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Newspaper Page TextST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 31. 1896. NO. 32. VOL. 13. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TEUS8 TICKS FROM TUB! WIRES A Intonating Coll.etloa of Itams Front th Two Il.ml.pta.r.a rr.Mnl.il la a Cond.nssd Form, Cleveland, O., it celebrating Its eon tounlsl with due ceremony. Newt aouiei from the Wesblngton Stat Republican beadqusrter tbt (be tit oonvention will probably be bold t Tsooros, aotna time between Agut 18 and September 18. Bon. Samuel Layman, a prominent and well-known Oregonlan, died at bta borne near Woodbarn from the effeota of injuries wbloh be sustained aome weeki ago by falling from cherry tree. Mr. Layman whi 88 yeara of age. A meeting of representatives from the Urge foreign bsnking-bousos waa beld In Mew York, to oonaider plana for the protection of the treaaory gold reserve. It la nnderatood a plan waa arranged to ess the exchange market until the orop movement atarta the balanoe In our favor, A Ban Franolaoo dlapatoh ssyss Ed win B. Webster, tlie young paymaster who waa recently court-martialed at Mar Ialand and found guilty of obarge , ot embetslement, doea not In tend to abide by tbe Judgment of the court He will appal to Presldont Cleveland for olemenoy before tbe navy department ahall have an oppor tunity to psss upon tbe reoently found verdlot Feroival Lowell, Boiton'a famona aatronomer, who la now on bla way to Flsgstsff, Aria., la at tbe bead of tbe moat Important aoientlflo eipedltion planned for more than half oentory. Tbe object ot the expedition la to make obaervattona on Mara, and to prooore, If poeaible, evldenoe to anpport the theory beld by Mr. Lowell and other aatronomera that the "red atar of war" la Inhabited by human belnga. Three membera of tbe revolutionary oommtttee have juat arrived in Atbena from Crete on a apeoial minion. In the oourae ot an interview they made tbe following autement on an author ity of their oommttteei "We wish to aay It baa been decided that we moat have granted to ua the demanda we have sent to the eultan or elae we ahall fight, The powera moat either give us autonomy or aee na crushed. Blionld our domanda be neglected, then within fifteen dsye of July 18, tbe date at wbloh they were made, we shall break tha srmtstice." Advice from Bong Eong aay that Imperial Chinese troop were reoently out to Lanohou to suppress the Mo hammedan rebel, who bad rlaen agalnat tbe authorities Tbe rebel surrounded the Imperial ' troop and mm to have totally annihilated them, slthough the Imperial troop were bet ter provUloned and equipped. There were 8.000 troop aent to aubdue tbe rebel and all are either killed or ml- lng. The rebel are now mad tor blood, maorelng all in authority, killing and pillaging on their triumph, ant march through the oountry. Chinatown in San Franolaoo la in a fever of excitement and another high binder war baa been declared. Cloolln't aawmiU, situated on Deep ortek. near Medical lake, Waah., wax burnod to tbe ground. Tb loss is Cholera ia abating in Egypt Bat tle in Crete are almoat ot hourly occur rence, and tbe Turka have (offered heavy losses. The remain of Ed Morsn were found floating In the Poyallup river. Moran i auppoied to have drowned himself on June 80 last,. , , The atorthing, the representative body ot Norway, baa defeated the bill for tbe temporary inoreaae ot dutiea on petroleum and augar, and for tbe Impoaitlon of a duty on meat. Mr. T. H. Tofree, who wa Grover Cleveland' secretary while he waa mayor of Buffalo, oommitted auiclde in Mojave, Cal. , by drinking oarbolio aold. It ia auppoaod ahe waa temporarily in an. . Adjutant General Tuttle baa received from tbe aeoretary ot the atate ot Ore gon a warrant for f 5,917, with which to pay the militia boy for thslr eerv. ice at Aitoria during the recent flihing trouble. :;., 'i .... NearDryden, Mloh., George Swayne, farmer, about 48 year old, killed hi three imall ohildren and et Are to nil bouie, then blew bla brain out Bia wife died a abort time ago. It 1 thought that thia deranged bl mind. Tbe barkentlne Herbert Fuller, Cap tain Nash, from Bo ton for Roaarlo, ha put into Halifax, Novla Sootia. There bad been a mutiny on board. The captain, bt wife and the teoond mate were killed in their berth In the night. The first officer, who wa on watch, knew nothing about the affair. The murderer or murderer orawled aft to the cabin, descended, and