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HARRISON AND RED]
dominated by the Republican
National Convention,
Harrison Chosen on First Ballot
and Reidby Acclamation.
WHITKLAW REID.
After a struggle lasting four days the Republican
National Convention at Minneapolis
nominated Benjamin Harrison for
President an 1 Whitelaw Reid, editor of the
New york Tribune, for Vice-President.
The second day's proceedings of the Conven
mention were occupied inperfectmg its or
ganizition, Governor McKinley b ing made
Permanent Chairman. On the bird day
the platform was presented, and a tsst rot?
on the adoption of a portion of the Committee
on Credentials' report showed Harrison
in the lead by 476 votes to 365 for
Blaine. The fourth and last day's work of
the Convention is given below:
Governor McKinley called the fourth day
of the convention to order at 11:30 o'clock,
and prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr.
Wayland Hoyt, of the First Baptist Church
of Minneapolis. The members o( the
Republican National Committee from several
States were announced, and then the
Chairman made known the fact that opposition
to the adoption of the majority report
in the Alabama case had been withdrawn.
Cheers greeted the unanimous vote in favor
of this report.
Routine business was next disposed of,
and soon nerves were at high tension at the
formal beginning of the real work of the
convention. Governor McKinley ordered n
call of the States for the nomination of
candidates for the leadership of the party
in November. When Colorado was called.
Senator Wolcott arose from his seat
and mounted the platform to present the
name of Blaine. He made an effective address,
and again and a^ain his mention of
the man whose candidacy be supporte i called
forth prolonged applause from bands, feet
* and mouths.
ludiana was the next _State that had a
favorite son to present. He was rresiaenc
Benjamin Harrison. The honor was conferred
on old Uncle Dick Thompson, who
celebrated his eighty-third birth lay the day
before. He was Secretary of the Navy in
President Grant's Cabinet. The venerable
octogenarian is quite vigorous, and his brief
speech was strong, fuu of point and well
received.
Michigan was called and no one got up to
put Alger in the field. This was a surprise
to many; for General Alger had been talked
of as a very likely dark horse.
It was when Minnesota was called that
Blaine got bis great ovation. Delegate W.
H. Eustis, of Minneapolis, ascended the
platform to second the Blaine nomination,
and as on a preconcerted signal, tha applause
raged in the maddest style for hulf an
liour.
As Eustis descended from the platform
there occurred one of the most remarkable
happenings in the history of National Conventions.
The cbeerin? for Blaine had not
lasted quite fifty seconds, and was dying out
when a cright-faced, pretty women, sitting in
the next row behind the platform, stood up,
and with a white parasol closed and like an
orchestra leader's baton began to motion
the delegates to warm with tbeir cheering.
Sne bad a prominent position in the hall, and
was in front of and in full sight of all the
delegates. They all saw her, and slowly be^aa
to rise and recommence cheering. They stood
op in bunches of half a dozen at a time, and
the pretty young woman never faltered, but
kept beckoning more and more of them to
get up, until the whole body of the delegates
was on its feet. Even than she was not satisfied,
but with the same firm and masterful
motion of her parasol kept inciting them to
Increase and strengthen their cheers.
The woman was Mrs. Carson Lake, of
New York City, the wife of a newspaper
correspondent Never, perhaps, has a
woman so completely mastered 12,003 persons
at one gathering in this country. She
led that multitude as a bandmaster leads an
orchestra, up and down with herjjaraso!.
McK.ualey kept nammeruig. xuo uunu
tired of fighting him down with noise, and
presently, after twenty-six minutes of cheering,
order was restored.
At last a semblance of quiet was reached,
and W. ?. Mollison, a colored delegate from
Mississippi, was allowed to second Blaine's
nomination.
The oratorical treat of the day came when
Chaunoey I-i. Depew, representing New
York, arc:-d to recount the services
of President Harrison, and to enforce
his claim to the nomination. The fame
of the speaker led all to expect a matchless
piece of eloquence, and Mr. Depew did the
tallest justice to his own reputation and to
"his ardor for the President's cause.
Every good point he made was keenly
appreciated,and most warmly commended
with boisterous applause. \VheD he had
flnisbeJ, there was a repetition of the scenes
earlier in the afternoon. Harrison and
Blaine banners were carried about the hall,
and noise was made in every way that the
ingenuity ol the delegates supplied.
When Mr. Depew spoke Harrison's name
the friends of the President ha i their innings,
and when he mentioned McKm.ey the
whole convention cheered lor thirty seconds.
At the conclusion of bis syeecii ciders for
Har rison ani counter cheers for Blaine were I
kept up for anotht-r twenty-five minutes.
Another son of New Voric then ai*os3, exSenator
Warner Miller. He seconded the
nomination of Blaine. Next, Congress nan
Cheathim, of North Carolina, dirt a similar
service for Harrison. J. Q. Boyd, a colored
delegate from Teunssacs, spo'.ce for Blaine,
and cx-?enator Spooner for Harrison, an 1
Delegate Dowling, of Wyoming, also seconded
Blaine's nomination.
On motion of General Sewell, of New Jersey,
a: 3:17 r. M., the taking o: ih* first ballot
*as made the next hu-sinoss. Alas.ca m I
the Indian Territory we?v aliowa I r-> vite
Their rieie_'at?s brought the totil to'J JO. an i
454 necessary to nominate. Then tiifro)l
of the States was cill"i
amil the most intense excitsmenr.
Alaska 1e<! off t th two for Harrison. Mrs
Km ?*'s ni'iienmp to th? frinr with
votes from Aiabama ant it wasaoparent tnat
tbe anti-administration m"n liai decide 1 to
divide their forces on the first ballot. When
the vote of Ner Hampshire was announced
it became evident that Harrison would be
renominated.
Whan Ohio was reachsd, Chairman Mc*
Kinley demanded a poll of the deleeates. A
vote of forty-four for McKinlev and two for
Harrison was announced. Ex-Governor
Foraker raised the point that the Chairman
was no longer a delegate from Ohio.
Chairman McKinley ruled against Foraker,
and a poll was taken. In this McKinley received
forty-five vote3 to one for Harrison.
When Texas voted twenty-two for rfarrison,
his nomination was secure, and the convention
went wild.
TUB BILLOT BV STATES.
Harri- HcKiv
?fin. Blaine, leu. Reel.
