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'ME "RED CLOUD CHIEF. FBI DAY, .U'liVl'4. !.
A LITTLE IRISH GIRL,
lj: "TIlP llllcliei."
CHAPI'liU XIl-CnNiist'Ki.
Mr. ttyrc? I'm not thinking, of
him."
Of who then, durlln'?''
"Sir Hulpb," ftlnlly.
"Arrah, noiiMJiiso! miro you know
ho'll nivor huur of It"' savs nurse, who.
after all, in spito of hur many goo I
qualities, I- frail.
Ho will know; lie shnll know!" say
her voting mistrcbs, springing to her
foot
"Kli?"1 Mr?. Drl-coll regards her
with tippivhonsioii; what does -lie
moan now.-1 "Sit down; you're llred,
Mi-s Dulelo. dear." -nys -lie. with all
the air of ono trying to enjolu an
u 1 1 pry eli lid.
"1 chilli tell him!" says Dulelo with
duteriniiiiitKiii.
"Ful, you won't," xays Mrs. Dels
coll. " 'Tii mail yo are just now, hut
wlieu moriiiu' cumo, an' 1 vo a talk at
ye agin, y'll know where yer rijht
road liu-.''
"Oh. to-morrow,' says Dulelo with
ti groan: "do you know ho In coining
to dinner to-morrow Father asked
him and 'but perhaps he will get out
of ii now. I to hates mo; I know that;
I've ro isons for knowing it."
'l'liy-ou-!" There Isn't a rnysoii in
ye." says Mrs. Drlseoll, with supremo
contempt. "As if any one, with an
eye that w-isn't your, couldn't see
that he ju-t delights in tlio sight o' yo
Why 'twas only ye-terday I overheard
yer father -uyin "'
"Oh, father!'" impatiently. "Father
want- too to think as you do. Hy-thu-hye,
Hridgot," turning a frightened
fine to her nurse, "what of father?
Whore N he? what did he miy? was
lie a-kiiiL' for me.J Is lie very angry?"
"WMiu, me dear, ho known nolhln'
of it"
"Nothing?''
"Ne'er a lia'porth. Uy all tiio lurk
o' tho world Micky Flynn tool; to
light In' again this' eveuln' shortly
afthcr you wint for ver walk and
tho dlvii's own thrado ho mado of it.
It appears that lie an' Danny Murphy
wint .t it tootli an' nail down in the
village below, all about nothin' but
that uiild undent goo as Danny nould
to Mrs. Flynn for u sliillin' (an1 fuix.
between ourselves, Ml-s, It was
oulil), an' Miekoy let into his skin
like mad, an1 Danny Is now lyiu' kill
below in his cabin, wld his wife
bcrooehiu' over him liko a hurn't
cat.
"Not dead!" horror-stricken.
"Oh. no. mo dear! just a rib or two:
hut 'twas a most marelf ul occurrence.
You see, they slut for the masthor at
once. an' down ho wint to Dan's house,
an ii I ver a word has ho heard of your
belli' la or out."
"Oh!' says Duleinea, with u Jlong
sigh of iutonso relief. So much will
bo spared her, at all events.
"I've hail a grudge against Flynn
for ten year," say Mrs. Drlseoll.
"Ho ouco promised to marry my sis
ter's cousin's nephow by marriage, an'
lie nivor got as far a-tho alther; but
I forgive him now. llo'a done a good
job for yo this night. And now, dur
llnt. won't y& lot mo uudhress ye. an'
put ye to bed? You're worn out. 1
can .see It. An' a poached eg an' a
cup o' tay, that'll bo tho rovlvin' of
ye. I'll bring It up to yo whin yer un
dressed. Yo'll sleep al.sy afthor lu"
come? Ho is sure to arrive then, Tho
Mi'Dermot dining always ntslx sharp,
and being -eriou-ly annoyed If a guest
is not on tho spot some time before,
hand. How often sho and 15a -Sir
l'alph had laughed over that little ec
centricity of hi-.
A sound lu tho lirolit room behind
her makes her spring to her foot. Oh
no! not vet! Not until she has grasped
the back of the chair and has learned
that the incomer is Andy, does sho
know that she Is trembling from head
to foot and that her lips have grown
so eld so horridly cold.
