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DEHOCBATICGOBVBHTION j~ The National Assemblage Opened in the Chicago Coliseum, THE SILVER MEN IN CONTROL > The Proceedlncs of the Democratic Na tlonal Convention at Its First Day's Sesslon---Silver Delegates Show Tlicir Power by Rejecting the National Committee's Temporary ChalrmaD, Hill. Chicago, July 8t?The Democratic National Convention held its first session yesterday, ana after effecting temporary organization adjourned for the day. Senator Hill, of New York, was presented as the choice of the National Committee for Temporary Chairman, and Senator Daniel, of Virginia, was pnt forward for the same place by the silver men. After a long debate Senator Daniel was elected by a vote of 556 to 349. Tha address of the Temporary Chairman was then delivered and the usual Committees appointed. The convention met in the Coliseum near the World's Fair Grounds. It is seven miles from the center of Chicago, and therefore the delegates and 15,000 spectators of the proceedings of the convention had quite a railroad rido before they reached their destination. Decorations In the Coliseum. After the Columbian World's Fair, the Chicago Coliseum is the largest idea that the D metropolis of the lakes has evolved: its b length, breadth and thickness are enormous, i, and its seating capacity is so gr. at that al- though less than three-quarters of its floor " spaoe is utilized for this convention, there e has been found place for 14.000 people, seated a in comfortable cnairs. The arrangements of p the delegates, alternates, invited guests and * spectators, and especially for the press, were n admirable. Everybody could hear and see the speakers upon the platform, the reading 1 clerk and the presiding officer. The p'atform t< for the presiding officer, secretaries and t< clerks is in the centre of the buUdlng.looklng v to the west. It is elevated some sis feet from d the flooring, with some hundreds of chairs si ranged back of it for distinguished vis- I itors, and with desks tor reporters a and newspaper correspondents stretch- s< ing in four terraces on either hand. The interior of the building is gay with R bunting. The girders which support the C roof, and all other objects that lead them- tl selves to that style of adornment are also tl ? ? '?- ? mi? i. **, ooverea wicn oudiiiik. iuu nauuum u ?< hung, in many editions, from the roof the re whole length from north to south. Over the ii platform is displayed on a large canvas a M picture of the American Eagle, holding in tl nis beak a ribbon with the scroll E Pluribus m Unum, and with his talons resting (rather ai unnaturally) on the coat-of-arms of the United States, the flag being gathered in st graceful folds at each of tho upper corners, w To the right and left are hung the coats-of- d< * ?v r v y ^ * &* * * .. . ; >- "*****;,; i -Kit ^ i ^ U.-IU|nfiiW' CHICAGO COLISEUM, WHERE THE DE1I arms of the States of New York, Pennsyl- "1 vania and Ohio, and those of the o:her States ni are carried at intervals all along the four w; sides or the square. Everywhere are flags, tu banners and draperies of red, white and bi blue. h The gavel used by Chairman Harrity in pi opening the convention was presented by Os- G< elan Guthrie of Chicago, made from an oak an ca T1 FTEl'HEX^r. WHITE. , ad (Chosen bv the Committee to bo Permanent' ' Chairman of the Convention.) timb-ir takr-n from old Fort Dearborn. The ?A blocK bousu from which the timber was taken survived the Chicago Are. and was purchased by Mr. GutLrio an*l other philanthropic citi zens and re-erected in South Park, Chicago, M as a remind Jr of the city's frontier days. ac The Z irst Teat Vote. Tho total v:le on the substitution of Daniel for Hill for Temporary Chairman indicated the relative f-tr.-ngth of the gold and the free silver i>'.c.:ates. It was announced by the Chair as follows: Ayes (Daniel), 556; noes (Hill). 349. Twe'.ve votes were knocked off from the Territories, and Mr. Hill did not vote. The official vote follows: States. Aye. No. j States. Aye. No. Alabama. 22 ? i Sew York?? 71 Arkansas 16 ? N. Carolina. . 22 ? California?18 ?I N. Dakota.... 6 ? Colorado 8 ? Ohio 40 ? Connecticut.. ? 12! Oregon.-? 8 ? Delaware ? 6 I Pennsylvania.? 64 Florida 4 4 i Rhode Island.? 8 Georgia 26 ?, S. Carolina.. 18 ? Idaho 6 ? S. Dakota ? 8 Illinois 48 ?{Tennessee?24 ? Indiana 30 ?'.Tuas.. ... .30 ? Iow:t 26 ? iUtaC o ? . Kaniat. .... 2i? ?[Vermont ? 8 Kentucky ....26 - Virginia 23 ? Louisiana 16 ? i Washington . 5 3 Maine 2 10 W. Virginia 9 3 Maryland 4 12 Wisconsin ? 24 ? Massachus'tts.? 30 Wyoming... . 6 ? Michigan ? 28 Alaska ? 2 Minnesota.... 7 11 Arizona.... 2 Mississippi.. .18 ? Dlst. of Col.. 2 ? Missouri 34 ? Ind.Territory. 2 ? j Montana 6 ? New Mexico 2 ? vphrrtstn 16 Oklahoma. .2 ? - 6 - | ? ? 51. Hampshire.? *> Total D5G 343 t N^w Jersey,..? 20 ! t Kot vofiu sr. !. f When the various committees had been appointed the rue-nbers of them withdrew c for organization, and the convention then, t at 4.45 p. in., adjourned for the day. SECOND DAY'S SESSIONS. s Silver Men Scat EiiourU Contestants to J Sacc.ro a Two-Thirds Majority. Chicago, July 9.?The Democratic National Convention bold two sessions on the sec- I oni d?y of its convo;ation. In the morning I little business was transacted, the time being I priacipaily occupied with speechmaking. At tbe evening session the report of the Com- l mittee on Credentials unseating the sold del MR. HOBART HEAR3 'he Republican Candidate for Vice-Pre?ldi at St. 1 f jH LTR. HOEAJBT RECEIVi: The Committee appointed by the Repul lally notified Hon. Garret A. Hobart of his n e spoke strongly in favor of protection and t *5 tnok nlaee at Mr. Hobart's home in Paters gates from two Michigan districts was dopted after