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STORM WORKS FEARFUL HAVOC Galveston, Teias, and Maoj Towns Od the Golf Coast Swept by a Cyclone. TOME LOSS OF LIFE The Sea, Impelled by Strong: Winds, Rushed in and Surprised Hundreds in Their Homes. Lowltndi of the Trim Coast Swept by Hnrricane and Tidal Waves, Causing Xoormoui Losses of L.tfo and Property?The Storm Forced High Waves Over the CHy of Galveston?Water Six Feet Deep in the Streets?Many Smaller Towns Inland Wrecked?Tale of Thousands Dead Told by Survivors. 1 Houston, Tex. (Special).?Authentic reports of the damage done by the great storm which swept over Southern and Central Texas on Saturday and Sunday show that at least 4000 i: lnat nnd that S40.000.000 11 * K'O nviv ??? , will no more than cover the destruction of property. This includes buildings wrecked or damaged, and the tremendous losses in cotton and cereal ?rops. ' < Galveston is in ruins. It is roughly estimated that the death list will approximate more than 2000 and the property I03S more than $20,000,000. / 1 . MAP SHOWING THE TRJ The waters of tho Gc!f, driven by the force of the hurricane, swept up over her wharves and buildings along the water front, inundating even the streets in the higher parts of the city. No less than eight ocean steamships and scores of smaller craft were swept from their moorings by the force of the storm in Galveston Bay. Whole families were in many instances wiped out of existence. The Catholic Hos; pital, down the island, was completely demolished. All the Sisters and ninety inmates were drowned. Thousands and thousands are destitute along the coast. Survivors in Galveston are perishing for lack of Jresn water, tne water worts ueing destroyed and private cisterns tilled with salt water. Food is scarce. The entire country is responding to the calls for help. Money, provisions, clothing and medical supplies are being hurried to Galveston from many points. President McKiuley, Governor layers and officers of the War Department have eutered earnestly upon the work of relieving the sufferers. President McKinley lias directed the War Department to hurry 50,000 rations and 10,000 tents to the devastated district. Generous citizens of New York, Denver, St. Louis and many other cities began the work of raising relief funds. . ' The first news to reach this city from the stricken city of Galveston was received through James C. Tlmmins.wlio resides in Houston, and who is the general superintendent of the National Compress Company. He was one of the first to reach here with tidings of the great disaster which has befallen Harrison Accept*, Cleveland Declines* Former President Harrison has accepted and Former President Cleveland has declined an appointment as member of the International Arbitration Board under the Hague treaty. Missionaries Killed by Chinese. Ten American missionaries ana um-t American children, two Danish missionaries and one British missionary were killed by Boxers i') Shau-St l'roviuce. China, late in July. Labor World. Child labor in North Carolina mihs has decreased fifty per cent, in the past three years. The Journeymen Barbers' Union has begun an agitation in New York City for cleaner barber shops. A co-operative laundry is under the course of construction in Daytop, Ohio, by the striking laundrymen of that city. The Taff Vale Railroad strike in Wales V;k been settled,, the company having .u-.eded to the demsnds of tlu: IP* "I, tuat city. After remaining through the hurrlcante of Saturday lie departed from Galveston 011 a schooner and came across the bay to Morgan's Point, whore lie caught a train for Houston. The hurricane, Mr. Tiuimins said, was the worst ever known. The city, Mr. Timniins avers, is a complete wreck, so far as he could see | from the water front and from the Tremont Hotel. Water was blown over the islaud by the hurricane, the wind blowing at the rate of eighty miles an hour straight from the Gulf and forcing the sea water before it in big waves. The gale was a* steady one, the heart of it striking the city about 5 o'clock p. m. and continuing without intermission until midnight, when it abated somewhat, although it continued to blow all night. Of his own knowledge Mr. Timmins knew of only one house succumbing ? A -1 4k/vi?i?K K/\ liAor^ nf WllU IUIU1 re?UHO, iuuu^u uc ucaiu vk many residences being carried away with inmates. The house that he saw destroyed was Hitter's saloon and restaurant, at 2109 Strand street, a