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EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
ASTORIA, OIUMOX, THl'KMMY MOflSIXM,
GRAND LODGE
1.0.0. F. MEETING
Grand Ludye Dc(jrcc Conferred 00
One Hundred and Then
ty-TVcc.
km'okth or ;kam okficeks
Total HcMbcriklp lor WatUrge. alll
a lo of Italy Tkrte tortUad
Kcit .ttttlag Dace- The
Kcbckaka.
The forly-flr.t annual 'acmlun of th
Mrand Uxlaa of Orvgon, I. O, O. K.,
convrnd In wclal araalon xratrrady
WTdiwwilar morning, May , at I o'clork.
The following grand oftlvrra arer rea
nt: T. J. Btlte. Grand Maater.
W, I. Vawlrr, (Jraml Wardi-n.
K. K. Rharon, Grand Homary
J O. Wright, Omnd Traautr.
U C. 1'arkrr, lrand Itivreaenlatlve.
T. H Well. Grand Marshal.
T. J. Amtoraon. Grand Conductor.
W II. Wehrong, Grand Guardian.
T, K. HlWH.nl. Grand Herald.
A. Iltoy, Grand Chaplain.
t'urlng tha proctwdlnga of thla apeclal
M-Mion. mo.1 Impmalv cvremuny took
I'liuo. The grand loriga drgrve waa con
frrrrd uimn III rrprvarntatlvra and paat
granda. I'pon tha comlu.lon of thla err
Mnnny tha grand lolge met In annual
iHHialon at 10 oVIork, wtlh tha um, grand
ottwra prwiit. aim the following I'aat
Grand Maati-ra: I'hll Mlachan, John A.
Iloypr, W. C. Twewtal. R. Alrxandrr. O.
I) llM.n W. T. Williamson, u I. J'ar-k-
r, J. T. Hloomnrl.l, Geo. H. Uurnrtt.
II. K IHnrh. John Kin worthy.
Th. rradlng of tho rvport of the com
mlltrv on rrnlentlala. ahowMl a full rop
narniatlon from all IoOkco. and only a
few atoM-nteea. Tha convnntlon waa ona
of the largrat which haa met for HVtrtl
yrara.
Th drath of A. G. Walling, dt-puly
grand ma.tvr, bvlng announced, tha
grand ll pnx'MMrd to till the vacancy
by t-lrrtlng W. I. Vawur, of Mrdtord, to
lh oltlr. of drpuly grand maatrr. Claud
Gati-h. of Bnb-m, waa then unanlruuualy
al.cicd grand warden to fill the vacancy
catid by tha advancement of W. I.
Yawtvr.
The rrporl of the grand olhrera were
Ihrn aubmlltrd to the lodge. Grand Maa
trr T. J. 8tlta read very compirt "re
port emtKMtylng full history of the
work of the onlrr during the past yrsr.
It IncliHlcd a Hal of the subordinate
lodge Instituted: itcbrkah lodt Instl
luted: dispensations granted; by-lawa ap
proved: amendments to by-lawa approv
ed; reslgnatlona and appolntgents: grand
lodge drgrrea conferrrd; proclamations
lssurl 'and decisions rendered. Among
other thltiga the grand master aald: "I
tuke pleasure In reporting to you that,
with a few exceptions, harmony una
unity of purpose have prevailed among
the subordinate and Kebekab hxlgea dur
ing the yeur just closed."
Grand Secretary Sharon' report con
tains many Interesting figure. The total
membership December list. IMtt, waa
B.NM, with a Ions of only three during the
year. The relief statement showed that
7119 brothers were relieved, and I1K.SJI.M
paid out In kick benenta, the total amount
paid for relief being ta.M6.7L Th total
amount paid for relief and current ex-
pencee wsa m.,UM, or an average per
member of SIMS. The total lodge Income
wa iMtOMKa, or aa average of 11. I per
memler. The total assets of the lodge
are HM.lM.tf, or an average p.r member
or irt.eo. . The secretary reported that
there were twenty-two itebekah lodge)
added, to the list In I'M. with a net In
crease of nearly 10IW in membership. Thla
branch of tha order baa made wonderful
progresa. The report of the grand treas
urer gnve . the detailed Items of the
lodge's nnancea.