Mv word' you ro i' rowing active in
vour old age," says Mr. MoDorinot.iiil
v.iiielu.' clieorful'ly to tho tiro and
pok ng It into a glorious blne. "As
a traveling acrobat you'd make your
fortune. What makes you bounce out
o vour chair lib1 that? Guilty con
science, oh?" with a grin. "And I say!
What a swell you are! Put on all that
toggery to fascinate Ankotoil over
ugain? I decline, Duleie. you're tho
biggest flirt 1 over met. You are
luirdlv oil with tho new lover before
you want t bo on with tho old."
1 don't want to bo on wi h nuv
bodv," savs Dulcinea.erlmsonlng with
shiimo u ml Indignation. "It's a hor
rid old gown, and vou ku ,w it. You've
seen it fifty times if ouco. if you've
coino hero only to torment mo only to
to make a fool of your-elf, I hope
you'll go away again."
"I merely"(pnlllng up ills coat an i
preparing to warm hlui-elf properly at
the tire) "made the remark that you
were distinctly good to link at. Now
anyone who can manage to loin: well
In a gown lift v times old iiiu-l boa
lovely girl indeed. See? It was a
compliment, my dear girl: why, thou,
! I. (fn tit ful vl tiiliimi '"
11113 Ull I lVtu "I .--"
ITIM'UST MKKTIXd. more troops for cuba
LEADERS
WORK AGAINST
BRYAN.
I hry lime Acri-rd I pun Nit Line if At Htm
liut i'fin Hit, milled to Wtirli fur n
scpinite TU-lu-t Urjun's I'rlrniU IVH
Coiillilrnt nf UliiiiltiK.
Sr. I.oits, Mo., .Inly L'0 Chairman
Tattbeneck of the Populist national
committee returned from Chicago this
morning and his coining whs the .sig
nal for renewed activity on the part
of the middle-of-the-road Populists,
who hope to prevent an itidorM'inont
of llrvnn and the Chicago platform.
His visit to l bleago. which was partly
due to his fear that the Illinois dele
gation would leave him m the lurch,
and not to make terms with the Dem
ocrats as was reported yesterday, was
apparently not productive of results.
This morning he ns in secret, confer
ence with the antl Hryan loaders and
the natiui-al headtiartct.s were prae
ticallv deserted.
Mr.' Taitbeucek, it Is said, tound
several stumbling blocks in his path
tti Chicago. Tor one thing, Dr. Tay
lor, one of the most noted members of
the People's party in Illinois, is openly
'Stull!'' says his con-In. with
in
creasing Ingratitude. The fact is. she
had had something on her mind whoa
dre iug, something that led to ado
hire to look her best before Sir Halph
on this -last oven ug. For that it
would he ills la-t as her banco seems
undoubted to her. It wa- an old go.vu
she donned, a shabby little b aei;
gown: but tho square In front showed
a lovely nook that gleamed whiter and
moro lovely than tne snow outside,
mid tlin snf't. bate arms that foil at hor
.side as she gazed at herself In the
glass worked wonders witli tho ancient
co-tume.
Mr. McDermot, unmoved by hor last
remark, drops loi-urely on to the fen
der "I say, Duleio. how did you and ho
got o i last veiling?"
"About as badly as you can imag
ine." "Imagination is not my strong
point, says .Mr. .Moworinot, inouosiiy.
-peaking the truth for once in his life.
About ho v badly, now?"
Well. I hao kno n ii him for twolvo
long month, and never, never lu all
that time was ho so -co abominable to
angrily "If I
mW'p
? t-?- v
'S
tllAlltMAN II. i:. TAflll'XIHK.
mo'.
CHAPTKItMII.
"Is there no place
Loft for rcpeatatice.iioiio for pinion left!"
"My life's a lond."
Hut in spite of tho poached egg and
tho tea, Duleliioa hardly slept at all.
Thero was half an hour hero and there
of broken .slumber, In which uncom
fortable dreams liad full sway, to tho
greater destroying of hor poaco whon
awakening from thorn; but beyond
that she lay all night witli open eyes,
thinking unhappy things, and crying
Inwardly, with great longings for tho
day.
And at last it comes, reluctantly, as
all wintor mornings come, having no
light of life to warm them. The sun
for them lies dead. Ho may bo there,
somewhoro, but his glory is denied
them. A dull, cloudy, gray, taciturn
day makos clear tho 'window panes to
Dulclnoa so silont.so dovold of 8'iiind
is it, indeed, that ono might almost
think of naturo as lying in her shroud.
