. 4 e ' 'C OOg TRIBUNES " F. M. KIMMELL , Publisher. i bic000K , NEBRAFKA. r Let the new woman dress and talk as she will. She likes it , and she's just as fond of the old man as ever. The Macedonians are in open revolt 7lgainst Turkey , but it has been a long time since Macedonia was anything more than a shadow in history. It has been suggested that the Ger- ® an allowance of fifty bottles of champagne - pagne to each member of the press at Kiel was prompted by a desire for full reports. The progress of reform in New York is shown by the refusal of a man to accept a $7,500 office. Under the old regime it would not have been offered to a man who would refuse. Virtue is always at a disadvantage in a legislature. It has no money to spend for virtuous purposes , and it seems wrong to bribe a man to do his duty however much noble patriots expect - pect such greasing. According to a census bulletin on churches there are only twenty-five "altrulstc" in the United States , and judging from the general tone of modern - ern society , these twenty-five confine themselves to faith without works. 'Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Missouri , Ohio and Georgia farmers must prepare for war. So says Chief Entomologist Howard , of the Agricultural Depart- ment. The present is the "locust year" for these. Those of the west central group will be invaded by vast armies of the seventeen-year brood , which last appeared in 1878 , while Georgia will be visted by the nineteen-year.or Southern brood , last seen in 1882. By the merest chance the Frankfurter - er Journal has discovered the oldest man in the world in the person of a merchant residing at Heilbronn. This gentleman , in a letter to the editor of that periodical , styles himself ' A subscriber - scriber from the first appearance of the paper. " Such loyal devotion deserves appropriate acknowledgment in this fickle age , for the Journal has now completed - pleted the 280th year of its existence. The special newspaper room in the new public library building , Boston , will contain representative newspapers from every country in the known world , and in every language in which newspapers are printed. Nothing which is not a newspaper can be admitted - mitted to this room-all magazines , reviews - views , etc. , being prohibited. This is the first distinctively newspaper reading - ing room ever established in connection - tion with the educational institutions of this country , and its foundation has been made possible through the bequest of the late J. H. Fiske , who left a perpetual - petual endowment of $2,000 a year for its maintenance. The announcement has been made public that President Seth Low would give to Columbia College its new library - brary , to cost about $1,000,000 , and W. C. Schermerhorn would give $300,000 to pay for the erection of one of the buildings - ings on the new site. The New York Evening Post says in this connection : "President Low's magnificent gift of $1,000,000 to Columbia College for a library building , makes , we believe , dearly sixt millions the college has received - ceived in gifts since he succeeded to the presidency. This may fairly be said to "beat the record" among American colleges , if we except the foundation of the Chicago University. " Tacoma , Wash. , has a horse-canning establishment which cans meat especially - pecially for the French market. The Cayuse Indian horse they use is a very different animal from the old spavined , broken-down dray horses and plugs used in Eastern and European locali- ties. A party of Chicagoans were recently - cently feasted on "Cayuse , " and found , whtle coarse , it was tender , and rather pleasant to the palate. The coarseness of the fiber makes it easily detected. Speaking of the question , the New York I Times wants to know where we shall look for the horse of the future. The Cleveland Plain Dealer says : "Look for him in the bologna sausage. " The last official report from Argentina - tina showed that over 7,000,000 acres bad been sown in wheat , and it was estimated that the harvesting of this crop cost $220,000,000 in paper money , gold being at a premium of 270 per cent. Many of the farmers , it is said , did not harvest the wheat. The total yield of the present crop in Argentina is put at 1,200,000 tons , for which the farmers would get $48,000,000 , causing a lois of $162,000,000. The average price of wheat there is $4 for 100 kilos of 220 pounds. The export of this year's crop in Argentina is put at 540,000 tons. If Argentina is losing money on wheat , it may be a sign that the farmers in the United States have a chance to make some little profit on their crop. Canada is going to reduce her militia force. This is the mast sensible thing Canada could do under the circum- stances. She doesn't need militia to ' protect her from the United States , and a 3 if she ever