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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1896)
THE FRONTIER. ffOVUBHBD BVBBT THURSDAY By Tn homn Pranm Oo. oveill, NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA. IMMttlli ItaK CUBVSBtlOO. .eldeotlal Election: g£> METZ. SR.Douglas county _ w. PALM.Lancaster county . J. HALE. HedlM>n county . PIASOEKI.. Howard county . O. ALBERTS.Clay county .1* KO-TKYZE.-Ballne county L F. HARRINGTON.Holtcounty . N. i CAMPBELL ancecountj b'r ■ Governor.—SILAS A. HOLCOM ■tenant Governor.J.E HARRIS Je recretary.W. FT PORTER ,te Auditor...JOHN F. CORNELL State Treasurer.J. N MESERVE " .ttorney General.—.tt J. SMYTH tateSuperintendent..—. ..W. R. JaCKHON Commies loser.J. V. WOLFE ■ For Judies Supreme Court— __ . _ Leog Term. .WILLIAM NEVILLE Short Term.J. A KIRKPATRICK University Recent.THOMAS RAWLINS The state convention of the silver demo crats wee held In Omaha on the 4th. There was nothing to do except ratify the nomina tions made by the popullets, carry out a pre arranged compromise on the electoral tick et, and name > state central committee. The convention named C. J. Smyth of Douglas county, aa the candidate of the sil ver democrats for attorney general, and Thomas Rawlins of Dixon county as candi date for regent of the state university, to •11 an unexplred term. The convention voted unanimously to en dorse the populist ticket. . Tbs platform adopted congratulate* the national party upon the nomination of Bryan ana Bewail and the platform: en dorses the SnancUl plank of the Chicago platform in an unequivocal manner: en 3o~ ■*"■■■ “ • ‘ Jones the constitutional amendments re lating to ralirosd commissioner, supreme court commissioners and public school Made; demands a rigid enforcement of the law relating to the Investment of school funds of the state; endonee the action of Go^llolcomb and condemns the course of tlgjMbard of public lands and building* for Its action regarding the Investment of these fupds. *v.. Chancellor Dungan, of Cotner univer sity, has resigned. r, ^ {,i James WoodeMffdf'Ffcmout, aged 83 years, died last week.. ■ Firs ruined the stock of furniture of f>:;. George W. Fell, Harwood. The county treasurer of Lancaster county shows 880,117.83 on hand. ' Some fatal cases of dinhtiberis'are i;, reported in various parts of the state. The postoffice at Glen Rook was en * ■ ♦sired and robbed Saturday night of •00 pennies . A. Bartholomew of Folk county, has been declared Insane and sent to the. asylum at Lincoln The hay crop in the vicinity of Bea ver Crossing is reported the heaviest It has been in yearn The potato crop in the vicinity of North Loup it not as good as last year under irrigation treatment. Burglars entered the store of F, W. Smith at Valparaiso and made off with all the jewelry in his store and $30 in tiov. Holcomb has appointed JamCs Holland of Broken Bow chief grain in* apeutor. Holland is a populist and a* farmer in Custer county. *,. The house of Philip Asher, who lives • mile southwest of Table Bock, was entered by burglare Sunday while the family were at church and a quantity of jewelry stolen. Frank Ferguson, a farmer’s boy near Litchfield, was run over by a team hitehed to' a hay rake recently, and se riously bruised, one rake tooth went clear through his leg. Nannie Graham, who went insane some time since at Nebraska City, and: who had been cared for by the county, was removed to the home of her unde, Jesse Graham, in Nemaha county, Jonathan Redding closed last week fibs greatest .revival service in the his tory of Barastoa. Nothing like it was ever known. Many of the leading peo fit of the country were converted. > As Daniel Sughrue and wife were go tag to Chappel their team became frightened and ran away, throwing them out, bruiaing Mr. Sughrue quite badly, and injuring his wife internally.. The general merchandise store of P. Rswlsy at Rarneston, was Burglar ised last week of about $100 worth of shoes, notions and clothing. Thirty poire of shoes and eight suits of cloth tag were taken. Messrs. Lundeen and Leggy and Baedeker A Pruitt shipped a large col lection of York county farm products to Elmwood and Monmouth, 111, to be •laced on exhibition at the county : taira at those places -. .. Major Clarkaon of Omaha, recently chosen at St Paul as commander-in chief of the Grand Army of the Repub lic, waa given a public reception on * bis return. There was a great throng •ad happy congratulations “ William’Ernst, who raised the large