REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET
Work of the Convention Was Speedily Dis
posed of Last Night.
BEACH HiGBY NAMED FOR CITY CLERK
Couorllmnnlo Cnndldntex n Determined by
th I'rlmiirlco It MII l-Now City L'rn-
tr l Comnilttco Ulocted t'nmlldwtci
for llunril nf Kducntlon.
For City Ckrk BEACH IIIOHY
Fcr I'ouncllmcii , . , .
First Wnrd S. I. GORDON
Second Wnrd AN.-IT.M KVMNT
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JONATHAN ni\VAUD.S
\V. tr . AXUHKHON.
ANUICKW J. Lt'NT.
J. DKAOAN.
The republican city convention held a
brief and business-like session at Patterson
hall last evening. There were no bitter con
tests and everything passed off with a bar-
/ mony that was particularly edifying. The
fact that the duty of nominating candidates
for the city council had been delegated to
Iho several wards relieved last evening's con
vention of Its usual exciting feature. All
of the ward nominations were ratified with
out dissent. There wae a slight contest from
the Seventh ward , Smith challenging the
nomination of Thomas. In the primaries
Friday Thomas received 1QI votes and Smith
1BD. Smith protested and claimed that a
number of voles liad been counted for
Thomas which had really been cast for him-
self. The city central committee held a
two hours' session on the protest and ulti
mately decided In favor of Thomas.
I * ' b. It took Chairman T. K. Sudborough Koine
lllllo time to produce even a scmblanco ot
order In the hall when , at SZ : > , he first
tried to end the disorder. The buttonholing
bail not worn Itself out and several candi
dates were audibly sweating In their en
deavors to start things their wuy. When
order was finally produced Mr. Sudborough
predicted that the ticket to be. nominated at
the convention would be- elected by the
largest majority ever piled up In Omaha.
A. P. Houcks started the convention to
work by moving that J. T. Dally bo made
temporary chairman. There were no other
candidates and Mr. Dally assumed the gavel.
U. H. Walker was made tempurnry secretary.
The central committee- reported that thcra
were no contests and so all formality of
reading the credentials was waived and the
- temporary organization was made permanent.
HIGDY FOR CITY CI.BIIK.
Nominations being In older for city clerk ,
three names were placed before the conven
tion. Lewis Hllckens of the Ninth ward
offered Reach Hlgby without a speech , but
the speech eamo later on , wlien J. 1C. Doucher
from the Fourth ward seconded his nomina
tion In a talk that brought out repeated
burslB of applause. A. W. Jeffries brought
out Van 1) ) . I.ady and A. A. McClannahan of
the Fifth ward nominated George W. Hoi-
brook , who withdrew In favor of lllgby with
marked effect.
Tha llrst ballot soltled thn contest. When
half the wards had been callc.1 It was seen
P. that Mr. Hlgby had been nominated. On mo
tion of Mr. Jeffries his nomination waa made
I unanimous and the result of the llrst ballot
was not announced.
fe/ ; Mr , lllgby took the platform In response
to the enthusiastic calls from lhe conven
tion. Ho thanked
the convention and as
sured the delegates that when he was elected ,
and ho asserted that there was no doubt of
his election , he would use every effort to
Klve Iho people of Omaha an honest and
cinclont administration. He proposed to sur
round himself with good , clean , polite , cour
teous nnd gentlemanly assistants , and he
himself would always bo an employe In the
office. Ho had always served
some
body else , having been a workIngman -
Ingman nil his life , and he would utff his
best endeavor to serve the public
aa con
scientiously as he had'always served his
employers.
The defeated
aspirants were called out
and both Lady and .Uolbrook unreservedly
declared their Intention ot giving Mr. Hlgby
their earnest support.
SCHOOL IIOARD AND COUNCIL.
A motion lo lake an Informal ballot for
members of the Hoard of Education was
votul down , and a motion for a formal ballot
wns carried with a rush. The ballot pro.
cccded with
considerable coufiihlon , most of
the wards changing their votes before the
final result wns announced. The vole as ulti
mately doclaral stood as follows Cramblet
76. Edwards 72. Hint 79. Anderson 70. I-a- "
Ran CO , Olllesplo 32 , Van Glider 11. Spauld-
Ing 4. Messrs. A. J. Lunt. Hov. T. E. Cram I-
blet. Jonathan Edwards.W. II. Anderson and
J. IJeagan were declared ( he nomlnces'of Iho
convention. Several of the successful
ones
made brief addresses , nil of them making
favorable Impression : .
Proceeding with the. regular order of busi
ness. T. K. Sudborough moved that nil of ( he
ward .nominations for
councllmen be
con-
firmed. In making the motion Mr. Sudborongh
explained tlmt.tho central committee had ui-
tortalned a contest from the Seventh ward
and , after examining nil the evidence and
coiintingBthe ballots , had decided that the
selection of Charles L. Thomas had been
entirely regular , and that he was entitled to
the nomination. The word selections
all continued. wore
CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Taking up the matter of a city central com
mittee , E. P. Davis was made chairman and
. A. Mcsslck secretary. The ward mem
bers of the committee are :
First John II. Uutler , Peter Bach , V F
Honza.
Second II. J. Uanktr.Wllllam Alstadt , R.
V. Meskovsky.
Third Louis Burmastor , Leon Levy Mar
tin Olson.
Fourth S. O. Hoff , Frank Planck , W. W.
McDonald.
Flfth-Q. W. Lauer , R. S. Christie , A. A.
McClannahan.
Sixth J. N. Reach , John Carnuby G E
Collins.
Seventh II. E. Cochran ; I. 0. Rhodes , U.
K Thomas.
U.n.
Eighth M. F. Singleton , 0. R. Ruthbun.
J. II. West , Jr.
Ninth S. M. Crosby , E. L. French , M.
Q. Macleod.
I1KMOCIIATIU rilM.UUi.S. (
Cuunellmitnlo Nominees in Determined by
W ril Votori A Ken- Lively rielitx.
The democratic city primaries passed off
rather quietly yesterday , and as a general
thing a light vote waa polled , except In the
Second and Third wards , where there were
lively contests. In the Second ward the
flght was between Thomas Flyiin and Henry
Itohlf , and the
former received 57fl out of
the 900 votes cast. The other candidates re
ceived u small vole.
