-day from
Colonel William Coffee, at Carthage,
announcing that the prize had been
awarded to Company D of Sedalia.
The Deficit Still Quite Larne.
Washington, Aug. 23.—The expend
itures of the government for the first
two-thirds of the present month ex
ceeded the receipts by $7,009,293, but
only SI,230,000 remain to be paid on
account of pensions, and the treasury
officials estimate that the deficit will
be reduced during the next ten days
tc about 85,000,000. The excess of ex
penditures over receipts last month
was 88.478,300.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Civil service has been extended to all
printers in all departments of the gov
ernment.
Minister Ransom’s friends are said
to be afraid that he will not bo reap
pointed to the Mexican mission.
Another holder of a government of
fice has voluntarily resigned. He ia
Postmaster Korn of Tekema, Neb.
The republic of Mexico is making
great preparations for entertaining
the International congrdsa of Amer
icana.
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
The democrats name camp*
Sell for governor.
_
The Convention Declares for Round Money
—Senator Hrloe Makea a Srto ngOpen*
Ing Addreaa In TThlch lie Has Good
Word* tor President Cleveland—The
National Platform Reaffirmed—Camp
hell Protest! Against Nomination.
Ohio Dottooeratle Convention*
Campbklh'OTBOt ~ E*'UoVE,lNO!< Jambs K.
Kiir bumtMiaut GoTirnor—John B. Pkarlkt
©f (, lucinnati.
MrsszSs1* Jmiifo,-w-T- moonei
l or Attorney Oonend-GEOROB A. Pair
Baxus of OolumlmA,
81‘rixofiki.d, Ohio, Au?. 22.— It was
10:30 o'clock when the chairman of the
Democratic state committee, M. A.
Smalley, called tho convention to or
der. Prayer was offered by Professor
S. If. Rreclcinridgo, aftor which Sena
tor C. S. Brice was introduced as pre
siding oftioor of ihe convention.
In opening, Mr. lirico appealed to all
Democrats to forget past und present
differences and, remembering only the
disastrous defeat of lust year, to unite
in re-establishing the Democratic par
ty in its old position, lie reviewed tho
conditions last fall and then declared
that the party was net longer pros
trate, that panic and fear hud passed
away and the beneficence of Demo
cratic legislation .was producing good
effects and that the American people
would soon roward tho Democracy for
its great services to the nation. He
declared that the throe great promises
made in 1893 had been fulfilled and
home rule, sound money and tariff re
form had been granted to the country.
“But, gentlomcn," Mr. Brice wont
on, “there is another question in which
great interest is felt, about which
there is great difference of opinion
and concerning which wo may hour
more in this convention. I come to
urge tho party in Ohio to stand on tho
platform of 1&93 on tho money ques
| tion, to let the currency remain as it
I now is, and not to change our ground
without full deliberation at a nutioual
convention, and a deliverance from
that body.
“You and P have possibly differed
from Mr. Cleveland at some time and
I in some things, as it was onr right,
| our privilege, our duty to do so, if we
were conscientious in doing so, but
taking him by and large ho is the
greatest statesman and party leader of
his time. His Democracy,his honestv,
his integrity and his continued atten
tion to business, which constitutes
genius, have never been excelled, and,
in my opinion, Democratic success in
1893 was largely due, as Democratic
success in 1880 will also be largely due,
to the character of our Democratic
president and to the high piano upon
which he has sought to place his party
and his administration. Do not under
stand me as suggesting tho candidacy
of President Cleveland for re-election.
No such question is now before ua.”
The senator was loudly cheered
when ho was introduced and frequent
ly applauded as he proceeded, especial
ly in his reference to the indorsement
of the platform of 1892, his pronounced
opposition to free coinage und his
eulogy of President Cleveland.
The tifly-nine Brice delegates from
Cayuga county were unseated and the
antis seated by a vote of 307 to 339.
The .report of the committee on per
manent organization to continue the
temporary officers was adopted. This
was made by Judge J. G. Meiser. a
free silver man, who put the motion
and congratulated the free silver men
that they controlled the convention for
the minute that lie presided.
