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8 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT- August 16, 1900. General News Whai fa Chicago.. 7?f77c ra !a Chirm a 25 41c Vxtm is Chicago 21fc2Sc Tfc Englith war loan of JiO. was oa-half tk-n by J. P. Morgan & Co. f New York for Ameri cas Hjfftor. A ssrsjmary of tbe condition of all tfc caliocaJ task la the Celt! State at tiwe cke of buln-fc June 25. WOO, La te-c corcpletd by the comptroller of tb currency. Tbe acgreijat as&eis Is bcwn to be fl.5HS,22. the high est erer r&4"b4 in tte history of the tatiosud jrtem. The number of banks rejiurticx ' 32. aa agiinU 3.722 ot Jub 29 lat. Tte increase In the ttmlmlzg Ki;t:m as lCS.94t.Cw. The clmulatioa 1 cow shown to be tZiZJ&ZM. The rtr fceH oa Jane 2. wa pr cent and oa Jar 2. lHt, TJt.lh it cent,. There are tiU UftWi acre of pov ertnect land is Michigan which cam artrutred by pre-emption or under tfi timber and eiose act. T' .r .-. Afctnr f'h.rHVf nfiOCQBlUUS HI Aliruiuwu, in.., lews, ouu- York La forwarded from MarJIa to th arrary of war a severe critl clc ci we ariay' cedlcal eyttem ia tte Pt:Lppis. allesiag that there 1b a lac of urgeo&. lack of nurse, lack of o4icil uppe. including such ar ticles a te-t. and asking that ae ! allowed ttt Tor emergency ?J;rlbsti:. A copy of Mi CLaaler niic4m La been forwarded to Mrs. Cowies. iwe ister of Governor Roose velt jod to teveral official and iadi iMul of prosic-ice. Secretary Root r-f?red 51is Chanter's letter to Sur gfoa Oeneral Sterntrg. wLo has sab iame4 to Mr. lioot what t regarded as a ,ssptete refutation, or the arraign ment. I:t at-fce from Asiatic Turkey thow tLa the t&cre of Christians La asala coc reeled. Two hundred mtn. omea and ctildreu were killed In ese village. The entire property of Harper Bros., the rreat New York rmblif hinf com pany, waa sold lat week under fore-i'de rtosare to a syndicate. The sum real-! :xd wa $l.llf.0.y. The debts oa the ' tire of fa.iure fcchedukd nearly $1,- The cosi:tioa of the Kansas corn crop i gives officially ij& St per cent. TLa estimate is as--5 oa returns from ctery tctool dittrkx tn Kan, dated Arcn 4. Kir.ce then the corn ha suf fered ome from tLe continued dry and Lot weather to that "half a crop" is tte !i that can te reasonably ex pected. By th tame official report. b-s-ud by the tate board of agrcultnre tooight. the total wheat yield is re ported officially a 7 0M.M bushels. This Is the Largest crop of wceat ever ktowo fa any year by any American tae. Th wL-at harvest is over and tse LgZTx may te accepted a correct. The two men who held up a UrJon Pa-i3c traio cear Huro. Colo., last w. killing a man. r rounded up t j a pose tear God!and. Kas.. and killed. They wrre ia a Lous and in I he ?.Lt two deputy sheriffs were -erly woucded. to aenoasly that they will probably die. A dirct cable to Germany is being laid EiT way of th Axore island. A man who Is accused of being a X"ii brick wisdJer and operating un ir the name of Smith. Ugden. Pratt .- tsd Flower. Is under arrt at Malone. N. Y. It is aid that Lis operations were conducted in conjunction with two other, and that e within the la?t tea year Lave swindled farmers ip varkMi places out of at least It i reported that a forest fire is -e$!is-g the magaitnt timber belt between the Upper Ceywr Basin and the lake in the Yellowstone Park. The ire started !t wt-ek and was soon be-! r,s4 control. Betide the irreparable kK-s to the park many hotel buildings are threatened with destruction. As express offM-srr in tbe Penn sylvania railway named Lang was fori ad dead in his car upon Its arrival at Columbus on the 11th inst. He had ben shot by robbers w ho took his keya and went through the safe. That the oeeE.rer defended himself was evidenced by tbre empty shells in his retolrer which was found by Li !d. IL H. Karrell. an ex-emp'-oye. Las ben arretted and coz.fr-d to the murder and robbery. Most of the money taken La been recovered. Tbe state of Colorado is suing the Pullman Palace Car company for $11. C4S of corporation taxes. The com pany incorporated in Colorado with $100. when it real capital i $71. :0Cf3. and the state wants a tax on the Uttrr r;a For year there ta been no uch a general period of intense heat a pre vailed over thi country during the pt twelve day. The death rate in the cities increased enormously and deatbs from Leat proatratioa ran as hifh as fifty in a tangle day in a fcingle day in New j Johnson Bros, and dmaged their build e and fifteen in Chi- j lnR very badly. The office of the Sew York and to twel cago. which Is presumably a com para ttvely cool city. At Boston, Philadel phia and even la the Minnesota cities, W heat wra so intern a to largely in terfere with business and result in hacdred of deaths. The suffering araoTue the poor people of cie cities, iu tbe crowded district, has been intense and children hate died by thousands. Oilcaco c3 New York have never had tach a record. Three bids w-re recird for 36.000 toe of armor plat last week. The government ha rejected them all. The