Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1892 — Page 2

gtytjltmotrfltttgtntinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, PtJßiistraa

A REIGN OF TERROR.

FIREBUGS BUSY AT CLEVELAND, OHIO. Vremendous Fire in Grain Fields—Taney County, Mo., Men Butcher Eaoh Other—Queer Freak of an Indiana Couple— Arrested. I Tax Soles Declared Illegal. Judge Woodson, of the Circuit Court of County, Missouri, rendered-a 'decision which declares all tax sales of real estate made in St Joseph during the year of 1888 by the City Treasurer Illegal for the reason that the sales were not properly advertised In the official papers, In that the advertisements failed to specify the State, county, or city, cr tho location of the property. About $500,010 worth of property Is involved. LNCENtoIARY FIRES IN CLEVELAND. Insurance Agents Becoming Alarmed and Refusing to Take Risks. Insurance agents all over the city of Cleveland are in a state of intense excitement over the recent mysterious Bros which have occurred In the down-town portion. Monday morning several of the taiost prominent of the agents declared that they would positively refuse to renew all risks In the lumber district. Large fires are following each other so rapidly that tho companies are Instructing their reprecentatives to he extremely careful In issuing policies and to refuse them If they think the risk too great. It Is generally believed that a systematic efTort is being made to burn the city. Over a dozen fires occurred In one week In tho most dangerous places. LAWLESSNESS IN MISSOURL Remarkable Duel with Butcher Knives— A Reign of Terror. Another violent outbreak is reported from Taney County, Missouri. Dispatches from Torsey say that John Nettleton and Rlch;ard Meyer, young men, fought a duel with 'knives near tho lown of Protem, In the northern part of tho county. The duel was the result of the murder of Sheriff Williams several months ago, young Meyer saying publicly that all connected with the gnob on that occasion ought to bo lynched. Nettleton's people were connected with the affair, and Meyer was promptly challenged. The young men fought with butcher knives, both dying In half an hour from loss of blood. Each had at least thirty cuts. MISFORTUNE FELL ON M’LISH. 'Me Failed to Graduate In Medicine and Is In Jail for Stealing a Skiff. Allen McLlsh, son of a prominent phyeiejan of Olive Hill, Ky., failed to graduate from the Kentucky School of Medicine, at Xoulsvllle. His father had promised to take him home and give him a good Btart In life If he secured his diploma, but falling, McLlsh secured a skiff, stocked It with provisions, and started to float down the river to New Orleans, where he expected to make a fortune. His skltf was caught by the rapids on tho falls and he narrowly escaped drowning. He Is now locked up charged with stealing the skiff.

CUPID PLATING WILD PRANKS. Indiana Man Married, Divorced and About to Remarry His Plrst Wife. James Scarlet, of Orange County, Indiana, who was the hero of a romantic marriage to Miss Belle Gibbons, at the head of the Lost River, In 1875, and who afterward, becoming dlvoyjed and marrying another woman and then leaving her to again court his first wife, who was recently divorced from her second husband, has again gained the affections of his first love, but finds that he can not marry until the Septemb3r term of court grants his second wife a divorce. Burned Seven Thousand Acres. The first big grain fire of the season broke out on P. McNamara's farm, near Merced, CaL It moved straight east, burned over all the country until It was*stopped by Mariposa creek. Seven thousand acres of fine grain were left a blackened wastO. The loss will reach SIOO,OOO. Lightning Strikes a Woman. MrS. Jacob Drey, of Lincoln County, S. D.. was fatally Injured by a bolt of lightning while at Wall Lake, She bad taken refuge under a canvas spread between two wagons. When thfe lightning struck her her hair caught fire and she was terribly burned. Desperate Lover. A warrant has been Issued for the arrest of Charles Waldron, of Utica, Mina., who was engaged to marry Emma Pears, 13 years old. It is reported that Waldron threatened to take Emma’s life if he could not marry her. Two Score Soldiers Under Arrest. 'The forty regular soldiers who attacked thef town of Suggs. Wyoming, are under arrest. Maj< Usey of the Ninth cavalry •will turn them over to the SherilT of Sheridan County for trial. The soldiers attacked the people without cause. Died lrom Bee Stings. At Wabash. Ind., Mrs. Jose; h Klem undertook to hive a swarm of bees, and the insects became infuriated and stung her In hundreds of places She died In a few hours, suffering Intense agony.. Hatch Bill Considered. The Senate Judiciary Committee, to which the anti-option bill was referred, after considering the measure for two hours 1 adjourned. It is expected now the bill will be certainly reported next week. - v Murderer Myron Pratt Dying. At Lincoln, Neh., Myron Pratt, the aged ex-soldier who five weeks ago deliberately mordere-1 Margaret Sperry, Is slowly bat surely dying In a little basement room In the court house. Court House Burned. Fire totuyy destroyed the Hyde County Court House at Highmore. & D. The records gnfi most of the furniture were saved. Mission Work for Japan. Nine ministers and fivo teachers were received Into the German Lutheran Synod at Winona, Minn. The greater part of the time wpp taken up by a discussion of the establishment of a mission in Japan. Three students especially educated for this work have about finished their studies. The result of the discussion was the adoption of the resolution to send one member of the mission committee to the meeting of the general representative body of the Church. Ihe delegates to the Synod of i Michigan returned and reported the unanimous and hearty approval of that synod to the proposed union. Cyra* tV. Field Very 111. Cyrus W. Field, who went a month ago to his country homo at Ardsley, near Yonkers, N. Y., Is very 11L His family and friednds are very much concerned about him and think that he will not live through ths summer. Mr. Field has been confined to his bed fora week. He has appeared in the village only once, then In his carriage. He is attended by his son-in-law. Dr. Linder- Members of his family are with him. lllfe Palaclo I. Out. The Department of State was Friday Morning advised by cable from the United states Legation at Caracas of the resignstien of the 1 resident of enemela.

