TUB OHIO CAMPAIGN.
S 1T..IVK T11KZ1C C'.IA'-
TinPrcu'eiit ( lovcmor utiii ktcutcn-
ant ( iovornor Hoth lleiiomliiated
Opponltloii From Hamilton County
Not Formidable ICnoii li to Compass
the Former' * Defeat lu the Conven
tion .Tlnjorlty mid minority ICeportu
Presented by Committee * on Rcno-
Tlia Platform a * Adopted.
Ohio Democratic State Convention.
CLKVKLANW , Ohio , July 1C. At
12:30 Chairman Norton of the Btato
central committee called the conven
tion to order , and Rev. J. W. Camp
bell invoiced divine blessing1. Chair
man Norton then formally opened the
convention in a , brief address. lie
closed with a eulogy to Hon. Allen G.
Thunnan and introduced his son , Allen
W. Thurman. 'as temporary chairman.
The nominating speeches for governor -
ornor commenced at 1 o'clock.
Pallet of Cincinnati placed in nomi
nation Lawrence T. Neal , at the con
clusion of which the convention went
wild.
S. IX Dodge of Cleveland nominated
Virgil P. Kline of Ctiyahoga county.
Michael Kyan of Cincinnati nomi
nated Governor Campbell in quito a
lengthy speech.
Campbell was renominated on the
first ballot , which resulted as follows :
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When the result was announced
showing Campbell's nomination , there
was another repetition of the wild
scenes of enthusiasm. While the delegate
egate- . cheered and waived their hand
kerchiefs and tossed their hats the
band in the gallery struck up "The
Campbells arc Coming. " There was
dissension only Irom the Hamilton
Bounty delegation. While the others
were encoring the Cincinnatians hissed
vigorously and refused to be quieted.
Un a motion to make the nomina
tion unanimous there was a division ,
but it was declared carried. He was
then escorted to the hall and enthusi
astically received.
W. V. Marquis , the present incum
bent. was renominated for lieutenant
.governor by acclamation.
The rest of the ticket was completed
as follows :
For Auditor of State Hon. T. E.
PecKJnbaugh of Wayne county.
For Attorney General John P.
Bailey of Putnam county.
For .State Treasurer C. F. Acker-
man of Mansfield.
For .Judge of the Supreme Court
Gustavus H.Vald of Hamilton county.
For Commissioner of Common
Schools Charles C. Miller oi Erie
county.
For Member Board of Public Works
John McXaiaara of Summit county.
For Member Food and Dairy Com-
Jnission H. S. Trumbo of Lawrence
county.
THE J'LATFOIIJr.
The minority report of the commit
tee on resolutions was rejected by a
vote of 399.\ nays to 300A yeas , and
the following platform as reported by
the majority of the committee was
-adopted.
The administration of Governor
Campbell was endorsed for its honesty
and economy and the last session of
the general assembly is commended
for its economy add reform , and es
pecially in having provided for a se
cret ballot. Continuing the report of
the majority says :
We are opposed to all class legisla
tion and believe in a tariff levied for
the sole purpose of producing revenue
suilicient to defray the legitimate ex
penses of the government economi
cally administered. We accept the is
sue tendered to us by the republican
wartv on the subject of the tariff , as
represented by the so-called McKinley
tariff act. confident that the verdict
of the people of Ohio will be recorded
against the iniquitous policy of so-
called protection championed "by the
republican party in the interest of
favored classes against the masses.
We favor a graded income tax.
We denounce the demonetization of
V - silver in 1873 by the party then in
power as an iniquitous alteration of the
money standard in favor of creditors
i\na against debtors , tax-payers and
producers , and which by shutting off
one source of supply of primary money ,
, 'Operates continually to increase the
value of gold , depress prices , hamper
industry and disparage enterprise ; and
we demand the re-instatement of the
constitutional standard of both gold
-and silver , with equal right each to
free and unlimited coinage.
