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Kim ACCEPTANCE
Fhe Republican Candidate for President
issues His Formal Letter.
DISCUSSES FINANCE AND TARIFF,
rhe Document Consists Chiefly or Hii
Views on the Money Question?H<
Says That an Adequate Protectiv*
Gold Standard Will Restore ProupBrlty
Cahton. Ohio, August 27.?Major Williatr
flcKinley mailed his letter formally acceptthe
Republican nomination tor President
b Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, yesterday
cad then gave out copies for publication
hie letter is carefully divided into sections
jaeh under a headline written by Majcr Mc
Kinlev himself. Thirteen of these section!
relate to the currenoy question, eleven to the
tariff, one to reciprocity, one to immigration
aae to pensions and soldiers and sailors, on?
to the merchant marine and navy, one to the
< civil service, one to law and order, one to
tte obliteration of sectionalism and one ir
which he explains that ho cannot refet
to each item in Ibe platform separately,
but indorses them collectively.
Y ipfj
WILLIAM M'KIXLEY.
In one portion or the letter he shows the
condition of the country in 1892 and since by
the testimony of Presidents Harrison and
Cleveland. The purpose is to show that the
currency question aud the tariff issue are inseparable,
and that but for our deficient
revenues the money question would not now
be before the public.
The letter, in part, is as follows: ''Hon.
John M. Thuraton, and others, Members of
ihe Notifloation Committee of the Republican
National Convention.
'Gentlemen: In pursuance of the promise
aiade to your committee when notified of my
nomination as the Republican candidate for
President, I beg to submit this formal acceptance
of that high honor, and to consider
ia detail questions at issue in the pending
campaign."
After dilating on the importance of the
present issues he says:
' The Free Coiuage of Silver.
"For the first time since 1868, if ever before.
there is presented to the American pea
pie this year a clear and direct issue as to
?ur monetary system of vast importance in
Its effects, and upon the right settlement of
which rests largely the financial honor and
prosperity of the country. It is proposed by
oe wing of the Democratic party and its
alUee, the People's and Silver parties, to inaugurate
the free and unlimited coinage of
rilyer by independent action on the part of
the United States at a ratio of sixteen ounces
el silver to one ounce of gold.
"The mere declaration of this purpose is a
menace to ^ur floanoinl and Industrial interests
and has already created universal
alarm. It involves great peril to the credit
and business of the country, a peril so grave
thnt conservative men everywhere are breaking
away from their old party associations
and uniting with other patriotic citizens in
empnauc proie&t agmusi me piawuroi ui mo
Democratic National Convention as an as nult
upon the faith and honor of the Government
and the welfare of the people. We
have had few questions in the lifetime of the
Bepublic more seslous than the one which is
thus presented."
.io oeueui IU i^uuur.
Continuing he declares that "we must not
misled by phrases, nor deluded by false
theories. Fre>; silver wou'd not mean that
silver dollars were to be freely had without
eost or labor. It would mean the free use of
the mints of the United States for the few
who are owners silver bullion, but would
make silver coin no freer to the many who
are engaged in other enterprises. It would
ot make labor easier, the hours of labor
shorter, or the pay better. It would not
mako farming less laborious, or more
profitable. It would not start a factory, or
make a demand for an additional
day's labor. It would create no new occupations.
It would add nothing to the comfort
of ?he masses, the capital of the people,
or tii-j wealth of the Nation. It senks to iu
ruuucc a urw uiuasuiu ?ji vara", uui wuuiu
*dil no vttluu to the thing measured. It
would not conserve value?. Ou the contrary,
it would dercnge all exist iug values, it
would not restore business confidence, but
its direct effect would bj to destroy the little
which yet remains.
What It Mentis.
"The meaning of the coinage plan!: adopted
at Chicago is that any one may take a
quantity of silver bullion, now worth 53 cents
to tue mints of the United States, have it
soin9d at the expense of the Government
aud nceive for it a silver dollar, which
shall be loccal tender for the payment
of all debts, public and private. The
owo'T of the silver bullion would ?at the silver
dollar. It would belong to him and to
nobodv ase. Other people would get it only
by their labor, the products of their hind, or
something of value. The bullion owner, on
the basis of present va'ues, would receive the
jiiver dollar for fifty-three cents worth of
silver, and other people would be required to
receive it as a full dollar in the payment of
debts. The Government would get nothing
Jro.u the transaction. It wou d bear the exDense
of coining the silver, nnd the community
would suffer loss by its use."
Silver StAnilnril Would ltesult.
Discussing the probable result of freecoin JTo
he declares:
' The simple i ruth is wo would be driven
to a silver basis?to silver monometallism,
These dollars, therefore, would stand upon
their real value. If the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at a ratio of si.v
teen ounces of silver to one ounce ol
gold would, as some of its advocate;
assort, make fifty-three cents in silver worth
one hundred cntsand the silver dollar equal
to the gold dollar theu we would have no
cheaper money than now and U would be
no easier to get. But that such would be
th result is against reason and is contra
!ictet by experience in all times
an I in all lands. It means the debasement
o; our currency to the amount of the
difference between the commercial and colu
*alueof thesilvirdo'lar, which is ever cbangio^.
nn 1 the ..'ITec: would be to reduce prop<
my vaiues, entail untold financial loss, destroy
'2 .>u!ldHnce, impair the ob igatious ol
MCistins; contracts, further impoverish the
laborer and pro lucers of the country, create
& panic of uup iralleie I severity an 1 infl ct
u;>on trade ::nd :o:nmereo a deadly blow.
A;?aiust any .su"h policy I am unalterablj
Whit ll'.inpt.illir.in !>Ioans.
"H mctallism cannot bo secured by inde^
jx-n;ent action on our part. It cannot b(
obtained by openiug our mints to the unliui'
itei coinage of the silver of the world, at ti
ratio of 10 ouucesof silver to 1 ouu?e of gold
whim the commercial ratio is more than 3t
ounca of silver to 1 ounce of gold
Mexico and China bave tried th<
Koa frou nnlnnm
VAJJUi'llUUUI. jawv
of ?ilv>*r ati<l i;oid ;tt a ratio slightly in exress
of 1C>2 ounces of silver to 1 ounce ol
cold, ati'l while her mints are freely open tc
both metals at that ratio not u single dolia'
in >?old bullion is coined and circulated a;
money. Gold has been 'lriven out of cirtfblation
ia these countries, aud they are on a
ailrer basis alone.
