THE FRONTIER.
TO BUSHED EVERY THURSDAY By
Thr Froth it Prwtiko Co.
O'NEILL, NEBRASKA.
OYER THE STATE.
Thb literary people of Odell hare op*
ganlzed a Shaksperian club.
Ladies of Emerson fare a leap year
ball, which was a highly, successful
affair.
: Adam Studebaker of Pierce county
has been pronounced insane and taken
to the asylum.
Two York urchins who deserted
home and parents were overhauled in
St Joseph, Ma
J. H. Delano, living at Florence, is
S3 years old. He reads and writes
without glasses and is quite an active
man.
Buy home made poods and build up
home industries, is a good policy. Far*
; rell’a Fire Extinguisher, made by Far
rell St ca, Omaha.
G E. Cord, joint agent of the Union
Pacific and Omaha railroads at Norfolk,
has deserted his family, a wife and
three children.
The Farmers* Mutual Insurance com
pany carried risks amounting to $190,
000 during the year 1895, and did not
have a loss
Dr. William Daily, elected coroner
of Nemaha county last November,
failed to qualify and so Dr. Opperman
* holds over for two years
A 4-tkar-old child was killed near
Auburn by a playmate, as a result of I
using a loaded rifle as a toy. The old
story, nobody knew it was loaded.
Farhkr Vaxsyoc, living a short dis
tance south of Wilcox, was thrown
from his windmill a short time ago and
was thought to be fatally injured.
Tax Verdon State bank pays *}4 per
cent interest on 96,000 of Richardson
county funds and the State bank at
Falls City pays 4 per cent on the bal
K~. ance.
Tekahah shippers are working to se
. - eure a cut rate on hay shipments to
m Iowa and Illinois points. If the rate
can be secured thousands of tons will
be shipped.
About 80,000 sheep are being fed in
v the vicinity of Silver Creek this winter,
’v which has been a good thing for farm
ers in creating a local demand for hay
and grata
at Liexingion me jury in me n a liter
mm, nfter beiif out fifteen hours, re
turned t verdict of uno and the judge
ordered the sentence of hanging to be
executed March 4.
The Farmers’ and Merchants' bank
at Platte Center has resumed business
under the new organization, with Fred
Jewell as president and D. D. Lynch as
cashier. This bank closed its doors
about three weeks ago.
Fud Lvbkck, a farmer living near
Berlin, while in town slipped on the
sidewalk, striking his heaa on the cul
vert, cutting a terrible gash across tho
forehead, laying his entire scalp open.
;4 Be will be disfigured for life. j
Thr annual report of County Treas- j
urer J. W. Lynch of Platte county, who
was recently declared short in his ac- j
... counts, was received last week by au- |
‘ dllor Moore. It shows that he owes !
. the state 913,000 on collections. I
Miss Nahkie Shawhan of Humboldt \
ate ice cream aud the services of the
.family physician were required to save
her life. The cream is supposed to
" have been poisoned by the action of the
.acid flowing upon the tin freezer.
All the people who left Nebraska in
the djy year are getting back and
thousands are coming who were never
here before. Already in the winter
■maths is hesrd “the first low wave
. where soon shall roll a human sea.” (
* Stats Superintendent Corbett con
templates making a trip to Florida to
attend the national meeting of state
.’and city superintendents, which con
venes February 18. Superintendent
v; Pearee of Omaha and a few others ex
pect to attend.
>■: 8ROBRTart of 8tats riper has re
ceived a portion of the 9,600 copies of
'■ the soldiers’ and sailors’ roster for the
year 1896, and is also wrapping them
for shipment Each Grand Army post
4 entitled to three copies by provlson
«f the statute
Tbs tide of Immigration seems to be
- e«oe more turning toward Nebraska.
Many of those who left in 1894 are
drifting back from the land of big red
:. apples, and seem perfectly contentnow
■ to remain in a state which they made a
great mistake in leaving.
Thr state banking board has made
an order permitting the Bank of Wau
i nets and the Creighton Bank of Com
: merce to clods up their business upon
’ the officers furnishing a good and 'suffi
• dent bond to pay off all the liabilities
within a fined time.