We denounce the republican billion
dollar congress , which , by extravagant
expenditure , exhausted the surplus in
the national treasury left there by the
democratic administration , and created
c. deficit ; which substituted despotic
rule for free discussion in the house of
representatives and we congratulate
the people on the defeat of the odious
force bill demanded by the republican
Dresident and championed by the re
publican party for the purpose of per
petuating its rule by the perversion of
the constitutional powers of govern
ment , destroying free elections and
placing the ballot box in the hands of
unscrupulous partisans , in order , as
declared by Speaker Reed , "to regis
ter voters , supervise elections and
count the ballots and declare the re
sult. "
We oppose the enactment of all laws
which unnecessarily interfere with the
habits and customs of any of .our people
ple which are not offensive to the
moral sentiments of the civilized
world.
We favor closer commercial rela
tions with our Canadian neighbors.
We favor liberal and just pensions-
to deserving and disabled soldierj and
Bailers and their widows and orphans.
The prosecution of the Jewish people
ple by the Russian government justly
deserves and receives our unqualified
censure. We believe this government ,
in connection with the enlightened
governments of Europe disposed to
unite with UP , shmild take the proper
steps to alleviate these wrongs.
The minority reported the following
as a substitute for the silver plank in
the platform : ,
Wo believe.in honest money , the
coinage of golfl- and silver , and a cir
culating medium convertable into such
money without loss ; and wo oppose nil
legislation which tends to drive either
gold or silver out .of circulation ; and
wo believe in maintaining the coinage
of both metals on a parity.
It also recommends that the resolu
tion declaring for a graded income tax
be stricken out of the ulatform.
ImprlKoiird Tor Another' * Crime.
DKNVKH. Colo. , July 20. The Times
publishes a sensational story from
Grand Junction , which , if true , will
liberate John L. Campbell from the
penitentiary where he is now serving a
sentence of a lifetime. During the
year 1885 John L. Campbell and Sam
uel Jones were partners in a big cattle
ranch near Unaweep canon , Mesa coun
ty , Colo. On the afternoon of May 19
Jones left the ranch on horsolfack for
Silverton , expecting to reach there
some time the next day. Several
hours later Campbell also left the cabin
for a distant part of their range. Jones
was never seen alive after leaving the
house and several days afterwards his
body was found in a lonely spot riddled
with the balls from a Colt's revolver.
Campbell was arrested for the murder
of his partner and though stoutly
maintaining his innocence , he was con
victed on circumstantial evidence and
sentenced to the penitentiary at Canon
City for thirtythroeyears. . During
the trial , Bob and Ira Smith , two cow
boys , of the "bad man with a gun"
order , were very zealous to fasten the
crime on Campbell , and were very in
dignant that ho should escape with his
life and organized a mob to lynch him
but were frustrated.
The boys hung around Grand Junc
tion for two years , when with the aid
of three embryo Black Barts , they held
up and robbed the Rio Grande express
train ten miles east of that place. The
robbers were finally caught in Utaii
aud brought to Denver and lodged in
the county jail , where they made the
acquaintance of Newt Yorce , a man
killer from Deer Trail , who was await
ing his sentence. The Smiths and
Vorce became friends an exchanged
experiences. The former were con
victed of robbing the United States
mails and sentenced to a long term in.
the government prison at Laramie ,
Wyo. . and Vorce is residing with the
state's warden at Canon City. Vorce
now tells a story which ie to the effect
that they are the men who killed Jones
and that Campbell is inncoent. The
crime was committed at the instiga
tion of other parties who were inter
ested in a lawsuit with Jones at Tellu-
ride. They also drew a diagram for
Vorce. showing where Jones' saddle ,
a lot of valuables and ? 2,500 in money
are buried four miles from the Una-
weep ranch. The matter will be in
vestigated and if found true the gov
ernor will be asked to give Campbell
his liberty.
Strange Cattle Iisen e.
BUKLINGTON , la. , July 17. Much
uneasiness is occasioned among the
farmers of this vicinity by the break
ing out of a foot and mouth disease
among cattle. The disease comes on
suddenly and consists in ulcerated
mouth and jaws and swollen feet.
Death often follows in a day or two.
The disease is extremely contagious
and every effort is being made to quar
antine the present numerous cases.
Fears are expressed that the disease
will become general throughout this
part of the country.
Foiled by a Woman.
GraiKiE , O. T. , July IS. I. N.
Terrc-U. the member of the territorial
legislature who murdered John Em-
bree on the government square last
fall , led an attempt by several prison
ers last night to break jeil. A crow
bar was used in prying open the cell
doors. The ncise aroused Mrs. llix-
son , wife of the sheriff , who , seizing
her husband's revolvers , ran to the
cage and at the point of her weapons
compelled the prisoners to remain in
their cells until a guard answered her
cries for assistance.