a prolonged struggle, accomanted by exciting scenes. Senator White ras then Introduced as Permanent Chairlan, and delivered a brief speech. It was 10.44 when Senator Daniel, the 'emporary Chairman, called the convention , a order. At this time there was a fair atjndance of delegates, but they had come in ery slowly, many of them showing eviences that they had been up all night. The eats of the spectators wero all filled early, he Bev. Dr. Green, of Cedar Raptds, Iowa, n Episcopal clergyman, offered the prayer, sme of the delegates rising. When he had finished, at" 10.58, the Temorary Chairuan called for the report of the ommittee on Credentials. The Secretary of announced 1U VVSU1LUAIIWW VU ? lat the committee would meet at once In its , jom, in the convention building. This leeting was for the purpose of re-considerig the action of the committee on the [lohigan contest. Pending the report of le committee an informal recess of Ave ilnutes was taken, and the convention was ddressed by ex-Governor Hogg, of Ttxas. Governor Hogg's "Ave minutes" were retched into half an hour, bat still there ere no tidings from the Committee on Cre3ntials, and, amid vociferous cries for p* y' j^jj^ v M \ OCRATIC CONVENTION WAS HELD. Sill," who wiis not present, the Cbair recogzed Senator-elect Money, of Mississippi, &o moved that Senator Blackburn, of Kencky, be invited to the stand. Mr. Blackirn, tho first pronounced candidate to be iard, was received with tumultuous ap- : ause. As Senator Blackburn sat down Dvernor Altgeld. of Illinois, was called for, ?( id. risinc in the bodv of the hall, he indi- | ted a desire to give way to Senator Hill ' le Chair said that ex-Governor Hiil w&s igaged with the Committee on Resolutions id was not in the hall. Governor David Overmeyer, of Kansas, en took the stand and declared that the at of empire was. transferred from the Atntic States to the Mississippi Valley. The iy of the common people had dawned and e "dollar of onr daddies" wonld be reored. This sentimeut was received with ibounded enthusiasm. The band once more led up the interlude to kill time. There were again loud cries for Altgeld. first he did not respond, while the silver legates rose and cheered. Senator White, io had temporarily assumed the Chair, lnjduced him to the convention, and he ade a short speech which met with a coral reception. Mr. George Fred. Williams, Massachusetts, was the next speaker. At this point a partial report of the Oromtials Committee wa9 presented to the nvention. It covered all the contests expt those in Michigan. It was in favo* of e silver contestants in Nebraska and of lowing six delegates eaen 01 tne iwtjries, the District of Columbia, ami Alaska, roll call was asked for, but tb? request was ithdrawn and the partial report was >opted. Mr. At wood, of Kansas, presented e report. Tbe committee retired to con- < ler the rest of its report. 1 The vote of the committee to re-open the 1 Ichxgan case stood 38 forte- 5 against, and i was referred to a sub- committee, eonsistg of Messrs. Atwood, of Kansas; O'Donnell, i Colorado; Blake, of Texas; McLaurin, of ississippi; Ulnch Sloan, Ed. A. Warfleld id Smith Weed, to report to the full com- i ittee at 3 p. m. f ROBERT E. PATTISON. Choice of the Pennsylvania Delegation for President.) The silver delegates from Nebraska, headed iy ex-Representative Bryan, then entered ho hali amid great cheerinsr and took the eats of the Nebniska gold men, who retired o places in tne audience. At 1.35 Governor Altgeld moved that the lonvention take a recess uuui o u u?u he motion prevailed. The Evening Session. Chicago. July 9.?The convention reassembled at 5.15 p. m., with a full attendance )f delegates and with crowded galleries, senator Daniel. oC Virginia. was in the ihair as Temporary Chairman. At 5.80 p. m. the Committee on Credentials presented its completed report, admitting to seats the contesting delegates from ihe Fourth Congress District of Michigan, .Messrs. Chamberlin and Hart; also admitting lb? contesting delegates from the Ninth TV, i *-*- - * TLfnaewi Hntt uon^ress msrrici oi xuicuiscui. I WELCOME WORDS. >nt Officially Informed of Hla Nomination oul?. *^"'V NG THE C01IiIITTEE.^S^V ^ jllcan National Convention at St. Louis fororninatlon for the Vice-Presidency. In reply he gold standard. The notification ceremoion, N. J. and White, and recognizing the right to their seats of all the other delegates from Miohigan. A minority report against this action was presented. Speeches in favor of the majority report were made by Messrs. Taylor, of Arkansas; GovernorMcT.onWn rif *floaia<Hnnl. McTTnlffht of Mlrthl V* ?d ?"7 gan; Powers, of Utah, and O'Donnell, of Colorado. I The minority report was supported by Messrs. Crosby, of Massachusetts; Brennan, of Wisconsin; 8aulsbury, of Delaware; Stephenson, of Michigan; ex-LieutenantGovernor Sheehan, of New York, and Sen- ' ator (irady, of New York. The discussion wa3 closed by Mr. O'Donnell, of Colorado. Little or no attention, however, was paid to these speeches, as the crowd In the galleries was quite turbulent and could not be kept in order. The con- J ventlon itself, as well as the spectators In , the galleries, were in a hurry to come to a vote, and Mr. O'Donnell assisted that view by movintc the previous question on tne report. The previous question was seconded. When New York's 72 votes were announced as In favor of the minority report a tumult- i uous wave of oheering broke over the 1 assembly. The first efforts of the Chairman i to repress the manifestation by the use of J bis gavel were met by a counter demonstra- i Hon on the part of the gold delegates, who, i rising ana ruining tueir uucta iu mo . Chairman and their faoes to the immense < crowds in the galleries, waved hats and i handkerohkfs