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ifiiis iii ii. j Attitude of the Spaniards Beyond ; Amer'can Acquiesence. GOV- CLOUGH'S BLOOD UP. j New York Politics Greet Oration to Rouse- j \elt: 20.03 Peccle Present Van Wyck M- ' so uivcn a Reception; a Number of Gc!J t Democrats V.teruicd. \ Pakis, France, (Pv Cable.) .'he United States neuce commissioners bo- | gan tbeir usual three hours ses.->icn. a? 10 v clock Saturday mo:niug. They are understood to have taken into consideration suggestions and counter propositions from the Spainiards, of which the Americans now have enough to engage their attention at the daily session. It may be regarded as quite likely that the Spaniards have air6ady outlined their expectations and that they are beyond the line of possible acquiesenee by the Americans. The latter are now acting along well considered iinCs, consistently and with a definite end 1:1 view. They have to some decree dis- | closed Amer.mu expectation and deter- j ruination. i'ue Spainiards, however, I seem unable or unwilling at the outset, to understand or believe the Americans have at the outset put forth their requirements, and that they are destined to remaiu virtually unchanged by liuest-e or counter diplomacy. While the Philippines have not j-et been reached in the deliberations this question is doubtless relatively not far distant,and at that point i- likely to come the full stress of their diplomatic controversy, j Relering to the Philippine phase of the ; negotiations The (.laudios says: ''The question was somewhat touched upon, though not dicussed Friday, but there was enough to indicate serious diflicul lies wueu 11 noes t-urne uj>. Go>crror C!ou?h Incensed. The following telegram was sent by Governor dough, of Minnesota, to the War Department: "Adjutant-Genera!, Washington. No one claims that reenforcements were needed at Walker. I have not been asked for assistance from that quarter, though I do not think that Genera! Bacon has won the victory he claims. The people generally say so. The Indians claim they have won and that is my opiuiou. The people all along the Fosston branch of the Great Northern Railroad are very much alarmed and are asking for assistance for the protection asked of the War Deri n~ti? out Th? soldiers are here and are willing and ready to go, but as you have revoked your order of yesterday, you can do what you like with veur soldiers. The State of Minnesota will try and get along without assistance from the Department in the future. D. M. Clotigh, Governor. I'pou receiot of Governor Clough's message. General Corbin visited the White Honse and "ehj^-ed it to the President. An order wVfeMft to Genera! Bacou, directing him to confer with Goveinor dough, \ and to station troops along the line of { the railroad iu the vicinity of the recent ] trouble, in such numbers as will prevent any danger to tbe people and to allay their alarm. New York Politics. New Yoke City. (Special). An es. J timate of the number of well-wishers that thronged the streets leading to the Union League Club and the club house itself Saturday night at the reception tendered to Colonel Theodore Koose- j velt is 20,000. When the Colonel was about to depart, shortly after 10 o'clock, the crowd began clamoring loudly for a speech. He finally decided to say something from the front steps. A mighty roar went up when he appeared, t'td was introduced as "The Governor." His short address was tumultuonsly received. Justice Augustus Van Wyck. the Democratic nominee for Governor of the State, was aiao given a rousang reception at the Manhattan Glub, as ware several other candidate on the State ticket who were present The occasion was made significant not only by the presence of a great crowd, but by the presence of many gold Democrats, prominent among whom was John G. Carlisle. , Germany's Sentiment Changing. There has been a great change in German public opinion on the subject of the retention of the Philippine Islands by the United States. The feeling toward America, generally, is much more favorable than it was a couple of month ago. l'rivy Councillor Schwartzenstein, formerly of the German embassy at Washington, declares that Germany does not dream of putting obstacles in America's way. Absorbed by American Tobacco Co. After negotiations extending o~:-r several months, the American Tobacco n V?. V. ULU^aujf, vi c?? JLUXO, lid J purchased the immense tobacco works and warehouses ovfued by the Drurnmoud Tobacco Company, of St. Louis, Mo,, of which Harrison I. Drummond is president. The plant is one ot the largest