LAND IN IN' it ASYLUMS.
Maar Iwveatore Ovartea Their Hraina
4 Bccoeae Crazy.
"A lunatic asylum ta atxiut the laat
place anyone would search In for In
jcoluiiM ami valuable lnveutlous, iau't
It 7" id the resident physician of one
of the largest of these institution. "We
Imvc a mtieiit lu 1 hid aj lum uow wlio
believes he la abut up in the Old Fleet
prison for the national debt. In the
hooe of raising the money to jiay tbl.4
trifle off. and obtain release, he ban for
the laat two yearn devoted hi poor
brains to Inventing thing!!. Strange
to any, among a Inatt of utterly atnturd
ideas, he ui'timlly has produced two
which are really practicable. His
friend aul I have supplied him with
ui-h harnileita material a he require,
and he has Just finished a dimple auto
matic coutrtvance for the head of a
Imwu tennis ructu"t to pick up the lulls
and alHilUh atooplug. It acta perfectly,
nud I'm mo convinced there's money in
It that I've advised Ills frienda to secure
a I tent for him In case he lavottic
cured. IIin other invention la of a uif
ferent kind, lading n really efficacious
prvt entlve of aiislcknia.
"H'h very aiui)le. Two of its compo
nents are In every kitchen and the reat
In every chemiat'a aliop. I have auc.
reaafully tested It myself recently on
two ocinaloua when crossing 'lie chan
nel lu very atorniy weather.
"As an Inataiice of the clcierneas of
lunatic.. It may Interest yon :o know
that a very valuable Improvement con
nected witli mnclilnery .tml no.v in
dully uae everywliere waa invented by
tlx- Inmate of an aaylum well known
to every one by name. Aa he la now
finite cured and is a aomewimt pronil
iient nian I won't mention any detalN,
but hi Invention, designed and mod
eled as a diversion while nlisolutcly In
sane, lias since brought him In tliou
mhihIm of iMiunda.
"A himitlc in an asylum where I waa
once aaaiataut physician Invented a
Hying machine and had a unique meth
od of auapemllng it In midair. The
Dttnosphere'e pressure ta-lng fifteen
jsiiiuds to the aipiarc Inch.' he said, I
have simply to exhaust all the air from
above my ship by an enormous air pump
fixed over the whole deck. aJid the air
preHsurc underneath will hold the ship
up. I told him he'd need another air
pump on top of the first one to exhaust
the air that would be pressing that
pump down, and another alwive that,
and so on ad lib., but he declared lie
once made a model which had worki-d
splendidly, lie said 'It flew atamt the
r n like n bird. Unfortunately, tho
window happened to be open at the
top. ami it flew out. And so I liwtt It,' he
lamented.
'The chaplain of an asylum lu the
NonJi once told me of a madman there
who had a plan for laying a cable
round the world In two ibiys. Ilia idea
wa to send up a powerful balloon to
the highest amalb)e altitude with a
cable attached. By the revolution of
Hid earth on It h axis the cable, he de
clared, would be laid completely round
the earth In twenty-four hours!" An
Kwcrs. Intractable
If It be true that the child la father
to the man, Biamarck allowed at a very
-orly age one of the niowt salient traits
of his manhood the faculty of dodging
his enemies and setting their most chpj
fully laid plana at naught. At the age
of 7 be was sent to a large school In
Berlin, wtiere he was greeted with the
usual rough attention from the other
pupils. To this treatment Biamarck
wan tia spirited to submit, and ao In
curred the resentment of the other
boy.
A formal conaplracy was hatched to
the jirejudlce of the Intractable young
ster wlio refuaed to be dealt with as
oilier newcomer had been. The plan
hit upon by the conspirators was the
following:
In the summer-time the Ixiys were
taken by one of the tutors to bathe In
the sheep wash. The greatest pluck
hail to 1m- shown on these tacaslons, and
whoever shrank from plunging head
titvl into the water, or showed the
slightest signs of cownrdlce or he.slta
4 Ion, luid to suffer severely for It.
The tutor would take the unwilling
ls)v by the Hhonldcra, push him toward
the dceta-Hl jxirtof the water and throw
11 in in hiiidlong; and when he strug
gled out, the other lsiya were permitted
to it-peat the punlalimelit until the
novice' n-pugmirice waa quite v-ured.
Otto von Blamarck'H enemies Htood
ready on the edge of the pool.
