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DEMOCRATS IN SESSION. [j>
State Conventions in Illinois, Wisconsin
and Texas.
J. P. ALTGELD RENOMINATED,
Qllnols Democrats Declare for Silver and
Unit Rale? Altgeld Didn't Want to Rnn
Again, But the Convention Named Him
by Acclamation?Gold Wins In Wisconsin?The
Texas Democrats Split.
Peoeu, 111., Juae 2i.?Ia a commodious
wooden structure on Hamilton avenue, the
representatives of the Democracy of Illinois
met yesterday to select a State ticket and to
name the delegates who will represent it at
the National Convention in Chicago. An
hour before tho time eet by the official call
fully 6500 people were packed within the
building, and 2000 more were unable to ob- J,
tain admittance. '
At 12.15 o'clock Secretary of State W. ;
JOHN V. ALTOELD. " g
(Renominated for Governor of Illinois by
the Democrats.)
Hinrichsen called the convention to order f ^
aud introduced as Temporary Chairman "tl
Alexander Hamilton Ball, of Carllnville. ~6'
Hon. Chas. K. Ladd, who was presented as ^
Permanent Chairman, made a fiery address. Y<
Ex-Congressman L. E. Worthington, of choi
Peoria, declared that the Eastern goldbugs or b
are responsible for forty-cent wheat and ten- to i
dollar horses. Governor Altgeld then made pati
his appearance on the platform and received skil
t tremendous ovation. gpee
Bv a risini? vote of 1069 delegates, and g^ai
amid a tumult of applause, cheers, the wav- orie
lng of hats, handkerchiefs, and coats, Altgeld pie 1
was renominated for Governor. The remain- mea
der of the ticket Is: Liententant-Governor, is it
Monroe C. Crawford; Secretary of State, p0p
Finis 0. Downing; Auditor of State, W. F. any
Beck; State Treasurer, Edward C. Pace; At- bat
torney-General, George A. Trade. takf
The convention adopted a free silver not
plank, named forty-eight delegates to Chi- an ii
cago and instructed them to vote as a unit \y
for a candidate for President to 6tand on a can
free silver platform. Am<
The delegates-at-large are John P. Alt- ing,
geld, Judge Connell, Secretary of State Hin- in tl
richsen and Railroad Commissioner Fithian. ruir
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WISCONSIN FOR COLO, min
thiu
SUverltes Beaten In the Democratic Con- hosl
vention by 271 to 219. he t
Milwaukee. Wis., June 24.?The Bijou It ?<
Opera House was crowded to the doors long
before the time set for calling the Demo- t]
cratic State Convention to order. Upon the trat
stage were the old-time leaders, Sena- 8toc
tor Vilas, General Bragg, W. C. Silver- the
thorn, and Thomas Barton. At 11 o'clock that
ex-Governor Peck, Chairman of the but
State Central Committee, read the call tte
and introduced Thomas F. Frawley, of *ooi
Eau Claire, to act as Temporary Chairman. of t!
After the address the usual committees were doc
appointed. In all cases the selections of the ?ur
district conventions were endorsed. These ^
prpHminnrv conventions indicated clearly 8ta6
that the gold men had full control of the thei
convention. / we
After the convention had taken a recess the Alej
free silver men, to the number of about sixty, Is t
held a caucus. It was resolved to make a yoo
r\f fhA ft nil to JUIIS
ufeutwt ct-,
prevent, it possible, an outright declaration He<
lor the gola standard in the platform. sucl
When the convention reassembled two re- God
ports from the Committee on Resolutions
were presented. When Mr. Usher read the the
majority report, which declared for gold, God
there were loud oheers. When Mr. Silver- Mag
thorn took the floor to read the minority re- trut
port the cheers broke louder than ever. stjrei
Senator Vilas took the platform In response Vnd
to cheers, and made an appeal for the gold t ^di
standard. Speeches followed by Delegate He!
Dockery, of Ashland, for silver; Louis J./ besl
Bomrich, of Kenosha, for a straddle in thi6 is sc
financial question, and General Bragg 0r mci
gold. The minority report was then relict- Ii
ed?271 to 219?and the majority report P?ti
unanimously passed. P^o
The delegates-at-large selected arej/Sena- tbe;
tor William F. Vilas, General Edward S. the]
^^^I^Bragp, James G. Flanders, of Milwaukee, spei
J. Hogan, of La Crosse. Af 6 o'clock the;
convention adjourned sine die. ^
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' Democrats Spilt in Texas. ticu
HV - Acstis, Texas, Jane 24. ?The regular State ^us
Democratic Convention and the Democratic ?!ar
*' Convention, which favors the gold standard, otla
met here. The gold men men met in the are,
Opera House, with about 400 delegates preseat,
and the !ree silverites in Convention one
Hall, w th about 1000 in attendance. onS
? - *md
The regular Democratic Convention or- * ?
tranized at 12 o'clock by electing the Hon. arrf
W. E. R?ms?y, a free silver man, Chairman, J"0"
and after appointing committees adjourned H
until 3 o'clock.
The "gold" convention adopted a platform
repudiating the methods and actions of the |be<
State Executive Committee. It declares
that the action of the committee necessitates
tha reorganization of the Democratic party fon
in Texas. Fifteen Democratic electors were " *
chosen aad a State Convention called to
meet in Waco, August 25, to nominate State c'rc
officer?. A full delegation was elected to at- e~?
tend the Chicago Convention.