There wns a. three-cornered contest In the
Third ward among Andy JIcAndrews , Pat
Ford and Thomas Rcrmlngham. A heavy
vote was polled and Pat Ford was downed
In his own stronghold , being beaten twenty
Totes by McAndrows. I3ermlngham was last
In the race. There were so inuny delegate * *
and so much scratching on the llckots that
the delegates .elected In these two wards
will not be known before this morning.
Thomas Lowry. an ex-councilman , received
the nomination In the First ward without
ccrlous opposition.
Steve Crow practically withdrew from the
contest In the Fourth ward early In the
day , at he felt that a democrat had a poor
how for election against
such a popular
nominee as the republicans have put up.
This la a strong republican
ward , and lesi
loan 200 democratic votes
were cast , as
ealnst nearly 600 at the republican prl-
Thomat Dally had an easy victory In the
Fifth ward , although It looked like a lively
contest early In the day. He ran ahead of
the .field , and the contest was a quiet one
There wereno close contests In the Sixth
nd Klghth wards. George Tlerney and J. IL
fichmldt being the successful candidates , ro-
H > ecttv ly.
flooree N. Ulckp l ) J , A W | gon.jr ( or
the nomination In the B venth ward , after a
clone conteit , but Churchill Parker had no
opposition In the Ninth.
The following are the councllmanlc nom
inees :
Hirst Warfl Tuoma * J. Lowry ,
Second Ward Thomas Fljrnn.
Third Ward-A. n. McAndrews.
Fourth Ward Ur. J. Tcabody.
Fifth Warn Thomas Dally.
Sixth Ward George Tlcrnejr ,
Seventh Ward George N. Hicks.
Eighth Ward J. H. Schmidt.
Ninth Ward-Churchill Parker.
The delegations reported elected at mid
night were :
First Ward 1 > . L , Cartan , Bd J. Dee ,
M. FinikhouscB ' , Lars Haiiscn , Lew Hermann ,
Peter 'McGinn , 8 , Neble , P. M. Tuttle ,
Eugene Whalen.
Fourth Ward- Phillip Andres , R. Engle-
mati , George Hoffman , K. II. Kennedy , J. J.
Mahoncy It , 11. Montague. 3. J. Montgom
ery , W. J. Mount , W. P. Wllrox" .
Fifth Ward-J. P. Dally , A. Dnughlon. W.
F. Davis , Richard Lnwlcr.a , P. H , Meelmn ,
Peter O'Donncll , lPatrick. . T. Sullivan ,
William Truckey.
Slxlh Ward W. Brenton , J. C. Donohuc ,
Frank Heller , Robert II. Holmes , M. Me-
Grlevy , T P. Ucgnn , Preston Reeves , W. II.
Scragglns. Ernest \Vlggs.
Seventh Ward Joe Czorhvlnskl , NIc Dar-
sarzewskl , William Fa Ran , Henry Goodman , '
IM B. llowell , William Honan , d. 0. Seay ,
James Schnclderwlnd and Phil Smith.
Eighth Ward J. H. Davis. Richard Don
nelly , T. C. Douglas , W. Peterson , A. Smith ,
F. C. Weymllier , J. P. Connelly , M. Uutler ,
G. Welch.
Ninth Ward A. A. Egbert , J. M. Glbb ,
W. A. L. Gibbon , William McHugh , W. M.
Paine , K. W. Simpson , H. II. Salisbury , Ed
Welch , Joel West.
Jlmv HnM'iill M'IIK Turned Dotrn.
That the most carefully Incubated schemes
of unscrupulous politicians will sometime. *
go astray. wat > Indicated by the defeat of
Hascall In the First ward yesterday. It
has been a matter of current knowledge
around the city hall for some days that Has-
call'a candidacy for a second term In the
council was foisted upon an alleged republi
can ticket as the result of a tie-up made In
the council on the city clerk ordinance ,
which was passed Tuesday night.
The republicans had only nine votes with
which to pass the ordinance , and If Hascall
ehculd vole with the democrats as on pre
vious occasions It would j-otiilt In a tie vote
and defeat the measure. Hascall was not
like u man who did not realize the strategic
value of his position. Successively turned
down by the democrat ? nnd the populists , a
candidacy on the republican ticket was the
only avenue through which he could hope to
sustain his close relationship to the public
crib.
crib.To
To this end ho succeeded In making n tie-
up with certain alleged republicans by which
the nomination was to bo turned over to him
In com pa neat Ion for his vote on the ordi
nance. He kept his part of ( he agreement
and the ordinance wns duly passed by n
majority of one vote , Saturday wns the
tlmo when he was to reap his reward , but
the other parties to the agreement were un
able to deliver the goods.
< ! rorgo S. liaro for Itrprrsrntuilro
The democratic " county central committee
held a "meeting last night .and nominated
George L. Dare of South Omaha to nil the
vacancy on the legislative ticket made by the
resignation of C. M. Hunt. Mr. Dare 1ms
already been nominated by tlio populists.
Mr. Dare has been a resident of South
Omaha for six years. lie Is a plumber ,
I.iiliur KmlorHiM liiifrnn.
At a meeting of the Magic City branch of
the Federation of Labor last night resolu
tions were passed endorsing Mr. C. P. Hogan
for the legislature. Mr. Hrgan has worked
In the packing houses In South Omaha for
seven years. He Is president of the branch of
the Federation of Labor there.
Ocniocrullu .Milis .X
The democrats have arranged for a mass
mealing In Washington hall on Monday even
ing , Speeches wl 1 be made by James E ,
lloyd , J. H. Kitchen. William S. Poppleton ,
Ed P. Smith , H. C. Mlller'and W. S. Fcllter.
The democratic clubs will be out In full force.
r.lfn lniirlH | < Miiuuiit fur Kobliory.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 13. Judge Wallace
today sentenced John Joy to life Imprison
ment for robbery under the habitual criminal
net. Joy robbed a man of $5.
SpinneiH Acc'i'it. | tlm li >
FALL RIVER , Mass. , Oct. 13. The
striking spinners ha\e voted to accept n re
duction of 10 per cent and return to work
Monday.
XWtTtin'KliTKHX' fiOTKS.
I
Glanders , Texas fever , lump Jaw and other1 "
ill. cases arc prevalent among the live Block
of Fresno county , California.