principal street of the city. This threestory building was blown down and nine men, prominent citizens, were killed. The water extended across the island. Mr. Timmins said It was three feet deep In tno rotunda of the Tremont Hotel, and was six feet deep in Market street. . Along the water front the damage " was very j;reat. The roofs had been blown from all the elevators, and the sheds along the wharves were either wrecked or had lost their sides, and were of no protection to the contents. In the bay the carcasses of nearly 200 horses and mules were seen, but no human body was visible. The scenes during the storm, Mr. Timmins said, could not be described. Women and children were crowded into the Tremont Hotel, when; he was seeking shelter, and all uight these unfortunates were bemoaning their losses of kindred and fortune. They were grouped about the stairways and in the galleries and rooms of the hotel. What was occurring in other parts of the city he could or.ly conjecture. Provisions were badly needed, as a great majority of the people lost all they had. The water works poAver house was wrecked and the cisterns were all ruined by the overflow of salt water. The city was in darkness, i ^^^^KOrTINCKA*h ?/0'^OTTH _ <C/ fy^d ALVC&TOM/J ^ O* A I iCK OF THE HDRRICANE. the electric light plaut having been ruined. A relief train sent out from here, the third, returned unsuccessful. It could not get closea than six miles of Virginia Point, where the prairie was covered with lumber, debris, pianos, trunks and dead bodies. Two. hundred corpses were counted from the train. Among the passengers who arrived here on a relief train from Galveston is Benjamin W Dew, an employe of the Southern Pacific. Dew had been at Virginia Point for several hours, and said that he saw 100 to 150 dead bodies floating out near the beach at that place. One of the refugees who came in on the relief train, and who had a sad ex C! vXT r'UnfAti on oncri. puncuir, ntig c. >t. neer at the fertilizing plant at the Galveston Stock Yards. Mr. Clinton's family consisted of his wife and six children. When his house was washed away he managed to get two of his little boys safely to a raft, and with them he drifted helplessly about.. His raft collided with wreckage of every description, and was split in two, and he was forced to witness the drowning of his sons, being uuable to help them in any way. Mr. Jennings, a slater by trade, got to the mainland in about the same manner as Clinton. After losing his wife he set out. and by swimming and drifting around reached the mainland. A. England and his wife, of Texas. City, who were on the relief train, report that the whole of that town was blown away and a number of lives were lost. There were six women Bird* tat Up ? Railroad Station. Woodpeckers are destroying the railroad station at Lydon, Kan. In two weeks they have perforated the east end. The boys of the town drive them awny with stones and clubs, but they always return and renew their work of destruction. Rear-Adinlral Watson ArriTti Home. > The cruiser Baltimore. Rear-Admiral Watson's flagship, arrived at New YorkCity. This is her first visit to home waters since the fight in Manila Bay. Prominent People. The Shah of Persia purchased about $G0,000 worth of various articles at the Paris Exposition. Admiral Alexieff, who commands the Russian naval forces in Chinese waters, is a man fifty-five years old. President Hadley, of Yale, is an expert with the foils and is said to be a better fencer than any of the students in his university. President McKinley is the ideal man for a stenographer. He speaks Jnst fast enough, with perfect distinctness, and never hesitates for a word, v... known to Mr. England who wore drowned, and he is satisfied that uianv others lost their lives. MANY TOWNS WKECKED, Great Loss of Life In the Path of tli? Storm Inland. Houston, Tex. (Special).?The storir that raged along the coast of Texas was the most disastrous that has evei : visited this section. The town of At vin was practically demolished. Hitch cock suffered severely from the storm while the little town of Alta Loina was reported without a house standing The town of Pearl lost one-half of its buildings. Alvin is a town of aboul 1200 inhabitants. Seven persons were killed in and r.ear the town. The small town of Brookshire. on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, was almost wiped out Dy tue storm. me , crew of a work traiu brought thi9 . information. Many