People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — Page 6

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THEIR FIRST VICTORY

NARROW - GAUGERS WIN Al PITTSBURG. Wheeler Elected Temporary Chairm >n Talk of Tr»dins In the Convention Mrs. Gougar Wants Prohibition, set frage and Silver. * Pittsburg, Pa., May 27. —By an ov whelming majority late Tuesday ni-.i the narrow-guagers won the first ba.’ in the spirited contest among the pro?.: bitionists now gathered in this city. T.. national committee met at the Se ven Avenue hotel at 9 o’clock. Chairm a Samuel Dickie of Michigan preside 1 There were twenty-seven regular me ?. bers present from twenty states. Ni mteen proxies were admitted. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. J. B. Cranfell ■_.*

SAMUEL DICKIE.

Texas the committee proceeded at once to the selection of temporary officers if the convention. Scores of delegate: crowded the corridor, anxious to learn the result. George C. Christian of Arkansas presented the name of A. A. Stevens of Tyrone, Pa., for temporary chairman. Ex-Gov. John P. St. John of Kansas, for the broad-guagers, nominated Edward J. Wheeler of New York. The vote was taken by roll call, Stevens receiving 32 and Wheeler 16. This result is a keen disappointment to the silver men. After a short consultation Gov. St. John announced that they would present a minority report with Mr. Wheeler’s name. Chairman Dickie said that he would deprecate any such action, as there was no propriety in presenting a minority report. The broad-guagers insisted on it. and Oliver W. Steward of Illinois, moved that the national chairman be instructed to receive such report. This was voted down by a vote of 31 to 12. Alonzo E. Wilson of Chicago was chosen unanimously for temporary secretary of the convention,

HELEN M. GOUGAR.

John Willis Baer of Boston, of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, is being talked of for permanent secretary. The treasurer submitted his report, which was approved, and cheers given for the youngest boy of the prohibition movement. This pleased Mr. Hastings, as he is now over 80 years of age. The day’s development were decidedly favorable to the narrow-guage element. Narrow-gague delegates have been arriving by the hundreds, until they seem to have a large majority of those on the ground. New England, 200 hundred strong, came with banners flying at supper time and marched through the streets headed by a brass band. In reference to the platform of the convention Mr. Dickie said: “I do not think the platform will commit the party to any specific financial policy. I expect it to be definite in that it will generally advocate ‘sound’ money, but I do’ not favor going into special details. For instance, if we declare that all money shall be issued by the national government, that it must be full legal tender and that no private corporation or private party shall profit thereby, that, to my mind, is specific enough for the prohibition party. That, too, according to my information, will probably be the tone of the platform adopted'by the convention.” Trades and rumors of trades —silver for suffrage, suffrage for silver—are in the air, and the women are aroused and anxious. The money men on both sides are ready to sacrifice anything except the prohibition plank itself to gain this special end. Southerners offer silver votes for anti-suffrage votes and hard-money jnen offer suffrage votes for gold votes. This is what the women say, and this is the situation. They are organising to fight. The word has gone out that the women are to stand like a rock for suffrage and trade it for nothing. Mrs. Gougar claims to be solid for prohibition, suffrage and silver, and means to fight for all three. There was a notable scene in Gov. St. John’s room, where the action of the Michigan delegation was announc-

ea to him. and there was handed to him the local paper containing Dickie’s withdrawal from the cnairmanship race. Said Gov Sc. John: "This fight is not against Dickie personally. He is one of the finest of our men, but we must have a broad-gauge chairman.” The report that Levering is not a suffragist is enthusiastically controverted by his fellow ere, since Mr. Levering is a stanch supporter of the woman’s cause. Indeed, the alarm about the passage of a suffrage plank is not warranted. The opposition to suffrage received its death blow at the Indianapolis convention in 1888. The suffrage plank will go in. Even the women, however, feel that the effort to nomi-* nate a woman for vice-president is a mistake. Miss Willard’s name was withdrawn upon theyurgent plea of a woman. Miss Thompson, of Oakland, Cal., who is cna of the best workers among the women delegates. Mrs. Gougar was named by a man, and when she declined Miss Willard’s name was offered by a Woman’s Christian Tetaperance Union adherent, whose love for her lead: r outran her political wisdom. The women here are with few exceptions silverites. The Griffin resolution restoring silver to its standing before the Sherman legislation of ’73 is their platform and seems to be the favorite all around.

