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OPEN’S THE CAMPAIGN. VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE WATSON SPEAKS. He !h»t tUm r<»|>ull«t« »r« Oolm to ?otf> for Hrton Whotbor Howoll It Withdrawn or Wot—H*'i Going to M»nA|* III* Own (itmpalfn It • W»f thtt It Going to Intort iht Popolltt Vott for Mr. Itrjrtn. Tom Wtltoo ftp«»k*. Atlanta, Da., Aug. 8. —Thomas E Watson opened his vice presidential campaign last night with an address two hours in length, delivered before an audience of 3,000 people in the roughshod used for the Moody re vival meetings several months ago. Mr. Watson appealed at the outset for a non-partisan hearing, declaring that he spoke with bitterness to none and in behalf of the men who held the plow, who used the hos, who wielded the hammer. If Ood gave him strength, he declared, lie would plead the cause of these people through pens of reporters present be fore 66,000,01'.) people in the morning. Me entered into an enumeration of the reform demands of the Populists, indicting the government for high crimes and misdemeanors in tiie grant ing of the governmental power of making money to a special class; in the unfair levying of taxes which luid the heavy bund of tribute upon those least able to sustain it; in closing the rn'nta to the frte and unlimited coin age of silver; In leaving tne great public highways of the country in the control of grasping corporations, who levied tribute upon the people wbo were compelled to use them, and in the corruption of the ballot. Mr. Watson explained at length his course in having the Democratic party after having been elected to Congress as a Democrat and by the He said tiiat his opponent had run as a straight platform Democrat, while he had made his race on the Alliance platform and was pledged to stand by that platform though the heavens fall, furthermore, the national Alli ance convention had instructed those Congressmen elected on the Alliuuee platform not to go into the caucuses of either of the two great parties. Not only had lie feit bound to stand by principles rattier than party, but he hud seen then as lie saw now that the only chance for Jeffersonian Democracy was to unite the farmers of the (South with the farmer* of the West. To do that required a new party. The .southern Democrat oould not be induced to go into the Repub lican party, nor could the Western Republican be induced to enter the Democratic party. A common rally ing point was absolutely necessary. When Congress met In 1H!)? eleven Western Congressmen stepped out of the Republican par'y. "Of the thirty Houtheru Congress men elected on the Alliance platform, how many stepped out of the Demo cratic party?" exclaimed Mr. Watson. "Only one, and thank Ood I can say It, i was that one. '’ He explained further that he had allowed nimself to be run for speaker simply to emphasize the .South's desire to meet the West half way in the com mon battle against the Hast. In conclusion Mr. Watson made this significant statement: "We are not Suing to put up any candidate against iryan. We are going to vote for Bryun. whether Bewail Is withdrawn or not. I’m going to manage tills campaign so that W. J. liryan gets even- vote we’ve got. I see the dread evils of McKinleyism threatening u* and I fear that if we are defeated in tills fight McKinleyism will be en throned forever and the halt o for freedom had just a* well be given up. 1 shall tell my people to stand by the con tract made at St. Louis. Let Bryan havo every vote you cun muster. Let Jones say what he likes. Let him insult you if he will. Make no answer. Bray for your country. Work for her interests. I)o your duty. Here’s what we’re go ing to do in our state convention: We re going to put out a fnll electoral ticket for llrvan and Watson. We can’t vote for Bewail. Then we’ll empower our committee to take off a part of our electors and put oil a part of yours whenever the Democratic committee retires Mr. Bewail The D moeratic managers may have ma te up their minds to pul Tom Watson down and keep him down, but I thank (ind'the people of the Bnuth liuve en tered him into no such ooutract. Let I. . i ... I. I_. 1. ikat l!.s Smith 11(1(1 West will never again alt at (he foot stool of the North ’’ FUSION DKrtU CLOSED Oriitoirtit lutlor*# Hi* r»|*nlUI Moiuln* 4lltMI« •• !'