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■ VfJBUBHBD lYRRY THURSDAY By
T« Faowraa Pmimiro Oo.
‘IQTtEILL, NEBRASKA.
| OVER THE STATE.
A VKPQRLtcAX league club has 'been
i '•rpaaiaed at Alma.
%■ A Ekceivkr has been asked for the
n Bays Oomty Ranking Company.
Irjlmt people of western Dodge county
r|lmve become interested in raising chi*
ir*8fy.
p‘; LtrcuFiKt.D’s dramatic club gave a
Iplecer entertainment for the benefit of
|s;ihe poor.
!?■■■ Yo«k county will holds fair this
- year as nsual, the dates being Septera
5*1 tn
: Julius Limburg, seven miles cast of
^Emerson, committed suicide, leaving
jlfix orphan children.
H. W. Crowe, the wife poisoner on
trial at Wilber, was acquitted after a
: Jmotracted trial
Ex-CniKr or Police Skayby of
; Omaha is an applicant for the position
j| of chief of police of Denver,
v A bicycle stolen in Fremont last
1 September was fonnd the other day in
|pi.corn field near that city,
jf ■ The insurance companies have paid
113,050 on fhe Alliance flouring mill,
Ofhich burned a few weeks since.
^ Mh. akd Mrs. Hrrmax Waht.Rod, of
Beatrice, recently celebrated the six*
: Math anniversary of their married life.
■ THE & A if. paid 91 1,859 worth of
'• taxes in Webster county the other day
: nnd county warrants nave gone up to
!??;jinr. ■ j
1 Mrs. A. P. Wilsox of Wymore was
faaddenly stricken with paralysis and
ihas entirely lost the use of her right
|p)na and band,
H Arm all the efforts that have been
Vnsad# to organise the Blue Springs bank
li now ceema to,be an entire failure,
.and In all probability a receiver will be
appointed.
|. Claus Speck, an ex-saloon keeper of
Plaltsmouth, was found dead in the
ippren way of a business house,. Bis
.death is supposed to have been sect*
duo tel.
Havelock is becoming quite metro
politan. On the 19th inst the citizens
jpplHvoto on n proposition to provide
■'.the city with a complete system of
; water works.
fe Tun ©Asia! physician of Csss county
fit# the current year will get but 9110
caving ,the lives of, all the poor com*
| pitted to his care. The job was award*
pd toloweat responsible bidder.
f: Walkrb, .the condemned murderer.
has sent a long letter to Governor Hoi*
numb, asking him to commute his sent*
rilhwe and save his life. He bitterly as
sails his attorneys end asserts that be
? has been robbed.
|v OoLn-UABtso sand and rock have
t|h*ea discovered on Sand creek, in Kear*
Jpey county, about fourteen miles south
Kearney. A- sample of the ore just
Assayed yielded at the rate of four
:p|e'neea to the ton. ■
Mas. J. G. McCartney of Newport
home the other day to visit a neigh*
. Mid not returning In proper time,
search was made sad she was found
upon the prairie. The case is be*
investigated.
A rouse women arrived in North
ad a few days ago direct from Cali*
rsda, for the purpose of being united
marriage with a prosperous farmer
" Maunders county. The parties have
engaged eight years.
The Board of Irrigation hasdlsmis
tho claim of Thomas Hayes ot
County for water from the
non river tor irrigation pur*
fpnasa Hayes failed to poet notices ot
jCppropnaUsn in conformity to the law.
Tan grand lodge Anoiant order ot
Tied Workmen, in special session at
ud Island, reduced the Initiation
, , from •» to a minimum offs. About
*dqlsgstec were in attendance. This
is made on account ot hard
mm*
Da. Joratkax Sharp, who lives a
«w miles north of Odell in Gage coun*
Vf' wad In Beatrice lest week end ex*
pics of gold ore taken from
eighty acre farm. He thinks he has'
Mtk Urieh, and has refnssd an offer
;pkU0 forhU farm.