James H. Southgate of North Carolina and William H. Berry of Pennsylvania were presented for second place. The vote was 58 to 50 in favor of Southgate. L. B. Logan of Ohio was selected as candidate for national chairman, after a long contest in which J. M. Dunlap of Indinan figured as an aspirant. It was finally made unanimous. Oliver W. Stewart of Illinois was approved for permanent chairman. It was decided to accept no compromise on platform or in the matter of candidates. Tire im: row-gaugers had an informal gathering at the Seventh Avenue hotel. Mr. Dickie made a speech in which he declared that every plank adopted ought to be approved by three-fourths of the delegates in ti e convention. The chairman was authorized to appoint a steering committee of seven to direct the destinies of the narrow-gauge idea. Ihe broad-gaugers are elated because Michigan turned down Mr. Dickie. He failed of re-election as a member of the national committee. Mr. Dickie says he is out or the race for national chairman, not because of the state’s action, as he fully anticipated it, but he is anxious for a rest. His wide circle of friends are dete; mined to continue the fight, and Mr. Stevens of this state and Mr. Tate of Tennessee-are sanguine of his re-election by the new national committee.

The Intercollegiate Prohibition association held its national convention in Exposition hall in the afternoon. S. T. Michell of Wilberforce university presided. W. A. Avery made an address of welcome. The following officers were elected: President, Merrill C. Ward. Tuft’s college, Massachusetts; vice-president, G. H. Gaston, university of Illinois; treasurer, Fred S. Nave, Northwestern university, Evanston, 111. Narrow-gauge resolutions were passed. Plans were adopted for the work of the coming campaign.

SOCIETIES GAIN ALL.

Gfeat Contest nt Saratoga Results in , Their Favor. Saratoga, N. Y., May 27. —Christian Endeavorers won a victory Tuesday in the presbyterian general assembly. The sum total of the assembly’s action was the adoption of a “statement of relations between individual societies and churches,” which was directed to be read in the various societies, and a provision for the collection of Christian Endeavor statistics. The moderator and clerks, acting as a committee on the next place of meeting, met with representatives of Pqtoskey, Mich., San Francisco and other places which desire to entertain the assembly in 1897. A strong effort was made on behalf of Saratoga. The result of the conference is not yet known. A popular meeting was held in the evening on behalf of home missions. The resolutions provide for closer presbyterial inspection of requisitions on the mission board; for a movement toward self-support within each presbytery and synod, and for a committee of nine to advise with the board as to retrenchment, the ca.. of the present debt and improved methods of retrench inent. The report on heme missions showed the present del to be almost $300,000; receipts, $72i\!33, and expenditures, $858,985. lor the reunion fund, receipts reached $191,230. The cost of administration aggregated $Bl,922. Under the beard is a total of 1,544 ministers, 1,830 churches and a membership of 100,000. During the year 9,179 new members have been added.

Want Bland for President.

Oklahoma City, O. T., May 27.—The democratic territorial convention met in this city Tuesday, and after ting stormiest time even seen in Oklahoma, indorsed Bland for president, and instructed the six delegates of Oklahoma to vote for him and to favor the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, and to support no candidate for president or vicepresident who was not in favor of such free coinage.

Gov. Campbell Would Accept.

Hamilton, 0., May 27.—Ex-Governor James E. Campbell, of Ohio, who has been receiving much attention as a democratic presidential possibility, says that, while he is not a candidate, he would feel it his duty, if nominated at Chicago, to accept, no matter what the platform might be. Of the money question he says: “It looks as if the silver sentiment is a popular wave spreading over the country.”

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT. RENSSELAER. IND.. THURSDAY MAY 28, 1896

