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The Yale expositor., 1896-07-10

II am on the trail again." said the old scout
when he trod on the womans dress.
good resolution Is supposed to be one that
Will stretch little when necessary.
rock on the top OF Alpine Peak, in Califor-
MIA spoutS electricity.
The Yale expositor., 1896-07-10

FITS stopped free and permanently cured No fits
after first days use Of br. kIIne's Great Nerve
cstorer. Free SO trial bottle and treatise. Marv-
elous cures. DIR. KLINE, 93l Arch St.. Phia., Pa.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12

General Hammond first te1egraphed to
Governor Budd, who wired to the Califor-
MA Congressmen at Washington. The
message ran in this wise:
One of the most prominent mining engineers
of the Pacific Coast has been arrested at
johannesburg on account of his friendship
to Cecil Rhodes. See that his rights as an
American citizen protected.
Late last evening General Hammond re-
ceiyed dispatch from Washington stat
ing that President Cleveland had in
structed Secretary of State Olney to send
a message of like import to President
Kruger. The message informed the gem
eral that the absence of an American
Consul at Johannesburg would not mil
itate against his brothers safety.
Other prominent Californians reported
to have been arrested at the same time as
Mr.. Hammond are: Victor n. Clement; !;
Harry Webb, superintendent of the Selby
Smelling Works up to ninety days ago
Ed Garthwaite, a brother of the president
of the Union Bank of Oakland; Al Thigh
man, chief assayer of Cecil Rhodes mines
at johannesburg.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12

should go out of business another one
would be formed at once on the same lines
with new capital, as the first one was over
subscribed. The attitude Of the German
bankers, he asserted, was more important
to Morgan than the action of the Chemi-
cal Bank and the New York Life Insur-
ance Company, as the foreigners, through
Speyer d Co., it is said, have guaranteed
to take $25, 900, 900 of the issue and place it
abroad, thereby bringing in just that much
new gold.
The bonds, it is said, will be held for in
vestment and will not be returned as was
the case with the February loan. In the
meantime gold is piling up at this center,
the receipts from abroad during the past
few days amounting to over $4,000, 900.
The report that the Morgan syndicate
would issue formal notice of the disso-
luton to-day did not materialize. 1t was
learned, however, that some of the leading
mem bers of the syndicate met informally
and decided that hereafter they would act
in their individual capacity, 80 far as
bidding for the new bonds is concerned.
Owing to the absence of the head of the
syndicate, Mr.. Morgan, nothing of any
official character could be obtained, but
it is reasonably certain that on Monday
| next there will be statement of some sort
from the syndicate. The opinion is GER
tain in banking circles that the announce
ment on Monday will be to the effect that
the syndicate, in view of recent develop
ments, considers it best to dissolve, leav7
ing each member to file his own bid with
| the Secretary of the Treasury.
| WASHINGTON. d. c., Jan. 1.-THE
treasury gold reserve at the close of busi-
ness to-day stood at $50, 029, $50. The with
drawals at New York to-day amounted to
| $55, 900. The treasury completed to-day
sending out to postmasters Secretary
Carlisle's circular inviting bids for bonds.
On the top, signed by William L. Wilson,
Postmaster General, is printed this notice !:
"The postmaster is hereby directed to
post this circular in conspicuous place in
his office"
AS there are over 70, 900 postoffices in the
United States the printing and distribution
of this number was no small matter.
Director Preston of the treasury has
gone to Philadelphia to hurry up gold
coinage there. The heavy gold exports of
| the past few weeks has made inroads on
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
impossible to convict one of high treason
and not find the other equally guilty.
WAS Il WIDESPREAD PLOT.
Ja'neson's Raid appears to Be Only az,
Opening Hedge.

