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?Jfoban,ce .Jnd notation for further revenue." y make up 11x0 defic of toMw.nTnaJ.is f'1 mch of his speech xo weii-known. silver arguments t Point he said: "It la not l L 'to ?v goia. or to debase our currency Our nnrpose impr K by Increasing the cilf nnd use of silver and by giving U equal idim.lnIs?h,nK ,hf stran on sold, which .?,onometaniiiin "a caused, to take Sniaini,n.JUSt arprectatI". and thus, by Jl?"111 lho value of 5llver pulling down the valuo or sold, to restora the old ratio, so that sixteen ounces of silver will ounce of pold. Thus the old unit of valuo the uollar-based on both metals, instead Ti V be rp5torc'J. shall have a cold dolls r worth one hundred centM in silver and a silver dollar worth one hunu S,stln,K,old,IIf,we ar 5lsk this ratio Is determined upon, our answer not only that it lias been the customary ratio for years, but also that the total Mock of silver coin In the world is four thousand million dollars; that the total Mock of gotd coin Is approximately the same, ami that If the total shocks of sliver an,. Kold wero crcn melted into a solid mass the silver mass would be about sixteen times s great in weight as the ga.d mas. W also annr that to-day tne relative production cf the two metals 1 in approximately the same proportion. V ust establish by law some relation or value between the two metals. And we propose to value silver s it will stand after restoration to equality ef privilege with ROld. and not while it is discredited by unequal laws." In conclusion, ho Mlfl: "Thi? campaign Is to open up an era .of education, and in this work the silver party enters animated by no sectional spirit, controlled by tio feeling of envy against .the more prosperous but inspired by the desire to maintain a lroad American policy, which shall protect the interests of American production, whether in the mining camps of the mountains, the wheat lields of the West the cotton tlUU of the South, or the factories of New Kngland. Hut let us remember always in the content, in union is Ftrength. and that th motto of our opponents is now, as it always ha3 been DIvlde and conquer. " Mr. Newlands was frequently interrupted by applause. Less than one hundred people occupied the galleries-, so the applause, from that quarter was feeble. Trro roll call of States was ordered to ascertain the names or deliberates appointed to the committee on resolutions, national committee permanent organization and vice presidents of the convention. MESSAGK FltOM TELLER. The following telegram from Senator Teller, addressed fo I. X. Stevens, was read: "The money question overshadows all others. On its rightful determination depends the prosperity of the people and the perpetuky f icpubiican institutions. All other questions must be subordinated to it. A vote for Bryan and Sewall is a vote for industrial and financial independence of the American people from foreign domination -and control,, and they should ave the support of all opponents of the j;o'.d. standard." A letter from Joseph C. Sibley was read, as follows: "I iind it absolutely impossible to pet to St. Louis. I hope success will attend the efforts of the friends to- have only one tiefcet. Lpt the issues be squarely Joined and the verdict of the people recorded." A motion was made that a recess be taken'until ft eclock to-morrow. Judge C. It. Scott, uf Omaha, said there wiis no hurry, it took the Republicans one week to marry Graver Cleveland, and it should take at least as long- as that to divorce the people from him, lie was a member of the committee on platform and it wouid take some tim. to pet up a pood platform. A general discussion foHowed. in which a dozen different delegates took part. An amndiwnt was made, changing th time till 4:3) this afternoon. Tho amendment was accepted and the metion adopted and the convention took a recess until 4:30 p. m. sncoxn SESSION.

Invitation to PopulI.Htw Permanent Chairman St. John's Speech. It was 5 o'clock when the convention was; called to order after the recess. There were about five hundred people in the hall, including the delepates. A Kansas delepate moved that the doorkeepers be Instructed to admit all the delegates to the Populist convention. The motion prevailed. A committee ef three was appointed to notify the Populists they would be r.dmltted without tickets. Tho committee on rales reported that the order of business shouki be the receiving of the report of tho committee on credentials, permanent organization, ppeckil. committees, platform and resolu tions, nomination of candidates and that the rules governing Congress be used so far as possible in the running of the convention. The ncport was adopted. The committee on credentials reported that there were no contests and approved the credentials of all delepates, and that all delegations be allowed to cast full votes. The report was adopted. The committer on permanent organization recommended that V. 1. St. John, of New York, be selected for permanent chairman: Charles A. Towne. of Minnesota, be chosen for vice chairman, and R. K. Dufendorfer. cf Pennsylvania, for secretary. The report was received with cheers and adopted. ST. JOHN'S ADDRESS. A committee waft appointed to escort "l.ir. St. John to the platform. In. taking his place Mr. St. John was preeted with cheers. He said, in part: Gentlemen of the Convention The skill and clTViency your labors in the past have been rewarded by the adoption of your demand for legislation by two srerit organizations of th. people namely the Democracy and the People's party, if now you are able to induce a coalition of th?se two organizations for the one purpose, the ;eirrd achievement on belvalf of the people will ensue. It I among the first principles in finance that the value of each dollar, expresed in prices, depends upon the number of dollars in circulation. The p'ane of prices is hUh when the mamber of dollars m circulation I in proportion to the number of thins to be exchanged .by means of dollars.. and low when the dollars are proportionately few. The plane of prices at present, and . for some time past, is and has been ruinously low. The incrcTse of our population., at about 2,'lOO.OX) a year, scattered over our immense territory, calls for increasing chanpes, and thereby demands an increasing number ot dollars in circulation. The increase in the i.urnber of dollars, when dollars are conlined to goid. is not sufficiently rapid to meet the growth cf cur exchanpes. The consequent is growing value of dollars or a diminishing value cf everythinp else expressed in dollars, which is to say a tendency towards constantly declining prices; the fountainhead of our prosperity has run dryOur farmers all over the country have endured the depression in prices until they pet about Jj or $.) an acre for an expenditure of $1 ier acre and the lH;e. Their credit at their country store is