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ESTABLISHED JUXE 39 , 1871. O IAHA , THURSDAY MOICs'EtfG , ATOUST - > i . 20 , 1S9G TWELVE PAGES. COPY FIVE CEXTS.
TRAIS LOST AND IS FOUND
Qcncnil "Weylcr Eejoitxsa at the Return of
His Military Escort.
CAUGHT IN A TRAP BY THE INSURGENTS
Hrmovfd llrforc nnd Ilrlilnd
the Cnri Ihrrc llonm lli-n\j
1'lrlnnr from Aiuliuili MX
StlldU-rN ICIIIrd.
HAVANA , Aug. 19. The mystery of the
missing military passenger train ha been
solved and It furnishes another Instance of
the audacity of the Insuigents and of the
troubled state of affalis existing In the prov
ince of 1'lnnr del Rio.
On Sunday last a train having on board
a number of civilian passengers and a strong
escort of troops , consisting of regular cars
end armored cars for the military escort ,
left CoiiRolacIon del Sur , I'lnar del Rio , for
this city and should have arrived here the
name day. Hut the train did not appear , the
railroad authorities became alarmed and the
military authorities were notified. Appar
ently , however , the latter were very slow In
taking action In the matter. In any case ,
throughout Monday the military authorities
professed absolute ignorance about the dis
appearance of the train , although it was
understood that Inquiries of some descrip
tion had been sent along the line , but with
out any definite result. This failure to ob
tain direct Information caused the railroad
people to renew their representations to
military headquarters and eventually on
Tuesday several exploring parties were rent
out to search for the train Two ot those
parties , consisting of cavalry scouts , re
ported having heard heavy firing } esterday
between Bacunagua and Taco The latter
town is about one third of the distance be
tween Consolnclon del Sur and Havana and
not far from the Important tov n of San
Cristobal Consolnclon del Sur Is only a
short distance from I'lnar del Rio , capital
of the province of that name
Later the- scouts reported that the engine
and passenger coach , together with the mil
itary cars had been derailed between Ba
cunagua and Taco and It appeared that severe -
vere fighting had taken place between the
escort of the train and the Insurgents who
attacked them This stlrre-d up the mllltar }
authorities and they sent relief trains loaded
with troops toward the scene of the engage
ment. These forces , consisting of the Ara-
plles and IJasbestro battalions , under the
command of Colonel Arjona , have Just re
turned with the story of the delay In the
arrival of the military passenger train from
Consolacion.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
The troops brought with them passcngeis
who ore over fort-eight hours late and the
survivors and wounded of the military escoit
of the train The latter , it appears , were
running between Bacunagua and Taco when
near the point known as Kilometre 113 , the
train was compelled to slow up on account
of an obstruction across the line and as ll
did so a smart rifle fire was opened UDOU
the train from both sides of the road while
a party of insurgents was seen to dash out
of concealment behind the train and place
heavy obstructions across the road. Other
insurgents occupied themselves actively in
removing the rails behind the obstruction ,
thereby catching the military train in a
irau from which it could neither advance
nor retreat The troops promptly returned
the fire of the Insurgents , who Kent well
under cover and whose bullets splintered
the cars and flattened themselves upon the
sides of the armored wasons The Tiring
lasted thrco hours , according to the official
statement , at the end of which time the
iusurgents ore said to have been repulted
It Is added that the military escort , upon
the arrival of the relief train , Joined the
military passenger train and leturned to
this city with the Basbcstro and Arapllcs
battalions
Unofficial versions of the affray , however
BUV that the train was dc'-alle-d and subse
quently buined by the Inbui gents and that
the escort of the military train was lescued
,1-st In time to save them from being ex
terminated by the enemy. As It was ul\
soldiers of the escort are admitted to have
been killed aud one lieutenant and tvvvnl-
ono soldiers were brought heie wounded
The lieutenant Is expected to die
Later details confirm the ttatemcnt tiiu
the train was derailed b } the insurgents wl o
dynamited It and afterwards desttojed the
iars completely The defense made b } the
scort is said to have lasted practical ! }
three dajs , although It Is not claimed that
the firing continued all that time The in-
Kurgents who attacked the military trait ,
were In strong force and it developed later
today that they also tried to dynamite the
relief train , but without effect. Colonel
Arjona reports that In retliing with the
rescued escort of the train be was attacked
by Antonio Maceo and a force of 0,000 in
Eurgcnts. Artillery ( lie , however , was openeei
upon the enemy and the latter retreated
The Insurgent loss Is not l.uoun. The
Spaniards say that the Insurgents did not
burn the military train until after the u
llcvlng column of troops bad retired
RACH WAITS roil THE OTHER.
7 he zcncral situation In Cuba Is about
the same as It has been for months poc *
Each side seems confident of tiring the
either out and little or no progress Is being
made by either the Insurgents or the gov
eminent forces. The threats of Captain
General Wevlcr to take the field In person
against Antonio Maceo have turned out to
bo nothing more than a rumor. Maceo prac
tically holds Plnar del Rio while Maximo
Gomez appears lo be doing ns he pleases In
t ! > eastern part of the Island
Advices from San Jose de Los Ramos
province of Matanzas , bay that a guerrilla
force , commanded by a lieutenant , which
left the Gueiroro plantation where the men
had been stationed In order to protect the
laborers at work , without permission , have
teen surpt ed by the Insurgents , but the
latter were beaten off with u loss of one
officer and two men Mlled and fifteen men
wounded.
The statement published In the Unlte'd
States that. Pelo Garcia has captured the
city of Holguln , province1 of Santiago dc
Cuba , Is pionounced by the authorities bete
to bo utterly fuls > o and they alro deny that
there It any truth in the stHtement that
the Otrsa't. fillbubteilng expedition has
landed in Cuba.
UII TH\ M.IIHIS MSXT.
Trillium' * to MuKin Dni.li for the1'olc
friini I'riinx JOM-T I.mid.
CHIUSTIANIA , Aug. 19 The Aftenposten
today announces that Dr. Nani > en will not
Bgetn attempt to reach the north pole In
B ship built upon the lines of the I'ram
Dr Nansen. however. sag that he will
perhaps conduct a sledging party , which
will attempt to make a dash from Franz
Josef land north in the direction of the
pole. In the light of his recent discoveries
and observations in the Arctic circle , Ir
Nansen is of the opinion that it would
not be difficult certainly not Impossible ,
to reach the north pole In tbU fathlon.