VSriuuratui, from some place in
aka unknown, who la n little off
taHj.csUed on the governor the
imerdagr and urged him to personally
hemlno ahe-patients at the insane any*
- Norfolk's especially, and see if
nee really.{naane.
Colux*, granted ic Cherry
:y for burglary and breaking jail,
captured atlhe home ot a friend
three miles, south of Tekamah.
was formerly a resident of Te*
and theoAcera have been look*
him for sometime, .
MtwUl4t utyvwrBori office that
ipal Korton of she Bute Normal
si declines to make an annual re
fer thst institution to the trovern
Ue claims. it is said, that It is the
of State Superintendent of Educa
fCorbethto make akis report
Post was recently interviewed
Chased kk»d Independent, and
Me Me opinion that investments
ntton ditches east of Gothen
weald net prove profitable. He
IberainiMt eeotof that place ia
t to grndnee crops regularly.
it Pattkik. of lUmrham, came
being gored to death by a steer
in the last agonies of blackleg,
kpentoehod by Fatten the animal
bits totted made for him,’
iln(r tn eon he fell almost be*
animaPe toot. 1* passed
Mm in Its htod rush and turned
for him again Jnat aa he teas
nr to Mil a Oder a wire fence,
effort he tore off meatof his
t school* hate eloead owing to
III/ at diphtheria to the town,
a* • Wdlsb. • farmer living
atQea east of Norfolk, was
i la With his jaw bone broken
ta ha the reault of a colt's
.sw.wss bo fractured that
[ to ha bald ia place.
• medtiag of the womaa's relief
Omaha last week Mra
„ i of North Platte, trass
1 report, showing *i«s in
Ifwithtit in the general
•mif flMO wortk of snppUee in the
' Eighteen hand fed soldiers
irs n»v
»»•' beep helped daring
is W. At'
V ■ ' '
mm
. After H«s TMim I
The pcfliceof this city, says a Norfolk j
dispatch, have had a couple of men, j
William Hazard and Albert Musfelt,
who moved here from llaasettsome two
months ago, tinder surveillance, lying I
in wait for them on two occasions, at
the liutterdeld stock yards, which they
had planned to invade. Once the men
failed to appear and once they conclud
ed not to break the lock. Last night
the officers lay in wait for them again
at a farm in Stanton count}', where
they were expected, and where, in the
course of the night they appeared with
a wagon and loaded up a couple of
hogs. The men ran, instead of sur
rendering, one of them being shot in
the leg and overhauled. The other was
arrested in Norfolk. They will be tried
in Stanton county.
Interested In Beets.
Miller dispatch: The peoplehcre are
agitating the beet sugar question with
• view of making a raw or crude sugar
and syrup One enterprising citizen
ran a bushel of beets through a cider
press last fall and got three gallon* of
juice, which made a gallon and a half
of syrup.
Owing to the frequent rains and
■nows the last fall and winter the
ground was never in better shape at
this time of tho year, and everybody
predicts a big crop the coming season.
There is a demand for farms to rent.
Watting for Hla Coffin. ,
Ashland dispatch: Quite a little ex
citement prevailed here yesterday,
caused by W. T. Allen, a farmer living
north of town, drawing his gun on
Deputy Sheriffs Whitelock and Jones.
It seems that Mr. Allen's farm was sold
under mortgage and yesterday the offi
cers went out to force him to leave the
place, which was contrary to his wish
es, and lust as the men were entering
the yard he came out and drawing n
big revolver told them to stop They
returned to their buggy and drove back
to town congratulating themselves on
being a lira Mr. Allen is considered a
bad man and it 1b feared that trouble
will result before he ' is removed, lie
has armed his whole family and says
that when he leaves it will be in a
-coffin.
Horticultural Interests.
At the meeting of the Northwestern
Nebraska Horticultural society, held in
Schuyler.although there were papers on
many other subjects, the ones bearing
upon the cultivation of fruits aud all
other sorts of trees, their cultivation,
propagation and histories of successes
or failures, held Interest at all times.
