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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1896)
L ffe fahntine jetnocwt SUCCESSOR TO CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT ROBERT B GOOD - Editor Prop Valentine NEBRASKA BAD ALABAMA STORM TWELVE BEOPLE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED Spaniards Expect to Have a War With United States U P Employes yiaim tne Courts Schedule Wages Has Been Violated ol Bad Alabama Storm Selma Ala New was received here from Augustine Perry County fourteen miles from a telegraph station that a ter rible and most destructive storm swept over that place Thursday last Twelve negroes and three -white people were Wiled by houses falling on them and ten other persons were more or less injured Twenty four bead of horses and mules were crushed to death by falling barns The storm was followed by the heaviest rain that has fallen in that section in fif years Spaniards Expect War London a Madrid special to the Times says The relations between the UnitedStates and Spain are outwardly friendly But there is no use in attempt ing to disguise the -fact that the Madrid Government is straining every nerve to place the defensive forces of the kingdom on a footing which would enable Spain to give a good account or herself in the event of war with the United States after March 4 next The situation appears to be this Spain is ready to make certain concessions in the nature of wider local government for Cuba provided the United States with holds the proclamation granting a bellig erency status to the insurgents The mo ment this is put forth by Mr Clevelands successor there will bean end of friendly relations between Madrid and Washing ion and no more thoughts of concessions for Cuba except those to be extorted at the point of the bayonet A Union Pacific Suit Omaha A suit has beenv filed in the United States circuit court winch is likely to demonstrate just what perraanen t bene fits the men on the Union Pacific are to reap from the famous wage schedule con ference held before Judge Caldwell in March 189i Among the rules adopted was one which provided that no man could be discharged without just cause and another was that the schedule of pay fixed upon at that time was not to be altered except by order of the court The men in the telegraph branch of the service allege that both of these provisions have been violated Afflicted with Anthrax Yincennes Ind Last week Michael Cheney inspected a herd -of Texas ponies from which he contracted anthrax or ma lignant pustules and ten hours later was at the point of death The doctors burned out the afflicted part with acid but the patients recovery is doubtful The dis ease is very rare in the human family Only one other case was ever known here That was twenty five years ago and the patient was dead in twelve hours On the Italian Lynching Washington Baron Fava Italian minister had a long interview with Act ing Secretary of State Rockhill regarding the lynching of the Italians near New Orleans He urged speedy steps toward punishment of the lynchers and the pay ment of redress to the families of the men killed 2ockhill assured the Baron that the United States was doing all it could jo forward theinvestigation Indian Territory Intruders Wagoner 1 T Col J W Watts president of the Citizens Association has -commenced the work of perfecting the roll of the intruders preparatory to pre senting the same to the Dawes commis ision There are also about 6000 intruders whose right to property in the Cherokee nation will be determined by the Dawes commission Killed by a Negro Burglar Spartanburg S C Captain John H iJlassingauie one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of this state was shot and killed by a negro boy who had en tered the house for the purpose of robbery The negro was tracked to a house half a mile distant where he was found shot through the chest There is some talk of lynching Set Afire ly Lightning Champaign 111 The chemical lab oratory building at the University of Ill inois was almost destroyed by fire the re sult of a stroke of lightning The four walls remain standing but the contents are badly damaged The damage to the building is 20000 and to the contents about 60000 Foreclose a 15000000 Mortgage San Fbancisco The Farmers Loan and Trust Company of New York has filed a suit in the United States circuit ourt to foreclose a mortgage executed in its favor in 1889 by the Oregon Improve ment Company The litigation arises over a mortgage for 15000000 issued in 1880 Both Steamers Sink Detroit The steamer Oceanic of the Lehigh Valley fleet collided with the pro pellor William Chisholm in Lake St Clair Both sank The former was loaded with coal and the latter with iron ore The Oceanic was valued at S3000 and the Chisholm at 125000 New York Painters to Strike 2s ew York A general strike of paint ers has been ordered which will include men in other trades who will quit work in sympathy with them in the shops