Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190?, October 16, 1896, Image 3

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I ME. WATSON ACCEPTS.
HIS L.FTTEH TO CHAIRMAN OUT
LET MADE'PUBLIC.
Sl Grievance Is Retold He Declare
That If It Were. Not for 111m tho Tick
et tt tlm SU Louis Contention Would
Ham Ucen Morton nndlllrkett Wfants
All llryan Voter.
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Tho Populist Nominee.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct, 7. Thomas E.
Watson Jias dictated a letter accept
ing tho Populist nomination for vice
president It Is addressed to Chair
man Duller nnd is an incisive docu
ment.) lie will reviso tho lottor and
make it public, probably to-morrow.
In it ho will call attention to tho
almost forgotten fact that during
tho St. Louts convention n caucus
of "niiddle-of-tlic-road" delegates,
representing twenty-one states, was
held. At this caucus tho delegates
agreed to nominate Norton of Illinois
for President and Blrkett of Missis
sippi for Vico President- That ticket
would have made Bryan's defeat ab
solutely certain, but when Watson
telegraphed a message saying that ho
"was willing to accept second plnca on
the ticket with Hrynn, the mfddle-of-thq-road
men, believing that Demo
cratic managers would support tho
arrangement in good faith, withdrew
their opposition to llryan.
Mr. Watson's letter is principally
- uevotcu to a demonstration mat me
Populist candidate for Vico President
Reserves the support of all who favor
Bryan's election.
VENEZUELAN DISPUTE
Jiecietary Olney mid Lord Salisbury
Mnklnjr Some I'rogrri.
Washington, Oct. T. Secretary 01
aoy has returned to Washington from
his summer home at Falmouth, Mass.,
and has resumed tho duties of his
Office.
'i'ho Venezuelan controversy has
progressed slowly, but In the" main
satisfactorily, during tho past summer
and a couole of notes have been ex
changed between Secretary OIney and
Lord Salisbury siucu thu publication
of the labi batch of correspondence.
They tiro understood to be
purely argumentative in tone,
end while they do not by any
means of themselves bring tho nego
tiations up to the closing point, they
mark a fair degree of progress toward
tho clearing awny of nnitual misun
derstandings ami tend tosmpllfy tho
efforts making on both sides, not only
to adjust thu Venezuelan issue itself
satisfactorily, but to affect an agree
ment at least upon a general set of
principles that shall govern tho set
tlement of future disputes between
tho United .States nnd (treat Britain
ly means of -W'tion.
MAY RECALL Ci.l ITENDEN.
A Note to tlm Consul General From thf
Unto Department
Kansas Citv, Mo.. Oct. 7. Ex-Gov-crnor
T. T. Crittenden, consul general
to Mexico, who is in Kansas City on a
vacation, has received a note from
Secretary of State Olney in which tho
consul general was criticised fur pub
lishing in a newspaper information
which should appear first in the con
biilar reports. The ncte. m.iy lend to
n call for Governor 0'icnden'- res
ignation, for Mr. Crit'.ei.'.jn liimsolf
lakes no pains to prevent a widening i
i-f tho breach between hiuisclf and
t'joso higher in authority.
The New York Journal of Septem
ber 14 published a long, signed letter
Jrom Mr. Crittenden in which ho told
at length the in formation ho had
gathered regarding the industrial and
commercial conditions of the Mex
icansvThu fuct3 told in tho letter
had also beeu used in the consular re
port, hut the report had not yet been
Dubiished,, which Is In violation of
diplomaticusage.
TROOPS AT TU3KAHOMA.
Cavalry Goo to tho Choctaw Capital on
n forced March.
Washington, Oct 7. At the request
of the interior department, the secre
tary of war has sent troops to Tuska
oma', in tho Uioe aw coup try. to
,uard against trouble which is appre
hended by Agent Wisdom when tlio'
aew chief of tlTo tribe Is installed.
The troops mado a forced march.
They wero placed entirely uudor tho
orders of Indian Agent W sdom.
May Mlno u SIl'Q Around.
Sourif McAlksti:):, I. T., Oct. 7.