Q. A. Marshal of Arlington read a pa
per,on the '‘Need of Horticultural So
cieties,” which elicited a discussion
upon apple trees, and there were many
present who had failed to succeed witli
• them and were, full of questions to bo
answered by those who were success
ful. The main complaints were of the
failure to get trees to live, the experi
ence of nearly all questioners being
that they could not get them to live to
exceed ten years, and the causes of this
were best explained by J. S. Dunlap of
Dwight, who demonstrated that more
depended upon the subsoil than any
i thing elsa Ho said that there were
two subsoils that the roots of most
trees would not penetrate The first
I he termed Joint clay, a hard substance,
| with black veins through it, stating
that apple tree roots would grow to and
spread over the surface of it, thus be
ing left with no moisture from which
to draw in season of drouth. Over this
same joint clay, cherry trees would do
| well. The second he termed the con
crete, stating that it existed in the
Platte valley in many places very near
the surface, at others deep down, and
that when dry, or when used in the
construction of roads, it was almost us
I hard and impenetrable as concrete.
! The death of shade and fruit trees in
this vicinity having been mentioned, it
was demonstrated that there was much
of the concrete subsoil underlying the
portion of the Platte valley in this
county, and that in dryest time there
lies very close under -the subsoil an
abundant supply of water.
Booming the Exposition.
Des Moines dispatch: The Nebraska j
trans-Misslsaippl committee was receiv
ed cordially and favorable sentiment
was expressed when the general com
mittee visited the legislature this after
noon. Ex-Senator Saunders was given
an official and cordial reception by the
senate and house, being escorted to the
speaker’s and lieutenant governor's
desks. He addressed each house brief
ly. The committee met the legislative
delegates today to formulate action in
the legislature tomorrow.
The committee met Governor Drake
and the ways and means committee of
both houses just before they adjourned.
Governor Drake appointed Speaker lly
era and Lieutenant Governor Parrott
to take charge of. the joint resolution
and introduce it in both houses tomor
row morning. Thai resolution will pass
unanimously.
t Jfe Report Forthcoming.
I So far no report has been received by
; the governor of affairs at the State
Normal school at Pern. The constitu
tion provides that the superintendent
or head of the educational institutions
shall make a report. Mr. Maret, the
governor's private secretary, wrote u
Prot A. W. Norton, superintendent ot
the school, and requested a report
Prot Norton -replied that State Super
intendentof Public Instruction Corbett
was the proper person to furnish the
required document. Prof. Corbett says
that as he is only secretary of the edu
cational board hta duties begin and end
| with the keeping of the minutes of
'meetings With financial reports of re
ceipts and ozpendCures of the State
: Normal school he has nothing what
ever to do This is the condition in
; which the school remains at present. ,
Appraising Military Maservatlaan
Chadraa dispatch: Hon. Edward L
Merritt, of Springfield, 111-, special
government appraiser of ex-military
reservations is in the city. He has just
completed the appraisement of the old
: Ft Sidney reservation, and ie now at
work appraising tbs old Ft Sheridan
reservation, located about sixteen miles
from this city. It is a strip of land six
miles square and will probably be
opened for settlement when the ap
praise meet is completed, which will be
in the course of n couple of weeks Mr.
Merritt is an old Jfcbmsbnn, and was
formerly editor of the Omaha World
Herald. -
FIGHT AGAIN POSTPONED.
NEXT FB1DAT NOV SET FOE THE
BIS FD8IU8TIC ETENT.
BULL FIGHTS FOR SUNDAY.
Fitzsimmons Vat In n Very Cheerful
Mood—Stuart Defuses to Bring OR
Any of the teller Conteses
in Use Interim — Maher's
Eyes Getting Better
Rapidly.
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 17.—Joe Ven
dig announced officially this after
noon that the Fitzsimmons-Alalier
fight is postponed until next Friday.
Martin Julian, when asked what ac
tion would be taken by Fitzsimmons,
■aid tliat they would make no state
ment as to their plans until Monday
noon. ,
Late last night Quinn, the backer of
Maher, telegraphed from Las Cruces
that Peter’s eyes were 25 per cent
better, and that he would surely be
able to be in the ring Monday, but this
morning it was decided that he could
not fight before Friday. In the mean
time, Concessions have been secured
for a big bull fight in Juarez to-mor
r.-ow.