The regular convention adopted a plat- Bra
form declaring for free silver coinage, "with- tlie
* out awaiting the action of any other Na* *)re
tion." A minority report by the ''gold" dov
wing was voted crown Dy over two-thirds
Lmajoritv. spr
bus
The Liberals Sweep Canada FVom Ome End esti
to the Otlter. m<5
tha
The Liberal party in Gftaada won a groat tho
victory in the Dominion general elections, tou
Aftertfour successive defeats since 1378 by tlct
?v? CI. I Poi
I the Conservative uoveruuirui ui uio imc | ^
John A. MacDonald they defeated the Con- I
servative party under the Premiership of Sit the
Charles Tupper, the late High Commissioner cit]
tri'tti Canada in England, by an overwhelm- in <
ins majority. The victory vnis a complete Yo\
Mirprise to tho Government. As the returns haj
i-arnu in showing the election ot the oppoflt* pei
lion candidates in the cities wiMi as in the Wa
r>arf\ pui
rumi i.-'jiuiuuvuvii
could hardly realize their defeat. fut
an<
CHV Mr?. Heoiinc cle.tre!.
BSHHv tlO
Spy The jury in the trial at Ne;v York City oJ bit
^9 Mrs. Alice Almont Livingston Fleming fot *s '
the murder of hor mother, Mrs. Evciini M. Kr
Mg Bliss, by poison, returned a vur Ji-.-t of nc: 33,
guilty. The jury had been out n arly twelve 1
hours. fri'
Yo
Out tlie Common Run.
H9BhB Henry S^haeht, of Joiasoa Count)'. No- Iu<
BflH brasba, sold the other day a pet pig weigh* ce:
UDI ing 85u pounds. Ch
La Crosse, iian., is dead town. When ^
any one living near wants u house he goes tc tn
La Crosse, buys one for a few sesterces anc Pr
hauls it oO, 7a
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WILL/AM' "McKIN]
Candidate foi^ 1
EV. PR TAI1IAGE.
JDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE
NOTED DIVINE.
(abject: "God in Everything.0
sxt: "Ar*not two sparrows sold for a
ling? And one of them shall not fall on
?round without your Father."?Matthaw
:9.
>u see the Bible will not be limited in the
,ce of symbols. There is haraly a beast
ird or insect which has not been called y
llustrato some divine truth?the ox's
ence, the ant's industry, the spiderV
1, the hind's surefootedness, the eagle's
>d, the dove's gentleness, and even the
row's meanness and insignificance./ In
ntal countries none but the poorest peobuy
the sparrow and eat it?so very little
t is there on the bones, and so vtfry poor
what there is of it. The comfortable
UlttllUU ?UU1U UUl L LI 1X1R. <?i /JUUIUUK It
more than you would think /of eating a
or a lamprey. Now. says Jesus, if God
? such good care of a poor bird that is
worth a cent, will He not care for you,
mmortal? /
e associate God with revolutions. We
see a divine purpose fn the discovery of /
Jrica, in the invention of the art of printin
the exposure of' the gunpowder plo'.,
tie contrivance of,the needle gun, In the
i of an Austrian' or Napoleonic despoi;
but how hard it is to see God in the
ute personal affairs of our lives! We
ik of God as making a record of the starry
but cannot realize tbe Bible truth that
:nows hott many hairs are on our head,
sems a grand thing that God provided
I for hundreds of thousands of Israelites
tie desert; but we cannot appreciate the
h that, when a sparrow is hungry, God
>ps4ownand opens its mouth apd puts
seed in. We are struck with the idea
God Alls the universe with his presence,
cannot understand how he encamps in
crvstal nalaee of a dew droo. or finds
n to stand between the alabaster pillars
tie pond lily. We can see God in the
ids. Can we see God in these flowers at
feet?
e are apt to place God on some great
;e?or to try ro do it?expecting Him
re to act out His stupendous projects, but
forget that Jhe life of a Cromwell, an
cander or a Washington or an archangel
lot more under divine inspection than
r life or mine. Pompey thought there
it be a mist over the eyes of God because
;o much favored Crosar. But there is no
1 mist. He sees everything. ^Ve say
.'s path is in the great waters. True
agh; but no more certainly than He is In
water in the glass on the table. We say
. guides the stars in their courses,
jniflcent truth! But no more certain
h than that He decides which road or
et you shall take in coming to ohurch.
lerstand that God does not sit upon an
fferent or unsympathetic throne, but that
sits down beside you to-day, and stands
de me to-day, and no affair of our lives
> Insignificant but that it is of import5
to God.
t the first place, God chooses our occuonforus.
I am amazed to see how many
pie there are dissatisfied with the work
Y have to do. I think three-fcurths wish
7 were insomeotheroccupation, and they
id a great deal of time In regretting that
Y got in the wrong trade or profession. I
it to tell you that God put into operation
the influences which led you to that parlar
choice. Many of you are not in the
Ines3 that vou exoected to be in. You
ted for the ministry and learned merndise;
you started for the law and you
a physician; you preferred agriculture
you became a mechanic. You thought
way; God thought another. But you
ht not to sit down and mourn over the
t. You are t? remember that God
mged all these circumstances by which
were made what you are.
ugh Miller says, "I will be a stoneson;"
God says, "You will be a geoloDavid
goes out to attend his father's
jp; God calls him to govern a nation.
