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Tie Steamer DrummofTd Castle Went :
Down off Brittany.
ENGULFED IN THREE MINUTES.
Ike Drammond Castlo Fonndered Off the
j French Coast, Near the Ho de Bloien
-?Only Three Oat of 247 Passengers
mud Crew Known to lie Saved?All on
YtAAWrl A alAAn
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/ "London, England, Jane 18.?The steamer
Irummond Castle, on her way from South
Africa to this port, was sunk near Ushant,
14? most westerly of the Islands off the
,?o*st of Brlttsay, at midnight, and of the
317 haman beings aboard it Is feared that
?ftly a few were saved.
! The vessel came Into collision with another
ateamer, and in throe minut" after the fatal
rash disappeared beneath v ^e waves. The
2?te of the other steamer Is as yet a matter
conjecture. Nothing has since been heard
:?f her.
! It is possible that some of the unfortunate
jeople on board the Drummon l Castle were
hv *h? shin with which she came in t
ollisicm, but it Is absolutely impossible to
say with any degree of certainty what their
lite has been. '
The Drammond Castle sailed from Table
Hay oa May 23, aud her passenger list con- I ^
talned 143 nam?3. Her crew consisted of
act men, and of ihis total of 247 only three
are known to have escaped death. These
survivors were picked up at sea, cllncrlnsr to
Wts of wreckage, by the crews of Ashing
boats and taken to Ushant.
As soon as news of tbe disaster reached
Uahant all available vessels at that place, including
several tugs, were at once sent to
aea, with orders to cruise around the place
where the collision occurred, in the hope of
being able to pick up others who might have
ieen able to keep afloat after the wreck.
'Nothing has yet been heard from them.
i The news of the disaster which reaches
lere is of the most meagre description. The
Castle Line Steamship Company issued the
.following bulletin received from the lighthouse
keeper at Ushant:
! "The steamer Drummond Ca=tl? wiwrecked
at midnight on June 16. A surjiivor
of the disaster, named Merweck, is at
Ushant and two others are at He de Molen.
Six bodies have been recovered, inc.udin?
that of Officer Gill. They have been placed
in a special house. The ship sank in three
minutes."
> The correspondent at Brest tolegraphel
thit no positive knowledge had been ob- a
tained up to that hour regarding the fate of o
.the missing passengers and crew of the a
sunken steamer, except that, as before reported,
one survivor was at Ushant and two v
ethers were at He de MoleD, an i that six y
bodies had been recovered. The correspon- tl
dent also staged that a search is being ma ie a
Pj steamers in the vicinity of the scene of c
the disaster in the hope of isscuing other h
survivors. t.'
Incoming vessels which have arrive! at
Plymouth report that upon entering the v
Channel upon the night of the 16t'i in^., j
they encountered rainy weather aad a rou^h
sea with some wind blowing. ^
. The lost vessel, which was one of those
operated by the Castle Line Steamship Company,
was commanded by Captain N. VT. 81
Pierce. She was a brig-rigge 1. iron sornw ^
steamer, of 2352 tons register. She xas 365 0
feet long, 43.5 feet beam aad 31.3 feet depth ?'
of hold. She was built at G'asgow in 18S1 "
ana was uwucu uy u. v/iunv u \jv., vi -uui.doD.
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COLD PLANK AT PORTLAND.
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MaJne Democrats A-lopt It After a lied- a
Hot Fight. ?
The Maine Democrats hold their State Convention
at Portland. Tbo convention, har- v
monious In most matters, became uproarcus J
when It came to adopting a money plank. ^
The size of the silver demonstration was r. .
tremendous surprise to wostern Maine Demo- J*
crats, who looked for -overwhelming gold ?
sentiment. 11
Tne gold plank was adopted In the E-so luti&ns
Committee by a vote of 7 to 6. Tn<? d
jplank is: b
j "We oppose the free coinage of silver ami E
ifavor the single trol.l standard, unless a different
standard is adopted through inter- k
aational agreement." \
After debate it wa3 adopted by the full i
convention by a vote of 193 to 101. tl
i J. B. Madigan, of Houlton, presented the h
name of EdwardB. Wtnslow, of Portland, as e
candidate for Governor, and Mr. Wtnslow h
a3 nominated by acclamation with gre;u
enthusiasm. h
The following electors were nominated: t
Xlmball Eastman, of West'orook; E. 0. ?
Greenleaf, of Farmtnqton; Char'es F. Johnson.
of Watervllle: W. S. Mansfield, of Jon-'s,port;
W. 0. Chadburne, of Alfred, and E l- 0
^rard D. O'Brien, of Thomaston. si
The following felegates-at-large to the J
(Rational Convention were chosen: Dr. S. C. ?
(Gordon, of Portland; John Seott, of Bith:
Frederick W. Plaisted, of Augusta, and I
.Charles L. Snow, of Bangor. ti
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ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS. d
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ABeaoIutloa Endorsing Bland for Presl> j;
dent Falls to Go ThroujjU. c
J- The Arkansas Democratic 8tate Convention
convened In Little Rock with 713 dele- 6
kates present. Colonel Dan SY. Jones, of
Little Rock, wi3 nominated for Governor
ultnout opposition. H. G. Bunn for Chief ^
{Justice, A. C. Hall for Secretary of State, 8
Ransom Gully for Treasurer, Janius Jordan
lor Superintendent Public Instruction, J.
th Ritchie for Commissioner of State Lands, tl
knd W. G. Yincenholler for Commissioner of
Mines, Agriculture and Manufacture were
also named.