Judge Springer of tho United States
ourl of appeals has rendered his de
cljiou in tho casi of Green MeCurtain
-nd others tigaiust.lohn M. Grady and
others, Tho principal point iu eon
troffltsy was a provision of the con
ilituliuii liiat tbo d.LCoverer of a co:l
vein mt. mine a mile iu any direc
tion if & can no so with n- interfer
ence with prior right's. '1'- Choctaw
Railway compauy claimed that tho
clause authorized mm nsr all veins
within the specified radius. A mine
worth 8ri '0,000 was the subject matter
of tho litigation., Tho company won
in the lower court and the decision
was sustained.
Ore Wnrth S3U.OOO stolen
Viotou, Col., Oct, . The ore house
of the celebrated May .Roll mine, on
Straub mountain, was broken into
last nightMand sixty-five sacks of ore,
worth about S30, '0 I, stolen. There
is no clue to tho thieves Every
workman about tho property was
discharged.
llnrrl.uu Iu Old Dominion.
RiCHMCXU, Va.. Oct. 7. Ex-President
Her.jamiu Harrison spoke here
to about G.O'JO peoplo last night. Tho
meeting was held In the Auditorium
building at tho Exposition grounds,
whoro Mr. llryan addressed from
15.000 to 18,003 a few days ago. Not
quite naif the seats wore taiten, and
the audience was about equally di
vided between the two races. On tho
utago wero m-iny of the leading Re
publicans and Democrats, and also a
sprinkling of silver Democrats. Gen
eral Harrison's wife wus present. Sho
was accompanied by several Rich
mond ladies.
PARIS WILD W.l-H JOY.
frenchmen Hall tho Ct With Great Kn
thuslnsnu
PAltis, Oct 7. During the last two
days 05,000 people arrived by tho
Northern rail way, .P-'.OOD by tho West
ern railway, CO.OOO by tho Orleans
line, 47,000 by tho Lyons railway nud
135,1)00 by tho Eastern line. So great
was the rush for food at the various
restaurants about the railway sta
tions that steaks and chops alone
were loft. Tho price of meat has
gono up within the last few days, but
this only applies to choice cuts, such
as people en fete order for frlonda
Ilread remains at the samo price as
before, but tho consumption lias in
creased. Of tho peoplo who arrlvo
from tho country by excursion trains, '
a very largo proportion of thoin bring
their own provlslona Urcat baskets
of eatables are brought to Paris by i
provident fathers of families.
Thousands of these people remained
all night along the route of tho pro- i
cession in honor of tho czar and
czarina, nnd thousands more were
added to them nt daylight this morn
ing, while by 10 o'clock, when tho itur
perial train arrived at tho Ranelagh
station, it was utterly Impossible to
even estimate tho number of peoplo on
the route from tho railroad depot to .
the Russian embassy. A double Una
of troops held tho route from tho rail
road depot to tho embassy from short
ly after 7 o'clock, and tho soldiers
wero reinforced bylinesof gendarmes,
sergeants do vllle and detectives, the
lnttor including a number of agents of
the Russian secret polico and picked
men from the Nihilist detectlvo corps,
but theso were apparently not needea,
for tho crowds wero very orderly.
Tho decorations eclipsed anything
ever soon In tho French capital. Rus
sluu and French Hags entwined or
flouting side by side predominated,
but the trees, balconies, roofs, lamp
posts, statues and almost everything
else was utilized in tho decorative
effects planned to impicss tho czar
with the enthusiasm of France. The
trees were thickly covered with arti
ficial leaves and flowers representing;
peach, almond and other blossoms.
Restoral columns, forty feet high,
painted to imitate stone and sur
mounted by Russian double-headed
eagles, each six feet high, and sup
porting inperial crowns, lined the
Champs Elysees. The Place de l'Hotel
do Villo was most brilliant with Vene
tian masts and eolonades decked with
paper flowers and tho Tullerics gar
dens were beautified with flags and
stutues.
Tho arrival of the distinguished
travelers was signalled to the expect
ant throngs by u fanfare of trumpets,
lifter which there was n long roll from
the drum corps, the guard of honor
presented arms and the troops were
called to attention from one end of
tho route to the other, causing tho
crowds to begin cheering from tho
depot to tho embassy. About the sta
tion the nir was rent with roars of
'Vive lo Tsar," "Vive PEmpereur,"
"Vivo la Republlque," and hats,
sticks, umbrellas, handkerchiefs, eta,
wero waved wildly in tho air.
Their Majesties and President
Faure and their suites entered the
gorgeous state carriages in waiting
and tho state entry was begun.