of the contractors who are paying wages less than the union scale of 350 for eight hours work a day Wreck in Indiana Otis Ind An east bound passenger on the Lake Shore road ran into a wash out seventy feet long and thirty feet long jiear here All the train except the day coach and sleeper went down Engineer James Griffin and Fireman Michael Roach were killed No passengers were hurt The jvashout was caused by a cloudburst Michigan State Official Kesigns Lansing Mich D A Hammond member of the State Board of Education has resigned Gov liich will name J Simmons of Owosso the Republican Three Men Shoe Cleveland Ohio Three men were shot and one badly hurt in a conflict be tween a party of the Brown Company strikers and several hon un ion men who were going home from the works Two of the wounded men are non unionists the third is a striker and the fourth a spec tator The trouble occurred nearly two miles from the works at the corner of Wade Park and East Madison Avenues A number of the non unionists live in that vicinity Eight or ten of them were going home from the works together Just as they turned the corner a crowd of strikers who had been hiding behind a saloon attacked them Stones were hurled and George Plumb one of the non unionists pulled a revolver and fired Plumb was then shot as he claims by Henry Snell a striker The firing be came general at least twenty shots hav ing been exchanged The fight lasted but a few minutes and as soon as it was over the strikers disappeared Brxidstreets Review New York Brads tree ts says The volume of business throughout the coun try is practically unchanged New feat ures do not point to improvement in pros pects for fall business Industries gen erally continue quiet with more idle men than a week ago The most significant feature was higher rates for money early in the week with some difficulty in ob taining time money This disappeared with a manifest reaction against the free silver sentiment which followed the silver demonstration at New York August 12 There is little or no demand for iron or steel notwithstanding the capacity of fur naces in blast was restricted during July more than 80000 tons Manufacturers of hardware and jewelry report business ex cessively dull The brighter side of the picture is found in generally favorable crop conditions at the south which have stimulated buying at Baltimore Savan nah New Orleans and Texas Will Form Two Associations Denver The National Retail Butchers Protective Association now holding its annual convention in this city has in structed the police committee to enforce the boycott previously ordered agajnst all meats handled by the Armour Packing Company This action is taken because it is alleged the Armour eompaii3r under sells the retailers in restaurants and hotels It was unanimously resolved to continue the tight on New York department stores which sell meats 11 L Niles of Springfield Mass Frank Snouffer of Cedar Rapids Iowa and RobertB Mooney of New York City were appointed a committee to make necessary changes in the constitution and by laws These changes will probably include the division of the association into two sec tions one in the east and one in the west Toads Stop a Train Topeka Kan There was a perfect deluge of small toads during a rain along the Santa Fe track west of this city The toads continued to fall for several minutes and littered the ground for miles Engi neer Charles Bates in charge of engine 107 was on his way to Topeka with freight train No 36 and was to meet passenger No 7 at Pauline At the foot of Waka rusa Hill he found the track covered with toads to such an extent that the engine wheels were unable to stick to theslippery rails He put on a full stream of sand but this had no effect and he finally had to back into the siding at Wakarusa station and meet No 7 there The passen jer train cleared the rails coming down the hill and he was then able to continue an his way to Topeka Mob Attacks Salvation Army Belleville 111 The Salvation Army disturbances which havo extended over a period of months culminated in the worst riot which has ever occurred The soldiers took their stand on the steps of the court house and for two hours and a half held their position against the re peated rushes of the mob They were hurled down the stone steps countless times and many were roughly handled One of their flags was torn -and they were subjected to great abuse The mob was led by Hans Schwarz who mounted a pillar and harangued the crowd to greater acts of violence Police protection was appealed for and refused but later Capt Yiaekel and a squad drove the crowd away and compelled the army to go its barracks Imports of Cotton Yarns Washington William F Grinnell consul at Manchester England has trans mitted to the Department of State some statistics in regard to the exportation of cotton yarns to the United States which he thinks will be of interest to cotton spinners of New England and the south ern states During the six months