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HEMINGFOKD HERALD.
TITOS. 3. O'KliBFFE, rbllshr.
HEMINGFOItD,
NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
Mns. BAnNAAnr, of Plorco county,
who attempted suicide, will rccovor.
No APDITIONAL gold finds aro re
ported on tho Wagner farm near Fort
Calhoun.
A KAvr wind in tho vicinity of
Ogalalla did considerable- damago to
buildings.
A numukh of pcoplo in Omaha lost
quite heavily in tho recent fire at Crip
plo Crook, Cola
Tub fire in tho Commercial block at
York is supposed to have been started
by incendiaries.
CnAiiLKfl Tuii'Ki, of Plattsmouth, has
been declared insano and sent to tho
asylum at Lincoln.
Mns. Baiinhaut of Picrco county en
deavored to drown herself. She and
her husband had quarreled.
Tim editor of tho Falrbury Times is
out his Sunday-go-to.meotlng suit at
tho hands of a sneak thief.
"Chuck" Moos-run. of Nebraska City,
found guilty of rape, was given two
years in the stato penitentiary.
A HEAvr galo from tho northwest
did considerable damage near Phillips
to corn cribs and other buildings.
Fhank Fjunk of Adams county was
knocked down by lightning and lay in
the road half an hour unconscious.
The republican stato convention for
tho nomination of stato officers will bo
hold in Lincoln, Wednesday, July 1st.
The Btato banking board has issued
n charter to the German bank of Mur
dock. Tfto capital stock authorized is
83,00.
RoiiKitT McConnisll, of Omaha, for
many years master mechanic of tho
Union Pacific railroad, died last week,
aged thrco score and ten.
Huffmae & Rawlins, near Noligh,
aro sowing S00 acres of alfalfa. Ex
perience convinces thorn that its culti
vation is a groat success.
At no tlmo sinco tho settlement of
Chase county havo thero been such
flattering crop prospects at at this tlmo.
Thero will bo an increased acreage.
The Methodist church at Schuyler,
which has been rebuilt during tho last
three months, was dedicated last Sun
day. It is a splondid building, with
amplo room for every need.
Joe WEiiNEn, of Grand Island, who
had been on a drunken dobauch, made
an effort at sulcido by hanging while
in jaiL lie was discovered and cut
down beforo Ufa was extinct
The southwestern veterans' reunion
association has decided to hold its next
reunion at North Platte at the satno
time as tho western Nebraska irriga
tion fair, October, 13, 14 and 15.
Joan Hynck, a well-to-do farmer re
siding northwest of Pierce, accidentally
shot his little girl in the abdomon with
his shotgun, while taking the gun
from tho liouso to kill a hawk. The
child wilt die.
The general merchandise toro of
Edward llros. of Louisville was enter
ed by last week and about 850 worth of
gpods, consisting of silk handkerchiefs,
shoes, pants, jowelry, tobacco nnd
some groceries taken. -
The drug store of Dr. Charles Hand
at Crete was closod under chattel
mortgngo for 81,200. McPilto & Fox,
Pcregoy & Moore, and L. A. Iroland
aro the main creditors, to whom the
chattel mortgage reads.
The jury at Pawnee City in tho case
of II. O. lirown aguinst tho city for
81,000 damages on account of a defec
tive sidewalk from which ho sustained
an injury about a year ago, brought in
a verdict awarding lirowu 8300 dam
ages. Fkobpects for fruit and crops of all
kinds in tho section about IlaBtings
have not been mora promising for
years than nt the present time, and
unless causes unforscen arise the hus
bandmen will havo no reason for com
plaint at tho timo of harvest
John W. Bookwaltkh of Now York
city, is now on his way to Nebraska to
mako arrangements for the establish
ment of u number of farming villages.
IIo owns about 00,000 acres in this
stato and proposes to gather agricul
turists into towns of about 500, provide
a good library, theater and glvo them
many advantages of city life.
Geokoe Drake of Red Cloud, who
was arrested several months ago on a
charge of rape and who was bound
over in the sum of 82,000 for his ap
pearance nt the last term of the district
court, but who jumped his ball and left
for parts unknown beforo court con
vened, returned several days ago and
was turned over to tho sheriff by his
bondsmen.