Dr. ( iiilliiKhrr'n Ilflrnne I'lirrrluln. '
LONDON , Aug IP Inquiries made at the
United States embassy here chow that the
officials do not know- when Itr , Gallagher of
New York , the Irish-American political
prisoner will be released. They have com
municated with the doctor'R friends In the
united Statee , but the latter have uot } et
replied. The officials of thu borne office
refuse to ttute whether Dr , Gallagher IB
lusrna or not , the ParueJllte * claiming thut
be h i Jo t his reason. A representative of
the Assoriated press learned from an official
fcource that Jt * a Dr Gallagher himself who
requested that tba United Etatec smbatty
be notified or hli approaching release. The
borne otflca Informed the eiaba iy that Dr
Gallagher , while In bad health , 1 * able tr
fea moved.
JI'HY I\YS IlLAMti 0.M > OVK.
Vnclitlnir Iln trr In the
Chnnttrl Duilo IMiro Accident.
HYDB , Isle of Wight. Aug. 19. An Inquest
was opened this morning upon the remains
ot Baron Mortlr Cert von Zedwltz , the Ger
man } achtsman , who was killed yesterday
ns the rcsull of the collision between the
German emperor's Meteor nnd Zedwitz's
} acht Isolde , in the regatta of the Royal
Albert Yacht club oft South Sea. Baron
von Zcdwllz was formerly German minister
to Mexico , and was at one time attached
to the German ministry at Washington.
The captains of the Isolde and Britannia
were among those who testified. The com
mander of the prince of Wales' yacht ex
pressed the opinion that the Meteor ought to
have given the Isolde a wider berth , and
added that he thought there had been an
error of jtrdgmcnt
Captain Gomez of the Meteor also testi
fied He denied having Infringed on the
rules , and said there would have been plenty
of room to pass had not the Saint struck
Isolde aud slowed the latter out of her
course and across that of Meteor. A col
lision with Isolde , he continued , could not
then bo avoided , except by colliding with
Britannia , which , he explained , would have
resulted In a far more serious smashup.
Captain Miles of the Isolde described the
mlxup of the jnchts He said that Britannia
and Meteor were both under his lee when
the Saint lifted up from under his lee to-
Ing to wind him. But the Saint could not
clear Isolde's boom and struck It. In con
sequence Isolde swerved and her bow was
driven toward Meteor When the witness
noticed Meteor she was coming into him
and was only about six feet away. There
fore he did not have time to alter bis
course. Meteor's bowsprit went through
Isolde s main sail and all her gear fell on
deck Witness Jumped overboard and thus
escaped Injury.
Continuing , Captain Miles said that when
Baron von Zedwltz saw the danger the
yacht was In hu ran forward and when w It-
ness regained Isolde's deck , after the colli
sion , he found two of the crew trying to
rescue the baron from a mass of wreckage
overboard In which he was tangled. He suc
ceeded In hauling the baron up on deck ,
but he was unconscious and died soon after
being taken on board a steam } acht for
transportation to the hospital at Rde Cap
tain Miles could not say whether Meteor
had or did not have time to alter her course
Mr Daw son of New York , who was on
board Mr Ogdcn Goelet's steam yacht White
Lad jo , went to the assistance of Baron von
Zedwltz when the latter was taken from
the water , but the baron was dead , as the'
result of Internal Injuries , when the doetoi
reached his side
The jury returned a verdict that nobod }
was to blame for the accident
The body of Baron von Zedwltz has been
embalmed and will be taken to Dresden
for burial.
CAAAIUYV PAH
Mniiltolin M-liiiol Qiie-Ntloii Said to ! ! <
> 'nrliifc i J > 'tll 'iu < 'iit.
OTTAWA , Ont. Aug 19. There was a
large crowd at the opening of Parliament
today , when not only was the crowd of
spectators larger than In any past vear , but
the attendance ot members and scnatoisas >
also greater. There was no excitement , and
everything passed off quietly. Premier
Laurler. In a short speech propoted Hon
J. U. Epard as speaker , and while Sir
Charles Tupper regretted that a Frenchman
had not been selected , he made no other
objection Mr Edgar replied first in Eng
lish and afterwards in French , amidst the
cheers of the French-Canadian membeis
thaklng the house for the honor conferred
on him.
The speech from the throne tomorrow will
contain nothing of Importance In the way of
legislation. Reference will be made to the
calling of the session at this ineoi.'cniert
season of the jear. the reason being the
necessity to provide for the public ei \ lee.
Neither the public accounts nor any of the
department reports for the past year can be
presented to Parliament , and refeience will
also be made to this. The only measure
which will be submitted -will be the supply
bill A paragraph will be placed In the
speech stating that an Inquiry will be n.ade
dining the recess Into the tailff , with a
view of Introducing a measure whicn , while
not doing Injustice to existing Intcro-in will
material ! } lighten the burden of the
The onlj other paragraph -ill state that
Immediate steps will be tikon 'o ' effect a
settlement of the Manitoba school ques
tion , so that when Parllamoiit ! ip\t meets
this Important controversy will be finall }
disposed of.
It has been ascertaln-'d on gjod iiillorltj
that the Manitoba rrhool iiienlon | U a *
good as settled and thcic will not be an }
necessity for remedial legislation This de
cision has been arrived t after nunutouE
interviews bKween members of the pio-
vinclal government of Manitoba u-id tbc
Dominion government Sifton Cameron me ]
Watson of Maltoba have been here for th
past few das and they leave for home , per
fectly satisfied that the basis of settlement
will meet the views of all parties A cau
cus of conservatives today adjourned , with
out doing nnv business , owing to the small
attendance. There will be no opposition ( c
the election , of a liberal speaker.
\MHS rooit M vinesMBX.
MtM.cc ! ( InTnrKTi't mill Gnt < > tinAil -
in I ml ii CloNi- Cull for I.lfc.
PARIS , Aug. ID. During the artillery
practice of the French Mediterranean
squadion } CEterday off Toulon , sas a ells
patch from that city , Admiral Gervals and
his staff had a narrow escape Instead of
aiming at a target which was being toweJ
500 yards behind the flagship Brennus , a
battleship of 11,000 tons displacement , the
cruiser Vantour turned her quick-fire guns
on the flagship for some time. The shots
rained around Admiral Gervals and his staff
and their escape was a miracle The glass
In the admiral's conning tower.was riddled
and a sailor was wounded There Is much
mstcry as to how the mistake occurred , as
It Is thought Impossible that the gunners
could have missed the mark by f > 00 } ards.
HlTllT niVCMU'lS SUIT M2NSATIO.NS.
Wife nllvn CiiNtodv of tinThrrr
. Children.
