Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1896 — Page 2

ItjeJonocrgticStnlinel ,'j, > •X. W. McEWKN, PubUaher,,. RENSSELAER. - - - INDIANA

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EARTH WAS TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED WEDNESDAY. Apostolic Christian Congregation of Mew York Had Everything in Keadi■eos to Ascend to Heaven—Fire and Flood to Have Rone the Work. Didn't Go to Glory. According to the faith of the Apostolic Christian Congregation, of New York, the world was to have yojjje to an end at •unrise Wednesday and the Savior, they •aid, appear with the orb of day to gather into paradise the 3,600 people there and in Germany who'believed that He was coming. This was the absolute faith; of the congregation, members of which held all day and night seasons; ami d’fa.ver meeting in its' hall qt,_js4 East 54th street. New York, in preparation to the end. This curious sect of Christians, in belief resembling the Millerites and Latter D;ty Saints, was founded’ thirty-three years •go by Julius Stangnowski. who (•laitiied to have a vision in Koenigsbnrg Sept. 2. 1863. In that vision, so claimed the seer. Christ appeared to him and told him that the second-coming was fixed for exactly thirty-three years from date —that day. The sect never had much growth. )>ut its members made up for paucity by enthusiasm and fervency. A mob of the uiiregeneratC, wholaughed'at the idea that anyone was to go to heaven Wednesday, filled the street in front of Leader Stutzke’s house during Tuesday evening and assailed it. The police dispersed the crowd ami a patrolman was stationed at the prophet's gate. CHINA IN THE COAL TRADE. Expected that United Staten Producers May Be Undersold. China has thrown down the gauntlet to the big coal miners of the United States. The American bark Colorado, which has arrived at San Francisco, brought a mixed.sample cargo of anthracite and manufactured coal, mined and made in the Tonquin district. It was consigned to a San Francisco coal-dealing firm, which promises to push the Oiiinese fuel on the coast market at prices greatly below those which Pennsylvania and Welsh coal of the same character is now bringing. Examining experts have pronounced the Tonquin coal beds almost inexhaustible. The Chinese article is in the market to stay, it is said. Tonquin. since the Tonquin war. has been under the control of the French, and it is French capital that is now developing the mines, but the land is still populated by Chinese as before, ami it is the cheap Chinese labor that is employed in the mines; hence the extremely low cost of production which enables the French owners of the Tonquin mines to undersell the coal producers of other countries where labor is better paid. The etial from the Orient is ■aid to be of the finest quality, fully equal to the best Pennsylvania or Welsh coal.

FAST TRAIN RECORD BEATEN. The Union Pacific Overland Limited Proves Itself a Flyer. ' The fast train service record In the , West.,yas broken by the Union Pacific Overland I,imijed Monday jiight. The regular schedule "time of ifi'e’lraJii is over fifty nfjlss An h<svr, i'm ihdini stops' - the YAsteSP’ri'giila? train'aerhs's \:ie eohtineht.! TddS w.is imptiivnd upon/ The train wit* delayed'dlie Hour When Grand Island; Neb.. wits-rineßed.‘lso miles- from Omaha. With sixteen coaches, the, timewas fully made-up before the train I’eayhed Omaha. The officials are now figuring just what time the train can make tu-ros. the continent. Ftsndinc of National Lensrue. Following is the'sftinding of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore ...75 34Philadelphia .54 57 Cincinnati .. .69 41 Brooklyn . . . 57 Cleveland ...66 di'New York . . .53 60 Chicago 65 IDWaslhingtoii .44 65 Boston <SO stlXt. Louis .. . .35 75 Pittsburg .. ...59 sOLouisville ...28 80 tiybiio? c u ‘ t'Western League Standing. Following- i-. tlife standing of the clubs in the Western League: .; W. L. W. L. Minneapolis .7.3 39Kansas City .<ll 53 Indianapolis .66 44Milwaukee .. .53 GG St. Paul .. r .-.<17 oOColumbus ... .41 77 Detryit^' r ■ QI. s<)Gr’d Rapids .40 7i' >•. Fava Not in Favor. A well-known Italian of Washington received a letter from Route stating that Baron Fava, ambassador from Italy to the United States, had been recalled. The letter was written by a clerk in the Italian foreign office. The cause, the writer stated, was a general dissatisfaction with the Baron's actions on the part of the Italians in the United St::tVs as well as in Italy. Union of Railway Men. At a meeting of representatives of different railroad brotherhoods held in Indianapolis, a federation of the five brotherboods of railroad men was advocated. J?. M, Arthur, P. 11. Morrissey. Frank P. Sargent, E. E. Clarke. J. R. T. Austin and G. W. L. Brown attended the conferdhee.

