The Alliance-Independent Advertising medium In the west. It Is especi ally valuable as a meant of reaching the farmers. Its circulation is as large in Nebraska as the cir culation of all the "farm Journals" combined. Give Thk Aluanck Indkfknskst a trial if . you want good results. VOL. V. SENATE AND HOUSE. OVERLOADING OP BUILDINGS DISCUSSED, SPEECHES ON THE SILVER ILDE. Mr. Bryan of Nebraska Attacks the President's Message la Vigorous Terms Bis Hecommcodatlnns u ' denounced Addresses tot and Against Bpkl Cap ital News. . Washihotow, Aug. 17. The morn ing hour in the senate, after the in' traduction of bills, was largely oc cupied oy a discussion a to tne over loading of government buildings in Washington with public books and documents, Mr. Vest proposing a rem ay oy tne passage ol a bill appro priating $300,000 for a building to be known as the hall of records. At the close of the morning hour notice was given by Mr. Voorhees that be would not ask action to-day on the bill to allow national banks to in crease tneir circulation to tne par value of the bonds deposited by them, but would do so to-morrow. Thereupon an amendment to that bill was offered by Mr. Cockrell, authorizing the secretary of the treas ury to redeem at par and accrued in terest such of the two per cent bonds as might be presented for redemption t and to pay for them in. new legal ten der notes. This proposition an peared to Mr.' Sherman ' : as unwise and unbusinesslike, and he stated the objection which occurred to him against the amendment. This precipitated a discussion in which Mr. Cockrell ridiculed the idea of letting the national banks increase their cir culation while his proposition to in crease the greenback circulation waa opposed by the senator from Ohio, the friend and supporter of national banks and the great gold monopolist Mr. Borry, Democrat, Arkansas, then addressed the senate in advocacy of the double standard of gold and all ver. , Mr. Oalllnger spoke next and at the close of his speech the senate on mo tion of Mr. Cockrell, went into execu tive session. Dlseoaelon la the House. Washzhotoj, Aug. 17. After adopt ing a resolution calling on the secre tary of the treasury for information respecting silver purchases, the house to-day resumed the debate on the Wilson bill, Mr. McCall (Sep., Massa chusetts) speaking1 for the bilL Mr. Coombs of New York, followed. While speaking for the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, no referred to notes and thereby broke the natural flow of his elo quence. Mr. Bryan, Democrat, of Nebraska, attacked the president's message in vigorous terms. The recommenda tions of the president meant the burial of silver with no promise of resurrec tion. They were an argument for the single trold standard. They led to gold monometallism over whose door waa written: "Abandon hope all ye who enter here." After Postmaster Koblager. Washington, Aug. 17. Postmaster General Blasell to-day took up the long neglected report of the three in spectors, two of them being Republi cans, who examined the Kansas City po to Sloe. While Nofainger ia ex onerated from any guilty kuowltdge of or complicity In the wrongful practices which the investigation reveals, he is unanimously charged with such a laok of executive ability as necessarily brought the efficiency of the ofltot to a low ebb. The report bears more se verely on the conduct of the office than anyone had anticipated, and it ia aid at the department that Dr. Not singer's term of service must be brought to a conclusion in the inter est of the efficiency of the offioo. Mtaeoart Aeaetattaeal. Washington, Aug. l?.MIorta Washington look upon Senator V attack on the administration's flaaaalal polloy as being equivalent to the death blow to Joe flu We aspira tions for the Woe ( collector of rtwaue U Dvol pl. If it be trae that Mr, Vest's sptMsch ruined rink's proapeeta, then the eheiis t ('Mat llUerv look up despite the fs that Mr. iWnery has HtttitttMt hltueelf la aalt-edtMtaUuaUan Interview Again It U salt that caOave?ao IVaaefs will name the waa. Wants te iMteMl tttaeat, WaiitiroN, Aug. It Prlerln: A. Job, a yoang Uwy te vi CMt-tf U her ocalng I., become minister ta Its welt, WsuetMMsd Mr. UUuW tie euuies with strong letter to nigh administration officers. : It