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srlnlrED religious revival is inprogress itt Beatrice.

TILE water in the Blue riveris higherthan for three years past.-

L'OYD

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county boasts a calf .thatweighed 175 pounds at birth.

THE Washington County gold find isattracting a good deal of attention.

PERSONAL taxes in Nance county are' to be collected by distress. Everything

goes.WAKEFIELD will have wide open1 saloons this year. Last year it had the

"hole in the wall" system.TILE populist state convention to

nominate state , oflicers'will be held inHastings some time in August

TORIAS trustees have passed an ordi-nance

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that no barb wire fences shallbe harbored inside the village limits.-ON

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account of illness ex-Senator In-galls -of Kansas was compelled to can-cel

-his engagement to lecture .in Hast-

ings.-r

., .- A NEW biography of the later years

of Col. W. F. Cody has been begun by-Co ] . Prentiss Ingraham in ,the DuluthPress.

HEAVY rains in the vicinity or Far-nam

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' did considerable damage. The B.& M. railroad was badly washed inseveral places.-

Ax.

unknown man was found uncon-scious

-on the roadside near Barada ,

and died before medical aid could be" summoned.

: THE Oxnards have contracted withhail county farmers for 600 acres moreof beets than were ever beforelplanted-in that county.-

AT.

O'Neill the case of Dunlm ,' charged with cattle rustling, was given

to the jury last week. They returneda verdict of guilty.-

BERNAR.

KF.RMAN , one of the earlysettlers in Ifolt county , is eighty-sevenyears old and mentally and physicallyas vigorous as anybody.

, . REV G W. DAMON of Battle Creekhas retired from the ministry for anindefinite time and notifies the publicthat he has become an auctioneer.

HARDY was visited by three youngtramps who had been offering for salevarious designs of jewelry. They wereplaced in jail to await developments.

LEN RUnD of Aurora was arrested byUnited States authorities for openingletters personally addressed to his part-ner's

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wife , and gave bail to appear fortrial.-

AT.

Nebraska City a runaway teamjumped onto a buggy in which sat Mrs.-Ilijeldin.

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. The vehicle was badly dam-aged

-. and the occupant seriously in-

jured.-

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Miss EDITH STEININGER stood on ahigh chair to remove some loose paperfrom the ceiling. When shecame down ,

it was with sufficient force to fractureher arm.-

N.

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. F. :PETERSON , a well-to-do Dane ,

living five miles southeast of Minden ,

cut his throat with a razor while in-sane.

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. It is not certain whether medi-cal aid can save him or not

A FISH story comes from Milford tothe effect that Mrs. Norton of theResort hotel went down to the riveredge to look at the flood and scoopedin a seven-pound pike with her sun-bonnet

WTI. M. GEDDES of Hall county willbe a candidate in the republican stateconvention for the nomination forstate auditor. Friends are strongly

x urging his claims and are hopeful of-success. .

LITTLE Goldie Stoltz of Beaver City:was burned to death last week. Shewas in the.field with her father , whoivas burning-stalks , when her clothing-caught fire.and she was fatally burnedbefore herfather-could extinguish thelames.-

TItE.

city council of Lincoln has:adopted a resolution instructing thecity attorneyto begin suit upon the otf-icial

-bond of Elmer Stephenson , who ,

.as city treasurer in 1893 , lost $20,00-0in the Capital National bank.-

WAsn1NGTos.

dispatch : Judge 'Strode's-II

:bill for the pensioning of General 'T'hay-i er was today .signed by the president.

- The delay of several days which occur-red between the receipt of the bill at-

ithe White house.and the signature gave

i . rise to unnecessary fears as to the safe-ty

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of the bill , but the signature settled,the matter permanently and satisfacto-xily.

