PU.TFORM BUILDERS.
A contest over the finan
cial PLANK.
•
fh« Platform m« Finally Adnptrd — What
in '•uni no t»»i* V.omy tjuitatiun —Unal
terably Oppuaril to MonometallUm—
The McKinley Law Denounced—Ter
ritorial AdmlMloo Favored—fio Third
Term.
The Democratic Platform.
Chicago, July 10 —At 10:52 Chair
man White dropped the gavel, the
buzz of thoutands of voices gradually
subsided and tbe delegates took their
scats. Vacant spaces in the black pit
marked off with almost definite accur
acy the territory of the New Kngland
delegation which, with the exception
of a few stragglers, had not yet ar
rived. The New York delegation,
headed by VVliitney and Hill were in
their places. The bulky form tf Hls
sell of Huffalo was. however, absent.
At 10:55 o'clock the Rev. Ur. Oreen
of Cedar Rupids, la., the Kpiscopallan
clergyman who had (nude the opening
prayer yesterday, again prayed.
MR. JoNKS HEADS THE PLATFORM.
Senator White handed the gavel to
Congressman Richardson of Tennessee,
a tall, slender (nan with a black mus
tache and scholarly stoop of the
shoulders, who announced that the
Committee on resolutions was ready
to report, and calirtl to the platform
Henator Jones of Arkansas to make
the committee’s report. Mi. Jones,
who has been in the thickest of the
silver fight since the forerunners of
the convention began to assemble in
U Chicago, is a familiar figure to this
* Convention lie looks like a soldier,
and but for the fact that lie was a
soldier of the late Confederacy,
^ might lie a strong Presidential
PP possibility. He is a strong faced
and chin whisker* and white hair,
which fails to cover all of the top of
his head He adjusted a pair of gold
bowed bpectacle* and began to read
the financial plank of the platform.
; The effect of the reading would have
been greater had “the Southern fSena
| tor had a stronger voice. The silver
!;■ ranks raised a cheer when some of
IU them heard the words: “We demand
HL the free and unlimited coinage of both
T gold and silver,” and one enthusiast
H demanded that the passage be re-read,
which was done. Senator Jones de
ll dared tnat he was hoarse and, indeed,
/ his voice broke two or three times and
nearly failed him. The platform ia
lull is as follows:
PERSONAL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.
“We, the Democrat* of the Unite 1 State*, In
National cotivjntion assembled do reaffirm
onr allegi ance to those great essential prfnci
pie* of justice and liberty upon which our in
P atitutions are f undod, and which the Domo
f crate party ha* advocated from Joffirotn'*
time to our own freedom of speech, freedom
j£- of the pres*, fre -dom of conscience, the preser
vation of personal rights, the equality of all
citizen* before the law, and the f lithful ob
servance of conMtitutonal limit ition* 1 tie
constitution of the United States guarantee*
to ev *ry citizen the right* of civil an I religion«
Ppliberty. The Democrat!? party ha* always
been the exponent of political liberty and re
gg hgiou* freedom. and it renew-* it* obligations
I and reaffirms it* devotion toth •'•fundamental
principle* of the con*tituf ion.
“During aJI tlieac years the Democratic party
has re* is ted the tendency of sol fish interest* to
the centralization of governmental power, and
ha»*tj dfastly maintained that the integrity
of the dual scheme of government established
by the founder* of this republic of repnblt ► .
Under is guidance and tea idling* the great
principle of local self-government, has found
It* best expression iu the maintenance of the
right* of the States and it-* asser ion that it is
Hlgi' pece-cary to confine the general government to
Hf the e crci.se of the powe * granted by the con
H| stitution
THE MONEY QUESTION.
“Recognising that the money question is
K paramount to all others at tbi time we invite
P? attention to the fact thut the federal constitu
tion Dimes silver and gold together as the
\ money metals of th» Unite*! Staes and that
the first coin ge law passed by Congress under
the constitution m ide the silver dollar "the
monetary unit, and admitted gold to free coin
age at a ratio based upon the silver unit.
* We declar • that the act of 1873, demonetiz
ing silver without the knowledge or approval
g|; of the American people, ha* resulted in the
fe app eciation of gold and a corre-*ponding fall
in the prices of c< mmo lities produced by the
people: a heavy in re-se in the burden of tax
J ation. an I of all debts pub i? and private, the
enrichment of the money lending class at homo
and abroad paraly sis of industry and impover
ishment of tlio people,
NO GOLD MONOMETALLISM.
*Wa are uualtcraby oppo-ed t> the mom*
|l metallism which ha-t locked fast the
»•.. prosperity of au in iUMtrmu* pe«* le iu tli*» par
| plv-t* of hard timu Gold immoin dallisin is ■
• f3British policy, au 1 iu adoption ba>- ■
P brought other nations into financial s-rvi- '
tude to Loudon It Is not only un-American,
but anti-American, aud it can be f*Mt»*ned upon
the United States only by the stilling of that
Spirit and love of lilierty which proclaimed
our political independence iu 1*76 and won It
‘ We .loin mil the free nn.l unlimited rniu
nil. of gold ami ailver at the premia
ratio of la to l. without
jgF' waitiuo for tlie • il or content of any other
n it on We demand the itaul.r.t «Uv >r dollar
■ha1! b' a 'niltreat tenter. <»|ii.ll) With «l>!l.