Great things aru expected from the Unlltd
States geological survey In Idaho. Speciil
attention will he given to the llolse basin ,
Oroyhee county , and the Seven Dents.
H Is stated that Austin Corbln , the Amer
ican arlslocrat who Is fitting up a 100,000-
acre park In northern
New Hampshire as a
game preserve , has purchased moose calves
from northern Minnesota by the carload ,
paying 5100 each for them.
A fifty-four pound watermelon which has
been on exhibition for several days at Welscr ,
Idaho , was a delicious one and the seeds
were saved to be put In the archives of the
Agricultural college , for which Welscr will
make a bid at the next session of the legis
lature.
A couple of miners made a rich strike on
the head of Blackbird creek , one of the trib
utaries of lilg creek. In Idaho. The vein
Is a continuous one In a Mate and porphyry
formation. It averages about seven or eight
feet In width anil will mill from $12 to $15
pei * ton.
Tlm Dominion government has commenced
a survey of the banks of the Frazer river
from Yale la the mouth In order to devise
a suitable dyking tclieine which will pre
vent a repetition of the disastrous flood * of
last summer. It Is thought that work will
be commenced next spring.
Mr. F. Durgy. returning from the Mercur
region , reported that the opening' up of the
Dig Sunshine mine was verifying all antici
pations. The sinking of the shaft to deter
mine the width ot the vein shows sixty feet
ot ore. The grade is not high , but It Is rich
enough to promise big returns.
The fruit crop of Santa Clara valley and
the adjacent territory la about all cureJ.
While buyers are thick , little Is being sold ,
11 nd lhe Indications are that those who told
short before the crop was defined will gel
"nipped. " for the co-operative associations
are holding out for belter prices.
The statement that strawberries are still
growing In Boise valley seems almost In
credible , but It Is nevertheless true , says this
Boise Statesman , George Crane , a farmer
who lives near the city , has a patch that Is
bearing as luscious strawberries as one's
eyes or palate would care to feast upon ,
The officials of the Southern Pacific have
decided upon n vigorous reduction all along
the line. They say that expenses must be
out down. The first cut , made on October I ,
will be followed by a greater deduction In
the force a month later. A system of con
solidation of divisions Is being develop ! ,
When this Is accomplished It will result In
the discharge of a great many employes ,
some of whom now eland high In their de
partments , <
James II , Febes of the Upper Hlacklall.
says the Dillon ( Monl. ) Tribune , has Just
been to visit Iho new placer diggings on the
: ia
that the diggings produce coarse gold iaml
that the present product Is from $6 to $7 per
day lo tie | man. The original locater * are
the BnnU company , and they , with ve
Gelnan , have staked off all the paying nd
for a distance of eight or ten miles. ha
pay streak Is rather narrow and the gs
will never make a camp , as the ground is
too limited. One of the miners estimate !
that the ground will bo worked out In one
season.
Word Is received from Tucson , Ariz , , of a
wonderfully rich gold strike made by come
Mexicans on the Hagiayampa , two inllei be
low Powell's unmp , opposite the mouth of
Fool's canon , and within rifle shot of the
river. Nuggets welching several ounces have
been taken out of the ledge- and there are
about forty Mexicans engaged In taking out
coarse gold In the gulch below. The ledge illel
well denned and consists of about three feet
of a pay streak In granite and porphyry. A
miner who eamo In from that country tu > u
that he believes the ' nnd to be one of the
most remarkable In the territory within
recent years and bids fair to rival the Hanpia
llala strike.
HONOR TO ROBERT MORRIS
Memorial to the Great Financier Dedicated
at Eatavia , N , Y.
WAS ONE OF THE REPUBLIC'S PILLARS
Opponcd to the Revolution , III * Gcnlai Se
cured Ita Succe and Tut the Uorarn-
tncnt oil u Iluilncii llasli
111 * Urcat U'orb ,
1UTAVIA , N. Y. , Oct. 13. Hubert Morris
was honored today by the dedication as a
memorial to litm of the old land office oC tlio
Holland purchase. built about the year 1804
and bought In 1891 by the Holland 1'urchase
Historical society that It mlghl bo preserved
unto future generations. Very appropriately
the clilel dedicatory address was made by
John 0. Carlisle , secretary ol the treasury ,
and lineal descendants of the great superin
tendent of finance were present among the
multitude of listeners. Among the dlstln-
gulshed guests present were W. Q. Gresham ,
secretary ot state ; Daniel S , Lainont , secretory -
tory of war ; It. A. Herbert , secretary of
the navy ; Hoko Smith , secretary of the In-
tcrlor , and Poilmnslcr General Wilson S.
Dlssell.
Prior to the formal exercises of dedication
a parade was held , the members of the cab
inet reviewing It from a. stand In front of
the land office. Succeeding the review of
the parade came the unveiling of the tablet
over the door of the land office. This tablet
wns Inscribed ; "Erected IS . Dedicated
1894 to the Memory of Robert Morris. "
Prayer was offered by llev. Stephen Vln-
csnt llyan , Roman Cathcllc bishop ot the
diocese of lluffalo , and adjournment for
lunch followed. At 2 p. in. the exercises In
the State park opposite to the State Insti
tute for the Blind were begun by prayer by
Rev. Arthur Cleveland Cox , Kp.scopal bishop
ot the diocese of western New York. An
original poem by John II. Yatcs , entitled
"Oar Ancient Landmark , " was read by the
author. Hon. John G. Carlisle then ad
dressed the assemblage , giving an exhaustive
history of the deeds of Robert Morris. He
said :
WHO ItOUEHT MORRIS WAS ,
"Robert Morris or , as lie ivns culled , Robert -
ert Morris , Jr. , was for many yearn one of
the most conspicuous UKUI-CS in the galaxy
of great mtn uhoje slnti'smanshlp anil cour
age nth ovcd the Im opeidene of the Ameri
can colonies , and to Mini more than to any
other man In a civil station the people were
Indebted for the successful termination of
the revolutionary war. It Is characteristic
of the martial ince to which we belong to
appreciate to the fullest extent , anil fre
quently to overestimate , the services of the
successful soldier , while Dimple Justice Is not
always done to the quiet statesman and
lliinnclor , without whos ° co-oper.itfun mid
support the armies of ic urtfuteat com
mander could neither make a movement ror
light a battle. Althciitch u century has
elapsed an c Holer , . Jlcrr.a fins el hla pub-
lie work and retired to pnvaui life , ami
nearly ninety years have passed since his
death , there Is no public memorial to attest
the people's appreciation nt his great serv
ice. , ami very few even know the place of
his burial. It Is alike creditable to the
patriotism anil the liberality of the citizens
of western New York that they have or
ganized the llrst public association and In
augurated the lir. t practical movement for
the i ur oao of i nyln ; a lo ig-Jte errj I tr butc
to the memory 01 it man who , notwithstand
ing all the malignant accusations made
against him whllo In the public service ,
has left n record In which llie critical re
searches of u hundrul years have failed to
discover a trace of Olfhonor or any lack of
unsolllsh devotion to the true Interests of
hH countrymen.