ended June 30 there was exported to this country from the Manchester district a total of 792991 pounds of all sorts of yarn and twine The number of pounds exported each month was as follows January 174151 February 155578 March 141 571 April 107473 May 121641 June 02484 AYork Seven Printing Houses Wasaington At the Republican headquarters Chairman Babcock sent for the several printers who are getting out large supplies of literature and directed an increase of the supply The magni tude of this work is unprecedented The committee is working three large printing establishments in Philadelphia two in Baltimore and two in Washington The offices at Philadelphia and Baltimore are working double time and with two reliefs of men They turned out 450000 docu ments on the 13th and 500000 on the 14th and this supply will be increased Ambush the Posse Tucson A T A dispatch from Ben son reports that the bandits who last week raided the International Bank at Nogales ambushed Sheriff Leatherwood and posse near the New Mexico line Frank Rob son a United States line rider who was one of the posse was killed The bandits having gained accessions to their ranks now outnumber the officers who are re turning bringing the body of Robinson with them Awakens the Turk Constantinople United States Min ister Terrell has demanded the immediate release of six Armenians naturalized Americans imprisoned at Aleppo and intimated that any further imprisonment of American citizens would not be toler ated Diplomats Meet in Mexico Crrr of Mexico The various minis ters accredited from the American nations to this Government met in the hall of the national palace to discuss plans for the inauguration of the new Pan American Congress Pass Irish Land BilL London The House of Commons passed the Irish land bill in the form out- llUeU DV iPralrl Hi funr CanmU japminee for the office to mi the yacancy j Ireland in the House Thursday 1 Or Ji J V iiiiuuiiuii St Paul The thirtieth- na tonal en campment of the G A R will le held in St Paul the first week in Septeiijber The Saintly City has been making prepara tions for several months to card for the veterans A rate of one cent per mile Irs been made for encampment travel by tfll pas senger associations outside of a 250 mile radius from St Paul Tickets when sold will be good for fifteen days bnt the time may be extended to September 30 hy de- positing tickets with the joint- agent in St Paul before September 15 Tickets will be sold for trains arriving in St Paul Monday August 31 and Tuesday and Wednesday September 1 and 2 Within the 250 mile limit fronvSt Paul and throughout the west generally the railroad rale for the encampment will be one fare for the round trip Tickets - will I be sold for trains arriving in St Paul Monday August 81 and Tuesday and Wednesday September 1 and 2 Time limit will be fifteen days when sold but the time may be extended to September 80 by depositing tickets with the joint agent in St Paul before September 15 Hotel rates will vary from si to fct per day Boarding house rates for meals and lodging will vary from 1 to S3 Lodging alone 50 cents to 1 per night Meals 25 to 50 cents each Rooms may be eugaged in advance by addressing C W Hon chairman accommodations committee Endicott Building St Paul Veterans coming with their depart ments will be given free sleepingquarters in the city school buildings where cots or mattresses wilt be furnished free but no blankets or pillows The accommoda tions committee has charge of the free quarters Death in the Flood Pittsiitjig A great rainstorm burst over the city and vicinity Thursday morn ing at 8 oclock deluging several miles square swelling streams to torrents sweeping away bridges and buildings and sending a score or more lives into eter nity The greatest damage was reported in Pine Creek Valley a few miles north The first reports placed the number of lives lost at six but it is now believed that not less than thirty perished iu the flood Pine Creek overflowed its banks and from the hamlet of Dehaven in the Wildwood oil fields the greatest damage is reported At noon the coroner was notified that six lives had been lost there Later reports from Pino Creek Valley indicate that the loss of life will be very heavy At 1 oclock in the afternoon thirty lives were reported lost and the whole Pine Creek Valley eight miles in length devastated At Dehaven an entire family named Appleton was drowned The other known drowued are Mrs Thomas By rons and Mrs Thompson Three bodies have been recovered so far At Etna the water rose so rapidly that the employes in the iron mill were com pulled to swim out to save their lives Reds on th Warpath Nogates Arizona Wednesday morn ing the citizens of Nogales on both sides of the international line wero aroused by a fusilade of shots Rushing to ascertain the cause they found that seventy five Yaqui and Temoehio Indians had made an attack on Nogales Sonora for the purpose of securing arms and money to overthrow the Mexican Government