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FORTlER IN BE For tho Advancement of Spanish Fork Utah County and Utah Territory and tho Free Coinage of Silver and Fair Legislation 2 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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VOL11 SPANISH FORK UTAH I FRIDAYAUGST 23 1895 NO 49 u
IN THE Um OF F RANOHS
Chicago Express and U P
Flyer Held Up
Five Men Stop a Chicago West
Michigan Train Shoot a Brake
man and Depart With 750
and a Couple of WatchesUnion
Pacific Overland Flyer Looted Near
North Platte
Grand Rapids Mich Aug 20The
fast express known as the flyer on
the Chicago West Michigan road
leaving Chicago at 5 oclock and ar
riving here at 1040 was held up by
five men In a piece of woods Just he
tore crossing the Kalamazoo river at
9 oclock tonight The train was Hogged
by swinging a white light across the
track and when It was stopped Con
ductor E E lUce of this city stepped
out on the platform of the baggagecar
and seeing two robbers asked
Whats the matter
The reply was two shots from tnelr
revolvers At the same time another
shot was fired Into the engine cab and
a moment later two men climbed on
the engine and ordered the engineer
and fireman to set the brakes and keep
quiet
When the train stopped the brake
man Timothy Murphy of this city
Jumped off the rear platform and
started back with a lantern as re
quired by the rules The fifth robber
standing alongside the coach fired
three shots at the brakeman one of
which hit him In the side struck a rib
and glanced out making a serious I
lIesh wound lie dropped Into the
ditch where he remained until the rob
bers had gone
Conductor Rice after a bullet whis
tled past his head retreated to the
I baggagecar and threw his pocketbook
over behind the trunks Without de
I manding admission the robbers placed
o dynamite beside the car door blew It
In and sprang Into the car with the
remark Ve want all youve got here
They ordered the conductor baggage
man and express messenger to throw
up their hands and went through their
pockets taking 750 In change from
the conductor but finding nothing ex
cept watches on the others They then
tackled the safe and blew It open In
less than thirty seconds It contained
no valuables They took watches from
the engineer and fireman but when
the conductor said he would need his
watch It was handed back to him and
saying goodnlcl u hro berJI took to
Uje w sJg1 Tno passengers fortytwo
0 oTfhem were not molested
To make sure of a halt ties had been
piled on the track half a length ahead
of where the engine stopped The bag
gagecar was not disabled and the
train proceeded
The trainmen cannot give a good de
scription of the robbers The leader
was a heavy man who wore a full
beard and another was dressed like a
farmer None of them wore masks
but those Wlto boarded the engine con
cealed their features as much as pos
sible
Posses are scouring the country for
the robbers and officers say that un
less they have escaped across Lake
Michigan they will be caught
1
U P FLYER HELP UP
Captured by Highwaymen Near
North Platte Neb
Omaha AUu 20 Union Pacific No
8 overland flyer due in Omaha
Wednesday morning at 1025 Is in pos
session of highwaymen at same point
between Brady Island and Gothenburg
Neb The train left North Platte at 11
oclock tonight The engine was cut
off by the bandits and sent forward
while the bandits looted the train The
engine went on to Gothenburg for as
sistance No particulars at present
but possibly will be in hand at any
minute
North Platte Neb Aug 20 Bandits
captured the eastbound overland flyer
about midnight The engine was cut
off and sent forward in regulation
Jesse James order while the outlaws
looted the train at their pleasure No
particulars as to the amount of boodle
secured are obtainable
The engine was sent Into Gothenburg
for relief and ofllcers are In pursuit of
the highwaymen
The train held up was No8 It left
North Platte at 11 oclock and carried
a full complement of coaches sleepers
and express cars The robbery occurred
an hour later The country in the vi
cinity of the holdup Is fairly well set
tled and the authorities anticipate no
trouble in following the outlaws All
ivurn tmnvliv nrmed and a conflict is
quite probable j The train is due In
I Omaha at 1025 a m Wednesday I