with axea chopped the vlotlms to death. Upon the arrival of the barkentlne all the orew were looked up in the police station to await trial. There 1 no longer doubt that tbe wheat orop in Eaatern Washington ha been badly damaged by hot wind, says a Walla Walla dlapatoh. Report from tbe Palonse country are to the effeot that tbe damage ia about 78 per oent, and that many Held are not worth cutting. Tbe grain on Eureka flat, In thia oounty, i damaged about 60 per oent, and will only average about fif teen buhel to the acre. One farm er along the Yellow Hawk now esti mate hi yield at about fifty bnabel to the acre, lettlt, ...... . CONOEKSED DISPATCHES. Two young people were killed In a railroad crossing aooident in Lancaster, P. . Tbe Republican national committee ba decided to open the campaign thi week. William Henry Smith, late general manager ot tbe Associated Pro, died at Lake Forest, 111. Three people were drowned near Wheeling, W. Vs., whil trying to ore the Ohio in a null. Tbe Northwest ba again been visited by a diaaatrou itorm. , Much damage wa done to crop in Michigan and Ohio. -; ..!.;'.- It 1 reported that a raoe war baa oc curred about IS miles east of Jasper, Fla., in wbloh tlx men were killed and even seriously injured. A London dlapatoh from Constant! nople say the lateit new reoeived i that tbe prosperous village around Van have been destroyed and every male over 8 year of age killed. Tbe total killed 1 plaoed at 13.800. ' The strike at the Brown hoisting and oonvoylng work, at Cleveland, O., in augurated nine week ago, wbloh can, ed several bloody riots, ba ended, a settlement between tbe company and the employe having been resobed. The present outlook for hopgTOwers 1 not encouraging. Report from Bllverton y that grower expeot to re wire only about 6 or 8 oehta a pound tor thia year' orop, at whiob price many will not go the expense of hav ing their hop picked. Among the speaker who will take the stump for tbe Populist ticket will be Senator Butler and ex-Chairman Taubeneok, E. V. Deb, Robert Schil ling, of Milwaukee; Senator Allen, ol Nebraska; Senator Peffer, Mr. Rob erta, of Georgia, and many other, In cluding Coxey and Carl Brown. In New York two young men had a dliouaalon a to the relative merit ol two aotressesof their acquaintance To decide their controversy they fought a battle-royal on the roof ot a bandaom Riverside residenoe. The referee de clared it a draw after they bad pom meled each other to their satisfaction A Philadelphia dispatch say: In formation reoeived from Stanley under date ot June S, prove oonolotively thai tbe (hip which foundered off that lo oality May 14 last wa the Philadel phia dipper, City of Philadelphia, and that Captain Johnson, bl wife and family, one paaaenger and a orew num bering in all twenty-live men, perlibed. SWEPT ON TO DEATH. Fifty Lira Le.t . a I'loodhant la; Colorado- t j Denver, July 88. The torrent ol ' water which rushed down the oanyoni j upon Morrison, Golden and othei j mountain town of Colorado last night, were caused by terrifio mountain lorm, which extended hundreds of mile or more from Boulder, where tb damage waa flight All down the range weat of Denver, almost to Pa bio, the ctorm swept it deitruotlve way. It ba been impossible, thus far, tc fully explore the devastated dlatrtot, but it 1 believed tbat when a full in vestigation ba been made at leaat fifty live will be found to bave gene out during tbe program of the itorm. At Morrison and Golden the torreni tor away holding, uprooted tree, washed out long atretcbea ot railroad track, iwept away bridge and spread annihilation through the town. Iti work waa a brief a the warning it gave were inadequate, and almoit be fore the eitirwn knew what bad hap pened tbe flood had passed, leaving only deadly silenoe and signs ot devas tation everywhere. All tbat oould be done in the dark nesssnd oonfuiion waa done by tht rescuer. Men, women and ohildren were extrioated from dangerous predic ament, let down from the roof oi Boating house, helped out ot tree and drawn out ot tbe very whirl and death of the torrent A far a ascertained, the following Is a full lit of person whose livei were lost in the great floods that swept down upon the towns ot Morrison and Golden, In the foothill near Denver last nigh'. :' - Tbe dead at Morrlton are: Mrs. Mom Miller and three ohildren, and child of J. C Longneoker, of Morrison; Mrs. A. 8. Proctor; Robert James Prootor, 8 