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I yV 4 Nebraska Uotcs 1896 JULY. 1896 i. u. T. j w. t. r. i. ; Zjj j! 56 7 8 9 ID II 12 H JJL 16 8 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 i 23 29 30 31 ' The liu-tis Record will le put on the ma net after fpteiuber. , The United Brethren began a serieiof revival meetings at Shclton the first of tlie week. The A I it 1 Record spaces out its lines a la mole an. I looks like its dear old sell .igain. I Jo-eph Chileoa of Howells nMlketed three hogs the other Jay that averaged fOf pounds each Ti e rye crop is harvet:d in I'Utte coui.ty and t'-e estimated yield in thirty bushels to the acre. Ad. land w ill organize a law and or der league for thn puipo-e o( squelch ing he tramp nuisance. Cheyenne county w iil is-ue bonds to pay oft its floating indebtedness and bring warrants up to pnr. ' A widow living at Alma lost her fam ily w and tlie neighbors didn't do a thing hut make her a prevent of nn, The DorcheHter Star says that John sou creek, northwest of that town, con tained mo'e tr last week than it has since lit"!). Rev. V. W. Lew is has n sinned his position as past"r of the Mason City Baptist church and will leave soon for Onterville, S. I). A Kearney man put up at a cancan factory in (irand Itland found in the morning that he had been rohbed of 21 .50. It served him t ight. Tlie Hall county agricultural society Las decided to give an exhihiiion of the wonderful crop that will he har vested before the fair reason. Jowph Bosler of Carlisle, Pa., has faith in Nebraska. He lately placed .ri0,000 farm loanB in Nance county at straight 8 percent interest. Mosquitoes are t!i cker, bigger and more persistently annoying in this city this season, says the Columbus Times, than for the pant thirty yeais. 1 dog belonging to Ferdinand Haase, mho lives nouth of Norfolk, went mad the other day, biting the hired man, a blooded bull and several pigs. In the wheel race at North I'latte on the fourth, three riders collided and were badly injured One is liable to sport a stiff let; long an he lives. It cost Fred Peterson of liuffalo conn ty about $75 for tlie fun of getting drunk and breaking the siiiu bone of an officer who wag trying to run him in. - The little son, aged two years, of Mr. and Mrs. I'eter Johnson of Williams burg (wallowed a copper cut and died a few days after from gastric inflamma tion. Alexander Black of Plattsmouth was severely bitten in the hand by a dog apposed to Km mail. Mr. Black is greatly worried over the possible out come. A r-aunders county farm hand lately skipped out with a mule, cart and oth er txtures, but tieconiing frightened returned with everything intact but a eholgnu. The Meridian Stir, published at Co zad, pays more attention to religion than politics. In striving to make men better It is indirectly helping the repub lican party. While trying to break a fritky colt the other day Gilbert Hanison of Wayne was kicked out of his road cart and landed bottom end up, fracturing bis shoulder, Itev. J. H. Davis, Btate evangelist ap pointed by the Nebraska Baptist con vention, is expected to hold a series of tent meetings ir ft. Paul, beginning atioot July 14. A Seward girl sent the umial 2 cents to find out how to whiten the hands and she got the answei in a few days, "aoak them in dishwater." It tickled tier tired mother almost to death. A young man at Kearney lost a finger in a peculiar manner. He was oiling bis bicycle and raised the hind wheel off the ground and spun it around. His fingers caught in the chain and one of them was cut off and two others badly cut. Quite a curiosity has been caught out of Cut-Off lake, says the Cedar Bluffs Standard, in the shape of a ush. In general appearance it resembles a cat flab, having the same ugly mouth and antennae, or feelers, as the cat, but in addition is equipped with four perfectly formed legs, which in claws resem bling the human hand. A dorsal fin ex tends almost the entire length of the body and the back ia Cjvered with a dark brown mottled skin, ft is thought the specimen belongs to the same gene clogical class as the catfish. Farmer O. 8. Johnson of Plattford precinct, says the Papilllon Tirncs,brings the best corn story of the season. He planted an eleven-acre field on the 8th day of May, and on the 25th day of June the corn averaged a trifle over five feet io height having made a growth of one and one-fourth inches per day after it began oming through the ground. This