Nebraska Newspapers

    OLD KENTUCK IN LINE
*OtotD • DEMOCRATS . SELECT
THfeIR DELEGATES.
r
Bight Hundred In Convention With Col.
llreckcorldffe the Main Orator—HI*
Beappearaaoa ia Public Ufa the Occa
aloa for One of Hla licet Oratorical
BIforts — The Delegate* Selected at
large. -
Kentaeky Soaad Honey Democrat*.
Looisvitxe, Ky., Aug. i3.— Ken
tucky Democrats who are not in sym
4_ pa thy with the Chicago platform
i| ralsod their standard yesterday, and
the Bourbon state will lead the pro
, -cession to Indianapolis. The convcn
tion which met at ldusle hall eon
j taiued some 300 delegates, who filled
4 the central portion of the hall set
4 «part for . them, while on the stage
. were many of the men who have
fought Democracy's battles in the
*' istate for a quarter of a century. ,Two,
sessions were held.
% In the afternoon temporary organ
4 ization was effected. The selections
»: -of the various districts for committee,
k -electors and delegates were presented
. -and an address was delivered by Col
‘ -onel W. C. P. Breckinridge- that
* -aroused a whirlwind of enthusiasm.
* The eloquent colonel’s reappearance
% int* gi#blio life was thii occasion tor
It, -pne of? ms best efforts. He pitched
4 *lnto thnCbicago platform with mights
k Wad yikln, and deolared It was the
*, daty wfiKeatnoky Democrats to eoMf
' pass the defeat of Hryannnd Bewail;4
? whose election, he declared, would be
is. ; the greatest calamity that ooulil be*
% jpfaUithe people of this country.* a* & ,#
^ The platform, which was unani
mously adopted, arons’ed frequent out
hursts of enthusiasm, It was a severe
arraignment of the Chicago platform,'
> which was declared to be “revolution
* h *ry and destructive of Democratic
4 princioles.” The candidates were de
■ nounced, Mr. Bryan as a PopuHstand
| Mr. Hewall as a “subsidized ship
builder, aud a high protectionist.”. It.
t contains a strong presentation of -the
' principles tdenunciate which the'1
i, \ gathering was called, namely, the
maintenance of an honest and stable
.‘ currency on a gold standard} a tariff:
'in tor revenue only; low taxation and
Cjt economical expenditure, civil service
* reform, the duty of the government
11 to protect the citizen and prooerty
* from lawlessness, an independent and ,
« unintimidated judiciary, thecondem- '
* nation of “special privileges, sumptu
%;&. ary legislation, governmental favorit
* ism, bounties and other forms' of pa
f ternalism and Populism,’’ . and a
hearty indorsement of the national
*■ | Democratic administration. Every,
mention of Cleveland or Carlisle dur
ing the afternoon or evening was
greeted with an outburst of applause.
I -i-' -^Tba delegate* at large Are,. CleW'S,
B. Buckner, A. J. Carroll. W. P. a
-Breckinridge end W. F. Browder.
, ,;SENATOR BACON’S VIEW.
Xepublicans Arming With Argument,
Bat Silver Sentiment Unchanged
Washington, Aug'. 32 —United States
Sf*6eoalor Bacon-of Georgia, who has
. ‘/Just returned from the Pad Be coast,
r Was st. Democratic headquarters to*
) day. He quid that as the sentiment
"how existed in the country Bryan
would be elected, but that Repub
licans had told him that the senti
ment of the people would change be*
lore election. He failed to see that
the sentiment of the country through
which he had passed had changed, but
was inclined to think that the money
which the Republicans were pat-’
•ting into the campaign Would
have iis effect. He did not mean
by this that the voters would be
bought, but that the Republicans
would get their Uterature more largely
'circulated, would have more speakers ■
and would have more and better in
lormcd men at many places who
Ui would be able to defeat the Demo
■ ’ crats in argument. He noticed at tbe
stations and other-places where there -
fiv-‘ were groups of men arguing the silver 5
■ question, that it was a general thing
the Republican was better informed
and could array »his argument with '
. more effect, and when he got the bet
ter of his Democratic antagonist he
was likely to carry the crowd with
him. This he attrlbutsd- to a large.
