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-Sk- -r 6 THE HEP CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, AI'JUL 24. 1896. .e 1 THEY LOVE M'KINMSY KENTUCKIANS TAMELY IN DORSE BRADLEY. i Ohio Mini Srouiil rluilt'i In thr llvent nf Hie (iiitcriiiir'K Nitinc IIiIiir Withdrawn From IheNt. I.iiiiU Ccinveiitlnii I lie llile ERten In co In Mi'Klnlc. Toutsvii.i.i:, Ky April IT When the Republican statu convention was called to order tills morning the reso lutlon committee presented Its report. The rending aroused groat interest. The declaration against fteu silver caused the greatest demonstration of the day, except when tlm Presidential candidates were reached. The plat form opened with the following lliinu clal declaration: "Wo tiro opposed to tho free and unlimited coinage of silver, believing that It would Involve tho country in llnnnelnl ruin Tlie gold dolliu' is tho best dollar and leant liable to lliietuutlons and for these rensons and in order to conform onr standard to that of other great commercial iltttions. we favor It as the standard money of the Fulled States und tho maintaining on a parity with it of every otht i- dollar, whether of nllvor or paper." High protection and an American policy In foreign affairs are demanded, sympathy Is e.pressed for Culm and further extension of the free American school svsteui called for. Tho resolutions closed: "lleliev lug in the availability and Illness of Oov ernor William 0. llradlev as a Pic:i dentlal candidate, mindful of tho splendid victory under his leadership, proud of his executive ability, know ing tho soundness of his view's on tho tariff and llnuucial iUestions, and confident that his nomination will secure for the Republican party the electoral vote of Kentucky and other Koulhern states, wo 'ileeluio him our choice for the Presidency, and instruct tho delegatus elected by this convention as dclcirutes from tho State to the ne.M Republican National convention to cast their votes for him ns presidential nominee Hut In the event his name is withdrawn from be fore the St. Louts eoiivuntion and he ceases to bo voted for, then they are iirr.trueted to east their votes for the Hon. William .McKlnley. the gieat friend of protection, so long as his name ftliall rcmuiu before the conven tion." The platform was adopted uithout opposition, but it was an empty vic tory for the llradley men whose plan had been to give the delegates straight instructions. " The McKlnley men wtrrc jubilant over their succss In forcing recognition from the faction which had controlled the convention from tho outset. A. P. A. CHARGES. Why I In- Onlrr Oppo.m Mi-lilnli-) A Circular Isvircl. Huston, April 17. A circular was bfiued last night by the secretary of tho advisory board of the American Piotecttve Association, from which these excerpts ure tahen: "After carefully unnly.ing the evi dence adduced the committee finiinl in bo true tho charges made against one 01 me cauuinaics. vi, cvtiovcrnor McKlnley, o'f discriminating in his ap pointments in favor of liomauists and against American Protestant:, because the latter weio members of the Amer ican Protective Association. For exam ple, among other appointments, one was that of u Human Catholic Irish man, who had been suspended for drunkenness, while the application of un American Protestant, a (i, A. R man, an A. P. A . was i ejected on the ground that he belonged to tho order, though he had been promised the po sition by the governor. Among other instances reported to the committee is that of W. W. Lanningsof Praoisllu county, Ohio, who was candidate for eberltr. Ho was n prominent A. P. A., and known to be such; also a Rcpub lican of sterling lntegrltv, and mi pop ular that ho came within U!) vote of carrying a county that was Demo cratic by ,f.0(), nominally. "Among the managers and active supporters, secret or public, of Major McKlnley, are Richard Kerens, a K inanlst of Missouri, who has agalu and again, in the public, press, denounced tho A. P. A. organisation In the most vindictive terms, and sought, but In vnin, to have the national Republican committee denounce the orguuiatlou; also Stephen Klklns of West Virginia. "Of the other candidates, vl, Wil liam H. Allison of Iown, .Senator Ojiuv of Pennsylvania, Senator liiltom o'f