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(UNLET NOMINATED. UOUAKT.OKKKW .IK It SKY, IS T1IK SKCONI) MAN. The Convention Com Wild Over the Kcsult. The Sliver Slcn Wulk Out Amid .leers und Hisses. Tho first tiny of tho convention opened with unclouded skies and with tho prospect of extremely hot weather. At 13:20 Senator Carter, chairmen of tho Republican national committee, called the y Convention to order. I5y this time nil tho delegates and nearly haJf of the gallery space wore filled. The chaplain, Rabbi Snale, opened with prayer, the whole assembly standing as tho chaplain Invoked the divine benediction. Chairman Carter then called the convention to order, and introduced Hon. Charles Mr ir?i.....L-. ..i I...I....... .... ....... ^ I - 4M WILLIAM1 M chairman. Ha mado n Ions speech which i Was frequently applnudcd. Ho could uot he j heard at n groat distance. HK referenco to " the impossibility of compelling llfty-eout dollars to circulate in unliuMtod numbers on | parity with gold win greeted with a lout! J burst of nppinuse, while Senator Teller : smiled sardonically ami one of the Western j delegates in the rear emitted n dismal owl I '. all. Mr, I.Atr.b, delegate front Virginia, offered 8 resolution which was agr- <? ! tc that until a permanent organisation is fit ted tho convention will !? ^uvi-rnml ?>y the rules of tho , la-1 Kepubl.nri convention. A resolution was ah. adopted ordering that roll of States and Territories be .alio1 and enoli delegation unr.oan :e th* i:nm?vs of i the persons elected to servo ou the several committees as follows: On orunni ration, ! rules, credentials, resolutions A!s < that all resolutions In respect to the platform stiali ; ho referred to tho committee without do- , hate. The States wore then called for their soleo Hon of d"!e rates as members of tho several committees. u lien no- nainovf Sen..tor Teller was announced ua a member of tho committee on rules for his Statu there was a small outburst of applause, after which tho cali was proceeded with. When Massachusetts seat up the name of 3enntor Lodge as its repre* ntative on tho committee on resolutions.there was:i counter lemonstratlon on tho part of the ir dd standard men. Mr. Clavt. ii, of Arli.iiis;i', -?>nt up a resolution whieh he ih'Mrej ? . have r . I and referred, hut objection via* mad- t > a being read hi:-1 it was r-'f-rnd w .:i; it r -a ling. It related to tho detormn.at: a ot . '.ton coiltents. kWm^m ISAjf i&i i gfe< Sp where the republican* n*ati< (The auditorium scats .rbjut ton thou.san 1 Lincoln, Grant, Sheridan aa 1 A Irr.rul Farrag gallery. Each win framed iu American fin. Another resolution fr >m the colored pie of Illinois n.T-' ting their right* as a race was treated !u a liito manner. After an announcement of the places an I times of moating of tho four c? mnr.ttees, the convention at 1:47 adjourned. The platform committee conduced its labors behind b st'd doors. Just as soon a-the committee or. oredeatiuls had organised, Mr. .1. Cohen. ?.f N bruska. submitted the following r - elation, Which was adortel: "That the roll of d"iegatos and alt-'rnatc* prt pared by tho notional committee for the purpose of th>< tetnf" r iry Tgar.untion be. and the same is heresy a I>pl?iJ by this committee as tho truo and correct roll of the del. egates unil alternates <.f the convention, an I that this committee proceed with tli" hearing of contests referred to by the national committee, vis: Tho delegates ur. I alternates I from tho State of Delaware ami the delegates and alternates fro;u tbo State of Texas." This is regarded as a victory for McKlnley men, who desire to shut out uay further hearing of contests. The following text of tho financial planlc was adopted by the sub-eotnmitteo on resolutions to bo reported to the full committee: "The Republican party is unreservedly for sound money. It caused tho tnactment of the law providing for tho resumption > f specie payments in 1879; slnco then every dollar has been as good us gold. ' "Wo are unalterably opposed to every uiensuro calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, t h c re / of o. .o p p osod to free, coinage jOftllver egcept by i nCe r nation at agroemenr, ana vu v. such agreement can be ootnined the existing gold standard must be preserved. Our stiver and paper now In circulation as cur n -y must be maintained at a parity with gold, and we favor all measures to maintain Inviolably the obligations of the United States itud all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of tho u ost enlighten d nations of tho earth.* 1 i cr. ond day's i'kni i:::d:nos. .| The early morning hours ? >{ the second day i i of theeouvention wore cloudy and threatened ) ( a rather disagreeable, ralty condition of | wcftlher, but just before the hour fixed for the i ir.i "tlug?10 a. in.?the clouds tegan to disperse and there win every appearance of < sultry weather, by 10 o'clock bur liy half i the deleg.ites were present, but they k'-ot i.. .II.I... i..i.. .i ... i i ii , ... i.,.