. circulation ©flitorature and special
work of the Republicans, who were
posting men every where. lie thought
that this was the only feature Where*
,, 1® the Repuhlitaus were succeeding
, and said he had no doubt that all this
would lie counteracted by the Demo
crat!. A |( i ,*v
COLORADO DEMOCRATS.
Mlhti Ticket Named, Subject to the
:fj Action of the Populists
Ppjcai-o, , Col,... Aug. 23. —Colorado
. ' Democrats expressed Shell 1 choice
: among Democrats for candlur.tes for
tha several state offices yesterday, sub*
' Ject to the action of a conference com
mittee of eleven of the most prominent
^ iAwqcrats of the state, who are to
'£ ' ebdeavol tb arrange a fusion with the
Populist and Silver parties In- the
% event of a combination, candidates for'
the offices apportioned tbe Democrats
5 will be those named by the conven*
.3' tion for the positions. On pres
IdeotiaV eleetors a fusion ticket was
i. nominated, one Populist, one silver
Republican and two Democrats If
fusion is not effected the full ticket
r, will stand- . , .<
At the Second district Democratic
congressional convention John C. Bell
of Montrose (Populist) was indorsed
for renomidation, subject to the action
of a conference committee of seven,
the policy of tbe state convention be
ing followed.
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Callers (Tpon Chairman Uanns.
Nxw York. An*. 32. — Chairman
Banna's callers at the Republican na
* tional headquarters to-day included
\ ex-Congressman O. C. Hazleton cf
Washington, William H. Parry, city
comptroller of Seattle, Wash., Com
missioner F. S. Gibbs of this city and
T; Wilbur F. Wakeman of the American
Protective Tariff Association. Mr.
4, Hazleton has just made a tour of New
England, where be found, as he told
f Hr. Banna, that farmers and artisans
i were'generally with the Republicans
on <!»» currency issue, and would vote
for McKinley and Ilobart.
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STREET DEBATES.
UdlaaapolU' Pol lea' Judge Holds That
Orator* .Hast Bo Ut Alone.
Isdiakapous, Ind., Aug. 93.—a
crowd ha* collected each day
for ten days on the postoffloe corner
discussing the financial question.
This frequently lasted until midnight.
As fast as one speaker wearied another
tilled the gap
The police made numerous and f*.
tile efforts to scatter the disputants
and finally made several arrests. Two
Bases came before Judge Cox of the
city court and the Inst time, with
much impatience, he discharged the
defendants, holding that there was
no decision by any court, high or low,
where it was held that a man violated
the law by disenssing politics
in the street. “On the contrary," he
continued, “all of the decisions are.
the other way. The right of
-free speech is fundamental in our con
stitution. and mast not bo denied. No
police force can atop it It is the right
of American citizens This is a time
when perplexing questions are puz
zllng the people. They are questions
of vital importance to the common
people. It is only by ample discus
sion of the questions that confront
them that they can learn proper!v to
exercise their right of franchise.
They have a right to discuss the ques
tione and the court will protect them."
The court also criticised the policy
of the police in interfering with these
street corner talks by using the ord
inance Against sidewalk obstruction
as an engine of oppression. He
warped the officore that further ar-1
rente would he useless, as the deiend.
ante woul4.net be punished.
CAUSE OF SUNSTROKE. ;
• -•P 4& #’ ■£’ S'■? d? & i' JS? J :■
N*w ion ScliBtliti Diioovor That BMt
Evolroa a Blood Poison. 4e
New Yok, Aug. 4&*-gta**MSo of
sunstroke has been definitely discov
ered, according to the claims df offi
cers of the state pathological institute.
They have made Investigations Which
show that, instead of the sun’s rays
being tho direct cause :of sunstroke,
as has all along been believed by the
medical profession, the internal chem
istry of the body and its secretions
are so modified by atmospheric condi
tions oi excessively hot weather that!
some of these secretions become ab
normal, either in quality or quantity,
und are absorbed by the blood ajsd act
as virulent poisons.
On the first day of the recent heat
plague, Dr. Ira T. Van Oieson, direc
tor of the State Pathological institute,
assisted by two physicians, oegan in
vestigations The conditions were
peculiarly fortunate for the success
of the prosecution of their work. A,*
record was kept of all cases and ex
periments were made on acute cases
Animals treated with an infusion of
blood from living eases just after they
had been sticken by the dun had eon
vulsions within an hour and a half
and usually died. The physicians are
convinced from the results of these
experimments that suustroke is really
blood poisasfipg. j
FORGERY CHARGED.
