filiate
i
en to Head the National
Democratic Ticket.
its in
I SATED
AT INDIANAPOLIS
5
ygrJ
Headed Veterans of the War
L Her. Rival Commanders of
h To,.,
Ibe Blue and Gray.
j M. Palmer, of Illinois, and
' n.i:.... Rnckner. of Kentuckv.
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hite haired veterans of tbe war,
J-flve
in Frt
;eamei v
commanaers 1" uuuu jiaj,
nominated at Indianapolis by the
lMl Democratic convention for
emplot
;jent and vice-president on a onei
erupbatio platform which repudi-
Cut
erg, u.
lie doctrines enunciuien oy me
im convention, indorses President
jaod and his administration in
declares for the cold
;rict ft
ntiei:
fait gt:
iptemi,:
are fbi;
flh Wi-
OTeri
creek
iard, tariff for rovenne only, lib
shipping laws, currency reform,
service and economy in publio ex-
.. .1.1. : ... . l .1 i.U ......
mi oontaincd in tniB declaration
ship js
Iieplntiorui:
jfie Democratic party nas snrvivea
defeats, but it could not survive a
rr won in behalf of the doctrine
policy proclaimed in its name at
id so, in tbe language of Mr. Ham-
are '
ear Ca
some 3
are
.. of Georgia, this convention
id in the bands of other nominees
banner aud bade them fling it
"skyward aud seaward, high and
IWhen the nominees for nresident
in called for, it was annarent that
jimer would be nominated over bis
fteit, as tbe opposition to Braes had
icentrated upon him. These two
Qes were the only ones Dresented to
f convention.
Pere never was anv rionhr. nhnnt
joeral Bnokner's nomination for vioe-
waent, aud he was eleoted bv acola-
Ition.
Tilt) Platform.
"This convention has assembled to
hold the DrinoiDlea nnnn whinh rln.
il the hoi.fir IllH nulfsn r,f tkn
erican PeODle. in nrrtnr thnr. r.lin
'mosrats throughout the Union may
its their patriotic efforts to avert
Meter from their fnnnt inJ ruin
f in their party.
ins Demooratio party is pledged to
Wand exact instioe to all men nf
Nry creed and condition; to the larg-
freedom fnr inrK,,irt..i .,.,;.,. .
! --u...i.unio uuumniDui
' good government; to the preserva
i of the federal governemnt in its
Mtitutional vigor and to the support
" aies in all their just rights; to
iu pernio expenditures; to tbe
ititeuani-H nf tua i,i; ..iu. ..j
j wuu iuunu iniiu au.4
f 04 money, and it is opposed to pa-
....aw an class legislation.
The declarations of the Chicago
"ention attack individual freedom,
e right of nriK. .u. .j.
?Mtnceof tho r.J: a u
j juuiuinijr nii'i iuu au-
"'r of tbe president to enforce the
"".laws, iney advocate a reokless
"fflptto increase fchfi nrinn nf hi Ivor
legislation.
OUrmnn,,. . , . ..
j ---.vuoiary stanaara tnrongn un
f ' i88neg ot papej. money by the
pernment. They abandon for Re
Fcan allies tbe Demooratio cause,
u retorm to court tbe favor of
' Protectionists to their fisoal heresy.
10 View nf Hino nvA .l
.... . u u auu UWCX KlilTV
- ,luul uemocraiio principles,
cannot support the candidates of
a' OOnVRMtinn I., i j 1..
'S. Tho n . ...
, . - "cmuuraiio party nas sur-
m?ny defeats, but could not sur-
tins j T oenan oi tne aoo-
'na policy proclaimed in its name
--0(jU,
The COnrtiHnn. I. l,il.