and stood on their chairs and gesticulated. State Chairman Hinkley. exMayor Hagh Grunt, and other prominent . New Yorkere vainly tried to stop the demon- . stration. It went on uninterrupted for flf- i teen minutes, and was barely silenced when , the roll call was resumed. The vote was taken on the minority amend- | ment, which retains t?e sitting members , from the Fourth and Ninth districts of Michigan in their seats. The vote resulted in the . rejection of the minority report?yeas, 368; t nays, 558; absent, 4. "The noes have it," said the Chairman, ^'and the amendment is lost." \jrhe silver men yelled and waved their hats and handkerchiefs and displayed Blaad J pictures find made the night hideous for t nearly as lonjf as the gold men, the galleries ? impartially Assisting. During the jubilation ' of the silver men two stout Kentucky dele- < gates danced a breakdown in the aisle at the < rear of the delegates' section, several others i "patting time," as the Southern phrase is, t amid the wildest laughter. i The Chairman put the question on the f majority report of the Committee on Creden- 1 tials and declared it adopted. The total vote c was; yeas, 558; nays. 368; 2 not voting and 2 absent. Total vote, 930. Permanent Organization. The report of the Committee# on Perma- B nent Organization was then presented by 1 Mr. Finley, of Ohio, naming Senator White, J of California, as Permanent Chairman of the 1 convention and Thomas J. Cogan, of Ohio, ? as Permanent Secretary. A committee ol ?AVn> B. HILL. (Leatfer of the New York Delegation.) three woe-appointed to escort Senator White; ho Porraonent Chairman, to the Chair, thA lommittee consisting of Mr. Flaley, of Ohio= || j Mr. McCt>nnekl, of Illinois, andi Senator Vest, |; f of Misscuri. :< < Senator Daniel, in retiring from the Temporary Chairmanship, expressed his deep sense of the1 honor which h? bad enjoyed, and introduced Mr. White- as "the dis- ' tinguished Senator from California." ] After the Permanent Chairman had delivered a short speech a silver gavel was pro- 1 sented to the Chairman by W. A. Clark, of Montana. It was accepted and presently Eut to use. The silver iu It came from what [r. Clark described as tbo greatest silver mining camp in tho world. After the announcement that the Committee on Resolutions would meet at 9.30 o'clock neit diy the convention at 9.40 adjourned lor tho uay. YALE DEFEATED. Leaniler Beats Her at Henlev by One Length and Tliree-Quarterg. Voio m-irin a puilant strutrele at the Henley (England) regatta, but was outrowod and outmatched and decidedly beaten. That It was not a discreditable defeat was proved by the time, which was the fastest of the day. In the first heat for the Grand Challenge Cup, First Trinity, Cambridge, won in seven minutes and twenty seconds, after a stoutly contested race with the London Row? Inc Club. In the second heat New College, Oxford, beat last year's champions, Trinity Hall. Cambridge, in seven minutes nineteen seconds, after a splendid exhibition of rowing. Leander won the heat against Yale in Feven minutes fourteen seconds; although Yale was a length and three-quarters behind, htr time was better than that of the r'ctorious crews in the two other heat9. It was 11 dotiat unclouded with disgrace. HIS HEART INI THE WRONG PLACE. Pocullar Freak of Nature Found in an Ohio Hospital. Benjamin Slinger, a Federal prisoner from Soutnern Ohio, fell from his chuir attne dinner table in the penitentiary at Columbus, and expired instantly. Minger was sent to the hospital a few days ago and while thero the physiclana made the discovery that the man's heart was on the right side of his body. Minger knew that he was the victim of a freak of nature, but rarely discussed the matter. Previous to his last Illness he said he bad always eajoj'ea goua qbbhu. a.u aa- i I topsy for the ber.efl: of wiieace will be held. | THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Fall Text of the Resolutions Adopted by the National Convention. We, the Democrats of the United States, in National Convention assembled, do reaffirm our allegiance to those prreat essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our institutions are founded, and which the Democratic party has advocated from Jefferson's time to our own?freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience, the preservation of personal rights, the equality of all citizens before the law and the faithful observance of constitutional limitations. Centralization of Tower Resisted. During all these years the Democratic party has resisted the tendency of selfish interests to the centralization of Governmental power, and steadfastly maintained the integrity of the dual scheme system of government established by the founders of this Bepubllc of Republics. Under its guidance and teachings the great principle of local self-government has found its l)est expression in the maintenance of the rights of the States and in its assertion of the necessity of confining the general government to the exercise of powers granted by the Constitution of the 1/JjULUU OlCkiCa. "Civil and Religions Liberty." The Constitution of the United States guarantees to every oitizon the rights of civil and religious liberty. The Democratic party has always been the exponent of polittcal liberty and religious freedom, aud it renews its obligations and reaffirms its devotion to these fundamental principles of the Constitution. Silver Once the Unit of Value. Recognizing that the money question is paramount to all others at this time,- we invite attention to the fact that the Federal Constitution names silver and gold together as the money metals of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by Congress under the Constitution made the silver dollar