J Caustb M. Elrikb «f Wilcox, a lady
sixty-eight years of age, has filed a pe
tition In district court at Minden,
claiming damages against the CL, B. &
4 railway company for injurleswe
• oeived on a wrecked train of the oom
Pfsny at Edgar.. She asks the sum of
- ... 4
%w
m
Ax ordar has been made by the an
preme court suspending the sentence of
Edward C. Hockenberger of Grand
Island, pending the hearing of the ap
plication for a new trial Hockenber
ger wsa convicted of embeaalement of
*1.000 of school money while secretary
: of the school board of grand Island dis
trict.
Tun 8-year-old son of James Moody
was brought to Ansley, having receiv
ed a severe wound to the left hand-by
an ax in the handa of an -older child.
The children were playing with an ax,
one chopping off a string while the
. other was holding it on a block, when
i the ax came down on the hand, sever
ing the little finger and almost severing
the one next to it from the hand.
... Wonnwaa received at Friend that
. Charles K. Uridley was dead. He went
to the Indian territory about a year
ago. Gridley served a term in the pen
itentiary for assault with intent to kill,
nod after having served ten of a thir
teen years’ sentence wna pardoned by
Governor Thayer.
, Cfrr is kept well stirred uj
.over succeeding developments in th<
Steel City hunk failure. The latest dis
oovery consists of *17,000 worth ol
forged paper. Cheater Andrews being
the party imposed on in this case. X<
i attached to the batch of forgeries,
as the forged notes had all
Militia Liable to Service.
For the information of the Nebraska
National Guard, the opinion of Judge
Advocate General Stark has been ap
proved and promulgated by Governor
Holcomb and the military board. For
a long time it has keen a mooted ques
tion whether the president of the United
States could call for the national guard
to go outside of the limits of the state
on military duty. According to the
statute of Nebraska ho cannot do so.
In this the Nebraska law conflicts with
the statutes of the United States, as is
shown by the opinion Of Judge Advo
cate General Stark, who pointsoutthat
under the laws of the federal govern
ment the militia is subject to the com
mand of the president, in case of inva
sion or rebellion, and liable to all mili
tary duty whenever it may be required.
Dakota City Man Hangs Himself.
Dakota City dispatch: George C,
Cummings committed suicide last night
about 0 o’clock by hanging. He was 31
years old and his home was in Minne
sota. He came here in June last, giv
ing his name os Andy Dale, hunting
work, and wus employed on farms here
during the summer. December 19 he
was married to Mrs. Nellie Stoner.
Their married life was not very pleas
ant, he being extremely jealous, and
laBt week his wife had him arrested for
assault and battery, but later dismissed
the case. For three days he had threat
ened to take his life by cutting his
throat and banging, and while his wife
was lying on the bed last evening lie
went into the kitchen, and, tying a
clothesline over the door, succeeded in
strangling himself before his wife dis
covered him. She alarmed the neigh
bors, but he died before they arrived.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
of death by hanging at his own hands.
He said he had a brother near Sheldon,
la., and owned a farm near North
Platte, Neb. _
Charged With Court House Burning.
Aurora dispatch: Sheriff McCon
aughey came in yesterday evening
from Lincoln with William E. Myers in
custody, and this morning he arrested
Charles J. and P. A. Farney. These
arrestB were made on indictments re
turned by the grand jury, it is sup
posed, charging the persons named
with complicity in the burning of the
court house in January, 1894. The
Journal correspondent has not been
able up to the present time to ascertain
the exact charge. These arrests are a
surprise to most people here and noth
ing seems to be known outside of the
members of the grand jury and county
attorney as to the nature of the evi
dence npon which the indictments ar»
founded. It is not generally believed,
however, that'the indictments can be
sustained.
Flagrant violation of Law.
Beatrice dispatch: A copy ot Bank
Examiner McGrow's report of the Bine
Springs bank was filed in district court
to day in connection with a petition
from the attorney general's office ask
ing for the appointment of a receiver.
