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HARRISON PRESS-JOURNAl OEO. D. CANON. Editor. HARRISON. - - NESRA5K NEBRASKA NEWS. In the district court at C-rand Island, Judge Thompson sentenced Albert E. Mitchell to one year in the peniten tary at hard labor In solitary confine ment. Mitchell pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking Into a Union Pacific car January 4 and stealing men han dise. Two pals, N. L. Johnson and W. R. Brown, will be tried later. All were Union Pacific switchmen. . The Fremont Hemp and Twine com pany has resumed operations. The ma chinery has been idle since the fire at the plant In September. Complete ma chinery for the manufacture of tow has been placed in the large brick building formerly used an a warehuuse. The hemp is In good condition and a full force of men is employed. Burglars robbed the dwelling of J. R. Clark, the B. & M. depot and Graves A Son's drug store at Central City. At the drug store $6 in cash was se cured and at the depot a few postage stamps. Clark missed nothing. There Is no trace of the thieves. Judge Grimison granted Lars P. Jen Ben a divorce from Annie Jensen on the ground of cruelty, at Fremont. The evidence showed that Annie had a bad temper and occasionally pounded her husband and threatened to kill him. She was awarded S25 alimony. A young man named Arnold Krout wick fell from the overland flyer at Kimball while stealing a ride. He was picked up unconscious and is In a crit ical condition. He lives at Bloomfield. Smallpox has appeared at Guide Rock. H. N. Vlers, a barber, brought It in from Oklahoma and one other case has resulted. Schools have been dismissed and the town quarantined. Dr H T. Kohler died at Arcadia from an overdose of chloral and morphine which he took with suicidal intent. He left a letter addressed to his neighbor, F Ohme. Worry over financial trouble was the cause. He formerly practiced at Lincoln. He leaves a widow and two children. He was buried by the Masonic fraternity. While leading a cow to water, the 7-year-old son of John Lane of Prairie Creek, Platte county, wound the halter rope about his arm. The cow began to run, pulling the child down and dragging him a considerable distance. He died from his injuries on the follow ing day. t . vtvoro a nromlnent hardware dealer of Humphrey, died from injuries . ... a ... nf n i r-t aorlv received in tailing uuu c.,. . .,,. nomini' ReDairs were being made about the stairway and the usual railing was ni k four hnnn Mr. Myers was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife ana several emiuren. A young man. the son of Mr. Kliason, a well-to-do farmer south of Concord, was found dead in his room Tuesday morning. He complained of a severe neaaacne anu i .. , an overdose of a headache medicine on retiring. Senator Allen has offered a resolution In the senate calling upon the secre tary of war for all information and cor respondence relative to the administra tion of customs in Puerto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines since the war with Spain. James Hamons has filed suit at Co lumbus against John Mirra for 119,000 damages. Both are farmers and live near Lindsay. Last November a. son of Hamons shot and killed Daniel Ducy jr. while they wene hunting ducks. At the time it was generally conceded to have been an accident. Hamons al leges in his petition that Mirra has frequently declared that the hot'nK was willful and deliberate and that (Hamons. the plaintiff) knew that it was to occur. The petition also reel te that Mirra has at divers times tried to organize a crowd to lynch both the plaintiff and his son. Hamons asserts that he has been brought into public scandal and disgrace because of this. FRAUD THROUGH THE MAILS. Dee Moines. Ia. Special.)-C. E. Jor dan of this city has been arrested on a charge of fraudulently using the mails. Jordan Is charged with operating three fraudulent establishments. In Kansas City he called it the Jordan-Wilkins company, and In Des Moines the Jor. dan-Kenyon company. Each establish ment was represented to be a branch of a main institution of the other place. He advertised for traveling men to sell a harness oil and required each to deposit $50 before beginning work. He refused to pay their expenses and kept the toO deposit. His letterheads Indi cated references to leading banks 1 n Kansas City, Omaha and Des Moines and these banks have all Informed Postofflce Inspector Ketcham of Chica go that they never authorized the use of their names. , .... crmir of Omaha said that ruBiim9"1 v . ' he had never heard of such a company or firm operating in umana. ne not say that any mail had been re- . j - .v.n rinfne addressed to the Jordan-Jorgensen company, nor had he been posted in any way io uc watch for such communications. CHRISTIAN HOME WORK. ii muff ta (Srjeeial.i The an- twRii .......... - . nual report of the Christian Home for the year ending January 1 has been audited Dy tne auuiuos ojiniiutoi- Htstlng of J. C. onttus ana j. j. mc . ,11, ..luirt hM that the re celpts of the institution during the period named were $17,750.74. The ex penditure during the same period were aau uavinr th treasury over drawn at the commencement of the present year. M.saew. The semi-annual report of children n,t hktnM found, which ar- pears In the last Issue of the home pub- jlcalion. snows inai ni . to January 1. 