Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 189.

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THE DAILY JOURNAL THPE3PAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1334. cuauGTon orncE-mo pehmylvahia avhue i ii "- i .1 .. i m 4 Telephone Call. PtuIbm Oflce -3S I Editorial Roomi 212 i TKR3IS OP SL'DSCIUPTIOX. PAILT BI MAIL. Pally only, cue month ......... .70 j'aliy only. three months.... 2.00 Laily onlj, one jrar 8.00 laiir, luclU'iinp fcumlaj, one year ..10.00 b iinn j tlr. on-jer 2.00 W!il5 rt'BXlSHED BT AGENTS. Pailr. per week, by carrf-r ....15 eta KuiiUay. tingle copy ............ 6ct Imllj u.nd iunil.j, per week, by carrier .20 eta t V WKZKI.T. I'tr Tear $1.00 Reduced Ilntes to CI aba. Eatocrite with any of oar numerous agents or send tcbcriiti4ns to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, iSfcUSAPOLlS, LND. Penoo sending tne. Journal through the mails la lie U alted bute -houM pat oa an eixht-page paper a om -CENT pontage stamp; on a twelve or sixteenjae japci at wo-cent postage stamp. Foreign post ge im bsually tloabio these rates. (T'Alleottim'antcations Intended for publication la tlit pper mnut, la onler to reteire attention, be ac companled by the nam a ni addre ts of the writer. TUB lDIA.AIOLIS JOl'IlXAL. ' Can be found at the folio In place: PARIS American Exchange in Paris, 38 Boulev-ra de Capncinea. 2V7 "x o UK G iley House and Windsor HotaL pniLADKLI'HIA-A. rTkemble. 3735 Lancaster arenne. C11IC A GO Palmer Route. Auditortom HoteL CINCIN:iATI-J. K. Ha wiey & Ca. 154 Yhid street. I-OtriSVILIF C. T. Ierlig northwet corner cf Tfclxtl a-id jeCeraon streets. ST. LOUIS X7nlon 27ew Company. Union Ipot. Tvashington, D. G-Rirsi nonso ana Ettltt House. .The Inventor of the last announced fiyIng machine was once a loud champion of the unrestricted issue of paper money, which Indicates that he la making some progress toward sanity. The Marion county Democracy Is finding Circuity In securing1 persons willing to act as party pallbearers. Mr. Holllday flatly refuses the office, and Sullivan and Ay res aro anxious to do the same. The airy firrace with which the Commercial Club spends two or tKree 'millions of other people's money-ron paper la likely to be excelled only by ti e easy and mellifluous but decided manner In which the other people will decline to spend It to reality. Senator TJiIce had control of the Ohio Democratic convention yesterday, as the man who ' holds the "sinews" of war always has in that party in Ohio, and he permitted It to declare for the free coinage. of silver to pacify a few distracted candidates for CongTess. While Mr. Bynum and his crowd are trying" to make the people believe that sugar will be no dearer with a 40 per cent, duty ' bis 'listeners know that a dollar bought twenty-two pounds of granulated sugar the last of June, while to-day only sixteen pounds can be got for a dollar. The Sentinel professes to be rather glad, on the whole, over the prospect that Louisiana is to join the Republican column. Well, perhaps the sufferings of the bereaved Democrats will be less if the States that have been theirs time out of mind drop away from them one by one instead , it all together. 1

One of the Cleveland consuls in Germany thinks he has found in that country a market for American furniture, which, this , official says, is superior to the German because of, "the lack of efficiency of ithe German workmen." Nevertheless, the finest woodworkers in this country are Germans who brought their skill from the fatherland. Evn mugwumps are capable of reforming helr principles. The New York Evening Post says of the defeat of Breckinridge that it is a great triumph for the cwuse of decency in politics. A few years ago the Post advocated the election of a man whose morals were not above reproach and advanced the opinion that an Impure private character need not interfere with a man's usefulness in public, and wa3 a matter with which the public "; had no rightful concern. The paper lives . and learns. It would seem that there are needs in this ctty much more pressing than the elevation of all the railroad tracks. An accident Is of rare occurrence. Besides, If the steam railroads were all the source of danger and delay, elevated tracks might be considered. but they are not. Five persons are injured by the street railway with the present careful management where one is injured by the steam trains. So long as we must get along with rapid transit, let us not wear ourselves out about the comparatively inconsequential surface tracks of steam railways. Moreover, the city engineer's department, costing a large sum of money, could be better employed than In making estimates for a work which is far in the

future and cf doubtful utility. 'A correspondent asks the Journal "what the Gorman-Brice tariff does for reciprocity, and to what extent the foreign markets of the farmer have been destroyed." What did the Democratic tariff do for reciprocity? Killed It; there is no reciprocity except that which the Sugar Trust preserved with Hawaii. All the papers have been saying this for months. It bas lost the market of Cuba for flour and given up our advantage In Brazil and other South American countries for American flour and meats. The Gorman tariff has revoked all the advantages we got by the Harrison reciprocity treaty In Germany in thn way of lower duties for American flour and wheat, and by the peremptory manner In which the treaty was abrogated by the . Democratic Congress has angered Germany, which now Is more than likely to discriminate against us. The statement of a member of a regimental assciatIon which met In this city Tuesday, to the effect that it is a wellknown fact that old soldiers had walked the streets and slept in the courthouse yard during the encamrment here last year, because they had no means to obtain accommodation?." wouM lead to the Inference that no provision had been made for them. This Is riot only Incorrect, but ungenerous. ' The barracks provided by the city contained several thousand empty couches . every night; they were as comfortable as those furnished in any city, and nearer the ' r&ilro&Sa cad the center of the city than

have such accommodations been located in any. city except Washington. The same can be said of the schoolhouses. If, therefore, ex-soldiers walked the streets all night or slept in the courthouse yard it was because they preferred to do so to going to a barrack. All the money was expended for the lodging of visitors that was necessary a fact attested by thousands of vacant couches. The Journal has never defended the action of the managers of the Commercial Club in the disposition of the balance; but It does know that as adequate provision was made for free lodging as had ever been made by the managers of any encampment. nYXt'M'S FIGIKHS OX WOOL.