1 go<*s out to hunt his father's asses, and
>re he gets back finds the crown of regal
Union. How much happier would we be
>e were content with the places God gave
God saw your temperament and all the
nmctiinofx; bv whieh vnu wfre enrround
and T Believe nine-tenths of you ore fn
work you are best fitted for. I hear a
it racket In my watch, and I find that
hands, and the wheels, and the spring
getting out of their places. I send it
rn to the jeweler's and say, "Overhaul
t watch and teach the wheels, and the
ing, and the hands to mind their own
lness." You know a mitn having a large
?to Re fathers his working hands in the
rning, and says to one, "You go and trim
t vine;" to another, "You go and weed
se flowers;" to another, "You plow that
gh glebe;" and each one goes to his parilar
work. The owner of the estate
nts the man to what he knows ho can -do
t, and so it is with the Lord.
remark further that God has arranged
place of our dwelling. What particular
, or town, street or house you shall live
eems to be a mere matter of accident,
a go out to hunt for a house, and you
>pen to pa?s up a certain street, and hap1
to see a sign, and you select that honse.
s it all happening so? Ob, no! God
idcd you in every step. He foresaw the
ure. He knew all your circumstances,
1 He selected just that one bouse as bettor
ycu than auv of the 10.C00 habitant
in the city. Cur house, however humi
the roof and however lowly the portals,
as near God's heart as an Alhambra or u
emlin. Prove it, you say. Proverbs ill..
"He blesseth the habitation of the just.'
! remark further that God arranges all our
endships. You were driven to the wall.
n f, ,11,1,1 n mnn ilist at I h.lt orisis WhO SVrt>
thized with you and helped you. Vou
r, "'How iucky I was!" There was no
.'k about it. God s<nt that friend just as
rtainly as Ho sent the ancel to strengthen
irist. Your domestic friends, your busiss
friends, your Christian friends, God~ut
em to bless you, and if any of them ua^e
oved traitorous, it is ouly to bring out the
lue of those who remain. If some die, it
only that they may stand at the outposts
heaven to greet you at your coming.
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You always will have friends, warm lieartnd
friends, magnanimous friends, and; when
sickness comes to your dwelling there will
be watchers. When trouble comes /to your
heart, there will b? sympathizers. When
death comes there Thrill be gentle/Angers to
close the eyes and'fold the hands, and gentle
lips to tell of a rfeurrectlon. Oh, we are comv..
~ j ~ e t~j .-j.i xi
ptu&eu uj a uuvygutuu ui irieuus: r. very
man, if he hap- behaved himself well, is surrounded
by three circles of friends?those of
the outer circle wishing him well; those in
the next .Circle willing to help him; while
close up to his heart are a few who would die
for him. God pity the wretch who has not
any friends!
I .-remark again, that God puts down
th^' limit to our temporal prosperity.
The worid of finance seems to have no
God in it You cannot tell where a man will
land. The affluent fall; the poor rise. The
ingenious fail; the Ignorant succeed. An
enterprise opening grandly, shut3 in bankruptcy,
while out 01 the peat dug up from
some New England marsh the millionaire
builds his fortune. The poor man thinks it
is chance' that keeps him down; the rich
man thinks it is chance wnich hoists him;
and they are both wrong. It Is so hard to
realize that God rules the money. market,
and has a hook in the nose of the stock
gambler, and that all the commercial revolutions
of the world shall result in the very
best for God's dear children.
My brethren, do not kick against the divine
allotments. God knows just how much
money it is best for you to i06p. You never
gain unless it is best for you to gain. You
go up when it is best for you to go up and
fo down when it is best for vou to go down.
rove it, you say. I will. Romans viii.. 28,
'All things work together for good to them
that love God. ' You go into a factory and
you see 20 or 30 wheeh, and they are going
in differeni directions. This band Is rolling
off this way and another band another way;
one down and another un. You say, "What
confusion in a factory!" Ob, no! all these
different bands are only different parts of the
machinery. 80 I cro into your life and see
stranee things. Here is one providence pullinc
yon one way and another in another
way. Eut these are different parts of one
machinery by which He will advance your
ewrlasting and present well being.
Now you know that a second mortgage,
and a third and fourth morti?age are often
worth nothing. It is the first mortgage that
is a good investment. I have to tell you
that every Christian man has a first mortgage
on every trial, and on every disaster,
and it must make a payment of eternal advantasre
to hissoul. How many worrinftnts
it would take out of your heart if you beMeved
that fully. You buy goods and hope
the price will^o up, but you aro in a fret
and a frown for tear the price will go down.
You do not buy the goods u?inc your best
discretion in the matter, and then say: "Ob,
Lord, I have done the best I could!" I commit
this whole transaction into Thy hands!"
That is what religion is good tor or it is
good for nothing.
There are two things, eays an old proverb,
you ought not to frot about?first, tbines
that you can help, and second, things which
you cannot help. If you can help them,
why do you not apply the remedy? If you
cannot help them, you might as well surrender
first as last. My dear brethren, do not
sit any longer moping about your ledger.
TX-v nl* InrtHnjT OA ^acr^nHinfl?ltr nnAfl
1/W UVl OIL IVA'ILIU^ OV UV^pvtiUHtQ'j ?f
ycrar stock of unsalable goods. Do you
think that God is going to allow you, a
Christian man, to do business alone? God
is the controlling partner in every firm, and
although your debtors may abscond, although
your securities may fail, although
your store may burn, God will, out of an
infinity ot results, choose for you tho very
best results.