1900, the institution re ceived In all departments twenty-eight Mrsons; found homes for thirty; two died from the cottage for lnrants, ana oae from the cottage for the aged, leaving the number now being cared far la th home as follows: Children, in; helpers and aged. 27. Total. 218, A Boeton felth"urlst who was called te treat a cruahed foot declined the ob while ready to do do the healing act la ordinary cases, she acknowledged tint enrgery was not on her list. - Een should the recent reports ot ' hla --- prove antra bo cannot have long to Mt for be ta a victim of Bright JSEi uJTJmtmr U be a year or STviam It to eortata that AMw TjUZFwlU cm to play the wily I rTTtT-tUfcer tbe shackles from all j mm to We power. DEWEY WILL VISIT US ACCEPTS AN INVITATION TO BE HTRICE CHAUTAUQUA. Pays High Compliment to the Ca! lant First and Anticipates the Trip West. Washington, D. C -Special.) Repre sentatives Burkett and Stark of Ne braska called on Admiral Dewey today and Invited him to visit Beatrice, Neb., next Fourth of July, on the occasion of the Chautauqua meeting. The Nebras ka members were most courteously re ceived by the admiral, who assured them that It would afford him great pleasure to accept their invitation. All additional details will be settled by cor respondence between the members and the admiral. The admiral spoke in ad miring terms of the record made in the war by the Nebraska and western regi ments and expressed a warm desire to make the trip. Senator Allen of Nebraska today pre sented a memorial from the South Omaha Live Stock Kxchange, urging the repeal of the stamp tax on notes and mortgages. Senator Allen also in troduced a bill giving supplemental facts in support of the bill to pension Joseph bkelton of Nebraska. Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota introduced a bill to pay all officers and soldiers of the volunteer service of the United States who were serving in the Philippines at the time they were en titled to be mustered out of the strv Ice and who continued in the service in said islands after the stated period and were thereafter transported to this country at the expense of the United States government, travel pay and commutation of subsistence from th port of embarkation in. the Philippines to the place in the United States where they were mustered into service at the same rate that officers and soldiers of ihe regular army would receive. He also Introduced bills to pension Edwin S. Metcalf and Peter H. Mosby. Representative Mercer of Nebraska Introduced a bill to pension Roxie B. Baiter. A petition was presented to congress from the Lincoln County Cattle associ ation and the Lincoln & Elbert Com pany of Wool Growers, protesting against the transfer of public lands of the United States to states in which they lie. The Representatives Mercer of Ne braska and Dolliver of Jowa have ac cepted an Invitation to attend the ban quet of the Merchants' and Manufac turers' club of Baltimore, February 1. The object of the visit of C. P. Mat thews, an agent of the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservation In Ne braska. Is to secure an aproprlatlon of $4,000 for the construction of buildings on the reservation, in lieu of those re cently destroyed by lire. On motion of Representative Burke of South Dakota, at today's session of the house committee on public lands, It was decided to set next Wednesday as the date for consideration of the free homes bill. Delegate Flynn of Oklaho ma feels confident that the measure will become a law, although some of the economists of the house say they will oppose it on the ground that It cuts too deep Into the revenues cf the government. Representative Gamble appeared be fore the committee on public lands and urged a favorably report on the bill to grant the Nashville Presbyterian church in Harding county. South Dakota, forty acres of land for cemetery and other purposes. The bill will be favorably reported. In regard to the Gamble bill relating to the forest reserve, no action was taken, the committee deciding to await the report of the commissioner of the general land office. Captain C. L. Wat rous of Des Moines and Hon. Silas Wil son of Atlantic, la., who