exhausted. The country store ceases to order from thc clty merchant, the city merchant reduces Ids demand upon the manufacturer. Manufactures are curtailed. The consequence Is that employes and all .elements of labor are be4r.tr discharged and wages are lowered to those who continue in employment. The sufferings of the farmers, who consti tute nearly one-half of our population, are thus enforced on the city merchant, the manufacturer ami all forms ol labor. These combined elements constitute the overwhelming majority of voters. Tholr intellipent conclusion will be felt when expressed at the ptUs. The banker, also, is without prosperity, unless prosperity Is general throughout ths United States. He must learn to distinaruUh between cheap money and money commanding a low rate of interest. The doilar worth two bushels of wheat I a de?vr dollar, and yet it commands Interest in Wall street at present of but 2 per ent. per annum on the call. If the dollar can be cheapened by inerwasinp the numlior of doHars.' so that each dollar will buy less wheat, the increasing price of wheat will Increase th demand for dollars to invent in Its induction. Then the lorrower of dollars to Invest in the production of wheat, be-inp reasonably sure of a pxdit from that employment of the money, can affonl to pay interest for its use as a part of his proflt or. In other words, interest Is a share of the profit on the employment of Hiojiy. Ho that abundant money, money readily obtainable, which Is to say really cheap money. i3 the money which commands a high rate of Interest, a share of the prefit of thc borrower in usinif it." 31 r. St. John said he did not believe free coinage would ! disastrous to tho country In any manner, lie said: "Thv gold already In the treasury will remain there, Vf common sense dictate the treasury raanarre meat: that is, if the treasurer exercises the option to redeem United States notes In silver. A premium on gold will not occasion a contractlbn of the currency, bank hoards of gold continuing to serve as a portion cf bank reserves against bank liabilities. A premium on jrold will tend to increase our exports by causing a higher rate of foreign exchange; that b to say. by yieldfng a larger net return in dollars on the sale of bills of exchange drawn against goods exCirua. A. Jtreiulum will tend to diminish

our imports by Increasing the cost of bills of exchange with which to pay for goods Imported. The tendencyof increasing cur exports and decreasip&inir Imports will he. first, to set our spindles running, swell the number of paid operatives, increase "their wages, thereby adding to the number and capacity of, consumers, and thus enlarge our home market for all home product and manufactures, with prosperity in general as the result -assured. "A credit balance of trade means that I.urop haa become our debtor and must settle with us In money. Europe's siiver money Is overvalued in her gold compared with ours by from 3 to 7 cents on the dollar. The European merchant cr banker will, therefore, make his trade settlements with us In gold more profitably by from 3 to 7 per cent, than in his silver. With the instant that European trade settlements with the United States are made in gold parity for our gold and silver is established in the markets of the world. Then, with the 271.23 grains of pure sliver In Oiir silver dollar ad the 2X22 grains of gold in our gold dollar becomes 'of exactly equal worth, as bullion in New York." The conference cammittee held a meeting as oon as the convention adjourned and discusred a line of action. It was decided that should the People's party convention select a like committee and agre-e to a conference. Chajrman W. P. St. John, of the comralttee, should act as spokesman. As soon as he shall have finished the People's party committee are to be askeel what concessions it is willing to make. After this the silver committeemen will take part in the discussion. As soon as this line of procedure had been decided upon a motion was adopted directing the chairman e.nd secretary to notify the People's party that the silver convention had appointed a committee with a view to conferring witVi a lfke committee from the Peoples party in order that both parties might reach, if possible, a common ground. The following letter was then sent to the chairman oi the People's party convention: "Dear Sir Wc beg to advise you tha,t upon the suggestion that such action would be valued by yourself and associates In tho spirit which prompted It. the national silver convention has unanimously appointed a member from each State tlclegatlon to constitute, a committee of conference with the People's party convention, and we respectfully await response froat you." Mr. St. John's speech was loudly applauded. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. A motion was made that a special committee consisting of one delegate from each delegation be appointed to confer with a like committee of the Populists for the purpose of settling the differences between the two factions. Half a dozen men at once began to debate the question and much confusion prevailed. M. L. Olmstead, of Oregon, said he was a Populist and the Populists were ready to meet the silver men half way. Tho object was to unite the free-silver forces. Half a dozen other delegates spoke In favor of the committee. An amendment was adopted directing tha committee to notify the Populists of their appointment and requesting them to appoint a similar committee. Mr. Turner, of Kansas, attempted to talk against the motion, but there were howls of "Sit down," and calls for the question. Twenty men got up- and attempted to address the Chair. A point of order was raised that Mr. Turner had already spoken twice and the Chair ruled that Turner must cease. General Warner was called for and replied that he did not oppose the appointment of a committee to confer with the Populists, but he thought it would be wise to have a smaller committee to see if the Populists would agree to select a similar committee. Mr. Foster, of Missouri, said he had been appointed one of a committee by the national committee to confer with the Populist convention, and it had been decided that a more representative committee be appointed. It had be.en ascertained that the Populists were anxious to confer. The general trend of all the speeches was that the great objeet was to secure an indorsement of Bryan and Sowall for President and Vice President. At every mention cf the Democratic nominees the delegates cheered. The motion was at length carried by a viva voce vote. The roll call of States was thert called fr the names of the men selected for the conference committee. The convention then adjourned till 10 a. m. tomorrow. Earlier in the day at a caucus of the silver delegates the following committee was appointed to confer with the Populists, w-ith a view to solidifying the forces: Hon.