Ue finds that the bank waB absolutely
insolvent and has been conducted in ah
unsafe manner, and says that the books
have been falsely and fraudulently
kept and that false statements have
been made to the banking board and
published in violation of the law. The
examiner recommends that the atten
tion of the county attorney be called
to these flagrant violations of the law
by its president, J. C. Williams. The
Amount of the notes and bills discount
ed is given as $32,803, overdrafts, 93,
200; shortage, 96,58(100; deposits, 929,
310.31. Ue says he finds the loans are
about 94.405 and that the cashier can
give no account of them, although
carefully questioned and every oppor
tunity given him to find them. During
the examination he made several state
ments in regard to the discrepancy
which upon investigation proved false.
Payment ef Peultenllarjr Help.
i Lincoln dispatch: Attorney General
Churchill sent to State Auditor Eugene
Moore the opinion asked for respecting
the legality of payment of penitentiary
help from the 9102,000 maintenance
fund appropriated by the last legisla
ture. The opinion is favorable to such
payment The warrants were drawn
this afternoon for a total of 93.525.09.
The amount of vouchers filed called for
94,130.04. Steward Dech's salary, 9240,
was thrown out entirely, 9100 had been
paid by A. D. Bcemer, and the salaries
of the other guards and keepers have
hcen scaled down £273.93. It is the
opinion of a number of attorneys that
the opinion of the supreme court in
granting Warden Ledlgh’s application
for a writ ot mandamus against the
l Board of Purchase and Supplies fully
covered the case on which the attorney
| general has just passed. In that opin
| ion it was distinctly enunciated that
the Board ot Public Lands and Build
ings possessed the same powers of man
| agement over the penitentiary that it
| had over any other ot the public insti
! tulions, asylums, reform schools, etc
A Bill By Senator Allen.
Washington dispatch: Senator Allen
has introduced a bill to authorise cred
itors of insolvent national banks to se
lect a permanent receiver and prescrib
ing the manner of hta selection. The
bill is the outgrowth of much objection
on the part of creditors of defunct Ne
braska banks to the present manner in
which receivers are appointed and the
grass partisanship shown in the selec
tion of the receivers, who are paid at
the expense of creditors, fat offices be
ing thereby created for henchmen of
those having appointing power. A
notable instance of this may be found
in the case of the Citizens’ National
bank of Grand Island, which failed
about two years ago. Tobias Castor’s
son-in-law is receiver of this bank at a
salary of 93,500 per year. The expenses
of the bank to the present time have
been about 9800 per month and from
now on'will be about 9000 per month.
Several attempts have been made to
have the assets of the bank turned
over to the depositors, but this effort
failed, for its success would mean the
cutting down of a fat job, If some
, thing is not done in all probability the
expense of the bank will consume the
, assets, leaving: nothing for the depos
; itors in the defunct institution. It is
. contended that if the depositors could
control their property it would be more
| ee-'momically looked after than by an
> outsider, and consequently with the
right to dispose of property, to make
trades and to change securities, depos
Itors would realize dollar for dollar, oi
nearly so Grand Island is not alone
in this matter; depositors of banks ai
1 Lincoln, Kearney. North Platte anc
other towns are urging action on th<
. part of tho congressional delegation foi
,, .relief.
m
CLAIM 6,000,000 VOTES.
Hr-—
THOUSAND LEADERS OF THE A. P.
A. IN SECRET SESSION, -
TALK ABOUT ELECTIONS.
The Availability of the Presidential Can*
dldate* .of Both Parties Discussed—
Especially Hostile to Keed—An
American Party to Oppose
Both the Old Ones Is
Aimed at by Leaders..
Chicago, Feb. 3.—The Times* Herald
prints the following' from its New
York correspondent:
One thousand delegates of the supe
rior council of the American Protect
ive association met in annual session
last Tuesday and Wednesday in Ro
chester. The convention represented
an actual voting strength in this §tute
of 313,000, and in the nation of About
3,500,000. The businessof the conven
tion was conducted with such secrecy
that not even the wide awake Roches
ter newspaper reporters had a sus
picion that a meeting of vast concern
to the public and politicians was be
ing held in that city, and that in
Main street, Rochester's Broadway.