FORTY-THREE ARE DEAD. A Bridge Collapse*. Carrying Workingmen Down with It. Cincinnati 'Special: One of the most fearful accidents In the history of this vicinity was that of the fall Wednesday nf the bridge which was In course of construction over the Licking River between Covington and Newport, Ky. Forty-five workmen were on the structure. 6o far as Is now known only two escaped unhurt. The others were either killed by the crushing of the Iron arid timbers or were drowned. The cause Is surmised to be the weakening of the wooden false work. Tho high water has washed out the earth about the supports, ana It is said ono of tho contractors said a day or two ago that he war afraid tho structure would not stand under the weight of the heavy material. But still they kept at work. Wednesday a force of forty-throe men, under the direction of Robert and William Baird, the contractors, was engaged In putting In place the heavy Iron work on the main span. Suddenly, without warning, there was a crackling sound of breaking timbers, a swaying of the structure, and a headlong .plunge of the whole mass of timbers, iron, and helpless workmen Into the muddy waters of the Licking River, fifty feet below. A very few forms were to bo scon struggling on tho surface, but most of the men were pinioned beneath the wreck at the bottom of the river.

THREATEN TO CUT THE LEVEE. Jefferson Authorities Protest Against the Steps Taken to Protect Orleans. The fight which was threatened by the parish authorities of Jefferson, La., against the Parish of Orleans came to a head, and It threatens to be a lively one. City Surveyor Brown, In order to more fully protect the city, has put a forco of men at work raising the levee between the two parishes. This levee Is on the dividing line. A year ago, when the same work was attempted, Jefferson Parish got out an Injunction against the authorities of Orleans preventing them from raising the levee. This Injunction was made perpetual, but notwithstanding the fact the surveyor began tho work and an order for his arrest has been issued by the Jefferson Parish authorities. Just now he cannot be found and the work goes merrily on. Crevasse water is rapidly covering Jefferson Parish, uni tho people threaten, if the work of repairing the protection levee is not discontinued, to cut the old levee and let New Orleans get a taste of what a crevasse is.

SEVEN ARE MISSING. Loss of Life Caused by the Overturning of a Steam Launch at Bangor, Mo. A hurricane passed over Bangor. Me., Tuesday afternoon, which did great damage to property and caused considerable loss of life. The steam launch Annie, which had just left the dock with twenty passengers, was overturned. On the opposite side of the river lay tho fonr-niasted schooner Marla O. Teel, of Boston, Captain Johnson. Mate Norman McLoud lowered away his boat, and with four of' the crew rescued six men and three women. In all, twelve persons wore saved, so far as known. The body of Mias Hattie Adams, daughter of James Adams, a rich lumberman, has been recovered. Seven bodies are missing. EMMONS BLAINE DEAD. Tho Second Son or James G. Illalno Expires Suddenly at Chicago. Emmons Blaine. second son of James G. Blaine, died suddenly at Chicago. Saturday noon, of blood-poisoning, following trouble of the bowels. He had been critically 111 but a few hours, and death was unexpected. It ts believed that the original trouble resulted from his exertions at the Minneapolis convention. After repeated efforts to reach his father by telegraph, word was finally received that Mr. and Mrs. Jamos G. Blaine had left Bur Harbor for Chicago. The telegram announcing their son’s death was the first Intimation to tho parents of tho sad event.

