Bloomington Courier, Bloomington, Monroe County, 28 June 1895 — Page 3

A PLATFOEM PASSED.

REPUBLICAN CLUBS REFUSE TO ACT ON FINANCE.

They Stand by the Record of the Party and Say It Will Meet All iMues In

the Future as It Has In the Text of Address.

The eighth annual convention of the League of Republican Clubs convened in Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday with 2,000 delegates in the auditorium and the galleries filled with visitors. The hall was elaborately decorated. After prayer by the Rev. S. L. Darsie, Secretary Humphrey read the roll and addresses of welcome were made by Mayor Robert E. McKlsson and President D. D. Woodmansee of the Ohio League of Republican Clubs. President Tracy of Chicago then delivered the annual address. Among other remarks were the following: "It is our work to elect, not select, candidates, and promote, not promulgate, platforms. Party platforms and party candidates must have the approval of the people, but to insure victory In the next campaign we must prepare to meet organization with organization." He criticised the democratic leaders for their lack of statesmanship, claiming that the currency question had been brought forward to blind the eyes of the people to The serious blunders committed. Of the policy of protection to our industries he said that under it the country had developed as no other country in the history of nations, and that the threatened free trade had brought ruin to thousands of American homes. On the currency question itself, he said: "There can be no disagreement as to the enlarged use of silver. There are few or none who are not in favor of this. The question is. How can it best

He argued at length for sound money and such a reorganization of the banking system as would extend the circulating medium without dependence on government bonds for the issue of bank notes. He hoped the party would stand by its record for bimetallism on a parity. As the committee on resolutions was not ready to report an opportunity was given all to offer resolutions which were referred without debate. Resolutions poured in on the Caban insurgents, Hawaiian republic, the Armenians, and all other foreign subjects. Blackwell lof Massachusetts offered a resolution favoring the right of women to vote at all elections, and congratulating the women of Wyoming and Colorado upon their possession of the elective franchise. Mr. Blackwell also offered a reaolution arraigning the administration for its Turkish policy. O. Driseoll of Maryland offered a resolution providing for a protective tariff, reciprocity, honest elections, gold, silver and paper on a parity, aggressive foreign policy, etc. The convention will not indorse any proposition on the financial or any other question. Such was the agreement of the committee on resolutions after an almost continuous session of twentyfour hours. This conclusion was reached

Thursday at about 6 o'clock. Ex-United States Senator Patton of Michigan offered the following sunstitute for all

propositions before the committee and it was unanimously adopted: While exhausting all other means to prevent the silver men from offering a minority report and carrying the fight into the convention, it was found to be unconstitutional for the National League of Republican Clubs to make any declaration of principles that would affect the party and the Patton substitute for all such resolutions was agreed upon as an ultimate way out of the dilemma. While many were dissatisfied b .h with the plan to ignore the silver qx ?stion and also with the substitute, which ignored all questions in order to ignore silver, yet it was generally under

stood that it would be out of order to

be brought about? The people of this

country want more money, but only on . say anything or do anything that would one condition, and that is that it be reopen the om agitation. It was theresound and current the world over." fore settiea that the report of the comThe secretary anounced that there , mUtee on rcsoiutions was to be adopted were represented at the convention for- j without debate and the contest was ty-six states and territories, a larger limlted t0 the selection of a secretary to number than has been represented at ! ....,, R Hmnhrev.

any previous convention of the league. Among the delegates were a number

of ladies, four from Colorado, one from j New York, two from Washington, and I three from Illinois, the latter repre- I