••• •• MdJ*. IIik miswon, Kan. Aug 7 Tha Democrat* of Kintai. iu Slat# eon teni ion here adopted the report of the conference committee which wae ,eul to abiielie lament with the I'optl lata and every I'opuliat noiuiuailoa waa indorsed ea leal aa made Kautil seea an oeiegewerien. Nkw VoMH. Aug A —VVedneadav wea Kuaaell Sage a HtHh birthday an alvei awry lie waa lieategad by eo«. gratuialury frianda au hour before the aleck market opened. lie hae thrown away hia glaaaa*. hear* kun eeif erectly end look a a* vigorous »• moat men at Act lie attributes bit health to methodical habile and ea>iy rising He hat nut had a vacation the leal decade beaaute. ao he aaya. be haa been too bk*f , hive as aeili's Itaasaa M«y Peeking Mouse - Iowa mu tton Ktneea I'lty, Mks, Aug 4 — A Ire kt the nwift pauhlag pleat In Arwtmr dele Inal Might burued oat one of tha etuoke bouse* The Vutei lose wea nbokt IttiNn, felly euvered hv taeur a»c«. J.weph ll Vtawetv. the night watehmaa at tha awoke house, saga burned lu death and bur ted in tha reina and eight ether men were eertwuaiy injured The eight men had Marrow eaeapea frwas death gad It waa only banana# there waa aeareely a hraath of wind blowing that tha lira did net aprend te ether hnthiiege ml the plant. neaW HI IU IWTsaa COLD DEMOCRATS MEET. A Rational Convention Sore nod a Third Ticket Likely. Ikdtarapoi.is, Ind., Aur. A—The | provisional national comm it ten of the gold standard Democrats vlio nosl- ( lively refuse to accept the Chicago platform and ticket, began lta initial meeting here this afternoon, first con sidering the question of calling an- | other national Democratic conven tion That a convention will he called there is almost no reason to doubt, hut whether another ticket will be called for is still an open question, for several of those preseut are strongly In favor of ex-Congressman Jiourkn l ock rail's plan of adopting an old line Democratic platform and In directly indorsing McKinley by not naming another ticket. The members of the executive committee. General Hragg of Wisconsin, ex-Minister IJrosdhead of St Louis, Kdltor liable mnn of Kentucky, Mr. Robbins of Illinois and ex-Congreexman Uyniim of Indiana, are all opposed to any thing but the most decisive action, though It will present letters from several men of national note in the East and South in fi'.vor of only a national sound money platform. While over two-thirds of the .States have representatives here as members of the provisional national committee, there are more advisory visitors Ilian cominiiteemen, for the occasion is more In the nature of a general con ference of the gold standard Demo crats than that of a committee meet ing The executive committee has re ceived the following credentials: Alabama J. M. Falkner of Montgom ery; California, K. II Pond of San Francisco; Connecticut, David Wells of Norwich: Florida. J. L. Gaskins of Jacksonville; Illinois, John M. i’altnei of Springfield; Indians, John K. Wil son of Indiunapolis; lows, L. M. Mar* tin of Marshalltown: Kansas. Eugene Hagan of Topeka; Kentucky, K. T. Tyler of Hickman; Massachusetts, Nathan Matthews, Jr., of Boston; Michigan. Thomas A. Wilson of Jacksonville; Minnesota, F, W, Me* Cutclieon. There Is talk of Senator Palmer, Secretary Carlisle and General Bragg for the nominee for President, and General Buckner of Kentucky, ex Governor Francis of Missouri and ex* Congressman Bynum of Indians for second place. KANSAS_POPULIST3. A Straight Ticket Nominated After aa All Night session. Ami,biiic, Kan., Aug, 8.—Yesterday afternoon the Populists in state con vention, after a hitter attack had been made on Cliggitt, the Democratic nominee for DresiUeutiul elector la thr. first district, because of charges that ho had carried a gun against the striking miners of Cherokee county in 18113, adopted the fusion agreement offered by the Democrats with the understanding that if the Cliggitt charge should be proved true his name would be dropped. Following Is tlie ticket complete: For Uovernor—John W Lecdy of Coffey county. For Chief Justice—Frank Dos ter of Marion county. For Congressman-at-Large — Rev. Jerry Botkin of Wilson county. For Lieutenant Uovernor—A. M. Harvey of Shawnee county. For Attorney General— L. C. Boyle of Bourbon county. For Secretary of State—William B. Bush of Jewell county. For State Treasurer—D 1L Heme bower of Miami county. For State Auditor—W. H. Morris of Crswford county. For Superintendent of Public In struction—W. D. Stryker of Barton enuotv* . ... The State central committee was named as follows: First district, Q. W Herrington and J. L. Simpson; Second. Chris Ritter and H. S, Clark; Third J. M. Allen and M. L. Walters; Fourth, Taylor Riddle “nd Tipton; Fifth, P. H. Dolan and D. E. Ballard; Sixth. F. E- Johnson and C. M. Boss; Seventh, E. J- Westgate and Bufe Cone. WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS. A Css.ll.lals for Uovernor Nomad on the Sixth Ballot—Thurston's Prediction. Mii.waitkbr, Wis., Aug. 8.