0dmeson's Raid 5ppedrs to Be Only an
Opening Hedge.
LONDON, Eng, Jan. 11.-Advices from
Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange
Free State, say that the delegates of the
Orange Free State who were sent to Pre-
torla TO confer with the Government of the
South African Republic and proffer to the
Iransvaal Government the assistance of
the Orange Free State, if it should be re-
CURED, have returned to BIoemfontein
and reported to the Rand (the executive
corps).
The delegation report that documents
have been discovered disclosing a wide
spread plot of which DR.. Jameson's raid
into the Transvaal was a part. The dele
gates entirely absolve Governor Robinson
OF the Cape Colony of all knowledge of the
conspiracy.
Dispatches from Johannesburg, dated
January 8 say that the situation there
mas become more grave in consequence of
the condition imposed by President
Kruger That the release Of jameson and
ms followers shall be contingent upon the
aoroeation OF the convention of 1884
thereby making the Transvaal republic
an absolutely independent state.
Advices from Johannesburg state that
several OF the members of the reform com.
mittee have fed and that one of them has
been allowed to depart after depositing
surety for his appearance when wanted in
the sum of f20,0 900.
1t is rumored that the Government of
the Transvaal will demand the cession of
Amatongaland from Natal. This report.
however, is not believed.
The Globe says it hears that the fyinp
squadron just formed will first 90 to the
Mediterranean. 1t adds that the vessels
attached to the squadron, which NAV
eventually be ordered to proceed to Del
agoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa, will
probably go by way of the Suez Canal.
The whole statement has doubtful air.
Dispatches from Portsmouth state that the
date of the departure of the flying squad
ron from that port has not yet been fixed,
but it is expected that Rear-Admiral A. T.
Dole, who has been appointed to the
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
TREASURER ALDRicH FLED.
It IS Supposed That He Burned tho Court
house to Conceal His
Sborfnoe

LINCOLN. NEBR., Jan. 11.-Advices re-
ceived at the Statehouse to-day are to the
effect that w. E. Aldrich, late treasurer of
Gosper County, has fed, presumably to
Oregon. Last November, while Examiner
McCloud was making an investigation of
the books of Aldrich at Elwood, the court
house was burned. Everything pointed to
incendiarism, and Aldrich was openly
charged with the crime in order to conceal
a shortage. He was not arrested, end his
friends claimed that he was insane. No
attempt was made to send him to the
asylum. however, and now it develops that
he has left the State. Examiner McCloud
says there is shortage to the State, but
how much he cannot tell for some weeks,
as nearly all the records were burned.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
SOON TO Be DISSOLVED,
Members of the Morgan Syndicate
Will Act in Their Indi.
vidual Capacity.
German Bankers May Contribute
twenty-five Millions for
the Bonds.

NEW YORK, N. Y, JAM 1.-THE with
drawal of the New York Life Insurance
Company from the Morgan bond syndi-
cate following so closely on the heels of
the Chemical Bank started rumor in the
street that the Morgan syndicate will send
out formal notice of its dissolution to-day
Speaking of the reported dissolution of
the present Morgan syndicate a banker
said that even if the commission should
disband it would not imperil the success
of the new loan in the slightest degree
He claimed that if the present syndicate
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
OWNED By a DEFAUL7ER.
Tho Principal Stock of a Defanct Bank
in Bad Hands.

LINCOLN. NEBR., Jan. 1.-THE State
Banking Board has taken charge of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Platte
Center The bank has capital stock of
$4,000 and was largely owned by County
Treasurer Lynch, who retired from office
yesterday short in his accounts. His
shortage is reported to be between $40 900
and $4,000. When the shortage was first
discovered, it was reported that Mr.. Lynch
had the money loaned out and might be
able to collect it within few davs. but
this is now questioned. An investigation
is in progress.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
DEMANDS VIGILANCE.

Rosebery's Opinion of the Crisis II, Great
Britain.
LONDON, ENG, Jan. IL. - Ex- Prime
Minister Rosebery, replying to an inquiry
addressed to him on the subject, has writ
ten that the position of Great Britain in
respect to foreign affairs is one of some
anxiety, and demands the most concen-
trated vigilant and sympathic attention of
all parties. He adds:
1--WE shall surmount the difficulties cas-
lily enough if we face them unitedly. 1t
will be time enough when the cloud has
lifted little to discuss domestic affairs. >.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
FIFTF-FOUR ARRESTS.