Circuit Judge McKenna is Among
MINNIE WILLIAMS ALIVE
Holmes Sheds Tears and Declares He
Knew His Story Would be Con
firmed Telegram Investigated
Philadelphia Aug 20W A Shoe
maker the attorney for II II Holmes
accused of a score of murders received
a telegram today purporting to come
TMI1 TJ Wllllntna nVll nf the
iruui luiiiiuu it ivmmiiiD w U nn
holmes alleged victims It read as fol
lows
Providence H I August 19 1835
To W A Shoemaker attorney Phlla
iklphlui lHcllurt 1 was murdered absurd
Am alive and welt
Signed MINNIK II WILLIAMS
When the message was shown to
holmes he Bald excitedly I knew my
story that I did not kill the girls would
ho confirmed
IK brushed tho tears from his eyes
1 am sorry however that she has
made herself no public by telegraphing
Slit might as well have written
Then Holmes reiterated the state
ment that ho has made so often that
tho last time he saw Minnie Williams
was when he left her at Toronto with
the Pletzel children The prisoner has
every confidence that Minnie Williams
Is the best friend he has and feel as
sured that the telegram that was re
celvcd here today was sent by her for
the purpose of showing loyalty to him
Assistant District Attorney Barlow
would not soy whether he thought the
telegram was genuine or false He ad
mitted however that he would not be
astonished It Minnie Williams appeared
on the scone at any time
Lawyer Shoemaker Is Investigating
the telegram which came over the
wires of the Western Union Telegraph
company Asked an to his belief as to
its genuineness he replied My opin
ion Is that It was sent by Minnie Wil
liams It is more than likely that Min
nie Williams sent the message from
Providence and then hurriedly left the
town
I SILVER SPEECHES
Independent Party Action Urged at
San Francisco
San Francisco Aug 20At the fore
noon session of the nonpartisan silver
convention1 called by the American BI
metallic league fi47 delegates were seat
ed by the committee on credentials
The temporary olllcers George W
Baker and George P Keene were
made permanent chairmen and secre
tary respectively In view of their ser
vices to blmetallsm George W Baker
Rep T J Clunle Dem and Alex
ander Majors Pop were recommend
ed for appointment as National com
mltteemen of the American Bimetallic
league for the State of California and
were instructed to proceed without de
lay to organize bimetallic Itagues
throughout the State
The balance of the session was de
voted to addresses on the silver ques
tion by speakers selected by the pro
gramme committee Assemblyman
Timothy Guy Phelps excollector of the
port said the convention had met to
right a great wrong the crime ot 73
He said by remonetization our paraly
zed Industries would be revived and
American laborers raised to a higher
plane Ho said that demonetization I
benefited the creditor and hurt the
debtor class It disturbed the rights of
contracts
Robert M Beatty of Nevada thought
that silver would not be restored as
long as its friends depended on either
of the old parties He believed that the
Peoples party was alone sincere to
wards silver
11 A Hurley of Calaveras held that
the United States should immediately
proceed to remonetize silver Irrespec
tive of the action of European coun
tries which he thought would soon fol
low such an example set by this coun
try He maintained that the only way
to secure the remonetization of silver
was by the election to Congress oj men
pledged to silver regardless of party
A sliver education was necessary all
over the country
At the afternoon session Delegate
Thompson colored of Sacramento be
lieved that party alllllations should be
thrown aside and men should look to
their own interests He had left the
Republican party although he said it
had freed his race He considered the
negroes had paid their debt to the Re
publican party by twenty years of
ralthful allegiance and henceforth he
would vote tor the man pledged to free
silver
MR ESTEES SPEECH
At the evening session Miss Phoebe
Cousins and lion M M Estee delivered
addresses Mr Estee said
The rock upon which tillS Government
stands In credit and creuit stands on
commence Tlio fundamental proposition
is tnat tne laborer may receive lull pu
for his work and that no siiah hax
continuous employment It is useless tu
say that thirty or forty years ago some
DuUy robbed tne Government me yutb