com in Rector A Wilhelm’s exhibit at the state fair, was offered ssn per acre far his farm of 850 acres, one-half mile dram Duncan, by R- a Edwards of Qmaha,tbut he refused the bid. ''Cornelius Epp, the Russian free sil rsritiff York county, who lost his Spoon ca that question, was declared ■sane and taken to Lincoln. Too much meditation over free silver arguments fhe cause of his mental derange £ Kawrau flimntaj ud groping forties ton tota otpiind nnstl} •Moad Doehlen and jb^y got what Jtoj w»t»ft«r in abundance. Then Sjtnongh of U>to Wild fruit along th« bato supply 7-M ■'* -,rv _ regiment with jelly W? 7wr*‘ A smooth WnM fakir at Tecnmaet )Mt week Mlieeed a few of the cUiseni f*.*ty>l?t,y89-^or to»»e electrio belts which heboid for a dollar. The fakii hie audience hr throwing awai *F* *• aee the boyi •enable for it. , : had boys at Analog broke iatt •he building formerly oocupled by th< Weak of Analog, taking a number o: Article# of more or leaa value and all Jjf them for whatever they could get The ownera of the property have prom Jr** to give them the lull limit of the $■;: &V Two traafpe were Uken ' from i freight car at Table Bock by the, eit^ tnarabiU. the third one eecaping. Tbrj had fifteen or twenty pair* of mizet with them and ere being belt foe wieatlfleatlon of men ant Both men are dark and re tbie lultaaa One has erooket &■' */> -Hv*,- • lr. J. B. Nelson of Creighton broke his inn in two pieces recently. While. Mining to town with * toed odbay the tongue broke end ren into the ground, •topping the vehicle so suddenly that he was thrown to the grpuud with the , foregoing result The city mershel of Wymore end s tonstable from the seme place came to Table Rock and identified the prisoners snd goods spoken of heretofore and left with tneir prisoners for Gage sonnty. They ere wanted for robbing h store at Barneston. There Is a law prohibiting cursing snd swearing in public, but if It were strictly enforced at Shelton, says the Clipper, the revenue from lines would be sufficient to pay all the expenses of the village and the levying of taxes would be unnecessary. Following is the mortgage record for Platte county for the month of August, 1806; Farm mortgages filed, 18, 910, 688.76; released, 14, 811, 486.85; town and city mortgages filed, 4, 9,302.30; released, 6, $2,830; chattle mortgages filed, 48, 814,428.71; released, 6, 9614.73. At this writing the board of manag ers of the state fair are busy figuring up to see where they stand. The total expenses are not all known at present, bnt they will not be much at variance . with those of la4t year, possibly a trifle larger. Taking this as a basis they will be short about 812,000 of enough to pay out* : : . v- , j Arthur Gut**, • young mu ubput 25 yearn of age, who lives seven miles south of Nebraska City, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head , with a 44-caliber rifle. The bullet en tered the left temple, going through the skull and coming out at the • fore head, causing instant death. Us was tomewhat unbalanced mentally. Dr. Clark T. Beeby of Shelton, was fatally' shot.1 ' He 1 and George Smith were snipe hunting in a small boat on Wood river pond, and on their return young. Beele, seeing game, drew the shotgun towards him, the hammers. caught on the boat and discharged bpth loads into his breast He was a young man and soon to have been married. Harry Straw of Nebraska City, com plained to the police that Charley Lane was destroying the happiness of his, married life, and on the police going to the house the said Lane was dis covered under the bed, apparently asleep While investigating the case ' the woman.tried to shoot her husband, but the revolver was taken from her. The citizens o^ York county are. greatly pleased with the outcome of . the product exhibit from that county at the state fair this year. The county exhibit stood eleventh and1 the premi- ' um of 9125 also adds to the credit of those in charge of the exhibits The York Roller Mills were also successful in securing four second premiums oh their'products • Curtis Smith, the 11-year-old son ol Fred Smith of Tecumseh, met a fright ful death whlle.at play in Chittenden’s elev ttqr. He. attempted to jump into the elevator as it was descending from the top floor of the building past the second floor, where he was in waiting. Ills headHvas caught between the ele vator and the shaft, and his skull terri bly crushed. He died almost instantly. The experiment of holding the state fair over on Saturday