? rffitoiWiifrSftii'r iff' .... ^
I "Until international agreement is had It
I Is the plain duty of the United States to
I maintain the gold 9tandard. It Is the recognized
and sole standard of the great com*
mercial Nations of the world, with which we
trade mora largely than any other."
Favor* the Una oT Silver Money.
He then adds that "the Republican party
has not been, and is not now. opposed to tho
use of silver money, as its record abundantly
shows. It has done nil that could be done
for its increased U3e, with safe and honor, j
i by tho United States acting apart from other j
Governments. There are those who think j
that it has already gone beyond the limit of
financial prudence. Surely, we can go no
1 further, and we must not Dermit false lights |
to lure us across tho daugir line.
More Silver Than Other Lands.
"We have much more silver in use than
any country in tho world except India or
China?$500,000,000 more than Great Britain.
$150,000,000 moro than France, $400,000,000
more than Germany, $325,000,000 less
than India and $125,000,000 less than China. I
"The Republican party has declared in
favor of an international agreement, and if
elected President it will be my duty to employ
all proper means to promote it. Tho
free coinage of silver in this country would
defer, if not defeat, international bimetallism.
and until an international agreemeut
can bo had every interest requires us to
maintain our present standard.
"Independent free coinage of silver at a
ratio of 16 ounces of silver to 1 ounce of gold i
would insure the speedy contraction of the
volume of our currency. It would drive at
least 500.000.000 cold dollars, which we now
! have, permanently from the trade of the
. country and greatiy decrease our per capita
, circulation. It is not proposed bv the Republican
pariytotak??from thecirculatingme,
dium of the couutry any of the silver we
now have. On the coiltrary, it i3 proposed
to keep all of the silver money now in circulation
on a parity with gold by maintaining
the pledge of the Government that ail of it
shall be equal to gold."
Farmers and Laborers Suffer Most.
i He maintains that "debasement of the
currency means destruction of values. No
one sufTers so much from cheap money as
the farmers and laborers. They are the flrst
to feel its bad effects and the last to recover
from them. This has been the uniform experience
of all countries, und here, as elsewhere,
the poor, and not the rich, are always
the greatest sufferers from every
attempt to debase our money. It would fall
with alarming severity upon investments already
made, upon insurance companies and
their policy holders, upon savings banks and
their depositors, upon building and loan association
members, upon the savings of
thrift, upon pensioners and their families
and upon wage earners and the purchasing
power of their wages."
In the Highest Degree Reprehensible.
Continuing, he observes: "It is a cause
for painful regret and solicitude that an
effort is being made by those high in the
. counsels of the allied parties to divide the
, people of this country into classes and create
distinctions among us which, in fact, d o
I not exist and are repugnant to our form of
i government. These appeals to passion and
. prejudice are beneath the spirit and intelligence
of a free people and should be met
witn stern rebuke by those they are sought
to Influence, and I believe they will be.
"Every attempt to array class against
class, 'the classes against the masses,' section
against section, labor against capital,
'the poor against the rich' or interest against
interest in the United States, is in the highest
degree reprehensible. It is opposed to
the National instinct and interest and should
te resisted by every citizen.
"This ever-recurring effort endangers
popular government and is a menace to our
liberties. It is not a new campaign device
or party appeal. It is as old as government
among men, but was never more untimely
and unfortunate than now.
Protection of Supreme Importance.
"Anothor issue of supreme importance,"
Mr. SIcKiniey states, "Is that of protection.
Tne peril of free silver is a menace to be
feared; we^ are already experiencing the
effect of partial free trade. The one must
be averted, the other corrected.
"The Republican party is wedded to the
dnrtf-rinfl of nrotectlon and was never more
earnest in Its support and advocacy than
now. If argument were needed to strengthen
its devotion to ' the American system,' or increase
tho hold of that system upon the party
and people, it is found in the lesson and experience
of the past three years.
"The public exigencies demand prompt
protective legislation which will avoid the
accumulation of further debt by providing
adequate revenues for the expenses of the
Government. This is manifestly the require,
ment of duty. If elected President of the
United States it will be my aim to vigorously
promote this object and give that ample encouragement
to the occupations of the American
people which above all else is so imperatively
demanded at this juncture of our
National affairs."
Finance Not the Canse.
He then asserts: "It is a mere pretence to
attribute the hard times to the fact that all
our currency is on a gold basis. Good money
never made times hard. Those who assert
that our present industrial and financial depression
is the result of the gold standard,
have not read American history aright or
been careful students of the events of reoent
year?. We never had greater prosperity in
this country, in every field of employment
and industry, than in the busy years from
1880 to 1892, during all of which time this
country was on a gold basis and employed
more gold money in its fiscal and business
operation than ever before.
"We had, too. a protective tariff under
which ample revenues were collected for the
Government and an accumulating surplus
which was constantly applied to the payment
of the public debt. Let us hold fast to that
which we know is good. It is not more
money we want; what we want 19 to put the
money we already have at work.'" Continuing,
he says: "We cannot inspire confidence
by advocating repudiation or practising dishonesty.
We cannot restore confidence,
either to the Treasury or to the people, without
a change in our present tariff legislation.
More Work Wanted.
"It is not an increase in the volume of
money which is the need of the time, but an
increase in the volume of business. Not an
increase of coin, but an increase of confidence.
Not more coinage, but a more active j
use of money coiuea. Not open mints for |
the unlimited coin<ujo of the silver of the j
world, but open mill3 for the full and unrestricted
labor of American workinsmen. The
employment of our miuts for the coinage of
the silver of the world would not brins the
necessaries and comforts of life back to our i
peorde. This will only come with the employment
of ihu masses, and such employ- I
ment is certain to follow the re-establish- !
ment of a wise protective policy which shall I
anrtftiipuftQ nionitf-irthirinff nf homo Proton. !
tion has lost none of its virtue and importance.
'The first duty of the Republican party, il
restored to power in the country, will be the
1 enactment of a tariff law which will raisa
' all the money necessary to conduct the Gov*
i ernment, economically and honestly administered,
and so adjusted as to give profer
ence to home manufacturers and adequate
protection to home labor and the home inar'
ket."