Roar after roar arose from the mul
titudes. The cortege passed the Aro
de Trlorapho and was wildly cheered
by the immense crowds filling tho
avenues surrounding it, Descending
the Champs Elysees there was one con
tinuous roar of welcoming cries amid
which "Vivo l'Empereur;" "Vive la
Republique,""V-c la President" wore
tho inoL distinguishable. The crowds
.'oi-iuei1 t -ivmultuously waving sea of
V-.uxa and arms, ctc. held back by the
long lilies of troops whoso bayonets
or swords reflected tne sunlight.
The president, after reaching the
Russian embassy, remained with their
Majesties for a quarter of an hour,
during which the czar expressed to
him how deeply he and the czarina
were uffected by tho heartiness of tho
welcome.
McKlnley Ticket Mhy IIo Shot Out.
Dexvkh, Col , Oct. 7. It appears
doubtful whether tho McKlnley Re
pubMcan electoral or stato ticket will
be printed on the official ballot in
Colorado. Tho ticket nominated at
Colorado Springs on September 30
was not filed by petition and the time
for receiving such pctltloas has ex
pired. Now the silver Republicans
are preparing a protest against giving
the .McKlnley ticket a place on the
ballot, claiming that it represents
not tho regular Republican organiza
tion, bdt a bolting faction.
Scores I'oI;oned by Jimokud Whlteflih.
MilwAukek, Wis. A Oct. 7, At Mer
rill Albert Radloff and a man whose
name Is not known havo died from
eating smoked whitefish. Radloil's
father and two Radloff children are
in danger. Thero aro twenty-seven
cases in town. Twenty late cases
are reported from Urothorton, on tho
cast shore of Lake Winnebago, whore
several members of the family of
George Weber may die. Thero is
much uneasiness among fish dealers
and consumers.
Over 100 Mexlcam Rrntrned by Floods.
Guadalajara. Mexico, Oct, 7.
Overland advices from Mazitlan state
that all the rivers in tho stato of Sin
nloa burst their banks during recent
floods and thai a number of village:
and farm houses wero washed away.
Ovr 100 bodies have been recovered
and muny persous are mUslng,
The I'reildent Leave Gray Gables.
UuzzAitn's Ra, Mass., Oct 7.
President Cleveland left here for Jer
sey Hty this morning on E. 0. Rene,
diet's steam yacht. Mrs. Cleveland
and the children took tho train for
Greenwich, Conn., Tin Providence, at
8 o'clock,
'ltae Telegraphers' Strike.
Pkoria, III, Oct. 7. J. R. T. Auston,
grand secretary and treasurer of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers, hai
received dispatches from Montreal
showing that the tie up on the Cana
dian Pacific is complete and nothing
is moving except a few passeugei
trains.
Lljflitnlne Strlko Saata F O.tleoi
Tot'KKA, Kan., Oct. 7. Lightning
struck the Santa Ke general ollh-e
building hero yesterday afternoon,
loosening the plastering in several
rooms nnd knocking Isaac rElroy,
tbo elevator man, senseless.
WATSON VERY WARM.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION NOT
AT ALL PLEASINQ.
Death on tho lllock Preferrnl to Yteld
InR to Mr. Bewail Tho Intter De
norinred In Severe Terms Especially
Horn (Iter the Fusion Deal In Kansas
anil Treatment Accorded Him by Fop
ullst Leaders.
A Scntlilnc Interview.
Nkw Yoih:, Oct. G. -Tho World
prints an lntcrvlow with Watson,
Populist candidate for vico president,
In which ho says: "I'd lay my hoad on
tho block heforo I'd retire from tho
race and mako way for a plutocrat, a
bondholder, a national banker and
protectionist like Mr. Sewall. If Mr.
bowall is willing to get off the ticket,
I bcllovo that even now thoro is
chanco to elect Mr. llryan. Mr. llryan
and I cou'd at once mako a tour to
gether, and insido of ten days we
lulght restore thousands of votes."
Mr. Watson declares that Chairman
Butler of the Populist national com
mittee ask of! to sea tho notes of tho
first speech he was to deliver, and,
coming to tho attack on Mr. Sowall,
begged htm to omit it Thereupon
-Watson threatened to abandon tbo
stump and llutlcr relented.
Of Kansas in particular Mr. Watson
said: "Even if Mr. Sewall should per
sist in threatening Mr. ISryan'a can
didacy by remaining on tho ticket, I
would consent to fusion in some of
the States If It were offered on a basis
titat was not absolutely lusultlng to
tho Populist cause. Iu Kansas tho
Populists havo no representation
whatever on tho Presidential ticket.