lion now is wnat is tne remedy In me
last three ycars there HaS been a los iu
values more than the wur of the rebellion
coat The value of labor has depreeiateu
U per cent They answer tnat tills cull
not be because silver was demonetized
twentytwo years UKO Why arc we bo
glnnlni to leel tho effects now of tint
demonetization Three years ajjo our im
ports begun to exceed our expOl IS and lu
pay this excess we had to pay in tHat
Kind of money that England wanted
Our Government concluded to borrow
money to borrow JlUOWuuuO trom Bel
mont and the Itothsuhlids They allowed
the bankers to make a little profit ot
iOOGOyw on thoU transaction us they
promised to protect this country Imagine
three firms of bunkers protecting a na
tion of 70WOotW or people und Jubt think
of tho SOlt of protection they ould give
us No wonder all these banKers are gold
monometalllsts
In 1S73 when silver was demonetized
wheat was 86111111 in Chicago at Jl a
bushel In 1KM wheat was selling In Chi
cago at We a bushel Sliver and wheat
went together and when silver was
worth a food price the price of wheat
was good likewise
This Is u great contest between the
debtor und creditor classes and the way
the creditor gets tho advantage is by de
claring that silver Is not money for lie
knows it Is the current measure of value
of tho everyday produce of the farm and I
the shop
After Mr Estees address the con
vention adjourned until tomorrow
morning I
McMillin Still for Silver
Nashville Aug 20Congressman
Benton McMillin of the Fourth district
In an interview says he is and always
has been for the free unlimited and In
dependent coinage of silver at 16 to 1
and that he will take an active part in
canvassing for the triumph of his pol
icy It Is not known whether he will
again be a candidate for Congress and
some of his friends say he will make
the race for Governor
Investigation Undertaken by tho Bu
reau of Labor
Washington Aug 20The bureau of
labor has recently undertaken an inde
pendent Investigation in a field of in
quiry which It has not before entered
Tho work of American seamen in the
merchant service is the subject to
which the officials of the bureau are
devoting a part of their attention dur
ing the present season Agents have
been stationed at the five principal
ports of tho country New York Bos
ton Philadelphia Baltimore and Han
Francisco whose business Is to Inves
tigate the condition of life and service
ot common sailors employed In the
merchant shipping carried on under
tho United States Hag The terms up
on which seamen are employed the
wages paid them the treatment accord
ed to them at sea and Incidentally the
rations and accommodations furnished
on shipboard are being Investigated
Particular attention Is being paid to
contracts made with seamen
Ii
WONT TAKE THE MONEY I
A Majority of tho Bucks and Squawsj
are on tho Run for tho Agency J
132000 Paid Out
Boise Ida Aug 22The Statesmans
Lewiston special says The Kamlah
Indians part of the Nez Perces who
are being paid for lands at the agency
are the only discordant element In the
settlement of affairs looking to the
opening of the reservation to settlers
I 1 hn + + I
jhKeiil r IIIVV ruueivuu wmu nun uivj
refused to take the money which Is
their portion and will not give their
signatures to the payrolls None ot
till Indians have appeared at the
agency Agent Fisher vlll send the In
dian police to bring tliem to accept the
money or have It deposited to their
ci cOlt
Up to date 257 drafts have been Is
sued jar the total mini or Uozooo as
follows Monday thirtytwo drafts for
22UOO Tuesday ninetyseven uraits
tot 40000 and Wednesday 127 drafts
for 10000 The Blankets are the on
ly ones who carry off the money to
their homes They demand cash for tho
drafts tie the money in handkerchiefs
and depart for their haunts They are
a small proportion of the tribe Seven
tyfive per cent are shrewd enough to
put their money in banks to draw in
terest The First National and Lewis
ton National Banks of Lewlston will
handle ninetenths of the money which
Is not retained by the Indians Individ
ually
Creditors of the Indians have no
trouble In getting everything coming
to them as the rule adopted ot deduct
ing the amount due from the Indians
IH still followed without demur from
the Nez Perces The bu u squaws
and families are on the r rom every