Senator Brice returned his thanks
for the double bon or conferred on him,
after which the report on rules and
order of business was adopted.
Ex-Congressman Frank Hurd, as
chairman of the committee on resolu
tions, offered the majority report,
adopted by a vote of 19 to 2 of the
committee, as follows:
The Democratic party of Ohio, in
convention assembled, points with
satisfaction and pride to the wisdom
of the action of that party in the last
two years and the results accomplished
according to its promises, to-wit: The
repeal of tho Bcpublican legislation
known as the Sherman law, the tin
american federal election luw and the
McKinley taw, from which repeals has
resulted returning prosperity to the
country to such an extent that even
the liepublicans are obliged to recog
nize the suine. Wo congratulate
President Cleveland that his efforts
in favor of the repeal of these vicious
laws and the upholding of the credit
of the country have been successful.
We congratulate onr senator, the Hon.
Calvin S. Brice for the earnest and
effective support be lias given to the
president iu these matters. When we
consider the fact that tho Democratic
party received from the Republicans
in 1883 a bankrupt treasury, that it in
herited from them the vicious cur
rency and tariff laws which had
nrf»n!i rpil nml Knallv nmilnpoH
pauic of 18113, we insist that it is en
titled to the thanks of the people for
the courage with which it has attacked
and repealed these laws.
We reaffiirin tlie following portion
of the seventh plank of thu platform
of the last national Democratic con
i vention: “We hold to the use of both
gold and silver as the standard money
, of the country, and to coin of both
| gold and silver without discrimination
against either metal or charge for
| mintage; but the dollar unit of coin
I age of both metals must be of
equal intrinsic and exchangeable
’ value, or be adjusted by international
| agreement or by such safeguards of
1 legislation as shall insure the uiainten
! ance of the parity of the two metals
I and the equal power of every dollar at
all time3 in the payment of debts, and
j we demand that the paper currency
I shall be kept at par with and redeem
I able in such coin.’’ We insist upon
! this policy as especially neces-nry for
I the protection c* farmers an 1 labor*
! ing classes, the first and most defense
less victims of unstable money and
i fluctuating currency.
THE FREE SILVERITES BEATEN.
Judge Patrick, from the committee
on resolutions, offered the following
minority report:
“We urge the immediate restoration
I of the law providing for the free coin
age and fall legal tender of both gold
and silver ooiqs without diaerinUM*
tton against etthor metal ns provided
lb the constitution and without waft
ing the as-ent of England or any other
foreign nation.” . .
l'ho resolution was defeated by a
vote of ,vj.v to ’J70. J
(Jencral E. E. Finley of Buevrua
offered a resolution for the endorse
ment of the Monroe doctrine In
Venezuela and Nicaraguan cases. Ex
Congressman Follott defended Presi
dent Cleveland as favoring the Monroe
doctrine and being amply competent
to defend It, and Finley Insisted that '
any encroachment on American soil
Bhould bo met by a declaration of war.
Ex-lJovernor Campbell rande a most
vigorous speech for the Monroe doc
trine and Insisted that when the reso
lution had been offered it should be
adoptod.
The resolution was adopted.
When nominations wore called for
Mr. Oampboll took tho floor to head off
the calls for himself and to present the '
name of Judge Hiram D. Heck of Cln
ciumitl for tho nomination for gov*
ernor. lie was Interrupted by Dr.
James A. Norton, who presented a
motion to suspend the rules and nom
inate James E. Campbell by acclama
tion.
"»r- '-uiupiieu protested nnd raised
points of orderamid tho wildest scenes
of cheering nml yelling for Campbell.
seconds of the noralnatinn of Caiao
bell rolled In, nnd Chairman Hr Ice In
sisted that tho *1001100 of I)r.
Norton to suspend the rules
and the nomination of Mr
Campbell was in order. Tho motion
of l)r. Norton was put, ond carried
with a (treat whirl of cnthuslusm and
the chair declared Mr. Campbell the
nominee for governor. He accepted in
a few words
John B. Pcasley was nominated for
lieutenant governor by acclamation.
ior supreme judges, William T.
