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THE JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. STATE NEWS. The Orleans high school gradu ated a class of eleven. Work is being- pushed on the state fair buildings at Omaha. Some vineyards in Johnson county have suffered from the beetle. Eighty veterans were in line at the "Wayne decoration day exercises. The material of the Tecumseh Re public is to be sold at sheriff's sale. The raise in the price of wheat has had a tendency to start a deal of it moving. A fine horse valued at ?2tS00, the froperty of Henry Fry of York, died ast week. Craig's creamery is receiving so much milk that it runs every day in the week, including Sunday. An enterprising laundryman at Hastings does S-'OO worth of work every week for Omaha parties. The Shelby saloon fight has been settled by the "granting of licenses for sale of intoxicating liquors. District court in Boyd county, about to be held, will try the Barrett Scott case from Holt county. The Beatrice Hardware company's store is in the hands of creditors who have been given chattle mortgages. Henry Crowell is digging for coal near Lyons and claims to have taken out of the shaft gold-bearing quartz rock. Winside is preparing for a big time on the Fourth. Many attractions are offered and the crowd is expected to be great. Cats have been making sad work among the young chickens at Sterling, and as a result there now a war on the felines. Gus Sanermean, of Omaha, at tempted suicide by taking poison. He was despondent oyer inability to obtain employment. The Sargent Times' plant has been cold to parties who will use the ma terial in publication of a paper at Co lumbus, Montana. An old couple at Nebraska City, aged C9 and 70, have commenced court pro ceedings for divorce. They are Henry X. Piatt and wife Flora. The 2-year-old child of John Arm strong, who lives seven miles northeast ot Hemmingford, fell into the wind mill tank and was drowned. Harry A. Overbeck has been ap pointed superintendent of construction of the state fair buildings by the Omaha Fair and Speed association. Hanson fc Olson, implement deal ers of Holdrege, closed their doors and their stock is in the hands of the Uni ted States National bank, which holds the first mortgage. A Niobrara lady celebrated her 35th birthday last week. The notable fea ture of the celebration is that the lady was born in Niobrara and has never lived anywhere else. Prof. B. B. Smith, who for the last year has been principal of the high school in Craig has accepted a position with Donahue fc Heneberry of Chicago as traveling salesman. CL H. Wilson's jewelry store at Dunbar was entered by burglars Tues day night and a large amount of goods taken. A reward of 5300 has been offered for the thieves. Buy home-made goods and build up heme industries is a good policy: Kar tell' Fire Extinguisher, made by Far Tell &. Co., Omaha; Morse-Coe boots and shoes for men. women and children. The twenty-eighth annual conven tion of the Nebraska State Sunday School association will be held at Beat rice, June 11 13. The seesion will take place on the Chautauqua grounds. It is expected there will be a large at tendance. Mrs. C. E. Uyers and daughter and Mrs. J. Mason had a very narrow es cape from death, at Valley. Upon crossing the Union Pacific tracks they were horrified to find that train No. 2 was nearly onto them. It frightened them so they screamed and fainted. The scream scared the horse so that he gave a jump, carrying the ladies out of danger and ran down the road at a ter rific pace- The ladies finally came to and stopped the horse. So many beets are going to be raised around Emmerson that the en thusiastic claim that an extra train will have to be run between that town and Norfolk during the marketing sea son. A special prayer meeting was held in Center township, Buffalo county, for rain. The meeting began at 10 o'clock and lasted until 5 without re cess. Rev Brooker had the meeting in charge. Peter Myers, a school boy aged 15, living at Dixon, was accidentally shot in the head by a playmate and has since died. It is now claimed that the shooting was not accidental and the boy who fared the shot is now under ar rest. Mrs. Lars Olson, one of the early pioneer women of Oakdale, died very suddenly, after only a few days illness, of paralysis. She, with her family, settled on a homestead in 18G6. She was CO years of age, and leaves an in valid husband and a number of grown children. Auditor Moore has sent notices to state institutions, county officers and others containing provisions of the new law for a uniform system of vouchers. The law went into effect May 15, and is being complied with by state institu tions. The new law requires that the original invoice