Further WGrrdnts for Members of the
Reform Committee.
LONDON, ENG, Jan. ia dispatch to
the Central News from johannesburg SAYS
that fifty-four arrests of members of the
Reform Committee have already been
made, and that further warrants have been
issued.
The dispatch adds that the curiosity con-
corning the losses sustained by the Beers
in the fighting with DR.. Jameson's party
is unappeased. There is reason to believe
that they lost 150 men at Doornkop alone.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
THE ARREsr or HAMMoND.
among Those i,l Custody at Pretoria for
Treason.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, Jan.
u.-John HAYS Hammond, an American
mining engineer. was among the members
OF the reform committee who were arrested
here to-day and taken TO Pretoria, charged
with high treason. A stringent passport
system is being enforced here against Ger
man Interference in TransvaaI trou bles.
Hammond is a protege of Hon. Cecil
Rhoades, and his arrest is assumed to con-
firm the suspicion that Rhoades was dl-
rectly connected with the uprising against
the Beers. The relations between Ham
mond and Rhoades are so close and their
interests are so interviewer that it will be
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12

the Government supply at New York and
1t will be part of Director Preston's busi-
ness in Philadelphia to send gold to New
York. heavy shipment of gold to New
York from the Philadelphia mint will be
made during the coming week
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12

Removed From the Office of Adminis-
traitor.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, Jan. Ii
Sir Hercules Robinson has issued a procla-
nation removing DR.. Jameson from the
Office of Administrator of Mashonaland
and appointing ]. F. Newton Secretary
and Receiver-Genera1 of British Bechu-
analand in his place. Newton is an i'm
periaI officer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
Death of an Aged wheermau.

OWINGSVILLE, KY, Jan. IA. D.
Ruff, the Oldest and probably the best
known member of the National League of
American Wheelmen, who recently made
a trip to Yellowstone Park on his bicycle,
is dead, aged 50 years.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
THE GOVERNMENT ACrs.
To Notify Kruger That American Right.
Must Be Resnccted.

General R. P. Hammond, on hearing of
the arrest of his brother, John Hayes
Hammond, did not let the grass grow
under his feet. He kept the wires hot
during the afternoon, and in the evening
was enabled to announce to his friends that
the National Government would see that
the arrested men had fair play.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-12
THE BAND PLAYS Q
JAMEsoN IN DISGRACE.

command of the squadron, will be at sea
by January IS.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24
SENATOR TKLLKR and his fellow bolt

SENATOR TELLER and his fellow boilers
from the republican convention have is
sued an address in which they say that
''the democratic party, in it's Chicago
convention, has taken a position in it's
platform 80 pronouncedly favorable to
silver, and has nominated candidates of
such unusual unquestionsble convictions
in favor OF the bimetsllic policy, and Of
such high personal character, that We
have determined to give them our sup
port, and therefore. announce that we
shall by voice and vote support Messrs.
Bryan and Sewall for president and vice
president and we appeal to all citizens,
and especially to republicans Who feel as
we do, that gold monometallism would
be of lasting injury to the country, to act
with us in securing their election"
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24

districts where division OF the SCUM
money vote, by q republican csndidat
also in the field. would elect silver man
Beware Of Greek bringing gifts
Col. J. B., Csstleman. Of Louisville
says he will not support Bryan, because
OF the platform he was nominated on and
for the further reason that he is toe
young and inexperienced to sit at the
helm Of State. He slso says that the
Confederate soldiers as general thing
will decline to vote for him.
The silver convention, also at st.
Louis, went about lite work with no
loss Of time on preliminaries. Perma-
nent organization was quickly effected,
with W. p. st. John, of New York, as
chairman, and conference committee
was appointed to secure from the pop.
nlists an agreement on Bryan and Sc
wall.
AS all were leaving the convention
hall at Chicago, at the close, the vendors
Of photographs called out: Buy rem
iniscepces of the great Chicago conven-
ton" We who had injured our nose by
fall in the convention, replied; with
a busted party and busted nose, have
"reminiscences enough Col Crsddock
in Paris Kentuckisn.
MIR. L X. Taylor said when taking
the chair as chairman of the Kentucky
populist convention: "Yes, the once rec
reant democracy has rushed hurridly,
enthusiastically and madly back into
line. We have forced democracy to &C
cept populism and have forced them TO
accept a patriot for their candidate. But
we are yet afraid to entrust all the ma
chinery in their hands"
A dispatch from Lawrenceburg says
that John B. Thompson made the sblest
defense yet heard OF the work OF the Chi
capo convention. He said 1t was the
nearest approach to q true democratic
meeting ever held; that no populistic,
snarchistic or socislistic men or meas
ures were in it's deliberations. He de-
nounced the boilers, and was applauded
for nearly every expression along this
line.
John d. White. who is camping on
the trail of the Hon. ID. q. Colson, has
caused him to. propose TO submit an
agreed case to the court OF appeals in or.
order to ascertain whether or not the
primary in the 18th Congressional dis
trict has been called according to law, and
if called according to law, whether or
not any man can be compelled to pay any
sum of money in order tc get his name
on the ballots. Mr.. White has accepted
the pronosition.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24