Th report of tho grand representative
contained much Interesting matter which
space will not permit to be mrntloned
In detail.
The report of th trutee of the Odd
Fellow' Home, waa an interesting docu
ment and ahowa that the Odd Kellow
have a moat creditable Institution.
lNmland waa chosen na the next meet
ing place or the grand lodge. During the
proceeding a telegram waa received
from the Grand Lodge of Ghlo, now In
session nt Limn, extending fraternal
greetings to the Oregon Grand Lodge.
The telegrnm was appropriately an
wered. From yesterday' report waa omitted
the name of K. L. Ilania, Dayton, who
wa elected grand representative from
the grand encampment
At 10 0 clock todsy the first matter on
the program of the aesslon of the grand
lodge will be the election of officers for
the ensuing term.
Tho Hebcknhs nt their aesslon yester
day, elected the following officer for the
KetH'kah Assembly of Oregon:
President. Mr. Klvlra D. Fellow, of
McMinnvllle.
Vice-President, "Mr. Ida Foster, ot
Portland.
Secretury, Mrs, Winnie Graham, of
Roseburg.
Treasurer, Mr. C. W. Bears, of Albany.
Yesterday morning quite a large num
ber ot tha visiting Rebekah were given
an Impromptu excursion down the bay
on the launch Triton. After returning
from the trip a visit waa paid to aeventl
of the cannerle In t'niontown. All ot
tha ladlea expressed themaelve as well
pleased with their outing.
A committee of cltliens will extend a
formal Invitation to tho Grand Lodge
of Odd Follow, and the Hehekahs, to
attend an excursion on the ateamer Pot
ter at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon from
the O. R, and N. dock. Th steamer will
flrat go to tha Toung'a bay bridge, thence
to Fort Steven and the Jetty, returning
post the olty front to Tongue Point and
the railroad grade, getting back to As
toria about 5 o'clock. This will be a de
lightful trip on one of the finest passen
ger .learners on the const, and Astoria's
visitors will be afforded an excellent op
portunlty to wltnesa the improvements
now going on, and to judge ot the fu
ture greatness ot Oregon' only seaport
THIRD ANNUAL REUNION.
Past Grand Masters, Past Grand Rep
resontatlve' and Past Grund Patri
archs' Association.
Flshor' Opera House wa tilled to over
flowing Inst evening with Odd Fellows
lind Kt'hokahs In attendance upon the
third annual reunion of the Past Grand
Musters', Past Grand Representatives,
and Past Grand Patriarchs' Association
Tho entertainment waa opened by
Wf ' wast
ill L - , jiJ Jir-r
- I t.M4lva-.r i V.'l i
prayer hy Itev. A. Vf. Teab: tbs orchea.
ra then rendered some very acceptable
music, after which lion. John II. gmlth
delivered an address of welcome. Th
Tar's Bong," rendered by Astoria' well
known vocal quartet, W. II. Darker, ii,
T. Hurnutt, H. U. Hmlth and Joton Gar
ner, wa enthusiastically received, and
an encore called for. Grand Hsprwsenta-
live I,. C. I'arker delivered an address In
which, amongst other thing, be dwelt
very happily upon, the growing Astoria,
and a cornpmhenalv history ot the work- 1
lugs snd good aoeompUsbMl by ta order.
The minuet dance, by the children 01
1'rof. lirgga' class, won new honor for
th participant. Th Utile folks were
so iterfect In every movement and so
graceful In all the figures of this most
graceful old-fsshlunad dance, that they
were recalled twice). Dr. W. T. William
son, grand representative, delivered an
Interesting address upon the order.
furl second opened with a vocal solo
rendered by Mis Jessie Jewell In her
usual charming manner, and she was
compelled to resiiond to an encore. The
address of Past GrandRepreaentatlve Dr.
George H Chance wa confined princi
pally to the good of the order, and dwelt
In part on the good work accomplished
by the brother, A. W. Walling, now de
ceased. The male quartet Bang "Two
Hoses ' In an effective manner. Grand
Chaplain A. LeKoy' address upon tha
working of the different branches of
he order waa loudly applauded. Miaa
Kdlth Conn then recited la he wrll-
known art 1st lo manner, a aeleotioa from
Julius Cwsar, and In response to n en
core gave "Daniel Webster's speech."
