BLANK IS THK MAN. MOST FEAR D BY THE OTHER CANDIDATES. || 'I rnmhlnnHf'n Him to Warm—If HI Attempt to lilvido MU %'ot# With Ihn Fxtorlt^ Hon Hchrmn— ltol*« Ml* N>«rrat i oi»ip«*lltor—AIt V*hlr Holds thr Kry Tli#* riilfKgo Nltunflon* Chicago, July a. — Hiun one of ilia money metals. In add I lion to all Hus, he is of lue people lie le a sou of die soil, lie owns and work* a farm Iiland'* most formidable rival a* things look to-day 1* Holes of Iowa. Against him is the fact that only quite recently ha* he become a convert to free silver. It was not so very long ago tiiat he was regarded a* a staunch sound money man and he gave no Countenance to the silver talk. He will go into the convention with the bucking of his own Htate and some other votes which cannot yet he very definitely placed. Unless the tide set* so overwhelmingly in favor of Illaud that a contest is only a waste of time, be will be able to make things inter esting for tiie Mis.niri farmer. In fact, ft is predicted tiiat tne fight be tween these two candidates may be come so warm that it will prevent either from wlnniug the prize and leave the road clear to some other man who will start in tiie race heav ily handicapped. liolh men are playing for the aup port and inflnenco of Governor Alt gcld, the man who will probably be the most interesting personage of this convention, and who threatens to he Its Warwick playing the role of the president maker. Altgcld i* said to oe for Bland and opposed to Holes, but no one here can learn that he lias pledged himself or that be has ex pressed an open preference. The probabilities are tiiat his inclinations lean toward Iiland and he would he glad to sue Hole*'ambition* thwarted for purely personal reasons During the great railroad strike* in Illinois Aitgeid’s course occa*ioned consider able adverse criticism, to put it mildly, and Governor Hole* did not hesitate to freely and publicly express his opiuion of his fellow governor. Altgeld remembers t hat little iuciduut. The candidacy cf Senator liiackburn of Kentucky. ex-Governor IVnnoyer cf Oregon and (* vernor Matthews of Indiana are all a* vet immature Blackburn has the Kentucky deiega tion beh'nd him; Pennoyer can doubt less command t5 « Oregon delegation and the Indiana men will come here prepared to work for Matthews if they think they see a chance for hi* sue cess. One of these men u itloncd might, in certain contingeuc e*, be the nominee of t.he convention, but those conditions are not likely to arise. AHKeB'l Will Nut Take It. ( iik aiio, July 3.—Governor Altpeld said that hr would not accept the tern poiary chairmanship of the Demo cratic convention in case lie should te chosen by the silver forces. "I would not have it under any circumstances." lie said. "A presiding officer, if he is an honest man, cun be nothing but a fig'll re he ad, 1 want to be where 1 can do something, and would not surren der m.v place on the floor for the honor, however great." p, Sum nut ml on Hi* I.USMth lldlol Wash, vo ro.v, K m , July t — Th. Kepiib tcati e of th.% place, v oted its d > r> this itoru i • with J It Daavea a* trus t*« I' -(erred ereliturs fur |I!.a« are M cured hr the trust Various rti watts place the Dabtlitiee at from { git M»*> U, H4cU>, with ease S •( sIm.iI the same ilk MSI Is Sigtallate ItsfeTs SsIsMt Hits* tints. July a ~ He .tier a leader uf the Hadteala. who was th* •hht op|ua»*l of es Preside*! l*f. I haettt l‘uu* who r« tuned ill l**A ha* * .« , >i I, ,»h t ia » t t • < * «o,,«|i.ms *. tins! l‘r«eideal fobs Pet Mat pa• doued s to I I tklbSIbot I„« I kt, «e t I Hit «o Itsiy | -i Uuiago la to have • g«U esn.iot asst fail i* whieh the g -Id fields of eve*/ •ulna of t u.eriea hull V* »ep*e*e*iod I bough gold has lean pledged i,< start a national ha ah MR. BLACKBURN’S VIEWS. The Kentnrk? Candidate Talks About the Situation. CntCAOo. Julv .1 —A suggestion by Governor Altgcld that the national convention c> party can Humi liate" BLAND AT HOME l r. lnrHiliini Itrlae Slade In t«llrl|io thin of Ills NuiiiHiNMii.’t I.KHt.No*. Mu, July .1 It anil's friends hero are aupretaely confident of h*' iiminutmii ami are preparing h*a>lt|uarU>r* from which his cam paign will be conducted Three large r-'-’toa iu the Urveitieaf blink liave been aecureil aa oAices. The liestern Union Telegraph eotnpauy baa put in twoeaira wires. Mr Ilian.!'