year; Graoe Prootor, ? yean; Edith Prootor; Mr. : T. F. Casey; James Casey, 10 yeara; Edith Casey, 8 yeara; Mamie Casey, 1 years; Anna Casey, 6 year; Clara Casey, 8 year; V r. Anthony Here; Eugen Here, 7 year; Mabel Here, 8 yeara; Josephine Here, 8 years; Carroll Here, 4 year; Tbomaa MoGaugb, 81 year old. At Dayton, a oouiin of Mr. Carey and Annie Bauaen, 80 year old, servant of tbe Proctors, were billed. Fatally injured: A ohild ot J. C. Longneeker. ' The dead at Golden are: C. A. Johnson; Mrs. A. A. Johnson; Mr. J. F. Edwards.' ! All the Denver people who perished were camper at Bear Creek oanyon. There were many more campers In tbat vicinity. . Some reports say tbat when Bear creek canyon 1 fully explored it will possibly be found that no lest than fifty people perished in tbe flood, Ttolaut Storms la Parts. Paria, July 88. -Violent etorma oc curred in thi region tonight, immense damage having been caused, by wind and rain. Tbe lower quarter . of tbe oity bave been flooded and several oaa ualtie are reported. , Fitly Kill. d at Delhi, India. Bombay, India, July 88. A railway oollliion ba occurred at Delhi, by wbloh fifty person were killed and in jured. . IBRYAN IS NOMINATED Selection of the Populist Na tional Convection. WAT80S FOB TICB-PBESIDBST Th Xatloaal Oommltto OHvoo Plaaary ' F.w.r la All Thins Oood.oU4 Wit th. Party. : ' William ' Jennlng Bryan, of Ne brssks, who waa nominated br tbe Demooratlo national oonvention at Chi cago, a fortnight ago, waa, Saturday, at Bt. Louis, made tbe standard-bearer of tbe People's party by a vote of 1,043 to 831. The Demooratlo candidate was nomi nated in tbe face of bl own protest, in the chape of a telegram, dlreotiog the withdrawal of bl name, lent to Sena tor Jones, after Bewail, bl running mate, bad been ditched for the vloe presidential nomination Friday night, and Thoma F. Watson, ot Georgia, bad been named for the second place on the ticket It wa also made in the faoeof an opposition so bitter tbat, after tbe convention adjourned, aome of tbe radical beld a "rump" conven tion. Th last session of the oonvention, whiob lasted from 9:80 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'olook in the evening, wa marked by aoene of turbuleno and nolay exoitement, wbloh several timee bordered on actual riot, and wbloh almost preoipitated personal ool llslons. The Texas delegates beaded tbe opposition and clung to the mlddU ot the road to tbe last Th Populist Bryan manager doold ed early Saturday to disregard Mr. Bryan'a telegram ot Friday and tc nominate him and straighten out the tangle afterwards. They started out to rush his nomination through before any other candidate oould be put in the field. General Weaver, of Iowa, the Popu list candidate in 1893, in a masterly sddreas, plaoed Bryan in nomination, and General Field, of Virginia, wbc waa formerly Weaver's running mate, after s brief speech, moved to mkt the nomination unanimous. About fifty seconding tpeeohee wen then made, and some of them wen both eloquent and brilliant The middle-of-the-road contingent Insisted upon knowing at every oppor tunity whether, in view of bia tele gram, Bryan wou'd stand on the plat form and sooept the nomination. But all these pointed question were neatly parried. Judge Green, of Nebraska, and other, vouohed for Bryan'a sym pathy with Populistlo principles, but that was all the satisfaction tbe radi cals oould get A roll-call by ststes wa taken, sni when It wa oompleted, it waa found that Bryan had 1,043 out of the 1,841 vote In the oonvention. Frank 8. Norton, of Chloago, waa tbe only othei candidate. Ignatlu Donnelly, of Min nesota, and General Coxey, of Ohio, were nominated, but their name wen withdrawn. Norton reoeived 821 vote, Deb 10, and Donnelly 1. Norton got the majority ot the solid vote of Texas, Michigan, Mluouri, Rhode Ialand and Wlsooniin, and a res peo table portion of the vote ot Alabama, California, Kentucky, Illlnoi and Ohio. ' ; The demonstration when Bryan wai deolared to be tbe oholoe of the oonven tion lasted fifteen minute, and wai fully aa enthuaiaitic a that . tendered the Nebraska man at the Chloago oon vention. "'' . Saturday morning a motion was' In troduced and carried tbat tbe national oommtttee b given plenary power In all things oonnneoted with the party. Th. VIM-Presidential Kamla... Thomss F. Watson, ot Georgia, who was member of tbe Fifty-first eon gres. and who, in the Fifty -seoond and Fifty-third oongreeses, unsuccess