0 for all ib'l t* i liblt* HD'I private, and w ■ favor
I (no h leanlati it aa will |>r vent Ilia >1 m •nett
Bj| niton of am koi l of leo it lender un>ui>r b*
K* private coilrt-t
"We are opt* nw I to the policy u t proctian
{.'• of nrrwedcrmk to th> bold ore of the ohttra
H; tiom if the buttelMat-a tee notion reaervet
fc §B law to the tcovern neiil of r-le notw au.'h
K eb) nation to either ailvor coin or «uld col >
noAikai txrrupsr ukahi.su h<>ni>*
■ Wa ara opfawel to the lua.uf of internal,
f beam.* ttetnl* of the UulUet Stale, m Uhm< of
I p»... in I ...ml mu ih* Ireth kiuk with tuna
| 0 aru.lt ila wht h, l« .*»< Itiuko for lonela
I Ant at an vhornuou ptodt to tln>tt*o.l»*a,
•UM'iy the fell -r it IIM Uf* with 4*1* to «OI»
l. Inia Hie p ill y wiped mo wt •tatliim.
I *i‘itntni' iliww* he* the p"Wel to . ala an •
I butte »UW.| an t l‘r«.i teat Jarhioa d-eured
I (bat .'Mo power anal I nt be MtcilaJ to vu
K. p-rM) • or In Itvntne v We ther fox U
H|N*«thinwiteia(a*M «• nomey b,r nw
F Mow* hank, ae In 4 t (ttiow uI the « nil to
1; *h»i awl ti 4 w »t that wit paper wbieh n
1“: Wta la ear I ien.lv> lor poMitt not ptirate 4 hi*
f (M wki h M level <t hi* tor .tear la the l'nstk.1
I Palm, Until he to wad hr lb* •»cerement
| khe t'*ll*4 Ik .>«• and aboil ke r«hrw he in
I *****
(«• m Ktaibt i tw iiKkot srais
^1 Wa h»«l tkal n«i t 4 .1 » >ho I he tevool
B •*>•* pktp-wea 1*4 praekM , awek lot. m b* he ~.
f With.'*! *a to opera tw e«|n >11 the • btt**i
the nn.tr, aa I ku« 4*»*-*t« Hate Mink
| fit*# «» mto an t Mat laiatem
| *•. ai4 re * mit l k# the pm4< m tb<
B for., omen*, fcrl rail. 0.4 Mnuie cnl.r a to.to
W*»*» 1 We 4tn»mh a at 4k tarktf k» bk4
0 M the booth i in three In niew the
W k.wtoi twk a hi h hat he a tw. • .'tto
dbned bp the pe«p a Ik eatpmal non m wm4
: Wfcl'k n*»tnl a*4 • kb* Ini w plea >4 ppnke
bwkkob-kn ...4oi «■ nmv >4 a *>* 4t ke htw-ku
•4 100*** a*4 to w .p«ka» awriMke I ibe few it
the expense of ths minr rsatrictel tndeanl
deprive! »he producers r*f the great Ame-icao
•tap O' of ao~ *•* to tLcir natural market*.
No TARIFF WORK — INCOMIC TAXK&
■*l'n*il fh> money qu tstiou is *«>r 1 »1 we are
oppose i tj ao rcitation for ur !i »r change*
in nu • tariff laws o c*p‘- vi:cU aa are nece
*a y to m et th • deficit »n r«v nu* cau-c I
by the adre s • d* *.sioa >»- t:» > Supreme conrt
on the income tux
Bui for this deei Ion by th* auprmn conrt
tli »■■() would bo io deficit in tho rev nm under
th • law passe! by a Demo-rati1 ( ongr ■*« in
strict pursuance of th" unif- rm dso nom of
that court for no ir y I *u years t.iat o »urt hav
ing in that d *cUion austainod constitutional
objections to ita enactment whoa had
h‘«n ovirrnled by the atleit judge# mho
have ever -at on that b>nch We declare that
it ia the duty of Congrei* to use a 1 the consti
tutional p »wer which remains after that d tcia
ion. or which may coin* from ita itversal by
tho court aa it may horeaft r lie constituted,
•o that tho burdons of tux itiori may b* equally
an i imp irtl illy tail to th*end that wealth
muy b»ar ita due proportion of tho expens >• of
the government.
TO PROTFCT AMERICAN LABOR.
*‘Wn ho d that the efficient way of protecting
Amorican labor is to prevent the importation
of fordgn pauper labor to compete with it in
the home market, and that the valne of tho
home market to our American farmora an 1 ar
tisans is greatly re Iuce<l by a vicious moanary
ay stem, which depresses the prices of their pro
duct* below the co t of production, «ml thus
deprives th on of the rne ins of pur«diaaiug tha
products of our horn * manuf actories.
HOLDING DOWN THK RAW.HO A DU.