have been here on business before the agricultural committee, returned home today. Prof. Knapp, formerly of the Ames, It., agricultural college, now of Lou isiana, who has been representing the administration in the Philippines in connection with agricultural matters, is in the city and called on the Iowa members. Nebraska and other western members have been receiving protests from numerous western newspaper publishers against the tariff rates on paper, which they say Is promoting a paper trust, and asking for the repeal of this feature of the act. CLARKSOK IS DEFEATED. Bennett of New York Selected by Republicans as Secretary. Washington, D. C (Special.) The republican caucus of the senate today derided definitely on the reorganization of the elective offices of that body and nominated Hon. Charles Bennett of New York for secretary to succeed Hon. William B. Cox and Hon. Dan. M. Rumsdell of Indiana for sergeant-at-arms to succeed Colonel R. J. Bright. For sergeant-at-arms Mr. Ramsdell was placed In nomination by Senator Fairbanks. Senator Allison named Mr. Alonzo II. Stewart of Iowa, present as sistant doorkeeper of the senate. Sen ator Foster nominated Mr. A. H. Shaw and both Senators Galllnger and Chan dler made an appeal for Captain G. A. Curtice of New Hampshire. On the firs; ballot Mr. Shaw received one vote. Mr. Curtice five, Mr. Stewart eighteen md Mr. Ramsdell twenty. ' The second ballot resulted in twenty-four for Ftamsdell tnd twenty for Stewart. Some feeling ws manifested over the elec tion of a secretary, caused by the cir culation cf reports concerning Hon. J. W. Clarkson, formerly of Iowa, who was Mr. Bennett's only competitor, which his friends considered uncompli mentary and untrue. These reports were resented by hli supporters, includ ing Senators Mason, Carter, Scott and others, who had known Mr. Clarkson ts an officer of the republican national ommlttee. A letter and a telegram from Mr. Clarkson were read declining :he place, but some of the senators rte .lared their Intention of voting for him -egardless of these. The first vote was 1 tie, 21 to 21. The second ballot Drought out three votes not hitherto :ast, and resulted: Bennett, 23, Clark ion. 22. Mr. Bennett was placed in nomination by Senator Piatt of New Vork. No selection waa made for chap lain, which will have the effect of con tinuing the blind chaplain, William H. Mllbum, In that office. The allotment of the minor office was placed In the hand of the caucus committee. Mr. Clarkson subsequently authorized a statement that he ba never been a candidate nor la be responsible for hi name being put forward. He say In February last vice rresi.ent ho Dart told blm be bad a surprise for Clark- an, and ehowed blm an Invitation In writing signed by arty-four republican in inviting mm to a tne secre tary of the senate. Clarkson Intimate that be to not disgruntled because be xrt cbotta. 6IRL OPIUM SINKER DIES. induced to Enter a Den, th Drug Cause Her Death. GIRL OPIUM SMOKER DIES. Philadelphia, Pa. (Special.) May Bl behause. aged IS years, died in a hos pital here fro mthe effects of opium smoking, and seven persons are under arrest, awaiting the coroner's inves tigation. While at a house in China town the girl was induced to smokn opium. Shortly afterward she became 111, and early today was removed to the hospital, where death ensued. The po lice arrested George White, the keeper of the house; Frank Gregg, Harry Reese and Harry Parker, Inmates. At the inquest it developed that a -young man named Hugh Kennedy met the girl and took her to Parker's room In White's house. Parker and Kennedy were held without ball, pending an In quiry, others were released on their own recognizance, except Reese, who was exonerated and discharged from custody. WHITE CROSS SQUARES HIM. Private Burns Released Frcm Prison. Omaha. (Special.) Thrugh the et forts of the White Cross society, J. Burns, a soldier accused of deserting from Fort Leavenworth, as., last sunv mer, has been acquitted, and, his tern: of service having expired, he has just received an honorable discharge from the army. Burns was taken from St. Juseph'j hospital by the Omaha police last July while suffering from a severe Illness and temporary mental 'erangem-nt Since that time he has been confined at Fort Crook until the army officials in Washington took cognizance f his case and ordered his release l"m the guard house. Burns entered the exposition grounds one day last summer and turned uf at the hospital delirious. He was at tentively cared for by the Whit? C'ros. nurses for several clays, and was then removed to St. Joseph's hospital, where he was taken from his bed by the po. lice. When Burns had been at Fori Crook for some time he recovered suf ficiently to tell his story. H said that he had wandered