.... uuvvovoa, nuiuu
nosaiiiio .u ' t.-
I, ""1, convention are the direct re-
11 Of class l0i!.,.; u d u
J. . party- It still proclaims, as it
I " 'or years, the power and duty of
JrJ.Tr?ment t0 raUe maintain
i '. y law. and it oroDoses no rem-
y 1 Misting evils except oppressive
"Th lulallon-
,,e1 ' national democraoy, here con-
' fk renews its declaration
hall iD .democrat'o principles es-
(e ' -iiJiinaoie to the conditions ot
'Woiff'' Taxat'on, tariff, excise or
ihn rlBhtinlly imposed only for
u10 TJUrnrtBua j i m i .
jfJ - --roa, auu uui lor private
'...'' amount is justly measured
WDUo expenditures, which should
t being j
Y
'there MmfflU3bgS t-i
John M-Palmer-
be limited by sorupulous enonnm
The sum derived by the treasury is de
le mined I y appropriations of congress.
"The atsniimrt of the Republican
party for an increase of taritf tax h
its pretext in the deficiency of revenur,
which has its causes in the stagnation
of trade and reduced consumption, due
entirley to loss of coutidence that has
followed the Populist threat of free
ooinage and the depreciation of our
money and the Republican practice of
extravagant appropriations beyond the
needs of good government.
" We arraign and condemn the Pop
ulistio convections of Chicago and fc't
Louis for their co-operation with the
Republican party for increasing these
conditions, "which are applied in justi
fication of the heavy increase of tbe
burdens of the people and further resoit
to protection. We therefore denounce
protection and its ally, the free ooinage
of silver, us schemes for the personal
profit of the few at the expense of the
many, and oppose the two parties
which stand for these schemes as hos
tile to the people of therepublio, whose
food and shelter, comfort and property,
are attacked by higher taxes and depre
ciated money.
"In fine, we reaflirra the democratic
doctrine of a tariff for revenue only;
we demand that henceforth modern aud
liberal policies toward Amerioan ship
ping shall take the place of our imita
tion of restrictive statutes of tbe 18th
oentury, which were abandoned by
every maritime power but the United
States, and which, to the nation's
humiliation, have driven American
capital and enterprise to the use of
alien flags and alien orews; have made
the stars and Btripes an almost un
known emblem iu foreign countries,
and have virtually extinguished the
race of American seamen.
"We denounce the pretense that dis
crimination duties will promote ship
ping, and we declare that scheme is an
invitation to commerical warfare upon
the United States, un-American in the
light of oar great commercial treaties,
offering no gain whatever to Amerioan
shipping, while greatly increasing
ocean freights on agricultural and
manufactured products.
"The experience of mankind has
shown that, by their natural qualities
gold is the necessary mone of the large
affairs of commerce and business, while
silver is conveniently adapted to minor
transactions, and the most beneficial
use of both together can be insured
only by tbe adoption of tbe former as
the standard of monetary measure and
tbe maintenance of silver at a parity
with gold by its unlimited coinage un
der such safeguards of law. Thus is
the largest possible enjoyment of both
metals gained, with the value uri
versally accepted throughout the world,
which constitutes the only practical
currency, assuring tbe most stable
standard, and especially the best and
safest money for all who earn a liveli
hood by labor or the products of hus
bandry. They cannot suffer when paid
in the beat money known to man, but
are peouliar and most defenseless vio
tims of a debased and fluctuating cur
rency, which offers oontinued profits to
the money-changer, at their cost.
"Realizing these truths, demonstrat
ed by long publio inconvenience and
loss, the Democratic party, in the in
terest of tbe masses and eqnal justice
to all, praotioally established by the
legislation of 1834 and 1853 tbe gold
Btandard of monetary measurement,
and likewise entirely divorced the gov
ernment from banking and ourrency is
sues. "To this long-established democratic
policy we adhere, and insist upon the
maintenance of the gold standard and
of the parity therewith of every dollar
issued by tbe government, and are
firmly opposed to the fri e and unlimit
ed coinage of eilver aud to the oompul
sory purohase of silver bullion.