Illinois. Governor Krndlev of Ker. Mclcy, (lovernor Morton of 'New York, President Harrison and Thomas It Heed, the committee was satisfied with their Americanism and sympathy with tho principles of the order. National MIimiV nillcem Chinrn. CouiMiius, Ohio, April !T The Na tional Miners to-day ic-elected PhiMp H. Penna of Lincoln, Itul., president: Cumoron Miller of Musstllon, Ohio, vice president, W. C. 1'earco of Corn lug, Ohio, secretary-treasurer. The executive board is: W. ; Webb of Kentucky, John Fnhv of Pennsyl vania, Ficocrlek Dllclier of Ohio, dames O'Connor of Illinois, Henry Stephenson of West Virginia ami li. J. Davis of Ohio. The Cnp3 right Cmicrin Opened. Taiiih, April 17 The international copyright conference has opened at the foreign ofllce, twenty-nlno na tions, including the United Slates, being represented. M. Hourgeols, tho premier, made a speech of welcome and M. Do Freycinet, was elected president. President Fauro received the delegates to tho ( oiigreos in tho afternoon. L'arlUlu in Chlciico. CiuoAtio, April 17. -lion, .lohn C. Carlisle, Kccretary of the treasury spoko on tho currency question at tho Auditorium last night, before an audi cuco that tilled tho great hall to thu uttermost. Tho address wan delivered under tho auspices of the laboring men of Chicago, and they were there in full force, nearly tbiMi-quartois of tho crowd being workinginon Mr. Il.irrltuu to llesr Ornton. CiiifAflo, April 17. Kx-l'resli'.ent llciijaiulii Hnirison will preside tit tho annual contest of tho Northern Orn turical ussoelatlou, at tho Auditorium My 1. BLAND FOR PRESIDENT. .S:lronrl llrmiH r.iln ImhirM- the SlUir ('liniiiiliin, SntiAT.tA Mo., April 17. For tho first time since the war. Missouri has a Democratic candidate for President of thu I'titled Mates. This conven tion, without a dissenting vote, In dorsed Hlchard P. llland for that high position. The Indorsing of llland for President caused htm to retire from the nomination as one of the four del-cgutes-ul-lurgc. Vej, Cockrell and Stone were nominated by acclamation and tho other member wah voted for. tieorgo . Allen of St. LoiiIh was named. The Committee on Hulcs reported, naming M. I). Kenton of Newton cfiiiiil v mh tiprni!iiii.i1. rlirilrni.'iti. ntul Sam Cook ol .Mexico as secretary. Mr. Ileutou, In assuming thu chair, made ti strong free silver speech, which in tin way east credit upon Piesident Cleveland. The long looked for resolutions weio then lead. The resolutions, after treating of State matters and uphold ing tile Mate administration, take up the money question as follows: "Kcsolvcd, That wo demand tho ir ii iKwl ttttltittttful hiiiiiiii iif fctltut v. iiini itMiiiiiiivii iHiiiii wi nitv, nnd gold into primary or redemption money at the intioof I to I, without waiting for the action or approval of any other government. "Itesolved. That the delegates elected by this convention to represent the Dcmueiucy of Missouri in the iiu tional Democratic convention, to bo held in ( hicago. are hereby instructed to c.isl their votes and use their In fluence in that convent ion in favor of the udoptlon of the Mmlimcnts herein above expressed and such delegates lire hereby further instructed to vote as u unit on all questions coming be fore such national convention; also to cast their votes and use their Influence to scenic the nomination of candidates for president and vice piesident who me personally In accord with the mon ctur.v system herein advocated. We appiove the action of our Senators, Hon. F. M. loch roll and Hon. (teorcc 0. Vest, on tho tinauclnl question, and recommend the re-election of Hon. li. 0. Vest to the Flitted States Senate." Amid ehecis and hut waving, litiv ernor Stone stepped forward and read this, which was unanimously adopted: "l!i'solcil, 'Unit the Democracy of M's-sMin-i takes pride in nreseiitlng to the National convention at Chicago the name of Kichnul Pinks llland, a name known throughout the world, for the nominal ion to the high ollico of piesident of the I nited States, and the delegates trom this Mate to said convention are instructed to use every honorable means to promote his nomi nation." The voting on the fourth delegate at largo did not start till nearly 10 o'clock. Mont. ( odiian of St. Joseph; tieorgo W. Allen of M, Louis, and