* mall hn> reached large (importions and »imii takes half tUa ■la.t for turn to dictate t» hi* »t«« o/rap ter Any »»ue go ng ml to Mr, tlland a farm could scarcely imtg.ue tit s»# Mm g >mg sroun.1 Ms place at IcHtling to hi* farm work that h« Is the wan who*# nama is being ahoutrd by thousands of people In t kieegs* "hasat ' Paidola HM St, ban I'hiiiicw, July l |.>l san Ashler of Itoslim. whoae amt ngrlnat Ik J. it u.hri Its dwin, the pmw incut eup tultat and horaewen. f»*r hraaeh of prowls* o* warrtaga ha* been on Inal ta the ttapMio* court her* tor a*««ral weoua, rruatnd a sensation la the aourt r,« w this nsuratng hr waibiog osar w> baMwta drawing u te*- ♦*« and ln*< at hi* head A h|iinnd** htowhed th« weapon aside ta time t*> aaee Haiti teia'a ills, sad the only Injury was a •light grating of the *ca> CHICAGO CONVENTION. THE SILVERIT1 8 PRESENT SOME DEMANDS. Chairman llsrrlty of Ilia National Co tu rn lit** Makes Ills Appearance at tha Palmar llousa—Tha Chairmanship Ihos—Nothing Is Nettled as Yat—Only On# Notlaa of Contrst and that From Nebraska. Getting Thing* la Order. Cnif'Afio, July Z —William V. Har rlty, chairman of the National Demo cratic committee, mate hla appear ance at the Palmer house a few min ute* before >2 o'clock, the hour set for the meeting of the executive commit tee of the National committee, lie fonnd the allver committee appointed to confer with his committee await ing him, and gave them early au dience. When asked as to the status of the temporary chairmanship before be bad met the silverites, Mr. ilarrity said that he had no information to give out on that question. “I can only say,” he added, “that ao far aa I am concerned, 1 have no man fur the place. Whether matter will be har monised with the silver men or what the outcome wit I be it is as yet entire ly too esrly to st'empt to suy. 1 have had no opportunity to confer with the lenders and will be able to say more later The executive committee convened at toe Palmer bouse at noon, with Chairman Marrltv and Messrs. Wall Hlieerln, Hherly, f’rather and Wallace present, Mr. Cable being the only ab sentee. The committee went imme diately Into executive aesaiou with a cordon of guards at the various, doors. The silver committee, consisting of Henator* Jones, Daniel and Turpie, and Governors A1 /eld and Htone, were admitted and were c'oseted with the executive committee for an hour and a half when the silver men with drew, leaving the national committee men to continue their conference. While there was no acrimony on either aide, the conversation was very earn est. There were no formal s >eeche», but the conference partook of the character of a general con vernation, "just as if we were sitting around u log fire in the country,” said one of the participants after it had closed. The silver man first asked that it should lie definitely understood that they did not come as the representa tives of tiie silver committee, but as delegates representing the majority of the convention. They expressed a desire to have an understanding npon the various questions of temporary chairman, seats for delegates and alternates, procedure in regurd to contesting delegations and the ar rangement of the temporary roll call. Referring to the temporary roll call, the members of the executive commit tee intimated thut they would expect to consider the contests us the na tions' committee hud done on all pre vious occasions and make the tempo rary roll call. Attention was called to the fact that there had so far been no notice of contest -xcept in the one in stance of Nehrask. . The sliver men did not indieate whether this would be satisfactory. Chairman liarrity stated that he had had no opportunity for conference with other members of the national committee, and he did not feel pre prepared to indicate the policy of the committee. lie said lie would be pleased to confer with the silver men again and asked them to meet the committee next Monday,If not before, by which time lie hoped to speak au tnoriattively. lie said lie had no can didate, hut declined to say whether tiie committee would be disposed to act upon their own responsibility or accept the advice of the sliver men. ALTGELD AND STONE flit Mlftftourl mid IlliuoU Governors Hold m Necret C uut tni. Chicaoo, .July 8.