senting the Woman's league clubs in that state. The ladies from Colorado lost no opportunity to do missionary work in favor of the free coinage of silver. The American College league has ten delegates present. When Secretary Humphrey called the roll of states to ascertain the number of delegates and alternates it was ascertained that the states could report only those present and not the number to which they are entitled. This was against the silver men, whose delegations were not as full as those of other states. It is conceded on all sides that the plank of 1892 will go through by a large majority and several of the more radical silver men say that they will plainly tell the convention that failure to recognize the white metal will lose the party the western states next year. A mass meeting was held at night in Music hall at which prominent orators made addresses. The Hon. A. B. Cummins of Iowa presented an argument in favor of party allegiance to protection, and said that the tariff formed the corner stone and only safety of the workingmen of America. Upon the silver question he said the Republican party stood firmly upon the principles laid down in the Minneapolis platform that every dollar in circulation should have an equal purchasing power, and favored a ratio of 16 to 1-Senator-elect John M. Thurston of Nebraska delivered the most stirring speech of the meeting. He discussed the tariff and said that the Republican party would never rest until the question was settled and until every furnace fire was rekindled and until commerce once more regained its former activity. Senator Thurston said he knew whereof he spoke when he stated that Nebraska would give a majority of 50,000 for the Republican ticket next year on the old Republican financial platform. He made an argument against the unlimited coinage of silver and declared the passage of such a law would be a calamity to the country second only to free trade. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, president of the Woman's Republican League of the United States, was next introduced. She created quite a stir in her closing appeal for free silver. She recommended the western Republicans to stand by the party as long as the party favored bimetallism, as that was the party's record. She said the Republicans of the west were more conservative on the silver question than the Republicans of Pennsylvania and other states on the ! tariff. '

Mr. Blackwell of Massachusetts presented a resolution inclining" very strongly toward the gold standard and numerous other resolutions expressing all sorts of views on the money question followed in quick succession. Senator Dubois of Idaho and Mr. C. E. Allen of Utah fought for free coinage, making vigorous speeches, which were listened to with close attention. They spoke for free coinage at 16 to 1 without waiting for the co-operation of any other nation. A resolution was offered declaring that it is not the duty of the league to adopt a platform for the republican party, as that important action should be left to the national convention, which nominates presidential candidates. Messrs. Dubois and Allen vigorously opposed this resolution, holding that it was the duty of the league to declare its principles. The gold men spoke in favor of the resolution and the vote was 9 to 2 in its favor. When the convention was called to order Thursday, the first thing done was the appointment of Senator-elect Thurston of Nebraska, H. Clay Evans of Tennessee, ex-Gov. Prince of New Mexico, Messrs. Good now of Minnesota and Buck of Georgia to wait on Senator Warner Miller of New York and invite him to address the convention. On the report of the committee on rules of the Reed house and the Denver convention were adopted. The Hon. Warner Miller then addressed the convention. He argued forcibly against the tariff being taken out of politics. The republicans were not for a tariff for revenue only, but for a tariff for a surplus also. The argument for the Monroe doctrine and the Hawaiian flag on Hawaiian soil was vigorous.

The assembling of the convention was delayed till almost noon by the meetings of the officers of state leagues, the new executive board, the committee

i on league worn, ana otner organisa

tions engaged in routine Business, ine old executive committee was also engaged during the forenoon closing up its business. The Pennsylvania delegation held a meeting and decided to stand by the platform as reported by the committee on resolutions. This action had its effect on the New Yorkers and others who were inclined to fight the Patton substitute. The following names were then announced for the ballot for secretary: John F. Byrns, Colorado; W. G. Eden, Illinois; T. E. Walker, Nebraska; M. J. Dowling, Minnesota. Before the result of the ballot was announced changes were made from Byrns and Eden to M. J. Dowling, and the latter"s election was made unanimous without a count. The jCommittee on resolutions reported the following, which was adopted without debate: "Whereas, This convention has not been authorized or directed by the republicans of the country to formulate or announce a platform for the republican party, the national convention of the party being invested with sole and exclusive jurisdiction to nominate candidates and determine the party position on public questions; therefore be it "Resolved, That as republicans possessing full confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of our party, we disclaim jurisdiction to formulate a national platform for the party and all resolutions presented are respectfully referred to the national convention of 1896, with the confident belief that such convention will present to the republicans of the nation a declaration of principles destined to secure the best possible administration of government and the highest obtainable prosperity of the people." This ended all the silver agitation and the agreemerrt -ot the contending factions to have no financial fight on the floor of the convention was carried through. The result was greeted with applause. EVIDENCE IN SCOTT CASE.