A stubborn contest took place over the
adoption of u resolution endorsing Bland, of I
Missouri, for President. Tne call of the roll
4eveIooed that the "apostle of sliver" had a j
majority of the delegates favorable to his
candidacy, but the necessary two-thirds, in
order to suspend the rules for the considera- '
toon ol the resolution, was not forthcoming c
Egypt's Cotton Prospects. *
Inspired by the high prices realized by the e
botton crop of 1393-96, Egyptian planters 1
fcave increased the area to the maximum c
limit permitted by the country's irrigation
facilities. t
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Vermont Republicans Meet. \
The Republicans of Vermont held their
jBtate Convention in Burlington; Josiah j
Grout was nominated for Governor and a j
sold an 1 protection platform was adopted ,
Prominent People. ]
, Mrs. Harriet Batcher Stowe Is eighty-live ]
jears old. Her health is feebie. <
It Is said that tho youag Queen of Holland
gives nromise ot ability as a painter. <
Tbey are going to raise the saiary of j
President Diaz of Mexico to 650,000 a year. 1
Tolstoi, the Russian novelist, has gone
into the wood chopping business in his leisure
hours.
It is said that tho late Austin Corbin lost
r700,000 in the building of the Peoria and <
Eastern RoaJ.
Miss Rose E izabeth Cleveland, sister o
the President, lias been for some time living 1
in Sumtnervilif, N. C.
It is reported that the Sultan of Turkey is
suffering from a tumor of the spine; he has
refused to b.; operated on.
Vif.fr-.rin l>na DOVPr t.1 at
tempt giving another drawing-room in person,
as the fatigue is too great.
A recent visitor to the Ex-Empress Eugenie
of France contradicts the report of
her ill health. She is now seventy years
old.
William A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania,
whoso death isnniiouueed. is the man, whom
Xoscoo Conkling once called ''The Charioteer
of the Democracy."
John A. Kasson, formerly of Iowa, but
.now a resident of Washington, is tho only
surviving member of the committee that
drew the platform upon which Liucoln ran
lor President in 1860.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
TTasMnsrtoa Itero?.
The Navy Department has accepted th?
torpedo boat Frisson from the builders, the
Dubuque Irou Works, of Dubnqu%, Iowa.
Tho last payment of $8000 was made.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, issued from
Washington a call for a conference of free/
silver men to be held In Chicago on June 80,
Secretary Carlisle was a witness before
the Senate Bond Sale Investigating Committee.
A telegram received at the State Department
in Washington from Consul Bartleman
at Antigua reported that Leopold Moore,
United States Commercial Agent at St.
Christopher, West Indies, died a/few days
ago. Mr. Moore was born in England of
American parents. He was a Ney Yorker.
The State Department announces that
Spain has granted a new trial to^be Compet*
itor's crew, convicted and sentenced to
death by summary court-martial in Havana,
Cuba.
The Venezuelan Boundary Commission
held a meeting In Washington, at which important
Information 'to the dispute
was received.
The President approved the bill making
amendments to the proposed new rules of the
road at sea. He also approved the Naval and
the Indian appropriation bills. He vetoed
the bill providing for the lease of the Fort
Omaha military reservation to the State of
Nebraska for the use of the State mllltla.
Domestic.
BECOBD OP THE LEAGUE CLUBS.
Per Pot
C!ub?. Won. Lost. ct. Club?. Won. Lost. ct.
Cleveland 23 16 .636 Brooklyn .25 23 .521
3altlmore.29 18 .617 Chicago. .26 24' .520
31noinnati31 20 .608'Pittsburg.23 23 .500
Boston....27 10 .587 New York20 29 .408
Philadel.,29 21 .580St. Louis.13 34 .ill
iV'shing'n24 21 .533 Louisville 10 37 .213
The Court House at Litchfield, Ky., with
ill its contents was burned.
A hurricane at Guthrie, Oklahoma,
vrecked the Central High School building
ind State Capitol grounds, badly damaging
he Episcopal Bishop's residence, tho Cathoic
Colored Academy and many residences,
>esides doing many thousands dollars' damige
to other property.
Reverdy J. Daingerfleld, one of the bestcnown
citizens of Alexandria, Va., commlted
suicide there with a pistol. He had sufered
from insomnia. He was forty-eight
rears old, and leaves a wife, three daughters
.nd a sod.
The man who 6hot George H. Wyckoff In
lis office at the Eank of New Amsterdam,
Jew York City, and then attempted suicide,
liod at the New York Hospital, after being
dentifled as George H. Semple, a book
gent.
Mrs. Chauncey Wakeman. of Bridgeport,
Jonn., while mentally deranged, cut her
Ifteen-months-old infant's throat with a
azor, killling him almost instantly. Mrs.
Pakeman was seriously ill last December,
nd since that time had been subject to fits
f melancholia. She will be sent to an
sylum.
At Elkhart, Ind., an atrocious murder
nis committed, the victim, Miss Jennie
Palters, dying in agony. Milton B. Wells,
lie accused murderer, is in the County Jail
t Goshen, and refuses to talk about tho
rime. The two families live in adjoining
ouses, and both are prominent members o'
lie community.
Thomas Lynch, a bollermaker, shot his
rife and Thomas Bannon on a street in Netf
ork City. The woman was instantly
illed. Bannon was seriously wounded.
. mob threatened Lynch with violence.
