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11EMINGF0RD HERALD. THO1?. J. (IMtKBM'l!, lnMUtir. HEMINGITORD, NEBRASKA. OVER THE STATE. A Iiktciimcak league club has bcca orgnnlcd nt Aim. A itiwiavKi: ban boon usked for the Hnys County HaWking Company. ' I'tir, pepplo of western Dodge rJonty have become Interested In rnwUH'tJul cory. LtTcnniii.i.'s dramaU' '1UV, Ifnvo a clever ciitcrUt!nmenor tlus "onoilt of tho poor. y Vonic county' wl ,,oltl ft f,ltr t,,ls year ns usual fll dntcs bo,dP Septem ber 22 toy .ly.ifffl Linuriin, seven miles oast of 'Ei3rs0I' committed miicide, leaving sftx orplutn children. II. W.'Citown, tlio wife poisoner on trial nt Wilbcr, was acquitted after u protracted trial. E.vCimcr oi.' Poi.ich Skavev of Omnlia Is nn applicant for tlio position of chief of police of Denver. A ninrct.i: stolen in Fremont last September was found tlm other day in a corn field near that city. Tin: insurnnco companios have paid $13,050 on tho Alliance flouring mill, which burned a few weeks since. Mir. and Mns. Hkhman Waiii.hoh, of licntricc, recently celebrated tho bIx- 'tioth anniversary of their married life. Tmi:U.& M. paid 311,859 worth of ' taxes in Webster county tlio other day and county' wnrrants havo gone up to ' par. Miw. A. 1. Wilson of Wymoro was suddenly stricken with paralysis and has entirely lost tlio uso of her right nrm and liand. Aitku nil tho cfTorts that havo been inado to organizo tho llluo Springs bank it now seems to bo an on tiro failure, -and in nllprobubillty u receiver will bo appointed. Cr.AUB Sriscir, nn ex-saloon keonor of Plaltsmouth, was found dend in tho area way of a business house. His death is supposed to havo been ncci- 1 dental. 1 1 AVKI.O0K is becoming quite- metro-' politnn. On the UHh Inst, the citizens will vote on a proposition to provido tho city with a comploto pystcin of water works. Tiik nflicial piiysician of Cass. county for tlio current year will get but S110 for saving tho lives of all tho poor com mitted to his care. The job was award ed to lowest responsible bidder. Wai.kkii, tho condemned murderer, has sent a long letter to Governor llol comb, asking him to commute his sent ence nml wivo Ills life, lie bitterly us bails ids attorneys mid asserts that ho Iiuh been robbed. , liOUMiiiAltiMi sand and rock have been discovered on Sand creel:, in Kenr .iiey county, nbout fourteen miles south of Kearney. A sample of the ore just assayed yielded at tho rate of four ouuccb to tlm ton. MitH. .1.0. Ml'CUutn'i-.v of Newport left homo tho other day to vlhlt a neigh bor, and not returning in proper time, iv search was made and slio was found dead upon tho prairie. Tho case is be ing investigated. A ouMr women arrived in North Head a few days ago direct from Cali fornia, for tho purpose of being dnited in marriage with a prosperous farmer In .Saunders county. Tlio parties havo .been eugaged eight years. Tiik Hoard of Irrigation has dismis sed the claim of Thomas Hayes of Ohnso County for water from the Frenchman river for irrigation pur- 'poses. Hayes failed to post notices of uppropnntlon in conformity to tho law. Tin: grand lodgo Ancient order of United Workmen, in special session at (rantl Island, reduced tho initiation fee from SO to a minimum of $.". About 100 delegates were in attendance. This -reduction is made on account of hard times. Hit Jonathan Siiaiip, who lives a few miles north of Odell in Oago coun ty, was in Ileatrico last week and ex hibited samples of gold ore taken from his eighty acre farm, He thinks ho hns blruck it rich, and lias refused an offer .of if.ri.O0O for his farm. G R SrnnNOKii, from some place in Nebraska unknown, who is a little oil .mentally, called on the governor tlio other day and urged him to personally .examine tho patients nt theinsnuo asy lums. Norfolk's especially, und secif they were really insane. . I.KN Coi.i.tNfi, wanted in Cherry county for burglary and breaking jail, was captured at the homo of a friend mbout three miles south of Teknmali. Collins was formerly a resident of To Ikumnli and the ollicers have been look .ing for him for Mime time. It is s-iid at the governor's ofllec that Principal Norton of the State Normal school declines to make an annual re port for that institution to ttie govern or. He