W. II. Hutch of Marion, weio named. It took two ballots to decide tho matter. After the llrst, Hatch ictired, the vote on the deciding ballot bclnir: Allen, '.".i7: Cochran, ..'is. These alternate delegates were then chosen: Joseph Hiekev, of St. Louis; Hubert Fox, of St. Louis; Judge I). W. Shakelford, of Cooper; W. S. Logan, of St. Louis. The tight on l C. .Mnflltt. chairman of the state central committee, was the most severe blow to tho St. Louis delegation. Mallitt wns named by his district as delegate to Chicago, but because he did not declare himself for "It! to I.' but stated that he believed in the unit rule and would vote as the convention Instructed, but lie would not agree to bolt the national conven tion in case it did nrt go as ho wished, (iovornor Moue spoke against him, and Oregon- was seated. This was the end of the business, and the con vention adjourned sine die. A SAW IN TAYLOR'S CELL. siiirtlinc Itinill nf u M.irili Miulo hy Mar fclml He.hli-.ir. Kansas Cm. April 17 Marshal Keshlcar searched the cell of Hill Tay lor, the murderer, today, und found a Stubbs hick saw eight inches In length. The saw was hidden in an old fashioned glued canvas vallso which Hill brought with him when ho was removed from Carrollton to pre vent a lynching. The saw wns tucked in between the metal frame and tho canvas cover of the valise. When the marshal pulled it out Hill suld in his oilv way: "Would you believe me If I told you where that saw came froivV" "I don't know,' answered tho mar shal. "Why, that saw was in here when I came to this c-ll. It was, sticking up in thu waL," said Hill. The marshal did not stop to nrguo that point with linn, but he knew Hill was lying because that cell had been thoroughly searched before ho was put Into It. The saw Is eight inches long and a half inch wide. It is of the lluest Hteel with small teeth. Saws of that kind are mndo for gunsmiths and arc used in sawing oil gun barrels. Marshal Keshlcar tried tho saw on thecastiron Bteiini register in his private olllce. It cut through the iron like n knife through cheese. A man working hard, without interruption, could cut through a cell bar in an hour with such a saw. Hill Taylor will bo watched very closely now. Two deputy marshals will be In his cell corridor all night. The chief reason Marshal Keshlcar decided last night to bring Hill Tay lor's public receptions to an end was because it afforded too many oppor tunities for relatives or friends of the distinguished murderer to go In with tho crowd and hand in tools that might aid linn to escape. This might have been dono with case any itme in tho last two duys while the morbid crowd was going in and out by thou sands. (linrce Tivytur titlll nt I.ars. Cajiiioi.i.tox, Mo., April 17. Tho posso that left hero Tuesday night to searcu lor iicorgo Taylor returned empty handed yesterday, after being out eighteen hours. Tho sheriff says ho luiH nuother clow, but nobody else UUUWS wnui IV is, llroltrn 1U1I uose a Wreck. Ml'AI)V!M.K. Pa.. Anrll 17. A 1rnl.-nn radon the Now York, 1'ennsylvania i V.i . .. -""! --m"jh" fllllt (llilo itillr, ln,l .inn.. llon.i I- , : , , " ;..,","' ' r..M ,r7tt;f,lVoU,thln? "CtlB wx-rSiffl ' hie-ot LsouS iujuied. AN ARMOR FOR DOXERS. lliihrrt I'r.wlrr of Chlr.ino I'utrnlii Uniform In I'rrvi-nt Htinrkniilft. ClIICAOO. Alirll IT. HoberL Friiilcr. n local amateur boxer, has patented for boxing matches a vest of padded material, and a musk for the jaw and nose, so constructed that even tho most heavily landed blows seem to the wearer like gentle lapping. Mo saics the protection nllorded to tnc wearer, there Is an electrical registering device to count the number (f blows struck. This will result in making sparring a con test for points in which no leferco is needed to give the decision. Whcjjp n vulneiable point Isstruck n spring is iwiiiirutscii, an eieciricai contact Is made, a small hell himIms u ill,,.!.. stroke and the register counts one. The batteries, wires, register and hell are all fitted In the back of the biiit and are extremely light. Last evening Vruier donned Lis suit for a go with J. J, Corbett. The e.vohampiou chased his little oppon ent about the stugc, delivering blows with both hands, until the register on the back of Fraler's suit Indicated ln'.i blows. Fraiers