COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
A mvbraska man at the head
. 5 OF THE a A. R.
.fitedsas B. Clark«aa, mt Ornate, TO—an
j —••I—ted by A—la—atloa—All Otter
‘Candidates Withdraw Before a Ballet
j* , Takaa—G#n. Malian, af Mlnaeeota
'■••*«d Beater Via# Coas wander.
The National O. A. It. Baaaloa.
fc. Paul, Minn., Sept, b.—When
•dominations were declared in order 1b
’•he Grand Araj encampment thin
morning, D. & Ballon of Providence,
A L, Major Thaddena 8. Clarkson of
'Oasha, E. H. Hobson of Kentucky,
‘ « Linehsn of Herr Hampshire
5®? ®**r Admiral Maade ware named.
■"•eo,n<1» for the nomination of
Clarkson ctme quickly from all over
•he hall, but one of the first men up
'wus Admiral Meade who withdrew
hie own name. It at once became
evident that Major Clarkson would
,n the other names were
withdrawn and he was chosen by
,-ji. acclamation. He was called to the
stage and acknowledged the honor
conferred on him.
Geheral J. H. Mullen of Minnesota
was elected senior vice commander
in-chief, baring been designated for
t that honor by the department of
Minnesota, the custom being to give
tjtat position to the slate holding the
V
v Major Claikson was boro at Gettyi
‘burg, Pa, la 1840 and was educated
•tbr«® miles from the battlefield of An
tietam. He enlisted April 16, 1861—
-within two honrs after the appear*
■ance of President Lincoln’s call for
76,000 men for three months—in Cora
" patty A, First Illinois artillery. He
went to Cairo and served under Gen
-oral Grant there; re-enlisted July 16,
1861; was promoted December I, 1861,
4o be adjutant of the Thirteenth Illin
«ois csralry and served with that regi
ment and on the staff of General John
W. Davidson, participating in the
'battles with that command on the
march to Helena and Little Kock. He
'was assigned to command it during
the Arkansas campaign. In August,
1863, he assisted in raising the Third
Arkansas cavalry of Union white
-men, was promoted to major, and com
manded the regiment until nearly the
•close of the war, participating in
Vtoarly all of the battles in Arkansas
(Under General Steele. In November,
1863, he was married to Mary Beecher
Matterson, and to-day has five
•children. In March, 1866, he
went to Nebraska, settling in Omaha,
with his brother, the late Bishop
/Clarkson, and has lived in the state
lor thirty years. He was postmaster
-of Omaha under President Harrison’s
last administration. He was on the
-executive committee of the National
’ Council of Administration, G. A. R.,
-. for three consecutive years, was elected
.'.department commander of Nebraska
by acclamatlun at the encampment in
. February, 1S90. He has also been
-commander of the Loyal Legion of
Nebraska.
For junior vice commander-in-chief,
-the names of Albert E. Sholes of
Georgia and Charles W. Buckley of
Alabama were presented and the bal
lot resulted: Buckley, 336; Sholes, 34],
For surgeon general, A E. Johnson
-of the department of the Potomac was
-elected over Charles L. Boynton of
Indiana.
The council of administration as
nominated by the various states and
. Approved by the encampment is as
. follows: Alabama, M. D. Wickersham
of Mobile; Arizona, J. W. Dorrington
of Yuma; Arkansas, J. H. Hutchinson
.of.Dewitt; California and Arizona, T.
K. Stateler of San Francisco; Colorado
and Wyoming, B. L. Carr of Long
: mount; Connecticut, J. M. Wilsey of
• Hartford; Delaware, J. W. Worrall of
‘ Pleasant Hill; Florida, T. S. Wilmurth
of Jacksonville; Georgia, Ira M.
. Mallory of Fitzgerald; Idaho, W. H.
Barton of Moscow; Illinois Thomas W.
Scott of Fairfield; Indian Territory,
William H. Armstrong of Muskogee;
Iowa, Leeman L. Newell of Decorah;
Kansas. W. H. Smith of Maryville;
Kentucky, C. W. Erdman of Louis
ville; Louisiana and Mississippi, A.
C. Antoine of New Orleans; Maine, H.
R. Sargent of Portland; Maryland, M.
A. Brian of Baltimore; Massachusetts,
William S. Loomis of Holyoke; Michi
gan. R. D. Dlx of Berrien Springs;
Minnesota, Albert Sterritt of St.
Louis; Montana, Charles Sprague of
Bozeman; Nebraska. A. Trainor of
Omaha; New Hampshire, D. W. Proc
tor of Wilton; New Jersey, J. J. Kents
-of Trenton; New Mexico, II. Cramp
ton of Santa Fe; New York, Charles
A. Shaw of Brook! vn; North Dakota,
& G. Magiil of Fargo; Ohio, E. R.