At New Brunswick, N. J., Charles W.Jack*
5d, the New York newspaper writer who
ras accused two weeks before of the murder
f hi3 wife at New Market, walked out of
ourt tree and with all suspicion removed
rom him.
Flag Day was generally observed by
pecial services in the public schools in New
ork City.
The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott preached the
accalaureate sermon at Harvard; baccalureate
sermons were also preached at
11 d a.awv*m
uujuruus umer cuu^w, mciuuiu^
lochester, Lehigh, Cornell and Lafayette.
Thomas J. Small, a merchant of Wrightsllle,
Ark., was burned to death in his store,
[is store, home and warehouse were burned.
Explosion of a lamp caused the fire.
8he??p Palmer, a colored man, was hanged
i Jackson, Miss., for the murder in Decerner
of Charlie Cordrey and wife, a newlylarried
couple.
Ex-Governor Alpheus Felch, of Michigan,
led in Ann Arbor in that State. He was
om at Limerick, Me., in 1806. He was a
'nited States Senator from 1847 to 1853.
Captain T. P. Leathers, the oldest and best
nown steamboat man in the Mississippi
alley, died in New Orleans, aged eighty,
'wo weeks before, returning from a recepIon
given in honor of his eightieth blrthdav,
e was run down by a bicyclist and badly
at about the face. Death was the result of
Is injuries.
The railroad station at Gray Gables, Mass.,
as bsen discontinued. The nearest station
) President Cleveland's home is now four
liles distant.
The Sinking Fund Trustees of Cincinnati,
>hlo, accepted a bid nt 619,000.000 for the
lie of the Cincinnati Southern Railway,
he successful bidders represent the present
;ssees of the road.
Returns from the Fifth Congress District,
.ouisiana, where an election was held to fill
tie vacancy caused by the unseating ol
iharles A. Boatner (Dem.) by the House, inthe
rfl-Aleetion of Boatner.
Indictments have been found against ??
lity Treasurer F. F. Michellon, of Camden,
T. J., who is alleged to be short In his acounts
$10,700. Ball was fixed at $5000.
At Chlllicothe, Ohio, Thomas White fatally
hot his sweetheart, Bertha McKelvey, and
hen killed himself. White had grown inanely
jealous of the girL
The steamship Bermuda left Philadelphia
rith another expedition for the Cuban inurgents.
Harry Buell jumped into the hopper of a
tone-cru3her in Brooklyn and was ground
o death between the rollers.
Foreign Notes.
Venezuelan troops stopped surveying by a
Iritish expedition in the disputed territory.
Earthquakes and a tidal wave in Northern
apan killed more than a thousand persons.
Tbe Yale crew arrived at Henley, England,
rom Southampton and took a row over the
ourse.
To prevent a duel between Marshal Marines
de Campos and Lieutenant-General
Jorrero, the Spanish Government has decided
to order Campos into active service. The
Jarshal declares tbat he will not accept a
lommand except in Cuba.
Insurgents in Cuba have again attacked
he port of Batabano, burning a portion of
he town, seizing the municipal hinds and
founding the Mayor.
A dispatch from Massowah, Africa, anlounces
that General Baratleri, the Italian
ead<*r wbo was defeated by the Abyssinians,
ifLi I it-en f mi nil nnf cnilK' of the charges
preferred against him.
According to special dispatches from
Lima, Peru, a severe earthquake has killed
many persons and done k'reat damage in Arelulpa,
a southern province.
The steamer Bertha, from Bilboa for Midilesborouyh,
was sunk off South wold. England,
by collision with the steamer Claverley,
and six of h> r crew w* re drowned.
Hm Andren, who will try to roach the
North Tole by balloon, sailed from Tromsoe,
Norway, for Spilzbergen.
Herr Wisser. a formermemberofthe Reichstag,
who is charged with perjury, committed
suicide in the jail at Erfurt, Germany.
Emperor William of Germany has decorated
Li Hung Chang with the Grand Cross of
the lied Eag e.
Famine is rairins iu KwansM Frovinco,
China. The Chine.-e say th .t the people iu
their dire distress have resorted to killing
children an i soling their flesh for a few
cents a pound.
Two bridges and an aqueduct at Havana,
Cuba, were blown up by dynamite and the
ffitvn-iit niinif?itrioken.
Mayors of South Africu visited President
Eraser, in Pretoria, and thaukr.1 him for the
rciwLSB of the reform leaders.
Advices from Puerto Principe. Cuba, state
that the insurgent General Gomes, becoming
incensed at the conduct of some subordinate
in-urgent leaders for levying and collecting
taxes and exporting cattle, and
pocketing tao proceeds, has ordered them
court-martialed. Tw <> of the culprits wero
summarily sentenced to death and shot.
Soveral others were degrarted.
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BfiLicMcomm
Seventh National Council of tl
Party at St. Louis.
DETAILS OF THE PROCEEDING
Senator Carter Called the Gathering
Order-?Charles W. Fairbanks, of X
dJana, the Temporary Chairman, Spo
at Length?Temporary and Perm
nent Organizations.
St. Louis, Mo., June 17.?The eleven
Bepubllcan National Convention was call
to order In the Auditorium at 12.20 o'clo
yesterday by Chairman Carter, of the N
tional Committee. Organization was effect
and C. W. Fairbanks, the temporary cha
man, addressed the Convention. After a
pointing Committees, the Convention a
journed to await their reports.
The delegates had been coming in grad
ally for an hour before the Chairman's gai
rapped. The Alabama delegation was t
first to flnter the halL Its members came
at 10.05, but it was 11.30 before the deleg
tions generally began to arrive. At 10.
the band behind the Chairman's stand begi
to play.