CHEYENNE , Aug , 19 , ( Special Tele
gram. ) The trial of dlvone suits brought
by ex-Senator Hurt and wife of Casper ,
which have been before the district court
for the past week behind closed doors , ended
today. Both husband and wife asked for
divorce on the grounds of adultery and Mrs
Hurt asked for one-half her husband's prop
erty. The decision In the case was reserved.
In the meantime Judge Scott directed that
Mrs. Hurt should have charge of the three
youngest children , all girls , and should take
them to Rawllns , where they should attend
school end where Mr , Hurt should have the
privilege of visiting them.
A sensation wag created in court this
mornlnc when it was discovered that the
three little girls had been started for Caercr
on an early train in charge of a colored
nurse euiplojed by Mr . Hurt. Judge Scott
directed Sheriff Fredendall to notify the
sheriff of Converse county to meet thu train
and send the children back tonight
It was represented to the court that Attorney
Walker , one of Mrs. Hurt's counsel , had
taken the children to the train and was
therefore guilty of contempt of court. Mr
Walker , who disclaim * any intention of
violating the order of the court , will be
eiven an opportunity to be beard in the
matter. _
of u riuht AVnn Pulir.
DENVER , Aug. 19. A special from Tuc
son , Ariz. , Eis : The News' correspondent
has Just come from the place where the
action was tald to have Uken place between
the YaquU and Troop E , Seventh cavalry
He found the report of the Agbt to be w Ith-
out foundation. The soldier who repre
sented himself to be a courier was a man
from Captain Hare troop , Seventh cav
alry ou lck leave , and not from that of
Colonel Bullock. The loldler U under ar
rest.
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Convention of Leading Ligtta of the Law
Opens at Saratoga.
DISTINGUISHED JURISTS IN ATTENDANCE
Prrnldcnt Stores' * Annunl Aildrcin
Trrnt * of lU-rorm In the I/etnl
ItoorKniilxntton of IlnnUrniit
It ii II roil d CoriiorntlotiH.
SARATOGA , N. V. , Aug. 19. There was o
largo attendance In the convention ball at
the opening of the nineteenth annual meetIng -
Ing of the American Bar association today
When Lord Russell , Sir Frank Lockwood
nnd Montague Crackentborpe , together with
their ladles , entered the hall they were
greeted with hearty applause. Judge
George S. Batchcllor escorted them to seats
at the front and near the platform. The
president of the association , Moorficld 1
Storey , conducted Lord Russell , Sir Frank
Lockwood and Montague Crackcnthorpc
to seats on the platform. Among others
honored with seats on the platform were
J. Randolph Tucker , Edward J. Phclps , Wil
liam Allen Butler , Henry Hitchcock , Austin
G. Fox , Charles Clafllu Allen , Francis Rawle
and James C Carter.
President Storey called the association to
order and delivered his address The ad
dress of the president was upon "The Most
Noteworthy Changes In Statute Law on
Points of Gene-al Interest Made In the Sev
eral States by Congress During the Pre
ceding Year. " as required b } the constitu
tion He pointed out that the legislation
In different states , though widely separated
and representing both the oldest and newest
civilizations , strongly showed the essential
unity of this country In dealing with the
same problems that confront all the states
Ho pointed out that while the past } ear
has been marked by much discontent among
the people that the laws show only pro
found peace and general prosperity. Dis
content does not affect legislation.
Another noticeable point is the rapid
growth of a disposition to assert the gen
eral Interests of the communlt } at the ex
pense of Individual freedom. The under
ling principle of socialism , that every
thing that a man owns he holds for the
state , Is asserted more and more frequently
The statutes of every state contain laws that
would seem unwarrantable Invasions of
private rights not many jears ago. Such
legislation is the collateral inheritance tax
the graduated Income tax , the graduated tax
on the estates of deceased persons when
adopted , and the character and number of
the uses for which money Is now raised b }
taxation.
RAILWAY REORGANIZATION.
The most Important and longest part of
the address was devoted to railway re
organization , it was based upon a statute
of Kentucky , which for the first time at
tempts to deal with this subject and which
the address considered as a step In the
right direction , ns It enables the courts
to protect the Interestof investors by
making every reorganization of a rallwa }
the subject of Judicial Investigation and se
curing for every Interest a hearing The
address pointed out that the great railway
s } stems of this country have been built
up and equipped with borrowed capital
.Many of the securities represent invest
ments of more than their face value. Capi
tal stock has been frequently Issued with
out pa\menl. often as a bonus to go with
the bonds In this way the money of credi
tors has been invested and the control of
the property retained by the debtor the
railway company. The failure of a railway
company finds the managers united and
fully prepared for the emergency which
they Inevitably have foreseen , while It finds
the creditors scatttered , Ignorant and
frightened and entirely unready to act.
What has happened in practice' We have
seen the managers , while stoutly denying
up to the last moment that any such step
was contemplated or that the property was
In any way embarrassed , secretly prepare a
bill In equity and without notice to any one
Interested file it in a court of the United
States , asking for receivers. As a matter of
fact , in every case the proceedings have
been collusive The managers of the In
solvent company have controlled both sides
of the litigation The selection of receivers
Is a matter of the deepest concern to a
great many persons There should be no
undue haste In the choice of such officers
A restraining order will hold everthing
until aftci notice and hearing , leaving the
property meanwhile to be managed b } Its
officers as before Every bankrupt or in
solvent law tnat we nave known has left '
the choice of assignees to the creditors , and I
no reason exists for not applying this rule
to railway receiverships
The former officers arc Interested in
maintaining the sstem which they have
brought together , they hold lucrative posi
tions which they do not wish to lose , the }
arc deeply interested parties Such men. of
all others , should bn disqualified to hold the
scales between conflicting interests , nor is
there any practical re-ason for their selec
tion. The receiver can employ them as the
corporation emploed them , and thus get the
benefit of their skill and experience. Yet
with scarcely an exception , whenever a
great railway has passed into the control of
the court , the creditors have first learned the
fact through the newspapers
CREDITORS ALWAYS SUFFER
After a long and expensive contest the
celf-constltu ed committee apreirs find bond
holders are offered their choice between a
contest , conducted at great disadvantage
and expense , and the acceptance of such
terms as may be offered While In thcor }
they need not accept , in fact they do not
dare to refuse. The expense of the re
organization has been , In many cases , en
ormous , and In fixing It there is no one to
audit the accounts , no one to represent the
creditors , who suffer while their trustees
profit.