Midi ale bteel company bid for 20.000 ten at a uuch lower price than was asked by the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies, but the latter made their i4s conditional upon the whole con tract being divided between them. New bid will be received- fiereraJ railway employe working near Ames, Ia were poisoned one day by dri&VJztg buttermilk tn which pyro texifc had formed. Three of them are noosJy affected. Lord Chief Justice Itusael of England i ceA. He wi a Jurist of great re sen. llit Saratoga address oa In- tematloaal Law and Arbitration" made hi fame among all civilized nations. The Dakota elevator at Buffalo, N. V.. was turned last Monday. It con tained half a million bushels of grain and the total losa was $300,000. The Kaiser Willie 1m der Grosse has again broken the record for quick trips across the Atlantic. Her time, from Handy Hook to Cherbourg was five days, nineteen hours and forty-four minute, an average of 22.79 knots an hour. The imports of merchandise for July were $3,000,000 in excess of tbe figures for July. U93. The gold imports ex ceeded exports by $1,575,005, while the silver exports exceeded imports by $1, G02.SS3. The first reunion of Philippine war veterans was held at Denver this week and a rood attendance had. Denver provided elaborate entertainment for tbe boys and the reunion was a suc cess. Read our premium offers on page 2. A Lehigh railroad train ran into an uaJ uuiwuvw jured sixteen more. Three of those hurt may die. Some crazy woman in Paris sent a package of poisoned flowers to the Chinese minister. She came near kill ing the secretary of legation, who op ened the package, but never touched the minister. The democrats of Texas, after a long wrangle, nominated a state ticket headed by Joseph D. Say era for gov ernor. The fight was over state is sue In the platform. The committees named by Chairman Jones to conduct the campaign of Bryan and Stevenson are not remark able except for tbe geographical loca tion of the committeemen. There was a time when the eastern wing of the democratic party controlled the party. Chairman Jones' committees disclose that whatever party influence the east has at this time must be exercised out- the committees In the commit- inip& iue eait gcis inree piaces, iuv n . X 1 11 middle west five, the south nine, the west twelve and the Pacific coast one. j It arpeais from the formation or the committees that Chairman Jones be- I lieves that the effective workmen, if not the Bryan voters, are to be got from tbe democratic southern and the ; populistic western states. Judge Lacombe refused to sign the order to transfer Neely, the Cuban portal thief, to Havana. His reasons are that tbe whole case is now pend ing in the United States supreme court i on an appeal in the habeas corpus case ; before Judge Wallace. There now j L. E. Bowers of Franklin county seems to be no way to get Neely back I testifies that no primaries or county to Cuba before election, if at all. convention was held in that county; William Dunn testifies to the same The long fight over the island in the j fact. Missouri river at Kansas City, which! W. T. Phillips of Rock county testi is now attached to the mainland, has j fies that the mid-road populists held no ben fettled n favor of the heirs of i primaries or convention in that coun- jjohn H. Mensing, the original settler, The property is worth $150,000. ! Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls of Kan sas is reported as dangerousy ill at Las Vegas, N. M. John G. Woolley, prohibition candi date for president, fell down stairs last Monday and dislocated his shoulder. He will continue his campaign with a short pause in full arm gestures. Coll is P. Huntington, the Pacific rail way magnate died Tuesday of heart failure, at his summer resort :n the Adirondacks. On the loth inst. the largest ship ment of gold to Europe ever made in one day left New York, $8,162,000. This Kbl was sent to pay on the recently j purchased British bonds. The anarchists hae announced since the killing of Humbert of Italy that ' Leopold of Belgium, William of Ger- many. ictoria or England and tne auitan or i urney are on me list to De assassinated. Recently two hundred starving Porto Ricans marched thirty miles to see the governor and demand work or ! bread The cost of the Philippine war up to date is IU6.678.000 and 2.394 human lives. "Golden Rule" Jones, mayor of To ledo. O.. has announced that he will support Mr. Bryan for the presidency. Nine people were killed and many Injured Wednesday by a collision on the railroad nine miles north of Grand Rapids. Mich. Fog obscured signals. The anti-Imperialists organized at Indianapolis with George S. Boutwell as permanent chairman. The almost unanimous sentiment is In favor of Indorsing Bryan. The convention is in session as we go to press. Fire at Seward Tuesday night de- i Et roved a tlO.OOO stock of ennHs fnr ard Democrat was flooded, as was Scott's barber shop and considerable damge done. Fred Schlake. a farmer living two miles from