The news that Maher's eyes were
improving so rapidly was very com
forting to the crowd which is waiting
for ihe big event Many efforts have
been made to induce Stuart to bring
off one of the smaller fights before the
big one, but he positively refuses. He
realizes that his chances for pulling
off the second fight are much leas
than for pulling oft the first
one, and still less chance for
the the third one. He is bound
to get Maher and Fitzsimmons into
the ring and will take no chances on
anything that may interfere with the
big fight. Walcott and bright eyes,
who were to have fought to-day, will
both weigh in and demand their for
feit of $250.
Adjutant General Mabry is rousing
much hostility among the citizens of
El Paso by having men dog everybody
connected with the carnival, lie has
them followed everywhere, and car
ries his sleuthing tactics to an extreme
generally.
The situation has worked down to
a simple proposition of having the
fight before the. klnetoscope. It is
practically Stuart’s only chance to
win out, and the only hope that the
kinetoseope people have their side of
the grave for the recovery of the $17,
000 they have already put into the
scheme. The kinetoseope, of course,
is tlie strongest thing in favor of the
fight coming off, and an effort will
certainly be made'to get the men into
the ring as soon as Maher is in any
condition to fight. The location o'f
the fight is still the same deep im
penetrable secret. Nobody knows a
thing about it, and only one thing is
certain—it will not be in Texas. It
may be four miles from El Paso and it
may be a hundred. Nobody save Stu
art knows the direction or the distance.
Hot resolutions were introduced and
adopted at a meeting of the city coun
cil here last nighti The substance of
the resolutions was that the citizens of
El Paso regarded the action of Gov
ernor Culberson and Adjutant Gen
eral Mabry, m bringing in Texas
rangers as a bid for cheap notoriety,
and they considered it as such.
UNCLE SAM’S NAVY
Bight Sew Vessels Will lie Heady for
Commission July 1,
Washington. Feb. 17.—Owing to
tlie-rapidity with which the work of
constructing naval vessels is being
pushed,_elght ships will be added to
the naval list for commission before
the first of July. Ninety-seven per
cent of the work on the battleship
Massachusetts has been completed,
while on the double turret monitors
Puritan, Terror and Monadnock. the
work done is represented by oi, 08
and 09 per cent respectively. The
battleship Oregon is so far advanced
that only 4 ^ per cent of the work re
mains to be done. As for the three
gunboats building at Newport News,
the Nashville, Wilmington and Helena,
tliongh 2« per eent of the work is yet
to be done, the builders are sure that
the ships can all be in commission be
fore July 1,
KANSAS . POPULISTS.
t<ra Couventlon* Decided I'pon by the
State Central Committee. '
Topkka, Kan., Feb. 17.—The State
central committee of the People's par*
ty last night issued calls for two State
conventions, the first to lie held at
Uutehinson March 18 to select nation
al delegates and the second at Abilene
August 5 to nominate State ^officers, j
The basis ot representation for the
Hutchinson convention will be one
delegate-at-large for every county and '
one for every 300 votes east or Lew
ailing in For the Abilene con- I
eeotion, one at large for every county \
aad one lor every 1*50 votes cast for j
Lewelliag in l8'.>4. This will make a
convention of about 500 delegates at
Hatchiason and about 600 at Abilene.
BRUTAL FOOTPADS.
*■ Old Has Assaulted aad Bebbsd aad
Deft ha Dla Cades a Trails
Fokt Soon, Kan., Feb. 17.—H. S.
Brnmwell, aged 85 years,was assaulted
by two tramps on a Memphis railroad
trestle about 8 o’clock last night. He
was knoeked down and fell through
the trestle to the ground twenty-five
feet below. One leg was broken and
he sustained other injuries from which
he moy die. The tramps robbed the
injured man, and left him where he
had fallen.' About 4 o'clock this morn
ing, after lying helpless for about
eight hours, his moaning was heard
by the night watchman of the Fort
Scott Hydraulic Cement works, who
summoned aid and removed him to
Mercy hospital. ,
CHICAGO'S BIBLE.