‘The absorption of wraith by the few the
consolidation of our leading railway ayst ma
and the formation of trust* and pool* r*quir*
a stri t »r contro by th* Federal government
of these arteries of cornm »rca. W« demand
the anlarge nont of the power* of the I n t > r
Btuto i ommerce comniiasion and such restric
tions and gu lrautaea in th* control of rail
roads ns will protect the people from robb ry
and oppre*aioa
*We denounce the proflgut* waste of the
mon-/wrung fom th s people by oppreodve
taxation, and tha lavish appropriations of re
cent Kepubl can congresses which have kept
taxes high while the labor r that pay* them
is unemployed, and the products of the people'll
, I,I in * i..._ .... i__
repay the cost of produ ’tion We demand a re
turn to that ■ mplicity and economy which be
fit- a democratic go/e mine it and a re faction
in the number of u*olcs* oflin s the salaries of
which drain the substance of th > people
NO FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
4 We d mouiioe arbitrary interference by Fed.
era 1 authorities in local affairs as a violation
of tlie constitution of tlie United State© and a
crime agu n*t free institution© aud wo
especially object to government by injunction
um a now and highly dangerous form of op pro -
©ion by which Federal judges, in contempt of
tho laws of the State and the right© of citizen©,
bo 10010 at on'A legislators judgn and execu
tioners and we approv» the bill passed at the
last session of the Unit id States Senate Mini
now ponding in the II nine, rnlutivi »o con
tempt© in Federal courts, and providing for
trial© by ju iea in certain case© of conto npt.
PACIFIC ROADS AND PENSIONS.
No discrimination should bo indu gad oy
the governmen of the United Stat in in favor
of any of It* debtor© We approve of the re
fusal of the Fiftv-thirl Congress to pa©- the
Pacific railroid funding bill, un i deuounce the
effort of the present Hcpublica i Congress to
enact a similar measure.
Recognizing the jast claims of do erring
Union soldiers, we heartily indorse tin rule of
the present com urn done of iienvion© that uo
name© ©hall lx? arbitrarily dropped from the
pension roll, and the fact of enlistment and
service should lie deemed conclusiv • evidence
against disease and disabi ity before enlist
ment
TERRITORIAL ADMISSION FAVORED.
We favor the admiss on of the territories of
New Mexico and Arizona into tho Union ns
states, and we favor the early admission of ail
the territorio© having the n cos-ary popui itiou
aud resource© to entitle them to statehood, and
while they remain territor ies we hold that the
official© appointed to udininiMter the govern
ment of any territory, together with the Dis
trict of Columbia and A11 ska, tdiould bo bona
fid> residents of the territory or district in
which their duties are to bo performed.
Th ) Democratic party baliovo© in homo rule
and that all pnbli; land* of the Unite 1 State©
should be appropriated to the establishment of
free homos for American citizens.
Wo recommend that tho Territory of Alaska
be granted a delegate in Cnngr s* and that tho
g neral land aud timber laws of the United
State© be exton led to ©aid Territory.
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA—CIVIL SERVICE.
We extuid our sympathy to tho people of
Cuba in their heroic struggle for liborty aud
indopondou e.
We are opposed to life tenure in the public
©ervioe. Wo favor appointments based upon
merits, fixed term© of < tfico, and such an ad
ministration of the civil servioo law* as will
alford equal opportm ities to all citizens of
ascertained fitness.
NO THIRD PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
W’e declare it to b» the unwritten law of this
republic, established by cust< m aud usage of
one hundred year© and sanctioned by the ex
ample© of tho greatest and wi estof those who
founded it and have maintained our govern
ment that no man shall bi eligible for a third
term of the Presidential office.
4 The Federal govornm nt should care for
and improve the Mississippi river aud otner
great watorwuys of the republic ©o a© to secure
for the interior State© easy and cheap trans
portation to tide water. When any waterway
of the republic is of sufficient importance to
demau i aid of the government, such aid should
Ixi extended upon a definit) plan of contin
uous work until permanent improvement W se
cured.
•Confiding in the justice of our cau-e and
the necessity of it© success <t the polls w.<
submit the f >regoiug declaration »»f principle
and purpose© to the considerate Judgment of
the American people We invite tho suppo t
of all citizen© who approve them and who de
Ulation for the relief of the people and th»
restoration of the e uutnr'a proiperlty '*
The report for the minority was
read by J. If. Wade of Ohio, a former
reading clerk of the House of He pro*
sontatives, as il was presented by
Senator Oavid II Hill.
1IIK PI.ANK or TUK not d ukn
"W* 4m lire our h*di«*f tli il I he •ip*rhlt*nt
on th* part of fit* t u t h| *t*p<« d*»»i* of fr»«
•liver aoinag* an t a ehtttjf* «»f the eiutiini
•t *»*•!ml of rains imh p1 nttmtir of th*
of other great nit hot*. wt»ui.| not only imperii
0 >y tuiau •**. hut would r lard or eullr**l) |tr*>
vm»l th* »*t tttli»h<ni*ut o litt«r<iaii**ual hi
un-lulluMt Itt «hl ’h the elfuTU of Ih* 4 *rern
m*4tl »o>*ul I u* steadily diraet* 1 It won I
pis ’* this roost » at ••«.»»* u|m>h s »l|w*r koi*.
impair •natra ia uuiur * bud *w, 4ltniu»h
the pur " b %•»(** | «• W *V of th« V«4*> of lata*
and inttwt irr* i-w»t4«* *%ils up**u *»ot a#*t««n‘s
<’**m *t tit and l»iiu(*|.