Tin- new laiy, however, plugged head
long into the water, dived and came
up on the iposlto bunk! A unanimous
"llumih!" broke from the lips of his
surprised comrades.
National Insurance In Germany.
The compulsory contributions of the
ticrman working people to the national
Insurance funds have grown In a few
years to enormous sums. The last re
ports show ttiat the fund for Inaumnce
against accident whs M..K)0,KK) marks
at tlie end of 1HP4; that for Insuniuce
ogtiiust illness, 1 l.'l.olO.oon, and that for
Insurance, against Invalidism and old
age, ,'n;i.."70,tHM marks. The sum total
of fiol.twoMio murks, or more than
12Ti,(Hhi,(HS), Is so great that the Gcr
iiiiiii government Is embarrassed to find
aa.tlafactory Investment for It. The last
suggestion Is that as much of the
money as cannot be lent on real ealate
ahull la? used to build model houses for
worklngmen, which shall be let nt low
rentals to Industrial workers.
8he Had Him.
-yyift fieorge, didn't you say you
wiro tho heaviest batter In the nine
last summer?
(Jeorge Yes, dear.
Wife Well, would you mind beating
a carpet for nio about half an hour?
Texas Hlftlngt.
I Ho mauy men are wearing uniform"
now that the surest way to attract at
tention if out to wear one.
CIVILIZATION HAS PERILS.
Old pioneer Prefer to Take Hla
Chance on the Plaina.
"So you were a pioneer iu the early
day of the West T
"I was." anawered the graybeard.
"And you lived out among the hostile
ludicus?"
"Yes."
"Lived with a rifle lu your hands and
In hourly exiM-ctatlou of la-lug the
mark for a hidden enemy's bullet?"
"It waa something like that."
"Io you kuow, I often think that a
life like that must be terrible. I should
think the mere strain on the nervex
would kill a man lu a short time hold
ing your life lu your hand all the time
always conscious that a moment's
relaxation of vigilance may menu
death."
"Oh, I don't know," replied the gray-la-ard.
"When I came back from the
West I waa i!0 years old and did no
have a gray hair. I got off the railroad
train aud started to walk acns the
street. Half way over I heard the
dingedest clnugtng and yelling right
on my heels I ever heard, and aome
laidy gave me a push that aeut uie clear
to the curb. Then when I looked round
I saw I'd come within an ace of lelng
run over by a trolley. .Never had so
narrow an escape trom Indiana.
"I went into a saloou close by to get
a drink and settle my nervm. While
I was stiindlng at the Uir a couple of
fellowa got Into a scrap and one of them
threw a heavy bi-er mug. I Milu't hit the
other fellow, but came within a six
teenth of an inch of my right temple.
"I started to walk up town, and the
Hist crossing I came to a policeman
grabbed me by ttie aliouliler and Jerked
hie acrontj so quirk that it made my
head swim. I looked to see what was
ttte matter, for there were no car tracks
on that street, and 1 saw that I had
Just ewiiiped la-lug run down by a liack
nian who was hurrying to catch u train.
"Up street a little farther somebody
yelled 'hak out!' at me, and when 1
jumped a big Icicle fell off a naif and
struck Just where I had been st.inding.
"I got to my hotel and was heading
for the disr when soinelspily grabis?d
ine and asked me If 1 wanted to be
killed. They were hoisting a safe Into
a second story window over where I'd
been trying to go and I hadn't more
thau got out of the way la-fore a rope
broke aud it dropped.
"I went to bed and alsiut midnight I
waa called up by a la-Il ringing over my
head and found the place on tire. I had
to Bllde down a rope to esnipe. Being
a sound sleeper they had hard work
to wake me and I hail lairely touched
the ground when the roof fell In.
"When I look-d In the glasa next day
I saw the first streaks of gray that
had ever showed themselves in my
hair. Oh,' there's dangers lu clvllizi-d
life as well aa out on the plaina!" Buf
falo Kxpresa.
"The American Dollar Dog."
The Han Francisco Call prints an
extended obituary notice of Tony, a d'g,
who died at Cheyenne, Wyo., recently
aged 8 years. He was locally famous.
It appears, and not without reaaou, If
all that is said of him ia true. He, if
any one, deserved to la; called a sllver
Ite and a monometalllst. He la-lleved
lu but oue kind of money, unlike moHl
of ua, who are glad to get any money
that will paas. Here follows the Call's
blographUiil sketch:
Wheu Tony was a year old Ik- was
found to have an unaccountable ciav
lng for American silver dollars. He
would refuse to touch any other kind of
coin, and as his peculiar taate waa fil
tered by his owner, Ceorge W. Brown,
he sixiu la-came an expert In discrim
inating between a giaal dollar and a
counterfeit.