seoru wus about six'. After the trial the ex-champion ex pressed himself as astonished and de lighted with the new invention, and said that it would prove a great bene lit to tho art of boxing. A person equipped with the new suit would be practical v secure m.uiii,.! n t,.,..i. even by i; far superior antagonist. CHURCH AND WHEEL. Clilrnco I'nator I in 1 1 en Vy, INu Sfrvlcri lllltrs fhrrkiMl Without t'harcc CuitAoo, April 17. -Tho Kev. Dr. Jenkins Lloyd Jones, pastor of All Souls' church, has formed an alliance with tho bicycle and is filling tho pews of his church. Tho church notice sent to the local papers an nouncing next Sunduy's services has the following: "Hieyelists invited. Mieels tuken care of at the niorninj bcrviee." There will Ik- no charge for this earn of the vehicle on which men and women ride to the service. If tho new plan for cheeking bicycles at tho morning service proves us successful us he hopes. Mr. Jones will extend tho innovation to the night service "The bie.vcle." said Mr. Jones in discussing his novel plan, "is every man's carriage. An ever Increasing number of people ate bringing it to their personul service. Its attractions are many. It undoubtedly will come Into open competition with the chinch services on Sunday. From this on it is 'the church or the wheel:' one needs no prophetic eye to see which will win in thousands of lives. All Souls' church, Chicago, would avert the con flict by suying 'the chinch and tho wheel.'" OPEN THREATS OF BOLTS. CuloriiuV Mm Dr iratlc Drlcgute und fcrnalor Tillman Talk I'lutnly. dkvvkii, Colo., April 17. The Dem ocratic State convention yesterday adopted radical free silver resolutions and elected Charles S. Thomas of Denver first delegate a-large. In ac cepting ho censured the present administration in strong terms for its action in issuing bonds and concluded: "If after the efforts of our delegation nt Chicago, silver is not recognized, I will wit hdrf.vv from tin; convention." As Mr. Thomas will head the delegation his utterance is held to mean that the Coloradons are prepared to bolt if necessary. In the'evenlng the opeia house was jainiucd with people to hear Senator lillman of South Curolinu. He urged the Democrats and Uepubllcans alike to bolt at their respective national conventions should gold platforms be adopted, and assured the Colorado delegation that the South would stand solid with the West should It be ne cessary to leave the hall of the con. ventiou. SMITH WILL REMAIN. Mr. IIIup l.ourn IIU Fight on the Leaven worth SoMlern' Homo Muungrr. Wasiiimiton, April 17. As soon as the house met to-day, Mr. Traeey of Missouri opened with a speech in sup port of Hlue's amendment to put lien oral O. O. Howard in Franklin's place ns a meuusof ousting (lovernor Smith. Mr. Hlue luude the closing speech at 2: HO o'clock. l Thu House defeated the Hlue amend ment to substitute tleneral Howard's name for (icucru! Franklin's bv a ris ing vote of ft.', to 1,10. Tlie final voto was CI) to Ml'. The Soldiers' home resolution as re- Corted by tho committee, was passed y tho House. A t'otlroniun Shoot 11 .Murderer. AiTi.r.io.v, Wis., April :7.-Julius .like, charged with tho murder of his employer, F.dward Davis, near Warko Run. April 4, urrlved here yestetdnv ami stopped at an obscure hotel. Ho carried a Winchester rifle and kept to his room which aroused suspicion. This morning he was overtaken about a m tin from town on a railroad track by Policeman tJarvey, who ordered him to give himself up, but XilUe showed light, hereupon he was shot by t.'arvey and will probably tlie. A fcl..i.i reward had been offcicd for his capture, Hiu: lir IIU Ijinilliirtl. Opkm;a. Mo.. April 17. I.ufct night .!aiiK's Secliu'st, who lives in Joo Wil kerson's house, quarreled with his laudloul. A little, later he wus talk ing with his wife and another woman In tho yard when Wilkorson shot him fioin a window. Srchrest died, but Wllkerson fled and is still at lurgc. The lint Hlreper I'orter Dead, Cuicuio, April 17. The .first sleep ing car porter Is dead. He was John J. Mitchell, colored, anil ho was with the Pullmau company over thirty years, llo began his service us porter on "Tho Pioneer." tho first sleeping car over bullL Ho knew many noted men. Judge Juluiiou by Acilniiintlnu. viiahiiik, nun., jipru