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BURGLARS robbed the Postoffice at-i TIowe last week. They secured aclaw-

bar by breaking into the MissouriPacific tool house , and a drill , sledgeand other tools from a blacksmith shopnear by. They -opened the safe , get-Ling about $60 worth of stamps. It issupposed the parties who broke :intothe depot a few days previous were' herobbers.:

COUNTY JUDGE GARLOW .of Grandisland in writingto the various.countyjudges in the state asking them to-meet.at Lincoln the latter part.of nexturonth in order to .eonfer with.eaclrother about some necessary changes inthe laws more particularly affectingHutt .affice. Mr. Garlow expects tohas a (quite an assemblage present at-that'time. . The meeting will 4be .heldthe latter part of May.-

DON'T.

loaf around the ea'ner.grocery-argningwith; your neighbors abontthebest tool to use in surface cultivation ,but buy a new Pivotal Frame CaptainKidd Disc Cultivator , which will render

j it easy to dodge the crookedest .cornand unnecessary to dodge the Sheriff, next Fall If you use the Captain Kidd ,

you well have money to pay your -bills ,

and won't have to, dodge. Write us fordescriptive circulars and "What Others

i SaY " NERItASKA MOLINE PLOW CO. ,Omaha , Neb

i{ PosTMAsTER D. F. Davis and wife of.

Columbus were notified by wire .tocome to Chattanooga at once , as theirlittle daughter, stopping with hergrandparents. was at the point of-death. . She has been troubled forsome months with valvular heart dis-ease. .

S. FRAITCH , the merchant tailor ofBeatrice who went to' Atchison , insearch of goods stolen fr his store ,

, telegraphed that he ha "found theloads and that the burglar? W. H.

4' Browning , was under arrest R 'huisi-tion

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papers will be produced and: Brawgafng brought to Nebraska Ser

trial,

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BURGLARS forced an entrance to-

Barcehouse Bros. general merchandisestore at Adams about 1 o'clock in themorning and secured $10 in cash anda few articles of clothing. Afterdrilling the safe they were frightenedaway before they had time to blow it

DURING a storm lightning struck theHigh school building at Cedar Bluffs ,

setting it on fire , and but for theprompt action of the fire departmentthe building would have been burnedto the ground. The loss is estimatedat $100 , fully covered by insurance.Lightning also struck the fine newresidence of George Young, damagingit about $150 worth.

JONAS REYNOLDS , who was arrestedfor having assisted Kingen and Winne-gar to break fail at York and maketheir escape , was tried before JudgeWildman , who ordered Reynolds to be-held as charged for trial in the districtcourt under a bond of $200 , in defaultof which he was again put in jail. Rey-nolds

-admits havinghauled the prison-

er-

away , but denies having renderedany other assistance.-

IN.

the district court the city of Lin-coln

-began suit the other day to fore-

close-

its lien on the Lincoln street rail-way

-, including equipments , tracks ,

franchises , etc. The suit grows out ofthe non-payment of taxes. A numberof years ago when the city attemptedto force collection the company enjoin-ed

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it, and for some technical reasoninjunction was allowed , and the case isnow pending in the supreme court.-

A.

Her SPRINGS ( Ark. ) dispatch says :

The twenty round go this afternoonbetween Danny Daly of Bangor , Me,and George Stout of Omaha was one ofthe best events ever seen here and at-tracted

-:r crowd of three thousand spec-

tators.-

. The men fought twenty rounds ,

all of which were lively throughoutIn the last round Stout dislocatedDaly's arm with an uppercut and thedecision was given to the Omaha man.

THE safe in the postoffice at Wacowas blown open and robbed of $12 insilver and about $100 in stamps. Thebuilding was generally ransacked forplunder , but nothing else of any par-ticular

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value was taken. The toolsused for drilling a hole in the safe weretaken from a neighboring blacksmithshop. The explosion blew the safedoor completely off its hinges , andstrange to say the noise was not heardby any one.-

P..

. J. EALING , ex-treasurer of Exetertownship , Fillmore county , it is alleg-ed

-, is short in his accounts about 225.

There has been some prospect that thetownship board would prosecute himfor embezzlement , but it is now likelythat his brother will furnish himmoney enough to make up the short-age

-and that the matter will be settled

in that way. In any event the town-ship

-is not likely to lose anything , as

his bondsmen are perfectly good forthe amount

SPEAKING of the Nebraska Club theKimball Observer says : "We feel thenecessity of such an organization.There must be something done tocounteract the efforts that are beingmade to entice our people to leave Ne-braska.