of its kind iu the world. The cash price was $3,457,001', paid by the American Tobacco Company in certified checks drawn to ttie order of Harrison Drummond, president of the now defunct company. The sale cf the Drummond Tobacco Company was outright There were no stock considerations. Indian Troubles Not 0\er. Reports from Walker, Minn., indicate that the Indian troubles are not m over. Grave apprehension prevails among the settlers along the Fosston Branch of the Great Northern, and they have asked for military protection. Two battalions of the Minnesota National Guard have been sent to Deer River and Cass Lake. They are equipped with a Gatling and a field gun for each battery, and each man ear'iee * aabre and a revolver ? WHIPPING POST AT CAMP GFIGER. Col. Tillman Prosecuted for Cruelty ts Little Negroes. Columbia was filled with stories of Lieut. Col. James II. Tillmau'scruelty iu whipping three little negroes, Arthur Fair, Jim Smith and another named Wiley, aged about 14 years, recently, for stealing a pistol from "Cncle George," a trusted and faithful old negro servant wno accompauieu me First regiment oil its travel?. Capt. 0. K. Manlilin oi Company H, and Lieuts. Walter M. JJunlup, Company G, and Wade H. Ligon, Company H, were very active in preferring charges against Coi. Tilixnau aud swore out a warrant for a preliminary hearing before .Magistrate Ciarkson. While the whipping post cannot be condoned, yet viewing the case in the light of facts brought out in the preliminary, the ulfair was considerably exaggerated. Two of the negroes were in Col. Tillman's employ, aud from Col. Tillman's point of view he hud no idea that the men would handle the uegroos as roughly as they did, although tho chastisement was by 110 ineau3 gentle. . -?o? Blessings in Disguise. There islittle doubt that the low price oi cotton win prove a uiessmg 111 <usguise to hundreds of farmers in Vork county. They are arranging to sow tko largest acreage in wheat that Las ever been sown in those parts, and they are not going to do the work iu the usual haphazard style. They will prepare the land properly, sow the grain with a drill and use fertilizer freely. The prevailing method of "sowing" wheat has been to throw the seed ou unpioughed ground, covered with grass, weeds, cotton 01 corn stalks, and then "[dough it in" with a twister plough. The result was that, us a rule, the yield was poor, aud wheat-raising was pronounced a failure. It is easy to predict that with iui[ roved methods there will bj increased yield per acre, and wheat-raising will be put down as a "success." Some farmers say now that they do not expect to plant any cotton ut all next year. The Postoffice Park. Charleston's now Postoffice Park will probably be completed earliear than was at lirst expected. The iron fence has been up for several days and the contractors are getting in the final pieces of the work. When finished the park will be one of the handsomest in the country, and will be a decided ornament in place of of a barren waste, which has been such an eye-sore, near the government building. The grounds will be regularly laid out with walks and pretty fiowers wiil be planted in all the plats. The bronze fountain in the centre of the park will be connected with the water pipes within the next few days. She Broke the RccorJ. Tbo fine Pritisii steamship Idar, of the Johnson Blue Cross Line, cieared I t f^\ 1^-4. / i : i iruui u.uariet>tuii lur iji>er[JUUJ, uiiirj* mg the largest cargo of cotton ever loaded at that poit. There were under the decks of the great ship no less tiiau 12,893 bales of upland cotton and 2;> bags of sea islaud cotton. 'I his is even raore cotton than was carried by the Idar wnen she loaded at Charleston last fall. - A Pretty Little Pamphlet. "A Young Man and His Evenings," j is the title of a handsome pamphlet that has just been issued by the general secretary of the Charleston Y. M. C. A. It is a carefully prepared statement of* the aims and objects of the Association, and tells of some advantages gained by membership. *0%. Reasonable Savage Asked. A libel for salvage has been filed in i the United States district court at Charleston byCapt. Robert H. Lockwook for the steam tu:r Cecili against the fishing schooner Carrie S. Allen, which hail such a narrow escape from ! being wrecked in the recent atorin. Greenville's Grea: Camp. There will be nine regiments at Greenville about twelve thousand men. They will go there from Camp Meade, Knoxvillo and Lexington, Ky. Nothing definite is known as to the time of departure. -HS Col. Brookcr a