Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1900 — Page 7

CONVENTION MEETS

National Republican Gathering Called to Order. BIG CROWD PRESENT. Senator Wolcott of Colorado Made Temporary Chairman. Senator Hanna Wields the Gavel at the Opening of the First SessionBrilliant Scenes in the Great HallTemporary Chairman Wolcott Makes an Eloquent Speech—Convention Call Is Bead and Committees Are Named. Philadelphia Correspondence : Shortly after noon Tuesday the twelfth national nominating convention of the Republican party was called to order in Philadelphia, the same city in which the first one met forty-four years ago. Of these twelve conventions Philadelphia has had three, Chicago five and Baltimore, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and St. Louis one each. Tuesday’s proceedings were of a purely perfunctory character. Senator Hanna, chairman of the national committee, called the convention to order. A surpliced clergyman read a lengthy prayer in a silence which was truly remarkable in so vast an audience. Then Secretary Dick read the call. The delegates answered to their names and Senator Wolcott was installed as temporary chairman and made a sjieech, after which the committees on credentials, organization, resolutions, and rules were selected and retired for deliberation.

MAIN ENTRANCE NORTH Seating Plan of the Auditorium of the Republican National Convention Hall, Showing the Location of All the State and Territorial Delegations.

Senator Wolcott in his eloquent speech touched upon all the leading events of the past four years, and made them appear as arguments for the continuation in power of the present administration. All allusions to the Spanish war, of tlie Philippine questions and other leading characteristics of the administration were received with prolonged applause. The scene in the spacious hall during the progress of Senator Wolcott’s speech was impressive in the extreme. The orator had evidently completely caught andswayed his audience, and the vast multitude answered to his glowing periods with the greatest enthusiasm. The forenoon had produced nothing new in the Vice Presidential situation, and when the convention had settled down to business the question was still in a condition of as much uncertainty as ft was forty-eight hours before, It was evident, though, to even a casual observer, that Gov. Roosevelt, of New York, was still the hero of the hour, and that it would be as easy to stampede the convention for him ns to start a conflagration by the commingling of fire and tow. A significant thing in this connection was the fact that when reference was being made to the Spanish war and the bravery of American arms was being extolled by Senator Wolcott, there were freqiftnt cries of San Juan intermingled with great outbursts of cheering for Roosevelt. Ten thousand people attended the formal opening of the convention. The splendid hall was well filled and the scene was one to remember. Facing the speakers' platform were nearly one thousand delegates and as many alternates, representing the Republicans of every State and territory in the Union, including Hawaii and Alaska. Seated in tiers surrounding the inner circle was the crowd of sightseers. The arrangements were perfect. On all sid<*s was beard unstinted praise for the Quaker City managing committee. The feature of the first session wa* the speech made by Wolcott

At Dolliver headquarters the feeling was strong that if Roosevelt'should put himself out of the race the lowan would receive the nomination. With an open field and the San Juan hero not a starter, the lowa people believed that Dolliver would win.. > • The day opened auspiciously for the event. The sky was slightly overcast and there was none of the sweltering of many former national gathering*. "The air was cool, the temperature being below 70. After being up half the night with the demonstration of 30,000 marching men, fireworks, bands, final caucus and earnest conferences, the army of delegates and the conspicuous figures of the convention were slow to make their appearance. But the staid old Quaker city was early astir with preparation and by 8 o’clock the

SENATOR HANNA. Chairman of the National Committee.

streets took on an air of animation aud anticipation as the crowds began to con-' verge toward the convention grounds. The arrangements for transporting the great multitude from downtown to the hall were admirable, many lines of electric cars giving ready conveyance. That splendid avenue, Bread street, leads to the most direct route, that on South street, and all of the early cars along this line were crowded with those wishing to secure points of vantage in or around the