—The Re publican State convention nominated Major Edward Schofield, of Oconto, for Governor on the sixth ballot. The result is a victory for the Philetua ■sawyer lacwon oi lue parly and it cor responding defeut for ex-Govcruor Heard ami his followers United States Senator Thurstou ad dressed Die convention, saving, among other things: ‘‘1 received word to day from a trusted friend in my slate routlrming wiiut 1 already knew, that William J. Urvuu, great as he may untump tit xittvsap mi pf u nf t Im untl is I pii un election day in November ue*t, will be detested in hi* want, In It is city, in hit county, in hit congres sional dittriot and iu the alate where he lives." NO ADVICE BY CLEVELAND the rrwlMI llrtlM Hating Vipressail Any liultl firSat Opiuma Naw Y<»ns, Aug * —la autwer to an iui|uirr a* to the truth of a report publlehad ta this uity vcalerday that President t'levelaud had made known hla disapproval of the proposed goid ataadard tleket project, the President telegraphs aa follows to the livening I'oal; •Mntrard a Hay. Mas* . Aug 4— It la eboiulely untrue that I have given any advice touching the course of the Indianapolis asm faience ••tiaov a a t *« vat **ta * IHmss«s|s4 aa4 t ammltreU SsliMs Ki»ol tiff, Ml, Aug t *- Ule ecuraged because of Me |*i*eriy, «■ akie to aeeur* employment and phys ically aiat-at a wreck, I I' Wiitaa. formerly a alerk ta Ik* ally treasur er * ofMoe, commuted tu<clde at tk* hoarding house kept try Mrs Nichols at ‘ill I harry street this afternoon. la# at I isms Hast* Lit na Mo* a, Ark , Aug M*~Yh# I heat karaakouta waa almost uabnern bi* today. Urn therm mater reaching 1*4 degree*, tha highest refanlrl stave tV* _ MANY MILLIONS LOST. STOCK KXCHANG CLOSED TO PREVENT A PANIC, Ths Hu rating uf Two Ilia lluhbl*.—Hot- 1 tom Drop. Out of the IHamonfl Watrh amt Saw York HI.cult speculation.— lll(Ka.t Itaal of tba Kind In History— , Tba l,o..aa Orest— Moor. Hrnlhara tba Principal Victim.. A Stupendous I ollap.a, Cihcaoo, Aug. 0.—The spemlati re deal in Diamond Match and New York Biscuit stwck ha. come to an end. The Moore Bros, have failed. The great est speculation ever known in Chicago has eulmlnaled in the failure of the people who were behind the deal. Tiie Chicago stock exchange ad journed at 10 o’clock this morning for an indefinite period. This action was decided upon at a meeliug held last evening at which were present the members of tlie stock exchange, gov erning committee and a number of prominent capitalist* The speculative deal of which the failure is the culmination is by all odds thr most important in the history of Chicago stock exchange affair* It began early in this year. The stock of the Diamond Mutch Company had been selling along ISO for quite * time and there had been no special activity in the market. Just prior to the Ven ezuela Incident, the tip had got out in inside circles that there were to be some important Kuropean develop ment* in connection with Diamond Mutcn affairs and the buying of the stocks commenced by strong people. The Venezuelan panic interfered with the speculation and the stock dropped during the general decline at that time to 116. From there the rise ■ bDiVUl* WHIVII »■ WIB iwiHiti nwu.v to the history of tlie exchange. A strong group of speculators, headed by John II Moore and Will* larn 11. Moore, begun buying the stock. It moved up with scarcely a halt. The bear* occasionally endeav ored to Interfere with the rise, hut they each time found that there was botli speculative genius and financial strength behind tiie market, which was unlike anything in local specula tive affairs. The rise went on for a considerable* time before the general public had any intimation of what was really behind the advance. When the decline in stock markets generally came, following the Demo cratic convention, the stock was sell ing at 224 Tlie values of other se curities tumbled day after day, but Match was held steadily without so much as a fractional decline. The Moore* bought the stock with