In conclusion Major McKinley say3:
i Should Be a United Country.
1 "After the lapse of a century since its ut!
terance let us, at length, and forever hereafter
heed thrt admonition of Washington.
1 'There should be no North, no South, nc
East, no West?but a common country.' It
' shall be my constant aim to improve '
1 nvorv nnnnrtnntiv to iitlvanee the I
cause of good government by promot- I
Ing that spirit of forbearance and justice j
' which is so essential to our prosperity and !
' happiness, by joining mo3t heartily in all j
1 proper efforts to re-tore the rolatiou^ ol j
1 brotherly respect and affection which in out
early history chara terized all the people of
r all the States,
"I would be glid to contribute towards |
binding in indivisible union the different di- |
visions of the country, which, indeed, now '
have every inducement of sympathy and in* i
> terest to wold them together more strongly I
than ever. I would rejoice to see d*)mon- j
^ strated to the world, that the North and the i
. South and tho East and the West are not sep- j
> aratcd. or in danerer of becoming separated,
because of sectional or party differences.
J "Tne war is long since over;'we are not
i enemies, but friends,' and as friends we will
faithfully and cordially co-operate, under i
r the approving smilo of Him who has thus i
> far so signally sustained and Raided us, to j
preserve; inviolate our country's name and I
> honor, its peace and gooa order, and its !
continued aaceudeucy among the greatest I
k Governments an earth.
I . " WlLHAJt McKlXLEt."
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i BLACK F1 EOmOR
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Action of the New York Republicans
at Saratoga.
HELD A TWO DAYS' SESSION. |
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Congressman Black, of Troy, Nominated
to Head the Ticket on the Fourth Ballot?Timothy
L. Woodruff for Lieutenant-Governor?
Judge Irvine G. Vann,
of Onondaga, for the Court of Appeals.
Saratooa, N. Y., August 27.?The Republican
State Convention met in the historic Assembly
Hall at this placo and held a session
lasting two days. The first day's proceedings
were of a routine character. At the second
day's session, which lasted two hours,
these nomitfations were made: For Governor,
Frank 9. Black, of Rensselaer; for Lieutenant-Governor,
Timothy L. Woodruff, of
Kings, and for Associate Judge of the Court
of AppeaU, Irving G. Vann, of Onondaga.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
The first day's session of the convention
was devoted to temporary and permanent
organizations, the adoption of a platform
and the nomination of candidates for Governor.
f ,
The con^nuon was caneu 10 oruor nu
12.22 o'clock p. m. by Benjamin Odell, in the
absence, oy reason of illness, of Chairman
Hackett, of the Republican State Committee.
Bishop Newman, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, opened the convention with
prayer. Frank 8. Black, the Temporary
Chairman,then made an effective address and
General Stewart L. Woodford, who was selected
for Permanent Chairman, followed him
in a brief speech. Roll call showed that 758
delegates were in attendance. A feature
of the first day's proceedings was
the exclusion of Warner Miller from the convention.
When the Committee on Credentials
reported against Mr. Miller he tried
to speak, but was ruled out of order because
his name was not on the roll, On motion of
Thomas C. Piatt he was allowed to be heard.
Then the convention almost uuanimously
voted to adopt the committee's report.
The platform which indorsed the National
tinlfftt and the State issues uoon which this
campaign Is to be made was then read and
adopted.
The following men were then put in
nomination for Governor: George W.
Aldridge, Monroe; Hamilton Fish, Putnam;
Frank S. Black, Rensselaer;
Timothy D. Ellsworth, Niagara; Edgar T.
Brackett, 8arato<?a; James A. Wad9worth,
Genesee; Archie E. Baxter. Chemung; John
Palmer, Albany; Charles T. Saxton, of
Wayne, and Jame3 A. Roberts, of Erie.
Without the formality of a nomination the
names of J. Sloat Fassett, of Chemung; Clar:
ence E. Lexow, of Rockland, and Frank Hiscock,
of Onondaga, were voted for.
Two ballots were taken in the convention.
There are 758 delegates and 380 were necessary
to a choice. No candidate received
within 150 votes of enough to nominate and
the convention adjourned for the day.
Second Day's Proceedings.
The morning of the second day of the convention
opened with everybody stllL guessing
and twelve hopeful candidates in the
field for the Gubernatorial nomination.
After ca'llng the convention to order
Chairman Woodford reoognized Titua Sheard,
of Herkimer, who proceeded to answer Warner
Miller's speech of the day before saying
that the end of the party he represented had
been maligned by Mr. Miller. When Mr.
Sheard bad finished, the tlrst roil can or tne
day on the nomination for Governor, the
third of the convention, was begun, and an
indication of the decision of the leaders was
given when William Barnes, of Albany, came
to the front, and withdrew the name of John
Palmer, casting the majority of tne votes ol
Albany County for Frank 8. Blaek. Black
got votes in New York and obtained a few
votes from Kincs. Saxton withdrew hip
name, and cast Wayne's vote for Black,
Before the clerk could announce the total
result, Jacob Worth, of Kings County, arose
and announced that on the next ballot he
would cast ninety-two votes for Black.
The oonvent.on was in an uproar, but the
chair Anally got order, and the result was
announced as follows: Aldrldge. 242: Black,
154; Fish, 119; Odell, 82; Baxter. 51; Roberts,
38: Wadsworth, 42; Saxton, 15; Ellsworth,
9; Fassett, 6.
Then a new roll-call was demanded. Aln
* nnaf i + a frti" "Rlftrtlr T7u COOtt rtf
UUUjr VyCWfc HO TUIW 1U1 MIUVA. ? ?>?? ?., #
Chemung, withdrew the name of Baxter and
cast his votes for BlRCk.
When New York was called Edward Lauterbaoh
stepped into tho a'sle and said: "It
Is a pleasant duty for me to ca9t New York's
134 votes for Frank S. Black." This announcement
caused a burst of applause and
the demonstration lasted several minutes.
The fourth and last ballot resulted as follows:
Black, 675; Aldridge, 77; Pish. 6.