shall accompany the vouchers, and shall be sworn to. Representativesof the various fairs in the southern Nebraska circuit have agreed upon the following dates for this fall: Wilber, August 21 to 23; Ed gar, August 27 to 39; Geneva, Septem ber 2 to 6; Hebron, September 9 to 12; Nelson, September 17 to 20; Superior, September 24 to 2C Decoration day exercises in Ne braska City were marred by an acci dent. Just at the clofee several persons were precipitated to the ground by the collapse of some loosely constructed Beats at the park. Mrs. Dr. Bedell suffered a broken limb and Mrs. U w. Hodge and O. N. Watson were severely bruised. Dr. J. W. Chadduck, the oldest dentist in Nebraska City, died last week, aged 64 years, He has been a resident of Otoe county for thirty-two years. He was at one time president of the Dentists' association of the state. A Minden young man advertises that he wants to trade his interest in a one-half acre onion patch, for a high grade bicycle. He is frank about it, though, and gives as his reason for wanting to trade "the labor required to keep the weeds down." State Superintendent Corbett has reversed the rulling of his predecessor by holding that boards of education have a right to elect and employ teach ers for the ensuing year without wait ing for newly elected members to en ter upon the duties of their office. The barns and sheds of L. Nuren berger, residing southeast of Waj-ne, were destroyed by fire together with thirteen head of horses, one stallion, harness, granary, sheds, farm imple ments, and about 2,000 bushels of grain. Loss, $2,500; insurance. SUKX The origin of the fire is uuknown. but it is supposed to be the work of tramps. The Holt county relief committee has officially denounced Mrs. Broaddus and all other slanderers of Nebraska who have been making a profit for themselves by spreading destitution stories all over the east and south. The Lincoln Journal says that if Mrs. Broaddus does not subside it may be the duty of the governor to call out the militia and suppress her. At Lincoln Judge Holmes heard arguments on the motion to quash the summons served upon the bondsmen of the defaulting ex-oil inspector, Frank Hilton. The bondsmen contended that they were residents of Washington county, where service was improperly had upon them, and that the cause of action did not arie in Lancaster coun ty and was not rightly brought in that county. Judge Holmes reserves his decision. George 11 Fawcett will go -to Chi cago, there to undergo treatment for an ailment which has I a tiled the skill of the physicians of this city. About seven weeks ago Fawcett was sitting in his father's law ofiice in Omaha when he felt a prickling sensation in his legs. Attempting to arise from his chair, he discovered that both legs were paralyzed from the hips down. At this time the whole lower portion of his tody is dead. A number of prominent farmers and business men have been at work the past few days, says a Shelton dis patch, with a preliminary survey for an Irrigation canal to run south of this place. The survey will be completed and steps will at once be taken toward organizing a 6tock company to con struct the ditch. It will be sixteen miles long and the source of supply will be the Platte river, which it will tap about ten miles west of Shelton. The case of Mrs. Hanna P. Bar tow of Lincoln against C. IL Bertram and his bondsmen. IS. 1L Wolf and F. F. Hoppe, for S5.00O is being heard by Judge Holmes Mrs Bartow claims that her husband was killed in a runa way on June 13, 193, near Cushman Park, and that it would not have hap pened if the defendant saloonkeeper had cot sold him enough liquor to numb his senses and paralize him so he could not drive his team. A Fremont dispatch says: People are coming to the conclusion that A. W. Forbes, instead of being at the bot tom of the Platte or some of the lakes in this vicinity, is alive. A party here claims very positively that he saw Forbes walkiug east on the Elkhorn a tout a mile cast of the city at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, carrying a small bundle in his hand. He was too far away to speak to him, but waived his hand, and Forbes in reply waived his bundle. He says he will take his oath that the party he saw on the track was Forbes. A severe hail, rain and wind storm struck Chapman last week, doing some damage to crops and breaking many windows. A small cyclone struck about two miles east of that place, tak ing everything in its track, one-half mile wide and a mile long. The farm house of A. Ilailor was completely de molished, and Mrs. llailor nnd two children sustained severe injuries and were found in an unconscious condi tion. I'ailor was quite badly hurt on the bead, but their other children