C. J. Andeuson, a prominent stock
man of Neligh, states that never at any
time in the past four years has tho soil
been so thoroughly soaked as at pres
ent, and all of the ponds which havo
been dry for a couplo of seasons now
contain water and thoso which have
been nearly dry have assumed their
former dimensions. Not only is tho
surface thoroughly wet, but the subsoil
is saturated affording a reserve supply
of moisture for tho hot weather of sum
mer. Farmers arc feeling happy and
are putting in a large acreage.
Don't loaf around tho corner grocery
arguing with your neighbors abont the
best tool to use in surface cultivation,
but buy a new Pivotal Frame Captain
Kidd Dlse Cultivator, which will render
it easy to dodge the crook edest corn
and unnecessary to dodge the Sheriff
next Fall. If you use the Captain Kidd,
you will have money to pay your bills,
and won't have to dodge. rite us for
descriptive circulars nnd "What Others
bay." Nehuaska Momne Plow Co.,
, Omaha, Neb
DuniNO a thunder storm the barn of
Charles Muronville, about five miles
southwest of Aurora, was destroyed by
fire, which is supposed to have been
started by a stroke of lightning. Five
horses belonging to William Campbell,
a young man who lives with Maron
vllle, were burned in tho barn.
DtJBiNO a horse race near Plainvlew
Robert E. Bradsbaw, a jockey, was
thrown from his horse and sustained
injuries from which he died. Brad
shaw haa been in the employ of differ
ent turf men in that vicinity for years
and Is well known. His homo is in
Liverpool, England, and his relatives
there havo been notified.
IIeniiy Boi.ln, ex-city treasurer of
Omaha, was on trial last week for
embezzlement of something over 8100,
000. Tho jury disagreed, nino being
for conviction and thrco for acquittal.
The caso will bo at onco taken up by
tho present term of court
John TnAuecit, a young man of
Hastings, living upon a farm near
Roseland, started to go out hunting,
and as ho was leaving tho houso with
his gun over his shoulder it was dis
charged by sorao unknown means and
tho contents struck nnd killed Edward
Trausch, n younger brother, who was
standing nt the tablo assisting his
mother to wash tho breakfast dishes.
Thamab Wymond, a character who
has been known in Nobraska City and
vicinity for many years, died In a small
room with scarcely n friend to caro for
him. At one tlmo ho was quito influen
tial in the politics of that section nnd
had a fair portion of this world's goods,
but lost it all, and for a tlmo wns In
tho county infirmary. IIo was thrco
times married.
General Manperson returned last
week from Washington, whoro ho
argued the BUgar bounty caso beforo
tho supremo court, and a decision from
that tribunal will settlo that question.
Associated with him ns attorneys for
tho plaintiffs woro Judgo Symmes of
Now Orleans, and Joseph II. Choato of
New York, whilo tho attorney general's
department appeared for tho govern
ment J. G. Tate, grand master workman
of tho A. O. U. W., through his attor
ney, has filed his answer to tho peti
tion of Mrs. Alico Scott, widow of tho
lato Barrett Scott The answer denies
all tho allegations set forth in tho pe
tition, except that nt ono timo Barrett
Scott was a member of the organiza
tion. Tho caso will probably come up
for trial in tho district court of Holt
county in September.
Owino ton mlstako in printing tho re
funding bonds of Grooly county, re
cently purchased by the stato board of
educational lands and funds, on ac
count of tho pormanont school fund,
tho whole issuo will havo to bo reprint
ed. Tho county commissioners tried
to correct tho mistake by an interline
ation, but tho board declined to accept
tho bonds in that shape. The amount
of tho issuo was 530,000.
The secretary of tho interior has re
commended to tho attorney general to
dismiss tho suit against tho purchasers
of land from tho Burlington road, but
to continue it as against tho road, nnd
it is thought tho attorney general will
act on tho recommendation of tho sec
retary. If this isdono it will elimin
ate tho 1,700 individual defendants
from tho case, and lcavo tho road to
settle its misunderstandings with tho
government alone.