From one of the heads of the associ
ation was obtained the facts that are
given here and that will form the
| most important and most sensational
story of secret political development,
and actual, active political strength
that has been made public in many
years.
| One of_the peculiar features of the
convention was that in the resolutions
that were adopted no mention was
made of any candidate for President
or any office, State or Territorial.
Discussion of candidates came up
either informally on the floor of the
bailor else in committee. The superior
council, in following out the require
ments of its constitution, declared it
would indorse only that party or those
parties who should nominate candi
dates whose records are not opposed
to the principles of the association,
upon a platform which should embody
patriotic utterances consistent with
these principles.
wuc ul vuu Dtuiuiu^ siiueineiiis
made by a member from Albany was
to the effect that Senator David B.
Hill had acknowledged to a friend a
lack of political foresight when he
undertook to carry the State for the
Democratic party in 1804 upon an anti
! A. I1. A. platform. Another candidate,
who was declared to be persona non
grata to many in the association, was
Roswell P. Flower.
| The members of the A. P. A., Dem
ocratic as well as Republican, are
anti-Tammany through and through.
, They will not support for president or
[ for any other office candidates who
arc nominated mainly through the
help of the hall. Notwithstanding
his nominal association witii Turn
many as , a representative Democratic
, organization, W. C, Whitney did not
seem to have many, enemies among the
Democratic members. Many favored
the nomination of some man like Colo
nel Morrison of Illinois or ex-Governor
Roles of Iowa. Stephen B. Elkins the
A. P. A. would have none of.
| HOSTILE TO RKKD.
| There was evinced a considerable
, antagonism to the candidacy of Thom
1 as B. Reed, who, it was' declared, had
[■ spoken against the A. P. A. in an in
| terview in the Columbian of Portland,
| Me., the only Roman Catholic news
paper in that state.
| No charges were preferred against
t Governor Morton, ex-Governor Mc
Kinley of Ohio, Senator Allison of
Iowa, Robert T. Lincoln of Illinois,
, Governor William O. Bradley of Ken
. lucky, or any other Republican candi
date
| Mr. Cleveland, were he to be re
nominated, would not receive the sup
port of the Democratic members of
i the order, although Mr. Olney, aecre
i tary of state, was not charged with
any act inconsistent with public prin
ciples.
I The support which Richard Kerens
of Missouri, where the association is
! very strong, and Thomas Curter of
I Montana are giving to General Har
risou's candidacy, has caused some of
the members of the association to
' question his availability. This ad
I verse sentiment, however, is being
counteracted by the publication of an
, interview in which VV. J. Traynor, the
' supreme president, advocates the re
' nomination of General Harrison, be
1 cause of his ardent supnort of the
' Indian school bill and his appoint
' ment of Thomas Morgan to be com
missioner of Indian affairs.
I CLAIM TUB BALANCE OF POWER.
The allied orders make claim fa a
membership representing more that*
one-fourth of the voting population of
1 the United States. They assert that
they hold absolutely the balance of
power to elect or defeat any Presi*
, dential nominee. This table shows
their voting strength, as it was repre
sented by a delegate to the Rochester
convention, who gave this informa
tion:
American Protect!*© Association. .3.101,00)
National League for the Protection of
I American Institutions.1,100.0 0
' Junior Order United American Meehan
| ica.... 500.000
Patriotic Soar of America .. 500,0 0
Or.ler of Deputies... U ,0)0
All other patriotic organisation*. 250,003
Total..SI 5,000
About 3,500,000 of this membership
is associated with two or more of the
organizations, so that the actual vot
ing strength of the allied organiza
tions is not far from 4,000,000.