Candidate. Col. Norton W. Urooker, of the sinking fund commission, has announced his candidacy for the position of superintendent of the penitentiary. Ke has prepared a circular letter and is distributing it in his hekalf. Searching for .Minerals. Some time ago some excitement was created by the discovery of an apparently new niude grave on the land cultivated by 3Ir. Allen Woodle, near j Burnt factory, a few miles north of I liennettsville. It seemed that the grave J had been robbed and rt-iiiled, but it 1 now turns out that tho excavation was made by certain unknown parties who ! had been making searches through that j portion of the count}* for valuable miaI eralB. The (Musical Festival, j The Charleston Musical Association, i which will be reorganized for the eom; ing season this month, was organized | in 1875 apd gave its llrst concert June I 10 of that year. The organization was ; ellected by such well known men as j George H. Walter. J. R. Read, J. i Murdoch, H. H. IleLcon and others. The lirst cantata given was "The Wal purgis Night," by Mendelssohn. The concerts were a great success from the very first, and have continued so to the present time. Robert Haig, clerk in Lndin's bookstore. Charlestan, was knocked down, choloroformed and robbed by a6trange negro recently. The negro also ransacked the show cases and attempted to force the cash drawers. X The Fall Festival. Charleston's Fall Festival for 189S will begin on Monday, October 24. The committee in charge has made more elaborate preparations for the event than for many years past, and the show gives promise of being one of the best and most successful on record. Palmetto Pointers. Republicans in the fifth district have brought out a Congressional candidate. The new paving in front of the State eapitol has been completed and is a jrejrt improvement. EXAMPLE FOR SMALL PLACES. ! The Milling Company at Ccronacn Meeting With Great Success. The Corouaea ?Jilli*)g company is doing a rushing business now. Night and day the machinery is running at full blast The cotton is raised from 1 tho wagon by au elevator, by which it is carried direct to the gin, auii w.thiu the short time of 12 minutes the wagon j may leave the yard bearing therewith the cotton iu bale and the seed which only a few minutes since passed zarougn me eievaxor. m cuauevuuu with this plaut is an oil mill, and if the farmer chooses ho may liiiu a sale for ; his cottonseed while his cotton has J been ginned. The College of Charleston. The one hundred and thirteenth year I of the College of Charleston was for- j xually opened with the usual chapel J service and exorcise^. The chapel, ! newly painted and renovated, presented i an attractive appearance with its taste- j ful decorations, as does the whole of i the interior of the main building,which has been thoroughly overhauled during the summer. Oil the rostrum were the j members of the faculty, and after tho chape! service and prayer tl.e president ! uiado a brief address of welcome. j Daryan's Mammc'.h Corn Sta'!<. -\r- v ho.l a,i,;i,;f;nn i at tho I'ee-J >ee waro house, in ] lorence, i a stalk of corn that measured 17 . feet i in leugth. Tho ears ure 10 feet from I the root. Mr. Dargan has an acre of j such corn 011 his farm which is fully fruited. The gathering of this corn wiii ( evidently have to bo done from step ladders, as there are other stalks taller I than this one. A Serious Accident. William Daniels, a young boy about j to j-ears of age, employed at the (Iran- | by cotton mills, Columbia, came near losing his hie by being caught in the machinery and drawn in. Daniels is employed in the carding room and while walking between the machines he was not careful enough and met with tho accident mentioned* He was unable to extricate himself and his skull was horribly crushed. Bo-piilncr I pftprc nf Arrflntnni f The Charleston Confederate reunion | executive committee continues to re- ' ceive letters of acceptance from gentle- : men appointed to serve as members : from the various counties, and the in- ! dications are that this branch of the i committee will be full and in good ; working order in time to 6ccond the j efforts of the local committee. - Another Shooting Scrape.