In his speeches in Madison county the Hon. William D. Bynum is reported as declaring wool is higher now than two years ago. Boston Is the wool market in this country whose quotations are most regular and In which the largest sales are made. Here are "the prices of the most used grades of wool as telegraphed for yesterday morning's papers and for Sept. 20. 1892: Sept. 19, Sept. 20, Grades. 1891. 1832. Ohio XX and above...... 18Hz 19c 2ft29c Ohio No. 1 21 'title 32fi33c Montana fine 10 (GU'c 17fi20c Montana medium 12 &14c 22&25c This Hat of comparisons might be extended until every grade of American wools was Included, but every quotation would show a similar decline in prices from September, 1832. when the McKinley law was in force and all the factories were running, to September, ISM, when the aver'ae tariff of about 11 cents a pound had been abolished. As there must be a few farmers in Madison county who have sheep, what can Mr. Bynum mean by repeating such palpable falsehoods? In the same speech Mr. Bynum tells the women that they will be able hereafter to get their carpets 25 cents a yard cheaper than under the McKinley law. As the carpet in general use has been purchased for about 73 cents a yard, Mr. Bynum' s price will be 50 cents, or a fall of 331-3 percent. If wool is no lower, this falling off in price must be due to the reduction of wages. A speaker who makes misrepresentation and false prediction the chief ingredients of his speech should not insult the practical sense of the people by telling them transparent untruths. . The head of a grain commission, house in New York, writing to a well-known Indianapolis firm relative to the grain market, says: A new feature developed to-day. There have been offerings here of Canadian white oats to arrive duty paid. , and to-day 20,000 bushels choice, thirty-six pounds, natural white were sold at 38 cents delivered afloat. We don't know whether this means a large movement of Canadian oats,' but it shows that at the present duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem, we can get some oats from Canada. The value of the oats at the port of export in Canada is about 32 cents, as the duty is added to the price to make the selling price in New York. At 32 cents a bushel the duty would be 6.4. cents. Under the McKinley law, the duty was 13 cents a bushel, sufficient ito keep Canadian oats out of the American market, except in case cf very high prices. Everv 20,000 bushels of Canadian oats brought into the American market takes the place of 20,000 grown at home and tends 'to glut the market and weaken prices. Business 3Ien and the Fair. The Journal wishes well to the State .fair, but it cannot agree with Mayor Denny as to the 'propriety of asking the business men of the city to close their doors on Friday afternoon or any other half day of the , week in order to increase the attendance at the fair. It cannot agree with the Mayor in his argument that the citizens owe the fair a support and encouragement beyond that due to any other industrial display or public enterprise, and the proposed closing of business houses would certainly be an unusual degree of encouragement. The suspension of business on week days commonly occurs only on legal holidays and extraordinary occasions, such as public mourning or special celebration. A fair should stand upon Its own merits, like other business enterprises. If it offers sufficient inducements people will attend without urging. If it nvants those persons among Its visitors whose daylight hours are not their own, it and not their employers will provide a way." The Michigan State fair, which has been open for two weeks at Detroit, solved this difficulty by remaining open in the evenings until ten o'clock and reducing prices of admission at 3 p. m. It also provided a variety of spectacular and other attractions that drew crowds at all hours without further effort. It must also be remembered that a large number of people take advantage of the low railroad rates to visit Indianapolis for shopping purposes alone, and merchants can hardly be expected to be regardless of these customers. It is too much to ask of them, and, as a matter of fact, they are not likely to comply even In response to official request. Such an arrangement might be effected in a small town, but Indianapolis is too large for all its. interests to be concentrated in a single enterprise, even for half a day. , The fair Is all right, and people who attend , will feel repaid, but it must not expect to monopolize the attention of a large city. Having admitted the display of the Indianapolis Brewing Company to the fair, there Is no reason why the managers should attempt to displace it. It is not the fault of the association that its goods are displayed in the women's department, but the act of the management of the fair. To cast it out, as has been proposed, because a few patrons intemperately object to. It, will place the managers not only in an .awkward position before the public, but .will put them where a suit for damages will hold against them. In the world's fair there were a hundred exhibits of bottled beer, and yet there was no appeal. The Indianapolis Brewing Company desires to prove to the visitors to the fair that they can manufacture as good an article of a stimulant, with not over 3 per cent, of alcohol, as can their competitors in other cities. The company does not sell It or take orders on the ground, or persuade the public to purchase its products. Realizing that people are substituting light beers for distilled spirits containing CO per cent, or more of alcohol, the Inlianapolis Brewln;; Company simply desires to bring th-? attention of the publio to the quality of Its product, that it may eel a share of the patronage. A large number of tho people of -Indiana believe that beer is a proper beverage. Among them are. many intelligent and excellent people "shall the ttate fair managers, on the entreaty of a few prsns, stigmatize an arti'Ie thus esteemed by many and protected by the law? Next year some wellmeaning but overzealous people may demand that the fast horses be barred from the exhibition. Investigation yesterday practically llxed the origin and Issue of the cowardly circu

lar against Judge Winters upon successors of the tally-sheet forgers now running the Democratic machine in this county. DtnnLES IN THC AIR.