' Regarding the personnel of its mem
bership, an interesting report was
read at the Rochester meeting. It
was said that 108 members of Con
gress, the governors of four states,
majorities in the legislatures of several
states, the school hoards of Ul4 cities
and towns, and a majority of city and
, town officials in (every Central and
. Western state are members of or allied
i with the A. P. A. The membership In
■ this state is growing at the average
rate of fourteen councils a week, to
which belong, at the lowest estimate,
1 000 members.
The national representation ac
cording to the report, is divided as
follows:
Ohio, 400,OOo; Pennsylvania, 220,000;
Indiana. 100,000; Illinois, 3.>0,000; Mich
igan, 285.000; Kentucky, 80.000; Wis
consin, 175,000; Iowa, 200,000; Pacific
coast, 135,000; New England, 500,000;
Southern and Southwestern states,
700.000; other states, 500,000.
The political complexion of the
State American Protective Association
organization corresponds with the
politics of the dominant party. In
the South it is Democratic, in the
East and Pennsylvania and Now Eng
gland it is Republican, and in New
York Slate it is divided on the basis of
three Republicans to two Democrats.
The Republican delegates say the
American Protective Association is
growing at the rate of 50,000 members
a month, and that in two years it has
grown from 3,000,000 to 3,500,000. It
has long been the avowed purpose of
some of its leaders to form with it an
American party to oppose both of the
old parties. This is the dominating
object of the organization in the
South. The order claims that it effect
ed the election of Mr. Cleveland in
1893, and that it is responsible for the
tidal wave which then surprised and'
defeated the Republican party.
JUDGE PEERY A SUICIDE.
A Former Citizen of Trenton, Mo,, Takes'
His Life In Arizona.
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 8.—Judge
Stephen Peery, late of San Diego,
committed suicide last night by shoot
ing himself through the heart. Illness
that bid fair to end his life shortly is
believed to have caused him to take
his own life.
Jonn Peery was a native of Virginia
and removed to Trenton, Mo., some
time before the war. He removed to
California three years ago and had
only been a resident of this city three
months.
Judge Peery was a graduate of
Grand River, Mo., college and also of
McKendrick college, Lebannon, III.,
and was admitted to the bar in 1857,
He was an able lawyer and a promi
nent politician, being at one time state
senator from this district.
Morton Men Hustling In Alabama.
'Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 3.—Hon.
Cornelius Van Cott of New York, ex
postmaster of that place, having
served under President Harrison, is in
Birmingham, and it is given out that
he is here on political business. It is
said he is to step in where the breach
exists between McKinley and Reed
Republicans, and place Levi P. Mor
ton of New York on top, and get the
twenty-two Alabama delegates to the
national Republican convention in St.
Louis in June. It is given out authen
tically that Van Cott is making over
tures toward combining the field
against McKinley, who at present
seems to be in the lead.
A Ball for a Peeping Tom.
Fayette, Mo., Feb. 3.—As a result
of ‘‘Peeping Tom”proclivities, Charles
Harris, a negro farmhand is in a pre
carious condition. Last night he went
to the home of Sol Hieronymus and
peeped in at a window, frightening hi3
wife. Harris then stepped to the
door, and, opening it, poked a pistol
into the room, but had no sooner done
so than Hieronymus shot him, the ball
knocking out one tooth and passing
through the tongue and down his
throat, where it eannot be located.
Harris will probably die.
S» Indictment. Against Ghouls.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 3.—The grand
jury, which has been investigating the
recent body stealing cases, generally
known as the Kansas medical college
body-snatching affair, adjourned yes
terday without having returned any
indictments. It is said, however, that
the matter will be taken up again in
two weeks, when the sheriff will pre
sent important witnesses, who left
here when the trouble was about to
be investigated, and on their evidence
indictments are expected.
Oklahoma MaraliaUhlp Fees.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The Attorney
General has prepared for ' Congress
some sensational information on the
Oklahoma marshalship scandal. He
shows that during the last fiscal year
the marshal of Oklahoma drew from
the United States treasury 8248,179.39.
Of this sum 8212,665.71 was in fees
claimed by deputy marshals. The
clerk hire of the marshal’s office was
only $7,200.
Murder Without Cause.
