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VOL. 13.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 21, 18.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
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la m Coudeueed Fovea.
Malloh Ram, who assassins' thn
hah of Persia in May laat. was baugt-d
t Teheran In the presence ot au tin
mause oonoourse.
linn Nuyer, who mi arrested upon
suspicion of having rubbed the Wllhoit
stage, bat beou released from jail with
out having been given an examination
upou the obarge.
In a fight at Vodeua, Macedonia, be
tween 150 insurgent and 600 Turkish
troops, the former were reinforced after
four houri and rooted the Torka, fifty
ot whom were killed.
Frauk Farnsworth Barnard, agod 43,
tenor linger well known in theatri
cal olrolea, oomniitted auioide in New
York by ihooting blmielf in the right
temple with a revolver.
The oyolists ot Oiyinpia, Wash., have
formed a olub, with a membership of
ISO, for the vigorona prosecution of a
good roada crusade. They propose to
immediately begin the improvement of
the vartoua roada leading oat of the
olty.
The four-story mill of the Sporry
Flonr Company, at Faro Roble, Cat.,
waa burned together with three adjao
ent oi blue and blacksmith ahop.
The mill waa valued at f 86,000, and
the (took of wheat and flonr on hand
waa worth $13,000, and it waa a
total loss. There waa 120,000 lusur
auoe on the building.
A dlapatob from Egypt aaya: "To
ahow the futility of any hope of arret
ing the oouree of oholera at preaent,
during the week before la at fresh out
break! occurred in aixty-nlue different
plaoea and laat week in elgbty-seveu.
During the aeven daya to Auguat 1,
1,900 deatha were reported, and in the
following ail daya 1,700 deatha."
Judge Noble donied the application
ot the Brown Hoisting Company '
locked-out omployea for an injunction
to restrain Mayor MuKiaaon, of Clave- j
land, from oalling additional militia ;
into eervloe; to restrain the Urown '
oompany from armiug ita employes
and to oompel the company to oarry j
out the agreement made with tb j
looked-out men on July 37. 1
The oannery and machinery of thr j
Anderson (Cal. ) Canning A Puck inn
Company, owned by Dan U rover and
B. T. Ryan, burned. Tbe cannery wai
worth $8,000. A stock ot dried fruit
worth $700, 800 sacks of wheat and a
large quantity of tin waa a I no de
stroyed. There ia no insurance. Two
adjaoent oottagoa owned by Dan Uruvor
and J. T. Ryan, valued at $700, wore
also burned.
At Ban Antonio de loa Danoa, a pro
prietor named Domingo Mernandea,
who waa 70 yeara old, baa boon hanged
by the insurgents.
At the Novelty theater, London, in
stabbing scene, tbe spring dagger
made for stage use failed to act and an
aotor waa stabbed to tbe heart so that
he died in a tew minutes.
Benor Maroel de Azacarra, Spanish
m In later of war, la considering a
scheme to introduce conscription in
order to facilitate the recruiting of
foroea for the Spanish army aervioe in
Cuba.
Mias Clara Barton, president of the
Amerloan branoh ot the Red Crosa So
ciety, baa started on ber return to the
Uniu d States, ber mission of distribut
ing relief to tbe Armenians having
been ended.
A. W. Fawoett, the recently deposed
mayor of Taooma, announoea that the
fight for oooupanoy of the office ia not
yet ended by any meana, and that be
will immediately carry the oontest to
tbe supreme oourt for settlement.
John Thompson and Jay Leonard
wore killed by lightning in a violent
storm at Sandusky, O. Tbey were
working on the new government pier
at Cedar Point, with augera in their
banda, wbiob attracted tbe lightning.
Tbe body of a newly born mala in
fant waa dlaoovered floating in the
Willamette river near New Era one day
last week. A coroner'a inquest waa
held over the remalna, but nothing waa
devoloped wbioh wonld tend to throw
any light upon the mystery, aa to why
the body of tbe babe waa thrown into
the river.
Tbe steam aohooner Point Arena,
bound from San Francisco to Moudo
olno, went on the rooks near Point
Reyea. Captain Johnson, ber master,
waa on tbe bridge when ahe grounded.
He at onoe began to back her, and
within ten minutes ahe waa free ot the
rooks. Aa soon aa tbe vessel waa
loosened the water began to rush in
through hole in ber port bow, just
forward ot tbe forward hold. Captain
Johnson beaded for San Franoiaoo, and
came np nnder a full bead of steam,
the pumps being kept in action all the
while. By the time ahe reached the
Mission slip, where ahe waa docked,
there waa fonr foet of water in ber for
ward bold.