n. j lie lio- , , .. '. CiuNiiTt:, Kan., April 17. The Ho- puoncan convention lor mc houtimrn department, Kastcrn division, court of W ." In this city, and Judge W. Iison. of Cini-nett. U':t; ri.ii.M..I. nated for judge by ucclumition THOS. B.REED BOOMED MAINE GIVES HER FAVOR ITE SON A STARTER. rtepiilillnin Conwtitlnn I'l.itfnrin I'n Mills lleeil'a frluclplm, VI hi. It ure fur 1'riitei linn, liiliriltr, t(efrhtliiii of tiiiuil Krntlon, mid j;,ilnt I ne ( oli..i;r. Poitn.AMi, Mulne. April 1, With enthusiasm almost unequalled in the hlstor.v of lienubllcan politics in Dm Stale, the convention for tho nomin ation of delegates to the national con vention at SU Louis wus held hero yesterday. The enthusiasm was ccn- it-red about the name of Thomas H. Heed, the unaulmous choice of the convention for president. In fact, there was no one to be found among an me iioiegatcs from whom the slightest refcietico to Kied did not call forth a demonstration of some sort. When the formal organisation lind been completed, Herbert M Heath ol Augusta, chairman of the committee on resolutions, it-ported the following platform: The Republicans of Maine gladly join with their brethren in other states in presenting to the Hepub lieans of the nation for promotion to the Presidency the Speaker of the Na tional IIouso of Representatives He metis no platform but the record of his life. Fnder his administration, :.s his public efforts conspicuously show, would be restored that Repub lican policy of protection tunght bv Lincoln, illustrated by the bigmft prosperity of the country for thirty years anil surrounded bv the recip rocity of lilainc a policy which would bo adapted to tho business of the country and adjusted with caru from time to time to tlie changed conditions. Then, with confidence and prosperity i estored, revenue wll, be made ade quate to the support ol the govern ment nnd the issuing of bor.ds ostensi bly for the maintenance of tlie re demption land, but really to meet delii 'ency, will cease lie is opposed to tlie free and un limited coinage of silver, exc-eot bv international agreement and 'until Mich agi cement can be obtained, be lieves the present gold standard should be maintained. He has always been uncompromisingly for the mainten ance of the highest national credit bv tlie utmost good faith toward the creditors, not for the creditors' sake, but for the nation's sake; for tho sound reason that the most valuable possession of unv nation in time of war or distress next to the courage of Its people Is an honorable reputation. Whoever pays with honor, borrows with ease. Sound finance ind cer tainty at the Treasury, and protection for producers will iiii.hm i,rno.,.n,. and peace. Our candidate favor the restriction of nntnicrMiiim li,. f.,,. a just administration of pension legis- .uiioii ami is an earnest Iriend of American shipping and its restoration to Its former r:mlr in tlm unri.l II.. .. ... .... ..,,, i. , ..u stands for the preservation of national honor at home and abroad. EDWARD PARDRIDCE DEAD Chtaicn' Miwt Nntril I'lmiKfr 1'ittM Aii .Millie Million In a llaj. rnicAi.o, April Ifc IMward Hard ridge, tlie most noted nnd one of the wealthiest operators on the board of trade, died of Hright's disease to-day, after several weeks' illness. "Plunger" Pardrldge was born in New York State. He lit st engaged in the dry goods business in Hnllulo. In the early '70s he came here and started a dry goods store. He accu mulated a substantial foitunu hero and then began his famous operations in grain about twenty years ago. At the sturt he was, like most beginners, a bull. Later he became a bear and wus first "Old Hutch' b" rival, then nib successor. Fardndge's fiist attempt to follow in the footsteps of "Old Hutch" cost him 5000,000. In August, ISUI. wheat was run up to SHI on him and in order to settle he had to mortgage his Stat street property, which was worth 81,U0li,0()(i. When December wheat was St a bushel and May wheat 31. 0t. and the opinion prevailed that the latter would go up to SI. 50. Pnrdridgc said; "Well, boys, I believe it will go to eighty cents before it goes to Sl.r.0. ' It was one man against the markets of the world. It is known that Par tlrldgo carried '.'