A shroud typical! Outside, all tho
world is swathed in a white bhoot -tho
garb of death. During tho night tho
soft lluko had fallen, silently, stead
ily, and now branch and leaf are laden
with them. Thero had been sno v be
fore, but nothing like this. And still
it fills.
"Thrnuph tho hushed nlr the whitening
shower descends.
At first thin, wavering, till nt last tho
flakes
Fall broad and whlto and fast, dinniiin:,'
tne day
With a continual How."
Dulelnea's llrt thought on seeing
tho day is that Ankotoil will not bo
ablo to eomo over to dinner. Tins
should liavo caused her relief; but to
her surprise it causes hor only a deep
ening of tho depression that is weigh-
l.,.. Iw.ii lin'i (Ui twi niiul enirm!
111 nvt .., w,, ..w ......, .u....
Ho must! How can sho live with this
burden on her mind? Sho will confers
all to him, will toll him everything;
will open to hlra tho way to rid him
self honorably of her to put nu end to
his hated engagement
All day sho wanders nimlossiy from
room to room, longing for, whilst
droadlng, tho hour that sha'l tell hor
if ho is or is not coming. Toward live
o'clock sho finds her-mlf in tho school
room once again, and sinking Into a
chair rosts her olbows on hor knees
and lots hor lovely, dlscons Into faeo
fall Into her llttlo chilly palms.
Flvo! If coming, ho will bj hero in
throc-quurtors of an hour. Tho tnow
is still falling, heavily, steadily. No
ono co Id go out on such a night un
less compelled; and ha-why.no doubt
lo will bo glad of the cxciuo to koop
way. And yet something within hor
whlspors ho will come.
Thrco-duartors of an hour! It must
ho a great deal less than that no .v.
liaising her ovos to tho clock, sho is
astonished to llntl it is only three min
utes less. What on earth Is tho mat
ter with Unit old clock? Sho taps it
listens; no. It is going as methodically
as ercr. Will a quarter to six ever
Abominable!"
thoug t "
"Oh, no!" slinking her charming
head so that tho firelight llickeiM
from her long lashes, to the little soft
natural llulT of hair that blows across
her forehead. "Not abom nab o In
that way. Ho wa qnlto polite hate
fully polite; never speaking a word or
smiling or "
"How tho douce could you know
whether lio was snilli ig or not tho
night was as black as soot?"
"At Ilr-d! Not after! 1 saw well
enough. And besides, his voice would
tell you he wasn't smiling."
"i daresay it was you who wasn't
smiling."
"Oli! of course you aro sure to put
mo in tho wrong, whether or no." A
very pretty quarrel Is bore spoiled by
ono'of the combatants giving In.
"Never mind that," says ho. "Do
you moan to toll mo ho was well
wasn't like what a fellow engaged to
you should bo?"
"Oh uo; (indeed ho wasn't!" (em
phatically). "Ho was downright
brusque, lie ho quite ordered mo to
put my hands under the rug!"
"And you obeyed?"
"Well or yes. 1" (shamefaced
ly) "I -ho was so cross, I thought
perhaps I had better."
"I can't understand It," says Andy,
wrinkling up his brows (these aro mo
low that it doesn't taKo a second lo do
it). "Dulelo!" (turning to hor in a
rather tragic way), "do you think
you wore right after all- that
he was there, I mean? that ho saw you
and and that other fellow?"
"No" (dejectedly). "OH no"
(hanging hor pretty head so low that
even a Paruellite might feel soro for
hor). "Tho fact is, Andy, tli it ho
hates me."
"What?"
"He hates mo!" repeated sho, with
rising strength that is strong through
itfi grief. "That's all."
"And enough, loo," siys Mr. Mc
Dermot. "Only," drawing hlmsolf
up, "I don't hollo vo lu"
"It's truo for all that" (forlornly).
I've known it for a long time. After
all." meditating, "why shouldn't ho?"
"Why should ho?" says Andy vigor
ously. ' "Why. look here; you'ro as
nice a girl as I know anyway! Oh, go
to tho donee!" says Mr. McDormot, as
If addressing some imaginary person
at tho ond of tho room. "D'yo think
I can't sco? 1 toll you this, Dulelo.
he'll Hud It hard to get as good aa
jon."