The closing oda -was then sung by all
present, ami the meeting adjeurnsd '
The Odd Fellow then repaired to Fish--
er's dancing hall, where th hour were
pleasantly whlled away until I a. m.
There waa a large aasembuura present,
and all report having spent a most en
joyable evening. ' . ,
BOVET WON THE ROAD RACE.
Tha Run Waa Kxclllng and Excellent
Tim Waa Made.
The third and last beat of the A. F.
C. bicycle road race) wa run lust evening.
there being but three contestants. A
crowd of at least l!-0u person had con
gregated, ami Interest In the event wa
Intense. Sovey and Bryce were scratch,
with Connors 10 second. The two for
mer heata demonstrated that Bryce and
Bovey were about a evenly matched a
might be Imagined, while, with hi han
dicap of 10 seconds, Connors waa thought
to have a very good chknc for nrst
honors.
Considerable betting waa done, thcr
bring no favorite. It wa generally ex
pected It would be anybody race. The
other contestants bad dropped out be
cause they stood no show for a place.
Tom Ilryce and Cecil Bovey were .tied
lor nrst place, each having alx points.
while Connor had ft a.
Connor gof away at 7:01 and started
out at a fairly good gait. Th other fol
lowed at 7:01. Ilryce waa the unfor
tunate man last night, and lost ten sec
onds by an unavoidable accident At
the flrst turn In tho road he and Bovey
were close together, the latter having a
alight lead. Bovey made the turn all
right, but Ilryce was a trifle too fast.
and It looked like a collision. To avoid
tnii. the latter, who Is the prettiest and
clean. t rider In Asturta, run off tho
street and Into a spectator who was lean
ing against the railing. Tom dismounted,
looked at hla wheel, and started out
again. The spectator's hut wa knocked
Into the river, and Ilryce waa consider
ably bruised, but It did not bother him
at the time. Ily the accident Sovey got
a lead of about 100 yards.
Ilryce rode well going up and cut down
Bovey' lead to two aeconde. Bovey, too.
had reduced Connors' lead of SO second
to two seconds, and the riders turned
the upper post as follows:
Connor, 7:11:10; Bovey, 7:13:31; Bryce,
7:11:14.
Then the race began to grow exciting.
Connor displayed wondertul pluck and
kepi hi lead very well. Bovey wa near
him, with Uryce close behind. Near the
Columbia engine house Sovey quickened
his pace and gradually drew away from
tha rest. The long hill between Seven
teetnh and Eighteenth streets was well
climbed, and, with th home stretch near.
the riders began exerting themselves.
Down the truck they came, Sovey well
In the lead and Bryce closing up on
Connor. The crowd was on the qui
vlve and it required strenuous efforts on
the part of three policemen to keep the
home stretch clear. -
Sovey made a splendid finish. He waa
very strong, and rode steadily. Connor
was gritty, but waa very tired and rode
all over the street. Ilryce also showed
hla pluck and made a noble effort to
purt, but he too, wa tired, and could
not overtake Connor. The rider fin
ished as follow:
Bovey, 7:18;ll; Connors, 7:18:30; Bryce,
7:18:15.
Aa will be aeen from the above, Sovey
won from Connors by 16 seconds, and
from Ilryce by 10 seconds. Had It not
been for the accident, Uryce would have
been Just about neck and neck with Con
nor. A great cheer went up as the
racers tlnlshed. The ladles ware particu
larly enthusiastic or disappointed, as the
case might be, and a grand rush was
made to shake .the hunds of the weary
racers. The actual tim made by Sovey
for the Ave and one-quarter miles was
Id minutes and 46 seconds. The best
previous time made by Uryce In the sec
ond heat waa 17 minute and 4 seconds.
Hryce's time last night was 17 minutes
seconds, and Connors' 17 minutes SO sec
onds. Sovey had 11 points to his credit,
Bryce 7 and Connors 8. The former gets
a handsome gold medal, the latter a
silver medal, and Bryce a bronie trophy.
The racer seleoted the medala last night
At the conclusion of the road race a
private race took place between A. M.
Small and Charles Laysell. The latter
had a handicap of on and one-half sec
onds, and won by forty-five seconds. The
loser bought an A. F. C. pin for the
winner. The time was tD minute and
U seconds over the same course.