gets into a fight with Great Britain , Brother Jonathan will protect , , : - her with his new navy. Winfield , Kan. , bad a shower of grasshoppers the other evening , and at t Chicago it rained snakes. The difference - ference in the effects on the mind in = ' a prohibition and a free whisky state of affairs is clearly drawn. t i E STATE. AN organized outfit of cattle thieves is operating in Fremont. OTOE county is endeavoring to refund $5,000 bonds at 4 per cent. TIE populists of Valley county will hold their convention in August THE Dixon county republican cone vention will be held August 22d. OUT near Randolph a farmer got six- ty-one bushels of barley per acre. LINCOLN county will produce more than one thousand carloads of pota- toes. toes.THE THE Dixon State bank will establish a branch at Laurel , with E. A Gurney in charge. DAVE FOWLER of Dodge county has already cut , baled and shipped 160 acres of hay. A DAUGHTER of John Goodman at Ohiowa was struck by lightning and instantly killed. War. WILCOXEN , living near Elmwood - . wood , was seriously injured by a horse failing on him. A WOMAN pensioner atWilsonville received - ceived back pension to the amount of $1,182 last week. THE Nebraska City school census gives that city 3,408 school children , a gain of twenty-seven since last year. TILE farmers are harvesting one of the largest crops of small grain that has ever been grown in Nance county. OlIN P. CLAIuc of Lancaster county was drowned in Salt creek a few days ago. He fell out of a boat while fishing - ingCOUNTY COUNTY TREASURER FRANTZ of Gage county reports that there is due the county on delinquent personal taxes , $101,000. ON the Stewart petition for dividing Holt county it is alleged names appeared - ed of parties who have been dead very many years. 3THE home and barn of Thomas Biggs of York was fired by incendiaries. The barn burned , including two horses , one double carriage and a phaeton. Miss E313IA SurroN , a young lady living - ing in the family of Fred Clark of'Al- bion , received notice a short time ago that she was heir to $50,000 in Ohio. TILE Central labor union of Omaha has decided to put up a labor ticket this fall. There will be no labor day demonstration on account of the hard times. OxF0nD is now connected with Beaver - ver City by telephone , the line having been completed last week. The circuit takes in Edison and covers a distance of twenty miles. CHARLES ANDEBSOY of Papillion offers a reward of $100 for the conviction - tion of an unknown scoundrel who entered - ' tered his pasture and stabbed a valu- uable horse to death. THE dates for the fourth annual Cedar county fair are September 10 , 11 and 12. The magnificent harvest insures a good agricultural display and the race program - gram will be unusually good. FRANK Bnowx , Ralph Woodruff and Charles E. Matthews are under arrest in York , charged with criminal intimacy - macy with Alice Swanson. The girl was mentally weak and only 16 years old. old.E. E. LAKKIN has a large cattle farm five miles north of Ashland. During his absence in the east some persons have stolen several of his cattle and butchered them. The thieves are not yet captured. JoHN WALGMUTII dropped dead in an Omaha saloon. The deceased was a miner of considerable property and lived at Spokane , Wash. He had been east for some weeks visiting at hi : old home in Springfield , Ill. PBoF. R. A. HERATAGE who has had charge of the musical department of the Fremont Normal school the last year , has tendered his resignation to President Clemmons. lie goes to Salem , Ore. Ore.THE THE Genoa State bank paid a first dividend to depositors a few days ago of 10 per cent. It is the general opinion - ion that about 20 per cent more will about exhaust the available resources of that institution , so far as general depositors are concerned. . TILE Sherman county fair will be held on October 1 , 2 and 3. The association - ciation was late in deciding on holding their fair , but now they are going to join with the Sherman County Irrigation - tion company , who will hold their formal opening of the canal October 1. LIBNI GABRIS of Fremont took his wife and baby son out in the country. He also took his shotgun and quite an accident befell the party. Garris got out of the wagon to shoot a snipe and cocked both barrels of the gun. IIe fired at the bird with one barrel and in meandering around in the weeds the other barrel was discharged and the charge hit his wife and child. Both were painfully hurt SUPERINTENDENT MACKAY of the Norfolk asylum for the insane has written Governor Holcomb that he has on hand a lot of clothing which , as he expresses it in his letter , "has been exposed - posed to mice , moths and the corroding influences of time , " which he desires to donate to the state relief commission for distribution. He says the clothing is useless for hospital purposes , but thinks it might be found available for charity. FRED WILLIs , a negro of Camden , S. D. , and Robert Harris of Mexico broke into a merchandise car in the Union Pacific yards at Columbus , where they were caught by J. C. Vizzard , a Union Pacific detective. They were tried and sentenced by District Judge Sullivan - van to one year in the 'penitentiary at hard labor. THE house of G. G. Haller , three miles east of Winside , burned down when no one was present The loss will be 1,000. Small insurance. ARTHUR FORBES. of Beatrice , in the presence of 3,000 people , dived from the top of Court street bridge , a distance - tance of 51 feet Di. A. Lush and a basket of big sugar beets were prominent figures on the streets of Lincoln the other gay- . The beets were from J. V. Wolfe's acre patch and although lacking two months of maturity , weigh on average almost two pounds each. Mr. Wolfe expects to harvest about twenty tons to the acre. Figure that at $4 a ton. SALEM T. CLARK , Charles H. Jackson and Lewis Stogei and three of the cattle - tle thieves who there captured by vigilantes - lantes near Fortllandala few days ago were sentenced to a term in the penitentiary - tentiary by Judge ICinkaid at Bassett last week. Clark and Jackson each got six years and Vogel five. J ( State Assossmeut. The state board of equalization has completed its work of equalizing the state assessment by counties - and fade tllzt the amount charged against the counties is $1,196,270.83. The amount so charged in 1894 was $1,257,008.22 and for 1893 it was $1,263,995.0. This year the total assessed valuation to $171,468- 207.48 , ascompared with $183,717,498.78 for 1894 and $194,733,124.73 for 1893. The assessed valuation , state levy and total assessment charged against each county is as follows : A sued re Total e cocsrtra Valuation , s E Assessment . . . . . . . . . . : S 1,789,187 05 7331 19,853 75 Antelope. . . , . . . . . 1,497,069 94 74 10,853 75 Banner. . . . . . . . . . . 811,399 00 65 2.135 90 Blaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,350 06 1,80273 Boone. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,519,653 20 7 le,1t27 se Box Butte : . . . . . . , 905,160'69 7 6,66x,43 Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,316 00 1,380 10 Brown. , . . . . . , . . . . 597,618 73 7 4,8 03 Buffalo. . . . . . . . . . . . & 120,882 Ii 734 22G22 77 Burt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,781,951.00 17,416 19 Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,206,931 80 7 16,000 26 Cau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,456,159 58 63 28,965 04 Cedar. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,022,745 20 6 12,906 37 Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651,306 00 4,314 89 Cherry. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404,044 74 664 9,301 80 Cheyenne. . . . . . . . . 1,425.795 91 Gy4 5,445 89 Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,504.087 15 7 % 18,467 65 Coltax. . . . . . . . . . . , 1,967,558 12 13,095 09 Cuming. . . . . . . , . . . 2,003,525 96 7 14,776 01 Custer. . , . . , . . . . . . 1,970,306 95 13.05311 Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . 1a' z , 75 00.7 9,998 85 Dawes. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,406:920 763 . 9,729 83 Dawson. . . . . . . . . . . 1,792,86716 4 1210184 Deuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909,236 68 6,023 70 Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,6a492 70 I 10,776 52 Dodge. . . . . . . . . . . . 8,078.590 80 7 x,91y 42 Douglas. . . . . . . . . , :02,500,255 81 73 t 163,129 86 Dundy. . . . . . . . . . . . 621.4 7 63 63b 3,961 94 Flllmore. . . . . . . . . . 2,641,671 84 734 1,823 33 Franklin . . . . . . . . , 1,006,014 oo ; 7,167 87 Frontier. . , . . . . . . . 1,105,293 00 63 7,184 43 Furnas. . . . . . . . . . . 1,579,560'68 7 11,014 89 Gage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.300,016 81 7i4 57.762 63 Garfleld . . . . . . . . . . 146.148 00 634 1 ; 69 20 Gosper , , , . . . . . . , . 744,790 00 G3 4,773 48 Grant . . . . . . . . . , . . 279.476 87 1,781 65 Greeley. . . . . . . . . . . 017 , 97 40 6r 6,310 6 ! Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,419,505 17 7x ( 17,814 32 Iiamilton. . . . . . . 1,543,188 64 734 11,381 03 Harlan . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200,70.2 91 6y 8,509 73 Hayes. . . . . . . . . . . . 62,403 00 634 4,045 61 Hitchcock. . . . . . . . 983,334 95 634 6,268 76 Holt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,554,974 40 64 17,146 08 Hooker . . . . . . . . 108,781 91 63 679 89 Howard. . . . . . . . . . 1,251,989 20 73 8Wa 08 Jefferson. . . . . . . . 2,6'2,700 17 7 18.218 93 Johnson. . . . . . . . . . 1,981.000 05 734 14,114 64 Kearney. . . . . . . . . . 1,309.186 84 73fi 9,327 05 Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.063 13 63g 5,849 63 Keys Paha. . . . . . . 