con fidence that inspired confidence in others. Tlie people who had the best Information aiiout the company’s prospects seemed to feel absolutely certain of the value of the security, and prices were held through all the sharp fluctuations in other slocks— fluctuations whicli carried West Chi cago to the lowest point In Its history, and marked startling declines in all other securities. Yesterday the stock was held with hardly a waver at 222, but there was an outpouring of long stock which led the keen observer of the market to fear that the load might become too heavy, and the events later in the afternoon proved that those fears were correct. The deal in Diamond Match was only part of this great speculative op eration. The Moore Xros, had organ ized the New York Hiscuit company several years ago, after the first great success of the Diamond Match com pany. The panic of 1898 had hit the biscuit company severely as it did all the other industries and the stock was far below par. The success which was met with in a speculative manip ulation of Diamond Match led to a desire to see what could be done with New York Hiscuit and that stock was taken several months ago and ad vanced from 70 to 108. From that it dropped back to 93,and for weeks was held close about that flgu re, in spite of tlie sharp declines in other securities. Knormqjs quantities of this stock were also poured upon the market, but they were taken with the same steadiness which marked the action of Diamond match. The accum ulations, however, represented a great sum in time, and tiie operations in the stock will add largely to tlie total of the amount involved. It Is not at the present time possible to make uny ostim <te of wiiat the figure ia The Moore's have unques tionably purchased an unormo'i* line of New York Hiscuit and Diamond Match. The high price at which Match has been selling makes tlie sum involved extremely large The capital stock of the Diamond Maicii romminv i* 8ll.lSMi.iSld. a:"* of New York liiaclllt HOB FINE TROTTERS MAIMED. Horae* Worth SMU.OOU Injured In a Wrerk — pour Attendant* Hurt. I.MIUAN Al'oi.lk, lliii., Allg V — A wreck thi* morning at North Indian' aiMilia on the liig Four ro«i> cauwl a car ooiiialuiug trotting horaea l>aloiig ing to J. K lluah of loulavlile to up*ei and ercry horaa wra* ao much injured that it la thought none will ever race again. The value of the anlntala it aald to hare beeu pH,out. Hand liar uuiii. In charge, Dentil* I'ortvr of 1 oulaville, tleorge Fagan of Laying, ton aud t harlee llroek of Kentucky were injured, none fatally. The wreck ten* cauaed by a hot journal The hurae* were on I heir way from Freeport, III., to Ituuuilll* Their name* were May Vfoceu. 4 year* old, no record, Hal t orker, Hill; Hally llrottkou . h tug llenrv, a green eolt of great promlae; Mi it me Defoe, j Itaalei , SILVER LESSONS. drama* Mtvaa Weal aud a Maateaa Mat la* tw a* t■■•*<>aa loot** I'gHAw. Aug. t • 1‘Mtip I* Armour, the packer, haa had printed not,«•«■* distributed among kia !.«•*» emntwyeea aua- uuclug that to* aa Aatarlean ail- \ rer dullar ka will glr* them W ceata •ofth of meat aud a Meiuraw enter dollar la «kaaga> II* aleo baa pre gated a eircuia* akowiug the rate* d 1 wage* and pncaa at good* for tka working ci***** In Meaico a* na pared to wkat la reaatrad in llHn anon' SWEPT BY DEMOCRATS The niia of the Majority In Alabama the Only Question — Vr.iuil» « liurged f MMiiiiimKHr, Ala., Aug 3.—The size of the Democratic majority seems to be all that remain* In doubt with re gard to the result of yesterday's slate 1 election, though Populist leaders arc claiming fraud* of the gro»*i-st kind. Itecausc of the slow process of count ing the Tote* under the new ballot law, returns are necessarily slow, but there Is no doubt of a complete Dem ocratic victory. Inootnpleie returns from about half the counties so far received indicate Democratic gaius in all but Mobile and Macon. In the former the Democrats appear to hare lost some 3oo Totes by stay-at-homes, bnt the county 1* still Jn the Demo cratic column by 6oo majority. In Macon oounty, which gave Oates a majority of bOO in '.titti, the result is doubtful. To-day the lowest Democratic esti mate places the majority at 26,000 arid the highest at (50,000. The legislature is safely Democratic by at least two thirds. The Populist leaders in Hlrmingham claim that Ibousauds of ttolTUous votes were cast id the "black belt" and they threaten that If Ooodwyn I* not elected they will organize the Populists of the State against Bryan and oarry Alabama for McKinley in November. • - RECORD BREAKING HEAT. The South want Warmer for Ten Day* Than Ha* ICver linen Known. Washington, Aug. 6.