IVed * .
CHICAGO. July IS. Nina Vanzandt
and S. Stefano Malatte were married
last night at the residence of the bride's
parents by Justice Lyon. The bride
was attired in white satin decollete ,
after the Italian style of the Thirteenth
century , with diamond and pearl orna
ments. The couple left on a late train
for New York to take a steamer for
Liverpool , whence they go to Palermo ,
the former home of the groom. The
couple expect ultimately to make their
home in Chicago. Mrs. Malatte it was
who became the so-called "proxy"
bride of Anarchist August Soies in 1887.
liank Smash.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , July IS. The
First National bank of Wyandotte , or
Kansas City , Kan. , suspended business
yesterday and is in the hands of a bank
examiner. I. D. Wilson , president of
the bank , is very reticent concerning
the cause of the failure and the condi
tion of the bank. He does say , how
ever , that the assets are $200,000 and
the liabilities $100,000. Much of the
assets , which were supposed to be gilt-
edged , are of such a nature , he says.
as to prevent a rapid realization upon
them.
A Hosmer , a retired banker , for |
many years a prominent citizen of
Keokuk/ Iowa , is dead , aged 73. { !
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A GOOD-AY AY TO DIE.
THIS llOl'i : MOttK JlAItllAltOUS Til AX
Rxpcrt * AVhoVitnc * ed the lEecent
IClcctrocntloii * at Sliijj SInj * Keudor
Their Keport Proceeding * f the
National Temperance Convention at
Saratoga , N'eiv Yorlc Investigating
tlio Stealings of Rardlcy , Late City
Treasurer of Philadelphia An 1m-
portniit Ilallroad Invention.
The Klcctrocnted Murderer * .
NEW YOUK , July 17. Warden Brown
of Sing Sing prison filed his certificates
of death in the cases of murderers
Slocum , Smiler , Wood and Jugigo with
County Clerk Giegerichb yesterday.
The certificates are mere formal an
nouncements that the sentence of the
law has been executed. Attached to
them are the death warrants and the
signatures of the witnesses to the exe
cution. Attached to the certificate in
Jugigo's case was a statement signed
by Drs. MacDonald and Ward who at
tended the autopsy. Its full text is as
follows :
The undersigned , having served as
physicians at the execution hy electro
cution this morning of James Slocum ,
Harris A. Smiler , Joseph Wood and
Schihick Jugigo , at the prison under
your charge , hereby submit , at your
request , the following report of their
observations :
First All of the condemned men
walked into the execution room unre
strained , with firmness and without
assistance , seated themselves in turn
in the electric chair without the slight
est protest or resistance , and quietly
j submitted to the adjustment of the
retaining straps and electrodes.
Second In each case unconscious
ness was produced instantaneously ,
the closure of the circuit was complete
and without interruption until the
heart had entirely ceased and death
had certainly occurred. In eacli case
death was manifestly painless. In com
pliance with the statute , an autopsy
was made in each case as soon as prac
ticable , by Dr. Ira T. Van Gieson of
New York , in our presence and under
our supervision , with the results of
revealing the same gross changes in
the blood tissues previously observed
in cases of death by the action of
strong electrical currents. Specimens ,
of blood and of the nervous system ,
were taken to Dr. Van Gieson for the
purpose of careful microscopical ex
amination , and the results will be for
warded to you as soon as completed.
In conclusion , allow us to congratu
late you on the completeness in all the
details in all your preliminary ar
rangements , on the uniform good or
der and decorum which prevailed dur
ing this trying ordeal , and on the
resulting demonstration of the rapidity
and painlessness of this method of in
flicting the death penalty. The expe
rience of today has proved to our sat
isfaction that his method is superior
to any other yet devised.
We have the honor to be , very re
spectfully , your obedient servants.
CAKLOS F. MAC-DONALD , M. D. ,
SAMUEL H. WAUD , M. D.
IJardley ? ; * Stealing * .
PHILAI > ILIMIIA , July 17. The ex
perts appointed to investigate the ac
counts of John Bardsley , late city
treasurer , have made a detailed report
to the mayor , in which they say that
they have endeavored to discover the
total amount of money received each
year at the state desk in said office , the
share therefrom belonging to the state
and to the city and expenses and other
items deducted therefrom , so that the
net deficiency on the accounts of the
late treasurer maj be definitely ascer
tained.