was tried this year for the first time, and it is not likely that it will be continued. Not only does this plan seriously embarrass ’ the exhibitors, who are thus left only a few hours in which to remove their exhibits before Sunday, but judging by last week's experience the people are not disposed to patronize an extra day. A smooth-talking man has worked the southwestern part of Pawneecoun ty. selling various kinds of patent med icines claimed to be made in Sarpy Oounty. He said that in any. case where they did not give entire satis faction to step into J. F. Griffith’* drag store and ha was authorised to refund their money, Griffith’s high standing in business snsblad the fellow to sell a lot of his medicine, but he la not re funding any money to his victims The First National bank of Beatrice dosed its door* 4he other day, immedi ately following a meeting of the board of directors The failure is due to a variety of causes The successive crop failures of the pest litre* or four y**ra causing a gradual drifting of money ; eastward, coupled With the steady and graduAT withdrawal of money by its depositors to supply their constant wants had but one result, the placing of the bank in a position whare it was unable to pay current checks A distressing accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs William Emery, Republican City. Mrs Emery had gone scroes the street to a neigh bor’s fee a few moments when her lit tle boy, about 5 years old, put some rubbish and cobs into the washing ma chine, la and around which the little girl not quite two years .old, was (flay ing; poured some oil on and set fire to it The little girl was frightfully burned all over Mr body and face ana died ttom her Injuries me Heoraaice Philatelic society held its annual convention la Omaha lest week. The society bow numbers nbaut ISO members, so of whom were weeeat The reports of the officers showed a greet increase in the elBei* ency of the work over last year. The following officers were elected: Pres . ident, Fred B. Wilson, Wayne; rice, N. B. Hapson, Omaha; secretary aad treas - urerv U L. Thurston, Omaha; auction manager. F« & Parmelee, Omaha; at K teSM, Frank Brown, Omaha; pur chasing agent, H. C Bennett, College View; counterfeit detector, E. W. Fitt, Plattsmouth; exchange superintendent, H. P. Hughes, Howe; trustees, W. B. Hapson, C L Thurston and C. Pay. bsra .., .. # . ■. As Johnnie McKetJan,son of James I McKeeganof Bancroft, Was crossing a ■ bridge on horseback the horse slipped on the muddy planks aad fell, throw ing the boy under him, breaking his i right leg below the knee. C Epp, one of York county's most i prominent and well-to-do Russian farm . era, is charged with briar insane. He , is a recent aileer convert and does nothing but talk silver. He is reported to have climbed to the top of his barn, on straw stacks and for hours talk on 1 "the silver question, imagining that he ! is a second redeemer of the country, and that he ia a better talker than his candidate, William Bryan. MR.HOBART’S LETTER .-. ACCEPTANCE OP THE 8T. LOUIS NOMINATION; ' ■<& A Dlseassloa of tba Iubm of the Can* Ptlfa, Especially tha Silver Question— Ho Points Oat tbs Evils Upon Which tbs Motion Will Tall If an Unlimited Cur rency Issue is Made. Hobart's Acceptance Letter. Paterson, N. J.. Sept. lOt— The following is. In part, tiarrett A. Ho* oart's letter of acceptance cf the Re publican nomination for Vice Presi dent. It deals almost exclusively with finance and tariff, and makes about 8,000 words: "Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks and others of the Notification Committee of the Republican National Conven tion. Gentlemen: 1 have already, in accepting the nomination for the ofllee of the Vice Presidency tendered me by the natioaal Republican convention, expressed my approval of the platform adopted by that body as the‘party basis of doctrine. In accordance with accepted usage I beg now to supple ment that brief statement of my views by some additional reflections upon the questions which are in debate be fore the American people xno piatiorm declarations in refer ence to the money question ezpraaa clearly and unmistakably the attitude of the Bepub’ican party as to this su premely important vubjeot. We stand unqualifiedly for honesty in finance and the permanent adjustment of our monetary system, in the multifarious activities of ■‘trade- and commerce, to the existing (fold standard of value. We hold that wry dollar of currency issued by