.,000,000 bushels. Other speculators nave carried ns much for a day or a week, but Par dridgo carried it for months. When May wheat closed at Mi'j cents Par drhlge paid off his fc.lirJ.tK)'.1 mortgage and cleared SI, '.'00,000 besides, Sl.oot) 000 of which lie made in n single day. The above is but an esumple of Pardrldgc'b fuuious "plunges," He was almost uniformly successful on the bhort. side of corn nnd provisions, and on the wholu his deals way be said to have eclipsed "Old Hutch s." For years ho had tho reputation of being tho most reckless and most suc cessful speculator In the world, uud though sometimes nearly "broke," ho finally became a multi-millionaire. In person Pardridgo was small and did not dress wo'l, but he lived in a palutial home on Prairie avenue anil spent money lavishly whenever ho felt so inclined Army lleoi'Ktnlriitloii I'.ivnroil, Wasiumviov, April ic The Senate committee bus agreed to report favor ably Senator Hawley's bill for tho re organisation of the army. This in creases tho force to KO.OO!) enlisted men, to be composed of ten regiments of cavalry, seven of nrtlllerv and twenty-live of infantry, with the bat talion of engineers us at present. Iiluc hllll After Smith. Washington. April l?.Congros. man Hlue of Kansas Is positive to-day that ho will yet succeed In forcing the board of maiiager.s to retire Oovernor A. J. Smith of tlie Leavenworth Soldiers' Ho.uo. Mr. Miller of Kansnb and the other members are backing the demand for an investigation, uud this, it is clalmod, is sure to come. K-:ciuc Mll.i tu Vlalt iu. London, April IS The Standard unuounces that e.v-KIng .Milan of Scr i:v will start In May for . tour of tlie United States, which may extend tu lixn Francisco and around tho world. METHODISTWOMEN LOSE. "Ihe Iti (iil.llc ' hrrt-ru irths .Miijurlt.v Nut Sfi nri'il. Niw Youx, April IS. Women as lay delegates cannot enter the coming general conference of the Methodist church thiough a door opened wide by a constitutional amendment for on the direct vote of the ministers of the church tho women were beaten. Tho Troy conference, In session at (ilovers villc, X. Y., settled the question by voting down the Haltimore amend ment, 11 'I to 7e. This docs not absolutely dre'de the woman question in its bearing on tho coming conference, but it does destroy the chief reliance of the women. 1 his question, the most Important and thu most far reaching in possibilities the Methodist church has ever been called on to fnci. lunmt- l..fi !,. ....... of moic hopeless confusion than ever. The women may yet win in the com ing confeience. but they can do so only by tesorllng to some parlia mentary expedient. l') to yesterday, with three annual conferences to hear from, the women lacked forty-nine votes of having tho necessary three-fourths of nil tho votes east on the Haltimore amend ment. To mulct) up that deficiency und get enough additional votes to in sure victory; they hud to have .',:,:, votes out of tho 42."i in the three re maining conferences. The Troy con fere nee hnvimr I'ivcn tin. , ,,..., ,,.,t.. seventy-eight votes and having thrown ll.i votes against them, their last hopo of winning on the Haltimore amend ment is gone. Whatever ncllon tho Last Maine and the North Dakota conferences may take, with only 1.'..' votes between them, it cannot affect me resuu unless every vote should be cust for the amendment. These figures, giving tlie total votes on the Haltimore amendment, speak for themselves: Total votes cast, 10,-1-0: total for Haltimore amendment, 7, .Ml; total against Haltimore amend ment, i.tltl'.i: required three-fourths to carry amendment, 7,iu.V, margiu in excess of one-fourth against amend ment, l:4. Hut the Hamilton amendment, which has also been before the annual con ferences for consideration, provides that lay delegates must bo men. It is also defeated. Hy its defeat the in ferential declaration of the church is that eligibility to a lay deh-gateship shall not be eontlned to men. but shall be understood Us being extended to women. Thus the women are debarred from the general conference by tho defeat of thw Haltimore aincnd'uient and admitted by the defeat of tho Hamilton umendiiipnt. The general conference must wrestle with this paradox. "FITZ'S" PET LION KILLED The Anlnml Shnrheil to Ilratli hy Klec-trlilty-lhe I'ticUim Nurrnw