A recauitulation of their statement
shows the total balance duo to the
state and city to be $2.594,551. Against
this is credited deposits in various
banks to May 30 last of * 9l9 , 673 , Key
stone due bills $825,000 , and Keystone
bank checks paid by Bardsley in ex
cess of the city fund account if 190,043 ,
leaving a total deficiency in Bardsley's
accounts of $553 , $35. In addition to
this deficiency the interest which
Bardsley received from various banks ,
firms and individuals , together with
dividends on stock and securities in
which he invested with public money ,
amounting to at least $224,000 , should
be added , making the grand total of
money misappropriated $778,835.
That part of the experts' report pur
porting to show a division of the spoils
of office with ex-State Treasurer Live-
sey and Auditor McCammant excites
much interest. Mention is made of the
payment of 500 to Livesey for kind
ness shown. Thomas McCammant , the
auditor general , and one of his clerks ,
II. N. Griffin , since deceased , loom up
as sharingy ! in the rebates from adver
tising the appraisers' lists. One year
Bardsley received from this source
P6.289.04 , of which he paid $2,000 to
Mr. Grifiin for some reason which does
not appear , leaving $14 , 289.04. which
he divided between himself and the
auditor general.
National Temperance Convention.
SAKATOGA , N. Y. , July IS.- The
first thing before the national temper-
nee convention was read an essay on
Constitutional Prohibition , " by A.
M. Powell , of New York. The essay
ist and each speaker who discussed his
paper were earnestly in favor of pro
hibition by constitutional amendment.
The side issues of local option and
high license" were characterized as
makeshifts that were advocated by
politicians and the distillers and brew
ers and calculated to injure the tem
perance cause. The Napoleonic prin-
cipie of finding out where your enemy
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wants you to strike and then hitting
him elsewhere and in his weaices ;
point was applicable in the case. Con
stitutional prohibition was asserted to
bo the attack that the enemies of tcm-
porenco most dreaded , and if the lead
ing parties were in favor of prohibi
tion and against its enforcement and
party issues were to control and silence
legislative voices , then independent
action must be taken by temperance
men that will command attention.
The distinct third party suggestion
ran through the whole line of discus
sion with but one dissenting voice.
The speakers were John Thomas , Rev.
Hugh" Montgomery , Rev. D. T. Law-
s0n7 llev. H. H. Yecks. Kev. Johnson.
George Powell and Miss Perkins of
New York. The same sentiment was
further exprefsed in the discussion of
the essays on the "Citizen's Protective
League , " by W. Jennings Demorest of
New York , Mrs. Helen M. Gouger of
Indiana and others.
Mrs. Gouger gave , as an axiom , that
prohibition can never be obtained by
electing passive men to otlice. There
can bo no national prohibition until
there is a political party behind it , as
anti-slavery was never successful until
an anti-slavery party succeeded at the
polls. This brought out Kev. Paulson
of Now York , who thought that the
action of the rum power in controlling
the present political parties should bu
followed and fought within the old
party lines. This brought out Rev. J.
B. MeGraw of New York , who believed
that it was the duly of temperance men
to make their utmost effort felt by the
strongest blows and that can only be
done effectively by working outside
the old parties.
The following officers were elected :
President , E. H. Clapp. Massachusetts ;
vice presidents , Dr. A. G. Lawson ,
New Jersey : Mrs. Mary G. Leavitt ,
Massachsetts ; Mrs. J. Phinney , Ohio ;
secretaries , J. N. Stearns. New York ;
A. E. Winter , Connecticut ; Mrs. Camp
bell , Massachusetts : executive commit
tee , B. F. Denison , Pennsylvania ; S.
Dickey , Michigan ; J. S. Rawling.- ,
MarylandMrs. Burgess , Pennsylvania ;
Kev. E. A. Winter , Connecticut ; Miss
A. M. Edwards , Ohio ; J. D. White-
side , Vermont. .
Important Itailrond Invention.