Depositors Getting After tbe Argentine
Back Cashier. J , >
Kansas City, Mot, Aug. 42 —Crimi
nal proceedings were threatened to
day against Cashier (i. A. Taylor of
the defunct Argentine bank, on sev
eral charges. J. F. Frankey, the dep
uty county attorney in Argentine,
said this morning that he expected
to issue a warrant on complaint of
one of the depositors before noon, and
J. F, Steele said that he would swear
out a warrant for Taylor's arrest as
soon as he could get to see the county
attorney. He will charge Taylor with
forgery and with receiving money
when the bank was known to be in a I
failing condition.' Steele says he
signed for $1,000 on the security bond
given to Wyandotte county when the
bank was made a county depository,
and that Taylor raised the amount to
sin nnnr
11; RUSSELL’S_MISSION.
Creed by Both FUU« la Itagland to
FromWi Good Feeling.
London, Aug. S3.—Commenting
upon the address of Lord Russell of
Killowen, Lord Chief Justice of
England, on “International Arbitra
tion,” before the American Bar
Association at Saratoga, N. Y., the
Times says editorially: “It Is an open
secret that Lord Russell was e ncoitr
aged to accept the Saratoga invita
tion by statesmen of both political
parties becanse it was believed tha^
his preseooe there would have a ten
ienoy to promote peace and good
will between the United States and
England. His address makes for
peace, and it is welcome because it
resembles the calm summing up of
the judge, rather than the one-sided
statement naturally to be found in.
the argument of a lawyer.”
DEMOCRATIC QUARTERS.
The Andltorlem Annex Finally Selected
—Illinois Democrat* Disappointed.
Chicago, Aug. 33.—Chairman Jones
Of the national campaign committee
has changed his mind as to the loca
tion of headquarters, and the Demo
cratic national campaign will be cpn
ducted from the Auditorium annex.
The state committee will continue
its work at the old stand in the Sher
man house, though it was anxious to
conduct its campaign in Illinois in
conjunction, with the national cam
paign, and Secretary Nelson and
Chairman Hinrichsen had been in
hopes that the headquarters of both
committees would be located in the
same hotel.
LI Bees Chang'* Formal Titles
Southampton, Aug. 33.—The Ame£
lean line steamship St. Louis, whien
sails for New York to-morrow, will
carry Li Hung Chang, who is de-'
scribed on the passenger list as “Am
bassador, senior guardian to the heir
apparentt, prime minister of state
and ear! of the first rank, with the
title of suy."
Din* morn Renominated.
Eurkka Springs, Ark., Aug. 23—
Congressman Hugh A. Dinsmore of
rayettcville. Ark., was renominated j
for his third congressional term by I
the Democrats of the Fifth district '
treat***-« gig ■ i «.. •
j FUSION WON’T STAND.
NOT IF' MR. WATSON 18 EX
CLUDED. . S
'U
What Chairman Butlar of tho Populist
Rational Committee Soya—Mo Arrange
ment Which Provide! for Giving Pop
allat Electoral Totaa to Bewail Will bo
Approved by tbo National Committee.
Tho Popullat Situation.
Washington, Aug. si.—CHairmsa
Butler, of the Populist national com
mittee, was asked the following ques-,
| tion last night: "In view of your
| statement to the effect that the Popu
j list candidates are Bryan and Watson,
| and will be until the close of the Sam
j paign, and will be earnestly supported
| to the end without discriminations
: for or' against either, what will be the
position of your eommlttee with refer* <
ence to those States where Democrats
and Populists hare fused by the latter
taking the Statu,ticket and tbe former
all of the electoral ticket?”
"We hare no official information,”
\ he replied, “that this has been done
in any state; but if it has been done,
! or is contemplated, the national eom
: mlttee will not approve or recognise
, it. The highest law of any party fa
; the action of its national conventions.
i No man or state organization can be
disloyal to suoh supreme authority
j Without arraying Itself in direct and
hostile opposition to the national
convention. Our national conrentioa
nominated Bryan and Watson by
an orerwhelming majority, and it la
the bounden duty of ererv loyal
I Populist to support both of tnese cans
i didatea earnestly- and loyaliyf ‘ and,
besides, Watson stands tor- what
Bryan stands for, and therefore*
Bryan and Watson is the only ticket
that represent! theprtoiiplea that the
| People’s party believe in and have
eontended for from the beginning.