Do not have any idea that you can overstep
the limit that God has laid down for
your prosperity. You will never get one
inch beyond it. God has decided how much
prosperity you can stand honorably and employ
usefully and control righteously; and
at the end of the year you will have just so
many dollars and cents, just so much wardrobe,
just so much furniture, iust so many
bonds and mortgages, and nothing more. I
will give you S100 for ever}' penny you pet
beyond that. God has looked over your life.
He knows what is best for you, and he Is going
to bless you in time, and bless you for
eternity; and He will do It in the best way.
Your little 3hild says: "Papa, I wish you
ttould let trie have that knife." "No,"
yon say, 'It Is a sharp knife and you
will cut yourself." Ha says, '! most have
tt" "Bat you cannot have It," you reply.
He (jets angry and red in the face, and says
he will have it; but you say hesball not have
it. Are you not kind in keeping it from him?
80 God treats His children, I say, "I wish,
Heavenly Father, to get that" God says, ''No,
my child." I say."I must have it" God says,
"You cannot have it" I get angrv and say,
"I will have it" God says. ''You shall not
bavo it;" and I do not get it. Is He not kind
and loving and the best of Fathers? Do you
tell me there is no rule and regulation in
these things? Tell that to the men who believe
in no God and no Blbie. Teil it not tome!
A man of large business concludes to go
our of his store, leaving much of his investments
in the business, and he says to bia
sons: "Now, I am goins to leave this business
in yonr hands. Perhaps I may come
back in a little while, and perhaps not.
While 1 am gone you will please to look aftec
affairs." After awhile the father comes back
and finds everything at loose ends, and the
whole business seems to be going wrone. He
says: "I am goin.t; to take possession of this
business?you know I never fully surrendered
it?and henceforth consider yourselves
subordinates." Is he not riRht in doing it?
He saves the business. The Lord seems to
let us go on in life, guided by our own skill,
and we make miserable work of it God
comes down to our shop, or our store, and
says: ''Things are going wrong. I come to
take charge. I am Master and I know wha'
is best, and I proclaim my authority."' We
are merely subordinates. " It is liko a boy a!
school with a long sum that he cannot" do.
He has been working at it for hours, making
figures here and rubbing out figures there,
and it is all mixed up, and the teacher, looking
over the boy's shoulder, knows that he
cannot got out of It, and cleaning the slate,
says, "Begin again." Just so God does td
us. Our affairs got into an inextricable outangiement,
and He rubs everything out and
says. "Begin again!" Is He not wise and
loving in so doing?
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< GARRET A. HOBAR'
Candidate for '
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I think the trouble is that there Is 90 large
a difference between the divine and the human
estimate as to what is enough. I have
heard of people striving for that which is
enough, but I never heard of any one who
had enough. What God calls enough for
man man call too little. What man calls
enough God says is too much. The difference
between a poor man and a rich man is
only the difference in banks. The rich man
Suts his money in the Washington bank, or
le Central bank, or the Metropolitan bank,
or some other bank of that character, while
the poor man comes up and makes his investments
in the bank of Him who runs all
the quarries, all the mines, all the gold, all
the earth, all heaven. Do you think a man
can fail when he is bfqkgd ud like that?
You may have* seen a map" on which is
described, with red ink, the travels of the
children of Israel through the desert to the
promised land. You see bow they took this
and that direction, crossed that river and
went through the sea. Do you know God
has made a map of your life with paths leading
up to this river and across that sea?
But, blessed be God, the path always comes
out at the promised landL Mark that! Mark
that!
I remark again that all those things that
seem to be but accidents in our life are under
the divine supervision. fWe sometimes seem
to be going helmless and anchorlees. You
say, "If I had some other trade; if I had not
gone there this summer; if I had lived in
some other house." You have no right to
say that. Every tear you wopt, every step
you have taken, every burden you have
carried is under olvine Inspiration, and that
event which startled your whole household
with horror God met with perfect placidity,
because He knew it was for your good. It
was part of a great plan projected long ago.
In eternity, when you come to reckon up
your mercies, you willp6int to that affliction
as one of your greatest blessings.
God has a stranee wav with us. JoseDh
found his way to the prime minister's chair
by being pushed into a pit; and to maDy a
Christian down is up. The wheat must be
flailed; the quarry must be blasted; the diamond
must be (wound: the Christian must
be afflicted; and that single event, which
you supposed stood entirely alone, was a
connecting link between two great chains,
one chain reaching through all eternity past
and the other chain reaching through all
eternity future?go small an event fastening
two eternities together.
A missionary coming from India to the
United States stopped at St. Helena while
the vessel was taking water. He had hl3
little child with him. They walked along by
an embankment, and a rock at that moment
became loosened and, falling Instantly,
killed the child. Was it an accident? Was
it a surprise to God? Had He allowed His
servant, after a life of consecration, to come
to such a trial? Not such Is my God, There
are no accidents in the divine mind,
though they may seem so to us. God is
good, and by every single incident of our
life, whether it be adverse or otherwise, before
earth and heaven. God will demonstrate
His mercy.
I hear a man say: "That idea belittles
God. l'ou bring Him down to such little
ikinrM " AK T hftffa o m/M>a fKnwAnrth nn_
v/u^ A umo u """ 1 mi'i v/u^u u^r*
preclation of God in little things than
I have in great things. The mother
does not wait until the child has crushed
its foot or broken its arm before ehe administers
sympathy. The .child comes in with
the least bruise, and the mother kisses it.