"Although an KnvlUhman ' Uy b ith Rojirt
Morris promptly ul'ent tiled lilmselt with the
frlemls of the colonies In the controversy
between them and hla mother country , njul
In 17CG , ten years befoie the battle of Lex
ington , he signed the non-Importation agree
ment and was a member of the committee
of citizens which walled upon the collector
of the stamp act to compel him to vacate
his oltlce , which he did after considering
the matter for two or three < luys. In 1775 ,
when the tjunrrel between the colonies and
flroat Hrltaln had almost reached the point
when rucunl'lllatlon upon any reasonable
terms was Impossible , he was appointed on
the council of safety for the state of Penn
sylvania. In October of the same year he
was elected a member ot the provisional
assembly under the old charter , and In No
vember the assembly appointed him one of
the delegates to the continental congress.
On the ! ! 0th day of July , 177S , he was again
chosen as n delegate to the continental con
gress , although he was known to be opposed
to the declaration of Independence and had
voteil against It , believing- that the oppor-
tunlty for reconciliation upon terms which
would preserve the liberties or the people
had not entirely parsed , mid that an effort
to effect nn adjustment ought to be made
before engaging In a war which was certain
to entail great hardship and which was not
certain to bo successful. In February or
March , 1777 , he was for tha third time ap
pointed a delegate to the continental con
gress.
STItAlGHTENIXG OUT THE TREASURY.
"At that time there was no Treasury de
partment nor any national executive organ
ization of anv kind. Uy the spring of 1781 ,
however , It had become evident that the
entire financial system must be reorganized
upon a more substantial basis. The country
was smothering to death under -mass of
worthless paper currency , far more disas
trous to the commercial and Industrial Inter
ests of the people than all the spoliations
and devastations committed by the Invading
enemy. The most discreditable chapters of
our history are those which record the re
peated and Ineffectual cfforls of the conti
nental congress and the superintendent of
finance after he was chosen to Induce the
states to raise their respective quotas of
money necessary to carry on a war for the
establishment of thrlr own Independence.
The several colonies had been In. the hnblt ,
long before the revolution , of Issuing their
own notes to circulate as money , nnd there
fore the continental congress very naturally
resorted to the eama expedient , and the
first notes , amounting to about } 3XXW ( ) ) ,
were Issued as early as 1775. These notes
began to dcprcc'ate nlm st 1mm.dial.ly , nnd
before the close of the yenr 177C many men
were subjected to mob violence , to social
and political ostracism a'nd. to Imprison
ment by the civil and military authorities
for refusing to receive them In payment for
debts or In exchange for commodities. By
1119 depreciation had gone to such nn extent
that It was no longer nfe to buy and sell
In the ordinary way , while transactions con
ducted upon credit were ruinous to the
parly who rendered services or parted with
his propei ty. llarter WHS the only safe
trade , nnd It Is recorded that at one time It
was substantially the only kind of trade
carried on In the city of Boston. Prices
went up so that a pair of shoes cost Jl'.O ,
and Hour gold at prices ranging from $400
to ? 500 per hundred weight. The price of
sugar reached $000 per hundred weight ; cof
fee was Jl per pound and wheat $75 per
bushel , and the cosl of most articles of ne-
cesslty rose In the same proportion.
Extravagance , speculation , fraud nnd sel-
flshtiess prevailed to an extent never known
In this country before or since. It was the
harvest time of the dishonest public ofllclal ,
thu unscrupulous debtor and the unfaithful
trustee of private estates. The widow and
the orphan and the poor nnd dependent
classes In nil the walks of life were , as they
always ; have been anil always will be , the
principal Hiifferers from ew > ry fluctuation In
the cxch ng ablalue of the currency.
"At this time continental notes had been
Issued to the amount af il'Xoao,000 ) , or about
SKI per capita , and depreciation waa 30
to 1 that la , U In specie was equal to f30 In
the paper currency , lly July , 1789 , It was
61Ja to 1. and early In the next year lhe
whole miserable system troke completely
lown , and ( ongrecs ulth only o.ie d'isent.ng
vole , resolved that nil debts then due from
the Un tel H'atis wh eh ha. I leei liquidated
according to their specie value , and all debts
which had been cr would thereafter be made
payable In Hpecle , should be actually paid In
fipecle , or Us equivalent , at the current rate
of exehamie between specie and olher cur
rency. The lolal lusue of continental notes ot
up to that date , as nearly as can be ascer
tained , was about J2I2.000.COO , or over ISO per
capita. Hut , beiddeti Ihlf * , the various slates
had Issued large amounts In bills of credit ,
and there were outstanding larpe amounts
ot lain ollco cc t flcatea and qu rternntitcrs'
and commissaries' certificates. which
greatly aggravated the financial situation.
MOimiB CALLED TO TUB nKSCUR.