Judge W. IL Wkbtovkh appointed
A. A. Record of Chadron receiver of
the Chadron Banking company. Tho
report of Bank Examiner Cowdcry
shows that a number of persons owo
the bank from 82,000 to $0,000 each on
their unsecured notes. Mr. Cowdcry
figures a large loss on these, and on
tho total assets of 850,000 ho estimates
a loss of 835,000, leaving 815,000 net as
sets. The deposits amount to 820,000,
of which thero is duo the county 84,000.
E. W. Hyman, who recently escaped
from tho county jail and tied to Iowa,
desires the county attorney to allow
him to enter a plea of guilty and tako
three years in the penitentiary. That
official refuses to do this, -as, ho says,
be has a sure case of robbery against
llyman and can secure a sentence ot
five years, if not longer. Hymen held
up C. V. Fisher, a St Louis traveling
man, u short timo ago and relieved him
of 815, at the point of a wicked-looking
knife.
At a meeting of tho board of man
agers of the Nebraska Irrigation fair
in North Platte it was decided to give
tho first annual fair at North Platto
October 0 to 15, inclusive. Every mem
ber of tho bonrd was present includ
ing E. McLemon of Cheyenne county,
Matthew Daugherty and Ed Searlo of
Keith county nnd O. G. Smith of Buf
falo county and the local members.
Twenty thousand copies of tho premium
list wero ordered gotten out and com
mittees will be sent through the eu6t
to work up interest In the fair.
Ch.viu.eb K. Gkahi.k of Crawford, re
presenting the Crawford Irrigation
company, filed in tho clerk's office a
potition, covering seventy pages of
typewritten mutter, asking a perman
ent injunction restraining about fifty
defendants from using the water of
Whito river. A temporary writ was
granted by County Judge Ricker. The
plaintiffs claim a prior right to use the
water and allego that they nave ex
pended some 830,000 in cash in the con
struction of the ditch. It promises to
be the biggest law suit ever tried in
the county.
Police Judcie Thomas Johnson of
Ashland committed suicide by hang
ing. Squiro Hardin happened into the
otlice about 3:15 o'clock in tho after
noon, and just back of the room under
the fire tower sat Mr. Johnson, a rope
about his neck and his baud up to his
face. Tho body was yet warm. John
son was a Dane, about 50 years of age.
He received notice somo ten days ngo
that a mortgage ou his home for 81,400.
with interest for several years, would
be foreclosed to satisfy the note. This
is supposed to have superinduced the
suicide.
On tho application of Thomas V.
Jaques, a citizen of Kcya Paha county,
supported by the petition of a large
number of other citizens of that sec
tion, Governor llolcomb paroled from
tho penitentiary W, A. Chapin. who
was undergoing a sentence Of two
vears on conviction of horse stealing,
The papers in tho case, which consist
of tho petition ami n letter from tho
county attorney of Keya Paha, reveal
the fact that Chapin's case is another
in which the requirements of the law
have not been complied with in tho
trial and the sentencing of criminals in
that county.
The annual report of the State
Banking board has been completed by
Secretary Townley for 1895. During
that year thero were 447 commercial
and savings banks doing business in
the state, with an aggregate author
ized capital of S0.210.525, giving an
average of capital stock of 820.S42.
During the past year eleven new banks
were orgnnized, and forty-six discon
tinued business from various causes.
Tho latter had an aggregate capital of
H,J,0,70iand WVal dePSV6 'f l'30?T
334.e2. The sixteen insolvent banks
which were placed in the hands of re -
ceivers had an aggregate capital stock
of S434.O00 and deposits in the sum
gsei.cor.
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
THE WOMAN QUESTION REFERRED
TO A FRIENDLY COMMITTEE,
WILL UNDOUBTEDLY WIN.
Seven Dlitrlct Conference Declare Un
conditionally for tlie Fair Delegate
Three Others Divided ItlMiop
Foster Lecture tho Gather
ing on Order Henevo
lcuce to IIo Iteduccd.
Cleveland, Ohio, May 4. Yester
day afternoon conferences wero held
by tho delegates representing tho
various districts at tho Methodist
general conforenco nnd members of
tho credentials committee were se
lected. Of tho fourteen district con
ferences, seven declared uncondition
ally for seating tho women delegates
and thrco others gave ouo delegate
each to tho samo cause. This makes a
vote of 17 to 11 in tho committee in
favor of seating tho women.