ANTI-OFTION BILL DOOMED. President Hanilll Satisfies Hlinselt that the Measure Cannot Pass the Senate. President Hamtll, of the Chicago Board of Trade, was in Washington for awhile Tuesday afternoon and evening to look over the anti-option situation. While there he conferred with several persons supposed to be well posted on the situation, and he left for home with the belief that the bill will not pass the Senate. His belief Is based ou a cakvass made by a clever agent, who told the correspondent that he had seen all of the Senators but three, and that be felt sure that the bill would bo defeated by a comfortable majority. Crashed Into a Patrol Wagon. At Columbus, Ohio, while a patr.il wagon was running to the Panhandle Hallway shops to convey to a hospital Herman Hockstead, an employe whose skull had been crushed In an accident. It was struck by a shunted car at the Twentieth street crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway and was completely demolished. Officer Eugene O’Connor was badly Injured and may die. Sergeant James Doyle was badly , cut about the head, and Driver Jacob Miller’s left hand was crushed. Hockstead will die. Freight Handlers Muy Strike. ’ihe freight handlers of every road centering at Indianapolis, except the Pennsylvania, have joined In a demand for an Increase of wages. The men say their work is not only extremely hard and dangerous, but they have to put up with many petty annoyances, and that $1.25 a day is not living wages. Frequently they must work over time, and for this they do not receive what they deem proper compensation. They request $1.50 a day and time and a half for overtime.

Dr. Dcpew Will Accept. A Washington dispatch says: It Is declared on h,igh authority that Chauneey M. Depew will accept tho State portfolio if It Is tendered him. lie Is expected here soon to confer with the President, and It is thought the position will be offered to him then. It Is further stated that If ho is asked to accept he will do so until next March 4 only, llis connection wth tho Vanderbilt interests will make It impossible for him to remain away for a long period. Yellow Jack Off New Orleans. Ihe steamship Clinton, from Havana, is held at the New Orleans quarantine station to be fumigated. Two men were found on board with what was supposed to be malarial fever, which turned out to be yellow fever. The patients are improving and are under treatment at the Lazaretto, in Pass a Loutre, an unused pass. The vessel will be detained at quarantine five days longer than Is customary. No danger is apprehended. Seven Buildings Burned. The entire business block o:i First street and Broadway. Ellzabethport, N. J., was burned Thursday morning. The building was occupied by James Mitchell, furniture dealer, and several lodges of Masons and Knights of Pythias. The fire spread to six large buildings adjoining, all of which were turned. The Ellzabethport Bank Building was also damaged. • The loss will aggregate $90,000.

Five Men Drowned. The ferryboat was crossing Bayou Lafourche at Napoleonvtlle, La., loaded with twelve men aboard. The machinery broke, causing the ferryboat to be overturned and precipitating mules and passengers in the bayou. Five of the twelve passengers were drowned. Terrible Work o:' Lightning. Of fifty people injured when lightning struck the store of W. H. Ryan, at Parinlyvllle, Ky., twenty-fear are in a serious

condition, and three of them, W. H. Ryan, Thomas Powell and Mr. Young, cannot recover. Many of tho Injured will have to have limbs amputated, as they are so mangled tbat.lt will be Impossible to save them. The large crowd present had collected at the postoffice In the store to receive the evening mall, whon the lightning struck two kegs of powder In tho store. It exploded, throwing a heavy Iron safe through the roof. Not one of tho persons In the store escaped serious Injury.

RUSSIA AND THE SEALS. The British Columbian Poaching Vessels Likely to Infest the Copper Islunds. The news from the north Is that the Victoria sealing vessels have decided to transfer their operations this year from the American to the Russian side of Behring Sea. They ore now engaged in attacking the herd in its annual migration northward to that sea, a great part of the season's catch being derived from this prolonged harrying of tho animals during the spring in the North Pacific. But toward tho end of June or the beginning of July tho seals make their way into Behring Sea. and tho poachers must follow us In former years or else close their season’s work. Last year such of them us could evade the cruisers that lay In wait for them around Sand Point entered Behring Sea and hunted Industriously till formally warned out. Some of them succeeded in dodging the Government vessels until the season Was nearly over; others procured several hundred skins and were entitled to all they could get until duly notified of the modus vivendl. This year, however, they are to be seized and punished under the law, whether they have received previous notification or not, although efforts will be made to warn them.