lnipn. Cu.vu.AMi, Ohio. April IS On ac count of the extremely warm weather Nero, the pet lion cub of Robert Flo simmons, the pugilist, was put yester day on tlie roof of Rumsey'b gym nasiumon Hrie street and chained. Shortly after midnight last night Fifsimmons, accompanied by Krncst Roebcr, the wrestler, and Lewis Rob ertson, an attache of the gymnasium, went upon the roof to see the animal. On reaching the roof Fitsim mons called to the lion, which upon hearing its master's voice, sprang for ward to tho length of the chain and over some electric light wires. A shower of sparks followed the contact of the chain with the wires. The lion received a shock mwl mrniti ln.n.....i toward I- It.simmons,who sprang back I iiKuiiisi mo wuiioi un unjoining build ing. Tlie lion sprang past Fitzsimmons, drawing the chain taut across the pu gilist's thighs. In his agony the lion jumped over the edge of the roof and iiiiii ii v me iieen Fitzsimmons was pulled from under the chain and removed to his hotel. There is a burn across his thighs and u small burn on the knuckle of tho index finger of the right hand. He was in a dazed condition for over an hour. When tho lion was pulled up from the side of the building whom he had been suspended ho wus found dead. Meitruii Troup an tlm Harder. 1'f. Paso, Texas, April 18. Informa tion was received in Juarez, Mex ico, yesterday that Hrigadier lien eral Hurnundez, commanding tho northern inlliturj j-oncof Mexico, with headquarters at Chihuahua, would move his lieadquarters to Juarez, just across the river from here, May 1. bringing with him 1,000 men. He will millet) Juaiez his headquarters for the Nineteenth infantry aud Lloveuth cav airy, which will station in Juarez two of thu most famous of Mexico's Hue military bands. A McKlnley llonin In JMU'hlcan. Di.Ti:orr, Mich., April lh.A Mo Kinley mooting was hold In the Audi torium last evening, 1,:,0I) people being addressed by (icneral R. A. Alger, James O'Donnell of Jackson, candidate- for tho nomination for governor, Mnrk S. Hrower of Pontine aud sev eral others. While tho clulniH and qualifications of other candidates were not disparaged, McKlnley was eulo gized as tho coming president nnd the man best entitled to tho high olllce. I.oli.lill will Nreli lle-Kloi-tltui. Foiit Scott, Kan , April 18. n. Speaker Charles 1, Lobdoll, of the Kansas House of Repiesentatives, has forfeited his option on tho Fort Scott Monitor, for the purchase of which ha was negotiating, nnd has announced himself a candidate for re-election to tho Legislature from Luuo county, and for ie-eleutloii as rpealccr of tho House. a lilch Untie .Mim KIIIh lllmncir. Rrvri:, Mont,, April IS. J. F Kelly, a loading Mason nnd largo wholesale, fn it dealer, committed suiuldu by shooting himself in the head, to-day. Ho curried SKI, 000 llfn Insurance. Ho foro ho killed himself ho wrote thir teen letters relating to his affairs. fi ma 1 1 pot In AtehUoti, Idii. Atchison, Kan., April lb. A caso ol smallpox ha8 developed In tho family ' tlto place has been quarantined Aj aumhor of iinrsniic wnm nvnnci.i v. foro tlie nature of the dlseaso "bccaiuo anovvn CONVENTION RATES. Wcntern tto.i.t Agree nil One I'.tre for I lie ICiiiinil Trip. CiiKAtio, April lh. Western roads have ngiced to make a rate of ono fare for tho round trip for the Repub lican national convention to be held In St. Louis. Tickets will bu sold June '.3, 14, ' and on June !(' and 17 from points within '10n miies of St, Louis, good for return until June 21. The same rato will be made for tho Democratic national convention in Chicago. Tlcucts for this will bo sold July I, f.. ami 0, and on July 7 und H, from points within l'() miles of Chicago, gootl for return until July 12. Tho Prohibitionists will be given tho same rate for their convention, which Is to be hold in May In Pittsburg. Tickets will be sold May Si. 2.'