* A negro named George Young was shot by William Mee?ze, a member of Co. K of the First regiment at Columbia. It seems from the facts stated that Young was drunk, and was somowhat insolent when Meetze railed him ' down. The negro cursed him and the result is that lie is now suffering from two flesh wounds, one in the thigh and the other in the hand. -?? - Our "Little Danvilic." The tobacco town of Mullins will be an agreeable surprise to any business j rnau who will journey forth and inspect | its brief history ami iinowork. Mullius is the "Little Dauville" of this State. Four years a<ro not oDe pound of tobacco Mas sold there. Now, comparatively speaking, it has no equal in the IState as a tobacco market. Charleston and Savannah. Although Savannah has t>een designated as the point of embarkation for the troops to go to Cuba, Secretary AIccr says that Charleston is to have & fair share of the business. The report j of Col. Hecker gives Savannah certain , advantages over Charleston, which, from a purely business standpoint, the ; o .- It J CCtTlHttl.) it'll uuuuu U| -< Cf Blind Man's Neck \Y as Broken. Charles Solmond, familiarly known j as "Blind Charley," fell in a ditch on one of tko back streets in Camden and j broke his neck. "Blind Charley" was : a very familiar figure around Camdea. He was a colored man, and has been blind all his life, and supixirted himself by selling piuders, apples, etc., on the streets. Orangeburg's School. The Orangeburg Co-educational institute opened recently under conditions wLich promise a most successful term. About 100 students matriculated, j and the outlook is for a large uud eariy j increase. The Gocruor is laiited. The following invitation lias been re- ; coived by Governor Ellerbe from the j Governor of Michigan: The honor of j your presence is requested at the tin- j veiling ceremonies 01 me siatueerecieu | to the memory of Austin ]>Iair, war j governor of Michigan, '03' the State of Michigan, in the capital grounds at Lansing, October 10, ar 2 o'clock )>. 111. H. S. l'ingree, Governor of Michigan. Oniy Sl.000 Short. The finding of W. K. Ingram, special master in the case against D. E Keels, ex-county treasurer of Sumter county, has been filed in the office of clerk of the court at Sumter. Ex-Treasurer j Keels is found to owe the county less I than $1,000, instead of $8,000, us j 1 claimed by othors who have examined ! his books and rnado report to the grand jury. Palmetto Roller Mill. The Palmetto Roller Mill, of Spartanburg, has b6cn rebuilt exactly as it was before the unfortunate fire in Juue. j It now has a capacity of 00 barrels a i day. The people of the county are pa- j tronizing it liberally and are much j pleased ut the quality of its production. ? ? | The Pomaria Robbers. i Messrs. Hunt & Hunt and James Y. J Culbroath, at the request of their clients J in the Fomaria robbery cases, nave withdrawn the anpeal to the Supreme Court for anew trial and they will be taken to the State penitentiary. They were convicted at the February term of court at Newberry and sentenced by Judge Benet. Peace Society's Meeting. The South Carolina Peace Society held its 26th anniversary meeting at the Tabernacle in Columbia recently. The meeting was well attended. [ THE NEWS'EPITOMIZED. / Waihlneton Item*. To ! A board of o'fficers has been appointed by : the Secretary of War to consider and report ^ ! upon the question of the location of the | proving around of the Ordnance Depart- mo j ment In connection with the permanent fay batteries to be erected at Sandy Hook. V01 I Admiral Howell has been relieved from tin | command of the North Atlantic Squadron. | Commodore Philip succeeds him. I The deaths of six American soldiers from smallpox and eight from typhoid fever are reported to the War Department from Manila; an artillerymau was killed ^ by a sentry. sg i The War Department directed Majorj General Graham to make no permanent Improvements at Camp Meade, Middle cur.ilifs Chief Surgeon Girard thinks the entire ? i Second Corps will be shipped to Cuba for "T garrison dutvand is sending the sick to the , city hospitals. Secretary Lons has awarded contracts for the four coast defense inonitorsk in accordance with the lowest bids, namely, one ; mofiitor to Lewis Nixon, at $823,000: one to the Newport News Company, at $860,000: one to the Until Iron Works, at $862,000, j^U and one to the Union Iron Works, nt $873,I ??"