God doe3 not wait for some tremendous
crisis in our life, but comes down to us in
our most insignificant trials and throws over
us the arms of His mercy.
Going up the White Mountains some years
ago I. thought of that passage in the Bible
that speaks of God as weighing mountains
in a balance. As I looked at those great
mountains I thought, Can it be possible that
God can put these great mountains in scales?
It was an idea too great for me to grasp; but
when 1 saw a bluebell down by the mule's
foot, on my way up Mount Washington, then
I understood the kindness and goodness of
God. It Is not so much of God in great
things I can understand, but of God in little
thlngsj
There is a man who says, "That doctrine
cannot be true, because things do go so very
wrong." I reply it is no inconsistency on
the part of God, but a lack of understanding
on our part. I hear that men are mailing
very fine shawls in some factorv. I go in
on the first floor and see only the raw materials,
and I ask. "Are these the shawls I
have heard about?" "No," says the manufacturer.
"Go up to the next floor," and I
go up, and there I begin to see the design.
But the man says: "Do not stop hero. Go
up to the top floor of the factory and you
will see the Idea fully carried out." I do so,
and having come to the top, see the complete
pattern of on exquisite shawl. 3o in
our life, standing down on a low level of
A * nn^ n T-cf n n H
i/unsuttu eAperiuiiuo wo uu uui
God's dealings. He tel:s us to get up higher
and higher until we begin to understand
the divine meaning with respect to us, and
we advance until we stand at the very gate
of heaven, and there see God's Ilea all
wrought out?a perfect Idea of mercy, of
love, of kindness. And we sav, "Just and
true are all my ways." It is all right at the
top. Remember there is no inconsistency
on the part of God, but It Is only oar mental
and spiritual incapacity.
Some of you may be dlsapolnted this summer?vacations
are apt to be disappointments?but
whatever your perplexities and
worriments, know that "Man's heart deviseth
his way. but the Lord directeth his
steps." Ask these aged men in this church
If it is not so. It has been so in rav own life.
000 summer I started for the Artirondacks,
but my plans were so changed that I landed
in Liverpool. I studied law and I got into
tho ministry. I resolved to go as a missionary
to China, and staid in the United States.
1 thought I would like to be in the east, and
I went to the west. All the circumstances
" 11 ?- Ho*
oi lire, an my wotk, uiucreui num mui.
which I expected. "A. man's heart devisoth
his way, but the Lord directeth his steps."
So, my dear friends, this day take homo
this subject. Be content with such things as
you have. From every grass blado under
your feet learn the lesson of divine care, and
never let the smallest bird flit across your
path without thinking of the truth that two
sparrows are sold for a farthing, and one of
them shall not fall on the ground without
your Father. Blessod be Hi3 glorious name
forever. Amen.
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Vice-President.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED*
Washington Itemi.
HoshlToru, the new Japanese Minister,
arrived In Washington.
The British Government decided to ash
Secretary Olney to use his good offices witi
Venezuela to secure the release of Mr. Har
rlson.
Secretary Olney held a conference with th<
Spanish Minister, Dupuy De Lome, the result
of which will be reported to President
Cleveland.
The Venezuelan Boundary Commission received
another batch of important evidence
irom ine government ai ^arucua.
Wm. Byan, a Virginia revenue collector,
r.rrlved with news from Cuba for the Administration.
He says annexation Is now
the chief topic of discussion In Havana.
President Cleveland, accompanied by Secretary
Carlisle and Dr. O'Reilly, left Washington
for a brief Ashing cruise along the
South Atlantic coast.
Guatemala has had another attempt at
revolution. If the little uprising which occurred
there during the past few days can
be dignified as such. The 8tate Department
received news of the affair from Mr. Prlngle,
Charge d'Affaires of the United States at
Gautemala City.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Ambassador,
bad an Interview with Secretary
Olney. Sir Julian has Informed Mr. Andrade,
the Venezuelan Minister, that he will
reoeive any proposals concerning the boundary
dispute which Venezuela may desire to
make to the British Government. It is
probable that some agreement will be
reached by Sir Julian and Mr. Olney In a
short time.
Postmaster Sayre, of Atlantla City, N. J.,
was removed from office by Postmaster-Gen1X741
Kftrtfltian /v# a ohrtrfflCA fif ?1400
in his accounts.
Domestic.
BECOED 0? THE LEAGUE CLOTS.
Per. Pet
CI ribs. Won. L"?t. ct.l Club*. 'Won. Loit. ct.
Baltimore.34 18 .654.Plttsburc.27 25 .619
Cleveland 32 18 .640|Brooklyn.27 26 .509
Cinolnnati34 22 .607 Chicago. .29 28 .509
Boston....80 21 .588 New. York22 81 .415
WshinK'n26 23 .531 St. Louls.15 88 .283
Phlladei. .29 26 .527 Louisville 11 40 .216
Judge Wallace, of the UnitedStates Circuit
Court, 8yracuse, N. Y., rendered a decision
denying the motion of William J. Kresser. ol
Albany, to restrain Excise Commissioner Ly>
man from revoking his license on Juno SO.
The opinion declares that the Raines law Ib
constitutional and not a violation of the
United 8tates Constitution.
Every minelnLeadville, CoL, is closed on
account of the strike.