A. W. Pile, of California, sooretary
of tbe national silver oommlttee, was
found dead at Washington, D. Q. , on
der oircumstanoes wbioh lead to a sus
picion ot foul play. He had been mis
sing for tour daya. His body waa
found nnder the aqneduot bridge.
When last seen be bad considerable
money, but the money waa missing
wben the body was diaoovered. A sil
ver watch, however, bad not been dis
turbed. There ia no evidenoe of aui
oide. Mr. Pile waa the son of ex-Congressman
Pile, of California.
Ira famine Thrnatan.il,
Bt. Lonli is seriously threatened with
ao loe famine. Prioea have been
stead ly advanoing since the opening
of the season until now they are np to
tbe highest point reached in this olty
for several years. This week there
waa an additional inorease of II. SB per
ton to tbe trade and another inorease
may be expected soon. Tbe price to
the trade is now $6, or more than
double what it waa at any time last
year. loe is being shipped in from re
mote northern points, bot tbe demand
cannot be supplied.
An American Ultl.en Shot.
A young man named Jamea F. How
ard ia now in the hospital in Juarea,
Mexloo, with two bullet boles in bla
body. He became involved in a quar
rel with Mexicans and ahot three of
them dead. Tbey had attempted to as
sault nim. He waa seriously wounded
in tbe fight, but managed to escape.
A Demand by Terrell.
United States Minister Torrel has de
manded the immediate release of six
Armeniana (naturalised Americana)
imprisoned at Aleppo. Terrel baa
notified the Turkish anthoritlea that
the further imprisonment ot Ameri
cans would not be tolerated.
Trana-Onaanlo Ke.ord flrofcen.
The steamship Bt. Paul, from South
ampton, crossed Sandy Hook in six
daya and fifty seven minutes, beating
the new reoord made last week by ber
sister ship, tho St Louis, of six days,
two hours and tweuty-fuur minutes.
Drowned In tha Columbia.
Mark Van Bibber, a son of W. H.
drowned in the Columbia rive'r near
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oomnanv' with several onmnaniune.
The body bas not been recovered.
Fifteen Horses Poisoned.
Twelve of tbe fifteen horses belong-
IngJ to Charles A. Worth, of San Fran-
olsoo, are dead and three more are nn
der treatment for arsenical poisoning.
Tbe poison waa administered by an
enemy unknown.
Ianll I'ullan Hissing.
Daniel Pullen, a prominent farmer
of Lapuab, Wash.,, suddenly became
insane laat Sunday and loft bia bnme
and bas not since been seen or beard of.
It ia believed be has committed auioide.
Flood. In India.
A London dispatch from Bombay
aaya heavy floods bave been caused by
tbe rising ot the river Ktatnah. Im
mense damage was done, and thousands
rendered homeless. A river boat wai
OMpalxed and 300 persona drowned.
Regulator. Madly Nerdqd
The violent demonstrations by tbe
turbulent elements of Belleville, 111., ;
against the Salvation Army which ;
bave occurred at frequent intervale on !
the public aquare for year past, at
last culminated in riot For over
two hours the mob surged around tho
little band of Christians, oursing, push
ing, striking and creating a perfect
bedlam of discordant noises. One of
the army flags, on wbioh was the stars
and stiipes, was torn from its staff and
trampeled upon. One of the women,
who waa struck on the bead by a mis
silo, was about the only one seriously
injured.
Th.y Raw a Largo Metror.
K. Simmons, wife and two daughtera
were aittlug in tbe yard at their home
in Chicago wheu tbny aaw a meteor de
scending and aiming direotly toward
them. Terror overpowered tbem,
bound them to their seats and prevent
ed their fleeing. Bot fortunately
while the mass of molten metal waa
100 foot from them it burst, and the
f-agmonta scattered with a report like
a oannon, the hissing sound wbioh had
been growing in intensity culminating
in a last dying gasp. No fragments
could be found.
Death In the Flood.
A great rain storm burst over Pitts
burg and vioiuity, deluging a territory
several miles in extent, swelling tbe
streams into torrents, sweeping away
bridges and sonding a aooro of human
beings into eternity. The storm ia
attributed to the approach of a oool
wave from the Northwest. Oreat dam
age waa done by water in various parts
of tbe oity. The streets were covered
by debris, oar lines tied up and tracks
blockaded. At Dehaven, a small town
near the Wild wood oil well, aix people
were drowned.