lives were lost. A train went down the Columbia j Tap Road as far as Chenango June- ! tlon. The town was greatly damaged ! and the bodies of nine negroes were i taken from the ruins of one house. I The train could proceed no further and came back to Houston. In Houston one person was killed? Henry Black, a hack driver. The property damage is great a conservative | estimate placing it at $250,000. Nearly | every church in the city was damaged, j Many business houses were unroofed. : The residence portion of the town presents a dilapidated appearance. The streets are almost impassable because of the litter of shade trees, fences, telephone wires and poles. Much damage was done to window glass and furniture. Many narrow escapes are re- ' corded. KAVAGEl) BY TIIK CYCLONE. Thirty-one Places in Which Liven Wert Lost and Property Drstrojed. Houston. Tex. (Special).--Here is a list of thirty-one cities, towns, villages and hamlets which the cyclone ravaged..' a/\tv>Q nf fimco linvo h<*r>n wined out of existence, for the storm's fury cared not whether it attacked a city like Galvestou or a hamlet such as Gusten. In all of' these places habitations have been demolished.public buildings, depots, churches and stores have been wrecked. In most of them human lives have been lost and horses 'and cattle have been killed: Galveston, Houston, Hitchcock. Alta Loma. Pearl, Gusten, Rock Island, Rosenbery, Waller, Allalr, Village Mills. Beasley, Booth, Chappel Hill, Brenhara, Brookshire, Areola, Seneva, Webster, Clear Creek, Dickinson. Virginia Lake, Eagle Lake, East Bernard. Richmond, Letitia, Texas City, Hockley, Cypress, Hempstead, Hearne. Whole Hkttery Wiped Oar. San Antonio, Texas (Special).?At Military Headquarters, Department of Texas, th? information is that of 120 men stationed at Fort San Jacinto, Galveston, only fifteen escaped. Further information is that the Captair in command is among the victims. The City of Galveston. Galveston is a city which ten years ago had a population of 29,0Si. It isbuilt on an island in Galveston Bay. This ialonri Ic lavol nprpn fir pfifht f(>Pt above high water, about thirty miles long and three wide. The bay on which the city stands runs north from Galreston to the mouth of Trinity River. It is thirty-five miles long and from twelve to eighteen wide. The port itself is the best in Texas, and the city the busiest. There is always from ten to fourteen feet of water over the bar at low tide. It is a calling point for European vessels carrying cotton, hides,' grain and flour. It also has a considerable trade with Cuba. v. . Galveston has more than thirty churches, a Roman Catholic Cathedral, a Cotton Exchange, United Svates Court House, a theatre, opera house, public library and a city hospital. THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. McKlnley'? Answer to the Republican Committee of Notification. Washington, D. C. (Special).?While President McKinley's letter or ac-*|i ceptance of his renomination pays by | far the most attention to,the silver question and the subject of imperialism, several other subjects are touched upon. Mr. McKinley urges the upbuilding of the American merchant marine and the necessity of securing our share in the carrying trade of the world. He declares his belief that publicity would help to check the evils of trusts, and advocates uniformity of legislation in the several States to restrain trade combinations. The President favors the construction and control of the isthmian canal by the Government. He holds that the treatment of Porto Rico has been generous and beneficial to the inhabitants of the island. He defines the policy of the Government in the Philippines, and declares that it was impossible to adopt other measures than those that were taken. WOMEN USE KNIVES IN CHURCH. Two 8Ut?r* Attack a Jealous Wife Whose Weapon Is a Ilutpln. London, Ky. (Special).?The jealous rage of women caused a bloody fight in a church near Hayden, in Leslie County, which resulted in murder. Mrs. Peace was jealous of Julia Morgan, a mountain beauty, liviug in thr vicinity, and the feeling was recipro catcd. Wheu Julia and her sister met Mrs. Peace at a prayer meeting a fight ensued. The sisters had knives. Mrs. Peace's only weapon was a hat pin, and she was stabbed several times, falling dying at the altar rail. The congregation fled in panic from th building. Republican* Carry Maine. Republicans carried the State election In Maine by a majority of about 