ia understood tha the will have the support of Senator Palmer There is considerable doubt expressed. however, by those familiar with the delicate and important questions now pending between this country and Hawaii as to the likelihood of Mr. Cleveland selecting a young and in experienced man. i 1 Mirer Offer All Too High. , Washington, Aug. 17. The amount of silver offered for sale to the treas ury to-day aggregated 300.000 ounces, at prices ranging from seventy-three cents to seveuty-four cents per ounce. all of which was declined and 9 726C tendered. . Lot to Kansas. . , Wabhinoton, , Aug. 17. Yesterday half of the places in the government Inspection department at the - Kansas pity packing houses, formerly held by Kansans, were tilled by Secretary morion at congressman rarsneys re- (uest oy Kansas utyant I To Refund the PaclAe Debts, Washington, Ang. 17. Mr. . Frye to-day introduced in the senate the bill from the last congress providing for the refunding ol the Pacific rall- oad debt Morning Blase at Geneva. Gkkeva, Neb., Aug. 17. Yesterday morning anout 5 o ciocn tne alarm of Are was sounded from engine bouse No. 1, calling the boys to one of the largest fires that has occurred here in many years. The building in which the fire occurred was a large' two-story frame double store room. The . lower floors were occunied bv Ilvron Mer- shon, general merchandise, and J. R. Hallard, boots and shoes. The second floor was occupied by Mr, Bipsonasa pnotograpn gallery Tne fire is jrener ally supposed to have started in the Mershon grocery, but no one is certain xne nrst intimation 01 tne oiaze waa a very loud explosion, supposed to' have been an oil barrel or tank in the gro cery . unis was soon followed by an Other and in a short time the whole building seemed a mass of flames. woods were carried from adjoining Itores to places of safety, but the fire was soon under control and was con fined to the one building. The lost was about f 12,000, partially insured. Evidently Foul Play. Thedford, Neb., Aug. 17. O. I. Gib- ton, a" hunter, came to town to-day snd reported to the sheriff that Tues- lay while out in the hills hunting he ame across a cart, harness, camping outfit and a gun, but could not find any trace of men or horses. The sheriff, ne county attorney, Uounty Clerk II urow, and W. J. uoflman proceeded to tne place and lound the oart and other things as Mr. Gibson had reported. Everything indicated that foul play had been done. After 'searching about tnree-quarters 01 a mile from where the cart was found, the body of a man was found in a bad state of decomposi tion. The body seemed to be that of a man about five feet ten inches tall, but 10 badly decomposed that very little idea could be formed as to his appear ance by which he might be identified, ersons living near here savthat a man witn tne above described outfit had sanvassed them for books. A jury will be impanelled and an inquest held to-day. Killed la a Thresher. Obd, Neb., Ang. 17. Charles Petera, l young man living about ten miles ibove here, met with a frightful accl lent Tuesday which caused his death, lie was working with a threshing ma shine and was standing at the separa tor of the machine feeding. As they were nnisning tne jod ana his fellow workmen were engaged in cleaning up the grain they did not notice him for a ninute or so, and when looking up they were horrified to see that he eras In the mouth of the machine, only its feet being visible above the plat form. II Is head was torn and he waa rightfully mangled, lie waa single put leaves a father, mother and brother Sd sister to mourn his Iota. The fun tral will be held here today. Nattered Barloe lajartea. Ponca. Neb., Aug. 17. A seventeen rear-cM son of Juhn Enders, living three miles south of here, waa badly Injured a few days ago while driving serosa hi father a field, lie waa stand Ing up snd In trying to alt down on the edge of the wagon Tied lost his bUn snd fell to the ground, the wheel passing over hi hcat and tUmtach. Allluuich idiy crushed and brutavd it Is thought that hi Injuries will nut prove fatal; feaaee feuaty Teattere. Paws Cltr, Neb., Aug, IT. Conn t tuprtatndaut thrown called th institute a order, with eighty teacher IarwlWd. The taslruuturs are suirlii. a'.wt C. J. IWi. lteet-tMi