Proceedings like this are a very evil
example. Many a man sees the savings of
a lifetime swept away by the mismanage
ment of a corporation , and ftei the managers
continue In charge Jn spite of all opposition
that creditors can make. To the reckless
use of power by the managers of great
corporations and by those who profit In their
downfall , we must attribute much of the
discontent , the hatred of capital and
capitalists , of corporations and their officers
which underlies the movement which now
excites our alarm
It is to the courts that we must look for
protection Their authority rests peculiarly
on the respect of the people for their abso
lute Impartiality , and In the long run they
cannot preserve that respect unless they
observe the well settled rules of judicial
procedure and unless they respect and en
force every legal claim. Parties must be
left to determine for themselves whether
their interests will or will not be served by
the assertion of their rights. The moment
that the courts undertake to vary their con
tracts or den ; their rights. The moment
confidence of the community receives a
shock and no man knows upon what lie can
rely If the courts had alwavs refused to en
tertain these applications for receivers when
made by the debtor corporation , or even If
they had selected impartial receivers and
facilitated the enforcement
of every agree
ment , railroads would have been re
organized more promptly and on a more
enduring basis than is now possible , while
the confidence of the community In the
efficiency of the law and the sanctity of con
tracts would have been Jar greater. Judi
cial action which Impairs the obligation of
contracts U more dangerous than any statute
which alms at the same result. When the
court through Its officers undertakes to
manage a railroad for years and that chiefly
without hearing the questions which arise
In Its operation ; when it appoints these
officers and In so doing grants the final
ellet sought without notice , it violates the
fundamental rule of our constitutional tyt-
tem.
tem.After
After President Storey had concluded his
address the executive committee reported
the nominations for memtotsnlp , and eighty ,
eight new members wcrfe fleeted. The ag
gregate membership of .life association Is
1.312. The treasurer's repOTt showed a bal
ance of I4.133.CS. , t
The following general council was elected
Alabama , J J. WHIett , Arkansas , M. M
Cohn , California , J. A. Gibson , Colorado ,
C. E Herrlngton ; Connecticut , J S Curtis ;
Delaware , 1 C. Grubb ! DIslrlcl of Columbia ,
S. R. Bound ; Florida. R W. Williams ;
Georgia , V W. Mcldrlm , Idaho , U. S
Gregory ; Illinois , E. D. Sherman , Indiana.
S O Plckcns ; Iowa , A. J McCrcary ;
Kansas , J D Mllllkens ; Kentucky , E. J.
MeDcrmott ; Louisville , W W Howe , Maine.
C F. Hbby. Maryland , J T Mason ; Massa
chusetts , A Jones , Michigan , G P. Wantz ;
Minnesota , R Whelan ; Mississippi , K. H.
Thompson , Missouri , James Hagcrman ;
Montana , W F Saunders ; Nebraska. J M
Woolworth ; New Hampshire. J. W Fellows ,
New Jersey , R. W. Parker , New York , W.
H Robertson , North Carolina J L Bridges ;
North Dakota. B S Corbett , Ohio , M. D
Follett , Oregon , J J. Hull , Pennslvanla. W
G Smith , Rhode Island. A. M Eaton ; South
Carolina , C S. Nettles , South Dakota , J. W.
Wright. Tennessee. J M. Dickinson , Texas.
J. T. H Scott. Vermont , E B Taftt , Vir
ginia. J Lens , Washington. C E Shepard ;
West Virginia , B. Sommervlllc , Wisconsin ,
A. L Terry , Womlng , C. N. Vottet ; Arlz-
ona , n E Ellcnwood , Indian Territory , J
W. McCloud , Oklahoma , H E Ash , Utah.
R. B Shepard.
HAS TO LEAUN LAW.
The association met this afternoon as the
section of legal aducatlon. The chairman
of the section , Chancellor E M McClaln of
the State unlverslt } ot Iowa , dellveied a
lengthy address on "The Law Curriculum ,
Subjects to Bo Included nnd Order of Piesen-
tatlon " With ever } prepossession in favor
of college training , Mr. McClaln could not
close his ees to the fact that In many
students It tended to foster quickness rather
than thoroughness and tliat the final result
depended still , to a grpat extent , on the
Individual capacity of the student. He con
tended that the law Instruction given as a
part of a college course was of little ad
vantage If not a positive detcrlment to the
prcper stud } and comprehension of law as
law. He thought some of the old-fashioned
luw > ers' books remained the best text books
for students on their particular subjects
For It must be borne in mind , be said , that
what the student needed was not an easy
book , which will give him a few definitions
nnd superficial rules such as to enable
him to pass examinations , but thoioughly
planned discussions of the fundamentals of
the subject and their applications. The
rnck upon which the whole fabric ot the
law as a harmonious structure was in dan
ger of going to pclccs was the lack of real
knowledge on the part of the practitioners
in regard to the practical subjects of plead
ing , evidence and practice. The real diffi
culty was the efforts on the part of those
who have not been well , grounded in the
principles ot law to practice it b } some
mere rule ot art.
Prof. Charles M. Campbell of the Univer
sity ot Colorado was Unable to be present ,
but his voluminous paper was read by Prof
Isaac N Russel , dean of the law faculty of
the University of the City of New York , the
title being "The Necessity and Importance
of the Study of Common Law Procedure In
Legal Education " "As common law plead
ing Is a model of logical exactness , it prop
erly taught. " he argued , "it cultivates log
ical expression and adds soonest of any
stud } to the legal vocabulary and to the use
of legal language The \alue of special
pleading is not limited to any special sys
tem of procedute and the newer systems
simply proceed upon the old principles in
substance The student who has mastered
the rules of common law plcadlng and also
learned thoroughly tbat"parf of the law
which creates defines asjd regulates rlglHs
will , with this liberal education , be better
able to defend the old system of pleading ,
as well as to better grasp the new. And
whether as a lawer or as a teacher , he will ,
with his knowledge of law as a science , be
better qualified with the aid of others to
point out the existing Imperfections of our
written law "
Prof Blewitt Lee of Northwestern university -
sity , Evanston , III , read a lengthy paper on
the "Teaching Practice in Law Schools. "
Following the reading of the papers , a dis
cussion ensued on the subjects presented
George P. Wanty of Grand Rapids rather
resented the reference in one of the papers
to "the Michigan law school" and cited in
its behalf that where formerly 43 per cent
of all the cases that went up to the supreme
court In Michigan were reversed on ques
tions of practice the merits not being gone
Into , now only 1 per cent were decided for
that cause He thought , other law schools
might In view of this result profitably fol
low the example set b } this school in the
teaching of correct practice The great
length of the papers , however , had con
sumed so much time thai but comparatively
little opportunity was offered for extended
dls-usslon. ,
This evening the session of the association
was a comparalivc\s brief one Hon. James
M Wool worth of Omaha read a paper ou
"The Development ot the."Law of Contracts. "
A paper was also read by Hon. Joseph D
Warren of Boston At the close of the evenIng -
Ing session all proceeded to Ihe residence
of Judge George S Bntchellor , where a re
ception was given in honor of Lord Russell.