- ij.j., nunu iu" ' mi i uia- I court ! popular iir-?. In tti nioniittan* llio ! irivl!?Tii'.s woro t>"iii^ (llltvl tip. at?-l when u* > liikl Mr. I'airlianks eailivl the convention to | ^ ^^ I [cKINLET. order there wore few .seats uutor.nnO- I either irt the galleries or ia the .-ootious assitfued to d'ue;?uteS and alternates. Since yesterday's adjournment the arrangement of the floor hail ander^ono a ehaiijp*?the positions of several States Iiuvidk' lio??u shifted and in a way that is not v? ry saii.-taetory to the reporters, because ml of havitnc Senators Teller, i f Colora Lodfje, f Ma.ss.'iehiisetts; ? huuncey M. Di pi-w and 1 hoinus f. I'lati. of New York, I 1:1 i iose proximity to t ach otln-r un l to the | I'j rters, they have been remove 1 to re-' !ii..te quarters in th'.'e.-i-'k of tin? h id where tie v an neither he steu nor hear 1 from the i plat form seats. The eonveiition was alh,l t> order at i 10.t"?, three .piarters on an in u behind . tune, wh '.i prayer was ofTc.vi hy the ltev. j lor. W. <i. Wiliiams. 'The Senator from Massachusetts," sai 1 the chairman, and Mr. I.od^e ros-- ami 1 aiplan.-e an 1 -a'd: ... ?ay. i:. ! eh.ulf j of tin- eommiltee on resolutions that the sube 'minittee has eoinplrted a draft of a plat- | f rrii an 1 tiiat it is now under eomoderation i I y tin* full eoUimlttee. Tin' . mmittee is hi.- ! aide to report this tr.oruui? and a-k .eav ? to J sit during this n.ortdiu;'--e-si,.,, hoping to b ah|e to report a platform f t riu it?les to tin-aftiTiioon-essioti. ami, in !?.?hali <>f the ! unnir.tee, I ask that lea- f tin- tiven , r .. .. ... .. i iai -- ... i Mr. "i Mai.u', :u i r i:it I ; or r tli.it tli llr.-t in r^l r was tho ! r- ,. rt tin* >>:: 1-iitials, l>ut t li iiriiiaii <?\-Tris! tt i tli - itr >mi?l ' i '.'.l it hn.l ' "a till att'l l.a 1 . t i ti r- ,i.|y to r ; r'. T!i<* . ; .rt >f ll;u j ' > t- -.it. :. | rn. iinMit rirat.i.t.iti r. ivai i i. [ r-'Si-nt'-.l a:. I r -rt I. it n.vn 1 s.-nat r j a M. t in;: -i' .a, .{ N> 1-ra.^ka, ns hairu.a:^ ! ' ? i ii i i ? ? i. i ^j i ''r''"i' ' *-! I *"s >1 TXAE CONVENTION WAS riELD.5 '"" * ,.< Colossal portraits of Wa-'tir.jjfon, ;:t io >kol l.nvni' I oil tilH il'-lo^-at"* from tho 1 Tim pint form is at tho loft of tho pluture. j rr. ? 1 too :a- tic -aiit-at-ir-.:s anl ti. -r r-'ir.; r.irv 11': - r-? porn; no n*. o.tloors of t:?f o.v.-iiti a, ! J. r. a".i-t f vl-o-pros. i t :11-. :'r a .. S'-.t".ii- ?ht loubytho j (I-; VM'.ioii. ! In1 r a !;:i_r tu" .Ht of vi-a p.- sol-nts . i;.t rru! :?* 1 1 y iippiauso as ; ; '...if nainos *v to r m !. M r. . f Mar) ia:. 1, ma tho j, >iot of or:--r that although tho > .uvontion i?.:_r 111 ri;-it.?iit or\*anl?-.atii n it u:M n >t u-t upon it until tho r-port of tho on to. i|":iti.iN lia I (oy-ii a t 1 upon. Thorn was no ooavaj.ti >n h>-ro now, ho sanl. Tho ii .iraisin verrtih-il tho j.oji.t . rb r an 1 I r o-.p'.iv put th>< ip:> ti on on th a 1 tptioa of (!: report of pormanont nrf i.n/.atioii. NVt.llo a 11 i/._r * 'to tak'-n, Mr. Mu 1<1 ina lo aaotiior p unt i or<l t tnat ti;o r .11 of Stat* s must bo .-1110.1 a -o rlintf to t..o ruled. Mr. Mil'Men, of Chicago, presented to | the ctialriuan u gavel made from a poitiou of the houso In which Llneolu once lived. [ Judge Denny, of Kentucky, presented a sec ! oud gavel made from the wood which formed part of tho homestead of Henry Clay, the (atherof protection. Mr. Torrance, of Mm- j ucsota, then presented, in the name of that State, to the chairman of the eonventlon. tho ; table which stood in front of tbo presiding | officer in iss'j. The ehairmnu of tho committee on resolutions was recognized and reported that the platform would ho ready at S p. m. The preamble to tho platform Is said to address Itself to tho "awakened Intelligence, experience and conscience" of tho country after "reaping the bitter fruits of four years of Doinocrutlc control." It scores the Democrat!" party for Its record, unparalleled in apneity. dishonor uud disfavor. It renews md emphasizes Its allegianco to the policy of protection us the bulwark of American industrlal independence and the foundation of American development uud prosperity. It Jeuouuces tho present Doinoerntio turifl us ? -44. lectionnl, partisan ana ono-siueu, anu uts clares for a liberal reciprocity aud just relation; it says tho repeal of tho reciprocity arrangement was a national calamity. Dem j':r;iuu riue uas ruiuiessiy siruciv uovvu reciprocity anil protection, un'l both must bo re-established. It mentions sugar and wool is instances of tho unjustuess of Demofratie policy. Tho Cuban plauk demands that an armed force of tho United States shall be promptly interposed to restore peace 011 tho islan I. holding it to fie neees-ury that tho people of Cuba achieve political indefieudence, 1; pledges