They havo given all the electors to
the Democrats in exchange for tho
State ticket. In view of the fact that
the Populists of Kansas havo four
times as many voles as tho Demo
crats, they ought to have seven elect
ors out of the ten. I would not bo
satisfied with less. In Colorado tho
Populists should havo three cut of
four. In North Carolina the Demo
crats havo as many electors as tho
Populists think of it and one elector
is giyen to a thing colled free silver.
I don't want to say what tho real
basis of fusion ought to be in North
Carolina, because that is Senator But
ler's State, but it- ought to bo some
thing moru consistent with the power
and dignity of the majority party
there.
"When I went to Kansas to speak
I was mot by tho Populist stato chair
man, Mr. Ureidenthal, who told mo
that the party had already arranged
a fusion and begged mo not to make
any more trouble. I told him that I
would speak at the mass meeting
which had beon called. Then he
asked me If I would let him aoe my
speech. I did a thing which I had
never done before and have never
dono since. I read him rav notes.
When I camo to the part which de
nounced Sowall as an enemy of our
cause and of our principles, Mr.
Ureidenthal pleaded with me to omit
It Of course I refused to do it. 'Am
I not tho nominee of tho party'." I
asked him; 'Did you not yourself Voto
to mako me the candidate for the Vico
Presidency?' Still ho insisted that I
should not attack tho millionaire can
didate. 'Vcrv well,' I said, "I will tako
my hat and grin and go back to Geor
gia. At that he relented, nnd I made
my speech. Tho crowd went wild,
and at the close of my remarks thoro
was a tremendous rush for the plat
form. At the next plnce I spoke in
Kansas I hud tho same trouble to face.
The committee said that everything
had been nicely arranged and that I
ought not to disturb the plan. I in
sisted on doing my duty to my party
and spoke boldly to tte people. Thero
was another great popular demonstra
tion arfd u rush to tho platform.
Again I spoko in Kansas. There was
no one to meet me at tho railroad sta
tion, although tho time of my arrival
Was known. I rodo to the hotel in a
public cab with a colored man who
appeared to bo going in the sarao
direction. That is the way the Popu
list managers havo treated the candi
date nominated by their national con
vention." ACCEPTANCE NO. a
Mr. llryan ForYnnlly Accepts the ropo
llst Nomination.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct, 0. On his ar
rival here Mr. Bryan gave out for pub
lication the following letter of accept
ance of the Populist nomination for
President:
"lion. William V. Allen, Chairman,
and others, members of tho notifica
tion committee of tho People's party
Gentlemen: The nomination of the
People's party for the Presidency of
the United States has been tendered
me in such a generous spirit and upon
such honorable terms that I am able
to accept the same without departing
from the platform adopted by the
Democratic" national convention at
Chicago.
"I fully appreciate the breadth of
the patriotism which has actuated
tho members of the People's party,
who, in order to consolidate the seati
ment in favor of bimetallism, have
beon willing to go outside of party
lines nud support, as their candidate,
one already nominated by the Demo
cratic party, and also by the Silver
party.
"It is a cause for congratulation
that we have iu this campaign not
only the support of Democrats, Popu
lists and Republicans who have all
along believed In Independent bimet
allism, but also the acilvo co-operation
of Jthose Democrats, who, havinghere to
fore waited for international bimet
allism, now join with us rather than
trust the destiny of tho nation to
thoso who are holding out the de
lusive hope of foreign aid while they
labor secretly for the permanent es
tablishment of the single gold stand
ard. "While difficulties always arlso in
the settlement of the details of any
plan of co-operation between distinct
political organizations, 1 am sure that
the advocate of bimetallism are so
intensely in earnest that they will bo
able to devise some means by which
the free silver vote may be concen
trated upon ono electoral ticket in
each state. To secure this result,
charity towards the opinion of others
and liberality on the lurt of all is
necessary, hut honest and slncore
frlouds who are working towards the
commoh result always find it possible
to agree upon just nnd equitable
terms.
"The American peoplo havo proved
equal to every omergeney which hat
arlson in the past, nnd I am con fid on ti
that in the present emergency thoro
will bo no antagonism between tho
vnrlous rcgimcntf of tho one grout
nrtny whloh is marching to repel an
invasion more dangerous to our wol
fare than an army with banners.