; Mr. Bewail is no more the candidate
1 of the People’s party than is Mr.
Hobart * '
! “The executive committee will «ee
that the action of our national con
vention is maintained in every state;
but if there should arise disaffection
or disloyalty to either of our candi
dates in any state, then we are sure
that there are true Populists in such
states who will supports whole ticket*
end such alOWp will be recognise* hy
our national committee;*
“Does thtsmean you will insist upon
a straightont Dry an andWatson ticket
in every ststef” .. v -M ■
“No; but it means that Wherever
Populists and Democrats join forces
on the electoral ticket there must be
h due and proper recognition of each
party's candidate by a just and oquit-y,
able division of electors supporting'
the candidates of the respective par
ties." - ,t. , w
Senator Butler was asked what ef
fect this announcement would have 1
upon the fusion in Kansas, where the
Populists took the State ticket and
the Democrats the electoral tlokUC/but I
he declined to go into specific details,
saying his announcement related to
the general policy of the committee, i
The statement of Mr. Butler was said
to be the unanimous expression of the
oommittee. . . . 4 » *
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TO UNITE SILVER ORDERS.
A National Convention of Associations to
Be Held In Chlnfe
Washington, Aug. 81.—Qeorge P.
Keeney, the national organ
iser of the silver party ends mem
ber of its executive committee, has
been appointed by the silver party
national president of the various
non-partisan silver and bimet
allic clubs of the United Staten
end has called' a national convention
of silver eluha to meet at Chicago
September 32. All of the old Bimet
al) ic unions; Bimetallic leagues,
Bryan-Sewall silver clubs, national
silver clubs, silver clubs and Patriots
of America are invited to attend and
participate. Three delegates-at-large
will be allowed from each eluo of
twenty or more, and' one additional
delegate for every fifty members on
the club roll
The purpose is to unify all non-par
tisan silver organizations for effective
work during the coming campaign,
non-partisan silver clubs can become
a part of the organization of the na
tional silver club* by sending for a
charter to tha ailvsr headquarters in
Washington, D. C. The declaration
Of principles is . the platform. adopted
by the national silver part*, st.
Louis July ti. i ill I
BICYCLE IN THE ARMY.
fczpeilmeato to Frova the Via or the
Wh«el Triad la Montana.
Helena, Mont., Aug. 81.— Lieuten
ant Mom, Twenty-fifth United Sthtes
Infantry, and eight soldiers, heavily
accoutered and carrying'four days'
rations, covered the distance between
Forts Missoula and Harrisou, 138
miles, including the passage of Kocky
range, in twenty-two hours on Wey
den The heaviest wheel, with pack
and rider, weighed 878 pounds, the
lightest 803 pounds; average weight,
240 pounds.
This is the first detachment put on
the road by the United States army to
test the practicability of the bicycle
as a machine for military purposes in
a mountain country. ' The tour en
tered upon covers 1,000 miles, includ
inga round of the National park,return
to this point, run to Fort Assinaboine,
Northern Montana, and back by way
of Fort Harrison to Fort Missoula.
Lieutenant Moss expects to show bet
ter wheel time than foot soldiers or
troopers can make on a sustained
march in the mountain region. :
A Noted Firm So Dissolve.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 2L—A dissolu
tion of the legal partnership of Don
M. Dickinson, H. T. Tburber and
Elliott Q, Stevenson is announced to
take place September L The firm is
recognized as standing among the
foremost at the bar of Michigan, and
also as possessing great political sig
nificance. The firm includes ex-Post
master General Dickinson, one of the
advisers of the President,Mr.Thurbur,
private secretary' at the Executive
mansion and Elliott G. Stevenson,
chairman for some time of tha Demo
•ratio state central committee.
POPS GETTING READY.
Rational UnnlllM Busy Arranging th«
Datall* at I ha Campaign.