Tony would refuse to pick up a coun
terfeit dollar, a Mexican dollar, a tive
fnilic piece or a twenty-dollar gold-ph-ce,
but would catch a good Ameri
can dollar in his mouth tatfore It could
niich the ground whenever one was
thrown to him.
He la-came the talk of the town, and
waa always shown to visitors as one of
the attractions of the city. Hundreds
of visitors were Incredulous of the
stories told of Tony, but went away
convinced after trying him with good
and bad coins.
T1m dig's wonderful faculty was ful
ly testtsl wheu he was alsiut 2 yearn
old, when he wan taken to Denver, and
in the presence of a number of bank
officials and other coin experts tested
with coins by the United States Treas
ury Department. Scores of counter
felt, some of them excellent enough
to deceive the ordinary bank cashier,
were thrown to him, but he refused
to pick them up, while he would Jump
for Joy and eagerly snntch up every
good dollar.
Upon one occasion a dollar of doubt
ful appearance was given to Tony's
owner. Thinking It waa counterfeit,
Mr. Jtrowu threw it to Tony, who with
out hesitation picket! It up. Mr. Brown
accepted the coin as gianl, and included
It with his next ilt-poalt at the bank.
The bank cashier threw It out and de-chirt-Ult
counterfeit. Mr. Brown then
sent the coin to the Treasury Depart
ment, where It was found to be genuine.
Tin- wonderful faculty of the animal
liil his owner to uilll.e him for money
iniiklng purposes, and for almost a year
Tony waa a dime-musciim star In Den
ver, Salt Iake City, Butte and other
Western clUe, always attnu'tlng atten
tion and never falling to discriminate
between good and bad coin.
The constant work of picking up
colna wore out his front teeth, and he
bad to retire from the stage. But though
hlfl leeth were almost gone, Tony's love
for silver dollars did not diminish, and
even In his latent sickness he could only
be kept quiet by allowing him to play
with an American sliver dollar. His
dentil wan caused by dropsy and a cold
contracter on a recent trip to Denver
ami Halt Lake City.
Aa people grow old, their Ideal wouian
becomes oue who It good uune.
LooiBMLLt, Ky., Julv 22. Tea Mrw
were lott and great havoc wrought to
property by a cloud bunt Mouday night
and early yesterday morning, which
seema to have vented iti fury upon Ben
on creek, in Franklin county, where
two bouaea were washed away and
every one of their occupanta diowned.
The dead are :
JMk.4 Ebadlkt and two thildrea,
bodies recovered.
Mae. Gkokoi Bbyant and two chil
dren, bodiee recovered.
Ukknow han, body recovered.
Mb.. Jamkh Bkadi.kv ami two chil
dren, bodies not recovered.
While the rainfall within an area of
100 miies ranged from 2.5 to 7.16 inches,
no further lues of life is reported,
though bridges are down and communi
cation from the county seat to the out
lying portions U cut off.
Mrs. Bryant kept a to.l gate near the
bridge. The li tie toll house was right
on Benaon creek, just across from
James Bradley s, and not far from her
fathers', -quire Mo ire. The Conway
mil'., just above, was the first to go.
Its timber must have swept away the
Bryant and Bradley houses. Tlim-e
houses themselves must have hit the
railroad bridge two miles below, as do
mill timbers are seen below. The
bridge was swept away with terrible
force. Everything about it, iron and
til except the main abutment, is gone.
In ten minutes after the cloudburst
Benson c i ek, which empties into the
Kentucky river immediately below
town, was a mail, swollen river, cover
ing the valley on either bank and
sweeping eveiything before it. All
trains are lai i up until repairs can be
made, Passengers are being transferred
around the b:eak in wagons.
The biggest property damage was
probably at fence's saw mills. The
supply of logs were tied up in the
great rafts on ttie river just below
where Benson creek emptied. Every
log, representing mote than 25,000 feet
of lumber, were swept away. The iron
rails for fifty feet back of the abutment
of the Ixiuisville & NHsliville bridge
vere twiated in two and dragged down
stream with the bridge.