in the interests of Santo Teresa de Cabora As a result seven Indians are dead two are badly wounded and will die and one is a prisoner Two celadores Mexican custom guards are dead Another is mortally wounded and the keeper of a fruit stand is dead Intense excitement prevails and busi ness is almost at a standstill A posse was organized to follow the escaping revolutionists A courier brousht news from the mountains of an encounter with Indians Poncinio Sanchez shief of police of Nogales Sonora Juan Fernandez whose brother was killed and two others Mexican guards were killed making seven citizens and eight Yaquis so far dead Decides Against Railways Los Angeles Cal Judge Wei born of the United States circuit court ren dered a decision declaring that the Gov ernment has the right to fix the rate for transportation of troops or other govern ment business including the mails over any road It is estimated that the decis ion will make a difference of from 45 000000 to 50000000 in the amount paid by the Government eyery year for trans portation of mails troops and other bus iness The suit of which this decision is the outcome was brought by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad backed by all the other land grant roads as a test case A trooper who traveled from Albuquerque N M toPrescott A T refused to pay full fare and tendered the conductor just half the regular price of a ticket The conductor refused to accept this and after transporting the trooper the com pany sued the Government Flew to His Death London A special dispatch from Ber lin sajs Herr Lilienthal the engineer who has been experimenting with flying machines for several years past died on Monday It appears that he started to fiy with one of his machines from a hill 100 feet high near the town of Rhino near this city He had only been in the air a few minutes when the machinery of the flying apparatus collapsed and Herr Lil lenthal fell to the ground up unconscious and was Ifcr ij found to have his back broken He died shortly after having been removed to a hospital Kill Threq Thousand Vancouver B C Mail advices from the Orient bring news from Kansu that Tung Fuhsiang in obedience to the Imperial command has begun the mas sacre of all the Mohammedans he comes across At Haining Fu he slew 8000 business men and sold their wives and fe male children Fears are entertained of a general rising Floods are doing terrible damage in China At many places entire towns are submerged There have been many deaths and hundreds of homeless men women and children Russell Harrison Is a Father Terre Haute Ind A son was born to Russell B Harrison and wife and has been named William Henry Harrison for his great-great-grandfather The child is the lineal descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence of a Govern or of Virginia of two Presidents of the United States and on the maternal side of a United States Senator Mrs Russell Harrison being a daughter of ex Senator Saunders of Nebraska Prevent a Whisky Overproduction Cleveland Wholesale liquor dealers from all parts of the country will meet here August 81 to organize a national liquor dealers association and devise a for plan to preyent an overproduction of I whisky 4 w OF A BEAT STATE NEW FROM ALL PARTS NEBRASKA OF Lincoln Police Instructed to Arrest Those AVho Obstruct the Streets AVhile Talking Politics A Free Hall is Now at Their Disposal City to Furnish a Forum The Lincoln city council passed a pe culiar resoluiion at its last weekly session Ever since the two great conventions crowds of persons have congregated on the sidewalks blockading them from the store doors to the curb and have spent the day in expressing their views Busi ness men have protested but ir action was taken because it was felt of speech was not to be trifled with The crowds have increased in numbers and the council passsd a resolution au thorizing the mayor to co operate with the chairmen of the county central com mittees for the purpose of hiring a hall to be used exclusively for political purposes and for politicians who want to explain their views- The resolution further empowers the mayor to instrut the chief of ponce to ar rest all crowds exceeding five citizens which congregate on the sidewalk for the discussion of politics LOVE LEADS TO A TRAGEDY Young Farmer Commits Suicide in a Horrible Manner A horrible suicide occurred near Vir ginia a small station on the Rock Island The victim was John Kozak Kozak called upon Miss Hubka daughter of Albert Hubka a wealthy farmer and upon leaving placed a letter in her hand intimating that it was the last time she would ever see him Upon opening the letter and finding its contents pointed strongly to suicide it was decided to follow the young man and discover if possible his intentions Going to his home it was learned that John had been there a short time be fore but had gone again Starting out again the searchers discovered a straw stack in flames about forty rods from the house