FELL A HUNDRED FEET

ELECTRIC CAR GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE. Frightful Disaster Causes Mourning at Victoria, B. C. Fully Fifty Person < Believed to Have Been Killed Ll«t of the Dead. Victoria, B. C., May 27—An electric car, crowded with people, broke through the Point Ellice bridge Tuesday afternoon and nearly all the sixty passengers were drowned. It is believed that fully fifty fives have been lost. A sham fight and a review were to take place at Macauley Point, near Esquimault, in the afternoon, and crowds were making their way there by every route. All the tram cars were packed. Two cars left Government street with more than 100 people. The first got over Point Ellice bridge, which crossed Victoria Arm safely. When the other car was about half way over the middle span of the bridge, about 150 feet in length, gave way, and the car plunged into the water, some 100 feet below. Numbers of the bodies have already been got out, and the work of identification is proceeding. It is a difficult matter, as a great many of the bodies are those of visitors. So far as known the dead are: Mrs. Adams, Widow, Victoria; Frederick Adams, her son; E. B. Carmichael, Victoria, and his wife; J. B. Gordon, of Vancouver, representative of Bradstreet’s; Mr. Edmonds, of Victoria; Miss Nathan, of Sprin Ridge. Mr. Bossi, a storekeeper of Victoria. Arthur Fullerton, son of W. E. Fullerton, of Spring Ridge, Victoria. Mrs. Heatherbell, wife of William Heatherbell, of Victoria, Mr. Wilson, of Victoria. J. A. Van Bookkelin, a prominent citizen of Port Townsend. Miss Annie Keast,daughter of Arthur Keast. deputy register of the Supreme court, Victoria. Charles Leveridge of Spring Ridge, Victoria. Mrs. G. I. Post, Victoria. James McCurdy, of Port Townsend. E. B. Carmichael, commission agent, Master Post, son of G. I. Post. Archie Biggar, aged 6, son of George W. Biggar.

Miss Biggar, aged 5, daughter of George W. Biggar. Frank Orestat. bootblack. Miss Minnie Robertson, daughter of W. A. Robertson. Mrs. E. B. Carmichael. Holmes, bookkeeper of Sayvard Milling company. Miss Sophia Smith. Miss Birt, Anacortes, Wash. James Lorie. William Pearson. Miss Turner. The two Misses Bowness. Miss F. Jackson. Giuseppe Rowe. A son of Sergeant Major Mulchahey Emma Otsen. Miss Grace Alford. Mr. James. Thomas Patterson. Gabriel Matteriqi Mrs. Trout, Seattle. Mrs. Woodhouse, Seattle. Mr. Jackson, a cattle man. Miss Flora Jackson. H. Talbot, motorman. George Farr, conductor. Mrs. Housean. James Henry Tyack. Miss Ida Goodacre, Tacoma. Besides the above, Mrs. Lout, of Seattle and Miss Ida Goodacre are known to have been on the car and are missing. There were several carriages on the bridge, and these were also precipitated into the water. Superintendent Wilson was driving one of these, and had his five children with him. He succeeded in saving himself and four of the children. The fifth, a little boy, was wedged between some iron bars and was drowned. Among the saved are the following: Ex-Alderman W. A. Robertson, of Victoria, head badly cut. Canon Paddon, of Victoria, bruised and nearly drowned. G. W. Biggar, bruised and nearly drowned. Mrs. Biggar, badly cut about the head. Dr. Lange, badly bruised. As soon as the news of the accident reached Macaulay the review was brought to a speedy termination, as, under the circumstances, was possible, and the sham fight was abandoned. The sad affair has cast a deep gloom over the city.

CZAR IS CROWNED.

Utmost Ceremony Used in the Coronation o’ r’-c Eoiperor and Empress, Moscow, May 27.—His majesty, the Emperor Nicolas Alexandrovitch, autocrat of all the Russias, and her majesty; the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, were solemnly crowned Tuesday in the Cathedral of the Assumption, with the utmost ceremony, and in accordance with all the religious forms and ancient rites.

Wisconsin Town Scorched.

Brillion, Wis., May 27.—Fire Tuesday destroyed the Brillion Manufacturing Company’s factory, the Northwestern hotel, Barnes’ Lumber Company's entire lumber yard. Weigand’s brick block, C. Teseh’s general store and residence, the Union opera house,' several dwellings, the Chicago and Northwestern station and several barns. The flames then jumped across the Northwestern track to Werner’s elevator and warehouse, destroying Hansen’s general store and stock. Weaver’s millinery store and stock, the furniture company's plant and lumber yard, C. Teseh’s warehouse and several other buildings. J«oss, $150,000.

BASEBALL REPORT.