away from Fort Leavenworth while out nf his mln'l and had absolutely no reco!lec;l m ot events until he came to himself again In the Fort Crook hospital. Meantime charges of desertion had been preferred against him. Mrs. J. V. Crelghton, president, gen eral of the White Cross society, v.ai lr Omaha at the time and took an espe cial Interest in the case. She placed entire faith In the story told by 1'urne and called the matter to th attention of the authorities at Washington. Th usual slow process of army investiga tion was gone through, but the out come was at length entirely satisfac tory to Burns and to the member ol the White Cross. It was discovered that the condition of Burns at the time he left Fort Leavenworth and the manner in which he left were just as he had dscilhed. There could be no doubt that liirm was mentally deranged durinsr his stay in Omaha and during a por(iuii -f hip confinement at Fort Crook. The Wash- lr.gton authorities have takn that view of the case and Burns ha not only been acquitted of the charg' ol deserting, but his discharge pa pen show that his service as a private in the Thirty-second infantry ini con sidered altogether honorable by his m- perlors. IT WILL COST MONEY. Rates to the Paris Exposition Hlgn On Account of War. Omaha. (Special.) Busy times, fir beginning these warm winter dayt around the Rock iHland. Union Pacific, Burlington and Missouri Pacific rail road offices, where steamship ticket are being sold, or at least offered fot sale, to the Paris exposition. So for, the exposition business ha principally confined itself to inquiries and ans ven wlthut financial dickering, instead of excursion rales acrops the pond the coming summer it begins tc look as If rates would be higher than tor many years, and that berchs musl be secured for months ahead. In fart advices received here that extensive reservations are already cxln made for the summer business, which datet from April 1 to September 30. Thb crowded condition and high rates xmee from the exposition rush In the first place, for steamships cost money and lime to build, and steamship com pan let cannot accommodate much of' an In crease over the normal business with the facility of railroad companies. And then several of the most important trans-Aiiantic tines, tne Kngilsh, ere practically eliminated from the busi ness this year because of the liner war, and tlra seizure of the shins for trans port service by the British governm-nt Another little item that '.ojiriH these days is our own war tax of fj on a trip to Europe. The lowest rates now be ing i ffrec by the railroad ofllces here dt-e m th. smaller boats with single cabin service, not exactly floating palace-s, but very comfortable. They are from IM to iij one way. Double this, and the ratn runs from JUS to $130. Then come the ships with first and second ;'hins, where the round trl' rati' are from about $101. -J) for second cabin to iin for first ctbin. Then c-rme Ihe Jilg liners, where the first cabin costs from ::00 to $400. and 'hcIuI rooms n st i few hundred more. Added to this then Is the railroad fart to New York, which Is now $.i0.;r one way, or $6t.M for the round rlp Un like tlv steamship rat-s, which go up several ier cent for the summ'-r biud ness, it is anticipated that the rail road wl'l mrk libra! r-M-n tlnr- Last year the Omaha and Nbrak teachers vowed that they would not gi to the National Kducatlonal sssocl.it lot meeting at Los Angeles, beciius" the) were saving their money to g.) tt Paris this year. But the teacher) haven't bought any steamichln tii ketl yet, although they are reported to hav! been making several inquiries. Half I dozen Omaha doctors are figuring ot going to the exposition this summer, and then spend the following winter It post-graduate work In Kurm. Sever native-born Europeans, who had beef figuring on visiting the fatherland thll summer are just now hesitating, and hoping that maybe summer rates wll not be so high, after all. It I raii that practically all of the expositor club organized from one to two yran ago to save up money by monthlj payments to go to Paris, have dls banded, because they couldn't get fa vorable excursion rate. i liy next week the summer sieamslilt rates will be received at the rallniad offices here. I Admiral Dewey promises to visit Chi cago nest Mar. Chicago ocwslonjllj puts up fair to middling Mar weater, bat If the admiral would like a toic imyisis -- Jersey of the real article be aaould ntmol im A r.Ba xltr"ot local Journey westward let miles. We gkm City fn .2Jr "he table Mar weather her and can It for , fl waa In eff.t east. I f.