building. The throngs weer good-natured and intensely earnest. The women showed their interest in the event by making' up a considerable percentage of the moving hosts, aud the fair weather* permitted all the color of bright parasols and midsummer dress to be blended with the blaze of bunting. Out nt the convention grounds the officials were early on hand with their corps of doorkeepers, sergeant-at-arms, ushers and pages, putting them through final drills in anticipation of the crush soon to come. The first squad to put in an appearance was thnt of under Organizer Owen, 300 strong, having charge of seating the delegates and spectators. After them came the 400 assistants under Ser-geunt-at-arms Wiswell, more particularly to care for the interests of the delegates. Chief Doorkeeper Kercheval had an early drill, both at the outer gates and at the entisince doors, which gave promise of an avoidance of the confusion and delay which often attend admission to conventions. During the early hours the inside of the convention hall presented the appearance of a vast sea of pine, overhung with a wealth of festoon, bunting and historic portraiture. It was very light, very airy, and so arranged in the gradual rise of scats from a common center to give full opportunity for the demonstrations of enthusiasm which were soon to come. Outside of the hall the approaches began to congest with the crowds during the early hours. The cars added hundreds every minute, and as the outer gates wcre not opened until 10 o’clock, the early arrivals wcre massed on the walks nhd streets awaiting the signal to get in. The street venders did a thriving business in buttons and badges and a lively trade was carried on in scats for the convention at rates varying from $5 for a single session up to S6O for the three sessions. Chicago police have stopped the rabbit chases conducted by the Coursing Club.

LOSS IS TWO MILLIONS;

Bloomington. 111., Visited by a Destructive Conflagration. A wild conflagration swept over the business portion es Bloomington, Hl., Monday night and Tuesday morning, leaving in its trail the charred and blackened ruins of more than half of the city’s finest business blocks, together with the court house and other public buildings. Conservative estimates by insurence agents place the loss at not less than $2,000,000. In the block northeast of the court house square the fire broke out at 12:30 o’clock, and, borne by a strong southwest wind, cut a diagonal swatch across the court house square into the blocks on the south and west. Both the north and cast sides of the court house arc in ruins; two other blocks cornering on the square and one-half of the block west of the square are destroyed. In the vicinity of Qje court house the path of the fire is nearly two blocks wide and its area was confined to that portion of the town only through the most strenuous efforts of the Bloomington fire department, aided by re-enforcements from Springfield and Peoria. Dynamite proved a powerful agency in fighting the conflagration, and some fine buildings were sacrificed to save the blocks to the southwest of the court house. The court house stands a blackened shell, gutted from dome to basement, but the records were removed and saved. The clock in the tower of the court house struck the hour of four before the roof fell. Originating in the Model Laundry, on Monroe street, the pillar of flame traveled with marvelous rapidity across the intervening block to the court house square. In less than an hour the entire block was destroyed, with the exception of the Government building, in which was the postotHce. This structure of fireproof material escaped unharmed, but the old Durley Theater and several buildings being remodeled were destroyed with the rest of the block. From the rapidity with which the fire -spread—lt was-sosa apparent that the Bloomington department was powerless and messages were sent to the surrounding towns for aid. Responses were quick, but steam could run no race against the

co'nilagration. Before the special trains carrying aid from Peoria could arrive the lire had encompassed the court house. In the block w est of the square the western branch of the fire wus checked by the combined efforts of the departments and a liberal use of dynamite. It seemed that the court house square split the conflagration into two wings, one circling to the blocks east of the square and the stronger gathering into its maw the blocks west and northwest. As soon as the western branch was rendered safe the departments hurried across the burned district ,to the front of the eastern wing burning fiercely southeast of the court house. At the critical stage of the fire the water pressure was deficient and the departments were powerless. Business men were compelled to sit with folded hands and see their merchandise destroyed with nothing to cheek the onward march of the fire. Dynamite wa* used with tolling effect nnd the fire was checked more through this agency" than with water.

News of Minor Note.

Chicago has sent a check for $5,000 to starving India. Northwestern '”L” road, Chicago, wa* formally opened. The restoration of the Bloody Tower in the Tower of London is now completed. Near Fort Scott, Kan., a farmer boy accidentally shot and killed his 7-year-old brother, while imitating an expert shot with what be thought to be an unloaded pistol. i Pine nnd hemlock stumps and old-logs that wcre supposed to have become worthless years ago are being gathered iu northern Michigan to be manufactured into lath. The original manuscript of the speech favoring the admission of Kansas into the Union, made by William 11. Seward, has been secured by the Kansas State Historical Society.

M’KINLEY IS NAMED.

