Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1896 — Page 2

glKfrmorraticSrntincl J. w. HcEVEK, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

AIM OF AN ASSASSIN.

ATTEMPT TO KILL THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. Wo eld-Be Murderer Is Fromptly Arrested—Saye He Merely Fired a Blank Cartridge—Great Excitement Among tie People Follows the Shooting. Bnllct Misses Its Mark. President Friix Faure, President of France, narrowly escaped death at the Iwnds of a wou'd-be assassin. The President had gone to I-iongchamps to review the troops. He had no sooner entered the field than a n.'in in the crowd stepped forward and tired a revolver at him. The •hot did not take effect. The would-be assassin was at once arrested, lie declared that he hr.d only a blank cartridge and that he hi d no intention of killing ■the President. When it became known in the crowd at i. .ngchamps that the President had not been hurt by the pistol shot the greatest enthusiasm was manifested. Cheer after cheer was sent up. and the people could sCmccly lie restrained by the guards from crowding aliout the- place where the President and his suite were standing. NEW DANGER FOR FARMERS. Tumbling Mustard Reported from Nine Localities in the United States. American tamers may be- confronted with another troublesome wee-el somewhat similar to the Russian thistle in iss do•tractive extent unless) immediate steps •re taken to efteck the further progress of tumbling mustard. Tumbling mustard has be-en most obnoxious in the Canadian Northwest provinces during the last fi vc year., and recent!y has liee-n reported front nine eliffi-ri-nt localities in the United States. So far the- netel has been confined to a small area in this country. It is especially likely to lie con tain enl in timothy seed. a large proportion of which is grown in the- Sioux Valley of the eastern part of South Dakota. The weed has not yet infested this valley, but the statement is made that if it should spread ::i these fields for two consecutive years .! would probably ruin the timothy seed industry of the entire section.

TORTURED BY THE SUN. Chicago People Experience Day of Most Enervating Heat. Chicago heat was 94 degrees Tuesday. Humidity, arch-oppressor, joined hands with high temperature and prostrated man and beait in the- streets, inereaseel the death rate* among infants and old persons and torture-el those who labored, under the sun's glare in stuffv factories. While no deaths from sunstroke were reported, there were many prostrations, and some of the victims are said to be in a serious condition. National League. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W L. W. L. Cincinnati .. .">2 24PhiIailolphia. 154 158 Baltimore ...47 23BrookIvu ~..:t4 .'{it Cleveland ...45 215 Washington. 11l flti Boston . ... . .40 UOXew York. . .US . 40 Pittsburg ’.. .15N H2S;. laims. .. .‘Jo .Vi Chicago 41 150 Louisville ... Hi 7*l Western Leagnc. Following is the standing of the clubs Is the Western League: W. L. W. L.. Indianapolis. 45 22Dotroit 155 Vi Bt. Paul 441 Lit Milwaukee . ~‘E! 41 Minneapolis. 40 HOG'nd Rapiels.27 40 Kansas City.4o fflGolninbus ...20 51 Wants Bird Day Observed. An appeal for the observance of a "bird ' day” in the schools throughout the- country has been made by the Agricultural Department. The object is.to.devote the day. to be set apart once a year or to be combined with Arbor day. to instruction in the value of our native birds and the means of prote-ctiug them from wanton destruction. The department, in its published protest against attacks on birds, suggests that it is as important to timber, game and fish as it is to teach students how to develop the agricultural wealth of the State. Cats Off Commisnions. An order has been issued by the Board of Mannge-rs of the Joint Traffic Association that the payment of freight conuuissioas to ste-a.nship companies shall be discontinued after Sept. 1. Another order requires that, beginning with the same date, the uumbe-r Of import agents shall l>e limited to one fur each railroad' at each Atlantic port.