2 ,500 1 rained Voices. At Denver the national eistoddfod opened in rhe Arlington Park pavilion Tuesday. Over 2,500 trained voices and fifty soloists took part in the entertainnents. High Hats Doomed* The New Orleans law regulating the •tyie of hats to be worn by women at theaters went into effect Sunday night, and it promises to give general satisfaction. Indians Are Starving. Fathers -Goyer and Laepste, Roman Catholic missionaries, who have arrived ta Quebec from Labrador, state that disease and hunger are rapidly exterminating the scattered Indian tribes' of that country. Hovernlhent aid will be absolately necessary The British bißtlealiips Rainiiies and Trafalgar. flagships of the British MedItertafowi'h squadrons, and twelve other British warship?'liave started for the levant. Wholesale Shoe Firm palls. William (J. and John H. Brooks, wholesale dealers dqing business as Brooks Brothers a| Chicago, made an assignment. The assets are scheduled at $45,000, with liabilities $5,000 less. The members of the concern Attribute their failure to their Inability to make collections. .. . Turk Must Try Again.., * The .United States Minister. Alex. W. mactds of 1 the t?tttW ft>r iuflritffy« •« » of the'b M r«<W cm missions as KSatiJut and Marash is Mt satisfactory.

COUNTERFEITERS CAPTURED. Garg «ad Confederates All Over the Continent. Developments of the most startling character followed the arrest at Waco, Texas, of three*'men for counterfeiting. The accused are Edward Daniel Ennis, charged with passing counterfeit money; John Mitchell and 11. S. Shanner, charged With making molds for molding counterfeit money and with passing counterfeit money. AH three are in jail. Ennis, by his own confession, is the leader of the gang, and by bis statements which sire now on record in the United States Commissioner's office, the details of a gigantic counterfeiting scheme are disclosed. The prisoners are only a small section of the band of spurious money makers, according to the statements of Ennis, although he will not call any names other than those under arrest. They have <*onfederntes in Toronto, Canada. San Francisco. Chicago. New York and the City of Mexico. The most peculiar feature altont the discovery, of the counterfeiting opera?, tions is that Ennis disclosed his cquitey,-, tion with it in giving bis experience at a. camp meeting after being converted. He. created a sensation by announcing to Evangelist Terry, who was conducting the meeting, that he was a couterfeiter. He named nobody else, but made a clean breast of it so far as he was concerned. The matter was reported to the Deputy United States Marshal, and by placing Ennis under a close watch, the den was located in a deep hollow, where the only shelter for the workers was a big campers' tent. Ennis' confederates were found at the tent and back of it, tinder a huge bowlder, were found the tools and the material used for the alloy, he outfit was complete.

WELCOME TO LI HUNG. Faipons Statesman of China Arrived in New York E’riday. Li Hung Chang, ambassador and envoy extraordinary of China, reached New York Friday and was given a royal welcome to the United States. The American Line StAamship St. Louis, on which the distingttfsh'eil traveler was a passenger, was boarded by Government officers from the ci'uftibr 'Dolphin, who extended to the Chinese statesman, on behalf of President Cleveland, a welcome to the United States. The St. Louis slowly moved up the bay, surrounded by all kinds of gaily decorated craft, and with the Dolphin quite near her, to the music of a tremendous chorus oc steam whistles and a continual fusillade of giant firecrackers, etc. As the St. Louis neared the American fleet the salute in honor of the Chinese visitor was fired from the flagship New York, gun by gun, until twenty-one shots had been fired. The New York was the only warship to fire a salute, but the other ships dipped their colors as the St.Louis passed. HAWAII MAY BE ANNEXED. Willis Said to Be Empowered to Enter Into Negotiations. The steamer Alameda, from Honolulu brings advices that Minister Willis has resumed his duties. It is rumored his rerent visit to the United States was for the purpose of conferring with President Cleveland on an annexation policy. As a result of the conference, it is said, ‘Willis was empowered to enter into negotiations for either annexation, a monarchical form of government, with Ixaiuhuji ou the throne, or an American protectorate, the choice ui form, of gpvernmeut to be left to a ,vot,e of thie.peqplo. Minister Willis, made a formal call on the soon alter bis return to the city. Nothing definite wijl be, known Regarding Mr.' Willis' instructions until the return of President Dole, who is o,n,.the Island of Mapi at present.'

THREE STATE CONVENTION?. Gold Democrats of Wisconsin, lowa, and Michigan Meet, Gold Democrats off Michigan met in State convent'ion Wednesday at Grand Rapids, nnd decided to make a fight all along the line. Their State ticket is headed by Rufus T. Sprague, and a fuHndeleigation to Indianapolis chosen, in lowa and Wisconsin no action was taken further than to declare against 16 to 1, select. Indianapolis delegates and choose presidential electors. Commission to Investigate. The Spanish Minister at Constantinople reports that the Mussulmans killed hosts of Armenians during the rioting of Wednesday and dragged their bodies through the streets. The Ministry of Police has appointed a commission consisting of eight Christians and Mussulmans to inquire into the 'revoltitioiitiry rioting. Travelers say that the state of anarchy continues at the Turkish capital, and that the number of persons massacred in the streets reaches into the thousands. A dispatch from Constantinople says that there was a general fusillade and massacre. At the conclusion of the riot many hundred dead bodies were lying at Pasamathia. at the head of the Stamboul bridge. The Turkish mob, armed with knives and sticks, invaded the quarters of the Armenians, attacking the Armenian houses, and tossed their butchered victims out of the windows. The police and militia stood idly by in the streets where wagonloads of human bodies were lying scattered iu all directions. All the English subjects now residing in Constantinople escaped without injury during the riots.