part of the reservation m that they
are satlslled they will not be disap
pointed on reaching the agency Agent
Fisher estimates that within two weeks
all of the Indians will be paid off
D R UGGSfS AT GRAND JJNCflON
Big Delegation on Their Way to
Salt Lake
Grand Junction Colo Aug 22The
excursion train bearing the delegates
of the National Pharmaceutical asso
ciation arrived In this city this after
noon at 330 oclock bearing about forty
people A large number of the dele
gates were driven to some of the fruit
orchards and otherwise entertained by
the citizens Later In the evening a
heavy rain interfered with the further
excursions The excursionists leave at
midnight for Salt Lake
Loin Association Fails I
Minneapolis Aug22rheeoj1
Savings and Loan association has as
signed to J II Bishop The estimated
liabilities are 166800 and the securities
170000 By a bank failure in 1893 the I
association lost 90000
Knights of the Silver Cross
Austin Tex Aug 22Today tne
Knights of the Silver Cross claiming
to be a benevolent order of Missouri
asked the commissioner of insurance to
give them permission to do business in
the State A peculiarity of the order
is that all members are required to
pledge themselves as fearless advo
cates of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 Inde
pendent of the advice or opinion of the
rest of the world
SPARKS FROd 1 iHi WlfES
A meeting of windowglass manufac
turers of me country will be held at
Cleveland 0 next Monday for tile pur
pose It possible of forming a national
combination
Thirteen hundred clonkmukeru have
struck at New York This makes a total
of bout workers on a striKe belonging to
tile several branches or the garment tiude
in tile Hebrew section of tHe city
San Francisco Aug 22 After making
all exhaustive exuimnutlon or the ante
cedents of his Culiiornla daugnterlnlaw
the Marquis of Queensbury hUll pronuonc
cd Lady Sliolto Uouglus lit to take her
I place In the ranks ot iingllBh aristocracy
Tho acting Secretary of the Interior
has decided there are no means whereby
the worn of tho United Stutes mineral
commissioners In Montana and Idaho can
be continued after September llh when
the appropriation becomes exhausted
i
Itev W J Cleveland has left South
UuKota for tOo scone of the recent Indian I
troubles at Jacksons Hole Wyo to In
vestiKuto the causes leading up to the
difficulty Ho goes at the request of the
Indian ulghts association ot lnlladclnlila
Charles It Bishop llrst vicepresident
of tho bank of California hall contribu
ted ISUOUVO to schools und societies In the
Hawaiian islands Tlio money Is to be
used to promote tho Interests of a number
of Institution sustained by the lute Mrs
lllshop in her lifetime
Tho materials composing John Browns
fort are to bo taken IHIIK nnm chiiinm
to Harpers Ferry Va early In Septem j
ber iubllcsplritcd people contributed
tile necessary Hinds In response to lIss
Kato Fields appeals Tho contribution
or the Ltultlmoro < M Ohio railroad takes
tho form of tree transportation
Unofllclal Information received at the
Navy department indicates that tho 1oit
Hoyul dry dock is not yet all that it
should be and possibly if an attempt
were made to dock a big ship lllco tIle
Indiana or other tlrstciats battleships
there might be a great deal or trouble
Tho weak point of the dock Is at the en
trance
Tlio followlnff four safe companies have
consolidated with 1100000 capital Con
lIes halo company Providence H 1
Mosler Safe company Hamilton 0 Mos
lor Safo Lock company > old Mosler
Hank bate company Cincinnati Moses
Mosler Is president of the consolidation
n M n Oc v 00
vjuinin unc in item lorK Hamilton and
Cincinnati
The bequest of J c WllmerdlnB
amounting to KwjOO for tho establish
ment of a rcliool of mcchunlral arts in
connection with the University of Call
fornla will be turned over to tao resents
toduy In his will tho deceased million
aire left the amount stated In tiust to
tho retsents for the founding and main
tenance of wlmt he describes as a school
to teach boys Hades by which they can
earn a living with their ImndH I with
plenty of work and not too much study
I Tile school will probably ho located In
San Francisco
Filled himself with Bullets
Cleveland 0 Aug 22111 the Wed
dell house Cyrus B Cameron shot and
killed himself Six bullets wore fired
all of which took effect Cameron was