As time passed, the blare of bands becar
more frequent and the thunder of footste
more pronounced. At 11.53 the vast spa
reserved for the members was jammed wi
perspiring delegates. Staffs bearing bron
eagles were held aloft here and there, ai
the crowd surged ceaselessly through tl
aisles, most of them intent upon examinii
the decorations of the vast structure.
On the front of the gallery which rises b
hind the President's table tho face of tl
first Republican President of the Unit*
Btates Rooked out from the surrounding foil
of the flag he loved so well, tho photograj
being held in the talons of a small bra
eagle. A brass eagle stretches his wini
over Washington, nnd all around and abo
the National Sag is draped and festoone
Immediately to the right of a picture of Li
coin is a small photograph of General Grar
and to the left a similar sized one of Gener
8herman. A painting of General 8herida
framed Hike Lincoln's) in the folds of tl
National flag, occupies a similar place in tl
centre of the roof of the west gallery, one
Farragut in the east, and one of Premoi
WILLIAJ
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the first Republican candidate for the Pres
dencyinthe south. In the centre of ti
ball, midway between north and south, han*
the blue banner with the coat-of-arms of th
United States. Attached to this banner wi
a small flag with one star and three stripe;
representing the standard of Free Cubi
Over the banner hangs a five-pointed sta:
Lengthwise, crosswise and diagonally larg
arc lights are suspended, sixty altogethe
and to add to the plcturesqueness of the i
lumination, strings of large and variegate
Japanese lanterns are provided.
CHARLES W. FAIBBAXES.
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' After the convention was In order prayi
was offered by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Gal
Rabbi of the Gates of Truth congregation i
St. Louis. During the deliver}' of the prayi
the entire convention remained standing.
There was some applause at theconcluslc
of the rabbi's prayer, and then Secretai
Joseph Manley, of the National Committe
lead the call for the convention. He wi
cheered when he began.
At 12.25 Chairman Carter presente
Charles \V. Fairbanks, of Indiana, to the coi
vention for Temporary Chairman. Tk's wi
the signal for the first wild cheering of tl
day.
Mr. Fairbanks'? speecn was frequently i;
terrupted by applause. When he referred i
the home niarsets for American product
the cheering was so great that he was con
polled to ) ause for a moment. He wi
stopj ed utrain by cheering when ho said th
tli" U<*pub!icans stood for a currency thi
was the best in the world. When he d
olnrv.1 with emphasis that the Governme:
could not "by omnipotent flat make flf
eeats worth 103 cents," the sound mom
delegates broke out into prolonged applaus
There wore cheers also at the mention of il
liiaicu s imiuu.
The closing passage of tho temporft:
chairman's speech was a quotation from 01
of AloKinley's speeches an ! wo.? euthusiasl
caily recognized by the convention as sue
At the close of the address Mr. Carter a
nouneed the subordinate officials of the co
runtinn us Rplpcted bv tho National Commi
tee Mid they were elected.
The polling of the State delegations fi
the announcement of their Chairmen wi
then begun. When Delaware was call<
A.'Mick.? arose and asked to have his dele?
tioa placed on the oall, but his request w
passed by without action. There were loi
>-jv, -. i i .
IT cheers when Onto was called, and the an- U
|\| noancement of Mr. Foraker's name was the
Li signal for renewed applause. g
After an announcement of the places and K
times of meeting of the four committees? di
first, on permanent organization- second, C
16 on rules and order of business; third, tt
on credentials; fourth, on resolutions? tt
the convention at thirteen minutes to two w
adjourned for the day. tt
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SECOND DAY'S SESSION. {J
Permanent Organization Effected and Contests
Decided.
St. Loots, June 18. -Temporary Chairman oc
to
13 WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIOS
|P" (The auditorium seats about ten thousand p
Lincoln, Grant, Sheridan and Admiral Farragut
gallery. Each was framed in American flags.
as
>h
S3 Fairbanks called the convention to order at w
gs 10.40 o'clock a. m. for the second day's ses- in
ut sion. Prayer was offerad by Dr. Wilbur G. n<
d. Williams, of the Union Methodist Episcopal te
a- Church, of St. Louis.
it. "The Senator from Massachusetts," an- m
al nounced the Chairman, at the conclusion of at
n, the prayer, whereupon there was an outburst H
le of applause as Henry Cabot Lodge arose, re
le I Mr. Lodge asked for the Committee on Reso
of lutlons the privilege of sitting during the rf
it, progress of the convention, and stated that tl
hi
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I- the sub-committee bad completed the plat- _
le form, and that it was now being considered
js by the full committee. He asked leave to reie
port later.
is A motion that the report of the Committee
3, on Permanent Organization be accepted was
i. made by Senator Sewall, of New Jeeey, and
r. was agreed to amid aoplause. The report
:e of the Committee on Permanent Organizar,
tlon was then presented and read. It named
1- Senator J. 1L Thurston, of Nebraska, a3
id Chairman, made the Secretaries, Sergeantat-Arms
and otner temporary officers per_
manent officers of tne convention, and gave
a list of Vice-Presidents, one from each
State, as agreed on by the delegation. The
reading of the list of Vice-Presidents was Interrupted
by applause as Dopular names were
reached.