"Ah. Andy! what a dear you aro!"
savs his cousin, and bursts out crying,
"liut I toll you It'n true for all that,"
says sho, sobbing. "Ho hates mo ho
does really, and whon lie comes to
night I snail toil mm an aooui u, aim
set him frcj."
"Froo!"
"Froo from h's engagement with
tne. You can't see as clearly as 1 do.
Andv; and 1 know ho will bo delighted
to get a chance of saying good-by to
mo forever."
"You moan to say that you aro go
ing to tell him?" air. .Muuermot is
guzlng at her with distondoJ oyos.
"Yos.just that I oiu't live with this
secret on mv mind, And it is dislion
orablo too,Amly; you must sco that.
If ho know that I -that I onco ovon.
onco thought of Oh!," miserably "U
Is very hard to say It. Hut you know,
don't you?"
"Yes, I Know."
to m: coNTiNur.n.
for Hryan and there are many other
Populists, in Illinois who arts believed
to hold the same opinion. To have
his own delegation go against him
would be very distasteful.
In their conference the anti-llrynn
men agreed on no dcliiilte plan of
action, but they seemed determined
to make a straight-out light for a sep
arate ticket and platform. The Mis
sissippi, Uhode Island, Counetieut,
Michigan and Te.a.s delegations will
help them.
At the Omnhn-ltr.van headquarters
there was much jubilation over indi
cations of tho growing strength of
the movement to indorse ltryan and
Sewall.
riovKi'.Noit stoni: ox nu: s( km:.
Among the arrivals thin morning
was Governor Stone of Missouri, lie
came, it is said, in response to a tele
gram from some of the Populists, who
arc in favor of the nomination or in
dorsement of Ilryau, and is to do mis
sionary work among the "middle of
tho road" contingent. The latter are
to hold a mass meeting at the hindell
hotel to-morrow afternoon to start the
movement ugainst Hryan, and Gov
ernor Stone ami other friends of the
Democratic candidate, will try to neu
tralize the elTortsof the opposition.
no (uii.i) co.Mimissto.sAi. xomim:i:s.
The silver people are verv quiet.
Few of them are here, and none of
the delegates aro expected before
Monday. The leaders this morning
formulated a new demand, which
meets the approval of the Populists
who have been consulted. It lr. that
they shall insist upon the withdrawal
of all Democratic congressional nom
inees who are "sound money" or gold
standard men, or, if they will not
withdraw, that the silver men ami
Populists unite in putting up in every
congressional tlistriet u free silver
candidate. This, It is urged, should
bo presented to the national Demo
cratic committee as an ultimatum.
The Populists, it is understood, uro to
concontr.ito their work and attempt
to elect a congress which will favor
free silver and to accomplish this it
Is necessary to have the co-operation
oi the Democratic party.
The Populists who are opposed to
Mr. Hryan say that it lie Is Humiliated
the delegates of Massachusetts, Uhode
Inland and Connecticut, ami possibly
Tennessee, will bolt
Secretary .1. II. Turner of the Popu
list national committee, who arrived
this morning, is outspoken in his de
sire that this convention shall indorse
Hryan and Suwall. "It Is tno prac
tical and patriotic thing for us to do."
said he "If we fail to do it we will
jeopardize the vital issue of the cam
paign free silver nu original lenet
of the Populist faith. I believe free
silver is going to win, anyhow, and if
we fail to indorse tho only man who
stands any chance of vmnlng for tho
causo of silver, we will be shorn of
any of the glory except as Individuals
and be classed as its enemy. The ma
jority of Populists aro not going to
fritter away u principle o clear lo
them a:, has nlwavs been the restora
tion of silver to its constitutional
function as a money medium."
Spiln l'rri.irlnc lo i-ml I luiii. nuls n'
Stililters to I'lclit the Ili'tirW
Ni Yoiik. July .". Seiuir Don
Arlurn llaldasanoy Tupelo, consul
general for Spain in 'his city, sunt to
day that he had n.iolllcial information
regarding the reported death of .lost
Macro but that it was probable, it
the rebel ranks were said to be rent
by dissension, Information bad been
received from several ( iihnii white
who recently joined the rebels, that
they were obliged tosoru'as private
under b.iirk ciders, which had caused
much feeling among the whites and
that the blacks would not give tnem
commands as the blacks mid borne
the brunt of the war.