a traveling man employed by I M C
Lllley Co of Columbus dealers In
military equipments
L
1
1CT T OF F FRtllllED ft MOB
1
Negro Murderer Lynched by
Ohio Citizens
jfc
Tho Old Man Was Attacked in a
SFieldr and Literally Choked to
J Death I Negro Was Believed to be
1 Insane but the Infuriated Citizens
Took Him from the Officers and
iuntr Him
If n
Cincinnati 0 Aug 21At New
ShmondO twentylive miles up the
Qhtorlvtfr from Cincinnati at 4 oclock
Ifils afternoon a mob took Noah mi
d i rlon ccilored from the Jail and
Hanged him for the murder of Frank
ifli Friedman nearly 80 years old and
president of the First National Bank
oj that place
vMr Friedman was among the wealth
iest I men livClermont county lIe owns
ujmlmbei of farms and lived at Cler
montville about two miles from New
lUehmouU He was driving Into Now
lUclimohd shortly after noon today
when he stopped at one ot his houses
I Hitching his horse at the door he went
Into unvjlr11olnlnrr fII1 wliorp ho waR
suddenly attacked by Anderson a mus
ctiiar negro who had no weapon but
hitS nuuutfr With these lie quiciUy bore
UII aged bUnucr tothu earth anu then
clutcinnu lua tnroui Wit I tie power 01
inauinuii lie literally cHoKed nm nelp
icpb victim to tieatn Then seeing unit
tl i man was deati Anderson led
lUo news of tile snoculng crime trav
el j swiftly for everybody Knew Mr
Fnedmuii I was not long until All
diraon was captured and tuiten to the
NHW Richmond Jail where a great
crowd qUICKlY gathered Anderson
made no attempt 1 conceal his crime
lio gloatingly told all the details and
sold he hau given the old man what le
d
I Is said that Anderson was not right
lit his mind and that one of his hal
Idclnatlons was that Friedman had de
prived him of a large sum of money
Thl truth is the two men had had no
dealings together as Anderson came
to JvJew Itlchmond on a shanty boat
only I a few months ago and claimed to
boa paper hanger
The crowd about the Jail soon be
came wildly excited as the negros
confession became known Cries ot
touch him Hang the coward
wre heard A rope was brought and
tiend seemed near Prominent citi
zens addressed the mob Imploring
moderation and Anderson was in his
celLon his knees crying for mercy
Tabj marshal when a momentary lull
cpin4 attempted to take Anderson to
tt re securo jailatBatavlU thec un
7ly seat No sooner did the man appear
outside the jail than the mob rushed
at the marshal and seizing the pris
oner bore him quickly to the nearest
tree and In a brief time he was dead
Thor was no masking no attempt at
concealment every person present and
engaged In the work knew all the
others I was simply an act of frenzy
under the most aggravating circum
stances The murdered man was en
deared to every citizen and his taking
oil was so sudden that his friends and
neighbors seemed to have lost their
reason
reasonNOT
NOT DUBRANTS KNIFE
Supposed Blood Stains Prove to be
Rust
San Francisco AUK 21 Durrani did
n
not own the bloodstained knife that
was found in a barn at Walnut creek
where he spent the night before his ar
rest The knife belonged to Lieut
Boardman of the signal corps and the
supposed blood stains proved to be rust
When the knife was first discovered I
was thought to have belonged to DUI
rant and that it was the weapon with
which Minnie Williams was killed
Mrs Mary Vogel residing at tilt Pow
ell street directly opposite the normal
school has Informed the police that
she saw Durrant pacing up and down
In front of the normal school from 2
oclock till 3 on the afternoon of April
3rd At 3 oclock when the girls came
nut she saw him nfl iin nnd stipfik In
one of the girls bow to her and afterward
ward board the east side of the dummy
on a southbound Powell street car She
fixes the date positively by several oc
currences and Is certain that she Is
not mistaken in the man
The trial will be resumed tomprrqw
A J LUSKS AllBEST
Declares the Embezzlement Allega
tion is a Fairy Tale
Portland Or Aug lA J Lusk
who according to a dispatch from
Long Beach yesterday was arrested
for the alleged embezzlement of money
from a Kansas bank arrived heru to
day in company with United States
Marshal Grady Air Urudy said Thero
was no arrest 1 have known Mr Lusk
for several months and in fact he his
been doing some work for me
Lusk was spending a weeks vacation
at the coast when Information was re