A Hollar Kanloded.
A hundred and fifty home-power
boiler at tbe Lookvllle Brick & Tile
works, near Maximo, O., exploded with
terrific foroe, completely wrecking the
building. Isaiah Johnaon, an en
gineer, had bis baok broken. He will
die. Samuel Snider waa badly injured
about the head 'and bad bis breast
orushod. He oaunot reoover.
Train Ran Into a Wa.hont.
An eaatbound mail train from Chi
oago on the Lake Shore road, ran into a
washout seventy foet long and thirty
feet deep near Otis, Ind. , and the entire
train, except tbe day oonoh, plunged
into the big hole. Tbe engineer, James
Griffin, and the fireman, Michael
Roaohe, were almost instantly killed.
No one else was injured. . .
' Florenoe, Kan., la proud of being the
residence of a humane lady, who bought
an ear trumpet for ber pet dog.
"Increase of oholera in Egypt" ia
the principal feature' of a report re
ceived from the land of the Pharaohs
by Surgeon-Genera Wyman, of the
marine hospital service in Washington.
"Notwithstanding the measures taken
by Dr. Rogers Pasha," says the report,
"tbe proportion of the oholera outbreak
shows the disease haa got beyond the
oontrol of the sanitary authorities. It
la no reflection upon Rogers Pasha or
the members of tbe staff who are assist
ing him.
BIG BILL OF DAMAGES
Spain's Claims Against
United States.
the
OH ACC0CHT0FTH8 FILIBUSTERS
Precedent K.tabll.hed against Great
Britain In tha Alabama Award.
Will II. Invok.d.
Washington, Aug. 18. Tbe Spanish
government ia preparing a big bill ol
damagea to be presented to tbe United
Statea on aooount of the numerous ex
peditions alleged to have gone from our
shorea to tbe relief of tbe Cuban iusur
gents. In support of its olaim foi
reparation, it intends to invoke the
precedent established against Great
Britain in the oelebrated Alabama
claims award, made by tbe Geneva
arbitration tribunal. There bave been
reports heretofore that Spain, at the
proper time, would present a series of
claims on aooount of the use tbe insur
gents bave made of tho United Status
aa a base of supplies of hostile opera
tions in Cuba. Tbeae were nothing
more- thai) rumors until today, when
the government officers received oopies
of a report from the Spanish legation,
made by ita legal adviser, Mr. Calder
on Carlisle. The report ia handsomely
printed in pamphlet form, and, with
ita five appendioea, makes a
over 800 pages.
book of
The Wiborg case, recently docided
by the United Statea supreme court, ia
cited and refered to as the one solitary
oonvlotion obtained in the United
i atoU, inoe 0,9 beginning of the pre
i ent Cuban insurrection. Tbe attorney
! aaya it ia thought proper to ahow from
j tbe oase ot the aevere award against
i Great Britain what tbe United States
! expected of a neutral nation, and also
to reoall the attitude of Soain towarl
the United Statea daring tbe oivil war. lieve that a constant recurrence to those
The principles indioated and enforood j fundamental prinoiplea of a free and
by tbe United Statea against Great popular government, based upon indi
Britain, aa tboae wbioh should bave vidual liberty and the content of tbe
governed ber oonduot would seem, the
report says, to be clearly applicable to
tbe duties and legislation of tbe United
Statea towards Spain in the recent in
stance. In reviewing the Geneva award, the
report aays that it was clear that the
United States made its complaint
mainly upon tbe fitting out and ship
ping from England of vessels and sup
plies. In oonoloding the first section
of bis report, Mr. Carlisle says the
powers invested in the president of tbe
- .
United States bave not boon effectively
used for preventing the carrying on of
military expeditions forbidden by the
statutes. " Tbe United States, be says, :
contended at Geneva that no nation
can, under oover of the deficiencies of ;
its own laws, disregard ita dutiea to-;
ward another power. Whatever pre-
text and attempts may be made to oarry j
on tbeae expeditions, aa peaceful and ;
lawful voyages, the fact remains, says i
the attorney, that from the begginuing j
of tbe insurrection, the base of supplies
for war material bas been in tbe United j
States. This branch of Mr. Carlisle's
report oonolndes aa follows: j
"To tolerate thia state of affairs and
these aots ia violation of the treaties
of neutrality nnder tbe law ot nations ,
as they bave been proclaimed to tbe !
reat of tbe world by the United States j
To prevent and punish these acts, I
wbioh are in violation of the statute j
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the aobject under dissuasion. Nor is
it perceived what distinction or differ
ence in prinoiple can exouse tbe exer
oise of tbe diligenoe commensurate
with tbe existing emergency wbioh in
the sight of tbe world tbey required
and enforced against Great Britain at
Geneva.'"