Eight-Tear-Old Daughter Tells of the Murdered Ex-Treasurer's Capture, Butte, Neb., June 22. When court convened yesterday the state called Fannie Scott, the eight-year-old daughter of the murdered ex-treasurer, to the stand. She described in her own language the capture of the party at Parker postofnee and said she had since seen one of the men who was in the crowd which surrounded the buggy at their home in O'Neill. The man she saw at O'Neill was dressed the same and had eyes like the man at Parker's. Tb.physician who conducted the postmortem examination on the body testified as to the condition of the body and the marks on the neck of the murdered man. From the condition of the rope about the neck his opinion was that death had been caused from strangulation, but thought the position of the rope did not indicate that the body had been suspended.

CAPT. HOWGATE GUILTY.

Convicted on Indictments for Forgery and Falsification of Accounts. Washington, June 22. The Howgate jury yesterday brought in a verdict of guilty on each indictment, one indictment being for forgery and one for falsification of accounts. The jury added a recommendation to mercy. An appeal on a bill of exceptions has been taken to the District Court of Appeals and probably will come up in September. Capt. Henry Howgate was charged with forgery and embezzlement from the government while in the signalservice bureau.

Home for Widows and Orphans. Omaha, Neb., June 22. At the meeting of the Junior Order of Mechanics it was resolved to establish a national home for widows and orphans of members, to be located at Tiffin, O. The first week of April is to be known as orphan home week, all contributions during that time to be given to the hn;ne. and $24,000 is already on hand to equirand maintain the home.

FARM AND GARDEN.

MATTERS Oh INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS.

6omo Vp-to-Date Hints About Cultivation of the Soil and Yields Thereof Horticulture. Viticulture and Floriculture.

HEAT IS HIGHER now than the prices reached at any time in 1894 by some 4c to 5c a bu, and 8c to 9c higher than a year ago, a few cents higher than in May, 1893. It is generally conceded that prices reached d u r i ng

1894, the lowest point they are likely to touch for some years to come. The principal reason for this opinion is that the low prices of the last few years has turned the attention of farmers to other crops. The acreage seeded to spring wheat is evidently somewhat less than it was last year, and the same conditions appear to be true with winter wheat farmers in this country, while in Europe neariy avery state reports smaller acreage. The United Kingdom reports a less acreage of approximately 10 per cent. Too little is known of the acreage of Russia to state with any certainty of the area there. With the extension of railroads through that country it is

Apples in Scotland. A correspondent in Glasgow writes aa fellows: "Fruit here is rarely eaten by the common people, except when some brave youth had risked being jailed, and, under the cover of night, stolen a pillow-slip full. The orchards are watched like a jeweler's store in America, and the pains and penalties for picking even a fallen apple are excessively severe. Our apples are generally good and retail at from 7 to 15 cents per pound. Those from the United States are always most in demand and bring the highest prices. Notwithstanding the great imports from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and other places, fruit is exceedingly scarce, and the common people never eat it, except on special occasions. It is exceedingly interesting to go down to the wharf (the Broomielaw) when the great ships come in with their heavy freights of American fruit. I boarded a vessel one day last week and inquired how many barrels were on board, and the purser showed me the manifest for 5,150. National Nurseryman.

GOLD IN THE SOUTH.

THREE STATES HAVE PRODUCED $43,000,000 WORTH.

Schemes of Tree Peddlers. It is natural that hardy trees and plants should be in demand; and the fruit-tree fakirs are quick to take advantage of this, and "work" the trade for all there is in it, says Prof. S. C. Mason, in the Industrialist. "Prove all things and hold fast that which is good," does not mean buy every new "iron-clad" that is offered at four prices. The latest thing that the treepeddling gentry are offering to a needy public is the peach budded on "Canadian stocks," whatever those may be, with the assurance that the sap in such tree "goes down" when winter comes,

THREE STAGES OF THE SILK WORM.