INDIANATOLI ? , Ind. , July 17.- What
i < ni'iinnntipprl litIpinliiif riiilrn.'itl innil
the most important invention during
the last twenty-live years applied to
railroad business , was exhibited the
first time here today. It is a car scale
and is a simple piece of mechanism
which can be attached to any car , the
weight of which and its cements are
shown with perfect accuracy. The
weighing of t care heretofore , where
given any attention at all , has been
chiefly a matter of guessing and the
consequent losses of the railroad com
panies from overloading have been
enormous. By this new invention ,
which is controled by the Wanamaker
car scale company , the weighing de
vice is permanently attached to the
car without necessitating any change
in the presen- construction , and it re
quires but a moment to ascertain the
weight.
Thirteen 'Ilioummd Found Stowed
Away in a Miiflde'o Piano Moot.
WINONA , Minn. , July 15. Nearly
two years ago a sensation was caused
here by the suicide of Lena Wineberg ,
for thirty years housekeeper of the
Huff house , and the discovery after
her death of abcut $12,000 in gold
stowed away under false bottoms in
her trunk. With this money she was
about to return to her native land ,
Sweedcn. and had shinned the trunks
to Baltimore , but in a moment of in
sane fren7.y took her own life just as
the time arrived for departure. The
money was paid over to her heirs in
A sequel now turns up scarcely less
interesting than the initiative. On Sat
urday evening , her executor , E. A.
Goeditz , had his attention attracted tea
a piano stool used by the woman Lena ,
and taking it to pieces there was a fur
ther sum of $13,000 in gold , which the
miserly housekeeper had evidently
stowed away. There are various the
ories as to how she obtained so much
money , one of which assigns the real
ownership to Colonel Cockreli. the
former proprietor of the Huff house.
It is probable a lawsti.yftM-ill follow.
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To Kvade the Trn t Liiiv.
CHICAGO , July IS. The wholesale
grocers of this city met to consider a
proposition from the Ligget & Meyer
tobacco company of St. Louis , intended
to evade the anti-trust law of Illinois.
It is understood that their plan has
the sanction of the tobacco trust , and
grocers anticipate its adoption by the
sugar trust , starch trust , etc. In brief ,
it proposes in place of obligating the
wholesaler to sell at the trust price ,
he will be made an agent of the trust
under conditions which will enforce
the maintenance of prices as effectu
ally as under the old plan. Considera
ble opposition to the scheme developed
at the meeting , but no definite action
was taken.
Those Colorado ( > ratiIiopppr .
TOPEKA , Kas. , July 16. Persons'
arriving here from eastern Colorado
bring information that the grasshop
pers there are not the red-legged va
riety that devastated Kansas in 1874 ,
and are not destructive. Private dis
patches from Norton , Kas. , say the
grasshoppers in Finney and Kearney
counties are doing considerable dam
age to gardens and orchards. Small
grain is too far advanced to be greatly
injured.
That delightful essayist , the late E.
P. Whipple , left behind him several
unpublished essays , which have been
secured for publication in the North
American Review. The first of them ,
on "Loafing and Laboring. " will ap
pear in the July number. It is marked
by all the polish and graceful ease
which characterize the writings of one
of the first of American essayists.
KECEUITING REFORM.
IT IS TO 11K IXAVaUKATRlt 1STill'
GO i
Uncle Sam \vill Co In to the Country
for IIlM Soldiers , Thereby Getting
Hotter Material A Crltlclum of Mi-
pcrlutendciit of Census Porter An
Opinion Involving the night * of
State * to Collect from Corporations
A to Jndgo Croiuine' * Pay Armor
Plato Tests Instructions to eul
Agent * .
Better Class of Recruits.
WASHINGTON , July 16. Ever since
public and official attention was
directed to the subject of the frequen
cy of desertions from the army a year
or so ago there has been a determined
effort on the part of the authorities to
improve the quality of material of
which the service is recruited in the
belief that in this lay the remedy for
the great evil. Extra endeavors were
made to secure young men who sought
the army as a profession rather than
as a haven of refuge and to this end
the efforts of recruiting officers have
been systematically turned away from
cities toward the country. The new
system has just begun to show its
fruits , and is more than justifying the
expectations of those who inaugu
rated it.