sympathy In the struggle again*t a corrupted and barbarous Spanish monar'hy. Tho Monroe ! >etrino is endorsed, and an extension of tho civil servico favored, while tho use of nubile money for sectarian purposes Is opposed. It condetns the f.diulntsiration policy ou pension s, and advocates l?uilding tlie Xicarragua canal by tho government. It favors restricted immigration. The currency plank is assent yesterday. ( hairruau Harry liingham, of Pennsylvania, ehuirmnn of the eommit'eo on rules, read the report of tho committee. Tho rules re omtnended were identical with those heretofore in force. Among the changes, Inlian Territory was given six, votes instead if two, una aiusku rour votes instead ol iwo. Til a report was adopted. Mr. Qrosvenor moved to adjourn until tomorrow at 10 o'clock a. tn. The chairman declared in favor of the ayes, and 5:07 tho convention adjourned accordingly. Tlllltt) l>AV'fl rnOCEEDINOS. Rev. John Sc.>tt,of Florida, offered prayer. \t 11:35 the ebairtnan called for tho report if the committee ou platform. Foraker was received with cheers. The preamble to the datform ail vert.s to tiio calamitous results of ' democratic rule. aud chargej that purty with ' leapaeity to direct the country's alTairs. ['he turili plunk extols protection au?l tie- ' rounces the present tar:lT as sectional. Tho ' psestion of rates is declared to he practical 1 in I t > l.e ^en? ral hy tho conditions of time tad production. Ample protection is promised tho produc- ! rs and mauufnoturors of wool and woolens in I the rest- ration of and eucourageraent 0 the tner? haut marine is promised. Liberal pensions are advocated and gener- ; mis treatment of all pensioners; a vigorous ' in I dignified foreign policy is advocated. L'lie Hawaiian Islands should he uuder our outr d. No foreign power should be per- 1 nitted to interfere with the Nicaragua canal. 1'ite purchase of the Ihinisli Isles is advocated and Armenian massacres are deaouie'i d. The M ?nro" Idoctrineis reasserted to it.- full extent. We shall not interfere with the existing European possessions on this hemisphere, lait such possessions must not he extended. The repeal of the reciprocity arrangements made hy the last ltepuhlii-au administration was a national calamity. Ueciproeity and protection go hanu in haud. The l leinocratio administration is condemned for nut keeping faith with the sugar proilucer. The Republican party favors such 1 rote, tion as will lead to the production on \ Arnerieau soil of all the sugar which the American pet. p'o use an?l for wliieh they pay \ other countries one hundred million dollars annually. The government of Spain having lost con- , tr.d of Cuba and being unable to ported the ( prop, r'.v or lives of re-idem Atneticans, or to comply with its treaty oh|;.*atioDs, we be ( lieye tile I'niled States government should ( i-tivviy a-.-its iui'ueuco and good o 111 cos to ( rest, re peace and give iud''nendoiiee to the island. Tlif eontmuod enlargement ??f tin* < die navy an t a system of harbor . a defenees js .strongly nrseil. The . of i.literate immiirrnnts is favored t i:i'i ivil : -iT'. is a l\ ..mated; a free ballot Is , iemanded and lyiii'hi.r-fs are denounced. 4 l'he remaining planks favor 'In* free losa -.-t'-ad j-oli -y i f the If puMiean party, die ulmi-siun >!" t!i?* renriinin.? territories, ti '.vara^iasr teniperan-'e.and favors w? man's rights. Cheers jtreeted the ilnnueinl, ree|[ ro ity and t ' .baa l ianas. Eleven doieyu:i>n an ! two-thirds of the States rose and heered the de darati'oi against the coinage >f sllv r. Fora\? r tuov? 1 the adoption of die platform. F-her was recognized, and il'fer d tif taii.ority rep rt. There was loud heeriai' la tip* -iiver States when Teller IPum*. !1 11. i'e.ier -aid if tn?* sold plank was td-ipte.), lie amst sever .lis Oolllieeiiotl with die ; irty. lie was eijeere.l and hissed. n'ii:na i i s- i it i ni:s:iii:sr. The ehairma:. direct"i the eall of States r nominations ! 1'reshleut. Tito llrst tate eall I vas I i". .. wit Mr. ISahlwiu, of oiiaeil i:ia:;s, ea:a?' to tip-platform and i<i:i.i:iat > 1 se;,at rAi.ts in. Senator l.mi'.'e, . f Mas.-a itusetts, norr.ilat ! rhni.ia* It. i'.ee the noiau1atson heiiat otidiv :i|i|ilaieled. I > pew performed it like ?ervi in behalf of ti iv. M rton, of Now V. >rk. Si-eat .r-I'..ra'-C"r put MeMinley's nnmo i a miliar. After - mio hitter ahu-e l(f , dp- i> eao -rat; party, he ._*ut to V.Kmley's ii.a i.e. aa ! the convention w-mt w.ld. The hiveati in j i ve it-elf i;p to uare-tr.iiae 1 yelliau, dp- r::;_*. honi-Mowini; and at-'alliir.r. Idem a i nrrait of M ifinley was 1 h"i - I n line with ?':. !'i.i'." l State.- Unit ! r un 111 ea'dery. lammr tip- [ latform and the | tie.-riir," h-'min '^'T H.:ain, t? whim the i'.u. ! ; i >' iyi:iu'. "llaily I; mi'i ' ft." i' th- i?v i.r; >:i j intli" -ho- ' ru.-. A!t-r a'. I i-t r.tiirit"* of thin k:n<i >t "din.;- tii?