Bishop Foster presided this morning
and Dr. E. W. Parker of India opened
tho session with scriptural reading.
Tho presiding officer then alluded to
tho confusion and disorder which
characterized yesterday's proceed
ings, suggested that the business bo
transacted in an orderly mannor and
added that quiet could not bo sus
tained without tho co-operation of tho
delegates. IIo said that delegates
should give their name to tho confer
ence beforo being recognized. He
then gave a lecture on order. Follow
ing this it was voted to hire a ser-gcant-at-arins
to preserve order in tho
rear.
A committee of seven on rules was
appointed and then Dr. Ncely moved
nn appointment of a committee of
eighteen on constitution, fifteen to be
by districts and three at large. This
is one of tho greatest questions which
will come before tho conference and
caused a decided flurry. Amendments
were offered, tho first for tho com
mit tee to consist of two members from
each district conference of the general
conference and another by Mr. Bent-
Icy of Missouri that tho committee
consist of nine, to he appointed by the
bishops. This was violently opposed
by L. M. Shaw of Des Moines. A great
deal ot confusion prevailed until
finally Dr. Payne of Now York moved
to lny the motion for a committee of
nine on the tablo and it was promptly
done. Dr. Tetor shut off dobato by
moving tho previous question and the
motion was carried.
Chaplain C. C. McCabo read a tele
gram 'stating that Dr. John M. Reed
was at tho point of death. The con
ference ordered a telegram of sympa
thy sent to Mrs. Reed.
Dr. Leroy M. Belt of Ohio moved tho
appointment of a committee of laymen
and clergymen from each district and
three at large, to consider tho feasi
bility of simplifying thcbenevolences,
there being nine collections per year
at present. Dr. Smith moved that all
papers and resolutions on this subject
bo referred to the regular committee
on temporal economy. Dr. Belt would
not permit this, and Dr. Smith's mo
tion was laid on the table. Mr. Hynett
wanted to add ono clergyman and ono
layman from each society to tho com
mittee. Dr. Buckley opposed this and
made a humorous address. Dr. Hy
nett's amendment was laid on tho
table and Dr. Belt's motion was car
ried. All information ou this subject
was ordered referred to this commit
tee. Dr. C. n. Payne of New York offered
a resolution authorizing tho appoint
ment of a committee of five on frater
nal delegates. It was adopted.
At half past ten o'clock Bishop
Warren of Denver commenced tho
reading of tho episcopal address. It
was very long and was in tho nature
cf a report on behalf of the board of
bishops to the conference. It em
bodied an exhaustive review of the
work of tho conference during tho
past four years with reports concern
ing the missionary work, Sunday
school, church extension, Freedmen's
Aid bureau work and discipline.
At tho conclusion of tho address the
convention adjourned.
To Investigate Seed I'urchnses.
Washington, May . Represesenta
tlvo Baker of New Hampshire intro
duced in the Houso yesterday a con
current resolution providing for an In
vestigation of the recent purchaso of
seeds by Secretary Morton. A pream
ble recites thochurges made by the
Noithrup. Braslau, Goodwin Company
of Chicago, and suys the Secretary has
not acknowledged the receipt of tho
charges or-directed au investigation.
The Kennedys Not Guilty.
Macon, Mo., May 4. After being
out one and one-half hours, tho jury
returned a ver.dlot of uot guilty
against Simon and James Kennedy,
charged with the murder of Dick Col
lins of Sedalia. at New Cambria, De
cember L3, 1603.
A Colly Stump Sold.
St. Louis, Mo., May -i. A postage
stamp called the "lO-cent Baltimore
provisional," the only one of tho kind
known to exist, was sold yesterday by
a St Louis firm to W. A Castle of
New York for 84,-100, tho largest price
ever paiu lor u stamp.
The Hungarian Millenium Celebration.
Ucda Pksth, May 4. Emperor
Francis Joseph opened the millenium
exhibition hero to-day. He wore the
uniform of a Hungarian general and
was accompanied by the empress.
Speeches were made by the emperor
- nnd bv the minister of commerce
Ernest de Daniel.
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Judge Wood ot Kingston. Ho.. Dead.
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1 Hamilton, Mo., May 4 Judge .
A. Wood, a prominent attorney and
of ex-secretary of tho State Bar nssoel
ation, died at Kingston this morning,
SECOND SON MADE SHAH.