the money unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio based upon the silverdollar unit. "The Crime of '73." We declare that the act of 1873, demonetizing silver without the knowledge or approval of the American people, has resulted in the appreciation of gold and a corresponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by the people; a heavy increase in the burden of taxation and of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the moneylending class at home and abroad; the prostration of industry and impoverishment of the people. Monometallism Denounced. We are unalterably opposed to monometallism which has locked fast the prosperity of an Industrial people in the paralysis of hard times. Gold monometallism is a British polioy, and its adoption has brought other Nations into financial servitude to London, tt is not only un-American, but anti-American, and it can be fastened on the United 3tates only by the stifling of that spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our political independence in 1776 and won it in the War of the Revolution. Free Coinage at 16 to 1. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the 4. /vtko. Wa/^A. t*iu ur cuuarui ui t?uj uiudi nauvu? hwuwmand that the standard silver dollar shall be a, full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal-tender money -by private contract. Bond Issue Denounced. We are opposed to the policy and practice 3f surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by law to the Government of redeeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin. We are opposed to the issuing of lnterestoearing bonds of the United States la time of peace, and condemn thetrafflcing with banking syndicates which, in exchange for bonds ind at an enormous profit to themselves, tupply the Federal Treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometallism. Opposed to National Banks. Congress alone has power to ?oln and Issue noney, and President Jackson deslared that hio nnnrar could not be delegated to COrDOr itions or individuals. We therefore delounce the issuance of notes intended to cirsulate as money by National banks as in lerogatlon of the Constitution, and we denand that all paper which is made a legal ender for public and private debts or which s receivable for duties to the United States ihall be Issued by the Government of the Jnited States and shail bo redeemable in :oin. Tariff for Revenue Only. We hold that tariff duties should be levied or purposes of revenue, such duties to be o adjusted as to operate equatlythroughout he country and not discriminate between ilass or section, and that taxation should be imited by the needs of the Government honsstly aud economically administered. McKlnley Law Denounced. We denounce as distujbingto- business the Jepublican threat to restore the McKinley aw, which has twice teen condemned by the people in National ejections,, and which, enlcted under the false- plea of protection to lome industry, proved a proline breeder of rusts and monopolies,. enriched the few at he expense of the- many, restricted trade ind deprived the producers of the great American staples of access to their natural narkets. Income Tax Law Rei>eaT. Until the money question is settled we are jpposed to any agitation for further changes n our tariff laws, except such as are necsssary to meet the deflcit in revenue :aused by the adverse decision of the Su>reme Court on the income tax. But for :his decision by the Supreme Court there ivould be no deflcit in the revenue-under the aw passed by a Democratic Congress, in itrict pursuance of the uniform decisions of hat court for nearly one hundred years. :hat court having in that decision sustained onstitutional objections to its enactment, prbich had previously been overruled by the ibl?st judees who have-ever sat on that bench. We declare that it i$ the duty o-f Congress :o use all the constiiutlonal power which remains after that decision* o-r which may :ome from its reversal by the court as it may lereaftor be constituted, so that the burJens of taxation may be equally and impartially laid to the end that wealth may bear ts due DroDortion of the eipensu3 of the Government". F*i Restricted Immigration. We hold that the most efficient way of protecting American labor is to prevent tho importation of foreign pauper labor to compete with it in the home market, and that the falue of the home market to our American farmers and artisans is greatly reduced by a vicious monetary sy3tem which depresses the prices- of their products below the cost of production, and thus deprives them of the means of purchases the products of our home manufactures, and. as abor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passajre cf such laws as may be necessary to pro tect it in all its rights. Labor Arbitration Favored. We are in favor of the arbitration of differences between employers engaged in Inter-State commerce and their employes, and recommend such legislation as is nccessury to carry out this principle. Feileral Railroad Ownership. The absorption of wealth by tho fevr, the consolidation of onr leading railroad systems and the formation of trusts and pools require a stricter control by the Federal Government of those arteries of oommerce. We demand the enlargement of the powers of the InterState Commerce Commission, and such restrictions and guarantees in tne control of railroads at will protect the people from robbery and oppression. For Economy in Office. We deuounco the profligate waste of the money wrung irom tne people by oppressive taxation and the lavish appropriations of recent Republican Congresses which have kept taxes high while the labor that pays them is unemployed, and the products of the people's toll are "depressed in price till th? y no longer repay the cost of production. R"e demand a re.urn to that simplicity ami economy which befits a Democratic Government and a reduction in the numuor 01 useless offices, tne salaries of which drain tb.