H* l *«Ul luP roathmtl «m « r
Uadnuf *n*loa« for th* l*> mtnaipi of !»*#
MM let < 4«ml »•* fb«o# Ih* imol w M»**an«*
of lh‘ •Al«l»«Ui #S* J »l |«< Uoi I. MMUllil to ll»*
1 r% mm«s **m f •»**♦ lost* mat er«dtt th# f« letup
• * m «*# nut p*b>t* pi* (f * an I the th”
OM e« of oof *n«lit s i> >a 9 Me Uunl that
ah «*t* paper «ai *14»** eorta otf •hail ha h*pt
ah* toft*l| at a putt# wit. *•» I the I am**
odi’ p* ty t» th* p *fiy *1 ard «*on*f * so*I mi
opt*«M»l to Inti ten H p«p*« *»<«**# at a tail
•«f «ai |* U»t«»l ttsmntl i|ums awl W *
( rtuihai ••**« th* 4»-4>ios wnmaait aa at* |
«.ei» t i aofal l at t #* * •fc* awl treat I
**t9 noth* takf ao h i»*i*la itw peotishm* t« I
» It pra>w>»t o it** oalfi Im* Me drum--I j
tank ih* M-t' <ui ru *k <)’ h* •* Mint* i |
at hi '« 4 d «U *(* * a«d usi*# all **#*•**- j
(itk *•
im« r*fe«»t*«hr o»rsMi*«h
"the n»«*H * ate* 9mm th*t Mm Npn |
<1 th* a p*riAp k» A fi» lit • a t* i»*m i*t |
mat ant raw putttww elih* h•#♦*•»» aetNMMkli |
~*MAW as I * Utj e# the* | # eat »t a* •* •**
, w • the* a*t-«ofe »t t h> i
M »>*iaf A*#*. * ♦ <a , a* an «a '*>ia kt t* tua :
*»*>>• tty fa e l
Me ■ *m- * a* w* 1 %h* hw*t t 11 «ayaMt ml* e-«ar ■■** I
al i«r I a**-* *a* *a and I bit | •*! th * p# *as. [
isw ooii 4** ms* ad *• *•!«#• *« 1 a
TO SO FT It V THR PI. AT FORM.
Senator Hill also offered the follow
ing amendment* to the platform and
moved their adoption:
* Hut It nlioul I bo car fn!!y provided by law
at tbs aim • litre t! t an ch ing* it, h<mon
etnry atm lard slum d n it apply to raiding
contr c. > "
‘Our .1 I • c* y >f 1 o i d ;i n I ut In'* ooin
ntreofsilv ihiii b ol u.i n l i' tlntlirh
ooi'iago will effect and rani itnin n parity be
twi*nn go il and silver ar the ratio of Ili ro I, wa
declare as a plalg*. of our rincar ty that if
such fra i coinag i shal fail to eff *ct su*h par
ity within ouefiar from its snactmeut by aw,
such eomaga shall thsrsupou bs saspindad.”
WROTE THE PLATFORM.
Colonel Jones, Kdltor of the It Louis
Post Dlspalrh tlie Man.
Chicaoo, July 10.—Colonel Charles
H. Jones, editor of the St. Louis Post
Dispatch, 1* credited with the author
ship ot the platform. The document
was arranged and worded by him,
ufter consultation with Senator*
Cockrell and Vest, and other leaders,
and hla draft wa* adopted by the
committee on resolution*, after three
minor plunk* had been added and
some change* made In the wording,
which did not affect the principles or
spirit of Colonel Jones' work.
Senator Vest of Missouri drew up
the plank on pension*. The exprea
a. t / k r i i./ utrmmiHir u i 1 (i t Iwi I llliill
revolutionists in the plutform was
first brought forward in the form of a
plank written by Mr. James Creel man,
the newspaper correspondent, but
Congtofsman Nul/.er, of New York,
modlflud the statement to meet the
views of the leaders
So far as the much discussed sug
gestion n 1 a platform of one planlc
declaring fot free coinage at 16 to 1
goes, it was never seriously enter
tained by the committee on resolu
tions
BOLT IN SOUTH DAKOTA
■Tree Silver Men l.ssv* ths Kspuhllosn
Convent Inn — Democratic Annnilon.
Abicrpekm, H. I)., .Inly 10. — From 7
o'clock last night until 6 o’clock tnia
moaning tiie Slate Republican con
vention was in session without a re
cess, considering tiie adoption of res
olutions indorsing the .St. Louis plat
form.
The session was fruitful in dram
atic incidents, including a holt of
twenty Sioux Falls delegates over the
gold plank, and the aunouneement by
Editor Tomlinson of the Sioux Fall#
Argus-Leader, tiie leading Democratic
paper in tiie State, that he would sup
port the Republican ticket and plat
form.