—-Governor Altgeld and Governor Stone of Missouri break fasted together and after they left the dining room together they met other leading free silver Democrats und re mained in session the greater part of the forenoon. There has been some talk that Altguld may be chosen per manent chairman, but tiie governor's friends declare that lie is not a candi date for the honor and will not ac cept it It is not yet certain thut there will be a general disposition in the Demo cratic n-tional c invention to follow the lead of the Illinois delegation in declaring for the abrogation of tiie two-third* rule, but there lu unques tiouub'r a strong faction favorable to that course, who contend, us did Gov ernor Altgeld, that the rule is undem ocratic, une uo uee«»»ny fur ehanyiay the rule. aoiae »l>n*a«»ra rant tan unit u The boomer* i't ea.tioveraor Itoie* of Iowa t'laim that they are now ttronyer taaa ever Hole* headiptar* !•«* were opwued to-day at the 1‘altuvr bout* A *trlp of rad. white and blue bunttay aovara tba wait* of the room an 1 the Atuert- an day t*. ouapt i.-o*ly displayed A do* II pietara* of tha man from loo* are p.«.. d u|*>o the walla, aad tha table* era aotarad with tha *tar* and *trtpe* It ta wta that Mr the Kulftiii of Imbor leader, *-a» wade n,» ht* mind to*>•<«• wit wteaiaiy i« la> *r of tha aom na tion of tha wan from Iowa Vt«w I'raaid-at nta«va*on arrived la the ally tw-dar Me la *a hi* way to hia hum* at ttloommatoa, front l ape tt* wham ha ha* Satan *<»*« tha! a tjonmnaant of t »*nf maa lie dealt ami' t» •*«»»»* him*e>f ta any way <>a •» j luteal «tn**t on* and **, Conn.. July 8. — Mrt Harriet Beecher Stowe, the venerable author, was stricken with congestion of the brain and paralysis yesterday ufternuon and at onee became un conscious. After lingering u 11 night and this morning in a comatose con dition she diet, at noon Members of her family were at her bedside. Harriet lieecher Stowe, sixth child of Dr. Lyman lieecher, was horn at Litchfield, Conn., June 14, MIL Fol lowing tier mother’s death, which oc curred when she was 4 years old, the f ir) was taken by relatives at (lull ord. Conn., and there trained in needlework, extracts from South's “Isa ah," Buchanan's “Researches In Asia," "Bishop Heber’s Life," "Dr. Johnson's Works," the liible, the Episcopal prater books and hymns and poems. When she was a bright lU-year-old pupil ut the Litchfield academy she “read everything she could lay her hands on, sewed and knit diligently and wrote composi tions." Miss Beecher prepared herself as an Instructor in drawing and painting, and attended her sister's school. Three years more were passed in Bos ton, (iuUford and Hartford, and then the sisters, with their father and his family, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Dr. Beecher had accepted the presidency of Lane Ttiedloglcal sem inary. The subject of slavery wus brought to Miss Beecher's attention by a trip into Kentucky in I8M, when she vis ited an estate that afterward figured as that of Colonel Shelby in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin." Three years later sh« was married to I’rofessor Calvin E. Stowe, who held the chair of aaored literature in the institution of which tier father was pre Ident Her liter ary career was now fairly begun, and sue wrote numerous sketches and stories for the Western Maga line and the New' York Evangelist, har bus band being abuint in Europe the wiille. She also assisted her brother, Henry Ward lieecher. with the editor rsIlllJ Ul i lie « luuiiiimu u»uy im;ui iibi. Mr*. Stowe's attitude toward