Mr. Piatt moved that a committee of threi
be appointed to wait on Mr. Black and notify
nim of his nomination and ask him to
come to the hall. Thi? motion was carried
with a roar and the Chair named Mr. Piatt,
Lieutenant-Governor Saxton and Congressman
Foote.
When the committee returned with him
there was another great demonstration. Mr.
Black responded in a short speech, accepting
the nomination.
A motion was then made that the conven*
- I- . U..4. zs# ??XTA"
lion luse a recess, uui win cues ui
compelled the motion to be withdrawn, and
the nomination of a Lieutenant-Governor
was proceeded with.
Representative Sherman, of Oneida, placed
in nomination Titus Sheard, of Herkimer.
J. E. Pendergast, of Brooklyn, named Timothy
L. Woodruff, of Brooklyn, in a speech
from the platform. He was seconded by W.
H. Killboy, ot New York. Nevada M. Stranaban,
of Oswego, was also named.
On the roll call Mr. Woodruff was nominated
by the vote of New York. Mr. Woodruff
\Tw 'CKufiii/l Ironalra,! *11
\*otes and Mr. Stranaban received 176. The
nomination was the a made unanimous by
acclamation. Mr. Woodruff was escorted to
the platform and also made a speech of acceptance.
The Secretary was directed to cast the
unanimous vote of the convention for Judge
Isaac G. Vann, of Syracuse, for Associate
Judge of the Court of Appeals, and he was
declared nominated by the convention.
The usual resolutions of thanks to the convention
officers and notification of the candidates
were introduced and adopted and
then at 2.03 p. m. the convention adjourned
sine die.
C.ireer of Frank S. Black.
Franlc S. Black, nominated for Governor
by the Republicans of New ?ork, is a Maine
man by birth, having been born in Livingston
County, Maine, March 8,1853. He is the
son of Jacob and Charlotte B. Black, and
was reared on a farm. He vais oducated in
tho district schools, at Lebanon Academy.
West Lebanon, Me., graduated at the acad
emy in 1871. una from Dartmouth Col.esje in
1875. Mr. Black took up the pursuit of journalism,
and was editor of the Johnstown (N.
Y.) Journal for a short time after graduating
from Dartmouth. In 1877 he removed to
Troy, where he worked as a newspaper reporter
and studied law. He was admitted to
the bar in 1879, and since that time has followed
his profession in Troy. He never
held offlee until he was elected to the Fiftyfourth
Congress as a Republican, receiving
20,954 votes against 17,514 for Charles D.
Haines. Democrat, and 595 for Adam N.
Myer, Prohibitionist. M>\ Black gave the
convention an oratorical surprise during its
first day's session. He does not look like an
orator uor has he the bearing or manners of
.one. Yet when lie was installed as TemporPh.iifm.in
nf lli.i K.o eiininl.
scored a striking success with the dolegates
aud the galleries. It was replete with clever
phrases aud brilliaut with frequent flashes of
wit. It practically won him the nomination.
Timothy L. Woodruff.
Timothy L. Woodruff, the candidate of the
New York Republicans for Lieutenant-Governor.
is a son of John Woodruff, a descendant
of the early settlers of Connecticut. He
was born in New Haven on August 4,1858.
After a preparatory course at Phillips Academy,
heentered Yale University in 1875, and
was graduated ,n 1Q Apni, iaau, ne
married Miss Cora C. Eastman, daughter of
the late H. G. Eastman, of Poughkeepsie.
He took up his residence in Brooklyn in the
same year. He is interested in va^ous grain
elevators, stores, warehouses and trust companies.
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WHITNEY-VANDERBILT WEDDING,
Heir and Helreas Married Quietly at New<
port, R. I.
Gertrude Vanderbilt, oldest daughter of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the New York million*
aire, was married to Harry Payne Whitney,
oldest son of the former Secretary of th?
Navy, William C. Whitney, at 12.30 o'clock
p. m. nt "The Breakers," the Vanderbilt
summer villa, at Newport, R. I. <
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Dr. George J. Magill. rector of Trinity
Church, and Bishop Potter gave the benedlotlon.
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MISS. HAB11I PATNE WHITXEY.
Although the affair has been watched with
great Interest it was in a way a disappoint- j
ment to the exclusive set in society because <
it was strictly for the family. This was s
necessarily so on account of the state of Mr. ]
Vanderbilt's health, his physicians thinking t
it unwise for him to undergo anything but
the quietest oeremony. Therefore, outside t
of the immediate bridal party, only about t
sixty persons were present. * i
The bride and her attendants assembled 1
in the upper hall and proceeded down the ]
grand stairway. The bride entered the room j
on the arm of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, and <
proceeded to the prisdieu, where she was
met by the groom, ansa vanaerout wa3
given away by her father, who was wheeled ]
Into the room on a reclining chair, and the 1
words which joined the young people tot '
life were quietly spoken.
Miss-Vanderbilt s gown, a3 well as that ol i
each of her bridesmaids, was from Paris. <
The bride's oostume was of white satin, '
trimmed with old lace, which has been Id
the family for years. 8he wore her mother's <
bridal veil. She carried a bouquet of stepba- 1
notls and gardenias. The bridesmaids wore J
mousselln do sole over white silk, fluffy i
ruffles of queen Valenciennes lace, beaded
with insertion of the same. The waists were 1
of Valenciennes inserting, with puffings oi <
the same material, and Van Dyke collars. I
The sleeves were full length, with cuffs oi 1
Valenciennes insertings and small puffs at J
the shoulders. 8haded rose colored belts ]
lent a pleasing touch of colors to the cos- '
tumes.
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. sister of the bride. <
and Miss Dorothy Whitney, sister of the I
groom, were the maids of honor. They wore I
organdie muslins, with fluffy collars of Val- ]
cnciennes lace. The bride's gift to the bridemaids
were forget-me-nots brooches, of dia- <
monds and pearls. Mr. Whitney's gifts to ]
the best men and ushers were pearl and dia- i
mond stick pins. j
The bride s dowry i9 $5,000,000. The bridal i
?,4a- ' ? J >. rt/44 n*A fnmfltr n pa a f louaf 1
j.rum iuo imuiouiaio ioiuhj ?.?*.? Uk .???.,
$500,000. These oomprisesolld service, gold
Elate, br ic-a-brac and superb jewelry. This ]
i exolus lve of the trousseau, which repre ]
sents a fortune.