Dispatches from all parts on the east
central portion of ttie state report great
loss. Bridges on the Louisville & Nash
ville railroad eaBt of here were washed
out and traffic is at a standstill. Farm
ers in th'B section suffered heavy loss,
entire fields of wheat and corn being
swept away. The loss to lumbermen
along the Kentucky river will be enor
mous, several mills and thousands of
logs having been swept away.
At Shelbyville Clear creek overflowed
the lower portion of the town and put
out the fires in the gas works. At Har
dinsburg the waler stood five feet deep
in the Baptist aud Methodist churches.
At Louisville over five inches of rain
has fall 'n during the past twenty-four
hours, Rootling cellars and railroad
tracks and breaking huge sewers. The
Louisville & Nashville is the greatest
sufferer, the tracks whii.h connect the
Cincinnati with the main line division
being under water. The C. A O. is
using the Louisville Southern tracks
between Louisville and Lexington
Compromise Huggeatetl,
St, Locis, July 22. E. J. Jeffries, one
of the Michigan delegates to the con
vention, has prepared a compromise
proposition which he believes will be
acceptable to both factious of the party.
It proposes that in the states, west of
the Mississippi river, where the popu
lists greatly outnumber the democrats,
only p ipulitt electors eliall be voted for.
In Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin and other doubtful stales of
the middle west democratic electors
alone shall receive the combined vote
of the two prrties, inasmuch as the
democrats are stronger tbere ;han the
populists. In the south both parties
may contend for the supremacy without
any attempt at a combination. If,
wl.en the votes are counted the com
bined ticket has a majority, then the
party casting the largest vole in the
combination shall take the presidency.
This plan provides that the popu ists
shall nominate their own ticket, which
will not include the names of either
Bryan or Sewall.
Borne of the Bryan men were not so
confident yesterday morning of their
ability to control the convention. One
of these gentlemen is ex-Cot.g'eHsman
Jerry Simpson of Kansas, who says
that the outlook for Bryan was not so
encouraging as it was Monday and that
he was disposed to hedge a little on his
prediction that Bryan would be an
easy winner.
Reaerve Growing.
Wasiiinoton, Julp 22 The gold re
serve stood last night at f UKSOU .385.
The day's withdrawals were $104 1 00.
There was no information for publica
tion at the treasury for the contem
plated action of New York banks In
coming to tho relief of the treasury.
Assistant Secretary Curtis said he had
"no official information" to give out.
The treasury has about $8,000,(X)0 in
United States notes and about $:18,000,
0U0 in Sherman notes and it ran readily
exchange $20,000,000 of these for gold.
Whlppeil Ilebell.
London, July, 22. Gen. Hir Frederick
Carrington, commander of the forces
operating against the rebellious Mata
belee In Rhodesia, telegraphs that he
yesterday morning attacked the Mata
bele stronghold in the Matopo hills,
south of Buluwayo. The fighting con
tinued until 2 o'clock In the afternoon,
when the position of the natives was
carried and the kraals occupied by
lham were burned. Elahtv ol the
! MaUbelea were killed. The British
Jost three killed anj fvej wounded.
THE BATTLE IS OPENED
Texas and Kansas to Attend the Gold
Bug Meeting.
LITERATURE TO BE SENT DUT.
Some Nrw A ppoliiiee and Ochar Minor
Preparation.
Chicago. July 23. The first meeting
of the republican campaign finance
committee was held yesterday after
noon in the Great Noitherc hotel.
About sixty of the 103 members attend
ed, some of the absentees being out of
the city. Temporary organization waa
effected by the election of Samuel B.
Raymond as chairman, Fred M. Blount,
cashier of the Chicago National bank,
secretary, and Samuel W. Allerton, the
millionaire packer and leader of the
original McKinley men, as treasurer.
The sub-committee, consisting of the
temporary officers, M. B. Madden,
chairman of the city central committee,
John M. Smyth, chairman of the county
central committee. William T. Wil
liams and E. T. Conway, business men,
were chosen to submit a report f.s to
permanent organization and ways and
means. There was no clash between
the machine and original McKinley
men, the latter being given equal rep
resentation. The sub-committee will
meet today,
Texas and Kansas were added yester
day to the list of states which w ill be
represented at the gold democratic con
ference here tonight, making twelve in
all. Michigan and Wisconsin, which
sent part gold delegations to the Chi
cago convention, have not made much
progress towards organizing for a new
convention, no resK)nses to the confer
ence invitation having been received
from the gold men connected with the
regular party organizations in those
states. The convention agitators are
feeling uneasy because of the uncer
tainty regarding the attitude of Presi
dent Cleveland towards a second demo
cratic ticket. Some of the Illinois lead
ers take the opposition of Mr. Whitney
to mean that the president will throw
a damper on the convention plan and
bring all their labors to naught.