slavery was not one of uncompromising hos tility at this time. In lH3ii she re ceived Into her family a colored girl who hud escaped from slavery, and when complications ensued Professor Stowe and Henry Ward Boucher drove the colored girl In a covered wagon up the country to a place of safety. Professor Stowe accepted a chair at Bowdoin college, Brunswick, Me., and while his wife was there with him she received a letter from her lister inlaw, Mrs. Edward Beecher, one passage of which read as follows: “Now Hattie, If 1 could use a peu like you can, I would write something that would make the whole nation fee I what an accursed thing slavery U." Mrs Stowe read the letter aloud in the family circle and \sld: “1 will write something. 1 will if I live.” That was the Genesis of “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” The first chapter was sent to the National Era, a weekly anti-slavery paper, of which James (i. Whittier was one of the editors, In April, 1851. The serial publication of the story was completed a year later. Mrs. Stowe received for it 8300. It was published in book form by John P. Jewett of Boston, Mass., and 3,0o0 copies of the first edition of 5.000 were solti in one day. Oue hundred and twenty editions were disposed of in a year, and Mrs. Stowes receipts In royalties amounted to 810,000. Twelve editions of the great work were printed in London in Io52, and v. thin u year no le*> than eighteen publishing houses were engaged in supplying the demand which had set in. Sampson Low, the English pub lisher, has estimated the sale of the book In Great Britain at 1,500,000 copies. Translations were made into Armenian, Bohemian, Danish, Dutch, E.nnish, Flemish, French, Germau, Hungarian, Illyrian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, modern Greek, Russian, Servian. Wallachian and Welsh. Innumerable dramatizations of “Uncle Tom's Cabin” have been pro duced and by universal concensus of opinion it is the most successful vol ume of the oeutury. Among Mrs. Stowe’s other works may be mentioned "The Key to ‘Un de Tom's Cabin,.Dick; a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp,” “The Min ister's Wooing” and "Pink and White Tyranny.” In all, she published tbirtv-two volumes. HOBART MEETS M KINLEY. The Ks-Guveruor Greet* 111* New Jersey t'olleeaue at the Trein. Canton, Ohio, July 2.— Governor YluKinley drove to the Fort Wayne station shortly after it) o'clock this liornlng to meet Garrett A. Hobart, Republican uouiinee for vice presi lent. A large crowd wus gathered 41 the station to witness the meet Rig, although the affair was in formal in every respect. He reached I he train ju-U as the cat carrying tr. Hobart stopp'd In frout of him. tlr. McKinley extended hie httud mid he recognition wtt* etjualljr prompt on tlr llobnrl'a purl The two walked i de by ante to the carriage anndat the tpplattae of the cruwd. They were Irlreu quickley to the Mr K tula? tome, where a crowd of newapaper nett and photographer* were waiting. It It utideralood that at the confer •■toe it wo inuinally agreed that, aa jfar aa present intention* ahuuid bo Concerned, neither of them ahuuid de part from their k»aie* fur any cam paign tour VEST TO NOMINA TE BLAND •>»*••«* Meat le Me the Mlaaeert Mem a** el the I'taller et t realtm. t Mtt *ut>. July f —The auppurter* uf bland hare dev-dcd upun a plan u( campaign fleer* effort will *w ma-ta to capture the delegate* wh « the tariew* «t*te* err ire. and to nbl la that work It we* determined t-- bare b*atlt)Uarter* at **e I’almer * well aa at the Auditorium where >e ill* aottrl deltgatn-o will be hottaed The name of II a ad will be praaeated to the Contention by Wen a tor tleurgc v cal la a apeeeb which tba newalur -« •ow ptapering Me will be fur Mined and !• to i ii-itriiwr ntuae will ha the member from Htmarl >*a Urn platform *•«*.