Aiabnma IS 0 T <>
ArknriH.ig 15 " 1 0
California 9 9 1 0
Colorado.................. 0 9 0 0
Connecticut 4 0 8 0
Pe'nwnrc . 4 11 0
Florida 8 0 0 0
<ieonna. 26 0 0 0
Idaho ,,... 0 6 0 0
niinoin 34 14 0 0
Indiana 30 0 0 0
Iowa 20 5 1 0
Kan?a*..... 11 0 9 0
Kentucky 23 2 1 0
Loiv?'ana 8 8 0 n
Maine 0 12 0 0
Maryland 14 0 2 0
MaamachnsetU 18 1 11 0
Michigan 7 2 19 0
Minnesota S 9 1 0
Mississippi....,,.,..,,,... 13Jf iX Q 0
Mii??onri 23 4 2 0
Mon'*na.................. 5 10 0
N<"Sra?ka.................. 15 0 1 0
Nevada 0 S 0 0
N<*w TTanioshlre 4 2 0 1
Nnw .T<*raoy............... 18 2 0 0
New York 27 35 10 0
North <"arolina 172-3 22-8 1 0
North Dakota 2 4 0 0
Ohio 1 0 45 0
Orejon 1 0 7 0
Pennsylvania 19 3 42 0
rtnooe man<i ? l ; 1
Sonth Carolina 13 3 2 0
Sonth Dakota 4 0 0 0
Tennessee 17 4 3 0
Texas 22 6 0 2
Vermont 8 0 0 0
Virginia 9 13 8 0
Waahinrrfnn 16 1 0
West VireinU 12 0 0 0
Wisconsin 19 2 3 0
Wvomin^ 4 2 0 0
Arizona 110 0
Dlntrict of Colombia 0 9 0 0
?r?iw Mexico 6 0 0 0
Oklahoma 2 0 0 3
Vtah 2 0 0 0
Alaska 2 0 0 0
Indian Territory 110 0
Total %35 1-6182 1-* ISi 4
R. T. Lincoln, one rote from New Hampshire.
Whole nnmher of 'lele^ites 908
Necessary to a choice 454
McKinley then called Colonsi Elliott P.
Shepard to the chair, and taking the floor
moved that the nomination be made unanimous.
The Chairman said: "President Harrison
having received a majority of the votes
cast, has received the nomination of this convention.
Shall it be unanimous?" After a
tumultuous yell of "Ayes," he added: "The
nomination is made unanimous." A motion
to take a recess to 8 P. M. was immediately
offered and agreed to, and the heated ana
excited assemblage disp9rs3d.
The evening session of the convention was
little more than a ratification meeting. The
nominee for the Vice-Presidency was selected
in a meeting of tin New York dilegation,
held an hour before the convention was
called to order. By tacit consant the naming
of the Vice-Presidential candidate was left
to the New York delegation.
The convention was called to order at8:50
o'clock, and the roll of States called for presentation
of candidates for Vice-President.
When New York State was reached Senator
O'Connor nominated Whitelaw Reid, and
General Horace Porter seconded the nomine
tion. Governor Bulkeley, of Connecticut,
and others also spoke in favor of Mr. Reid,
A motion was made that the nomination
of Mr. Reid be made by acclamation, but
Delegate Settle, of Tennessee, objecte t and
nominated ex-Speaker Toomas B. Reed,
which evoked great applause. Arkansas seconded
the nomination, as did also Mr. Loudon,
of Virginia. The Maine delegates asked
the convention not to vote for the exSpeaker,
as he was not a candidate and
wonld not accept. The nomination of White"
> * ? j- w ?
law neia was iaan maun uj au.i9iuu?uu.
The usual resolutions of thanks were thoa
adopted, and with band playing, the convention,
at 10 p. if., adjourned sin a die.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
The Careers ot Benjamin Harrison
and Wliitelaw Keid.
Benjamin Harrison is a grandson of William
Henry Harrison, who was elected President
of the United States in 1840, but died
before his term was out. He was born at
North Bend, Hamilton Connty, Ohio, August
80,1833, and,aftor graduating at Miami University,
moved to Indiauaoolis in 1851,
where he practiced law. In 1"84 he was
made Reporter of the Supreme Court of
Indiana. When the war broke out he raised
a company of volunteers, and served successively
a* Second Lieutenant, Captain,
Colonel and finally Brigadier-General,
When peace was declared he was mastered
out of service, and thereupon returned
to his home in Indianapolis, and resumed
the position of Reporter of the Supreme
Court. Gradually he became a more active
participant in political affairs, always
heartily espousing the Republican cause.
Attorney-General Muller was his partner in
the practice of law.
He was not a candidate for any office,
however, until ISTti, when he ran for Governor
of Indiana, out was defeated. In
1370 he was appointed a member of the
Mississippi River Commission, and in the I
following year he was elected as the successor
of Joseph E. McDonald to the United
? L
States Senate. His term expired in aiarcn,
ISsT. and in 1S8S he defeated Grover Cleveland!
or President
WHITKLAW REID.
Whitelaw Reid, the nominee for the second
place on the Rspublican ticket, was born at
Ceiarville, Oftio, about two miles above
Xenia, fifty-five years ago. His father was
a minister, and gave his son a good education.
His newspaper career began on the X?nia
Torchlight. Later he went to the Cincinnati
Gaz2tt-?, and during the Civil War
acted as correspondent in the field. He wrote
a volume entitled "Ohio in the War." It
was while he was acting as war correspondent
that his letters attracted the attention
of Horace Greeley. After his descrip- I
tion of the battle of Gettysburg, Greeley I
made him an offer to oome to the New York j
Tribune, and at the close of the war he
accepted the invitation.
Atter the campaign of 1372 Mr. Reid succeeded
Mr. Greeley iu the editorship of the
Tribune. In 1830 he married the daughter
of the millionaire, D. Q. Mills, who purchased
the control of the Tribune for his
son-in-law.
President Harrison appointed Mr. Rjid
United States Minister to France, whicn office
he recently resigned and returned to
America.
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The Leader of the Farmers' Alliance
Expires in Washington.
President L. L. Polk, of the Farmers' Aliance,
diad a few days ago at the Garfield
Hospital in Washington. The immediate
sause of his death was blood poisoning
irousjhton by stomach trouble. The patient
had been lying seriously ill at his resiience
for tea days. The result of the coniultation
of the physicians was his removal
to the Garfield Hospital, where an eperation
Vas deemed the only means of saving Mr.
Polk's life.
He became unconscious an I never rallied.
PVhen the end came Mrs. Polk, who had just
krived in toe city, was at his bedside.