Ths Book Is for Css In th« Pnbllc
Schools and Ii Non-Sectarian.
Chicago, Feb. 17.—The new Bible
prepared for use in the pnblic schools
has been completed and will be sub
mitted to the board of education for
approval. The aim of those who com
piled the book was to prepare a work
that would be unobjectionable to any
denomination.
Up to 1S74 the Bible was regularly
read in the pnblie schools of Chicago.
By some it was approved, but others
entered a protest so strong that it
eventuallv prevailed and the readings
were discontinued. A few years ago
a movement was begun to reinstate
the Bible.
The book which has just been com
pleted is the outgrowth of n suggestion
made by Professor David Swing, that
a committee consisting of members of
the Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and
other denominations compile a book
for the. use of school children mado
up of soliiciians-fj:om the Bible.
For the convenience of children and
better to facilitate the work, the book
is graded in its arrangement. Those
selections appearing first on its pages
are adapted to the seeds and intel
lectual standards of the lower grades
of the grammar school, the latter
part of the book being better suited
for more mature minds. Quotations
are given in the book to show that
men differing widely in religions be
lief, ranging from Frofessor Huxley to
the Pope, have indorsed just such a
scheme that lias been carried out.
WOMAN EDITOR DEAD.
Mrs, Nicholson, Known as “Pearl Rivers,**
Has Followed Her Husband.
New Orleans, Feb. 17.—Mrs. Eliza
J. Nicholson, proprietor of the Pica
yune, died this morning. She was
suffering from the grip when her hus
band died a week ago, and the shock
hastened her death.
Mrs. Nicholson was born on Pearl
river, in Mississippi, and was the
daughter of Captain J. W. Poite
vant, descendant from a Huguenot
family. Under the name of Pearl
Hirers she wrote songs which became
well known. Her first verses were
published in the Home Journal and
Lippincott’s published a volume of her
lyrics, which earned praise from Paul
Hayne and others Her latest contri
butions to American verse were
“Hagar” and “Leap,” in the Cosmopol
itan, intended to begin a series of
Biblical lyrics.
The w'ork of her youth attracted the
attention of A. M. Holbrook, then pro
prietor of the Picayune, who offered
her a position on the paper, which she
accepted. She became his wife, and
upon his death she assumed the man
agement. She associated George Nich
olson, then business manager, in the
direction of the property, and upon
their marriage the firm became Nich
olson «fc Co. Mrs. Nicholson left two
sons, the older being 14 years old.
SUGAR BOUNTY INQUIRY.
Investigation of Comptroller Bowler Will
Be General In Its Scope.
Washington, Feb. 17.—When the
the House met at noon to-day the Sen
ate amendments to the bill to incor
porate the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, to grant leave of absence to
homesteaders on the Yankton Indian
reservation, and to lease certain lands
in Arizona for educational purposes
were concurred in.
Mr. Bay of New York called up the
Boatner resolution directing the com
mittee on judiciary to investigate the
action of Comptroller Bowler In with
holding the sugar bounty appropria
tion, and if it was found that he had
violated the law to report by bill or
otherwise on the rights of an execu
tive officer to refuse to execute laws
on the ground that they were uncon
stitutional. The resolution was made
general by an amendment and was
passed.
A parliamentary wrangle of over an
hour followed on a question as to the
privilege of a resolution directing the
ways and means committee to investi
gate the effect of the reciprocity clause
of the McKinley act to employ an ex
pert for that purpose.
NO APOLOGY OFFERED.
Ounravaa Acknowledges the Beeeipt of
the New York Yacht Club Decision. j
London, Feb. 17.—The purport of
Lord Dunraven’s replies to the New j
York Yact club were obtained this
afternoon. The letter to Mr. Phelps
is the most important. It treats in de
tail the finding of the committee, but
no apology is offered to the New York
Yacht club for the failure of his lord
ship to substantiate the charges
brought against Defender. Lord Dun
raven clings to the evidence he sub
mitted to the committee.