es caped more luckily, their clothes being literally torn from their bodies, and they are covered with bruises caused by the haiL Lincoln will have the next populist state convention, which will be held August next at 2 p. m. At the last meeting of the state central committee of the party it was decided that the selection of the time, place and repre sentation should be left for the execu tive committee. The latter committee met at the Lindell hotel in Lincoln and the rival cities of the state which wanted the convention had their repre sentatives on hand and a lively contest was the result. Lincoln, Fremont, Columbus and Hastings were contest ants. On the second ballot Lincoln was selected. The P.roken Row Republican 6ays that Charley Penn is the only man in that locality that has no fear from drouth. He now has thirty acres of his land under irrigating ditches, and his wind mill so rigged that it throws 40J gallons of water a minute into his reservoir. He abandoned his centrifu gal pump, and instead invented a con trivance on the plan of the old chain pump, which attached to his wind mill by means of a coupling rod, elevates the water from the stream through a box chute into the trough, which car ries it to his reservoir. Nebraska City has organized an artillery company, with William Mapes as captain. The company will be loaded with a (Jatling and will belong to the Nebraska National Guard. On tho 2Dth occurred the annual class day exercises of the Nebraska State Normal school at Peru. The sen ior class this year numbers forty-one, or more than have been sent out in any preceding years, and the program ren dered was one in keeping with the ability manifested by this, the normal school's strongest class. The residence and barn of Amos Reed, a farmer living near Filley, were destroyed by fire. The fire started in the house. Mr. and Mrs. Reed were in Beatrice at the time the fire occurred. People who were passing succeeded in getting a few things from the house. The Joss is about 33,000, partly insured. SHOWS AN INCREASE. TRADE CONDITIONS ARE VERY GRATIFYING. Tha Flurry In Wheat Has Had IJttla Effect In the Country Cieneral Healthy ComlltAon of All Manufactures Fallaros for the Week. New Tork. June 3. Tt. Q. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: More far-reaching than any change during the last week, if really warrant ed by facts, is the continued rise In the prices of wheat and cotton. Ileal scarc ity of either would affect all business. Happily there Is still room to hope that acts of Injury are greatly exaggerated, although there has been some evidence during the week that both the great crops have suffered more than at first appeared. Other changes are almost all favorable and some highly encour aging. Labor troubles are clearly less threatening. Monetary conditions ar satisfactory and the substantial In crease In the commercial demand Is a good sign. Kxchanges through the clearing-houses have been greatly In flated by speculation, and at this time last year were cut down by the coal strike and toward the end of May, 1SS3, greatly reduced by bank failures, but for the week exceed last year's by 19 per cent and fall only 5.6 per cent below those of 1S93. while the dally average for May Is C6.9 per cent larger than last year, but 7.1 per cent less than In 1S93. Wheat Is largely supported by publlo buying, and the purchasing orders from farming regions are supposed to Indi cate an opinion of the yield. Yet wheat comes forward freely, as it would not at current prices If a short crop were assured, and western receipts for tha month have been 5,944.574 bushels, against 5.5-5.258 last year. North At lantic exports reflect increased haste to buy abroad, amounting in four weeks, flour Included, to 6.183.420 bushels, against 9,716.097 last year. Cotton continues strong because It Is believed there will be much reduction In yield per acre as well as In acreage. No estimate based on definite informa tion puts the decrease In acreage at more than 13.5 per cent, which, with a yield per acre equal to last year's, would mean a crop of S.4O0.O0O bales. The Iron manufacturer Is gaining rap Idly, and the average of prices, which had fallen Feb. 1 to 54.1 per cent of the prices In October, 1S30, has now risen to 59.1 per cent, most of the advances having been in May. It is believed the wage question will be settled at Pitts burg this year without any strike. The failures during tha last week have been 215 In the United States against 1&3 last year, and 34 in Canada against 27 last year. JESSIE BARTLETT DAVIS ILL. Popular Prima Donua Stricken with Long Trouble at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, June 3. Jessie Uartletf Davls. the popular prima donna of the