"Acknowledging with gratltudo
your expressions of confidence and
good will, I am very truly yours,
"W .1 HnrAN."
MONEY IN THE BANKS.
Comparative Statement Indued by Uotnp
troller ICckle.
Wabiiinoton, Oct. 6. -Comptroller of
tho Currency Eckels has issued a
statement giving tho results of au in
vestigation made by him of tho
amount of alt kinds of money hold by
the banking institutions of tho conn
try on July 1.
Tho number of banking houses nnd
trust companies inquired of watt
12,90 ), and of 77 clearing houses, cov
erlngullof such Institutions in every
stato and territory and tho District of
Columbia. Reports wero received
from 5,753 banks nnd trust companies,
and 00 clearing house associations.
Tho information, although incom
plete, is, tho comptroller says, of such
a oharactor as to enable a fair and
correct result from all to be approx
imated. Of tho 3,723 reports received, 3,403
wore of national bunks, 1,101 stato
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vale uanlts nuu " ol loan aa UUM
companies.
The total amount of cash in thq
3 Institutions roporttng was $1V
121,840. It is divided us follows: Golt
coin, Si 31,077,003; gold certificates,
55,481,333; silver dollars, S,""s,ll 2
fractloual silver, S?,i$00,073; silver cer
tiflcates, 830,003,51)0; treasury noto
(18'JU), S13,1'JG,01S; United States notes,
Sll0.4isi),375; currency certificates,
S20,soS,U0; national bank notes, S 3,i
705,834. Of this total cash the 3,i5
national banks reporting held 533.".,.
17 1, 010 and tho 2,2(1.') state banks, etc.,
577,930,33. Tho amount of gold coin
and gold certificates held by thosn
national banks was 81.riS,073,u01 and
by these state banks, etc., S34.tS4,737.
In this connection ir. may bo statol
that tho total number of niitionnj
banks, viz., 3,039, held on July It, th
date of tho lust official call, $3Ul,tl.'i,t
485 cash, of which amount thero wa'
iu gold coin and gold certificates 3101,
855.500.
The total cash and tho part thcrcol
of gold and gold certilic ites held hi
reporting banks in each geographiciil
division, is ns follows: New Euglanj
states, total cash, 3S,0S9,272; union nl
of gold and gold certificates, Sli.403,i l
7dH. Eastern states, total cash, 213, I
2'.',uG0; amount of gold und gold cer
tificates, 58,560,113, Southern bHi'ei.
total cash, S29,080,C01; amount of gol
and gold certificates, SO.Mib.ia;, i
Western states, total cash, S109,.ri6l,i I
GI5: amount of gold and gold ccrtitl
cates, S56,410,427. Pacific states and
territories, total cash 5J2."i,034,7t;
nmount of gold and gold certificates,
519,005,830. Totals, total cash, SI 13,.
124. H0; total amount of gold and gold
certificates, 81bU,ft5S.aH.
A comparison of tho money holdlugi
of theso geographical districts show
that the 320 reporting banks in tlm
Now Englaud states held but SH.nU'-'.i
071 moro total cash and 85,815,51
moro of gold and sliver certificate!
than the 070 reporting banks in thq
Southern states; the 1,275 banks In
the Eastern states, Sl03,;44,u-4 mom
total cash and $5,813,585 more of goh
and gold certifhates than tho 2,43
banks In tho Western states; the 07t
banks in tho Southern slates, 83,451,
811 moro total cash and SI0.OI7.UI
less gold and gold certificates tlmii
tho 50'J banks In the Pacific states and
territories; tho 829 banks in the New
England states, 810,054,510 moro caalj
and 84,202.062 less gold and gold cor
tiflcates than the 509 banks in thq
Pacific states and territories.
From the reports received nnd from,
other Information available, tho comp
troller finds tho total gold and gold
certificate holdings of the banks o(
the country, on July 1, was 8302,709,
307, including the freo gold in thq
treasury; at which time ho finds tha
the available gold and gold certificates,
in the bank and the froe gold iu the
treasury on or about July 1 was 8404,
441, 47J. To-day, the comptroller adds,
it is larger, as the free gold in thq
treasury stands at 8123,755,220.