Pickerell Gage county, was found d-ad in tbe road near his home with two holes in his head. Foul play Is suspected, but ia discredited by the fact that he was not robbed and had nearly $300 on his person. Lightning burned the barn of W. A Thompson, near Exeter, last Sunday night, together with four horses and a large quantity of Lay and grain. Loss $U00. Lightning burned off three of tLe telephone wire leading Into Milford Sunday night. The Auburn Chautauqua closed last Sunday after the most successful ses sion in its history. Tbe Independent makes the most lib eral offer yet announced by any paper in Nebraska campaign subscriptions 15 cents each, and elegant premiums. GREATEST FRAUD ON EARTH I'he So-Called (irsnd Island Convention of the So-Called Mlddle-of-the-Road Populists. As the readers of The Independent know, Chairman Edmisten and Secre tary Wilson some time ago filed a pro test with the secretary of state aver ing that the nominations made under the name of "populist" at Grand Isl and had no right to go on the ticket. The evidence Las now been submitted .nd filed at the state house to sustain the protest. It shows th?t the claim that there is such a party in the state as the 'populist'' aside from the one heretofore always known among the people as th populist party, is the most bare-faced traud ever attempted by any bribe-giving, pass-distributing, disgruntled set of disappointed office- fseekers who ever appeared on the face of the earth. There is no such organization in the Btate. There has never been even an attempt to form one. A convention was called and men went there on free transportation and pretended to act as delegates while they represented no body and nothing. Not one caucus was he.'d anywhere in the state to elect a delegate, and yet these republicans called themselves "delegates" and pre tended to represent an organization that did not exist, called the "pop ulist" party. There is no such party and never has been, aside from the people's independent party, universal ly known and alawys called by the peo ple of every political belief the "pop ulist party," and the members of it 'populists." The following is a sum mary of some of the evidence filed with the secretary of state. The evi dence covers every county from which Clem Deaver pretended to have dele gates and a good many others. But it was not a convention at all, for not one man who was there was ever elected by any body of voters to represent them. They went of their own motion, or after being solicited to go by re publican leaders and every one of them was bribed with a free pass, while many had their expenses paid. To call that aggregation a "convention" repre senting voters is a fraud so bald and U!J ll A 1 uum mai any nouesi man must turn away from it in absolute disgust Mr. J. J. O'Keffe of Greeley county testihes that he knows of his own ner sonal knowledge that there is but one populist party in Greeley county, it held conventions in 1900 and that it is the one which selected delegates to the populist convention held in Lin coin July 11, 1800, and there is no par ty in Greeley county known as the mid-road populists and no primaries or convention was held by any such party. J. C Harris also testifies to the same fact. jty, and that they have no organization in that county. Five citizens of Sherman county tes tified that no primaries were held in Sherman county or selected delegates to any so-called populist convention or middle-of-the-road populists, or for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Grand Island convention, and that there is no such party in that county. Cliff Frank, York county, testifies that he knows that the so-called middle-of-the-road populists did not call or hold a caucus or convention In York county to select delegates to the Grand Island convention; he testifies that D. Clem Deaver was in the county on two dif ferent occasions prior to said conven tion, and he alleges that his own per ! sonal knowledge that the said Deaver I was closeted with Tim Sedgwick a lone i time, and that said Deaver did not call j on or discuss his aims and objects with an' democrat or populist. He alleges that Tim Sedgwick is the editor of the lork Times, a republican paper, and is the republican postmaster in York city. George A. Miles and Robert Good of Brown county testify that no primaries or conventions were held in that coun ty for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Grand Island convention T. M. Franse of Cuming county tes- tines that the mid-road populists have no organization in that county and have not polled 1 per cent of the vote of the county, and the affiants believe that there is only one, that the ac credited list of delegates to the Grand Island convention from Cuming coun ty were all republicans and were in the said party for a great many years, and testifies of his own knowledge that each is a staunch republican. This statement is supported by numerous other affidavits. F. Houchin of Webster county test! fies that the mid-road