QUEEN WILHELMINA BETROTHED.
The Girl Queen of Holland Encased to
Prince Bernard.
The betrothal of Queen Wllhelmina of the
Netherlands to Prince Bernard of SaxeWelmar
will be announced in September j
Queen Wllhelmina is sixLeen yeare of age (
and Prince Bernard was eighteen years old
on April IS last.
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QUEEN WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND. 1
Queen Wilbolmina was bora August 31, i
1880, aDd succeeded to the throne on the
death of her father, King Wilhelm IIL, on
November 23, 1890. Her mother, the present
Queen Regent of the Netherlands,, was
Princess Emma, daughter of Prince George
Victor of Waldeck, and her father's second
wife. * The girl Queen has often been reported
as engaged.
Prince Bernard Henry is the secon-l son of
the late hereditary Grand Duke Charles of
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who died in 18?1.
He was '.torn at Weimar April 18,1878, and i9
a lieutenant in the Fifth Thuringian Infantry
regiment. In case the engagement ends
in marriage the Prince wilLoccupy the position
of a King consort, similar to that held
by Prince Albert in England.
The Chickasaw Nation Election.
Completo returns from tbo elections in the
Chickasaw Nation show that Harris has beon
elected Governor by a majority of fifty-three
over Jones NVulf. Harris was "the candidate
of the balf-bree l, or professional element.
As a big majority of the half-breeds wore
elected to the Souate and House, a ralical
change for the belter maybe expected in the
management of the Chickasaw Nation. 1
Ecuador Kehe'.llnn Ended.
The rebels' stronghold in the mountainous ,
district of Cuenca has fallen, practically
putting an end to the revolution in Ecuador
against Alfaro, headed by one Vega and j
openly supported with money, mon andarms
by the clergy. l
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Una 01 mo unpiaio oiriHe,
The tlnplato strike at Elwood, In']., wa9
ended by the company signing the scale, and
the city went wild with rejoicing. The strikers
were greatly pleased at the outcome, and
spent the night in celebrating.
Out of the Common Itun.
Thieves turned up the cornerstone of a
new church at Lonuon, uiaaua, aua scoio
the money deposited in it.
Chartered banks of Halifax, Nova Scotia,
have bogun to charge a five per cent, dis- J
count on American currency. I
Orange growing is being abandoned on the i
peninsula of Lower California, and the or- I
chardists are cutting down their trees and
planting the land with coffee, cotton aud
?ugar cane.
Elk have been all but exterminated In this
country, and the report of a herd of eleven 1
having been seen north of Mar/a peak, near J
Corvallis, Oregon, recently, excited comment
in the far northwest.
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D.E. FEANGIS APPOINTED"
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Missouri's Former Governor the New jj
Secretary of the Interior. b
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THE SUCCESSOR OF HOKE SMITH. 3
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President Cleveland Announced That David f
B. Francis, ex-Governor of Missouri, 3
Had Been Appointed a Member of Tils j
Cabinet, and That He Woald Assume
the Duties of His Office on September 1
Buzzard's Bat, Mass., August 25.?David
R. Francis, formerly Governor of Missouri,
lias been appointed Secretary of the Interior,
to succeed Hoke Smith. He will assume the
iuties of his office on Septomber 1. The appointment
was announced by President
Cleveland at "Gray Gables," his summer
home here.
Mr. Francis was slated for a Cabinet position
^hen Cleveland bepran his second Administration.
J. Sterling Morton, the Secretary
of Agriculture, however, ws named as
(he representative of the "West. Francis Is
und has from the beginning of Cleveland's I
National career boen a close personal friend <
of the President. <
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DAVID ROWLAND FRANCIS.
Hli Career an a BunineiA Man and an Ac
tlve Politician. I
8t. Louis, Mo., August 25.?David Row- 1
land Francis was horn of Scotch-Irish pir- J
jntage October 1,1850. In Richmond, Madison
County. Kentucky. He came to St.
Louis in 1866, and for four years attended <
:he Washington University.
He began his business career in 1870 as
thipping clerk for Shryock k Rowland, of
VWo nil. ?111. J.1 a "1 ? -
U1..1 uiij, auu iciiiniucu wJill IUO urin UUI.ll II
vent out of business, when he continued on |
lis own account, and is still thus engaged. j
He is President of the D. R. Francis & |
Brother Commission Company and receiver | ,
of the United States Elevator Company.
Mr. Francis began his political life in 1884, I '
when ho was elected del?gate-at-larsre from j 1
Missouri to the Democratic National Conven- |
[ion held in Chicago. He was an active ad- i
vocate of Cleveland and Hendriclcp. He was 1
^ice-President of the Merchants' Exchange i
in 1883, and elected President in 1884. in one I
of the most spirited elections ever held on j
Change. j
He was nominated for Mayor of St. Louis
on the 184th ballot in 1885, and was elected j
by a majority of 1300 over a competitor who j
aad served for four years and who was origin- i (
ally elected by a majority of 14.000._
mr. r rancis was nominated ior governor
jy the Democracy in 1888, and elected by a
joraparatively small majority. He resigned
the Mayoralty on January 1, three months
jefore the expiration of his term, and was ,
naugurated Governor on January 14, 1889.
Els term expired January 1, 1893, when he j
tvas succeeded by Governor Stone.
Since then Governor Stone and the free i
silver advocates have wrested control of the \
3tate politics from Mr. Francis's friends. He !
rought the free silver movement until he I i
found himself overwhelmingly defeated.
In personal appearance the new Secretary 1
of the Interior is very striking. He has a
pleasant face, with a frank expression. His
manners are nasy and genial. He is a great i
favorite in social life. He has amassed a i
? W.. ? I
uuiuiuoidi/it iuiluuc u y uio uu31uc03 om.ec- ! '
prises in Missouri.