The returns from tho sixty-six ol
tne sevonty-eignt clearing nuuso asso-
.... . .
ciations of the country show that on
July 1, tho total clearings amounted
to 8227.035 404. The balances of those
total clearings, settled in cash or cash
exchanges, was but 81D,152.8'14, or but
little moro than 8 per cent of the
wholo. Of tho balances settled,
81,320,010 wero in gold; Sibo.ooo in
gold certificates; 83,451,701 in Unlfcd
States notes, and tho remainder In
other forms of money and commercial
exchange.
SILVER COINAGE.
Carlisle Furnishes Information Conoern
Inc Operation of tho Minis.
Louisvillk, Ky., Oct. a. In replj
to a letter from tho Courier-Journal
to Secretary Carllslo asking for in
formation concerning the coinage of
silver. Secretary Carlls'o replies, in
part as follows: 1
"From January 1, lSOfl, to Septem-1
bqr 30, 1806, standard silver dollars '
have beeu coined at the mints of tho
United States to the amount of 513,
692,192. Since November 1, 1893, tho
the date of the repeal of the purchas
ing clause of the bo-called Sherman
act, standard silver dollars have been
coined in the United States to the j
amount of 817,860,491, or more than i
twico as much as was coined during
the whole period of our history prior
to 187b,
"The coinage of standard silver
dollars Is golug on evegry day at our
mints, and duriug tho last month it
amounted to 82.700,000, About tho
same amount will be coined during
the present month. The seigniorage,
which has been added to the circu
lation on account of tho coinage siuco
November 1, 1803, is about 85,700,
000 and the seigninrago or gain in
the coinage last month was about
8900,000."
KILLED THE CASHIER
ANO
A TRAVELINO SALESMAN
WHO INTERFERED.
Tho Knhber Came on lllryclm, nnd After
Kllllnc the Cnher and One Other Man
Hurriedly Gather Together Ol.OOO,
Mount their Wheels and Deramp A
Daring Deed In llroad DaytlRht.
llntilc Itntihers an Hike.
Faiiimokt, Minn., Oct. 0.- Two
masked and bloyelu-mottntcd robbers
swept Into tho little town of Shur
burne, fourteen mllos from here, yos
torday, dashed Into tho Hank of
Shorburno, murdored tho enshior, a
bystander, and securing 81,000 from
tho cash tray, mounted their wheels
nnd escaped before tho eyes of tho
startled villagers.
Tho affair wos conducted with nil
tho bravado of ,ho border drama, and
the killing of tho two men, ono of
whom died instantly, was purely wan
ton, as uolthor mado any roslstencc.
Tho persons killed wero: .1. A. Oor
stcrn, traveling agent of tho Walter
A. Wood Harvester company, shot
through thu heart
Cashier Thorburu of tho Hank of
Sherburne, shot In the head.
Tho crime is paralleled only by the
raid of desso James and thu Younger
boys, when thoy swooped down upon
the little town of Northfiold, a few
miles north of tho scene of yester
day's crime, shot thu cashier of tho
linntr nl Nortliflnld down nnd do-
I nnmnnil tvWlt n. lnrirr nmnutit. nt
money. In that instance tho robbers
departed on horses, whoroasyosterday
the criminals, in keeping with tho
times, used bicyules in escaping from
tho enragud citizens of Sherburne-
At about 1:30 o'clock two masked
men walked through the front en
trance of the bank to the cashier's
box and, without a word, whipped
out their revolvers and leveled them
at Cashier Thorbum. Tho latter did
nut move, but tho next minute tho re
port of two revolvers rang out and
Cashier Thorburu fell at his dosk.
At another desk in tho bank Blood
Oerstern, a traveling man. He was
the only Immediate bar to tho ends to
which the rubbers sought to gain, and
ns Thorbum fell to tho floor they
turned and shot him dead.
As quickly as posslblo thoy leaped
over tho railing and secured 81,000 in
cash. Thoy then ran for tho back
door of tho bank, where thoy had
taken tho precaution to loavo their
bicycles, mounted them and rode
away. It all happened insido of two
minutes, and the only wltucss to tho
deed was a woman who stood across
tho street from tho frout entrance of
tlie bank, und who was attracted by
tho report of tho revolvers. She saw
them turn on Oerstern, secure tho
money and decamp.
She gavo tho alarm and in flvo min
utes after tho deed had been commit
ted tho llltlo town of Shorburno was
in a state of excltoment such ns has
never before been Been there.
Thornburn, It was found, was not
death Oerstern, however, had been
shot through tho heart, and hod ap
parently beon Instantly killed.