populists held no primaries or conventions in that coun ty, and that he believes that ail of the persons who went to the Grand Island convention from Webster coun ty were republicans, and that they went to Grand Island on transporta tion furnished by well-known republi can leaders. J. M. Conklin of Antelope county tes tines that no primaries or convention was held in that county by the mid roaders and that no persons from Ante lope county attended the Grand Island convention. This is also . established by other affidavits from' the same county Elgin Beal of Custer county testifies that on the 20th day of July, 1900, one John G. Painter came to him in person and as an inducement to secure his at tendance at the Grand Island conven tlon offered him a round-trip railroad ticket free of any charge from Broken Bow to Grand Island and return; he also testifies that those who attended the convention from Custer county did so as individuals and not as delegates selected from any primary or caucus This testimony is supported by the affidavits of E. Taylor, Arthur P, Smith, J. J. Tooley and E. A. Purcell; they testifying that they were at the station when the party left for Grand Island; that J. G. Painter was at the train and offered them free transpor tation, and that said Painter, in pres ence of the affiants, took from his pocket a book, opened the same and displayed to the affiants a large num ber of single railroad tickets from Broken Bow to Grand Island and re turn, and said they were good on the Burlington from various stations to Grand Island and return, and made the statement that he had "plenty of Mark Hanna's passes.". In addition to the large amount .of - transportation ex hibited by Painter there were also parties in the county who received free tickets to Grand Island conven tion. There is attached to Painter's affidavit two of the free tickets, fac simile of which we printed fn The In dependent a short time ago. Lewis Werner, Charles J. Hager and William V. Purdy of Gage county tes tify that they know that the mid-road populists of Gage county held no pri maries to select delegates to the coun ty convention, or any other conven tion, they did not hold a convention in that county to select delegates to the Grand Island convention. They also testify that S. H. Calland came to af fiants and furnished them with free transportation from the Burlington & Missouri railroad from Beatrice to Grand Island and return and did pay a part of their hotel bills wnile attend ing the convention at Grand Island. Mrs. Ella C. Blanchard of Thurston county testifies that she is the wife of John Blanchard and nas been a resi dent of Thurston county for more than five years. At some time shortly be fore the so-called mid-road convention held at Grand Island a man who gave his name as Eugene F. Rutherford of 2216 Cuming street, Omaha, Neb., came to her husband at Pender and in her presence endeavored to induce him to attend the said convention at Grand Island and among other things offered to furnish him with transportation and pay his expenses, or see that they were paid, If he would go and assist in the nomination or a ticket at said convention. This affidavit is also af firmed by the oath of Mr. Blanchard himself, Four citizens of Cedar county testify that no primary or county convention was held in that county during the present year by the so-called populists or mid-roaders, or by any person claim ing to represent such party, and that no delegates from that county were in attendance at the Grand Island con vention J. Stard of Webster county testifies that the so-called mid-road populists held no convention in that county to his personal knowledge, nor did they select delegates to the convention held at Grand Island, and that all persons who attended the Grand Island con vention from Webster county with the exception of one were well known re publicans. E. D. Maxwell of Otoe county gives the list of names which have been pub lished as attending the Grand Island convention and says that none of them were at the convention held at Grand Island. This affidavit is also affirmed by George W. Tompkins, J. J. Cald well, E. D. Maxwell and J. J. Caldwell. W. H. Smith of Seward county testi fies that there were three persons in attendance at the Grand Island con vention from that county, one for the purpose of participating in the pro ceedings of the convention and the two others as spectators. One of these persons informed him on his way to Grand Island that ne was travelling on free transportation. L. W. Shuman of Hamilton county testifies that, no resident of Hamilton I transfixed on lances of endless de county' attended as a delegate at the j capitations of ghastly heads hoisted Grand Island ' convention. That there on the city walls of slow tortures, was one citizen of Aurora who was a nominee on the fusion ticket who was j there as a spectator and he was the; only one from the county. This affi davit is supported by the testimony of W. Z. Pollard and Theodore Wadaman. James