i ■« ..... .* • THE FRONTIER. .|y». I n I - ■ 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. t4. 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.