AsUeil as to the outlook for Spain In
Cuba, die consul general said that It
v as e, -client, for the rebellion had,
he believed, reached its maximum
strength. Slimy blacks and whites
were surrendering with horses and
arms and under the orders of General
Woyier they were placed on parole
and released, lieardiug the August
ami September reinforcements for
Cub. i, he gave the following details:
The total strength of the August
ami September expeditions will be as
follows. Infantry, all ranks. J.V Htn;
cavalry, all ranks, la;; artillery, all
ranks, l.-.'sj; engineers, l.ill'.i; total,
:is,.v s. '1'iu. regulars will be accom
panied bv two full battalions of vol
unteers, consisting of -I (Kill men or
g.iul'il by the bishop of () irges in
Aslur as, "supported bv subscription
and maintained bv that province. In
December "o.uo reinforcements w'tll
be forwarded. All will be sent in the
armed eruisersof the Spanish-Atlantic
enni.iuy. If ueecssnrv the number
will lie made up to iOO.ohii.
SPAIN'S POLICY DEFINE!).
.Mi Aiiiur.crt unn ii Mity i:inliiiizri
Aitit'rlc.iii Iti-liilliiii- ill I'ri'apnt.
M.miiiiii. July '') The Spanish gov
ernment, It is learned positively, does
not intend lo adopt the tlggestioii of
the opposition, nor yield to the pr pil
lar ciamor for nu alliance with France
ami lEussia. Spanish diplomacy has
found out again that both these pow
ers would willingly accept Spain as
an ally on i'uropean ami African
questions, mil neither itussla nor
France would like to go luvond the
mildest and most platnuic mediation
between Spain and tho United States
in regard lo the Cuban question.
1 he Madrid government will take
no ostensible step, it is understood, to
solicit Ihiropeau support as long lis it
can keep up appearances of triendly
relations with the Culled Stales. It n't
at tho same time it will try to ar
range concerted action by all the Ku
ropean powers to put pressure upon
the I mteil Slates some day, if It
should be necessary, to let Spain set
tle her tlitVerences with Cuba tin the
understanding that she shall give to
the European powers and the I'nlted
States explicit otllclal assurance of her
Intention to grant autonomy to Cuba
Immediately after pacitleatiou, and to
Porto Kico as a sine qua nou condition
of the moral support of the Ktiropean
powers.
THE ROYAL WEDDING.
LINCOLN IS MIS IIOMK.
A FITTING SPEECH FROM
THE NOMINEE.
,ll I'uriles r.irlhliuH- A lrlllm; Itnln
lienor. In III- Cnmimiiliiti -Will Mn!i
.Niliriodiii III lliiine. .Ut-c or No Olllcn
A I'm D.ij- of III -I.
I.tM'oi v. Neb , July SO. Amidst an
uproar of booming cannon, pealing
church bells, screaming steam whis
tles and the shouts of .'O.diM people.
William J. Hryan, the Hi uiocratle
nominee for president, entered this.
the capital eit of Neliraslm I rnla
i.i...
evening. Ii was an ovauou me imn
of which the people of tins part of
the count is never before witnessed.
From the tune Mr. Hryan mid his
familv left Kansas City until they
reached home there was a continuous
ovation. At Kansas City, Judge
M, Spencer, geneial counsel for l no
Hnrlington load, had his private ear
attached to the train, lie was accom
panied bv bis wife ami a bright baby
bov. ami thev did much to make it
pleasant for lite five sliver nominee
ami his familv.
As soon as Mr. Hryan and his family
alighted from the train, they were
dilven to their home, where friends
nml neighbors had prepared a feast
for them. The house had been elab
orately decorated with Hags and bunt
ing mid the lawn was hung with elec
tric lights From their home they
were driven in a carriage, escorted by
Hryan inarching clubs and military
GENERAL JONES DYING.
Jlrr.V I lrt I tilleil Mulei Sriiiilor In
( (HiMilii.e ( ttiiclltlmi,
III iii ijt n, low a. July so, H.v-Sen-ator
Ge, rge W lones Is sinking grail
ua ly and his death cannot be fur off.
ma:
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mmm
yiiet-n Vlrttirlii Will Ho ill lltrlmlvo un
PiimIIiIb Aitor'n I'rrai-iit.