- >-ii ' -iran t? raj. for a r'-st irati >a of >>r I'T. I ;t without avail. ' I 'r :..'-r -too I 1 :rinali this wil l ?? -'-in*. -:iiiii?uj lii- api roval. \Vh"ii or.l--r had 1 u.'arly r-'-tor- I. vr-. H. \V. 11. Strong i ulifornia. wh ha 1 ; r"-"nt"'l th" ' I am. - iu h nor of <?ii; i-hoi vj mad" !i"r a;>;'-araii ? t!-" li >or, waving on" of l:t"m. at il aii >t!i r <:n-- ntroll"d outr r"ak of I'-inporary la- .nity > I. Aft??rtwenty- ' :r,i.i:iii-.t of in v-.-satit turmoil Mr. For- 1 a c--r va- a!"?W".| to r"?iun" las s|ii--.-?-li. H" - a 1 from what ha 1 o vr.rr" !. it was evident tip- i-ouv'-utioti had h'-ar-l of i:is "andidnt" i. -fo.--. H" t-lost-1 aa "io'|U"iit peroration hv sahahttiiiir, in Hi" uatii'J ??f !? <!"l"Ki?t".s. W.-n. M-'lviiii"v's namo for th nsidorntion of th- .-onv-iiTi->ii. Mr. M-'ph'irii th-ri took tti" i-liair an I S.-nator i'tiitr-t->ri was ro.-oifiii.'." I and s'-i-oa-lr.l tiio nomiuatian of >S"Kiui'-y. tl >vni >r Hastings, of Pennsylvania, nominated Sonnt ir Quay, ami J. M. Vane", a N -^ro. from I. "ii-iiiu i. -""oi?d--d M"Kiiil"y\- 1 in ninati >a. ih" ro.I ill o' stat-s wis th-ii h'-jjun. A iha'iia 1 >il -v th a" for M >rtoii ami 1 :<>r M Kiiih'y. Aika-isns md ?' illfornlit --.i-t : -o.i ! vo'.-s tor M iloiioy. ? >nn""tl"ut i-nst II v f >r 1 I ami -i-vn for M Kinl'-y. IMa- J .-. ir ; soli'l v .t" f >r >1 Kn.i'y; Florida | i"r M 'Kiiii'-V; <> -onri? two < >r I; I. t v ?f ir lay an I 11 : r M -Kinl'-y. Oia-ofj tiio rolort-'l ilult .rat"- from Florida, amid < aii/r. j>rot"-ts. ii.-;-*"l on "hull"n>fiii;r th" v.it". an 1 S-init-'r Thurston, wlio had n-i..n - i tip- hair. -i-! -1 that th riiflit to ii.tii--ii_r?- -!ioi;ii| I.- "iv"n '-v-ry -h-Innate. '! ti" i|"i<-k'ation h.-ini; polh-i] i; was found th it M >rtoii In I two votm in I'.ori a arid M -hinh-v o11iv -'\ ii stt-ad of 1-j.jht ,t. at.- 1 noiiniii'o l.v t"" "hairiinin of t!i" d"l"uat'."ti. j II:i. is lauo ii c d for M -Kiuh-y, W" ' challenged and a {> -II -bowed n > chang . ! Indiana cast its So vnt#a f >.- M<-Kinl< y, Iowa J ust Its 20 votes for Allison-. K'tn-us r )!'.' Kinloy. 20; Km'U'ky, 2(i f >r MeKi-iio , Louisiana cast a . oilous vote. Ii ilfa vuif for Allison, half a vote for Quay, four (or K"ed, and eleven for MoKinloy, and so the voting wont on until Massachusetts u'?v.> one voto for McKinlev ami tlio re.-t for iteed. Tho McKinlty column steadily increased. Wiion Mississippi's IS votos wore oust for MeKit ley another of tho colored delegates demanded a noli, which showed one voto for Quay and 17 for McKinloy. Montana oast ono voto for McKinloy, ono for Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, on? blank and one absentee. 1 ho chairman called the name of Mr. Hartmuu's alternate and ho voted I blank. There was a decided sensation when the vote of Now York was challenged by Warner Miilor. It had been announced us 54 for Morton and 17 for McKinloy. Joseph H. Newmans was absent in tho first district and the name of his alternate was calleiL Mr. Grulor raised a laugh by saying : He is just leaving tho room to avoid voting." The next aiternate was called and voted for j McKinlev. The delegation voted solidlv for Morton uutll hall' the votes were re eived, wheu the vote weredivided between MeKinley and Morton. Then oauie unite a number of breaks for MeKinley an?l three absentees wore noted in tin' ninth district. The voto I was Morton 51, MeKinlev 17. Wheu Ohio j was reached the requisite number of votes j were given to name MeKicley and the eon- I venlion reeogniziug the faer without an- | nouneement broke into elieers. Texas delay- j ed the final announcement by a challenge by one of tlie dis-atisiled colored brethren. An- I other colored delegate challenged tr.e vote of Virginia and again delayed th?> eall. Virginia's vote on a poli stood lteed 1: MeKinley 'J.'l. All tl;e rest of the roll of States went solid for MeKinlev. New Mexico east one vote f.>r Allison and also MeKinley. Alaska east its newly conferred four votes for MeKiniy. The absent delegate from New York, Mr. i'arkhurst, hero appeared and by unanimous oousent. east Ids vote for Morton, making the total vote: Morton .">o; MeKiniy 17. All the States having been called. the president anitotiuce I that Win. MeKiniy nad received GO' votes, and the scene of an hour before was r meated. Delegates and spectators arose and cheers and huzzas rent the air. TLomaj 13. Heed, the chairman sai l, had received ^ i: votes; Quay, 01,' ; Levi 1*. Morton, 5S; Allison, 85,'j. and Don Cameron, 1. Lodge, Hastings, l'lntt and IIendorson. of lowu, all pledge their States' support to MeKinley, the former moving to make the nomination unanimous and the others seconding the motion. Murk llauuu was called for ami responded. There was no response to calls for "Quay." HOilART roil VICE rilESXDENr. Mr. Morgan G. Uulkeley, of Hartford, Conn.; Garrett Hobnrt. of New .Jersey; Charles Warren Ltppett. of Ilhodo Island; Henry Clay Evans, of Kentucky, and Gen. James A. Walker, of Virginia, were put In nomination for Vice President. Ilobart was ; nominated on the ilrst ballot. Thurstou and Fairbanks were made "hairmen. respectively, of the two committees to notify the nominees for President and Vic j President. The result of the ballot for Vice-President was announced as follows: Ilobart, 533C; Evans, 277' Uulkeley, 39: Lippitt. s; Walker 24; Heed, 3; l'hur.