claims, it is said, that it is tho duty of State Superintendent of Kduea :tiou Corbett to make this report. I. A. Four was recently interviewed by the lira ml Island Independent, and pave It us his opinion that investments tin iirigntiou ditches east of Outhcn burgh would nut prove prnllmbie. lie thin 1(8 the rainfall cast of that place is bnlllaicnt to product) crops regularly, HoiiKUr Pattkx, of Hingham, came near Wing gored to denth by a bteer almost in the last agonies of blackleg. Whim approached byl'.uten the animal prang to fth feet and .made for him, and turning; to run lie foil almost be neath tho animal's feet. It passed .over him in its mad ruUi und turned 11 ml emno for him ngnin jivst us lie was .endeavoring to roll under a who fence, in which .effort lie tore off .most of his Rothes. Hkiii.in .ohools have closed owing to prevalence -of diphtheria in , the town. MiiiiMW Wkii.kii, n farmer living n'iglil mile east of Norfolk. was brought in with his jaw lone .broken In ihiveo pluceas the result of a volt' kick. The Jaw was so fractured that tla uhin had to be liehl in place. At the meeting of tho woman's relief corps luihl in Omaha last week .Mrs. Anna F. Church of North Platte, ttexs urcr, read her report, showing 5105 in the relief fund, 41,450 in the general fund, und etJ50 worth of supplies in tho treasury. Highteen hundred boldiers und fauilkjp havo been helped during the year. ATtrr ting llilcvr. Tho poUco of this city, says a Norfolk dispatch, have had a couple of men, William Hazard and AH-ert Musfolt, who moved hern from Passottsomotwo months ago, under surveillance, lying in wait for them on two occasions, at tho Uuttcrllolcl stock yards, which they had planned to Invade. Onco tho men fulled to appear and once they conclud ed not to break tlio lock. Last night to officers lay In wait for them again at a fnrm In Stanton county, whoro they wero expected, and where, In tho course of tlio night they appeared with a wagon mid loaded up a couple of hogs. Tlio men ran, instead of sur rendering, ono of them being shot In tlio leg anil overhauled. Tho other wan arrested in Norfolk. They will bo tried in Stanton county. . Interemrd In HerU. Miller dispatch: Tlio people here are agitating tlio beet sugar question with a view of making u raw or crude sugar nnd syrup. One enterprising citizen ran a bushel of beets through a elder press Inst fall and got three gallons of juice, which made a gallon 11 ml a half of syrup. Owing to the frequent rains nnd snows tlio last fall and winter the ground wns never In better shape at this titno of tho year, and everybody predicts a big crop tho coming season. There is a demand for farms to rent. I Wn I tin it for ill Colli n. Ashland dispatch: Quite a little ex citement prevailed hero yesterday, caused by W. T. Allen, a farmer living north of town, drawing his gun on Deputy Sheriffs Whltolock and Jones. It seems that Mr. Allen's farm was sold under mortgage nnd yesterday the oil! cern went out to forco him to leave the place, which was contrary to his wish es, and just us the men wero entering tho yard ho came out and drawing a big revolver told them to stop. They returned to their buggy and drove back to town congratulating themselves on being a live. Mr. Allen Is considered a bad man and it is feared that trouble will result before he is removed, lie has armed liis wholo family nnd says that when ho leaves it will bo in a eoffln. I Horticultural Interest. At the mooting of the North western Nebraska Horticultural society, held in Schuyer,although there wero papers on many other subjects, the one-s bearing upon the cultivation of fruits and all other sorts of trees, their cultivation, propagation and histories of successes or failures, held interest nt all times. O. A. Marshal of Arlington read a pa nor on the "Need of Horticultural So cieties," which elicited a discussion upon apple trees, and thero wero many present who had fulled to succeed with them and were full of questions to be answered by those who were micccss fill. Tlio main complaints wero of the failure to get trees to live, the experi ence of nearly all questioners being that they could not get them to live to exceed ten years, and tho causes of this wero best explained by J. S. Dunhtpof uwlglit, wiio