OI'KK JIKAtlQCARTKAS.
The republican national campaign
headquarters were opened yesterday by
Perry 8. Heath, chief of the depart
ment of publicity and printing, who
occupies two rooms cn the tourth floor
of the Auditorium building. Some of
his staff reported for duty and all had
a busy day getting in working order.
Mr. Heath's first day at his desk con
vinced him that this headquarters are
regarded as the campaign fakir's para
doe. All manner of contrivances and
sideshows for presenting the republi
can side of the campaign before the
electors and for getting votes have
been brought to his attention by mail
ur in person. He has decided to par
tition off some spa"e in whKh all these
contrivances will be put on exhibition.
He hardly considers they come with
in his jurisdiction and will turn them
over to Mr. Hanna and hia executive
committee. The first thing that will be
tent out from western headquarters Will
be fundamental literature, dealing with
the Id to 1 question to meet the demand
from the western states, to be followed
by speeches and other documents bear
ing on the money issue. The first of
this literature will go out next week.
Among the appointees on the staff ol
Mr. Heath are William M. Hahn of
Ohio, who will attend to vhe campaign
vocalists; Robert P. Porter, ex-superintendent,
of the census, w' o will write
editorials for the country press on the
protection plank of the platform ; E. V.
8malley of St. Paul, who will write
about money; 0. P. Austin, a Washing
ton correspondent, who will deal with
statistics as a campaign argument, and
Capt. T. H. McKee, journal clerk of the
house of representatives, who w ill have
charge of the mailing department.
Thomas J Uahan, democratic com
; niitteman from Illinois and Theodore
I Nelson, secretary of the democratic
state committee, returned to Chicago
' this morning from St. Louis. They
said their mission to the convention
city had been solely to confer with
Chairman Jones to the national com
mittee, regarding the location of the
democratic campaign headquarters in
this city. Thev urged him to favor the
metropolis of the real battleground, but
1 received no promises. Both gentlemen
'however, expressed their confidence
that Chicago would be chosen.
Talking ' Holt.
Topkka, Kas., July 23. At the state
silver convention held in this city last
Thursday, a committee of republicans
was appointed to diaft an address to the
republicans of the state in the interest
of free coinage. The address was issued
yesterday and consists of a large array
of documentary evidence going to show
that until this year the republicans of
Kansas have been in favor of free coin
age of silver. Former state platforms
are quoted as well as resolutions adopted
by republican legislatures demanding
free coinage at a ratio of 10 to 1. The
committee insists that Kansas republi
cans, to be consistent, cannot support
McKinley and Hobart and a single gold
standard.
Silver Men Orgaulne.
St. Lot-is, July 23. The committee
resolutions of the national silver con
vent ion effected a temporary organiza
tion immediately after the convention
took a recess yesterday afternoon by the
selection of Gen. A. J. Warner of Ohio
as chairman.
The committee on permanent organ
isation elected C. G. Bradshaw ol
Montana, one of the workers on Sena
tor Stewart's "Bllver Knight," as chair
man. .
Killed Them ail.
HciiTutoTOir, W. Va., July 21. Six
miles above here occurred oce of the
moat horrible murders ever known on
the upper Ohio waters. The scene was
oa a shanty boat aid the killed are A.
J. Call, forty-five; Nettie Call, bis
daughter, twenty-four; Lottie Call, an
other daughter, is fatally injured, and
those in a critical condition are (ireoe
Call, eleven, and Otis Call, thirteen.
Late Sunday night Cdll aud his fam
ily retired. Etta Robbins, twenty-four,
was at their bouse and retired with od
of the daughters. A little boy who was
sleeping with (he father make" the first
statement, he being the only one out
side the Robbins woman able to talk :
At 3 o'clock yesterday morning I was
awakened by Etta Robbins cutting my
father with a double bit ax. My sitters,
Lottie and Nettie, ran into our room
and Miss Robbins turned on them. She
ktlled Nettie and cut Lottie several
times, when Lottie leaped from the boat
into the river. She then cut several of
us children and threw the ax at Ixie,
who was swimming to the shore."