The above i'.luctration shows three silk worm feeding upon a leaf and near stages of the silk worm. To the the top of the cut is seen the perfect

ight will be noticed two cocoons at- form the moth, the scientific name of

tached to the tree. On the left is a which is Sericcria niori.

probable that the acreage may be increased, although it is possible that the increased cultivation of land would be put into other crops more than to wheat. The Argentine appears to have reached the top for the present at least with their large yield of last year. Australia has been for the last yenr calculating upon a reduction of its wheat acreage while going into diversified farming instead. The acreage of India is estimated by the best authorities to be not less than 1,000,000 acres smaller than last year. The narrowing of the area seeded to wheat is the chief reason in sight for an expectation of higher prices in the coming few years, for with the exception of 1891 in this country and one or two late seasons in Europe and Argentine, the crops of the world have yielded. ..-r acre only about an average, which it is fair to presume they will yield in the future, excepting on some extraordinary occasion. Wheat area had been broadened largely in the last five or six years in the entire world, until the excess of the production brought prices to such an extremity that it was not profitable to raise it. That is the cause of the smaller area seeded to this grain and once started as it is, is likely to continue until a shortage in production may occur that will put up prices so far a few years hence that area will again be broadened. So far as the prospective yield per acre this year is concerned it seems to be on the whole about an average. It

promises above an average in England, a fair crop in Germany, Belgium, Hol

land, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Italy, Spain and most northern countries. There is no doubt that supplies are ample for all the demands at the present, yet they are decreasing faster than in any other late year, although some of that decrease may be due, and, and probably is, to the large amount that was fed live stock. Still is is evident that the shortage that will necessarily come from decreased acreage in the next few years will consume the production without dropping prices so low as to feed the grain to farm animals. Minneapolis Market Record, May 17.

presumably so deep as to be out of reach of such sudden cold snaps as the lately experienced. The modest price of

50 cents per tree, one-half down and the balance the third year, provided the trees bear, will doubtless find many

takers. The lamented showman, P. T.

Barnum, proved himself a great philos

opher when he said that the American people liked to be humbugged. That the average American farmer is not entirely behind the rest of his countrymen

in such matters is proved by the number of "frost-proof," "blight-proof," "drought-proof" and otherwise indestructible nursery material the agents are able to take orders for.

Flax in England. The Mark Lane Express (England) devotes some space to the outlook for the linseed crop of Central India, and regrets that the prospect for a good yield is very disappointing. The fact that the English farmer is interested in the yield of flax in so distant a country as India is a marked example of how important oilmeal is considered in feeding. Of course we have not yet reached the point in this country when it is necessary to look to the retention of fertility as they must in England, but it is full time that the growing of flax and feeding the meal should receive more attention here than it has in the past.

"Ah," said the old printer, who had just come down to be a waiter in a cheap restaurant, "this is like old times. Here I am distributing pie!" Philadelphia Record.

Corn for Foddir. After the com crop is planted, an acre or two of fodder corn should be drilled in for -3um-mer feeding. However abundant the pasture may be in early summer, by the latter part of July the heat of the sun and the dryness of the atmosphere cause the grass roots to stop growing, and the result is a scarcity of grotn food. The only way to avoid '.his state of affairs is to prepare now an acre of fodder for every eight head of grown stock to be fed. This amount jf green food will give, in connection with what can be gotten from the pasture, enough to carry the stock through ike summer drouth. Ex.

A Handy Corn Crib. Missouri is said to have a novelty in the line of corn storehouses. In Doniphan county is a corn crib with a capacity of 80,009 bushels, built on a steep hill. When preparing to shell the shelter is set at the lower end, a board knocked off and the entire 80,000 bushels runs through the machine without requiring any shoveling at all.

Big Kuggcta in North Carolina A Month Ago an Eight-Founder Was Found in the Southwestern Fart of the State.