It was continued until midnight.
OVIZIMIAN GIHL ADMITS IIKIL CULT.
Another Chapter In thenn
Church > fi u | l ,
SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 19. Mattle Over
man , who figured eo conspicuously and un-
tnviably In the Brown church scandal , has
made a confession In which she declares that
she is a perjurer and that Dr Brown Is
as his enemies reported him to be This
startling admission of Miss Overman is made
after months of silence , and after Dr Brown
has taken up a new home In a new field
and has reoppned the entire case.
The woman B confession has been fully
considered by the ministers and laymen that
formed the trial court Mrs Tunnell has
gone before the membero of the ecclesiastical
court and has corroborated all that Miss
Overman confessed , The members ot the
council could listen to the startling story ,
Lut as a council they could do uotblug Miss
Overman's confession was placed In the
cuttod } of the secretary of the Hay con
ference. A resolution asking the Bay con
ference to take action In the matter was
adopted by a unanimous vote.
The Bay conference will meet Immediately
Rev C. O Blown will be notified of the new
tuin of affaire , and vrllj be asked to appear
In person or by representative to show cause
vvh } the Judgment of suspension for an In
definite period from the ministry shall not
be made an absolute 'anfl permanent ex-
puleton. Dr. Brown inust irnswer to the Bay
conference or bo expelled.
CHICAGO , Aug IS IthC O. Brown
has been boarding at 413 South Leavitt
street since he arrived in Chicago , but
could not be found -there today The land
lady said he left a few dnjs ago to visit some
relatives , but would return as soon as Dr.
Blancbard , his cousin , Returned from De
troit. Telegraphic Inquiries elicit the in
formation that Dr. Brow-n is neither at Kalamazoo -
mazoo nor Dubuque ,
WotciiicntM of Oi-i-un VVxtrl * , Aiiff. K * .
At New York Arrived lujestlc , from
Liverpool , Sprto. irotn Bremen Sailed
St. I'nul , for Southampton ; Muncsben. for
Bremen : Wt-sternland. for Antwerp. Brit
annic , for Liverpool , Antonio Zambrana ,
for Sanchez , Hremerhaven , for Antwerp ;
Hevc-llus , for Pernambueo , Hio Janeiro ,
etc ; Feurst Hlsmurck. for Hamburg via
Plymouth and Chorboug ; Uergen , for Kings
ton At Southampton Arrived St Louis , from
New York , she was saluted with twenty-
one guns by the Unltejl States flagship
Minneapolis , as Secretary Herbert vvun ou
board ; Admiral Se.frdea ) ! and Captain Hun
ker , In full uniform , mot Mr. Herbert an
he landed Sal ltd Lahn , for New York ;
Ohio , for New York
At llptterdam Sailed Amsterdam , for
New York.
At Hamburg Arrived Scotia , from Bal
timore Sailed Scandla. for New York
At Genoa Arrived Werru , from Now
Yc-rk.
At Bremerhnven Arrived Karlsruhe ,
from New York.
At Copenhagen Arrived Georgia , from
New York.
At Liverpool Sailed Oermante , for New
York India for Philud "phla
At Baltimore Sailed Orefe'd , for Bremen.
GREEN OF BUFFALO IS CHOSEN
Sixth District Populists Pick the Judge as
Their Congressional Candidate.
TWENTY-SEVEN BALLOTS WERE TAKEN
CnttillilntrntiicrittiN niul Adherent *
crtliinrlutiv ho tluit 11 DcmllorU
of Pour llourn I'ollonrd ( lie
IMrnt IllTort to \ iinlimtc.
Neb. . Aug. 10. ( Special
Telegram ) At 12 00 midnight W. L Green
of Kearney , Buffalo county was nominated
for congress by the populists of the Sixth
congressional district , after a struggle
lasting five hours. Twenty-seven ballots
v\ere tal.cn , the -\ote on the last one being
Green , 744 ; Stewart , 27 , Gaunt , 43Vi. Sev
eral efforts to stampede the convention to
Harrington , Wcstover and other dark horses
fal'ed. '
Upwards of 100 delegates , representing
145otes , presented themselves at the pop
ulist Sixth district congressional convention
yesterday morning. They were met at the
different trains by the Alliance Artisan
J
band , a citizens' committee and a fife and
drum band , composed of leading republicans
The convention did not convene as such until
2 o'clock p. m. The forenoon was occupied
In ppeechmaklng and lobbjing.
Judge Homer of Kearney , a republican ,
was called upon , and he ably defended the
republican cause , without talking direct
politics The convention v\as called to or
der by Chairman Stockham , and was opened
by an Impressive pravcr by Rev. Mr. Glass-
ner of Crawford , followed by an address
of welcome from Mayor Hobson , which was
responded to by Judge Wcstover of Rush-
ville , In behalf of the delegates Senator J
H. Darner of Daw son county and Inspector
Clark of Dawes were made temporarj chair
man and clerk respectively This organiza
tion was afterwards made permanent.
Senator Darner gave a lengthy address ,
finding particular fault with the mode of
administering Justice in the United States
instancing the fact that the poor fellow
who ftole a pickled pig's foot In Chicago
to appease his hunger v\as put In the
penitentiary , while the man whom lie stole
it from bad been stealing thousands of
dollars' worth of water from the city and
never will be arrested or prosecuted. He
blamed the republican partj for this , and
was cheered lustilv.
After the election of congressional com
mitteemen for the different counties It was ,
decided to permit the delegates from each
county , as the counties uerc called , to sim
ply name Us candidate for congress , if nnv ,
without any speech and that the candidate
named should address the convention for
twenty minutes. The following candidates
were then named and paraded before the
delegates W. L Green ot Buffalo county
J. L. Knight of Custer count } , H L Stew
art of Dawes. J H Darner of Daw son Judge
Meetz of Keya Paha , J T. Gaunt of Lincoln
Ed L Heath of Sheridan , I. N. Harbaugh
of Dawes nnd H. P Rhodes of Valley.
Each made a short address Balloting
commenced at 8 o'clock and for four hours
there was a deadlock , the first ballot stood
Greene , G1J-4 ; Stewart , 17 ; Darner , 10' ;
Meetz , 13 ; Gaunt , 14 ; Heath , 0 , Harbaugh , 0 ;
Rhodes. 30. Knight withdrew.