fully contented Colonel Black' teat, was nominated for vice-president by the oonvention on tbe first ballot, short ly after midnight Friday night The nomination waa made unanimous be fore the result of the roll-call was an nounced. : : The nominating speeches occupied exaotly six hours The convention adjourned after Brysn bsd been deolared tbe nominee. . After the adjournment of the oon vention the national oommittee held a meeting, and after a spirited oontest, electa! Senator Butler, of North Caro lina,' on the socond ballot as national chairman. ; : ; Tha first three day of the oonvention were oonaumed In organising, appoint ing of oommlttees, eta. The platform was adopted Friday afternoon. Senator Butler wa temporary chair man, and Senator Allen, ot Nebraska, permanent ohatrman, General Weaver wa chairman of platform oommittee. t? ill W J Bryan POPULIST PLATFORM. Adopted by tha Xatloaal OonvoaMoa Hold at St, Loula. Following is the Popullit platform, as sgreed upon by tbe oommittee on resolution and adopted by the St Louis ! oonvention: The People's Party, assembled in na tional oonvention, reaffirm it allegl anoe to tbe principles deolared by tbo founders of the republio, and also to the fundamental prlnolplee of just gov ernment as enunciated In tbe platform of tbe party In 1893. W recognize tbat, through the oonnivanoe of tbe preaent and preceding administration, the oountry baa reaobed eriii in its national life, as predicted In our dec laration four years ago, and that prompt and patriotic action is tbe an preme duty of tbe hour. W realize that, while we bave political independ ence, our financial and industrial In dependence is yet to be obtained by re storing to our country the constitution al control and exercise of tbe function neoesury to a people's government, wbloh fonotlons bsve been basely sur rendered by our publlo servant to cor porate monopolies. Tbe influence of European money ohangers has been more potent in shaping legislation than the voios of tbe American people Executive power and patronage bave been used to corrupt our legislatures and defeat the will of the people, and plutocracy baa thereby been enthroned upon the ruins of democracy. To re start the government intended by the fathers ot the oountry, for the welfare and prosperity of this snd future gen erations, we demand tbe establishment of an eoouomio and financial system which shall make us masters of our own affairs and independent of Eu ropean control by the adoption of the following declaration of prlnoiplest Tlnaae. First We demand a national money, aafe and sound, Issued by the general government only, without the interven tion of banka of issue, to be a full legal tender for all debts, publio and private; Just, equitable and effloient means ot distribution direct to the people and through tbe lawful disbursements of the government Seoond We demand the free and unrestricted coinage of diver and gold at the present legal ratio ot 16 to 1, and without waiting for the consent of foreign nation. Third We demand tbat tbe vol ume of olroulating medium be speedily inoreaaed to an amount uffloient to meet the demanda of the buaineaa and the population ot thia oountry, and to restore the Just level ot prioes and la bor production. - Fourth We denounce the sale of bonds snd tbe inoreass of tbe publlo Interest-bearing debt, - made by the preaent administration, a unnecessary and without authority of law, and we demand that no more bonds be issued exoept by speoiflo action of eon gross. Fifth We demand such legislation ss will prevent the demonetising ot the lawful iqoney ot the United Ststes by private contract Sixth We demsnd that tbe govern ment, in payment of Its obligations, shall use its option as to th kind of lawful money In wbloh they are to be paid, and w denounoe the preaent and preoeedlng administration for surren dering thi option to the holders of government obligation securities. Seventh We demand graduated inoome tax, to the end that aggregate wealth shall bear it Just proportion of taxation, and we regard the reoent de olion of tbe supreme court, relative to tbe inoome-tax law, a a misinterpreta tion of tbe constitution, an invasion of the rightful powers of oongres on the subject ot taxation. . Eighth We demand that postal sav ings banks be established by the gov ernment for the safe deposit of tbe sav ings of the people snd to facilitate ex change. . ;; ' ' -.." Traa.portatloa