"This was th& condition of affairs when
congress , on the 20th day ot February , 1781 ,
unanimously chono Robert Morris to be
superintendent of finance , The selection at a
once revived the hopes of the despondent ,
stimulated lhe courage of the waverhu ; and
confirmed lhe faith of the frlend of liberty
In every part of the world. But he did not
accept at once , He > knew the magnitude 'of '
the tank he was expected to perform , and
the referee wrote a letter to the president
of congress in which lie made the ac
ceptance of the olllce dependent upon two an
conditions llrst , Ihul he should not be re
quired to abandon hla commercial pursuits
or dissolve his exlHlInc connections with
certain mercantile establishments , and sec
ondly , that he should have the absolute
power to appoint and remove ull ofllclals
serving under him ,
"Coasrees liavlnff , alter some hesitation ,
conformed ta the wlnhcs q Morrln In respect
to these two matter * . hc-iLCcepted the office
on the Hlh day of May , 1TSI , but lie did not
enter fully upon the discharge of his duties
until the October following , In Junp , 1781 ,
before he had taken chnrcc of Hla ofncc , he1
necurcd the repeal of tile'embargo , believ
ing , to use his own Untningc , that 'com
merce Rhould be perfectlykfnec , nnd property
sacredly necured to tncjjwner. | ; ' The worth
less paper currency wai. now rnptdly din-
appearing from circulation , and Morris took
measures to obtain n Bwppt ? of ( < pecle from
Havana nnd other plaPfifi' which he ac
complished to a very consmtrabla extent by
buying and selling good * . 'In ' a short time
the people began to realize the tienelltB of
that Indexible law of tniile nnd finance
under which sound money In Hiilllclent quan
tities to iransact the business of the coun
try will always make'Its appearance to
"ake the place of unsound 'money If the Int
er can be cot out oftfettvulatlon. It was
tot long until fpecle Was circulating In all
he channels of trade , < nmi from that time
0 the close of the revolutionary war nil the
uslnesa of the government was conducted
pen n specie basis.
"It would be BOlng too far to assert that
lorrls ever succeeded In establishing the
nances of the Kovernmenl upon nn entirely
rm nnd satisfactory bn lR , for It must bo
mcil d that many of his plans failed , prln-
lpnllyt however , on nccount of detlnquen-
es on the part of congress nml the states.
; esldes , the mistakes committed before he
ntcreil upon hla olllce were of such n char-
clcr , and their Injurious consequences so
ffected the whole system that It required
nuch time and labor lo repntr them. In
iprll , 1781 , the specie value of the public
ebt wns a Jlttlc over J24,000,000 , nnd. as It
rns represented by various forms of cbll-
; atlon and bore different rates of Interest ,
ongress resolved to fund It , If the creditors
vould consent : but , ns usual , nothingre -
ililled frotii llila resolution.
' .Morris nt once directed hla attention to
lhe establishment of n nnllonat bank an nn
luxlllary or nld to the government In the
jonduct of Ita financial affairs , and , after
much opposition , he succeeded In securing
1 charier for Iho Ilntik of North America ,
vltli a cnpltnl cf JIOO.OOO , ( o be luciilcd at
i'hllmlelphln. It was the llrst bank In
\.merlca that redeemed Its notes In specie
n presentation , nnd It undoubtedly afforded
; reat assistance to the government by
[ ranting loans from time to time nnd by
fTcctlntr exchanges nn lhe nuhlc account.
' r a little while the n t ° s or the b nks w re
t a discount , but thc'y fo , n rcse to par ana
lever nflcrwnrd di-preclntod.
DOLLAR OP Ol'H DADDIES.
"During the first year of his ndmlnlstra-
_ lon Morris caused to be prepared nnd sub
mitted to congress a plan fcr the. . establish
ment of n uniform coinage throughout the
United Stales. The most Important object
to be attained wns the establishment of u
.mlform standard by which lo estimate the
, -nluo of all the different kinds of foreign coin
n clrculatlc-n. and Morris , after a brief dls-
nisslon of this subject , in which he showed
a thorough acquaintance with all Its details ,
reached n conclusion that the most con
venient unit cf value would be one-fourth of
i grain of line silver , which would bo the
Fourteen hundred nnd fortieth part of n
lollar , ns that would agree without a frac-
' .lon with nil the different values of a dollar
n the several states , except South Carolina ,
Jongress took up the subject and referred
t to a committee of which Sir , Jefferson
ivas a member. The report of the commit
tee , xvhlcli was wrltlen by Jefferson , agreed
substanllally with Morrlsr recommendations ,
except ns lo the unit of value , which wns
said to be lee mlnule for ordinary use , luo
laborious for compulnllon either by the hend
or In figures. The dollar Itself was rec
ommended 0.3 the unit , and the decimal
system suggested by Jlorria wns approved.
Congress agreed to this report , and the
accounts of expenditures show that some
steps were , taken toward the establishment
of a mint ; In fact , a few coins , 'pattern
pieces , ' as they were called , wore actually
struck , but tlwre Is no evidence thai any of
Ihem went Into clict'latlan. Thus the funda
mental principles of our present method of
account und monetary unit were first pre
sented and explained in the midst of a great
war by a man who was 'hourly ' engro3sed
with the drudgery of tin iSfllce which , evvn
In Us most ordinary tlmw ; leaves but little
opportunity for FpecJfle , or historical In
vestigation. All that i he had was cense
crated to the cause of hl.fi country , nml lie
'
never husltaatcd to uso.hls'ineans and credit
to promote Its success. HIH Individual notes
were Issued for the pulilt'c benefit to Hie
amount of JTiiO.OOO. and they circulated al
par when lhe nolPM of lhe : government Itself
were nt a heavy discount. The York town
campaign , the momontousrnovcment Of the
war. resulting In lhe surrender of Cornwal-
lls , and praclicnlly lerrnlrtajlnff the strusKle ,
could not have bf-en Ihiiiigurateil
or prose-
culed If Morris had not'by ' his personal ex
ertions nnd the liberal use of his own credit ,
procured ' ' money to vny the soldiers and
'
provide " tranpporlnllon , nnd subslslence.
"Notwithstanding , ( he prospecjt ol
early peace after Th ? Rurfendi-r Tit Yorktown -
town , Jlorrls continued Ib labor diligently
for retrenchment in expenditure and for a
sitrlcl application of JiuslftPFs principles In
public matters , nnd It was universally
ngrj-ed that his policy llf-respect to these
subjects contributed very largely to ( he In
crease of corvOdenco at home nnd the Im
provement of national credit abroad. The
Instances In which he discontinued useless
expenditures by dispensing with the services
of unnecessary olliclals , by simplifying lhe
methods of collcctltiR and disbursing the
public funds , by changing the manner of
procuring supplies nnd by a close personal
supervision nf details are too numerous to
be mentioned here.
"On the 1st day cf November , 17S1 , his
resignation was tendered and was nceppled.