* substance of the people. "Government by Injunction." Wo denounce arbitrary interference by Federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the Constitution or the Unite I States and a crime against tree institutions, and wo especially object to government bv injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal judges in contempt of the.laws of the States and rights of eitizans iveome at once legislators. judges and cxecutioucR; and wo approve the bill passed a? the last session of the United States Senate and now pending in the House of Representatives relative to contempts in Federal courts and providing for trials by jury in certain cases of contempt. Against Pacific Funding Bill. No discrimination should be indulged by the Government of the United States in favor of anv of its debtors. We approve of the refusal of the Fifty-thtrd Congress to pass the Pacific Railroad Funding bill, and denounce the efforts of the present Republican Congress to enact a similar measure. For.Liberal Pensions. Recognizing the just claims of deserving Union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule of the present Commissioner of Pensions that no namps shall bo arbitrarily dropped from th? nenainn roll, and the fact of enlistment find service should be deemed oonolusive evidence against disease or disability before enlistment. Territories Should Be Admitted. We favor the admission of the Territories of Now Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma into | the Union as States, and we favor the early admission of all the Territories having the necessary population and resources to entitle them to Statehood, and while they remain Territories we hold that the officials appointed to administer the government of any Territory, together with tfce District Qf Columbia and Alaska, should be bona fide residents of the Territory or district in which the duties are to be performed. The Demo urauu puny uouevea m uume nuc, auu iu? all public lands of the United States should be appropriated to the establishment ot free homes for American citizens. We recommend that the Territory of Alaska be granted a delegate in Congres3, and that the general land and timber law3 of the United States be extended to said Territory. The Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe doctrine a3 originally declared, and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents, is a permanent part of the foreign policy of the United 8tates, and must at all times be maintained. Sympathy for Cnba. We extend our sympathy to the people of Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and independence. Against Lite Tenure In Office. We are opposed to life tenure in the public service. We favor appointments based upon merit, fixed terms of office and such an adI ministration of the Civil Service laws as will afford equal opportunities to all citizens of ascertained fitness. Against a Third Term. We declare it to be the unwritten law of this Republic, established by custom and usage of one hundred years,, and sanctioned by the examples of the greatest and wisest of those who founded and have maintained our Government, that no man should bo eligible for a third term of the Presidential office. For River Improvement. The Federal Government should care for and Improve the Mississippi Rive* and other great waterways of the Republic, so as to secure for the interior States easy and oheap transportation to tide water. When any waterway of the Republlo is of sufficient im portance to demand aid o? tne (iovernment 3uch aid should be extended upon a doflnite plan of continuous work until permanent Improvement Is secured. Appeal to the People. Confiding In the justice of oar cause and the necessity of Its sacoess at the polls, we submit the foregoing declarations of principles and purposes to the considerate judgment of the American people. We invite the support of all citizens who approve them and who desire to have them made effective through legislation for the relief of the people and the restoration of the country's prosperity. CYCLE NOTES. In France bicycle thieves when convicted receive three years at hard labor. 8pecial cars are to be built for the carrying ol bicycles on Brooklyn's elevated road. The latest trade to complain about the bicycle market is the one that is devoted to fireworks. Aluminum rims for bicycles provide a new subject for discussion for two trades and for bicycle riders in general. The bicycle repairman has become a fixture. He gets good wages and finds no difflcultv ia obtaining employment. The 100-mile world's record has gone down again. At the Heme Hill track Palmer, the Englishman, rode 100 miles in 3.47.47 3-5. A Rochester (N. Y.) bicycle carnival produced a net profit of $3100, which is to be used in building fourteen miles of bicycle paths. McF&rland, Gardiner, Zlegler, Stevens, Terrill and Parker,, in the order named, are the racing men who have been doing the bes work on the path this year. The chances ot recovering a stolen wheel are said to be about one in 100. The moral is: Don't handle a 8100 bicycle os carelessly a3 you would a ten-cent silver piece. That bicycling has bad a depressing effect 1 la oMilonno/i hv tha on ruwiug w o opuii. u large numoer of boat clubs which have gone out of existence in the- fast few years. Fifty bicycles were impounded on one day in Paris recently beca.use they had no plate3 bearing the owner's nam? and residence soldered tothem, as tho new law requires. The New York policemen have been instructed