THEpops at st. Louis compromised by
electing Senator Butler, Of North Carroll.
ma, temporary chairman. He made a
speech charging that the democrats had
stolen most Of their thunder, but said il
peoples party should go out Of existence
the democrats would repudiste their plat
form. The committees we're appointed
aud the convention adjourned till s P. NJ,
when, they found the electric lights turn.
ed out and after cropping around in the
darkness for half an hour adjourned till
10 Yesterday. The Middle Of the Road
men claimed that it was a Bryan trick
and were very hot in the collar and re-
doubled their energies to defeat endorse
ment of him and his platform.
A dispatch from st. Louis at 4 O'Clock
said that the matter had not been settled
but every move was a Bryan victory.
Senator Allen, OF Nebraska, was made
chairman and Gen. Weaver,
another Bryan man, chsirmsn OF com
nittee on resolutions.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24

The republican papers are tickling the
sound money democrats, who say they
will not vote for Bryan, by praising their
patriotism in refusing to subordinate
country to party. Then they work in a
good word for Mckinley like this in the
Louisville Commercial; THE best way
to defeat populism lie to beat Bryan. The
best way to beat Bryan is to vote for Nc
Kinley." The democrat who listens to
to this "wslk into my parlor," as the spi
der said TO the fly, is a bigger fool
than the Johnson colt. No democrat
can sacrifice every other principle but
that OF the currency to vote for the high
priest OF protection, who stands on a
platform every plank OF which is con-
demnstory OF democracy and democrat
ic performances.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24
w. P. WALTON.
SIX PHOES-

The Danville Advocate repudiates the
Chicago platform and ticket in its issue
OF the 22d. The hardness in taking a
position in the matter might be attribu-
ted to q desire to see which way the moot
OF the cats we're going to jump, until it
is explained that Editor Voolfolk has
been from home since the convention,
till this week. He thinks il dishonest
and inconsistent for a man, who has sd-
vocated sound money to accept plat
form declaring for free silver. This is
rather a blunt way of putting it, but we
shall not discuss that point now. We
have taken our stand for Bryan and Sew.
ALL for the same reason that we should
have demanded that the free silver men
accept the ticket and platform had the
gold men been in the majority at Chics-
go. II every mans opinion must be held
as law unto itself, party and party or
esnization would 90 to pieces. We are
as far from endorsing the Chicago plat
form as a whole as anybody, and we re-
gard several other utterances equally as
deplol able as that on the money ques-
ton. but the convention was regularly
called and was dominated by men who
were the representatives of a democratic
constituency. They we're as much the
constituted authorities OF the party as
the representatives of the gold standard
men and to the DEGREES Of that conven-
ton we bow, at the same time surrender
ing no opinion previously expressed. We
can not all have our way and conse-
quently the democratic principle of ma
jority rule must prevail or the democrat
ic party will 60 to the demnition bow
vows. We therefore appeal to every
democrat to stand by the colors raised by
their representatives at Chicago and like
true soldiers obey orders without ques-
ton.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24