33,000. All the Republican Congressmen are re-elected. Democrats carried Knox County, all the others going Re* publican. Trial by Jarr In Cuba. Fifty correctional courts outside of Havana. Cuba, have been ordered to adopt the trial by jury system, aud this has been done and the Spanish practice abolished. Chinese War Note*. Hong Kong is crowded with refuges from the interior. A medal will be struck commemo rating the seige of Pekin. Coasting steamers are obtaining fabulous prices for carrying refugees. Prince Iwakura of Japan said the war in China would not last long. The Japanese Government has ordered the withdrawal of marines from Amoy. Eight monthV supplies for 5000 United States troops have been sent to ChiDa. MARTItL LAW flECLAMr Troops Sent to Galveston to Preserve1 Order and Prevent Vandalism, BODIES THROWN INTO THE GULF. * Armed Men Compel Idler* to Ilelp Dispose of the Dead?Relief Committee Describes tbe Awful Conditions In the Stricken Ciiy?5000 Families Destitute ?Vandals Shot Down by Citizens. Houston. Tex. (Special).?Galveston lias been placed under martial law by j Governor Snyers. General McKib bin, 01 rorc cam nou?iou,wa? uiuncu j to Galveston with a command of 200 men. Cavalry and artillery from Houston were also ordered there by Governor Sayers. During: the storm and afterward much looting was done. Many stores had been closed, their owners leaving to look after their families. The wind forced in the windows and left the goods a prey" for the marauders. Ghouls stripped dead bodies of jewelry and articles of value. Captain Rafferty. commanding the United Slates troops in Galveston, was appealed to for help, and he sent in seventy men. the remnant of the battery of artillery, to do police duty. All Monday night and Tuesday the city was patrolled by regular soldiers and citizen soldiery. No one was allowed on the streets without a pass. Negroes and hoodlums who had been looting the dead and robbing deserted homes made this action necessary. Four negroes caught robbing the dead were shot on the spot by enraged citizens. . The following statement of conditions and appeal for aid was Issued by the local Relief Committee: "A couservative estiini&rof fho loss of life is that it will rftach ,3090. At least r>ooo families are fiDflttenees ana wholly destitute. "Ae" (fntfre reinalnder of the poulatlon Is In greater or less degree. Not a/<|ingle church, school or charitable .ifflijtttution. of which Galveston had so tfUtny. is left intact. Not a building escaped damage, and half of the whole nttmber were entirely obliterated.. ^ ' "There is Immediate need for food.' clothing and household goods of all kinds. If nearby cities will open-adr* luins for women and children the situation will be greatly relieved. *CJoaat cities should send us water -<6 well as provisions. Including kernjs&ie oil, gasoline and candles." " "Jr Some order has been brought out of chaos, and something like a systematic attempt is being "made to ckauf^the debris and remove the dead. Xldters have been pressed Into service at the polut of,^he bayonet and made to work and a niilitarv cordon has been drawn tight about the place. Every hone and mule that was left In the city In In service. * '* : It was almost imposible tp get men to help bury the dead, and finally the more level-headed citizens formed In squads, and, armed with Winchester rifles, by force of arms, made the unwilling ones form burial squads and aid in the gruesome work. Three undertaking establishments were not sufficient to act as morgues, and an empty store room was opened. A man who has arrived from Galveston said that bodies were cast into the Gulf with weights attached as the best method of disposing of them, while .others were buried in the sand where found. Many of the bodies had decomposed so badly that it was Impossible to send them to sea for burial. The water had cn fnr hrnv(>ve>r"'thnt it Wns posisble to dip trenches, and bodies were buried where found. Debris covering the bodies was burned where it could be done safely. The work of securing the names of the dead proceeds very slowly. No list approaching completeness can be had for weeks, and it is almost certain l^hat a complete list will never be made up. As time wears away the names of different persons will be recalled bythose who were neighbors, and they will be set down in the great death roll that will be made up, but those who do not know their neighbors' names are many, and the identity of the lost