ceived here to the elfect that the au
thorities at Wichita Kan wanted him
although they have known his where
abouts for the past two years as ap
pealS from the correspondence which
Lusk exhibits
In regard to the story concerning
him Lusk says the statements are u
tissue of falsehoods He says he never
was In a bank at Wichita and that the
allegation that he embezzled 80000 Is
a fairy story Lusk has been engaged
in business ever since he camu here
two years ago Of the exact nature of
the charge on which I ho is wanted In
I chlll
Kansas Mr IUBIC urn not want to talk
DYNAMITE ON THE TRACK
Attempt to Wreck a Northern Pacific
Train Near Butte
Butte Mont Aug 22Tho eastbound
Northern Paclllc passenger which left
Butte at 1030 loaded with passengers
narrowly escaped being blown up
about half a mile east of tho depot A
stick of dynamite had been placed on
tile track and exploded as the last
coach struck It The coach was lifted
from the track by the force of the ex
plosion and badly l wrecked but not one
of the passengers received the slight
est Injury
I Is believed to have been work of
revenge on the part of some one with a
grievane though there Is a suspicion
that It vas the intention to wreck tho
train to tho purpose of robbery
SECOND SMALL BOOTY
Union Pacific Train Robbers Did not
Get Over 100
1100
Omaha Aug 21A special to the Bee
from Gothenburg says Last night
shortly after midnight the eastbound
overland flyer No S on the Union Pa
clllc was held up nt Buttermilk Hill
about two miles this side of Brady
Island where the san hlllR terminate
There were three men visible accord
ing to Conductor Flynns description
Two of the gang got on the train nt
Brady Inland going forward over the
louder after the train was In motion
and with revolvers drawn compelled
the engineer to go back to the baggagu
ell and gain admittance IIu Informed I
the baggageman that there were two
robbers with guns at his head They
I
were admitted and thu expressman
was compelled to open the smaller safe
lie could not open the larger combina
tion wife and the robbers proceeded to
blow the top out with dynamite
Meantime the fireman uncoupled the
engine and ran to Gothenburg for a
posse In n short time twenty volun
teers were en route for the scene of
the robbery but before they arrived
the robbers had disappeared The
bandits wore black slouch hitS with
black silk handkerchiefs for masks I
They were about live feet ten Inches
high und would weight about ICO
pounds They rode on horseback and
evidently came In from the hills
The passengers on board were much
excited but not molested Section Fore
n
man Alex Veroman saw some men
around the place of the robbery several
days ago and has a good description
of them Every effort Is being made
to capture the robbers before they get
out of the country I is impossible at
this hour to learn the amount of booty
secured
The train arrived here at 135 p m
two hours and ten minutes late Ex
press Messenger Thomas McCarl said
the robbers did not get over 100 They
failed to get Inside the large safe Con
ductor Flynn thinks thu escape of the
fireman with the engine alarmed the
robbers and caused them to leave be
fore they had completed their work
Girl Outlaws Captured
Perry Okla Aug 21 Deputy Mar
shal Steve Burke and posse arrested
two notorious female outlaws near
Pawnee Monday night but had to light
to malt the arrests The lames oi the
women are Jennie Medklff formerly
Stephens aged 1C years and Annie Mc
i Doulet aged 15 years The marshals
posse ran Into them Sunday and the
women showed light and several shots
were fired before they gave themselves
up Both were In mens clothes
Lynchers Held for Trial
Ellensburg Wash Aug 21he ex
amination of five men charged with
lynching Charles and Fred Wilson 0
week ago was concluded this afternoon
Frank Elegel and William Kennedy
were heldfor trlaKwlthoutbail A
motion was made to discharge Mike
Llnder and Kobert Linke A decision
will be given tomorrow
Negro Fiends in Texas
Dallas Tex Aug 21 Edeke McAfee
aged 16 died this evening from the ef
fects of burns Inflicted on him by three
negro boys who poured kerosene over
his head and shoulders and then set
fire to his hair and clothing
INDEPENDENT FREE COINAGE
Resolutions Adopted at tho San
Francisco Convention
San Francisco Aug 21At the bi