Colonel Leonidas L. Polk was born in Anbn
County, N. C., in April, 1837, and was
brought up on a farm. He was elected to
the Lower House of the North Carolina Central
Assembly in ISO); entered the Confederate
Army in 18-iI. and served with distinction
during the War. He was againelectei
io the North Carolina General Assembly in
tS65, and soon thereafter was elected as a
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of
North Carolina.
In 1877 Colonel Polk was appointed State
Commissioner of Azriculture. He be^an
;he publication of the Progressive Farmer
1336, and commenced or janizin? farmers'
ilubs in his State. In 18S7 he joined the
Far jiera Alliance, and was elected Secretory
of the Farmers' State Alliance of
North Carolina at its first organization. He
ira.s electei First Vice-President of the
National Farmers' Alliance and Co-operative
Union in America in 1837, and rejected
in 1833.
At the National Convention, held at St.
Louip, December 1389, he was elected
President of the National Farmers' Alliance
ind Industjial Uuion, vhich position he held
at his death.
Colonel Polk move i to Washinjton from
^llei^h a few veRrs aa;o in order to be better
bcate-i to promote the objects of the Farriers'
Alliance. He was a man of fine ap
peiraiNV, with n Itrga heart, a kindly nature
an 1 a irauk disposition tuat ma la a trien 1
at' ov-ry one he met. Tne People's pirty
m-M-w at Omaha oa July 4. wtien it was expire
i th it Colonel folk would havj l>een
nut on the ticket for President or Vicerresi
lent. He leaves a wire and three
2Uildi*?in.
Thrf funeral took place in Raleigh, N. C.,
and \va.; the largest ever known there.
Ithe Grady Hospital lias thrown open
doors in Atlanta, (ia., for the reception of
patienvs. This institution owes its establishment
to a division of sentiment which
3?rung up at the occasion of Henry W.
rady's death as to the best means of honoring
his memory. One idea was to erect a
statue of heroic size, which came to a successful
issue at an expenditure of 120,000.
The hospital was erected under the direction
of the city government, which paid *15,000
of its cost. The remainder was made up by
citizens.
THE PLATFORM.
The Declaration ot Principles ot the
Republican Party.
The following is the full text of the platform
adopted by the Republican party at
the National Convention in Minneapolis
The representatives of the Republicans
of the United States, assembled in general
convention on the shores of the Mississippi
River, the everlasting bond of an indestructible
Republic, whose most glorious chapter
of history is the record of the Republican
party, congratulate their countrymen on the
majestic march of the Nation under
the banners inscribed with the principles
of our platform of 1888, vindicated by
victory at the polls and prosperity in our
fields, workshops and mines, and make the
following declaration of principles:
We reaffirm the American doctrine of
protection. We call attention to its growth
abroad. We maintain that the prosperous
condition of our country is largely due to the
wise revenue legislation of the "Republican
Congress.
\xr~ ail artfrln* which cannot
be produced in the United State?, except
Juxuries, should be admitted free of duty,
aud that on all imports coming into competition
with the products of American laoor
there should be levied duties equal to the difforence
between wages abroail and at home.
"We assert that the prices of manufactured
articles of general consumption have
been reduced under the operations of the
tariff act of 189'J.
We denounce the efforts of the Democratic
majority of the House of Representatives
to destroy our tariff laws piecemeal,
as is manifested by their attacks uoon wool,
lead and lead ores, the chief products of a
number of States, and we ask the people
for their judgment thereon.
We point to the success of the Republi
can policy of reciprocity, under which our
export trade has vastlv increased and new
and enlarged markets have been opened for
the products of our farms and workshops.
We remind the people of the bitter opposition
of the Democratic party to tEis
practical business measure, and claim that
executed by a Republican administration
our present laws will eventually give us control
of the trade of the world.
The American people, from tradition and
interest, favor bi-metallism, and the Republican
party demands the use of both gold
and silver as standard money, with such restrictions
and under such provisions, to be
determined by legislation, as will secure
the maintenance of the parity of values of
the two metah, so that the purchasing and
debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of
silver, gold or paper shall be at all times
equal. The interests of the producers of
the country, its farmers and its workingmen,
demand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued
by the Government, snail be as good as
any other.
We recommend the wise ana patriotic
steps already taken by our Government to
secure an international conference, to adopt
such measures as will insure a parity of
value between gold and silver for use as
money throughout the world.
We demand that every citizen of the
United States shall be allowed to cast one
free and unrestricted ballot in all public
elections, and that such ballot shall be
counted and returned as cast: that such
lairs shall be enacted and enforced as will <
secure to every citizan, be ha rich or poor,
native or foreign' born, white or black,
this sovereign right guaranteed by the Con- '
stitution.
The free and honest popular ballot, the
just and equal representation of all the people,
as well as their just and equal protec- 1
tion under the laws, are the foundation of 1
our republican institutions, and the party
will never relent its efforts until the integri- i
ty of the ballot ani the purity of elections
shall be fully guaranteed and protected in
every State. ]
We denounce the continued inhuman i
outrages perpetrated upon American citi- I
sens for political reasons in certain Southern j
States of the Union.
We favor the extension of our foreign i
commerce, the restoration of our mercantile
marine by home built ship3 and the creation (
of a navy for the protection of our National |
J?tna hnnnr of our flair: the
lUbVlosio QUU
maintenance of the most friendly relations
with all foreign powers, entangling alliances
with none and tne protection of the rights of ,
our fishermen.
We reaffirm oar approval of the Monroe
doctrine and believe in the achievement of j
the manifest destiny of the Repablio in its
broadest Be rise.
We favor the enactment of more stringent
laws for the restriction of criminal,
pauper and contract immigration.
We favor efficient legislation by Congress
tc protect the life and limbs of em- ;
ployes of transportation companies engaged
in carrying on interestate commerce,
and recommend legislation by the respective
States that will protect pmploye3 engaged j
in State commerce, i? mining and manufacturing.
The Republican party has always beon
the champion of the oppressed, and recognizes
tne dignity of manhood, irrespective
of faith, color or nationality: it sympathizes
with the cause of home rule in Ire- i
land, and protests against the persecution
of the Jews in Russia.
The ultimate reliance of free popular i
government is the intelligence of the people,
I and the maintenance of freedom among men.
We therefore declare anew our devotion to (
liberty of thought and conscience, of speech
and press, and approve all agencies and instrumentalities
which contribute to the education
of the children of the land; but, while
insisting upon the fullest measure of religious
liberty, we are opposed to any union of 1
Church and State.