-ton, 2; Frederiek Grant. 2; Depew, 3; Morton, 1; absent 23. The convention adjourned sine die at 7:53 p. m. NKGKO DKMOCKATS.'The National League Issues a Call. A call for the National convention of the Negro National Democratic League has been issued from the headquarters of the executive committee in Indianapolis. Iud. The call is addressed to "The members of the Negro National Democratic League and to ail negro Democrats who are in accord with Democrats principles as taught by (.trover Cleveland and our brave leaders of negro Democracy." The National convention will be held at Chicago on Tuesday, August 11. Every loyal negro Democrat who believes in organized negro Democracy is invited to tnko part. The chairman of each State league D requested to see that the St ite convention is ailed in sulli dent time. The States wiii be illowed delegates in proportion t*? the uumoer of negro v-.teseast for Grover Cleveland In lS'J:!. T il" e invention will be composed of j it lea-t 2f<) dieegaies. with a repr.-s-ntation from thirty-three States. Tim call i- signed 1 >v I.- Sliii.i.i.ie tCn.irie:L'i eveutive e.vi - > nittee Negro National Hemoeratio League. FAMINE IX CHINA. i ?* I Throatoiis to 1*11*uj;** the Most Prosperous Portion* In tlio Direst Misery. A terrible (amino, which threat-ms to plunge the most prosperous portion of Tonkin, China, into tlio direst misery for many years, is desolating the country. Tie' harvest has boon a failure, and the natives throughout the whole of tin* country a:. I in the most miserable eonditi.>:i. In Hanoi the other day, a mother offer-d her three infants for 8 cents, preferring to hand them over to j a European rather than sou t.ieni perish from hunger in her arms. Inhabitants emigrate from the country en- t masse to the city to begfor sit*'cnatiee, while ; nutny other.-are going about pillaging and perpetrating acts ?.f tiie gr>>-- -t violence. Several eases ot cholem are r ; >rte I 'r..:n the provinces, where the famine has beeu felt most stvereiy. PAYINO INDEMNITIES. The United States Squaring l'p Scores Injuries Done to Foreigners. The United States government performed j nn not of justi -f under its treaty provisions In paying som indemnities for injuries done to subjects of ; ?rcign t atious l y American j citizens. S?>-retary Oinoy gave to Senor j Cnron Fnv.i, the Italian nmbns-a h?r, a eheeg for ilft.Odf) to t?o turne 1 over to the families : of the four Italians who were killed by nn ! Ameri -an mob at Walsobtirg, (' i!., last July, j and Sir Julian raune.-fo;.., the Jtritish ambassador, was given a cheek f r rl.fOO for the relief of the haw-on .naii.'y, lirili-o *e jel,ts, who were liadlv bandied u> Ni'or**';a, and 41.000 ior on? lSu.ii, ih? | .r-? c( an Eugirh shit-, who was -hot ia the r!--ri...? lhol4vt*e riotd in X*?\v Orlwin* last fail. T.'ii ui on by was appropriated by Congress. TIIK KAISKK TO PKTKUIIKAO lie Telegraphs on the Keith Annlvcr ary that tIIIoo?l Is Thicker Than SVatcr." Upon the occasion "( tli" celebration in ! perlin of tic two hundredth anniversary of ! tlio hirtii of Marshal KHtli, who was h,,rn June ll. iaid whs killed at the head of tie* Prussian army in the hiittlc with tic Austriiins at llo -likir 'li. o t. 14, 175**. tic :n":n- ! hers of the municipality of I'etericad. s -.it- | laml, when* K hth wastiorn, wired tic Kaiser a congratulatory message. Tic K:np*r<>r in reply tele^raphe I an expression of his thanks, and added: The glorious ileatli of K-ith at II xdikirel testilled again to tic truth a the saying tiiai "blood is tin -ker than water." A Virginia Trust (Company Assigns, Tic ltoanoke I. >an. Trust and Safe I>opos- | it Company ha.-eiosed its door-. A deed of assignment was 11, -1 conveying all assets to 1 j.uccn H. Cocke. Tlcre are ah out *20(1,000 i of deposits, wlu*h ;t is In-lcvc I will l>? paid I in full. Tic a -sets amount to over j"XM,000, I THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Full Text of the Kesoltitioti* adopted ut tlie National Convention. The Republicans of tho United States, assembled by thdc representatives iu National Convention, appealing for the popular nnd historical justification of their claims to the matchless achievements of thirty years of Republican rule, earnestly and contldentlv address themselves to the awakened intelligence, experience unci conscience of their countrymen iu the following declaration of facts and principles: For the ilrst time since the Civil War the American people have witnessed the calamitous consequences of full and unrestricted Democratic control of the Government. It has beea a record of unparalleled incapacity, dishonor and disaster. In administrative management it has ruthlessly sacrificed iudlspettsable revenue, entailed an uuceasing deficit, eke 1 out ordinary current expenses with borrowed money, piled up the put Uc debt by 9S63.000.000 in time of peace. forced ut) adverse balance of trade, kept a perpetual menace hanging over the redemption fund, pawned American credit to alien syndicates ami reversed all the measures and results of successful Republican rule. Iu the broad efTcct of its policy it has t,rf.