Garcia Tender Suspicion. r Havana sympathizers with the Cuban lneurgent* express the belief that Antoni# Maeeo has been killed by the orders •f Gen. Oalixto Gareia, or by friends of the latter. The basis of this theory la the fact that Maeeo had openly refused <o acknowledge the authority of (Jen. Garcia. Bt*: Reward for a host Pearl. A. bona fide offer of S3OO ami positively ®o questions asked is made by Herman & Koch, New York jewelers, for the return of a gray blaek pearl, jtear-shaped, set as • gentleman's scarf pin. The owner is a prominent politician and a business man. Merchant Chnreed with Arson. John Biee, the well-known Lima, Ohio, •hoe manufacturer, was arrested, charged •with burning his store to obtain the insur•aoe money. The tire occurred a year ••go, and three buildings were destroyed. He was paid the amount of insurance. Vanderbilt la Stricken. Cornelius Vanderbilt was stricken with paralysis Monnay afternoon at his home la New York, and it is believed that his death is a niaiter of only n few hours. « days at the most. He was greatly worried over the projected marriage of his -son. Steamer Columbia on the Rocks. The Pacific mail steamship Columbia, from Acapulco for San Francisco, went •shore on the rocks pear Pigeon Point la a heavy fog Tuesday. She stuck fast the rocks apd could not lie moved. Argentina Faces a Deficit. At Buenos Ayres, Argentina, the fait 1a the premium on gold baa been so great that it is believed there will be a deficit fa the year's estimate of more than $19,<®o.<Wo in paper. If there should be a farther fall the deficit would be proportionately increased. Bomnlno Co tell Is Convicted. At Akron. Ohio,. Romulus Cotell, who waa accused of murdering AlvittN. Stone, fas w lie and their hired man, Ira Stillasa, at Tallmadge on the night of March ». was foond guilty of murder in the fast degree. The jury took only one

REWARDS FOR LYNCHERS. Governor Lowndes Determined }o Stop Mob Outrages in Maryland! In the last thirty days two men have been lynched in MarylaneL almost on the outskirts of the national capital. The lynehings have caused much feeling at Washington. Gov. Lowude-s of Maryland has offered a reward of SI,OOO for the apprehension of the lynchers of Joseph Cocking in Charles County, and an additional SI,OOO for the capture of the lynchers of the negro Randolph in Montgomery. In discussing the reward Gov. Lowndes expressed great indignation at the outrage*, and declared h'.s intention of doing all In his power lo bring the offenders to justice. lie jaid: “|f I only had the power to do so, I would remove the sheriffs of Charles and Montgomery Counties ut once, for I think the crimes would have been prevented had they properly performed their official duties. I cannot remove them, but their presence in office is a disgrace to the two counties."

REIGN OF TERROR IN TENNESSEE Moonshiners Threaten to Hong Men Giving Information. A state of a'arm amounting to ft panic prevails iu certain districts of the mountain county of Warren, Tenn. Acommunicarion signed “The Mob," printed at the county seat, McMinnville, made the startling declaration that fifteen citizens of the fourth, fifth and sixth civil districts were marked men and would soon meet the fate of Starling Miller, who was lately founr banging to a tree on the highway. His murderers were supposed to be moonshinirs, against whom he had lodged information. Four lynehings. the victims being generally farmers, have occurred in Warren in the last three months. DANA BOLTS. New York Snn Con.es Out Flat-footed for McKinley. Chas. A. Daua's pa[K-r, the New Y'ork Sun, which lets always styled itself, because of its faithfulness to its party interests, the most steadfast organ of the Democratic party in New York, in a triple-leaded editorial repudiates allegiance to th- Democratic convention at Chicago and unequivocally bolts the platform adopted Thursday. It lashes the party for the successive stops it has taken to its present attitude and says that until after election patriotism and the interests of the United States of America will rest with the candidacy of William McK.uley.

WEALTHY WIDOW MARRIES. Richest Woman in Canada Tackles Matrimony the Third Time. John Morrcw, one of the leading merchants of Montreal, and Mrs. Alexander Cameron, formerly of Windsor, were married at Toronto, Out. This is Mrs. Cameron's third matrimonial contract. She is known as the wealthiest woman in Canada, ami obtained her fortune of several millions from the estate of her first husband, lilies Ward, the wealthy capitalist and vessel owner of Detroit, whose heirs are making a contest in the courts. MURDER IN Sf. LOUIS?. Three Men Take n Woman to a Putoon nil 1 Kill licr. Tuesday night a phaeton containing three men ami a woman drove up lo a saloon at bt, Louis. One of the men and the woman alighted and entered the si s,u. While the waiter was gone to till an order, live shots tired In rapid succession were heard ami the strange man was seen rushing from the saloon. He rejoined hi- companions anu they drove rapidly away.

Laurier Accqpts. lion. Wilfrid Laurier on Friday visited Lord Aberdeen at Ottawa, Ons., when the formal odor o f the premiership of Canada was made him and accepted. The under*!:r-ding is that no attack will he made by Mr Laurier on the protective tariff left him as a legacy by his predecessors this ..esfiou. tine of the first steps to lie taken by the new government will be 11) the direction of reopening negotiations with Washington looking toward a treaty of reciprocity with the United States. An effort will also be made looking toward the admission of Newfoundland into the dominion. Parliament will meet about the middle of Angnst, mid after the estimates are put through an attempt will he made to cut legislation short till the January session and until the incoming government will have had time to get matters in ‘better •bape for leg. slut ire purposes than they can possibly be put in at such short notice. Of course the responsibility of dealing with the Manitoba school question falls upon Mr. Laurier and his government, but iu that direction nothing will he done this session, lie has promised that a commission will be at once appointed to Took into the merits of the and that the Manitoba government will be sounded jyith ji view to determining upon wnat linos that province would be willing to settle the question. A commission will also be appointed to investigate the manner in which the affairs of the country have beeu administered for the past eighteen years by the Tory government.