- ine United States Consul Wolf, at Noumea, I reports that new pearl Holds of ureat rich- Pot ness have been discovered off the west La coast of New Caledonia, One shell, be said, wis contained no fewer than 256 pearls, and pla j one little I oat of one and a half tons fur- an< nislted la-t year twenty-two pounds ol ?r.i pearls, I Orders have been issued for the muster- n-? in;; out of tlie Ninth Company, United f'1H States Volunteer Signal Corps, Lieutenant me J. 1). Woo 1 commanding, now at Washing- / ton lfarracks, District ot Columbia. ? wit | Alfred D. Fry has been appointed Chief "!u Engineer of the Cu-:om House and Post t, Office at New York City at a salary of $2,- ? ,f mil The President ordered, that all sick sol- Coc dlers in Porto P.ico are to be brought back of I at once. 4 General Shatter has been temporarily as- obs signed to the command of the Department Lai i of the F.nst. vet The War Department is preparing to ^J-11 bring to the United states for interment . ' the bodies of all soldiers of our army who }nsl died in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippine , Islands. S10 ous Domestic. Dr. Charles L. Fox, bacteriologist of the local Health Department, of Lowell, Mass., jan "hot himself through the heart a few days ^ ago. lie ha l been despondent for the past tro ie w montns owiup n connuueu poorueuim. He wus twenty-eight years old. t>e . Two students of Culver Military Aea- are demy, near Plymouth. Ind., were drowned T In Lake Maxinkuckee. One was C. Moore- fun bend, of Terre Haute. and the other R. thi.? Burner, of Miction. They were In a sail- the boat and it capsized in deep water. will Ex-County Clerk Delmar. of Brooklyn, L'ni died from blood poisoning caused by the of 1 prick of a pin. <?IL Rather than submit to an examination to determine their lltnessto hold commissions ctil in the volunteer force, nine negro officers ^ of the Sixth Virginia. now at Camp Poland, Hnoxville, Tcnn., resigued. ^ Recently Mary Miller sued John Jones. *>ia of Granville, Ohio, for ?10,000 for breach wb( of promise. Both are more than sixty ,1^.3 years of ape. Mr. Jones has answered, adinittinp that he secured a marriapo licence, ,.uu but declaring Mary spurned him. He wants ,n,0 ?10.000 from her. the Charles Austin, a bripht fourteen-year- dati old boy livinp on a farm on tho Borden- don town roa l. near Burliupton, N. J., com- em mitted suicide. No cause can be assigned ,>ec by his family. < ton Private Martin Normanly. Company L. f?r Two Hundred and First New York, fell be- ton tween freight cars near Hillsda'e, Ponn., K'r and his head was severed from his body. * He was oa his way to Hew York from , 1 j Camp Meade, Middletown. Richard Dickerson. aged sixty-six years, of Clevelaud, Ohio, shot Mrs. Blanch Win- "t, j ship three times with a thirty-eight calibre {j,(> revolver a few days ago, and then turned , /)r the weapon on himself, and both he and the woman died almost instantly. T. C. Collins, of Paris, Kv., drowned him" (j0l, self by tying himself in a buggy and then Wbt driving into a deep pool. Ami E. C. Clark, a lnwver. of Hutchinson, he t ! Kan., was sentenced to live years in the rep: penitentiary for manslaughter. con Agnes Mulligan, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mulligan, of Moncclair, N. J., was kicked by a horse a / few evenings ago ne:ir her home and died c-! shortly afterwarJ. J The bodies of James McXeish. Jr., and Frank C. Morse, of Chelsea, Mass., were '"jC found in the lake near Merry Pond a few days ago. The young men had been miss- ,.'u > iug for a week. Tbey started out on a (,4 huntiDg trip In a canoe, which later was found. Mrs. Morton Brownson, mother of Com [ mander Wlllard H. Brownson, United \ V States Navy, died at Lyons, N. I., aged seventy-six. 1 General John B. Gordon, Commanderin-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, said at his plantation near Reynolds, -u: Ga., that the title of "Daughter of the r, Confederacy" passed away with Miss Winnie Davis, and no one has the right to 'l0 claim It. ''d| i The Wisconsin Battleship Commission. , ^ | decided on Miss Blizabeth Stephenson, vj!U daughter of ex-Congressmau Isaac M. i Stephenson. of Marinette, to christen the j ',f i battleship Wisconsin at the launching event, which will take place at San Fran- t0 "j j cieco. on November 'Jh. , Miss iiiizniwru uoicrare. 01 .uaneiiesit?r, ;i N. H.. accidentally killed herself while wo? [ handling a revolver. Miss Colgate was SV twentv-two years olJ. and was engaged to ma; | he married to Dr. llol.iad Cox, o' Now woi i York. was Ex-?t"to Senator J.C.Richardson died ! at his h<> no Id Clendale, Ohio, a few days i?ov akjo. The Coroner's inquest holds his , brother in-law, XV. J. Haldemnn, a wealthy ' he and pr aineut business man, for murder. Halden :n is sai l to have shot Richardson live times in a quarrel over business nf- u A vo! u* Portuguese laborer, named VictorViera, has committed suicido at Paio I Alto, < 1.. because a girl whom he brought j .. I out fro -. Tortuijal refused to marry him. In t United States District Court at :.j> I Boston. Mass., Phoebe Beauchamp. of Wor- r 1 r:? [ cester, convicted of perjury in a pension | case, v. as lined $1000, nnd in addition was . !?: I sent t,' he Worcester Jail for live mouths. 