it a remarkable showing, and more re inarkable still when we recall that corn planted on this same ground last sea son failed utterly- HULL AND DANIEL TO JlfcEI At Boob the Crash Will Comd With i Full Fore;. TILLMAN HOPES THEY WILL BOLT. Plijical forre to be fcipended It Will be Miet Kuiiurah-t. Chicaoo, July 7. Senator Hill's ex pregfed desire is to be gratified. Tin first fight between the silver and gold forces will occur op the subject of the temporary organz it ion of the conven tion when Chairman Harrity calls it to anler al noon today. According tc present pearances the prayer is about the only part of the preliminary pro ceedings which is likely to pass unchal lenged. In no previous national con vention has the recommendation of the duly cho-en national committee in re gard to a temporary presiding officer been antagonized by a minority report snd a demand for a vote, but tiie pres ent gathering is an exceptional one and is likely to break in upon ( r cedents .n more respects than one. By a vote of 27 to 23 the majority of the national committee yesteiday decided to recom mend senator David B. Hill as tempo rary chairman of the convention. 0. S. Thomas of Colorado gave notice that a minority report would be presented, recommending the selection of Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia and the convention would be a-ked to make a choice from the two . uuinatiotis. It is a curious fact that in the Iat democratic convention field in this same city during the memorable di-cusi-ion which resulted in tlie nomina tion of Grover Cleveland. Senator Daniel, with dauntless couiage, faced for over an liur a hostile, howling audience as the e,e"i.l champion oi Senator Hill, the man whom, by the irony of politics, lie is now antagonising. The method of proceedings today will probable be as follows: When Chairman Harrity calls the convention to order us the representa tive ol the national committee and recommends the selection of Senator Hill as ternary chairman a minority member of the national committee will offer a substitute naming Senator Daniel. Under all forms of parliamen tary law a substitute must first be voted on, ami the only open question In this cae seer s to lie whether or not Mr. Harrity will recogn:z one of hit silver associates for the purpose of of fering this substitute, th ! convention not having been organized and no roll of the delegates having been passed upon. The silver men claim that the chairman's act in recommending a temporary chairman for the approval of the convention is an admission that the convention is qual fled to act upon it. If this lie true in the one case, they assert that it must be so in the case of the substitute. Should Mr. Harrity re fuse to put the motion for the adoption of the substitute, some silver member of the national committee on the plat form will put the question himself and the first skirmish between the silver and gold factions will tie precipitated. TII.LM.4N HOI'KH KOK A BOLT. "I know very little about the parlia mentary status of this matter,' said Senator Tillman last night, "but I do claim to be posses-ed of a little com mon sense, I know that Senator Daniel will lie the tenipirary chtirman of this convention and will make the opening speech. If the gold men think that their 3'K) votes from the majority ot this convention just let them try it. The siler men are running this affair and they propose to run it after their own fashion. If ttie gold men don't like it, let them bolt. I hope they will." During the eaily hours of the day a conservative spirit seemed to pervade the more radical of the silver men, and the desire was expressed by many to avoid, if possible, a clash in the con vention. I lie conclusion ol the commit tee to recommend the selection of Sen ator Hill has caused a suildsin drop in this conversatism, and the feeling be tween the two faction ol the party now seems to tie more outer than De fore, is such a condition be possible. As to the possible choice of a presi dential candidate U represent the free coinage platform, the day s develop. Clients have brought no marked change in the situation. Mr. Bland's friends are doing most of the claiming and shouting, htfort to get the silver men to caucus on the nominations in ad vance of the meeting of the convention continue to meet with failure, some of the prominent silver leaders declaring their fears that the result ol such caucus would be to create dissensions in their