the United States, whether of (fold, silver or paper, must be worth a dollar in gold, whether in the pocket Of the man who toils for his daily bread, in the vault of the savings bank which holds his deposits, or in the exchanges of the world. ■ - “The money standard of a great na tion should be as fixed and permanent as the nation itseif. To secure and retain the best should be the desire of every right-minded citizen. “The free coinage of silver fit the ratio of Id to 1 is a policy which no nation has ever before proposed, and it is not to-day permitted in any^mint in the world—not even in Mexicdt*’ It ' is proposed to make the coinnge un limited, at an absolutely fictitious ratio, fixed with' no reference to in trinsic value or pledge of ultimate redemption. With silver at its pres ent price of less then seventy cents per ounce in the market, such a policy means an immediate profit to the Seller of silver for which there is no return now or hereafter to the people * or the ^government. It means that for each dollar’s worth of silver bull ion delivered at the mint, practically two dollars of stamped coin will be given in exchange. For 9100 worth of bullion nearly 200 silver dollars will be delivered. * “Let it also be remembered that the consequences of such an act would probably be cumulative in their ef fects. The crop of silver, unlike that of_ hay, or wheat, or coru—which, being of yearly production, can be regulated by the law of demand and supply—is fixed once for all. The silver which has not yet. bean gath ered is all in the ground. Death or other accident of the elements cannot J augment or diminish It. Is it not more than probable that with the enormous premium offered for its mining the cupidity of man would make ah over supply continuous, with the necessary result of a steady depre ciation as lohg as the silver dollar, could be kept in circulation at all? Under the laws of finance, which nre as fixed as those of any other science, the inevitable result would be a cur rency all and' absolutely fist There is no difference in principle between a dollar half fiat and one all flat The . latter, as the cheapest, under the logic of‘cheap money,’ would surely drive' the other out. “The proposition for free and un limited silver coinage, carried to its logical conclusion, and hut one is pos sible, means, as before intimated, legislative warrant for the repudia tion of all existing indebtedness, public or private, to the extent of nearly fifty per cent of the faca of all such Indebted nesa It demands an unlimited volume of fiat currency, irredeemable, and therefore without any standard value in the markets of the world. Every consideration of public interest and public honor de mands that this proposition should be rejected by the American people., m MOSEY RAMMia "Reitlag on itabl* foundation*, eon tlnnona and Unvarying certainty of value should be its distinguishing characteristic. The experience of nil history confirms the troth that every coin, made under any law, howsoever that coin may be stamped, will finally command in the markets of the world the exaot valne of the materials which compose it. The dollar of our conn* try, whether of fold or. silver, should be of full value of' 100 cents, and by so much as any dollar is worth less thsn this in the market, hy precisely that snm will some one be defrauded. “The necessity of a certain and fixed money value between nations as well as Individuals has frown out of the in* terchsnge of commodities, the trade andbnsiness relationships which have arisen among the people of the world, with the enlargement of human wants and the broadening of human interests This necessity has made gold the final standard of all enlightened nations Other metals, including silver, have a recognised commercial value.'and silver, eapec*.. ially, has’a value of great importance tor subsidiary coinage. In' view of a sedulous effort by the advocates of free coinage to create a contrary im pression, it cannot bo too strongly emphasised that the Republican party in its ptatform affirms this value in s<Iver, and favors the largest possible use of thie metal as actual money that ean be maintained with safety. Not only this.lt will not -authorize, bnt will gladly assist in promoting a double standard whenever it can be secured by agreement and eo-opora tion among the . nations. The bimet allic currency, involving the free use of silver, which we now have. Is cor dially approved by Republicans. But a standard and a currency are vastly different things. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS. “If we are to continue to hold our ptM* among the great commercial nation*, ire mast cease joggling with this question, and make our honesty of purpose elear to the world. No room should be left for misconception as to the meaning of the language used in the bonds of thb government not yet matured. It should not be possible for any party or individual to raise a question as to the purpose of the country to pay all its obligations in the best form of money recognized by the commercial world. Any nation which is worthy of credit or confi dence can afford to say explicitly, on a question so vital to every interest, what it meana, when such meaning is challenged or doubted. It is desira ble that we should make it known at once and authoritatively, that an "honest dollar” means any dollar equivalent to a gold dollar Of the present standard of weight and flne nesa The world should likewise be assured that the standard dollar of Amerloa is as inflexible a quantity as the French Napoleon, the British sovereign, or the German twenty mark piece. “Any attempt on the -naet of the government to create by (t flat money of a fictitious value would dishonor us in the eyes of other peoples, and bring infinite reproach upon the na tional character. The business and financial consequences of such an im moral act would be world-wide, be cause our commercial relations are world-wide. All our settlements with other lands must be made, -not with the money which may be legally cur rent in our own country, but in gold, the standard of all nations with which our relations are most cordial and extensive, and no legislative en actment uan free us from that inevit able necessity. It is a known fact that more than SU per cent of the com merce of the world is settled in gold or on a gold basis. "Such free coinage legislation, if ever consummated, would discrimi nate against every producer of wheat, cotton, corn or rye—who should in justice be equally entitled, with the silver owner, to sell his products to tile United States treasury at a profit fixed by the government—and against all producers of iron, steel, zinc or copper, who might properly claim to have their metals made into current coin. It would, as well, be a fraud upon all persons forced to accept a currency thus stipulated and at the tame time degraded. THE DOLI.AH OF OUR FATHERS. “The dollar of our fathers, about which so muoh has been said,- was an honest dollar, silver maintaining a full, parity of intrinsic value with gold. The fathers would have spurned and ridiculed a proposition to make a silver dollar worth only S3 cents, stand of equal value with a gold one worth 100 cents The experience of all nations proves that any deprecia tion, however ' slight, of another standard, from the parity with geld, has driven the more valuable one out of circulation, and such experience in t matter of this kind is worth much taore than mere interested speculative opinion. The fact that few gold coins are seen in ordinary circulation for domestic uses is no. proof at all that the metal is not performing a most important function in business affairs. The foundation of the house is not always in sight, but the house would not stand an hour if there were no foundation. The great energy that moves the ocean steamship is not al ways in view of the passenger, but it is, all the same, the propelling force of the vessel, without which it would soon become a worthless derelict “It may be instructive to consider t moment how the free and , unlimited coinage of silver would affect a few great interests, and 1 mention only enough to demonstrate what a calam ity may lie before us if the platform formulated at Chicago is permitted te . be carried out EFFECT ON SAVINGS BANKS. “There are now on deposit in the savings banks of thirty-three states and territories of this Union, the vast sum of •S.OOO.OUO.OOO. These are l the savings of almost ‘ 6,000,000 depos itors In many eases they represent the labor and economies of years Any depreciation in the value of the dollar would defraud every man,. woman and ohild to whom these sav ings belong. Every dollar of their earnings when deposited was worth 100 cents In gold of the present stand ard of weight and fineness Are they not entitled to reeeive in full, with interest, all they have so deposited? Any legislation that would reduce it by the value of a single dime would be an