"But we denounce also further, the
maiutenauco of the present oostly
patoh-work system of national piper
cnrrenoy as a constant source of injury
and peril. We assert the necessity of
such an intelligent currency system as
will oonfine the government to its
legitimate funotions, completley sep
arated from the banking business, and
afford to all sections of our country a
uniform, safe and elastio bank our
rency under government supervision,
measured in volume by the needs ot
business.
"The patriotism, fidelity and courage
with whioh President Cleveland has
fulfilled bis great publio trust, the
vigorous character of his administra
tion, its wisdom and energy in the
maintenance of civil order and the en
forcement of the laws, its equal regard
for the rights of every class and every
section, its firm and dignified conduct
of the foreign affairs, and its sturdy
persistence in upholding tbe oredit and
honor of the nation, is fully reoognized
by the Demociatio party, and will se
cure him a place in history beside the
Father of tbe Republic We also com
mend tbe administration for the great
progress made in reform of tbe publio
servioe, and we indorse its efforts to ex
tend tbe merit system Btill further; we)
demand that no backward step be
taken, but that the reform be support
ed and advanced until the undemo
cratic sytem of appointment shall be
eradicated. We demand strict economy
in appropriations and in the adminis
tration of government. We favor arbi
tration for the settlemen t of internation
al disputes. We favor a liberal polioy
of pensions to deserving soldiers and
aailors of the United States.
UNDER A FALLING LL.
Kleven rirtmi.n Killed at lienlon Har
bor, Mlihlgnii.
Benton Harbor, Mich., S.-pt, 8. The
most horrible holocaust, with the
greatest loss of life, known in this part
of the state occurred last night, when
Yore's opera house took fire aud in the
light to save the buildiui! aud other
blocks adjoining, eleven firemen, one
volunteer, met thoir fate at uim timo,
the deaths being instantaneous with
five of them. Six lived only a few
hours in awful agony, while several
others met with severe injuries.
During the evening, the play, "A
Faotory Girl," had been given by local
talent, aud the theater had closed but
half hour before the fire was discovered.
The building was filled from the
basement to the fourth floor with a
suffocating smoke, which burst into
sheets of flame throughout the entire
aduionce room, before the fire depart
ment could respond with a Eiugle
stream of water, there being some con
fusion at the outset, owing to the lack
of hook and ladder facilities, although
the looal fire companies had closed a
two days' tournament, exhibiting great
skill in their work.
The St. Jospeh department was
called on fur nosioiauue. Tlu-y ap
proaohed the building through an alley,
unloading ladders in tho rear of the
building, and, while hoisting them,
the upper walls fell over without warn
ing, covering the men. This was wit
nessed by hundreds of spectators. The
killed were as follows:
Frank Watson, St. Joseph, Mich. ;
leaves a widow.
John Hoffman, Benton Harbor,
crushed into an unrecognizable mass;
leaves a widow and five obildren.
Thomas Kidd, Benton Harbor, un
married; killed by live wires.
Frank Woodley, Benton Harbor,
killed by live wires; leaves a widow
and three children.
Ed. H. Hange, St. Joseph, drayman;
head crushed.
Scott Rice, bellboy at Benton hotel,
skull fractured and internal injuries;
lived but a few minutes.
Will Millen, Benton Harbor; leaves
a widow and seven children.
Louis Hoffman, Benton Harbor, head
smashed; leaves two small children.
Arthur C. Hill, of St. Joseph, fore
man of St. Joseph hose company; legs
broken, badly burned; lived one hour.
Frank Seaver, St. Joseph, leg broken,
badly out and burned; lived three
hours.
Robert Bofe, St. Joseph, burned and
internally injured; lived one hour.
The injured were: John A. Craw
ford, Benton Harbor, ex-chief of the
fire department, overcome by heat aud
smoke; will reoover.
Will Fecund, St. Joseph, leg bruisec..
Frank Woodley and Thomas Kidd
were on top of the adjoining buildings
with hose when they encountered live
electric wires, on which they were
hanging when found.