Monfort of Cincinnati; Oklahoma,
W, II. Baker of Goss; Oregon,
H. S. Allen of Portland; the
' Potomac, William H. Chambers of
Washington; Rhode Island, Nelson
'Viall of Howards; South Dakota, Wil
liam II. Gray of Dead wood; Tennessee,
George W. Patten of Chattanooga;
Texas, J. W. Ayers of Dallas; Utah,
E.' W. Tatalock of Salt Lake; Ver
mont, E. W. McIntyre of Danbury;
Virginia and North Carolina, A. Jef
fers of Norfolk, Va.; Washington and
. * Alaska, Thomas M. Yonng of Seattle;
West Virginia, G. K. Mallory of Park
ersburg; Wisconsin, 0. W. Carlson of
^ niiwauHco, n
The Daughters of Veterans held
business sessions and elected officers
-as follows: President, Miss Alice In
gram of Chicago; senior vice presi
-dent, Miss Julia Coft of Cleveland;
^ ’ junior vice president. Miss Anna
Smith of St Louis; chaplain, Miss
- Stephens of Allegheny, Pa; treasurer,
* ‘ Miss Ida J. Allen of Worcester, Mass.;
- inspector. Miss Cora Pike of Massa
chusetts; installing officer, Miss Ells
Adair of Oak Park, 111.; trustees, Mra
Ellen M. Walker, Mias Gladys Foster
-of Hiawatha, Kan.; Miss Lizzie Kim*
ball of Massachusetts, Mra R. E.
Monroe of Massachusetts and Mra
May Edgertou of Chicago,
Chill’s New President.
Valparaiso, Sept S.—After an ex*
cited session the Chilian Congress, by
a vote of 62 to 60, decided yesterday
* ; that the relatives of Frederioo Erras*
uriz had a right to vote. The Reyista
protested against this action, as it
allowed Errazuriz’s relatives the right
to vote in their own cause, but in
apite of this Errazuriz was proclaimed
president of the republic of Chili
by the same vote—68 to 60.
There is great excitement in Val
paraiso and Santiago, but ao far
-order has been preserved. The term
for which Errazuriz was elected is for
five rears from September li
PALMER AND BUCKNER.
■ketehaa af the bud Honey Deasamtlf
J°ba McAoley Palmer, of Springfield, E., m
bora la Seott eou-ity. Ky., Sipttabw It 1S17«
lanoTad with hia father to Madisea aonaty,
Jl.ta 1331; attended tba oomaoa aehoola ia
Ken tacky and Qilaois, and antarad Alton, bow
Bhurtlaff, aollaaa ia 183 v, whara ha remains i a
W. paying hit expanses, which ware vary
■null by his labor. In it 18 ha tanght echoes
nad studied law; ta Daiambar, lest, waa ad.
aittad to the bar; ia UI3 waa elected probata
Jodgeof Macoupin county: in 1MT was elected
a member of the convention to aownd tha
State oonatltntlon: in lilt he waa re-elec tad
probata Jidia, and ia November of tha tame
year, 184', was aleetid county Jndae, which
offloa be kdd until 1131 when ha waa elected
to the State aaaata to HU a vaoancy; waa
sleeted acain in November 1814, as an inde
pendent, anti-Nebraska candidate and at tha
a-salon af the lefialatnre which oonvenad ia
January. IMS. aomlnated and voted for Lyman
Trumbull, for senator, who waa elected ia
Having decided to aet with the Bepubli-aa
party, ha resigns 1 hit .eat in the Sonata. Ha
was a delegate to tha Hepubliian State con
vention, and was made its president: was a
delegate to the convention in 1118 in Philadel
phia whlih nominated John II Fremont; ia
1118 was a candidate for Congress; in INI waa
one of the electors-at-large on the Repub
lican ticket, and was elected May 9, 1M1, was
elected colonel of the Fourteenth regiment of
Ull.ioia infantry; was appointed brigadier gen
eral of volunteers in November, 1W1; lu March
and April led, commanded a division under
General Pope in the operation against New
Madrid and Island No 11, an t later took part
hi the operations against Co-inth; took part ia
the battle of Murfreesboro in Decembyr lth
and Jauua y. I8H, and was promoted to major
general of volunteers; took part in the opera
tions against the Gonfederota army coramind
ed by General Bragg on its retreat via Telia
faoma to Chattanooga; commanded a division
in the battle of Chickamanga was promoted
to the command of the Fcurteenh army oorps
in October, 13M- took part in the opera
tions around Chattanooga, including the
battles of Lookout Mountain and Mission
ary riilge, in November, 10 ; in 1814 hi
commanded the Fourteenth corps in the At
lanta campaign sad was relieved at his owa
request August 4, 18 >4; commanded the mil
itary department of Kentucky from February,
ISO , to May 1, .811; , resignation ac epted Sep
tember l. WOO: removed to Springdeld in 18if;
was elrc'edgovernor of Illinois ia 1008; was
one of the Demoentio visitors to Louisiana
after the pr-sidential election in IS76: was nom
inated as a candidate for United t-tatie un
itor by the Democratic members of tbe legis
lature in January, 1871. and waa afterward
twice nominated for the same office and de
feated was delegate-at-large to the mtional
Democratic convention in 1814.' in 1818 was
nominated by tho Democratic state convention
as candidate for governor and was defeated;
in 1-B > waa nominated by the Democrats of the
state as candidate for senator; carried tho
state by 4 viOQ plurality; 101 Democratic mem.