—The weather bureau Issued the following special bulletin to-day: "Intensely hot and unusually dry weather has prevailed throughout a portion of the Mouth west, Including Westsrn Tennessee, Northern Louisiana, Northern Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Indian •••» I'— or twelve days, the temperature reported being, In many Instances, higher than any previously record ed by the weather bureau during this season of the year. Maximum temperature of 100 degrees and over have occurred daily in Arkansas end Oklahoma during the period men tioned and throughout most of the re gion the temperatures huvo ranged continuously above 06 degrees. At Little Koch and the city of Oklahoma maximum temperature of lo4 degrees occurred on August 1, whicli were, re spectively 6 ana 7 degrees higher than any previous record at those stations during tiie first ten days of August. During the past twelve days the max imum temperature at Little Kock has been loo degrees on seven days, 102 degrees on seven days, 103 degrees on four days and 104 degrees on one day.” MILLIONS LOST. Moors Bros'. Liabilities Placed at Be tween •*000,000 sod •0,000,000. Chicago, Aug. 8—It is estimated by those in a position to know that the Moore liros. have lost between $4,000, 000 and $3,300,000 in the Diamond Match deal. Home say it has wiped out every cent of tlietr immense for tunes. This morning the following wus posted on the front door of the .Stock exchange: “The Chicago Stock exchange has adjourned subject to the action of the governing committee.—J. LI. Wilkins, Secretary," At a meeting of the governing com mittee a resolution was adopted call ing for tiie appointment of a commit tee of four, the chairman of which shall be the president of the stock ex change and the other three to he ap pointed by him to confer with the bankers of Chicago and the Moure liros.. to arrange upon a basis of set tlement. Chicago banks and bankers, who hold approximately $4,000,000 worth of Diamond Match stock as collateral for money loaned, will not press bor rowers for settlement. Another thing the banks have decided to do is to ao cept the stock of the Diamond Match owned by ^Mooro liros. ut a cash value of 17ir STONE TO NOTIFY BRYAN Missouri's Governor Will Tell the Can (llitste of Ills Nniulniitlnn .Ikkkkkmon City, Mo., Aug. 5.—Sen ator Stephen White of California yes terday telegraphed (ioveruor Stoue that lie would not lie aide to be in New York city upon Autrust 11 to no tify Mr. iir.van of ills nomination ac cording to tiie plans of the Democratic nutiouai committee, aud asking him if lie would not act in his stead, (ioveruor Stone at once answered tlust he would. Tiie uolitluaiion wilt taue place at Mudisou Square garden ou tiie even ing of August II, aud it will mark the lorinnl opening or me ettmimigu. Governor Slone will leave Jelfemou t ily u* anon an tire nomination for governor i» matte, ami It la propublu that a* *oon a* Mr. Bryan Iteara of the eliunge of program he will invite Governor Slone to auuompeuy Mr. lilaotl anti hituaelf on their trip to New York. lll.lom Maw man t helleageo llomo* Aug A.--George K. Waah huru of thU elty, raalern member of the uetioual eaei'utlve committee of the People* party, ha* l*ku*<l a ehel* lenge to lll*hop John I'. Newman of Han Yraueiwo to name a aiagle t*opu Itat who ta known na an euarbl.Ul. The ehelleage la in reply to a uewa i>eper report which atate<l that Hi*hop New man hml matle n ktateiuent that the I'opulikta were no better than an* arehlatk anti warn nol got <4 A tear wee atliaena l‘*e**|« trala* fata* t*fMk» Hear ttuswaean, Ma»~ Oa* billet. 