First Transportation being means of exohsnge and publio neoeaaity, the government should own snd operate the railroads In tbe interest of the people on a nonpartisan basis, to tbe end that 11 may be aooorded the same treatment In transportation, and that the tyranny of political power, now exercised by the great railroad corporations, whiob result In tbe impairment, if not the deatruotion ot the political right and personal liberty ot tbe oitisen may be destroyed. Such ownership ia to be accomplished gradually In a manner consistent with sound publlo polioy. Seoond Tbe interest ot the United States In the publlo bighwsys built with publio moneys and the proceeds ot extensive grants ot land to the Pa olfio railroads should never bavs been alienated, mortgaged or sold, but guarded and protected for tbe general welfare as provided by the laws organ ising such railroad. The foreclosure of existing liens of the United 8tate on these road ihonld at onoe follow default in the payment thereof by the debtor oompanies, and at the fore closure sales ot said roads the govern ment should purchase the same, If It beoomea neoessry, to protect its Inter ests, or if they can be purchased at a reasonable prioe, and the government ahall operate said railroads ss public highways tor the benefit ot the whole people, and not in the interest of the few, under suitable provision for pro tection of life and property, giving to all the transportation Interests equal privileges and equsl rates for fares and freights. " Third We denounoe the present In famous scheme for refunding the laid debts, and demand that the lawa now applicable thereto be executed and ad ministered aooording to their true in tent and spirit Fourth The telegraph, like the post office system, being a neoenlty tor the transaction ot news, should be owned and operated by tbe government in the Interest of the people. Laad. First The true policy demands that the national and state legislation shall be such as will . ultimately enable every prudent snd industrious oitizen to secure s home, snd therefore the land should not be monopolized for speculative purposes. All lands now beld by railways and other oorporationa In excea of tbelr aotual needa ihould, by lawful mean, be reclaimed by the government snd held for aotual settlers only, snd private land monopoly, aa well as alien ownership, should be pro hibited. Seoond We condemn the frauds by which the land grants to Psoiflo rail road oompantes have, through the oon nivanoe of tbe interior department, robbed multitudes of bona-fide settlers of their homes and miners of their olaims, snd we demand legislation by oongrea which will enforoe the exemp tion of mineral land from suoh grant after, a well a before, patenting. Third We demand tbat bona fide settlers on sll publio lands be granted free home, ss provided in the national homestead law, and tbat no exception be made in the oase of Indian reserva tion when opened for settlement, and that all land not now patented oome under thi demand. Direct Lf l.latloa. We favor a system of direot legisla tion through the initiative and referen dum, under proper constitutional safe guards, -v G.n.ra! Propositions. First We demand the election of president, vice-president and United States senator by direct vote of the people. i Seoond We tender to the patriotld people of Cubs onr deepest sympathy in their struggle for politloal freedom snd independence, and we believe the time haa oome when tbe United States, the great republio of the world, should recognize that Cuba is, and of right ought to be, a free and independent atate. Third We favor home rule in the territories and the District ot Colum bia, and the early admission ot the ter ritories as states. Fourth All publio salaries should be made to oorrespond to tbe prioe of labor and its products. Fifth In times of great industrial depression, idle labor should be em ployed on publio works as far as prac ticable. Sixth The arbitrary course of the court in assuming to imprison citizens for indirect contempt snd ruling them by injunction should be prevented by proper legislation. Seventh We favor Just pensions fur every disabled Union soldier. Eighth Believing that the election franchise and untrammeled ballot are essential to a government of, for and by the people, the People's party con demn the wholesale system of disfran chisement adopted in some of the states as unrepublican and undemocratic, and