CHOLERA IN ALEXANDRIA.
Tha Wife of the German Commissioner
of the Debt Among the Victim.
Cairo, Egypt May SO. Baron Rich
tofen, wife of tho German commissioner
of the publlo debt, died of cholera at
Alexandria.
The government has voted a credit to
light thS epidemic Thirty-live new
case were reported today.
The hearing of the action against the
debt commission waa resumed today.
The chef du parquet maintained the com
petence of the tribunals to Judge the
merits of the case. He added that a
vote by the majority of funds for the
Nile campaign was binding upon the
minority and valid In point of law.
Final judgment will be given on June 1.
The best chemical compound for wash
ing powder la "Soap Foam,'' as It will
not "yellow the clothes," nor burn the
hands. It a the nnest thing in tha world
for the bath. One trial will convince
you.
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MAY 21, ' 18J.
BILL IS PASSED
Hut Only After ao Important Amend
ment bj Senator Gorman
Was Voted Down.
TO ISSUE MORE CERTIFICAT
Tke Scsstor wasted f IW.OOfl.nfMj Treassrjr
Certificate. RedeesMble st tke Gov
ersacst's riesssre Isassigra
tios .Measarc tsssed.
Washington, May . In the senate to
day the fortification bill wa taken up.
AD th committee amendments were
agreed to. Gorman tbea offered an Im
portant amendment, providing that, in
order to provide moneys not supplied
from current revenue for th expendi
ture of lb government, th secretary ot
th. treasury with Um approval of. I he
president, b authorised to Issue I per
oent treasury certificate of Indebtedness
to the amount of liaO.ooo.OUO, redeemable
at the pleasure of th government after
three years. Many senator were on tbelr
feet with objections and points of order,
bat before these' were considered. Gor
man spoke briefly on the neod of the
amendment He said he had already
shown that If the executive mad th ex
penditures called for by th appropria
tions there would be a shortage before
next January.
8hermon addressed the senate against
the amendment He sold It was unexam
pled In the history of the country that
such a proposition should be made In
time of peace to keep the treasury from
bankruptcy. It was time, he said, that
senators should lay aside all party feel
ing and make provisions to carry on the
government. Under the present tart ft
there had been deficiencies every year
and every hour. It had led to political
revolution and the election of a bouse
of representatives opposed to th present
law. The house had sought to remedy
the condition by passing an emergency
tariff bill, which ws sent to the senate
and here encumbered with a free silver
amendment Sherman said he wa will
tng to accept the house bill after the
withdrawal of the silver amendment as
the beat available remedy for the treas
ury. If It did not yield enough, then
let other Item be added tea. coffee,
everything.
"Ye." exclaimed Sherman. "I would
lake the last shirt off the people rather
than violate our national credit
He declared that an agreement could be
reached In twenty-four hours If the sen
ators would put aside their partisanship.
If congress did not act. then Sherman
aald he had faith that President Cleve
landwith whom he did not affiliate In
politico would not spend one dollar on
appropriations beyond the revenues he
had on hand. 'The voice of the coun
try," aald be, "demands that we pay aa
we go."
"I would tear up every one of these
appropriation bills," sold the senator In
closing, "rather than Issue 1100,000,000 In
treasury certificates In a single year."
Gorman, replying to Sherman, aald:
"The direct appropriations and con
tracts authorised this year would reach
almost KtO.OOO.lMO. while the revenues
would bo far abort of that amount What
waa to be done to meet this deficiency?
Waa H Intended to spend the money rais
ed on bonds, or would the executive
branch thwart the will of congress by
not spending what congress had ordered
spent
"I suggest to the senator from Ohio."
proceeded Gorman, "that It he Is In ear
nest In reaching an unpartlsan remedy,
let us agree on three things the repeal
of that error'whlch crept into the pres
ent law aa to alcohol used In arts, which
repeal will save tlS.000,000: then a tax on
tea, which everyone in the United State
will approve at three cents, Ave cent or
ten oent per pound: and then a duty on
coffee, which would be ao small that one
would not feel It"
Gorman sold these three remedies
would yield from UO.OOO.OOO to 0,000,000.
besides a saving of U5.000.0O0.