In oonolualon, after a review of the
proclamations of various presidents of
the United Statea. the attorney aays !
that, while it oould not be insisted that
one nation la bound to take notioe ot
the existenoe of an insurrection in an
other country, as it ia bonnd to recog
nise a state of publio r, it is never
tbeleaa bonnd to take notioe of such
oondition to the extent that it gives
warning to the oitiaens and inhabitants
in the discharge of obligations whioh
one friendly nation owes another, and
aa a measure of precaution must pre
vent the violation of this obligation
He deolarea that the proclamation
olted in the appendioea fully illustrate
the recognition of thia prinoiple by the
United Statea, wbioh is especially ac
centuated by tbe proclamation of Presi
dent Cleveland on June 13, 1806. He
oonolndes thia portion of his report by
saying:
"Tbe lawa made by the municipal
authorities of the United States oaunot
measure or limit the international re
sponsibility of the United States."
The official, to whom copies of this
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to diaousa tbe matter for publication,
but all privately expressed tbe opinion
that tbe only object of its preparation
waa the baaia of a olaim to be presented
agalnat the United States by Spain on
aooount of filibustering expeditions.
A Turkish turban ot the largest sine
contains from ten to twenty yards of
the finest and aof teat muslin.
Florenoe, Ala., Aug. 18. A terrific
storm passed over Florenoe about 6
o'clock this evening. Great damage
was done, but no fatalities bave been
reported. Two frame bouses were
blown down, and awnings, ohimneys
and trees were wrecked. Treea were
uprooted all over town and on Court
street, large plate-glass windows were
broken by the fury of the wind. The
storm came from the northwest, one
cloud being met by another blaok olond
from tbe southwest
PEOPLE'S PARTY TICKET.
Result of
tha Fu.loa In
Washington.
tha 8 lata af
Laat week, at Ellensburg, the Demo
crats, Populists and tree silver Repub
licans of the state of Washington held
their respective conventions. After
much debate and oonoetsions on tbe
part of the three conventions, com
bined ticket to be called the "People's
Party" ticket, waa agreed upon and
plaoed In the field. It ia as follows:
For governor -John R. Rogers, of
Pierce, Populist
For lieutenant governor Thurston
Daniels, of Clarke, Populist.
For secretary of state Will D. Jen
kins, of Whatcom, Populist.
For state auditor Neal Cheatham,
of Whitman, Populist.
For state treasurer C. W. Young,
of Whitman, Populist
For commissioner of publlo lands
Robert Bridges, of King, Populist.
For justice of tbe supreme oourt
j John B. Reavia, of Yakima, Democrat,
: For attorney-general Patrick Henry
! Winston, of Spokane, Silverite.
For state printer Owin Hicks, of
i Thurston, Democrat
For superintendent of public instroo-
; tlon F. J. Browne, of King, Silverite.
j For congressmen James Hamilton
i Lewis, of King, Democrat; W. C.
, Jones, ot Spokane, Silverite.
! For presidential electors H. N.
Caton, of Whitman, Democrat; I. N.
! Maxwell, of Whatcom, Democrat;
; Charles EL Cline. of Whatcom. Podu-
i Hst; B. A. Newman, of Spokane, Pop-
nliat
Democratic Platform.
Following are the three platforms
adopted at Ellensburg:
"Seotion 1. The representativea of
tbe Democratic party of the state of
Washington, in convention assembled,
do hereby reaffirm our allegianoe to tbe
principles of the party as formulated
1 by Thomas Jefferson and firmly main
j tained by Andrew Jackson. We be
governed, is necessary, especially when
tbe oontrol of this government threat
ens to fall into the bands of aristoc
racy, monopoly and despotism.
"Sea 2. We greet with hearty ap
proval the new declaration of indepen
dence enunciated by tbe Democracy of
the United States of America at the re
cent convention in Chicago; indorse
every principle of Iti platform, and
pledge our united support to tbe candi
dates there selected. We recognize in
4,18 nomination ot William Jennings
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Bryan and Arthur Sewall an inopira
tion from tbe Supreme Ruler of Na
tions, by whose favor our country bus
passed through every boor of trial and
of peril and bas ever found leaders
equal to tbe occasion, grand as the op
portunity, sufficient to the struggle,
great aa the greater need required.