"rrr- nnnAaifmn ^0/?l Q '
vr e raiiuiiu \jui v^^iv?whi mww>m?v?
the Republican platform of 1889, to all combinations
of capital organized in trusts or
otherwise, to control arbitrarily the condi- i
tion of trade among our citizens.
We heartily indorse the action already i
taken upon this subject and ask for such
further legislation as may be required to
remedy any defects in existing laws and to ,
render their enforcement more complete and
effective. <
We approve the policy of extending to
towns, villages and rural communities the
advantages of the free delivery sevrice now
enjoved by the larger cities of the country,
reaffirm the declaration contained in the
Republican platform of 1888, pledging the
reduction of letter postage to one cent at the
earnest possible moment consistent with the
maintenance of the Postofflca Department
and the highest class of postal service.
We commend the spirit and evidence of
reform in the civil service and the wisa an J
consistent enforcement by the Republican
party of the laws regulating the same.
The construction of the Nicaragua Canal
is of the highest importance to thfl American
people, but as a measure of National defence
and to build up and maintain American
commerce it should be controlled by the
United States Government.
We favor the admission of the remaining
Territories at the earliest practical date, hav- |
ing due regard to the interests of the people
of the Territories and of the United States.
All the Federal officers appointed for the
Territories should be selected from bona fide
residents theirjof, and the right of self-government
should be accorded as tar as practicable.
We favor cession, subject to the Homestead
law, of the arid public lands to the
States and Territories in which they lie,
under Congressional restrictions as to disposition,
reclamation and occupancy by
settlers as will secure the maximum benefits
to the people.
The World'? Columbian Exposition is
a great National undertaking and Congress
should promptly enact such reasonable legislation
in aid thereof as will insure a discharging
of the expense and obligations
incident thereto an i the attainment of results
commensurate with the dignity and
progress of the Nation.
We sympathize with all wise and legitimate
efforts to lessen an i prevent the evils
of intemperance an 1 promote morality.
Ever mindful o: the serv.ces an I sacrifices
of tha men who saved tiie life of the
Nation, we pleige anew to t;ia veteran
soldiers of the Republic a watchc'u! cire&ui
recognition of their just claim* upon a
grateful people.
We commend th<5 nob, patriotic and
thoroughly American administration of
President Harrisou. UnJer it the country
has enjoyed remarkable prosperity, and the
dignity and honor of the Nation, at home
and abroad, have been faithfully maintained,
au 1 we offer the record of pledges
kept as a guarantee of faithful performance
in the future.
Signal Tallky Flag, 31.035. of
Huntsville, Ala., is the queen jersey
cow of the worli, closing her year's
record a few nights ago with a product of
1047 pounds, 6314 ounces of butter, beating
Besson's Belle eighteen pounds and seventy*
three and une-eighth ounces.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eutem and Middle States.
Buffalo, N. Y., was visited by the bls:Sst
rainstorm of which it has any record.
nch damage was done.
The Coroner's Jary at Port Jervis, N. Y.,
decided that the colored man Lewis was
hanged by a person or persons unknown to
it.
William K. Vandkbbilt's yacht, the
Alva, ran her sharp bow into a rowboat in
New York Harbor in which were a vonng
French saloonkeeper, Nicholas Michels, and
and a woman named Mary Simonin. The
boat was cut in two^ and they were both
drowned.
Two thousand dollabs were forwarded
from Johnstown, Penn.. to the sufferers of
Oil City and TitusviUe.
New York City experienced the hottest
T"?a 19 aKa kao niTQr bnnwn Thu tnircnrv I
registered 97% degrees at three o'clock in
the afternoon. Many people were overcome
by the heat in New York, Brooklyn and
other towns in the Eastern States.
Fully 10,000 people ascended the steep
sides of Mount Troy in Allegheny, Penn., to
attend mass in honor of St. Anthony's Day.
Two-thirds of this number were sick or
crippled, who sought health through the
healing power of Fattier S. GK Mollinger
and by venerating the relics of St. Anthony.
Mrs. Jales Leroy at Imperial, Penn.,
poure l kerosene on the kitchen fire. Result,
one child killed and mother and another
child fatally injured.
Ay Italian life convict in the Eastern
(Penn.) Penitentiary, after a vain attempt
to kill his keeper, piur-.ged a knife into the
stomach of.' a fellow convict and then killed
himself by cutting his throat.
The fire burned one hundred buildings situated
between Slippery Rock and Main
streets in Chicora, renn. The water supply
gave out almost immediately, and on account
of the intense dry weather the buildings
burned like tinder.
South and West.
Alexatdeh Whitlet wa3 taken frona
the jail in Albemarle, Stanley County, N.
C., and lynched for the murder of D. D.
Tucker.
Burglars broke into the office of the
Bodeau Lumber Company, at Genese, Ark.,
and cracked the safe. They secured 152,100
in cash and securities.
Mrs. Levi M. Vilas, mother of United
States Senator Vilas, died suddenly a few
nights since at Madison, Wis.
The Mississippi River reached the highest
point known in Louisiana for the past fortyfive
years, and in consequence New Orleans
was, literally speaking, an island. Crevasses
above, crevasses below, the racing
river in front and the rapidly rising Lake
Pontchartrain in the rear hemmed the city
in, and traffic on three roads was suspended.
Chicago, III., was visited by one of the
most severe storms known there for years.
It lasted only a short time, but during that
time two parsons were killed, saveral fatally
injured, and much damage done to proparty.
The great wigwam on the lake front built
for the Democratic National Convention
was badly wrecked, the roof being blown
off.
Steamer El Norte, belonging to the
Southern Pacific Company, was launched at
Newport News, Va.
Mrs. Georoe Beaudry, of South Bay
City, Mich., jumped into the river with her
two children. JIl were drowned. She was
insane.
The town of Galva, Henry Countv, 111..
\ place of 2000 inhabitants, has been wrecked
by a tornado. Only one Derson was killed.
Many were injured, and the damage to
property was widespread. Later reports
show that eight persons wera killed and
many injured ana much damage done to
property by the storm in Chicago, III.
A trestle 183 feet high on the KnoxvIIle,
Cumberland Gap and Louisville road, near
Lone Mountain, Tenn., gave way while a
coal train was passing over it. The entire
train's crew, consisting of six men, were
kill ed.
The Arkansas Democratic State ConvenL-*??