464,642 00 66s 3.078 25 Kimball. . . . . . . . . . 676,310 83 664 4,481 75 Knox. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,801,346 40 dt + g' 11,52 7o Lancaster. . . . . . . . 10.299,913 GO 7 g ' 73,815 50 Lincoln. . . . . . . . . . . 2,51021514 66C 16,630 12 Logan. . . . . . . . . . . . 169.580 00 734 1,201 14 Loup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159,83.5 00 634 1,018 _ 2 Madison. . . . . . . . . . 2,80 : + ,461 52 73 § 16,818 80 McPherson. . . . . . . 130,655 00 832 93 Merrlck. . . . . . . . . . . 1.681.698 13 7 , 12,402 53 Nance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 36,637 00 74s 9,120 22 Nemaha. . . . . . . . 2,110,703 72 7x4 17,778 94 Nuckolls. . . . . . . . . . 2,310,000 4U tta 17,036 23 Otoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,706.744 54 6jy 3'1.005 49 Pawnee . . . . . . . . . . 2,449,248 21 6 , 15,613 96 Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . 83,707 00 6 5,231 12 Phelps. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,342,914 81 , 73 Pierce. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,430,73'280 6 9,478 69 Platte. . . . . . . . . . . . ,47,7119 40 734 17,155 02 Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,327.067 50 736 9.448 23 Bed Willow , . , . . . . 1,166,038 35 6 ? § 8,016 54 liici + ardson. . . . . . . 3,1:9,704 45 73 22.299 73 Bock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515,153 57 63y 3.24 10 saline. . . . . . . . . . , 2.648,324 39 734 19,200 34 Sarpy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,224,114 76 6 % 14,457 36 Saunders. . . . . . . . . 3 ; 56,054 29 734 24,061 82 Scotts BIulT. . . . . . 342,579 00 634 2,224 7 Seward. . . . . . . . . . . 2,471,039 36 634 18,223 92 Sherman. . . . . . . . . . 1,201,446 54 66fi ; 059 57 Sheridan. , . . . . . . . . 8:7,623 45 74 6,007 54 Sioux . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478,980 19 664 3,179 24 Stanton. . . . . . . . . . . 1,263.933 6U 6x4 6,689 56 Thayer. . . . . . . . . . . 2,325.8.3 660 , 57 Thomas. . . . . . . . . . 149,317 35 661 951 89 Thurston. . . . . . . . . 449,146 GO 63y 2,975 61 Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . 001,423 40 7 6,648 00 Washington. . . . . . 2,451,043 31 044 1038 16 Wayne. . . . . . . . . . . 1.815.1&5 00 664 12,025 43 Webster. . . . . . . . . . 1,606,021 50 6T 11,041 40 Wheeler. . . . . . . . . . 252,322 00 63r 1.640 09 York . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,173,327 45 634 16,028 31 Total. . , . . . . . . . . 8171,463,207 45 . . . . S1.105.2683 Killed by a Runaway. Two men named McKenzie and O'Leary started from Omaha in a buggy , intending to drive to their home at La Platte. About six miles north of Plattsmouth , a heavy wagon pulled by a large span of horses , was coining directly - rectly back of their buggy and the animals - mals became frightened and dashed into the light buggy. The two occupants - pants were thrown violently to the ground and run over by the heavy wagon. Mr. McKenzie was frightfully bruised and crushed and died in great agony the next morning. Mr. O'Leary is quite seriously injured , but his physi cian thinks he will recover. Three Girls Drowned. A Columbus dispatch says : A most shocking and heart rending accident happened about 5 o'clock this after- noon. Three young girls lost their their lives by drowning in the Platte river , just below the wagon bridge near Columbus. Lizzie , aged 13 , daughter of Charles Klaus ; May , aged 12 , and Hulda , aged 7 , daughters of Gottlieb Klaus of Columbus - lumbus , were bathing or w ading in the river in company with an older Klaus girl about 15. In some way the entire party got into the swift current and the three younger ones were lost while the older one by hard struggling , after drifting half a mile , managed to escape on a sand bar and gave the alarm. The bodies were recovered , two of them one-half mile and the other two miles below the scene of the accident Will have Floats. The executive committee of the Business - ness Men's association of Omaha held a meeting and transacted a large amount of routine business. Word has been received from a large number of counties - ties which will have floats in the Nebraska - braska parade , but still a number of enterprising cities and counties have not yet sent in word of any kind. The Omaha Business Men's association has made arrangements with the railroads to transport the floats free of cost , and is anxious for every county through its principal city to be represented in the parade. Every effort will be made to make the parade the biggest advertisement - ment ever given of the whole state of Nebraska. William Lyle Dickey , secretary - retary of the association , will answer all letters on the subject addressed to him , and the association will assist in every was possible any city