i f ■ •• s, who was arrested for having assisted Kingen and YVinne gar to break jail at York and make their escape, was tried before Judge Wildman, who ordered Reynolds to be held as charged for trial in the district court under a bond of $200, in default of which ho was again put in jail. Rey nolds admits having hauled the prison er away, but denies having rendered any other assistance. is tbe district court the city of Lin coln began suit the other day to fore close its lien on the Lincoln street rail way, including equipments, tracks, franchises, etc. The suit grows out of the non-payment of taxes A number of years ago when the city attempted to force collection the company enjoin ed it, and for some technical reason injunction was allowed, and the case is now pending in the supreme court A Hot Springs (Ark.) dispatch says: The twenty round go this afternoon between Danny Daly of Uangor, Me,, and George Stout of Omaha was one of the best events ever seen here and at tracted a crowd of three thousand spec tators The men fought twenty rounds, all of which were lively throughout In the last round Stout dislocated Daly’s arm with ah uppercut and the decision was given to'the Omaha man. The safe in the postofilce at Waco was blown open and robbed of 813 in silver and about 8100 in stamps. The building was generally ransacked for plunder, but nothing else of any par ticular value was taken. The tools used for drilling a hole in the safe were taken from a neighboring blacksmith shop The explosion blew the safe door completely off its hingep, and strange to say the noise was, not heard by any one. P. J. Kai.ing, ex-treasurer of Exeter township, Fillmore county, it is alleg ed, is short in his accounts about 8325. There has been some prospect that the township board would prosecute him for embezzlement, but it is now likely that his brother will furnish him money enough to make up the short age and that the matter will be settled in that way. In any event the town ship is not likely to lose anything, as his bondsmen are perfectly good for the amount Speaking of the Nebraska Club the Kimball Observer says: “We feel the necessity of such an organization. There must be something done to counteract the efforts that are being made to entice our people to leave Ne braska. Sharp business land specula tors have taken advantage of the dis couragements of a great many people, on account of the shortcrops two years ago and low prices of farm products this year and are holding out every in ducement for them to go south.” There was a meeting of the execu tive committee of the Nebraska club held at Lincoln, at which E. A. Barnes of Grand Island presided. A commu nication was read from Omaha in which the progress of the work of raising the 85,000 pledged for that city was de tailed. It was decided that the secre tary should write to corporations out side of the state which do business here and present the objects of the club, with the view of getting their sub scriptions to the membership fund. Interest in the matter of the as sault on the Dawson family by the Vic McCarty gang in Sarpy county in July, 1804, has been considerably revived at Alliance recently. Hon. R. C. Nole man, attorney for the Dawsons, is in receipt from the British embassy dated April 3, l^OO, in which the ambassador. Sir Sulian Pauncefote, states that the case has been referred to the commit tee on foreign affairs of the house of representatives with a favorable re commendation from the state depart ment The case is brought for the sum of 846, (XXX Growing out of the experience had at North Loup last year in the way of planting crops exclusively for seed purposes, W. A. Prentice and a number of others will enter on the same line of farming this season, the gentleman named having contracted with a Lin coln seed firm to put in a quantity of peas, beans and table corn of choice varieties, the firm agreeing to take the product in the fall at a stipulated Srlce. With irrigation within reach it i thought great success will attend the enterprise. • James W. Hand, who has for rears been a resident of Nebraska ‘City, ended his life by taking "Rough on Rats.” He bought two boxes of the poison and took the same. Every effort was made to save his life, but without avail. He has held several positions, but owing to the poor condi tion of his health was not able to keep them, and becoming discouraged, took this method of putting an end to his life. He was in fair circumstances and the sot seemed uncalled for. He had a life Insurance of (2,000i uh. w. u. uiBBB oi Nebraska City was In Fremont last week for a few days, under instructions