H. Quigley of Cherry county testifies that no primary or convention was held in said county for the elec tion of delegates to the so-called state convention at Grand Island and no delegates from said county attended that convention. This affidavit is also supported by the testimony of John H. Shore. Frank J. Taylor of Howard county testifies that no primary or convention was held by the mid-roaders in that county and that he attended the con vention at Grand Island as a spectator and knows of his own knowledge that no populist of Howard county took any part in the convention. Four citizens of Keith county testify that they are acquainted in all parts of the county and that no primary or county convention or other meetings of any description has been held in Keith county, Nebraska, under the aus pices of the mid-road party or so-called populists, at any time during the past and that said pretended party has no organization in Keith county and that no one was authorized in any way to represent Keith county in the Grand Island convention. Fred Hoffmeister of Chase county testifies that no person from Chase county attended the Grand Island con vention as a delegate. E. F. Grist, P. H. Shaughnessy and W. G. Swan of Johnson county testify that no primaries or county conven tion was held in that county to elect delegates to Grand tsland and that there is not one mid-road populist in the said county. D. S. Dussenbury, D. W. Burd and N. A. Clark of Nuckolls county testi fy that there is no political organiza tion known as the mid-road populist in that county; that there was no pre cinct primaries or county convention held in that county by the so-called party to send delegates to the Grand Island convention. Five citizens of Dawson county tes tify that no person or persons attended the said convention held at Grand Isl and, known as the mid-road populists, as delegates from that county; neither was there any convention called in that county for the purpose of selecting delegates. R. W. Rohne of Buffalo county testi fies that eight persons went from that county to attend the Grand Island con vention, but they were not chosen by any primary and that no county con vention or primary was called for the purpose of selecting delegates and no primaries or caucus was held in the county. Peter O'Brien of Buffalo county tes tifies that he attended the said Grand Island convention as a spectator and rode to Grand Island on the same train with the person who went there as a so-called delegate, and that the only persons who attended the convention as pretended delegates were H. G. Rei ter, Robert Richards, W. J. Turney, Isaac Bressler, R. H. Clifford, H. H. Northrop, George Bischel and August Bischel. J. Kass of Dawes county testifies that no primaries or county convention have ever been held by any one assum ing the name of populist In that county and that no delegates from Dawes county, attended v the convention at Grand " Island. V . This . affidavit is also supported - by one from A.. M. . Clark and Charles Naylorl Lewis Dewald of Cuming county de clares that no primary or county con vention was held in that county by the so-called mid-road party to elect dele gates to the mid-road Grand Island convention. William P. Filbert of Hitchcock county testifies that no primaries or county convention was "held in that county for the selection of delegates to the Grand Island convention and to the best of his knowledge no persons were at the Grand Island convention from Hitchcock county. This affidavit is also supported by the testimony of A. C. Yocum and G. W. Benjamin. Four citizens of Perkins county make oath, depose and say that no pri maries or organizations of any kind known as mid-road or populist party was ever held in that county and no delegates from that county attended the convention at Grand Island. C. F. Wheeler of Furnas county tes tifies that no convention was held in Furnas county and that there was never any call for a convention by the so-called mid-road party published in Furnas county. Mr. L. Fenkenbinder of Webster county testifies tht the so-called mid road populists held no county conven tion in that county to select delegates to the Grand Island convention; that he believes about ten persons went from that county to said convention and that such persons were members of the republican party and that all of such persons went on transportation furnished by well-known republican leaders of said county. LIARS FROM SHANGHAI An American Newspaper Gives English Papers a Few Hard Blows. It has puzzled many readers to un derstand how all the lurid details of Chinese atrocities could be cabled to this country when it was impossible to get a single word from the ministers, and a suspicion has grown that these stories were manufactured to inflame public opinion over the world and pave the way for the partition of China. In the following editorial the New York Journal tells where these stoiies originate: It has become a chronic habit with English newspapers to sneer at the un