Trouble May Como In Fernln Over tho
Succession Cause of tho Murder.
Tiflis, May 4. Immediately after
tho death of tho Shah tho heir appar
ent (Vnllhad), Muzzafor-cd-Din, was
proclaimed Shall. Russia and Great
Britain recognized Muzzafcr-ed-Dln
as heir to tho Persian throno in 1858.
Tho grand vizier will govern until tho
arrival of tho now Shah at Teheran
from Tabriz.
London, May 2. A dispatch from
Teheran to tho Times regarding the
situation In Porsla incident upon the
assasslnntiof ' iSlitih says! "Much
discontent it pr somo time
through tlfv Vf provisions,
parti j' causc, cesslvo issuo
of copper coins. C6M jpSrablo .alarm
provails hero and Prince. ialb-es-Sul-tanch,
third son of the lato Shah, has
retired to his palace at tho request o'(
the government. The assassin's name
Is Mullah Reza, and ho is supposed to
bo irfax llabec."
An article in tho Times on the late
shah calls to mind that nt the begin
ning of his reign ho put to death by
thousands the members of the B:ibec
sect, whoso crusado against public
and prlvado corruption In Persia was
so popular ns to become a menaco to
the government
"The chief apprehensions that now
arise," says tho Times, "aro lest tho
now shah's eldest brother, Zil-es-Sul-tan,
should attempt to dispute the ac
cession (tho lato shah is succeeded by
his second son and not the eldest son).
Zll-es-Sultan is governor of Ispahan
and was for n long time tho virtual
ruler of Southern Persia till tho Into
shah, in j600, greatly reduced his
power nnd disbanded his regiments."
George N. Curzon, under secretary
of state for foreign affairs, who is an
acknowledged authority on Persia,
considers Muzzafr-ed-Din Mlrza Vnll
had, tho now shah, a man of great
Intelligence, but ho has been secluded
all his life as to h:ivc no knowledge of
tho duties incumbent upon him as
ruler of Persia.
SMITH AND LELAND.
Tho Former Says tho letter Lie nnd
Knows It Famous Kansans at Out.
Toi'KKA, Kan., May 1. Replying
to Cyrus Leland's statement that
"Farmer" A. W. Smith had, in Feb
ruary. 1894. offered to got out of
E. N. Morrill's way for governor if
tho latter would pay him 83,500 cash
for tho cxpenso of his campaign for
governor in 1802, Smith telegraphs the
following denial:
"McPhkusoN, May 2. Mr. Leland's
statement is a willful and malicious
alsehood. I never, at any time, or
under any circumstances, offered to
stay out of tho campaign against Mor
rill for a money consideration, neither
did I authorize anyone to make such a
proposition for me. In conclusion, I
want to reiterato and emphasize that
Mr. Leland lieu and knows he lies.
A. W. Smith."
Governor Morrill, when aBkcd about
Leland's statement, said: "1 cannot
now recall that Mr. Leland came to
me with such a proposition from Mr.
Smith either during tho Newton en
campment, or afterward. I have no
doubt, however, that Mr. Leland
submitted tho proposition to me
as ho says. He is a truthful
man and not given to nuitoavcgant
talk, and what ho says may be
dopended upon. I may have gotten
his statement to me confused with a
Eropositlon submitted to mo directly
y one of Mr. Smith's friends. It is
not necessary to disclose the name of
this friend. It is enough to say that
he camo to my room ift the Depot hotel
at Newton saying that he was author
ized to make the proposition that if I
would pay Smith's campaign expenses
of 1801', amounting to 83,500, Smith
would get out of my way and support
me for the nomination for Governor.
The proposition struck mo as absurd.
At that tlmo I did not think Smith
was in it I believed my nomination
was assured. Therefore I gave the
proposition no thought, nnd it passed
out of my mind."
need Men Sore at Proctor.
Washington, May 4. The Reed men
here claim that benator l'roctor wae
Intrusted with their campaign in Ver
mont and assured them that McKlnley
sentiments would be kept well to the
rear. Then he took to Vermont one
of McKinley's most ardent champions
Senator Thurston of Nebraska and
seems to have been in constant com
munication with Mark Hanna. Be
fore even tho bulletin of tho action of
the convention had been sent broad
cast over tho country, Mark ilanna
bad been Informed by Senator Proctor
of the condition of things in Vermont
Capitalists to Aid Cripple Creek.