Alleged Swindlers in Custody. Two full-blooded Knglish cockneys, claiming London as home, went to Indianapolis a few days ago and advertise;! for assistants under the nume of C. M. Anderson & Co. Kach applicant for place was required to deposit slls ns n guarantee of good faith. They received several hundreu applications for employment. Friday evening they, were arrested, registering as Charles M. Anderson nnd Walter Woods. In business they posed as father and son, but neither is over 26 years old. The authorities know of S2OO which they reaped, and surmise that the amount will reach a much higher figure. The police have information that they are wanted at St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago. Well In Kansas Yields Gold. O. C. Jones, a merchant in Wathena 1 , Kan., discovered gold while cleaning out an old welt ir. the upper part of town. In digging the hole deeper he came upon a vein of black sand, and his attention was attracted to it, as it sparkled in the sun. Upon examining he found it contained mauy grains, nearly as large as flax seed. He has sent samples of the sand to different assayers, and is awaiting results. Sir Charles Tapper Is Oat. Sir Charles Tupper and his cabinet resigned aud the Governor General 1 of Canada sent for Mr. Laurior to form a government? The new nnuistryiwill likely be Blair, Fielding, Borden and Davies from the maratime provinces. From Quebec— Laurier, Turte, Fisher and Lange: lier, Ontario—Cart wrjght/ Mo wait, Patterson aud Mills or Muloek. * Missing Man" Who Mad $14,000. j ; The San Francisco police, fiave been notified of the disappearance of Curtii Gibson, of North Bangor, Franklin County, N. Y. Gibson arrived iii San Francisco recently aud when last seen htid $14,000 in his possess'on. It is feared that he has been murdered, i •' Dun & Co. on Cro^s. R. G. .Dun Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The wheat market advanced a little,! while .other speculative markets' were •Ucnant or slightly declined, but its

I small advance was mainly due to report* lof foreign crop reports and need. There | ates mahys wh.» believe that the decrease ■isjUAdlhis year has been underestimated, and i»art of tje dispatches gathered by I Dun's Review last week tends to support | that view, though practically alt- the returns from nftat are now those chief wheat growuvs States were cheering, less favorable aerouuts a|ipear this week from Minnesota and Dakota, it is wise j on both sides to remember that In spring wheat States which have this year to make up for some loss ilsewhere. the crop will kit; be out of danger fur some weeks.” GREAT RaILRUVD FIELD. Minnesota f peculators to Investigate the Dakota Route. A large dt legal ion of St. Paul and MinliCulndia business men contemplate dririug over the proposed railroad route from the Missouri River to the Black Hills, asd investigating the resources of that region with a view to ascertaining the extent ami votarne of freight and passenger traffic that the proposed road would probably rec.-.ve ia the ivent that the line was constructed. Up to Feb. 1, 1890. the vast extea' of^ territory lying between the Missouri Liver and the Black Hills was included in the great Sioux reservation. but on that date IL<XK.I,OUO acres of the reservation was thrown open to white settlement. Early ia the 'Bl>s the Chi' eago, Milwaukee and Jit. Paul Railroad Company ext -mleil its main line to ChnmS. I> it Hoing clearly the intention of the company theu to push the road from that city across the Sioux reservation to the Black Hills. But nothing lias since been done, the management of iht* roail appearing content to have Cbamtierlniu remain as the Western terminus of the road. In the meantime two roads, the Mlkhorn and Missouri Valley ami lhr Burlington and Missouri, pushed their lines northward from Western Nebraska into the Black {tills, thereby securing conirol bt the traffic of that region. which has now assumed gigantic proportions.