from Secrets* ry. Morton, to look up and verify or discredit a complaint which had been filed in headquarters to the effect that scabby sheep had been shipped from that vicinity to Chicago. Most of tha sheep have been shipped, but at the ranch of Mahoney & Sullivan he found about 400 head which be reports to be in a reasonably fair condition, and ex* pressed himself as well pleased with the manner in which the gentlemen have cared for their stock. Thk Prague Farmers' elevator was burned to the ground. The cause of the fire is not known. The elevator was insured for 91,300. This makes the second time inside of eight months that the elevator has been on fire and as there was nobody running tha ele* vator since it was built, it makes the affair somewhat of a mystery. Charles Tisrl, a German aged about 50 years, made a probably suc cessful attempt to commit' suicide at Plattamouth by shooting himself through the windpipe. The weapon used was a 33-calibre revolver. He had bean unable to secure employment and became despondent in consequence. ALTGELO 10 CARLISLE. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SECRE TARY OF THE TREASURY. IS SHARPLY CRITICISED. The Illinois Governor Bepllee to the Address of Mr. Carlisle Recently Delivered in Chicago on the Monetary Question — Hakes Charges In Regard to the Bond Syndicate. iff | Springfield, 111., April 27.—In an open letter made public to-day Gov ernor Altgeld replies to the address on the money question swhich Secretary Carlisle recently delivered in the Au ditorium in Chicago. The letter is as follows: “A teacher should be will ing to answer questions. At the close of Mr. Carlisle’s speech a number of gentlemen arose and asked for further information, but he turned his back, and slipped off the stage and by direc tion of his managers the questioners were hustled out by policemen.” Mr. Altgeld quotes at length the oft-quoted speech made by Mr. Car lisle in 1878, in which he declared that the demonetization of silver would ultimately entail more misery than wars, pestilences and famines or the destruction of half the movable prop erty of vhe world, and declares that he can not understand how Mr. Car lisle changed his views when he be came a member of President Cleve land’s cabinet. He also refers to the change of views of Secretaries Hoke Smith and Herbert, who had long denounced silver demonetization and declares that, unlike Saul of Tarsus, they have been ashamed to discuss their conversions. He asks whether they were “scoundrels and lunatics ’ until they got to be old men and the tinsel of cabinet positions not only made them honest,but gave them brains. He asks Mr. Carlisle to ex plain why for 200 years, despite vari ations in annual production, gold and silver held the market ratio of 16% to 1. Explanation is asked of the state ments of Baron Rothschild and other eminent financiers in 1860 that the sum of the two metals taken together formed the measure of values,and why Wherever silver was stricken down it was by the arbitrary act of govern ment and not by commerce or busi ness. Mr. Altgeld asks Mr. Carlisle if, when the volume of money was re duced and property values fell corres pondingly, but debts, taxes and in terest were not, a great crime was not committed against the debtor and producing classes and how either debtor or laborer can spend as much money as before, thus injuring the great home market. He holds that as rises in prices are dependent in in creases in volume of money, stagna tion must continue until the volume of money is again restored. He quotes from the bank reports and the treas ury statements that there was only 9227.000. 000 in gold in sight July 11, 1876,as acontradiction of Mr. Carlisle’s statement that there were 9600,000,000 ' of gold in America, and asks why Mr. Carlisle makes such mislead ing statements. In closing he says: “A year ago Mr. Cleveland sent for his former law partner and close friend, and through him Cleveland and Ci^lisle together made a secret contract with another friend, who was a former client ot Cleveland’s, by which that friend and his associate speculators were enabled to make 90.000. 