The ticket nominated by acclama
tion is: R. S. Gamble. George I,
Crawford, congressmen; A. O. Rings
rud, governor; 1). T. llindm m, lieu
tenant governor: W. II. Ruddle, secre
tary of state; K. G. Phillips, treasurer;
H. E. Mayhew, auditor; 8. V. Jones,
attorney general; John Lockhart,
land commissioner.
OVATION FOR HILL.
The Mew York Senator Cheered for Ton
Minutes — Ills Speech Strong.
Senator Hill, the champion of the
gold standard men, ascended the plat
form at 12:30 o'clock amid a perfect
storin of applause. He shook the
hand of the presiding officer and then,
with a smile, bowed his acknowledge
ments to the shouting, gesticulating
crowd. Men were on their chairs
waving handkerchiefs, flags, aud toss
ing hats in the uir. The vast volume
of souud ebbed and flowed and wonld
To Calu .More Silver.
Washington, July 10.—On July 1,
the treasury held of the silver bullion
purchased under the act of July 14,
1800, 131,841,424 ounces, costing SI 18,
006,458. The coining value of this
bullion, in silver dollars. Is 81*0,441,
403. Wince November 1, 1803, 11,467,
401 standard silver dollars have been
coined, and it is said at the treasury
that it is probable that the coinage of
silver dollars will be increased to
S2,500.0u0 or 83,oO0,000 per month
after August 1.
Territories Uo to HImkI.
Chicago, July lo.—The delegates of
the territories held a caucus yesterday
and it was decided to go together and
support the same man for President.
Ah Oklahoma und Indian Territory
are instructed for Itlund. this was a
clever turn in lllaiul’s interests. This
uieuns that all the territories, with
thirty-six votes, will he thrown to
lllantl.
LEADERS OF THOUGHT.
There Is In Milwaukee a handsome
paper devoted to the game of whist.
There Is one In this country devoted
entirely to trade mark*
A British new paper recently experi
mented with making a poplar tree Into
pulp, pulp Into putter and paper into
a finished sheet, the whole process tuk
Ink twenty-two hours.
H. H. and It. B, Claiborne, brothers.
Issue the Oswego (Kan,) Times Stun
dard. One acts as editor, the other «s
business manager, ami every year they
••shake the boys up" by changing
places.
There waa woe on the Platte the
other day when the North Platte Tele
graph, a republican paper, published,
by reason of s mistake m the ohlppiug
oittve, a column of democratic plate
matter.
The Valley iNehl Enterprise thus
playfully refers to « loathsome content
pororv W A Crate, the hired man
and rarrton eater on the
soft soap, semi annual defunct sheet
II Klkhurn. Is making himself very com
•pit tons again etn e ke emerged from
g oUMpteie wreck which he and hie
fake fa> tary recently fell Inin Itut the
pitiful pica* of the |sw Imbecile ter
help in the time of whiehy famine
readied the ears nf Mime tender heart
ed i ttitin > and the idant was hid to >
and then he w«» hired to run !t.*■
A man who crime d tie Cascade
m utatst v* (Megan by the military
rrniie More* sw lam and May » found
•Been feet «f mkvw on the summit an
the lie trip and meaty Pent the gse
end an dar I H »*t » It) snowing i
EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.
Twenty-flvs Killed end • l arge Member
Wounded.
Omaha, Neb., July it—A head-end
| collision that resulted in great loaa of
i ilfe occurred on the Chicago A North
western road between I-ogaii and Mis
Itoun Valley. Iowa, at about fl;30
o'clock last evening.
Reports from the scene of the wreck
are to the effect that there were fifteen
persons killed ami fifty-one injured, all
of whom are residents of Omaha and
vicinity.
Yesterday morning the l.'nion Pacific
pioneers' picnic was taken out ovgr the
Northwestern to spend the (lay at
Logan, and at night, aa the excursion
train, loaded with 1,-00 persons, all
residing in and about this city, wa#
moving out of Logan, it was struck by
a fast train going east.
The two engines crashed together,
and in su instant freight and passen
ger coaches were piled one on top of
another.
Word was at once sent to this city,
and in a abort time a special with doc
tors and officers of the read on board
was sent out from Council ((luffs.
Reporters were detailed to accom
pany the train, but instead of allowing
them to aceopany the train, they were
ejected, with the remark that “We
don’t want any d-d reporters."
Later information received was to
tlie effect that the dead and dying
were being piled along the tracks In
the switch yards at Logan like cord
wood.
There were a few doctors on the
ground, but not enough to give atten
tion to one-third of the sufferers.
Among the piles of dead and dying
relatives were hunting for their friends
and those who were d?ud to them, the
railroad official* standing around and
maintaining a sullen silence and refus
ing to furnish any information.
In this city the office of the road was
besieged by people in search of infor
mation, but none was given out. it
was the studied aim of the railroad
people to suppress everything in con
nection witli the wreck.
KOI.r. OK THE HKAI).
The roll of the dead belonging in
Omuba numbers eighteen names, the
complete list being as follows:
JOHN M'DEKMOTT, .sixteenth and
Nicholas streets; machinist at the
Union Pacific shops
JOHN KINSEY. 4603 L'uuiing street.
ROBERT CLAIR, iH'.".i North Eigh
teenty street: son of John Clair, ex
assistant boiler inspector.