1(* Carr ine MIskel Hoyt, tho woll-knowu a actres and wife of Charles H. Hoyt, tire f*r: playv. cjht. died suddenly at her home in New \ rk City on Sunday. A f> r days mfo Charles Wicks, of Philn- Sl delph i. fell from the new upper steel arch bri<U: at Niagara Falls, N. Y., into the eaa river 170 feet below, ami was killed, for Wick was twenty-nine years old. married, i-ti and eaves a widow and three children. He Xev was n experienced bridge builder. the I L' -.billties of ruined Tradesmen's Bank, of >": w York City, are now put at *4.000,000, r T Foreign. tliii O.ving to protests of the merchants of ing Ma ila, Philippine Islands, General Otis (iro postponed the operation of the new Amer- spe ic;iu customs regulations in Manila until leg I iv vvmucr iu. . The Norwegian bark Sichem was picked li->0 I up at sea and taken to Barbadoes, West I Indies, her captain, first and second mates | and three of the crew being dead. ? I The tobacco und excise laws in Jamaica 9**1 [ ' ave discouraged industrial interests, and deli ! many tobacco growers are leaving the Hrs Hand. her \ MONUMENT FOR LAFAYETTE. " Be Krected Orel* Hli Grave by American School Children. Tabuing ton, D. C. (Special).?Tlio voment to erect a monument over Laetto's grave in Paris, France?th? mg people of this country to contribute > necessary funds?has nssumed ndeftnform and its success is assured. It nas - % Wgjgrfy |li1; i P ' < f-4SV-iVii 1,'ij1 1 < - Lafayette's Or.ave is paris, rr.asct. eived the endorsement of President Medey anil his Cabinet, of the United ites Senate, and of many persons promnt in tha nation's affairs, u the grounds of the Convent of the :it Picpus, Paris, repose the bones ol fayette beside those of his wife, who >bed to be buried there. The resting nf T.afftVPttf* Crtn?>r.illv nnl*nnwr. 1 forgotten. Id marked only by a plain mite slab. a view of these facts the Lafayette Merial Commission has been formed for i purpose of erecting a monument to the mory of Lafayette as a tribute from i people of this nation, to be unveiled h fitting ceremony July 4, 19J0, and is graudly celebrate United States Day the Paris Exposition. It is proposed it the cost of the undertaking, which is imate4 to approximate a quarter of a lion dollars, shall be defrayed by smal! itributions secured through the agency :he school children of our laud. . day has been appointed which will be ervcd by the schools of the country as layette Day. It is October 19, the anni- ' sary of the surrender of Cornwaliis at ktown. On this special day exercises i patriotic nature will bo held In all the J tltutions of learning throughout the : d, recalling the days of our early Strug- ' for liberty and the connection of gener- ] and boyish Lafayette therewith, conditions to be made at tho same time by 1 students and children to the fund ' ich is to erect a mo|umcht to the galt hero's memory. f harles G. Dawes, United States Compiler of tbe Currency, is the Treasurer of Commission, to whom all money will sent. All the Governors of the States honorary vlco-presidents. here is no doubt that the necessary ds will be raised, and the dedication of i monument, secured and built through efforts of the young people of Atnerca, 1 make conspicuously resplendent our ted States Day at the Paris Exposition 000. VER DEMOCRATS IN NEW YORK. oaRO Platform Men Nominate a State ticket and Favor Expansion Policy, ew York City (Special). The Chicago tform Democrats, and the Independents > supported Colonel Bryan in the presitiftl election, have decided to have a te ticket in the Held. After many diffi:ies and discussions, they have decided c n the men who will make a fight upon v platform tnoy adopted. The candies are: For Governor, Henry 51. Mac- j aid, of New York; for Lieutenant-Gov or, Elliot Danforth, of Chenango; for j retury of State, Gideon J. Tucker; for ontroller, James JleDouougb, of Albany; jj Treasurer, 51. J. Cator, of Erie; for At- j ley-General, Ezra Tuttle, of Brooklyn; Eugineer and Surveyor, James A.Leo, { lockiaad. u ho ttn*Tnnfitinn fnr frnwrnor tf>n ;d to Henry George, the son of the great j tical eeouom'st who died while making i iggressive canvass for the Mayoralty of 1 i city last year. He declined the honor, t n Mr. Macdonald accepted the nominai. he platform unreservedly endorses the cago platform, and sends greetings to Duel Bryan. It denounces boss rule j rrever it exists; declares that where the erleau flag has been