The New Home 8ewing Machine Company
of New York City has ascertained that it has
been robbed of more than 620,000 in the last
Kv? AmnlAvflQ flaran flrfAatq TTPrO
iO>Y JCOiO UJ CUi|/iVJv?t wwtvm I. w.made.
The freshmen boat race at Poughkeepsle,
N. Y.f was won by Cornell by a length,
Harvard second, Pennsylvania third and Co*
lumbjajast.
David Belasco, the playwright, who sued
N. K. Falrbank, the Chicago pork-packer,
for 865,000 for his services In preparing Mrs.
Leslie Carter for the stage, was awarded a
verdict of $16,000 in the Supreme Court, New
York City.
The triennial convention of the International
Sunday-school Association was held
in Boston.
Frank Marquardt, an engineer, and Charles
Angus, a fireman, were killed by the explosion
of the boiler of a New York Central
Railroad loconootiv# in Utica, N. Y.
A McEinlev and Hobart ratification meeting
wai held in Carnegie Music Hall, New
York CUy, among the speakers being Edward
Laaterbach. T. C. Piatt, J. Bloat Fas
satt, Frajk Hiscock and W. A- Sutherland.
Banker Auijust Belmont's horse, Henry of
Navarre, won the Suburban, at Sheepshead
Bay, near New York City, with The Commoner
secr.nd and the heavily backed favcr?ite,
Clifford third.
The first Vaticnal Convention of the
Credit Men of the Uoited States was held at
Toledo, Ohio. Mayor Major's address of
welcome was responded to by M. E. Bannin,
of New York; T. J. Ferguson, of New Orleans.
and W. H. Taylor, of Kansas City.
W. H. Preston, of Sioux City, Iowa, was
then elected Permanent Chairman.
The State Bar Association of Indiana was
organized at Indianapolis at a meeting represented
by lawyers from all parts of the
State. General Benjamin Harrison was
elected first President unanimously.
In New York City Judge Cowing sentenced
a saloon keeper to one month in the
penlten iarv, and his bartender to ten days
In the Tombs for selling beer In an alleged
club over his saloon on Sundays.
John Martsolf, a leading citizen of Webb
City, Mo., committed suicide, blowlncr his
head off his shoulders with a stick of giant
powder.
George H. Wyckoff, Presi lent of the Bank
of New Amsterdam, New York City, died
from the effects of the shot fired by George
H. Somple.
Albert Woods, thirly-two years old, the
proprietor of a photograph gallery at
Washington Park, Philadelphia, and Richard
*r t-u a ric?ifnr tn thft
UlttUZie, IVVCUIJ > com w.? , ? .
gallery, were shocked to death by touching
an electric screen.
Henry B. Eeecher, a son of the late Henry
WarJ Bnecher, was acquitted in New York
City on tue charge of lorging a corporate
name.
vandals visited Wappinger's Fajls (N. Y.)
Cemetery at night and destroyed fifty of Its
most beautiful monuments.
Alonzo A. Walling was, at Newport, Ky.,
adjudged cuilty of the murder of Pearl
Eryan, with penalty of death, and was imprisoned
with Seott Jackson at Covington,
fcy., who is awaiting death for the same
crime.
The boiler nf the excursion steamer Titus
Shear! explode 1 when about to larvi at Taylor's
Driving Park, Little Falls, N. Y., and
eleven persons were killed and six injured.
The Sub-Committee of the Senate Finance
Committee, investigating the recont Government
bon 1 Issue, began its sessions in New
York City. August Bslmont, J. Pierpont
Morgan and Francis Lyn le Stot3on testified.
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.LED BY k BUILDING'^
U# THE SI
Lives Lost In the CollapseFrandtco
Lodging Home^jn Th0T 1
the collapse of a three-story
ling on the corner of Fifth stre?e At a e
avenue, San Francisco, Cal., ' the boll
le were killed outright and elfc can Na1
rs were more or less seriously lnjnrt eratlon
>ast two more victims were known to Lte(j sta
LPi ruins. nress.
le building was occupied as a restaurant^ na|
he lower floor, and the second and third ^da
les were utilized as a lodging house. Q 0f
inel OTSeefe. the owner of the premises, Q0|
recently informed that the foundation
defective, and on the advice of an archi- n d
the ground had been entirelv dug away of
n beneath the building, in or<5er that new ?
lerplnnlng might be set In.
wine to some mismanagement on the
t of the contractors the structure was left
ifflciently supported and collapsed. The
us took fire, but the flames were subdued
h little ouncuuy.
.n unidentified lady who was passing by
building at the time of the collapse was
nek by falling timbers and instantly killed,
a mangled remains of an old man were
aoved from the top of the wreckage, to:her
with the body of an unidentified man,
> ooeupant of the lodging house, The em>yes
and guests of the restaurant, eleven
number, were all rescued. Some of them
ire seriously injured.
BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW DEAD.
?
1^6(817 of the Treasury Under Grant and
Prominent in Law and Politics.
Benjamin EL Bristow, the well-known law*
!r and former Secretary of the Treasury,
led at his home in New York City of periinitifl.
Benjamin Holm Bristow was born in Elk>n.