Policeman Charles Johnson narrow
ly escaped, as falling bricks tore his
coat half off, while another officer wa
protected by a telephone pole.
The work of removing the debris was
oommenced at onoe, and those pinned
were removed in a few minutes, ex
cept C. A. Hill, whose body was recov
ered at 4 o'clock this morning. It was
believed that several more bodies were
under the pile of bricks, and search
was continued until every doubt was
passed.
The oause of the fire is a mysterj
Ouy Prescott is under arrest, as being
one who knows of the origin. When
asked by the reporter of the cause, he
remarked that be "was not going to
give anybody away."
The building was erected 'seven
years ago at a cost of $40,000. A two
dtiry brick block owned by Josnpb
Fnck. which stood adjoining, was de
molished by the falling walls, which
crashed through to the basement with
out apparent resistance. The opera
houBe blook was occupied by the Even
ing News, S. Austin's bakery, J Bern
stein, clothing; John Holmes, barber
shop, and a fruit packing firm in the
basement. Tbe Frick block was used
for a retail boot and shoe business, and
a dwelling. The building and stocks
destroyed, with losses, will aggregate
about tSO,000.
A high wind prevailed, which caused
the walls to fall outward, and adjoin
ing buildings were saved only witu the
greatest efforts. A large quantity of
stage Bcenery, belonging to Henry
Emeiy, of the Katie Putnam company,
J. A. Simon, and W. C. Hocks, was
destroyed, without insurance.
Thousands witnessed the conflagra
tion, and with difficulty the crowds
were kept out of danger's way. Tbe
work of clearing up the streets was
ountinued throughout the day.
I The Arrest of Tolon.
' Havana, Sept 8. Samuel S. Tolon,
a prominent meichant of Cardinez, aud
I a naturalized American citizen, who
was arrested Thursday as the Ward
I line steamer Seneca was on tbe point
! of sailing, was arrested after he had
! actually gone on board tbe Senega. It
is stated that his ticket was issued at
the last moment, and outside the regu
: lar bours for issuing tickets, and a
i special passenger list was made up for
him. Mr. Tolon, when rrestl, was
unwilling to go ou sl, re, but the cap
tain and consignee of the r-etieca per
suaded him to make no violent opposition.
NOTABLE INCREASE. OF SALES.
Uradntri-el'a Ri port Shows a Much In
lr.vd t omlli 0f Trade.
Z7 .Y?k' Sept" 7--B(1street'8
weekly trade review says: There is a
somewhat better fooling among whole
sale merchants as to prospects for
autumn tales in seasonable goods.
This extends to some industrial lines,
notably iron and steel. Chicago sales
of irou this week are laretr than for
oil nf A i ar.....
... v,i auawi, aua rittsDurg sales are been heard from but once, and then it
arger and prices are better on the out- j was alleged he had gone to New York,
Kiok for harmony among steel-makers, ! and there had been sentenced to prison.
I be most notable increase of sales of j The exile is the nephew of the late
seasonable goods has been at Chicago, prince, his name is Lobanoff, aud be
among dry goods and hardware job-jforehis exile he was judge of the
bers. St. Louis also reports a rnoder- oriminal court in Odossa. He was a
ate demand, so does St. Paul, where a , Nihilist, and when this fact was dis
Btate fair attracts visitors, Baltimoro oovered, he fled for his life. He first
wnoiessie traue is checked by restricted
bank credit, but is still larger than a
year ago. At the South, relatively
the most active demand is at Charles
ton, Augusta, Nashville, Birmingham
and New Orleans.
The most encouraging feature to the
movement of prices lies in advances of a position iu a jewelry store, taking up
quotations for wheat on the stronger his abode in a i oarding house kept by
statistical position and free export j Mme. Recapo. the divorced wife of
movement, higher prices for iron and Professor Belin. After a few mouths
steel at Pittsburg and Chicago, and j Lenord determined w marry Mme.
with a gam in demand and a fuiilioi , KOUap0. Cwiiig to Dr Charter's on.
appreciation in quotations for cotton j jeotions, he eloped with hor a year af
ou renewed reportB of damage to the ter his appearance in St. Louis. News
crop. Petroleum and leather are also j reached St Louis some years later that
higher. Trade on the Paoilio coast, j Lenord was in trouble iu New York on
except in certains export lines, is of ; aooount of his attentions to the wife of
small volume.