0>—lit I Ml Mo, Aug A A hau l aw4 ettilUtion of p*»*<**,#*i inm on the Santa Ya Ieoh ptaee two mUa* •aal of tlo* north. a atatloa tfiean mi lam aa«t ul her* at It u'etueh yaatarUa* morning, reuniting In the 4eath of Kngtneer Yra4 Uea4> of furl Mmllaott ant the keeloua Injury of hapreaa Meaeeugur twa4a HwJwar nf thiengo, an4 the paint*! manning of mght other* fha compeer Tout l*r«b *t| ta the wrnafc worth then* •n4a *4 noilnm ALABAMA'S ELECTION. ’OPULI9TS NOT PLEASED WITH RESULTS. — he Outcome Msy Prevent Vnslon on Hryan—The aerretery of the Stale ^ tlommlttee Mskes Wholesale Charges of Vranil, and lierlares that lioudwjs was Valrly elected tlnrernor My fi«ni ^ 10,000 to 10,000 Majority. Popallets Not Pleased. Hikminoham, Ala , Aug 0. —Th« fol iwlng significant signed statement rus made public this morning by Sec* ntary Frank llalt/.all of tbe l’opuliat aiupaign committee: “The election lunt Monday was char .cterized by frauds more widespread ban any previous elections and in tbs black belt' In deflaDce of the law and imtempt of the opposition, which the aw required to be recognized by from bree to ten representatives at every 10IL In Montgomery, at the court ■ Ouse poll,an Illiterate suspeoted that ■ is ticket was wrongly marked and ihowed It to a friend to decide, and .he fact was developed theta lloodwyn ■ icket had been marked for Johnson. I'he illiterate was arrested and jailed For showing his tjcl*et and the marker who was gollty of the drluid was not ntsrruptcd. In the ‘black holt’coun ties the reports state that Dallas or tome other ‘black belt' county will tend up the usual majority, which moans that whatever majority mav he needed from those counties will be tent up next Saturday when the vote ihall he canvassed. "The Populists are very rauob ex asperated on account of wrongs prac ticed upon them and will not support the Hryan Democratic electors. They will put out an electoral ticket for Hryan and Watson. The Democrats can take down thatr ticket, vote that ticket or see 100,000 votes practically lost If this shall not be done, the Populiata will refuse to vole and lat I )iA n inn rut * wnrU nut destiny and repent of their meanness. Self-respect, manhood and civil liberty are dearer to eomo people than free silver or any other political Issue. The Hon. A. T. Uoodwyn made a bril liant and effective campaign, visiting nearly every county and speaking to the largest audiences ever accorded a speaker in this state. He has been sleeted by from 16,000 to 18,000 ma jority in the white counties and re ceived about 40,000 votes in the 'black belt.' but these 40,000 votes are counted for Johnston, giving him a majority of about 25,000 FUSION IN KANSAS. rhe Plan Agreetl Upon UJ Popnllete and Democrats. Abii.KXK, Kan., Aug. 7.—The Popu list state convention lias nominated State Senator J. W. I.ecdy for gov ernor and Frank Doster tor chief justice of the state supreme court, and haa adopted the fusion proposition presented by the representatives of the Dem ocratic State convention, In session at Hutchinson, with the agreement that Cllggitt's name shall be dropped as Frst district elector If it proved that he shouldered a musket against the miners in 181)8. The agreement means that the Pop ulists will vote for the Democratic electors and the Democrats will, in turn, support the whole Populist State ticket, which will not have a Demo crat on it. A top was thrown to the mlddle-of the road Populist element in theshape of a proposition that if Watson should have more votes in the electoral col lege than Hewall the Kansas electors should vote for him for Vice Presi dent When the convention reassembled yesterday the temporary organization was made permanent. The order of business committee ar ranged the work of the convention in this manner: Reports of committees; selection of a committee of fourteen, two from each congressional district, to confer with the Democratic commit tee from Hutchinson; report of con ference committee; nomination of electors; nomination of governor, chief justice, congressman-at-large, lieu tenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasuuer, auditor, superintendent of public instruction; election of a state central committor, A motion to reduce the conference committee from fourteen to hve, so as to make it the size of the Democratic committee, was voted down. The conference committee was chosen, as follows: First district, Judge J, W. Fitzgerald, J. O. Ward-. Second district, Van It. Prather, J. W. Poor; Third, J. M. Alleu, W. .1 llllleite; Fourth, Senator F. 11. Jump er, W. F. Henson; Fifth. William Nmlth. Heustnr W. H Helm; Seventh <h T. Mlulonhacu, J F. FancaUu. W. J. Coaligan of Franklin, roust.-.I tha committee on account of the ha-1 arrangement* He dec t a red that III hall vraa aa had as the black hula uf Calcutta, and moved to hold the rest of theaassiona In a grove. The motion wee tabled. On motion uf t». U Clem eat of Nhawnee. I ttarles W. Marsh of Aaelior Labor Union. Kansu* City, was given throe uiiuutee to plea-l for kelp for the mamhera of the union I who had beea tkruws out of rwi-lai ■neat by the Armour Fashing com pany Alter Marah'a speech a collec tion was tnksn for the purpose stateu A recess was then teken till 7 t> o'clock At the evening sesaion the roll was called for u-oniuati.