Denvku, Colo., May 4. Arrange
ments are being made for a big mass
meeting of business men in Cripple
Creek next Tuesday. It Is expected
that. D. 11. Moffat, Ebon Smith, W. S.
Stratton, N. J. Jackson, Irving How
bert nnd other capitalists will bo pres
ent and will aid liberally in rebuilding.
W. S. Stratton is reported to have said
that he will furnish 81,000,000 to the
responsible business men of Cripple
Creek who wish to rebuild in the
burned district.
American Ilorios In Germany.
Washington, May 4. United States
Consul Keenun nt Bremen has report
ed to the stato department that the
importation of American horses into
Germany. i& considerable, but that it is
hampered by the underhand methods
of local horse dealers. Last year 10,
000 American horses were shipped to
Germany, but all were rigidly inspect
ed on account of charges of unheulth
fulness. College Students Strike.
Dki.awaiik, Ohio, May 4. Last night
at chapel time, 1,000 students of Ohio
Wesleyan university went on a strike.
The strike is attributed to the action
of the faculty in imposing such strin
gent conditions upon the contem
plated Western tour of tho glee club
as to mako the trip almost impossible.
Girls to VF.nlt on llrltlsh Stalcnien.
London, May 4. Among the reforms
of the new kitchen committee of the
house of commons will be the substi-
j tution ot waitresses for waiters.
THE STRAIGHT GOODS.
ANOTHER SET OF DELEQATES
TO CHICAGO.
Cleveland nnd Sound Money Democrats
ot Nebraska Hold Their State Conren
tlon Sixteen Delegate to Represent
the Administration Follower, Part ot
Them Heine; Selected by Acclamation
Sllrerltes Roasted to a Ilrown.
Cleveland and Sonnd Money.
Dolcgates-nt-Largo
TOHlAs OABTOR, Lancaster,
WILLIAM A. PAXTOM, Douglas,
DAN W. COUK.Ongo,
CHAKLES G. ltYA.N, Hall.
Altcmatcs-at- nrgo
MILTON M. DOOLITTLE, Lincoln,
UEOKUE W. WEST, Holt.
JAMES M'SHANE, Douglas,
JAMES C. CUAWKOIID, Cuming.
Lincoln, April 3a Euclid Martin,
chairman of the stato committee, called
tho administration democratic state
convention together at noon yesterday.
Secretary J. B. Shccan read tho call.
Six hundred delegutes wero in their
scats when the chairman rapped tho
convention to order.
Following tho reading of tho cail
Chairman Martin named W. D. Mc
Hugh of Douglas county as temporary
chairman and C. M. Hubner of Otoe
county, temporary secretary. Later
on this was mado permanent
Chairman Mcllugh named as a com
mittee on credentials R. S. Bibb. Jerry
Farrell, H. E. Phelps, Samuel Wallace
and J. P. Rea.
As committee on resolutions he nam
ed T. J. Mahoney, N. S. Ilarwood,
George P. Marvin, J. C. Crawford, Leo
M. Spratlin, J. I. Leese and D. P. Rolf.
Committee on permanent organiza
tion: Milton Dbolittlc, Robert Patrick
and Albert Watkins.
The committee on credentials report
ed that every county in the state, with
the exception of Stanton, wus repre
sented by a full delegation on the lloor
of this house.
The convention then proceeded to
the election of candidates for
delegates-at-largo to the Chicago
convention, the result being as given
above, the first four by acclamation.
Following is tho list of district
delegates elected, together with their
alternates:
First District N. S. Harwood, Lan
caster county; alternate, D. S. Gould,
Cuss county: D. P. Rolf, Otoe: altern
ate, A. W. Buffin, Johnson county.
Second District T. J. Mahoney,
DouglaB county; alternate, George
Parks, Douglas; Euclid Martin, Doug
las; alternate, George W. Shields, Doug
las. Third District Fred Vaughan.Dodgo
county; alternate, Frank Jouvcnat,
Boone county; Frank A. Deaborn,
Wuyne; alternate, E. B. Wilbur, Dako
ta county.