A Patriot. "H'm'h. You never bled for your country." "I've been bled, anyhow. And never was lucky enough to get elected, either." Aniu and Aj?ain. If current stories are the truth, It shortly may be said again That Willie Dalton has been shot And killed completely dead again. Ilnrdly n Sncces. Dellamme Back to town so soon? Barnes Tormer Kven so. We played in Plunkville to ro one but deadheads, and two of them brought suit against us for los3 of their time in witnessing the play. Paine Pretences. "You don't mean to say you gave living pictures at the church fair?" "Oh. yes. We advertised them well, too, and the house was crowded." "What pictures did you give?" "Oh, Just a lot of flower pieces. With living flowers, you know." SUGAR BOUNTY CASE 'MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SECKCTAUY CARLISLE. Louliilnna Planters Demand Inspection of Their Plant AVben tbe Xew Tariff Law Went Into Effect. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The Miles Planting and Manufacturing Company, of Louisiana, engaged in the planting and growing of sugar cane, this afternoon applied to Judge McComas, of the District Supreme Court, for a mandamus against the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to compel them to continue the inspection of sugar plantations required by the McKinley sugar bounty law. The petitioners state that an Inspection of their plant has been refused by the treasury officials on the ground that the lately enacted tariff law annulled and rescinded the granting of a bounty to sugar producers. That the tariff act does so operate the petitioners deny. Judge McComas directed that Secretary Carlisle be required to show cause Oct. 4 why mandamus should not issue. A QUESTION OF DATES. Decision Resrnrdintr the Time When Tariff Law Took Effect. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The question of the date upon which the new tariff law went into effect, involving the question of rebates on goods Imported between Aug. .1, the date fixed in the enacting clause, and Aug." 29. the date when the bill became a law, which was raised by some of the New York Importers and is now under consideration by the New York board of general appraisers, was referred, at the re quest of Appraiser Sommerville, to Solicitor of the Treasury Reeve by Assistant Secretary Curtis. Solicitor Reeve has carefully looked into the precedents, and after a thorough examination has rendered a decision. - Although the decision has not been made public, it is understood the Solicitor holds that the law did not go Into effect until it was officially promulgated by the State Department. Aug 27. It. is generally believed at the department, however, that the Importers will not be satisfied with a decision of the Treasury Department to this effect, but will insist on carrying the question into the courts. Attorneys Unable to Agree. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Acting Secretary Sims, of the Interior Department, has granted a hearing to a number of attorneys interested in the appropriation of J800.386, to the "old settlers," or Western Cherokee Indians. This amount was a Judgment of the Court of Claims and was provided for in the' last Indian appropriation bill, with a stipulation that the Secretary should , withhold a certain amount as fair compensation for the attorneys in the case. The amount so withheld was 35 per cent., and the trouble which now confronts the Secretary is the division of the sum, the attorneys falling to agree as to how It shall be distributed, each claiming that his services were worth more than the'amount the others are willing to concede. Twelve different firms are interested in the matter. Dynamite Guns to Be Accepted. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The War Department has been notified by Major Phipps, president of the ordnance board, which conducted the recent tests of the dynamite gun batteries at Sandy Hook, N. Y., that the guns worked well and that all of the requirements of the contract have been met. Consequently the battery and plant will be accepted and the pneumatic dynamite company will be paid S1C0.000 for one eight-inch and two fifteen-Inch guns, with all of the boilers, compressers and machinery, the shells used In the test and ten reserve projectiles for each gun. This experiment having worked so satisfactorily, work will be pushed in the dynamite gun battery for San Francisco harbor. Mr. O'Honrke Ilesltrn. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Supervising Architect O'Rourke transmitted his resignation to Secretary Carlisle to-day In obedience to the latter's request for the same. In his letter of resignation, Mr. O'Rourke says nothing about the conspiracy against him which he alleged In his first letter existed in the office, but complained that In the conduct of the affairs of the office he, an architect of thirty years' experience, had been embarrassed, by "lavmen" In the office. He insists that the Secretary has acted upon erroneous information, and that he wiH soon discover that fact. . Precaution Apralnnt Cholera. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The Secretary of the Treasury has asked the Secretary of State to instruct the United States consul at Hamburg to detain all immigrants from East and West Prussia, Posen and Silicia during the prevalence of cholera In those districts. 183 MILES BY SUNBEAM. All Records for Long: Distance Heliograph Signaling: Broken. DENVER. Col., Sept 19. All records for long-distance heliograph signaling have been broken by the United States army signal corps, a message having been sent by sunflashes from Mount Uncompaghre, Col., to Mount Ellen, U. T., a distance of 183 miles, by Captain Glassford, chief signal officer U. S. A., Department of the Colorado, and his assistants. The best former record was 103 miles. Mirrors ten inches square were used In transmitting the message, which was read by the slsmal corps on Mount Ellen, U. T., then flashed bv heliograph ninety miles to Thompson, U. T., and from there sent by telegraph to Washington. The message was as follows: "By sunbeam flash, sisrnal reflected, this heliocram has been sent direct 1S3 miles from the sunset slope of Colorado and Utah, thua distancing the highest record ever made in military signaling." "OLD SHADY" DEAD. Blakely Dnrant, Sherman's Body Servant, Follows His Master. GRAND FORKS. N. D., Sept. 19. Blake ly Durant, familiarly known as "Old ShaJ . . . . . . I . 11. . il X 1 dy, tlietl tnis rnonuiiK. was me uouy servant of General Sherman during the rebellion, and was feelingly mentioned in the latter's memoirs. He was "the old snady" of the familiar war melody. "Old Shady" had been growing feeble for several days. Almost the last trip he took was when he went to St. Iouls to attend the funeral of his old master. Sherman had shown his regard for his colored servant in many ways and had once visited him at his Grand Forks home. The deceased was respected for his estimable qualities. jtovenicntn of Steamers. IilVERPOOU SepL 19. Arrived: Auranla. from New York; South wark, from Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Sept, 19. Arrived: Minnesota, from London.