8 audiog of the Club* Cowpoilng ths Three Principal Leagues. The west- began the eastern series yesterday very poorly, Cincinnati being the only one to hold its own. The Reds won handily from the Senators, and also stepped back into first place. Chicago has poor luck at the start. Louisville is playing an improved game and the Giants are steadily climbing up. Yesterday was the first time they won on their home grounds. Philadelphia passed Chicago yesterday, but the Colts are still holding close to the first livision. A victory today would again place them above the Phillies. Yesterday’s scores: At PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia 0 2010005 *—B Chicago 0 00000100 —1 At Washington— Cincinnati33osl4o2 o—lß0 —18 Washingtono 02110 100—5 At New York — New York 2 0000 01 0 2—5 Cleveland 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 o—4 At Brooklyn— Brooklyno 3001000 ♦—4 Louisville 10000101 o—3 At Baltimore— Baltimore ..0 0 0 7 0 2 0 4 ♦—l3 St. Louis.. 2 00001 00 0— 3 The Boston-Pittsburg game at Boston was postponed on account of wet grounds. Western League, At Detroit —Detroit, 15; Minneapolis 7. At Columbus —Columbus, 7; Kansas City, 5. At Indianapolis—lndianapolis, 14; Milwaukee, 7. At Grand Rapids—Grand Rapids, 20; St. Paul, 17. Western Association. At Peoria—Peoria, 11; Dubuque, 3. At Quincy—Des Moines, 14; Quincy, 7. At Burlington—St. Joseph, 9; Burlington, 8. At Rockford —Rockford, 6; Cedar Rapids, 1.

SILVER HAS THE REINS.

Takes Control of Democratic Party in Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., May 27.—Representatives of the free-silver wing of the democratic party at a conference here Tuesday practically decided to take the management of the campaign in this state in their own hands. Sterling R. Holt, chairman of the state committee, will be asked to resign. The call issued was for two representative silver democrats from each of the thirteen congressional districts, but more than 100 democrats came in. B. F. Shively of South Bend, who is slated for the nomination for governor by. this wing of the party, was present and declared that if the party adopted a free-silver platform it would carry the state next fall. There were reports from al the congressional districts, and every district except the 7th declared through its spokesman that the district would be at the state convention “solid” for free silver. A story is printed here to the effect that John K. Gowdy, chairman of the republican state committee, will, at a meeting of the committee to be held today, be forced to resign. Gowdy is a McKinley rnan, and it is stated that his election as chairman led Gen. Harrison to write his letter declining to allow the use of his name at St. Louis.

FOR A HIGHER TAX ON BEER.

Proposed Amendment Favored by a Majority in the Senate. Washington, May 27.—Tariff and finance each came in for a share of consideration in the senate Tuesday. Early in the day Mr. Sherman succeeded in having the filled-cheese bill taken up, whereupon Mr. Dubois (rep., Idaho) offered an amendment adding 75 cents per barrel to the tax on beer. Mr. Sherman opposed the amendment as a skillful means to defeat the cheese bill, which was in no sense a general revenue bill. He moved to table the amendment, which was defeated. At 2 o’clock the cheese bill with beer amendment pending was laid aside, Mr. Sherman announcing that he would call it up as soon as the bond bill was disposed of. The house by a vote of 165 to 69 passed the bill for the repeal of section 61 of the present tariff lAw, providing for a rebate on alchohol used in arts or medicinal compounds.

Cook County Democrats Meet.

Chicago, May 27. —The-Cook county democratic convention held Tuesday, adopted a platform which “demands the imemdiate restoration of the bimetallic system and the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold, without waiting for any other nation.” It elected 362 delegates to the state convention and was silent on the presidential question.

Cleveland Preparing a Veto.

Washington, May 27.—There is now good reason to believe that the river and harbor bill will be vetoed by the president. Mr. Cleveland is said to regard the measure as carrying to the extreme the plan of committing the government to large expenditures through the contract system.

Indiana Sheriff F ears Trouble.

Sullivan, Ind., May 27.—The sheriff of Sullivan county is preparing for trouble with the striking miners, and will visit the principal mines. Many acts of violence have been reported. It is said the strike is taking the same course as the one of 1893, when the militia was callefl out.

UPSET BY THE WIND.

ELEVEN PERSONS DROWNED AT CAIRO. ILL. Ferryboat Overturned in the Ohio Blver —Forty Believed to Have Been Killed by the Cyclone in Eastern Michigan— Loss of Life at North McGregor. Cairo, 111., May 27. —Eleven lives were lost by the capsizing of the ferryboat Katherine during the cyclone that swept this vicinity Tuesday morning. There were sixteen persons on board the boat. Seven passengers were lost —three white women, a colored woman, two men and an infant. Four members of the crew went down —the superintendent, fireman, deck hand and a laborer. The dead are: MRS. WILLIAM SHANNON, ot Birdspoint, Miss. BERTHA MAY JONES, Cairo. CHARLES GILHOFER, Cairo., RICHARD L. THURMAN, Cairo. WOOD RITTENHOUSE, Cairo. INFANT CHILD of Mrs. Shannon. MRS. LOU MASSEY (colored) of Villa Ridge. GEORGE DAVIS (colored), laborer. The Katherine, Captain J. T. Hacker, as usual in command, left Birdspoint at 7:15 for Cairo, and left Cairo at 8:15 o’clock for Wickliff, only a minute or two before the storm burst forth in all its fury A . It was not over five minutes after the boat left the ferry landing in Cairo before she capsized. Captain Hacker, wljen asked about about the accident, said: “The boat was caught in a twister, which blew her all to pieces. Nothing could be done to save her. It was not storming when I left the ferry landing.” Five miles of telegraph poles were blown down on the Mobile & Ohio railway. It is impossible to tell the extent of the damage south of here, but it is believed to be very great. In this city a terrific wind blew and torrents of rain fell. The opera house and union depot were unroofed, trees were destroyed and signs blown down, but no houses were destroyed nor lives lost.