RENOMINATED AT PHILADELv. PHIA BY ACCLAMATION. Republican* Would Have the Preaident Succeed Himself—Senator Lodge Chosen Permanent Chairman Credential* Committee Report*. Philadelphia correspondence: The Republican national convention on Thursday nominated William "McKinley to succeed himself as President of the United States. The crowd of 16,1)00 persons arose en masse, cheered, waved hats, handkerchiefs and coats, while the band played. The nominating speech wan made by Senator Foraker. Its conclusion was followed by wild demonstrations, led by Senator Hanna. It was almost 11 o’clock Wednesday when the advance guard of the great army of visitors crossed the Schuylkill and besieged the doors of the convention hall. Every road led toward the Exposition building. In street ears, carriages aud afoot the people streamed thither. There are thirty entrances to the hall, more keyholes into the vast amphitheater, and through these tiny apertures the populace flowed unceasingly, gradually spreading over and blotting out the great waste of unpainted pine chairs. As on Tuesday, the delegates were slow in arriving, but the distinguished guests were on hand somewhat earlier. Shortly after 11 o'clock the big municipal band of Philadelphia took its place in the gallery opposite the stage and a few minutes inter the strains of one of Souza’s stirring marches crashed out. At 12:30 o’clock, when the convention was called to order by Temporary Chairman Wolcott, the band played “The StarSpangled Banner” and the crowd arose to

PRESIDENT M’KINLEY.

join in the song. During the prayer by Itev. Chas. M. Bosweli seven delegates who had been at the birth of the Republican party in 185 G marched to the chairman’s platform waving a faded flag, bearing the date 1856 on a streamer attached to Old Glory. Behind the standard bearer was an octogenarian carrying the banner of the Fremont Association. Senators Hanna and Cullom met the distinguished veterans of RepubHeamsm, and. leading them forward to Chairman Wolcott’s side, waved their arms as a signal for applause. The‘ convention cheered, delegates arose and waved their hats ami the faded flag was kept in sight of the demonstrative spectators while the band played “America.” This was the signal for renewed enthusiasm. The banner bore the legend “National Fremont Association of Republican Clubs of Pittsburg.” This incident over; the chairman recognized Representative Serene E. Payne of New York, chairman of the committee on credentials, who mounted the platform and r£ad the exhaustive report of the committee. The settlement of the Delaware contest in favor of “Gas” Adicks, announced by tlie chairman, was greeted with considerable applause from the friends of the Delaware crowd. In behalf of the majority; of the delegates from New York Mr. Payne asked the previous question and the motion prevailed. Chairman Wolcott put the motion for adoption of the ieport. This was passed without a dissenting voice. The convention, which evidently felt relieved as this quick disposition of the contests signified its approval with applause. Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio, chairman of the committee on permanent organization. then presented that committee’s report. This report was also put through with a whirl. Henry Cabot Lodge, United States Senator from Massachusetts, was made permanent chairman qf the convention. Senator Lodge made a scholarly speech in accepting the gavel from Senator Wolcott, who retired us temporary chairman. Charles W. Johnston of Minnesota succeeded to the secretaryship. Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, read the platform. The platform submitted to the convention was practically the same us that reported to the Commit tee on Resolutions by the subcommittee appointed to draft it. The labor plank was drafted by Martin B. Madden, of Chicago, and approves! without discussion. All of the members aided in the construction of the money resolution, ami the trust policy laid down was dictated by Senator Foraker. Mr. Quigg, of New York, drafted the Philippine resolution At 3:15 o’clock the convention adjourned until 10 o’clock Thursday morning. This action was taken when the order of business reached was the call of States for nominations for President. Plans of the lenders wore changed almost at the Inst moment. The platform and the reports of the credentials and rules committees, however, hnd been adopted.

Odds and Ends.

The United States cruiser Albany was commissioned at Neweastle-on-Tyne. The elevator having stopped, Mins Florence Irene Ix'onnnl of Arlington, Ga., was imprisoned on top of the observation tower at Niagara Falls all night. A substituted forefinger was shown by a Koenigsberg doctor at a surgical congress in Berlin. He had cut off the patient'a second toe and sewed it to the stump of the missing finger. Primary union followed. „and the new finger could be moved by its owner.

DOG STOPS A TRAIN.