which desires - sires to send a float Promoting Irrigation. . Much attention is being attracted to windmill irrigation in this portion of the Lodge Pole valley , says a Dix dispatch - patch , by the remarkable discovery made in the irrigation well of Hon. John Clausen. This well is 18x0 feet , and twenty-four feet deep. In thebot- tom a hole was broken through a crust of hard 'pan , through which a stream of water rises with great velocity. A nine-inch pump running continuously in a high wind fails to lower the sup- ply. A colony of well-to-do families is now forming in eastern Nebraska to come to this place in the fall and settle on forty-acre irrigated farms. NO SETTLERS MASSACRED INDIAN AGENT TEETER POSITIVELY DENIES THE REPORT ABSOLUTELY TRUTHLESS. The Indian Bureau at Washington So In formed by Telegraph-The Cause of the Trouble Fully Explnincd by Mr. Stltzer in an Official Report to the Authorities. WASIIINGTGN , July 20.-The Indian bureau has received a dispatch from Agent Teter saying there is absolutely no truth in the report of a massacre of the Jackson's Hole settlers The Causes of the Trouble. CIIE.YENNE , Wyo. , June 29.-Adjutant General Stitzer has forwarded his report - port of the Indian trouble to the gov- ernor. It is quite a lengthy document and covers fully the causes leading to the trouble. It says : "In an interview - view on Sunday with four prominent residents of Jackson's Hole , the following - lowing statements were given me as grounds for the action of the settlers : They claimed that the Bannocks , Shoshones - shones and Lemhfs have for the past six years slaughtered game in large numbers , mainly for their hides. In 1894 , after repeated appeals from the county authorities of Fremont and Uintah counties , the interior department - ment ordered that no more passes should be given the Indians allowing - lowing them tc leave the reservation - vation for the purpose of hunting. It is estimated that 5,000 elk were killed iu that year. This year the settlers - tlers of Jackson's Hole determined to enforce the law a4-ainst the Indians and whites alike. Oa June 24 , a process - cess was issued for the arrest of nine Bannock Indians for violating the law- When the constable and posse attempted - tempted to sevre their papers , they resisted - sisted and threatened to kill them unless - less they went back to Jackson's Hole. Just about this time a squaw man living - ing at the Hole received a letter from the Indian Bannock reservation stating - ing that the Bannocks intended to go on the war path and kill the whites in the Jackson hole country. This letter was shown to the settlers and created a great deal of excitement. "On July 2 eight Bannocks were arrested - rested for killing game , and six of them were fined $7. and costs and sentenced - tenced to jail until the fine was paid. They escaped from the guard and on July 10 more of the same tribe were arrested. They attempted to escape after trial and were fired on by the whites , several of them being killed. On July 9 Captain John Smith , a miner and prospector , was fired on from ambush and wounded in the right breast. lie returned the fire , killing one of the Indians. The shooting - ing of Captain Smith caused a great deal of excitementt and the settlers believing that the letter received by the squaw man was true , prepared to defend themselves against the expected - ed attack. "Besides killing large numbers of game , all the Indians arrested had in their possession hides taken from the settlers' cattle , which the Indians had killed. It is claimed that over 3,000 head of elk have been killed this season - son , the Indians chasing game into the settlements and shooting indiscriminately - ately among the houses , endangering tine lives of settlers. " Trouble is Oregon Possible. PORTLAND , Ore. , July 29.-An Indian Near , similar to that which has broken gut between the Lannocks and Utes and the settlers of Wyoming , may engage - gage the attention of the Oregon authorities - thorities in the near future unless the interior department at Washington takes immediate steps to prevent the Indians now on the reservations in this state from indiscriminately slaughtering game and fish in season and out. Ever since Fish and Game Protector McGuire has been in office he has had trouble with reservation Indians. Last summer about 100In- dians from the Warm Springs reservation - tion fished out of the Clackamas river in the vicinity of the new experimental hatchery , a spot which has been their favorite fishing grounds for many years. Another fishing party is expected - pected to arrive and go into camp at the new hatchery within the next three weeks-just when the salmon are spawning-and unless some measures - ures are taken to stop them they will surely have trouble with the hatchery employcs. Utah Red Men Also Unlia py. SALT LAtrE , Utall , July 29.