T.ifflA TT^ttrtr nftnn f.r in
uiuu u1uu uu uivwo akwmi ?. ? *++J VVUH wj ?*
the State was represented. William M.Fishback,
of Fort Smith, was nominated
for Governor. Delegates to the National
Convention at Chicago were elected. They
were unin&tructed, but favored Cleveland's
nomination.
The largest Are that has ever occurred on
the water front of Baltimore, Mi., destroyed
the extensive wharves and freight-houses
of the Bay Line Steamboat Company, two
large schooners, the offices ot James Corner
& Son, dealers in naval stores, and other
property. The total I033 is estimated at
11,003,000. The fire was caused by intense
heat, inducing spontaneous combustion.
Washington.
The Department of State has been informed
that a ukase was issued by the Bus*
sian Government authorizing the free exportation
of the stock of oats in store at
Archangel, Libau, Reval and Riga. This is
understood to indicate that the famine is
drawing to a close.
The Austro-Hungarian Government has
decided to accept the invitation of the United
States to unite with other Governments in
the silver conference.
The Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury
Department reports that during May the exports
of tne principal articles of domestio
provisions were valued at $11,099,977; for the
lame month last year, $7,410,469.
The forty-fifth session of the American
Institute of Homeopathy was held at Washington,
Dr. Theodore Y. Kinne, of Paterson,
N. J., presiding. There were about 100
members of the institute present.
The Pension Appropriation bill was reported
to the Senate from the Committee
on Appropriations. It carries a total of
814(5,757,350, which is an increase of $11,912,284
over the House bill, and is $327,2uQ
less than the estimate.
All the European Governments except
Russia have accepted th9 President's invitation
to a monetary conference.
L. W. Habercom, fifth auditor of the
Treasury, called at the White House aad
tendered his resignation to tha President.
He resigns to enter the practice of law in
Washington and to resume his newspaper
work.
General Eli T. Stackhouss, Member
of Congress from the Sixth District of South
Carolina, and a prominent membar of the
Farmers' Alliance, died in Washington a
few mornings ago of hoart failure. He was
one of tlie party that accompanied the re?
mains of the late Colonel L. L. Polk, President
of the Farmars' Alliance to Raleigh, N.
C. Mr. Staekhouse was born in Marion, S.
C., March 27, 1824.
Foreign.
The loss by the recent flood at Matanzas,
Cuba, is estimated at $1,500,003.
The United States Minister to France, T.
Jefferson Coolidge, wa? presented to Presi*
" * *" ? * trrAAfivl.
Q0HE U&TQOL, rai I3| auu ntMuoj n*
Cholkba. continues tc? rage in the province
of Khorassan, Persia, ani the deaths number
about 25i) every day.
The Argentine Electoral College bas nominated
Saenz Pena for the Presidency of the
Republic.
EIGHT PERSONS DEOWNED.
A Steam Launch Upset by tfco Wind,
at Bangor, Me.
A tornado passed over the southern end
ot Bangor, Me., late the other afternoon,
crossed over the river an 1 went through
the City of Brewer. It tore off half a
oiile of the race course fence, destroyed
mil moved several buildings, leveled
horse sheds and did other damages. Then
it took houses an 1 chimneys on the river
oanlf, after which it descended on the river.
Here was the steam launch Annie, that plys
between Bangor and Hampden. It bad just
ieft the dock. On board were twenty persons.
Rain was falling and the canvas sides were
buttoned down. The wind tore these in.
The boat was overturned and sank. On the
opposite side of the river lay the four-masted
schooner Maria 0. Teel of Boston, Captain
Johnson. Mate Norman McLoud lowered
away his boat, and with four of the crew
rescued six men and three women. In all
twelve persons were saved and eight
drowned. The boiv of Miss Hattie Adams,
daughter of James Adams, a rich lumberman, i
bas been recovered. .
AN OIL STEAMER BLOWN UP.
Struck by Lightning in a
French Harbor.
An Appalling Accident by Which
Fifteen Persons Were Killed.
An appalling accident, by which fifteen
persons logt their lives, occurred a few days
ago just outside the harbor of Blaye, on the
River Gironde, twenty-four miles northeast
of Bordeaux, France. Lving off the harbor
was the British steamer Petrolia, Captain
Hubback, which had Just arrived at the
port with petroleum from Philadelphia,
P?nn A thiindnr Rtn-m wna racincr The
usual routine work was being performed on
board, when suddenly there was a flash, a
tremendous roar was beard, and the vessel
was blown to pieces. She had been struck
by lightning. Huge fragments of the deck
and deckhouses were carried upward to a
great height. The shock of the explosion
alarmed the town, and hundreds of persons
rushed to the wharves to discover the cause
of the noise, it being thought by many that
the magazine of one of the forts defending
Blaye had blown up.
The river was strewn with the wreckage
from the Petrolia. Burning oil was floating
on the water. This drifted with the tide ana I
floating against several vessels lying at
anchor near by, set them on fire. Two or
thi-e? other vessels were ignited by burning
oil that fell on their decks or tarred rigging.
The Petrolia was burning furiously and the
heat was so intense that it was
dangerous for the many small boats
that were launched to approach near her.
Dense volumns of smoke hung over the
burning steamer. Some of the boatmen
heard cries for help and rowed as closely as
possible to the Petrolia. They succeeded in
picking up sixteen of her crew, three of her
engineers and the second officer. Some of
the rescued men were severely burned.
They said that there were a dozan others on
board the vessel when the explosion occurred,
and an unavailing search was made
in the vicinity of the steamer for them.
The crews of the other vessels that caught
fire did their utmost to quench the flame?,
but their efforts were fruitless, and some of
the craft, mostly vessels engaged in
the river and coasting trade, were
burned to the water's edge. The !
liehters that were near the Petrolia sans j
in a few minutes after the explosion,
and three men who were aboard of
them were drowned- The lire was communicated
by the burning oil to the landing
staje, which was soon a mass of flames. The
woods along the banks of the river Gironde
were also sat on fire and a large quantity of
valuable timber was burned. Tne damage
done is extensive.
The tank steamship Petrolia, sailed from
Philadelphia with a full cargo of 937,523 gallons
of crude petroleum, valued at mora
than *22,0(X). Most of the officers and men
were shipped in England. On the vessel's
arrival at Philadelphia, however, eight of
the crew deserted and local seamen were
hipped in their places.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Canada will make a remarkable display
of her mineral resources at the World's
Fair.
Gexat Britain's building at the World's
Fair is now in process of erection. The
structures of a number of other foreign nations
will be begun soon.