-inlt.it.imnie 1,11 ,.),f... I l..,l...trv an I trailo with prolonged depression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise and '-rippled American produ tlon while slimu'cuiug foreign prodtiotion for the American market, p.very consideration of puhlio snfetv anl individual interest demaiuisthat the Government shall he rcseue.l from the hands ot tin so who have shown themselves ineapnble of conducting it without disaster at heme and dishonor nl-road and shall be restored to the party which for thirty years administered it with uucouailcd fdeoess aud prosperity. Tlic Tariff I'lati!:. We renew anil crnphnsiz ? otir allegiance to the policy of protect' >. as tho bulwark of American ileitis;rial independence and the foundation of American development an 1 prosperity. This true American policy taxes foreign products and encourages lioine industry; it puts the burden of revenue on foreign goods; it secures tho American market for the American producer; it upholds the American standard of wages for the American workiugman: it puts the factory by the side of the farm and makes the American farmer les9 depen lent on foreign demand ami price; it diffuses general thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of each. In its reasonable application it is just, fair and impartial, equally opposed to foreign control and domestic monopoly, to sectional discrimination and individual favoritism. We denounce the present Democratic tarifT ns sectional, iujurious to the public credit tin (I destructive to business enterprise. We demand such ail equitable tarilT on foreign imports which com? into competition with American products as will not' only furnish adequate revenue for the necessary expenses of the Government, but will protect American labor from degradation to the vrnge level of other lands. We arc not pic lgod to any particular schedules. The question of rates is a practical question, to be governed by the conditions of tin4 time and of production; the ruling and uncompromising principle is the protection and development of American labor an i industry. The country demands a right settlement, and th,4n it wants rest. Wo believe the rep" ilof the reciprocity ar- I rangetU'-nts negotiate 1 t?y the last Hep'ublioan Administr itioii was a National calamity, and we demand their renewal and extension on such terms as will equalise our trade with other Nations, remove tin- restrictions which now obstruct the sale of American products in the ports of other countries, and secure enlarge 1 markets for th-4 products of our farms, forests and factories. Protection and reciprocity art4 twin measures of lb publican policy, and go band in hand. Democratic rule lias recklessly struck down both, and both must bo re-established: . protection for what we produce; free admission for tho necessaries of life when we do not produce; reciprocal agreements of mutual interest which gain open markets for us in return for our open market to others. Protection builds up domestic industry and trade, and secures our own market for ourselves; reciprocity builds up foreign trade and littils an outlet for our surplus. We condemn the present A (ministration for not keeping faith with the sugar producers of tips country. Tee Kopubli'*au party favors .-ui'h protection as will load t*> the production on Ameriean soil of all the >ugar which tho American people use, and for wluch they pay other countries more than SlOh.Oiin.i 00 annually. To till our products?to those of tho mine and tli" Meld a- well as those of th" >h?ip an I f ictori?1<> hemp?to wool, the product of the great industry of sheep husbandry, jlwcil as to the ttuisiic I woolens of the mill ? we promise the most ample protection. Wo lavor restorinir the enrlv American policy of ili.