After Saving a Baby's Life He Modestly Take* to the Woods. Train No. 20 on the Indianapolis and Vincennes, In charge of Conductor F. W. Russe, of Indianapolis, was tearing along toward Indianapolis the ether evening fifty miles an hour. The train was loaded with passengers and was behind time. East of Edwardsport Engineer Dorsey saw on the track far ahead a dog that was jumping about and acting in a peculiar manner. The dog’s actions looked suspicious, and, as a measure of caution, Dorsey shut off the steam, so as to have his Lain under control. When the train reached a nearer point the dog stood and barked at it, aud then, with a yelp, started for the woods. Tnr-n it was that Dorsey saw that there was something red between the rails, and lie threw on the emergency brakes and opened the sandbox. The train came to a standstill within ten feet of a pretty, flaxen-haired baby in a red'frock. The child was about two years old and had been playing with the dog. The train crew ran forward and Baggageman Franklin picked up the child, which laughed and crowed and patted his face in glee. About 1,800 yards distant was a farmhouse and toward it Fianiilin started with the baby, to meet a man running toward him like an insaneperson. It was the child’s father, who had missed the baby just as the train stopped, and supposed that the little one had been killed. How it got so far away from home and Into such a dangerous place no one could understand. The passengers were considerably jolted by the sudden stopping of the train, but no one was hurt, and when they learned the cause of it they clustered about Engineer Dorsey and congratulated him on his caution.—lndiana[xdis News.

Deeded to the Devil.

There is only one spot on the earth's surface that has actually been willed, deeded and bequeathed to his Satanic majesty. This spot lies four miles and a half south of Helsingfors, Finland. A few years ago Lara Huilarlene died in the little town of Piellsjarvl, in the above-named country, leaving considerable property in the shape of landed estate. How he had come into possession of so much land no one seemed to know, but as he was a very bad cfiizeh it was generally admitted that he was in league with Wlntahausu (Satan), and that they had many business deals with each other. This somewhat startling opinion was verified when old Huilariene found a certified warranty deed inclosed therein, which deeded to Satan all his earthly possessions. The will was to the same effect. The family have repeatedly tried to break the will, but so far have been unsuccessful; thus the records plainly show that his sulphuric majesty has a legal right and title to some excellent grounds in the near vicinity of Helsingfors. The simple people of the neighborhood have changed the course of the road which formerly skirted the Huilariene homestead. and declare that they would not enter the possessions of Satan & Co. for all the money that the three estates would bring.—Pearson’s Weekly.

A Curious Result.

Amateurs of the woods and wild scenes sometimes have queer luck. Here is an instance of a girl who took a pictyre of a party of foiends near a patch of trees. When she came to develop it she found that there had been a bear beyond the group, making for the woods nt full speed when the shutter was snapped. Another amateur photographer got a curious result from a snap shot at a clump of woods. When he developed the plate he found that three partridges had been sitting on the ground eight or ten feet from him, deeply interested in his actions, as the posL tion of flie r heads plainly showed. Another of his “shots” also developed curiously. It showed a fox trotting across an open space in the woods. The ears were sticking up ami inclined forward, and It was evidently in search of some small prey.

How to Dissuade Him.

Glorlana B. of Westport writes: “I have a young gentleman caller who Is always trying to kiss me. Hott shall I dissuade him?” You should dissuade him with a hatpin or an ax. Glorlana; but as an allaround anti-kiss argument, there is nothing so dissuading and at the same time painless as a large Bermuda onion. You should ent one, two or three lie fore the kissing bug flies around.— Baltimore American.

At the Public Library.

Small Girl—Will yon give me the book my sister wants? Librarian—But what book Is it? Small Girl—Oh, I don't know. But she wants it very much. Librarian (at a venture)—ls It “To Have and to Hold?” Small Girl—Yes; that’s It. All I could think of was “If You Get It, Keep It.” —Albany Journal.

Had Plenty of It.

“I’ve got to catch a train,” panted the dyspeptic looking man, dropping into the barber’s chair. “Hurry up.” “You seem to be out of breath,” remarked the barber. “Yes, but I notice you’re not,” replied the other, catching the usual whiff of spring onions.—Philadelphia Press. When a preacher wants to tell a piece of gossip, he excuses himself by saying that he does It “to illjstrate a point” One man’s faulty ma) be another man’s virtues. **"