JOHN II. JACK, Sixteenth and Web
ster; newslaty employed by the Omaha
News company on railway trains.
JOHN LARSON, 1113 North Eigh
teenth street; aged about 10 years; was
employed as a carrier for the World
Herald
FRED NIELSON, 232 South Thirty
third street; son of Andrew Nielson,
who fa in St Joseph's hospital.
JOHN B. KILKER, 880 South Seven
teenth street; member of Seventh Ward
band.
OWEN CAVANAUGH, 1503 North
Eighteenth street; aged about 18 yeara.
HI GH DODSON, 4314 Emmet street;
aged about 13 years
MRS. KATE BRADLEY and BABY,
1410 North Eighteenth street
MRS. P. J. CARROLL and BOY, the
latter aged about 0 years.
PATRICK SCULLY, 2524 Center
street; stationary engineerat the Union
Pacific shops.
MISS MARY TRACY, 1107 North
Eighteenth street
JOHN COSGROVE, 1111 North Eigh
teenth street; aged 18 years.
WILLIAM COSGROVE, same ad
dress. aged 14 years
MISS MARGARET COSGROVE, 24
years, same address.
In addition to these the following
residents of other towns were killed,
increasing the list to twenty-four, but
there are still several not accounted
for, two of the doctors who went to the
scene from Omaha stating that they
counted the dead bodies, one placing
the number at twenty-eight and the
other at twenty-nine. The list, so far
as it has been obtained, is as follows:
CHARLES 11 El MAN. Missouri Val
ley.
WALTER JENNINGS, Missouri Val
ley.
GEORGE WINCNGER, Morrison,111.,
brakeman on the excursion train.
LAWRENCE PETERS, 914 Ninth
avenue. Council Bluffs.
MISS OLLIE WILSON, 1511 Ninth
avenue. Council Bluffs.
MRS. TAYLOR, and BABY, Council
Bluffs
The list of injured is in the neigh
hoi hood of fifty, some of them per
haps fatally.
J. A. I.tllie, president of the Union
Pacific Pioneers’ association, described
the collision thus: “I had been walk
ing through the train seeing that the
Indies had seats, and had stopped in
tlie front car. My family and my son,
(■rant, and his filinily, were in the sev
enth coach. When the collision came
all I knew was that n horrible aggre
gation of splinters eaine into the end of
the ear and fasteneil its claws it limit my
neck. I must have hud the life knock
ed out of me for an hour
11 is generally conceded among rail
......I ...... ... ...II ... ..I*.... ............. I
«Ith the facta, that that the blame for
the accident lay with the conductor
»nd engineer of the excuralon train
i he atory ia that Conductor lieed of the
f louraion train gave the aignai to go
ahead without waiting for order* from
ihe oprrutor at l.ogan The rxciiraioa
train waa to have welled for No 3, the
fiat limited, and No 3* Ihe faat
freight, to paa» tie fore leaving for
i mint'll lilt.it* It hen the limited had
i aued he forgot about the faat freight,
which ia a regular train, and gave the
lie to null out. with the r wfut re
ault already atated
t be Italian I tM <« Ucaign*.
t«»ua. duly U, —It t* uuauunued of
rtc a ly I hat the cabinet decided to
toitpuae Ihe dlacuaalwa of military
iwiMtrM until V.camber, w hereupon
he wiaittir of war. tienara* Ulooti,
aligned and lb# premier, the M|l
tut* da Mud at, lobmitled m K «i
lluinbert the reaignatioa of the «h -in
lionet the hiug charged the Mar
■tui« de Modtal'o ho •» a »*» miatatry.
u,».a Meal t«»*e Ig uia.eon
i n>i«wi. duly 1% - Mr Hryaa. after ,
ate * peach uf Charadey had hnaa pah
i. iK»d <a Mew Y orh, raeeived a tele
gram offering him |.o»an» for tea
>t>ea«haa In Madlena agnare garden
New Yorh Of eoaran. hte nomine
ii. >a forbid* hue k .eptkura uf any
>uah offer
WHAT MR BRYAN SAYS. !
Ill* lint Word* Ars Is Dselere Against
a Aaetind Tarm
Chicaoo, duly U.—Mr. firynn re
ceived the announceni-nt of hi* nom
ination with alt the composure and
calmness of a man who hud been n> -d
I > Midi tiling* during n longer
| life than his. His black eye*
were perhaps slightly more dilated
Ilian ordinarily when toe pres* bul
led n* carrying the nomination mes
sage wa* bunded to him, but other
wise he manifested no change of
countenance or manner He wa* at
the time sitting chatting with two
newspaper friamls in hia parlor at the
Clifton house.
•If.'said he, "tills i* true, I nant
II do that which I have for some time
had in contemplation in thi* emer
ge pey,” - - *
l|e then turned to the parlor table,
and with a lead pencil, wrote on a
scrap of soft paper supplied by one
of iiis newspaper visitors, the follow*
Ing:
“ 'J'u the American People: In order
that I may have no ambition but to
discharge faithfully the duties of tiie
ofUce, 1 desiie to announce that if
elected president ( shall under no cir
cumstance* be a candidate for re
election. W J. Hkyan."