TEACHERS DISCUSS SOCIOLOGY. Prof. Small’s Paper Causes a Breezy Debate. Sociology was a subject before the national educational convention at Buffalo, X. Y. The paper was by l’rof. Albion W. Small, of the University of Chicago, and created considerable discussion. I’rof. Karl Barnes, of tin- I.eland Stanford University, treated "The Pupil as a Social Factor. and President James H. Canfield, of the (>hio State University, Columbus, was absent on account of the death of liis la! her-in-law, and his paper on "The Teat her as a Social Factor” could not be rend. A paper on the late Norman A. Calkins, who died in New York last December, was read by Horace S. Tarbell. of Providence, and an interesting paper on “Country Roads and Country Schools” was read by Gen. Roy Stone, United States engineer for roads. Elks’ Big Jiectin-r. There were about 0,000 Elks in Cincinnati to participate in the grand lodge celebration, and the Grand Opera House was too small to hold those who were anxious to attend the public opening of the session. Eugene L Lewis, chairman of the reunion committee, presided. Addresses were made by Mayor Caldwell, Exulted Ruler John Galvin of Cincinnati Lodge, Grand Exalted Ruler William G. Myers of Philadelphia and Past Grand Exalted Rulei E. 15. Hay, Washington, D. C. Dreams* of u Rich Gold Mine. Dr. J. W. Davidson, of Cherokee County, Kan., had a vision in which he saw a rich gold mine The next day he started for Colorado Springs, following the way as he had seen it from the dream until he had reached the spot thirty-five miles northwest of .Mit niton. An expert examined the ground and tound a wonderfully rich lead-tri- gold-bearing rook. He returned to Kansas and reported his discovery, and now a dozen families are packing up to go to the new gold field. BcaieEeil Boers Released. A Salisbury, Matabelelnnd, dispatch says: Beal's column has arrived at EngeUloru, 105 miles from here, and fouud about 250 Boers in a laager. There were sixty-four men, foity-five women, 114 children, and they had forty-fiye l-ifies among them. They had been besieged and cut off i -om the outside world for months. They recently sallied from the laager, burned three kraals and'killed 100 insurgent natives. <t i ' Incendiary Fire at Lima. The rcsiden-. e of Harry Harper, Lima, Ohio, was partly destroyed by tire. Harper lost $2lO in cash. The chief of the fire department found that the carpets, floors and walls of tne house had been satniated With kerosene and the building fired. N . Strikes a Woman in Court. A sensation was caused in the Mobile, Ala.,- police court. Michael Barrett, a tough character under trial for assault on a woman, dealt her a fearful blow While she was testifying Helps Russian Jews to Emigrate. The Allgemeine Zoitung of Vienna announces that Boron Hirsch's widow has donated £4,000,000 to promote the emigration of Russian Jews to Argentina.

MARKET QUOTATIONS,

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, s:>> .50 to $4.75, hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 lo $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to-$4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 54c to 55c; corn. No. 2,26 cto 27c; oats. No. 2,16 c to 17c; rye, No. 2,31 cto 33c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 15c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; new potatoes, per bushel, 30c to 40e; broom corn, common to choice, $25 to SSO tier ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3 75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.75; Wheat, No. 2,53 clo 55c; corn, No. 1 white, 26c to 2Ye; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.50: hogs, $3,00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 53c to fee; corn. No. 2 yellow. 25c to 26e; oats. No. 2 white, 16c to 17c; rye, No. 2,28 c to 30c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs. $3.00 te $4.'00; -YsheepY $2.30* to 1 $4.00; wheat. No. 2. 55c to 37e; Cofn, NV, 2 mixed. 26c to liSc; oats, No. “ mixed, 17* to 19c; rye. No. 2,26 cto 28c.; „ Cattle, $2.5Q to $4.75; hogs*, to $3.75: sliccp, $2.00 to $3,75; No. 2 rod, 58c to 59c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 19e to 20c; rye. 31c to 32c. Toledo—\\ heat, No. 2 red. 57c to 59c; corn," No. 2 yellow. 27c to 28c; oats. Np. 2 white, 16c to 17c; rye. No. 2,31 cto 32c; 'reiver- sow!. $4.55 to $4.65. Milwaukee—\\ heat. No. 2 spring, 54c to 35c; worn. No. 3. 26c to 27c; oats. No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; barley. No. 2,29 cto 31c; rye, No. 1,31 cto 33c; pork, mess, $6.25 to $6.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; liogs, $3.00 to_ $4.00; sheep, $3.25 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 62c to 63c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white. 20c to 21 e. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.50’; jjtfcSt -''o,-3 red. 62c to 03c; corn, No. 2. 82c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; butter, creamery, 11c to 16c; eggs, Western. 10c to 18e