Forced to the Wall. The New York dry goods firm of Hilton, Hughes A- Co. (once A. T. Stewart A Co.) have made an assignment to G. M. Wright. The assignment is without preferences, Eljhu Root is attorney for the assignee. Among the banks in Wall street the failure of Hilton, Hughes & Co. is regarded as due to a gradual decline in business. The firm's credit for the last five years has Deen badly impaired, and it is understood that very little if any of the firm’s single-name paper is out. The firm has been taking stock for several weeks past and recently was understood to have received about $750,000, which has been used in reducing the liabilities of the firm. The assignment was made by Albert G. Hilton, who comprises the firm. No statement has as yet been made as to the amount of liabilities and assets. Canada Wirts by J a Scratch. ' 1 At Toledo. Ohio, the Canadian yWttt the'Cahdda defeated the challenger' the Veiicedor Wednesday and iron the inter- 1 national race. The defender won by twenty-six seconds, time allowance, after as pretty a yacht raee as was ever sailed on Lake Erie/ It was a hard race for the Yankee yacht to- lose, for the Vencedor had the race wetl ! -won had<Bhc not lost three minutes in a vain effort to select the righCstake boat. Brazil to Make Reparation. The correspondent in Rio Brazil. sends word that Senor Olivefu. Brazilian Minister to Italy, has had a conference with the MiiijiitdV of Fpibjgd'.Affairs tn Ropie, In which' be fnat fiififzil wist mAke full reparation for the insults $ fhM, Itifiiin tike. " 1 ,i v-Jji a* ' se; .ovfy a usvj, mw tovoi. ' Dun & tq,’*a ’ { " ' r "“? '“Clearifig-lioifse. .certificate Have, nos ,£een issued, btit instep,ci>mijjg • |fclther largely on the swiftest stea fibers, jabont $10,000,000 being already received. [Higher lending rates bring it, notwith-

stauding foreign events which disturb Ixmdou markets and growing confidence In the monetary future of the country help. Inabilities in failures for three weeks were $20.932.'2K5, against $6,519.3GG last year and $8,214,470 in 1894. The stoppage of Hilton, Hughes & Co. is not 1 included in these figures. The stoppage I of works also continues. including among other iron works the Illinois Steel plant :'t Hammond, Ind., and the Kikeside nail I works there. Disruption of the tinplate i association results from inability,of many concerns to go on paying wqges demand- ! ed. pnd will presumably be' followed by the stoppage of sonic others. Iron, works are .getting light new business, many contracts having bden deferred ‘initjl after the' election,’ and there is so little doing that quotations are plmost nominal.” SEAMEN MUST BE PAID IN GOLD. Law Passed by Congress In IS7o fb'r 1 heir Protection. Concerning the report that the United JRati-s shipping commissioner at Port 'j'owitsend is inserting iu the shipping articles of American vessels bound foreign a ehinse- that 'wages 6f seamen may .be paid in silver. Navigation Commissioner Chamberlain says: "The rejiort is doubt-' less a mistake, for such action would be clearly illegal. In 187.3 Congress took care to protect the wages of American seamen in foreign trade against reduction through a depreciated money standard foreign or domestic, by providing that such wages in a foreign port ‘shall be paid in gold-or its equivalent, without any deduction whatever, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.’ The law is section 4,548 of the revised statutes.” THREE MEET DEATH. Fatal Fire in a Minneapolis Saloon Thursday Morning. Throe persons lost their lives in a fire that broke out at an early hour Thursday morning in John Lundin's saloon at Minneapolis. They were sleeping on the third floor of the Lundin Building, which was a brick veneered structure. They had no opportunity to escape, as the flames had gained too great a headway when the alarm was given, and it is probable they were suffocated in bed. The occupants of the second floor escaped with great difficulty. The saloon and the clothing establishment of A. G. Peterson were completely destroyed, entailing a loss of SII,OOO. to cover which there is insurance amounting to $7,000. "JACK THE SLASHER.” Ohio Police Think They Have the Man Who Destroys Dresses. The East Liverpool, Ohio, police think they have “Jack the Slasher,” the mysterious individual who has cut the dresses of dozens of women on the streets the last two years. Elmer Flowers, aged 24, and a prominent ehurch man. was arrested for the offense. The slashing has always been done in the same way, elegant dresses being cut when the wearers were canght in crowds. Little Edna Marsh wait tile last victim. Her skirt was hacked in broad daylight, and Flowers was arrested. " 11