A liwfll# Located by Cathode Raya
Toronto, Out., Feb. IT.—In Grace
hospital the value to surgery of Prof.
Roentgen’s discovery was again dem
onstrated yesterday. A woman pa
tient, whose foot bad caused her in
tense pain, was submitted to the
cathode rays and the photograph re-!
veuled the presence of a needle. Prof. I
Wright of University college, who
conducted the experiment, pointed'
out to the surgeons the exact location
of the foreign body a'nd an operation
at this point proved the photograph to
be a true one.
Emile navis Hanged.
Linn, Mo., Feb. 1?.—Emile Davis
was hanged here this morning for the
murder of Frank Henderson, his sis
ter's sweetheart, in January, 1894. |
Davis administered strychnine in a j
drink of whisky. Davis died protest- '
ing his innocence. His parents re
fused to take charge of the body.
This was the brst hanging in Osage
county.
Withdraw in Favor at Buchan.'
La whence, Kan., Feb. 1".— W. J.
Buchan has secured the support of the j
Douglas county delegation for Con- |
gressman O. L Miller to ran in sue- ]
cession, liuchan was here yesterday '
and all arrangements were made, the '
Douglas county candidates withdraw- j
ing. Caucusing for several days ended j
last night with a unanimous vote for
Buchan. |
THE LONG TALK ENDS. I
AND FREE SILVER GETS ITS
DEATH BLOW.
JSy a Vote of 316 to 80 tile Senate Sub
•titute for the Bond Bill if Knocked
Out in the Lower' Home—Ex-Speaker
Crisp Makes the Final • Flea for the
White Metal—A Great Crowd Present.
Senate Substitute Rejected. /.
Washington, Feb. 15.—After a ten
days’ debate the House by a vote of
80 to 190 in committee of the whole
rejected the Senate free coinage
amendment to the bond bill and re
ported the bill to the House with a
recommendation to non-concur and
insist on the House bill. The strength
developed by the silver men was dis
appointing. They had been confidently !
claiming over 100 votes. After two j
hours' debate to-day the final vote !
will be taken. Mr. llingley will close !
for. the majority and Crisp for the j
minority. i
Washington, Feb. 15.—The public .
and private galleries of the house
were thronged to-day in anticipation ]
of the closing of the debate on the I
Senate fiee coinage and substitute for j
the bond bill. The attendance on the i
floor was also very large.
At 5 p. in. the House rejected the
Senate free silver substitute for the
House bond bill by a vote of 210 nays
against 00 yeas.
Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, representing
free silver, said this was an economic
question and no matter what views
the members might have entertained
in the past, he assumed that in cast
ing h'S vote to-day each member
would do’ so conscientiously and in
accord with- the dictases of his con J
victions. Mr. Crisp opened liis argu- ;
meat proper with the familiar words: '
“In li>;3 Congress demonetized silver.”
At the very threshold of the subject,
he said, this was denied and it was
also denied that up to !873 we had had '
bimetallism in this country. He
quoted Baron Rothschilds statement
that prices were regulated by the
aggregate amount of the gold and.
silver circulation. Prices were fixed
by the amount of primary money
in the world. If the standard
in Eugland was gold, in France
silver and in China Bilver, the
measure of values would be the 1
combined amount- of both gold and
silver circulating as money. Money
was the thing for which all contended
and the sum of the demand for money
was equal to the demand for all things
else on earth. If a metal was made '
money by law a demin'd for that metal !
would be created among all the peo- :
pie and its value would necessarily in- {
crease with the inci eased demand. !