-aaaaaebsi Twera w. BRYAN HI THE EAST IMMENSE CROWDS PACK HALLS TO HEAR HIM. Discusses the Three Great Ques tions of Coming Campaign Before the People. New York. (Special.) William Jen nings Bryan made a Journey Into Con necticut, addressing meetings at Stam ford and New Haven, and hurried back to New York, that he might keep his engagement to address a public meet ing in Jersey City that night. Tomor row he will go to Harrisburg. Pa., where he will meet the democratic leaders of Pennsylvania. AT STAMFORD. Stamford, Conn. W. J. Bryan arriv ed here on the express train from New York at 10:55. Mr. Bryan was driven to the town hall, where an audience ol 1,000 people had af-sembled. Mr. Bryan spoke for over three-quarters of an hour. The speech was equally divided between the currency i;uestlon, the trusts and imperialism. "I believe," said Mr. Bryan, "that the tendency of the republican party Is to exalt wealth and debase common hu manity. The dollur Is plainly stamped upon the republican polic y and there no policy of the republicans today that does not bear that stamp." He went on to say that' the repub lican party is not applying today tin principle enunciated in the Declaration of Independence "That principle, applied to taxation. would menn that every man would bear his Just thare of the burden of taxation, but now the unjust propor tion of that burden is placed upon the poor. "The republican party is trying to fasten upon the country a system of taxation made by financiers for their own benefit. When the doctrine of fa voritism is once started It cannot be stayed. To fasten upon the country the gold standard means that it will be affected by every change in Kurope." Mr. Bryan explained his plan for the regulation of trusts under a law of the general government. He asserted that the republican party had no desire to kill the trusts, which were the hens that laid the golden eggs for that party. Mr. Bryan questioned the right of the government to rule the Philippines by force and said the title it obtained to the Islands was a title to the land, not to the people. At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Bryan boarded Ihe train for New Haven. CKOVVD AT NEW HAV FN. New Haven, Conn. W. J. Bryan ar rived at New Haven at 2:15 p. in. A reception was tendered him In the of fice of Mayor Drlscoll at the city hall. After a brief rest Mr. Bryan repaired to Music Hall, where fully 2.000 p-ople awaited his coming, and several hun dred m.re crowded Into the aisles after he arrived. Mr, Bryan's entrance on the stne was a signal for a wildly enthusiastic demonstration. Men and women rose to their feet and cheered themselves hoars-. Mr. Bryan bowed bin thanks. Mr. Bryan, in prefacing his remarks, referred to his former visit to the city. He did not directly refer to the Yale student demonstration on the city green in 18, but his words were so pointed us to Indicate that he recalled it. Mr. Bryan paved the way hastily for his speech by remarking that he bad so little? time, scarcely an hour. In which to say all that lie ttlxht d to pre sent, that he would plunge at once- into a discussion of the "three great bail ing questions of the day, namely, trusts, money and imperialism. Which of thein is paramount depends upon the pi, hit of view of the individual, and." he said, "personally I do not cure to specify." He believed that to assert that the money question as a tili leal isue is dead. Is folly, for the reason that it vitally concerns all men, and lxcuuse the y ure thinking of it, no matter v. hat their .station In life. Taking up the subject eif trusts, Mr. Rryan suld: TUB Tlll'ST Qi:KTiO. "The constitution of the United States gives congress all the power needed to kill trusts. They are a mo nopoly and are capable of being out lawed. As remedies under the eonsti tutlon. I would that congress before granting a corpoiatlon a power to ej business outside the slate In whic h it is organized, should stipulate us a eon ditiem. that there must be no water In the stock. Kquee-ze out the water and you have gone- a long ways toward killing trusts. Next, I would have con gress Insist that the corporations prove that they have not been holding a mo nopoly on any manufactuied article I do mit hold such monopoly and will not he 'd any." Mr. Brvan concluded his speech by desling with the question of Imperial- Ism. He said: "There are three arguments usually advanced in defense of Imperialism. The fltst is that there is money In it; second. God Is in It. a mere reilglous argument about the destiny of our na tion, and third, the political argument that we are In It and can't get out, "As to the first argument, I would not take all the trade of the universe, If it had to be purchased by the loss of a rlngle American life. When I hear the prophets speaking of the will of God. I want to Hsk them where they get their credentials. A to the third argument, who got us into It? H ought to be remembered that