Hur mWtt .t ntW. IC IVwIer, Jr., tUirltmert tnl lYfr H. M. lira t Un ot this iiVy. A repetition wis Ui be gUen IK t Mi her U th in.urt houw, but a t y rain prevent suCluieol attend. . tvr loi toarher are tieu4 ta t vnrwsd I his Unu. I f ' ' rr 1- pT LINCOLN. NEB., THURSDAY, MR. VEST ON SILVER. THE MISSOURI SENATOR ITS HOT CHAMPION. EIS FRIENDSHIP FOR CLEVELAND. He Parts With the Admlnletretloa oa It rinanolal Stand, and Declares Thai the Cneondltloaal He peal of the s Bhermaa Law Is Inposslble Blmatalllsm la the Frfuch Kepubllo. . Washinoton, Aug.: 16. Before be ginning hi speech yesterday in the senate on the silver issue Mr. Vest had read the declarations in th Repub lican and Democratic platforms on the subject of sliver in order to show that both parties were practically agreed on that question lie said that it was time for the people of the United States to know whether politics were a juggle and s fraud, or whether the solemn declarations of parties were worthy the confidence of a free people, tie had been known as the firm and unshrinking friend of the presi dent of the United State and had in all hi camoaifrn neeehe in Missouri declared Mr. Cleveland to be bimetalllst like himself, snd that they only differed in reference to th ratio, lie had the right to make that statement, because Mr. Cleveland had accepted the nomination on a plat form which pledged the Democratic party te blmeUlll. , ,It had been welt known that the Democratic party stood on the doctrine of bimetallism that it had met in Chicago and nominated Grover Cleveland for th presidency. He did not want to say,' now, that the president was opposed to bimetallism, or that he would not give his executive sanction to a meas ure to coin silver at a commercial ratio with gold, but he did undertake to say that the president' message was most significant for what it failed to say. He undertook to say, with the greatest respect for the president and without the slightest doubt of his honesty of purpose, .that when he failed, In that great state paper, to say one word in respect to bimetallism, be certainly meant that a consideration of the question of free coinage of sil ver at any ratio was so impracticable 1 1. j.j a a a T . mat it uiu doi neeu executive notice- In replying to questions by Mr. Gray of Delaware Mr. Vest asserted that any discussion on the subject would be imperfect and unsatisfactory which did not admit, on both sides. what was known to every Intelligent man, that If the volume of money waa increased the prices ot commodities went up, and that if the volume of money was decreased, the price of commodities went down. He had seen the day in the vicissitudes of his life when 830 of paper would not buy a loaf of bread, and when a five dollar gold piece would buy a house and lot It was not nec essary for him to say when and where that was because he did not wish to revive war Issues. And so, if one-half the coin currency of the country were struck down the burdens of those who owned money would ba doubled, and the prices of commodities would be put down beyond computation. Mr. Vest spoke of the bimetallism of France, and declared that to-day the French people were financially the first people In existence. The Frenoh peasantry hoarded their five frano piece, and so. in the United State. the colored men of the Houtb would hoard silver dollars if they could get them. Why, he askei, should not the United K tales float ISOO.ooa.uoo of sil ver In this country Instead of being told that the country would be ship wrecked If silver coinage was con tinued another day. It was not, he aerted. the overproduction of lives that had brought down It value, it wa legislation that had done It legislation In Germany and the United btatea, How eould it be expected that silver should retain It value whn thee two great nation UmiU aay th monetary urn of silver? u itn tne rraourre and population of the United Miate It wa onlv ntw. ary for th United Mate to II a pul Icy and to stand by Ik Th trout) tdav wa eue4 by th mma and Mdalou Ueuleatton of th Idea that th country wa about ta fro to th gold stindard, and that th llvr money of th country would b worth A Mr, Palmer, IVnvocreL of llllaal Would th rtivi of th hhai tuan aet bring th country ta a gold auadardV