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Rich Oil Discovery in Pulaski County —Flora Man's Desperate Deed—Verdict Against Former County Treasur—er—No More Strike Assessments. The Jasper County Oil and Gas Company has struck a gusher in its territory that has a capacity of seventy-five barrels a day. of such an unusually high grade of lubricating oil that it is quoted at $7.50 a barrel and can be used for lubricating purposes in its natural state. The well is a six-inch one, and is the first flowing oil well to lie found in that territory. The flowing well just discovered was struck at a depth of about 120 feet near Medaryville. Besides this one the company has ton wells, one of which produces 100 barrels in sixteen hours. Kills Former Wife in Street. At Flora Perry Barnard shot and instantly killed Jennie Davis, his former wife, who had recently secured a divorce, and her mother and 3-year-old daughter were dangerously wounded. The dead woman was preparing to leave the town, and Barnard, who was noticeably attached to the child, had beard of it and was determined they should not go. He met them face to face and fired. It is known he had been practicing shooting at a target for some time, and it. is believed the shooting had been carefully planned. After the shooting Barnard was not seen again. , Former Official Found Guilty. At Shelbyville the jury in tlie ease of the State against ex-County Treasurer Wilson returned a verdiet of guilty and lie was placed in custody of Sheriff Schoelch. Wilson was arrested on the charge of having presented a false claim of $1,600 against the county, the penalty being two to fourteen years in prison. The claim wa.s not paid. Strike Fund Called Off. President Van Horn and Secretary Kennedy of tlie Indiana Mine Workers have called, off the assessment for the strike fund. For the first time in several years the relations between men and operators are so harmonious that there is no need of an assessment fund. State News in Brief. An Evansville family has six sets of twins. Loon lake has been dredged and improved. Jacob Fetters, Wilmot, drowned while saving a drowning boy. Farmers’ wives in the northern part of the State have organized. Bloomington City Council gives S3OO for a soldiers' monument. Wabash river is ten feet above low water mark and still rising. John Clevenger, noted thief, sawed bis way out of the Kokomo jail. Mormon elders were arrested in Logansport. but afterward released. "Wtrircdy wilt organize a society prove the sanitary condition of the town. Arthur Carter, near Jeffersonville, was dragged 3<M» yards by a mule and mangled to dentil. Serie Johann. 19, Evansville, committed suicide; excessive cigarette smoking and disappointment in love. A strange potato [test, altogether unknown to farmers, has made its appearance in the southern portion of the State. The E. & T. 11. and tlie S. I. railroads have agreed on the building of a $50,000 viaduct at the Ohio street crossing. Terre Haute. Tom Talmage, Anderson, writes from the Philippines that he has been struck by bullets three times, but never yet downed. James Burton. 35, Loraine, Ohio, a colored cook on tlie L. E. <& W., fell from the car steps at Muncie and fractured his skull. At Madison the 3-year-old daughter of George Gertz died from strangulation, having swallowed a pin which caught in her throat. Fruit growers around Muncie say that black knot is rapidly extinguishing the plum orchards. Careful pruning is said to be the only remedy. Harry Myers, sent to Jeffersonville from Marion County for horse stealing, escaped, and was recaptured in Jeffersonville after a lively fight. Mr. ami Mrs. Philip S. Davidson of Jeffersonville were chloroformed by burglars Friday night and sl2 and some jewelry taken. The thieves escaped. An Elkhart census enumerator found one family in which there are eleven children, the eldest of which is l». In another family. oaly-oiie child out of twelve is living, O. Richardson, a Muncie nurseryman, has discovered a bug which he says will protect shrubbery and trees from insects. The bug eats the insect pests but not the leaves. A planing mill located south of Brazil, belonging to John Rumple, was demolished by the explosion of the boiler. Mr. Rumple'* head wait completely severed from his body. The United States census reports show that within the corporation lines of Winamac there Hr 131 beautiful and wealthy widows and not one of them above the age of 25 years. Miss Susan Holderman, who gained distinction ns a nurse of the Red Cross Society in Cuba, was married at her home in North Manchester to the Rev. William Howe of Deshler, Ohio. Sister Superior Josepba, Columbus, has l»een appointed provincial su|>erioress of the Franciscan Misters of Per|>etual Adoration, making her the senior officer in this country. She will go to Lafayette. The Prohibitionists are waging a bitter war against the four saloons at Mitchell. Levi Spaljr, n farmer near Millersburg, is dead as the result of a scuttle in a saloon. Grace Holmes and Edna Bundy. Anderson, were fined for gathering flowers from a cemetery. Elmer Barnes, Judson farmer, was attacked in the field by a large- blacksmike and had a lively fight. Anderson woman is crazy, as the result of the exhortations of three “saints,” who were trying, to convert her.