St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 3. — Richard
Sturapf, aged 51, a prominent business
man, was killed to-day by W. J. Keller,
aged 26,a laborer,employed by Stumpf,
The men quarreled lust night over a
trivial matter. This morning Keller
armed himself, sought Stumpf and
deliberately tired four bullets into
him. killing Stumpf instantly. The
murderer was arrested.
Canada's Poor MUItia Showing.
Ottawa, Feb. 3.—The annual report
.of the master of militia, now before
Parliament, gives the total expendi
ture for militia last year as $1,574,013.
The permanent corps has been re
duced to 800 men. Only 20,877 put in
their annual drill of twelve days last
year. The adjutant general calls at
tention to the obsolete rifles with
which the force is equipped.
Kentucky for McKinley.
Lkxixgtox, Ky., Feb. 3.—A poll of
Republican members of the Kentucky
Legislature as to their preference for
the Republican nominee for President
was completed last night. All but
three members who were out of the
city were seen, and the almost unan
imousi preference is for William Mc
Kinley. _
Judge Young for Congress.
Lkxixotox, Mo., Feh. 3. — Judge
William Young has written a letter to
a local paper in which he makes the
formal announcement of his candidacy
for Congress in the Fifth district, the
district in which Kansas City is. He
is a Democrat of high standing and
the present probate judge of Lafay
ette county
FINANCES DISCUSSED,
SENATOR VILAS DENOUNCES
THE BOND BILL.
He Dlicribes It u a Sham and a Fraud—
While Rteofaiilng the Suggestion of
the President, the Measure, He Says,
Was An Insincere Effort Toward Re
lief—The Sllverltes Roundly Scored.
Mr. Vilas on Finance.
Washington, Feb. 1.—When the
senate convened to-day it was technic
ally a continuance of the session of
Thursday, as a recess was taken last
night. There' was a meager attend
ance. Mr. Allen of Nebraska, Popu
list, called attention to the absence of
a quorum. This necessitated a roll
call, which brought senators from
committee and cloak rooms and dis
closed forty-six senators present, one
more than a quorum. Mr. Vilas then
addressed the senate on the silver
substitute for the house bond bill.
“It will doubtless never be neces
sary to discuss this bill as it came
from the House,” said Mr. Vilas, “but
it may be said that it deserved its fate
Strangled by silver. It was bnt the
fraudulent pretext of response to the
exigency which it professed to meet,
and to the reasonable suggestions of
the President, which it denied, while it
avowed their wisdom. With the ex
ception of provision for emergency cer
tificates—which ought to stand in the
permanent statutes—the Uouse bill
contained nothingeommendable.every
thing else was but mercenary legisla
tion not demanded by our financial
conditions. And so again, as a year
ago, partisanship or imbecility' or
both, has stricken Congress with
paralysis, and the rescue of business
prosperity from its recurring peril has
been thrown upon the executive. It
is almost as fortuitous as fortunate
that an old statute has remained un
touched during our financial madness,
which can again serve the turn.
“If,” he continued, “any trusted
agent in private uffairs.should so deny
duty and abuse trust as Congress did a
year ago and now repeats, no judg
ment in their condemnation would be
too severe. Over $10,000,000 were then
thrown away in the reckless rage of
partisanship, and the iniurv that
must now be sustained by the people
for the same reason is probably not
less, although the exaet measure of it
is not quite s.o clear. Then Republican
management was able to show pre
tense that but for the Populists and
the free silverites there might have
been relief. But the pretense was not
sincere, and this bill has now un
masked the fact by denying, under Re
publican dictations, the only remedy
available to the increased mischief."
Mr. Vilas declared that the bill, as
it came from the House, was a sham
and a fraud. Then he proceeded to
show that the Senate substitute and
the amendments that had been pro
posed made it worse than the original
measure. '
I ‘‘The best hope is,” said he, ‘-that
both will shrivel and die in the desert
air of the Senate.” He had hitherto
concluded that it was the wisest pol
icy to remain silent and allow the sil
ver advocates to do the talking, as
they were in the habit of doing at the
ratio of about 1(3 to 1, but he had
heard it asked why the opponents of
free coinage did not justify their faith
in debate.