GRAVEYARD GHOULS IN lOWA. Dozens of Graves In a Hamburg Cemetery Found to Huve Been Robbed. Hamburg, lowa, dispatch: Forest Hill Cemetery, ono mile scuth of town. Is altvo with a swarming mass of people, excited almost beyond bounds by the discoveries that are being hourly made there. zUi examination of a newly made grave closed tho fact that It had been robbed. Tho examination was quietly proceeded with until more than a dozen graves were opened. In each Instance it was found that the body had been stolen. The nows of tho discovery spread rapidly, and fully 1,000 people were waiting at the cemetery to note the progress of the investigation. Within the past eighteen months nearly 100 people have been buried there, and it is believed that every one of these graves has been desecrated by the ghouls. The evidence points to the existence of a wellorganized and bold body of graveyard ghouls. There is no large medical lnstitutution near hero, hence the only demand must come from a tanning establishment No mercy will be shown if any member of tho gang Is caught SHOT DOWN IN THE STREET. City Marshal Dorn, of Kentland, Ind., Killed While Doing His Duty. City Marshal Dorn, of Kentland, Ind., was shot down In the street by Jackson Plummer. Plummer was arrested. The City Council recently passed an ordinance providing that all shade trees along the streets »e trimmod. Plummer refused to comply, armed himself, and began to look for Councilman. lie first met J. D. Conklin, a member of the board, who escaped. Conkllu notified Marshal Dorn of Plummer’s throats. Dorn In attempting to disarm Plummer was shot through the heart and expired Immediately. Dorn had served as Marshal for ten consecutive terms. He leaves a widow and eight children.

SWEPT BY A TEMPEST. Many Persons Killed 111 Quebec, New Brunswick, anil Nova Scotia. Tho most terrible hailstorm ever known in Eastern Canada has spread deuth and destruction throughout Quebec, New Brunswick, and Novla Scotia The worst storm was that which struck St. Rose, about forty miles from Montreal. The most shocking phaso of the disaster Is the destruction of the school house. In which twenty-five children wero being taught at the moment the cyclone struck it. A mass of kindling wood Is all that Is left of the building. Eleven were killed. Dr. Scudder Is Dead. Dr. Henry Martyn Scudder died at the county jail, Chicago, Tuesday morning, from morphine poisoning, and It Is supposed that ho took the drug with suicidal intent. He had for several days been obtaining morphine upon the pretense of allaying nervousness, but he saved the drug to kill himself. Dr. Scudder was arrested at his residence, 3931 Grand boulevard. on the morning of March 2, upon a warrant sworn out by his father-in-law, F. H. Dunton, charging him with the murder of Mrs. Dunton. Tho motive of tho crime was to obtain property. Verdict Against tho Lake Shore Road. At Norwalk, Ohio, the jury, In the case of Steward, admr., vs. the Lake Shore Railroad Company, returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $9,000. The case was tried several years ago, resulting In a verdict for the defendant. The case will, undoubtedly, be again carried up. It was originally brought by G. W. Herrick, who is now dead, and who was proprietor of tho Maple City House. He had a leg taken off which he claimed was due to carelessness of tho Lake Shore Railway Company. Scattered His Remains Over a Mile. Lee D. Scott, a Mississippi planter, was run over and killed by a train on the Memphis and Charleston Railway at Memphis. His remains were scattered along tho track for a mile.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @6.25 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.(0 @ e.oo Wheat —No. 2 Spring .73 <aj .7:1 CORN—No. 2, new sou® .51 u 2. 31 (a 1 3-1 ~ rte-n 0.2 ; 74 @ Butteb—Choice Creamery is @ .19 Cheese—Full Cream, flat's Oil @ ,o<iv Eggs—Fresh 13 (a. .14 Potatoes—Choice old, per bu . .35 @ 45 „ INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 4.50 Hoas—Choice Light 5.50 @5,00 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red SOH@ .87Vi Corn—No. 1 White si)i@ .52’« Oats—No. 2 White 37)6® .33t, ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00. H°UB 3, 50 @ 6,00 W HEAT—No. 2 Red so @ .81 Corn—No. 2 • 43 @ .44 Oats—No. 2 31 @ .32 Rye—No. 2 70 ® .si CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @. 4.50 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.25 Sheep.... 4.00 @ 6.50 Wheat—No. 2Red 37 @ .so Corn—No. 2 49 m .50 Oats—No. 2 Mixed .35 @ .30 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.50 Hogs 8 ,00 @ 4.75 Sheep.. 3.00 @5.7-, W HEAT—No. 2 Red. 92 @ -13 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 53)4® .54)4 Oats—Ne. 2 White .40 tic 41 TOLEDO. ' Wheat—No. 2 ,33 @ .37 Corn—No. 2 White 48 @ .so Oats—No. 2 White 34)4,01 .’35)4 Clover Seed s.3i h 5.45 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle—Com. to Prime.. 4.00 @6.00 Hogs—Best Grades 4,00 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 89 ® .91 Corn—Nou 2 .54 @ 155 „ MILWAUKEE. W'heat—No. 2 Spring 77 @ .79 Corn—No. 3 43 @ .47 Oats—No. 2 White .33)4@ .34)4 Rye—No. 1 .79 @ .81 Barley—No. 2. 56 @as Pork—Mess 10.50 @ll.OO „ NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.73 Sheep.. 4.50 @6.00 W HEAT—No. 2 Red. 92 @ .93 Co*n—No. 2 . r .59 @ .60 Oats—Mixed Western 34 @ .3s Butteb—Creamery.. is a .20 Pom*—Old Mess 10.00 @10.75

CHICAGO CONVENTION.