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. Sharp business land specula-tors

-have taken advantage of the dis-

couragements-

of a great many people ,

on account of the shortcrops two yearsago and low prices of farm productsthis year and are holding out every in-

ducement-

for them to go south. "THERE: was a meeting of the execu-

tive-

committee of the Nebraska clubheld at Lincoln , at which E. A. Barnesof Grand Island presided. A coinmu-nication

-was read from Omaha in which

the progress of the work of raising the5,000 pledged for that city was de-

tailed.-

. It was decided that the secre-tary

-should write to corporations out-

side-

of the state which do business hereand present the objects of the club ,

with the view of getting their sub-scriptions

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to the membership fund.INTEREST in the matter of the as-

sault-

on the Dawson family by the VicMcCarty gang in Sarpy county in July ,1894 , has been considerably revived atAlliance recently. Hon. R. C. Nole-man , attorney for the Dawsons , is inreceipt from the British embassy datedApril 2 , 1896 , in which the ambassador ,Sir Sulian Pauncefote , states that thecase has been referred to the commit-tee

-on foreign affairs of the house of

representatives with a favorable re-commendation

-from the state depart-

'ment-

The case is brought for the:sum of 46000.

GRowING out of the experience had.at North Loup last year in the way ofplanting crops exclusively for seed

,purposes , W. A. Prentice and a numberof others will enter on the same line offarming this season , the gentlemannamed having contracted with a Lin-coln

-seed firm to put in a quantity of

peas , beans and table corn of choicevarieties , the firm agreeing to take theproduct in the fall at a stipulatedprice. With irrigation within reach it-is thought great success will attendthe enterprise.JAMES 1V. HAND , who has for years

been a resident of Nebraska City ,

ended his life by taking "Rough on-Rats. . " He bought two boxes .of thepoison and took the same. Everyeffort was made to save his life , butwithout avail He has held -severalpositions , but owing to the poor con di-

tion.of-

his health was not able to keepthem , and becoming discouraged , tookthistmethod of putting an end to hislife. Ile was in fair circumstances and

°tlre act seemed uncalled for. He hada.-lifeinsurance. of $2,000.-

DR.

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. W. H. Grnns of Nebraska Citytwas in Fremont last week for a few,days. .under instructions from Seereta.-ry

-. Morton , to look up and verify or-discredita; complaint which had been:filed in headquarters to the effect thatscabby sheep had been shipped fromthat :vicinity to Chicago Most of rthesheep have been shipped , but at theranch.of Mahoney .C Sullivan he foundabout.400 head which he reports to be-in a reasonably fair condition , and ea-pressed himself as well pleased withthe manner in which the gentlemenhave cared far their stock.

THE Prague Farmers' elevator wasburned to the ground. The cause ofthe fire is not known. The elevatorwas insured for $1,300 This makesthe > .econd time inside of eight monthsthat the elevator has been on fire andas there was nobody running the ele-vator

-since it was built , it makes the

affair somewhat of a mystery.CHARLES TIF.PEL , a German aged

about 50 years , made a probably suc-cessful

-attempt to commit suicide at-

Plattsmouth by shooting himselfthrough the windpipe. The weaponused wag a 32-calibre revolver. He hadbeen unable to secure employment andbecame despondent in consequence ,

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ALTGELD TO CARLISLE

CPEN TTEP TO THE SEC E-AN -

TARS 0F THE THE SURI ,

IS SHARPLY CRITICISED.

The Illinois Governor Replies to theAddress of Mr. Carlisto Recently

Delivered Iii Chicago on theMonetary juest ° on-Makes

Charges In Regard to theBond Syndicate.-

SPiUNGFIFLD

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, Ill. , April 27.In anopen letter made public to-day Gov-

ernor-

Altgeld replies to the address onthe money question which SecretaryCarlisle recently delivered in the Au-

ditorium-

in Chicago. The letter is asfollows : "A teacher should be will-ing

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to answer questions. At the closeof Mr. Carlisle's speech a number ofgentlemen arose and asked for furtherinformation , but. he turned his back ,

and slipped off the stage and by direc-tion

-of his managers the questioners

were hustled out by policemen. "Mr. Altgeld quotes at length the

oft-quoted speech made by Mr. Car-lisle

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in :78 , in which he declaredthatthe demonetization of silver wouldultimately entail more misery thanwars , pestilences and famines or thedestruction of half the inovaale prop-erty