intolerable wrong to each de-: positor. Every beak or banker who has accepted the earnings' of these millions of dollars to the credit of our eitlsens must be required to pay them back in money notone whit leu valuable than that which these banks and bankers received in truut 0,000 building tad loan associations, with shareholders to the number of 1.800.000, end with assets amounting to more then $600,000,000. Their av» erage of.holdings, is nearly. $?00 per capita, and in many cases they repre sent the savings of men and women who have denied themselves the com forts of life in the hope of being able, to buy or build homes of their own.' They have aided in the erection of over a million of houses, wliioh are now affording comfort and abel'tor for 6.000. 000 of our thrifty pcnpie. “Free coinage at the> arbitrary rate of sixteen ounces, .of silver to one of gold would be equivalent to the eon* fiscallon of . nearly half the savings that these people have invested. It would be tantamount to a war upon American homemakers. It would be an invasion of ‘the homes of the prov ident,’and tend directly to ‘destroy the stimulus to endeavor and the com pensation >,of honest toil.’ Everyone of the shareholders of these associa tions is entl.Ci|ed to be repaid in money of the same vhlue which he deposited by weekly payments or otherwise in these companies. No one of them should be made homeless because a political party demands a change in the money standard fo our country, ns an expertinent, .or as a concession to selfishness or greed. npx fkhslogans. ■“ “One hundred and forty millions of dollars per a**)um see due to pension ers of the 1st* yThat sum repre sents blood spilled anM suffering en dured in order to presertys this nation from disintegration. In Wany cases the sums so paid in pensions ere ex ceedingly small; in few. if any. are they exoessirn The spirit that would deplete these to the extent ef a far thing In tne name that would organize sedition, destroy the pence and secur ity of the country, punish, rather than reward, our veteran soldiers, and Is nnworthy of the countenance, by thought or rote, of any patriotic citizen of whatever political faith No.party, until that which met in Chicago,,has ever ventured to insult the honored survivors of our struggle for the national life by proposing to scale their pensions horizontally, and to pay them hereafter in depreciated dollars worth only S3 cents each. “The amounts dne, in addition to the interests already named, to de positors and trust companies in na tional, state and private banks, to holders of fire and accident insurance policies, where the money deposited or the premiums have been paid in gold or its equivalent, are so enormous, to gether with the sums due, for State, municipal, county, or other corporate debts, that if paid in depreciated silver or its equivalent, it would not only entail upon our fellow country* men a loss in money which has not been equaled in a similar experi ence since the world began, but it would, at the same ttme, bring a dis grace to our country such as has never befallen any other nation which had the ability to pay its honest debts In our condition, and considering our magnificent capacity for raising rev enue, such wholesale repudiation is without necessity or excuse. No Eolitical expediency or party exigency, owever pressing, could justify so monstrous an act. The Tins. --wane me nnaptflal issue which has been thus considered, and which has come, as the result of the agita tion of recent years, to occupy a peculiar conspicuousness, is admitted ly of primary importance, there is another question which must com mand careful and serious attention. Our financial and business condition is at this moment one of almost unprec edented depression. Onr great indus trial system is seriously paralyzed. Production in many of the important branches of manufacture has alto gether eeassd. Capital is without remunerative employment. Labor is idle. The revenues of the govern ment are insufficient to meet its ord inary and necessary expenses. These conditions are not the result of acci dent. They are the outcome of a mistaken economic policy deliberately enacted and applied. If would not be difficult, and would not involyeun^ violent disturbance of our existing commercial system, to enact necessarv tariff modifications along the lines of experience. ° “Our party holds that by a wise ad justment of the tariff, conceived in moderation, and with a view to sta bility, we