Mrs. Francis has been the leader of St. :
Louis society for yeara. She baa entertained j
Mrs. Cleveland at her home, and there is a
warm attachment between them. i
GARCIA'S BIC VICTORY. ' j
Cuban Insurgents Defeat 3000 Spanish i
Soldiers and Kill 200. j ,
Tomas Estrada Palma, Presilent of the
Cuban Junta In New Yorlc City, received a
letter from General Callxto Garcia, of the
Cuban army. ! ,
In the letter he says that a short time af- '
ter he landed he defeated a detachment of
the Spanish army near the river Canto. The ,
snpmy lort 250 dead uuon the field. After- j
ward Garcia captured the Spanish gunboat
Bellicos, loaded with arms and provisions I
near the city of Manzanillo. He also took a I
large quantity of ammunition from the j
anemy.
In his letter Garcia tells of the defeat of 1
3000 Spanish troops at the cityof Banabacoa, |
In the province of Santiago de Cuba, on July I
22. The loss of the insurgents was InconBid- !
urable. Cuban insurgents also blew up tw<" i |
trains with dynamite. . j .
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STEEL WORKS FAIL FOR $1,000,000 . 1
Union Company of Anderson, Ind., Attrib- |
uten It to Financial Agitation. I
The Union Steel Company at Anderson,
iDd., has been placed in the hands of a re- j (
:eiver,
Tbe company is capitalized at $1,500,000,
und claims to have 31,000,000 invested in
s?tock. machinery, and plant at Alexandria, I
wblch covers thirty acres and is a complete
rail and steel concern. Tbe company es- I
tablished itself in Alexandria for a bonus of i i
8175,000 and employs 1600 men when in full I
blast. j i
It seems that most of the plant was built ; \
upon borrowed money, among the creditors |
being the Missouri Steel Company, for $50,- |
DOP. The financial agitation, the company j i
avers, so par.ilyzed business that it was j ,
forced to close the plant, and has been unable
to meet payments.
WAR IN CRETE ENDED. !
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An Agreement Prepared by the Austrian !
Minister Satisfies Both Sides.
The Porte has signi (led its willingness to i
accept the terms of the proposal for the set- :
tlement of the Cretan troubles which originated
with Count Ooluchowskl, Austrian j
Minister of Foreign Affairs. * <
The proposal is that Turkey xrrant to Crete 1
a new "constitution, the main' features of I
which are the appointment of a Christian I
Governor and the establishment of Cretan ! '
financial autonomy, with the payment of [ J
tribute to the Sultan under the genoral '
guarantee of the European rowers, the j 1
amount of tribute to be paid annually to be j
based upon the ratio of revenues of the isl- , 1
and. This ends ail trouble. 3
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To Suppress the Suj;ar Crop.
It is reported that Captain-General Weyler : <
will shortly issue an order prohibiting the ]
grinding of the coming sugar crop in Cuba, i
Two Burglars Die. '
alino .!!(? 1.1." I
vvuu, niitK? A>AJ uouaiin, IV. LIU WU i*3 | ^
tbe "big man" in tho Bedford Station (N. Y.) . j
ittempted burglary and tragedy, died at the 1 t
Mount Kisco Jail four dnys after he was shot, j 1
and John Clare, another of the outlaws, who i i
was wouuiled during tbe light with tho bur- |
elars. died tbe same day at tie Long Island : ^
Hospital In Brooklyn. Both men wore shot j 1
by "Will" Adams, son of the merchant whom ; i
tbe burglars killoJ. i
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Kmperor William Knuckled. I <
Emperor William dually save up iu the j
struggle with his Ministers over court mar- , ,
tiai reform. j ,
A Kruvt; ltewue.
It required the uuiteJ efforts of seven of ;
[lie city life guards to save Mr. and Mrs. f
Charles Bannon, a bridal couple from
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from drowning iu tho I
surf at Atlantic City, N. J. It was the most s
thrilling rescue of the season, ami was wit- '
nessed by thousands of people, who cheered ]
the brave guards in their struggle. i 1
Mulne'tt Campulgu Open.
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Tho Republican party of Maine formally
opened its Presidential campaign in sixteen 1
lities and towns with twenty speeches, do- , *
livered before 25,000 persons. Senator Frye
and Llewellen Powers, tbe party's candidate 5
for Governor, addressed 1000 oersoni) in Rath , 1
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED'
Washington Itecu.
Chairman Jones, of the Democratic Na?
onal Committee, issued from Washington
n earnest appeal to the people of the United
tates to contribute to the campaign fund.
The single taxere of Washington have
een holding outdoor meetings for the past
hree months in a small park Just off Psnnylvanla
avenue.
Foreign lithographic firms are In grave
langer of having an embargo placed on the
mportatioQ of their productions to this
ountry.
Judge Cole, ot the District Court, who a
ew weeks ago refused to naturalize an
[tallan because the mau admitted that he
vas unable to comprehend our form of Govsrnment,
has rejected the application of a
Jerman who could not read English, saying
hat no one was entitled to the rights of sufrage
who could not read the language of
he country.
A. third edition of the Treasury Circular
So. 123. giving the financial t-anaactions of
:he Government, has been Issued. This time
JO,000 copies have been printed, which, with
:hetwo former editions of 15,000 copies each,
swells the total printed to dato to 60,000.
rhere Is no apparent diminution in the demand
for the circular.
The Treasury has begun Davinz out over
;he counter the new $2 silver certificates.
Domestic.
Rgaoao OF THE LEAGUE OLUB3.
Per Pfr
Club*. Won. ct. Club'. Wnn. Ln*t. ct,
3altlmore.71 33 .683 Brooklyn.49 55 .471
3lncinnati69 36 .657 New York49 57 .462
Cleveland 64 39 .621 Phlladel. .49 57 .462
Chicago. .62 46 .574 W'shing'n40 63 .388
Pittsburg.58 46 .558 St. Louis.33 71 .317
Boston....67 48 .543 Louisville26 76 .255
The Miami Powder Works, at Goes Station.
Ohio, were blown up. The report was heard
Bfty miles distant. Frank Eich, general
foreman, and Silas Figgins, boss carpenter,
were killed.
Silas D. Mead, a farmer, living In North
Greenwich, Conn., died from iujurles inflicted
by a bull. He was seventy-seven
years old and one of the wealthiest and best
known men in the State.
r? Wni-i/1mnnac>? nf Ohin wnu flhnoan
President of the Republican National League
by the convention at Milwaukee, Wis.
The Emerson Piano Company, with factory
and store In Boston, Mass., and branch
stores in New York and Chicago, has made
an assignment.