000 or 910,000,000 out of the gov ernment in a few weeks on a small bond transaction. . And the reason given for this extraordinary and even criminal procedure was tbat the spec ulators and sharks of Wall street had agreed to protect the government against the'gold reserve until the following November. Following that, the wealthiest, the most enterprising, most powerful, most industrious and thrifty nation on the globe paid tribute to a small band of speculators for protection. And when the month of November arrived these speculators withdrew their pro tection and then the government pro ceeded to issue another 9100,000.1)00 of bonds, increasing the burdens of our people. Now, Mr. Carlisle Plight have expatiated on this, and pointed out to the AmeYican people the lofty charac ter of the statesmen involved* in these, transactions, for, strange to say,many of our intelligent people are utterl'v unable to comprehend it. While Mr. Carlisle does not seem to have been a success in the capacity of a bunco steerer among the laboring men of Chicago, there are many points upon. which he could be very interesting, and I would suggest that they bring him back and let him talk about mat ters in which he is at home. ” A Divorce ia toe Army. Leavenworth, Kan., April 37.— Mrs.-Virginia Brady was granted a decree of divorce from Lieutenant Jasper E. Brady by Judge Myers of the Districteourt yesterday afternoop. The ground was gross neglect of duty, and there was^ no contest Mra Brady was given the custody of their 2-year-old child. The suit was en tered late Thursday night and an effort was made to keep the matter out of the papers. They are both well-known in society and army circles. Senator Stewart's Daughter to Wed. Washington, April 27—Senator and Mra Stewart announce the engage ment of their daughter. May Belle, to Mr. Payaon. The wedding will take place at the Stewart Castle, May 10. The young couple will reside in Balti more, where Mr. Payson is at present engaged in buslnesa Mm/ Mexican Miners Burled. Kt. Paso, Tex., April 27.—The Santa Eulalia mines of Chihuahua caved in yesterday. Seven miners have been taken out dead and thirteen wounded. Forty-four others are still in the minus. A COMMERCE CONVENTION Tariff and Consular Questions to He Con sidered at Detroit, Beginning Jane 2. Detroit, Mich., April 27.—A circu lar letter of invitation to the national commercial tariff convention, to be held here beginning June 2, 1896, ad dressed to all citizens interested in the subjects to be discussed, has been issued over the signature S. B. Archer, secretary, chamber of com merce, this city. The objects of the convention are stated to be the discussion of means to take the tariff question out of poli tics, to improve the consular service, especially in Central and South Amer ica, to consider the advisability of recommending to Congress the crea tion of a department of commerce, manufactures and labor, and of form ing a permanent organization. It is stated that the convention will be non-political and non-sectional. PERISHED IN FLAMES. ueatn Chosen by Insurgents In Prefer^ ence to Capture \>y Spanish Soldier*. Havana, April 61.—Official advices received here state that Colonel Aldea while in pursuit of parties of insur gents, encountered several bands of them on the Carmen estate, near Sabanilla, in tlie province of Ma tanzas. The insurgents were fleeing from an attack which had been made upon them by the Key column. The troops charged upon the Cubans from all sides, forcing them into the cane fields, which were burning fiercely, and many of them perished in the flames which they themselves had started. The troops continued pur suit of the fleeing insurgents, killing many of them. Cardinal Kampolla'a Letter. Chicago, 111., April 37.-r The long looked for letter of the Papal secre tary of state has been received by the committee on religious liberty for Protestants in South America, and it will be read at the Chicago Methodist ministers’ meeting next Monday morn ing. The letter gives the result of the investigations of Cardinal Ram polla, the papal secretary of state, concerning the marriage laws _ of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, and also the religious liberty that is accorded to the people in those countries. Furthermore, the letter announces what the Holy See proposes to do in the matter. Itev. John Lee, chairman of the committee, declines to state in advance anything further concerning the details of Cardinal Rampolla’s communication. A Fir. at Leavenworth. Leavknwokth, Kan., April 61.—Carl Hoffman’s Chickering hall and his wholesale and retail music house, the largest in Kansas, were damaged by fire early this morning. The building was valued at about $25,000 and the stock and fixtures at $20,000. The loss on the stock and fixtures is $1», 000 and on the building $11,000. The building is insured for $13,000 and the stock and fixtures for $10,000. Many pianos and other musical instruments were either consumed or ruined by heat, smoke and water. The fire started in the shipping room in the basement, and was not controlled for three hours. No Treaty With the Osages. Independence, Kan., April 27.