WAsiiniOTOjf, Aar. To-day tha
executive committee of the Populist
parly decided that J. R. Sovereign
| should be eseiraed to the Chicago
! headquarters, which will be under
| the management of Mr. Washburn of
Massachusetts. Chairman Butler will
be in charge here and will give bis
whole attention to the campaign, as
sisted by Secretary Edgertcn. As far
as possible, documents which can be
franked will be sent out. These in
clude speeches by Populists In Con
gress and some of Tom Watson’s will
be among the number. Some of the
literature being sent out by the Demo
cratic committee and also i>v the silver
committee will be distributed. Chair
t nian Butler said this morning that the
committee was embarrassed for want
of funds, and Secretary Bdgertonsaid
that the committee must rely upon
voluntary subscriptions as much as
' P”“ible- “We hare chipped in,1’ said
Chairman Butlerf “to pay out expenses
thus far. We have no rich men to
mfke large contributions for cam
paign expenses. 1 expect we will
have to make a campaign like others
we have made in tha South, where
we have managed with very little
money.’’
- Chairman antler will enter into
correspondence With Populist leaders
Th»d with free silver leaders in various
parts of the country at once and en
deavor to effect an adjustment of all
existing difficulties which will bring
the supporters of silver and Bryan
Into harmonimt* n»*<nn
THURt» • njw_tie. i rtACTS.
Oli Ohup Aulnt Hr. llryaa Publicly
Wltbdruwu. »*., «
Cmcim Aug. * Ji.-—“Mr. Bryan'a
word ‘goes’ with me, and I (hall b«
triad to state to the people of this
country,” »aid Senator John M. Thurs
ton of Nebraska to-day, after reading
the flat footed denial on the part of
W. J. Bryan that he was or had been
in thetfinploy of the silver mine
owners “Mr. Bryan has denied tho
charge, which was made by a Demo
cratic newspaper, and I have no hesi
tation in declaring; that I believe
•him. ” . *
•i Mr. Thurston gave oat the follow*
Ing card last evening:
“To the Pubi.ic:
“On July M the Chicago Chronicle
Charged W. J. Bryan With being a
salaried employe of the silver bonansa
interests.
“On July 81, at Madison, Wis, 1
read the editorial of the Chronicle,
and insisted that Mr. Bryan owed it,
as a duty to the American people, to
answer the oharge. , „ .
“His explicit denial appears In the
Sress this inorning. I stated ia Ne
raska that Mr. Bryan’s denial would
be accepted by me, and that I would
ao notify the country,, which I take
this immediate and public manner of
doing. - .%,« ,, ft •
w ho VJoaif M. Thuboton."
NANSEN'S SHIP SAPB.
Thu Pram Arrives at Port With Alt OS
.Ppard Woll, . i
CirBUTJAMA, Aug. 21.—Dr. Nanstn's
ship FrSm, which he left behind in
-the -ice early, in January, 1885, tn
Jtbo^t letltnfe #3 degrees north; In
Order to explore this lea north of the
-route he proposed to follow, event*
daily reaching 80 degrees Id minutes
north, afrived at Skjjrvo, province of
Tromsee, yesterday evening and Cap
tain Sverdrup, ' her commander, re
ported nil well on board. ‘
The Fram stopped at Danes Island
. August li and saw Professor Andree,
who was still waiting for a favorable
wind in order to enable him to. at*
tempt bis balloon trip across the Arc
tic regions. . *
Captain Sverdrup, shortly after 'hie
arrival, sent the following telegram
sto Pr, Nansen; “Pram arrived safely.
All well on board. Leaves at once
for Tromsoa Welcome horns"
'■ Dr. Nansen replied to this message
as follows: “A thousand times wel
come to you alL’ Hurrah for the
From." .< • ., .
COLO TIDE TURNING.
Arrangements Made to Bring In a A,000,
000 In Gold Coin Pram Europe.
Washington, Ang. 21.—Acting Sec
retary Curtis has received a telegram
from the aeslatant treasurer at New
York stating that arrangements had
been made there to import 90,000,000
in gold coin from Europe. While
foreign exchange is slightly above
the importing point, it is said that
should it decline during the next few
daye as rapidly as during the last
week gold importations from Europe
would yield a good profit The ofll
dale are hopeful that the tide ha*
turped, and that from now on the re
serve will be rapidly increased. .
A Family Dyln# of CHendert.
St. Louis, Mo., An(f. 31.—One mem*'
ber of the family of George Blaze, •
market gardener living on the out
skirts of this city, has died from glan
ders, his wife is dying, and another .
child, a boy, aged 2 years, is begin
ning to show symptoms of the dread-,
ful disease. The disease was trans
mitted to the Blaze family from s
horse used in marketing the garden
produce. i .*
Me Eastsra Democratic Contribution*.