will be pussed to eternity without remembrance. New York Kepabllcant' Nominee. r BENJAMIN B. ODELL, JB. At the State Convention of the Republicans of New York, which was held at Saratoga, Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.. of Newburc, was nominated for Governor. Note<l Yacht Skipper Dead. Captain William Hansen, noted as a yacht skipper,died at St. Luke's Hospital, in New Bedford. Mass. In 1S03 he sailed the Vigilant for the MorganIselin syndicate, in the International / Cup race. Went Iniane and Killed a Charge. Tom Mitchell, Superintendent of the Poor Farm, near Newport. Tenn.. hecame suddenly insane and killed Josie Coleman, a deaf and dumb inmate, with a corn knife. Aatomobilen For Striker*. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Association of cmreei nuinvuy .ciiuptuyt:s neia ai Detroit, Mich., President Mahon was in; strutted to draft a plan by which the local unions are to be assessed for raising a fund with which to purchase automobiles for use by the street railway men in the cities where the street railway men's strikes are in progress. Spaln'a Wheat Crop Nofnai, Spanish crop reports indicate a yield of wheat of about the same as last year, 02,000.000 bushels. \ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Wmhlntton Reports from army officers at TienTsin, China, show that the American troops took no part in the pillage of tho city. William Saunders, a well-known horticulturist. died at his home in Washington. Hp was seventy-eight years old and had been connected with the Department of Agriculture since its organization, in 1802. j The War Department has dccided that Colonel Amos S. Kimball acted in a proper way in awarding Manila supplies contract. American miners in disputed Alaska territory received notice from Secretary Hay of protection under the Anglo-American modus vivendi. The State Department was informed that France favored and Germany disapproved the Russian proposition for restoring peace in China. The Navy Department has made arrangements to bring home for burial the bodies of officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps who died ?lnno tlm Imoflnninff nf flip wn<* UUlUaU OlllVt tub w ? with Spain. Our Adopted lalnnris. F. W. Vaille, Director of Posts in the Philippines, reports a surplus of receipts over expenditures up to June 30. of $19,449. The schools of Cuba opened Monday. From 140,000 to 150,000 children attended. The reports of military operations in the Philippines show that of late these have beon trivial. The Philippine Civil. Commission proposes to expend $0,000,000 for the ' onstruction and repair of roads and ' bridges throughout the archipelago. Anna H. Meincoke lias been appointed postmistress at Waisainu, Hawaii. Miss Bertha Allen, daughter of tht Governor, will be married to Lieutenant Logan, U. S. N., next month, the ceremony taking place in the palace at San Juan, Porto Rico. Governor Allen returned to San Juan, after a tour of Porto Rico. He found considerable crops on the rice and corn plantations, but little coffee. No anti-American sentiment was encountered. A cyclone destroyed the crops of the - district of Trinidad, Province of Santa Clara, Cuba. The people are destitute. Efforts will be made to relieve the situation. if l, l?nine?tle. Because his wife would not let him mortgage their home to get money to /Kr,* j\y\ Prnon T?r?hort DnckPrtV. Of wrt vu .? ? r ? Trenton, If. J., tried suicide. George K. Jones, the twenty-one-u year-old son of Andrew Jones, fell from* the ilinth story of the Stafford Hotel, at Baltimore, Md., and was instantly killed. Undef the will of George D. Sweetser. of New York City, $237,500, the bulk of his fortune, is left to charitable and benevolent institutions. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus has resigned from the Presidency of Armour Institute, at Chicago. He will devote himself to the People's Church entirely. . "Charlie" Miller, the champion sixday bicycle racer,-was taken to the hospital at New Haven, Conn., suffering from a broken collar bone and 1 concussion of the brain. He was injured in a spill during the six-day race. A campmeeting near Cross Keys, in Orpenville. S. C.. was broken up by a ! riot In which about a hundred negroes ; were engaged.; Seven were shot two are dead and many others were cut with f-azors and battered with clubs. While insane, Frank W. Browning, of Centreville,,Cal.. killed a Japanese ; laborer.and then blew up his employer's