Ky., on June 20,1832, and received hl3
ducation at Jefferson College, in Pennsylania.
from which he was graduated at the
ge of nineteen. He was admitted to the
ar of Kentucky two yeare later. On the
ut break oft tie Civil War he joined the Northrn
forces. He was United States District
ittorney for the Louisville District from
865 to 1870. In that year he was appointed
lolloitor-General of the United States. In
872 he resigned to become attorney for the
'exas Pacific Ballroad. In 1873 he was
bminated Attorney-General of the United
Ea+oa hot was not confirmed. He was ap?
P'nted Secretary of the Treasury by PrasiGrant,
In 1874, and served until 1878,
he resigned to attend to his private
PfMce. He fought the "Whisky ?lng."
Sinoti876 Mr. Brlstow had practiced In N9W
York <tty,
^DIAMOND CAVED IN.'
BsuballWjen Narrowly Escape Falling
Into a Mine.
During thtprogress of a game of baseball
In Laurel HlllPark, Hazleton, Perm., a portion
of the diamond dropped into th<J mines
and several players narrowly escaped being
dragged to a living tomb.
The Weatherly and the Laurel Hill teams
were the contestants, and a big crowd of
speotators was present. In the third Inning
Harry Blackwell, theJLaurel Hill shortstop,
left his position to sectors a batted ball. A
minute later a load roar was heard and a
dark hole appeared in\the> surface where
Blaflkwell had stood. \
The spectators, fearing (a further fdnklna
of the earth, fled In terror from the flela.
The spot where the hole cSfc^ed In was undermined
by a worked out &ud the
-t-n ji-iji? ?.u- t? - - j Airfnffl. crave
BIJOU, UlVlULUg UiO Hmo HUU M?'-"l
way, creating an apparentlji bottomless
hole. \ ^
Justice Field Voder X Fays. ^
Stephen J. Field, Justice of the Suprem^
Court of the United States, has had an experience
of three-quarters of an hour under
the Rontgen rays at 8an Francisco,
CaL He Is troubled with an affection
of the knee joint, which doctors
cannot define precisely. The negative
showed that tno tibia and the femur have
almost grown together. The hinge, so to
speak, la practically solidified. The bones
have not tnat clearness of outline shown in
the normal knee. The result Is a gratifying
demonstration of the X ray as a means of
disclosing the nature, location and extent of
an Interior lesion.
Indicted the Haiders.
The Grind Jury at London found true
bills against Dr. Leander Starr Jameson,
Major Sir John Wlllonghby, Colonel R.
Gray. Major R. White, Colonel R. F. Walte
and tne Honorable Henry F. Coventry, who
were held for trial at the Bow Street Police
Court on June 15, charged with violating the
neutrality laws by Invading the Transvaal
Republic.
Bank Bobbed at Jfoon by One Stan.
The Miners' Bank, Creede, CoL, was robbed
at noon of 81000 by a man wno slipped
in by the private entrance, and, after covering
the cashier with a revolver, seized all
tfle money la toe arawer. men, uaciLmx
oat, he slipped through au alley and escaped.
'
Killed in a Dael.
A duel was fought at Kummersdorf, near
Berlin, Germany .between Lieutenant Buch,of
the Ninth Regiment, and Lieutenant L*uh?
ring, of the Sixth Regiment. The weapons
used were pistols. Lieutenant Luehrlng was
shot and aimost instantly killed.
School Girls as Fall Bearers.
| The last request of Mis3 Sallle V. Crane, a
school girl in Franklin County, Kentucky,
who died a few dajs ago, was that her sir
girl classmates be her pall bearers. At her
funeral her classmates, dressed in white,
carried her coffin to the grave.
Great Damage by Forest Fires.
Forest fires are raging on all parts of the
Isthmus of TehuaDtepec. Thousands of
acres of coffee, cotton and tobacco plantations
have been burnod over, and .several
railway bridges on the National Tehuantepec
Railway completely destroyed.
Shot His Son.
George Price fatally shot his son, Thomas
Price, at the residence of Mrs. Romlne, ten
miles from Danville, III. The only excuse
the old man gives Is mat his son was a hard
drinker and had followed him with threats
tor more than three years.
30,000 Lives Lout by Japan Tidal TTave.
Secretary Olnoy received the following
dejpatch from Mr. Hero.i, Secretary of the
United States Legation at Toklo: "Deaths
caused by tidal wave estimated at over S!),000.
In reports to date no mortalities
among Americana."
Reception to Uobnrt,
A ncn-partisan reception was given to
Garrett A. Hobart, Republican nominee for
Vice-President, at Paterson. >*. J., and 20r
000 people took part in it.
-LI I.?.l T a Kill*,!.
Five hundred Turk? were kidei or wounds
ed In a recent flsfct with Insurgent Druses In
the Hauran district of Turkey.
Brothers Drowned.
"While bathing in the Illinois P.iver, near
Morris, Iil.. Albert and Fran'-: Holloubeck,
brothers, were drowned in a whirlpool
The National Game.
Columbus has turned thu veteran, Pote
Browning, adrifr.
The Brooklyns have not played an errorless
game this season.
Daub appears to have supplanted KenneJy
as Brooklyn's winning pitcher.
Brodie, of the Baltimores, has taken a big
drop in his batting this season.
Pitcher Hawley, of Pittsburg, has not won
a game from Baltimore In two year?.
Jerrems, of the Yale team, Is about the best
outfielder among the college players.
From the present outlook, Cleveland will
fight for the first place, with but little help
from the other Western clubs.
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LVER BOLTERS' MANIFESTO.