THOUSANDS OF DEMOCRATS PRESENT. OWENS IN TOE CHAIR. HARMONY AND ENTHUSIASM PREVAIL. The Commodious Wigwam Packed to Its Fullest Capacity—Frightened by Thunder—Chairman Brice Calls the Gathering to Order—Temporary Officers. ■ First Day’s Proceedings. Chicago special: The National Democratic Convention ■was called to order at 12:45' Tuesday afternoon in the wigwam on the' Lake Front by Chairman Brice of the National Committee. Just after noon, before many of the delegates had arrived in the hall, a tre-

CHAIRMAN BRICE, Calling ihe Great Convention to Order.

mendous thunderstorm burst over the city. The interior of the wigwam grew as dark as night, the canvas being let down over the upper windows. Thousands of people were already in the spectators’ seats, and as the lightning flashes lit up the gloom of the hall and the building shook in a heavy wind they became frightened and howled for lights. Then came a mighty fall of rain that drowned the voices of the people. The band began to play a lively air and the music speedily allayed the nervousness of the audience. Chairman tlrlco Enters. Chairman Brice and a bright ray of sunshine entered the wigwam together and both were greeted with hearty cheers. As Mr. Brice rose to request silence, he face 1 a mngnifieent scene. Twentythousand people fi led the immense building, gay with its fluttering bunting, Ahe bright colors of ladies’ dresses, and the bright bodges of the delegates and their accompaniment of marching clubs. Before him sat the representative men of a great party, the men who lead its battles, rejoice in its victories and mourn its defeats. There they spread in front of him, veritably a sea ,of faces which for the moment was bewildering in its vastness. Practiced speaker as he is, and used as he is to facing great meetings, Mr. Brice for a second .pr two showed that he is not insensible to the emotions of a supreme moment, ana was visibly moved as he to the front of the platform, after demanding silence, to present Rev. John Rouse, who offered prayer. At she close of his invocation the reverend gentleman recited the Bord’s prayer, in which he was audibly joined in several parts of the great convention hall. When prayer was concluded Chairman Brice suid: “Gentlemen of the convention, by direction of the National Committee tho Chair presents to

CHICAGO AND TAMMANY.

this convention as its temporary officers the gentlemen named in the list, which the secretary will read." Secretary Sheerin announced the temporary organization—W T ill lam C. Owens of Kentucky temporary Chairman; Secretary, S. P. Shoerin, of Indiana; assistant secretaries, W. If. Doyle, Pennsylvania; H. Shepard, Virginia; C. Tilley, Missouri; L. A. Rowley, Michigan; R. E. Wilson, Mississippi; C. R. Defreest, New York; J. C. Swayne, Illinois; Principal Reading Clerk, Nicholas M. Bell of Missouri; Sergeant-at-arms, Richard J. Bright of Indiana; official stenograper, Edward Dickinson, New York. The list was adopted without opposition, and the Chair appointed Charles Jewett of Indiana, Thomas Wilson of Minnesota, and Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois to attend Mr. Owens to the speaker’s chair. These gentlemen assembled in front of the platform and then proceeded down one of the side aisles to the place where the Kentucky delegation sat. Mr. Owens arose and walked up the aisle with the committee. When they appeared on the platform the convention applauded, and the applause was renewed when Chairman Brice announced that he had the “honor and pleasure” of presenting-to the convention its temporary Chairman. Mr. Brice retired, leaving the space in front of the Chairman’s desk to Mr. Owens. After bowing to the applause with which he was greeted, Mr. Owens, in a good voice, addressed the convention. Chairman Owens’ Speech. Gentlemen of the Convention: Two great dangers menaoe the Democratic party. ne is external, the other internal. The first is the organized machinery of -organized capital, supported by the whole power of the government. The second is a tendency among democrats to make issues among themselves. Two needs therefore stand before us indispensable to success: Unity and harmony. Of the one this chair and gavel stand representative; it remains for yon to supply the other. In this spirit 1 greet you. fellow Democrats, as the advance guard of a grand army, sent forward to blaze a Dathwav to victory. How momentous is your responsibility I need not tell you. If yonr work be done ih wisdom the millions toiling in mine and shop and field will rise and call you blessed. The roll call of the republic attests that its heart and its conscience are with ns in onr war with the representatives of greed. The best thought of our party is a platform that challenges the approbation and invites the supSort of the people. We can succeed—we must 0 more; we must deserve success: above the wreck, If need be, of selfish combinations, we must rear a temple to the plain people, and build a shrine so broad that there every lover of his kind may kneel. The burden must be lifted from the back of labor, and to that end it has a right to demand that whoever bears our banner must lift it above the smoke of conflict and the din of faction, that every Democrat of the Union may