may secure all needed rev enue, and it declares that in the event of its restoration to power it will seek to accomplish that result. It holds, too, that it is the duty of the government to protect and en courage in all practical ways the de velopment of domestic industries, the elevation of home labor and the en largement of the prosperity of the people. It does not favor any form of legislation which would lodge in the government the power to do what the people ought to do for themselves, but it believes that it is both wise and patriotic to discriminate in favor of our own material resources, and the utilisation, under the best attain able conditions, of our own capital and our own available skill and in dustry. The Republican party, <n its first successful contest under Abra ham Lincoln, declared in favor of ‘that policy of national exchange which secures to the workingman living wages, to agriculture remunerative prices, to mechanics and manufactur ers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity snd independence.* The principle thus enunciated has never been abandoned. In the crisis now upon us it must be tenaciously adhered to. , While we must insist that our monetary stand ard shall be maintained in harmony with that of the civilized world, that our cnrreney must be sound snd honest; we must' also remember that unless we make it possible for capital to find employment and for labor to earn a mple and remunerative wages, it will be impossible to attain that degree of prosperity which, with a sound monetary policy buttressed by a sound tariff policy, will be assured. “In 1892, when by universal con sent we touched the high water mark of our national prosperity, we were under the same financial system that we have to-day. Uold was then the same standard, and silver and paper were freely used as the common cur rency. We had a tariff framed by Republican hands under the direction of the great statesman who now logic ally leads the contest for a restoration of the policy whose reversal brought paralysis to so many of our industries and distress upon so large a body of our people. We were under the policy of reciprocity, formulated by another illustrious statesman, of the genuine American type. We-tpay, if we choose to do so. return to the prosperous con ditions-Which existed before the pres ent administration came into power. . “The Republican party has always stood for the protection of the Ameri can home. It has aimed to secure it in the enjoyment of all the blessings of remunerated industry, of moral culture, and of favorable physical en vironment. It was the party which instituted the policy of free home steads, and which holds now that this policy should be re-established, and that the public lands yet vacant and subject to entry in any part of our na tional territory ahonfd be preserved against corporate aggression as homes for the people. It realizes that the safety of the state lies in the multipli cation of households, and the strengthening of that sentiment of which the virtuous home is the best and the truest embodiment; and it will aim to dignify and enlarge by all proper legislation this element of securitr. . WHteEL. WISDOM.. A punctured bicycle tire |*n flat! tellure. _ Ia a lantern-jawed man light com plex ion ed? The ln-come-taeka ia or are what the wheelmen dread moat This la good advice for everybody ia general and for bicycle rider* in par ticular. The man with a broken bicycle chain regret*, with Darwin, that he cannot ■apply the mining link. HILL OBJECT& ****** ?»Hf Venator, Oral law tm Be Bound by Instruction* Albany, N. Y., Sept. 11_United States Senator mil telegraphed as follows to-day to Ncrton Chase, chalr man of the Albany county Democrstie convention: “I observe in a morning paper that I have been elected a dele* gate from the Third Albany district, to the State convention under* instructions to vote for the in* dorsement of the Chicago platform and candidates. This action ie taken in opposition to my wishes and judgment, as expressed to yon yester* day, and I decline to accept the eleo tion upon the conditions imposed or* upon any condition which would re strict my freedom at Buffalo to act ia each manner as I consider best for the interest of my party. ’’ Of the twelve delegates in the conn* • try seven, including Senator Hill, are considered as gold men, but the en tire delegation ia instructed to sup* port Bryan and SevYalll ' FRANCIS, >QR PALMER J BeeUra Strongly for the Indlnonpoftl* ‘ CoDTentlon Nominees. Washington, Sept, il.