— H. D. Gorman, nephew of Senator Gor man of Maryland, who, with W. M. Traskett of Arkansas and Judge Rook of Georgia, was appointed by the gov ernment as a special commission to treat with the Osage Indians for the purchase of their lands and allot ments, passed through last night on his way baek to Washington. The commission did not accomplish any thing and- the limit of their appoint ment has expired. Ante-Nuptial Anno.ncem.iia Bloomington, I1L, April 27.— Infor mation received from the family of Viee President Stevenson at Washing ton is to the effect that Miss Julia Stevenson, elder daughter of the Vice President, and Rev. Martin D. Hardin of Danville, Ky., will be married at the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in Washington on May 28. The invitations are not yet issued. The bridegroom is a son of Hon. H. Wat Hardin, the distinguished Ken tucky Democratic politician. 8am Cook’s Silver Flows. Mexico, Mo., April 27.—S. B. Cook of the Democratic State central com mittee says a small percentage of the sound money Democrats will vote the Republican ticket, but the loss to the party from this source will not exceed 10,000 votes. He thinks on the other hand the clean cut, unequivocal plat form adopted at Sedalia will not only bring out thousands of Democrats who were disgusted in 1804, but it will bring to the Democracy two votes for every gold standard Democrat who ioins the Rcphblicans. Vanderbilt Bax* the Defender. New York, April -17.— Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, the head of the syndi cate that built, equipped and raced the Defender, has become the sole owner of that yacht. Mr. Vanderbilt has bought out the interests of the others, as it was agreed in the plans that he had the right to do any time after the America's cup matter had been decided. What Mr Vanderbilt will do with the famous craft is mere- ' ly a matter cf conjecture. Aa Indian Oratorical Contest Lawrence, Kan., April 27.—The In dian pupils at Haskell institute held an oratorical contest last night, the first of the kind, so far as is known, ever held in the United States. There were ten orators and the programme was interspersed with tnusie. Howard nod Cable Ara Convicted. Topeka, Kan., April 37. — Frank Howard and Frank Cable were found guilty in the Federal court of robbing the postoffice at Ulysses, Urant county, and Judge Foster sentenced them to the penitentiary—Howard for three years and Cable for five FAVOR FREE SILVER. THE WHITE METAL. WING OF NEBRASKA DEMOCRACY. Proceeding! of the State Convention in Uncoln—Choice of Delegatee to the Chicago Convention—Faith In Free Coinage Pledged Anew In the Platform of Principle!—The Trans-'MIulMlppl International Exposition. Nebraska Democratic Convention. DELEGATES-AT-LARGE. W. J. BRYAN . Lincoln 0. J. SMYTH.Omaha W. H. THOMPSON.Grand Island W. D. OLDHAM...Kearney DISTRICT DELEGATES. First District— F. J. MORGAN.Plattsmouth O. S. JONES.Lincoln Second District— JOHN A. CREIGHTON.Omaha C. H. BROWN . Omaha Third District— CV HOLLENBECK.Fremont G. A. LTJIKART.Norfolk Fourth District— C. J. BOWLBY.Crete E. C. BRIGGS.Seward Fifth District— F. A. TIIOMPSEN.Clay Center P. WALSH.McCook Sixth Dlstrli t— JAMESC. DAHLMAN... Chadron DR. J. C. BLACKBURN.Atkinson Lincoln, April 23.—The free silver democratic state convention was not called to order until nearly 3 o'clock. The delay was caused by the Fourth congressional district, whose delegates occupied the hall until a late hour, electing their district delegates to Chi cago. Chairman CL J. Smythe rapped the delegates to order and Secretary Lee Herdman read the call. A committee on credentials was dis pensed with and credentials were hand ed in to the secretaries and accepted. The chair appointed the following committee on resolutions: W. J. Bryan, Lincoln; W. H. Thompson, Grand Is land; J. O’Connor, Omaha; James Sul lixan, Columbus; Matt Gering Platts mouth; Ed Fallon, Falls City, and H. CL Bittenhouse, McCook. RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY. The following resolutions were mov ed by CL J. Smyth, and unanimously adopted by a rising vote: Whereas, Hon. Ed P. Smith has been one of the ablest and most loyal cham pions of true democracy in the state of Nebraska; Whereas, The hand of a terrible dis ease presses heavily upon him, and he has been, and is, suffering excruciating pain; therefore, be it Resolved, That the democratic state convention, recognizing his valuable services to the cause of democracy, and deeply regretting that he is beset by an awful affliction, sends to Hon. Ed P. Smith words of cheer