ueorge w. liaker. of California, chairman: Judge Scott, of Nebraska: W. T. Foster of Missouri: William P. St. John r vrv

York: B. E. Keith, of X'nrth dmUnn Most of the Populist State delegations hav selected a member of a "committee on conference" In the expectation that their convention will accept the invitation to meet the silver committee. THE RESOLUTION. Platform That Will Re Adopted by the Convention To-Rny. ST. LOUIS, July 22. Th? committee on resolutions of the Silver party convention met to-night and a subcommittee was appointed to recommend the platform passed at the Washington, D. C. bimetallic conferenco in January last. There was a hard fight on the part of General Warner, the Ohio member, for the Indorsement of the Democratic eflver plank in toto, but by a vote of 15 to S, the subcommittee was instructed to report the following platform: "The National Silver Party in convention assembled hereby adopts the following declaration of principles: "First The paramount is3ue at this time in the Lnited States is indisputably the money question, it is between the gold standard, gold bonds. and bank currency on the one side, arid the bimetallic standard, no bonds and government currency on the other. On this issue we decfare ourselves to bo in favor cf a distinctively American financial systena. We are unalterably opposed to the single gold standard and demand the. immediate return to the constitutional standard of gold and silver, by the restoration bv this government, independently of any foreign power, of the unrestricted eoinage of both gold and silver into standard money, at the ratio of 16 to 1. and upon terms of exact oquality. as they, existed prior to 1873: the silver coin to be full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts and dues, private and public, and we favor such legislation as will prevent, for the future, the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract. We hold that the power to control and regulate a paper currency Is Inseparable frcm the power to coin money, and hence that all currency intended to circulate as mojiey should be issued, and its volume controlled, by the general government only, and should be legal tenner. Ave are unalterably opposed to the issue by the United States of interest-bearing bonds In time of peace, and we denounce as a blunder worse than a crime, the present treasury policy concurred ' in by a Republican House of p;unrrlng the country into debt by nun dretnf of mluions In th vain attempt to maintain the gold standard by borrowing gold; and we demand the payment of all coin obligations of the United States, as provided by existing laws, in either gold or silver coin, at the option of the gov ernment, and not at the option of the creditor. "Second That over and above all other eiuestions of policy, we are in favor of re storing to the pecple of the Unitetl States the time-honored money of the Constitu tiongold and silver: not one. but both the money or Vvas&ington and Hamilton, and Jefferson and Monroe, and Jackson and Lincoln, to the end that the American peo pie may receive honest pay for an honest product; that the American debtpr may pay his just obligations in an honest standard, and not in a standard that has ap preciated 10) per cent, above all the great staples or our country: ana to tne end. further, thai the silver standard countries may be deprived of the unjust advantage they now enjoy in the ultTerence In exchange between gold and silver an advantage which tariff legislation cannot overcome. "We, therefore, confidently appeal to the people of the t.nited btates Jo leave in abeyance for the moment all other ques tions, however important, and even momentuous they may appear, to sunder If nd bo all former party ties and af filiations, and unite In one supreme efTort to free themselves and thejr children from the domination of the money power a power more destructive than any which has ever been fastened upon tne civutzea men of any race or in any n?re. And upon the consummation of our desires ana eiions we Invoke the gracious favor of DIvme Prov Idence. Movement of Steamers. NEW YORK. July 22. Arrived: IT. II. "Tar frnm Ttremen! Misslsinnl from Ten don: Nordland. from Antwerp: State of NebrasKa. trom uiasgow; tipree, irom Bremen. Sailed: St. Prnl. for Southampton ; Weimar, roc isremen: itntannic. for iv.verpool; Dcrlin, for Antwerp, via Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON. July 22.-Sa!!cd: Lahn. from Bremen, for New York. Arrived: St.Louis, from New York. frr Philadelphia. Arrived: Teutonic, from New York. ROTTERDAM. Julv 22.-Arrived: Obdam. from New York. Sailed: 'Vecndam,- lor New York. . r. ; . RREMEN. July 22. Arrived: , Munchen; from New Tork. AMSTERDAM. July 22,-3allcd; Edam. tor ;h xuib.

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WELL POISONER'S WORK

TWO CHILDREN' DEAD AND OTHERS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE. Her. C. E. Scott, Who Eloped from Waterloo. Ia.t vlth DaUy Dorian, Taken Dnclc ty the Sheriff. Freial to the India mpoiis Jeurnal. MOOIIE'S HILL. Jnd.. July 22. Some one poisoned the well-5cf 03car Slford, near here, and his two daughters. Hilda, aged seven, and Olga, aged three, are dead. Mrs. Slford may live, but her recovery is doubtful. Edna, aged five, is slowly recovering from an illness during which the doctors thought her dying several times. Several years ' ago Oscar Siford, a well-educated German, came from Cincinnati and after purchasing a farm two miles south of town married a young woman in that neighborhood. Although Mr. Siford is not ostentatious his superior education made many of hl3 neighbors envious. lie wa3 graduated from the university at Jena and the ignorant neighborhood laid it up against him. About a year ago two of his little boys died after a brief, mystcrfous illness, never explained. Last March Mr. Siford himself and his brothe r-in-.aw were taken ill-with fever and were sick some time. They were hardly able to be about when all live of the children were -taken sick with what was taken for measles. Just as they were recovering the mother was taken suddenly with fi fever that the doctors did not understand. Then Hilda took the fever the same way and died. The mother grew worse and when Olga. was taken ill It was thought best not to tell the mother. Little Olga only lived live days and owing to the mother's condition she has never been told of the, child's death. At 'this time an analysis was- made of the drinking water by Dr. C. N. Daughters and it was found that a sack of bone dust fertilizer had been emptied in the well and thus poisoned the water. Mr. Siford was agent for the bone dust in that territory and left some of It on his premises. Before the analysis the baby and oldest girl had begun to show symptoms of the fever, but when they were taken t a neighbor's they soon regained their usual health. CAX'T GIVE UP DAISY. The Rev. . E. Scott and Ills Sweet heart Taken Back to Iowa. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., July 22.