-Quint Panqueuteh , an Indian known throughout - out Utah , was shot and killed at Pan- queutch lake in the mountains , Thursday - day , by a man named Haegelsted. The verdict rendered was accidental death , but the Indians in that vicinity are anythfn _ but satisfied with the case as it now stands. Theyy are quite numerous - ous around the lake , which is an isolated - lated place , and they may make serious trouble. Horse Thieves Hold Up Officers. PERRY , Ok. , July 29.-South of here yesterday deputy sheriffs in pursuit of two cattle thieves came on them in a swamp , but did not see them until the thieves had covered them with Win- chesters. The officers were compelled to dismount , give up their guns , money - ey , watches , and all other valuables and retreat on foot. Bennett to Be Married. NEW YORK , July 29.-A dispatch from Berlin says that James Gordon Bennett is to marry Mrs. Annenkow , the divorced wife of General Annen- kow , a Russian , who built the Trans- Caspian railroad. She is said to be one of the richest women in I'aris. Corbett ZV ill Not Fight Divorce. NEW YORK , July 20.-James J. Cor- bett's attorney has notified Referee Jacobs that his client will make no defense - fense to the suit of Mrs. Ollie Corbett for divorce. .PRICES FOR THIRTY YEARS The Sliver Debaters Dlscass Wages and Wheat Figures. CHIcAGoJuly 29.-When the last debate - bate , but one , of the Ilarvey-Horr silver - ver convention opened this afternoon , Mr. Herr began with a comparison of the wages and the cost of products during the years from 1860 to 1890 , as shown in the table prepared by Statistician - tician Carroll D. Wright. With wages and prices in IS60 taken as the index , or 100 , it showed that in 1890 prices were 9. , wages 159 , and the purchasing power of wages 172. He argued that at no time in the history of the nation was the country as prosperous - perous as it was then , in spite of the "crime of 1873 , " He submitted that these statistics were more applicable to the conditions under discussion than those of Mr Sauerbeck , quoted by Mr. Harvey on Thursday , as Mr. Sauer- beck's figures were made from prices in Englaild. Mr. Harvey , in turn , took up the prices of wheat for a series of years , in reply to Mr. Horr's statement Thursday - day that the farmer received as much for his produce in gold as Ile had received - ceived before silver was demonetized. He quoted the prices from year to year and declared that the arguments of Mr. Herr were those which had been used in all time to bulwark tyranny. The Declaration of Independence was a proper answer to such arguments. The proper index of prices was to measure them in articles of international use. Tables made up by gold men even , on these articles , showed that they were lower than in 1850. Referring to Mr. Ilorr's argument touching the measure of value in human toil , lie quoted from an article by Mr. Iiorr in a New York paper in reply to a correspondent suggesting - gesting the making of so much work the equivalent of a dollar. Mr. Herr declared the proposition absurd and confusing. OHIO DEMOCRATS SPLIT. Sound Money Men aad Silverites of Butler - ler County Hold Separtto Meetings. HAMILTON , Ohio , July 29.-When the Democratsof Butler county met to-day to select delegates to the state convention - tion , each of the two factions had a large following present. The main fight was an securing the majority in the central committee for silver. The convention was called to order in the opera house but there was a split and the sound money men adjourned - journed to the court house , with ex- Governor Campbell as presiding officer , while the free silverites remained in the opera house with Allen Andrews as chairman. The excitement was intense - tense and for a time pandemonium reigned. It finally became necessary order out the police force to keep order. The court house convention elected James E. Campbell and Paul J. Sorg as delegates at large to the state con- vention. Tire other selected II. C. Gray , Peter Schwab , David Pierce , John F. Nielan , Christian Benning- hoffen , E. F. Bundy of Middletown and All Demoret of Ross township. WESTERN CROPS. Traffic Managers Declare They Will Keep the Roads Busy Twelve lionths. KANSAS CITY , Mo. , July 29.--'Traffic managers of the Western roads are busily engaged these clays in estimating - ing the prospective size of the forthcoming - coming corn crop. It is believed by them that from information they have a conservative estimate is to give the states of Iowa , Nebraska and kansas 500,000,000 bushels. Of this amount 00,000,000 is credited to Kansas , 225 ; 000,000 to Nebraska and the balance to Iowa. Tills is of corn alone , leaving as lnucli other cereals to be moved to market. The amount of traffic which is looming into sight will certainly keep the roads busy fm at least twelve months to come so traffic men figure , Ina Donna Coolbirth Dying. OAKLAND , Cal. , July 29.