demonstrated that more depended upon tho subsoil than any thing elbe. lie biiid that there were two bubsoils that the roots of most trees would not penetrate. Tlio llrst ho termed joint oluy, a hard substance, with bluclc veins through it, stating that apple tree roots would grow to and spread over the surface of It, thus be ing left with no moisture from which to draw in season of drouth. Over tills, same joint clay, cherry trees would do well. Tho second ho termed tho con crete, stilting that It existed in the l'latto valley in many places very near the surface, at othcis deep down, nnd that when dry, or when used in tho construction of roads, it was almost as hard and impenetrable as concrete. Tlio death of shade and fruit trees in this vicinity having been mentioned, it was demonstrated that there was much of tho concrete subsoil underlying tlio portion of the l'latto valley in tiiis county, and that In dryest time there lies very close under tho subsoil an abundant supply of water. Dooming tlm KiponHlon. Des Moines dispatch: The Nebraska trans-Mississippi commlUeo was receiv ed cordially and fnvorablo sentiment was expressed when tho general com mittee visited tlie legislature this after noon. Ex-Senator Saunders was given an olllclal nnd cordial reception by the senate and house, being escorted to tlio speaker's and lieutenant governor's desks, lie addressed each house brief ly. The committee met tho legislative delegates today to formulate action in tlio legislature tomorrow. Tlio committee met Oovernor Drake and tlio ways and means committee of both houses just before they adjourned. Oovernor Drake appointed Speaker Hy ers and Lieutenant Oovernor l'nrrott to take charge of tlio joint resolution und introduce it in both houses tomor row morning. The resolution will pass unanimously. No Itrpurt Forthcoming. So far no report has been received y tho governor of affairs at tho State Normal school at Peru. The constitu tion provides that the superintendent or head of the educational institutions shall make a report. Mr. Muret, the governor's private secretary, wroie to l'rof. A. W. Norton, superintendent of tho bchool, and requested a report Prof. Norton replied that State Super intendent of Public Instruction Corbett was the proper person to furnish the required document. Prof. Corbett says that as ho Is only secretary of the edu cational board his duties begin and end with the keeping of the minutes of meetings. With llnancial reports of re ceipts and expendi;ureb of the State Normal school ho has nothing what ever to do. This is tlio condition in which the school remains at present. AjipniWlne Military Itt-arrtntloim. Chadron dispatch: Hon. Edward I Morritt, of Springfield, 111., special government appraiser of ex-military reservations is in tho city. He has just completed tho appraisement of the old Ft Sidney reservation, and is now at work appraising the old Ft. Sheridan reservation, located about sixteen miles from this city. It is a strip of land six miles square and will probably be opened for settlerrint when iho ap praisement is completed, which will bo in the course of a c-uplo of weeks. Mr. Morritt is nn old fJebraskan, nnd was formerly editor of tho Ouaha World-Herald. FIGHT AGAIN POSTPONED, NEXT FRIDAY NOW SET FOR THE Bia PUGILISTIC EVENT, BULL FIGHTS FOR SUNDAY. ritmliumnii Not In a Very Cheerful Mood Stiiurt Kofimct to llrltig OIT Any of the l.t'Mc-r C'ontesr In tlm Intertill Mwhcr'.i li.wt (Inline Hotter Itnphlly. 11. Paso, Tex., I'eb. IT. .Toe Veil dig announced olllciully this after noon that tho I'ltzsimmons-AInlier light is postponed until next I'ridaj. Martin .hilinu, when asked what ac tion would bo tiikon by Fitzsinuuous, said that they would make no state ment as to their nlans until Monday noon. hate last night Quinii, the backer of Mnher, telegraphed from Las Truces that Pcter'fj eyes were 25 per cent hotter, and that ho would surely be able to be in tho ring Monday, but this morning it was decided that ho could not light before Friday. In the mean time, concessions have been secured for a big bull light in .liuircz to-morrow. The news that Mailer's eyes were improving so rapidly was very com forting to tho crowd which is waiting for the big event Many efforts havo been made