-Rev. George E. Scott and his fifteen-year-old sweetheart, Daisy Dorian, are on their re turn trip to Waterloo, la. Sheriff Law, of Waterloo, arrived in the city last night and this morning the couple were taken beforo Judge Lairy. The preacher had an at torney ane: maae up nis mina to ngnt the requisition, but when he learned that even should he be set free by on a writ of habeas corpus he would be separated from the girl, he wilted and determined to returned without trnnhle. T-Ia madlv lrf.it uated with the gir! and the passion is re ciprocated, tie toiu tne iowa sheriff that if 1 1 . i M . m . ne is separated irom tne gin he will die. He is determined to secure a divorce from h!s V.'lfrt nt V:i tfrlnr 51 n t mnrrv tho rli-l While ho did not look forward to fa,clng his wife and former parishontrs with much jov ne eiecii"a mat u was better than to be separated from Daisy. The old lover is past forty-live and tho girl is not yet six teen. IXDIAXA OBITUARY. John E. Hohhlnft, Hanker and Land Owner, at GrrrnNbure. special to the Indianapolis Journal. GllEENSniTRG. Ind.. July 22.-John E. Robblns, president of the Third National Dank, died this morning of paralysis. He was seventy-two years old. He was an early settler of this county, and was considered three years ago the wealthiest citizen and largest land owner in the county. " " n ... LA MJ UM III f) v v u II ll T v 4 4.00 acres. Three years ago he had a r-rti-ft nn i i -i .tulfim: jmiiijjsk. nnu uii recovering uiwurt mr esiaiu Kinung ins cnuoren. Deceased leaves a widow and nine chil dren. Iimnrnncf and Lom at Terre Hante. fecial to tho Indian ipolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., July 22. The ag gregate loss of the opera-house lire last night is still placed at $150,OX) to $173,000. The opera house was nearly thirty years Id, and was valued at $00,000. Mrs. Naylor, who owned the building, carried liO.OOO in surance, which also applied to scenery and the theater equipment. Dickson & Talbott,the lessees, afco had $1,000 insurance in the German American. Mrs. Naylor's insurance was placed as follows: Phenlx of Brooklyn, $2,C00; Home, $5,000; Hartford, $2,500; British American. $2,500; Royal, $7,500; Manchester, $1,500; North America, $3,000; Firemen's Fund, $1,500; Pennsylvania Fire, $2,500; Norwich Union, $2,500; Hanover, $1,000; Niagara, $1,000; Liverpool, London and Globe. $2,503; Phoenix of London. $2,500. Mrs. Naylor also carried Insurance ajrainst loss of rental by fire as follows: Phenix of Brooklyn, $1,500; Philadelphia Underwriters, $3,000; Phoenix of London. $1,500. Mr. Albrecht. of the dry-goods firm of Espenhelm & Albrecht. who occupied two of the ground floors and the basement, says his s,tock was valued at upward of $(k),000. It was insured as follows: Michigan Fire and Marine. $2,000; Sun. $2,500; Scot tish Union. $2.50t: Commercial Union. $3,000; Traders,' $5,000; Lancashire, $2,500; Lon don and Lancashire, $2.o0u: Associated Underwriters. $1,500; Springfield. $2,500; Pacific. $1,000; German. $2,300: Delaware. $1,000; Queen. $1,000: Farmers'. $1,500: Milwuukee Mechanics. $750; Glens Falls, $750. Mr. E. W. Leeds, the jeweler, says he had seven thousand elollars' worth of jewelry anil bric-a-brac, little or none of which was saved. He had S3.000 insurance. $1,200 of which was in the Phenix of Brooklyn. Goodman & Hirschler s loss will be $!.- 000. but the insurance people think this is far tco high. Their insurance was as follows: National of Hartford. $2,500: Niagara, $1,500; United Firemen. $1,500; Northwestern National. $1,500: Phenix of Brookljm. $2.500; North American, $2,500; Royal. $5,000; Home. $2,500; German American, $1,000; Detroit Fire and Marine, $1,000. Mr. Anton Mayer, who owned the buildinrr occupied by Leeds, carried $1,000 insur ance In the Franklin of Philadelphia. Jacob Mav. saloon, lost $..000, with half insurance. The new Cincinnati House, un furnished, was damaged $10,000. with $2,000 or $3,000 insurance. Social Lodge. No. S6, one of tho older Masonic lodges of the city. lost everything, including the records. It carried $1,030 insurance in the Philadelphia Underwriters. The Kleeman Dry-goaas Company, which was cm the adjoining half square, was damaged by smoke and water, and is fully insured. Mr. James B. Dickson, manager of the Opera House, says: "The season was to have commenced about the last week of August. The plays that have been .booked, however, will not b canceled, but will be removed to the Harrison Park Casino. where the performances will be continued until the first or middle of October." Hnmane Society Day af Winona. Special tj the Indianapolis Journal. EAGLE LAKE. Ind., July 22.-The attendance at Winona is Increasing each day, Great loads of trunks come in from each I, train and allowing two or three trunks to each woman, they are coming by the hundreds daily. To-dav was Humane So ciety day, the exercises of the afternoon being in the interest of that organization. During the morning the first meeting for woman's work was conducted by Mrs. D. B. WeUs and Miss Sharp, of Westminster Seminary, Fort Wayne, both giving very interestinrr taiKs. 'men a lecture was de livered by Leon II. Vincent. Another C. L. S. C. round table was conducted by Rev. William F. Harding, State secretary of Chautauqua system of education for Indiana, and following this came ah important feature at Winona. While the band, at a short distance, gave a concert all the occupants ef cottages and the hotel gathered on the hillside in a sort of outdoor social. In the evening there was a musical feast. The Rhunberger Quartet, of Lafayette, consisting of Mrs. Katherine Throckmorton. Mrs. Alice Brown Cook. Mrs. Emma Quincy Taylor and Miss Rena Rice, gave the programme. They charmed the audience. Tin-Plate Men Slandered. . Special to the Inilanarolls Journal. , RICHMOND. Ind., July 22.-The report has been given out from Anderson and Elwood that there is trouble in the American tin-plate works at Elwood. The gist of the trouble was that W. 13. Leeds, the president, refused to s!gn tho scale, and that D. G- Reld, the treasurer, was in favor of signing it, as a result of which difference iir. Leeds would probably be deposed. It