Thornburn lived two hours, having
' leecived bullets in sovcral different
parts of his body.
I Tho town of Shorburno contains
1 scarcely moro than 300 Inhabitants,
but inside of ten minutes several
posses had beon formed, including
nearly every male citizen of the town,
and a search was at once instituted.
Every town and vitiligo whore there
Is the slighest possibility of the rob
bers visiting, in their efforts to escnpo
has been warned, and thoir capture is
expected tit any moment.
HIS
HOME IN A TOMB.
Eccentric Jonathan Heed Has Furnlihad
Ills Vim It Sumptuously.
New Yokk, Oct, 9. Tho officials of
Evergreen cemetery, in Urooklyn, havo
asked Jonathan Reed, an eccentric
millionaire, to ceaso making the tomb
of his wife his dally abiding place.
Mr. Reed's wife died thrceyvars ago.
lie was devotedly attached to her and
a year after her death caused the body
to be removed from tho tomb of her
father's family and placed In the
vault in Evergreen cometcry. Within
the vault are two handsome steel cof
fins of precisely tiio samo size. In
ono reposes the body of his wife; the
other is designed for himself.
Mr. Reed 1m6 spent a good part of
each day since its construction in
beautifying tho vault and its environ
ment in limiting the interior as much
. ."
as possible like tlio homo of the dead
.( 'i'i,tti.p i, im romnven nil h..r
trinkets, her favorite books, tho cage
that once corltained her favorite
canar and tno CMalr she used to
stt n
j 0n fine days tho bereaved husband
occupies a chair at tho eutrance of tho
vault, where ho is visited by hund-
rds of ncrion8. who ask him all sorts
of questions. It is tho assembling of
these curious ones that tlio cemetery
authorities obiect to.
HE MAu.U.4uU WOMEN.
Members of n t hnroh GIto Illin u Se
vere Ilcutlng
GimiiUK, Ok.. Oct 0. Tho Rev.
Lang, an evaugelist, has been holding
a revival at Seward, twenty miles
south of hero on the Santa Fe. Last
night ho delivered a sermon, and in it
declared "that all women who dance
are Immoral."
A storm broke at once, nnd Lang
was chased to the Santa Fo station
by fifty enraged church members. At
the station ho was beaten almost tc a
jelly by two farmers and a number of
women. Subsequently he was rescued
from a coat of tar and feathers by a
Santa Fe train crew.
Harrison In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Onlo, Oct, 9. Ex-President
Harrisun spoke in this city last
night. Long beforo 0 o'clock the
crowd began to assemble In front of
Music hall At 7 o'clock the doors
were thrown open and in less than
ten minutes the hall, including tho
great stage, was filled. Thousands
crowded in tho corridors a ad on the
outside, nnd ttirnea ho'iioward or
went to the overflow mertidg on the
outside. When ex-President Harrison
urrved tho applause was unbounded.
It seemed as if It never would stop.
Mrs. Harrison was with him.
OEOnOIA IS DEMOCRATIC
Tho Btntn Goes that Wy by From 80,000
to 40,000.
Atlanta, Ga , Oct, 5). W. Y. At
kinson, Democrat, in re-elected gover
nor by a majority of not less than 28,
000, which is nn increase of 0,000 over
tho party majority of two years ago.
Fulton county, iu which this city is
situated, has given Atkinson a major
ity of 1,000, whore two years ago it
cavo the Democrats a majority of 1,
600. Rlbb county this year gives a
majority of 000, and two years uga it
gavo the Democrats s majority of 3,
090. Iu tho Tenth district, which la
tho homo of Thomas Watson, the Dem
ocratic majority has dropped from 8,
000 to "2,000, It is generally concoded,
however, that Atkinson has carried,
tho stato by nt least 2&,o0o, and tho re
turns are expected by his friends to
show ho lias a majority of 35,000. This,
if true, will moan that tho balance Of
tho ticket has been elected by a ma
jority of 28,000.
Tho legislature is overwhelmingly
Democratic. Tho Populists may have
four membors in tho senate and the
Republicans one.
Tom Watson, the Populist nominee
for tho Vice Presidency, mado n des
perate effort to defeat tho Democ
racy In order to uso It to force oft
Sewall from tho ticket, fie had tho
Populists to put up Seaborn Weight, a
Prohibitionist, nnd a strong man, for
tho governorship. Ho thon mado a
trade with the Republicans by which
their ontiro voto was thrown to the
Populists.