to accept bicycles or other personal property in lieu of bail in cases of arrest of bicyclists for violation of the corporation ordinances. M. Lepine,. French Prefect of Police, is about to issue fresh regulations for cyclists, the chief being the restriction of the pace to five miles an hour ia streets with a continuous line of houses. The street-sprinkling authorities of New York City have decided '.o comply with therequest of the Board of Health, and hereaf. ter an unspcinkied space will be left on the . street for the wheel menThe craze to make bicycles has extended to all sorts of factories, and one of the latest reDorts-of thtekiud is to the effect that a. Pennsvlmnia. match factor}' is to be transformed, into-a bicycle factory. M1LLI0MS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Interesting Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education. The-total enrollment In educational institutions of ail kind3 in the United States for the school year 1893-94 was nearly 16,000,000, aocordingtothe report for that year just promulgated by Commissioner of Education Harris. Of these all but 400,00J were in the regular schools, an incre;ise of about a half million for the year. The percentage of total population enrolled in the schools was liO.53. School property gained In value during the year over 426.000,000, und 1103 more school houses were in operation. Discussingedncatlonal growth in cities, the report says: "Instead of ninety-nine drudges producing a raw material and one person working to furnish and diffuse directive intelligence, it will come to pass in the distant future that one man will, by the aid cf machinery, furnish the raw material, another man's labor will make the useful articles for food, ciotning and shelter, ten more will elaborate articles of comfort and luxury; the rest, more than eighty per cent, of the cjmmunity, will take up vocations having to do with protection and culture. With the growth of cities, therefore, there is a rapid increase of educational facilities, in mo pasi iweuij years the South has increased fifty-four per cent, in population, but its school attendance has increased 130 per cent?more than twice as fast as the population. In the twenty years from 1874 to 1894 the value of school property in the South increased from $10.00.1,000 to 551,000,0JO?an addition of 44 ),00O,OCO. or 32,000,00) a year. Higher education has also made a good record." The report includes Specialist McDonald's criminalogical investigations. Tho latter seeks to prove that there can be no rational treatment of crime until the causes are investigate i. He estimates nine-tenths ol crime to be due to bad social conditions. Ho attacks the theory that crimo is a disease in a medical sense, claiming that elghly-twc per cent, of criminals are in pood health. IMcycIe Machinists in Demand. Over c30,000,00) is the amount of tht capital of tie tew cycle companies in England issued 'lurinu* the past three raon:us some of the companies have been so pushed to supply their customers tha: they have taken the precaution to raiko long contract* j with their skilled workmen an.l employe? ; for fear that the latter misrht be induoe i tr ieave them bv the prospect of hitler wages fro:u some rival su;mutttciuwr. j CHBISTiANIDflATOREES" The Fifteenth International Convention in WashingtonTUP niniTii 111 nil 1 ATT1DT IML l?ANIAL 11^1 unu\ ninnL. Three Bljj Tents and a Score of Charcbea Accommodate the Thousands of Delogates In Attendance?An Interesting Programme?The Children'* Rally?A Chorus of 4071 Well Trained Voices. Washington City is In gala attire. Decorations are everywhere. The business houses of the city, churches and private residences are deoked with bunting, and the public parks contain flower beds, the whole emU.111.U.J tt,S lotfuH ?'v p a n v *' ueuiaucu uj vuu vt Ml| around which they are gracefully spread. The cause of Washington's pronounced glorification is the meeting of the delegates to the Fifteenth International Christian Endeavor Convention. Forty thousand Endeavorers are in attendance. In the after* I noon Pennsylvania avenue, the boulevard of Washington, is crowded with strollers, and a person without a Christian Endeavor badge is a rarity. The Endeavorera have j oaptured the capital. Three immense tents have been erected i upon the beautiful ellipse between the VThlte J House and the Washington monument, and ' known as the "White Lot" Each of these HIEF 07PICEH3 OF THE TOITED 80CIETT OP CHEISTIA3T EJfDEAVOB. tents comfortably seat 8000 persons, and, with the large churches of the city, provide a combined seating capacity of nearly 40,000, available at any given moment during the convention. 4 splendid plan of receiving, registering and assigning entertainment to the delegates haa been devised. The Reception Committee is informed of the time and place of the arrival of each State delegation, and send oat members of the committee to meet the delegations at a distance from the city. On arrival at the station another set of the Reception Committee conduct the party to the church which has been assigned as headquarters for that State. The programme provided that the convention should open Wednesday night with twenty-two simultaneous meetings held in twenty-two of the largest churches in the city. In almost every case these open meetings were presided over by the pastor of tht ehurch in which the meetings were held. On Thursday, at 6.30 a. m., and also on every morning of the convention, were held thirtythree eariy morning prayer meetings,, all usinsr the same general topic. On Thursday, at 9.3') a. m., occurred the first meetings in the three mammoth tents, one presided over by President Francis E. Clark. The principal lectures of these three meetings were