BostonLans, is seriously ill at the Hotel Metropole. She has been unable this week to appear in her accustomed role in "Robin Hood." She has had a nar row escape from pneumonia. The doc tors, however, checked It, although she is suffering from congestion of tha lungs. To-night her physician said: 'Mrs. Davis is still a very sick woman, but she Is better than she was yester day. It will be some time before she will dare risk singing at a perform ance." Indiana Crop Itelng Rained. Indlananolls. Ind.. June 3. The month of May went out yesterday with the rnunlclpai government of some small unprecedented official thermometry J town near Montr.al. but the Interesting figures at 95 degrees in the shade, five j questlon may then arise whether the degrees hotter than any previous record , ,,roVnclal government can Interfere In Indiana since official mercury records wlth mUnlc!iaI resolutions. An cmls have been kept. The recent hot wave in sary of tne syndicate left for the states Indiana has made the crop conditions . yesterday. more alarming in their results than at j ew York, June 1. Champion Jim any time within the recollection of the corbett has gone to Asbury Park to be oldest Inhabitant. The soil has been gjn nS preparatory training for his fairly baked during the last few days, fight with Fitzslmmons. He Intends re ared under the Influence of th mid- . malnlng there until the first of July at summer heat and scorching wi.id vege- j ieast. In order that he may be In good tation of all kinds Is beginning to ( condition when the time and place of wither. The situation is alarming. No battle are announced. pest or plague that hss ever visited In- ) diana begins to compare with what Is ! described as the ruin predicted for this year. jcendlary fires on the upper West Side Opposed to silver. I during the last three monts comes tht Atlanta, Ga June 3. At a meeting of startling revelation that there are three the Southern Wholesalers' association t regularly-organized gangs of fire-bugs the members uniformly declared them- I in this city, who are In the hands of in selves, in Interviews, as oppost 1 to the surance adjusters and bound by oaths free coinage of silver. Capt. J. II. Mar- j to Imperil the lives and property of tin of Memphis, the largest wholesale . New Yorkers for a paltry few dollars. dealer in the south, at the meeting said Grover Cleveland should receive a sal ary of 100.000 and be elected for life. The statement was indorsed by the meeting. May lie Lynched. Hinckley, Minn., June 3. William Fitzslmmons stabbed Joe Vlgue to death In front of the Cottage hotel here yes terday. The men quarreled and scuf fled because Vlgue let a horse get away, but they were separated. After the matter seemed to have been satisfac torily arranged Fitzslmmons drew a large knife and plunged It Into VIgue's heart. The hitter's friends may at tempt to lynch Fitzslmmons. Bad lllate at St. John's, Mich. St. John's, Mich., June 3. The. finish ing department, offices and dry-kllns of the St. John's Manufacturing com pany were destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss on the buildings and stock, &o, 000; no insurance. The machinery de partment and $200,000 worth of lumber and stock were saved. The factory was the largest exclusive table factory in the world. Threaten a Lynching. Veedersburg, Ind., June 3. Alvah Booe was arrested for assaulting a little girl. The townspeople threatened to lynch him, but were prevented by wiser counsel. He was bound over to court in 11,000 bonds and taken to Jail. The county officials fear that a mob will organize to take summary vengeance on the prisoner. Wo Pennsylvania Reapportionment. Harrisburg. Pa., June 8. There will ba no reapportionment by this legisla ture. This was settled yesterday by tha defeat In th house of tha congressional, senatorial aad legislative bUla. QUIT THE PENINSULA. Troops negln Marching Out of Chinese Territory France position Defended. London, June 3. The Times today prints a dispatch from Tien Tsln which says that the Japanese are rapidly evacuating the Liao Tun peninsula, and that the movement will be complet ed In ten days. The Paris correspondent of the Stan dard is assured that the town dues of Pekln will be required as a partial guar antee of the indemnity loan. Paris. June 3. In the senate yester day M. Hanotaux, the minister of for eign affa.rs, made an Important state ment regarding the foreign policy of the government, in which he denied that French national interests were subordinated to the Interests of other powers. lie explained that the part which France took In the European representations to Japan was dictated by the interests of France, In view of her position in Indo-China and the pro tection she owed to