There are 336 business failures
throughout the United SUtets this
week, sixteen more than last week.
Weekly totals continue higher than in
like periods in preceding years, except
in 1893.
Exports of wheat, flour included as
wheat, from both ooasts of the United
States and Montreal, amount to 2,8(19,
863 bushels, against 3,280,000 last
week,' 2,260,000 in the week a year
ago, 2,370,000 two years ago, and
4,902,000 in the corresponding week
three years ago.
DREW TRE COLOR LINE.
A White Murderer Objected to Swinging
With Two Kegroep.
Paris, Tex., Spet 7. At 11:25 this
morning, George L. Wheeler (white)
was banged for the murder of Robert
McCabe in the Chickasaw nation, June
12, 1895, - He lay in wait for his vic
tim and shot him in the presence of
his 5-year-old son.
Immediately after the removal of
Wheeler's body, the trap was again
adjusted, and Silas Lee and Hickman
Freelaud, two negroes, who mndrered
Edward T. Canady, Jeff Maddox, Paul
Applegate and an unknown on the
shanty-boat on Red Rrlver on Novem
ber 14, 1895, were placed upon the gal
lows. They were dropped at 12:05.
All three of their necks were broken.
The negroes were hanged separately,
at the request of Wheeler, as he did
not want to be banged with them.
Kate Field's Will Found.
Washington, Sept 7. The will of
Miss Kate Field has been found in a
packet which she left with Mrs. De
vine, proprietor of the Shoreham hotel,
before leaving for Honolulu. Tbe
packet was opened in the presence of
judge McGill, the recorder of wills.
Miss Field named H. H. Kohlsaat, of
Chicago, and J. Sanford Beatty, ot
Washington, as exeoutors of her estate.
She made Mr, Beatty the principal
beneficiary. Miss Field, in her will,
specified that in case she should die
away from the United States, ber body
should be brought to this oountry and
oremated. Tbe document will be
placed on record in Washington. Af
ter Miss Filed's death her papers were
taken possession of by tho United
States consul-general at Honolulu, and
that official was recently authorized by
the state department to make a search
of the papers for the will and if it was
found to provide the administrator of
the estate with a copy. The finding
of the will in Washington makes tbe
search unnecessary.
The Annual Farr.e
Washington, fc'ept. 7. A telegram
was today received by Captain Shoe
maker, chief of the revenue cutter serv
ice, from Captain Hooper, at Uualaska,
in command of the Bohring sea patrol
fleet, stating that the cutter Perry hnd
seized the British schooners Ainoka
and Beatrice and the Amerioan schoon
er James G. Swan, caught eealiog in
side tbe prohibited area. Tbe British
schooners, acoording to orders, were
turned over to the immmander of the
British ship Pheasant. Tbe Amerioan
vessel no doubt was sent to her home
port, probably Sitka or San Francisco
This makes five seizures for tbe present
season.
Idaho Wheat Pur Portland.
Mosoow, Idaho, Sept. 7. Four thou
sand bushels of new wheat are already
in the warehouses here. The price paid
is generally 84 cents. The Pacific
Coast Elevator Company estimates thai
its warehouse, with a capacity of 90,
000 bushels, will be filled by Septem
ber 20. There are al two other ware
houses here which will be filled. The
bulk of this wheat crop will goto Port
land. Dealers predict that 95 per cent
will be shipped to Oregon City by tin
O. R. & N.
Our ideals should
rather than by us
be made for us
LOBANOFF'S HEIR.
laid to lie
Nerving Time
York Prinon.
la
i St Lonis, Sept. 7.-The vast estates
af Prinn T.n!m..,1fT.w,.,sL- iii ,
to a man who sixteen years ago came
to St. Louis as a Russian exile, hunted
and proscribed. This man disappeared
a year later, taking with him the di
vorced wife of Professor Jules Behn, a
teaoher of French. Since then he has
'
stopped in Paris, and from there oaine
to St. Louis, bringing a letter of recom
mendation to Dr. Cbartier.