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of die world , and declares thathe can not understand how Mr. Car-lisle

-changed his views when he be-

came-

a member of President Cleve-land's

-cabinet. lie also refers to the

change of views of Secretaries HokeSmith and Ilrrbert , tvho had longdenounced silver demonetizationand declares that , unlike Saul ofTarsus , they have beer. ashamed todiscuss their conversions. lie askswhether they were "scoundrels andlunatics' until theV got to be old menand the tinsel of cabinet positions notonly made them honestbut gave thembrains. He asks Mr. Carlisle to ex-plain

-why for 200 years , despite vari-

ations-

in annual production , gold andsilver held the market ratio of 153 to1. Explanation is asked of the state-ments

-of Baron Rothschild and other

eminent financiers in 1869 that thesum of the two metals taken togetherformed the measure of valuesand whywherever silver was stricken down itwas by the arbitrary act of govern-ment

-and not by commerce or busi-

ness.Mr.. Altgeld asks Mr. Carlisle if,

when the volume of money was re-duced

-and property values fell corres-

pondingly-

, but debts , taxes and in-terest

-were not , a great crime was

not committed against the debtor andproducing classes and how eitherdebtor or laborer can spend as muchmoney as before , thus injuring thegreat home market. He holds that asrises in prices are dependent in in-creases

-in volume of money , stagna-

tion-

must continue until the volumeof money is again restored. lie quotesfrom the bank reports and the treas-urv

-statements that there was only

$227,000,000 in gold in sight July 11 ,

1875as a contradiction of Mr. Carlisle'sstatement that there were $000,000,000-of gold in America , and askswhy Mr. Carlisle makes such mislead-ing

-statements. In closing lie says :

"A year ago Mr. Cleveland sent forhis former law partner and closefriend , and through him Clevelandand Carlisle togetherr tirade a secretcontract with another friend , who wasa former client of Cleveland's , uywhich that friend and his associatespeculators were enabled to make$1,000,000 or $10,000,000 out of the gov-ernmcnt

-in a few weeks on a small

bond transaction. And the reasongiven for this extraordinary and evencriminal procedure was that the spec-ulators

-and sharks of Wall street had

agreed to protect the governmentagainst the gold reserve until thefollowing November. Following that ,the wealthiest , the most enterprising ,most powerful. most industrious andthrifty nation on the globe paidtribute to a small band ofspeculators for protection. Andwhen the month of November arrivedthese speculators withdrew their pro-tection

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and then the government pro-ceeded

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to issue another $100,000,000 ofbonds , increasing the burdens of ourpeople. Now , Mr. Carlisle might haveexpatiated on this , anti pointed out tothe American people the lofty charac-ter

-of the statesmen involved in these

transactions , for , strange to saymany-of our intelligent people are utterlyunable to comprehend it. While Mr.Carlisle does not seem to have been asuccess in the capacity of a bunco-steerer among the laboring men ofChicago , there are many points upontvhiclt he could be very interesting,

and I would suggest that they bringhim back and let him talk about mat-ters

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in which he is at home. "

A Divorce in the Army.-

LE.

AVENWORTH , Kan. , April 2.M-rs. Virginia Brady was granted adecree of divorce from LieutenantJasper E. Brady by Judge Myers ofthe 1)istrict court yesterday afternoon.The ground was gross neglect of duty ,and there was no contest. Mrs.Brady was given the custody of their2-year-old child. The suit was en-tered

-late Thursday night and an

effort was made to keep the matterout of the papers. They are bothwell-known in society and armycircles.

(Senator Stewart's Daughter to Wed.-

W.tsHINGTON.

, April 27-Senator andMrs. Stewart announce the engage-ment

-of their daughter , May Belle , to-

Mr. Payson. The wedding will takeplace at the Stewart Castle , May 16.The young couple will reside in Balti-more

-, where Mr. Payson is at present

engaged in business.