be a of the legislature were elected who voted
for him on l»i ballots: on thy lMth ballot the
IndeDondenti united with the Democrats and
he was elected United Statas senator. Hit
term will expiie March 3, ittl.
Simon Bolivar Buckner.
General 9 mon Bolivar Bnekner is 7> years
•Id and wu burn in Hart eonnty. in the south
ern part ot Ke tucky. and still Urea in the 'Off
eabin in which he was bo-n. This log cabin
was built by the general's father over lvu years
ago, nod the onl/ time that he has lived away
From hit birthplace was when he was governor
of hit native state. The general has added to
the original cabin, and he now has one of the
most picturesque homes in the state At West
Point he graduated in the same class with
General Gr int
General Bnekner has been married twice,
and his present wife is a direct descendant of
one of the oldest settlers in this country, and
l:er family it one of the mott aristocratic fami
lies of Virginia. After hit term as governor
had expired hi returned to the home where he
was born. He was the Democratic gold stand
ard candidate for United States senator in
Kentucky last winter, but owing to the troub
tons times he withdrew from the race, and no
Dae was elected General Bnekner is worth
som .thing over S1.OOU.UOO, nearly all of whiob
is invoited in farm lands and real estate. Hs
is quite a poet, haring written a numb >r of
very creditable verses He is also a very res
ist lo writer in prose, and has written many
articles on the financial question He is a
treat Shakespearean scholar, and is reputed to
be ab'e to quote some of the plays from begin
ning to end.
It was in 1844 that General Bnekner gradu
ated from West Point, two years previous to
the Mexican war. During this struggle for
Mexican Independence he entered the army as
nontenant and came out as captain When tha
>ivil war came on, Buckner resided in Ken
tucky and was made adjutant general of the
itate. with command of the state guard. Dur
ing the siege of Port Donolron Bnekner was
third in command of the fort. Grant sur
■oundoi the fort on all sides and after the at
tack on February 13 and 14, tha Confederate
forces saw that further resistance would bo
fruitless and the senior generals turnsd the
lommand over to Buckner, and in the evening
ieparted by boats with 1,00) men.
Buckner, quickly realising that his situation
vss hopeless, at oaee dscid-d to surrender,
de wrote a letter to General Grant, suggesting
in armistice till noon of' February 13, that
arms of surrender might be agreed upon by
ippolated commissioners. To this General
dr ant immediately replied in a letter that has
i n-e been chronicled and mads famous la his
ory.
At tha close of the war General Buckner do
tted himself to his business interests of farm
ng and real estate.
KEROSENE IN THEIR BEDS.
Desperate Attempt to Annihilate ■ No*
braska Family—The Children Hand.
Chadron, Neb., Sept. 5.—Some tin
mown person yesterday morning
Qlled a sprinkling can with kerosene
and saturated the bedroom floor and
beds upon which were sleeping As
sistant Postmaster W. A. Danley,
wife and two children, and then set
9re to the room. The dense smoke
smothered the Are shortly after it
started, but when the firemen sue
seeded in removing the occupants both
shildren were dead and the parents
unconscious. No motive forthe crime
san be assigned.
SEWALL WILL STICK.
The Democratic Ties Presidential Honl*
non Declares Himself Positively.
New York, Sept U —The Commer
cial Advertiser this evening prints the
following dispatch:
“Bath, Me, Sept_Editor Com
mercial Advertiser: Any statements
or inferences that I propose to with
draw from the Democratic natloaal
ticket are without foundatlod. I
never had the remotest intention of
doing so. _Arthur Srwall.
Minister and Merchant Drowssa
Hollidaysburo, Pa, Sept fi.—The
bodies of the Bev. Thomas F. Beeves,
pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran
church of this place, and John D.
Love, a leading merehant were found
lying on the banks of the Juniats
elver near Flowing Springs to-day.