we deolare it to be the duty of the sev eral (tate legislature to , tike suoh ac tion ss will secure a full snd tree and fair ballot and an honest count Ninth While the foregoing proposi tions constitute tbe platform whiob our party stands upon and for the vindica tion of its organization will be main tained, we recognize that tbe great and pressing issue of the pending campaign upon which the presidential election will turn, Is the financial question, and upon thia great and speoiflo Issue between the parties we oordially invite the aid and co-operation ot all organi ...I . .A ith n.j 11, .. i . upon this vital question A METEOR IN MEXICO Oarried Down tha Sid. of a Mountain la Its Fall. Mexico, July 87. A .remarkable phenomenon at the mine of Carlos Reyes, in the state ot Chihuahua, oc curred at 8 o'olook yesterday. A Ue menduous explosion waa heard and an enormous msas ot burning matter waa seen to fall from the heavens, striking the side of the mountain snd bringing with it In its oourse entire cliffs, and finally plunged 700 feet into the ground making a hole from which boiling water still issues. One ot the most singular pehnomens observed was the heavy rain falling from tbe sky immediately after the descent of the meteor. The people are very superstt ... . . i ' r.l T " 7 J . T zations of the prophecies of the vision- seeing girl of Tobasoo. The same meteor destroyed the house of a miner killing bia two ohildren. Plrod an aa American Ship. The Bohooner Governor J. Y. Smith, Captain Patrick, from Gibrara, Cuba, to Wilmington, N. C, ha arrived at quarantine, at Southport N. C The sohooner left Gibrara July 14. Two days later, while off the Cuban coast In the neighborhood of Neuvitas har bor, ahe passed a Spanish gunboat about a mile and a halt away. The gunboat opened fire on the sohooner, sending a solid shot over her deck. Tbe shell tell in the sea a quarter of mile to starboard, doincr no damage. Captain Patriok immediately ran up the American ensign and leit tne neighborhood as quiokly aa possible. He was not sble to learn the name ot the gunboat, whioh remained station ary, firing no more shots. It is ex pected that Captain Patriok will make an offlolal report, as the sohooner is entered at the custom house. Fatal Shooting Aoold.nt. A fatal shooting aooident ooourred at Addy, Wash. Tbomaa Smith's boy, 17 years old, shot and instantly killed the son ot H. Skeel, about 14 years old. Tbe Smith boy bad taken a rifle with bins to sob. ool for the purpose ot kill ing birds on his way. Returning home with a number of ohildren, he shot st a mark on a tree, the bullet glanoingaod penetrating the heart ot the Skeel boy, killing him instantly. There were a number of ohildren stand- ing around at th time. An inquest will be beld, as different rumors seem to exist THE SILVER CONVENTION, Bryan Komlaat tor Pr.rid.at aad S.w.II lor Vlo.-Pr.ilrtcnt. Bt Louis, Ma At tbe first day's session of the silver oonvention not ' muob beadwsy was made. The pro-. gramme of the oonferenoo was all ar ranged ia advance. It included simply the adoption of a 16-to-l platform and the nomination of Bryan and Bewail, but those In charge of it deemed It good policy to go alow In the belief tbat they might, by remaining in season, be able to exercise an influence in shaping thing in the Popullit oonvention. To thi end, they appointed a oommittee of seven, beaded by Judge Scott, of Call fornia, to meet a similar oommittee of the Populists for tbe purpose of reach ing a common plan of action. . The oonvention was oalled to order by Na tional Chairman Mott, who introduced Francis B. Newlands, of Nevada, as temporary chairman. - Mr. Newlsnds addressed the oonvention at some length, and was followed by other speakers setting forth the olaims of the silverites. Th S.eond Day. The seoond day's session of the silver oonvention wss given over to speeches and songs. No business of any Im portance was transacted. The ladies were In evldenoe, and tbe assembly wa (ddreaaed by Mrs. Helen Conger, of Indiana, who denounced the gold bug monopolist ss "Wall street plu tocrat." and "English bond sharks" and said the only salvation of the peo ple from serfdom was to deolare for the free ooinage of silver. : Th. Third Day. It was ten minutes to 11 o'clock when Chairman St John oalled the silver oonvention to order. G. W. Baker, of California, aald tbat the People's Party oonvention bad appoint- oonferenoe oommittee and moved