Imperial ism will Impose upon us the necessity of any army big enough to make our flag feared, but not loved." The conclusion of Mr. Bryan's speech was marked by another enthusiastic demonstration. He was driven ot once ,m ha hail throuch a wildly cheering crowd in the street to the station, where he took the 4:17 p. m. train lor irw York. ENTHUSIASM IN NEW JERSEY. Tha Crowd Cheers Itself Hoare In Greeting- the Leader. New York. 8peelal.) William J. Bryan was banqueted by the Robert ..ni.iinn at the club house In Jersey City tonight, after which he de livered a political speech before a lara crowd In HI. iary s na.K Mr. Bryan wii escorted to1? mtv at a0 by congressman V . .. uiniuni at of Daly ana e..iiy ahwuki ,,":,.i..r, Thev were taken In a car- Hohoaen. rte to w c ob hoi w o. , ne Xfter dSiier Mr. Bryan held a brief reception In the parlors of the club, shaking hands with several hundred persons. At K o'clock Mr. Bryan and a number of those who sat at dinner were led by a drum corps to St. Mary's hall, a short distance away. The hall was crowded and many persons were una ble to gain admission. Mr. Bryan re ceived a most hearty ree-eptlon from about I.aOO persons all that could pos sibly get Into the hall, te whom he spoke for two and a half hours on sil ver, trusts and imperialism. Mr. Bryan had the appearance nf be ing greatly cheered and somewhat sur prised by the warmth of the greeting which he encountered when he walked in on the stage. For fully a minute the hall resounded with cheers and seemed to be full of waving hats. When this had subsided it was followed by three cheers for Mr. Bryan himself, which were Immediately drowned by three chee-rs for "our next president." Mr. Bryan Indicated his surprise at the generosity of the reception, saying it had been stated that "the silver question had been burled." So quick was the response of the audience, a large portion of which arose and drowned the voice of Mr. Bryan with Its che-eru, that the speaker hesitated momentarily, even after quiet came. Before he could proceed one of the committeemen arose from his chair and shouted. "We are with you. colonel." Mr. Bryan, as If recovering himself, said he was not sure at first whether the audience was cheering because they thought the Bllver question had been burie-d or because they did not believe that that was the case. When the cheering subsided Mr. Bry an said he was almost sorry that he came. He had supposed that the Hud son county democrats needed to be lec tured, but he was made to see that he was wasting time: that he ought to have gone somewhere else. But if he could not do his hearers tonight any good, he thought they might be able to do him some good and Impart to him some of their enthusiasm, that he might carry It to other parts of the country, where the people may not be so earnest in the fight as they seemed to be in Jersey. Keferring to the r"mark of Mayoi Hoe.s, who introduced hlrn, Mr. Bryan said that v. hen a man indulged in the Pheasant prophecy that he was to be the next president of the United Statee It did not make his heart beat so fast as It used to when he first began tc hear it. He did not want the people to think he was beginning to be the candidate of the democratic party in the next campaign, or that he was striving for anything In the way of otlii e, because, he said, he was In poli tics for many years to come. He re. juiced In the fact that he was still a young mun, and that he would have much time yet In which to light repub-j Means. He did not mean to fight tb-i republicans as Individuals, but as the representatives of certain ideas which he be ieved to te vicious. Mr. Bryan dwelt upon the allegiance of the rcnub can party to the princi pies of Hamilton. He showed that once It had preferred the ideas of Thomas Jefferson and he quoted a letter of Lin- coins responding to an Invitation tc speak at a JeiferBon birthday banquet in Boston. He then asked If any one had heard of any republican celebra Hons In honor of Thomas Jefferson within the last ten years. "Now if you go to a republican meet- inir vou will hear what a good man Hamilton was." Mr. Bryan then paid his respec ts tc Mr. Hanna and he seemed to amuw the audience greatly with the numerous stories he told to illustrate his opinion of Mr. Hanna. While he continued in this vefcri, thi-re was no mistaking the fact thut he had the sympathy of the audience. Mr. Bryan devoted fifteen minutes tc the sublect of taxation and had start ed to say something about the Income tax bill of 1VJ6. wnen a voice m im audience shoute-d. "Oh, dry up." After discussing the income tax und trusts Mr urvan launched into the silver question and at once became very much in earnest und less amusing to the audience. Mr. Bryan closed his speeih with a discussion