to induce Stuart to bring oil one of the smaller fights before the big one, but he positively refuses. Ho realizes that his chances for pulling oil the second light are much less than for pulling oil tlio first one, mill still less chance for tho tho third one. lie is bound to get Malier and Fitzsimuions into the ring and will take no chances on anything that may interfere with tho big light, Waleott and llriglit eyes, who wero to havo fought to-day, will both weigh in and demand their for feit of S250. Adjutant denornl Mabry is ronsing much hostility among tho citizens of Hi Paso by having men dog everybody connected with the carnival, lie lias them followed everywhere, and car- rlcs his sleuthing tactic to an extreme The situation has worked down to a simple proposition of having the light before the kinctoscope. It is practically Stuart's only chance to win out, and the only hopo that the kinetoscopo peoplu have their side of tho grave for the recovery of the 817, niK) they havo already put into the scheme. Tho kinetoscope, of course, is the strongest thing in favor of tlio light- coming off, and an effort will certainly be made to got tho men into tlit ring as soon us Mali or i- In any condition to fight. Tlio locution of tho fight is still the same deep im penetrable secret. Nobody knows a ; thing about it. and only one thing is certain it will not be in Texas. It may bo four miles from El Paso and it may be u hundred. Nobody save Stu art knows the direction or the distance. Hot resolutions were introduced and adopted at a meeting of tho city coun cil here lust night. The substance of the resolutions was that the citizens of El Paso regtirdcd the action of Oov ernor Culberson and Adjutant Oen oral Mabry, 111 bringing in Texas rangers as a bid for cheap notoriety, and they considered it as such. UNCLE SAM'S NAVY. KIkIU New VfKcIs Will Hit Itt-ntly for CoiiiinUtloii July 1. WrUUN'oio.v. Feb. 17. Owlnir lo the rapidity with which the work of constructing naval vessels is being pushed, eight ships will be added to tlio naval list for commission before the llrst of July. Ninety-seven per cent of tho work on tho battleship .Massachusetts has been completed, while on the double turret monitors Puritan, Terror and Monadnoek tho work dono is represented by ill, '.is und till per cent respectively. Tho battleship Oregon is so far advanced that only !,' per cent of the work re mains to be done. As for tho three gunboats building at Newport News, tho Nashville. Wilmington nnd Helena, though 'JiS per cent of the work is yet to be done, tho builders are sure that tho bhips can all be in commission be fore July 1. KANSAS POPULISTS. Tito Contentions Deelileil I'pou 1,3' the State Central Committee. Toi-KKA, Ivan., Feb. 1 7. The State central committee of tho Peopls par ty labt night issued cnlls for two State conventions, the first to Ihj held at Hutchinson March 18 to select nation al delegates und the second at Abilene August A to nominate State officers. The basis ot representation for tho Hutchinson convention will be one delegutc-ut-lurge for every county and ono for every 300 votes cast orl.ew elling in JS'M. For the Abilene con vention, one at largo for every county and one for every '2M votes east for l.owelling In J8'.i-I. This will make a convention of about 500 delegates at Hutchinson und about f00 ut Abilene. BRUTAL FOOTPADS. An (lid .11 an Aknuultctl nnU Itolilipj uml Left to Die I'mler a Trestle. FoitT SroTT, Kan., Feb. 17. II. K. llramwcll, aged 85 yean., was assaulted by two tramps on a Memphis railroad trestle about 6 o'clock last night. Ho was knocked down and fell through the trestle to the ground twenty-five feet below. Ono leg was broken nnd he sustained other Injuries from which he may die. Tho tramps robbed tho injured inuu, and left him where ho had fallen. About 4 o'clock this morn ing, after lying helpless for ubout eight hours, his moaning was heard by the night watohmnn of the Fort Scott Hydiaulie Cement works, who summoned aid und removed lmn to Mercy hospital. CHICAGO'S BIBLh.. The Hook In for i;o lii the Pulilln School mid Id Noii-Sectarian. Chicago, Feb. 1 7. Tho new lliblo nrepnretl for use in the public schools has been completed nnd will be sub mitted to tho board of education for