Monster Lockout Is Planned. The federated shipbuilders of Carlisle, Scotland, have issued; a. notice .th® effect that all members of trades unions will be dismissed from their employ unless the Strike of Dunsmuir & Jiekson's engineers is ended and the men return. The Belfast master shipbuilders will indorse the lockout, which will affect all the engineers employed at the Clyde, at Belfast, and on the northeast coast, including 19,000 of the Armstrong Company's men. Shoxving for July, The staeutent of the business of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company for the month of July. IS9G, coinpared with the same month of 1595. is as follows: 1896. profit for the month. SSO4,481.19; total charges, $794,927.49; surplus. $9.55,3.70; 1895. profit for the month. ?895,410.f1”; total charges, $810,236.18; sitiplus, $88,173,84. Big of Gold, , Heavy engagemeiits import to this country were uiiiiouuccd by various New York fiatikjng houses Thursday. lut luding the amounts previously reported, the gold on shipboard an«,l engaged fott,the United States aggregates $9,4iX),000. In addition L. Von Hoffman Ims a consignment the amount of which is uot definitely known. ‘ Sligh Wins in MicliigJiu, , At Bay City, Mich., Wednesday, the silver Democrats, People's party ami Union Silver conventions met jointly and nominated a full State ticket, headed by Chas. It. Sligh, of Grand Rapids. Powder House Blows Up. The dry house at the Miami powder works, five miles north of Xenia, Ohio, blew up Wednesday morning, shaking the country for miles around. Two men were killed. Advices from Crete. A dispatch from Athens giving an account of the recent troubles in Crete says that the Moslems plundereil the offices of the British vice consulate at Heraklion. Killed from Ambush, John T. 'Thomson, a traveling salesman front Chicago, was ambushed and killed pear Bramlet, Tenn.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chieago—Cattle, common to prime. $3..>0 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 lo $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 56c to 58e; corn. No. 2,20 cto 22c; oats. No. 2,15 c to 17c; rye, No. 2,31 cto 33c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh. Tic to 13c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c: broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $25 to S6O per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, choice'light, $3.00 to $4.00: sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No, 2,56 cto 58c; cornj No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24 c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.50 to $4.75; bogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2. 60c to 62c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 18c to 20c; oats, Np, 2 white, 16c to 18c; rye, No. 2,28 c to 29c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $4.50: hogs, $3-w tA $3.75; sheep. $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2. 61c to 63c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 24c to 25c; oats, NO. 2 mixed, 17c ,tb 1 tie-; rye. No. 2, 30c,t0 32c. Detroit—Cattle, $2,50 to $4.75; hogs, 48.00 to. s4.oo;.;;sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 61c to 63c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 22c to 24c; oats,. N0..2. jvhite, 23c to 25c; rye,23c to 34c. Tojed^— Nq.. 2 64c to 65c; corn, No. “2 yellow,'2tc fo23c;"dats, No. 2 mixed, Yfce'fo 18e; iH J o, sfo. 2,'32c tos3e: clover sedd, $4.20 lo $4.25. 'Milwaukee—Whdrft.-'No? 2 Mwiii‘g. J -<SO/to 58c; corn. No. 3,22 cto 23c; oats,' 1 No. 2 white. 10c to 20c: barley. No. 2,, 28e H, !>lc:>,rye,- No. 1 1,, 33c to 35e;-iisfk,/,me#s,-$5.25 to $6.00. Cattle, $2.5b to $4.75; hogs, ,$3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00.; wheat. No. 2 red, 65c to 66c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, to 24c. 1 s-NeWi'York —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, '52.00 to $4.25? wheat, No. 2 red, 64c t o 66e; corn, No. 2. 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 20e to 21c; butter, creamery, 12c te 17c; eggs, Western, 13c to 16c.

M’KINLEY’S LETTER.

formally accepts the presidential NOMINATION. In flia Very Long Letter He Criticise® the Democratic Doctrine and It» Supporters—Gold Standard, Protection and Reciprocity Supported. Written by McKinley. Wm. McKinley.’s letter formally accepting the Republican presidential nomination has been issued. Republicans consider it a strong presentition of the principal issues of the pending campaign. It is devoted principally to the discussion of what he considers the three great question? of the c'amitaigu—protection, money, and reciprocity. About one-third of the message is devoted to a consideration of the free silver question. He announces that he is unalterably opposed to any such policy. He says that the Republican position in the pending campaign is no “new departure,” but that its proiwsition td inaiutain gold and silver coin at a parity has been the unbroken policy of the Republican party since 1878. He says it has inaugurated no new policy. It' will" he declares, keep in circulation and its good as gold all of the fiitel - and’ paper money which are now nsluded' inythe currency of the country. It will maintain their parity. It will preserve tHeir equality in tile future us it has always done in the past. It will not consent to put the United States on a silver basis, which would inevitably follow independent free coinage. It will oppose the expulsion of gold from our circulation. . He says that the farmers and laborers would suffer most by the adoption of free stiver. The silver question, in his judgment. is not the only issue affecting our money in the pending contest. He considers the declaration of the Democratic and People's parties for unlimited, irredeemable paper money as the most serious menace to our financial standing and credit that could be conceived. He condemns as “in the highest degree reprehensible” all efforts to array “class ■gainst class, the classes against the masses, section against section, labor ■gainst capital, the poor against the rich, or interest against interest.” He considers protection as an issue of supreme importance, and observes that while “the peril of free silver is a menace to be feared, we are already experiencing the effect of partial free trade.” The one he would avert, the other cctrect. He recommends tire immediate restoration by Congress of the reciprocity sections of the tariff law of 1890, with such amendments. If any. us time and experience sanction as wise and proper. The underlying principle of this legislation, he declares, should be strictly observed. This, ho explains, is to “afford new markets for our surplus agricultural and manufactured products without loss to the American laborer of n single day's work that he might otherwise procure.” He discusses foreign immigration briefly. He commends legislation that will prevent the coming here of all who “make war upon our institutions.” or profit by public disquiet and turmoil. He favors liberal pensions for the soldiers and sailors. and expresses gratification that old sectional issues are passing away.