that the convention deter action on tbe platform and postpone the nom ination until 8:80 P. M. The motion prevailed. No business was transacted during the day, the time being taken up in the rendering of silver speeobes, poems and songs. Friday night, after the oommittee ot seven appointed to confer with the Populists, had reported that no agree ment oould be reached, tbe oonvention proceeded to close its business. The platform was read and adopted with out change. A motion was then msde to nominate Biyan and Sewall by ao olamation. Amid muoh excitement the motion oarried. Tbe oonvention then adjourned sine die. i -:''. . Th. Platforotb The demonetization of silver In 1878 i enormously increased the demand for i gold, enhancing the purchasing power : and lowering all prioes measured by that standard, and aince that unjust and indispensable act, the prioes of American products have fallen upon an average nearly 80 per cent, carrying down with them proportionately the money value of all other forms of prop erty. Such fall of prioes baa destroyed the profit of legitimate industry, In juring the producer for the -benefit ot the non-producer, increasing the bur den of the debtor, (welling the gain of the creditor, paralyzing the productive energies of the American people, rele gating to idleness vast ' numbers of willing workers, sending the shadows of despair into the home of the honest toiler, filling the land with tramps snd nannMi anrl in41r1iTir tin twlfssUslI ffW- ! tones at the money centers. In tbe effort to maintain the gold standard, the country has, within the last four yeara, in a time of profound peace and plesty, been loaded down with a 263,000,000 of additional interest-bearing debt, under snob oir oumtsance aa to allow a lyndioate of native and foreign bankers to realise a net profit of million on a single deal. It stands oonfeased that the gold itandard can only be upheld by so de pleting our paper currency as to force the prioes of our products below the European and below the Asiatic level, and enable ua to sell in foreign mar kets, thus aggravating the very misery of wbloh our people so bitterly com plain, degrading American labor and striking at tbe foundations ot our civ ilisation itaelt The advocate of the gold standard persistently olaini that the cause of our ynswim ! distress, is overproduction; that we have produoed ao much that it baa made us poor; which implies tbat tbe true remedy is to oloss the fsctory, abandon the farm and throw a multi tude ot people out of employment, a doctrine, tbat leaves us disheartened and without hope for the future. We affirm it to be unqestionable tbat there can be no suoh economic paradox as overproduction snd st tha same time tens ot thousand ot our fellow-oitisen remain balf-clotbed and halt fed, and who are piteoualy clamoring for the oommon necessities of life. Inasmuch as the patriotic majority of the Chicago oonvention embodied in the finanoial plank of its platform the principles enunciated by the Amerioan , bimetallic party, promulgated at Wash inston, D. a. January 33, 1896, and herein reiterated, whioh ia not only paramount, but the only real issue in the pending cam, sign; therefore, rec ognizing that their nominees embody these patriotio principles, we reoom mend that this oonvention nominate W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, for presi dent, and Arthur Sewall, ot Maine, for vioe-president" A oloudburat ooourred at Springfield, O., flooding everything. People in the East End moved up stairs on sooount ot the overflow ot Buck creek. Front snd North streets wer partially under water. A crowd of oamuers at Red- . mnnit mill wn nnmhrd in tnwi all nght The magnifloent Snyder Park, gating $26,000 is almost ruined. I ! i In Europe thrushes build their nests 'ss near to human habitations ss they ' can. to escape the persecutions ot th j msgples. THIRTEEN MILLIONS Northern Pacific Line Sold at Auction. BIO IK IS BEHALF OF COMPANY Sal. Ia.Iadd Entlr. Traok From Da lata to Portland, Bond., Stooka, L.MO aad Bran oh Lin... West Superior, Wis., July 38. Bp, oial Master Carey this morning, st Su perior, Wis., sold the entire line of the Northern Psoiflo Railroad Company, its bonds, stocks, lease and branch lines, under the deore of Judge Jen kins, of the United States federal court Tbe aale was interrupted by but two formal notification, and tbe property wss bid in by Edwin W. Winter, on behalf of the Northern