Secretary John Willis Baer's annual report ?nd President Clark's annual address. Thursday afternoon was given up to denominational rallies. In the evening meetings were provide I for in the three large tents, onolarg? hall and five churches, the general topic of all the meeting-being "Christian Citizenship." Every day of the convention, at noon, evangelistic services were held at the Central Union Mission and in various other parts of the city. Theimmeose chorus of 4671 voices has been in training for tea weeks, and during the past week demonstrated its profl ciency In w series of public rehearsals. Several prominent public mea were secured to make speeches during the occasion, amonpr them Postmaster-General Wilson and former Postmaster-General Wanamaker. Sermons were preached by some of the best known clergymen in the countrv. Children were assigned to bear a prominent part in the Saturday feature of the programme. They have been hard at work for some weeks Dast preparing for the 'Junior Rally," which it has been called. This .rally will fake place In one of thecrdat tents, and the children composing it will be addressed by prominent speakers on subjects of. interest to their younger brethren. Origin of the Society. The first society of Christian Endeavor was established as recently as February 2, 1881,. by the Rev. Francis E. Clark, of Portland, Me. His object was to train young people forservice in church work; and this continues to be the aim of the societies, each ; one of which has a place in its own local church and denomination, and owes no fealty and pays no dues to any central authority. There 1b, indeed, a United Society Christian Endeavor, with headquarters in. Boston* Mass., but it Is simply a bureau ol information, having but this one object?to spread the Christian Endeavor idea. The publication of literature and other business enterprises are the sources of its income. Its chief officers are the Rev. Francis Clark, D. D., President; John Willis Baer,. General Secretary, and William Shaw, Treasurer. THE NEW NATIONAL PARTY. A. Manifesto'by the Seceders From tlw Prohibition National Convention. A manifesto and declaration of principles has been issued from Alliance, Ohio, by the New National party, whtch was organized by the seceders from the Prohibition National Convention at Pittsburg. The manifesto declares that it is the inalienable right of any citizen to "affiliate with that political party whicQ he regards a? ovnonent of his own views. ' and favors anions other things free coinage at 16 to 1; equal suffrage for men and women: election of President and Vice-President and United States Senators by direct vote; restriction of immigration, and the adoption of the initiative and the referendum. Killed Himself oa Bis Wife's Grave. At Terre Haute, Ind., J. A. Paria, whiU placing a wreath of flowers on his wife's grave in Highland Park Cemetery, deliberately placed a revolver to bis temple and fired a I"ullet through his brain. Paria was twenty-five years old and a Spaniard by birth. Out of the Common Kan. A "tree p'anting" association is being or ganized in New York City. Cornell University ha? abolished tho degrees of Ph. B. B. S. and B. L. Tho cily of Boston has made appropriations for six new playgrounds. Tho new power to Do used on the New York fnntral Kailroad Is to be compressed hot water. A resident of the City of Mexico is said to have discovered a perpetual motion machine that will work. A mine of puro mica has been discovered near Cranberry Creek, a few miles from Glovorsviiie, N. Y. M. Yigne has suggested to the French Chamber of Deputies a tax of one centime on every published book. Mary Marks, a colored woman, living in Brenham, Texas, is said to have been born in the West Indies in 177G, The flag hoisted in the City of Mexico at the time of its capture in 1847 has been predated to tbe cltj of Detroit. j THE NEWS EPITOMIZED) i Wuhlntten Items. The Post master-General has given notice! :n railway companies that he will enforce be law which prohibits the carrying of mail n baggage cars. The North Atlantic Squadron will begin, its summsr manoeuvres about August 1, and! will make New York its base for severalj weeks. A statement to this effect is made; by Rear-Admiral Bunce, commanding this squadron, in a report which has just reached the Navy Department. Tho Venezuelan Legation has com'pletedj the translation of the documents relating tothe boundary between Venezuela and British; Guiana, and has submitted them to the Eoundary Commission. They All three volumes, aggregating 795 printed pages. The War Department has commenced ltfl issue of advertisements for forgings for truns for the proposed coast fortifications. The most important advertisement issued Is that calling for proposals for steel gun forgings for ten-inch, twelve-inch and sixteenineh suns. The Government will require eighteen ten-inch and eighteen twelve-inch guns. Great Irritation is felt at the State Department about the Venezuelan attitude toward Great Britain. "H. G. SI.." of Philadelphia, has sent $20 to the Government Conscience Fund, with the request that receipt be acknowledged through the newspapers. M Domestic. BECOED OF THE UU+CX CLOTS. Per Pet Club*. Won. I/xt. cl Clnb?. Won. T/\%t at. Cleveland 41 80 .671 Phlladel..33 34 .493 Baltimore.42 21 .667 VTshinfc'nSO 31 .492 Cinoinnati46 24 .657 Brooklyn.82 84 . 485 Boston....38 26 ,594:New York27 36 .428 Pittsbure.35 29 .547 St Loois.15 52 .224 Chicago.. 