house, but killed only himself. Angered, by the failure of Chief IIlowahe, of the Kaklma tribe, in Wyoming, to cure his child, an Indian named John stoned the chief to death. M. M. Worthington, of Washington, D. C., an official of the United States Fish Commission, became violently insane at Duluth. On account of the extreme drought, the Fish and Game Commission of Maine ordered the sale of licenses for Kimflnrt l\o utnnnit/1 nn. orpiruiuci uuuuu^ w w mw^W. ? til there Is a fall of rain. The United States monitor Wyoming was successfully launched from the shipyard of the Union Iron Works In the presence of thousands of people at San Francisco. Judge Cantrlll, at Georgetown. Ky., denied a reopening of the murder case against Powers, but suspended execution of the life sentence for sixty days, in order that the defendant might appeal. Swift & Company, of Chicago, have secured control of the enormous business and plants of the Eastmans Company, of New York City. The Eastmans Company has a capital of $5,000,000. Foreign. Coal prices have been advanced in Silesia and the Rhine provinces of | Germany. The Chinese Government ordered LI Hung Chang to proceed to Fekin and negotiate a treaty of peace with the foreign powers. The Berlin municipal authorities have granted permission for the erection of an American church, after a modification of the plans. The Shah of Persia left Budapest for Constantinople to pay a visit to the Sultan of Turkey. The visiting members of the Kansas City Fire Brigade are entertaining crowds at the Crystal Palace, in London. The smartness of the American firemen has called forth unstinted praise. The suicide in Berlin of Arma Senkrah, the American violinist, is said to have been caused by anonymous letter writers. France has adhered to the Russian proposal to withdraw from Pekin to Tien-Tsin, China. Emperor William of Germany Is making frequent and successful use of automobiles in connection with the military manoeuvres now In progress. The Philippines beiug Uuited States territory,Canada has decided to charge onlv domestic Dostal rates on letters for the islands. A military expedition 1000 strong loft the Tagus for Lorenzo, Marques, it is thought with the purpose of preventing the Boers taking asylum in Portuguese territory. Three hundred men of the Sixth United States Cavalry defeated GOO Boxers at Hunting Park, Pekin, killing thirty of the enemy and taking many prisoners. The Lower House of the Austrian Reichsrath has been dissolved aud a new election ordered. The German Government gun factories are manufacturing a new six-millimetre rifle for 'h< i-.t'antry. Eight companies are uo'.v the rifle expcrinn'utalh. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES. 1 ? ^ John B. Stanchfield Named For Governor at Saratoga, N. Y. IV. F. MACKEY FOR SECOND PLACE ' Hie Ballot For Governor Wu Stanchfield j 204 Volet to 154 For Coler?Tbe Other I Nominee* On the State Ticket Were ^ Nominated UnaiitmooriJ^Hlll Pmk j posed Coler'e Name? l?e Platform. /Sw Saratoga, N. Y. (SpecfaD.-Followl^ 1 is the ticket nominated Uy the Demo- : ;ratic State Conventioju^ ^ For Governor?John ft Stancftfle?&lijj jf Chemung. i-1 For Lioutonant-Governor ? Sen??r H Mackey, of Erie. j For Attorney-General ? Thomas L. Conway, of Clinton. t For Secretary of State?John T. Nor- * con, of Rensselaer. t For Controller?Edwin A. Atwater, 1 >f Dutchess. < For Treasurer?John B. Judson, of \ Fulton. >1 For State Engineer ? RuMell A. } Stuart, of Onondaga. 1 The Convention was in session : * lays. On the nrst day Frank C&nP"' ^ jell, Chairman of the Democrati^J^! State Committee, called the ConvetKv || .ion to order. Patrick H. 3(c?Ilrren|j ? jf Kings County, was Heleeted&^tbe)' temporary chairman. After 'tffej-de- * .ivery of his speech the usuajjaom- ' * mlttees were appointed, aikl toe'-Conrention adjourned until lrffeftiK a- 1 u. the following day- On tllif second f lay George Raines, of Monroe County, fi was chosen the permanent chairman. ? When he concluded his speech Professor James Milne,. Chairman 4t the ' Committee on Resolodl^ reft the platform. It was adopted unanjnou*; re !y. Then the nominations were made Tor the various State offices, which the Convention adjourned sine lie. j-jR ?