He had found lhe treasury bankrupt , the
nallonal credit prostrated , the army naked ,
hungry and mutinous , the people discon
tented , the currency worthless , trade
paralyzed and the strugcle for Independence
growing dally feeble nnd hopeless. He left ,
nol a full treasury. It Is true , but a national
credit higher among capitalists abroad than
Mint of some cf the oldest nations of
TCurope , nnd he left a happy and triumphant
people , with a sound currency and pros-
perouo Irade , abundantresources and n free
government.
ARRESTED FOR DEBT.
"In 1703 he retired finally from public life ,
nnd thereafter his entire time was devoted
to his prlvale affairs , which had become
seriously Involved. He had been engaged In
many large nnd
hazardous speculative en-
lerprlses , to which he had not Riven the at
tention that their character and Importance
demanded , and the consequence was Ihnt ho
found himself In his old age , after u long
and honorable career , during which his per
sonal credit had never been Impaired , em
barrassed with debts and harrassed by law
suits.
" .Morris1 pecuniary affairs grew rapidly
worse fiom day to day , and finally h'a '
creditors became so Importunate that he
was compelled to remain constantly In his
home to avoid Ihem. They walched his
house even at night , and llRhlcil fires on
his promises In order Ihat he inlRht be In-
terrcpted If he nllempted to escape. One of
them , a Frenchman , went so far as to
Ihrpnlen to shoot him If ho made his np-
penrance at a window. In January or
February , 1793 , he wns committed to a
debtor's prison , where he remained for more
than three years and a hiilf. It was his
habit while confined to walk around the
prison yard fifty times each day , and drop
a pebble nt the completion of ench circuit
In order to kcfji the count. During the
hardest of his misfortunes he never became
despondent or uttered a complaint except to
express his profound rejrret that he waa
nimble to dlschnrge his honest obligations.
He endured It nil without a murmur , and
after his release from prison went uncom
plainingly to his dismantled home , and by
the practice of close economy managed to
_ live , In a tolerably comfortable condition.
The great country which ho helped to res
cue from the domination of Its oppressors
has crown rich nnd powerful under the
constitution he hPlnoil to frame ; the 3,000-
000 people who o llbPrtles hi1 helped to es-
labllsh have mulllplleil until Ihey larp-ely
outnumber the population of the mother
land ; thf > thirteen feeble states on the
shores of the Atlantic which he helped to
unite under a compact of perpetual peace
and mutual protection hnvp become the
progenitors of a mlulity .sisterhood of pros
perous commonwealths , whose confines nre
limited only by the western seas , and still
no obelisk rises to Ipll the story of his ( jreat
services , his unselfl h"pntrot1sm | , his honor
able life nd Its melancholy close. "
The exercises concllicl l with the benedic
tion by the oldest clergyman on the Holland
purchase , Rev. Phllos1 O. ' 'Cook of Buffalo.
" '
Aoleep nn tlm Ho ; tool "f tlm Klv r.
A strange Incident In connection with the
work of clearing away t.bo debris of the re
cently wrecked bridge/at J.oulsville Is related
the submarine diver whose duty It Is to
descend to the bottonuof the river and fasten
chains about the heurvy Jlron work , besides
placing dynamite charges-In ( pots where the
most desirable'results'may-be ' had. Recently
he remained beneath the surface for more
than an hour. There 'was < no response when
signals were made , and there was uneasiness
felt. At length the diver who goes on as' a
relief reported for duty , and h& was at once
sent down , to ascertain what was wrong. In
few minutes both men came up. The diver
was found seated on a pile of Iron fist asleep.
Incmnn luiuUltloii. |
Puck ; Mrs. Drown : I won't submit to It , .
madam I You have purposely declared me exempt - '
empt from the Income lax In order to create
Impression that I have no money. You
know yourself It costs mo | 10OOU a year to
support my establishment , .
Mrs. Jones ( Income lax official ) Madam , I r
have Investigated your case thoroughly. You
are spending money jutt to beep up appear
ances , Don't try to put on airs to me tl
know nil about you. J t
FRANK WILGOX Co. ,
7 Douglas St ,
ILSON
o
OTTON
We won't cut the price any more cut as much as we dare-
right now no more cut needed If you don't buy shoes of us
Monday it's because you're sick-a-bed it's lucky for you that
WILSON & DUTTON BROKE WE'RE SELLING
THEIR SHOES.
An unlimited supply of In About 25 pairs ot youths' All the women's opera
fants' soft shoes , In Inns 8c shoes , that cost Wilson anil New York welts ,
and black , will go at. . . , & Dutlon at wholesale tipped or plain , buttoner
not less than S1.7C , slzea 98c or lace ,
our regular
' $5
Tha ladles' velvet opera 12to 2 , we retail at. . . . shoe , will bo closed out 2,75
slippers that Wilson & ,
Duttori sold far (1.53 we 40c All of Wilson & Diitton's tomorrow nt .
will close out for sole leather llppsd chllds' Men's fine shoos , such as
grain button shoes , they
Wilson & Dutlon
100 pairs misses' and ladles' considered cheap at $1.25 , 74c known to carry , all their were
heel shoes , sizes 2 , 2& our price , " 2.98
} 5 JO and J" shoes will
and S , all widths , such .
as Wilson & Dutton sold 75c Three lota of Wilson & ba close : ! nut at .
for $2.60 , we will tell for Diitton's $1.75 , $2 and Our regular $2.50 misses'
$2.50 shoes will be piled extension t-olo thoes ,
130 pairs of Wilson & Diit 98c -
ton's ladles' Icld In one lot tomorrow and with spring heels , will bo 1.48
too slip Bold at let go tomorrow at .
pers , In opera and common '
All the men's
every-doy
mon sense , sizes 2 > to and working shoes , Wilson Misses' patent tip spring
7. They sold them for ' , heel shoes , I ) , C , IJ and
& Diitton's shoes
son $2
} 1,75. Our price tomorrow 98c will be closed out tomorrow 98c B widths , sizes. U to
1-50
row row at 2 , a 53 shoe , are half -
price tomorrow .
Wilson & Dulton's boys' An unlimited supply of In
lace shoes , that they sold fants' tan and black Wilson & Diitton's
for $2 , sizes - Vto 5 , we 98c nhoes will bt closed out 8c spring heel shoes will bo 98c
close out at only tomorrow at all sold out tomorrow at.