-Ina Donna Coolbirth , known to magazine readers both in America and England as a + writer of short poems , is dying at her home in this city. She was stricken with peritonitis a few days ago and the pay siefans say that her case is now hopeless. NEWS IN BRIEF. The underground trolley system is a success at Washington. The seed division of the agricultural department is to be abolished. John H. Brady , who robbed the Oregon - gen express and killed Sheriff Bogard , has been captured. The interior department , replying to Senators Allen and Thurston , upholds the course of Captain Beck. Hon. H. C.lcCaue retired from the gubernatorial race in Mississippi. He was an administration candidate. Chairman Tanner is to have the Illinois - nois legislature pass a new tax levy bill and adjourn sine die next Friday. Tom Johnson , who assaulted Mrs. Hartield and two daughters at Hat- tiesburg , Miss. , was riddled with buck- shot. All reports unite in pronouncing Western crop prospects better than they have been for years. The railways - ways are preparing to handle a very heavy traffic. Archbishop Hennessy of Iowa will make his last visit to Rome in Septem- ber. He is approaching his 70th year. President Cleveland is to act as arbitrator - trator and settle a dispute between Italy and Colombia as soon as he returns - turns to Washington from his vacation. Edward Bullett was recognized by the Creek council as acting principal chief of the nation , vice Perryman , sus- pended. James C. Allen , a convict in the Arkansas - kansas penitentiary , says that he knows all about Holmes and that the Williams sisters.are alive. H. II. Holmes' lawyer suggests that the Minnie Williams murdered in San Francisco may have been the girl who disappeared from Chicago. A joint debate has been arranged for ex-Congressman Bland and Congressman - man hail of the Second Missouri district - trict at iluntsville , Randolph county , August 3. Hall is to speak for the gold standard and Bland for the white metal - - - - - , - d I 1 OUTRAGED AND MURDERED. , - Young Wife of sw Horrlblo Fate of the Misaourlan. JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. , July 25.-In formation was received here last night. of a most horrible crime committed in Calloway county , about five miles from. Fulton. Mrs. J. W. Cain , wife of a. ' young farmer , was criminally assaulted - saulted and had her throat cut from. ear to ear. She was 18 years old and had only been married two months.- Her husband found ! ter body in the yard when he returned to the house 1 about noon. The alarm was sounded I t and a large posse headed by Sheriff Windsor immediately commenced scouring the country. It is said two n egro tramps were seen to the vicinity of the Cain farm during the forenoon. William Divers , a negro , is the man supposed to have assaulted and murdered - dered Mrs. Cain. He was arrested and + strong evidence of his guilt estab- lished. He was brought to Fulton , . and at this hour is missing from jail. The city of Fulton is wild , and hun- - r . dred of men are hunting for the .sher- fff and his posse , under the belief that L , the former is trying to take the negro to Mexico. It will be a miracle if thee negro is not mobbed. The details of the crime are horrible. The poor t 1 woman had her hands tied behind her fr back , every stitch of clothing torn I from her body and her throat cutfrom 1 'I ear to ear. here is some of the positive - tive evidence against the negro ; Half t of a-'suspender buckle found under the woman fitted a missing part from a similar buckle on the negro. A part of the nesro's shirt had been torn I from him and was held by the woman. . The negro was bloody , and a part of ( , Mrs. Cain's hair was found stieltiny f to his clothes. DEFENSE FOR WALLER. i The Ex-Consul's American Counsel Makes. Out a Strong Case. / WASHINGTON , July 25.-Mr. Cram- + mend Kennedy , who has be Tome the principal counsel in the case of ex- + Consul Waller , now serving a sentence i in a French jail for violation of neutrality - trality laws between this country and France , called at the state department i yesterday for the purpose of presenting - ing certain phases of the case. Mr. Kennedy is disposed to lay much stress on the fact that at the time of f Waller's arrest , there was no actual 1 state of war between France and Mad- agascar. lie contends that Waller , ' for this reason , could not have been guilty of the charge on which he was tried and convicted. In conversation ' t , 1 with a representative of the press he I said this phase of the case had not yet been presented by this government , r and as soon as Mr. Olney should return - ; turn he would present the matter to him in this light. t r PAPERS FOR FARMERS. Agricultural Department Proposes to Publish - ' , lish Articles of Much Interest. WASHINGTON , July 25.