Cine an Addre?? to the People
Nominating: Teller. |
ecret conference In St Louis, Mo., of
ting silver delegates to the Republic
clonal Convention after much considan
address to the people of the UniW
tes was agreed upon and given to th&
While the address contains mucn In'
ure of a silver coinage argument, tha
ding paragraph show the determlna-j
! the boitlng delegates to bring about^ .fl H
minatlon if possible of Senator Henry M.:
. of Coloraao, as the candidate for the .
[ency on a platform having for Its cardi-j . H
inciple the free and unlimited coinage
-r. It invites the Democrats, Populists,]
H?XBY M. TELLER. , '
blmetalists and all parties or organizations1, j
that have their nominees yet to name and; y - J
their platforms to adODt to unite on the Col-' ,'cj
orado Senator as their standard bearer and \ ' -JM
to Ignore all other Issues in the effort to re* ^
form the currency system, in justice to the
ey9teaQ. in Justice to the creditors and la the
Interest of the masses ot the people. All the J
delegates who withdrew and some others ?
have signed this declaration. 1
PRESIDENT DIAZ'S TRIUMPH. J
Renominated In Mexico for the Fifth Time' ; i*
and Greeted With Applaate. *>% %
There was a great demonstration In the ji
City olMexloo in honor ot President Diaz,'
,"fcnh" tofln renominated for a filth term.: ^
nuv mm ?
There was a procession of about eight thou- * w
sand persons, lnoladlng four thousand pore
, blooded Indiana from neighboring ^
PBESIDEUT DIAZ, OP MEXICO. 1
carrying banners and flags. The belli were'
ringing all day and In the night there was a'
display of fireworks.
Forty volumes, with more than half a'
million signatures, favoring the renomination
of President Diaz, were presented. He
had practically no opposition. I
HON. W. C. WHITNEY'S STATEMENT,1
I
His Views on th? Currency Question stated
In a Letter to the Public.
In a statement to the public William C.1
Whitney, ex-Secretary of the Navy, declares
tw HinannnHnn nf afpea silver Dlank bvl
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the Democratic National Convention would, ' ,
be disastrous to the party and Impede the1
promised success ol International, bimetallism.
In his letter Mr. Whitney makes plain the
fact that he is thoroughly convinced that,
the differences between the factions of the
Democratic party on the question of our-!
rency are wide. He admits a majority of,
the delegates elected to the convention at
Chicago are pledged to the independent free
coinage of silver by the United 8tates at a
ratio of 10 to 1 with gold. !
Mr. Whitney sets forth at length his reasons
for his objection to the adoption of such a ,
policy by this country at this time when the
possibility of an international agreement
favoring the increased use of silver as a
money metal seems brighter than at any
time in many years. ;0j
In regard to his possible candidacy for the
Democratic Presidential nomination, Mr.: H
Whitney sets all doubts aside by declaring in
the emphatic language once used by General
Sherman: "I will not run if nominated, nor A
serve if elected."
Bold Criminal* In Chicago.
The tenth store hold-up within the last
three months was successfullv cajoled out by
five armed men who at 10 o^clock p. m. en?
tered the butcher shop oi peter Aceermen,
with drawn revolvers and ordered Ackerman
and his clerks to hold up their hands. As
Mrs. Ackerman fled and readied the street k
one of the robbers on tbe outside began firing J
at her, and the others ran out of the store.
The firing attracted the police, who pursued 9
the robbers half-a-dozen blocks, shooting as I
they ran. The robbers returned the Are, > S
more than twenty shots being exchanged, I
though nobody was hit. After a hard run
the thieves made their escape. They secured J
about $100 in cash. I
Four Killed by a Train. fl
Four men were killed by an express on the * J
Camden and Atlantic Railroad, at Abjocom, J
N. J. The dead are George Huber, his son, 1
Frederick Huber; his son-in-law. Joseph M
Sahl, and George Graetzner. The horse
mey were uri>uig luuh msUL ?"
Tornado at Poughke?p?le, X. T. I
A. terriflo windstorm swept through. 1
Poughkeepsle, N. Y., ami the surrounding
count ry, accompanied by a tremendous
downpour of rain and hall The wind at- -J**.
talned a velocity of seventy-five miles an
hour, lasting for about ten minutes. Over
five hundred shade trees were uprooted. The
Knickerbocker ioehouse. at Fox's Point, was
demolished. T. H. Burrlll & fio.'s hardware
manufactory was wrecked, causing a loss of
610,000, and several other buildings were unroofed
and otherwise damaged. All wire9 of
every description in the city were either 1
broken down or rendered useless, and the 1
city was left in total darkness. The los3 in fj
the city is estimated at about $23,000. ]
Three Drowned In the Muskingum. '
A drowning accident occurred on th? <
Muskintrum River, four miles below Zanes- j
mil A rifant Wun'ftv nc?oM thlrtv^ I
three; Emma Collins, aged twenty-one^A. I
0. Williams, agel twenty-one, and J
Evans, aged sixteen, were out in a skiff in
the mitl.l.e of the river when the boat began
to fill with water. Young Williams sprang B
Into thr* water and with hands on the boat'
was swimming for shore, when, within thirty. fl
feet of the b-uik. the three occupants of the
boat became panic-stricken and jumped into' 9
the water. In their struggle the two young
women seized Harvey and pulled him down ^
with them, the three sinking immediately.;
Williams was picked up by another skiff ia
an exhausted condition. ?