Selling WILSON & DUTTQH'S SHOES ; Wo Can't Uruom Guarniifo 2lft rTuohdny. io Fill Wnil
1515-1517 DOUGLAS ST.
UNDERSTOOD THE BUSINESS
Virginia Express Train Bobbed in the High-
eat Styla of the Art.
GOT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
Suvcn Mm Took I'Jirtln tlio Affair n ml They
Succecdril In Octtlna : Awny with Tlielr
JSncity All Truce or Them
IB Lust.
NEW YORK , Oct. 13. The northbound ex
press which was held up near Quantico last
night on the Richmond , Frederlcksburg &
Potomac railroad reached the Pennsylvania
depot at Jersey City at 8:05 : this morning ,
bringing with It a badly shattered passenger
car.
car.As
As soon as the train arrived In the depot
the company's messengers proceeded to lhe
lieadqtiarters In New York City. They re
ported that all of their t > afca had been rifled
by the robbers. It Is supposed that the
bandits obtained between $150,000 and (200- (
000.
Express Messenger Crutchfleld thinks the
booty secured was J1CO.OOO or more. He gave
this account of tlio robbery before leaving
with the detectives : "Hut one robber cn-
terd the car. He was of heavy build and
dressed like a farmer , although he seemed
to thoroughly-understand the express busi
ness ; he had a red handkerchief over the
lower part ot his face. When the train was
stopped I opened the door of my car. The
robber shot at me. I fired back and closed
the door. Ho called 'Open the door. ' 1 did
not do It.
" 'Open that door or I'll blow the whole
car to pieces with dynamite , ' he called.
"Then he threw n stick of dynamite. It
struck the door and shattered It and the
casing. The force knocked me off my feel.
"I then opened the door. One robber came
In and made me open the safe. He took
everything. There was one package which he
must have thought , contained only paper , for
he threw It Into the box. It contained 10,000
Then he said , 'Opsn the other safe.1
" 'That Is simply a deadhead safe , ' I said ,
" 'The hell It Is. ' ho roared , "Show me
your way bill for It. '
"I started to get the bill and he said , 'Keep
your hands up. Show me the paper , I'll i
It. '
"He looked at the bill and was satisfied
that the second safe contained nothing , which
was true.
"Tho man was very cool all the time. Wo
had. seven or eight through express pouches ,
each containing packages of money ; how
much I can't guess. The man cut a small
silt In each pouch and took every package. "
NEWSPAPER MAN'S STORY.
Some of the passengers who witnessed the
holdup left the train at Washington am :
Philadelphia , but a few of them completed the
Journey to New York City. Trainmen were
unusually reticent about the affair , but
Colonel J. M. Shackelford , a newspaper man
who happened to be on board the train al
the time , discussed the Incident freely ant
gave a graphic account of the manner In
which the robbers secured their plunder am
made'their escape , Mr. Shackelford was
formerly an editor of the Newark Journal
He Is now connected with the Times-Enter-
prlse of Thoma&vllle. Ga. He told the foi.
lowing story :
"About seven or eight miles the other side
of Quantlco station the train came to a awl I
den stop. Quantlco la located on the Po
lomao river on the Virginia side. When the
train stopped the conductor. M. A. Dlrd III I
song , was thus addressed by ono of the
masked robbers , evidently the captain o :
the gang : 'Throw up your hands , or wc'l
blow your brains out. '
"There were at least six or seven maakec
men , and I could plainly distinguish them
all In the clear moonlight of the early even
Ing , In fact , so near did they come to me
that In snlto of their masks I am almos
sure that I could recognize some ot them
If I could see them again , from certain llttl
peculiarities of dress or speech. When th
alarmed passengers crowded out of the cant
to see what was the matter the robbers
ftred a perfect fuillade of shots to Inllmldat
them as well as to frighten the railroac
men. .
"Thu most novel thine In the en tire pro
ceeding was the way In which the robbers
etcaped , They cut the engine loose , piled
their iilundej into the cab4 uuil then th
vholo crowd piled In upon top of It. They
urned on steam nnd slarled for Quantlco
itatlon as fast as the engine would run ,
caving us stalled In the middle of the road.
The conductor and engineer pursued the
engine on foot as fast as they could run for
several miles. Ueachlng Quantlco station
.hey found that the desperadoes had turned
.he engine loose , that It was running wild ,
and that through lhe cleverness of the oper
ator It had been sidetracked and ditched jusl
n tlmo to prevent a collision with a touth-
liound train.
"Everything seemed to come their way.
At any rate Ihey had the llilng well planned
nnd It was well execuled. They had u boat In
readiness near Quantlco station , nnd wo all
bought thai they succeeded In getting across
to the main land shore with their plunder. "
( JOT KlI'TY THOUSAND.
Southern Vnclllc Ilnhbors Mnlte u Itlcli
Hiiul.
SACRAMENTO , Oct. 13. Over ? ; n,000 was
the value of the booty secured by the train
robbers who held up the central Overland
> etwecn this city and Davldsvllle. It Is
doubtful whether a richer haul was ever
nade by robbers In this state. Certainly
there was never a. more skillfully planned or
nore boldly executed holdup of a tram.
Wells , Fargo & Co. an the Southern Pacific
railroad recognize Iho fact that they have no
ordinary criminals to deal with , consequently
, hey are exerting every effort , putting forth
every energy to run down the men and their
rich loot.
The two corporations have offered n re
ward of $2,500 for ( ho capture of each ot the
robbers and J5.000 for the recovery of the
coin.
coin.They
They secured four fat sacks of coin. Three
were full of gold. In the other was the less
voidable white metal. Two of the sacks con
fined $20,000 each. In the third wns the
sum of flO.OOO. The fourth sack was full of
tllvDr , and It Is presumed the full booty of
Iho robbers was between $51,000 and $53,000.
Where the money was lo go the Wells-Fargo
officials do not say. The weight ot the plun
dcr was BO great that It Is supposed the
marauders must have cached It near the
place where they left the engine. Every
clew Is traced to a finish and It seems Impos
sible that the robbers can escape , If they nro ,
as Is supposed , In this city. The detectives
are working on three different theories. All
of the theories agree that the men are ex-
employes of the Southern Pacific and realde
In this city. It Is claimed that the manner
In which lhe robbery was conducled bears
out this supposition beyond a doubt.