Here he read from statements made !
by Senator Sherman in 1S7<> that the -
demonetization of silver had caused a
reduction of its price and had created
a mad scramble for gold on the part of
England, France and Germany, which
had appreciated its price and had in
duced a fall in prices throughout the
world. That fall of prices, Mr. Crisp
asserted, was largely due to the de
monetization of silver. It was not the
fall of prices that was complained of,
but the constant and steady fall of
prices, due to the constant apprecia
tion of gold. He read from Mr. Bal
four's speech of the lltli inst., in the
English Parliament, attributing the
decline of agriculture in gold countries
to the appreciation of gold and the
artificial advantages it gave to silver
countries. j
Mr. Balfour had declared also that
the obstacles to reform came not from
abroad but were put for ward at home.
Continuing, Mr. Crisp affirmed the ex
istence of a well defined purpose by
those in authority, both here and
abroad, to depress the price of silver
to prevent its remonetifhtion. He
cited the manner in which the Bland
Allison act of 1378 was executed, the
coinageof the minimum amount under
the act and the refusal of the treasury,
after a few months, to coin silver
under the act of 1890. He cited Sec
retary Carlisle's refusal to give silver
for gold in 1808,'because the silver was
needed for the redemption of the
treasury notea and his course some
months afterwa'rd in redeeming those
notes m gold.
“What kind of juggling is that?”
Mr. Crisp asked, “YVhat sort of friend
ly treatment of silver is that?” (Ap
nlause. 1
Coining down to tlie question
whether the United States indepen
dently could maintain with free coin
age the parity between gold and sil- _
ver, he said that there was no differ- ’
ence of opinion that it could be aceom- ;
plished by an international agree- '
merit As an historic fact France had
maintained the parity for seventy
years. If four or five countries could
maintain a parity it was conceded
that law could affect the result How
powerful must a State be, then, to
affect that result? * i
In conclusion Mr. Crisp declared
that if the United States would assert
its political and financial indepen- |
deuce, prosperity would return and
continue the perpetual heritage of
our people.
Mr. Crisp spoke an hour and a half,
and was liberally applauded when he
sat down.
Mr. Turner of Georgia, Democrat,
was then recognized, lie spoke for
sound money.
NORTH POLE DISCOVERY.
Kerch Faith In the Report Concerning
Dr. Nansen.
N*ArEitvn.LK, 111., Feb. :5.—Evelyn
D. Baldwin, the meteorologist of the
Peary expedition of 1893-94, was asked
this morning what he thought of the
reported discovery of the North pole
by Dr. Nansen. “I think it highly
probable. It is the result of well
calculated plans and not unexpected.
Dr. Nansen has accomplished, it would
appear, what he has striven for dur
ing five years. The voyage of the
Jeannette under De Long, until the
crushing of the vessel in latitude 7?
degrees U minutes and longitude 153
east, indicated that tbe near approach
to the North pole was certainly to be
made.by a well equipped and properly
constructed vessel from that direction
by the New Siberian islands. The
Jeanuettehad drifted through two long
Arctic nights in that region, and this
would indicate that if it'is possible for
a Teasel under ordinary conditions to
endure so long it is to be expected
that one of special construction, as
was Dr. Nansen’s would succeed in
getting much farther.
“Dr. Nansen’s absenco since June'
24, 1803, has given him time to make a
close approach to the North pole, and
I think it highly probable that with,
favorable conditions he has succeeded
in arriving at the long coveted point.
Since communication with the New
Siberian islands at the mouth of the
Lena and Delta is continuously had
by means of traders and hunters of
that region, it is not improbable that
Dr. Nansen has had means of sending
dispatches to the Russian settlements
in Ce.ntral Siberia and thencdHiome.
The appropriation made by the Nor
wegian government and the private
subscriptions so abundently equipped
Dr. Nansen that he had" been un
hampered so far as his ship is con
cerned, and the conditions have been
very favorable. It was expected, how
ever. that the first news from him
would chronicle his arrival off the
north coast of Greenland, as it was
his theory that his vessel would drift
with the ice north of the Siberian
islands nearly if not directly over the
north pole and thence southward to
the coast of Greenland. It seems,
however, that instead of drifting
south after once having arrived at the
north pole, lie has returned south
ward by way of the outward voyage,
as did DeLong after the crushing of
the Jeannette.”
A WAR OF WORDS.
Between Ball and De Arm and In the
Home.