He then discussed the free coinage
provision of the pending bill, declar
ing that the financial distress and
public misery for the past three years
were the direct products of the efforts
to force silver upon the country.
“And,” he said, "our course of relief
is a return to sound principles.”
He believed every step of the fatal
progress in error had been opposed to
the cardinal doctrines on which the
Democratic party is based, and by
which it must abide or sink in re-’
creancy while the spirit flies from our
institutions of liberty.
lie divided the silver advocates into
three classes: First, those who were
interested in silver mining; second,
heavy debtors, and third, those who
believe in the principle of bimetallism.
The first class were few in number,
but wonderfully potential. The sec
ond might “deseive sympathy if they
did not show it.” The third class is
regarded as honestly mistaken, and to
them he addressed his argument.
•‘The veriest despot of story, the
'grand khan’ of Tartary, the great
mogul, never had more submissive
subjects than the silver king of the
Rockies; nor was ever tyrant more
pitiless or exacting. No independence
of thought or speech is tolerated
there. No party, no creed, no busi
ness can they have who dare to doubt
in the realm of that monarch, the law
of finance, as it is in silver. The bus
iness men find it prudent to say noth
ing, and as for the politician who
dares to flout his independence, woe
betide him. *
••Where, tie exclaimed, is that
sturdy Senator, the brave unbending
Carey? Where is Dolph, the brave,
strong and indefatigable? Look on
the bloody Moloch of silver to learn
their fate."
I Mr. Vilas’ speech was a vivid word
picture of "Democracy, menaced, on
one hand by federalism rejuvenated in
the Republican party, and on the
other by that portentious cloud, ol a
party never known in the days of
Democratic justice, charged with wild,
fantastic theories of social disorder
and wilder schemes of remedy, threat
enincr. should it grow apace, no one
can foretell with what violence of so
cial tempest,"
After reciting the glories of the old
party of Jefferson and Jackson, the
Senator concluded: "This party will
' continue on its great career, yielding
neither one side or the other to the
reactionary forces of old absolutism or
red fires of anarchy.’’
* Memphis, Tenn., Feb 1.—Dr. John
- A. Brooks has received a call to the
London tabernacle, the largest Chris
tian church in Europq. Dr. Brooks
was the first Prohibition candidate for
governor of Missouri, in 1884, and in
■ 1888 he was nominated for Vice Presi
dent by the national Prohibition con
vention. He was for many years su
preme master workman of the Ancient
•Order of United Workmen. He re
signed the pastorate of the Memphis
Linden Street Christian church in
July last, and has devoted himself to
evangelical work since that time. Dr.
Brooks has not yet accepted the call to
London.
LOUISIANA DELEGATES.
McKinley Will Bn* Tan and Bead Six—*
Fusion Ticket Indorsed.
New Orleans, Feb. J.—The Repub*
iican State nominating convention,
held its second day’s session yesterday».
and at a late hour last night was still
in session and very noisy. Kellogg’s
men, who are for Reed, lost ground
all day. The business men of Nevv
Orlenns and the sugar planters, when
it became evident that Kellogg would
carry the convention for Reed, pot to
gether quietly and such pressure was
brought to bear in behalf of the Me
Kinley men that a caucus of all the
leaders except Kellogg was held, and
it was decided to send two McKinley
delegates at large and two Reed men.
to St. Louis. _ There is but little doubt
that the decision of the caucus will
hold, and that Henry Demas and J.
M. Vance will bo the McKinley dele- .
gates, and Albert Leonard and An
drew Hero the Reed men.
No resolution referring to the presi
dential candidates will be passed by
the convention. This will give Mc
Kinley a large majority of the dele
gates from this State. Four have
already been elected. Governor War
moth says two will go from his dis
trict A. T. Wimberly and Richard.
