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.) .
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