follow Its lead In exultant and Irresistible combat. Let ug not mistake. The gravltv of the situation demands the broadest patriotism and every needful sacrifice. Our work but be

TEMPORART CHAIRMAN OWENS.

gins here. Under the suns of summer and the frosts of autumn we must carry it forward with unfaltering courage to a triumphant close. This, again, must be a campaign of education-. The Study of the Cornfield,” begun In the \V cst and South, must be carried into every hamlet of the East and North. The people must lcam their true relation to the tax-gath-erer. They must learn that no railroad presidents champion the tribunes of the people: that no taskmasters write our tariff bills They must learn, too, that for personal and political advantage their country was menaced by the threat of war, and they will learn with shame and regret that the very day the warlike proclamation of their President was read in the halls of Congress the peaceful response of the little 8 by 10 Republic of Chili accepting the terms of the presidential ultimatum was read in every capital of the world. Out opponents must be measured by their deeds and not by their professions. The Fiftyfirst Congress wrote the blackest page in our legislative history and became a thing of the past. It challenged the approval of the people, and they responded in tone so portentous that it seemed the voice of God. With a unanimity that finds no parallel in the story of popular government they determined that a billion dollars was far too much to pay for such a museum of freaks. If we but permit It they will standby their verdict. That our cause may triumph let us work in kindness. In the heat of contention let us not forget that our political brother may be just as honest and perhaps better informed. Impelled by one purpose, and that purpose the public good, we will free ourselves from the bickerings and heartburnings that characterized the '"Republican party when its Marshal Ney went down at Minneapolis before the mailed legions, of the bread-and-butter brigade. Mr. Owens had a respectful and an

interested hearing, and when he came ‘o the “legions of the bread and butter brigade” the convention cheered again and again. Tlie Work of Organization. At the conclusion of the speech the Chairman asked what the pleasure of the convention was. Mr. White, of California, got the floor, and offered a resolution providing that the roll be called to name members of the different committees, and that all resolutions relating to the platform be referred to the Committee on Resolutions without debate, and that the credentials of each delegate be delivered by each delegation to the Committee on Credentials. General Bragg, of Wisconsin, from the front row, offered as an amendment that the rules of the last Democratic convention govern this body until otherwise ordered. Mr. White accepted this amendment as being first in order, and temporarily withdrew his resolution, which he again offered after General Bragg’s substitute was passed. It was read by Reading Clerk Bell. Mr, Rhodes, of Alabama, interposed with an amendment, which was read. It provided for a committee on rules in addition to the other committees. There was a brief discussion of the amendment, the explanation being made that the original resolution delegated the work of the proposed committee to the committee on permanent organization. The amendment was adopted, however, and the resolution as amended went through. The clerk then read the rollcall and the chairman of each delega-

MAYOR GRANT, New York, one of Tammany's Big Braves.

tion handed in or announced the names chosen. W. E. English, of Indiana, noticing a number of vacant seats in the galleries, offered a resolution to admit ex-soldiers of the late war to the unoccupied places. Mr. Collier, of Tennessee, said that there were 25,000 Democrats at the door and he moved that the doors be opened to them. There was great applause, but the whole question was 6hut off on motion of Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, to refer the matter to the committee on resolutions. Mr. Holman, of Oregon, in the body of the hall, addressed the convention, closing by stating that he held in his hand a telegram giving the glad news that the Republicans of Portland, Oregon, had been defeated by a thousand ma ority. Great cheering greeted this announcement. Mr. Hall, of Kansas, moved that org&taized clubs be admitted to the vacant seats in the hall, but this resolution was also referred to the Resolutions Commit! eo. Mr. Cable, of Illinois, offered a resolution of sympathy with James G. Blaine, * that this convention tender its profound sympathy to that distinguished American, James G. ■ Blaine, in the m.any afflictions that have befallen him." The reading of the name of Mr. Blaine was the signal for an outburst of greater enthusiasm than the convention had known before. The resolution was