Mr. Vt-I think it would If th titter man act I repealed t aeulber llvr d-dlar will be ia4 In tat eouBtry Mr, rlir How due th Sherman not aid free otnsge? Mr. Vest I da't think that It do Id fre iHiine,'. MA I'al wer 1 hen hy not rpcl It? Mr. Vtst-1 am Ullujr to he It re AUGUST 17, 1893. pealed bnt I do not want It repeal made a stalking horse for mono-' metallism. . Mr. Vest spoke of the unfortunate condition of the miner of the West, and aald that the somewhat dramatic remark of an ex-senator recently that in the extreme West the people were crying for bread and that in New York they were crying for go'd, was literally true. Suppose, said he, that we were called upon to-day to pas a law topping the factories of New England, what prospects would we have from that section? Suppose we were called upon to strike down the wheat culture of Dakota and of the Red river of the North, would we not expect to hear protest against it? "If I were," he said, 'from one of tlie hllver produc ing states. I would fight thi detnnne tlzation of silver a I f.uplu thu fjroe bill because it Involve all, that thos people should hold dear In the way of property rights and of th comfort of life." - . v - ! , In conclusion, Mr. Vet repelled th idea of there being a necessity for In ternational agreement on the subject of silver. steuoeavllle, Ohle,eorehed. bTEUBKXTILLE, Ohio, Aug. 1. Thi city waa visited yesterday afternoon by the greatest conflagration in the history of the place. Th Ions will reach $200,000. SOME LA ROB FIOURES. tradition of the World's Fair wit Aeeordlag te Auditor Askerasaav Chioaoo, Ang. 17. Auditor Acker- nan 'of th World' Columbian Expo ition company baa mad hi official eport, showing th condition of th x position finance August 7, a fol ows: Expended (or construction tnd administration, - t33,183,423,9v luUtand'pg liabilities, SMIO.MI, reside - ft, 444, 600 of dbntur xnds; total gate receipts, 93,447, 138; receipt from concessions, l,178,641. One feature of interest to ttockholuer is the item of reoclpt from concessions, which show that wllected revenue from that source luring July waa over 1600,000 m total f 100,000 mor than the return front she same source during May and June. A near a can be judged the receipt trom all sources are now 980.000 a lay. Operating expense are In th neighborhood of 916,000 and decrea Ag constantly. This leave a net venue of about 905,000 a day, or tomewhere near 91,000,000 for the re mainder of the fair. The attendance, iowever, is increasing so steadily that (he directors expect to realize consid erably more than the estimate and dear up all bonded and floating in lebtednes with a margin for the itockholder beside. IOWA REPUBLICANS MEET. Opening of th Moat Enthoslastlo Con vention In Tears. Dxs Moines, Iowa, Aug. 17. Th Republican state convention wh h net here to-day was th most thusiastlo in year Over 3,000 peo. .e were in the hall when Chairman Blythe of the state committee railed (or order. Ex-Senator Harlan was presented as chairman amid rreat applause. He said he believed that there were enough intelligent Republican a in America to overturn the Democratic administration, but they should work unceasingly to that sno. - Among ether principle: cx tsa Republican party he enumerated such discrimination in tariff, dutiea a thould protect American Industrie, whether of farm or shop, and a sound Unsocial system which meant money gold, ailver and paper, evbry dollar ta good a every other dollar. Deadly Esplneleai ef a Voile. Weluhotox, Ma, Aug. IT. A boiler exploded In th Wellington Star mill thi morning, killing J. R. Johnson, on of th owner, and Frsnk Albon, a bov It yr of ag. Only part of th body of the'boy eould b found. Th boiler wa carried up th hill about too yard. Th mill had been Idle for several month and just started thi morning nndsr saw utanagmnt, Llghlalag t'aaeee StorMfe. Frirxi, Nab, Aug. I?. During th storm Monday night Hyrbtnlng struck th farmhouse tf John I'arndwvta. thro mil west, nd the hmta and content were burned. Th Iwrn of John (ilavln. who live two mile south' west, was aisp struck and burned. Terrorised th fort, I'aii Citt, Kf b, Aug. I?, iiaraty Pf tn took ieplltn lo D. I. Low, kAssourl Hi4ttle section foreman, m Cloylag a nw wan and tnphasir4 ta protest by