Both had been spending yesterday on
a fishing trip._
Civil Marriage BUI Passed
Lima. Peru, Sept S—The 8cnate
baa passed the marriage bill
which legalises elvll weddings
when the contracting parties have not
hitherto been married under the Cath
olic religious ritual
PALMER THE LEADER
NOMINEES OP, THE INDIANAP
OLIS CONVENTION.
. >•
General Palmar of Illinois for President
AH Bnebner of Keataeky for Visa
FmUnt—▲ Platform Declaring for
Tbo Gold Standard and Against Proa
Silver—The Chicago Convention Do*
aoaaeed—Cleveland Praised.
* _____
Tho Indianapolis Convention.
Indianapolis, lad., Sept. S.—United
States Senator John M. l'aimer of II*
I loots was nominated for the pretl*
dency by the national or gold standard
Democratic convention on the drat
ballot this afternoon, despite "< re*
» VT
SENATOR PALMER, ILLINOIS,
floated and positive refusal* to allow
hi* name to be presented. The rote
•tood: Palmer, 747X; Bragg. 18«K.
For rice president. General Buckner
was nominated by acclamation. Tbo
convention closed its work amid the
wildest enthusiasm.
THE PLATFORM.
bMlares tor tbo Gold Standard and
Against free Coinage of Silvan
Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. 3.—The
platform agreed upon by the resold*
tions committee after an all night
session of the subcommittee and Si
alt morning debate by the full corn*
mittee is as follows:
"This covontion has assembled to uphold the
principles apon which depend the honor and
wclfaroof tile American people in order that
Democrats throughout the anion may unita
Ibsir patriotic efforts to avert disaster from
their country and ruin from their psrty.
“The Democratic party ia pledged to eqnal
an I exact ju ties to alt men of every creed aud
ronditiou: to the large t froodom of the indi
vidual consistent with good givornm-nt: to
the pra ervntion of the federal aovernment in
its constitutional vigor and to the support of
the stnto* in all their just rights; to economy
In the public capon litnros; to tho mnlotenauce
of the public faith and souud money ; uu 1 it is
oppose I to paternalism enl allolass logisla
don
CHICAGO CONVENTION.
“The doelarntious of the Chi -ago convention
attack individual freedom, tho right of private,
contract, tho' independence of the jndieiory.
end the authority of the President to nnforce
federal laws. They advocate a reckless attempt
t> increase t ie price of silver by legislation lo
the d i basement of onr monetary Stanford and
thrialen uulimitod issuei of paper money by
the government they abandon fur He pub le
an a lies the Democratic cause of tariff reform
to court the favor of protoctioai.ta to
thoir fiscal heresy. In view of these and
other grave departures from Dmnocratio
principles, wo emnot support the can
didate of that convention, nor be bound bv
its nets. Tho Democratic party line survivod
many defeats, lint conlJ not survive a victory
woo iD behalf of tbo doctrine and policy pro.
claimed in its namo at Chicago The condi
tions however, which mako possible such ut>
teranccs for a national convention nve the
direct resnlt of data legi.lation by tho Bepnb<
tican party. It still proclaims as it hat for
years ilia powr and duty of govornmont to
raise and maintain price, by. law. and it pro
poses no rained y for existing evils nxeopt op
pressive and unjust taxation. The National
Democracy liera conven'd therefore renews its
declaration of a faith in Democratic prlnci.
pies, especially as aDplieable lo tho conditlooa
%f the times
TAXATION AMD T A MITT.
‘Taxation, tariff, exeiso or dinael, la right
fully Imposed only for public pnrpoaaa aud not
for private gain. Ita amount la justly meas
ured by publicaxponditurea, which should be
limited by scrupulous economy. Tbs sum de
rWed by the treasury from tariff and excise
lovleaia affected by the state of trade ant of
consumption Tho amount required by the
treasury Is determined by the appropriations
made by Congress. The demand of the Bepub
lienn party for an Increase in the tariff tax has
its pretax in the deficiency of revenue which
lies its causes In the stegnation of trade and
reduced consumption. due eu inly to lb< lo-e
of confldenc that has followed tlis Populist
threat of free coinage and depreciation of our
money and the Republican practice of extrave
gant appropriations beyond the nee is of good
government.
“Wo arraign and condemn the Populistic
conventions of Chicago and St Louis for their
;o-operation with the Bcpubllcan party, in
creasing these conditions, which an pleaded
in justification of a heavy increase in the bur
dens of the people aud a further resort to pro
tection. We, therefore denounce protection
sn-J its ally, free coinage of ailver. as schemes
for the personal profit of a few at the etpeese
of the many, and oppnso the two parties which
stand for these schemes as bostilo to the people
of the republic, whose food and shelter, com
fort and property are attacked by higher taxes
snd depreciated money. In fl ne.' wo reaffirm
the historie Democratic doctrine of tariff for
revenue only.