raised it shall not nken down until there is a substantial ublic, organized by the people of the f ntry ..advocates theinitiative and refer:;:n; favors tax-s upon inheritances and icies over five thousand dollars in o mat; opposes biennial sessions of the p slatu iv, ami demands that public or a functions shall bo conducted h ;he government for the benellt of the I'lC. E ne Chicago Platform Democrats have r ptcd the rooster as the party emblem, t an active canvass wilt be made through l State. t \'F?S3ED MURDER WHILE DYINC. S i oinau Clears tip an Ohio Mystery of ^ Kleven Years Old. I AShisr.Tox Corr.T Horsn.Ohio (Special) J leveu years ago Louis Ball was foully j v'.ercd hero, bis head being out ofT with I zj: ami his head and body laid acros3 5 railroad track in a such a manner as to I ear that ho had been killed by a train. . l>rahnm Huffman was arrested for the je, but was released tor lack of coning evidence. Others were suspected, uo-.v the deathbed confession of Mrs. reys.of Hlllshoro, 0., jest made in the -euce of ;our persons whom she called c !it?r death chamber, will reveal the a itity of the murderer. c rs. .Tenreys Implicated herself, another a nan and four men, giving their names, t said that sho held Bali's head while a n i cut it off ttitha ra>;or, aud that another c i ::i held Ball on her lap while .lis head j being cut oil. The men carried the t y an S lio.id to the railroad track to a r ar> tiie crime. r .ih corsou-. implicated live in and about v city. \ \ c ........ Trl?l nited States Senator Quuy, Richard R. e y, and Charles II. McKee, of Pittsburg, cirtner of Lieutenant-Governor Lyon, 'Hn.-sylvauia, were tielJ iu Philadelphia ."nGO 1> ill ea-li to answer ac the next I a of court the charge of conspiracy in r is f->r their individual prollt the State j Is d.-posited in the People's Bank iu t l- 'tim with .T"'iu S. Hopkins, former t tier. \v!io committed suicide soon after ^ failure of the bank in March last. The . > now goes on the list for trial at the t n of court beginning in November. >.( ?' Monitors Niucd For States. j eretary Long, at Washington, has ( ion tiie four new monitors contracted as follows: That at Bath, the Connect: at Nixon's, the Florida; at Newport - . ?l.a Ubanauu ? rwl nf Qflf) Pp.'in / Wyoming. j J atnl Fight Among Georgia Xegroes. 1 wo negroes were killed outright and a d fatally wounded at a political meet, a few days ago at Miller's Court mnd, near Harmony Grove, Ga. evhes wero made and the debate finally e ' rated into a free fight. Knives and ols were used with the result told ve. xtradltion Papers For Airs. Botkln. overnor Budd, of California, has issued *- ? ! raauion papers in mv utuc m w?a Cotkln, accused of the poisoning of .John P. Dunning, of Delaware, and sister. Mrs. Joshua P. Deaae SiD TRAGEDY AT CAM! ] Geor-c D. ^r.xlo;-:, Brother of the F.es'denl's Wife, Murdered, THF VICTIM OF A WOMAN. * *Tr?. .*.r.~rt C. Ctiv;', /. ccrcril of the Crime, i* ArveJite:! IJ!vorced From He* i , v Hmband ami Ilail Threatened the Victiin_I'rerii!ent MrKit.ley and lilt Wil.' <lre::tlj- Shocked oil Ilearinjrtlie News* Canton-, Ohio (Special).?George D. Sax., ton, a brother of Mrs. William McKinley, was shot dead Friday evening before the rest, denee of Mrs. Eva B. Althouse, widow t ot the late George Althouse, where he Is presumed to have gono to make a call. Five shots were fired, three of which entered his body, and Mrs. Anna C. George: has been placed under arrest on suspicion of the murder. ' Mr. Saxon was unconscious when neighbors began to investigate the cause of the shooting, and was dead when the .physicians and officers arrived. The doctors expressed the opinion that death was almost instantaneous, three bullets having entered vital spots. His position indicated that he had been on the stop to the Althouse residence when the shots were tired. ? Mrs. George is the divorce I wife of Sample C. George, who formerly was a teaant? of Saxtoa in his downtown businoss blocx, conducting a dressmaking business. Her divorce was obtained in South Dakota, and a proceeding later filed in local courts by the husband against Saxton charged that Saxton had sent her there to secure the divorce, the proceeding here being a suit for damages for the alleged alienation of the tfflfrt'o .iffaAltrtna ' - This case has been through all the intermediate courts and was passbdupon by the 1 state Supreme Court on the interpleading ind finally remanded for hearing on its J merits here. Before this occurred, and on IVeduesday, a settlement was effected. Sax- i ( ton paying George S1S25 on the