London, July :'(). So far as tho
queen is concerned, the wedding of
Princess Maud of Wales and Prince
Charles of Denmark, will be as pri
vate as possible, her Majesty is ex
pected to arrive in the city Monday
evening Tuesday blio will, in
private, invest Crown Prince Freder
ick of Denmark, with the Order of
the Garter and with tho first class
decoration of tho Victoria and Albert
cross. L'pon both of his sons, Prince
Christian and Prince Charles, the
grand cross of the Order of the Hath
will ne conferred at the same time.
The queen will not attend the wed
ding breakfast. On Thursday, tho
day after the wedding, her majesty
will leturn to Windsor, from whence
she intends to go soon to tho Isle of
ight
It has been scmi-oflicially announced
that the royal family would not be
displeased if people should decorate
their houses in honor of the wedding,
and doubtless a great many will
gracefully take the hint.
Among tho presents which have
been received by Princess Maud is a
magnificent snliiaire diamond from
William Waldorf Astor.
bauds, to the .state house, where they
icceived the Vitlens of the capital
city. The great corridor beneath the
dome of the eapitol was banked up
with ferns and tropical plants
Mr. and Mrs. Hryan stood beneath
the dome and the thousands of en
thusiastic eltiens passed through
from north to south and were pre
sented to them. When the reception
was over, Mr. Hryan went to a plat
form erected at the north end of tho
htate house, wheie he addressed what
Is said to have been the largest con
gregation of people ever assembled lu
Lincoln. Ills speeeii was snori, ior
there was a most unpleasant, driz
zling rain fallfhg. There was no in
troduction. Mr. Hryun was among
his own ptople and needed none.
When ho came forward, ho was re
ceived with a thunderous applause.
Air. Hr v:in said. In nart:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: I am
proud to-night to bo able to say of
those who are assembled hero 'Thrso
in e our neighbors.' I beg to express
to ltepublicans, Democrats, Populists,
Prohibitionists and of all parties tho
gratitude which we feel for this mng
iilllceiit compliment I say 'we' be
cause she who has shared my strug
gles deserves her full share of all tho
honors that may come to me. The
scene to-night recalls tho day nine
years ago this month when, by acci
dent rather than by design. I llrst sat
foot within the limits of the city of
Lincoln. I remember the day because,
1 fell in love with the town anil then
made the resolve to make it my future
home.
"I came among you a stranger in a
strange land, mid yet no people have
ever treated a stranger more kindly
than you have treated me. Hut I tic
sire to express to-night, not only our
grateful appreciation of all the kind
ness, soeiul and political, that you
liuve shown us, but toglvo to you this
assurance that If, by tho suffrage, of
my countrymen I for a short time oc
cupy tho most hoiKirable position
within the gift of the people, I shall
return to the people who llrst took me
lu their arms. This shall be my home
whon earthly honors have passed
away, and I shall mingle my ashes
with lliu dust of this beloved Slate."
DEATH IN A RUNAWAY.
OH.V. GKO. V. .IONICS.
Most of the time he is lu a eomatoso
condition, but rallies at Intervals,
when his mind seems to be as clear as
over.
TELLER STANDS BY BRYAN.
Mill l.einl i:rry lUicriry to llrlng About
III liiilcirnriniMit.
Dknvi:ii. Col., July 20. Senator
Teller said yesterday: "My friends
mid myself will lend every energy to
bring about Mr. Hryan's indorsement
nt St. Louis. Of course, there. Is go
ing to be some opposition. Senator
Marlon Hutler of North Carolina is
leading the opposition. I believe ho
is making a mistake. I think he and
his friends will realize this iieforo tho
convention, and I am willing to mako
this prophecy: 'Hither the Populists
will Indorse 'Hryan or they will fall to
make a nomination. ' There Is no rea
son why they should not Indorse him,
for the lliiancial plank adopted by
the Chicago convention is all the Pop
ulists can ask for, ami the other
phiuksof the platform are certainly
more than they had any reason to ex
pect from a Democratic convention."
It is often a nobler work to conquer
a doubt than a redoubt
Ncliraikn I'opnllati doing In I'urcn.