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was claimed that the reason that Mr. Leeds did npt wish -to sign the scale was because the reopening of the factories meant Republican success. Messrs. Reld and Leeds are both residents of Richmond, and they say the report is wholly untrue, and doubtless written for political purposes. Morphine and n Penknife. Special to the Indianapolis' Journal. HUNTINGTON, Ind. July .22. John Buchanan, son of a widow, attempted suicide this afternoon by cutting his throat with a penknife: He had been sick, and became despondent. When discovered he was well nigh exhausted from loss of blood. He may recover. John Qulglcy, an ex-englneer of the Erie railway, took a do? of morphine by mistake, thinking it quinine, last night. It was thought he was out of danger this afternoon, but he died at 5 o'clock. There are rumors that the morphine was taken with suicidal mtent. but this is denied by hi3 family. Quiglev lost his job about two months ago. and . is known to have been very much disheartened. Opened in "Warrick Coanty. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BOON VI LLE, Ind., July 22. The campaign was virtually opened at tfils place last Saturday. The speakers were the Hon. J. A. Hemenway, member of Congress from the First district, and Hon. C. W. Mason, of Rockport. The meeting was well attended, and the grove where the .speaking took 'place was thronged with spectators. Plenty of enthusiasm, fair weather, good old-fasbioned glee cluo singing and martial music were the features. In the evening a McKinlcy club xras organized at the courthouse, smarting out with 1?0 members. L. A. Folsom is president and W. N. Denny secretary. Knocked from Ills Engine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. July 22. Frederick Henry, of Columbus, O., fireman on passenger train No. 6, on tho Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania, met with a serious accident this morning when the train was near Dunrelth. Whlie looking out of the cab he was struck by a mail crane, which knocked him to the ground with great force. The engineer supposed Henry was out oiling, and went quite a distance before noticing he was gone. The train was then backed to where the injured man lay, and he was brought to this city and then taken to his home. Operator- Want a Cnt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. July 22.-At a meeting of the executive committee of the Indiana Bituminous Miners' Association, this evening, to consider the strike situation with reference to the convention of the miners to be held here to-morrow, it was the sense of the meeting that the operators are even less able to comply with the demand for CO cents a ton than when the miners refused the fifty-five-cent price. May 1. The operators say they will not consider any proposition except for the men to return" to work at the lower price. Cloudburst Detroycel Crop. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKPORT, Ind., July 22. A cloudburst occurred about Fix miles west of Rockport last night and did much damage to property. Willow pond and a swamp that had been drained and now the finest body of land in the country is ten feet deep in water and the people have been driven from their homes. The crops in all low lands are said to be ruined. Struck Snnie Place Seven Times. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' KOKOMO, Ind.. July 22. Tuesday night the barn of C. M. Randolph, in Taylor township, was struck by lightning during the storm and destroyed. In the past dozen .years seven barns on this spot have been destroyed by lightning. Mr. itandoipn will rebuild the barn on a new location at a safe distance from tho favorite mark of the electric shaft. 9 Drowned in a Dltcb. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RENSSELLAER. Ind., July 22.-Carl Swain, son of Artas Swain, and nephew of Hon. M. L. Spltler. of this county, was drowned yesterday in a ditch near Morocco, in Newton county. He was an only child, eighteen years old. Indiana Note. W. II. and E. T. Stalev. former nn-ncrc nf tVio TTVrt nlrf nrt Ttnnner will stnrt an independent morninc. daily at Elwood AUg. 10. The American Tin-plate Company, of Elwood, will furnish free 5.000 tin plates for the barbecue which is to be given at tho Richmond fair ths year. ' TfoVia "Irnr? vVnnn t t rp5HIn- south of Jonesboro, attempted suicide Tuesday night Dy cutting nis tnr.oai wiin a penwniie. continued ill health is the reason assigned. Ho will recover. John G. Bryan, a prominent business man of Brazil, also president of the Business Men's Commercial Club, who has been very low for the past week, is now convalescing, and his physicians have hope of his recovery. A GOVERNMENT DEFEAT SALISBURY'S CABINET MEETS "WITII A REVERSE IX THE COMMONS. Irlh Member Force Balfonr to With, draw Clause 24 of tbe Land Bill After Amending: It. LONDON, July 22. The House of Commons to-day considered in committee Clause 24 of the Irish land bill. This clause provides that in purchase transactions the land commission shall advance money in lieu of stock heretofore issued. Sir Thomas Esmonde, anti-Pnrnelllte, moved an amendment to continue the existing arrangement. Mr. E. F. Knox. antl-Parnellite; Mr. John Dillon, leader of the Home rule party and member for East Mayo: Mr. T. M. Healy, antl-Parnellite, Mr. E. J. Saunderson, Conservative, and Mr. John E. Redmond, Parnelllte, supported the amendment. Both Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, and Mr. Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, spoke in opposition to the amendment, which was signally carried by a vote of 90 yeas to 84 nays. The result was greeted with cheers and laughter, mingled with derisive cheers of "resign." On motion of Mr. A. J: -Balfour, the whole of Clause 24 was then withdrawn. '- The defeat of the government was totally unforeseen, and it is ascribed to the absence of many of the ministerial members at the royal wedding. Sir Henry Esmond's amendment was supported by all the Irish members and by the Irish landlords. The Cheitii Tonrnament. NUP.EMBURG, July 22.-The third round of the international chess masters tournament was concluded to-day, the results being as follows: Walbrodt beat Albln in a French defense, after fifty-one moves. Janovskl and Pillsbury drew a Ruy Lopez, after fifty-six moves. Tarrasch beat Sehiffors in a. queen s gamDii. aeciinea. aner sixty-one moves. Lasker beat Stelnltz in a French defense, after forty-four moves. Schlechter beat Tschigorin in two knights' defence, after nearly ono hundred moves. Charousek and Marco drew a king's gambit declined, after sixty-two moves. Blackburne and Maroczy drew a Sicilian defense, after forty-one moves. Schailopp heat Tolehmann in a oueen's gambit de clined, after fifty-nine moves. Winawer beat Showalter in a queen s gambit, alter forty-nine moves. Porges had a bye. Cable ote. Another British blue book on Venezuela has been issued by the Foreign Office. The Norwegian Storthing has increased the duties on wheat sixty ore, ana on wheat flour two Kroner per iw kuo crammcs Serious flood have occurred in the Bernese Alps, the Jura mountains, the Canton v!il jirsit the lower Valnis. Rrhlires have been carried away, roads destroyed . t . a .. and railway travel uucrrupiea. aucn uumage has been done to fields. No fatalities are reported. Flint Gla-s 'Manufacturer. ITT.AKTtn CITV.'N. J..' Julv At tbe nnmiiil onnvintin of the American Klintglass Manufacturers, held here to-day, no DUSiness was iruii;it-u usiue irum uie election of these officers, for the ensuing v-Mf President. O. W. Rlntr TMttshur-' first vice president. Chartes Brokie, of Marion. Ind.: second vice president Charles j;rex. ox i'orx jervis. r. x.; treasurer, Thomas Ivans, cf Pittsburg:' fcecretary.