Thk Commercial Association of Oporto
has decided to furnish money for an exhibit
from Portugal at the World's Fair. About
twenty-five wine merchants have made arrangements
to send exhibits.
A cablegram from London says that the
original Dortrait of Pocahontas, painted in
16$, has" been secured for exhibition at the
World's Fair. The portrait is owned byEustace
Neville Rolfa, of Leacbam Hall,
Norfolk, who is a descendant of Rolfe, whom
Pocahontas marriei.
Chief Samuels, of the Horticultural department,
has already received donations of
plants and flowers for the Exposition valued
at more than loO, 000. All preparations for
the care of tender plants have been made,
and large consignments are expected soon
from tropical countries.
Rounseville Wildmax, United States
Consul at Singapore. Straits Settlements,
has written that be hopes to have one of the
best colonial exhibitions ever sent out by that
colony. His highness, the Sultan of Jahore,
has signified his intention to take interest in
the representation to be made at the Fair.
Pope Leo XIII has shown the daep interest
he feels in the World's Fair and in America
by deciding to exhibit at the Fair soma
of the rare treasures of art, literature and
history which the Vatican contains. Archbishop
Ireland, now in Rome, has cabled this
information and asked for space for the exhibit.
A miniature model of a typical Western
farm, complete in every detail, will be exhibited
in the Washington State building at
toe worm's rair. Among oilier exuiuius
will be a collection of specimens of all the
species of birds, fish and animals to be found
in the Stat*. The interior of the building
will be decorated in large part by the women
of the State.
The postal facilities, and service at the
World's Fair will constitute a part of the
linited States Government exhibit and,
naturally, will be made as hear perfection as
possible. The expense estimated to be necessary
to accomplished this is $163,047. Postmaster-General
Wanamaker has asked that
an appropriation of thac sum be made by
the Government.
George Wilson, Secretary of the World'i
Fair bureau of music, has returned from a
two months' tour of Europe in tbe interests
of the bureau. He visited leading musicians
at London, Paris, Munich, Milan, Genoa,
Rome, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Brussels
and a number of other placas. Mr. Wilson
received assurances from musicians in all
these places of cordial co-operation at the
Fair
Thirty-five of the forty-nine States and
!t " ? ? - ? - TTviJ?? nAA-tnfa,^ fha
i?rntunt/5 111 uuo uuiuu uavo wua
building sites assigned them on the Exposition
grounds, and have submitted to the
construction bureau for approval the plana
of the buildings they propose to erect.
Nearly all the others, it is known, are about
ready to take like action. Every State and
Territory, with perhaps three exceptions,
will erect a building. Quite a number of
these buildings will be reproductions of historic
structures such as Independence Hall,
Washington's Mt. Vernon home, old Fort
Marion, etc. They will occupy the northern
portion of the Exposition grounds, and
will be surrounded by" walks, lawns, shrubbery
and flowers. They will be used as headquarters
for State boards and visitors, and
as receptacles for exhiibits showing State
resource*, etc.
CHILDEEN_SL4IN,
Canadian Schoolhouses Blown Down
on the Pupil*.
* 4.?.ui? ot-.ructf Montreal, I
n. oci iiuio wi ??__
Canada, anidida great amount of darniga
to life anl proparty.
The tornaio was most disastrous in
country plaies. At St. Rasa, St. Jeans
Lachute an I Ottawa Valley tin damage
saans to hava baan m:>st savara.
St. Rosa is a summer resort on tha lina ol
the Canalian Pacific Railway, twenty miles
from Montreal. Taare the 3t\i:>;>lhou3a was
blown down while thirty chilJran wera inside,
who wera buried in thi rains. Fro.u
six to tea of the children ware killel outright
and most of the others receive J S9riom
injuries. The school mistress was injurai
fatally.
At St. Tharasj, another town on the Canadian
Pacific Railway, the schoolhousa wa?
blown down on forty children, t.va bain^
killed outrigbtaa 1 others fatally inj;iro 1.
?x-tfayo?-MsElroy, of Tenplatoa, Ontario,
was killed. His rasidenoa was hurlal
ana dashel into t'rag-naats white tha faintly
were seated at tea.
Two children were killoi naar Biloail
while playingin tha straet. Many awi lenCi
are reportel fro.n every pare of tna province
and great loss of life was feara J. Hundreds
of houses have baan d9ai >lishad an i
the daaiage am) ints to hundreds ot thousands
of dollars, while many fanilies wera
left homeless. This was tha worst stor.n
ever known in that part of taa country. Th?
wind blew with terrific force and the rait
fell in torrents, accompanied by thunder au
lightning.
.FIFTY-SECONDCON (Jii?SS,
In the Senate.
112th Day.?During the hour and a half
fcho Senate was in session it passed, without
discussion, the Urgency Deficiency
bill, appropriating nearly 13,000,000;
referred the Legislative and Agricultural
Appropriation* bills to the Appropriations
Committee; referred to the
Committee on Territories the bills to admic
Arizona an i New Mexico, and heard Mr.
Morgan, of Alabama, ani Mr. Jonas, of Arkansas,
make incidental speeches on silver.
113th Day.?T&e Pension bill was r<jported
The bill introduced by Mr. Peffer
"to lncrea.se th9 currency and provide for
its circulation, to reduce the rates of interest,
and to establish a bureau of loans'"' was
taken from the table, an I Mr. Peffer addressed
the Senate in explanation and advocacy
of it. At the close of his speech the
bill went over without action.
114th Dat.?The session was only long
enough to receive a message from the Home
announcing the death of one of its members.
Mr. Stackhouse, of South Carolina, and to
adopt resolutions (offered by Mr. Butler) expressing
profound sorrow at tne intelligence
and providing for a committee oi five
Senators to escort the body to its place of
burial. The Senators so apDOintei were
Butler, Kyle, White, Gallinger and Allen.
114th Dat.?Tha bill to provide for tlie
free coinage of gold and silver was taken up
and discussed by Messrs. Morgan and Palmer
Mr. Peffer presented a petition from
Riley County, Kansas, asking tha" measure
be taken toward tho suppression of lynch
law.
In the Moose.
123th Dat.?The floor was accorJei to
the Committee on Juiiciary, aol various
measure j were passad amanding tho
statutes, inclu iing tha kill to dispensa with
proof of loyalty during the Civil War as a
requisite to being restored or admitted to
tho pension roll (applying to a few survivors
of tae War of 1812), and tha bill defining
murder and manslaughter in placan anl on
waters under the exclusive jurisdiction of
the United Stat as.