upprov.il. Tho aim of those who com piled tho hook was to prepare a work that would be unobjectionable to any denomination. Up to 1S74 the Itlble was regularly read In tho public schools of Chicngo. Hy some it was approved, but others entered a protest so strong that it eventually prevailed and the rcadingn wero discontinued. A few years ago a movement was begun to reinstate the liible. The book which has just been com pleted is tlio outgrowth of a suggestion mndo by Professor David Swing, that n committee consisting of niember.S of tho Protestant. Catholic, Jewish and other denominations compile a book for the use of school children made up of selections from the Ilible. For tlio convenience of children and better to facilitate tlio work, tho book is graded in its arrangement. Those selections appearing first on Its pages are adapted to the needs and intel lectual standards of the lower grades of the grammar school, the latter part of the book being better suited for more nuituio minds. Quotations are given in the book to sho,v that mon differing widely in religious be lief, ranging from Professor Huxley to tlio Pope, have indorsed just such a scheme that has been carried out. WOMAN EDITOR DEAD. Sirs. N'leholsoii, Known an "I'eurl Itltcr," linn Followed Her Jlnslmml. Nkw Oiii.kans, Fob. 17. Mrs. Eliza J. Nicholson, proprietor of the Pica yune, died this morning. She was suffering from the grip when her hus band died a week ago, and the shock hastened her death. Mrs. Nlchnlson was born on Pearl river, in .Mississippi, and was the daughter of Captain J. W. Poite vnnt, descendant from a Huguenot family. I'nder the name of Pearl Hi vers she wrote songs which became well known. Her first verses wero published in the Home Journal and Llppincott's published a volume of her lyrics, which earned praiso from Paul Hnyno and otiiers. Her latest contri butions to American verse were "Ilagur" and "heap," in the Cosmopol itan, intended to begin a series of lliblical lyrics. Tlio work of her youth attracted the attention of A. M. Holbrook, then pro prietor of tho Picayune, who offered her a position on the paper, which sho accepted. She became his wife, nnd upon his death she assumed the man agement. Sho associated Ocorge Nich olson, then business manager, in tlio direction of the property, and upon their marriage tho firm beenmo Nich olson ,fc Co. Mrs. Nicholson left two sons, the older being 14 years old. SUGAR BOUNTV INQUIRY. Investigation of Comptroller ISowler Will lie General In Its Scope. Washington. Feb. 17. When tho the House met ut noon to-day tho Sen ate amendments to the bill to incor porate tho National Society of the Daughters of the American Involu tion, to grunt lenve of absence to homesteaders on tho Yankton Indian reservation, and to lease certain lands in Arizona for educational purposes were concurred in. Mr. Hay of New York called up the Hotitner resolution directing the com mittee on judiciary to investigate the action of Comptroller Howler in with holding the .sugar bounty appropria tion, and if it was found that he had violated the law to report by bill or otherwise on tho rights of an execu tive officer to refuse to execute laws on the ground that they wore uncon stitutional. Tho resolution was made general by an amendment and was passed. A parliamentary wrangle of over an hour followed on "a question ns to the privilege of a resolution directing tho ways und means committee to investi gate the effect of the reciprocity clause of tlio McKinley uet to employ nn ox pert for thnt purpose. NO APOLOGY OFFERED. Dnnr.it en Acknotvluilgei tlio Iteeeipt of the Nitv York Vuelit Club DecUton. London, Feb. 17. Tho purport of Lord Dunravcn's replies to the New York Ynct club were obtained this afternoon. The letter to Mr. Phelps is the most important. It treats in de tail the finding of the committee, but no apology is offered to tho New York Yacht club for tho failure of his lord ship to substantiate tho charges brought against Defender. Lord Dun raveu clings to tho evidence he sub mitted to thc'committcc. A Needle Located liy Cutho.lo Itayx. Toiionto, Out., Feb. 17. In Oruco hospital the value to surgery of Prof, ltoentgen's dlscovory was again dem onstrated yesterday. A woman pa- , tlent, whose foot hud