BRICE STILL SURVIVES

Tom Johnson Did Not Succeed in Scalping Hie Ohio Senator. Tlie Democratic Convention Contented Itself with Indorsing a Plan for Election of Senators by Popular Vote. BID FOR POPULIST VOTES Free Coinage Silver Plank Inserted in the Platform. Cleveland's Name Not Mentioned by the Tlllmanites Ticket and Resolutions of the Connecticut Republicans. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 19.-The Democratic State convention to-day was quite turbulent, owing to tne efforts of the enemies cf Senator Brice to "get even" with him for opposing the Wilson tariff, bill. The "antls," however, were not strong enough to accomplish their ends, and were forced to conteTit themselves with the passage of a resolution favoring the election of United States Senators by popular vote. The following ticket was nominated: For Secretary of State MILTON TURNER, of Guernsey county. Judge of the Supreme Court JAMES D. ERMSTON, of Hamilton. Member of the Hoard of Public Works HARRY B. KEFFER, of Tuscarawas. Commissioner of Common Schools Dr. J. A. LEECH, of Franklin. The convention met at 10:45 o'clock a. m. Frank Hurd, of Toledo, who was temporary chairman, sounded the keynote of the Ohio Democracy. He said, In part: "My fellow-Democrats, I congratulate you upon assembling In State convention in the first flushes of the dawn of a new day of prosperity to the United States. Through red seas the business men of this country have passed, until hope began to fall and despair had seized the managers of nearly every enterprise in the land. For more than twenty years tariff reformers had predicted that such a condition must inevitably result from protection. Restriction of the market resulted in overproduction of domestic goods. Nor for this condition was the Democratic party in any respect responsible. Whatever disturbance comes through reforms must be charged against the wrongs which make reforms necessary and not against the reforms themselves. The promise of business revival has come partly because the element of uncertainty as to what the tariff rates would be has been removed. The new law is not likely to be modified for some time by a general revision. Rut. chiefly, this result has has been produced because the new law Is cheapening the expenses of living. It proclaims the doom of protectioa in the United States. Local interests represented by Congressmen who desire popularity with their constituents often interpose to prevent necessary changes and to prolong a system which bestows local favors. These considerations all appeal to the practical legislator and make "necessary at the beginning of great reform a slowness of movement exasperating to the enthusiastic reformers. For these reasons the law may not have gone as far as many have wished, but it goes a long way In the redemption of Democratic pledges and reforming our tariff system. It reduces, on an average, the rates of the McKinley law 30 per cent. But the chief merit is to be found In the free list. The people will be saved nearly $45,000,000 per year. The addition of wool to the free list makes the law the most important statute enacted since the war. I predict higher prices for domestic wool to the farmer and cheaper goods to the coniSumer.'Inithis way .free wool is destined to be the great educator of the people on the tariff question, for very soon they will demand that other articles of foreign trade, so far as it Is practicable, shall be brought in free." Cocnlng to the division of the party 'on the tariff question, Mr. Hurd said: "First and foremost, give credit to Grover Cleveland anl John G. Carlisle. Free wool is worth more- to tariff reform than all other provisions of the law put together. To their credit, be it said, the Ohio Democratic' members in the House stood firm, every one voting for free wool. When by one word he could have defeated free- wool, more credit la due ; to Senator Brice than to any other influence, or to all other influences combined." Mr. Hurd closed by saying he was opposed to the American Protective Association because; it was a secret political society. "Being organized on political lines it is not constitutional, but is violative of the fundamental principle of the United a.ies and thi State. The A. P. A. gave Governor McKinley his majority of 82,000 and the large Republican majority In Maine. We must make it plain that no man can be a Democrat and an A. P. A." TUB PLATFORM AND DEBATE. The proceedings of tho convention were enlivened by the1 efforts of the antl-Brice faction to humble . "the S2S3ator. The majority of the committee on resolutions reported a platform that praises the "efficient, economical and honest administration of President Cleveland;" declares protection a fraud, and while recognizing the benefit of the reduction of duties on imports Just made by Congress, favom. such further reduction as can b made, to the end that purely protective duties be abolished: declares that the McKinley law caused the buMness depression, reduced the revenues and led to the necessity for issuing more government bonds. Rusinsss failures, strikes, low wajes and low prices for farm products are enumerated as the result of the McKinley law. Under the new law business is declared to be reviving. "We dissent," says one plajik, "from the President's views, construction and treat ment of the silver question and, therefore, believe that silver should be restored to the position it occupied as money prior to its demonetization by the Republican party, and to that end we favor the unlimited free coinage of silver at the legal ratio of 16 to l, and -with equal legal tender power." The platform denounces the last General Assembly of Ohio, Governor McKlnley's administration and the American Protective Aseociation. It favors liberal pensions, a "corrupt practices" law, limiting the amount of money to be expended by candidates, and a law prohibiting free passes on railroads. A minority of the committee on platform reported in favor of adding to that document a proposal to elect United States Senators by the people. Pending discussion, F. M. Gorman, Tom Johnson, V. P. Kline, A. J. Pearson, J. Eyler, Frank Hurd and John H. Clark, of the committee on platform, offered another minority report to the effect that the Democrats of Ohio favored honest money, coinage of gold and silver, lntreconvertible without loss, and opposed the proposed coinage of these metals at 16 to 1. A very dramatic scene occurred during the discussion of the proposition to elect Senators bv - popular vote. John H. Clark, of Mahoning, declared in bitter terms that the Senate was a millionaires' club. This statement caused great applause. Mr. Brice sat upon the platform, looking pale, and as impassive as marble. When Mr. Clark sat down Tom Johnson arose and said he did not believe Mr. Brice bought his way Into the Senate. This made the matter somewhat personal, and the convention was thrown into great confusion. The Chair ruled that this proposed amendment was not in order, but the convention, by a vote of 467 to 328. declared in favor of the election of United States Senators by the people. This Is regarded as being tantamount to an indirect censure of Senator Brice. The movement was engineered by Congressman Johnson and other members equally prominent from northern, northeastern and northwestern Ohio. They came here for that purpose. In their wake came Mayor Blee, of Cleveland. John Farley and others of the city government, who are favorable to Brice, to prevent. If possible, the consummation of Mr. Johnson's design. They did prevent an open resolution of censure, but the Indirect plan was successful. The stinger In the senatorial resolution was to have the central committee name or have a candidate for. the Senate named to be voted for at the next election. This was eliminated, and the elimination is regarded as a victory for the Brice men. As the matter stands, the convention simply Indorsed the plan of electing Senators. The antl-fre-filver proposition was de-