LONG LIST OF VICTIMS. Forty Killed by the Cyclone in Eastern Michigan. Detroit, Mich., May 27—The cyclone which devastated the fairest farming section of Oakland, Lapeer and Macomb counties Monday first made its appearance in Groveland, Oakland county. It was about 7 o’clock when the inhabitants of Groveland were surprised by incessant flashes of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. Off in the west they saw a yellowish black cloud, and in the east another of the same tint. In a very short time it swept down upon Groveland arid in the twinkling of an eye had wiped out the settlement. Abram Quick and his family of six were at supper and the next minute were all dead in the ruins of their little home. The only other fatality there was in the family of Mrs. William Mitchell, where three persons were killed. The storm swept on eastward and next struck Ortonville. With a spiteful twist it jerked off the Methodist church steeple and then laid in ruins every building In the little hamlet, including the church. Libbie Davidson, whose house was wrecked, was carried fully 200 feet and when picked up dead in the fields was almost unrecognizable. Ed Field’s home was brought about his ears almost in an instant and his little daughter Mary blown into a neighbor’s field. After razing the biggest building in the village, Belton’s drug store, and setting fire to the ruins, the cyclone grew ugly for a time and swept out everything within reach. The following is the corrected list of dead at Groveland: Abram Quick, Glen Quick, 6-year-old son; Myrtle Quick, 4-year-old daughter; Boss Quick, baby son; Mrs. Henry Quick, mother of Abram; Mrs. William Mitchell and her sons, Claude and Jay. At Oakwood—Mrs. Susan Stewart, Mrs. E. A. Wolverton, Mrs. William Davidson and daughter, Ida; Ed. Fifield; child of Alfred Fifield; Ed. Howe is fatally injured. At Thomas —Charles Hicks and son. At Maysville—Prescott Williams, Joseph Porritt, John Porritt, Mrs. Louis Porritt. Between Maysville and Ortonville — Mrs. William Kitchen, Abraham Kitchen, T. E. Gleason, Mrs. C. E. Eaton, Trest Wilkins. East of Thomas—Mrs. Oscar Slate, unknown tramp, Andrew Pettibone, Thomas Bishop, Joseph Smiley, sr., Joseph Smiley, jr., Frank Laidlaw’s infant son, Mrs. Thomas Bennett, unknown woman. At Whigville—M. Bremyer. The death list may reach forty, and the list of injured will surpass the 100 mark, No one was killed in the secondary cyclone between Utica and Mount Clemens. Following are the names of the injured: At Ortonville —Joseph Porritt, rib fractured and bone driven into lung, will probably die; Oscar Granger, gash on head, dislocated shoulder and chest, will probably die; Mrs. Abraham Quick, injured internally, recovery doubtful; Henry Quick, old man, badly bruised; William Mitchell, skull fractured, recovery doubtful; H. C. Lamfiambby, internally injured; was found burled under timbers; Elmer Lamflamboy, bruised by falling timbets; William Kitchen, hand crushed; Sylvester Wells, shoulder and back injured ; Louis Porritt, cut about head and face; T. C. Eaton, injured internally; Arthur leg broken; R. Kent’s 10-year-old son, leg broken; Mrs. Horace Grossley, badly bruised; Archie Woodruff, leg bruised. Many others '