GEN. .G. W. JONES "DEAD

BORN IN l.niAXA.XD THE OLDEST EX.l.MTKD STATES SEXATOIU First Delegate to Congren from the Territory of Mlclilxnn. and a .Noted Man Over Half n Ccntnry Ago. DUBUQUE. la.. July 22.-Gen. Rpcw vv. Jones, the oldest surviving ex-United States Senator. qMed to-nii;ht, ar;cd ninetytwo. Ills death occurre-d at the home of his daughter. Mrs. I Deuss. at S o'rlork. The Senator's final illness was the result or a cold contracted in Chicago somo tlrn-i ago. At times he rallied suthciently to be poout tne city, but his great age was against him and he never fully recovered. tie hau been confined to his room for tbe last three weeks and. recogniziflg that he could not recover, prayed that h might ho taken away and asked others to pray with him in his petition for release. The Mayor has issued a proclamation an nouncing the death of General Jones and calling a special session of the Council for to-morrow. General Jones Is survived by two daughters and two sons. George Wallace Jones had a remarkable career. Born at Vinccnncs, Ind., April 12. 1S04. he was a drummer loy in the war of 1S12, and won distinction In the Black Hawk war. He ws the last delegate in Congress from the Territory of Michigan, the first delegate from Wisconsin and the first United States Senator from the State of Iowa, and he selected the names Wisconsin and Iowa. He has known every Pesident since Monroe, was in the escort of Lafayette, was a business partner of Daniel Webster, was the colleague in Congress of . Thomas 1L Benton, Charles Sumner, Stephen A. Douglas, William II. Seward and James Buchanan, was the in timate friend of John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, John C. Fremont, Jefferson Davis and Franklin Pierce, was a minister to South America before the war, was a party to seven "affairs of honor," caught the dying victim of tho Cilley-Graves duel in his arms,-was imprisoned by Seward on suspicion of be ing in collusion with Jefferson Davis, was tho Chesterfield of Washington society nearly fifty years ago, was once the rich est man in Iowa, but in his latter years had little income except a pension of $20 a month, granted eighty years after his service as a drummer bqy. To these must be added many minor distinctions. General Jones wds.the son of John Rice Jones, mentioned in history as the friend of Benjamin Franklin. The father was. for years Chief Justice of tne supreme Court of Missouri. The famiby lived at St. Genevieve, Mo., in 1S14. and when Captain Linn was commissioned to raise a company of soldiers young Jones was the drummer boy who marched about tne streets in that service. He graduated from Transyl vania University, at Lexington, Ivy., in 1S25. Henry Clay was his college guardian. In 1823 he was sergeant of the body guard of Andrew Jackson on his way to Wash ington to take his seat as United States Senator. When Lafayette revisited America tho young student was selected by Congress as a member of a reception com mittee and escorted tne t rencn patriot through Kentucky. After fi-rnduation vouncr Jones lived three years at St. Genevieve, studied law and was clerk of the United States District Court for Missouri. His health gave out and his physician ordered him into the woods to recuperate. Accompanied by a dozen slaves and a number of hired men. he went to Sinsinawa Mounei. men in Michigan Territory, but now in Wisconsin, not far from Dubuque. He engaged in mining, smelting, farming and merchandising, living a simple, rough life, which restored his health, and he boasted freedom from sickness for nearly seventy years therec&f tr When the Black Hawk war broke out in 1S32 he enlisted as aid-de-camp to General Henry Dodge, father ot his colleague a United States Senator from Iowa. After the w?ir the nioneers of Michigan Territory chose him colonel of militia without his knowledge, although a son or Aiexanaer Hamilton w.is a candidate. Later he be came a major general. While organizing a company of soldiers at what is now Mineral Point, Wis., he was chosen county judge, although he had not sought the place. In 1S35 he was elected delegate to Congress from the Territory of Michigan, which then embraced all the country from Lake Huron to the Pacific, the largest dis trict ever represented by one marrln tonErress. One of his first acts was t intro duce a bill for the formation of Wisconsin Territory, which comprised most of the country "west of Lake Michigan. He took the name from tne uuisconsin river, so named by Marquette, and secured the passace of his bill before the bill admitting Michigan to statehood was passed. He was elected delegate from Wisconsin wnne still holding that position from Michigan, lie. Introduced and secured the passage of the bill creating the Territory of Iowa. President Van Buren appointed him sur veyor general of the Northwest Territory and he became a resident of Dubuque. President William Henry Harrison re moved him, but he was reappointed by President Polk. He was chosen first United States; Senator from Iowa in 1843. a position to which he was re-elected. In ISoO he was appointed minister to tho country now known as Colombia. While there he wrote a letter to Jefferson Davis, who had been a lieutenant with him in the Black Hawk war. Jones did not know of the beginning of the war, and the terms of his letter to his old friend put him under suspicion when it fell into the hands of Secretary Seward. General Jones was recalled and imprisoned in Fort Lafayette for sixtyfour days. President Lincoln became con vinced of his innocence and ordered his release. A year or two later General Jones retired from public life. At one time he and Daniel Webster were partners in the town site of Madison, Wis., and Sioux City. la. He acted as second for Jonathan Cilley In the fatal duel with William J. Graves in 1S3S. In 1832 Congress voted him a pension for serv ices in the war of 1812 and the Black Hawk war. It also reimbursed him for services while in South America. . Adolnh E. Ebellngr. COLOGNE. July 22. Adolph E. Ebeling. the writer, is dead. He was born in 1827, at Hamburg. After graduating at Heidelberg he made a voyage to Brazil and returned to France. .He taught the German language in Paris until the war of 1870. when he lived in Dusseldorft in Cologne, and after the peace in Metz. where he was intrusted with the direction of press affairs. He wrote a narrative of his voyage to Brazil, and of his stay in Britany and the Pyenees. He also collected a series of letters and stories under the title of "Sketches of Modern Paris (Impressions of the War of 1S70)," a volume on "Egypt," "Napoieon III and His Court," and various collections of poems and literary sketches were also published by him. He was the author as well, of a text book of literature. Iter. Dr. Ilnwley "W. Ivnnpn. NEW YORK, July 22.-The Rev. Dr. Hasley W. Knapp, well-known in the Baptist denomination, died at his home in Brooklyn to-day, aged seventy-seven years. One of Mr. Knapp s daughters is Mrs. Charles L. Smith, of Kenilworth, III. BACKED DOWN. Concluded from First Parre.) eral estimate, not over six hundred spectators in the galleries. Governor Stone, of Missouri, who was to deliver the address of welcome, sat among the -m distinguished guests on the platform. The most brilliant dash of color in the scene was a bunch of crimson flowers, whieh graced the straw hat of one cf the Populist editresses on the press benches. CALLED TO ORDER. At 12:37 Chairman Taubencck stepped to the front of the platform to call the convention to Order. At sight of him the Illinois delegation, which sat Immediately below the platform, rose up and cheered. Mr. Taubencck is a large, handsome man, with a heavy brown mustache and rather a pallid complexion. Quiet came with the first rap cf the gavel. The Rev. W. L. Smith, of the Third Baptist Church, of this city, delivered the invocation. The 1,300 delegates stood reverently as he appealed to the throne of grace to drive out ail evils and sectionalism from the deliberations of the convention and bring In all Kod. Mr. Taubeneck's 16 to 1 gavel again descended upon the conclusion of the prayer. There was seme surprise when tho chairman introduced Governor Stone, of Missouri, but whatever apprehensions might have been rai?ed were speedily removed by the announcement that the Governor was merely expected to make a welcom3 address. Mr. ucr.s ua not r;-cau ai