"Sec. 3. We demand the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold at
tbe ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting
for the consent of any other nation on
earth. We denonnoe the pretense of
Republican international bi-metalisra
aa a subterfuge: an attempt to estab
lish a gold Trristooraoy with the aid of
those who may be duped by a meaning
less phrase.
"Sec. 4. We denonnoe the present
Republican administration of our state
aa extravagant, oorrupt, scandal-breeding
and a willful abuse of the people's
rights. With a pretense of honoring
the memory of the great namea ot obam
pinns of the people, it now bows down
to political boraes and has not enrolled
upon its banner the name of any man
nnsubservient to tbe dictates of the
money power.
"Sea 6. We oall the attention of
the oommon people to tbe perpetuation
in our state of tbe gigantio Repulbioan
ring, whioh uses the publio patronage
to oontrol future elections to perpetu
ate itself in tbe oontrol of tbe publio
purse; uses the gigantic earnings of
.i.wv.u. J """u"u T""
hipa) to dictate the election of
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our representativea in congress and the
senate; abuses the franchise of the pub
lio preea by opening the columns of its
j newspapers -to but one side of public
disousalons; demanda of and receives
from its votaries absolute prostitution
i of individual liberty to the diotatea of
: machine politicians.
"Sea. 6. We invite the serious at
tention of the laboring olasses in our
state to the attempted oontrol of the
eleotive franchise by threats on the part
of the Republican leaders. They do
not hesitate to threaten their employes
with discharge unless tbey submit to a
sale of the free voting right guaranteed
tbem by- the constitution. Nor will
tbey atop at threats, but will openly
carry out the shameful abuse of power
unless oheoked by the righteous indig
nation of a free people.
"Sea 7. We pledge the people of
this great state that when given the
Z
oontrol of ita government we will re'
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lowest limit consistent with a just and
careful administration ot the govern
mental functions. We will stop the
present rquandering of the great pub
lio domain. We will, so far as now
remain possible, use the publio lands
for tbe benefit of the whole people, and
not tor the purpose ot pulling the
purse-strings of private corporations.
We will reduce the burdens laid upon
production by the greed of transporta
tion companies, aided by legislation
purchased from Republican legisla
tures. To this end we favor a law pro
viding for freight rates not exceeding
those ot the Helm bill, and we favor a
8-oent per mile passenger fare. We
will endeavor to make possible the car
rying out of our system of publio
schools, now closed aa the result of Re
publloan extravaganoe. 'Free oommon
schools are the nursery of good govern
ment ' They should when neoesaity
demands, be preserved even at the ex
pense of every other function of govern
ment The Republican oontrol of tbe
towns, oitiea, oountiea and state bas re
sulted in tbe bankruptcy of our school
distriots, and we demand tbe ovethrow
of suoh oontrol.
"Seo. 8. We oondemn the refusal of
tbe Republloan party of thia state to
divide it into congressional distriots,
and pledge our party to fair divialon of
the same.
"Seo. 9. We oondemn our present
election laws, contrived to throttle op
position to the ring in power; pledge
our party to their unconditional repeal,
and the enactment of auch laws as will
enable eaob voter to vote aa be pleases
and bave snob vote counted.
"Sec. 10. Whereas, the railroad
oompanie of this state bave from time
to time issued free passei to legislators
and other publio officers, theretry influ
encing their action, we demand that
tbe legislators shall promptly pass ade
quate laws to enforce the constitutional
provision against the granting of free
passes to publio officers and tbe use of
same by suob officers.
Sea 1 1. We demand better lawa in
relation to mortgage foreclosures; the
abolition of deficiency judgments, and
that tbe possession and use of real prop
erty remain in tbe mortgagor during
tbe full period of redemption. Pro
vided: That such laws shall not inter
fere with tbe obligation of existing con
tracts. "Seo. 13. We pledge ourselves to
place before the people amendmenta to
the contstitution reforming tbe present
extravagant judicial system and system
of state commissions.
"We recognize In tbe ooming elec
tion a orlsis in the affairs of govern
ment. -Free government is self-government
We are threatened with a de
struction of the principle of self-government
Tbe national banks, the
transportation and manufacturing cor
porations, the gold manipulators of
Wall street and Lombard street claim
the right to govern na. Demooraoy
weara no collar; it serves no master; it
has on ita side tbe plain, every-day peo
ple of tbe country and state, and to
them we appeal with an unquestioning
belief that in thia hour of trial and
tribulation right will oonquer, wrong
will be dethroned, ever-oon trolling
masses will overthrow classes, the peo
ple will again assume authority and
prosperity return, heralded by the an
nouncement of a '.overnment of tbe
people, by the people and for the peo
ple.' "
Tha Popnll.t Platform.