in his manful battle for life, and tender to his wife and children the assurance of its pro found sympathy. TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION. Resolutions endorsing the Trans-Mis sissippi and International Exposition were adopted as follows: WhereaB, Delegates representing the twenty-four states and territories west of the Mississippi river, at the Trans Mississippi congress of 189S, adopted resolutions providing for the holding of an exposition for the purpose of exhib iting the products, manufactures, arts, industries and capabilities of these states, and territories, and Whereas, The said congress voted unanimously that said exposition should be held at the city of Omaha, Nebras ka, in the year 1898; and Whereas, The common interests of the states and territories constituting this great region will be greatly pro moted and benefitted thereby, and the great state of Nebraska will be espec ially benefitted by such an exposition within her borders, therefore, be it Resolved, By the 800 citizens of the state of Nebraska assembled together as delegates to the Nebraska democrat ic state convention, held at the Funke opera house at Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 22, A. D. 1896. that the holding of said Trans-Mississippi Exposition is hereby heartily approved, and that our senators and representatives in con gress are requested to co-operate with the senators and representatives of the other trans-Mississippi states and thor oughly and actively endeavor to pro cure at this session of congress the pas sage of a bill giving national recogni tion to said exposition and providing for an appropriation for a national ex hibit and the necessary and proper buildings to contain the' same; and be it further Resolved, That a copy of the forego ing resolutions be certified by the sec retary of the convention and sent to the senators and representatives in congress from Nebraska. Mr. Bryan, of the committee on reso lutions. presented the following report: We, the democrats of the state of Ne braska, in convention assembled, renew our allegiance to the principles taught by Thomas Jefferson and courageously defended by Andrew Jackson, and de mand that the great problems now be fore the people shall be solved by the application of these principles to pres ent conditions. We congratulate the democrats of Massachusetts upon the candor and frankness which characterized tlieir platform utterances of yesterday. We rejoice that they no longer quibble about the ratio and holding out the de lusive hope of international co-opera tion, have at last consented to submit to the people the question, whether the United States shall have monometal Ism or bimetalism—whether the Amer ican people shall deliberately adopt the English system of finance or restore the gold and silver coinage of the constitu tion. The Massachusetts demand for a single gold standard and for the re demption of all government obligations in gold alone presents the paramount issue of the campaign, and we welcome the contest We endorse the language used by Hon. John G. Carlisle in 1878, when he denounced the “conspiracy” to destroy silver as a standard money as “the most gigantic crime of this or any age,” and we agree with him in the declaration then made that “the con sumation of such a scheme would ulti mately entail more misery upon the human race than all the wars, pesti lences and famines that have ever oc curred in the history of the world.” We are not willing to be parties to each a crime, and in order to undo the wrong already done and to prevent a further rise in the purchasing power of ; the dollar, we favor the immediate re storation of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the pres* ent legal ratio of 16 to 1, as such coin* age existed prior to 1873, without wait* ing for the aid or consent of any other nation, such gold and silver to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private. We are opposed to the retirement of the greenback and demand that the secret ary of the treasury, instead of is* Buing interest-bearing bonds for the purchase of gold, shall recognize silver as money of redemption and exercise the right to redeem greenbacks, treas ury notes and all other coin obligations in silver when silver is more eonven- i lent .tseneving mat general laws snouia not be set aside by private contract, we favor such congressional legislation as ■ will, without interfering with valid contracts already in existence, prohibit for the future the making of agree ments for the payment of any - specific } kind of legal tender money. We are in favor of a constitutional