Many Mes < ican Miners Buried.-EL

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PASO , Tex. , April :'7.The SantaEulalia mines of Chihuahua caved in-

yesterday. . Seven miners have beentaken out dead and thirteen wounded-.Fortyfour

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others are still in themines.i-

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A COMMERCE CONVENTION

Tariff and Consular fluestlons to Be Con-

sidered-

at Detroit , Beginning dune 2.DETROIT , Mich. , April 27.A circu-

lar-

letter of invitation to the nationalcommercial tariff convention , to be-

held here beginning June 2 , 1SOG , ad-

dressed-

to all citizens interested in thesubjects to be discussed , has beenissued over the signature of S. B.Archer , secretary , chamber of com-merce

-, this city.

The objects of the convention arestated to be the discussion of means totake the tariff question out of poli-tics

-, to improve the consular service ,

especially in Central and South Amer-ica

-, to consider the advisability of

recommending to Congress the crea-tion

-of a department of commerce ,

manufactures and labor , and of form-ing

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a permanent organization. It isstated that the convention will be-

nonpolitical and non-sectional.

PERISHED IN FLAMES.

Death Chosen by Insurgents In I'refer-enco

-to Capture by Spanish Soldiers.

HAVANA , April 27.Official advicesreceived here state that Colonel Aldeawhile in pursuit of parties of insur-gents

-, encountered several bands of

them on the Carmen estate , nearSabanilla , in the provimc of Ma-

tanzas.-

. The insur ciits , were fleeingfrom an attack which had been madeupon them by the Rey column. Thetroops charged upon the Cubans fromall sides , forcing theta into the canefields , which were burning fiercely ,and many of them periched in theflames which they themselves hadstarted. The troups continued pur-suit

-of the fleeing insurgents , killing

many of them.

Cardinal Ruupolla's Letter.CHICAGO , Ill. , April 27.The long

looked for letter of the Papal secre-tary

-of state has been received by the

committee on religious liberty forProtestants in South America , and itwill be read at the Chicago Methodistministers' meeting next Monday morn-ing.

-. The letter gives the result of

the investigations of Cardinal Rarn-polla

-, the papal secretary of

state , concerning the marriagelaws of Peru , Ecuador andBolivia , and also the religious libertythat is accorded to the people in thosecountries. Furthermore , the letterannounces what the Holy See proposesto do in the matter. Ilev. John Lee ,

chairman of the coma ittee , declinestestate in advance anything furtherconcerning the details of CardinalRampolla's communication.-

A

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Fire at Leavenworth.L-EAtiENWOIITH

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, Kan. , April f.CarlH-offman's Chickering ; hall and hiswholesale and retail music house , thelargest in Kansas , were damaged byfire early this morning. The buildingwas valued at about 25.000 and thestock and fixtures at 20000. Theloss on the stock and fixtures is $1'-000

, -and on the building 3000. The

building is insured for $13,000 and thestock and fixtures for 10000. Manypianos and other musical instrumentswere either consumed or ruined byheat , smoke and water. The firestarted in the shipping room in thebasement , and was not controlled forthree hours.-

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Treaty With the Osages.INDEPENDENCE , Tian. , Aprtt 27.If.-

D.

.

. Gorman , nephew of Senator Gor-man

-of Maryland , who , with IV. 3I-

.Traskett.

of Arkansas and Judge Rookof Georgia , was appointed by the gov-ernment

-as a special commission to

treat with i the Osage Indians for thepurchase of their lands and allot.-ments

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, passed through last night onhis way back to Washington. Thecommission did not accomplish any-thing

-and the limit of their appoint-

ment-

has expired.-

AnteNuptial

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Announcement.-BI.00)IINGTox

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, Ill. , April 27.Infor-mation

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received from the family ofVice President Stevenson at Washing-ton

-is to the effect that Miss Julia

Stevenson , elder daughter of the VicePresident , and Rev. Martin D. Hardin-of Danville , Ky. , will be married atthe New York Avenue Presbyterianchurch in Washington on May 28.The invitations are not yet issued.The bridegr ocm is a son of Hon. H-

.Wat.

Hardin , the distinguished Ken-tucky

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Democratic politician.

Sam C.ok's Silver views.MEXICO , Mo. , April 27S. B. Cook

of the Democratic State central com-mittee

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says a small percentage of thesound money Democrats will vote theRepublican ticket , but the loss to theparty from this source will not exceed:0,000 votes. lie thinks on the otherhand the clean cut , unequivocal plat-form

-adopted at Sedalia will not only

bring out thousands of Democratswho were disgusted in 1894 , but it willbring to the Democracy two votes forevery gold standard Democrat whojoins the Republicans.