BRYAN AND SEWALL

Democratic Candidates Nominated at Chicago. SILVER THE SLOGAN. End of the Most Remarkabe Convention in History. More than a Dozen Contestana for the Honor of Heins the Nebraska Ontor'i Running Mate—Comparatively Little Intereat Taken in the Selection of the Ticket’s Tail-Sen-ator Jonca Succeeds Harrity as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. William Jcnningo Bryan, of Nebraska, was nominated for the Presidency by the Democratic national convention amid scenes of the wildest enthusiasm. The result was reached Friday afternoon on the fifth ballot When the result of the deciding bnllot was anuouneed the vast concourse tha*. filled the Coliseum burst into a storm of cheering and applause fiiat made the great g-rders of the building tremble. .Standing on chairs and climbing on one another's shoulders, the people yelled and shrieked and waved hats, canes nud handkerchiefs. Swept away by such enthusiasm, nearly all the delegates joined in the wonderful demonstration, whether they had voted for the "boy orator of the Platte” or not. Shortly be'ore 11 o'clock Thursday morning the convention came to order. Rebellion hung like a nail above the great body, and 20,<J00 people ranged the sloping hills that overlooked the arena to watch the battle of the wrestling giants. The silver leaders entered with light and buoyant- step. The faces of the gold leaders wore grim, grave and defiant. The managers of the several candidates were marshaling their

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forces. Chairman White was so hoarse ho could scarcely speak, and he handed the gavel over to Congressman Richardson of Tennessee, who announced that the committee on resolutions was ready to report, and calle-l to the platform Senator Jones of Arkansas to make the committee report. The platform as reported by the committee declares for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1. The issue of bonds in time of peace is denounced. National banks to be deprived of the power of issuing notes. A tariff for revenue only is demanded and the declaration made that a revival of the McKinley law would be disastrous to the country. An income tax law is declared for, to be effected by constitutional amendment. Sympathy for the Cubans is expressed. It is demanded that pauper immigrants be excluded. Liberal pension appropriations are favored. Senator Hill’s bill prohibiting punishment in contempt cases is approved. The Pacific railroad refunding bill is denounced. The third term idea is opposed, and the declared extravagance of the last Republican Congress is denounced. The platform concluded, the report for the minority was read by J. H. Wade, of Ohio, and (he gold people rose and cheered, bill their efforts were faint. The indorsement of the Democratic administration which Senator Hill had made a losing fight for in the committee on resolutions, brought down a yell from the galleries. New York delegates stood and waved their hats. The issue was drawn. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, opened the great d.bate in behalf of free coinage.

Senator Joner followed Tillman. Then came Senator Hill, who began by saying, “I am a Democrat, and South Carolina with all hot - power cannot drive me out of the party. We are here to unite, not to divide Democracy, but we. cannot safely ignore the monetary systems of other nations. 1 know, indeed, that it is the way of the majority that we care not what other countries may do; but I say to you that you might as well do away with all international agreements.” A sensational wave of enthusiasm for cx-Congressninr William J. Bryan, of Nebraskn, was aroused by his brilliant speech on the adoption of the platform. When the debate was finished the convention came to the real vote of the day. The motion to adop* the majority report making the Democracy a free silver party was before the house and the roll was called, with the following result:: States. Yeas.Xnys. States. Ycas.Xav« Alabama ....22 ..INew York V> Arkansas .... 16 ~|X. Carolina -« California ... IS ..(X. Dakota it " Colorado .... 8 . ,|Olilo 4u Connecticut . .. 12|<)regou 8 Delaware .... 1 r>| Pennsylvania ... 64 Florida 5 3;lt. Island 8 Georgia 26 ~|a. Carolina.... 18 .. Idaho 6 ..IK. Dakota 8 Illinois 4S ~ | Tennessee ... 24 Indiana ..... Ml ..:Texas 80 .. lowa 26 ..[Utah 6 .. Ivanjas 20 ..’Vermont s Kentucky .... 26 .. Virginia ...... 24 .. Louisiana .... 16 .. Washington ..5 3 Maine 2 10 W. Virginia ..12 .. Maryland.... 4 12! Wisconsin 24 Jjtassachust's . 3 27; Wyoming 0 .. Michigan . ... 2S .. Alaska 6 .. 6 11 Arizona 6 .. .Mississippi .. is .. I)l8t. of Col.. . 6 .. Missouri 34 .. | New Mexico.. 6 .. Montana 6 ..Oklahoma .... 6 .. Nebraska .... 18 . .Indian Ter.... 6 .. Nevada y .. I N. Hampshire .. s| Totals 828 301 New Jersey 201 •One not voting. A recess was then declared until S o’clock. At the night session, in the presence of fully 25,000 people, the nominating speches were made, and there was a repetition of the exciting scenes of the afternoon. The Bryan enthusiasm continued. The galleries west frantic at every mention of his name, und.the wild demonstration of the afternoon was duplicated when lie was placed in nomination by H. T. Lewis, of Georgia, nnd seconded by W. G. Klutz of North Carolina, George Fred Williams c f JLvssf.ehusetts, nnd Thomas J. Kernan of Louisiana. Senntqr Vest placed the Missourian in nonlination, and Gov. Overmeyer of Kan* •as seconded the bodubaUob. The name