An oilicer of the adjutant general's
department who had charge of this
work remarked recently : "Wo are
having very good work with our later
recruits , and I think the army today
is composed of a better class of people
\\Min \ ever before. We have abandoned
the city field almost entirely for the
country , where we arc more apt to
find vigorous young men , eager to do
well and to wear chevrons. Such men
make good soldiers , far better than
the old , hardened toughs who come
out of the slums to enlist as a last re
sort , or as a means of drowning their
identities. "
Porter' * Figure * Criticised.
WASHINGTON , July 16. The bulle
tin recently issued by the census ollice
giving the receints and expenditures
of 100 cities has been more or less
criticised in the newspapers. The ac
curacy of the figures have been ques
tioned .and the array of figures have
been pronounced worthless. It seems ,
however , that the criticisms thus far
have been of a general character , for
Superintendent Porter states that al
though the bulletin has been issued
several weeks , no officer of any city
has pointed out any error in it , either
in the amounts or the classification.
He says that if any errors should here
after be pointed out the office will
gladly correct it before incorporating
the figures in the final census volumes.
The statistics relating to Washington
were not given in the bulletin , owing
to the character of the government of
the city , which is so unlike any other
municipal government in this country
that classification would have been im
possible. Mr. J. K. Upton , the special
agent in charge of the works , states
that he would be glad to make a sep
arate bulletin of Washington , and this
will be done if he can get the time ,
Deelftion Airnlnst Corporation * .
ALBANY , N. Y. , July 16. The attor
ney general has just received from the
general term of the third department
very important opinions involving the
right of the state to collect from cor
porations the organization tax in the
case of the consolidation of corpora
tions. The actions were against the
Nickel Plate railroad , so-called , and
the Fitchburg railroad , and were sub
mitted upon an agreed statement of
facts at the general term in May. The
amount of the tax in the case of the
Nickel Plate ( principal and interest ) is
over $57,000. The court holds that
when two or more corporations consol
idate the consolidated corporation is a
new corporation and becomes so by
virtue of the provisions of the state '
authorizing the consolidating and thus I
brings it within the scope of the act of
1886 , which imposes a tax of one-
eighth of 1 per cent upon the capital
stock of every corporation incorpo
rated under the laws of that state , to
be paid at the time of incorporation
and"as a license for the privilege of
incorporation. The court holds that
the companies must pay the tax and
directs judgment to be entered. The
cases were argued by Hon. Samuel E.
Williams of Cleveland , O. , as counsel
for the Nickle Plate. These test cases
were brought at the instance of the
secretary of state. I
Instructions to Seal Aij
WASHINGTON , July 16. Acting Sec
retary Wharton of the department of ,
state has sent instructions to Profs.
Mendenhail and Merriam , the expert
agents appointed to go to Alaska to
learn all the facts respecting the fish
eries. These instructions are to col
lect ail accessible information unon
the subject of breeding places , effects
' of pelagic sealing , dimunition of the
number of seals , proper lines of de
marcation in the event that closed
seasons are regarded as necessary and
the proper months to be included in
such seasons. The United States
steamer Marion , which will convey the
agents to Alaska , is now at Port Townsend -
send , Wash. , and is expected to sail
northward on the 17th inst.
A His AV1I1.
, Mass. , July IS. The
will of Elizabeth S. Newton , which
was made on board the steamship
Saale , while en route to Europe , June
24 last , was filed for probate to-day.
The estate is valued at $200,000. The
bulk of property is given to the domes
tic and foreign missionary society of
the Episcopal church in the United
States for its sole use forever. The
rest of the estate is divided among lo
cal charities.
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\Viiut QtiaySJn * to Say ol'IIU Itnmorcd
PirrsBfKG , Pa. . July 20. In answer
to a telegram sent to Hon. M. S. Qaay
by the correspondent of the Associated
press of this city concerning the re
ports published in the morning papers
that ho would resign the chairmanship
of the national republican committteo
at the coming meeting , the following
was received last night :
ROCHKSTKK , Pa. . July 19.
It is probable but not certain that I
will resign the chairmanship of the
executive committee on the 29th.
M. S. QUAY.
Continuing , he said that the execu
tive committee would meet in Phila
delphia on July 29. ! cannot say. "
ho said , "when the national conven
tion will be held. A great many favor
having it early in order to escape the
torrid heat wo have usually encount
ered. That will bo decided by the
entire committee at some future meet
ing. "
"Who do you think will succeed you
provided you resign ? It has been stat < \
ed that letters have been sent to the
different members of the committee
asking if they would consent to have
J. S. Clarkson succeed you and that
they have all replied favorably. "
"That is not true. " replied Senator
Quay. "No such letters have been i
sent with my knowledge. It is gener
ally conceded , however , that Mr.