-Hereafter the t i agricultural department will call on specialists in certain lines of agricult 11 ' ural work , though not connected with j 1 the office , to make investigations of importance to agricultural interests. l , and to prepare brief papers or articles. i embracing the results of the work. 1 These will be paid for at rates which the department regards as reasonable , , the funds being provided for in the. + - congressional appropriations. Many i persons well known here and abroad , will b e asked to contribute. Its object , , is to do away with labored articles , I couched in technical language , and of little interest or importance. i . , I , Wesley Davis at Home Again. TOI'EKA , Kan. , July 25.-WesiCy Davis of Rossville , in this county , who. lost so heavily in grain at Kansas City ' some weeks ago and afterward disappeared - peared , has returned to his home. He declines to give an account of his ab- sence. LIVE STOCK AND PIODUCEMARKETS- 1 Quotations from New York , Chicago , St. Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere. ' OMA1l t flutter-Creamery separator. . 13 14 Butter-1 air to good country. 10 12 hggs-Fresh. . . . . . . . 10 CO l0y , Honey-California , per lb. . , . . . 14 'st 15 liens-Live , per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. 6'/ Spring Chickens , per lb. . . . . . . . 12 ( (5 I2 ; ; . Lemons-Choice Messinas. . . . . 4 0) ( ii 6 32 Apples-per bbl. . . . . 1 75 fir. 2 (1p ( Oranges-Floridas , per box. . . . : 50 N 3 00 ' l'OtatOCS-New. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "w ( L 40 Watermelons-per dozen. . . . . . . 2 5J i5 3 00 lieans-Navy , hand-picked , bu 2 CO 4f. 2 20 ' Bay-Upland , per ton. . . . . . . . . . 6 50 7 0 ' Onions-Pcr bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O 0' . 75 Cheese-Ncb.Rla. , fulicream 10 40 10 ; ; . Pineapples-per doer. . . . . . . . 1 75 os 2 2 ; d Tomatoes-pcr4-basketcr.tte. 8 ; @ t0 t Hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 5 00 ( t' r 5 10 Hogs-Heavy vveiglts. . . . . 5 10 s 5 15 Beeves-stockers and feeuers 2 0) iy 3 70 Beef : tcers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 01 4 20 Lulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0) k , 2 75 : tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 75 @ .300 t.awes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Ct05 75 tovs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. ; , 2'x0 Heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 75 5 : ' , fx ; Wtserns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? 60 Q5 3 20 ' : heed-Larnbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . : r o0 3 5 4 ; : necp-Choice natives. . . . . . . . . 2 .0 ' . s 73 I CIIICAGu. - t1'heat-No. : , spring. . . . , . . , , . , , CG Corn-Per bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 tats-r cr bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rl fL l'ork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 7 i 6.10 75 ' Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 59 @ G 55 hogs-Packers and mixed. . . . . 4 SO e ; 4 Cattle-Steers extra. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 50 5 70 I 1 sheep-1 amts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 C'0 , 5 9K ) sheep-Natives. . 2 00 , ' \E1ti YOlE. Wheat. No. : , red winter. . . . . . . 71 71" Ccrn-So. 43 ry 48 1 Oats-\O.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 316 ; 1'ot k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1. s 13 CO Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cL G C73p ' ' . Wheat-No 2re4 cash. . . . , . . , , Er a , E6 ; Corn-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 : , r. 42.4 / ' Oats-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . z. hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . , . 4 91 L 5 15 - Cattle-Belt steers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 00 , 4 8 ; sheen-Mtxednatives. . . . . . . . , . 2 73 a p t Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A 5 OO KANSAS crr : : Wheat-No. 2hard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . f.3 6" Corn-No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j Oat-\o. 2. . (1 21ur Cattle-Stockers and feeders. 2 00 r. 4 15 hogs-Mixed packers. . . . . . . . . . 4 70 rL 5 05 I f , Emporia Bicycle Riders Fined. I EMPORIA , Kan. , July2S.-Forty leading - ing bicycle riders were arrested last 1 night for not ringing bicycle bells at- . crossings. Among them were members - ' bers of the Hood , Eskridge and Whitley - ley families , and others equally prominent - nent Each paid $4 in fines and costs. . An Oklahoma Postmaster Jailed. Gurnn1E , Ok. , July 2J. . G. Crump , postmaster at Zion , Ok. , was brought in and lodged in the United States jail. to-day on a charge of resistinga United : States officer in the discharge of his- duty. I. I.I I