On the advioe of Dr. Cbartier he dis
carded the name of Lobanoff and as
sumed the name of Leuord. Through
Dr. Chartier'a influence Lenorrl secured
well-known New York improssaria
A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.
Instruments Fouud In Mound Thought
to Be Many Centuries Old.
Pittsburg, Sept. 7. Great interest
is manifested here over the discovery
of a number of implements in a mound
at MoKee's Rocks, which is being ex
cavated for soientifio purposes. Tbe
mound is believed to have been built
by the anoient mound builders and the
implements found today place the
mound on a par with those that have
been explored elsewhere. The work is
being done under the direction of
Thomas Harper, of this city, who be
lieves that the specimens found here
are not less than 1,000 years old, and
prove that they were made by the most
anoient people that inhabited this
country. Bone needles or awls v.re
included in the find and Mr. Harper
says they can be partially restored.
A tomaabwk, whioh he regards as
not being less than 1,000 yars old, was
also found. The same kind of weapons
are found on the British isles. Mr.
Harper Bays that the weapon is similar
to the baloith, which was used for
striking. It is made of gneiss. He
oonsiders that an extraordinary dis
covery. Tbe bone implement or linker
is regarded by Mr. Harper aB possessing
unusual interest. This is the imple
ment with which primitive men, ai
well as ancient people, made flint In
struments. Mr. Harper maintains
that this last find proves that tbe
monnd was built by mound builders.
Since this mound was opened a
month ago sixteen skeletons have been
found, many of them being of gigantio
stature.
CAPTAIN DREYFUS' ESCAPE.
He Is Now Believed to Be on Ameri
can Bull.
London, Sept. 7. Captain Hunter,
of the British steainsibp Nonpareil,
from Cayenne, French Guiana, reports
that Captain Albert Dreyfus, sentenoed
to be publioly degraded and oouflned
for life in tbe fortress, after having
been oonvioted by oourt-martial of sell
ing the plans of the Frenoh fortifica
tions to a foreign government, has es
caped from tbe island of the Grand
Saint.
In an interview, Captain Hunter is
quoted as saying that Dreyfus esuaped
on board of an American suhnonrr. ami
with the holdp of his wife, foiruHrly a
Minnie Hadamard, and the daugh'er
of wealthy parents.
Mme. Drefyus, at the urgent request
of tbe pirsoner, received purmisHiou
from the French government to join
her husband at his plaoe of imprison
ment, and in the course of time ar
rived at Cayenne well supplied with
funds.
Continuing, Captain Hunter said
that the schooner containing Captain
Dreyfus left the ooaBt heading iu a
northerly direction, and it is believed
that Captain Dreyfus and his faithful
wife eventually reached the United
States.
Cable Koad Mall Mnrvlce.
San Francisco, Sept. 7. Postmaster
MoCoppin has received from the de
partment at Washington an ofllcial or
der oreating three new postal routes iu
this oity and providing for the inau
guration of the street railway mail sys
tem on the 10th inst. On that date tbe
three oars recently constructed by the
Market-street company, from plans pro
vided by the department will bo put
In operation anil will thereafter oolluel
and distribute mails to the vailous sta
tions. Fire at Monnioulh.
Monmouth, Or., Sept. 7. Fire brnVe
Out her at 12:80, in the Catir n block,
and got such headway hefnmtlie alaiin
was given that tbe prinoipal buxniBM
portion of the town was eutirley do
stroyed. All of the buildings burnol
re well oovered by insuranoe.