great length. His welcome was most cordial and couched in choice words. He ventured upon a few general remarks upon the-propriety of freedom of opinion of the press, of speech and of the taliot. which must, he raid, amid applause, be pre. served at all hazards. "We are." he said, "in a crucial period, not only In party, but in national affairs." It would be considered not proper, he said, for him to express the hope that everything that should be done would be done with an eye siiigle to the felicity of the people and the public Influence. He expressed the bene that the day would soon come when the national ring would te the cmbiem. net only of national unltv, but of national prosperity. In closing. Governor Stone repeated his assurance of welcome, in doing which, he spoke, he said, not for the State of Missouri a!or.. but for th city of St. lyDUis and for the entire Mississippi valley. While Governor Stone was speaking the Texas delegates, occupying a seat on his extreme left, raised an immense national flag in their midst. Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, responded to Governor Stone's speech. His appearance roused the middle-of-tho-road element to a bur?t of enthusiasm. Mr. Donnelly spoke' gracefully, paying a high compliment to St. Iamis and eloquently describing the majestic Mississippi and the vat country tributary to it. hut avoiding discreetly any allusi'en to the subject on which the delegates below him were divided. The movement which this convention represented, he saiJ, was a growth of the farm. It had been conceived in the distress that prevailed among the producers of the country. The people had felt the effects of misgovesnment. If there was any movement on the face of the earth called up by the veritable hand of God it w.is the People's party. As he declared that the spirit of Washington. Jefferson. Jackson and th "august Lincoln" were boating above this convention the delegates cheere-1

lustily. The party reached down to the soul and heart o? humanity. "God ( save tlfe people," said be. "Upon that we stand. We are devoted to their cause. Let us never forget tha: wc ape a band of brothers waging wa; against the enemies of mankind. We must .stand together, whatever we do." he went on, while the middle-of-the-roaders shouted. "The People's party won't die. It needs to live!" Continuing, Mr. Donnelly said: "I stood at the cradle of the greenback party; 1 stood at the cradle of the People's party; and God forbid that I should be here now to attend its 'funeral. This is the great work of the century. Let us do our duty, first determining that we will neither desert nor destroy our party." There were more middle-of-the-road cheers when Mr. Donnelly finished. Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease, of Kansas, got a demonstration as she ascended the stage just before Chairman Taubeneck Introduced Senator Butler as temporary chairman. In introducing Senator Butler Mr. Taubeneck said that Mr. Butler had been selected by the national committee without a dissenting vote, and he added his belief that when the convention adjourned It would be found that It had acted with as great unanimity as had the committee in choosing temporary chairman. CHAIRMAN BUTLER'S SPEECH. Senator Butler was received with great applause, and, at the suggestion of Committeeman Washburn, three - cheers were given for the young Senator from the North State. "We are here," said the Senator, "because there is need for us to be here." He referred to the fact that two national parties had already held their conventions. These two parties had had charge of tho government for twenty-five years. The people had during this time done their duty in the matter of the creation of wealth. They had caused the country, so far as they could, to blossom as the rose. But these parties had been unfaithful to the trust, and had brought the country' to the verge of bankruptcy. The leaders ot both had been unfaithful to their trust. Hence the need of the People's party. He referred to Mr. McKinley as the candidate of "aggregatetl capital and combined greed." He declared both the old parties had for years kept the greatest Issue in American politics in the background. They had shunned issues and fought sham battles. No matter where the victory lay. Wall street and Lombard street won. Meantime, he said, the Populist party, organized to brlnar real relief to the people, had grown steadily. The agitation had been kept up; victories against greed had been won. The South and Southwest had joined hands. He paid high tribute to the late President Hoke, of North Carolina, who, he gaid, had broken down Mason and Dixon's line, and made it possible for a new party to revive the broad principles of Jefferson and Lincoln. Senator Butler described the various campaigns through which his party had passed In various States, the hardships endured, the flings and ridicule to which they had had been subjected, but they had triumphed. They had at least torn the mask from the old parties. A few weeks ago the Republican party had b?cn forced to align itself with the moneyed king of Wall street and Europe. The Democratic party at Chicago was driven to, the alternative of siding with gold or the people. "They were so frightened that, in their desperation." he said, "they finally committed grand and petty larceny. They stole our platform and tried to steal into our party." This statement set the convention wild. fcWhy did not they steal our transportation plank?" shouted a California delegate. "Ah," replied Senator Butler, "the old Democratic habit got the better of them there. They straddled that question." "Whoop! whoopee!" cried a thousand voices.. Senator Butler went on pleading for the maintenance of- the organization of the People's party. "If the People's party should abandon its organization." sajd he, "the Democratic partv at its next national convention would repudiate the platform adopted at Chicago and Bryan woukl not have any more chance of being nominated than Thomas Jefferson would if he were alive to-day." The financial question, he continued, "hacj been as much an Issue since 1873 as it was to-day, but It remained for the People's party to force this issue to the front right here. "Right here." he said, "comes our responsibilty the greatest responsibility that ever fell o any party. Shall we save the party, or allow ir to go down to defeat? Shall It be said that this great band of patriots who had broken all party ties, allowed themselves to be controlled more by prejudice than by patriotism?" MANY INTERRUPTIONS. This query was responded to by cries of "No," and by loud applause. Senator Butler appealed for the cessation of prejudices. He had heard it Intimated by one that Mark Hanna Nvas running the party, and by another that