adopted without dissent. Mr. Swett of Maine got the Root and briefly thanked the convention off behalf of the Maine delegation. , An invitation! World’s Fair for the delegates^to visit the grounds was read. ' - Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, moved that the convention adjourn until 11 o’clock Wednesday. Before the motion could be put the delegates were in Ihe aisles. The Chair declared the convention adjourned, the baud struck up “When Johnny Comes Marching Home," and the convention dispersed for the day., IN THE CONVENTION HALL. Hoiv the Interior of th© Big Wigwam Appeared Before the Session. A circus tent trebly magnified, with a dozen huge white pendants stretching from covering to floor —that was the appearance to an Associated Press representative of the big Democratic Wigwam when the National Democratic Convention assembled. The supposed pendants of shining canvas were in reality stout posts supporting what appeared to be a mammoth circular canopy floating in-the sky, but in reality a substantial roof of wood raised some distance above the wails to admit light and air above from every direction. Greater magnitude but naturally less appear ince of permanency and beauty

CLEVELAND) HEADQUARTERS, PALMER HOUSE.

of finish distinguished the mammoth temporary structure from the Republican Convention Hall at Minneapolis. The vista of seat6—a total exceeding 20,000—seemed to lengthen out right and left before and behind till the eye became bewildered.

THE WIGWAM.

1 Silken banners of blue, inscribed with the names of the States and distributed about the area of floor forming the center of the structure, showed where the votes were to come from that within a few hours at the most would name the winning candidate. All around were the rising tiers of seats containing the spectators, who, if they could not vote in the convention, were at least able to cheer to their heart’s content. The Chairman’s desk, the same over which Cleveland and Hendricks were nomi-

L. M. MARTIN, Iown, a Boies Boomer.

nated in 1884, was surmounted by two immense bouquets of daisies and long, green ferns. Banks of fresh foliage were piled against the tables of the newspaper men each side of the speaker’s stand, while high up in the space reserved for guests of honor were scores of nodding palms. The gallery, though encircling the entire hall, and probably the largest ever erected for a national convention, seemed to form part of the hundreds of tiers of seats and not a distinct portion of the structure. The rail was hidden in countless small flags, ana bore at intervals the shields of the various States and portraits of a score of honored Democrats of the past, Hendricks and Douglas and others back to the beginning of the party. As the crowds flocked into the hall, almost the first comment was that the New York delegation had been given back seats. Alabama, Indiana. lowa. Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin apd Wyoming were in the front chairs. It was the result of the alphabet, however, not of any sinister political design. The States highest in alphabetical order commencing with Alabama were seated nearest the speaker to the extreme right, and the succeeding States on the roll ranged backward. At the head of the next aisle lowa and Indiana were the fortunate ones, and the next in order alphabetically went to the rear. Missouri and Montana were the lucky ones in the middle aisle, while

S. T. HEERIN, Secretary National Democratic Committee.

New Y’ork and Mas: a husetts f-tred th 6 worst in this part of the building. First come, first served, was the order with the spectators, and soon after 11 o’clock a. m. the front seats on floor and gallery were crowd d to overflowing.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON- » ' At the Nation’s Capital—What Is Being Done by the Senate and House—Old Matters Disposed Of and New Ones Considered. The Senato and House. Confcrrees on the river and harbor appropriation bill have failed to agree. Fortification measures were discussed at length in the House the loih. Senator Morgan spoke to the Senate in behalf of free silver. Conjrassman Shively Introduced his tinplate bill in the House. Senator Pester has presented a petition to the Senate from colored citizens of Kansas, protesting against Southern outrages. In the Senate the 16th. Mr. Morrill spoke, in opposition to free coinage. The Hatch anti-option bill was referred to Judiciary Committee. In the House the time was passed in debate upon tin. Not a singleappropriation bill is vet s gnod, and the majority of those bills are yet in the hands of the committee". Many hours were wasted over the Sibley claim in the House, on the 17th. They failed to agree on the river and harbor bill report, and a further conference was ordered. Chairman Durborow, with but one dissenting vote in committee, reported to the Honse a bill for the issue df. 10,000,000 silver half dcliars, to .bo used as souvenircoins in aid of the World’s Fair. On the ISth the House adjourned until the 22d. at noon. Congressman Bowers of California defended the McKinley bill im the tin-plate discussion in the House. Senate joint resolution recommending a.. Presidential proclamation for the observance of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America has been agreed to in the House. All of the appropriation bills except the general deficiency bill havebeen passed by the House.

THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF 1892.