Mills moved that tho Gorman amend
ment bo laid on the table. This motion
prevailed yens 41: noes t. The negative
vote was cast by Senators Cockrell, Dan
iel, Frye, Gorman, Gray. Mitchell, ot
Wisconsin, Smith and Vilas.
Peffer followed with an amendment
providing that all appropriations under
the pending bill be paid In treasury notes
or greenbacks, to be Issued as required.
This amendment wa defeated, years, 12;
noes, 43.
Those who voted In the affirmative
were: Republicans Cameron. Pettlgrew,
Democrats Daniel, George, Mills. Vest.
Roach. Populists Allen, Butler. Kyle,
Peffer, Bet wart.
The bill waa then passed.
IMMIGRATION BILL PASSED.
Washington. May 20. After rtwo days
of debate the house today, by an over
whelming vote of 196 to passed the
Uarthoklt-McCall Immigration bill, mod
ified by the Corliss amendment The
bill as passed adds to the classes ot
alien excluded from admission to the
United Statea all male persons between
the age of IS and do years (except pa
rents of persona living In this country)
who cannot both read and write English
or some other language.
The Corliss amendment added to the
bill excludes alien who came across the
borders year after year to perform la
bor In the United Statea with no Inten
tion of settling therein. It declares all
labor contracts with aliens void, and
make parties thereto within the Juris
diction of the United States punishable
by a fine of 11.000 or Imprisonment not
exceeding one year: and makes It a mis
demeanor for naturalised cltlaens who
have returned to a foreign country to
make the same his home, to again per
form labor In the United States: and
makes It a misdemeanor for any aliens
to cross the border for labor In the Unit
ed state except at a port of entry; and
Imposes a head tax of 50 cents on each
Immigrant
APPROPRIATION FOR SALEM.
Washington, May . The senate ha
passed bills appropriating IW.UOO for a
public building at Tacoma, Wash., and
xioo.ouo lor a puouc nuuaing at oaiem, ur.
BANKERS IN TROUBLE.
Denver. May . C. H. Dow, president
of the Commercial National bank, which
failed In 1?3. was arrested here today
on Indictments charging blm with mis
appropriating the fund of the bank
and making false reports to the govern
ment He was released under I1S.MO ball.
Sidney U. McClurkln, paying teller of tho
bank. Indicted wtth Dow, waa arrested
this afternoon at Colorado Springs.
TttBPEDF.S' BRIDAL MESS AOs!
How Hs Sent Love to His Sister on Her
Wedding Day.
New York. May . Carlo Manuel de
Cespedes, Insurgent governor of (our
Cuban provinces, which th revolutionary
government haa designated the Orients,
la not unmindful of thoa ha ha left be
hind In thla dty while he battle for
what ha believe to be a rightful cause.
In a New York paper the other day
was published a report of th marriage
of Mr. C. A. da Lima and Miss Gloria de
Cespedea, at the Waldrof hotel Tho
bride la a sister of tba young Insurgent
governor and general, and both are chil
dren of the lat General de Ces pedes, a
hero of the Ten Years' War In Cuba.
Carlo de Ceapede knew the data of hla
sister's marriage, and he determined that
she should not be without a message of
fraternal love and congratulation.
Hours before th tiro aet for th young
girl's wedding in this city, a mounted
courier In disguise wss on his way from
Governor do Cespedea headquarters In
Eastern Cuba, to the coast. He rod
hard and reached a well known Island
port In safety. There his message was
received by a friend and sent on to the
capital. Thence It was dispatched by
cable, and H waa In Mr, de Lima's
bands just after th marriage.
Mrs. da Ces pedes, the mother of the
young governor of the Orient, la a resi
dent of thla dty. .
HARCOURT DENOUNCES RHODES.
Attar ks th Government for Allowing
Him to Remain In the Privy Council.
London. May JO. In on address at
Tredegar, county of Monmouth, Sir Will
lam Harcourt leader of the opposition
In th house, of commons, attacked the
government for allowing the retention ot
his membership In the privy council by
Mr. Cecil Rhodes, whoso conduct In con
nection with the recent conspiracy In the
TraiurvaaJ, the speaker declared, hod
thrown tb whole of South Africa Into a
state of confusion and danger. Sir Will
iam also denounced the British South
Africa Company for retaining an agent
who was ahown to be guilty of gross
fraud.