latln hint tr th h4 with a man! fcaMtl, I r soaped la to Knaiv Hsrad a I haee, llinao. Neb, Aug. T.Mf htnlf Itruvlt th MvthtHllst ehureh at Jtolvi ler during th re re a t slorst and it jatitltally tiMik Br a4 brne4 to j th ground, it Is a total I'm, with i htraao THE Sit VFR DEBATE. REPEAL OF THE STATE TAX A8KED FOR. BANK SENATOR 60BD0I ITS CflAKFiOI, Mr. Coekroll of Mlseonri Opposed t Mr. Voorhees' 0111 Allowing Matloaat , Hanks to Ineresae Their Ctrenla f Hon Woleotl mt Colorado, tends Up for free Silver Hons Ulseaseloau Wasbihotov, Aug. 17. Th princi pal scene of action of the financial battle wa shifted to th senat yes terday and raged with varying in tensity and interest throughout th afternoon. . Immediately after th preliminary opening business had been transacted, Senator Gordon of Georgia recalled a plank in th last Democratic platform by presenting as measur to suspend for ninety day tb law Imposing a ten per cent Us on state bank iue. 11 declared It would give relief to th country la pueen day and would max It posal- Die to move in immense cotton crop in the South. The proposition wa not received with any particular warmth by tb senate, and Mr. Gor don asked it reference to the finan cial committee and said he would de mand a report yea or nay on th measure at an early day. Mr. voorhees seportod back from the finance committee th national bank bill Introduced by him Monday, The vice president uked if thr wa objection to the immediate con sideration of tb bilL Mr. Cockrell: Ther ia objection. because there are a number of sena tors who desire to be heard on thi proportion and who will have amnd menu to offer to giv to th masse of the people the same right a ar con ferred on the national banks, and to put a stop to favoritism and proserin tive legislation. We hav just a much money in the country a we ever bad. I shall never give my vot to any diu tnat tend to recognise th right of national bank to bun and control th paper money of the coun try." After the Voorhees bill had gon over on th objection 1 1 Mr. Cockrell, the latter gentleman asked the senat to consider and pass the house joint resolution for the payment of mileage to senator and representative for th present session. Thi gave Mr. Fry of Maine a chance, which he availed himself of, of ridiculing the idea of the public duty which would postpon relief for the people and make hast to provide relief for senators and members. Mr. Frye was asked whether he ob jected to the consideration of th joint resolution. He declined to do so, but Mr. l'effer stepped into the breach with an objection and th joint resolution went to the calendar. The Lee Mantle case, involving the question of the right of governors ot states to appoint senators, under cer tain circumstance wa then taken up and Mr. Canton of Virginia, addred the senate briefly in support ot Mr. Mantle's right to th seat Senator Voorhees then introduced ft joint reso lution extending for six month th bonded period for whisky In govern ment warehouses. The resolution offered last Tuesday by Mr. Lodge, ltepublican, of Massa chusetts, directing th committee on flnanc to report st once ft bill to re peal th purchasing clans of th 8briuan act, and that a vote be taken on inch repeal on Tuesday, the s.d Inst, waa laid before th senate, and Mr. Lodge mad an argument In ad vocacy of it. What the people want'd, he said, was prompt action. II had no mind for party politic or delay. II ssked slmplr for actio). II closed with th quotation from Mr. John Quliwy Adams, "1 would not deliber ate, 1 would act." Mr. Woloott, tiepubUoan, of Colors do, rplied to Mr. Lodge. At th do of Mr. Vctleott' ph th Lodge rulution wa laid asid without action and Mr, Hoar 4 d red th on Mr. Vest' reso lution a ta blotatalitsm, la whtab, h argued for th rpal of th Shcrwaa law. At th Iom of Mr. Uoar't ph a dtseueataa. started a to th other quMtkMt of reaponslbUity f th 4 woaetlsathMk et sllrar and waft carried. oa ft eua ttn by ttoaatur Mewett, Coehrll. Aldrieh, llo 4 Shorn. In the He see. WAsntsarvM, Aug. IT.