trustworthiness of the American press. American newspapers have been ridi culed time out of mind for their "hor rors and sensationalism." They have been accused of grasping at straws of news and magnifying them into saw logs. To such commentators we commend the English newspaper reports of the happenings in China. These reports are from English correspondents and have been printed in every newspaper throughout England. They tell of hollow squares of heroic deaths of fathers sbooting their own wives and daughters of children borne through the streets deaths by boiling oil and outrages without number. Fiction all fiction, concocted and elaborated by Englisn newspaper men for English papers. Never before has such colossal lying been known in the history of journalism. The stories were printed for the most part in the very papers that had said the meanest things about the Amencan press. When the reports appeared in the English papers they were clipped out as news by the Associated Press and cabled in all haste to this country. Of course tbe stories were printed in good faith. The dignified English press, which had accused American newspa pers f.o often of sensationalism, could not lie. The reputable English press could not be guilty of breaking hearts and bringing the anguish of death into thousands of households. The honor able English press would not think of printing lies from Shanghai. But it did. And hereafter, whenever you want to call a man a liar, you may say that he "shanghais." And when you say that he "shanghais" with the volubility and detail of the English press, you may be sure that he beats the record. HON. MARION BUTLER He Most Emphatically Ienies tbe Ues Sent Out In Press Dispatches During: the Week. Populists must be constantly on guard against the lies sent out in the press dispatches during the coming campaign. That sort of business will undoubtedly have a big run for it has begnn already. The people were in formed that Marion Butler had an nounced his intention to support Mc Kinley and that he would take the stump for the Mark Hanna outfit. No credence was given to the story in The Independent office, but to satisfy the public that there was no truth in the story a dispatch aws sent to Mr. But ler at his home in North Carolina and a reply was immediately received. The correspondence was as follows: LINCOLN, Aug. 14. Hon. Marion Butlsr, Raleigh, N. C: Nebraska In dependent observes press dispatch that you will take stump for McKlnley. Wire denial for publication Wednes day THE INDEPENDENT. RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 14, 1900. The Independent, Lincoln, Neb.: Report unqualifiedly false. I am for Bry&u and the people's party nominee for vice president. I am in favor of the committee nominating candidate Aug ust 27; I am not a democrat, I am not a republican; I am a POPULIST. I was not for Stevenson in 1892 and am not for him now. MARION BUTLER, Chairman. . Fred's: Shepherd, Attorney. EXECUTRIX SALE. Take notice that pursuant to an order of sale of the District Court of Lancaster County, Ne braska, made May 7th, 1900. in the application of Elizabeth C Jones, executrix of the estate of Maurice Edwards, deceased, for license to sell real estate, the undersigned executrix will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the following real estate : Ijot 6 of block l&a of Lincoln ; lots 1 and 2 of block 229 of Lincoln : and lots 1 and 17 of block 21 ; and lot 21 of block 22 of West Lincoln, all ia Lancaster County, Nebraska. Sale to be had at the east door of the court house of said connty and state, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of September 5th, 1900. Dated August 13th, 190ft. Elizabeth C Jones, Executrix estate M. E. Jones, Deceased. CHESS (Address all communications intended for this department to the Chess Id i tor Independent, 2646 Gaifleld street, Lin coln, Nebraska. Aug. 16, 1900. NOTES. The chess editor is away from home this week, and asks his class to kindly overlook the omission of our regular game studies and problems. From the Lincoln County Times, Brookhaven, Miss., and the New Or leans Times-Democrat we learn that the annual tournament of the Missis sippi Chess association, held in Brook haven July 17 to 20, inclusive, was a grand success. Under the association rules the champion serves as president until deposed by a move worthy knight. Last year j M. D. McGrath of Brook haven carried off the beautiful silver cup and th championship presidency. This year Allen J. Hooker of Jackson and Mr. McGraik tied with a score of 13 games won to 1 lost, but in the play off the Jackson man won and he Is now the champion president of the associa tion. One of the feature of the Brook- haven meeting was a match by tele phone with the chess, checkers and whist club of New Orleans; three of Mississippi's strongest players were un able to participate In this match, and the result was 7 to 2 in favor of New Orleans. In view of the fact that members of the Nebraska chess asso ciation are now engaged In a corespon- aence match with the Mississippi asso ciation, score of a game or two played by telephone might be of interest. We quote from the New Orleans Times Democrat: Played, at board No. 1, between Judge L. L. Labatt of New Orleans and Mr. M. D. McGrath of Brookhaven, Miss.: FRENCH DEFENSE. White. Black. Judge L. L. Labatt. M. D. McGrath. 