The effect of this Republican move,
however, was to scaro tho Populists
back into tho Democratic ranks. Tho
gold standard Democrats also took
aotlvo part In helping tho Populists as
a meanB of injuring tho regular Dem
ocrats. A. S. Clay, chairman of tho Stato
Democratic executive committee, says:
"Wo havo carried tho Stato by be
tween 5,000 and 00,000 majority. The
Populists havo not carried twenty
counties out of tho 147 in tho State,
and thoy havo lost many of tho coun- -ties
they carried In lRJl."
Ex-Seerotary of tho Interior Hoko
Smith ife,'d: "Tho contest in Georgia
was over tho question of local govern
ment. Rational Issues did not enter
into it, Uovcrnpr Atkinson won tho
confidence of tho negro voto by his
Impartial administration, and the
largo majority of them supported him
at tho polls."
A. E. lluclc, chairman of tho Stato
Republican committee, said: "Atkin
son's largo majority Is duo to tho pro
hibition plank in tho Populist plat
form. Tho governor won the negro
voto by his efforts to suppress lynch
ing. Tho result has no significance
nationally
ENGLAND'S BAD FAITH.
Franchise for n Itallrond to tho Vene- '
cnelan Gold Field Granted.
Washington, Oct. 0. Advices from
Venezuela wore received at tho State
depart mont Into this afternoon which
caused a mild sensation. Copies of
tho Domorara papers containing ac
counts of recont action taken by the
Colonial government of Ilrltish
(luiana in defiance of tho understand
ing existing between the United
States nnd Great I'ritain wero in to
day's mail. Ono of tho papers con
tains a five-column account of tho
granting of a franchise for building a
railroad along the Kitutna river to
tho Haritna gold fields. The road will
run into the territory not only beyond
the Sehomburgk line, but even beyond
the territory to which Groat Ilrltain
has heretoforo laid claim on tlio
ground that it was settled by her
colonists.
The account in tho Domcrara paper
states that the franchise was rushed
through, not even the time required,
by thq constitution being occupied in
its consideration. Nearly all tho pa
pers, soma of them government or
gans, criticise tho proceedings ad
versely nnd say they fear it will com
plicate tho Venezuelan controversy to
no little extent.
It Is expected that the Venezuelan
legation will havo official information
auout the matter to-morrow ana will
convey it to Secretary Olney, who
will doubtless wlthoutdelay call upon
Lord Salisbury for un explanation of
this violation of the understanding
now existing between this country
and Great Ilrltain. Tho Harima gold
fields, which tho nllroad Is to ba
built to reach, aro said to bo the
richest in tho world.
A MURDERER CONFESSES.
It la Thought that IIo May l'osslbly lla
Lynched.
St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 0. The mur
dere of Mrs. Bauraly of Arkoe has
been apprehended nud is now in jail
at Maryville. from where, It is feared,
a mob will take him and hang him.
From particulars learned here it
seems that Ezra Pasco, 1C years of
age, wont to the Baumly house on tho
fatal day to get a bucket of water.
After ho had drawn the wator ho
went into the house and quarreled
with Mrs. Baumly, who ordered him
out. He went and she locked tno
door, and, taking her babe, ran up
stairs. Pasco, enraged beyond enduranco,
came back, knocked in tho door, and
tearing ono of the legs from tho stove
forced bis way up stairs and ottacked
the woman, who fought desperately,
but was finally overcome and killed.
Pasco then went home, changed his
clothes and gave the alarm.
Not and Holt Trust completed.
Anderson, Ind., Oct, 9. -The Ander
son Nut and Bolt Works, by a compli
cated deal, was brought into the Na
tional Nut and Bolt Trust last night.
This is the only big concern that
stood out against consolidation. Now
that it is in the trust will be able to
raise prices as it desires.
Cockran at Kansas City.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Oct. tf.-r-Bourke
Cockran spoke for the gold standard
last night .in this city at the Audito
rium, which was crowded. His speech
was tho samo he has been delivering
since the qpening of the campaign.
Ho says McICinley will carry Missouri
by 10,000 majority.
Indlaua Col lose Horned
LooANSPOitT, Ind., Oct. 9. Yester
day afternoon St. Nicholas college
burned to tne ground at this place,
Los. 870,00'J; insurance 835,000. Sixty
live students had matriculated.