The Chair appointed Senator Sewall, of
New Jerser, and Representative Sereno Payne,
of New York, to conduct Senator
Thurston to the chair. The Nebraska Senator
took the chair amid tumultuous applause
and immediately began his address. As
Senator Thurston closed his short speech
with the phrase '*a patriotism as eternal as
the stars, the air was rent with cheers, amid
which he was heard to ask the official question,
''Gentlemen, what is your pleasure?"
'/ The Secretary read a letter from the Chair- /j
f man of the Committee on Credentials saying L
it was engaeed In the consideration of the .
Texas case and had not been able to complete
It. Qn motion of Governor Bushnell, Vi
of Ohio, the convention then adjourned until
2 p. m. q
Long before the hour for the convention ^
to convene for the afternoon session the
galleries began to fill up, but the delegates
and alternates were slow In arriving. At
2.30 folly 10,000 people were in the galleries.
It was exactly 2.40 p. m. when Chairman
Thurston again called the convention to
order. Quiet came with the first crack of
the gavel. The Chairman called upon F
Bishop Arnett, the President of Wllberforee 6
l- College, Ohio, to come to the platform. The
name of this eminent colored divine evoked
? a round of applause. He was escorted to the
er platform by Delegate Hill (colored), of Mlse,
sisslppl. uc
at At the conclusion of the prayer Mr. Thurs- th
er ton recognized Delegate MAdden, of Illinois, Gi
for a one-minute speech, In which he pre- Di
in sented the Chairman with a gavel made of P?
T wood taken from a house once owned by H,
0, Abraham Lincoln. The gavel, he said, 9houlii lo
is
>d
at
ty GAVEL USED AT TH]
(Carved from a loj; taken from a cabin built by Ab
>e.
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be presentel lo the nominee of the conven- nc
ry tlon. Chairman Thurston accepted the gavel fa
\e with a speech expressing a hope "that the fo
:j. Inspiration of the immortal Lincoln may
h. inspire our work here and hereafter." Mr.
u. Dennis, of Kentucky, nnothor gavel-bearer,
n- mounted the platform to present, on behalf
it- of the Young Men's Henry Clay Club of Lex- .
inpton, a gavel cut from a tree on the homa- Ia
ar stead of the great commoner of the "Ashxs
land district," the father of protection. se
3d Delegate Torren, of Minnesota, in an ap- d?
a- propriate speech, presented to the conven- pi
as tion a table made dv some of the schoolboys to
id of.Mlnneapolls for use at the National Bepub- m
\T "r 1
can Convention held in that city four yoars
jo. After accepting this table with a
raoeful speech Chairman Thurston called
>r the report of the Committee on Credenentlals.
Delegate Fort, of New Jersey, the
halrman, read the report. It ratified
le action of the National Committee in all
le contests except Delaware and Texas, In
hich the committee made no findings. In
lese two latter 8tate* the report recomended
the seating of the Higglns delegaon,
who favored McKinley, In opposition
the Addlcks delegation in Delaware and
10 Grant .(McKinley) opposition to the
uney delegation In Texas.
The announcement of the decision of the
>mmlttee were loudly applauded, but there
FIL CONTENTION WAS HELD.'
eople. Colos3al portraits of Washington,
looked down on the delegates from the
The platform Is at the left of the picture.
as a wild roar when Sir. Hepburn, of Iowa,
i behalf of the minority, presented the misrity
report protesting in the most vigorous
irms against the majority report.
Chairman Fort, of the Credentials Comlttea,
moved the previous question on the
ioption of the majority report, and Mr.
epburn moved to substitute the minority
iport
When Chairman Thurston announced the
ssult. 568X for ordering the previous queson
and S39>? against, the McKlnleylte3
Dwled themselves hoarse.
On the question of adopting the minority
sport regarding Delaware, Texas and the
idgments of the National Committee on the
;maining contests the "noes" prevailed by
crreat volume of sound, and the minority
jport was rejected in sections, and as a
hole. On the question of adopting the
lajorlty r?port ihe "ayes" were clearly
ladest, and no demand was made for a roll
ill, every one having been satisfied by tho
sst vote.
General Harry Bingham, of Pennsylvania,
halrman of the Committee on Rules, read
ie report of the committee. The rules recnmended
were identical with those hereifore
in force. Among the changes, six
)tes were given Indian Territory instead of
ro, and four vote3 to Alaska instead of
ro. The report was adopted.
Kfr. Orosvenor then moved to adjourn,
id an equal storm of ayes and noes was
.ised, The Chairman declared in favor of |
ie ayes, and at 5.07 p. m. the convention
Ijourned accordingly for the day.
THE MONEY PLANK.
d op ted Against the Protest* of the Free
Coinage Advocates.
St. Louis, June 18.?Following is the
tMMnlnl tslnnlr In f Vi A TJnniiKUrto r\ nluffnvm
ilUlUlOi piUklXEL 1U IUO Ik^UUUV^UU
adopted by the Committee on Resolutions:
'The Republican party Is unreservedly for
und money. It caused the enactment of
e law providing for the resumption of
ecie payments in 1879; since then every
>llar has bean as good as gold.
' We are unalterably opposed to every meas e
calculated to debase our currency or imilr
the credit of our country. We are therere
opposed to the free coinage of silver expt
by international agreement with the
ading commeroial Nations of the world,
hlch we pledge ourselves to promote, and
xtll such an agreement can be obtained the
lating gold standard must be preserved.