efforts to disorganize them. The California delegation appears to tie determined to present to the con vention the name of Senator White of that state, despite the protests of the senator that he is not a candidate and does not desire his name to be consid ered. At a meeting of the delegation yesterday afternoon the matter was dis cussed, several delegates stating that . thev believed the time would come In the contest when the convention would turn tt Sanatur WhitA Bl ttlA Ofllv malt upon whom the contending delegations could unite, ror this reason tney pro. posed to keep him as their candidate i Senator White, who was present, en tered an emphatic protest, and if hit wishes are iespecl3d, the delegates will look elsewhere for their candidate. Big llt Knee, Lovdoh, July 7. The weather at thi hour in London is calm and slightly loudy, promising a hot close day for the great boat race. In their issue tomorrow Sporting Newt and the Sportman will both predict that the Ieander crew will defeat Yale eight in the first trial heat for the grand chal lenge cup, and that I)r. McDowell will defeat T. A. Gnlnness In hia heat with the latter for the diamond scolli. Th cessation of the wind favon Laander. fin . Chicago, 111., July 8. One day of the convention is over. It has developed the predicted ttrennth of the free coin age men, has evidenced ti.eir complrte organization and Bhown that they are not only physically able, but inflexibly determined to carry out their program. While the vote rejecting Senator Hill and seating Seuator Daniel fell a num ber of votes short of the two-thirds ma jority claimed, that number a ill I e more than make up by the change in the delegation caused by the action of the committee on credentials la-t night and by the transfer of a number of votes thrown out on account of pledges or cen timent to.lay to Senator Hill's candi dacy. Of tlie fesi-ion j ester lay it can lie said that while there wag much excitement and a considerable amount of uproar ous freo coinage faraHcisiu manifested, the pr-jceedinga were not as disorderly as had been anticipated, and the pro gram was carried out with lest friction than had been 1-wiked for in some quar ters Men like Attorney Shoemaker of bin .i!i hi.i1 i dham of Nebraska, w ho yesterday ait. moon were threatening tot mw Harrity and the found money port on 01 the national committee into Lake M. chimin, had no opportunity to carry tit t. eir deadly designs, ine convention even passed a voe of thanks to Mr. Hairitv for his fairness and im partiality and adjourned, having com pleted its temporary organization amid a fair amount of good feeling among the free coinage men who were hippy over finding their j ib eaBier than they had anticipated. Not Interested. I.khason, Mo., July 8 Mr. Bland came to town vesterdav afternoon. He heard of the preliminary balloting and selection of ihe chairman, etc., unmoved and was the most unconcerned man la lycbanon. There was no enthusiasm displayed here, not over twenty friends of Bland being present at the free silver club's headquarters, most of whom were newspaper men. When the mes sage came that the convention had ad journed until tomorrow, Mr. Bland said : "Well, good night, boys. I'll come in before noon tomorrow, sure." Then he went down the street to the postoffice and got in line with about fifty others, farmers, hired men and bousewives.and waited for the distribution of the mails. After getting his mail he crossed oyer to the hardware store and bought a new plowshare and a pump chain, and get ting back into his surrey rith General Mitchell set off for home. Good W-Ik for Crops, Chicago,, July 8 The week ending July (i, like that inmediately preceding, was, upon the whole, exceptionally fa vorable for crops. Winter wheat har vest is about completed, except in the. more northerly states, where it contin ues. Heavy rains in Kentucky and Tennessee have cau";d some damage to the shocked wheat Some threshing has been done in West Virginia, Ohio, In c'iann and Illinois. Minnesota and North Dakota spring wheat made favorable progress during the week and in Iowa it is beginning to ripen. Report gener ally indicate that corn has made fine progress and the outlook for an excep tionally fine crop in the principal corn states is most promising. The condi tion of cotton has improved, especially over the eastern portion of the cotton belt, and the complaints of injury by lice continue to diminish. The outlook for tobacco