Fourth District O. II. Scott, Thayer
county; alternate, J. G Hartigan; R.
E. Duraphey, Seward county; altern
ate, A. D. Ritchie, Butler county.
Fifth District George P. Klngsley,
Kearney; alternate, J. G. Glasser, Clay
county; n. G. Keeler, Webster countyj
alternate, M. L. Meade, Perkins county.
Sixth District J. I. Leese, Dawes
county; alternate, O. F. Blglin, Holt
county; J. J. Mcintosh, Cheyenne coun
ty; alternate, A. G. Holt Brown coun
ty.
The democrats qf Nebraska, in con
vention ussomtbvlH.wwdg'.-iH.O'JV our
fealty to the principles of the demo
cratic party. We repel alike the im
pudent assumptions of republican
plutocratic paternalism nnd the vagar
ies of populist and socialistic paternal
ism. We denounce as dishonest the
claims of the republican party to be re
turned to power on account of financial
disturbance, produced by republican
legislation, and as equally dangerous
tho clamor of populists and their allies
for a more extensive application for
the same pernicious legislation. We
adhere to the time-honored principles
of tho party, as enunciated by Jeffer
son and expounded by Jackson, Tilden
and Cleveland.
Wo believe with Thomas Jefferson
that the market value of bullion regu
lates the value of the coin, and not its
coin value, we accept the teaching of
economic science, that under free coin
age tho cheaper money will always
drive out the better raonev. leavinir
nothing but the poorer in circulation,
and that under the unvarying law the
udoption of free coinage of silver at 10
to 1 would expel from circulation all
the gold and paper money redeemable
in gold, and leave the country on a
silver basis, with a poorer currency
and much less of it.
We believe that common honesty nnd
a just regard for tho rights of our cred
itors, as well as the rights of tho wage
earners, require us to use all honorable
means to prevent the insertion of n free
coinage plank in the nationnl plat
form. We adhere to our previous declara
tions on this subject, and declare our
selves unequivocally and unreservedly
for the metalic money, as the staudard
unit, the bullion and mint value of
which are approximately the same, and
the purchasing power of which, regard
less of government miutage, is the least
fluctuating in all the markets of the
world. We insist on this policy as es
pecially necessary for the protection of
tho farmers, laborers and property
owning debtors, the most defenseless
victims of unstable andlluctuating cur
rency.
We deny the right of congress to
levy taxes for duy other purpose
than the maintenance of tho govern
ment, and demand a fair trial for the
Wilson tariff law, under which busi
ness and industry have been recovering
from the paralytic stroke of McKinley
ism. k
Wo are in favor of the retirement of
tho forced loans of the United States
government made in the exigencies of
war. and of the government going out
of the banking business at the earliest
practicable moment, and the establish
ment of our currency and banking upon
some basis that will give stability to
our paper money and security to de
positors. The theory of noninterference on the
part of European governments on this
continent, announced by President
Monroe, more than half a century ago,
has taken a firm hold of the American
people, and we heartily endorse and ap
prove the course of President Cleveland
and Secretary .Olney in their firm and
unfaltering adherence to this great
principle.
We deny the claim of a small faction
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who recently assembled to hold a con
vention in tho name of tho democracy
of this state, and pretended to select
delegates to tho democratlo national
convention, becauso they have for
years repudiated tho national dem
ocratlo party and its platforms; they
havo insisted on tho withdrawal of
democratic tickets in tho interest of tho
Jiopulist party; they havo refused to
oin in tho nomination of democrats
for office, but instead havo endorsed,
and supported populist candidates, who
accept one of the teachings of democ
racy; they havo sought and held office
by appointment from a populist gov
ernor as a reward for treachery to tho
democrats; they havo been repudiated
by a two-thirds voto of tho democrats
of tho state; they have, by public ut
terance, In their recent convention, de
clared that if tho national democratlo
convention refused to adopt their pe
culiar notions, they will not abide by
its judgment and havo sought to pave
the way for their entrance to tho popu
list national convention in St Louis
by the adoption of tho most cxtremo of
tho many hair-brained theories of that
party.