Vanderbilt Buys the Defender.NEw YORI1. April :7.-Mr. William

K. Vanderbilt , the head of the syndi-cate

-that built , equipped and raced

the Defender , has become the soleowner of that yacht Mr. Vanderbilthas bought out the interests of theothers , as it was agreed in the plansthat he had the right to do any timeafter the America's cup matter hadbeen decided. What Mr. Vanderbiltwill do with the fam pus craft is mere-ly

-a matter cf conjecture.-

An

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Indian Oratorical Contest.LAWRENCE , Kan. , April 2-The In-

dian-

pupils at Haskell institute heldan oratorical contest last night , thefirst of the kind , so far as is known ,ever held in the United States. Therewere ten orators and tl'e programmewas interspersed with music.

Howard and Cable Are Convicted.TOPEKA , Kan. , April 27. - Frank

Howard and Frank Cable were foundguilty in the Federal court of robbingthe postoffice at Ulysses , Grant county ,and Judge Foster sentenced them tothe penitentiary-Howard for threeyears and Cable for five.

FAVOR FREE SILVER.

THE WHITE METAL WING OFNEBRASKA DEMOCRACY.

Proceedings of the State Convention in-

LincolnCholec of Delegates to theChicago Convention-Faith in FreeColnago Pledged Anew in the Platformof Principles-The Trans-MlulsaipplInternational Exposition.

Nebraska Democratic Convention-

.DELEGATESATLARGE

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1v. J. BRYAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LincolnC.J. SMYTI ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Omaha-w. . Ii. TIIOMI'SON..Grand Islandw. D. 0. DIIAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kearnoy-

DISTItICT DELEGATES.First District-

F. J. MORGAN..PlattsmoutliC-. . S. JONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LincolnE-

eCOnul District- i

JOHN A. CREIGIITUN..OmahaC-.. II. BROWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OmahaThird Iistrlct--

0. IIOLLEN BECI : . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .Fremont-G. . A. LUIUART .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lorfolk

Fourth District-C. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E. C. BRIGGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Seward

Fifth District-F. A. T'IIOMPSEN..Clay CenterP.WALSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - MCCool :

Sixth Distrirt-JAMES C. DA IILMAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chadron-DR. . J. C. BLACIBUUN..AtkinsonLI-

NCor.N , April 23.The free silverdemocratic state convention was notcalled to order until nearly 3 o'clock.The delay was caused by the Fourthcongressional district , whose delegatesoccupied the hall until a late hour ,

electing their district delegates to Clii-

cago.

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Chairman C. J. Smythe rapped thedelegates to order and Secretary LeeHerdman read the call.-

A.

committee on credentials was dis-pensed

-with and credentials were hand-

ed-

in to the secretaries and accepted.The chair appointed the following

committee on resolutions : W. J. Bryan ,

Lincoln ; 1V. II. Thompson , Grand Is-

land-

; J. O'Connor , Omaha ; James Sul-

lixan-

, Columbus ; Matt Gering Platts-mouth ; Ed Fallen , Falls City , and H.-

C.

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. Rittenhouse , McCook.-

1ESOLUTIONS

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OF SYMPATHY.

The following resolutions here mov-ed

-by C. J. Sinytli , and unanimously

adopted by a rising vote :

Whereas , lion. Ed P. Smith has beenone of the ablest and most loyal cham-pions

-of true democracy in the state of

Nebraska :

Whereas , The hand of a terrible dis-ease

-presses heavily upon him , and he

has been , and is, suffering excruciatingpain ; therefore , be it

Resolved , That the democratic stateconvention , recognizing his valuableservices to the cause of democracy , anddeeply regretting that he is beset by-

an awful affliction , sends to lion. Ed-P.. Smith words of cheer in his manfulbattle for life , and tender to his wifeand children the assurance of its pro-found

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sympathy.TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION.