-On the fifteenth ballot the vote was :
Greene , 52 % ; Stewart. 41 ; Gaunt , 25.
A recess was then taken for fifteen
minutes , which was used to good advantage
by Greene's forces , for afterward , on the
sixteenth ballot , M. F. Harrington of O'Neill
was rung in with a vote of 2G < , mostly
from Stewart's former votes. On the twenty-
fourth ballot the Holt county delegation an
nounced that Mr Harrington was not present
and that his name was not used
with his consent , and that he
would not accept the nomination If ten
dered him Holt countv had been givinp-
Its vofe generally for Stewart until Har
rington's name v\as sprung , when it voted
for him. After the twent-fourth ballot
It voted for Gaunt and on the twenty-seventh
Jumped to Green giving him the nomina
tlon. The twenty-sixth ballot stood Green
Giu , Stewart. 34 , Gaunt , 41i The twenty-
seventh and last ballot stood Greene , 74'4 ;
Stewart 27 ; Gaunt , 43' , and was taken
ten minutes before the departure of the
B. & M train at 12 10 a in
The nomination of Judge Green -was
made unanimous and after a few minutes'
speech , the convention adjourned and the
delegates hurried to the train.
\ItKI3.\TIM2 IIAMC'S IJOOItS Ml IT.
I'loiierr Institution of KtiiiMiH Cl < iM > d
l > > the Male niniiiliirr.
KANSAS CITY , Aug. 19. The Argentine
bank , a pioneer institution of Argentine ,
Kan , was closed today by Myron A. Water
man , deputy state bank examiner of Kan
sas He placed a notice announcing that
the bank was Insolvent end that he would
ask for the appointment of a receiver. The
bank , he says , has some bad loans and could
not make sufficient collections to tide It
over The liabilities are placed at about
nM.OOO , of which $122,500 Is due to denos-
itors. The assets are principally in loans
aud discounts , which the officer says are
secured b } gilt-edged paper , hut which they
cannot realize on at this time
The bank owes other banks f2,3SO. It has
cash amounting to $7,800 on hand G. A.
Taylor , cashier of the bank , said today that
a meeting of the stockholders had been
called and that an effort would be made to
reorganize. He was sure that they would
be successful and that the concern VNould
pay out In full. Mr. Waterman , however ,
was not BO confident nnd he said he was
afraid the bank would never be able to pay
out. The ofllcers and directors of the Argentine
gentino bank are principally Argentine men
and the depositors are business men , labor
ing men and farmers. The closing of the
bank created much excitement. Workmen
left their work in the unifltpr and Santa Pe
railroad yards and gathered aiound the bank
hoping that It might open The Argentine
bank had been considered one of the most
solid financial concerns In the htnte During
the panic of 1803 It met all demands and
although there was u heavy demand for
cash , It was one of the fun banks to temoln
solvent The bank was one of the three
depositories foi the public funds of Wyandotte -
dotte count } and ( he count } Is piobably the
largest creditor ( ho amount probably rtatb-
Ing f30.fii)0 Tie bank was the city depos
itory also but thp city did not have more
than fl 000 on deposit.
ROCK SPRINGS , Wyo Aug 10 ( .Special
Telegram I Shannon JIIOE , Orugglnls were
closed todoj on chattel mortgage , liabilities
J3.030 , atsett (1.000 (
Tumi's MIIT A IIOKIIUII.K DKVTII.
Ground lo I'IiM' HciH-atli tinXVrct4 ! * -
HBO of n MorK Ti-itln.
TOPJJKA , Aiig 19 Sis rais of stock In
a Hock Itland Etoek tialu weie derailed
five miles wrsl of here this morning and
four vvhito 'Hen riding in the cellar or feed
box undeimalh one of the care were crushed
to death. The hcod and limbs \\uru com
pletely torn fiom one of the bodies and the
other thtee horrlbl } rnihbed in the clothIng -
Ing remaining on the one dUmcmbercd
trunk nothing was found to indentify the
person Papers found on the clothing on
the other l > odl < n Identified them as i : H.
Memk'iihull , Suuimcrvlllu , M c ] , , n H. MIU. ,
Onx ) , Olil , and George T CaufieM , Jack
sonville , or Klines City .Mo.
Mirrlfl" I'ndcr Arrr l for Murder.
PEHRY Okl.Aug 19 Sheriff Laudy Foi.
torn hab been arrested by a deputy I nltt-d
States marshal on 8 charge of having tuur-
dernl & wealthy cattle man , named Long ,
tome nine year * ago. roltom wan * ub-
per ted at the time of the r.iurJtr , but WHS
nut
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Weather rorvca t for
Cloud ) . 1'rotiaMe Shower * ; Warmer.
\Vrjlor llrnr * from the Kiiriuj.
A merit-tin liar A nc > cl itlmi AMi < mldc .
< lrppn of Iluffiklo for ConRtr * * .
\ . 1' . C. V. IMeRntro Ul mlcome. .
2. l'u ! ilni : Work on tlif Mttp l" lr.
3. Cliff ll Ki\v'ii llPirliiR nl Lincoln.
brrond I Co mid of Intprmntc T 'iinl .
4. tlltorl : l mid Comment.
ft. 1'opullotKVII1 Not llerojfnlfp Vm I on.
llotirkc Corkmn Mil } Comr to Oumhn.
0. Council ItlufTo l.ie-nl Mntlcrs.
'Women Hun l > oirn hj n Trulti.
7. Cointiicrdnl ntid I'lmtiitlnl Ncnn.
l'r Rri > f > of the Crop * of Nolirmkn.
H. sight * About Otimlm North M-rlng.
KlUlinrn In tin * Immigration llufdtuim.
0. Ko iWHtrr-llnrv < 'j Kelmte In Tiill.
Ciillfornln Jsot for I'rir Silver.
TM.IC OP MIIM IlT\TIO > s OK (301,1) .
nnl.rr * ' J < } nI lentc i : tlmntc iin Iii-
tluof Turitt } Million Dollar * .