Hastening to the scene the flames were extinguished and in the center of the pile was found the body of young Ko zak badly burned and a bullet hole in his left temple It was quite apparent that Kozak had deliberately dug a hole in the side of the stack crawled in set fire to the straw and then shot himself While nothing is absolutely known as regarding the cause of the tragedy it is believeu that unrequited love was at the bottom of the trouble Kozak was an exemplary young man highly respected in the com munity in which he resided St Edward Woman Uses a Gun Considerable excitement was created one nightiecently at St Edward by the report of a gun coming from the second floor of the old hotel building occupied by Mr and Mrs William Heberling as a res idence Investigation showed that a man had knocked at the door of one of the rooms and Mrs Heberling answering the call he made an indecent proposal to her She closed the door in his face and pro curred her husbands shot gun as quickly as possible The man made an effort to enter when the woman gave him the con tents of the gun The report called a crowd but no trace of the man could be found The rear door was open however and he probably made his escape that way Nor marks from tiie load in the gun could be found inside the building and either there was no shot in the gun or the man carried the charge away with him Trouble Getting Good Teachers Osceolas school board cut down the teachers wages a short time ago and thought it had secured teachers at the cut wages to take charge of the schools for the coming term and it has unless some more get better jobs and resign The last to resign was Miss Ella Westburg who uas received a uetter position in the school it Genoa Miss Laura Whaley was elected to take the vacant place This makes the louriu piace mat nas oeen made vacant by resignation Gold Medal Oratorical Contest A large audience attended the speaking lor the gold medal donated by H Blum of Fremont There were nine speakers for the medal seven gentlemen and two girls All the speaking was good and the orations showed much care iuI preparation The judges awarded the medal to Clarence A Belknap His subject was Development of Character Prominent Farmer Injured Herman Koch a prominent farmer liv ing north of West Point met with what may prove a fatal accident He was re turning home with a calf in his wagon The team became unmanageable and threw him out breaking one of his legs and otherwise injuring him The broken leg was amputated Grave fears are ex pressed for his recovery Horse Shoots Itself A Lexington horse accidentallv shot it self while carelessly fooling with a loaded revolver The weapon had been left on a blanket on the wagon seat The horse pulled the end of the blanket thus throw ing the revolver out in such a manner that the hammer struck the wagon tire with sufficient force to discharge the weapon and kill the animal Nebraska City Man Missing E M Short the manager of the branch nouse of the Standard Oil Company at Nebraska City has been missing for sev eral days He traded his household effects for a team of horses and a wagon Several of his creditors are very much ilarmed at his strange actions A repre sentative of the oil company is checking up his accounts Boy Killed While Hunting James Smith a boy about 14 years old residing in Albion son of Mrs Tom Smith was killed by the accidental dis charge of a gun He was hunting with another boy and while his companion was absent from the wagon the gnn was iischarged by accident shooting him in the breast He lived but a few hours Dodge County Mortgage Record The following is the mortgage record of Dodge County for the month of July Chattel mortgages filed seventy four 2971594 released seventeen 509432 farm mortguges filed sixteen 1888357 released ten 11375 town and city nortgages filed eleven 1072071 re eased twelve 1644714 Young Girl Drowned Maggie Halpin the 17 -year-old daugh ter of William Halpin of Greeley Center went to Lake Ericson with a party of young folks and was drowned WORK NEBRASKA PARMERS LightniugTiod Sharks Doing Pierce County Lightning rod sharks have been getting in their work in Pierce County the past week Severalfarmers have been victim ized to the extent of 100 A solicitor makes the deal at a low price and the un suspecting farmer signs an ironclad con tract Then the workmen come and put up the rods The collector is next on the program The contracts are nearly all 175 but on account of a mi -understanding between the farmer and solicitor the collector always offers to compromise for 100 George Heuzler who is a bright and industrious farmer lost just 100 Drowning Near Pierce Frank L Rose aged 23 who was agent for the Omaha railroad at Marquette was drowned in the north fork of the Elkhorn Sunday morning about 1030 near Pierce while fishing He started to swim across the narrow river to get a boat and when about six feet from the boat it is supposed he was seized with cramps and sank His body was fonnd