—To-day See* retary Francis sent the following tel egram to Mr. Bynum: “Regret that I • cannot accept your, invitation to'at tend the notification of Oenerala Palmer and Buckner at Louisville- - Saturday evening. These old heroes have fought valiantly for thein con victions on many a battlefield, but no patriot ever enlisted in a nobler cause * than that which they have consented to lead. It is the maintenance qf the country’s honor and the preservation of the integrity of Democratic princi ples on whose perpetuity depends the survival of our institutions May the nominees receive that earnest and zealous support which their high char acter and the National Democratie party's pure aims so richly merit. D. R. Fh Alt CIS." Coal Mm In CobUm Kansas City, Mo., Sept 1L—EvU dences of the exUtence of > combina tion of coal miners and coal .dealers to* force up coal prices and maintain them are multiplying daily, and this. ' • morning*an Operator admitted that such an agreement existed! From1 his. standpoint a combination seemed to* be a good thing, for it had* already secured an increase of $8 for each cay load of the product of his mines kola’s Natural tins CarolrsL Ioi.a, Kau., Sept 11.—The natural gas carnival, which is being held in. loin every night this week in connec tion with the Allen county fair, is at tracting visitors from all over Kansas and many from other states The gas is supplied from eight wells, with an (Wgregate output of 60,00u,<>00 cubic* feet daily, and it is estimatedithat not less than 10,000,000 feet .are burned each evening. Kansas Cattle Company Attached. ^ Ellsworth, Kan.. Sept. ll.—Twen ty-sin attachments for 97,000 has been placed on the EUs'wortli Land and cattle company of the county.) r of which W. C. Wornall of Kansas City, Mo., is president. The company owns about 6,000 acres of land. here'.and wintered 2,100 head of cattle, on which they have lost money. Aotor James Lewis Dead* Nbw York. Sept 11. —James Lewis, tlie comedian, long a member of Augustin Daly’s company, died to-da* at West Hampton, L. 1. Another Hew Orleans Bank Closed. New. Orleans, La., Sept. 11.—The* Mutual National bank closed its doors this morning. The capital stock was only 9300,000l LIVE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS Quotations From Hew York, Chicago, St* Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere. . OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator.. It 9 18 . Butter—Fair to good country,. 1< a is Eggs—Fresh... 11 A 11 54 Poultry—Live hens.per*. 554® 8 Spring Chickens. 8 n 9 I prlng Ducks.-. 7 A 754. Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 6 00 ® V SO Honey—Fancy White....;. 13 os 15 I otutoes— New... 20 (H 25 Oranges—Per box .. 5 00 A 6 50 Hay—Upland, per ton...'.. 4 50 9100 Potatoes—New... 20 A 25 Apples-Per bbl......;.... 150 A'2 50 SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET. Hogs—Light Mixed... 2 DO OaQO Hogs—Heavy Weights..2 70 9280 Beef—Steen. 2 00 A 4 25* Bulls. 2 00 @3 00 M liken and springers.22 00 @30 00 Stags.150 A 2 00 Calves. 3 00 A 6 00 Cows . 10> A 2 90 Heifen. 2 00 A 2 90 Frnrken and Feeden. 2 50 A 3 40 Cuttle—Westerns.. 2 00 A 3 SO Sheep—Native Feeden. 2 00 A 3 23 cheep—Lambs...—. 3 00 A 4 00 • H1CAUO. Wheat—No. 2 Spring. MH9 Hit Corn—Per bu... 19 A Oats—Per bu...: .'..13 Pork.... 5 HI Lard. a 72 Cuttle—Western liangen. 3 20 Choice Calves. . 3 00 Hogs—Medium mixed. 8 85 Sheep—Lambs. 3 25 Sheep—Western range. 3 00 NEW YORK. Wheat—No. 2, Red Winter. K254A Corn No. 2...... 25 A Oats—No. 2,. 1954A Pork-. 9 » A10 Lard—.-. 4 10 0 8 ST. LOUIS, Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. 5 ’HA Corn—Per bu. 17 A Oats—Per bu.. l« A Hogs—Mixed parking. 2 90 A 3 Cattle—Native bhlp'ng Steen. 3 CD A 4 KANSAS Cl i Y. Wheat—No. 2 hard. . f054A Corn—N a 2... IS A Oats—No. 2. 17 A Cattl-—stricken and feeders.. 2 50 A3 Hogs—Mixed. a 00 03 Sheep—Lambs .. sou @4 Sheep—Muttons.2 00 AS No wither* Tour hjr htlmtR ^ ,v> , 6pRiSQrniDv ItlL, Sept I, Th»: presidential candidate of the' gold: standard Democrats, General John U. , Palmar, will not make a Southern , tour next week. He will leave to morrow dor Louisville and return Monday to try two lawsuits in Clay : county, 11L OMSHtlnt Gold Democrat* Asa Msw Hatch, Conn.,Sept,'ll.—At the 1 meeting of the exeoutivd committee of thi gold Democrats ofJ Connecticut here, it was decided to putna full state I ticket in the field, including Presip | dential electors. /