NEW VOllK. AuK 19 Wall street was
agitated todny by the news of actual prep
arations for tlio early Importation of J2.000-
000 In gold and by statements that this
action would foreshadow en li-flow of the
} ellow metal on an extensive bcale. the
istlmatcs ranging from $15,000,000 to $23-
000,000 It became known that certain
lending bank presidents , Including Mcssis
J Edward Simmons of the Fourth National
and F. D. Tappcii of the Gallattn National ,
had been In conference regarding the meas
ures providing for gold Importation but
no definite information was obtained as
to the outcome of the discussion The de
velopments referred to followed a further
sharp break in the sterling exchange to the
basts of S5 for demand bills aud a similar
reduction in postal quotations by a lead
ing drawer to f 4 85 and H-SCU. A small
lot of demand sold at $ t S5 as compared
with $4 SG yesterday and a large remittance
operation took place at $4 S51J It is vari
ously estimated that the. e is a profit in
the transaction proposed bj Lazard-Frercs
of li to 3-4 per cent , but members of the
firm were indisposed to enter Into details
It is said that the engagement entered
Into Is independent of an } combination , but
further individual imports are expected. The
growing expectation of early imports of
gold liad been previously reported. The
rapid break In exchange , extending to'i
per cent since the close of the previous w eel *
is almost entirely due to the operations
of the so-ealled exchange syndicate. Up
town Importers being unable , owing to the
continued tightness of time money , to se-
cuie discounts are unable to buy exchange
and this fact accounts for the limited de
mand. This condition enables the exchange
sjndlcate to depress exchange to a point
that renders practicable Imports of gold
Largo amounts of sterling loans have also
been made and In addition there are in
creased offerings of giain and cotton fu
tures , chiefly the latter The effect of the
developments noted on the stock market
was decided ! } beneficial , although minimized
to a certain extent bj the prevailing specu
lative npathj and the fact that for some
time past commission houses have In man }
Instances refused to accept orders except
for cash A fa\orable feature In today's
stock matket was a decline in call money at
the close to 2 per cent , as against an early
high figure of 4 per cent
WASHINGTON , Aug 19 Acting Secre
tary Curtis today receded a telegram from
the assistant treasurer at New York elating
that arrangements had been made there to
import ? C 000,000 in gold coin from Europe.
While foreign exchange is slightly above the
Importing point it is said that should It
decline during the next few days as rapidly
as during the last week , gold importations ,
fiom Europe would yield a good profit The
officials are hopeful that the tide has turned
and that from now on the reserve will be
rapidly increased.
The treasury today lost J133.GOO in gold
coin and $13,600 Jn barn which leaves the
true amount of the reserve $104,361,031
SIL.VCR llK\CHis LOWKST 1'OIXT.
Coiiuiiprc'lnl liars Ar - ( luoiril I"
orl. lit Sli.tI'll CeiitN.
NEW YORK , Aug ID Silver reached the
lowest figure in several years when today
commercial ban. sold at Co cents. Later
they rallied and sold at C5 3-4 cents at the
close. Mexican silver dollars also declined ,
reaching 51 cents from 53 cents. Silver
bullion in London blumped 3-1C , to 30 3-Sd
per ounce. The decreased demand In Lon
don for Indian exchange and the falling
off here of the demand for China exchange
have affected the local market and depressed
the price of silver. Talk of gold imports
is believed to have also tended to depress
silver. Bullion brokers have made special
Inquiries , In London in the matter of fu
ture delivery of silver In bars and learned
that in the last three w celts , contracts regis
tered for the futuic delivery of silver have
amounted to only about CO per cent of what
they were at the corresponding time last
jear.
WIKb CJIVE OM3 IIOI.LAIl FOIl TWO ,
IMun for 1'uttliiK1 tluArisentlni' Il ' -
pillillc oil n * > | u * ( > li * llaxlK.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 Reports have
reached here from Buenos Ayres to the
effect that an American syndicate offered
the Argentine Republic $150,000,000 in silver
In exchange for $100,000,000 In bonds paj-
able in gold at4 per cent interest 'with
a half per cent added as a sinking fund
The offer of the Americans Is said to bo a
part of the general plan by which Argen
tine is seeking to go from a paper to a
specie basis Tlio plan contemplates that
each of the new silver dollars shall take up
two of the paper dollars. It is said that
the mnikct value of the Argentine 4 per
cent gold bond Is such that the transaction
would prove a profitable one for the Ameri
cans , while Us Incidental effect would
bo to dispose of n considerable supply of
the surplus silver of the United States.
MIHAM\.V | nUITOH FATALI.A" bllOT.
S , It. Itu/c-e of llicC'urtU Courier tin-
Victim.
CHEYENXB. Aug. 12. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Word v\os received hero this after
noon of a fatal shooting affair at Cm Us ,
Neb , in which a farmer named Carry shot
S. H. nazee , editor of the Curtis Courier.
The men quarreled over the owncishlp of
some laud. Mr. Razee is the step-father of
Mis. Jlcllldaywife of the Buillnglon agent
at this place She was notified that her
step-father's Injuries wcie fatal.
ujircMiHi Uourl Dt-rlNloiiN.
Piunnc. S. D. Aug. 19. ( Special Tele
gram ) TLe supreme court today handed
down decisions in the following rases By
Coreon Normuu D Glllivray against Ad-
dcll.v MeGlllhray c-t el , LaVe county , re-
vcibpd , Richard Trcbilcoclt against Big Mis
souri Mining company , Lawrence county ,
rercnspil. Jtrome T Parrott against CltJ of
Hot Springs , Fall River county , reversed.
By Haney Andrew C Cornwall against
diaries E McKinney , Mlunehaha county ,
affirmed , H. C. Bright , administrator , against
O. Kcl.ert and Sutlc Law , Mlunehaha county.
reicrsed.
llrrt ( Jrn tiu m Kllli-il lit
UUGEMONT , S , I ) . , Aug , 19. ( Special
Telegram ) Dirt Graliam , ) firdmaster of
the 13 & M here , waa making up a tjaln at
5 o'clock this uiorulnc. The engineer 'Man
vailing for his sl ntl to stop , when he caw
tt foot Btlclilug out on the wett side of the
ml ) , tinker the cars Stopping his engine lie
rushed to the tpot and found Graham bad
been run ever aud killed It U nuppot > fd be
caught his foot In the frog of the switch
1IU tody wm shipped to Alliance to be cn >
balmed , und will then be tent to his fathti *
liome At Downcrg Grovu , HU
WELCOME TO OMAHA
First Session of the Christian Union Con
tention Opens Auspiciously ,
VISITORS ARE MADE TO FEEL AT HOME
Greetings in Behalf of the State , City and
Christian Organizations.
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE FOR DELEGATES
Oreighton Theater Too Small to Accom
modate the Crowd.
OVERFLOW MEETING HELD IN THE HALL
I.iirKcAudience Adinlrillilj lliiiidK'il
mid Nil Coiifilnliui Hi-milted
] | O\CK Orrllplrd by IN-
11 n mi Is lied Cliu roll in I'll.