of Gov. Claude Matthews of Indiana was presented by heuator Turpie of Indiana, and seconded by Delegate Trippett of Colorado. Fred White of lowa placed Hbies in nomination, and the Waterloo statesman owed a magnificent ovation to ;be enthusiasm of Miss Winnie Murray, a young woman from Nashua, lowa, who ied the Boies demonstration as Mrs. Carson Luke did the Blaine demonstration at Minneapolis four years ago. Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky was placed in nomination by John S. Rhea, a brilliant Kentucky orator, and seconded by Gen. St. Clair of West Virginia, and W. W. Foote of California, and McLean of Ohio was nominated by Delegate Patrick of the Buckeye State. The crowd of the evening was the largest probably ever seen at a national convention. Jt seemed ur great as the enormous multitude which gathered at the dedication of the World’s Fair in the Manufactures Building. It completely tilled the hall, and the effect of the bright rays of the electric lights upon the upturned faces and the swaying bodies as some incentive the playing of the baud, the arrival of a prominent mail or the display of a familiar lithograph— moved the crowd to a nervous outburst was most curious, and at times extremely disquieting, for no one could escape apprehension lest a sudden fear should send this great mass tumbling across the amphitheater. Long after 'the hall was crowded until the walls threatened to burst at their joints a turbulent and angry crowd raged at the doors. The hour named for reassembling was S o clock, but it was half an hour later before the man of feet and the roar of voices iu the galleries subsided sufficiently to pc:mit Mr. McClellan, who again occupied the chair in the place of the permanent chairman, Senator White of California, to compel order. At the adjournment, halt an hour after midnight, all arrangements had been completed for *he balloting to begin at 10 o’clock the following morning. There were but few demonstrations before the convention was rapped to order Friday morning. The leaders came in quietly. At 10:57 Chairman White of California called the convention to order. Rev. Dr. Green offered prayer. Chairman White then announced that the convention was still on the call of States for

SCENE WHEN BRYAN’S NOMINATION WAS ANNOUNCED.

nomination::. Thereupon Mr. Harrity of I’ennsylvania placed in nomination exGov. Robert E. I’altison. This evidence that Pennsylvania would stand by the platform and participate in the nominu'r tion drew a cry of delight from the silver niea, and Pattison’s name got a swinging round of applause from the galleries. Mr Mattingly of the District of Columbia seconded the nomination of John K. McLean of Ohio. Delegate Miller of Oregon added to the list of nominations the name of Sylvester Pennoyer of Oregon. Such a family of favorite sons as the convention showed up after the first ballot has rarely been equaled in a national convention. L'ntii the roll was nearly finished there were thirteen of them and somebody put in an extra vote for Hill. That made fourteen and their relative seniority in point of strength was as follows: Bland, Bryan. Pattison. Boies. Blackburn, McLean. Tillman. Pennoyer, Teller. Stevenson, Russel). Campbell and Hill. The convention proceeded to ballot, with the following result: FIRST BALLOT. Bland 223 Pennoyer 10 Bryan lU5| Tillman 17 Pattison t». r >,Russel! 3 Boles SO;Campbell 2 Matthews 27 Hill 1 McLean 50 Teller 8 Blackburn ....... S 3; Not voting 185 Hteveusou 3; SECOND BALLOT. Bland 281 Matthews 34 Bryan HIT. Pennoyer 8 Pattison 100 Stevenson 10 Black 41 Teller ... 8 Boles 87jH(U 1 McLeau 53 THIRD BALLOT. Bland 21)1 , McLean ...j...... 54 Bryan 210 Matthews 34 Blackburn 27 Stevenson p Pattison U7j Hill ~ 1 Boies '36! Not voting .103 FOURTH BALLOT. Blaml 241 Blackburn 27 Boies 38 McLean 47 Bryan 275fStevenson 8 Matthews 35 Hill 1 Pattison !H5 Not voting 101 On the fifth ballot Bryan received 560 votes, 4S more than the required twothirds. Tlie convention did not decide Friday night who would be placed on the ticket with Bryan. The body had hardly been brought to order Indore a motion to adjourn was offered, and the delegates gladly postponed tjie task of completing the ticket to the fifth day. On the fifth day of the,Chicago convcn : tion and on the fifth ballot, Arthur Sewali of Maine was named as the Deiuocrat-