VILAS AND BRAGG RULE.

Wisconsin Gold Convention Chooses Presidential Electors. The Wisconsin gold Democracy was' marshaled in the Pabst Theater at Milwaukee Wednesday under the joint leadership of Gen. Bragg and Senator Wilh.un F. Vilas and the-State organization of the “National Democratic Party” came into being. Senator Vilas was chosen permanent chairman and delivered a carefully prepared address. Gen. Bragg also made an address, speaking without notes. He was vitriolic and peppery, and he was enthusiastically cheered. A solid gold platform was adopted. A full electoral ticket was chosen, an organization arranged for and all the business transacted necessary to insure a gold campaign iu the State. Not,more than 200 delegates were present from outside the city. The convention was called to order shortly before noon, with 229'delegates in the theater. John 11. Brennan, of Stevens Point, was the temporary chairman. No State ticket was nominated by the convention. .The question of following the lead of Illinois and going into the fight from national'ticket down was the only thing that came near causing a brush in the proceedings, as there were several present who wanted things arranged that way. A resolution was finally adopted leaving the matter of a State ticket to the discretion of the State Central Committee, which was given power either to name candidates and have them duly placed on the official ballot or to call a State nominating convention. The platform'is rather long, but it deals with just one subject, and that is the financial issue. There is no mention of any other issue being present in the campaign.

CROP OUTLOOK IN EUROPE.

Prospect as Revealed in Government Reports Is Generally Favorable. Generally favorable prospects for the crops of Europe are announced in the report of the European agent of the Agricultural Department. The report follows by countries: - Great Britain —Harvest is half over and it is believed wheat will closely approximate thirty-two bushels per acre, the highest average for many years. The total harvest will approximate 56,000,000 bushels, the area being only about 1,750,000 acres. The barley crop will be very good and is generally in good condition. Oats are expected to fall considerably below the average. The hay crop is sedeficient. A.continuance of the summer drought through the autumn will iesult in such scarcity of feeding stuffs ;ts to lesser, materially the value and number of catle and sheep. France—Winter wheat is looking well or very' well in nearly all the departments where autumn-sown cereals are grown. Spring wheat is reported as good or very good. The harvest will be completed early and it is confidently expected that It will somewhat exceed that of last year, 340,000,000 bushels.

LON V. STEVENG. (Denocrstic Domince for Governor of Missouri.)

SPRAGUE FOR GOVERNOR.

Michigan Gold Democrat* Make a Fight All Along the Line. The gold standard Democratic State convention was held at Lansing Wednesday. There were about 150 delegatee present when the convention was called to order by Thomas A. Wilson, of Jackson, the provisional chairman. The resolutions read in part: "We renounce the late Chicago convention as undemocratic in its representation, arbitrary and dishonorable in its methods, revolutionary in, its platform and populistic in its nominations. We refuse to support its candidates or obey its mandates.’’ The present national administration is indorsed, the maintenance of the existing gold standard demanded and the free aud unlimited coinage of silver opposed. A full State ticket was nominated as follows: Governor. Rufus T. Sprague, Greenville; Lieutenant Governor. A. B. Eldridge, Marquette; Secretary of State, S. L. Boyce, St. Clair: State Treasurer, Wilder D. Stevens, Kent; Auditor General, Irving W. Conkey, Berrien; Land Commissioner, A. M. Tinker, Jackson; Attorney General, Cyrus E. Lathrop, Detroit; Superintendent of Public Instruction. William Heap, Muskegon; Member of State Board of Education, John S. Taggert. Shiawassee. The following were named as presidential electors: At large. John S. Farr of Kent and Samuel T. Douglas of Wayne: First District. R. IV. Gillette, Wayne; Second District, John Strong. Monroe: Third District, H. 11. Hamilton, Eaton; Fourth District. John E. Barnes. Berrien; Fifth District. John W. Champion, Kent; Sixth District, Joseph T. Titus, Livingstone; Seventh District. IV. T. Mitchell, . St. Clair; Eighth District, John Moore. Saginaw; Ninth District, Alex. D. Mann, Muskegon; Tenth District, C. J. Palethorp. Wayne: Eleventh District, Edward IV. Hudnut, Mecosta; Twelfth District, A. L. Sawyer, Menominee. MICHIGAN SILVER MEN Name Charles R. Sligh as the Head of Their State Ticket. The Michigan silver men in convention at Bay City late Wednesday night agreed upon a State ticket? It was announced in the Democratic convention shortly after 11 o’clock that Justin R. IVhiting had withdrawn from the field in favor of Charles R. Sligh of Grand Rapids for Governor, who was thereupon nominated by acclamation. Mr. Whiting was then nominated by acclamation for Lieutenant Governor. For Treasurer, Otto E. Karste of Ironwood, a Democrat, was named; for Auditor'General, Arthur E. Cole of Livingstone County, a Populist; for Attorney General, Alfred J. Murphy of Detroit; a Democrat; for Land Commissioner. Martin G. Loenecker of Jackson. a Populist; Superintendent of Public Instruction, David E. Haskins of Millsdale. a Democrat. When the Democrats met Wednesday morning the Conference Committee reported that after a lengthy discussion of the claims of all parties to the agreement it had decided to recommend a union ticket, ami first, that the ticket be headed by the word Democratic. Not a voice was raised in opposition to the report. The Conference Committee was instructed to report tiie action of the convention to the other parties, and the gathering then took a recess.