AMERICAN SHIPPING.
“We demand that bencofortb modern and
libsral policies toward American shipping
shall take the place of our imitation ef the
restricted statutes of tbs eighteenth eeatery,
which were abandoned by every maritime
power but the United States, and which, to the
cation’s humiliation, have driven American
capital ti the usi of a'ien flags sad alien
erasra. have made the Stars and Stripes an
al moat unknown emblem in foreign countries
snd have almoit extinguished the race of
American seaman. We oppose the pretense
that discriminating dutiai will promote ship
ping and that scheme is an invitation to com
mercial warfare upon the United States un
American in the light of our great commercial
treaties, offering no gain whatever to American
shipping, while' greatly Increasing ocean
freights on our agricultural aud manufactured
products.
GOLD AND SILVER.
“The experience of mankind hat shown that,
by reason of their nalural qualities, go’d is
the necessary money of the large affairs ef
commerce and bosinost, while silvar is con*
venieutlv adapted to minor transactions, and
the most beneficial use of both together can be
insured only by the adoption of the former as
a standard of monetary measure* and the
maintenance of silvor at a parity with gold by
it- limited coinage under such safeguards of
law. Tbns in tho largest possible enjoyment
of both metals gained with the value univer
sally accepted throughout the world, which
constitutes the only praeilosl correosy as
suring the most stable standard and espe
cially the best and safest money for all
who earn a livelihood by labor or tbo prolueo
of husbandry. They cannot suffer wnon paid
in the best money knoaru to man, but are the
peculiar %nd most defenseless victims of a do
6*'*' iuetaattar earreney. which offer •
continued proflti la the money eheagoc el thelt
Met Realising tbene trathi, demonstrated by
“■« Peblle tacnoreoleaa end lot*, the Demo,
•ratio petty la (lie intere<t> or tho meieee aad
•* Mrttoa to all, pr actually amMhMi
w »Ja layUletioa of l'*i aad 18 S the gold
standard of moaetory maaoaramaat aad like,
*"• entirely divorced the yoTeramaat from
banking aad carreacy bsoea To thla long re*
tablUhed Democratic policy wa adhora aad la*
alet npoa the malateaaabe of tha gold eland*
ard and of the parity therewith of arery dollar
"••ed by the go Tern men t, and wa are flriuly
opposed to the fret aad anlimitod coineee of
allTor aad to tha eoatpaleory parchaaa of tUray
baliioa.
C01UIBNCT UrOM
“Bat we denounce a lew the farther me la tea*
•nee of the preennt enetly petobwork of am
tlonal paper currency ae ooaetaat eooree of i» ’
lory and peril. We aeaect the aeoenity of took
Intel! leant currency reforme at will cooflaa th%
government to tie lac I timet# functions, coat*
pletely eaparatad fr**m tha baaklay batioang
aad afford to ell aectlnui of oar country aunt*
form, eats aad elaetio beuk cnrraacy andot
(ovBrnnMt »opnr vivlno, nuAiund In toltunf
By tha aeodtof buainasa.
PKBalDKMT CLITIUXa
"The patriot am, fldellty and courage with
•blrh I’reeident Clarelaod hta rnltUied big
great pablio trout, tbo high character of hie
adaiaialrtalaa. iu wiadom and energy la thy
maintenance of ei?U oner and tha enforce*
meat of tea laws, lie equal regard for tht
rights of a Tory data aad aeery section, i:e Arm
and dignified conduct of foreign affaire and Iti
sturdy pa re is enee to upholding tha credit and
honor of. the nation are ful y recognised by
tbo .Democratic party aad wiU secure him a
place in hiatory bonde the lather ot there*
publio
; “Wa a|aa commend tha admlalttratloai for 1
tbo greet program inaiiu in the reform ot thq
pnblie *ereioa and wo indone Ui effort* to a»
tend.the merit aratem atill furthur. Wo da.
(Band that no bn 'kwerd step bo Ukea but
that tbs reform he aupportod and advanced
until tnj undemocratic opoila ayatoin of am
polntmaot ahall ha eradicated.
"Wu demand atrlct economy la the approprl*
atiune and in the admiubtratioa of the goo
• W« favor arbitration for tha sattlamtat at
tiitaniatioual dlapatia.
"W. favor a liberal pallor of pauanna to da
uerving aoldlera and eaitora of tha United
(Maine. *
TUB SIII'KKME COURT.
"Th« Sitpruna court of tha Oaltail HU tee
•a* wi»«lf nUblliM br tha framon of oat
soaati ul ion m una of tha throe coordinate
brandiua of ilia Rorarumout. It# Independence
anil authority to inUrprat the la* of tha laud
without fuar nr raror muat be maintained.