continues flattering; the weather conditions of the week proving very favorable for the ciop. Drouth continues in Colorado, over the greater part of Texas and northern lxiuisiana and is felt in western Tennes see and in a limited area in Minnesota. Kain is also badly needed in Oregon and Washington. Light frosts occurred in New York end in Nevada and Utah, causiug no serious damage. No I'm for Tll.pT. Toronto, Ont., July 8. The Globe, the chief organ of the incoming liberal government, in a leading editorial sayat "There are ominous rumors afloat as to a plot at Ottawa to defeat tne will of the people and to maintain Sir Charles Tupper in the seat of authority and in control of the government. There is grave uneasiness among the liberals; among the friends of constitutional gov ernment there is a suspicion ot distrust and anxiety, but we doubt if there ia serious ground for alarm. We do not care very much whether Sir Charles Tupper resigns or meets parliament, except ttiat the public convenience would be served by his prompt resigna tion. The liberals for nearly a score of years have been fighting against tre mendous odds and have taken beating after beating like men. They made no plea for mercy. They did no whining. Sir Charles Tupper can determine the spirit and temper in which the liberal party shall approach their new tasks and responsibility s." Will ! Ilrelarrd Off PiTTSBtno, Pa., July 8.-r-The fight scheduled between Peter Maher and Joe Choynskl before the National sporting club of San Francisco August 8 may be declared off. Moving (or it Holt. Chicaoo, July 8. After a session last night of nearly three hours the gold men who are here under the leadership of Mr, Whitney adopted the following resolution : "That a committee of one or more lie appointed from each state to confer with the people and report the temper concerning the formation o( an organization of the sound money and old democracy and how far such organization should 'go in independent action In the election next fall." IHt LMEST FKOM CHICAGO Michigan Sound Money Ken Ousted Without Mercy. BRYAN DELEGATION ALSO SEATED Coftveiifioa Work- but hluwj U ill hec-rd to th Keho. Htctoo. July 9. After passing through a listless morning session, the democratic natu nal convention wit nessed two scenes last night which eom Jiensated those whose pent up feelings had been g'ven no vent in the earlier part of the day. Men and women joined in the demonstration for each of the contending factions of the democ racy. They shouted and cheered, sang and etatiiied, and fairly turned the great convention hall into a pande monium. It was during the roll call of states on a motion to adopt the minority re port f the committee on credentials that both demonstrations occurred. The majori'y of the committee had submit ted a reirt unseating members of the Michigan gold delegut on and provid ing that silver contestants should take tt eir places. Chairn an Daniel had put Ihe question on the adoption of the mi nority report and the voting hy states was proceeding with comparative quiet and some jireciseiess. When New York was reached Chairman Hinck ley's large frame loomed up under the little bannerette that indicated the lo cality of the empire state democracy. '1 his was only for a brief second. Then Mr. Hinckley's voice rang out : "New York casts her seventy-two votes aye." A great cheer went up from all parts of the hall. The delegates on the floor led the applause, some of them rising to their feet to give better space for the display of gymnastics which their enthusiasm forced upon them. A man among the spectators arose and waved his hat and in an instant the audience was up, seemingly en masse and peo ple were cheering like madmen. Things began to quiet down af'er a few min uies, but the playing of the band broke in as ttiough it were intended as a eig nal to renew the applause. Up again came the eastern delegates and up cime the spectators. In the midst of the New York seats a bearded man jumped on a chair and waved bis bat. He shouted something to his fellow delegates and nearly every man among the New Y'orkers leaped to his feet, many standing on their chairs and shouting like men gone wild in deliri ous joy. stop and bkoin aoain. In that mysterious and indefinable manner which all those who have seen a great demonstration of this sort can appreciate, the cheering suddenly de creased in volume and seemed to be dying away. But Hugh Grant knew his subjects, and