of "Imperialism." repeating his familiar arguments. It was the longest part of his speech, as wed as the- part In which he was most earnest. BHYAN BIRTHDAY CLUB. Chattanooga. Tenn. (Special.) The Bryan Birthday Anniversary club met tonight to make preliminary arruiiKc menis for the club annual banquet on March la. Mr. Bryan's birthday. Com mittees wire appointed and covers are to be laid for 400. F. H. Hood, presi dent of the club, has assurances that Mr. Bryan will be? here. George? Free) Williams of Massachusetts has sent a note to say that he will be here It busi ness engagements will allow. Senator Tillman Mayor Carter Harrison, ex Govermir Hogg and John It. McLean are expected to be among the Invitee? RUes-ts. WILL MEEtXT LINCOLM, NEB. Populst National Committee De cldos to Meet Next Month. Washington, D. C (Kpeclul.)-.S-.-na. tor Butler of North Carolina, the chair man of the people's party, tomorrow will Issue a call for a meeting of the national committee of that rarty at Lincoln. Neb. The date has not yet been definitely willed, but will b: about the 1.1th or 20th of next month The committee will deride upon the lime and place for the next populist national convention. Senator Butler declares that there li ro significance In the selection. "1 asked the members of the national com. rnlttee," he said, "where they woul like to meet, and 1 feel bound, of course, to abide by their decision. Theri was no majority vote for any one place, but the plurality was in favor o, Lincoln. 1 think this is due to the fad that the populist state committee sent out word that It would be glad to en tertain the committee there." The action of the populists, It Is learned. Is without the knowledge ol Mr. Bryan. It Is said that the first intimation of the proposed action will come to him when he read the call. A majority of the national committee It Is learned, now favor holding the Dooulist convention some time 1n May or early June, in order that Bryan may be nominated before the democratic convention I held. No consideration has yet been given a to hi running mate upon the ticket. BHERIFF-ft BATH AIDS VRI80NER Mitchell, 8. D.-(Speelol.-Rherin Swindler went out In the country some distance to arrest a young man for s pVtty offense. While driving Into tows the prisoner mad a leap from th. buggy and started to run away. Th. sheriff cbaaed him aero." a sma stream of water. The prisoner crossed M ii lee. but when the sheriff followed the Ice gave wsy ant be fell over Into the water, which wat Mderablr over -Ma bead For tweat, minutM ba et rustled aad had about Slenp bOPMrben be caught hold at a piece of foaling lea and rested blm " iVeu ft waa able ta get to fbt bore. The prisoner escaped. UTILITY AM TALOE. 4n Ingenious Explanation of In- trlnsio Value. Line-e.In, Neb. Special. I "The trecu 4e with these 'old school economists. aid Dr. P. I Hall the other day ti I ,-i-oup of friends, "Is that they have io correct Ideas on value. All the e ailed mystery about the qu..-Kttin l; aslly cleared up if one can learn t llstinguish between 'utility' sine value.' " "That Is true." Wilbur F. Bryant t. icnled. "and one nf the most damnable leresles Is the Idea ef intrinals value. There is no such thing. The very t-rnit ised contradict eac h other." "I'm not so sure about that," i. p'i-( . C. Weesner, "now, for Instance, ;rol s malleable and mitlleablltty is per f the intrinsic value of iron. I woult lnderstand the tern Intrinslo value o mean that " "Oh." said Mr. Bryant, "malleability s a quality of Iron and makes it idaptlble o -ertaln uses. This adapt! illlty w hen put to use by mm gtv -i ron 'utility.' " "It s like this, Weesner," said Dr lall, "Intrinsic means Inherent some hlng within the thing; hence, intrinslt .alue would mean value within the hing. Now, value is human est i ma ion placed upon things whlrh way be xchanged. It Is sheer nonsense to say hat human estimation resides In any .hlng except the human mind. The alue of anything may cha,v.? f"i .-arlous causes without In any matin 'l iffectlng the qualities of that thing." "I made a speech out at 1'alis.id' ast fall," he continued; "and nftei he meeting was over and I had tone .o the hotel, a man came Into the ifliire und said: 'You arc the genilemat ho made the sjieech her,? tonight. Yes.' I answered. 'I was present, hi ontinued, "and J don't agree will nme of your ideas.' 'I run always glat o have people of every political b'ilp; ome out to hear me,' said I, "but i ould hardly expect to have all mj ludlence agree with me on evry prop isitlon.' 'Well.' he answered. 