Tbe Canada defeafed the Yencedor for the
second time on Lake Erie, thereby winning
the international yachting championship of
the lakes.
The locked-out men of the Brown Hoisting
and Conveying Works, Cleveland, Ohio,
voted to return to work, and the famous
strike, productiveof several battles and riots,
is broken.
New Jersoy's gold standard Democrats, in
convention at Trenton, reaffirmed the financial
plank in the platform adopted by the
regular State Convention in May. It declares
for the gold standard.
Would-bo lynchers who tried to shoot
Dave Williams near Mount Tabor, N. J., for
an alleged assault on a woman, were foiled
by a constable, who took the man to jail.
Durusiuo tlUU l*VCUlJ%UiOO UiOU
cf the steamsliip Moldava, which was sunk
by collision with a berg, reached New York
on loard the Anchor line steamship Circas3la.
8penker Thoma9 B. Reed addressed a Republican
mass meeting at Old Orchard, Me.
The international yacht race on Lake Erie
was won by the Canadian boat Canada.
The Postoffice at Pattenburg, N. J., was
again entered by burglars, arousing the Postmaster,
who shot one of them as he was running
away in the darkn jss.
In the preliminary or practice trial the
United States cruiser Brooklyn developed
an average speed closely approximating
twenty-one knots. The trial was made over
the Government offlolal course from off
Cape Ann, Mas9., to a point off Cape Porpoise,
Me., and return.
The through express train from Chicago
on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad was
wrecked at Valencia, Penn., and more than
a score of passengers were injured, four ol
them fatally. f
The Rflnublican canmaism was formallv
opened in Indiana. It is estimated that
200,000 voters participated in the sixty-one
meetings. Charles W. Fairbanks spoko in
Indianapolis.
"Chris" Lovering, a desperado and outlaw,
was captured on the top of 8aurland Mountain
by a detective, George D. Totten, of
Bomerville, N. J.
The fltate Convention of the National Prohibition
party in North Carolina nominated
the Rev. J. W. Holt for Governor, and a full
Btate ticket.
H. W. Reed, Populist National Committeeman
from Georgia, has resigned the Presidency
of the First National Bank of Brunswick
because, being an ardent believer in the
free coinage of silver, he could not conform
to the wishes of bis bank associates.
Frederick Gordon Rew, the Cornell student
who disappeared from Ithaca, N. Y., on
October 2,1894, and who was supposed to
have mot with foul play, ha3 been heard
from. His father, Fabian B. Rew. of Buffalo,
received a letter from him. dated in India.
9tating that he was in good health and bound
for home.
John Henka, an old miser, of Burlington,
N. J., was strangled and beaten to death for
his money by unknown persons.
Senator Hill invite.1 W. J. Bryan to dine
with him at Wolfert's Roost, Albany, N. Y.,
and the invitation was accepted. *
Four man were killed by the wreck of a
train on the Northern Pacific Road in Montana.
Mrs. Hanry M. 8tephenson, of Boston,
Mass., returning home to die of an incurable
trouble, jumped from the staamsbip
9paarndam in midocean and was drowned
The <nfe in theElberon (N. J.) Postofflce
was blown open and robbed. A gold watoh,
i fireman's gold badge, and $110 were lost
by Mr. Fay. Two registered letters and
many sheets ol postage stamps also were
stolen.
Lord Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief Justice
of England, addressed the Americau Bar
issooiation in Saratoga, N. Y., on "International
Law and Arbitration."
A report was current in Boston, Mass.,
:hat the Western Union Telegraph Company
bad obtained control of the Bell Telephone
Companies. The united capital of the comJination
is $150,000,030.
Apartments for Li Hung Chang were engaged
at the Waldorf, New York City. Presiient
Cleveland will be the guest of former
Secretary Whitney, at whose house he will
receive tho Chinese Envoy.
The Stock Yards branch of tho American
National Bank, on tho second floor of tho
Live Stock Exchange, Kansas City, JIo., was
robbed of *2 00 iu cash byt; thief."
The Bank of Wymore, Nebraska, closed its
ioors. It was one of tho depositories for
3age County; $6000 are on deposit, amply
jrotecteJ by $86,000 in bonds. No run was
iiade on the bank, the directors deeming it
idvisable to close ou account of slow collec:ions
and inability to lenow loans.
A dispatch from North Baltimore, Ohio,
inys that the Ohio Oil Company, the Ohio
jranch of the Standard, decided to reduce
he wages of pumpers in all tho Buckeye
lelds from $55 to $50 a month. About 5000
nen are affected.
Mrs. WiWon Terry, of Stillwater, N. Y.,
>vas missed from her home. A domestio
'ound two of tho children, girls aged six
md four years, i-sleep in a crib, bat the
youngest child, two months old, had been
irowned by being plunged head first into a
slop jar. Tho searching parly traced the
nother to the towpath of the Champlain
3anal. After drasrtring the canal her body
,vas recovered. H>ir mind was unbalanced.
T""> AMinMf* cmmHrnn from its
!ea manoeuvres and anchored of! Tomkinsrille,
Staten Island, New York Harbor.
Leopold Weil A Co., jewelry imnufacturirs,
of New York City, were forced to transer
their stock and accounts to their princi>al
creditors. The failure is ascribed to the
ilver agitation.
An attachment was served on Ovlngton
3rothers, the china and glass dealers of New
fork and Brooklyn.
Forelcn Notes.
A Pd'tiah A <1 mi ml cAnt an nlHmfttnm to I
he new Sultan of Zanzibar ordering him to
five up the throne and surrender.
Miss Clara Barton, President of the American
Red Cro?8 Society, returned to Loudon
rom Constantinople, Turkey.
MRS. ARTHUR SEWALL
The Fife of the Democratic Nominee tor
Vice-President.
Mrs. Arthur Sewall, the wife of the Demo,
cratlc nominee for the Vice-Presidency,
shrinks from publicity. That is the reason
she persistently refused to give her pictures
to the newspapers. Soon, however, she
iuuuu eun wnouui rrioo m iuio f ?v*
portraits that In no wise did her justice began
to appear, and at last she succumbed
and sat for her photograph for publication.