-Th awl latsrvUf pwb In th ho istt day, bea It waa rUy th first HsfttViU protest against fr uala ms d.lvr4 vy Mr, Urvevo ot Ohk, and wa lauhlaf ftelfber la sarvastw uur satire. Ma Sntntgraae. !HvaftV l Tta,ta, ad jV The AlIlAnce-lndependetrt 4vftl :8535s"-" The free and unlimit ed coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; in other words, the restor ation of silver to the place it held In our cur rency from 171)2 to 1873 That the Sherman law should not be re pealed unless a law more favorable .to sil ver is substituted for It NO. 10 tr assault upon hi colleague,. Ur. Patterson, on account ot th poaltloti taken by that gentleman against frj coinage. Mr. Hall of Mmsouri, apok In fWT 01 greater voium ot currency of tb free eoinag of silver. A Boy Bornod to Nxbbasxa Citt, Nb, Aug. IT. Whll starting bonfir with gftaolla) Eddie Blgley, aged 7, waa burned to death. Hi right hand and aid war) burned to crisp. Walter Armstrong. ft play mat about th Mine ago, wa badly burned whll trying to ex tinguish th flam. Th "Bile M Will Out Wa. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 1'. A clrw- lar wa issued yesterday from Prsi dent Milton II. Smith's offio to th trainmen and trackmen of th Lonltv Bill and Naahvili railroad announo- Ing on September 1 thr will b a re duction of ton pr cent In all Mlarl. five rtekeU ta the Ftold. ; Topkka, Ean.,Ang. 17. Th ProhlU tion county ecntral eommittee yester day Issued call for county onvntion to b held Saturday night, to nomln ftt eandidaU for ounty oCo. Tfcla will mak th fifth stralfht tlckt la th flld tn t1 e-)-jy. 4eir "'e-oaspsof lesaaa. St. Paul, Mina, Aug. 17. It U. probabl that Jk Dnspsy, tls noted pugilist, will b r moved fren St JoMph's kospltel la fw 4y t torn qult place in th country. E! physical health ha become xcU-tt, but h still trasur th halludnatioa that Danny Nedham and hi ot&r friend hav ngagd la plot to txSso hi lit. A Oeed Thine- fmr tosxyvttt Corn TV ill, Kaa, Ang. 17. Ti Delftwr--Js-?"! . rtjnrnt wli ended Letarday, hav been ft blclzj to thi Mction. Tbr wr 471 Ia dlans paid 1501.13 eaoh. Th OoCty- vine bank bar rcivd for drf ' :,l and collection ovr 9300.030 of tla check and Coffeyvill marehanta t cured something file tlOO.OCO. MEWS NOTES. A company of men 1 scare hinx for apposed buried treaur nar war rensburg, Mo. The tailor of Springfield, lfo.. or dered th wage reduced ten per ont The journeymen struck. The arrest of tramp at Logaa- port, Ind., dlsoloaed th existence of a thorough organization of thieve. The Forsyth milling company' laige mill and elevator at Bow en' Mills, Ma, have been burned to th) ground. Profesor C A Boyle of Ottawa uni versity has been elected professor of music at the Kansas State normal school One of the Conrad boys was shot and killed from ambush while moving hi household goods across th Ohio into Kentucky. Lon Walter was appointed pot master at Corning, Holt county, xia, and W. H. Fallis at Mission. Lincoln county, Oklahoma. The New Orleans bureau of freight and transportation haa taken up th project of Governor Lewelllng for a Gulf route to Europe. The line in th Western Passenger association will try a waek of stralrht one-fare-round-trip rate to th world fair In tb near future. Governor Tillman of South Carolina baa applied to have the sobriquet of that state, "Palmetto," registered aft trade mark for dispensary liquor. Crluituitl tM-weeedintrs will be begna gainst President Darragh and Cash ier battler of tho suspended Kansas City Safe Deposit and Saving bank, Tb Missouri synod of th Cumber land i'resbtrlan church 1 In sloa at PerU Spring. Th Bav. 1L D. Kennedy of liuneeton la moderator. Clarenc M. Dow, ton of a Dnvr millionaire, ha urrndrd at fort tam Houston, wher h I now hl4 on charg of desertion from th array. Th Union National bank of Exjla. Wis., ha closed It doors. Th p- IU1 stock I 9160,000 and tb Uti? r souroe asvs.iwa ju individual O poslU are 3l,0tXX Tb eoppr mloe at WPPrppll, . Cat, hav fluted down. tLrovUT 900 men out of employ meet. Th atlja) r owned by Irederlek Am ot lh . Uftloa I si'luo road. Th Port Scott Boavl Invjtmnt wpatiy threaten to su Secretary of tat Caboro fur damagiag It fo4 Kiu by Istylng ftddrtM Qtuounln d luttunt eomnanj. ASuMlftA fUhlAT fliMt WU IT ai. Vt tor is th I'altu 3 fatal aftd auny boat wat iwa vata ava ar aaiwa 10 tMa a drwa4 tad oUmm ata Iweveft IMiMeoeV Iooa, Nb., Aug ir. Th aw M. ft thrh t Deniua will ha ddu-u4 pest 9uday, August 0. Kv. 9k atllh f Philadelphia will preach lb i4latoay Mrtatw. It