Omaiu, Neb., July 20.Tho oflleial
train of Nebraska Populists, carrying
the llfty-seven delegates from Ne
braska to St. Louis, will leave Lin
coln at 1:20 to-morrow afternoon. It
is expected that 500 Populists in dif
ferent parts of the state will go to St.
Louis.
Mai.vbiix, Ark., July 20. The entire
town was destroyed by lire at 2 o'clock
this morning, only throe houses being
left standing. The loss will aggre
gate StOO.OUO.
The fire was of Incendiary origin
and four men are now under arrest.
Malvern was a place of about 0,000
InhabltLnts, the business portion of
tho placo being clustered n round the
railroad station, The burned build
ings Include the railroad tlepot, two
hotels, the bank and all of the princi
pal business houses.
The blaze broke out in three differ
ent places, and as there was no appa
ratus, the fire burned itself out
An Alilrrin.iii Arrritoil,
Moxmoi'tii, III., July 20 This city
Is in a fever of excitement over tho
capture of J. N. Derr, alderman from
the Fifth ward, nt Cripple Creek, Col.,
word of which was received to-day.
Derr, it ia charged, forged three
checks for S'A July I, and then left
the city, going to Colorado. He was
prominent in city politics here, and a
short time previous to his tleparture
held a tesponsible position In the
Welr Plow company "ofllees. He pre
sided over tho recent ratification of
MclCinloy and Ilobart here, and had
the confidence of his constituents.
Requisition papers have been applied
for.
Thrre Okliihonit ,l4ll llrcuk.
Gt'Tiiiui:. Okla., July 20. Isliam
Strode, held for robbing Santa Fe
ears, jumped from tho outer corridor
window of the Logan county jail here
while the jailer was opening his cell
and escaped. John Hogun, a whole
sale cattle thief, and Pete Williams, a
negro burglar, knocked down the
guard and got away on horseback ut
Tecuuiseh. mid John Hall, murderer,
dug through the wall of the jail In
Greer county, stole tho fastest horse
in the county and escaped.
IVnnijrlvunl.. Sllrerltm fur llryn.
I'jiii.auki.I'iiia. Pa., July 50 The
Stato convention of tho "American
Silver party" wab hold hero lost night
and eighteen delegates chosen to the
national convention In St. Louis.
Among those selected was ex-Congressman
Sibley. Fourteen of the
dolegutes are from Philadelphia, two
from Montgomery and one from
Lnr.erno county. " Resolutions were
adopted congratulating the Demo
cratic party for making a stand for
the free and unlimited coinage of
6ilver nt 10 to 1. The delegates were
Instructed to vote for Hryan aud
Sewall.
VniiiiK ilrl Killed nml Her I'iiIIiit Si-wrHy
Injured.
HivntKi:, Neb., July 20. A deplor
able accident occurred last evening
which resulted in the almost instant
death of Miss Maud Itnlston, the nine-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.
P. Itnlston, well known peiple who re
side southwest of tbeelty. Mr. Itnlston
and family hail been to Heatrice mid
u-hlli! rcttiriihitf home their team was
frightened by n dog which ran Into the
street. The horses gave a lurch for
ward, throwing the buggy wheels in
to a ditch, at the same moment precip
itating Mr. Kulston to the ground.
Ills feet got caught in the wheels and
he was dragged some distance, receiv
ing severe injuries. As the horses
jumped forward a second time the, bug
gy pole eamedownand snapped in two,
olio piece Hying back mid striking
Maud squarely in the forehead, crush
ing her skull iind leaving a hole about
the sl.e of a finger. She was also se
verely injured in the side, mid while
tlio girl's mother was trying to get
possession of the Hues the girl fell over
le'oi. There were live occupants of
the buggy, but the oth.s were unin
jured. Mr. Itnlston will bo remembered
as the democratic candidate for sheriff
last fall.
KANSAS BANKER IN JAIL.
S- (1. ririnlne, of F.liloratlo Clinrstet!
Vlth I'oruory unit Kinliotilciiirnt.
Ki.iion.Mio, Kan., July "0. This
community was startled yesterday by
the arrest of S. G. Fleming, caKhlcr of
the Kxchmigu National bank, of this
city, on tho charge of forgery aud
embezzlement. It Is alleged that he
forged four notes on prominent people
of thlseouiity for SlO.OOO, and obtained
the money from tho hank. The llrst
forgery occurred April 20, of this,
year, iind the last one on June 21..