130th Day.?TneComnittaaonCommerco
reported in favor of instituting an investigation
of the Reading daal.
130ts Day.?The Speaker laid before the
House a letter from "tae Secretary of the
Treasury asking for an appropriation oi
$259,000 for adequate presiutioas at the
World's Fair ior taa protection of
revenu3 from cu3tom3 and for th9 supervision
of importations. Referred?
bill was passed providing tnic Indian
children shall be declared to be citizens wnen
they have reacaad tna a*a oi twenty-one
years, and shall theraafter racaiva no support
trom theGovernment, provided taat they
hatro hn.-i tan xrt*\r* r\t infiiiaf.rial tPAiniflff ?
The House then weal iatj Committee of tha
Whole (Mr. McCreary, ot Kentucky, ill the
chair) ou the Fortifications bill. After dispensing
with the first reading of the bill the
committee rose witbnv"; further action?
A bill was passed *0 prevent cruelty to
children and animals ia th? District o{ Columbia.
131st Day.?The House noa-occurred ia
the Senate amendments to the Diplomatic
and Consular bill, and Messrs. Blount,
McCreary an J Hitt were appointed contereas
Immediately thereafter, Mr. Tillman,
uf South Carolina, announce 1 the
sudden death of hU colleague General Eli
T. Stackhouse. Resolutions of sorrow wero
adopted, the customary committed was ap|
poiutei and the House adjourned as a marls
of respect to the memory of the deal.
132d Day.?The Fortification bill was
passod?-Discusiioo of tne Tin Piafii bill
was begun.
A BIG^HAUL,
Bobbers Relieve Two Wen ia a Car
ot $16,000 ia Coin.
A bold robbery occurred u few mornings
since, across the bay from San Francisco,
Cal? in Oakland, when two men in a crowded
car were robbed of $16,000 in coin which
they were taking to the Judson Iron Works
aAF iAO wnrtmon.
IU I/O; UU IWV nrvtMM.vM.
The coin was in the possession of Secretary
Gilson and Bookkeeper Mortenson of the
company, who started with it from San
Francisco on the 11 o'clock boat. They occupied
a seat in a car on the Berkeley train
next to the baggage car.
As the train slowed ud at B street two men
entered the front door, walked down the
aisle, stopped suddenly before Gilson and
Mortenson, presented pistols, and demanded
the bags. Gilson and Mortenson had thrown
over the seat in front of them and laid the
sacks containing the coin on the seat before
them.
The two men occupied one seat, and the
coin wa3 perhaps two feet from them. There
were other passengers in the car. Gilson
was reading a newspaper, ani was taken
completely by surprise. The two men had
the pistols pointad in their facaa simultaneously
with the demand for the coin.
The train started almost immediately, and
the two train robbers backed out of the car,
covering Gilson and Mortenson with their
pistols as they escaped. The money taken
was $15,000 in gold and 11000 in silver. It
represented a fortnight's wage3 of 400 men.
ITie robbers had provided themselves with
a buggy drawn by a bay hct-se in which to
escape. Into this they steppod and drove
ranidlv awav.
flie' buggy was found later hitched ra
Oakland. The sides had been covered with
sheet iron so as to guard against bullets is
case the men were fired upon,
WEST POINTERS Q-E^DUATE,
Secretary Elkins Presents Diplomas
to the Yonnjy Soldiers.
The graduating exercises of the class of
'92 were held at 11 o'clock a. sr.. at \Ve3t
Point Military Academy. Secretary of War
Elkins arrived from New York by a steam
yacht in time to attend the ceremonies on the
green in front of t le library. The cadets occupied
seats in front of the platiorm
containing the Board of Visitor*, the Superintendent
and the Academic staff. The
exercises opened with prayer by Chaplain
Postlethwaite. Addresses werj made oy
Congressman Oathwaite, of Ohio, Secretary
Elkins and Major-jreneral Scho.ieW. The
graduates then received their diplomas
from the hands of the Secretary, an I Colonel
Wilson wished thetn G-odsoeei.
At noon the cidets marchei to th9 front
of the barracks, where orders were read
making a new set of officers t) replacj thosj
vacated by the graiuatiaj: class ani the
furlough men. Immediately after dis
n\issal tha graduates donnei civilian*
clothes and took the 1:2:53 train for New
York.
A FAMOUS PBIE3T.
Death of Father Mollinsjer. the Faith
(Jurist, at Pittsburg.
Rev. Fathar Molliager, tha reaowaal faith
cure priest, dial a fa.v aftaraoom ago al
Pittsburg, Pean. Ha was prostrata I oa St.
Anthony's Day, acian operation waa performs!
on a rapture of tha stonia?h.
Father Mollin:?.-?r w? born in Hollanl r>f
well-to-io pirent*. who sant him to St. Vincent's
College, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
to be educate 1 for the priesthood
He was ordainei at St. Vincent's. He aisc
studied medicine at tais cohega In lS'V) he
w.'nt to Mount Troy and has ueen there ev?ai
since, and became widely Knoivn for p;rforming
miny niirainlou* curej, bot'a by
madicin* and by a relt: of Si Antnoay.
The Feist of St. Antaxiyo* Paiai hu
lonj Dean tna day wiiic i tiuprieji-pi^sionn
set apart for tha reepption oi his patiaati
from all ov?r tie couatry. iiac'.i yair tiaii*
nunber ba3 iniraaiei. Taay rai:ti iati cuj
tea taousiud*.
Thay caii9 from all poinisoJ tha ciuim
?!ro.n Arizona^ an 1 Miiua, California an 1
Conn?c:icui;, Washington ani Wyoming,
Florida ani Minnesjti.
Queer Bank.
A man in Milbridge, Mc., was
building a small schooner, and was
about to cut down a tree for the stem
piece wnen ne was approacuea oy uu
elderly French-Canadian, who asked:
"You cut down that tree?" "Yes,"
the shipbuilder replied. "Well, he
my safe?I keep my money in there,"
the Acadian responded. Pulling out
a carefully concealed plug at the base,
he brought forth a tin box filled with
coins ... .
1
DOM WITH THE BRIDGE.
A False Structure Falls in Ken*
tucky With Fatal Results.
Fifty Workman Plunged into a
Eiver and Many Drowned.