metallic convention today the report of
I the committee on resolutions which
was unanimously adopted contained
the following as the chief plank of Its
platform
Resolved That at the earliest mo
ment at which It can be legally done
and without in any way considering
the financial policy of any other na
tion or nations and ignoring all ad
vice suggestions or threats from any
and every source our national Govern
ment should return to thu monetary
policy of the fathers of the republic
und at the coinage ratio of gold and
silver of 16 to 1 respectively should
again permit to Individuals the unlim
ited coinage of silver and gold In our
national mliits without preference to
either metal thus again making our
silver and our gold coin for all pur I
poses In this country without discrim
ination for or against either thereby
again making our silver dollar us
It should always have remained a
standard unit measure of values
No programme had ben arranged for
the morning session so the chairman
announced that the time would be oc
cupied with voluntary speeches on sll
bee A number of delegates represent
ing various occupations made brief ad
dresses In response to the invitation
San Francisco Aug n1he work of
the silver convention was practical
ended when the resolutions were adopt
ed In the evening 0 number of stir
ring speeches were made and the con
vention adjourned
CUOIAUOS GREAT EVNT
Bull Fight Will be Pulled 00 With
out Interference
Cripple Creek Colo Aug 21Ever
available space throughout the district
Is covered with llumlng posters announcing
nouncing the coming bulllight at Gillette
lette Sixty carpenters are putting till
llnlshlng touches on the big bullring
The troupe of Mexican bulllighters arrived
rived last night and others will be on
hand by Saturday as they left the City
of Mexico last night
J It Wolfe the projector of the light
says We have already sold over 6000
tickets and 1 do not believe that 100
of the number went Into the hands of
miners 1 have seen Governor Mcln
tyre u and tho sheriff of this county I and
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nothing ot a cruel nature will be dis
played in the arena The light Is co
ming off and there will be no Interfer
ence on the part of olllcers
Indiana Silver Democrats
Indianapolis Aug 22Foul free sil
ver editors representing thc provision
al organization ot the free silver ele
ment ot the Democratic party met to
day at the Grand hotel for consulta
tion John G Shanklln of Evansvllle
candidate for Governor met with them
I was decided to Increase the member
ship of tho committee to twenty
and after the counties hal been organ
ized to call a convention here In No
vember to perfect a State organization
The organization expects to wield pow
er In the State Democratic convention
The Americas cup committee have se
lected September 7th next as the day on
which tile llrst race between tho Yulky
rlo and Defender shall bo held
fRAMMtUD NfBRASKANS
Silver Democrats Demand
Free Coinage
A Cleveland Resolution Came Near
Creating a Riot at the Omaha Con
vention Vigorous Resolutions in
Favor of Freo Silver and Free
Schools and in Opposition to the
AI A
Omaha Aug 22If an effort was
made to conciliate any warring ele
ments In the ranks of the Nebraska
Democrats 11 was not In evidence at the
State Democratic convention today
Prior to the session there was some
talk about tile silver and gold wings of
the party combining but If such a plan
was seriously contemplated It was
early abandoned
From 2 oclock when Chairman
Smith convened the body until 11 to
night when the curtain went down In
the hall sliver was the only apparent
financial problem before the conven
tion But It was essentially a conven
tion of the advocates of the whlto
metal In the party The other wing
Ignored the meeting today and will
convene at Lincoln September 5th
Edgar Howard was made permanent
chairman without opposition and the
following nominations were made by
acclamation
Supreme Court Judge A J Phelphs
regents State university Dr H S
Blackburne arid J J Kettle After
speeches of minor Importance bubbling
over with silver sentiment and opposi
tion to the A 1 A the committee re
ported the following resolutions
FIIEE COINAGE PLATFORM
We the Democrats of Nebraska In
convention assembled reafllrm our
realrm
faith In those principles written In the