. anil 2. from territory common 'to the :ifAjl passenger committee. They will fvc good for return until May M. CHAIRMAN MAFFITT OUT. Ihe MUHniirl tlcnim ratlc Lender Henlcnn IIU I'o. llldii. St. Lorn, Mo., April Is. Charles C. Muffin has resigned as choirmun of this Democratic State committee, tho olllce which he held for eight years, but will still i cumin a member of tho committee lie denies that he resigned us a result oT the action of the Sedallu convention in refusing to permit his name to stand on the list of delegutes to the national convention because ho declared himself not a freesliver man. Mallitt has about decided to go be fore the national convention at Chi cago and contest the uction of thu scuaiiu convention in refusing toratifv his nomination us a district delegate: A BANKER OUTLAW. L'k-C'niihler l)lc est Vast I'ern. Lt., ( in rcni fully K-nlfft (Hilt-em. Wimi.iistt, lown. April In The sheriff und other oillecrs last night succeeded in suriounditig Davies, tho Fast Pel u bank wrecking cashier, and Va Streeter, the thief who escaped Wednesday morning. The otllceis opened fire nnd tho two men returned their shots, one ball going tliiouirli the sheriffs grip. They succeeded in escaping, but Streeter was captured while eating a lunch at a farm house. Davies is still ut large, though I'OO men nre hunting for him. He savs he will not be take- alive. IT KILLS BACILLI. IinicHiy r Kot'iitcen'n Ituy I Fully Id. tnhlltheil I)leimn Cieriim Dintroynd. CiiirAho. April is. Professor II. P. Pratt and Professor Hugh Wightmnn announce to the world thuldinhtherln. and typhoid arc absolutely killed by the Roentgen rav. This statement is mndo without reserve. The decision was readied last evening in tlie labor atory, the lust of the germs which hail been exposed to the ray failed to show slims of life limine tho i.lncu tl... deadly bacilli remaining idle and in active in the nniist of tho best and most tempting imitation of human tiiiue. A KWh for Si'iiutiir Tlllmnn. Di:.nvi:ii, Colo., April is. U the re ception tendered to F nited States Sen ator Tillman of South ( arolina, nt t,ho Rrown Palace hotel, the lino of peo ple who vv ished to greet him hud been going by only live minutes whena corpulent woman with gray hair clasped the Senators hand" with a firm grip, ami before he kn,ew it had pulled him forward and planted a kiss on his cheek. Tlie in. ident was loudly applauded, while the Senator blushed and tho woman fled to tho street. She was Mis. Darnell, und slio declared that she was not u woman's rights woman, but that she wus in favor of free silver and she ad mired Sjiiator Tillman for his bra very, lliltrhlimou'ii Dcriilrittlnn Denied, Hoowii.i.i:, Mo, April In. Tho friends and relatives bore of Walter I Hutehlnsou, who was found ueud on tlie leveu ut tho foot'of Chestnut street in St. Louis, epress surprise and indignation at the statement that Hutchinson was a defaulter. They say that while Hutchinson bad been subject to mental aberration for about three months there was no ir regularity lu his accounts with tho Commercial bank here. Hutchinson was related to Slate Treasurer Lou V. Stephens, nnd had all irroprouohublo rej utatiou. Tor .Miirtter of a Wmii.iu. Dri.rrn, Minn., April JS. After n search of nearly two years. A. A. Aus tin. who enticed Lena Olson from Minneapolis to Dtiluth and then murdered her for her money, throwing her body into Lake Superior, has been caught. He was ancsted by a Minneapolis attorney nt Seattle, whore ho lived under the name of Jamcs i:. Alsop. Ho had been in volved in u number of qiiestionublo matters heretofore llo was a warm friend of Harry Huywurd, the Minne apolis murderer, nnd in his vallso wus found n handkerchief marked with Havwiird's name. JiiiIro V. It, i:iiK liemL LANCAKir.il. Ohio. April itf. Judgo Pliilomen H. Hiving died hero suddenly yesterday aternoon of acute paresis, uged 70 years. Ills futher was tho celebrated Thomas Lvving, sr., twice Senator from Ohio aud twice- a mem ber of the cabinet of tho President of the, Flitted States. Ho was n brothor of tho lute Thomas L. Hiving of Now York, and also Mrs, tleneral Sherman. I'roiU In Callfiiruln. Sa.v Fkanoisco, April Is. Severn frostb during tho last two nights hnvo caused much duinage to fruit in tho orchurdn in tho center of the stnto Crapes, cherries, apricots anil pruticB sullered especially and there will bo only uboul half a crop. I'rUco ltnhlior lilentlflcil. LlTCIIl'IKM), 111.. Anrll IS TI,n ...,. B" nor iincl ffl roinnn of tho Frisco posi- ' . --J - -- -.. W V" men undar arrest, as being tlieporsons wii" niiwL-cnniiiuy neill up tllO I1 rlSCO train somo tlmo ago near Lebanon, Mo., und took several hundred dollars. TTf' i8K. gSgragggjggJgJjgggSg