1. o 3. 4. 5. P to K 4 P to Q 4 P to K 5 P to K B 4 P x P P to K 3 P to Q 4 P to Q B 4 Kt to Q B 3 B x P Kt to R 3! (a) Kt to B 4 Kt to Kt 6 Kt x B (b) Q to Kt 3 B to Q 2 Kt to Q 5 Kt x Kt B to Q 5 B R to Q 3 Castles (d) R to B 5 B x B P to B 3 R (K B) x P B to Kt 4! 6. Kt to K B 3 7. P to K R 3 8. P to K Kt 4 9. R to R 2 10. K x Kt 11. Kt to B 3 12. P to R 3 13. P to Q Kt 4 14. Q x Kt 15. R to Kt (c) 16. R to Kt 3 17. B to Kt 2 18. Kt to K 2! 19. R x B 20. P x P 21. R to B 2 22. Q to K Kt 3 (c)Q to B 2 23. K to Kt 2 R x Q B P 24. R x R 25. P to Kt 5 26. K to R 2 27. Kt to B 3 28. Kt. x B 90. Q to K 3 Q x R Q to K 5 (ch)! R to B Q to B 5 Q X Kt Q to Q 2 30. Q to K 5 Adjudicated a win for Black (g). NOTE. (a) The play has thus far followed the books, but at this point we believe that Mr. McGrath has struck upon a genuine and, seemingly, meritorious novelty in the conduct of the defense. It will be observed that Black menaces primarily 7 Kt to K Kt 5 and thence to B 7 (ch), and secondarily to station Kt at K B 4, a powerful post, from which he can be dislodged only by White's voluntary disintegration of his K's side. The game proceeds on thoroughly novel lines. (b) We should have preferred to re serve this in view of the fine location for Kt at K 5 in case of attack. 9 Castles, or 9 Q to Kt 3 forthwith, seems in order. (c) Disagreeable, but unavoidable. White has to take into account the perpetual menace, Q to R 3 (or Kt 4) (ch), etc. (d) Well timed. Black threatens both P to K B 3!, and, alternatively, 17 K R to Q B!, duly. It Is obvious that 17 P to K B 3 would be pre mature just yet, on account of White's possible reply, 18 Kt x Q P!, etc (e) There seems to be no feasible method of saving his Q B P. (f) If,' instead, 26 Q to K B 3, then 26 Q x Q (ch); 27 K x Q, B x Kt; 28 R x B, K to B 2, and Black has a clear advantage in position. (g) Fairly a win for Black, if only through his passed P plus. Mr. Mc Grath has conducted hs game with excellent skill and judgment, and fully deserves the award. At the same time, it may be observed in fairness to Judge Labatt that he was in charge ot all the practical details of the match, and had his attention frequently and ser iously distracted during its progress. Of course, however, this cannot di minish Mr. McGrath's marked deserts both for the originality and cleverness of his play. SUMMER TOURNAMENT. All members of the Nebraska Chess association who desire to take part in the summer tournament to be held in Lincoln September 4 to 6, are requested to notify the secretary at once, m or der that schedules for play may be arranged. SYNTHETIC PROBLEM NO. 3. (From Boston Post.) We give you below the pieces and the solution of a problem and from these you are required to reconstruct the position. There may be no moves for black but those, indicated, andj neither may there be any duals or cooks in positions submitted. White mates in three moves. The solution: Key, 1 K Kt sq.: a- J. ) & ft i t t If K x Kt;2Q K 4, K-Q7;3Q-B2. mate. P Kt5;3Q K3, mate. If K i K P; 2 Q-K7, ch, K-Q 5;3 Q-K 3, mate. K-B4;3B-R7, mate. If K x B P; 2 Q-B 7, ch: K-Kfc 5; 3 Kt R 2, mate, K B 3; 3 B Q 5, mate. If P-Kt 5; 2 Q-B 6, K x B P; 3 Q Q 6, mate. KxKP;3Q-B4, mate. Else; 3 Q-K 3, mate. Ve Stand Corrected Editor Independent: An editorial In The Nebraska Independent of Aug ust 2, 1900, makes the statement that the treaty with Spain was ratified by the deciding vote of the vice president. When making this statement you prob ably had In mind the Bacon resolution which was defeated by the vote of 29 to 29, the vice president casting the vote that made a tie. The vote on the rati fication of the treaty was 57 to 27. The treaty would have been ratified by the required two-thirds majority even had one of the majority voted with the minority, making the vote 56 to 28. A great deal has been said lately about the Bacon resolution, and as many are doubtless ignorant of its terms, I will ask you to kindly publish the text of the resolution together with he names of the senators voting for it, of those voting against it, of those paired and of those not voting and not paired. R. M'ADAM. Oakdale, Neb. A Bryan club has been organized in Oakdalo, Neb., with a Membership of 40, tn 9t whom are ladies. THE OUTLOOK Meeting of the National Executive Com mittee nt Chicago and What Ac tion They Took. The national executive committee of the populist party met in Chicago on the 9th and were in session for two days. The committee issued the fol lowing address to the members of the party: CHICAGO. 