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ic candidate for Vice-President. A.ifew minor motions were speedily disposed of, the gave! fell announcing adjournment and one of the most noted political conventions ever held in this country had passed into hislory. The eud was like the beginning. It was the South and West against the North and East on the first day, when Chairman Harrity rapped set order. It was the Souti and West agaitt'st the North auj East through four long, toilsome days over committee reports, platforms and nominations. And Saturday afternoon it was the South and West against themselves to placate the North and East in the nomination of a Candida le for Vice-President. Geography made Sewall the nominee. It was the most remarkable political gathering of a generation and it laid the foundation for a new volume of history. The national anthem, rolling through the great amphitheater, pronounced its benediction. The convention* met Saturday for its Inst day’s work depleted iu members, tired in body and mind and listless in spirit. There were no eager thousands in the galleries to encourage ambitious speakers with applause. Among the delegates there was no desire to punctuate the day’s proceedings with pyrotechnics. The convention did not get under way until after 11 o’clock. The delegates were slow in arriving and tlie public apparently bad had a sufficiency of convention amusement. The smallest crowd of the week, probably less than 5,000, was ranged on the shelving sides of the amphitheater. Sound money delegates from the East nearly all had departed. Silver delegates were absent by the score, leaving the delegations to pick for them a vice-presiden-tial candidate out of the mass of uncertainty. The small attendance was due to lack of interest. There was no limitation on admission to the hall. Before the convention began business Senator Bon Tillman of South Carolina pried open the doors with liis famous pitchfork and allowed all who wished to enter. In detail, lie offered a motion, which was passed, that the hall be opened to the public without restriction. This was received with much enthusiasm. Despite ail apparent lack of enthusiasm the contest for second place would have stood out as a notable convention struggle had it not been overshadowed by

wliat had been done before. Thirteen candidates were pineed in nomination: Williams of Massachusetts, McLean of Ohio, Clark of Norik Carolina, Fithian of. Illinois, Pennoyer of Oregon, Sewall of Maine. Sibley of Pennsylvania, Bland of Missouri. Dauie! of Virginia, Boies of lowa, Blackburn of Kentucky, Harrity of New York and Pattison of Pennsylvania. Nominal ions scarcely were epiiipfeted when withdrawals began and the contest finally narrowed down to Sewall und McLean. Everybody expected’ a nomination on the fifth ballot, but before roll-call was finished a telegram was read announcing McDan’s withdrawal and the proposition w is made that Sewall be declared the nominee by acclamation, and it was done. Thu chairman laid down his gavoi and the Democratic national convention of 1806 was over.

Democratic National Committee Select* llirn as its Leader. Senator James K. Jones was eleeted chairman of the Democratic national committee. The new chairman was called in and made a speech, saying he was deeply sensible of the honor, and accepted the position because of the interest he felt in the cause of silver. The members from the gold States did not generally attend the meeting, although there were Some notable excep.ions, Mr. Hanrity was there, having ike proxy of E. C. Wall of Wisconsin. An interesting feature of tile meeting was the fact that the temporary organization was presided over by Mr. Harrity. a gold standard man. Among the gold States not represented were Maryland, 'Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. Mr. Bryan was present during th? greater portion of the time the committee was in session. During the long French war two old ladies in Stanraer were going to the kirk, the one said to the other: "Was it no a wonderfu’ thing that the Breetisli were aye victorious ower the French iu battle?” “Not a bit,” said the otliof old lady, “diuna ye ken the Brearisii aye say their prayers before ga'in into battle’/” The other replied: “But eauua the French say their prayers as weelV” The reply was most characteristic: “’Hoot! iaberlng bodies, wha could imdarstan’ them?”

JONES IS CHAIRMAN.

DEATH IN THE WRECK

AWFUL HEAD-END COLLISION AT LOGAN, lOWA. Eaat-Bonnd Flyer on the Northwesterß Craahea Into an Excursion Train -Twenty-eight Persona Are Killed and Fifty-one Injured. Horrors of the Disaster. The overland flyer on the Chicago and Northwestern road crashed into a heavilyladen picnic train near Logan, lowa, forty miles east of Omaha, early Saturday evening. Twenty-eight people were killed and fifty-one injured, many of whom will die. Twenty-four of the dead are identified and the others are so badly mutilated that identification is hardly possible. The list of the injured is a lengthy one. It contains twenty-eight or more name* of persons who were seriously hurt, dangerously so, to a greater or less degree. In addition there were at least fifty, if not a greater number, who received injuries of a minor nature. These consisted of bruises and cuts or slight disfigurements which will practically amount to nothing. A considerable number also were shaken up severely, but beyond this were uninjured. This was especially tinease among the passengers who occupied the ears'immediately behind the one whic-b was demolished. The scone of wreck and death occurred in a pieee ,of densd" woods about three miles west' of Logan: Both trains came together head on while traveling at the rate of fifty nnies an hour and was caused by Engineer Montgomery of the picnic train mistaking orders. lie should have waited, on the siding at Logan until the passenger train and the fast overland flyer had passed. He oniy waited long enough for the passenger to fly by and then pulled out on the main track with the throttle wide open and a full head of steam on. The crash came so quickly that Moutgomery had barely time to jump. The excursion train was composed of seventeeo passenger cars, loaded with 1,500 men, women and children, mostly from Council Bluffs and Omaha. They were making merry, singing and shouting. The weight of the excursion train and the speed of the freight made the wreck a fearful one. The two engines were completely demolished and the first two cars of each train telescoped. The work of death was wrought iu the first coach of the excursion train. In this were nearly 100 people and bnt a few of them escaped without injury. There was no warning, and with the wreck of the ear came death or dangerous injury to almost every occupant. All of the coaches were badly shaken up, bnt the dead were confined to the first passenger coach.