The standard say that It U understood
that Sir Graham John Bower, the Im
perial secretary at Cape Town, win go
Pretoria and remain there until a suc
cessor to Sir Jacobus de Wet. the British
agent at that place, shall have been ap
pointed.
General P. J. Joubert, commander-in-chief
of tba Jransoat force and a mem-
ber of tha executive council, ho been
elected vice president of the Transvaal
Republic.
MORE MILITARY POST8.
Seattle, May SO. A special to (he Post
Intelligencer from Washington say:
Captain William L. Robinson, assist
ant quartermaster, now on duty at San
Frauclsco, haa been ordered to come to
this city aa soon as he can be relieved,
to take charge of the construction of a
military post at Magnolia Bluff. Captain
William H. Miller, assistant quartermas
ter, now at Fort Riley, Kansas, bas been
ordered to Spokane to take charge of the
construction of a post there.
FRUIT WILL BE SHORT.
Climate and Crop Bulletin of tba State
for the Week Ending Monday.
Coast Division, embracing Clatsop, Til
lamook, Lincoln, Coo and Curry coun
ties Upon places of 100 feet elevation
snow occurred on the 14th. Coy springs
permits old winter to linger tn her lap
sttlL Fanners have been working man
fully during three day of the post week
putting In crop and weeding gardens.
Crops are from two to three weeks late.
Cherries are not killed, but badly dam
aged. Prunee and plums will bo short
crops. Early apples are badly damaged
by the froat In Curry county tho cher
ries are safe. There will be good crop
of small fruit Grain la growing slowly.
WtlUmetta valley, embracing Colum
bia, Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas,
Yamhill, Marlon, Polk. Una, Benton,
and Lane counties So much rain bas fal
len that should the weather become per
fectly dry, low lands could not be plow
ed for a week. Gross la doing well. Win
ter groin ts growing slowly, and spring
groin Is (lowly starting. Cherries and
pears ore dropping from the trees, and
strawberries and small fruits are retard
ed. Beea are dying off, too wet for them
to work. Italian prunes have suffered
serious damage from the weather. Many
farmers will sow oats In Washington
county. The hay crop promises to be
exceptionally good. Unltl the weather
changes It will be difficult to determine
the extent of Injury to the fruit crop.
Southern Oregon, embracing Douglass,
Josephine and Jackson counties The
weather continues cool. On the 16th snow
fell on the high hills and mountains.
Unfavorable weather for garden work.
Some corn has been planted. Italian
prunes ore practically a failure and Pe
tite and silver prunes are falling. There
Is a very good prospect for the apple
crop. Groin fields look promising. No
fruit pesta have appeared, which Is prob
ably attributed to the cool weather.
Warmer weather la greatly desired.
Columbia river valley, embracing Was
co, 8herman, Gilliam, Morrow and Uma
tilla counties A on evidence of the con
dition of the fruit at The Dalles, a box
ot delicious strawberries waa received at
the office of the weather bureau, having
been - forwarded by Mr. 8. L. Brook.
They are the first to ripen In the open
air. Fruit ts doing well, and has not suf
fered any damage. Though the weather
Is cool, wheat la making a good growth,
some Is about ten Inches high.
Interior counties, embracing Union,
Wallowa, Baker, Malheur, Grant, Crook,
Klamath, Lake and Harney counties
Fruit tree, are budding, and if no severe
frost overtakes them there will be no
falling off from the usual yield on ac
count of the bad weather. Tho general
condition for growing crops are good,
and If the sun shines and the weather
becomes warmer, struggling buds and
early vegetables will grow rapidly.
Highest of all in Leavening
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NO. 118
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR SOUND MONEY
Democratic State Convention in Ses
sion at Concord Declares for
Gold Standard.
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IOWA DEMOCRATS AND SILVER
State Cosustios at Dshsqse Declares lor
tke a'kits Hctsl is Large Qassti
tle Dookiaf Associstloa
Is lor Coll
Special to th Aatortan.