"Ail our silver and paper currency must be
alntained at parity with cold, and we favor
1 measures designed to maintain inviolably
e obligation of tbe United States and all
ir money, either coin or paper, at thepresit
standard, the standard of the most enWofMne
r\f fho "
^ U kVUUU 41UktVU*7 V4 WUU VU* W4JI
In the full committee forty out of flfty-ono
>t63 were cast for this financial declaration,
ie States nnd Territories opposing Its adopm
were California, Nevada. Idaho, MonDa,
Utah, Colorado, North Carolina,
yoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
8E3JATOB THUBSTOM, OF KEBHASKA.
'ermanent Chairman of tne Convention.)
>ma, although Oklahoma had previously
>ted against a free silver coinage substitute
fered by 8cnator Teller.
The leaders of the free coinage faction,
snators Teller, Dubois and Caonon, renewed
ifore the committee their public notice that
i the adoption by the convention of the
oney plank in the proposed platform, they
ould leave the hall and separate from the
jpubllcan party organization. Mr. Teller
id Mr. Cannon, of Utah, delivered very affnvnTT-Qlla
trv thafr nnrtv n aanHnf oa
id the Senator from Utah is represented as
iving actually shed tears.
Delairare Democrats for Go!d.
The Delaware Democratic State Convenm
met at Dover. The delegates chosen to
e National Convention are: Senator George
ray, Willard Saulsbury. Joan H. Sauisburv,
r. B. F. Lewis. W. H. Boyce and H. S.
nnington. All are gold men, except John
, Saulsbury. He was elected to pleased the
cal faction, of which he is the leader, and
E CONVENTION.
iraham Lincoln at Now Salem, III., in 1832.)
\t fnr hie frnn cil^nr \mottc Tim nlntfnrm
vora tho present goiil standard, declares
r honest money and again3t high tariff.
Cycling Craze Cooling.
It i3 said that the cycling craze amonp
shlonable folks in London is cooling down.
3ry few ladles of the aristocracy are to be
en cycling In Hyde Park now. They evi?ntly
object to tho constant contact with
ebelan cyclists, and so they have gone back
Rotten Row, horseback riding being a
uch more exclusive exercise.
IE PKBSIBENT SPEAKS
Mr, Cleveland Comes Out With \
Manifesto to His Party.
IS OPPOSED TO FREE SILVER
He Refuses to Believe That the Demo
era tic National Convention "Will Favoi
j Fjee Silver Coinage, and Detlreg Herej
after Only "to Occupy the Place of i
Private In the Party Banks."
President Cleveland made the following
reply at Washington to a reporter who asked
01 tne ?resiaenr a siarement concerning iiit
Democratic Bit nation:
! "I have made no figures as to the probable
aotion of the delegates already ohosen or tc
be chosen to the Democratic National Convention,
but I refuse to believe that when
the time arrives for deliberate action there
will be engrafted upon our Demooratlo
creed a demand for the free, unlimited and
Independent coinage of silver. I cannot believe
this, because I know the Democratic
party la neither unpatriotic nor foolish, anc
because it seems so clear to me that such t
course will inflict a very great injury upon
every interest of our country, which ii
has been the mission of Democracy to ad
vance, and will result in lasting disaster tc
our party organization. There Is little hope
that a means of success this free silver proposition,
after its thorough discussion during
a political campaign, will attract a majoMtj
of the voters of the country. It most be thai
many of the illusions influencing those no\<
relying upon this allege-i panacea for theii
ills will be dispelled before the time come*
for them to ca3t their ballots, which will ex
press their sober second thoughts. Th<
adoption by the Democraoy of this proposition
would, I believe, give to our opponent
an advantage both in the present and futurt
which they do not deserve.
My attachment to true Democracy is sr
strong that I consider its success a3 identical
with the promotion of the country'*
good.
"Tnis ought sufficiently to account for m\
anxiety that no mistake was made at ou
party convention. In my opinion no effor
should be spared to secure such action of thi
delegates as will avert party demoralization
"It is a place of consultation and compari
son of views, and those Democrats who be
lieve in the cause of sound money shoul(
there be heard ana be constantly in evidence
"A cause worth fighting for is worth fight
ing for to the end. If sound money Demo
orats suppose there is danger of a mistakf
being made, such danger should stlmulati
their activity in averting it instead of creating
discouragement.
"I am very far from arrogating to mvsel
a contiolling Influence upon the policy of mi
party; but as an unflinching Democrat wh<
has been honored by his party and who d?
sires hereafter no greater political privilege
than to occupy the place of private in iti
ranks, I hope I may not be blamod for saying
thus much at this time, in the interest
as it seems to me, of the grand old organiza
uon, so noa in uoaorauio iraumuu?, s.
justly proud of its achievements, and a!
ways so undaunted and brave in its battle:
for the people's welfare."
LIBRARY FOR ITS EMPLOYES.
Eemarkable Liberality of a Copper Mln
Ids Company.
The Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
of Michigan, is building a 823,000 librar;
and gymnasium for its employes. The com
pany owns the big copper mine whloh hai
paid nearly 850,000.000 In dividends to stock
holders, The President is Alexander Agaseiz
a son of the famous scientist
The company controls the municipal af
fairs of Cammet, and has prevented the towi
obtaining a charter, although it bas a popu
lation of 25,000. There is no serious com
plaint on the part of the inhabitants, how
ever, as the company has dealt liberally witl
them.
It provides a supply of good water at its
own expense, has had a fine high school
building erected, and has contributed liberally
to other public improvements.
The company does not allow Its employes
to belong to labor organizations, but treat
them liberally. '
TRAILING APACHE KID.
United State* Troops Chaio the Bene^ad
to Mexico.
