ST. 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
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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.