Declaration of American Independence
and emphasized Jefferson and Jack
son namely That all men are creat
ed equal that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain Inalienable
rights among which are the following
Life liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness that governments are Instituted
among men to secure these rights and
that governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the govern
ed and we demand that all of the de
partments of the government legisla
tive executive and Judicial shall be
administered In accordance with these
principles
We reaffirm the declarations made
mne
by the last Democratic State conven
1894 tion hold in Nebraska on September 23
1894We
We believe the restoration of the
money of the Constitution Is now the
naramount IRRIIO beforn fun poimtrv
1 and insist that all parties I shall plainly
state their respective positions on the
I question In order that voters may In
telligently express their preference We
therefore declare ourselves In favor of
the Immediate restoration of the free
and unlimited coinage of gold and sil
ver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1
as such coinage existed prior to 1873
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation such gold and sil
ver coin to be a full legal tender for all
debts public and private
We send greeting to our Democratic
brethren throughout the Union who
are making such a gallant fight for the
restoration of hlmptallsm nnri nn n
un nno u
gratulate them on the progress made
We deprecate and denounce as un
American and subversive of the prin
ciples of free government any attempt
to control the action of the political
parties of this country by secret cabals
or organizations of any character and
warn the people against the danger to
our Institutions which lurks under any
such secret organization whether on
religious political or other differences
of opinion
Recognizing that the stability of our
Institutions must rest on the virtue and
Intelligence of the people we stand as
In the past In favor of the free com
mon school system of this State and
declare that the same must be perpetu
ated and receive liberal financial sup
port and that the management and
control of saidschool system should be
nonsectarian and nonpartisan
The Democracy of Nebraska ap
proves and commends the declarations
of President Cleveland In the past in
condemning the pernicious activity of
Incumbents of Federal offices under the
government In attempting to control
the policy and nominations of their par
ties and we hereby recommend the re
newal of the policy of his first adminis
tration In that regard
A delegate attempted to place the
following before the convention as the
minority report
We commend the administration of
President Cleveland as belnir able na
trtotlc and honest and reaffirm the
platform adopted by the Democratic
National convention at Chicago In
1892Scarcely
Scarcely had the first word been ut
tered when the whole convention was
protesting There was such a roar that
order was not established for ten min
utes when the offending resolution was
tabled without comment
HIS FOURTH MAN
Jack Grimes Shoots Al Billings at
Fruita
Frulta Colo Aug 21ncJt firlmos
accused Al Billings of lying ariA Billings
ings pulled a gun This was a month
ago Grimes was silenced but Laid
Youll hear of this In a short time
tme
Yesterday ut the roundup Billings
who was herding came to camp for
water Billings was unarmed Grimes
pulled his gun and began slluIt lag
Billings was hit the ball going through
the stomach and coming out at the
back Billings asked Grime to stop
but nt last stood from behind his horse
and said Ill taltl It like a man I
Grimes stopped Jumped on his horse
and left Billings Is still alive I
Grimes has killed three men Before j
leaving the camp he tool all the guns I
In sight He says he will not bo taken t
Tho shooting took place twenty miles I
north of here I
Charles W Wendlo pastor of the First I
Unitarian church ot Oakland and super
intendent of the American Unitarian as
sociation of the Pacific coast has resign I
ed his pastorate because the rich men of
his church will not give him proper finan
cial support Mr Wendle has accepted a
call from a Boston Unitarian church

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