Washington, Feb. 15. — There was
a clash in the House yesterday
afternoon on the silver debate
between DeArmond and nail of jfria*
souri. The gentlemen had paid their
respects to each other before during
the debate, but each in the absence of
the other. Yesterday Sir. Hall opened
by referring to the fact that Mr. De
Armond had mentioned the names of
Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot
“without the apparent courage to
make a personal application." Pro
ceeding, be indignantly denied that
he had been a “Washington convert"
to the cause of sound money and ad-'
verted to a standing challenge'he had
posted in Missouri last summer to dis
cuss the issue on the stump. He also
denied that he intended to charge his
free silver friends in the House with
personal corruption.
“Why should the gentleman feel
that he has been hit?" he asked, turn
ing to Mr. De Armond. “1 do not
know, unless the solution is found in
the old adage that the bird which
has been hit flutters."
Mr. Hall, continuing, replied to the
charge that he had been posing as the
author of the income tax. By this
time the House was intensely inter
ested and the members crowded about
the combatants.
Mr. De Armond had fire in his eye
when he arose to reply. He did not feel,
he said, that anyting the gentleman
had said had struck him, but he felt,
as one of the Representatives from
Missouri, that when the newest con
vert from tha:. State to the so-called
sound-money doctrine saw proper iu
making his platform to class the
Chinese, people from the Bast Indies
and the depths of Africa and the lower
animals in the category of those who
did not change their opinions, that
perhaps it might not be inappropriate
to suggest that there miglft be
changes of opinion that would evi
dence no tremendous exaltation above
those referred to. (Laughter).
As to the income tax business, he
said, the gentleman had allowed him
self to be paraded as the author of the
bill when he knew he was not. “He
said he had been informed and be
lieved that eight senator; who had
voted for free coinage,” continued Mr.
De Armond, “had said they believed
it would bring bankruptcy and. ruin
to the country. He did not. identify
them; he did not name one; he never
will do it. If eight senators, or one
senator, made any such remark, he
merely did what the gentleman him
self does not and dare not deny that
he has done.
“Any man has a right to change his
opinion, but my impression was, and
it has been greatly strengthened, that
when a man changes his opinion and
departs from his old associates, he
ought hardly to prate at the first op
portunity about tho ‘courage’ which
led him to do it, or talk about the
‘cowardice’ (without identification or
specification) that resides in those who
do not do likewise, or talk about the
Chinese and the lower animals as
being typical of those who do not
change when he does. (Laughter). As
to the gentleman’s reference to people
‘feathering their nests,’ I do not know
just what he meant, but I venture to
say that if the feathers are to be had
for the asking, or tho plucking, the
gentleman, if he is around, will sret
his full share.’’ (Laughter and ap
nlnncn \
Mr. Hall sprang to Iris feet when
Mr. DeArmond sat down. l,I do not'
wish to emulate the gentleman in
billingsgate," said he hotly; “I do not
expect to equal him in it. But 1 wish
to reply to some pertinent matters
that he has referred to. He says I
don't represent my constituents. I de
sire to call his attention to the fact
that we have live Democrats here from
Missouri instead of fourteen in the
Fifty-third Congress; that of those five
Democrats three of us are sound
money men (applause) and that the
leader of the 16 to 1 idea iu the United
States is now at home upon his rocky
farm iu Laclede county, unless he is
still lecturing to his one-man audi
ence in the South. (Laughter and ap
plause.)
‘■I propose to go back to my district
and make the fight for sound money.
(Applause.) He will go to his and
make the fight for silver monometal
lism. Let the roll call of theWifty
fifth Congress shbWwhich is right. I
have unlimited confidence in the hon
esty, the uprightness, the integrity
and the brains of my people. 1 be
lieve they will sustain me; I believe 1
shall receive their indorsement, and
that the gentleman will come back (if
he come back at all) with less than the
133 majority he received in the last
election." (Applause.)
People who are learning Frencn can
get the exact pronunciation of many
difficult words by using a phonograph
cylinder, ixpressly prepared for that
purpose.