The permission given to American an
Mexican troops to fol.'ow the renegad
Apaches over the border will soon end a!
trouble with marauding Indians who harees
caped from the San Carlos Reservation
These Indians do not number more tha
fifty, and they are supposed to be under th,
leadership of Apache Eld. a young India
who has something of old Victorlo's gift as i
fighter and of bis insatiable de3lre for blood
The few murders committed by the Kid re
cently have been in remote mountain c&o
yons, but the reports sent out aDout then
have done |muoh injury to Arizona. The
have conveyed the impression that the Tei
ritory is kept in a state of alarm by Apaches
as in the old days, whereas life ana propert;
are as safe in nearly all parts of Arizona as L
California.
Cirons Starts a Tinware Strike.
President Schelder, of the Eastern Tin war
Company, at Portland, Conn., notified hi
help that they most work and not attend th
circus In Middletown. One hundred disc
beypd and went to the circus. The Presl
dent then Informed the men that the disc
bedlent ones would be fined 82. All thos
who attended the circus went out on strlk
parading the Portland streets and talkin,
loudly and tnreateningly.
Foes of Wild Animals.
A congress of wild animal poisoning club
was recently held in Port Elizabeth, Sout]
Alrlca. The efforts of the clubs seem mainJ;
directed against jackals and baboons. L
many places the flocks have to be house<
during the night, to preserve them froc
their depredations. The Government sup
plies the poison and pays the rewards, thi
members do the rest.
Russia and China Friendly.
It is learned that Russia has induced Chlm
to make ali her railroads now building in thi
northern part of the Flowery Kingdom fou
feet eleven Inches wide, the width of thi
railroads In Russia. The advantages of thi
concession are apparent from the fact tha
in the future engines and trains of the grea
Siberian Railway can be run over Chinesi
lines.
Damage by Grasshoppers In Indiana.
Grasshoppers are doing great damage ti
parts of Indiana. Alexander Smith, of Cen
ter Township,has eighty acres of wheat fro a
which every blade has been eaten. Anothei
eighteen acres Is being eaten up, as well &
fifteen acres ol potatoes and a large field oi
oats.
Large Ran of Mackerel.
Reports received by the Canadian Depart
ment of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa sho*
that the run of mackerel along the shore
of Nova Scotia is much larger than It ba
been for several years, and that the fish keej
well in shore.
Trro Washington .Banks Fall.
The First National Rank and the Bank c
Cheney, Spokano County, Washington
olosed their doors. They are botheontrolle;
by D. F. Pereival. The depositors are small
as the failure was not unlouked for.
Carnegie Will Make Heavy Cannon.
The Carnegie people have decided to built
nn Addition to their works, at Pittsburg
costing at loft3t 81.000,000, for the rapid con
struction of heavy ordnance.
KruRer's Great Stroke ot Business.
President Kruger has done a great strok<
of business in the Transvaal. The lines o
the Johannesburg reformers total up ?1,<
000,000, equal to one-fifth of a year's lncoait
of tne South African Republic.
*8
HOW THE CONTESTS WERE DECIDERS
' Work of tli* Republican National Coin- B9
mitte? on the Temporary Boll.
The following statement was given ont at
3 St Lonls to show how the Eepablioan Natlonal
Committee performed its duties In the
moHoii r\ flat A/1 OPAfQ?
An analysis of the work of the committee
to regard to the 168 contests whioh were
, originally filed with (t shows tbat 136 cases
were acted on, some of the original number
having been abandoned, while several,
notably those of Delaware and a portion of
. the Texas delegation, were referred to the
convention. Of the 136 claimants rejected
by the committee sixty-two were avowed
McKinley men.
, Here is a summary of the committee's
work:
New York.?Three districts were contested,
covering six delegates. Two of the contests
f were decided in favor of the McKinley dele*
I gates, and in the other district both delegations
were admitted, giving: each delegation
1 a half vote. William Brookfleld and Anson
O. McCook. the anti-Platt delegates in the
) Thirteenth New York District, were admitted.
, Cornelius N. Bliss and 8. V. R. Cruger were
admitted on $ basis of half a vote apiece'to
the Twelfth District
, Pennsylvania.?There was a coiuJSt in the
Third District. Both delegations were ad
mltted, eaob delegate having a hall vote.
. Delaware.?The State contest was referred
. to the convention.
[ Virginia.?There were contests In the
i Second. Third and Eighth Districts, In the
t Tnird and Eighth the contests were witht
drawn, and In the Second each delegate got
. half a vote. v .
> North Carolina.?Both delegations In the
, Sixth District were admitted with half votes.
Sonth Carolina.?As to ilgtrlcts and as to
. the delegatea-at-large there were contests
\ covering eighteen voices. All were McKinley
t men. The Webster faction was recognized, i
f Georgia.?In three of th?? districts and ns
to two of the delegates-at-larsre contests were i
, decided in favor of the McKinley delegates.
Mississippi.?There were contests in the
, Seventh and on delegates-at-large. All were
avowed McKinley men. The Hill faction
, was successful, except In the Second, Third
> and Sixth Districts.
Louisiana.?In the First, 8econd. Third, 1
, Fifth and Sixth Districts, the McKinley dele.
eates were successful, but In the Fourth ]
) District the decision was against them.
Florida.?Delegates-at-large and the Seo
r ond District delegates favorable to ileum- >
i ley were seated, but the McKinley men In
I the First District were rejected.
; Alabama.?Contests in the First, Third, ?