4 7 H
Two spans of tba nevr bridge being bailb
over the L'cking River, iu Kentucky, between
Covington and Newport, collapsed a
few mornings since. The bridge is being
oonstructei for the Kenton and Campbell
County Land Company by the King Iron
Bridge Company. It was bagun last fall,
and two spans, each 103 feat long, bad been
completed. Fifty-two men were on the
false bridge putting in the iron braes5 for
the floor, when at 10:25 o'clock the entire
structure gave way, carrying th3 men down
with it. Only sevent eea men escaped death,
and some of these were fatally injured.
-Not a attcK 01 cue ran3 wjr.:, rrora pier 10
pier remained. The river was filled with
timbers and iron work and with men straggling
for life. Besides the fifty-two men
employed on the bridge at the time of the
accident, several spectators ware on tha
spans that fell, and a dozsa or more boys
bathing beneath the bridge were also carried
away. The numbar of daad beneath tha
150 tons of debris could not be told until it
was removed. The stemtug Carroll immediately
began this wor e.
There was, on the day after the accidentia
discrepancy in the death list, doe to the fact
that the majority of the dead and missing
were single men and strangers, and also because
the dead were taken to a common
morgue. Some werj in Newport, some in
Covmgtou, some in private houses, others in
undertaking establisumauts.
The workmen had no chanca for escape.
The bridge seemed to crumble into the water
beneath. Both members of the firm building
the bridge were drownad.
A fe.v idle men were sitting on the river
banks watching the tall "traveler" at it
slowly worked out upon tha apparently solid
trestle. One man sat within fifty feet of the
great machine, watching Contractor Baird
and Inspector Wilson as they stood talking
on the trestle. The timbers toppled toward
the north.and the piling sn the down-stream
side of the structure began to settle. Than
the traveler careened ana the corner of the
Newport pier split with a crackling noise.
Almost instantly the false work descended
to the river fifty teet. As it went down ser
; t M tnT.
eral men were saeu ruamug uuiuwuj ?.??
a few steps and were then thrown violently
into the stream. Tho workmen were seen to
leap far ont from the bridge, with arms extended.
Both were struck by fallins; piece*
of the debris and injured, but not sufficiently
to prevent them from attempting; to swim
ashore on the Covington side. They kept together
until within about ten feet of the
shore, when both threw up their hands and
sank. ft!
After the crash came It was only a fewmoments
until both banks were lined with
people. Those of the wounded who could
free themselves from the tangled network
of timber straggle! to the surface of the
water and tried to get as lore. One after
another gave up and sank into the muddy,
water. Although the banks were crowded
no one could get beats so as to go to the
rescue of the wounded, in a few minutes
the police arrived, and one of the first to be
taken out was one of the BairJ brothers, the
contractors.
All of the dead as they were taken oat
showed signs of great suffering. Business
in both Newport and Covington was almost
wholly suspended. It was not until 2 o'clock
that tne steam tug Carroll arrived on the
scene and began pulling oat the heavy
timbers aud irons.
The floods of the past month are, however,
the remote caus6 of tho accident. The high
water prevented the proper bracing of the
piling, which was forty feet long, thirty feet
in water and ten in tin bed of the river. The
l--*. " * an i fch* WAl?ht of iron
proved too much for the false woric.
The bridge has had aa unfortunate history.
The work has been greatly delayed
at times by aitv ordinances, and several
men bare been injnrad by falling from the
treatlewori.
The very bast information oa the day
after toe tragedy was tnat twenty-eight
dead bodies had beea recovered, that from ,
| five to seven persoas were marUlly hart, *
and a score, mora or leas, seriously injured.
.
It was thoajhjr the death list when finally
completed would reach at least forty. AU
the men ware insured by the contractor J
for H500 eacn.
LATER HEWS.
Senator Aldbics was officially declared ,
elected by th9 Governor of Riiole Islani. 1
Republicans of Providence fired a salute o?
twenty-one guns in his honor.
General Hoea.ce Porter was elected
President of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac at the reunion in Scran ton, Pano. f
General Horatio C. King and General
Truesdale were re-alec ted Secretary and
Treasurer.
A terrific tornado was general through- <
out Maine, doing much damage at Calais, '
Saco, Biddeford, Farmington, Oroao, East*
port, Lubecand other towns. Farmington
rAnoptaf! hailstontw an inch in diameter.
The Democrats of Ohio assembled in State
Convention at Columbus. They adopted a
platform, nominate! several State officers
and elected an uninstructei delegation to
the Rational Convention at Chicago.
Floods and washouts cause 1 a temporary
adjournment of the People's Party State /
Convention at Butte, Montana. /
A freight engine, with sixteen loalei
box cara, want through a bridgo spanning
Lonesome Hollow, in Teanossee, and fell a
distance of 230 feet. Four persons were killed
and six injured. The north-bound p&9sen
ger train, with over a hundred passengers,
was only saved by being behind its schedule
time.
Mr. Barber, third party candidate, wai
defeated by B. L. Anthony, Democrat, in
the election to fill th 3 uaexpir&i torxn of ex*
Congressman Rojer Q. Mills, now United
States Senator from Tex is.
The State Conventions of the Fostorani
McEnery factious of th? Democratic party
in Louisiana mat at Bitoa Rra;j an I H
patched up a truoa in Conference Commit- I
tee which wa3 ratiftel by the two cj-avjri- B
tions. Each convention elected one-half of H
the delegates to Chic *50 a ad Prdiideatial I
electors. I
The oonferrees on the Rivjr an 1 Harbor flj
bill attar being in con?erea3J threj days, H
failed to agree. I
The House of Rapresentatives pa3sai thj S
Fortification Appropriation bill without
division. The measure appropriate 12,413,- fl
3?6. or $1,362,427 less than wai appropriate! fl
by the last CoajfTdiS. Authority is given to
make contracts for certain vrorks involving
a further expenditure o? -8L.-JT
United States cowjr. Willard at
Guaymas, Sonora, Mjxico, die! there a faw
days ajo of paralysis, a^il sixty-sevenyeirs.
He was a native of Connecticut ani had
been in the Consular service for about thirty
years.
Qlteex Victoria, has appointed Lor J Hannen,
ex-President of the divorce court, and
Sir John Thompson, to represent Great
Britain in the Bering Sea arbitration.
Fifty thousand workmen are on striko
in and aroun I Barcelona, Spain. The employers
have offered to raise wijm to
seventy-five cents a day, but the terms have
been rejected by the strikers.
Thirteen mills have been started in Germany
as the result of the Indian corn propaganda,
and a great increase has occurred in
the importation of the American product,
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