The woman acknowledges the killing
of A. J. Call, but denies killing the
Others. Call's bead war almost cut off
and his heart was visible from a wound
in his breast The head of ttie girl
killed was almost cut off and her heart
cut out. The children were cut in a
dozen different places.
The woman has been arrested and
jailed. Feeling is very strong and many
threets of lynching are heard.
Neeouil t'onveniloii.
Chicago, July 2i. If theex ectatious
of the executive committee of the gold
money democracy of Illinois are realiz
ed, there will be another democratic
national convention not later that Sep
tember 1. The committee held its first
meeting at the Palmer bouse since its
address to the gold iemoc.rats of the
nation was issued and contidered the
responses which it has received from all
parts of the country. At the conclusion
of the rreetint: Chairman C. A. Ewing
said to a repot ter for the United press :
"The responses which we have re
ceived are sufficient to justify us in say
ing th.it Ihere will be another conven
tion and nomination in the near future.
Weexpe .t practical developments very
soon. We directed the secretary to or
ganize sucli counties in Illinois as have
no organization of sound money demo
crats. The subject of calling a general
eonference of slates is under considera
tion and it will probably las called with
in a week, not on our responsibility
solely. It was agreed to take practical
steps towards calling a conference of
several representatives from a dozen or
fifteen Btates to decide on a convention
and issue the call. We are not seeking
any communication with New York
now on account of their own affairs.
The conference cail is likely to emenate
from the middle and weatern states
rather than from the eastern. We can
not have this convention as the demo
cratic party, but as honest money
democrats."
Mryan Men Caueua.
St. Louis, July 20. The Bryan ele
ment held a meeting at a late hour yes
terday afternoon, which was attended
by a number of the most prominent
populists in the city. Among those
present were Senator Stewart of Ne
vada, ex-Congressman Harris of Kan
sas, General Weave.- of (owa, Senator
Allen of Nebraska, ex-Congressman
Jerry Simpson of Kansas, Captain Kolb
o( Alabama, Delegate Quinn of Wash
ington and Thomas M. Patterson of
Colorado. The importance of nomina
ting Mr. Bryan was urged upon the
meeting by several of the speakers.
Some of the southern men who spoke
and who are known personally to object
to Mr, Bryau's nomination, frankly ad
mitted that his endorsement by the
convention would be satisfactory to
their people. Mr. Harris of Kansas as
serted that a majority of the delegates
favor Mr. Bryan and that in Kansas
he will secure 90 pet cent of the demo
cratic vote and practically all of the
bolting republicans and populists.
Other gentlemen assert that the popu
lists would unanimously vote for
Bryan, whether this convention in
dorsed him or not. It was finally de
cided that a special committee should
be appointed to visit the several state
delegations and that every means
sho-ild be used to promote his interest.
Mutt Reform.
St. Louis, July 21. The California
delegation to the populist convention
has issued an open letter to he demo
cratic presidential nominee, William J.
Bryan, urging him to go before the
country as the nominee of the populist
party. It says in part:
'If you will accept the nomination of
the people's party, declaiing yourself a
populiBt, you will become a leader to
whom will rush ever reformer be he
silverite, democrat or republican and
not only be elected yourself, but also
e.ect the congress and law-making
p)wer. This is the opportunity of your
life. Taken advantage of it will, like
Lincoln with the republicans, send your
name down to history as a savior of
your country by means of populism. If
you do not do it we must, in defense of
our principles, put another nominee In
the field. Can you thus be elected ?"
Haptlati Leave Denver.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 21. There is
considerable comment among 'the
Baptists of changing the convention of
1898 from Denver to Chattanooga. Pre
viously it has been the custom of the
annual convention to allow the new
board of managers to choose the place
for holding the con ven tun. This yeai
on account of the time when the elec
tion of officers was placed on the pro
gram, the old board decided to loosM
the convention.
ta ifrmee HaU.
Chicago, July 24. Pursuant to the
rail issued by the democratic organisa
tion of Indiana, which is oppeeed to tho
Chicago platform and in favor of hold
ing another nominating convention to
declare against tree silver, a conference
of repreaentat.ve democrats from nice
states was held last night at the Audito
rium hotel. Illinois, Wisconsin, Michi
gan, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky,
Ohio, Iowa and Nebraska were the
states represented, most of the seventy
five delegates being sent by sound
money organizations.