Fourth, Sixth, 8eventh and Eighth Districts
and for deiegates-at-Iarge were deoided for
. McKinley men, and lu the Fifth and Ninth
l Districts McKinley men failed of recogni<,
tion.
California.?Contests In the Third and
. Fourth Districts were decided in favor of
} the McKinley men.
3 Texas.?There were contests In every dis?
. trict and a3 to the delegotes-at-Iarge. None
of the delegates-at-large was plaoed upon
I the temporary roll. In ten of the districts '
1 McKinley delegates won, while In the re)
malninK?the Seventh, Tenth and Twelfth?
. the decision was against the McKinley dele,
gates.
j Kentucky.?In the Fifth District McKinley
. delegates were victorious.
Tennessee.?In the Sixth and Ninth Dis- !
. tricts. All were McKinley men in the Ninth
> District, while in the Sixth the antl-McKln.
lev contestants were seated. ]
3 Arizona.?Six delegates-at-large were ad- <1
mitted with half votes. I
Alaska.?The contest was decided \ln the j
same manner. I
Sooth Carolina, Louisiana and Texas.? J
. Organizations commonly known as the "Lily. I
Whites" claimed seats in the convention, bat I
In all of these cases the committee decidedI
, that the organizations were irregular and M
P could not be recognized. I
j Governor Morton's Declination. 1
Chauncey M. Depew made public at St I
j Louis the following telegram from Governor I
Morton, declining in advance the nomination I
* for the Vice-Presidency:
Rhixecliffe, N. Tm June 18. I
" Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, St. Louis, Mo.: J
Please announce that I stated to you be*
* fore you left New York that I would not un- M
der any ciicuDistances accent a nomination H
f for Yiee-Presideat. Levi F. Mobtos.
Two Uvea Lost to Save One.
j The first vestibule passenger train over
3 the Southern Railway's new route between fl
Chattanooga and Norfolk passed Raleigh, N. fl
C., and two miles away it killed "Joe" Hardy H
and his nine-year-old granddaughter. The H
girl's smaller sister, was leading a goat by a H
I Thnonlmol nr\* An front and the H
e I 4VJ/U. AUODiuma.nv. w?
child ran after it. Her sister and grandj
father tried to pull her from tho track, and
i did so. bat lost their own liyes.
e ? >
[1 British Fortifying Eiqalinaalt*
i? A freight train arrived In Vancouver, Briti?
Ish Columbia, loaded with powder and shell
Q for the Esquimault fortifications. Train
6 loads of munitions of war have been cona
Btantly arriving recently and this Indicates
a that the British Government fortifications in
* Esquimault are more elaborate and extenk
elve than a casual observer has any concepl"
tion of.
a .
f A Kentucky Feud.
i, John C. Turner shot and killed his cousin,
7 Green Turner, in Mlddleboro, Ky. Green's
* brother, Sam Turner, was tinea at me same
place tea days ago. Ail the mea are con*
neoted with the Tarner family of the MartinTurner
feud. Flfteea of the family have "
e died by violeace.
s
e Jumped From Brooklyn Bridge.
" Patrick Sullivan, a printer aged twenty?
seven, who was drunk, jumped from the
e highest part of the Brooklyn Bridge, turned
e six somersaults in his flight, struck the water
g feet first and wa3 fished o\# five minutes'
later no more hurt than if he had just taken
his first bicycle lesson.
Governor Bradley Withdrew.
3
ij Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, decided
y that he would not allow his name to be prei
sented to the Republican National Conveni
tion at St. Louis as a Presidential caadidate,
i because he realized that it would be useless.
nonf.WntB Rievcle Elder Killed.
Harry H. Davis, a deaf mate, was riding a^|
bicycle upon Burger street la Utica, N. 7.
i While crossing the West Shore Railroad S[
e tracks he was struck by a freight train and
f so badly injured that he died.
8 n
9 Big Battle In Caba.
| A big battle has been fought in Cuba be-^|
a tween Spanish forces and Insurgents led by^H
Maximo Gomez. The Spanish are reported^H
to have been victorious. The rebel loss
said to have been five hundred.
I Child Killed by Bulldogs.
rtruji? /%^rr>a fha .vAar-nM^^Bi
^ ?T LUiC UiiVLU^ vwno ?mw
r son of J. L. Martin, ot Cartersbrldge, Va.flfl
s was attacked by bulldogs and killed. Hi^^l
t scalp was torn off anil his neck and bodj^H
wore terribly lacerated. flfl
Damage bv a Storm. j^S
! Much damage was done in New York Clt]^H
r I and along the New Jersey and Long IsIani^^B
. 1 coasts by a storm.
Fatally Hurt by Cranes.
| Henry James, of Black Duck. Minn., wa^^J
l fatally injured by a dock of cranes, whic^H|
j also killed bis dog. j^H
T1%a T.'ilinr Wnrl
* ! In Brooklyn bakers work from fortv-eigh^^B
f j to 110 hours per week. IH|
| Detroit (Mich.) bricklayers have intr]^^H
dueed the eight-hour day. ^
, I The Beer Drivers' Union of Buffalo, N.
j raised its initiation fee to $50.
!>an Francisco expert lithographers wt^^H
* ! draw on stone get 560 a week. ^HH
| The striking Milwaukee (Wis.) street raiHH
I way men propose to organize a competiiWJ
; municipal railway. iKB
! The Milwaukee (Wis.) street car strikeH||
( ' offered to return to work if the compa^^H
would discharge the new nun, but their
| | fer was defined,