This picture was taken since Mr. Sewall's
nomination, and Is her latest photograph.
The wife of the Maine candidate was Miss
MBS. ABTHUB BEWAIL.
? sally Duncan Crocker and the daughter of
one of Bath's most respected oltizens. She
was educated abroad and has spent much
time on the Continent. She Is a wide reader
and of more than ordinary culture. Mrs.
Sewall's ancestors were among the earliest
settlers of Brunswick, Me., and she loves to
visit the scene of her ancient home. She is
a clever amateur photographer, loves flowers,
delights in good literature, and is not
averse to musiq. Mrs. 8ewall agrees with
her husband in politics. Their son, Harold
M., who was Consul to Samoa, Is a Republican.
BROKEN BANKER KILLS HIMSELF.
See* the Sheriff, and Before Suicide Shoot*
HI* Wife. H
Church & Sons, bankers in Lowell, Mich., H
closed their doors and posted a notice an- H
nounaing that, owing to inability to Realize H
on assets, they were temporarily unable to H
meet their obligations. The deposits are H
estimated at from 98000 to $12,000, lnolud- Hj
lng about (2200 belonging to the village Hj
treasury. Rfl
Deputy Sheriff Cowans, of! Grand Rapids, 1 H
was approaching the house of C. A. Church, H
junior member of the firm, to serve a writ B
on him which had been sworn out by the
i National City Bank of Grand Rapids. H
Church saw him coming. He locked the H
doors of tne house, and then seized a revol-;
ver and fatally shot his wife and then killed H
hlmsolf. H
The National Garni. Hi
Washington's first division hopes have H
vanished. S
Joyce Is making a winning team out of the H
New Tories. SB
All that New lork needs now is one first- Dj
class battery. Q
Shlndle was the first Brooklyn player to H
make 100 hits.
Hamilton, of Boston, has missed bat one
samo this season.
Connaughton Is playing a strong game In
' loft for New York.
Everett, of Chicago, has made a groat suo
ceaa in the outfield. IB
Doyle has been a tower of strength to Baltimore
In all departments.
The Bangor (He.) Club has a record of
fourteen straight vlotorles. 3Bi
Tenney Is the one Boston player who is^H
doing solentlflo stick work.
Tlernan Is the remnant of the days whenflH
the New Yorks were called "glants.,r BS
Pltohei-Outfielder Wallace, of the Glo7d<^|B
lands, has a bad case of Oharley*hone In
arm. fl^DHE
Boston's new second baseman, MoQana, l^^H
only an ordinary fielder, bat a natusal batfrj^H
man.
Dolao, the new shortstop of the Lonls^^l
vtlles, Is showing up well, especially as
sticker. ^H|
PfeCfer, of Chicago, made only two error^^H
In sixteen games, accepting nlnety-fou^^H
chances, ?Soi
It Is a carious fact tnat Mercer, of th^^H
Washington team, has never won a
agninat Baltimore. wH
The best ball player*, especially ioflelders^Hj
aw said to make the mo9t errm. Simply be^^H
can^e they take the most chances. MMI
How do baseball players stand the intens^^R
heat of our tropical summers? One seldoz^^H
hears of a player being sunstrack. jj^Hj
Pittsburg has tho honor of taking the
series from Cleveland. This Is the first seri^HH
that the Cleveland Club has lost In two se^HBI
Cincinnati has achieved the rare feat
winning the entire series from a rival teaaHH|
St. Louis fell twelve consecutive games b^^H
fore tho Reds.
The Buffalo (N. Y.) team contains sevefl^^B
left*handed batsmou. They are terrors flB
rlght-hand-d pitchers, but h southpaw keej^^H
them guessing.
McOraw's recent illness does not appe.*^^B
to have hurt bis effectiveness. He plays
samo great games at Baltimore's third ba^HH
ho played last year.
Loth Burkett, of Cleveland, and Jrvnning^^H
of Baltimore, are dropping off in their ba^^BB
ting. At that they nro the only League^Hfl
batting above the .400 mark.
1'ittsburg has played winnin? ba^^^fl
since Beckley left and New York Has brace^^^fl
since he joined them. That makes it nicu a^^^|
around aud everybody satisfied. SHK
Tho New forks did not secure one
man out of tbe dozen or so youngsters tht^^ral
corratlod last fall and during the winte^HH
All have been absolute failures.
From being the greatest base runrLiH^B
team in the League, Boston has become tl^^H|
weakest. Add to this the fact that mo^|S|
bases are stolen on the Boston catchers tht^HH
oq uny others, and you havo figured out^^^H
weakness that means much ia u champio^HH
ship '
0. P. Caylor hints that a certain Leag^HH
magnate (name not given) has paid RusI^HH
father this year a sum of money equal
Amos's New York salary in hope of eecuri^^HJ
the big fellow's release through the Nation^^^f
Board, and then securing Busie's services
hla own club.
A Famoai Firm Fall*. HH
The great dry goods firm of Hilton, Hagt^f^fl
<fc Company, New York City, the hot^^^f
which was founded by Alexander T. Ste.va^^^J
I and during his lifetime was the great^HBD
establishment of its kind in the wor^m
has gone down to ruin. The dlsast^^^9
is absolute and tlnal. The bu^^^H
ness which Mr. Stewart founded ^B9|
1823 will never be resumed. Albert B.
ton, the sole member of the firm of HiltoH|H|
Hughes <k Co., made the assignment to cre^^^^H
tors, without preferences. The llabilitl^^^H
are between 31,500,000 and 32,009,00^^^B
About 1500 persons are thrown out of ei^|^H
ployment. The stringency in the moniMH
market is given as the immediate cause HH
the failure. flHH
Invalids Mutt Obtain I'ermiU.
Tho Colorado State Board of Health, in
annual report, holds It a duty to stop the
discriminate transportation of sick peopI^HH
which, it is alleged, propogates disease, an^Eflj
proposes that invalids bo required to obtai^^BH
pormits before they can travel in ColoraddH?H
Cattle Plague In Jamaica. KH
A serious cattle p'.a^ue has broken out
~ 1 r .... /v?nAll Vi<M1
uuiuaiia, uuu IUC Ajtrj^iaitui%v uuuuui
appropriated ?2000 to pay for tlio ssrvioos