Concord, New Hampshire; May . Th
Democratic state convention met hers to
day. Th meeting was harmonious; al
though th money question was oxperteal
to cause a fight. Tba ad mini strut) '
forces won, and a platform was adopbag
declaring unequivocally (or th goU
standard and against tha free and unlim
ited coinage of direr at tha ratio of IS
to L The financial plonk waa greet
with cheers, and passed amid great eav-
tnualasm. ,
THESE ABE FOR SILVER.
Dubuque, la.. May It. Tba Democrat!
state convention today adopted tha fol
lowing declaration on tb financial ques
tion: Tha Democracy of Iowa In eoaventsM
assembled, hereby reaffirms Its alleguuua
to the time-honored Democratic docuina
of bimetallism: to th use of both goM
and silver aa th standard as primary
money, and th coinage of both at a rota
without change or limit W bold to tba
use of both bold and silver a th uud-
ard money of the country and to Um
coinage of both gold and silver without
discrimination against either metal or
charge (or mintage.
We therefore favor the Immediate re
peal of all laws by which silver was da-'
monetised and demand th free and un
limited eolnag of It In tha mints at
the United States aa money of Anal re
demption at tba old ratio of 14 to L
THE BANKS WANT BOUND MONET.
New York. May H Resolutions pro-'
testing against any departure (roa tiss
existing monetary standard of thla
tlon were adopted at the annual meetnsg
here today of the Savings Banks Asso- '
elation of tha State of New York. In
represent LTUi.uM depositors, with de
posits amounting to 1700,000.000.
RATES TO CONVENTIONS.
San Francisco, May ID. The Transcon
tinental Passenger Association has
agreed to th following reduced rates for
the nominating conventions and uaar
large meetings In the East: For the na
tional Republican convention at St Louxa,
June 16. round trip tickets will bo sold
at th rate of one flrst-clasa fare to St
Louis. Tickets to bo sold on June IS
and U will be good to return to Juno It
to Inclusive. For an additional charg)
of 111 an extension of thirty days win
be granted, making tickets good (or that
reutrn passage until July 2L An arrange
ment exactly similar has been made for
the transportation of passengers to anal
from th Democratic and People'a party
convention July 1 and H at Chicago anal
St Louis respectively.
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Cleveland. May a). The committee cat
the state ot the church of the general
Methodist Episcopal conference will ask
th conference to request Bolivia, Pern,
Chile and Ecuador to remove the consti
tutional discrimination against mission
aries. In these countries mamiage by
protestant ministers Is not recognised aa
legal. The committee again took up tba
resolution asking . for the Insertion ot
the name of Deity In the United States!
constitution and voted It down.
An Episcopal resilience was taken from
Omaha and given to Portland, Or. Th
reason ts that there Is a bishop at To-,
peka, near by. There waa a big fight
against this change lh the committee an
there will be a greater one in the corv
ference. ANGLO-AMERICAN UNION.
Mr. Chamberlain Hope the Two Nation
Will Continue in Peace,
London. May 30. Mr. Joseph Chamber
lain, secretary of state for the colonies;
in an address at the unveiling of a me
morial window in Cordwalnera' hall.
London, today, said that England lost tba
American colonies which now form the
United States by mistakes which woukt
not be repeated.
Nevertheless, Mr. Chamberlain declared
that he waa Inclined to think the loss a
blessing to both nations. If, as h de
voutly wished and prayed, the two great
Anglo-Saxon nations should go forward
In continued peace and amity.
BASEBALL SCORES. .
Pittsburg, May 10. Brooklyn, R; Pitts
burg. 4.
Cincinnati, May M. Cincinnati. 4; Phil
adelphia, 0.
St Louis, May 30. Boston, 5; St Loula 1
Cleveland, May 20. Cleveland, 11; Bal
timore, 7.
Chicago, May . New York, 13; Chi
cago, 4.
Tacoma, Wn., May 20.-Seattle, I; Tar
coma, t
THE MARKETS.
Liverpool, May 10. Wbeot spot, steadr
demand, poor; No. 1 red winter, 5 6Hd:
Na t hard Manitoba, 5a 4d; No. 1 CaU
fornia, 5a 4"d.
Portland, May M.-Wheot-Valley, 56t
57; Walla Walla, 54055.
PACER SOLD.
Toledo, Ohio, May 20. Star Totnbar.
pacer with a race record ot 1:044 wa
old today for 15,500.
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