Washington, Aug. 21. — Senator
Faulkner, chairman of the Demo
cratic Congressional committee, speak- ,
ing of the lack of campaign funds,
did not hesitate to say that the sources
of revenue in past campaigns, princi
pally in New York city, had not
and would not respond, and that the
committee would have to depend on
email contributions from the pcopla
Kreeninriage cant oat
Lexington, Ky.. aug. 21.—The Sev
enth congressional district Demoors tic
executive committee here has selected
Frankfort, September 80, for the con
gressional convention and adopted a
rule that no one should vote in the
primaries who would not indorse the
Chicago platform and its nommeea
This excludes ex-Coagressman W. Q
P. Breckinridge and his followers
Profosaor J. D. Whitney Dead.
N*w London, N. H., Aug. 21.—Pro
fessor Josiah Dwight Whitney, the
noted geologist, died here yesterday.
He was born in Northampton, Mass,
November 23. 1819.
WATSON WILL STAY.
M» THB populist votbwill
GOTO HIM.
*1*1 *he Ch»|ma of tho Hatloual OOB
,ml*iee In to Bor—Uo Thinks Mr.
. Wotaoo Hat o Bottar Chaaee of Being
/ fko Most Tic ProaMaot than Mo Sew
, nil—A Oooferenoo Batnraon Senators
Jooaa and Batlar.
Mo Ftttlni OS tTataon.
WAsmNO-roy, Aug. Ib. —Senator Cat*
lor of North CsroUnfe, chairman of the
national eommlttao of tho Populist
party, arrived here to-day to attend
a mooting of tho Populist managors
this afternoon. PJro mumbora of tho
executin' eommittoo aro hare, tho
others hewing sent letters of exensB
It was decided even before tho execu
tive eommittoo met that the national
headquarters should be bora and it la
Jirobable that rooms in Wormlcy s ad
oining the Democratic subheadquar
tors will be secured. ■
One of the matters which may be
brought up Is tho vied presidency,
though It Is known that tho executive
committee will listen - to no proposi
tion looking to the withdrawal of
Watson from the ticket Senator But
lor said that If Bewail had stood for
what Bryan did before the' people,
nOither the holding of the Populist
party organisation together nor any
thing else would have prevented the
nominstion of the whole Democratic
ticket by the Populists. As it was.
Bewail did not represent the Populists
and under no elreumstaneen would
they consent to vote for him. He
thought that Watson stood a better
ehance of being the next vlee presi
dent than bewail.
Another matter to be settled is the
notification of Watson Mr. Bailor Is
chairman of the notification commit
tee. He says that nothing definite has
been arranged ns yet Ur saye ba hae
been so busy with affairs in his own C
State since the national convention
adjonrned that he hed little corre
spondence With members of the noti
fication committee.
The situation in North Carolina was
the sub}eot of several confrrencos
after the arrival of Chairman Butler.
One of the Democratic leaders' spoke
very positively pbeut the matter. Uo
Bald that If Mr. Butler thought ho had
the Democrats in a tight place and
could drive a bard bargain with them
he would find they would not stand
on it and wonld make a straight
fight. They did not propose .to be
bulldozed Into frtvfog up any thing.
The conference between Senators
Jones and Butler was not very, fruit
ful as no conclusions were reached
upon the subjeots under discussion.
The Democrats are not satisfied with
the fusion propositions in several
Southern states and, on the other
hand, the Populists do not like the'
offers which have been Bide to them. ,
in some of the Western states It is
pot likely any definite conclusion will
be reached until after the return of
Beuator Jones from Cbioaga
After this the Populist executive,
committee went Into session. The
meeting wee devoted almost entirely
to reeeirlng reports and to an inter
change of riew as to the condition of
the campaign.
SILVER COINAGE, v
__ ■ ; ?
Tsbnlatad Ro!aru groan Twenty-Oae
CoaatrlM BtMltM.