Simshave an easy fight in the Second
district, and both are enthusiastic Me- 4
Kinley men. This, makes ten of the *
sixteen delegates to be elected who will
be for McKinley. A fight was made in
the convention on A. Cage, who is.
a candidate for re-election as chair
man of the state central committee,
and who is a McKinley man. The ex
citement rose to such heights that
chairs were overturned. Chairman
Guicjard thrust from his place on the
platform, delegates knocked down and
trampled under foot, and the utmost
confusion reigned. The fight against
Cage was not successful
About midnight the convention set
tled down to work and the first im
portant move was accomplished. The
fusion ticket put up by the sugar
planters was indorsed, making three
conventions which have declared in
its favor. The nomination of pres
idential delegates was taken up.
Kellogg, who has been handling
Reed’s cause here, was first nomiuated.
and a move made to elect him by ac
clamation, but this failed and it was
decided to first make all the nornina*
tions before taking a vote.
W. C. T. u. PROTEST.
Are Oppoied to Milltnrjr Instruction In
the fthooll of This Country.
Washington, Feb 1.—Mrs. Frances;
W. Lei ter of Mansfield, Ohio, superin
tendent of the department of physical
culture in the National W. C. T. U.,
through the department of legislation,
and enforcement of law, of which Mrs.
Margaret B. Ellis, of East Orange, N.
J., is superintendent, is sending out
the following petition to each legisla
tor at Washington:
“We, the undersigned, in behalf of
300,000 members ol the National VV.
C. T. U., and the homes which thc$e- .
members represent, do most earnestly#
protest against the passage of anyd
measure by your honorable body which '
aims to provide military instruction,
in the public schools of the country.
Wo believe that these schools have
been established, and are supported,
for the purpose of developing citi
zenship, and should, therefore, teach
the principles of true government -
and peaee rather than the science
of warfare. We further believe that
systematic body training in all grades
of these schools w ill help produce the
best of which each child is physically,
mentally and morally capable, insur
ing to the government the support of
loyal citizens under any and all emer
gencies. Will you use your influence
and vote against all bills whichJn any
wise design to introduce and establish
military taetics in the public school
curriculum.
A DEMOCRAT SEATED.
Rosenthal, Republican, of Texas Gives t>
His Contest Before the House.
Washington," Feb. I.—The house
passed a bill to-day granting the
Christian Endeavor society the use of
government reservations in Washing
ton during their meeting here next
summer.
Mr. Jenkins of Wisconsin, Repub
lican, called up the elections commit- -
tee report on the con test of Rosenthal, ’i
Republican, vs. Crowley, from the 1
Tenth Texas district. He explained
that Mr. Rosenthal had decided not to
avail himself of the courtesy of an
hour’s speech granted yesterday. Ac
cordingly, the unanimous report in
Crowley’s favor was adopted without
debate or division.
Politics ill the Bayard Matter.
Washington, Feb. I.—No decision
m the matter of censuring Ambassa
dor Bayard was attained by tbe House
committee on foreign affairs, but the
discussion upon the question, which
absorbed tbe entire hour, was one (ft
tbe most interesting which that com
mittee has indulged in for a long
time. The members were practically
opposed along party lines, the Repub
licans urging a resolution of censure
and the Democrats standing by the
Ambassador.
Bush I>emp*ey Pardoned.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 1. — Hugh
Dempsey, the cx-district master work
man of the Rights of Labor, sentenced,
to the penitentiary three years ago for
complicity in the poisoning of non
union men at the Homestead steel
works after the great strike of 1892,
was released from prison at 10 o’clock
this morning. The pardon was re
ceived from Hatrisbur£ in the morn
ing mail and a few moments later
Dempsey left the prison in company
of his wife.
NEW.S IN BRIEF.
A wedding was postponed at Louis- M
ville because the groom came not. I
The custom of serving wines at Cab- /
met dinners is said to bo going out of
date.
The Choctaws organized the Tu,shka
Homma party to organize their inter
ests in the Indian Territory.
Cuban insurgents a-e not expecting
any good to result to them from the J
(senate resolutions, it is said. I
Members of the National Hoard of /
trade were received at the White
house by President Cleveland.