cuuse'd her iu i tenso pain, was submitted to the cathode rays and tho photograph re vealed tho presence of a needle, l'rof. Wright of University college, who j conducted tho experiment, pointed . out to the burgeons the exact location of tho foreign body if ml an operation ' at this point proved tho photograph to ik; a true one. Kmlle. DittU lliuiRril. Linn, Mo., Feb. 17. Emilo Davis was hanged here this morning for tho murder of Frank Henderson, his sis ter's hweotheart, in January, IS'.U. Davis administered strychnine in u drink of whisky. Davis died protest ing his innocence. His parents re fused to take ehurgo of tho body. This was the first hanging lu Osage county. Withdraw In I'm or of llncliun. Lawhknci:, Kan., Feb. 17. W. .1. Hut'lmii tins secured tho suiinort of tlio Douglas county delegation for Con gressman O. h. Miller to run in suc cession. Iluchan was hero yesterday und all arrangements wero made, the Douglns county candidates withdraw ing. Caucusing for several days ended lust night with a unanimous vote for Huchun. THE LONG TALK ENDS. AND FREE SILVER GETS ITS DEATH BLOW. Jly ft Vote of 210 to KO tlio Smnto Sub stitute, for tlm llouil lllll In Knocked Out In tlio Loiter Home l'.x-Speuker Crl Milken the I'lnnl l'lrit for tlio Wlilto 3I"tnl A tlroiit Crotvil 1'rcsent. Srntltn Slllirttltute ltejeeted. Washington, Feb. I.".. After a ton days' debate the House by a vote of 80 to 100 in committee of the whole rejected the Senato frco coinage amendment to tho bond bill and re ported the bill to the house with a recommendation to non-concur and insist on tho house bill. The strength developed by the silver men was dis appointing. They had been confidently claiming over 100 votes. After two hours' debate to-dity the final vote will bo taken. Mr. Dlngley will rloso for the majority and Crisp for tho minority. Washington, Feb. 15. The public and private galleries of the house were thronged to-day in anticipation of the closing of the debute on the Senato fice coinage and substitute for the bond bill. The attendance on tho lioor was also very large. At A p. m. tho House rejected tho Senato free silver substitute for tho House bond bill by a vote of 210 nays aguinst, 90 yeas. Mr. Crisp, of Ocorgiu, representing free silver, said this was an economic question and no matter what views the members might have entertained in the past, he assumed that in cast ing It's vote to-day each member would do so conscientiously and in accord with the dictuscs of his con victions. Mr. Crisp opened his argu ment proper with the familiar words: "In IMS Congress demonetized silver." At the very threshold of tlio subject, he said, this was denied nnd it was also denied that up to 1873 we had had bimetallism in this country. He quoted Karon Kotlischilds statement that prices were regulated by the aggregato amount of the gold ami silver circulation. Prices were fixed by the amount of primary money in the world. If the stantlartl in England was gold, in France silver nnd in China silver, tho measure of values would be the combined nmouut of both gold and silver circulating as money. Money was tho thing for which all contended and the sum of the demand for money was equal to the demand for all things else on earth. If a mettil was made money by law a demand for that metal would be created among all the peo ple and its value would necessarily in crease with the increased demand. Here he read from statements made by SenatorSherninn in 1870 thnt tho demonetization of silver had caused a reduction of its price and hnil created a mud scramble for gold on the part of England, Franco and Oermany, which hud appreciated its price and had In duced a fall in price. throughout tho world. That full of prices, Mr. Crisp asserted, was largely due to the de monetization of silver. It was not the full of prices that wus complained of. but tlio constant nn I steady fall of prices, duo to the constant apprecia tion of gold. Ho reati from Mr. Hal four's speech of the llth inst.. in the English Parliament, attributing the decline of agriculture in gold countries to the appreciation of gold and the artificial advantages it gave to silver countries. Mr. llulfour hud declared also that the obstucles to reform came not from abroad but were put forward