•* Ilee and wane tor ' ••cbrell will be praaeated by bi« ’•tie aa a member oa credential* "bland in the lead. SHORT, HOWEVER, OF ENOUGH TO NOMINATE. Hole* Appear* to he a Hood Mecond — Mo*. Altgeldt Will he About the lllg geat Man In the Convention, nnd Were It Not for HI* Foreign Hlrtli Would be > Formidable Candidate The Outlook at Chicago. Chicago, June 30. — The following table, allowing the poll of the dele gatee to the Democratic national con vention by the Now York Herald, waa publiahed here this morning and at tracted much attention: I K, 2. » * r 5 » 52. 2 i * 2 giliff 7i3 « I 8TATK8. | : : | rg,| | * . £ Alabam,.. 1!. i it ,.i Arlmin.. 10 . . It .1.,. ('al It nl,. It S. I l 2. » I'olornio . 8 ... 5.I.. . *. ,.. Coiriacticut .... If . ••{.1 . . . . DHawaru . 0. 0 Florida......,,. H 1.. 1 6 U.mrgiw. 28 28.. Idaho ........ 0... 0 .,. Illinois. 48 2 2 .. *4 Indiana . H').,10. Iowa.... 35 26 .. Kansas . Of 4 1. h«ntu'*ky ...... 28 ...... 48 ..... ... fjOUlftlitUA ...... 10 10 >J. II 1 Mains. 12. ft .. 4. A Maryland. 10. 18 Massachusetts.. 91.I' .. 8 2 .. .. ft Michigan.. 2ft A 121 Minin',ota. In 1. 1 .. 4. 12 Mitsisiiippi. in. 9 .. .. ... Ml* oari ..<4 ... 84.. Montana.. 0 4 1 1 ... •Nebraska. 10 ... i I. 13 Nov la. 0 . 0 N H mpshirg 8. 1 .. ...... 1 New Jersey. t>... 20 Now Yore. ... Ti. 72 N. Carolina .... 23. .. 24 North Dakota.. 5. .. 0 Ohio. . 4rt. .. 48 Oregon . 8 .,. ft . ....... pMiiuwylva tla.... 0 .84.. Khod>- Island 8 .. ft.. Houtn Carolina I* IH.. .. ... South Duxotu 8. • ■ 2. 0 rannoss i©. 21 .. 2 .. Ioxhs .......... 3" . Ai .,.... Ct.a«j...,. 0,.. ... .. .. .. .. 8 Vcr/n *nt... ft. 1 5. 2 Virginia. 24 4 . .... Wndiington. 8 ... 2 . .. 1.1 WimI Virginia... 12 2 2 .. if.. .. 0 Wiftconsin .... 24 8 ... .. .. .. 2 W. Mining . 0. 0 ......... .. DIs*. of Col. 0... 0 \ri/.otiu ....... f\ 4 2 ...... ..,.. New Mu Ico,.... 0 M.. . A. Oklahoma .... 8 . H... . InJnn Jorritory 0 ... 2..,.I. Alaska. 8 .. .. . To ala. . . I 8 I fi 21 7 > 7 :: '• Necessary to choice under two-third' rule, (28. •Nearly all NrbtA<<'|W lotowH tt 1*1 Me ttnewed aa a taveen* »m> |S.nil van. tit*. June »<• ••»?»#. • oyer for p*.*td*at” will l<* Ik*ilifta of the thegoa Iwnvoeralie del* •alien lo ike tkWago mtitaikia It eaaaet ba eata bitched that IS*n •oyer ha* •apywaaad aar devil* lo have It ••• hot there ** little douht that h>* nakte and l»»e will be e* ■doited tong and loudly among tba delugaiea Tba atata Unwowiaer la la j faver of the free vote a* * of aiUar BOIES TO WHITNEY. Vigorous or tho Caaoo of Silver. VVATr.ni.oo. la., July 1. -Ex-Gov ernor Holes has made public this let ter, replying to a message from a New York paper concerning the Whitney declaration: “Mr. Whitney la entirely right in his conclusion that there is no disposi tion on the part of those who will represent the silver sentiment of the Mouth and West iu the Chicago con vention to further discuss the matter at issue with men whose views are diametrically opposite to their own on the currency question. “He is entire'y correct in his con clusion that it la now too late to ac complish any practical results by a discussion of that character. Through out Hie Mouth and West that discus sion has been extended and thorough, and the view* expressed by Mr. Whit ney have been put forward by many people who entertain them, and they have been fullv considered and weighed, and, after all of this, the judgment of an overwhelming ma jority of the party in these sections la evidenced by the class of delegates who have been ciiosen to represent It in the Chicago convention. Not ona of those tnen can now disregard the known sentiment of those who se lected him without betraying the IriiMt tn him nnd tint, nnti n f them, in my Judgment, will ever do so. "Mr. Whitney is entirely wrong In assuming that free silver Dsinocruts are forsaking the fundamental princi ples of Democracy, or what lie terms sound money Democrats are defending those principles In their endeavor to commit their party to gold monomet allism. Until the Republican party met in Nt. Louis a few days since there was never a line written in a national platform of either of the great parties tnal justifies the claim that one or the other of these parties was committed to that doctrine. Over mid over again the Democratic party, in