HE REPORT OF George F. Becker, of the Geological Survey, who has been investigating the gold-producing districts of the Southern Appalachian region, has been completed. Mr. Becker was sent out on this

work last August, and spent the three following months in prosecuting it. The greater part of the time he was in the Carolinas and in Georgia, where the gold region is best defined. These districts have been producing gold for nearly a century. Gold has also been found in nearly all the other southern states, but not in very considerable Quantities. The entire south has produced about $45,000,000 worth of gold since 1799, $43,000,000 of which came from Georgia and the Carolinas. Of the $43,000,000 South Carolina produced about $4,000,000, Georgia $16,000,000 and North Carolina $23,000,000. Cabarrus county, in the southwestern part of North Carolina, is the richest part of all, and is famous for the nuggets that have been found there. In the early part of the century the largest nugget on record in the United States was discovered there. Just a month ago one weighing over eight pounds was discovered. The formation in which the gold is found is so peculiar that Mr. Becker has found it best to disregard the old expression of vein or ledge, and adopt the new one of "stringer belt." Most of the stringers of goldbearing quartz are extremely thin. As a rule they run through a slate formation which has been split anart bv

thousands of tiny longitudinal cracks.in which the gold-bearing veins run. He has counted as many as twenty of these tiny stringers, each bearing gold in a breadth of one inch. The widest of these stringers is not more than four inches. As a rule, too, the stringers are short, but are usually connected at the ends by almost imperceptible transverse or partially transverse

cracks. A long reef of the slate, filled with these stringers, constitute what Mr. Becker calls the stringer belt. The methods of mining in this formation are somewhat like those formerly used in the hydraulic mining of California. The slate is as a rule decomposed, and can be washed down by the impact of a stream of water.. This is directed only against the slate reef, and the debris is carried through sluices, where the free gold is caught. The very fine gold usually escapes. The heavy pieces of rock are saved and are milled in the usual way, and finally treated by a wet chloridation process that has been found well adapted for the ores. One peculiar feature of the work is that the ore from above the water line, which has been more or less oxidized, seldom yields a greater quantity than one-fourth of its gold, while that from the lower levels, where there has been no oxidation, often yields more than one-half. The explanation is that the rusts or oxides cover the particles of gold with a film which prevents it from amalgamating with the mercury. Ore assaying $3 a ton will pay for general mining, while that worth as little as $1.67 a ton will pay by the chloridation process in vogue. The usual run of ore in the mines that are worked is about

$5 per ton. There is comparatively lit

tie pan or ordinary placer mining. This little is done by negroes, who earn at the best about 70 cents a day. This is enough to pay them for the work, under

the low scale of labor in the south, but

would, of course, not be an inducement

to any one to go mere. Mr. Becker

says he considers the country a good

mineral one and the prospects for in vestment excellent. There are not like

ly to be any great fortunes made, nor any bonanzas discovered, but mining

investments will pay from 10 to 15 per cent, if made with care and prudence.

strong shock of earthquake, ran oat into the street and beheld the whole place disappear in an immense chasm in the earth. Why he did not disappear, too, we do not understand, and we wonder whether the "vodki" in that part of the world is as strong as the earthquake.

SLEEP REFORM.

tla Way

The Man Who Tried It and

It Worked. Colonel Henry Wattersoo, who is at present lecturing in the larger cities, tells a story of an old compositor, whose life had been given up to hard work and the following of eccentric ideas, one of which was that the human race slept too much. He had several theories to advance in support of his idea, one of them was to cut down the usual number of sleeping hours by graduation and finally arrive at a state where, by practice, one would be satisfied with a much smaller amount of sleep than one was getting. To show his confidence in his theory he began to practice the new idea as follows: He usually slept nine hours. He explained that he would cut this down to eight and one-half hours for each week that passed until he had reduced his number of sleeping hours to two, which he claimed was all that was needed by any one. The time went by and the old fellow had kept to his rule laid down and finally reached the two-hour time. He went along for several weeks sleeping but two hours daily, devoting the time gained in reading and advocating his idea. While there was a noticeable decrease in his weight, he seemed to stand it very well. Then he began to further talk of reducing the time, and when enthusiastic talked of the possibility of one doing without sleep entirely. He set type and was an old hand on the paper. One morning, about three weeks after he had reached his low sleeping mark, the compositor at the case next to him noticed that the old man had dropped his head upon his arms that were folded over the case. It was near quitting time. All the forms were up and the old chap was not disturbed. He had gone to sleep. The office was soon deserted with the exception of tho janitor and the sleeper. The janitor was instructed not to bother him. The next day when the first men arrived he was still sleeping as they had left