Wo nude mu all elforta to dofarae the tribunal
or impair thn conBdence and raapeet which It
lins do orroilly Ind. The Ihunnoratlo party aver
baa inaintaiuod and over will maintain
the aupremaey of law, the iadepeu.
donee of ita Judicial udminlatration. the
inainlahility of contra-t and tha obll*»
Uona of all aooil eitianna to mal t ovary illeca
treat, combination and attempt egalnst the
Jnat right. of property and tha food order of
eocietr, in wliiili are bound up the peace and
happia-ei of our people.
'Bilierinir three principle! to bo eetmtisl to
the well boinirof tin republic, weauhnut them
to the cooaldanitlon of thj Amaric m p'opla"
The platform was adopted without
diseant auiid prolonged cheera
BRECKINRIDGE TALKS.
Shot Oot of tlto Meat Mooting—HUlN
aod Cheara to Convention.
Indianai-olis, Ind., Sept. 3.—The
delay iu the call for ex-Congressman
W. C. P. Breckinridge at the mass
meeting last night, which resulted in
his not speaking at all, Is alleged this
morning to have been a prearranged
scheme, because several bodies of
women protested against his appear
ance. It is boldly stated that it was
not considered good politics to allow
Mr. Breckinridge to address tha mass
meeting.
Whan Breckinridge appeared in the
convention hall today his name was
shouted from all parts of the hail.
The galleries rose and craned tbeir
necks to catch a glimpse of the noted
orator from the Blue Grass state.
But amid the cheers sharp hisses
could be heard. Breekinridge bowed
profoundly in acknowledgement of
the cheera Several times the eriee
and cheers were renewed, and aaeh
time the hispes grew louder and more
omihona
While the convention was waiting
for the resolutions committee tore
port a thousand voices shouted for
Breckinridge. The galleries and del
egates joined in the call, many of the
latter jumping on their chairs. For
fully a minute Ibis roar came from
all quarters of the hail. U was no
ticeable, however, that many re*
mained silent while the demonstra
tion was going on and here and Hiere
went up a hiss. With one or two ex
ceptions, New York men sat aileevt
Mr. Breckinridge, in the first row of
tho delegates, did not move and no
sigo came from the stage. Chairman
CalTery spoke no word as he stood
so# If Is Ilia naval
liut the cheers wool on and at laat
Breckinridge arose and ateppad upon
the platform.
“My countrymen." ha began, “from
every section of the imperial repub
lic." Ha declared that the speeches
of the night before marked a crnelal
period of the republic's history. Ha
was first cheered when he paid a com
pliment to Charltou T. Lewis of Mew
Jersey.
Thereafter Breckinridge’s well
rounded periods provoked a spattering
or hand clapping. After the first
demonstration which had fallen upon
him, the faction of opposition disap
peared and the hearing given to him
was respectful and enthusiastic. Dem
onstration followed demonstration as
his oratory Bowed out over the con
vention.
When Breekinridge said that it was
charged that the convention was here
to elect McKinley, and added that free
silver Democrats had taken the job
out of their hands, the delegates and
galleries went wild. He pointed out
the effect in Maryland, West Virginia,
Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky and other
states of the attempt of the silver
Democrats to snpplsnt the teschlngs
of true Democracy. Those states had
already passed out of Democratie con
trol. The sliver Democrats had al
ready given over the country to Re
publican rale. “The platform adopted
at Chicago la not our platform," said
he, “the nominees are not ours”
Breckinridge referred to Mr. Bryan
as “the young man who waa seekiag
to enlighten the world.” The whole
of Mr. Bryans teachings, he said, waa
for those who had been unfortunate
in life to unite to destroy those whose
life had been prosperous Mr. Bryan,
he said, pointed out the booty and
then told his followers to use the bal
lots as the weapon to equalise that
which life made unequal.
The ▼srmoBt Eleetlea
St. Albans, Vt., Sept, t—Revised
returns of the election from the four
teen counties of the state give Grout,
Republican, 63.076, and Jackson,
Democrat, 13.083, a Republican pin
> rality of 88.0V3.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTRRnTINO CHAPTERS FOR
' OUR RURAL RKADERS.
<*w RmwiW IMmh Optnto Tbh
iNWitaw *1 tka ratal—A raw
Plata aa ta tka Cara at Un Btaak
aa4 Faaltrjr.