T.K.lf ) CITY
Visitors lo lhe Illiiclc Illlln Shown Through
Ilomestiilio Mine * .
LEAD CITV. S. D. . Oct. I3.-Speclal ( Tele
Krnm , ) The Auckland special that Is mak
ing the tour of the new northwest arrived
nt Lead City at IJ o'clock this morning am
was met nt the depot by many prominent
citizens and escorted to the oneiu house ,
where John R. Wilson welcomed the guests
on behalf of the city. The visitors were
taken through the Homcstakc. Thesis works
crush over 3WO tons of ore daily , from
which the total bullion shipment Is $2 , .r > 0-
000 a , year , and the roar of lhe machinery
that runs the great slump mills never
ceases. Afler u royal entertainment ill
the club the distinguished party left for
Hot Sprints , where they will spend Sun
day ,
HeaiHlinttvlitiitf llsiill fle < l.
SIOUX FALLS , 8. D , , Oct. 13.-(8pcciul. ;
The 8yd Dakota Ekko , the principal Scan ,
dlnavlnn republican paper In lhe slate
threatens to oppose ( he election of Governor
Sheldon. The reason Is that thu republican
managers turned a deaf ear to the vlporoun
protesls made In that paper for weeks be
fore the republican convention at Ynnkton
Court Neil Week.
SIOUX FALLS , 8. D. , Oct. I3.-(8pecIal. (
The October term of United Htates cour
will convene here Tuesday , Judge Edgcrton
presiding , The first week will be devoted to
court cases , and then jury canes will In
tried. After holding the November term a
Aberdeen. Judge Kdgerton will ire
for the winter lo regain his health ,
Two fain ! Accident * In D lny.
HARRISnURO. Pa. , Oct. 13 , Two mei
were killed and one fatally Injured at the
Pennsylvania Steel works at Slwlton. A
plate of fteel sixty feet long fell while being
hoUted , and struck Harry C. Ilrlckel , kllllni
him Initantly. A few hours later a top ex
ploilon of gas occurred at No. 1 blast fur
nace. Joseph 1'otrlll was burned to a crisp
and Herman Eruo tu badly Injured that In
wlU die.
STAVS CAPTURED THE TOWN
" \
Jot on a Big Drunk and Fired Shot Guns
Bight and Left ,
ONE KILLED AND TWO FATALLY INJURED
chart 1'nlnskl lleeitinn Knrngcd liccaUMi
He Wa Ordorcil From n bullion und
Shot lit Rrcrjrono In
WILKESIJARRK. Pa. , Oct. 13. As a re
sult of a , drunken riot at Ma It by. a small
In 3 n gar lull settlement near thin city , ono
person was Instantly killed , two fatally
voundod and two others accidentally Injured.
The killed and Injured art :
iEORQE SIVOSKI , aged 17 years , head
blown to pieces.
LIZZIE FOSKY , aged 15 , shot In the back
and abdomen , cannot recover.
JOHN JENKINS , aged 28 years , shot In
.he abdomen und loft hand blown off , cannot
Ive.
Maggie Moore , ogd 14 , shot In the left
arm and both , legs , will recover.
Thomas Moore , aged 23 , shot In both legs ,
eft knee shuttered , will recover.
A Slav named Michael Paloskl waa the
cause of the wholesale , shooting of human
; ame. Early In the evening Paloskl became
ntoxlcaled , and , going to the saloon of John
Moore , started a quarrel. Ho was ordered
'rom ' the- saloon , and , becoming enraged at
thin kind of treatment , started for homo to
irocuru a shotgun. He got the gun and on
ils way back to the saloon he encountered
Dan Ryan , who was Billing on his porch , to
gether with Lizzie Fosky and Maggie Moore.
Uyan advised Paloskl to go home , but the
alter , who was In a terrible rage , raised his
gun and flrid. , The two girls received most
of the shots nhd fell to the porch shrieking
with pain and blood spurting from their
wounds , Thomas Moore , who had been at
, tracted by the shooting , quickly picked up
his sister and Ryan gathered up the Fosky
girl In his arms and both made a rush for
the door to escape the enraged
Slav. Ileforo the men were able
LO get Insldn the door the drunken fiend emp-
Lled the contents of the second barrel Into
Lho girls , Moore receiving part of the load
In his knee. The shooting attracted a large
crowd and Pa'.oskl was Joined by two of hla
countrymen , rho were also supplied with
suns. John Jenkins attempted to arrest I'a-
loskl , when he received n load of shot In hla
stomach. The crowd then rushed upon the
Slavs and atlemptcd lo disarm them , but the
thres men escaped to their boarding house
and barricaded themselves In. They thrust
their heads through a window and threatened
to kill the llrst person attempting to enter.
The crowd began to fall back und as they did
BO ono of the three men fired , but the shot
had no effect ,
1'eoplo living on the opposite side of the
street were attracted by the shooting , and
had their heads out of the windows. Ono of
these was George Slvoskl. One of the fllavu ,
Ncolng the head of the boy , took deliberate
ulin and fired , the full charge striking the
unfortunate boy on the left side of the head ,
tearing the halt of his head and face away.
The boy fell dead.
The other panic-stricken neighbors closed
their windows and barricaded their doors ,
The Slavs , finding no human beings to shoot
at , turned their guns on lighted windows ,
posts and trees , and anything their fancy
suggest eel.
After all had been quiet , several men ,
armed with revolvers and shotguns , went
to the hougo to arrest the murderers. The
door of the house was found open , however ,
and the men were nowhere to be found.
They had deserted the house. Two men
were arrested at Kingston thl * morning
on suspicion of having been connected with
lha shooting ,
Two guns carried by the murderers wert
found In a pond near by ,
Overruled tUe Jury ,
SAN KRANCISCO. Oct. 13. Miss Adij
Wetner , who shot and killed her husband
white ha was sleeping , wan today tentenced
to life Imprisonment. The jury found ber
guilty of murder In the second degree , and
recommended her to the mercy of the court.
The judge , however , declared she wari guilty
of murder In the ( Irst degree , censuring Uio
Jury for Hu verdict , und gave Mr * . W luff
the exlreiu * pcoaJtjr. { th * law *