-criiuiii.itiny duties for tho upiiulliliii'4 of our mcr-'haiit nmriue ami tho protection of our shipping iu ties f-.roign carrying trndo, s> that American ship-?the product of American labor, employed in American shipyards, sailing tin b*r tie- Stars an I strip" -, mil manu 1, officered au<l owucil l>y American;?may regain tho carrying of our foreign oummeree. Till' Colli l'lUllh. Tho Republican party is unreservedly far fiiuii"! money, it caused the enactment of tho law providing for tho resumption of specie payments in sineo then every dollar has been as goor. as g >ld. Wo are unalterably opposed to every nu-u-'iro calculated ilebase our currency or in.pair the credit of our e cialry. We are therefore opposed to the tree c .initio of stiver except by international agreement with tho leading eotntnor"ial Nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained tho exist!in; gold standard must be preserved. All our ; bvor and naner eurrency must bo maintained at a parity with gold, and wo favor all measures designed to maintain inviolably tie* obligations of the United States and all our mor.cy, whether coin or paper, at tho present standard, tin* standard of tae most enlightened Nations of the earth. Pensions. Tin* veterans of the Union armies deserve and .-lion! I five lair tr.iiment ami generous recognition. Whenever i>r cable they should be yiveu tin; preference in tin* matter of employment, and they are entitled to the enactment of -itch laws as are best t III' 11 Ml l?~ 4 I ' 4M" 111'- i II 111 I I .11'-III ?>1 lilt* pledge- made to th'.'iu in tin' dark days of the country's peril. We denounce the prae. tice in the 1' ?nsiou Bureau. - > r 'kiessly and unjustly carried on by the present Adinintstratioii, of reducing pensions and arbitrarily dropping names (roia the roll.-., as deserving toe severest ooudemnati ?n of the Amerlean people. Fori'lsn Delations. Our foreign policy should be at all times Arm, vigorous and digmtlod, an 1 all our interests in the western hemisphere earofully watched and guarded. The Hawaiian Islands should bo controlled by the United States and no foreign I'ower should be p?.mitted to interfere with them; the Nicaragua Canal should be built, owned and operate. 1 by the United States; and by th > purchase of the Danish Islands we sh-uil I secure a proper and much needed naval station in the West ladies. The massacres in Arn:->iua have aroused the deep sympathy and us: indignation of th" American peoph.. and we Ixaieve that the United States should exercise all the inllueiiee it can properly exert to bring those atrocities t" an end. in Turkey American residents have been exposal to the gravest dangers and American properly destroyed. There an 1 ovrywli -re Am rieaueit!/.en?. an i American property u.u-t be absolutely protected at all hazards and at auv cost. Monroe Doitrine. \Vc reassert the Monroe do.'frinc in its full extent, nil I we rcailirui the rigid of the United States to give tise i|o 'trine elYoet by responding to tiie appeals of any American Stat * for friendly Hit Tveutioti in ease of European oncgi aghaient. Wo have njt in (terferod, and shnll not Intwfero, wilh th? existing possess'oils of any European Power in this hemisphere, but those possessions must not, on any pretext, bo exteuded. Wo hopefully look forward to the eventual withdrawal of tho European Powers iroin this , hemisphere, to the ultimate uuiou of all of the English speaking part of the continent by tho free consent of its inhabitants, Cuba. From tho hour of achieving their own Independence tho people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of other American peoples to free themselves from European domination. We watch with doeo-nnd abiding interest tho heroic battle of tho Cuban patriots against cruelty audoppression. and our best hopes go out for the full success of their determined contest for liberty. The Government of Spain, having lost control of Cuba, utid being unable to protect the property or lives of resident American citizens or to com pi v with its treaty obligations, we believe that the Government of the United States should actively use its influeuco ami good offices to restore peace and give independence to the isiuud. The Nav.v. The pence nud security of tho ltcpublio and tho maintenance of its rightful luflpoace among tho Nations of tho earth demand a naval power commensurate with its postthai and responsibility. Wo therefore lavor tile Ci>titlnii?*tl nnliiri*i?m#iTit nf th * 11IIvv* iiinl a eompleto system of harbor ami sea coast defences. rorolcn Immigration. For tho protection of the o quality of our American cttl7.eu.ship ami of t'a?? wages of our workinginen against th? fatal coiupi tilion of low-priced labor, we demand that the immigration laws be thoroughly enforced ami so extendi)'1 as to exclude from entrance to the United States those who can neither read nor write. Civil Service. The Civil Service law was placed on the statute book by the Republican party, which lias always sustained it. and we renew our repented declarations that it shall be ' thoroughly au<l honestly enforced .mi extended wherever practicable. FTt'c I'.allot. We riemend that every citiron of the United States shall h> allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast. ? I.ynrhlng*. Wo proclaim our unqualified condemnation of the uncivilized