feated by a vote of 46S to 319. The convention then nominated the ticket given above and adjourned sine die. CHANGED THEIR MINDS.

South Carolina TIllmamlteB Failed to Ronst" Cleveland. COLUMBIA. S. C. Sept. 19. The Democrats In State convention to-day nominated the following ticket: For Governor JOHN GARY EVANS. Lieutenant Governor W. H. TIMERMAN. Treasurer W. C. T. BATES. Attorney-general O. W. BUCHANAN. Secretary of State D. H. TOMPKINS, at present Tillman's private secretary. Controller JAMES NORTON. Adjutant and Inspector-general JOHN GARY WATTS. Superintendent of Education W. D. MAYFIELD. Railroad Commissioners W. D. EVANS, II. R. THOMAS and J. C. WILJiOUNE. Senator Irby called the convention to order. Over three hundred delegates were present, every county being represented. A large majority are Tlllmanites, only one delegation, that from Charleston, being conservative. A new constitution of the party was adopted, which provides for a direct primary for every candidate for any office from coroner up. The platform indorses the Ocala platform, as well as the Chicago platform; demands the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, and indorses, the dispensary law as the best solution of the dispensary question. One section of the platform, as at first drawn, which denounced President Cleveland for falling to carry out the pledges of the party and for prostituting Congress by patronage to carry out his policy, was finally killed and no mention of the President or the national administration was made. The Charleston delegates tried hard to get the convention to come out squarely on the Democratic platform and denounce Populism, but their efforts were defeated by an overwhelming vote. The nominees are all Tillmanltes and had no opposition. The Charleston delegates announced in the convention that they would not support the nominees, because . they were not on a true Democratic platform. They were hissed and jeered, and started to leave the hall, but fcr some reason did not do so. The antl-Tlllman committee, In view of the fact that the convention failed to unequivocally denounce Populism, has called their convention to reassemble in this city on the 25th Inst, for the purpose of placing a ticket In opposition to the one nominated to-day. O. V. COFFIX FOR GOVERNOR. Candidates nnd Platform of Connecticut Republicans. HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 19. The Republican State convention nominated the following ticket to-day: . For Governor-O. V. COFFIN, of Mlddletown. Lieutenant Governor LORIN A. COOKE, of Burkhamsted. Secretary of State CL. W. A. MOWRAY, of Norwich. Treasurer GEORGE W. HODGE, of Windsor. Controller BENJAMIN P. MEAD, of New Canaan. The platform renews - all Republican pledges and scores the Democratic National administration for "lack of ability to successfully administer the government," ar.d "invites the business men, manufactuiers, mechanics and farmers of Connecticut to pass judgment by their ballots upon a Democratic tariff bill conceived In sectionalism and brought forth in scandal and Justly denounced as a monument of party perfidy and party dishonor." The tariff and money questions are referred to as follows: "We call attention to the declaration of Democratic leaders that their ruinous fight for free trade will be renewed at the first opportunity as a further warning to the country that Its unprecedented commercial distress of the past two years will be Indefinitely prolonged, unless the control of the affairs of this great Nation is put back into the hands of the Republican party, which alone has proved itself equal to the great trust. "The Republican party now, as always, the party, of honest money, holds that American silver, as well as American gold, should be used as standard money under such International agreements as will insure the maintenance of a parity of values." Mlllholland True to Ills Party. SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept 19. The Mlllholland Association held a meeting in the United States Hotel ballroom to-day and unanimously adopted the following resolutions offered by J. Mlllholland: "Resolved, That we, the accredited representatives of the Republican organization of the city and county of New York, while protesting against the outrageous manner in which we have been treated by the Republican State committee, yet pledge our support to Hon. Ievi P. Morton for Governor and Charlss T. Saxton for Lieutenant Governor, and Judge Albert A. Haight for Judge of the Court of Appeals." HHPs Candidate to Be Timelier. ALBANY, N. Y.. Sept. 19. The Democratic organization of the city and county of Albany, known as the "Hill Organization," at the primary elections held at noon to-day for the purpose of electing ward delegates to the Assembly and county conventions, passed a resolution at every polling place, expressing deep regret at the withdrawal of Governor Flower from the gubernatorial race and indorsing the candidacy of Hon. John Boyd Thacher. An A. P. A. Victory. " SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept 19. The largest caucus ever held in this city was that of the Republicans last evening and the A. P. A. carried a majority of the wards. The most notable victory for the A. P. A. was the defeat of ex-Mayor E. S. Bradford, who was running for Representative in Want Five. Tre Australian system was used In the caucus and the count was not completed until sunrise this morning. Philadelphia!! Next Congressmen. PHILADELPHIA, Sept 19. The Republicans made the following congressional nominations to-day: II. 11. Bingham, in the First district; Robert Adams, Jr., in the Second: John F. Revriiirn, In th TTVmrth and A. C. Harmer in the Fifth, alt re nominated. rexiencic K.. Haiterman was nominated in the Third district. Republican at Harvard University. BOSTON, Sept. 19. The Young Men's Republican Club of Boston has voted to Join the National League of Republican Clubs. It was voted to raise marching battalions, Which will include, beside members of the club, students of Harvard College, Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. SCOTTISH RITE MASONS. Palmer Elected Supreme Council CommanderRuckle Deput y for Indiana. BOSTON, Sept 19. The Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General for the thirty-third and last degree, Scottish Rite Masons, to-day elected these officers: Sovereign grand commander, Henry L. Palmer, Milwaukee, Wis.; lieutenant commander. Charles L. Woodbury. Boston; treasurer. Gen. Newton D. Arnold, Providence; secretary general. Clinton F. Paige, New York; minister of state general, Samuel C. Lawrence, Boston; keeper of ' the archives, Lucius R. Paige, Cambridge: master general of ceremonies, Charles McClennchen. New York; marshal general, Robert E. Patterson, Philadelphia; standard bearer. William 1L Hlghley, Bridgeport. Conn.; grand captain of guard, George Otis Tyler, Burlington. Vt; assistant secretary, Joseph I. Abel. New York; prior, Rev. Josiah L. Seward, Lowell. Supreme deputies of States Maine. Marquis F. King, Portland: New Hampshire, George W. Currie, Nashua; Vermont, Marsh O. Perkins, Burlington; Massachusetts, Samuel Wells, Boston; Rhode Island, George M. Carpenter, Providence; Connecticut, Charles W. Carter. Norwich; New York, John Hodge, Iiockport; New Jersey, Andrew B. Frazer. C-umien; Pennsylvania, Anthony E. Stocker. Ihlladelphia; Michigan, Hugh McCordy. Corunna; Ohio, Enoch T. Carson. Cincinnati; Indiana, Nicholas It. Ruckle, Indiinapolis; Ililnoi. John C. Smith. Chicago; Wisconsin, Albert H. Don Carpenter, Milwaukee. Grand marshals Horf Ward. New York; Henry C. Urner, Cincinnati; Amos C.' Petti bone. Chicago. The Wny oi It. Oswego Times. Republicans are not suffering from overconfidence. They are Just simply full of the pluck that wins fights.