There were loud chaer* and calls
fore speech when Ur appeared in the
corridor of the hotel. Taking a stand
on ttie stairway, Mr. Hryun said:
"My friends. I assure you I am ex
tremely grateful for the great compli
ment which I am assured lias been
paid me by the Democratic national
convention. It, of course, remain* to
be seen whether the nomination i* a
wise or unwise one. For m.v part I do
nut Li nnw will < i f nniirali lit* flo*
termlned by the contest which will be
decided at ihe polls next November,
when it will be known not only
whether 1 shall he elected or de
feated, but Immeasurably more
important than that, whether
Ihe cause of silver shall lose
or win I will only add that
I hone those who accept the views of
the llemocratle platform which was
yesterday adopted will lose no oppor
tunity to inlluencu the result In the
Interest of the doctrines therein incut*
caied. 1 thank y ou for this muuifea
lation of your ind orsemeut."
WANTS HIS OLD PLACE.
Hr Bland Will Not Aeoept Anything hat
the Congressional Nomination.
Lebanon, Mo., July 12—A reporter
went to the ltland farm last night.
"There is a report down town, Mr.
Bland, that you have been asked from
Chicago If you would accept the nom
ination for the vice presidency, if of*
fereJ."
“I would not accept the vice presi
dency,* Mr. Bland answered quickly.
"I do not think the vice president
should come from the West. With a
Western president, the vice officer
should come from the East. 1 have
not been offered it.”
"Will you be a candidate for Con
gress in your district this year?"
"I expect to make the race for Con
gress. and I think 1 can do as much
for silver in the House of Hepresen
tatives ar 1 could any where. 1 think
1 can be elected. 1 should prefer to
go to Congress to holding any other
office I know of now.”
"Ido not want to be governor,” Mr.
Bland said with delibeiatlon. "I can
fight for the silver cause to better ad
vantage in Congress than anywhere
else, and that’* what I want to do.”
IOWA PATENT OPPICE REPORT.
Des Moines, July 9.—John Miller,
assignor of one-fourth to E. E.
liutchel, (both of Stuart. Iowa,) has
been allowed a patent for hardening
copper. The primary object of the
pateut law is not for individual benefit,
but for the publiegood and a monopoly
of any patentable discovery or inven
tion is granted in view of getting It on
record so it cannot become a lost art.
Mr. Miller's invention consists In a
composition and a process for harden
ing copper, (covered by separate claims)
and is an important improvement In
metallurgy. A razor and other edge
tools exhibited show that ductile
copper has keen hardened to adapt it
foi making edge tools ths* require
strength and durability. Mr. Miller
l-l_. »l i «.!_ _ - • . __a. _
viaimn eiiitii inn |/i i/v.c no «»inw ^leivuna
oxiilatiou and detoriation, and
consequently there will be no
verdigris to poison persons who
may be wounded by tools made
of copper. Valuable information about
obtaining, valuing and selling pat
ents sent free to any address. Printed
copies of the drawings aud specifica
tions of any United States patt-nt sent
upon receipt of 2ft cents. Our practice
is n>>t confined to Iowa. Inventors in
other states can have our services up
oti tlie same terms ns the iluwkeyes.
Thomas O. anii.I. KAi.ru On vm.
Solicitor* of Patents.
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CJunli.llnii* tmui New Vnrk, Oilr t;», St.
I mil., < I ms hit suit MnwIiuw,
OMAHA.
Mutter i lenmery separator l<t K I*
putter- f air to good ciiuatry to *ia l !
I.-ig- I re*li . IH't *
Poultry I.tve hen»,tier * . it AS it ■
S|,rlii4 i hlckeii*.. . In tl
1.1 wugt i li.ileu tli t.tiict ... jt 01 tl 1 i
i 'lunge* |Vr bo* Hoi **, tit*
Hay t' pland, r»r tun ft 0> At > hi
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Hugs light Alter.t . 4 tl -» 4(1
ling*—'Heavy Height*. .......... lot # 4 ill
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A TRIP TO OERVER
AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
Ktperlenr* of a Red Willow Coon'/
School Teacher—On • of the Veteran*
Who "lUrrhr i With -Herman to tit*
•**■' Tell* How Me Ha* IteneH ed.
From th# Courier, Indlanola, Neb.
A fpw day* ago a request came from
parlies Interested that a representative
of the Courier visit the home of J. B.
Pickering, In Oerver precinct, anil In
vestigate the case of his daughter,
Miss I,aur* V. Pickering, a well-known
school teacher of Indlanola, Neb. Ac
cordingly ti,r editor himself d-t -r
mlneil to Investigate, and securing a
team took a drive Into Oerver precinct
We arrived al the hont<* of Mr. Plck
erl: ;; [ bout I o'clock, and when we In
troduced ourselves and mad"_ tn'iHji
our business we recelvea a cordial wot
come.
After dinner we Informed Miss Pick
ering that we came all the way from
Indlanola to find out how she happened
to need Pink Pills for Pale People, et
etc., also suggesting that she certainly
had no use for them now, or her ap
pearance was deceptive, as she looked
the picture of health. She laughed, and
said that she was feeling quite well at
present, an'l that ws should have been
there at dinner time In order to have
made a note of her appetite.