II hen the afternoon session opened the sergeant-at-arms announced that the People's party and Inion Silver conventions iverc at the door. An order to admit them was given and as they entered the spacious auditorium the new arrivals were given an enthusiastic greeting. T. E. Tarsney, Dr. Nichols and Mr. Wilson of .Jackson were .appointed a ‘sommiftee on permanent organization‘and order o£ business. Nominating and seconding speeches were limited to live minutes. Mr. Watkins of lonia nominated Mr. Sligh, wlto was seconded by a half-dozen speakers. When the Sixth District was reached T. R. Shields of Livingstone nominated Solomon R. Bignail of Fowlerville. O’Brien J. Atkinson of Port Huron nominated Mr. Whititig. Then followed a score of supports for both Mr. Whiting and Mr. Sligh, Mr. Bignali's name being withdrawn in favor of Mr. Whiting. lOWA GOLD DEMOCRATS Select Their Electoral Ticket and Cheer Cleveland's Name. With cheers for- President Cleveland, gold and "true democracy,” as they see it, the lowa gold Democratic State convention was called to order at the Des Moines Grand Opera House Wednesday morning by Henry Vollmer, State chairman. More than 700 delegates were present, ninetythree counties being represented. Each wore a badge of gold silk, and each mounted his chair and cheered with a will Temporary Chairman Markley’s speech, in which he arraigned Gen. Weaver, Tillman, Gov. Altgeld and the silver Democracy generally. Ho applauded the administration of Grover Cleveland, and declared that democracy, as an organization, had fallen into the hands of the enemy. The electors at large, W. IV. Witmer of Des Moines and J. E. E. Markley of Mason City, and all of the district electors were nominated with the understanding that they would enter upon a vigorous canvass .which should last until election day. The platform was written by Henry Vollmer of Davenport and W. W. Baldwin of Burlington. It recognizes the value of party organization, but denies the right of the majority of a convention to adopt a platform at variance with the cardinal principles of the party. It denounces various'’undemocratic planks in the Chicago platform and adheres to the time-honored principles of the Democratic party. The convention gave no attention to State issues, and the light this fall will be along national lines. ' Opposed at Any Ratio. The gold Democrats of Rhode Island Wednesday repudiated the Chicago convention aud passed this resolution: “IV e insist upon the maintenance of the present gold standard of money and oppose the free and independent coinage of silver at any ratio.”

Political Points.

The Irish World is for Bryan. A. W. Files is the Populist nominee for Governor of Arkansas. Utah Populists and Democrats will have but one electoral ticket. Oklahoma Populists indorsed the nomination of Bryan and Watson. Bourke Cockran, New York's great Democrat orator, has declined to support Bryan. The new Populist National Committee is now in charge of the affairs of the party. Ex-Gov. Davis, of Rhode Island, is out for silver. He was elected on a Republican ticket as Governor twice. Ignatius Donnelly says that threefourths of the delegates to the Populist national convention went home fully satisfied that ,t he convention had done that (which it should have done. Two men were shot aud killed at a convention of the national party in the (Cherokee nation. 1 ' The victims -were EH Wofford, chief of the police of Tahlequah, and Charles Proctor, a deputy sheriff. . .

GOLD TICKET NAMED.