* Bird S. Coler, of Kings Couifcy^was' * ? I nominated by David B. Hill. Hia J aomlnation was seconded by several j ielegates. John B. Stanchfield, 'of Ohemung County, was nominated by Judge S. S. Taylor, and was also seconded by several delegates in brief Lj speeches. There were 449 of 450 votes :n the Convention cast. The ballot ivas: John B. Stanchfleld, 2D4; Bird S. JO lor, 1M, wnne oue ueieguie vuitu for William F. Mackey for Governor. Thomas V. Murphy placed Senator William F. Mackey. of Buffalo, in nomination for Lieutenant-Governor ^ There were no other nominations and| ; the Secretary cast one ballot for Senator Mackey. Charles I. Webster, of Rensselaer, nominated John T. Norton, of Troy, for Secretary of State.'2 ^ The nomination was unanimous. Edtvin A. Atwater, of Dutchess, for Controller; John B. Judson. of Fulton, for State Treasurer; Thomas F. Conway. )f Clinton, for Attorney-General, and Russell A. Stuart, of Onondaga, for 1 State Engineer and Surveyor, were nominated rapidly and unanimously. . After the State Committee had been | authorized to fill various vacancies iu t the ticket, Mr. Croker offered a resolu- ? tlon urging the formation of Demo- | ?ratic clubs. Mr. Hill seconded it, i and it was adopted. James Shelvin i affered a resolution of sympathy with i the people of Galveston, and John Whalen, presented another, sympathlz- t Ing with the Boers. Both were adopt- i t The salient features of the platform < ire, as follows: ! 1. Indorsement of the national platform and ticket 2. Specific indorsement of imperialism as the paramount issue. 3. "We condemn the corporate combination known as the 'Ice Trust,' and denounce all combinations of capital known as 'trusts' as inevitably and intolerably unjust to both producer and consumer." 4. Favoring the reduction of the sxpenses of the State government and ioing away with commissions. 1 5. Indorsement of the franchise act md condemnation of the Republican administration for failure to enforce it. , G. Favoring such reformation "in legislative methods as will make impossible such forgery of latfs as was S AJ 1- iUA r ^ perpetruicu iu iue ucgisiamic vi i 1900." 7. Favoring a reasonable and just excise law, "restoring local supervision i of the liquor traffic. 8. Condemning the Republican canal policy as "a surrender of the commercial interests of the State to the ? unrestricted exactions of the rail- \ roads," and declaring that "the canals Q ihould be maintained." t !). Favoring legislation in the inter- g est of labor. o 10. Favoring employment of con- t victs, but not in competition with hou- i, est labor. 11. "We condemn the legislation t; known as the Ramapo Water bill. n passed by a Republican Legislature t and approved by a Republican Gov- 0 ernor. which granted to this favored n corporation such extraordinary power t as to place at its mercy many cities n and villages which have not yet ac- |quired their own supply of water, or v having acquired it, desire to increase t such supply, and we pledge the Dem- t ocratic party to a correction of the evil and to the prevention of its repe- z tition by the enactment of such laws (( k- ? r*r~ flm and passed thence northward and ^ northeastward over the great lakes to n the St. Lawrence Iliver. disappeared o: in a snapping gale off the Hanks of w Newfoundland. The weather report B gives asurance that the hurricane has d< dealt a kuoekout blow to the torrid si spell. The storm's northerly course was marked by hich winds that did much damage in N- it hern New York. Michigan. llliu-.>i* .uui Wisenn?in vi viiss m'kinlJey marrTed. bedded to Dr. Hermanus L Baer in Somerset, Penn. ft o President and Many Other Notable* Attend tlie Ceremony, Which TVa? on an Elaborate Scale. * ^Somerset. Penu. (Sppcial).?Miss Majel McKinley. the only child of Mr. md Mrs. Abner McKinley. and niece f tUe Pres^enj:, and Dr. Ilernianus j. Baer, we& mtfrrled here a few days igo. The wedding was one of the host notable ever held in this Stnte. Che presence of the President and lire. William McKlnley. together with >ther prominent, persons from various Jarts of the United States gave digtfty to the affaff. The appointments are superb, and the gowns of the Bl>g were remarkable for their Wtr. The ceremony began at 8 o'eloek in ; he drawing room of the McKinley WtfjWce. There were 300 guests in ittaHjince, among whom were many epfflj^tatlves orthe Government and UnRnc departments at Washing- * 9?^Tbe Rev. Dr, Parker Morgan, the. ChorcB of the Heavenly j Jest, New York City? entered the partifr^djivhtle an otqhortra, hidden betflM a bank of fern* began the wedHjag^march from wLah?ngr::!."^ Earl ?red the drawing room.