OHN GOULD, init
ial la Practical
Farmer, says:
“From all Quarters
comes the com
plalat that a new
disease Is making
Its appearaace
among the cows,
affecting their teats
and udders, and
ruining the milk
Bow of the cow. The trouble Is In the
nature of garget, hut commences In
an entirely different way. A small sore
like a blister, oomences at the very end
of the teat, and refuses to heal, closing
the channel, and to get the milk, It has
to be torn open each time. The dis
ease works Its way up lnslds the teat,
the Inflammation getting more marked,
and at last gaining admission to the
udder; the Inflammatory stages are
rapid, and all the troubles of a real
case of garget are present; with this
disadvantage, the flow of milk does
not return with the reduction of the
fever In the milk glands. All treat
ment seems to be of little avail, and
the cow Is ruined. While hot water
and like treatment is valuable. It la too
late to prevent the loss and treatment
must commence at the first appear
ance of the little blister. Take an ounce
of carbolic add crystals and warm
them to a liquid, and to this add an
ounce of glycerine. Mix this In ten
ounces of linseed oil; and then with
a small glass syringe Inject some of It
Into the end of the teat at least three
times a day, first washing and cleaning
the teat as well as can be done. The
disease seems to be another of germ
origin, and as the carbolic add Is death
to germs, the trouble Is arrested at the
start In some sections this disorder Is
very troublesome, and In our own
stable one of our best cows has lost
two quarters of her udder, despite our
efforts to cure her, not knowing at
the start the character of the trouble,
or the remedy. When a blister forms
at the end of a cow’s teat don’t delay,
but use the carbolic add at once.”
B. C. Bennett comments on the above
as follows: “The'dairy editor of Rural
Life has made the acquaintance of this
malady, but was not aware that It is
common In the country. Two or three
cows have each lost the use of a teat
and the poalblllty that more may be
come affected Is not pleasant. The
remedy Is therefore given for the bene
fit of all who are liable to have occa
sion to use It As to its efficiency we
know nothing personally, and do not
usually give full credit to the claims
made for cures by doctoring. It will be
noticed that delay is fatal, that the
remedy must be applied when the
blister first forms. We have no doubt
that If this Is done nearly all cases
would recover, and the reason for this
belief Is that we find that many cases
recover without treatment of any kind,
and the application would hardly pre
vent recovery, to say the least How
ever, It may be useful in these cases
which do not recover wlthdut treat
ment, and they are by no means as
uncommon, It seems, as could be wish
ed.”
Batter la Plaster ef Faria
There aeema to be no limit to the
ingenuity bestowed upon the devising
of mesne for accomplishing the trans
port of the perishable produce of dis
tant climes to the English market. A
new method, described In the Austral
asian, is that of packing butter in a
box made of six sheets of ordinary
glass, all edges being covered over with
gummed paper. The glass box Is en
veloped in a layer of plaster of parts,
a quarter of an Inch thick, and this
Is covered with specially prepared pa
per. The plaster being a bad conductor
of heat, the temperature inside the her
metically sealed receptacle remains
constant, being unaffected by external
changes. The cost of packing is about
Id per pound. Butter packed in the
way described at Melbourne has been
tent across the sea to South Africa and
when the case was opened at Kimber
ly, 700 miles from Cape Town, the but
ler was found to be as sound as when
it left the factory in Victoria. Cases
are now made to hold as much as 2
ewt of butter, and forty hands, mostly
boys and girls, are occupied in making
the glass receptacles and covering them
with plaster. The top, or lid, however,
is put on by a simple mechanical ar
rangement, and is removed by the pur
chaser equally easily. A saving of 25
per cent on freight and packing is
claimed in comparison with the east
of frosen butter carried In the usual
way.—Ex.
Will Keep Five Hundred Hens.
A reader at Marion, Ohio, intends to.
keep five hundred hens, and from his
letter below he has much to learn, and
we give the inquiries for* the purpose
of discussing them, says Poultry Keep
er. He says:
"We are going to put up one of the
new hen houses 250 feet long by 14 feet
wide, capacity of 500 laying hens, 20 to
the pen, 10 by 14 feet (Leghorns.)
Now do you think they will do as well
by letting these run all together or
shall I keep them separate? I will
leave runs 25 feet by 10 feet on each
side of the building, with a large win
dow to every pen to the south, ten feet
apart for plenty of light We want to
keep 1,000 hens for laying, which it at
tended to right and everything Is
looked after and kept clean, there
Is money in it Please give us ideas on
this, for we are sort of laying luck on
your paper tor our success."
. _ ' .VA
It would require a whole kook *o :
wmp!y with this request to “fire us
Ideas,” for there are hundreds of do*
tails to be considered—sickness, ltafc 4
etc.,—butlet uslook Into It some. Wo
do not advise an Inexperienced pereoa
to attempt to keep BOO hens, but to bo*:-'v'i$
tin with a few and gradually Increase.
Here ie a reader who'sake It 500 hens
ahould run together. Certainly not—
the amaller the flocks the better. Ha :I
•ays: "We want- to keep 1,000 hen% /:W.
which, if attended to right,” etc. 8top
right there. If attended to right—
well, that Is Just what we have been ;
trying to And out for over forty, years.