French religious missions In China. France could not see the Independence of China menaced by a permanent Japanese occupation. If the empire of China fell or was rude ly shaken French Interests would sure ly suffer from the consequent disorder and aoarchy. Russia, he continued, held the same view regarding the ne cessity of maintaining the status quo In China in her own Interest, and Ger many likewise had good reasons for acting in unison with France and Rus sia. Regarding Die approaching fes tivities at Kiel upon the occasion of the opening of the Baltic and North Sea canal. M. Hanotaux said that the char acter of the Invitation allowed France to accept It without making any change In her policy. The participation of France in the festivities, he explained, was simply an act of International courtesy. POLYGAMISTS MAY BE BARRED Ciovernment ORirer Not Likely to Ad- mlt Certain Mormon. Washington. June 3. An Interesting question has arisen In the treasury de partment which Involves the legal meaning of the word polygamic. Com missioner General Stumpf, of the im migration bureau, has received applica tions for admission In this country of Robert Stenson, his wife Kate. Ha r Lara Hunton. Lizzie Naylor and seven chil dren. These Immigrants recently ar rived at Quebec, Can., from Glasgow. Scotland, and In their affidavits state that they are Mormons In religion and full believers in polygamy, and that each Intends to practice polygamy if so Inclined on reaching their destination. Salt Lake City. The question Involved Is whether belief In polygamy of Itself, and In the absence of proof of any polygamous act. brings the party with in the Inhibition of the law declaring that polygamlsta shall not be admitted into this country. Acting Secretary Wlke has the subject under considera tion. Mr. Strumpf Is of the opinion that the parties should be debarred admis sion. CANADA WANTS THE BIG FIGHT. A Montreal Syndicate Prepared to Offer a Pnrwe of 8SS.OOO. Montreal, Que., June 3. There is a possibility of the Corbett-Fitzslmmons fight taking place in the immediate vi cinity of Montreal. A syndicate, the names of the members of which are as yet a secret, has been formed for the purpose of offering a purse of J 25.000 If the fight shall be pulled off here. They will guarantee that no one will Inter fere with It. Of course, this means that i - . v. Organise! Gang or Flreboga. New York. June 3. Following close upon the two-score of apparently in- , and not to disclose their secrets under penalty of torture. Many of the me bers of these gangs have been arrested, and the police promise sensational dis closures. Together In Life and Death. Charlest6n, 111., June 3. General Q. M. Mitchell was working in his garden yesterday morning when he fell dead. Mrs. Mitchell was so overcome with grief that she died four hours later. The funeral of both will occur Sunday afternoon. G. M. Mitchell was born In Kentucky in 1835 and came to Illinois in 1851. He entered the army in 1861 as captain of Company C, First Illinois volunteers, was promoted to the rank of colonel In 1863 and was mustered out of service Nov. 3, 1865, as brigadier gen eral. Free Silver Men to Take Action. Chicago, June 3. It is claimed here on apparently good authority that not only will the free silver democrats of Illinois adopt an unlimited silver coin age platform at their state convention at Springfield next week, but they will also adopt and send forth a memorial address to the free silver democrats of the country calling for a national demo cratic monetary convention to be held during the coming autumn, the date to be hereafter fixed by a conference of members of various state committees. Cut to Pieces by a Negro. Baltimore, Md., June 3. The 9-month-old baby of George Simpson, who re sides near Marion Station, Somerset County, was horribly butchered by a colored boy yesterday. It seems that the parents of the child had engaged a colored girl to nurse it, and while they were absent the colored girl took It to her home, and while thert a mall negro boy cut it nearly to piece with a knife, i HONOR THE DEAD. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT CHICAGO DEDICATED. Cannon Used In the War Spiked Monu ment to Jerry Rusk Unveiled at Vlro ana. Wis. Tho Day Celebrated Else where, Chicago May 31. The dedication of the monument to southern soldiers burled In Oakwoods cemetery was th; principal event of the day In Chicago, owing to the prominence of the men taking part. The attending generals, other officers and distinguished visitors under escort of the Chicago City Troop. Capt. M. L. C. Funkhauser command ing, were driven to the 12th street sta tion Illinois Central railroad, wher? they boarded the train for 60th street. As the procession passed along Michi gan avenue en route to the depot bat tery D. I. NT. 05., Capt. Alfred Russell commanding, fired a national salute of 46 cuns. On the arrival of the train at 60th street the distinguished party alighted and, again taking carriages, were Joined by detachments from the national guard, grand army posts and confederate veterans and the combined bodies, preceded by a military band, all under escort of the IUack Hussars. Capt. T. S. Qulncy commanding, marched In funeral parade to the graves and monument site In Oakwoods. A most interesting xerogram of music and addresses was given, followed by the ceremony of consecrating the guns, as follows: At first cannon Col. Stewart: This gun. having fired its last shot on field of battle, will now be sounded and then silenced forever. Spike the gun!" Whereupon the spiking party spiked th? cannon. Lieut. Col. France placing the spike and Comrade Noel driving it home. After the gun was spiked Col. Stewart assisted Miss Lucy Lee Hill on a pedestal and the lady said: "This cannon, with Its glorious record on field of battle, having been silenced forever I do consecrate to the memory of the valorous soldiery we now monument, as a military decoration for their bravery and honor unto death." The same ceremony was repeated with three other guns. LINCOLN MONL'MKNT TRANSFERRED Decoration Day Fittingly Observed at the Illinois Capital. Springfield. 111.. May 31. Special fea ttires of Decoration day observance at the capital were the pilgrimage of Ran som iost. G. A. R.. of St. Louis, to the tomb of Lincoln: the dedication of the Grand Army monument at Oak Ridge cemetery and the ceremony of transfer ring the custody of Lincoln monument from the monumental association to the state, which will hereafter have charge of It and make it free to all visitors. The visitors were received by local Grand Army posts. Sons of Veterans and Company C, I. N. G., and marched to the cemetery, where Interesting ex ercises were held at the tomb of Lin coln. Senator Cullom delivered a brief address of welcome, which was respond ed to by Mayer Walbridne. of St. Louis. Rev. M. Burnham. of St. Louis, deliv ered an oration, and this was followed by singing the Grand Army ritual, strewing flowers, etc Miners Will Not Strike. Columbus. O.. May SO. There will be no national strike of the mine workers declared. This conclusion was reached yesterday by the sixty-five delegates to the Interstate convention of United mine workers now In session In this city. At the meetir.g co-day an attempt will be mads to recommend a scale to be adopted Adjourned Till Tuesday. Sprlr.fcfkdd. 111., May 21. The senate rejx nted of Its decision to hold a session on LVet5Ktion day, and after convening this morning adjourned without trans acting any Important business. A few committee relets wore xresented, and the senators then signed an agreement to do no business until next Tuesday. The house will mH-t to-morrow. Juetlou of Lire Insurance. Jacksonville, Fla., May 31. Judge gram from Key West, Fla., says: "Ti e steamship Mascotte, from Havana, brines the news that Martl's death Is authoritatively denied In that city. It Is reported that Martl's life was insured for J50.000. which his wife attempted to collect. The insurance company de manded proof of Ms death from Mar tinez Campos, which was refused." Ohio Republicans Adjourn. Zanesvllle. Ohio, May 31. The conven tion reassembled at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, completed the State ticket, as given below, and at 2 p. m. adjourned. Following Is the complete ticket: Asa 6. Busknell. Governor; A. W. Jones. Lieutenant-Governor; W. D. Gullbert, Auditor: Thad. A. Minshall. Supreme Judge; Josiah B. Allen. Supreme Court Clerk; Frank S. Monnett. Attorney-Oen-eral; rauel B. Campbell. Treasurer; E. L. Lybarger, Board of Public Works. Prominent Men Hanquet. Chicago. May 31. The banquet given by the citizens of Chicago last night in honor of the distinguished ex-Confeder-nte offlcers who have met in Chicago to dedicate the Oakvoods monument was an enthusiastic and conspicuous suc cess. Among those present and re sponding to toasts we-e the following: Gen. Butler. Gen. Longstreet, Gen. John C. Black, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Gen. Wade Hampton. Occupation of ChltraL Calcutta, May 31. It is announced In a dispatch from Simla that it is under stood the government of India advises the permanent occupation of Chltral by British troops and the building of a road there to connect with other Brit ish military routes from the south. The Seventeen-Year Test Is Reginnlns Its Ravages. Dee Moines, Iowa, May 31. From a number of places in this county come reports that the seventeen-year locusts, the scourge that