- Dlj?ctly In rant of the position aAsigped to Jthe )rtda^couple a place was Tefl?rv.ed tot ervatory. , The same used it the.ma^i^ge^of Nellie Grant to Al President and Mrs. McKinley's f&yorltft' Mlaa Mnhp.l MV'.KlnlPV. WQ.H IE 11JV rled at Somerset, Peuo.) jernon Sartoris and at the wedding )f President Cleveland to Frances Fol?om. Under this decoration the bridal jarty stood while Dr. Morgan followed */\ :he ring service of the Episcopal ^2 Church, which united the lives of the roung people. The President and his wife were the irst to congratulate Dr. and Mrs. Baer lfter the cercniony. The father and nother of the bride followed, after which the reception became general, rhe wedding dinner was served in y'j ? pavilion on the lawn. Great barkB ^g )f palms and ferns stood out against * ;he pavilion walls.while 100 tiny lamps shaded in pink gave a subdued beauty ;o the scene. s Dr. and Mrs. Baer started over the /& Baltimore & Ohio on their wedding i ourney In the private car "Falmouth," 1 oaned by President Duval, of the Florida Central Railwav. They will , 'Islt the Pacific Coast State*, and on h^lr return will live at the home of j he bride's father here. Miss McKin- \ ey. the bride, is the President's favor- \ S te niece, like a daup! ter to him and ; '>3 o his wife, whose companion she has ' M >een slnc? childhood. She is a pro- lounced blonde, bright and vivacious. )r. Baet belongs to one of the old , Somerset families. He is in his twen- ^ y-fifth year. , jsS MINERS ORDERED TO STRIKE.^^5 !ho Inatructlona to 140,000 Men in Pennsylvania Anthracite Region. Indianapolis, lnd. (Special). ? Presk lent Mitchell, of the United Mine Vorkers of America, ordered all the x :i wia liners, probably 145,Oik), in the anhracite region of Pennsylvania on i trike on Wednesday. In the course ,y'A f the strike order, which first recites 7jj he attempts at negotiation, is the folawing: "You are. therefore, hereby notified Ja hat the application of the authracite liners to strike in accordance with he laws of the United Mine Workers f America has been Indorsed, and in ! ccordance with the indorsement all he miners and mine-workers of the nthraclte coal region, tfhetber mem- j lers or not. are instructed to cease & fork on and after Monday, Setpteinier 17, 1JWU. and remain away from Aj he various coileries, strippings andr^sl ireabers until the demnuds of the Halcton convention haw been acceded j by the coal companies. I5e law-abidjg, self-respecting and quiet; do not How any person whose interest it may e to provoke you into quarrels ar.d lolations of the peace." The order is signed by the Executive toard, composed of John Mitchell, resident and W. B. Wilson. Sccre- >> us uiaj ue iieiresaurjr. e ia*ui iuc (] ownership by the several municipal!- a ties of their own water supply and the |j general principle of municipal owner- y ship of public utilities." 12. Demaudiug the repeal of the p "McCulIagh Force bill" and favoring i 'uniform election laws." li Pari*, Ont., Swept by Fire. TIia nt.io cnrnni JLllC IU )> 11 VL X ill lO, VUl., ?? no by fire. Fifty stores nnil offices were burned. The losses will reach ?4C0,000. Hundreds of people are out of 0 work through the destruction of fat- t, tories. 0 Destructive Fir* at Narraganaeit ri?r. ^ Fire destroyed the Hotel Rockingham, the Casino and many business E establishments in Narragansett Pier, II. I. The total loss is estimated at H between .$400,000 and $300,000. ^ Storm Ends in High 'Wind. The West Indian hurricane that moved from the Caribbean Sea over Zl I (Illlf fit' tA tllA T.ll-.lfl f.AOC* ^ ary-xiruauier. EICHTI WOMEN KILLED. emale Minstrel Troupe tn * Raiiioad Accident at Monnrii, 111. Cairo. 111. (Special*.?'The special car f the Duncan Clark female minstrel oupe, was wrecked at Mounds, and ' f sixteen occupants uine are now jr ead and six others are seriously in- "j!3 J red. j The dead are: Alice Williams. OUic Inrlglit. Etta Patterson. Patrick Pat>rson, Marguerita Compella, Anna < ell, Betty Itubv, Etta Howard. Faith tamilton. Kruger Leave* (lie Vual. President Kruger arrived at Loren-# 3 Marques. It is reported that he i 'ith several Transvaal officials will lil for Europe on the German steam- . a . Herzog. Mr. Kruger obtained for ml leave of absence for six mouths, stenslbl.v i<? proceed to Europe to Ji ork for intervention. Mr. Sehalkurger ?-as appointed Acting Presi>nt to serve during Mr. Kruger's ah nee. ' v ? Chile Rejacts Bolivia'* Demand. Chile has rejected the claim of a to a port on the Pacific &