INDIANA CONFERENCE

THIS OLD METHODIST ORGANIZATION 3IEETS AT BL003IINGT0N. Bishop Hurst, of WnshlnRton, in the Cltnlr SenIon of Quakers at Plninfleld enrlnff the End. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Sept. 19. The opening sermon for the Irdlana Conference was preached Tuesday night by Rev. J. W. Culmer. The audience roam of the large and beautiful College-avenue M. K. Church was crowded. At the close of this meeting members of the conference and visitors were invited to the parlors of the church, where the Epworth League tendered an Informal reception on behalf of the congregation and served light refreshments. Bloomlngton has given the conference a cordial welcome. At the close of the usual conference prayer service this morning. Bishop John F. Hurst, of Washington, took the chair, and for the first time since he has held the important position of a bishop In the M. E. Church he looked into the faces of the brethren who compose the Indiana Conference. This is the Bishop's first fall conference, and ho Is Just fresh from a trip to Europe, where he has been on official duties .and educational work. The conference was soon ready for business, and at once the Bishop had matters well In hand, showing by the way in which he takes hold that he is a most efficient presiding officer and a brother beloved, as well. He administered the sacrament of the Lord's supper, assisted by the presiding elder, and it was a most impressive service. For about onehalf hour Bishop Hurst addressed the conference in a most happy manner. His remarks will not soon be forgotten by all the congregation, and especially will It be a source of inspiration to the minis tent. Secretary R. A. Kemp then called the roll of the conference, and a larger per cent, than usual responded. ' R. A. Kemp, of Mount Vernon, was reelected for secretary for the fourteenth session consecutively, G. D. Wolfe, of Evansville, was elected conference treasurer, and J. B. Smith, statistical secretary. A draft of $1,066 from the book concern was turned over to the conference treasurer to be distributed, among the conference claimants, also a. draft for $25 from the chartered fund. Dr. Spencer, secretary of the church extension society, was Introduced by the bishop and addressed the conference for a few moments in a most eloquent and effective manner. T. H. WI1H3, presiding elder of the Bloomington district was then called, his character passed and he reported the work of the past year in the several charges of his district. He has had an excellent year and despite the panic the benevolences are ahead of last year. The several pastors of the district were called, their characters passed and they reported their collections. W, R. Halstead, presiding elder of the Evansville district, was next called by the bishop, his character passed and he submitted his report for ithe past year. Ills charges have all enjoyed much prosperity financially and religiously. The debt on Trinity M. E. Church, of Evansville, is now paid off and for the first time in many years this Important charge is out of debt The afternoon was taken up with ithe special work or the several committees and to-night Dr. Spencer made an address upon the work of the church extension society. The large church was crowded to overflowing. QUAKERS STILL WORSHIP. An Important Change in the Boole of Discipline. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PLAINFIELD, Ind., Sept 19.-JuBt before the close of the session Tuesday afternoon an Important change of discipline was ordered. For two years it has been the rule to allow the local business meetings the privilege of recog fizlng the bestowal of the gift of an evangelist, an- exhorter or a teacher on certain persons. By the decision this year this privilege Is denied the meeting, it being thought that a simple recognition of the ministerial gift will better serve the needs of the church. Notice was given of the organization of an American Board of Foreign Missions, of which seven of the Yearly Meetings on this continent are members. About $00 was taken by cash collection, for the missionary work. At the devotional service Tuesday night the large west room of the church was filled to listen to the converted Jew, 'Rev. Abram J. Nathan. As an evangelist and Christian worker he has rare ability, and his preaching seems to have a magic spell. Rev. Nathan is an accredited minister In the M. E. Church, and manifests some of the fire so common to preachers of that church. Although many of the Friends have left for their homes, the tent was entirely filled