through his lips came the name of David B. Hill, Bhouted with all the lung power at his com mand. Hill, Hill, David B. Hill," be came the cry of the thousands who had a moment before show n signs of abat ing enthusiasm. Up again came dele gates and audience and every man and woman shouted the name of the New York leader. So great became the volume of sound and so widespread the confusion that Grant Hinckley and the man who was the object of it Divid B. Hill who had sat quietly and calmly in his chair while the tumult raged, finally ap pealed by voice and gesture for quiet and order. But thev miiht as well have ' argued or attempted to subdue so many ' Commanche Indians, and though ttiings ' became quieter for an instant, when I Chairman Daniel endeavored to make a statement, trie multitude seemed only 'to gain greatei vehemence by heir I brief pause and yelled and wavel with such heartiness that the demonstration ! went beyond its for nut bounds. Governor Al'ge!d arose to speak, but ' be was shouted down and hisses com ' mingled with the shouting, Grant and the New York leaders renewed their I efforts to stay the tumult and finally order was restored. I The second demonstration was a re petition ol the first and was intended as the counter charge of the silver men. They fonnd their cue in the announce ment of the vote which showed that the minority of gold report of the cre dentials committee had been rejected, ami agiin pandemonium reigned. A 'Bland banner and Bland band kept the enthusiasm from Hugging and coats were taken off and waved widly, news papers and hats were thrown into the , "ir and a scene of Ihe wildest confusion followed the playing of "Dixie." j Beyond these secies there w as little of interest that occ irred in the conven tion hall. The morning session passed in a weary wait for the committee on ' credentials to report and an adjourn ment was taken until 5 o'clock. At the eveninir session nothing was I accomplished except the adoption of the report ol trie commune scunn hid delegates from Nebraska and Michigan and giving the silver men greater con trol At u :SH it was decided not to at- ' tempt the adoption of the platform last ! night and an adjournment was taken intil this morning at luo eiocit. At L'atilou. j Camon, O., July H.--Major McKin 1 ley shook hands w ith and talked to a 'great many callers yesterday 1 ,Tbey were not men of wide reputation as a 1 rule, but were for the most part intelli alert, active commercial travellers. Preparations are being made for the I visit of a large number of ladles on the ' lAtn of July. Among the callers yester- Jay was Capt Charles Roberts of the fnlted States army. Captain Roberts ' served on Ctook's staff with Majol Mo Kinley. X Umj ia llaa Com vootloa Chicaou, July 10 Yeaterday was a day of dajs in the tut tory of national political conveations. From early morning until late at night, with the exception of three lours in the session, the gigantic Colliseum, the largest hall in the world, w as crowded to the doors with interested and enthusiastic specta tors. But great in number as bad been the masses who attended the morning and afternoon siting, they were as nothing in comparison to '.he tremen dour, record-bieaking audience that thronged the stupendous auditorium at the evening assembly. Such a gather ing had never before been seen at a national convention. Floor and gal leries formed one great mass of solid htunanity. Where the narrow ribbons of aisles had marked the various di visions of the huge interior, there were gathered hundreds, perhaps thousands, of those who could not find other ac commodations. Every chair was Clled and some idea of the meaning of this may lie gained by the knowledge that the Colliseum has a seating capacity of 16,000. And in addition to the myriads who choked and crowded every avail able space, many more, estimated at 5,0o0 in nuiulier, were gathered about the entrance during the greater part of the evening, tickets in hand, fruitlessly clamoring for admission. MANY WILD Ol Tlll'RSTS. Like Wednesday yesterday w as a duv for remarkable demonstrations of en thusiasm, but the pinnacle of emotional expression was reached in a scene won derful in its presentation, remarkable in its spontaneity, and unprecedented, probably, in any similar gathering of a political party. There had been an out burst of enthusiasm stirring to behold when David B. Hill finished a great rhetorical effort in antagonism to tlie platfoim