-as for governor Maine; A Haitlwln, of lo-areawortb, prases ted the nsnse of t oiunet It A Herns Ktsk Itradshaw, of Cowley eooul; presented I* F King f M Hardy, of Labette co-alt presented -ha name of Judge U It t ampbelt of the same ewonty Han son Kelly, of Hurling toa, was (reeled with cheers wbea he stepped i • the siege to aamlnate J IV Lead* -f t ulfcji sooat; Harry Us.lir •*> 11 so tooiit; applaoded whan ha sec eeded the same a<»mia*tiua. liSDift M Hunger of tireeaws d nas Isueehcd h; V ttieosna of the tarns sooaty. ea t Napoleon Hreobin m4m Mctormtek of FhllUoe cooot; stags the aaoaogiwg speech Whsg 4 K Haim of dtabtta ansa. I o nominate L D. Newellln?, he re eived the greatest reception accorded ny speaker, and when he mentioned he name of hts candidate, the friends if the ex-governor tried their best to aise the roof. The seconding speech for Governor .eweliinz was mare by S. W. Case of ;''ranUlln county. »!■•> Ilailatiuc H*xan. A motion to permit each candidate ,o address the convention tor five uinutes wss voted down and the roll wus called for the first ballot, which -csulted as follows: Harris, 2WH; Newelllng, Iftik; King, 12b; Needy, 10; Munger. 2-; Campbell, 11, llefore llto second ballot could be -a led the motion was renewed to jrmg the candidates before the con tention and. after a wordy scrap It jrrried 'I he first apoaker was King and he was followed in turn by Campbell, Needy. Monger, Newelllng and llarrla. Needy caught the most applause. After the speeches bad been com pleted, the second ballot was taken. It resulted: Harris, 20:2k; Newelllng, ;:)9k: King, >04; Uedy, 97; Munger, 19; Campbell 12. After the second ballot rn effort was made to adjourn, and the chair man declared a motion to that effect tarried, but a roil call was dsmanded md the motion votsd down. On tbs .bird ballot Harris received 184; New elllng 112! Needy 13»; King, 84; Hun gsf, «; Campbell, 13. „ Another effort was mads to adjourn, but it was overwhelmingly voted lowu. The convention was deter mined to force a nomination. As the roll call commenced for the fourth ballot It looked as though n stampede to Needy would be made. The stam pede materialised, the ballot result ing: Needy, 491; Harris, 81; Lswslllng, 9; King, 39; Munger, 0. Then followed a great demonstra tion. Mr. Ijeedy’a friends carried him. big as be is, on tbslr shoulders to the platform. He thanked the convention briefly for the honor conferred upon him. Governor Newelllng was again called forward He congratulated the convention upon ite selection, and _I A at_* __i__I J U. a I_ next governor of Kansas. Colonel Harris was xleo called for, but be had gone to bis hotel. The other defeated candidates were called for but they did not respond. At 1:30 the convention adjourned till 0 o'clock. When the convention metthls morn ing Colonel Harris took the stand and pledged hla hearty support to Mr. Leedy. The platform was then adopted. DROUGHT IN ARKANSAS. The People In e Large Section of the Stete Buffering Prom Thirst Lpitj.k Rock, Ark., Aug 0.— Drought exists in a large portion of Arkansas and in some sections human beings are actually suffering from the pangs of thirst. There have been isolated thunder showers in various parts of the State recently, but In some 0905 tlss no rain has fallen since April 13. A man who arrived here this morning from an overland trip through portions of Jefferson, Cleve land and Bradley oouuties aays that people in some localities are hauling wuter for drinking purposes In bar rels a distance of twcniy-flve mile«, and for an entire day he was unatno to buy a glass of water to quench It* thirst. White river Is running dry and the mayor of Fayetteville ha. In sued a proclamation prohibiting the sprinkling of sheets, the water beinj needed for drinking purposes. WILL SEW ALL WITHDRAW? Story That Until lie anil Watson Art 10 (live Way PlTTSBtittO, Pa., Aug. 7.—The Pitts burg Dispatch snys upon the authority of County Chairman Leslie of ttie Populists, that negotiation* are in progress for perfect fusion with the Democrat* on the national ticket. 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