"We, the representativea of tbe Peo
ple's party of the state of Washington,
in convention assembled, reaffirm our
allegianoe to the principles enunciated
at Omaha and St Louis, and most
heartily oommend tbem to the favor
able consideration of all lovers of freedom.
"Firmly believing that the present
system of representative government is
inadequate, and that it enables the few
to oontrol the policy of the government
to the detriment of the interests of tbe
people at large, and further believing
that no permanent relief will be pas
sible until the people can speak more
direotly on lawa which they are re'
quired to obey, we demand that the
people shall be given a direct vote on
all important legislation, and that all
officers shall be made tbe servants of
the people, subject at any time to recall
or dismissal, and not, aa at present, tbe
masters ot those who create them.
"We demand the enaotment into
law of tbe following propositions. The
material reduction of exoessive salaries
of all executive, legislative and jndioial
officers; lessened freight, passenger,
telephone and telegraphic rates within
the state; the adoption of tbe Torrens
system of registering land titles; a
general system of non-interest bearing
warrants, receivable for taxes through
out the state; that school books be fur
nished to the people's pupils in our
publio sohools at tbe expense of the
state, that in case of sale ot property
under foreclosure decrees the debtor
shall retain possession ot the property
throughout the rdemption period, and
the prohibition of defioenoy judgments,
and that the period of redmeption
shall be two years instead ot one; lib
eral exemption from taxation of per
sonal property and improvements in
or upon land; that the next legislature
shall take tbe neooessary legal steps to
submit to the elector of this state to be
voted upon at the next regular eleotion
an amendment to the state constitution
conferring the eleotive tranohise upon
women citizens of this state; that the
legislature pass a law in oonformity
with our state constitution making it
a felony for any county, oity or state
officer to acoept or use a railroad or
other transportation pass, and that the
law shall also be applicable to those
who offer suoh passes, and we oondemn
all olty, oounty and state offioer who
may bave accepted and used suoh
passes a betraying the trust reposed
in them by the party and as violative
of their duties as oitizejUk
"We oondemn the ohief executive ot
this state tor bit ill considered and un
just vetoes of tbe defloienoy judgment
bill and the tree text book bill, after
having reoommended it in bis former
message."
Fraa Silver Platform.
"We believe that the widespread
prostration of our industries, the de
cline in agrionlture, the embarrassment
of our oommeroe and the ever-increasing
distress of all onr producers, the
condition and existenoe of which is
admitted by all, are direotly traceable
to a oontraotion of tbe ourrenoy result
ing from the demonetization of ailver,
and we demand the immediate restora
tion of silver by a law requiring ita
tree, unlimited and independent coin
age at the present legal ration of 16 to
1 at our mints. We call tbe attention
of the publio to the faot that the people
of tbe United Statea produoe and con
sume of all the important produota of
industry more than one-halt as muob
as all the balanoe of tbe earth com
bined; that tbe tonnage of our rail
road exceed by 60,000,000 ton an
nually the tonnage of all the foreign '
railroad added to the entire water
traffic of tbe world, and that a a con
sequent of inch enormous industrial
energy our people annually transaot ;
fully one-third of tbe entire volume of ;
the world' business, and we therefore ;
denonnoe a onwardly, puaillanimou j
and nn American tbe declaration of the j
national Republican platform that this
uuuubrj Himuf rogmaw ih uwu uuau-
oial system without foreign aid or in
terference, and regard the suggestion
of an International agreement as in
sincere and oontemptible, and we de
mand the repeal of any and all laws
authorizing tbe destruction of the legal
tender quality of money by private
oontraot
"We demand tbe foreclosure of the
mortgage beld by tbe government on
tbe Union Pacific railroad, and sbonld
the government, through suob fore
closure come into tbe ownership and
possession of tbe same, we favor its
operation by tbe government"
RAN INTO A TRUCK.
Motorman at Buffalo Mak. a Dl.tr..-
Ing Blond. r.