George Swain, living near Dryden
Mich, killed his three children, set fire
to his house and then blew his own
brains out. His wife died short time
ago and it is thought that brooding over
the loss OF her deranged bis mind
While resisting arrest Alex Ander-
son, q suspected horse thief, who gave
bis residence as Ireland, Ind, was fatal.
ly shot by Marshal Funk. near Elizabeth
town. Anderson shot the marshal in
the shoulder, but the wound is not Sc
rious.
-Jsiler Richardson, OF Aurora, ILL.,,
fired his pistol into the air for the purpose
OF stoppings desperate fight among three
of his prisoners. The bullet struck the
steel ceiling and glancing hit one OF the
prisoners who was asleep, killing him in
stsntly.
The merchants OF Lexington have
formed a commercial association on the
order of Bradstreet's for mutual protec-
ton. lie business will include several OF
the surrounding towns. Customers in the
district will be rated according to their
in meeting their accounts, in
a book which will be issued at stated
p RODS. Unpaid accounts will be sold
at public auction. Lexington Herald.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24

TIE opposition papers do not charge
Mr.. Bryan with plagiarism, but they do
say that like history, he repeats him
self. For instance, he said in his famous
Chicago speech which won the nomins-
ton: "You shall not press down this
crown OF thorns upon the head OF labor;
you shall not cruelty mankind on a cross
of gold" In Congress in 1894, in speak
ing in opposition to exempting the notes
of State banks from taxation, he said.
II, for one. will not yield to the demand.
l will not help to cruelty mankind on a
cross of gold; l will not aid them to
press down upon the bleeding brow OF
labor the crown OF thorns."
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24
democratic convention.
POLITICAL POINT

The gold reserve is now below the
ninety million mark and is still dissp'
pearine.
"A democratic elector- at-large in Ma.
ryland has withdrawn and will vote for
Mckinley
West Virginia. republicans nominal
ed Atkinson for governor and La Fol-
lette for auditor.
A large majority OF the business
men of Harrodsburg are for sound mon
ey and most OF them for the nomination
of a new ticket.
Out of 80 democrats interviewed by
the Journal at Nicholssvlle county court
day only 10 said they would not support
the Chicago ticket.
Congressman George d. Wise may
run for Congress in the Richmond, Va,
district as the candidate OF ali the sound
money men, irrespective of party lines
Phil Hussipg, member OF the Boyle
county democratic committee, has resign
ed because he can not subscribe TO the
Chicago platform. He Decent favor a
third ticket.
The Atlanta Journal, Secretary Hoke
Smiths paper, which led the fight in
Georgia against silver, says in it's leading
editorial that while it can not approve
all the Chicago platform, it will support
Bryan and Sewsll.
Statistics show that 972,S64 people
died in the United States last year, and,
it is said. that in the long list there was
only one Office holder. There is no way
to ascertain the number OF office seekers
in the mortality list. - Georgetown Times.
Bragg, of Wisconsin, and Fiizhugh
Lee, Of Virginia, would make a presi-
Dental ticket that would arouse the
stunned democracy North and South
and unite the blue and the gray in one
grand effort to save the country from dis
honor. Louisville Post.
-Ex-Gov. John p st. John of Kan
sas, who bolted the Pittsburg prohibit
ton party with the rest OF the broad
guage wing, and was one of the leading
spirits in the formation Of the National
party which nominated National ticket,
has again bolted, this time to the democ-
rscy.
The old democratic committee OF
Fayette county held a meeting at Lex
ington TO further the candidacy of Col.
Breckenridge for Congress. The mem.
bers OF the committee claim they can
not legally be deposed until their term
of Office expires in November, 1899, they
having been elected by the people.
Plans are under consideration by the
republican Congressional campaign COM
mittee for aiding in the election OF sound
money democrats to Congress in some
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-07-24

TIE Kentucky pops are hard to please,
when the Chicsgo platform finds no iav-
or in their eyes. In convention at Pa
ducah they resolved against endorsing
Bryan, unless he will accept the nomi-
nation on q separate platform. "The Keep
in the Middle Of the Road" pops, the
name given to those who want no sffilia-
ton with the democratic party, were
largely in the sscendancy at the Psducsh
gathering.