Clarkson will be elected provided I re
sign , and he is well fitted for the po
sition. But there is no indication of
what action will bo taken from the
national committee. "
Emancipation In Ilruzll.
WASHINGTON , July 20. A letter to
the bureau of American republics says :
Since the emancipation of the slaves
in Brazil the domestic service as well
as the agricultural labor of the repub
lic has been greatly demoralized , and
many families find themselves entirely
without servants , the colored people
the former slaves refu&ing to work
for love or money. The city council
of Rio do Janeiro attempted to regu
late the domestic service by an ordi
nance which prohibited a servant from
leaving a household without thirty
equally rigorous provision- , but the
measure has been disapproved by the
minister of the interior whose sanc
tion is necessary to carry into effect
any municipal regulation.
The official papers of Kio de Janeiro
announce that the minister of agricul
ture has asked the minister of finance
to give him a credit of $17. 000 on ac
count of the quota of Brazil in the ex
pense of the intercontinental railway
survey.
According to official statistics the
imports of the Argentine Republic for
the first three months of the present
fiscal year were $19,758,290. against
$42,959,938 during the same period of
the preceding year. The exports were
? 39 , 202,510. against 40,521.092 the
preceding year.
The l' T ecMite.l
NEAV YOKK , July 20. Thirty de
tained immigrants , all Russian Jews ,
are awaiting the decision of the super
intendent of immigration. One of
them , Mendel Kogalski , aged 20 , a
carpenter by trade , tells a pitiable tale
of his adventurers and sufferings in *
Russia. He became a suspect while
j working at his trade in Riga , and to
escape Siberia , which was inevitable
in the event of his capture , he fled from
city to city , but was constantly pur
sued. He was finally taken prisoner ,
beaten and in other ways treated most
inhumanly , and prepared for Siberia ,
He again escaped and after much suf
fering and great hardships reached
Hamburg , from whence he was as
sisted to this country. His savings of
six years were taken from him by his
captors in Russia and he came here
penniless , hence his detention. He
was very much affected to find that he
will be returned to Europe after all his
sufferings and arduous effort to reach
America. He says if he is caught in
Russia again he will surely be put to
death. The other immigrants tell sim
ilar stories. The Jewish societies have
taken hold of these cases and it is like
ly that they will succeed in getting per
mission for their landing.
TCttiinntc.s on Nnjrar Production.
WASHINGTON , July 20. The com
missioned of internal revenue has pre
pared a statement of the probable pro
duction of sugar during tiie current
fiscal year , of wiiich the following is a
summary : Number of producers of
sugar from cane , 730 ; from beets. 7 :
from sorghum , 3 ; from maple sap. 3.-
932 ; total. 4,672. Estimate of amount
of sugar which will be produced : Cane
sugar. 55 , OuO , 000 pounds ; beet sugar ,
29,210,000 pounds ; sorghum sugar.
2,500,000 pounds ; maple sugar , 8,000-
000 pounds ; total , 539,710,000 pound- .
Estimate of amount of bounty to be
paid : On cnne sugar , $10,3.30.000 : on
beet sugar , $ .384,200 : on sorghum su
gar , $50,000 : on maple sugar , § 15,000 :
t t.i c-r-i 1 T'.Iinn
The production of sugar from beets
so far as the issue of licenses is con-
berned is confined to California , Ne
braska , Utah and Virginia. The esti
mated products of sugar from sorghum
cane is divided between Kansas with
a product oi 4,034 acres of 2,500,000
pounds and with Missouri with 26
acres , producing 10,000 pounds.
General Sam Brown , who for manv
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years represented the "burnt district" '
in congress , died at Martinsvilie , Ind. ,
on the 18th.
According to a census bulletin there
were 73.045 paupers in almshouses in
America last year. Of these 63.578
were whites. The ration of the DOD-
ulation has decreased greatly.
A careful estimate made by the of
ficers of the postotfice department
places the probable annual cost to the
government of the executions of the
provisions of the postal bill at $2.-
795,000.