impoverished the Northwest a number of years ago, are here again. The last time they visited this section was In 1S78. Thus far the locusts have not done much damage to crops, but seem to prefer the tres. But in some places they have destroyed all green vegetation over a large area. They are dally multiplying in numbers and the most serious results are ex pected. . FOR "SOUND" MONEY. Edmunds Opans tha Campaign In the East. Philadelphia, Pa,, May 30. The open ing gun of the "sound" money cam paign was fired last nlfht at an enthu siastic public meeting in the Academy of Music The principal speakers of th evening were: Ex-United States Sen ator George F. Edmund. ex-Comptroller of the Currency William L Trenholm. Congressman Michael D. Harter, of Ohio, ex-MInlster to Russia Charles Emory Smith, and Joseph Wharton. Mr. Edmunds said the sound money question must be decided by political action, not party action. The speaker discussed the variation in value of the two metals. "If any faith can be put in human experience," he said. "It ought to teach us that w cannot make a given amount of silver worth any more when it is printed at the mint with the stamp of the United States than it was before. If the last congress had passed on March 3, the last day of its session, what is now vociferously demanded by the free coinage people, every owner and producer of silver bullion would take his ounces of silver to th; mint worth 63.48 cents and get $1.29. And having got more than two silver dol lars for his ounces of silver, he would come to the worklngman to whom he owes for labor and say: If I had bought It in metal It would have taken ten pounds; but I have taken it to a benfi cent United States office and had it stamped and you must take five pounds of it M Ex-Comptroller Trenholm said: "By general admission the gold Idea and tha silver Idea are Irreconcilable. A decis ion as to which Is the right one can only be reached by reasoning predicated upon the facts and guided by logic. Tho principle of a definite and unchange able monetary unit guided us to resumption In 1879. and since then it has secured for us ultimata safety In all tha vicissitudes of business and all tha commercial and financial panics that have swept over our country." Congressman Harter argued that an abundance of money did not always prevent commercial and business de pression. On the contrary, he urged, some of our financial panics had coma at a time when money was redundant. Charles Emory Smith spoke on "The Workingman's Interests." Mrs. Notion's Leave of Abtence. Omaha, May 20. I desire to state that Mrs. Nbtson secured leave of ab sence from her school in August before 6he had ever seen Mr. Corbett or com municated with him at all. After his election 6he asked me to write him a letter in her behalf. At that time she distinctly told me that he had never promised to appoint her as his deputy, but that she most earnestly desired the position, and I inferred from what she said that 6he thought she had earned it from the party. I have it from the gentlemen themselves that she told two others precisely what she told me that Mr. Corbett had never promised her the deputy ship. From all her con versation with me, it appeared that she simply hoped to induce him to appoint her, although he had made no promise whatever. Mr. Corbett was the choice of the people of this state, is filling' an im portant office with credit to himself and to the advantage of the schools of the state. There is certainly nothing in this matter which should call for his condemnation or for the withdrawal from him of public confidence. A. P. Marble, Superintendent of Omaha Public Schools. Lixcolk, May 20. I entirely concur in Superintendent Marble's conclu sions. From all the information ob tainable, there certainly seems a strong injustice in attempting to make Super intendent Corbett at all accountable for Mrs. Nottson's death. James II. Canfiflix Chancellor University of Nebraska. CrUp Faxors Free Coinage. Atlanta, Ga., May 30. Speaker Crisp puts a quietus on the discussion of his views on the financial question in the following card given out for publica tion: "Ever since I gave consideration to the question I have been a believer In and an advocate of the free and un limited coinage of silver." Sfonteipal L.eagne Convention. Cleveland, May 30. The Municipal League convention was called to order this afternoon. There are a large num ber of delegates in town and more are arriving on every train. Prior to the opening of the convention the board of delegates held a business session. The feature of the proceedings was a paper by Clinton Rodgers Woodruff, secretary of the National Reform league. Y LITE STOCK. 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