Seldom hns an Omaha theater contained
such an audience as gathered In the Crelgh-
tou last night They were the delegates to
the eighth annual convention ot Our Young :
People's Christian Union of the United
Presbterlau church ot North America.
Long before the hour for assembling of
the convention the theater was packed from
pit to dome with people who had como
from ever } state and territory In tbc union.
There were } oung and old , men and women ,
all representing the United Presbterlan
church , or some of the kindred organiza
tions.
The ) vast audience was handled In a most
eomnu > ndable manner and after the seats ,
the aisles and the lobby had been filled , the
overflow was turned Into Crcighton hall.
There had been no attempt made at decorat
ing the theater , the only thing In this di
rection being banners that were placed at
either side of the stage
While man } distinguished guests occu
pied seats In the bed } of the house , the
boxes came In for their share of attention.
The upper box on the left was occupied
by Rev. Dr. W J Reid , senior editor of
the United Presbterlan. and wife. Rev.
Dr. A. G Wallace , corresponding secretary ot
the Board of Church Extension. Rev. Dr.
W. S Owen , corresponding secretary of the
Board of Home Missions , and Re-v Dr Barr ,
secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions.
The lower box on the left was occupied
by the wives of the miMnbers ot the general
committee , Mrs J A Duff of Chicago , Mrs.
J H McMillan of Monmouth. Ill , Rev and
Mrs H. C Marshall of Rhode Island ; Rev.
and Mrs Frank Jamison. Prof Swan nnd
Miss Alice Wlnblgler of Monmouth , 111.
On the lower floor the box on the right
was designated as the "Missionary Box , "
and was occupied by Dr and Mrs McCague ,
Prof , and Mrs. J. R Alexander , aud Mrs.
Emma Nichols , missionaries to Egpt ; Rev.
George W. Morrison and Rev. Mr. Krude-
nler , missionaries to India , and Rev. Marlon
Morrison , field missionary in Nebraska.
The stage was occupied by-tic members
of the general committee , the officers of the
organization , the speakers of the evening
and the 150 members of the trained choir
and a number of the clergymen of tbo
city.
Shortly after S o'clock , President Murdock
called the convention to order and In a few
words stated that the convention had as
sembled as was the custom , to labor for
the good of the Christian cause. The meet
ing and its purposes , he said , had been
anticipated and for nearly a year the mem
bers of the church had been looking forward
to the meeting In Omaha
As President Murdock finished his re
marks , two beautiful floral offerings , ono
from the First Christian church and the
other from Christian Endeavor societies of
Omaha were sent to the stage They were
received with a hearty tound of applause ,
after which the audience joined in singing ,
"To God My Earnest Voice I Rnlse. " This
was followed by a season of silent prayer ,
after which the audience joined In singing ,
"To the Hills I'll Lift Mlno Eyes. "
Rev. J. A Duff of Chicago , general sec
retary of the society , led In prayer This
was followed by the responsive readings ,
after which "Bless God , the Lord , " was
sung by the choir , under the direction of
Prof. Wlk } , Miss Lldcll presiding at the
piano.
The address of welcome for the state of
Nc-braska , by Governor Holcomb was the
first upon the program end President Mur
dock Introducing the executive , said La
dles and gentlemen I now have the honor
to present the gentleman who will welcome
jou to Nebraska. "
RHEKTRD J\ ltlHM < < OP THIS hTATC
rnor lloli'oiuh the Tin-
Horn u AVi-lcliiiit-
Governor Hoicomb acknowledged the In
troduction nnd proceede-d In behalf of the
state of Nebraska to bid the visitors wel
come within its borders. He epoke as fol
lows :
Mr Chairman , Member * of the Young
People's Christian Union , Ladles nnd Gentlemen
tlemen- wlxh to usHurc } ou thitl It gives
me genuine * pleasure to Htimd here. , nnd on
behulf of the people of our great common
wealth extend to you a most hearty greet
ing We , my frlendH , welcome you with
wurm hearts and outstretche-d liuwiH. Wo
hope that your prese-nce with us will not
only be n pleasure to each and every ono
of you. but will be profitable for the great
work that we know you Jiavo met here to
conBlde-r. Wo hope that during your stay
lu-io und during your deliberations them
will be nothing which will inar the- pleas
ure of your coming. We not only esteem ,
It 11 distinguished honor to have heru gath
ered the representatives of a body BO
august , perloimlng Its work In the Chris
tian world so long , and having nuch a
high Htandlng , but we deem It a pleasure
r.nd a privilege ) to ende-avor u lent wa
can to entertain } ou during jour stay
among UH. We- say unto you. "Knock , and
It shall be opened unto you , " We Bay
thut you , "being BtrunyerB , we will take
you in" I do not want to be understood
UH .using the e-xprepxlon in the modern ac
ceptation of thu term ( laughter ) , because
I am afraid that vve cannot. ( Laughter )
I have heard tome expiesxlons of anxiety
and of fear , when It v\a discovered what a
largo representation wo had from thin
gn-at society In our midst that } cu would
take ) tli fa town while you were here. ( Laugh
ter )
J assure you that the people of our rn-
tlret Htate vvlll watch with great Intercut
your luborH here I only hope that } ou ,
or POIIIO of you at least , who have not
fittusu ] ever the broad , undulating prairie a
and be > autlful vallen of our great common
wealth , may bo peirnlttcd , while you are
lie re , to pass on to the central part of
our state and view its many lituultoux at
tracting , see thu great flbldg of trait ) , line
after line of grten , waving e-orn , now al-
rrcHt matured , with jf-llow tunK'ls nodding
arid smiling' to you as jou go by.
Our people ) are in hearty sympathy with
your work , I need but to nay to you ,
IndlcH and gentlemen , that among the people -
plo of the Krcat Htulo of Nebraska we Imvo
a e-lats of citizenship that will compare
with the Kreut commonwealths In this
union In Christian vlrtutu We aru proud
of our magnificent elate , of Its many re *
sources , of its many uttractlona , of the
Intelligence and Christian virtue that per-
viide our people. Need I but tell you that
Information gleaned from the CCIIHUB of
l&O places this proud commonwealth of
our first in the list , showing the least
percentage pf Illiteracy and thu liust per
centage of crime ? ( Applause ) We believe.
my friendtf. that , If that be true , and It
certainly IB ctitabllshed you cannot help
fcellnc that you ore among neighbors ,
among friends , uinone those who appreci
ate * thti beauties of a Christian citizenship.
I , for one , urn not in sympathy with th
sentiment whkh I hove heard expressrd
more nr less that , when vve leave our cuut-
tern homes , their early surroundings , th
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