after being in the water about three quarters of an hour Tli3 Modern Woodmen of America with whom he had 2000 insurance in favor of his sister took charge of the remains and had them embalmed His parents live near Utica N Y and have been notified by wire Coroner Crystal of Osmond held an inquest and the jury gave a verdict of accidental drowning Murdered in Lincoln Hon W F Eyeter of Chambersbnrg Pa was murdered at Lincoln Fred Vance and five women of the town are detained as knowing something of the case He was there with a party of prom inent Pennsylvania capitalists enroute to Cripple Creek to invest in mines It was supposed he had taken the afternoon train for Cripple Creek until his body was found in an unfrequented part of town with the skull crushed Robbery is supposed to have been the motive He is a director of the B and C V Railway Convicted Banker Missinir Parties interested in the prosecution against J C Williams late president of the Blue Springs Bank begin to fear that he has at last given them the slip There are three criminal charges against Will iams and lie is under sentence to the pen itentiary upon one conviction In that matter he has been admitted to bail in th sum of 2000 upon an appeal An officer was sent to Blue Springs re cently to cite Williams to appear and give bond upon the other three charges and ho could not be found Burglars AVork at Gretna Hughes Bros general merchandise store at Gretna was robbed of several bolts of dress goods and a number of pairs of womens shoes a few pennies that were left in the cash drawer some jewel ry and a few other articles Entrance was effected by breaking open the front door The thieves were novices at the business from their manner of operation They pried off the money drawer with a hammer found in the store and tried to get in the safe which was not locked Fine Nine Young Men The trial of the nine young men from Omaha arrested at Florence for disturb ing the peace resulted in the police judge fining them 53 each and costs Their at torney gave notice of an appeal The de fendants were bound over in the sum of 100 Under a Struggling Horse A horse fell on Charles Riliey of Eik horn while Killey was out riding and broke his thigh Before the man was rescued he was nearly drowned as he had been precipitated into a ravine partiall iilled with water Bonds for the Norfolk Yankton Pierce voted on the question of voting bonds to the amount of 514000 to aid the Norfolk and Yankton Railroad in com pleting its line of road from Norfolk to Yankton and the bonds carried by a vote of 163 to 23 Sneak Thiefs Easy AVork Some sneak thief cut the screen to the bedroom window at Neil McWilliams residence at Blair and reached in his arm and took out 875 from the pockets of his pants He did not enter the house him self Grand Island Sugar Factory The Grand I dand beet sugar factory will commence ite fall campaign on Sept 15 and expects to run 120 days The crop has matured much earlier this year thay usual and is reported to be enormous New Telephone Line Osceola is now in communication with the outside world as far as telephone communication is concerned the Ne braska Telephone Company having finished its line May Start the Distillery Jacob Woolner of Peoria has been in Nebraska City looking over the distillery and making arrangements for a supply of grain sufficient to operate the plant to its fullest capacity Horsewoman Injured Mrs A M Lotspiech of Bingham met with a very serious accident Her horse unexpectedly jumped a ditch throwing her back on the saddle injuring her spine Nebraska News Notes Blair expects to have another patent horse collar factory Local histrionic talent of Arlington is busily rehearsing the drama In Old Kentucky for presentation in the near future Poncas fats and leans played a game of base ball the other day and the score ran up to 60 to 17 before the excited populace interfered Sarpy County is hard at work on an elaborate float to be entered in the Ne braska parade at Omaha during fair week It is being constructed at Papillion William Streff of Fullerton started out to make a little hay and accumulated s bad case of supstroke The doctors worked over him several hours and saved his life Sam Cox a Burchard farmer is exhibit ing a cornstalk thirteen feet six inches in height with three large ears on it The lowest ear grew nine feet five inches above the ground The Fremont hemp and twine factory will this fall use up the product of 2000 acres Fullerton people are somewhat indig nant because Lena Stanky a 15-year-old girl debauched by her father has been spirited out of the country The case against the old man will have to be dis missed Three hundred carloads of corn passed through Blair inside of twenty four hours The cars were made up in fifteen trains each being drawn by two engines The corn was gathered from stations along the Elkhorn BEYAN IS NOTIFIED THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE ACCEPTS Immense Gathering in Madison- Sqnare