national convention assembled, has put Itself on record in the clearest and most comprehensive language possible to use, in favor of bimetallism, in favor of the restoration of silver to its place in our financial system as standard mouM'. aud never for a mo ment in the i ongress of the United Mates bus a majority, or anything like a majority, of the representatives of that party wavered in their devo tion to the principles so clearly enun ciated in the parly platforms. To as sume now that adherence to that prin ciple is abandonment of an established doctrine of the party is to defy his tory uuil ignore the most plainly writ ten of all its declarations of policy. "It is useless to claim that a tender of the good offices of the parly to se cure an international agreement for the free coinage of silver is the fulfill ment of its pledges so often made in this respect. To sincere believers in b'metaliism for the United States, an ofTcr of this character is little, If any thing. less than unqualified violation of a sacred pledge by a great political organization. If tills is all that Mr. Wbltnev, aud those who think with him, »n offer, it will be vastly better to offer nothing. "When Mr. Whitney says the main tenance of our present gold standard is essential to the preservation of our national credit and redemption of our public pledges he ignores a great truth of which he cannot be ignorant. He knows there is not a single obligation of this government outstanding to-day that, by its terms is payable in gold alone and knows that right upon the face of the great bulk of the bonds of the government It is written in sub stance tiiat they are payable in coin of the United States of the standard weight and fineness of its coins before silver was demonetized,, and that therefore, by their own express terms they are payable In our present silver dollars, if the govern ment elects to so pay them. It issince the most of these obligations were is sued that silver has been demonetized, whereby, if they are to he paid in gold alone, their value has been iloubl d, and the burden of the great industrial classes, who must provide for their payment, has been increased two-fold. "To talk about a violation of na tional honor, when no party In the nation has ever suggested its failure in the least degree to meet every ob the strict letter of the contract it made, has, to say the least, a strange sound to those who heard the uni versal cry of distress, occasioned, as they believe, by doubling the pur chasing power of money and cutting in twain the market price of the pro ducts of labor If to undo what law has done to add to tne burden of those toiling millions i f this nation and double the fortunes of the rich within it is to disrupt the Dcinoerrtic party disruption must come.” A H**«|>llnii to s<-ualiir I'etilcrew Cun Aim, June 3u,—Senator IVtt • grew of Mouth Dakota left to-day for bis home at Minus Fails, where he is to he accorded » general reception upon hi* arrival to morrow. The rc eepliou U the result of his action in leaving the ML leiui* liei-ubliosu na tional convention, and will be partici pated In by people of alt parties from various parts of the State shut over Potlstea goMUAUL Kan., July L —Krnest William*, colored, and Hat. Venable, pastor of th* colored baptist church, got is to a political discussion last uighi, when the taller lost hie temper, drew a pis ml aad shot Williams ]u«l over the avail, luBIcliag a fata' wound VenAble Bed but was cap lured at aa eartv hour this morning ■ •Mill Men JaMIsst Torts a Kan.. June W The man vgers of tbiversur Vl Hrvlll s campaign 1 am feeling jubilant. They protest to believe that their candidate W now as• icred «f a walkaway for reaomiua tins aad point to the uoaaeatteas of last Saturday a* Hr straws which »h«w which way the wled la bkrwtug. 1 velerday ISiltaatbwie eoeaty fol lowed with ale or delegate* Km Mor rill aad a rea-dutieu declaring him tea rheme el th* conn ty **n Wednesday Cherokee eunnty wilt bold her amt renllee. aad lb* delegates ale Sue ideally claimed tor Merrill