'I ihini ou are dead wrong on the inom-j lui'Stlon; now. for my part, I want e lollar with a hundred cents of value It t.' I had noticed while we wore talk ng that people; kept dropping Into Ihe lotel one and two at a time, nni i udderily flashed through my mind thai his man was one of tin genus to be ound In every town always on hunt o pick up a political squabble, wai xceedlngly warm and de-clalm !n thur lerous tones. I felt sur I in fo t.' and decieied to give him ol! Ic ranted. ' 'My dear sir,' I said, 'there neve ias a dollar In all the world that hue alue IN It.' 'iHe you mean to say thai gold dollar has no Intrlnsi; value-? ie queried. 'That Is exactly tvliat . nean,' I answered, "fesr the Very goo eason that there Is no such thing a; ntrlnslc value.' He lookp-l amazed How do you explain that?" at lengtl te nsked. " 'I shall make it Just as tilaln an 1 an,' said I. 'We will suppose; that cr .11 this earth there is only one man hat on all the? earth there Is but on hlng that will sustain life, and thai hat thing is a loaf of brad. Now hat loaf of bread would havi grea itlllty but absolutely no value, be ause value is human estimation pla cc ipon things which may be exchang-e "here would be estimation: un oubtedly the man would highly esle'ir he loaf for Its llfe-fusliiimug (juuli les; J, tit the re could b no exchange Mvause there in tx other man to x hange Willi. Conn quently the? loaf hai io value, yet greal Utility.' " 'Now. let us place anotlvr man or lie earth. He Is hungry, but the? (Irs; .inn Is not. He- has no breid, but tin list man has. He has other thlturs e- ncre or less utility, but they will noi UfUnin life. He wants that loaf ol re-ad. Man No. 1 has the loftf. Both eteem It. Mien No. 2 i willing to e!v ertaln of his iwissessioiis for it. Now, hat loaf has value' m"thlng it did ot have? Ix-fore. Do you e the point T "He scratche-d his head a moment rid them sall quietlv, '"'ell. I must ay you are a slh-k on".' "CHAIll.KS y. D FKVN'Cr:." THK FKAR (IF A HOOK. F.nglish society Is all in a fluff r Jiisl iow over an announcement that Miss dn'id Hi' hanlson will reflect lit r i i f " ransaiilons in cold print very shortly the will call the volume "The Adve-n-ures of a (lale-ty Ciirl." Only occasionally has Mnude Jli'h relson flashed across the public- viHi n , 'hi; liad the fortum- to be born b-autl- ul and to Increase In beauty as h dvaneed In years. She bci ame n musle lall artist, and, in music hull expre's- ion, urn? "made a bit." Her first real sue cess In life was her apiure of Lie utenant Andrews, a d.i.-h- ng young cavalry oflle i r. They v. ne larriid In a hurry, but thry separut 1 i it greater hurry. Thre? months nfter ne f ling the y were inatrlmonluily t,n-. ml seven wt-rks after msrnag? tne pell was broken inn! I.leuteiiai.t An r,AS left his young wife?. There has iien no reunion slm-e. lieutenant Au reus has wandered almost ail over the lOiid, and his pivs nt whereabouts (irei ulte unknown to Miss Itlchurdsori, She 4 very anx'ous to know whi r.? h 1. s she has al present a petition pe"d- i.g in the high court fir the reMora- lon of her conjugal rights preparatory i beginning an action for divorce. rilmultane-ously with the; disappear nee of her officer husband Mr. An rews resumi'd her old life and flg;ln me Maude Hirhardson. The late Duke of Clurence. son of the irlnce of Wales, was one of the many vho found her society agreeable to in-lue-e hlrn to become a frequent visitor o the luxurious flat she rented In lh- Vest Knd. The? attachment he formed or Miss Klchardson became so pro lounced that It came to her majesty's ars, und she threatened at one time o concel his engageme nt with Brlm e lay, now the elue he-s of York. Confronted at last with the alterna- Ive of loBlnrf; Brlnce-ss May, the duke f Clarence ceased his visits to Mis leha relson. But if he was tired ol icr, she refused to be tired of him. She vrote to hlrn threatening to cause n candal If he discontinued his visits. toyal circles were greatly agitated. The irlnce of Wales communicated witt tlss Klchardson and offered her a vely arge sum M,fi0e has been mentioned to cease troubling the duke. rioeiety Knows all these facts ane nany more, and that is the reason tha he-re is a strong apprehension lest Mis; lichurdson will actually carry out In I hreat, for It Is looked upon as a threat tt present she Is thoroughly delermln- d to do so, Hhe has, In fact, got thro considerable psj4 of It. It Is believed. lowever, that the prince of Wales will ucceed In persuading Miss Klchardsot o forego her Intention. 8TBWKD POTATOE8. Par and cut Into dice two good-sUee, K,t a toes; cover them with boiling wa- er; Don nve minute; drain and turn n a double boiler with one Dint ol nllk; cover and cook ten minute olsten one tablespoonful of flour In i little cold milk; add It to the pots.- oes; stir careiuiiy without are akin he pot a toe; add a tableepooaful ol utter, a leaspoonnii or salt, a aaartei f a teaspoonfal of pepper. Uisn .prlnkle with parsley and serve.