37 34 .521 Louisville 13 48 .21S At North Adams, Mass., Alfred N. T. Gellnas, delivery and stamp clerk at the Poatofflce, was arrested for the embezzlement of $420 in postage stamps. He has confessed his crime. Charles 3. Alden, of New York, an artist, saved two women from drowning at Cottage City, Mass. The headless body of Miss Jes3ie8chrieber, seventeen years old, a music teacher, was found on the railroad track at Elizabeth, N. J. It is thought she was killed and placed there to prevent the detection of the crime. Romulca Co tell, a boy eighteen years old, was found guilty of murder in the first dejjree at Akron, Ohio. .He murdered Altin Stone and his wife and the hired man, Ore N. Stillson, at Tallmadjre, three months ago' for the purpose of assaulting 8tone's daughter Flora. ocurouiry fierce, ui iuo \juuou mmo Workers, says that thousands ot Ohio miners are now suffering for food. The worst conditions prevail in the Hocking Yalley. The Ohio companies secured few lake orders this year. The wind of the storm which raged in the Gulf reached ICO miles at Pensaco!a, Fla. Nearly every business house in Penaacola was unroofed and damaged. Some small! bouses were blown down. In the harbor; vessels dragged their anchors and were drawn against wharves and other craft. The. steamers kept away by using their steam.'! The damage In the city is about <200,000,1 but no lives were lost Peter HU1. while attempting to hive bees during a rain storn on the farm of John Mop-] ley, near GrahnmevilJe, Sullivan Gotmty, K. Y.. was struck by lightning and instantly; killed. The bees had settled in a maple tree; trill .KmKlno larlAm fVitv* UU AiU W(S WUIUWU^ M M?UUV4 <vwkww against the tree. A fire, caused by the explosion <rf an oil' lamp, destroyed the three-story brick dwell-! lag at 189 Elm street, Enffalo, N. Y., causing1 the death of two women and a child aid seriously Injuring one man. The dead are:! Mrs. Jennie Mills, aged forty; Mrs. Morians, aged sixty, and Maggie King, aged two. Th? injured man is a Greek peddler. Charles Parrish, of Wilkesbarre. Peno.. announced that the Pennsylvania Railroad has subscribed ?500 toward the Plttston relief fund, and that so less than twenty-flv? other corporations will do likewise. Fifteen thousand teachers visited Buffalo, N. Y.. to attend to the meetings of the National Education Association. The New York Republican State Committee met in New York City and decided to hold the State Convention on August 25. Charles Ferron was arrested for counterfeiting medicine labels. Tfie criminal and civil prosecutions cost him his fortune and he committed suicide in Ludlow street jail, in New York, City. At Eastonr Peon., during a heavy shower, George Miller,, twenty years old, of Paxinsoa Heights, was struck by lightning and in^ 1 ? 1-/T J LI? Utn k>>A^Ua? V?o/1 fa Iran B12LUUJ hJLliOU. ?}C auu UIO UlUlUVl uau laaou^H refuge under & cherry tree to escape theH storm. H Sydney Randolph, a colored man charg?^H with assaulting the Buxton famiiy, was takec^l from the iatl in Rockville, Md., by a masked^! mob and lynched. HI At a fight at Loch Haven, near Ealtimore^B six colored men were shot and several other^B injured. The rescue party at the Twin Shaft mlneHQ Plttsron, Penn., reported that they had hearc^B rap Dings from the entombed miners. The 100th anniversary of the incorporn^H tion of Eden, tna parent townof BarEarbo^H Me., was celebrated. B| The jury at Snnta Fe, 5ew Mexico, in th^D celebrated Peralta land ease?the Unlte^H States against J. A. Poralta-Beavis, charge^H with conspiracy to defraud the Governmei^M out of 12,000,000 acres of land?returned verdict of guilty. The cornerstone of a monument to Jeffe^H son Davis was laid at Bichmond, Ya. T went]^H five thousand people took part in the p^H rade. Alexander R. Lawton. of Savannah, ^Ga^J one 01 me ojosi wiueiv kqv-wu ujcu ui South, died at Clifton Springs, N. MB General Lawton was born in South Cai^^l Una, in 1819, and was graduated from Point in the class of 1839. At the outbre^^fl of the Civil War he entered the Confedera^^B army. H| Prominent Republicans in Uinneso^^B signed a manifesto declaring they cam^Hfl support McKinley and the single gold stao^^B Charles Williams, colored, of baltimo^Hl Md., cut tbe throats of his wife and hims^^H ut Atlantic City, N. J. He is dead. H| For*lam Motes. Men. arms and a large quantity of dy^H| mite were landed in Cuba from the steaft^^H Three Friends. fl^B The town of Cobrin, Russia, has b^^H turned. Two thousand people are hot^^H less. ^HB The resignation of Sir Charles Tupper^^H Prime Minister of Canada has been accepflH by tbe Governor-General. HJB Leander won its heat with New CoUege^^H Henley. England; Dr. McDowell, the AmS^J can. wa* defeated in his second heat for Diamond Sculls. IHB Disastrous floods have occurred In the fecturcs of Toynma and Shiga, on the coast of Japan. Three thousand hoi^^B have been destroyed. The loss of lire is OH The Ancient and Honorable Artillery paoy, of Boston, were reviewed by Victoria at Windsor, England. A despatch from Athens states tbat^HB Greet Government is trying to induce |^HS Cretan Deputies to meet at Canea. Maximo Gomez, the Cuban leader, is paring to strike a great blow at the Spa^H^H in the island. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery panv, of Boston, arrived in London aad^^^H with u great reception. Daniel D. Youmans, a batter, of New City, and his wife were thrown from a^^BH ria+re into a lake an J drowned while at Bergen, Norway. The British House of Commons adopfl^^H measure charging the expenses of the sen: to Suakin: to the Indian E^cheque^^^^B Advices received from Cyprus severe shocks of earthquake have oci^^^^H throughout the island, and that the ants of the towns of Limosal and have deserted their houses and taken in the open fields; when; tliey are The Ancient and Honorable Artilier^^^^H pany of Boston reached Queenstow^^M^H l&nc1, on the Servia. The Transvaal Government has 60,' 00 rifles from Loewe 4 Co., the arms manufacturers. Ten thousand^^^^^| rifles have already teen delivered.