amendment authorizing the collection of an income tax as a part of the feder al revenue system. We are in favor of the election of United States Senators by. the direct, vote of the people We are in favor of a liberal pension policy. We are in favor of the initiative and referendum system as an aid to secur ing a government of the people, for the people and by the people The democratic party has ever been the party of religious liberty in this country. It has always been and is now opposed to the union of church and state in any form or under any pretext whatever; it is opposed to the imposition of any religious test for office; it is opposed to all secret polit ical organizations of every kind or character, or any open political organ ization based upon religious prejudices, as contrary to the spirit and genius of our institutions and thoroughly un american. It stands by our public school system as a means of papular education and is opposed to any diver sion of public school funds to any sec tarian purpose, but it recognizes the - right of parental control and the rights ; of conscience in the education of child ren as in accord with the fundamental doctrines of the democratic party, that the largest liberty consistent with the rights of others insures the best gov ernment. *. On motion of G J. Bowlby the chair man declared that nominations for del egates-at-large were in order. Solec- 1 tions were then made in accordance with the result given at the commence meutof this article, W. J. Bryan and. some others being selected byaccla-., mation. * ■ A resolution was introduced by J. G Dahlman declaring that “the democra cy of Nebraska presents the democracy of the nation the name of W. J. Bryan and recommends his nomination as can didate for president, and that the Ne braska delegates be instructed to for ward his candidacy.” The reading of the resolution was received with great enthusiasm, but Mr. Bryan asked that the resolution be withdrawn, and this was done by the mover. , The convention then adjourned, and moved away in a body to the Burling ton depot to meet GoveVnor Stone of Missouri, who spoke at night in the -V Funke opera house. The speaker vig- A orously denounced the administration of Grover Cleveland at short intervals < during his entire speech. BITS OF KNOWLEDGE. It costs four times as much to gov ern American cities as is spent for the same purpose in English cities. A new steamboat, Just launched for the Hudson river service, will cost $1,000,000 and he provided with engines of 8,000 horse power. There are nearly 16,000,000 children In school In the United States, nearly 14,000,000 in public schools, and nearly 400,000 teachers. During the 900 years that the Pekin ' Gazette has been In existence 1,800 of its editors have had their heads taken off for having exceeded instructions. The children of the poor in Japan are nearly always labeled in case they should stray from their homes whilst their mothers are engaged in domestic duties. The longest paved street in the world Is Washington street, Boston, which is seventeen and a half miles long; the shortest Is the Rue Ble, Paris, which is barely twenty feet long. In England and Scotland milkmaids believe that if they forget to wash their hands after milking their cows will go dry. This superstition is diligently fostered by the owners of the cows. In Nebraska farms average 190 acres. In Massachusetts 86. But in proverbi ally thrifty Holland the average is thirty acres. Seventeen-twentieths of all the farms in Holland-are less than 50 acres in extent. Japan claims the oldest wooden build ing in the world. It is a log storehouse in Yarn, which is now used to shelter some of the Mikado’s art treasures. An age of 1,200 years is claimed for it. Some of the logs are nearly worn away by the weather. To send a telegram to London from New York and get an answer takes two hours. The message goes through Causo, Nova Scotia, and Penzance. When special arrangements have been made to clear the wires, fifteen seconds will suffice for a message one way. RAM’S HORItjS. ' Any kind of an unrepentant sinner is a lost one. Bible promises were made for Bible loving; people. Only those -who love souls can learn how to win them. A negative sinner is as sure, to be lost ss a positive one. The slave is no less a slave whose chain is made of gold. "* In a cold prayer meeting the back seats are the warmest The office of temptation is to us our need of Christ - There is no greater commandment than "love one another." The grateful heart has music in It that angels cannot sing. Whoever believeth God’s truth gets God’s reward for doing It