the Democratic party was doing it. As for himself he had enough . faith in the integrity of the party to feel convinced that the party would not make itself an annex to the Democratic party. This statement gave the middle-of-the-roaders a chance to cheer, but the Bryan followers were afforded an opportunity to shout when he added that there was grave danger that it might be made a Republican annex. One danger, said he, is as great as the other. Iet us find the truth in the middle way." This was the keynote of the Senator's spech. but it was noticeable that there was no special applause at this evi dent suggestion of a compromise. The par ty, he continued, should be true to Itself. "If this convention." he shouted passionately, "does not follow its own teachings, it is unworthy to represent its own .people." "Hurrah for Bryan!" cried an Alabama delegate. "Put him out!" yelled several Texas delegates in chorus. "What shall we do?" asked Senator Butler as he essayed to resume his speech. "Nominate Bryan," replied the same Alabama delepate. "Shut up!" "Put him out!" shouted several hundred voices. "Is he a Democrat?" called out some one. "He is." were the intermingled cries while other continued to shout "put him out!" The interruptions became ro freq ient that Senator Butler, after waving liis arms appealingly to quiet them, said that whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. "Every time you interrupt me." he said, "you endanger your cause. This convention has not been crushed by either of the old parties, and will not be stampeded. Our duty is to approve what is right andAcondemn what is wrong. I am telling what you will find out when you get home." he went on. "I have been down among the farmers of my State, and I know what I say is true when I tell you that they expect us to rise to the level of patriotism and travel In the ntth of onsc'.en?e. If you waver from y.-ur pes io of principle then you become no bter than the other parties." It was the duty of all Populists, he said, to stand by what they bad taught in the past. He believed the convention was going to do what was wisest, and added: "It is going to stand together; It is not going to split." Concluding, he said: "We shall stand together, go away united, strip our coats off for the fray and be prepared for an emergency however great. Remember you are popular party men. remember thatyou have accompllshed more in four years than the other parties, and remember that if you do your duty now you will very seon be tha party of the majority." Mr. Butler clcstd am!d vlgoxous applaue, among those who shouted mot lustily for him being Congressman Howard, of Alabama, who had been shouting for Bryan during the ; progress of the . Senator's EjT-eech. J Chairran Cutler then assumed the gavel end tfcs rrsrc call:- fcr ntnibtra cJ

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After a while the band was hushed, but by this time Congressman Howard had trot to the front and bejran making a speech. He talked long and loud against the IJrjHn movement. He was followed by "Stump" Ashley, who made another speech. Thrre were loud calls for Coxey. but no responses. Then "Cyclone" Davis made a strong plea for the preservation cf the Populist party, after which an attempt was made to do some business. "Stump" Ashley was elected chairman and a number of secretaries were chosen. It was sufrpestcd that one delegate from each State be selected to form a permanent middle-of-the-road committee, but many States did not respond. A partial list was finally obtained and this Is to be the steering committee for the middle-of-the-rcad men and act for them. Future meetings will be held as may be deemed necessary. LIGHT AT MCiHT. Ilece Taken I'ntll Thin Mornlnir After n Lonir Walt. ST. LOUIS, July 22. When 8 o'clock, the hour for the convention to convene, arrived, tho hall was In darkness. The delegates were huddied in the seats in front of the platform, while ghastly groups of fans swayed In the light of the few candles that, flickered on the press tables. About this time some shrewd middle-of-the-roader thought he discovered that the refusal to turn on the lights was a part of a scheme of the Uryan people to prevent the straight-out clement from controlling. This 'suspicion that the lights were out In the interests of a faction, as they were turned out at the Cincinnati convention In 1576, by the opponents of Mr. Blaine, aroused ,a storm of protests and the middle-of-the-roaders wer charging about In the dark to discover the caua.s of the unprecedented situation. "It's a scheme of tho Bryan men." tho Texas delegation shouted. Some one mounted the stage and yelled: "The Bryan people have put out the lights but if they nominate Bryan we'll split this convention wide open." "You're a disgrnce to the party." came emphatically from the black cavernous depths of the hall. By this time the aisles were choked with delegates pushing and groping their way about In the dark. There began to be apprehension of some sudden alarm which might Etamprde the, delegates and cause disaster, and the leaders began discusblng the advisability of adjourning the convention until to-morrow morning. The band, under Instructions, kept up a constant fusillade of airs to allay th fears of any who m!ght be alarmed. Whenever the band played a hymn the delegates join-d In the chorus. Some of the rollicking songs like "John Brown's Body" and "Marching through Georgia wen also sung enthusiastically. At 8:20 "Cyclone" Davis mounted the stage and tn-d to secure order, but th crowd refused to listen until some ene held a lighted candle In front cf his face. As his tall form and broad sweeping sombrero came within the narrow range of the light from the tallow dip. the delegates immediately recognized hira and Ciere were shouts of "Shut up! Kei quiet! Lister, to Cyclone!" When he cou'd make himself heard he announced that the electric wires were "disconnected.' but they would be all right in a few minutes, whereupon there were cheers of approval, and the band struck up another tune. Delegate Webster, of St. Iouis. moved that a committee be appointed to wait on the offlcers of the convention and ascertain why they were not present. A chorus of voices seconded the motion, but nobody moved and no committee waa ppomtert. One disgusted delegate yelled: "Let us go to Chicago and hire a hall." This su.cgsHon was met with p. pprov.nl. Then the band in the gallery broke out with the stirring strains of "Dixie" and the o d Southern. rong was answered by the roar of one thousand throats. Mrs. Mary L Lease camo to the sta-re and was appealed to f make a speech, but she declined to talk in the dark. "Walt until they turn on the lights." enld -he. "and I'll talk to you nil night-" At S:4. Chairman Butler appeared cti th stage. The band played "Put Me Off at Buffalo," and then Senator Butler called the convention to order. He announced that the committee on credentials wou'd not be able to report to-nisht and that as. owing to an accident, there was no light, he would declare the convention in recess until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. The delegate, many of them, with cvljent reluctance, then quitted the hall. Fenther-'lVele&t Xlorpliy Killed. TOLEDO. O.. July 22. Lawrence Murphy, aged twenty-seven years, a featherweight boxer, of Sglnw, Mich., bo-rded a moving freight car on the Lake hoi road last evening. While rtan-ilr.-; en tha car he was stn:cU by tna Puvrt-rtreet bridge. Unoched ur. r th? wl:r:I cr.i V.l fcsxi covered frc: 13 t:

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