at home. Continuing, Mr. Crisp nnirmed the ex istence of a well defined purpose by those in authority, botli here and abroad, to depress the price of silver to prevent its rcmonetizutlon. He cited the manner in which tho island Allison uet of bl7ti was executed, tho coinage of the minimum amount under the aet and the refusal of the treasury, after a few months, to coin sliver under the net of 181)0. He cited Sec retary Carlisle's refusal to give silver for gold in lfe:'.'J, because the silver was needed for the redemption of tho treasury notes, and his course somo months afterward in redeeming those notes in gold. "What kind of juggling is that.''' Mr. Crisp asked, "What sort of friend ly treatment of silver is that'."' (Ap plause.) Coining down to the question whether tho United States indepen dently could maintain with frco coin age tlio parity between gold and hil ver, he said that there was no differ ence of opinion thnt it could be accom plished by an international agree ment. As an historic fact France had maintained tho parity for seventy years. If four or five countries could maintain a parity it wus conceded that law could affect the result. How powerful must a Slate be, then, to uffect that result'.' In conclusion Mr. Crisp declured that If the United States would assert its political and financial indepen dence, prosperity would return and continue the perpetual heritage of our people. Mr. Crisp bpoke an hour nnd a half, and was liberally appluuded when he but down. Mr. Turner of Oeorgin, Democrat, was then recognized. lie spoke for bound money. NORTH POLE DISCOVERY. Murli I'nltli In the Keport ronrernliig Dr. Niiiinen. N.i'Kr.yn.i.K, III., Feb. :r.. Evelyn D. lialdwin, tho meteorologist of tho Peary expedition of 18U3-10, was asked this morning what ho thought of the reported discovery of the North polo by Dr. Nansen. "I think it highly probable. It is the result of well calculated plans und not unexpected. Dr. Nansen hasaccouipl shed.it would uppenr, what he has striven for dur ing five years. Iho voyage of the Jeannette under Ue Long, until tho crushing of tho vessel in lntitudo 77 degrees H minutes und longitude 255 east, indicated that the near approach to the North pole was certainly to be made by u well equipped ami properly constructed vessel from that direction by tho New Slberlau inlands. Tho Jeauuotte had drifted through two long j Aretir' nMits in thut rejrin, and this would indicate that If ills possible for a vessel under ordinary conditions to endure so long it is to bo expected Hint ono of special construction, ns was Dr. Nanscu's would succeed in getting much farther. "Dr. Nanscu's absence since Juno 24, ISM, has given him time to make a close approach to the North pole, and J think it highly probable that with favcrablc conditions ho has succeeded in arriving at the long coveted point. Since communication with tho New Siberian islands nt the mouth of tiie Lena and Delta Is continuously hud by means of traders und hunters of that region, it is not improbable that Dr. Nansen has had means of sending dispatches to the Kussi.nn settlements in Central Siberia nnd thence home. Tho appropriation uiudo by the Nor wegian government and the private subscriptions so abundcntly equipped Dr. Nansen that ho had been un hampered so far as his ship is con cerned, and tho conditions have been very favorable. It was expected, how ever, that the first news from him would chronicle his urrival off tho north coast of Oreenland, as it was his theory that, his vessel would drift j with the ice north of tho Siberian islands nearly if uot dlr 'ctly over the ' north pole and thenco southward to tho coast of Oreenland. It seems, however, that insteatl of drifting south after once having arrived at tho north pole, he has returned e uth- wartl by way of tlio outward voyage, as did Dehong after tho crushing of , the Jeannette." A WAR OF WORDS. llcttrcru Hall und Do Armond in tli lloimc. Washington', Feb. l!. There was a clash in tlio House yesterday afternoon on the silver debate between Dc Armond nnd Hall of Mis souri. The gentlemen had paid their respects to each other before during the debate, but each in tlio absence of the other. Yesterday Mr. Hall opened by referring to tlio fact that Mr. Do Armond had