The unanimous sentiment of the con
ference was that another democratic
convention should be called and the
following resolution to that end was
adopted :
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
conference that there should be a demo
cratic national convention held, a demo
cratic platform enunciated and a demo-
crane ucaei nominateu lor uie ouicu m
A president and a vice-president of the
United States, said convention to be
held not later than September. ,
The resolution, which was offered by
W. R. Shelby of Michigan, was unani
mously adopted.
The matter of detail as -to the call
was left to a committee of one from
each of the states represented, which
the chair appointed as follows : Indiana,
John R. Wilson; Iowa, Henry Toll-
mer; Ohio, S. H. Holding; Michigan,
W.R.Shelby; Kentucky, George M.
Davie; Missouri, L. C. Crauthoff;
Wisconsin, Senator Vilas and General
Bragg; Illinois, Henry S. Robbins.
The committee will repoit at 11
o'clock this morning, to which hour the
conference adjourned.
Early in the meeting there was clear
ly defined opposition to taking imme
diate action towards issuing the conven
tion call and protracted debate ensued
n to the details and mode of procedure.
Senator Vilas of Wisconsin, S. H. Hold
ing of Ohio and others advocated the
holding of mass meetings in the slates
represented to take councel of the peo
ple there to get the strength of the
sound money democrats who repudiated
the platform and demanded a third
ticket. Senator Vilas favored the selec
tion of delegates to a national conveo
tion at mass meetings rather than at
delegate conventions.
Tbo-e w ho opposed immediate ac'.ion
did so on the grouud that the dele rates
vere individuals who had no authoriiy
to represent anyone but themselves
Several of the speakers criticised Mr.
Whitney for his reported advice to
democrats to vote for McKinley and f t
not leading a bolt from the Chicago con
vention when the platform was adopted.
It is alleged that the eastern delegates
had been recreant and dilatory, and
that Senator Gray should have appoint
ed the committee which he wag author
ized to naipe at the conference of gold
delegates during the convention.
The Chicago platform was denounced
as revolutionary, anarchistic, populistic
and undemocratic to the core.
General Bragg, who was chairman of
the Wisconsin delegation at Chicago,
presided over the conference and C. A.
Ewing, chairman of the Illino:s execu
tive committee, was elected secretary.
A large batch of letters and telegrams
showing that eastern men were repre
sented in spirit was read.
Chicago will probably be chosen ai
the place for holding the convent on.
Marriage a Failure.
. London, July 24. The trial of the
action for divorce brought by Hon.
Walter Yarde-Buller against his wife,
formerly Miss Kitkham, daughter of
Gen. R. W. Kirkham of San Francisco,
Cal., began in the probate, divorce nd
admiralty division of the high court of
justice yesterday. The plaintiff alleges
cruelty and adultery, naming Valentine
Gadesden of San Francisco as co-respondent.
The defendant denies the
allegation and makes counter charges.
W. Yarde-Buller sets forth that he was
married to Miss Kirkham in 186.
Shortly after their marriage he found
that his wife was addicted to drink and
after their return to England she re
peatedly threatened to stab him to
death and frequently struck him. The
adultery charged, the plaintiff alleges,
was committed at his home in Devon
shire, while Gadesden was his guest.
The plaintiff on the witness stand de
nied that his domestic troubles were
due to his own drinking habits or that
he had ever struck his wife as she ac
cuses him of having done.
Saved Her Lire.
Munch, Ind., July 24. Miss Bessie
P. Vanderver of this city was engaged
to be matried to Noah E. Yount of
Troy, O , and arrangements bad been
made to have the wedding take place
Monday afternoon. The prospective
husband came to town Sunday moruing
ing. Upon his arrival the young wom
an began to think seriously about the
wedding and became afflicted with hys
teria aud uervous prostration.
Physicians were called in, but their
medicine was of no use. They stated
that her life was in great danger and
if it was her intention to be married it
would be best to have the affair over as
soon as possible. A marriage license
and minister were secured and the
couple was married within an hour.
The bride at once recovered from the
effects of her nervousness and the
physicians say that hastening the wed
di.ig in all probability saved her life.
Highwaymen.
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 24.
The six-horse stage operated iu connec
tion with the Union Pacific, Denver 4
Gulf railroad, running between toll
city and Cripple Creek, waa held up and
robbed by three highwaymen this after
noon at Beaver Park, twenty milts from
Colorado Springs. The robbers secured
400 in cash and relieved the tiitee
paeeengera of their Jewelry. Poeses are
now out looking for the highwaymen.