Resolutions endorsing the TransMis-sissippi

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and International Expositionwere adopted as follows :

Whereas , Delegates representing thetwenty-four states and territories westof the Mississippi river , at the Trans-Mississippi congress of 1895 , adoptedresolutions providing for the holding of-

an exposition for the purpose of exhib-iting

-the products , manufactures , arts ,

industries and capabilities of thesestates , and territories , and

Whereas , The said congress votedunanimously thatsaid exposition shouldbe held at the city of Omaha , Nebras-ka

-, in the year 1SOS ; and

Whereas , The common interests ofthe states and territories constitutingthis great region will be greatly pro-moted

-and benefitted thereby , and the

great state of Nebraska will be espec-ially

-benefitted by such an exposition

within her borders , therefore , be itResolved , By the 800 citizens of the

state of Nebraska assembled togetheras delegates to the Nebraska democrat-ic

-state convention. held at the Funke

opera house at Lincoln , Nebraska , onApril 22 , A. D. 1806. that the holding ofsaid Trans-Mississippi Exposition ishereby heartily approved , and that oursenators and representatives in con-gress

-are requested to co-operate with

the senators and representatives of theother trans--Mississippi states and thor-oughly

-and actively endeavor to pro-

cure-

at this session of congress the pas-sage

-of a bill giving national recogni-

tion-

to said exposition and providingfor an appropriation for a national ex-hibit

-and the necessary and proper

buildings to contain the same ; and be-

it furtherResolved. That a copy of the forego-

ing-

resolutions be certified by the sec-retary of the convention and sent tothe senators and representatives incongress from Nebraska.-

Ir..

? Bryan , of the committee on reso-lutions

-, presented the following report :

We , the democrats of the state of Ne-

braska-

, in convention assembled , renewour allegiance to the principles taught

i

by Thomas Jefferson and courageouslydefended by Andrew. Jackson , and de-

mand-

that the great problems now be-fore

-the people shall be solved by the

application of these principles to pres-ent

-conditions.-

We.

congratulate the democrats of j

Massachusetts upon the candor andfrankness which characterized theirplatform utterances of yesterday. Werejoice that they no longer quibbleabout the ratio and holding out the de-lusive

-hope of international coopera-

tion-

, have at last consented to submitto the people the question , whether theUnited States shall have monometal-ism or bimetalism-whether the Amer-ican

-people shall deliberately adopt the

English system of finance or restore thegold and silvercoinage of the constitut-ion.

-. The Massachusetts demand for

a single gold standard and for the re-demption

-of all government obligations

in gold alone presents the paramountissue of the campaign , and we welcomethe contest

We endorse the language used by-Hon. . John G. Carlisle in 1878 , when hedenounced the "conspiracy" to destroy ,

silver as a standard money as "themost gigantic crime of this or anyage , and we agree with him in thedeclaration then made that "the con-sumation

-of such a scheme would ulti-

mately-

entail more misery upon thehuman race than all the wars, pesti-lences

-and famines that have ever oc-

curred-

in the history of the world."We are not willing to be parties tosuch a crime , and in order to undo thewrong already done and to prevent afurther rise in the purchasing power ofthe dollar. we favor the immediate re-

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storation of the free and unlimited ;J4

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coinage of gold and silver at the press II-

ent legal ratio of 16 to 1 , as suchago exixted prior to 1873 , without wait-

ing-

'for the aid or consent of any other

nation , such gold and silver to be a full I

legal tender for all debts , public andprivate. l

We are opposed to the retirement ofthe greenback and demand that the i

secretary of the treasury , instead of is-

suing.

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interest-bearing bonds for thepurchase of gold , shall recognize silveras money of redemption and exercisethe right to redeem greenbacks , treas-urY

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notes and all other coin obligationsi u !

in silver w hen silver is more eonven- j 1

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lent. °<

Believing that general laws should t i f

not be set aside by private contract , we / ggr

favor such congressional legislation aswill , without interfering with valid 1

contracts already in existence , prohibit f

for the future the making of agree-ments

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for the payment of any specifickind of legal tender money. ,

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Wet 1

arc in favor of a constitutionalamendment authorizing the collectionof an income tax as a part of the feder-alrevenue

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system.-IVe

.are in favor of the election of

United States Senators by the directvote of the people.-

We.

are in favor of a liberal pension 1

policy. .11 t. are in favor of the initiative and i

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referendum system as an aid to secur-ing

-a government of the people , for ,

the people and by the people. °

The democratic party has ever been -j -the party of religious liberty in this tcountry. It has always been and is 1

opposed to the union of church I 'and state in any form or under anypretext whatever ; it is opposed to the

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imposition of any religious test for r'office ; it is opposed :o all secret pout- 1 ii-

cal organizations of every kind orcharacter , or any open political organ-ization

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based upon religious prejudices ,

as contrary to the spirit and genius of ;

our institutions and thoroughly un-american.