111., Aug. 10, 1900. To r& Members of the People's Party Greet ing: The executive committee of the people's party takes this method of ex pressing to you its gratification on ac count of the absolute harmony which exists between the allied parties. There Is no discord anywhere. On the con trary, a commendable spirit of ri valry exists between the democrats, populists and silver republicans, as to who shall make the best record m support of our unrivaled leader, William J- Bryan. We have not felt authorized to f.ll the vacancy on our ticket occasioned by the declination of Hon. Charles A. Towne, and have called the national committee to meet in this city at the Sherman house August 27, 1900. A one-cent rate can be obtained from all points on account of G. A. R. reunion. We trust there may be a full atten dance of the committee. Meantime, rest assured that no discord avIH grow out of the vice presidential situation. Respectfully. J. H. EDMISTEN. i Chairman. J. A. EDGERTON, Secretary. In accordance with the above, and also in pursuance of a resolution adopted by tho national committee at Kansas City, empowering the vice chairman to call a meeting of said committee in case of a vacancy on the national ticket, you are hereby notified that the people's party national com mittee will meet at the Sherman house in the city of Chicago on Monday, Aug ust 27, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of considering the vice presidential sit uation and to transact such other busi ness as may properly come before the committee. Respectfully yours. J. H. EDMISTEN. Vice Chairman. J. A. EDGERTON, Secretary. Mr. Edgeriton and Mr. Edmisten have returned to Lincoln and are at tho headquarters, at the Llndell hotfi. Mr. Edgerton said that the first thing wan that he wanted to do was to brand as nhsoliire lirK all thn Ktorlf- nn t.llshw lisliV! er pa in the-tate Journal and all other p pers.. that: there had been any quarrel or dJiliCjUlUeS;, between him and Mr. Edmistejij, J.fte democratic authorities or members or the populist national executive committee. He said that per fect harmony, prevailed during all the sessions of the committee and when the members separated they were prac tically a unit. He looks upon the prospects In the middle states for the election of Bryan as particular encouraging. Especially so in Illinois and Indiana. While in Chicago he met, and saw hitters from a large number of men, formerly re publicans who declared their intention of supporting Bryan. A prominent German lawyer who has been a cam paign speaker for the republicans for many years sent a letter the day ho left, offering to take the stump for Bryan. The same thing is true in Indiana and Ohio. The question of the vice presfdency was discussed by the committee, but it did not feel that it had authority to fill the vacancy and a meeting of the The national executive committee was called, to assemble at the Sher man house, Chicago, to take action upon that matter. The national committee at Kansas City authorized Vice Chairman Edmis ten to call a meeting of the national committee in case that a vacancy oc curred and the executive committee by a formal vote also authorized him to make the call. The committer made Lincoln the national headquarters ani authorized a branch to be establisnea in Chicago at 32 Auditorium building. No action was taken about a branch in Washington. The headquarters at Lincoln wLi have under its special Jurisdiction thV states of Ohio, Indiana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Oregon. Mr. Eugene Smith, who has charge of the branch at Chicago, will give particular attention to Ind iana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. Mr. Bradley of Texas is at tho na tional headquarters at the Llndell and will put in his time there and making speeches at nearby ooints. Mr. Sovereign is also at the Lindell. He has been engaged as a speaker for the whole campaign, and he is a very effective one. Mr. Bryan will speak at Wahoo Aug ust 21 and will go to Topeka. Kas.. on August 23 to receive the populist notifi cation of his nomination. There is ex pocted to be the largest crowd in To peka that day that, -was ever in the town and Mr. Bryan's speech upon that occason w:n oe printed in inc mae per.dent. The preliminary work of the cam paign is nearly finished and soon theso prairies will be all a-nre with, reform enthusiasm. There has been lots of hard work done already by the work ers In tbe several counties more than was ever done at this time of the year in a cmpaign before. Samuel 1. Hams. Attorney, W. Corner 11th and O St. NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT DEFENDANT. To Isaac Anderson: You are hereby notiflsd that the plaintiff herein. Mary Anderson, on the 15th day of August, 19U), filed her petition ia the district court of Lancaster county. Nebras ka, against you, asking for an absolute divorce from you on the grounds of extreme cruelly and habitual drunkenness, and asking also fy ( exclusive custody and control of your chilvJt IJertha. You are required to answer to said petition on or before Monday, the 24th day of Septem ber, im Mast Anderson, PlaintiiL (