at the 8-o'cIock devotional service this morning. Rev. Noah McLaln. of Ohk, preaching a strong sermon. Rev. Nathan followed for a few minutes on the "Holy Spirit of God." The fact that the speaker is a son of Abraham naturally makes his Influence strong. To-day there was no business session of the church. At 10 o'clock. In the house, the Frame evangelists preached to a large audience. At the tent a fair audience heard several ministers. The attendance was not as large as usual on Wednesday of Yearly Meeting, which is always made a day of devotion after the custom of the midweek meeting of Friends. At the afternoon session the house was nearly filled. The converted Jew had charge of the meeting, and in humbleness told the story of his life, which he declared had never been told but that souls had been born Into the kingdom of God. The speaker was raised the strictest under the law of Judaism, but for ten years he Taas preached the gospel. As a traveling salesman he has preached the truth throughout the land to the salvation of 15,000 souls. For the act of accepting Jesus Christ as a Savior he was disowned by his father and mother, who since that time have regarded their son as an outcast. The recital of personal history had a wonderful effect on the audience. To-morrow will be the closing session of the Yearly Meeting, and much business will be crowded into a few hours. Bedford Baptist Association. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Sept 19. The Bedford Baptist Association assembled in this city yesterday to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the association. Representatives from churches in Lawrence, Daviess. Martin and Greene counties, constituting the district, are here to participate in the exercises. ANGRY LETTER CARRIERS. Jlr. Powers, of the Legislative Committee, Charged with Neglect of Duty. CLEVELAND, O., Sept 19. There was tumult at the session of the National Letter Carriers convention to-day, when Chairman Powers, of the legislative committee, started to make a supplementary report of the work of his committee at Washington during the past year, which has apparently been unsatisfactory to the members. A dozen delegates Jumped to their leet and howled him down. Charges against Powers were fired in so rapidly that it was impossible to keep a record of the report. The chairman's colleagues on the committee accused him of gross neglect, and other serious reflections, while in Washington. It was finally decided to lay the matttr aside temporarily. Later the charges against Powers will te taken up ar.d acted upon. Hon. George A. King, of Washington, then followed with a report of work accomplished before the Court of Claims under the back-pay and overtime law. An invitation from the Omaha. Neb., branch, asking that the next convention be held in that city, was received and filed. COAXED liY AN INFORMER. Missonri Farmers Induced to Turn Train Robbers by UcDauiel, the Spy. t MEMPHIS, Mo.. Sept ll-The two captured train robbers Lincoln Overfleld and Charles A bra ma are in jail here awaiting the action of the grand Jury. Overfield, beyond admitting that he was present at the scene bf the attempted robbery, refuses to talk. He lies in his bed with his head covered and crying most of the time. Charles Abrams. the wounded robber, talks more freely, and his statement places informer McDaniel in an unenviable light

if true. He says that McDaniel was tht one to plan the robbery and coaxed ths others Into It He says the first proposition came from McDaniel, who had to use considerable persuasion to get th others into the enterprise. Abrams is no better to-day and there Is little hope of his recovery. Italian Bandit Captured. BUFFALO. Sept 19. A bold attempt at train wrecking was frustrated and a would-be bartdit captured, last night, by a Lehigh Valley engineer. As a passenger train was nearing Union, four miles wert of Batavlu. it Jolted against some obstruction which nearly lifted the engine off the track. Quirkly stopping.' the engineer ran back to find that some miscreant had rolled a huge bowlder on the track. Not far away an undersized man could be seen scampering up the track, whereupon, Connerton, the engineer, gave chase and overhauled him. The captive proved to be an Italian who gave the name of Tony Ro??. He was Imprisoned In the baggace cr and. after the enneer had finished his run. he brought him back to Buffalo and turned him over to the police. This morning he was held for trial. He says he knew it was pay day on the road and he wanted to rob the engineer. AGAINST THE TRUST