mentioned tlio names of lleuedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot "without the apparent courage to make u personal application." Pro ceeding, lie indignantly denied that he hud been a "Washington com erf to the cause of sound money and ad verted to a standing challenge lie had posted in Missouri last .summer to dis cuss the issue on the stump. He also denied that lie intended to charge his free silver friends in the House with personal corruption. "Why should the gentleman feel that he has been hit?'' lie asked, turn ing to Mr. De Armond. "I do not know, unless the solution is found in the old ndage that tho bird which lius been hit flutters." Mr. hall, continuing, replied to the charge that he had been posing as tho author of tho iucomo tax. Hy this time the House was intensely inter ested nnd the members crowded ubout the combatants. Mr. De Armond had fire in his eye when he arose to reph. He did not feel, ho said, thut unytlng tlio gentleman had said hud .struck him, but he felt, as ono of tho Representatives from Missouri, that when the newest con vert from thu.. State to tlio so-called sound-money doctrine saw proper in making his platform to clas tlio Chinese, people from tlio East Indies and the depths of Africa and the lower animals in tlio cutegory of those t ho did not change their opinions, that perhaps it might not bo inappropriate to suggest thnt there might be changes of opinion thnt would evi dence no tremendous exaltation ubovo those referred to. (Laughter). As to the incomo tax business, ho said, the gentleman had allowed him self to be paraded us the author of tlio bill when ho knew he was not. "He said ho had b'.'cn informed ami be lieved that eight senator" who hud voted for free coinage," continued Mr. Do Armond, "had said they believed it would bring bankruptcy ami ruin to tho country. He did not identify them; ho did not name one; he never will do it. If eight benators, or ono senator, made any such remark-, ho merely did wliut tlio gentleman him self does not nnd dare not deny that ho bus done. "Any man has a right to change his opinion, but my improEsion was, and it has been greatly strengthened, that when u man changes his opinion ami departs from his old associates, ho ought liurdly to prate at tho first op portunity about tlio 'courage' which led him to do it, or talk ubout the cowardice' (without identification or specification) that resides in those who do not do likewise, or talk about the Cliincso and the lower animals as being typical of those who do not change when ho does. (Laughter). As to the gentleman's reference lo people 'feathering their nests, I tlo not know just what he meant, but I venture to say that if the f outliers are to be hud for tho asking, or tlio plucking, tho gentlemun, if lie is around, will get his full share." (Laughter an 1 ap plause.) Mr. Hall sprang to his feet wlieu Mr. DcArmond sat down. "I do not. wisli to emulate the gentleman in billingsgate," said ho hotly; "I do not expect to equal liini in it. Hut I wish to reply to bomo pertinent matters that ho" lias referred to. Ho bays I don't represent my constituents. I de sire to call his attention to tiie fact that we have five Democrats here from Missouri instead of fourteen in the Fifty-third Congress; that of those five Democrats threo of us aro sound money men (applause) and that the leader of tho into 1 idea in tho United States is now at homo upon his rocky farm in Laclede county, unless he is still lecturing to his oue-mun audi ence iu tho bouth. (Laughter and ap plause.) "1 propose to go back to my district nnd mnko the fight for sound money. (Applause.) Ho will go to his and make the tight for bllver monometal lism. Let the roll cull of tho-Fifty-ilftli Congress show which is right. I have unlimited confidence .in the hon esty, the uprightness, the integrit. and tho brains of my people 1 be lieve they will sustain me; 1 belluve T shall receive thoir indorsement, nnd that the gentleman will come back (if he come buck at all) with lesthau the 131 majority ho received iu the last election." (Applause.) . People who are learning I'ren n uri get the exact pronunciation of many dltlleult words by using a phonog.ap! cylinder, expresbly prejiared for at liurjio l t n Y tSrKf X