The Element of Uncertainty in the Coming National Contest. When Washington was first chosen President in -1789 only ten States voted, giving him G 9 Electbral votes. In 1888 the Electoral vote was 401, of which, Harrison received 233 and Cleveland 168. The Electoral vote of 1892 hasbeen increased to 444, and it will require 223 votes in the Electoral College to elect. The- following table exhibits the Electoral votes east for Washington in 1789, the Electoral vote of 1888, with the States which voted for Harrison marked by a star (*),and the Electoral vote of 1892: , 1789. 1888. 1892. Alabama io n Arkansas ” 7 8 California* ” 8 -9. Colorado* 3 4, Connecticut "7 7 s' Delaware 3 3 3 Florida 4 4 Georgia. 5 12 is Idaho .. 3; Illinois* 22 24 Indiana* 15 15 lowa* 13 13 Kansas* 9 10. Kentucky 13 is, Louisiana ’ 8 8Maine* 6 6. Maryland c 8 8. Massachusetts* 10 14 15 Michigan* 13 14 Minnesota* 7 9 Mississippi 9 9, Missouri ie it Montana. 3 Nebraska* 5 g Nevada* 3 3. New Hampshire* 5 4 4 New Jersey - 6 9 10 New York* 36 SCNorth Carolina 11 11 North Dakota. ». Ohio* 23 28 Oregon* 3 4 Pennsylvania* 10 30 32 Rhode Island* 4 4 South Carolina 7 9 9South Dakota. 4 Tennessee 12 12Texas 13 15 Vermont* 4 4 Virginia m 12 12 Washington 4 West Virginia 6 6Wisconsin* 11 12 Wyoming 3. Total. 69 401 444 Six new States have been admitted into the Union since 1888, viz., Idaho,. Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming, with an aggregate of nineteen electoral votes. Alt. of them voted Republican in 1888, but. Montana elected a Democratic Congressman and Legislature in 1890. Thifr large addition of States and yet larger additions of electoral votes multiply theelement of uncertainty in the coming* national contest. .

On the Diamond.

Following la a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations! NATIONAL LEAGUE. w. L. pc. W. L. pO- - S-i IS .704 New Y0rk,...25 26 .5(Hy Brooklyn. ...81 21 .690 Washlngton.24 29 .453 Phllaelelp’laSl 22 .685 Pittsburg.. ..25 31 .446 Cincinnati. .80 22 .677 Louisville...2l 33 .389' Cleveland. ..31 24 .564 St. Louis... .20 33 .377 Chicago 26 26 .600 Baltimore.. .15 37 .28» western association. W. L. Pc. W. L. Pc. Columbus...3s 18 .72; Omaha 21 21 .500Mil waukee. .23 14 .605 Mlnneap’lls .14 19 .424 Toledo 19 13 .514 Ft. Wavne. .15 24 .380 Kansas City. 22 21 .612 Indian’p’lis. 7 S 3 .175 ILLINOIS-lOWA LEAGUE. (NEW SERIES.) W. L. Pc.| W. L. Pc. Jacksonville 3 1 .750lAurora. 2 3 .4 0 R. 1.-Moline. 3 1 .750 Joliet 2 3 .400 TerreHaute. 2 1 .C 66 Evansville.. 1 4 .200 Quincy 1 1 .500,Rockford.... o 1 .... WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN LEAGUE. W. L. Pc. I W. L. pc. Oshkosh 7 8 700lMenominee. 7 7 .600 Marquette.. 9 4 .6(2 Marinette... 6 8 .428 Ish.-Neg 10 9 .52ti,Green Bay.. 3 11 .214

Too Hot for Business.

R. G. Dun <fc Co.’s weekly reviewof trade says that hot weather and hotpolitics together have affected at many points, but there Is, nevertheless, improvement both in actual tradoand in prospects. One obvious cause o£ v the improvement is the crop outlook.

Men and Women.

The wonderful cheek of a man sometimes covers several achers. Weep for love, but never for anger; a. cold rain will never bring flowers. Women are wedded to fashion, and: they love, honor and obey it cheerfully. The only step you may ever take toward heaven is the one you take to-day-If you don’t want yonr boy to turn out bad, don’t bear down too hard on. the grindstone. One of the extremes of misery is a. small boy with a pair of new boots and. no mud puddle. “Time works wonders,” as the lady Bald when she got married after thirteen yeafs’ courtship. “Where in earth are you going?”' asked the fond father when his son fell, down the well-hole. A model surgical operation—To take* the cheek out of a young man, and the jaw out of a woman. There are some men so cautiousabout taking risks that they will not. even hazard a remark. A young man called his sweetheart “rare opportunity” because she wa3 worthy of being embraced. There is a time In every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance. Elderly unmarried ladies are considered by some persons the least enviable of all kinds of waiting maids. Poor little Tom Harduppe says healways gives Mrs. H. her own way, because it is the only thing he has to give her. A Cincinnati woman who died recently consumed, it is said, sometimes as many as a dozen packs of cigarettesin a day. *