Ps oiflo, as reorganized. Special Master Carey read the deore of sale. He offered for sals the first paroel, consisting of the line from Lake Superior to Portland, Oregon, and all the appurtenance and prop erty. He also included in the first par cel all property to which tbe company bad acquired title, and asked for bids. Edwin Winter, for the Northern Pa cific railroad, bid the least amount that oould be offered, 110,000,000. Master Carey asked if anybody else desired to bid, and reoeiving no response, sold it to Mr. Winter for the Northern Psoiflo railroad, and received the report ot the Farmers' Loan ft Trust Co., showing that tbe bonds neoeanary to bind the sale were in their possession. The seoond parcel containing the stocks snd bonds of branch lines, held under the consolidated mortgage, were offered, snd, as before, Edwin W. Winter bid for the Northern Psoiflo railroad, and offered 12,000,000, at whioh it was sold. The third parcel, containing con tracts of branoh lines snd release, was offered st $500,000, bid by Mr. Win ter, who got it without opposition. - At noon, at the door of the county oourthonsa, were offered the oompsny't lands in the state ot Wiiooniin in three parcels. The first contained thirty-one patented sections in township 43, rsngs 16 west, and President Winter bid $100 for one section, with the option of taking the remainder. He got it, and exercised his option, depositing the oertifioste ot guarantee. All pat ented lands In Wisconsin not included in the first aale were offered and sold to the Northern Paoifio railroad's rep resentative for tl, 000. ' In the third' parcel were, all tha lands in Wisconsin granted the North ern Psoiflo railroad by act of congress to aid it in building and equipping it line, to which the road is entitled, but upon which patents bsve not - been is sued. Winter's bid of $600,000 wss the largest offered, and the sale In Wisconsin was closed. -' Thespeoial master expects , to torn the road over to tbe purchasers Sep tember 1. ' ' - 639 CANS OF OPIUM. A Thn. Thonaand-DoUav Catch la . Two Night. Portland, Or., July 88. The cus toms officials of this port have made m. clever capture of smuggled opium, having seized 889 oans of the stuff, valued at about $3,000. It la the most important capture that has ooourred for many months snd reflects great credit on the offloers who bsd the mat ter In hand. - Ten days ago T. J. Black received information from Vanoonver, B. C, that a lot ot opium bad been shipped from there, presumably for Portland, and a striot watoh has been maintained about tbe railroad depots snd in Chi nese stores in the oity. - It wss sup posed that those handling the dopt would be strangers who would offer it for aale at some of the stores in th Chinese quarter. This led to two men being auipioioned, both strangers, and their movements were closely watched. The suspicions proved oorreot, and it waa later learned that they had brought the opium in a small boat from sons point on the Columbia river. Tbey were arrested last night ss they wer landing tbe stuff, snd when taken tc the polioe station gava their namea a James Mcintosh and John Miller. WORK FOR IDLE MEN. Iron Kills to OIt. Xmployatoat to Toa '. . Thsiuud.' Pittsburg, Fa., July 88. Tomorrow will see the beginning ot the resump tion of iron mills, whioh will soon put to work at least 10,000 idle men. It is estimated that at least tbat number art Interested in the settlement made oi the wsge scale with the Ohio manu facturers, at Youngstown, Saturday night Tbe suooess ot the Amalga mated Association in making th wags settlement it has effected means, too, that men employed in non-union mill will get an advance in wages, and that their employers will sign agreements to pay them the union prices. This comes ss near a recognition of th union as the men are contending for at the present time. The oonferenoe wss with the Ohio assooistion, but plan in several other atate will be started under the agreement Spanish Baying Warship. Loudon. July 28. Tha Times hss s dispatch from Madrid, whioh says: It Is stated that the government bss paid the enormous prioe ot 700,000 each, for the two warships reoently bought at Genoa, while a oontraot has just been given for two torpedo boat de stroyers, at 60,000, which waa dears than tbe tender of first-olsss-i English firm, on the ground that qnlok delivery would be secured. Nothing abort ot a panic oaa explain such extrsvsgauos.