presented by the committee on resolutions ; the vast assemblage had listened to a sensational speech by Senator Tillman, replete in impassioned expression and in incrimination of President Cleveland, and had showed approval and disapproval by cheers and hisses. But when William J. Bryan, of Ne braska, handsome, vigorous and mag netic and not unlike McKinley in voice Y'tleition and facial expression, con cluded the effort of his life in rupport of the free coinage platform, there oc curred one of those scenes which send the blood coursing fast through the veins of even the most passive specta tor, and remain fixd in the memory for a lifetime. Like the premonitory rumbling that gives warning of the ap proach of ten thousand cattle stampeded delegates and spectators began the ova tions to the young Nebraskan. And then the volume of sound grew and grew until it could grow no more and enthusiasm went mad as Bryan, in hi passage down the aisle toward the Ne braska seats, was caught in the whirl wind of frenzied enthusiasm and lifted high on the shoulders of delegates. From floor to gallery the waves of ap plause swept and back again from gal lery to floor, and when the shouting, yelling, cheering masses fell back ex hausted, William J. Bryan had been cast into the arena of presidential hope as a full-Hedged candidate for his party's nomination. TILL MAN PARTLY BALKED. An attempt on the part of Senator Tillman to have the convention con demn President Cleveland and his ad ministrative policy had been frustrated by many protests from Senator Jor.es and Bryan, who, though admittedly anti-administration in their views, de cried any abuse of the man who had been twice the choice of their party. Senator Tillman, admonished by the cheering w hich gave commendation to the remarks of Jones and Bryan, with drew his resolution. At night the candidates for the nomi nation were named by noted orators and the usual demonstrations followed. Bland was cheered to the echo, and a scene of the wildest enthusiasm ensued when Senator Vest mentioned his name at the end of the nominating speech. Bryan, suddenly injected inro the list of probabilities by his speech of the after noon, was put before the convention in the maiden effort of Delegate H. T. Lewis of Georgia, who established a reputation for natural oratory in the few brief moments he took for the pur pose, and eq'ial to the demonstration for Bland was that which followed the Georgia delegate's address. A girl in white, frantic in her enthu siasm for Horace Boies, leaped to a chair in the gallery and waved a Boies banner with frenzied vehemence, and nearly every man in the vaBt hall, whether from gallantry or actual sym pathy, rose and cheered with a r.ght good will. And when the pretty young woman, swaying, jumping, clapping ber hands and giving vent to her emo tion in divers other ways, marched through delegates and spectators with the Boies standard borne above her head, the audience caught the full spirit of her enthusiasm and shouted approval with might and main. Until late in the night these stirring scenes continued and the thousands gathered under the vast expanse of iron canopy never seemed to tire of using their lungs. Smith Dakota Republicans, Abbhdkkn, S.D.,July 10. The repub lican state convention adjurned at 6 o'clock yesterday morning after a con tinuous session of eleven hours. R. 8 Gamble and Cos L, Crawford were nomi nated for congress. The following state officers were nominated by acclamation: Governor, A. U. Ringsrud; lieutenant governor, D. T. llindman; secretary of state, W, 11. liudiiie; treasurer, ft., u. Phillips: auditor, H. L. Mayhew at torney-general, S. W.Jones; land com. misflioner, John lockhall. BRYAN BOOM A WINNER Set the Presidential Homisitiou With cat a Struggle. THE STAMPEDE CAME EARLY Fifth Fallot Did II liiadual balu From the b'art Ciih ago. Ju,y ll. William J. BryaL. of Nebraska was selected yetterday as :he e'andard bearer of the democratic parti in the campa gn for the presi iency of the United btates. Yesterday w ben the handsome young Nebraskan mounted the rostrum in the convention hall to close the debate on the party platform he was considered the merest possibility in the race for the honor to tie conferrei. Half an hour later, when be tOLciuded his great rhetorical effort, he bad become a M-emir.g probability. With the hours of the night his chances grew and w hen the convention resumed tnicine6s this morning lie had lxen