Garden Candidate Talkssfor Two Hours Makes the Effort of His Life Sewall Is Likewise Informed Democratic Candidates A cccptgT William Jennings Bryan formaUJrjgac cepted the Democratic presidentialgnom ination at Madison Square Garden in New York Wednesday night Mr Bry ans run across country had played havoc with his voice He had gone to bed the uight previous with a well developed at tack of laryngitis and had been con fined to his room under the doctors care all of Wednesday It was at first feared that he would not be able to speak at all Mr Bryan for the most part made no effort to deal in oratory but confined himself to the reading of a carefully pre pared address from whose text he did not vary as from his manuscript he only now and then lifted his eyes It was a scene to inspire an orator Madison Square Garden is a beautiful auditorium with its shallow galleriesits great tiers of boxes at the roundedends of the hall its low roof studded with electric lights Eighteen thousand peo ple had assembled in the big place at 8 oclock Every one of the S500 seats was-occupied- and 10000 persons stood in the open spaces at the ends of the hall These people had assembled with a huge fdock of good nature and perhaps one in five of them came with genuine enthusi asm in his heart All were there to greet one upon whom the mantle of fame had dramatically fallen The big hall filled early not without fiiuch confusion at the entrances When the crowd saw Silver Dick Bland it set up a shout which wan as nothing to the- MADISON SOUAJIE GARDEN cheers which greeted Mrs Bryan whem she came in with Mr St John and took a seat near the platform Shes alt right shouted one enthusiast at which the people laughed and cheered again Presently a lusty shout near the main entrance which was taken up and rolled to the far ends of the big hall announced the arrival of the hero of the hour After Mr Bryan had worked to of the platform and smiled and bowed to the audience which cheered him for fully a minute Mr Jones chairman of the national committee introduced Elliott Danforth of 2ew York as chair man of the meeting Mr Danforth mere ly welcomed the strangers who were within the gates of 2iev York and pre sented Gov Stone of Missouri the chair man of the notification committee He ipoko for twenty five minutes and at the concldsion turned and placed in Mr Bry ans hands a big roll of parchment on which had been engrossed the official notification of the Chicago nomination Mr Bryan bowed and smiled while the audience rose to its feet and cheered The band played and an enthusiast excitedly waved an American flag over Mr Bry ans head Chairman Danforths introduction of Mr Bryan wasfollowed by an uproarious demonstration which continued persist ently for several minutes Bryan himself waved his hand deprecatingly but the enthusiastic ones went on with their shouting Chairman Danforth rapped vith his gavel but in reply a man in one pf the boxes waved a chair out over the heads of the people below and called for ihree cheers for Bryan Chairman Jones Appealed for order and another Tam manyite distinguished himself by calling for three cheers and a tiger Finally those who wanted to hear what Mr Bryan had ro say hissed the ones who wanted to hear the sound of their own voices and then Drder was restored Mr Bryan began reading his manu script It was painfully evident how ever that the candidate was not himself Mr Bryan spoke for one hour and fifty minutes and the hands of the clock pointed to 1035 when he finished the peroration addressed to the citizens of New York The terrific heat had made Ihe upper galleries almost unendurable and before Mr Bryan had finished a ma jority of their ocupants had defiled through the doors Candidate Sewall was very heartily cheered when he step ped forward after he with Silver Dick Bland and other leaders on the stage had grasped Mr Bryans hand in congratula tion Mr Sewall wore a black frock coat buttoned tightly about his breast He was handed the formal notification of his nomination by Senator Jones Mr Sewall makes no pretensions to oratorical ability and although his voice might fill an ordinary hall it was hardly equal to Madison Square Garden with hundreds tramping about the floor His words were few and at 1051 Chairman Danforth de clared the meeting adjourned Annie Boch 23 years old was found dead in bed at New York with her throat cut from ear to ear in her room The po lice believe the woman was murdered Prairie fires are raging in the Co manchie Indian country southwest of Per ry O T Thousands of acres of grain have been swept by the flames which are aid ed by the dry condition of vegetation The fires follow a term of hot winds which have parched vegetation and caus ed cattle to suffer The thermometer registered 10S degrees Mail Carrier Hempmeier whose stage iwas reported robbed by outlaws between Okenee and Lacey O T has confessed he committed the crime himself Hemp meier is 17 years old rM -I I Kii M i li 7i -4 i J i 4