Buffalo, N., Y. Aug. 18. Early this
morning fire truck No. 0, with a crew
consisting of Lieutenant Hedden and
seven firemen, while responding to an
alarm, collided with a trolley car at tbe
corner of Wolu avenue and 8yoamore
street The truck was stretched across
the street-car track when tbe trolley,
which was running at full speed,
struok it. Every fireman on tbe truck
was injured. Jobn F. Clark wai
pinned nnder tbe wreck and crushed
to death, his lung being perforated by
the round ot a ladder. Fred Jackey
went nnder tbe truck and received con
cussion of tbe apine. He cannot re
oover. Tbe others injured are: Lieu
tenant Hedden, hip bruised; Michael
Rosenberger, left leg sprained and con
tusions; Jobn W. Btchtel, arm sprain
ed; Nicholas Noeller, hip bruised; An
thony Mannard, bruised. Tbe motor
oar wa smashed to piece, but tbe mo
torman seoaped with but alight injur
ies. Both tbe motorman and conductor
of the car have been arrested. James
Cowan, tbe motorman, says be beard
the fire gong but did not slow up, as
be thought he oould oross the street
ahead of tbe track.
TORNADO IN ALABAMA.
Fifteen reraon. Killed and Other. Mora
or !. Injured.
Selma, Ala., Aug. 18. News was re
ceived here today from Augustine,
Perry oounty, fourteen miles from a
telegraph station, that a terrible and
most destructive tornado swept over
that plaoe latt evening, leveling every
thing in its path. Twelve negroes and
three white people were killed by
houses falling in on them, and ten
other persons were more or less injured.
Twenty-four horses and mules were
crushed to death by falling barns. The
tornado was followed by tbe heaviest
rain that baa fallen in that section in
fifteen years. Creeks and brsnches
were oonverted into raging torrents,
sweeping away cotton, oorn and other
orops, causing heavy losses to planters.
DARING TRAIN ROBBERY.
Thl. Wa. the Time the De.peradoa.
Were Captarad.
Detroit, Aug. 18. A special to the
Free Press from Charlotte, Mioh. , saj s:
"A special stock train whioh went
east on the Chicago & Grand Trunk at
13:30 last night was boarded by four
men at Bellevue, thirteen miles west
of here, all masked and heavily armed,
and at the point of their guns oompelled
the two men in obarge of the stock to
empty their pooketa of all money, and
a number other articles of small value.
The robbers escaped, but were all
oaptured by a posse this afternoon, and
lodged in jail here. They gave their
names as Jamea O'Donnell, Frank
Wright Ed Marlow and Frank Edison,
and ages from 18 to 23 years.
Durrant Salrt to Have Been Insane.
San Francisco, Aug. 18. The latest
theory in oonnection with Theodore
Durrant is that he was insane at the
time he oommitted the murders of
Blanobe Lamont and Minnie Williams,
in the Emanuel Baptist ohnroh. Some
time previous to the murders, he was
sick and confined to hi room for six
werki, being delirious part of this
period. His friends now say be bad
not recovered from this attaok at the
time be oommitted the murders. It is
still uncertain when the supreme oourt
will consider bis appeal, whioh is now
formally before that body. Dnrrant'a
attendants at the county jail ridicule
the idea of insanity.
Fearful Beat In Texas
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 18. The sun
went down last night upon a parched
and withered earth, the mercury regis
tering 105. It came up boiling hot
this morning, and at 10 o'clock reaohed
106. At 10:80 tho mercury registered
108 dfgrees, the hottest weather on reo
ord for this seotion. Men panted like
tired hounds from tbe obase, and
sought in every way to avoid the intol
erable beat At 11 o'olook a little
shower of rain with a gust ot wind
oame up, and gave the people relief.
This was tbe closing day of the most
extraordinary beat period ever experi
enced in Texas.
Lou of 100,000 by Fire.
Creckford, 111., Aug. 18 Fire, gut
ted the Woodruff block, on Seventh
Rtreot, early this morning, causing a
loss of over $100,000. T. L. Goldman,
who conduoted a department store, is
the principal loser, bis loss being esti
mated at 55,000, with an inauranoe of
135,000. The loss on the building i
$35,000, partly insured.
Roughness is needless cause of dis
content Severity breedetb fear, bnt
roughness breedetb. bate.
NEW NORTHERN LANDS
Discoveries Made by the Jack
son Expedition.
STRANGE MEETING WITH NAN8E5
Tha OnrloB Chance That Enabled tha
Windward Commander to R.itore
Nanaen to HI Friend..