ILLINOIS ANTI-SILVER DEMOCRATS choose black. Named for Governor by Acclamation —Platform Declares for Gold and Praises Cleveland's Administration —Babcock, Brink, Wiley, Forman and Others Complete the Ticket. The Ticket. For Governor... John C. Black For Lieutenant Governor „.’....Chester A. Babcock For Secretary of State... .Charles S. Wiley For Auditor Henry W. Brink For Treasurer Edward Ridgely For Attorney General Wm. 8. Formas For University Trustees—Albert Elsner, C. E. Babcock, August B. House. The above ticket was nominated in Chicago Tuesday by the gold Democratic State convention of Illinois. The convention adopted a platfcrm w’hich in effect declares against everything enunciated in the platform-of the silver wing of the Democracy. It declares for an “honest” money standard, and lauds the administration of President Cleveland, It was a remarkable convention —in its make-up, in its almost solemn eariieStr.ess. Slore than 1,000 delegates were Iti attendance, and the galleries and spaces outside the delegates’ inclesure- were thronged. The presence of. no fewer than 500 richly dressed women gave the occasion a social tinge. It was particularly noticeable that the convention was in

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the main a convention of old men. President Cleveland's name was heartily cheered every time it was mentioned, and it was mentioned often. Nearly every one of the many speakers had a word of commendation for the President. Nearly every speaker, too, had a stone to hurl at Gov. Altgeld, It was not a convention of frills. There were no bands, and but few banners. It was businesslike to the point of convening exactly at the hour specified in the call —high noon. The heroes of the day were Senator Palmer, Comptroller Eckels, IV. S. Forman. President Cleveland and Gen. Black. The big hurrahs of the day were for them. Senator Palmer spoke twice. He spoke early in the day, while the various committees were at work, and he delivered a speech in nominating Geli. Black. Black Nominated by Reclamation. After Mr. Palmer had finished Mr. Eckels called for other nominations. A delegate from Cook County moved that the nomination be made by acclamation, an*l Mr. Black was nominated by a viva voce vote. There was the usual cheering. The committee on resolutions was ready to report. Chester A. Babcock, the chairman of the committee, read the ; report. Franz O’Neill, of Champaign County, moved that the resolutions be adopted by a rising vote. This was done, and then the convention proceeded with the other nominations, all of which were by acclamation.

SPRING WHEAT CROP REPORT.

Yield in Three States Is 90,000,000 Bushels Less than That of 1895. The annual spring wheat crop report, prepared by the Minneapolis Journal, covers the States of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, and these three States are estimated to have raised this year 108,(XX),000 bushels, against 195.000,000 bushels last year and 120,000.000 in 1894. The acreage used is 9,500,000, about 1,500,000 more than is allowed by the Agricultural Bureau in Washington. The crop is not of the best quality, and it is yet a question whether a considerable acreage in North Dakota and Northern Minnesota matures because of possible frost injury. No allowance has been made for frost, however, in this computation. The late wheat is filling nicely, and promises a good yield if it is not injured. The State yields are as follows: Minnesota, 44,500,000; North Dakota, 36,000,000; South Dakota. 27,500,000 The estimated averages are: Minnesota, 12.8; North Dakota, 10.8; South Dakota, 9.4. The crop is very spotted, ranging in yield from two to thirty bushels. Cotn, oats, barley and flax are generally favorably reported upon.

BRYAN FILES DENIAL.

Declares He Was Never in the Employ of Mine Owners. William J. Bryan, for the first time since Senator John M. Thurston, as alleged, declared that he (Bryan) was in the employ of mine owners, has made an official denial, coupled with a challenge to the National Republican Committee to come out in the open and accuse him or forever be silent. Mr. Bryan's attention l.ad been called to the controversy between Senators Thurston and Stewart, and he determined to settle the matter if possible. He therefore demands an open charge, whirl: he says he will refute with details .of.his private life and his financial affairs or silence.

PULSE Of the PRESS

The Andree balloon will nfrt tie up to the North Pole this year.—Boston Traveler. Nansen did not discover the North Pole, but he believes that he knows the route.— Peoria Herald. Mr. Frost—Do you think they will ever reach the North Pole? Idler—Oh, yes; they’re getting there by degrees.—Boston Post. The kind of Arctic explorer the world is longing for is one who will get plumb up agaiust the North Pole and cut his name on it. —Boston Traveler. If a fellow were at the North Pole and started to go east, where would he get,to? —New York Recorder. The South Pole, sonny, if he went far enough.—Boston Globe. Dr. Nansen’s ship that has had so cold an experience in Arctic seas will a warm reception before she ties up in the quiet dock from which she started.—Boston Globe. When Nansen met Jackson in a place where he thought he was sole monarch of nil the ice he surveyed the great coldness there had been between them was co* Jfctsly forgotten.—Boston Tr*v«fas

SHELLED A PALACE.