Mr. Fleming, when asketl for a state
ment, said: "1 have no statement to.
make. 1 have pot the money mid do
not know where It has gone."
Mue citizens, upon solicitation of
the otllelals, have made an Investiga
tion of the bank's condition and pub
lished a statement showing It has over
871,000 In cash. Tho community has
confidence in Its solvency. Mr. Flem
ing bus ii line family ami wus a leader
in church and society.
Knim.it Clly (iold DeuiucraU.
Kansas Citv, Mo., July 20. There
bcciiis to bo no crystallzatlou of opin
ion among tho Kansas City sound
money Democrats about a Democratic
sound money national ticket. Some,
like Judge Gulnotto, are inclined to
ay nothing and let the silver wing of
the Democracy fight It out with the
MclCinloy forces. Others, liko Major
Mister, as botween Ilrvau and McKin
ley, prefer Hryan, and do not wish
to do anything to injure Hr.van'a
:hanecs against McKiutey. Others,
igain. believe with William Wnllaco
that it is best to vote and work for
Hryan while frankly opposing silver
md, after electing Ilryau, contlnuo
the fight, within tho party, against
free silver. There are a bitter few,
jotably like General Jo O. Shelby,
ft'ho lias out and out declared that ho
will vote for McKlnley.
A Nmr l'upullit Dun.
Tkiiiii: Hauti:, Ind., July 20 Mor
ton C. ltanklu, treasurer of tho nation
al committee, and a member of tho
executive committee, says that in his
opinion, under the existing circutn
itnncrs, tho practical thing for tho
Populists and sllveritcs to do at St
Louis next week would be to nomi
nate Hryan, change the Democratic
platform in a few details, add tho
referendum plank, then nominato
their own candidate for vice presi
dent Ho thinks the second placo
should go South, nnd suggests the
names of Judge Nlmls ot Georgia,
Senator Martin Hutler of North Caro
lina, and Colonel Mlinmlsof Tennessee.
stiiiitii-d to the lliti-k.
Li.moi , July 20.- As the result of a
quarrel between himself and nn old
expressman named Scott, John Snow
lies at his home very seriously If not
dangerously injured from the wounds
in the back inlllctcti uy mo sixteen-year-ohl
son of Scott.
l)rtiiH'il Di-Htl.
Falls Citv, Neb., July 20. Wiley
Nlckelson, a single man about forty
vears old, fell tlead of heart disease
nt ills room In the Centropolls
hotel,
Itlt'tl nt the AhjIiiih.
Jt'NiATA, Neb., July 20.-V. It. C.
Wall, who was taken to the asylum at
Lincoln last spring, died there Friday
and his hotly wus brought hero for
interment.
STATE NEWS NOTES
Mr. llryan spent Sunday quietly at
his home.
Tho general merchandise store of A.
McKinney ,v Co., at Hnysprlng was re
cently closed by creditors.
lilt Iinralcrittlun Inrrtuao.
Wariii.noto.V, July 20. A statement
prepared by the commissioner of im
migration shows the number of Immi
grants who arrived In this country
hiring the liseal year ending Juno 30,
I mm. to have been .14:1.2(17, as com
pared with 2-'s.,l3'i during tho fiscal
year IMO. Of the wholo number, 212,
100 were males and HlO.faOl females.
I'nnlt Itiiomy May ltun.
Kansas Cuv, July 20. Under a de
cision made by Judge WofTord of the
criminal court this morning, gambling
on horse races run outside of the state
muy be resumed in Kansas City. Uy
virtue of this decision pool rooms
which closed in tFUl, when the Stone
anti-pool room law went into effect,
will speedily reopen.
An Ki-t'onvlrl'it Attempted lievcnge.
Sedalia, Mo., July UO. Twelve
years ago A. 1 Palmer of Ucs Moines,
Iowa, was sent to tho btato peniten
tiary, largely upon the testimony of
II. It. Hunt, a member of the police
force ot the city. Palmer swore re
venge, but In time Hunt forpoi the
other. Meanwhile Hunt bad become
a awitohnnn here. Several days ago
a stranger began to follow him about
and Thursday night shot at him from
a clump oi weeus, uemousniug nis
lantern. It waa Palmer, who bad
served his time out
unable to find him.
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