Every one means to do It right, thinks
It can be done right, and that It la an
easy matter. Bat what is "right?” We /ag
publish our paper every month, filled
with excellent artldee on how to do It
right, and we try to add our views, yst v
the “how to do It right” Is not known
yet Now, the reader at Marlon
knows that he has our sympathy, and
that we mean no offense In thus die
cussing hla letter, for we admire his
courage. He has the right breed, and
he writes like one determined. Wo
will say, however, that Leghorns will ;
not stand confinement well, and his
yards are too smalt They are active, 7
and delight to forage. They can be
kept in. flocks of about 40 or SO as the ,,
maximum, but must be kept at work.
The plan ot the house Is correct, bnt
there ahould be two yards, one on each
side of the house, so as to give each
flock a yard while green food Is grow- §;<
ing In another. They stay also have ' II
roup, brought by pigeons, .or lies may 7i:l
prevail, “varmint*’ kill them, rats get
under the floors, egg eating and
feather-pulling be faults, over-feeding
prevent laying, and other drawbacks.
Don’t put too much money in them the '
first year. Try It and learn with a
few. Experience Is worth more '
capital. It looks as easy to keep flva
hundred as a doien. but a doaen can
have more room and receive care which ’
could not be bestowed on five hundred.
Big DmI la Park.
The Canadian pork syndicate re.
(erred to In onr last iaane comprlaee
some of the wealthiest men in To
ronto, Ottawa and Montreal, who are ?
Intereated to the extent of $1,000,009 >
and are prepared to take delivery of
the pork. The bulk of the purchaaea i
were made at and In the vicinity of ^
$7.02% per barrel In Chicago. ▲ rich
Toronto lumber firm haa
110,000 barrel*, and other large pur>
nbaae* were made for account of To
ronto and Montreal firm*. Thia la the
largest pork syndicate since the daye
when the late Mr. Ross, of Quebec;
Messrs. Thomas Workman. Hugh Mo>
Kay, Louis Renaud and others, of ,
Montreal, ran a similar deal in Chi
cago over twenty years ago. The
latter syndicate bought the pork and
took delivery-of It, but the quality was 1
muoh Inferior to that purchased and
after delivery a considerable portion
of it was found to be sour and un
merchantable, so that when the deal
was finally cloaed it was dtaeovered —
that the Chicago men had the best of
It, and the Montreal syndicate lost
nearly $1,000,000. Thousands of
in Chicago pork have been put °
through since then, but none of *»»—w
approached in dimension that of the
present Canadian syndicate, who have
bought the pork at a low figure and '
are determined to carry out the deal
even to taking delivery of the goods.
As stated by us last week, the above
syndicate is rich enough to withstand
the onslaughts of Armour and the
other Chicago packers combined.'
Therefore the syndicate cannot be
shaken out even if prices decline from
this out. It appears that the late
heavy purchases by the syndicate have
created quite a flutter of excitement ~ f
among the packing Interests of the -
windy city, as they were made in dif
ferent lots so as not to excite sus
picion, but when it was discovered -
that in the neighborhood of 1,000,000
barrels had been bought by a rich
Canadian combine for future delivery
at prices that are considered all right,
and that the stock of contract pork in
Chicago at present is about 150,000 S
barrels, which, along with other
kinds, only amount to 226,000 barrels,
it looked as if for once the f-»nnnv«
had made a good deal and got in
well at figures that must show a profit
—Montreal Bulletin.
Tot nrouw BUUMMb
A great many people are now tom*
Ing their attention to the raialng of
brollera. The prices for this kind of ^ <
poultry product has in the psst been
fancy. At certain seasons of the year
the birds of one and one-half pound
weight have sold in Chicago for $5.00 a
dosen. The report thereof haa gone
abroad, and the natural consequenoe
has been that farmers and others hare
gone to figuring, and have found it an
easy matter to figure themselves rich
on broiler raising. But let us not lose ' ^
sight of the fact, that the chief reason
why broiler raising has been so profit
able is the fact that there has been so
few broilers to supply a large demand.
We caution our readers not to imiM
too high hopes on the future high prices
of broilers. The supply tendi'to in
crease. The time will come when the
difference between the prices for broil
ers and other kinds of poultry will be
small. We say these few words tor the
benefit of those who may be entering
on the business or those Intending to
enter it. Not that we wish to discour
age such undertakings, but that we de
sire the farmer to count the cost of his
venture and so avoid failure baaed on
wrong calculations.
If a farmer Is tp let go of ids stock
he should do It when the prices are
high.
Prices tor hogs are much lower than
last year.
i
Stock keeping keepe up the fertility;
of the tom.
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