BRITISH GUNBOATS BOMBARD ZANZIBAR. Usurping Soltau Said Kahlid and His Followers Driven Out by Storm of Missiles and Fire—His Gunboat Souls Fugitives Hemmed In. Ultimatum Backed by Force. The-palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar was bombarded by the British Thursday morning and at noon was a mass of biazIng ruins. The usurping chieftain, Said Kahlid, and the commander of his forces, Said Sales, succeeded in escaping to the German consulate, where they have sought refuge and remain under the protection of the German flag. Said Khalid seized the palace and proclaimed himself sultan on the death of Sultan Hamed Bin Thsaid Bin Said, and had been strongly re-enforced and positively refused to surrender. Said Khalid had with him at that time about 2,500 well armed and well disciplined men, including 900 Askaris, who have been trained under British officers, plenty of ammunition and a number of field guns and other pieces of artillery which were trained on thw British warships. The latter were: The flagship St. George, the third-class cruiser Philonien, the third-class cruiser Raccoon and the first-class gunboats Sparrow and Thrush. Wednesday cabled instructions from London Announced an- ultimatum to Said Khalid. He was ordered to haul down his flag and surrender with his force no later than 9 o’clock Thursday morning. It is understood that Said Khalid received re-enforcements from the slave dealers who flocked to his support, as the formal hoisting of the British flag over Zanzibar would mean ■ the liberation off about-*250,000 slaves and a deathblow to slavery in that part of East Africa. Shortly, before 9 o’clock a naval officer was sent to the palace with another message for Said Khalid, asking him if he was prepared to surrender. Said replied that he would die sooner than surrender.

Warships Benin to Fire. At 9 o'clock the Thrush and Sparrow and two gunboats opened fire with their heaviest guns and ten minutes later they had sent a storm of shell and shot into the palace, tearing big gaps in it, scattering death and confusion among its defenders, while dismounting some of the guns ashore and putting to flight the gunners handling the pieces. The tire of the warships was admirably directed and smoke was soon seen to be issuing from several parts of the palace. Said's followers answered the fire of the warships with great persistency and gallantry and did not stop firing until, in response to the flagsliip's signal of “Cease firing,” the guns of the warships stopped showering shot and shell ashore. The losses of the enemy are not known, but must have been heavy, especially among the defenders of the palace proper. During the bombardment the Sultan’s armed steamer Glasgow opened fire on the British warships, but a few well-aimed shells from the heavy guns of the Raccoon and a shot or two from the fourMch guns of the Sparrow crashed through and through her, silenced her tire in short order and ultimately sank her at her moorings. Soon after the palace caught fire and the walls and’ roof were sent flying here and there by the shells of tie warships. Said Khalid and Said Sales, the latter being the commander of the usurping Sultan's army, escaped with a number of their leading followers through the back part of the palace and,hurriedly made their way to the German consulate, where they asked for protection, which was accorded them. Admiral Rawson, in order to prevent the escape of Said Khalid and his followers to of Africa, where their presence would undoubtedly have caused trouble with the slave leaders and their adherents, sent detachments of marines, bluejackets and local Zanzibaris to occupy all the roads and avenues of escape, thus hemming in the enemy pretty effectually, although many escaped to the mainland and islands in flows. A dispatch received at London from Admiral Rawson, dated Zanzibar, 2:45 p. m. Thursday, says. “I issued an ultimatum at 7 o’clock this morning calling upon the usurper to haul down his flag and surrender to me, and directing his followers to pile their arms and leave the palace before 9 o'clock, or otherwise it would be bombarded. Instead of complying. he commenced increasing his fortifications, and his corvette trained her guns on my squadron. I opened fire at 9on the palace and on the corvette, which promptly replied. I ceased firing at 9:40, when the corvette was sunk, all the guns were silenced and the usurpers yielded to the German consul. Hamoud has been appointed sultan. The enemy’s loss was heavy. Only a petty officer of the gunboat Thrush was wounded.’’ Before the bombardment all foreign residents had sought safety (either on the British boats or at their respective lega* tlous. ;

CONGRESS IS SLOW TO ACT.

No Arrangements for Representation at Paris Exposition. The French Government is rapidly perfecting the details for the international exposition to be held in Paris in 1900, commemorating the birth of the century and in this connection has asked the State Department for the name of the Commissioner General who will represent the United States, and for such other Information available as to the participation of this country. To this Acting Secretary Rockhill has replied that the Commissioner General has not been named, as the American Congress took no steps at its recent session to provide for American representation at the exposition. He expressed the belief, however, that the approaching session of Congress will bring about an acceptance of the invitation of the French republic. President Cleveland called the attention of Congress to the invitation in his annual message last December, and expressed the' most earnest hope that steps would be taken for an adequate representation by the United States. But Congress acts 'slowly on these affairs, and no measure was considered, the idea being that there was plenty of time before 1900; It appears, however, that Great Britain. Germany and*other leading powers have been quick to accept, and the French Government is allotting space to'these countries. American exhibitors are beginning to make inquiry as’to where.their goods will go, but no answer cap be given to them. The prospect is that the best space will be taken before the United Spates accept# the invitation and makes application for space. This was the case' affthe last exposition, when American exhibitors wera at much disadvantage in point of location.

Told in a Few Lines.

M. Ribot, ex-Premiet of France, has sailed for America. Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, second Baron de Manley, is dead st Loudon. Thomas K. Aifkin was appointed receiver and placed of the affairs and property of the Union Steel Company, of Alexandria, 2nd.. capitalized at sl,500,000.