and barbarous practices, well known as lynching or killing of human beings, suspected or charged with crime, without process of law. National Arbitration. We favor the creation of a National board of arbitration to settle and adjust differences which may arise between employers and employed engaged in interstate commerce. IlotiieMtenilft. We bo'.iovo in au immediate return to the free homestead policy of the Republican party, and urge the passage by Congress of the sadsfnetory Free Homestead measure which has already passed tlio House and is now ponding iu the Senate. Territories. We favor tho admission of the remaining Territories nt the earliest practicable dat*\ having due regard to the interests of the people of the Territories and of the United | States. All the Federal officers appointed for the Territories should be selected from I bona tide residents thereof, and the right of self-government should bo accorded ju fur ;i.s practicable. Alaska. We believe the citizens of Alaska should have representation t:i the Congress of the United States, to tho end that tuevlIul legislation may be intelligently euactud. Tempera nre. We sympathize with nil wiso nml legitimate efforts t'i lessen and prevent the evils | of intemperance and promote morality. filclttN or Wmimn. Tito Republican party is mindful of the rights and interests of women. Protection of American industries inciudesequtil opportunities. equal pay for equal work, and protection to i ho home. \Yo favor tho admission of w< men to wiiler spheres of usefulness, and weieoine their co-operation in reselling the eountry from Democratic and Populistietr.Ismriiagcuout and tr.Rrule. Such are the principles and policies of tho Republican party. By these principles wo will abide and these policies we will put into e\o ution. We ask for them the considerate judgment of the American peoole. ( on.'ldeat alike in ttie history of our great partv and in t.ie justii e <>f our cans-*, we pr 'sent our piatlorm an i ourcandllates i:t the full ns-urauco that ill" election will bring victory to the Republican party and prosperity to tuo people of the United States. GREAT ADVANTAGE TO FARMERS. American Government to Kstablisli a P.iologl cut Survey. Tite Secretary of Agricuitur will establish a department to he eaile | the bio.nrei?v Til i r-*nult eviifiiitu 1 ! ? te* a tremendous economic advantage. A'.;ri culturists, horticulturists ;>nd >t?ok raisers are to ho Kivtm chart." showim-r lie* exact positi >u ot euoh State ami Territory \tIhti | certain animals ami vegetables ati he advantageously raised. Thcso will : sup; !> . nien'.ed bv u lar^a catalogue e uitaitilmj-very laiel animal and vegetable oi th? world, ami imlienting the areas in which tivy tnuy !> > raised >r cultivated by Americans. Millions I dollars are thrown away each year by farmers un?l other producers who plant seed in the wrong soil or climate, or who undertake to breed animals w)i'*re the ntmospliero and food resource is uncongenial. An elllclent corps of naturalists connected with the biological I nrenu will make a dctuile 1 survey of the whole country, counting ami classifying the living species foiin I in each county of each State mi l Territory. They will also mde the conditions of climate, altitude and soil, ami will note how far each condition inlluemavs the distribution of the species. The chief of the new survey will be I>r Hart Merriam. A survey of the entire country will he made ami charts will then lie published showing the exact h>catir.u of the various species. No other country in the world has ever instituted u survey of tliis kind. PLAGUE OF CATS IN WASHINGTON. Government Ilespnnsilile for tin* Troublepome I'Vliio' Army. What tr> <! ? with tl:?* arrnv of stray cats is a problem that Washington will l?o called upon to solve before a great while. The city is overrun with tramp cats ami they make the nights hideous witli their yowls. A nervous itizen has tiled a complaint with the district authorities. This citizen suggests that some humane method of putting the eats to death should be adopted by the city. The Government is largely responsible for the plague. A few years ago the Treasury building became overrun with rats. After .-very way of nxteraiinuting them failed, several hundred eats were turned loose in the vaults. The rats soon disappeared, but the eaH increased rapidly and became a great nuisance, not only in the Treasury building, but throughout the city. Armenians In the milled States. The lO.ubO Armenians in the United States liberally support the one newspaper of tliejr language printed in this country. The letters "1 the Armenian alphabet greatly resemble the Lleorew in style. Kalloon Karon. n.illoon races will be a feature of tho Providence (!t. I.) State Fair in September. If you want to steer well keep your eyes looking on tin* ground at a point uot less than thirty feet ahead of the bicycle.