claim set ip of ?29,000 for damages. Sirs. George has also had several cases igainst Saxton, claiming the detention of . urniture, the defense of Saxton being that , ;he articles were held for overdue rent in he rooms. ^ Mrs. Althouse, in front of whose house ' J :he shooting occurre 1. several months ago, ,':i jegan peace proceeding against Mrs. 3eorge, alleging that her life had been hreaten9il. \ , A Mrs. George, it is freely said about town, i . las often said sho would wait until tho :nse ueiween naxton una ueorge was sei- j led, and that i( Saxton did not then marry ' ler she would take his life. j ' Mr. Sr.xton was between forty-five and Ifty years old and unmarried. He was a : ittle above the medium height, of sandy \ lomplexion, and had a round, f^ll fan?. ? le w.'is a successful business man and ) ?wned considerable property, principally , n real estate, in this city. ???? > . ; President Ilcars the N'ews. Washington. D. C. (Special).?Ths news >f the murder of Mrs. McKinley's brother J r> ras received at the White House just I ibout the time that the reception to the ' Episcopal Council in session here was j >bout to be brought to a close. Mrs. Mckinley was receiving with tbo President > nd was in her usual spirits. Tho news of ) ler brother's death was n great shock to i i : icr. Mrs. McKinley expressed a wish to atend the funeral, and accordingly hurried 1 rrangements were mado whereby she1 tarted for Canton to attend the funeral. j Tho tragedy interfereed with the Presl-* ent's trip to tho Omaha Exposition, v hat be was not able to leave Washing-, on with the party as originally intended.> A. OAKEY HALL DEAD. 'oriner Jlnyor of New York City Passes Away After u Busy Life. New York City (Special).?A. Oakoy Hoil^ . ormerly Mayor of this city, died suddenly f t his homo ia his seventy-third year. Sever- / 1 days ago Mr. Hall was seized with a chill.' lis feebleness from old acre, combinsd with slight attack of heart trouble, prevented . is recovery. A. Oakev Hall's name is Inseparably con-1 ' leeted with the rise and fall of the Tweed J ogime, for he was Mayor of the city when he Tweed ring frauds startled the nation. [ ?e stood his trial for alleged complicity in | heso frauds, and was acquitted. He was f , l politician, a newspaper man. a lawyer, , md for a time an actor. He was born in few Orleans, of English parentage, and was i graduate of the University of New York. I le left the Whig-Republican party when f Ir. Lincoln defeatod Mr. Seward for thef 'residential nomination, and became a J )emocrat. He was three times elected I Mstrict-Attorney on the Tammany ticket. ' ir. Hall was elected Mayor iu 1%?. Mr. f j.,11 in 1S70 The, "nmmany overthrow that took place In 872 ended Mr. Hall's political career. Uprising Relieved to Re Ended. Washixoton, D. C. (Special. Reports re :eived on Friday by the officials of the War t ind Interior Departments from the scene j >f the Indian outbreak in Minnesota ?re of i reassuring character, and they then felt j hat tho uprising may be regarded as1 it an end. General Bacon, who has charge! ' 5 if affairs in themfpartment, of which he is n command, will remain at Walker for ! he present, and this, it is hoped, will have l quieting effect on tlio citizens of the sur-l ounding country, who have felt that they^ rero in danger from tho redskins. Steps | rill be taken to have an Investigation made f vlth a view to fixing the responsibility of j he Indians for their stand against the Gov- j rnment. , , "our .Men Burned to Death in Freight Car. John Burns and Michael Brennan, of' Iolyoke, Mass., anJ two unidentified men, net death in a burning freight car on the Joston and Maine tracks near Northampon. Burns was the only man alive when,', he flames were discovered. He said that' t was erough to be mixel up in a scrape 1 ike that without talking about it. It is > , bought they went to Northampton to atenct tho Cattle Show, and having no place " o sleep, went into the car while under the nfluence of liquor and accidentally set it >n lire. General I^e's Orders. , Major-General Fitzhugh Lee has re- i jeived orders to move his command from \ facksonville, Fla., to Savannah. Ga., and jet it in readiness to embark for Havana >y the end of the month. ' ihsmrea. Doctor A careful diagnosis of your case, colonel, convinces me that you have water on the brain. Col. Ruinly I shall no longeh requP you' sehvlces, sub. Detroit Free Presa. Wealth and Renown. She Which would you rather be rich or famous? He Rich. Then I could give a yacnt to the Government and get famous, too. :4 : 'rf-J : _ .