Vardoe, Norway, Aug. 17. The
captain ot the Windward, the British
steamer whioh baa just returned from
Frana Josef Land after taking supplies
to the British north pole expedition'
commanded by Jackson known as the
Jaokson-Harmaworth expedition, filed
a telegrapbio message here yesterday
describing the accidental meeting be
tween Jaokson and Dr. Nansen, one of
tbe moat remarkable incidents in tbe
history of Arotio exploration:
"On June 17 1 met Dr. Nansen three
miles out on floe S. B. E. of Cape
Flora, and under most extraordinary
oironmstances. He had wintered in a
rough but within a mile or two of our
northern limit in 1896. and this spring
we unwittingly came within a few
mile of bis winter quarters.
Dr. Nansen left the Fram with one
oompanion, Lieutenant Sigard Scott
Hansen, a lieutenant in the Norwegian
navy, and director of the astronomical,
meteorological and magnetic observa
tions, and reaohed the latitude 86:14,
traveling northeast from where he left
the Fram, which was in 84 north, 103
east
"Dr. Nansen expressed the greatest
surprise and the liveliest satisfaction
at meeting with us.
"You understand how greatly the
meeting affected me, and my pleasure
at the extraordinary chanoe which had
thrown it in my way to render him
service and restore him to his friends."
Jackson then desoiibes his own ex
perience in exploring the western part
of Franz Josef Land, telling bow he
baa drawn extensive, aoourate maps,
and bas dioovered new regions, and add
ing: "When the Windward left, In 1896,
we went on a month'a expedition to the
northwest in a little boat, the Mary
Harmsworth, and diaoovered a large
traotof land to the westward, 'of hither
to unknown limit, and a magnificent
headland composed of ice from its sum
mit to its foot, and having at its base
a huge, unapproachable rampart of
loe. We named it Harmsworth oape,
and only approached the base ot the
headland with tbe greatest difficulty,
owing to surging masses of heavy ice
and furious gales, during which our
boat waa, upon several occasions, near
ly smashed to atoms. We landed on
the coast as often as possible, and as
cended tbe peak and made numeroua
geological and botanical ooUeotiona.
Far up Cambridge bay we discovered
another lofty loe headland, and named
it Cape Firth of Nansen.
"The spring has been phenomenally
mild. Although we marched north a
great distance, using sixteen dogs and ,
a pony, we met, after a fortnight, open
water reaching from the face of a huge
glaoier east to the precipitous end ot
another large glaoier west Advanoe
by sled waa thus out off. We then
struck southwest down Markham
sound, and added greatly to our dis
coveries of 1895. But we were again
stopped by open water reaching entire
ly across the sound, so we turned west
ward and succeeded in exploring the
entire western shores.
"During April terriflo snow storm,
coupled with rise in temperature, en
tirely broke the ice and prevented
marohing, but we took a number of
valuable photographs. Professor Mohn
says that the scientific results of Nan
sen' observations are magnificent, and
numerous islands have been diaoov-'
ered." t ' ' ' ''."'
BY USE OF POISON.
A Woman Killed Ber Father, Mother
and Brother.
Mansfield, O., Aug. 17. Miss Cella
Rose, 84 year old, is in jail here,
charged with killing ber father,
mother and brother with poison. Dan
iel Rose waa a farmer, living near
Newville, O. He, bia wife and son
died recently, within a few 'days of
eaob other. It i olaimed that Celia
oonfessed to an acquaintance that she
poisoned them. Miss Rose was in love
with Guy Berry, a neighbor. Consider
ing her a nnisanoe, he complained.
The girl's parent took ber severly to
task, and the poisoning was the result
Petitioned to Break the Treaty. -
San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua.
Aug. 17. Senor Guerroro, late min
ister of war, has been instructed by a
committee composed of F. W. Pela
and four other leading men ot this oity
to present a petition to President Zel
aya to abolish tbe free port of San Juan
del Norte (Greytown) and declare an '
average duty on imports of 80 per oent
ad valorem. Pelas is the sole owner of
the only steamboats on Lake Nioaragna
and the San Jnan river. The treaty
made at Managua in 1860 between Nio
aragna and Great Britain provide that
San Juan del Norte shall be a free port '
The British and German merchants in
the town have refused to sign tbe peti
tion. Extended to Pltt.barg.
Cleveland, Aug. 17. The Brown
Company strike bas been extended. to'
Pittsburg. Tbe strikers learned a few
days ago that the Sohaife Foundry A
Maobine Company, of Pittsburg, wa
doing work for tbe Brown Company,'
and thy sent a representative there.
He sent baok word that he would prob
ably succeed in geting tbe pattern-'
makers, machinists and Iron molder ol
the Sohaife Company to strike In lynt-'