him and snoring so hard that he jarred

the tpye in the case on which he rested. Some one told his wife where he was and she concluded to let him sleepHe slept in that position for twenty hours. Then they carried him to a bed at home, still sleeping. He slept for thirty-two hours, and when he woke up he had forgotten how to set type and had to learn to read again, although his memory was good in other respects. Colonel Watterson uses the story as a simile for a political situation, which he enlarges upon only in select circles.

Improved Stonecuttlng. In Los Angeles, in a jewelry store, a three-horsepower motor is used in the cutting of precious stones. The machine worked by the motor is described as a new invention, and said to be tho only one of its kind in the country. In the old method of cutting the stone was centered on the end of a stick or piece of brass held by the end on the grinding lap. In the electrically driven machine the stone is held by a quadrant, which is adjusted by a set screw to its required position on the lap. As many as sixty stones can, it is stated, be cut at one time, and the method of adjustment is so accurate that in no

case would there be the slightest possi

bility of overgrinding, eyen if an attendant were to leave the machine and look after other duties. This enables

the cutting to be done with certainty

and minuteness. The quadrants are all

indexed to cut any style of stoe.

A Russian Earthquake Story. A Russian journal, with a name that

no one with only one tongue in his

head would attempt to pronounce, gives

a story from Khorosan that we have some difficulty in accepting. A certain

carter relates that on leaving the town

of Kutschan on Jan. 17 he heard loud

subterranean noises. He looked back and saw the air filled with clouds of

amoke and dust and says that when they cleared away there was no town left. The consular agent in Kutschan has written to a friend in Ashahabad that on the same date he elt a

Economical Spending. There are many compensations In economical spending. To be able to buy all one needs or likes without close consideration of ways and means is doubtless a pure joy to some minds. For to spend lavishly does not always imply selfishness. There are natures which are broadened and enriched by prosperity, and comfort and peace and helpfulness for others spring naturally up in their hearts as soon as the pressure of tightened circumstances is relaxed. And yet there are compensations to be found in economy. To save and contrive through long days to obtain some coveted bit of household furnishing, or some longed-for treat, carries with It many a gratification besides the mere

ment and the planning, which are flavored with many anticipating thoughts of the pleasure they are given for; the expectation and satisfaction of counting the fast-accumulating hoard; and then the final joy, which extends beyond the mere getting, the glow of delight at the accomplishment of a settled purpose, which is the crowning reward of the economical soul, who rejoices ever with a ten-fold satisfaction at obtaining what he wanted and worked for so long all these are compensations which the prodigal never knows, and which to many natures are all-sufficing. Harper's. Bazar.

Died Fighilng Fire. Paul Smith, of Decatur, 111., was found dead in a cemetery where he had gone to clean up some underbrush and leaves,, which he burned. The flames communicated with the fence and for an hour he fought the fire. He was subject to fainting spells and the supposition is that he was overcome by the heat and smoke and fell into the fire. He was about 60 years old, and a veteran of the late war.

Doubloons Instead of Fish. Henry Cresswell of Hudsonville, Mich., while fishing at the Ottawa Beach resorts pulled up on his hook a solid silver purse containing a diamond ring, a pair of diamond eardrops, and some Spanish gold doubloons. The purse had evidently been in the water a leng time. No clew to the owner was found about it. Of course Cresswell is looking for an owner.

Choked on Pot Fie. Hattie Philabaum, a 5-year-'.d girl of Fort Wayne, Ind., was watchiag her sister make a beef pot pie. The little one asked for a little bite, and it was given her. She choked and in spite of the efforts of her sister in less than ten minutes the little one was dead of hemorrhage.

Where one person desires to be heard, ten are satisfied with being seen. Milwaukee Journal.