DECISION THAT STRIKES A nLOW! AT THE "WHISKY OCTOPUS. Attorney-General Moloney, of Illinois, Directed to Prepor a. Writ of Ouster Agnlnst the Dlntlllcrs, CHICAGO. Sept lS.-Judge Gibbons today sustained the demurrer to the amended pleas of the Whisky Trust to the Information in the quo warranto filed by Attorney-general Maloney and directed the Attorney-general to prepare a judgment of ouster against the trust. The decision Is on formal matters left unsettled by the main decision three months ago. The defendants will appeal. Assistant Attorney-general Schofleld said: "If to-day's decision la sustained the property of the Whisky Trust will of course, go first to the creditors, then to the owners, but whether a receiver will be appointed .If the decision is sustained or soma other means of distributing the property be adopted I cannot say." If Judge Glbbons's decision Is sustained It will end the corporate existence of the defendant The Attorney-general will prepare the Judgment of ouster, as directed by court This will be entered, but the defendant's appeal will operate to suspend It and nothing definite will result until th Supreme Court passes on the case. The proceedings to-day ends the case In the lower courts. Judge Gibbons, in making the final order, said: "The legal effect of the plea Is to admit the ownership and control of eighty-one of more distilleries by the respondent which, up to the time of their acquisition or absorption by them were owned and controlled by separate and distinct corporations. It is not the wealth represented by the capital stock of a corporation nor the value of Its property which brings it within the ban of outlawry, but it Is the effect upon the pullle. growing out of a combination of corroratlons or Interests, the inevitable result of which whether so intended or not is to govern the supply and regulate the pric of distilled spirits. In its confederated form it possesses a power and influence which no single corporation could yield. Its ramifications extend Into and their power Is felt in every city In the Union. Corporations may flourish and expand, but competition, and Individualism must neither be thwarted nor crushed." N New Distributing Company. NEW YORK. Sept 19. There was filed in the department of the Secretary of State, at Albany, yesterday. an application for the Incorporation of the National Distributing Company, Early In August It was announced that several large distillers outHde of the Whisky Trust had come together and had. determined upon such combination, and it was explained that the new company would have its headquarters in this city and branches in the principal Eastern and Western States. The statement made at the time was met with vigorous denials by people interested in the trust The National Distributing Company has been organized by distillers independent of the trust It will begin by representing distilleries having a capacity of 20.000 bushels a day, or, in other words, an annual output of 30,000,000 gallons of spirits. Its prime object is to compete for the trade in the East which amounts to about forty million gallons a year. TROUBLE AMONG- CIIICKASAWS. Chief Blue and His Negro Followers in Open Rebellion. WICHITA, Kan., Sept 19. A dispatch from Stonewall, In the Chichasaw nation, is to the effect that Chief Blua, Hye leader of the Chickasaw and negro Indians, and his follower are In open rebellion. The insurrectionists have gone on a marauding tour and are terrorizing the Indian citizens and especially the equaw men. Lat Sunday the band, headed by Blue, swepl down on the farm of George H. Trua-x, postmaster at StonewalL Truax, a whlta man, and his spuaw were led from the house, bound with ropes and held prisoners. The chief and his band destroyed everything In the house they couM not eat and drink and then rode off. Neighbors found Truax end his wife and released them. The Indian citizens have been elmllarly 'treated and the eastern part of th Chlskasaw nation is in a state of terror. LYNCHING IN GEORGIA. Negro Hanged for Assaulting and 3Iur dering a Little Girl. ATLlVNTA, Ga., Pept 13. Dave Goosiry, colored, who assaulted the eleven-year-old daughter of Martin Butler Saturday night near Thomasvllle, and then cut her throat was carried to Valdosta for safekeeping. The girl Identified her assailant Early this morning a mob took him from Jail and hanged him. The negro made a full confession. The girl died yesterday.. DEBS SUCCESSFUL. Hannahan Re-Elected by the B. L, F Sargent Alo Re-Elected. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept lS.-Granl Master Sargent and Vice Grand Master Hannahan were re-elected to-day by the convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, the former by acclamation and the latter after an exciting contest Hannahan's opponents were Evgene Ball, Stratford, Ont; Charles W. Maler, Parsons, Kan., and E. 11. Brown, Chicago. Sargent's friends tried hard to defeat Hannahan, because of the assistance he gave Eugene V. Debs in the Pullman sympathy strike. He was re-elected on the second ballot. Charles Wilson, of Eastern, and Charles W. Maier, of Parson, wore elected second and third vice grand masters, respectively. A. J. Smith, of Texas, waa nominated against Sargent but friends of the latter, by a shrewd move, had the rules changed so as to make ineligible members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, with which Smith is also connected, for a grand lodge ofheer. The constitution was amended so as to provide for a graded Insurance in the crder from $500 to ll.y.i). Shlrtmnkern May Strike. NEW YORK. Sept. 19. Shirt makers to the number of 3.000 are preparing for a general strike aKalnst the present low wages and the sweating system. The work. ers In three shops who struck yesterday for an Increase of 4 cents a dozen, mounded the kevnote in all the sweat shops on the East Side, and. coupled with the success of the coatmakers und he cloakmaker. the vhirtmakers a far more imioverlshei lot than the men and womu who have jut won a tdgnal victory fctd sufficiently encouraged to bring a gcnf-ral movement all along the line. Voted AgnliiKt n Reduction. PITTSBURG. Sct. 1!.-The vote of the tin plate workers of thn United Statrs on th manufacturers' proposition to reduce wages 15 per com. hn len complete; The men decline to accept 'th reductlo.1. A meeting of the manufacturers will b held In a few dys and a line of action mapied out.