JVashjngtov, Aug. lu. —From official
Information received at the treasury
departmeht from* twenty-one coun
tries the coinage of silver during the
calendar year 1*96, amounted in the
aggregate to 9113,603,200. Of this
sum 913,603,300 was reeoinage, reduc
ing this sum from the total coinage,
gives the coinage of silver Irom new
bullion in 1696 as 9100,069,000. *
The country coining the largest
amount of silver in 1895 was Mexico,
with a coinage of 931-,832,350; fol
lowed closely by Japan, with
aooinage of 9-3.883.5oa Next
comes China with 98,353,840;
Spain, 97.969,000; Great Britain, 95,
til.131; United States, 95,698,000;,
Austria-Hungary, 95,399,000; Pern, .94,
073.000; Russia, 93,654,000; Ecuador,
92,500,000; Germany, 91,836,000.
The silver coinage executed- by
Great Britain during the year for her
colonies was: For Canada, 91,156,610;
Hong Kong, 92,300,000; straits settle
ments, 9450,500, a total of 98,308,13a
France coined for lndo-China 90.092,
Wo in silver; and lor Morocco, 9346,
600
During the year 1895 the United
States recoined the largest amount of
silver vis: 94,850,000, followed by
Austria-Hungary with a reeoinage of
93,816,500; England, 93,160,000; Ger
many, 91,886,000; Russia, 96i2,$pO; Tn
dln.9494.60av j? ,^ ^4
From January l .to Aug, 1. 1895, the
coinage of silver dollars by the mints
of the United States was 98,662,413,
while the coinage of silver dollars
from 1792 to 1873 aggregated 98,031,238
only. ;• • -
The World's product of silver during
the calendar year 1906 ia estimated to ,
have been 9336,000,000. The amount
of new bullion used in the coinage so
far as known was $100,069,000, and.
from reports received from twelve
oouatries the amount used in the in
dustrial arts was 943,000,000, while
exports to the East amounted to 957.
900,000, making the total disposition
of the world’s sliver product for 1895
ao far as known 9179,609,000, .which
would leave $46,430,000 for coinage
and use in the arts by *the countries
from which an reports have been re
ceived.'? r *
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Over the Mayor’s Tttfr ,
Salima, Kan.', Ang. 19.—Mayor Hay*
ward vetoed an ordinance to lteenao
Mn joints ot the eity and refused to
to allow it to come before the council
exsept as a reconsideration. The 11*
cense men did not know in what form
to make the motion and the mayor
would not enlighten them. After
wrangling till nearly two o’eloch this
morning Oounciimau Miller enter
tained the motion to salt himself and
declared it passed by a rote of • to 9.
There was a remonstrance containing
the names of Boo voters presented to
to the couaiii ,. t „ ...
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OAIL HAMILTON Of AD.
Ik* AlUof mt Mmmj
WIN* hnijfiiii ;
. Haulm*. Iba, Aug. Abigail
Dodge, better known na Oall Hamil
ton. the writer, who has been ill at
her home here for tome time, died
last night Mie* Dodge sustained a
stroke of paralysis while sitting at
the breakfast tabls yesterday morn
ing.' 8he became nnoonanlons and ;
remained so until her death. >
. , Miss Mary Abigail Dodge, writer,
biographer and controversialist,
widely known nader the pen name
as Gall Hamilton, was a natire of the •
town in which she died, haying been
born in 1880l At the age of JO years
she went to Dr. Clark’s private school
in Cambridge, btae was graduated
from Ipswich academy at the age of
In 1851, she went to Harvard as
assistant in the Hartford high school,
one refused to take the customary ex
amination,' but was given the position
without doing so. She was also in
structor in physical science in this
school for several years, and was sub
sequently governess in the family of
Dr Gamaliel Bailey of Washington,
D. C. a the editor of the Net loo*) Bn.
to which paper she became a con
tributor.
In 1885-7, aha was one of the editors
of Our Yovng Folks, n magaxloe for
children, published In Boeton. From
J870 until a little over a year ago she
had lived most of the time with her
cousin, Mrs James G. Blaine, la
Washington. In the oonrae of this
daily contact with the Blaine family.
Miss Dodge was led into a very elosa
friendship with Mr. Blaine and at the
death of the latter, she became hie
literary executor, being In poaseaaion
of all his papers and documents of
value to her as bib authorised biogra
pher. She wae engaged, as frequently
as her health would permit, on Mr.
Blaine’e biography from the time of
his death until her illnese of last year
and it is thought her nntirlng devo
tion to the work was instrumental in ,
bringing about tkat orpataation.