"From childhood," said Miss Picker
ing, "I had been a great sufferer from
rheumatism, and could get nothing
that would effect a permanent cure
Two years ago while visiting In John
son county I was taken with a severe
attack of this disease A neighbor lady
who had been cured from paralysis by
th* un<> fif Pink Pllla n*ranri<h rti<<
much against my will, to give them a
trial. I had never taken any pat»rd
medicines, and was opposed to any
thing of the kind. However, I consent
ed and commenced Improving at on- -
Aft-r taking them four months I wi -
fully restored to health and quit t ■'
trig them, only one occasionally wlc 11
1 felt the least Indisposed. I have nev r
been troubled with rheumatism am
When I arrived home I person,I- l
father to try the I’lnk Pills for hit
trouble," "Yes," said Mr. Pickering,
"she hail such faith In the pills that s'
thought they would cure me. You s. ,
my trouble Is chronic. I was In th<
army about three years. Marched with
HI erman to th>- sea. and was In many
a hard-fought battle. I have suffered
with a distress In the stomach ever
since that time, and am now getting a
pension on that account. I laughed ut
l.aurn for thinking Pink Pills would
help me, but to please her I gave them
a trial, and they helped me wonder
fully. I think If I had taken them It,
time they would have cured me. 1
would not he without them In the
hot,111-, and after eating when I feel
bad l take one and am benefited at
once. I know a number of old soldler.i
who are afflicted like myself, and t1 y
say that nothing helps them so much
as the Pink Pills, but." said Mr. Pick
ering. “one should be sure to get the
genuine article. Not long ago I was
In Indlanola and went Into a drug
store there and Inquired for Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills. The druggist In
formed me that he did not have them,
hut had a much better pill for less
money. He persuaded me to try a bo*.
I did so and have that box yet, with
all Its pills except the first dose. I will
not take a substitute another time. Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills Is the only patent
medicine that we have ever had In the
house. W-* are not the only people In
this neighborhood who use these pills,"
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, In
a condensed form, all the element's
necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood, and restore shattered
nerves. Pink Pills are sold by all deal
ers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for
by addre slng Dr. Williams’ Med.
Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Trans-Mississippi Inventions.
Amongst the Trans-Mississippi In
ventors who received patents the past
week were II. V. Conway, lloone, Iowa,
fence tightener; W. K. Davis, Water
loo, Iowa, eyliuder for explosive en
gines; Peter Muller, Table Hock. Ne
braska. lioiat and dump for grain and
coal;'Ole C. Olsen, Jackson Junction,
Iowa, hume fastener; and Jacob A.
Kooc, Omaha, Nebraska, sand bo* lor
street cars.
Amongst the noticeable inventiona
issued is found a patent for a sweat
hand for hats which is nothing more or
less tiian a pneumatic hat band, the
band being in the shape of a hollow
uir-intlaied corrugated belt, which ac
commodates itself to the irregularities
of tlie wearer's head, the device being
patented to Joseph K. Frick and 0. 11.
Stoner of Fremont, Nebraska A New
York man has invented a fruit handling
machine which sorts and packs. The
large balloon sleeves worn by women
has created the necessity for a sleeve
adjuster and Mrs. Sarah Fee of Chic
ago iias invented a skeleton wire affair
by means of wliich the dress sleeve is
nicely adjusted. An Indiana man re
ceived a patent for a mechanical Fee
feeder. A curious invention is that of
u car fender which is in liie form of a
rotary elevator supposed to carry lliu
obstructions eucountered upward and
deposit them in the ear. A Montana
inventor receives a (talent for u weed
puller.
Free information relative to (talents
may be obtained in addressing Sues .v
its, I lined States i'atein Solicitors,
Fee iluilding, •tiuaha. Ncbr
irrigated Verm* In the Milk Hirer tatter.
Footu for many faruiera on ditcher
already constructed in the M Ik Utter
Yuiiey of Montana and plenty of
chances for colonies to locale ou free
land and establish ditches of their own.
l>itclivs can be tnada at little eapeuae
other than labor with plows and temp
ers, aad there fa no stony ground, juai
pure sott. •irovea along the river and
coni in the adjoining pasture bench
lands, lineal opening for irrigation
farmers In the Northwest Alt the
•tapis crons produced. Markets in the
•ti nes and good shipping faelUue* east
and west via Ureal Northern Railway
Write to t li ne O'tlanien. t hlnoou»
Mont. (or further tutor mutton
Tiita country, to people who have
not Mr ‘ «d into the matter, does not
•gore na n (urge owner of Ranting
prop«rty outside of wnr vessels and
those attached to the reveaue and
Ilgulh-'Use service, hut a recent careful
eat-mute shows that an on# purl of the
Mississippi rtvev the eat toe owns ever
I, tasi crew of different kinds. Thai la
the stretch between New Orleans and
t atrvt and the vniue of the veeaela and
their ontht for riprap, revetment and
ieeen wueh thm not fail mneh hetow
M wvtwu W hea the wwth In making,
there ere at iaaat UMW me a employ ml
on the veaaatv aad la veneer turn with
the laahs aaalgaed them. - Kacheagn
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