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. It stands by our publicschool system as a means of popular (education and is opposed to any diver-sion

- -of public school funds to any sec-

tarian- ' ,

purpose , but it recognizes theright of parental control and the rights ' . i-

of conscience in the education of child-ren

-as in accord with the fundamental

doctrines of the democratic party, thatthe largest liberty consistent with the ,rights of others insures the best gov-crnment.

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On motion of G J. Ilowlby the chair. 1'-

egatesatlargeman declared that nominations for dcl- t

were in order. Selec-tions

-were then made in accordance

with the result given at the commence-ment

-of this article , tit'. J. Bryan and '

some others being selected by aecla-ination.

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. 'A resolution was introduced by J. C-

.Dahlman.

declaring that "the dentoera-cy

-of Nebraska presents the democracy

of the nation the name of W. 1. Bryanand recommends his nomination as can-didate

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for president , and that the Ne-braska

-delegates be instructed to for-

ward-

his candidacy. " The reading of 1the resolution was received with great I

enthusiasm , but Mr. Bryan asked thatthe resolution be withdrawn , and thiswas done by the mover.

The convention then adjourned , and . rmoved away in a body to the lnrling- s

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ton depot to meet Governor Stone ofMissouri , who spoke at night in the 1

Funke opera house. The speaker rig-orously

-denounced the administration

of Grover Cleveland at short intervalsduring his entire speech.

,

BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.-

It

.

costs four times as much to gov-ern

-American cities as is spent for the

same purpose in English cities. 4

A new steamboat , just launched forthe Hudson river service , will cost$1,000,000 and be provided with enginesof 5,000 horse power.

There are nearly 16,000,000 childrenin school in the United States , nearly14,000,000 in public schools , and nearly400,000 teachers.

During the 900 years that the PekinGazette has been in existence 1,800 ofits editors have had their heads takenoff for having exceeded instructions.

The children of the poor in Japan arenearly always labeled In case theyshould stray from their homes whilsttheir mothers are engaged in domestic '

duties.The longest paved street in the world

is Washington street , Boston , which isseventeen and a half miles long ; theshortest is the Rue Ble , Paris , which isbarely twenty feet long.-

In. i

England and Scotland milkmaidsbelieve that if they forget to wash theirhands aster milking their caws will go-dry. . TIiIs superstition is diligently f"fostered by the owners of the cogs.-

In.

Nebraska farms average 190 acres ,in Massachusetts 36. But in prcverb-ially'thrifty

-Holland the average is

thirty acres. Seventeen-twentieths ofall the farms in Holland are less than50 acres in extent.

Japan claims the oldest wooden build-ing

-in the world. It is a log storehouse '

in Yara which is now used to sheltersome of the Mikado's art treasures. Anage of 1,200 years is claimed fcr it. uP 'Some of the logs are nearly worn awayby the weather.-

To.

send a telegram to London from 'New York and get an answer takes two u-

hours. . The message goes through t

Cause , Nova Scotia , and Penzance. ,r

When special arrangements have beenmade to clear the wires , fifteen secondswill suffice for a message one way-

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HORNS. I,

Any kind of an unrepentant sinner is ra lost one.Bible promises were made for Bible-loving people.Only those who love souls can learn {

how to win them.-A

.negative sinner is as sure to be lostas a positive one.

The slave is no less a slave whose '

chain is made of gold-.In

.a cold prayer meeting the backseats are the warmest.

The office of temPtaUon is to teachus our need of Christ.There Is no greater commandment 'than "love one another. "

The grateful heart has music in it thatangels cannot sing.Whoever believeth God's truth gets

God's reward for doing ft.

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