Wo believe in the government found
ed by tho fathers of this republic, and
in tho constitution, which, for mora
than a century has been the admira
tion of the civilized world; and we re
pudiate the theories of populists and
so-called democrats, allied with popu
lists, who would destroy that constitu
tion for tho socialistic experiment of
tho initiative and referendum.
Wo deprecate and denounce tho in
flammatory language used by a certain
class of politicians and public speakers
in recent days in their efforts to stir
up strife and array ono section of tho
country against another, and ono class
of peoplo against tho other. Wc llvo
under ono constitution and ono flag,
and wo arc, and of right should be, ono
people. Tho democracy of Nobraska declare
that it recognizes in governmental,
commercial and financial affairs no
cast, no west no north, no south; that
the interdependence of tho states or
dains tho closest identity of interests
without regard to section or locality,
and that all teachings to the contrary,
by whomsoever disseminated, aro false
and pernicious.
Wo believe that every American citi
zen, duly qualified, has tho right to
vote and hold ofilco regardless of his
religious belief or affiliations, and wo
condemn social organizations based up
on a different thdory as inimical to our
freo institutions.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Scales are now mado of such a nico
adjustment that they will weigh any
thing, to tho smallest hair plucked from
tho eyebrow. In fact, they will weigh a
pencil mark.
Sir John Lubbock describes an ant,
which can support a weight three thou
sand times heavier than itself, or equal
in proportion to a man holding 210 tons
by his teeth.
Thunder is sometimes one great
crash, because the lightning cloud Is
near the earth and as all tho vibrations
of the air (on which the sound depends)
reach the car at the same time.
Tho nlr is clear at Arequlpa, Peru.
From the observatory at that place, 8030
feet above the sea, a black spot.one inch
in diameter, placed on a white disc, has
been seen on Mount Charchanl, a dis
tance of eleven miles, through a thir
teen lic'n. teh;i;popc
Geological specimens brought home
recently from tho Antarctic region by a
Norwegian explorer has been analyzed
and found to contain microleno granite,
with garnets and tourmalino and mica
schists. As these havo never been seen
in an ocean island, tho conclusion is
that a continent exists around tho south
pole.
A few drops of benzoin placed on cot
ton and put in or around a tooth that la
aching will almost invariably stop tho
pain.
Raisins can be easily seeded if put in
hot water and allowed to stand fifteen
minutes beforo beginning to seed.
Clear, black coffee, diluted with watsr
and containing a little ammonia, will
clean and restore black clothes.
A treatment that may be relied on
for removing spots of iron rust from
white fabrics is tho following: Pour
boiling water into a bowl, stretch tho
cloth that 1b spotted over it, and drop
on tho spot of rust a drop of hydro
chloric or muriatic acid. Leave it thero
half a minute, then dip tho placo in hot
water. Wash out thoroughly after
wards in water softened with ammonia.
Soap must not bo used, ns tho acid will
decompose it and lcavo a grease spot
on tho cloth.
USEFUL ITEMS.
Books with clasps
damage those near
or raised sides
them on the
shelves.
To Remove Iron Mould. Apply first
a solution of sulphuret potash, and
afterward ono of oxalic acid. The sul
phuret acts on the iron.
To Polish Old Book Bindings. Thor
oughly clean the leather by rubbing
with a piece of flannel; If tho leather
is broken fill up tho holes with a little
paste, beat up tho yolk of an egg, and
rub'Tt well over the covers with a
picco of sponge; polish it hy passing a.
hot Iron over.
To Loosea Glass Stoppers. Apply
salad oil to the mouth of the decanter
by means of a feather; the bottle
should then bo placed about one-halt
yard from the fire. When warm the
stopper should be gently struck on alt
sides, and attempts should be mado to
move it. It it still remains fast, ap
ply more oil. A few sharp taps on the
stopper, all the way round, with a key
is aJoo very effectual.
Senator Smith of New Jersey says
i me Democrats oi mat state will in-
l struct for a third term for Cleveland.
A big consignment of bicycles has
been shipped to Cuba for use by the
insurgents in the war.
The Cuban junta has chartered
seven vessels in American ports to run
! between New York and Cuba.
1 Quan Yick Nam, a Chinaman born
in this country, has mado application-
for appointment on tho Now York
t police force. Ills prospects are good.
tie is hated by the highbinders.
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