were injured, but not dangerously. At Oakwood—George Fieldfield, leg broken and scalp badly torn; condition critical; Kate Davison, badly bruised; Wesley Davison, internally injured; Mrs. Nelson Copeland, badly bruised; Harvey Francis, rib broken and injured internally. At North Oxford —Oscar Slate, leg broken; Mrs. Pettibone, seriously injured about head; Mrs. Frank Laidlaw, internally injured; Mr. and Mrs. Bessey, cut and bruised; Baby Slate, leg partially scusbed; Miss Arnold, cut and bruised; Archie Mathison, spine and hips injured. At Thomas—Mrs. Sidney Copeman, badly bruised about hekd and body and internally injured; recovery very doubtful; M. L. Kidder, arm broken; man. employed by Dr. Suiter, arm broken and torn; Will Carr, back and arms injured ; George Kibbler, leg crushed; had to be amputated; Will Althouse, ribs broken; Myron A. Johnson, leg broken; Mrs. M. I. Kidder, cut and bruised; David Althouse, head gashed; A. Reed, injured Internally; T. P. Knapp, leg broken and cut'on head. At Thornville—Mrs. Joseph Smiley, sr„ injured internally, may die; Thomas Bennett, cut and bruised and ribs broken; John Peters, badly bruised. At Mount Clemens —Mrs. Anna Pohl, injured internally and not expected to live; Mrs. Julia Ormsby, arm crushed; Miss Annie Bell Teabo, skull fractured and arm broken; Mrs. Annie Peltier, back slightly injured; Mrs. Starbeneau, - ankle crushed; Henry Adolph and William Pohl, bruised and crushed; doubtful if Henry will recover and William has a leg broken; Ed Mosher, arm dislocated; Mrs. Haider, injured internally; Mrs. Russell Carter, face and head cut; Boy Carter, cut on head; Augustave Authe, right arm and head injured. of Life at North McGregor. Dubuque, lowa, May 27.—Passengers from North McGregor gave particulars of the deluge there but very little different from those sent from here' Monday. The bodies of seven of the town people have been recovered; also those of six canvasmen attached to Kirkhart & Ryan’s circus. The canvasmen had been at South McGregor, and as everything connected with the circus had been made ready for the going of the company to Winona, the six men went up to North McGregor and entered a box car, and they were caught in there when the storm came. W. W. Robinson says the most conservative estimates place loss of life at North McGregor at twentyseven, and that it will be several days before names of all can be learned. Damage in Tuscola County. Mich. Bay City, Mich., May 27—The windstorm that swept over the city Monday night developed into a cyclone in Merritt township just before, it reached Tuscola county. The cyclone struck the earth four miles east of Munger’s station, killing lon Edwards and seriously injuring several other farmers. Schoolhouses and farm buildings were destroyed, giant trees were uprooted and much live stock killed. In Tuscola county a great deal of damage was done and many persons were injured, but none seriously. The estimated damage in both counties is SBO,OOO.

CONSECRATE THREE BISHOPS.

Solemn Ceremony in the Methodist General Conference ac Cleveland. Cleveland, 0., May 27.—The Methodist general conference devoted Tuesday morning’s session to the consecration of the three bishops-elect—Mc-Cabe, Cranston and Hartzell. Bishop Ninde presided, Bishops Bowman, Foster and Taylor, who had been declared non-effective, participating. The report of the committee on book concern was the real parliamentary struggle of the day. The committee introduced a resolution providing for the election of a book editor for the New York branch of the book concern, the editor to be nominated by the book agents and. elected by the book committee. On the suggestion of the Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, of Chicago, that portion of the resolution which referred toi the nomination of the book editor by the book agent was stricken out and the resolution was adopted. The fourth Sunday in November was designated an annual temperance Sunday, at which services are to be held and collections made for the cause of temperance. The evening session was devoted to the constitution, several proposed changes being discussed.

For Altgeld and Free Sliver.

Clinton, 111., May 27.—The DeWitt county democrats held a convention Tuesday. Resolutions strongly indorsing the administration of Gov. Altgeld were passed. The delegates to the state convention are instructed for free silver. Sycamore, 111., May 27.—The democratic county convention was held here Tuesday. Delegates to the state and congressional conventions were instructed to vote for John P. Altgeld for governor. Danville, 111., May 27.—At the democratic county convention Tuesday, a motion to table a free silver’ resolution was lost by a vote of 92 to 101. The original silver resolution was carried by a vote of 112 to 86. Altgeld was unanimously indorsed for governor.

Women’s Clnbs at Louisvilie.

Louisville, Ky„ May 27.—The biennial session of the Federation of Women’s Clubs began today. Several hundred women of more or less prominence are present. At 9:30 o’clock the session opened at Macaulay’s theater. After an address of welcome and response the report of committees and officers was recorded. At 11 a. m. the women divided for the department meetings.