Moonley of MansHold and W. U. Sho
ber of (ialin county were both nomi
nated by acclamation.
Oeorge A. Fairbanks of Columbus
was nominated for attorney general.
Hurry 11. Keefer of Tuscarawas was
nominated for member of the board of
public works, and J. W. Cruikshnnk of
1 roy for clerk of tho supreme court by
acclamation.
ACCOUNTS IN BAD SHAPE.
Librarian Ppofford'i Afetliodi of Book*
ke«plnff Reprolmnikble.
Wasiiinoton, Aug. 33.—The report
of Export Myers of the fifth auditor’s
office, which has just been presented
to Secretary Carlisle, shows that Ains
worth It. Spofford, the venerable li
brarian of congress, is behind In his
accounts owing to bad methods of
bookkeeping.
In an interview Mr. Spofford makes
the following explanation of the mat
ter:
“The whole difficulty springs from
tho multiplicity of duties that have
been forced upon mo. I have not had
time In connection with my duties as
librarian, to pay proper attention to
those attached to tho office of register
of copyrights. The two positions
should be made separate and distinct.
I have recommended this to tho treas
ury department, but of course, they
can do nothing toward divorcing the
two offices without legislative action.
I shall recommend the suns thing to
congress when it meets. In the press
of business It is true that my accounts
have become somewhat involved, but
I stand ready to make good . any dis
crepancies that may be found by the
treasury officials. I offered a short
time ago to make up the deficiency of
822,000 that has been discovered,
but it is not correct to say
that that offer has been re
fused. I have received no definite
answer to my proposition. As to the
matter of ‘search foes,’ and their
illegality, it is a fact that there is no
special authority in law for collecting
such fees. Hut there is.explicit au
thority in law for a charge for records
of copyright and copies of copyright.
The time of the clerk required in mak
ing the search is of value to the gov
ernment, and it seems to me only
right that litigants and others desiring
to use that time should be required to
ray for it. I calculated that about
fifty ueats an hour was the value
of the time of my assistants who were
employed on this work, and I based
my charges on that calculation. Every
dollar that I have received from thie
source—and the requests for searches
have been very numerous—I have
turned into the treasury. I have made
no distinction between these fees and
those received from copyrights, and
have turned them all in as copyright
fees. That is all I care to say on the
subject” _
CHEWED HIS OWN NOSE.
(terrible Scene In the Donning Asylum
Described by a Doctor*
Chicago, Aug’- 22.—The investigation
of tbc county c. mmissioners into tha
management of the Dunning insane
asylum began yesterday. Thirty thous
and words of testimony were taken at
the first sitting. Toward the end of
the day’s sitting came a horrible story
that in detail was more barbarous than
the story of the Pucik murder. It was
told by Dr. Metlraw, resident physi
cian of Dunning asylum. It concerned
a battle between two mad men, who
had fought in the corridor of ward 3,
while Anderson, accessory to the mur
der of Pucik was on watch. These two
patients quarreled over some silly,
childish difference.
They came to blows. They tore at
each other's faces and rolled about the
floor while Anderson looked on. One
of them in the frenzy of a raving ma
niac, set his teeth into the face of the
other. He bit off his nose, and spat it
out on the stone floor of the corridor.
The maniac with whom this patient
was battling sprang away from the
death grip, lell bleeding and scream
ing to the floor, saw the flesh torn
from his own face, stuffed it into his
mouth and chewed his own nose to a
pulp and swallowed it. He said that
It would make it grow again, and An
derson looked on.
This was the sworn testimony of Dr
Metlraw, resident physician at Dun
ning asylum. Whilo it was being giv
en one of the commissioners turned
sick and pale. Jute Adams, one of the
committee, covered her face with her
face with her hands and clutched at
the %rm of her chair
At cripple Creek, Col., every availa
ble space throughout the d.strict is
covered with flowing posters announc
ing the coming bull fight at Uillet,
Fifty carpenters are putting the finish*
lag touches on the bull ring.