FIVE KILLED.

Death Ends a United Workmen Ticnic in Chicago, A Wisconsin Central excursion to Schiller Park Sunday, under the auspices of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Chicago, was attended with disaster. Going out one section of the train was boarded by roughs, who beat and robbed the conductor and the engineer. Returning in the evening a section of the train comprising thirteen coaches crashed intotwo trains of empty coaches at Altenheim and was wrecked. In this collision five passengers were killed, five seriously injured, and many more slightly hurt. Thescene of the accident was near the Madison street crossing. Just before the passenger train, south bound, reached the station it is stated*the station agent hn-I thrown the switc h to allow a north liound freight train to proceed on its way. and it is said that through some mistake or neglect there was a failure to close the switeb-

THOUSANDS CHANT IN UNISON.

Christian En-.lea vorers Numbering’ 4,<J00 Sing. A sight never before seen on this continent,mid probably not to be seen again, by the present generation of men, was witnessed Suuduy evening at the capital of the nation. On the historic eastern steps, where the Presidents of this, country, one after another, have stood todeliver their inaugural addresses, a trained chorus of 4,600 men and women raised their voices for an hour iu songs of praise to the Great Master. Beneath, them stood an assembly of 40,000 or moremembers of the Society of Christiau Endeavor from all parts of the Union. O'* the outskirts of this assembly of Christ tiaus stood 10,000 citizens of Washington, and heyoml were ranged innumerable cairiuges filled with men and women' During this sublime service the Great Statue of Freedom on the dome, nearly 1100 feet above the heads of the multitude, was ablaze with the luster of a setting sun. The eapitol of the nation, from which have radiated the great events of the union for over 100 years, had never been the scene of such a ceremony. This service of song was the crowning glory of the great religious convention in Washington. It was the one event of the rooming which possessed an interest to all! men. whether viewed as a great spec+aelo or as an outburst of religious fervor. It had, been looked forward to for months. It will be remembered by those who saw it forevermore.

FIERCE FIRE IN NASHVILLE.

Property Valued at $300,000 Is Destroyed by Flames and Water. Sunday afternoon one ot the most important squares in Nashcille, Ten a., ',v.is almost totally destroyed by tire,, only four buildings standing and their contents tmV damaged. The fire originated iu the fiTcblory building of the Rosenheim Company, bisecting the square and having an, L reaching to Cedar street, and from rids communicated to ail the buildings on the* square. The losses to buildings and stocks are estimated to be from to SSOO,(XX), The fire was difficult to control. the heat intense, and two firemen, were injured, but not seriously.

Sparks from the Wires.

Frank Frick, of ShelbyviHe. Ind.l madesome remarks derogatory to flie character of a young woman and was fhtaily beaten by Joshua Walton, who escaped. The Karl ot Ashburnham has decided to sell the famous library of printed bo«fc» and manuscripts formed' by the late cart. Some portions of thus library have of luteyears been sold to the British nail li-V-ian Government*. It is reported that an attempt has just been made upon the life of the new Shaß of Persia at Teheran. The attempt wns unsuccessful and the assassin was arrested on .the spot. He proved tu be a member of the Bnhi Mohammedan secret society. ''j , , , :"y E. O. Hart, a prominent farmer, shot and killed ids wife Ida at Wichita. Kao., aud then ended his own life in the iuvn»«way. Jealousy prompted the act- Hart hail accused his wife of intimacy with a local business man and bought a reyotVw aud started out to kill him. The prospect of a general coal strike in England is being dismissed. The employers are trying to effect a 10. per cent reduction in wages, and the miners ot Derbyshire and Lancashire have alreadyrefused to accept the proposition. Such a strike won hi hSve a serious effect tipdn the home railroads, which have lately Jews cnjoyluc a boom.