es tablished as Richard P. Bland's most formidable competitor. As ihe balloting progressed his popu larity among the delegates became more ani more apparent and bis strength in votes1 went by leapB and booiids until the culminat'on came in the capture of Illinois and Ohio and the withdrawal of Bland, with the con- equent transfer of Missouri to the Bryan column. There were no glaring transparencies, no life-sized lithographs, no special bands of music to attract to tlie elo quent young lawyer and newspaper man. 1 he modest oanner 01 the vvii- tiam J. Bryan club, a Nebraska organi sation, was the only conspicuous em blem of the Bryan cause. During the night a standard had been irepared bearing the concluding words af Bryan's speech of yesterday: "No crown of thorns, no cross of gold," and this alone was the most suggestive outward indication that the Nebraskan was in the race to stay. But it needed no artificial aieans such as thaae to keep the name of Bryan to the fore. His striking presence, his earnest bear ing, his wonderful melodiousness of voice exhibited in his speech had not faded from the minds of delegates and spectators and every mention of hia name brought forth hearty cheers that told the story of the firm hold he had upon those who could make or unmake him in his presidential aspirations and upon thousands of onlookers. i ' BATTLE OF BALLOTS. The battle of the ballots was fought, with a doggedness that showed a firm determination on the part of those pledged to particular candidates to be consistent in the desire of their hearts, but little by little the standard of B-yan was pressed nearer and ne arer to the point of vantage. At first he gained loA'iy, then a great leap would be made as some delegation of formidable num ber.) would throw in its lots with his co horts. The fifth ballot was reached and the result was still uncertain, but at its end Bryan was all but within the goal. Delegates and audience became excited when it became apparent that the NebraBkan had gathered many re cruits from the Bland forces, and cheer after cheor went up from floor and gallery. A rumor went around the vast hall that Illinois, consistent as Missouri in adherence to the lifelong champion of free coinage of silver, was wavering, and when Governor Altgeld and his associates withdrew for, consultation the excitement grew to fever heat. Oh mge followed change in the ballots last by the various states and all went to the man from Nebraska's capital city and when Illinois, Ohio and fisjilly Missouii threw their strength to hie support the case had been won and WTililam J. Bryan stood forth in tri umph as the leader of his party. Exhausted by cheering the name of the Nebraskan, the vast congregation in the convention was slow to avail itself of the opportunity for displaying the lull extent of its vigor, but it grad ually rose to the demands of the occa sion and turned loose a volume of soundest made the iron roof tremble in unison. Every man and woman in the hall who was standing as the Bry an supporters on the floor, grasped the guidons indicating the positions of the various states and marched in triumph through the aisles bounding the square spaces reserved for delegates, and as the guidons of other state9 joined the procession the cheering became madly intense. Bland banners, Boies banners and emblems of other candidates fell into line and the culminating point in the enthusiasm was reached when the Bland band, headed by the numerous transparencies bearing the Missourian's name took step with the rest and bent their endeavors to Dixie's quickstep. When it was all over people fell back in their chairs weak and exhausted and listened quietly to the formalities which concluded the session. Last night a session was held for the purpose of selecting the candidate for vice-president, but without proceeding to a ballot an adjournment was forced until this morning at 10 o'clock, when efforts will be made to complete the business of the convention. Coolnaa ol a French Craw. A gun cartridge exploded in the cen tral powder magazine of the French, ironclad Admiral Duperre at Toulon re cently, blowing out the msgatine doot ' to a distance of 30 feet. The magailne was closely packed with three tons oj explosive shells, but no further barm was done. The ciew of the vessel stood to quarters and pumped water into the, magaxine while Admiral de Cuvervllle went in to 'find what had happened, ! expecting to be blown up. 1 - .( n