Gail Hamilton was a freqnent con
tributor to prominent magasineb, and
her" published works, written In n
witty and aggressive style, consist .
largely of selections from her con
tributions.
Miss Dodge's one novel, '‘First Love
la Best," bad not the anoceSa Which
attended some of her other works
During recent yeare ahe engaged in
political writing, and many famone
review articles and political “inter
views” have, been accredited to her
which have roused much warhi dis
cussion and have exerted more or less,
influence upon national politics
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Of?/:
! THE GOLDDEMOCRATS
fkv Inn * Call Vw TMr Wklaiit
Coovewtloo, . .
i Chicaoo, Aug. 19.—The exeoutiva
committee of the national Demoeratio
party wa« In eeeeion here yesterday
and tuned a lengthy call for a na;
tlonal convention at Indianapolis ;
September • The eall bitterly at*
tacka the Cfaleago convention and S4
platform, and aaya in part:
Tbo Chicayo convention having thu depart
od from the lejogqrel Dimomtlo faith and .
pranuln d doctrine* new and atranga to the
Domocracy all Demo-rata are abiolved' from
ob'.Uat on to topport it* program,
Who i a Democratic convention de >arta from
the printiplM of the party, no Uemocratre*
m ln> under any moral oblgttion to support
its action, nor :a the-eamy iraditirt of the
party tint ret) tiroe him u to do On'the coo*
trary. it li ovidenoa of moral wiakncaa for any
free man to vote to enforco po.ieias w.ilob. ia
h a opinion, ara inimltal to tha welfare of tho
peop e or to V>a lnteyr.ty of tha nation.
Tho ,d» 7 of tha hear ia to atand ateadfait la
tii? detente of oar analant faith In thi* critic
there I* at at ike mor • than the poeaibilltr of
temporary victory. The honor and perpetuity
of tho Sul wratl] party are et etaka.
A political o-ganiietioa that it antra*
to itaaf, ite principle*, ita hlitory ani
traditona, ia diamond and dishonor*!.
Tho aziitanaj of oar treat hUortoil party,
that has wttliatood tha aaa inlta of every foot to
threatened by rea on of tho recreancy of many
ofiti memben. That tkli party, aa we hove
known it, may not die. let tne faithful Of yearn
rail ' aronnd ita historic banner, reform ita
bro'con Itnee, and, w th abiding faith in the
final triumph of ita prinoipln. unit* to reatoro
the nemo Democrat to ite former mo-iuin? and
proud distinction. .
STEWART TO THUR8TON.
ChMItifH the Nebraskan to Pnm the
Bryan ChargM f,
Washington, Auf. 10.—Senator W.
M. Stewart has sent the following let*
ter In reply to that of Senator Thors
ton: ... ..
“Yon assume that yon are not as
sailing Mr. Bryan when yon are quot
ing what Irresponsible newspapers
say of him, and giving to such state
ments all the credit your high official
position can confer.' Yon belittle yonr
understanding when yon say that it is
the duty of Mr. Bryan to enter into
personal controversy with every hire
ling newspaper scribbler who is em
ployed to slander or defame him. The
people understand the animus of par
tisan newspapers, and make proper
allowances for their assertions, out
when you clothe their slanders In your
official robes, it Is a lame and coward
ly defense on your part to protect
yourself by skulking behind misera
ble newspaper scribblers <
“If yon have no ease against Mr.
Bryan, which you already virtually
adgiitted by citing irrelevant, incom
petent hearsay to prove yonr charge,
your slanders will be harmless so far
as he is concerned, but ean von afford
to be published to the world as a Ped
dler of slanders which yon cannot
prove? If yen have any friends who
supposed that you were both honest
aud brave, they will be sorely disap
pointed if yon fail to frankly avow
yonr error and retraet yonr slanders,
or prove the truth of yonr charges
which 1 have quoted above.”
Mr. Crisp la Peer Health.
Lookout Moustaiu, Tenn., Aug. it.
—Ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp arrived
at Lookout Inn last .night He is suf
fering considerably from heart aftee
tion. He says that be will not be eble
to take mucb part In the campaign on
account of his poor health.
OmiDor Ckue Ltd Very UMS
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug.<111—The
administrator dt the estate of the lato
Governor Chase made his final repart
yesterday*.' After the debts were paid
the widow received telt. Governor
Chase bad Invested heavily in tninlng
stocks that are considered worthless*
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